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Criminal: Spain

TV·2019–2019·1 season, 3 episodes·Netflix·Crime, Drama·40m·6.6·Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay

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Psychological games abound between detectives and suspects in a tense interrogation room, where the search for answers sometimes comes at a moral cost.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Criminal: Spain S01E02CarmenS01E02 · 7.5As Luisa, María and Rai question Carmen, whose younger sister was found drowned in a bathtub, they become suspicious the woman is hiding something.
  2. 02Criminal: Spain S01E01IsabelS01E01 · 6.8When detectives interrogate Isabel, she talks about love, sex and her Dalmatian, forcing Chief Inspector María to take a risk to try and solve a murder.
  3. 03Criminal: Spain S01E03CarmeloS01E03 · 6.8Tensions flare between the detectives when an interrogation ventures into morally ambiguous territory regarding a suspect personally connected to María.

Cast

Emma SuárezEmma SuárezMaría de los Ángeles Toranzo PuigJorge BoschJorge BoschCarlos Cerdeño VaronaÁlvaro CervantesÁlvaro CervantesRai Messeguer OrtizMaría MoralesMaría MoralesLuisaJosé Ángel EgidoJosé Ángel EgidoJoaquín Manero AltedCarmen MachiCarmen MachiIsabelEduard FernándezEduard FernándezCarmelo

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2019Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Criminal: Spain S01E01IsabelSeptember 20, 2019 6.8When detectives interrogate Isabel, she talks about love, sex and her Dalmatian, forcing Chief Inspector María to take a risk to try and sol
  2. S01E02Criminal: Spain S01E02Season's bestCarmenSeptember 20, 2019 7.5As Luisa, María and Rai question Carmen, whose younger sister was found drowned in a bathtub, they become suspicious the woman is hiding som
  3. S01E03Criminal: Spain S01E03CarmeloSeptember 20, 2019 6.8Tensions flare between the detectives when an interrogation ventures into morally ambiguous territory regarding a suspect personally connect

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