Chapter 06: Glass

**Chapter 06: Glass** is the sixth episode of the series. It is preceded by Chapter 05: Water and followed by Chapter 07: Capsule.

## Plot

Each given their own rooms, the families of each candidate are brought in, giving the candidates an option: continue with the Process, or give up and take an outstanding amount of money to take for their family. Michele and Rafael pass; Joana is confronted by a henchmen sent by Gerson, who entered her room by posing as her father. He tells her she can either stay there and be killed or walk out with him and live, since the Process is offering more money than the price put on her head. She decides to stay and the man reveals himself to be a citizen of the Offshore and that she passed. Fernando goes through a reverse experience as his father tries to convince him to stay while he is willing to go back. He decides to carry on when his father tells him he'll have nowhere to go if he returns. The remaining candidates head for their final, individual tests: Michele must tell Bruna's parents she is dead and simultaneously convince them to allow their younger daughter to take part of the Process, Fernando must design a new test for the Process, and Rafael must seek help from another candidate in order to press two buttons at the same time. They all pass; Rafael made it with Fernando's help after revealing to him that he and Michele are both with the Cause. Ezequiel goes to tell Augusto he cannot see him anymore, and Aline agrees to keep Ezequiel's secret in return for him resigning and suggesting her as the next head proctor. Michele digs out a small capsule from under her skin.

## Summary

In flashback, André Santana counts and then goes to look for his little sister, Michele, who is hiding. He finds her and starts tickling her. Then she starts counting so he can hide. When she's done counting, she can't find André.

Michele wakes with a start. She tells Fernando she's fine. She sees Rafael walking nearby and follows him behind a tree, where she asks him how he knew she was with the Cause. He says he saw a picture of her. He only revealed himself to her because he would have died otherwise. They agree to forget what they know about each other.

The candidates are told they'll each get their own room. They enter the rooms and see images of themselves and their families. They they see that their loved ones are there to visit them.

Fernando's father says he's not even through the Process and he's already in a better place than he was Inland. His father encourages him, saying they bring in the families of the candidates to convince them to leave, offering money as temptation.

Michele has no family, so a proctor explains that she has 30 minutes to decide to take the money or continue the Process.

Joana's visitor knocks her out from behind.

Nair tells Ezequiel that Aline filed her report and it was all praise. The only way they'll replace him is if he resigns. He pretends to be busy to end the call.

Michele revisits memories of her brother and Bruna. She goes to pour herself a glass of water and accidentally breaks open the box containing the money, sending it to the ground.

Joana wakes up and is told the man with her is there to take her to see Gerson. He got in pretending to be her father. Then he saw the money and noticed it's more than the bounty Gerson put on her head. He could kill her and take a picture so he can get the money from Gerson. Or she could walk out there holding his hand and he can get twice the cash.

Rafael's mother tries to convince him to come back home. He says he won't. He's going to stay in the Process. They go into the bathroom where they talk about his betrayal of his brother with the water running to keep from being overheard.

Fernando tells his father he's had dreams about not making it through. It might be better just to take the money. His father is outraged, saying he sounds like a Cause rebel. Fernando says passing the Process isn't his dream anymore.

Michele has thrown away the broken glass. She tells the proctor she didn't take any of the money and he can count it. He tells her they don't use money in the Offshore anyway. She tells him she's staying.

Rafael tells his mother he has made up his mind to stay because he wants better for his children. His own mother has had child after child. He wants to pass so he can change things. She asks him to think about what they'll do to him if they find out he's not really Rafael. He says if she turns him in, he'll say it was her idea. Then all her children would be banned from the Process. She slaps him and leaves. He follows her out to the hall, where she tells everyone to look at Rafael because he's a traitor. He betrayed his own family.

A candidate leaves with her family and the money.

Fernando tells his father he's decided, but his father continues to try to convince him to stay in the Process.

Joana chooses the second option, to walk out with him so he gets the money. He unties her and she hits him on the head and tries to leave, but finds the door locked. He starts to strangle her, but she tells him just to go ahead and do it because she wants to go to the Offshore. He stops and congratulates her on passing. He says he's Jairo, a citizen of the Offshore and Ezequiel sent him. They know who she really is. Ezequiel wanted to make sure she wasn't in the Process just to escape. She's happy to have passed.

Ezequiel tells Augusto he came to say goodbye. He'll have to take care of himself now. Augusto doesn't want to, but Ezequiel says it'll make him strong and he'll pass the Process. He gives Augusto the cube puzzle. Augusto puts his head on Ezequiel's lap. Ezequiel pats his head for a moment before getting up and leaving.

Ezequiel ignores a knock on the door, but Cássia knows he's in there. She asks him what's happening. He says Aline wants his job and is blackmailing him to try to get it. He can't report her, but he can't tell Cássia what Aline has on him. She tells him to get it together so he can get the other agents on his side. They have a board meeting in 30 minutes.

The candidates are told they'll be summoned individually from this point forward.

Michele and Fernando talk. Fernando says his father told him if he didn't stay in the Process, he didn't have a home anymore. Michele tells him she doesn't have any family. Her brother raised her. Fernando says she's the only good thing that's happened to him. He doesn't care if he passes as long as they end up on the same side. They start kissing frantically and then undressing.

