Spain's Elite Police: Beyond Limits (2021) s01e03 Episode Script

1
I consider shooting an art
to some extent.
Like playing an instrument.
Playing a violin, for example.
You see professionals
playing the violin at frightening speed,
and you say, "How can he move his hands
like that? I can't even see his fingers."
And yet he is playing a melody
with a sweetness that fills your senses.
Shooting has some similarities.
That speed is not at odds with fluidity.
At the starting whistle,
assemble your weapon
and fire five shots
at the target in front of you.
And you must hit the center.
Not the head, not the hip, not the waist.
You have to hit the center. Begin.
Where did the shots go?
Safety, not engaged.
What is this?
The way he holds the gun,
I don't know where he was aiming.
I was about to stop him.
He holds it like this.
None of them are on target. Look at this.
Number eight.
He doesn't even know
how to put his safety on.
-One, two off target.
-Count that, 10, 20, 30.
And eight was a disaster.
-This one
-Eight.
This is before I saw the target.
Look at what I had already written down.
-Got it. Understood.
-Okay?
Does that one count?
Yes, but round him up,
because we're interested in this one.
What should we do here, Tizón?
Looking at what you scored,
I can count them all out or all in.
-You see that?
-Yes, Instructor.
-What should we do?
-Whatever you see fit.
Does your hand
always shake so much when you shoot?
I'm just asking.
Just now, Instructor.
Normally, I'm calmer.
And why now?
Do you think that when you engage
in an armed confrontation
the situation will be
more comfortable than it is now?
-No, Instructor.
-No one is shooting at us now.
We're not under any real threat,
we're just in training.
I know, Instructor.
If you can't face
and overcome this situation,
when we have a real engagement,
it will be much worse.
-This is based on my own experience.
-Yes, Instructor.
I'll try to do better, Instructor.
Once you reach
a minimum level of training,
once you're physically fit enough
to be in the group,
you meet the standard of the group,
from that point on,
what is a good G.E.O. officer?
You can't be a good G.E.O. officer
if you're not a good shot.
SPAIN'S ELITE POLICE: BEYOND LIMITS
EPISODE 3
BASIC TRAINING
G.E.O. BASE
DAY 7
Please lower your voices.
It's really loud.
On your feet!
Sit down.
I have news to report, okay?
Sometimes it's good
and sometimes it's bad.
-Tizón.
-Yes, Instructor.
Give me your armband, please.
Okay.
You and everyone else. Please.
Sit down.
You can get over your shock.
I just want to let you know
that the teambuilding phase is over.
Okay?
Nothing changes.
The screening remains the same,
you're still being scored constantly.
Remember my phrase,
Mathematics never fails.
There are 46 of you right now,
if I'm not mistaken.
The good thing is that it's not
a competition with the next guy.
What the guy next to you does
is totally unrelated to you.
I don't even have any obligation
to fill any slots at all.
If nobody works out, I pass zero of you,
I've done it in the past, and that's that.
-Smile!
-Tomorrow will be worse!
-It's tough!
-It's G.E.O.!
Hey, guys.
Leaving home, leaving everything you have,
is not easy at all.
But
After all,
those are the rules of the game.
My wife, we've been together for 13 years.
My daughter and my son.
He's two-and-a-half and she's
36 days old.
The main thing was to be sure of this.
Both for me and my wife.
It's been hard for me,
but the effort she's put in at home
has been admirable.
If I'm here it's because I want to be.
It's something you choose.
To fulfill a dream.
And every day it becomes clearer to me.
The only thing I ask is that they take
my injuries into account.
And everything else,
the work, the sacrifice
the humility
And it will come eventually.
Damn, man!
-It's a mess.
-How did that happen?
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
-Just like that, huh?
-Yeah.
We'll see how it goes on Monday.
I'm going to rest, ice it
and try to see the physio on Saturday.
On the way down I had my weight on it
and I slipped on a rock.
I'm the same with my foot.
By the end, you're dodging and dodging
-And you load it up even more.
-Can you put my jacket over there?
Anyway, I'll try to hang in there.
-That's right.
-Thanks a lot, man.
