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I consider shooting an art to some extent.

Like playing an instrument. Playing a violin, for example.

You see professionals playing the violin at frightening speed,

and you say, "How can he move his hands like that? I can't even see his fingers."

And yet he is playing a melody with a sweetness that fills your senses.

Shooting has some similarities.

That speed is not at odds with fluidity.

At the starting whistle, assemble your weapon

and fire five shots at the target in front of you.

And you must hit the center.

Not the head, not the hip, not the waist.

You have to hit the center. Begin.

Where did the shots go?

Safety, not engaged.

What is this?

The way he holds the gun, I don't know where he was aiming.

I was about to stop him. He holds it like this.

None of them are on target. Look at this.

Number eight.

He doesn't even know how to put his safety on.

-One, two off target. -Count that, 10, 20, 30.

And eight was a disaster.

-This one... -Eight.

This is before I saw the target. Look at what I had already written down.

-Got it. Understood. -Okay?

Does that one count?

Yes, but round him up, because we're interested in this one.

What should we do here, Tizón?

Looking at what you scored, I can count them all out or all in.

-You see that? -Yes, Instructor.

-What should we do? -Whatever you see fit.

Does your hand always shake so much when you shoot?

I'm just asking.

Just now, Instructor. Normally, I'm calmer.

And why now?

Do you think that when you engage in an armed confrontation

the situation will be more comfortable than it is now?

-No, Instructor. -No one is shooting at us now.

We're not under any real threat, we're just in training.

I know, Instructor.

If you can't face and overcome this situation,

when we have a real engagement, it will be much worse.

-This is based on my own experience. -Yes, Instructor.

I'll try to do better, Instructor.

Once you reach a minimum level of training,

once you're physically fit enough to be in the group,

you meet the standard of the group,

from that point on, what is a good G.E.O. officer?

You can't be a good G.E.O. officer if you're not a good shot.

SPAIN'S ELITE POLICE: BEYOND LIMITS

EPISODE 3 BASIC TRAINING

G.E.O. BASE

DAY 7

Please lower your voices. It's really loud.

On your feet!

Sit down.

I have news to report, okay?

Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad.

-Tizón. -Yes, Instructor.

Give me your armband, please.

Okay.

You and everyone else. Please.

Sit down.

You can get over your shock.

I just want to let you know that the teambuilding phase is over.

Okay?

Nothing changes. The screening remains the same,

you're still being scored constantly.

Remember my phrase, Mathematics never fails.

There are 46 of you right now, if I'm not mistaken.

The good thing is that it's not a competition with the next guy.

What the guy next to you does is totally unrelated to you.

I don't even have any obligation to fill any slots at all.

If nobody works out, I pass zero of you,

I've done it in the past, and that's that.

-Smile! -Tomorrow will be worse!

-It's tough! -It's G.E.O.!

Hey, guys.

Leaving home, leaving everything you have, is not easy at all.

But...

After all, those are the rules of the game.

My wife, we've been together for 13 years.

My daughter and my son.

He's two-and-a-half and she's...

36 days old.

The main thing was to be sure of this. Both for me and my wife.

It's been hard for me,

but the effort she's put in at home has been admirable.

If I'm here it's because I want to be.

It's something you choose.

To fulfill a dream.

And every day it becomes clearer to me.

The only thing I ask is that they take my injuries into account.

And everything else, the work, the sacrifice...

the humility... And it will come eventually.

Damn, man!

-It's a mess. -How did that happen?

I slipped and twisted my ankle.

-Just like that, huh? -Yeah.

We'll see how it goes on Monday. I'm going to rest, ice it...

and try to see the physio on Saturday.

On the way down I had my weight on it and I slipped on a rock.

I'm the same with my foot. By the end, you're dodging and dodging...

-And you load it up even more. -Can you put my jacket over there?

Anyway, I'll try to hang in there.

-That's right. -Thanks a lot, man.

No problem.

I studied veterinary medicine.

I worked as a veterinarian.

I loved it, but...

