''Segunda muerte'' is a Spanish rural thriller television series created by

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which stars

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and

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. It debuted on

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on 6 June 2024.

Plot

Sandra Ortiz finds the corpse of an old family friend purportedly buried long ago in an isolated cabin. Sandra is an auxiliary police officer gifted with

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and

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who returned to her hometown in

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to exert motherhood, leaving a career in an important

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behind. She also has a complicated relationship with her father Tello, a legendary retired UCO agent with developing signs of

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and resentful of her daughter's life choices, while Castro, the father of Sandra's son, is about to leave prison after seven years.

Cast

Production

''Segunda muerte'' is a

original production produced with the collaboration of DLO Producciones. The episodes were written by

and Isa Sánchez and directed by Álex Rodrigo and Óscar Pedraza. Shooting locations in

included Liérganes (

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), but also

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and Santander.

Release

The first two episodes were made available on

on 6 June 2024.

Reception

Pere Solà Gimferrer of ''

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'' wrote that "Martínez, while remaining faithful to a hackneyed genre, finds ways to mislead the viewer". Raquel Hernández Luján of ''

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'' gave the series 52 points ('so-so') writing about "a morbid and lazy story" that "works half-heartedly".

References