El Pantera
El Pantera (English: The Panther) is a Mexican television series that aired on Canal 5 from May 14, 2007 to November 26, 2009. It is based on a comic book of the same name. It narrates the life of Gervasio, a young man who fights crime in Mexico City. The title role is performed by Luis Roberto Guzmán.[1]
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| Genre | Drama |
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| Theme music composer | J. Baez |
| Opening theme | El Pantera "Anagrama" |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
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| Production companies | Televisa Fox Television Studios |
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| Original network | Canal 5 |
| Original release | May 14, 2007 – November 26, 2009 |
The character of El Pantera was created in the 1970s by the writer Daniel Muñoz and artist Juan Alba for Mundo Vid. A novel called El Pantera, or La Noche del Pantera was written by Muñoz in the 1990s, followed by El Misterio de la Amenaza Negra.
Plot
Gervasio Robles Villa, son of a white man and a Oaxacan Indian woman, is imprisoned for assassinating his fiancée, a crime that he did not commit. During the time he was in jail, he learned Wushu from a mysterious man called "El Indio" (a Native American convicted for tax evasion). The Main General of the police, Porfirio Ayala, convinced of Villa's innocence, decides to release him and return him the life he was taken from. Nevertheless, this act of kindness is conditional. Gervasio will be able to remain free under one condition: he must work secretly with the police and to catch criminals who inhabit the city. Now, El Pantera must find himself, recover his life and discover what his destiny is, to be known as “The Panther”. Once in the city he meets a beautiful woman named Lola. Despite the fact that Lola has a past that not every woman would be proud of El Pantera falls in love with her.
In the 2nd Season, El Pantera must confront a new truth, that his girlfriend Rosaura was not killed, but faked her death in order to ascend to the title of "Reina del Narco" loosely translated as "Queen of the Drugtrade", as daughter of "El Rubio Barrios" she was in charge of running the Gulf Drug Cartel. El Pantera then must fight against Police, the Mexican Army, the Pacific Cartel, Korean Mafias and the DEA to save the woman he still loves from torture, death, and even her own ambition.
Cast
Main
- Luis Roberto Guzmán as Gervasio/El Pantera
- Ignacio López Tarso as General Porfirio Ayala
- Alicia Machado as Diana (season 1)
- Raul Padilla "Choforo" as El Gorda
- Vanessa Terkes as Lola
- Miguel Pizarro as El Curro (season 1)
- Jessica Mas as Ángeles (season 1)
- Opi Domínguez as Artemisa
Recurring
- Gerardo Taracena as El Mandril
- Javier Escobar as Tereso
- Vanessa Mateo as Lolet
- Cristina Bernal as Lolet
- Fernanda López as Fernanda
- María Rocio García as Lolet
- Oscar Bonfiglio as Godinez
- Andrés García as El Rubio Barrios
- Irán Castillo as Rosaura
- Luis Gatica as El Procurador
- Issabela Camil as Virginia
- Luis Couturier as El Secretario de Defensa Alconedo
- Rodolfo de Anda as Santos
- Isela Vega as Procuradora
- Salvador Zerboni as Gabriel
- Alexis Ayala as Comandante Orozco
- Ximena Herrera as La Reina
- Fidel Zerda as Ausencio
- Roxana Rojo de la Vega as Paulina
- Thaily Amezcua as Mayra
- Nancy Taira as Ana
- Lila Aviles as Raquel
- Alessy as Sofía
- Krizia as Camila
- Joss as Brenda
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2007)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Regreso a casa" | Alfredo Félix Díaz & Olga de la Fuente | May 14, 2007 |
| 2 | 2 | "Prestamistas" | Alfredo Félix Díaz & Olga de la Fuente | May 21, 2007 |
| 3 | 3 | "Hoteles del centro" | Ángel Pulido & Olga de la Fuente | May 28, 2007 |
| 4 | 4 | "Pirañas de asfalto" | Gilberto de Anda | June 4, 2007 |
| 5 | 5 | "La monja" | Enrique Rentería | June 11, 2007 |
| 6 | 6 | "Call girls" | Ángel Pulido | June 18, 2007 |
| 7 | 7 | "Loco yo" | Enrique Rentería | June 25, 2007 |
| 8 | 8 | "Madre Rusia" | Enrique Rentería | July 2, 2007 |
| 9 | 9 | "Confianza rota" | Enrique Rentería | July 9, 2007 |
| 10 | 10 | "Rabia" | Enrique Rentería | July 16, 2007 |
| 11 | 11 | "Jaulas" | Enrique Rentería | July 23, 2007 |
| 12 | 12 | "Desencuentro" | Enrique Rentería | July 30, 2007 |
| 13 | 13 | "Revelaciones" | Enrique Rentería | August 6, 2007 |
Season 2 (2008)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 14 | 1 | "El imperio de la reina" | May 5, 2008 |
| 15 | 2 | "La cruzada" | May 12, 2008 |
| 16 | 3 | "La última función" | May 19, 2008 |
| 17 | 4 | "Salvar al enemigo" | May 26, 2008 |
| 18 | 5 | "Asuntos de familia" | June 2, 2008 |
| 19 | 6 | "Cara a cara" | June 9, 2008 |
| 20 | 7 | "Por los viejos tiempos" | June 16, 2008 |
| 21 | 8 | "Padre e hija" | June 23, 2008 |
| 22 | 9 | "Alianza" | June 30, 2008 |
| 23 | 10 | "Danza mortal" | July 7, 2008 |
| 24 | 11 | "El mundo es un negocio" | July 14, 2008 |
| 25 | 12 | "Feliz cumpleaños" | July 21, 2008 |
| 26 | 13 | "La traición" | July 28, 2008 |
Season 3 (2009)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 27 | 1 | "Jaque a la reina" | August 6, 2009 |
| 28 | 2 | "Nirvana: parte 1" | August 13, 2009 |
| 29 | 3 | "Nirvana: parte 2" | August 20, 2009 |
| 30 | 4 | "Muerte al general" | August 27, 2009 |
| 31 | 5 | "Viene el coco" | September 3, 2009 |
| 32 | 6 | "Cosecha de amapolas" | September 10, 2009 |
| 33 | 7 | "Servicios de internet" | September 17, 2009 |
| 34 | 8 | "Arte" | September 24, 2009 |
| 35 | 9 | "Túneles" | October 1, 2009 |
| 36 | 10 | "El día de la bestia" | October 8, 2009 |
| 37 | 11 | "Las bellas y la bestia I" | October 15, 2009 |
| 38 | 12 | "Las bellas y la bestia II" | October 22, 2009 |
| 39 | 13 | "La noche de la bestia" | October 29, 2009 |
| 40 | 14 | "Persecución a primera vista" | November 5, 2009 |
| 41 | 15 | "40 horas para morir" | November 12, 2009 |
| 42 | 16 | "Nunca digas nunca" | November 19, 2009 |
| 43 | 17 | "El intercambio" | November 26, 2009 |
References
- "'El Pantera' será adaptado ahora en Estados Unidos". www.milenio.com.