We know what happens next. But the episode denies us the satisfaction of the arrest. Instead, we watch Jadue remove his wire in a sterile FBI safe house. We watch Napout kiss his granddaughter goodbye, not knowing it’s for years. We watch Figueredo pour himself one last glass of whisky, the ice cubes clicking like handcuffs not yet closed.
Meanwhile, at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, the old guard gathers. Juan Ángel Napout (Alejandro Goic) is finalizing a sponsorship deal with a Brazilian conglomerate. Eugenio Figueredo (Claudio Rissi) is counting cash in a safe disguised as a storage closet. And at the center of the table, his tie loosened, his smile frozen — Sergio “El Checho” Jadue, the mole. el presidente s02e06 wma
Director (and series co-creator) Pablo Larraín frames Jadue’s preparation like a sacrament. The wire taped to his chest isn’t a spy gadget — it’s a stethoscope, listening to the dying heartbeat of a system he helped build. Cantillana’s performance, all twitching fingers and hollow eyes, elevates Jadue from traitor to tragic figure. He’s not a hero. He’s a man who realized too late that loyalty in football only flows upward. We know what happens next
— “me voy a…” — I’m going to… where? To prison? To history? To irrelevance? We watch Napout kiss his granddaughter goodbye, not
The final shot is not of a perp walk. It’s of an empty boardroom at CONMEBOL headquarters. A half-empty mate gourd. A stray Copa América patch on the floor. The janitor sweeps it into a dustpan.
Warning: Major spoilers for El Presidente Season 2, Episode 6 (“WMA”) below.
You don’t need handcuffs to destroy a kingdom. You just need a wire, a river, and a man who remembers when he loved the game.