Character Relationship Map: Crime Wave

Characters

• Leyre (played by Maribel Verdú) — protagonist

  The narrative protagonist, who confesses that she was responsible for the crime wave in Bilbao. She is trying to start a pastry business, is forced to leave her home, becomes a murder suspect after he...

• Andoni (played by Antonio Resines) — supporting
• Cosme (played by Luis Tosar) — supporting

  Leyre's former partner and the father of her son. He orders Leyre to leave the house because he plans to sell it, then disappears and is later found dead. His phone becomes the key piece of evidence i...

• Andoni's Father (played by Txema Blasco) — supporting
• Vanesa (played by Paula Echevarría) — supporting

  Cosme's lawyer, who becomes alarmed when his phone is switched off and believes something has happened to him. She later fears that his phone could implicate her and discusses the situation with Susan...

• Susana (played by Juana Acosta) — supporting

  She is told by a detective that Leyre will be arrested for murder. Later, she fears that Cosme's phone could implicate her and discusses taking control of the situation with Vanesa.

• Evelyn (played by Montse Pla) — supporting

  She discovers that Leyre has kept Cosme's phone and warns that it could expose everyone involved.

• Julen (played by Miguel Bernardeau) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Andoni's Father → Andoni (father)
• Cosme → Vanesa (Professional Lawyer-Client) — Vanesa's professional connection to Cosme makes his disappearance personally and legally consequential for her.

  Vanesa is identified as Cosme's lawyer and becomes alarmed when his phone is switched off.

• Cosme → Julen (Family Father) — Cosme's family connection to Julen links the murder investigation to the household conflict.

  The plot identifies Julen as Cosme's son when it describes Cosme as Leyre's former partner and Julen's father.

• Leyre → Julen (Family Mother) — Leyre and Julen are mother and son living together during the crisis.

  Leyre is living with her son, Julen, while trying to start a pastry business.

• Leyre → Cosme (Romantic Former Partners) — Their past relationship remains central to the conflict surrounding the house and Cosme's disappearance.

  The plot identifies Cosme as Leyre's former partner and shows their argument about money, child support, and his new marriage.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Evelyn → Leyre (Unknown Warning Source) — Evelyn confronts Leyre with information that increases the pressure surrounding the evidence.

  Evelyn discovers that Leyre has had Cosme's phone all along and warns that it could expose everyone involved.

• Susana → Vanesa (Alliance Co-strategists) — They coordinate because the phone threatens both of their positions.

  Susana and Vanesa fear that the phone may implicate them and discuss taking control of the situation.

• Leyre → Vanesa (Conflicting Interests) — The phone places Leyre and Vanesa on opposing sides of the investigation's risks.

  Vanesa fears that Cosme's phone may implicate her, while Leyre possesses the phone and says she intends to give it to the police.

Story Analysis

Leyre's unstable personal life becomes entangled with Cosme's death as a phone threatens to expose everyone involved.

Plot Progression

1. A Confession Begins — Leyre enters a church and claims responsibility for Bilbao's crime wave. She begins recounting the personal events behind the crisis.
2. A Home Under Pressure — Leyre struggles to establish a pastry business while living with Julen. Cosme's eviction demand revives resentment over money, support, and his new marriage.
3. Disappearance And Death — Cosme disappears, and Vanesa becomes alarmed when his phone is switched off. A threatening caller summons Leyre before Cosme is found dead.
4. The Suspect's Story — Leyre tells police that Cosme failed to meet her at the diner. A taxi driver's account makes her explanation appear deceptive and turns her into a murder suspect.
5. The Phone's Shadow — Julen offers Leyre help as arrest approaches, and their desperate conversation exposes the investigation's danger. Evelyn reveals that Leyre possesses Cosme's phone, threatening everyone connected to...