Bandidos Season 2 focuses more on the characters’ personal stories and offers a bigger reward for the group of thieves, keeping the show exciting. This Mexican heist drama, directed by Adrian Grünberg and Javier Ruiz Caldera, is available for streaming on Netflix.
WARNING: This article contains heavy spoilers
Episode 1: The past knocks at the door
In Episode 1 of Bandidos Season 2, Miguel discovers a clue about the Tear of Fire diamond, part of Cortes’ treasure. Meanwhile, Lili is threatened using her ex, Leo. She drugs Miguel, and after he passes out, she leaves but promises to come back.
Lili sneaks into a heavily guarded mansion in the Pyrenees, which turns out to be her family’s home. Her real name is Carlota. She frees Leo, but her stepsister Regina catches her. Regina and Leo’s torturer, Mano, lock Lili in a storage room. A flashback reveals something similar happened in their childhood. While trapped, Lili finds a doll she had hidden as a kid—a doll Regina’s dad gave to Lili after adopting her, which made Regina angry.
Meanwhile, Regina investigates the bandits. Citlali gets caught for petty theft again, but this time her account is empty, so she can’t bail herself out. Ines also finds her account empty when she needs to bribe a judge for custody of her son, Alex. Octavio suspects Lucas hacked their accounts, but Lucas’ account is empty too. Octavio, who keeps his money in a bunker, discovers it has been stolen after someone knocks him out.
Regina accuses Lili of stealing their dad’s money and gives her an ultimatum: trade the Tear of Fire for her life, or Mano will kill her and her friends. While locked up and fed only apples, Lili makes a cyanide injection from the seeds. She uses it to take Regina hostage and frees Leo. Despite being cornered by snipers, they escape with just one gunshot wound.
Meanwhile, Miguel spends all his money to buy a hotel and seduces someone’s wife to get an artifact. After a narrow escape, he and his assistant Xime continue searching for the treasure. Miguel keeps seeing his uncle Wilson, who encourages him to trust himself.
Regina stalks Lili and offers to erase her family debt in exchange for the Tear of Fire. Desperate, Lili and Leo rally the bandits in Mexico. Octavio is upset he was kept in the dark about her survival. Lili claims Regina stole their money and promises they can recover it with Miguel’s help.
The group confronts Miguel at his hotel. Though angry with Lili and jealous of Leo, he agrees to help. However, Lili deceives the bandits, telling them they’re searching for Moctezuma’s gold while secretly planning to trade the Tear of Fire to Regina.
Miguel starts the treasure hunt with the bandits, revealing the hotel is built over Geronimo’s tomb, one of Cortes’ men. Using the artifact, they locate the spot and find a gold bar. Gonzalo’s grave, however, remains missing, but Miguel has a plan.
At the end of Bandidos Season 2 Episode 1, Leo updates Regina, who kisses him and jokes about Lili’s taste in men. However, Leo seems unhappy.
Episode 2: The scorpion rock
In Episode 2 of Bandidos Season 2, the bandits learn about Cortes’ cryptex, which holds the location of Gonzalo’s tomb. They steal it during its transport to a museum, only to find Ariel inside the truck. He also wants the treasure. Despite initial annoyance, Lili convinces them to let him join by offering to fund their mission for a share. After some debate, they crack the cryptex code, revealing Gonzalo was buried under the Scorpion Cave in Ticamaya.
Meanwhile, Alex worries about the custody battle and wants to stay with his mom. Octavio retrieves weapons he hid at Ines’ place. Suspicious of Lili, Ines decides not to join the group and plans to investigate her instead. She kisses Octavio on the cheek for luck, amusing Alex.
Ines teams up with her ex, Carmen, who’s still bitter about their breakup but provides intel: Lili is a Hernandez, adopted by the Valdes family, known for diamonds and guns. Lili is also wanted for murdering her stepfather, Inigo. Ines’ ex-husband, Gonzalo, then calls, revealing Alex didn’t show up at school. Shocked, Ines lies, saying Alex is sick at home.
