Review by csdcsdcsd2003

Coliandro is one of my favorite action series - a police procedural set in Bologna. I watched all the MHZ episodes but this was less than half the series, so I purchased all the DVDs (37 episodes in 8 sets) and have just finished viewing all of them. The 2d half unfortunately does not have English subtitles and so I struggled to comprehend the plots but they follow the usual format just like most TV series. Unfortunately, unlike most (American) TV series that have a long run and finish with a definite The End (House, Monk, etc.) Coliandro came to an "end" as though our hero has more adventures up his leather sleeve. From some of the final Bonus Photographs I saw that cast members were wearing Covid masks - the series began c. 2006 and was still going on during the pandemic. I was disappointed that Garjulio, one of my favorite characters in the series, was not on screen in the last few episodes - I had hoped his romance would have continued. The very best episode, in my opinion, is Double Identity - Coliandro does fantastic things as a different sort of hero, one I wish the producers would re-visit and develop further, with leading lady Serena Rossi. Coliandro is a series that, like no other, reminds me of my youth, growing up in an Italian-American society and family.