Control Z

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Control Z
Control Z TV series.jpg
Season 1 promotional poster
GenreTeen drama
Created by
  • Carlos Quintanilla Sakar
  • Adriana Pelusi
  • Miguel García Moreno
Directed by
  • Alejandro Lozano
  • Bernardo de la Rosa
Starring
  • Ana Valeria Becerril
  • Michael Ronda
  • Yankel Stevan
  • Zión Moreno
  • Luis Curiel
  • Samantha Acuña
  • Macarena García
  • Fiona Palomo
  • Andrés Baida
  • Patricio Gallardo
  • Iván Aragón
  • Xabiani Ponce
  • Paty Maqueo
  • Rodrigo Cachero
  • Rocío Verdejo
  • Mauro Sánchez Navarro
  • Lidia San José
  • Thanya López
  • Renata del Castillo
  • Arturo Barba
  • Kariam Castro
  • Ariana Saavedra
  • Ana Sofía Gatica
Opening theme"San Diego" by Hinds
Ending theme"Hold Your Horses On" by Lasser Drakar featuring Stag Girls
Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Fernando Rovzar
  • Billy Rovzar
Running time34–41 minutes
Production companyLemon Studios
DistributorNetflix
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original release22 May 2020 (2020-05-22) –
present
External links
Website

Control Z is a Mexican teen drama streaming television series created by Carlos Quintanilla Sakar, Adriana Pelusi and Miguel García Moreno and developed by Lemon Studios for Netflix,[1][2] that premiered on Netflix on 22 May 2020.[3] The show stars Ana Valeria Becerril, Michael Ronda, Yankel Stevan and Zión Moreno.[3] Shortly after its release, the series was renewed for a second season on 29 May 2020.[4] Season 2 was released on 4 August 2021[5] and later that month the series was renewed for a third season set to be released in 2022.[6]

Premise[edit]

During an assembly at Colegio Nacional (National School), a hacker exposes a huge secret of one of the students. This causes panic and humiliates a closeted transgender student. The hacker continues revealing students' secrets which causes numerous students to turn on one another. Sofía Herrera, an introverted teenager, tries to uncover who this hacker is before the dirt on her becomes public.

Cast and characters[edit]

Actor Character Season
1 2
Ana Valeria Becerril Sofía Herrera Main
Michael Ronda Javier Williams Main
Yankel Stevan Raúl León Main
Zión Moreno Isabela de la Fuente Main Archive footage[a]
Luis Curiel Luis Navarro Main[b]
Samantha Acuña Alex Main
Macarena García Romero Natalia Alexander Main
Fiona Palomo María Alexander Main
Andrés Baida Pablo García Main
Patricio Gallardo Gerardo "Gerry" Granda Main
Iván Aragón Darío Main
Xabiani Ponce de León Ernesto Main
Patricia Maqueo Rosa "Rosita" Restrepo Main
Rodrigo Cachero Miguel Quintanilla Main
Rocío Verdejo Nora Main
Mauro Sánchez Navarro Bruno Main Does not appear
Lidia San José Gabriela Main
Thanya López Susana Main
Renata del Castillo Lulú Main
Arturo Barba Rogelio Herrera/Fernando Main
Kariam Castro Valeria Main
Ariana Saavedra Regina Main
Ana Sofía Gatica Claudia Does not appear Main

Main[edit]

