A down and out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a prime time journalist. The case turns out to be a devious maze where nothing is what it looks like. The pursuit of it leads him to the dark netherworld - the 'Paatal Lok', and to shocking discoveries in the past of the four suspects.
When Cassandra's motocycle breaks down while she, Gersinho, and Leide are coming back to Sao Paulo from a math competition, Leide calls Cassa ndra's mechanic father. A painful confrontation with the past follows.