Lindsay Pugh

Quick summary: When Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) meets Pietro Airota (Matteo Cecchi), another student at the Normale who comes from an intellectual family, everything falls into place: she graduates with the highest honors, they get engaged, and she writes and publishes a book. While her life is coming together, Lila'

Quick summary: Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) begins the episode on a high, running through the streets of Pisa with her boyfriend, Franco Mari (Bruno Orlando), but then he loses his spot at the Normale and she once again feels like an outsider. Over winter break, she comes down with a gnarly

Quick summary: Lila and Nino find a way to keep their affair going back in Naples, but it quickly falls apart once she leaves Stefano and they start living together. As soon as the relationship becomes real — with a pregnancy and commitments beyond just fucking — Nino loses interest. In classic

Quick summary: Lila and Nino are now engaged in a full-blown affair that grows more brazen each day. Much to Elena's vexation, they quickly move from sneaking around to showing affection in public. As their romance escalates, Elena feels increasingly isolated from them and resentful over how

Quick summary: After a brief estrangement, Lila (Gaia Girace) and Elena (Margherita Mazzucco) make up at Rino (Gennaro De Stefano) and Pinuccia's (Federica Sollazzo) wedding. In part, the reconciliation is motivated by Elena's sympathy over Lila's can't-keep-a-pregnancy fragility, but

Quick summary: After Lila's pregnancy announcement, her détente with Elena persists throughout the school year. She throws herself into work at the grocery and designs a controversial avant garde art piece for the shoe store, doing whatever it takes to distract herself from the fact that her cushy

Quick summary: The post-honeymoon goodwill between Lenù and Lila rapidly dissipates as both girls betray each other in different ways. Lila uses Lenù, and the pretense of Antonio's impending military service, as an excuse to play mind games at the Bar Solara. As a result, Antonio breaks

It's been over one year since I finished S1, so check out those recaps if you need a refresher. From what I recall, S2 is, without a doubt, the series standout. If you finish this season and still aren't invested, it's safe to say