Almirante Hotel (Hotel Almirante)

Tomasiño!

Why are you wasting time again?

Go to school, you're late.

Come on!

Let's go!

ALMIRANTE HOTEL Episode 01

El Comercio! El Comercio is out!

El Comercio!

I'll tell the teacher! You'll regret it!

You just wait and see!

Good morning, boy! Good morning, Ms. Rosa!

If the taste of that chocolate is as good as its smell,

it must be delicious, worth dying for it.

Come on,

Don't die yet, it's too early.

Come on, drink it.

Thank you, Ms. Rosa!

Always so kind, and so pretty!

Come on, you sweet-talker.

So...

How's your Uncle Alejo doing?

And you... are you still with Gabriela, the butcher's daughter?

Bye, naughty boy.

Are you feeling better today?

I still have a bit of a temperature.

Two days in bed are more than enough.

You get fed up!

Well, if not properly healed, a cold can be quite bad for you, Candela.

Not being able to help is worse,

with all the work we have here, so don't worry about me!

So, did they bring the beef?

Rosalía, shall I do my last room?

Strange that Aurelio didn't write anything here.

That girl was a bit weird, don't you think?

Perhaps she left early to catch the train, and Aurelio was asleep.

He always does on his night shifts.

Come on, go tidy up that room.

Are you sure you didn't touch anything?

Nothing, inspector.

I just saw her there, with her eyes open.

What came to mind was Ms. Tana's face,

when I found her in her room.

You never forget that look in her eyes.

Calm down, Dolores, it's okay. Go back to your work.

If we need you, we'll call you later, okay?

Everything points to a suicide.

Judging by rigor mortis,

I'd venture to say she died around

three in the morning.

And when will we have official confirmation, doctor?

I don't think I'll be able to finish the autopsy before 7 pm.

Is there any special detail, anything you remember?

No.

I'm sorry we meet in these circumstances, gentlemen.

Madam.

Inspector Sánchez took the digital fingerprints of the deceased

and he'll send them to Madrid.

Judge, everything seems to suggest it's a case of...

Suicide.

Oh, news spread quickly!

The street is swarming with people.

Rosalía, we all must be quiet, so...

please warn the hotel staff.

Of course.

Our Lady with Big Eyes!

I'd bet we'll be in everyone's lips in the whole town.

Did you say we will be?

No, sister, we already are.

We must keep quiet about it, aunt.

Everything is in the hands of the police, we don't know anything.

What if they ask?

If someone asks, we won't answer, Mother.

You just keep working!

Hotel Almirante.

Rosalía, sorry to bother you.

Could you please come over?

I need to talk to you.

I'm coming.

As soon as I get the name of the dead woman confirmed,

we can publish our report.

What a bombshell!

Do you remember another suicide case in town?

Honestly, Genarito, what I can't remember

is hiring a journalist as incompetent as you.

Don't make that face.

What do you mean, getting the name of the dead woman confirmed?

- Well, Mr. Rogelio, I thought... - Stop that!

People must be fed with juicy titbits, do you get it?

If you don't know her name,

you call her 'the suicide woman,

'the dead woman', 'the mysterious blonde'...

- So she's blonde, right? - Yes, yes.

Well, I don't know... I think she is.

That's what I was told.

Or perhaps a redhead.

Go get that confirmed! That's an important detail.

Not the name.

Forgive me, Mr. Rogelio,

- You're a master and I... - You're an ass-kisser, and an idiot.

I rue the day I hired you. Go and do some work!

And make sure you ask if it is true that she was naked!

The name of the deceased woman...

I have an appointment with Inspector Fuentes.

Come in, please.

Come in and sit down.

These things are a nuisance.

You're doing your job, and it's my duty to collaborate.

I appreciate your willingness.

I'll explain.

The thing is we've searched the house in depth...

I see.

But nothing came out. We didn't find a piece of paper,

a diary, a picture...

Nothing helpful to make some progress with our investigation.

And no clues about relatives and acquaintances either.

It's strange, yes.

Can you recall anything that might help us with the investigation?

She arrived early in the morning.

Sometimes, I am behind the reception desk

early in the morning, like yesterday.

She hadn't booked in advance.

Did she come by train?

Judging by the time, it could be,

but I can't tell you for sure.

She seemed very calm.

She said she was staying one night,

and that she'd leave very early next morning.

Any other detail?

She didn't come down for lunch or dinner.

And she paid the bill as soon as she arrived

Considering the lack of evidence, the only thing I would ask you

is to contact me immediately if you recall any other relevant detail.

Of course.

- Good morning, Pepe. - Good morning, Manuel.

Yes, yes.

Of course.

There should be no problem.

If the opening is on the 24th,

we'll try to send someone and inform about it, Ricardo.

What else can I say?

Yes, I know these things are important for the Civil Governor,

but having staff limitations, I can't cover everything, you know.

Yes. Great.

I have an emergency here. I'll call you later. Excuse me.

"Dear Mr. Editor of El Comercio newspaper,

"When you receive this letter, I will be dead.

"You will probably wonder why I have addressed it to someone

"who doesn't know me at all.

"For my part, I think I should give

"an explanation to justify what I have done.

"Until the moment of writing this letter,

"I have felt I was the unhappiest woman on earth,

"that's why I have reached to such an important decision:

"to take my life and to do it here in Ribanova.

"I sacrificed everything for the man I loved,

"and I gave him the most important proof a woman can offer.

"For this reason, I wanted to abandon this world in his home town,

"in the house of his forbears,

"where I will succumb to death within a few hours,

"when I arrive in Ribanova,

"after I put this letter in the post.

"I don't mind now proclaiming my love for Javier Aldao,

"the only man who gave me everything,

"and who took everything from me in such sudden, vicious way.

"I do not want anyone to be blamed for my death,

"for I take full responsibility for it.

Cristina Sanjuán, a woman who dies for love."

Good morning.

- Good morning, Jacinta. - Good morning. Come in.

- How's Ms. María Luísa doing? - Much better, thank you.

This early in the morning,

and the whole Ribanova is tarnishing my surname!

- How shameful! - One must keep one's cool, Germán.

The most intelligent thing is to keep calm.

Calm? For God's sake, Teleno, put yourself in my shoes.

Our morality and principles are being thrown away.

We didn't fight and win a war for this!

Don't blame Rogelio.

He wants to make a profit, as editor of the paper.

Unfortunately, the problem has a name and a surname:

Javier Aldao.

I'm sorry, Judge.

- Have a seat, please. - Thank you.

- Have you had coffee? - Yes, I've had breakfast.

Thanks for your visit in these difficult moments.

This son of mine

has always been a source of problems since...

I naively thought that, after the Victory, he would react,

that he would realize he had made a mistake.

I thought he'd get closer to his family,

and that he'd accept our patriotic ideas,

which he should never have betrayed!

But he continues being a disgrace to this house.

Be patient, Germán,

you must be patient and smart, very smart.

All this storm will go away.

What really matters to us are the consequences

this might have for your son, although the case is quite clear,

and this was confirmed last night by the autopsy.

- Suicide? - Yes, it seems.