Diablero (2018) s01e05 Episode Script

El cónclave

1 [MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYS OVER RADIO.]
Ready? [INDIGENOUS FLUTE AND DRUMS PLAY.]
I, Elvis Infante, am your master.
From now on, whatever happens to this doll, will happen to you.
Your deepest desires, as well as your actions are subject to my will.
- Does it hurt? - [BENITO GROANS.]
Dad, I'm so sorry! Are you in a lot of pain? [BENITO LAUGHS.]
Get your things, Keta.
Let's go get dinner.
What about me? You stay here until you get this incantation right.
But I've been trying for hours, I'm starving.
This doll is faulty.
You could do it with Play-Doh.
If you did it the way I taught you, I'd be writhing in pain right now.
- I'm trying! - Stop trying, then.
Just do it.
- See this? - A demon's fang.
Not just any demon.
A Demonic Principality.
Your great-grandfather killed him.
He gave it to your grandpa, and your grandpa gave it to me.
Once you're a worthy Diablero, it will be yours.
Let's go.
- [DOOR CLOSES.]
- It's about faith.
You have to believe that the doll and Dad are one and the same.
Let's try together.
No.
- [KETA.]
Let me try.
- You can't.
Why not? Yes, I can.
You're a girl, and there's no such thing as female Diableras.
Nancy said she saw a Diablera.
A female Diablera, Keta.
You and I know Diableras aren't real.
Of course they are, Elvis.
Benito knows all about it.
[SCOFFS.]
Oh, really? Benito knows about it? So go talk to him, ask him to tell us where she is.
I'm not going, it's up to you whether to go talk to him or not.
Oh, sis.
No, no Of course I'm glad, don't get the wrong idea.
But, why did you want to speak with me? Of course not.
No one has broken in.
Enriqueta Infante? What does she have to do with this? I'm going to find out.
I assure you, nothing like this will happen ever again.
I need to see you.
We have to talk, it's important.
Can we meet at Xoco? Off Churubusco Avenue.
I'll explain later.
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES [THEME MUSIC PLAYS.]
[MARIANA PANTING.]
Someone help! Help me! Please help me! Help! Nancy I'm going to pay a visit to Don Benito, okay? I'm sure he can help me find that Diablera.
- I'll come with.
- You stay here, bro.
- Nancy could go into shock.
- Don't worry, Elvis.
A priest alone with a demon magnet, what could possibly go wrong? Hey.
If anything happens to her, Keta will beat you up.
But I'll kill you, got it? Be careful.
Put on some music, will you? It'll help her relax.
I guess you're stuck babysitting me.
What the ? [SIGHS.]
Goddamnit, Keta! MAYAKEN INFANTE DEC '09-MARC '10 [EL INDIO.]
I wanted to spare you the pain of an endless search.
I know, Isaac, but I need a favor.
I need to find whoever did this.
He can lead us to Mayaken.
I already told Elvis I don't lose demons.
It came from your warehouse.
Nancy caught its scent there and she's never wrong.
All right.
I'll look into it.
But I'm doing this for you.
Thank you.
Isaac, I never cheated on you.
There was never anyone else.
I know that.
Elvis lied to us both.
You knew? The prick told me yesterday.
[BOY 1.]
I won.
[BOY 2.]
Let's see together.
[BOY 1.]
It's a tie.
[BOY 2.]
You say what you want.
- [BOY 1.]
Let go of mine.
- [BOY 2.]
No, I won.
Screw you, Elvis! I need that for school! School is a waste of time, Brayan! Live your life, dude! MICTLAN BAR [REGIONAL SPANISH MUSIC PLAYS.]
Sir, I need help.
Are you here alone? What are you doing here, kid? Minors aren't allowed inside.
Where are your parents? - I need someone to help me.
- We're policemen, come with us.
Get in.
Why are you men like this? - What do you mean? - You're cowards.
You can face demons, but not the truth.
I never lied to you.
But you didn't believe or listen to me.
You left me.
And since then, I haven't cared for any women.
You are my only love, babe.
[CHUCKLES.]
You act way tougher than you really are.
You're the only one who always tells me things straight, and is still alive to tell the tale.
I don't get why everyone is so scared of you.
Me neither.
I have to go.
[CITY CHATTER.]
[MAN GRUNTING.]
Benito? - [BENITO.]
Shh-shh.
- Benito.
Sorry to just drop in, I need your help.
Don't interrupt me right now, I'm very busy.
It's important.
Oh, so you're in a hurry.
A little, yes.
Tell me how we classify demons.
In order of fucked-upness.
- Come on, are you serious? - What? You don't remember? Demon, Demonic Archangel And their types.
Demon, type-1.
Demonic Archangel, type-2.
Mom? What is it? I've been looking for her, but I couldn't find her, there's no sign of her.
Do you know what'll happen if you don't find her? - There won't be a new sun? - That's right.
There won't be anything.
Anything! She's irreplaceable, Wences.
I know, Mom, but I already looked everywhere.
Maybe you need a little help? "THE GARDEN OF EDEN" DINER FRESH TROUT AVAILABLE Hey - where are we going? - We will clear everything up.
Don't worry.
[SIREN WAILING.]
I'll I'll go look for her in the back.
Go look for her, and take that thing away.
And how do we defeat demons? - With quicksilver.
- No.
You inject quicksilver into their fucking bloodstream.
No! - It's true, Dad.
- We defeat demons with tenacity! With our faith! Our confidence! What? Have you forgotten the most important lesson, Heliodoro? Elvis, Dad! My name is Elvis.
Your name is Heliodoro.
He was a Greek writer, and you used to love his texts.
It was you reading to me that I loved, Dad.
Dad, I need your help.
I need to find a Diablera who knows arcane subjugation spells.
It's important, Dad.
She might lead us to Mayaken, your grandchild.
Why didn't you say so sooner? Dad But first, give your father a hug, whom you haven't seen in ages.
I'm going to help you, but I need a little favor.
Help me catch the Chupacabras.
Will you, Heliodoro? Elvis, Dad.
- Elvis! - Follow me.
Wait, let me put my stuff out of the way.
Come on, it's only The Chupacabras, no need to get pretty.
I'm coming! - Hello, hello.
- How are you, ma'am? Doing fine, officer.
- May we come in? - Sure, what brings you here? - How can I help? - We're out on patrol.
Thank God you found her.
- Her parents abandoned her.
- She was abandoned? She told us she was kidnapped.
- She says she witnessed a murder.
- Here, in your house.
- She's accusing you, ma'am.
- Poor child.
She's lashing out at the world.
The real monsters are her parents.
I found her lost in the woods.
Social Services knows she's here.
She wakes up at night screaming because of her nightmares.
This girl needs protection, she needs love.
Who knows what terrible things she sees at night? - Mind if I look around? - Of course, go right ahead.
[MAMÁ CHABELA.]
Ahem.
How's your wife's sciatica? Bring her to me.
If she stays for one morning, I'll make her well again.
[METAL CLANGING.]
Who's there? - Who are you? - Sorry.
Are you okay? - Where's Mamá Chabela? - Outside.
- [LORENZO.]
Is she all right? - [COP 1.]
Yes, she's with my partner.
[MAMÁ CHABELA.]
It's been three years now.
- They grow up fast.
- What's wrong, Mamá Chabela? - Why are they here? - Don't worry.
- They found Mariana.
- [LORENZO.]
Hmm, great.
[MAMÁ CHABELA.]
Everything is okay.
I searched the entire place, I didn't find anything.
- Let's get the girl.
- [COP 2.]
All right.
- [COP 1.]
Out, child.
- [MARIANA.]
No, please.
- [COP 1.]
You'll be fine.
- No.
[COP 1.]
Don't worry, kid.
- Come here, you'll be fine.
- No, please, she's evil.
Please, don't make me.
No, no.
Come here, now.
- You'll be safe here.
- No, she's a witch! Here, child.
- [COP 2.]
See you around.
- Thank you.
Elvis isn't picking up.
Ventura, get me out of here.
I'm freezing to death.
Ventura? Right.
Here you go.
[MUFFLED SCREAM.]
Go inside the bedroom, I'll go check it out.
