03x01 - Defesa

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Igor, I don't know why
it's happening to us?

Igor, for God's sake. For God's sake.

I don't know either,
Luiza. I don't know either.

Calm down.

Calm down.

Igor, take them home now!
Valentina!

Valentina!

Valentina! Come back here!

Valentina!

Go after her, Igor!
Calm down! Calm down!

And let Duda know!

Valentina, my daughter. Wait!
What the hell is this?

Valentina, my love. Calm down!

As a mother, I am concerned
about my daughter's emotional state.

Oh, Catarina!
And as a grandmother,

I am concerned about
my grandson's education.

You are just concerned about yourself!

To satisfy your shitty ego. Even
if it's at the expense of others!

Shitty ego?
Yes!

Shitty ego!
Shitty ego?

You're so exhausted, my daughter!
Calm down.

Shared custody will give you
time to take care of yourself.

Oh, of course.

Of course, you know
everything better than me!

Including how to manage
my time better than me!

Léo spends more time here with me,
and at other people's houses anyway!

Am I lying?
Catarina! Enough!

You will not give up.
Will you, you selfish b*tch?

How dare you...

take away my dream?

To take away from me the most
important thing I have in my life!

I am done with you!

Valentin...

BASED ON THE WORK
BY NATHÁLIA SODRÉ

EPISODE 1: DEFENSE

The children are sleeping.

Thank you, Duda.

We'll... we'll figure this out.

Okay? Um...

Try to stay calm.

Why is Catarina doing this to us?

Out of pride, huh!

She never deceived me.

Did Igor give you any updates?

No, I've called several
times and he won't answer.

But we... need to stay calm, huh?

How can we?

I don't know either, but...

Aninha?

Hey.
Are you sleeping?

No!

Do you know what's happening?

No, but your mom is very sad.

Is grandma talking nonsense again?

I don't know.

What a day, huh?

Aninha is sleeping again.

How did it go there, huh?
It was complete chaos!

I hope Valentina is calmer.

I doubt that, but I don't know.

But she needs to set
limits with your mother.

I'm going to take a shower.

My love...

If you want...
Luiza! Luiza!

I feel betrayed!

After everything she's done
to me, what she's caused me...

Damn it! How could she...

How could she do that?

She's my mother, for God's sake!

I know, Valentina. But...

we're going to solve this together, okay?

We could have lunch at that
restaurant you like near your office.

Today, I have the afternoon off. I am free.

We could watch that movie
that premiered this week.

Olga from... from the gallery,
she said it's really worth it.

Excuse me.

I'm feeling... guilty.

I'm feeling broken.

I don't know which direction to take.

When I stop to think
about these feelings...

I feel that...

it's very similar to what I felt when
I had the miscarriage, you know?

And how was that period for you?

For a long time I thought
I was being punished.

For my inability...

I felt that I wasn't enough.

And I really wasn't, you know?

Not from my mother's perspective,
from what she expected of me.

She used to call me useless.

I believe I inadvertently
incorporated that into my life.

Great insight, Valentina.

Because...

it's very important for us to
understand the origin of our feelings.

And then we start to understand
the origin of our beliefs, our emotions.

This allows us to think differently.

And consequently be
able to act differently.

I understand, but...

How can I think differently,

if it's my own mother who keeps
emphasizing my incapacity?

She insists on it.

At all costs, all the time, she...

she keeps bringing it up continuously.

In the end...

my goal was just to prove
to myself that I could...

be happy being who I am,
you know, with my choices.

You are absolutely right!

This validation is super important.

Look...

Your expectations are
up to you and only you.

Just as it's up to others to
have their own expectations.

Understand?

But, look... I think we can wrap up here.

Okay? I am very happy with your progress.

I think we have made
a lot of progress, it's...

What we have to do now together...

is to accommodate these
new perceptions of Valentina.

This new Valentina.

Better to say it like that, okay?

And remember that like everything...

every new process takes time.

Okay? So, respect the time
of your process. Be kind to it.

I want you to look at this
process as an opportunity...

to build a new story.

To build your own story.

Is that okay?

See you next week.

Hey!
Hey!

How was therapy?
It was great!

