The final act of "VP3" depicts the pre-dawn raid at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich. This is a historic moment in sports history, and the episode handles it with a mix of cinematic grandeur and chaotic realism.
The writing shines in its restraint. There’s no mustache-twirling villainy. Leoz speaks like a bank manager. Grondona quotes poetry while approving bribes. The horror is mundane, which makes it real. Jadue, played with nervous brilliance by Alejandro Goic, oscillates between greed and terror. He wants the power but doesn’t want the handcuffs — and “VP3” shows him realizing he can’t have one without the other.