Chapter 02: Coins

**Chapter 02: Coins** is the second episode of Season One of The 3%. It is directed by Jotaga Crema & Daina Giannecchini. The episode is followed by Chapter 03: Corridor.

## Plot

When physically examined, Fernando is told that his legs can be healed at the Offshore, but he tells Michele he wishes to remain in his wheelchair, as his life would not be the same without it. The third test is a fake crime scene set in the Offshore. The group must figure out what happened here. At first it appears that the dummy woman is simply choking, but Fernando believes the choking woman was poisoned. The group agrees, but Rafael points out the clues are misleading, and the woman is actually having an allergic reaction to silver. Fernando eventually agrees, and they pass with Rafael's theory. Aline tracks down Ezequiel, who disappears for the fourth test. The next test involves voting who in the group will be kicked out; the winners take a coin to prove that they are moving on. Despite arguments, Marco suggests they draw scarf lengths to remain the most fair. Joana draws the shortest scarf but never returned her coin to the bag, stealing what should have been Lucas' spot.

## Summary

Young Fernando practices for the Process. He passes and celebrates his fake victory. However, as he wheels himself around, his chair hits a dip and sends him flying while breaking his chair. He is left with a cut on his face. He looks up and sees a picture he drew of the Offshore as he imagines it.

The candidates prepare for a physical examination. They must be declared physically fit to continue to the next test. The guy in front of him in line, Lucas, keeps looking at him. He confronts Lucas and Lucas asks if he's the guy who made the cube out of cubes. He says that he is. People are talking about the "cripple boy genius."

Aline reports to Councillor Matheus on what happened with Rafael. Matheus says what she has is not enough to shut Ezequiel down. They need something far more compromising.

Ezequiel and Aline watch the candidates from above. As they walk away, Michele looks up at them.

Teo and Lucas are talking about Bruna. They're convinced she's in The Cause. Marco asks Michele about it, knowing they're friends. The speculation continues over where she went and The Cause. Michele agrees with them. Fernando asks Michele again about Bruna, saying he's there if she wants to talk again later. Fernando then wheels himself up for the physical examination. An alarm starts blaring and Fernando is taken away. Michele steps up to go next.

Fernando is poked with a needle in his lower leg and asked if he feels anything. He says only from the waist up. She injects a green substance into a bruised area on his back and then look at him under a magnifying class. She pokes his leg and asks again if he can feel anything. He says he can't, but then she pokes him again and he flinches from the pain. She says the feeling will only last for a few minutes. There's a permanent course that could help him walk again, but first he has to pass.

Rafael joins a group of people waiting for the next test. Fernando also joins them and tells Michele he'll tell her later how it went as they walk in the room.

The group with Michele, Marco, Fernando, Joana, Rafael, and Lucas enters what looks like a house. They're told to analyze the scene and figure out what happened to a blue mannequin, who is in distress at a table. When they agree, they have to press a button and state their answer. They look around at all the mannequins as the hear an announcement saying another room has failed and all candidates within have been eliminated. Michele says they have Vaccine scars, which indicates they're from the Offshore. Joana sits on the couch while the others look around.

Ezequiel and Aline watch the candidates over a monitor. They candidates don't know they're being watched.

The candidates continue to look around the space for clues. Teo joins Joana on the couch. Another room is eliminated. Fernando stops Ágata from tasting the food on the table. He says he knows what happened. He explains that she was poisoned by another woman at the table, the hostess. One couple is hosting and the other couple are the guests. The woman is reaching out toward the host, meaning she was having an affair with him. His wife found out and invited them over to poison her. There's sauce on her plate that isn't present on the other plates. The chemistry chart on her desk is probably the formula for the poison. The hostess also didn't get up to try to help the woman. Fernando is happy to have figured it out. Marco goes to hit the button, but Rafael stops him, saying that solution is wrong. The Process wouldn't show them a scene with adultery and murder on the Offshore. Rafael says the woman is allergic to silver. Everyone at the table is wearing something made of metal. Everyone but her. Even her ring is made of glass. Her necklace and other ring are made of wood. but the flatware at the table is made of silver. She didn't notice and started eating and had an allergic reaction.

Aline and Ezequiel watch the candidates continue to work.

Michele asks why the woman is staring at the hostess's husband instead of her own. Rafael says he's a doctor. The formulas aren't poison. They're medicine. Michele finds medical diagrams in a drawer. The hostess's lack of reaction is because she's blind, Joana says from her spot on the couch. Marco pulls a braille book out of a drawer, confirming that she's blind. Joana knew that because the husband's desk has a lamp and hers doesn't. Rafael pushes the button and gives the solution. They're asked if there are any other theories. Fernando says no, it's unanimous. They learn they're correct. Still, not everyone made it through. Teo is eliminated because he didn't contribute to the solution.

Ezequiel asks Aline to monitor a test with Álvaro. She agrees.

