The Kingdom (2021) s02e05 Episode Script

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WE ARE ALL TADEO
THE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!
Another one!
WE WILL RESIST THE POWER
THAT BE ALL WITH TADEO
TADEO, THE FRUITS
OF YOUR LABOR WELCOME YOU
Another one!
WE ARE ALL TADEO
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED
WE ALL STAND WITH TADEO
WE'RE WITH TADEO FOR OUR RIGHTS
Look! One more!
We're up to what? A thousand?
Careful there, Ramón.
Stop writing and take in the love
people are sending you.
WELCOME TADEO
Let's go. Let's go.
Hi! Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Hey, Tadeo. You gotta greet them.
Come on. Go say hi.
They've been waiting for hours.
Yeah, go on.
Welcome.
For you.
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you, Tadeo.
Tadeo.
We appreciate you so much.
Oh, hi.
For you, Tadeo.
Thanks so much, Tadeo.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
To your heart. Thank you.
THE KINGDOM
- I thought about it.
- We can do that. Sure.
ABSOLUTE POWER
Yeah, we can stop at the next village.
Get some food.
Do you have enough money?
Yeah, enough for a bit anyway.
People have been really generous.
We don't lack for much.
That's for sure.
- Come on.
- Let's finish packing.
Yeah, come on.
You understand what you're in for?
You sure you wanna do this?
I want you to know it's not an obligation.
It's never too late to change your mind,
even at the last minute.
It's what I want to do.
I'm not gonna change my mind.
That's why I came looking for you.
To get your help.
I'm doing this for myself.
I'm doing this for Remigio.
I'm doing this for the other boys.
And I'm doing it for you.
- Did you change anything else?
- Yes.
What?
This.
All right.
Are you ready, Mr. President?
May I upload the speech
to the teleprompter?
No. No.
I don't like those electronic things.
They're the Devil's work
I'm gonna read Elena's text now.
I'll have it almost memorized.
In any case, I'll have it on paper.
Looks good to me.
What do you think?
Mm-hmm.
Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
- Should I let the crew in?
- Yes.
Good morning, sir.
This way.
Okay, set the camera nine feet away.
Get a medium shot.
Di Filippo's network
is no longer covering Tadeo.
But the others are all over him,
and we have no control.
Emilio's locked himself up in Olivos
and is unreachable.
Any news on the Praetorians?
Everything indicates they originated here.
- Who?
- I don't know yet.
But if it's based here,
I suspect the president's in on it.
- Emilio?
- Mm-hmm.
He might be in on it,
but he's not the one in charge.
In any case, he wouldn't know how,
nor would he have the balls to do it.
- Focus on his entourage.
- Okay.
Don't underestimate anyone,
especially not his wife.
That pastor woman
She's capable of plotting this.
Not working?
I think it's worse than that.
- I'll let you know.
- Take care.
You too.
Ready?
Want some breakfast?
- Let me help you.
- Oh, sorry.
- I didn't mean to interrupt your writing.
- No, don't worry.
I just write stuff.
Ideas that come to me.
I just don't want to forget anything
or anyone.
No one knows anything about you.
Well, there isn't much to know anyways.
I know something about you.
I know you like to dance.
- No, well
- Yeah.
I mean, I'm not a good dancer, Yaelí.
You're an excellent dancer.
They've completely blocked access
to the presidential wing.
I can't even get to my office.
- We're trying to figure it out.
- What else do you know?
At six this morning, a TV crew showed up,
and right after, the doors were locked.
He personally called a national network
and requested a crew
for a televised address at 10:30.
- A televised address?
- Yes.
Can we stop that?
Not without deposing the president.
I don't know. Declaring him unfit?
There were many strange occurrences
these past few days.
Such as?
Like standard security protocols
suddenly modified without warning.
This was done by an insider
with access to key places.
One more problem,
for fuck's sake. See you later.
Emilio is assembling an army.
- Can he?
- Not in the long term.
Emilio can't think long term.
He's like a child.
Now the motherfucker's feeling all smug.
And I'm partly to blame for that.
I made him see
that alone, he has no power.
