María Alexander

María Alexander is a major character of the Netflix series Control Z. 
She is Natalia's innocent-looking twin sister and Isabela's former best friend. 
She is portrayed by Fiona Palomo.
==Biography==
===Background===
María is known for being part of the clique of popular students, alongside her twin sister Natalia and her best friend Isabela, who look down on local outcast, Sofía Herrera. According to her, she and Natalia are described as "polar opposites", mostly because while María is calm and polite in nature, Natalia is someone who basically "hates everyone" as she is always belitting María regardless of the best efforts she makes to please her. Despite being aware of the fact that he is dating Isabela, María and Pablo had a fling for quite sometime behind Isabela's back, a sensitive piece of information that could cost María her friendship with Isabela.
===Season One===
María is first seen at the meeting her sister Natalia was giving to the students's parents about the NONA party while she is handing them out some flyers. Later on, she is present at the presentation hosted by Quintanilla to teach the students how to properly use their cellphones. Prior to is beginning, her best friend Isabela makes nasty comments about Sofía when they see her sitting alongside Javier Williams, the new kid who enrolled mid-year, with Natalia adding that Javier would never be attracted to someone like her, only for María to take pity on her by insisting that she should flirt at some point as Sofía is always alone, but Natalia calls this "nonsense". However, instead of the topic, a video about Isabela's birthday during her days as a boy is shown, thus revealing her secret to the entire school before she runs out of the auditorium in tears, with Natalia and María following suit. Isabela explains to them why she had to keep the information a secret and they show support. Pablo, in the guise of pretending not to know Isabela's secret, breaks up with her, much to Isabela's anger and Natalia pushes him aside. The other students, particularly Gerry, start verbally tormenting Isabela, leading María to snap at them after noticing their cellphones recording everything.
The next day, the hacker has leaked the secrets of Raúl, Natalia, Gerry (the trio having parttook in Isabela's secret) and Pablo (because of his betrayal) per Isabela's request to get back at them. María is present in the Biology class when these incidents incite a fight between them and Javier, which results in all of them being summoned to Quintanilla's office to sort out their issues, including Sofía who got herself sent there deliberately to investigate more. María is one of the few students, alongside Alex, Rosita, Luis, Darío and Ernesto who did not get in the middle of the fight and were not punished for this. After her meeting with Quintanilla about the stolen money meant for the NONA party, a conversation Natalia has with María reveals that , in fact, Natalia actually doesn't have the money right now, because she had already spent it all in buying expensive items for herself. In her own words, Natalia states that if people are going to take her seriously as a winner, then she has to look like one, when asked about it by María, who states that her parents had always told them that they have to earn things by themselves. Natalia then turns to Isabela, who refuses to talk to her after what she did (stealing her cellphone), despite assuring that the hacker was blackmailing her. María is apalled about this and says that Natalia's secrets would've been leaked anyway whether she betrayed Isabela or not. Natalia asks Isabela what would she have done in her place. "I would never do that to my best friend", Isabela replies before leaving. Natalia later faces the consequences of her actions while scolded by her parents.
In order to get the money fast, Natalia starts selling some of her things, which aren't even worth the minimun penny. When Luis, a lonely student, falsely admits to being the hacker (so that Gerry, Dario and Ernesto won't bully him anymore), the hacker worsens things by arranging a fight between Luis and Gerry, who believes Luis's confession to be true and wishes for nothing more than beating him up. Natalia lets Quintanilla know about this and locks up Gerry in the auditorium to keep him from causing trouble. María is among those students who are awaiting Gerry's arrival and Luis, through lines sent by the real hacker to his cellphone, starts provoking Natalia and the other students, including those with their secrets already revealed. María doesn't want to stay but Natalia wants to watch how the "culprit" that accused her of theft is beaten up. Natalia is heard by Regina who calls her a liar. After Gerry is released by Alex (on the hacker's orders), the fight is resumed, with María as a witness. The fight escalates, ending with Gerry knocking Luis hard, causing him to fall over and hit the pavement, much to the horror of the students.
