Renta congelada

Renta congelada is a Mexican sitcom that premiered on Las Estrellas on August 31, 2017.[1] Created and produced by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo for Televisa.[2] It stars Rodrigo Murray, Juan Diego Covarrubias, Regina Blandón, and Patricia Manterola.[3] The series has been renewed for a third season, that premiered on September 3, 2020.[4]

Renta congelada
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo
Written by	Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo Gutiérrez José Sierra César Ferrón Magalli Urquieta
Starring	Rodrigo Murray Juan Diego Covarrubias Regina Blandón Patricia Manterola José Eduardo Derbez Adriana Montes de Oca
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	38 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo
Producer	Daniel Rendón
Running time	21–24 minutes
Production company	Televisa
Distributor	Televisa International
Release
Original network	Las Estrellas
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original release	August 31, 2017 – present
External links
Website

The series revolves around the life of two couples totally opposed to each other, who by chance are forced to live under the same roof.

Plot

Season 1

The series begins when newly married vegan hipsters, Ana (Regina Blandón) and Fernando (Juan Diego Covarrubias), rent their new house at a low price. However, they are surprised to discover already in the house a couple in their forties, Delia (Patricia Manterola) and Federico (Rodrigo Murray), who claim to have signed the same lease for 5 years. Both couples are right, because the elderly owner, who suffers from Alzheimer's, signed both contracts just before dying, so legally both couples have the same rights. This mistake happened on accident because of the similarity in Federico and Fernando's names. The hope of each party is that the other one will get tired of the arrangement and leave, but since no one wants to leave the house, they will be forced to live together for five years. What occurs between both couples is a stark struggle, with constant conflicts fostered by their diametrically opposed lifestyles.

Season 2

Delia and Federico, and Ana and Fernando will no longer fight to get the each other out of the house, now they must work together to raise 500 thousand pesos in less than three months and be able to pay the debt that the former owner inherited, and to be able to free the mortgage to keep the house.[5] After many tries of getting money they are 2 days away from being thrown out. But Federico does the unexpected, he enters the 4 of them as a family in a contest to win 1 million pesos.

Season 3

After Fernando is tricked by Federico and his best friend Luis Alberto to go look for Ana who seems to be lost, new comers rent the house. This is because Luis Alberto tricked Fernando into singing papers to leave him in charge of his finances. Luis Alberto rents the house to a couple for a 1 year lease. Sam, a woman with extreme needs of cleaness and hygiene, and Nico, an extreme cheapskate who will do anything to save a buck. Luis Alberto allies himself with Nico and Sam to kick Federico and Delia out. In the season Finale, Fernando returns to claim the house which is still legally his. Fernando Allies himself with Federico and Delia since the three of them had been there longer. Before a fight breaks out between opposing sides the doorbell is ringed. Fernando opens to door on a mysterious figure who is thought to be Ana.

Cast

Main

• Rodrigo Murray as Federico[3]
• Juan Diego Covarrubias as Fernando[3]
• Regina Blandón as Ana[3]
• Patricia Manterola as Delia [3]
• José Eduardo Derbez as Nico Ramos[6]
• Adriana Montes de Oca as Samantha[7]

Recurring

• Faisy as Luis Alberto[8]
• Harold Azuara as Milton
• Héctor Sandarti as Carlos

Production

The series is created by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo and produced by Televisa. Filming of the series began on June 12, 2017. A total of 13 episodes were confirmed for the first season.[9] Production of the second season began on July 9, 2018.[10][11] Production of the third season began on March 5, 2020, however filming was suspended at the end of the same month due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[12] Filming resumed on June 8, 2020 and concluded in late July 2020.[13]

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	13		August 31, 2017	November 23, 2017
	2	13		February 28, 2019	May 23, 2019
	3	12		September 3, 2020	November 19, 2020

