01x05 - Episode 5

[bunniefuu]

[drawers opening]

[somber music playing]

{\an8}BIANCA
MISSED CALL

Inez?

This appellate judge you got to play along
and reject our habeas corpus,

do I know the guy?

Inez…

What do I have to do?

Send him a nice whiskey,
or is it something dirtier than that?

I… I came over here because I wanted
to tell you, to protect you.

I'm so grateful, thanks. Mm. My hero.

No, no, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
Come on, let's…

Lemme… I wanna talk, okay? Let me explain.

You can't. You can't. Quit trying!

This has never been your strong suit!

You were always best
with shady deals and loopholes.

I was on my own, alright?

Right?

I never had a father who could protect me.

[tense music playing]

[sighs]

Tina has us backed into a corner.

f*ck, she pressured us all!

Inez, she's dangerous.
She's the police chief.

Is she?

[Murilo sighs]

You know, Tina's been upfront at least.

But you pretend to be a friend,
which is far worse.

Supporting my filing,
then behind the scenes you just f*ck me!

With this habeas corpus you'd be f*cked.
Damn it, Ana and Pedro are the ones--

-See that? You never take responsibility!
-I tried to stop it. I tried to!

You tried? Okay, fine! Then you failed.

Enough already.
I'm sick of the irony! Enough! [sighs]

Will you hear me out or not?

No.

[inhales sharply] You need
to get real, Inez.

You honestly believe
you can go against her,

the chief of police,
with some college kids?

I do.

So maybe, sure, I'm an idiot.

Or maybe not.

But I am, though.

For trusting you.

[somber music playing]

Well, you were arrogant.

See, you had plenty
of evidence to free Jonathan.

He's in prison because of you.
You always want more.

[sighs]

I was afraid. For your sake.

I couldn't take it.

I just about lost you.

Just about?

[Murilo sighs]

Take the damn rug.

[Murilo] One day, you'll understand.

This was the best solution.

For whom?

For the two of us.

There's no "us." Alright, Murilo?

This meant a lot to me when we split.
Wanna know why I kept it?

Because I liked to think
the Murilo I loved before could return.

I was wrong, I guess.

The Inez that I…

that I knew has disappeared on me too.

Or else she's just trapped somewhere
under this facade of an outraged victim.

Seems easier, huh?

Than facing
whatever the grim reality is and…

coming up with real solutions, like I am.

If you want me to believe
that using an innocent young man to win--

That's what you did, right?

It was.

And it tortures me every day without end.

What has me shocked
is that you don't care at all.

Don't leave without your rug.

Hey, Bê. I was waiting for you.
Want a ride?

I don't understand how some lawyers
manage to sleep at night.

I mean, shovelling food
like nothing happened?

Have you got no shame at all?

Chill, Bê. Is this because
of the habeas corpus?

We all worked non stop through the night
to help Inez get Jonathan out

and you pull that stunt last minute.

You're in way deeper
than your group realizes.

Everything surrounding this, Tina…
It's why I begged you to leave the group.

Well, I'll do you one better.

[somber music playing]

I'm leaving home.

I've seen the wreck
that your life's become, Pedro.

I'll pretend I didn't just hear that.

This wreck still raised you.

Pays for tuition, everything.

Then don't worry.
I won't be asking you for anything.

I'll go back and live with Mom.

In Buenos Aires?

How? Using my card to buy a plane ticket?

Now it's clear to me
why she decided to bail.

I did the right thing.

I was trying to save
the most important thing in the world.

Your career?

To save you.

We made a lot of notes
on these files together.

Take it as a keepsake.

A keepsake of the wrongs
your chief has done?

I guess I'd better keep it.

So you don't leak more info
to your evil boss.

You don't understand anything.
I wasn't the monster at all.

I thought you'd see me,
Lima, but apparently--

Oh, I saw you.

I just didn't like what I saw.

[tense music playing]

It's a no-go, the habeas corpus.

Thanks to you.

I was so f*cking honest with you too.

f*cking honest.

Things just got… got weird,
and I was confused.

Such a sensitive guy.

I said, "Go and protect her," and…
You went there and got confused. [sighs]

Look, I'm being honest with you right now.

You screw me over and screw her. [laughs]

-I'm sorry.
-[Bianca] Oh, please.

