Mourning a loss, the patrol is sent to foil a plan to kidnap Alfred Hitchcock during the premiere of "Vertigo" at the 1958 San Sebastián Film Festival.

In the present-day Prado Museum, an invisible force slashes Goya's "Nude Maja," sending the Ministry to 1799 to convince the artist to repaint it.

The disappearance of a Spanish priest key to Hernán Cortés's conquest of Mexico sends Alonso and Pacino to the 16th-century Yucatán Peninsula.

To find a portal to the future, the Exterminating Angel abducts Abraham Levi, who escapes to 1417 Peñíscola and begs Antipope Benedict XIII for help.

Moorish refugees from 1609 inundate the Ministry headquarters. Alonso and Pacino must stop an assassination plot against Simón Bolívar in 1828 Bogotá.

A cancellation of the premiere of "La Verbena de la Paloma" sends three Ministry workers to 1894. Alonso interrogates Arteche, who tells his life story.

The patrol is dispatched to 1976 after learning that Adolfo Suárez is not among the candidates for prime minister of Spain.