["Dr. Mike Alon" playing]
♪ I worked hard… ♪
Tell me again what her message was.
"Is that all you have to tell me, as though last night never happened?"
So, you still smelled of her, you bastard.
-Guzmán! -Let me tell you something.
[quietly] You're a goddamn liar.
You pretend that you're a good dude, that you're my friend,
but, of course, you have no goddamn idea what being a friend means, do you?
I'm not gonna punch you here 'cause we're in a restaurant.
[takes a deep breath] What's with the look?
Is this you sticking your neck out?
Guzmán. Guzmán. Guzmán!
Look, this isn't a competition for me or just a fucking whim, okay?
You're my friend, above all.
The last thing I want is to hurt you or fuck you over.
[Guzmán takes a deep breath]
Let me make something clear.
Listening?
[loudly] You go to hell!
[diners murmuring]
You get that?
-Okay, listen-- -You seriously need to shut the fuck up.
♪ So I don't know ♪
♪ I don't know ♪
♪ I don't ♪
♪ I won't harm anyone ♪
♪ But your life is killing me ♪
♪ So can't you see? ♪
♪ Can't you see? ♪
THE MESS YOU LEAVE BEHIND
-I'm finally gonna read it. -I only gave it to you a year ago, man.
Sure, but now I'll finally have time.
You know what? I think I might go with you.
You serious?
[takes a deep breath] I don't know why I'm here, honestly.
You shouldn't have stayed this long. You should've left when you wanted.
Well, I had my reasons.
-That one-track mind. [chuckles] -Such a dipshit.
I love seein' the two of you together.
Even if it's to say goodbye.
You're telling the principal and your classmates today?
-Yeah. -[gentle music playing]
You're leaving halfway through the year? Can't you wait until the summer?
[sighs] But this summer, who knows where I'll be? Life's short.
Ander. Oh.
[chuckling] Okay, enough. Stop. C'mon. You said you'd be supportive.
Of course I am. But let me have my moment to play the suffering mother.
C'mon. Off you go.
-Ciao. -See ya.
[engine turns off]
[energetic music playing]
[Rebe sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
[Guzmán and guy speaking indistinctly]
BEFORE I GO: OMAR
[guy] Yeah. She really is pretty.
[excited chatter]
[metal detector beeps]
To be honest, this year, I'm really looking forward to a vacation.
[girl] I've always liked spending time with my family.
-For the holidays, we're gonna go away… -Ari? Ari, I need to talk to you.
Me? About what?
Your sister won't listen to me, but I thought you would.
So, you're trying to solve your personal issues
with me as the middleman?
Merry Christmas, Rebeka.
I need your help.
[Ari takes a deep breath]
I'll be right back.
Look, hon, my best advice is that you forget about my sister.
You can avoid some sleepless nights, I assure you.
Great, so she has to stay with that sleazy old man
because you won't help her?
What old man? Armando?
Sweetheart, Armando and her are just friends. Why are you interfering?
Are you crazy or just jealous?
Yeah, they're great pals. Did she tell you how they first met?
-Having drinks, you mean? -[Rebe] Expensive drinks.
Maybe too expensive.
What?
[gentle music playing]
[takes a deep breath] Look, Ari, I'm not telling you this about Mencía
out of spite or to try to get her back,
'cause I know this means I'll probably lose her forever.
I'm telling this to you in case you can help her,
'cause she won't let me.
[tense music playing]
[door closes]
-Just one second-- -[Cayetana] No. Get out.
-But… But let me-- -I said no. Don't. You're too close.
[Cayetana breathing shakily]
[sighs]
Let me explain myself.
Outside, where there are cameras. You're a fan of those, aren't you?
[static buzzing softly on camera]
[Phillipe] I had no intention of upsetting you, okay?
We were partying, and we had a lot to drink, you know?
Yeah. And that's no excuse, Phillipe.
Cayetana, come on. Don't act like it's so surprising
I misinterpreted your signals.
Exactly which signals did you misinterpret?
Because I sent plenty, and none of them were mixed.
I don't know, but we were making out, and--
[Cayetana] And I told you the fact that we were making out is no excuse.
I told you no more than once, Phillipe.
