Unorthodox (2020) s01e01 Episode Script
Part 1
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Esty! You can't go out!
-Why?
-The eruv is broken.
High winds broke a wire
just down the street.
-Someone will fix it.
-Tomorrow. Not on the sabbath!
I can't go to my mother's for lunch!
And I have an excuse
to avoid my mother-in-law!
Where are you going, Esty?
You know, Esty's not trapped like we are!
She doesn't have a baby to carry.
Good point! Just leave your bag upstairs.
-Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
-Where are you going?
-To my parents-in-law. For lunch.
Don't they live that way?
I've got to go.
-Good Sabbath.
-Good Sabbath.
Good Sabbath.
Good Sabbath.
What's up, kiddos?
Nice!
-Good Sabbath.
-Yanky!
Yanky, Good Sabbath!
Where's Esty?
She's not here?
Is she sick?
I don't know.
She wasn't sick when I left this morning.
It's always something with Esty, isn't it?
Yanky, shouldn't you be at the synagogue?
Esty's gone.
What do you mean, gone?
She wasn't home after lunch yesterday
and she never came home last night.
Yanky, good!
-Let's head over together.
-Esty's missing.
Missing?
Disappeared!
-Where would she go?
-That's the question!
Has she been in an accident?
We would've heard something.
Maybe she just left.
Left where?
Left me, Mommy.
She wasn't happy.
Not happy?
That girl was never good enough for you!
-Mimi!
-She was trouble from the start.
No mother, the strange father
A year of marriage and not even a baby!
We shouldn't have agreed to the match.
Fine.
I'll go see the rabbi.
Grandma!
My father loved this song.
He had a wonderful voice, Esty.
Your great-grandpa.
All the men in his family did.
In Hungary,
before the war?
So many lost.
But soon you'll have children of your own.
Mommy?
Malka spoke to the matchmaker.
Really?
-Grandpa will be home any minute.
-He's not here yet!
So he'll hear women singing
when he arrives? No.
Grandma's pills.
Thanks.
The matchmaker made a suggestion.
Who?
The Shapiros near the Navy Yard.
-From the jewelry business?
-Yes. The brothers.
But the father has never worked.
-He sits and studies!
-That's good!
-What's the boy like?
-What's the boy like?
He's like everyone else. Normal.
Your marriage will mark
the beginning of a new life!
Let's wait till the Shapiros
agree to the match, all right?
After all, Esty is an orphan.
I'm not an orphan.
What would you call it?
Good Sabbath.
The prodigal son returns.
Good Sabbath.
You're not staying for the meal?
What a disgrace!
Good Sabbath!
Good Sabbath.
Tell us everything
about your wife, Yanky.
I'm in Manhattan during the day.
I work with my brothers
in the business now.
Esty does what all the other wives do.
She shops, she cooks,
she visits her grandmother
Esty isn't like the other wives.
What's that supposed to mean?
Yanky, come on!
She doesn't even visit with them.
The others all have babies!
So?
It makes her feel bad!
Yanky, admit it.
You have no idea how Esty spends the day.
Gentlemen. The point is,
we can't have our people losing their way.
It sets a dangerous precedent.
We need to find this young woman
and bring her back to her husband!
I've asked your cousin Moishe to help.
-Over my dead body!
-Mimi!
The rabbi understands
that Moishe has his own problems, right?
Not to mention, in his marriage.
"A Jew, though he sinned, is still a Jew."
Just recently, Moishe wasn't even
Trust in God, Symcha!
Moishe is the one to find your son's wife.
How far can she possibly have gone?
What are we doing here?
Miriam Shapiro wants to see you.
How will I know which one she is?
You won't.
Now walk as if you're looking
for something. With a smile.
Go!
Can I help?
Thanks.
Thanks.
-We'll start in a minute.
-OK, I'm coming.
Peace be upon you!
Peace be upon you! How do you do?
Don't forget, Esty. He speaks first.
My father took me and my brothers
to Europe last spring.
