Queen of the South was a artistic, intriguing, heart-pounding journey that, oddly sufficient for a present in regards to the violent world of drug cartels, left followers smiling in the long run.
Did our TV Fanatics, Whitney, Jasmine, and Christine, benefit from the collection finale? Have been they upset on the ending? And what are their ideas on this female-driven narco collection as a complete?
Learn under as we dive into the tip of Queen of the South…
What had been your ideas on the collection finale? Did you might have a favourite second?
Whitney: Deep down inside, I’m a romantic. So I completely beloved the ending and seeing James and Teresa and Pote and Kelly Anne collectively once more and having fun with a meal collectively.
Completely satisfied endings are so uncommon on tv, and I really like that these 4 who’ve been by way of a lot collectively obtained to have that second, even when it took a very long time to get there.
It made me very glad, particularly to see James and Teresa get a fortunately ever after collectively, so their little kiss on the desk was all the pieces to me.
Jasmine: I actually beloved it and applaud them for deciding on a happier, constructive ending quite than one thing darkish and grim. They simply might’ve accomplished that for the sake of realism, however I preferred that they’d their household, well being, and happiness.
My favourite second was in all probability the ending. Pote returning dwelling, assembly his daughter (although it was bizarre that she did not acknowledge him from photographs or one thing), and simply all of them being in a household in that home that had me envious.
Christine: Sure! I beloved when Pote lastly made it to the seashore, met his daughter, and reunited with Kelly Anne, James, and Teresa. That second was all the pieces I’d hoped for within the collection finale.
I beloved that the present appeared to hearken to what the followers wished and gave it to us. This can be a narco present. They may have given us a darkish, grisly ending, and everybody would have mentioned that was justified, but it surely wasn’t what followers longed to see.
They gave us such a joyful finish for the characters we love, and plenty of exhibits don’t try this.
Did you count on Teresa to be alive, or had been you shocked by the final 5 minutes?
Jasmine: I completely anticipated her to be alive, so it wasn’t a shock a lot as ready for the massive reveal.
Whitney: As quickly as I noticed James was the one who pulled the set off, I wasn’t positive she was lifeless. After which, as soon as I noticed that I knew she needed to have faked her dying.
Christine: I by no means doubted that she was alive. I didn’t consider that James would kill her after they’d each mentioned they beloved one another.
So, yeah, I used to be ready for the tip to see the place she was. However that definitely did not take something away from the ending. I used to be glad to get what I had anticipated and glad to go alongside for the journey and see how they’d make it occur.
Was there something within the collection finale that upset you? Is there something you’d change in the event you might?
Jasmine: I do know they wanted some battle, but it surely upset me that Pote missed his daughter’s start and first 4 years.
I additionally REALLY wished Camila to pop up in some way and was upset we did not see her once more.
Christine: Agree. I used to be stunned we by no means noticed Camila Vargas once more, and that upset me a little bit. She was such an enormous a part of the primary few seasons that I believed she or her daughter, Isabela, would pop again up once more and attempt to take revenge on Teresa.
It felt odd that Camila’s story ended the place it did, and we do not know the place she is or what occurred to her.
Whitney: I noticed many individuals had been upset in regards to the heavy emphasis being on Pote, which I understood. Although, I did not thoughts.
I’ll say the dearth of Teresa made excellent sense as a result of they had been ready for the massive reveal, however I used to be a little bit unhappy that the final episode of the collection had so little of my favourite character.
Christine: I noticed that too. I used to be nice with Pote carrying a lot of the ultimate episode. Hemky Madera did a beautiful job, as standard, so I wasn’t upset.
Extra Teresa would have been good, however it will have ruined the massive reveal, so I used to be pleased with the way it all turned out.
Whitney: I would not change something, although, as a result of it was an excellent finale, in my view. And a beautiful ending piece.
Jasmine: Hemky killed it. I do not see why anybody might ever be upset. It made excellent sense!
All through the 5 seasons, did you might have a favourite storyline?
Jasmine: I can not particularly pinpoint an actual storyline. However I actually beloved Teresa’s trajectory of changing into the queen.
I really like these earlier days of her breaking away from Camila and taking up, the start of her beginning this empire and cultivating these bonds and loyalty with all of those characters. I discovered all of that essentially the most thrilling.
Teresa getting highly effective was extra intriguing to me than her attempting to maintain it.