Season 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Mi casa es tu casa"	August 31, 2017
A confusion forces Ana and Fernando, a young married couple, as well as Delia and Federico, a marriage worn by the monotony, to share the same house, which both couples rented at a low price at the same time without knowing it.
2	2	"De chile, dulce y pozole"	September 7, 2017
Ana and Fernando partially resigned to share the house, they decide to install their furniture, which causes the annoyance of Federico, who never ceases to annoy the hipsters as he nicknames them, inciting the constant attack between both couples.
3	3	"Alta seducción"	September 14, 2017
The suspicious interest of Fernando towards Delia, gives a valuable tool to Federico to get rid of the annoying hípsters, devising a machiavellian plan, that has like objective the rupture between Ana and Fernando; making believe that Fernando is unfaithful.
4	4	"Pinto mi raya"	September 21, 2017
The coexistence is still tense. Fernando proposes the division of the whole house, and chaos begins. Federico alters the fair division they had raised at the outset. Ana and Delia, as punishment, send them to sleep together in the room.
5	5	"La ley del hielo"	September 28, 2017
Fernando's mom wants to see him to give him some great news. Ana does not have a good relationship with her mother-in-law. Federico and Delia are aware of the tension between them, so Federico decides to convince her to stay longer, without imagining how the world will shake both couples.
6	6	"Tuvo, tubo"	October 5, 2017
The great interest of Ana by her cell phone causes a series of misunderstandings, Federico takes advantage of it to be able to stay with the house. Fernando feels ignored by his wife, and falls into the temptation - incited by his to visit a table dance. Delia invites Ana to the spa of her idolater Madame Patú.
7	7	"Fuera de lugar"	October 12, 2017
Federico and Fernando are taken to the street by Ana and Delia, who are very annoyed by the scene found when returning from the spa. A video of Fernando eating meat, unleashes the anger of Ana. The end of this entanglement, perhaps it is not what Federico had in mind.
8	8	"El quinto inquilino"	October 19, 2017
There is a ghost that lives in the basement. Federico takes advantage of this situation to frighten the others. What he doesn't suspect, is that Ana and Fernando have the same idea. The problem is, when in fact, something paranormal begins to upset them.
9	9	"Prefiero mi arte"	October 26, 2017
Ana has her first opportunity to exhibit at the Annual Expo Hipster Art Edition. Her lack of creativity, added to the scandalous game of Fernando, Federico and Luis Alberto in the new pool table, puts in trouble her participation.
10	10	"Viaje todo pagado"	November 2, 2017
Federico wins a trip all paid at the annual party of his company. Ana sees on this trip, an unbeatable opportunity to throw them out. Federico suspects it and decides to refuse the trip. Delia receives the recipe of abundance, and writes it down in Fernando's notebook; This causes him to get fired from his job.
11	11	"Hoy cena Pancho"	November 9, 2017
Ana and Fernando are desperate for the lack of employment, to the degree of wanting to sell their valuable belongings. Luis Alberto pleads for his friend in the office, so he invites Don Pancho, Fernando's former boss, to dinner. The only problem is that Federico and Delia have to pretend to be the uncles to not explain their presence.
12	12	"Acción Legal"	November 16, 2017
The terrible austerity lived in the house is unsustainable. Fernando and Ana discover that Federico and Delia never pay their fair share of electricity, for this reason they are cut off from electricity. Fernando will manage to solve the problem with one condition.
13	13	"Sálvense quien pueda"[14]	November 23, 2017
The sickly coexistence between the couples ends up exploding. The final result is the total destruction of the furniture, goods and provisions. Carlos the lawyer, gives them a news that threatens their future.

Season 2 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
14	1	"Sin casa no hay paraíso"[15]	February 28, 2019[lower-alpha 1]
Ana and Fernando strive to survive the first night evicted by evading Delia and Federico, but after discovering the fraud they were victims of, they decide to join forces to recover the house.
15	2	"Intolerante a la lactosa"[17]	March 7, 2019
Ana, Fernando, Delia and Federico return home, but they will have to pay half a million pesos in three months to stay. Fernando finds work at Gastarpocks as a barista and Ana painting a mural, while Federico drinks some experimental dairy products that Fernando brings home and has an allergic reaction.
16	3	"El extraño retorno del horrible trinchador"	March 14, 2019
Ana intends to sell one of her sculptures, but the buyer is actually interested in Federico's cupboard, for which he is willing to pay a fortune. But the cupboard is destroyed. Ana joins Federico to rebuild and sell the horrible cupboard.
17	4	"El santo de los tomates"	March 21, 2019
Fernando points out to Ana that her true talent is to plant organic tomatoes. Ana decides to start her YouTube channel and discovers in her tomatoes the image of a saint whom they can charge to worship. Fernando uploads a photo to the internet of "Santo-mate saladette" and goes viral. Guest stars: Danielle Dithurbide as herself, María Chacón as Nicole
18	5	"Por-no dejar"	March 28, 2019
Federico buys a video camera with part of the savings money to pay the house's debt and decides to earn money by uploading videos to Pornogram and he secretly films Ana and Fernando’s intimacies. Ana starts her music video channel and starts gaining money.
19	6	"Hotel Garage"	April 4, 2019
Ana decides to rent her studio as a bedroom and does a casting to find the possible tenants. Federico gets a job as a driver on an app, while Delia will sell cookies baked by herself.
20	7	"Borrón y cuenta nueva"	April 11, 2019
Fernando’s former boss goes to Gastarpocks and Luis Alberto convinces him to give him everything for free to get his job back. Ana has a stalker fan. Federico finds a job at the pharmacy and will get extra money after selling medicines without a prescription. Guest star: Andrea Torre as La Nena
21	8	"La hipstéria"	April 18, 2019
Ana and Fernando discover that there is a serial killer of hipsters nearby and all the evidence points to the fact that Federico is responsible. Delia and Ana will make an alliance. Guest stars: Dalilah Polanco as Beatriz, Claudia Acosta as Carla
22	9	"Encadenados"	April 25, 2019
As there is no meat for Federico to eat, he will be forced to look for a job and find one that will chain him. Ana gets an opportunity to be the opening act to the concert of Los condechi de la Roma, Fernando strives to be the best barista to go with her.
23	10	"Madame Deli"	May 2, 2019
Delia is disappointed in Madame Patú, so Federico asks Fer and Ana for help to make Delia believe that she would be a better seer and thus fool some unsuspecting customers when she reads the cards to them in Gastar Pocks.
24	11	"Hijo pródigo"	May 9, 2019
Antolín, Federico's brother arrives for a visit and for everyone he is a charm, except for Federico, who thinks he hides something shady. Ana and Fernando enjoy seeing how Federico suffers at the side of his brother.
25	12	"Código postal (Parte 1)"	May 16, 2019
Neither of the two couples has money and they are two days away from being evicted for not paying the debt. Federico enrolls everyone in the house in a game show to win a million pesos, so Fernando and Ana must act as his son and daughter against another family.
26	13	"Código postal (Parte 2)"	May 23, 2019
After winning the million pesos from the game show, Fernando loses everything and the lawyer arrives to evict the inhabitants of the house.