That sounds exciting.
We visited the graves
of all the famous rabbis.
You went all the way to Europe
and all you saw were graves?
Nothing else?
I wanted to
but my father didn't allow it.
I want to go back someday.
They say London and Paris are beautiful.
I've never been anywhere but New York.
There's no place like home.
Do you like music?
Oh, I love music!
My brothers and I sometimes perform
together with my father.
And you?
If I perform?
Of course not!
I mean, do you like music?
Yes.
I bet you sound beautiful
when you play together.
I hope to see it one day.
She doesn't want any.
But you should know
I'm not like the other girls.
I mean, I'm normal.
But
I'm different from the other girls.
Different is good.
Come on. Let's go!
You spoke to her mother?
You know she doesn't have a mother.
Just a grandmother and an aunt.
They won't know anything.
We'll see about that.
Please
Be polite.
Oh, Yanky.
-Good day.
-Good day.
Who is this?
My cousin, Moishe Lefkovitch.
You remember him.
So he's back.
Where's Esty?
We're here to ask you and your mother
that question exactly.
Now it's my job to keep track
of your wife?
Malka?
She hasn't been home since yesterday.
What?
-Why?
-I don't know.
Nobody can find out about this.
-Can we ask your mother a few questions?
-No!
You want to scare an old woman?
Her life hasn't been difficult enough?
Coming, Mommy!
Go search her room.
It's as she left it
when she moved out to get married.
Not you. You wait here.
Daddy
Hello?
Dad
So what? What?
Why did you send me? Go yourself!
I don't know!
Good!
Let's show her something nice.
GERMANY
Maybe she doesn't know anything.
Echt, genau and stimmt.
Echt, genau, stimmt.
Echt, genau, stimmt?
POTSDAMER PLATZ STATION
Why Germany?
What do you expect?
Yanky, one thing leads to another.
You let her take piano lessons
with that non-Jew, right?
There are greater sins!
Schlomo Moskowitz takes his wife
out to bars in Manhattan!
You hardly know her.
She is my wife!
When you left the community,
did you leave everything behind?
I mean, even your clothes? Your phone?
Esty took nothing because it was
the sabbath and the eruv was broken.
She had no choice.
Did you already check her phone
for funny numbers?
Bring me her phone.
She has an unchecked voicemail.
Then listen to it.
Me?
I'm scared.
So?
The doctor's office
called about blood test results
and offered an appointment
for an ultrasound next week.
She's pregnant.
-Good evening!
-Good evening!
Germany!
It's too much!
And she didn't even
take anything with her!
-That depends how you look at it.
-She took the baby!
But why Berlin?
-Think about it.
-What?
Her crazy mother lives in Berlin!
I thought she came from England?
Sure. But she's a German Jew.
She came from Manchester to Williamsburg,
but when she left Yanky's father-in-law,
she moved to Germany.
Oy!
-We shouldn't have agreed to the marriage.
-Mommy, please!
-The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
-Mimi!
He is suffering.
You can leave tonight.
The rabbi wants me to go to Berlin?
You've been there before.
Yes.
It wasn't pretty.
Life is a never-ending battle
between good and evil.
God is always testing us.
Anyway, the boy can't handle
a trip to Berlin on his own.
The rabbi wants me to go to Berlin
with Yanky?
Of course he's going with you, Moishe!
That baby is Yanky's baby!
What is she doing here?
I heard you're getting married.
-I'll be in the kitchen.
-No.
Don't go.
You're a bride now, Esty.
I will wait in the kitchen.
Thank you.
You're getting married.
Congratulations!
I'm your mother.
No. I will always be your mother.
REPATRIATION APPLICATION
IDENTITY DOCUMEN
Esty?
How was it?
Let's see the dress.
Don't be scared, Esty.
You'll be so happy.
Rabbi, I don't know if I'm the right--
Bring back Esther Shapiro
and God will take care of you.
He will pay your debts.
Work things out
with your wife and children.
The rabbi will do all that for me?