No problem.
I studied veterinary medicine.
I worked as a veterinarian.
I loved it, but
I would see a police car go by
and I'd say
"That looks interesting."
I was on a scholarship abroad,
and it was while I was abroad that I made
the decision to return to Spain,
to return to my city and
in a way, to leave everything behind
and focus on this.
DAY 12
The physical injury report would be
a blister on the sole of my foot,
my quadriceps are not responding
as well as I would like them to.
My back, my neck
I would say that physical activity
right now is my
OFFICER ALCÁNTARA
Yes, it's my Achilles' heel.
Get your asses down, it's wire netting.
It's not barbed,
but you can't touch the wire.
Duck your hips and head
and go through it at full speed.
You should be eating up that wire.
This is not the speed I want.
Keep going.
No, don't hook your foot.
Lift up with your core.
Lift up and turn by engaging your core.
Don't hook your feet anywhere.
Let's see if we can get something right
at least once.
Come on, get over the bar.
You're going to miss your bonus, sir.
Tick-tock.
Pelayo is very harsh.
It sucks, doesn't it?
I mean, how shitty it is
to want to do something
and you can't do it, and, to top it off,
they're waiting to see
that you're not able to do it.
If you don't like this,
just throw in the towel.
This is voluntary.
You're trying to do the test, you can't,
and he's telling you,
"You're running out of chances,
"you're running out of chances,
you're running out of chances" Well
It gets to you and it makes a deep impact.
Pelayo cuts very deep.
You're brooding, with your head down.
I've never in my life
let an obstacle defeat me.
I've knocked myself out on an obstacle,
but I've never l let one defeat me.
Defeatism is no good to the G.E.O.
Then do it.
Get down from there. Obstacle failed.
Let's move on.
Later you'll ask yourselves,
"Why was I discharged?"
Seeing that you can't physically keep up
with the pace also tortures you.
I hope I can recover.
My legs are bad today,
but they'll be better tomorrow.
That's what you have to keep in mind.
You have to keep
that balance in your head,
to know how to handle it, and say,
"Today I'm here, tomorrow I'll be there.
"Let's do our best to stay there and"
DAY 14
-Pelayo.
-Yes, sir?
Maybe they didn't see you.
Can you all look at Pelayo?
-If my balls itch, I ignore them.
-When I say, "Pelayo!"
At your command, sir, what is it?
-Are you okay?
-Perfect, sir.
-No, change it, "No, yes, I'm fine."
-I'm not
"Oh, I'm so tired. This, that."
Of course, they made us run.
The G.E.O. is a very disciplined unit.
And when you are at attention
And this is the last time I'll say this.
You don't move no matter what.
You only have the right to move
for two reasons.
One, if you're asked a question,
you're allowed to move your mouth.
And two, by fainting.
That's how you stand at attention here
and in 185 countries in the world.
Anything else is a disgrace.
Try once and for all
to make me proud of this group.
And I'm not making anything up.
This is true in all places and locations.
There's no need for us to look
at our teammate to see what he says.
No need to lift your head up
that much either.
I'd rather you'd run faster.
Yes, Instructor, at your command.
-Tizón.
-At your command, Instructor.
Fall out and come here
in front of your teammates. Next to me.
Here, facing your teammates,
order push-up position.
Teammates, push-up position.
I told you yesterday in the assembly hall.
Education, respect, hierarchy.
We already know these things as policemen.
Count to 30, so that we can see
No, you just count,
your teammates will do 30.
-One!
-Slowly, slowly.
There is no one in my family who wears
anything remotely resembling a uniform.
Zero, no one.
So I had no real role models,
not even in my social circle.
When I look back now, I had no one
who had any connection
to law enforcement, the military, etc.
But ever since I was a child,
I've had this calling.
Every time I watched the news,
even when I was a little boy,
a parade would always catch my attention.
Uniforms caught my attention.
I was born in Asturias,
in a very beautiful fishing town
on the coast, near Galicia.
And, after all, people from the north,
especially from Asturias,
we never lose touch with the area.
We're always very connected to everything.
I don't know why that is,
but your heart is always there.