I would see a police car go by and I'd say...

"That looks interesting."

I was on a scholarship abroad,

and it was while I was abroad that I made the decision to return to Spain,

to return to my city and...

in a way, to leave everything behind and focus on this.

DAY 12

The physical injury report would be a blister on the sole of my foot,

my quadriceps are not responding as well as I would like them to.

My back, my neck...

I would say that physical activity right now is my...

OFFICER ALCÁNTARA

Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.

Get your asses down, it's wire netting.

It's not barbed, but you can't touch the wire.

Duck your hips and head and go through it at full speed.

You should be eating up that wire. This is not the speed I want.

Keep going.

No, don't hook your foot.

Lift up with your core.

Lift up and turn by engaging your core.

Don't hook your feet anywhere.

Let's see if we can get something right at least once.

Come on, get over the bar.

You're going to miss your bonus, sir. Tick-tock.

Pelayo is very harsh.

It sucks, doesn't it? I mean, how shitty it is

to want to do something and you can't do it, and, to top it off,

they're waiting to see that you're not able to do it.

If you don't like this, just throw in the towel.

This is voluntary.

You're trying to do the test, you can't,

and he's telling you, "You're running out of chances,

"you're running out of chances, you're running out of chances..." Well...

It gets to you and it makes a deep impact.

Pelayo cuts very deep.

You're brooding, with your head down.

I've never in my life let an obstacle defeat me.

I've knocked myself out on an obstacle, but I've never l let one defeat me.

Defeatism is no good to the G.E.O.

Then do it.

Get down from there. Obstacle failed. Let's move on.

Later you'll ask yourselves, "Why was I discharged?"

Seeing that you can't physically keep up with the pace also tortures you.

I hope I can recover.

My legs are bad today, but they'll be better tomorrow.

That's what you have to keep in mind.

You have to keep that balance in your head,

to know how to handle it, and say, "Today I'm here, tomorrow I'll be there.

"Let's do our best to stay there and..."

DAY 14

-Pelayo. -Yes, sir?

Maybe they didn't see you. Can you all look at Pelayo?

-If my balls itch, I ignore them. -When I say, "Pelayo!"

At your command, sir, what is it?

-Are you okay? -Perfect, sir.

-No, change it, "No, yes, I'm fine." -I'm not...

"Oh, I'm so tired. This, that."

Of course, they made us run.

The G.E.O. is a very disciplined unit.

And when you are at attention...

And this is the last time I'll say this. You don't move no matter what.

You only have the right to move for two reasons.

One, if you're asked a question, you're allowed to move your mouth.

And two, by fainting.

That's how you stand at attention here and in 185 countries in the world.

Anything else is a disgrace.

Try once and for all to make me proud of this group.

And I'm not making anything up. This is true in all places and locations.

There's no need for us to look at our teammate to see what he says.

No need to lift your head up that much either.

I'd rather you'd run faster.

Yes, Instructor, at your command.

-Tizón. -At your command, Instructor.

Fall out and come here in front of your teammates. Next to me.

Here, facing your teammates, order push-up position.

Teammates, push-up position.

I told you yesterday in the assembly hall.

Education, respect, hierarchy.

We already know these things as policemen.

Count to 30, so that we can see...

No, you just count, your teammates will do 30.

-One! -Slowly, slowly.

There is no one in my family who wears anything remotely resembling a uniform.

Zero, no one. So I had no real role models,

not even in my social circle.

When I look back now, I had no one

who had any connection to law enforcement, the military, etc.

But ever since I was a child, I've had this calling.

Every time I watched the news, even when I was a little boy,

a parade would always catch my attention. Uniforms caught my attention.

I was born in Asturias,

in a very beautiful fishing town on the coast, near Galicia.

And, after all, people from the north,

especially from Asturias, we never lose touch with the area.

We're always very connected to everything. I don't know why that is,

but your heart is always there.

Not everyone gets along in a small town,

but there is much more personal contact. Everybody knows everybody.

