01x01 - Aries

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There are days

when you feel it in your bones.

You know that nothing

is gonna go your way.

Those are the days

that should start as late as possible.

We stand in long lines

Waitin' for a ticket

To see paradise

For just one minute

I thought I saw you walk away

I thought I knew you well

Stay on your good side

Say what you wanna hear

Bend over backwards

And shut up until I disappear

You'd never change for anyone

God, I'm so envious

And I give my love

But it's not enough

Now this feels like a waste of time

Then you fall from a height

Oh, we both could die

Oh, what did you have in mind?

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, oh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, oh

Now I'm holdin' a flatline

To make you feel alive

Oh, f*ck.

Do you like it?

It's, uh, beautiful.

We're having a baby.

I know, I know. It wasn't really planned.

It's pretty big news.

It's so weird, huh?

I'm gonna be a dad.

So then

the ring.

Do you like it?

Mm-hmm.

Thanks.

Here I am.

Hey!

Sweetheart, we spent

a beautiful six months together.

Cristina

will you marry me?

Yes, yes!

Whoo!

ARIES

Paola?

Do you even listen to me when I'm talking?

- I said he's going to have a baby!

- Where are you, Alice?

When he was with me,

he wasn't ready.

Just five years, four months, twelve days,

and he wasn't ready!

You have to stay calm.

And then some pretty young thing

shows up and poof!

Now he's ready!

I know how this must hurt, but

You should've seen his face

when he told me, Paola.

His eyes sparkled.

Honey, you're torturing yourself.

What's the point?

Why did he have to go

and get another girl pregnant?

Why does he even have to marry her?

And me?

Are you super drunk?

Why are you whispering, Paola?

I can't hear a word you're saying.

You gotta shout, like in the old days.

Shout with me, Paola.

f*ck Carlo and Cristina!

Hey! Why the hell are you yelling?

- Oh God.

- Alice?

Oh, sorry.

Everything okay?

There, there. I'll go. I'll go.

Sandro just woke up.

I'll call you tomorrow.

- Here you go.

- Something fell.

But you get in a taxi

and go home. Got that?

Here.

- Alice?

- Good night!

You got that?

We need to be realistic.

I would never want to hurt you,

but I am so tired.

I keep disappointing you.

- Your memory won't come back.

- I'm so, so sorry!

- The truth is I'm still a stranger.

- Gosh, no! It doesn't matter.

Disasters and weddings, sooner or later,

become funny stories.

CRISTINA

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Franco

How can you look

at the girl you love

and convince yourself it's time to leave?

Why are we raised

on romantic comedies

if those stories

never happen in real life?

In those films, two people

like me and Carlo, for instance,

who've been together for a long time,

who may have had their ups and downs

They still, in the end,

always get a happy ending.

CONGRATULATIONS, I'M PISSED

IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME!

In the movies,

the heroine never ends up celebrating

some other girl's happy ending.

CONGRATULATIONS, I'M PISSED

SEN

Now back to the studio

for the morning news at 8:30 a.m.

IMPORTANT MEETING!!! 9.30 AM

Oh God, no!

Wait!

sh*t! Ugh

Hey!

No! No, wait! Wait!

Stop, stop! Stop.

To the Dock Studios.

Thanks.

That's my reward for working hard

I get dollas and credit cards

When I'm on the mic

Thanks.

- Alice!

- Oh!

- You disappeared last night.

- Yeah. I'm sorry.

- Something came up.

- You missed the best part.

It's beautiful!

However, I messaged you about it.

Of course.

Yeah, I saw. Thanks.

So happy for you both!

Excuse me, though.

It's very late and I better get going.

- We got that meeting.

- Alice?

Yes?

You have something on your skirt.

Oh, sh*t. The newspaper.

Okay, okay.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

DRESSING ROOMS

STUDIO B

Are you new?

It's been a while

since I was new, frankly.

Have a nice day.

They're both cute.

But if you're gonna be on camera,

I would switch the jacket.

Nope, nope. Not going on camera.

Ah.

Since you seem to be choosing a skirt

from the dressing room,

I presumed it was work related.

