Reina Roja Season 1 Ending Explained: What Happened to Antonia and Jon, Who is Behind the Crimes and Who is Mr. White?
WARNING, SPOILER ALERT. Based on the bestseller of the same name by Juan Gómez-Jurado, Reina Roja (Red Queen) is a Spanish series from Amazon Prime Video that tells the story of Antonia Scott (Vicky Luengo), a woman with an IQ of 242, which led her to become in the Reina Roja (Red Queen) of a secret and experimental police project. But being the smartest woman in the world is not only a gift, but it is also a curse, so after a personal tragedy, she decided to abandon everything. Now, Jon Gutiérrez (Hovik Keuchkerian), a Basque police officer and defender of lost causes, must free her from confinement to solve a case that will test her abilities and her past.
Through seven episodes, Antonia Scott (Victoria Luengo) has presented herself to Reina Roja (Red Queen) viewers as the brilliant mind that she is. The case of the murder of Álvaro Trueba (who turned out to be the son of the Trueba employee), the kidnapping of Carla Ortiz, and the attack against the Kidnapping and Extortion Unit of the National Police have highlighted his great detective skills. , always supported by her superior in the secret European project in which she works, Mentor (Àlex Brendemühl), and being aware of the earthly thanks to her squire, Jon (Hovik Keuchkerian). This first season has made it clear that the organization for which she operates is full of chiaroscuros, which are precisely behind the fact that she has problems with the monkeys in her head after they injected her with a mysterious liquid to always be alert and take some pills. due. Now, the Reina Roja (Red Queen) project and her life face major danger, as Jaume Soler (Eduardo Noriega) warned her, the key to the future of the series.
The suspense thriller directed by Amaya Muruzabal, Koldo Serra, Julián de Tavira, and Pablo Silva González from the script by Salvador Perpiñá and Amaya Muruzabal begins with Antonia meditating on how she can die until interrupted by Jon, who on orders Mentor must take her to the scene of a crime that is very complicated to solve. The woman refuses to accompany him, but after analyzing the emissary of her former boss, she agrees to go to the mansion of Laura Trueba, a powerful magnate, where her son was grotesquely murdered. Jon only agreed to look for Antonia to clear his record after one of the young women he tried to help betrayed him and got him into legal trouble, but upon noticing that the police are not aware of the case and everything surrounding Reina Roja (Red Queen) begins to feel curious and considers agreeing to continue by Scott’s side. Meanwhile, the intelligent woman analyzes the terrible scene and deduces that Álvaro was kidnapped and murdered elsewhere before being transferred to the mansion. Furthermore, she assures that the murderer will attack again.
Reina Roja Season 1 (Red Queen): The Story Plot
With an IQ of 242, Antonia Scott is officially the smartest person on Earth. Her intelligence earned her the title “Reina Roja (Red Queen)” of a secret police experimental project, but what seemed like a gift turned into a curse and she ended up losing everything. When the son of a powerful tycoon is found brutally murdered in his villa and the daughter of Spain’s richest man is kidnapped, Reina Roja (Red Queen)‘s organization is set in motion. The Mentor, Antonia’s former superior, turns to Jon Gutiérrez, a hot-tempered Basque policeman about to be fired, to involve Antonia. The complex cat-and-mouse game in which Jon and Antonia find themselves involved during the investigation will help them discover that, despite their frequent tensions, they admire and complement each other.
The adaptation of the best-seller turns out to be an extremely entertaining series, characterized by a fast-paced pace and, above all, by two characters who are truly dynamite. The chemistry between Vicky Luengo and Hovik Keuchkerian elevates Juan Gómez-Jurado’s well-constructed narrative in a project that Amazon Prime Video has handled without sparing resources: Antonia Scott and Jon Gutiérrez have been able to embody the adventurous and, above all, the human spirit of the book. Anyone who has read the books will recognize his beloved detectives in Vicky Luengo and Hovik Keuchkerian and even those approaching the plot proposed by Gómez-Jurado for the first time will be immediately captured by their radically opposite yet complementary idiosyncrasies. The chemistry they release is unique and irresistible. Luengo, who has already surprised the public in 2021 with her role in “Antidisturbios”, masterfully immerses himself in Antonia’s complex mind, balancing moderation and visceral intensity of the character’s stress with agility.
Reina Roja Season 1 Ending Explained: What Happened to Antonia and Jon?
After her father rejects her project, Carla Ortiz (Celia Freijeiro) takes her favorite horse to the racetracks, but before reaching her destination she is kidnapped by a mysterious man, who later communicates with Ramón Ortiz, one of the men richest in the country, to clarify that I don’t want money but something that “really costs.” He made the same demand to Laura Trueba. What is it about? Detective Parra of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit is in charge of the case, but Antonia and Jon are also involved. Someone named Ezequiel takes responsibility for Trueba’s crime and Ortiz’s kidnapping and after locating Carla’s car, the protagonists of Reina Roja (Red Queen) reach the culprit, but after a fruitless chase, they only get a photo of his arm that Has a tattoo.
Meanwhile, Carla starts a conversation with Sandra, another woman kidnapped by Ezequiel. Although they are in different rooms, they devise a plan to get rid of her captor and escape. However, none of that works because Sandra is the daughter of the kidnapper and the mastermind of the crimes. Antonia is also kidnapped but is abandoned elsewhere. After tracking down the taxi that Ezequiel used to kidnap the smartest woman in the world, Parra and his unit fall into a trap, and he is seriously injured. On the other hand, the Queen and her squire discover the artist behind Ezequiel’s tattoo. It’s about Ladybug, who suffered a stroke and can only communicate by blinking. In this way, she explains that four members of a new police unit got the same tattoo.
