Caronte

After accepting his friend Edurne’s request, and encouraged by his girlfriend Natalia, Caronte leaves Gijón for a while to take on Javier Sáez’s defence in Madrid. The lawyer returns to his family home in the traditional Manzanares neighbourhood. Once there, he is confronted with his old life, and his son Guillermo, who he hasn’t seen for 10 years.

The positive development of the trial against Javier Sáez sees Caronte receive an offer from the lawyer Marta Pelayo to team up on the case of Hilario Méntrida, a father accused of having killed his daughter by drowning her in a lake. Aurelio, former colleague and a friend of Caronte’s from the precinct, lends him a hand with the investigation into the Vanessa Mentrida case.

Caronte is told the unwelcome news that Jorge López has escaped during his transfer to prison. Meanwhile, a new defendant comes knocking at Caronte’s door. Tomás is an old friend from his time inside, who has been refused several release permits and is unable to see his wife Sara or his eight-year-old step-daughter, Luna.

Caronte is attempting to recover from the blow over Tomás’ case when Marta comes to him with a new investigation. This time, a pensioner named Gloria has been accused of stabbing Bosco, the maintenance man in her block of flats. At home, Natalia looks after Kolya for a few hours and discovers Caronte’s neighbour, Irina, is a prostitute.

Natalia returns to Gijón with the hope that Caronte will soon join her, but the lawyer’s impressive performance in court has rewarded him with a new case. Jennifer is a prostitute who stands accused of killing a client in a brothel while they were engaged in sexual activity. Aurelio goes to the precinct’s warehouse and discovers the pistol which killed Jorge was seized from the Russian mafia.

Caronte’s sister Paula gets beaten up by her husband Rodrigo, who then runs off. Despite refusing to do so at first, Paula eventually reports him and Aurelio tells Caronte about what happened. Caronte moves his sister and his niece, Irene, into his home and helps them throughout the reporting process, although Paula comes up against an aggressive judge who refuses to believe her.