Series synopsis
Squad Team, also known as Squadra Mobile is an Italian crime drama television series that premiered on Canale 5 on April 20, 2015. It ended on November 1, 2017. It was created by Pietro Valsecchi, Alexis Cahill. It stars Giorgio Tirabassi, Daniele Liotti, Antonio Catania and Valeria Bilello.
Set in Rome, it is a spin-off of the series Distretto di Polizia, which aired on the same network from 2000 to 2012, reprising the character of Roberto Ardenzi, played by the protagonist Giorgio Tirabassi.
Premise
Set in Rome, it is a spin-off of the series Distretto di Polizia, which aired on the same network from 2000 to 2012, reprising the character of Roberto Ardenzi, played by the protagonist Giorgio Tirabassi.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Giorgio Tirabassi as Roberto Ardenzi
- Daniele Liotti as Claudio Sabatini
- Antonio Catania as Sandro Vitale
- Valeria Bilello as Isabella D'Amato
- Marco Rossetti as Riccardo Pisi
- Serena Rossi as Valeria Goretti
- Pippo Crotti as Giacomo Polena
- Marco Feroci as Marcello Oliviero
Supporting cast
- Francesca Agostini as Daria Tagliavia
- Elena Di Cioccio as Roberta Cruciani
- Marta Zoffoli as Emanuela Zaccardo
- Laura Adriani as Maura "Mauretta" Ardenzi
- Miriam Dalmazio as Cecilia La Rosa
- Anna Ammirati as Serena Scanzi
- Gaetano Aronica as Questore Longhi
- Andrea Tidona as l'ingegnere
Guest cast
- Andrea Scarduzio as Fausto Gennaretti
- Indri Qyteza Shiroka as Emmanuel
- Chiara Basile Fasolo as Daniela
- Lorenzo De Angelis as Simone
- Cecilia Napoli as 23-24
- Angelo Tanzi as Bernasconi
- Fabrizio Di Loreto
- Fabio Ferri
- Antonella Britti
- Luciano Miele as Raffaele Bianchi
- Lucia Rossi as Cristina Salerni
- Francesca Figus
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 16 | April 20, 2015 | June 8, 2015 |
| Season 2 | 16 | September 13, 2017 | November 1, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Birthday Party / A Friend in Trouble A quiet Sunday in Rome... for the police officers of the Mobile Squad, however, Sundays, like the rest of the days, are never quiet. This Sunday in particular, everything happens. It would be Ardenzi's birthday but between stalking, drug trafficking and women who want to throw themselves into the Tiber, the day seems to never end. The Mobile Squad is dealing with a typical day at work in the Capital. An old friend of Ardenzi, a well-known restaurateur in the historic center, turns to the commissioner to solve a problem with his son. Meanwhile, a young girl who is not yet of age is taken to the police station together with the man who lured her. |
April 20, 2015 |
| 2 |
A Girl in Danger / Operation at the Rom Camp Zaccardo, head of the Section, informs Ardenzi and Sabatini of an upcoming very important operation to capture a fugitive in a Roma camp in the Capital. They must prepare and carry it out as best they can. This obviously while emergencies arrive at the Police Headquarters. Today is the day of the blitz. The team is finalizing the final preparations but the police headquarters receives a report of a woman run over on Lungo Tevere, and moreover the daughter of a repentant. |
April 27, 2015 |
| 3 |
Drama at the Police Station / Where Is Marcello? While at the police station Claudio Sabatini is looking for a way to free Bradic, who is being held awaiting questioning, without arousing the suspicions of his colleagues, Ardenzi and Sandro are dealing with the case of a Pakistani girl stoned to death in the street and Isabella is dealing with her first serious friction with her boyfriend Giulio who ends up slapping her with serious consequences. Bradic's death at the police station and at the hands of Marcello, forces the commissioner to put the young policeman under investigation and for this reason Oliviero, feeling misunderstood and unjustly accused, runs away and disappears. Ardenzi is worried about the boy, he wants to find him and it is his job to clarify the dynamics of the facts; Claudio Sabatini also needs to find Marcello. |
May 4, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 / Episode 2 While Deputy Commissioner Ardenzi is obsessed with the investigation into his former colleague Claudio Sabatini, the Mobile Unit is launching a crucial operation called Mafia Capitale. A network of corruption and malfeasance appears to permeate the City of Rome, involving politicians, businessmen, and fixers. Through wiretaps and field investigations, the Mobile Unit is called in to clean up the mess. Ardenzi is now certain that Sabatini has returned to Rome and is trying to close the loop on him. For his part, Sabatini must resolve a major situation: he staked everything on a shipment of diamonds, and now someone has stolen them. Meanwhile, the Mobile Unit is working on the case of a young woman who was raped, and wiretaps continue in the Mafia Capitale investigation. |
September 13, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 3 / Episode 4 Operation Mafia Capitale continues, and this time the Flying Squad's target is a paid municipal official who oversees the awarding of lucrative public contracts. Complicating matters, a man accused of his wife's murder takes Roberto Ardenzi hostage at the police station, proclaiming his innocence: only by helping him clear his name will they be able to convince him to surrender. Meanwhile, Claudio Sabatini tries to find out who stole his diamonds. While Roberto Ardenzi and the Mobile Squad investigate the murder of a father, apparently the victim of two criminals, Vanessa discovers she is pregnant by Claudio Sabatini, and the former police officer sets out to find the man who stole her diamonds. |
September 20, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 5 / Episode 6 While Operation Mafia Capitale returns to prominence with its investigation into a public transportation scam, the team investigates the murder of a convicted felon after a woman courageously provides a sketch of the killer. Meanwhile, Claudio Sabatini begins to suspect that Vanessa may have betrayed him. Roberto Ardenzi and the Mobile Squad have an ace up their sleeve and decide to use it to set a trap for Claudio Sabatini. Meanwhile, however, a customer, exasperated by a loan refusal, takes the entire bank hostage after stealing a gun from the security guard. Among the hostages is Riccardo, who manages to alert the Squad. |
September 27, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Canale 5 |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 20, 2015 |
| Last aired | November 1, 2017 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday |