02x02 - The Painting

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An animated series that follows Alma who almost dies in an automobile accident only to discover she has a new relationship with time.
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02x02 - The Painting

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[wind gusting]

[Alma screaming]

[exhales]
Why is this happening?

Please, I just want to help.

What the hell?

[screaming]

[exhales]

Hello?

Hey. How do I open this?

Hey!

[grunting]

[Becca] But it's just one line.

- [Reed laughs]
- No, Reed.

- The single line means "not pregnant."
- [Reed] Man.

You peed on it, though, right?

Yes, I peed on it.

[Reed] Oh. Okay.

♪ ♪

Don't worry.
Sometimes it takes time.

Doesn't always happen
right away.

- Just really excited to start a family with you.
- [chuckles]

I know you are. You love babies.

- [chuckles]
- [laughs] I really do.

Especially
when people dress them

in those-those little business suits.

- [chuckles] You're so silly.
- [chuckles] I know.

It's like, "Where are you going?
You don't got a job, baby."

- [both laugh]
- [doorbell rings]

[Becca sighs]

Oh. Hi. What are you doing here?

Hey. Sorry to show up so early,
but I've been thinking all night

and trying to access
my own powers,

and I feel like we should talk

about these abilities
that are awakening in you.

Oh, my God. Alma, nothing
is awakening in me, okay?

I told you last night,

I'm just tired from the wedding.
I just need more sleep.

Oh, hey, Alma. Okay, I'm off.

- I love you.
- Okay. Love you, too.

[Becca and Reed kissing]

[Becca chuckles, moans]

Reed,
don't you have get to work?

Who's gonna talk to your dad
about sports

- if you're not there?
- That's a good point.

- Better get going.
- Okay. Bye.

[Alma] You're not

grasping how exciting this is.

Don't you want to know
what you're capable of?

- I got to get to work.
- Call in sick.

I'm supposed to be writing
with Dad right now,

- but this is way more important.
- Oh, I get it.

You're just trying to avoid
working on your dissertation.

I'm offering you a chance

to peek
behind the curtain of reality,

to see
what mysteries lie beyond.

I think I'm fine
just looking at the curtain.

It's a very nice curtain.

But I discovered something,
and I need your help.

What kind of help?

I told you how I'm not able
to connect right now, right?

- Yeah.
- What I didn't tell you is, every time I try to,

I end up in this fog.

What is this? What's happening?

[Becca screaming]

[Alma] Hey, you're here! I know,

- it's scary at first, huh?
- [Becca panting]

How do we get out of here?

That's what I want
your help with.

You see that speck coming
towards us? That's a door.

Are we gonna hit it?

Probably not.

[screams]

[both panting]

- [lock jiggles]
- Any ideas for opening this?

Yeah,
maybe you shouldn't open it.

Becca, it's a door.

It's meant to be opened.
[grunts]

Come on. Just try to, like,
see beyond it or something.

- No, I just want to get out of here. [screams]
- [screams]

Okay.

I don't know what you just did,

but don't ever do that again.
Ever.

- [car lock beeps]
- This is the power

of your ancestors
reaching out to you.

The great unknown.

This is the universe we're talking about here.
[engine starts]

You can't just pretend
it doesn't exist.

- Hey.
- [taps on window]

You're denying
who you really are.

You can hear me.

You can hear...

[phone vibrates]

[sighs]

- [Jacob] Camila.
- [Camila] Yes.

[Jacob] I got
an overdraft notice.

Did you take out $ , ?

[Camila] I was helping a cousin.

What cousin?

- [Camila] You don't know her.
- [Jacob] Well,

she must be pretty close
for you to give her

- this much money.
- Exactly what are you accusing me of?

Accusing you? I'm not...

I-I'm just trying to find out
where the money went.

I have to tell you everything?
I can't have my own life?

I never said that.

I'm sorry you don't trust me.

[Jacob] Jesus, Camila.
Don't make this about me.

Oh, so it's always my fault,
huh?

Well, just tell me the truth.
What was

- the money for?
- I already told you.

You know what? Forget it.

[door closes]
[breathes deeply]

[knock on door]

- Alma.
- [Alma] Hi, Mom.

- Everything okay?
- Yes, of course.

- Come in.
- Oh!

You made your famous lemon bars.

[chuckles] They're
for the church bake sale.

Oh, cool. So, does all of the
money go to subjugating women?

Or does some of it go
to protecting pedophiles?

Hey, Dad.

Alma, you finally made it.

Well, I would go back
and get here on time,

but you won't help me
figure that out, so voilà.

Uh, don't get crumbs on my rug.

Wow. You care way too much
about this reality.

Okay, uh, first,
I want to go over revisions,

and then we will double-check

all the sources
in your bibliography.

