At the same time that the Portuguese sailors gave new worlds to the world, D. João II became acquainted with the incredible secret of the Doors of Time. To manage them he created the Ministry of Time. And he assigned it a single mission: To ensure that no one travels to the past to change the present.
Ernesto receives a fax sent from 1553 by Antão Teles de Menezes, an agent of the Ministry, which reveals the list of passengers of the Nau São Bento. In it should be the name of Luiz Vaz de Camões. But for some yet unknown reason, history was changed. If nothing is done, the great poet will die before reaching India and writing his great work, Os Lusíadas.
We're in 1940, Francisco e Roberto, communists, try to escape Nazi Officers in the French Alps. They are caught by the Germans. Roberto is killed immediately. Francisco, in a desperate act of survival, claims to have relevant information for Himmler: he knows how to travel in time!
Salvador is in shock. He receives a visit from an American lawyer, named Stein. Not only did he manage to discover the existence, and address, of the Ministry of Time, he threatens to take the organisation to court. The motive: Stein represents the rabi Levy, who in 1492 revealed the doors of time to D. João II. Since, years later, the rabi was burned at the stake by the Inquisition, Stein demands a restitution of 100 million euro in five days... or he will tell the whole world everything he knows about the greatest secret of the Portuguese state.
The case is serious. Someone stole the original manuscript of the book "A Mensagem", by Fernando Pessoa. Aware of the importance of the work for Portuguese literature, Salvador decides to send his best patrol to 1934.
Viseu, 2016. In an archaeological excavation, dated from the XV century, two archaeologists find the most unbelievable object: a modern mobile phone, lost over five hundred years ago! The Ministry of Time is immediately alerted.
Irene recalls the moment of her recruitment to the Ministry of Time in 1965. It was Armando Névoa who recruited her, saving her from an unhappy life, to which Irene was willing to put an end.
Tiago dreams recurringly with the death of Mariana, on December 23, 2013. At his side always appears a mysterious character, which Tiago recognizes from somehwere but can not identify.
1128, São Mamede. Gonçalo Mendes da Maia, the famous Lidador, one of the most important nobles of D. Afonso Henriques, fights bravely against Castilian enemies, without realizing that it is filmed at a distance by two men of the future. Only at the end of the battle, when it seems that only the Lidador has survived, when the silence falls on the field, the sound of the super8 film camera is heard. The medieval nobleman founds strange men watching him. As he prepares to interrogate them, a Castilian comes out of nowhere and kills him. One of the great Portuguese heroes died prematurely.
Lisbon, 1981. Judicial police officer Júlio Mendes, known by the nickname Pacino, receives a request for help from the car radio. Upon arriving at the crime scene, he sees the criminal disappear into a closet. Following him, the officer finds himself in a strange world that he discovers to be the year 2016. Because Pacino is armed he is taken by robbery and arrested by the police.
Lisbon, 1887. The ink from the last page of "Os Maias" has not dried yet, and Eça de Queiroz already receives an offer that can't be refuted. Some English publishers want to buy he's manuscript. And for such a sum that Eça de Queiroz will finally be able to fulfill his most secret dream: to become a playwright and theater director. Without knowing that the man in front of him is Wallcott, an agent of the mysterious Companhia, Eça de Queiroz accepts the business and changes his literary career for the performing arts.
Elvas, Christmas of 1807. Sister Maria de Santa Teresinha, superior of a congregation forced by the French to assist their troops during the invasions, receives the news that Napoleão Bonaparte is going to visit the Forte da Graça. The nun can not stand the shock and falls struck by a heart attack.
Lisbon, 1918. Irene is on a very simple mission. Prevent Beatriz Costa as a child from losing her voice. The mission is a success but a dangerous epidemic is plaguing Portugal this year. There are thousands infected and other thousands dead. And Irene realizes, even before returning to 2016, that she is infected. It is most likely to die without being able to return to the present.
Amélia, in her desperation to find Tiago again, resorts to séances. But all she can know is that a mysterious magician will cross your life.
Timor. September 6, 1975. Indonesian troops launch their first attacks on the territory of Timor. Everywhere skirmishes are repeated between the invaders and the Fretilin guerrillas. The dead and wounded crowd. A white nurse is injured and almost dies while trying to save a guerrilla. It's Tiago.
Salvador is furious. The greatest secret of humanity has just been revealed. A secret that only a few chosen at the Ministério do Tempo knew: the cause of the Mona Lisa's smile, Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting. And to make things worse, it's weekend. Most of the Ministry of Time employees are off duty. Including Amélia, Tiago and Afonso. With no other alternative, Salvador sends Irene and Nuno Gonçalves to investigate what is happening in the Paço da Ribeira, on October 30, 1755, two days before the earthquake that destroyed Lisbon.
1317. King D. Dinis and Lopo, one of his nobles, ride horses while discussing the virtues of planting a large pine forest in Leiria. They are approaching Sabugal, where the Holy Queen walks in the streets. Plunged with the misery she attends, the queen distributed bread and gold to the poor, even though she knew that D. Dinis was opposed to this practice.
In 2016 Salvador is quietly reading the newspaper when he is questioned by Fidelino, a conspiracy theorist, who warns that he has posted a video on the internet denouncing the existence of the Ministry of Time.
In 2016, Cristina and Afonso are preparing for a romantic weekend in Palmela.
In 1588 the invincible armada of Filipe I of Portugal sinks to the left of England. When the king learns of the defeat, he feels desperate. Not accepting the defeat, Filipe I leaves for Lisbon, where "his" Ministry of Time is located.
2016. In shock, Amélia, Tiago and Afonso face a reality completely different from what they knew. All they know are very different ... And there is no sign of Salvador.