02x03 - Just a Little Scare

[bunniefuu]

Aren't you going to offer
your favorite nephew anything to drink?

I only have water.

Well, let's get some take-out.

So we can celebrate meeting again.

I don't usually have dinner.

I always have some tea,

a cr*cker and I go to sleep.

And what's more,

it's time I go to sleep.

Why do you disrespect me?

- I'm not disrespecting you.
- Yeah.

You disrespected me.

What is it? You don't want to see me?

Or have you forgotten you have a family?

Almost two hours driving from Cañuelas
to come visit you.

You give me only ten minutes
and that's it?

You appeared suddenly, you surprised me.

- How did you find me?
- I'll tell you.

Going through mom's things,

may she rest in peace,

your only sister,
the one you never visited,

I found a letter

where you told her that you had moved
into this building,

that you were very happy,
that you had got a job.

That it was an opportunity for everyone,
not for you.

For everyone.

You talked about Aunt Clara, too,
poor thing.

So young. What happened to her?

Aunt Clara died.

Hmm...

One Sunday afternoon,
we were walking in a mall,

and your aunt had very long hair
at that time, very long.

She crouched, uh...

to tie her shoelaces...

and her hair got caught on the escalator,
and it went off,

it yanked her and broke her neck,
she just laid there.

That's crazy, my God.

Yes. But we must move forward,
there is no other way.

You have to keep going, right?
Yes. But you went alone.

You didn't move on with your family,
or your sister.

She loved you so much, right?

Look, the relationship that I had
or did not have

with my sister is absolutely my problem.

Of course, it just so happens
that I want to understand.

What's up? Do we embarrass you?
You never called me.

Never.

I have three girls.

You don't know any.

Yamila, Yazmín and Yaira.

That's why I have this tattoo.

Oh, how beautiful.

They are so grown up.

Do you want to see photos? I have photos.

No, I would like to... rest.

I'd like you to give me your phone number,
and I'll call you in the week.

No.

No.

Let's talk face to face, hmm?

I want to know if we did something to you

or if you crap all over your family
just on a whim.

I never did that. Every year at Christmas

I'd send you some money,
of course, within my possibilities.

Sure, of course, right?

But seeing where you live now,

that feels like a handout.

I pictured you, I don't know,
in a nook,

as a doorman, sleeping among the brooms,

in a basement,
but look what you have, man.

Some mansion.

A little wasted space,
nothing bad, but alright.

No, for me, 20 square meters
is more than enough.

Anyway, you're better than us,
we're counting pennies.

I just got laid off,

and my wife...
unjustly deprived of her liberty.

It's just me with three girls to feed.

That's it, you've fed me up.

I heard you, I heard your whining.

Enough.

I am a laborer

and the money that I've earned,
I've earned by working,

and I don't owe an explanation
to you,

or anyone, is that clear? So go on.

Let's go, Maxi, come on.

So that's how things are.

That's how they are, Maxi, yes.

Well, I'm glad to know, huh...

You decided it.

Yes. Yes.

- Let me in downstairs.
- No.

The security guard will open for you.

And I'll tell you one thing,
just this once.

Never again

are you to come back here to harass me.

Because this is my workplace.
Is that clear?

You can count on it.

[snaps fingers]
Go.

[dramatic music]

[exhales]

[theme music]

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There, I k*lled you, you're dead.

[shots in the video game]

Oh, that's a lot of sh**ting, isn't it?

Uli,

how about...

we leave the little games for a moment?

It's a beautiful Sunday,
we can seize the day.

I don't want to.

[shots and man groans]

Don't you like to make plans with dad?

Maybe you are a little sad

because mom and dad
don't live in the same house?

No.

- You sure?
- Sure.

Look...

you can tell mom that...

you want her to go back to dad,
that way we can all live together

like before.

No, I like it better this way.

What do you mean
you like it better this way?

You don't know what you're saying.
You're confused.

There is nothing better
than a united family.

There we go, that's better.

[doorbell buzzing]

MATIAS: Hey, what's up?

Come, come in.

Excuse me, sir.

Forgive me for bothering you on a Sunday.

Hi, Ulises. How are you?

[g*nshots]

[chuckles]

Well...

It seems that we already have
the necessary information

to get rid of our mutual friend.

We didn't find out anything.

We spent a night with those hobos,
and for what?

It is not like that.
We found out that the target

lived through many criminal episodes,
that she is terrified of insecurity,

that's why she moved to this building.

And what the hell did that do for us?

[whispering] We have to scare her,
a little bit,

break her psychologically so she realizes

that she is not safe here either.

We didn't agree on that,
Eliseo, excuse me.

I understand that, well,
finding out if there's any dirt,

and well, eventually, make a complaint,

or extort her and then negotiate. Now...

What you propose is ridiculous.

Excuse me, do you always
solve problems like this?

No, you're right. I overstepped, sorry.

Now that I think about it,
no, that's not the way.

No, no, you're right, sir.

Well, I'm leaving.
I hope you have a nice Sunday.

See you later.

[shots on TV continue]

But I told you a thousand times,

you can't go full throttle
if you're surrounded by cowards.

And besides, this is new,
you never needed anyone.

Why look for a problem
when you didn't have it?

It's... it's... I don't...
It's depressing.

I'm hanging up because
I want to keep practicing.

I'll talk to you later, bye.
I send you a hug, dear, bye.

[dramatic music]

[piano music]

[beep]

ELISEO: What's up? It's me.
Listen to this,

this is the icing on the cake.
A crow wants to teach me morals,

a delinquent like Zambrano.

Where did this guy
get principles from?

He's done a thousand
worse things in his life,

but his hands shiver from a f*cking scare?

You know that deep down I knew
that this could happen.

But I told you a thousand times.
You can't go full throttle

if you are surrounded by cowards.

And besides, this is new,
you never needed anyone.

Why look for a problem
when you didn't have it?

It's depressing. I'm hanging up
because I want to keep practicing.

I'll talk to you later, bye.
I send you a hug, dear. Bye.

[beep]

I'm going to take care of you,
Lucila, don't worry.

- What happened?
- Well,

I don't know, children's mischief,

riding their bikes, throwing eggs.

People are starving and these morons,
pardon my French.

- You don't play with food, this is crazy.
- sh*t people.

Well, kid things, it's nothing serious.

Kids who start by throwing eggs in a glass
and then they stab you

to rob you and buy drugs.

Because kids are reckless nowadays.

No, that's it, I'll clean

- and that's it, forget it.
- Well. Have a good day.

Same to you, Muriel, same.

Heartless.

[dramatic music]

[sighs]

m*therf*cker.

So a nephew came out of nowhere?

I didn't peg you as a family man.

No, I'm not.

Being a family member is a weakness,

a primitive vice.

The whole moving as a pack,
is very monkey-like, isn't it?

- Aren't you exaggerating?
- No.

I cut ties with my family

many years ago,
they never did any good to me.

Not affectively, nor productively,

it was always a hindrance.

And who would that boy be? I mean,

whose son is he?

My sister's son, may she rest in peace,
married a parasitic alcoholic

and they had this kid,
who mamma mia, is terrible.

Misfit, moron.

Nothing to do with me,
a decent man who worked all his life.

Sure, nothing to do with you.

Sure?

There's nothing there?

Why don't you go f*ck yourself, Gomez?

- [Eliseo screams]
- [people startle]

[dog barking in the distance]

- MAN: What was that about?
- WOMAN: That was scary.

[giggles]

In the event that in the distant future

I want to step aside,

I'd like to prepare you psychologically
so that you do this job,

but in optimal conditions.

Thank you very much, Eliseo,
I really appreciate it.

No, don't thank me,
just learn.

On many occasions, the manager
for various reasons,

is forced to distort the truth,

to adjust it to his needs.

- You mean, lie.
- No, lying is something else.

No, it's being elastic, ductile.

For that you have to arm yourself
with a breastplate

so that in this way,
no one can ever doubt you.

That deserves some gymnastics,
to acquire... Well, alas.

- MAN: But nothing is that final.
- Be careful it's slippery.

There's a reason the opinion of commission

is not carved in stone.
It can be discussed.

- Oh, what a beauty, my God.
- Isn't he?

And he's a mix of both of you, isn't he?

Really? You think so?

