Like Water for Chocolate (2024) s02e03 Episode Script

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LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
"Blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord.
I, John,
heard a voice from Heaven say to me,
'Happy are those
who die in the Lord.
Now they can rest forever
after their work,
since their good deeds go with them.'"
We pray in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
And we say…
- Amen.
- Amen.
Tita's tears were not caused
by her dead controlling mother,
but by that woman
who, like her,
was not allowed to love.
That very moment
she realized that, finally,
there was some kind
of bond between them.
That afternoon,
a strong wind
lifted the cemetery's soil,
as if Elena were fighting back
and refusing to be buried.
Tita.
I know I've been distant.
Forgive me.
I wasn't ready to see you.
So you made me believe
you were still dead?
It's very complicated.
I lost Robertito.
Then my father.
I've hurt everybody.
I was selfish.
This time I want to do it right.
It's the best for everyone.
You know you can tell me anything.
You have a lot on your plate, Tita.
I want you to know
I understand what you're dealing with.
I'll be fine.
I know what Pedro means to you.
I know that when you love someone,
it won't vanish into thin air.
What I mean is that,
if you need more time,
or if you've changed your mind,
I'll understand.
I want to marry you, John.
That hasn't changed.
But this place
doesn't make me feel good.
Then let's go.
We'll return to Eagle Pass
once the nine-day period is over.
Thank you, Fina.
- Thank you, Fina.
- Thank you.
Enjoy.
- Enjoy.
- Enjoy.
Would you…?
- No, thanks.
- Okay.
I want to apologize to you.
This whole situation
of my mother's death
hasn't given me the chance
to say I'm so happy for your engagement.
A toast to you.
I wish you
all the happiness in the world.
You're a very fortunate man, Doctor.
Thank you very much, Rosaura.
And I'm very happy
to be part of this family.
I'm so glad you've finally found someone
to spend the rest
of your life with, Tita.
Me and my husband…
are at your disposal
for anything you may need.
- Thank you.
- Where will the wedding take place?
I don't mean to interfere,
but I believe that
the sooner you get married, the better.
We still haven't discussed dates.
Regarding the location…
Eagle Pass.
We'll marry at Eagle Pass.
Right.
To your health!
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
Cheers.
The Army!
- What's wrong?
- The Army's here!
Hide, Gertrudis. Now!
This way! The door.
Why are you here, how did you get in?
My orders are to arrest Pedro Múzquiz.
He's accused of rebelling
and of betraying the nation.
- Let's go!
- Move, sir.
- You're wrong.
- Hold on.
- Let go! I was granted a pardon!
- Pedro!
Let me go! Just…
- Let him go!
- Let me go!
- Let him go, please!
- Let me go!
Don't move!
- Don't hurt him!
- Let me…!
Don't beat him up!
Rosaura! The documents!
Stay put!
Calm down, please.
That man has documents.
Come on!
Go with Rosaura.
Come on!
Rosaura, what's wrong?
Just breathe!
What's wrong?
Are you all right?
Where is Pedro?
He was taken by the army.
I'll go get the pardon.
Please, take a seat.
Right, be careful.
She's about to give birth.
- I'll take it.
- No!
What?
Gertrudis, take this, save him!
No. If she's seen, she'll be arrested.
I'll take you to bed.
You like to play
the Resurrection of Jesus game.
But Pedrito,
coming back to Piedras Negras?
What were you thinking?
You should stayed hidden
with the Yankees.
It's a mistake, uncle.
I'm not a rebel anymore.
Damn!
What? Out of thin air?
The president granted me a pardon.
- Where's that?
- Back in the ranch.
The president does not pardon traitors!
- Put him on his knees!
- Yes, general!
This time
I'll make sure you die for good.
Stop!
This letter was signed
by the president, you can't touch him!
Here's the water.
My first-aid kit is in my room.
She's about to give birth.
Thank you.
You're no longer a rebel.
Since when
are you backing the government?
Your child is about to be born.
How do you feel, Rosaura?
She's so beautiful.
Gertrudis, they may come in.
Tita, are you all right?
How's the baby?
Are you all right?
Yes.
It's a girl.
Hi.
What did they do to you?
I'll tell you later.
What will be her name?
She should be called Esperanza.
I like it.
I don't know if Mom
would have liked that name.
Rosaura.
Mrs. Elena is gone.
Let's call her Esperanza.
Esperanza.
Hi, Esperanza.
Let's leave them alone.
