The Coming One used to produce a minimum of thirteen episodes per season. This will be over in 2022. The thirteenth season had only eight episodes and the fourteenth, broadcast this fall, has been content with this same number. So, when Alberto Caballero announced on his social networks that the last episode will arrive on Prime Video this Friday, fans have regretted the news. The creator of the series, in response, has made some revealing statements.
“I thank you all for the short T14 of
These, however, are not surprising statements. Any comedy writer in the United States, after all, has always been horrified to imagine having to write sitcom episodes the length of a movie and without missing a beat. The interesting thing has been reading how Caballero has shown himself tired of the working conditions he has as a scriptwriter and producer of La que se cerca.
“At this point, having other formats that are much more comfortable to write in, and better paid, the miracle is that you continue to have LQSA,” he openly acknowledged. From what he implies, not even the agreement between Mediaset and Amazon turns the chaotic community of neighbors into a particularly well-paid project in the sector. “I’m sorry if 8 chapters seem few to you. There are 5 months of writing and 5 of filming. When we did 13 it was because we did not combine series”, he concluded.
The statements allow us to understand that, after testing the waters of streaming, Caballero does not consider The One That Is Coming as the jewel in his particular crown. Drawing conclusions about which formats are more comfortable to write and better paid, moreover, is not difficult.
On December 30 of last year, Alfa Machos premiered on Netflix, a comedy created with his sister Laura Caballero with a first season of eight 30-minute episodes. With Fernando Gil, Raúl Tejón, Gorka Otxoa and Fele Martínez, she was able to address the midlife crisis of a group of heterosexual men trying to adapt to new times. It is renewed for a second season.
Currently, as he announced in October, he is preparing the first season of Muertos S.L, another comedy from his production company Contubernio S.L. for Movistar Plus. Created by Alberto Caballero, Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor and Daniel Deorador, it will also have a first season of eight 30-minute episodes, and will be set in the daily life of a family funeral home.
