Good Morning, Veronica (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[suspenseful music playing]
[alarm clock ringing]
[ringing continues]
[sighs]
[radio host] Good morning, São Paulo.
Another overcast morning today.
Make sure you bring along an umbrella
and relax, because it'll be a long day.
And remember that besides the traffic
due to the rain,
there is roadwork
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. REPLY!!!!!!
[indistinct chatter]
- Good morning!
- Good morning, Verônica.
[telephones ringing]
Good morning.
[ringing]
Homicide, how can I help?
[man] this form here.
Sign here, please.
[Verônica] He is in a meeting.
Wanna leave a message?
Okay. Bye.
[hangs up phone]
Rape followed by murder.
It's fucked up, isn't it?
That's the victim's father.
Let's get him outta here
before the suspect arrives.
[breathing heavily]
[tense music playing]
Ma'am?
Is everything okay?
I'll get you some water.
[breathing deeply]
- What now, you son of a bitch?
- [guns cocking]
- Drop the gun!
- What now, you coward?
- Drop the fucking gun!
- [father] Coward!
- Drop the fucking gun, sir!
- You coward!
Look at me. Don't do this.
He's going to jail. Calm down.
This asshole will be back out
on the streets in no time.
You all know that.
[cop 1] Sir, look at me. Look at me.
- [cop 3] Drop the gun.
- [cop 2] Calm down. Look at me.
[father] Coward!
- [cop 1] Let's talk.
- [father] You don't deserve to live!
[cop 2] Don't ruin your life.
[father] Monster!
Sir, look at me. Cooperate.
Sir, let's talk.
- Calm down.
- You don't deserve to live.
[grunting]
[father groans]
[cop 1] Hands behind your back!
Shh. Calm down. It's over now.
[father] He doesn't deserve to live!
- [cop 1] Easy. Calm down.
- [father sobbing] Let go.
Quiet, now.
[cop 1] Get him out of here! Calm down.
- [father] Murderer.
- [cops shushing]
[father] Murderer. He killed my daughter.
[man's voice echoing] principessa.
[woman giggling]
[man] You are wonderful.
You are the woman of my dreams.
How about we go out?
Ma'am
[man 2] This is the homicide department.
Abuse is handled somewhere else
[Verônica] Ma'am
Ma'am
[man] I'm smitten by you.
Hand me the gun.
What's your name?
- [man] Don't worry, my love.
- [Verônica] Hand me the gun.
Hand me the gun.
There is no ideal love.
No!
[gunshot]
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[theme music playing]
[loud zipping]
[chief] Verô, can you make some coffee?
[siren wailing]
[woman] There is no
ideal love.
- [Verônica] No!
- [chief] Verô.
[plastic rattling]
Can you make some coffee?
[chief sighs]
What a fuck-up!
Will you release a statement?
No. Keep the press out of this.
- Sorry, sir.
- What is it, Nelson?
It's out.
[woman] There is no
ideal love.
- [Verônica] No!
- [gunshot]
Who filmed this?
Shit!
In my last year here?
Are you trying to fuck with me?
Who filmed this shit?
Holy shit.
- Someone is fucking with me.
- Excuse me, sir.
Now what?
The victim's father is in custody.
Illegal possession of firearm.
Still, that was our negligence.
Put Souza on leave.
- He'll take the blame.
- I'll tell the press the girl was crazy.
- She seemed intoxicated.
- [chief] Not intoxicated, but upset.
Fuck emotionally disturbed. That's it.
End of story.
[door opens]
Marta Campos.
[chief] What?
The story has a name: Marta Campos.
[sighs]
I can't believe
you will paint her as deranged
and bury this.
Ninica, hey!
[Verônica] I can't believe you'll do that.
Everybody's worked up now.
We need to protect ourselves.
Especially you.
Go home early.
And wash your face.
[door slams]
WILSON CARVANA
CHIEF OF POLICE
[heavy metal music playing]
- Hey! Whoa!
- I'm sorry.
[chuckles]
Is that her?
[man] In the flesh.
Any scars? Evidence of self-harm?
Nothing so far.
What's with her mouth, Prata?
[Prata] I'll find out.
Now
what did she want with Carvana?
I don't know.
And he doesn't give a shit. Can I?
- Go ahead.
- Okay.
[Verônica]
She wasn't taking care of herself.
She was definitely depressed.
Destroyed inside. She was seeking help
but couldn't find any.
