Peacock’s newest crime drama M.I.A pulls off a shocking finale twist — but what does that reveal mean for the show’s future?
After Etta Tiger Jonze (Shannon Gisela) spent the whole season plotting — and succeeding — to avenge her family’s murder, she met boyfriend Matt’s (Tyler Tomás Perez) mother, Caroline (Marta Milans). Only the audience, however, knew that Caroline’s brothers were the ones who murdered Etta’s loved ones.
“I can’t even speculate — because all of this is from the wonderful writing team — about what comes next. I have no idea how this is going to go but I do know that the hope is that we get a second season to continue telling the story,” Gisela exclusively told Us Weekly. “They do such a wonderful job of making things complex and difficult to navigate. So I have no doubt that — should we get to keep telling the story — that we’ll just get deeper into the well.”
Gisela was excited to see a showdown between Etta and Caroline.
“It’ll be just as action packed — especially because Marta is such a force. It feels like two female Gladiators who are meeting and not knowing how the other is gonna react. So it’s just all of this juicy stuff,” she teased. “She brought it to life so beautifully. She has such a precision about her too. Like every scene that she’s in, she’s accurate and laser focused. So I’m excited to see what explosion comes from that meeting of these two gravitational characters.”
Gisela continued: “I wonder is Caroline going to want to get out of the business and she’s going to join Etta and be like, ‘Wait, this is crazy.’ Or is Matt gonna get thrown in the middle? Or does Matt end up knowing? Then does he have to pick? I have no idea but it’s such a juicy ending.”
Created by Ozark‘s Bill Dubuque, M.I.A is a crime drama focused on Etta, who seeks to avenge her family’s murder and rise to power in the Miami underworld.
“It’s a situation where it is so beautifully written in that Etta doesn’t have a one-track mind. There’s a real heart to her and an eagerness to connect with the people around her still. It takes her time, obviously.” She told Us. “The fact that she even lets Matt in is a sign that she wants to also just be a young woman and experience life.”
Gisela loved how the show found a balance, adding, “That eagerness to connect is the thing that keeps her coming back. It might be something where they are just going to keep learning more about each other.”
While the audience was shocked by the ending — so was the cast.
“We didn’t really know much about what was happening in the next episode until a little bit before we had to shoot it. It was one of these things that kind of kept me on my toes in a really great way,” Gisela gushed. “It kept it surprising. I had no idea where this was going to go. I knew what happened in the first episode and I knew that that was going to be the inciting thing that then we go on this journey. It was making discoveries along the way, which was really fun.”
M.I.A is currently streaming on Peacock.
