Good Morning, Veronica (2020) s01e04 Episode Script

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A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Janete!
- Janete!
- I've made all that up.
My husband is a good man!
I was just angry. Please, go!
He lied to you.
He doesn't let the women go.
They haven't pressed charges
because they haven't survived.
I want to help you.
I've started an investigation,
but I need your help.
Get in the car so no one will see us.
It's safer.
Listen to me
your husband is a very dangerous man.
He is a murderer.
He doesn't release them.
He kills them and gets rid of the bodies.
I know it must be difficult to hear this,
but you're the only one who can help me.
We have to stop him.
I need your testimony. I need evidence.
I need something that proves this is real,
do you understand?
I can't.
That bunker
Maybe we can find something
I can't.
I know he doesn't tie you
to the chair, Janete.
If he did, you would have bruises.
But I also know what he does to you,
how he messes with your head.
Stop it, Cláudio! No!
He may not tie you up,
but you do feel tied, don't you?
Let me help you.
Trust me.
Tell me everything.
Cláudio Antunes Brandão.
Son of Ana Brandão. Unknown father.
- Have you found his mother?
- Not even a clue. She vanished.
Maranhão?
Just like his victims.
- It fits his profile.
- Profile of insanity. Damn.
- What about the ranch?
- Nothing. No ranch, no property.
His only real estate
is the house you know.
We need to find that ranch.
Is your godfather back yet, Verônica?
Or is he still being lectured
by Carlos Alberto?
Still being lectured.
Thanks to you,
Marta's case has blown up, right?
It's even a social media meme.
And the press is all over it.
Poor Carvana.
Yeah, all thanks to me.
- Wanna leave a message?
- No.
- It's none of your business.
- Mmm.
- And what case is that?
- It's none of your business.
What about Deusa?
Nothing.
But I'm checking the small towns.
The ones the bus stops at.
The more information we get,
the easier it is to convince Carvana.
And force him to investigate this.
To the new Senior Associate
at Baldini, Loureiro & Associates.
It's not official yet,
but they have scheduled the dinner.
- It's Friday. Are you coming?
- Of course I am.
- Mm. Put it in your schedule.
- Done.
This place is nice.
How did you find it?
Do you want the truth or the half-truth?
Don't sugar coat it.
This is where the con man
drugged that woman, took her home,
and stole everything she had.
This very place.
- Who are you talking about?
- Marta.
And Tânia and who knows how many more.
Can you believe this place
is a crime scene?
Yes, I've seen how much
they charge for the wine.
Paulo, stop it!
What a thing to say!
My parents have changed so much.
People change, transform themselves.
- Okay?
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Are you telling me that?
- Yeah.
- A mother?
You are pretty hot, you know?
- You are drunk, kid.
- You're hot.
Hello?
Hello?
Hello.
Who is this?
- Mom?
- Nice?
Nice
Can you hear me?
Is Janice there?
No.
She is not back from a trip yet.
Who's this?
Flat. Just the way I like it.
I saved it for you, Pratinha.
This is Eneida Lima.
Department of Crimes against Women.
My husband's friend
and partner in our fight.
Verônica is like my sister.
- I'm keeping you busy on your day off.
- No worries.
- Who has time to rest, right?
- I know.
- Shall we sit?
- Sure.
Visible signs of aggression
are just the tip of the iceberg.
Isolation, verbal abuse and threats
are the things we don't see.
When it comes to physical violence,
it doesn't always leave a bruise.
It’s a torture technique.
To hit without leaving a mark.
That way, no one will notice.
The good husbands are the worst.
Whoever looks from afar
will see a perfect family.
- Everybody looks happy.
- Exactly.
Now, Verônica. Cutting her hair?
That's another level.
It's an advanced stage of aggression.
- Closer to murder?
- Yes.
Women like that end up in my morgue
every single day.
What options does Janete have?
Restraining order, police shelter,
victim protection service.
Do you trust
these alternatives, Eneida?
- Do you think she would be safe?
- Who's the aggressor?
You don't have to give me a name.
He is a cop.
Lt. Colonel. Military Police.
Well, any case gets worse
when the husband is an authority.