Not everyone gets along in a small town,
but there is much more personal contact.
Everybody knows everybody.
Sometimes it's a good thing
and sometimes it's not.
But the interaction is much more intimate.
Living in a small town is nothing
like living in a city,
where everything
is much more depersonalized.
You interact with people,
with their small problems,
their great virtues
Everything. For better or worse,
you're more connected.
And I suppose that also forges
your character a little bit.
It's impossible not to be touched by it.
I move in a little bit. And back.
And every once in a while,
I do the one, two.
We turn.
There. Let's get down to business.
Begin!
My father was focused
on his cattle and his family.
That was his life.
Everything we do is designed
to save our lives at some point.
I don't remember a time
when he wasn't doing something
at home or with his family.
We did everything together.
He didn't go out to bars with his friends.
He didn't have a lot of friends
outside the house.
He had acquaintances in town, relatives,
but everything was always
very much linked to his family,
to his family nucleus.
He was an introverted man,
friendly, depending on the occasion.
And he gave you that affection
that introverted people give,
which is maybe more powerful
than the affection that extroverted
people show. I don't know.
He didn't need to say "I love you."
In fact,
he must've said it to me
very few times in my life,
but it wasn't necessary.
Just a look, a gesture that was enough.
I have to train them on a physical level
and on an educational level
Of basic education.
I treat it like the education
I'm giving my children.
Get up.
Can you go on?
I try to instill values in them.
Respect, making them hard-working people,
making them good people,
so that they help others
I try to educate them.
I try to educate them
like my parents educated me.
Up.
Your hands hurt, don't they?
Well, when we're out there,
that's what they want to do, hurt us.
They want to rip our heads off.
If anyone's thinking that
I'm picking on you by hitting you or
I don't care.
I am simply showing you what you're like.
Whether you like fighting or not,
or whether you're going to back down
the day you cross a 220-pound guy
who wants to rip your head off,
the reaction you will have then
is the one you've just had today.
Some things won't change,
whether we spend 40 weeks
or three years learning them.
Some things you either have or you don't.
He hit me full on.
-What happened?
-Óscar knocked me out.
I mean, he hit me perfectly.
He went like this, and punched me full on.
Literally.
I got hit from all sides today, sure,
but I've realized
that I'm defending myself better,
I'm dodging the blows more,
I'm throwing my punches better,
it's not like before,
when I looked sloppy, doing this
No, now I can see that I am more composed,
I have more technique,
I hit better and I protect myself better.
Try to make these shots
Get a good grip,
take clear aim
Some people call me "Samu, the kid."
I'm always the youngest in the group.
In Ávila, I was one of the smallest too.
Come on, let's fire, 45 degrees.
And everyone called me,
"The kid. The kid."
Down. Fire!
I could have waited, sure.
People would say to me,
"Maybe you're too young."
But why? Why wait and delay the dream?
Maybe at 26, the Instructors,
Pelayo, Sanz, Barroso, or whoever,
would see something in me
that would make them say,
"Hey, this kid is good for the group."
-What time will you have dinner?
-We're leaving at about 7:50.
I'm going to stretch and leave.
-How's your eye?
-Well, you know, pretty fucked up.
Are we eating outside?
I mean, I'd like to,
but first I need to
-Stretch?
-I need to stretch.
I need to stretch
I need to stretch.
I need to lie down and talk to my wife.
I need to stretch
Hey, listen, it's fucked up, you know?
Listen, we've done so many push-ups
with the water thing
-Hi, baby.
-How are you, honey?
I'm good. Just got back from the doctor.
How are you?
Good, you know,
been thinking all day about
-How's our girl? What did they say?
-I was having contractions.
-I saw the pictures.
-The nurse asked me,
"Are you in pain?" I said, "No."
She says, "You're having contractions."
I said, "Well,
it's been going on for a while,
"and since I didn't know what it was"
DAY 16
When we say, "Advance,"
you advance. "Fall back," you fall back.
When we say, "Fire,"
stop and fire two shots to the chest,
and a third to the head.
Load your weapons with a magazine.
Chamber a round.
Release safety.
Take position now.
Fire!