Yes, from the nose up, that's you.

And from the nose down,
he is the congressman.

He is very cute and he behaves very well.

- He is very beautiful.
- Yeah.

- He needs to be in advertisements.
- Really?

Agencies die for cute babies

- for commercials.
- Ah... Did you hear that, love?

He says that Faustino could advertise.

As far as I'm concerned,
he can shove his vote up his a*s.

- We don't need it.
- Well... I'll tell him later.

- Of course. Bye, bye.
- Thank you so much.

- How beautiful, I congratulate you.
- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.
- What a cute baby.

You see? This is molding the truth.

I've never seen an uglier baby,
in my life.

And the mother was so happy.

That's what I mean.
Are you ready?

Should we work on it?

- That thing we were talking about? Yeah?
- Sure, sure.

Why were you late, Miguel?

I wasn't late today.

It's a conflict hypothesis,
I know you weren't late.

- Let's generate something, to rehearse.
- Oh, sorry. Right.

Why were you late?

Well, because...

the train broke down at Ramos Mejía.

No, never pause.

You have a bright sign
over your head that says:

"Liar, liar, liar."

- Oh.
- It has to flow, straight out.

Look me in the eyes, and answer
the first thing that comes to you,

organically.

- Good. Yes.
- Ready? Focus, please.

Alright? Come on. Let's go again.

Miguel, why were you late?

Well, because I had to take
my old lady to the hospital, and...

Don't do this. Don't.

This generates weakness, insecurity,
you are scratching yourself,

you're nervous, you don't know
what to say. Come on.

Look into my eyes.
Without batting an eye. Straight.

What happened to your mom?

She passed out on the street.

Apparently it was just a heat stroke,
but the thing is,

we are really scared
because mom usually has

average low pressure, actually,

that's since she got
her hypothyroidism diagnosis, and that...

- What is it?
- Too long.

Very long. If they don't ask you,
keep it bare, simple.

But I liked it.

- You did?
- There's potential there. Potential.

Yeah.

- No olives for you, right, my love?
- Yeah.

I'm sorry I didn't cook anything,

but I woke up very late from my nap.

Apologies accepted, Beba.

Beba, do you know what I want you to make
for me next time?

You haven't done this in a while.

And it is time. Tripe stew.

I promise I will.

Tell me news from the council.

Morris spends her time collecting

blankets, handing out stews,
she doesn't do anything, right?

I wish.

That annoying woman
is getting more involved every day.

- Oh really?
- Hmm.

Now she says she has her first repentant.

Repentant?

- Hmm.
- What do you mean?

One of the vendors
is willing to confess

they paid bribes in the building.

Do we know who?

No. Morris doesn't want to say who he is.

Until she convinces him to testify.

- And she's right, of course.
- Yeah.

You cannot trust anyone.

You still have nothing to do with it, right?

Beba, of course not.
You make me laugh.

Son of a b*tch!
She really wants to screw you.

But now the margin of error has narrowed.

So we can't hesitate, sir.

If she doesn't fall, we fall.

And what are you going to do?

Well, we need to be on the look out,
especially when the dove leaves its nest.

What dove?

The dove, sir, is a bird.

The dove, when it leaves the nest,
which is this house,

usually goes to the square,

where all kinds of donations are made.

She is there. You have to be there too,
keeping guard, watching her.

But you have to let me know
when it's coming back.

- Me?
- No, the dove.

Please.

When she's on her way here,

there will be an eaglet.

And it's going to give her
the scare of her life.

A scare like what?

Don't worry, a scare, don't worry.
Then we have to work psychologically.

You have to make her understand
that this neighborhood is full of eaglets,

that a couple of them
commit this type of crime,

that they are bad people,
that break nests,

that slaughter eggs,

that's all we need.

And why do I have to play the lookout?

Because you have to participate
in this society. I'm all alone.

Alone for everything.

And where are we going to get an eaglet?

I'm thinking about it.
I have one in mind

that I think will do the trick.

Do you want a fried egg? An omelet?

An Egg Benedict?

Poached? Scrambled?

Boiled? Do you want any of that?

No, the attention is appreciated.

Well.

Coffee.

- Sugar or sweetener?
- Sugar.