I've been confused too, okay?

There's plenty I've been dealing with,
you know. I've got ghosts of my own.

-[Murilo] I don't wanna lose you.
-But you chase after your ghosts.

I thought that I was in control, but I…

I couldn't stand living without, well…

Without me?

Or without Inez?

Without you, Bianca.

Let's go, Uli. We're late.

You go ahead. This is my spring break,
I gotta chill out.

Yeah, you wish. Now hurry, Uli, get up.

-No. I don't like Silvane.
-Get up and change.

Come on, I won't be gone for long.

Ugh.

Let's go.

I hate changing my clothes,
I hate Silvane,

I hate you, and I only like Silas.

Look, I'm also sad
Silas won't answer my calls.

[somber music playing]

So do you miss Silas like I do?

He'll show up again.

So just help me out a bit, Uli.

Your feet.

Silvane!

Silvane.

Silvane?

You know what, hon? I need someone
to help me today, an assistant.

Wanna come?

[sighs]

So basically, this is all bullshit.

[door opens]

Hey, there! I brought along
a court assistant for today.

-Is that her brother, or…?
-What's up, man? You good?

-Say hi, Uli.
-Hi.

You lending us a hand today?

No, she just didn't have anybody else
to help watch me.

Hey, nice hat. What team is that?

-This team here?
-[Inez laughs]

-You don't know what team this is? No way.
-[Inez] Ah.

This is only the biggest team in Brazil.
Dude, it's Vasco, the giant of the hill.

What team do you follow?

-The one your mother likes?
-Mother?

She's his mom?

Tell them your favorite team.

It's the same one Silas likes.
Corinthians. Go, Corinthians!

-Go, Corinthians!
-[Lima] Go, Corinthians!

How cute, but now it's time
to move on, huh?

Let's just put on a kids movie
so we can keep working.

Mom, can I draw?

-Please.
-[Ulisses] Awesome.

Here, I'll take your bag.

Sit here.

Well, basically, the law office,
well, the lawyers Renata Vasquez's has--

The Borrmann law firm filed an opposition
to our petition, that's why it failed.

They spoke to the appellate judge,
then he dismissed us.

And it took them an hour to do it?
Big d*ck energy.

Oh! Dude, watch it.

Can someone look
into this appellate judge?

I'm on it. I can dig up all his dirt.

[phone vibrating]

[somber music playing]

UNKNOWN NUMBER

[music turns eerie]

Who is this?

Who's there?

-What, more threats?
-Tina?

Okay, the judge
on the case is called Fausto Nilo,

appellate duty judge
that serves the court of justice.

Great, he's basically a senior
appellate judge, powerful as hell.

-So a judge who judges the judges.
-Yeah.

Okay, we'll have to file
a petition to reverse it.

That means we need to list arguments.

Find elements to reinforce
what we already presented.

The opposing firm's ethical conduct
throughout the case.

They have conflicts of interest, also.

In plain English now?

We're grabbing this bull by the horns.

[Bernardo] Can you give your mentor
a little message?

Tell her that if she wants
to stop us from serving justice,

she's gonna have to try a lot harder

because Inez is awesome and we're awesome.

We've got charm, charisma, and presence.

Things you guys clearly don't have.
Kisses, bye.

[ominous music playing]

Something I should know about?

No.

Family stuff.
Yeah, they're a pain in the butt.

Hm.

So, then? Anything new
with your professor?

No.

Uh, could you please review this?
I'm going to hand it in today at 3:00.

Her reputation's interesting,
don't you think?

I heard she can't go
into a courtroom anymore, that true?

Yeah. She's um, unique.

They say that since being shot
in court, she's completely off her rocker.

[Bernardo] Look who's
in this photo together. Fausto and Tina.

-Ugh. Of course she is.
-Look.

My God. That b*tch is a criminal,
but I'm still jealous.

She really networks
like a pro, doesn't she?

Finished. I sent over the last page again.

Fausto denied a habeas corpus for a man
who had been tortured by police in 2017.

Then last year, I guess received
a legislative medal of merit and…

from what I can see,
he's about to retire, apparently.

Great, good riddance.

Got a girlfriend?

Not anymore.

Silas got mad at my mom
because of you, you know?

[eerie sting]

Done! Right, here it is.