Hello? Keta? Dad.
Dad, listen to me! - Tell me about the Diablera.
- Give me your finger.
- Give it here.
- Ouch! Damn it, Dad! Young blood.
These drops are for The Chupacabras.
Like flies are drawn to shit, it's a delicacy for him! Lift this up, pull it taut.
What a feast! There, ready.
That bastard wants me dead, but I got these traps.
We're finally going to skin him, like the rat bastard he is.
But why now, Dad? Didn't you face him years ago? He wants to finish what he started, see? [CLATTERING.]
Relax, son.
And you call yourself a Diablero? The Chupacabras isn't stupid.
He smells desperation.
[RATTLING.]
What do you know about the arrival? I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
[MAN BREATHING HEAVILY.]
Answer me.
Those children you're looking for where are they? No! [SCREAMS.]
Get off me, shithead! [EL INDIO.]
Tell me, cellar keeper.
What demon would you recommend for our Yoyes? - How about a nice type-2? - [DOG WHINING.]
- Like the one you stole from me.
- [CELLAR KEEPER LAUGHS.]
I didn't steal anything.
I swear it, I would never betray you like that.
That's what I used to think.
You and I are brothers, or we used to be.
I still remember when your mom passed away.
Remember how we gave her the finest wake in Mexico City? An oak casket, mariachis, a nice Mexican food spread.
Lots of booze, angel dust.
- And now I hear you stole from me.
- No, Isaac.
It wasn't me.
This one will do.
No.
No! No.
No.
No.
- No, no! - [DOG GNARLING.]
Who did you sell the demon to? Be smart, cellar keeper! Don't keep me waiting.
[CELLAR KEEPER.]
I didn't do anything! No! [SCREAMS.]
- [PAULINE.]
You don't scare me, Thalia.
- [THALIA.]
So you say, Pau.
- Just shut up.
- No, you shut up.
- [CELLAR KEEPER SCREAMING.]
- What's going on? Nothing.
- Dad, listen.
- No, don't! - She wants to save the cellar keeper.
- It was us! - [CELLAR KEEPER SCREAMING.]
- We sold the type-2 demon.
To whom? Whom did you sell it to? Ventura, come help me.
Elvis still hasn't called.
Does it hurt when they go in? You mean, the demons? [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
It always hurts.
But it was worse this time.
That goddamn bastard was gnawing on my insides.
It was all tangled up inside me, I could feel its hatred.
Mariana is lucky to have you.
Having a dad who loves you, I'm a little jealous.
About my dad, I have two specific memories.
The sound of him taking off his belt, and the pain of cigarette burns.
Until one day, I had enough.
I overheard the cooks at school talking about the Holy Death.
They said if you gave her your soul, she'd do anything for you.
So I called her.
But it was a demon who came.
He took care of the rest.
All I remember is Elvis' face after he got the demon out of me.
By then, my father had already been buried.
I ate him.
I was only eight.
Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me, if I caused it because I'm evil.
There's absolutely nothing evil about you.
But he didn't love me.
You already love Mariana and you haven't even met her.
Mariana That's a cool name.
[KETA SCREAMING.]
[CELL PHONE BUZZING.]
Yes.
I'm a little busy right now.
[PRISONER GROANING.]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
Tell me about your son.
I won't.
His name was Mayaken, wasn't it? Tell me about Mayaken.
Come on.
[MAN SCREAMS.]
The life in this is now what you are.
Let your fate be tied to my will, your thoughts, your actions are now under my control.
My control, my control.
[MAN GRUNTS, CHOKES.]
Let whatever befalls you be as I command it.
[BENITO.]
That fucking Chupacabras, trying to steal my chickens.
Come at me! - Dad.
- I'll get you this time.
Hey, hey.
- Listen, it's close.
- [RATTLING.]
[CHICKEN CLUCKING LOUDLY.]
[BANGING.]
So you're The Chupacabras.
Who are you? Who are you working for? How do you know about the missing mothers? What is "The Arrival"? Speak, motherfucker! - [GROANING.]
- What do you know about my son? Who took him? The Conclave.
What is "The Conclave"? [ANCHORWOMAN.]
