Purificación complicates life for Paulina. Diego and Julián reach out to Elena's exes. Back in 1979, Virginia tries new experiences.
In 1979, Virginia receives life-changing news as her father continues to get sicker. Paulina is freed from jail with María José's help.
María José suspects Purificación is hiding something. Paulina forges new alliances in prison. Ernesto lets the performers manage the cabaret.
Paulina looks into her family's past and starts asking questions about Pato. Julián and Elena team up to try and free Diego. Delia seeks revenge.
Virginia is convinced her father has abandoned them, while Pato begins to suspect the truth. In the present, Pablo helps Elena escape.
Victoria's meddling creates a conflict between the de la Mora siblings. A worried María José attempts to convince Purificación to seek mental help.
Julián finds out more about what happened between Elena and Diego. In 1979, Virginia plans to break the news to Salo and decide on their future.
Virginia comes up with a plan for her and Ernesto. Now, La Chiva reveals the truth to Paulina. Conflict increases between Delia and Victoria.
The members of the de la Mora family each celebrate their new beginning while, in the shadows, Purificación plots her revenge.
The United States, 2045. Working as mercenaries, the Major and her team, including newbie Stan, defend a gated town from outlaws. Togusa takes a call.
Armed by a generous patron, the Nomads attack Section 9 with AI drones. Togusa accepts a new mission from Japan's peace-seeking Prime Minister.
As Togusa dives into cyberspace to track his former team members, the group is detained by a mysterious American organization seeking to employ them.
While researching the team's disappearance and John Smith, Togusa takes a calculated risk. The GHOST members question the true nature of their mission.
Following the Section 9 reunion, Kusanagi and her colleagues learn about the "post-humans," a previously unknown threat to humanity.
Aramaki sets off after Kusanagi in a race against time. GHOST begin their assignment, but Huge's cybernetic security forces them to alter their plans.
Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.
Problems arise for Section 9 after one of the three post-humans in Japan murders several politicians, then targets the Prime Minister's father-in-law.
The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.