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Yes?

Who's there?

Yes! Yes!

Your name is Ibai Sáez.

You're already 42,

and sometimes you ask yourself how the fuck you got this far.

If you think about it,

there's nothing personal in the stuff you do.

You never showed initiative.

My partner just called. Everything's fine.

So you just obey orders and never ask.

♪ The mind is on the plan… ♪

You find people and you follow them.

And you get paid for it.

Sometimes, like in this case,

for something that started a long time ago.

That was the first time you saw him, nearly ten years ago.

In Marbella, we all knew that dumb cop liked hookers and money

like a fat kid loves cake.

But the day you met him, there was no room for any of that.

It was the day everybody was screaming that Candance Russo had been murdered.

That they had killed her.

Candance was a stripper slash hooker

who had something about her that…

Although you didn't know then what you know now,

and what'll come to light sooner or later.

'Cause people talk. Well, not always.

Sometimes your work was to get rid of people who should not talk.

People who tried to fuck over Aníbal Ledesma,

your boss.

You worked there for him.

But in fact you were there thanks to her.

Who would've thought she'd end up being a nun?

Before she became his girl, you'd fucked a few times,

but, hey, I always paid like a gentleman,

and it was her who talked to Aníbal about you

when you were sacked from the worst job in the world.

A bodyguard for city councilmen.

Can you get any more pathetic than that?

It was the best you could find since one of the councilmen was your cousin.

He was the only one who gave you a hand when you came out of the joint.

You'd spent three years without being able to take a shit in peace.

With my abilities, I soon owned that place.

It did have its faults.

The fine food you're so fond of wasn't the norm.

And if you think about it, eating fine food was how it all started.

You worked for the Chinese back then.

One of their clients was a little behind and they asked you to encourage him.

♪ The gentleman from Kansas Is fixing to retire ♪

♪ Drinking with his right hand man Speaking about the fire… ♪

Admit it.

The job got out of hand.

Maybe that's when it all started, yeah.

Or maybe not.

Maybe there was some history before that,

but your brain can't think about that anymore.

Open the door. I know you're there.

Open up! Open the door!

If you don't open this door, I'm calling the police.

Shh!

None of us want the police to come in here, right?

Get in here.

Get in.

Olivia!

Olivia!

Mat!

Mat!

Mat! Mat! Let me go! Mat!

Let me go! Let me go!

Get off...

Mat!

Bastard!

Mat!

Open the door!

Sáez!

Sáez, open the fucking door!

Mat, it's Zoe!

Sáez, I know you're there! Let me out!

Gallardo, man, go fuck yourself.

Come on, let me in.

Open the door!

Mat!

Hey, this is Sáez. Shut your mouth. I know Gallardo is with you.

He's not answering the phone. I have to talk to him.

I need instructions. Everything's gone to shit.

Okay, roger.

Ma'am? Ma'am!

Gimme the key.

Open the door!

Open the...

Where's Mat?

- You are? - I work for him.

Private investigator.

Open the door!

- How did you get in? - He didn't use the main door.

Open the door. I called the police.

Mat!

Mat!

Mat!

Mat! Mat! My love.

Call an ambulance. Hurry!

Mat!

Hello, I need an ambulance. It's an emergency.

Yes, a man is injured. We're behind the Hyatt Regency.

No, we don't know what happened.

The car was rented by an Ibai Sáez at the airport six days ago.

He's got a record.

There's no doubt. That's Gallardo.

Ask for a warrant to tap her phone immediately.

That blonde.

Sooner or later, she'll find out about that safety deposit box.

We can't let her involve the judge again.

He was carrying a licensed gun, which was reported missing.

No valuables in sight. No watch, wedding ring, wallet, nothing.

The theory from the officers who found him is he picked up a prostitute.

She tried to rob him and killed him because things got out of hand.

- Yours? - He was Rodrigo Gallardo.

A retired officer who had a record with the British Police,

and his fingerprints match the suspect's in the death of the nun

the SCU is so interested in.

- Ortiz! - Yes, I know, I crossed the line, but…

the information is priceless.

I'm sharing it with you so you can pass it to the SCU, if they want it.

First of all, that information has no value.

That's your assumption.

The guy who could be the nun's killer turns up dead. No relevance?

You said it "could" be.

And second of all, they don't want help.

They want us out of their way.

If I call the SCU to tell them your theories

they're gonna accuse me of disobeying their orders not to interfere.

I don't want any trouble.

We found this in his jacket in one of his pockets.

