‘Women in Blue’ Finale Explained by Natalia Téllez

Kate Hahn September 30, 2026, 4:19 pm

Apple TV’s Spanish-language crime drama Las Azules, or Women in Blue for English-speaking audiences, has flown under the radar for American viewers, and that’s a crime. The stylish, suspenseful drama set in 1971 is based on real events and follows four of the first female police officers in Mexico.

TV Insider spoke with Natalia Téllez, who plays Valentina, a feisty political protester turned cop, about the second season finale. When the season began, Valentina was still suffering from PTSD after being captured by a serial killer in Season 1. She was saved by her fellow officers: her older sister, middle-class housewife Maria (Bárbara Mori); Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), whose father and brothers all serve in the force; and shy but brilliant Angeles (Ximena Sariñana).

One of the climactic moments of the finale found Valentina and Maria on another rescue mission.

Amorita Rasgado, Natalia Téllez, Bárbara Mori and Ximena Sariñana — 'Women in Blue'

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“That scene was crazy. It was 5:00 AM, nonstop. Valentina is helping Maria, but starting to realize she’s vulnerable and she’s scared,” says Téllez. (Watch the video above for her full breakdown of the finale.) “It was really hard. It was the contrast of being brave, being broken inside and being with my sister, but questioning her.”

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Téllez has a personal connection to a painful historical event that drove the season: the student massacre of 1968. “I have the privilege of having a dad that was in that movement of students,” Téllez says. “A lot of his friends died there, and cousins. And that’s a tragic story that Mexico wants to hide, and we need to talk about it because that’s the truth. That’s one of the truths of our story, and it was not so far away from us. When I [brought] my dad to see the two first episodes, I felt that I did something good about something that was so hurtful and horrible and unfair. As an actress, I could speak it out.”

Watch the video above for more from Téllez about Valentina’s journey in the second season.

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