The BEST episodes of The Octopus season 2
Every episode of The Octopus season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Octopus season 2!
First broadcast in Italy in 1984, The Octopus (La Piovra) is an international blockbuster, running 18 years and producing nine follow-up series. The title of this classic Mafia thriller says it all, evoking the image of a secret criminal culture extending its tentacles into every layer of society.
#1 - Paola
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1986
Police Inspector Cattani fights a losing battle to save his loved daughter's sanity, after what she suffered (see "La Piovra", original mini-series). He loses her, and his only trusted magistrate in the fight against The Octopus.
#2 - Return to Rome
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/1986
Cattani's love life is as confused as his behaviour; he sleeps with the enemy, and is recruited to ITALA, the cultural association for the study of the ancestral popular traditions of Italy, The Octopus by another name.
#3 - Vengeance
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/1986
It leaves an acrid taste in Cattani's mouth, as he loses yet another important ally, and severes his ties with the beautiful Contessa, when he wakes up fire in enemy ground.
#4 - Friends in Common
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1986
Cattani is approached by the Number 2 of his best friend in Rome to conspire against him, and ends up fighting for his life in prison, against thugs who are friends of his worst enemy. Cattani must swallow his pride, and recurs to the lustful Contessa who has other friends in common.
#5 - Destiny
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/1986
Cattani's takes one year leave without pay from his desk job at the Intelligence Services, and then destiny presents him with a couple of revenge opportunities against the tandem of corrupt politicians and mafia expatriates, again at heavy personal cost.
#6 - Criminal Ambition
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/1986
Cattani's major achievement so far leaves him without friends in Rome; his former teacher explains between whiskeys how easy it is for an intelligent man to fall into criminal ambition.