By analysing the TV episode ‘The Other End of line’ (2019) through lens Bhabha’s concepts ‘third space’ and ‘hybridity’ (1994), Soja’s formulation ‘thirdspace,’ this article argues that, far from being escapist viewing, Inspector Montalbano series (Italy, 1999–2021) is a ‘geopolitical’ crime (Saunders 2020, 1) that challenges ‘nation-centred view sovereign citizenship’ (Bhabha 38) embodied by M...