Money Heist Part 5 Volume 1 was awesome. Tragic, but fantastic. This video has 5 parts, most
of which center around the motifs of resurrection and rebirth. Let’s start with the subplot
that has an implied happy ending. Berlin’s son Rafael.
Berlin reconnected with his son Rafael, and together, they pulled off a heist in which
they stole Viking Gold from Castle Friedrich, but that was not the only heist of that subplot.
Berlin’s new wife Tatiana was kissed by fire. She was a totally hottie, and Berlin’s
son Rafael thought the same. He immediately had a crush on her. Fast forward and as they
drove away from the heist, Berlin said: “If you really want something in life, you have
to steal it from somebody else.” Then Rafael looked back to Tatiana, suggesting that Rafael
may have gone on to steal Tatiana from Berlin. From straight-and-narrow computer nerd, to
stealing gold, to stealing his father’s wife. Rafael had two rebirths.
And so did Stockholm. Stockholm was reborn from a naïve girl to badass mother. But she
began to struggle with those changes. She worried that she is failing her child, Cincinnati.
And she began to wonder if she has strayed down the wrong path.
Arturo shot Denver and ran off with some of the hostages. But they were unable to escape
since the team had put explosives on the loading dock’s doors. The heist team tracked them
down, and Arturo put up a surprisingly good fight. But Stockholm’s fight was even better.
As Arturo’s gang shot from behind a forklift, Stockholm climbed through the vents and dropped
down on Arturo. When he reached for his gun, she shot him, and he died. But luckily for
him, Stockholm has a huge heart. She gave him CPR and they resurrected him, after which,
Stockholm spent the rest of the season having hallucinations of Arturo. She even drugged
herself in attempt to escape the pain. Another character who underwent a rebirth
this season was Sierra. Money Heist Part 4 ended with Sierra independently tracking down
The Professor. Her goal was to get him to tell her everything so that she could resurrect
her career. And she was making progress. But Colonel Tamayo fabricated evidence against
her and threw her under the bus to the press. Then, her water broke. So Sierra freed Benjamin
who freed The Professor, and The Professor helped her give birth. So now she is conflicted.
Lisbon had reached out to Sierra in Money Heist Part 4 when Sierra spoke sadly about
her late husband. And in Part 5, The Professor helped her give birth. Then Lisbon congratulated
her. So Money Heist Part 5 ended with Sierra in the bathroom struggling as to which path
to take going forward. Now let’s discuss the main plot. The Museum.
Colonel Tamayo sent in Sagasta through the roof of the museum, and Helsinki was thrown
back from the blast and trapped under a pillar. Tamayo had planned on sending in a second
force, but Lisbon stopped that with a key move. As a reminder, Lisbon put microphones
inside the handcuffs of the hostages. So they recorded some of the very corrupt stuff that
Tamayo had said. The Professor then called Tamayo on an unrecorded line and used it as
leverage. The Professor told Tamayo to not send in a second force. And to save his own
butt, Tamayo complied. So the heist team had to deal with just one group – Sagasta’s
team. On the other hand, the heist team attacked
from two sides. Palermo, Rio, and Bogota went to Helsinki from one side. They pulled him
back to safety, and Stockholm tended to his wounds. Meanwhile, Tokyo, Denver, and Manila
entered the museum from the hole in the roof. And the plan worked. They trapped Sagasta’s
team at least for a little bit. But eventually, Sagasta’s team threw grenades and they escaped
behind a safe door. That move sealed themselves inside a section with just Denver, Manila,
and Tokyo. Tokyo, Denver, and Manila barricaded themselves
inside the kitchen and were nearly blown up by Gandia. But thankfully, Tokyo pulled off
this maneuver here. Pretty sick. Meanwhile, Palermo and Bogota worked on getting
through the safe door, and Rio went off on his own and started digging up into the kitchen
floor. Unfortunately, they were all too late. Snipers
hit Tokyo 5 times. Denver and Manila climbed down the shoot,
but it was six stories high, so Tokyo stayed behind. Her friends were so close to saving
her. Especially Rio who was able to see and touch her one last time.
When Gandia turned her over, Tokyo revealed her last gift. Then boom. Tokyo went out like
a boss. Just like Berlin did back in the day. So how did it come to this?
First off, Tokyo and her former lover, Rene, wanted to be free. “If we don’t steal,
our lives are stolen from us.” Rene warned Tokyo that it would be much riskier
to rob banks, but after 15 successful heists, they decided to go for it. To try to rob a
bank. Unfortunately, Rene was killed during the bank heist. Tokyo escaped and went on
the run. She ran not just from the police, but from pain and guilt. “But eventually
there comes a moment when you stop and all that pain washes over you.”
Meanwhile, Berlin saw Tokyo on the news and fell in love with the way in which Tokyo had
escaped. “She was hanging from the ceiling like Spider-Man. Who does that?” Berlin
loved how she got past the blockade inside a patrol car with the sirens on, like a queen.
“Is it or is it not art?” Long story short, Berlin convinced his brother Sergio to recruit
Tokyo. The Professor hoped that Tokyo was strong
enough to be born again. To be happy again. And she was. She was strong enough to start
a new life. Tokyo said that a lot of people believe that
we only find one true love in our lives. “But what they don’t realize … is you can have
several lives.” After being recruited by Berlin and The Professor,
Tokyo was reborn. And while training for the first heist, she fell in love Rio. They escaped
together and were happy. But then she got bored. So she left him. Rio missed her, so
he called her on the satellite phone, and that was the beginning of the end for Tokyo.
Because the police caught Rio, and that’s how this entire second heist began in the
first place. It began as a way to free Rio. And they did that. But unfortunately, it came
at the cost of the lives of Nairobi and now Tokyo.
But it begs the question. What’s next for Nairobi and Tokyo? They had different opinions
about death. Nairobi didn’t believe in an afterlife. But she believed that you do leave
behind a memory. And she’s right. Tokyo will live on inside Rio as well as the others.
But what about Tokyo’s interpretation of death? Tokyo believes that you keep on living
in the final thought you have the moment before you die. And she told Rio that she was thinking
of their first night in Toledo. When they danced together. “So I’ll stay and
live in those memories forever.” “I think that’s a beautiful plan.”