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A dystopian TV series from Brazil, this is another take on the recurring theme where impoverished citizens are pitted with each other to alleviate their status. In this case it's a series of tests (it took an entire season even) that assess their merit on whether they deserve to reach the Offshore (the utopian society counterpart).

We start with a handful of primary characters who are of varying personalities and intentions. Initially we already get our stereotype favorites only to hate them later on and vice versa. This is one of the best character developlment I have ever seen on a TV series that I already finished Season 2 and I still could not decide whose side who I'm on and if it matters at all. It's as if all of the main 5 characters (Michelle, Fernando, Rafael, Marco and Joana) are their own protagonist and antagonist of each other at the same time.

Season 1 involved different tests and their backstories. We see them breakdown and rise to the occasion. We learn how each and one of them deal with the situation they are thrown to and how those decisions change them in the process. Season 2 was filled with revelations, deaths and a character I never expected to be back. Their allegiances also change erratically here. It ended on a positive note and we could either see how it would come to fruition or probably fast forward to when the foundations are already set.

There are so many options for Season 3 and I hope the momentum they've set on S2 would not falter. While there are not much questions left to be answered, there are still a lot of stories to tell based on what was already revealed so far. My forecast range from the downfall of the Offshore to a better Inland which would result to bigger stakes and bigger gaps between the two. Who knows, maybe we'd get more "cities" involved if they even still exist in this world.

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