Yosi, the Regretful Spy (2022) s01e04 Episode Script

Though this story
is inspired by real events,
the characters and events are fictional.
Any similarities are unintentional.
15 YEARS AFTER THE ATTACK
ON THE ISRAELI EMBASSY
It's always good to take a break,
Prosecutor Castillo.
I imagine your office must be crammed
with urgent cases and files.
-What do you want?
-For you to do your job.
Forget it.
Forget it?
-You wanted to hear me out.
-Not anymore.
I'd rather stay alive.
What the hell do you want?
Why didn't you speak when you were inside?
Were you scared?
Yes.
It's not an excuse
to avoid your responsibility.
You know Argentina is the base for illegal
trafficking of arms and explosives.
-The attacks on AMIA and the embassy--
-Stop.
I won't hear it.
You want to do things right?
Don't bring me your shit.
No one will take it.
Okay?
Have a nice day.
I'm not a believer,
but these places give me peace.
Why did we always pick shitty places?
We can be discreet and elegant.
Don't ask me, you always chose them.
Why did you call?
We both know how things work, right?
You pushed too far.
They won't leave you alone.
Never.
If you want your son to live,
sacrifice yourself.
End up like your old man.
Almost at the same age.
There'd be nothing to explain,
history repeats itself.
You can leave with dignity.
Few can afford that luxury.
I guarantee that if you do things right,
your son will have a peaceful life.
Your bus leaves in two hours.
YOSI
THE REGRETFUL SPY
5 YEARS BEFORE THE ATTACK
ON THE ISRAELI EMBASSY
Stroessner Port, Paraguay
No.
You'll take something
for Saúl to Buenos Aires. Okay?
You touched the money, Iosi?
I didn't even know what I brought.
There's a difference of $50,000, Iosi.
Which you brought in excess.
Oh, my, okay.
What happened?
Did you get nervous?
You won't explain anything?
What the fuck are we doing here?
FRONT DESK
I can run errands, but I'd like to know
what the hell I'm taking and why.
It's a VCR for Dafne. Okay?
I'm not stupid, Aaron.
I meant the briefcase full of money.
I gave you a briefcase?
You dropped in by surprise,
I wouldn't have brought you along.
So talk to Saúl about it.
You still don't convince me, Iosi.
I'll go back to Buenos Aires.
You're not going anywhere.
You're coming back with me.
No!
I have a room reserved in my name.
Your name?
Ram.
Aaron Ram.
Yes, the colonel said you were coming,
but he said it was one person.
And I am one person.
He comes with me.
forty-eight, nine, fifty.
What's that?
It's
Your share.
My share of what?
What's left. It's ten grand for you.
Forty for me.
I don't want anything.
Do you think it's not enough?
I'm being generous, Iosi.
I don't want it, Aaron.
Now you're upstanding, Iosi?
You came to Paraguay
with a million in a briefcase.
That's yours.
This money isn't mine.
I don't want it, you take it.
I won't tell.
If you don't take yours,
I can't take mine.
-Are you interested in women?
-They drive me insane.
I'm single. That's why.
No! You're no longer interested.
From now on, you're some sort of
How could I explain?
Did you forget? A misogynist.
-A misogynist. Do you know what that is?
-No!
It's an individual
who is repulsed by women and avoids
Sir, how do you do?
Hey! Hey!
Man, put that away,
I have the whole army out there.
What did you think, man?
That you'd leave without paying?
Did you bring a boyfriend with you?
Listen,
I was going to take the money
to the colonel tomorrow.
The colonel's business his,
and ours is ours.
The money doesn't mix.
How much did we say for you,
fifty thousand?
Exactly.
Here, Lieutenant.
Thank you, man.
The colonel is waiting, let's go!
Now? It's six o'clock in the morning.
The monster starts early.
Come in, Jewboy, come in.
How are you, Colonel?
Long time no see, Jewboy.
Who is this shitty brat?
This is the boyfriend
of the daughter of
He's Saúl's son-in-law.
Is he family?
What a nice little deal you've got going.
You're no fool!
Come on in.
I'll make you breakfast.
There's mango, there's grapes,
I don't have any ham.
I'm a respectful guy.
Now, he was a persistent guy,
and he decided to return.
So, he buys new clothes,
for the snow, to withstand the cold.
He goes to the mountain
to look for the Yeti.
And, all of a sudden,
he's tapped on the shoulder.
It was the Yeti!
He puts him on all fours again
and smashes his ass, real bad this time!
He throws him down the mountain.
So Gus has his ass sewn up.
And he goes back up,
with a better suit,
a better weapon, the ones
they make to use in storms.
He waits, a day or two days,
nothing happens.
And, all of a sudden,
a tap on his shoulder.
The Yeti.
He looks at him and says,
"You didn't come here to hunt, did you?"
It's a metaphor,
-it's a joke, asshole, laugh.
-Of course.
I craft a story and you don't laugh.
Get it?
Yes, yes.
Come here, soldier.
Ice!
Put some ice in here.
Do you want to unload?
No, Colonel, don't worry.
No, it's no trouble, you're family.
Come on, take him.
