The marshal Rocca
Season 3
March 4, 2001
4Episodes
This season, the Marshal is dealing with Giacomo, who is unsure about his choice of marriage, and with Tommy's biological father, who extorts money from Margherita in exchange for the child. Margherita is also jealous of Rocca's closeness to Dr. Ascari, the new deputy prosecutor, and to appease her, the Marshal promises her the honeymoon they never had. On the morning of their departure, however, a boss enemy of Rocca plants a bomb in his car, which Margherita has just gotten into, and the car blows up before the Marshal's eyes. The boss is later captured by Rocca.
Episodes
1. A cry in the night
March 4, 2001
98 min
The owner of a furniture factory, with the complicity of his lover, kills his wife by simulating a kidnapping. Marshal Rocca clashes with the victim's father who would like to pay the ransom. The man, after the discovery of his daughter's body, shoots his son-in-law killing him under the eyes of the marshal.
2. The mystery of the skeleton
March 11, 2001
97 min
In the farmhouse of a former soldier, the skeleton of a soldier is found, killed because he wanted to report episodes of hazing. Another person responsible for the murder tries to drown his wife, at the time the victim's partner, who has discovered everything; Rocca saves her in extremis, but her husband takes the children of a nursery school hostage, also attended by Tommy, the marshal's adopted son. The courageous intervention of the child's natural father allows the criminal to be captured by the police.
3. Cruel fate
March 18, 2001
99 min
A ruthless gang of Albanians kills the wife and daughter of Vinas, their compatriot and protected by the police. This takes revenge by killing himself, but also finding death. Cafiero, boss of the organisation, judging Rocca too dangerous for the clan, implements a plan to eliminate him: the car in which he was supposed to leave with Tommy and Margherita for their long-awaited honeymoon is blown up. Under the eyes of the marshal, who was saved only by chance together with his little son, his beloved wife dies.
4. The last challenge
March 25, 2001
101 min
After the depression following Margherita's death, marshal Rocca decides to put his uniform back on, with the intention of tracing the gang that murdered her; however, the anxiety of capturing them induces him to believe in false indications, which cost him his suspension from service. Determined to go it alone, he goes to Puglia, where the gang has a hideout, but Cacciapuoti alerts the police and the gang is routed. Rocca is seriously injured in the operation, but little Tommy will give him the strength to heal and, once reinstated in service, to receive a solemn commendation for the work done.
