“The Marked Heart,” Netflix’s thrilling Colombian drama series explores how organized crime operates as a broader network that seeks to benefit from human trafficking and illegal donation. The Duque family was shocked when their car’s tire exploded and they collided with a tree after Simon tried to control the car. When Valeria Duque was forcibly removed from a passenger seat, her husband, Simon Duque, was devastated by her actions and did more than just get revenge on his lost wife and reveal the truth.
When Simon meets Camila, they both feel drawn to each other and to Simon’s children, so much so that the truth changes for both of them. Camila has hidden a great secret, and the worlds only collide when the truth is revealed. The “Marked Heart” confirms that the latter is surprising as we read of a woman inheriting a certain human organ from a stranger. Instead of accepting the new body, the heart begins to go to its former life rather than accept the new body and life.”The Marked Heart.”
The Marked Heart Season 1 Synopsis
“The Marked Heart.”Cardiomyopathy is a serious condition caused by congenital heart disease that prevents the heart from pumping enough blood. This results in fatigue, exhaustion, and weakness. Our main character, Camila, was born with this defect. Her story begins as she is late for the wedding after taking pictures of the Marathon. While her husband Zechariah is waiting for her at the altar, she runs home and tries to get ready. When he fell to the altar, Zac rushed him to the hospital, where a doctor immediately ordered a heart transplant.
“The Marked Heart.”With his challenging and critical situation, Zacarias negotiated with an organized crime gang on a dangerous plan to gain an illegal heart. Sarmiento, who works with three doctors, is the leader of the organization. Drs. Robles, Caraassco, and Montejo are all doctors involved in this group.
“The Marked Heart.”Mariachi, his attachment, is in charge of all the activities next to Garabato and Rojo. Camila’s condition eventually improves, and she returns home. That same night, Zacaria returns to tell him that he has a new heart for him. She is surprised, and undergoes surgery, fearing that she will not wake up the next morning.
“The Marked Heart.”When the implant occurs, you wake up feeling better right now. She breathes normally, and all her important statistics are correct. She returns home and continues her photography career. When she returns to the office the next day, she becomes more and more interested in the donor and begins asking questions.
“The Marked Heart.” Some people say that asking these questions is dangerous because the person with the heart can come back to the giver and take away his or her identity. That is why they do not disclose the names of their sponsors. Camila begins to have nightmares that make her wake up trembling. It almost seems to take her place.
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“The Marked Heart.”When her office assistant, Alvaro, reminds him that there is another way to find out after informing him that going down the street is a bad idea, she insists. Alvaro tries to bribe Karla, the paramedic who assisted Carasco. Carrasco finds and informs Zac, who warns Alvaro not to proceed with this. When Alvaro says he can no longer go on, Camila confides in her best friend Tata about seeing an artist and performing Ayahuasca rituals to help her see and understand her dreams.
“The Marked Heart.”Camila’s first encounter with the starry empire takes place during the event, and she begins to talk about her experience as to why the heart of her body speaks so strongly to her. She hears about a woman who once suffered from these visions and dreams, she is told that this heart is not hers and it is not hers. After the ceremony, Camila fainted in Dad’s car to woke up in the hospital. When Zacarias arrives at the hospital to find him, he loses his temper with Dad, but Camila tells him to calm down because it was her idea. Zacarias’ level of anxiety begins to rise.
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“The Marked Heart.”When Camila finds a new heart, she begins to see Zacarias from a new perspective and grows away from him. She attends a concert and takes a photo of Simon Duque, who also attended the event. They became friends after she started talking to him. Camila feels a lot of love and affection when she is with Simon, as the two begin to meet. Simon asks to get to know Camila better because he sees it as an opportunity to move on with his life after the loss of his wife he will never forget.
The Marked Heart Season 1 Ending, Explained: What Happened At The End of the Season?
“The Marked Heart.”Camilla can’t resist the nightmares she had. After a change of consciousness, she begins to take a big step. You can see that it is time to learn more about Valeria’s picture. She has not yet found her name, but the idea is very common. She invites Simon to her show after meeting him. He gets a beautiful picture of Valeria running her Marathon near the finish line at the show. He immediately informed Camila that the picture he wanted was in front of anyone else. Her adherence to the image surprises her, but she embraces it.
“The Marked Heart.”Camila begins learning how to cook and create pizzas after Simon invites her to his shop. Simon finally informs him that something bad has happened to his wife. Gradually, he realizes that it would be his wife’s heart in her body that aroused clear feelings of love for Simon. She can’t control it because Valeria’s heart reaches out to her husband.
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“The Marked Heart.”Camila’s dreams do not just affect her; they affect Simon and his son too. Lucas begins to make his bed, and Simon has many wild dreams. Everyone does not know that a link has been created. Camila’s dreams are compared to those of Zacarias, who begins to fear water. Camila is dragged to the lake one day, where Valeria’s body is found, and she meets Valeria’s lifeless body floating in the water. Simon is still searching for answers about his wife’s death. He tells Camila that he is getting impatient to learn the truth about his wife’s heart. He begins to have faith in Inspector Renteria’s investigation.
