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!!Manuel Cabrera
->'''Played by:''' Raúl Tejón
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An army captain and member of the Ministry of Information, whom López-Dóriga designates as censor of El Caso.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Tells Jesús not to "justify degenerates" when writing about homosexual relationships.
* InsistentTerminology: He insists to be called "supervisor" instead of "censor".
* MediaWatchdog
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!!Manuel Cabrera
->'''Played by:''' Raúl Tejón
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An army captain and member of the Ministry of Information, whom López-Dóriga designates as censor of El Caso.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Tells Jesús not to "justify degenerates" when writing about homosexual relationships.
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!!Laura López-Dóriga
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->'''Played by:''' María Casal
Clara's aunt and main confidant. She's a renowned theater actress with an ahead-of-her-time mindset.
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!!Laura López-Dóriga
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->'''Played by:''' María Casal
Clara's aunt and main confidant. She's a renowned theater actress with an ahead-of-her-time mindset.
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!!Fernando López-Dóriga
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->'''Played by:''' Natalia Verbeke
A childhood friend of Jesús and Camacho, whose broken friendship she keeps (fruitlessly) trying to mend. She's a doctor who works with the police both in the identification of victims and with alive witnesses involved.
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[[folder:Laura]]
!!Laura López-Dóriga
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Clara's aunt and
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her latest play was not going too well.]] But then again, you don't get to be called a "theater diva" without knowing some acting, right?
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->'''Played by:''' Natalia Verbeke
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[[folder:The Rosary Killer]]
The mysterious lead villain of the show. He killed Jesús' girlfriend (and at least four other girls) many years ago. He is currently in the San José mental asylum, but he can easily go in and out of it when he pleases because he has the key to the back door (and the doctors don't know it).
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[[folder:Laura]]
!!Laura López-Dóriga
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->'''Played by:''' María Casal
Clara's aunt and
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The mysterious lead villain of the show. He killed Jesús' girlfriend (and at least four other girls) many years ago. He is currently in the San José mental asylum, but he can easily go in and out of it when he pleases because he has the key to the back door (and the doctors don't know it).
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The mysterious lead villain of the show. He killed Jesús' girlfriend (and at least four other girls) many years ago. He is currently in the San José mental asylum, but he can easily go in and out of it when he pleases because he has the key to the back door (and the doctors don't know it).
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The mysterious lead villain of the show. He killed Jesús' girlfriend (and at least four other girls) many years ago. He is currently in the San José mental asylum, but he can easily go in and out of it when he pleases because he has the key to the back door (and the doctors don't know it).
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* BigBad: He has started again to play mind games with Jesús.
* TheFaceless: He doesn't really cover his face, but it's not shown on screen. He is identified by a tattoo of the Virgin Mary in his forearm.
* TheVoiceless: He has not uttered a word yet as of episode 4.
* SerialKiller: He has five victims attributed.
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[[folder:The Rosary Killer]]
->'''Played by:''' Unknown
The mysterious lead villain of the show. He killed Jesús' girlfriend (and at least four other girls) many years ago. He is currently in the San José mental asylum, but he can easily go in and out of it when he pleases because he has the key to the back door (and the doctors don't know it).
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* BigBad: He has started again to play mind games with Jesús.
* TheFaceless: He doesn't really cover his face, but it's not shown on screen. He is identified by a tattoo of the Virgin Mary in his forearm.
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!!Aníbal de Vicente
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll Cervantes that up for you. Four pages. With its epithets and dingbats."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Daniel Pérez-Prada
Naïve and trustful, he lives in an Opus Dei residence and believes in the existence of aliens. From time to time he tries to insert UFO sighting reports into the newspaper during the briefings.
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* AgentMulder: He is convinced that aliens do exist.
* {{Nerd}}
* {{Pseudonym}}: He signs as Antonio Pemán when he reports about something that might upset his Opus Dei roommates.
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!!Aníbal de Vicente
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll Cervantes that up for you. Four pages. With its epithets and dingbats."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Daniel Pérez-Prada
Naïve and trustful, he lives in an Opus Dei residence and believes in the existence of aliens. From time to time he tries to insert UFO sighting reports into the newspaper during the briefings.
