Series synopsis
21st Avenue, also known as Liberdade 21 is a crime drama mystery television series that premiered on RTP1 on October 18, 2008. It ended on June 28, 2012. It stars Sónia Lisboa, Pedro Luzindro, João Paulo Costa and Emília Silvestre.
Raul Vasconcelos and Helena Brito founded a partnership over 20 years ago and has over a hundred lawyers in its service. Raul has an ego as big as the world and it was that self-assuredness that made him notorious in the courtroom. Besides being an astute lawyer, he’s a hopeless playboy who with age developed the tendency to say and do whatever he feels like. His trouble is that he’s constantly abusing that privilege. Helena is a confident woman, albeit more discreet and concerned about the fir ...
Premise
Raul Vasconcelos and Helena Brito founded a partnership over 20 years ago and has over a hundred lawyers in its service. Raul has an ego as big as the world and it was that self-assuredness that made him notorious in the courtroom. Besides being an astute lawyer, he’s a hopeless playboy who with age developed the tendency to say and do whatever he feels like. His trouble is that he’s constantly abusing that privilege. Helena is a confident woman, albeit more discreet and concerned about the firm's public perception, constantly considering how her actions might negatively affect the partnership and its bottom line. Her personality led her to take over managing the firm, taking care of all bureaucratic affairs. Other lawyers stand out in the firm, as is the case of Pedro Pimentel, who just made senior partner. He’s impeccably put together and has a smile that wins over most women, but behind this agreeable façade of his there’s a person with a lust for power and fame.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sónia Lisboa
- Pedro Luzindro as Testemunha
- João Paulo Costa
- Emília Silvestre as Matilde
- Vítor Fonseca as Mário Couto
- Anabela Faustino
- Yolanda
- Inês Fouto as Dina
Supporting cast
- Luís Ganito as Hugo
- Manuel Lourenço
- Maria Simões as Vizinha
- Sabri Lucas as Sílvio
- Ana Marta Ferreira as Catarina
- Carlos Oliveira
- João Pedro Dantas as Filipe
- Melânia Gomes as Carlota
- Raimundo Cosme as Jacinto
- Anabela Brígida as Maria Eugénia
- Elsa Galvão as Francisca Piedade
- Joana Brandão
Guest cast
- Vanessa Almeida
- Rita Frazão as Médica
- Zé Bernardino
- Cristovão Campos as Gustavo
- Sandra B as Cilinha
- Márcia Leal
- Lígia Roque
- Beatriz Figueira
- Ciomara Morais as Jessica
- Lourenço Henriques
- Sara Gonçalves
- Cláudia Negrão
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 60 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 26 | October 18, 2008 | July 24, 2010 |
| Season 2 | 26 | October 18, 2008 | April 11, 2009 |
| Season 3 | 8 | May 10, 2012 | June 28, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episódio #1 Sofia, represents "Carla," a man who has undergone a sex change operation, and who wants to change her birth certificate. Pedro is called with urgency to the Lisbon airport, where his cousin and his wife were prohibited from boarding by a court order. Afonso, gives legal support to a woman who wants to lodge an appeal that she had lost in the first instance, a lawsuit against her husband who had kidnapped her and that the judge had released on the grounds that she had missed on her marital duties. |
October 18, 2008 |
| 2 |
Episódio #2 Raul shows once again that it is willing to do anything to win. Jorge is pressured by a group of environmentalists who submitted an injunction against the construction of a golf course, to bribe them, ordering the company of one of them, the study of the environmental impact of the project. Raul, cunning, asks Francisco to do the task of talking with the environmentalists, and convinces Pedro to stay with the case that the intern had in hand telling that that was a case not so important. and it wasn't It was just a simple dispute between neighbors because of clothes. |
October 25, 2008 |
| 3 |
Episódio #3 Sofia receives a young couple that she will represent in a medical malpractice case, after the baby that the woman hoped to have died as a result of childbirth. This process will enlist the help of Afonso and the P.I Paulo Ruas who rescues in Spain a key witness that no one could anticipate. |
November 1, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episódio #1 | October 18, 2008 |
| 2 | Episódio #2 | October 25, 2008 |
| 3 | Episódio #3 | November 1, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episódio #1 | May 10, 2012 |
| 2 | Episódio #2 | May 17, 2012 |
| 3 | Episódio #3 | May 24, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | RTP1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 18, 2008 |
| Last aired | June 28, 2012 |
| Status | Ended |