 First episode presents sisters Aurora and Ana Alberquerque Bittencourt, "mana Aurora" and "mana Ana", retired civil servants who live in a "poor but honest" house on a typical street in a typical city. Their major pastime is gossip. Aurora has seen a neighbor s husband downtown with a blond, and calls the neighbor to sweetly ask for her sister-in-law s knitting pattern, having seen the husband with his sister... The "peacefulness" of Aurora and Ana s lives and personalities is stressed by the narrator. The sisters have their minor differences - in this episode, Aurora calls Ana s favorite singer, Nelson Goncalves, "indecent". Aurora puts on a record by her favorite singer, Cauby, who Ana calls "sacreligous". That evening, they are in the living room, Aurora reading the paper and Ana knitting. The discuss the news of the day, with an obscure political joke about Jango Goulart, a mention of the play "O Pagador de Promessas" and the film "Assaulto ao Trem Pagador" with Anselmo Duarte. The frequency of strip-tease shows is discussed, and the Elizabeth Taylor is criticized as "scandalous" and Marliyn Monroe as "immodest". They go to bed. Aurora keeps a photo of Anthony Perkins by her bed, and turns his face before changing, then leaves the room just in case he peeks. Ana kisses her bedside picture, of John Gavin. Aurora has stolen Ana s bedtime reading, a "Luluzinha" comic book.