Alpha Males (Machos Alfa) is a Spanish comedy television series created by brother-and-sister team Alberto and Laura Caballero for Netflix. It stars Fernando Gil, María Hervás, Raúl Tejón, Kira Miró, Gorka Otxoa, Paula Gallego, Fele Martínez, and Raquel Guerrero, and was produced by the Caballero siblings' own production company, Contubernio Films. The show premiered on 30 December 2022. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 9 February 2024.[1]
Synopsis
The series follows four male friends in their forties who begin to notice their male privilege disappearing with social change and the empowerment of women, and they are forced to adapt, each in their own way.
In the first season, the four take a course on "deconstructing masculinity", and the way this affects their perceptions is an underlying theme throughout the show.
The series concept was created shortly after the end of the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] After completing filming for the twelfth season of La que se avecina, and given the impossibility of resuming the third season of El pueblo due to the difficulty of traveling between autonomous communities, the Caballero siblings, together with co-writers Daniel Deorador and Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, began to develop ideas for a new series.[3] The team decided to create a show about middle-aged men's reactions to social changes.[4] With the permission of Mediaset España, who co-owned Contubernio Films, the four writers brought the series to Netflix, who had already shown interest in collaborating with the Caballero siblings.[3]
Alpha Males was first announced in March 2022, as the first series by the Caballeros exclusively for a streaming platform.[3] In July 2022, the show's cast was revealed, and it was confirmed that filming had completed.[5]
Release
On 21 November 2022, Netflix released the first images from the series and confirmed that it would premiere on its platform on 30 December 2022.[6]
In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season,[7] which premiered on 9 February 2024.[8] On 14 February, it was reported that a third season was due to begin filming in March 2024.[9]
Episode list
Season 1
No. overall
No. in season
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
1
1
"Deconstructing" (En deconstrucción)
Laura Caballero
Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero, Carla Nigra
30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)
2
2
"Life's What Absorbs You" (Lo que te absorbe es la vida)
Laura Caballero
Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero, Carla Nigra
30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)
3
3
"Toxic Masculinity" (Masculinidad tóxica)
Laura Caballero
Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero
30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)
4
4
"Ibizan Herbs" (Hierbas ibicencas)
Laura Caballero
Alberto Caballero, Daniel Deorador, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, Laura Caballero
