Patrocinio (2026) s01e04 Episode Script
Episode 4
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I'm your father,
I'm not a referee, I'm not
I don't want that.
Those were the two
proudest people at the table
but they were the first to hug.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Getting over a separation
was very difficult, of course.
Inês's marriage was something
Okay.
I'm sorry.
-A big kiss and a hug.
-Cheers.
Is it the first time
for the two of you?
Yes. I'd never been
to a fortune teller.
This indicates
that if your relationship,
your approach to your child,
is much more optimistic,
having good experiences
to strengthen the relationship,
it'll be much easier
Give that to your sister.
Mi, don't cry.
Gonçalo, help me, please.
Since we've been together,
this year has been the hardest.
Dad was born in that house,
in that room.
-That is, Dad was born at home.
-I was born at home.
-Dad wasn't born in a hospital.
-I was born in this house.
I wasn't born in a hospital,
I'm no snowflake,
I'm a strong man.
I was born in this house, here.
Back then,
there were no house numbers,
no street names, nothing.
And the letters to Grandpa,
Artur Patrocínio, Livramento West.
They didn't put anything else.
We went to take a stroll
down memory lane a bit,
but also, and above all, to recall
Mariana and Carolina's childhoods,
as they were the ones who spent
the most time there.
My grandparents built
this house, number six.
Is this Grandpa and Grandma's
house?
They built it?
The stone is exactly the same.
I often remember my grandfather
sitting inside the house.
That house seemed huge to me.
I was afraid
to walk down the hallway
because it had doors
on both sides
and I was afraid
that spirits would emerge from them.
-Come here.
-Isn't this cool?
You four up there.
-Like this?
-That's it.
Pedro, look here.
I'm looking.
OK, look.
My grandparents have been
I often say that they're
like parents to me.
My parents were very young,
and my grandparents always played
a central role in my life.
I was the one who was
closest to my grandparents.
I remember spending periods
in their house,
sleeping there.
When I was in school, I'd stay there
for two months studying.
-That's where I concentrated.
-This fountain is still the same.
Do you remember when
we climbed up here?
-This was literally
-It seemed huge to me.
Yes. We had to help each other
to get up there.
What's that smell?
It smells like cows.
We have photos here
with our cousins.
I played football a lot here,
in this square.
Say bye.
-How are you, Paulo?
-How are you?
My daughters didn't know
that I lived here.
How are you?
I lived in Livramento
until I was 20.
That's where I played football
with my friends on the street.
That was so long ago.
-Are you good, Pedro?
-How nice.
-It's been so many years.
-Your daughters.
-This is Violante.
-That's Carolina.
-It's Carolina.
-How are you?
I didn't even see you, and I said,
"They're Pedro's daughters."
-Those are Pedro's daughters.
-Oh, Pedro!
I only know Carolina's name,
the others
The others don't matter.
Just remember my name.
They're so beautiful
and look so much alike.
-Was she Pedro's girlfriend?
-No.
He didn't want poor girls.
That's terrible.
-It was great seeing you, really.
-Vítor Policía, yeah.
-I'm going home happy, really.
-Thanks, love.
Poor Pedro.
Everyone stops him.
All the ladies, all the old women:
“Ah, my Pedrito.
Pedrito's daughters."
Everyone adores him.
This was the pen where they
came to see the little sheep.
Yes, I remember that well.
Look, José António. How are you?
You look the same, but older.
You're thinner.
-I'm not the same at all.
-And older.
-Jorge.
-Mariana, Carolina.
Yes, I know Carolina.
I'd met her.
I'm an agricultural engineer.
That's where I started working
on my first agricultural project,
in Livramento.
The best part
was riding on the tractor.
Do you remember?
He would take us.
But that wasn't allowed. I was
Are you ready
to ride on a tractor?
Don't you remember?
We used to love doing that.
-I loved it.
-Let's go, let's go
-Shall we go for a ride?
-Let's go, Jorge.
You can only do that by
But not like that.
-How? From behind?
-That won't work.
With food? It's not fair.
-I don't know the tricks.
-Come here.
I'd love to have one for myself.
My Dad just needs a beret and
what's it called
-A cane.
-And he's
-The spitting image of a farmer.
-Slowly, from behind.
Back to my roots.
It took me 20 years to leave
the village, and now they
-The village hasn't gone anywhere.
-It hasn't left you.
-That one's a male.
-But, how do you know?
-It has a penis.
-But, where do you see it?
Are you looking at it?
-Are you staring at it?
-Are you obsessed?
It's bigger,
and I went to check it out.
Relax, expert.
Sheep have a lot of wool.
Sometimes you can't see
their organs,
and you can't tell
whether it's a male or a female.
With sheep, you have to look
closely.
-The male's balls.
-What?
-Those are little balls.
-What?
-Can't you see this?
-Did you think they were udders?
Why are they so saggy?
Pregnant females
have really big udders.
But don't confuse udders
with testicles.
What?
They're two big, drooping sacks.
And I can tell them apart,
perfectly.
Then show me another male.
I'll show you.
This one here.
It has two testicles and a penis.
If you can't tell them apart,
that's serious.
I don't have any sons.
Never seen a penis?
Let's go. We have to go eat.
I think it changes our perspective
when we get out of cities,
Lisbon,
and go back to the countryside,
where time stands still.
It's like there's no schedule.
Artur Patrocínio Primary School.
Grandpa Artur always said
that it was necessary to found
not just a primary school,
now called "basic education",
but also a preschool.
And it was he who pulled it off
over the course of ten years
-Raising funds.
-getting people involved,
and organising functions
to raise funds
to finance the construction.
And my grandfather was a person
who was well-known and important,
here in Livramento,
at the sports clubs,
at the coop winery,
at the Community Centre
and at the school.
It's very powerful and inspiring
to see that he was a man who was
100% dedicated to the community.
And how just one person
can make such a big difference.
This shows us that,
with determination and generosity,
we can do more.
It was your grandfather Artur
who lent 250,000 escudos
to my Dad,
without even knowing him,
so that he could improve his lot.
Fortunately, things went well.
He was one of the people well,
the closest friends I've ever had.
I didn't give him much back.
-I'm sure you did.
-You did, many times.
He loved you.
My grandfather did even more
than I thought he had.
