Chapter 01: Mirror

**Chapter 01: Mirror** is the first episode of the Season Two. It is preceded by Chapter 08: Button and followed by Chapter 02: Toaster.

## Plot

With days to go before the next Process, Joana tries to prove herself to the leader of the Cause, and Michele faces an ultimatum from Ezequiel.

## Summary

**Um mundo dividido em dois lados. Entre eles, um processo de seleção. Só os 3% merecedores podem pisar no maralto.**

**Year 4 B.P. (Before the Process)**

A couple walks along the beach, lamenting that they're there on business instead of vacation. They're joined by another woman and the release technology out of a box, a series of bots. They're mapping the area. They toast to the Offshore. Samira toasts to them, the Founding Trio. The three of them have fun together until a gun shot ends it.

**Year of the Process: 105**

Michele wakes with a start. A voice tells her the Founding Couple wishes her a good day and tells her about the weather.

Joana wakes up and shoos a rat away from a dummy of herself. She leaves the dummy and goes out.

Michele is overwhelmed by the luxury of the Offshore. She deactivates many features.

Joana sneaks out, covering her face and head. She rips down posters with her face on them.

Michele walks around the Offshore, contrasting Joana's experience.

Michele and Joana both get announcements about the next Process starting in a week.

***Part I: Inland***

Silas talks to a nine year old jovially as he treats her injured arm. Once she and her mom are gone, Joana approaches Silas. She has what he asked for and hold out some papers.

**6 Months Earlier**

Joana goes to see Fernando, who is living on the streets. She wants him to join the Cause, but he thinks it's just another form of indoctrination. He doesn't even think she'll be able to find them, but she's sure she will. She sees Cause members all the time because they're not that discrete.

Joana watches a woman take out a few cameras and follows her. She explores the room she's in and then gets knocked out from behind. She wakes up and they tell her they know she's the one who killed Gerson's son. She can't hide in there. Joana says she quit the Process because it's all evil. She chose not to go to the Offshore. She didn't press the button. She came to them to join the Cause because she wants to do something with her life. She's willing to go as far as it takes. He says she's earned herself a chance and cautions her not to fuck it up.

Silas shows Joana a pond with frogs in it. They secrete a toxic substance. They use it to make suicide capsules. She and another woman are given 30 minutes to make six capsules. He warns them skin contact with the frogs can be unpleasant. Joana captures a frog and gets the substance from it. Then she goes back for another as the other woman gets her first one. Once she's finished with the frogs, Joana proceeds with making the capsules. She hears the woman calling her from help, saying she's falling, but ignores it. The woman is able to pull herself back up. Joana watches her making her capsules. Silas comes back before she's finished. He comes in and tells them they both failed. This isn't the Process. They work as a team. Joana is angry and says he should have told them. He says he shouldn't have had to. He thought he saw something in her, but Ivana was right that she doesn't deserve to be part of this. As she leaves, Joana indicates to him that she has information that might be useful to him. He stops her from leaving.

Silas tells Joana something valuable to the Cause is where Joana has seen that symbol. She used to hide there when she was a kid. Silas says he was left at an orphanage when he was ten. That's where the Cause was born. Without it, he could have ended up like her. He prefers to have people join before they go through the Process. She tells him she doesn't even know her age because her birth wasn't registered. The name Joana is fake as well, but it's who she is now. They've arrived and go inside. Joana shows Silas the symbol he's looking for on the floor, exciting him. He starts to look around and realizes what they're looking for is above them in the light. They find an old ladder and climb up to it. They're looking for a letter from the Old Man, the founder of the Cause. If he was captured, they were supposed to find it because it contained his instructions. He finds the letter and reads it. Silas says he knows what they have to do to put a stop to Process 105 and he knows what part she's going to play. She has to steal something from Gerson's house. She says he'll kill her. Silas says she can at least draw him a map and he'll steal it himself. If she draws the map, she'll be a member of the Cause. Joana remembers her time in Gerson's house, including killing his son.

Joana goes to hand Silas the map, but then says she'll go.

**Part II: Offshore**

Michele and Rafael bump into each other. He invites her to eat with him, but she says she's eating alone. He reminds her that won't help her belonging level.

**One Year Before**

The finishers are welcomed to the Offshore. Rafael quietly asks Michele if she's ready to blow the place to hell. Michele is then escorted away by herself.

**RCT: Recovery and Treatment Center**

Michele is given food, but she doesn't take it. Ezequiel comes in and offers to move her to a different room if she doesn't like the view. She says she wants to see her brother. He says she will as soon as she's released from RCT. She knows that means when they're done brainwashing her. She tries to blackmail Ezequiel into letting her see André.

The Council meets and says that Ezequiel's candidates have scored low in Belonging levels for the third year in a row. Ezequiel says they're skewing the data. Michele is the only reason it's below 90%. It's understandable given her brother's situation. They question Ezequiel's choice and believe Michele should be committed again. He says Michele will continue to be his responsibility.

Michele eats with her brother, who is imprisoned in a box. It seems like he recognizes her, but he can't actually see her, just his own reflection, nor can he hear her. He was just smacking a mosquito. Ezequiel comes and reveals that he's the first murderer in the history of the Offshore. No one knew how to proceed. Michele reminds him she passed the tests and she's been released. What else does she need to do to get her brother out. Ezequiel tells Michele to come up with a new test for the Process. He did the same thing his first year. She and he are different, special. He tells her making the wrong choice could be dangerous for her. He speaks to Aline, who doesn't remember his name. He tells her and then says he's the one who put her in the treatment center. He tells Michele they tried wiping the Cause from her mind, but it was all over her brain. Ezequiel doesn't want to do that to Michele. He says he has plans for her.

