To kick off the start of the summer of 2026, Netflix Spain has scheduled a new show that has it all: a mystery, a luxurious resort by the sea, hot and young people ready to mingle and premium values courtesy of longtime supplier Bambú Producciones. But does it deliver?
Written by the team behind successful shows such as The Cable Girls and The Asunta Case, Ramón Campos and Jon de la Cuesta Olaizola (alongside Javier Chacártegui Horrach, David Orea Arribas, and Ricardo Jornet Gallego), this new show imagines a luxurious resort with all accommodations, maximum security and a must-see getaway for rich families across the country. Dani (Tomy Aguilera) attends the resort for the first time ever, alongside his mother, who recently remarried, and his step-sister Sofia (Ada Molina), a scheming, seductive figure who will live her own adventures throughout the show. Soon, Dani will get acquainted with various young visitors of the heavenly resort, and more unexpectedly, will also sympathize with the other employees of the hotel, mainly Celia (Victoria Kantch), Helena (Ana Garcés), and Helena’s ex and colleague at the Oasis, Jaén (Álex Mola).
After an eventful and spirited first night, the hotel is rocked by the morning disappearance of Celia, who is also the director’s daughter. As the voiceover of Dani helpfully explains, the disappearance may reveal a web of lies and secrets that will eventually come to light, as the police decide to lock down the hotel and its guests…
Escapism is the name of the game with this show, with teenage or 20-somethings dabbling in duplicitous affairs, drugs, and general debauchery; or at least, it is the promise of it, as the show evokes on paper some of the previous successes of the streamer, including Élite, which lasted eight seasons. Indeed, the location shoot in Tenerife delivers splendid 4K sights of labyrinthine resort facilities and chasing fish underwater while on yachts.
But as far as plot goes, The White Lotus this is not; the creators have no intention to blow up the lives of groups of guests, nor do they possess the biting snark of a Mike White, despite the luxurious setting. Still, the show wastes no time introducing its dozen or more characters and launches into their respective stories; despite all of this, Oasis never feels cluttered. And that is because the main plot concerns the disappearance of Celia, and how her best friend Helena and new partner Dani will go to lengths they never imagined to find her.
OASIS. Ana Garcés as Helena, Tomy Aguilera as Dani in episode 04 of OASIS. Cr. Manuel Fernandez Valdes/Netflix © 2025
Despite introductions to episodes that tease the inevitable unraveling and truth-telling, Oasis struggles to sustain its interest over its eight episodes.
As Netflix specifically asked us not to reveal the nature of the relationships within the show, we can nevertheless say that it struggles to execute the scandals and affairs unrelated to its main mystery. Even as boyfriends get stolen, secrets get revealed, pasts get exhumed, and betrayals do happen, the show has trouble delivering juicy twists and letting high emotions get the best of its characters. Thus, Oasis flies from one subplot to another with dexterity, but not much momentum; as such, the viewer feels a little bit stuck inside the resort with all of its characters. And outside of the main mystery, most of the characters go through affairs that significantly lack tension or gravitas, giving the impression that there was some “padding” done in order to distract from the main mystery.
Cr. Manuel Fernandez Valdes/Netflix © 2025
As is expected with this type of project, the show stretches credulity with its multiplication of easily accessible/unguarded rooms and hiding places, which come in handy as the chase scenes are—somewhat unexpectedly—numerous throughout the show. Most known in Spain for her role in period show La Promesa, Ana Garcés proves adept at moving things along with smarts and physicality. But most of her costars are not served as well: as Maca, the reigning fashion queen of the resort, Berta Castañé has to make the most of a plot that overstays its welcome pretty quickly. Some Money Heist fans will rejoice at the sight of Paco Tous as an inspector called to solve the Celia case, but the show sometimes struggles to make the best out of his few scenes.
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Ana Garcés as Helena
As hotel employee Helena, who is working at the establishment part-time while awaiting her entrance into medical school, Garcés becomes the face of the show. A representative of the working class taken for granted by the rich clientele, Helena is given a fiery temperament and determination that will propel most of the show, triggered by the disappearance of Celia and the apparent inertia of the investigation.
Light-as-a-feather entertainment that somewhat works as a mystery thriller but disappoints as a juicy, soapy drama. Still, for subscribers wanting to satiate their thirst, this is a refreshing, easily digestible series.
