Remove ads
Alpha Males (Machos Alfa) is a Spanish comedy television series created by brother-and-sister team Alberto and Laura Caballero for Netflix. It stars Fernando Gil, María Hervás, Raúl Tejón, Kira Miró, Gorka Otxoa, Paula Gallego, Fele Martínez, and Raquel Guerrero, and was produced by the Caballero siblings' own production company, Contubernio Films. The show premiered on 30 December 2022. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 9 February 2024.[1]
| Alpha Males | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Machos Alfa |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | |
| Written by |
|
| Directed by | Laura Caballero |
| Starring |
|
| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Juan Luis Cabellos |
| Editors |
|
| Running time | 31–40 minutes |
| Production company | Contubernio Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 30 December 2022 – present |
Remove ads
The series follows four male friends in their forties who begin to notice their male privilege disappearing with social change and the empowerment of women, and they are forced to adapt, each in their own way.
In the first season, the four take a course on "deconstructing masculinity", and the way this affects their perceptions is an underlying theme throughout the show.
Main
- Gorka Otxoa as Santi
- Fele Martínez as Luis Bravo
- Fernando Gil as Pedro Aguilar
- Raúl Tejón as Raúl Camacho
- Paula Gallego as Álex
- Raquel Guerrero as Esther
- María Hervás as Daniela Galván
- Kira Miró as Luz
Recurring
- Santi Millán as Patrick
- Cayetana Cabezas as Blanca
- Virginia Rodríguez as Cristina
- Silvia Marty as Carmen
- Nacho Rubio as Jero
- Nazaret Aracil as Cynthia Galván
- Nathalie Seseña as psychologist
- Roger Berruezo as Guillermo
- María Castro as Eugenia
The series concept was created shortly after the end of the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] After completing filming for the twelfth season of La que se avecina, and given the impossibility of resuming the third season of El pueblo due to the difficulty of traveling between autonomous communities, the Caballero siblings, together with co-writers Daniel Deorador and Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, began to develop ideas for a new series.[3] The team decided to create a show about middle-aged men's reactions to social changes.[4] With the permission of Mediaset España, who co-owned Contubernio Films, the four writers brought the series to Netflix, who had already shown interest in collaborating with the Caballero siblings.[3]
Alpha Males was first announced in March 2022, as the first series by the Caballeros exclusively for a streaming platform.[3] In July 2022, the show's cast was revealed, and it was confirmed that filming had completed.[5]
Remove ads
On 21 November 2022, Netflix released the first images from the series and confirmed that it would premiere on its platform on 30 December 2022.[6]
In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season,[7] which premiered on 9 February 2024.[8] On 14 February, it was reported that a third season was due to begin filming in March 2024.[9]
Season 1
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Deconstructing" (En deconstrucción) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero, Carla Nigra | 30 December 2022 |
| 2 | 2 | "Life's What Absorbs You" (Lo que te absorbe es la vida) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero, Carla Nigra | 30 December 2022 |
| 3 | 3 | "Toxic Masculinity" (Masculinidad tóxica) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 4 | 4 | "Ibizan Herbs" (Hierbas ibicencas) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 5 | 5 | "Sensitive Heteroflexibles" (Heteroflexibles sensibles) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 6 | 6 | "Look What You've Done" (La que has liado) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 7 | 7 | "When Was the Last Time You Cried?" (¿Cuándo lloraste por última vez?) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 8 | 8 | "Just When We Were Doing So Well" (Con lo bien que estábamos) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Moses of Sexist Pigs" (El Moisés de los machirulos) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
| 10 | 10 | "Either the Course Is a Failure, or We Are" (O falla el temario o fallamos nosotros) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero | 30 December 2022 |
Season 2
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "I Feel Kind of Deconstructed" (Me siento como... deconstruido) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra | 9 February 2024 |
| 12 | 2 | "You Have Dreams?" (¿Tú tienes sueños?) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
| 13 | 3 | "The Other Way Around" (Dale la vuelta) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra | 9 February 2024 |
| 14 | 4 | "Ask Before You Enter" (Pregunta antes de entrar) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra | 9 February 2024 |
| 15 | 5 | "Don't Go Falling in Love" (No te putopilles) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra | 9 February 2024 |
| 16 | 6 | "On a Monday?" (¿Un lunes?) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
| 17 | 7 | "The Brotherhood" (Los chicos de la hermandad) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
| 18 | 8 | "I'm Straight" (Soy hetero) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
| 19 | 9 | "What Does It Mean to Be a Woman?" (¿Qué es ser mujer?) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
| 20 | 10 | "The One Time We're All Together" (Para una vez que nos juntamos...) | Laura Caballero | Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Carla Nigra, Laura Caballero | 9 February 2024 |
Remove ads
Netflix has announced that it will produce local adaptations of the series in France, Italy, and the Netherlands.[10]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads