In the opening scenes, she snorts something that explodes...and she appears to be dead. Is the entire series a flashback about how she died? We already know how this ends, so we can't root for her success or survival. It's over before it began.
shareShe is shot dead. This is based on a true story so there are no surprises. Just like the Pablo Escobar show on Netflix, we know he is going to die in the end. But that does not mean you cannot enjoy the show.
shareShe is shot dead. This is based on a true story so there are no surprises. Just like the Pablo Escobar show on Netflix, we know he is going to die in the end. But that does not mean you cannot enjoy the show.
It's an adaptation of a novel and a telenovela, and it's just as absurd as most telenovelas.
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My bad, thought it was a true story. But my main point is who cares if they show the main character dies in the opening scene. You can still enjoy the series.
shareadresher-1...no need to apologize. I am sure it is based on 'someones' true story, and I agree with you 100%. It's enjoyable. And its different.
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Sniper shot through the window but that doesn't mean it is a fatal shot since we don't see where she was struck.
shareyep, it may not be fatal. It is not uncommon for a movie (or a show in this case) to begin with a "dramatic moment" which is then followed-up on later. That being said, Teresa could still end up dead, as I doubt that drug kingpins have long lives, but I don't think that the assassination attempt in the beginning was it.
shareI'm thinking the sniper was not toying with her by shooting up other objects. Might not be a very good shooter.
I'm also thinking she survived the assassination attempt to voice-over her autobiography.
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Shooting through a window can be a challenge even for an expert sniper. Also the blood coming out of her mouth appeared to be pink and a bit foamy indicating it might have been a lung shot which does not have to be fatal if treated quickly.
shareIt is possible for a dead person to narrate their autobiography. The classic movie "Sunset Blvd" is just one example.
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Yes the show dhould have ended after the first 5 minutes.
shareStupid way to start the series I agree. The rest of the pilot didn't help either. Braga looks lovely as ever but it was such a boring program.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Several people have said that a sniper bullet to the chest is not a guaranteed kill -- even with an expert sniper.
Several other people have expressed extreme doubt about the possibility of Teresa's survival.
Well, a Green Beret in Afghistan, shot Canadian youth Omar Khadr, in the back, at point blank range, three times. Yet he survived. There are pictures of him, lying on the battlefield, with lumps blown out of his chest, the size of a golf ball. I guess the bullets all missed his heart. Modern emergency rooms can help gunshot victims live through wounds that would have killed them in the past.
Someone, above, noted that shooting through a window is a complication. If the sniper shoot through a window, at an angle, the alision with the window will change the bullet's path. A sniper'''' who could hit her in the heart, at ten times the range, can't guarantee he will hit her that precisely, or at all, if a window is in the way.
In Frederick Forsyth's novel The Jackal, he offered a relatively long description of his sniper slowly tuning where his sniper scope pointed. He fires several dozen fully jacketed bullets at a pumpkin, or melon. Each jacketed bullet pokes a hole through the melon, barely slowing down. Then he fires a special bullet his underground gunsmith made for him, that had an inner capsule of mercury, which would escape the capsule, when the bullet struck something, and rapidly slowed down. Forsyth's description is quite graphic, the melon explodes when the mercury fans out.
But, if the sniper fired a bullet like that, and it hit a window, it would lose considerable destructive power by the time it hit her, if it hit her at all.