A Brazilian Netflix series about a cop who witnesses a suicide and wants to solve the case along with other issues pertaining to women these days. 

Before proceeding with the blog, I would like to say that it will be a very heavy blog as in there are some important issues that I will be discussing like abuse, murders and rape. Spoiler alert. Proceed with caution. 

Let's buckle up!!

The show has some good points with a strong woman as a lead who is working to find ways to help other women in distress. The issues that women has to face are brutally abusive. 

While watching the show all I hoped was one day there will be a time where women are safe and heard. 

The show has some grasping issues - domestic violence, murders, sexism, illegally selling private images. We will get to it more ahead. The cinematography is also something I really enjoyed. Tainá Müller, who plays Verônica has done phenomenon job of portraying the character. 

This is going to be a long read, please bear with me!!! 

You would want to watch it after reading...

The show starts with "good morning, Verônica". 

Verônica is a police clerk working in homicide. She has a loving husband and two children. 

She is a fierce young woman standing up for what's right, always trusts her gut - as she should!👑 

A woman comes in with a complaint. Unable to attain justice to what she went through, she killed herself in the police station with the gun she found on the floor, during the commotion an old man created. Verônica quickly realises the woman's plan and rushes to save her but she is too late.

This horrific scene led Verônica to wonder what happened with her and started to dig up her case. 

She was cheated by her boyfriend whom she had met via an online dating site. Anita, a stuck up, can't handle the fact that Verônica, a police clerk, wanted to help her with the case. 

Gave her countless warning to back off, but our queen here didn't listen to her. Ver, then declared on news that if any woman ever in distress, can contact her. Listening to this, a woman named Janete, living with a monster i.e her husband, feels the need to call her and she does, secretly.

Coming to Janete, she is a beautiful young lady living with her boyfriend/husband.(it's not really clear) live a very tensed life. The couple wants to have kids and grow their family but they are unable to do so. Her partner Claúdio, is a military officer. 

The show from this point onwards is very graphic to even explain. Claúdio is a terrible human being. He abuses his girlfriend/wife when she doesn't listen to her, tortures her in unimaginable ways. 

Not only this, he forces Janete to take part in his cult activities, picking up young girls from the bust station, bringing them to an abandoned ranch, and performing horrible things on them. Janete is made to sit on a chair with box on her head. 

That phone call made Ver worried about Janete's situation. So she decided to help her. 

Ver meets up with one more victim of online dating. She has the same scar on her lips like the woman who killed herself had. The team was determined to find this online fraud. 

Ver and her team had some red herrings. After some detailed police work, they caught the guy! (he was released later on the show)

We also come to know the backstory of the main character. Verônica's father was wrongly accused which made him take drastic steps. 

One day when Ver was away, her father shot her mother. After years, we see that Ver's father is in a nursing home, almost paralysed. She visits him to give him some company. Ver's godfather, her father's best friend, is the cheif of police where Ver works. 

They have a loving relationship. Carvana will soon retire and hopes that Ver applies to become a detective. 

One night as Janete is watching Marie Kondo on TV, Claúdio tell her to get ready indicating that it's time to go girl hunting. But this time, Janete had radio connectivity with Ver. She had given her some earning with tracking device and a wire, so she could her the conversation between the couple. The couple drove to the same ranch. He did what he had to do and left off. Janete removes the box from her head and helps the lady she saw hanging from the ceiling. They try to escape. Janete was seeking help from Ver (she was behind them the whole car ride upto the ranch only for her to take a different turn which led her far away from the victim) Claúdio soon stops them and shoots the girl. Ver is helpless and so is Janete. Claúdio, the next day as a safety measure, locks all the doors and windows and puts up CCTV cameras around house to monitor his partner's every move. During the last night's hassle, Ver gets a concussion and can be seen waking up from her bed. She was attacked my masked men during the car ride. She suspects the police is behind this, especially Anita. 

My thoughts:

There's too much going on the show. Anita's secret - she works with the commissioner (corrupted) and for some reasons, they want Verô out of the scene. I'm not going to explain this scene because it's a crucial part of the series.  I know I have almost explained everything then why not this? The thing is, this is rooted way deeper - Verô's past and how her father was framed, all this we come to know. Some things are better if you watch it. 

What happened with Janete? Well, let me tell you one thing, it's going to give me nightmares for the rest of my life. If you are brave enough to watch it, I'm giving you a heads-up - it's not going to be pretty, Many graphics scenes.

I think I said what this show is about and how I felt about it. The thing is, this is something that someone, around this globe, some woman, goes through. The scary part is - it's reality. Oh by the way, this show is based on a true story!!! 

Thank you for reading till the end!! Really appreciate it :) 

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