La nuova squadra

The men of the Spaccanapoli police station are looking for damning evidence to definitively frame the boss Malinconico. Gabriele discovers that a large shipment of cocaine is about to arrive in Naples. Vitale, having heard the news, leaves the cover apartment and moves to the police station. The inspector works day and night with his team of hawks to discover the method through which Malinconico manages to elude customs controls at the port. Lamberti devises a plan. A story of rivalry, envy and deceit in the world of youth sports for Sciacca and Ciccone who investigate the death of the coach of a junior soccer team. From the first interrogations it emerges that the victim had a relationship with the mother of one of the young soccer players. The betrayed father, having discovered his wife's relationship with the coach, had threatened the latter on several occasions. Could it be just a crime of passion? Vicky can't stay away from Gabriele.

The body of a Nigerian woman, who died at the airport shortly after arriving in Italy, is stolen from the morgue. Among the victim's personal effects, Battiston, Ciccone and Sciacca find a letter written by her daughter, who had been in Italy for some time and ended up in prostitution. What is behind the theft of the body? Will our heroes be able to save the girl? In order to continue following the investigation on Malinconico, Vitale reveals to Battiston and the anti-drug director Lamberti that Gabriele Coppola is his infiltrator in the boss's clan. Pretending to have always known and to support the chief inspector of the hawks, Battiston convinces Lamberti of the idea of ​​a collaboration. Meanwhile, an interview with a prostitute, rescued by Gabriele, threatens to blow his cover. When the boy doesn't show up for an appointment with Vitale, the suspicion that Malinconico has discovered everything becomes more and more certain. Bianca is worried about the custody of her son Giulio.

Coppola and Marciano, on duty at the hospital, come across a young girl hospitalized for a wound to her hand. The doctor, however, is certain that the injury was caused by a cutting weapon. After listening to the teacher who accompanied the young woman to the emergency room, Coppola suspects that the girl is hiding something. Sciacca and Ciccone look for possible witnesses among the schoolmates. Could it be an episode of bullying? Vitale investigates the disappearance of his friend, the owner of the nightclub where Gabriele works. The inspector is convinced that Malinconico killed him after discovering that he was collaborating with the police. In the meantime, Battiston is pressured by the deputy commissioner Greco who demands concrete results. So, they decide to wiretap the cell phones of the boss's pushers and Matteo, more stubborn than ever, has an important intuition. Gabriele, unemployed again, accepts Malinconico's offer and starts working in his bar.

Lopez's death has left an unfillable void in the Spaccanapoli police station. While waiting for a new manager to arrive, command is temporarily entrusted to Ciccone who, from the start, feels burdened with too much responsibility. Sciacca and Battiston investigate the death of a businessman from the upper class of Naples. In the elegant shop where the man was killed, a pair of women's sunglasses are found: could it be a crime of passion? The victim's wife, outraged, rules out that her husband could have had a lover and firmly believes that it was a robbery. Yet the takings have not been touched. The two policemen have no choice but to find the owner of the mysterious glasses. A nativity scene shop is robbed. The owner, instead of going to the police, asks for help from the new neighborhood boss, Michele Malinconico. A passerby who witnessed the theft alerts the police at the Spaccanapoli police station.