I've watched two seasons of this, since it just recently became available to me here in the USA via PBS on Roku. If better cops shows were out there that I have yet to see, I don't think I'd have continued with this but the pickings is slim these days in my world. If you can imagine this series as a comic book or graphic novel you'll get the best idea of the plot lines and development. I'm no genius but there were several episodes I'd figured out within the first 20 minutes or so, then had to sit through for the next 100 minutes for it to all play out.
Pretty much everybody with a major part in this series is simply fantastic looking so there was part of me just waiting for the obligatory sex scenes, albeit such were quite few in number. And maybe it really is that way in Italy, but it's impossible to imagine the svelte young detective (Valeria) having it on with her middle-aged boss in his unlocked office, or openly kissing him in the police station hallway, cuddling in the parking lot, and all the other obvious shows of affection that are in this series. Clearly this drama was thought up before the "Me Too" movement, or they just don't care about that sort of thing in Italy. Valeria conducts herself at work and in the field somewhat like a savant yet lackadaisical teenager, always dressed in jeans and a baggy top while her coworkers have dresses, uniforms, jackets, and ties. Man, she must really be a great detective to get away with that! It is therefore a mystery how she is so duped by, yet enamored with, her pig-headed boss. Or why (especially in season 1) she treats her honorable, competent and devoted main partner (Andrea) like a staff gopher. The poor guy barely has 10 lines per episode. I'd imagine that in the real world...even the Italian real world...her co-workers would hate her guts for all the, ahem, "stuff" she gets away with simply by sleeping with the boss.
Speaking of sleeping around, I think every episode of season 2 involves infidelity, scoring, players, and cheating in some major way (what is the divorce rate in that country, anyway? It must be astronomical.). The directing and continuity in this series could use some work, too. Plots can be hard to follow as sometimes a critical piece of information is just blurted out in the middle of what otherwise seems to be just a short filler scene. That "what's my secret?" subplot of Valeria's mother gets really tiresome after awhile, too. Just tell us, and move on to some new deep dark secret with another character. Please.
Technically the show seriously lacks at times. Lots of extreme close ups for no apparent reason. Procedural errors, like the detectives walking around the fresh crime scene unencumbered by Tyvek suits, booties, and even gloves in one instance. The scene where the guy had supposedly shot himself in the head with a shotgun was laughable for any serious crime drama viewer (I won't get graphic here; neither did they). Basically, if you like the English village kind of cop shows where a little old lady sleuths through watercolor crime scenes devoid of too much reality you'll probably like this series.
Technically the show seriously lacks at times. Lots of extreme close ups for no apparent reason. Procedural errors, like the detectives walking around the fresh crime scene unencumbered by Tyvek suits, booties, and even gloves in one instance. The scene where the guy had supposedly shot himself in the head with a shotgun was laughable for any serious crime drama viewer (I won't get graphic here; neither did they). Basically, if you like the English village kind of cop shows where a little old lady sleuths through watercolor crime scenes devoid of too much reality you'll probably like this series.