[exhales]
It was not your fault.
I know. I'm fine, my friend.
Don't worry about me.
[sighs]
Does your boss know you are here?
[scoffs]
[turns off shower]
[Paulo] So
I saw what happened on the news.
If you want to talk
[Verônica] Will you hold me?
[sighs]
[birds chirping]
[sighs]
[man] That's it.
PATIENT: JANETE CRUZ
AGE: 35 - WARD: EMERGENCY
Here.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
You don't have to apologize.
It's okay. These things happen.
[sighs]
Look at the wife of this guy I work with.
She had a couple of miscarriages,
but now they have a baby.
It's okay.
What matters is that I am here.
Look at me.
Isn't it what matters?
That we are together?
Isn't it? That we are a family?
I'm your family.
I'm confident, I'm confident that
soon you will be able to give me a son.
I will.
You are the one, Janete.
You
are the woman of my dreams.
Give me a kiss.
[cell phone ringing]
Shit.
Help me here. How do I turn this off?
Fuck.
I can't. This thing has a life of its own.
Hey, Wilson.
- Carlos Alberto!
- Long time no see.
Indeed!
[chuckling]
Hey!
Do you remember Verônica?
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.
My goddaughter.
Júlio Torres' daughter.
Ah, Júlio Torres.
Your father was a good friend.
Shame what happened to the family.
So, who was the woman?
Just a poor lady, Beto.
She was conned by some punk
and got roofied.
- What else could I have done?
- The video went viral.
It's chaos.
I'm being pressured by the Secretary,
the Governor, everyone.
This investigation needs to be carried out
immediately.
- As fast as possible.
- [Carvana] Right.
[Beto] Well, I have to get to my office.
Let me know if anything comes up, okay?
[scoffs]
[door opens, closes]
I was about to retire
and drink cocktails on the beach.
Then this shitstorm hits me. Fuck.
Let me work on it.
- No.
- She killed herself in front of me!
That's exactly why
you can't work on the case.
Come on, Uncle.
I've always been by your side.
Let me help you catch this guy.
Her purse has not been checked yet.
I can have a look.
You have until the weekend.
[Verônica] Marta was senior staff
in an architecture firm.
Single, no kids.
Have you unlocked it?
What's up, Regina?
How are you?
Are you ready to go back to work?
I'm in heaven right now!
You will have to cover for me
at work, sweetie.
Because I want to spend [sighs]
another month on vacation! [laughs]
[Regina] She dated a guy for a while.
They were about to get married,
but he left her
for a younger
and thinner girl.
She was devastated.
Her bariatric surgery helped a bit
and she tried online dating.
That is how she met Pietro.
That asshole stole everything
from her. Her car, her TV.
She showed up at work with her face
her face was all swollen and
her mouth
Have you ever seen a picture of Pietro?
Did she mention what he looked like?
She just said he had nice eyes.
- That's all.
- What about the dating website?
Do you know the name of it?
- No?
- I don't.
Call me if you remember anything.
[whistling]
[bird chirps]
[man whistles]
[continues whistling]
[sniffs]
[Verônica] Go ahead, Prata.
[Prata] Marta's blood didn't have
any trace of alcohol
or any illicit drugs.
Only antidepressants.
And there's more.
The ulcers on her mouth
are a side-effect of the roofie.
- [Verônica] Can you email me this?
- [Prata] Yes, ma'am.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm here to see Antônio Menezes.
- Right.
[receptionist] Sign here, please.
[indistinct conversation on TV]
Hi there. Where have you been?
- I've been trying to call you.
- I was at the nursing home.
[Carvana] They won't give up easily.
HOMICIDE CHIEF SILEN
ON WOMAN'S SUICIDE AT POLICE STATION
[exhales] I have to get into her house.
Anita will handle this case.
Anita? No, wait a minute.
I had until the weekend!
Anita is a police captain.
You are a police clerk.
Your father wouldn't like to see you
investigating a suicide.
My father wouldn't like to see you
casting me out like this.
[chair scrapes]
[car alarm beeps]
[door creaks]
[panting]
MORE LOVE
MORE KINDNESS
A needy woman. Lonely.
Looking for Prince Charming.
Imagine how she felt when she realized
she got roofied and lied to.
She definitely was into the tranquilizers.
How would you react?
I'd never be fooled
by some Internet asshole.
Why did he want to come back here?
To get something?
I don't think he'd risk coming back
for nothing.