That sounds fun.

I heard you and Mom arguing.
What was that about?

Eh, it was nothing.

She sent money somewhere?

It's really
none of your business.

Really? Because it sounded like

she was hiding something
from you.

Like maybe she's in trouble.

Trouble involving
that guy I saw her with,

- Alejandro?
- Hey.

Let's focus
on the dissertation, okay?

Okay.

[inhales] Page one.

Hey, do you still have
your old research?

Yeah, I do. It's up in the attic

gathering dust. Why?

Wondering if you have reports
from your old test subjects.

Thought I'd check to see

if anyone else
had trouble connecting

- like I am.
- Alma.

I'm just curious to see

if there are other people
like me. [chuckles]

There's no one like you.

- What if I find someone?
- What are you talking about?

Nothing.

I'm just saying
it would be nice to know

if there are other people
like us

so we don't have to feel
so alone.

You know, you can never tell
anyone what we did.

That could unravel
this entire timeline.

Even if we tell someone
we know we can trust?

No one could understand
the things that I did.

I understood.

Yeah, and I appreciate that,

but no one else could.

So, please,
let's put the past in the past

and focus on the future.

Like you are?

How old
is this arts and crafts project?

Or this newspaper?

I'm trying to understand
my mother,

and I'm doing it
in a safe and normal way

by studying history.

- And speaking of history...
- [taps book]

...let's talk
about the agricultural practices

of the ancient Mesoamericans.

Okay. Let's see
these revisions of yours.

Page one.

[Becca] Well,
I have to work through lunch.

But we'll do it tonight.

Okay, yes,
we can try that new position,

but I don't see how...

No, I get how your penis
could go in deeper,

but wouldn't the semen
flow the wrong way?

- [Camila clears throat]
- Oh.

Um... I have to go.

Okay, bye.

That was my boss.

I'm kidding. It was Reed.

- Oh. I hoped so.
- [chuckles]

You showed up
at my office unannounced.

I made some lemon bars
for the church,

but I brought you some extra.

Okay, well, thank you.

I love your bars.

To be honest,
I also came to apologize

for fighting with you
last night.

I know you meant well.

That was my apology.

Oh. Okay. I forgive you.

And I'm sorry
if I was being nosy.

It's just that I'm
really worried about you.

You don't have to worry
about me. I am fine.

- Are you sure?
- Yes. Of course.

Because if there's something
going on, you can tell me.

You're my mom. I'm gonna
love you no matter what.

Thank you, but I am fine.

Okay.

And thank you again

- for the bars. Do you want one?
- Oh, no.

- They're just butter and sugar.
- Oh. [chuckles]

But you are going to be
pregnant soon, and all that fat

is good for the baby's brain.

- Enjoy.
- Okay.

[door opens, closes]

[classical music playing]
[Jacob humming along]

[Alma clears throat]

You mind
if I go to the bathroom?

Uh, you're a grown-up.
You don't have to ask.

Right.

[Jacob resumes humming]

[music grows louder]

[door closes]

Okay.

Yes.

Hey, old friend.

[game chimes]

[muffled rock music playing]

[sighs]

- Hi. Thanks for...
- What do you want? I'm not in the mood

to fall through
another magic cloud or whatever.

- Don't worry. I just wanted to show you this.
- [sighs]

[Becca] Oh, my God. Is that Mom?

Look at the signature.

[Becca] "Alejandro."

- Right?
- Oh.

The guy
that painted Mom years ago

is the same guy
you saw her arguing with.

Well, maybe it's a coincidence.

She definitely has a history
with this guy.

Check out the inscription.

[Becca] "Para mi bonita,
un pedazo de tu alma

siempre estará aquí."

"For my beauty,

a piece of your soul
will always be here."

Very poetic.

Just the kind of thing
you'd say to a lover.

Mom probably fell in love

with this Alejandro guy
back in Mexico,

and they've been having
an affair ever since.

Oh, come on, Alma.
This is Mom we're talking about.

- She's literally at a church bake sale right now.
- I know.

It's hard
for me to believe, too.

But maybe
we don't really know Mom.

This morning,

I found out
she wired $ , to Mexico

and then tried to hide it
from Dad.

Why would she do that?

What if Alejandro
is blackmailing her?

- [gasps]
- Trying to get money

so he won't tell Dad
about the affair.

Do you really think
that's possible?

I don't know,
but we have to find out.

It's the only way to help her.

I know. I've tried
to get her to open up to me,

- but she won't talk to me about it.
- Mm-hmm.

Maybe there's another way.

What if you and I travel back
to when you saw him in the car?

Maybe we see something new.

Okay, I get it.
This is you hoping

that I'll time-travel back
to my memories or whatever.

