7.037 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestDiego must arrest the impostor dressed as Zorro who’s challenging his authority. He enacts arbitrary laws to imprison anyone who even remotely resembles the masked vigilante.
In 1821 Los Angeles, twenty years after retiring from being Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, married to Doña Gabriella, succeeds his father Don Alejandro as the town mayor. He quickly realizes that some injustices can only be fought by bringing back Zorro, so with the help of his trusted mute manservant Bernardo, Don Diego once again dons the cape and the mask.
Acting
Dujardin's physical comedy makes tired superhero tropes feel fresh
Costume
The mask-and-mayor wardrobe whiplash is genuinely fun to track
Production
Los Angeles sets look expensive in a way the 6.7 rating doesn't reflect
Creators
Noé Debré, Benjamin Charbit
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This marks the first French-produced Zorro series since the 1990s animated version, with Dujardin reportedly insisting on doing most stunts himself despite being fifty-two.
The show deliberately mirrors modern French political fatigue—Diego's bureaucratic helplessness as mayor reads differently in a country that's had five prime ministers in four years.
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