Sugar. There it is.

You know I kept thinking...

in the last meeting we had,
I was left a little bitter.

Because I said to myself: "Ultimately,

- we're family."
- Mmm.

And family is the most beautiful thing
we have, isn't it?

And so I stood there,

thinking and I said...

"Eliseo,

are you helping your family
like you should?"

And do you know
what the answer to that was?

"You can always do a little more, Eliseo."

And that's why
I want to offer you a little job.

- A job?
- Yeah.

- For me?
- Yeah.

Uh...

The thing is, uncle,
I came from breaking my back,

cleaning dung at the Cañuelas
agricultural and livestock market.

I am sick of working.

Sure, I can only imagine.

No, but this is easier work.

It is only one day.

We can set a price that suits both of us.

And what job are we talking about?

Something related to acting.

The interpretative.

Oh...

Guys, girls,

I wanted to remind you, we're still
fighting the cold in Barrancas de Belgrano

with the "Human Heat" campaign.

We are collecting blankets

and coats for our brothers
that live on the streets.

We will be at our stand until 8:00 PM.

And remember: the nights

where the temperature drops
below 7 degrees,

we will be opening the stadium
Pucio Colombo, in Núñez,

where anyone who doesn't have
a roof to sleep under, can come.

We'll be waiting for you.

Excuse me, do you know what time it is?

No, I don't.

Listen to me, b*tch,
you're going to give me

everything you have,

wallet, cell phone, everything, m*therf*cker.

- Stop, stop, Maxi! No.
- I won't stop.

Cut, cut, no, no. uh.

- What? Wasn't it good?
- No, Maxi.

No, you have to pace yourself,
you can't go

from zero to one hundred in a second.

Hey. The words

"m*therf*cker" and what not,
why this vulgarity?

- Yes.
- And what you did, you pushed me

up the hood like an animal.

Don't forget, it's a woman.

- Is that clear?
- Yeah.

You don't want me to touch her.

No, I'm not saying that. A little push
may be, but I like it better

if there is mental intimidation,
you understand?

Yeah, you want me to scare her.

That's it.

You need to scare her. A lot.

- Break her.
- I understand.

- Yeah? Do you want to do it again?
- Yeah.

- Yes. Yes.
- But calm down.

- It's going to be fine. Don't worry.
- Okay.

There, intimidating her. Come on.

Come on.

Come on, I'll yell "action".

Here we go.

Action.

Listen to me, b*tch.

You are going to give me everything
you have, and keep your mouth shut,

because if you don't,
I'll leave your guts

scattered on the sidewalk, is that clear?

- Yes, I'm going to give you everything.
- Of course you are.

- Who told you to talk?
- No, nobody.

- Nobody...
- Are you going to shut up or not?

Are you going to shut up or not?

- What are you doing with that, Maxi?
- What?

Put that down please, are you crazy?

What's wrong with it?

What do you mean what's wrong?

What is it, Uncle? It's only because
you live in this old lady neighborhood.

Where I come from,
you need to have one of these.

No, Maxi, what neighborhood?
You can't be...

- Give it to me, please.
- No, give it to you? No way.

You can't just give this to anyone, Uncle.

You saw how it works, right?

She's going to be scared to death,
you'll see.

No, not...

- LUCILA: Can you finish putting it away?
- MAN: Sure, no problem.

HELPING

- Don't worry.
- Great day, guys. Congrats.

Bye, Mati.

- Rest up!
- [woman] See you tomorrow!

[line ringing]

ELISEO: Hello?

It's me. The pelican is on its way
to the nest.

ELISEO: The dove, sir.

Well, the dove and its mother's a*s
are going there.

[suspenseful music]

ELISEO: Do you read me correctly, Maxi?

Yes, copy.

ELISEO: Relax, I love you, huh?

It's a woman.

A delicate thing. I just want you
to scare her.

Are we clear?

Yeah, don't worry, man, don't worry.

And don't use the g*n, Maxi, huh?

We already talked about it.

The g*n is never an option, okay?

MAXI: Trust me, man, damn it.
I'm not stupid.

Well, watch out, eaglet,

that the dove must be arriving.

Here she comes.

Good, slowly.

