01x03 - Betty, presidenta

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{\an8}Pimped-out sofa.

{\an8}Divine providence has brought us back

our natural leader, Beatriz Pinzón.

Our president Betty
comes back today! Finally!

Correction. Madam President.

Ferney?

Freddy Stewart,
ever since I used to buy you diapers.

-Freddy, look.
-Yes.

-Take this to the workshop for me.
-Yes.

And pick up some stuff I left at reception
and take it to my workshop.

Your workshop or Mr. Hugo's?

Thanks. Let's go.

Oops. Mila?

-Mila? Mila?
-What is that?

Walk. Let's take the elevator. Come on.

Okay, while she takes the elevator,

I'll take the stairs. Excuse me.

No.

Look at this crap I'm designing.

It's not flowing for me.
I'm not getting anything.

You know what? It must be
the return of ugliness to Ecomoda

that won't let the muse
of inspiration get to me.

Watch out, Nicolás. Hello.

Hi, girls.

Betty la fea, the story continues

{\an8}WELCOME

{\an8}Thank you.

{\an8}Betty, what about my name?

{\an8}There's no welcome sign for me here?

{\an8}Are you returning to Ecomoda, Nicolás?

{\an8}Well, my appointment was
the first order under Betty's management.

{\an8}What position will you have?
If I may know.

{\an8}Of course you may.

{\an8}Consultant, advisor,
and counselor to the president.

{\an8}-Excuse me.
-Come on. Let's go, Betty.

{\an8}I'll make you coffee.

{\an8}Three paychecks.
Three paychecks and a real executive.

{\an8}Loosen up the dresses.

{\an8}-Good morning.
-There you go.

{\an8}Let it flow. Let...

{\an8}Mils, I told you I didn't want
to see you here at the workshop.

{\an8}Let alone with an air fryer. What's that?

{\an8}-Searching "air fryer."
-Hon, introduce yourself.

{\an8}My name is Aída,
as in AI, artificial intelligence.

{\an8}A sewing mannequin.

{\an8}I can handle both American
and European size charts.

{\an8}No. That's the last straw.

{\an8}You denying me the pleasure

{\an8}of pinching my sewing models' buttocks.

{\an8}Well, she does have curves,

but she'll never achieve the curves
of my beloved queen, Aura María.

Do me a favor, Freddy.

Just now, I'm getting a message
from Ecomoda's president.

My services are being requested.

They must need some advice.
Excuse me. Later, Mr. Hugo.

-Miss Mila.
-Thanks, Freddy.

-See you, Aída.
-Bye, Freddy Stewart.

I'm trying to do something poetic, nice,
something that... Yes?

And you're interrupting me. Silence.

-Don't you want me to help you?
-No.

-I'm very good at haikus.
-Thank you very much.

-Okay.
-Fine. If you don't want it, then no.

-"Would give you..."
-Hey, you know what? I have a...

-"The sky."
-Like a hunch.

A hunch that, at any moment,

I will be another number
in the unemployment rates in this country.

Betty, but I really need an office,
at the least.

Nicolás, don't be stubborn.
Please, leave your things there.

And that moment has come.
There's the monster.

-There's my executioner.
-Betty's here?

-And more Betty than ever.
-No way.

And with... Bing, bang, boom.
Nicolás Mora.

Okay, move.

Mrs. Betty. I'm so glad
to see you both again, Mr. Nicolás.

-How are you?
-Fine, thank God.

In some way,

coming back is an act of love.

-Cafeteria, right?
-Yes, yes.

Almojábanas and pandebono
as soon as possible.

She looks amazing.

Well, yes. Love, more than
an emotion or a feeling,

is rather an ophthalmological condition.
There's no explanation why

you prefer her
with a mustache and a unibrow.

You want me to give you
an otorhinolaryngological condition?

Or whatever it's called. Damn, Calderón.
What did we agree?

You wouldn't mess with Betty.
She's sacred.

-I know. I understand.
-Okay. Fine.

Now, if you're going to fire me,
just do it,

before Betty does it first.

Where do I settle?

At the meeting we agreed moi
was going to design with toi.

She's got Armando's humor.

Oh, Mils. Look, at the meeting,

we came to the conclusion
that I was going to teach you.

