La casa de las flores

Here I am surfing Netflix for my next binge when I stumble upon this gem. I never expected to get so involved in a series in a language I couldn't understand. I highly recommend watching the series in its original language with English subtitles. I tried both ways and I just couldn't deal with the English dub. I couldn't recommend this series more. It was phenomenal.

Originally titled as 'La Casa de las Flores' in Spanish, the series is about a dysfunctional family with a prestigious flower business front but a problematic and full of secrets reality.

The first season is exclusively filmed in Mexico, while the second one's filming shifts between Mexico and Spain and the Special Episode is filmed on the Texas-Mexico border.

The series has a modern and liberal approach on LGBT lifestyle and consists of enough scenes constituting the LGBT characters.

It's a non-serious, funny and full of drama series.

Season 1 is great - humor, plot, characters, Mexican peculiarities, but the second one is here just for your money. Don't waste your time and ignore it. 8 for the first one, 5 for the second

Veronica Castro was the biggest Mexican telenovela star from the late 70's to the 80's. I was so thrilled to see her on a Netflix show, so I have to watch it. I grew up watching her telenovelas, and she's still an amazing actress. This series is the typical telenovela, with family secrets, the ultra rich, the poor, lies, etc, but with more 2018's themes.

Binged the third season in one sitting. Couldn't be happier that the final season fixes everything that was wrong with the second season. The flashback scenes made it feel like a completely different show but it didn't overstay its welcome. Everything ties up nicely in the end (and a surprise cameo at the very end). One weakness is that it's predictable (as most dramedies in this genre). You know how things are going to turn out but it's a small price to pay if you've seen how horrible the second season was. Long live the de la Mora family. I wish the show would last as long as Desperate Housewives but oh well, 3 seasons on Netflix ain't bad.