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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: His reasoning for trying to help [[spoiler: Reme]] out.


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* WideEyedIdealist: Which leads to conflict with Germán.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Despite his boxing prowess and intimidating appearance, he deeply cares about his friends.
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--> '''Father Sanchís:''' Don't come to me with this "human" poppycock! You want to sell newspapers. So don't try to fool me as if I were a simple military censor.

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--> '''Father Sanchís:''' Don't come to me with this "human" poppycock! You What you want is to sell newspapers. So don't try to fool me as if I were a simple military censor.
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* HotBlooded: He's a bit temperamental.
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* SmarterThanYouLook: When El Caso looks for an ecclesiastical censor, they do it thinking that they'll be able to publish practically anyhting. They were wrong.
--> '''Father Sanchís:''' So you brought me here to be able to publish this about these individuals' "Last Tango".
--> '''Rodrigo:''' Father, I won't lie to you. Two people are dead. Their families have the right to know what happened to them, publishing this article is of human interest.
--> '''Father Sanchís:''' Don't come to me with this "human" poppycock! You want to sell newspapers. So don't try to fool me as if I were a simple military censor.
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* HatesBeingTouched: Less exaggerated than most examples, but she moans or complains every time someone touches or hugs her ([[TrueCompanions which is quite often]])

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* HatesBeingTouched: Less exaggerated than most examples, but she moans or complains every time someone touches or hugs her ([[TrueCompanions which is quite often]])often]]).
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* HatesBeingTouched: Less exaggerated than most examples, but she moans or complains every time someone touches or hugs her ([[TrueCompanions which is quite often]])

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* LovableCoward: You can see him cower each time he has to face an autority figure, but he tries to do what's right.




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* FriendToAllChildren: He was very warm and caring to little Blas, even taking him to his boxing matches.


* GenreSavvy: He quickly deducts he was brought over so that the paper could publish a front page article that Cabrera had censored. [[spoiler:However, Rodrigo is just as quick at finding the way to persuade him.]]

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* NumberTwo: To the Minister of Information himself.
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* MediaWatchdog: As the second-in-command in the Ministry of Information, he's the second most powerful MediaWatchdog in Spain; and apparently he's allowed to personally name censors (he does so when assignating Cabrera to El Caso).

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* MediaWatchdog: As the second-in-command in the Ministry of Information, he's the second most powerful MediaWatchdog in Spain; and apparently he's allowed to personally name censors (he does so when assignating assigning Cabrera to El Caso).

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* MediaWatchdog: He's the one who names Cabrera as the censor.

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* MediaWatchdog: He's As the one who names second-in-command in the Ministry of Information, he's the second most powerful MediaWatchdog in Spain; and apparently he's allowed to personally name censors (he does so when assignating Cabrera as the censor.to El Caso).



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A longtime friend of Jesús, newly promoted to comissioner of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

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A longtime friend of Jesús, newly promoted to comissioner commissioner of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.



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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The Comissioner Commissioner 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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* DirtyCop: He's all too willing to force a confession out of a suspect by any means necessary. Case in point: he once hit a procurer [[spoiler:who eventually turned out to be not guilty]] with a phone book.

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* DirtyCop: He's all too willing to force a confession out of a suspect by any means necessary. Case in point: he once hit a procurer [[spoiler:who eventually turned out to be not guilty]] with a [[ThrowTheBookAtThem phone book.book]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Those typewriters, I don't hear them!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Those typewriters, I don't hear them!"'']][[caption-width-right:350:''"I love the smell of a good headline."'']]



* CatchPhrase: See picture quote.

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* CatchPhrase: See picture quote."Those typewriters, I don't hear them!", his usual way to tell everyone to get back to work.
** CatchphraseInterruptus: [[RunningGag Happens several times:]]
-->'''Rodrigo:''' Having the presses stopped costs me...!
-->'''Everyone else:''' A fortune!
-->'''Rodrigo:''' Yes, fuck, a fortune.
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* TheObiWan: Reluctantly assumes this role for Clara.
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* {{Pseudonym}}: Her section in the paper is called "Letters to Peggy". [[CaptainObvious She's Peggy]].

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---->--Margarita Moyano

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---->--Margarita Moyano
---->--Paloma García


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!!Paloma García
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->'''Played by:''' Teresa Hurtado de Ory

The El Caso secretary, who also has her own section at the paper as a love advisor.

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* TheDogBitesBack: She lashes out at Rodrigo for letting his wife coerce him into firing her.
* NerdGlasses: As seen in the picture.
* SexySecretary: Rodrigo is crazy over her bones.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: She has an affair with Rodrigo. As mentioned, his wife is furious when she finds out.
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!!Aparicio Sierra
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->'''Played by:''' Ignacio Mateos

The newspaper's layout designer.

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* FanBoy: Of Music/TheBeatles, as you can guess from one of his conversations with Clara about her days in London.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Often seen with Aníbal. He seems to be his best friend in the office.
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* BusCrash: He disappears in the third-to-last episode, and isn't heard of again until the series finale... when he dies in a train crash.
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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Five episodes into the series, he had already been reassigned twice: on episode 2 he was sent to the Spanish embassy in Rabat, returning three episodes later to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Five episodes into the series, he had already been reassigned twice: on episode 2 he was [[PutOnABus sent to the Spanish embassy in Rabat, Rabat]], [[TheBusCameBack returning three episodes later later]] to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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* BenevolentBoss: He's the one who deals with censorship to ensure the paper can go out.



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* DaEditorDaEditor: He'll scold his reporters when they screw up, but also deal with the censorship to ensure they can publish their news.
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* GoodCopBadCop: The Bad Cop to Montenegro's Good Cop.



* GoodCopBadCop: The Bad Cop to Montenegro's Good Cop.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He really is in love with Rebeca and becomes notably distraught when she's kidnapped.
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* StraightGay: He passes off as a straight man the first time he is introduced... although one of the El Caso journalists claims that he walks like "[[{{Foreshadowing}} he got a stick up his ass]]".

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* StraightGay: He passes off as a straight man the first time he is introduced... although one of the El Caso journalists claims that he walks like "[[{{Foreshadowing}} he got a stick stick]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar up his ass]]".

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* ArmouredClosetGay / StraightGay

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* ArmouredClosetGay / StraightGayArmouredClosetGay: Yes, that's his big secret.


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* StraightGay: He passes off as a straight man the first time he is introduced... although one of the El Caso journalists claims that he walks like "[[{{Foreshadowing}} he got a stick up his ass]]".

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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: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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!!Gerardo de Zabaleta
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->'''Played by:''' Marc Clotet

Clara's husband, a diplomatic who hides a big secret.


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* ArmouredClosetGay / StraightGay
* {{Gayngst}}: He is ashamed of his homosexuality and visits a psychiatrist who offers him a 'cure' for it.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Five episodes into the series, he had already been reassigned twice: on episode 2 he was sent to the Spanish embassy in Rabat, returning three episodes later to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
* NiceGuy: It's hinted that he actually loves Clara his own way, and puts serious effort into salvaging their marriage.
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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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!!Manuel Sanchís
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->'''Played by:''' Jorge Roelas

A priest and exorcist sent to the El Caso office when they request ecclesiastical censorship to get rid of Cabrera.

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* GenreSavvy: He quickly deducts he was brought over so that the paper could publish a front page article that Cabrera had censored. [[spoiler:However, Rodrigo is just as quick at finding the way to persuade him.]]
* MediaWatchdog: Takes more of a MoralGuardian-like approach to it than Cabrera, since he is a representative of the Church.
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