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The title of this should have been "the love life of thieves!" - very disappointing, messed up and very far away in format from the original as the priority here was to find the right love match for each of the participants! Unnecessarily melodramatic to the point I had to fast forward most bits to get back to the story.

Also parts were too far fetched and lacking detail, like for instance they were all super meticulous about not leaving forensic signs anywhere, and yet they lost a necklace and a bike?! Come on! This was a parody - not a serious heist story, all any of them cared about was their feelings. And how is it possible that people who live a life of pure excess, indulgence and zero exercise can cycle on the mountains for days?!

What about the women investigators who look older here even though this period precedes money heist - did they run out of actors??

Fun to watch, funny at times, and even moderately suspenseful, offering a bit of the feeling of the original, but overall not nearly close to the brilliance of the money heist script.

I think the main reason so many people are disliking Berlin is because they go into the show with the notion that it will be exactly like Money Heist but with different characters. In my opinion, Berlin was a perfect showing of what it was trying to make.

And don't get me wrong, Berlin was more like a romance show with a heist in the background, and there were a few moments that left me feeling unsatisfied but all and all, it is one of the better shows (within its category) that I have seen this year

Once the show ended I was left with wanting to see another season. I truly believe that if people start watching with no expectations of how Berlin should be, then it will be an enjoyable 8 episodes.

This series is about a heist but it turned out to be a love story for all the main characters. Like many Spanish drama the dialogue can be very corny and the over acting is omnipresent.

Let's begin with Andres (Sergio) who is like a "Wish George Clooney" but with a touch of evil. Like Clooney, he puts in danger the heist for a woman. I understand his pedigree but he is simply too arrogant and even not "manly" enough to be a lead, specially is the plot has to do with love making. And, like we say in PR, "she (Camille) is too much for him".

The "Robin" is Damian who at some point was like in a competitive race with Andres for the title of who suffered more for a woman. Any resemblance with Einstein is pure coincidence.

The only positive outcome is Begoña. She is a very attractive woman. I discovered her in this series.

The music is not bad...

I can understand many wanted this to be like the other Heist. However, it is about Berlin, a passionate man, and a great actor. The show is a true love story, that has 4 arch's that goes in different paces and directions. The dynamics is great, and the acting is sublime, but this is not really about Heists. So as long as your expectations are tempered that this is about Love Stories you will give this a high mark. Berlin the connoisseur of love lines in Heist shows. Is what made me know this was not about the Heist as the title shows his name huge. Berlin gets a lot of time early on, but I think it is balanced in how they present the other love stories. Go in with your expectations that this is a love story and less about Heists.

A very entertaining sequel after the great Netflix series of La Casa de Papel. It's challenging, amusing and takes sometimes your breath away.

I really didn't imagine so good.

In fact I loved very much how the love story between Berlin and Camilla has been developed. So much fantasy in the story and an incredible countdown of their escape from Paris. This is highly recommended when you like heist movies with adventure touch.

All the actors were top and delivered outstanding performances. It shows that many details has been worked out accurately even if some actions.weren't executed deeply. But it didn't disturb at all if you can accept it just episodes for fun. 7/10.

I liked the show. Don't know about others!!! The series shows a heist and the characters' backstory. Maybe the next season they will show multiple heists which people apparently need the most!!

The characters are not irritating in this show as it was in Money Heist. Like Tokyo and her man-child boyfriend in MH!! I think they were irritating. In money heist there were over the top unnecessary s*x scenes. These things are not in this one!!!

In Berlin, I liked the casting. Actors did a great job. I liked Keila's story.

This time writers didn't put extra twists and turns to this plot to strech the story little bit more to increase the episodes. Berlin ended at the right time and without getting on my nerves!!! Must watch!!

If you liked the character of Berlin in Money Heist, and enjoyed that show's more quirky and playful moments, you'll probably enjoy this series. It's more of an ode to love than a pure heist tale, but there is a clever heist that drives the story, and which provides some surprising and very satisfying twists and tension. It was a little melodramatic in places, but maybe these scenes were meant to be tongue in cheek. However what really stood out to me was the humour and the terrific production. The sets, locations, lighting and editing were all top notch and the casting of the main characters was great, with good chemistry between the romantic couples. It was frequently hilarious, very imaginative and kept me entertained throughout.

The Casa de Papel was an excellent idea; the plot and characters were cool, but the made the same usual mistake of many series / movies : unnecessary love stories. Like literally all the characters were involved in relationships or affairs ALL the characters. What's the need? Too easy and cheap.

Now, with Berlin, is just the same.... but now the characters are too obvious, clichéd, predictable, I feel like I amWatching kind of the same characters from La casa the papel with a little twist and again: unnecessary love stories with the same old problems: we're so different, age difference, one in a relationship/unavailable , we together so we shouldn't hook up . Basically, all the same.

Stop forcing love stories into everything!! It ruins everything and work better on the charters. They are so obvious Not everything needs romance and sex to be good.

Enjoyed watching the web series and we needed season 2 of Berlin web series with professor of Money heist also included for some fun and Despite its last two seasons not being on par with the first three, the Netflix series Money Heist has undoubtedly transformed into a phenomenon. The show's iconography - like the red outfit or Dali masks - became a symbol of rebellion and, unsurprisingly, even led to real heists with thieves wearing the same costume. 'Do burglars strike twice?' may not have a definitive answer, but like most successful franchises, it was expected of the makers of Money Heist to bank on the success with spin-offs; after the South Korean adaptation Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area, we now have a spin-off series titled Berlin, based on the eponymous larcenist.

I had high expectations of Berlin because he was one of my favorite characters in Money Heist. His character was poised, reformed, sexy, and incomparable. However, one of the things that made him appear sexy and reformed was his voice. The English voice-over actor for the dub on Money Heist made the character desirable to women and caused men to want to be him. The voice-over actor for Berlin makes the character seem very ordinary, almost dull. This tone affects the interest in the storyline. I kept binging the series because of my love for Money Heist and believing that I would fall in love with the show eventually. However, if I'm being blunt, I found the show to be only subpar, yet I kept rooting for them. Hopefully, next season they will find the voice-over actor from Money Heist and use him. The other actors will then seem more appealing and the story line will garner more interest.

To much drama romantic than crime action. I don't like the emosional scene. And simple crime scene. Why the writer put so much drama romantic in this series. Coz i skip every single time this scene. To much drama romantic than crime action. I don't like the emosional scene. And simple crime scene. Why the writer put so much drama romantic in this series. Coz i skip every single time this scene.

To much drama romantic than crime action. I don't like the emosional scene. And simple crime scene. Why the writer put so much drama romantic in this series. Coz i skip every single time this scene. You guys can do so much better than this.

Berlin was the Professor's second in command in the popular 'Money Heist' series. Although not as altruistic as most of his companions, his sardonic humour made him popular with viewers, and he was given the spin off series, 'Berlin' which is naturally about another previous heist, set in Paris.

It's a smaller gang and the ambitions are not as lofty as in 'Money Heist', but the hallmarks of the earlier series are here in the electronic wizardry and the offbeat humour. Alonso carries this series with ease, and the romance which almost upsets his heist gets in the way of the story at times. However, I feel this is intentional and keeps things off balance for the viewer.

I loved the Paris setting, and Alonso's gang are a nifty bunch who knit together well in this fast paced story. A lovely touch was the addition of the two female detectives from 'Money Heist.' They were bitter enemies in the previous series but here they form an amusing and surprisingly effective duo. I loved it all, and hope Berlin gets more outings with Netflix.

I realise I'm out on a limb here! I wasn't impressed with the first 2 episodes but watched it all. Disappointment switched to enjoyment by ep. 4. It was a bit clunky, daft & disjointed I agree. And it was inevitable that, apart from Berlin, I probably wouldn't feel the same love of all the characters in this as I did in Money Heist, not least because 8 episodes isn't really enough to make that happen. But it still gave me a good dollop of what I love about MH. Edge of seat and surprise twists and turns, passion, laughs, love, fun and entertainment, and more passion. I enjoyed it. Hope every MH character gets their own mini series too.

