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| Veronica Falcón | ... |
Camila Vargas
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(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Alice Braga | ... |
Teresa Mendoza
(22 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Peter Gadiot | ... |
James
(21 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Joaquim de Almeida | ... |
Don Epifanio Vargas
(18 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Adolfo Alvarez | ... |
Tony Parra
(15 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Hemky Madera | ... |
Pote Galvez
(14 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Justina Machado | ... |
Brenda Parra
(13 episodes, 2016)
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| Sandy Valles | ... |
Isabela Vargas
(13 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Juan Felipe Barrientos | ... |
The Charger
(13 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Jon-Michael Ecker | ... |
El Guero
(12 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Gerardo Taracena | ... |
Cesar 'Batman' Guemes
(11 episodes, 2016-2017)
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| Pete O. Partida | ... |
Tonto
(11 episodes, 2016-2017)
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Queen of the South tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza, a woman who is forced to run and seek refuge in America after her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico. In the process, she teams up with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the very drug trafficking ring that has her on the run.
Alice Braga brings the right mix of grit/grace to the role, but the supporting cast have holes. Not action dominated, acceptable level of production (too sloppy for a movie but OK for TV), mediocre camera angles, solid lighting. As others have said, if you enjoy gritty drug dramas it does the job.
However, the dialogues are predictable and often repetitive, obvious plot holes drag this drama down. The writing makes this feel like a Latin day time drama put in the body of a gritty crime movie.
TLDR; average TV drama with incoherent plot/writing, that Alice Braga is working hard to carry.