The Mosquito Coast (2021) s01e03 Episode Script
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1
Are they gone?
Yeah. Pretty much.
Huddle up.
It's gonna get a lot colder.
Just have to make it
through the night. Keep warm.
Come.
Chuy?
Wanna get moving?
Hey.
Chuy.
Chuy.
Don't talk to me, asshole.
We can't go back. You know that, right?
You can't go back.
If you wanna talk about
what happened, we can
What happened?
You're what happened.
- I think we should go.
- Go where, huh?
Hey, hey.
I got nowhere to go.
Where am I gonna go? México?
People want me dead, man.
We have to deal with
the matter at hand. Okay?
We cross the border, then
we talk about the next step.
Next step?
I shouldn't even be here,
man! I shouldn't even be here!
Chuy!
Please don't.
Look, if you do what he say, if you
cross the border, you're gonna die.
You and your kids are
gonna die. That's how it is.
No one's gonna die.
Nobody.
We're gonna be fine. I've got a plan.
It's about a day's walk to the border,
and once we've crossed it,
it's about another two
days to the nearest town.
Without more water, we won't
make it half that distance.
That's a problem. What's the solution?
We take a shortcut.
- What shortcut?
- Here.
Through the bombing range.
- What?
- The bombing range.
Barry M. Goldwater bombing range.
The air force uses
it. You know, practice.
No. No, wait, uh
They only use about 6% of over a
million acres to actually bomb stuff.
We'll be fine. The rest is desert.
Safer than crossing the road.
Even without the air force dropping
shit, it's not easy to cross.
You know, people die
all the time out here.
That's why nobody bothers to patrol it.
That's why they won't find us.
So you know what you're
doing and where you're going.
- You don't even need me.
- You have a cell phone, right, Chuy?
You must know somebody who can help us.
We're in the desert. There's no
signal for, like, a million miles.
I can get us a signal.
Look, if there's someone you can call,
getting a signal isn't a problem.
There's an emergency beacon four
or five miles from the border.
I can rewire it. Won't take long.
Is there someone you
can call to pick us up?
We can pay them. We have money.
Here.
Okay. I'll call 'em.
Okay.
Good. All right.
Bad plan is better than no plan. Right?
As far as bad plans go, this
one's actually pretty good.
Come on! It'll be an adventure.
Come on.
Here.
You need to drink.
You're no good to the kids
if you're dead in the desert.
I don't trust him.
He's a decent guy.
You put a decent guy in a bad situation,
the decent guy is gonna
be a dangerous guy.
Charlie.
So hey. Do you speak Spanish?
I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
Not even a little?
I don't understand.
You, Dina?
Yes.
So, what's the deal with your dad?
Who's chasing you guys?
I don't know.
I think maybe
the government.
The government?
I think so.
So what's with that? Is
he like a public enemy?
Like "most wanted"?
I don't know.
I don't think so.
He probably
I don't know.
He owes money or something.
Seriously?
I don't know.
But whatever. It's not important.
You guys stick with him.
He knows what he's doing.
Oh, yeah?
So tell me, what's he doing?
That is the weirdest thing.
Well, you don't get
good at blowing shit up
without you get to practice.
Do you hear that?
Do you think they're looking for us?
Everybody, move!
Go! Go!
- Go!
- Come on!
Come on.
I'm okay. I'm fine.
Chuy.
You take the kids outside for a second.
Go.
Oh, Jesus, Allie.
Sorry.
Happens all the time.
People are trying to conserve water.
They think they can go a little further.
Another mile. A few more steps.
And then they're wrong.
They die with exactly what they
need right there in their hand.
The jug.
Give me the jug?
He said we should maybe chase
the weather down to Mexico.
- Drink some tequila. Catch some fish.
- Yeah.
So, what did he actually do?
I mean, you don't run away to Mexico
because you got a parking ticket.
So, what did he do?
Did people get hurt?
Your dad never hurt anyone. Okay?
Yeah. Sure.
Don't do that. Moisture makes it worse.
I can't tell if it's
military or just lightning.
What's the difference?
I have a kid too, you know. A daughter.
- What's her name?
- Ariella.
She's, like, nine.
You see her often?
Not since she was little.
