02x19 - The Legend of Zorro

[bunniefuu]

( dramatic theme playing)

After I marry Margarita,
I will have 10,000 acres,

a thousand head of cattle.
There's no need to be greedy.

A man doesn't
need more than that.

Of course this is not the reason
you're marrying Margarita?

Because she's so wealthy?
We were meant for each other.

You and Margarita?

Or, uh, you and the cattle
and the 10,000 acres?

All of us together. It's all
part of the same picture.

And what a beautiful
picture it is, Diego.

Well, tell me, would the
picture be so beautiful

if it did not have that,
uh, gold frame around it?

Ah, but the point is, she
does have these things,

and I do want to marry her.

If you don't want to help
us get away from Zorro,

we'll get along without you.

We'll run off and get
married right away.

By the time Zorro finds out,

we'll already be married.
What can he do then, huh?

You'd be surprised how
quickly Zorro finds things out.

Things like this.

( dramatic theme playing)

(announcer reading
on-screen text)

( dramatic theme playing)

(playing and humming soft music)

♪ Mi amor ♪

♪ Tell me you care ♪

(humming)

(Estevan humming in distance)

Uncle Estevan
out of bed already?

And it's hardly noon.

Margarita came over to see
him. He had no other choice.

Ah. Diego.

Zorro has done so many
things against tremendous odds.

Why can he not do a simple thing

like sending Estevan
back to Spain?

Well, he's a very
determined man.

I'm afraid we're going to
have to learn to put up with him.

Permanently.

(chokes) (laughs)

(humming)

♪ Mi amor ♪

(humming)

♪ Will you be mine? ♪

Ah. Diego.

I asked about you,
but your father said

you had ridden into the
pueblo for some foolish reason.

Well, that's one of the hazards

of being a useful
member of society.

I had to arrange for
the sale of some hides.

Ugh. That's a messy business.

But there's something musical
about the jingle of gold coins.

Ha-ha!

Estevan has an idea he wishes
to discuss with you, Diego.

Tell him.

I have been
thinking of el Zorro,

and his efforts to prevent
my marriage to Margarita.

There can only be one answer.

He must be in love
with her himself.

I thought this might
be a clue to his identity.

Unfortunately, uncle,

this could apply to
almost any young man

who has ever met
Margarita. Gracias.

ESTEVAN: Sí.

But I was coming to this:

I have noticed, Diego, that, uh,

Zorro never seems to show
his face when you are with her.

(chuckles)

What do you mean?

Well, this Zorro, whoever he is,

apparently is not
jealous of you.

You know, I'm not so sure
this is a compliment, uncle.

At any rate, Zorro would be
foolish to be jealous of me.

Tell him your plan.

All right.

Now, supposing you and
Margarita were to take a ride, ah?

And supposing you just
happened to ride south,

towards the mission
San Juan Capistrano.

Margarita and me? Sí.

And then supposing that,
uh, I were to ride off alone

in another direction,

and then circle around
and meet you at Capistrano.

Don't you see?

Before Zorro knows what is up,
Margarita and I can get married.

And you can be the best man.

If Uncle Estevan
is so afraid of Zorro

that he cannot accompany
his intended bride to the altar,

I do not think there's much
question of who is the best man.

It is not a question of
being afraid of Zorro.

MARGARITA: Diego.
Diego, I know that

you and your father
have not been very...

Very enthusiastic
about this marriage.

But do you think he would
attend if we asked him?

Well, why don't
you try him and see?

He's on the patio.

Excuse me a moment,
please. Sí, sí, sí.

Margarita. Sí.

Uncle Estevan, he's
a wonderful man,

but he doesn't look at
things the way we do.

I'm afraid he's
a bit of a rogue.

I do not care. I do
not think I've ever had

so much fun in my
life as I've had with him.

I've never met
anyone so... So alive.

So much in love with
music and laughter,

and with everything
that is beautiful.

Heh. Diego, I'm sorry.

I did not mean that
the way it sounded.

I did not mean about
his being in love with me.

I know.

And he is in love with me.

Well, don't you agree?

