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The Best Episodes of Inspector Montalbano

Inspector Montalbano is an Italian television series produced and broadcast by RAI since 1999, based on the detective novels of Andrea Camilleri. The protagonist is...
  1. Background image for Turning Point
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Turning Point

    S5:E1

    Frustrated by his department's repressive handling of security for the G8 summit in Genoa, Montalbano seriously considers resigning. His attempt to unwind with a casual swim along the Sicilian seashore fails when he discovers a corpse in the water. The inspector's pursuit of the cause of death intersects with another mystery-the inquiry into a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a young boy who may have been victimized by human traffickers. When Montalbano realizes that he may have inadvertently aided the boy's victimizers, his internal turmoil intensifies

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Potter’s Field
    7.9/10(273 votes)

    #2 - The Potter’s Field

    S8:E1

    As torrential rain pours down on Vigata, a plastic bag containing a body cut into pieces is found in a clay field. All the signs point to an old-fashioned Mafia killing. But why is Montalbano's trusted colleague and friend Mimi Augello suddenly irritable and short-tempered, and why is he insisting that the investigation be assigned to him? Could Mimi somehow be involved in the case?

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Gull’s Dance
    7.8/10(240 votes)

    #3 - The Gull’s Dance

    S8:E2

    Fazio is missing. He's not at home, his mobile is switched off and his father is worried. Believing that the young officer had been working a secret investigation on his own, Montalbano fears that Fazio may be in serious trouble and a frantic search is mounted in an effort to find him alive.

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    Director:Unknown
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  4. Background image for As Per Procedure
    7.8/10(255 votes)

    #4 - As Per Procedure

    S11:E2

    A young woman is found dead and naked in the foyer of an apartment block, her body showing signs of what can only have been a brutal and sexually motivated murder. Montalbano sets out to investigate the circumstances surrounding the girl's death, but every one of the block's inhabitants claims to never have met her before. Someone must be lying.

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    Director:Unknown
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  5. Background image for A Diary from 1943
    7.8/10(178 votes)

    #5 - A Diary from 1943

    S13:E2

    As Vigata celebrates St George’s Day, an elderly man, born locally, returns to Sicily after having lived in America for many years. On the same day a diary dating from WWII is discovered hidden in an old bunker. Inspector Montalbano is entrusted with the dark secrets revealed in the diary and starts to research the time around which it was written. But during his investigation, a 90-year-old businessman is found murdered in his own home. Montalbano starts to think that the events cannot possibly be unrelated.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Game of Three Cards
    7.7/10(254 votes)

    #6 - The Game of Three Cards

    S6:E2

    The death of local construction magnate Girolamo Cascio leads Montalbano back to the murder of Cascio's leading competitor, Giacomo Aletto, who was shot and killed two decades earlier. Rocco Pennisi, Aletto's partner, was sent to prison for the crime. But was the right man convicted?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Nest of Vipers
    7.7/10(274 votes)

    #7 - A Nest of Vipers

    S11:E1

    Businessman Cosimo Barletta is found dead in his holiday home, with a gunshot to the head. Montalbano's investigation reveals a series of unexpected facts about the man's life and death - starting with the discovery of an archive of photographs of young women and continuing with the autopsy results, which indicate there might have been more to the man's killing than had initially met the eye. Salvo meets with Barletta's disowned son Arturo, and is helped in his investigation by Arturo's mysterious sister, Giovanna.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for A Voice in the Night
    7.6/10(222 votes)

    #8 - A Voice in the Night

    S9:E3

    A supermarket controlled by a Mafia family is robbed, setting off a chain of events in which the Mafia's political links start to transpire. Montalbano finds himself having to conduct his investigation using even more unconventional methods and this time he does something he's never done before.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Love
    7.6/10(199 votes)

    #9 - Love

    S12:E2

    A former prostitute has disappeared. Her sister tells Montalbano that she had recently fallen in love, so the police start their investigation by speaking to her lover, a meek and gentle man who is puzzled about where his partner could have possibly gone.

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  11. Background image for The Mystery of the Terracotta Dog
    7.5/10(349 votes)

    #10 - The Mystery of the Terracotta Dog

    S2:E2

    A criminal turned state witness informs Montalbano of an arms stash in a cave just outside Vigata. Also uncovered in the cave is a secret chamber where the bodies of two lovers, killed sometime in the 1940s, were buried in a bizarre ritual. An intrigued Montalbano must challenge the Mafia and deal with the arms cache before he can investigate this second find.

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  12. Background image for The Artist's Touch
    7.5/10(348 votes)

    #11 - The Artist's Touch

    S3:E2

    Goldsmith Alberto Larussa appears to have committed suicide by turning his wheelchair into an electric chair. But Inspector Montalbano discovers that the dead man's will, which leaves everything to his brother Giacomo, was forged. Giacomo is arrested, but he maintains that he did not kill Alberto. Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector Mimi Augello is working on the case of a mysteriously-murdered electrician.

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  13. Background image for The Age of Doubt
    7.5/10(233 votes)

    #12 - The Age of Doubt

    S8:E4

    The yacht of a wealthy woman docks at Vigata's harbour as a disfigured body is discovered at sea. Coastguard Laura Belladonna is assigned to the case to assist Montalbano and the two soon become close. The investigation casts doubts on the motives and sincerity of the yacht's crew and Montalbano begins to suspect that there may be more to the story they have given him.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for A Delicate Matter
    7.5/10(240 votes)

    #13 - A Delicate Matter

    S10:E1

    Montalbano is visiting Livia in Boccadasse when he is called back to Vigata to investigate the murder of a 70-year-old prostitute - as well as disturbing accusations at an elementary school.

