Money Heist Season 4 Episode 8 Recap – The Paris Plan

[00:00:15] Palermo sat on a desk writing while Berlin prepared to go out with Tatiana. He called Palermo to confirm his feelings for him. Palermo brought out a bottle of wine and offered Berlin a drink, but he refused. He told Palermo that he loved him and that they were soul mates. Palermo stood up and approached Berlin; he urged him to define his love for him. Palermo kissed Berlin. Berlin pushed him up against the wall and kissed him back. Berlin told Palermo that their relationship was impossible. He added that Sergio was right, and they needed to forget about breaking into the bank of Spain. Sergio left and told Palermo that time would bring them back together.

[00:05:20] Inspector Sierra faced the press to answer questions regarding the torturing of Rio. She answered all of their questions and straightened out the facts. Alicia took the blame for torturing Rio, but she took the government down with her. She told the press that everyone knew about torturing Rio. She confessed that Rio was buried alive and told them how they had hung Rio and thrown cold water at him. Alicia told the press that Rio was telling the truth. Colonel Tamayo heard everything Alicia said to the press. He couldn’t believe that Alicia would drag everyone under the bus with her. Colonel Tamayo wanted to bury Alicia alive.

[00:09:30] Benjamin took Marseille inside an old Chinese restaurant. The men were digging a tunnel inside the basement. It was part of the plan to rescue Lisbon once internal affairs brought her to the Supreme Court, which was next door. Sergio explained that they wouldn’t be able to attack the convoy, and the only time they would be able to extract Lisbon was at the Supreme Court. The convoy would be forced to bring her to the parking garage since the press would most likely cover the entrance. The team continued digging the tunnel so that they could get inside the parking garage.

[00:13:00] Back at the bank, the team had completed surgery on Gandia, and he had already regained consciousness. Everyone wanted to kill him to get revenge for Nairobi, especially Tokyo. Denver told Tokyo that everyone was hurt by Nairobi’s death, including the Professor, but they could never kill a hostage. Helsinki shot his pistol beside Gandia’s head. Sergio heard the shots through the radio and thought that Helsinki had killed Gandia. Palermo confirmed that Gandia was still alive. Rio cursed at Gandia as Denver, Rio, and Stockholm returned to work.

[00:17:45] Denver noticed Rio’s hand was twitching wildly. He asked Rio if he was having a panic attack. Rio told him that there was too much tension inside the office when they had faced Gandia, but he assured Denver that the attack would pass. Denver knew how to help Rio; he nudged Stockholm to attend to him. Stockholm gave Rio a hug in front of Denver. It was an awkward moment, but Stockholm reached out to him, and he joined them for a hug.

[00:18:30] Inspector Sierra was speaking with the commissioner. She knew that her career was over, but she needed to know why Raquel hadn’t betrayed the Professor. Alicia knew that she had already broken Raquel’s will, but something had happened that made her fight back. Alicia realized that it was Antoñanzas who had helped Raquel. She asked the commissioner if she should go after Antoñanzas. It turned out that Alicia wasn’t speaking with the commissioner but to her cat, that was named commissioner. Colonel Tamayo received word that the ministry had already issued a warrant for the arrest of Inspector Sierra. He ordered his men to go out and look for her.

[00:21:00] Palermo apologized to Helsinki since it was his fault that Nairobi had died. He told Helsinki that he didn’t realize the amount of pain that he had caused. Helsinki asked Palermo what he knew about pain, and he compared it to a bank loan that couldn’t be repaid. He advised Helsinki to get out of the pain before he ended up like him. Palermo introduced himself as Martin Berrote. He vowed that he would get Helsinki out even if it would cost him his life. Helsinki introduced himself as Mirko Dragic. He told Palermo that he had lost Oslo at the Royal Mint, and now he had lost Nairobi. He vowed that he would no longer lose anyone, even Palermo.

[00:23:40] Lisbon arrived at the Supreme Court to give her statement to a judge. Plan Paris was already in play. The plan consisted of cooperating with a judge and providing all the information about the heist and the team. Raquel did her part flawlessly. They needed to tell the truth because they needed to build trust between them and a judge. They were going to bombard the judges with so much information that they’d get tired. As Sergio planned to rescue Lisbon, Inspector Sierra was hunting him down. She had gained access to the security tapes where Antoñanzas lived by pointing a gun at the security personnel and forcing him to surrender the tapes. Alicia was one step closer to locating Sergio.

