Until Life Do Us Part (2021) s01e01 Episode Script

[woman laughs softly]
[man] Is that a yes?
You mean forever?
Mm-hmm.
We've only been dating
for three months, Manuel.
- [bottle cork pops]
- Oh, sorry! Uh, sorry, sorry.
[in Portuguese] The love is born ♪
The sky blushes ♪
An entire body shaking ♪
Longing to see you ♪
I'm going with no direction ♪
I kill time, luck and misfortune ♪
So you can see ♪
That it's so strong ♪
That it's so pure, anyway ♪
Keep what you have for me ♪
I'm going with no direction ♪
I kill time, luck and misfortune ♪
So you can see ♪
That it's so strong ♪
[techno music playing over stereo]
[in English] What the hell is that?
Hey! Isn't there
someplace else you can put this?
Hey.
I'm sorry.
We got here at night.
We didn't see your tent. Sorry.
There's an amazing fig tree over there.
Can I offer you breakfast?
They're nice and ripe.
- I'll just pack up my things, then.
- No.
I mean, whenever.
No rush, you know.
I'm Guilherme.
Catarina.
Here.
[Guilherme chuckles]
It's good.
[sultry music playing]
Bruno, this is Catarina.
Hi, Catarina.
Want some of this?
Where did you guys come from?
The island of The Blue Lagoon, maybe.
[theme song playing]
[in Portuguese] So much left unsaid ♪
Whenever I leave ♪
The bonds are ♪
Made of concrete ♪
I'm staying on this stop ♪
Yes ♪
Save your next trip for me ♪
There is love if there is a will ♪
Make me miss you no more ♪
[whimsical music playing]
[in English] Hello.
- How are you?
- [Guilherme] I'm good. You?
Haven't seen you in ages. You look good.
- It's true. You too. [chuckles]
- Thank you. Thanks.
- Okay, let me see if this works.
- [Guilherme] Oh. What's that for?
Your dad paid for the premium package,
so you all get a video
of the bride and groom.
- Is that true?
- [woman] Mm-hmm.
Spectacular.
[woman] Okay.
[Guilherme] What's with the notebook?
Oh, I like to take notes for the ceremony.
- Cool. That's very professional.
- Mm-hmm.
- You know what you're doing.
- [woman chuckles]
- Must've planned tons of weddings, right?
- [woman] Yeah.
- Great. Should we get started?
- [Guilherme] Of course.
- [woman] Yeah?
- Sure, of course.
Let me just Mm
Right. Let's do it.
- Okay.
- [camera beeps]
There Let me just see There.
Hmm. How did you two meet?
[chuckles]
We'd like the best man to be part
of this interview if that's okay.
- [woman] Okay.
- He's right outside.
Of course. I'll go
I'll go get him. Excuse me.
Bruno? Could you come join us?
Excuse me.
[pleasant music playing]
These were the fallopian tubes
that made you so perfect
[exhales]
[cell phone chimes]
[exhales]
Why are you all wet?
[chuckles] It's a grown-up thing.
Do you want to play with me?
Okay.
Thank you.
[mysterious music playing]
[woman, echoing] Paixão?
- Mrs. Vanessa Paixão?
- [Vanessa] Hmm?
You can go in.
There you go.
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
Marry me. Yay!
[doctor] Mm.
You never came back to yoga.
Mm, work's really busy.
[doctor] The teacher asked about you.
[chuckles] I'm old enough
to be his mother.
The boy likes his women mature.
How do you know that?
No.
- [doctor chuckles]
- [chuckles in disbelief]
Men our age see us as spoiled goods.
Whenever it's a kid his age,
which is rare,
we're like a fetish.
Which would you rather be? Hmm?
- I'll write you a prescription.
- Mm.
Besides the hot flashes,
you might experience
irritability, fatigue
- [sighs]
- and a low libido.
Ugh, well, that could be
the title of my memoir this past year.
So, you're gonna start taking
Come on, don't you think
it's too early for this?
You always were precocious, Vanessa.
Start taking estrogen.
- And if you need anything else, call me.
- Mm-hmm.
