Alex & Co. is an Italian television sitcom which first aired on Disney Channel Italy on 11 May 2015. The series was created by Marina Efron Versiglia, and stars Leonardo Cecchi, Eleonora Gaggero, Beatrice Vendramin, Saul Nanni, and Federico Russo.
Series overview
editEpisode list
edit- All episodes were directed by Claudio Norza unless otherwise noted.
Season 1 (2015) (Music Speaks)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | UK air date [1] | |
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1 | 1 | Episode 1 | Marina Efron Versiglia, Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia, Constanza Novick | 11 May 2015 | 24 July 2017[2] | |
Best friends Alex, Nicole and Christian are freshmen at the Melsher Institute, where there are strict rules. The 3 befriend Sam when they defend him from sophomores Tom and Barto, and they meet Emma when Alex takes an interest in her. Nicole, who had developed feelings for Alex over the summer, becomes jealous of his infatuation with Emma. Linda, Tom’s girlfriend, sends the group to the abandoned part of the school where they find a forbidden zone before being caught and taken to their class. Their tardiness leads Professor Strozzi to give them detention where they bond, and after school the group return to explore the forbidden zone. | ||||||
2 | 2 | Episode 2 | Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia, Constanza Novick | 12 May 2015 | 25 July 2017 | |
In the forbidden zone, the group finds a secret room which they plan to return to after school. Before reaching the secret room, they are caught by Nina, the janitor, who lets them go, but Tom, Linda and Barto are suspicious. The fun, unconventional teaching methods of the group’s literature teacher Professor Belli is disapproved of by Strozzi and principal Mr. Ferrari, and to make matters worse Strozzi suggests Belli could cause the school’s ranking to lower, putting Ferrari’s job at stake. The group returns to the secret room. Emma shows interest in Alex, which disappoints Nicole. Nicole is suspicious of Emma, and Emma is revealed to be Ferrari’s daughter. | ||||||
3 | 3 | Episode 3 | Marina Efron Versiglia, Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia, Constanza Novick | 13 May 2015 | 26 July 2017 | |
Alex doesn’t believe Nicole when she tells him about her suspicions about Emma, hurting her feelings. Alex takes Emma to the secret room, where she sings part of a song she’s been writing. Christian becomes captain of the soccer team, infuriating Tom. The group find Belli in the secret room, and they all promise to keep each other’s secret. Belli teaches Alex to sing. The 5 friends decide to form a band. Nicole questions Emma and learns that Ferrari is her father, Linda eavesdrops. | ||||||
4 | 4 | Episode 4 | Marina Efron Versiglia, Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia, Constanza Novick | 14 May 2015 | 27 July 2017 | |
The group name their band Sound Aloud, and they work on their first song, Music Speaks, in the secret room with Belli guiding them. Sam comforts Nicole about Alex and Emma. Sam has a crush on Nicole, but she remains oblivious. Belli and Strozzi argue over how to raise the students’ test scores in order to raise the school’s ranking. It’s revealed Belli attended Melsher when it was an art school, and he hopes someday it will be that way again. Linda, jealous of Emma’s close relationship with Christian, blackmails Emma, threatening to release a picture exposing Emma as Ferrari’s daughter if Emma doesn’t retrieve Linda’s phone from the principal’s office. When Emma refuses, Linda sends the photo to the whole school. | ||||||
5 | 5 | Episode 5 | Benjamin Herranz Caballero | 15 May 2015 | 28 July 2017 | |
