All about La casa de papel: summary, analysis and all the characters of the series
The Money Heist is a Spanish series that has become one of the greatest robbery fictions ever seen.
The series, which has four seasons, is about the spectacular assault, by a gang of criminals, from the National Mint and Stamp Factory, in the first two installments, and from the Bank of Spain, in the third and quarter.
The combination of the genres of action, intrigue and thriller together with its attractive plot and the peculiar character of its characters make it the most successful Spanish series of all time.
Summary of The Money Heist
The series starts from an original idea that remains present in the two seasons. The premise revolves around the character of Sergio Marquina, aka The Professor, a mysterious man who has planned since meticulously small the robbery at the National Mint and Stamp Factory, which is the largest theft ever produced.
Your objective is to recruit a group of criminals, who have nothing to lose in life, to enter the building and stay inside for several days to get to make $ 2.4 billion of euros.
In the third and fourth seasons the main plot changes and, this time, the objective of the gang is to assault the Bank of Spain to get the gold that is inside the vault.
Attention, from here spoilers!
First season
Sergio Marquina (alias El Professor), a man who spent his childhood hospitalized due to illness, has meticulously planned the robbery of the National Currency and Stamp Factory.
For this, a group of eight criminals, all with a fictitious name and with their faces masked with the face of Salvador Dalí, will occupy the building for 11 days with 67 hostages (including the daughter of the British ambassador), to manage to manufacture 2.4 billion euros.
After five months of meticulous training on the robbery, the assailants enter the Casa de la Moneda Museum in Madrid, where they manipulate technology to prevent any type of external communication and kidnap those present, among which are the workers of the Factory and the students of a prestigious institute of Madrid.
During the robbery, the kidnappers face all kinds of situations, such as the recognition of the face of three of the kidnappers by the police or the escape plan led by one of the hostages.
On his side, The Professor communicates with criminals and the police from an abandoned premises. Despite his efforts to solve the band's errors from outside, Sergio did not count on falling in love with Raquel Murrillo, the inspector of the case, which will change the course of events.
Second season
The second installment of the series complicates The Professor's plans and develops the outcome of the robbery at the Mint.
The scientific police discover the Toledo country house where the leader trained the robbers for five months and they also obtain DNA remains.
Later Raquel discovers the identity of The Professor. The police are also about to find out who the leader of the group is.
Meanwhile, The Professor cannot communicate with the interior of the Factory. There, hostages and kidnappers lose their nerve and the situation ends with Tokio, one of the criminals, expelled from the Factory and detained by the police.
Meanwhile, The Professor struggles to keep his plan and his relationship with the inspector safe. However, she tortures him when he learns of his true identity.
Finally Raquel, accused of being an accomplice, is removed from the case and the police enter the National Mint. After a shootout inside the building, starring the gang and the police, the robbers manage to get out with the riot through a tunnel that connects with El Professor's lair.
Third season
After managing to escape the country after committing the biggest robbery in history, The Professor has a new mission: rescue Rio, one of the members of the gang, who has been captured by Interpol after a mistake of Tokyo
The leader of the group considers bringing all the members of him together to carry out a new plan, devised by his deceased brother, which will help them free the young man: the robbery of the Bank of Spain.
New members of the gang of robbers will join this new adventure, among them Palermo, unconditional friend of Berlin, Inspector Murillo under the name of Lisbon and Mónica Gaztambide will be Stockholm.
This time, the robbers enter the building posing as the military as they wreak havoc in the center of Madrid, throwing tickets from the air. Once inside, they kidnap those present.
Meanwhile, The Professor and Lisbon try to follow the Berlin plan from a motorhome equipped with the best technology. Both confront Sierra, one of the strongest inspectors in the body.
Fourth season
The Professor feels defeated after the possible murder of Lisbon since all his plans seem to fall apart.
However, Marseille takes her side to get a comeback. They both manage to get one of the policemen who are leading the robbery, Antoñanzas, to side with him in exchange for money.
