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Celda 211 is a Mexican crime thriller series on Netflix based on the real-life bloody uprising in the Ciudad Juárez state prison on December 31, 2022, in which human rights lawyer Juan Calva is trapped during a client visit when riots break out and violent gangs such as the North Division led by Calancho take control. To survive, Juan poses as a prisoner amid chaos, hostage situations, cartel intrigue, and corrupt authorities trying to regain power, all the while becoming entangled in the dirty prison politics involving factions, assassinations, and external threats like the governor and DEA agents. The miniseries follows his moral and emotional struggle through six intense episodes, full of brutal confrontations, betrayals and a battle for freedom in a cartel-dominated hell.

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Bet is a thrilling Netflix series about Yumeko, a mysterious Japanese transfer student with a gambling addiction and a dark secret, who arrives at the elite private school St. Dominic’s Prep where the social hierarchy is determined entirely by high-stakes gambling. The top 10 gamblers form the powerful student council and earn privileges, while losers perform humiliating tasks for their debtors as ‘house pets’; Yumeko quickly rises through the ranks through her unbeatable talents and poker face, while with allies like Mary, Ryan and Michael, she plots revenge against the school council and governors responsible for the murder of her parents, linked to an old elite gambling club called Kakegurui. The series is packed with intrigue, betrayal and deadly games, culminating in shocking revelations about Bitcoin conspiracy and family secrets that continue Yumeko’s quest for justice in a second season.

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Carl Morck is a brilliant cop, but a terrible colleague. His razor-sharp sarcasm has not won him any friends in the Edinburgh police. After a tragic shooting, Carl becomes the sole member of Department Q: a new unit for old, unsolved cases. The department is a publicity stunt to distract the people from the failure of the police force. But more by accident than design, Carl forms a gang of drifters with everything to prove. When the icy trail of a prominent official who disappeared a few years ago starts to heat up, Carl immediately gets to work.

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Soleil Noire (also known as Under a Dark Sun) is a French thriller on Netflix in which young mother Alba, fleeing her past with her son, finds a job as a picker at a prestigious flower farm in Provence, but her life turns upside down when the owner is murdered and she is identified as the main suspect. Discovering that she is his biological daughter and sole heiress draws her into a web of family secrets, power struggles, blackmail and intrigue within the dynasty, as she fights for innocence and protects her child from lies and violence. The six-part series is bursting with plot twists against a sunny but dark backdrop.

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Missing You is a British crime thriller series on Netflix based on the novel by Harlan Coben, in which detective Kat Donovan comes across his profile on a dating app eleven years after the murder of her father Clint and the sudden disappearance of her fiancé Josh, forcing her to reopen a cold case and discover that Josh is linked to recent disappearances, a corrupt police connection and a web of lies surrounding kidnappings by a dog breeder. As Kat, with the help of her friend Stacey and colleague Stagger, delves into Josh’s mysterious past – including a false identity and ties to her father’s killer – she unravels a plot full of betrayal, family secrets and brutal confrontations that turn her life upside down. The miniseries culminates in a dramatic confrontation on a remote farm where Kat uncovers the truth about Josh’s departure and those responsible.

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