“Gilberto” looks like the point where Women in Blue starts shifting the focus from who is killing these people to what those killings are doing to everyone left behind. That distinction matters. So far, Season 2 has steadily expanded its mystery from a murder investigation into something much larger: corruption within the police, the unresolved legacy of the 1968 student massacre, the targeting of dirty officers, and an Executioner whose actions are increasingly affecting the institution he is attacking. Now, according to Apple's preview, public hostility toward the police is growing after the latest killings. And honestly, that is exactly where I wanted the season to go.
One of Women in Blue's strengths has always been that the police department itself is part of the story. The Azules aren't simply detectives solving crimes inside a neutral institution. They are women trying to establish themselves within a system that already distrusts them, discriminates against them, and has plenty of reasons for ordinary citizens to distrust it too. “Gilberto” appears poised to make that contradiction considerably harder to ignore. The interesting question is no longer simply whether María, Valentina, Gabina and Ángeles can identify the person behind the killings. It is whether they can continue doing their jobs when the institution they represent is increasingly viewed with suspicion. That gives the episode a potentially more political tension than the previous chapters. And I think the timing is excellent.
Episode 5, “Lozano,” already pushed the danger closer to the department by having another detective disappear. Now the consequences are apparently spreading outward. The Executioner's campaign isn't staying inside police files and interrogation rooms; it is changing how the public sees people in uniform. That should make the Azules' position particularly complicated. They are investigating someone whose actions appear to be feeding public anger at the very institution they belong to, which means that even doing the right thing may not make them look like the good guys. That's a much more interesting conflict than another routine clue hunt.
Bárbara Mori's María is especially well suited to this stage of the story. Her promotion to lieutenant has given her more authority, but it has also placed her closer to the institutional machinery that the season keeps questioning. She now has to balance being a detective with being part of the leadership structure. The growing hostility toward police should make that balancing act even more uncomfortable. I also like that the show doesn't need to make the Executioner sympathetic to make the public's anger understandable. Those are two completely different things. A person can be committing horrific crimes while the institution being targeted can still have a history of corruption and abuse. That moral discomfort is where Women in Blue is at its best.
It would be very easy for the series to simplify the situation into the police are good and the killer is bad. Instead, Season 2 has repeatedly suggested something messier: the Azules are trying to solve a legitimate crime while working inside an institution that has helped create some of the conditions surrounding it. That's considerably richer. And the fact that the episode is titled “Gilberto” without Apple revealing exactly who that refers to is also intriguing. I wouldn't speculate about whether Gilberto is a victim, suspect, witness, or someone connected to the investigation—the official material simply hasn't established that yet. The restraint is probably for the best.
What I hope the episode maintains is the show's slower investigative rhythm. Women in Blue works better when it lets tension accumulate rather than constantly throwing twists at us. The best moments of this season have come from watching the women realise that the case is larger and more dangerous than they initially thought. The preview suggests “Gilberto” will continue that escalation.
And with only three episodes remaining after this one, the timing is particularly significant. The season has spent its first five episodes constructing a network of political history, institutional corruption, and targeted killings. The final stretch now has to start turning those separate threads into something coherent. I'm hoping “Gilberto” is the episode that begins that convergence.
There is also something thematically satisfying about the prospect of the police becoming afraid of the public they are supposed to protect. Fear has been moving in both directions throughout this season. The Azules fear the people they're investigating; the people fear the police; the police increasingly fear the person targeting them. That creates a much more unstable environment than the standard detective-versus-killer setup. And that is why, based purely on what has been previewed, I'm optimistic about this episode. I want the consequences of the killings to become impossible for the characters to ignore.
If “Gilberto” can make the growing anti-police sentiment feel like a genuine threat rather than simply another plot development, it could be one of the season's more consequential episodes. At this stage, Women in Blue doesn't need to get louder. It needs to get more uncomfortable. And “Gilberto” looks like it might do exactly that.
Final Score - [8.5/10]