TV Series2022–present · 1 season · 6 episodes · Returning

The Bad Guy

Name: The Bad Guy
Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Claudia Pandolfi, Vincenzo Pirrotta, Selene Caramazza, Giulia Maenza

Taste attributes: crimedramacomedyfresh & originalunsavourylinearenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evil

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Boxlist takeAn original, morally murky crime comedy series, otherwise balanced. Best if you like edge over warmth.

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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.4 /10

TMDB · 30 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2022 · 6 episodes

Episodes (6)

1Il magistrato buono8 Dec 2022
Investigating magistrate Nino Scotellaro is on the trail of Mariano Suro. He has been hunting the fugitive boss of Cosa Nostra for years. This time he really is just one step away from catching him. But when the arrest fails, a furious Nino points his finger at the institutions, which he believes are accomplices. This…
2Talpe8 Dec 2022
Everyone is convinced that Nino Scotellaro is dead, including his wife Luvi and his sister Leonarda. In reality, Nino is alive in a remote village. He is a guest of Don Salvatore Tracina, the only person who can help him. An unlikely alliance begins between the two that will transform the magistrate Nino Scotellaro…
3Tu quoque...8 Dec 2022
Now that Nino is “free” again, it is hard for him not to think about his previous life. But the desire to avenge all he has lost takes over. And so, in his new identity as a Mafioso, he becomes part of another “family”: the Tracinas, a clan in decline, rivals to Suro. Together with them, he begins his revenge. To…
4La natura non si ferma15 Dec 2022
Nino's arrival upsets the balance of power in Wowterworld, the Tracinas' base. Nino, who has never liked receiving orders, is ready to do anything to get what he wants, even to challenge Don Salvatore Tracina.
5Vitti 'a luce15 Dec 2022
The power vacuum allows Nino to adopt a new and atypical command strategy for a Mafia clan: democracy. To defeat Suro, though, he also needs the support of the other Mafia families who have long hated Suro but never rebelled.
6/al·lor·quàn·do/15 Dec 2022
Nino goes further than anyone has ever dared before, but he soon realizes that his magistrate's methods are not enough: to catch Suro he has to fully become part of the criminal world he has always fought.

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to lose, Nino decides to pull off a Machiavellian revenge plan.

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