Is Sandra Still Alive in Reina Roja (Red Queen)?
One step away from the tragedy ending up claiming the lives of Carla Ortiz and little Jorge Scott, Antonia and Jon’s strategy allows them both to get out of the situation successfully. Both Fajardo and Sandra (the real Ezequiel) end up being defeated by the protagonist duo, at least apparently. Sandra’s motivations are not clear. She is a mysterious character who ends up facing Antonia face to face and falling into her trap when a bomb explodes. However, the absence of a corpse shows the possibility that she is still alive, because, as Antonia herself states, “she was not going to step on a bomb that she had planted by mistake.” All this happens after Fajardo falls in combat, while Jon rescues Carla Ortiz and Antonia’s son. Something that completely frustrates his plans.
Initially, before discovering the whole truth, Antonia progressively rebuilds her life. Jon’s invaluable help and her reconnection with her son allow her to fill the void left by Mister White’s attack, which has caused her husband to remain in a coma ever since. After being readmitted to the National Police, Jon’s last visit with news about the case causes Antonia’s life to falter. The Basque inspector and Antonia’s squire confesses to his Reina Roja (Red Queen) that the analysis carried out on the mortal remains in the tomb of Fajardo’s daughter confirms that they are indeed hers, so Antonia realizes that Sandra who they know is another person.
How Did Antonia Lose Her Family?
Throughout the seven episodes of Reina Roja (Red Queen), small excerpts are shown from the tragic story of Antonia, who suffers hallucinations and loses control due to the experiments to which she was subjected as part of the secret project. She had a happy life with her husband Marcos and her son Jorge until Mr. White, the most intelligent man in the world who considers her enemy, showed up at her house and told her. shot in the head, leaving him in a coma. Every night, Antonia visits her husband in the hospital, while her father, the British ambassador, has custody of her son. Since then, Scott has been on the lookout for any leads on Mr. White but has yet to catch him. Antonia’s world falls apart again when Sandra kidnaps little Jorge. Additionally, she no longer has Mentor’s support, due to a terrible mistake by Jon.
Does Antonia Rescue Her Son?
When Antonia’s father accuses her of having kidnapped his son and the police are about to arrest her, Jon, who is also in the crosshairs after the video arguing with Parra, helps her escape. Meanwhile, Jon is detained by the authorities in the hospital. Amatxu, the mother of Hovik Keuchkerian’s character, makes a brief visit, prepares a drug cocktail, and helps her son escape. Amatxu gives his son a phone with several messages from Antonia. Against the clock, the Queen and her squire travel through subway tunnels full of traps and bombs to reach Jorge and Carla before Sandra and Ezequiel hurt them. Meanwhile, the kidnapped people stay in touch and try to devise a plan to escape their fate. Ezequiel resists killing the child, but Sandra pressures and manipulates him into doing what is agreed. Although Antonia and Jon lose control at different times during the journey, they manage to recover and focus on their mission. While Scott lures Sandra with a recording of her voice, Jon goes after her, Ezequiel, who is attacked by Carla when he tries to kill her.
Jon arrives in time to stop Ezequiel from shooting Jorge but in the middle of the fight he is stabbed. Carla takes advantage of the distraction to take the gun and kill her kidnapper. Meanwhile, Sandra corners Antonia, but she manages to lure her rival to one of the bombs. Although a strong explosion occurs, they do not find Sandra’s body. Does it mean she’s alive? At the end of “Reina Roja (Red Queen),” Antonia is reunited with her son, who also has a superior intellect because he takes the same red pills, and Jon joins the police force. Although he has a quiet moment, Scott knows this is not over, as Jon reveals to him that Sandra is not Ezequiel’s daughter. After analyzing the situation, Antonia explains that Sandra is just the prophet of someone much more powerful, someone who has already destroyed what she wanted most. This is Mr. White. What will happen in the second season?
Who is Mister White?
At the end of the seventh episode of Reina Roja (Red Queen), Sandra is revealed to be the henchman of a much older villain. A figure alien to Nicolás Fajardo, whose mental fragility he uses to make him believe that she is his dead daughter during his visit to the sanatorium where he is hospitalized, setting up a master plan to take Antonia to the burrow where she is hiding. Thus, Antonia’s brain becomes completely alert again, and this time she finds allies in the monkeys to find the truth, or at least the beginning of it.
” Someone wanted to get me out of my hole. They wanted to make me believe that it was revenge against the powerful. It wasn’t even the pleasure of killing, nor the pleasure of torturing an already tortured soul. It was about playing,” Antonia ends up elucidating, being aware that he has entered into Mister White’s sadistic game.
“We are puppets in their game”, Antonia ends up revealing to Jon in her last line of dialogue, calling on the viewer to discover who is hiding behind this identity. And Mister White is the great villain of the Reina Roja (Red Queen) literary trilogy, also present in the prequels.
Of the little we know for now about this intelligent, almost invisible, and cruel enemy, without revealing details of the novels, is that he is someone who pursues Antonia’s trail to Madrid as one of the Reina Roja (Red Queen)s of the project, where she intends to end up with her. The chance encounter at Antonia’s home ends with her husband being shot in the head and through the shoulder Antonia, narrowly saves her son and urges him to hide. Later, he decides to leave her alive as part of the game which will give us great misadventures in future seasons. All the pieces are already on the chessboard.
