At the theater, the audience is terrified when a woman sets fire to herself. Ruy goes onstage to tell everyone of the danger Arenas represents, suggesting the government has ordered him to be deported.
The chaos continues. In the turmoil, the inhabitants surround the hotel and demands to see Arenas. Mariela goes to Judge Victoria, hoping she can calm things down. The fate of Puente Blanco is sealed.
Ruy tells Sartori he has persuaded a group of actors to act on a play by Edgar Allan Poe, which will remind the audience how dangerous hypnosis can be. Abril sees the death's-head moth and there is another death.
Judge Vitoria releases Arenas on the condition that he no longer practice hypnosis. Sartori continues to proclaim Arenas a danger. Mariela tries to persuade Arenas to hypnotize her despite the ban.
Arenas hypnotizes Domingas on his new show and her mysteries appear to be revealed. At the store, after hypnotizing Gregório, Darek learns about Castor's magic mirror and both hatch a plan for Arenas to look into it.
Hoping to start a new life and quit his career as a hypnotist, Arenas takes a boat to a place no one will know him. But his voyage is far from peaceful.
Arenas agrees to hypnotize Teresa until something strange happens. Faber bribes the boat's crew to leave without Arenas. No longer feeling herself, Teresa begins to remember things that never happened to her.
Puente Blanco's judge demands an explanation from Arenas about the mysterious deaths the town has experienced since Arenas' arrival. Meanwhile, Carlos becomes more confused and believes Sartori's paintings are bewitched.