| Creator | Raphael Montes |
| Direction | José Henrique Fonseca |
| Writer | Raphael Montes, Ilana Casoy |
| Cast | Tainá Müller, Rodrigo Santoro, Maitê Proença, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Klara Castanho, Camila Márdila, Elisa Volpatto, Juliana Didone, Ester Dias |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Crime |
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We finally reach the end of this sordid tale that started in the backyard of a psychopathic man who loved controlling his wife to a cult that rapes women, abducts children and sells babies. The scope of the series, as I mentioned in my review of the last season, has widened after the first season quite drastically and it’s sometimes difficult to understand where we stand with the characters and the story at this point. This season answers who Doúm is and whether or not Veronica can get out of this horrible situation alive and end the nightmare once and for all.
With only 3 episodes this season, the third season, personally, is creepier than the second one. Rodrigo Santoro’s Jeronimo is weird and uncomfortable and his weird fetishes and control tactics will make the hairs on your neck stand up. Santoro plays his character well and is the right about of insane and creepy. He’s scary and disturbing and there’s a calm amid his storm that is unnerving in many ways. The actor does a brilliant job never giving away his true motives and every scene makes him look even more unhinged.
That being said, the series takes the idea of ‘broodmare’ very very literally; I mean, to a disturbing and goofy extent. Sure, it’s very shocking and disturbing and at some point, there might be situations like this in the world, but to think that this is where the series decides to take the ‘controlling men’ trope is hilarious at a certain point.
You can feel throughout the third season that the creators have tried to go a step above the creepiness from the last two seasons to create an impact on the audience. The thrilling moments aren’t thrilling because they are horrible and fraught with deprivation. Although it makes sense considering the last season, it goes farther away from the first season’s storyline which was horrifying for a completely different reason.
Another weird addition of the third season is the extreme showcase of nudity and sex that mostly seems unnecessary and, I cannot stress this enough, uncomfortable. The series is clearly a showcase of the depravity and mental health issues of abusers and abused. The storyline is silly and mediocre and the plot twists are insincere and repetitive, things we expect to see, at this point. I am tired of watching women get bid off to creepy men in every other TV show and Good Morning Veronica Season 3 completely gives up on trying to be a psychological thriller and gets deep into the pit of men of all shapes and colours abusing women in every other show.
My other question was why Mathias is in the third season. Although I must say that it is satisfying to see what befalls him in the end, considering he is a rapist who has children with his own children, his character’s existence in this story left me in a haze of confusion and, frankly, boredom. He looks scary and acts like a big deal, but is so forgettable in this season that he’s as good as gone.
At the end of the third season, things tie in together and there are no more cliffhangers but at what cost? We all get a moment to take a breath and celebrate women not being used horribly but my god, that scene is just so forced that it might make you laugh. Thankfully, this is where we draw the line and apart from getting confirmation that the battle is still ongoing, we aren’t jumping through any more hoops to watch horrible abuse on our screens.
Good Morning Veronica Season 3 Review: Final Thoughts
Watching this crime thriller has been quite the uphill experience for most of us and a disappointing one at that. Although we finally end off on a hopeful and empowered note, the series’ first season is still its highlight and no amount of depraved insanity and broodmare behaviour will ever change that. In spite of Rodrigo Santoro’s Jeronimo being a formidable creep in the show, the entire season feels forced and beyond our imagination and reach and leaves us scratching our heads as to the point of it all.
Good Morning Veronica is streaming on Netflix.
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