Locked Up: The Oasis

After a few years dedicating themselves to robbing jewelers, banks and casinos, it is time for Macarena and Zulema to separate.

Locked Up: The Oasis (2020) is a Spanish crime drama series created by Iván Escobar for FOX España, a spin-off of the Spanish prison drama Vis a Vis. The story follows Macarena Ferreiro (Maggie Civantos) and Zulema Zahir (Najwa Nimri), who after years of robbing jewelers, banks and casinos together must be separated once they are locked up. Their partnership is tested as each adjusts to life behind bars, with the rivalries, shifting alliances and institutional pressures of the women's prison driving the narrative. Itziar Castro as Goya Fernández and Ana María Picchio as Ama Castro are among the principal figures in the prison's crowded social world. The series runs for a single eight-episode season, with each episode carrying a steady mix of confrontation, suspense and crime-driven tension. Its tone is gritty and tense, with an emotional undercurrent of loyalty and betrayal. Audiences drawn to women in prison dramas, serialized crime sagas and prison power struggles will find resonance in the vein of Orange Is the New Black and Oz, with the tangled criminal bonds recalling the heist-driven tension of Money Heist. Set in a contemporary Spanish prison, it lands as a dark, character-driven continuation of its parent series.

Audiences rate the spin-off mixed, with its prison-set drama and returning leads drawing modest approval.

• Orange Is the New Blackwomen in prison drama, serialized crime and power struggles inside a penitentiary
• Ozprison drama with shifting alliances and institutional corruption
• Money Heistfemale criminal partnership and heist-driven crime drama

Created by

Iván Escobar

Release Date

2020-04-20

Episode runtime

50 min

Rating

6.6 / 10 (2018)

What is Locked Up: The Oasis about?

Two former jewel thieves are separated and must navigate prison life and old loyalties in a Spanish women's prison.

What is Locked Up: The Oasis like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Locked Up: The Oasis as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Locked Up: The Oasis violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Locked Up: The Oasis as mild.

What did critics think of Locked Up: The Oasis?

Audiences rate the spin-off mixed, with its prison-set drama and returning leads drawing modest approval.

Which shows are like Locked Up: The Oasis?

Shows with a similar feel include Orange Is the New Black, Oz, and Money Heist.

How long is Locked Up: The Oasis?

Locked Up: The Oasis: 1 season, 8 episodes.

Is Locked Up: The Oasis still running?

No, Locked Up: The Oasis has ended.

Where can I watch Locked Up: The Oasis?

In United States, Locked Up: The Oasis streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, NBC.