Gallardo checked in to the Hyatt Regency six days ago.

- He booked a suite with three rooms. - Let me guess. You're going.

- Do you have his widow's phone number? - I'll send it right away.

I can't get you any footage from security cameras.

The industrial area is abandoned, and there's nothing else around.

It's kind of perfect for a secret meeting location.

Send me the widow's number.

This is no coincidence.

- Hello? - Elvira Cano?

Yes, that's me.

My name's Lorena Ortiz.

I'm a homicide detective from the National Police.

I'm really sorry for your loss. I… I know this is not a good time.

- Your colleagues are already here. - I know.

But I'm calling from Barcelona. I need to ask you some questions.

Is it true what they say?

That he was naked and he'd picked up… a prostitute?

Can I tell you something?

I'm calling because I don't trust the official theory.

How can I help you?

You know what he was doing in Barcelona?

Something about meeting a friend.

Detective?

Any names that he brought up?

No, I'm sorry.

I need you to look through his things

and see if you find anything.

- Come with me. - What for?

Do as I say.

- Get your hands off me. - Excuse me. What happened here?

Can we speak at the hospital?

Let me go with him.

Escort her.

Thank you.

You're under arrest for threatening hotel staff

with a firearm.

It'll be all right.

Let's see where she takes us.

Good evening.

- Hello. - What happened?

- There was an incident in room 2507. - Booked by Rodrigo Gallardo?

Yes. How do you know that?

All started around 11:00 p.m.

A man who isn't at the hotel got into a fight with one of the guests in 2507.

- Do we have their names? - Not the guest's.

He was in the same room booked by Gallardo.

But we have the other man's name. They took him to the hospital.

His name is…

Mateo Vidal.

- I sent two officers to watch him. - And then?

We called the police to report the fight,

but then an armed woman showed up and threatened everybody.

Her name is Zoe Flament. Says she's a private investigator.

What else?

There was another woman with her.

Do we have her name?

- No. - Yeah.

Her name is Olivia Costa.

Mat?

Mat?

Mat?

I'm sorry.

Where are we?

Do you feel well enough to answer a couple of questions?

Can't we talk at the station another day?

He's very weak. I'd really appreciate it.

Simply say yes or no, all right?

You can do that.

Did you go to the hotel because you suspected

your wife was cheating on you with someone?

It's okay.

I told them everything.

Your wife says she doesn't know her lover's name

because they always met in secret.

Can you give us anything?

A name.

No.

Your wife also says you'd hired the private investigator

that showed up at the hotel.

- Where is she? - At the station.

for threatening the hotel staff with a weapon.

As soon as we find out why she did it

we'll let you know if we need to talk again.

Excuse me. I have to take him up for an MRI.

You'll be hearing from us.

Blood traces on the floor and hand rail.

They left this way.

TOMORROW 11:00 P.M. SANTA EUGENIA SQUARE, MARBELLA

Elvira. What did you find?

His office is full of old files.

He'd do some side jobs from time to time, but this…

This is different.

He took them from the station.

And his desk drawer is locked up, but I don't know where the key is.

I know this is a lot to ask,

but if you could find it and tell me what's inside…

We have to find out what the fuck he took from the station.

I'll call Marbella.

He has two broken ribs and injury to the liver, but no bleeding.

We'll keep him under observation for 48 hours,

and then he'll be able to go home.

Okay, thanks.

Detective!

Here! You have to see this.

We found the missing person dead.

I need to speak to the officers who left with Mateo Vidal.

Detective Ortiz. Do you have Mateo Vidal in custody?

They took him to MRI.

Aren't you with him?

No. We took his statement. Looks like she cheated on him. That's it.

- Nobody told us to stay. - I need you to find Mateo Vidal.

He could be involved in a double murder.

Of course.

We'll go right away.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Hello.

Mat, I know you have a lot of questions.

Are you gonna tell me what's going on?

I don't know where to start.

From the beginning.

It's complicated, Mat.

Why'd you make me believe you were going to Berlin?

Tell me why did you send me those videos with him?

- What? - Yeah, the videos on my phone.

- I didn't send you any videos. - On my phone, in my jacket.

I swear I'm not lying to you, Mat.

That's you on the bed.

I don't know.

They must've filmed it while I was sleeping

and then they erased the messages.

- Who are they? - There were two.

There was Sáez and a retired policeman. Gallardo, I think.

What do they have to do with you?

Olivia.

An unidentified body was found near a hotel

in outskirts of Barcelona.

