[indistinct chatter, laughter]
[upbeat music playing]
[water running]
[mysterious music playing]
[faucet turning]
[dolphin sounds]
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[theme music playing]
[fire crackling]
[grunts]
[sighs]
THE LEGEND OF THE RIVER DOLPHIN
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
[Márcia] There's a body at Cedar Forest. We have to go now.
DOLPHIN IMPREGNATES WOMEN DISGUISED AS A MAN
Eric?
Eric!
Yeah, yeah, Marcia, I'm coming.
-I'm already at the precinct. - I'll meet you there.
- [birds calling] - [insects chittering]
[sighs]
Do we know who found the body?
Homicide came after they received an anonymous tip.
[Eric] Any witnesses?
[Márcia] None so far.
And the dolphin?
I took it to Veterinary Forensics, but they didn't find anything.
Probably been incinerated by now.
[Márcia] Really?
They didn't find anything?
[Eric] Hi. Good morning, I'm Inspector Eric.
[Márcia] Excuse me.
[camera shutter clicking]
Step aside. The real police are here now.
[scoffs]
The body was found in the forest, it's also EPD's problem.
[officer] This is a case for the grown-ups.
First my wife dies here and another body shows up within a month.
Mario. We know it's not our case yet. Still, would you mind if we take a look
since we're investigating a case in this area.
Ah...
[sighs]
Do you think you'll get anywhere acting like that?
This could be connected to the dispute for the forest, and I'm gonna find out.
Are you all right, Mr. Ciço?
How am I supposed to be when I see a body?
Did you know the guy?
He used to come around the place. But I haven't seen him here in awhile.
Can you give me his name?
I said you could look, I didn't say you could interrogate.
If it were up to him, they'd be gone tomorrow.
I guess I'll begin with those houses there.
Okay.
[door closes]
[knocking]
Afternoon.
Good afternoon. I'd like to ask you some questions.
[sighs] It's about a man who used to hang out around here...
do you know this man?
No. I'm sorry.
Did you know Gabriela?
She was my wife.
I know.
I remember seeing you during the fire.
Ask away.
[Eric] What's your name?
Fabiana.
Fabiana, do you know him?
His name is Manaus.
- And what was your relationship? - We--
Are you looking for something?
- I'm just asking some questions. - João, no one asked you to be here.
It's no problem.
Maybe he can also help me.
It's about Manaus. His body was found in the forest.
Manaus is dead?
[João] Doesn't surprise me.
He was always getting into trouble. Drinking, womanizing.
[Fabiana hyperventilating]
- Are you okay, Fabiana? - I'll take care of her.
Leave me alone, João.
[breathing heavily]
[Márcia] What's up? Did you find anything?
Only his name: Manaus. And you?
Hmm. He was going around telling people not to sell their land to the developers.
[truck starts]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Ciço] I really missed you, you know.
Oh, really, Ciço? [sniffs]
You never seem to change, Inez.
[chuckles]
Then I guess you noticed?
I'm talking about the inside.
I know the outside stays the same.
- But the inside... - Mm-hmm.
- You can change that. - Yeah.
You're right.
[sighs]
Manaus is dead.
I know.
You know?
Camila found his body at the beach.
But his body was found in the Cedar Forest earlier today.
I bet you didn't know that.
Don't play with me. Tell me what else you know, Ciço.
There's... a police officer investigating.
- Named Eric. - I know who he is.
He knows that Manaus is the dolphin.
[Inês] He planted the body in the forest.
Why would he do that?
I don't know. But I'm gonna find out.
[Jairo] Time of death sometime early morning Monday.
[Márcia] Did he suffer a blow to the head?
[Jairo] No, this isn't a wound.
It's somehow a part of his body.
But I have to open him up, I haven't done the autopsy.
And this?
Whatever happened to him was the same thing that happened to Gabriela.
Eric, calm down. Gabriela's eyes were like that because of the fire.
- It doesn't look the same. - Trust me, Marcia.
Call up Ivo, put some pressure on him so we can investigate this case.
Please do this.
Okay.
Do me a favor, will you?
If anyone comes looking for the body, let me know.
[book pages turning]
HOW TO CAPTURE THE SACI TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES
CORN FLOUR
Marcia, Eric.
If a pink trumpet tree was dead, it would be our case.
Murders are Homicide's problem.
Ivo, Eric is right. There's something strange about this murder.
Oh, yeah? For example?
For example, Manaus didn't just like to frequently visit the community.
He was speaking out against the plans for construction there.
And you think a company would just kill a John Doe who stood against them?
