The Envoys

This does not sound very promising on paper: character-driven thriller about a pair of priests investigating alleged miracles in rural Mexico. But those two priests are multidimensional (the more religious one is trained as a medical doctor, the more skeptical one as a canon lawyer) and their interactions are snappy and mostly heartfelt. The rest of the cast is largely unremarkable but this 'dynamic duo' and a fairly tight plot, without frills or holes, manages to keep us interested. Said plot is nothing to write home about, but gives them time to shine and packs a few twists and turns. Unfortunately, once fully revealed it seems a little overstretched and the last two episodes are bogged down with Latino melodrama (lots of tears and handwringing, poorly acted dilemmas, perpetual dramatic music, etc.) On the whole it is a decent piece of television, and a relatively nuanced (if not terribly accurate) depiction of Catholicism.

Two priests who understand medicine, science, and law are dedicated to investigating supposed miracles from around the world. In Season 1 priests Pedro Salinas, a doctor with a scientific bent, and Simon Antequera, a looser cannon, dispatched to the small Mexican town of San Acacio, to investigate the seeming miraculous recoveries of townsfolk who appeared to have died.

Some people gave a negative review because of the dubbing. The dubbing is awful, that's why I adjusted the settings so audio is in Spanish, and subtitles are in English. I guess some people didn't know you could do that.

Season 2 is being filmed.

Not scary as the trailer suggests it's more of a thriller whodunnit and a Catholic propaganda, production value is impressive, the places feel lived-in and authentic.

Episode 1 did well to pull me in, it's decent until the last 3 episodes which is a bit messy and has a little too many twists

Ending will be divisive but I like it.

Really enjoy the series, it shows Catholic Church like it is, and the scandals it has had on the last years. It also shows that not all men and women of faith are all the same.

It deserves a second season, fun to watch, and very human characters.

The ending is just great, don't miss it!!!

I wanted to like it. The pacing was great. The editing was good. But there are so many problems with the writing that it is difficult to take it seriously, even though I watched it all the way to the end, just out of sheer curiosity.

The characters were interesting and well developed in their shallowness, even though they needed more depth, which makes the bad writing a tragedy. It went for shock factor and twists, so it became bumpy and uneven, so their dialog was inconsistent with the action sometimes.

The bizarre subtitles not matching the overdub was downright laughable like an old Asian karate movie when things didn't match, ever.

I certainly don't need another season, though if done better, it could be good.