Money Heist Season 5 came to an end with the fans shocked by its main character Tokyo’s death.
The fans were waiting to watch what unfolds after season four ended with a bang. The trailer showed the Professor’s (Álvaro Morte) gang going on a full out war against the Spanish Army. This instalment lived up to the expectations.
The fans were making speculations and theories about her but no one thought that the character of Úrsula Corberó would die.
Fans, included me, were certain that Tokyo will survive as she was narrating the story but we were proved wrong. Before the fifth season aired, some thought that her narration is a court hearing that will give enough time for the gang to escape from the Bank of Spain with the gold.
After the Money Heist season 5 ended, it dawned on me that her flashbacks about her dead boyfriend, joining the team, the start of her love life with Rio (Miguel Herrán) and conversation with her deceased best friend Nairobi had hinted at her death. I had first thought that it was just a background look of the character.
Perhaps, the fifth season have told us that flashbacks of each character – whether it be of Berlin (Pedro Alonso), Moscow (Paco Tous) or Nairobi (Alba Flores), predicts something is about to happen to them or they will die.
In the Money Heist season 2, we saw Berlin —who was terminally ill— sacrificing his life to help the gang escape from the Royal Mint of Spain. Tokyo does the same by giving her own life.
It is to be noted that she was Berlin’s first pick when choosing the gang members. Berlin was fascinated by her criminal tactics and ultimately the duo went down in a blaze of glory.
The Professor, on the other hand, was against it as he believed that she was too dangerous. However, their bond continued to develop and Tokyo then called him her “Guardian Angel”.
Tokyo had received flak from the fans for being impulsive, hot-headed and selfish. However, we got to see her character’s emotional and personality grow by each episode.
The way they showed Tokyo’s death was top-notch. We were kept to wait as she was first shot by snipers, then being riddled by bullets that were fired by the military soldiers – and the Bank of Spain’s chief of security César Gandía (José Manuel Poga) – with the revolutionary song named “Grandola Vila Morena” by Cecilia Krul playing the background.
