La transazione
- Episode aired Oct 5, 2015
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Will He? Won't He? That is the Question
Ostensibly this episode focused on another murder, this time involving a corrupt local bank which had rather too many safe deposit boxes for its own good. Montalbano becomes involved, and finds (perhaps inevitably) that the solution involves the two Mafia families that seem to be behind all the crimes in Vigata. The script writers are becoming guilty of repetition; maybe they should look for more ingenious resolutions.
The real question of this episode centered on Montalbano's rather complicated love life: how would he react to breaking up with Silvia, as depicted in the previous episode? The answer is -- not very well. He encounters a pretty young bank manager, and after the customary whirlwind romance and candlelit dinner the two of them end up at her house. Later on they go to Montalbano's house and consume aranchini - the Sicilian specialty meatball - before rolling into bed. Montalbano has a sudden pang of conscience that prompts him into making a decision.
The episode jogs along at a mundane pace, allowing for some humorous exchanges between the Inspector and his staff and (for once) giving Catarella the chance to show that he is not so much of a buffoon as his boss believes. Yet we still get the feeling that the murder is just an incidental peg hung on to the love-affair - a way of prolonging the episode into an excessively long 115 minutes.
The real question of this episode centered on Montalbano's rather complicated love life: how would he react to breaking up with Silvia, as depicted in the previous episode? The answer is -- not very well. He encounters a pretty young bank manager, and after the customary whirlwind romance and candlelit dinner the two of them end up at her house. Later on they go to Montalbano's house and consume aranchini - the Sicilian specialty meatball - before rolling into bed. Montalbano has a sudden pang of conscience that prompts him into making a decision.
The episode jogs along at a mundane pace, allowing for some humorous exchanges between the Inspector and his staff and (for once) giving Catarella the chance to show that he is not so much of a buffoon as his boss believes. Yet we still get the feeling that the murder is just an incidental peg hung on to the love-affair - a way of prolonging the episode into an excessively long 115 minutes.
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