Ministério do Tempo

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. Portugal is part of Spain, Afonso and Tiago "advertise" for the army, Afonso will be a father and Mariana is alive! Tiago goes to see Mariana. Afonso goes to see his wife. Amélia is in charge of trying to understand what is happening. When he comes home, Afonso finds his wife pregnant, but also very different. Tiago finds Mariana and quickly discovers that she, in this reality, is an unhappy woman. Very different from the Mariana that Tiago knew. After some work, Amélia can discover the moment when Filipe I changed the History... And at the same time she finds that her parents were burned at the stake, due to charges of witchcraft. Afonso and Tiago, terrified, discover that they are monsters in this new reality ... And that their women are afraid of them. Even so, Afonso will be a father. And Tiago has to help Mariana. So it is with sorrow but no surprise that Amélia realizes that none of her friends wants to correct the History again. Therefore, Amélia decides to act alone. She's going to meet with Filipe I. She says she knows what the king done to change History. Filipe I, demanding to know who her accomplices are, sends her to torture. Afonso and Tiago are informed of the horrible destiny of Amélia and resolve, finally, to intervene. But when they arrive at the Ministry, they will face a terrible confusion with devastating consequences to all of the Ministry's employees but Tiago. He, alone, will have to figure out a way to correct the History and, he hopes, save his friends.

In 2016, Cristina and Afonso are preparing for a romantic weekend in Palmela. In 1212, Sancho, a poor shepherd, and Constança, the bride of a nobleman, swore vows of eternal love. Clemente, the noble, picks them up. And without mercy, he kills Sancho, saves Contança's life, and forced her to marry him. 2016, Afonso feels lost with Cristina. His medieval ways become increasingly difficult to hide. In desperation, he asks Amélia, Tiago, and Irene to join them. 1212. Even being forced to marry Clemente, Constança is determined not to spend her wedding night with her husband. Desperate, she runs away. In 2016, Tiago, Amélia and Irene arrive at the hotel where Afonso and Cristina are staying. Cristina is happy to meet Afonso's friends. And this one is relieved to have allies there. In 1212, Constança flees to the dungeons of the castle. When she leans against a wall, it opens, revealing a secret passage... which gives directly to 2016. Without realizing what is happening, Afonso, Cristina and Irene prepare to watch a theatre play. Tiago and Ameélia are alone. When it seems that finally their differences are set aside, and nothing will prevent them from giving the long-awaited kiss, Amélia sees Constança on top of the castle tower, preparing to commit suicide. Meanwhile, Clemente discovers the time door used by Constança. Determined to recover his bride, he crosses it. While Amélia and Tiago prevent Constança's suicide... Clemente and his men are seen as the actors on the theatre play. Hotel guests judge to be attending a performance. But Afonso and Irene are not fooled. And when Clemente threatens to take Cristina for his time, so that she becomes his wife, Afonso knows he has to intervene... Even if that action reveals to Cristina more about himself than he would like.

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. D. Dinis and Lopo find Queen Santa Isabel still in the street. D. Dinis, suspicious, asks the famous question: What do you wear on your lap, lady? And the Holy Queen replies: Nothing! Somehow, the Miracle of Roses did not happen! 1894. Amelia is informed by Olinda of Henriqueta's visit. She, in tears, confesses to Amelia that she discovered the existence of the Ministry. In desperation, she visited the Holy Queen and asked her for offerings. The Queen gave her all the bread and gold she had with her. Because of her fault, the Queen's lap was empty and there was no miracle of the Roses. In distress, Amelia takes Henriqueta to the Ministry in 2016. Salvador orders the patrol to resolve the matter. He summons Camões to... order him to buy a dozen roses. As soon as possible! The patrol goes to Sabugal. They know that, in addition to the normal difficulties of a mission, they have to be careful of the black plague, which in 1317 assaulted the kingdom. Meanwhile, Irene collects signatures at the Ministry. We are on the eve of the final of the 2016 European Football Championship. And the plan that Irene is putting in place seems to have something to do with the match between France and Portugal. Desperate, Camões can't find roses anywhere. With no other alternative, he realizes he has to travel far and fast. Camões marches confidently, ignoring the disadvantages of some ways of transportation of the 21st century. At Sabugal time is urgent. D. Dinis is about to leave for Leiria. Afonso does everything, even something unusual in himself, to convince the monarch to stay a few more days... Irene engages Maria dos Prazeres in the mysterious conspiracy. Now it is only necessary to persuade Salvador to fulfill the request, which has already been signed by all officials of the Ministry of Time. Camões gets the roses and delivers them to the patrol. Amélia and Tiago, at the last moment, arrange a way for the Miracle of Roses to take place, preserving the history... while Salvador, knowing about the "conspiracy", finally yields, knowing in his heart that he will correct a terrible irony of history.

