[baby cries]
[Hugo] Put him in the crib.
Hugo, I thought you were already gone.
Do as I say and leave him in the crib.
You'll be okay here, okay? Don't worry, honey.
- Everything's gonna be all right. - [baby cries]
Please, leave us alone.
I should have been the father of those boys... but no.
You made the wrong choice, a very bad choice.
What did you expect, being with a poor, powerless firefighter?
- [Flor grunts] - [baby continues crying]
I would've given you everything, Flor, but you didn't want it.
You didn't want it.
[Flor sobs] Let go of me, please, Hugo. Please, don't!
We're together.
- Yes, love. - Please, don't! No, let go of me. No, no.
I love it. For real, I love it.
No, please!
We're together, sweetie.
[Flor, distorted] No, please.
[Hugo] I didn't want it to get to this, Flor.
But you made me do it.
Things could have been so different.
I just want to do things the right way.
Hey, your husband likes fire, right?
I've always thought to be a firefighter you have to be kind of... crazy.
Unlike us cops.
They give us guns, we chase the bad guys.
And we make friends with powerful people.
[Flor pants]
[sobs] Enough, Hugo. Please leave us alone!
- [Flor cries] - [baby cries]
Everything will be okay.
If you won't be mine,
you won't be anybody else's, Flor.
[Ricardo] Flor! Flor! Where are you?
Flor! Flor!
[Ricardo grunts]
[Ricardo yells]
ONE YEAR BEFORE
Please, understand. I can't help talking about that issue.
A NETFLIX SERIES
Do you realize that it's been 25 years?
You're a journalist, man.
You control the truth.
I'm sorry, but this time it's over me.
The Butcher case was so popular
it was in all the newspapers.
And now, in less than one year, Urzúa will be free.
And all the newspapers will tell the story again.
That's what I'm talking about.
We have to create a distraction.
Nobody can link me to this.
I'm sorry, Hugo,
- but... - Hey, you idiot!
Hugo died a long time ago.
My name is Noé Serrano.
It's easy to pronounce.
What? Have your brain cells burned out from too much cocaine?
No, no. What should I do?
[Hugo] This is the plan.
Artemio Román. Román is a good friend of Ricardo Urzúa's.
They've known each other for years. He's from Reynosa, too.
Olivia, my daughter, works in the fire station where Román is chief,
so we have free access to him.
What do you want to do with that guy?
If the press wants to bring that issue back...
we'll make it look like Román
is the Reynosa Butcher.
Your job is to ask your slave to investigate him,
to dig up dirt on him.
Daniel Quiroga is nobody's fool.
That's a shame.
In that case, we'll have to get rid of Daniel Quiroga.
Don't mess with Daniel, please.
When Ricardo Urzúa gets out of prison,
there must be another Butcher.
We can't take risks. Am I clear?
[Hugo] We need Román to take the fall.
- So, control your slave. - Hey, Quiroga! Quiroga!
[Hugo] He has to be a useful idiot, not a problem.
I'll take care of that.
What do you know about firefighters?
Who the hell wants to be a firefighter?
Now you're gonna have to get interested. One of my sources gave me a lead.
We can get a lot of information about the Butcher
at Cuauhtémoc's fire station.
It's at Raúl Padilla Arellano fire station,
and the main suspect is Artemio Román. Contact him, gain his trust,
tell him you're investigating for an article on the fire department.
The important thing is that this is our suspect.
And his brother?
What does Poncho have to do with all this?
My beloved godson.
He's always been a stray bullet.
A lost cause.
You're right. He's a good-for-nothing.
Anyway, we must keep an eye on him.
Especially if Ricardo Urzúa gets out of prison.
Don't worry. I'll take care of him.
I know what to do.
His name is Alfonso Quiroga.
Obviously, people call him "Poncho."
I want you to approach him
and be his friend.
Follow him day and night.
Why?
Don't ask so many questions,
just do as I say.
Dad, what are you up to now?
My enemies won't leave me alone.
- We... - ...will have to be one step ahead.
Yes, I know. You've been telling me that for years.
But this guy, what...? What did he do to you? How old is he?
You know well that, for your protection, there are things I can't tell you.
You know what you have to do.
When should I start?
Yesterday.
[dance music plays]
[Hugo] How did it go?
It will be a lot easier than I thought.
[Poncho] Dani!
[Olivia] What happens now?
Now you stop asking questions.
But what will you do?
Olivia, enough. You have your world, and I have mine.
From now on, things will get dangerous for the Quiroga brothers.
That's all I can tell you.
- [panting] - [vehicle approaches]
Bye.
[grunts]
Why?
Daniel Quiroga, that asshole, stuck his nose where it didn't belong,
and that is dangerous for me.
You don't want anything bad to happen to your daddy,
do you, baby?
I'm Olivia. I guess we're not strangers anymore.
How dare you show up here?
You traitor.
- Dad... - Don't "Dad" me!
I've been defending from my enemies for years,
trying not to get screwed,
and now it turns out I have to defend from my own daughter as well?
Maybe if you explained to me what the hell they did to you to make you live this way.
I asked just one simple thing of you!
But no. You had to save that asshole.
