01x03 - Thicker than Milk

[bunniefuu]

Mom, did you seriously bring me here?

Stop acting like a spoiled brat.

I have to pick something nice.
You know how your Grandma Habiba is.

-They all look the same!
-No, they don't!

The large ones have chewy meat.
Keep going.

-Okay, okay, I'm coming.
-Stop acting like a brat.

-Go check that one!
-Hey, Mom, look what happened!

Not now! Just go check that lamb.

See if it's a little lamb
or an adult sheep.

-Mom, that's the one.
-Check out its teeth and its gums.

Let's see these teeth.

Wow! Happy!

If incisors are in the mouth,
it's not a lamb. Matured.

Grandma Habiba only eats lamb meat.
An adult sheep isn't good enough for her.

Some big chompers.
It's not a lamb. It's a sheep.

-Unbelievable, Grandma.
-Good. You better check its hooves.

I don't want my sister
to rub it in my face

telling me that I overlooked
some tiny little detail.

It's my dear sweet mother's birthday.

This year, she's turning 80.

May she have a long life.

The hooves are healthy.

This one looks okay for a meal.

-Thanks a lot.
-You're welcome.

-Thirty, like you said.
-No, ma'am, 40.

How?

Now hang on. When I called last week,

you said we could have it for 30.
And now you're telling me 40.

Ma'am, if you don't want to take it,
it doesn't hurt me.

-Almost all the sheep are gone.
-Oh boy.

I need ten dinars.

Don't give me that look.
I have to buy it.

Unless you would rather
have your aunt serve my head at the party?

You'll get it all
when we give you your allowance.

You and I know Auntie
will complain no matter what. Count on it.

-That's how she's always been.
-Yeah.

When it comes to criticizing,

harsh judgment is in our family genes.

I'm glad that it skipped me though.

Seems that your business is good?

Well, when cattle went down,
sheep business went up.

The cattle business went down
and sheep went up?

It's complicated. You won't understand.

Try me. I'm intrigued.

First thing was mad cow began.

It had a bad impact on business.

After that,
the cattle farmers in America, finished.

Last week, our competitor
imported a batch of cattle.

They were bad. All had been infected
with radiation from Chernobyl.

Oh hell.

So everyone is eating lamb meat right now.

So what you're saying is that sheep
are in high demand right now?

Prices could double, huh? No?

They just might.

Hm.

Hm. Huh.

Ugh.

Yeah, yeah. Ugh, ooh.

Why?

A hundred and twelve dinars
for some lights?

-You're crazy! You're crazy!
-Yeah!

-We needed some lighting in the garden.
-You have lights in the back. Use them!

Drag them outside and plug the--
Wha--

What's this?

-How much did it cost?
-Paid for already. It's paid for.

-Paid for?
-Yes. Yes.

What?

You want to celebrate
Mother's birthday with old lights?

You must be kidding me?
Is this a joke to you?

Jude! Come here, sweetie.

Let's check it out.

Well, your mother,

who gave birth
to all six of you under a tree,

wouldn't care
about the lighting in the garden. Please!

How dare you! This is my mother
we're talking about here.

You're telling me not to give her lights?

Are you joking?

What am I doing? Asking for the moon?

Ha! Now, the moon would be
our cheapest lighting option. Right, Dad?

There's no other way.

Okay, but the costs just go up.
Do you see?

I've already asked my sister.
You remind her.

No matter how rich she is now,
she was born under the same tree.

-So cute.
-Take this! Get it out!

-Huh?
-Out! Out! Out!

-Get him out now.
-No!

-Out of here!
-Take him outside.

It's okay.

Don't be scared.

Aren't lambs so cute?

-I don't know how some don't like them.
-So cute, right? This one's so cool.

So, Juju, come with me.
I could use your help inside.

Okay, but I want to stay
with the lamb five minutes.

Okay, and it's five minutes max.

Okay, just five minutes.

Uh, I'm here to open a bank account.

Welcome.
We just need to ID for a deposit.

-And your co-signer will be?
-Hm? I had no idea that that was required.

It's not bank policy,
but having your husband is best.

I'd hate to ignore your preferences,
but I'm not married now.

-What about your father?
-I'm not married to him either.

