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Money Heist (Netflix)

GLAM CRIME DRAMA

Netflix picked up this Spanish crime show at the end of 2017 and it quickly became a huge, global hit. Now the final part is being released in two fiveepisode batches, the first of which has just arrived and the second due on December 3.

Money Heist is essentially a crime caper in which a gang of robbers (including Esther Acebo, right), all wearing red jumpsuits and Salvador Dalí masks, carry out increasingly audacious robberies. The first two seasons revolved around a raid on the Royal Mint of Spain and the growing relationships among the team. In the third and fourth, one of their number is captured by the police and, in a complicated scheme to secure his release, the gang gets back together to attack the Royal Bank of Spain.

The show has prompted debate about its politics. Is it anticapitalism? Advocating anarchism? Just how feminist is it? And some have criticised its melodrama and found it cartoonish, but most viewers are happy to simply enjoy the stylish spectacle. Season five follows from the cliffhanger that the previous season finished on, and there is high drama and explosive action from the very beginning.