Home > Queen of the South > Season 1 « TV Series Page Queen of the South: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Queen of the South Critics Consensus Queen of the South enlivens an overdone premise with action and narrative vigor -- and shows hints of intriguing potential. 68% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 19 91% Audience Score User Ratings: 261 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Piloto Air date: Jun 23, 2016 In the premiere, the Mexican drug cartel comes after Teresa, forcing her on the run. More 2 Cuarenta Minutos Air date: Jun 30, 2016 Teresa sets out to prove her worth to Camila; Epifanio hones in on Teresa; and, in Mexico, Brenda desperately searches for Teresa and tries to hide from the cartel. More 3 Estrategia De Entrada Air date: Jul 7, 2016 Camila tests Teresa's loyalty by sending her on a big job; and Camila makes a major move in her quest to take control of Epifanio's cartel. In other events, Brenda plots her escape to America. More 4 Lirio De Los Valles Air date: Jul 14, 2016 Teresa's first solo drug run doesn't go as planned; and Brenda and Tony escape to Dallas. More 5 Un Alma. Un Mapa. Dos Futuros. Air date: Jul 21, 2016 Teresa advances her plans after witnessing a horrific incident; and Brenda, who's safely in Dallas, begins assembling a team to help her sell drugs. More 6 El Engaño Como La Regla Air date: Jul 28, 2016 Camila, who's deep in debt and short on supply, contemplates giving up Teresa; and Brenda's drug enterprise causes problems between her and Tony. More 7 El Hombre Pájaro Air date: Aug 4, 2016 Camila sends Teresa on a dangerous mission; and Brenda, facing a supply shortage, puts her crew in the line of fire. More 8 Billete De Magia Air date: Aug 11, 2016 Camila attempts a risky heist; and Teresa is forced to make a life-changing decision while undercover. More 10 Esta 'Cosa' Que Es Nuestra Air date: Aug 25, 2016 Camila returns to Mexico in order to protect herself; James hunts Teresa; and Teresa faces danger while taking Maria through the tunnel to Mexico. More 11 Punto Sin Retorno Air date: Sep 1, 2016 Camila's operation goes underground after aligning with the Jimenez cartel; and, using information gleaned from Güero's book, Teresa and Brenda attempt to start a new life. More Show More Episodes Queen of the South: Season 1 Videos Queen of the South: Season 1 "Rise of the Queenpin" Teaser 0:26 Queen of the South: Season 1 "Power" Teaser 1:23 Queen of the South: Season 1 "Survive" Trailer View All Videos (3) Tv Season Info The drama series based on the novel "La Reina del Sur" written by Arturo Pérez-Reverte follows the life of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), a Mexican woman who flees to America after the murder of her drug-dealing boyfriend. Season 1 features Teresa joining forces with Camila (Veronica Falcon), the head of an American Cartel, in order to defeat the drug ring that killed her boyfriend and is now hunting her, too. Meanwhile, in Mexico, Teresa's best friend Brenda (Justina Machado) is searching for her while also hiding from the Mexican Cartel. Genre: Drama Network: USA Network Premiere Date: Jun 23, 2016 Exec. Producers: David T. Friendly, Joshua John Miller, M.A. Fortin, Pancho Mansfield Cast Alice Braga as Teresa Mendoza Verónica Falcón as Camilla Hemky Madera as Pote Galvez Peter Gadiot as James Valdez James Martinez as Gato Fierros Joaquim de Almeida as Don Epifanio Vargas Justina Machado as Brenda Parra Gerardo Taracena as Cesar "Batman" Guemes Adolfo Alvarez Mark Consuelos as Teo Aljarafe Julio Cedillo David Labiosa Grant Garrison Caitlin Leahy Miguel Pérez Brent Smiga Will Beinbrink Lobo Sebastian Rigo Sanchez Travis Johns Rafael Amaya Stephen Monroe Taylor Efrain Figueroa Sal Lopez Blair Bomar Show More Cast News & Interviews for Queen of the South: Season 1 The BFG Is a Visually Striking Adventure View All Queen of the South: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Piloto Air date: Jun 23, 2016 In the premiere, the Mexican drug cartel comes after Teresa, forcing her on the run. More 2 Cuarenta Minutos Air date: Jun 30, 2016 Teresa sets out to prove her worth to Camila; Epifanio hones in on Teresa; and, in Mexico, Brenda desperately searches for Teresa and tries to hide from the cartel. More 3 Estrategia De Entrada Air date: Jul 7, 2016 Camila tests Teresa's loyalty by sending her on a big job; and Camila makes a major move in her quest to take control of Epifanio's cartel. In other events, Brenda plots her escape to America. More 4 Lirio De Los Valles Air date: Jul 14, 2016 Teresa's first solo drug run doesn't go as planned; and Brenda and Tony escape to Dallas. More 5 Un Alma. Un Mapa. Dos Futuros. Air date: Jul 21, 2016 Teresa advances her plans after witnessing a horrific incident; and Brenda, who's safely in Dallas, begins assembling a team to help her sell drugs. More 6 El Engaño Como La Regla Air date: Jul 28, 2016 Camila, who's deep in debt and short on supply, contemplates giving up Teresa; and Brenda's drug enterprise causes problems between her and Tony. More 7 El Hombre Pájaro Air date: Aug 4, 2016 Camila sends Teresa on a dangerous mission; and Brenda, facing a supply shortage, puts her crew in the line of fire. More 8 Billete De Magia Air date: Aug 11, 2016 Camila attempts a risky heist; and Teresa is forced to make a life-changing decision while undercover. More 10 Esta 'Cosa' Que Es Nuestra Air date: Aug 25, 2016 Camila returns to Mexico in order to protect herself; James hunts Teresa; and Teresa faces danger while taking Maria through the tunnel to Mexico. More 11 Punto Sin Retorno Air date: Sep 1, 2016 Camila's operation goes underground after aligning with the Jimenez cartel; and, using information gleaned from Güero's book, Teresa and Brenda attempt to start a new life. