Well, the light is actually pretty bright in here. The sea looks green, but the sky blue. You have to walk about 100 meters from the shore to get to the deep part. La Albufera is surrounded by rice fields, so very green and lots of mosquitos. Do you know the painting “Cosiendo la vela” by Sorolla? That’s the light. I kept getting confused reading about the series because the “Álex” actress is called Verónica in real life. Thank you for answering.
Oh, man, that sounds like paradise. Except the mosquitoes, heh. But I LOVE that kind of sunlight, we used to get it in Pakistan and I really miss it here. I thought it’d be the green I’d miss most but honestly, it’s the sky.
And heh, yeah, I caught that too. It must be wild just shouting your own name. 😀
Hi! Thank you for all the gifs and keeping us plebs updated on f/f content! Question: What… is the pier? Is the show over so i can safely watch? Sidenote: which of the shows you’re currently watching would you rec? I
Hiya! Heh, it’s my pleasure.
The Pier is the international name for the Spanish drama El Embarcadero, which dropped its first season last January, and its second and–I believe–final season this January, so it is definitely over.
This is going to be a little spoilery, but here goes: It starts off with Alex, a successful architect, celebrating a career victory and sharing a celebratory phone call with her husband Oscar, who she’s very happily married to. She then finds out he’s committed suicide and while going through his things, realizes he’s been having a long-term affair with another woman, Veronica. Alex goes to confront her, but instead gets sucked into this different life, one that often seems to parallel Oscar’s own journey to Veronica.
Through the first season especially, we see flashbacks of Oscar with both women, his life with Alex, how he fell in love with Veronica. There’s also a policeman, Conrado, who Alex gets involved with at some point. There are a good number of explicit m/f scenes, the men aren’t minor characters, Oscar especially matters to these women. But the relationship between Alex and Veronica is the center of the show, I can say that with confidence after finishing season 2.
Um, hmm, I always hesitate to recommend anything, I just throw out what I like and if somebody tries it and likes it, cool. But in terms of what I’ve watched in the last few…months? that I liked, it’d be Killjoys, Atypical, For All Mankind, The Pier, Mr. Robot. They all left me feeling pretty great.
For shows without any (significant) f/f currently, I’m enjoying Emergence, Prodigal Son, and All Rise. Oh, and as always, The Expanse.
Oh, also forgot, Shrill just released its second season, which was a much easier watch for me than the first one. I wouldn’t say there’s no f/f content, the main character’s best friend and roommate is a lesbian, but the second season doesn’t focus on her romances.
I didn’t really see this make much of a splash, in my circles at least, but Dollface was also enjoyable, although it definitely had no f/f and should have had a TON. Such a waste.
I want Evil to have maybe one more main female character, it feels unbalanced, but I’m liking it.
Carol’s Second Act and Sunnyside are incredibly inoffensive mild little sitcoms but they were easy viewing and there’s something to be said for not having to brace yourself against mean “humor”, and both have very matter of fact f/f characters that are just there.
Hope this helps!
The music in El Embarcadero is so great, I love that little piano piece that we hear throughout the show.
Same! I especially love when it’s used for Alex/Veronica moments in Albufera, it just sets such a mood. But I love the use of music throughout, it’s both a great sounding soundtrack and just really masterfully used to elevate the scenes. It’s such a well done show, it’s amazing it went with this as its story and especially with that as its ending. The big budget stuff typically never seems to go our way.
For the anons looking for El Embarcadero. You can watch it here (no eng subs tho) www(.)seriespapaya(.)nu/serie/el-embarcadero(.)html
Ah, thanks! Clickable: https://www.seriespapaya.nu/serie/el-embarcadero.html
And thank you to @sarcastic-clover who submitted this:
https://mega.nz/#F!qBsjiACA!SywePCnYOoVIWaVyrw5axg
These are actually great quality and have English subs if you know how to change the subtitle track on your viewers (most people should have VLC Player by default which allows it).