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I honestly didn’t know what I was going to watch on television after the series finale of HBO’s Six Feet Under. Thank Dios for HBO Latino’s Epitafios. Epitafios is the first HBO dramatic series filmed in Spanish and in Latin America (Argentina to be specific), using Latino actors. The 13 part series was produced along with Argentino television and film production company Pol-Ka. The HBO Latino website describes the show:

Five years after a fatal hostage situation at a school left 4 students dead, the people involved with the incident are starting to turn up murdered. All clues point to someone’s master plan of killing everyone involved. Can an ex-policeman and a psychologist, both involved with the original hostage situation, stop it before it’s too late.

One of the things that attracted me to the thriller series was its rootedness in South America. There are small details in scenes that place the heart pounding (and sometimes gory) action in the Southern Hemisphere. There is the manner of speaking, mannerisms, and props in the background.

HBO Latino doesn’t want to keep anyone from enjoying the show because of language barriers so it offers repeats of the show complete with English subtitles (although the translations aren’t perfect). There is a multimedia website that is as much a rompecabezas as the show is and shouldn’t be played with if you are the type of person who hates spoilers because it revealed to me many of the plot twists. Sin embargo I can’t wait till next Monday night at 9 pm to catch the next episode.

The show is also repeated throughout the week and available on-demand for those with digital cable. Check your local listings. Epitafios is to die for.