One teammate on the line
is already dead. Why?
Because when the threat came, meaning me,
and I went to take him down,
what did you do?
You dropped the magazine.
You're up against a piece of cardboard.
If you're in combat,
and I appear, and Fire!
Bang!
Your opponent has already killed you
10 times over
and he's having a coffee in the bar.
Understand?
I'm not saying it again.
Come towards me, safety on.
Come towards me.
Get up and come towards me!
Come on, quick. Come on, walk.
While you walk, come on, get it together.
Don't let go of the gun.
Safety on.
Don't get nervous, take it easy.
No, chamber it. Keep walking, chamber it.
Don't let go of the gun. Come.
No, chamber it. Chamber it.
Open up. Keep moving.
Keep checking the scene.
Come on. No, take out the magazine.
Listen to me. Don't get nervous.
Load the cartridge
directly into the chamber.
Figure it out. Don't let go of the gun.
Open the chamber.
Keep checking the scene.
Come on, open it up. Leave it open.
Okay, kneel down. Okay.
Without letting go of the gun.
Heart rate at 3,000.
Got it? Get up.
Take the magazine with your weak hand.
Take your position.
Aiming for the safe area.
Kneel down.
Okay! You're ready for bed today.
Come on, weapon safety.
-Martín, have you learned your lesson?
-Yes.
Change the targets.
I remember every little thing
that the instructors tell me.
I try to remember every detail they say,
because, in the end, knock on wood,
God forbid we leave the course,
but, if tomorrow, for whatever reason,
I don't stay in the course,
it will be useful in my regular job.
It will be useful in my daily life.
As for falling asleep in class,
I don't know what you're doing here,
but we are making an effort.
Our colleague here prepares the classes
so that you understand them,
for your training.
Because we've already been here.
We know all of this.
This is to train you.
And I will not allow anyone
to fall asleep in class.
We sleep on weekends. Today's Monday.
-Okay?
-Yes.
No one falls asleep.
You see any of the instructors sleeping?
No, Instructor.
It's no good to me.
Keep it in mind.
Get your thoughts in order.
If you are going to waste people's time,
you can ask to be discharged. Because
-No, far from it. Really.
-You won't last long here.
-Really. I'm very sorry.
-This is the last time.
I'm sorry, Deputy Inspector.
DAY 20
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
-What's wrong?
-Right now, the problem with my foot
is that I have an infected sore
on the sole of my foot.
And that's why I still can't
put any weight on it.
It's from yesterday's hike,
maybe I stepped on something.
My foot is swollen, maybe infected.
When the exercise is over,
go get it checked out.
-Yes, Instructor.
-Understood?
There's a lot of time left,
you look at your teammates
and you think, "They're machines."
They're really good, and you think,
"This is impossible,"
or "I'm not going to make it." Or
I don't know, it's complicated.
When you know that the next activity
is something that you can't do,
that causes you pain, and you know
you won't be able to do it
with the intensity you would like to,
you get depressed.
You're afraid
of having to leave the course
because you're screwed, really screwed.
DAY 25
Okay, Tizón and company,
I'm going to give you
your first G.E.O. operational mission.
This will be your course mascot.
Meet Sasha.
Tizón, stand up for a moment, please.
So that they can't see.
You can see that the pressure
in the bottle right now is 50 bars, right?
If Sasha goes below 20 bars, she dies.
The operatives are going to be hell-bent
on taking her away from you
or draining Sasha's lungs.
So the mission is to protect Sasha
at all times, never leave her alone.
Day and night,
she has to be in sight.
You can't put her in a trunk
because Sasha will suffocate, obviously.
And her lungs must never drop
below 20 bars.
Below 20, you will have failed
your first mission.
Understand?
-Yes, Instructor.
-Then give her a kiss.
The seven of us who are on staff
in this operation have the same mission.
I don't want to be mocked by my people
because they took
the cannister away from you.
The Cabra Commandos are
the operatives
from the last G.E.O. course.
It's a battle between students
and the operational section.
The role of our colleagues
is to steal the mascot,
and the role of the students
is to defend it with all their might
in all activities, wherever they are.