God and I work alone.

God gives me the inspiration,

and I offer light, magic and life.

I'll settle with seeing
the designs for the new collection...

Poo-poo, baby.

As a superstition, I don't let anyone
see my designs before the launch,

much less a rice cooker like that one.

Mr. Hugo, I record everything I hear
and I learn fast.

Really? Well, learn this.

It is forbidden to enter Hugo's workshop.

Have a nice day.

"Fly, fly, fly away." What's that?

-Let's go, hon.
-I'll follow you, hon.

Put a pin here.
Make it go all the way down.

{\an8}And here, this. This here.

MARCE'S OFFICE

The wings of inspiration.

If we went further...

{\an8}BERTHA'S COMPUTER CAMERA

{\an8}RECEPTION SECOND FLOOR

{\an8}And from this moment on,
you and Freddy will take care

of the sales department
and the sales area.

Am I going to be a salesman?
I'm getting a demotion?

I'm also very "demo-delighted," honestly.

I'm sorry. Excuse me for a second.

Thank you, Madam President.

Freddy, I've seen your potential.

This company owed you a promotion
and new opportunities.

Thank you.

I don't want to hyperventilate,
but I'm pretty euphoric, full of joy.

Believe me, this duo here,

with my beloved colleague and friend,
Marito Calderón, will be amazing.

Maybe comparable
to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

playing on the same team.

Sales will go up.

Freddy, will you give me
a moment with Mario, please?

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Sure.

Thank you.

-Thanks.
-Well deserved, Freddy.

See you at the office,
my esteemed colleague.

You want to humiliate me, right?
That's where this is going.

You want me to face public shame.

That's your revenge.

That's your vindication
for the bullying I did during that time.

Remember, I wasn't the only one.

But sure,
you fell in love with the other bully.

You know what? If I was in your shoes,
I would make love to her just as she is.

That's how you'll show her
you love her, you want her.

Anyway, it doesn't matter.
If it's this way, Betty, I quit.

Fine by me.

Just keep in mind that if you quit,

you have no right to compensation.

Besides the humiliation,
you want to keep me close

as the worst c*ptive enemy, don't you?

Congratulations, Betty.
A very sophisticated cruelty.

But let me ask you,
do you really want an enemy like that?

Look, Mario, if it were up to me,

you'd be miles away from Ecomoda.

You don't deserve anything.

But I will give you this one last chance.

Take it or leave it.

How was it? Spill!

I'm the new sales manager,

because, finally, this sale will happen

because Ecomoda will have a great salesman

next to my colleague
and friend, Mario Calderón.

-No.
-Colleague.

-Really?
-See you at the office.

Congratulations!

What a beauty!

Don't let it go to your head, okay?

Absolutely not.

I will still be a noble
and, above all, humble person.

-Bertha.
-Yes?

I need coffee in my office,

with lactose-free almond milk
and two spoonfuls of sugar.

Brown sugar.

Yes, come in.

A little gift.

Thank you.

A gift from corporate at Ecomoda,

who are happy that you returned,

and want to welcome you.

And Mila?

She stayed with Marcela.

Yes, I heard.

Why didn't you tell me?

Why would I? Why bother you with that?

You know how Mila is.
She changes her mind every day.

Well, I didn't want to bother you.

-Why did she go with her?
-Well, there was a misunderstanding.

-But she'll be fine.
-What misunderstanding?

We were at the apartment with Majo.

-Attorney Arriaga?
-Attorney Arriaga, yes.

The legal advisor
that is helping us here with some stuff.

We were working
with some papers, actually,

and all of a sudden,
we had some wine and stuff.

Wine.

Yes. I wouldn't offer her
a soda at 8:30 in the evening.

We had some wine to release stress,
because things were hard.

And the wine suddenly
spilled on her blouse.

You know how that is.
She unbuttoned it a bit...

Sure, because it had
spilled on her corporate body.

What a misunderstanding.

The same thing that Mila thought,
because she thought... I was cleaning her.

I wasn't doing anything wrong.

You think something's going on
between Majo and me?

There's nothing going on with Majo,
or with anyone.

I have a lot to do.

Nicolás.

What's up, Pati? How are you?

I was going to tell you to come in,
but you sat down already.

