Dearest Gentle Reader, if you have a Max subscription , it’s time to stop waiting by the window for Bridgerton Season 4 , and get into a new romance series instead! While yes, the next season which is going to star Benedict and the debut of his love interest, Sophie, has officially been in production since fall, considering how long it takes to film a season we’re likely looking at a 2026 premiere date for the Netflix show. In the meantime, I just started getting into the TV adaptation of Like Water For Chocolate , and I absolutely recommend it. There've been other shows like Bridgerton before, but this one hits the mark for how beautifully dramatic and epic the forbidden romance at the center of it is.
Let me talk about why you need to tune into the new Max series: What Is Like Water For Chocolate About? Like Water For Chocolate is an adaptation of the Mexican novel of the same name by Laura Esquivel (originally Como agua para chocolate ) and was previously made into a movie in 1992. The Spanish-language series follows a family of women living during the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s. The story centers on the domineering and single Mama Elena and her three daughters, Rosaura, Gertrudis and Tita.
The youngest daughter, Tita, falls in love with a boy named Pedro as a girl and their bond continues into adulthood, where Pedro decides to ask for Tita’s hand in marriage. However, her mother has another fate for her in store: to have Tita remain unmarried and take car.
