Davide Pavia and other volunteers commandeer a seemingly abandoned agricultural estate to help Jewish concentration camp orphans. Overwhelmed by the children's traumas, the team is also threatened with eviction by the landowner.
Davide continues to search for his wife and son, and Gabriel copes with guilt over his camp escape. Mattia gets closer to Miriam, and Giulia fights the eviction using her family connections. Sara teaches Gabriel, who gets into new trouble.
The group gets creative to delay eviction. Davide investigates Mattia's past, and Mattia probes Miriam's. Sara revisits painful family memories, while another family gets good news. Lawyer Stefano courts Giulia as other romances blossom.