According to unofficial sources, this death could be related

to that of a retired policeman from Marbella,

who was also found dead in an industrial complex.

The police would not confirm or deny any link between both cases,

but we do know that they have a suspect in custody.

We have to go.

Wait.

- Excuse me. - Yes?

We need to find the patient Mateo Vidal.

Mateo Vidal.

Upstairs. He's in room 202.

Here.

Careful.

Room 202?

We're looking for Mateo Vidal.

We know they sent him up here a few minutes ago.

Let me see. End of the hallway, on the right.

Thank you.

We need backup at the hospital. It's a possible code 60.

I knew we'd see each other again.

That's what all women say.

As a private investigator,

you're not licensed to threaten civilians.

Okay, I plead guilty. Where do I sign to get out of here?

- Why were you hired by Mateo Vidal? - Who's saying he hired me?

You were at his house yesterday

and also at the hotel when the fight took place.

We're close friends.

How is he?

In the hospital.

I asked how, not where.

I'm asking you what were you doing at the hotel?

Am I on camera?

Yes.

Why?

All this fuss for a shitty fight doesn't add up.

Well, a fight that led you to threaten the hotel staff with a weapon.

This was found in your car.

All right.

Mat asked me to help him because he suspected his wife was cheating on him.

When you got to the hotel, you stayed in your car,

but a few minutes later you went up there threatening everybody.

How'd you know your client was in danger?

Intuition.

Hmm.

When I was a child, my father used to play this game.

He called it Truth or Lie.

He was a cop, so he always caught me.

Playing it taught me to see beyond words and gestures.

To find weaknesses,

and yours is self-confidence.

Mateo Vidal served time in the same prison as Aníbal Ledesma.

You know that name?

No, I don't.

Thing is Ledesma used to be the boyfriend

of the unidentified nun who was found dead.

Vidal spoke to her two days before she died.

Circumstantial.

So circumstantial that Vidal did not want to report

an attempted hit-and-run by a Fiat rented by an ex-con, Ibai Sáez,

who happens to be the man sleeping with his wife.

He rented it at the airport when he arrived from Marbella.

I talked to the company, and they said a private investigator

had been asking about the same plate number.

Sounding familiar?

So what does Ibai Sáez have to do with the dead nun's case?

Rodrigo Gallardo.

A former policeman from Marbella who's linked to her murder.

It was hard to find him, but we did.

Tell me, Zoe, what's the link between Rodrigo Gallardo and Ibai Sáez?

- Not sure. - You don't know?

I don't know, okay?

- Why don't you ask Sáez? - I can't.

- Do you know why? - No.

Because the people your client asked you to investigate

have been found dead.

The first one was sleeping with his wife,

and the second one probably killed the nun.

You wanna go on playing Truth or Lie and dig your hole deeper

or would you rather we start talking seriously?

Nothing in there? Take a look in that one.

- So? - Nothing.

- You? - Shit. Me neither.

Sorry. May I?

Go ahead.

The cart from two.

- So? How's it going? - Such a drag.

Sure is. You got a smoke?

Yeah, sure.

I've been working nights for two weeks. I'm sick of it.

- Think she's hiding something? - I don't think so.

Report from ballistics came in.

The handgun we found next to Sáez's body

is the missing gun that belonged to Gallardo.

Gallardo was executed with his own gun,

probably by the same person who killed Sáez.

We didn't find evidence suggesting the presence of any prostitute either,

and the car wasn't forced open.

So Gallardo knew his killer well enough to let them into the car.

Did they find any prints?

One.

A partial on the trigger.

It's so damaged it'll be a miracle if we can reconstruct it.

Oliete wants to see you in his office.

Give him my regards.

Teo Aguilar and Bruno Soto from the SCU.

I appreciate your decision to share our findings with the SCU, Chief.

The Chief didn't decide anything, Detective Ortiz.

We came here of our own accord. And as a courtesy to you all.

We're here to ask you in person to stop pursuing any legal action

and let us work without interference on the case of Sister María Luján.

You don't know anything we don't already.

And it's obvious

that you have a problem respecting the hierarchy.

Yes, that may be so. Maybe.

But you're wrong if you think you know everything.

I have a hunch.

And I'm about to put together all the pieces.

You okay?

It's nausea.

I'll tell you everything when we get home.

We have some breaking news.

According to reports, police suspect the two suspicious deaths

that occurred in Barcelona tonight could be related.

We have learned the body found in a well-known hotel in the city

belongs to Ibai Sáez, an ex-convict who served time in prison

for mutilating the owner of a nightclub.

