01x06 - Se acerca el fuego

[bunniefuu]

How much for this?

One thousand pesos. Take it or leave it.

ON THE PREVIOUS EPISODE

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

As we speak, Marcos is being released.

- I'm gonna get you out.
- PLATAS: He'll be exonerated.

And what would you say if I told you

that I could open up
a new line of research for you?

All I know is that these started coming in

at the same time a guy moved into
my building, and he's stalking me.

I need you to find out who he is
and what he wants.

I think it's very clear
that we both have different interests

and a different vision of this business.

Salvador Lima?

I can't control my dad.

I never thought
he'd do anything like this.

Stay away from your dad.

You tarnished her career forever.

Is it my fault she doped?

- Don't f*ck with me!
- RAMIRO: Don't you f*ck with me!

JUSTICE FOR ALEXIA

CROWD: [CHANTING] Not one more!

I...

- You jerk.
- CROWD: Not one more!

[SCREAMS]

[THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

f*cking narco w*r, wasn't it over?

Well, gentlemen,
this is the scene of the crime.

Yes, sir.

[POLICE SIREN BLARES]

- LEÓN: Power saw, isn't it?
- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]

The seal of the alliance.

Poor b*stard.

They castrated him.

- Really?
- Take a look, Boss.

Well, you're all happy now, aren't you?

Poor as*h*le
for fooling around with the alibi.

- I would have preferred prison.
- PLATAS: In the end, they slit his throat.

Platas, are you all right?

Don't you have a headache
from such a brainy deduction?

Take note, Betito.

[SHOUTS] That's it, isn't it, dammit?

Put that f*cking camera down!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

LEÓN: Control the media, okay?

PLATAS: Martin, contain the press, please.

When you're done,
take him to the coroner for the autopsy.

If you hurry,
you'll arrive at the first shift.

It looks like there were
several people involved,

seen as it'd be difficult to hang him.

At least take the rope off.

[CHUCKLES]

Cover the deceased.

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

- LEÓN: Are there cameras?
- OFFICER: Two.

REPORTER: Mr. León, do we know
who the body belongs to yet?

No comments.

Any line of investigation
you'd like to share?

Please help me.

Please, I remind you that
I'm doing your report, Mr. León.

PRIME TIME

I was at the Nico Hotel
with Carola Dominguez.

Carola Dominguez?

Carola Dominguez!

No sh*t, you're f*cking
the girlfriend of one of the leaders

of the alliance, you b*stard.

[WHISTLES] Platas, what's up with you?

It's gone to sh*t, man.

Without Marcos as a suspect,
what are we going to do?

And León is hovering around,
so we're going to have problems for sure.

We'll come up with something.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[BREATHING RAPIDLY]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING THROUGH EARPHONES]

[EXHALES]

[SPEAKS NAHUATL]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: "Fire" in the language of the gods.

Nahuatl. [CHUCKLES]

I find cigarette butts,
never matches. Weird.

They use lighters now, dude.

There's more fire than fire extinguishers.

Don't forget, my knight-errant.

No one can run away from fire.

Fire walks with me, fire walks with you.

[LAUGHS MENACINGLY]

[CONTINUES LAUGHING]

Sorrows were not made
for beasts, but for men.

I am looking for my husband and my son
who were taken in 2016,

and I am part of the network
of forensic civilians.

You'd think that you have to study
a career to be a forensic scientist.

How is it possible that there is
a civilian network of forensic scientists?

We, the relatives of the disappeared,
joined together

to look for them by ourselves.

Isn't that the job of the authorities?

And how did they find out
where her husband and son were?

An anonymous phone call
to see if they would stop screwing around.

Are we going to cover this
with Hour Zero or The Whole Truth?

As Hour Zero. The Whole Truth
is no longer the whole truth.

REPORTER: Carola Dominguez,

one of the romantic partners
of the leader of the group...

- [DOOR OPENS]
- JULIA: Excuse me, may I?

REPORTER: ...and with whom Marcos Sandoval
had a relationship with, is still missing.

Bitter awakening?

Kapuściński used to say that
to practice journalism,

you have to be a good human being.
Bad people cannot be good journalists.