“The Marked Heart.” When Simon decides to pursue a planned crime in his own right, he puts himself in a dangerous position. First, he is forced into a van and beaten because he has lost hope. He also tried to find a nurse who assisted her with the operation. When they find a way to contact one of the doctors, Renteria helps her. When Valeria’s autopsy was completed, they discovered that she was pregnant.
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“The Marked Heart.”He is even angrier now that he has lost two people: his wife and his unborn child. He manages to find Karla, a nurse who assisted in his wife’s heart surgery but is unable to protect Sarmiento’s men with the help of police protection.
“The Marked Heart.”Gradually Simon reveals everything he knows to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law Valeria, who often care for children while Simon watches Sarmiento’s men. When Karla talks about a doctor who may have operated on Valeria, Simon’s suspicions are confirmed. Simon watches over him when he knows his name. Samantha, Simon’s teenage daughter, is struggling to find a way to cope with her grief. He meets Thomas, a handsome young man who has been drinking heavily and returning home from the hospital.
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“The Marked Heart.”Tomas has a dark relationship with the men of Mariachi. The men try to grab him to get Thomas back, but their threats backfire when Thomas’ grandfather starts shooting at the house where Samantha is with Thomas in the house. One of Mariachi’s men, Rojo, is killed by Samantha, and she runs home in despair.
”The Marked Heart.”Camila knows the truth but can’t tell Simon. She holds her tongue even though she wants to shout on the roof because the pain she feels is unbearable. Valeria appears to be screaming at Camila’s body. Only now is everyone starting to realize. With the help of a hacker, Camila makes sure Zacarias follows the whole process and chooses Valeria as the person to donate to.
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“The Marked Heart.”Camil’s relationship with Zac is strained, and she finds it difficult to be close to him. Sarmiento enters Zacarius’ life smoothly and vigorously, demanding that his organization be identified as a potential candidate for president Braulio Cardenas. Zac tries to hold on as long as possible, but if Cardenas wins, Sarmiento goes to the election party.
Sarmiento has made dialogue between himself and Camila at the party, and Camila warns him. When Simon finds his way to the Mariachi team at the end of the season, he pulls out a nice cover. He lets them know he is looking for a job and is willing to join his team. Simon is running out of time, yet he understands the need for patience. Simon, transformed into Mariachi, is accepted into the group and begins performing strange acts.
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“The Marked Heart.”Camila tries to tell Simon that they will not see each other again when she returns after a long day due to Zacarias’ allegations of infidelity, but the truth is that she and they both want him more than anything. At Simon’s house, the two of them are having a good time in the shower. But then something happens. When Simon sees her scar, he asks Camila when she has put her heart into it, and Camila almost dies. He rushed her to the hospital, where a doctor informed him that Camila’s heart was rejecting her. His whole world begins to spin.
Tomas is in deep trouble with Mariachi’s right-hand man, Garabato. Garbato and his men tied him up with a rope and hung him from the ceiling, asking him to call his girlfriend so they could drain her liver after examining it. After much physical suffering, Thomas finally calls but shouts she should run away at the last minute of the conversation. This informs Sam that something is wrong with Thomas and he has to intervene.
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While Thomas is hanging on the rope with his hands tied around his head, Simon is in the hospital trying to persuade Renteria that Camila could have Valeria’s heart, but no one has any evidence. When Zac finds out that Camila is not at home, he rushes to Simon’s house to see if she is there, knowing that he often visits again about his relationship with Simon.
Sam informs him that she has been admitted to the hospital. Simon runs to Zacarius’ hospital, asking him all the questions he can think of about his wife’s heart and seeking an explanation of how Valeria’s heart ended up inside Camila.
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“The Marked Heart.”Simon is still bound to Mariachi and has to restart his career. When Sarmiento arrives at the scene, he orders his men with a new operation to be performed, but only after the blood of the new donors has been tested, with or without their consent. Zacarias is also present at the meeting, which Simon recorded on his phone using a video camera. However, he is surprised to see Samantha there with her boyfriend, Thomas. Tomas and Samantha were trying to escape when Sam’s pizza delivery scooter stuck, and they fell, but it was found by Garabato.
Simon’s resilience led to a test as he realized that the situation was worse than he expected and that he needed to take immediate action. When he gets a chance, he frees Thomas, and they both prepare to hunt Mariachi and Garbato. According to Renteria’s orders, police arrived, and Sarmiento’s men were arrested after a heated argument.
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“The Marked Heart.”Before Dr. Montejo even tried to operate on her insides, Simon still had to rescue his daughter from the operating table. Montejo gets a gun and shoots Simon in the stomach, making him motionless. Montejo’s medical team is shocked and runs out of the Freight box that serves as the operating room.
However, Simon wakes up in time and shoots Montejo, killing him. Samantha is rescued, and they leave the operating room. Renteria hopes Simon will let him know that justice has been done.”The Marked Heart.”