-Okay, uh… May I have your ID?
-Yeah.

-You work for Bank of Tomorrow?
-She works at the exchange.

Without a bank account?

Are you sure
you can be responsible for this?

All right,
I promise I'm very good with money.

I work at the stock exchange.

Okay.

Is this all the data?

I've been working since dawn,
but you don't say good morning.

Good morning. Thanks.
What more you need?

These contain
about 20 years of meat prices.

History of pork prices
that no one has ever read.

Up until now.
But where's the sheep price file?

The sheep?

It's not in there?

Or maybe Saud?

-Saud took it and never brought it back.
-Saud requested the same one?

He did about a week ago.

-He's a smart guy.
-Hm.

Always thinking.

Come in.

Hello!

Why are you here?
Because I don't recall paging you.

Don't you have some accounts to audit?

I like to come
without you ringing the pager.

-Hm.
-I heard that you have the sheep file?

Who wants it? Hasan?

The livestock share position
was set last week.

Actually, I want the file, Saud.

-You know things I don't?
-Didn't you read?

You're supposed to have good info.

-Skyrocketed.
-Mm-hmm.

-The sheep prices are up.
-Uh…

-Sorry.
-Excuse me.

After you.
I have been tracking sheep prices.

Have you read about the cows in Chernobyl?

I did.

The radioactive beef
raised sheep prices fairly high.

It's all but done. It's stabilized.

Uh-uh. Lamb still costs
ten dinars more than it did before.

-So you want to make a play?
-I have a gut feeling.

And these gut feelings are making
you want to take a nibble.

-I told you to make moves you need info.
-This file is info.

Make sure you talk to Hasan.
He gets to make the call.

Don't forget to look at page 27.

Plot twist. Important info to have.

I will be on the lookout for page 27.

I'm telling you they're on their way.

The flowers will be there in the morning.

I ordered the exact flowers
that you wanted, Mom.

I have to go now.

Let's gamble.

I have an idea for a bid.

-Let's peruse the handbook.
-Handbook!

Do we take orders to buy from clerks?

According to the instructions
in the handbook here,

they only receive orders from us.

-Al-Ra'ee's the move.
-Al-Ra'ee? That's old news. Over.

-But I see a trend.
-I'd love for you to listen.

Clean out your ears and find a new trend.

-I talked with Saud.
-Mm.

He said if I found good info,
you'd take care of it, Hasan.

Show me the hot take.

-There's a correlation between--
-Sh!

I wonder if Saud mentioned
the bank will buy beef, not sheep.

No reason to change.

-There's money to make.
-We can lose. Massive risk!

-It's not just a risk.
-Hey!

You want me to squander the bank
just to follow your instincts?

It's easy to be confident
when you have no skin in the game.

What's the matter with you?

You have no idea what's really going on.
What do you know?

Silly.

Munira?

Do you have some information?

Please share it.

Wow!

She's really got such great taste.
Cool bouquet.

Where's the tulips?

-Nojood?
-Hm?

-I thought we discussed buying tulips?
-No.

No, I'm sure she wants lilies.

No, no, no, no.

Mom likes tulips.

It's too late now.

The flowers are here.

Let's check the menu.

Okay, wait.

Look.

Hm.

We're still waiting for the food.

Well, is this it?

Here, look.

Cold salad, nobody will eat, I bet.

-One tray will do.
-Okay.

But we need that fattoush.

Also, you need to order more um ali.

Especially since Sarah's family is coming.

-They're really coming?
-Mm.

-This is inadequate.
-Uh…

You know…

-We need more, yeah?
-Okay.

Wha--

Don't skimp on hammour.

-Huh?
Don't give me that look.

I understand it costs a lot.

Besides, Mom wants it.

Who wants Lulu?
Hey, who wants Lulu?

-17,000, Lulu Investments!
-17,000?

-17,000!
-Got it?

Darweesh Foods! Darweesh Foods!

Darweesh Foods, 20,000 of them.
20,000 shares!

-1,000, Al-Ra'ee!
-Who else?

One thousand shares on Al-Ra'ee.

100,000 from Al-Ra'-- Huh? What?

Did you say 1,000?

Uh, yes, I did.

A thousand? Are you joking?

