The Octopus: Series 8-10

No Zing From Zingaretti
Zingaretti was out of his element. As Montalbano he is perfecto:
explosive, comedic and natural. La Piovra 8-10 was a major disappointment.
Everything went down hill: music, actors, plot,director,anamorphic screen
distortion and even graphics. The plots were really absurd and the
cinematography lame.
These episodes should have never been attached to the previous ones.
They were unnecessary and bad Hollywood emulations.

Great series
My husband and I were sorry to have this spellbinding series come to an end!!! We would have ordered more had there been more episodes!

The Final End
I am a huge fan of the Octopus series. This specific review is for Octopus 8-10. Octopus 8 & 9 break from the usual writing mode with new screenwriters and a look back into the past of major character Tano Carridi played brilliantly by Remo Girone. Tano has been a significant character since his introduction at the end of series 3. In Octopus 8 & 9, however, the character is a young boy growing up with a surrogate father since his mother was killed when Tano was a young child. We see this several times through flashbacks to the time her death occurred and Tano realizes who was responsible. At this young age, Tano is learning to cope with the way things are when the village is run by a Mafia don. He sees the current don killed and his real father taking over the role. Tano is clever and quick, but also manipulative. He develops a friendship with a young boy whom he prevents from being killed, but is instrumental in having his own father killed through manipulating the man's...

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