jeremy3 Review of Imma Tataranni sostituto procuratore

Imma Tataranni sostituto procuratore (2019– )

Promising, but too filled with drama and cliches

[5/10 · 2 June 2022]

The main actress is very entertaining and dynamic. The relationship with her husband and daughter is well developed. I watched the first five episodes. The problem is that by the fifth episode, it was making the same mistake of so many failed detective shows - trying hard to stir up drama to the point that it loses its identity. For example, the young newly appointed Marshall, Cagliaro, remind me of a male version of Brunetti's secretary. He was very sensitive and attentive to other's needs. But then they had to throw in things that did not make him seem nice, and his bosses perceived love affair with him. There were clear attempts to model the show from Don Matteo (the sentimentality, and the music seemed very similar to that of Don Matteo), and she seemed like a female version of Montalbano. In Young Montalbano there is the earthiness and edge. In Montalbano, the glamorousness. In almost all the episodes, the actor who played Mimi on Montalbano appeared. I was confused. Was he the same character, or was he a different character on each episode he appeared on? That was the problem I had with the series. I admit to not watching the last ten minutes of Episode 5, because it was trying to hard to stir up drama to the point of ridiculousness. I did like the main character, but there does not seem to be a clear direction. There is no Catarella, like on Montalbano, to provide comic relief. There is similarly no Marshall, like on Don Matteo, who is so ridiculously funny.