Especially a Lieutenant Colonel.
If she presses charges,
he won't be in custody for long
We are in Brazil, Verônica.
We are in Brazil, Verônica.
And look out. You'd better be careful
with the ones in uniform.
You can't do this by yourself.
Can you copy that?
And the other one.
- What's up?
- Hey!
Did the box lady show up?
Focus on the case that matters.
And you need to get her out of my office.
If he tries again at Ideal Love,
we will catch him.
But how, Verônica? No name, no face.
He can change his clothes, his face,
but not his writing style.
These conversations
are just like fingerprints.
Asshole.
And he kept showing off in Italian.
"Ciao, principessa." I hate him so much!
Tânia, don't waste another second
thinking about this guy. It's over.
You will get the justice you deserve.
I promise.
Thank you.
I trust you.
We have to leave Carvana's office now.
Do you want to
grab a bite?
There is a cafeteria downstairs.
I'm not hungry. I want to smoke, though.
I'm very anxious.
Cigarettes. They kill your appetite.
I quit smoking, now I just want to eat.
What took away my appetite
was the surgery.
See there? You know
who else had the bariatric surgery?
Marta.
Ah, so, it's not a coincidence,
it's a pattern.
TÂNIA MENEZES IS FEELING EXCITED
Open our Vera's profile.
She will have had surgery too.
AMOR IDEAL - VERA TOSTES
WOMAN, LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP
Go, Rafa!
Go!
Go, kid, go!
Go, Rafa! Be strong! Don't give up!
- Go!
- Go!
Go, Rafa, go!
Well done, Rafa. Well done.
Come here.
Hi, son!
I'm sorry I'm late.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
I came, didn't I?
Just in time
for the picture, Verô.
Paulo,
you're not mad because of Rafa.
You're mad because of yourself.
This competition
is more important to you than to him.
What if it is?
- Can I see the medal?
- No.
You don't even have to take if off.
- No, Lila. Don't touch it.
- But I want to see it!
- Take the kids inside.
- Idiot.
- Take them inside, now.
- How annoying.
- Go, now.
- What's going on?
- Do as I say.
- Come in too.
POLICE
What was that, Verô?
Nothing. Never mind.
NETE, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW LIFE.
FROM YOUR LOVING SISTER, NICE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
IDEAL LOVE
VERA TOSTES
I SEE
DO YOU HAVE ANY SCARS FROM THE SURGERY?
JUST ONE IN THE BELLY
NICO LEFT THE CHA
Idiot.
IT'S SO BRAVE OF YOU
TO UNDERGO A BARIATRIC SURGERY.
IT'S NOT WEAKNESS. IT'S STRENGTH.
What are you doing?
I'm working.
IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT.
CIAO BELLO. TALK SOON.
I'm beginning
to get jealous of your work.
There is a picture and everything.
At least put me in there with you.
A threesome?
So you want to have a threesome?
Who is Vera Tostes?
READ
- Hang on, just a second.
- Check this out.
I caught the son of a bitch!
The suspect has confirmed
a date tonight, at 8:30 p.m.,
at La Trattorela, downtown.
This is the restaurant's blueprint.
Lima will be stationed outside.
Moraes and Sergião at the tables.
Will Verô be the bait?
- She's done her job already.
- Sorry, but my picture
I've told you several times.
I won't send a clerk to the field.
I am the one who found him!
Damn! Congratulations!
- Well done!
- Well done, Verô!
Wonderful! You found the guy!
Is that what you want?
We have less than six hours
to set this up.
Let's put an end to this story.
Let's get the Commissioner
and the press out of our way.
I want this to be on the front page!
- Let's do it!
- Let's do it!
Bottles!
Good evening.
Bottles!
Hey, lady.
Open the window.
The suspect will see you here!
You'll fuck everything up.
Get out of here.
A big ass car
but no change to spare.
Bottles!
Bottles!
Giorgio.
That's me.
You are under arrest.
- Under arrest?
- Yeah.
- Sorry, there must've been a mistake.
- There has been no mistake.
- You're done.
- Hold on!
- Hands where I can see them!
- Wait.