Bank of Tomorrow wants to buy
1,000 of Al-Ra'ee?

This buy is exclusively for me.

I thought that you were here
to represent Bank of Tomorrow?

But I don't think the bank's position
is being reflected in your transaction.

-But I could be mistaken.
-But the bank is inflexible.

Right now, I represent myself.

-It's not just about the money.
-Hm?

It's about proving myself
and self-confidence.

You do have a good point.

I'm impressed.

Fine.

A stock of Al Ra'ee has good prospects.

-But, uh, 1,000 shares isn't worth it.
-Make it two thousand.

Mm…

At that price, there's no way
that I can give Amir less than 3,000

or 3,500.

I believe I can do 3,000, but I need time.

Mm…

Okay then.
Thirty-two's my offer? That's good?

Thirty-two's my lucky number!

Ah, thirty-two, good number.

-Thank you for trusting me.
-Mm. Hey, listen.

You will have until the end of the day
to pay me back the capital.

Yup.

Farida, you hungry?

Believe it or not,

even I sometimes crave validation
for the work I do.

Mm. I understand.

You're the only one that gets me.
No one wants us to succeed.

Oh! At last!

So now you want it to be us?

It's a we thing now, hm?

Us or them.

Hassan and Walid

and Khalifa,

those men are sheep.

Idiots.

I am sure they are happy
just following orders.

They think we can't survive without them.

You're right.

The bank is filled with men like them.

The whole planet's filled
with these kinds of idiots.

-I'd like to prove those jerks wrong.
-So would I.

What about Al-Ra'ee?

Everyone's focused on cattle and sheep.

No one's paying attention to pork,

which are skyrocketing, you see?

I am.

I've looked
at those figures over two years.

Whenever pork prices rise,
sheep prices rise after.

Sh!

Who's been eating at my desk?
A cow or a pig? Take this.

-Listen to what I'm saying for God's sake.
-I'm listening.

This means
Al-Ra'ee's shares are immune.

Obviously, Hasan never bothered
to read the file.

CLEAN UP THE MESS, "GIRLS"

Yeah.
I just want to look at the file a bit.

Of course. But the prices are rising
and I don't want to lose this opportunity.

But how do you know that sheep prices
are following pork prices,

not the other way?

Go ahead and try it.

Analyze the figures.

I like to analyze with covariance.

That was just a test.

So you're actually sitting on a gold mine.

I think you mean we are.

I don't even have 320 dinars
that I can gamble with.

And 92 fils.

Farida, I can promise
that the stock will go up.

I'm talking
a minimum ten percent return here.

Oh, well, why don't you
buy it on your own?

I've already spent too much this month.

And honestly, spending is fun.

And I can't ask my family.

I don't know why my expenses are so high.

Where's the money? Huh? What?

Besides, didn't you say it yourself?

That we need each other
and that we should join forces?

Take our mothers for example.

Always helping each other out
no matter what.

What they are doing for Grandma Habiba…

Farida, can we do this together?

Why work at the stock exchange
and not invest?

It's like going to a party
and refusing to dance.

And you!

What we do all day:
deposits and withdrawals.

Withdrawals and deposits.
This is all we do.

In. Out. That's all!

Who got all this?

-I did.
-Uh, we did.

Why all this extravagance?!

I'm an old woman.

You think this is something I need?

To me, it's unacceptable.
Get rid of it now!

-Right now!
-No, but, Mother, we can't!

-No, we can't, Mom.
-You can't?

Guests are coming.
We can't get rid of all this.

Your lamb is already here.
It's with Jude.

Well, I guess
if you've already gotten a lamb,

then we shouldn't let it go to waste.

Okay, then, I will go outside
and check its teeth.

Yeah, lamb is good.

Yeah.

We don't even need to inspect it.

Pretty good.

-It's good.
-Yeah.

Yeah.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

I'm your witness. I know. Look.

They seem determined to lose.

You girls will hurt yourselves.

If you guys are so sure we're gonna lose,
why don't you sell your Al-Ra'ee stock?

Let's just have ourselves a little bet.
Or is your money gone?

I have plenty of cash flow.

But I have a family
I make sure to take care of.

You women have no idea what you're doing.