It was nice to discover
that as a family.
My father was very proud.
Do you know who else is like that?
-What?
-We need to give Dad medals.
I wish I could live up
to your grandfather's legacy.
My boy is so grown up, Gertrudes.
-All the girls.
-All the little girls.
Who were here.
I was
one year old when Gertrudes
started taking care of me.
-Not even one. When you were born.
-Not even one.
Gertrudes was like
a second mother to me.
She worked at my parents' house
ever since she was little.
And she saw me grow up
until I left for Lisbon.
Hello, Gertrudes.
I remember you well. I'm Mariana.
-She's the oldest, Mariana.
-Mariana.
Carolina.
I remember her in the kitchen,
always making delicious sweets
and wanting to stuff us with them.
She was much loved,
warm, and hugged us affectionately.
She gave us good food,
and wanted to see us grow up chubby.
Much of who I am
and what I've transmitted to
my daughters, I owe to you.
I owe you a great, great deal.
-Thanks.
-From a very young age. Thanks.
From a very young age, you took care
of me and gave me lots of hugs.
-I remember a lot of good things.
-I imagine.
-That was very
-I remember that well.
I even dream about it.
They were so rapt,
looking into each other's eyes.
And my father was very moved.
It was intense, an intense moment.
Gertrudes, I promise,
I'll come back here.
Come inside
so you don't catch a chill.
She's going to the fair for a while.
-Oh, really?
-Thanks a lot.
-It was great to see you.
-Likewise, Gertrudes. Likewise.
In that generation,
parents weren't as affectionate.
So, Gertrudes would hug me,
and take care of me.
She was my comfort.
I married very young,
my previous marriage.
I got engaged in less than a year.
I practically combined my life
with my sister Carolina,
on weekends, during vacations,
my life in general.
I did what I wanted to do a bit,
and I never felt that
Maybe it's unfair, but
I never felt like I had a core,
anyone to lean on.
I leaned on my family,
you know?
And then I never leaned on
my marriage, structurally.
But today I have that.
That's why I feel like it's
I mean, it's a real marriage.
I feel like
In the other person
now I see a rock in my life.
Kids, when we get there,
we'll see who's gonna stay
in each room,
and where you want the TVs.
-Where you want the beds.
-One thing, though.
If my little sister and I
stay in that room for one person,
that's a bit unfair.
You'll get the largest room
because there are two of you.
You'll have to see some
-Some?
-Finishes for your room.
I understand that Mariana
has lived in Restelo her whole life,
so she likes it,
she has everything right there,
within a 500-meter radius.
But we're not gonna be
in a 500-meter radius.
We negotiated to stay
on the street down there
so we don't have to use the car.
That's right.
Hello there, architect, engineer.
-Doesn't it look bigger?
-Yeah.
It's the same.
And we're building a house
that I think is gonna be amazing,
beautiful.
It's going to be a tough process,
but I think we did it
to be more comfortable,
because here we were
all very cramped.
Yesterday I couldn't sleep thinking
about the question of the rooms.
How strange, honey,
you not sleeping. You were nervous.
There are five of them,
at very different ages
and with very different needs
so the main thing is for
the siblings to respect each other.
The girls' room.
There will be a bookcase
that will divide the room.
It will open onto both sides.
An opening for the bed
and the desk.
But the little one needs
a lot of space to play.
But she always
has her bed installed there.
And Pureza,
who no longer plays like
What do you think, Laura?
-Hopscotch.
-Hopscotch.
And Mickey there on that wall,
this big.
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
There will be a door here.
This is Mum's room.
Okay.
They only come in an emergency,
like, if they were dying.
Don't be silly.
There are a lot of rules, values
It's a higher level,
because I could make about 50 rules.
Who will have the biggest closet,
Dad or Mariana?
I think Dad, he has more clothes.
We'll have to do something about
that, Dad having more closets.
Don't complain later.
RITA'S HOUSE
Well, Rita, I'm feeling really lazy,
but we'll have to go over
the house stuff.
This is very tidy,
because I came.
-It's hidden.
-It's all hidden!
Surviving this decision.
I went to help her with the move
because I was under the impression
that the movers were gonna take
everything to the new house.
The problem wasn't getting solved.
-Why are they here?
-It's triathlon stuff.
And Tiago says that he's
gonna give them to someone
You can never be sure when
you're gonna give it to someone.
I don't have anyone to give it to.
-The dumpsters in the neighbourhood?
-It's technical clothing.
The people going to those dumpsters
aren't going to do triathlons.
Oh, man
-I wouldn't last five minutes here.
-I had nothing to do with this.
I don't know
if Tiago will forgive me.
What?
If I give those things away.
You think he'll notice?
-This
-Wet suits.
But I don't have
You have a hereditary condition:
you don't like
throwing or giving things away.
-No, I give away tons of things.
-No, let me talk.
I don't like to throw things away,
but I give away tons of stuff.
Tiago is like one of those hoarders
you see on TLC.
A compulsive hoarder.
Have you seen those houses
that are completely packed?
-That's it.
-What an exaggeration.
He likes to hoard, really.
This is impossible,
there are 15 backpacks.
Billions of backpacks.
This is for swimming.
The backpacks never end,
and they're full of stuff.
Is this a triathlon backpack?
No, that's a press kit.
So, it's trash.
This is a nice press kit,
a beach one.
The backpacks never end.
This is a backpack store.
I don't know who she takes after.
We're not hoarders at all.
We have the opposite problem.
I don't know
where she got that from,
where she lives in chaos.
-It's ridiculous.
-This is ridiculous, really.
Ridiculous.
It looks like a workshop.
He used these,
and he has to return them.
Really.
If he were my husband,
I'd know what to do.
-I know, do it on the sly.
-Of course.
There are about 40,000 pairs
of shorts. What's this?
I don't know, there are thousands.
But there are some
for when it rains,
others for when it's sunny,
others
But I don't think
he uses this much.
She hates clutter,
she hates things that aren't used.
And I know she likes to do it,
she wants to help.
You've lost your patience.
Come on, take this.
This goes
The good thing about organising is
getting rid of things, but we can't.
Yes, we can get rid of all this.
The clothes
are gonna be donated now.
And this, part of it
is for the kitchen,
and part is to be donated.