No, she lives in Mexico. I-I
haven't been able to go back.
Now I have no choice but to go back.
Who knows, you know? Maybe
I can smoothen things out.
With who, the cartel?
"Cartel" is just a word.
It It's not what you think.
But yes, I owe money to some bad people.
It is what it is, you know?
Maybe I can fix things now
and be a dad to my little girl.
But what did he do, your husband?
It's difficult to explain.
I'm gonna do what you asked.
I'm gonna make a phone call and
connect you with people I know.
Thank you.
But don't do it.
Let him do it, if
that's what he has to do.
You should just take
your kids and go home.
You know that he's crazy. Look at him.
He's gonna be the end of you.
En serio.
Hey. Go home. Please.
What's that?
It's like a memorial. For
people who didn't make it.
The emergency beacon's
across the salt flats.
It's on the other side
of the mountain. You see?
So why don't we just
go through there?
- Cut the time in half, and we just
- No.
It's too dangerous.
In what way?
It's too easy to get lost there.
Oh, hey. If we only had a map, right?
Help me understand what
the problem is here.
I don't wanna go there. All right?
Look, Chuy. I'm trying, here.
I realize I'm not your
favorite guy. I get that.
But we're running low on water.
If this is the way we get there quickly,
then that's the way we're gonna go.
- You're an asshole.
- Yeah.
But here we are.
Kids. Found a shortcut.
Whoa, whoa. Whoa.
Kids.
I want you to know something.
Nothing in there can hurt you.
It's been here a very long
time. Since before you were born.
- Why, what is it?
- It's, um It's nature.
It's not nature.
What happened?
Well, nobody really knows.
They've been here a long
time. Since I was a kid.
There's a lot of stories.
Like what? What do you think happened?
Well, most of the stories are
campfire bullshit. Like ghost stories.
I'm guessing the old coyote got lazy,
and it was his last run, and
he was drunk or high. Who knows?
Took their money, shot
them and left them there.
Why does nobody bury them?
It's bad luck. You can't disturb them.
And you can't take anything.
They don't need it
anymore and we do. You do.
We need to collect
whatever is useful. Water.
We need to look for whatever we can.
We should keep moving.
Let's get out of here.
Mierda.
There's coyotes coming.
We have to hide right
now! Come on! Hurry up!
Come on!
- This way.
- Go. Go.
Right there. Right there.
Stay down.
Hey. It's okay. Ssh.
The bite itself won't kill you, okay?
But we need to get help.
If not, you'll dehydrate
and you'll die, okay?
We gotta keep moving
before you get too sick.
Chuy, I need you to
make that phone call.
We need to press on to the beacon.
If you don't, we're all
going to die out here.
Can you do that?
Good.
Here. Finish it.
All of it.
Come on.
Mom!
Chuy. Chuy.
Chuy.
Eres tú.
Chuy, I see it.
- Come on, Chuy.
- I see it. One more push.
One more push. Come on. I see it.
What is it?
It's a rescue beacon for migrants.
Push that button,
calls the border patrol.
After all that, we just call the police?
Nope. Unless I do something wrong.
The high-vis light
should be blinking though.
There should still be power.
Chuy, you ready?
I got it.
Come on, Chuy.
Who you gonna call?
It's like a way station
for for migrants.
Coyotes?
It's It's political. This is
like charity. It's good people.
It's good people.
What if no one answers?
Hello.
Yes? Who is this?
Enrique?
It's Chuy.
Chuy Delgado Padilla.
Chuy? You shouldn't be calling me.
Yeah.
I have a family for you.
They need help.
I thought you weren't working.
Long story.
You're in Mexico?
Just north of the border.
We don't go north of the border.
Enrique, wait!
I want to come back.
They're gringos.
They're American.
Politicals.
Politicals?
They need to disappear.
Church ruins. You know the one.
Church ruins. Just
Just over the border.
Chuy.
Chuy.
- Chuy.
- Chuy, come on.
Let's get you hydrated
and back to the house.
Vamonos. It's okay.
Yeah. It's okay.
Go ahead.
Vamonos. It's okay. It's okay.
Vamonos.
We'll look after him. He's good.
Ma'am, we have to go now, really.
Let Let Marco do what
he needs to do. Please.
