Mandrake (2005)

In the vibrant heart of Rio de Janeiro, we find Mandrake, a criminal attorney with a knack for untangling the twisted threads of blackmail and extortion. His clientele is a tapestry of high-society elites ensnared in the city's shadowy underbelly, their secret lives a source of both their power and their peril. With nimble ease, Mandrake navigates two starkly opposing realities - a world of wealth, privilege, corruption, and deceit, and a seedy underbelly teeming with blackmailers and opportunists. From his humble yet esteemed law practice, Mandrake works alongside Wexler, a septuagenarian partner who once stood shoulder to shoulder with Mandrake's late father. Wexler, a father figure and affectionate nuisance to Mandrake, handles civil cases while grappling with Mandrake's unconventional methods. But it's this very unorthodoxy that molds Mandrake into an astute investigator, a magnet to danger and intrigue, and equally irresistible to the allure of the opposite sex. Traverse the intriguing dual worlds of Mandrake, where every case is a dive into the depths of human nature at its most vulnerable and its most manipulative.

Mandrake is a comedy show featuring Marcos Palmeira and created by Rubem Fonseca.

Mandrake is currently streaming on HBO Now Amazon Channel.