Shikha Singh

Extremely engrossing mystery thriller series in quite an unknown, Galician, language. Its runtime of six episodes each with 70 minutes length is slow but keeps you on the edge. The series deals with the perversity of human psychology, rapists, perverts, and bad men. María Mera is effective and engaging as the civil guard and all the characters and stories revolve around her. She is serious, firm, stubborn, and strong but is vulnerable and emotional when needed. But what surprised me the most is how the show has portrayed sex work, just as work, without being voyeuristic. Sex workers are shown as just humans, the focus is not only on their lives as sex workers but their personal lives as well.

*Spoiler-free review* I have never written a review before but I'll be damned if I didn't write a review for this show. It's finally over. Six years of fun, thrill, love, emotion, heartbreak, court, trials, and the center of it all, the murder. The first season was a typical murder mystery show, quite fast-paced and racy with many twists and turns but from the second season onwards, it's more dramatic and more emotional with characters getting the depth they deserve. The show's diverse cast and characters are to be acknowledged for making the show what it is but the show is what it is because of Annalise Keating, a black, middle-aged, bisexual, strong, emotional, flawed, vulnerable woman. I can't think of anyone else other than Viola Davis to portray such a complex character. Thanks to Shonda Rhimes for making this incredibly wonderful show.