Griselda Ending Explained: What Happened to ‘The Godmother’ and Her Family?
Griselda, the Netflix miniseries about the true story of drug trafficker Griselda Blanco has arrived on Netflix. A dramatic, feminist, and intense series ready to become the new Netflix gem of 2024. Starring and produced by Sofía Vergara, the dramatic miniseries Griselda is created, among others, by the showrunner of Narcos, Eric Newman, and directed in its six episodes by the director of Narcos Andrés Baiz. But after 6 episodes, how does Griselda end? What is the ending of this Netflix series that celebrates the rise and fall of a woman who dedicated her life to trying to be, in her way, a great example of female empowerment in a society dominated only and exclusively by men? Let’s find out together.
Griselda Ending Explained: The Story Plot
In the finale of Griselda on Netflix the viewer finds himself retracing the events that lead to the protagonist’s arrest, focusing on her heartbreaking end. Episode 6 begins with Griselda and Marta Ochoa getting up together. The first one admits that she made a mess after the party and asks Marta to put in a good word with Fabio. The woman, however, thinks that she is useless, only to change her mind when Griselda offers her to work in her business. While they celebrate, Marta overdoses and dies. Griselda panics and calls Rivi. The latter understands that it was an accident but knows that Fabio and Rafa won’t see it the same way. So, they plan to abandon the body and escape. Their plans are interrupted by Rafa’s early return home. Therefore, Griselda and Rivi are forced to place the corpse in the tub and escape with the drugs. While she packs her bags, Black Widow asks her children to do the same.
Dario calls from the airport because he has decided to leave America and take Michael with him, to save him from a life of crime. Meanwhile, June interviews Carmen hoping to get information linking Griselda to the various murders. Carmen is willing to cooperate, but she admits that she knows nothing about the killings. Meanwhile, Rafa promises revenge for Marta’s death. Griselda, her children, and Rivi flee to California, where they hide in a motel. Meanwhile, Rivi sells the stolen drugs to get money.
Griselda Ending Explained: What Happened to ‘The Godmother’ and Her Family?
The last episode of Griselda closes the circle of a story of ambition, power, female independence but, above all, love. Griselda Blanco voluntarily let herself be found by the police, while she was hiding in a motel in Los Angeles with her children, handing herself in to avoid being killed by her enemies, the Ochoas who had just discovered Marta Ochoa’s body hidden in the Jacuzzi and dead. due to overdose. Thus, after years of domination of the Miami drug trade, Griselda leaves the scene to end up in prison but manages to make her children escape together with Rivi and keep them safe, at least for a while. After being sentenced to a few years for drug trafficking, Griselda discovers that Rivi was captured by the police and that he testified against her admitting that Griselda Blanco was behind the Miami murders, all to save herself from the death penalty. After Rivi’s betrayal, Griselda gets more years of sentence, but she doesn’t know that behind Rivi’s behavior, there is a very specific plan.
He manages to help Griselda, reducing her years of sentence, because he starts a relationship with the prosecution lawyer’s assistant and voluntarily lets himself be discovered to ensure that the prosecution loses her reputation and authority. Now Griselda is happy to be able to return soon to her four children whom she can’t wait to hug again even if Dario, her ex-boyfriend and father of Michael Corleone is killed. When she is about to be released from prison and become a free woman again, Griselda discovers that her children have been killed. The policewoman who arrested her tells her this and reveals that all three of her older children, Ozzy, Uber, and Dixon, were brutally killed by a stranger. The only one still alive is Michael who now lives in Medellín together with Dario’s mother. The last scene of the series sees Griselda who, after discovering the death of her children, remembers that moment of happiness experienced with them on the beach and is seen sitting on the sand, looking at the sea, smoking a cigarette, and remembering the times past.
How is Griselda Arrested in the Finale?
Towards the finale of the Griselda miniseries, Rivi discovers Rafa’s plans and immediately informs Griselda, who lies to her children and removes them from the motel. Contrary to what one might expect, the Godmother telephones the police. So, Griselda is arrested before Rafa can kill her. There is nothing to link the woman to the murders, so much so that she is only sentenced to 5 years in prison on drug-related charges. Griselda pleads guilty and asks for protection in prison. Meanwhile, after a bank robbery, the police capture Rivi. They demand that he tell everything he knows about Griselda, or he will be sentenced to death. Well in the end Rivi betrays Griselda, but he has a plan up his sleeve for her. He flirts with the assistant district attorney, involving him in a scandal that comes out in the press. In this way, Rivi manages to help Griselda, who is only sentenced to 7 years in prison. In the finale, Dario dies and Michael returns to America. All of Griselda‘s children visit her in prison.
The Fall and Death of Griselda Blanco?
Three years later, Griselda‘s empire is even bigger. Meanwhile, Detective June, who is part of an elite tactical unit that focuses on drug traffickers, is on her trail and is getting closer to catching her, which makes Blanco very nervous and paranoid, he is sure that He has an informant among his people. With the help of Rivi, who previously worked for Amilcar, Griselda sets out to discover the traitor and kills several people in the process. June takes advantage of the situation to undermine the Colombian drug traffickers’ organization and make her fall into one of her traps. ‘The Godmother’s’ paranoia affects her business and leaves her without allies. The worst happens when Marta Ochoa suffers an overdose and dies at home. Griselda disposes of her body because she knows that no one will believe it was an accident. Furthermore, Dario abandons her and takes her son.
Although Blanco escapes from her with Rivi, he is aware that Rafa will find her, so he decides to call the police. Discovering that Griselda can only be charged with drug trafficking and receive a minimum sentence, June sets a trap for Rivi and gets him to testify against Blanco. However, while in prison, Rivi seduces an assistant prosecutor, which weakens the case and reduces ‘The Godmother’s’ sentence. While in prison, Griselda orders her to kill Darío and recover her son Michael, who returns to Miami and visits her in prison with his brothers. Years later, June informs the drug dealer that her oldest children were murdered. “Griselda” ends with a text that details that the protagonist of the miniseries returned to Medellín, Colombia, after leaving prison and was shot to death on September 3, 2012, at the age of 69.
Will Griselda Season 2 Happen? What is Known About the Second Season?
After the presentation of these 6 episodes of Griselda, many are wondering whether there will be a second season or not. Not. This title was developed as a limited series, to tell the story of Griselda Blanco throughout six episodes. The ending tells the story of the last years of her life. Of course, nothing is certain in these cases. There have been TV series on Netflix that were initially developed as miniseries and then had sequels. It seems unlikely that this will happen with Griselda, but anything is possible. For now, there is no official news on the matter.