Sometimes it's a good thing and sometimes it's not.

But the interaction is much more intimate.

Living in a small town is nothing like living in a city,

where everything is much more depersonalized.

You interact with people,

with their small problems, their great virtues...

Everything. For better or worse, you're more connected.

And I suppose that also forges your character a little bit.

It's impossible not to be touched by it.

I move in a little bit. And back.

And every once in a while, I do the one, two.

We turn.

There. Let's get down to business.

Begin!

My father was focused on his cattle and his family.

That was his life.

Everything we do is designed to save our lives at some point.

I don't remember a time when he wasn't doing something

at home or with his family. We did everything together.

He didn't go out to bars with his friends.

He didn't have a lot of friends outside the house.

He had acquaintances in town, relatives,

but everything was always very much linked to his family,

to his family nucleus.

He was an introverted man, friendly, depending on the occasion.

And he gave you that affection that introverted people give,

which is maybe more powerful

than the affection that extroverted people show. I don't know.

He didn't need to say "I love you." In fact,

he must've said it to me very few times in my life,

but it wasn't necessary.

Just a look, a gesture... that was enough.

I have to train them on a physical level and on an educational level...

Of basic education.

I treat it like the education I'm giving my children.

Get up.

Can you go on?

I try to instill values in them.

Respect, making them hard-working people,

making them good people, so that they help others...

I try to educate them.

I try to educate them like my parents educated me.

Up.

Your hands hurt, don't they?

Well, when we're out there,

that's what they want to do, hurt us. They want to rip our heads off.

If anyone's thinking that...

I'm picking on you by hitting you or...

I don't care.

I am simply showing you what you're like.

Whether you like fighting or not,

or whether you're going to back down the day you cross a 220-pound guy

who wants to rip your head off,

the reaction you will have then is the one you've just had today.

Some things won't change,

whether we spend 40 weeks or three years learning them.

Some things you either have or you don't.

He hit me full on.

-What happened? -Óscar knocked me out.

I mean, he hit me perfectly.

He went like this, and punched me full on.

Literally.

I got hit from all sides today, sure,

but I've realized that I'm defending myself better,

I'm dodging the blows more, I'm throwing my punches better,

it's not like before, when I looked sloppy, doing this...

No, now I can see that I am more composed, I have more technique,

I hit better and I protect myself better.

Try to make these shots... Get a good grip,

take clear aim...

Some people call me "Samu, the kid."

I'm always the youngest in the group. In Ávila, I was one of the smallest too.

Come on, let's fire, 45 degrees.

And everyone called me, "The kid. The kid."

Down. Fire!

I could have waited, sure.

People would say to me, "Maybe you're too young."

But why? Why wait and delay the dream?

Maybe at 26, the Instructors, Pelayo, Sanz, Barroso, or whoever,

would see something in me that would make them say,

"Hey, this kid is good for the group."

-What time will you have dinner? -We're leaving at about 7:50.

I'm going to stretch and leave.

-How's your eye? -Well, you know, pretty fucked up.

Are we eating outside?

I mean, I'd like to, but first I need to...

-Stretch? -I need to stretch.

I need to stretch

I need to stretch. I need to lie down and talk to my wife.

I need to stretch

Hey, listen, it's fucked up, you know?

Listen, we've done so many push-ups with the water thing...

-Hi, baby. -How are you, honey?

I'm good. Just got back from the doctor. How are you?

Good, you know, been thinking all day about...

-How's our girl? What did they say? -I was having contractions.

-I saw the pictures. -The nurse asked me,

"Are you in pain?" I said, "No."

She says, "You're having contractions."

I said, "Well, it's been going on for a while,

"and since I didn't know what it was..."

DAY 16

When we say, "Advance,"

you advance. "Fall back," you fall back.

When we say, "Fire," stop and fire two shots to the chest,

and a third to the head.

Load your weapons with a magazine.

Chamber a round.

Release safety.

Take position now.

Fire!

One teammate on the line is already dead. Why?