On her side, Lisbon is cruelly interrogated by Alicia Sierra, who tries to psychologically manipulate her into betraying El Professor. However, thanks to Antoñanzas, Lisbon discovers that The Professor has implemented “the Paris plan”, which includes his rescue and release from the police.
Inside the Bank of Spain, things couldn't get any worse. The group of assailants tries to save the life of Nairobi through a dangerous surgical intervention. On the other hand, Palermo betrays the group upon learning that Tokyo is now in command of the mission. This causes a notorious fragmentation and tension that jeopardizes The Professor's plans.
Everything gets even more complicated when Palermo helps Gandía, the Governor's dangerous head of security, to free himself from his handcuffs. Then, this provokes a great armed conflict within the compound, which takes the life of Nairobi.
Once the Paris plan is launched, The Professor frees Lisbon from jail, which she finally reunites with her colleagues at the Bank of Spain when she poses as a member of the police.
Finally, although the team gains an advantage over the police, Alicia Sierra, an inspector on the case, discovers The Professor in her lair.
Chapters and plots
The paper house has a total of 23 chapters divided into three installments. The first comprises a total of 9 episodes, the second consists of 6 and the third 8.
The first season leaves an ending in cliffhanger, that is, open and in tension. This makes it possible to cover the study of the series from the same narrative arc that begins in the first part and ends in the second. Both seasons are linked by the same main plot: The Mint Heist.
For their part, the third and fourth seasons do not share the main plot with the previous two, but a new one begins, that of the robbery of the Bank of Spain. These, like the first, leave the outcome in the hands of a long-awaited fifth season.
First season
The first installment the story unfolds in a linear way and the main axis is the plots that take place in the present time. These alternate with flashbacks that serve to provide more information.
Throughout this season, the approach, the middle and the beginning of the denouement of the robbery take place. The robbery begins and, with it, the development of the main plot that will not conclude until the end of the second part.
Carry out what was agreed (1x01)
The Professor recruits a group of criminals to raid the Mint and Stamp Factory, among them is Tokio, a young woman who lives in search and capture.
After five months of strict training, the band manages to enter the Factory and retains a large number of hostages, including Alison Parker, who will serve as a negotiating point between The Professor and the authorities.
Lethal recklessness (1x02)
A failure causes the face of Rio, one of the robbers, to be discovered by the police force, which manages to identify him in the criminal database.
Meanwhile, The Professor tries to correct the robber's error from the outside to the point of almost being discovered by the authorities.
For their part, the assailants order the hostages to build a tunnel to leave the building when they manage to print all the money and Arturo spreads rumors about the thieves' plan, worsening the relationship between kidnappers and hostages.
Miss shooting (1x03)
Berlin orders Denver to kill Monica when she learns that she is trying to establish contact with the outside world. The young man decides not to murder her, but gives her a shot in the leg and the shot causes the hostages to stir.
The Professor negotiates with Raquel while she suffers a personal crisis due to the problems she has with her ex-husband.
Troy Horse (1x04)
Arturo is shot by the police, who mistake him for one of the kidnappers.
After the altercation, The Professor negotiates with Inspector Murrillo for a group of surgeons to enter the building and perform a surgical intervention on the Factory director. Angel, the case's deputy inspector, enters with the team of surgeons pretending to be a nurse.
Likewise, a group of policemen plan to enter the Factory wearing Salvador Dalí masks, like the kidnappers, to mislead them and thus be able to arrest them. However, the agents are unaware that the robbers have changed their masks.
The Groundhog Day (1x05)
Due to the impossibility of carrying out her plan to confuse the kidnappers, Raquel values the possibility that there is a mole among the agents.
On the other hand, the police find a clue that is a loose end of the criminals: the car they had used before committing the crime. Meanwhile, The Professor goes to the scrapyard where the vehicle is located in order to eliminate the evidence.
Inside the Factory, Rio sees his parents on a television show begging him to turn himself in to the police, which makes the young man doubt about his future plans there inside him.
The warm cold war (1x06)
The Professor manages to escape from the police in the junkyard and leaves an evidence in the car that puts Berlin in the spotlight of public opinion.
