01x03 - The Moment

[bunniefuu]

[Allegra] Why did you never tell me
you were a part of Eleven O'Clock?

I heard Greta say
that my mom was on borrowed time.

PREVIOUSLY

You'll loosen the trapdoor on the stage
where Caterina finishes her choreography.

[Allegra] Don't you get it, Félix?

My mom could have been
a musical theater star,

but Greta stole her chance.

-So, what are you going to do?
-I have to go back

and change the past.

I just want to join the company.

[Cocó] Enough for me.

That was a very good performance,
but I wasn't feeling it.

[Bárbara] Isn't that too much?

I think you already know my choice.

[Cocó] Now, do you understand why
you can't be a part of Eleven O'Clock?

INTERTWINED

-[footsteps approaching]
-[rustling]

What are you doing here by yourself?

Is the rehearsal over?

[Marco] Yeah, just finished.

That's awesome.

I didn't know
that you wanted to join the company.

I thought that I wouldn't see you again
after our failed run-in with the bike.

[chuckles] But that was just yesterday.

No, it was a few days ago.

[gasps] I need to talk to Caterina.

She left with Cocó.

[sighs]

The same thing happened to me.

Do you know how many times I've auditioned
and bombed my routine?

Well, it wasn't that bad.

[chuckles] I didn't mean it like that.

Do you know how many times
I said what I thought and it bombed?

Ah, okay.
You're not going to forgive me for that.

[laughs]

Sometimes it's good to be told "no."

I don't know, it gives you more strength
to break a leg the next time you audition.

[chuckles]

I don't think I'll audition again.
I've been doing everything wrong lately.

I don't expect you to understand.
This isn't my place... or my time.

Cocó also intimidated me
the first time I auditioned.

Well, just a little.

[Allegra chuckles]

Cocó is very demanding.

And a lot of the time,
I don't agree with her decisions,

but the truth is,
she knows how to bring out your best.

It's up to you. If you really want this,
you'll find a way.

I don't think I can.

[clicks tongue, inhales]

What did you say? No, I don't think
I heard that right. That's why.

[laughs]

Nothing, forget it. It's difficult.

It's going to be difficult for me
to forget about you.

And I hope you don't forget about me.
Marco.

Marco Resco.

["Seguir Viviendo Sin Tu Amor" playing]

♪ If I reach your heart anyway ♪

♪ Everything comes down to choice ♪

♪ Don't write on my wall ♪

♪ I just want to be inside your skin ♪

♪ And if the sun doesn't shine ♪

♪ And I remain trapped here ♪

♪ There'd be no reason ♪

♪ To keep living without your love ♪

MAGNETIC
POP / ROCK / ODDITIES

♪ And I return, crazy ♪

♪ Seeking your love ♪

♪ Nothing left but the wind ♪

♪ Nothing left but the wind ♪

♪ And if the sun doesn't shine ♪

♪ And I remain trapped here ♪

[through headphones]
♪ There'd be no reason ♪

♪ To keep living without your love, ah ♪

[Marco] ♪ And I return, crazy ♪

-♪ Seeking your love ♪
-[Allegra] ♪ Seeking your love ♪

♪ Nothing left but the wind ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

[both]
♪ Nothing left but the wind ♪

♪ And if the sun doesn't shine ♪

♪ And I remain trapped here ♪

♪ There'd be no reason ♪

♪ To keep living without your love ♪

[song continues through headphones]

[pop music playing on speakers]

Sometimes I'm a little jealous of Diego.

Why?

Look where he works.
This place is paradise.

I wish there were some way
to listen to all the music

that exists in the world
whenever you want, right?

All the music on a single device?

[chuckles]

Are you making fun of me?

No. Not at all. I think the same thing.
It's a matter of time.

Hold on, say that again.

Say what?

The last thing you said.

It's a matter of time?

Once more.

[chuckles]

It's a matter of time.

You're a puzzle.

I like that you get me.