Season 3 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
27	1	"Buscando a Ana"	September 3, 2020
Federico, fed up with Fernando not coming out of his depression for Ana, finds the opportunity to send him to Nairobi to look for her, helped by Luis Alberto. He and Delia have managed to keep the house.
28	2	"Esto es guerra"	September 10, 2020
Nico and Sam have just rented the house where Delia and Federico live. Given this, the current tenants will declare war on them.
29	3	"Guerra sin cuartel"	September 17, 2020
Federico readies his lethal weapons to kick out Sam and Nico out of the house. Luis Alberto advises them to use Nico's skills when he was a child magician in “Chiquillando”.
30	4	"La Planchada"	September 24, 2020
Federico makes Sam believe that the ghost of "La Planchada" haunts her. To get revenge, Luis Alberto and his goddaughter scare Federico and Delia with "La Niña del aro" to drive them out of the house.
31	5	"Gurú Mino"	October 1, 2020
Taking advantage of Delia's naivety, Luis Alberto pretends to be a fortune-teller to advise her to leave the house. Federico harnesses the powers of a true sorcerer to run off the invaders.
32	6	"La Expuerquis"	October 8, 2020
Federico has an unfortunate reunion with his ex-girlfriend Margarita, which causes Delia to be furious with him.
33	7	"Guardería Ájale"	October 15, 2020
Sam and Nico discover that Federico has a phobia of children, so they plan to turn the house into a daycare. Federico will do everything possible to get them out and discovers a secret weapon.
34	8	"Doctor Callo"	October 22, 2020
Nico and Federico fight to see which of them is the best podiatrist on the block. Delia steals Nico's clientele and Sam is forced to take a training course with a coffee expert.
35	9	"El Reencuentro"	October 29, 2020
Nico receives an invitation to participate in a reunion of 'Chiquillando', the television program that made him famous, but he does not know that it is all a trap by Federico.
36	10	"Qué mal Tino"	November 5, 2020
Tino, the successful magician and Nico's former partner in Chiquillando, has arrived in town to present a spectacular show. Federico takes the opportunity to invite him to the house and humiliate Nico.
37	11	"Federico da el anillo"	November 12, 2020
Federico sees the opportunity to get Nico and Sam out of the house by adopting a child from the street, but he must be married, so, after years of living with Delia, he gives her the engagement ring.
38	12	"Todos contra todos"	November 19, 2020[18]
Fernando returns to claim the house, finding himself surprised by Sam and Nico. The war to see who takes out who is unleashed, causing a battle.

Notes

1. Premiered early online through Las Estrellas website and YouTube channel on February 26, 2019.[16]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2018	TVyNovelas Awards[19]	Best Comedy Program	Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo	Nominated[20]
2020	TVyNovelas Awards[21]	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Regina Blandón	Nominated

References

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2. Berman, Shanik. ""Renta congelada", una serie soez, fuera de todo límite: Rodrigo Murray". radioformula.com (in Spanish). Grupo Fórmula. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
3. "'Renta congelada' se integra a Noche de Buenas". Televisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
4. "Barra de comedia NOCHE DE BUENAS estrena el próximo 31 de agosto por las estrellas, al terminar En Punto con Denise Maerker". televisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2020.
5. "Segunda temporada de Renta congelada estrena el jueves 28 por Las Estrellas". produ.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2019.
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13. Caballero, Tania. "José Eduardo Derbez retoma las grabaciones de su primer protagónico en Televisa". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
14. "Renta Congelada: C13: Sálvense quien pueda". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
15. "Renta Congelada: C1, T2: Sin casa no hay paraíso". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
16. "Renta Congelada 2 preestrena primer episodio por Internet". televisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
17. "Renta Congelada: C2, T2: Intolerante a la lactosa". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
18. Caballero, Tania (17 November 2020). "4 razones para no perderte el final de 'Renta congelada' este jueves". lasestrellas.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
19. "Conoce A Los Nominados A Los Premios TVyNovelas 2018". tvynovelas.com (in Spanish). TVyNovelas. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
20. "Ganadores de los Premios TVyNovelas 2018". tvynovelas.com (in Spanish). TVyNovelas. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
21. "¡Conoce la lista completa de nominados a Premios TVyNovelas 2020!". tvynovelas.com (in Spanish). TVyNovelas. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

External links

• Renta congelada at IMDb