When Berlin learns that his image is being manipulated in the media, she becomes angry and plans to carry out a revenge. On his part, Nairobi tries to stop him so that the plan does not fall apart.
Chilled instability (1x07)
The Professor's plans falter and the agents discover the faces of three of the assailants. Therefore, she decides to carry out a plan to get the inspector into the Mint and Stamp Factory. Once inside, Raquel wants to make sure all the hostages are safe.
Sub-inspector Ángel focuses his investigation on the loose ends left by The Professor and is about to discover who is hiding under that nickname.
You have looked for it (1x08)
Raquel and Ángel begin to suspect each other and believe that one of them is the mole that hides among the police force. A strong argument between the two makes the inspector make the decision to exclude Ángel from the case.
Arturo, who has declared war on the robbers, tries to convince his fellow hostages to help him carry out his escape plan.
The one to follows her, get her (1x09)
Things get complicated after a group of kidnapped men manage to escape the Factory.
The robbers despair and decide to propose an offer to the rest of the hostages. Thus, they are given a choice between two options: become their partners or get out of there.
On the other hand, Ángel discovers the true identity of The Professor, but a fatal accident leaves him in a coma and prevents him from revealing the truth.
Finally, the police discover the house where the leader of the group instructed his team before carrying out the assault.
Second season
During the second season the denouement and conclusion of the main plot takes place. It also presents a linear structure of the episodes and new subplots appear.
The masks are over (2x 01)
The Professor argues with Alberto, Raquel's ex, to steal the DNA evidence obtained at the Toledo country house and thus be able to eliminate them. The fight takes him to the police station.
Meanwhile, the kidnappers begin to despair inside the building when they have no news from their boss. Tokyo faces desperate Berlin and he expels her from the Factory.
The head of the plan (2x02)
The police interrogate Tokio, who hesitates between following the advice she received from her boss and trusting him or, on the contrary, reporting what happened to the agents.
On the other hand, Rio is furious when he finds out what happened to his girlfriend and declares war on Berlin.
Meanwhile, The Professor is still in the police station without being able to contact the interior of the Factory and finds out what happened through television.
Finally, Raquel has him released and her ex withdraws all accusations against him.
A matter of efficiency (2x03)
The press enters the Factory at the request of the band. Berlin, with a victimizing attitude, addresses the spectators to gain their trust and, in this way, leave the police in a bad way in front of the group of robbers before the public opinion.
On the other hand, Arturo carries out an escape plan that hinders the work of the kidnappers.
Finally, Raquel discovers Salva's true identity and sets a trap for him to capture him.
What have we done? (2x04)
The inspector discovers that her boyfriend Salva de ella is, in fact, the leader of the group of robbers.
Inside the Factory, nerves are on the surface and the kidnappers punish Arturo for trying to carry out an escape plan.
Against the clock (2x05)
The police find out the true identity of The Professor and Raquel is expelled from the case and accused of being an accomplice.
With the help of The Professor, Tokio escapes from the police and returns to the factory. Her return brings with it the worst consequences: Moscow is shot in the chest and her life is hanging by a thread.
Bella Ciao (2x06)
The agents enter the Factory after 125 hours of confinement and Berlin is in charge of the escape plan.
After a shootout involving some of the kidnappers and the police, the gang manages to escape with the money. Berlin stays inside the building and tries to resist the shots of the agents who, finally, make him faint.
A year after the crime, the case remains unsolved and the robbers are missing.
Third season
This installment does not narrate the assault on the Mint, however it presents as its main plot another robbery this time at the Bank of Spain.
The trigger for this event is related to the irresponsibility of Tokyo and Rio, which endanger the safety of the gang and the young man is caught by Interpol. Thus, The Professor decides to carry out the Berlin plan, not only to free Rio but also to avenge the death of his brother.
We are back (3x01)
The gang of robbers enjoy their new life in exotic locations. Tokio and Rio decide to separate and are reckless when they try to communicate with phones tapped by Interpol.
