"Efectuar lo acordado," the first episode of La Casa de Papel, introduces the Professor assembling a team of specialists to infiltrate the Royal Mint of Spain, a plan initiated by recruiting Tokyo. The episode establishes the series' signature "Robin Hood" tone, culminating in a critical, high-tension confrontation where Tokyo breaks the no-blood rule. Further details are available on the Money Heist Fandom Wiki. Episode 1 | Money Heist Wiki | Fandom
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The Professor recruits a group of eight criminals to carry out an ambitious heist on the Royal Mint of Spain. They adopt city names as aliases. The gang storms the Mint, takes hostages, and begins executing the meticulously planned operation while the police start responding. Tokyo narrates the events and provides the episode’s primary viewpoint and tone. la casa de papel 1x1 wikipedia
Critical response was generally positive. El País praised the "cinematic quality and breakneck pacing," though some Spanish critics noted that the episode suffered from "over-exposition" in its first half. On IMDb, this episode holds a rating of 8.2/10 (based on over 5,000 user ratings as of 2025).
The episode opens with a woman known as Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó) being interviewed by a man who will become her leader. She recounts robbing an armored truck, killing two men in the process, and ending up on the run. The man, who introduces himself only as The Professor (Álvaro Morte), has spent years planning the biggest heist in history. "Efectuar lo acordado," the first episode of La
Six months later, Tokyo is part of a team of eight robbers, all named after cities to hide their true identities: Berlin (Pedro Alonso), Nairobi (Alba Flores), Rio (Miguel Herrán), Denver (Jaime Lorente), Moscow (Paco Tous), Helsinki (Darko Perić), and Oslo (Roberto García Ruiz). The Professor, from an external hideout, explains the plan: infiltrate the Royal Mint of Spain and print €2.4 billion in untraceable currency. The heist is not about stealing money from the vault but about controlling the printing presses.
The team enters the Mint disguised in red jumpsuits and Salvador Dalí masks. They take 67 hostages, including the Mint’s director, Arturo Román (Enrique Arce). Berlin, the field leader, establishes a strict code of conduct: no personal relationships, no violence unless necessary, and absolute discipline. However, tensions arise when Rio, the young hacker, shows fear, and Tokyo begins to develop feelings for him. Main characters introduced
Outside, Inspector Raquel Murillo (Itziar Ituño) of the National Police is assigned to lead the crisis. She establishes a perimeter and attempts to establish contact with the Professor, who uses a voice modulator. The episode ends with the Professor calmly telling Raquel that the only way to resolve the situation is to let them finish their work—and revealing that the hostages have been given a red pill or blue pill choice (stay with them or be released), playing a psychological game of "us versus them."
