Women in Blue (2024) [+]
Sep 10 2025
Women in Blue (Laz Azules) is a Mexican mini-series running 10 hour-long episodes on Apple TV+. Set in 1971, a serial murderer preys on women in Mexico City. The new police commissioner sets up Mexico's first female police force, more as a publicity stunt than to be real police women.
Sixteen women make it through the academy to become officers although the series focuses on a team of four: Marîa (Bárbara Mori), a housewife who always dreamed of being a detective and with a cheating husband she wants a change; Valentina (Natalia Téllez), Marîa's younger sister who is a civil rights activist who joins the force to make changes for the better from within; Ángeles (Ximena Sariñana), a bit of an autist — remembers and recollects everything but bad with human interactions; and Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), the youngest of a family of police officers but no one else in her family wants her to join the male-dominated police force.
As the women go through their separate character arcs and bond they also become involved in the serial murder case. Initially they find a body and when the "murderer" is found they realize he's not the guy even though the rest of the force is going to make him the murderer. Once the serial murderer strikes again the women are discouraged from participating so they do it in secret, running down their own leads and witnesses. Their success is because they see things differently than the guys and they can interact with female witnesses better.
The series is in Spanish with subtitles. After the first two or three episodes the story started getting interesting and it was pretty absorbing the rest of the way. It's unusual that the climax is sort of at the end of episode 9 and beginning of episode 10, then half of episode 10 is a ticking bomb situation, then a fair amount of wrap up to finish their stories — I had forgotten that the story is the women not the serial murder case.
Overall a good series.
Sixteen women make it through the academy to become officers although the series focuses on a team of four: Marîa (Bárbara Mori), a housewife who always dreamed of being a detective and with a cheating husband she wants a change; Valentina (Natalia Téllez), Marîa's younger sister who is a civil rights activist who joins the force to make changes for the better from within; Ángeles (Ximena Sariñana), a bit of an autist — remembers and recollects everything but bad with human interactions; and Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), the youngest of a family of police officers but no one else in her family wants her to join the male-dominated police force.
As the women go through their separate character arcs and bond they also become involved in the serial murder case. Initially they find a body and when the "murderer" is found they realize he's not the guy even though the rest of the force is going to make him the murderer. Once the serial murderer strikes again the women are discouraged from participating so they do it in secret, running down their own leads and witnesses. Their success is because they see things differently than the guys and they can interact with female witnesses better.
The series is in Spanish with subtitles. After the first two or three episodes the story started getting interesting and it was pretty absorbing the rest of the way. It's unusual that the climax is sort of at the end of episode 9 and beginning of episode 10, then half of episode 10 is a ticking bomb situation, then a fair amount of wrap up to finish their stories — I had forgotten that the story is the women not the serial murder case.
Overall a good series.