Velvet Collection FINAL EPISODE News/Promo/Spoiler Thread

This article features most of the information I included above, as well as some pictures of the set and some quotes from the actors about what it's like to be back filming.

www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a28432561/velvet-coleccion-final-rodaje-making-secretos-reencuentro-muerte-ausencias/

Wow, Northbound, I admire your dedication to this board. I used to post here all the time, but stopped after the original show ended. I only watched the first ep of the sequel to see what happened to everyone. I really loved Velvet's first couple of seasons, but the last two seasons were terrible in my opinion. I randomly decided to check MAS IG and saw that he was shooting Velvet again. The irony of it is that I remember when the original ended, a lot of us were saying they should do a holiday special of some kind where they are all together. I always felt cheated that we never really saw Alberto and Ana together as a couple, especially rubbing it in Cristina's face. Their relationship was 95% angst, then that awful rushed reunion and wedding. Not sure how this will work since some of the characters are supposed to be dead.

You do a great job, especially since the show is no longer on air. 

It's insane, but I can't even remember why Alberto left, other than finding out about Cristina's pregnancy. I remember Mateo driving him to the airport, but not the precipitating factor with Ana (although as I'm writing, it's all coming back, Ana running to the airport). Then Carlos stealing the letters, that reveal was one of the biggest let downs. The show built things up well, but the resolutions were big let downs. One problem I realized is that they would never stray from their original concept, which I feel was a huge mistake. Alberto/Ana/Cristina, Mateo/Clara, Patricia/Enrique etc... storylines stayed the same. Was Patricia really going to stay Enrique's side piece for years, never dating anyone else? I do wonder what the show would've been like if MAS stayed. I would hope that the writing would've been better and storylines would've evolved, but I'm not so sure. A/A would've had to be together at some point. I got the feeling the writers only had 2 seasons planned and didn't know where to go from there, especially with Alberto gone. It's ironic because I believe MAS got much more exposure in the US from Velvet than from S8. 

I'm glad your getting Max back! I'm sure he'll end up with Blanca. For me, it was realistic that they wouldn't last, but I know they were very popular. I think they are trying to give the audience everything they wanted. I sort of wish they would resume the show were they left off in S2, except this time with Alberto/MAS. We really never got the pay off we deserved and I'm not sure an 80 minute tv movie will be enough to make up for it.


Oh, that makes sense about the ghosts! I guess they are really going go to sell the store this time, thus really ending Velvet the tv show. I wonder how that will play out since that's what the shows been all about. Was VC outright canceled? Aren't A/A still running the NY branch? 

I agree with you, I think A/A would have had angst until the end. Although, maybe we would have gotten a better lead up to their reconciliation and subsequent wedding. I think Pedro and Rita's relationship was much better and more satisfying. I do feel the show had a lot of trouble evolving. Even if they threw another roadblock up with A/A, it probably would have still been caused by Cristina's insanity up until the end. In reality, Cristina should have been gone after S2. I couldn't believe we were supposed to believe she was still that obsessed with Alberto after years. The actress played crazy well, but there came a point where that's all she was projecting. I felt zero sympathy for her, where there should have been at times. Then they threw in her male counterpart, Carlos. It was all too similar. Even Carlos waiting on Ana for years was not very believable. The time jump exposed a lot of the shows flaws. Nothing seemed to change in 4-5 years except Ana becoming successful.

As far as Clara and Mateo, yes there was zero point to breaking them up, only for them to have the same exact relationship as they had before. They played it too safe. Why not give Patricia a bonafide love interest, she was too young to settle for Enrique's crumbs. They never clearly defined what they were either. I always thought fling, but the last ep implied it was more, but it was never conveyed on screen in my opinion. I also thought the relationship with Alberto and then Ana should have been explored more as well.

I think this movie will be very light hearted. I don't expect too much, but it will be nice to see these familiar faces. Velvet was one of my all time favorites shows, well the first two seasons anyway. They created a great atmosphere. 

I would imagine this is going to be very different had a S3 been filmed. I assume a lot of the newer cast will not be in this. I guess the sequel never caught on with audiences. That's the thing... they could have easily kept Velvet, and just gradually introduced new characters, keeping them in Madrid and the store. It felt to me at the time a whole new show was the only way they would implement new ideas when they could have easily just expanded what was already there.

Where are all the characters now? I assume Pedro is still mourning Rita and Clara and Mateo are still together and bickering. Has Alberto Jr. ever been on?

