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** '''Episode 6''' - a [[DownplayedTrope subdued]] example yet still revelatory. We learn how [[spoiler: a very young Baltasar unwittingly ruined Ilan Ibarra’s career; that Veronica and Sam reached the author’s home and inquired about the ‘Pasaje’; that Ibarra’s novel is actually a memoir of his and his friend, Alejandro’s, journey and published the book as a plea to the masses to not search for Pasaje; and that Ilan escorted to Sam and Veronica to the starting point to search for Pasaje. Also, Ilan dies from a rage-induced heart attack]].

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** '''Episode 6''' - a [[DownplayedTrope subdued]] example yet still revelatory. We learn how [[spoiler: a very young Baltasar unwittingly ruined Ilan Ibarra’s career; that Veronica Violet and Sam reached the author’s home and inquired about the ‘Pasaje’; that Ibarra’s novel is actually a memoir of his and his friend, Alejandro’s, journey and published the book as a plea to the masses to not search for Pasaje; and that Ilan escorted to Sam and Veronica Violet to the starting point to search for Pasaje. Also, Ilan dies from a rage-induced heart attack]].
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*** Two in the form of [[WhamShot Wham Shots]]. ''First'' [[spoiler: the “yellow snake with four noses” - whom the Frías uses as their emblem - exists]]. ''Second''

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*** Two in the form of [[WhamShot Wham Shots]]. ''First'' [[spoiler: the “yellow snake with four noses” - whom the Frías uses as their emblem - exists]]. ''Second''''Second'', [[spoiler: deep within El Pasaje, Sam and Violet are alive, and they haven’t aged at all - as their unconscious bodies have been floating in a cave pool (with cloud-like walls and ephemeral vapors) that has preserved them all these years]].
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** '''Season 1 Finale'''
*** Two in the form of [[WhamShot Wham Shots]]. ''First'' [[spoiler: the “yellow snake with four noses” - whom the Frías uses as their emblem - exists]]. ''Second''
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*** Alex discovered Violet’s book and interpreted the narrative as being about him and planned to travel to the author’s address written inside. [[spoiler: Not wanting to leave their phones (which Alex confiscated) with him or her book, Sam and Violet tagged along where they stopped at a roadside market. Out of overeagerness to continue the journey, Alex abandons Sam and Violet at the market, having taken their phones with him. After taking video on one of them, he buries their phones at the location where Emma crashed her ATV. And apparently Alex was also there at the moment she did]]!

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*** Alex discovered Violet’s book and interpreted the narrative as being about him and planned to travel to the author’s address written inside. [[spoiler: Not wanting to leave their phones (which Alex confiscated) with him or her book, Sam and Violet tagged along where they stopped at a roadside market. Out of overeagerness to continue the journey, Alex abandons Sam and Violet at the market, having taken their phones with him. After taking video on one of them, he buries their phones at the location where Emma crashed her ATV. And apparently apparently, Alex was also there at the moment she did]]!did, although this might just have been a cinematic way to show the audience it was the same place after all these years]]
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* TheToothHurts: At the end of Episode 2, [[spoiler: one of Emma’s teeth mysteriously falls out]].

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* TheToothHurts: At the end of Episode 2, [[spoiler: one of Emma’s teeth mysteriously falls out]].breaks off]]. In Episode 7, [[spoiler: it becomes so infected and painful that her cheek swells up and she must have it yanked out with pliers]].
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*SameCharacterButDifferent: In Episode 7, [[spoiler: Violet’s father, Murray, resurfaces in Emma’s and Noah’s narrative, having reinvented himself as an unkempt, long-haired GreatWhiteHunter who has been searching for his daughter ever since her disappearance]].
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**'''Episode 6''' - a [[DownplayedTrope subdued]] example yet still revelatory. We learn how [[spoiler: a very young Baltasar unwittingly ruined Ilan Ibarra’s career; that Veronica and Sam reached the author’s home and inquired about the ‘Pasaje’; that Ibarra’s novel is actually a memoir of his and his friend, Alejandro’s, journey and published the book as a plea to the masses to not search for Pasaje; and that Ilan escorted to Sam and Veronica to the starting point to search for Pasaje. Also, Ilan dies from a rage-induced heart attack]].
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*BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra]] loathes the Frías family (especially Baltasar) for being oppressive and corrupt wealthy elites; as well as for tarnishing his reputation. In fact, in Episode 6, when he recognizes a fully grown Baltasar, [[spoiler: he stabs the latter’s hand with a pen and attempts to strangle him to death for inadvertently ruining his life]].
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*SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Near the end of Episode 6, [[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra, the author of the novel that was hyped as a key figure in the series’ mystery, dies from a heart attack after attempting to strangle Baltasar for being a Frías]].
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*PublicSecretMessage: In Episode 6, [[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra reveals he wrote his book to warn everyone to ''not'' search for ‘Pasaje’]].
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* ReclusiveArtist: [[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra. An enigmatic novelist with an esoteric focus on time and existence; whose quotes were featured in some of the episodes’ openings. When the characters meet him, he is eccentric, ornery, and [[NoSocialSkills not very fond of most people]]]].

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* ReclusiveArtist: InUniverse.[[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra. An enigmatic novelist with an esoteric focus on time and existence; whose quotes were featured in some of the episodes’ openings. When the characters meet him, he is eccentric, ornery, and [[NoSocialSkills not very fond of most people]]]].
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*ReclusiveArtist: [[spoiler: Ilan Ibarra. An enigmatic novelist with an esoteric focus on time and existence; whose quotes were featured in some of the episodes’ openings. When the characters meet him, he is eccentric, ornery, and [[NoSocialSkills not very fond of most people]]]].
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*SnarkToSnarkCombat: In Episode 6, [[spoiler: a prepubescent Baltasar and Ilan Ibarra]] engage in this via letters with the former criticizing the latter’s book for being esoteric and unconventional. The latter criticizes the former for being too sheltered and unenlightened to comprehend the genius of his work. [[spoiler: In his last letter to Baltasar, Ibarra unveils [[HiddenDisdainReveal his utter dislike]] of the boy for being a Frías and threatens to make him “disappear”]].
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*BigBrotherBully: As detailed in Episode 6, Alonso, Baltasar’s older brother, has treated him like dirt since they were young. Baltasar claims that his treatment by Alonso is because the latter has always been [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of the former. In Episode 4, Alexander informs Baltasar that Alonso attempted to bribe the former to fire the latter. [[spoiler: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dialed up]] in Episode 6, when Alonso attempts to murder his younger brother for partnering with Emma and Noah]].
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**'''Episode 5''': The final shot of Alex burying Sam’s and Violet’s phones ''and'' Emma crashing her ATV [[spoiler: occurring at the same time]].

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