A NETFLIX ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES
[theme music playing]
[muffled techno music playing]
[inaudible]
[music pounding]
[man] Isma! I'm leaving.
- What? - [man] I'm going home.
- No, the party's just begun. - I have a race on Sunday. I'm going.
- No, Mat. Don't leave. - [Mat] See you at home.
[Isma] Go to sleep.
[Isma laughs]
- [Mat] Thank you. - You're welcome.
Hey there.
Got a light?
No, I don't.
[techno music pounding]
What's up?
[man] Come with me.
Marcos.
[indistinct chat, laughing]
Hey, Isma, tell your brother to stop bothering my friend.
I dunno. Looks like she's having a great time to me.
You don't get outta here, I'll fuck you up.
- Forget it. - Shut up, Daniel.
- Hugo, forget it. - Shut it. Are you deaf or what?
Let's step outside. Come on.
[woman] Isn't that your brother?
- Hey, Gonzalo. - What's up, Isma? Are you leaving?
These guys are. They're fucking with my brother.
You son of a bitch! I will break your fucking face!
- Come here - Hey, Isma!
Get out of my face.
You hear me? Get out!
- Hey! - Fucking son of a bitch.
[Isma] Come here if you got balls.
Always the same.
Want to go back in?
[Marcos] Oops!
- Sorry, didn't mean it. - The fuck's wrong with you?
- What are you doing? It was an accident. - [Marcos] Back up.
- Don't touch me, asshole. - [Mat] Stop!
[Hugo] Get out of the way.
[thumps, grunting]
- [Isma] Let go of me! Let me fucking go! - [Mat] Stop! Stop it!
Mat!
- Mat, leave him! It's not worth it! - Go back inside! Go back inside!
[grunting in pain]
[Isma] Come on, man. Go inside!
[woman] Mat!
[Daniel] Motherfucker!
[music continues pounding]
[man] Hey, be careful.
[both grunting]
[Mat] Get the fuck off. Let me go!
- [sickening crunch] - [music stops]
[Gonzalo] Stop!
- [woman] Stop it! - [Gonzalo] Knock it off. Stop! Stop it!
Fucking stop now! All of you!
[Mat panting]
[Mat] Your name is Mateo Vidal,
but everybody calls you Mat.
You were just a college student.
And you never wanted to kill him.
[lecturer] Limited liability companies…
[Mat] That morning, you were just another law student.
Yes?
[Mat] Your brother convinced you to study with him.
Yes, tonight we party! Get dressed up.
[Mat] That was the first day of the rest of your life.
- [cuffs click] - [Isma] No, no! Mat! Mat!
- Okay. - [police siren]
POLICE
[Mat] You wanted to hug his parents
and tell them you never meant to hurt their son.
- That you felt their pain. - [crying] Dani!
[woman sobbing] Dani!
[Mat] His name was Dani.
[Isma] You have to be strong.
[Mat] Today, you still find it hard to say his name.
I was outside holding my beer, and he came up to me…
[Mat] The trial didn't go as you expected.
Next thing I knew, I had his friends…
[Mat] All anybody saw was you got into a fight
and a boy ended up dead.
Mateo Vidal Rivera, I sentence you to four years in prison
for negligent homicide.
[Mat] Four years in prison.
The maximum sentence.
But that won't be your only sentence.
No.
["Oh Baby" by LCD Soundsystem playing]
For the first time, you understand what fear really is.
♪ You came to me ♪
♪ Could all be a bad thing… ♪
Inside, you have to forget everything you've learned.
Being top of the class is no use in there.
[man] Out of the way, kid.
[Mat] You ask what would've happened if you hadn't met that girl
and gone back to the party.
- If you'd just left. - [sickening crunch]
You become strong.
And you have to man up for the life that awaits you.
[woman] We wanted to tell you that you're going to be an uncle!
[Isma and woman chuckling]
[Mat] Your brother reminds you that outside the world keeps turning.
You trick yourself into thinking that one day you might have a place in it.
[gate scrapes]
But the first furlough you're given is another sad day in your life.
Your parents were tragically killed in a car accident,
and they're buried in your hometown,
the place they left so you could have a future.
[Isma] To Mom and Dad. [glass clinks]
[Mat] And the place you had to come back to
- to find your future. - You know her?
[Mat] Her name is Olivia Costa, and you spend the night with her.