María later attends Raúl's party, alongside Natalia, where she sees that everyone is ignoring her; her nemesis Rosita has posted in her profile a challenge FreezeNatalia in which anyone who speaks to her is banned from attending NONA, much to Natalia's fury. Fed up with taking the burden of her sister's problems, María abandons her. It is also revealed that she is the HoneyBunny, telling Pablo that they should end the affair for the sake of her friendship with Isabela, but is quickly tempted to have sex with Pablo. The next day, Sofía hears her crying in the toilet and tells her that she knows about her being Pablo's Honey Bunny, but still promises not to tell anyone or Isabela. When Isabela tries to call her parents to come pick her up, but never show up nor are they reachable, María decides to give her a ride home. Believing that María is the only true friend she has left, Isabela is comprehensive that she is only wanting to help Natalia because she is her sister and keeps on hanging out with her. Isabela says she is glad thay they're still friends, so María's face quickly turns serious and tries to tell her about her being the Honey Bunny, but only telling Isabela that she betrayed her. Isabela laughs in disbelief and says that she didn't. Later, María still can't bring herself to tell the truth to Isabela, who shows her a message from the hacker saying "The Honey Bunny is really close to you" and shifts her suspicions on Natalia, who had earlier betrayed her. Isabela tells María she doesn't have to excuse herself to her and offers her a brownie. María is later in the toilet feeling strange, graphically vomiting Isabela's brownie and experiencing a boob sore (signs that she is pregnant). Natalia shows up and is told by María that Isabela thinks she is the Honey Bunny; Natalia obviously denies this, stating that while being a thief, she's not a whore. 
María observes with the other students as Javier is leaving the school, expelled for supposedly being the hacker when in reality, Raúl, the true culprit, had blackmailed Quintanilla into expelling him by threatening to leak his affair with Susana, a married teacher. By that time, the NONA party has been revived. After Isabela and Alex leave the toilets, María emerges from one having overheard them and pulls out a pregnancy test instrument, which confirms the previous signs that she is pregnat with Pablo's child. During the NONA party, María breaks the news to Pablo about the pregancy but instead of supporting her, Pablo ditches her (despite having had sex without a condom) and further fuels his desperation in winning Isabela back one last time. Despite Isabela's rejections, Pablo tries to get her to listen, but turning violent when she pushes and slaps him so he tries to rape her, only to be stopped by María, Pablo yelling at her to mind her own business. Pablo then spitefully reveals to Isabela about María being the Honey Bunny, causing Isabela to end her friendship with her, much to María's distraught. María then watches the video when Raúl confesses to being the hacker to Sofía, thus turning the entire student body against him, but nevertheless ends up leaking the secrets of the other students, consequently causing them to fight each other in retaliation. She is among the students witnessing Javier's accident after being accidentally shot by Gerry, who threatened Raúl after finding out he is the hacker.
===Season Two===
Two months after Raúl's exposure as the hacker and Javier's accident, María has become distant from Pablo, who repeatedly tries to apologize for his previous behaviour. Both of them clash over the child: María considers doing an abortion but Pablo instead wants to keep it. Pablo also saw no problem in bringing up the argument in front of their friends. He also grows jealous due to the newfound friendship María has with Claudia, who went through the same situation as her and whom he warns to stay away from Maria, but she brushes off his threats and tells Pablo to sort out his toxic masculinity. He later finds out that María aborted the child, following an incident in which she almost overdosed, and is quick to suspect that Claudia convinced her to do so.
After María overdoses at Rosita's birthday party, due to her being targeted by the Avenger, another hacker demanding justice for Luis by terrorizing the students, and is hospitalized (albeit later discharged), Natalia finds out about her pregancy to Pablo and abortion; María states that Natalia is always hiding things from her so there was no reason to tell her, believing Natalia wouldn't care, even after how poorly she's been treating her regardless of the efforts she makes in pleasing her. Remorseful, Natalia promises María to always be there for her and stop hiding things from her. She also seems to fully support her romantic interest to Javier. As another controversial method of getting the money, Natalia signs herself up through a sugar daddy app under the alias of Rosita Berry, with María teaming up with her this time. She is matched with an older guy who wants to meet at a restaurant (wit María guarding from a distance in the bar table) but, to Natalia's surprise, he turns out to be none other than Javier's father, Damián. When he comments on how younger Natalia is and that he has daughter about the same age as her, she is immediately embarrassed and hurries out of the place. 
