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Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Gardener
The Gardener, Netflix’s new Spanish psychological thriller packs plenty of intensity into just six episodes. The story follows Elmer (Álvaro Rico), a quiet man who works at his mother’s gardening center, run by La China Jurado (Cecilia Suárez). But behind the plants and flower pots, there’s a dark secret: China runs a murder-for-hire business and Elmer, left emotionally numb following an accident in his past, is the one who carries out the killings with cold precision.
Everything changes when Elmer is assigned to kill Violeta (Catalina Sopelana), a sweet and kind preschool teacher. For the first time, he feels something: love. And that unexpected feeling becomes a threat to his mother’s empire. The Gardener is a gripping story about violence, manipulation, and the chance for redemption—even when you live surrounded by death.
Behind Elmer’s emotional emptiness
Elmer Jurado is the quiet and disturbing main character of The Gardener. Since childhood, he’s carried the scars of a deep trauma. At six years old, he was in a serious car accident with his mother. The crash damaged a part of his brain, the right frontal lobe, which affected his ability to feel emotions. As a result, he has lived his life on autopilot: no joy, no sadness, no love.
In the show, Elmer’s “emptiness” becomes his greatest tool. While it would be a burden for most, for Elmer, not feeling means he can act with efficiency. As a hitman for his mother’s business, he completes missions with almost surgical precision—and never feels guilty. The gardening center his mother runs as a front for her real job is Elmer’s safe space, a world that makes sense. Plants don’t ask for emotions, just care and patience—something Elmer knows how to give.
Who is Violeta, the woman marked for death?
Violeta, a nursery school teacher, is blamed for the death of Xoan Costera, son of the powerful Sabela Costera. Sabela hires the Jurados to “take…
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