The series finale was watched by 86% of all TV viewers in Brazil (January 1989).
The first Brazilian series to create the concept of letting the audiences curious in knowing "who's the killer" of a main character on the same fashion as Dallas (1978) and who killed J.R. Odette Roitman's murderer would not be unmasked until the finale.
Beatriz Segall's return to TV dramas after a five year hiatus following Champagne (1983). Pedro Paulo Rangel's return to Brazilian telenovelas, ten years after O Pulo do Gato (1978).
Gilberto Braga got the idea of this series from a discussion during a family dinner. One of his relatives commented that his godfather was "mediocre and a jerk" for getting no wealth from working as a police chief. Braga recollected that his godfather was recognized as an honest worker. Thus, the story was conceived based on being honest in a distorted country, where this is seen as stupidity.
Named one of the two best Brazilian TV dramas by the news magazine Veja, along with Brazil Avenue (2012).