Hello friends, good vibes to all.
I think 10 days ago, on September 3, was released on the Netflix platform what will be the first part of the last season of the already mythical Spanish series La Casa de Papel. Throughout four seasons we have seen all these characters go from one heist to another accompanied by the respective persecution carried out by the police forces and practically the entire government of Spain without much success the truth.
So here comes this first part after a somewhat surprising end to the fourth season, full of twists and turns of events that will mark the story from then on. Did you expect to see more of the same? - Yes. Have I seen it? - maybe. And is that the tone of this series is clearly the survival and achieve the objectives or in this case the robbery at all costs and for this in this fifth part it is noted that they go all out and without fear of anything.
- Argumento // Argument.
We are at a point in the series where everything is becoming more and more complicated as time goes by. On the one hand we have Alicia Sierra, the policewoman who was originally in charge of interrogating Rio, following in his footsteps and getting closer and closer to the Professor and Tamayo who, with a very particular way of working, wants to hunt down this gang using whatever methods are necessary, even if they go a little off the beaten path.
All that happens outside, but what happens inside? - Well, it's the same chaos as always with characters whose egos, emotions and aspirations are so different that many times they generate a full-fledged war within another battlefield. Now with two leaders, Tokyo and Lisbon, things get tense at times, accompanied by perhaps the most nefarious character of the entire cast, Arturo, who gives his all whenever he sees the slightest opportunity.
In these first five chapters we were also shown certain flashbacks as in the previous season but this time it is to achieve several things, two specifically. The first is to give a sense of belonging and nostalgia to one of the characters and the second is to include through a small story a new element that we will surely see more of in the second part.
With this new character what they did was to pave the way and give context for his inclusion later on. That said, we still see Berlin around, which says that what for me is the best character of the whole series, they want to continue giving him a place because of how good and incredible this character is.
In short, disputes and misunderstandings but above all a deep-rooted affection between all the thieves is what you will see in this initial part of one of the series that has managed to catch more people among its plot full of love/violence.
- Opinion.
What I think we see this time is a bombardment of events and things that visually shock and surprise you and all that is because the script or narrative level is becoming less and less. I think that in these first episodes is where I have seen more bullets, ammunition and weapons compared to the last four installments, I'm not lying and it may read a little exaggerated but it is really incredible what happens in the first two chapters, for example.
We do not see the ideas so clear on the side of the robbers and for the first time we observe improvisations that I do not know if they do so much good to the plot; that obviously they can make mistakes like everyone else but that was not the usual trend since we were used to see them always not one but 3 steps ahead of the police. As the episodes progress, they start to accumulate situation after situation so that the rhythm does not fall and the viewer is always on the edge of everything.
The thing with La Casa de Papel is that it gets tired at times. That novel feeling of the first 2 or 3 seasons was completely lost to the point that it seems that it is always the same over and over again. Technically and in terms of effects it is brutal, that must be said, the good investment they have made is quite noticeable but many times that is not enough.
There have been five seasons where the central theme is a robbery, it is logical to think that this story is exhausted and there is no more, which was one of the reasons why the creators decided that this is the final season, it was impossible to continue taking plot from where there simply was none. There is no narrative arc that can endure so much of the same.
In conclusion I say that despite all that has been said, it is a series that continues to work because the action is frenetic from beginning to end and as a pastime it is more than acceptable. In addition to the fact that at this point many people have already taken a certain affection for several of its characters so I'm sure it will be another reason why people will watch it. I give these 5 episodes a 7/10, they have a duration of approximately 45-50 minutes and you can find it on Netflix, I leave here the trailer:
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!