Rio is captured and Tokio flees in search of The Professor, who gathers the rest of the gang to carry out a rescue plan.
Aikido (3x02)
The Professor looks for Martín, alias Palermo, to be able to carry out his brother's plan: to enter the Bank of Spain and steal the gold from the vault.
The gang begins the assault by launching tickets from the air in the center of Madrid.
48 meters under the ground (3x03)
Nairobi and Tokyo suffer a setback in the Governor's office. Palermo suffers eye injuries caused by crystals.
Meanwhile, The Professor controls the plan from outside next to Lisbon and tries to remember Berlin's explanation on how to access the flooded vault to avoid any kind of mistake.
Nairobi manages to create a hole that will allow them to access the chamber and extract the gold.
Dolphin hour (3x04)
Bogotá manages to enter the flooded vault and weld in it a capsule that will allow them to extract the gold.
Nairobi tries to get the key to one of the doors by manipulating the Governor, however he refuses and Denver delivers a blow that knocks him unconscious.
Boom boom ciao (3x05)
Denver leaves the building to remove some red boxes whose contents compromise the government. In this way, The Professor manages to manipulate the police to buy time.
Nairobi is leading the plan to melt the gold to turn the bullion into small balls that will allow its extraction.
Meanwhile, Inspector Alicia takes charge of the case and threatens Lisbon with the safety of her mother and her daughter.
Everything seemed insignificant (3x06)
The Berlin plan does not go as The Professor expected, things get complicated when a group of agents access the Bank of Spain following the orders of Inspector Sierra.
On the other hand, The Professor and Raquel are unable to contact Palermo and see his safety endangered when they are almost discovered by an agent of the Civil Guard.
Finally, The Professor manages to get Rio into the building, however Alicia has inserted a microphone into her body to control the band.
Little vacation (3x07)
Sub-inspector Ángel manages to find the whereabouts of The Professor and Raquel and pursues them relentlessly. These, little by little, are losing control of the assault.
Authorities leak false information about the government to mislead the media communication and offer a financial reward to anyone who helps them find leaders from the band.
Drift (3x08)
Inspector Sierra tries to manipulate Nairobi and tells him that she has her child, when she looks for a from the windows of the building to check if it is true, she is shot that leaves her seriously wound.
The gang extracts the microphone from Rio's body and tries to deceive the police. Suarez discovers Raquel's whereabouts and makes the Professor believe that he has killed her.
Finally, The Professor orders Palermo to confront the agents who are trying to intercept the building. Thus begins the battle between robbers and police.
Fourth season
The third season does not conclude the main plot, so it continues to be part of the fourth season, in which it does not end either.
Thus, in this one it continues with the main plot started in the third and opens the way to new plots in the present (the robbery) and others that are part of the past that reveal how it was conceived.
Game over (4x 01)
The Professor believes that Lisbon has been executed. Within the Bank of Spain, the tension between the members of the gang is evident, who try to save the life of Nairobi, which asks that they hand it over to the police.
The Berlin wedding (4x02)
The team manages to save her life in Nairobi, despite poor communication with the surgeon who orders them from outside.
Palermo betrays the group and plans to leave the Bank of Spain but the gang manages to prevent it. Meanwhile, Alicia Sierra interrogates Lisbon harshly so that she betrays The Professor. However, he discovers that Lisbon is possibly still alive. Likewise, Sergio remembers the wedding of his brother Berlin.
Anatomy lesson (4x03)
The Professor and Marsella bribe agent Antoñanzas to give a message to Lisbon, which is inside the police tent. Raquel's ex-husband discovers a phone card that leads him to his daughter and her grandmother in the Philippines.
Sighs of Spain (4x04)
Five years before the events, Berlin goes to the Bank of Spain to plan the plan from within. This fact makes him guess that Gandía is going to pose a great danger.
In the present, Alicia Sierra confesses to Raquel that her husband, and father of her future child, has recently passed away.