Okay, I'm going. I'm going over there
to talk to Fausto in court.

No, no, no, no.
Don't look at me like that.

It is what it is. There's no other way,
is there? No, there isn't.

So… Okay, here we go. I'm going. Even if
I have to follow him into the bathroom.

It's going to work.
We can win this face-to-face.

Hey, face-to-face is my jam. I'll go too.

This'll work, right?

Right.

[tense music playing]

PRISON POLICE
PRISONER TRANSPORT

[heartbeat thuds]

COURT HOUSE

[music intensifies]

[Murilo] Inez!

Inez?

[heartbeat thuds faster]

[faint g*nsh*t sounds]

[faint screaming]

[Murilo] Inez!

-[Ulisses] Okay, get ready!
-[Lima laughs] Come on.

-Let's go!
-Here I come!

Come here, right here. Whoosh! [laughs]
Hey, it's my turn now. You ready?

I'm gonna sh**t, I'm gonna sh**t!

-Here comes the goal!
-[Ulisses strains]

Goal!

-That doesn't count.
-No?

-I'm getting the ball now.
-Let's go.

-[strains]
-Now what?

An elastico! Pow!

And look at that cross.

Here. Look, look! [laughs]

That's an impressive dribble, kid.
How'd you learn that?

With Silas.

With Silas? [sighs]

Maybe you can call him now?

I miss hanging with my family too.
I don't live with my parents.

And to me,
I think it's kinda nice we can miss folks.

'Cause it shows how much
we really care for each other.

Got grandparents you see?
You stay with them on your breaks?

No, I stay with Silas mostly.
Or some annoying lady who's our neighbor.

Oh.

[sighs] My grandma's in jail.

Guys, I'm sorry.

I really am sorry. I can't do it.

No problem. We'll try again later.

Look. Hey, isn't that him?

Get him. Go on.

Judge Fausto! Your Honor,
may I speak with you?

Inez Franco. Inez Franco, lawyer.

Is it about a case of yours?

It's about a habeas corpus that was filed.

I only discuss procedural issues
back in my office, you know that.

-Yes, but this is an urgent case.
-I'm already finished up for the day.

I'll be quick.

It's about the injunction request
in the HC of Jonathan Ferreira dos Santos.

So file a petition on the record.
Schedule a hearing with me in chambers.

Yes, your Honor, we've submitted already

and this motion is a second application
to short the urgent request.

Another law firm
with conflicting interests obstructed us.

-Councillor, I will not prejudge--
-Our motion is perfect, sir.

You shouldn't be wasting
your time on this.

My time, rather.

This case doesn't merit
a writ of habeas corpus.

If your filing
is as flawless as you claim,

you know that a criminal review
is what you really need to pursue.

Please, there's no point
in forcing a shortcut,

much less trying to resolve this
on the basis of habeas corpus.

Excuse me.

These games with the habeas…

You think it's the same sh*t
every time that somebody files?

Uh… Be careful, okay?

Uh, just… just try to be careful,
please? Be careful.

-Okay?
-What do we do with the kid?

I don't know, dude.
I'm completely out of ideas at this point.

Me too, like I'm just totally empty.
I've got no faith in this, faith in law…

In Raquel.

Hey, what?

If it wasn't for her, we'd be golden.

-What about your dad's law firm?
-Don't go there. I'm sick of it.

-You can dish it out but can't take it?
-Hey, I gotta go.

-Uh…
-Where do I pee at?

-You good in there?
-Uh-huh.

[sighs]

Hey.

You know about Marina's mother?
She's in prison.

-Prison?
-Yeah.

-Prison like…?
-Uh-huh. But just keep it to yourself.

-Her son said so.
-What did her mother do?

You know what? I feel so disappointed
right now in everybody.

Did you know that Marina and Jonathan…

They have a thing.

-"A thing"? What sort of thing?
-Like a thing, I don't know.

Holy sh*t, man. Uh… Inez know about it?

Come on, man.
Nobody else knows anything about this.

Lima, if you say anything,
I'll say that you… I'll deny it.

Okay.

My bad. I shouldn't have said
it's Raquel's fault.

-Thanks.
-Heard from her at all?

Nothing since she moved stuff out.

She left? Seriously?

That's crazy.
I actually just left home too.

