This started off intriguing, and quickly went in a direction I did not expect. The acting was not great, especially from the leads. Watching the FL attempt to cry and express anguish was painful to watch, and the ML wasn't much better. The producers really should've worked harder to find dubbing actors who could actually act with their voices because this also took away from the series. Most of the dubbing was flat and therefore had very little emotions coming from the characters' voices.
Moreover, the characters in this weren't the sharpest tools in the shed. Most especially the leads Yeni and Carlos. I could sort of give the former a pass because she was young and naive. However, Carlos was older and more experienced but spent most of the series going in circles and unable to figure out the simplest mysteries going on his life.
Additionally, he was an awful husband. He cheats on his wife with Yeni, the surrogate, but thinks saying he's sorry will make it all good. He sleeps with Yeni, taking her virginity (without even realizing it mind you) and the minute it's over he tells her that she makes him feel as if he can be himself. Even though they've known each other all of two seconds. Then follows that up by saying he misses his wife. Trash. SMH. He and Yeni had absolutely no chemistry. Their romance felt forced, which subsequently undermined any credibility to what I'm guessing was supposed to be their epic "love" story.
The matriarch of the main family, Carlos' mother, was absolutely awful. She was selfish, narcissistic and bordering on sociopathic. She was not a villain that viewers would love to hate. She was simply loathsome. Her evilness was oftentimes so over the top and without nuance that it destroyed what little coherence the show sometimes had.
Did not understand why Carlos had to babysit Yeni throughout her pregnancy. He was rich. Surely he could've paid someone to watch over her who could keep things confidential until she gave birth. I didn't understand why Yeni didn't just give the twin Carlos' family abandoned up for adoption being that she didn't want kids anyway. It certainly would've made her life easier. It didn't make sense that Julia would go to such extremes as kidnapping and assault etc. To find a surrogate for her baby. Surely there was a better ways to get what she wanted. Maybe even an underground network for finding women who would volunteer to be a surrogate. The pharmaceutical plot was so convoluted and over the top that it became silly.
I did find it interesting learning how surrogacy had been illegal in Mexico and thus is severely frowned upon. I also found it interesting but not surprising, how racist the white Mexicans were towards those who were deemed as native Mexicans. Colorism was a huge theme in this which was also very interesting.
The ending of the series was just as ridiculous as the journey throughout . After all the hell these people had put each other through, and I mean hell. Life altering lies, aggravated assaults, murders, kidnappings etc. It was absolutely unfathomable that they could , in the end, come together as friends, lovers and colleagues to create their own little pseudo happy family. Please. RME.
This series could at times be entertaining. I'll give it that, but overall it was a hot mess of plot holes, contrivances, ridiculous storylines and dumb characters.
Moreover, the characters in this weren't the sharpest tools in the shed. Most especially the leads Yeni and Carlos. I could sort of give the former a pass because she was young and naive. However, Carlos was older and more experienced but spent most of the series going in circles and unable to figure out the simplest mysteries going on his life.
Additionally, he was an awful husband. He cheats on his wife with Yeni, the surrogate, but thinks saying he's sorry will make it all good. He sleeps with Yeni, taking her virginity (without even realizing it mind you) and the minute it's over he tells her that she makes him feel as if he can be himself. Even though they've known each other all of two seconds. Then follows that up by saying he misses his wife. Trash. SMH. He and Yeni had absolutely no chemistry. Their romance felt forced, which subsequently undermined any credibility to what I'm guessing was supposed to be their epic "love" story.
The matriarch of the main family, Carlos' mother, was absolutely awful. She was selfish, narcissistic and bordering on sociopathic. She was not a villain that viewers would love to hate. She was simply loathsome. Her evilness was oftentimes so over the top and without nuance that it destroyed what little coherence the show sometimes had.
Did not understand why Carlos had to babysit Yeni throughout her pregnancy. He was rich. Surely he could've paid someone to watch over her who could keep things confidential until she gave birth. I didn't understand why Yeni didn't just give the twin Carlos' family abandoned up for adoption being that she didn't want kids anyway. It certainly would've made her life easier. It didn't make sense that Julia would go to such extremes as kidnapping and assault etc. To find a surrogate for her baby. Surely there was a better ways to get what she wanted. Maybe even an underground network for finding women who would volunteer to be a surrogate. The pharmaceutical plot was so convoluted and over the top that it became silly.
I did find it interesting learning how surrogacy had been illegal in Mexico and thus is severely frowned upon. I also found it interesting but not surprising, how racist the white Mexicans were towards those who were deemed as native Mexicans. Colorism was a huge theme in this which was also very interesting.
The ending of the series was just as ridiculous as the journey throughout . After all the hell these people had put each other through, and I mean hell. Life altering lies, aggravated assaults, murders, kidnappings etc. It was absolutely unfathomable that they could , in the end, come together as friends, lovers and colleagues to create their own little pseudo happy family. Please. RME.
This series could at times be entertaining. I'll give it that, but overall it was a hot mess of plot holes, contrivances, ridiculous storylines and dumb characters.