The first season begins with the arrival of the new police (), Luca Manara (
Guido Caprino), to a small town on the coastal plain
of Grosseto in the
Maremma area of Tuscany. Manara, whose nonconformity shows in his yellow
aviator sunglasses, his penchant for jeans and his
motorcycle, (a
Triumph Bonneville), was transferred from
Milan due to his relationship with a superior's wife. Manara's promiscuity and flirtatious charm continue throughout the series, often causing office drama or helping to solve a case. On the same day, Inspector Lara Rubino (played by
Roberta Giarrusso) also begins work at the station. Unlike Manara, Rubino is from the area; she has just moved back and lives with her aunt, Caterina Bentivoglio (who was Scarpati's mother in the series ) and her
German Shepherd Brigadiere, who often discover important clues. Bentivoglio is the first on the crime scene in the pilot episode. Rubino and Manara met during training at the
police academy, and their evolving relationship serves as the show's central romance. The two solve most of the murders, with occasional assistance from their police subordinates or from Aunt Caterina. Like many
police procedurals or detective shows, each episode is devoted to a new murder case that is wrapped up by the end of the episode. The second season begins with the marriage between Luca Manara and Lara Rubino, which is interrupted by a murder. Because of this, Lara moves to Milan to attend a course for furthering her career and is temporarily replaced in the police station by Marta (
Anna Safroncik), a colleague with a dark past who falls in love with Manara. However, Manara still loves Rubino and at the end of the series, the couple reunites. Marta returns to Naples to the anti-
Camorra team together with a colleague (initially an enemy of Manara) who heads the
counter-terrorism unit. Recurring characters include: Lara's aunt, Caterina Bentivoglio and Brigadiere; the married police couple Serena Sardi and Augusto Toscani, who in the first series fall in love and get married, while in the second will have a daughter named Alice; the officers Pio Buttafuoco and Mario Barbagallo; the
coroner Ginevra Rosmini, a seductive ; the superintendent Casadio, who does not appreciate Manara's methods but is forced to recognize his talents; and Ada, the owner of the (farmhouse accommodation) where Manara lives.
Bruno Gambarotta has a recurrent
cameo in the role of the policeman Quattroni, who works at the station's front desk, and is known for his heavy
Piedmontese accent. == Cast ==