Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019) s01e04 Episode Script

Felipe G. Usted. Almost First Mexican on the Moon. Part 2

1 The physician told me that my loving mother and father will pass in a matter of days.
It's a "Your Parents Are Dead Now" vibration thing.
If you don't return what you took from them me when it vibrates, I'm going to kill you.
HECTOR: I got his fucking thumb in my pocket, and he's gone! Don't release DeLoash.
WARDEN: You're too late, Brown.
HECTOR: Felipe Guillermo Usted, County Coroner he wants to be an astronaut.
He's been training for this his whole life.
So tell him he got to quit and come back here.
He's got to delay issuance of the death certificate.
Oh, and someone has to do the my wife, $2,000 thing, though, today simultaneously.
[SPEAKS SPANISH.]
Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.
All light and all sounds hurt your head? Yes.
Intensely.
Yeah, I don't really have any friends here, except for you.
You going to Mexico for me? Give a guy some money? Cool.
Let's do it.
You wrote that note to your dad? Yeah, right there in the lake sand.
[SPEAKING SPANISH.]
[GIRL SCREAMS.]
Hello, boys.
Do you speak English, boys? Yes.
What flavors do you have? All the good ones.
Mm.
Which? The ones you like.
Chocolate? You're into chocolate? Yeah.
We have chocolate.
I'm into reduced-fat vanilla.
I prefer it, actually, to plain.
We have that, too tasty.
What? It's tasty.
I vouch for it.
Um, come on around back to the service area for your ice creams, teens.
We have a Teen Special.
Cool.
Cool.
[CONVERSING IN SPANISH.]
So, what do you say, boys? Ready for those tasty flavors? My chocolate is tops.
Where are you going, boys? It's Second-Scoop Sunday! EVERLY PIRDOO: "He might well have been mistaken for a gigantic wolf.
From his St.
Bernard father, he had inherited size and weight, but it was his shepherd mother who had given" Hey.
Yeah? [VOICE BREAKING.]
Your mom Yeah? You know What? You know how when we talk about your mom and I say, "I don't know where she is right now"? Yeah.
Then I say, "She's probably gonna come home"? Yeah? I don't think she's probably gonna come home anymore sweetheart.
Okay.
Okay.
"His cunning was wolf cunning, and wild cunning; his intelligence, shepherd intelligence and St.
Bernard intelligence; and all this, plus an experience gained in the fiercest of schools" GLENN: Why can't you go, by the way? JAMES: I told you, Glenn.
I have to go to Houston.
My thing's more important.
My thing's so the Sheriff doesn't go to jail.
And your thing is just so his wife doesn't catch him cheating on her.
Why are you coming down on me, anyway? Wasn't I doing this so we can be friends or something, for establishing friendship? We are establishing friendship.
I'm just trying to prepare you.
'Cause, man, you're going out in the world Glenn's big adventure.
Let's Let's get those muffs off.
Let's look around.
It hurts.
Well, yeah.
You're out in the world.
You're gonna get hurt a little bit.
That's how you learn and develop.
I'm encouraging you.
The world hurts, man.
Let's get those muffs off and go take the pain.
O-Okay.
So what's the plan? Crossing the border, meeting a banker, arrive at a bank.
Okay, well, you're gonna you're gonna arrive at the bank - before you meet the banker, right? - Okay.
'Cause that's where the banker is gonna be.
Okay.
Border, go to bank, meet banker, give money that's it.
Come home.
Oh.
Yeah.
Don't forget that part.
Okay.
How you doing? I'm good.
Just taking the pain.
Okay.
Have fun in between the things that you're supposed to be doing.
No doubt.
- [BRAKES SQUEAL.]
- Aah! Okay.
See ya.
Okay.
One day you'll buy a ride on a comet And you'll ride into the sunset Of a planet that's beyond it Beyond the wall Of all there is And you will stash it in your pocket And you'll take it to Manhattan Where your grandma's 10, and you are 10 You're not a family man, you're best Friends And you will hold it together Under the oldest running water Of the river of each other With the power of the future One day you'll ride into the dawning Of the morning of the dreaming And the sundown of the nearing The evening of Of the living Perpetual Grace, LTD 1x04 Felipe G.
Usted.
Almost First [WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYS.]
[BELL RINGS.]
[CONVERSING IN SPANISH.]
She can sit with me beside me.
She's safe here.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Felipe Guillermo Usted? County Coroner? Hermosillo County, Mexico? I am Felipe Guillermo Usted almost astronaut, man.
Yeah.
Well you don't know me, um but I know Hector.
I'm James.
Hello.
Hey.
How you doing in here? It's rigorous, right? Yes.
Mentally? Physically? Yes.
But I'm prepared and thriving.
Number one.
What? I'm the number-one space cadet at the moment.
Cool.
You have to leave.
What? You have to leave now.
The guy who's supposed to be dead is running around.
Hector could go to prison.
You could go to prison.
Hector needs you to hold the issuance of death certificate until he can corral the guy.
He's an old man.
He's not turns out.
I know this is a big deal.
I asked him if you could just call about the certificate.
You can't just call.
Yeah, Hector said.
- It's life and death.
- Yeah.
I have to be there for that.
Yeah, so can't be here.
I only have another week.
We don't have a week.
My birthday's next Thursday.
That's cool.
Not cool.
I have to complete this phase before I turn 43.
There's an age limit.
I'll be too old to return.
So I can't return.
So I can't go to space.
Well you can't go to space, Felipe.
You go to Mexico today, hold issuance of these death certificates for two days until we get things back on track, or you can go to prison.
Those are the two places you can go.
James? Yeah? Can I at least do the zero-gravity chamber phase now? It will only take like 40 minutes.
It's the closest I'll come, man.
To what? To achieving my lifelong goal.
Yeah, okay.
Then haul ass back and call Hector to confirm the delay of issuance.
No, man.
That's what I'm saying a real ice-cream man, man.
And that kid that you sent he never showed up at the bank, man.
He should have been there by now.
No-show.
And that money has to get there, James, before my wife notices, man.
Are you in a field now? - James? - Uh, yeah, yeah.
What the fuck? I thought he'd go to the Consulate, the old guy.
Why didn't he go there? Where's he going? He's going somewhere.
He's going Oh, fuck.
What? Fuck.
He has my wallet.
What does that mean? He has my address.
Shit.
[CELLPHONE BUZZING.]
Dad, I need to talk to you.
Something bad happened.
I'm trying to do something good, then something bad happened.
Dad, come on.
Okay, well Okay.
Happy Father's Day, Dad.
How many kids did the fire-trainee guy have? 11? All girls.
11 tuitions.
11 Quinceañeras.
11 weddings.
The sun shines off your hair.
It's lovely.
It's like having your own personal sun coming along with you wherever you go.
Let me braid it up for you.
It's unsafe, honey.
Inseguro.
You understand? These girls grabbing you It's unsafe.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
There.
Okay? Safe and sound.
[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS.]
[GIRL SHOUTING IN SPANISH.]
[SCREAMING.]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
[SCREAMING CONTINUES.]
Petition for passport.
Name? Donald DeLoash.
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? First conviction 1953, armed theft.
Sentenced to nine years HM Home for Young Offenders.
Subsequent convictions 1954, murder, 1964, assault of a police constable, 1966, armed theft, manslaughter, manslaughter, manslaughter, manslaughter.
manslaughter, manslaughter manslaughter.
Sentence 52 years, HM Prison Full Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Petitioning for passport? I am.
Destination? U.
S.
of A.
Purpose? Visit an old friend Young Offenders.
A statement of contrition must be vocalized in order to secure your passport.
Please repeat after me.
I hereby offer my statement of contrition to Her Majesty and all her loyal subjects.
I hereby offer my statement of contrition to Her Majesty and all her loyal subjects.
I pledge that I shall, from this day forward, abstain from all intentional wrongdoing and harm to the bodies of men and women here and abroad.
I pledge that I shall, from this day forward, abstain from all intentional wrongdoing and harm to the bodies of men and women both here and abroad.
Uh, excuse me.
I have a little friend, um, who was supposed to transfer buses here.
- In Juarez? - Yeah.
Yeah, he's he's kind of a little confused guy.
He's a nice guy.
Earmuffs.
Did you see him? Earmuffs? Yeah.
But not traditional.
Um nontraditional, like, for for for Like for noise reduction? Like at a shooting range or for working machinery? Yeah, exactly.
Did you see him? No.
I didn't see anyone in muffs of any kind.
Why did you ask me that question about the machinery? You got my hopes up.
Damn.
[SIGHS.]
He's just a little confused guy.
I'm so sorry.
I was going through, like, all the different kinds of earmuff situations I guess to just see it through.
Sorry.
No, I'm sorry.
Just worried about him.
Sorry.
Thank you.
Hey, bud? There's your muffs.
It's It's like a trail of his stuff.
[SIGHS.]
It ends here.
Why does he wear that gear? Blow to the head.
To his little head.
He can't really face the world head-on anymore.
GLENN: Did you ever know that you can go for a lot of days without eating food? But you can only live like three days without water? My new friend Paul told me that 'cause he was worried about me getting lost out here, and he asked me how long did I think you can go without drinking water, and I said, "A long time 'cause you can drink Pepsi and apple juice and stuff," and he said, "That's not what I mean.
What I mean is, how long can you go without drinking anything?" And I said, "Oh".
And he said, "Three days".
So, good to know 'cause I'm lost, and it's been a while since I've had apple juice or Pepsi or anything.
Until I met my friend Paul We're in the early stages of our friendship journey, and he teaches me things along the way.
Until I met Paul, I didn't know how many things I didn't know about everything.
He says my dad didn't really raise me, and I'm sort of like a wolf boy who was, like, raised by the wind or plants or something and who doesn't know stuff.
I guess he's right about my dad.
My dad spends a lot of time in A.
A.
He still drinks.
He just likes the shrimp cocktails at A.
A.
Then he likes the regular cocktails at Toby's Six Guns in Half Acre.
They call him the town drunk.
I don't know why.
I mean, I know why 'cause he's drunk all the time, but there are other guys in Half Acre who are, too.
So I don't know why he's the town drunk, but he is.
Anyway it's Father's Day today.
I bought my dad this sombrero, which I'm supposed to be camping with the guys, so I don't know how I'm gonna explain where I got him a sombrero, but I think I'm gonna die out here anyway, so What did I do wrong? Why am I lost? I don't always trust my decision-makings due to my dad being Well, there are some things that I've had to learn on my own, and that's okay.
Like, I learned that west is always to the left.
So after I bought the sombrero in the sombrero gift store, I tried to get on the right bus, and this guy told me to go west.
The bus to Hermosillo is on the west side of the station.
Thank you.
I bumped into some rough teens on my way left at the station.
They started fucking with me.
I think they wanted my shoes or something or my dad's sombrero, which they didn't get.
I fought them off.
Ow.
Ow! I started screaming from pain, but that spooked the dudes.
So they only took my belt, not my dad's sombrero or the $2,000 I'm supposed to bring to the bank for my friend Paul, 'cause that's in my underwear.
So I still have it, but, man, I'm lost as shit, just walking left, hoping to get back home because I wrote a stupid Moon note, and soon, they're gonna think I got kidnapped or something.
[ROD CASTS.]
[WATER SPLASHES.]
[REEL CLICKING.]
[CAP CLATTERS.]
[DIALING.]
[RINGING.]
[TELEPHONE RINGING.]
GLENN: Hello.
You've reached Pirdoo Pawn.