Now that we're all together,
I wanted to tell you
that John and I are waiting
for this nine-day
mourning period to pass
to return to Eagle Pass.
You can't go.
Why not?
Because neighboring ranches
are still under attack.
Roads aren't safe.
Just wait until it gets better.
Don't take risks.
I agree it's not the best time to leave.
But if we travel
during the day, we'll be fine.
Thank you for your concern.
Why don't you get married here?
Once you're spouses, you'll be back
in Eagle Pass when things settle down.
No.
I won't do it here.
We'll wait.
Well, let's organize a meeting
to show the ranch is still standing.
And we can announce your engagement.
- It's not a good time.
- I agree, we're not ready to celebrate.
Tita,
let me do something
for you and for our family.
Mom has just died.
It doesn't have to be now.
We need time to improve this ranch.
But we must show Piedras Negras
that Las Palomas
and this family are still standing.
While we organize this,
go back to Eagle Pass then.
It's not the right time to celebrate.
We're not celebrating.
It's a meeting with guests.
A small dinner to show
we're together and happy.
That we have a beautiful daughter.
And there's also Tita's engagement.
It's what we have to do
as the new landowners of Las Palomas.
What is bothering you?
Can't you see?
War isn't over.
There are more attacks on ranches.
We can't have a meeting,
we have no money to do that.
Does Tita's engagement bother you?
Don't be ridiculous, Rosaura.
We've just had a daughter.
I didn't ask you that.
Do you still love her?
No.
We're no longer the same.
All I care about now is this family.
I promise I'll wait
until things settle down.
Until our situation improves,
then, we'll have this meeting.
I can't wait until everybody
sees how beautiful our family is.
MÚZQUIZ RANCH
María…
María!
Yes, Madam.
Get Julio changed for his piano lessons.
Thank you, Dad.
Finally, Son!
You're a man.
You may go.
Teaching him to shoot is one thing.
But buying an 11 year old boy a gun…
Julio must learn to defend himself.
To defend his belongings.
Besides, that gun is not loaded.
Maybe you're right.
When he grows up,
his enemies won't always escape
from him, unlike his dad's.
What I'd really love to know
is how the hell he got a pardon
from the president himself.
In my opinion, you attach
too much importance to your nephew.
He can't take this away from us.
He may have a pardon,
but he's still a rebel
with no deed to prove he owns this.
Besides, I have a tight control
on the rebels of this region.
They have no ammunition.
No food.
So why is he back?
You're so obsessed
with killing your nephew
that you can't see what really matters.
The ranches businesses
and closing deals with the Yankees
are the only things
you should bother about.
Things change every day in this country.
We must benefit from that.
You won't always be a general.
This ranch must look like new.
We can't let people think
we're not at our best.
What will you cook?
There's plenty of time, right?
You haven't set a date.
Before setting a date,
I want to make sure
we have our position back
in Piedras Negras society.
Unless you want a party with no guests.
It's a dinner!
With few guests,
that's what we'd agreed.
Yes, right.
A dinner.
But we'll have
about ten or fifteen people.
There's not enough food
for so many people, Rosaura.
We'll see about that.
Let's cook champandongo.
It's cheap and it goes a long way.
It will be delicious.
Where are you going?
I must return.
It's for the best.
This is her house too.
Don't take it the wrong way.
You won't see me around for a while.
The path you chose
to follow is endangering us all.
We must repair our family's reputation,
and having a rebel
wanted by the law won't help us.
But a…
Wait!
Don't go!
I'm pregnant with Juan's child.
Why didn't you tell me?
Because I didn't want to.
You can't go. The hills aren't
a good place to stay in your condition.
The hills are home, I'll be fine, Tita.
This is your house,
both of you will be safe here.
I've never ever felt safe again here.
Rosaura is right,
I'm a danger to all of you.
Her opinion doesn't count.
Well, it seems it does!
Lately, she's been having
the last word on everything.
Look at you, Tita.
You'll marry a man you don't love.
What for?
To teach Pedro a lesson
while he makes mistakes?
Mom is gone.
You're free.
I don't want to see you living a lie.
Like Rosaura.
I understand your point of view.
But it's not like that.
John and I love each other.
Trust me.
Do you trust yourself?
Take care, sister. Please.
You take care too.
Tita and Doctor Brown
returned to Eagle Pass
as soon as they could.
Tita was sure that,
no matter Rosaura's plans,
she'd never return to Las Palomas.