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. In 2016, the Ministério do Tempo is preparing for one of its most difficult missions ever: an external audit. In 1975, Tiago is in a field hospital. He's hurt. Around him, companions and friends are dying. Back in 2016, Afonso is on his way home when he comes across a demonstration. When he looks at the leader of the protests, he has the shock of he's life: the woman who engages the megaphone is look-a-like to his wife, Elena, whom he was forced to abandon in the 16th century. In Timor, Tiago begins to recover from injuries. He can already perform his duties as a nurse. But the situation his group of guerrillas lives is increasingly desperate. Filled with regrets, Tiago tries to call Amélia ... who does not answer because she is having dinner with Pacino. The next day, Amélia sees the missed call. When she calls back, she receives a strange warning: "The number you called is out of national territory." Intrigued, Amélia tells what is happening to Irene. Salvador summons Afonso and reveals to him that Irene has been able to locate Tiago. He's in Timor, in full Indonesian invasion. Afonso receives the mission to go save his friend. Amélia feels vulnerable and abandoned. She ends up leaning on Pacino. The latter, being very attracted to the young woman, doesn't resist to kiss her. Amélia corresponds. In 1975, Afonso manages to persuade Tiago to return ... That is, if they can get out of Timor alive.

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. In 2016, Susana doesn't settle for the news that her girlfriend is in 1918, during the deadliest epidemic of the 20th century. Contrary to the advice of everyone around her, she commands Irene to be brought into the 21st century. Even if in doing so she runs the risk of infecting the modern world with a dangerous virus for which no cure has ever been found. Irene is brought into the present. The doctors of the Ministério do Tempo confirm the disease quickly. This is the Spanish flu. The same that at the end of the second decade of the twentieth century was responsible for more deaths than the First World War. Despite the efforts of Susana and the medical team, Irene does not improve ... And the infection spreads through the Ministério. A quarantine is decreed. And the number of patients starts to increase exponentially. In the meantime, Pacino learns that the doctor is enjoying the coming of the virus for the twentieth century in a terrible way. As in the past, the Spanish flu will cause victims in the 21st century. Afonso, Irene, Pessoa and other Ministry officials who are ill know that the mortality rate is great ... And that even today, there is no known cure.

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. In 2016, the Ministério do Tempo is quickly alerted. Salvador can not allow "Os Maias" not to be published, and that all Queiroz' s later works are not written. Pacino still can not go on this mission. He still has to undergo the agent training. That's why Salvador orders Luís Vaz de Camões to join Amélia and Afonso in this mission. The three depart for 1887. Amélia's plan goes through two stages: 1) infiltrating the theater company that Eça de Queiroz is assembling and sabotaging the play and 2) discovering who bought the manuscript of "Os Maias." Meanwhile, while trying to salvage one of the most important books in Portuguese literature, the patrol will come up against a new method that will forever change time travel. In 2016, Salvador makes a phone call to Tiago. He just wants to know what he's fine. Tiago says he's OK, but he still doesn't feel able to return to the Ministério.

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. 2016. It's been months since the last mission. Tiago returns to work, but he is still very shaken after what he discovered there. Afonso, Amélia, and the other members of the Ministério do Tempo try to help him get back to work, but everything seems to be fruitless. Irene also returns to active. Unlike Tiago, she's not well received. She's seen by members of the Ministério as a traitor. Only Salvador insists that she returns to work. Salvador summons Afonso and Amélia. He has a new mission for them. The Ministério discovered the tomb of the Lidador, during archaeological excavations ... But DNA analysis proves that the bones deposited there are not of the medieval knight. The patrol must leave immediately for 1139, on the eve of the Battle of Ourique, and discover what has happened. Amélia and Afonso want to know why Tiago wasn't summoned to the mission. Salvador just says he has a substitute for Tiago: Afonso de Albuquerque. Amélia, Afonso and Albuquerque arrive at 1139 and are quickly captured by the man who is supposed to be the Lidador. They will have to convince him that they are patriots and fight for Portugal in order to regain their freedom to find the evidence necessary to confirm that he is an impostor and find out what is the motivation behind this situation (which will go far beyond what the patrol can imagine). In 2016, Tiago makes a decision that could change the patrol forever.

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. After getting involved with a woman, Tiago travels to 2013. He wants to spend the day with her wife, the woman he truly loves. However, the cemetery where Névoa is buried is invaded. His body is exhumed. Who did that? What is the reason? What are the consequences? The answers seem to be in 1862 to where the patrol is sent.

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.

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!

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.