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for Queen of the South Season 1 All Critics (19) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (6) 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. Aug 5, 2016 | Full Review… Graeme Blundell The Australian Top Critic 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. Jul 7, 2016 | Rating: B | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic "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. Jun 30, 2016 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Judging by [the premiere], Queen of the South faces some tough going. Apr 29, 2019 | Full Review… Scott D. Pierce Salt Lake Tribune A lot of Queen of the South's dialogue is faux-noirishly over-arch. And its too-frequent, too-lush romantic scenes betray its novela roots. But the action scenes, when the come, are surprisingly effective. Apr 29, 2019 | Full Review… Glenn Garvin Reason Online Queen of the South is unapologetically trashy one moment and bizarrely triumphant the next. And, yeah, by the end of the [premiere], I found myself totally wanting more. Apr 29, 2019 | Full Review… Meghan O'Keefe Decider 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. Jul 22, 2016 | Full Review… Inkoo Kang MTV While [the premiere] is burdened by the usual pilot trappings, such as too much exposition and an expedited plot, it's also a good look at just what this show will potentially be: a violent, fun drama with a great lead performance. Apr 29, 2019 | Full Review… Kyle Fowle Entertainment Weekly Top Critic Gritty, violent drug cartel story has strong female lead. Jun 28, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 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. Jun 27, 2016 | Full Review… Ken Tucker Yahoo! TV View All Critic Reviews (19) Audience Reviews for Queen of the South: Season 1 Aug 31, 2019 Addictive and enticing! Leila S Jul 19, 2019 Consistent action, drama, and suspense. Cory E Jul 10, 2019 Love the show can't want to see more 😊 Stacy W Jun 02, 2019 While Queen Of The South is at times interesting, some of the scenarios that they came up with in order to create drama was just downright not believable. All in all though I do like this show and it is fun to watch. Joseph A Jan 13, 2019 ABSOLUTE TERRIBLE TV SHOW WITH TERRIBLE ACTING TOO!!! NOT IMPRESSED Omar A Dec 02, 2018 Entertaining enough but incredibly unrealistic. I was looking something like Narcos and thought this would be interesting after learning that this is supposed to be based on the female character from Season 4. Well, it's entertaining but it's like Narcos meets Dynasty and not in a good way. First, I find it very hard to believe that Teresa and Brenda wouldn't be found and killed pretty quickly if they were dealing with a real cartel. We all know how ruthless Mexican cartels can be and they certainly don't let anyone who poses a risk to them get away. Their reach is far and wide and no one rusn or long. Second, Camila is supposed to run drugs and own the territory to half of Texas, she has no problem dropping a million plus on 5 Bentleys and sending millions of dollars in each trunk as gifts, tells her accountant to buy a shipping company and liquidate assets to do so, when he tells her she would lose a lot of money she doesn;t bat an eye, then she tells him even a small percentage of her business would make him more money than he can imagine, and her husband is supposed to have a powerful enough cartel to be a big player in Mexico yet she has trouble coming up with 5 million? Even if she doesn't want to ask her husband for money, she still had access to his money before she broke off on her own and she would've had access to hundreds of millions because everyone knows to even be a player Mexico cartel wise you have to be worth at least a billion or close to it. Anyone who couldn't afford 5 million would be laughed out of the business and certainly wouldn't be considered a player or anyone to fear. I find it hard to believe that she could afford to buy a shipping company and planned on taking her husband to war but had trouble coming up with 5 million. Also, Camila is not nearly ruthless enough, again they try to make her out as this cold-blooded Cartel boss but she comes off as just play acting. The people who are part of the cartel seem like soap opera versions of Cartel members. Not ruthless enough at all. There is no way Teresa would live through trying to run a million times, stealing, etc. Another issue I have is how they deliver the drugs from the very beginning. The first part where Teresa swallows baggies which are like the tiny little Ziploc bags you would sell coke in. You would be lucky if that amounted to an 8 ball, which would never be worth the risk. Drug mules swallow drug filled with condoms and they're much larger and carry much more, at least 800 g of whatever it is. The condoms allow them to pass through the system without disolving. Plus mules don't just take it to the airport and throw it up in some random closet (really? No one would bust them and who can enter some random closet in the airport that would have cleaning products that could be dangerous if smuggled onto the flight?), they carry them the whole trip and use laxatives to pass them when they arrive at their destination. The risk of getting busted with drugs is just as great if not greater upon arrival than it is on takeoff, which is why they don't pass them until they are somewhere safe..One more thing, everyone speaks English in Mexico? I find it hard to believe that 2 poor Mexican street girls would even know English let alone speak it perfectly. So, yea this show is fun if you are looking for a really unrealistic soapy version of a drug cartel story. You must suspend a lot of belief to get through it. Melissa G Nov 04, 2018 Esta série, apesar do que muitos críticos possam dizer, tem um potencial intrigante. O elenco é bom, assim como o enredo e o cenário típico do mundo da droga e das armas. Gonçalo S Sep 11, 2018 Love the show - have been watching since Season 1 and have never been disappointed - amazing actors and love the fact that the writers comment and keep in contact with fans on twitter - GREAT job everbody! Aug 24, 2018 Very bad cast, lots of stereo types with the way mexicans speak & act. Out of all the Mexican actors and actress out there they pick brazillians ? es mejor ver LA REINA DEL SUR ?? Ness h Aug 16, 2018 Better than breaking bad Rory K See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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