Dr. Patrick is really nice!

And I think we are making
progress with the sessions.

Look at you. Look at
you now, huh, Valentina?

Okay, I confess that at the
beginning I was a little resistant,

but you were right. It's
doing me a lot of good!

Can you repeat that?

No, wait, because I need to...
Luiza!

Yeah, I need to record this.
Stop it! Let's go.

But I was right.

Look at this apartment! So good!

The location is perfect!
The documentation is okay.

Yeah, the location is good
indeed, but the price, right, love...

The price is very high. It's
almost double our budget.

True... and the location
isn't that great, right?

I think if it's too old
and needs renovation,

it's not really worth it, right?

And transportation!

Write down: "must have
access to transportation."

Yeah, and what else do we need? A bakery
nearby, a pharmacy, a hospital too...

Doesn't need to be too big,

but at least two bedrooms I think is good.

Mm-hmm!

Hey, look. I found one here, huh?

Let me see!

Looks perfect, huh?

Oh, I love this one! I'm going to
schedule a visit for us to go then!

Can't wait for us to have our own place!

Me too!

Whoa!

Ahhhh.

Does it taste good?

Now an M&M. Open up!

Uh-oh. Again!

Damn it!

Come on! You have to open your mouth wider!

What's all this mess I'm seeing
here, Valentina and Leonardo?

She's bad at aiming!
You're bad at aiming!

Hey, buddy!
Yeah, son...

she really is bad at aiming.

The good thing is that he has
another uniform for tomorrow!

Come on, Léo! Get down and go
take a bath. Mommy will be there soon.

Ouch!

I'm coming. Okay, my love?

You can start by taking off that shirt.

Sorry, I got carried away!

Sure...

I noticed.

Have you taken the trash out yet?

Yes. The garbage truck has even
come by and picked it up already.

Um!

And you know that today is also the day...

That today is laundry day

and I've already put all the
dirty clothes in for washing.

Then you might as well
add Leo's uniform to it too.

Yes, ma'am.

Am I forgiven?

Valentina...

Get a grip on yourself.

I have to go upstairs to
give Leo a bath, okay?

But, later on...

I will think of a way
for you to be forgiven.

Is that an invitation?

It's an order!

Beautiful picture. Is it... the treehouse?

Yep!

It was our refuge.

We had so many good times there.

You would spend hours admiring
the landscape and all that nature!

Not to mention every time you
saw a tree, you wanted to hug it!

Hey, but that's a unique energy,
you know? You should try it!

But, tell me...

what happened?

Well, life got busy, we
had many plans, and little time.

It wasn't possible anymore
to do it like before, you know?

When we wanted to have
some time just for ourselves.

Oh, that's sad.

Well...

I even suggested building a treehouse
here, but you didn't really like the idea.

Really?
Yep.

You said that 'there would
always be our special place.'

If we weren't going
through this situation, I...

I would like to go back there.

Do you want to take
grapes to school as well?

Good morning, my loves!

Good morning!
Hey there, son...

did you sleep well?

I slept well, yes!
Oh, that's good!

I have a surprise for you today, Luh.

How is your schedule?

I'm loving this morning excitement!

My schedule is free!
Great! Then I have plans!

Hey there, buddy, does it taste good?

Mmm!

All-right!

Come on, my son.

I'll help you.

Legs.

Backpack.

You're really not going to
tell me where we're going?

First, we drop the little guy off
at school. Then I'll surprise you!

Surprise?
Uh-huh!

Let's go!

I'm loving this mystery!

I'm in love with this view.

Wow, I think...

the last time I was here, I was
so tormented that I didn't even...

have time to admire it.

I knew it would be good
to bring you here again.

Come with me?

What's this?

Whoa!

These are letters!

You've always loved to write.

But that's not all I wanted to show you.

We wanted to keep them in a
special place, so we left them here.

Are these our...
Yep!

Our engagement rings!

Can I keep them?

Of course you can.

You can have anything you want.

Um...

Anything I want?

Anything.
Oh!

I think we should go in.

Scared, huh?

Luiza...
Um...

don't deprive me of
what's left of my sanity.

What a pleasant surprise.

I didn't know you were here at my house.