Nicolás, you'll think I'm crazy,

but as soon as I saw you... I don't know.

I started thinking about that night

you and I were together at my house.

Do you remember?

-It was two days, Pati.
-Two days?

It was 48 hours and 15 minutes exactly.

What a memory! Of course.

Well, back then,
I was the president's secretary.

Now I'm the human talent manager.

Who would have thought, Pati?

What do you mean? I got it fairly.

Remember, I did eight semesters
of Finance at San Marino, Nicolás.

I know. I know, but wasn't it six?

No, I did two more.

But I got married to Pachito,

and had to postpone it again.

Yes, that marriage of yours
with that man, that old man.

It's kind of weird.
It's, like, bad, actually.

You look so calm.

Betty? President of Ecomoda again.

And you're no longer VP of Finance.

Well, our plans are ruined.

No, no. Not at all, Marce.

She's here to move pieces.

And she'll surely discover things
we're interested in.

Don't worry. I'll be informed
of everything from Marketing.

But what? What are you going to do?

Trust me.

Look, Betty is probably hurt.

She wants revenge, right?

That's why we need to act fast.

But we're better off in the dark.

We have to make her fall.

And when Betty falls, Armando falls.

Isn't that what you want?
For them to pay for your brother's death?

Because that's what I'm doing.

Justice.

Well, since we're confessing,

I want to tell you something.

I'm not okay.

I'm really unwell.

I'm going to ask you to help me.

I need you to protect me.

Pati, whatever you want.
I'm at your service.

So cute.

I know that Betty is coming for my head.

And I need you to tell her
good things about my work.

Pati, but I've never seen you work.

But you can picture me.

No, of course.
I can picture you doing many things.

But the working part, honestly,

I don't see it. I don't see it.

What if I make you see it?

Because Betty may have my head,

but she'll never, ever have my body.

Marcela, I'd like us to talk

and make things clear.

Life is cyclical, isn't it?

Do you remember
we had this conversation years ago,

when you came to take over
after your transformation?

At the time, I came back
because I wanted to clear my name.

Now I'm coming back because

I want to be closer to my daughter.

Really?

Then why is she living
at my house and not yours?

Look, Beatriz,
I know we have to work together,

but I want to make it clear that,
after what happened to Daniel,

I will not allow you
to take what belongs to me.

Do you still think

that I'm responsible
for the way Daniel ended up?

Say it.

Tell it like it is.

Dead.

Or can't you?

I only did
what I considered right at the time.

What was right was

for us to report you and Armando

for everything you did with this company.

That was the right thing.

Don't worry about Mila.

She will have
everything she needs with me.

Thank you,

but Armando and I
will take care of our daughter.

Really?

Because I see Armando is quite busy

with all his distractions, as always.

And I hope you have the time
now that you're president.

Time for your daughter.

-This is a clear PFE.
-What's a PFE?

Positive for envious.

Envious for what?

Well, because your designs
are so much better than mine.

Look, I simply designed
some prints on them. That's it.

But the general idea,
the patterns, it's all yours.

And I love it.

Mila, you're very talented.

I really love your work.

You're a designing beast.

A beast. You're just playing dumb.

All right, beast,
what should we do with this?

Why don't we turn it into a vest?

-Okay.
-Classier.

-Love the idea.
-Less fabric.

-I like it.
-Okay.

-Yes, I like it.
-Okay.

I'm sad that Hugo
will make our designs fly away.

Well, don't show them to him,
show them to your mom.

Aren't you the owner?

These are some designs I came up with
for Ecomoda's new collection.

If you look closely, they're all variants
of the same creative concept.

In other words, maximalism,
a trend that has a lot of character.

And, honestly, Betty, things at
the workshop have been difficult.

You know Hugo,
and you know hard he is to work with.

He won't listen,
he's not open to new ideas.

I really believe
I brought many ideas from New York.

And that's what I feel
Ecomoda needs, new ideas.

What do you think?

-Honey, I really like your designs.
-Yes?

Really? For real?

For real.

Well, I love that you love them,

because this is what I love to do.

And I'd like you to know my style.

To know me in another area, at work,

and see the way I work.

In fact, if you can, and if you want,

we can meet and go shopping one day,

and I'll show you all the new trends.