Whitney: This can be an odd alternative, however the El Santo storyline at all times caught with me. Unsure I’d say favourite, but it surely’s essentially the most memorable for me.
The episode the place she, James, and Guero needed to escape, and the dream sequences and simply the brutality of that episode was quite a bit, however to me, it signified a serious change in Teresa.
Christine: Kelly Anne’s total character arc. From being an abused spouse to operating off with Teresa and discovering her place in that world to her drug use and eventual “dying.” Kelly Anne being alive shocked me, and I loved all the pieces about her character since her return, being Teresa’s legal professional and her relationship with Pote.
And I beloved how she was a personality who regarded like she wanted to be saved however again and again, she proved that she might save herself, like when she crashed the automotive to get away from the man to whom Boaz bought her.
Kelly Anne deserved her place as Teresa’s right-hand lady.
Jasmine: Whitney, they weren’t my favourite per se, however I did benefit from the cultural components of the El Santo storyline and all the pieces surrounding him. The spirituality in that storyline, the sequences, and the dying elements. All fascinating.
Whitney: Agreed. And “favourite” shouldn’t be the fitting strategy to describe it. However after I consider the collection, I at all times do not forget that storyline.
Christine: The strangeness of that storyline bothered me and fascinated me. I can not say I beloved it, however I definitely will not neglect it.
Who was the villain you hated essentially the most all through the collection?
Christine: Boaz turned out to be a favourite as a result of he was so brutal, but there have been instances it was simple to aspect with him or see items of his humanity. It was a love/hate relationship, however I couldn’t wait to see Pote kill him in the long run.
For a villain I despised, I’d should say, Common Cortez. He was simply sleazy. The way in which he tried to place Camila in her place bugged me. I at all times wished that Camila would have taken him out.
Whitney: Queen of the South had some wild villains. However I believe I hated Cortez essentially the most.
Christine: And there was no purpose for him to kill Kique, Boaz’s son. It was merely cruelty. I believed that Boaz would have tortured Cortez extra for that earlier than he killed him.
Jasmine: They’ve had lots of loathsome villains for me. I detested the decide due to the socio-cultural facet of this highly effective man along with his fingers in all the pieces, type of being the last word villain as this highly effective white man who felt above all of those different racial and cultural minorities.
I agree about Cortez, too. His brutality and misogyny irked me, whereas Boaz was simply disappointing.
Christine: I had hoped that Decide Lafayette would find yourself behind bars in one among his personal prisons, which was why I used to be a little bit upset that we simply obtained his head in a field.
Whitney: Boaz was like a caricature of a villain to me. And Lafayette was horrible, however there was one thing about Cortez I hated most of all.
Was there a twist you didn’t see coming however loved?
Christine: Kelly Anne and Pote changing into a pair. I by no means noticed that coming however beloved it as soon as it occurred. I’d by no means have anticipated them to be so excellent collectively.
Whitney: Maybe it is as a result of I binged the primary season some years in the past over like two days, however Guero being alive threw me again after I watched it. And despite the fact that I do not like Guero in any respect, I bear in mind considering it was attention-grabbing to see how Teresa reconciled with that and her new life.
Christine: Sure, that stunned me too. And I wasn’t the most important fan of Guero both, however I felt dangerous that Teresa needed to endure his dying twice. However “dying” twice appears to be a theme on this present.
Jasmine: I do not know if it is a twist per se, however one among my final favourite issues is how Teresa and Pote’s friendship developed. On paper, these two NEVER ought to’ve been mates, allies, or household. Like generally, it simply hit me how shut they turned, and it simply … who would have imagined?
Christine: Sure! Within the early seasons, we might by no means have guessed how that friendship and loyalty would develop. I bear in mind being stunned that Pote was prepared to stroll away from Camila and aspect with Teresa.
Their relationship turned an integral a part of the present. I do not suppose Teresa would have gained as a lot energy as she did with out Pote by her aspect.
Additionally, Teresa turning Javier over the Lafayette. I hated it however discovered some satisfaction in Javier taking Det. Greene out with him. However I felt like that was the second Teresa misplaced Boaz as an ally, despite the fact that he was part of the coverup that led to that horrible second.
On that be aware, was there a particular character dying that harm essentially the most?
Whitney: Brenda involves thoughts instantly. As does Tony. However I believe the one which harm me essentially the most was George.
Christine: King George! When he first confirmed up in his gold lamé Speedo, I by no means would have guessed how a lot I’d love him.
George revered Teresa from the start, and I hated it when Boaz killed him, despite the fact that I’d spent two or three episodes dreading that it was going to occur.
Whitney: I might actually grown to like and respect George over the course of the collection, and boy was it unhappy that he did not get his glad ending.
Christine: Additionally, James “killing” Kelly Anne. On the time, I believed it was actual, and it was made much more painful as a result of Pote couldn’t deliver himself to do it.
Jasmine: Oh man. Birdie was such a small character within the grand scale of issues, however there was one thing about her dying that GUTTED me.
I had a tough time with Bilal, George’s buddy, getting lobotomized.
And, in fact, King George had me wanting to curve up within the fetal place. It wasn’t stunning as a result of we might see it a mile away, however I LOVED him a lot. He introduced a lot enjoyable and lightweight to this present and at all times made me chuckle and smile, and I obtained emotional when he died.
Whitney: Anytime one among Teresa’s “individuals” died, I used to be very upset.
Jasmine: George deserved to be on that seashore home with the others. Enjoying Uncle George to Pote and Kelly Anne’s daughter.
Christine: Oh, the considered that makes me so unhappy.
Going again to what Whitney mentioned, I did not count on Brenda to die on the finish of Queen of the South season 1. However from then on, I knew anybody was far sport. Due to that, I thought we’d lose extra of our core characters by the tip of this last season.
Jasmine: I agree. After I suppose again to how many individuals died, we have not misplaced that many core characters, contemplating the character of the collection.
Whitney: As did I, and I believe that is additionally why I used to be thrilled with the finale. There’s a lot ache in actual life; give us some happiness for the characters we love!
Jasmine: And a few of the deaths, like Javier, had probably the most badass deaths, that it felt proper. LOL
Christine: Agree about Javier. I hated that he died however appreciated the way in which he went out.
What made this present particular for you?
Christine: What was particular about QOTS was that Teresa was highly effective as a result of she was quiet, sensible, and a survivor. She listened greater than she spoke and thought issues by way of earlier than appearing.
Teresa didn’t leap to violence or depend on bravado. She garnered respect and loyalty and was loyal in return when and wherever potential. And when not potential, she tried to make amends, as she did with Marcel.
I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen one other character on TV like Teresa Mendoza.
Whitney: Man. I watch lots of tv, and they’re not often any characters that I really like and can defend irrespective of WHAT. However Teresa Mendoza is a type of characters for me.
And Alice Braga performed the hell out of her. It is a position that was each emotionally and bodily demanding, and he or she killed it on each degree. So for me, Teresa and her journey from Sinaloa to the seashore was a wild journey that I beloved being part of.
So many ups and downs, however she by no means gave up. She was the true definition of a survivor.
Jasmine: I believe what made this present so particular to me is how feminist it’s. There’s one thing inexplicable in regards to the energy that the ladies on this collection wield. They’re allowed to be messy, flawed, highly effective, robust, weak, sophisticated, and principally all the pieces you’d need from a feminine character.
And to take it additional, the magnitude of that for Latinx girls and illustration. Positive, there’s one thing to be mentioned about it as a drug present, but it surely was a lot greater than that.
From Teresa to Camila, Kelly Anne, and extra, the ladies simply got here in every kind. Femininity in all of its types. It was a fantastic celebration of womanhood and likewise Latin tradition. I even appreciated the cameos by Latin and Black stars and musicians and the like as a result of it was such a cultural expertise.
On community tv.. that is enormous.
I really like how all of us basically mentioned the identical factor. And sure, Teresa Mendoza goes down as one of many best characters of all time.
Whitney: I agree with each of you! I am very grateful it obtained 5 seasons to discover all the pieces, and the present was in a position to finish on their very own phrases and really deliver the story full circle.
Do you intend to rewatch the collection?
Jasmine: Ha! Unequivocally sure. I rewatched it throughout quarantine whereas introducing it to a relative, and I am undoubtedly going to do it once more.
Whitney: I’ll, for positive. Realizing the way it ends means you’ll be able to return now and look out for clues and stuff you perhaps did not suppose a lot of that helped the storylines get to their inevitable endpoints.
Christine: I do plan to rewatch, and a part of that has to do with the collection finale. I obtained all the pieces I wished from this present from starting to finish, and I might love to start out it over and luxuriate in all of it once more.
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