My money stays inside the bank,
and the money's safe.

I don't just sit
and count it in front of everyone.

Farida, these men are scared to bet.

Here, I'll do it. Bam!

Good luck. This is too easy.

You better read the report before.
Don't say I didn't warn you.

I don't read after a woman.

-That's the easiest bet ever.
-Ooh.

-Let's go.
-Yes, I'm on it.

-Hurry. God bless you.
-Yes, Mom.

Come on. God bless you, my girls.

-Grandma Habiba!
-Oh my God! Look at you!

Look at you! Oh my!

You look great.

Look at you!

I take after you, Grandma Habiba.

-I miss you.
-Yeah.

Allah!

So exciting.

Look at all this!

My little baby!

I missed you.

Your mother brags about you, Farida.

Job at the bank with the stock exchange?

I'll tell you,

but first,
can I just spoil you a little bit?

I came here for you.
What can I do for you, Grandma?

Oh, my baby!

Best that we take
this stuff to the backyard

and enjoy outside,

as Allah has intended.

Just let us breathe the fresh air.

-You're absolutely right, Grandma!
-Okay.

Don't you worry about a thing.

I'm here to help out.

You see? Here for you.

Sit and relax.

Go ahead. God bless you.
Thank you.

Uh…

Where did Jude go?

Where else?

She's with the lamb.

Maybe you should talk to her.
She smells like sheep!

Jude?

Why aren't you helping us?

I am helping.

That's enough, sweetie.
Let's not get too attached.

-Tomorrow it'll be…
-Stop talking to me!

Do not speak to me that way.
Stop acting like a child!

I am a child!

Okay, I'll treat you like one.
Go to your room, Jude.

Go!

Then, to our surprise,
there was nobody home

We wondered where they were at that hour.

-What?
-That's her.

If it's Munira,
why doesn't she let herself in?

How would I know?

Hi!

Here to help us?

Help you with what?

I already got the lamb, didn't I?

-I'm here for Mom.
-Well, Grandma Habiba…

She turned the whole house upside down.

She's ruining the plans
Khawlah and Nojood have been working on.

I have news to make you smile.

Munira Ahmad,

Farida Adib

are now proud owners
of shares of Al-Raee's in Kuwait.

Remember that this stock is up.

And it's just gonna keep going up.

Pleasure doing business with you.

-Hello.
-Hi!

There's no god but Allah.

Praise Allah.

There's no god but Allah.

Hello, sweetie.

Here, Grandma Habiba. Sit down.

Sweetie.

What a sweet lovely lamb you are. Yeah.

You know, I'm just like you.

I love animals.

Lambs in particular.

They are so special to me.

-You know why?
-Why?

Because when I was little,

I had a lamb.

His name was Mahrous.

Everyone would ask, "Where's Habiba?"

They'd say, "She's with Mahrous."

When they asked "Where's Mahrous?"
they'd say, "He's with Habiba."

Yeah, that's right. Oh yeah.

I just loved Mahrous.

Until one day,
I woke up and he was gone.

They had slaughtered him.

Yes.

-What?
-Yeah.

They had slaughtered him
for my sister-in-law's wedding.

I was so sad.

"What's the point of living?
What's the point?"

I kept on saying.

But that's how it is.
It was out of my hands.

But that's how life is.

Many have to go through the same thing.

It's just the way it is.

We all leave this earth and die
leaving behind unfinished business.

I still praise Allah anyway, my child.

This is life.

We have to deal with it.
What else can we do?

Hey, where's Jude?

In her room tonight.

That's the first night she spent
in her room in a couple of weeks.

What is it you need, Mom?

Well, actually, help with, uh…
I need help with the costs of

Grandma Habiba's party stuff.

-Well, how much?
-Just around two

hundred dinar.

Whoa!

Two hundred dinars?

-But how?
-You know, Farida, these things are,

you know, just so very expensive.

Yeah.

Does Dad know?

We should not involve your sweet father
in all this stuff, Farida.

-You're right.
-Hm.

You are right.

How about Khawlah?

Why can't she lend you
some money from her fortune?

They are so loaded.
You can just go ask her.

Hell no.

Very bad idea.

If I ask for even just this, this much,

huh, she'll go crazy.