You can get dressed.
Oh. You might
experience some vaginal dryness.
[whimsical music playing]
[sighs]
CAR PARTS SHOP
[hammering]
Judas.
[rock music playing over stereo]
[tools hissing and clanging]
Judas?
Judas!
Oh, Mrs. Paixão, how are you?
Good, thanks.
So your car is almost ready to go.
There was a tiny problem.
And how much
will this "tiny problem" cost me?
Oh, it's not a big deal.
But when we were running the scanner,
we noticed the car had problems
with irritability, fatigue, low libido,
and we also found facial hair
and sleep disturbances.
- [sultry music playing]
- [echoing] Sleep, sleep, sleep
[music stops]
All right.
Uh, Mrs. Paixão, don't worry.
It's just the exhaust pipe.
Oh, and I also gave you
the sexy cougar discount as usual.
- Oh, great.
- [both chuckle lightly]
Okay, um
- Okay, what do I owe you?
- It's 250.
[instrumental music playing on radio]
[lighter clicks]
Come by the gallery.
I might have a job for you.
I got to go. Talk to you later. Okay, bye.
[music stops]
[sighs] Don't even think about
smoking inside the house.
[exhales] If I'd married you,
then I'd be a man with healthier habits.
If we'd gotten married,
we wouldn't still be married.
What happened to the girl
who used to bum a cigarette off me
and pose nude at the arts academy?
[Vanessa] Your son and daughter-in-law
were here this morning
planning the ceremony with Rita.
Half of the money now,
and the other half
after my son's execution.
- [chuckles]
- Come on.
You should be happy.
Your only son is going to get married.
Two failed marriages haven't made me
a fan of a formal ceremony
celebrating monogamy.
And besides, shouldn't the bride's father
pay for the reception?
No. Not when
the father of the groom is rich.
Another reason
why you should've married me.
[chuckles]
Sorry, I wouldn't ask
if it wasn't important,
but could you pay me in cash?
It's just that a check takes three days
- to show up in a business account.
- Of course.
I confess, I'm stuck in the 20th century
when it comes to this stuff.
But don't worry. Not a problem.
Thanks.
So, is the business doing that badly?
Hmm. Things improved a little
with all the gay marriages.
Then the gays figured out
what straight folk already knew.
- Equal rights, equal divorces.
- [both chuckle]
Getting married is like buying a car.
It starts losing value from day one.
- [both laughing]
- Whoa.
You're so romantic,
it takes my breath away.
[chuckles]
This week, I'm hosting an art exhibition
for a new artist at the gallery.
- Would you like to be my guest?
- Hmm.
I don't think I can.
I'm going to Porto for work.
Well then, maybe you can come
to the gallery for pleasure.
What are you doing in Porto?
- Well, I'm going to a divorce convention.
- [laughs]
Hallelujah! [laughs]
Now go on, get out of here.
Because it's past my bedtime.
[cups clattering]
[water running]
[whimsical music playing]
[man clears throat]
Hmm.
[chuckles softly]
Rita.
Rita?
- Rita!
- Mm. Hmm?
I've locked the doors and the windows.
I'm going to bed. I'm dead.
Hard day?
- Same as usual.
- Hmm.
How did your interview go
with Vasco's son this afternoon?
Mm, I'm editing the video now.
[Catarina] I don't think there's a secret.
I think that each person
needs to find what they need.
But what we need changes over time.
Yesterday you were a baby,
- and now you plan weddings, edit videos.
- Hmm.
- When you were born, I wanted a boy.
- [both chuckle]
Mom, I've heard the story
a thousand times.
But then, you were so perfect,
so perfect. You were all mine.
The poop, the pee, diapers,
they were all mine.
- Yuck, you're so gross!
- You were all mine.
Mm.
Hmm.
Sometimes, I'd put you on my chest
and the two of us
would just stay like that for hours.
Just us.
Mm.
- You used to suck your thumb all the time.
- [chuckles]
Stop it.
That's the reason I had to wear braces.
Sophomore year, my nicknames
were "Beaver" and "Can-opener."
- That's it?
- "That's it?"
