‘Três Graças’ Premieres on Globo, Marrying Social Drama to a High-Profile Villain

Overview

• The first episode, aired Oct. 20, introduces three generations of women as 15-year-old Joélly confirms a pregnancy that echoes her family’s past.
• Santiago Ferette’s foundation is shown distributing ineffective medications to poor communities, worsening Lígia’s condition and exposing a broader fraud.
• Inside Arminda’s mansion, a locked room holds the monumental ‘Três Graças’ statue packed with illicit money, positioning the piece as the story’s central device.
• Online reaction was immediate, with Grazi Massafera’s Arminda dominating memes and conversation as the show trended across social networks.
• Production is well ahead, with scenes for episodes 45–52 already underway, as the cast’s early arcs introduce an honest investigator drawn to Gerluce.