The Others (Portuguese: Os Outros, stylized as OSOUTROS so that the letters "s", "o" and "u" stand out to form "sou" ("[I] am")) is a Brazilian streaming series produced by Globoplay. It was created and written by Lucas Paraizo in collaboration with Fernanda Torres, Flavio Araujo, Pedro Riguetti, Bárbara Duvivier, Thiago Dottori and Bruno Ribeiro and directed by Luisa Lima in partnership with Lara Carmo.

Revolving around conflicts among residents of a large condominium, its first season was released on 31 May 2023 on streaming to a positive commercial performance, being renewed for a second season even before the first one was completely released.^[1]

Its main cast includes Adriana Esteves, Eduardo Sterblitch, Thomás Aquino, Antonio Haddad, Maeve Jinkings, Drica Moraes, Milhem Cortaz, Paulo Mendes and Gi Fernandes.

The Brazilian Ministry of Justice changed the series rating from 14 to 16 years old due to the depiction of violence, sexual content and drugs.^[2]

The story follows conflicts between neighboring couples Wando (Milhem Cortaz) and Mila (Maeve Jinkings); and Cibele (Adriana Esteves) and Amâncio (Thomás Aquino), which start with a fight between their sons Rogerio (Paulo Mendes) and Marcinho (Antonio Haddad), which escalate. Meanwhile, Sérgio (Eduardo Sterblitch), a former cop, sees the feud as an opportunity to gain some financial advantages while trying to care for his estranged daughter Lorraine (Gi Fernandes).^[3][4]

For two years, Cibele (Adriana Esteves) and Amâncio (Thomás Aquino) have been searching for Marcinho (Antonio Haddad). With Sérgio (Eduardo Sterblitch) out of prison, Cibele pressures him to reveal Marcinho's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Sergio improves his lifestyle by securing a spot at the local city council. He now lives at a high-end condo with Lorraine (Gi Fernandes), her son Juninho and his former wife and Lorraine's mother Joana (Kênia Bárbara), with whom he reconciled. His neighbors include Raquel (Letícia Colin), a religious woman yearning to be a mother and her husband Paulo (Sérgio Guizé), which sees ghosts from his past jeopardizing his marriage; Seu Durval (Luis Lobianco), a widowed cat lover addicted to games of chance; and Maria (Mariana Nunes), also a widow, who lives with her only son Kevin (Cauê Campos) and struggles with a major trauma.^[5]

The project was conceived by Lucas Paraizo and entered pre-production in 2019, when he was working on Seasons 4 & 5 of Sob Pressão; however, the series was only announced to the public in January 2022 on Patrícia Kogut's column on O Globo, featuring Adriana Esteves on a leading role.^[6] Paraizo said TV Globo invited him to create something inspired by This is Us, which prompted him to think of something involving "Brazilian families" with an "emotional" appeal, following his work with Sob Pressão.”^[7]

Luísa Lima was assigned as the series director and had the films Parasite (2019) andElephant (2003) as inspirations.^[8] Thomás Aquino left the series O Jogo que Mudou a História to take on another leading role and was subsequently replaced by Rômulo Braga.^[9] Eduardo Sterblitch was cast in his first drama role as the former cop Sérgio.^[10] Guilherme Fontes was cast as Jorge, an entrepreneur linked to the 2016 Olympics in Rio who was arrested for corruption and is married to Lúcia (Drica Moraes), property manager of the condo that serves as the main setting of the first season.^[11] Magali Biff was cast as the mother of Mila (Maeve Jinkings).^[12] Ana Flávia Cavalcanti, Gabriel Lima, Pedro Ogata, Helena Quintella and Rodrigo García were cast as additional residents. Raphael Logam was in talks for a possible main role but was instead cast for a guest appearance only while focusing on a bigger role for O Jogo que Mudou a História and, later, working on Seasons 4 & 5 of Impuros.^[13][14] In February, Globoplay scheduled the first filming sessions for April. Shooting only began the following month, however, and concluded in August in Rio de Janeiro.^[15] The series had its first images shown at Rio2C.^[16]

A second season was confirmed even before the release of first one. It will be set in a different condominium and will feature new characters; with only a few returning characters from the previous season.^[17] Paraízo confirmed the return of Cibele, Sérgio, Marcinho, Joana and Lorraine, all played by the same actors as before, besides Thomás Aquino, who'll be returning as a guest with his character Amâncio. Mariana Nunes was the first new actress to be revealed - she will play a character described as a widow seeking revenge against a man involved in the death of her husband.^[18] Later, Cauê Campos was announced as Nunes's character's son. Letícia Colin was cast as Raquel, a religious real state agent,^[19] and Sergio Guizé was casta as her husband Paulo. Along with them, Luis Lobianco was announced as Durval, the property manager of the new condo.^[20] Raphael Logam left the series to work on Família é Tudo and Season 6 of Impuros.^[21]

The series had a première session by TV Globo for actors and the press on 29 May 2023, at Kinoplex Leblon Globoplay.^[22]

On Globoplay, the series was divided in weekly blocks and two episodes were released every week (on Wednesdays and Fridays) through 7 July 2023.

The first episode was aired during Tela Quente (a Monday night movie session of Globo) on 26 June 2023 to tease the weekly releases on Globoplay.^[23]

In December 2023, Globo confirmed that the first season would be aired on their over-the-air channel on the first semester of 2024 following the end of Season 24 of Big Brother Brasil.^[24] The series premiered on 18 April 2024 and episodes were aired every Thursday.^[25]