Mirage 2018

Nico's discovery of the murder

During the 1989 incident, Nico records a fight next door and discovers Ms. Weiss's corpse. He witnesses Mr. Prieto holding a knife and tries to flee, but an accident on the road leads to a fatal car hit. Prieto is arrested at the scene with the murder weapon in his hand, and Nico dies on the way to the hospital.

The 1989 storm and its strange electricity

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 72-hour electrical storm blankets the city and disrupts normal life. The storm creates strange signals and moments where timelines seem to brush against each other. This weather event later enables the TV to bridge past and present in the new timeline.

A new family moves into Nico's house

In 2014, Vera, David, and their daughter Gloria relocate to Nico's house. They begin sorting through belongings and promptly discover an old TV set, a video recorder, and a stack of cassettes in the storeroom. The house soon becomes a portal to Nico's world.

The storm triggers the live broadcast

As the electrical storm intensifies, the family watches Nico's video and sees the TV suddenly broadcasting live news from the 1989 incident. The boundary between the historical event and their present breaks down, pulling Nico into the living room via the screen. The phenomenon initializes their awareness of a shared fate across timelines.

Aitor and Clara recount Nico's fate

During dinner, Vera and David tell their friend Aitor and his mother Clara what they have witnessed. Aitor explains how Nico was killed, filling in crucial details about the past that are unknown to Vera in this reality. The revelation deepens the mystery and ties past and present together.

Vera communicates with Nico on the TV

That night, Vera sees the boy on the screen and learns she can interact with him. At first she is scared, but she eventually tries to warn Nico to avoid going out onto the road. The dialogue marks the first deliberate cross-time communication.

A new reality dawns

The following morning, Vera awakens to a reality where almost everyone else seems unaware of the previous events. David is now married to another person, and Gloria does not exist, leaving Vera isolated and unsettled by the altered world.

The investigation begins

Believing her story, Vera goes to the police and seeks help from Inspector Leira. He is skeptical but agrees to investigate, recognizing that physical proof will be necessary to validate Vera's experiences. The search for evidence begins.

Seeking proof through a book and a legend

They visit the author of a book recounting Nico's communications with a woman from the future via the television. The author confirms that during the storm, people can technically communicate across timelines and attempts to change events. This provides a framework for Vera to pursue tangible proof.

A skeleton to prove the past

To corroborate her claims, Vera urges Leira to investigate beneath the slaughterhouse owned by Prieto's family. They uncover a human skeleton sealed in a suitcase, confirming a hidden murder and leading to Prieto's arrest. The discovery also uncovers a web of infidelity and violence surrounding the case.

Revelations in the interrogation room

In interrogation, it is revealed that Angel Prieto and Clara were having an affair and were caught by Ms. Weiss, which led to a confrontation where Clara stabbed Weiss. The past crime becomes a key motivator for the present manipulation of events. The scene explains the motive behind the original murder.

Leira's true identity and a forbidden connection

Inspector Leira's backstory emerges: he is actually Nico Lasarte in this reality, and he and Vera have had a complicated relationship. The revelation reframes their interactions and explains years of waiting and the choices made to influence the timeline. The bond between them complicates Vera's efforts to alter events.

The attempt to rewrite history—suicide as a tool

Leira explains how he has waited for Vera for years and how such waiting has unintentionally kept them apart. Vera asks him to correct the events using the TV and recorder, and she ultimately commits suicide so Leira can intervene. Leira then uses the TV and recorder to communicate with his childhood self to steer the course of events.