Yes, because I've worked here a long time.

Unlike you.

You'll excuse me, sir.

I have a lot to do.

Alice?

Jesus Christ.

We're about to start the meeting in ten.

Calm down, I'm here.

Go down to the cafe

and get us decent coffee and pastries.

Only the good stuff.

- And napkins too.

- All finished.

And did you get a chance

to check on the room?

- You know how Bodrato is about that.

- I'll do it now.

Act fast.

- Hey.

- Oh, sh*t.

Hey.

You wandered off last night.

You do realize that you missed

the most important night

of my life, right?

Um So sorry. There was an emergency.

Forgive me.

- An emergency?

- Yeah.

My mom, yeah.

She wasn't feeling well,

and I had to split. I'm sorry.

Oh God. I'm sorry. Will she be alright?

- Should I call her?

- No. She's better now. Thanks.

- Are you sure?

- Yes.

- She'd appreciate it.

- Sure. But she's better. Thanks.

Morning.

Morning, Loredana.

- Hi.

- Hello.

Good morning.

Don't mind me.

Please, carry on.

Hello, my love.

Morning. Thanks, sweetheart.

- Good morning, guys!

- Good morning.

- Hi, good morning.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Please.

Here we are, folks. So

You all know that I have always considered

Dora TV as some sort of family.

And family should share with each other.

The bad news and the good news.

Today we have both.

The good news

is that our family is growing,

as my marvelous assistant, Cristina,

will soon give birth to a little Carlo.

- Thanks.

- I told you I had good news!

- Congratulations.

- If that was the good news

- That's wonderful!

- That's right.

- Thank you.

- Let's keep it down.

The bad news is that Channel 8 will not

renew our contract for Wake Up, Torino,

unfortunately for us.

- Are you serious?

- Oh, no.

And once we're all done sh**ting

this last season,

we close.

No!

However,

there is some very good news.

I have managed to secure us a slot

for a new kind of program.

What program, though?

I don't know because you will find us one.

But we won't be alone.

Everyone meet out talented

new creative director,

Davide Sardi.

- Davide, welcome.

- Good morning.

He will be the one

evaluating your commitment,

your skills.

And it will be with his help

that I'll choose the best course of action

for the future of Dora TV.

Alright. Off to work!

Hired or fired?

Here you are.

The main character

of Dora TV's latest show.

Ten years of experience.

A degree in Media & Communication.

A film school graduate.

And all this for what?

Watch out for germs.

Sorry?

I'm just saying.

Public restrooms aren't really

the best place to be seeking comfort.

Um, well

Compared to my last 24 hours,

germs seem

like a pretty appealing alternative.

Your day that shitty?

Um

Shitty isn't the half of it.

You are a Libra.

Right?

Nailed it.

Yep, Libra it is.

How did you guess?

Intuition.

Plus, lots of studying.

However,

I don't believe in all those things.

To me, astrology is bullshit.

Not for those who understand it.

Well,

in that case,

they're saying this year my sign

is the luckiest in all the zodiac.

And yet,

I'm here totally heartbroken instead.

And I could be out of work too.

I'd love a convo

with the inventor of astrology.

Because, while everybody's out

living their best life, I'm here.

Hello. Tio.

Tio?

It's my stage name.

Abbreviation for Tiziano.

Among other things, I'm an actor

filming right here at the studio.

- You?

- Um

Alice Bassi.

I'm assistant to the producer

at Dora TV, right next door.

Well, Alice Bassi

You know, most people

won't believe in astrology but will

still read their horoscope.

Like you, it seems.

Hold on.

The stars never tell you that you

shouldn't use the ladies' bathroom?

Those old distinctions, Alice?

It's just that the world is more fluid

like this.

And anyways,

you're in the men's restroom, silly.

Hey! There you are.

Were you in the men's room?

Of course not! Don't be ridiculous.

Anyway

Davide Sardi.

Who the hell is this guy?

Hey, listen. Uh

What did that text mean?

The one that you sent to Cristina?

How's that, Carlo?

Well, I don't know.

She's paranoid now. Uh

Well, don't worry.

