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Locked Up

★ 7.8 31K votes 2015–2020 5 seasons · 48 episodes Ended FOX España
Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Criminal underworldOrganized crime, gangs and the criminal life seen from the inside.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Najwa NimriAlba FloresMaría Isabel Díaz LagoMarta AledoBerta VázquezJesús Castejón
Written by
Iván EscobarEsther Martínez LobatoÁlex PinaDaniel Écija
Starring
Najwa NimriAlba FloresMaría Isabel Díaz LagoMarta AledoBerta VázquezJesús Castejón
Written by
Iván EscobarEsther Martínez LobatoÁlex PinaDaniel Écija
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
02505007501k

Locked Up Episode Ratings Heatmap

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About

"Melodrama and menace behind bars, cranked to eleven"

A naive young woman is sent to a women's prison after her boss frames her for embezzlement, and she has to learn fast how to survive among hardened inmates and predatory guards. The show is a soapy, high-tension prison drama, closer to telenovela intensity than gritty realism, full of shifting alliances, brutal power plays, and melodramatic reversals. It moves fast, leans hard into cliffhangers and emotional extremes, and thrives on a small cast of vivid, larger-than-life characters. It is pulpy and addictive rather than subtle, built for binge-watching over restraint.

Watch it for

the escalating cat-and-mouse dynamics between inmates and a genuinely unhinged antagonist.

Maybe skip if

you want gritty realism instead of soapy, over-the-top prison melodrama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12015
7.96K119h 23m
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Season 22016
8.06K138h 7m
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Season 32018
7.94K8
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Season 42018
8.24K86h 42m
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Season 5
6.92K82h 56m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Najwa Nimri Zulema
Alba Flores Saray
María Isabel Díaz Lago Sole
Marta Aledo Tere
Berta Vázquez La Rizos
Jesús Castejón Inspector Castillo, Castillo
Laura Baena Antonia
Maggie Civantos Macarena Ferreiro
Ramiro Blas Sandoval
Alberto Velasco Palacios

Crew

Iván Escobar
Esther Martínez Lobato
Álex Pina
Daniel Écija

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