As this episode opens Inspector Montalbano comes across a group of men laughing at a poster; it promises a referendum to decide if the wife of a local politician is a W____. It isn't specified what W stands for but it is obvious to all who read it, as well as to the politician! Montalbano doesn't get far into investigating who put the posters up when he learns that there has been a murder; a woman has reported finding her uncle, a local loan shark, shot dead. She says she has no idea who the killer was but she fired a shot at him as he fled and it would appear that she wounded him. In the previous episode Fazio suffered a heart attack but he is now back at work; against the advice of his doctor.
This was another enjoyable episode; the murder mystery was interesting without being convoluted and the case of the politician's wife was amusing rather than distracting. In fact there were quite a lot of amusing moments in this episode; most involving the hapless Catarella even his actions in the final scene were laugh out loud funny. There was some sadness too as we see the elder Fazio departing; this also provided some drama as the viewer is forced to wonder whether he will succumb to the cliché of having somebody die just before they leave the police! Away from the police work Montalbano's relationship with Livia is developing nicely and we learn more about his relationship with his father. Overall this was a fine episode with just the right mix of drama and humour; fans of the series should certainly like it.
This was another enjoyable episode; the murder mystery was interesting without being convoluted and the case of the politician's wife was amusing rather than distracting. In fact there were quite a lot of amusing moments in this episode; most involving the hapless Catarella even his actions in the final scene were laugh out loud funny. There was some sadness too as we see the elder Fazio departing; this also provided some drama as the viewer is forced to wonder whether he will succumb to the cliché of having somebody die just before they leave the police! Away from the police work Montalbano's relationship with Livia is developing nicely and we learn more about his relationship with his father. Overall this was a fine episode with just the right mix of drama and humour; fans of the series should certainly like it.