This is to be donated.
She has to be methodical,
giving things away. She's incapable.
When she puts things in the boxes,
she only puts
what she wants to take.
But I can do it with the clothes.
With the toys, I don't know.
-Why?
-Because I have
400 stuffed animals.
I have no verdict because there's
no space to get rid of things.
It's impossible to get things out
of this house.
Why is this the stuffed animal
graveyard?
Right now it is because
they both sleep in the other bed.
In my house,
that would be impossible.
The stuffed animals
have to be on a shelf
They don't even fit in here.
How do they play with them?
They were all on the bed.
They're supposed
to pick four or five
and leave them here on the floor,
to play with them.
I'm laughing to keep from crying.
Tiago won't let me throw
that junk away
because it's
from the Tour de France.
He won't let me throw away
another one
because his father gave it to him.
He won't let me throw away
another one
because his grandmother
gave it to him.
The Tour de France?
The girls don't know what that is.
This one is from Morocco
This crap smells like
-It smells like curry.
-It smells like a camel.
Our house has a lot of stuff,
useless stuff.
Because we do a lot of things
that require a lot of equipment.
-No.
-I have a lot of stuff that I use.
No, it's the emotional attachment
that you have for things.
I disagree.
Okay, Rita, I give up.
This is impossible,
I can't work in this house.
Then, I started throwing away
what was no longer useful
so I could take just the things
that were worth it.
But it takes so much time
and so much negotiation
that you end up exhausted.
How can you live in this chaos?
Come on, girls.
What do we do, Gonçalo?
I like to make these Mexican skulls,
which are simpler.
They're kind of inspired by
this image that we have here.
I don't even need any makeup,
check out the circles
under my eyes. I'm the skull.
I scare people.
We're going to accentuate
your features.
-I'm already a corpse.
-I'm not.
Careful, fill it in well,
and then start applying the white.
I love Halloween,
and Carol does too.
A lot of people say that it's not
a Portuguese tradition,
that it's not celebrated.
True, but kids love it.
And nowadays it's a really big deal.
You should
We'll have to apply several layers.
-Our mouths too?
-Everything.
-Our eyes?
-Everything, everything.
-I look like those dead people.
-All over.
Gonçalo, you can't do that.
Do you know who you look like?
-Who?
-The
The mime?
But this has to be thick, Carol.
-You can go to the Chiado quarter.
-Yeah.
But you're too pale,
you look like a mime.
You've got a future
doing dead-people makeup.
-Rita wants to look pretty too.
-Your mouth
-I'm sorry, you aren't
-No, no.
Your face is perfect,
but your eyes
-But your eyes are in black.
-Isn't this for doing your eyes?
I used, like, all white makeup,
to look really, really white.
And, after five minutes,
I looked the same.
Mariana, how gross,
on your mouth there.
I'm removing some from my mouth.
Her skin absorbed the makeup.
It looked like her makeup
was a mess.
And then you start to see
the wrinkles,
and that's it, there
That's when it all went downhill.
Now, the eyebrow lines.
I'm gonna look like Frida Kahlo,
my eyebrow is already
-Here, right here.
-very heavy.
-You don't have to do anything.
-There's no need.
-We look like pandas.
-Why did you do a cat eye?
-To look prettier?
-No, it's too round.
-I look like a panda.
-No.
Mine is round,
yours is all stretched.
Imagine, like, it was eyeliner!
I'm not doing your version.
You're like the Gonçalo
version of Temu.
By the way, Mariana looked terrible.
I didn't mean to be too harsh,
but it didn't look good on her.
-Sis higher up.
-I've got a big forehead, Rita.
I know. But, since its upward
like that, facing up,
you have to fudge it,
you have to cover it up more.
The Mexican skull
doesn't look good on anyone.
So, on me, oh my God.
But they did a good job
with their makeup,
they're better at it than me.
You have an acne breakout.
I can't laugh,
-you guys are killing me.
-The pimples popped.
I was about to get septicemia.
I really liked it, but I'm going
to hire you to do my makeup.
I really liked it,
but make it prettier than this.
LISBON
EARTHQUAKE CENTRE
-Mum?
-No.
It's really dark in here,
I don't like it.
This is cool!
What are we supposed to do?
I try to take them
to cultural activities,
to do something different.
I ask this a lot:
what are my childhood memories?
Are they related to travel
or going to a different museum
or a day
when we didn't go to school
and did something original?
Mum.
What's going on?
What's going on?
Mum!
It's okay, honey.
Alice was very scared.
And Pedrito was very excited,
wanting to do everything.
Kids,
what's the most important thing?
Stay seated until the end.
If anyone feels unwell, raise your
hand, and I'll go to you, okay?
Honey, this is like I've done it
before, it's really fun!
I'm not going to raise my hand.
This way!
The church is on fire!
Windows.
Can't you see? Fire everywhere.
Aren't you hot now?
-Mum!
-Yeah, I'm hot.
I'm burning up. It really feels like
we're experiencing the earthquake.
As a mother,
I don't want to protect them
from knowing
about natural disasters
or from the world's problems,
because that's reality.
There's no need to exaggerate,
but it's good to alert them
to the problem,
and to tell them: "This is
what you need to do", and that's it.
We hid under a table.
Great. And did you like the mass
where we felt the ground shaking?
-Yes, I liked it.
-I liked it when the priest said:
"No, no."
"It's okay."
Pedrito already asked me
once or twice
what happens
if there's an earthquake,
as many people don't know
what to do
and he feels sad thinking
that those people might die.
Alice was afraid in the first
dark rooms, and the noise,
but then she never mentioned it
again.
RESTELO HAUNTED HOUSE
A body.
They're well done.
Halloween has taken off
here in Restelo,
and my sister and I are to blame
because we had a Halloween
tradition at the English school.
And then we started to create
a tradition
and to ask the neighbours
to join us.
And now we have a community
of mothers, friends and neighbours.
My brother-in-law Nuno was amazing
with his company.
He helped us, 90%,
and we set up a haunted house
that's really scary.
This has to be like this, right?
The door, right?
This is the door, right?
Or should we do a zigzag?
Zigzag, like this
-Should we put the door like this?
-Like at an airport.
It was ridiculous. We looked like
fools setting up the posts
to form a normal line.
