Plot Synopsis

Inspired by the story of Italy's first female lawyer, THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET is a period drama series that centers on Lidia Poet, who investigates murders while fighting to practice law. It's Turin in the late 1800s. A ruling by the Turin Court of Appeals declares Lidia Poet's admission to the bar association unlawful, thus preventing her from practicing law simply because she is a woman. Penniless but full of pride, Lidia secures a job at her brother Enrico's law firm while she prepares an appeal to overturn the court ruling. In an approach that's ahead of its time, Lidia assists criminal suspects by searching for the truth behind outward appearances and preconceptions. Lidia's brother-in-law, Jacopo, a mysterious journalist, passes her information and introduces her to the hidden worlds that lurk beneath a flamboyant Turin. All six episodes of THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET's first season dropped on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 on Netflix.
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The entire six-episode second season of THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POET dropped on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 on Netflix. While she continues to collaborate with her brother Enrico, tackling new cases and fighting for women's rights, she wants to convince him to run for Parliament so that her law can finally find a voice. Lidia is completely done with love, especially with Jacopo, responsible for having sold the family villa and on a collision course with all the Poets. But Jacopo and Lidia are forced to meet again to share, reluctantly, a secret investigation that concerns them closely, rediscovering the complicity and fun that has always bound them. Giving a hard time to the protagonists, the new King's Attorney, Fourneau, a man of the institutions who unexpectedly treats Lidia as his equal, prompting her to question the complex and contradictory relationship she has with feelings, and the cost of personal renunciation that she is sustaining in the name of her ideals. In the six new episodes, Lidia will continue to break down the pieces of this world built by men for men, with absolute genius, surprising the opponent with intelligence, irony and without mincing her words, but also questioning herself.