[MOUSE CLICKS, VIDEO STOPS]

If you're already quoting
the great master, we're not good at all.

- How are you doing?
- [SIGHS]

We're doing what we can, Ramiro.

It wasn't your fault.

[SNIGGERS]

Do you really believe that?

No, not really, no.

But life is not black and white.

Only human beings need
to invent victim blaming

to feel less responsible,

less guilty for our aberrations.

Come on. Come on, we have a meeting.

Yes, let's go.

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

Yes. We are very interested. I think
it's a meeting with Morales, but...

You know what? Give me five minutes
and I'll call you back.

- How are you?
- Sorry, I interrupted you.

That's okay.
So? Did you talk to your lawyers?

Yes. And other people.

Good. When do we sign?

The moment your proposal lives up
to what this company is about to generate.

Hmm. I'm missing the point.

I wanted to make a business with you
that was profitable.

That did not happen.

And it turns out that
at the moment the money is released,

I am not gonna be there.

Where did you get that from?

Do you want me to go public

about you becoming a millionaire
by doing business with Lima?

[SCOFFS] Look,
I don't know who is advising you.

It doesn't matter.

- BERNARDA: No, it does matter.
- You know what matters?

That you're about to see me
really pissed off.

If you take me out of this company,
you're the one who's going to lose.

We'll see about that.

JULIA: Another narco crime.
What a f*cking country.

Didn't you get anything else about Marcos?

No. Nothing that hasn't been said
in other entertainment media.

If the suspicions about Marcos
were exposed in The Whole Truth,

I think we should take a step forward
and assume some responsibility.

RAMIRO: I understand...

that it would be worse for the show
that opened that story to remain silent.

But it wouldn't be the first time,
nor will it be the last.

And what do you plan to do?

I mean,
there's the whole Alexia vigil, but...

Well, yeah, it could be a touching story.

No, but that's not the angle
I'm looking for.

So what is it?

The impunity of crimes against women.

And yes, I know that it's a drag for women
to get together and protest, but...

If there were no gender violence...

It's okay.

I know this is not a good time,

but I do want to announce
that I am going to take

an unpaid leave of absence.

No, you can't do that now.
I need the whole team.

Well, someone has to continue
with the civil forensic network.

We've already spoken about it.
There will be time for that.

Erendira only agreed to give the interview

because it was your newscast, Ramiro.

That was the guarantee,
that her voice would not be forgotten.

And if you don't remember, I do,
because I gave her my word.

And if I have to do it alone,
I'll go on alone.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

STRAW MEN: THE OPPOSITION'S
FAVORITE CONTRACTORS

MAJOR NOTE

[MUSIC FADES]

MONARREZ: What's up?

Hey, what's up?

- Aren't you going to ask me how it went?
- PLATAS: What's the point?

I know you got f*cked up.

Are you going to get it or what?

Why me? I'm not an agent or a judge
to be protecting any defendant.

Besides, the lawyer
didn't even ask for it formally.

Well, yes, because we told Marcos

that we were going to watch him.

He wasn't even a witness to protect.

So what? He gave us his statement
and an alibi in exchange for protection.

No. No. That b*stard testified
to save his a*s from going to prison.

Uh-huh. He really did.

Besides, what he said is not enough
to solve the Alexia Valle case.

It's the same as always.

Using a w*nk*r to silence people's claims.

Did you know that León wants to bring
the case to the Attorney General's Office?

m*rder with t*rture? Narco-messages?

With those two, he has enough
to qualify the case as federal.

You'll see. He's going
to take advantage of it

and will file Alexia Valle's case.

- What he should do is retire.
- [MONARREZ SCOFFS]

I'm sorry, but my hands are tied.

With all due respect, sir,

you are one of the people
whose hands are the freest right now.

Last month alone,
there were 2,300 intentional homicides,

and you expect me
to take care of just one?

What is going to happen with social media,
journalists, newscasts, et cetera?

Who is going to respond?

And what are they going to respond?
Because the questions do come.

"Why the homicide of the sportswoman?
Why not the other 2,299 homicides?"

I am very sorry.

This case remains with
the homicide prosecution and that's final.

But, sir, if I may add,
what we're going to do is not...

Please, you have to understand.