Alex stands Emma up for their date, angry about her secret. Sam is arriving late, sleeping during class and mysteriously disappearing after school. The group forgives Emma, but Alex remains upset that Nicole knew Emma’s secret and didn’t tell him. They decide to film a music video of other people dancing to their song, that way Ferrari, who doesn’t approve of music, won’t know Emma is singing. The group discovers that Sam works as a gardener to pay for school, so they show up and help. Alex finally forgives Nicole. | ||||||
6 | 6 | Episode 6 | Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia | 18 May 2015 | 31 July 2017 | |
Emma makes a mysterious phone call. Tom causes Christian to hurt his knee, putting him out of commission. At the park, the group films dancers for their music video, playing themselves singing Music Speaks in the background without showing their faces. They post the video and it’s an instant success, though Linda figures out it’s them singing. As Alex approaches Emma for their rescheduled date, he meets her boyfriend. | ||||||
7 | 7 | Episode 7 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 19 May 2015 | 1 August 2017 | |
Nicole tries to comfort a rejected Alex. Linda and Nicole compete in an election for student council president. Linda exposes the band, Sound Aloud, to the headmaster, who scolds Emma for bothering with something so trivial. | ||||||
8 | 8 | Episode 8 | Benjamin Herranz Caballero | 20 May 2015 | 2 August 2017 | |
9 | 9 | Episode 9 | Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia | 21 May 2015 | 3 August 2017 | |
10 | 10 | Episode 10 | Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia | 22 May 2015 | 7 August 2017 | |
11 | 11 | Episode 11 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 25 May 2015 | 8 August 2017 | |
12 | 12 | Episode 12 | Maria Carmen López-Areal Garcia | 26 May 2015 | 9 August 2017 | |
13 | 13 | Episode 13 | Marina Efron Versiglia, Angela Obon Tolosa | 27 May 2015 | 10 August 2017 |
Season 2 (2015) Unbelievable
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | UK air date [3] | |
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14 | 1 | Episode 14 | Maria Carmen Lopez-Areal Garcia, Benjamin Herranz | 27 September 2015 | 2 January 2018 | |
15 | 2 | Episode 15 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Maria Carmen Lopez-Areal Garcia, Beatrice Valsecchi | 4 October 2015 | 3 January 2018 | |
16 | 3 | Episode 16 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 4 October 2015 | 4 January 2018 | |
17 | 4 | Episode 17 | Maite Perez Astorga | 11 October 2015 | 8 January 2018 | |
18 | 5 | Episode 18 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 11 October 2015 | 9 January 2018 | |
19 | 6 | Episode 19 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Benjamin Herranz, Maria Carmen Lopez-Areal Garcia, Beatrice Valsecchi | 18 October 2015 | 10 January 2018 | |
20 | 7 | Episode 20 | Benjamin Herranz | 18 October 2015 | 11 January 2018 | |
21 | 8 | Episode 21 | Benjamin Herranz | 25 October 2015 | 15 January 2018 | |
22 | 9 | Episode 22 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 25 October 2015 | 16 January 2018 | |
23 | 10 | Episode 23 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Angela Obon Tolosa, Beatrice Valsecchi | 1 November 2015 | 17 January 2018 | |
24 | 11 | Episode 24 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 1 November 2015 | 18 January 2018 | |
25 | 12 | Episode 25 | Maite Perez Astorga | 8 November 2015 | 22 January 2018 | |
Alex has finally found out that Nicole "cheated" on him with the assistant chef. He is frustrated with this fact. E sees them together after David is told to leave the site. | ||||||
26 | 13 | Episode 26 | Benjamin Herranz, Maria Carmen Lopez-Areal Garcia, Maite Perez Astorga | 8 November 2015 | 23 January 2018 | |
27 | 14 | Episode 27 | Angela Obon Tolosa | 15 November 2015 | 24 January 2018 | |
28 | 15 | Episode 28 | Benjamin Herranz, Angela Obon Tolosa | 15 November 2015 | 25 January 2018 | |