Tonight on Diario PM.
NIGHTLY NEWS 24 HOURS GLOBAL WARMING AFFECTS SEVERAL COUNTRIES [ANCHORWOMAN.]
Violent and unusual climate events are ravaging the world.
EARTHQUAKE CAUSES PANIC IN ASIA - The world is coming to an end.
- [ANCHORMAN.]
chaos all over Asia.
There's no way out.
I mean, deep down we had it coming.
[NANCY.]
All right, listen.
I told you about my life.
Now, it's your turn.
Tell me what happened with Lucía.
We met a while back.
We were good friends.
Later, we fell in love.
Everything was going great until I started having nightmares.
I felt guilty.
Guilty about what? [RAMIRO SIGHS.]
I have I had a younger brother.
He was the perfect son.
The son every father would want to have.
I was the opposite.
One night, we went out partying.
And I told him I could drive, I felt fine to drive.
And I crashed straight into another car.
He died.
I killed my brother.
And I I should've died with him.
Nancy.
Nancy! - Nancy.
- [CHOKING.]
Here, open your mouth.
Open your mouth, it's over.
It's over now, it's over.
[NANCY PANTING.]
I'm all right.
This is normal after such a strong possession.
You scared me.
[MUSIC STARTS PLAYING OVER RADIO.]
What was that? I don't know.
I have to go to church.
I need to clear my head.
Get some rest.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
I don't know why the hell I came here.
You came because you want to know if there's such thing as Diableras.
And boy, there is.
There are female Diableras, Heliodoro.
And not just one, there are several of them.
They're called Xanates.
They challenged us the Diableros.
And they won.
They beat our asses.
They have the Black Book, the original copy.
They stole it from us.
That's why they can perform subjugation spells.
Go inside, children.
Go inside, my darlings.
Everything will be all right, this is only temporary, while I fix up the house.
No no no! Don't lock us in here! Mamá Chabela, open the door! - Open the door! - [LORENZO.]
This is all your fault.
We're here because you ran away.
Mamá Chabela is nice.
Mamá Chabela is evil! She's evil! [RATTLING.]
Who's there? Where am I? Where's my mom? [ELVIS.]
I need you to tell me where I can find them.
No.
You should keep away, those women are crows.
They'll peck out your eyes, like they did to your mother.
What do you mean, Dad? Your mother was a Diablera.
Heliodoro, it was the Xanates who put an end to her.
No.
No, no.
No, Dad.
I thought she abandoned you because you were a drunk.
I mean that, too.
Why didn't you ever tell us? Because I didn't want your sister to follow in her footsteps.
Listen, Dad, you have to tell me where I can find them.
- They have answers about Mayaken.
- I'll tell you.
But you have to promise to keep your sister away from those hags! Those bitches are dangerous.
Like Demonic Principalities.
[PARISHIONERS.]
We praise you, Lord.
[RAMIRO.]
The Holy Scripture tells us to keep hope alive when the night is long and dark.
But, how? How can I ask you to have faith if I myself can't see the light? I have sinned.
I'm not a saint, I'm really not.
[NANCY.]
Ventura? - I thought you were Ventura.
- Wait, what? - He's not here? - He left for mass.
Son of a bitch.
He was supposed to stay and look after you.
How did it go with Benito? Fine, considering my father is going crazy.
But if what he says is true, I know where we can find that Diablera.
I don't have Job's patience.
He was capable of sacrificing his son.
But I can't.
Don't take it out on her.
Please don't.
She's just a child.
What have I done wrong? [FOOTSTEPS.]
The Mass has ended, let us go in peace.
Keta.
Keta, are you all right? What happened to you? Nothing, it's not my blood.
Does the name "Conclave" sound familiar to you? Excuse me can I help you? You have to come with us.
- Mind telling me why? - Trust me.
It's in your best interest.
If you want to know the truth, come with me.
We need your help, Ramiro.
What does this place have to do with Mariana? Relax, we're almost there.
[BELL TOLLING.]
Gentlemen.
[CARDINAL MORELO.]
Go ahead.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[RAMIRO.]
This can't be.
Lucía? [ACTION MUSIC PLAYS.]

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