  • Ana Valeria Becerril as Sofía Herrera, her love interests was Raúl and now Javier. She is a very observant and quiet student, often seen as an outsider by her peers and when secrets are revealed, she sets out to investigate who the hacker is. She is smart and very justice-driven, but normally has to keep the peace between Raúl and Javier and she suffers from mental health problems due to her family situation.
  • Michael Ronda as Javier Williams, the new student and a love interest of Sofía. He quickly makes friends with Sofía on his first day at National School. He expresses romantic feelings for Sofía throughout the season and has a rivalry with Raúl, usually over the investigation and Sofía. He is the son of a retired footballer, Damian Williams, but refuses the coach's requests for him to play for the school team.
  • Yankel Stevan as Raúl León, a love interest of Sofía. Just like Javier he expresses romantic feelings for Sofía throughout the season. He comes from quite a wealthy family and is initially one of the popular kids but later helps Sofía track down the hacker. He strongly dislikes Javier.
  • Zión Moreno as Isabela de la Fuente (season 1),[7] a transgender student and former girlfriend of Pablo. She was the most popular girl in the school and was liked by many boys, but after it was revealed that she was trans, she got harassed by multiple students and dumped by Pablo.
  • Luis Curiel as Luis Navarro (season 1; guest season 2), a quiet student who enjoys drawing. He is often bullied by Gerry, Ernesto and Dario, but is helped by Sofía and Javier.
  • Samantha Acuña as Alex, an openly yet socially distant lesbian student who is in a forbidden relationship with her Biology teacher Gabriela and is talented with computers.
  • Macarena García Romero as Natalia Alexander, one of the popular students, twin sister of María and one of Isabela's former best friends. She was in charge of organizing the NONA event until the secret about her using money raised from it in order to buy expensive items for herself was exposed. She is very self-centred, focused, and goes to extreme lengths to achieve what she wants.
  • Fiona Paloma as María Alexander, the twin sister of Natalia and another of Isabela's former best friends who is secretly having a fling with Pablo behind her back. She is often her sister's sidekick, but is nicer to people and always tries to make her friends happy. She feels guilty about being with Pablo while he was dating Isabela.
  • Andrés Baida as Pablo García, one of the popular students and ex-boyfriend of Isabela. He dumped Isabela in front of the school after she was exposed for being trans, but tries to reconcile with her multiple times later, despite cheating with María. He is loyal to his friends and encourages Gerry to stop bullying Luis, but is revealed to be an unfaithful boyfriend. In season 2, he is the most unforgiving of the student body when Raúl returns to the school despite his actions as the hacker that he incessantly uses violence as a mean to make him pay for everything he did, even after finding out that he's been hiding Gerry, who is wanted by the police for murdering Luis. He also tries unsuccessfully to reconcile with María for acting indifferently over her pregnancy.
  • Patricio Gallardo as Gerardo "Gerry" Granda, a former student at National School and ex-boyfriend of Rosita. He is a closeted sexually curious but ideally heterosexual boy who is exposed for watching gay pornography. He constantly bullied Luis along with his minions, Darío and Ernesto, and crosses the line when he sends Luis into a coma. He is very aggressive and bottles up a lot of anger and insecurity inside, but is shown to be empathetic and regrets his mistreatment of Luis.
  • Iván Aragón as Darío, one of Gerry's minions
  • Xabiani Ponce de León as Ernesto, another of Gerry's minions
  • Paty Maqueo as Rosa "Rosita" Restrepo, Gerry's ex-girlfriend who breaks up with him after his secret is exposed. She takes over as the organizer of the NONA after Natalia is revealed to be stealing the money.
  • Rodrigo Cachero as Miguel Quintanilla, the former principal of National School. He is dating Sofía's mother and proposes, but is rejected. He has sex with Susana in spitefulness. In season 2, he is engaged to Nora until she breaks it off after his affair with Susana comes to light.
  • Rocío Verdejo as Nora, Sofía's mother.
  • Mauro Sánchez Navarro as Bruno (season 1), the person in charge of technology at the school who assists the hacker in revealing the secrets of the students.
  • Lidia San José as Gabriela, a Biology teacher who is fired from National School after her relationship with Alex is exposed
  • Thanya López as Susana, one of the teachers at National School. She later becomes the new principal in season 2.
  • Renata del Castillo as Lulú, Quintanilla's secretary at National School
  • Arturo Barba as Fernando Herrera, Sofía's father and Nora's husband who fakes his own death
  • Kariam Castro as Valeria
  • Ariana Saavedra as Regina
  • Ana Sofía Gatica as Claudia (season 2–present)