Where are you going?

No idea yet.

I guess there's my place now.

Can we eat, please?

[sighs]

So now what? Just give up, then?

You don't battle head-to-head
with an appellate judge.

We'll rethink things…

[tense music playing]

[car engine revs]

and back off for now.

What's wrong?

[car tires screech]

[music intensifies]

[breathes shakily]

Inez, just breathe!

[g*nsh*t echoes faintly]

[tires screech]

If Tina meant that as a threat…

-If?
-Then we'll go and file a police report.

-With what proof, Marina?
-It's all here, Bernardo.

We can file a complaint first thing.

Uh… for abuse of authority
against the civil police division.

-Or… or lodge a grievance with the Bar.
-Enough, enough, enough. Go home, now.

But why, Inez?
We're not going to leave you here alone.

Yeah, we need to file
a new HC for Jonathan right away.

I'll withdraw the habeas corpus.

[piercing sting]

I've put you all at risk with this.

And I… It… It took me a while,
but now I… I finally got the message.

-You're not serious.
-It's too dangerous. Drop it, alright?

-Of course. You chickened out.
-First, I'm suspended from the college,

then phone calls,
someone's car outside my place, I--

But that's not an option,
is it? Backing out.

And guys, don't forget Renata's trial.
Isn't it coming up next week?

Your lives are at risk, you guys.

Yeah, and Jonathan's life is too.

And you're gonna quit? Are you?

No.

I'll dissolve this study group, though.

Hey, are you joking?

It's all over? Just like that?

Marina, did you hear
what the appellate judge said?

Can you say that to Jonathan?

"Well, I'm sorry, but all that hope
I gave you was bullshit. I'm too scared."

[Lima] That's enough, Marina.

I'll fight till it's done.

When the timing's right.

All alone?

It'll be safer for everybody
and quite a bit easier for me

without you undermining me with Jonathan.

Without me, he wouldn't have seen you.

Thanks, Marina, but now it's my case.

Yours? You can't set foot in court
even to talk with an appellate judge.

-Whoa, Marina.
-Chill, girl.

My decision is final.

The group is disbanded.

I'm not open to any discussion.

She's just going to sideline us like that?
We can't let that happen, guys.

Okay, do we keep working
and hide it from her or what?

Uh, I'll go talk to Jonathan--

Of course you will.
Best of luck with all that.

What? You just pack it in?
Life goes on, is that it?

I'm done here, group.

Kim?

Only Madonna doesn't know
when it's time to stop, honey.

[scoffs]

Seriously, it doesn't make sense.
How is it so easy to just give up, guys?

First, we don't have wet dreams
about the professor like you.

f*ck you, jackass!

Second, you got a portfolio of contacts
from your father. Not me, as*h*le.

-Hey!
-[Kim] And third.

Marina, you saw
what I saw at the courthouse.

You still believe
Inez has a chance of winning this?

-Really?
-You coming, Bê?

No, Bernardo. Please, wait!

You and I can work together
to convince Inez.

Marina, stop, alright? I just can't.

Look, I'm sorry.

It's pretty hard to trust you.

[somber music playing]

Girl, just let it go.

There's lots of nice law offices
that'll exploit their interns.

If we all pull up at Borrmann's,
they'd take on someone who's specialized

in the Vasquez case.

But this team's done.
Gotta take care of number one.

[somber music continues]

Was this my fault?

Thank you.

Everything here has been organized
by order of our approach.

I'm on support.

You start with Renata.
She went out with her friends,

she got wasted,
the phone, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And then, once Jonathan is brought in,

we pounce on the confession
he gave that day.

Let's go over it.

What is there to go over?

Jonathan's the criminal,
Renata's innocent.

Strategy's the same, it's all inertia.

God damn it, Helinho's going
to be brought in as a witness.

-The DA switched.
-What?

[sighs]

He'll keep insisting
that Renata had it planned out.

We've gotta dispute that and try
to get the prosecution's motion denied.

We argue preclusion.

He's one of the confessed K*llers.
If he falls, Jonathan falls.

Keeps getting better.

Last time I say it for the record.
This thing? This is flimsy as hell.

If we can manage to get Jonathan
out of there and just touch on…

just touch on Tina's interference
in some generic way without compromising--

But we can't do that, Murilo.

