‘The Law According to Lidia Poet’ Season 1 Ending Explained: Does Lidia Recovers Her License to Practice Law?

Welcome to the Ending Explained for Season 1 of The Law According to Lidia Poet, a new legal show arriving on Netflix this week. The series is a period piece that tells the story of Lidia Poet, the first woman lawyer in Italy, and her struggles to be recognized by her peers and by the public as a full-fleshed lawyer. Her condition as a woman became a huge limiter for her, and she was not allowed to practice law after graduating and passing all the tests.

The series might be based on a real-life figure, but the show takes huge creative licenses. These changes are necessary to transform the lives of the real Lidia Poet into a “case of the week” show that feels more in line with BBC’s Sherlock than with an actual period piece. This last element becomes a bit annoying as it breaks the immersion and takes you out of the story, but the series always remains entertaining. The mysteries to solve are simple, and the series also has strong social commentary, humor, and even romance. It is a very complete package.

The following paragraphs contain spoilers for The Law According To Lidia Poet, Season 1. Read at your own risk.

Is Jacopo Guilty Of Killing Maya?

As the series starts, we get introduced to Lidia Poet, she comes from a family of lawyers, and she decided to pursue the same profession. Sadly, Lidia lived in Italy in the 19th century. Thus, it is not accepted that she is going around practicing law, which is considered a male profession. Lidia is quite capable of being a great lawyer, but her gender is killing every single chance she has to become something better than she is. The order of the school of law announces that her registration is made void. Without her license, she cannot practice law anymore.

This is the main conflict of the entire show. Lidia will try to appeal the council’s decision and will, in the meantime, become her brother’s assistant. She will basically use him to grab cases and solve them, even if she cannot take credit for them. As the series progresses, though, her contributions to capturing criminals and solving cases get greater, and it seems that a part of the public knows that she is responsible for putting those criminals to behind bars.

After her license is revoked, Lidia lives with her brother Enrico and her wife Teresa. They also have a daughter named Marianna, and Teresa’s brother, Jacobo, also lives there. In the beginning, Lidia’s relationship with Jacobo is quite antagonistic. However, as the series progresses and Lidia learns more about Jacopo, a certain romantic interest is ignited in both of them. Jacopo apparently was in love with a woman he met in France many years ago, and he has returned to Italy to forget it.

Jacopo is a journalist, and his personality is quite jovial. He is well respected in his profession but is seen as a bit of a daredevil. During the first episodes, we see that he is very well acquainted with a prostitute named Maya. They seem to be friends and have fun together, even when clearly Maya is being polite because it is her job. Later in the season, Maya is found dead, and Jacopo becomes the main suspect as he is the last person to see her alive.

Does Lidia Recovers Her License To Practice Law?

Maya’s body is found, and the police get their hands on Jacopo. He is arrested and calls his brother-in-law, Enrico, and Lidia when calling for a lawyer. Lidia believes he is not guilty and will do everything in her power to free him. Lidia tracks Maya to the street she usually uses to work, and there she finds out that Maya was a frequent client of the general inside the fort in the city. Lidia infiltrates the fort and has a conversation with the general.

The general reveals that Maya used to work for him. The nature of the work was not sexual, however, because the truth is that Maya was a spy. The general reveals that when in France, Jacopo used to be part of an anarchist group. The government has been following Jacopo seems he arrived in Italy. Lidia didn’t know anything about this. She confronts Jacopo, who agrees that everything is true, but he says he left the group when he left France. He keeps saying he didn’t kill Maya.

Lidia keeps following the clues and finally finds the hideout of Nicole and Louis, former anarchist companions of Jacopo, who came to Italy to execute their revenge on Maya, also known as Giorgia. These are the true killers of Maya, and sadly, Jacopo has become collateral damage. They let Lidia go, but she immediately goes to ask for Enrico’s help. They must stop them from leaving Turin on the train the next morning. If they do let them go, they will never see them again.

Lidia goes to the train and fights with Louis while the train is moving. The fight ends with Louis getting thrown out of the train and Lidia forcing Nicole to give herself up to the authorities. Jacopo is set free now that the true killers are in jail. Meanwhile, Lidia’s appeal for her license to be reinstated is rejected. She decides to leave Italy and go to America where maybe, she can be all she wants to be.