Recurring[edit]

  • Alexander Holtmann as Lalo de la Fuente (season 1), Isabela's father
  • Nastassia Villasana as Bety de la Fuente (season 1), Isabela's mother
  • Marco Zunino as Damián Williams, Javier's father and a retired footballer
  • Susana Lozano as Gerry's mother
  • Ricardo Crespo as Gerry's father
  • Daniela Zavala as Alondra de León (season 1), Raúl's mother
  • Alejandro Ávila as Roberto de León (season 1), Raúl's father
  • Rodrigo Mejía as Natalia's father (seasons 1–2)
  • Citlali Galindo as Natalia's mother
  • Cristian Santin as Güero
  • Fabián Mejía as Salvador (season 1)
  • Cuitlahuac Santoyo as Gibrán
  • Sandra Burgos as Marta, Luis's mother
  • Pablo de la Rosa as Jordi
  • David Montalvo as Joaquín (season 1)
  • Pierre Louis as Felipe "Pipe" (season 2)

Episodes[edit]

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
1822 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
284 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Season 1 (2020)[edit]

No.
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season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [8]
11"Birthday Girl"
(Spanish: "La chica del cumpleaños")
Alejandro LozanoAdriana Pelusi22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

Sofía, a highly observant student, makes friends with the new kid, Javier Williams. Luis, a defenseless person, gets bullied by Gerry. During a school assembly, a mysterious hacker reveals that popular student Isabela is transgender by blackmailing Raúl, Natalia and Gerry, threatening to leak their secrets. As a result, Isabela's boyfriend, Pablo, dumps her. Sofía and Javier investigate to find the hacker while the hacker texts Isabela to take revenge on those who disclosed her and also Pablo, to which she replies "yes."


Secret Subject: Isabela de la Fuente, who is a trans woman, supported by a childhood video of her birthday in which she wished to be a girl.
22"Victims"
(Spanish: "Víctimas")
Alejandro LozanoCarlos Quintanilla Sakar22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

The hacker leaks the secrets of Raúl, Natalia, Pablo, and Gerry by Isabela's request. Raúl's private videos reveal his father, a politician, is corrupt. Natalia is revealed to be stealing the money she collected for the NONA party. Gerry's search history is leaked which shows that he watches gay porn. Finally, Pablo is revealed to have sent his intimate photos and videos to his "Honey Bunny," indicating he had been cheating on Isabela already. Nonetheless, Gerry still humiliates Isabela for her gender identity which evokes a mutual fight between Raúl, Javier, and Gerry. They are all called to Principal Quintanilla's office while Sofía shows up to get clues about the hacker. While Sofía is in Quintanilla's office, she discovers that he plans to propose to Sofía's mother, Nora, who he is currently seeing romantically. Sofía also gets dragged in the game when the hacker starts sending photos of her and her supposedly deceased father, Fernando. Natalia, Raúl, and Gerry face the consequences of their blunders at their homes. Luis admits that he is the real hacker and, as a result, is expelled from the school.


Secret Subject: Gerry Granda, who happens to have been watching gay porn. Natalia Alexander, who has been stealing the money she collected for NONA to buy expensive items for herself. Raúl León, whose politician father is revealed to be corrupt. Pablo García, whose nude pics reveal he has been cheating on Isabela with another girl, whom he calls his "Honey Bunny".
33"Idiots"
(Spanish: "Idiotas")
Alejandro LozanoMiguel García Moreno22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

Enraged by Luis's revelation, Gerry decides to take revenge on him along with Pablo. Javier overhears their plan and follows them. Sofía approaches Luis to tell him that she knows that he lied about him being the hacker. He admits that he lied so he could get out of being bullied by Gerry. Gerry and his minions run after Luis to beat him up but Javier intervenes. Natalia is asked by Principal Quintanilla to return all the money she stole, but she already spent it all. She tries to collect money by selling her expensive goods. The hacker puts on a live event for Gerry to beat up Luis. Principal Quintanilla hears of this beforehand and locks Gerry in the auditorium. The students gather outside the school for the fight while Luis arrives too. Alex, a socially distant girl, unlocks Gerry, and he runs to the location of the fight. This leads to a massive affray. Sofía and Javier try to save Luis by evading the scene but Gerry drags Luis out of Javier's car and punches him hard, knocking him over. Luis hits the pavement and goes into a coma. Fernando leaves the book club to avoid Sofía so that he might not go to prison.


