The whole world is ranting about the death of one of the protagonist in the world class series in Netflix entitled La Casa de Papel also known as The Money Heist. The characters' name is Silene Oliveira, better known by her code-name Tokyo played by Úrsula Corberó.
In the beginning of the series Tokyo is the one who narrates the story of the heist that is why it is very shocking for the audience to know that she lost her life in the middle part of the series. As I read a lot of rants about her death which seems to be controversial for most of the fan, I decided to write an article that may show an analysis on the level of audience understanding in the death of Tokyo in series La Casa de Papel.
The first thing I have done is to find a thoughts or opinions of audience about it and it seems that everyone has different views about the recent volume they have watched. But before I drop all I found here, I just want you to read this short recap of the latest episodes which we think is "Tokyo-Centric Chapter".
This recap is written by Daniel Hart uploaded last September 3, 2021 in the page readysteadycut.com. The link is given:
Money Heist season 5, episode 5 recap
Let’s recap this golden chapter. Episode 5 opens with a flashback — it’s a Tokyo-centric chapter. Tokyo’s partner Rene is shot by the authorities after a failed bank heist. She’s devastated and broken. Berlin and Professor see the failed heist on the news — Berlin wants Tokyo on their team despite Professor’s doubts. And then Tokyo narrates, telling the audience how her story began and the pain following her lover’s death — she lived a life of guilt and has not stopped running since. Of course, that brings the audience to the present, as Tokyo shoots at the army in the bank. Manila, Denver, and Tokyo are trapped in the kitchen. They’ve managed to buy time by blocking the door with a large stove. However, there’s an air of inevitability in this chapter. It makes you tense up.
The army is trying to find a way into the kitchen to get to their enemies. Gandia and Sagasta disagree on strategy. Knowing this is a weakness, Tokyo teases Gandia by shouting at him. She calls him a coward and that his child will see him as a “piece of s**t.” In anger, Gandia throws a grenade, but Tokyo throws it back. One of the soldiers dies from the blast, and Gandia is blamed for it, and a brief fight follows.
We are then treated to another flashback, bringing the audience back to when Professor saved Tokyo. He tells her he is recruiting and offers her freedom on a plan he has prepared for over twenty years. The timeline moves forward slightly, showing the audience the first time she met Rio — they had a connection almost immediately.
Back to the present; Palmero and the rest of the heist team are trapped in another room, and they need to find a way to open the secure doors — they get to work to weld them open with fire. Stockholm is helping Helskini with his wounds, but she keeps hallucinating and sees Arturo, so she panics. Helsinki mumbles about morphine, but Stockholm ends up having a panic attack and injects morphine into her arm. The character is slowly falling apart since she shot Arturo. It’s sad to see this character so broken in seasons 4 and 5.
And then there’s a period of calm that gives the audience time to breathe. On the radio, the heist team here a baby girl crying. Professor reveals that Sierra has given birth to a baby. Suddenly, everyone turns human as the war becomes secondary. Lisbon offers her congratulations and asks for a name. Sierra names her girl Victoria. However, after this heartwarming moment, Sierra heads to the bathroom and hides a sharp tool in her sleeve — she’s plotting again.
And then episode 5 rushes the audience back to the war; Sagasta’s team is drilling a hole into the kitchen, but two of the soldiers are shot as they get to work. And then, we hit a turning point and one that spurs on a range of emotions. From outside, the snipers hit Tokyo multiple times. Denver desperately grabs Tokyo, and she is badly wounded. Flashbacks show Rene telling Tokyo that they will get the cash they need for their lives — he’s onboard to go after the banks.
Back in the present, Denver desperately tries to help Tokyo while Sagasta’s squad attacks again. Meanwhile, Rio is drilling a hole underneath the kitchen, sensing that Tokyo is in trouble. It’s all chaos, with Palmero and co still trying to weld a door open so they can escape their room. It feels helpless at this point. So many impossibilities have been made possible in this story. However, this feels like one scenario too far for the heist team.
Tokyo tells Denver that she can still shoot as they feel the next wave of attacks coming. Stockholm, who is high off morphine, radios to Denver about the dumbwaiter in the kitchen — it’s a way to escape. But when Denver looks down the dumbwaiter shaft, it’s about six floors. Tokyo tells Manila and Denver to escape — she plans to stay behind — she can’t climb down the dumbwaiter shaft due to her injuries. It gets increasingly emotional as Denver tells Tokyo that he cannot let her down. She reassures him that everything will be okay — as the audience, we know that is not true.
Rio manages to drill a hole so he can speak to Tokyo, and they hold hands — Rio feels he can get Tokyo out, but she tells him there’s no time and that she’s happy he is with her as it all ends. As she shoots at the army, she reminisces with Rio. Professor is desperate to save Tokyo and tells her to resist for 30 seconds.
Tokyo tells Rio not to be sad and that it’s “the first day for his next life”. And then it happens…she is shot multiple times by Sagasta’s squad. Gandia walks over to a heavily wounded and dying Tokyo. He looks smug and victorious. However, the writers were never going to allow Gandia to have the last word against Tokyo. Suddenly, Tokyo looks at him and smiles, and opens her hand — she’s holding plenty of metal rings. And then it dawns on Gandia; she’s let off all her grenades.
There’s an explosion — Tokyo is dead, but hopefully, she brought Gandia down with her. There’s an emptiness that ends episode 5. A sadness that resonates through all the characters. It’s going to take a lot for the heist team to get over this one. We’ll have to see how all this ends later this year.
Now we already reminded ourselves about what is happening in the series, let us now find out the different views and opinions of the audience about the heartbreaking moments of Money Heist.
The first thoughts and opinions I found is that the actress who portrayed the role is the one who decided to leave the series for a reason.
Hayley Anderson of the page Express.co.uk wr0tes his thoughts about our topic focuses on Why did Úrsula Corberó leave Money Heist? He stated here that the actress speak about it and explains that her exit in the series seems likely that this was a creative decision made by the writers.
This understanding is based on the real life and the evidence here is considered as reasonable. We really cannot deny the fact that this mid season finale leaves us heart broken, so to be able to save our heart let us now expect the possibility of more shooting in the show that will results in the deaths of the remaining characters including the Professor.
Let us now grab a glance about the second thoughts I found that focuses on f bullets, blasts and tears for a loved one.
Mimansa Shekhar of the page indianexpress.com wrotes his thoughts about our topic focuses on Money Heist season 5 part one ending explained: Of bullets, blasts and tears for a loved one. He stated that Money Heist isn’t unfolding as one planned, at least not in terms of character graphs. While new faces have joined, promising to change the ongoing plot, what’s already happening has debuned all popular fan theories. Yes, we even saw another death, this time a daring one from the writers’ end.
The understanding of the second author is all about acceptance. Characters can be replace and the things that can lead the play to this transition is to kill the old one. Yeah, it is more on killing that is why our heart is truly breaking into a thousand pieces. Hope we can collect it all in the end.
We that thoughts we have read we can now conclude that all of the viewers has one heart for the series that are left broken by the death of Tokyo. I hope we all find the justice of her death in the next volume.