About “Vis a Vis” in a few words:

Vis a Vis is a Spanish thriller series that follows the story of Macarena Ferreiro, a young woman who is sent to prison after being tricked by her boss into committing fraud. In prison, she meets a diverse group of women who become her friends and allies as she navigates life behind bars. The series explores themes of power, survival, friendship, and betrayal, as well as the personal journeys of the various characters. With gripping plot twists and compelling characters, Vis a Vis is a must-watch for fans of the thriller genre.

Meet the characters from Vis a Vis

Saray

Okay, Saray is the heart you didn’t know you needed — fierce as hell and soft in the weirdest places, like she could punch you and then knit you a scarf. She’s loud, protective, irreverent and somehow always knows who to trust even when we don’t — leader energy but messy about paperwork. She laughs like she’s saving the world and cries like she’s apologizing to a plant, and honestly those contradictions are her charm. She hoards little trinkets (I’m pretty sure she has six different keychains for no reason) and will defend her people until the very end.

Sole

Sole is all steel and slow-burning loyalty — the kind of person who plans a coup over tea and doesn’t flinch, but will also secretly wallpaper her cell with cutouts from old magazines. She can be icy one minute and ridiculously sentimental the next (no idea why she keeps a postcard from 1998, but it’s THERE). Very principled, very stubborn, kinda terrifying when she’s focused — in the best way — and you get the sense she has a five-year plan that includes revenge and a small garden. She’s not flashy but she’s the spine of everything, and yes she absolutely alphabetizes her spices.

Tere

Tere is the calm eye in the storm, like a friend who brings you tea and then drops a truthbomb and you feel better? She’s nurturing, moral, quietly fierce — not the loudest but the one people go to when everything falls apart. She’s silly sometimes, too, like she’ll swear in three languages in a row and then offer you a biscuit, which I love. She’s got this unbelievable patience but also a dark streak of stubbornness that surprises you, and she definitely burns her toast on purpose sometimes because she likes the crunch.

Zulema

Zulema is chaos wrapped in charisma — utterly terrifying and magnetic; you both fear and want to be her. She’s ruthless and brilliant, with these tiny moments of surprising tenderness (she’ll declaim poetry and then bite your head off, I promise it makes sense in her head). She loves drama like other people breathe air and has the most complicated relationship with power — villain? antihero? yes, yes, yes. She also apparently likes ballet music? Maybe that’s romanticizing her, but picture her humming Swan Lake before a huge scheme.

La Rizos

La Rizos is pure, chaotic joy with a razor-sharp tongue — the comic relief who will gut you emotionally and then fix you with a hug. She’s loud, unfiltered, loyal to a fault, and somehow she knows everyone’s secrets because she remembers the craziest little details (birthdays, the exact shade of your lie). Fierce on the outside, emotionally mushy on the inside — reads romance novels and swears she’s “too practical” while keeping a box of tissues labeled for tragedies. She also has an entire philosophy about hair-care that she will lecturingly enforce.

Antonia

Antonia is the cold, controlling force you love to hate; she’s a bully with impeccable timing and a suit for every mood. She rules spaces with rigid rules and a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes, but also does these weird small nice things sometimes, like giving extra blankets (don’t assume it’s kindness, though, maybe strategy). She’s intimidating and meticulous and keeps a ledger of favors — honestly bureaucratic villain energy and somehow also tragic? Her hobbies include late-night paperwork and painting landscapes very badly when no one’s watching.

Anabel

Anabel looks fragile at first glance but then she’s quietly scheming and heartbreaking and you want to protect her while also being low-key terrified. She flips between naive and knife-sharp in the span of a sentence; she cries, then plans an escape route, then cries again. She loves silly things — plush toys, bad soap operas — but will also outsmart grown-ups with a single eyebrow raise, which is unfair. Somehow tender and cunning at once, and she keeps a secret box of everything that once belonged to someone important (could be sentimental, could be blackmail, we’re not sure).

Macarena Ferreiro

Macarena is the moral center and the absolute chaos magnet; good intentions galore but somehow she’s always elbow-deep in trouble. She’s kind, earnest, stubborn as a mule, and surprisingly resourceful — like, who knew she could MacGyver a plan with a paperclip and three words of encouragement? She trips over her own optimism sometimes, then comes back swinging with a ridiculous grin, and yes she absolutely drinks too much coffee despite saying she hates it. She’s the person you’d follow into a terrible plan because somehow she makes you believe it’ll work.