SPOILERS lie ahead for Like Water For Chocolate Episode 3 “Quail With Rose Petals,” now streaming with a Max subscription . Move over Bridgerton , because Like Water for Chocolate is making some series noise. A few weeks after the romance series debuted on the 2024 TV schedule , its delivered its steamiest episode yet on Max via its third installment.
After the Spanish-language series grabbed me with its first two episodes , its third really leaned into its magical realism and spicy scenes. Everything heated up so much on “Quail With Rose Petals” that there was a literal fire involved. When CinemaBlend spoke to its leads about the latest episode, they recalled bonding over how “vulnerable” the experience was for them.
It’s been established on the show so far that Tita has the ability to convey her feelings through what she cooks and bakes in the kitchen. And, during Episode 3, she stirs up intense feelings of desire at her family’s lunch table when she makes a delectable quail with a rose petal sauce. Andrea Chaparro’s Gertrudis has a particularly strong reaction to the dish when it sends her running naked and into the arms of revolutionary captain Juan Alejandrez.
During our interview Chaparro said this about filming the sequence: Well, I've never felt so vulnerable. Let me tell you, but at the same time, so strong and so decided. There's something about running naked in the woods that gives you so much strength.
I was nervous. I was definitely nervous, but.