Criticism of 'The innocent': a good Netflix series from start to finish

Last Friday Netflix premiered one of the most anticipated series of this year: The innocent. An 8-episode miniseries by Oriol Paulo in which the tense story of Harlan Coben’s novel has been adapted. A series that surprises from the first episode with its script twists and planned subplots The Innocent also has a luxurious cast made up of high-profile actors such as Mario Casas, José Coronado, Juana Acosta, Aura Garrido, Alexandra Jiménez, Aura Garrido , Gonzalo de Castro or Ana Wagener, among many others. The innocent An excellent script The basis of a good fiction is always the script and in this case that of Oriol Paulo, Jordi Vallejo and Guillem Clua have marked the tension to the millimeter in each of the episodes. A great challenge considering that it is based on a novel by Coben and adaptation to a fiction in our country was complicated. This Netflix series tries to reflect deep down on the second chances that life gives you to reinvent yourself and reconcile with the past. The protagonist is a young university student Mat, played by a powerful Mario Casas, whose life is unexpectedly cut short when trying to mediate a fight outside a nightclub. A push to another young man is an instant death and turns him into a murderer and who has to serve the maximum sentence that will be four hellish years. Mat is released from prison and has rebuilt his life with his pregnant wife, Olivia. The two plan to buy a new house close to their family and create a home together, but a call to Olivia’s phone changes everything. Olivia disappears and he begins to receive strange and complex videos that make him think that he has lost her forever.In addition, Police Inspector Lorena Ortiz, who also has a terrible past, begins to suspect that Mat is related to the murder of a nun, Mat will have to face the ghosts of his past and with some people he met in prison. . The now adult Mat will have to prove his innocence, which is difficult for someone who has already been in jail. That is why private detective Zoe will have to rely on someone you trust to help you out of this illogical situation.The successes of The Innocent In addition to the excellent script, the series surprises with its surprising staging in which in each episode it gives prominence to one of the characters. Mario Casas is sublime in that Mat that is torn between prudence and the fight against injustice. Of course, the choice of the cast is brilliant and the photography is excellent and surprises with scenes of great realism. This series also immerses itself as Red Sky in the murky and hidden world of prostitution, but denouncing from the first moment its injustices and tragedies . We should be grateful that it manages to hint rather than show how terrible some quite unpleasant situations are, a complex puzzle of stories that is surprising all viewers. The innocent is a miniseries that has just been released and that will surely become one of the most talked about series of the year.