Who Killed Sara Season 3 Review: Approaches The Finale With Some Surprising Twists At End (¿Quién mató a Sara? 3)
Starring: Manolo Cardona, Ginés García Millán, Carolina Miranda
Creator: José Ignacio, Valenzuela
Streaming Platform: Netflix (click to watch)
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 4/5 (four stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
Who Killed Sara Season 3 (¿Quién mató a Sara? 3) is now available to stream from 18th May on Netflix. One year after the release of the second season, in streaming from 21 May 2021, fans will be able to see the new episodes. The second season ended with a mysterious and troubling phone call between Nicandro and psychiatrist Hugo Alanis Musa. The boy is involved in Sara’s death with the complicity of the doctor and the ending alludes to a larger project which includes the illicit psychiatric program of the young protagonist. Marifer thinks he is responsible for Sara’s death, but she is not the culprit. It is, therefore, a fairly open season finale and fans are waiting with curiosity for the episodes of the third season, to find out what happened to the girl.
What happened to Sara initially? Only had two seasons, but it was the enthusiasm of the public that prompted Netflix to renew the series for the third and final season. We find in the cast Manolo Cardona (Alex Guzmán), Leo Deluglio (young Alejandro), Ginés García Millán (César Lazcano), Carolina Miranda (Elisa Lazcano), Claudia Ramírez (Mariana Toledo de Lazcano), Alejandro Nones (Rodolfo Lazcano), Andrés Baida (young Rodolfo), Eugenio Siller (José Maria “Chema” Lazcano) and Polo Morín (young Chema). The series is written by José Ignacio Valenzuela. Below you will find the trailer for the third season.
Who Killed Sara Season 3 Review: The Story
The first two seasons were very focused on the conflictual relationship between the Guzman family and the Lazcano family, deepened by numerous flashbacks. The risk that the plot ran at the end of the second season was to overdo it with the dark details linked to Sara’s adolescence. The girl dies at the age of 17 but she shows that she has experienced traumatic episodes of various kinds, ranging from the meeting with her psychopathic father to her relationship with her father, Rudolph, to her unexpected pregnancy. Therefore, it seemed hardly credible that she had had the opportunity to experience so many different traumas, given her young age.
The third season takes a very good turn from this point of view. As you can also see in the trailer, there are a lot of twists. Rather than focusing on the events before Sara’s death, the storyline delves into what happens immediately afterward. Also, we see the development of some relatively new characters: Nicander and Doctor Alanis. Their stories amaze with well-constructed twists. Instead, the Lazcano family takes a back seat – at least in the first few scenes. The rivalry and the deep bond between them and the Guzmans is the basis of Who Killed Sara? this theme will probably be resumed as we approach the finale. Instead, it is a winning choice to provisionally set aside this plot, to investigate unexpected aspects in the first episodes.
The final episodes of Who Killed Sara? present a very complex plot that alternates flashbacks and scenes set in the present. If on the one hand, this narrative complexity is stimulating, on the other the viewers struggle to follow the story easily, so even the twists and the most emotional moments do not have the desired effect. Probably the element that made the plot more confusing is the choice of inserting flashbacks in each episode that take place at different times. For example, in the fourth episode, in addition to the present-day scenes relating to José Marie and Alex, the flashbacks unfold before Sara’s fall with the parachute and then in the clinic of Dr. Alanis. Aided only by the not too obvious aging of the characters, the audience struggles to place the scenes at the right moment of the story, also because of the fast pace with which they alternate. The protagonist of the flashbacks is almost always Sara, who despite her young age shows that she has lived through numerous traumatic experiences.
In general, however, this very rich intertwining manages to provide a convincing answer to the pivotal question of the series, namely “Who Killed Sara?”. The outcome – which can already be understood in the first three episodes of the third season – is surprising, radically moving away from the suspicions and hypotheses of the first and second seasons. Furthermore, the alternation of flashbacks tries to give a sense of unity to the plot: throughout the episodes of the series the cards on the table have often been shuffled, and the scenes set in the past help to understand the present ones.
Who Killed Sara Season 3 Review And Analysis
The third season continues and develops some themes present with less insistence in the first two seasons. We have seen how Sara was the victim of medical malpractice, of a system unable to understand her mental disorders. The girl suffers from schizophrenia inherited from her father, her family struggles to recognize it – except for her mother who is terrified of it – and her friends do not suspect it. The series also presents the desolating senary of the conversion clinic in which Daniela is locked up because of her homosexuality.