I know that you're a busy woman...

No.

You probably
don't have time on your agenda,

and you don't like shopping that much,
but if you want...

Honey, I would love that.

Well, I would love to contribute more
to the family business.

That's why family is
the most important thing.

-That's why I wanted to...
-Hi.

What's up, Camilita? What's up, Betty?

Tell me, why do you like wearing gel?

-You look like an old man.
-Stop.

Are you busy?

-No.
-Yes.

Well, are we settled?

-Yes.
-Yes?

-Yes, of course, honey.
-Okay.

Work hard.

That girl is like an earthquake.

I was about to ask her to move in with me.

-Why didn't you, Betty?
-Because you interrupted us.

I can't stand it anymore,
sir, my president.

I'll tell Mrs. Pinzón
what you did right now. You and you.

I'm a good guy.
Besides, I'm not going to jail. I'm not.

No, Gutiérrez, where are you going?
No, stay in here.

-Calm down. Don't worry.
-Excuse me.

-Not now, Martica.
-Sir, I need to clean the restrooms.

-Later. I'll let you know. Thanks.
-My God.

Gutiérrez, correction.

It's not "What you did." No.

It's "What we all did." All of us.

All of us? I only put my signature.

I want to talk to Betty too.

Okay. Then everyone went crazy.

Look, gentlemen,

let's remember the basics of protocol.

Rule number one. Gentlemen have no memory.

No, that rule doesn't apply here.

It applies to sexual adventures,
but in this case, sir, it doesn't.

I haven't finished, Gutiérrez.

Rule number two. Among gentlemen,
we watch each other's backs.

What does that mean?

Simply that no one's
going to jail here. No one.

Well, Nicolás, how do you see Ecomoda?

I've just landed,

but I already made a long stop,
an inspiring one.

Don't tell me you accepted
having coffee with Patricia Fernandez.

Betty, this is stronger than me.

I see her,
and she turns my world upside down.

It's not butterflies,
it's way bigger animals.

She's the woman I'd like to sit down
and contemplate life with.

Watch a cactus grow, for example.

By the way, what are these flowers?

Throw them away.

-Betty no longer trusts me.
-Okay.

And you think that right now,

this is the most important,
the most relevant topic,

when we're missing 45 billion pesos

-plus the part in dollars?
-What? My God.

Is that the money we owe the employees,

or that you spent on bad investments?

Does it matter, Gutiérrez?

You helped us manage this.
You're part of it.

What are you doing? Breathe.
Breathe again. Calm down.

There. You're fine.

Look, I'll talk to Majo,
see how she can get us out of this.

And you... You calm down, Gutiérrez.

Dad, why didn't you tell me
you were coming?

It's a surprise, honey. You're starting
your second presidential term.

You know I don't really like that.

I wanted to bring you lunch as a gift.

I love juice.

-Smells delicious, Dad.
-Right?

But I don't have time.
I have a really important meeting.

-Betty.
-We'll talk later.

Sorry, Nicolás. I'm sorry.

Take care of everything, okay?
I have to go.

-Bye.
-See you later, ma'am.

Of course, Madam President.

Betty, your lunch!

I'll take care of it.

Hey, Mr. Hermes, this smells really good.

This makes me think
I love you more each day.

Stop being a kiss-a*s, leech.

Instead, tell me where Beatriz Aurora
was heading in such a hurry.

Mr. Hermes, do you want some coffee?

-In my office?
-You have an office?

-Of course. Come here, up the stairs.
-No. What stairs?

Okay, up the elevator.

Please, tell Martica
to bring coffee to my office, on me.

-One or two?
-One, because I'll have lunch.

Sorry to tell you, dear,

but if it didn't work the first time,
it will never work.

But...

I feel that things
with Betty are different.

She's different from other women.

Why are you so sweet? Why?

You're just so innocent.

Look, even if two people
live together for a long time,

you never know each other completely.

That doesn't say much about you,
but it is how it is.

Good afternoon. Welcome.

I'm meeting someone.

This avocado is delicious.

No way. No. This can't be happening to me.

I can't be this unlucky, man.

-What? What?
-She just got here.

-Who?
-Betty.

-That's her?
-That's her.

But she looks so different.

What happened?