Hopefully, this is the last time
I say that.

We knew this might happen
when the police first recaptured Helinho.

As per usual,
Inez is just f*cking sh*t up.

[Ana] No, let's go for it.

We'll just figure out a way to get Helinho
to contradict himself to benefit Renata.

Yeah. Inert and unethical.

The pillars of Borrmann, Hueda and Villar,
upstanding Attorneys at Law.

-If you want, Murilo…
-Hm?

I'll take over.

-Oh, if I want?
-Yes.

Because it seems exactly what you want.

-[phone vibrates]
-Right?

BIANCA
NEW MESSAGE

I'M GOING TO RIO, TO LÍVIA'S.
I NEED TIME.

[tense music playing]

Murilo.

Murilo!

-[elevator dings]
-Murilo.

-Murilo.
-Murilo. Mr. Pedro.

Kim. Did something happen to Bernardo?
Where'd he sleep?

Hey, no worries. He's totally fine.

Disappointment with your dad
is essential to becoming an adult.

So, what do you want?
We're in the middle of a shitstorm.

An internship.

-Left your group, then?
-Oh, that group is uh… it's long gone.

Ah. [laughs]

Now, I wanna follow Renata's trial.

I'm quite the resource.

You don't waste any time.

I've taken all of the information
the group had,

like the alibi that shows
Jonathan didn't hurt anybody,

and Neusa wanting
to retract the ID she made.

We know all about it. All your proof.

But our strategy
isn't going to depend upon that.

Are you positive?
Was Bernardo honest with you?

Nothing that involves Jonathan's defense

interests our firm right now.
I need to go.

Alright, but it could interest
the prosecution, I'm sure.

If their team gets at it, ugh…

That's a real mess. Imagine it.

The father might lose the case
because, what do you know,

the prosecution brings evidence
from the group his son joined,

proving Jonathan's innocence.

You got some moves, I'll hand it to you.

But you don't meet
the baseline requirements

to work as an intern for us.

A famous last name?

To be minimally trustworthy.

That's all, kid.

I feel bad
about us ditching Jonathan, you know?

Yeah. And up next is Renata's trial.

Those sons of b*tches
are just gonna use the guy again.

And what's the son
of a son of a b*tch, any idea?

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Look, his toothbrush is here
if you need it.

And in the front pocket,
his asthma inhaler. Don't forget it.

Wait a minute, Marina.
What are you doing?

-Going to prison to talk to Jonathan.
-After we just…?

-There's no way. Why are…?
-Don't worry. You'll have fun.

And your boyfriend?

I think we'd better talk
about that later, okay?

-And Inez, anybody heard anything?
-She's a coward.

Uli! Be polite.

You said it, though.
I don't want to stay here.

He's not Silas, he's not Silas.
No one here is Silas.

That's a fact.

Look. I stuck a couple bucks
to buy him food in his pocket, alright?

And remind him to drink water.
Hey, Uli, give me a kiss.

Jonathan should get the courtesy
of a conversation at least,

given Renata's defense strategy, right?

Guess it's also Tina's plan.
She's buddies with Raquel.

She's not wrong, there.

-Let's talk about it.
-Stop, Murilo.

-Don't just leave like this.
-I'm not leaving yet, alright? Calm down.

I'm going to Lívia's
for a couple days to think.

Go ahead and think. Just think by my side.
Think here, with me.

How would that work? The trials going
to have you tied up in knots from now on.

-Without you, I'm gonna lose the trial.
-No. You won't lose 'cause of me.

It's because you haven't committed
because you can't pick a side.

Are you there to defend your own client
or this young man Inez is defending?

Are you with me? Or with her?

Please, Bianca. Don't doubt
how I feel about you.

You doubted.

It's you who doubts it.

It pains me to think it,
but it's what I think.

You're only with me
because you can't be with her.

That's not fair.

Right now, I just…

I'm losing faith in my work as a whole,

I'm losing faith in the firm,
and in myself.

But not in us.

It honestly wasn't that awful.

I mean, it wasn't that bad,
just to level with you.

You slept with her. f*ck it.

f*ck, I don't even care.
That's not what worries me.

I'm afraid we've grown too f

But I'm here with you.

Too far apart for me, Murilo.

Best of luck with the proceedings.