Would those be the signals you might have misinterpreted?
[sighs] Because you only got the picture when I bolted out of your limousine.
[Phillipe sighs]
Caye…
[Cayetana inhales sharply]
[softly] I'm sorry.
I really am sorry.
[ominous music playing]
Fuck no. Just fucking ignore her.
She made all this up because she's upset with me. That's all.
She's upset, but I don't see her pulling this out of thin air.
Ari, please. Just ignore her.
Mencía, are you sure?
Get your nose out of my business, all right?
-Mencía. -[tense music playing]
[Mencía gasps]
[Ari sighs]
Babe, listen.
Um, whatever might be going on with Armando or whoever it is--
It's my fucking problem, and I can handle my own shit.
Stop, Mencía, you say that all the time.
And in the end, all you accomplish is leave a mess in your wake
the rest of us get stuck taking care of.
Trust your family a bit more. Give us some damn credit.
-Maybe we should tell Dad about it. -No way.
For once, can you stop being mad at Dad and everyone else?
No, not a fucking word to Benjamín. I mean it.
Do you not realize Dad can fix any problem with the snap of a finger?
[Mencía] I said no, Ari!
Not a thing to him, Patrick, any of them.
I'm dead serious right now, Ari. If you say a single word to Benjamín,
I promise you'll never see me ever again. Do you fucking understand me?
[Omar] I've done everything possible to try to forget about you.
But I realized it's useless because I can't.
It's absurd, but I love you.
I can't forgive myself for giving up on you 'cause I never have.
Not even when I thought you were dying.
-[Ander sighs] -So, I'm not gonna start now.
Giving up on you, I mean. [chuckles softly]
And if you're open to it, I'd like to give us another shot.
[clicks tongue, sighs] Ander, what are you thinking?
[gentle music playing]
[Ander sighs] Look, you almost went to New York with Malick.
And you stayed here because of me.
Don't you wonder where you'd be if only you'd been true to yourself?
Except I didn't stay here for you. I stayed here for me.
I can only see a life if it's with you.
[Ander sighs]
I want us to be together.
[sighs] But if you… I get it if you don't want that.
I… I won't make a big deal of it and hold it against you or anything.
I'll respect your answer.
[sighs]
I'd better leave you alone.
[Ander sighs softly]
BEFORE I GO: OMAR
Omar, wait.
[gentle music building]
[both breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
-[knocking on door] -[Benjamín] Come in.
Excuse me. You wanted to see me, sir?
[in French] Benjamín, would you give us a moment?
[Cayetana, in English] I know that you're trying to defend your son.
No matter what gender theories or passing fads may say,
every man is naturally born with
a biological type of hardwiring.
And we women have the capacity to tame it.
And that is… a gift. It's uniquely powerful.
There's no need to beat your head against a wall,
trying to change that reality.
Forget about his history with these girls, Cayetana.
And about any nasty rumors you may have heard about Phillipe.
-Because my son has chosen you. -[ominous music playing]
Above everything.
And everyone.
Do you realize how many things will no longer be a problem
for you or your family?
Countless.
Don't be stupid.
Don't refuse this gift that life has graciously handed you.
Cayetana,
I would love it if you came to the New Year's Eve party with Phillipe.
[Cayetana crying softly]
♪ So I… ♪
DECEMBER 31
♪ When I am walkin' around ♪
♪ Lost in this town… ♪
[Azucena] Ah! Don't you look like a handsome little gentleman!
-[Omar chuckles] -[Azucena] Come in. Ander's in the shower.
[crickets chirping]
We have, like, a million plans together for after graduation.
We deserve it.
[takes a deep breath] You mind if I ask you a personal question?
[hesitates] Yeah?
-[chuckles] -[Omar] Go for it.
Why'd you reunite?
[Omar takes a deep breath]
Well, because we love each other. I mean, obviously. [laughs]
But that's not enough, though.
I love my ex a lot.
I mean, he's Ander's dad. I'll never quit loving him,
but you need to have a shared purpose in your relationship.
I don't mean a house with kids running around.
-I'm not that crazy. -[both laugh]
But you do have to be on the same page about what you want.
