Luis Miguel Season 2 – Episode 3 “Suave” Review

Episode 3 of Luis Miguel The Series Season 2 is here and we have a lot to talk about as always. We’ll talk about some of the good, and some of the bad that came from this week’s episode.

Without further ado, let’s talk Season 2, episode 3 of Luis Miguel: The Series.

Spoilers Below, you’ve been warned

The focus of this week’s episode are the growing conflicts in Micky’s life. In the 1993 timeline, Micky is trying to take an increased role in the life of his youngest brother, while controlling Alex. Meanwhile, he is also stoking a growing rivalry/feud with Cris Valdes (a stand in for the real life Christian Castro). These two forces are in direct conflict and cannot coexist, as Micky shows us.

By kicking Alex out of his house, and separating his family again, Micky is beginning to follow the same patterns as his father. Hopefully, this is something he notices and corrects. However, based on the 2005 timeline, it does not seem like he will (at least as of now).

The conflict of being a father (or father figure to his youngest brother) while being one of the most popular and successful artists in the world is central to this season. We finally see, in the 2005 timeline, Micky try to form a relationship with his daughter Michelle after 11 years of separation. While Michelle pushes for a relationship with Micky, he doesn’t seem to understand how to maintain and grow it. He seems very surprised by how well the two of them get on. Yet, he struggles to understand why she wants to live with him, or why that could be good for their relationship.

The most interesting new character has been Robles. His lack of presence in the 2005 timeline makes me wonder how his story with Luis Miguel ends. So far, he’s been able to pull the strings in an impressive manner. He reminds me of Littlefinger from Game of Thrones, although that might be too high of praise. He made some interesting moves this week and I’m curious to see where they take the character.

Criticism

I hate to say it but the Viña del Mar sequence was, how do I say it kindly, poorly produced. It was very clearly done on a green screen and completely below the standards set by the show in previous episodes. I understand COVID concerns while filming and all but this was pretty bad. It was very clear that Diego Boneta’s performance was just edited into old footage from Viña del Mar, but not convincingly.

Aside from the Viña performance, the Suave scene was not given the play it deserved. I’m not sure how else it could have been done but I wanted to see more of the performance given that it’s one of the most iconic songs of Luis Miguel’s career.

Overall

Episode 3 is the weakest episode of the season so far. It’s still enjoyable and has plenty of set up for the conflicts that will drive the rest of the season but this definitely feels like a hangover from the first two episodes of the season. Hopefully, the next few episodes pick up some more steam as we near the midpoint of the 8-episode run.

Scores

Episode 2.3 – 7.3/10