Homicidios

I've broken the addiction, more or less, but there was a time when I watched almost every single cop show on TV. I don't even want to count how many police & detective shows I've watched, but out of all of them, "Homicidios" might be the best one I've ever seen.

First, any review of "Homicidios" has to start with the superbly talented Eduardo Noriega, who plays Tomas Soller, a psychologist consulting the homicide unit investigating the multiple murder committed at the university where Soller is a professor. Initially, Soller is brought on as a consultant because one of the intended victims was also one of his students, but as the investigation advances, Soller's connection to the case deepens, to the point where the case becomes personal and Soller grows obsessed with finding and capturing the killer. As it turns out, the serial killer is a mastermind who manipulates troubled people into murder (no, that's not a spoiler, just the framework of the investigation revealed almost at the beginning). After the manipulated submissive is pushed over the brink to commit murder, the mastermind kills his pawn, then finds another vulnerable object of manipulation.

As it so happens, the head of the homicide unit is also Soller's ex. If that weren't complicated enough, Soller's never gotten over her and takes advantage of their close working relationship to rekindle their romance. Two male detectives and a rookie female round out the rest of the homicide unit, and the four actors play their roles to perfection. Actually, there isn't a weak link anywhere on this show - the lead actors, the supporting cast, the scripts, the production values, the direction - everything is absolutely first rate.

Unfortunately, the dimwits in charge put "Homicidios" in a horrible time slot (starting at midnight), which resulted in (oh, shock!) dismal ratings. So the show ran only one season, 13 episodes jam-packed with mystery, intrigue, suspense, and thrills. It drives me nuts that a show of this quality was canceled, but at least we have this one brilliant season to enjoy.

It deals with a group of criminal investigation and a psychologist called Tomás Soller : Eduardo Noriega . Both of them join forces to solve complicated and twisted cases by using profilage and deep character studio . As they investigate a series of grisly as well as linked murders that lead to the same killer , El Cazador or The Hunter . This grim murderer is carrying out a sinister criminal spree with fateful results , including loved people by the investigators as kidnapping the girlfriend of one protagonist . The officers in law team is formed by intelligent Brigade Inspector Eva Hernández: Celia Freijeiro , obstinate Homicide Brigade Inspector Pablo Montero : Enrique Berrendero , cunning cop Izquierdo played by Carlos Garcia , rookie sub-inspector Maria Losada : Vicky Luengo -who subsequently to play another cop in the successful series Antidisturbios- and forensic Susana : Marian Aguilera . All of them are supervised by the strict chief commissioner Andrés Ramos : Mariano Venancio .

Nice thriller series formed by 13 episodes concerning police procedural carried out by an expert team of young cops . The series packs a thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere by means of shaky camera , quick edition, developing a peculiar style with plenty of action , movement , thills , fast-pace , twists and turns . This hard-working police team is formed by Celia Freijero as starring playing a stubborn Inspector giving a nice acting, along with her disciplined underlings well performed by Vicky Luengo, Marian Aguilera , Enrique Berrendero , Carlos García, and being helped by an expert on criminal psychology named Tomás Soller , an University professor and profiler , finely played by Eduardo Noriega . All of them track down perpetrators using profiles , state-of-art technical methods and ultimate investigation outfits . The series follows in the wake of other Spanish ones by the time , such as "RIS Científica" with Jose Coronado, Irene Montala and "Cuenta Atrás" with Dani Martin, Alex González , that at the same time imitated the American successes . The series was well created by showrunners Jose Antonio Fuentes , Agustín Martínez, Susana Prieto , getting some nominations and Awards as Zapping prize 2012 winner best actor : Eduardo Noriega , Nominee Best actress Celia Freijeiro. And Nominee Gold Panda in Sichuan TV Festival to Best writing for a Television series : Miguel Saez Carral.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!

This is a very wonderfully achieved TV series and couldn't be in a different way, because the scripts are awesome and the cast superb. The very much talented actor Eduardo Noriega (Tesis, Abre Los Ojos, El Metodo, etc) plays Dr. Tomás Sóller, a psychologist specialized in serial killers who randomly becomes the master piece of a very hard to solve case. That case is being led by officer Eva Hernández, Sóller's former girlfriend, which makes the plot more interesting yet. After the first episode, watchers realize that there's someone else behind the murders, someone that uses the serial killers to perform the dirty work for him. As soon as Sóller realizes that that same person is after him, decides to get even more involved in the cases. This TV show will get you hooked till the end and as well as being very entertaining, is a mind-teaser. Highly recommendable. As usual, remarkable performance by Noriega. Two thumbs up.