Music

Main article: Money Heist (soundtrack)

The series' theme song, "My Life Is Going On," was composed by Manel Santisteban, who also
served as composer on Locked Up. Santisteban approached Spanish singer, Cecilia Krull, to
write and perform the lyrics, which are about having confidence in one's abilities and the
future.[60] The theme song is played behind a title sequence featuring paper models of major
settings from the series.[60] Krull's main source of inspiration was the character Tokyo in the
first episode of the series, when the Professor offers her a way out of a desperate moment.
[61] The lyrics are in English as the language that came naturally to Krull at the time of writing.
[61]

The Italian anti-fascist song "Bella ciao" plays multiple times throughout the series and
accompanies two emblematic key scenes: at the end of the first part the Professor and Berlin
sing it in preparation for the heist, embracing themselves as resistance against the
establishment,[62] and in the second part it plays during the thieves' escape from the Mint, as
a metaphor for freedom.[63] Regarding the use of the song, Tokyo recounts in one of her
narrations, "The life of the Professor revolved around a single idea: Resistance. His
grandfather, who had fought against the fascists in Italy, taught him the song, and he taught
us."[63] The song was brought to the show by writer Javier Gómez Santander. He had listened
to "Bella ciao" at home to cheer him up, as he had grown frustrated for not finding a suitable
song for the middle of part 1.[17] He was aware of the song's meaning and history and felt it
represented positive values.[17] "Bella ciao" became a summer hit in Europe in 2018, mostly
due to the popularity of the series and not the song's grave themes.[62]

Episodes

Main article: List of Money Heist episodes

Overview of Money Heist seasonsPart[a] Season[a] Episodes Originally

released

First released Last released Network

1 1 9[e] 2 May 2017 27 June 2017 Antena 3

2 6[e] 16 October 2017 23 November 2017

3 2 8 19 July 2019 Netflix

4 8 3 April 2020

5 3 10 5 3 September 2021

5 3 December 2021
Season 1: Parts 1 and 2 (2017)

Part 1 begins with the aftermath of a failed bank robbery by a woman using the alias "Tokyo"
as a man called the "Professor" saves her from being caught by the police. He proposes to
include her in a heist of massive proportions. After a brief outline of the plan, the story jumps
to the beginning of a multi-day assault on the Royal Mint of Spain in Madrid. The eight robbers
are code-named for cities: Tokyo, Moscow, Berlin, Nairobi, Rio, Denver, Helsinki, and Oslo.
Dressed in red jumpsuits and masks depicting artist Salvador Dalí, the robbers take 67 hostages
as part of their plan to print and escape with €2.4 billion through a self-built escape tunnel.
The Professor heads the heist from an external location. Flashbacks throughout the series
show the five months of preparation at an abandoned hunting estate in the Toledo
countryside; the robbers are not to share personal information nor engage in personal
relationships, and are warned that there will be casualties.

Throughout parts 1 and 2, the robbers inside the Mint have difficulties sticking to their roles
and face uncooperative hostages, violence, isolation, and mutiny. Tokyo narrates events
through voice-overs. While Denver pursues a love affair with hostage Mónica Gaztambide,
inspector Raquel Murillo of the National Police Corps negotiates with the Professor on the
outside and begins an intimate relationship with his alter ego "Salva." The Professor's identity
is repeatedly close to being uncovered and Raquel eventually realizes Salva is the Professor,
but she is emotionally unable to hand him over to the police. At the end of part 2, after 128
hours, the robbers escape from the Mint with €984 million, but Oslo, Moscow and Berlin are
killed. One year after the heist, Raquel finds a series of postcards left by the Professor, who
wrote the coordinates for a location in Palawan in the Philippines, where she reunites with
him.

Season 2: Parts 3 and 4 (2019–2020)

Part 3 begins three years after the heist on the Royal Mint of Spain, showing the robbers
enjoying their lives paired-up in diverse locations. However, when Europol captures Rio with
an intercepted phone, the Professor picks up Berlin's old plans to assault the Bank of Spain to
force Europol to hand over Rio to prevent his torture. He and Raquel (going by "Lisbon") get
the gang, including Mónica (going by "Stockholm"), back together, and enlist three new
members: Palermo, Bogotá and Marseille, with Palermo in charge. Flashbacks to the Professor
and Berlin outline the planned new heist and their different approaches to love. The disguised
robbers sneak into the heavily guarded bank, take hostages and eventually gain access to the
gold and state secrets. At the same time, the Professor and Lisbon travel in an RV and then an
ambulance while communicating with the robbers and the police. The robbers thwart a police
breach of the bank, forcing the police, led by Colonel Luis Tamayo and pregnant inspector
Alicia Sierra, to release Rio to the robbers. Nairobi is injured by a police sniper's shot to the
chest. With another police assault on the bank coming, and believing Lisbon has been
executed by the police, the Professor radios Palermo and declares DEFCON 2. The robbers
respond by firing a rocket at the armored police vehicle that is advancing on the bank, turning
the robbers from folk heroes to killers in the eyes of the public. Part 3 concludes by showing
Lisbon alive and in custody, and Tokyo narrating that the Professor had fallen for a trap. She
concludes that because of the Professor's miscalculation, "the war had begun."