We're gonna have brunch,

so you two can talk.

A brunch?

- Us three?

- Alice?

Alice, excuse me.

Will you be much longer?

Sorry, it's just

We have a brunch together

to talk about our work.

You understand.

- Mm.

- Yes, of course.

- Catch you later. Goodbye.

- Another time.

CONGRATULATIONS, I'M PISSED

I can't get anything right!

Yeah, obviously. You're a Libra.

Hold on. I told Cristina

I'm pissed about her marriage,

and you're saying the stars are to blame?

Listen. So

All you wrote was "I'm pissed." Hm?

That could mean all kinds of stuff.

- Thanks.

- Thanks.

For example,

"Pissed that I missed the big moment."

Not to mention,

at the moment, the stars

don't have a favorable disposition

towards Libras.

Saturn's in retrograde the entire month,

the Sun just entered Aries

a couple days ago,

and all Libras are getting

into tricky situations,

tricky in the sense of both emotionally,

because of Venus,

and professionally as well.

- Meaning I'm not getting it right.

- Come on!

It's a little Little phase, okay?

Yeah, but what you call "a phase,"

I call "the worst two years of my life."

That's because of Saturn's return.

Saturn is the planet

of absolute difficulty,

of discipline, of conflict.

But the good news is

that it's now moved onto Scorpio.

And because it a slow planet,

its orbit isn't going to be in Libra

for like

thirty years.

Wish it had moved into Aquarius.

Was the Aquarius that guy from earlier

who was cornering you into brunch?

Yeah.

Carlo.

He's my ex.

Well

So, Aquarius is the sign

of liberty and spontaneity.

It's a bit difficult

to get them to grow roots. Hm?

You

would prefer a Leo. Mm?

Dominant,

but able to protect

and care for his partner.

Or maybe an adventurous Sagittarius?

- A Scorpio?

- No. Mm-mm.

Don't want a Scorpio, alright?

'Cause he has Saturn in opposition.

He can manage that alone.

We could talk about Scorpio another year,

when that hot potato gets passed

to another sign.

- Where are you going?

- It's late, I gotta go.

- Ah Okay. You don't want that?

- Put it on my tab.

Let me get this straight.

I'm telling you that I might lose my job,

that I won't be able to pay my rent,

and you tell me

I don't have my bedroom any longer?

Honey, your papa and I were not aware.

Alright, Mom, but now you are. So?

It's too late now,

'cause we removed the furniture

and the things from your room,

and it's the ideal size

for my painting and sculpture studio.

And, at the absolute worst case,

there's the guest room.

Unbelievable.

Hey, listen. Are you going

to come get this stuff soon?

Because papa has packed it away

for you already.

All my stuff too?

Oh, but the news with Carlo I just heard

He's expecting a baby and getting married.

How fantastic!

How did you hear that?

He called me earlier.

I'm not sure why,

but he was worried about my health.

Anyway, he's a sweetheart.

He's always been a sweetheart.

Sorry, Mom, you're breaking up.

I'm gonna go, okay?

- Alice?

- Bye.

At the end of days like today,

just two things can save you

from ending it all:

plenty of spritz

and Paola to drink it with.

Anywho, somewhere I read

that Scorpios in bed

are totally incredible.

Yes, but this guy Tio

Do we really gotta talk

about a guy who calls himself Tio?

Forget the name.

So, the thing is, he says that Carlo,

as a total Aquarius,

is tipically dispersive

in his relationships, you know?

But Cristina's having his child.

And Carlo is marrying her.

And here we are,

gossiping about astrology.

But the past is the past. It's over.

Suits me.

Then tell me, how do you plan

on dealing with this new work situation?

It could be a great opportunity.

You know that, right?

Because you've not looked

into the hangman's eager eyes yet.

No, for real, Alice.

You've been working at this job for years.

You can do it with your eyes shut

and you're worth more

than what Enrico is giving you.

Nevertheless, everything I know

I owe to Enrico.

Sure, fine.

All I'm saying is, you're a grown girl.

It's time to ditch the nest and fly.