Meanwhile, the bandits begin their mission. Lucas broods over Citlali’s new boyfriend, Miguel remains upset with Lili, and Regina bombards Leo with texts. Leo reassures her while Mano spies on the group and is sent by Regina to keep an eye on Ines.
On the way, Miguel notices Leo texting constantly, but Lili shuts him up. Octavio feels awkward between Citlali and Lucas. When the van breaks down, they prepare to walk, but Octavio finds Alex, who wants to help so Ines can win her custody case. With no cell service to contact Ines, Octavio reluctantly agrees.
At the site, Miguel explains how the Spaniards massacred the Mayans and killed Gonzalo for betraying them to join the Mayans. Now, they just need to locate the cave.
As rain begins, the group sets up camp despite Miguel’s faith in the weather app. Octavio gives himself a pep talk while Leo sneaks off to contact Regina. Lili finds him and notices scars Regina left on him. Touched by her concern, they almost kiss but stop.
Octavio’s messages reach Ines, but the signal cuts out before he can share their location. He looks after Alex while sneaking snacks. Later, Miguel follows Leo and catches him trying to call Regina but trips, forcing Leo to return to camp. Lili, waking from a nightmare about Inigo’s death, asks where he was, and Leo says he was trying to make a call.
The next morning, Lucas is annoyed about missing food and a wet drone, but Octavio distracts him. Octavio later tells Miguel he doesn’t trust Leo either. Their talk is interrupted when Alex finds the cave. At a fork, Miguel splits the group, pairing Leo with Lucas and Citlali. It’s revealed Lucas stood Citlali up in Paris, causing her resentment. Miguel also warns Lili about Leo’s call, but she brushes it off.
Ines gets their location and heads after them, with Mano secretly following. Meanwhile, Regina meets Ariel to propose a business partnership.
The bandits locate Gonzalo’s grave, only to find it’s a trap—he didn’t bury the treasure with him. Frustrated, Lucas admits to Citlali he did go to Paris but is cut off as the group is suddenly surrounded by scorpions, ending Episode 2.
Episode 3: Huachicoleros
Episode 3 of Bandidos Season 2 begins with the bandits discovering a sewage system beneath the grave. They escape through the tunnel, but Leo gets bitten by a scorpion. Worse, their van is stolen by Huachicoleros, gasoline thieves. As they plan, the thieves surround them.
Meanwhile, Mano confronts Ines at a rest stop, attempting to kill her. After a fight, he leaves behind his fake hand before fleeing. Elsewhere, Regina tells Ariel that the gold has already been found and sold, with only the diamond remaining. Ariel is curious, and she kisses him.
The Huachicoleros’ boss, Pepa, is ruthless. She forces Octavio into brutal matches while the rest are imprisoned for organ harvesting. While waiting, Lucas admits to Citlali that he stood her up at the airport out of fear, but she says it’s too late to fix things.
Miguel tries to warn Lili about Leo again, but she already knows. She jokes that the bad guys often plant a mole to make victims think they’ve escaped. Lili still trusts Leo, as they’ve always had each other. Leo suddenly goes into shock, and Miguel helps by puncturing his lungs to stabilize him.
Nearby, Ines finds the bandits’ old camp and reads a letter Alex left for her, smiling. She reaches Pepa’s ranch, calls her colleague Canche for help, and sneaks in.
Bored with Octavio, Pepa locks him up with the others. Lili risks angering Pepa, who becomes obsessed with her beauty and gives her a makeover in exchange for a doctor. Instead of a real doctor, Pepa sends her twin sister Pachita, a shaman, who heals Leo by removing the venom.
Miguel notices that Pachita wears an ancient necklace, which is part of the treasure. She claims a Mayan woman gave it to them. Leo wakes up, and as Pachita leaves, she drops a needle, which Alex uses to pick the lock.
Canche arrives but is surrounded by thieves. The bandits show up with Molotov cocktails, leading to a standoff. Pepa calls it off when Ines holds her hostage and lets them leave with their van. Afterward, Pachita manipulates Pepa into finding the treasure, realizing Miguel is after it.
