Los favoritos de Midas

I bet the first 3 commenters didn't see a single minute of the series. Or they are eight years old who think they are joking ... The show is very good, one of the best we saw on Netflix this year.

What is power and money? Very exciting series , 6 episodes. Luis Tosar, again! Awesome! The police inspector Guillermo Toledo also awesome! Just don't miss it if you like good thrillers with an interesting, .. very interesting subject. The ones only scoring this series with a 2 or 3, just incomprehensible!

Pros: It's a well-filmed, probably fairly well budgeted TV series, with some good Spanish actors. Cons: The plot does not makes sense really, and it's a bit of a millenial's cliche. I am not going to spoil it by saying more. The actors, while great names, they play unconvincing roles.

Don't expect much

As the new proprietor of a newspaper becomes embroiled in MoM's extortion of his millions, he tries to take the high road, however the powers that be don't share his view. His noncompliance with his blackmailers has fatal results. This is set to a backdrop of Spain in a state of internal revolt, similar to 2011 or 2018, when citizens took to the streets for peaceful marches protesting against anti-austerity measures, politicians and bankers. Excessive force was observed, and the protests escalated and became out of control resulting in the armed forces being called in to quash the violence and arson. One of his newspaper's journalists responds in a TV broadcast: " . . . leaders condone their actions as being for the greater good . . .". One death in this state of chaos to prevent the deaths of many etc. It is with this moral and ethical dilemma we are left to contemplate. What would you have done?

Boring? No. At least first 3 episodes kept me engaged. After that things got a bit too confusing and too complex. Marta Belmonte character was irritating me big deal, the money hungry ex-wife cliché was 'tiring". Did Marta Milans augmented her face? She is only 38, but looks older and surgically "enhanced". Can't accept actors with "fake" faces. Episodes 3-5- too much philosophy that feels rehearsed, robotic. I'll finish watching. But intriguing beginning is not living up to my expectations so far.