1992 – Season 1 Episode 2 Recap & Review

The Spain That They Left Us

Episode 2 of 1992 begins with us back in 2017. Richi is drunk and completely out of it. He even contemplates jumping off a bridge too. However, Alvaro saves his life and brings him back to his car. This act of kindness is enough to forge the bond between them, and explains why Richi is working so hard to try and find out who killed him.

Back in the present, Richi and Amparo show up at the station to see Manchado. The place is abuzz with noise, but Manchado is not there. Apparently, he’s been transferred to another department. His replacement is a typical suit in Robledo. It’s all very sudden and last minute, and it could well be a way of the authorities keeping him quiet. Manchado also won’t talk about the Expo picture either, or how the Minister of the Interior could well be next.

Robledos is incredulous over Minister Palacios potentially being targeted and doesn’t see the link. He says all the right things but Richi knows he’s not going to do anything, despite talking a big game. He’s clearly not writing notes on his iPad and while Amparo is fooled, Richi knows this game.

Richi decides to clean up his act and get sober. After throwing away all the empty cans and bottles, he looks over the footage from the explosion. As fate would have it, he finds our killer leaving the building wearing a backpack with a hood up.

At the same time, Amparo speaks to her son Mario, who thinks she should go back to law school. He’s moved to Canada and so Amparo is left at home on her own. However, she’s distracted as she’s too busy looking into the case. Her son can tell something is up but he doesn’t press her on it. The next scene, Amparo shows up to see Richi. She wants to start investigating this properly, and doing so by going to Seville. Richi is worried this may not be the right move, and despite getting himself sober for a few minutes, he winds up drinking again when Amparo leaves.

A drunk Richi shows up at the Minister’s big speech and makes a massive show of it, claiming the man is in danger and getting taken out by security. Naturally, he’s taken into custody where Quintas winds him up while he’s handcuffed.

As for Amparo, she shows up in Sevilla alone. Her destination is the Island of La Cartuja. She wants to speak to the CEO, Mr Victoria, but his secretary isn’t particularly helpful.

However, the cleaning lady, Rosa, warns that Amparo could get hurt and she needs to stop pursuing this. Well, she does just that and doesn’t make it particularly subtle that she’s following Rosa after her shift. This eventually leads to a chase, where Amparo finds herself right in the middle of the killer’s lair. She doesn’t pursue any further, nor does she even make a comment regarding all the toys here, and eventually leaves.

The killer eventually does strike again, hitting Jose Zamorano while he’s in a care facility. This occurs right after Amparo shows and questions him, and it’s clear that things aren’t going well.

This is enough for Robledo to let Richi go from custody, enlisting his help in trying to solve this. When Richi checks his phone and realizes she’s in Sevilla, he curses his luck. As for Amparo, she just finds herself out wandering around in the dark by herself. As you do.

The killer finds her and chases her up onto a bridge, where Rosa happens to be, of all people. Amparo decides to jump into the water, away from the killer, who appears to be in collusion with Rosa, who watches all of this take place.

The Episode Review

Quite why this killer is targeting people from the Expo is still unclear, but we do know that his method of killing is clearly some form of revenge against these men. It could well be that he’s a disgruntled worker or some sort of associate that was burned badly, and this is his way of getting revenge.

However, the rest of the show is full of cliches and the story isn’t particularly original in the way it’s divulging information. We have the victim and the ex-cop teaming up together, both haunted by the past and with a connection to one of the deceased. It wouldn’t surprise me if we go whole hog here and start diving into a romance between Amparo and Richi, but we’ll have to see if the show goes that far.

For now though, 1992 is pretty average at best, and there’s not much here to help it stand out next to so many other shows in this field.