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Critic Consensus: Queen of the South enlivens an overdone premise with action and narrative vigor -- and shows hints of intriguing potential.
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as Teresa Mendoza
as Camilla
as Pote Galvez
as James Valdez
as Gato Fierros
as Don Epifanio Vargas
as Brenda Parra
as Cesar "Batman" Guemes
as Teo Aljarafe
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Critic Reviews for Queen of the South: Season 1
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The action is choreographed with kinetic propulsion; Alejandro Martinez's photography colourfully presents an adventure in wild places; and the trajectory of the complex plot, with its different story arcs, is impossible to guess.
The action scenes are gripping, the language can be rough within the expanding confines of ad-supported basic cable and the glimpses of the flesh are fairly bold at times.
"Queen of the South" is far from the best modern TV has to offer. But for all its amped up aesthetics, I'm not sure it even wants to be part of the club.
In the first five episodes that have aired so far, it's the resourceful female characters' struggles to be seen as something more than single-use that give Queen of the South its moderate surprises and satisfactions.
Gritty, violent drug cartel story has strong female lead.
The show sells us on the idea that pretty, wide-smiling Teresa can become a capable, even vicious, defender of her own hide when threatened, and that Queen of the South might be able to tell a familiar story in a fresh way.
Audience Reviews for Queen of the South: Season 1
Not the most original idea but the acting was great and the story was intriguing enough to keep me coming back for more, though none of the characters were realistic enough to be relatable.
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