Wait a minute. I just told you that we both have a million plans.
-That it's, uh-- -You both have? Or just you?
[Azucena grunts]
He's staying again for you.
I didn't force him before, and I'm not forcing him now.
[tense music playing]
In fact, I told him that if he didn't want to get back together,
I'd accept it.
[Azucena takes a breath] Omar.
[door opens]
[toilet flushes]
What's the matter?
Wow.
[quietly] You look great.
-["Lost Horse" playing] -[fireworks whistling and popping]
♪ Love ♪
♪ All my body's undulatin' ♪
♪ Back and forth, but it's too late and ♪
♪ There's no cure and no sedatin' ♪
-[excited chatter] -♪ All this pain we're generatin' ♪
♪ This prolonged Insane, grotesque thing ♪
-[group speaking indistinctly] -♪ That we wrongly have been namin' love ♪
♪ Honey, this ain't love, no ♪
If you'll excuse me.
-♪ Pretty soon, I will be feedin'… ♪ -[camera shutters clicking]
-[guy] Hey. How are you? -[Phillipe] Hey. Great.
♪ Silver boots make When they're fleein' town ♪
♪ And I can't get around to bein' ♪
♪ Much surprised by memories speedin' ♪
♪ On the road on which we're bleedin' ♪
♪ Love ♪
♪ Honey, this ain't love ♪
-[glass shatters] -[pops]
♪ I want you to hold me ♪
-[camera shutters clicking] -♪ Perpendicularly only ♪
♪ A sundial for the gods ♪
♪ We were born, born to fail ♪
♪ I want you to hold me ♪
♪ Perpendicularly only ♪
♪ A sundial for the gods ♪
♪ We were born, born to fail ♪
♪ It's raining cats and dogs And lightnin' ♪
♪ Strikes my heart And sheds some light on ♪
♪ To the fact it ain't so frightenin' ♪
♪ How there hasn't been… ♪
-Hey. -Hey.
You look incredible.
Thanks.
Ah.
[sighs] Ah. This is your moment.
Be sure to enjoy it.
Excuse me. [takes a deep breath]
Your son's impulsiveness
isn't really a matter of biology, Your Highness.
It's a matter of education.
♪ To hold me ♪
♪ Perpendicularly only ♪
♪ A sundial for the gods ♪
-♪ We were born, born to fail ♪ -Fuck 'em, right?
♪ I want you to hold me ♪
♪ Perpendicularly only ♪
♪ A sundial for the gods ♪
♪ We were born, born to fail… ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[in French] What do you intend to do?
I organized this to celebrate the New Year with my guests.
And Cayetana is my guest in her own right.
As a friend and as a designer.
You are a fool
and an ingrate.
And whose fault is it?
Who raised me this way?
[scoffs]
Phillipe…
I brought you into this world.
I raised you.
I never took my eyes off you,
except when it was better to look the other way.
Something that happened quite often.
[ominous music playing]
My role has been to love and protect you, and I have done that impeccably.
If now, all of a sudden,
you want to be an adult and walk on alone, do it.
Accept the consequences of your choices.
That's all.
-[dance music playing] -[guests chattering excitedly]
[in English] Ari, calm down, girl. We all know how you get when you drink.
I don't "get" any way because I'm barely a drinker.
Well, now we've gone from "never" to "barely."
-[Ari] Hmm. -[Omar] Hmm.
Go talk to her.
I'll pass.
Then wallow in your pride, and see how well that works out.
Yeah, spare me the lecture.
You were gonna go travel, and yet again, you bowed down to Omar.
-Well, I'll go… eventually. -A little word of advice?
Don't give up things for others, 'cause they won't do the same for you.
Feel me?
Look at Nadia. Chose her future over me.
But I kept pursuing her like a real dickhead.
What about Ari?
Honestly, you're still angry that Nadia prioritized her future
over staying with you.
Whereas Ari wants you in her life, and you threw that away.
Look, Ari's one thing, Nadia's another, all right?
Ari loves me and Samuel and the football and basketball team, probably.
Okay? They're two different things.
Look, you've told me millions of times
that you'd love a relationship like the one I have with Omar.
