Netflix’s latest crime thriller, The Gardener, is already stirring up the web, pulling in seven million viewers inside days of its premiere and leaving jaws on the ground. Spain might just be snatching the crime drama crown from the cold grip of Scandi-noir, if the frenzy around this dark gem is anything to go by.
Elmer’s Double Life
On this six-part rollercoaster, Álvaro Rico brings Elmer to life, a person who masquerades as a humble horticulturist in his mother’s garden center. But when you dig just a little deeper, you’ll find he’s more comfortable with bloodshed than begonias. His mother, chillingly portrayed by Cecilia Suárez, doesn’t simply turn a blind eye to her son’s double life, she cultivates it and waters his darker instincts like prized roses.
Álvaro Rico (Elite) and Cecilia Suárez (House of Flowers) star in the brand new thriller series The Gardener. Now playing.
A gardener secretly working as a hitman feels no emotions as a result of an accident 25 years ago. Until he suddenly falls in love together with his next goal. pic.twitter.com/ZgivQfEixR
— Netflix (@netflix) April 12, 2025
Nonetheless, every little thing unravels when Elmer, who moves through life like a ghost incapable of feeling, is shipped to kill a girl named Violeta (Catalina Sopelana). But as an alternative of one other clean hit, he stumbles into an emotional maelstrom he never expected. Love, or something dangerously near it, starts to crack the armor of his detached existence, and all the mission collapses under the load of his newfound humanity.
The Gardener Is A Must-Watch
Viewers online are losing their minds, with some describing The Gardener as a more twisted, blood-soaked cousin of Dexter.
The viewer wrote, “#TheGardener is sort of a twisted Spanish Dexter – but with a manipulative mom as an alternative of an ethical dad. [The mum] La China doesn’t manage Elmer’s darkness, she nurtures it,” per The Mirror.
One other added, “#TheGardener is a twisty Spanish thriller in six addictive episodes, with a killer soundtrack that amps up the suspense. Buckle up!” A 3rd penned, “Everybody stop what you doing and go watch the gardener on Netflix 10/10!!!!”
#TheGardener is a twisty Spanish thriller in six addictive episodes, with a killer soundtrack that amps up the suspense. Buckle up! https://t.co/HOItmRt0nq
— jay jay (@Devinsingh25480) April 11, 2025
Everybody stop what you doing and go watch the gardener on Netflix 10/10!!!!
— Bria (@BPrenya) April 17, 2025
Hot on the heels of Nordic hits like The Åre Murders, Spain is now flexing hard, proving it could possibly craft crime dramas which can be just as icy, just as deadly and even perhaps more unhinged.
The Gardener is on the market on Netflix and viewers in India can watch it on Prime Video.
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