Television series
Los hombres de Paco (English: Paco's Men) is a Spanish television series that originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on Antena 3. Created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The fiction primarily focused on a group of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents.
General
The fiction focused on a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictitious neighborhood in Madrid, originally following a trio of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents: Paco, Mariano and Lucas,[2] overseen by Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. The "forbidden" love story between Lucas and Sara (Paco's daughter) was another of the main storylines of the series,[3] later turned into a love triangle with the addition of Aitor.[4]
Season 6 featured a big jumping the shark moment, by retconning the non-death of Lucas.[5]
The series had seasons six through eight centered on a lesbian relationship between officer María Jose "Pepa" Miranda Ramos and forensic scientist Silvia Castro León. Season 8 ended with a finale, "Todos los planes de Lucas Fernández", that brought the wedding of Pepa and Silvia, which resulted into a blood bath and the tragic death of four main characters (Silvia, Montoya, Nelson and Quique).[6]
In season 9, dubbed as Los hombres de Paco 66.6, the series jumped the shark again, taking a supernatural turn by bringing Silvia back from the dead as a phantasmagorical apparition and pitting the lead characters against Satan.[5][4]
Development, production and release
Aired on Antena 3, the original broadcasting run of the first 9 seasons spanned from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010.[14]
The series was also broadcast in Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Morocco, Romania,[15] Serbia,[16] Italy, Slovakia and Turkey.[17]
- Return
On 22 April 2020 it was announced that Atresmedia was preparing a return of the series after a decade-long hiatus and that filming would begin in the summer of that same year if the COVID-19 crisis allowed it. The return of Paco Tous, Pepón Nieto, Carlos Santos and Neus Sanz was reported. On 24 June 2020, actors Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner announced that they would return to the series in their respective roles.[18] New additions to the cast included Amparo Larrañaga, Amaia Sagasti and Juan Grandinetti.[19]
The new episodes were produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Globomedia [es] (The Mediapro Studio).[20] Montse García, Marc Cistaré and Javier Pons were credited as executive producers.[21] Direction was tasked to Alejandro Bazzano, Sandra Gallego Christensen, Víctor García León, David Molina, Marc Vigil, Jesús Rodrigo, Marc Cistaré, Jacob Santana and Tom Fernández.[21]
Season 10 premiered on Antena 3 on 10 May 2021, with subsequent episodes slated for an exclusive original release on Atresplayer Premium.[14][22] The episode earned 2,691,000 viewers and a 19.5% audience share.[23]
