Chapter 04: Gateway

**Chapter 04: Gateway** is the fourth episode of the series. It is preceded by Chapter 03: Corridor and followed by Chapter 05: Water.

## Plot

The candidates begin trapped in the dorms still. While looking for a way out, Marco reflects on his family history, as each of them have successfully passed the Process and made it to the Offshore. He organizes everyone to get food and pass the test, and the group succeeds with ease. Ezequiel is displeased that they all have passed, and he decides to modify the test, no longer sending food to see how the candidates react. Eventually, Marco and some other men fashion weapons out of the beds to pry open the gate, and when they realize that there's no way out, they (notably Marco) assume that the test will be a survival of the fittest type with limited supplies. The group of men then attack the others who sat around rather than trying to pry the gate, stealing their food and taking them prisoner. Marco loses it as the candidates try to hide food, killing a girl. Meanwhile Michele and friends build a barricade to keep Marco's group out, while Joana escapes from the test by climbing a vent. Ezequiel meets her and explains that only she can stop the test, as he will not. Joana returns, freeing the people whom Marco subjected. Everyone violently attacks Marco's group, beating and presumably killing a few. The gates open and the prisoners escape, minus everyone in Marco's group. Marco attempts to flee, but the door catches him, presumably killing him or seriously maiming him; either way, he is eliminated. Meanwhile, Aline is caught snooping through Ezequiel's things, and it is revealed that Rafael attempted the Process last year and failed, before stealing the registry of his unconscious brother to take the Process for a second time. He also reveals to Michele that he is a mole for the Cause as well.

## Summary

Marco attempts to open a door, but can't. Marco goes back and reports that there's nothing there. No agents, no food. Marco tries pulling the levers by their beds over Rafael's objection that he already tried it.

In a flashback, Marco looks at pictures of his family. Larissa comes in and feeds him, then gives herself a much smaller portion. He tells her to take some more, but she says he's the one who needs to eat, to get strong and win the Process. She gives him his birthday present from his parents, a letter. It'll be his last birthday Inland. Soon, his picture will be on the wall because he'll be Offshore with the others.

Marco tells another candidate he knows a way to get them out of there.

The agents watch the candidates and note that Marco has figured out the panel, which they expected.

The candidates know this must be a test, but wonder what kind it is. One of the candidates says Marco wants them.

Marco explains the panel to the candidates. He says they need to form groups and asks who has a good memory. They need eight people to memorize one line each and take it back to the corresponding room. The strongest members will wait in the rooms and pull the levers to match the codes. They must do it at the same time and before a new sequence pops up on the panel. It's a test to see how well they can organize. Everyone must participate. They all cheer when it works on their first try.

Ezequiel says that's a good start, but he wants to see how they handle the division.

The panel that opened had water and food. Marco sends someone to check the gate, but it's still not open. They only have enough food for one, so they have to decide who gets it. Marco wants it to be him, but others disagree. They start to argue. Michele proposes going alphabetically. Ágata is first, so she gets the food. They prepare for the next round.

Aline goes to Ezequiel's room. She picks one of his prints off the cube puzzle and uses it to try to access his panel, but gets rejected.

Ezequiel is alerted that someone's trying to use his panel.

Aline searches Ezequiel's room until Cássia comes in and stops her.

Another packet of food is freed and someone else gets to eat. They continue to work through one round at a time. Finally, Vanessa, the last one, has food and water to eat. None of the candidates have been eliminated because Marco brought them together. Everyone did their part. Ezequiel refuses to let everyone pass, so they must make a few changes.

Sonia, angry that no food has dropped this time, or for the last ten times, confronts Marco. They're wasting energy. Marco tries to rally them not to give up, but they want to give up and go to bed. Ágata stays and stares at the panel. Fernando tries to stop her, but she obsesses over the numbers. Suddenly, a bunch of food drops, enough for everyone. They all try to force their way forward, but Michele wants them to organize so everyone gets to eat. They put all the food back so it can be fairly divided.

Álvaro asks Ezequiel why he changed the test. He says he wanted to see how they'd react to a new set of circumstances.

They've figured out how much food each person gets and they start to pass it out. Marco tries to figure out why the Process sent them so much food at once. The test has changed. They have a new objective.

They try to force open the door. Marco goes to get the strongest people to help.

Fernando says the water tastes strange. They think that means it's from the Offshore.

They use pieces of their beds to try to force the door.

Ezequiel is angry that Aline was in his room going through his things without permission.

They have forced the door open and use a metal bar to hold it open wide enough for someone to go through. However, the bar soon bends from the pressure. Rafael still steps through. He finds that the other door is still closed and he can't open it. He goes back out and reports on that. They realize they're not supposed to find a way out. They don't have any food left. Marco says they should go get some more food. They go to the other candidates and take their food by force. Marco says they want the elite and he's part of the elite as an Álvares.

