Almost Happy (Casi Feliz) (2020) s01e10 Episode Script

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Traveling shaped me.
Living life.
And I can say this
because I've had a formal education.
I went to local universities.
No, I don't need them, thank you.
Also foreign ones, master's degrees.
But I can tell you this:
what shaped me the most were my travels.
Living, learning about other cultures.
Sleeping in strangers' homes,
sleeping on the streets,
speaking with people
in a language you don't understand,
eating something you don't even recognize,
drunk sex, sex with strangers.
Living, my dear Sebastián.
Living. Living life.
Jesús Rocha is speaking.
Jesús is a writer, professor
a thinker, in essence.
Yes, I like that you put it that way.
Though I wouldn't underestimate
formal education.
A university, a college degree.
I don't know what you studied in college.
Tell me.
I studied different I never finished.
That's what I mean, Sebastián.
I, myself, having had the opportunity
See? Recording the interviews is cool.
No one ever watches them,
but they're there.
I feel like the biggest idiot of all time.
You are.
But why are you mentioning it now?
I invited Rocha to the show.
I told Pilar to go to his courses.
I practically introduced them.
But you didn't tell him to knock her up.
That's not on you.
You didn't say,
"Hey, dude, why don't you fuck her?"
I can't believe
Pilar's having another man's child.
- I kind of saw it coming.
- I didn't.
It's just as wild as the thought
of me having a kid with another woman.
I never pictured being a father and look.
What?
- Didn't I tell you?
- No.
I'm going to be a dad.
Hey, Shade!
- How about that?
- I'm so happy! I can't believe it!
- Yes!
- What a surprise, dude!
It's great!
- Who's the mother?
- You don't know her.
No, I'm kidding, I'm not gonna be a dad.
Imagine that.
- Are you crazy? No way I'm being a dad.
- You're such an idiot!
Don't joke about it.
I'm at a sensitive point right now.
I'm just trying to cheer things up, man.
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We're listening,
what do you want to tell us?
Don't be that way.
Don't pressure him.
Let the conversation flow. Okay?
It's the first time he comes by
to tell us something.
I'm begging you.
I don't like how this turned out.
Listen to me, honey.
Do you want to talk
about what happened the other day
when you caught us doing
you know what?
No, Mom. I got over it.
- See? It wasn't that.
- Well, it could've been!
It's shocking to walk in on your parents
doing you-know-what
when the kid is already shy,
has a hard time talking
and has a father who never once
talked to him about the subject.
How would you know Daddy didn't talk
to the boy about it?
Because I do!
You thought he came to talk
about what he saw and he didn't.
I think it's strange
he didn't come because of that.
It really affected me!
I had to book a special session
with my psychologist
so that she could clear up
the situation for me.
Are you still going to therapy?
No, my psychologist died.
- What do you mean, he died?
- He died.
- You heard what he said, he died.
- How? In the middle of your session?
No, Mom, he just died.
One day, I called him
and a relative told me he died.
Life is so unfair.
I'm gonna check on the food.
Okay, we're listening.
Stop saying we're listening!
Stop smothering him, please!
- The food is almost ready.
- Okay, I'll go to the bathroom, then.
Sebi!
- Time to eat!
- He's in the bathroom.
Yes, I know he is.
Did you take those things out
from the bathroom?
What things?
Sebi, time to eat!
Everything okay in the bathroom?
Everything's okay.
Honey, here's your chicken with farfel
and I'll put some here, too.
I don't like your plate to be full,
it's in bad taste.
- Okay.
- There's more.
- Okay.
- I'll get the bread.
- Okay, I'll tell you.
- Yes.
Pilar is pregnant.
Mazel tov!
- See? It was good news!
- It's lovely!
I knew it. I had my suspicions.
- I didn't, I was clueless.
- Of course she is. Do you know why?
Because they love each other!
They were getting back together!
- Son, you're making us grandparents again!
- Listen to me!
- What a beautiful thing!
- True.
- Are they twins?
- Will you please listen?
- Twins?
- I'll drop dead right now!
- Twins?
- Yes. Why not?
Pilar, why didn't she come?
She must be busy, plus the pregnancy
She didn't come
because I'm not the father.
Someone else is.
What do you mean someone else?
Her boyfriend.
She has a boyfriend?
Are you stupid?
He just said her boyfriend
got her pregnant.
- And you ask him if
- Let him speak!
There's not much to say.