On the way back, Lili finally reveals the truth about Leo. Regina’s men caught up with her after she nearly bled out from a gunshot in the Pyrenees. She only spared them when Leo promised to work for her. Lili insists Leo is loyal to them. Ines tells Octavio to stay away for Alex’s sake.
At the hotel, Citlali receives a worrying call from home, and Lucas insists on helping. Octavio goes to make amends with Ines. Meanwhile, Leo and Lili enter to find the cuckolded husband holding Xime at gunpoint.
At the end of Bandidos Season 2 Episode 3, Regina meets with Miguel to explain her side. She hands him Lili’s case files, but Miguel isn’t interested. Regina warns him not to be rude, and Mano strikes Miguel as a reminder.
Episode 4: The Island of the Dead
Episode 4 of Bandidos Season 2 begins with Refugio, the cuckolded husband, holding everyone hostage at the hotel, including Miguel’s father, Juan. He wants the treasure for himself. Lili misleads him to the cave, and while distracted, she and Leo lock him inside.
Citlali’s emergency involves her mother selling the house and leaving, with her boyfriend German now taking care of her siblings. Meanwhile, Miguel returns with a broken arm, but Lili is focused on continuing the heist. She recalls Pachita mentioning a Mayan woman who freed her people—Gonzalo’s wife, Zazil.
The plan is to buy 19th-century researcher Laureana Wright’s unpublished writings about Zazil at an auction using Ariel’s money. The bidding goes awry when another woman bids $50k, and Ariel refuses to pay, allowing the woman to win.
Lili notices Regina’s trademark “love bite” on Ariel and cuts him out of the plan, forcing them to switch to Plan C. She drugs Ariel just as Lucas shuts down the power, and Citlali swaps the writings with fakes. They leave with Ariel’s $200k, claiming to be police.
Outside, Mano holds Lucas hostage for the writings, but Pepa steals them instead. Ariel complains to Regina about his stolen money, but she cancels their partnership and the diamond loan deal.
Ines continues to ignore Octavio, and Alex tries to vouch for him, but she insists he forget Octavio. Unfortunately, Mano takes Alex hostage to keep the bandits in check. Pepa arrives at the hotel with the writings, unsure of their value, and agrees to the bandits’ 20% cut.
The bandits eventually locate Zazil’s resting place— the Island of the Dead. Ines joins them on the sea trip, claiming Alex is with his father. Octavio gives her the $200k for her custody battle. Meanwhile, Leo updates Lili about Regina’s texts, and she tells him to lie, as she can only negotiate once she has the diamond. Leo mentions the gold might be gone since Zazil likely used it to free the enslaved, but Lili asks him to keep that to himself.
Lucas comforts Citlali, who is worried about her family, and confesses how much he likes her. He admits he messed up in Paris because he didn’t want to disappoint her.
Regina texts Ines for updates, and Octavio approaches her, apologizing and confessing he’d sacrifice his life for her and Alex. Ines tears up and opens up to him. Meanwhile, Alex pretends to cooperate with Mano but tries to escape when alone.
Miguel is upset with Lili after going through her case files out of curiosity. He believes Regina hates her for killing Inigo. Imaginary Wilson encourages him to give Lili a second chance and suggests Miguel might be jealous of Leo. Wilson advises Miguel to express his anger instead of pretending everything is fine.
Lili is upset after reading her case files, which include her mother’s mental illness, and Leo comforts her. She has a nightmare about injecting Inigo and him going into shock in front of Regina.
She wakes up to find Regina and her men surrounding them. Regina reveals Leo slept with her as part of the deal and that the USB containing Lili’s files, which she gave to Miguel, helped track them. Regina takes the writings, locks everyone below deck, and takes Lili. After they leave the boat, Mano fires a missile at it. The group starts panicking as water begins flooding in. Citlali asks Lucas what he would do if they could redo Paris, and he kisses her. Ines refuses to die without saving Alex.