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* AgentMulder: He is convinced that aliens do exist.
* {{Nerd}}
* {{Pseudonym}}: He signs as Antonio Pemán when he reports about something that might upset his Opus Dei roommates.
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!!Germán Castro
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->'''Played by:''' Gorka Lasaosa
--->''That's Germán, our particular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Carrasco Pedro Carrasco]].''
---->--Margarita Moyano
Journalist and semi-professional boxer. He has dangerous contacts in the Madrid underworld.
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* SpeechImpediment: He often stammers.
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!!Germán Castro
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->'''Played by:''' Gorka Lasaosa
--->''That's Germán, our particular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Carrasco Pedro Carrasco]].''
---->--Margarita Moyano
Journalist and semi-professional boxer. He has dangerous contacts in the Madrid underworld.
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!!Margarita Moyano
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->'''Played by:''' Blanca Apilánez
A veteran and independent journalist, who walks freely around the office. She spends much time at Bar Lido, which is almost like a second office to her.
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* {{Homage}}: The character is based on real El Caso journalist Margarita Landi.
* TeamMom: She adopts this role from time to time, especially with Germán and Clara.
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!!Margarita Moyano
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->'''Played by:''' Blanca Apilánez
A veteran and independent journalist, who walks freely around the office. She spends much time at Bar Lido, which is almost like a second office to her.
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* AlliterativeName
* [[DistinguishedGentlemansPipe Distinguished Lady's Pipe]]: A rare female example.
* {{Homage}}: The character is based on real El Caso journalist Margarita Landi.
* TeamMom: She adopts this role from time to time, especially with Germán and Clara.
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!!Antonio "Toño" Camacho
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->'''Played by:''' Antonio Garrido
The Comissioner in Chief of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and a former friend of Jesús. He actively supports the regime, and won't mind putting his morals aside in order to move up.
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* GoodCopBadCop: The Bad Cop to Montenegro's Good Cop.
* RabidCop
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!!Antonio "Toño" Camacho
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->'''Played by:''' Antonio Garrido
The Comissioner in Chief of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and a former friend of Jesús. He actively supports the regime, and won't mind putting his morals aside in order to move up.
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[[folder:Montenegro]]
!!Miguel Montenegro
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not that I respect the rules. It's that I think one needs a good reason to break them."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Francisco Ortiz
--->''Hey, it's our man in the CIB!''
---->--Jesús Expósito
A longtime friend of Jesús, newly promoted to comissioner of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
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* AffectiveNickname: Jesús calls him "Peluso".
* AlliterativeName
* GoodCopBadCop: The Good Cop to Camacho's Bad Cop.
* NiceGuy: Probably the WhiteSheep of the police force. It's 1966 and the Francoist regime is still in full effect.
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!!Miguel Montenegro
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not that I respect the rules. It's that I think one needs a good reason to break them."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Francisco Ortiz
--->''Hey, it's our man in the CIB!''
---->--Jesús Expósito
A longtime friend of Jesús, newly promoted to comissioner of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
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* AffectiveNickname: Jesús calls him "Peluso".
* AlliterativeName
* GoodCopBadCop: The Good Cop to Camacho's Bad Cop.
* NiceGuy: Probably the WhiteSheep of the police force. It's 1966 and the Francoist regime is still in full effect.
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: He invokes it during an argument with Clara over this in episode 4, ordering her to take photos of a woman who got burnt in a fire for the newspaper.
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* IfItBleedsItLeads: He invokes it during an argument with Clara over this in episode 4, ordering her to take photos of a woman who got burnt in a fire for the newspaper.
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The founder and director of El Caso. He prides himself in his scouting ability to recruit talented journalists.
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The founder and director of El Caso. He prides himself in his scouting ability to recruit talented journalists.
Caso.
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* BenevolentBossBenevolentBoss: He's the one who deals with censorship to ensure the paper can go out.
* CatchPhrase: See picture quote.
* IfItBleedsItLeads: He invokes it during an argument with Clara over this in episode 4, ordering her to take photos of a woman who got burnt in a fire for the newspaper.
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* CatchPhrase: See picture quote.
* IfItBleedsItLeads: He invokes it during an argument with Clara over this in episode 4, ordering her to take photos of a woman who got burnt in a fire for the newspaper.
