Terence Hill stars as Don Matteo, a thoroughly ordinary Catholic priest with an extraordinary ability to read people and solve crimes. He's a parish priest who never met an unjustly accused person he didn't want to help.
Ep. 1-Don Matteo investigates when a Croation laborer is found dead in the factory where he works. Ep. 2-A little girl goes into a coma after an operation, and her doctor is found dead.
Ep. 3-A young woman contacts Don Matteo with a problem-her family is in financial distress and is being blackmailed. Ep. 4-A police officer goes undercover to investigate a drug ring, and is discovered and violently punished by the gang.
Ep. 5-Don Matteo is approached by a local woman for help in saving her marriage. Ep. 6-Don Matteo investigates allegations of theft against Anna, a young Albanian woman.
Ep. 7-Don Matteo investigates a mysterious death in a nursing home. Ep. 8-The town's truffle hunters are up in arms when it appears that their dogs have been poisoned.
Ep. 9-Don Matteo investigates when the star of a local film production is killed. Ep. 10-An entrepreneur whose company dumps toxic waste is blackmailed with compromising photographs.
Ep. 11-While Don Matteo works as a substitute prison chaplain, the body of an inmate is discovered. Ep. 12-Don Matteo organizes a pilgrimage to a sanctuary.
Ep. 15-Don Matteo organizes a charity auction. Ep. 16-Don Matteo presents a donation to a university research center where an employee has been killed.