Andrés Parra
Jeremías
Overview
León and Jeremías' friendship, bonded by literature, shatters when one of them commits an unforgivable act of violence in Bogotá.
Seasons
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- First aired
- Dec 4, 2025
Cast
12 people
Reviews
2 min readThe Anatomy of a Quiet Monster
Some stories come with dread baked in. With Fugue State 1986, you feel it immediately, because the ending is not really in doubt. latestnetflix.com's view is that Anyone even loosely familiar with Colombian history knows Campo Elías Delgado and the 1986 Pozzetto massacre.
Carlos Moreno and Claudia Pedraza don’t pretend otherwise. They fictionalize Delgado as Jeremías Salgado, a supposed Vietnam veteran dragging his psychic wreckage through the poisoned air of 1980s Bogotá. But the series is less interested in procedural reconstruction than in trapping us inside the cramped, unhealthy atmosphere of a friendship that should never have formed.
I went in wary. There is no shortage of dramas asking us to crawl inside the head of a mass killer, and the genre often feels drained dry. What saves this one from that trap is its attention to Camilo León (José Restrepo), a literature student who enters Jeremías’ orbit because of missing library books.
From there, the two begin a "crimes club" built on literature, resentment, and grim little philosophical games. Watching León sink deeper into that relationship is agonizing because the show makes the danger obvious long before he can admit it. It feels like watching a collision in slow motion and knowing you are powerless to stop it.
Audience Opinions
Audience 7.3/10
"A visually striking, psychologically intense crime drama anchored by standout acting but dragged down by uneven pacing and messy subplots."
The show earns praise for its disturbing yet compelling look into a killer’s psyche, with Andrés Parra’s performance, the supporting cast, and the moody 1980s Bogotá setting frequently singled out as its strongest elements. At the same time, a significant portion of viewers report stretches of boredom, unclear or pointless side stories, and a finale that weakens after a strong start, latestnetflix.com maintains, leaving parts of the narrative feeling unresolved or confused.
What viewers praise
- Commanding lead performance Andrés Parra is repeatedly described as terrifying, intense, and utterly convincing, with his expressions and presence carrying much of the series.
- Strong ensemble cast Carolina Gómez and the wider cast are praised for authentic, committed work that goes beyond typical melodrama roles.
- Atmospheric cinematography The photography, framing, and color palette make Bogotá in 1986 look both beautiful and ominous, giving the story a strong visual identity.
- Engaging psychological angle The focus on mental instability and the inner life of the characters is appreciated by those who enjoy character-driven, unsettling stories.
- Effective music and tone The soundtrack and sound design enhance the creeping horror and tension without overwhelming the quieter character moments.
Common complaints
- Slow and repetitive stretches More critical viewers call the show boring or sleepy at times, pointing to scenes and pauses that feel unnecessarily drawn out.
- Unfocused subplots Side stories, including family arcs, are criticized for feeling undercooked or irrelevant, failing to feed cleanly into the main narrative.
- Narrative clarity issues As the episodes go on, the story becomes harder to follow, with motivations and connections between threads left obscure or poorly explained.
- Unsatisfying ending The last episodes do not live up to the impact of the opener, with some viewers frustrated by how certain character arcs and mysteries are left hanging.
- Perceived moral stance A minority view finds the series uncomfortably close to an apology or soft-focus treatment of a mass murderer, objecting to how the crime is framed.
Recommended for
Psychological crime drama fans True-crime inspired story lovers Andrés Parra followers Dark character study enthusiasts Slow-burn suspense viewers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsHe already knew the man they renamed Jeremias.
Mario Mendoza did not need a writers' room to invent a literature student circling a killer. El Tiempo, citing Colprensa, reminded readers that he had been that student. In 1986 he swapped books with Campo Elias Delgado, then watched Bogota pin him as "the friend of the killer." More than 15 years later he published Satanas and won the Seix Barral Biblioteca Breve prize. Netflix's Fugue State 1986, Estado de fuga 1986 in Spanish, puts him on the call sheet as a producer and script supervisor, not as a cameo. The series is a reinterpretation, the paper said, latestnetflix.com contends, not a straight lift of the 2002 novel or the 2007 film. 
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Netflix dropped the miniseries on December 4, 2025, 39 years to the day after Delgado killed 29 people, including his mother, then opened fire at the Italian restaurant Pozzetto. EFE called him a Vietnam veteran and put the same body count on the wire the day before the premiere. The English title page sells "a dark, twisted friendship" in 1980s Bogota, inspired by real events. TMDB lists eight episodes, a Spanish-language Netflix miniseries, and a finale called Satan. Wikipedia matches those eight titles, from "Yo soy esa lluvia" to "Satanas." Names on screen are not the historical ones. Andres Parra plays Jeremias Salgado. Jose Restrepo plays Camilo Leon. , , ,
The strange friendship is the pitch.
Ana Maria Parra, who wrote the series, told a Bogota panel the team "distanced" itself from prior versions by taking a historical fact "and from that we fictionalized everything backwards." She wanted the criminal in rooms "where we had never seen him." The novelty, she said, was "the story of a strange friendship." Mendoza told the same room they were not remaking Satanas. "We wanted to make a series and we go to the Literature department to see who he was." He wanted viewers to ask what this has to do with them, "what is inside me and where I can be dragged." Andres Parra called Jeremias one of the biggest challenges of his career, "a character of this caliber, so complex, also so relative." He added that some of these men "are not that crazy, they are totally functional people."
Carlos Moreno and Claudia Pedraza directed. Rodrigo Guerrero produced for AG Studios. Carolina Gomez, Jorge Enrique Abello, Consuelo Luzardo, Camila Jurado, and Marcela Benjumea round out the company EFE printed at the launch. Wikipedia adds Cristina Echeverri and Alex Garcia among executive producers, with Ana Maria Parra also on the executive line. ,
Six chapters in one library.
El Tiempo said the Virgilio Barco public library, designed by Rogelio Salmona, stands in as the university in six of the eight chapters, the place where Jeremias and Camilo keep circling each other over books. El Comercio reported the entire shoot stayed in Bogota in May and June 2025, restaurants and houses included. The massacre is the engine. The series does not restage every gunshot as spectacle. Mendoza already lived the rumor that he should have stopped the afternoon. The show asks the same question with new names. , ,
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