You have fun with her and agree to meet the next day.
But what you don't tell her
is you're on furlough and you gotta go back to prison.
♪ You came to me ♪
♪ Are you having a bad time… ♪
You picture her waiting.
You want to hold onto that image,
convinced it'll be the last one you'll ever have of her.
♪ Oh, sugar ♪
But you're wrong.
Because three months out of jail, Isma hires you as a paralegal at his firm.
He asks you to select candidates for a case.
And there she is.
- [woman]Miss Costa… - [Mat] After two years,
he never forgot her.
She hadn't forgotten you.
Olivia tells you how she's been these last couple of years.
You tell her a bunch of lies to explain why you didn't show up that day.
You want to live inside this bubble forever.
[moaning]
She gives you hope for the future.
Finally you think all's gonna be just fine.
But happiness is fleeting.
One morning, like any other, Isma is going to work
when he's hit by a stroke.
♪ And my love life waits… ♪
You feel that life is punishing you,
and you have to accept who you are
if you wanna leave your past and time in prison behind you.
You tell her you'd understand if she didn't wanna be with you.
But she does.
- Four years later… - [music fades]
I'm pregnant?
Yes.
Four weeks.
[Olivia gasps]
[laughs]
[Mat] So, what's next?
We'll do an ultrasound. If Olivia's okay with doing it here…
Yes! I didn't have a regular gynecologist…
- Okay. - Sure.
I'll ask a few questions to complete your record with us.
[cell phone vibrates]
- I'm sorry, its... - [Olivia] Take it.
- [Mat] You sure? - Of course.
[Mat] Mrs. Abellán? Hello.
Yes. No, I can't understand when you talk so fast.
[indistinct conversation]
[Mat] Mm-hmm.
No, I think it'll take a few months before they foreclose anything.
Look, tomorrow we can talk in my office, okay?
Good. No, don't worry.
Bye.
[man] Four-thirty. In the OR. I'll be in my office.
I'll be right there.
[police siren blaring]
TWO MONTHS LATER
[man] You'll love this neighborhood. It's very quiet.
- [Mat] Yes, we're familiar with it. - [man] Great.
The house has central air, doors and windows are aluminum,
with double glazing and thermal break.
You can take a look around if you want. There's no hurry.
- [Olivia] Thank you. - Very kind.
- I'll wait in the kitchen. - [Olivia] Perfect.
[Olivia laughs nervously]
Think the baby will like it?
Do you know what I like?
- Me. - [chuckles]
Well, yes. [laughs]
[Olivia gasps]
Let's look at the bedroom.
This is incredible. There's light everywhere.
Look, honey, this can be the walk-in closet.
[Mat] Come look.
- Over there is Mara's house. - [laughs]
Baby's cousins are close.
I can't think of a better place to raise our family.
If we're gonna move, we should do it pronto,
'cos my belly's gonna get all big.
[chuckles]
[cell phone vibrates]
I don't know who it is.
- Yes? - [man] Is this Olivia Costa?
Yes, that's me.
[indistinct man's voice on phone]
I'm sorry, honey, it's work.
Yes, go on.
What?
[car door opens]
[muffled techno music playing]
[Olivia] I'll be there.
- [Mat] When will you be back? - [Olivia] On Friday.
Inés hasn't sent my schedule yet. Don't even know where I'm staying.
Luckily, it's Berlin. It could've been worse.
- Are you sure you have to go? - It's a short flight. It'll be fine.
The German consulting firm wants me there.
[sighs]
Mat, what's wrong?
- I have to go, honey. - Yeah, I know.
It's not that, I'm sorry.
I saw Hugo,
the guy who picked the fight with my brother.
He was with Eva.
The girl who caused the whole thing.
They're together.
And I saw that they live across the street from the house we like.
[laughs]
That's a fluke, isn't it?
- I don't care about her, but he... - Babe.
It's okay if it's weird.
We can keep looking.
I don't want to keep looking.
I like that house.
[laughs]
Okay. Can you order me some sushi while I shower?
Oh, wait, I can't! I keep forgetting. It's raw fish.
[footsteps fade]
[door closes]
[locks]
[sniffs]
[cell phone message alert]
HELLO, MAT
SHALL WE MEET TOMORROW?
OUR USUAL SPOT? I NEED TO SEE YOU
[shower running]
YES, SEE YOU TOMORROW. XOXO
- I hope the meeting goes well, okay? - Okay, thank you.
