Netflix and chill continues with La Casa de Papel (Money Heist).
I am adding Arturo Román (Enrique Arce) to the list of annoying characters. I am glad that Mónica Gaztambide (Esther Acebo) left him for someone who genuinely cares for her, and a younger man at that. Berlin (Pedro Alonso) makes it to my favorite evil fictional characters list, joining the kind without a crown Tywin Lannister.
In the Spanish version I watched, Part 1 does not end where Netflix’s Part 1 ended. However, this just adds to the suspense.
Bell Ciao is now ingrained in my memory. The bromance between Berlin and the Professor (Álvaro Morte) tugs at my heartstring and makes the former a tad adorable and less of an egocentric and megalomaniac character that I have come to love.
For a related entry, please read Part 1 of Part 1 here.
For Part 2 (Season 1B) of this series, please read La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) – Part 2.
For La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) Part 3, please read this.
For the latest about our favorite robbers, please read La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) Part 4A and La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) Part 4B.
Netflix’s La Casa de Papel (Money Heist). Image from subscene.com
Here are some memorable quotes from Netflix’s La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 7 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“Professor. Tell me what to do with Berlin. Throw him to the dogs or just shoot him?” – Tokyo or Silene Oliveira (Úrsula Corberó)
“Helsinki, I gave you 1000 euros, 1000 euros, so you’d pay them to crush the car in front of you. What did you do? Did you keep 1000 fucking euros, when we are about to het two billion?” – The Professor or Salvador “Salva” Martín (Álvaro Morte)
“Two billion that weren’t in my hands. But those 1000, it’s in my hands. I was stuck for five months without pay in Toledo. And my family, I sent the money to my family. So to you, a thousand, not important. But to me, very important.” – Helsinki or Yashin Dasayev (Darko Perić)
“Important? Helsinki, that car is a loose end. And from that one, they can get another, and another, and another.” – The Professor
“Inside here, we have many loose ends. Outside, only one.” - Helsinki
“Did you clean the steering wheel with ammonia, the gear shaft, the windows, the dashboard, the whole bloody car?” – The Professor
“Make them run. Let me catch them. We’re too passive. Where is my pencil?” - Raquel Murillo (Itziar Ituño)
The Professor: I thought you’d forgotten me, Inspector.
Raquel: On the contrary. In fact, all I do is think about you.
The Professor: Really? That sounds like a fantasy. We should explore it a little more.
Raquel: If you are going to ask me, what I ate for breakfast, if I had an orgasm this morning or if I like foreplay, well, that’s not what I have in mind. But yes, I do have a fantasy. A fantasy that involves handcuffs. I’ll put them on you, and take you jail.
The Professor: Well, it’s a fantasy, isn’t it?
Raquel: Of course. And if you want, you can tell me all of yours, face to face. But listen, I’m afraid I have bad news. First of all, the boat you asked for, the Malaika, is still not available pending a trial. It still belongs to the previous owner.
The Professor: That’s no excuse, Inspector. The police can request authorization from the judge to use that boat in the pursuit if it will be used for fighting crimes as long as, the sentence hasn’t been passed. So clearly you can a ask for that boat, especially in this matter of such relevance.Or haven’t you asked yet?
Raquel: I see that you know the law.
The Professor: Well, I’m an amateur. But I like to read about trials. You’d be surprised how interesting they can be.
Raquel: Very well. I will look into it now that I have the time. I’m being relieved in this case. We reached a dead end. It has been too long. As you imagine, my superiors have limits. If you really want to negotiate with me, free eight hostages. Eight hostages. And I want them all to be minors.
The Professor: Why would I do that?
Raquel: Because it’s your turn to show me a gesture of goodwill. If you want to have some credit, free those hostages. If not, they will put another inspector to the case. Someone with a different approach and goals. You have an hour to think about it, not a minute more.
Raquel: Salva, it’s me, Raquel. I’m here at the café, having some coffee, and, I didn’t see you here, and I’m used to seeing you here when I come, so I thought maybe you’d like to have coffee together, or take a break.
The Professor: Well, I’d love to, but I’m not in Madrid right now.
Raquel: Salva, are you okay?
The Professor: No, sorry, I’m just distracted and a truck almost hit me. Raquel: Okay, sorry, I won’t take your time anymore.
The Professor: No problem, so I’ll see you around. But if you get back early and gónica et something to eat. I’m sorry, Salva. It is just that I was talking my mother about you yesterday. She told me to go out and spice up my life.
