The Marked Heart Season 2 Review: A Lengthy and Excessively Melodramatic Telenova

The Marked Heart Season 2 Review: The new season of The Marked Heart (Palpito) is the second instalment of the telenovela. Directed by Camilo Vega, the series stars Michel Brown, Ana Lucía Domínguez and Sebastian Martínez in the lead roles. Carlos Eloy Castro, Leonardo Padrón, Doris Segui and Christian Jiminez are credited as the writers.

The story of the series surrounds a woman named Camila escaping her old life and her ruthless husband responsible for gruesome crimes. She reconnects with the husband of her heart donor in the process.

-The Marked Heart Season 2 Review Contains No Spoilers-

After a woman with a heart condition is brought back to life from the brink of death, her life has been in shambles. From the previous season, we learned how she was unable to lead a normal life after the surgery because her heart started to send signals, trying to communicate with her in a bizarre manner. The organ began to take a life of its own and began to drag Camila in directions that the previous owner would go for the loving husband Simon, who desperately wanted to avenge his late wife.

As ridiculous as the story sounds, it is fairly entertaining. The series’ intention is not to appear as a logical or intellectual piece of media rather, it is an entertaining story that revolves around love, politics and the illegal organ-harvesting market. However, even though the show is interesting, some parts of it are too outlandish to ignore. It will force you to ask questions as to how such co-incidences occur that particularly revolves around the lead character.

Moreover, at times it feels like the story is going on a loop. The characters are put into similar situations multiple times, and they often manage to get themselves out of it very conveniently. There was a significant amount of plot development, but sometimes it went too fast or came to a standstill. Basically, it lacked the consistency to develop the story at a steady pace, along with probable plot points.

It is undeniably too long and is unnecessarily dragged to fit the time stamp. Most of the scenes were not required and could easily be cut down to 6-8 episodes. There is a considerable amount of planning and plotting that provides some depth to the story and makes it compelling. The emotional bits will manage to move the audience, but at times, the melodrama is added excessively. Nevertheless, the execution of the episodes was done tremendously well, and could easily be seen that it is a good budget production.

The actors, however, did a good job of portraying their given roles and creating a sense of urgent drama surrounding their characters. Ana Lucía Domínguez stood out the most as she delivered a compelling performance and did her role justice. Sebastian Martínez also adequately portrayed the role of the villain and provided the audience with a gripping performance. Other supporting roles also did a good job of creating some extra drama.

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The Marked Heart Season 2 Review: Final Thoughts

You can expect everything that a typical telenovela consists of from this series, from drama, romance, and conspiracy to action; it has it all. However, the plot might be frustrating to the audience at times as fails to build up at a consistent pace. Some plot points are so eccentric that will completely throw one off. However, it is an entertaining watch and can be added to the list of guilty pleasure shows.

The Marked Heart Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix. Did you watch the show yet? Let us know in the comments below!

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