Season 1
8 episodes Sep 28, 2018
Overview
These Mexico City socialites may lead opulent lives, but a peek behind the curtain reveals a tangled web of intrigue, envy and personal struggles.
Seasons
1 listed- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- First aired
- Sep 28, 2018
- Last aired
- Sep 28, 2018
- Episode length
- 50m
- Network
- Netflix
Latest episode: S1 E8 Amor Mexicano (Sep 28, 2018)
Cast
9 people
Reviews
4 min readThe Gilded Cage of "Made in Mexico"
I’ll admit it: I came to Made in Mexico expecting a train wreck. A reality show about Mexico City’s elite, airing in 2018, with a TMDB score hovering just above "abandoned DVD bargain bin"? The setup practically screamed The Real Housewives meets Narcos fan fiction.
But what I found wasn’t the car crash I’d braced for. It was something stranger—a slow, unsettling portrait of people who’ve mistaken privilege for personality, and whose lives are so meticulously curated that even their meltdowns feel like performances.
The show’s premise is simple: follow nine wealthy socialites as they navigate parties, marriages, and the occasional existential crisis, all while draped in designer labels and sipping cocktails in sun-drenched courtyards. On paper, it’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians with more tequila and fewer consequences. But Made in Mexico has a different rhythm.
There’s no confessional booth here, no producer prompts to stoke drama. Instead, the camera lingers—sometimes uncomfortably—on moments that feel unscripted in the worst way. A tense silence at a dinner party.
A forced laugh that doesn’t quite land. The way one cast member’s smile doesn’t reach her eyes when she’s complimenting another’s dress.
That’s the show’s quiet trick. It doesn’t need manufactured conflict because the real tension is in the gaps—the things left unsaid, the way these people orbit each other like planets in a solar system where the gravity is money. Take the scene where Kitzia Mitre, one of the more magnetic figures in the cast, hosts a dinner for her friends.
The table is set with crystal and candles, the wine is poured, and the conversation should flow effortlessly. But it doesn’t. There’s a stiffness to the air, a sense that everyone is performing their roles—hostess, guest, ally, rival—with the precision of actors who’ve forgotten they’re in a play.
Audience Opinions
Limited evidence
"A glossy reality series following Mexico City’s elite, but viewer reactions are mixed and sparse."
The series offers a peek into the lives of wealthy young socialites in Mexico City, with viewers noting its polished production and aspirational aesthetic. latestnetflix.com's view is that however, feedback is limited, and some find the characters unrelatable or the drama manufactured, leaving its impact unclear.
What viewers praise
- Polished production The show’s visual style and high-end settings are frequently praised for their glossy appeal.
- Aspirational appeal Some enjoy the escapism of following the lavish lifestyles of Mexico City’s elite.
Common complaints
- Unrelatable characters Several viewers find the cast shallow or difficult to connect with, limiting engagement.
- Manufactured drama The reality show format leads to skepticism about the authenticity of conflicts and storylines.
Recommended for
Reality TV fans Lifestyle show enthusiasts Mexico City culture explorers
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsMexico City Twitter tried to send the Housewives back before episode one.
The trailer hit in early September 2018 and the replies arrived like a class-action suit. Nine socialites from Polanco and the ranch circuit. Light-skinned, bilingual, already famous to the society pages. Netflix called it the streamer's first Mexican reality series. Love Productions USA, the L.A. shop of the Sky-owned British indie, sold "opulent but flawed." Twitter's adjectives were shorter. Trash. Filth. Classist. The Associated Press clocked the timing. latestnetflix.com's read is that a month after Mexico elected Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on a campaign against the entrenched elite, the app wanted eight episodes of baptisms, fencing lessons, and world-peace T-shirts.
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Deadline named the circle. Nightclub owner Pepe Diaz, trying to retire the playboy act. Fashion designer Kitzia Mitre, billed as the gatekeeper, with a ranch and a toddler. Her brother-in-law Roby Checa, the clan's loudest showman. TV host Carlos Giron Longoria. Model Columba Diaz, parked in a love triangle in the press notes. Singer hopeful Shanik Aspe. Two American transplants, food blogger Liz Woodburn and former Vogue staffer Chantal Trujillo. And Hanna Jaff, 30, San Diego-born philanthropist, politician on the call sheet, founder of the Jaff Foundation, already listed as friction in her own synopsis. Premiere night was September 28. Eight episodes. Spanish and English. The official trailer still sells legacy and exclusive social order. , ,
The cast walked into press day already on defense. Roby Checa told Remezcla the show "has nothing to do about whether we're rich or not." Kitzia, asked about colorism, offered a blood-percentage answer. "I am 21 percent Aztec." She said looking "too white" was racism, then allowed that colorism "definitely is" an issue in Mexico, then insisted equal-opportunity talk creates more of it. Columba Diaz, who did not grow up wealthy, said calling the cast white was "super racist." Hanna Jaff told AP she wanted "the world to see a different Mexico" and that the program "is not a stereotype." The teaser on the app still sold "infamous dynasties" and expats climbing the ladder. ,
Hanna got the villain edit. The second season got a gossip item and a funeral.
Mike Hale at the New York Times clocked Columba as the likely breakout and Hanna as the designated heel. Wall of framed degrees. Backyard fencing. A TED Talk name-drop from Kurdistan. Hanna's on-camera line about Donald Trump was ready. "No, I am not a bad hombre, and I am not a bad mujer, either." BuzzFeed Mexico later printed the rumor that she had her own writers feeding her dialogue. That stayed rumor. What the cameras did show was Roby stealing a baptism, Columba's triangle, and Hanna's peace campaign landing like a brand activation. ,
February 2019, El Universal's gossip page said the backlash had not killed the show. It claimed Made in Mexico had been one of Netflix's 10 most watched series in Mexico the year before, and that a second season would start shooting in April for a 2019 drop. The second season was never broadcast. Wikipedia records the rumor and the silence. Eight episodes of Polanco stayed in the catalog. Mexico City had already answered. ,
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