“I told him how difficult it was to maintain order and harmony in here. And I told him I had to kill someone. And I ordered the death of a woman. If you don’t put the dead bodies on the table, then people won’t give you respect.” - Berlin or Andrés de Fonollosa (Pedro Alonso)
“All that pain, but no. Those things don’t move me. It’s horrible, right? I’m probably bothering you with my stupid thoughts. Forgive me.” – Berlin
“I was good at my job. I could earn a living. My life would have been normal, to meet a regular girl, have normal friends. I’m not like all of you.” - Rio or Aníbal Cortés (Miguel Herrán)
“She was so pretty, and I made her so upset. She died because she was so disappointed at how shitty my life is. She only wanted to protect me. She loved me. She loved me like crazy. She wanted to turn myself in over, so she wouldn’t see me dead on tv. When I was a little, and she was there, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything. The problem was when she wasn’t always there.” – Tokyo
Tokyo: The thing is that my mother came up with a trick. She draw a door on the wall of my room. It was a magic door. And, if I was scared, I could open it and she would be behind it.
Rio: And when she left, did you open it?
Tokyo: She told me that I could open it only once. Only once in my life, whenever I need it, but only once. So when I was scared, I used to think: “You can still hold on a little longer. A little longer. I used to think that the next day I could feel more scared and feel more alone, and need the door.
Rio: I would have opened it the first day.
Tokyo: I never opened it.
Rio: You are the strongest person I know, the most incredible one…
“You know as well as I do that Alison is a queen of hearts in this house of cards. I can’t let her go.” – The Professor
“It’s completely immoral to save one hostage instead of eight.” – Raquel
“The Inspector had almost taken the game to checkmate, but even in those moments of total desperation, the Professor had another trick up his sleeve and it was all over the news.” – Tokyo
“The Professor had ordered me to leak the conversation with the Inspector. A conversation that placed the Spanish Government in a very awkward position and the Inspector herself.
Perhaps because Berlin had called him ‘softie’ and had decided to bang his fist on the table and punish all those who were against him. Or simply that leak started to make us into heroes in the eyes of the general public, but Raquel was like a hound dog. She had picked up a scent, and one she wouldn’t lose, because that scent was the man behind the heist. The Professor himself.” – Tokyo
“The Professor had made himself look like human waste, still he needed more on final touch to win the game. So he did what he had to.” – Tokyo
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 8 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“That Sunday, Raquel Murillo missed to see the Professor’s face by a matter of seconds. His identity was the last piece of puzzle she needed to solve the case. She already had Rios’s. And Mine. And would have Berlin’s soon. The Professor had anticipated that Raquel would eventually gather photos of us, like a pack of cards being dealt little by little keeping her busy. His face could be the only one she could never find. But he wouldn’t remain anonymous or unknown for much longer. The police were starting to build a composite image of him. That loose end would put him at risk. And now, if the inspector played her cards right and discovered the Professor’s identity, the game would come to an end. The checkmate wouldn’t be reversed.” – Tokyo
“But politics is politics. Money is money, isn’t it? Sangria is sangria.” – Helsinki
“All of us will be the Resistance trapped in the mint just like the Resistance at Puerta del Sol. The Resistance always has people’s support. You see, if that doesn’t work, the police will know we have assault rifles. They’ll know we have explosives. And none of them will know who the hostages and the attackers are. No Ministry of Interior will give the order to enter. Because there are minors.” – The Professor
“Look, I couldn’t care what they think. Or the government. I care about what my daughter and my mother think and not the goddamn President.” – Raquel
“We are dealing with an egocentric narcissit with delusions of grandeur. An eccentric megalomaniac who’s unable between right and wrong. He has a high sense of honor and he exhibits a pathological need to be liked. Especially by strangers.” – Ángel Rubio (Fernando Soto)
“Mr. Torres, do you know what you are? You are the fucking hostage of the month.” – Nairobi or Ágata Jiménez (Alba Flores)
“Let’s see what Spain thinks once they know a crazy man is holding a bunch of teenagers hostage.” – Raquel
“The Professor’s identity was unknown like a thousand pieces of a puzzle. But this witness could put all the pieces together. And Raquel, who never relied in police sketches before, culd hold the key to the entire investigation.” – Tokyo
“Sorry for tying you up. But, you did point a fucking a rifle at my head. What else could I do? For an ambassador’s daughter, you’re a little rebellious.” – Rio or Aníbal Cortés (Miguel Herrán)
“That’s crazy. You gotta be careful. Dancing could lead you down a dangrous path like the violin. Next thing you know, you’re busking in the street.” – Denver
“Those words made the Professor do something he never thought he’d do. Look for the police to save himself.” – Tokyo
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 9 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“You’re bored holding 67 hostages, unloading rounds of M-16, and the cops at your door. Is that it? Is that why you went for that little lamb’s throat? And you kissed her, while she was scared to shitless? Why the fuck would you that?” - Moscow