-They come in this way.
-Oh, they come in here.
No, you're not thinking straight!
They come in here,
and then they leave!
-This doesn't work that way.
-We just go
Let's not complicate it.
We just do the line
for the Afterlife.
No! They do this, Carolina,
when people come in here.
But this isn't Wonderland.
We won't have that many people.
This Halloween was traumatic.
I said that I wasn't going to
organise Halloween next year.
I'm not gonna be here.
How do we do the thing
the catering, the food, etc.?
Should we do it right away?
Will it disappear?
I don't think
we should do it right away.
Should we supervise it?
We should do it right away,
at 6:00 p.m.
We have to do the decorations.
It has to be set up by 6:00 P.M.
And pray that a storm doesn't come
and ruin everything.
If there's a storm,
it'll be even scarier.
There was a yellow alert.
On the one hand, it could ruin
the kids' experience
and the only Plan B
was a small tent.
Therefore, it could have gone awry.
And it's not raining.
Yellow alert, orange alert.
There's an orange alert
on Wednesday.
I was checking it every 10 minutes.
The weather wasn't great,
it rained,
but nothing like
the storm they'd predicted.
-Congratulations on the set-up.
-Of course.
-Spectacular.
-I wasn't just me,
it was my whole team.
And Mariana and Carolina.
They were there
Really cool.
-That's great, honey.
-Is he the doorman?
He's the doorman.
If anyone misbehaves, you
Gonçalo was outstanding this year.
I think he saw that I was
so tired and desperate
that, on Halloween,
he transformed.
-Who's ready?
-Me!
-Who's scared to death?
-Me!
Again!
Let's go. Lelé, are you ready?
No, don't open it any further.
You can go in.
Keep going.
I loved seeing
Gonçalo as the doorman.
I didn't expect to see Gonçalo
like that,
but he was spectacular.
Welcome to the Haunted House.
Slowly, Eduardo.
This year the Haunted House
made us very proud.
It was really scary.
It has to be edgy, but
it can't traumatise the kids.
It's not a project
that I'm crazy about.
But they should keep doing it
because the kids love it.
And I think what they did
was spectacular.
The kids walk down
my sister Inês's street a lot,
and she ran out of candy
in one hour.
I bought all the candy at the
supermarket. It's not my fault.
There were carts and carts
full of candy.
And I felt bad
because they came to my door
and I offered them water.
I had nothing.
I started giving the kids
cookies and yogurt.
And I said to her,
"Are you crazy?"
"I didn't have anything else,
I gave them everything
in the pantry."
So, she didn't prepare.
I got mad at her.
MARIANA'S HOUSE
Thanksgiving became a tradition.
We started out making a lunch
when we got together
and, all of a sudden,
it became a tradition.
Each of us, year after year,
hosted at home.
Well, let's eat.
In our family we've created
many traditions.
The table looks lovely.
Your name isn't João.
-Mark.
-I didn't know we had places.
-Do you want to switch?
-I'm just fine sitting here.
Because Mark is more important,
hierarchically,
than João,
that's why he's on my left.
My relationship with Mariana
could provide material for books,
various volumes.
We started out struggling,
it was a tough, interesting journey,
but we're doing great today.
I think we have
a relationship of mutual respect.
I'm to the left of the host.
Why is Gonçalo on your right?
He's my most important
brother-in-law.
-Here.
-Here!
When Mark arrived,
I saw him as the reason
for my parents' separation.
He embodied
everything bad in my life.
But he knew how to relate to me
Now, I have great admiration for him
because he's someone
who won me over in a
gentle way,
without being overbearing,
without being intrusive.
In fact, he's my daughter's
godfather.
Let's thank Mariana and Nuno
for this wonderful
Thanksgiving meal.
It's always great to be together,
and I hope we can be
more often. Not always
More?
Sometimes less is more.
Less often, but better.
-This table is very pretty.
-Thanks, honey.
Was it worth getting up
at 7 in the morning, honey?
Delegating is also a talent.
I didn't have it.
But I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I think today we should
highlight our strengths
and not our flaws,
but I realise that, in this family,
sometimes that's hard.
The truth is that we talk
a lot about flaws here.
In this family there's a lot
of talk about flaws.
But I like that energy.
There's always a lot of intensity,
a lot of dynamism,
it's never boring.
-Yeah, I don't think it's boring.
-No, not at all.
Of all of them, Carolina is the one
who takes life the lightest.
-I disagree.
-But she's the favourite.
-Who? The public's?
-The public's?
The people decide.
-I'm going straight to Tatoi.
-OK.
A grandmother who travels
and has a social life.
-A grandmother who ultimately
-My mother travels too.
-Yes, but
-That's true.
-But his mother doesn't work.
-Yeah, well, but she also travels.
I think there may be
a happy medium.
He wants to be
one of those grandparents
who are always with the kids.
Did I say that?
Sometimes it seems to me
that Gonçalo
doesn't really accept the fact
that my mother isn't the kind of
grandmother he wishes she was.
Because the reference point
he has is a very strong one.
My mother-in-law is
an exceptional grandmother.
I mean, she truly lives
for her grandchildren.
My mother-in-law asks me to let
my children stay at her house.
And my mother doesn't.
Monika and Vicky have never spent
a single night
at my parents' house
and they've survived.
To have a strong relationship
with your grandchildren
it's not necessary for them to
always sleep over at the house.
I think that grandparents
who make that decision
have less contact with
their grandchildren.
With grandparents
who spend more
-Gonçalo, from age 20 to 50
-Okay.
I did nothing but work
and take care of my children.
The only thing I'm saying
is that my children,
your grandchildren,
aren't going to have the same tie
that your daughters had
with your parents.
I feel very awkward. I think that
Gonçalo should bite his tongue.
I would never feel comfortable
confronting my mother-in-law.
IN UPCOMING EPISODES
Look, I'm gonna get a table.
Get it in quick
before they change their minds.
Tiago is my neighbour now.
Next door.
That's it.
The damn competition again.
I want to do a good job.
Oh my God.
He left me there
and played a prank on me.
It's like he let go
and let the plane drop.
It's a fear
that makes me feel alive.
It's great to see my Dad
doing something
that makes him so happy.
It was a good time for
strengthening our bonds.