DAY 26
We messed up.
We did something we shouldn't have done.
So
when you do something you shouldn't do,
there's someone who comes at you
with a sledgehammer.
Class, attention!
-Good morning.
-Good morning.
We have news, Instructors.
First, a medical report
from our teammate Juanma.
-What happened to him?
-It's his knee.
-Second
-Good morning, operative.
A key from the gear room is missing.
We've been using the copy.
-And third, we've been
-From the course room?
Yes.
And third and most important,
Sasha has been stolen from us.
What do you mean, Sasha was stolen?
Sasha was kidnapped last night.
What happened?
-What happened?
-She's gone.
What do you mean, she's gone?
Who took her?
The Cabra Commandos came last night.
And you couldn't defend her?
That was your task.
Sasha was sleeping in one of the rooms.
The operatives came to wake us up.
They told us that we had to put on
exercise clothes and go downstairs.
OFFICER SÁNCHEZ DELGADO
We didn't know
if it was part of the course,
if there were any instructors.
We were asleep, it was 3:00 a.m.
We got up, put on our sport shirts,
we went out, with all the commotion,
they took the opportunity
to go into the room, take Sasha,
and so they took her away.
Losing Sasha, I mean,
it's their mascot, their responsibility,
and they have to ensure that nothing
happens to her, they must protect her.
If they lose her
or she suffers damage,
they know what happens.
I want everybody using a crawl stroke!
Get your heads in the water!
I want Sasha with me.
Is that clear, Tizón?
When there's a screw-up,
you face up to it and deal with it.
We all make mistakes in life,
but you have to accept them, always.
Everyone out of the pool.
You have one minute to put your shoes on.
-Counting!
-This isn't over.
Let's see if you leave
another of your peers behind.
Try to do something right,
at least for one day.
Not everything assigned to us in this life
will be pleasant.
And one minute. Sanz, out. We're leaving.
Come on! The MP5 is already slung.
Sometimes you'll be given
a scuba tank to protect.
It's not the most enjoyable thing
you've done in your life,
but it should be
the most important thing to you.
Shame on you, gentlemen.
You aren't understanding what we want.
I wouldn't go anywhere with you bunch.
Wouldn't go anywhere!
Come on, up we go. Climb any way you can!
-Come on!
-Let's go, gentlemen!
This has only just begun.
Some of you are hoping
to collapse and fall unconscious.
And wake up in the Guadalajara hospital.
That's not going to happen.
Whoever can't make it will be discharged.
Let's go, gentlemen!
They have to realize
that they are not here individually,
it's not just them, it's the group.
And the group will often pay
for the mistakes we make as individuals.
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
-Help him out.
-Hold on.
-You can't do it on your own.
-Yes, I can.
Your place is at the top, gentlemen.
Tell your stories then.
-Let's see who's last!
-Come on! Who will it be?
He's already walking.
Bollo, stand like that
with the tire up, take a rest.
Count to 15 for your teammates.
-Count to 15.
-One.
-Two, three, four, five, six.
-What's that?
-You're only moving your arms.
-Seven, eight.
-Go all the way down.
-Nine, ten,
eleven, twelve,
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
-Martín, get your ass down!
-You with the tire,
-let's get you in shape.
-Let's go!
What is this? A fun run or what?
Come on, with me.
The class is going that way,
let's go. Come on.
An orthopedic surgeon has to confirm it,
and rest. Rest and anti-inflammatories.
I told him that I was doing
continuous physical activity,
and he said, of course you can't recover
with physical activity.
Obviously.
Today, on the run,
I trailed the whole the time.
Even when we restarted,
I thought I was sprinting,
but after two minutes I was last again.
DAY 28
Come on, gentlemen!
Go!
Let's go!
There's one too many
and I want it in the bag.
One to spare, in the bag.
For example.
Come on!
And now a little more intensity.
-Like this?
-Right, and more.
Pull my neck with your hand crossed over,
tuck my forearm in here,
and now sink your weight onto me.
More.
I can't take this. I just can't.
I have to do whatever it takes
to get out of this.
Your legs may fail,
you may not shoot well,
you may not do this well,
or you may not do that well,
but you're at the G.E.O. base.