We'll talk when I get back.

[buzzer sounds]

Inez!

[buzzer sounds]

[whistles]

Inez!

[ominous music playing]

[music turns somber]

Inez?

DEPARTURE BOAT - 11:20 A.M.
LAGOINHA/BONETE

IT'S FISH

"It's Fish."

What do you think?

The appellate judge is right.

Habeas corpus
doesn't give you the latitude

to address all the illegality
in how they convicted this man.

It's for emergencies,

-not for reassessing evidence.
-It was the fastest possible way.

He's been locked up for six years.

Can I…

be frank with you?

Frank is in your last name, right?

-It's in ours.
-Yes, in ours.

[somber music playing]

In your heart,

I think you were maybe hoping
by doing this, you'd avoid being in court.

But anyone who skips a step, hon,

will stumble.

What if I'm just no good now?

[sighs]

[chuckles] The last time you put
your head in my lap, gosh,

I think you were six or seven years old.

Eight.

It was when Mom died.

[grunts]

Could you help me pull some strings
with the appellate judges?

Since they all respect you,
please, it's different with you.

I don't think
that's what you really want, Inez.

I'm more than willing to help out
but a police chief

is not easy to stand against
with a habeas corpus.

-There's a right path for Jonathan.
-[sighs] Yes, it's a criminal review.

A criminal review, I know.

That's the right choice. Mm.

Dad, do you think that after I got shot…

I made the wrong choice?

What if I just can't do this?

You'll only know what you can accomplish

when you go back
and step through the courthouse door…

[Inez sniffles]

…and see who you left in that courtroom.

[ominous music playing]

I see the face
of that woman and her family still.

Every night when I close my eyes.

-I was supposed to have died then.
-No, you were supposed to go on living.

I try to live, I really do.

But you have to go on, Inez.

You can't change what you did.

Sweetie,

see, if the law
has taught me anything, it's that…

winning a case
might not really mean winning.

Sometimes losing is winning.

And what you have won
is a chance to confront this,

the underbelly of the justice system
you ignored before.

No, no, no, no, no.
I didn't ignore it. I was part of it.

But you're not part of it anymore.

I convicted someone innocent,
so I'm not too different than Tina.

Then you know the best way
to beat someone like that.

[police sirens wail]

{\an8}TAUBATÉ PENITENTIARY

Inez got cold feet.

[tense music playing]

She took us off the case
and she's not doing the habeas corpus.

But I won't cut and run. I'll work on it.
I won't give up on you. I'll be here.

But how, though?
You're still in college, right?

What can you do about anything?

I'll figure something out.

You'll give the testimony
like we planned at Renata's trial and…

-I can help with what you're gonna say--
-Okay. So then this is goodbye, isn't it?

-Just…
-No, don't say that.

Look, I'm upset
at all of this too. At Inez.

But the testimony can be helpful
so when you speak at Renata's trial,

-if you go in and say that--
-If I say what, exactly?

Try again to say I was innocent?

That hasn't worked so far, has it?

I…

I had already… I'd accepted all this.

I'd closed that wound before
and it cost me a lot to open up.

But you guys insisted.

And I really started
to think that you'd free me.

-If you trust that you--
-What good is trust?

I don't trust anything anymore.

No one will believe a word I say.

Some of us
were just born to be stomped on.

But I'm happy that…

Happy I got
to hear Letícia's voice at least once.

And I got to hear from my son too.

That's what it was for.

No point in me getting out now.

An ex-con's not good for much, is he?

Look, thank you.

Just go.

-I swear to you, I'll work on your case.
-Stop, stop, stop, okay?

You'd be wasting your time on me.

Looking at me with pity does nothing.

Believe me.

Get out!

Forget me and go!

TAUBATÉ PENITENTIARY

[phone vibrating]

No.

[message tone sounds]

LIMA
MISSED CALL

IT'S ABOUT ULISSES
URGENT

Sorry, excuse me.

Hey, could you hold the door
for me, please? Thank you.

Thank you.

-Tell me you know where my son is.
-I was only gone for 20 minutes.

I told Ulisses, "Stay here.
I'll be back with lunch."

Uli?

-Did he take his bag?
-He was gone when I got back here.

There's no way
this is happening right now!

How could you leave him alone?