To be near Pedro, Rosaura
and Esperanza was a real torture.
- Good morning.
- Good morning. Name?
Eventually,
Pedro changed laborer's
working conditions.
Fairer daily and monthly wages
brought people back to the ranch.
Little by little,
things were going back to normal.
Thank you, sir.
Ranches are still under attack.
People say it's Villa's followers.
Yes, it's a complex situation,
but I'm really grateful to you for…
But only after some months,
Rosaura was accepted again
by Piedras Negras society.
But first and foremost,
I wanted to invite you
to meet the new member of this family.
Due to Rosaura's relentless insistence
Tita finally returned to Las Palomas.
She wrote in her diary
that this was important
for the future of the ranch.
- Thank you.
- No problem, sir.
But I believe
that what really brought her back
was her desire to see Pedro again.
Thank you.
What she didn't know was
it wouldn't be a short visit,
like she had expected.
Tita was nervous.
That night, she would announce
her engagement to Doctor Brown.
Finally, she would put an end
to that absurd tradition
that wouldn't allow her to get married.
She was supposed to be happy.
But she wasn't happy.
Tita, it's very important
to find the right elements
to light our inner flame
and to live a meaningful life.
Otherwise, that box of matches
might get wet and never turn on again.
One of Nacha's
favorite recipes was champandongo,
normally known as "poor man's cake"
because it was made of leftovers.
A simple dish in which a cake
was sort of made by using tortillas.
To do this cake,
ground beef and pork are mixed.
An onion is fried
together with acitrón and cumin.
In another dish, there's cream,
and small torn pieces
of queso anejo for decoration.
But the secret of this delicious dish
is the mole sauce.
How's dinner going?
- Hi!
- Tita, your hands are dirty.
I don't want her to get used to you.
Because you'll go back to Eagle Pass.
The ingredients to prepare
the champandongo are ready.
The mole needs to be heated
some more to get all the flavor.
Well, yeah, it's tasteless.
Meanwhile, why don't you get changed?
Go get ready.
I'll take care of the mole.
Thank you, Fina.
I'll bring laurel from the orchard,
then I'll get changed.
I love you.
You make me
the happiest man on earth, Tita.
Bring more plates!
The flowers, please!
Now what's wrong?
Too much chili, don't you think, Tita?
No.
While cooking,
Tita couldn't stop
thinking about that image.
Pedro's fingers
buttoning Rosaura's dress.
Both of them looking at their daughter.
Once again,
the family she'd always wanted to have.
It is said that
the mole was dark that day.
Darker than the bottom of a well.
Darker than Tita's blind jealousy.
It tastes good, Tita.
I'll get some water.
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
John, check
if the guests are being properly served.
I'll go check everything at the kitchen.
"A dinner with a few friends"?
- Good evening, Pedro.
- Hi, good evening.
- Come on in, welcome.
- Welcome.
- You've invited all of Piedras Negras.
- Don't overdo it.
Good evening, Pedrito.
Glad to see you again.
General, Valentina,
it's an honor to have you here. Welcome.
- Thank you for inviting us, Rosaura.
- Evening.
- Good evening.
- Evening.
It's so good to see
things are going better for you.
Excuse us.
Come on in.
I can't believe you've invited him.
He wanted to kill me, now he's my guest?
Calm down… Welcome, good evening.
Calm down, Pedro.
It's important he sees
we have nothing to hide or fear.
And it's great
he sees the ranch is fine.
- Evening.
- Good evening.
How are you?
- How was your trip?
- Fine.
- Glad to see you…
- Welcome…
That's it, that's it, push.
Push.
- So young, and such a pity.
- Yes, such a pity.
Mrs. Berenice, how's your husband doing?
Getting better.
I'm so glad to see you've tried again!
Children are a blessing.
It's true. Thank you.
Do you happen to know
when dinner will be served?
Let me check how it goes.
By the way, darling, congratulations.
Everything looks wonderful.
Thank you very much.
How will we pay for all this?
It's all settled. Trust me.
- But Rosaura…
- Trust me.
Dear nephew.
You got some balls coming here.
I got some balls?
You got some balls
coming back to Piedras Negras, Pedrito.
I'll find out why exactly you came here.
- Well, I…
- Good evening everyone!
Thank you for coming.
You may sit, dinner is ready.
Dear friends.
First and foremost, I want to thank you
for being with us
in this special occasion.