Secret Subject: Sofía Herrera, who lied to everyone about her father's death.
44"Night School"
(Spanish: "Clase nocturna")
Bernardo de la RosaAdriana Pelusi22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

Raúl discovers that his parents have fled the country to avoid prosecution and left him a large sum of money. He buys an expensive bike and plans to throw a party at his house and invites the whole school. Gerry gets suspended from school because of his aggressive attack on Luis. Sofía receives a text from the hacker to go to Raúl's party. Sofía obeys and attends the party while her mother goes on a date with Quintanilla. At the party, the hacker plays tricks on Sofía while Natalia discovers someone who lends money illegally. Quintanilla proposes to Nora to which she declines, fearing for her daughter's reaction. Sofía then notices the hacker's logo on walls and glasses which take her to the roof where she encounters Alex. Alex asks Sofía to jump into the pool from the roof as the hacker says or he will reveal her secret girlfriend. After much disapproval of Javier, Sofía jumps into the pool anyway. Javier, upset, leaves. Maria, Natalia's innocent-looking sister, is revealed to be Pablo's "Honey Bunny." Maria asks Pablo to stop seeing her as for the sake of her friendship with Isabela but then has sex with him. Raúl, having a crush on Sofía, kisses her. Alex's girlfriend is revealed to be their Biology teacher, Gabriela. Raúl and Sofía go in the basement to dry Sofía's clothes where they experience a shutdown. As Raúl goes to check the fuse, Sofía is kidnapped by someone.


Secret Subject: Alex, whose secret girlfriend is revealed to be Gabriela, her Biology teacher. María Alexander, who is revealed as the Honey Bunny having an affair with Pablo.
55"Face to Face"
(Spanish: "Cara a cara")
Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar, Adriana Pelusi & Miguel García Moreno22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

After holding Sofía hostage, her kidnapper takes her bracelet, subdues her again and drops her unconscious at her house. While in the truck, half-awake Sofía gathers clues. At home, Sofia argues with her mother and tells her to think about herself and not Sofia. Sofía reassembles the gathered clues and finds the truck with the help of Javier and Raúl. The truck turns out to belong to Bruno, the school's IT guy. In Bruno's apartment, Sofía finds something of Javier's but does not tell him. After an attempted interrogation, Bruno escapes them and Javier is framed. At the school, Principal Quintanilla has sex with Susana, a married teacher.


Secret Subject: Principal Quintanilla, who has an affair with Susana, a married teacher, out of spitefulness for being rejected by Nora. Bruno, who is in league with the hacker.
66"How Well Do You Really Know Javier?"
(Spanish: "¿Qué tanto conoces a Javier?")
Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar, Adriana Pelusi & Miguel García Moreno22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

Sofía and Raúl report to Quintanilla that Bruno is affiliated with the hacker. He may have also escaped with all his belongings. Sofía discovers that Javier had previously accidentally killed his friend, Guillermo Garaby, during a rite of passage. Maria shows symptoms of pregnancy. To pay Rosita the funds she had collected for the NONA, Natalia starts working for Joaquin, a drug dealer who gives her a loan. Sofía and Raúl find a newspaper article of Guillermo's death and Sofía's bracelet in Javier's locker. Gerry keeps visiting Luis out of guilt. Sofía has memories of her father's death. Stressed, she runs to Raúl and has sex with him.


