La Reina del Sur
Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 10/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 10/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 9/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 9/10Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 8/10Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 8/10RevengeVengeance as the driving motive.This show: 7/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kate del CastilloHumberto ZuritaAlejandro CalvaIsabella SierraAntonio GilCuca Escribano
Written by
Lina UribeDario VanegasRoberto Stopello
Starring
Kate del CastilloHumberto ZuritaAlejandro CalvaIsabella SierraAntonio GilCuca Escribano
Written by
Lina UribeDario VanegasRoberto Stopello
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La Reina del Sur Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| S1 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | |
| S2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.4 | ||||
| S3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.9 | ||||
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About
"A rags-to-narco-royalty saga across continents"
Teresa Mendoza is an ordinary young woman in Mexico whose life is blown apart when her narco boyfriend is murdered, forcing her to flee and reinvent herself. What follows is a sprawling, decades-spanning rise through the world of trafficking and power, told across multiple countries and criminal underworlds. It's melodramatic, pulpy, and unapologetically maximalist, driven almost entirely by Kate del Castillo's magnetic, steely performance. The pace is soap-opera brisk, heavy on betrayal, romance, and reinvention rather than realism, but it rarely lets up and rewards viewers who enjoy long-form, larger-than-life crime sagas.
Watch it for
Kate del Castillo's commanding, transformative performance as a woman clawing her way to power.
Maybe skip if
you want gritty realism over telenovela-style melodrama and sprawling plot excess.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12011
8.02K63111h 18m
A sudden turn of events forces a young Sinaloan money-changer into the dangerous world of drug trafficking, where she gradually rises in the ranks.
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Season 22019
8.11K6042h
After living in hiding for nine years, Teresa is forced to confront her past and return to Mexico in order to save her kidnapped daughter, Sofía.
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Season 32022
8.47586042h
After four years in prison, Teresa escapes — thanks to Epifanio, who needs her for a mission to Bolivia. But daughter Sofía, now a teen, needs her too.
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Season 4
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Kate del Castillo Teresa Mendoza
Humberto Zurita Epifanio Vargas
Alejandro Calva César Güemes 'Batman'
Isabella Sierra Sofía Mendoza
Antonio Gil Oleg Yosikov
Cuca Escribano Sheila
Ágata Clares Paloma Aljarafe
Lincoln Palomeque Faustino Sánchez Godoy
Kika Edgar Genoveva Alcalá
Carmen Navarro Marcela 'La Conejo'
Crew
Lina Uribe
Dario Vanegas
Roberto Stopello
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