: Originally "programmed to obey," García must now navigate a world where his former masters are gone or transformed. A central question of the series is established here: In a contemporary democracy riddled with its own corruption, who will a fascist super-soldier serve?
: García is a literal relic of Spain’s dictatorial past. His reawakening forces a confrontation between the "old Spain"—characterized by strict obedience and fascist ideology—and the "new Spain," which is democratic but deeply fractured. GarcГa! 1x1
The episode opens with a black-and-white flashback to 1961, introducing , a genetically engineered super-spy working for Francisco Franco’s fascist regime. After a high-stakes mission on a train in the Aragonese Pyrenees, García is cryogenically frozen in a secret laboratory. : Originally "programmed to obey," García must now