CALLING SILAS

-Where's Bernardo?
-Um…

-Thanks a lot.
-That's fine.

Inez!

Inez!

{\an8}IT'S FISH

[laughs] I never thought
that a bar I've hung out at

since I was a teenager
would rat me out now.

[laughs] Well, your dad's famous as well.

-I looked up his information.
-Yeah.

-[Bernardo laughs]
-Good job.

-Seems like he's pretty nice.
-Yeah.

I mean, but if you're his daughter,
it's not the same.

I know something about that.

[sighs] Inez, I gotta say,
I feel completely let down by my father.

It just seems like this profession's
mostly an act. No one cares.

-[Inez] Mm.
-You know?

The truth doesn't really matter
to anybody.

As long as the story
is good enough to win the case.

And ultimately, everybody pays.

Yeah.

I'm also disappointed in Murilo.

I thought that I could count on him, but…

Hadn't it already not worked out?

Oh, no. No, I wasn't saying that…
Well, he and I aren't… That's in the past.

I mean it's beneficial to him, that's all.
Exonerating Jonathan for his own case and…

[sighs] But then…

You know,
you really disappointed everybody

by all of a sudden quitting the case.

I didn't quit anything, Bernardo.

I just can't drag our study group
into something this dangerous.

Inez, we're already in it, though.

Bernardo, we all poked the bear
digging into this case.

And just to be honest with you…

I don't know if we have a chance.

They were at your house.

Open them.

[clears throat]

"To Inez Franco, my name is Amanda,
and I've got a brother

who shares a cell with Jonathan."

"Could you please help us out?"

"I don't have schooling but I've got faith
that you'll look into this case, ma'am,

and know what to do."

"He's been in prison
for just about three years now."

"But he's innocent."

"The police got him for trafficking."

"With no proof."

"Ma'am, my son has been arrested."

"He is a good boy, 21 years old."

"My life has become t*rture."

"I don't sleep or eat anymore.
We have no money either."

"The mothers of prisoners of Taubaté
have told me that you have a group

that helps with these kinds of things."

"Prove that my son is innocent.
Please help us."

Thank you.

This type of letter,

it shows why we do this.

Oh, no. Bernardo, you have the wrong idea.

-You have the wrong idea.
-Oh.

Uh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Inez.

There are no more boats back to town today
but tomorrow, we'll head out first thing.

[sighs]

Come stay at my dad's place.

Let's swim a bit at this beach
and act like we usually do, okay?

[police siren wails]

[Marina grunts and pants]

Here, take this.

I didn't say anything.

What's going on here?

Uh, you're Marina, right? So, I'm Teresa,
with Child Protective Services.

Can I speak with you for a second?

We'd better get a lawyer right away.

[somber music playing]

[Inez sighs] This is great.

-[Antônio speaks indistinctly]
-[Inez laughs]

[Inez laughs]

[phone vibrating]

LIMA
CALLING

Hey, Lima. Seems early for you.

[tense music playing]

Inez!

Inez!

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

-I told you not to call her, Lima.
-You need her right now.

Calm down. Breathe.
Give me all the details.

They didn't explain it, really.
They're just claiming it's family neglect.

Abandonment.

I'd taken Ulisses
to Lima and Bernardo's place

but Uli, he just left
to find Silas, I guess,

but he got lost
and he had an asthma attack, they said.

He said I leave him alone sometimes.
They were asking all these questions.

Now they want to place him in a shelter.

There's no argument
for keeping the child here any longer.

He isn't an unprotected youth.

I mean, the relevant statutes
require that intervention is minimal.

He was found all alone
feeling sick after boarding the bus.

Yes, but sending him to a shelter
somewhere can't be step one here.

-You--
-The law is very clear on that.

This wasn't the first instance.
There's evidence of ongoing neglect.

But evidence is only part of it.

Article 101 states that removal

can only be a last resort
in truly exceptional cases.

And only for a short time

to serve as a transitional period
to strengthen the family.

-It's not meant to punish.
-It's not that simple.

-That isn't the primary reason he's here.
-This is torturing the mother.

We've come across information
and we don't think she's his real mother.

They are siblings.

-May I see the documents?
-Of course.

Here.

[tense music playing]

PARENTS: ALDO LINHARES
ELIANE LINHARES

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