Inside the Bank of Spain, Tokyo is desperately searching for Gandía, who has tried to assassinate Nairobi. He manages to communicate with the outside world and the colonel in command gives him "permission" in an unofficial way to assassinate the members of the gang. Afterward, he hits Tokyo.
5 minutes before (4x05)
Gandía kidnaps Tokio in a hidden room in the building, known as "the panic room."
The members of the band discover that Palermo was the one who helped Gandía escape. Later, The Professor has a talk with Palermo and asks him to be on her side again but, later, he promises that there will be consequences for her betrayal. Gandía again attacks the gang with weapons and grenades.
Technical KO (4x06)
The conflict between the assailants and Gandía continues inside the compound. Later, the security chief decides to use Nairobi as a hostage and torture her before the helpless gaze of his companions. Finally, Gandía murders Nairobi with a shot to the head, which unleashes the ire of the gang and of The Professor.
Tear down the tent (4x07)
While the authorities begin the so-called "rescue operation" to the Bank of Spain. The Professor hardens his plan and decides to use the media so that the world finds out what happened and the torture that Rio received. This makes the colonel decide to do without Alicia Sierra.
Paris Plan (4x08)
The Professor carries out his plan "Paris" and manages to free Lisbon. Inside the Bank of Spain, the robbers force Gandía to give a false message to his people and make them believe that he has not only killed Nairobi but has also murdered Tokyo. Then, the police started an operation and sent a helicopter to remove their people from inside the Bank.
However, it is Lisbon and Marseille that are inside the helicopter that misleads the authorities. Finally, Lisbon manages to meet with her companions dressed in the police uniform. Meanwhile, while everyone is celebrating, The Professor is intercepted and threatened with a pistol by Alicia in her lair.
Analysis of The Money Heist
The Money Heist part of a very original idea that we were not used to seeing as spectators in a television series.
A robbery starring unconventional characters. A story of good and bad, in which it is easier to empathize with criminals than with authority.
Sociopolitical context
Fiction comes at a time when viewers believe they have seen it all in a social and political landscape in which The economic crisis prevails and political corruption has given way to unstable governments, in which the people are unable to trust.
The banks have speculated with the money of their clients, the same ones who have brought them out of ruin.
In this context, it is easy for us to empathize with the words of the Professor when he affirms that they are not robbing anyone but making more money. And that is why we asked ourselves: is printing money stealing?
Just as the people represented in the fiction begin to support the kidnappers, so do we, because manage to arouse resentment towards a corrupt political system that has undermined state stability in recent years time.
At the end of the second season and during the third, Inspector Murillo switches sides. A fact that could be unacceptable for the viewer, Raquel represents the "authority" and thus achieves reinforce the idea that those who are supposed to be "the good guys" are actually on the side of the robbers.
They represent "the resistance" and we, in part, also want to be part of it.
Dramatic structure
Considering the structure of the series, it can be observed that, throughout each episode, a plot A emerges that generally concludes in the same chapter.
On the other hand, during the bulk of the three installments, a slower B plot appears, which is maintained throughout the entire series, this is: the assault and its execution.
Also, in each chapter different subplots arise that revolve around the different characters and their past.
The masterful dosing of information throughout the two installments is very interesting. A strategy that starts from Ernest Hemingway's iceberg theory, which makes at the beginning of the first season we know few details but, little by little, more information is provided to us until we reach the outcome.
The same happens in the third season during the second robbery, which will end in the fourth installment.
Temporality: suspense Between the past and the present
The series presents, in the first two installments, two well differentiated timelines: the present and the past. In the present, we know the execution of the robbery; in the past, we see the planning that the assault had and we know the background Of the characters.
This is achieved through the use of flashbacks. As viewers we want to know everything that is hidden behind each of them, and the creators, for their part, they offer us small “brushstrokes” in each episode, which allows them to maintain the game of tension.
On the other hand, time determines the structure of the episodes. This is achieved thanks to a setup in which two times, past and present, are interspersed to facilitate the suspense.