“There’s no way in hell I’m going to sleep next to you after almost went to bed with that goddess.” – Denver or Daniel or Ricardo Ramos (Jaime Lorente)
“You’re too much for him. You live your life as a videogame. Heists, gunfires, lovers. Adventures. You enjoy jumping from one stone to another. After you jump, the sinks. You leave behind a string of bodies. That’s what you like. Whose idea was it to hijack the truck? Your boyfriend or yours? Yours, right? And now your boyfriend’s dead. Your mother, too. I’m sure you knew how much your mother was hurting because of you. And now, it’s Rio’s turn. You get bored. Then what? You molest a young woman at gunpoint? Irresponsible, unpredictable, superficial, selfish. Does that define you? If we all do our jobs and it still goes bad, well, shit happens. But if it goes to hell because some brat just gets bored wants to run the fuck out of here, I can’t let that happen. So, get back to work. We only got ten days. For the first fucking time, you might finish what you started.” – Moscow
“Don’t kid yourself. You might be the best of the Nazis but you’re still one of them.” – Mónica Gaztambide (Esther Acebo)
“Denver fucked with my honor. If someone fucks with my honor, I crush them. I’m talking about integrity. Ethics is important, Nairobi. Also aesthetics.” – Berlin
Tokyo: Rio, man, I’m all burned out. Worse. I’m a fucking gas tank and a match.
Rio: Luckily, I love bonfires. If you,re toxic, I just get dizzy like a hit from a bong. I love it.
“We fuck and I float around the room. I know you’ll leave. But why don’t you wait a little longer? Does it have to be now?” – Rio
“The thing is my faceis all over the news lately. Do you know what they’re saying about me? That I’m thief. And that’s great. But they’re also saying that I sell whores, I’m a trafficker, that I abuse children, all because of a button. A button from my jacket. Remember? The one you put took. That you apparently left it in the vehicle that we had in Toledo. A vehicle that I am very certain that I was never in. Do you know what that means? You totally destroyed my life.” – Berlin
“She was dead on Friday. Today is Sunday. The day of Resurrection! Praise the Lord. Pardon me, I’ll let you finish in peace. I don’t want to disturb your privacy. I have a confession for you, Denver. When I saw her there dead on the ground, something felt wrong. I can be impulsive. Yes, this temper of mine. Of course, this is a very uncomfortable situation that we need to find a solution. But how? On one side of the scale, Denver, you were bad. You disobeyed me. I told you to kill her, because that woman compromised our plan. Our plan. And you saved her. And then, there’s the button, that, due to your blunder, has plastered my face, it’s all over the television, in airports, and at police station. Which has effectively ruined my future. And on the other side of the scales, what do you have? This woman is alive. And I wonder: which side of the scale weighs more?” – Berlin
“Don’t fuck with me, Berlin. This is not a Tarantino film. Put the gun down. I said put it down.” – Nairobi
“Whose head are you going to blow up now, you, psycho?” – Denver
“I’m done with your orders and your fucking speeches. Shall I tell you what side of the scales weighs mores, shall I?” – Denver
“And scream! Louder! With pain! With passion! Louder!” – Nairobi
“Inspector, the truth is I don’t recognize you. You’re an intelligent woman. We have carried out this negotiation with mutual respect, both professionally and personally. I’d dare to say with a hint of affection. So I’ll hang the phone up and we’ll start again.” – The Professor
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 10 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“Hey! So, this is what they teach you in private schools,to gang up on each other? How brave of you! One big gang and one poor Allison. You must be the bravest one, aren’t you, athletic boy? The one with the biggest balls, right? Let’s check them out. They are like quail’s eggs, they’re so tiny. How does a quail sound? Come on, let me hear you. How does a quail sound?” – Nairobi
“Sweetie, this is not an outlet store. Take it off and wash it.” – Nairobi
“Do you know what your problem is? Your problem is that you don’t know how much potential you have, do you? You must have tried to suck to end up being the loser in your class. But you can still be the belle of the ball. It’s not that hard. It’s like in those American movies where the loser takes off the ugly glasses and then suddenly, boom! She is a bombshell.” – Nairobi
“You have to wait patiently for the right moment. And you wait until the spotlight is all on you and do something that screams: “My name is Alison Parker and I’m the fucking boss.” Boom!” – Nairobi
“Tokyo, search the Inspector again, but this time, do it with a little more enthusiasm, we know you have. This part if my favorite, the police using cutting-edge technology, a perianal microphone. Get rid of this.” – Berlin
“In that silence, Inspector Murillo could hear the machines working at full capacity making banknotes and she realized we had deceived her, that the shooting had been a sham and that going in to the museum had only contributed to give us two more hours during which she had been off-guard. We had made 16 more million euros. The Professor was right, in this robbery, time is money.” – Tokyo
“In our first lesson I told you that, somehow, it won’t be stealing. We won’t be stealing anything that belongs to other people, will we? Right. I lied to you.