In general, the series exacerbates some real problems, with exaggerations useful for the plot. However, Who Killed Sara draws attention to the numerous problems and neglect of psychiatric patients. Mental illnesses often turn out to be more subtle than somatic ones, as they are less evident. People struggle to find the courage to talk about it and even society sometimes tends to exclude psychiatric patients. So, the third season of the series highlights a real problem by bringing it to many viewers with raw honesty and effectively inserting it into the plot.
The rhythm of Who Killed Sara is supported by quick editing, sometimes even confused to represent the disorientation of the protagonists. The first three episodes of the third season set the stage for the finale, starting to answer the many open questions. We begin to understand what happened to Sara. While this complexity is stimulated and continually creates suspense, it is difficult to get a complete idea of the plot after more than 20 episodes. The new revelations contradict the previous ones from time to time and the public is not always able to easily follow this intertwining, fundamentally centered on a fact that occurs in a few minutes: the death of Sara.
However, the clues about the plot twists are well scattered throughout the series, certainly, this stimulates and keeps the attention of the viewers alive. Finally, Ximena Lamadrid’s performance as Sara Guzman is truly convincing and accurate, even in unusual situations. Far from the politically correct American, Who Killed Sara? 3 searches for her social intent with constant provocations. Perhaps the most striking and dramatic element is the conversion clinic in which some of the protagonists – José Maria and Daniela – are locked up to cancel their homosexuality. The dialogues, as well as the images relating to this environment, are very raw, intending to shake
the audience by not using filters.
In the final episode, the situation of José Maria and Daniela is resolved positively with a clear abhorrence towards the conversion clinic and its violent methods. On this occasion, we see an extremely poetic scene concerning Daniela: she allegorically shows herself as a butterfly in search of freedom. The choice to represent homophobia in such a concrete and violent way is certainly courageous, also risking lacking sensitivity in various scenes in which the boundary between provocation and morbidity seems thin.
In the first episodes of the third season of Who Killed Sara? a key character is introduced: Lucia, Sara’s daughter. Ximena Lamadrid plays the new role with great intensity, just like Sara. This twist made the opening episodes of the third season particularly interesting, as fans envisioned the development of Lucia. In the following episodes, the character does not play a central role and we do not understand what her identity is, other than being Sara’s daughter. The space dedicated to her, on the other hand, contributes to varying the tones of the third season, proposing something innovative and new compared to the previous two. In particular, the relationship that Lucia has with her uncle is interesting Alex: very few scenes are dedicated to this bond, but it certainly has a lot of potential, managing in some way to reconstruct the unity of the Guzman family.
In the end, then there is no shortage of twists. For example, Cesar Lazcano concludes his story with an unexpected ending. Even these sudden changes are quite affected by the lack of time: in the case of Mr. Lazcano, greater emotional introspection would have made his choice more credible, less false. Frequent twists, however, help to keep the audience’s attention alive, often also facilitated by quick editing.
The writers of Who Killed Sara? they opted for an ending that was neither completely negative nor positive. The protagonists have to say goodbye to a close friend in the final episode. The dynamics of the characters change with the redemption of one of them. The final scene poetically closes the series, with a patina of nostalgia but also with the hope of a calmer future. The very appropriate settings help to create this effect: on one side we see a very open natural landscape, on the other, there is the cold and anonymous clinic of Dr. Alanis. This contrast is very interesting. Overall, however, the ending of Who Killed Sara? it is not particularly original, its charge is somewhat dampened by the revelations of the previous episodes that already lead us to guess Sara’s destiny.
Season 3 marked the end of Where Has Sara Been? a series that between strengths and weaknesses has been able to thrill many fans. With a valid cast even if not so well known, the story is richly articulated: the entire plot is centered on a single mysterious event, the death of Sara. It is a particular narrative choice that proves valid in various episodes, however, the secondary characters risk being a bit sacrificed. The photography proves to be of great impact once again in the third season, such as in the scenes where we see Sara’s disturbing drawings and her distorted reflection in her mirror. Taking up classical mythology, Dr. Alanis’ psychiatric plan is called the Medusa project: the girl sees herself in the mirror with snakes instead of hair, another metaphor for her restlessness.
Who Killed Sara Season 3 Review: The Last Words
Who Killed Sara Season 3 approaches the finale with some surprising twists capable of renewing the interest and attention of the public. With its usual honest, melancholic, and sometimes raw tones, the series develops in a complex but stimulating intertwining.