Would it be so bad?

- [scoffs]
- Becca, this thing we do is miraculous.

We could use it
to help our family.

- To save lives.
- Alma, let's be real.

I've had a few vivid memories.

You saw a door you can't open.
We're not saving lives.

I saved Dad.

What do you mean?

I mean, you know,

metaphorically saved his soul

in the sense
that all kids save their parents

by giving their life meaning.
That's what I meant.

Look, can you just trust me?
We could use this

to make life better.

I don't want
to make my life better.

Unlike you,
I'm actually happy with my life

because I have a husband
and friends and a career...

I have friends.

- I don't hang out with them.
- Mm-hmm.

But I look at pictures
of their dogs and sh*t online.

You know what I think, Alma?

I think you're a little bored
of being a professor.

I think you're a little lonely,

and you're looking
for a sense of purpose.

And what's your purpose, Becca?
"To look pretty

and be nice and do everything

that Mother
and Husband tell me to do"?

You're not living a life, Becca.

You're living an idea of a life,

- and it's not even your idea.
- That's not true.

At least I'm trying to connect
to something larger than myself

so I can actually do
something meaningful

with my life. What are you doing

- with your life?
- Living it.

[door closes]

Hey, babe. Sorry I'm late.

Alma was in one of her moods.
Ugh.

What's wrong?

Nick came over to watch golf,
so we ordered hot wings.

But I ate too many.

- Got heartburn.
- [chuckles] Babe.

You've got to be careful
with those.

And I looked everywhere
for Tums.

But then
in your bathroom drawer,

I found these.

Are you still taking
birth control pills?

No. Of course not.

Those are from, um,
before we were married.

- Oh, okay. That makes sense.
- Yeah.

Except I know you,

and I can tell
when you're sh1tting me.

I'm not sh1tting you. [chuckles]

You swear that you're
telling the truth right now?

Well, what are...
what are you saying?

- That I lie all the time?
- No. No, no.

- That's not what I'm saying.
- You saying you basically, like, married a liar?

I'm just trying to understand.

Do you not want to have a baby
with me?

No! Of c... Yes, I do.

Then why are you taking
these pills?

They are
from before we were married.

- [scoffs] I can't deal with this.
- What?

- Come on, Reed.
- No.

- I can't.
- Where are you going? Talk to me.

No, I am going
to my parents' house.

I need to be
with people I can trust.

[door opens, closes]

[thunder rumbling]

Hey, Sam.

Hey.

I'm sorry,
how do we know each other again?

I met you at a party
with your girlfriend.

We were all really drunk. You
probably don't remember. [chuckles]

- Oh. Okay.
- [chuckles]

Um, it's really nice
to meet you again.

- I'm Alma.
- Sam.

[both chuckle softly]

So, you-you seem good.

Oh, um...

[chuckles] I am. Yeah. Thanks.

Good. I'm glad.

I was right.

About my dad.

About everything.

I'm sorry, what?

Just our conversation
from the party.

- Oh.
- You don't remember. It's fine.

[both chuckle]

All right, well, um,
I got to get going,

but it was really nice
to meet you again.

And I'm really glad
you were right.

[Alma] Becca?

- Hey.
- Oh, my God.

- [sighs]
- I'm so glad you're here.

I'm sorry
for the sh*t I said earlier.

No, it's fine. You're right.
I don't know what I'm doing,

and now I'm in a huge fight
with Reed.

I just need
someone to drink with.

- You came to the right place.
- [Becca sighs]

Do you want to have
a baby with him?

Yes.

Oh, probably.
I don't know. I'm s...

I'm worried about if I'm ready

to be responsible for a child.

- Have you told him that?
- I can't

because he thinks I'm
super together and competent.

If he knew how unsure I was
of this, it would wreck him.

So I just keep trying
to hide it, and then

that leads to me lying to him,
which makes it worse.

Well, at least
you're not cheating on him.

No, I would never cheat on him.

Excuse me, what's that look?
I've never cheated on him.

- Yeah, not in this life.
- What?

Don't listen to me.
I'm sh*t-faced.

[Alma exhales]

[Becca chuckles]

[playing melody on piano]

Wow.
I can't believe you're playing

- that stupid song.
- What stupid song?

- Ugh.
- I don't even know what I'm playing.

I know exactly what
you're doing. You always try

to make me feel better
by playing the Rainbow Song.

Right. The Rainbow Song.

♪ Just what is a rainbow? ♪
[Becca hums along]

♪ It is light
refracted through a raindrop ♪

[both chuckle]

♪ It is a bridge to heaven ♪

♪ It is a bridge to heaven ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Will cross it with you... ♪

[Becca] This was so long ago.

[Alma] You brought us here.

You used your gift.