I'm your father,
I'm not a referee, I'm not
I don't want that.
Those were the two
proudest people at the table
but they were the first to hug.
-Hi.
-Hi.
Getting over a separation
was very difficult, of course.
Inês's marriage was something
Okay.
I'm sorry.
-A big kiss and a hug.
-Cheers.
Is it the first time
for the two of you?
Yes. I'd never been
to a fortune teller.
This indicates
that if your relationship,
your approach to your child,
is much more optimistic,
having good experiences
to strengthen the relationship,
it'll be much easier
Give that to your sister.
Mi, don't cry.
Gonçalo, help me, please.
Since we've been together,
this year has been the hardest.
Dad was born in that house,
in that room.
-That is, Dad was born at home.
-I was born at home.
-Dad wasn't born in a hospital.
-I was born in this house.
I wasn't born in a hospital,
I'm no snowflake,
I'm a strong man.
I was born in this house, here.
Back then,
there were no house numbers,
no street names, nothing.
And the letters to Grandpa,
Artur Patrocínio, Livramento West.
They didn't put anything else.
We went to take a stroll
down memory lane a bit,
but also, and above all, to recall
Mariana and Carolina's childhoods,
as they were the ones who spent
the most time there.
My grandparents built
this house, number six.
Is this Grandpa and Grandma's
house?
They built it?
The stone is exactly the same.
I often remember my grandfather
sitting inside the house.
That house seemed huge to me.
I was afraid
to walk down the hallway
because it had doors
on both sides
and I was afraid
that spirits would emerge from them.
-Come here.
-Isn't this cool?
You four up there.
-Like this?
-That's it.
Pedro, look here.
I'm looking.
OK, look.
My grandparents have been
I often say that they're
like parents to me.
My parents were very young,
and my grandparents always played
a central role in my life.
I was the one who was
closest to my grandparents.
I remember spending periods
in their house,
sleeping there.
When I was in school, I'd stay there
for two months studying.
-That's where I concentrated.
-This fountain is still the same.
Do you remember when
we climbed up here?
-This was literally
-It seemed huge to me.
Yes. We had to help each other
to get up there.
What's that smell?
It smells like cows.
We have photos here
with our cousins.
I played football a lot here,
in this square.
Say bye.
-How are you, Paulo?
-How are you?
My daughters didn't know
that I lived here.
How are you?
I lived in Livramento
until I was 20.
That's where I played football
with my friends on the street.
That was so long ago.
-Are you good, Pedro?
-How nice.
-It's been so many years.
-Your daughters.
-This is Violante.
-That's Carolina.
-It's Carolina.
-How are you?
I didn't even see you, and I said,
"They're Pedro's daughters."
-Those are Pedro's daughters.
-Oh, Pedro!
I only know Carolina's name,
the others
The others don't matter.
Just remember my name.
They're so beautiful
and look so much alike.
-Was she Pedro's girlfriend?
-No.
He didn't want poor girls.
That's terrible.
-It was great seeing you, really.
-Vítor Policía, yeah.
-I'm going home happy, really.
-Thanks, love.
Poor Pedro.
Everyone stops him.
All the ladies, all the old women:
“Ah, my Pedrito.
Pedrito's daughters."
Everyone adores him.
This was the pen where they
came to see the little sheep.
Yes, I remember that well.
Look, José António. How are you?
You look the same, but older.
You're thinner.
-I'm not the same at all.
-And older.
-Jorge.
-Mariana, Carolina.
Yes, I know Carolina.
I'd met her.
I'm an agricultural engineer.
That's where I started working
on my first agricultural project,
in Livramento.
The best part
was riding on the tractor.
Do you remember?
He would take us.
But that wasn't allowed. I was
Are you ready
to ride on a tractor?
Don't you remember?
We used to love doing that.
-I loved it.
-Let's go, let's go
-Shall we go for a ride?
-Let's go, Jorge.
You can only do that by
But not like that.
-How? From behind?
-That won't work.
With food? It's not fair.
-I don't know the tricks.
-Come here.
I'd love to have one for myself.
My Dad just needs a beret and
what's it called
-A cane.
-And he's
-The spitting image of a farmer.
-Slowly, from behind.
Back to my roots.
It took me 20 years to leave
the village, and now they
-The village hasn't gone anywhere.
-It hasn't left you.
-That one's a male.
-But, how do you know?
-It has a penis.
-But, where do you see it?
Are you looking at it?
-Are you staring at it?
-Are you obsessed?
It's bigger,
and I went to check it out.
Relax, expert.
Sheep have a lot of wool.
Sometimes you can't see
their organs,
and you can't tell
whether it's a male or a female.
With sheep, you have to look
closely.
-The male's balls.
-What?
-Those are little balls.
-What?
-Can't you see this?
-Did you think they were udders?
Why are they so saggy?
Pregnant females
have really big udders.
But don't confuse udders
with testicles.
What?
They're two big, drooping sacks.
And I can tell them apart,
perfectly.
Then show me another male.
I'll show you.
This one here.
It has two testicles and a penis.
If you can't tell them apart,
that's serious.
I don't have any sons.
Never seen a penis?
Let's go. We have to go eat.
I think it changes our perspective
when we get out of cities,
Lisbon,
and go back to the countryside,
where time stands still.
It's like there's no schedule.
Artur Patrocínio Primary School.
Grandpa Artur always said
that it was necessary to found
not just a primary school,
now called "basic education",
but also a preschool.
And it was he who pulled it off
over the course of ten years
-Raising funds.
-getting people involved,
and organising functions
to raise funds
to finance the construction.
And my grandfather was a person
who was well-known and important,
here in Livramento,
at the sports clubs,
at the coop winery,
at the Community Centre
and at the school.
It's very powerful and inspiring
to see that he was a man who was
100% dedicated to the community.
And how just one person
can make such a big difference.
This shows us that,
with determination and generosity,
we can do more.
It was your grandfather Artur
who lent 250,000 escudos
to my Dad,
without even knowing him,
so that he could improve his lot.
Fortunately, things went well.
He was one of the people well,
the closest friends I've ever had.
I didn't give him much back.
-I'm sure you did.
-You did, many times.
He loved you.
My grandfather did even more
than I thought he had.
It was nice to discover
that as a family.
