Berlin - Season 1 Page

Here’s a short critical piece on Berlin (Season 1), the Money Heist spin-off:

Where Berlin stumbles is in its pacing. The middle episodes sag under the weight of romantic subplots that, while intended to mirror Berlin’s own obsessive view of love as a “catastrophe,” sometimes feel like filler. And for all of Alonso’s charisma, the show can’t fully replace the high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with the police that made Money Heist so addictive. Here, the authorities are competent but bland. Berlin - Season 1

The question hanging over Berlin was never whether its titular character was compelling. Andrés de Fonollosa (Pedro Alonso), the suave, terminally romantic sociopath of Money Heist , was always its most volatile and magnetic element. The real question was: can he carry a story without the tight, chess-master framework of the Professor? Here’s a short critical piece on Berlin (Season