Il silenzio dell'acqua

Let me confess right off the bat, that I gave up on The Silence of Water after 4 tedious episodes. My ideal tv show is a tight police procedural with interesting characters, smart plots and clever dialogue. This series has none of that. Instead, it is a soap opera with melodramatic characters who are constantly yelling, crying and brooding, while the actual plot proceeds at a snail's pace. None of the characters are very likable or interesting, and what passes for police procedures bears no resemblance to the real world. Compared to a good Italian tv series like The Bastards of Pizzofalcone, this show compares very unfavorably.