This is Glenn Pirdoo.
I'm not here to provide prompt assistance right now.
Please leave your number, and I will call you back for assistance and all your pawn needs.
[BEEP.]
What's your plan, man? I'm thinkin'.
It's Father's Day.
What? Today.
It's Father's Day.
Remember how I told you I killed three people? Yeah.
I remember that.
But I whispered it? Yeah.
I remember that, too.
'Cause I didn't want anyone to know? Yeah.
Well, my dad knew about all three.
All about me.
And he loved me anyway.
He came to me one day, and he said, "New Leaf, I want you to know" He called you New Leaf? Yes.
It was important to me to turn the page.
And he respected that.
And he came to me 'cause he knew I contained secrets.
And he said, "New Leaf tell me everything.
" And I did.
And the first thing he said was, "Son, I love you.
" What else did he say? I don't know.
I never heard another sound other than the first thing he said which remained ringing and ringing in my head like a bell of love forever.
My dad.
[DOOR RATTLES.]
[DOOR RATTLES.]
HECTOR: I'm not gonna hurt you.
I'm just saying, the only person that's gotten hurt, your husband hurt him, so And an ice-cream man, but that was extenuating.
Yeah.
MA: My son's nowhere near here my son.
We were told he was here.
He's nowhere near here, you.
I know.
I understand your plan parts of your plan.
Part of this awful thing, I believed my son was terribly ill.
You're gonna be okay.
Where's my husband? He's okay, too.
I mean I have his thumb, but, yeah.
Good Lord.
You want it? What are you talking about, you? I didn't do it.
He did it.
I just have it.
God damn it.
[SIGHS.]
I hurt a girl.
What? I hurt a girl, you.
I probably hurt her very badly.
I probably hurt her forever.
Yeah, well, that's, like that's, like, fucked up, so Don't you swear at me.
I'm not swearing at you, man.
I'm just swearing 'cause 'cause everything's messed up.
I'm out of shape.
It's Father's Day.
Fuck, I should be at the school talking about how cool my job is compared to the car guys.
You have children? Yeah, I do.
Sort of.
How can you sort of have children? No, I-I I totally have them, yeah.
I just I just don't have I don't know.
They don't They don't listen to me or, like, look at me.
Kids obey inner laws at certain ages.
Yeah, well Yeah, well, when I when I try to talk to them about things, about life, they don't listen, and then when I think of I think of something that they'll like and admire, they they don't see them.
They don't.
I'm fucked.
Why? Bank.
Bank.
I had to had to get some money in the bank.
My wife, she just buys, and Never mind.
Never mind.
What? She buys great gifts for the kids and me birthday, Father's Day every year.
Fuck, yeah.
I'm like, "Whoa.
What? How did you know?" I mean, totally, I'm like, "How did you know?" And then she she actually thinks of these things.
You know, not not like the morning of, when I'm like, "Shit.
It was just her birthday.
Now it's her birthday again?" So, like, I have to go out and and get something right away that looks like it was previously planned.
You know, Marisol she doesn't do that.
She gets it right.
She's the best.
You know, so what I'm saying is, today, when she go picks up my thing for Father's Day, it's probably gonna be a little a little expensive and cool, and then and then she's gonna look at our bank balance and see that it's less than she thinks because I I actually previously planned and bought a very thoughtful gift for another woman.
Yeah.
What are you making a hole for, you? Uh, you.
But not to Listen, I'm gonna put a breathing mechanism in there.
Don't worry.
I got a plan.
Oh, yeah.
Oh.
[GRUNTS.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE.]
You shouldn't have come, man, to Mexico.
Could fuck everything up.
Well, I have to be here, James so-called James.
It's not so-called.
It's It's James.
I have to be here 'cause you're here, and if this Chili's device goes off, if I hear that awful buzz before this money's tucked back in the bank, I'm gonna fuckin' kill you.
Okay.
