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Decent plot that drags on to 39 episodes because of too many distractions and tangential stories. The main story is spoiled by way too many irrelevant scenes of sex. This series should be designated LG. The real story is probably 10%, rest does not make sense. Such a waste.

When you are 911/911 Lone Star-Fan,you know they somehow manages to begin and finish more than 1 Stories in 1-2 Episodes and Inbetween alot of Emergencies,Right?

Well this Show however manages to stretch it to 39 !!! EPISODES with just a few Emergencies.🤦

Yes there is alot Sexiness and Hotness but the Plot would easily fit into 9 Episode TOPS.

It is Torture for Fans of 911,thats for sure,dont watch it.

But for Telenovella-Fans maybe abit interesting.

Be aware that you will often find yourself predicting all the Time the Episodes just after watching a few Minutes.

There is nothing unforeseeable happing here at all and worse,they stretching it over alot Episodes.

Let's start with the script, which lacks substance and development, they tried to handle many stories at the same time, not to mention the "unreal" situations that fall into fantasy, even La Rosa de Guadalupe has better writers. It seems like the typical Mexican novel that seeks to stay on the air and continues to lengthen. On the other hand, the performances, I cannot deny that if the script and the direction were not the best, these will affect the performance of the actors, but it is necessary to emphasize that there was one or another actor who made an effort to sell the story of his character. But the one who played "Poncho" deserves a Razzie, what a lousy and mediocre performance.

First 9 episodes are way too many greased up abs and pointless 15 second sex montages for my liking, but made a paradigm shift for some explanation at epi 10 and became way more watchable. My first telenovella. It's hokey as hell. Found myself screaming at the screen often, asking how can these characters be so stupid? But I still find it a total blast to watch!

As this Mexican series gets underway Poncho learns of his brother's murder. He was a journalist investigating a story that led to a Mexico City fire station. Poncho decides to find out what happened so heads to the fire station and ends up joining the crew. Meanwhile Ricardo Urzúa arrives and takes over the job of running the station; he has a secret though; he has just ended a twenty five year prison sentence for murder! Shortly after arriving Poncho gets involved with Olivia, the only woman on the team. If that weren't enough we get numerous subplots involving various firefighters and the people who live in the boarding house opposite the station which is run by the widow of the former chief; these are a group of women and the owner's gay son who fancies one of the firemen.

This series is melodrama, pure and simple. The central story of the hunt for the killer of Poncho's brother's killer and the truth behind Ricardo's motives would probably have been enough to sustain the series but every character in the fire station and boarding house seems to have drama in their lives. This isn't a major problem; it means there is always something happening and there are plenty of twists; some more plausible than others. There is a fair amount of sex and nudity but this reduces in later episodes as the plot homes in on the killer. Each episode provides tense moments and frequently end with cliff-hangers. The acting is solid; sometimes it feels like there is some overacting but I thought that suited the melodramatic nature of the series. Overall I found this to be a fun series.

These comments are based on watching the series in Spanish with English subtitles.