Good Morning, Veronica (2020) s01e07 Episode Script

1
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
[theme music playing]
[Verônica] Dad, wake up!
Are you okay, Dad?
[Verônica panting]
[gasps]
LOVE
[Cláudio] Go get changed.
- Didn't you hear me, Little Bird?
- I'm not going.
I'm not going.
I've always done everything right.
I've always tried hard.
Why do things go wrong?
You say it's the last time,
but it never is.
I can't take it anymore. Please, Cláudio.
Go get changed.
I found these pictures.
This is you, isn't it? It's you as a boy?
Tell me what's going on
inside your head, please.
[scoffs]
You couldn't handle being inside my head.
What's going on?
Who don't you want to see? Huh?
Your mother who abandoned you?
Why do you make me trick those women?
Why do you hurt them, Cláudio?
They've done nothing wrong.
Explain it to me!
This one looks like a child, Cláudio.
Is it because of your father?
Was it him?
Did he do these things to your mother,
to these women?
- Tell me, Cláudio!
- Don't compare me to my father!
I'm not at all like him!
Because I love you.
- I love you.
- Let go of me.
I love you, Little Bird.
I love you
and I'm never going to let you go.
- [kisses]
- Huh?
Never.
[breathes shakily]
Cláudio, look at me.
Cláudio.
I'll be by your side in everything,
but we have to stop this.
Somebody might find out what we do
and turn us in.
Cláudio, I don't want Are you listening?
I don't want this, Cláudio.
I can't take this anymore.
Please, look at me! Damn it!
[gasping]
What's going on, Little Bird?
[sobs]
You…
Is someone planting these ideas
in your head?
- No.
- Yes.
- Someone is doing this.
- No, Cláudio.
Who is it, putting these ideas in there?
- Nobody.
- Have you been talking to anyone?
No.
Have you spoken with Janice?
- Have you told her?
- No.
Did you tell her you're the one
who picks them at the bus station?
Did you?
And that if we're caught,
you'll rot in jail too?
That you're an accomplice?
What the hell is inside your damn head?
It isn't in my head! I'm pregnant!
[sniffling]
I'm pregnant.
[sobbing]
[chuckles]
[sirens in distance]
[door opens]
[door closes]
All visitors must sign in.
The only visitor was that lady.
Did she use a fake name?
No.
Take care of my father
and don't let anyone else in,
not even the Pope!
- Do you understand?
- I do.
- Verô.
- Oh, come on!
- Listen.
- You think I'm stupid?
You knew they'd try to kill me.
Didn't you?
That they'd break into my house
and kill my dog,
and do what they did to my father.
It's not just Brandão.
I'm messing with people worse than him,
aren't I?
I just want to protect you.
From what? From who?
Do as I say, just this once.
Take this.
Get your family away from here.
- There are people I trust there.
- People you trust?
[Carvana on phone]
The case is yours. Handle it as you wish.
[Anita] Brandão can't be investigated.
He's a key player for them.
- Turn that off.
- They are scared. The Feds…
Who are they, Carvana? Won't you tell me?
I should take this
straight to the Commissioner.
Do whatever you want.
If you don't want these, tear them up.
I'm going to take your dad somewhere safe.
[sighs]
[Paulo] Is Carvana in charge
of our lives now? Is that it?
We say "yes" now, then what?
I was just trying to do my job,
- to help someone.
- Help who?
- I didn't know things would
- What didn't you know?
Tell me. That they would try to kill you?
That they would break in
and kill your dog?
For God's sake!
You have to trust me.
[Lila] Mom, Dad.
Hi, darling.
What's wrong, darling?
I'm afraid of sleeping alone.
[Verônica] Oh, sweetheart.
It's going to be okay.
[music box playing]
[Janete] It's our song!
[Cláudio] It's for you.
You…
are the love of my life.
[Janete] Why do you hurt them?
They've done nothing wrong…
Stop it, Cláudio!
- You're the love of my life.
- Let go of me!
[Janete sobs]
[Janete sobs]
[gasps]
[birds chirping]
[Cláudio] He's going to be…
strong…
and healthy like me.
But he'll have your eyes.
We'll have a beautiful life.
I want to be there for him.
I want to hold him in my arms.
Be there for his first steps.
For his first teeth…
when they come in.
For his first words.
No one can take that from me.
I'm going to be a good dad.
Love…
you have to promise me you'll stop.
That you won't do it anymore.
