The BEST episodes of Inspector Ricciardi

Every episode of Inspector Ricciardi ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Inspector Ricciardi!

Naples, 1931. Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi is a Mobile Commissioner obsessed with capturing murderers. The man, endowed with an extraordinary intuition, carries within himself a terrible secret: he sees the ghost of people who have died in a violent way and listens to their last thought. Based on the novels of the homonymous series written by Maurizio de Giovanni.

Last Updated: 12/14/2025Network: Rai 1Status: Continuing
Swallows in Winter
star
9.00
5 votes

#1 - Swallows in Winter

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2023

A drama on stage: the actor Gelmi shoots his wife on stage. The script says so, but the bullet is real. Ricciardi's latest investigation is permeated by feelings unknown to him.

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The Living and the Dead
star
8.50
2 votes

#2 - The Living and the Dead

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2025

A horrific crime shocks the city: a pharmacist is found murdered, a spike driven into his skull and his eyes covered with a black blindfold. Ricciardi’s investigation grows more complicated as further killings follow the same modus operandi. What connection links the victims, and what makes this case so distinctive? Ricciardi must uncover the truth, while in his private life, his love for Enrica forces him to face the need to confess his curse to her.

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The Purgatory of the Angel
star
8.50
2 votes

#3 - The Purgatory of the Angel

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2025

The Jesuit Father Angelo is found dead by the sea, struck on the head. Who could have killed such a beloved man, who cared for souls, taught the faith, and confessed the faithful with passion and dedication? Inspector Ricciardi’s investigation leads him to explore Father Angelo’s ties with several influential families in the city. Closing the case is more urgent than ever, as Ricciardi must free himself quickly—his wedding with Enrica is fast approaching.

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The Cry at Dawn
star
8.50
2 votes

#4 - The Cry at Dawn

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2025

As Inspector Ricciardi awaits the moment his life will change forever, an unexpected crime puts him under pressure. The prime suspect is Livia Lucani, who vanished after the murder of Manfred, for which she is accused. But was it truly one of Ricciardi’s deepest affections who committed this terrible crime, or is nothing as it seems?

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Everyone In Their Place
star
8.20
5 votes

#5 - Everyone In Their Place

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/8/2021

Hot. Torrid. Merciless. Atrocious. In the streets, in the alleys, in the dark rooms of the buildings. Hating those you love, because they dare to look elsewhere seeking freedom. While Ricciardi and Enrica finally seem to be getting closer, the Duchess of Camparino, a woman as beautiful as she is talked about in the city, is found dead. Many leads point to the murderer.

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Nameless Serenade
star
8.17
6 votes

#6 - Nameless Serenade

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2023

A merchant is found dead. In the city, everyone already has a culprit in mind: Sannino. Ricciardi wants to see clearly. Meanwhile at the Colombo house there is Enrica's birthday dinner.

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Viper
star
8.12
8 votes

#7 - Viper

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2021

A new spring is upon us and it is the week before Easter in Naples in 1932. At Paradiso, an exclusive brothel in the central Via Chiaia, Vipera, a famous prostitute, is found dead, suffocated with a pillow. The last client claims to have left her alive, the next to have found her already dead. Who killed her and why?

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Deep in your Heart
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8.10
10 votes

#8 - Deep in your Heart

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2021

Naples is soaked once again in a scorching July heat and in preparation for the feast of the Madonna del Carmine, the city is suspended between heaven and hell. When a well-known surgeon falls from the window of his office, Ricciardi and Maione begin an investigation that will witness the most gripping and shocking emotion and passion. Infidelity and betrayal inextricably linked to the rare joy of love.

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Fever
star
8.00
9 votes

#9 - Fever

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2023

The death of a man in a Bancolotto leads Ricciardi to investigate a count and his charming wife. But his heart is troubled by the advances that Enrica receives from a German Major.

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Glass Souls
star
8.00
5 votes

#10 - Glass Souls

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2023

Countess Palmieri asks the Commissioner for help: her husband is accused of the murder of the lawyer Piro. Ricciardi reopens the investigation, but a woman's damaged heart can be dangerous.

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By My Hand
star
8.00
2 votes

#11 - By My Hand

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2025

As the city prepares for Christmas, Inspector Ricciardi investigates the murder of Captain Garofalo and his wife. Meanwhile, his relationship with Enrica continues, but he hesitates to take the decisive step of meeting her family to make their engagement official.

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The Sense of Pain
star
7.85
13 votes

#12 - The Sense of Pain

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/25/2021

Naples, March 1931, while a particularly harsh winter holds the city in a grip of ice, a ferocious murder of a notorious man shakes the population. The great tenor Arnaldo Vezzi, a world-famous artist and friend of Il Duce, is found dead in his dressing room at the San Carlo Theatre before the performance of ''I Pagliacci''. Commissioner Luigi Alfredo Ricciardi is called to solve the case.

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Blood Curse
star
7.73
11 votes

#13 - Blood Curse

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/1/2021

What happens when you play with illusions, when you destroy dreams? Carmela Calise, fortune teller-usurer, invents the future and crumbles it between her fingers. As spring arrives in the city, a cascade of perfumes and songs, the most tender of loves becomes the worst of sentences and extinguishes in blood even the memory of an ancient passion.

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The Day of the Dead
star
7.71
7 votes

#14 - The Day of the Dead

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/15/2021

A rainy autumn has arrived, blanketting Naples with clouds and fog. During the week of the Dead, the body of a child is found. His name is Matteo, or Tettè to those who knew him. One of the many street urchins who live by their wits in the alleys of the city. At first glance he seems to have died of starvation but Ricciardi soon discovers that maybe the death was a poisoning and is on the case.

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