My father was very proud.
Do you know who else is like that?
-What?
-We need to give Dad medals.
I wish I could live up
to your grandfather's legacy.
My boy is so grown up, Gertrudes.
-All the girls.
-All the little girls.
Who were here.
I was
one year old when Gertrudes
started taking care of me.
-Not even one. When you were born.
-Not even one.
Gertrudes was like
a second mother to me.
She worked at my parents' house
ever since she was little.
And she saw me grow up
until I left for Lisbon.
Hello, Gertrudes.
I remember you well. I'm Mariana.
-She's the oldest, Mariana.
-Mariana.
Carolina.
I remember her in the kitchen,
always making delicious sweets
and wanting to stuff us with them.
She was much loved,
warm, and hugged us affectionately.
She gave us good food,
and wanted to see us grow up chubby.
Much of who I am
and what I've transmitted to
my daughters, I owe to you.
I owe you a great, great deal.
-Thanks.
-From a very young age. Thanks.
From a very young age, you took care
of me and gave me lots of hugs.
-I remember a lot of good things.
-I imagine.
-That was very
-I remember that well.
I even dream about it.
They were so rapt,
looking into each other's eyes.
And my father was very moved.
It was intense, an intense moment.
Gertrudes, I promise,
I'll come back here.
Come inside
so you don't catch a chill.
She's going to the fair for a while.
-Oh, really?
-Thanks a lot.
-It was great to see you.
-Likewise, Gertrudes. Likewise.
In that generation,
parents weren't as affectionate.
So, Gertrudes would hug me,
and take care of me.
She was my comfort.
I married very young,
my previous marriage.
I got engaged in less than a year.
I practically combined my life
with my sister Carolina,
on weekends, during vacations,
my life in general.
I did what I wanted to do a bit,
and I never felt that
Maybe it's unfair, but
I never felt like I had a core,
anyone to lean on.
I leaned on my family,
you know?
And then I never leaned on
my marriage, structurally.
But today I have that.
That's why I feel like it's
I mean, it's a real marriage.
I feel like
In the other person
now I see a rock in my life.
Kids, when we get there,
we'll see who's gonna stay
in each room,
and where you want the TVs.
-Where you want the beds.
-One thing, though.
If my little sister and I
stay in that room for one person,
that's a bit unfair.
You'll get the largest room
because there are two of you.
You'll have to see some
-Some?
-Finishes for your room.
I understand that Mariana
has lived in Restelo her whole life,
so she likes it,
she has everything right there,
within a 500-meter radius.
But we're not gonna be
in a 500-meter radius.
We negotiated to stay
on the street down there
so we don't have to use the car.
That's right.
Hello there, architect, engineer.
-Doesn't it look bigger?
-Yeah.
It's the same.
And we're building a house
that I think is gonna be amazing,
beautiful.
It's going to be a tough process,
but I think we did it
to be more comfortable,
because here we were
all very cramped.
Yesterday I couldn't sleep thinking
about the question of the rooms.
How strange, honey,
you not sleeping. You were nervous.
There are five of them,
at very different ages
and with very different needs
so the main thing is for
the siblings to respect each other.
The girls' room.
There will be a bookcase
that will divide the room.
It will open onto both sides.
An opening for the bed
and the desk.
But the little one needs
a lot of space to play.
But she always
has her bed installed there.
And Pureza,
who no longer plays like
What do you think, Laura?
-Hopscotch.
-Hopscotch.
And Mickey there on that wall,
this big.
-Yeah.
-Yeah?
There will be a door here.
This is Mum's room.
Okay.
They only come in an emergency,
like, if they were dying.
Don't be silly.
There are a lot of rules, values
It's a higher level,
because I could make about 50 rules.
Who will have the biggest closet,
Dad or Mariana?
I think Dad, he has more clothes.
We'll have to do something about
that, Dad having more closets.
Don't complain later.
RITA'S HOUSE
Well, Rita, I'm feeling really lazy,
but we'll have to go over
the house stuff.
This is very tidy,
because I came.
-It's hidden.
-It's all hidden!
Surviving this decision.
I went to help her with the move
because I was under the impression
that the movers were gonna take
everything to the new house.
The problem wasn't getting solved.
-Why are they here?
-It's triathlon stuff.
And Tiago says that he's
gonna give them to someone
You can never be sure when
you're gonna give it to someone.
I don't have anyone to give it to.
-The dumpsters in the neighbourhood?
-It's technical clothing.
The people going to those dumpsters
aren't going to do triathlons.
Oh, man
-I wouldn't last five minutes here.
-I had nothing to do with this.
I don't know
if Tiago will forgive me.
What?
If I give those things away.
You think he'll notice?
-This
-Wet suits.
But I don't have
You have a hereditary condition:
you don't like
throwing or giving things away.
-No, I give away tons of things.
-No, let me talk.
I don't like to throw things away,
but I give away tons of stuff.
Tiago is like one of those hoarders
you see on TLC.
A compulsive hoarder.
Have you seen those houses
that are completely packed?
-That's it.
-What an exaggeration.
He likes to hoard, really.
This is impossible,
there are 15 backpacks.
Billions of backpacks.
This is for swimming.
The backpacks never end,
and they're full of stuff.
Is this a triathlon backpack?
No, that's a press kit.
So, it's trash.
This is a nice press kit,
a beach one.
The backpacks never end.
This is a backpack store.
I don't know who she takes after.
We're not hoarders at all.
We have the opposite problem.
I don't know
where she got that from,
where she lives in chaos.
-It's ridiculous.
-This is ridiculous, really.
Ridiculous.
It looks like a workshop.
He used these,
and he has to return them.
Really.
If he were my husband,
I'd know what to do.
-I know, do it on the sly.
-Of course.
There are about 40,000 pairs
of shorts. What's this?
I don't know, there are thousands.
But there are some
for when it rains,
others for when it's sunny,
others
But I don't think
he uses this much.
She hates clutter,
she hates things that aren't used.
And I know she likes to do it,
she wants to help.
You've lost your patience.
Come on, take this.
This goes
The good thing about organising is
getting rid of things, but we can't.
Yes, we can get rid of all this.
The clothes
are gonna be donated now.
And this, part of it
is for the kitchen,
and part is to be donated.
This is to be donated.
