Netflix hit show Money Heist was originally intended to be a limited series, told in two parts. These two parts, totaling 15 episodes, were aired on Spanish network Antena 3. After the series went viral and became a global hit, Netflix acquired it and commissioned more episodes. Two more parts have been released so far, with a fifth said to be in development.
A section of viewers have argued that the series got worse after Part 2. They feel it would have been better off being left as a mini-series. While some might disagree, others would definitely agree that a lot of things in the two recent parts haven't felt right. The following are the ways in which Money Heist became worse after Part 2.
The Professor Began Making Mistakes
The major reason why Sergio aka The Professor quickly became one of TV's greatest characters was the fact that he had the greatest attention to detail out of all living humans. All his plans were well thought out and flawless.
In Part 4, it is revealed that Sergio accidentally left his fingerprints in a vehicle and the police found them. He also keeps slip up to the point where the police keep tracing him. He gets chased in a forest and is forced to hide up a tree in the final moments of Part 3. And in the final stages of Part 4, Inspector Sierra finds him at his operationally base.
The Romantic Relationships Crumbled
Money Heist is as much a love story as it is a heist story. In the first two parts, everyone was hooking up. A pregnant hostage fell in love with a robber in a classic case of Stockholm's Syndrome, while a master thief fell in love with the head of a police task force. The love scenes were beautifully done and the emotions were unfiltered.
Enter the following parts and all (not just a few of) the relationships begin crumbling. Sergio and Raquel argue a lot. He is lashing out at her, feeling like she is interfering with his thinking. Not a nice way to treat someone who quit her lucrative career to work with you. The relationship between Rio and Tokyo also ends, whereas cracks began to form between Stockholm and Denver too. Love is no longer in the air.
Arturo Became Less Influential
A good TV show needs a really annoying character that viewers can channel their frustrations to and Money Heist initially had that. At first, Arturo is the general director of the Royal Mint of Spain, who badly wants to be a hero and save the day. He keeps interfering with the plan when everyone is rooting for Sergio and his team.
He is a total despicable human too as he refuses to take responsibility after siring a child with Stockholm (before she was Stockholm). He has his moments and survives. In Part 3, Arturo is brought back in a rather absurd way. He risks his life to get into the Bank Of Span but he doesn't do much. Most of the time, he just sits there with the other hostages. Why did he come back?
Reason For The Getting The Gang Back Together
Part 2 ends brilliantly. Most of the robbers get away and settle into a life of luxury, and in the case of Sergio, a life of love. After three years, they are forced to get back together. Why? Rio couldn't resist calling Tokyo, so the feds traced his phone and captured him. Now everyone has to save him.
After how intense and dangerous the last heist was, they decide to do another one, just to force the government to release Rio. It doesn't make much sense. Why not just organize a rescue mission on where Rio is being held. And why is everyone on board with this plan?
Bringing Back Berlin Through Flashbacks
Berlin lit up the first two parts by being a top-notch commander and singing Bella Ciao with The Professor. Given how much of a fan-favorite character he was, the producers figured it would be a good idea to bring him back, even though he had died.
Berlin is shown via flashbacks from 5 years earlier in Italy. Sadly, his scenes aren't as intriguing as when he was alive. The producers ought to have left sleeping Berlins lie. He is shown planning the heist with The Professor and Palermo. He is also seen stabbing a man in a bathroom and marrying Tatiana. That's basically it.
No Longer A "Money Heist"
At the beginning of Part 1, the intelligent Sergio aka The Professor assembles a team or robbers to help him conduct the perfect heist. They aren't just stealing money. They are going into the Royal Mint of Spain and printing €2.4 billion themselves. A totally unique and intriguing plot.
Enter Part 3 and Part 4. Sergio and his team enter a place with read-made money (The Bank Of Spain) but surprisingly, they are not after money. What they really want is gold and state secrets that will enable them to twist the government's hand. At that point, it's no longer a money heist, which makes the title of the series meaningless.
Dragged Storylines
After Part 3, the show began favoring style over plot. The sceneries look beautiful, the camera work is magnificent and the fight choreographies are well done. However, the storylines feel dragged in order to extend the run of the series.
There are several sub-plots that should have been concluded quite sooner but they feel extended to feel the time. For example, the Alicia Sierra speculation still hasn't been addressed, despite there being speculation for a long time that she is Tatian, and that she is actually working with Sergio.
The Gandia Storyline
Gandia is mostly brought in to trigger the same kind of feelings Arturo did. But unlike Arturo, he is a proper goon. He is as annoying as Arturo but he is highly flawed and simply not fascinating enough.
Despite being a highly trained security guard, Gandia doesn't know how to break free from handcuffs. It's Palermo who educates him on how to do this. He also kills Nairobi for no good reason. Not to mention how he survives all the attacks, with his wounds magically healing. And when the robbers get perfect opportunities to kill him, they dilly-dally, so that he can appear in more episodes, we guess.
Wrong Timing Of Character Deaths
At the end of Part 2, Berlin sacrificed himself to allow the rest of his team to get away. Given how influential he had been, the character death hit hard. It was also the right way for him to go out. Enter Parts 3 & 4.... and we have a problem.
Nairobi gets shot by a sniper when she peeps outside the window where Inspector Sierra is walking with her child, Strangely enough, she doesn't die at that point. Her life gets served through surgery, only for her to be killed by a worse villain in Gandia. Her death as a result of Sierra's actions would have been better since Sierra is a smarter antagonist. Allowing a mother to be killed while she watches her son yet you are pregnant too would have been a whole other level of evil.
Berlin's Annoying Replacement
In Part 3, Martín Berrote aka Palermo The Engineer is introduced as the team's new commanding officer. Background story? He was Berlin's old Argentine friend who is said to have planned the Bank of Spain robbery with him. But Palermo just doesn't have the same charisma as Berlin. He doesn't get along with most of the team members.
He often handles his colleagues the same way he handles hostages. No one, except Sergio, likes him. He prefers to bark out orders rather than find humor in everything that's going on like Berlin.