If they had the balls to poison the fish
and set the forest on fire to get rid of the residents, then why not?
This is ridiculous. This is not our case, is that clear?
Marcia. Keep an eye on him.
What do you mean nobody owned the phone?
It was a prepaid phone, fake ID, that type of stuff...
Is that the number I left for you?
Said they wanted to talk about Gabriela.
Scheduled a meeting and never showed up for it.
Someone calling to talk about a dead woman?
- Forget it, Eric. - Come on, Albuquerque.
I'm just saying, it's better not to know some things.
Do you want me to look into it?
No. No, it's fine. Got enough problems already.
[whispering] Hey! What are you doing?
BRAZILIAN FOLKLORE
[finger snaps]
- You came! That means my trap worked. - [laughs]
Do you really think I came here because of a little cornmeal
or some hole you made in a colander? Come on, girl.
- For God's sakes. - [laughs]
Next you're gonna say I live in a bamboo grove too, huh?
Uh... where do you live?
I'm squatting in a place now, in Lapa.
Ah. Can you do the whirlwind?
[scoffs] What whirlwind?
I think you've been watching too many cartoons.
No I haven't. Look.
I saw this in my mom's book.
What about my leg? You see that as well?
[Luna] See. This is you.
Hmm.
[Luna] Where's this one?
Why don't we do something like this?
You tell me where my leg is
and I'll tell you where find Curupira. Huh?
All right.
Ah, finally!
[grunts]
- Now it's my turn, right? - Mm-hm.
- You see these sticks I'm holding here? - Mm-hmm.
Now, look, hit them together like this. Yeah?
Do this three times and call out his name. Keep your eyes closed!
You have to believe it. Go.
Curupira, Curupira, Curupira!
[wind rustling]
Luna? You all right?
Come. Come take a bath.
[soccer game broadcast playing indistinctly]
[bubbling]
[grunts]
[guard] Who are you?
We're closed for the night. You'll have to leave, ma'am.
Are you afraid of the dark, Juarez?
How do you know my name?
You're going to sleep.
I don't want to.
- [singing softly] ♪ Sleep, little baby ♪ - I don't...
♪ Cuca is coming to get you ♪
[guard] I don't want to.
♪ Daddy is out in the field ♪
♪ Mommy is... ♪
[soft thud]
[samba music playing]
- Hey! - Mm?
What are you doing here like this, Manaus?
[Manaus sighs] I need to, uh... I need to talk about something serious.
You can't talk about anything serious with me
because you don't know what serious is.
- Mm-mm. - Tutu!
- Take him back inside. - No. It's important.
Go take a bath.
No, Tutu!
[blows kiss]
[rustling]
[sighs]
[Camila] Did you get Manaus' body?
Now it's part of a legend, just like the dolphin.
[sighs]
[Tutu] Manaus pulled so much shit,
I'm surprised it took this long for something to happen to him.
You don't understand, do you?
There's something that's surrounding us. I saw it in his eyes.
Like his soul had been sucked out of him.
And that cop has something to do with it.
[cracking]
What do we do now, Inez?
Nothing. We wait. He will come to us.
[Gabriela] Wanna know my secret?
You need to add one tablespoon of milk for the perfect omelette.
[Luna] Dad, it's spilling.
It's spilling.
[liquid dripping]
[Eric sighs] Damn it.
You okay, sweetheart?
I'm really missing my mom.
[Eric sighs]
I miss her too, honey.
That's why Dad's been so out of it lately. Mm-hm.
- Mmm. - Mm-hmm.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
[Fabiana] Eric...
if you're still interested, I think I can talk about Manaus.
You know where the EPD is?
- [Eric] Whenever you're ready. - [exhales]
I don't know if I should be here. But I wanted to help.
I don't think I'll be able to live with myself if I don't find out what happened.
I know, Fabiana.
It's difficult to talk with João around.
[Eric] I noticed.
What is João to you?
Right now, nothing.
He used to be my fiancé, until the developers arrived...
and then he made it very clear that we didn't think the same anymore.
[Fabiana] One day he came home in a suit. He had changed so much.
I'm good here. I like living here. I'm staying.
Soon this whole town won't even be here anymore.
[sighs]
I've spent my entire life trying to be successful,
trying to get out of this goddamn hellhole.
And I did it. Now I have that opportunity.
João, I don't want that.
You ever looked at someone you used to know
and couldn't even recognize them?
[inaudible]
With Manaus, things were different.
Come on, you can't leave this place. No.
This forest is more precious than anything,
any money that some company says they'll pay.
[chuckles softly]
[Fabiana] He always spoke so passionately about this land...
about everything, really.