- It's all right. Come on.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Are they gone?
Yeah. Pretty much.
Huddle up.
It's gonna get a lot colder.
Just have to make it
through the night. Keep warm.
Come.
Chuy?
Wanna get moving?
Hey.
Chuy.
Chuy.
Don't talk to me, asshole.
We can't go back. You know that, right?
You can't go back.
If you wanna talk about
what happened, we can
What happened?
You're what happened.
- I think we should go.
- Go where, huh?
Hey, hey.
I got nowhere to go.
Where am I gonna go? México?
People want me dead, man.
We have to deal with
the matter at hand. Okay?
We cross the border, then
we talk about the next step.
Next step?
I shouldn't even be here,
man! I shouldn't even be here!
Chuy!
Please don't.
Look, if you do what he say, if you
cross the border, you're gonna die.
You and your kids are
gonna die. That's how it is.
No one's gonna die.
Nobody.
We're gonna be fine. I've got a plan.
It's about a day's walk to the border,
and once we've crossed it,
it's about another two
days to the nearest town.
Without more water, we won't
make it half that distance.
That's a problem. What's the solution?
We take a shortcut.
- What shortcut?
- Here.
Through the bombing range.
- What?
- The bombing range.
Barry M. Goldwater bombing range.
The air force uses
it. You know, practice.
No. No, wait, uh
They only use about 6% of over a
million acres to actually bomb stuff.
We'll be fine. The rest is desert.
Safer than crossing the road.
Even without the air force dropping
shit, it's not easy to cross.
You know, people die
all the time out here.
That's why nobody bothers to patrol it.
That's why they won't find us.
So you know what you're
doing and where you're going.
- You don't even need me.
- You have a cell phone, right, Chuy?
You must know somebody who can help us.
We're in the desert. There's no
signal for, like, a million miles.
I can get us a signal.
Look, if there's someone you can call,
getting a signal isn't a problem.
There's an emergency beacon four
or five miles from the border.
I can rewire it. Won't take long.
Is there someone you
can call to pick us up?
We can pay them. We have money.
Here.
Okay. I'll call 'em.
Okay.
Good. All right.
Bad plan is better than no plan. Right?
As far as bad plans go, this
one's actually pretty good.
Come on! It'll be an adventure.
Come on.
Here.
You need to drink.
You're no good to the kids
if you're dead in the desert.
I don't trust him.
He's a decent guy.
You put a decent guy in a bad situation,
the decent guy is gonna
be a dangerous guy.
Charlie.
So hey. Do you speak Spanish?
I'm sorry, I don't speak Spanish.
Not even a little?
I don't understand.
You, Dina?
Yes.
So, what's the deal with your dad?
Who's chasing you guys?
I don't know.
I think maybe
the government.
The government?
I think so.
So what's with that? Is
he like a public enemy?
Like "most wanted"?
I don't know.
I don't think so.
He probably
I don't know.
He owes money or something.
Seriously?
I don't know.
But whatever. It's not important.
You guys stick with him.
He knows what he's doing.
Oh, yeah?
So tell me, what's he doing?
That is the weirdest thing.
Well, you don't get
good at blowing shit up
without you get to practice.
Do you hear that?
Do you think they're looking for us?
Everybody, move!
Go! Go!
- Go!
- Come on!
Come on.
I'm okay. I'm fine.
Chuy.
You take the kids outside for a second.
Go.
Oh, Jesus, Allie.
Sorry.
Happens all the time.
People are trying to conserve water.
They think they can go a little further.
Another mile. A few more steps.
And then they're wrong.
They die with exactly what they
need right there in their hand.
The jug.
Give me the jug?
He said we should maybe chase
the weather down to Mexico.
- Drink some tequila. Catch some fish.
- Yeah.
So, what did he actually do?
I mean, you don't run away to Mexico
because you got a parking ticket.
So, what did he do?
Did people get hurt?
Your dad never hurt anyone. Okay?
Yeah. Sure.
Don't do that. Moisture makes it worse.
I can't tell if it's
military or just lightning.
What's the difference?
I have a kid too, you know. A daughter.
- What's her name?
- Ariella.
She's, like, nine.
You see her often?
Not since she was little.
No, she lives in Mexico. I-I
haven't been able to go back.