I didn't mean to.
I was just remembering

the very first day that we
made up the Rainbow Song.

- [chuckles] I remember it, too.
- [Becca chuckles]

You came home from kindergarten

with a silly poem
about rainbows.

And then Dad
came up with the tune.

It was something
Grandma Geraldine used to hum.

I was so proud
that Dad liked my song.

♪ I will be with you always... ♪

Becca, this is one of the things
we can do together.

Go back to these happy memories.

♪ But time ♪

♪ Is passing through me ♪
[indistinct arguing]

You would always play it for me
when things got hard.

[Jacob] You don't remember
making nine long-distance calls

to a strange number in Mexico?

- What are you saying? That I'm lying?
- [whispers] It's okay.

- Come on.
- No, I'm wondering if these are false charges.

[Jacob speaking indistinctly]

[Jacob] Are you lying?

[Camila] You see, there you go,

accusing me of lying.

[Jacob] Camila,
what is this about?

[Camila] Nothing.

♪ Can you touch a rainbow? ♪

♪ It slips right through
my little fingers ♪

♪ I will be with you always ♪

♪ But time ♪

♪ Is running through me ♪

You're good at this, Becca.

I can't believe
we just did that.

Yeah.

Did you hear what Mom and Dad
were fighting about?

Sounds like she was hiding stuff
from him even back then.

Yeah,
and then she got all defensive.

Just like I do with Reed.

Well, they were our only model
for relationships,

and they f*cked us up good,
so...

I will drink to that.

At least we know
what poisoned their marriage.

- Mom's secret affair.
- All right, fine.

Let's say that you are right
about the affair.

But it's still her life, right?
Like, there's nothing we can do

about it.

We could go back in time

and make it
so she never met Alejandro.

What?

We can't do that. Can we?

Maybe. I don't know the limit
to what you're capable of doing.

Okay.

But we still don't know
if it's an affair, right?

Right. We have to get her
to tell us the truth.

Yes. But how? I keep trying.

I have an idea.

Why don't we
just go over there together

and demand she tell us?

- Like a united front?
- Exactly. Let's go right now.

Oh, come on, please?
Can't it wait till the morning?

I don't know if it can.
What if that guy shows up

at Mom's house with a g*n
and demands more money?

- Jesus Christ, Alma.
- Well, so, you want to help Mom or not?

Yes. Yes,
of course I want to help Mom.

That's good,
because the car's already here.

Whoa.

[knock on door]

What is it?

We are here to find out
exactly what your secret is.

So we can help you.

Girls, it's very late,

and I can smell the wine
on your breath.

Who is Alejandro?

You told Alma?

I don't like keeping secrets
from people.

Well, I told you. It's nothing.

We also saw this painting
by Alejandro.

Dun, dun, dun.

And we know
about the money you sent.

And we know about the
long-distance calls you've made.

I don't know
what you're accusing me of,

but I don't like it.

Did you have an affair?

- Excuse me?!
- [Becca] I know you think that you're

protecting us by keeping it in,

but whatever you're doing,
it's just making it worse.

[Alma] Yeah, Mom. We're adults.

We can handle it. So you banged

some guy behind Dad's back.
We're cool.

- Please leave my house.
- [Becca] No, Mom.

If you care about us at all,
you have to tell us the truth,

because not telling us is
just hurting the whole family.

I have given my life
to this family.

You have no idea
what I have given up for you.

You girls are so ungrateful.

What is going on?

We were just trying to help Mom.

Yeah, but she won't let us.

I'll talk to you both
in my office.

What? We're not teenagers.

Okay.

- What do you think you're doing?
- It was Becca's idea.

- What? No, it wasn't.
- Look, we only came

because we know there's
something going on with Mom.

Once we find out what's wrong,
we can go back to the past and fix it.

What? "Go back to the past"?
What do you mean?

- It's okay. She knows.
- What does she know?

Look, I didn't tell you
because I knew you'd be mad.

Dad knows that we do this?

Yeah. He sort of trained me.

What exactly have you told her?

Dad, Becca has powers, too.

She took me back
to our childhood.

What? You can do that?

Why didn't you tell me
that Dad knows about this?

Because it's complicated.
We had a different life.

What do you mean,
"a different life"?

- [Alma] Well, Dad was...
- Alma, be careful what you're about to say.

Dad and I changed reality
to make the world better,

- and-and it is.
- What do you mean?

Alma, I told you to stop.
[door slams]

- [sighs] What the hell was that?
- Oh, no.

- Mom!
- [Becca] Mom!

- [engine starts] Mom!
- Mom!

[Jacob] Camila!

[tires squeal]

I can't believe
Mom just left like that.

What is going on with her?

Alma, what have you done?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪
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