At the end of Episode 4, they find a bomb in Octavio’s weapons cache, attach it to the door, and go underwater as the bomb explodes.
Episode 5: La Casa De La Luna
Episode 5 begins with a flashback of Zazil retreating to the Island of the Dead after her efforts to free everyone. Present-day, Lili and Regina arrive at the island, where Lili tries to get Mano’s help, but he kills the first guard. The sisters argue, revealing Regina’s jealousy of their father’s attention towards Lili.
The bandits escape the ship, with Citlali retrieving Octavio’s lifeboat. They reach the island, following a trail of dead bodies to find Lili investigating a Ceiba tree, which Miguel had told her was important to the Mayans. They realize it’s Zazil’s tomb, but find only one gold bar and a codex.
The group separates to return to the mainland. Regina tries to get Lili to cooperate, but the bandits plan a rescue. Lili leaves the codex behind with Regina, and they manage to escape. Meanwhile, the police detain Regina and Mano for the murders on the island. Regina uses her influence to get free but vows revenge on the bandits, deciding to kill Alex.
The bandits stop at a mini-gas station, low on fuel. Lili and Citlali try to flirt with the young owner for free fuel, but Regina has put them on the wanted list for the island murders, and the owner calls the cops.
The bandits escape, but the stolen truck runs out of fuel, so they begin walking. Miguel reassures Ines that Alex will be fine. Even Octavio’s optimism fades, but they have no choice. Lili tries to share her past with Miguel, but he cuts her off, promising to help her until the heist is over, after which he doesn’t want to see her again.
Mano finds Alex in the garage before he can escape. Regina calls, but in a twist, Mano defies her and refuses to kill the kid.
Meanwhile, Lili is upset with Leo for sleeping with Regina, but Leo explains he had no choice. Octavio makes mushroom soup for the group. The bandits take shelter in some ruins and discuss the codex, which Lili memorized.
As Miguel interprets it, they realize there’s no gold left, only a diamond. However, the group starts hallucinating from the mushrooms, with Octavio being the only one who remembers the gold is gone.
The next morning, Miguel sees a German family selling corn and gets an idea to bypass the checkpoints. The bandits disguise themselves as the family and borrow their carriage, successfully passing through the cops to reach the hotel. However, Refugio has escaped and tied up Xime and Juan.
Miguel tends to his father while Octavio, still dazed, suggests offering Regina a deal and tells Ines about the diamond. Lili checks on Juan and theorizes that Zazil must have given the diamond to someone. Juan briefly remembers that she wanted to return it to where Moctezuma stole it, but he doesn’t know who.
Lili confesses to Ines and Octavio that Regina will kill them if she doesn’t get the diamond, but she might give it to her without negotiating for their money.
Ines makes a deal with Regina: the diamond for Alex and their money. However, she cuts Lili off, saying she can’t be trusted. Octavio and Citlali side with Ines, while Lucas, Leo, Lili, and Miguel form their own team at the end of Bandidos Season 2 Episode 5.
Episode 6: The Diamond
Episode 6 of Bandidos Season 2 begins with Miguel, Lili, Lucas, and Leo finding Ramirez, who shows them a Mayan fresco with Zazil holding the diamond and three tests needed to obtain it. They determine the location as a mountain in the Valley of the Gods. Meanwhile, Octavio, Ines, and Citlali’s team plant a mic on Miguel, but Lucas destroys it too late.
Ines’ team partners with Ariel for funding, though she has no intention of giving him the diamond. Octavio is romantic with Ines while Citlali teases him. They sabotage Miguel’s van and update Regina, who forgives Mano for sparing Alex. Lili’s group reaches the mountain first with Pepa’s help, and they use Lucas’ AI to decipher a frog hieroglyphic pointing the way.
Ines’ team arrives too late, but Citlali spots the frog marked by Lucas and they find horses to race ahead of Lili’s group. The second test requires running through rocky terrain, so they abandon the horses and continue on foot. Lili cheats, riding a horse and using a tranquilizer gun on Octavio and Citlali, but Ines stops her with a real gun.
