{"id":12876,"date":"2025-09-13T01:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12876\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T01:18:08","slug":"captivating-returning-80s-set-disaster-drama-that-has-viewers-gripped-is-available-to-stream-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/12876\/","title":{"rendered":"“Captivating” returning ’80s-set disaster drama that has viewers “gripped” is available to stream now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Season two of Every Minute Counts, the “captivating” 1980s-set disaster drama that has viewers “gripped”, is available to stream now. <\/p>\n

Based on the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, the show follows the events of the disaster as well as the aftermath in which citizens mobilised to rescue the thousands of people left in the rubble.
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Season two of Every Minute Counts, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the disaster, was added to Prime Video today, meaning viewers with a subscription can stream it now. <\/p>\n

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Written and directed by Jorge Michel Grau, the drama stars Osvaldo Benavide, Maya Zapata, Antonio De La Vega, Gerardo Trejoluna, Miriam Balderas, Jes\u00fas Zavala, Azalia Ortiz, Luis Fernando Pe\u00f1a, and Lucila Olalde.<\/p>\n

The synopsis for season two reads: “Twenty-four hours have passed since Dr. \u00c1ngel was trapped under the rubble, and no one knows anything about him. Rescue efforts remain paralyzed by the government.
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“Pep\u00edn and the students join the volunteers at the collapsed CONALEP, while Camila uncovers a dark secret involving the military. Meanwhile, the imminent aftershock looms as an increasingly pressing threat.”<\/p>\n

Audiences were clearly taken with season one of the show, with reviews on IMDb<\/a> praising its dramatic depiction of a real-life event. <\/p>\n

One reviewer<\/a> said: “I can confidently say this is the best series I’ve ever watched. From the very first episode, I was completely hooked. The storyline is captivating, the characters are incredibly well-developed, and the pacing is perfect.”<\/p>\n

Another fan<\/a> of the show described it as “unbelievable”, adding: “From the first episode, the storytelling gripped me, blending deeply personal narratives with the collective trauma and heroism of the time. Each character felt authentic, their struggles and triumphs making the tragedy feel all too real.”<\/p>\n

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“This is an amazing representation of the events that happened that day, the stories shared are truly authentic, and the script is masterfully developed and executed,” penned another<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Not everyone was as taken with the show, with one reviewer<\/a> saying they had “mixed feelings” about it, saying: “Some subjects would be treated with more professionalism and for people who really understand the tragedy.”<\/p>\n

Season 1 and 2 of Every Minute Counts are streaming on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

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Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Season two of Every Minute Counts, the “captivating” 1980s-set disaster drama that has viewers “gripped”, is available to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[635,13423,637,146,85,46,636,13422,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-12876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-51309145-cbc7-40ce-880b-0ec75f2d6034","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-shorttitle-returning-80s-set-drama-available-to-stream-now","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}