I wanted you to know
before the kids arrive.
You should know your grandchildren
will be having a new sibling.
My God, what did we do
to deserve such news?
Why do these things happen
to this family?
It's normal, Mom. People split up
and they have kids, new partners.
I was just so excited with all this.
It's not a big deal to me.
Well, it's not a party either.
It's nothing to celebrate.
All right, Mom. It is what it is.
- All good.
- She's a bitch.
Tell Grandma I send her all my love, okay?
You're not coming?
No, baby, I'm in a hurry.
Do our grandparents know
we're having a sibling?
Yes, Dad is telling them today.
Do you think they'll be happy about it?
I think so.
I think they will,
we're having a new baby sibling.
I don't, because I think
they probably wanted it to be Dad's.
Oh, well.
Is Barcelona nice?
- Why do you ask?
- I don't know, it just occurred to me.
Yes, it's nice. Barcelona is lovely.
It has the ocean, mountains,
museums, a beautiful boulevard.
- Parks with games?
- Parks with games.
- Ice cream shops?
- Ice cream shops.
You thought it didn't have any?
What do you know? Maybe it didn't.
How could it not? When I grow up,
I'm going to have an ice cream shop.
- Me too.
- Really?
- Hey!
- Don't copy me!
- What are you talking about? I'm not.
- Okay now.
Ice cream shops have always existed, boy.
- I mean it. What's wrong with you?
- Okay.
Okay now, hey! Don't fight.
What? You never told your kids
not to fight?
See how you make me look?
You're so dumb.
- What's his name?
- Rocha.
His name is Rocha?
Rocha is his last name.
Did you know that with that last name
he could be a Sephardic Jew?
Why do you care?
He won't be our grandchild's father.
Pilar's here.
- Is she coming in?
- No. I'll go get the kids downstairs.
- Tell her to come in, it's okay with me.
- No, I'll go get them.
It's okay with me.
I can pretend I don't hate her.
We want to go upstairs by ourselves.
- You want to?
- Yes, come on.
- Will you behave?
- Yes.
Okay, go.
Slow down.
- It's okay.
- I know.
- They're old enough.
- Yes, I know.
- They're grown-up.
- I know they're grown-up.
How are you?
I forgot how it feels to be pregnant.
I'm nauseous, but I'm okay.
Well, I think you look lovely.
Thanks. How are you?
Okay.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
Looking for someone to impregnate
so that we're even.
Let me think,
I'm sure there must be someone.
- There must me someone.
- There must be someone, yes.
While we're at it,
I can get some sex along the way, huh?
You're so silly.
Yes, I'm very silly.
The sad Jewish clown
with his pregnant ex-wife.
It suits you.
- It suits me great.
- Yes.
You should've seen my parents' reaction.
I just told them.
Do they hate me?
A bit, but they'll get over it.
- Okay.
- Do you want to say hi?
No.
No, thanks. Some other day.
- I wanted to tell you something, anyway.
- What?
I was just in my parents' bathroom
and they left this box there with
sex toys.
But, like, big-time.
- Sex toys Yes.
- No.
- Really?
- Really, a whole box.
Dildos, rings, lube,
things I've no idea what they're for.
Circular things, curved things,
things with two, three heads.
- They're so active.
- Yes, more than I am.
- Crazy.
- Yes.
- Sorry.
- Don't be.
It's okay.
- Are you crying because you're pregnant?
- I don't know.
I'm just crying, that's it.
- You're all right. Okay.
- Yes.
- If you need anything, I'm here.
- I know.
I'll call tomorrow to talk with the kids.
- Sure. Okay.
- Okay?
- Well, see you.
- Bye.
- Pili.
- What?
You have a dildo
that used to be mine, right?
I think I gave it back,
but I'll look for it.
Okay, if you find it, send me a picture.
- Sure.
- I think it had a Mickey Mouse head on it.
Will you love our new sibling?
But of course, my love!
As much as you love us?
We're your real grandkids.
But the baby will be your little sibling.
No, the girl is right.
We won't be that baby's grandparents.
Grandpa, would you change its diapers?
Yes.
What are you talking about?
You never changed a diaper in your life!
You never changed a diaper?
Excuse me.
Are you sexist, Grandpa?
Did you know your dad
never changed your diaper?
No, I didn't. You never changed my diaper?
Is that sexist to you?
- I'm going to the bathroom. I got to pee.
- Sure.