It's for my next project.
You'll see once it's public.

[people chattering]

What's that?

I'm making a mixtape.

A what?

A mixtape.

I'm recording a very carefully
curated selection of songs.

It's basically an art form in itself.

It's basically
my friend's declaration of love.

[scoffs]

A playlist?

A what?

You've got this song on
the cassette twice. Check it out. Hey.

It's on here twice
because it's Caterina's favorite song.

-[gasps] Caterina. I have to talk to her.
-Why are you in such a rush?

Uh, because she's the only one
who can help me change Cocó's mind.

I want to audition again.
I need another chance.

I don't have the number.

I'll write it down for you.

Here it is. Keep it, so you'll have it.

Thanks.

[dial tone]

[chuckling] Of course.

Mmm.

-[sniffs]
-[line ringing]

[Lucía] Hello?

Hi. This is Laura. Is Caterina there?

-Yes, I'll get her. Caterina, telephone!
-I want you to listen to something.

Okay.

[pop music playing through headphones]

So?

-[Marco sighs]
-[music stops]

I don't want to copy
what everyone else is doing.

But I like how they sound. And you
haven't even heard the whole album.

Okay.

For the band to gain a following,
we need people to listen to us.

[bracelet whirring]

-[metallic clink]
-[Diego] I don't know about you,

but I don't want to play
in my grandmother's garage my whole life.

Laura will understand me.

[Caterina] Hello? Hello? Can you hear me?

[bracelet whirring]

-[phone beeps]
-[typing]

Question, how long has this been here?

About ten years.

Have a nice day.

Thanks.

Whoa!

Truth is stranger than fiction. Get it?
You disappeared into thin air. Poof.

Like Doc Brown's car,
but without the fire tracks.

What happened? Tell me.

Hmm? Did you go through a wormhole?
What happened? What happened?

Félix, can you come and help me?
My mom will be here any minute.

-No, hold on, just wait. What?
-[sighs]

Think, think. A wormhole is a door
through space-time. Mmm?

Didn't you see that Jodie Foster movie?
No, you didn't see it, obviously.

Did you feel your body stretching?
[groans] Like this?

I know. A bright light, bam...
[whooshes] ...that blinded your eyes?

Anything at all like that? No?

[pants] I don't know
what's harder to believe:

that you traveled through time or
that Caterina was part of Eleven O'Clock.

Which doesn't make much sense either...

You say that because
you didn't see her dance. She's the best.

Mmm. Better than you?

Much better.

I thought that I was ready to join
the company, but Cocó was right.

I still have a long way to go.

[gasps]

[metal scraping, clink]

What was that?

I told you that they untie on their own.

This is the second time it's happened.

I think that each time I return
from the past, a knot unties.

So then... [sighs]
...you have eight trips left.

["Seguir Viviendo Sin Tu Amor"
playing through speakers]

-What are we listening to?
-[player beeping]

It sounds like something
from my mom's playlist. [chuckles]

It's Spinetta. Marco really likes it.

Marco? [chuckles] Who is "Marco"?

He's one of the guys in the company.

I met him yesterday at the mall,
but he says that we met a few days ago.

-[sighs]
-[gasps]

I know. That means that the time
that you spend in the past...

[chuckles]

...is different
from the time in the present.

Get it? [chuckles]

I don't know what that means, but he's...

[Félix sighs]

He's... I don't know how to describe him.

He's got a very special vibe.
And he talks kind of funny.

And he's different from the rest.

Hmm.

-[typing]
-Marco Resco.

♪ If I reach your heart anyway ♪

♪ Everything comes down to choice ♪

♪ Don't write on my wall ♪

♪ I just want to be inside your skin ♪

-[man on radio, indistinct]
-How did it go today?

Did you take advantage
of your day off to study?

Yes, the truth is I really needed it.
I got a lot of studying done.

Very good.

Tomorrow,
I need you in the office all day, eh?

There's a lot to catch up on
with the finances.

