Tokyo reveals the pins that she’s pulled from the half-dozen grenades strapped to her chest and takes the aggressors down with her. Rather than roll the dice and attempt a daring escape with Denver and Manilla, she fights on until the attackers are within touching distance, finally taking a barrage of bullets that put her on the floor. She stands her ground as Sagasta and his team close in. Tokyo is shot five times, making it almost impossible to extract her. Somehow in the hellfire of bullets from every direction, Helsinki is rescued from the rubble, but the robbers now find themselves separated and backed into a corner. The Professor, now back in charge and dishing out commands, orders the group to go to his aid. The death of her lover and partner in crime, René, along with some sombre conversations with Nairobi about their places in heaven, inevitably bring us to the final few moments of season 5 volume 1.Īfter the special forces commander Sagasta and his team blow their way into the bank through the roof, they’re confronted by a stubborn yet wounded Helsinki. Not until season 5 are we unpacking her true backstory. Her narration has been with us since the beginning, so seeing glimpses of her past life playing Bonnie & Clyde with her former lover is foreboding, to say the least. The second subplot of interest is Tokyo.Īh, Tokyo. It’s unclear where this storyline will take us just yet, but you can bet it has something to do with his cyber-savvy son, who’s shown to be recruited into his Dad’s adrenaline-filled world of high-stakes theft during a past heist at a Danish castle.
Berlin, who died in a hail of gunfire during the first heist inside the Spanish Mint, makes his charismatic return in a flashback. There are a few interesting yet somewhat drawn out subplots occurring during all the mayhem, too. He’s subsequently shot by his former lover, Stockholm. Meanwhile, the loathsome Gandía (Nairobi’s executioner) is released to buy the group time, and during the chaos that ensues, hostage-turned-media-personality, Arturo, acquires weapons and makes a stand in the armoury with his fellow hostages. To end the situation inside the bank as quickly as possible, the aforementioned Colonel calls in the big guns – a top tier special forces cadre that doesn’t play by the rules. In later episodes, Sierra is forced to give up her hand and submit to The Professor when it’s clear her baby is about to be born.
She won’t kill him, she won’t turn him in – so what exactly is it she’s after? A supposed desire to crack him for information quickly becomes obsolete after discovering Colonel Tamayo has made her the scapegoat for Rio’s unlawful detention. The Professor is still at the mercy of the (heavily pregnant) rogue former cop, Alicia Sierra, who, in the final episodes of last season, finally pounced on the mastermind in his hideout.īut her intentions are opaque at best.
The opening episode ties up the loose ends of season 4 – Marseille’s escape and Lisbon’s insertion – before the team realise their time in the bank is almost up and they must get ready to exfiltrate sooner than expected.