It looks like he found what he wanted.
You were too late.
Did you see his face?
Did you find anything in her room?
No.
Maybe she kept something
to remember him by?
What if she didn't?
[Verônica] Guys
check out what Daddy
has made!
It looks so good!
I nailed it this time.
You did. It's awesome!
- Mom, this happened at your station
- [Paulo] Rafa, Rafa
[Verônica] No, son! Please!
Honey, stop. Turn it off, sweetie.
[girl] Mom, why did she do that?
Uh
She was deceived by an evil man.
- That's all.
- Honey.
Darling, she was
she was very sad.
She didn't think it through. That's it.
- Let's eat now.
- Right.
It looks delicious.
You won my heart with this pasta.
"Jacquotte had many enemies,
both in the government
and among rival pirates.
But Jacquotte also had a friend
who was a pirate.
- Her name was Anne Dieu" [mumbles]
- [laughs]
- I can't say her name.
- Okay.
"who was married and had two kids."
Wow, I'm beginning to relate
to this Jacquotte.
[gun shots]
[explosion]
- Rafa, bedtime.
- Hang on, Mom. I'm almost done.
- No, son.
- Hang on, Mom!
No, son. You can finish it tomorrow.
You have a test tomorrow.
You need to rest.
- Okay.
- Sleep tight. Night night.
- Don't fall off the bed. [laughs]
- Okay.
Give me more.
[Paulo] You look beautiful.
[Verônica] It was a shitty day.
[Paulo] Beautiful.
[kissing]
[moaning softly]
- [gasps]
- [suspenseful music playing]
[Marta] There is no
ideal love.
- [gunshot echoes]
- What's wrong?
[bird chirping]
Today is Nice's birthday.
I know you don't like it when I call,
but she is my sister.
I didn't call last year.
I will think it over.
[sniffles]
[Janete] Love, do you have 50 bucks
so I can buy some nice meat for dinner?
[door closes]
[young woman] Let's sit here.
[grandmother] Peekaboo.
[young woman] You cutie pie!
Where's Mommy?
There she is. Where's Mommy?
Ah! There she is! [laughs]
It's here, my daughter. It's time.
Are you sure about this?
I am, Mom.
I will get a job there
and then I'll come back for you two.
Okay?
[kisses]
It's going to be all right.
Say bye to Mommy.
Look at Mommy on the bus.
- Say, "Bye, Mommy!"
- Say, "Bye, Mommy!"
- Bye!
- "Bye, Mommy!"
[child] Bye, Mommy!
- Bye, Mom!
- Bye.
DATING WEBSITES
THE 10 BEST DATING WEBSITES
AUGUST 2019
Have these ready by Monday.
It's the statistics for the Commissioner.
[Verônica] Do you know
which website they met on?
Marta and Pietro?
It doesn't matter.
- Doesn't it matter?
- [Anita] She was obsessed with the man.
He vanished.
She sent him a million emails.
What about the torn-up picture?
Who knows if he's the one who took it.
Hang on, she was roofied.
- He abused
- That's what she said.
Goddammit! The toxicology report?
She was depressed.
She was on psych meds.
- She could've made this up for revenge
- Revenge?
She killed herself.
[Anita] Depressed people commit suicide.
They don't need strong motives.
I know how to do my job.
Why don't you do yours?
[door opens]
[door closes]
Shall we go?
[line ringing]
[Nice] Hello?
Hello?
- [child yelling]throw the ball!
- [Nice] Hello?
- Mom, tell Bernardo to stop running!
- [children playing]
[Nice] Hello? Who is this?
[older woman] Who is it, sweetie?
Who is it, Nice?
[Nice] Hello?
[line cuts, dial tone]
[traffic noise]
[Verônica] Everybody wonders
what makes someone commit suicide.
We keep on living, repressing our fears.
Pain and sadness start to build up.
Have you ever thought
how many people
struggle to simply exist?
How hard it is for them to wake up
and face their own lives?
But even at the edge of a cliff,
we hesitate.
We have the instinct to survive.
- Can you imagine the despair,
- [gun clicks]
the void that makes someone
end it all abruptly?
People judge and point fingers
but no one,
or very few people,
try to understand the other side.
One grows tired of so much pain.
And it is this exhaustion,
along with a desperate need
to stop the pain,
that can lead someone
to make such a mistake.
[gunshot]
Then when it happens,
people prefer not to talk about it,
as if it were
inhuman.