The timing is slightly more complex in the third season. Well, if two timelines can be differentiated in the previous ones, in this installment there is a temporary fragmentation that goes from 5 years ago, going through months ago and until reaching the present.
This structure that wanders between present and different moments of the past favors the attention of the spectator, who wants to discover all the ins and outs of this new robbery.
Narrator and targeting
Internal targeting predominates throughout history. Usually, it is the character from Tokyo who leads the narration, which offers a vision of the story from the robbers' point of view and thus makes the viewer sympathize with them more easily.
This point of view of Tokyo, at times, also produces in the viewer a certain rejection of the character. Throughout the series, their impulsive nature has led the band into situations of chaos and, for Consequently, we also consider the robbery as an "adventure" shared with the muggers.
Likewise, there is also a third-person narration. This remains present in the plots such as, for example, in which the agents try to solve the case or the love story between Salva and the inspector.
Assembly and plans: a countdown
One of the main characteristics of The Money Heist is that his story revolves around a countdown. It is a robbery that must be solved in the shortest possible time and that gives rise to frantic situations.
To achieve that sensation of agitation, a linear montage consisting of a large number of shots, numerous cuts and camera movements is essential.
Soundtrack: From Classic Ecstasy to Heroic Resistance
Another important element of the series is its soundtrack. This mainly highlights the use of pre-existing music, that is, it integrates musical pieces that have not been composed ex profeso for the series.
One of the themes that appears at the beginning of the series is, for example, the Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is curious how music and image converge to perfection when the machine prints large strips of banknotes, an Ode that in this case symbolizes the joy of making money.
But, without a doubt, one of the topics that has become more viral thanks to its inclusion in the series has been the version of Beautiful ciao, an anthem that was adopted by the partisan resistance movement in Italy.
A fact that shows the importance of television series when it comes to popularizing or returning songs to the collective imagination.
The song is also a symbol of resistance for the band of robbers but, without a doubt, it is closely related to the background of the characters of Sergio Marquina, The Professor, and his brother Berlin.
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Perhaps the third season of the series is the most “enriched” in the musical aspect. It also makes use of pre-existing music that accompanies the image in the highlights of each episode.
Some of the songs that appear throughout the third installment are: Felling Good by Muse, Drift by Vetusta Morla, Be my baby from The Ronettes, You´ll nerver walk alone from The Pacemakers, among others.
But without a doubt, one of the most prominent is Guantanamera, Cuban popular song that appears in the third episode of the season when Berlin finishes explaining the robbery plan to his brother.
It is not known with certainty when the song came about but, as with Bella Ciao, It also represents the resistance of a people against oppression, in this case the colonization of the Cuban people. Guantanamera a hymn that represents "the resistance"?
Wardrobe: revolutionary red and artistic tributes
In the color palette of the series, the red tones stand out mainly. The costumes represent very well the tonality that characterizes the series thanks to the use of the red jumpsuits worn by the robbers and, later, also by the hostages.
Throughout history, red has been associated with violence and revolution, perhaps because it is the color of blood.
In the series, the nonconformist and transforming spirit is represented by "the resistance" and little by little the band's clothing becomes a symbol of struggle for the citizens.
In the third season it is appreciated how the people accompany the band and protest at the doors of the Bank of Spain, thus the red connotes the people's struggle against political corruption.
Along with the peculiar costume, the assailants also wear a mask with the face of Salvador Dalí.
There is nothing better than the painter's face to represent "the resistance", Dalí stood out for his transgressive spirit and he faced the world and the laws established through his art. For its part, the band also aims to inspire people through their wardrobe and turn it into a sign of outrage and skepticism.
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Locations: from national to international
No doubt The Money Heist it has become a successful international phenomenon and this has also been reflected in its budget.
If in the first two seasons the series offered us scenes shot on a set in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), a country house in Torrelodones (Madrid) or the surroundings of the building of the CSIC (Higher Center for Scientific Research), the third season reflects its world culmination and offers locations of places such as Panama, Thailand or Florence
Distribution
The characters in the series can be divided into three different groups: assailants, agents and hostages or victims of crime.