Why not "Squirrel"?
- "Can-opener" is awful.
- No, it's cute.
It's not, not your sophomore year.
[Vanessa chuckles]
[Vanessa sighs]
[Rita sighs]
[knocking at door]
[sighs]
[gags]
[toilet flushing]
[grunts]
[coughs]
[exhales]
You know, you should start eating soap.
[melodramatic music playing]
[breathlessly] Sorry. Wasn't me.
You should be more careful.
Excuse me?
You should be more careful.
You forgot this.
[Vanessa] Oh.
[sighs]
[groans]
- What's with you?
- I'm so menopausal.
Mom!
Come on.
You can't just say,
[imitating Vanessa]
"Oh, I'm so menopausal!"
Don't laugh. Don't laugh.
It was these fallopian tubes
that made you so perfect.
You know why
they're called fallopian tubes?
No.
They're named after
this Italian man Gabriele Falloppio.
Thousands of years of female evolution,
and they name an organ
only women have after a man.
- What's the problem?
- [scoffs]
So if Mr. Falloppio discovered the tubes
- He didn't.
- he deserves recognition.
He didn't do anything.
They were always there.
[blows raspberry]
You're right.
They were always there.
But now they're going to
stop working. Hmm.
[Rita] Mm.
[Vanessa] Mm.
THE 8th WEDDING CONVENTION
DIVORCE: GET AN EXTRA LIFE
Limousines. Themed weekends.
An intimate massage for her.
Golf tournament for him.
Since our business
began to organize divorce parties,
our revenue increased by 17%.
Last year, for every three marriages,
we celebrated one divorce.
Because for every person
who cries over the end of a relationship,
there's at least one other
who celebrates it.
A divorce is a new opportunity.
It's a new beginning.
A new life. Hmm?
What can I tell you?
It's like adolescence, but the opposite.
And just like adolescence,
it too will pass.
Oh, Vanessa, we spend our whole lives
subjugated to our bodies.
We have to be thinner,
we have to be fatter,
our breasts get big when we're pregnant,
and then sag when we stop breastfeeding.
We get blemishes on our face,
stretch marks on our ass.
[distorted] Cellulite on our stomach,
we get menstrual cramps,
we get PMT, urinary tract infections.
[in normal voice] I had periods
for over 40 years.
[distorted] And how many times
did I miss out on going to the beach,
or sleeping with some cute guy
because I was on my period
and he thought it was gross?
Of all the things
that stop working as we age,
this is much more of a good thing
than a bad one.
Look, it's a bit like a divorce.
[in normal voice] You gain a new life.
Please tell me your hair didn't fall out.
Hmm, not really.
Hmm, but I did suffer
from terrible vaginal dryness.
- God, no.
- [laughs] Tell me about it.
[Rita] What are you talking about?
What's so funny?
About a problem.
You won't have to deal with it
for a very long time, sweetheart
No.
[jazz music playing on stereo]
It's so good to be home ♪
I'm so glad to be back ♪
There is no place I'd rather be
And that's a fact ♪
It's so good to be home ♪
Every smile that I see ♪
Is just another reminder
This is the place for me ♪
[pleasant music playing]
Being far from someone
is as important as being close by
- [dance music playing]
- [bouncer 1] You can come in.
Mm-hmm. The couple too.
Seriously, is it really that difficult?
I'm so sick of telling her
when she's not even listening.
"You put red panties in with my laundry,
you'll ruin my white shirts." That simple.
Now I look like a playboy
having a mid-life crisis.
That's what love is.
Anticipating the needs of others.
Come on, man, I've been waiting for you.
I need you to take some shots
of an actress. She's over at the VIP bar.
She's from all those soaps.
- Let him in. Hurry up.
- What the fuck was that?
Sorry, man.
Shit.
Hmm?
When she wanted to go
to all those parties back then, I went.
When she wanted to go to Madeira,
who paid for it?
This idiot right here.
But when I asked her to separate colors,
she can't get it done?
Hmm. That's why I still live with my mom.
[man sighs]
[chuckling]
Hmm.
Man, you know I like your work.
But don't show up looking like that.