Because when the threat came, meaning me,

and I went to take him down, what did you do?

You dropped the magazine.

You're up against a piece of cardboard.

If you're in combat, and I appear, and... Fire!

Bang!

Your opponent has already killed you 10 times over

and he's having a coffee in the bar. Understand?

I'm not saying it again.

Come towards me, safety on. Come towards me.

Get up and come towards me! Come on, quick. Come on, walk.

While you walk, come on, get it together. Don't let go of the gun.

Safety on. Don't get nervous, take it easy.

No, chamber it. Keep walking, chamber it.

Don't let go of the gun. Come.

No, chamber it. Chamber it. Open up. Keep moving.

Keep checking the scene.

Come on. No, take out the magazine.

Listen to me. Don't get nervous.

Load the cartridge directly into the chamber.

Figure it out. Don't let go of the gun. Open the chamber.

Keep checking the scene.

Come on, open it up. Leave it open.

Okay, kneel down. Okay.

Without letting go of the gun. Heart rate at 3,000.

Got it? Get up. Take the magazine with your weak hand.

Take your position. Aiming for the safe area.

Kneel down.

Okay! You're ready for bed today.

Come on, weapon safety.

-Martín, have you learned your lesson? -Yes.

Change the targets.

I remember every little thing that the instructors tell me.

I try to remember every detail they say,

because, in the end, knock on wood, God forbid we leave the course,

but, if tomorrow, for whatever reason, I don't stay in the course,

it will be useful in my regular job. It will be useful in my daily life.

As for falling asleep in class, I don't know what you're doing here,

but we are making an effort. Our colleague here prepares the classes

so that you understand them, for your training.

Because we've already been here. We know all of this.

This is to train you.

And I will not allow anyone to fall asleep in class.

We sleep on weekends. Today's Monday.

-Okay? -Yes.

No one falls asleep. You see any of the instructors sleeping?

No, Instructor.

It's no good to me.

Keep it in mind. Get your thoughts in order.

If you are going to waste people's time, you can ask to be discharged. Because...

-No, far from it. Really. -You won't last long here.

-Really. I'm very sorry. -This is the last time.

I'm sorry, Deputy Inspector.

DAY 20

One, two, three, four, five.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

-What's wrong? -Right now, the problem with my foot

is that I have an infected sore on the sole of my foot.

And that's why I still can't put any weight on it.

It's from yesterday's hike, maybe I stepped on something.

My foot is swollen, maybe infected.

When the exercise is over, go get it checked out.

-Yes, Instructor. -Understood?

There's a lot of time left, you look at your teammates

and you think, "They're machines."

They're really good, and you think,

"This is impossible," or "I'm not going to make it." Or...

I don't know, it's complicated.

When you know that the next activity is something that you can't do,

that causes you pain, and you know you won't be able to do it

with the intensity you would like to,

you get depressed.

You're afraid

of having to leave the course because you're screwed, really screwed.

DAY 25

Okay, Tizón and company,

I'm going to give you your first G.E.O. operational mission.

This will be your course mascot. Meet Sasha.

Tizón, stand up for a moment, please.

So that they can't see.

You can see that the pressure in the bottle right now is 50 bars, right?

If Sasha goes below 20 bars, she dies.

The operatives are going to be hell-bent

on taking her away from you or draining Sasha's lungs.

So the mission is to protect Sasha at all times, never leave her alone.

Day and night,

she has to be in sight. You can't put her in a trunk

because Sasha will suffocate, obviously.

And her lungs must never drop below 20 bars.

Below 20, you will have failed your first mission.

Understand?

-Yes, Instructor. -Then give her a kiss.

The seven of us who are on staff in this operation have the same mission.

I don't want to be mocked by my people

because they took the cannister away from you.

The Cabra Commandos are

the operatives from the last G.E.O. course.

It's a battle between students and the operational section.

The role of our colleagues is to steal the mascot,

and the role of the students is to defend it with all their might

in all activities, wherever they are.

DAY 26

We messed up.

We did something we shouldn't have done.