Leave Poncho out of this!
You betrayed me, Olivia.
You called the police
and told them where Poncho was.
And what did you expect me to do, Dad? You were going to kill him.
You were going to become a murderer.
Dad...
Dad, is that what you are?
Is that why we've lived like this all this time?
Moving from one city to the next,
running away from everyone without you telling me why.
Why are you so surprised?
You're just like me.
No.
I'm not like you.
I do know what love is.
Is that what this is about?
You fell in love with Poncho?
Did you fall in love with that asshole?
It is a hypertensive crisis. His heart rate is altered.
We're already giving him drugs, but I suggest doing surgery today.
[sighs] Whatever you say, Doctor.
We'll prepare everything. Excuse me.
[phone beeps]
[line rings]
Ana, I've been calling you for hours. I'm at the hospital. Fucking call me back!
You didn't have to tell her the truth. Just saying we were friends was enough.
Why not? I am not ashamed of what we have and have no reason to hide it.
It's not about hiding it. I just think we need to be smarter.
People are too narrow-minded.
Exactly. People like us need to destroy everyone else's fucking prejudices.
Have you already told someone about our relationship?
Everyone in my circle knows about it.
You don't know how badly I want to tell my friends.
But considering how jealous they'll get
and the problems your little brother could cause for me...
It's not a good idea.
Don't even think about it.
Ángel can't find out about this.
No shit. And why not?
Because it's complicated, Gaby.
[Molina] Don't worry, Ana.
No one will tell him. It'll be our secret, okay?
[Gabi scoffs]
Don't you think you're too old to be explaining yourselves to people?
No one should tell you how to fucking live your life. No one.
I swear I woke up and it was all clear.
I know what to do to get Gerardo back.
And you discovered this, as you say, in a dream. Just like that.
Lupita, I have two lives.
I don't dream random things like others.
No, sir. I live, feel, travel, love.
I even have dreams within dreams. That's where the best revelations happen.
Well, what did this dream reveal to you?
I gotta do an outlandish act of love to make Gerardo head over heels for me.
Okay... In front of everybody...
You just don't know what I have in mind.
But let's see... A romantic gesture in the middle of the Firefighters Ball,
in front of all the guests?
Wouldn't that be exactly what Gerardo doesn't need to realize that he loves you?
Gerardo already realized that he loves me. He just needs to be sure that I love him.
No, wait, but Gerardo is not even sure that he wants to be with a man.
Until the party. After what I'm gonna do, there's no going back, Lupita.
No, sir.
And can you tell me exactly what the hell you're going to do at this party, then?
Nope. A magician never reveals his secrets.
- Come here, come here. - Get off me!
- Come here. - Get off, you're hurting me.
You're coming with me. Pack your things and leave Mexico tonight.
No way!
You can't stay here!
I didn't come this far to throw it all away because of you.
I don't trust you anymore.
You're talking about trust?
You?
You killed Daniel, didn't you?
You also killed Ricardo's lawyer in McAllen. That's why you're so scared.
Speak.
- [gunshot blasts] - [Daniel groans]
I told you, Flor.
If they didn't belong to me, they wouldn't belong to anybody.
[Olivia] What should I do with this?
Put it somewhere Ricardo can find it. That's it.
Which one is Poncho?
This one, the youngest.
I took that picture myself.
It seems like centuries ago.
- Here. - [Ricardo] Watch Uncle Hugo.
That's it.
[Ricardo] How was it? Do you like it?
Dad, what happened between you and Ricardo?
Why do you hate him so much?
No questions, Olivia.
Take good care of that photo and do as I tell you.
Olivia.
I asked you to be close to Poncho,
not to spend all day with him.
What's going on? Do you like that idiot?
No.
You'd better not.
- No way! - [Poncho] I want to go to McAllen.
I wanna go to the prison he was in. They must have his data there.
I also want to talk to Betty, the lawyer who defended him.
It's the only thing I can think of to get the information I need.
Let's go. Let's make that trip.
[Olivia] Yes, to McAllen.
He wants to go and talk to Ricardo Urzúa's lawyer.
He just decided it.
He just decided it, that's why I'm...
Yes, I'm going.
You? What for?
No.
Here he comes, I gotta go.
Good evening.
Well, we're ready.
Let's go.
Fuck.
Let me help you.
No, it's okay.
- Okay. - This way.
This is us.
[Poncho] What's wrong with you?
What am I doing here?
[Poncho groans]
[Poncho pants]
[groans]
- Are you okay? - No.
Hey. Easy, easy.
I... I've seen you before.
[in English] Who's there?
Shit.
I'm not afraid.
[gasps]
[muffled screams]
[gasps]
[Poncho] No way.
Daniel went to McAllen and talked to Betty,
who told him he was innocent.
But Daniel had doubts. It can't be easy to take in you are the son of a murderer.
- Happy? - I didn't know. I...
Dad...
Poncho has just found out Ricardo is his father.
Leonora told him.
I tried, I fucking tried!
What are you going to do?
No, Dad, Dad, what are you going to do?
[Olivia sighs]
All this time I knew it was true and I didn't want to believe it.
