When beautiful young Emma Carillo is stabbed five times, paramedic Marcus Galan feels a great empathy for her and unsuccessfully tries to save her life in the Mercy Hospital. Meanwhile, near-death patient Caroline Kuntz awakens, kills two people, and leaves the hospital. When Marcus arrives home, he finds his suicidal wife Carla cheating on him with a stranger. The next morning, Marcus goes to a hearing because of mistreatment and the death of prostitute Elizabeth Markham. Private detective Carruthers is assigned to investigate the case. Meanwhile, Caroline visits Carruthers' son Vic.
—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil