My overall rating of "Gomorra: La serie"'s Season 3: 2/10
So I've reconsidered my plans to watch 'Pod Prikritie" some time before deciding to watch "Gomorra: La serie". How interesting and unexpected that the two collide! Honestly, this special is fairly disconnected from anything "Gomorra" other than being a way to tie in Sangue Blu's gang into the narrative. It also happens to be the best episode of this disaster of a season - perhaps exactly because of its disconnect from the ridiculous overarching plot in favour of a genuinely fresh and interesting standalone story, even if at times unrealistic or cringy. Honestly given just how well that format worked I absolutely could do with a more episodic "Gomorra", where each episode is a story of a different EU criminal enterprise, and how they all affect each other - but mostly don't. The dark mood and brutality of the series shining more freshly in a grander exploration of the human/criminal condition than just the old warring clans of Naples.
(I've watched this series in original languages with English subtitles, although some Bulgarian I did get by ear)
So I've reconsidered my plans to watch 'Pod Prikritie" some time before deciding to watch "Gomorra: La serie". How interesting and unexpected that the two collide! Honestly, this special is fairly disconnected from anything "Gomorra" other than being a way to tie in Sangue Blu's gang into the narrative. It also happens to be the best episode of this disaster of a season - perhaps exactly because of its disconnect from the ridiculous overarching plot in favour of a genuinely fresh and interesting standalone story, even if at times unrealistic or cringy. Honestly given just how well that format worked I absolutely could do with a more episodic "Gomorra", where each episode is a story of a different EU criminal enterprise, and how they all affect each other - but mostly don't. The dark mood and brutality of the series shining more freshly in a grander exploration of the human/criminal condition than just the old warring clans of Naples.
(I've watched this series in original languages with English subtitles, although some Bulgarian I did get by ear)