Assailants
Popularly known as "the resistance". It is the group led by The Professor and is made up of criminals Tokyo, Rio, Berlin, Nairobi, Moscow, Denver, Helsinki and Oslo. To which are added, Bogotá, Palermo, Marseille, Stockholm and Lisbon, in the third season.
The teacher
His real name is Sergio Marquina, although he calls himself The Professor and Salva throughout the series. He is the ringleader of the operation.
For years she planned the assault on the National Mint and Stamp Factory and calculated down to the smallest detail, taking into account any possible errors.
Finally, he falls in love with Raquel, the inspector in the case and, during the third season, they both lead the Bank of Spain heist.
Tokyo
Her real name is Silene Oliveira, aka Tokio, she is a criminal specialized in robberies who is wanted and captured after trying to steal money from a truck from a security company.
She appears to be a solid and cruel woman, to whom nothing and nobody can harm her.
The professor proposes that he be part of the gang to rob the Mint. During the robbery, she has an affair with her partner Río de ella.
The irresponsibility of her causes that, in the third season, the band has to rob the Bank of Spain.
River
Although he calls himself Rio during the operation, his real name is Aníbal Cortés. He is one of the most professional hackers.
The Professor convinces him to be part of the group of robbers so that he is in charge of manipulating the technology and thus facilitating access to the museum. In the third season he is kidnapped by Interpol.
Berlin
His name is Andrés de Fonollosa Gonzálvez and, under the pseudonym Berlin, he is El Professor's brother and suffers from a degenerative disease that he tries to shovel with an experimental treatment.
He is a tough man who is aggressive and ordinary with women, he also has an air of superiority with the rest of the team.
He dies at the end of the second season and appears in the third during the flashbacks since he planned the robbery of the Bank of Spain.
Nairobi
Her birth name is Ágata Jiménez, but she calls herself Nairobi during the robbery. He has a rough past marked by early motherhood and drug dealing.
The experience of her in the falsification of her makes that the Professor recruits her to form part of the group of the robbers to control the quality of printing of the tickets. During the third season she is also in charge of the smelting of the gold bars of the Bank of Spain. In the fourth season, she is shot dead.
Moscow
Agustín Ramos is Moscow during the robbery. His economic and family situation led him to carry out different robberies thanks to his ability to open safes.
He is Denver's father and does what he can to protect him from bad life. The professor locates him to make him a participant in the robbery and carry out construction of the tunnel through which they will escape when they achieve their mission.
Finally, he dies at the end of the second season from a gunshot.
Denver
He is the only son in Moscow and he thinks that her mother abandoned him when he was little, although after she discovers that it was her father who left her.
Denver had a troubled adolescence and flirted with drugs. It is his father who drags him into The Professor's plan. During the heist he falls in love with Monica, a hostage, with whom he continues in the third season.
Helsinki
His original name is Yashin Desáyev, although during the operation he works under the pseudonym Helsinki. He is of Serbian origin and represents the force in the group. In the past he participated in the war, which makes him a tough guy and inclined towards violence.
Oslo
Radko Dadric, aka Oslo, is a cousin of Helsinki and also participated in the war. Both he and Helsinki represent the strength and toughness of the team and have no mercy when it comes to punishing a hostage if he deserves it.
Palermo
He is a friend of Berlin and was in love with him. He appears in the third season to carry out the robbery at the Bank of Spain, a plan that he had devised with his friend years ago. The Professor locates him to assume command of the assault inside the building.
Bogota
She joins the heist gang in season three. His skill as a welder makes him an essential piece when opening the vault. He works alongside Nairobi during the extraction of the gold bars.
Marseilles
Appears in the third season, he is a serious-looking man and participated in the Balkan war. During the robbery of the Bank of Spain, his mission is to mislead the police to protect the location of El Professor and Lisbon.
Agents
It is a group made up of the police, whose highest representation is Inspector Murillo, the National Police Corps. Intelligence, under the command of Colonel Prieto and the Special Operations Group of the police, with Suárez at the front.
