What to Know About Final Project, Netflix’s New Mexican Teen Thriller
Final Project prompts the obvious questions — who’s in it, what’s the story, and when is it out?
Transfer student Tamara thinks she’s just teaming up with popular streamer and classmate Xavi for a final school project. As their collaboration turns flirty, an anonymous Instagram account locks onto her, threatening to dig up and broadcast the parts of her past she most wants to keep buried. The posts escalate, the circle of suspects widens, and Tamara’s grades-and-crush drama morphs into a full-on cyberstalking nightmare.
The twist isn’t the premise so much as the package. Final Project tells its story in 20 episodes, each about 10 minutes, carving the mystery into quick jolts that play like chapters rather than traditional hourlong TV. The short bursts keep the suspicion and reversals coming fast, with each cliffhanger setting up the next accusation.
It ’s the same bite-size approach Netflix used earlier this year with the Mexican mini-drama Between Father and Son, now applied to a teen thriller built around social-media paranoia and school gossip.
All 20 episodes run about 10 minutes and are streaming now on Netflix.
Cast
- Daniela Martínez Caballero — Tamara (her first Netflix original; previous credits include Los hilos del pasado, Sed de Venganza, My Secret, and Mrs. Garcia and Her Daughters)
- Tristán Maze — Xavi (seen in Sisters: A Shared Love, Games of Love and Power, Contrato de Corazones, and Tú y Yo)
- Isabella Tena — Samantha (also her first Netflix original; known for Love Has No Recipe, Invincible Love, Mi marido tiene familia, Sueño de amor, and My Heart Is Yours)
- Ian Sparrowe — role TBA (part of the ensemble)
- Virgilio Delgado — role TBA (part of the ensemble)
Final Project premiered on Netflix worldwide on July 29, 2026 .