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Romanzo Criminale is back for Tuesdays. Series 2 is only 10 episodes so things move a little more quickly than they did in the first season. Libanese got gunned down in the street at the end of S01E12. He's not coming back from that. The Italian security state apparatus are up to their usual tricks. This series jumps around in time a lot more than the last series did so it might get a little confusing on the timeline. Join us!

Hastily machine-translated plot summaries for tonight's episode from here: https://it.wikipedia.org/wik7i/Episodi_di_Romanzo_criminale_-_La_serie_(seconda_stagione)

Episode 1:

It is September 13, 1980. The killing of Il Libanese has thrown the gang members into disarray. They all gather at Franco's bar with many questions, but more determined than ever to avenge the murder of their charismatic comrade. Reconstructing the events of the previous evening (the poker game with Maurizio Gemito that ended badly), the criminals become convinced that the Terribile's former henchman, in cahoots with his brother Remo, is the Libanese's killer. The gang sets out to hunt down the two, but Commissioner Nicola Scialoja beats them to it: thanks to information cleverly extracted from Ricotta and Ruggero Buffoni, he requests the arrest of the Gemito brothers, in order to grill them and subject them to the paraffin glove test. The gang has no choice but to send their loyal lawyer Vasta to defend the two, in the hope that the famous criminal lawyer will be able to secure their release as soon as possible, allowing them to settle the score quickly.

Episode 2:

March 1981, an eyewitness claims to have seen Remo Gemito's killer some time earlier at the Quarticciolo racecourse; from a comparison with mug shots, the man recognizes Il Freddo, who is promptly arrested at his home. However, when it comes to corroborating his version live in an American-style confrontation, the witness is no longer sure. As if that weren't enough, Roberta, upon learning of the arrest, voluntarily goes to the police station to provide a false alibi for her ex-partner, with whom she is still in love. Er Freddo is therefore free again, but on the very same day, Scialoja has another stroke of luck: Freddo's brother, Gigio Soleri, is arrested for drug dealing. The commissioner leaks the news to Freddo, who rushes to lawyer Vasta to persuade him to request immediate release: Freddo fears for his brother's safety, and a threatening phone call from Maurizio Gemito raises the alert level even further.

I'm doing blanket CWs for the series. Expect lots of gore, sex, drugs.

CWs:

• Graphic violence
• Murder
• Execution by gunshot
• Kidnapping
• Explicit substance use
• Misogyny
• Homophobia
• Police brutality
• Sex, nude scenes, objectification of women
• Violence, blood, and gore
• Graphic depictions of sexual assault

tankie.tube links

S2E01: https://tankie.tube/w/cRE3HzAnTqeKuoNbHubuoS

S2E02: https://tankie.tube/w/5oNktXm2xFUSzhYSVAvq7o