Il Ladro Onesto
- Episode aired Oct 12, 2015
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Here we go again. Another preposterous series of cases for our heroic Inspector (Michele Riondino) to solve. One involves the death of a nymphomaniac barista whose lovers includes many of Vigata's dignitaries; another focuses on a petty criminal with a penchant for stealing small sums of money from ordinary citizens; and the third (inevitably involving one of the local Mafia families) centers on a kidnapping of a business person's ten-year-old son.
Needless to say Montalbano solves all of them without putting a hair out of place. You can tell that the script is showing signs of creakiness when one of the plots is resolved in a final scene where one of the characters undergoes a complete change of personality.
What else can be said about this episode. The seemingly endless "will-he-won't-he" speculation continues, as the Inspector debates whether to decamp to Genoa or not to reunite with fiancée Livia (Sarah Felberbaum). However our sense of wonder at what will happen has been tempered by the knowledge of what occurs in the ordinary INSPECTOR MONTALBANO series. In this episode there are some lachrymose moments as Montalbano's fellow-officers find out that their leader might be departing: Fazio (Andrea Tidona) is especially put out as it appears that his colleague has never told anyone before, not even his close friends. Catarella (Fabrizio Pizzuto) indulges in further buffoonery, making us wish that he would get off the screen as expeditiously as possible.
Alas, it seems that the performers are merely going through the motions of acting out the story. What a shame for a series that began so well.
Needless to say Montalbano solves all of them without putting a hair out of place. You can tell that the script is showing signs of creakiness when one of the plots is resolved in a final scene where one of the characters undergoes a complete change of personality.
What else can be said about this episode. The seemingly endless "will-he-won't-he" speculation continues, as the Inspector debates whether to decamp to Genoa or not to reunite with fiancée Livia (Sarah Felberbaum). However our sense of wonder at what will happen has been tempered by the knowledge of what occurs in the ordinary INSPECTOR MONTALBANO series. In this episode there are some lachrymose moments as Montalbano's fellow-officers find out that their leader might be departing: Fazio (Andrea Tidona) is especially put out as it appears that his colleague has never told anyone before, not even his close friends. Catarella (Fabrizio Pizzuto) indulges in further buffoonery, making us wish that he would get off the screen as expeditiously as possible.
Alas, it seems that the performers are merely going through the motions of acting out the story. What a shame for a series that began so well.
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- Jan 31, 2016
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