Lili tries to negotiate a partnership, but Ines runs off. Exhausted, Lili hallucinates and faints, but her team wakes her up. Octavio and Citlali wake up, steal a horse, and find Ines at the next sundial. After shifting the sundial, they escape, but Citlali leaves a clue for Lucas.
At night, both teams camp in a church. Lucas and Citlali share food, and she kisses him. The next morning, they realize they’ve slept on another clue and agree to work together for the final location, the Crystal Cave. However, Ines and Octavio runoff, and the teams split up again.
A car chase follows, with Pepa trying to sabotage Ines’ truck and Refugio causing trouble for Lili’s truck. Lili tranquilizes Refugio while Lucas crashes his drone into Pepa’s truck. Octavio and Lili argue, and when Lili tries to overtake, her truck overturns. With a gas leak and panic, Octavio comes to their rescue.
The bandits reach the Crystal Cave and find the diamond with the help of laser lights. However, Ariel, Pepa, Refugio, and Regina’s gangs arrive, leading to a stand-off. Regina kills Pepa and Refugio, takes the diamond from Ariel, and orders Mano to kill everyone. Mano refuses, and Regina kills him instead. As she tries to kill Alex, Octavio shoots her guards but is fatally wounded. In the chaos, Regina escapes with the diamond. Ines kisses Octavio as he dies, and the bandits hold a funeral for him.
Episode 7: The Heist
Episode 7 begins with Lili being arrested and charged with theft, assault, and murder, as three bandits are dead and two have fled. Regina sets a trap, knowing the bandits will attempt to steal the Tear of Fire from her casino. The bandits plan to go through with it anyway, but Miguel backs out, thinking he’s no longer needed. Imaginary Wilson reminds him that no one is left behind. On the day of the heist, Mano, injured, warns Xime that he needs to warn Lili.
How does the heist go?
The heist begins with Citlali and Lucas hacking the slot machines to create chaos, while Regina watches from the CCTV. She locks the diamond room, but Ines struggles to open a second vault. Miguel arrives and helps her, while Lucas disables the lasers in the diamond room for Lili to sneak in.
However, when Regina catches Lili, the bandits realize the diamond in the room is a fake, and the real one is in the vault. It turns out to be a trap within a trap, as Regina reveals the diamond is in her office, and the vault contains a bomb. Leo breaks in on a bike, and he and Lili narrowly escape the explosion. The cops arrest Lili, while Leo and Citlali flee. Lucas, Ines, and Miguel’s bodies are taken to the morgue.
What happens to Inigo Valdes?
Regina visits Lili during her interrogation and accuses her of holding the Valdes inheritance. Lili reveals that Inigo is her real father and hid the inheritance from Regina, knowing she was dangerous. Lili also deduces that Regina is behind Inigo’s murder, having slowly poisoned his medications. Regina admits to poisoning him and framing Lili, who unknowingly administered the final dose.
What happens to the bandits?
Regina is arrested after Canche reveals he never turned off the mic in the interrogation room. A flashback shows Xime stopping Ines at the vault and, with Ariel’s help, they fake the bandits’ deaths by detonating the bomb. The bandits escape in body bags, rent the diamond to Ariel for a million, and recover their money from Regina’s safe. Pachita plans to send Regina a message to kill Pepa.
Leo and Lili part ways on good terms as he decides not to stay with her. Citlali plans to break up with German before joining Lucas in China. Alex wears Octavio’s dog tags, and Carmen hopes to see Ines again, which Ines agrees to. Miguel plans a trip with his dad, but Wilson sadly disappears, unable to stay with him.
At the end, Miguel and Lili share a bittersweet goodbye and confess their love, hoping to meet again someday. Juan briefly becomes lucid and asks Miguel to take him to Turkey. Lili looks at her mother’s gold brooch, finds something unusual through a magnifying glass, and smiles. Could it be a clue to the Valdes inheritance?
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