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!!Rodrigo Sánchez
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Those typewriters, I don't hear them!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Fernando Cayo
The founder and director of El Caso. He prides himself in his scouting ability to recruit talented journalists.
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* BenevolentBoss
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!!Rodrigo Sánchez
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Those typewriters, I don't hear them!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Fernando Cayo
The founder and director of El Caso. He prides himself in his scouting ability to recruit talented journalists.
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* BenevolentBoss
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!!Clara López(-Dóriga)
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->'''Played by:''' Verónica Sánchez
--->''This girl is pure gold.''
---->--Rodrigo Sánchez
The new girl at the office. She defends freedom of press, which is not easy in the Francoist Spain... especially considering she is the daughter of Fernando López-Dóriga, the closest associate of Minister of Information Manuel Fraga.
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* AscendedFangirl: She claims that she was a compulsive El Caso reader and received it by mail every week while she studied abroad. Now she works in El Caso.
* CunningLinguist: She speaks English fluently and has studied Latin as well.
* EmbarrassingLastName: She only signs articles as Clara López since she's aware that her father does not like El Caso... and the fact that she is now working there doesn't help matters.
* HotScoop: Treated as such by several of her partners.
* IntrepidReporter
* NaiveNewcomer
* SexlessMarriage: With Gerardo. [[spoiler:Because he's actually gay.]]
* WhiteSheep: She works as a journalist at a newspaper with a blatant disregard for the Francoist censorship. As mentioned above, her father's not quite happy about it.
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!!Clara López(-Dóriga)
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clara_elcaso.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Verónica Sánchez
--->''This girl is pure gold.''
---->--Rodrigo Sánchez
The new girl at the office. She defends freedom of press, which is not easy in the Francoist Spain... especially considering she is the daughter of Fernando López-Dóriga, the closest associate of Minister of Information Manuel Fraga.
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* AscendedFangirl: She claims that she was a compulsive El Caso reader and received it by mail every week while she studied abroad. Now she works in El Caso.
* CunningLinguist: She speaks English fluently and has studied Latin as well.
* EmbarrassingLastName: She only signs articles as Clara López since she's aware that her father does not like El Caso... and the fact that she is now working there doesn't help matters.
* HotScoop: Treated as such by several of her partners.
* IntrepidReporter
* NaiveNewcomer
* SexlessMarriage: With Gerardo. [[spoiler:Because he's actually gay.]]
* WhiteSheep: She works as a journalist at a newspaper with a blatant disregard for the Francoist censorship. As mentioned above, her father's not quite happy about it.
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!!Jesús Expósito
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Anything for a good headline, but also for justice."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Fernando Guillén Cuervo
A policeman turned journalist, he is the most veteran editor of El Caso. He is still haunted by the murder of his girlfriend Asun (also Miguel Montenegro's sister) at the hands of "The Rosary Killer" a long time ago.
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* [[CigarChomper Cigarette Chomper]]: Rarely seen without one in his mouth.
* CowboyCop: It's implied that he was this during his days in the police force.
* HardboiledDetective: He tenaciously investigates the cases he later reports about in the newspaper.
* TheObiWan: Reluctantly assumes this role for Clara.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Episode 2 features one about Asun's murder.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The friendship between Camacho and him went sour when Jesús doubted over Pepe Garcés being "The Rosary Killer", eventually leaving the police.
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[[folder:Jesús]]
!!Jesús Expósito
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Anything for a good headline, but also for justice."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Fernando Guillén Cuervo
A policeman turned journalist, he is the most veteran editor of El Caso. He is still haunted by the murder of his girlfriend Asun (also Miguel Montenegro's sister) at the hands of "The Rosary Killer" a long time ago.
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* [[CigarChomper Cigarette Chomper]]: Rarely seen without one in his mouth.
* CowboyCop: It's implied that he was this during his days in the police force.
* HardboiledDetective: He tenaciously investigates the cases he later reports about in the newspaper.
* TheObiWan: Reluctantly assumes this role for Clara.
* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Episode 2 features one about Asun's murder.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The friendship between Camacho and him went sour when Jesús doubted over Pepe Garcés being "The Rosary Killer", eventually leaving the police.
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