Ezequiel sits down and calls for the first candidate. He's told it's Joana, but he says they're done with her and calls for the next one. Aline asks him to explain and learns that Joana had a variation of the Quitting test already. Michele is next. They want to figure out why she doesn't show emotion. Aline suggests a hybrid of the Family News test and Recruitment. Ezequiel okays it. Next is Rafael. Aline suggests a Dependency test to check his vulnerability. Denise will do that.

An agent comes to get Rafael for his test.

Michele and Fernando wake up to a knock at the door and an agent calling Michele for her test. She quickly dresses and leaves Fernando with a kiss.

Michele is given an outfit and told she has to convince a couple in another room to sign their 10 year old daughter up for the test when it's time. Michele changes and enters the room to find that it's Bruna's parents. They recognize her and then Cássia informs her in her earpiece that she has to inform them that Bruna is dead. Michele struggles for a moment and then tells them Bruna died. They ask what happened and Michele says it was an accident, a glass cylinder exploded near her. Her parents are upset and angry. Her mother asks Michele where Bruna is, saying she wants to see her.

Fernando is challenged to come up with a new test for the Process. He has 30 minutes.

Denise explains to Rafael that it's tradition to project the images of the Founding couple, on opposite walls. It's his job to make them project at exactly 6 PM. The controllers are at opposite ends of the hall. He has to convince another candidate to help him. He goes to a candidate whose name he doesn't know. He tries to apologize, but finds out that the candidate has been eliminated.

Bruna's parents hug each other and cry. Michele still has to convince them to register their other daughter. She talks about the Process and Isabella. They are angered by her defending the Process. They stop when she says her brother died in the Process.

Fernando's time has run out. He says not all candidates are properly motivated. He suggests a change to the Quitting Test. He wonders how it would change if the candidate weren't aware they were being tested. An agent would privately tell a candidate a story, a lie that appears to their emotional side. For example, telling them their father is dying and they have one chance to see him alive. Candidates who choose to leave are eliminated. The agent is concerned that he chose to notify an existing test instead of creating a new one as she asked. He says he didn't even have time to read through the old tests and she said the point was to improve the Process gradually. She asks him if he'd leave the Process if his father were on his death bed? He says he wouldn't. She tells him he passed because his suggestion was good.

Rafael looks for Joana. He tells her he needs her help to pass his test. She says she'll help him, but he has to tell her why his registration is fake. She reveals that the Process knows about hers now and they forgave her. She already passed her individual test. She'll help him if his reason is also forgivable. He begs her not to do this, but she won't budge.

Fernando goes to tell Michele he passed. Rafael finds him and congratulates him. Rafael follows Fernando and asks him for his help passing the test. They go into the bathroom, where he tells Fernando that he and Michele share the same goal. Everything he's done, he's done because there's something wrong with the world. It's not right that only 3% of the population have a great life and the price of that is miserable lives for everyone else. He and Michele both believe that. Fernando is hurt to find that Michele is part of the Cause. He's made sacrifices along the way to save everyone else. He's taking an incredible risk even telling Fernando. If the agents find out, he and Michele will both be killed.

Michele tells the story of growing up with her brother after their parents died. Then came the day of his Process. Three days later, she was told he was killed. They said he cheated, but it was a lie. A fight broke out and an agent shot her brother. She spent five years hating the Process until her day came. The first person she saw the day she arrived was the one who killed her brother. But she focused on the Process and she passed. She knows she made the right choice. She did it all in André's memory. That's what Isabella has to do. Bruna's mother says she can't give them her other daughter. Michele says she won't be giving her away. Michele says she believes in the Process. She needs confirmation from them that Isabella will join the Process. Bruna's mother says she'll apply for the Process and she'll pass. Bruna's mother thanks Michele and they leave.

Fernando and Rafael wait for 6 PM. Rafael pushes his control on time and then races to see if Fernando pushed his. He watches in awe as both images are projected. He celebrates passing.

Cássia asks Michele how she came up with a story like that and Michele just says she did what she had to do.

Michele goes back to her room and dumps out her trash can. She grabs a shard of glass and uses it to cut into herself, just above her hip. She reaches inside herself and pulls out an implant.

## 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

* César Gouvêa as
* Clarissa Kiste as as Luciana
* Dani Nefussi as
* Dárcio De Oliveira as Antônio Carvalho
* Ediana Souza as Camila
* Eduardo Silva as
* Gabriel Calamari as
* Geraldo Rodrigues as
* Julia Gergamim as
* Júlio Silvério as
* Leonardo Garcez as Daniel
* Luciana Paes as Cássia
* Luciana Schwinden as
* Maria Gal as
* Paulo Gonçalves as
* Pedro Gasparotto as Augusto
* Rita Batata as
* Rogério Brito as
* Thiago Amaral as Álvaro

### English Dubbing Cast

* Cherami Leigh Kuehn as Aline
* David Keefir as Álvaro
* Jay Everett as Antônio Carvalho
* Jay Kasten as Bernardo
* Sarah H. Fairbrook as Cássia
* Haviland Stillwell as Denise
* Chris Smith as Ezequiel
* Sean Johnson as Fernando
* Ki-Ki Fab as Joana
* Sabrina Weisz as Luciana
* Bianca Comparato as Michele
* Carol Dennis-Dylan as Nair
* Marcus Griffin as Otavio
* Jay Preston as Rafael
* Stephanie Thomas as Teresa

*Additional Voices*

* Daxx George
* Bill Kametz
* Brooke Madison
* Rachel Rigg
* Cindy Robinson