Part 4 begins with the robbers rushing to save Nairobi's life. While Tokyo stages a coup d'état
and takes over command from Palermo, the Professor and Marseille deduce that Lisbon must
still be alive and being interrogated by Sierra in the police command post tent outside the
bank. They persuade Tamayo's assistant, Antoñanzas, to help them so the Professor can
establish a 48-hour truce with the police. As the group manages to save Nairobi's life, the
restrained Palermo attempts to reassert command by colluding with Gandía, the restrained
chief of security for the Bank of Spain. Gandía escapes, begins communications with the police
from within a panic room inside the bank, and participates in a violent cat-and-mouse game
with the gang. Palermo reverses course, regains the trust of the group, and rejoins them.
Gandía shoots Nairobi in the head, killing her instantly, but the gang later recapture him. As
the police prepare another assault on the bank, the Professor exposes to the public the
unlawful torture of Rio and Lisbon's detention and interrogation. Sierra is fired and begins
pursuing the Professor on her own. The Professor enlists external help to free Lisbon after she
is transferred from the command post tent to the Supreme Court building. Part 4 concludes
with Lisbon rejoining the gang inside the bank, and with Sierra finding the Professor's hideout,
then holding him at gunpoint.

Season 3: Part 5 Volumes 1 and 2 (2021)

Part 5 Volume 1 begins with Sierra finding the Professor and knocking him out, then tying him
up and interrogating him. After Lisbon enters the bank, the gang prepares for an attack by
troops of the Spanish army. The gang captures Gandia, then frees him rather than killing him.
Gandia wants to exact revenge on the gang, so Tamayo has him join the assault by the soldiers.
After finding out the Professor has been caught but that Sierra has not notified the police,
Lisbon tells the gang they will not give up. Benjamin and Marseille find the Professor, and
Sierra knocks them out and ties them up. When Sierra struggles to deliver her baby, she frees
the Professor, Marseille, and Benjamin so they can help. Sierra gives birth to a daughter, whom
she names Victoria. Arturo Roman, a hostage in both the Royal Mint and the Bank of Spain,
had an affair with Stockholm before the first heist, and Arturo's reminders anger Denver.
When Arturo, the governor of the bank, and other hostages start a rebellion, Stockholm shoots
Arturo, who is released so he can receive medical care. In a flashback, Berlin convinces his son
Rafael to help him steal 12 kilograms of gold with Tatiana, Bogota, and Marseille. In the
present, the gang starts fighting the soldiers, with Helsinki sustaining a severe injury.
Stockholm feels guilt over shooting Arturo, who is her son's birth father, and takes morphine
while nursing Helsinki, which leaves her unable to aid in the gang's defense against the
attacking soldiers. Part 5 Volume 1 concludes with Tokyo sacrificing herself to defeat Gandia
and the soldiers.
In Part 5 Volume 2, Sierra runs away and the Professor and Marseille chase after her. Initially
enemies, the Professor and Sierra soon become allies as they face their common enemy – the
police. When they go back to the stormwater tank, they see the gold has already been
delivered to them by the gang. However, the police find the stormwater tank and arrests the
Professor, Sierra, Benjamin and Marseille. They escape, but find the gold missing. It is revealed
that the gold is stolen by Rafael and Tatiana because she broke up with Berlin in the past to be
with Rafael. In the present, Tatiana and Rafael bury the gold. Palermo and the Professor
discover that it is their doing, but at this time, the army captured the gang. The Professor gives
Sierra a note for Rafael, and convinces her to find the gold as that is their only hope while he
drives to the bank. When he enters the bank, Tamayo taunts him and interrogates each gang
member separately. Denver goes first, but does not reveal anything and is escorted to the
police tent. The gang reveals to the public the gold has already been removed from the bank,
leading to public panic and an economical meltdown, putting Spain in danger of bankruptcy.
Sierra is able to locate the stolen gold. Outside the bank, the gold has arrived in trucks, but the
Professor says it is gold-coated brass. The gang members are killed on Tamayo's orders,
shocking Denver in the tent. They are taken out of the bank in body bags, and it is revealed
they are alive as the Professor convinced Tamayo to stop the chase; the return of the "gold"
has stabilized the country's economy. 24 hours after the heist, the gang reunite at an air base.
Everyone receives new passports as Rafael and Tatiana return the gold to the gang with a
promise that they will receive a share. The gang leaves the air base, having successfully robbed
the Bank of Spain.