Chapter 05: Water

**Chapter 05: Water** is the fifth episode in the series. It is preceded by Chapter 04: Gateway and followed by Chapter 06: Glass.

## Plot

Five years prior to the start of the series, Ezequiel becomes the head proctor for the 99th Process and onward. He is married to a proctor, Julia, who assists with the first test, the interview stage. During his first time in charge, she disqualifies a candidate who had done no wrong- the candidate simply admitted to having a child. Later, she and Ezequiel monitor a raid, where a young boy is seen in the footage. Julia breaks down in tears at the sight of the boy, and she later reveals to Ezequiel he is the son she abandoned when she passed the Process, Augusto. Throughout Ezequiel's time as head proctor, Julia's behavior becomes more and more erratic until she attempts to escape to the Inland to see Augusto. Ezequiel stops her and has her committed to the Recovery and Treatment Center, where she drowns herself in the ocean, committing the first suicide in the history of the Offshore. Ezequiel breaks down and goes to see Augusto himself, secretly beginning a relationship with the boy that continues today. Throughout the flashbacks, the candidates relax in the grass and tree center of the testing facility before being led to their individual rooms.

## Summary

Ezequiel finds Aline in his room. She tells him about the print she found on the cube toy. She shows him a picture of Augusto and asks who he is. Ezequiel tells her to leave, but she says she hasn't reported any of that to the Council and doesn't have to. He could be confined to the Recovery and Treatment Center until he dies or he could finish the year and be the supervisor of the Process and he then resign so he could name his successor. The Council won't consider her on her own because she'd be considered too young. But his recommendation would go a long way. He says she's worse than he imagined. Matheus told her when he was in charge of the Process, he caught Ezequiel sitting in his chair just to see how it felt. It worked for him and it might work for her as well.

In a flashback, Julia consoles Ezequiel, who is struggling with his speech. She tells him to come with her. She has a surprise for him. She takes him to the bathroom and tells him to focus on his breathing as the water washes over him. She pushes his face down in the water and pours water over his head. She tells him everything will work out because he deserves it.

Julia helps Ezequiel set up his office, complete with sink. He gives his speech to the candidates as she watches. Ezequiel goes back to his office while Julia goes to work. Julia settles in and starts interviewing candidates, either eliminating them or sending them on. She eliminates one young woman after she says she has a young daughter who is staying with her mother. Ezequiel is hanging out with several agents when Cássia asks why Talita, the woman, was eliminated. Julia defends her decision. They go to prepare the next test.

The Process is over for the year and Julia and Ezequiel pack up their things. She asks him how he's really feeling. She blindfolds him and has him taste wines. She tells him they're celebrating.

Ezequiel starts his second year as the Process Leader as Julia watches.

Ezequiel tells Julia he wants her to have oversight over more of the Process, even though she's comfortable where she is, doing the interviews. He tells her she'll be assistant to the Leader of the Process. He shows her how to monitor everything. He reminds her to keep an eye on The Cause.

Cássia monitors a situation involving The Cause. She goes to inform Ezequiel of it. A woman tells an officer that there's a man who's been shot. They check on him and he's dead. They pull him out and see a child watching them. Ezequiel and Cássia leave as they talk about the case while Julia stays behind and rewinds to see the kid again. She zooms in. It's Augusto. She cries over the screen until she's called away to handle an issue with an eliminated candidate.

Julia talks to a woman who tries to explain that she was unfairly eliminated. Julia tells her the Process is unfair, but she has to leave, because the Process doesn't want her anymore. Julia recites the instructions for recovering from elimination. She then ends up physically attacking the woman, who says Julia has everything.

Matheus shows Ezequiel the video of the fight and suggests that Julia could use some time at the Recovery and Treatment Center. Matheus suggests that even a month could help. Ezequiel wants to handle it himself instead, without Matheus's help. Ezequiel hangs up and Julia knows she crossed a line. She won't be working with candidates for a while. Ezequiel says she might be happier working somewhere else instead, somewhere on the Offshore. She asks if he'd come, too. He says eventually, but not while he's the Process Leader. She thinks he wants to get rid of her. Cássia interrupts, but then leaves. Ezequiel asks Julia what's wrong with her. She insists that it's nothing. He wants to go to bed, but she says she's going to stay up to study. After he's left to go to bed, she pulls up the image of the boy again.