It so happens that both victims shared a room in the hotel

where the second body was found.

According to witnesses, an altercation happened in the hotel

just minutes earlier.

We don't have more details, but other suspects could be involved.

We hadn't heard from her in almost ten years.

Her real name was Emma Durán.

She worked at El Paraíso Star, a brothel in Marbella.

Ibai Sáez was the bouncer.

They had met first as client and prostitute.

But Emma's case is a strange one.

She started working as a dancer and an escort.

But she ended up being the owner's girlfriend,

Aníbal Ledesma.

His business consisted of recruiting vulnerable young girls.

Many of them foreign, and many of them underage.

Aníbal was meticulous in his selection…

making his club stand out from other places in town.

He offered his girls work in exchange for false promises.

And he kept their passports so they couldn't leave.

Aníbal had a major operation going on there.

Most of his clients were people with money and power

hailing from all over the country.

♪ I'm gonna tear you up again I'm, yeah, I'm nasty… ♪

The perfect cocktail for someone with no moral compass.

Several months earlier, Aníbal set up a new business

in which he offered complete secrecy for his clients.

Good evening, gentlemen, and welcome. If you'd follow me…

Not only did he protect their faces,

but also their names.

They were only known by the number assigned to them

when they arrived.

Only Aníbal knew their true identity.

And only he kept the images of everything that would happen there.

Aníbal entrusted this special service to his crown jewels.

The first one was called Lavanda.

She didn't last long.

She suddenly disappeared and she was replaced by Cassandra,

El Paraíso's latest acquisition.

And she ended up playing a relevant role in this story.

Kimmy Dale.

She held on until the end,

and she gave us the most information when the case blew up.

Candance Russo.

Her murder blew the lid off the torrid business Aníbal had going,

which we'd been investigating in secret for some time.

What happened to her?

What led to her death?

She, Kimmy, and Cassandra

were the madams in charge of the orgies for a long time.

And, actually, those orgies led to Candance Russo's tragic death.

Aníbal, besides absolute anonymity, had promised his clients two things.

That all the girls would be underage,

and almost anything was allowed.

Aníbal knew that his clients were powerful, influential men.

People important enough to destabilize the country

if the details of these orgies ever came to light.

But Aníbal's real profits didn't come from the large sums of money

his clients had to pay to get into those orgies.

The big money came

from the blackmail they were threatened with.

I worked undercover on that case for months.

My assignment was to take down Aníbal's network from the inside.

So I offered a deal to Emma Durán to help us gather information.

But it didn't work out.

And from this point, the facts get convoluted,

and we don't really know what happened.

We know everything that's going on at El Paraíso.

Emma had to choose.

Her only option to avoid ending up behind bars was to betray Aníbal.

She had enough reason to.

But we assume that in the end she decided to break our deal

and tell him that we were after him.

They planned to run away together and disappear with the money.

- Go home. Pick everything up. - Okay.

But these are all just assumptions.

All we know for sure is that Candance did find out.

And Aníbal caught her.

Anyway…

…Candance Russo was brutally murdered.

And we suspect that Cassandra saw it happen.

She disappeared that same night, and we never heard from her again.

But not just her.

Aníbal and Emma vanished as well.

Most importantly, the reason we're here,

is that they took those tapes as an insurance policy.

Rodrigo Gallardo was the officer in charge of the investigation.

The fact that both he and Sáez were found dead is no coincidence.

And obviously that connects us

to everything that happened after Candance Russo's death.

Maybe that was when their relationship started

and apparently they kept it to this day.

The only source Gallardo had to clarify what happened was Kimmy Dale,

Candance's close friend.

She was the one who revealed the existence of the tapes to the police.

Officially, the case remained unsolved.

But we guess that, like us,

Gallardo kept investigating all these years.

It's obvious he and Sáez were looking for the tapes.

AIS LOOK UP

There are people who'd pay a fortune to acquire them.

So that's why Emma Durán died hiding as Sister María?

Emma Durán had a key

that opened a safety deposit box where we suspect the tapes are hidden.

Gallardo and Sáez couldn't find it

because we have it.

The problem is that to open the box, you need two keys.

And who has the second one?

We suspect Aníbal Ledesma,

but we don't know where he is.

There is someone who might know.

Mateo Vidal.

He was in the same prison as Ledesma.

And he spoke to Emma Durán two nights before she died.

He's also connected to Gallardo and Sáez.

Mateo Vidal and his wife have escaped from the hospital.