I'm not going to need it.
- What did you forget?
- My makeup case.
- Mom!
- Here, darling.
[Paulo] There. Shall we go?
You're very strong. Do you understand?
- It's here.
- Very strong.
- [Paulo] You have everything?
- [Rafa] Yes.
- Have you brushed your hair?
- Sort of.
- Let me see.
- Ugh, stop it, Mom. Stop it.
- Mom!
- I just want to give you a kiss.
Do we really need to go?
I'll miss the swim meet.
- This isn't the time, Verô.
- Enough, Mom.
You can hug them when we get there.
Let's go!
Do we really have to go?
Let's go.
What?
I'm not going.
What?
I can't go now.
I can't.
Are you out of your mind?
Aren't our lives at risk?
- Why didn't you tell me so?
- If I had, you wouldn't go.
I'm sorry, I can't.
Verô, take this suitcase.
Verô, I'm putting a lot on the line here.
- My job.
- I know.
I'm leaving my home
because a hurricane came down on my head.
- And it's not even my fault.
- I know.
It's very selfish of you
not to meet me in the middle.
- It's not selfish.
- So tell me!
[sighs] I can't.
- So none of us are going.
- No, wait.
If anything happens to you guys,
I'll blame myself forever.
How about you?
Verô, look at me.
Do you think you are fucking Wonder Woman?
I'm a cop, Paulo.
I'm a trained officer,
I've got protection.
Someone tried to kill you.
Hey, listen to me.
You're the person I trust the most.
Listen closely now.
Go to the airport
but don't use those tickets.
Buy new tickets
and don't tell anyone where you're going.
Do you understand, Paulo?
- You're scaring me, Verô.
- I'm scared too.
I'm doing this for you guys.
- My God.
- Please, take care of our children.
This is insane!
Go, Paulo.
[Paulo sighs]
[sniffles]
Go, Paulo.
Go, Paulo. Go.
Janete, we need to talk.
My husband is picking me up at the market.
Excuse me.
- We have to talk now.
- No.
Everything is worse since you came along.
- Stay away from me.
- You came to me.
- It was a mistake.
- Remember?
I won't make the same mistake again.
God has given me another chance.
A chance to be happy. Excuse me.
Another chance?
Wait! Are you pregnant?
If you want this kid,
you can't just think of yourself.
All I do is think of this child.
My baby deserves a normal family
and you won't take it from it.
You'll never have a normal family
with him.
What if he abuses you again?
Or the child?
- Have you thought of that?
- He made a mistake because of me.
- He promised me he would stop.
- Janete, please.
All your miscarriages have been his fault.
He causes them with his physical
and psychological abuse.
Can't you see that?
- [Janete] It's my fault.
- No.
My body is weak. Don't you know that?
It's his fault, his alone.
- He won't change.
- Either way, he'll know I have.
I won't lose another baby
because of anyone.
What's your plan?
Are you going to kill him?
Do you think it's that easy?
Do you want to be like him?
Janete, I just want to help you.
You want to help?
How?
Are you taking me home?
Are you adopting me?
Are you going to make me believe you
and then not show up?
Are you giving me your gun?
[scoffs] Come on, Verônica.
And listen!
I'm going to tell him
who's been messing with my head.
["Me Perco Nesse Tempo" by Mercenárias
playing on stereo]
[knocking at door]
[persistent knocking]
[knocking continues]
[knocking continues]
- Fuck!
- Damn it, Nelson!
[sighs]
- You scared me!
- I scared you?
You've got the gun.
- Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude.
- Come on in.
I'm home alone.
Paulo took the kids out of town.
[sighs]
I don't have very good news.
More bad news?
Tânia.
Have you heard?
Mm-mm.
She had an accident and is in a coma.
- What?
- She was hit by a bus.
Apparently, a suicide attempt,
but no one knows for sure.
Someone said she was pushed,
but no one saw it happen.
- It's confusing.
- Surveillance cameras?
No. I couldn't find any.
Motherfucker!
- Do you think Gregório pushed Tânia?
- Did he have to shoot Marta?
Fucking justice system, fucking police.
- I couldn't help her. No one will
- Calm down.
Do you know how many messages she sent me?
- I couldn't do anything
- Verô, calm down!
You've been through a lot.
Don't blame yourself.
Any new information?
On this? Do you really want to know?
I've watched the video a thousand times.
One of the masked shooters was a woman.
I hit her arm with my car.
