# Turn of the Tide (2023)

> A young fisherman on a small Portuguese island seizes the chance to profit from a sunken cocaine shipment, chasing dreams that the criminal underworld makes dangerous.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/125726

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 19
- Episode runtime: 47 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Augusto Fraga
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: José Condessa, Helena Caldeira, André Leitão, Rodrigo Tomás, Afonso Pimentel, Maria João Bastos, José Raposo, Paolla Oliveira
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20268688/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: gritty, brooding, tense, bleak

## What critics say

Audiences rate the Portuguese crime drama positively overall, though individual seasons have landed in the mid-range and fans find the later seasons weaker than the debut.

## Synopsis

Turn of the Tide (Rabo de Peixe) (2023-present) is a Portuguese crime drama series created by Augusto Fraga for Netflix. When a boat loaded with cocaine sinks off his home island, a young fisherman named Eduardo (José Condessa) sees a risky but exciting chance to make money and fulfill impossible dreams. The engine of the story is his struggle to turn a shipwreck's bounty into a future while the drug trade, rival crews and police pressure close in around him. Helena Caldeira plays Sílvia, and André Leitão, Rodrigo Tomás and Afonso Pimentel fill out the circle of friends and rivals drawn into the operation. The show is built around a small community where every decision carries weight, and its episodes are made of tense negotiations, loyalties tested under pressure, and the constant cost of ambition. Across three seasons with nineteen episodes in total, the story moves serially, with each season tightening the net around its characters. The tone is gritty and brooding, with a bleak undercurrent of desperation and a sense of the sea as both lifeline and threat. Fans of Breaking Bad, Gomorra and Narcos will find resonance in its portrait of ordinary people drawn into the drug economy.

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