Ágata struggles to open a bottle, so Lucas helps her, but also can't open it.

Rafael goes up to Fernando and brags to him about the puzzle.

Lucas approaches Joana, but she just walks away from him. After a moment, she comes back and asks if he's coming.

In a bathroom, Joana and Lucas start making out. They strip down and have sex in a bathroom stall, not knowing another candidate is in a nearby stall.

Michele finds Fernando and asks him if he's okay. He asks to be left alone. She says usually when you feel that way, it's better to talk to someone. He tells her he might walk again. Michele is excited for him. He's not as excited because he had accepted it. He didn't enter the Process to walk again.

Aline asks when the next test begins and Álvaro tells her it'll be about five minutes. She leaves to freshen up.

Ezequiel ruffles himself up.

The candidates are sent into a room where there's a bag of coins. There are seven candidates, but only six coins in the bag. They must decide between them who is going home. The remaining candidates will take the next test as a group.

Rafael has a coin in his hand already and says he's keeping it. Marco strong arms him into dropping the coin so they can decide. They keep all the coins in the bag and start the discussion.

Aline uses a monitor to spy on Ezequiel. She's surprised to see him in a bad neighborhood, posing as a beggar.

Michele wants Rafael eliminated. He reminds them how he solved the poisoning puzzle and wonders if they can pass the next test without him. Fernando votes to eliminate Joana, because she doesn't seem to care. Joana quietly tapes her ear in view of Rafael, reminding him of their truce. Rafael defends Joana, saying he wants her for the next test. He wants Fernando out instead, because of his wheelchair.

Fernando has a memory of his father speaking to people about the Process and the Offshore. A bleeding Fernando is brought to him. He fixes Fernando's chair and cheers him up, saying he must have faith in the Process. The wheelchair is his secret weapon.

They have five minutes remaining. Before they vote, Fernando speaks. He tells them about his physical exam and the shot he got. He asks them not to take away his chance to walk again. Michele agrees. They decide to draw names instead. They use Ágata's scarf to figure out who will be eliminated. They all draw and Joana ends up with the short piece. The final ten seconds are counted down. They each go to draw a coin on their way out. Lucas is last and he wishes Joana luck. He reaches into the bag to find that there isn't one. Joana has taken a coin and uses it to exit, leaving Lucas to be eliminated.

Eliminated candidates receive their belongings and trade their uniforms for the clothes they came in in.

Rafael is irritated that the others are upset and says they should celebrate having passed. They are surprised to see Joana join them. She simply says that Lucas didn't have a coin when asked. She tells Rafael to take it easy because she tried.

Aline is still tracking Ezequiel. He realizes he's being watched and runs away, leaving his food bundle behind.

Fernando struggles with his wheelchair, which has a wheel that's stuck. Michele goes to help him. He's angry that he had to use a sob speech to get people not to vote him out. Nobody ever believed in him when he was a kid and now he's worried that everyone is right. He's not sure how far he can go. She says they make her do horrible things, but he says not to blame the Process. He's to blame. He was too weak. Fernando thinks she's saying that to make him feel better and she pretends that she is.

Ezequiel and Aline talk about the coin test, which she says went well.

Ezequiel finds himself on the camera and runs facial recognition. It comes up with no match.

Aline tells Matheus about Ezequiel going out to the Inland and modifying the footage. He asks her to send him all the footage. They need proof and she needs to find out exactly what he's hiding from them.

Ezequiel prepares another tub of water and sticks his face in.

## 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 Matheus
* Zezé Motta as as Nair
* Celso Frateschi as as Old Man

### Additional Cast

* Begé Muniz as Teo
* Carlota Joaquina as as Médica Gisele
* Dárcio De Oliveira as as Antônio Carvalho
* Geraldo Rodrigues as
* Giuliano Laffayette as Lucas
* Isamara Castilho as
* Júlio Silvério as Otavio
* Luana Tanaka as as Ágata
* Nathan Souza as as Fernando Criança
* Renet Lyon as as Magrão
* Thiago Amaral as Álvaro

### English Dubbing Cast

* Cristina Valenzuela as Ágata
* Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Aline
* David Keefir as Álvaro
* Jay Everett as Antônio Carvalho
* Jay Kasten as Bernardo
* Chris Smith as Ezequiel
* Sean Johnson as Fernando
* Ki-Ki Fab as Joana
* Sabrina Weisz as Luciana
* Bojo Wulff as Marco
* Alfred Thor as Mateus
* Bianca Comparato as Michele
* Carol Dennis-Dylan as Nair
* Marcus Griffin as Otavio
* Jay Preston as Rafael

*Additional Voices*

* Jay Kasten
* Marianne Miller
* Christopher Niosi
* Laura Post
* Cindy Robinson
* Kaiji Tang
* Stephanie Thomas
* David Vincent
* Shayla Micole Williams
* Dallas Young