F. R. Thompson

Surprisingly fantastic. It's a well thought out story with vast opportunities to explore and have fun with from many angles of the storyline, and the writers don't disappoint, not missing a beat. Heck, they found angles I wouldn't have realized were there! The writing is clever in that it never gives you enough to anticipate anything that might happen next. You honestly can't fathom how a character is going to get out of a particular pickle, and you just sit there waiting for the train to crash and the groan to escape your stomach, but somehow the writers keep it on the track. I look forward to seeing the next episodes. I've also grown very, very fond of all the actors, even those who might not have strong acting skills. Only good writing can compensate for that. Given that all are probably Spanish actors, I'm going to have to look up other things they have done to enjoy them further. All the characters behind doing the heist are fun to watch. I didn't think I was going to like this show much at first when I realized there were English voice-overs, and the words didn't match up to the actor's mouths, like I was watching an old Godzilla movie or something. That's not the show's fault. It was made in Spain for Spain no doubt! But It was very distracting for me for the first two episodes. I'm not used to watching foreign shows. But I quickly grew to love the plot and actors, and it no longer bothers me. They also have done about as good of a job as anyone can lining up the voice you hear with the movement and tempo of the actual actor's mouth and speech, which is very hard to do. They do it really well. If you find yourself distracted by the voiceovers, or think it would bore you to try to follow the show with such distraction, trust me....you'll be glad you kept watching. It disappears, it really does. I don't buy into the sounds of some of the voices representating some of the characters/actors because that's probably not what they really sound like. I think that is the last piece of the complex "voiceover" puzzle to make them really work. How hard is it to find a voice that is close to the actual actor's voice?? More effort needs to be given to that for foreign shows and films. Some are believable, others aren't. I mean, I've not seen many huge, muscular, beefy men with thin-man voices. They are usually deep and gravely, powerful, or intimidating. Unless it's for comedic affect. Also, there is a much different sound to vocals nowadays then what we got ages ago when all movies and shows had a separate voice track. So you will notice the dialogue of this show sounds like old movies where there is no natural depth or rebound from objects/walls/ceilings near the actor. It all sounds monotone. This is just the nature of accessing foreign made shows. It would have to be very good writing or a really fun romp to get me to overlook it, and this show has both. Trust me, you will not notice it for long, if ever and whenever you do. I really like how well the show causes you to at first like one of the key characters, a lot, and then grow to hate them and feel they are disposable, unable to picture their significance to any later episodes except to annoy you, but then ... suddenly, magically, you're liking them again! And even happy that the writers figured out a way to do that. It's as absurd as a few of the scenes and story lines are, but somehow after a groan or two they magically worked, often with a good laugh. I'm not giving storyline details like other reviews are. I feel that it's best to not know much going in other than the series' description. And the previews on Netflix show scenes from other seasons, which take place in a very different location with a very different angle, so I'm intrigued to reach those parts of the story. The storyline really is something fun to imagine.