Moishe, bring back the girl!
Esty! You can't go out!
-Why?
-The eruv is broken.
High winds broke a wire
just down the street.
-Someone will fix it.
-Tomorrow. Not on the sabbath!
I can't go to my mother's for lunch!
And I have an excuse
to avoid my mother-in-law!
Where are you going, Esty?
You know, Esty's not trapped like we are!
She doesn't have a baby to carry.
Good point! Just leave your bag upstairs.
-Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
-Good Sabbath!
-Where are you going?
-To my parents-in-law. For lunch.
Don't they live that way?
I've got to go.
-Good Sabbath.
-Good Sabbath.
Good Sabbath.
Good Sabbath.
What's up, kiddos?
Nice!
-Good Sabbath.
-Yanky!
Yanky, Good Sabbath!
Where's Esty?
She's not here?
Is she sick?
I don't know.
She wasn't sick when I left this morning.
It's always something with Esty, isn't it?
Yanky, shouldn't you be at the synagogue?
Esty's gone.
What do you mean, gone?
She wasn't home after lunch yesterday
and she never came home last night.
Yanky, good!
-Let's head over together.
-Esty's missing.
Missing?
Disappeared!
-Where would she go?
-That's the question!
Has she been in an accident?
We would've heard something.
Maybe she just left.
Left where?
Left me, Mommy.
She wasn't happy.
Not happy?
That girl was never good enough for you!
-Mimi!
-She was trouble from the start.
No mother, the strange father
A year of marriage and not even a baby!
We shouldn't have agreed to the match.
Fine.
I'll go see the rabbi.
Grandma!
My father loved this song.
He had a wonderful voice, Esty.
Your great-grandpa.
All the men in his family did.
In Hungary,
before the war?
So many lost.
But soon you'll have children of your own.
Mommy?
Malka spoke to the matchmaker.
Really?
-Grandpa will be home any minute.
-He's not here yet!
So he'll hear women singing
when he arrives? No.
Grandma's pills.
Thanks.
The matchmaker made a suggestion.
Who?
The Shapiros near the Navy Yard.
-From the jewelry business?
-Yes. The brothers.
But the father has never worked.
-He sits and studies!
-That's good!
-What's the boy like?
-What's the boy like?
He's like everyone else. Normal.
Your marriage will mark
the beginning of a new life!
Let's wait till the Shapiros
agree to the match, all right?
After all, Esty is an orphan.
I'm not an orphan.
What would you call it?
Good Sabbath.
The prodigal son returns.
Good Sabbath.
You're not staying for the meal?
What a disgrace!
Good Sabbath!
Good Sabbath.
Tell us everything
about your wife, Yanky.
I'm in Manhattan during the day.
I work with my brothers
in the business now.
Esty does what all the other wives do.
She shops, she cooks,
she visits her grandmother
Esty isn't like the other wives.
What's that supposed to mean?
Yanky, come on!
She doesn't even visit with them.
The others all have babies!
So?
It makes her feel bad!
Yanky, admit it.
You have no idea how Esty spends the day.
Gentlemen. The point is,
we can't have our people losing their way.
It sets a dangerous precedent.
We need to find this young woman
and bring her back to her husband!
I've asked your cousin Moishe to help.
-Over my dead body!
-Mimi!
The rabbi understands
that Moishe has his own problems, right?
Not to mention, in his marriage.
"A Jew, though he sinned, is still a Jew."
Just recently, Moishe wasn't even
Trust in God, Symcha!
Moishe is the one to find your son's wife.
How far can she possibly have gone?
What are we doing here?
Miriam Shapiro wants to see you.
How will I know which one she is?
You won't.
Now walk as if you're looking
for something. With a smile.
Go!
Can I help?
Thanks.
Thanks.
-We'll start in a minute.
-OK, I'm coming.
Peace be upon you!
Peace be upon you! How do you do?
Don't forget, Esty. He speaks first.
My father took me and my brothers
to Europe last spring.
That sounds exciting.