Julia carries a copy of the photo with her as they leave to celebrate the end of year two. She insists again that everything is fine.

**1 Year Later**
**101st Process'**

Ezequiel gives his speech and starts his third year. Julia wakes up and watches his speech while looking for something on the feed. Ezequiel comes in and she tells him she watches his presentation. Now she's looking at candidate files to help the interviewers in case she needs it. He leaves to get back to work.

Julia doesn't eat her dinner and gets up in the middle of the night to look for the boy again.

Ezequiel realizes Julia's been doing something. He tells her they need to talk. He knows she's watched the video over 100 times. She needs to talk to him or she'll end up talking to a specialist at the Recovery Center. He wants her to share her problems with him. She hugs him and says he has to promise it'll stay between them. She then tells him she had a son. Before the Process. Before they met. He's the boy in the footage. He asks why that wasn't in her file. She didn't have any family, so her neighbor registered her son. The father never wanted him. She never named him because they said it was better because she wasn't 20 yet. But one night, she was telling him his favorite story and she called him Augusto. Now his guardian is dead. She wants to see him. Ezequiel says that's not possible. If he passes the Process, she'll see him again. She thinks the whole Process has been a mistake. She wants to see her son. It goes against everything they believe in, but that's not what she believes in.

Ezequiel talks to Nair, who tells him not to walk away from bring the Process Leader. She tells him not to throw it all away for Julia.

Julia listens to the audio of the incident. She continues to obsess over it even later. She leaves the facility, even though Ezequiel runs after her. She wants him to come with her. He carries her back in over her objections and has the gate closed.

**Transportation to the Offshore**

Ezequiel leaves Julia at the Recovery Center. At night, he climbs into bed alone.

**Recovery & Treatment Center The Offshore**

Julia is tucked into bed. She pulls out the picture and looks at it. She leaves the picture on the bed. She sits on the beach and watches the ocean. She stands up and starts walking into the water.

Ezequiel is informed of his wife's death, then explains to the candidates that only 9% of them make it to the garden. Then he goes back to his room and sticks his face in a sink of water.

Nair talks to Ezequiel over video and gives her condolences. She tells him everyone knows about what happened, the first suicide in Offshore history. She says no one would judge him if he left his position. He says he's going to stay because there's no one better to put in charge of the Process and make sure nothing like this will ever happen again. Ezequiel then looks through Julia's things and finds the picture of her son.

Ezequiel dresses as a beggar and finds Julia's son. He lures Augusto out with food and shows him a ring. Ezequiel says it has all his mother's memories in it, but he can only have it when he gets to the other side, the Offshore. Ezequiel tells him his mother wanted him to know she missed him very much. Augusto says that's a lie and tells Ezequiel to go away.

## Trivia

* Expect the beginning the whole Episode takes place in a flashback.
* That's the first episode with only two appearing main characters, Ezequiel and Aline

## Cast

### Main Cast

* João Miguel as Ezequiel
* Bianca Comparato as Michele Santana
* Michel Gomes as Fernando Carvalho
* Rodolfo Valente as Rafael Moreira
* Vaneza Oliveira as Joana Coelho
* Rafael Lozano as Marco Alvares
* Viviane Porto as Aline

### Guest Cast

* Mel Fronckowiak as Julia
* Sérgio Mamberti as as Matheus
* Zezé Motta as as Nair
* Celso Frateschi as as Old Man

### Additional Cast

* Agnes Zuliani as
* César Gouvêa as
* Clarissa Kiste as Luciana
* Domênica Dias as
* Ediana Souza as Camila
* Gabriela Rocha as
* Júlio Silvério as
* Leonardo Garcez as Daniel
* Luciana Paes as Cássia
* Miguel Curi Da Rocha Ferreira as
* Paulo Gonçalves as
* Rita Batata as

### English Dubbing Cast

* Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Aline
* Sarah H. Fairbrook as Cássia
* Chris Smith as Ezequiel
* Erin Fitzgerald as Julia
* Sabrina Weisz as Luciana
* Alfred Thor as Mateus
* Carol Dennis-Dylan as Nair
* Marcus Griffin as Otavio

*Additional Voices*

* Daxx George
* David Keefir
* Ethan Murray
* Stephanie Thomas