Queen of the South season 5: James Valdez's death 'sealed'? (2024)

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What happened to James in Queen of the South season 5? ›

The series ends with James and Teresa living a quiet life on the beach, having escaped the horrors of their former life. James is living the happy and easy life he wanted and managed to avoid the death that fans feared.

James falls in love with Teresa and accepts her idea that the biz could be done with less violence and more ingenuity. By the end of the series James undergoes character changes that result in him wanting to leave and 'clean his hands' as he gets tired of the violence in his life.

James is gone in season 4 and only returns to warn Teresa of a kill team at her doorstep at the end of the season. ^4x13. In Season 5 James confesses his work for Finch the purpose of which is to protect Teresa.

While Pote and Kelly Anne adapt to suburban life, Devon Finch reappears, forcing Teresa and James to go after Kostya in New York. While Pote and Kelly Anne adapt to suburban life, Devon Finch reappears, forcing Teresa and James to go after Kostya in New York.

And that's exactly what happened at the end of Season 5, Episode 9. In the episode, the cartel queen's business partner-turned-nemesis, Devon Finch (Jamie Hector), orders James to kill his lover to save her from a much more menacing death, and later, he makes good on his promise.

As a result of her bravery, El Santo welcomes Teresa into his inner circle. When she wakes up, he tells the queenpin of the word Moyocoyotzin which means "She who creates herself". This is what Teresa's tattoo says on her arm in the flashforward moments.

The two women butt heads numerous times. After taking out her uncle, Castel captures Camila and brings her to Teresa where Teresa spares her life and sends her in exile.

Alfonso Herrera Only Wanted To Play Javier For One Season

While some Queen of the South fans might be tempted to blame the writers for using Javier's death to create an explosive season 4 finale, it was actually Herrera's wish not to continue.

Actor Peter Gadiot didn't want to be part of the latest series of Queen of the South as he wanted to pay more attention to screenwriting as well as take a break from acting. This was a planned break he had agreed with the creators of the show.

Randall Green: Javier seeks revenge against Randall for killing Emilia. His thirst for revenge is so strong that Javier kills himself in the process.

Who put the bomb in Teresa's car? ›

The Judge sends his dirty cop Green to search for clues as to the murder of his nephew Renee. Once they capture Emilia and find out that Javier is to blame, they target Teresa by putting a bomb under her car, which ends up killing Tony and sending Teresa to hospital.

The series was renewed for a fifth season on August 29, 2019. Production of the new season was suspended indefinitely on March 14, 2020, due to COVID-19, but resumed in fall 2020. On March 8, 2021, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on April 7, 2021, and serve as the series' final season.

After hesitating, Teresa followed El Santo's lead and did the same and the next thing fans knew, they were in the queenpin's dreamscape. During her fantasy, Guero was alive and Teresa was pregnant with his child after Don Epifaino (Joaquim del Almeida) allowed them to leave their dangerous lives behind to start anew.

Teresa truly had wanted to get out of the business. So she hatched a plan. Before moving to Belize, she and her team created this plot to deceive Devon, knowing the conditions that Devon put on James. James was required by Devon to kill Teresa so that he could spare her a much more painful death.

Fans have been hoping to see James (Peter Gadiot) return all season, and they finally get their wish in the show's biggest cliffhanger to date. "We wanted James to be in season 4, but Peter had some other things that he wanted to explore creatively, so he went off and did that," Lobato says.

After Teresa orders her death, James spares her life and let's her escape. Kelly Anne comes out of hiding to save Tony's life and Teresa lets her stay. Kelly Anne slowly wins Teresa's trust again as well as Pote's love and they become a couple. Kelly Anne gets pregnant in season 5.

Teresa invites Tony to live with her. Teresa finds Tony's sketchbook and sees that it is full of drawings of Tony murdering people, including one where he shoots Pote in the face. Tony is killed in an explosion, which also puts Teresa in a coma.

He was also currently working with the CIA to take down El Santo, so James' connection with Devon made him a suspect in Teresa's eyes. Fortunately, this was not to be the case and James had remained loyal to Teresa. However, it was actually another friendly face who had been the mole all along.