Well, this is how our relationship works. Compromise, dude. We both have to.
Sure, she fucked up.
But do you really wanna lose Ari… or Samuel?
I wouldn't wanna lose Omar over that.
Go talk to her. Come on.
Come on.
[Ander chuckles]
Thanks a lot, handsome.
What?
Nothing.
[both chuckle softly]
[crickets chirping]
[Ari grunts]
[Ari sighs]
[exhales] Have a minute? It's impossible to talk in there.
[sighs deeply] No, thank you, honestly.
I don't wanna finish the year with an argument.
One minute. I promise.
This isn't really how I thought I'd start the year either, you know.
With you and all that.
I never thought you'd fall for someone like me, if I'm being honest.
Yeah, well… you were clearly mistaken.
[Samu] Was I mistaken, Ari?
Because that whole routine about how you can't give me or Guzmán up
was the most cowardly possible way to try and let either one of us down easy.
-[indistinct chatter] -[tense music playing]
[Samu] I know you love Guzmán.
Admit it. It's not that big a deal.
It makes perfect sense. He's the rational choice.
But you must leave me alone if you care.
You're used to having everything you want in life,
but that's not how it works.
You can't have everything.
But you gotta stop roping me in.
And don't tempt me every time you wanna indulge some whim of yours.
Forget all about me.
For me, it's not worth the damage we've done
and that we'll keep doing together.
Sorry. It's not worth it at all.
[Ari takes a deep breath]
["Indian River" playing]
[cell phone vibrates, chimes]
WHERE ARE YOU?
[tense instrumental music playing]
[cell phone vibrates, chimes]
I WANT TO START THE NEW YEAR WITH YOU.
I HAVE PLANS. I'M SORRY.
[cell phone vibrates]
I KNOW. I'M HERE, IN YOUR PLANS.
[Mencía breathing shakily]
["Indian River" continues playing]
[DJ] All right, party people! Seven minutes until the end of the year!
[crowd cheering]
[blows]
Let's go. Come on.
Even on Grindr, we introduce ourselves.
Patrick. A local but raised in London. Versatile. More submissive.
Coming or not?
[Ari] I don't know what came over me or what in the world I was thinking.
I'll meet you in half an hour at the pier on the lake.
Please come and hear me out.
[cell phone chimes]
Is it me you're smiling at?
[Ari] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Should we end the year right?
Okay, what's the matter? I know you.
You had this plan to see the world.
You did.
And you put that plan on hold for me twice.
Look, it was just an idea I was tossing around. That's all.
-Leave. -But I don't want to.
I'm telling you, please.
Omar, I'm happy here with you.
[Omar] I know, and I have no doubts about that.
I'll feel better if you follow your dreams and get out there.
Yeah. I really mean it.
If you want me to, I can wait.
We can see people on the side,
'cause I'm not my sister, and you're not Guzmán.
["All I Need" playing]
I'm happy if you're happy.
[slurring] Rebeka, how do I know you're not lying to me?
I just don't know. I can't be sure if the thing with Armando's real or not.
If what you told me is true or not.
I have no way of knowing.
What I know for certain is that Mencía told me
that if I do anything at all to help her, like tattling to my dad,
she said she'd never see or speak to me.
I told you the truth, Ari.
[Rebe exhales deeply]
[ominous music playing]
That goddamn motherfucker.
[ominous music building]
What's the matter?
[slaps] The fuck are you doing?
You made your way into my house and my fucking relationship.
What more could you possibly want?
To spend New Year's Eve with you, Menci.
You don't get to call me Menci. What's your deal?
You're fucking psychotic!
You better not call me psycho, you little shit.
-[Armando groans] -[Mencía gasps]
[Armando grunts]
Rebe, this is dangerous.
Don't you get it? I always come back.
And if I know you need help, even if you don't ask, I'll be there. See?
-[Mencía gasps] -[Armando panting]
Mencía!
["All I Need" continues playing]
Guzmán.
I'd like to start the year giving my friend a hug.
Forgive me, man. I swear, Ari's got nothing to do with this.
[DJ] Three minutes until the end of the year!
That's why you were talking with her by the lake now?