She has to be methodical,
giving things away. She's incapable.
When she puts things in the boxes,
she only puts
what she wants to take.
But I can do it with the clothes.
With the toys, I don't know.
-Why?
-Because I have
400 stuffed animals.
I have no verdict because there's
no space to get rid of things.
It's impossible to get things out
of this house.
Why is this the stuffed animal
graveyard?
Right now it is because
they both sleep in the other bed.
In my house,
that would be impossible.
The stuffed animals
have to be on a shelf
They don't even fit in here.
How do they play with them?
They were all on the bed.
They're supposed
to pick four or five
and leave them here on the floor,
to play with them.
I'm laughing to keep from crying.
Tiago won't let me throw
that junk away
because it's
from the Tour de France.
He won't let me throw away
another one
because his father gave it to him.
He won't let me throw away
another one
because his grandmother
gave it to him.
The Tour de France?
The girls don't know what that is.
This one is from Morocco
This crap smells like
-It smells like curry.
-It smells like a camel.
Our house has a lot of stuff,
useless stuff.
Because we do a lot of things
that require a lot of equipment.
-No.
-I have a lot of stuff that I use.
No, it's the emotional attachment
that you have for things.
I disagree.
Okay, Rita, I give up.
This is impossible,
I can't work in this house.
Then, I started throwing away
what was no longer useful
so I could take just the things
that were worth it.
But it takes so much time
and so much negotiation
that you end up exhausted.
How can you live in this chaos?
Come on, girls.
What do we do, Gonçalo?
I like to make these Mexican skulls,
which are simpler.
They're kind of inspired by
this image that we have here.
I don't even need any makeup,
check out the circles
under my eyes. I'm the skull.
I scare people.
We're going to accentuate
your features.
-I'm already a corpse.
-I'm not.
Careful, fill it in well,
and then start applying the white.
I love Halloween,
and Carol does too.
A lot of people say that it's not
a Portuguese tradition,
that it's not celebrated.
True, but kids love it.
And nowadays it's a really big deal.
You should
We'll have to apply several layers.
-Our mouths too?
-Everything.
-Our eyes?
-Everything, everything.
-I look like those dead people.
-All over.
Gonçalo, you can't do that.
Do you know who you look like?
-Who?
-The
The mime?
But this has to be thick, Carol.
-You can go to the Chiado quarter.
-Yeah.
But you're too pale,
you look like a mime.
You've got a future
doing dead-people makeup.
-Rita wants to look pretty too.
-Your mouth
-I'm sorry, you aren't
-No, no.
Your face is perfect,
but your eyes
-But your eyes are in black.
-Isn't this for doing your eyes?
I used, like, all white makeup,
to look really, really white.
And, after five minutes,
I looked the same.
Mariana, how gross,
on your mouth there.
I'm removing some from my mouth.
Her skin absorbed the makeup.
It looked like her makeup
was a mess.
And then you start to see
the wrinkles,
and that's it, there
That's when it all went downhill.
Now, the eyebrow lines.
I'm gonna look like Frida Kahlo,
my eyebrow is already
-Here, right here.
-very heavy.
-You don't have to do anything.
-There's no need.
-We look like pandas.
-Why did you do a cat eye?
-To look prettier?
-No, it's too round.
-I look like a panda.
-No.
Mine is round,
yours is all stretched.
Imagine, like, it was eyeliner!
I'm not doing your version.
You're like the Gonçalo
version of Temu.
By the way, Mariana looked terrible.
I didn't mean to be too harsh,
but it didn't look good on her.
-Sis higher up.
-I've got a big forehead, Rita.
I know. But, since its upward
like that, facing up,
you have to fudge it,
you have to cover it up more.
The Mexican skull
doesn't look good on anyone.
So, on me, oh my God.
But they did a good job
with their makeup,
they're better at it than me.
You have an acne breakout.
I can't laugh,
-you guys are killing me.
-The pimples popped.
I was about to get septicemia.
I really liked it, but I'm going
to hire you to do my makeup.
I really liked it,
but make it prettier than this.
LISBON
EARTHQUAKE CENTRE
-Mum?
-No.
It's really dark in here,
I don't like it.
This is cool!
What are we supposed to do?
I try to take them
to cultural activities,
to do something different.
I ask this a lot:
what are my childhood memories?
Are they related to travel
or going to a different museum
or a day
when we didn't go to school
and did something original?
Mum.
What's going on?
What's going on?
Mum!
It's okay, honey.
Alice was very scared.
And Pedrito was very excited,
wanting to do everything.
Kids,
what's the most important thing?
Stay seated until the end.
If anyone feels unwell, raise your
hand, and I'll go to you, okay?
Honey, this is like I've done it
before, it's really fun!
I'm not going to raise my hand.
This way!
The church is on fire!
Windows.
Can't you see? Fire everywhere.
Aren't you hot now?
-Mum!
-Yeah, I'm hot.
I'm burning up. It really feels like
we're experiencing the earthquake.
As a mother,
I don't want to protect them
from knowing
about natural disasters
or from the world's problems,
because that's reality.
There's no need to exaggerate,
but it's good to alert them
to the problem,
and to tell them: "This is
what you need to do", and that's it.
We hid under a table.
Great. And did you like the mass
where we felt the ground shaking?
-Yes, I liked it.
-I liked it when the priest said:
"No, no."
"It's okay."
Pedrito already asked me
once or twice
what happens
if there's an earthquake,
as many people don't know
what to do
and he feels sad thinking
that those people might die.
Alice was afraid in the first
dark rooms, and the noise,
but then she never mentioned it
again.
RESTELO HAUNTED HOUSE
A body.
They're well done.
Halloween has taken off
here in Restelo,
and my sister and I are to blame
because we had a Halloween
tradition at the English school.
And then we started to create
a tradition
and to ask the neighbours
to join us.
And now we have a community
of mothers, friends and neighbours.
My brother-in-law Nuno was amazing
with his company.
He helped us, 90%,
and we set up a haunted house
that's really scary.
This has to be like this, right?
The door, right?
This is the door, right?
Or should we do a zigzag?
Zigzag, like this
-Should we put the door like this?
-Like at an airport.
It was ridiculous. We looked like
fools setting up the posts
to form a normal line.
-They come in this way.