We have a warrant to begin searching his home.

We'll have to move fast.

Nothing. No sign of Mara and the kids.

And the car is gone.

What is it?

They're in our house.

I don't think so.

No sign. Doesn't look like they've been here.

We have to keep searching.

I'll request a warrant to tap the phones.

of Mateo Vidal and Olivia Costa.

But I don't think it'll be here for three or four hours.

We contacted the rest…

What did you find?

He was investigating an old murder.

Cándida Isabel Russo, Candance.

He had her autopsy in the drawer which was locked.

It's full of pictures and notes.

I need you to take pictures with your phone and send them to me.

I'll do it now.

Thank you.

Gallardo was investigating Candance Russo's death.

His wife just confirmed it.

We don't know why the autopsy's so important though.

But we should find out.

This makes no sense at all. That case is closed.

There is someone who can help us.

Who?

- What is it? - Mara.

Sorry to call this late, but I'm in trouble.

I'm at your house. I need to borrow your car.

Well, I'm at Jorge's.

The kids had a birthday party in Barcelona.

They stayed over at their friend's.

It's important.

- You're scaring me. - I can't explain. Listen to me.

No matter what you hear,

you have to trust me.

Okay?

Both bodies were found last night.

The police suspect the person behind these deaths could be Mateo Vidal,

an ex-convict sentenced for his involvement

in the death of Daniel Vera,

a college student who died during a fight nine years ago.

- Yes? - We're here to see Mr. Friedman.

I talked to him earlier. He's waiting for us. Teo Aguilar.

Come in.

Please wait here.

Otis, we have some visitors.

Oh, thank you, Bowie. Thank you.

Otis.

Agent Aguilar.

It's been so long.

And how can I help you?

This is all I could find. I think it's enough.

- Why do we need it? - We have to go.

Go where?

Olivia,

I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what the fuck is going on.

Gallardo and I kept in touch for some time

while I wrote the story about Candance Russo's murder.

But he never let me see this.

How is he?

He died tonight.

Hmm.

I see.

Otis, we have all the pieces of the puzzle but we're missing something.

What could be so important in an autopsy from so many years ago?

- He underlined that she suffered from AIS. - He underlined a lot of things.

Do you know what AIS is?

No.

AIS is androgen insensitivity syndrome.

Candance Russo had XY chromosomes.

Which means that she was partially a man.

But... So she had balls and hairy armpits?

She had a vagina,

but she couldn't menstruate or have children.

AIS probably turned her into a prized asset coveted by everybody, and...

Otis,

three people are already dead because of all of this.

Is there anything you know that we don't about the murder of Candance Russo?

No, my friend.

Everything I know about Candance's murder

is the story you're already aware of.

Aníbal, he killed her because she discovered

he was using them to blackmail some very powerful clients.

The death of Candance Russo was a tragedy.

Oh, she had such skills beyond anything ever seen before.

What kind of skills?

Oh!

She and Kimmy Dale had an unforgettable act.

They were beasts straight from hell,

but dancing

in Paradise.

♪ Switch me on ♪

♪ Turn me up… ♪

Come with me.

♪ Switch me on… ♪

Where are we going?

I must have a picture of that act.

It's entrancing.

Why do you know a nun called María Luján?

How do you know that?

The police are linking me to her death

because someone made a call from a landline in this house

two days before she died.

Last Saturday, Carla asked me to cover for her. I was at the office.

You came instead.

I didn't tell anybody, but I know you made that call.

It must be here.

I called from here. Didn't wanna leave a trace on my cell.

- What do you mean? - We had a code.

- What code? What are you saying? - What happened to Emma?

Emma?

María Luján's name was Emma.

Otis, this isn't relevant to the case.

Forget it. We really have to go.

My friend.

Please tell me what happened to her.

All I know is she got pushed through a window

and someone faked her suicide.

I've been protecting you.

But I can't keep doing this.

Olivia.

I need you to tell me.

Ah! Here it is.

I want the truth now, Olivia.

Look. The beasts unveiled without their masks.

If you don't tell me, I'm walking out of here right now.

Just hold me please.

Because after telling you this, I don't know if you ever will again.

What are you saying?

The link connecting all three murders isn't Mateo Vidal. It's Candance Russo.

Candance Russo is dead.

No.

She's not.

Her name is Olivia Costa.

And she's Mateo Vidal's wife.

My name's not Olivia.

What?

My name is Cándida Isabel Russo.

And everything you know about me is a lie.