- No!
- Don't, no!
Have you been to Barcelona?
Yes. We went there in the '90s,
when the dollar was low.
But I would've liked
visiting other countries
by myself or with friends.
Did you want to travel with friends
because Grandpa is sexist?
Well, yes, there's that.
But we never could.
- Were you poor?
- We were lower-middle class.
- No, middle class.
- Lower-middle class.
The lower-middle class
doesn't go to Europe.
You did cause you were middle class.
We traveled because we saved a lot,
and the dollar was
The kids are getting suspicious.
How do you know?
Today, they asked me if Barcelona is nice.
And what did you say?
What was I supposed to say? I said it was.
Yeah, but the kids will be fine.
There's the thrill of traveling,
and Barcelona is beautiful.
I don't know why you worry so much.
How I'm taking it is what worries me.
Pilar, you should be ecstatic.
You aren't doing anything here.
Let's be honest,
Barcelona has everything. It's beautiful.
And at my age,
I can't refuse such an opportunity.
I don't know.
I went to Europe twice.
I backpacked when I was 20
and later on, I went with your mom.
And which one was more fun?
They were both fun.
- If you had to pick one?
- Both.
But the kids are asking.
Which one was more fun?
Well, I had more fun with your mom.
- And did you go to Barcelona?
- Yes, of course.
Why are you so stuck on Barcelona?
Should we tell?
Okay, I'll tell you.
They didn't notice,
but we overheard Mom talking to Rocha
and they said we're gonna live
in Barcelona with the new baby.
- Bring me the blood pressure pill.
- Which one?
The only one I have for my blood pressure!
Wait, you must've misunderstood.
No, we got it right.
We're going
because Rocha got a job in Barcelona.
Excuse me, did you know about this?
- Look at me!
- No, I did not know!
Why don't you take the kids
to the bedroom?
Kids, let's go play in the bedroom.
- I wanna watch a movie.
- I wanna watch a series.
What's going on?
Everyone is obsessed with these series!
I can't believe it.
I don't understand,
why didn't you tell me?
Well, I'm telling you now, Seba.
We just received confirmation
for the conference dates today
and he'd be based in Barcelona
for a year. I didn't know.
So, you made the decision to live
in Barcelona with my kids for a year
without my consent?
No, not at all.
It's just that, when I saw you today,
I wasn't sure. That's all.
How come the kids heard your conversation?
That wasn't my intention.
It was something we'd been talking about.
Unbelievable. You want to leave
for a year with my children.
No, that's not what I want.
But it's the baby's first year.
I'd like him to be with his dad.
And what if I'm not on board?
That would be a problem.
It's only for a year, Seba.
You can come visit, we can come visit.
- Let's talk tomorrow.
- As soon as possible.
Why?
Because it all happened so fast,
we'd have to leave in a month, tops.
So?
It may be. I have to talk
to your mom some more.
Would we get to see Barcelona?
If you go, yes.
- When did you first visit Europe?
- When I was 20.
Right, you were poor.
We weren't poor.
The poor don't go to Europe.
- Did you live here?
- No.
Where did you live?
In a small house.
To me, it was big.
Well, it was big to you
because you were little.
I want to see that house.
- OK, I'll take you someday.
- Today.
- I can't today.
- Come on, Dad.
No, I can't today.
I have to go to the studio.
Hey, can we talk about today's show?
It's the same as yesterday.
But let's give it a twist.
What for, man?
People are going to Wait.
You should be the one
listening to the music.
I don't know what to start with today.
- Whatever you choose is fine, Seba.
- No. It's not,
"Whatever you choose is fine."
- We gotta work things through.
- What about instincts?
Hello.
Hello.
- Hi, how are you?
- How are you?
Good, and you?
- You don't remember me, huh?
- What?
You don't remember me? From the hotel?
I'm León Levy, we met at the hotel
you were at with Romina Castro.
You were there,
watching the Atlanta-River game
and I asked you
- Yes, totally.
- Remember?
- Yes, I remember.
- Is everything okay?
- Yes. Shade was there.
- Shade was there, right.
- Shade do you remember this guy?
- What's up?
- Yes!
- I remember perfectly.
I told you I wanted to work on the radio,
that I wanted to host, act, I'm a clown.
- I have a band, we play Maná.
- I remember.
That's right.
Hey, no offense,
but we're prepping the show.
Yes, I just wanted to tell you
I made it.