Don't care about the people who are saying it's waste of time ,it's best series. The series was amazing it's about love ,money,joy, relationship.but I miss the crew which was in money heist,it's an emotion.yeah people are saying that the series contains less heist I hope the first season is about the crew and their stories. I am expecting more heist and thrill in next seasons. In this series,I love the character of 'damian'.the character of Berlin is strong and unexpected. I hope you will watch after reading my review. I wonder why all people are rating low to this wonderful series.it's really refreshing don't miss this series bro watch it..

I don't know why it has too many negative reviews. It's not blood and gore like previous seasons , but rather it's more on defining emotions of the character and story buildup . This prequel is only for fans of money heist series. I enjoyed every episode of this prequel, finished in one day. Give it a go guyz . It's better than any other release on Netflix right now . Definitely you ll love the character of Berlin again. Berlin also mentioned about the professor in this prequel. There is nothing to compare between this and previous seasons of money heist, as this prequel is focuses on the love part and early life of Berlin.

Money Heist was a favourite of mine with all the smart twists and turns keeping me invested in watching. The Professor was so disciplined and so focused on the goal. In this series, the heist is an inconvenient subplot. Everyone is making mistakes you'd expect of a teenager who just started going through puberty. How could you trust flaky minded people like this to pull off a multi million dollar heist?

Four episodes in and I was constantly rolling my eyes at all the love scenes and drama. Everyone was calling in love with each other. Some other characters i wonder what their point was other than being a distraction.

I really wanted to like this but it's just not as well written as Money Heist.

Don't read those bad reviews about the series , people is taking things very seriously , the show is great with good vibes , it gives you the same vibes about money heist , berlin acting is wonderful ...everything is great in this show , graphics ... the vibes in Paris , the songs .... I don't understand why people are giving those bad reviews ,and try to analyze everything and focus on those small details , enjoy the serues .. the language , the culture ... the flashbacks , I liked how berlin mentioned Sergio in a way, How we knew Lisbon characters ... that girl that we've seen too many times with Berlin wnd we didn't understand what's happening ... but now we've got everything we wanted ... BAD REVIEWS ARE DELUSIONAL.

I really enjoyed the Casa de Papel (Money Heist) series, but I can't say that I liked the character of Berlin. So, you might understand why I wasn't really eager for this series...but it did pleasantly surprised me primarily thanks to the supporting cast.

The series takes place chronologically before Casa de Papel, when Berlin himself has amassed a team to pull of a fairly elaborate heist of priceless jewels from a highly guarded vault before an auction. The plan is fairly well laid out, the team members each have their roles...and then Berlin himself puts it all in jeopardy when in becomes infatuated with the mark's wife while performing surveillance. It was unbelievably annoying and part of why I never liked the character of Berlin from the start.

I did however love some of the other romantic stories...like between Keila (Michelle Jenner) and Bruce (Joel Sánchez), Cameron (Begoña Vargas) and Roi (Julio Peña) and Damien(Tristán Ulloa) and his wife. I was thrilled to see Julio Peña outside of his roll of Ares Hidalgo in A Través de mi Ventana. This definitely was not Casa De Papel, it just didn't have the same levelheaded leadership...what do you expect when Berlin is the boss. The crew is almost entirely made up of young members who are also apt to make mistakes and rash decisions.

To recap, my expectations were very low as the series was built around a character that I already didn't like and I enjoyed it more than expected because I liked the supporting cast and as a romantic I loved the romantic intrigue between all but Berlin and Camille. I am not sure who I would recommend this to, but the production quality was as high as La Casa De Papel. It will be interesting to see if this gets green lit for a second season.

Review based on watching in it's original Spanish language with English subtitles.

Thrilling love story and wonderful acting! It kept me watching from the first episode and I'm sad it only has 8. It started out slow paced and gradually became more and more on the edge.

It is nice to know more about the character of Berlin, after seeing Money Heist, I honestly think his performance in this series was top notch. The storyline was intriguing and I enjoyed the fact that LOVE was the main topic of the series, whilst remaining with blood rushing about the whole heist.

All characters had really powerful personalities and work towards each other. Now it makes sense why in Money Heist - the character Berlin and the professor were really strict with relationships between heist members, giving the fact that LOVE almost ruined their whole heist in this series Berlin which happened before.

I recommend you watch it, it will keep you satisfied!