Today, besides paying tribute
to Mrs. Elena de la Garza,
a flawless woman
who gave her life for this ranch
and kept it producing for many years,
we're also celebrating
a new era at Las Palomas.
Both me and my husband, Pedro Múzquiz,
we'll make
this ranch's splendor come back.
Second, I'd like to make a toast
to our beautiful heiress health,
Esperanza Múzquiz de la Garza.
Finally,
I'd like to make a toast
to my dear younger sister
and her eternal love,
Doctor John Brown,
who are formally
announcing their engagement tonight.
To their health!
I hope they're as happy as we are.
- Cheers.
- Cheers!
- Bravo.
- Bravo!
Long live the bride and groom!
- Enjoy!
- Thank you!
Tita's feelings, trapped
among champandongo tortillas,
influenced anyone
who may eat her dishes.
The more time passed,
the less strong
the enchilada seemed to be,
but it caused
uncontrollable fits of jealousy.
- You, fool.
- I'm watching you.
It's so delicious.
- Just delicious.
- But kind of hot.
A bit hot, yes.
Pedro!
Sir!
Excuse me.
What's wrong?
I'll be back.
- Let me examine you.
- I'm fine!
That glass
is near your tendon, be careful.
You may fool everybody else, but not me.
I don't understand.
You took advantage of Tita
to seduce her.
I didn't take advantage of Tita!
I took care of her,
nobody else did at the asylum!
You know we love each other.
Then why did you marry Rosaura?
Is it serious, Doctor?
No.
- It's just a scratch.
- Are you all right?
Yes, I'm fine.
Don't you think it was too fast?
I was dead, and you got engaged.
Don't you dare talk
about things you don't know.
Besides…
Did you want me to grieve
until your third child with Rosaura?
At least she waited for me.
I'm fed up.
No, really, look, this is a real ranch.
May I have your attention, please?
I hope you're having a good time.
Me and John want
to invite you to an event.
We want you to come
to our wedding which will be held soon
here, at Piedras Negras.
Thank you.
You're devouring her with your eyes.
I'm watching you!
They really went all out.
With somebody else's money.
Yes, with our money.
I hope they can give it back.
That's what I'm saying, damn it!
Why are you so stubborn?
It's not the people,
it's the government
who won't let us grow.
Watch your words, Mr. José!
Or you may be in trouble, got it?
Tita got engaged very soon.
Does she have a bun in the oven?
Quite the contrary.
Tita has always been
in love with the doctor,
but she kept it under wraps.
Yes, come on, push.
Push, push! Yes!
Keep pushing. Push!
That's right!
That's it.
What's wrong, Fina?
Nothing.
I'm sad.
When I start cleaning, I'll be better.
Is it because of Jesús, your boyfriend?
I went to the market, and we talked.
I told him to come for me
if he ever decided to be with me.
But he didn't come for you.
Come on, go to bed.
No, there's a lot of cleaning to do.
I'll do it.
You go to bed.
Thank you, Tita.
Good night.
Good night.
I'm a dad.
Yes.
Juan?
Hi.
Tita and I will get married,
and I demand,
being the gentleman you are,
that you respect our engagement
and remain far from my fiancée!
I must protect her
from an opportunistic like you!
The only opportunistic here,
who used two women, is you!
I didn't take Tita as my patient
and cure her with an engagement ring!
- Pedro!
- You did the same with your former wife?
Calm down, John! John!
Stop!
Enough! Calm down, please!
What's wrong with you? Are you crazy?
Where were you
when Tita was dying at the asylum?
Leaving a mass grave,
I'd been given up for dead.
As soon as I could walk,
I went straight to Eagle Pass.
And there she was.
Happy.
But she wasn't alone.
- Why were you with him?
- I was picking things up.
- Swear it!
- You're not yourself, John.
I thought I could handle this.
But I can't bear how you look at him.
This is why you wanted to come?
To see him?
Tita, I'm talking to you!
Juan, calm down, please.
How can I calm down?
You take me for a fool!
I'm not that boy's dad.
Are you saying
this is someone else's son?
Well, I don't know.
You tell me.
If that's what you think, we'll go.
Don't worry.
Why didn't you say
you'd been looking for me?
Because I saw you happy with John.
You're a great woman, Tita.
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Will you stop
pretending nothing happened?
It was completely real.
It was a complete mistake.
I did something really bad.
- I've been looking for you.
- Can we talk?
I asked the priest
to come and organize the wedding.
If anyone thinks there may be
a hindrance to this wedding,
they should record it here.
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