Secret Subject: Javier Williams, who is responsible for unintentional death of Guillermo Garaby, one of the football teammates of his former high school, which is why he transferred mid-year to National School, since his father is an influential man.
77"Control Z"
(Spanish: "Control Z")
Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar, Adriana Pelusi & Miguel García Moreno22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

In a flashback sequence of the prior semester, Raúl invites Natalia, Gerry, Maria, Pablo and others to his house where he shows off his father's antique collection and money. They start to record videos there but are interrupted by Raúl's father. Raúl gets blackmailed by someone unknown, later revealed to be Bruno, for ten thousand pesos or he will leak the videos showing his father's corruption. Raúl realizes that his friends are only with him because of his money. Sofía desires a world without secrets and Raúl forms a plan to give her just that. With the help of Bruno, Raúl discovers that Fernando, Sofía's father, is alive and using an alias. Raúl is revealed to be the one who leaked all the private information about everyone. He was also the one who blackmailed Alex to unlock Gerry and force Sofía to jump off the roof at the party. Furthermore, he was the one who sent Luis the lines to speak while confronting everybody at the huge fight. Jealous of Javier, Raúl also framed him to be the hacker so Sofía would turn on him.


Secret Subject: Raúl León, who is revealed as the real hacker.
88"Public Enemy"
(Spanish: "Enemigo público")
Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar, Adriana Pelusi & Miguel García Moreno22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)

Sofía and Raúl report Javier to Quintanilla by showing him the video of Guillermo's murder. After initially reluctant to do so, he suspends Javier after Raúl blackmails him by threatening to leak his sex video to Nora. Rosita succeeds in organizing the NONA. Raúl helps in his father's arrest. At NONA, Natalia sells drugs to make up for her loan and Maria tells Pablo about her pregnancy, but he reacts indifferently. At the hospital, Luis dies in his coma, which infuriates Gerry. Pablo tries to rape Isabela but when Maria comes to her defense, he spitefully reveals to Isabela that Maria was his "Honey Bunny". Angered, Isabela ends her friendship with Maria. Sofía tricks Raúl into confessing that he is the hacker, records his confession with the help of Javier, and plays it at the NONA. Raúl tries to make it out of the NONA by threatening to leak everyone's secrets, but Pablo punches him. A fight ensues, and Raúl reveals the secrets of everyone at NONA, including Sofía, Javier, Alex and Maria. The revelations cause a massive affray again during which Natalia's collected money is lost. Gerry, upon realizing Raúl is the hacker, shows up to NONA and confronts him with a gun, demanding an explanation over his actions. Raúl reveals that Luis liked Gerry which distresses him, and further fills him with guilt. Gerry tries to shoot him, but Javier gets shot instead trying to intervene. The show ends with an aerial shot of Javier bleeding out, while Sofía desperatly tries to help him, and a crowd forms around them.


Secret Subject: After being exposed as the hacker, Raúl leaks everyone else's secrets, including Sofía, Javier, Alex and María. He then reveals to Gerry that Luis had a crush on him.

Season 2 (2021)[edit]

No.
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [8]
91"You Can't Bury the Past"
(Spanish: "No se puede enterrar el pasado")
Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar & Miguel García Moreno4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

In the aftermath of the previous events, Javier survives the gunshot (which further boosts his popularity among girls), Raúl is still vilified by his classmates over his role as the hacker, Nora and Quintanilla are engaged, María finds support in Claudia after Isabela and Pablo abandon her, Gerry is wanted by the police for murdering Luis and Gabriela is fired from National School after her romance with Alex is exposed. Two months later, the entire school mourns Luis and hosts a ceremony to honor him. However, another hacker launches a threatening message to everyone, demanding that they hand over Gerry and warning that "You can't bury the past", starting to target each of the students, first with Gerry's former friends, Darío and Ernesto, who are buried alive in a cemetery but are subsequently saved by Sofía and Javier. A hooded figure, later revealed to be Raúl, attacks Javier and flees on his motorcycle. Nora is upset at Sofía for hiding the fact that her father is still alive. Natalia is given an ultimatum by the drug dealers.


