Hierro (2019)

1 - Episódio 1

Candela, an unconventional judge with character, is sent to the remotest possible posting, El Hierro, an island that is full of peculiar characteristics, where she doesnt quite fit in. As soon as she arrives, she must face a murder case. The victim is Fran, a young man who was going to get married on that very day. Everything seems to suggest the culprit is Díaz, Frans boss and father of the bride, a shady local businessman who had served sentence for murder as a young man.

1 - Episódio 1

Candela continues with the case involving Díaz. The latter, for fear of reprisals, refuses to cooperate.

2 - Episódio 2

The conflict over the custody of the girls gets complicated when one of them disappears. Gaspar, the father, blames his ex, Lucia. Cruz, the new Civil Guard sergeant, is in charge of the search operation.

2 - Episódio 2

Candela must decide if Díaz is kept in pretrial custody. Against the criterium of her team, and of the whole island, he is released on bail, although he wont be allowed to leave the island and he will be closely monitored. In any case, its an extremely unpopular decision, compounded by Díazs determination to find the real culprit by himself. Candela, at odds with her own team, needs someone by her side to rely on, someone who also knows the ropes of the island. She takes a new controversial decision – she includes Reyes, a local police officer, in the investigation team.

4 - Episódio 4

A murder sets in motion the investigation led by Candela and Sergeant Cruz. Diaz, who believed he had solved his problems, soon discovers how wrong he was.

5 - Episódio 5

A murder sets in motion the investigation led by Candela and Sergeant Cruz. Diaz, who believed he had solved his problems, soon discovers how wrong he was.

5 - Episódio 5

The murderer, upon being found out, kills Reyes. From that moment on, he faces the difficulty of getting rid of the body in an island like El Hierro, where it is difficult to vanish without trace. Especially after the disappearance of the local police officer gives rise to a public outcry. There is a reaction in the island. Police forces, civil defense services and volunteers start a desperate search. The most likely scenario is that the murderer Reyes was investigating is back in action. Candela is devastated; she feels guilty because she is the one who enlisted Reyes for an investigation that strictly speaking was not part of her work duties.

6 - Episódio 6

An evening of Canarian fighting approaches where the local team will face the one sponsored by Fadi. He has decided that, that same day, he will put an end to all his problems with Candela and Díaz.

6 - Episódio 6

Reyes hasnt been found, but the search operation leads to tracing down a sunk boat which will provide new clues. The boat was used for smuggling African diamonds, and was found by Fran in a diving excursion. Diamonds are the shady business he was involved in. Candela cannot accept defeat in the search for Reyes, or the slowing down in the speed of the investigation as a result of the Descent, a religious festivity that paralyzes the island every four years. Desperate, she tries to get Díazs cooperation, who is also vent on finding the real culprit. The murderer feels the investigation is closing down on him. He considers fleeing, but he hasnt found the diamonds hidden by Fran yet. And he diverts attention to everyones ideal false culprit – Díaz.

7 - Episódio 7

Díaz avoids being arrested by desperately fleeing. But leaving the island without being found out is impossible, especially with a police operation that shut up firmly the few available exit routes from the island. Finally, Díaz gets caught. And the island sighs, relieved – they will be able to celebrate their Descent in peace. Only three people in the island seem anxious: Díaz himself, who knows that someone has planted false evidence to frame him; Candela, who has a hunch there must be something wrong; and the murderer, who got the police off his back, but who continues looking for the diamonds that are at the root of his whole adventure. In the middle of the Descent festivities, the murderer discovers the location of the diamonds.

8 - Episódio 8

The murderer, taking advantage of the chaotic situation during the Descent, manages to get hold of the diamonds. But now he must face a new obstacle – the drug smuggler whose help Fran had enlisted has been following him, and he wants to take the diamonds himself. Meanwhile, Candela and Díaz go over their investigations together, and find the key to identify the murderer. They trace him down when he is on his way out of the island. They have caught him. But he is not prepared to surrender.