And... do you know where he lived?
Did he give you a phone number or anything?
[exhales] Uh, no.
We never set up any dates.
He would just... appear.
[water splashing]
[Fabiana] When he came towards me, it felt like time stood still.
[panting]
[sniffles]
[Eric] And João?
Tell me how he took the news.
[sighs]
He didn't take it very well.
He just couldn't accept that I didn't want to marry him, you know?
[João yelling] Fabiana!
- [Fabiana] João! - Move! Move! Get off me!
- [Ciço] Drop it! Drop the knife! - [João] Get off me!
[sobbing]
[Fabiana] What João really wanted to know was who I had fallen in love with.
[sobbing, panting]
[Gabriela] Fabiana.
[Fabiana] And then I ran into your wife.
[Fabiana sobs]
- Calm down. Calm down. - [sobs]
[Fabiana] Gabriela was the only person who didn't judge me.
[breathes shakily]
Not just that...
she was the first person to welcome me.
[groans]
- [Eric] I need to talk to you. - We've got nothing to talk about.
No? You just forgot to tell me the child Fabiana's expecting is Manaus'?
Tell me where you were on Monday night.
- Are you interrogating me now? - For now, we're just talking.
But if you want, we can go to the precinct for an interrogation.
I was out of town.
Can you prove that?
That'd be your job, right?
Hey, Eric. Here's everything on João.
The hotel, plane tickets, the guy really was out of town.
Can you slow down now?
If Ivo finds out you went after the guy without authorization, you're screwed.
Authorization or no authorization, Marcia,
I'll never be able to move on until I find out what happened to Gabriela.
Eric, they're not investigating Gabriela's death.
And Manaus' death is a homicide case, there's nothing we can do.
[cell phone chimes]
[Márcia] What's up?
What the hell do you mean it's gone?
Somebody broke in, put a body over their shoulders
- and left through the front door? - No, it just disappeared.
And the security cameras?
One of them malfunctioned and the other didn't catch anything.
He just vanished?
Look...
I've never seen a body disappear like this.
But I have a morgue to run and I'm afraid there's nothing more I can do right now.
Well, I want a list of everybody who was here last night,
plus a copy of the security camera footage.
Talk to Diaz, he'll get you a copy.
Now Ivo will have to give us the case.
I'll go get that list.
[Márcia] Excuse me. I want the visitor list from yesterday,
with the times everyone left. And also the security camera archives.
All right.
All right?
The body was found in the forest and it disappeared from the morgue.
It could actually be connected to the Cedar Forest case.
You're authorized to investigate.
Are you being serious?
Isn't that what you wanted?
What are you waiting for? Get to work. And keep me posted on everything.
You're the best, Ivo. I'm going to find out who's behind all this.
Get some rest, okay?
[Eric] Cafofo Bar.
["Ave, Lúcifer" by Os Mutantes playing]
[Eric] Hey, can I get a beer?
Of course.
- Here. - Thanks.
Why don't you try our signature drink?
Is this your first time in our bar?
Yeah, first time. You the owner?
Cheers.
[upright bass playing]
[woman singing] ♪ I've sworn lies and I tread alone ♪
♪ I own my sins ♪
♪ The northern gales spin no windmills ♪
♪ I'm left with nothing but a whimper ♪
♪ My life, my deceased ♪
♪ My twisting paths ♪
♪ My Latin blood ♪
♪ My captive soul ♪
♪ I've breached treaties Violated protocol ♪
♪ I broke the spear And I cast into the air ♪
♪ A yell, an outburst ♪
[voice echoing]
♪ A yell, an outburst ♪
Did you like my show?
It's you.
It was you. I remember you.
At the beach, when I found the dolphin.
[water lapping noises]
What happened?
You really want to know?
Are you sure?
[water lapping noise continues]
There's no turning back.
[Camila] Why did you dump Manaus' body in the forest?
[Eric] Because it was the only way I could investigate his death.
[Camila] Why are you so interested in Manaus?
I think that whoever killed Manaus also killed my wife.
Hold on. You crossed the city with a body to find out who killed your wife?
Are you crazy?
No... not yet.
But I'll go crazy if I don't find out what really happened.
[Camila] But what's the use thinking about this now that she's gone?
[chuckles]
[Eric] Sometimes it's like she never went away.
Like I only really got to know her after she died.
I've stopped taking her for granted.
I can't do the things that she did...
I don't know how to take care of our daughter, not the way she did.
And the worst part...
is knowing my daughter is in pain because I can't be the father she needs.
[gasps]
[suspenseful music playing]
[woman singing]
[theme music playing]