Target of the Avenger: Darío and Ernesto, who are drugged and buried alive at a cemetery.
102"The Return"
(Spanish: "El Regreso")
Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaFlorencia Castillo4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Lulú, Quintanilla's secretary, finds the walls spray-painted and a half-naked Alex gagged and tied inside a classroom and releases her, before also showing the lockers spray-painted with the word "REVENGE" on them, which leaves very clear the Avenger's mission: to avenge Luis. Alex has no recollection of the events that happened to her and Sofía deduces that she was drugged. Alex also tells Sofía that she was the one who released Gerry the day of the fight that cost Luis his life. Raúl's return to the school leaves everyone infuriated, prompting two fights between him, Pablo and the student body that are broken up by both the gym teacher and Sofía. Quintanilla states that he will no longer protect Raúl. María refuses to talk to Pablo for having neglected her before; thereupon Pablo, jealous of Claudia, warns her to stay away from María. Natalia finds out that Raúl is hiding Gerry at his house, but he blackmails her into staying quiet by threatening to reveal her involvement with the drug dealers. Jordi, one of the dealers who is in league with Natalia, leaves the city to avoid being killed over the money. Nora secretly tips off the police on Rogelio's whereabouts and is arrested, just as Javier and Sofía investigate Luis's house, which is set on fire as another warning from the Avenger, forcing them to narrowly escape unnoticed.


Target of the Avenger: Alex, who is drugged and left half-naked, bound and gagged inside a classroom. Marta, Luis's mother, whose house is set on fire.
113"Needs"
(Spanish: "Necesidades")
Bernardo de la Rosa & Alejandro LozanoMiguel García Moreno4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Rosita wants to throw a birthday party at her house, despite Sofía and Javier trying to convince her to call it off, fearing a possible attack from the Avenger. Quintanilla is removed as principal of National School by decision of the school council, given how poorly he has been handling the situation with the Avenger, with Susana taking over as his permanent replacement. Fed up with being locked up at will, Gerry breaks his self-imposed curfew by leaving Raúl's house and going to a gay bar where he meets a handsome man named Felipe. During the party, Javier and Natalia take a romantic interest for each other, much to Sofía's jealousy, while Pablo's controlling attitude towards María meets no boundaries. Realizing that the Avenger has poisoned a bottle, Sofía tries to save everyone by throwing off their drinks, just as another fight breaks out between Raúl and the still outraged Pablo which ends with María, who has drunk from said bottle, collapsing and overdosing uncontrollably.


Target of the Avenger: María, who is nearly poisoned to death and overdoses after drinking from a spiked bottle.
124"Nothing to Hide"
(Spanish: "Nada que esconder")
Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Pablo feels immersed with guilt after finding out that María has aborted her baby. Alex is upset when Gabriela, now unemployed, has to leave for Spain after accepting a job offer there. Javier and Sofía clash with each other over Natalia being attacked and kidnapped by the Avenger as Sofía finds her story unconvincing and believes that she knew their identity after noticing her ripped dress and a bruise on her arm (interpreted as signs that she tried to fight back), to which Javier accuses her of being jealous of their new relationship. Nevertheless, Sofía believes that Natalia is only using Javier to solve her money issues. Nora and Rogelio don't tell Sofía that she had him arrested. Sparks fly between Gerry and Pipe as they continue bonding. Pablo confronts María over her abortion and suspects that Claudia convinced her to do so; on the other hand, Natalia genuinely shows support and promises to always be there for María. Javier offers his help to Natalia regarding her money situation. Gerry suddenly goes missing and Raúl, panicking over what the Avenger might do next, admits to Sofía that he has been living at his house and enlists her help in looking for him.