Without me, without us,
he has nothing to lean on,
so he set out to find support.
There has to be a mastermind
between Emilio and his unleashed force.
The finger-cracking dude?
Maybe. We'll see.
Hey, uh,
the televised address is starting.
My dear brothers and sisters
of our blessed nation.
An unprecedented wave of violence
is spreading all across our country,
and it worries me deeply.
But allow me
to shed some light on one point.
The violence that we are seeing
and that we find so worrisome
is the consequence
of previous acts of violence
that had gone unnoticed.
- Morning.
- Morning.
Nationwide presidential address.
when we learned that a lawyer
was thrown out a window.
But if that lawyer hadn't
- Has he been talking long?
- Just started.
end the lives of innocent babies,
that lawyer would be alive today,
because no one would've felt it necessary
to take the law into their own hands
in order to defend unborn
The guy
is literally owning up to those deaths.
- I condemn this violence.
- That son of a bitch.
But I understand it,
as I am sure you do too.
And that is why I ask for your help.
- Is this necessary?
- I need each and every one of you
Yes, I have to, Ana.
- not to be afraid
- I don't think so.
- or feel like it is wrong
- Come on, sweetie.
- We're going to the park.
- to denounce your teacher,
your neighbor, your coworker.
You are only protecting them
so they don't end up like that lawyer.
It is imperative that moral order
and decency be restored in our society.
I will lead this crusade,
this holy war against immorality,
that is corrupting our great nation.
Excuse me.
And that is how we will end the violence
and bring about peace.
But I need each and every one of you
to help me uncover
these mild forms of violence.
Resistance of our values
Rubén! Rubén!
What's wrong with you, Rubén?
and for the love of you all.
Ah, it's this fucking floor.
God
is a god of peace,
not of confusion.
It's written in the Bible.
- It's a takeover.
- What?
Emilio.
He's planning a coup on himself.
I want intel about every single person
in his inner circle
on my desk in 20 minutes.
Okay.
One last point.
Perhaps the most important
and the most difficult for me,
because it concerns
someone I loved like a son.
Someone I loved as deeply
as any one of you love your own children.
You have seen his face on every newscast.
It is the face of Tadeo Vázquez.
When I assumed the presidency,
I came clean to you
and explained that Remigio Cárdenas
- "Are you watching?"
- abused innocent boys
in the children's home
of the Church of the Kingdom of the Light.
Tadeo Vázquez was his accomplice.
Liar! Not true, what he says.
It's okay.
He's the one!
He is.
Do not let yourselves be deceived.
You need to report this Tadeo Vázquez
wherever you see him.
But above all, I ask you
to help me rescue
this boy.
This young man
fell into the clutches of Tadeo,
who turned him into a slave.
And we have not been able to rescue him.
We need to arm ourselves
any which way we can.
Each one of us will find our own way.
Do not be afraid, because Jesus
is on our side in this crusade.
Blessings to all.
You have betrayed me.
Don't take me for a fool.
The only thing you care about
is your perversion.
We should move on with the plan.
We'll discuss this later.
There are more urgent matters.
Come on, Elena.
We need to adhere strictly to the plan.
Let's go.
- It's the chauffeur.
- Botardi.
It's him.
Where are the children?
We need to tell Orsi
to take them somewhere else.
I want them in a safe house
right now and in our care.
Can you think of a place?
It's a risk, but the most obvious place
might be the safest.
Uh-huh.
Let's take them to the home.
What do you say?
First thing we need to do
is turn our phones off.
I'm not sure how it works,
but if we keep them on,
they can use them to track us.
The president identified you
on national TV.
You and Jonathan are both in danger.
It's best if we split up.
- It's best to cross the border.
- No.
- Go back to Bolivia.
- No.
What the president said
is a bold-faced lie.
- But people will believe it.
- You could be denounced by anyone anytime.
Bolivia's much safer.
First of all, I I want to apologize
to you all.
I had no idea I was putting you
in so much danger.
There's no need to apologize.
I'd do it all over again.
- Me too.
- Me too.
I know.
But there's no need
for you to take that risk.
- You go to Bolivia.
