Operation Repo (2007– )

Creator:

Luis Pizarro

Stars:

Sonia Pizarro, Lyndah Pizarro, Froylan Tercero

Cast

Series cast summary:
Sonia Pizarro	...	Herself (86 episodes, 2009-2013)
Lyndah Pizarro	...	Herself (85 episodes, 2009-2013)
Froylan Tercero	...	Himself (85 episodes, 2009-2013)
Matt Burch	...	Himself (84 episodes, 2009-2013)
Luis Pizarro	...	Himself (51 episodes, 2009-2012)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

fictional reality show

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Genres:

Reality-TV

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Embargo por sorpresa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arietis, EGA Productions, Intrigue

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Conan: A Fistful of Dollars, a Mouthful of Travelers Cheques (2011)

User Reviews

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

To say that Luis Pizarro doesn't have an inventive bone in his body barely begins to explain the failure of Operation Repo, a program well in a league with the worst shows currently on television. Filled with unrealistic scenarios, ultra-predictable, clichéd moments and extremely repetitive plot lines, this 'reenacted reality' show fails to deliver on all levels.

So basic is the format of this one-trick pony, that every episode can easily be summed in one sentence: Several large, non attractive people drive around looking for a vehicle to repossess and quickly enter into a conflict with an entirely non-believable caricature of a person or persons after which they drive away and repeat the same cycle.

Programs like this used to be confined to once-per-week, late night viewing, in timeslots which would ensure few people would ever tune in. It's a testament to how baseline television programming has become that this would air during the early evenings on any station.

Overall, if you are looking for a mindless, unfunny, thinly-believable show in which you might find Latin American repo-men freaking out at the sight of tinfoil swords possessed by a gang of medieval, role playing geeks, or in which taxi drivers - about to have their only source of income repossessed - suddenly start moonwalking backwards and singing the best of Michael Jackson (that's exactly what happens when people have their backs against the wall, right?), then watch this show. If you have a hard time believing that a group of uniformed, high school football jocks, in the middle of practice, would suddenly pull out handguns to protect their buddy's car, then you're probably too smart for this show.