Target of the Avenger: Natalia, who was assaulted, attacked and put into a van before being thrown out after arriving at school.
135"New Pleasures"
(Spanish: "Nuevos placeres")
Bernardo de la Rosa & Alejandro LozanoFlorencia Castillo & Carlos Quintanilla Sakar4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Sofía and Raúl track Gerry's GPS location to a massive queer club, unaware that they are being followed by Pablo, who snaps a picture of them and sends it to Javier. Meanwhile, Natalia, in order to get the money, uses a sugar daddy app under an alias and María teams up with her. She is matched with an older guy, and they agree to meet in a restaurant, but he turns out to be none other than Javier's father, making Natalia rush out of the place in embarrassment. Sofía and Raúl eventually find Gerry, but before they can deal with him, Pablo furiously charges at Raúl, calling him out for harboring a killer but also mistakenly believing Sofía was his accomplice, before being forcefully removed by the bouncers after pushing her to the ground. Gerry uses the altercation to escape and is sent away by Raúl. At Nora's request, Javier searches and finds Sofía outside the club, though she refuses to return home, and he leaves to see Natalia instead, still thinking that she trusts Raúl after everything he did. Heading back to his place, Raúl and Sofía sleep together, as do Javier and Natalia, Gerry and Pipe, Alex and Gabriela, as well as Rosita, Darío and Ernesto, engaging in a pre-agreed threesome. Raúl promises not to lie to Sofía anymore, but still hides from her the affair between Quintanilla and Susana so he can remain at the school. As Sofía is taking a shower, Raúl is tasered by the Avenger who forces him to unlock his safe, thus stealing all of his money for an unknown purpose and Sofía quickly runs to check on him.


Target of the Avenger: Raúl, who is tasered and his large amounts of money are stolen.
146"A Minute of Silence"
(Spanish: "Un minuto de silencio")
Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaCarlos Quintanilla Sakar & Florencia Castillo4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Pablo spreads out the news about Raúl and, allegedly, Sofía hiding Gerry, causing the whole student body to turn on her, including Alex. Susana calls them both to her office for questioning where they try to explain that Pablo had set them up, to no avail. Remembering it is Quintanilla's farewell party, Sofía deduces that he is the Avenger's next victim. María tries to explain to Javier's father the truth about the money Natalia owes, but is rejected as a result. Pipe finds out about Gerry's true identity and angrily kicks him out of his house. Quintanilla is locked up in a restroom by the Avenger and is stung by bees until he is released and, in humiliation, lashes out at the students for refusing to acknowledge the hard work he has done to keep the school afloat. María and Claudia share a moment and kiss at Claudia's home, but María abruptly leaves in shame. Sofía confronts her mother after figuring out that she is the reason why her father was locked up, having found some papers related to an arrest warrant on him. Continuing to work together, Sofía and Raúl look over Luis's drawings, which echo the comeuppances of the Avenger's past victims. They realize that the Avenger is fulfilling Luis's wishes on those students who made him feel miserable and wonder who might be the next victim.


Target of the Avenger: Quintanilla, who is locked up in the men's restroom and stung by bees.
157"Control Z"Alejandro Lozano & Bernardo de la RosaMiguel García Moreno & Carlos Quintanilla Sakar4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

In a flashback, the lonely Luis is shown drawing each of the students and their predicted punishments. Sofía shows the drawings to her father, noticing that most of the humiliating punishments are similar to the drawings except for Gerry and Raúl. She later finds out about Quintanilla's affair with Susana, thus severing ties with Raúl for keeping the information from her and demanding that Quintanilla tell Nora or she will. However, the gym teacher, also Susana's husband, arrives at Quintanilla's house when he's with Nora, and punches him before he can tell her. Meanwhile, Damián agrees to give the money to Natalia only if she brings María, who starts avoiding Claudia after the kiss. Alex is revealed to be the reason why Gerry became hostile towards Luis since she encouraged him to show a drawing of the latter. In effect to that, Gerry used this new personality to mask his true feelings and avoid being made fun of at school after his homophobic father accused him of being gay for accepting the drawing. Susana has students's bags and lockers searched up to see if there's any flammable material that was used in Quintanilla's attack, but no proof is found. Gerry visits Marta and they have a heart-to-heart conversation; he decides to turn himself in to the police. Rosita, still believing that she played a part in hiding Gerry, ignores Sofía's warnings about the Avenger wanting to target her. Gabriela leaves for Spain without Alex and breaks up with her, leaving Alex heartbroken. Pablo still wants to get revenge on Raúl, forcing a confession out of him until Gerry shows up to defend him. At the same time, Javier witnesses Natalia and his father making out, to his anger, and Sofía faints after the Avenger switched one of her pills, prompting Rosita to rush to her aid.