[00:28:00] Arturo crawled over to Amanda to talk things over, but she didn’t want to talk to him. Arturo persisted, so Miguel intervened and threatened to take him down if he didn’t stop. The governor was disgusted by Arturo. Arturo stood up for himself and argued with the governor. Matias tried to stop the commotion, but Arturo got the best of him and stole his gun. Arturo told everyone that he was going to get them out of the bank. Julia stood up and pointed her pistol at Arturo. She introduced herself as Manila, an undercover member of the team. Manila gave Arturo three seconds to drop the weapon, or she’d shoot him. Arturo thought Manila was bluffing; however, she had shot his thigh. Arturo confessed to giving Amanda sleeping pills but denied that he had raped her. Manila reminded him that he had also offered her the same pills earlier.

[00:31:00] Alicia reviewed the security tapes; she saw Sergio and Marseille helping Antoñanzas after he fell into the pool. She pulled the license plate of their vehicle and called a friend for a favor. Back at the restaurant, Benjamin and his team finished digging the tunnel. Marseille served as a distraction outside the parking area so that Benjamin and his team could open the hole in the parking garage of the Supreme Court. Marseille left as soon as the team had opened the hole.

[00:37:00] Sergio launched the final stage of their plan to rescue Lisbon. Benjamin and his team walked into the parking garage of the Supreme Court. On the other hand, Alicia got a lead to Sergio’s location. Stage three of Plan Paris comprised of building a fake wall in order for Benjamin’s team to hide inside the parking garage. They built a perfect wall, and nothing seemed out of place. Raquel arrived without anyone noticing the difference between the walls. Sergio called Tokyo to prepare Gandia for their plan. She told him to call Tamayo to inform him that he had killed Nairobi and Tokyo and request assistance in leaving the bank.

[00:40:30] Gandia made the call and thought Colonel Tamayo had answered the call. He told them about the trap; however, he was speaking with Sergio instead of Tamayo. Sergio knew that Gandia would try to be a hero, so they had routed the call to him. He told Tokyo that if Gandia still didn’t follow orders, they would end the call and execute him. Sergio warned Gandia that his best option was to just follow their orders and go home to see his wife and son. Sergio ended his conversation with Gandia and gave him his second chance.

[00:42:00] Gandia cooperated and told Colonel Tamayo what he needed to hear. After their conversation, Helsinki dragged Gandia out of the panic room. Lisbon appeared in front of the judges, but this time she no longer wanted to testify. The police brought her back to the parking garage and prepared to escort her back to prison. Benjamin and his team posed as a couple of judges and lawyers who were bringing in a prisoner for a trial. They disarmed Lisbon’s police escort as soon as they crossed paths inside the parking garage. The team switched Lisbon with another woman and strapped everyone with explosives. They told them that if they tried to warn the police about the switch, the explosives would go off. The police van returned to the prison without informing anyone of the switch.

[00:47:00] Benjamin and his team brought Lisbon out of the parking garage. She rode a car to an airfield where Marseille was waiting for her. Back at the bank, the team was already on the roof waiting to stage Gandia’s escape. Suarez gave the order for the helicopter to fly towards the bank of Spain for a rescue mission. Sergio intercepted the communication and instructed Marseille to fly to the bank of Spain. Denver dressed like Gandia and came out on the roof. The team used blanks to fake a gunfight as Denver ran out posing as Gandia. Bogota, Palermo, Helsinki, and Tokyo held Gandia inside the staircase as he continued to speak with Colonel Tamayo. Denver, Rio, and Stockholm continued with their fake gunfight as Tokyo provided them with cover fire to keep the snipers distracted.

[00:53:00] Gandia tried to escape, but Bogota stopped him. The helicopter arrived, and Lisbon got out on the roof. Denver welcomed her to the bank of Spain as Marseille left. Colonel Tamayo wanted the helicopter to return to the roof, but they could no longer contact it. Lisbon radioed Colonel Tamayo, telling him that something had gone wrong with the helicopter. As a result, she told Colonel Tamayo that they were going to enter the bank again.

[00:55:00] Meanwhile, the police convoy arrived at the prison and discovered that someone had extracted Lisbon. They immediately called Colonel Tamayo; however, he was so busy trying to rescue Gandia that he didn’t pay attention to the call. Suarez and Angel realized that Lisbon had posed as an officer and got out of the helicopter to enter the bank. Colonel Tamayo couldn’t believe what had happened. Lisbon and Denver reached the staircase, and the team completed their mission. Everyone rejoiced as Tokyo hugged Lisbon. Sergio told them that they were going to win the war. Lisbon seconded that, saying they would win for Nairobi. As the team celebrated, Sergio heard a noise behind him. It was Alicia; she had found Sergio’s hideout. Sergio tried to escape, but she fired and missed him on purpose. Alicia approached him and continued pointing her pistol at him.