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3	''Someone Has to Die'' is a 2020 Creator/{{Netflix}} Spanish-Mexican miniseries created and directed by Manolo Caro, creator of the series ''Series/TheHouseOfFlowers''. The series takes place in [[The50s 1950s]] Spain and consists of three episodes revolving around a conservative and traditional society during the Franco regime "where appearances and family ties play a key role". The series features an all-star cast, including Carmen Maura and Cecilia Suárez. All three episodes were released simultaneously by Netflix on October 16, 2020.
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6	!!Tropes in ''Someone Has to Die''
7	* AnyoneCanDie: Well, unsurprisingly, ''anyone''. [[spoiler:Gabino's grandfather, Gregorio, Alonso, Lázaro and Amparo]].
8	* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Alonso, Gabino's childhood friend, is revealed to be one, starting off with assisting his friends in torturing Gabino and Lázaro, to then passing by a cruising ground while imagining himself and a man having sex.]]
9	* BigBadDuumvirate: Amparo and her son Gregorio.
10	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Cayetana, Gabino's arranged fiancée, who initially appears to be nice, sympathetic and generous, [[spoiler:but in reality is a conceited, spoiled, arrogant, cunning and spiteful person who seeks by all means to marry him and later get her revenge on him and Lázaro after they turn down her advances]].
11	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Alonso, who is gay, gets shot and killed by Amparo]].
12	* EvilIsPetty: Cayetana fuels the rumours about Gabino and Lázaro's homosexual relationship in spitefulness after being rejected by both of them.
13	* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:A gender-inverted example with Gabino, who, aside from his mother, is the only character left alive to face his murderous grandmother]].
14	* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite behaving hostile towards Gabino since his return to Spain, Alonso was right in urging him to leave the city as soon as possible because of his sexuality due to the conservative society he lives in. [[spoiler:It later turns out that Alonso ''is'' gay as well.]]
15	* KarmaHoudini: Cayetana suffers no punishment for her actions.
16	* LikesOlderWomen: [[spoiler:Lázaro, who falls for Gabino's mother Mina. He even tells Cayetana he'd rather be with a woman, and not a girl.]]
17	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Lázaro and Mina have sex in a nearby part of the woods and are seen by Cayetana, who sells them out to Amparo and Gregorio.
18	* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The series abruptly ends with Gabino shooting his own grandmother dead to avenge his grandfather, Alonso and Lázaro, with Gabino and his mother's fates unknown]].
19	* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler:Gabino is the only gay character to survive.]]
20	* PutOnABus: Rosario, the maid who worked for the Falcón family, resigns and disappears without saying a word after her imprisoned husband dies and secretly passes Gabino's letter to Gregorio revealing that [[spoiler:Amparo killed her elderly husband]].
21	* RichBitch: Cayetana, and she gets it from her mother.
22	* VillainTeamUp: Cayetana with Amparo and Gregorio to exact revenge on Gabino and Lázaro.

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