I'm not asking her for anything.

Okay, okay. Maybe there's another way.

Okay. That's fine. I get it.

Hello?

Sorry if I woke you.

Keep the apologies.
It's one in the morning.

-Why are you paging me so late?
-Something urgently important came up.

-I need money back from Al-Ra'ee.
-What? Your money?

Honey, this is our money.
It's not up to you.

Hold on to yours if you must.
I just want mine back.

We've just started this partnership,
and it's not a game.

My share, your share,
we can't do this, okay?

Our partnership has to guide what we do.

Why do you keep changing your mind?

Yeah, I know that.

Hey, I'm really trying, really trying,
but something's come up, Munira.

And I have a daughter that needs support.

-You'll never understand.
-Mm.

-You're just like your mother.
-Excuse me?

Why's my mother involved?

She agreed
to cover her share of the party.

Then, she changed her mind
and asked for more money.

So you're acting the same.

Mark my words,
you two are exactly the same.

Listen.
Your mother kept requesting more stuff

without concern for the price.
Listen here. Your mother is selfish.

-Like mother, like daughter!
-Right!

It's about us being loyal partners.
I won't sell shares.

I'm not withdrawing,
and you'll have to wait.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's see.
Pork prices better go through the roof.

Good morning.

-You came early today.
-I need the files from Chicago.

Files from Chicago?

Ah.

I have to find the keys.

Okay, here you go.

Let's go.

That's all the data, right?

-I think it's all the available data.
-Mm.

Mm-hmm.

Mm…

-I'm wondering what you're looking for?
-Pork futures.

Well, that's on line 11 or 12.

Your interest in pork is striking.

You scared me!
I'm anxious enough about the bell!

AL-RA'EE

Come on. Come on.

Munira!

Go, go, go. Go, go, go.

-Ah!
-Move aside.

-Ow!
-Careful!

-You think it will rise?
-Just wait and we'll see.

Ugh, here comes Hasan.

-Hey!
-Going down, eh?

-It's down. It's down. It's down.
-God. God. God.

AL-RA'EE

Yes! How about that?

I'd say cut your losses
and learn from this.

Be done with our challenge
so you don't lose all your money.

Yes!

-What did I tell you?
-Don't touch. Don't touch. Hey! Don't!

Yes!

Go, Al-Ra'ee! Go! Go, Al-Ra'ee! Go!

-Get back!
-Big deal. It's just a little.

-Easy.
-Go, go, go!

Got it!

-I tried to tell you!
-Big deal.

Yeah, get out of here.

It will move down.

Down! Down, down, down!

It'll go down.

-What?
-Nothing.

-I don't get it!
-Chill out. Chill out.

Go down. Go down.

Come on. Go down.

Down!

-Huh?
-Bad, bad…

Sell! Sell, sell, sell!

How can that happen?! We just lost bad.

-We just lost!
-Just calm yourself.

Listen. I have to feed my kids.

-Get your hands off of me.
-I won't take part in the loss.

Out of my way!

You see? Victory! Huh.

Our first win and far more to go!

I told you so!

I was right about Al-Ra'ee.

-Stunning, Munira.
-Yup.

Congrats. We did it.

Ms. Farida.

It must be nice. It must be nice.

You won the battle, not the w*r.

This exchange, it's a wild roller coaster.

You better prepare for hell.

And it will come.

-Ha!
-"You better prepare for hell."

Whatever.

Farida.

I'll go to the other room
to answer my pager.

We might just land a new deal.

Celebrating?

I have won.

How much?

That's a rude question.

Rude?

We're at a place
where people talk money all day.

It's not inappropriate.

Besides,
I'm really happy for what you got.

I realize we're competing.

But I'm also human.
I wanna know if you're offended.

Yeah, but it's been hard here.

Besides, for a woman,
it's a rough here.

-For everyone.
-I don't think so.

Some male clerks
don't make it as long as you have.

Are you saying
I'm like some boring old man, sir?

No, no, no, no.

Truth is

I feel so old,

when I'm only 32.

Thirty-two?
So you were born in the fifties?

-Yeah.
-Ah!

You had a mud brick house
and water pumped by hand.

And when were you born?

