Plot Synopsis

Set in Madrid during 1928, this one-hour, Spanish-language, period drama series centers on the national telephone company, which opens its headquarters in the city center where hundreds of girls queue up to get a job as a "cable girl" in the only place that represents progress and modernity for women at the time. Four girls -- Lida. Marga, Carlota and Angeles -- coming from very different backgrounds, start work as operators. From that day on, jealousy, envy and betrayal get mixed up with the hunger for success, friendship and love. On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released the entire eight-episode first season of CABLE GIRLS.

Netflix released the eight-episode second season of CABLE GIRLS on Monday, December 25, 2017 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT. Season 2 opens up six months later, as new management shakes things up, the friends commit a dark deed, Lidia faces romantic backlash, and Sara reveals her true self. As 1928 turns into 1929, Lidia reports to a new boss, Carlota is blackmailed, Marga gets a hidden surprise, and all three rush to Angeles's rescue. Lidia directs a cover-up plan, but a theft complicates things and Marga is later caught in a lie. Carlos and Francisco negotiate an alliance.

Season 3 of CABLE GIRLS debuted on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released the entire eight-episode third season of the series. In the season opener, "Chapter 17: Time,' it's six months later, and a catastrophic event deeply affects Lidia, Marga, Carlota, Angeles and their loved ones. Marga gets a surprise visit from an in-law. Then, in the season's second episode, "Chapter 18: Death," Lidia puts her plan into action with her friends' help. Carlota decides what to do with her inheritance. Angeles tries to earn Pedro Guzman's trust.

The eight-episode fourth season of CABLE GIRLS premiered on Friday, August 9, 2019 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released the entire season. Amid social changes in 1931, the friends get tangled in a murder mystery and must work together to solve it before one of them is sentenced to death. Season 4 opens with Carlota's new political career facing a major obstacle as Marga suffers heartbreak. Meanwhile, Lidia returns to work and Angeles pitches an idea to her. Then, as her memory starts to slowly come back, Carlota's friends try to clear her name. Angeles begins teaching classes. Lidia's former enemy returns.

CABLE GIRLS returned for the first part of its fifth and final season on Friday, February 14, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, as Netflix released the first five episodes of Season 5. Lidia leaves New York and returns to Madrid in search of Sofia, who has run away to join the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. Then, Lidia's friends -- both old and new -- help her attempt to force Carlos to call Sofia back from the front lines. Pablo looks for ways to avoid enlisting.
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On Friday, July 3, 2020 at 3:01am ET/12:01am PT, Netflix released the final five episodes of CABLE GIRLS' 10-episode fifth and final season. When Lidia's biggest rival uses a prison camp to enact revenge, Lidia and her friends become even more defiant in their fight against Franco's regime.