[clicks tongue]
Right.
Let's talk business. Here you go.
When will you need me again?
You have a tuxedo?
A tuxedo?
Sure, do you want a top hat
or a bowler too?
[chuckles]
I'm looking for new clients.
For a different type of event.
I might have a job for you this week.
I'll let you know.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Go on.
Don't forget, man. Tuxedo.
[pounding on door]
[a cappella music playing]
[man] Dad?
[knocking at door]
Dad, come on, it's 11:00 already.
Huh?
Eleven o'clock. Get up.
[groans]
Give me a minute.
You got it.
- Hurry up. I'll be here waiting for you.
- Hold on.
Right, give me some.
[exhales] I'm ready.
[sighs]
[funky music playing]
Do you know how many chickens
were tortured to make that?
Good thing I'm at the top
of the food chain, then.
[sighs] Seriously.
With that exploitative-capitalist
personality of yours,
I really don't know
how we're not millionaires yet.
I'm doing my best.
I got five gigs this week.
Hmm. Do you need help?
No. You just focus on school.
- You mean my master's?
- Hmm.
So what do you have today?
Vasco called. Said he wants
to speak to me about a project.
An exhibition?
- Well
- [chuckles]
Cool. Well, I'm coming with you, then.
[clears throat]
[mimics chicken]
[Bruno] Girls, you can unload the rest
through the back door, it's open.
Hello.
I have a meeting with the gallery owner.
- Daniel?
- Yes.
Forgive me.
Vasco has spoken very highly of your work.
[Daniel] I don't know
if you've seen my portfolio.
[Bruno] No, I haven't had a chance
to look at it, but Vasco trusts you.
I've taken part in a few exhibitions.
Collective ones.
I've got some of my work here.
Sorry. This is a bit awkward.
But Vasco didn't tell you
what we need you for?
We need someone to take pictures
for us on the opening night.
You understand?
The artists, the guests, the usual stuff.
[sighs]
Can you get here
a half hour before it starts?
Sure.
Eighty-three percent of women
consider a kiss on the mouth
to be the greatest act of intimacy
in a romantic relationship.
[door opens]
- That's one powerful erotic stimulant.
- [door closes]
All men care about is getting head.
I haven't been here in years.
Hasn't changed at all.
[sighs]
[clock dinging]
[both sigh]
- [whispers] The haunted house.
- [Daniel chuckles]
[Daniel] Uh, this is new.
Only Daniel is allowed in.
[Daniel] Huh.
[dramatic music playing]
[clock ticking]
Your father told me
to have a word with you today.
He couldn't make it?
You know perfectly well that your father
doesn't like to talk about money
with family members.
He finds that sort of topic
vulgar and dishonorable.
Since when am I a member of his family?
Don't start. [scoffs]
- [bell jingles]
- You're too old for acts of rebellion.
As you know,
the real estate market has changed a lot.
And we've decided that the rent
for your house is no longer reasonable.
That is the amount we believe
is more appropriate.
[clock ticking]
[gunshots in distance]
Oh. Right.
Right. There's no way I can afford this.
[gunshots continue]
My business isn't doing well.
We have a lot of expenses.
You could always make a purchase offer.
- [footsteps approaching]
- Ah, finally.
[cups clattering]
But why should I have to buy something
I'm going to inherit anyway?
Daniel.
What did I teach you?
Never in front of the help.
[Daniel scoffs]
[man] Pull!
[gunshots]
[pigeons cooing]
Grandpa, how are you?
Whoa! Hold on! Hold on!
[hesitates] It's me, Marco.
Marco?
- Yeah, uh, Daniel's son.
- Huh.
Do you know how to fire a gun?
- Hmm?
- [Marco] No.
- What do you do for a living?
- I'm a sociologist.
Isn't that what sissies do?
No, no, no, no. Please drop it.
I'm not into killing animals whatsoever.
I knew it was a sissy thing.
Pull!
[wings fluttering]
[gunshots]
[Marco] Whoa. Look at you.
How long have you been allergic
to grandma and grandpa?
Ever since I was 11.
[Marco chuckles]
Here.