- What do you mean?
You should go with them.
I'm coming with you. You know that.
Where are you going? I don't understand.
If you go, I'm going with you.
But I need to know
where we're going and what for.
We're going to incriminate
the president of the nation,
Pastor Emilio Vázquez Pena.
We're going against the president?
We don't stand a chance. You know that.
They're gonna kill you.
Perhaps.
But I have the power of truth on my side.
And no matter what happens,
we will have planted the seed,
and sooner or later, it will sprout.
WE ALL STAND WITH TADEO
We have to change our plans
or Tadeo won't make it through tonight.
Did you talk to him after the speech?
No, I I can't get a hold of him.
He must've turn off his phone.
Well, I don't even know if he knows
about the presidential address?
We need to talk to him, for God's sake.
We gotta set up a safety network.
What Emilio said
just stirred up a clusterfuck.
No other way to put it.
Clearly something big is going on,
but nobody knows what.
You and I need to get in touch with Tadeo.
We need to come up with a strategy
But if he doesn't contact us,
what are we gonna do?
If he knows, he's headed for the border.
You think Tadeo's gonna flee the country?
No.
Tadeo's gonna follow through
till the very end.
Why? Does he have a death wish?
If so, we gotta help the guy.
Killing himself won't help anyone.
My car's nearby. Let's go.
Go? Go where?
This damn country is enormous.
Let's head north, at least.
By the time he contacts us,
we'll be closer.
Okay. But I'm driving.
THE PRESIDENT IS A LIAR
Elena, please wait.
The reason Elena is having a fit is
because you failed to bring me Jonathan.
If you'd done so, like you promised,
this would all be over.
Let's move on with the plan of action.
Block all incoming communications.
From now on, no one enters or leaves
without my authorization.
PRAETORIANS
How could you do that?
You've been lying to me repeatedly,
Emilio!
The only thing you care about is that boy!
That boy is God's messenger, Elena.
- We've talked about this.
- Oh, please!
This is just one more lie! This boy is
That boy is just
Ugh!
Oh, your desire's just
My goodness!
I I feel sick just thinking about it.
Everything coming out of your mouth
sounds filthy. Obscene, almost.
Jonathan is God's messenger,
and we need him more than ever.
Both of us do.
Without him, we are completely lost.
If Osorio and Botardi
won't bring him here to me,
I'll have to do it myself,
with the help of my people.
- My people will succeed.
- Don't touch me.
The only thing that can save
my government, my church
Your church? Come on!
We've almost achieved
our ultimate goal, Elena.
Don't ruin it
because of some absurd jealousy.
You are much more than that.
Try it on, Pablo.
- No, uh
- Yes.
- No, no, I was just I was, um
- No, it's okay.
If you like it, it's yours.
Wanna try?
Quite the body you got there, Pablo.
What a nice surprise.
- Um
- Nice muscles.
Huh?
These arms of yours
Mine
are nothing compared to yours.
Feel that?
Feel it?
Oh, wow
Do you want me to put it on you?
Celeste.
I was just telling your husband
how good he'd look with this on.
Make him try it on. He'll listen to you.
I was looking for you.
Are you aware of the speech your dad gave?
- No.
- Well, you
You should! He declared war on Tadeo.
Mmm. Okay.
Pablo.
Pablo, listen. This is serious.
If it doesn't work out,
we'll go down with him.
Don't worry. It's okay.
Don't worry about it.
Don't worry.
Mom won't let Dad take us down.
Go away.
Pablo!
Did you see what your father did?
Don't talk to me about Dad.
I'm trying to focus.
Why are we here, again?
Here is where we'll find
Bastián's replacement.
You think so?
I'm very sure.
Daniel Botardi, married,
two daughters, seven and nine years old.
Former deputy commissioner
of Buenos Aires Provincial Police.
He left the force
when an extensive investigation
was initiated against him and others
for unlawful coercion
and arms trafficking.
But the case,
well, it never made it to trial.
Along with members of other forces,
he started
a security and protection company.
Concurrently, he carried out
various temporary tasks for the AFI
until he's hired as security personnel
in the presidential office.