Who's wearing a bandage on the same arm?
- Anita.
- Ah.
I have to look deeper into this story now.
There's no turning back.
[Anita] I need you
to attach his deposition
to send to the Prosecutor's Office.
[Lima] Sure, I'm on it.
- Do you want me to do it tonight?
- Now, Lima.
- This kind of thing can't wait.
- [Verônica] Chief…
Yes, clerk?
I'd like to talk to you
about the Carmo Park investigation.
I'm done for the day.
I'm off to dinner now.
Is it urgent?
No.
Are you okay?
You look worried.
Is anything the matter?
Is your family okay?
It's all good.
Go home. Take the night off.
I'll go soon.
Get that done now, Lima.
[elevator dings]
[camera clicking]
[cabinet locking]
RANCH
BASEMEN
[Verônica] All your miscarriages
have been his fault.
He causes them with his physical
and psychological abuse.
Can't you see that?
[exhales shakily]
Hi.
How are you?
Good morning. I'm Luiza.
I'm looking for my cousin
who grew up here.
There haven't been children here
for a long time.
[Verônica]
Cosmas and Damian. That's a nice name.
[woman] Yeah…
Blessed.
We used to take in street children
and raise them to be good citizens.
That's nice.
Anyway, what is it you want?
Yes…
My aunt is very ill
and would like to know
about the girl she gave up.
You'll have to forgive me,
but I don't remember.
When did Cosmas and Damian close?
A long time ago.
I was told it was shut down by the police.
Sweetheart, have a nice day. Godspeed.
[indistinct screaming]
[wailing]
[gasps loudly]
[indistinct voices on TV]
[door closes]
Are you okay?
[chain rattles]
Are you okay? It's me.
[exhales]
Put that stuff away and come to bed.
- Come.
- Cláudio…
Why haven't you ever hung me up
on those hooks?
Am I any different from them?
Stop it.
Why won't you let me watch?
Why do you put that box on my head?
Did your father do that to you?
- Was it to punish you?
- I do it to protect you.
[sobs]
You have to behave.
[sobs]
I don't want to hurt my son.
[sniffles]
[Janete sobs]
[sighs]
[keyboard clacking]
ACCESS SYSTEM
REGISTRATION NUMBER
SEARCH BY INVESTIGATION
COSMAS AND DAMIAN
SEARCH
INVESTIGATION CLOSED
FORENSIC REPORT - DECISION
ACCESS DENIED - ACCESS RESTRICTED
TO CASE INVESTIGATOR JÚLIO TORRES
COSMAS AND DAMIAN ORPHANAGE INAUGURATED
CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATION
REASON: CHILD ABDUCTION
…THANKS TO DONATIONS…
[telephone dialing]
[line ringing]
[whispering] Nice? Nice?
Please, talk to me.
[Nice] Don't call me anymore.
[Janete] How is Mom?
[Nice] She's a fighter.
I have to hang up.
Nice…
If I do the worst thing in the world,
will you help me?
- Will you stand by me?
- [Nice] I can't help you.
You chose your own path.
[whispers]
I'm not alone, I'm pregnant now.
If I have to come to Jales,
can I stay with you?
[Nice] May God protect your child.
- [hangs up]
- [Janete sobs]
My father's last case.
[Prata] The one he was investigating
when things went downhill?
[Verônica] They shut him up.
Cosmas and Damian…
[scoffs]
I saw the photos you sent me.
You met Dona Rosa there.
Anita grew up there.
It's really bizarre, but they groom kids,
they raise them to infiltrate the system
as judges, politicians, commissioners.
Is Anita one of them?
[Verônica] My dad opened Pandora's box.
[sighs]
He tried…
He tried to keep me out of all this.
He tried to protect me,
but he couldn't save my mom.
And Carvana knew about it the whole time!
You're mistaken.
Carvana was on your father's side.
- If it hadn't been for him
- What?
They would've killed my father?
Ah…
Who was threatening my father
so that Carvana would fake a death
and use you for it?
I don't know.
All I know is that Carvana did it
to protect you
and spare your dad the humiliation.
I must look like an idiot
for you to think I would believe
such a bullshit story.
And what do you think the real story is?
You tell me. Weren't you there?
[laughs]
Am I a suspect now, my friend?
I just did my part.
- You followed orders.
- No, I did Carvana a favor,
for your father's sake and yours.
You were all alone, unconscious and hurt.
I never asked why.
And here I am, alive.