- I'll call you when I get there. - Knock them dead.
- I love you. [giggles] - I love you too.
[menacing music playing]
[cell phone ringing]
[woman] Yes?
I'm running late, sorry.
[woman] Hurry up, I gotta get back to the bank.
I had to drive Olivia to the airport.
How is she?
She's going to Berlin for work.
I asked you how she is,
not where she's going.
I went to Berlin with Isma.
The only time I've ever been there.
Jaime and I went there with Dani.
And I'm not going back.
Me neither.
Unless, well…
Dani.
[woman] Would you like to go back to Berlin, Dani?
Do you want to go back to Berlin, Mom?
Would you like that, son?
Eat some currywurst? Stuff our faces.
Let's skip the museums though. Just amusement parks and graffiti.
[woman] Okay.
The three of us can go today and spend the day there.
Okay.
As a birthday present.
Mat?
- Would today be his birthday? - Today is…
his non- birthday.
I dreamt of him again.
He was a man, like you.
He had a wife and two beautiful daughters.
And then we all went to the beach.
To that one there.
Jaime and I spent our summers there, that beach in the painting.
In my dream, we all went back there.
Older, as grandparents.
She's pregnant.
You asked me how Olivia was doing.
She's pregnant.
I thought you might know.
Your husband saw us coming out of the gynecologist's.
- Dani. - Not now, Sonia.
- Dani. - I'm saying she's pregnant. Please listen.
Dani.
Your father told me that…
I'm going to be a grandmother.
I can't keep doing this, Sonia.
I really can't.
She's pregnant. This… This is not right.
[Sonia sighs]
- I gotta go back to work. - Please, I beg you.
Goodbye, Dani.
See you soon, Mat.
- [Mat] The meeting started? - Running late.
Don't worry.
[Mat] As you all know,
my brother's wish was for us to be a relatable company.
That's what differentiates us from other firms.
What do clients want?
How do they see us?
What do they expect from us?
It's a very fragmented market,
and if we want our firm to keep growing, we need our own client-success philosophy.
- [phone message alert] - [woman] Growth, of course,
but with the right values.
Exponential growth is dangerous.
It could affect the firm's structure
[woman's voice fades] and lower our profit…
- [menacing music playing] - [man] It's essential our clients…
Excuse me, Mat. Mrs. Abellán just called. The people from the bank are at her home.
[car lock beeps]
[clicks tongue]
WHO'S THAT?
HE DOESN'T LOOK GERMAN!
ONLINE
[Mat] Call Olivia.
[tires screech]
[car accelerates]
[dial tone]
CALL ENDED
Call "Olivia's work."
- [dial tone] - [cell phone connects]
[woman] Duarte Consulting. How can I help you?
Hi, Inés, this is Mat. Olivia isn't answering her phone.
I need the number of the hotel where she's staying.
It's an emergency.
[Inés] Hi, Mat.
She booked the hotel herself, but we always work with the same one.
The Radisson Alexanderplatz. I'll send you the number.
[tense music playing]
[cell phone message alert]
[dial tone]
[woman in German] Radisson Alexanderplatz, how can I help you?
[in English] Yeah, hi. My name is Mateo Vidal.
My wife, Olivia Costa, is staying with you.
She's not answering my calls,
I was wondering if you could connect me to her room please.
[woman, in English] Hold on.
I'm sorry, sir.
We don't have any Olivia Costa hosted in the hotel.
- You sure? - [woman] Yes, sir. I'm so sorry.
[cell phone disconnects]
[cell phone message alert]
[disturbing music playing]
[brakes screech]
[in Spanish] Mateo Vidal. I represent Mrs. Celia Abellán.
We have an order.
Yeah, I understand, but my client has filed a property claim.
Mrs. Abellán is committed to settling her debts with the bank
once the judge rules in her favor. Should there be no such ruling,
she agrees to leave the apartment and accept the non-payment.
Not our problem. Why don't you read...
No, you listen carefully.
The way I see it, you have two options.
You postpone this situation pending its resolution
or you carry out the foreclosure.
I assure you when the judge rules in our favor,
and if you read those carefully, I think you'll agree he will,
gentlemen, I'll become your worst nightmare.
I will fuck the two of you over for life.