He was appointed presidential driver
four months before the current president
took office.
How could we've missed this asshole?
We missed much more than that.
We've detected communications
between the presidential residence,
military garrisons,
and the Gendarmerie
in the provinces of Corrientes, Córdoba,
La Pampa, Chubut, and Misiones.
These communications are triangulated
to a residence in Bella Vista
whose ownership
is almost impossible to trace.
These are the Praetorians
we've identified so far.
Most of them are high ranking officers
who've retired for different reasons.
In the group,
there are also some young officers
from different security forces.
Rubén, it all points
to your assumption being correct.
They are planning a coup.
Tadeo?
Come look.
This is the best road.
It's a gravel road.
It takes longer, but, uh, it's the safest.
- Okay.
- A gravel road?
Not sure this bus can handle that.
Jonathan, bless the bus.
It's gonna need help.
We should be there in about three hours.
I have some friends
who own a campground over here
on the outskirts of Saint Peter.
It's been abandoned for years,
but we can use it as a base camp.
Yeah. Nice.
Text from Tadeo. What does it say?
Password?
Uh, it's all ones.
- Not very original.
- Read it, please.
"He who denied me three times.
There in three hours. Worn-out tents."
What is this?
"He who denied me."
Not that hard. Saint Peter.
They're going to Saint Peter.
I think we have to take route nine.
We're going the right way.
- I'll check the GPS.
- Yeah.
- What about the tents?
- I have no idea.
But we have three hours to figure it out.
Soon as their head hit the pillow,
they were out like a light.
- Hmm.
- They didn't stop playing all day.
I know.
What time is Julio coming?
He's not.
He sent me a message earlier.
I think he's helping out Tadeo.
He didn't say,
but I figure that's what it is.
You okay?
Will you stay the night with me?
With your permission, Mr. President.
Madam.
Everything is going according to our plan.
The main detachments from the interior
have joined us
in our fight for the nation.
Tomorrow, 10:00 a.m.,
at the very moment you, Mr. President,
step into the Palace of Congress,
all the forces will be geared up
and positioned
in their respective garrisons,
ready to back up your decision
of shutting down
the House of Representatives,
the Senate, and the Judiciary.
All that matters is the plan.
Perfect. Later.
Julio.
It's confirmed. Tomorrow at the Congress.
The national press will be there,
and we also got in touch
with the international media.
We didn't give details,
but they know it's big.
I've got to be there tomorrow
with you.
There's no need for you to be there.
The only thing that matters
is the complaint we're filing.
- What is it? You don't trust me?
- Of course, I do, Julio. I do trust you.
But it's not about that.
Tadeo shouldn't go to Buenos Aires.
Yeah, but he'd feel like a traitor
if he didn't.
Listen, the president has denounced him.
Both him and Jonathan.
Anyone could report them.
He feels he needs to go.
And nothing will change his mind.
What do you think? Should he go?
I'd rather he didn't.
But it wouldn't be like him not to.
And that's why I like him,
just the way he is.
Jonathan, can you back me up?
Tell him that going to Congress tomorrow
is a bad idea.
You've always trusted him right?
Yes, from day one.
Why not now?
Oh man, I'm starving!
- Absolutely. I'm famished.
- I'd like a bit of
- Yes, please. Some bread?
- You know what?
- I'll take some too, please.
- Great.
- Read my mine.
- Thank you very much. Yes.
How did you manage to?
- You want any?
- Yes. Lots.
Mmm. Yes.
- Want some?
- How did you know?
- I don't know.
- So good.
- That's just the way I like it.
- All right!
Like this, you see?
All of us together.
This is the image
I wanna remember forever.
Many thanks.
Come on. Pass the potatoes.
Here.
Rubén?
The plan is in motion.
First thing tomorrow,
the Bella Vista will be surrounded.
And the minute you call it,
we cut off all comms
with the presidential residence.
Okay.
We'll let Emilio enjoy the last
of his dreams of absolute public power.
You will walk into Congress tomorrow
holding this book.
And with this Holy Bible,
you will forever expel
the demons from this country.
It is God's will.