Yes, I agree.

As far as I know,

Uncle Estevan loves everybody.

What I say is, prove
that you love the girl.

Prove that you're worthy of her.

Then I'm sure you will have
the blessings of everybody.

Myself, her father, even Zorro.

When you asked
to marry my sister,

I do not recall that you
had to prove yourself

to my father, or to me,

or to some outlaw
with a price on his head.

That was different.
I was a De la Vega.

Ye... Oh. Pfft.

I tell you what I will do.

Out of memory to your
sister, God bless her soul,

I will give you a
chance to prove yourself.

I will give you some land.

Uh, possibly a
few hundred acres.

Some cattle to stock it.

I will let you demonstrate

whether you can
be a californiano.

A man of substance
and stability.

An hacendado.

An hacendado, eh?

Sell hides that are messy

for bags of gold coin that
make such beautiful music.

What is this? I
do not follow you.

Mark this day in your diary,
my brother-by-marriage.

The rolling stone
has rolled to a halt.

(claps hands)

And may the moss grow
thick, and green, and fast.

( suspenseful theme playing)

( mellow theme playing)

Earlier in the spring through
there, you should see it.

Rampant with wildflowers.

Who can blame them
if they are a little wild,

growing up in a place like this.

There is even a building
on the property. Follow me.

( soft theme playing)

Anyone care for a
nice drink of cool sand?

It is an old well, Estevan. It
has not been used in years.

I can see why one
might get out of the habit.

Do you think my family

had better than
this to start with?

Do you think the
landholders that came here

had their haciendas
already built?

Their herds established?

You come from
sturdy stock, Alejandro.

I've said that many times.
ALEJANDRO: I tell you,

my grandfather would have
been a happy man to have all this

to start with.

MARGARITA: My grandfather
was born in an adobe hut

without a roof or windows.

This would have
been a palace to him.

Uh, please, everyone. I
do not mean to sound rude,

but, uh, do you mind going away

and leaving me
alone for a while?

This may be a
turning point in my life.

I want time to think.

I know how you feel, Estevan.

It is a great day
in a man's life

when he says to
himself, "This is mine.

"In all the world,
with all of its people,

this belongs to me."

( suspenseful theme playing)

This belongs to me.

I drink to that.

Ahh.

Here's the government
subsidy my grandfather received.

Two mares, two
cows with one calf,

two ewes, two she goats,

plus one yoke of
oxen or bullocks.

Seems almost too much.
From that beginning,

we have built up
one of the finest herds

in all of California.

But it took you
three generations.

I don't expect
to live that long.

What is it you want, Estevan?

I am giving you the land,
the cattle, the equipment.

You do not need to
pay this back, ever.

There are no strings attached.

Do you think I'm not being fair?

Oh, no, Alejandro. You are
being more than generous.

Well, then, what is it you want?

Uh...

Uh,

you are a sporting man,
are you not, Alejandro?

What has this to do
with our discussion?

Ah, just answer the question.

You are not opposed to taking
a sporting chance now and then?

Well, I suppose not,
on certain occasions.

I am not a young man, Alejandro.

I do not have years
and years ahead of me

to build up a big
estate from this...

This very generous beginning.

Give me a sporting chance.

I will match you
for all these things

that you offer to give
me, double or nothing.

But, it's like... Like
gambling against myself.

But you yourself said there
are no strings attached.

What does it matter
how I get them?

It's a simple
sporting proposition.

Double or nothing. All right.

Heads or tails? You call. Heads.

Well, I guess this
is your lucky day.

You win. What kind
of a coin is that?

Even you, Alejandro?

You do not recognize
a Spanish florentavo?

How do you tell heads or tails?
I do not see the difference. I...

Well, what do we have
here? Oh, nothing at all.

We are just having
a little private wager.

It is this coin, Diego.

I have never seen
one like it in California.

What did you call
it? A florentavo?

Yeah. Did you happen to see

a coin like this while
you were in Spain?

Why, yes. It's a commemorative
Florentine medallion.

No monetary value.

Excuse me, I must
go upstairs to my room.

