![]() Late on, a love triangle between another inmate complicates matters further as Roxana finds herself caught between Daniel and the other inmate, resulting in some suffocatingly tense and awkward moments. Inevitably, romance is introduced as Daniel and Roxana begin their manufactured romance designed to get the confession from Roxana that quckly escalates to real feelings between the two. Juxtaposing this is Daniel who finds himself butting heads with Madre, the leader of the male section of the prison. A growing rivalry between Roxana and head female inmate Zoraida slowly builds before exploding in a violent, bitter rivalry, resulting in the balance of power slowly shifting as Roxana’s confidence and influence in the prison grows. Throughout the action-packed episodes, numerous brawls, gun fights and tense confrontations between the different characters keep the series moving at a frenetic pace. It’s at this point where the story really picks up, with the inclusion of the third key character as Alejandro orders an undercover agent Daniel Laborde (Matías Novoa), to infiltrate the prison and gain a confession from Roxana. After being caught and interrogated, Roxana is sent to Las Dunas, a unique prison that houses both women and men in separate, segregated areas. The story picks up 25 years later after an impressively artistic opening with Alejandro the Captain of the Federal police, hell bent on revenge against the mafia, and Roxana involved in a money laundering scandal. Siblings Roxana Rodiles (Fernanda Castillo) and Alejandro Ferrer (Raúl Méndez) are both haunted by the ghosts of their past after being torn apart as children at the hands of the mafia. It would be difficult to go through all 53 episodes and depict everything that occurs but the basic plot line revolves around three key characters. ![]() This gritty, realistic series may overplay its drama at times but with the focus on building up the characters and telling a story rife with numerous twist and turns throughout, make this a highly enjoyable venture well worth investing the time it’ll take to get through this mammoth Spanish epic. Spread across 53 action-packed episodes, Spanish crime thriller Enemigo Intimo spends most of its time building up a brutal prison drama as the forefront for the overarching story around two siblings separated at birth and pitted against one another.
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