Take him to fire a few shots,
show him the toys.
Colonel, gathering the toys outside.
I don't care.
Go, show him. Show him the new ones.
Show him the new toys.
Go!
Down here, Argie.
No, it's okay, I'll watch from here.
Don't be a pussy.
Come down,
let's try the new stuff we have.
Don't be such a pussy, Argie.
But set up the cans.
Hurry up, buddy!
Come on, shoot!
All right.
Here. Shoot this one.
Go ahead, man.
Take it.
Don't be a pussy.
Shoot! Don't worry about him.
I can see you've never shot before.
Keep aiming.
Go ahead, don't be scared.
You gave him a girl gun.
A lady gun.
This is a gun!
Do you know how to tell
this is an Israeli weapon?
Look at it.
Because it's cut here, they cut it.
No, seriously,
Jews like you should be admired.
You built a country in 40 years.
Forty years, man. You fucked them all up.
The Arabs,
the Syrians, the Egyptians,
you fucked them all up.
My respect to you.
The Jews.
We hate them because if we didn't,
we would have to admire them.
And that'd be a problem.
Saúl does business with this trash?
Why are we buying his weapons?
-Aaron!
-Hey, you're a lost cause!
Just shut your mouth, asshole.
Want to walk back to Buenos Aires?
You're right,
we started on the wrong foot.
Put yourself in my place.
I don't know you, what I'm doing here,
or what I'm involved in.
If you don't know anything,
you're not involved. Okay?
You're already, as they say,
up to your neck.
Work for Menachem, there's no way back.
He was telling a joke
and I wanted to leave.
"They were fucking here, fucking there."
-The Yeti joke.
-That one.
And he asked about you.
Maybe you should go on the next trip.
In 1982,
I negotiated five Exocets
for the Falklands, door to door.
I got them in three days.
I think I've earned the right
not to see a guy like that.
Tell me about Iosi.
Did he take the money?
-He didn't want it.
-Good!
He wouldn't get dirty for ten grand.
That speaks of ambition in the right way.
-Reminds me of myself when I was young.
-Saúl.
I'm sure he's hiding something.
It's too risky for him
to be in the operation.
Better than someone like you
doing deals with the Arabs.
We're all taking risks.
The only thing
that Iosi is hiding is ambition.
It's in his eyes.
But we have time.
I'll have him work near me,
and we'll see, then.
Money makes men reveal themselves.
Horacio Gutierrez.
Fugitive in the case of Battalion 601.
Has internal investigations
for stock shortages
from when he worked
in military manufacturing.
Evidently he is still very active.
And protected.
Well done, keep it up.
Gain Menachem's trust and then
plant the mic on him.
-You're with Gutierrez case?
-Yes.
I want to handle this personally
with Army intelligence.
Is it advisable
to take this information now?
What, you don't agree?
Whatever you say.
What?
-I was wrong to give this to you here.
-Don't think.
Your priority now is
to plant the bug on the Jew.
ASSEMBLY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
In the beginning,
for short periods of time.
Later, for longer periods of time.
And they kept asking me
about the President and the Student Union.
I refused to answer.
The dunked my head
again and again.
Of course I'm upset.
You push for a major change,
and then you excuse yourself
saying that Menachem made you run errands.
We needed you there, Iosi.
Victor had to speak alone, they said
they weren't interested in a seat in OSA.
Victor went alone.
Yes.
He got what he wanted.
What do you mean?
That.
Victor got what he wanted.
Sorry, but no.
I won't think that about Victor.
You can think that about Victor.
You just don't want to feel
what it implies.
He knows that OSA seat is too big for him.
He doesn't want anyone else on it.
That's the thing, Eli.
Aaron told me a little.
Now I want you to tell me.
I guess it went well.
I have no idea what I went for.
Yes, I know. How did you like the trip?
I didn't like it.
But I learned some things.
If you learned, it went well.
This is for what you did.
If I don't pay, it's not work.
Can I count on you or I find someone else?
You can count on me.
Thanks for this, Saúl.
It's good for me.
-More than what I earn monthly.
-When will you resign?
Are you serious?
I don't joke with money.
It's done.
You start on Monday.
I won't let you down.
What?
You look worried.
Dafne.
I'm a demanding boss,
but a generous father-in-law.
Keep your balance
and you'll be fine with me.
No, Dafne and I are fine.
I'm having trouble with Ofakim.
Internal politics?
Tell me, I love it.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Why should something be wrong?
It's not the welcome I expected.
So you went to see another girl before me?
-What?
-They saw you with Eli.
Dafne, don't make a scene.
You won't tell me how to behave.
You're not my dad.
Look at me.
Are you cheating on me?
No, Dafne, I'm not cheating.
You go on a trip,
come back,
see everyone before me.
-I thought I was your girlfriend.
-Dafne, please.
Please, what?
You're my girlfriend.
But I fell in love with a woman,
not a bratty little girl.
I like you a lot,
because you're a real woman.
Now tell me, what are you?
A woman or a little girl?
I need a huge favor.
I'm no longer in contact with them.
It's about my son-in-law,
Iosi Peres, a phenomenal kid.