Because there is something that we’ll be stealing, we’ll be stealing the police’s time.
We’ll put some cheese in the trap, they’ll take the bait and we’ll lead them to a dead end. And they won’t be able to focus on their main goal, which is to get us all out of there. And when we have their time and their attention, we only have to prolong it.
Stretch it, like if it was chewing gum, meanwhile the machines are working relentlessly. They’re not stupid, at some point they’ll realize that all this is a game, that it’s nothing but a manoeuvre to distract their attention to keep printing money.
Even then, they won’t be able to do anything, because it’s their duty to solve a robbery with hostages avoiding any casualties.” – The Professor
“Go out and tell the others that I don’t feel anything. And that they can come in to get me, with bullets.” – Tokyo
“When Mussolini was being defeated in World War II and a huge black cloud stopped him from being able to think, he realized that the only thing that could lift his spirit was sex. He had a prostitute living in a room next to his office. He would visit her every now and then so she could bring back his joy.” – Berlin
“For Ariadna, giving herself to the robber in-charge was the best way to save her life. But what she didn’t know is that she wasn’t in danger yet. And that was as desperate as timid little Alison’s escape attempt, who had the fucking balls to try to get away from Nairobi. But maybe that’s what desperation brings, balls and the absolute determination to cling to life like two furious bitches.” – Tokyo
“My friends, after some deep reflection, I want to apologize for not being completely honest with you. The Inspector was right. I have a degenerative disease. A real motherfucker. Andmy days are numbered, but it’s not my intention to make you feel sad or to pity me either. In the end, we’re talking about a disease suffered by one out of 100,000 people. And that makes me special. What I want is to ask you to celebrate with me. Rio. We’re all gonna die. And I drink to that. Because right now, we’re alive. And because the plan is going really well. To life. And to the plan.” – Berlin
“It’s just like in chess, there are times where, in order to win, you have to sacrifice one of your pieces. In this case, one of the most valuable pieces, our Trojan horse.
The Professor put Ángel in a really fucked up situation when he went to that pharmacy, a situation that would take him down to hell. And that’s how it happened. With a heavy heart, when Ángel, a good man, stuck his nose in the hangar, the Professor decided to sacrifice him.” – Tokyo
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 11 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“Do you know that moment when you realize that something is wrong? It hurts, doesn’t it?” – Tokyo
“It’s dirt! We did it!” – Moscow
“Sunday night has arrived, and the mood was euphoric. We have reached the ground, and Nairobi had the presses were going at full speed. We had surpassed the 400 million euros mark. We had sealed the entries with explosives. And had the feeling of being inside a bunker. Those were our ten minutes of glory.” – Tokyo
“Who wants the sound of the sea? This is like poetry for our ears. This is the heart of the world beating right here. 400 million euros because we’re making it beat. Because the world moves because of this. It was our happiest moment together. And because of that we had let our guard down.” – Nairobi
“Divide and conquer, that’s the motto. It worked for a small town in Italy to take control of the whole world. It worked for Napoleon later, and now it’s working for the Police. They’ll use the slightest contact to tempt any of you. After 48 hours inside the pressure will start sinking in, anguish, negativism. And it will be then, when they’ll try to aim for the weakest link. There isn’t weakness in us. There is in those outside. By the time they attempt to contact, you’ll have committed six or eight crimes, at least. No judge can guarantee you walking free, none. Once inside, the only one who can guarantee you being free it’s me.” – The Professor
“I assume that a girl with your social status has no idea how much a hit man costs to hire, do you? We can find a decent one for 30,000 euros. However, to shoot your aunt in Africa 10,000 euros can arrange it, 10,000 euros. Your family’s lives are in your hands.” – Berlin
“Do you know what ‘collateral damage’ means? It’s a term coined by the US Army during the Vietnam war, when they didn’t have the balls to say they murdered civilians. But eventually all that guilt has to come back like a boomerang. And that was what was about to happen to the Professor.” – Tokyo
“I warn you that if you’re going to do like something in “Basic Instinct”, I’m going to need something stronger, because I’m a bit old-fashioned.” – The Professor
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 12 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“The Professor already knew that she’d wanna see his hideout. And with handful of cash it is easy to rent a filthy warehouse and turn into the perfect set for the performance. The question is, would she believe it or not?