So...

when you do something you shouldn't do,

there's someone who comes at you with a sledgehammer.

Class, attention!

-Good morning. -Good morning.

We have news, Instructors.

First, a medical report from our teammate Juanma.

-What happened to him? -It's his knee.

-Second... -Good morning, operative.

A key from the gear room is missing. We've been using the copy.

-And third, we've been-- -From the course room?

Yes.

And third and most important, Sasha has been stolen from us.

What do you mean, Sasha was stolen?

Sasha was kidnapped last night.

What happened?

-What happened? -She's gone.

What do you mean, she's gone? Who took her?

The Cabra Commandos came last night.

And you couldn't defend her?

That was your task.

Sasha was sleeping in one of the rooms.

The operatives came to wake us up.

They told us that we had to put on exercise clothes and go downstairs.

OFFICER SÁNCHEZ DELGADO

We didn't know if it was part of the course,

if there were any instructors. We were asleep, it was 3:00 a.m.

We got up, put on our sport shirts, we went out, with all the commotion,

they took the opportunity to go into the room, take Sasha,

and so they took her away.

Losing Sasha, I mean, it's their mascot, their responsibility,

and they have to ensure that nothing happens to her, they must protect her.

If they lose her

or she suffers damage, they know what happens.

I want everybody using a crawl stroke!

Get your heads in the water!

I want Sasha with me.

Is that clear, Tizón?

When there's a screw-up, you face up to it and deal with it.

We all make mistakes in life, but you have to accept them, always.

Everyone out of the pool.

You have one minute to put your shoes on.

-Counting! -This isn't over.

Let's see if you leave another of your peers behind.

Try to do something right, at least for one day.

Not everything assigned to us in this life will be pleasant.

And one minute. Sanz, out. We're leaving.

Come on! The MP5 is already slung.

Sometimes you'll be given a scuba tank to protect.

It's not the most enjoyable thing you've done in your life,

but it should be the most important thing to you.

Shame on you, gentlemen.

You aren't understanding what we want.

I wouldn't go anywhere with you bunch.

Wouldn't go anywhere!

Come on, up we go. Climb any way you can!

-Come on! -Let's go, gentlemen!

This has only just begun.

Some of you are hoping to collapse and fall unconscious.

And wake up in the Guadalajara hospital. That's not going to happen.

Whoever can't make it will be discharged.

Let's go, gentlemen!

They have to realize that they are not here individually,

it's not just them, it's the group.

And the group will often pay

for the mistakes we make as individuals.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

-Help him out. -Hold on.

-You can't do it on your own. -Yes, I can.

Your place is at the top, gentlemen.

Tell your stories then.

-Let's see who's last! -Come on! Who will it be?

He's already walking.

Bollo, stand like that with the tire up, take a rest.

Count to 15 for your teammates.

-Count to 15. -One.

-Two, three, four, five, six. -What's that?

-You're only moving your arms. -Seven, eight.

-Go all the way down. -Nine, ten,

eleven, twelve,

thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.

-Martín, get your ass down! -You with the tire,

-let's get you in shape. -Let's go!

What is this? A fun run or what?

Come on, with me.

The class is going that way, let's go. Come on.

An orthopedic surgeon has to confirm it,

and... rest. Rest and anti-inflammatories.

I told him that I was doing continuous physical activity,

and he said, of course you can't recover with physical activity.

Obviously.

Today, on the run, I trailed the whole the time.

Even when we restarted,

I thought I was sprinting, but after two minutes I was last again.

DAY 28

Come on, gentlemen!

Go!

Let's go!

There's one too many and I want it in the bag.

One to spare, in the bag.

For example.

Come on!

And now a little more intensity.

-Like this? -Right, and more.

Pull my neck with your hand crossed over, tuck my forearm in here,

and now sink your weight onto me.

More.

I can't take this. I just can't.

I have to do whatever it takes to get out of this.

Your legs may fail,

you may not shoot well, you may not do this well,

or you may not do that well, but you're at the G.E.O. base.

