Bernardo and his sister say goodbye to Hamlet after the dog's mysterious death. Bernardo and Neves start producing "sugar" in the improvised laboratory. Antunes and Cruz are stunned by the quality of the product and make an appointment with Raposo to complete the delivery and collect the money. They celebrate together, in a night of excesses.

Raposo kidnaps Francisca. The judicial police discover the captains' apartment. The captains flee the city and look for Mendes, the group's former cook, in their eagerness to discover the true formula for "sugar".