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The Money Heist<\/a> prequel series featuring the character of Berlin have been a lot of fun, because they don\u2019t take themselves at all seriously. The latest series, Berlin And The Lady With An Ermine, throws in a double-crossing twist, but at its heart it\u2019s still a heist show that includes personal stories to explore.<\/p>\n

Opening Shot: A boat approaching the wealthy city of San Sebasti\u00e1n. On the boat is master thief Berl\u00edn (Pedro Alonso) and his right-hand man,Dami\u00e1n V\u00e1zquez (Trist\u00e1n Ulloa).<\/p>\n

The Gist:\u00a0Berl\u00edn and Dami\u00e1n are in San Sebasti\u00e1n to find the next wealthy person they\u2019re going to rob. Dami\u00e1n has been mulling over an idea to rob the contents of the thousands of safe-deposit boxes at a bank where various unsavory types are known to stash ill-gotten wads of cash. Berl\u00edn dismisses this \u201csurprise boxes\u201d plan for a number of reasons, not the least of which because it doesn\u2019t feel grand enough.<\/p>\n

The duo go to a soiree for the Nautical World Cup to mingle and find a mark. There, he\u2019s enchanted by Genoveva Dante (Marta Nieto), the duchess of M\u00e1laga, whom he meets when her pearl necklace \u201cdrops\u201d on the floor. She invites him to tour her castle in Seville. Excited to get a tour of his next conquest, Berl\u00edn shows up a couple of weeks later, only to be introduced to the duke, \u00c1lvaro Hermoso de Medina (Jos\u00e9 Luis Garc\u00eda-P\u00e9rez), who knows exactly who Berl\u00edn is.<\/p>\n

The duke has admired Berl\u00edn\u2019s work so much, he wants Berl\u00edn to steal the Leonardo da Vinci painting The Lady With An Ermine, which is due to come to Seville for an exhibition. He wants to add it to his collection of priceless, stolen art.<\/p>\n

Berl\u00edn is pissed that anyone would have the termerity to tell him what to steal, so he tells Dami\u00e1n what he really wants to do is steal the duke\u2019s art collection. As they conteplate what to do Berl\u00edn meets Candela (Inma Cuesta), a beautiful woman who is causing a scene by throwing her boyfriend\u2019s possessions out her apartment window. He\u2019s not just impressed with her looks, though; she also steals his wallet when they talk, and he appreciates her light touch.<\/p>\n

He tells Dami\u00e1n to get the crew together: Bruce (Paul Zinno) and Kelia (Michelle Jenner), who are now a couple, and Cameron (Bego\u00f1a Vargas) and Roi (Julio Pe\u00f1a), who used to be a couple but somehow aren\u2019t anymore. Berl\u00edn then has Roi help him break into Candela\u2019s apartment; he wants his wallet back, but she recruits him to help her burn down her ex-boyfriend\u2019s RV.<\/p>\n

\"Berlin Photo: FELIPE HERNANDEZ\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n

What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Created by \u00c1lex Pina and Esther Mart\u00ednez Lobato, all of the Berlin series \u2014 Berlin<\/a> (aka Berlin And The Jewels Of Paris) and Berlin And The Lady With An Ermine \u2014 are prequels to Money Heist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our Take: The Berlin franchise works because Pina and Lobato are not trying to do anything more than show how Berl\u00edn and his crew set up and execute a heist. In the case of Berlin And The Lady With An Ermine, there\u2019s a bit of a complicating factor, in that Berl\u00edn is turning the tables on the person who wants him to steal something for him, simply because Berl\u00edn is insulted by the idea that anyone would think that he can be comissioned to steal something.<\/p>\n

But the same pattern we saw in the other two Berlin series is there, especially the part where Berl\u00edn adds a new person to the crew because he sees something in their skills, he\u2019s attracted to the person, or both. In this case, it\u2019s Candela, whom he admires for her pickpocketing skills and her firey passion. It doesn\u2019t hurt, though, that she\u2019s also gorgeous. <\/p>\n

This heist should have some fun twists, mainly because Berl\u00edn has to gain the duke\u2019s trust while planning to rob him, while gambling that there is actually something worth stealing in the bunker where the duke\u2019s collection is stored. But we\u2019re here for the interpersonal stuff, with Bruce and Kelia trying to navigate trust in their relationship, and Roi and Cameron navigating the reasons why they broke up. Then there\u2019s Dami\u00e1n, who has hooked himself to Berl\u00edn since his wife left him, and who is not fully on board with his boss\u2019 plan to rob the duke. That dispute should be interesting to watch.<\/p>\n

\"Berlin Photo: FELIPE HERNANDEZ\/NETFLIX<\/p>\n

Performance Worth Watching: As always, Pedro Alonso is charming as all get out as Berl\u00edn, who would rather walk out of Candela\u2019s place with blood stains on his shirt (long story) than put a t-shirt on.<\/p>\n

Sex And Skin: None in the first episode.<\/p>\n

Parting Shot: After Candele burns down her ex\u2019s RV, she and Berl\u00edn hit a roadblock in the car Candela hot-wired. He decides that the should floor it and get out of there, but not before they very sensually switch seats first.<\/p>\n

Sleeper Star: Inma Cuesta\u2019s Candela might be the best romantic foil Berl\u00edn has encountered. And she can wield a shotgun like nobody\u2019s business.<\/p>\n

Most Pilot-y Line: Berl\u00edn talks about Roi and Cameron taking their bed outside to watch the Perseids meteor shower, as if that\u2019s a super-romantic thing to do. To us, that seems like a lot of effort when they could have just used a blanket or sleeping bags.<\/p>\n

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Our Call: STREAM IT. Berlin And The Lady With An Ermine has lost none of the Berlin series\u2019 charm or joie de vivre. It\u2019s still a show that\u2019s more fun than thought-provoking, which is exactly what it\u2019s intended to be.<\/p>\n

Joel Keller (@joelkeller<\/a>) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn\u2019t kid himself: he\u2019s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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