[man on radio continues]

I'm...

I'm writing a new song,

and I thought that maybe
you might want to listen to it.

[scoffs]

You know that I don't really like
for you to do those things.

Hey?

They distract you from studying.

It's the admission course, Dad.
It's not a big deal.

Yes, well, exactly,

if you want to be admitted to the program,
you need to pass the admission course.

And I will, Dad.

You'd better. [scoffs]

Now, before I forget,

in your bag you'll find an envelope
with money to pay the school fee.

[typing]

There's nothing on the Internet.
Isn't that strange?

No. No, maybe he didn't do anything
important at all in his life.

And he had lots of time
because if in the past,

he was your age... [laughs]
...now he's the same age as Caterina.

[sighs] What could have happened to him?

Why do you... Why? Why do you care, eh?
Allegra, come on, concentrate.

Eleven O'Clock is the only thing that
should be taking up your headspace.

I know.

But if I don't manage to join the company,
then I won't be able to stop Greta.

And she's going to try to sabotage my mom
during the next rehearsal.

No. I'm talking about the present.

Yeah, me too. If my mom
gets the role of Ellie in the past,

then she'll become an artist and she'll
sign the permission slip in the present.

But that's dangerous.

You don't know what could happen
in the present if you change the past.

What do you mean?

Look. [sighs]

The present is the consequence of
everything that has occurred in the past.

Imagine your mom gets the role,
but Eleven O'clock goes belly-up. Hmm?

Or if you return from the past
and I don't exist anymore.

Okay, let's see. I don't have answers,

but the only thing I know for sure is that
I can't imagine a present without you.

[chuckles]

Okay. Come on.

No. No, no, no, no, no,
you can't take that one. Here you go.

I'm going to make you listen
to Near Wild Heaven on vinyl.

-It will change your life.
-Okay. Thanks.

-Over there in the booth.
-I'll listen to it.

-Doctor, how's it going?
-[sighs]

We don't have any classical music here,
in case you were wondering.

No, I need to get this off.
It's suffocating me. I can't anymore.

How long are you going to
keep living a double life, Marco?

I can't tell my dad the truth.
It's becoming clearer every day.

But what are you going to do when he
discovers that you're not going to school?

I don't know.
Sometimes I just want to go far away.

Maybe everything would be easier
somewhere else.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't
throw stones, because as far as I know,

Cocó doesn't know anything
about you dating her daughter.

-Shh!
-Shh!

-That's different.
-Huh?

It's different because if Cocó Sharp
finds out that I'm dating her daughter,

she'll throw me out of the company.

Well, I'd say she'd hire a hit man.

No. You know what? I think
she'd prefer to do it with her own hands.

[both laugh]

Maybe.

Come on, Buddy Holly.
Hurry up, so we can get to rehearsal.

-Gentlemen, I have news.
-What's up?

We have a gig on Thursday at the CD Room.

-Whoo!
-[laughs]

That's good news.

That's not the only thing.
Manuel Juaz is coming to see us.

Manuel Juaz, Indiana's producer?

Yep. The record label wants
new bands to record a demo, so...

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Okay. We've got to buckle down, eh?

-We have to practice every day.
-Every day.

Because, who knows?

Serotonina could be in the radio top 10
in a few months.

[all laugh]

-Let's go.
-Let's go.

-[Allegra] Are you ready?
-[Félix] Yeah.

[Allegra]
Okay, good. Play. Hit play, play, play.

-[speaker beeps]
-["Carnaval Toda La Vida" playing]

Welcome home!

Hi.

I'm fine. It's so good to be back home.

I couldn't stand that hospital
disinfectant smell any longer.

[Allegra chuckles]

Everything looks so neat.

Everything is as it should be:
neat, clean and spotless.

-[Allegra] I had help.
-Hmm.

I love that song.

How did you know that I liked it?

Because it's a '90s classic, right?
My mom loves it too. That's why.

[chuckles] Yeah.
Yeah, we wanted to surprise you.

Okay. You don't need to stay.

The driver must be waiting for you.

Thank you for bringing me.

I arranged everything to stay
until you recover.

It's the best thing for you.

The best thing for me
would be if you left.

-[speaker beeps]
-[music stops]

Okay, I think the best thing for me
would be to leave, right?

Bye.

Cocó is staying here, Mom.

Yes, Allegra, because I wasn't home.

Now she can go back to her hotel,
to her country, to her life.

Calm down.

I contacted my assistant to change
my return flight to New York to tomorrow.

-No.
-Allegra,

Cocó is a very busy woman, as always.

She can't stay.

I wanted to prepare a Thai dish,

but there wasn't any coconut milk
or sesame seeds or even rice.

I had forgotten
that you were such a good cook.

Shall we start? It's getting cold.

It's fine, I can do it myself.

What are you going to do
when I'm not here?

Allegra will help me.

Allegra, I'm going to need a hand
with the bookstore.

I'll give you both, Mom,
but my hands aren't like Grandma's.

I know. Your grandmother's hands
are very delicate.

They've never even washed a plate.

Never.

You smiled just like that in the pictures.

What pictures?

Some that Cocó showed me of your birthday.

Really?

Ah.

My grandmother must have taken them.
Amelia was often touring on that date.

[Cocó chuckles]

Don't call me Amelia anymore. I am Cocó.

"Cocó" is your stage name.
To me, you'll always be Amelia.

[chuckles] The food is great, isn't it?

-Yes, delicious. Next time I'll cook a...
-Weren't you leaving tomorrow?

Of course, but we'll stay in touch.

I leave in a few days for Moscow

-to give a workshop, but...
-You're going to Russia?

-Yes.
-I didn't know.

There's a lot you don't know about me.

That's what you think.
I know more than you imagine.

And about Mom, too.

I doubt my record is as interesting
as your grandmother's.

What else did the secret spy discover?

That you were part of Eleven O'Clock.

Calm down, Mom.
Grandma had nothing to do with it.

I found a mention on the Internet.

It's too bad that you didn't play Ellie.
What happened?

[sighs]

Shall we toast?

To meeting again.

In 20 years.

To my very affectionate daughter.

To my very generous mother.

I'll toast to the three of us,

to the Sharp women.

If you laugh, if you drink,
this toast is mine

-and no one else's.
-No one else's.

-[laughs]
-[glasses clinking]

-[phone chiming]
-That's a toast your great-grandmother,

your mom and I would make
when your mom was really little.

[Allegra on phone speakers]
♪ And now how do I fix it? ♪

♪ I can't promise you ♪

What is this?

♪ That this world will change ♪

-♪ But I can...
-[music stops]

Did you go back to Eleven O'Clock
without my permission?

-Wait, Mom, I can explain.
-I clearly told you that you couldn't...

Calm down, Caterina, the doctor said...

I'll calm down
when you don't ask me to calm down.

Go to your room.

-Mom, what...
-Go to your room.

-I don't want you coming near my daughter.
-[door closes]

[sighs]

Magic Ink

-[pop music playing on earbuds]
-[snapping fingers]

-[door opens]
-[music stops]

[Cocó] I like to dance when I'm upset too.

[sighs] I had a horrible night.

Oh, I couldn't sleep well either.

I came before your mom wakes up

because I don't want her to feel worse
if she sees me here.

-It's not fair that...
-No.

Your mom needs time.

The auditions, the accident,
my arrival was all too much.

Now she needs to be calm
and get some rest,

so that she can recover soon.

Yesterday, I tried to talk to her
so that she'd sign the permission slip,

but it was impossible.

It's going to be very difficult
to convince her now.

Don't give up, Allegra.

If you truly want to be part
of Eleven O'Clock,

you have to get your mom
to give you permission.

I think there is something I can do,
but it's not going to be easy.

I wish I could help you.
But my flight leaves in the afternoon.

Do you think there was ever a time
that you made a mistake

by rejecting someone
who wanted to join the company?

Why do you ask that?

I think that sometimes
I don't feel the music,

that I can't dance unless I've learned
the choreography down to the last detail.

You can't control everything, Allegra.

You have what it takes.

But the most important thing
is to be present in the moment

and give it your all, to breathe.

And then you have to trust
and let yourself go with the flow.

I'm going to miss you.

Me too.

[whispers] Very much.

[bracelet whirring]

-[groans]
-[objects clatter]

[exhales sharply]

[exhales sharply]

[sighs]

-[horn honks]
-[Cocó] Caterina!

[horn honking]

Your mom has been waiting for you
in the car for a while

-and is about to blow her top.
-[Cocó] Caterina!

Coming!

Caterina.

This is all because today they'll choose
who will star on opening night.

[whispers] Greta.

[Caterina]
Can you deny that she's insufferable?

Wait, wait. Before I forget...

Last night I read the first chapter
of your novel.

-And?
-I loved it.

It's ready to publish.

-Wait.
-[horn blaring]

Jasmine.

-Bye. Thanks, Gran!
-[door opens]

[door closes]

Hello, Caterina's friend.

Good morning.

That's strange, she didn't say anything
about you sleeping over.

Uh, she probably forgot.

I arrived late yesterday.
That's why we didn't see each other.

Mmm. I'm drawing a blank.
What was your name?

Allegra. Uh, Laura. Laura. Allegra was my...

my dog, who died recently.

[sighs] I think about her every day.

She had a lovely name.
That was my mother's name.

-Really?
-Yeah.

I didn't know that.

I would be very surprised if Caterina

went around reciting her genealogy
to her friends.

-Did Caterina already leave?
-They just left.

-I'm leaving too.
-Okay. See you.

I'm allergic to jasmine.

-So is my granddaughter.
-[chuckles]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Bárbara sighs]

Are you going to be able
to practice with that?

I have no choice.

But it looks pretty bad.

I didn't say anything.

Did you do what I asked?

Of course, sweetie.
You're talking to a professional.

In fact, I'm thinking that if this whole
musical theater thing doesn't work out,

I could make a living
as a professional criminal.

I'm betting my future on this rehearsal.

Calm down, sweetie. Everything's ready.

[imitates screaming]

[loud clatter, thud]

It was all very easy.

What are you two up to?

Nothing, girl stuff.

Ah.

Makeup is girl stuff. I had no idea.

You exhaust me, Marco.

Hello. How are you?

COMING SOON
freaky friday

Come in. This way.

How are you? Name, please? This way.

STAGE
DRESSING ROOMS

[sighs]

MECHANICAL ROOM

[Tomás] I changed the project completely.

[Cocó]
What needs to change is the art director.

Now, I think we can find a solution
that makes everybody happy. Right?

Clearly, we do not share
the same aesthetic criteria.

I asked you for a visionary,
and you brought me a day laborer.

[sighs]

-I'm right here.
-Yes, that's one of the problems.

Well, if you don't like my work, I quit.

[Tomás]
Please, let's not go to extremes, okay?

Let's see if we can calm down a little.
I don't know. What do you propose, Cocó?

What were you doing with that girl
at the record store?

Greta, jealous-compulsive
doesn't look good on you.

I'm not jealous,

but I'm also not stupid.

I know you. I know what you're like.

What are you trying to say?

That I don't want you to make me
look ridiculous in front of everyone.

Can you drop the drama?

This is Freaky Friday the musical,
not the soap opera. Hmm?

The other day,
I saw you on stage with Laura.

Now you're going out with her.
What's going on between you two?

Nothing.
I already told you, we're friends.

But in case you forgot, I'm dating you.

And since when has that ever stopped you?

You tire me, Greta.

I need to go to the dress rehearsal.

I hope that you're clear
about what I want.

Very clear, Cocó. Rest assured.

[door closes]

I know it's not easy, eh? I know.

But you know what?

There's only one Cocó Sharp in this world.
You know what I mean?

Don't waste any more time. Put together
another proposal and get to work.

I'll check it later.

Listen to me, Camilo.

I don't want anything,
anything to stop you.

Is that clear? Let's go.

[door opens]

[door closes]

[window opens]

[gasps]

[shards clink, thud]

[Tomás] Wait a second.
I left my mobile phone in the office.

Be right there.

[sighs]

Coming.

[exhales deeply]

[Cocó] Attention! Places! Let's go!

Five, six, seven, go.

[rhythmic tapping]

♪ He's alive but inarticulate
Seems like he's an invertebrate ♪

-♪ No way to hide his immaturity ♪
-[choir] ♪ His immaturity ♪

[Greta] ♪ And my frontal lobe
Is becoming hypnotized ♪

♪ As my hormones race toward him ♪

♪ What technique, what flash
The scalpel's so cool ♪

Greta, Caterina. Switch roles.

♪ So kind to think so well of me
Good lord, I don't know what to say ♪

[chorus]
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪

[all]
♪ It's biology, it's so illogical ♪

♪ What have you done to me?
To be living this cliché at age 40 ♪

[chorus] ♪ Cliché, cliché ♪

♪ It's ironic and claustrophobic ♪

♪ So imprisoned while released ♪

[rattling]

[Caterina] ♪ I'm starting to go crazy ♪

[audio slows]

[rhythmic thumping]

[rattling continues]

[Caterina grunts]

[normal audio]

[music fades]

[Cocó]
You can't control everything, Allegra.

-[tires screech]
-[Cocó] You have what it takes.

The most important thing is to be present
in the moment and give it your all.

[gasps]

[Cocó] And let yourself go with the flow.

[music resumes]

-[music ends]
-[footsteps approaching]

Caterina, are you okay? Are you hurt?

I'm fine. I'm not hurt.

I need someone to explain what happened.

Mom, she just saved me,
you could thank her.

I don't know what happened.
All of the trapdoors are locked with pins.

It doesn't look like it.
This could have been a serious accident.

[Caterina] Allegra!

Allegra!

Allegra isn't here.

I looked all over the house,
I called her cell, she's not answering,

and she's not with Félix.

-She disappeared.
-That's strange.

I saw her this morning in her room
when I went in to say goodbye.

Are you sure she's not in the house?

Yes, she left her room a mess.
It's very strange.

Something must've happened.
She didn't say anything to you?

-[woman] Yes, sorry.
-[man] I don't know how that happened.

[woman] We checked it this morning,
and everything was fine.

Thanks. I don't know
how your reflexes worked so quickly.

I'm Caterina.

-I'm...
-Laura, I know.

This is the second time you've
come into the theater without permission.

[chuckles]

I have that one too.

Come on. Let's go.

[clears throat]

Well, after consulting with my colleagues
and our producer, Tomás Diz,

we have come to a decision.

This was a very difficult decision,

since both Greta and Caterina
shone onstage.

Greta, congratulations.

You had a very good audition.

On opening night, the character of Ellie
will be played by Caterina.

-[Greta gasps]
-[applause, cheering]

-[girl] Wow, congratulations! Awesome.
-[Diego] Bravo. Bravo.

[boy] Yeah, of course. That's awesome.

Good.

-It could be worse.
-Are you kidding?

I lost the lead role.

Supporting characters
don't go to New York,

they don't go to the West End
and they don't go to Corrientes Avenue.

Attention. I have one last announcement.

Today, one of you surprised me

by showing the courage and the passion

to be and shine onstage.

That person is...

Laura.

What?

[murmuring]

Laura, you really impressed me
with what you did today.

You finally demonstrated that you have
what it takes to be part of the company.

Welcome to Eleven O'clock.

[cheering, applause]

[boy] Bravo.

[Marco] Whoo!