'Money Heist' Season 5 Part 1 Ending Explained: SHOCKING death changes everything

The ending of part one will make viewers reach for their tissues and anticipate part two of the final season
UPDATED SEP 3, 2021
Ursula Corbero as Tokyo in 'Money Heist' Season 5 (Netflix)
Ursula Corbero as Tokyo in 'Money Heist' Season 5 (Netflix)

Season 5 of the Spanish phenomenon ‘Money Heist’ has finally been released on Netflix and just like always, the series has hit the ball out of the park with the splendid Part One of the final seasons. The first four episodes set the tone for an epic mid-season finale that will give the viewers an idea of how the series will come to an end.

In the first four episodes, a lot of things happen that will blow your mind away. Professor (Alvaro Morte) was captured by Alicia Sierra (Najwa Nimri) and he thought he’ll be dead soon. Meanwhile, Sierra realized that she has been backstabbed by the government when Tamayo made everyone believe that she is a traitor and has joined Professor.

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On the other hand, an epic battle is taking place between the group and the military inside the Royal Bank of Spain. Some of the members of the group have been trapped inside the room which has been locked by military personnel using safety lock while Tokyo (Ursula Corbero), Denver (Jaime Lorente), and Manila are outside taking heavy fire from the military.

So, what happens in the final episode? Did everyone get out? Or someone unexpectedly lost their life? Let’s see how ‘Money Heist’ Season 5 Part 1 concluded.

Alvaro Morte as The Professor in 'Money Heist' (Netflix)

‘Money Heist’ Season 5 Episode 5 Ending Explained: Is Tokyo Dead?

So, the trio is taking heavy fire from the army personnel, but they are also fighting back. They decided to use the heavy metal burner to stop the bullets. Tokyo realizes that she needs to do something and starts playing mind games with Gandia. She starts talking about his family and how coward he is in real life. The other military personnel tells him to calm down but he doesn’t and throws a grenade at the trio. Tokyo heroically takes the grenade in her hand and throws that immediately back at them, killing almost two army personnel. One of the members of the army team is not happy with what Gandia did and engages in a fight with him. The leader of the team stops her from killing Gandia and threatens Gandia to follow orders or he’ll kill him by putting a bullet in his head.

On the other hand, the others are still waiting to open the heavy metal door. Elsewhere, the military digs up a plan to enter from another side of the kitchen by destroying the wall with explosives. Meanwhile, another team of the military is in on the other building and has snipers ready. As soon as Tokyo hits two of the men inside the building, the major gives the sniper team the order to fire. Three or four bullets hit Tokyo and she was down.

A still from 'Money Heist' Season 5 (Netflix)

They are stuck and Tokyo is bleeding heavily. Stockholm hears that and contacts Denver that there is an escape route from the kitchen that will take them to the hall. But, it is too dangerous and they would have to slide from the ropes to reach down. Manila and Denver go first and they put the cushion on the ground so that if Tokyo comes, she would not be hurt.

Meanwhile, Rio has drilled the kitchen floor to meet Tokyo but doesn’t let him come up and face the enemies alone. The gunfire was too much to handle as bullets pierce her body one by one, striking her down to the ground. Gandia comes to her and wanted to shoot her for the final time. But, Tokyo had already taken out the pins of all the grenades in her vest, killing her and Gandia on the spot as bombs went off.

A still from 'Money Heist' (Netflix)

The episode ended with everyone getting emotional that they have lost one of the key members of their group. The professor is taken aback by what just happened is shaking uncontrollably while Rio and Denver are crying hopelessly.

Season 4 shocked us with Nairobi’s death and Season 5 has given us an ultimate shock with the death of Tokyo. Now, we would have to wait 3 more months to see how the group takes revenge.

‘Money Heist’ Season 5 will be returning for Part 2 on December 3 on Netflix.

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