[man clears throat]
[footsteps fade]
Celia, you can open the door.
Hey.
- Are you okay? - [Celia] Yes.
They left, but they'll be back. Don't let them in.
Thank you for being so kind to me.
- I have to go. - Yes. Thanks.
Call if you need anything.
[cell phone message alert]
[disturbing music playing]
- [Mat] Call Olivia. - [dial tone]
[phone connects]
Hello?
Olivia? Olivia, are you there?
[man] She can't come to the phone.
Who's this?
[man] Someone who knows your wife's deepest, darkest secrets.
Put her on the phone.
[man] I already told you she can't come to the phone.
Why can't she answer?
[man] She'll have to tell you.
- [man blows kiss] - [phone disconnects]
[car engine starts]
- [tires screech] - Hey!
Hey!
[tires screech]
[groans, coughs]
[groaning]
[groans]
[moans]
[gun clicks]
[ragged breathing]
[footsteps fade]
[electronic beep]
[officer 1] According to witnesses,
the car that knocked you down was a gray Fiat.
Did you get to see the license plate or any other details?
I don't remember, I'm sorry.
[officer 1] You have any idea who the driver could be?
Or why he'd attack you?
[grunts]
[officer 2] Are you sure?
[grunts]
- [bone snaps] - [Mat's yell echoes]
[officer 1] Mr. Vidal, someone just threatened you with a gun.
That doesn't seem like an accident.
We just want to help you.
[cuffs click]
I don't remember anyone or anything you're telling me. I'm sorry.
I can't help you.
[woman] This is what I've found out.
I checked all the hotels in Berlin
and there aren't any bookings under Olivia Costa.
Her cell phone is off,
so it's impossible to locate her at the moment.
We can check her credit card history but my contact at the bank's on vacation.
I'll take care of that.
Find out who this license plate belongs to and who this guy is.
Where did you get this? You told the police you had nothing.
The paralegal works for the police.
Mat, careful. We don't wanna get in trouble.
With my record, they'd have grilled me.
- I had to lie to get them off me. - I hope you know what you're doing.
This is personal, I don't want another private investigator.
I want you, Zoe. I can trust you. Understand?
- Understood. - Good.
Let's see.
You think there's a connection between the videos and this guy?
- No. - What do you mean no?
Too much excitement for one day.
Has your wife cheated on you before?
Not that I know.
It's clear your friend wants you to know she's cheating on you.
Why would she send a video? Why isn't she answering the phone?
Could be a creative way of saying she's leaving.
- Then some guy follows and threatens me? - Maybe she's playing with you.
No, Olivia'd never do this to me. Makes no sense.
- Yes, makes sense. - No!
Makes sense. There's always a reason.
So think of something that can help us.
[Olivia] Yes, I'll be there.
Sorry, honey, it was important.
Work needs me in Berlin.
Olivia always tells me where she's staying…
but she lied.
[Zoe] What else?
Oh, wait, I can't! I keep forgetting! It's raw fish.
She never locks the door to the bathroom.
[door locks]
You didn't think anything of it at the time, but you do now.
[Mat] Yesterday, I met up with someone.
- [Zoe] Who? - Nothing to do with this.
Maybe it does, maybe it doesn't.
Want my help or would you prefer to keep wasting time?
[sighs deeply, clicks teeth]
Dani's mother.
The guy's mother.
I've been meeting her every week for years.
And Olivia doesn't know.
Olivia doesn't know everything about you. Why you think you know her so well?
- You gonna help or not? - Look at it from another perspective.
What if it has nothing to do with her, but with you?
Four years in prison is a long time.
It's been eight years since I got out.
Maybe eight years weren't enough for someone.
Mat, did anything happen in jail I should know?
[bone snaps]
You see why I don't want to go to the police?
[Sonia] You think Olivia's having an affair?
[Mat] The video is obvious.
Sometimes not everything is how it appears.
Jaime is also seeing someone.
He doesn't know about you.
I don't know about her.
You know,
I always found it strange how Olivia reappeared in your life.
It was fate.
[scoffs] Fate, huh?
Another twist of fate?
How many twists of fate do you think you're allowed in your life, Mat?
What do you need?
I need you to track her credit card history.
I don't suppose you have a court warrant?
This is just between us.
You work in a bank. You have access.
[Mara] Thank you for coming so quickly. You're so like your brother.