No, all I was doing--
-Stop fucking lying to me, Samuel! -[crowd gasps]
[tense music playing]
I don't care if my sister won't tell the truth about you.
The fuck do you want?
I'm telling my father everything, Armando.
And he'll snap his fingers and fuck up your life forever.
Because you're a disgusting, rapey motherfucker.
And you're not gonna be able to fuck up my sister's life
or anyone else's, because my family will fuck up yours first.
-I'm gonna call my father. -What'd you say?
I told you. I'm calling my father.
[line ringing]
["Fuel to Fire" playing]
Give me the phone.
-No. -[bell tolls]
-[Armando grunts] -[Ari gasps]
[Benjamín] Hello?
-[bell tolls] -♪ Or do you want me ♪
-♪ To go on ♪ -[bell tolls]
[Samu grunts]
-[Guzmán groans] -[bell tolls]
-[Guzmán grunts] -♪ I might be yours ♪
-♪ As sure as I can say… ♪ -[bell tolls]
-[Benjamín] Ari? Ari, can you hear me? -[Ari panting]
Help me… Dad!
[breathing shakily] Someone help!
[bell tolls]
[in French] Elodie, I know it's probably too late now, but…
forgive me.
-[Samu, in English] Asshole! -You're a son of a bitch!
[both grunting]
[Guzmán groans]
[Ari groans]
[panting, screams]
[in French] Now you have a voice message from me admitting what I did.
-[guests clamoring] -[both grunting]
[bell tolls]
Use it as you deem fit.
-[bell tolls] -[Patrick sighs]
[Ari yelps]
-[bell tolls] -[guests cheer]
[bells jingle]
-[in English] I love you. -I love you too.
[guests continue cheering and clapping]
[fireworks whistling and popping]
♪ Roses on parade ♪
♪ They follow you around… ♪
-[Guzmán grunts] -[Samu groans]
[both panting]
[Cayetana] You okay?
♪ Sure as I can say ♪
♪ Be gone, be far away ♪
♪ Ooh… ♪
I'LL BE AT THE PIER AFTER THE LAST BELL RINGS.
[Ari, on phone] I don't know what came over me or what I was thinking.
I'll meet you in half an hour at the pier on the lake.
Please come and hear me out.
♪ Like fuel to fire ♪
♪ Into the town we go ♪
♪ Into your hideaway ♪
♪ Where the towers grow… ♪
[Guzmán] Hey!
Hey!
Ari!
[Armando and Guzmán grunt]
[Guzmán] Ari.
Ari.
No, no, no, no, no. Ari.
Ari.
Are you all right? What'd he do to you?
What happened? Who is that guy?
[Ari breathing shakily]
Get him for me, Guzmán.
[softly] Okay. Okay.
Okay. You stay here.
[Ari coughing]
[cell phone vibrating]
[Ari gasps]
[panting]
-[cell phone continues vibrating] -[Ari gasps]
[fireworks booming]
[Guzmán panting]
[loud clanging]
-[Guzmán gasps] -[tense music playing]
-[tool clangs] -[both grunting]
[Guzmán] You son of a bitch!
Motherfucker!
[Armando strains]
[Guzmán panting]
[gun cocks]
[weakly] Hey.
[Armando groans]
[somber music playing]
[flare crackling]
[Armando sputters]
[moans weakly]
[coughs, chokes]
[Guzmán gasps]
-[gun clatters] -[fireworks booming]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Guzmán breathing shakily]
["Run to You" playing]
♪ And I'll run to you ♪
♪ When the waters rise ♪
♪ I'll still call to you… ♪
Have you seen Ari?
What happened?
You haven't seen her?
♪ And I'll fall for you… ♪
[whines] Oh God!
[breathing shakily]
-♪ Hammerin' on a glass floor ♪ -[Guzmán sobbing]
[Samu] What's wrong?
-♪ Rappin' on a black door… ♪ -[Samu] What's wrong?
That fucking pig was blackmailing Mencía, so he could keep abusing her.
And Ari found out because I told her.
-[Guzmán sobs] Fuck. -It'll be all right.
The last time I saw her, she was so out of it,
she probably went for him, and that's why he beat her up.