I don't want to talk
about this anymore, because...

Okay.

What should we talk about?
About her companion, Mr. Ruiz?

-Everything's fine. Thanks.
-Thanks.

-Betty, this way, please.
-Yes.

-Here. No, no, here.
-Okay.

-Yes.
-Yes.

No, Betty. Betty. Look into my eyes.

He's with her?

Your ex is over there.

No, no. Turn around, my friend.
Just look at me.

Let's do this discreetly.
Sit down, please.

-I'm so embarrassed.
-No. Look, Betty, no.

Calm down. Don't worry. Calm down.

Hello.

If your ex accepted
the presidency at Ecomoda,

she can easily keep
the shares your father left her.

Armando, I'm talking about
a very important thing.

-You're not listening.
-I don't want to listen.

Why are they laughing?
Can you explain that?

Okay. Then bye.

No, I'm sorry.
I'm listening. I'm listening.

Okay. I can get you divorced in two weeks.

-I don't want to get divorced.
-What?

No.

You have to do the divorce papers now,

and then take care of the succession,

or you'll be left on the street
with no inheritance.

You don't know her.
She doesn't care about money.

Armando, the woman you marry is one woman,

the woman you divorce
is completely different.

And since we're going to court, please,

let me put
her image consultant in jail too.

Okay?

I'll be the one going to jail,
just so you know.

Why are you saying that?
Because of the social benefits?

Don't worry, love.

That's under control.

I'll be back. I'll be right back.

You know what?
I really want to go to the restroom.

I'll be right back.

Tell me, sir.

Does your boss know
you have lunch with clients?

He knows.

I'm the boss.

Employee and owner of the business.

But why do you always
have to go to lunch with my wife?

Betty asked me
to speed up the divorce process.

Okay. Why don't you call her

"Mrs. Mendoza,"
"Mrs. Betty," "Madam Betty"?

She's still my wife.

Let's hope not for too long, right?

-All good?
-Yes, everything's good.

I stumbled upon a tiny problem.

-Really?
-An unimportant problem.

-For real.
-What was it?

I really don't think
it's worth mentioning it now.

What's so funny?

Let me guess.

You're laughing because my wife and I
are about to get divorced, right?

Look at life.

What's funny to you is a tragedy for me,

because my family is falling apart.

Armando, leave us alone. Please?

This has nothing to do with you.

This beautiful woman
that is talking to me now

is still my wife, sir.

So, I will ask you not to mock me, please.

Okay?

Mr. Mendoza.

With all due respect, I want to ask you
to please keep your distance.

Please, respect my client.

-Calm down.
-I'm calm.

Why don't you drink some...
A herbal tea for the gentleman, please.

A bag of ice for the gentleman.

-Armando!
-Now I want to see you toothless!

-Please, calm down!
-I'll leave you toothless! Toothless!

Let me go!

-Waiter!
-Don't grab me!

Waiter, check, please.

Careful. This is an expensive suit!

You need a radical change in your life.

You need to go back
to calling me Mr. Armando.

That's why I want to recommend to you
a workshop about emotions,

so you can learn how to control
your mood, precisely.

Perfect. Okay.

Perfect. So, Mr. Former President
will lose Madam President.

That's absolutely clear to me. Excuse me.

-Freddy!
-Yes?

In that workshop, do they make you
wear shoes without socks?

No, no. It's not that.

I think you don't know,
my dear former president.

I'm the new sales manager at Ecomoda.

I was recently appointed
by our dear Madam President.

So, I went by Mr. Hugo's workshop,

so he would dress me for the occasion.

Therapy for emotions.

Look, if it is to win Betty back,
I'm willing to do anything.

Let's do the workshop.

I think that...

-Well...
-They are very different.

-Yes.
-Yes?

-Yes, yes. They are...
-You don't like them?

You think they're horrible.

-No, no, no.
-No.

I like them. I think they're innovative,

and that's exactly what Ecomoda needs.

-They're just the first one...
-Hello.

I thought you weren't coming, Hugo.

No, I simply came to tell you one thing.

Look, in this company, the only one
who shows new designs is me,

the designer, okay?

And I hope I made that clear,
because I won't allow

anyone in this company to go above me.

Excuse me.