Marcela meets Michele on her way out. She knows Michele was visiting the RTC again, her 219th visit this year. She's worried, but Michele brushes her off. Marcela says she was the investigator with her brother. She spoke to André moments after it happened. He was covered in Eugênio's blood. She looked him straight in the eye and asked him to deny or explain it. She tells Michele to let go of her family ties. She doesn't want them questioning her presence there. Michele excuses herself to design the test for Ezequiel, which also concerns Marcela.

Rafael finds Michele, who hides what she's doing from him. Michele asks Rafael if he believes in the philosophy of the Founding Couple. They discuss their disguised identities.

Michele gives Ezequiel her finished test plan.

**Part III: 6 Days Until Process 105**

Silas tells Joana she's going after fertilizer. It's in silver bags. They watch Gerson and his crew leave, meaning Joana has about ten minutes to get in and out.

Ivana asks Silas if he trusts Joana and he says he trusts Joana more than Ivana's moles, who haven't made contact yet.

Joana triggers a security device, causing Gerson and his team to return prematurely. Joana tries to sneak out as they start searching for her. Gerson confronts her and immediately recognizes her. She attacks him and runs away.

Ezequiel has prepared Michele's test. He goes to get through. It's a maze with doors that turn randomly. He says the secret to getting out of a maze is to pick a direction and always turn that way. So there's a secondary strategy to mark doors so they don't make the same mistakes.

Joana evades Gerson. Silas comes in after her. They see the fertilizer. Joana draws the men away from her and Silas, but is shot in the shoulder when one spots her.

If the test detects a movement pattern, it blocks the way. You must constantly shift strategies. The Founding Couple was her inspiration.

Joana asks Silas what the fertilizer is for. He tells her it's explosive.

Michele realizes Ezequiel has modified her test. She tells him to let her out. He asks her whose side she's on. She says she's with the Offshore. He asks her how she feels about the Offshore and she says she doesn't know. She says she can't stand being there. She hates the Cause and the Offshore. She's not on either side. She asks why he doesn't just kill her already. He opens the door to free her and tells her he just wants honesty. She'll go with him to the Inland tomorrow.

Gerson fires and causes a small explosion. Silas and Joana flee.

The Council knows that the Cause stole explosive chemicals, which puts the Process at risk. Marcela isn't happy with Ezequiel's performance. She wants them to put soldiers on the streets of the Inland and strike before they're attacked. She wants to be put in charge of security. Nair agrees.

Michele tells André she'll be back when the Process is over and she'll get him out of there.

Michele and Rafael wish each other luck.

Joana and Silas return with the fertilizer. He treats her shoulder while she asks about the plan.

Ezequiel shows Michele footage of Joana and Silas taking the fertilizer. Her mission in the Inland is to infiltrate the Cause and sabotage their plan.

Silas tells Joana they'll plant the bomb during the Process.

Michele refuses, saying the Cause members will kill her for what she did to the old man. Ezequiel says that won't happen.

The bomb will go off during Ezequiel's speech. That will instill fear, which will end the Process.

Michele refuses, but Ezequiel reminds her that she wants to see her brother. He says if she does what he asks, he'll find a way to set André free.

Joana is against them bombing innocent people.

They have six days left. For the Cause.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* João Miguel as Ezequiel
* Bianca Comparato as Michele Santana
* Vaneza Oliveira as Joana Coelho
* Rodolfo Valente as Rafael Moreira
* Michel Gomes as Fernando Carvalho
* Samuel De Assis as Silas
* Cynthia Senek as Glória Ribeiro
* Laila Garin as Marcela
* Bruno Fagundes as André Santana
* Thais Lago as Elisa
* Rafael Lozano as Marco Alvares
* Viviane Porto as Aline

### Special Guests

* Fernanda Vasconcellos as Laís
* Maria Flor as Samira
* Silvio Guindane as Vítor
* Zezé Motta as Nair
* Mel Fronckowiak as Julia
* Celso Frateschi as as Old Man

### Guest Stars

* Amanda Magalhães as Natália
* Viviane Porto as Aline
* Roberta Calza as Ivana
* Bruno Bellarmino as Gerson
* Mariana Melgaço as Offshore Voice

### English Dubbing Cast

* Chris Smith as Ezequiel
* Sean Johnson as Fernando
* Ethan Murray as Gerson
* Sabrina Weisz as Ivana
* Ki-Ki Fab as Joana
* Laura Post as Marcela
* Bianca Comparato as Michele
* Jay Preston as Rafael
* Jalen Cassell as Silas

*Additional Voices*

* Sean Benedict
* Sylvia Biggs
* Beau Billingslea
* Reba Buhr
* Susannah Corrington
* Brittany Cox
* Carol Dennis-Dylan
* Erin Fitzgerald
* Daisy Koprowski
* Charami Leigh
* Ethan Murray
* Cindy Robinson
* Tara Sands
* Michael Sinterniklaas
* Kaiji Tang
* Robert Vestal