Sorry it's such short notice,
but Carla is in the middle of her exams and she can't stay.
We may stay out a little late.
Some colleagues want to go out to dinner,
but I'll try not to come back too late, okay?
You can tell me, you know?
Tell you what?
That you have a date.
I'm sorry. I heard you talking to him a couple weeks ago.
His name is Jorge, right?
I'm sorry.
I should've told you,
but…
the kids don't know about it, and…
I can stay all night if you want.
You don't mind?
I'll watch a movie with the kids.
Okay.
Now go. You'll be late.
[cell phone ringing]
Olivia?
[Olivia] Honey, I'm sorry. I just saw you called me.
We're checking the new navigation tool. Been at a meeting all day.
With the trip and all, my head's going to explode.
Where are you calling from?
From the hotel,
but I'm going out now for dinner in Kreuzberg.
- [water hissing] - What was that?
The sprinklers at Mara's house.
She asked me to stay and cook dinner with the kids.
I'm sure they've already convinced you to order junk food.
I left you a message.
Really? I didn't see it.
I got your pictures and your videos.
What picture? I didn't send anything.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Well, I don't know. Maybe I sent you something accidentally.
Where are you staying?
At the Radisson in Alexanderplatz.
Tomorrow I'm gonna fly out and see you.
Is there something wrong?
- Nothing, I just miss you. - I miss you too, my love,
- but I'll be back Friday. - I need to see you before then.
- Honey, I'll be very busy. - I swear I won't bother you.
Mat. Friday.
Okay?
- [Mat] Olivia... - Gotta go. They're waiting for me.
Talk soon.
[cell phone disconnects]
[inhales nervously]
[man] My partner just called.
Everything's fine.
Okay.
- [door opens] - [sitter] Goodbye, kids.
I left the kids doing homework.
[Mat] Mara told me to pay you.
No, no, we're even. For the other day.
It'll be our secret. Don't you worry.
Thank you.
Pop!
[car horn honking]
Uncle Mat?
Someone honked.
[indistinct speaker on TV]
[door opens]
What you got?
[Zoe] The car that hit you is a rental. The company is at the airport.
We have the name of the guy who ran me over and threatened me?
No, it's not him.
It was rented by a guy with a record for extortion.
Did time for mutilating the owner of a bar who owed money to the Chinese mafia.
His name is Ibai Sáez. Does that ring a bell?
Mat, I need you to think.
All of this only makes sense if it's something personal.
Maybe he was in your prison block. Come on, think!
I don't know who he is.
Well, maybe his name doesn't sound familiar,
but his face might.
Ibai Sáez. He rented the car.
[disturbing music builds]
[exhales]
[soft moan]
[exhales]
[cell phone ringing]
[Mat]Hi, Sonia.
[Sonia] Sorry to call so late, but Jaime has only just fallen asleep.
Did you find anything?
She took a taxi from the airport after you dropped her off.
The ride was 32 euros.
She paid with her card and she hasn't used it since.
She must still be here.
And there's something else.
She withdrew 50,000 euros in cash this morning.
From the main branch of the bank.
But… that's all our savings.
It's obvious she's involved in something she hasn't told you about.
You should talk to her as soon as you can.
Yeah, I know. I will.
Thanks. Try and get some rest.
You too. You know, you can call if you need anything.
Thank you.
[birdsong]
[keys jangle]
[sobbing]
Mara.
Hey?
- How did it go? - Good.
Jorge is… He's great.
[Mara sighs] We're just lucky.
That we're going to have you and Olivia so close.
That you came back to your neighborhood after all this time.
I wish Isma was here to see it.
He's still here with us.
[car approaches outside]
[cell phone ringing]
PRIVATE NUMBER
[Mat] Just a second.
Sure.
Hello?
Olivia?
[man] This is not Olivia.
I know who you are.
Ibai Sáez.
[Ibai] Pay attention.
Someone's going to knock on your sister-in-law's door
in less than 30 seconds.
- What do you mean? - Shut your mouth and listen.
If you tell them anything, anything at all about what's happening,
I'll cut your wife's tongue off and eat it.
You got that?
- Not a fucking word. - [cell phone disconnects]
[doorbell rings]
- What's wrong? - [Mat shushes]
[doorbell rings]
[doorbell rings insistently]
[card scrapes on floor]
[suspenseful music playing]
[suspenseful music builds, stops]