That's why when Poncho found out Ricardo was his father, I was relieved.
I wanted to believe he was the killer, but the dates didn't match.
Of course, he is to blame. I've known Ricardo since we were kids.
He can do that and more.
Stop lying, Dad!
Ricardo could never hurt anyone.
But you used me.
You've used me all these years to hurt other people.
I thought your revenge was just, Dad.
What the fuck am I supposed to do with all this information?
To begin with,
you're leaving Mexico right now.
I'm not going anywhere.
Here I have my life and everything I've built without you.
You have no right to take any of that away from me.
I don't have to pay for your crimes.
Your phone.
Give me your phone.
[Olivia screams]
- Dad, what's wrong with you? - Shut up!
Go to your room.
You're going to stop questioning your father, okay?
Stay there and think if you want to stay here locked up with me or fly away
and leave the country! You got it? Stay there!
Dad, open the door! Open the door!
[panting]
What's this?
Hey.
It's the... the decoration I'm making
for the Firefighters Ball. Do you like it?
It looks different.
Hey, I'm gonna need your help for the ball, too.
With some dancing lessons?
I need you to help me choose a costume for my presentation.
Gera asked me to sing.
Did he?
Yes. He wants it to be the main number of the night.
I didn't know about that.
He's heard me sing before, but he's never seen me in a real show.
Could you help me, please?
You have great taste.
Well, we do have similar tastes.
Yes?
Yes, okay.
Thank you! Thank you!
I gotta finish with this.
Okay.
Thank you!
- [reporter on TV] Sexy, brave, and manly. - [Ricardo chuckles]
They have a mission and are always ready to help others.
They are the stars of Cuauhtémoc.
[all chuckle]
[reporter] The 21st century man overflows with testosterone and wears a uniform,
but he's also willing to take it off when necessary.
They are the Finefighters
and have a calendar to prove it.
"The Finefighters," huh?
Now I can get a manager and rise to fame.
- Right on. - [chuckles]
Anyway. If that's what it took to boost sales...
that's more than enough.
That's why we did this. For money.
Exactly, for money. Anyway...
a little ego stroking...
never hurt anyone.
I feel like those pictures were taken ten years ago.
It was awesome. I think the camera loves me,
and I love it a lot.
[Julián] The idea was Firefighter Olivia Serrano's,
who, by the way, is the only female firefighter in the station.
These calendars are already a tradition in Australia, New York, and Madrid,
and we wanted to implement the same idea to raise funds for the station.
- It was a great... - [fireman] Hey!
- Check this out! - What is it?
Wait, dude.
[crowd screams]
- Is this for real? - Yeah!
Look, dude.
[screaming, cheering]
Come over and put me out. I'm burning up!
[all chuckle]
I was going to back out, but the calendar works just fine.
We did it!
Wait for it because after that interview, this group will multiply by 20.
You bet!
Well, it's all for the station.
This...
is Mexico's six-pack!
When is your chemo tomorrow?
Early.
Are you all right?
I don't even know.
At least I have a job.
- Hello? - [woman] Miss Rosario.
Yes, thank you.
Why not?
But we signed a contract.
Please. Please, I need that job.
I'm so sorry.
Calm down.
Don't get upset, calm down.
Everything's fucked. [sobbing]
I'd better die and just be done with everything.
No, no, no. Don't say that, Rosario. We all love you here.
Well, I hate myself.
I hate being sick, I hate my fucking hair falling out,
I hate losing everything I've worked so fucking hard for.
I hate being so afraid.
What happened?
You said two hours. I've been waiting all afternoon.
Is everything okay?
Your dad's hypertensive crisis extended to his heart, which was already damaged.
I'm not following.
I'm very sorry. There was nothing we could do.
I want to see him.
Good evening.
Are you Mrs. Gloria?
Glorita.
Nobody calls me Gloria.
Do I look like a Gloria?
You don't know me, but I know you.
Honey, many men come to rent a room,
but this is a ladies' boarding house.
I'm the son of Raúl Padilla,
your husband.
[knocking on door]
Poncho, come in.
I'm checking some expenses for the month. Wanna help me?
No.
I'm here to talk about my mother.
I see... Uh...
Yes, ask... whatever you need to ask.
I want to know... how she died.
- [young Ricardo] Flor! - In a fire.
Ironic, isn't it?
Flor, where are you?
Everything was confusing.
I was beaten...
while I was trying to rescue you.
[sighs]
It was all so confusing.
Who beat you?
Hugo?
Flor!
Flor couldn't move...
Let's go!
...because she was injured.
Ricardo, please take the boys.
[Ricardo, voiceover] The fire devoured everything.
And I...
I had to make a choice...
between saving... my sons...
and saving my wife.
I couldn't save you all.
[sobbing] I couldn't.
And...
And that pain...
That pain is still there.
That pain won't go away.
That pain has never gone away.
Hugo was... the one who started the fire?
We're gonna find him.
We're gonna make him pay. I swear.
[Leonora] Alfonso Quiroga.
What are you doing here?
You must come with us.
What? Why?
You thought I'd never find out.
You thought I'd never discover you were in prison for murder.
Subtitle translation by: Ignacio Benítez