
S01E01 Miro Garcia e Capitão Guimarães: Os Poderosos Patronos
Top bicheiros, like Miro Garcia and Capitão Guimarães, make an agreement to divide territories and dominate carnival. But the rise of Miro's son threatens peace in the animal.
Considered the most violent bicheiro in Rio, Rogério Andrade loses his son in an explosion. He and Bernardo clash after being accused of killing their direct rivals.
The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two of these families are experiencing bloody wars of succession.