Set up a meeting with the Mapam people
before they go back to Israel.
Good morning.
The members of Mapam.
Thanks a lot.
Welcome. Don't worry.
First of all, thank you very much
for this opportunity.
What we from Ofakim want to propose is,
being a young group,
to be able to represent Mapam
in the Argentine Zionist Organization.
For that we have some proposals.
to get on Mapam's radar
when this agenda
was pushed by people
who are practically new to our group.
-Iosi.
-Exactly.
Iosi wanted to enter Mapam
and when the time came,
he left me hanging.
You're right.
I understand the anger and complaints.
It's the truth.
I won't be offended by it.
It's true that I insisted the most
for us to get with the Mapam people.
And I wasn't at the meeting.
You're Menachem's errand boy!
I got a meeting with the Mapam people.
I met with them today at the embassy.
I told them, again,
the need to be Mapam's anchor
in the Argentinean Zionist Organization.
And the good news is that Ofakim
is invited to participate
in the talks as of today.
It's up to us to decide
if we want to be part of it
and sit at the table
where decisions that directly impact
our community are made.
Now the decision is ours.
Let's vote.
This is our fellow candidate
for President of the Nation,
Carlos Saúl Menem.
Elections are not won
with teams or money.
They're won through votes,
and as Perón said, they belong to me.
And those votes are here now!
The Peronist people have chosen
as the presidential ticket
for the year 1989,
comrades Carlos Menem and Eduardo Duhalde.
I'm so glad for you, Iosi.
I always knew you could do better.
-You have to be happy.
-I'm happy.
What makes me sad
is leaving you hanging,
but I can postpone it,
until you get someone.
No, dear, I've done this alone for years.
I'm happy for you, but I'll miss you.
Darling, promise me
you'll take care of yourself.
I promise.
I will.
Zuni.
Can I leave some stuff in the storeroom?
My apartment is too small.
Sure. Of course.
Thanks, Zuni.
Check on the back,
where the washed jeans rolls are.
The ones we couldn't sell.
Did you find them?
There's a lot!
What? You couldn't sell them?
I sold half a roll.
Don't remind me.
The most short-lived fad in history.
Every time I get hooked on a new fad,
I end up canceling half of it.
That's why I leave them there.
To remind me.
Acid washed jeans
What a stupid move.
Dafne!
Dafne! Fuck!
Dafne!
But this isn't two points for you
Think carefully what that half point
means to you.
No, no, I do not argue about money,
But I cannot close a deal
when there's a contradiction.
This is what we'll do.
I'll hang up on you
and you'll think
about everything carefully.
But if you're bringing up
this half point
What are you doing?
You don't care about me.
The only thing you care about
is your shitty business!
Why are you like this?
Where's Iosi?
He's not here.
Since he's been working with you
he is never around.
Now he's a downtown yuppie like you.
You're a piece of shit.
You take everything from me.
Everything.
Everything I love.
Iosi.
You took my mom from me!
You're a son of a bitch.
I'm sorry, honey.
I don't know how to do right by you.
No matter how hard I try,
I always end up ruining everything.
She's calmer now.
She's fallen asleep.
I think she's taking something in secret.
Her mother did the same thing.
How did I not notice?
In a year, you know her better than I do.
You're the only one who can calm her down.
I love her very much.
I'm so happy to hear that.
She needs that a lot.
I've been watching you.
You are doing your job well,
not just with Dafne.
Thanks, Saúl.
I'm learning a lot.
Keep it up and I'll help you go far.
I think, or something tells me,
that we are made of the same stuff.
Dates.
I've never tried them.
APRIL
How old is he?
Abel?
Abel, how old are you?
I'm 72.
You look so young!
Today would be the birthday of
the person I thought was my old man.
Did he die young?
When I was a kid.
He couldn't stand my mother leaving him.
I don't think
he could stand being a nobody.
But what was he to you when he died?
To me, he was always my dad.
Then you must honor his memory.
Fifth commandment: honor your parents.
You shall honor the memory
of your father and mother.
It doesn't matter
if they were good or bad.
We have to honor them because they gave us
the miracle of life, right?
Honoring parents is a blessing.
Can I tell you something
as a rabbi and a friend?
You're not one to give away blessings.
Or am I wrong?
What was your old man's name?
-Hugo.
-Hugo.
Happy birthday, Hugo!
-Happy birthday!
-Happy birthday!
José.
You came back.
I heard from
Hernando, do you remember Hernando?
He's owns the pharmacy.
He saw you pass by.
When I got the emergency call,
I came to this very place
and tried to resuscitate your old man.
I spent an hour.
And
They had to pry him out of my hands.
When a father commits suicide,
he leaves behind a checkbook full
of unanswered questions.
I have a son.
A son?
A son?
What's his name?
Jonás.
What a nice name, Jonás.
Your mom would love to meet him.
How old is Jonás?
-Thirteen.
-Thirteen.
The same age you were.
Don't leave Jonás without an answer.
-Yes?
-How are you?
-I'm here to pick up a student.
-Do you have a permit?
I'm the father.
-Whose?
-Jonás Kesselman.
Kesselman hasn't been here all week.
Thank you very much.