And also this thing with Carlo

- I said that's enough about that.

- Alice.

You've used this excuse of a friendship

for two years.

To avoid turning the page.

Well, I

And now it's your time

to take flight, girl!

Time to get fabulous and fierce!

Alice, let the world know

who you really are.

All my girls gonna sing it loud

We go na na na na na na na

There's no one that could stop us now

We go na na na na na na na

Get a little crazy wildcat

Don't you know

There's nothing wrong with that?

All my girls gonna sing it loud

We go na na na

Hey! Hi!

- How's it going, Paola?

- Fine, and you?

Fine, fine.

Hi, I'm Luca.

Hi, Alice!

He works with me at the newspaper.

Luca is a colleague!

Yes, a colleague who is really surprised

to see miss mamma bird

finally out partying a little.

I'm glad.

I'm the one leading her astray.

You've done well. Bravo!

We shouldn't ever neglect our friends.

I did everything for my girlfriend.

Damn it. Whatever.

And then, finally, bam!

She decided to leave me. Why?

Because she needed some space. Whatever.

- Oh, yeah!

- Reminds me of a girl I know.

So now I'm reconnecting with some friends

I lost along the way.

Over there.

What else can I say?

It was a pleasure meeting you.

I'd like to see you again soon.

Bye.

- Bye, Paola.

- Ciao!

Oh, he is cute!

Yes, but

Do we know his sign yet?

This is no confessional

You need a professional

Better call the doctor

Before I go crazy

If you want to play some

Kick it like a bass drum

Call me on the phone

And baby I'll show you something

You love it, you love it

You love it, yeah

You love it, you love it

You love it, yeah

Love it, or leave it

Or love it like that

You love it, you love it

You love it, yeah

This is no confessional

You need a professional

Better call the doctor

Before I go crazy

If you want to play some

Kick it like a bass drum

Call me on the phone

And baby I'll show you something

You love it, you love it

You love it, yeah

Love it, you love it

You love it, yeah

Morning, my skeptical little Libra!

Here's your horoscope of the day.

You're energetic and gutsy,

but you'll be put to the test

by possible clashes

with people who

It's dangerous

to get distracted while driving.

Um Yes.

Good morning.

You have a really nice voice, Miss Bassi.

Perhaps it's your new career calling you.

I hope you're joking.

What do you mean, the studio isn't ready?

Where's Alice?

- I'm here!

- Where were you?

It seems as if no one knows

that we have two episodes to sh**t

and now we're running 45 minutes late!

Enrico, you never mentioned two episodes.

Of course I did!

Tomorrow, Marlin is in Rome!

Okay, give me five minutes.

Follow me.

Let's go.

- Good morning!

- Good morning, love.

- Good morning, dearest.

- Morning.

- Morning!

- Hello. Morning.

- Morning.

- Well

Everybody here's panicking.

Just letting you know.

I know, Carlo. Enrico didn't tell me

we're filming the two episodes

- Excuse me?

- Yes?

- May I have some coffee?

- Sure. On my way.

Thanks.

Can I get some water?

There's something wrong with the machine.

Yeah, just a second. Ah, Sergio.

Let's shake some sense in this machine.

- Thanks.

- One, two, three

- Alice?

- Yes.

Come on, now.

- Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

WAKE UP, TORINO

Wake up, Torino!

Good morning, friends,

and welcome to Wake Up, Torino!

A big kiss from your Marlin.

- Slide to camera one.

- Mm-hmm.

Exactly.

I introduce you

to our first guest of today.

There he is, I can feel him moving!

It's our own Paulo!

Paulo?

That's "Paùlo"?

"Paolo."

What's this guy's name? Sorry.

Isn't it Paolo?

Paolo.

Exactly.

This Paolo, believe it or not,

he has now become

internationally famous, or

Am I correct? Internationally?

Would you agree?

Because he's the biggest

and most important

collector of LPs on planet Earth!

Can you cut to Marlin's close-up one sec?

- Good. Stay on them.

- Remember LPs?

Those incredible circular objects

that spin around and just crackle

on top of the gramophone?

"Gramophone"? What is she saying?