Did Uncle Estevan
try to spend this?

No.

If it is not a coin, then
it has no heads or tails.

And Estevan, he purposely...

What?

Oh, nothing, Diego.

I just do not feel that your
uncle really has his mind set

on being a California landowner.

( dramatic theme playing)

Actually, there was
no reason for me

to try to take part of
your father's property.

After I marry Margarita,
I will have 10,000 acres,

a thousand head of cattle.
There's no need to be greedy.

A man doesn't
need more than that.

Of course this is not the reason
you're marrying Margarita?

Because she's so wealthy?
We were meant for each other.

You and Margarita?

Or, uh, you and the cattle
and the 10,000 acres?

All of us together. It's all
part of the same picture.

And what a beautiful
picture it is, Diego.

Well, tell me, would the
picture be so beautiful

if it did not have that,
uh, gold frame around it?

Would you still
want to marry her

if she had none of these things?

Ah, but the point is, she
does have these things,

and I do want to marry her.

If you don't want to help
us get away from Zorro,

we'll get along without you.

We'll run off and get
married right away.

By the time Zorro finds out,

we'll already be married.
What can he do then, huh?

You'd be surprised how
quickly Zorro finds things out.

Things like this. How's
he going to find out?

I'm not going to tell
him. Neither is Margarita.

Surely you wouldn't.

Of course not.

It is just that the... Well,
the peons, they, uh...

They seem to think that
Zorro is, uh, supernatural.

Ah.

At any rate, he finds things out

and no one knows how.
Ah. That is nonsense.

You know, you can
think you're alone,

the way we are here,
and then you'll find out

that Zorro was
there all the time.

I would advise you to spend

a little more time indoors
after sundown, Diego.

Obviously you're
a little moonstruck.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Just remember
what I told you, uncle.

You can't get away from Zorro.

(chuckles)

( tense theme playing)

(strumming quietly)

( dramatic theme playing)

( soft theme playing)

( dramatic theme playing)

(door opens, closes)

Oh, Uncle Estevan. Going out?

Diego, I am through. I give up.

I am going now to tell Margarita
that we can never be married.

I am returning
immediately to Spain.

Isn't this a rather
sudden decision?

Everywhere I look,
there is a Z for Zorro.

It is getting so
that I cannot...

What is that for?
Wipe your forehead.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Are you returning to
Spain immediately?

Couldn't you just

not marry Margarita and
remain here for a longer visit?

Even you, Diego,
and your father,

think the same as Zorro.

That I am interested in
Margarita only for her money.

Well,

it has happened before.

The widow in Paris,
the countess in Madrid.

And what do you know of them?

Stories that you have heard,

passed from one
mouth to the next.

Stories that have been twisted
and distorted in the telling.

I did not feel towards them

the way I feel
towards Margarita.

They were fair-weather friends,

merely charming companions.

But beautiful, of course.

If you really love Margarita,
and you honestly and truly think

you can settle down
and make her happy,

maybe you shouldn't
go off and leave her.

Perhaps you've been misjudged.

No, Diego. No.

That is one of the
laws of destiny.

All our todays and
all our tomorrows

are immutably shaped
by our yesterdays.

I have been a rolling stone,

gathering my fun
where I've found it.

And now, when at last,

I have found my one true love,

I cannot change
what I have become.

I am not worthy of
her. I never could be.

Wait, uncle.

I am going now to her
hacienda to take my leave.

You might ask Bernardo
to pack my things.

I shall be leaving
immediately to return to Spain.

( melancholy theme playing)

( suspenseful theme playing)

DIEGO: Who's there?

Diego, it is Marcos
Cotazar. Where is Margarita?

I don't know. Isn't she home?

It's Don Marcos. He's
looking for Margarita.

But why here? She
has not been here.

Well, let's find out.

It is Margarita. It
is getting so late.

I wonder why she
has not come home.

She has not been here.

Uncle Estevan left
early this evening

to see her at your hacienda.

Are you sure? She said she
was going to meet him here.

That he is packing
up to return to Spain.

They could have met on the way.

Well, where could
they be at this hour?