Isn't it strange that you're still alive?
Ignorance can be a blessing.
A blessing?
No one wants to hear about corruption
in the legal system or in the police.
But I'm not going to let Janete die.
EVIDENCE
CAUTION - POISON
[sawing noises]
[hammering]
[hammering continues]
PROTECT YOUR CHILD
- [Cláudio] Little Bird…
- [gasps]
I want to show you something.
- [laughs nervously]
- Come here.
[Cláudio] Don't open your eyes.
Watch out, there's a step.
There.
Now, open your eyes.
I still have to sand it
and varnish it.
[laughs]
It's beautiful.
[laughs]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[sander buzzing]
Mmm…
This is delicious, Little Bird.
Ah…
You've barely touched yours.
It's just…
I was cooking
and the smell makes me nauseous.
You have to eat a bit.
[chuckles]
- Try to eat just a little.
- No, Love.
- Just one bite.
- I don't want any, Cláudio.
- Open your mouth. Just a bit.
- No, I don't want any.
Open [coughs]
[continues coughing]
[gasps, coughs]
[sniffs, groans]
[coughs, sighs]
I choked.
[coughs]
Were you worried? [laughs]
Don't you worry.
I'm not going anywhere.
[Cláudio chuckles]
What about the nursery?
Huh?
I'm thinking
of turning part of the workshop
into a room.
I want to do it myself.
This is how our life should be.
Filled with love.
Well…
isn't it already?
[laughs]
Of course it is. [clears throat]
Go get changed.
It's late.
Hmm…
It's not.
The last bus comes in at 9:30 p.m.
- We'll leave in 15 minutes.
- No, Cláudio.
You promised you'd stop.
We don't need that to be happy.
I'm afraid of losing this baby.
I'm scared. I need to give you this baby.
You have to be strong.
I know everything, Dad.
[sobs] You would never have hurt her.
How could I not know it was all staged?
[sighs]
And you would obviously fight
until the end.
You've always wanted to protect me.
I know, Dad.
Here is your box.
I got it from your study, okay?
[door slams]
[woman] Help!
[banging]
Somebody help me!
Somebody help me, please!
[sobs]
[woman] No, no…
Please don't!
- [sobs] No!
- [Cláudio] Shh!
- Shut up.
- [muffled] No…
- No!
- Shh! Be quiet!
- No.
- Come!
- Shh!
- [woman grunting]
[bottle clatters]
- [woman] No!
- [door opens]
- [woman] Somebody help me, please!
- [door closes]
[woman groans]
[Cláudio] Shh! Shh!
Keep moving. Don't stop.
Shh!
[chains jangling]
[woman grunts]
[muffled screams]
[woman groans]
[muffled scream]
Ah!
[woman groaning]
[muffled screams]
[birds chirping]
[Carvana] Hey.
You really stayed?
You didn't use the tickets?
Fuck, do you know
what kind of danger you're in?
You don't want to protect me.
You're just worried about yourself.
Oh, please.
You made up that story about my dad.
You had me believe he was a dirty cop
who shot my mom!
What kind of man are you?
He was your best friend!
What kind of man are you?
[chanting indistinctly]
[exhaling sharply]
[muffled groan]
[woman grunting]
[whimpering]
[machine whirring]
Ah!
[coughing]
[choking]
[spits]
[gasps, coughs]
[wheezes, coughs]
[Cláudio] Grandma!
- [coughs, moans]
- Grandma, talk to me! Grandma!
- [gasps]
- Grandma, talk to me!
- Talk to me!
- [grunts]
[inaudible]
[panting]
He's not coming back. It's over.
- You can go home. It's over.
- [woman whimpers]
You're going home and so am I.
[door opens]
[woman moans]
No…
[footsteps approaching]
[woman whimpers]
[Cláudio breathing heavily]
[Janete] No, Love.
No, Love.
- Love, stop
- [Cláudio grunting]
[whimpers]
[sobbing] No, Love. Stop it!
[gasping]
- [Janete groans]
- [grunts angrily]
[woman moaning]
[muffled scream]
[panting]
[Cláudio yells] Look at me! Look!
Look. Look!
Look! Look! Look.
Ah!
[panting]
[whimpers]
[grunts]
[yells]
[Janete sobs, coughs]
- [Janete sobbing]
- [panting]
[continues sobbing]
[match lights]
[Janete sobs] Please…
[flames whoosh]
[Janete screams]
[screams continue]
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