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  15. Background image for Carousel
    7.5/10(213 votes)

    #14 - Carousel

    S12:E1

    A local shop is burned down in a clear case of arson. Its owner seems to have disappeared into thin air. Montalbano investigates, but is also kept busy by multiple reports of strange kidnappings in which female victims are abducted and released unharmed shortly after, with all of their possessions untouched and for no apparent reason.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for The Shape of Water
    7.4/10(482 votes)

    #15 - The Shape of Water

    S2:E1

    Mr Luparello, a renowned local engineer and leading political figure, is found dead in a car at a notorious prostitution spot on the outskirts of Vigata. The coroner rules that he died of a heart attack following an amorous encounter. Fending off pressure from prominent ecclesiastical figures who wish to keep the case under wraps and navigating the intricacies of local party politics, Montalbano goes about making sense of the available evidence, including the incongruous discovery of an expensive necklace found at the site of the murder.

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  17. Background image for Excursion to Tindari
    7.4/10(375 votes)

    #16 - Excursion to Tindari

    S3:E1

    A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building and an elderly couple are reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari. Inspector Montalbano tries to solve these two seemingly unrelated cases amid the daily complications of life at Vigata police station. But when he discovers that the couple and the murdered young man lived in the same building, his investigation stumbles onto Sicily's brutal 'New Mafia' and leads him down a path more twisted and far-reaching than any he has ever been down before.

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  18. Background image for The Wings of the Sphinx
    7.4/10(237 votes)

    #17 - The Wings of the Sphinx

    S7:E2

    The naked body of a young woman is discovered on a beach near Vigata. The girl was shot in the face, her identity is unknown and the only clue police have to go on is a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder. Montalbano sets to work trying to establish the girl's identity and investigates possible links between the murder victim and a local charity with connections to the church. Meanwhile, his relationship with Livia continues to suffer as a result of his poor work/life balance.

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  19. Background image for The Track of Sand
    7.4/10(235 votes)

    #18 - The Track of Sand

    S7:E3

    Montalbano wakes up one morning to find the carcass of a dead horse stranded on the beach below his house. Soon after, a beautiful woman walks into Vigata police station to report the abduction of her racehorse. A line of investigation emerges that brings Montalbano into contact with the elegant world of horse racing, via some illegal horse betting rackets organised by the Mafia.

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  20. Background image for Paper Moon
    7.4/10(244 votes)

    #19 - Paper Moon

    S7:E4

    A distressed woman arrives at Vigata police station to report the disappearance of her brother. Soon enough, the man is found murdered in what appears to have been a crime of passion. But Montalbano is reluctant to give too much credit to appearances and digs into the victim's past, talking to anyone who might have had an involvement in the case. Meanwhile, a number of high-profile businessmen and politicians die as a result of cocaine overdoses.

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  21. Background image for Treasure Hunt
    7.4/10(228 votes)

    #20 - Treasure Hunt

    S8:E3

    An elderly couple, both religious fanatics, barricade themselves in their home and begin shooting from the windows and balconies apparently with no reason. Montalbano’s men finally succeed in disarming them: there seems to be no reason for this insane action but inside the home they find a strangely disfi gured infl atable doll. A few days later, when an identical doll is discovered in a garbage bin, Montalbano has a bad premonition.

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  22. Background image for Hall of Mirrors
    7.4/10(236 votes)

    #21 - Hall of Mirrors

    S9:E2

    A bomb goes off outside an empty store-room in a quiet Vigata street. Montalbano commences his investigation, but is soon disorientated by a series of disparate events, including the acquaintance of an attractive and mysterious woman.

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  23. Background image for A Ray of Light
    7.4/10(221 votes)

    #22 - A Ray of Light

    S9:E4

    A woman is attacked and robbed on her way home late at night, but the case leaves Montalbano wondering whether there isn't more to the story than he's being told. An abandoned cattle shed in the countryside has been boarded up by unknowns and used for mysterious purposes.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for August Flame
    7.3/10(277 votes)

    #23 - August Flame

    S7:E1

    Inspector Montalbano discovers the existence of a secret underground dwelling beneath Mimi's family home and finds a trunk containing the dead body of a young woman who had disappeared six years earlier. As he begins his investigation, Montalbano makes the acquaintance of the victim's alluring twin sister.

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  25. Background image for The Mud Pyramid
    7.3/10(234 votes)

    #24 - The Mud Pyramid

    S10:E2

    A man's body is found inside an industrial pipe on a building site. Montalbano and Fazio manage to identify the victim and try to contact his missing wife. Meanwhile, journalist Lucia Gambardella reaches out to Montalbano with information on a local corruption ring involving fraudulent building contracts.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for The Patience of the Spider
    7.2/10(265 votes)

    #25 - The Patience of the Spider

    S6:E1

    Inspector Montalbano is puzzled by the kidnapping of Susanna Mistretta, a young woman whose once-wealthy family has fallen on hard times. When the kidnappers contact the family to demand a ransom, the responsibility of coming up with the money falls on an estranged relative. But something in the case just doesn't add up.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Turning Point" is the best rated episode of "Inspector Montalbano". It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Potter’s Field".