- Well

- Why? Oh, no!

Stop!

Did they say "stop"?

- Because they stopped.

- Stop rolling?

Sorry, but why did you stop rolling?

And then we ask ourselves

why the network is shutting us down.

Because you're ignorant, that's why!

While we're at it,

I'll touch up your make-up.

Touch-up, yeah. No circles, okay?

A little, a little.

I gotta go

and give her a piece of my mind.

- What?

- Calm down.

What's gotten into you, Enrico?

Please

Okay. Give me one minute.

I'll sort it all out.

- Well done. Okay.

- Coming.

Your mike, Claretti.

You leaned in a bit too much.

Hi!

- There you are, sweetie. This is Alice.

- My dearest Marlin.

- Hi, darling.

- This blouse is great.

- I said, "Well, blue"

- Nice! Listen

Um, the line with the gramophones

Brilliant, no?

It sprang into my mind the other day.

Then I said, "the gramophone"

- Yes, it's a really great image.

- Yeah?

But unfortunately, LPs actually

were never for gramophones.

They weren't?

No.

- Are you certain?

- Mm-hmm.

That's weird.

From the top, okay?

- Yeah, sure.

- Let's go.

- Good.

- Remember to always start with camera two.

- I'll cut the gramophone?

- Yes, please. Are you comfortable?

Evidently.

Let's keep rolling!

Okay.

- You're ready, Claretti?

- Mm-hmm.

Wake up, Torino!

Not halfway done with the day yet.

Okay.

Ah. Don't worry, Carlo.

I've sorted it all out.

Well done.

Thank you.

Morning, my skeptical little Libra!

Here's your horoscope of the day.

You're energetic and gutsy,

but you'll be put to the test

by possible clashes

with people

who have different ideas then you.

In matters of the heart:

beware.

There's the possibility

of a super tempestuous romance today.

Kisses! Tio.

- Hello?

- Tio?

- Hi.

- Hi! Where are you?

In my dressing room.

Can I speak to you a sec?

Hola, guapisima.

I am Marcus

Alvarez de la Rosa,

cousin to Fernando Prandi,

also an ex of his girlfriend,

with whom I once was in a love

expl*si*n.

How'd you get the scar?

Oh, gee. The scar

Olé!

Muchas gracias.

Give me five minutes.

I'll take this fluffy poodle

to the groomer's. Join you downstairs.

It's unbelievable, Tio.

You guessed almost every detail

of my whole day.

Like, there was

You guessed the mood,

and the tensions at work

and you've worked this out

from the position of the planets?

That's astrology.

Oh God.

Oh, excuse me.

Oh God.

Phew!

Why "almost"?

- What did I miss?

- Well

The super tempestuous romance, you know?

Not even a hint of this romance.

I mean Okay, some patience.

Day's not over quite yet.

Hi, it's Luca. Paola's friend.

We met last night.

Um, I was wondering if you'd like

to grab a drink with me one evening.

Mm!

- How did you know everything?

- Mm-hmm!

Madame, at your service.

What sign is

this tempestuous little romance?

Aries.

I believe it's Aries.

Aries.

So simple, so masculine.

A man that can always admire

certain events,

like, for example,

the discovery of fire

or the invention of the wheel.

But, genetically speaking,

bad at getting

all the little nuances, like

say, basic hygiene or gallantry.

He thumps on his chest

when someone threatens something

he believes is his territory.

Meaning, basically, Tarzan

certainly was a perfect Aries.

So, if you'd rather not date

a man who forages for berries

or swings from a three,

or you don't wanna walk him three times

a day so that he can do his business,

then it is best to move on.

In your opinion,

is a super tempestuous romance possible

between an Aries man

and a little Libra woman?

Let's talk about it, okay?

So,

first of all,

you gotta tell me if you, like

Um, do you know

the Australopithecus vulgaris?

The first metamorphosis of human beings,

you know?

The first stage

That's it, because with Aries

The sadness

And the beauty of the things

I raise my eyes slowly

Give you chance to get to know me

I'm gonna stay here in the moment

Before it's over let me know