Natalia starts losing hope in getting the money, so her sister María contacts Damián pretending to be Natalia, meeting at the same restaurant where María tries to explain the situation to Damián about the money, but is rejected. She shares her worries to Claudia, who comforts her. María kisses Claudia but is immediately ashames and abruptly leaves, despite Claudia telling her it's fine, but nevertheless starts avoiding her. Damián later contacts Natalia, agreeing to give her the money on the condition that she brings María with her. María tries to have everything recorded in her cellphone, but it immediately stops due to its low battery. Just then, Javier shows up and misinterprets the whole situation, believing that Natalia was only using him to get to his father. As a result, the angry Javier breaks up with Natalia who is frustrated because it is the last day she has to pay the dealers. When María suggests calling her parents for help, Natalia is quick to turn down the idea, fearing that the dealers might go after them, but also making María fear that they'll do the same to her. Refusing to give up, Natalia walks off to find another solution with the money, leaving María behind.
After Pablo is given a lecture by Raúl over his violent behaviour (which stems from his bitterness over losing Isabela due to Raúl's actions), he resolves to properly make things right with María. During nightfall, Pablo shows up at María's doorstep. She doesn't let him in and drags him outside, demanding to know what does he want. Pablo tells her he's sorry for everything and asks her to forgive him, which she does before turning back to her house, but Pablo begs her not to give him the cold shoulder and to listen to him, to probably open up about the past situation with Isabela. However, María interrupts him at this, calling out his selfishness in not wanting to acknowledge what she truly wants, and now what she wants is for him to go to hell and leave her alone. Just then, María is informed that her sister Natalia has been kidnapped for failing to pay the bigger debts she owed to the drug dealers, who threaten to harm her should María get the police involved. María starts crying and Pablo wants to know what happened just as Claudia arrives, believing that Pablo was bothering her again until Maria lets Claudia know about her sister's kidnapping. Pablo then drives them over to the school, where both María and Claudia attempt to break open Luis's locker with a fire extinguisher, where Raúl's money is hidden and was previously stolen from him by the Avenger (later revealed to be Alex) and could save Natalia's life. María tries to talk about the kiss to Claudia, who insists that she doesn't have to explain herself to her; María says she was afraid of losing her. Then they are caught by Susana demanding to know what are they doing. Javier's yelling attracts their attention and leads the trio up the roof where Javier holds Raúl at gunpoint, demanding the money as well to save Natalia. It turns out that Javier had tipped them off beforehand. Sofía, Javier, María, Raúl, Claudia and Susana get into a scuffle over the money, resulting in Susana falling off the roof to her apparent death. Pablo, who was waiting outside for María and Claudia, witnesses this. Then María, nodding at Pablo, observes with Sofía and Raúl as Pablo snatches up the money to rescue Natalia and drives off, while also looking at Susana's lifeless corpse.
=== Season Three ===
Right after Susana's death and Natalia's rescue, she and María are forced to drop out of National School and move away with their parents to Acapulco, where they are banned from using social media, and are given basic cellphones instead. Pablo and Claudia are worried because she hadn't been in touch with either of them after a year. Sofía and Javier, with Bruno's help, track down the hotel where she's supposedly staying at, only to be met by Natalia instead, where she announces that María is dead. In a flashback, it is revealed that the events regarding Susana's death left María completely traumatized that she fell into a depression, eventually leading her to commit suicide by drowning, though not before giving Natalia a tearful farewell saying that she loves her, but Natalia, who is too busy resting to care, indifferently replies that she knows. The news reaches Pablo and Claudia, who are both devastated. Thus, Natalia secretly sneaked out of Acapulco and returned to Mexico to find some answers about both this and the group's involvement in Susana's death after @allyoursecrets is reactivated. 
==Trivia==
* Many fans who sympathized with her were mixedly angered and heartbroken that the motive to write María off was to kill her via suicide, feeling that it was completely unfair and unneccessary. This was just one of the many criticisms the third and final season of Control Z received. The reunion between Natalia and the ghost of María, although heartwarming, wasn't really helpful either. 
**In addition, those who were eagerly awaiting a relationship between her and Claudia (after their first and last kiss) were disappointed as well when this never came to be due to the previous decision (mentioned above).
**On the other hand, Fiona's departure from the series came from her being cast for the third season of another Netflix series, Outer Banks.
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