In the third season, during the Bank of Spain robbery, Alicia Sierra will be the inspector in charge of the case and Tamayo will replace Colonel Prieto.
Raquel Murillo or Lisbon
Raquel Murillo is an inspector and is in charge of leading the case of the robbery of the Mint.
During the robbery he falls in love with Salva, who turns out to be the leader of the robbers.
At the end of the second season she is removed from the case and joins the band of robbers in the assault on the Bank of Spain under the nickname Lisbon.
Deputy Inspector Angel
Ángel Rubio is a deputy police inspector and works with Raquel, with whom he is in love.
After a series of strange situations, Ángel suspects Salva and believes that he may be related to the crime. Faced with Raquel's refusal, the deputy inspector decides to investigate him on his own and discovers the truth, but a fatal car accident causes him to go into a coma and unable to confess what he knows.
Colonel Prieto
He works for the National Intelligence Corps and is also involved in the case. His main mission is to rescue Alison Parker, daughter of the British ambassador, alive.
Prieto has a strong personality, is authoritarian and pretends to have control in the rescue mission, which generates differences and discussions with the inspector.
Suarez
He is the head of the Special Operations Group, a Spanish police unit in charge of high-risk actions.
Alicia sierra
She appears in season three to assume command of the inspector in charge of the Bank of Spain robbery. She is a strict and ruthless woman who leads the negotiation in an iron way and without thinking about the consequences, in order to achieve her goal: to catch The Professor.
Colonel Tamayo
She replaces Colonel Prieto in season three and works alongside Alicia Sierra to solve the Bank of Spain heist.
Hostages
She is the group of victims of the robbery. This group includes mainly factory workers and students from Brighton College in Madrid with their teacher.
Alison parker
She appears in the first and second seasons of the series. Alison is the daughter of the British ambassador and the main target of the gang of kidnappers.
During the robbery, he is in the bathroom with his boyfriend and he takes a compromised photo without his consent. Tokyo interrupts the moment and prevents the girl from deleting the photo from social networks.
Arturo Roman
He is the director of the Mint, although he is married and has three children, he cheats on his wife with Monica, his secretary.
In the first two seasons, he always stands up to the kidnappers and tries to get the hostages released, a fact that almost cost him his life.
In season three he becomes a motivational coach who makes a profit after what happened at the Coin Factory and tries to turn the gang of robbers against public opinion.
Monica Gaztambide or Stockholm
She is Arturo's secretary at the Mint and is in love with him.
During the robbery, she feels lonely and thinks that she will not be able to raise her child so she decides to order an abortion pill. Denver tries to convince her not to do it and she ends up falling in love with him.
At the end of the robbery of the Factory, she ends up on the side of the robbers under the pseudonym Stockholm and also participates in the assault on the Bank of Spain.
Mercedes
She appears in the first two seasons and is Alison's tutor on el Brighton College from Madrid. During the assault, she tries to protect the students and deal with the harassment of Berlin.
Finally, Mercedes teams up with the robbers to receive money when they are released.
Gandia
He is the head of security for the Governor of the Bank of Spain. He appears in the third season of the series and takes center stage during the fourth season by becoming the great villain of this installment.
His objective is to end the robbers' plan, he stands out for his great skill in dangerous missions related to the Ministry of the Interior. He is an unscrupulous man who makes life miserable for Nairobi until he kills her.
Julia or Manila
In the third season she is one of the hostages. However, in season four it is discovered that she is an undercover member of the robber gang and that she attends to the name Manila.
She is transsexual and in the past she was Juanito. She knows Denver, as she is the daughter of a good friend of her late father.
Series information
The Money Heist is a Spanish series produced by the Spanish communication group Atresmedia and the producer Vancouver Media. In 2017, it was broadcast for the first time on the Spanish television channel Antena 3.
Then in 2018 Netflix buys the broadcasting rights and distributes it in different countries, which makes it one of the most viewed series on the digital platform.
In 2018, it became the first Spanish fiction series to win an award Emmy.
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