| Genre: | Romance, Melodrama, Revenge |
| Runtime: | 50min |
| Creator: | Artur Ribeiro |
| Developer: | Plural Entertainment |
| Director: | Hugo de Sousa |
| Starring: | Sara Matos Dalila Carmo Pedro Lima Pedro Teixeira (see more) |
| Opentheme: | Cedo o Meu Lugar by Mesa |
| Endtheme: | Cedo o Meu Lugar by Mesa |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Network: | TVI |
| Num Episodes: | 194 |
O Beijo do Escorpião (English: The Kiss of the Scorpion)[1] is a Portuguese telenovela broadcast and produced by TVI. It was written by António Barreira, author of some of the biggest hits of the channel, and by João Matos. The telenovela premiered on 2 February 2014[2] and its last episode aired on 4 October 2014, totaling a number of 194 episodes. It was broadcast in the primetime slot at 9pm (UTC). The telenovela was recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.
Two women find out they are sisters in the worst possible way and, from that moment on, engage in a constant conflict.
Alice (Sara Matos) wants Ritas life. Rita (Dalila Carmo) wants to bring Alice into the happy family life she built with her husband Fernando (Pedro Lima), unaware that her sister is truly an evil monster who will stop at nothing to take Ritas place. In the cosmopolitan and sophisticated city of Lisbon, we watch as the stories of common people intersect, as they face everyday tribulations, fighting and trying to overcome them, in a plot filled with emotion and sensuality, in which evil is depicted in all its rawness and in which we see how that evil can ruin those who aren’t ready to face their enemies, no matter where they come from... And, sometimes, your worst enemy is yourself or those to whom you call your family...