Target of the Avenger: Sofía, who "faints" after one of her pills was switched. Rosita was intended as the next victim but it never came to happen.
168"The Ultimate Revenge"
(Spanish: "La última venganza")
Bernardo de la Rosa & Alejandro LozanoMiguel García Moreno4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

Natalia catches up to Javier and tries to explain the situation, but he breaks up with her. Raúl knows that Pablo still loves Isabela and criticizes him for refusing to accept the truth and not having been there for her when she needed him the most. He also suggests to Gerry that they locate the Avenger in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. It is revealed that Sofía never actually took the pills and staged her accident to make it look like she had fallen for the Avenger's trap. She and Javier admit to being wrong to trust their former partners and team up again to keep searching for the culprit. Meanwhile, María is informed that Natalia has been kidnapped and the dealers demand the money is paid that night, threatening to kill Natalia if the police get involved. Claudia decides to help her and they also manage to sort out the problem with the kiss. As Gerry enters the school, Raúl is attacked again by the Avenger and snatches from him the same gun that was used to kill Luis, which Raúl kept hidden after finding Gerry. Sofía deduces that the Avenger is Alex; she buried Ernesto and Dario, spray-painted the lockers, set Luis's house on fire, poisoned María, assaulted Natalia, simulated her own kidnapping and left Quintanilla to be stung by the bees, as she wanted everyone to feel as guilty as she was for Luis's death, angered at their injustice after they did nothing about it. It is also revealed that she had stolen Raúl's money in order to start a new life with Gabriela, initially contemplating on abandoning her plans to be with her. Alex then threatens Gerry into jumping off the roof. However, Sofía manages to talk her out of it, saying that she is not a murderer, and the repented Alex sobbingly apologizes to Sofía. Javier then picks up the gun and aims at Raúl, demanding his money to save Natalia's life, but Raúl defiantly refuses; earlier, Javier had tipped off María and Claudia about the money's location. María and Claudia attempt to steal the money from Luis's locker, but they are caught by Susana, and the trio heads to the roof after Javier's yelling attracts their attention. Sofía, Javier, Raúl, María, Claudia and Susana wrestle over the money bag, ending with Susana falling off of the roof as she appears to be dying, along with the bag. Witnessing this, Pablo snatches up the money and drives off, with Javier, Alex, Gerry and Claudia looking on in horror, while Sofía, Raúl and María don't show emotion and stand over the edge of the roof looking at Susana's lifeless corpse. The season ends with another aerial shot zooming out.


Target of the Avenger: Gerry, who was vainly forced to jump off the roof as a way to pay for Luis's death with his life.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Archive footage of season 1 from the character is shown in 2x08, but is not credited.
  2. ^ Luis Curiel is still credited as a series regular despite making a few handful of appearances in the second season.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Albornoz, Maye. "Control Z primera serie original de Lemon Studios para Netflix se hizo pensando en los adolescentes". produ.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ Jiménez, Gonzalo. "Netflix revela sus nuevas películas y series hechas en México". cnet.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "'Control Z': la nueva serie original de Netflix para México parece una telenovela juvenil de hackers". xataka.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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  5. ^ "Control Z Season 2 | Date Announcement | Netflix". YouTube. July 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Netflix renueva Control Z para una tercera temporada". TTV News (in European Spanish). 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  7. ^ ""Control Z": Zion Moreno no estará en la segunda temporada de la serie de Netflix" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 17, 2020.
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