That the email I sent you,
which it seems you didn't get
or it went to spam,
there's no need to open it, it's done.
We're peers.
- No.
- Yes.
- Really?
- Yes, I won the radio contest
and I'm assembling the show,
figuring it all out.
What contest?
The one the new radio management held.
What do you mean, new management?
Yes, Eva, the new radio director
held the contest
- Eva?
- Yes.
New director?
- You didn't know?
- No.
Shady? Hey, Shade.
Do we have a new director?
Oh, yes.
"Oh, yes"? And you didn't tell me?
It seems everyone knew.
I'm sure they'll call for you to meet her.
It would be great for you to meet Eva.
She inspires. Eva is
"radio," you know?
She was my teacher.
That's how I know her.
We have a good relationship.
She always said,
"When I get a job in radio,
I'll call you."
So
I don't follow, did you win a contest
or did she call you?
I was just thinking,
since we're coworkers now,
it would be great to get together.
I'd love it if you looked
at the new sections I'm putting together.
Having your feedback would be great.
And, while we're at it,
I can share some thoughts
with you that I had for your show.
Some adjustments, you know?
- All right, let's get together.
- Yes.
Let's get together
and get some fresh ideas, you know?
- Totally. More minds for thinking.
- Yeah. If not, you get stuck.
- Yes.
- What's your name again?
León.
- León. León Levy.
- León Levy.
I thought my show could be called
The Urban Lion.
We're on air. From here,
I can see Felipe in the sound room.
Felipe is around 20.
It's been a bit over 20 years 25 years
that I've worked on the radio.
I remember they fired me
from the first radio station.
They said, "The radio
doesn't want you to continue."
I found it strange,
them calling it "the radio."
It's not a person, no. "The radio."
What's the radio?
Then I worked at another radio station,
owned by Australians.
An Australian group owned the station.
So they said, "The Australians
want to lower your salary.
The Australians want to make a cut."
Who were the Australians?
No one ever told us.
If it was one Australian with another,
if there were kangaroos,
no one said anything.
I just found out
that we have a new radio director
and the old director left.
No one told me anything.
I heard it through the grapevine, a rumor.
I also found out the radio held a contest
to look for new shows.
I would've loved to know
so that I could've announced it.
And we have a new director,
- her name is Eva, apparently.
- The shit is gonna hit the fan.
Eva didn't introduce herself,
I don't know this Eva.
I don't know who Eva is.
Or if Adam came with her.
That's the worst joke I could think of,
and the only one.
- Get him off the air.
- What?
I would have loved to find out officially.
I'm not asking for them to send me
What are you doing? Are you crazy?
- What's up? How are you?
- How are you?
I'm Eva Pedernera, the new radio director.
Sebastián, a pleasure.
You can't air out
the station's private business like that.
It's the show's style. I make jokes.
Yes, but you can't announce
there's a new director called Eva,
just like that.
- We'll get to know each other.
- Sure.
We'll talk about this and other things.
I want you to tell me your ideas
to keep the show running.
I'll leave you to your work.
Okay.
Where are we, Dad?
- We're here.
- Where?
- Home.
- Home?
What used to be my home.
Dad, you can't park here,
it's a garage entrance.
It'll only take a minute.
Come on.
- Does being here make you sad?
- No, not sad.
Just a little nostalgic, that's all.
If we had a nostalgia world cup
I would be a favorite for the win.
But I'm not proud of that.
You can feel nostalgic for many things.
For a person you stopped seeing.
For a person who left on a trip.
For someone who died.
You can feel nostalgic for a house,
for an object, for a smell.
For a dish.
You can even feel nostalgic for a goal.
Feeling nostalgic comes easy
because we're constantly
leaving moments behind.
That's why it's best
to bring closure to the past,
live the present,
and give yourself fully to the future.
Every time the past confronted me,
I realized that it had been idealized.
And not only that. I realized it was done.
That it was over.
I grew up here.
CAR WASH
It was actually a building
with dozens of apartments,
and your grandparents,
your uncle and I lived in 8-B.
But Daddy, what's nostalgia?
Nostalgia is what you feel
when someone dies.
No way, neither our uncle
or grandparents died.
- Yes, Facundo, that's what it is.
- No, it's not.
Is that right, Dad?
It's feeling sad for something
that's gone and will never come back.
THE URBAN LION WITH LEÓN LEVY
Subtitle translation by Fernanda Avalos