SummaryEstranged sisters Emma (Mishel Prada) and Lyn (Melissa Barrera) return to the Eastside of Los Angeles after the death of their mother, where they must deal with the family business and discover secrets about their mother in the half-hour drama.
Created By:Tanya Saracho
❮ Vida
Season 1
Season Premiere:
May 6, 2018
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
75% Positive
9 Reviews
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25% Mixed
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May 3, 2018
88
How to honor the memory of a beloved is its theme, or one of them. You can't get much more universal than that. Fine newcomer with excellent cast, and some universal themes.
May 7, 2018
80
Every actor on Vida is great; Barrera’s performance in particular blooms with searing clarity as Lyn is forced to face her own reckless choices. But it’s Prada’s Emma who becomes both the backbone and the beating heart of Vida as she grapples with her mother’s truth and the painful reality of learning it too late.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.5
61% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
14% Mixed
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4 Ratings
25% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Dec 9, 2018
10
So many of the series we see on television are just cartoons, even when they aren't. Vida is a bright exception. It is a beautifully presented story of realistic people with realistic problems. The depth and honesty of the characters and their problems would be enough to make this series great. But Vida is also blessed with a sly wit and a welcome hopefulness. Miss this show at your peril.
May 23, 2019
8
Haven't seen anything else like this on TV that involves excellent writing and body-to-body action, and the overall feel of the introductory season is what made this show so unique to watch.
May 2, 2018
80
At typical drama length, this series might have been bogged down with plot digressions and expansions. As it is, it sometimes slips into melodrama, but the lapses pass quickly. Life may be too short, but Vida is just right.
May 4, 2018
75
Despite the hardly surprising plotting, Vida excels as a series with a notably different look and feel.
May 3, 2018
75
It feels authentic, save for one calculated-to-take-advantage-of-premium-cable scene in the premiere (characters on TV seem more prone to engage in grief-fueled sex at funeral receptions than people do in real life).
May 1, 2018
50
Alas, Saracho, whose previous credits include “How To Get Away With Murder” and Lifetime’s Latina-driven “Devious Maids,” doesn’t offer much new or surprising about what motivates people who find themselves in such predicaments. The characters’ personal basic troubles and quandaries are simply stretched out and reiterated, and rarely affectingly probed.
Oct 6, 2018
7
Character personalities are cleverly presented through background stories and on-going conflicts, although certain nudities seem unnecessary at times. (Melissa Barrera is banging though!!! LIKE holy ****