29 | 16 | Episode 29 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Angela Obon Tolosa, Beatrice Valsecchi | 22 November 2015 | 29 January 2018 | |
30 | 17 | Episode 30 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Benjamin Herranz, Maite Perez Astorga, Beatrice Valsecchi | 22 November 2015 | 30 January 2018 | |
31 | 18 | Episode 31 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Angela Obon Tolosa, Beatrice Valsecchi | 29 November 2015 | 31 January 2018 |
Season 3 (2016–2017)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | UK air date | |||||||
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Part 1 | ||||||||||||
32 | 1 | Episode 32 | Eleonora Babbo, Vincenzo Galli | 24 September 2016 | 12 March 2018 | |||||||
33 | 2 | Episode 33 | Eleonora Babbo, Vincenzo Galli | 24 September 2016 | 13 March 2018 | |||||||
34 | 3 | Episode 34 | Giacomo Berdini | 1 October 2016 | 14 March 2018 | |||||||
35 | 4 | Episode 35 | Beatrice Valsecchi | 1 October 2016 | 15 March 2018 | |||||||
36 | 5 | Episode 36 | Eleonora Babbo, Vincenzo Galli | 8 October 2016 | 19 March 2018 | |||||||
37 | 6 | Episode 37 | Eleonora Babbo, Vincenzo Galli | 8 October 2016 | 20 March 2018 | |||||||
38 | 7 | Episode 38 | Angelo Pastore, Beatrice Valsecchi | 15 October 2016 | 21 March 2018 | |||||||
39 | 8 | Episode 39 | Angelo Pastore, Beatrice Valsecchi | 15 October 2016 | 22 March 2018 | |||||||
40 | 9 | Episode 40 | Alessandro Pavanelli, Beatrice Valsecchi | 22 October 2016 | 26 March 2018 | |||||||
41 | 10 | Episode 41 | Angelo Pastore, Beatrice Valsecchi | 22 October 2016 | 27 March 2018 | |||||||
Part 2 | ||||||||||||
42 | 11 | Episode 42 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Alessandro Pavanelli | 21 January 2017 | 28 March 2018 | |||||||
43 | 12 | Episode 43 | Angelo Pastore | 21 January 2017 | 29 March 2018 | |||||||
44 | 13 | Episode 44 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Alessandro Pavanelli | 28 January 2017 | 2 April 2018 | |||||||
45 | 14 | Episode 45 | Eleonora Babbo, Giacomo Berdini, Vincenzo Galli, Beatrice Valsecchi | 28 January 2017 | 3 April 2018 | |||||||
46 | 15 | Episode 46 | Giacomo Berdini, Alessandro Pavanelli, Beatrice Valsecchi | 4 February 2017 | 4 April 2018 | |||||||
47 | 16 | Episode 47 | Giacomo Berdini, Alessandro Pavanelli, Beatrice Valsecchi | 4 February 2017 | 5 April 2018 | |||||||
48 | 17 | Episode 48 | Angelo Pastore | 11 February 2017 | 9 April 2018 | |||||||
49 | 18 | Episode 49 | Angelo Pastore | 11 February 2017 | 10 April 2018 | |||||||
50 | 19 | Episode 50 | Giacomo Berdini, Alessandro Pavanelli | 18 February 2017 | 11 April 2018 | |||||||
51 | 20 | Episode 51 | Giacomo Berdini | 18 February 2017 | 12 April 2018 |
Specials
edit- Four special episodes aired in June 2017, marking the end of the series.[4] These episodes aren't going to be airing in the UK.[5]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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52 | 1 | Special Episode 1 | Giacomo Berdini, Angelo Pastore | 26 June 2017 |
53 | 2 | Special Episode 2 | Giacomo Berdini, Angelo Pastore | 27 June 2017 |
54 | 3 | Special Episode 3 | Giacomo Berdini, Angelo Pastore | 28 June 2017 |
55 | 4 | Special Episode 4 | Giacomo Berdini, Angelo Pastore | 29 June 2017 |
References
edit- ^ "Alex & Co. – Episode Guide – Series 1".
- ^ Disney Channel UK [@DisneyChannelUK] (10 July 2017). "https://twitter.com/MelchiorBauman Hi Melchior, Alex & Co starts on Monday 24 July at 9:35pm 😊 Not long to wait now! Will you be watching?" (Tweet). Retrieved 12 July 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Alex & Co. – Episode Guide – Series 2".
- ^ Alex & Co. - Ultimi Episodi - Cosa sarà successo a Nicole? (in Italian). Disney Channel Italy. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Disney Channel UK: "Special Episodes aren't going to be airing in the UK and we apologise for any disappointment that may be caused by this."".