Overview

• On-screen depositions began Wednesday for five main suspects — César, Maria de Fátima, Marco Aurélio, Celina and Heleninha — as the investigation drives the final stretch.
• The show’s investigators, delegado Mauro and Alcides, have become a social‑media hit for their mix of procedural sleuthing and wry commentary.
• Cultural tributes are multiplying, with a Debora Bloco carnival cortejo scheduled for Saturday in downtown Rio, a Mangueira bar hosting a gurufim on Thursday, and even a priest receiving a prayer request for the fictional victim.
• Funeral scenes aired Wednesday as reporting teases suspicious behavior around the closed casket and indicates police interviews will continue in Thursday’s episode.
• Coverage underscores production secrecy — reportedly 10 endings, two per suspect — and highlights late‑stage stakes such as Maria de Fátima’s pregnancy and financial free fall after being turned away by César.