The BEST episodes written by Alberto Rodriguez
#1 - The Pact
The Plague (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 2
In exchange for saving his life, Mateo receives the commission from Celso, the Grand Inquisitor, to investigate the death of one of the most prosperous merchants in the city. In this investigation, Valerio becomes Mateo's shadow, helping him at all times. During his investigations Mateo will meet again with Teresa, widow of his friend Germán, turned into a prosperous painter forced to sign with the name of his father to be able to sell his paintings. Recently Teresa has found inspiration with Eugenia, a young prostitute who will act as a model for the painter. Meanwhile, Zúñiga tries to corrupt the Cabildo so that the epidemic of plague that has already entered the city is not made public. The corpse of a murdered girl appears in the river.
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#2 - The Slave
The Plague (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 4
While the plague ravages Seville, Mateo and Valerio find the missing Carmen Galvez, lover of the deceased merchant killed. She informs them that behind the murders is Ledesma, secret leader of the Sevillian Protestants. Zúñiga is appointed a member of the Cabildo to replace Morata and tries by all means to get them to open the port of the city. In the silk factory several workers try to rape Eugenia and Teresa decides to dismiss all those who have participated in the matter. To replace them, he hires several prostitutes chosen by Eugenia. Days later, Teresa is assaulted and humiliated with violence. Another corpse appears, Dresdner, treasurer of the Casa de la Moneda and economic support of Zúñiga. This murder is similar to the previous ones and points in the same direction: Ledesma. Leandra, Valerio's girlfriend, sick with plague.
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#3 - The Printer
The Plague (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 3
From the first inquiries it is determined that the corpse corresponds to Lucina Utrera, daughter of one of the captains of the American fleet. Mateo concludes that the two corpses are related to his old printing press. Mateo suffers insomnia and depressive episodes that make him have a sinister recurrent vision. Teresa decides to hire Eugenia in her husband's silk factory, against the advice of her manager who warns her that all workers are men and only one man can make decisions in the factory. The plague inexorably extends. The father of Leandra, Valerio's girlfriend, and Morata, one of the members of the Cabildo, whom Zúñiga had bought, die. The government is forced to publicize the disease and close the city.
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#4 - The Word
The Plague (2018) - Season 1 - Episode 1
Mateo was condemned by the Holy Inquisition five years ago and had to flee the city to save his life. An enigmatic emissary asks him to return to Seville and take Valerio out of town, the bastard son of his friend Germán recently deceased. Fulfilling his promise, Mateo enters Seville clandestinely and takes refuge in the house of an old friend, Luis de Zúñiga. Mateo moves through the underworld of the city until he finds Valerio. When he is about to embark with him on his way to the New World, he is stopped by soldiers of the Holy Inquisition. While the corpse of a man murdered with strange marks appears in what seems a ritual crime.
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