But it is deeply human.
[traffic noise intensifies]
[Nelson] Shall we go down?
Does it taste good?
I'm sorry.
I'll clean it in a second, hold on.
Hold on.
- It's okay.
- Wait
[sighs]
Janete
we need to do things properly in life.
- I'm sorry.
- If you're doing something,
do it right.
If you cook, cook properly.
If you serve, serve properly.
If you fuck up, Janete,
fuck up properly.
You're worthless.
You can't even serve a crappy dinner.
[sighs]
I saw it on the phone.
You called your sister.
- It was her birthday
- Did you talk to her?
Did you manage to?
Did you tell her you've failed again?
Did you tell her?
Did you tell her
you can't even be a mother?
This is tasty.
Mom, what is a metaphor?
- A metaphor?
- It's like
"Rafa is a shark".
Yeah, your brother is strong
and swims like a fish.
If you think he's good at swimming,
then you say that.
What about "double entendre"?
What is that?
Double entendre is, um
when you say one thing,
but it actually means something else.
[Marta] There is no ideal love
There is no
ideal love.
Honey, you gave me an idea!
What?
IDEAL LOVE
DON'T WASTE TIME!
FIND YOUR IDEAL LOVE NOW!
I've found info about the guy.
He uses different names every time.
Tell me on the way.
He seduces them on the website,
sets a date,
roofies them, takes them home,
steals everything.
No, he leaves the phone
so he can't be tracked.
And there's more.
The sores on the mouth, the pictures,
it's to humiliate them even more.
I need you to redo that shitty report!
Marta was so ashamed
she couldn't even press charges.
She barely made it.
Man, put yourself in her shoes.
Imagine you think
you've found someone nice
and then you're deceived like that?
Damn it, you don't give up, do you?
[laughing] Nothing but a nuisance
in my final year.
I've found the website.
It's called "Ideal Love."
- With a warrant we can
- And who says it's the right website?
I do. I say so.
You're not enough.
[reporter] Chief Carvana, what else
do the police know about the suicide?
- Can you confirm
- Don't even bother to ask questions.
- [reporter] Was she mentally ill?
- Don't even try.
Hey. Come with me.
Uh, I'm Verônica Torres.
I work with Chief Wilson Carvana.
She wasn't mentally ill. She was deceived.
[Verônica on TV] I know that there are
many women without a voice out there.
Hopeless women, afraid to speak up,
too scared to ask for help.
If you are one of them, find me.
Call 3747-2600.
If there's any other victim
of this criminal out there,
please, call the same number:
3747-2600.
Chief Carvana and I are
What were you watching?
Nothing good.
[kisses]
Here
"A park in the city of São Paulo."
Ten letters, the last one being A.
Ibirapuera.
[laughs]
- Why are you in pajamas?
- I'm tired. I'm going to bed early.
Go get dressed. We are going out.
Oh, no, Cláudio. Please. I won't go.
Yes, you will.
[idyllic instrumental music playing]
ARRIVING FROM SÃO LUÍS AT 9:30 P.M.
[young woman] Bye.
Mom, I have arrived. Everything is
going to be fine, okay? Don't worry.
As soon as I get a job This one, sir.
I will get a job
and send for you two, okay?
Love you.
[Janete] Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm sorry, I overheard your phone call.
I know how it is. Life isn't easy
for anyone right now. We're all
doing what we can.
My husband and I need a maid,
and I've heard
this is the best place to find one.
I'm sorry,
this is the first time I'm doing this.
The salary is 1,500 a month.
[indistinct PA announcements]
You'll pay 1,500 for me
to work at your house, ma'am?
- Yes.
- Are you kidding, ma'am?
This isn't a joke, is it?
Dear Lord! Thank you so much!
[laughs] Are you serious?
My God, can I hug you? Ai!
Oh my God!
Hang on, I have to tell my mom.
No, let's go.
My husband parked on the corner.
He can get a ticket. You know, São Paulo.
Okay. The city is huge, isn't it?
I'll show you my baby girl later.
Can you cook?
Yes, I can.
I can also do laundry and iron.
[suspenseful music playing]
- My husband.
- Right.
- Hi, good evening.
- [Cláudio] Good evening.
- I'm Deusa. How are you?
- All good?
- I'll put it in here.
- Thanks.
I'll help you.
Thank you.
- [zaps]
- [groans]
[trunk closes]
[door slams]
[car engine starts]
[intense music playing]
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