“The voicemail of the number you’re calling is full.” – Raquel’s phone
“With our first defeat fast approaching, the brains of the operationwas missing, because as brilliant as he was he only had two eyes. And at that moment, they were on the Inspector.” – Tokyo
“I don’t know, like this, with no glasses on, you look like a different person. Like Superman and Clark Kent.” – Raquel
“Raquel, it’s me again. Call me, your voice mailbox is full. We have him, listen, we have him. We have the fucker who is helping them from outside.” – Ángel Rubio (Fernando Soto)
“Arturo at last had had a heroic gesture. Instead of escaping alone, he decided to rescue his princess. But it backfired. Because princesses have their own lives. And their own secrets.” – Tokyo
“You have some balls, pal. Taking advantage of a defenseless injured woman.” – Arturo
“Did you know that an accident doesn’t cause a traffic jam? It happens because people stop to see it. They can’t help it. Because deep down we’re so simple. Like a moth to the flame. Like a bug that tries to escape if you trap it. And Inspector Murillo wasn’t much more complicated. There she was, washing her armpits and smiling stupidly at the mirror, while her partner was fighting for his life.” – Tokyo
“The world could crumble and she wouldn’t notice anything, that’s exactly how you feel after having an amazing sex. But there’s always something that brings you back and usually it’s pretty rough.” – Tokyo
“Nairobi, no doubt you’re a woman of strong character. Very confident. A hell of a woman, of course. And you realize, I’m not immune to those things. Not at all. But the one thing we’re not permitted in here is relationships.” – The Professor
“He wasn’t telling me about movies. He was telling me about his own heists. You can make your dreams come true without hurting anyone.” – The Professor
Quotes from Part 1 Episode 13 of La Casa de Papel (Money Heist):
“Why didn’t you warn us ? Why? Where the fuck were you? Where the fuck were you?” – Denver
“Moscow, don’t worry about it. Oslo and I have had worse colds than this one. You’ll see. Worst colds. You’re fine, Oslo. You’re fine.” – Helsinki
”Oslo’s gaze was never sparkling. But now we all shared the same look: sad and vacant. Hope is like dominoes, once one falls, the others go down. And the hostages noticed we were fucked.” – Tokyo
“Seems like trust and M-16 don’t really go together.” – Tokyo
“I’ve given it a lot of thought, how to turn our hostages into our partners. And I think I’ve reached a conclusion. Money. Or freedom.” – The Professor
“What would be a minimum for a hostage? I thought of a million euros, tax free, of course.” – Berlin
“You can’t fall in love in only 60 hours.” - Mónica
“Well, in 60 hours. I shot you and took the bullet out. You found out you were pregnant, debated whether to have an abortion or leave your boyfriend, and then we slept together. Give me another 24 hours, and I may ask you to marry me. And in 24 hours later, we’ll get divorced. Who cares about time in here? In the end time is something that ….” – Denver
“The Professor had laid out his plan with expert precision. Every move from the police, every possible mistake from his team, the behavior of the hostages, every single variable. Everything. And, suddenly, when he thought he had everything under control, he realized he wasn’t. It never occurred to him that to prevent the plan from going down the drain, he’d have to kill. To kill the mother of the woman he was falling in love with. Of course, no one’s really ready for that.
“There are 10,000 ways to kill a grandmother. But the Professor was no hit man.
He was a chess player who wasn’t used to the criminal world. So he chose the cleanest, most intelligent option. To pour 2.5 milligrams of dioxin into the grandma’s coffee, wait for cardiac arrest and vanish.” – Tokyo
“Three teaspoons of sugar and one of dioxin. In 15 minutes she’ll suffer cardiac arrest. In 30 minutes Raquel would discover the body. In one hour, a judge aided by a forensic expert would conclude death by heart attack and order the body removed. No signs of violence. Considering the victim’s age and that the front door was closed, there’d be no autopsy, and the Professor knew it. Clean and simple.” – Tokyo
“Oslo, my friend. Oslo and I. War together. Peace together. Robberies together. Jail together. Oslo’s my friend.” - Helsinki
“Would you promise me something? If things get ugly, you’ll escape. Don’t stay waiting at the hangar.” – Berlin
“I’m not going unless you promise me that, if everything goes to shit, you won’t let them catch you.” – Berlin
“The Professor’s whole life revolved around one central idea: Resistance. His grandfather, who resisted with the partisans to fight the fascists in Italy, had taught him that song. And then, he taught it to us.” – Tokyo
“It’s all here. Schedules, pictures, diagrams. The whole fucking team. We got them, team. It is over.” – Raquel