I can't take care of everything.

Help me with Alexia's case, please.

And then you can enjoy your retirement.

Your work has been extraordinary

for the expert services
of this prosecutor's office.

Go get some rest.

In the amphitheater,

most people, when they see a dead body,

they see decomposing flesh.

They see a body
ready to be thrown in the garbage.

I see something else.

I don't see something, I see someone.

With all due respect, Fidel,
I don't see numbers.

What I see is families in deep sh*t.

I see families with many questions.

And excuse me, but it is up to us
to give those answers.

Let me tell you this.

Give me two days to think about it
and to take it even higher.

Depending on how I see the situation,

I'll let you know.

I'm grateful for those two days, Fidel,

because I know what it implies.

But don't get your hopes up too high.

Images of all the products,
the whole range of products on the page...

- Hello.
- ...rotating...

Hello.

[KISSES]

This is a pleasure.
What are you doing here?

I'm not interrupting you?

- Well, yes, but...
- [CHUCKLES]

I'm so glad you're interrupting me.
What a surprise.

I was just passing by and wanted to talk
to you outside the house.

Did something happen with your dad?

No, I wanted to tell you that moving out
on my own is a final decision,

and I wanted to tell you
that I'm looking for a place to move.

Okay.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

SAMI: Oh, that's too bad.

NOELIA: What about
everything I taught you?

Star reporter,
do you think you're gonna get fired?

Of course not, and if they do,
I don't give a sh*t.

Hey, look, you screwed up,
but it was really good.

Someone had to tell him something.
We all thought the same thing.

Let the chips fall where they may.

- Yes.
- SAMI: My turn.

No!

- Hey, what was that?
- Do you know what you're going to do?

NOELIA: I'll be right here.
Anyway, the footage is in the office.

What I do know is that,
as they say, the party is over,

and you two, especially you,
I'll throw your a*s out.

- [LAUGHS]
- Thank you.

I don't think Ramiro will let us use
the material for Hour Zero.

We're going to finish
that report any way we can.

I'll go with Erendira.

I promised her I'd be there
with a camera when she went to the pit.

Hey, do you really think
everything we do is any good?

It better be.

Of course it is.

Because we've already lost Ramiro.
I've never seen him so obsessed.

- I have. With his image.
- [SAMI CHUCKLES]

Here I come, Jonny.

CROWD: [CHANTING] Sisters, let's fight.
Let the murderous male...

REPORTER: And this has been
our coverage of Alexia Valle's vigil.

FEMALE VOICE: Credits.

- Okay, credits.
- [BEEPS]

- [THE WHOLE TRUTH THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
- That's right. Mexico is outraged

at the serious situation of discrimination
and violence against women,

which is not only normalized,
but is on the rise.

The images are clear.
There were only women.

Men's support is not welcome
when we try to be part of this struggle.

But, despite the taunts,

we must not forget that this is something
that affects both men and women.

PROTEST AGAINST SEXIST VIOLENCE

More importantly,

there are still two unsolved crimes,

that of Alexia Valle,
and now that of Marcos Sandoval.

Both related to a doping scandal,

that perhaps someone needed to silence.

Are the crimes related?

Does sports doping have anything to do
with the trafficking of these narcotics?

I can't say. What is a fact...

BOTH DEATHS COULD BE RELATED

...is that this is what the prosecutor's
office should be working on.

This was The Whole Truth,
whoever it hurts.

THE WHOLE TRUTH

[MUSIC FADES]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Come in, Azucena.

[GROANS]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come in!

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

The fire walks with you!
It was him! It was him!

[g*ns c*ck]

- [SIRENS BLARING]
- [HORNS HONKING]

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

Is this today's grind?

- Yes, ma'am, the one you like.
- Yes.

- And Jime?
- Hello.

Hello.

- She left early.
- Hmm.

She had to do something at the station.

Good morning, Clarita.

- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning.

Hey...

it's been a long time
since you've worn the watch I gave you.

Which one?

The blue one with red.

Which one is that?

BERNARDA: The superhero one.

Uh. Yes. Yes, it's true, but that one...

is very difficult to combine,
my love. It's very difficult.

But you do know I'd recognize that watch
with my eyes closed, don't you?