So, hence, I need to be where you are to kill you so-called James.
[SIGHS.]
Got it.
Felipe stopped the issuance, and I got a plan to get Paul.
Make sure that fucking money gets in that bank in Hermosillo.
Okay.
[BUS ENGINE IDLES.]
You're going to Hermosillo to find your little buddy? Then so am I.
GLENN: If they tell my story, they'll probably stop at some point around here and go, "Hey, man.
Why didn't you put the sombrero on for element protection?" And I'll go, "Because it's a gift, and I wanted my dad to have a fresh sombrero if I make it home.
" My dad wasn't always a bad dad.
Before he really started drinking, he would read to me and put me to sleep with "Call of the Wild".
But he doesn't read it to me anymore.
But I still want to go home.
My plan? To continue left to the Pacific Ocean and to drink from it and survive.
JAMES: Do you Do you still have the money? GLENN: Yeah in my underwear.
W-Where are you? I finally found a phone, Paul, but it might be a mirage.
Well, y-you're talking to me, right? Right.
Yeah.
So it's probably not a mirage.
Right.
So, okay.
Where are you? I'm on a highway at the exit for Hermosillo 1-1-slash-2 kilometers I think.
I can hardly see.
There's something wrong with my vision now.
Okay, okay.
You're only a mile from here, from the bank.
I don't feel right, Paul.
Even the darkness hurts now, and the silence.
W-W-We'll get some rest in a bit.
Just Just take the exit and and keep heading west, and I'll meet you at the bank.
West? Yeah, toward the sun, the setting sun.
Towards the sun? Yeah.
- Into the sun? - Yeah.
That's west? Yeah.
Fuck.
- Sure? - What? Are you sure? About the sun setting in the west? Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
Fuck.
It's gonna hurt.
You can do it, Glenn.
Do you know what the extra mile is? No.
It's the last push you do to do something important and friendly in terms of friendship.
Okay.
Are you my friend, Paul? Yes.
And just wait till we have the shared experience of you going into the sun and more noise, probably, with the money over the extra mile.
We're gonna be real tight.
Go the extra mile, Glenn.
Okay.
Try to get a ride.
Okay.
Hey.
Yeah? You feel alone sometimes? Just when I'm alone and when I'm with other people.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hey, I'm in a gang.
Cool.
Yeah, we're cool.
And you can join my cool gang if you get here with the money.
You can be one of us and and belong.
I can be one of you and belong? Totally.
Totally.
That's pretty fucking cool.
What are you called? The Special Boys.
Cool.
All right.
Get here.
Hot damn.
I want to be a Special Boy.
But y-you can't be one till you get here.
I don't have to kill anyone, do I? No way.
We just We just are filled with togetherness and love.
What do you do? Just, like feel those feelings together through events and stuff.
[SIGHS.]
Special Boy.
[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHING.]
[ENGINE REVS.]
Are you going to the bank town? To where? To the town that's an extra mile away from here? It has a bank in it.
Yes Hermosillo? Can I have a ride, please? Would your parents let you ride without a helmet? My dad would, yeah.
Cool.
[ENGINE IDLING.]
[ENGINE REVVING.]
Fuck, yeah! All right, Glenn! - Am I here? - You are, man.
- Cool.
- You want me do it? Can I go all the way, man to the total end of the extra mile, man? - Yeah, man.
- I think that will give me fulfillment.
Cool.
You want to gear back up? No, I want to finish in great pain 'cause I think that will make my accomplishment greater when I reflect on it and stuff.
Now you're getting it.
All right.
Get in there, man.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
[BANK TELLER SPEAKS SPANISH.]
Do you speak English? Yes.
I have a deposit for Hector Contreras.
Can I have some water first some bank water, please? Sure.
[CONVERSING IN SPANISH.]
Deposit amount? $2,000.
[MACHINE BEEPS.]
[MACHINE CHIMES.]
Okay.
Thank you.
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH.]

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