Larissa gives Marco a pen and paper after taking his picture for the wall. He carefully writes a letter to his son, which he leaves in trust with his pregnant girlfriend before leaving for the Process.

Marco and his gang continue to take food from the others.

Álvaro again tries to get Ezequiel to open the gate, but Ezequiel refuses.

Fernando and Joana watch Marco's gang. Joana decides she's leaving. Fernando goes back to their room and they decide to defend themselves against Marco's gang.

Marco and his gang lead the women into the space between the two doors. Rafael asks Marco what he's doing.

Ezequiel wants to watch the situation play out.

Aline talks to Matheus, who is upset with her for getting caught. He tells her he needs her to fulfill her mission. Aline scans the fingerprint she pulled off the cube puzzle.

Joana takes Ágata's shoes and puts them on her hands. Then she starts to climb out through the chute. When she gets to the top, she's confronted by Ezequiel.

Michele, Fernando, and the others have created a barricade.

Ezequiel shows Joana the video and explains the test. She notes that they passed. But he tells her the world isn't just and that's when people reveal their true selves.

Marco's gang continues to go after the food. Marco attacks a woman who tries to hide the food and forces her to apologize. When she doesn't do it well enough, he makes an example of her, hitting her with a metal rod, which makes the others uncomfortable.

Rafael confronts Marco, saying the girl died. Marco threatens Rafael, who runs from Marco and his gang.

The barricaded candidates hear Marco in the distance. Rafael finds them and begs to be let in. Michele tells him to leave, but then he whispers in her ear. Michele is convinced and lets Rafael in. Marco's gang finds them and tries to break in.

Joana asks Ezequiel if he's going to stop the test. Ezequiel says he can't because they're the ones who did this. It has to be one of them to stop the test. Perhaps Joana, who managed to survive despite not having anything. She doesn't believe the Offshore was meant for people like her, but he says that's not true.

Michele and the others prepare to fight.

Ezequiel tells Joana the Founding Couple came from poverty as well. He gives her some food, but tells her if she eats it, she'll be eliminated. He wants her to go back in, finish the test, and prove she deserves something better. Like the Founding Couple.

Marco's gang has broken through the first barricade and starts on the second.

Joana drops back into the Process. She leads the others to attack and kill Marco's gang. Then she tells them all to stop and tells Michele's group to come out. They hear the gate open and run to the exit.

Ágata, Sonia, and Marco's gang are left behind as the others exit. Marco wakes up, in serious pain and severely injured. He stands up and stumbles toward the exit as Ezequiel watches over the monitor. He starts to crawl through the door, but it closes on him, causing him to howl in pain.

The remaining candidates are outside. Fernando asks Michele what Rafael said to her to get her to let him in. Michele says he didn't say anything. She just believed him.

In flashback, Rafael drinks with his younger brother. He asks his brother if he's ready. His brother isn't, saying when you're a kid, it feels like forever, but then you're 20 and your Process is next week. His brother says he's not sure he's going to pass, but he wants to go far like Rafael did. Rafael says he was actually eliminated on the first day, but that was a year ago. Now it's his brother's turn. He tells his brother, "You'll do great, Rafael," revealing that he, Tiago, stole his brother's identity to get another chance at the Process. The real Rafael, supported by his brother, is very drunk and stumbles around. Tiago apologizes to his brother as he cuts out his implant and trades it with his own. Tiago, now with Rafael's implant, tells Ivana, a member of The Cause, that he found a way to join the Process again. He won't disappoint The Cause again.

The remaining candidates meet Ezequiel, who welcomes them to the garden and says only 9% of candidates get that far. He tells them to consider themselves privileged.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode with flashbacks of two different characters, Marco and Rafael

## 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

* Clarissa Kiste as as Luciana
* Ediana Souza as Camila
* Jorge Dias as
* Kênia Bárbara as Sônia
* Leonardo Garcez as Daniel
* Luana Tanaka as Ágata
* Luciana Paes as Cássia
* Paulo Gonçalves as
* Rafael Imbroisi as Rafael
* Renet Lyon as Skinny person
* Roberta Calza as Ivana
* Teka Romualdo as Larissa
* Thiago Amaral as Álvaro

### English Dubbing Cast

* Cristina Valenzuela as Ágata
* Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Aline
* David Keefir as Álvaro
* Sarah H. Fairbrook as Cássia
* 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
* Jay Preston as Rafael

*Additional Voices*

* Braden Danner
* Nadia Duggin
* Todd Haberkorn
* Bill Kametz
* Marianne Miller
* Christopher Niosi
* Laura Post
* Cindy Robinson
* Kid Robot
* Arthur Romeo
* Celia Ruskin
* Kaiji Tang
* Stephanie Thomas
* Shayla Micole Williams