Alpha Males

Synopsis

The series follows four male friends in their forties who begin to notice their male privilege disappearing with social change and the empowerment of women, and they are forced to adapt, each in their own way.

In the first season, the four take a course on "deconstructing masculinity", and the way this affects their perceptions is an underlying theme throughout the show.

Cast and characters

Main

Gorka Otxoa as Santi Peralta, a trained architect who is bored in his surveying job. Álex arranges for him to go on multiple Tinder dates to help him get over his ex-wife Blanca, triggering his interest in the "deconstructing masculinity" course.

Fele Martínez as Luis Bravo, a police officer who works mostly on traffic offences. He is married to Esther, with two children, but the challenges of modern parenthood are taking a toll on his marriage.

Fernando Gil as Pedro Aguilar, a TV producer. The wealthiest of the four, his life is thrown into disarray in the first episode, when he is fired in favour of a woman, making him financially dependent on his girlfriend Daniela.

Raúl Tejón as Raúl Camacho, a restaurauteur. The most immature of the four friends, his masculinity is affronted when Luz asks him for an open relationship. Although he is incapable of coping without Luz, he is also frequently unfaithful to her.

Paula Gallego as Álex, Santi and Blanca's daughter, aged 17 in the first season. She lives with Santi and is intelligent and open-minded about sex, encouraging him to date more extensively.

Raquel Guerrero as Esther, Luis's wife and mother of their two children. She dislikes her job as a driving instructor and is frustrated about the decline of her sex life. In the third season, she begins pursuing her dream of acting and stand-up comedy, with mixed results.

María Hervás as Daniela Galván, a successful influencer and Pedro's girlfriend. Her lifestyle presents challenges to his traditional attitudes.

Kira Miró as Luz, a divorce lawyer and Raúl's girlfriend. She is much more intelligent, successful, and adventurous than Raúl, which causes problems in their relationship.

Production

The series concept was created shortly after the end of the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After completing filming for the twelfth season of La que se avecina, and given the impossibility of resuming the third season of El pueblo due to the difficulty of traveling between autonomous communities, the Caballero siblings, together with co-writers Daniel Deorador and Araceli Álvarez de Sotomayor, began to develop ideas for a new series. The team decided to create a show about middle-aged men's reactions to social changes. With the permission of Mediaset España, who co-owned Contubernio Films, the four writers brought the series to Netflix, who had already shown interest in collaborating with the Caballero siblings.

Alpha Males was first announced in March 2022, as the first series by the Caballeros exclusively for a streaming platform. In July 2022, the show's cast was revealed, and it was confirmed that filming had completed.

Ahead of the release of season 3, the show was renewed for a fourth season, which completed filming in July 2025. A German adaptation was also announced. There are also French, Dutch, and Italian adaptations in production.

Release

On 21 November 2022, Netflix released the first images from the series and confirmed that it would premiere on its platform on 30 December 2022.

In January 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on 9 February 2024. On 14 February, it was reported that a third season was due to begin filming in March 2024; it premiered on 10 January 2025. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on 9 January 2026.

Episode list

International versions

Netflix has announced that it will produce local adaptations of the series in France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany.

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