Well, I'm younger than you.
I was born in the 60s.

Does Mommy take you to work
in a baby basket, Khalifa?

You're right.

If she could, I think she would.

That's good.

The babies of the 60s are lame.

Poor Jude. I feel so bad for her.

She's so hurt and upset.

Yes, because she's a child.

But don't you worry, my dear daughter.
She will endure.

-We will make her feel better, all right?
-Mm.

I will go talk to her.

-That's sweet.
-Just let me.

-Thank you so much.
-Allah loves you.

I love you.

Hello! Hello there, sweetie!

Hello, my child!

My precious child!

Why are you upset, huh?

This is life.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.

Hello? Hey, Ma.

-Ready for the party?
-Almost done, thanks to Allah.

Good, I will be quick then.

I don't have the money yet. I will later.

Not again, Farida.
I thought we've already settled this.

-You'll get the money. Promise.
-Okay.

Listen.

Have Munira drive you home,
because I sent your dad and Roshen

to run a few errands for me.

Okay, Mom, I will.

I gotta go right now.
I'll see you at home. See you.

Mm.

Hello. Where the hell is everybody else?

Hasan and Walid are having a smoke.
Uh, Munira had files for the clerk.

Congrats on Al-Ra'ee

Thanks.

Looks like your cufflink fell off.

You have something to hold my sleeve?
Maybe a pin?

Yeah, sure.

-Here.
-Thank you.

You know, you shouldn't overwork yourself.

Sometimes you can achieve so much
with just a little effort. You hear?

Good. Don't work so much
that you exhaust yourself.

Take a break.

Like new.

I don't know how I gambled
more than half my salary for 180 dinars.

-And 800 fils.
-And 800 fils.

Why? Why did you have
to let me go and do that?

You did that. Don't you blame me.
You just like the drama.

Ugh! Drama?

I'll tell you why I bought them.
To prove to them that I can.

You agreed 'cause you knew I was right.

When I sold the shares,
I was thinking about Grandma Habiba

and what this money
would've meant to her

and what it would've done
when she was our age.

She couldn't spend
a single dinar back then.

-But Grandmother, she's bold, strong.
-We take after her.

Mm.

A thing I learned from Omar,

life must go on. It never waits.

It must go on.

That's why I took the risk.

So when I'm 80, I'm not regretting
all the great opportunities that I missed.

Do you have something
to hold my sleeve? Maybe a pin?

Farida, I'll go to the other room
to answer my pager.

-Wow. Happy birthday, sister.
-Everything looks great.

-May you live a long and healthy life.
-Yeah, thank you so much.

-Thank you.
-God bless you.

-Hello, hello.
-Hi, sweetie.

Look here.

Let me tell you something.

I haven't spent a penny.

My daughters. God bless them.
All expenses were covered.

-I didn't put up even a light bulb.
-You deserve it.

-And these two are my granddaughters.
-Wow!

Say hi to Auntie Ghaneema.

-This is my best friend.
-Hello. I'm pleased to see you.

And these two are like peas in a pod.

They work at the stock exchange.
God bless them.

-Hey, you.
-Mm?

Just admit it.

Be honest with me.
When's the last time she's been this nice.

I don't know. Um, never.

You don't think
she's getting pretty soft in her old age?

No chance.

You, hey!

Look at your daughter.
She's drinking lemonade.

That's not good for her!

Go make her a hot drink!

Go over and take that glass from her!

Juju?

What can I get for you to eat?

No, thanks, Mom.

No. I'm not hungry.

You okay?

Want some water to drink?

Is something bothering you?

Tell me if something is bothering you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Jude, let's dance a little bit tonight.

Mom, leave me be.

Oh, please?
It's Grandma Habiba's 80th birthday.

She's turning 80.

Yeah, it's important.
We have to go make her happy.

You don't care about me.

Jude?

I have given up everything.

I gave up our home.

And I gave up my friends.
And I gave up my school.

And I lost my lamb. He's dead.

It's not true.

Are you kidding?
You mean everything to me.

You're all I have.
You know how important you are.

Are you crazy?

-Fine, Mom. Just--
-Hey. Sh.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Please, Mom.

Just go.

Jude is now a woman?

Why didn't you say?

What?