Mm-hmm.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

And why is that?

I'd like to see it on.

Hmm. Okay.

Hi, I'm Jimena, I'm a journalist.

I work for The Whole Truth. For...
Give me a couple of minutes, please.

I have nothing to declare, miss.

Just help me understand
why you are involved

with the MKB construction company.

If you help me,
I promise not to involve you.

Look.

The big construction companies,

the ones that receive
the most work from the government,

always partner with small companies.

And many of the companies
MKB is involved and has partnered with,

well, are shell companies.

One of those companies was under my name.

And in 2017,

it was all out in the open,
a lot of people died.

And you know what?
I think I've already said too much.

Thank you very much
for sharing your time with me.

- I hope you keep your promise.
- WOMAN: Count on it.

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAR LOCK BEEPING]

FIGUEROA: Good morning.

Good morning. What... [GRUNTS]

Help!

Wait!

Ow!

[GROANING, SHOUTING]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[MUSIC FADES]

I don't want to sound picky or suspicious,

but I'd like to have
the questions beforehand.

- You know, so I can prepare.
- [CHILLED MUSIC PLAYING]

Cameras make me nervous.

It's the problem of being a simple man
from the countryside

and not being used to the spotlight
like you are.

What do you think, Ramiro?

No, no. It's not the way I work.

- You lose the spontaneity of the moment.
- I disagree.

Feel free to ask
the questions that come up,

but within certain parameters,
I'll be well prepared.

LIMA: Adalberto, don't worry.

I don't think Ramiro
would mind sending you a guide.

No, don't worry.

You can, rest assured, that I will know
how to show the man of ideas that you are.

ALTAMIRANO: Thank you, Ramiro.
I know I can't be in more reliable hands.

Well, here's to new friends.

- [GLASSES CLINKING]
- To new friends and to old friends.

It's been a pleasure, gentlemen.

I'm signing off.

Mexico is not going to save itself.

[LAUGHS]

ALTAMIRANO: And if you have a TV,
you can watch it there.

Yes.

Well, I'm leaving too.

No, give me a minute.

Yes.

I want to ask for your advice.

Wow, Lima asking me for advice.
Of course, go ahead.

I don't know what to get your wife.

[MUSIC TURNS DRAMATIC]

Eh...

And why do you want to buy
something for my wife?

- She didn't tell you?
- No.

LIMA: We're partners.

I want to send her a present
to celebrate our future business together.

Uh-huh.

Um, I'll think about it and call you.

- [CHUCKLES]
- RAMIRO: Good.

[MUSIC CONCLUDES]

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[MACHINE STOPS WHIRRING]

[CHUCKLES]

Are you comfortable?

[CHUCKLES] Yes, you are.

[LAUGHS MENACINGLY]

[GROANS, PANTS]

You're mistaking me.

- I don't think I am.
- [PACHECO SOBBING]

If it's money you want,
we can come to an agreement with...

You're in no position to negotiate.

You're right.

Name the amount. Name it.

I want information.

[WHIMPERS]

FIGUEROA: Who are you?

Who do you work for?

What do you really do?

Why are you asking questions? [SOBS]

No, no, what I want to know
is why you are asking questions.

You don't have to know.

I'm the one who has to know.

- [PACHECO SOBBING]
- Okay?

[PACHECO SOBBING]

- I'm... Well, I'm a simple businessman...
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]

...honest, who works.

- Wait a minute. Wait.
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]

[MUFFLED GROANS]

- FIGUEROA: Hello?
- [WHIMPERS]

FIGUEROA: Oh, honey, is that
why you're calling? Don't bother me.

I'm always attentive to your needs.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

- I’ll talk to your mom...
- [PACHECO SNEEZING]

...and if she accepts,
I'll let you do it, okay?

- [PACHECO SPLUTTERING]
- [CLATTERING]

m*therf*cker.

[TENSE MUSIC FADES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

RAMIRO: Alexia Valle may have been
the victim of a crime.

Marcos, did you m*rder Alexia Valle?

There are still two unsolved crimes,
whom perhaps someone needed to silence.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC FADES]

What are you doing?

Just putting away the clothes
I want to give away.