You are being trained by the G.E.O.

And we forget that, and we shouldn't.

I think that's where we can get a lot of strength from.

Raise your right leg, lift it up.

Sankaku in, elbow hooked.

Close, close well.

More.

Okay.

-That's it. -Okay.

That's it. What more do you want?

But it has never crossed my mind to say,

"I don't want to be here,"

"It's not worth it," or "I quit."

You can't be obsessed with, "Don't run, don't..."

Or "Don't do this, don't do that."

Fate plays its part, luck plays its part,

and, in the end, you can't control everything.

Push forward with your hips.

That's it. And continue. Do not wait. And balance.

If you're not psychologically up to it,

why drag it out?

A weight has been lifted off my shoulders,

because I had been thinking about it for a couple of days.

There are people who are much worse than me,

and it doesn't even cross their minds to quit.

This is something you never forget.

It's one thing to imagine it and to hear about it,

and another thing to live it.

DAY 30

Okay, gentlemen, are you ready?

You have to wake yourselves up

and start convincing me

that you are future G.E.O. candidates.

That attitude has to change now.

I hope you get it back soon.

And I hope you stop letting the whole operational section

make fools out of you.

Because when they laugh at you, they're laughing at me.

And it pisses me off.

Do you hear me?

Yes, Instructor.

Paul, when is the next negotiation, the next contact?

As soon as I pick up the phone in the room.

As soon as I get to the room and pick up the phone,

I'll start to talk to them.

Keep me posted.

If Sasha doesn't show up, we're getting wet again.

As a leader, it's a defeat,

but the people who are fighting

to take Sasha away from them think as a team,

they're good commandos

and they've conducted a G.E.O. operation and succeeded.

In the middle of the night,

maybe around 2:00 a.m.,

we got a message saying that we had to go to the garage,

stand next to a car with a license plate they had given us...

Well, we'll accept this.

-Yeah. -We have no choice.

-I'll go tell the guys. -Okay.

We go down to the garage, to where the car is,

and we find the first clue in a metal container.

In fact, where the car is, there are a few metal containers

and many cartridge cases on the floor.

From ammunition that had been fired.

And of course, there are no clues.

So, we call the operative...

Okay. Roger that, operative.

Right.

The clue is inside a metal container.

He asked me how many metal containers there are.

I say, "Three," and he laughs. Each case is a container.

There may be more.

Let's keep looking.

"Colors of blood and gold shine on our flag.

"There is not enough gold to buy it and not enough blood to beat it."

That message takes us to the flag that is at the base's entrance.

On the flag there's another message talking about hypothermia,

so it's obvious that it's talking about our beloved swimming pool.

We go to the swimming pool

and, at the bottom, we find

some sort of enclosed container,

where we assume there is another clue.

The paper got wet.

"Three brave companions." The dogs. Let's go.

We go there, we pick up another clue in the kennels...

And well, from clue to clue, we are led to the heliport.

And there's Sasha, at the heliport, with her stickers...

And, so, that night, we took Sasha,

we got to the rooms, we cleaned her up, we left her ready for the next day,

and that's when we presented her to the course director.

It is a mission.

It's a game,

but, in the end, it's all meant to teach values.

My mouth is dry from saying it.

We are a team here.

When Sasha works, the team works.

Give me a hand, please.

-What do you need? -Pull from there.

I am very small as a unit. I am nothing alone.

I am invincible when I am with my team, with my people.

That is one of the lessons that the G.E.O. knows very well.

We work as a team,

and we select people who work well as a team.

In the end, it's all an education.

It's seven and a half months of G.E.O. education.

So that they know,

or at least have a pretty good idea,

and don't end up saying,

"I was deceived, I thought this was different."

My goal, and the goal of all my staff is to make sure that those who finish

have a clear idea,

as clear as possible, of what they are getting into.

Otherwise, I will have failed.

DAY 32

Calling this a pandemic means

that the epidemic has spread over several countries,

continents or the entire world...