Caught between critics and supporters, RTP1's show carries on, unshakable. The empathy Fernando Mendes builds with the studio audience reaches viewers at home: a country looking at itself in the mirror — and happy.

Caught between critics and supporters, RTP1's show carries on, unshakable. The empathy Fernando Mendes builds with the studio audience reaches viewers at home: a country looking at itself in the mirror — and happy.