Hey, do you think I can leave
this box here until I make up my mind?

Look. I knew you were going to stay here

as long as you needed
for your recovery, but...

why this urgency to leave?

I think it's time.

And don't you think
it would be a better moment

when Néstor defines it,
when he discharges you.

- When he'd tell us that you...
- JIMENA: Okay.

I'm not going to stop
taking the medication or the therapy,

if that's what you're worried about.

Honey, it's not
what I'm worried about, but...

I don't know. What about Dad's study?
You could use that.

I want to start on my own.

I promise I'll be fine.

Okay.

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[RAIN PATTERING]

- [SHOVEL THUDDING]
- [FIGUEROA GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[PANTING]

[CELLPHONE RINGING]

[CELLPHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

FATSO

[FIGUEROA GRUNTS,
CHUCKLES MENACINGLY]

[CELLPHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

[FIGUEROA GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

There you go. Did Fatso call you?

[STRAINING] One, two... There you go.

- [BODY THUDS]
- [GROANS]

- God.
- [MUSIC CONCLUDES]

Every time I've borrowed from you,
I've paid you back.

And my mom loves you very much.

No, it's not manipulation.

[DISTANT WHISTLING]

Hey, I'll call you later. Bye.

f*ck.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[BOTTLES CLINKING]

BERNARDA: Where have you been?

At the bar.

I want to ask you to talk to Jimena.
She pays much more attention to you.

Please tell her
it's not time to leave the house.

Fine. I'll do it.

Don't you have anything to tell me?

I don't understand.

I don't know.
You're not hiding anything from me?

And you from me?

Because I have the same feeling.

[CHUCKLES, SIGHS]

What a coincidence.

Julia told me something
I hadn't thought about.

"Only human beings need to invent
victim blaming so we don't feel guilt."

Huh.

How about that? [INHALES]

I've always considered Julia
a very intelligent woman.

I feel the exact same way
about you, Bernarda.

And not just smart.

Trustworthy, my safe place.

I feel the same way.

[POIGNANT MUSIC PLAYING]

I've always felt that behind
that impenetrable shell of yours...

there's an honest, sweet, transparent man.

Incapable of betraying me...

or putting our family at risk.

[MUSIC FADES]

-I drove my mother crazy.
[CHUCKLES]

I was the typical kid
who refused to follow authority, to obey.

Sometimes I don't even remember why.

My grandmother
called that "early conscience."

What?

Yes, she used to tell me that every time
I advocated for something

I considered unfair, or...

when I disobeyed my parents
because I didn't agree.

She would tell me that,
that I was born with an early conscience.

She always defended me from my parents.

They were so elementary.

For them, life was...

work, have children and die.

And this grandmother was whose mom?

JULIA: My dad's.

A woman from Madrid who fled Spain
during the Civil w*r, of course.

Well, now I understand
where your struggle comes from.

JULIA: [LAUGHS] Exactly.

My dad didn't understand me,

but he motivated me.

For example, when I was little,
he would read me adult books.

Then he would go into old bookstores
and get me very rare books.

But he was always kind of interested
in what I was reading.

That's why you have an early conscience.

Yes. Thanks to my dad.

That's right.

Well, cheers to that.
To grandmothers, to fathers, to mothers...

And early consciences.

- And early consciences.
- [CHUCKLES]

[CHILLED MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHUCKLES]

- Hi there.
- Hi there.

Erm...

- Would you like one? They're good.
- JULIA: No.

[CHUCKLES]

[MUSIC CONCLUDES]

[CELLPHONE RINGING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

What do we know about Pacheco?

There was an accident with Pacheco.

f*ck, what accident?

Occupational hazard,
it's better if you don't know anything.

I'm telling you it was an accident,
but there's nothing to link you to this.

RAMIRO: f*cking hell,
you didn't have to... It wasn't about...

f*ck, Ramiro!

Why don't you tell me what the messages
this guy sent you said?

But whatever it was, he won't
bother you anymore. Sleep peacefully.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

[CELLPHONE DINGS]

RAMIRO: "You have to be careful,

"because the liar is punished
when no one believes him anymore.

"Even when he is telling the truth."

[MUSIC FADES]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[THEME MUSIC ENDS]