- Face to the wall!
- Hold on.
Come on! Don't try anything funny now!
- Be still.
- You are busted.
- Let me see. What's this?
- Quiet!
Eye drops?
Let's give a ride to
Gregório Duarte.
He is tired from all the running.
What? Are you lost?
- Take him.
- Move.
- Hi, Vera.
- Go, bastard.
You missed dinner.
It’s a case that the citizens
the public demanded a solution.
The suspect has been arrested
thanks to a very fine operation
headed by Police Captain Anita Berlinger,
under the supervision
of Police Chief Wilson Carvana.
Besides
Now we need to make this jerk talk.
- the whole team
- Good luck.
We start in 15 minutes.
Are you still the clerk in this precinct?
- Verônica.
- Sir.
I'm aware of your contribution
to this case.
Well done today.
Wow.
Thank you very much.
You remind me of your father.
You can count on me.
Gregório won't say a word to a woman.
- It has to be you.
- Anita is in charge.
I don't even have to be there.
He's a misogynist.
Let's use that to our advantage.
Lucca spoke up to you, didn’t he?
Yeah, but I had a gun and evidence.
Are you saying that
I should carry a gun into questioning?
Okay. Let Anita question him
but be smart about it.
Show up there
and humiliate her in front of him
and the jerk will talk.
- Won't you be the clerk?
- No.
Send a man instead.
Anita, I'll take it from here.
Pereira will record it.
Go, grab a chair for yourself.
Shall we, buddy?
Fresh stuff from the perp's apartment.
- Is it the evidence?
- Well, you tell me.
Let's dig in.
Damn! Check this.
He wasn't going to stop anytime soon.
- Is this poison?
- This
Maybe the acid?
A single drop does all that damage.
What if I put three drops in a wine glass?
Would you drink it?
That depends.
What's your plan?
Do you want to drug me
so you can take me to bed?
- If that's the case, I'm in.
- You can't handle me.
Behave yourself, damn it!
Behave!
It looks like he likes
to cross-dress, huh?
No, wait.
- Is there more?
- There's a lot more.
No, that is not cross-dress.
That's a fetish.
Listen, I don't know any Marta, okay?
It's not my fault she killed herself.
Speaking of that,
it happened here, didn’t it?
Yes. After she was humiliated
and branded like cattle.
For your pleasure.
I'm sorry, but I have no idea
what you are talking about.
You're screwed, you know?
Hey, can I be threatened here?
Yo, boy, did you write down what she said?
Anita, you need to behave properly!
You are not a little girl.
Stand your ground! Fuck!
- Give me your shoe.
- What?
- Give me your shoe.
- What?
Do as I say.
No, one is enough. Give it to me.
Do you like it, big boy?
Is this what you enjoy?
To humiliate women? Isn't that your kink?
I'm sorry.
We found over 20 pairs of shoes
in your apartment.
Over 20.
I've done nothing.
I've never killed or raped anyone.
How many women's lives have you ruined,
you piece of shit?
Listen
All my dates have been consensual.
- I have never forced
- Speak the fuck up!
Tell the truth. Say it!
It's not my fault those old hags
open their legs
to any prick who shows up on a computer.
Those ugly bitches.
My little bird
come here a bit.
- Come here.
- In a minute.
Finish that later.
Please.
I miss you.
I love you, Little Bird.
I love you. You're so beautiful, so
perfect.
I miss you.
- No
- No, look at me.
- No, leave it there. Cláudio, stop it.
- No, look at me.
You have beautiful eyes.
Ah. Let's do this.
You don't have to wear this here at home.
You are gorgeous. You are pretty.
Give me a kiss. Come on.
One of those kisses only you can give me.
That lovely one.
Here, on my mouth, like this.
A kiss. I miss you so much.
Do it like this.
Do it.
Like this.
No, not here.
Come with me, here.
Let's do it here, then.
Stop it. Stop.
Stop it!
Let's not do it here, come.
Come here. Yes, this way.
Tell me, Verônica.
How many shoes did he have?
How many women has he deceived?
Tell me, Verônica.
Twenty-three.
Dear Lord.
Hey, it's over.
You won.