Come closer.

When you have her within range,
action, okay?

- Excuse me, lady.
- Yeah?

Don't you have the time?

Oh yeah. It's nine o'clock...

Give me the cell phone, b*tch.

- MAXI: The wallet.
- LUCILA: Yes.

- LUCILA: Don't be nervous.
- MAXI: Son of a b*tch.

Don't tell me to calm down.

ELISEO: Relax, Maxi, calm down.

Now what we are going to do,
we are going to go up to your house,

and you're going to give me all the money
you have saved.

- No, not my house.
- Not your house?

Not the g*n, Maxi. The g*n no.

Oh!

Defend yourself, Maxi!
Defend yourself!

[Maxi grumbles and coughs]

[stunner whine]

Maxi!

[groans]

Oh, no!

[stunner whine]

For the love of God!

Hello, sir?

MATIAS: Did it work? I'm close.

- No, it got complicated.
- MATIAS: What do you mean?

Come here and I'll tell you everything.
Come here now!

ELISEO: Hey.

Oh, what's happening?

Call the police.

Do you think it's a good idea?
It's always a lot of trouble.

- Call the police, damn it, come on!
- Yes, I'll call.

Goddammit!

MATIAS: Eliseo, I'm two blocks away,
what is it?

Police, I need a car as soon as possible

in Grenadier Arismendi 1630.

I can't believe this.

MATIAS: What the f*ck is happening?

An attempted robbery, but hey,

fortunately, the victim had a cattle prod.

No, it's an electric stunner!

Here they are correcting me,
an electric stunner.

That's why she was able
to subdue the thug, officer.

MATIAS: For the love of God!

I think the same. Please come urgently.

Come on.

What happened, Lucila?
Did you k*ll him?

No, how could I? No, no.

He is unconscious.
In a few hours he will be fine.

Goodness.

Come on, come on, move on,
nothing's happening. Go.

Go. Go.

How are you? Do you feel okay?

I'm a little nervous, but I'm fine.

What happened?

Hello, sir, another robbery attempt.

But Lucila brought him down with a prod.

But hey, enough with this neighborhood.

It's getting more
and more dangerous, sir.

- It's not this neighborhood.
- No?

It happens everywhere.

But this one is getting
more and more spicy.

The other day the same thing happened.

We called the police
and how long did it take? A lot.

- Over an hour and a half.
- MATIAS: More.

- Two hours, easily.
- LUCILA: Two hours?

Well, we'll have to wait.

Yes. For what, I don't know.

Because these little monkeys enter
like everyone else, the revolving door.

They go in and out, they go in and out.

These people, generally,
when they get out, well,

- they take revenge on who betrayed them.
- LUCILA: What?

Oh, I don't like it.
Be careful, Lucila, be careful.

Because he saw where you live,
it's dangerous.

- Please.
- Yes, and wanted to get inside.

These kids, my God.

Let's see if they've ever had
a chance at something,

to make them walk through life
doing these things.

Because you do the right thing.
You call the police, like we just did.

They go, they take them away, and then?

They get into that perverse carousel
and it leads to nothing.

And then one wonders:

Who is the real victim, them or us?

- They are.
- Well...

You're right about that. Honestly.

ELISEO: Yes.

Maybe what this kid needs
is that someone that...

[stammers]

...gives him a hand.

Well, you still called 911.

That is the least of it.
We are with the attorney here,

we can solve it ourselves.
You go home and we take care of it.

Think, the police are coming now,
they see you,

- you're famous.
- Oh!

They call the media, automatically, huh?

- And what do we do? Total mess.
- Of course!

- No, you're right.
- Of course.

Would you let me know if anything happens?

- Of course, yes. Go on.
- Please.

- Thank you.
- My God, don't worry about it.

We have to put a sentry box
or something here.

- Yeah.
- Right? Because in just a moment...

- There's no way in this neighborhood.
- There really isn't.

- What the hell happened?
- This went to sh*t.

Help me carry him, come on.

- Where to?
- To my house, where else?

Help me. Grab his legs.

Slowly. There it is.

- ELISEO: I'll grab him.
- [Matias complains]

Take him from here, sir.

How weak you turned out, kid.

[theme music]

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