We visited the graves
of all the famous rabbis.
You went all the way to Europe
and all you saw were graves?
Nothing else?
I wanted to
but my father didn't allow it.
I want to go back someday.
They say London and Paris are beautiful.
I've never been anywhere but New York.
There's no place like home.
Do you like music?
Oh, I love music!
My brothers and I sometimes perform
together with my father.
And you?
If I perform?
Of course not!
I mean, do you like music?
Yes.
I bet you sound beautiful
when you play together.
I hope to see it one day.
She doesn't want any.
But you should know
I'm not like the other girls.
I mean, I'm normal.
But
I'm different from the other girls.
Different is good.
Come on. Let's go!
You spoke to her mother?
You know she doesn't have a mother.
Just a grandmother and an aunt.
They won't know anything.
We'll see about that.
Please
Be polite.
Oh, Yanky.
-Good day.
-Good day.
Who is this?
My cousin, Moishe Lefkovitch.
You remember him.
So he's back.
Where's Esty?
We're here to ask you and your mother
that question exactly.
Now it's my job to keep track
of your wife?
Malka?
She hasn't been home since yesterday.
What?
-Why?
-I don't know.
Nobody can find out about this.
-Can we ask your mother a few questions?
-No!
You want to scare an old woman?
Her life hasn't been difficult enough?
Coming, Mommy!
Go search her room.
It's as she left it
when she moved out to get married.
Not you. You wait here.
Daddy
Hello?
Dad
So what? What?
Why did you send me? Go yourself!
I don't know!
Good!
Let's show her something nice.
GERMANY
Maybe she doesn't know anything.
Echt, genau and stimmt.
Echt, genau, stimmt.
Echt, genau, stimmt?
POTSDAMER PLATZ STATION
Why Germany?
What do you expect?
Yanky, one thing leads to another.
You let her take piano lessons
with that non-Jew, right?
There are greater sins!
Schlomo Moskowitz takes his wife
out to bars in Manhattan!
You hardly know her.
She is my wife!
When you left the community,
did you leave everything behind?
I mean, even your clothes? Your phone?
Esty took nothing because it was
the sabbath and the eruv was broken.
She had no choice.
Did you already check her phone
for funny numbers?
Bring me her phone.
She has an unchecked voicemail.
Then listen to it.
Me?
I'm scared.
So?
The doctor's office
called about blood test results
and offered an appointment
for an ultrasound next week.
She's pregnant.
-Good evening!
-Good evening!
Germany!
It's too much!
And she didn't even
take anything with her!
-That depends how you look at it.
-She took the baby!
But why Berlin?
-Think about it.
-What?
Her crazy mother lives in Berlin!
I thought she came from England?
Sure. But she's a German Jew.
She came from Manchester to Williamsburg,
but when she left Yanky's father-in-law,
she moved to Germany.
Oy!
-We shouldn't have agreed to the marriage.
-Mommy, please!
-The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
-Mimi!
He is suffering.
You can leave tonight.
The rabbi wants me to go to Berlin?
You've been there before.
Yes.
It wasn't pretty.
Life is a never-ending battle
between good and evil.
God is always testing us.
Anyway, the boy can't handle
a trip to Berlin on his own.
The rabbi wants me to go to Berlin
with Yanky?
Of course he's going with you, Moishe!
That baby is Yanky's baby!
What is she doing here?
I heard you're getting married.
-I'll be in the kitchen.
-No.
Don't go.
You're a bride now, Esty.
I will wait in the kitchen.
Thank you.
You're getting married.
Congratulations!
I'm your mother.
No. I will always be your mother.
REPATRIATION APPLICATION
IDENTITY DOCUMEN
Esty?
How was it?
Let's see the dress.
Don't be scared, Esty.
You'll be so happy.
Rabbi, I don't know if I'm the right--
Bring back Esther Shapiro
and God will take care of you.
He will pay your debts.
Work things out
with your wife and children.
The rabbi will do all that for me?
Moishe, bring back the girl!