Yes, it was unnecessary. A year later was more than enough of a jump. The fact that Alberto didn't come back in 5 years is another head scratcher. In thinking back on it, I remember thinking the reason they did a 5 year jump was to set-up a future coupling of Jr. and little Cristina in a sequel. I, for one, am thrilled they didn't go in that direction. For one, the childhood sweetheart thing was done with A/A, for another, a child of Cristina with A/A son? No way would I ever want to see that.

They didn't even really show much angst with Alberto coming back. The whole thing was so rushed. I wish they would've kept it simple, no more Cristina or Carlos, Alberto just turns up a year later and discovers Ana had his baby. That's all they needed for a satisfying conclusion. A 5 year old child was not needed. I assume Ana and Alberto didn't have anymore kids.



I'm thinking you're right. Since VC wasn't that successful, and they chose to focus on the OG characters, I bet they will be marginalized. I think the producers know who and what was popular and will go with that. I plan to watch, but would have no idea who these characters are. Emilio's secret son? Oh, boy. Although, if I am remembering correctly he was the good looking new Alberto replacement in the first ep.



Wow, I had no idea Cristina came back. That I'd like to see. One would think she'd be institutionalized at the very least for burning down the store. Did they ever addressed who owned the store? I know there was some uncertainty whether Enrique and Cristina still had shares when Velvet ended. Is he still with Patricia?

Manolito and Lourdes was probably a scaled back version of what they wanted to do with the Jrs. Are Rita's children seen at all?
Clara and Mateo I really just don't get. Lol

Raul paralyzed? That's a surprise. I think a strong story might have been adjusting to a new way of life and not regaining the use if his legs.

Pedro getting remarried is a little surprising, albeit realistic. Though I really loved Rita. They should have killed Pedro off instead of her.

Oh, now I'm remembering that the Alberto Jr./Cris stuff made me wonder if they were setting up for a sequel years down the line. But I think the fact that Alberto's selling Velvet probably puts an end to that possibility...if the Marquez family doesn't even own Velvet anymore, then it'd be difficult to do a rehash of the "heir to Velvet falls in love with a woman no one approves of."




I'm blanking on whether or not they had Ana say whether or not she and Alberto have more kids when she cameoed in VC. I would actually assume that they did, but it would be nice to have it established one way or the other. I'm sure it'll come up in the movie.




Yeah, Emilio apparently had an affair with a woman and she raised her son as belonging to her husband. Then the kid showed up, like, the day of Emilio's funeral looking for Emilio. That was his "in" to the Velvet gang, but it didn't work well for me because Emilio wasn't even there to interact with him.




When she came back in S2, it was in the care of a therapist. I honestly don't remember much else beyond the eyepatch, the therapist, and that her interaction was primarily with Enrique.

About the shares...that's a really good question. The Oteguis obviously still have some sort of stake in things because Enrique's hanging around the Barcelona outfit even though no one wants him there.

I'm really going to need to rewatch S2, LOL.




Manolito/Lourdes was really gross, but IIRC they didn't really get into the star-crossed/family stuff. The drama was coming from Manolito's wacky hijinx in cheating on Ines. I really hated the whole thing. And then in S2 Manolito suddenly decided he wanted to be with Ines again and she took him back and that was that.

Honestly blanking on whether or not we ever saw Rita/Pedro's boys.




Yeah, at the end of S1 Raul had a boyfriend who got jealous of Raul and some other dude (blanking on this too) and then a fight happened and the boyfriend accidentally pushed Raul or something, and Raul fell and was seriously injured. That was, actually, a pretty good story (though sad at times when Raul was having trouble adjusting to the idea that he might never walk again). It gave AE some great material, and Raul had some good scenes with various characters as he worked through his recovery. I would say it was a highlight of S2.




I wasn't even super, super invested in Rita/Pedro the first time I watched Velvet, but on rewatches they've grown on me, and I still can't believe they killed Rita. And, of course, it really hurts the final episode that she'll only be able to be there in ghost form. Plus, Luisa isn't appearing. So the only remaining members of Las Chicas Velvet are Ana and Clara. (VC tried to make all the new female characters members of that club, but it never worked for me.)

I was kind of interested in seeing where Pedro/Diana was going to go at the end of S1, but in S2 their story was pretty boring (like a lot of the stories involving the newbies). Disappointing.




Thank you for posting! I can't say I'm really surprised because this show does love to end things on a wedding. While I'd love it to be Blanca/Max, I'm going to temper my expectations and say that it's Paloma/Julian...didn't one of them catch Diana's bouquet at the end of S2?

Meant to write that Cristina no longer has the burn scars on her face.