What happens after the end of season 1

Notice! This article contains spoilers for the first season of One Hundred Years of Solitude and the original novel by Gabriel García Márquez on which it is based.One Hundred Years of SolitudeSeason 1 ends on an ambiguous note, paving the way for a full Season 2 that would adapt the remaining chapters of Gabriel García Márquez's novel. Directed by Alex García López and Laura Mora, Netflix film One Hundred Years of Solitude seems to achieve the impossible by adapting a book considered unadaptable for decades. While book adaptations can often leave viewers dissatisfied with their creative liberties and deviations from the source material, Netflix's take on Gabriel García Márquez's novel has been well-received by viewers and critics alike.

The show boasts an impressive Rotten Tomatoes score of 94% after its first season premiere. So it's no surprise that Netflix has ordered 16 episodes of the show, and its second installment is already underway. As One Hundred Years of SolitudeSeason 1, even Season 2, will likely introduce some narrative changes to the original book. However, as the series remains true to the essence of the novel, one can predict what might happen in the second season based on the story's development in the source material.

Aureliano and the rebels establish control over Macando

They also don't spare José Raquel Moncada

Near the final moments of One hundred years of solitude In season 1, Aureliano becomes increasingly resentful, hoping to get Macando back for good. While Úrsula fears for her safety, Aureliano plans his next attack on the city. In the end, the fictional city of Macondo, from One Hundred Years of Solitudeand prepares for war as Aureliano and the rebels advance towards it. In the original book, Aureliano's eternal efforts to gain control of Macando are not in vain.

After years of battle, he not only survives many attempts on his life, but also manages to finally win the war. As a result, he and the rebels depose José Raquel Moncada and return the land he stole from local residents. They also replace the laws established by the conservatives and execute Moncada. Úrsula tries to prevent Aureliano from following the tyrannical path. However, he remains too consumed by his arrogance to look back and change his ways before it is too late.

Aureliano eventually gets tired of the war

He agrees to sign a peace treaty

Aureliano also reaches his limit after fighting for years in the war against the conservatives. Therefore, he finally decides take a step back and sign a peace treaty with the opposition. With what follows, he settles for a quieter life when he returns to Macondo and spends the rest of his days in his workshop making goldfish. This marks the end of their story in the overarching narrative, as subsequent chapters of the book focus on the other surviving members of the Buendía family.

Macondo attracts new technologies and foreign settlers

The city is experiencing a period of prosperity

Macando experiences new advances with the arrival of the railway. Rail transportation not only facilitates travel and transportation, but also brings new foreign settlers to the city, including an American plantation company. As the plantation company grows bigger and bigger, it builds its own village across the river and even establishes a full-fledged banana plantation on the outskirts of town. The company's business growth benefits the city in several ways, allowing it to progress in a positive direction. Unfortunately, this progress is short-lived.

The Colombian army attacks plantation workers

The attack alludes to the 1928 banana massacre

A massacre ensues on the American plantation as the Colombian army mercilessly kills many workers. Since many of the book's story snippets serve as metaphors for real-life historical events, it's not surprising that this is also based on real history. The tragic incident serves as an allusion to the Banana Massacre of 1928 in which many United Fruit Company workers were killed near Santa Marta in Columbia. José Arcadio Segundo and the city's inhabitants, who end up surviving the massacre, either refuse to believe that it happened or end up denying the tragedy.

There are only a few Buendías left in Macondo

Even the remaining family members gradually meet a tragic fate

Macondo's population dwindles, with only a few members of the Buendía family remaining, as the once-prosperous city faces its inevitable decline. Amaranta Úrsula and her nephew Aureliano are the only two survivors of the family in the city. Without knowing it, the two end up starting an incestuous relationship, which leads to the birth of a son who has a pig's tail. While Amaranta Úrsula faces her fate after dying during childbirth, the child meets a similar fate when she is devoured by ants. As a result, Aureliano remains the last member of the Buendía family in the decrepit city.

Aureliano decodes an encryption of Melquíades' manuscript

The manuscript prophesied misfortune and the eventual end of the family

Melquíades left a manuscript several generations before Aureliano's birth. Upon finding the manuscript, Aureliano tries to decode its encryption, which leads to a surprising revelation. Contains information about all the tragic events that marked the Buendía family's trajectory over the years. As a windstorm gradually builds around Aureliano, He reads that his family was always destined to become trapped in an unbreakable cycle of repetition and eventually be wiped out of existence.

At the moment Aureliano reads the final sentence of the manuscript, the city of Macondo is destroyed by the full force of a gale, completely erasing it from the planet. Therefore, One Hundred Years of SolitudeReynolds' final arc reinstates his themes of the inevitability of one's fate and the repetitive cycles of history. Given that Netflix's adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez's multigenerational story takes several creative liberties in the first season, One Hundred Years of Solitudeseason two will likely introduce some changes to the source material as well.