-Oh, they come in here.
No, you're not thinking straight!
They come in here,
and then they leave!
-This doesn't work that way.
-We just go
Let's not complicate it.
We just do the line
for the Afterlife.
No! They do this, Carolina,
when people come in here.
But this isn't Wonderland.
We won't have that many people.
This Halloween was traumatic.
I said that I wasn't going to
organise Halloween next year.
I'm not gonna be here.
How do we do the thing
the catering, the food, etc.?
Should we do it right away?
Will it disappear?
I don't think
we should do it right away.
Should we supervise it?
We should do it right away,
at 6:00 p.m.
We have to do the decorations.
It has to be set up by 6:00 P.M.
And pray that a storm doesn't come
and ruin everything.
If there's a storm,
it'll be even scarier.
There was a yellow alert.
On the one hand, it could ruin
the kids' experience
and the only Plan B
was a small tent.
Therefore, it could have gone awry.
And it's not raining.
Yellow alert, orange alert.
There's an orange alert
on Wednesday.
I was checking it every 10 minutes.
The weather wasn't great,
it rained,
but nothing like
the storm they'd predicted.
-Congratulations on the set-up.
-Of course.
-Spectacular.
-I wasn't just me,
it was my whole team.
And Mariana and Carolina.
They were there
Really cool.
-That's great, honey.
-Is he the doorman?
He's the doorman.
If anyone misbehaves, you
Gonçalo was outstanding this year.
I think he saw that I was
so tired and desperate
that, on Halloween,
he transformed.
-Who's ready?
-Me!
-Who's scared to death?
-Me!
Again!
Let's go. Lelé, are you ready?
No, don't open it any further.
You can go in.
Keep going.
I loved seeing
Gonçalo as the doorman.
I didn't expect to see Gonçalo
like that,
but he was spectacular.
Welcome to the Haunted House.
Slowly, Eduardo.
This year the Haunted House
made us very proud.
It was really scary.
It has to be edgy, but
it can't traumatise the kids.
It's not a project
that I'm crazy about.
But they should keep doing it
because the kids love it.
And I think what they did
was spectacular.
The kids walk down
my sister Inês's street a lot,
and she ran out of candy
in one hour.
I bought all the candy at the
supermarket. It's not my fault.
There were carts and carts
full of candy.
And I felt bad
because they came to my door
and I offered them water.
I had nothing.
I started giving the kids
cookies and yogurt.
And I said to her,
"Are you crazy?"
"I didn't have anything else,
I gave them everything
in the pantry."
So, she didn't prepare.
I got mad at her.
MARIANA'S HOUSE
Thanksgiving became a tradition.
We started out making a lunch
when we got together
and, all of a sudden,
it became a tradition.
Each of us, year after year,
hosted at home.
Well, let's eat.
In our family we've created
many traditions.
The table looks lovely.
Your name isn't João.
-Mark.
-I didn't know we had places.
-Do you want to switch?
-I'm just fine sitting here.
Because Mark is more important,
hierarchically,
than João,
that's why he's on my left.
My relationship with Mariana
could provide material for books,
various volumes.
We started out struggling,
it was a tough, interesting journey,
but we're doing great today.
I think we have
a relationship of mutual respect.
I'm to the left of the host.
Why is Gonçalo on your right?
He's my most important
brother-in-law.
-Here.
-Here!
When Mark arrived,
I saw him as the reason
for my parents' separation.
He embodied
everything bad in my life.
But he knew how to relate to me
Now, I have great admiration for him
because he's someone
who won me over in a
gentle way,
without being overbearing,
without being intrusive.
In fact, he's my daughter's
godfather.
Let's thank Mariana and Nuno
for this wonderful
Thanksgiving meal.
It's always great to be together,
and I hope we can be
more often. Not always
More?
Sometimes less is more.
Less often, but better.
-This table is very pretty.
-Thanks, honey.
Was it worth getting up
at 7 in the morning, honey?
Delegating is also a talent.
I didn't have it.
But I'm not ashamed to admit it.
I think today we should
highlight our strengths
and not our flaws,
but I realise that, in this family,
sometimes that's hard.
The truth is that we talk
a lot about flaws here.
In this family there's a lot
of talk about flaws.
But I like that energy.
There's always a lot of intensity,
a lot of dynamism,
it's never boring.
-Yeah, I don't think it's boring.
-No, not at all.
Of all of them, Carolina is the one
who takes life the lightest.
-I disagree.
-But she's the favourite.
-Who? The public's?
-The public's?
The people decide.
-I'm going straight to Tatoi.
-OK.
A grandmother who travels
and has a social life.
-A grandmother who ultimately
-My mother travels too.
-Yes, but
-That's true.
-But his mother doesn't work.
-Yeah, well, but she also travels.
I think there may be
a happy medium.
He wants to be
one of those grandparents
who are always with the kids.
Did I say that?
Sometimes it seems to me
that Gonçalo
doesn't really accept the fact
that my mother isn't the kind of
grandmother he wishes she was.
Because the reference point
he has is a very strong one.
My mother-in-law is
an exceptional grandmother.
I mean, she truly lives
for her grandchildren.
My mother-in-law asks me to let
my children stay at her house.
And my mother doesn't.
Monika and Vicky have never spent
a single night
at my parents' house
and they've survived.
To have a strong relationship
with your grandchildren
it's not necessary for them to
always sleep over at the house.
I think that grandparents
who make that decision
have less contact with
their grandchildren.
With grandparents
who spend more
-Gonçalo, from age 20 to 50
-Okay.
I did nothing but work
and take care of my children.
The only thing I'm saying
is that my children,
your grandchildren,
aren't going to have the same tie
that your daughters had
with your parents.
I feel very awkward. I think that
Gonçalo should bite his tongue.
I would never feel comfortable
confronting my mother-in-law.
IN UPCOMING EPISODES
Look, I'm gonna get a table.
Get it in quick
before they change their minds.
Tiago is my neighbour now.
Next door.
That's it.
The damn competition again.
I want to do a good job.
Oh my God.
He left me there
and played a prank on me.
It's like he let go
and let the plane drop.
It's a fear
that makes me feel alive.
It's great to see my Dad
doing something
that makes him so happy.
It was a good time for
strengthening our bonds.