Do not get excited, Marcos.

I am sure if anything
had happened,

we would have
heard. Come inside.

I just don't understand it.

I think I do.

( dramatic theme playing)

( upbeat theme playing)

Do not be concerned, my dear.

It is only normal for anyone
to have a few misgivings.

Just have faith in me.

I do not know, Estevan.

I am not so sure we
should rush into this so fast.

There's been no time to think.

Well, we cannot turn
back now, my dear.

This is the first
time we've been able

to give Zorro the slip.

We have been so
busy trying to fool Zorro,

I hope we have
not fooled ourselves.

This el Zorro.

He always seemed to
know everything I was doing

and everything I ever said.

Even when I said I
was going back to Spain.

(chuckles)

He's probably
sleeping peacefully now,

thinking I have given up.

Heh-heh. Well,
that's what he gets

for eavesdropping on
private conversations.

(clicks tongue)

( dramatic theme playing)

Zorro!

It's Zorro!

He found out. Hold on.

Hyah!

Do not worry, Don Estevan.

We will take care
of Zorro for you.

We will?

( action theme playing)

Hyah!

You are not going to
pass this time, Señor Zorro.

After him, corporal!
We've got him this time!

( dramatic theme playing)

(grunts)

(grunts)

(grunting)

(groans)

( dramatic theme playing)

( suspenseful theme playing)

(both grunting)

(grunts)

( dramatic theme playing)

(groans)

(grunts)

(grunts)

The señorita will be
in no danger, señor.

I merely wish to
speak to her in private.

( dramatic theme playing)

Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

I have something to say to you,

and I'm afraid you're
going to have to listen.

( dramatic theme playing)

The final decision is up to you.

I leave you now. Señor Zorro.

It is one thing to
fight against bandits

and do the things
you are famous for.

You will find it
quite another thing

to try and make a
woman change her mind.

If this is a lesson
I must learn,

I could not ask for a
more beautiful teacher.

( dramatic theme playing)

(whinnies)

My dear, are you all right?

Yes, yes, I am all right.

Let us hurry into the church.

Estevan? (speaks in Spanish)

It is not true that you love
me only for my money?

How can you say such a thing?

Is that what el Zorro
tried to tell you?

And if I had no
money, no property,

you would still want to
marry me, wouldn't you?

You know I would, querida mía.

I am so happy,

because that is what
I was afraid to tell you.

The lawyers explained it
all to my father yesterday.

Under the terms
of the land grant,

my father cannot give
anything to a daughter,

unless, of course, she is
married to a californiano.

It was foolish of me
not to tell you, wasn't it?

Because after all, what
difference does it make?

(chuckles)

I'm sure Don Alejandro
will give you back

the property you lost to him.

And we could fix
up the building,

live in half of it and, uh,

keep chickens in the other half.

(groans)

Oh, my dear, I
cannot permit this.

That you, a daughter
of wealth and position,

a jewel worthy of the
finest settings should...

Should throw herself away

on a man that is not
truly worthy of her.

No, I...

This I cannot permit.

It would be such a
happy, simple life.

Just you and me together.

And, of course, the chickens.

I do not know why you
say you don't deserve it.

Well,

there is also a question
of duty, my child.

Uh...

Uh, Spain is at w*r. My...

My... My king needs me.

Adiós, querida mía. Adiós.

( Spanish theme playing)

( soft theme playing)

What is this, señor?
A Spanish florentavo.

You may keep the
difference until we meet again.

Gracias, señor. Gracias.

( majestic theme playing)

What a magnificent rogue.

(Tornado whinnies)

( dramatic theme playing)

(whinnies)

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

♪ Zorro ♪

ANNOUNCER: Next
week, a needless sh**ting,

a sh*t that ignites
the flames of hatred,

and a bitter feud

ends in violent death.

MAN: So you see,

it is not just a simple case

of burning down a
house for revenge.

It is now a case of m*rder.

( dramatic theme playing)

ANNOUNCER: Next
week, the spark of revenge

sets off one of your
greatest adventures with

Zorro.

( upbeat theme playing)