Land of Women's Victoria Bazúa Is So Good, Eva Longoria Changed the Show for Her
glamour.comLand of Women is by all accounts escapist television. The fun and frothy—yet still substantive—dramedy tells the story of three generation of women (grandmother Julia, mother Gala, and daughter Kate) as they start life anew in a small town in northern Spain amid a stunning landscape, gorgeous people, and plenty of wine and food.
But as Eva Longoria's Gala is forced to protect her family from her husband's shady business dealings, it's her daughter, Kate, played by newcomer Victoria Bazúa, who becomes the emotional core of .On the whole, Kate's concerns are that of any teen, like navigating a relationship and figuring out her future.
But, as viewers learn during a flashback in the second episode, there's another lens in which she views the world too: She's transgender. “Remember when you told us you were going to transition?” says Kate's father, Fred, in the scene. "I just couldn’t take it all in.
But your mom made it crystal clear that if I had any objections, then they were my problems, not yours.”The way the scene is treated—as any other regular, heart-to-heart conversation and not a Very Special Episode—would have been unheard of on TV years ago.
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