- [Daniel chuckles]
- [Marco hisses]
[gripping instrumental music playing]
[birds chirping, whistling]
[Vanessa] Eva!
Hello, Vanessa.
Your love birds have arrived.
- They're inside.
- Okay, thanks.
- And the orchids?
- Tomorrow.
Tomorrow. Yes.
[birds whistling]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Marco sighing]
The pharmacist said
this is the best for stress-induced hives.
They said that
the Elephant Man used it as well.
[Daniel] How's the thesis going?
[Marco] Pretty good.
I'm just going over some numbers.
Did you know that Portugal has the,
uh, highest divorce rate in all of Europe?
Seventy out of one hundred marriages fail.
In 1971, there was only one divorce
in a hundred marriages.
It's strange, isn't it?
What do you think?
[laughs]
Hmm Nah.
We need to go shopping.
Here, take this.
See if this works.
[dance music playing]
[bouncer 1] Wow, look at that clientele.
Come through. Have a good evening.
Good night.
For God's sake.
Separate beds don't make any sense.
There are couples
who sleep in separate beds.
Some even sleep in separate houses.
Just because
I move around a lot in my sleep?
In a relationship, intimacy is
just as important as proximity.
It's not a costume party tonight.
Hold on. Can you explain that to me?
Okay.
So, each person in a couple needs
to have their own space and time.
So it's important to cultivate
distance as well as intimacy.
- Jorge is waiting for me.
- Huh?
Jorge is waiting for me.
- Oh.
- Oh. Come in.
Everyone has their own individuality.
You get it?
I mean, wasn't it Tatiana's individuality
that made you like her?
Well, to be honest with you, first thing
I noticed about her were her boobs.
[kids laughing]
[woman] I told you to stop.
Hey, no running.
[upbeat music playing]
We need to get your hair
No, no. We're not playing right now.
We're not
Hey!
[silence]
This is Daniel.
He's the official
runway photographer, okay?
Have fun, Blackbeard.
[upbeat music resumes]
[girl] Are you a pirate?
Do you have a glass eye?
I do. Wanna see?
[girl] Mm-hmm.
- [growls]
- [screams]
[laughs]
[instrumental music playing on speakers]
NOBODY'S PERFEC
[indistinct chatter]
Good evening. Thanks.
[indistinct conversations]
[laughing]
[music distorts]
['80s rock 'n' roll music playing]
[music stops]
[breathing heavily]
[indistinct conversation]
[line beeping]
[automated voice] The number
you have dialed is not available.
[exhales]
[bag zips]
Go ahead. Bruno is looking for you.
[Bruno] You're late.
The minister's left, and we don't have
a shot of him with the artists.
- Sorry, I just came from another job.
- Where, at the wax museum? [clicks tongue]
You can start with Didier,
he's a collector.
Where is he?
He's there,
underneath the photo of the armpit.
Can you believe this guy?
So much for doing a favor.
[toilet flushing]
Daniel?
Yeah?
What's up?
It's me, Guilherme. Vasco's son.
Wow.
Well, you definitely grew up.
I didn't recognize you.
- You're getting married, right?
- It's true, I am.
And my dad told me that Daniel's
going to be the wedding photographer.
Yes, that would be me.
I've heard all the stories.
Crazy. [chuckles]
Stories from when you two lived together.
When you were younger.
Yeah. La Movida.
My dad's always spoken very highly of you.
He told me that he thought
you were the best photographer
of your generation.
[hesitates] You are. He still thinks that.
Okay.
- Well, thank you.
- Congratulations.
See you.
[instrumental music playing on speakers]
So? How's your health?
[both chuckling]
Hey, that's my peg leg, man.
I'm not dead yet.
[Vasco] Mm-hmm.
And how's work?
They say, "If we do what we love,
then we don't work one day in our lives."
- Right?
- Hmm.
I've been a wedding photographer
for 20 years. You do the math.
[Vasco chuckles]
[Vasco clears throat]
I know that, financially speaking,
things haven't been
going too well for you two.
[Daniel] Hmm.
[Vasco] Hmm?
