Scripted series · Televisión Pública Argentina
El marginal
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Esteban Lamothe
Patricio "Doc"
8 eps
Martina Gusmán
Emma
43 eps
Claudio Rissi
Mario Borges
43 eps
Nicolás Furtado
Diosito
43 eps
Gerardo Romano
Antín
43 eps
Paula Cancio
Carla
8 eps
Carlos Portaluppi
Morcilla
43 eps
Juan Minujín
Miguel Palacios a.k.a. Pastor Peña
27 eps
Jorge Lorenzo
Capece
43 eps
Maite Lanata
Luna
43 eps
Ignacio Sureda
Pantera
8 eps
Abel Ayala
César
21 eps
Brian Buley
Pedro
8 eps
Roberto Vallejos
Godoy
8 eps
Ana Garibaldi
Gladys
8 eps
Marcelo D'Andrea
Abogado
8 eps
Roly Serrano
Sapo
8 eps
Diego Cremonesi
Cuis
8 eps
Lorenzo Ferro
Moco
8 eps
Verónica Llinás
Rita
8 eps
Rodrigo Mora
1 eps
Juan Pablo Cestaro
El Bromas
1 eps
Andy Gorostiaga
2 eps
Julieta Zylberberg
Silvia
1 eps
Ignacio Quesada
Brian Godoy
1 eps
Lautaro Rodríguez
Estalone
1 eps
Luis Ziembrowski
Ángel Mayardo Williams
2 eps
Rolando Schiavi
Flaco
1 eps
Denis Corat
Marcos
3 eps
Marcos Woinsky
Pipita
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How El marginal actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
El marginal reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An ex-cop entered a prison as convicted under a false identity in order to infiltrate within a group of prisoners that has just kidnapped the teenage daughter of an important national judge.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 43 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201613 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S01E01 Chapter 1
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20188 episodes
This prequel season looks at how Borges and Diosito replaced prison leader El Sapo, at a time when San Onofre was at its most corrupt and violent.
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20198 episodes
A year before Season 1, the Borges must protect a rich man's son while dealing with forces in and out of the prison that threaten their dominance.
- Poster unavailableSeason 4
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20228 episodes
8.8IMDbA new prison, a new warden, a new nemesis, a new kid, a new alliance and an ex-wife play critical roles when the Borges are moved to a new lockup.
Best episode · S04E07 Capítulo 7
- Poster unavailableSeason 5
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20226 episodes
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E07
Capítulo 7
Gladys insists Mario tell Diosito the truth. But Diosito doesn't take it well. Miguel tells Emma his plans, and about his unlikely discovery.
S01E01
Chapter 1
Jailed ex-policeman Miguel Palacios is tasked with infiltrating a Buenos Aires prison to help a judge find out who kidnapped his daughter.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Juan MinujínDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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