That monster will rot in jail!
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Hi. I saw it in the news.
You're not coming, are you?
Congratulations on the promotion!
I promise I will make it
to the next dinner, okay?
Love you.
What's wrong?
Everyone knows the guy was caught
because of you.
I'm tired of being left on the sidelines.
I don't understand this devotion
Carvana has for Anita.
Where did she come from?
Out of nowhere,
bossing everyone around?
Verô, Anita is a Police Captain.
And Carvana, the Chief of Police.
You know what it sounds like?
Jealousy.
- Oh, come on.
- Jealousy.
No, it's not.
Paulo is the jealous one. Ugh.
I'm tired of arguing with him too.
Yeah
The truth is Paulo knows
you are an incredible woman
and he's afraid of losing you.
It's not easy to find a girl like you.
Trust me, I've tried.
Hot. Smart. Trustworthy.
- It's hard
- Is that for me?
I've found Deusdete's mother.
You did?
She disappeared a couple of weeks ago,
left a kid back in Maranhão.
I thought this would cheer you up.
It did. Thanks.
- This will help a lot with Janete's case.
- Hey
How about a beer to celebrate?
- To blow off some steam?
- Nelson.
You don't give up, do you?
Do you?
TAKE THE BOX OFF
Have you learned
how to use the coffee machine?
I had to, didn't I? You've abandoned me.
Sit down.
So, I did exactly what you told me to do
in the interrogation.
- Are you happy?
- Did it work?
- Of course it did.
- Good.
But I can't be happy
with that woman bugging me.
Easy there. Anita did her job.
You're aware that she doesn't give a shit
about Tânia, Marta, or anyone.
Ninica, you have to know your place
in this precinct.
- My place?
- Yes.
I know you weren't born
just to type statements,
file evidence or do paperwork,
but, damn it, that's your job.
I do a lot more than that.
I know.
But that's your job.
At least until
you pass the exam to be a detective.
I filled out your application.
I know you had a hard time.
Everything that happened to your mother
and father, right when you were
studying so hard.
You had to postpone your dreams.
But, Verô,
it's been 15 years.
It's time for you
to open your dad's office,
shake the dust off,
or simply get out of that house,
and focus on the future, okay?
Six months.
Forget about playing detective
and just study, okay?
Janete doesn't have six months, Carvana.
For God's sake.
We can't let anything happen to her
in the meantime!
- For the love of God, Verô.
- I checked on her.
She's scared!
You know what her husband did?
He forcibly cut her hair.
He threatened her.
What proof do you have?
Bring me the evidence.
If you can build up a case for Homicide,
if you prove that he is everything
she says he is, look
I promise you,
I will open up the case
and follow through.
CREEK - BRIDGE
Where is my sister?
This isn't you.
Your eyes don't shine anymore, Nete.
What is this?
Are you insane?
- Clean this up and go get dressed.
- Did you see Janice get on the bus?
I left her at the bus station.
Has anything happened?
I want to go to Jales, see my mother,
and say goodbye.
You're so naive, Love.
You need me to protect you.
Do you really think your sister came here
just to visit you?
How long have you lived here
and she never showed up?
She came for the money, not for you.
Your mother is fine.
This is your house.
You already have a family.
You just haven't given me the son
I keep asking you for.
Now, get dressed. We have to go.
Go.
You like this one, don't you?
You know when they ask,
"What will you be when you grow up?"
Cheers.
I've always known what I wanted to be.
I wanted to be like you.
I miss you so much.
I miss you so much, Dad.
Who are you?
Tell me
it's not true what they said.
Answer me somehow.
Give me a sign.
Please.
Anything.
Somebody help me!
Help!
Somebody help me!
Please!
Let me out of here!
Somebody help me!
LT. COLONEL
VICTIMS
Lord, have mercy.
Heavenly Father, please have mercy on us.
Saint Michael,
comforter of the souls in Purgatory,
intercede for us.
Lamb of God
who takes away the sins of the world,
listen to us, Lord.
Lamb of God
who takes away the sins of the world,
please have mercy on us.
Begone, Devil. Begone!
It's her, Little Bird! It's her!
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