Now I have no choice but to go back.
Who knows, you know? Maybe
I can smoothen things out.
With who, the cartel?
"Cartel" is just a word.
It It's not what you think.
But yes, I owe money to some bad people.
It is what it is, you know?
Maybe I can fix things now
and be a dad to my little girl.
But what did he do, your husband?
It's difficult to explain.
I'm gonna do what you asked.
I'm gonna make a phone call and
connect you with people I know.
Thank you.
But don't do it.
Let him do it, if
that's what he has to do.
You should just take
your kids and go home.
You know that he's crazy. Look at him.
He's gonna be the end of you.
En serio.
Hey. Go home. Please.
What's that?
It's like a memorial. For
people who didn't make it.
The emergency beacon's
across the salt flats.
It's on the other side
of the mountain. You see?
So why don't we just
go through there?
- Cut the time in half, and we just
- No.
It's too dangerous.
In what way?
It's too easy to get lost there.
Oh, hey. If we only had a map, right?
Help me understand what
the problem is here.
I don't wanna go there. All right?
Look, Chuy. I'm trying, here.
I realize I'm not your
favorite guy. I get that.
But we're running low on water.
If this is the way we get there quickly,
then that's the way we're gonna go.
- You're an asshole.
- Yeah.
But here we are.
Kids. Found a shortcut.
Whoa, whoa. Whoa.
Kids.
I want you to know something.
Nothing in there can hurt you.
It's been here a very long
time. Since before you were born.
- Why, what is it?
- It's, um It's nature.
It's not nature.
What happened?
Well, nobody really knows.
They've been here a long
time. Since I was a kid.
There's a lot of stories.
Like what? What do you think happened?
Well, most of the stories are
campfire bullshit. Like ghost stories.
I'm guessing the old coyote got lazy,
and it was his last run, and
he was drunk or high. Who knows?
Took their money, shot
them and left them there.
Why does nobody bury them?
It's bad luck. You can't disturb them.
And you can't take anything.
They don't need it
anymore and we do. You do.
We need to collect
whatever is useful. Water.
We need to look for whatever we can.
We should keep moving.
Let's get out of here.
Mierda.
There's coyotes coming.
We have to hide right
now! Come on! Hurry up!
Come on!
- This way.
- Go. Go.
Right there. Right there.
Stay down.
Hey. It's okay. Ssh.
The bite itself won't kill you, okay?
But we need to get help.
If not, you'll dehydrate
and you'll die, okay?
We gotta keep moving
before you get too sick.
Chuy, I need you to
make that phone call.
We need to press on to the beacon.
If you don't, we're all
going to die out here.
Can you do that?
Good.
Here. Finish it.
All of it.
Come on.
Mom!
Chuy. Chuy.
Chuy.
Eres tú.
Chuy, I see it.
- Come on, Chuy.
- I see it. One more push.
One more push. Come on. I see it.
What is it?
It's a rescue beacon for migrants.
Push that button,
calls the border patrol.
After all that, we just call the police?
Nope. Unless I do something wrong.
The high-vis light
should be blinking though.
There should still be power.
Chuy, you ready?
I got it.
Come on, Chuy.
Who you gonna call?
It's like a way station
for for migrants.
Coyotes?
It's It's political. This is
like charity. It's good people.
It's good people.
What if no one answers?
Hello.
Yes? Who is this?
Enrique?
It's Chuy.
Chuy Delgado Padilla.
Chuy? You shouldn't be calling me.
Yeah.
I have a family for you.
They need help.
I thought you weren't working.
Long story.
You're in Mexico?
Just north of the border.
We don't go north of the border.
Enrique, wait!
I want to come back.
They're gringos.
They're American.
Politicals.
Politicals?
They need to disappear.
Church ruins. You know the one.
Church ruins. Just
Just over the border.
Chuy.
Chuy.
- Chuy.
- Chuy, come on.
Let's get you hydrated
and back to the house.
Vamonos. It's okay.
Yeah. It's okay.
Go ahead.
Vamonos. It's okay. It's okay.
Vamonos.
We'll look after him. He's good.
Ma'am, we have to go now, really.
Let Let Marco do what
he needs to do. Please.
- It's all right. Come on.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.