What I've loved about this show is it's willingness to go full throttle and embrace its concept. In this final episode all parties have gathered in the town and await the 30 coins being crowned onto the new dark Pope. So much happens in this single episode that we're barely given time to take it all in - from Fr Angel's true face, to the reason the Cainites have spared Vergara and of course further complications for Paco and Elena. While this could serve as a passable series finale, the door is well open for further seasons and I hope to see it return. (If only to further explain some of what we saw in this episode.)
6 Reviews
fair end
Kirpianuscus17 January 2021
The end as promisse of the new season. This is the main virtue of this episode giving the portrait, less surprising, of the evil who, against all the ingredients of the serie, you know, very well, than it can not be almighty. The episode propose only the fair fight against doubts. And it gives than in admirable manner. Short- the village and the fest, the preparation and the small seed of hope/love destroing what seems so solid. A fair last episode.
I'd give every episode a ten
greg-goremykin28 January 2021
I grew up reading European comics, and the ones from Spain, Italy and France especially had a whole genre that were just like 30 Monedas, revolving around some dark mystery heavily steeped in make-believe Catholicism, often with a quest element, so I was really predisposed to love this series, and love it I did.
To explain to a friend with American sensibilities and frame-of-reference I described this as Dirk Pitt dropped into Dan Brown novel with two leads that look like they stepped off a romance novel cover with just the perfect amount of trashiness. If that's a turn-off on its face, this probably isn't the right show for you, haha.
This episode was a really satisfying conclusion (or not, it leaves a door open for a second season, though as much as I love this show, *love* it, in a way I hope that it's finished as the story really ended in a way that shows that some things are eternal, that battle between good and evil in a good old Lovecraft way, and the seduction that can cause people to do really bad things for the right reason.
This was pretty dense in it's pacing, maybe too dense if you aren't paying close attention...on my 2nd watching I noticed some sly almost-Easter Eggs in this one that makes me want to rewatch the entire series again after a bit of time has passed. But every series finale that's a action-mystery should leave you on the edge of your seat. That's another quality I felt, loving the main story-line but how it interweaved with more stand-alone stories within the main a la X-Files, that feel of the old movie serials I watched Saturday mornings as a kid before we got American cartoons here (Blackhawk, Superman, and Tarzan were favourites), and the end of each story arc in those serials was very much like this, as Indiana Jones tried (and of course) succeeded at emulating or as homage.
To explain to a friend with American sensibilities and frame-of-reference I described this as Dirk Pitt dropped into Dan Brown novel with two leads that look like they stepped off a romance novel cover with just the perfect amount of trashiness. If that's a turn-off on its face, this probably isn't the right show for you, haha.
This episode was a really satisfying conclusion (or not, it leaves a door open for a second season, though as much as I love this show, *love* it, in a way I hope that it's finished as the story really ended in a way that shows that some things are eternal, that battle between good and evil in a good old Lovecraft way, and the seduction that can cause people to do really bad things for the right reason.
This was pretty dense in it's pacing, maybe too dense if you aren't paying close attention...on my 2nd watching I noticed some sly almost-Easter Eggs in this one that makes me want to rewatch the entire series again after a bit of time has passed. But every series finale that's a action-mystery should leave you on the edge of your seat. That's another quality I felt, loving the main story-line but how it interweaved with more stand-alone stories within the main a la X-Files, that feel of the old movie serials I watched Saturday mornings as a kid before we got American cartoons here (Blackhawk, Superman, and Tarzan were favourites), and the end of each story arc in those serials was very much like this, as Indiana Jones tried (and of course) succeeded at emulating or as homage.
Much better than it's said
te_rajo14 February 2021
A Big, grotesque ritual full of gory imagery with Echoes of The Holy Mountain, Stephen King and Hellblazer cómics. Vergara is a Warriors and Aldo a magician. The final confrontation was Well teased in the previous episodes, i can't understand where's the problem. It's an open ending, wich needs another season.
What?!
lkstevenson16 February 2021
That ending was a let down. Not a game of thrones sort of let down, but still a disappointment. I was left to wondering why some characters were introduced, or the point of including some of the storylines in the ending episode. I was thinking maybe they had an importance to the plot, but alas they did not. Laguna's for example. I have questions about the point of some of the things that happened, but I don't want to post spoilers. Love what they did with Merche though.
A not so satisfying Finale.
bbevis-4795429 April 2021
Warning: Spoilers
30 Coins starts off great and meanders to an oddly paced finale.
First the CGI in this episode is some of the worst I have seen in a long time and it was laughably bad. I am not sure if that was the intent but avoiding the CGI and having the initial battle be more grounded probably would have been a better approach. A lot of story threads either don't end or they're not satisfying. Paco going back to Merche is the dumbest thing I have seen. How could he still trust her after she tried to kill Elena multiple times? Honestly I don't even want to spend much time writing about this. Know that the series gets worse as it goes on with storylines falling flat, terrible action scenes and implausible character decisions.
First the CGI in this episode is some of the worst I have seen in a long time and it was laughably bad. I am not sure if that was the intent but avoiding the CGI and having the initial battle be more grounded probably would have been a better approach. A lot of story threads either don't end or they're not satisfying. Paco going back to Merche is the dumbest thing I have seen. How could he still trust her after she tried to kill Elena multiple times? Honestly I don't even want to spend much time writing about this. Know that the series gets worse as it goes on with storylines falling flat, terrible action scenes and implausible character decisions.
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