But you can't feel guilty, Guzmán. That guy's a son of a bitch.
Call the police. I wanna tell 'em what happened.
Okay, so we are gonna call the police, but we're not gonna tell the whole story.
We're just gonna tell them that Ari disappeared
and that we have no goddamn idea where she is, kay?
Period.
♪ If I lose my sight… ♪
-And I don't confess what I've done? -[tense music playing]
[inspector] Guzmán, I need you to tell me what you saw here tonight.
-["Run to You" continues playing] -♪ And we know ♪
♪ The whole while ♪
♪ All that's good ♪
♪ If only we would act now ♪
♪ As we could ♪
-[woman, on radio] The girl is alive. -[Guzmán gasps]
[woman, echoing] I repeat, the girl is alive.
♪ We would come to know ♪
♪ Our falsehood ♪
♪ And I'll run to you ♪
♪ When the waters rise… ♪
[Samu] If you go to jail, your life is over.
Even when you get out. I mean, look at my brother, man.
And your brother's innocent.
♪ If I lose my sight… ♪
So are you, Guzmán.
Until they can prove it beyond a doubt, okay? You're good.
[Guzmán breathing shakily]
♪ And I'll run to you ♪
♪ When the waters rise ♪
[song cuts out]
[monitor beeping]
[somber music playing]
[Guzmán] He knocked me out and ran off.
I couldn't do anything.
I'm sorry.
Why didn't you wanna see me?
Because I was too embarrassed to even look you in the eye
after what I did to you.
I honestly don't know what got into me, Guzmán. [sobs]
I mean, I swear I've never let my feelings get the better of me before.
And I know you'll always be there for me, and I wanna reciprocate that.
But Samuel's the one you love.
No. It's not that.
-I understand. -[Ari whines] No.
[Guzmán sighs deeply]
That message you sent to Samuel,
that's why I went to the lake to look for you.
[inhales deeply] So you could tell me to my face, I guess.
But it's okay.
[Ari sniffles]
Forgive me for all the bad moments.
[Ari crying softly]
I just hope the good times outnumbered them.
[Ari sniffles]
Take care of yourself, Ari.
[Ari sighs]
[gasps, moans softly]
[whines] And just like that… we're done?
[Guzmán sighs]
Goodbye.
[Ari crying softly]
-[sounds fade] -["Desde las alturas" playing]
[car door closes]
Waiter.
[both laughing]
Should've punched you harder, you bastard.
[sighs]
[Samu exhales deeply]
Take care of yourself, dude.
You made a worthy opponent, you know that?
[both chuckle softly]
-Rebe. -[both laugh]
[Guzmán takes a deep breath]
Thanks for everything you did.
[exhales deeply]
[whispering] Don't say anything to Cayetana and Omar.
[Rebe] Jesus, I would never. I'm not a snitch.
I love you.
Love you more.
Okay.
Equally?
[chuckles softly] Okay.
[Guzmán exhales shakily]
Well, everyone.
[sighs] I'm sure gonna miss you.
[Omar crying softly]
[engine revs]
[music swells]
[crows cawing in distance]
-[song fades] -[knocking on door]
[Ari] Come in.
[door closes]
[Ari] Any news from Armando?
Not a trace.
It's as if the earth just kinda swallowed him up.
Well… maybe it's for the best.
[gentle music playing]
[Ari] Are you upset about that?
I'm actually more scared he'll suddenly reappear at any moment.
I'm gonna tell Dad about everything.
Because enough's enough.
It was my fault we don't have a mom anymore.
It was my fault Patrick almost died.
And it's my fault, again, that we almost lost you too.
Get that crap outta your head, Mencía.
You're not to blame for any of that.
-Okay? -All right.
[chuckles softly] You know I'm never gonna believe it.
[Ari sighs]
-[Mencía grunts softly] -[Ari grunts]
[Ari exhales deeply]
Hey, can you be there with me when I tell Dad what happened?
[chuckles softly]
Right by your side. [sighs]
-["Bagdad - Cap. 7: Liturgia" playing] -[sounds fade]
[speaking inaudibly]
[fireworks whistling and popping]
[song stops abruptly]
[suspenseful music playing]