Leonardo Padrón is the creator of the Netflix Colombian criminal thriller series “The Marked Heart,” also known as “Pálpito.” Simón is the main character, whose life is turned upside down when his wife Valeria is assassinated so that her heart can be used to rescue Camila, the wife of a wealthy tycoon. Zacaras is willing to take any measure to preserve Camila’s life, which results in the murder. Simón searches for those responsible for his loss in an effort to exact revenge for the murder of his wife. Sparks ignite between Simón and Camila, which causes things to become even more difficult. However, as they discover the truth about one another, their lives will never be the same.
The dramatic storyline and unexpected plot turns keep the audience guessing. You must be looking for more character-based dramas to binge on if you liked the Columbian show’s twist on the genres of organ trafficking and revenge and its emphasis on character-based storytelling. In that case, we have put up a selection of related suggestions we think you’ll like. The majority of these programmes, including “The Marked Heart,” are available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985-1989): Episode A Stolen Heart (1988)
Alfred Hitchcock was the host, producer, and creator of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” a mystery-thriller television anthology series that aired on CBS and NBC from 1955 until 1965. With colourized versions of the original introduction segments, classic stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1955) and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) have been updated.
The anthology series’ “A Stolen Heart” centres on a wealthy, elderly man who needs a heart transplant. To be first in line, he invests $2 million. The lead physician, Dr. Burke, is furious and demands that another patient, a girl who is dying (or a dead woman), receive priority care. The donor’s heart is taken hostage and kept for ransom in the interim. The two shows have a lot in common, including a mystery, a dying girl, and a stolen heart.
Harvested Alive: 10 Years of Investigation (2017)
This documentary series centres on Zhiyuan Wang, a physician who spent ten years looking into how Chinese doctors murder innocent people. His sources include top Chinese government officials, judges, legislators, military commanders, journalists, and hospital websites.
Wang’s research reveals an incredible truth: under Jiang Zemin’s leadership, China’s hospitals, judges, and military worked together to cruelly execute countless Falun Gong practitioners in order to harvest their organs. The notion of organ trafficking and its actuality are addressed in the series, where the characters strive to learn the truth, despite the fact that the genres of the two shows are rather different.
LA Heat (1996-1999): Episode 211 Kidney (1999)
Chase McDonald and August Brooks, two Los Angeles robbery/homicide detectives, are followed in “LA Heat” as they work to solve crimes all around the city. Although the detectives have diverse working styles, they get along well enough to keep Los Angeles’ streets secure. In the episode “211 Kidney,” the detectives and their coworker Maria pose as prostitutes in order to track down a violent illegal organ trader who hires prostitutes to deliver him his victims.
Together, the investigators foil the illegal organ trafficking enterprise. Despite the fact that “LA Heat” and “The Marked Heart” both focus on stopping illicit organ trafficking, “LA Heat” is a fantastic murder-mystery-thriller series with timeless twists and turns.
Lupin (2021- )
Assane Diop, a proficient burglar and the only child of a Senegalese immigrant who travelled to France in pursuit of a better life for his child, is the main character of the French mystery-thriller series “Lupin.” After being wrongly accused of stealing an expensive diamond necklace by his boss, the wealthy and powerful Hubert Pellegrini, his father hangs himself in his jail cell out of humiliation, leaving the adolescent Assane an orphan. Twenty-five years later, the young guy is inspired by a book about the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin that his father had given him for his birthday.
Assane makes the decision to wreak revenge on the Pellegrini family by exposing Hubert’s crimes using his charm and skills in stealing, deception, and disguise. Simón and Assane share similarities in that they both go out to unearth the truth about what caused their loved ones’ deaths, despite the fact that the two series’ plots are somewhat dissimilar. The fundamental premise of both series is built on extracting retribution upon a wealthy family.
My Name (2021- )
Han So-hee, Park Hee-soon, and Ahn Bo-hyun are the stars of the South Korean crime thriller series “My Name,” which was created by Kim Jin-min. Yoon Ji-woo searches for the killer after witnessing her father’s murder and sets out on a perilous path of vengeance and retaliation. She is well aware that the murderer has ties to Dongcheon, the largest drug trafficking group in South Korea, where her father worked.
Ji-woo, who has become a murderer herself out of rage, learns the shocking truth about her father’s passing. The discovery of truth that goes beyond what the characters expected makes “My Name” a wonderful programme to binge if you are yearning some good old murder-retribution plot. Both shows have themes of murder and revenge surrounding an evil organisation.
Revenge (2011-2015)
A young woman by the name of Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons and purchases a beach house next to the Grayson family’s property in the drama series “Revenge.” She is actually Amanda Clarke, whose father was killed by them when she was a young kid after he was wrongfully convicted of treason. She returns to the Hamptons as an adult to exact retribution on those who mistreated her and her father.
Her major objective is Victoria Grayson, the matriarch of the family and the one who both loved and betrayed Amanda’s father. The protagonist’s strategy to get rid of everyone who contributed to her father’s detention and murder drives the plot of the show. The idea of both programmes and the characters, Amanda and Simón, share the same goals: to exact revenge on a powerful family who they believe to be to blame for the passing of their loved ones.
Rugal (2020)
In the South Korean action series “Rugal,” Kang Gi-beom, an elite police officer, battles to bring down Argos, one of the country’s most infamous crime organisations. As retribution for his efforts, gunmen hired by Argos kill Kang’s wife, and Kang is wrongly accused of the crime while blind. Kang is later recruited by the NIS to work with the “Rugal” task team, whose members have superhuman abilities thanks to nanotechnology.
After getting two artificial eyes to help him see better and recover his sight, Kang sets out on a mission to clear his name and bring those responsible for the death of his wife to justice. Kang, like Simón, is on a quest to depose and expose an elite group that engages in unlawful activity. For whom they must go to great extent to topple the organisations, both characters lose their beloved partners.
Who Killed Sara (2021- )
“Who Killed Sara” is a traditional murder mystery programme with a dash of fashionable flair. The Mexican television series follows Alex as he seeks retribution on the wealthy Lazcano family for the murder of his sister. Not only that, but he has spent the previous 18 years in jail after being deceived by the Lazcanos and falsely accused of her murder.
Alex is determined to exact revenge and attacks the Lazcanos, only to learn that his suspicions were unfounded and that he does not know which member of his family is to blame for his sister’s passing. Like Simón, who wants to track out his wife’s killer and seek retribution from the wealthy family that stole his wife’s heart, he seeks vengeance for the death of his sister.
