221 episodes of Neapolitan cops, corruption, and chaos. Your weekend? Gone.
96 minSeason 8 • Episode 26
LatestNine months have passed since the last investigation and in this time frame many balances have changed at Sant' Andrea. Deputy Commissioner Tiziana Torre has been transferred and Giorgio Pettenella, who has just been promoted, has returned to take her place. There is a familiar atmosphere and the police station seems to have finally regained its former harmony.
One of the most enthralling crime series among Italian viewers: airing on Rai Tre from March 3, 2000, "La Squadra" offers a realistic overview of the world of crime through the cases investigated by the Sant'Andrea Police Station in Naples.
Acting
Chiara Salerno's Nicoletta is the chaotic bisexual icon you need.
Production
Naples as character—gritty locations no soundstage could fake.
Chiara Salerno
Nicoletta Veneziani
Ilaria D'Elia
Laura Onorato
Federico Tocci
Walter Battiston
Massimo Bonetti
Pietro Guerra
Renato Carpentieri
Valerio Cafasso
Cecilia Dazzi
Elena Baroni
Mario Porfito
Antonio Ramaglia
Tony Sperandeo
Salvatore Sciacca
Massimo Wertmüller
Giorgio Pettenella
Gennaro Silvestro
Francesco Silla
Anna Foglietta
Anna De Luca
Vincenzo Failla
Moreno Mari
Giovanni Rienzo
Alfio Donati
Michela Andreozzi
Giulia Spanò
Andrea Marrocco
Demetrio De Pasquale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
La Squadra pioneered the 'police soap' format in Italy, blending case-of-the-week with melodramatic personal lives years before The Shield or NYPD Blue did it Stateside.
The show's Naples locations were so authentic that real Carabinieri occasionally wandered into shots, forcing reshoots.
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