MADRE SOLO HAY DOS (2021-2022) ↳ Two very different mothers, whose babies are switched at birth, are forced to come together and raise their daughters in one family.

I think your novel [abour our story] is gonna be one of those really dramatic ones. Or maybe one of those… really romantic ones that you can't stop reading.

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Jeanine Mason as Liz Ortecho

Madison Reyes as Julie Molina

Amber Midthunder as Rosa Ortecho

Cristo Fernández as Danny Rojas

Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge

Paulina Goto as Mariana Herrera

Rosa Arredondo as Frances Jones

Michael Trevino as Kyle Valenti

Really think that a much better plot would be for Ana to actually start a relationship with the woman she met in the bar because she genuinely liked her and was atracted to her, but ultimately ended things because she was in love with Mariana than that "I'm not actually a lesbian I just love one women" bullshit (bonus points if it made Mariana jealous). But that's just me

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Paulina Goto y Ludwika Paleta

From "Madre solo hay dos"

SPOILERS: MY WINE-FUELED S3 RECAP OF MSHD

You know... I was looking forward to this final season for 12 months. Almost sure that they would end up together because of the promo materials and natural telenovela-esque story arcs (although, let’s be honest, as LB+ watchers we can never be to sure about a happy ending). But, despite my endgame coming true, this season felt deeply underwhelming. After episode 5 the series completely lacked any affection and close scenes between Mariana and Ana, especially on Mariana’s part. Suddenly the episodes solely focused on them in relation to the babies - and on all the other couples. And, with the ending we got, it just felt so underserved. We didn’t truly see Mariana’s realization that she might have been wrong about “being confused”. The break-up with Ferrán came completely out of left field (a bit of a deus ex machina, if you ask me because without him having a kid, she might have even stayed with him, despite his unreliableness and aversion for children in his space/home). We didn’t get a conversation between Ana and Mariana that went beyond the kids’ well-being, their businesses and “by the way I love you”. We didn’t actually see them reconnect and share a space beyond quick pecks. And even the rest of the plotlines... these characters all had so much potential. Instead, we got redundant, repetitive, almost circular stories. I mean...how often can a couple break up and get back together because their priorities don’t align (looking at you, Cynthia and Pablo; as well as Fernanda and Juan Carlos). How often can a teenage boy be insecure about a girl (Ro! Yes, and I know... the answer is “quite often, just like girls and any other teenage hormonal person attracted to the female sex” - however, in a concise narrative approach, that emotionally almost identical situation doesn’t need to be shown 2 or 3 times). I think the series lost focus. It’s an ensemble series, but it forgot its core dynamic. And that’s why a season of only 10 episodes somehow ended up feeling too long and tedious. Because there was so much character development and potential that was just skipped over in favor of repetitive plots. That hunger and physical closeness as well as emotional intimacy we saw in the kiss between Mariana and Ana in the S2 finale was never shown again. Same with Mariana’s tenderness and hope when it came to Ana in S1. And Ana’s love confession involving bikes felt a bit public and cringy. Maybe because we skipped all the potential close and confusing situations/tropes that would have come with “fake dating” not to mention the true emotional repercussions that would have come after that and after sleeping together. Maybe because they rarely had any scenes just the two of them, where they talked about anything but work and the children. Which means: I’m happy about the end game, but narratively I am far from satisfied. Aaaaaaand with that I end my first official tumblr post/ tv rant. Thank you all - which is probably 2 people, if I’m lucky - for reading this far.

SPOILERS

Oh my goodness, I can't believe I finished Madre solo hay dos. New personal record, but now I gotta wait for everyone to talk about it.

I laughed, I cried, I felt seen,... I can't believe it finally happened. I cannot believe this show exists. 🥹 It's like watching something that played out in your mind, and not quite believing it's really on your screen. 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 🏳️‍🌈

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...but is it just me or did it all feel like a bit of anti-climax in the end? I can't tell if my expectations were too high and it's not like I'm not happy... but it felt like in the second half, the focus shifted to all the other relationships, the development of their relationship didn't make as much sense - Mariana needed to be more active, I think. And then the final confirmation of love was very tame. I like the intimacy of hugs and the message that they're partners, but after so much angst, I was expecting something more passionate. And then... it was as if they almost wanted to distract us from them by focusing more on the straight couple.

Maybe I'm just overly sensitive or maybe I was expecting too much, but after an amazing first half, it almost felt like they were trying to make us forget a little that they went there.

And lastly, lesbian is not a dirty word and it doesn't make your character unrelatable. Ana as a repressed lesbian would've made more sense to me than what we got...

Thoughts?

Can't believe I started watching some show about two babies getting switched at birth (assuming it would be very straight™️) and it turned into sapphic fake dating. I am winning.

MADRE SOLO HAY DOS ↳ Ana + Longing

It was supposed to happen that way and I had to fall in love with Mariana. It wasn't your fault. It was thanks to you.

hmmm if this isn’t about lesbophobia can someone please give me the name of a netflix original tv show centered around lesbians that didn’t get cancelled after one or two seasons? :) answer quickly

Not sure I've ever felt disappointed after being given the ending I wanted but here I am.

Well, we lost Mariana for most of the season and I blame bad writing (most of the time she was a bit out of place.) but I must admit that she had her moments, especially when she was allowed to look at Ana for a little longer.

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And despite the declaration line (they left me owing a lot, and it was somewhat disappointing) Mariana's face felt quite real as her looked at her (Paulina did a good job there).

BUNUS

And when she was finally able to look at her, the woman couldn't take her eyes off Ana.

PS: Ana carried the entire season and her development was great. but everyone has already talked about it and no one (quite rightly) had mentioned Mariana much.