You are being trained by the G.E.O.
And we forget that, and we shouldn't.
I think that's where we can get
a lot of strength from.
Raise your right leg, lift it up.
Sankaku in, elbow hooked.
Close, close well.
More.
Okay.
-That's it.
-Okay.
That's it. What more do you want?
But it has never crossed my mind to say,
"I don't want to be here,"
"It's not worth it," or "I quit."
You can't be obsessed with,
"Don't run, don't"
Or "Don't do this, don't do that."
Fate plays its part, luck plays its part,
and, in the end,
you can't control everything.
Push forward with your hips.
That's it. And continue. Do not wait.
And balance.
If you're not psychologically up to it,
why drag it out?
A weight has been lifted off my shoulders,
because I had been thinking about it
for a couple of days.
There are people
who are much worse than me,
and it doesn't even cross their minds
to quit.
This is something you never forget.
It's one thing to imagine it
and to hear about it,
and another thing to live it.
DAY 30
Okay, gentlemen, are you ready?
You have to wake yourselves up
and start convincing me
that you are future G.E.O. candidates.
That attitude has to change now.
I hope you get it back soon.
And I hope you stop letting
the whole operational section
make fools out of you.
Because when they laugh at you,
they're laughing at me.
And it pisses me off.
Do you hear me?
Yes, Instructor.
Paul, when is the next negotiation,
the next contact?
As soon as I pick up the phone
in the room.
As soon as I get to the room
and pick up the phone,
I'll start to talk to them.
Keep me posted.
If Sasha doesn't show up,
we're getting wet again.
As a leader, it's a defeat,
but the people who are fighting
to take Sasha away from them
think as a team,
they're good commandos
and they've conducted a G.E.O. operation
and succeeded.
In the middle of the night,
maybe around 2:00 a.m.,
we got a message saying
that we had to go to the garage,
stand next to a car with a license plate
they had given us
Well, we'll accept this.
-Yeah.
-We have no choice.
-I'll go tell the guys.
-Okay.
We go down to the garage,
to where the car is,
and we find the first clue
in a metal container.
In fact, where the car is,
there are a few metal containers
and many cartridge cases on the floor.
From ammunition that had been fired.
And of course, there are no clues.
So, we call the operative
Okay. Roger that, operative.
Right.
The clue is inside a metal container.
He asked me
how many metal containers there are.
I say, "Three," and he laughs.
Each case is a container.
There may be more.
Let's keep looking.
"Colors of blood and gold
shine on our flag.
"There is not enough gold to buy it
and not enough blood to beat it."
That message takes us to the flag
that is at the base's entrance.
On the flag there's another message
talking about hypothermia,
so it's obvious that it's talking
about our beloved swimming pool.
We go to the swimming pool
and, at the bottom, we find
some sort of enclosed container,
where we assume there is another clue.
The paper got wet.
"Three brave companions."
The dogs. Let's go.
We go there, we pick up
another clue in the kennels
And well, from clue to clue,
we are led to the heliport.
And there's Sasha, at the heliport,
with her stickers
And, so, that night, we took Sasha,
we got to the rooms, we cleaned her up,
we left her ready for the next day,
and that's when we presented her
to the course director.
It is a mission.
It's a game,
but, in the end,
it's all meant to teach values.
My mouth is dry from saying it.
We are a team here.
When Sasha works, the team works.
Give me a hand, please.
-What do you need?
-Pull from there.
I am very small as a unit.
I am nothing alone.
I am invincible
when I am with my team, with my people.
That is one of the lessons
that the G.E.O. knows very well.
We work as a team,
and we select people
who work well as a team.
In the end, it's all an education.
It's seven and a half months
of G.E.O. education.
So that they know,
or at least have a pretty good idea,
and don't end up saying,
"I was deceived,
I thought this was different."
My goal, and the goal of all my staff
is to make sure that those who finish
have a clear idea,
as clear as possible,
of what they are getting into.
Otherwise, I will have failed.
DAY 32
Calling this a pandemic means
that the epidemic has spread
over several countries,
continents or the entire world