Detective Francisco

Detective Francisco is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Arruda) of the portuguese Netflix series Turn of the Tide. He is an azorean police detective working for the Judiciary Police, who became Paula Frias' partner after she came to the Azores to stop the drug trades that were happening there.
He is portrayed by Salvador Martinha.
==History==
Francisco is first seen answering a call at the police department of Rabo de Peixe, shocked to find out that hundreds of kilos of cocaine were found at the beach of the island. The next day, Francisco partook in the arrest of Francesco Bonino, one of the two italian mafiosi who caused the cocaine to land on the Azores. Francisco is later seen watching the local news about Bonino's arrest.
When Paula Frias came to Rabo de Peixe by airplane, Francisco picked her up and brought her to the police department. During this, he told her that Bonino had passports and fake identity cards on his boat, and that the chief od the department, António Banha, was now interrogating Bonino.
They would then go see Bonino's interrogation, and after Bonino told Banha that there were less than 500 kilos of cocaine on his boat, Paula asked him for the documents of the boat. After reading them, Paula came to believe that Bonino was lying, as he could have easily brought 3 tons of cocaine in that boat. One day later, Francisco went to a barbecue on Banha's house, and while there, he gave Paula a beer and told her where the bathroom was after she asked.
The next day, Francisco partook in the morning patrol to seize all the drugs in Rabo de Peixe. When the police saw that Eduardo Melo, Sílvia Arruda, and Rafael Medeiros were trying to escape Rabo de Peixe, they stopped them and checked their boat to see if they were bringing any cocaine with them to no avail, so they release Eduardo and his friends.
Later, the police was forced to release all the people that they captured with cocaine, due to the judge of Rabo de Peixe ordering them to. Sometime after this, the police department celebrated their accomplishment of seizing more than 360 kilos in less than a day, and tried to bring a glass of champagne to Paula Frias, but she refused and told him to bring her Bonino, as she wanted to continue to interrogate him since she believed there was still more for them to do before the case was over.
Francisco is later seen trying to teach Paula's daughter Sara geometry, and would then go with Paula to meet with Francesco Bonino after they got a warrant. They would then go to the cave where Bonino claimed he hid the cocaine, which had now disappeared. Paula then told Francisco that Bonino was lying out of fear that he would get in danger because of the mafia boss he worked for.
While Paula was having her morning walk, Francisco told her that the regional secretary wanted to talk with her at bar. They would later investigate the corpse that they found on the island's coast, and brought the body to a morgue. The stretcher bearer at the morgue told Paula and Francisco that the corpse had it's arm cut off and the death was a result of a car crash.
After this, they found out that the corpse was of Gianluca Rossi, the nephew of a sicilian mafia godfather. Paula then came to question who may have killed Giancula, as she thought it would be stupid for Bonino to have killed him given his connections to a mafia godfather.
Francisco then decided to tell Paula about something that once happened, a friend of his had a car crash and the next day would assault a bank, but he understood it was out of place and decided to go investigate more about their case. Later, Francísco would try to make Paula feel better when she found out that the police liked to call her "Frigid Paula", although to little avail.
That afternoon, Francisco showed Paula a document of a stolen car that belonged to Eduardo Melo, so they go to interrogate him as they suspect he was involved in the dealings of cocaine. Whne they go to his house and interrogate him, Eduardo refused to tell anything and said that they should go find the car. They then leave, but not before Paula told Eduardo that he should tell the truth now before it was too late for him.
Later at a bar, Paula would tell Francisco that they needed to wait to see if Eduardo was lying, with her making a joke about the latter's father's blindness. After this, Francisco payed for their drinks and told Paula that she should be less cold towards others so the people around her won't call her names and come to respect her.
The next day, Francisco and Paula go to investigate a shootout, and while Paula was analyzing a body, Francisco showed her 2 kilos of cocaine he found close to the lighthouse where the shootou occored. Paula then asked if there were any witnesses, but he told her that no since the house closest to the beacon was 2 kilometers away and the lighthouse is automated.
Later, they would go investigate the murder of Jeremias Melo, Eduardo's father, and the next day, Paula would tell the police department that all the recent events in Rabo de Peixe were related to Eduardo. Francisco would then give Paula his phone to talk to the regional secretary.
Francisco and Paula would later find Eduardo at the graveyard where his father was burried, and brough him to the police department to interrogate him, Sílvia, and their friend Carlinhos. They, however, lied to them, saying that they were fishing while the recent events were happening, and were forced to free them after their lawyer told them that they had no proof and were only being disrespectful towards his clients. However, Paula and Francisco knew that they were lying, and that they were going to catch them.
Later, Francisco and Paula would tell the police department about how Eduardo's uncle, Joe, could be related to the case, since they found out that he worked for Feliciano Carrilho, one of the suspects that they had as well. When Paula asked for the chief of the Judiciary Police for a warrant to investiagate Feliciano's can factory to see if they were hiding any cocaine there, Francisco tried to tell her that they should be more silent and patient about it, although she didn't listen.
After they got the warrant, they would investigate the can factory, and Paula would try to convince Eduardo's uncle to convince him to go to her, saying that Eduardo shouldn't end up like Joe when he gets older. However, Joe refused to talk, and since they were unable to find any cocaine, they leave the factory.
Later, Francisco and Paula would say their goodbyes to each other, as Paula was planned to leave the Azores the next morning. However, after being convinced by Eduardo, who met Paula at her room in a hotel, the police department would help Eduardo rescue Carlinhos and stop Bonino and his boss and brother-in-law Monti, and while they were able to arrest Bonino and Carlinhos was saved, Monti escaped and Francisco was shot by Monti, although wheter or not he'll survive is yet to be seen.
==Personality==
Francisco is a polite and honorable police official, who cares about protecting the Azores from drugs. Francisco also admits to have an habit of saying the things that come to his mind, earning the name "Seagull" from the other officers because of it. In comparison to Paula, Francisco is rather optimistic, but he doesn't allow his optimistic views to cloud his mind, and is almost as competent as Paula.
He can occasionaly crack jokes from time to time, but unlike Banha, he doesn't like to joke much in serious situations and is fully capable of investigating his cases without making any jokes. Francisco becomes great friends with Paula, and tries to convince her to become less cold towards others so that the other officers would come to respect her.
Despite all of this, Francisco is fully capable of understanding when people are lying, and came to see through Eduardo's lies when he made up an entire story to make it look like he was innocent as quickly as he did.
==Trivia==
*Francisco is good at math, especialy geometry, which is shown when he was teaching Paula's daughter Sara geometry.
*According to what he says to Paula after being shot by Monti, Francisco plays futsal (or at the very least has played it) and suffered from several injuries while playing.
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