-Calm down, Hugo. Come.
-No, no, no, Marge.

-I won't calm down.
-Yes.

No, I won't calm down.

What you're doing here is making
a mockery of my experience,

and Hugo Lombardi must be respected.

You won't start treating me
as a chiffonier,

not knowing where to put me. Understood?

Lombardi, I don't get all this scandal.

Everything has its end.
Accept yours with dignity.

-So ridiculous.
-Hugo. Hugo.

-What?
-Please.

Look at the designs. They're good.

Fine. Let's see. What do we have here?

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

I don't like it.

And I don't like it.

Do you know why I don't like them, Mils?

Simply because there's no concept there,

no idea, no unity.

There's no voice giving a message.

I simply see fabrics on top of fabrics

that say, "Wow. I'm so crazy."

And, Betty, if you want
Ecomoda to go bankrupt,

launch that collection
as soon as possible.

Excuse me.

-Mila.
-Come. Camila.

That's not the way.

-Can you please leave us alone?
-Of course.

No, not you, Hugo.

Ignacio.

Gladly.

Excuse me.

Pati.

Hello. Look.

For you.

"Thank you for coming back"?

Into my life.

Thank you for coming back
into my life, Pati. Look.

Nicolás, how cute.

And the other thing?

Have you talked to Betty about me?

Don't worry.

I talked to her. Everything's settled.

You'll be fine.

Nicolás. Thank you.

You can't imagine how I feel.

I'm so glad to know
someone is looking after me.

Nicolás, okay. Okay.
I'll accept the flowers.

But remember that
I'm a married woman, Nicolás.

Don't get your hopes up with me.

What's going on here?

-Nothing. No, sir.
-No, sir, nothing.

What are you doing, Patricia Fernandez,
with the flowers I gave to Betty?

-Excuse me?
-Excuse you, yes.

-What are you doing?
-Armando Mendoza.

Get out!

Don't get confused.
These flowers are mine.

Nicolás gave them to me. Go get your own.

Besides, let me remind you
that there's no yelling in this company.

I'm out of ice.

I have no patience left.
I have no life left.

I can't do or say anything. How boring.

How boring.

You're used to mistreating people,

but I won't allow that anymore.

From now on, I'll demand
order and respect in Ecomoda.

Really? Well, start by
putting this company in order,

since it's falling to pieces
behind your back.

Why do you say that?

Sit down, please. Sit.

Look, Betty.

I don't know if you did
the transition with Armando.

I don't know if you know everything
that's going on in this company.

Look, I'll gossip about it.

I'm planning on moving in with my partner.

We saw a house, a beautiful house,

with gardens like Versailles.

Well, the thing is I started
doing numbers, and realized that,

by selling my apartment,
I can't pay half of the house.

So, what did I say?

"I'll claim my severance pay,"
which I have the right to, by law,

for having been here for 20 years,

giving you all my light, my magic,
all my life to this company.

And when I go to ask
for my severance pay, surprise.

What do you think, Betty, that Ecomoda,

the company in which you're president,
or Madam President,

hasn't paid severance pay to its employees

for a long, long time?

That must be a mistake.

The mistake,
and I say it with all due respect,

is you coming back to Ecomoda.

Look, Betty, I need to receive my money.

Because if I don't get paid
and you start sugarcoating things,

like you know how to do,
I'm going to scream.

As Armando says,
I'll scream like a crazy lady.

It'll be so loud that the whole world

will know that here, at Ecomoda,

you're stealing your employees' money.

Have a nice evening.

Armando, please. No more excuses.

I won't tolerate another lie.

How come Hugo's benefits
aren't up to date?

And the other employees?
Are they the same?

Give me a few days to

solve it, please.

Why do you always have to make
everything so complicated?

I don't know. Maybe the presidency

was always too big for me.

Or maybe it's because
I'm nothing without you, Betty.

What's going on
with the employees' benefits?

Three days. Give me three days, please.

I don't want
to disappoint you again, okay?

Please.

Armando, things aren't
how they used to be.

You have to take responsibility
for what you've done.

I will.

I will. You know why?

Because I want you and my daughter
to be proud of me,

even if it's just once in a lifetime.

Two days. Not one more.

Then I will call the shareholders

for you to explain everything.