[both chuckle]
Whatever I can do to help, just, um
Did you know that after you turn 40,
your testicles sag
half a centimeter a year?
Speak for yourself, man.
[both laughing]
Me? You're older than me.
Sure. But everything here is impeccable.
[siren wailing in distance]
This is Vanessa Paixão's voicemail.
Please leave a message.
[beeps]
I just wanted to ask
if you know what day Friday is.
Sleep well.
[car lock beeps]
[suspenseful music playing]
[slow instrumental music playing]
[mystical music playing]
One thing is silence.
Another is the absence of words.
[jazz music playing on speakers]
Excuse me. May I have a fork?
Thank you.
I see you found my sunglasses.
- What happened to you?
- My mother happened to me.
My parents want to raise the rent
on the house again like last year.
Are you smoking?
Because you slept in the study
again last night.
I got home late last night.
I didn't want to wake you up.
You know that 30 years ago today,
we spent the night together
for the very first time.
That was July 8th.
The World Cup Final was that day.
Germany beat Argentina 1-0,
which never should have happened.
Maradona cried. [laughs]
This is for you.
Open it.
I took that photo of you that day.
[Vanessa] This isn't me.
Of course it's you. What do you mean?
No.
It's not me.
This
[sighs]
is a 20-something-year-old girl
who believed in happily ever after.
[scoffs]
Bon appétit.
[man over TV] on RTP3.
[somber piano music playing]
Already?
- You're going to bed already?
- [nana] Really sleepy, sweetheart.
- See you tomorrow.
- Are you that tired?
- Sleep well.
- My bones hurt.
- Everything hurts now.
- See you in the morning.
- [Marco] Thanks, Nana. Good night.
- [Rita] Sleep well.
- [nana] Come on. Come on now.
- [grandpa] I'm coming. I'm coming. Wait.
[Rita over laptop] What do you think
is the secret formula
for your relationship, for your love?
[Catarina] I don't think there's a secret.
I think that each person
needs to find what they need.
But what we need changes over time.
[bag unzips]
[Rita] Okay, and
where do you see yourselves in 25 years?
[Catarina chuckles]
Twenty-five years is a long time.
I just really don't want us
to become one of those couples
who eats a meal together
in silence, you know?
[sighs]
[bag zips]
[Catarina] Because silence is one thing.
But the absence of words is another.
[Marco yawns]
[sighs]
What's up?
- Going to bed too?
- Yeah.
- You're staying up?
- Yep.
- All right. Good night.
- Good night.
I see you're taking the laptop with you.
- I am.
- Mm, mm, mm.
[footsteps approaching]
[Guilherme] Sure. And the thing
that makes us happy today, yeah,
is going to be different tomorrow.
It's impossible to know what our life
is going to be like in 25 years.
It's impossible to know what our life
is going to be like in 25 years.
Sweetheart.
Sweetheart.
What we're doing
might not be considered normal.
But then how many normal people actually
have a happy marriage? Am I right?
Is it normal to be with someone
just because you're scared of being alone?
[somber instrumental music playing]
[switch clicks]
- [clears throat] Here.
- [Guilherme chuckles]
So?
Thanks.
- I'll give it to you.
- Yeah, that's best.
Here it is.
Until life do us part.
[camera shutter clicking]
[Guilherme chuckles]
Until life do us part.
- Are you sure?
- I'm sure.
[guests clapping and cheering]
[man] All right.
[both chuckling]
[upbeat music playing]
[laughing]
- [guests whooping]
- [Catarina laughing]
[both laughing]
So why is the best man
driving the couple to the wedding night?
- Some modern thing.
- [woman 1] Bye!
[engine starts]
[woman 2] Bye!
- Everyone strapped in?
- Let's go. [laughs]
[woman 3] Bye!
[guests cheering and whistling]
I want a divorce.
Vanessa
[theme song playing]
[in Portuguese] So much left unsaid ♪
When I leave ♪
The bonds are ♪
Made of concrete ♪
I'll stay on this stop ♪
Yes ♪
Save your next trip for me ♪
There is love if there is a will ♪
Make me miss you no more ♪