Acapulco (2021) s02e08 Episode Script

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The morning after Chad and Julia's party,
my mind was still spinning.
Memo had almost been fired
for my leaks to Espectacular.
I'd saved him, but only by letting Chad
believe that Héctor was actually the mole.
Meanwhile, Julia and I finally admitted
that we had feelings for each other.
But she was engaged,
and I was dating Isabel.
There was nothing we could do.
You told us all this already.
Memito!
I am sorry. He's so rude.
Hugo, have you heard the expression
No.
It means,
"Like Acapulco during Holy Week."
See, Easter Week is the busiest
week of the year for resorts in Acapulco.
The city's packed.
But in 1985, Good Friday at Las Colinas
looked a little bit different.
Everyone, please, gather round.
That's right. Come closer.
Thank you. That's right.
Little closer.
As you all know,
we only have one guest today.
Our hotel's newest investor, Ricardo Vera.
He's rented out
the entire resort for his entourage,
so as you may gather,
he is extremely private.
And extremely rich!
I'd like to show him something
extremely private.
Isn't that the truth?
This visit is incredibly important
for the resort,
so only a few of us
will be dealing directly with him.
The rest of you stand by
in case we need you. I wanna make sure
I can't believe
Héctor turned out to be the mole.
That jerk deserves whatever he gets.
Except a hornet sting.
I don't wish that on anybody.
Any questions?
So, if there aren't any guests,
what are we supposed to do all day?
As long as you steer clear of Mr. Vera,
I don't care what you do.
No nude sunbathing.
Okay. Thank you, everyone.
Máximo, come see me in my office.
I want you to be the one
taking care of Mr. Vera today.
Wow, of course. Mr. Vera
is everything I aspire to be one day.
Thank you.
I can't believe I was your top choice.
You were.
Since Don Pablo left, Héctor went rogue
and Chad is too distracted by his wedding.
I can't believe I was your fourth choice.
You know how I'm always saying crap like,
"this is our most important guest,
blah, blah, blah"?
Every other time was a lie.
This is our most important guest ever.
Do whatever you have to do
to keep him in a good mood.
I need to ask for a stupid amount of
extra money at my dinner with him tonight.
I won't disappoint you.
That is exactly the kind of attitude
I expect from my new head pool boy.
Oh, my God. Are you serious?
You've earned it.
The job is yours once I fire Héctor.
Oh, is that happening soon?
Later.
He's a bit of a loose cannon right now
and I need to wait
till we're done with Mr. Vera.
And then, he's going to be
"Héctor the Unemployment Collector."
Hi, my love.
Sorry to bother you on Holy Week;
things must be crazy up there.
But it's about Sara.
I've been really struggling lately.
I miss her and I want her back home
but I can't just ignore what she's done.
Can I?
So, I don't know
if you run into Jesus,
could you ask him to
send me a sign or something?
Thanks.
Hold on a second.
You're telling me Jesus visited Abuela?
It wasn't Jesus Jesus.
It was Chucho, Roberta's dad.
And he was dressed that way
because he was playing Jesus
in our church's reenactment
of the crucifixion.
It's a Good Friday tradition.
Lots of people participate.
It's basically a Catholic Comic-Con.
No, Memito.
It's not a Catholic Comic-Con.
I'm sorry.
It's okay, it's okay.
I don't know what to do about this kid.
Yeah.
Oh my God, Chucho.
Everything ok?
No, everything's bad.
Starting with your sicko,
devil-child daughter!
She's been trying to trick my innocent
Roberta into doing ungodly things.
Things that go against the Bible.
I assume,
I don't read the Bible too often.
It's so boring.
But I don't need to, because I already
look like Jesus.
But you are a horrible mother.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
that cross isn't gonna carry itself.
That same
morning, before Ricardo showed up,
the staff got to enjoy the empty resort.
Máximo, Máximo.
Something terrible has happened!
What's going on?
Look! I just realized
Héctor can't be the mole!
Chad said Fabián got the information
between six and seven.
But that whole time, I could see Héctor
from the V.I.P. area.
He didn't go anywhere.
We can't let the wrong guy take the fall.
I still have nightmares
from when I was five
and I told my mom it was the dog
who wet my bed.
We have to tell Chad.
Well, okay, hold on a second.
I mean, Héctor might not have done
this thing, but doesn't he deserve
to get fired for other things?
Oh, my Héctor! Héctor!
And with him gone, it'd just be you
and me living our dream, right?
That does sound nice
But no. It's not right.
Plus, we have to find the real mole!
Or maybe we don't!
Máximo, what do you mean?! Someone out
there is betraying Las Colinas
Memo!
I'm the mole.
You worked with Espectacular?
I didn't mean to get roped in, but
I was desperate for money
Máximo, I almost got fired!
But you didn't! I would never have
let that happen.
But you'll let Héctor get fired
And then you become
head pool boy of Las Colinas?
This is not some moral gray area.
You need to do the right thing.
Hey, hey!
Ricardo Vera is here!
He's taller than I expected!
Let's get out of the pool area!
Do you think men like Ricardo Vera
got ahead by always doing
"the right thing"?
I don't know who you are.
But you are not Máximo Gallardo.
Our biggest fight ever.
Our biggest fight ever.
Most boring story ever.
Memito!
I'm sorry.
I'm gonna take away your phone.
Mr. Vera, welcome to Las Colinas.
Thank you, Diane.
This is my son, Chad, his fiancé, Julia,
and this is Máximo.
He'll be taking
"Vera" good care of you today.
Vera. Vera?
First "unemployment collector," now that.
You are not writing jokes for me anymore.
Well, you're butchering the delivery.
What do you know about delivery?
Kelli.
Oh, all the guests
are supposed to be checked out by now.
Wh-What are you still doing here?
I am so hungover.
Hey, uh, what happened last night?
Nothing. Nothing happened.
You had a great time,
and you still love your husband.
Oh, your cab's here.
You can settle the check by mail or don't.
Okay.
Just get out of here.
Okay. Well,
congrats again, my cosmic sister.
I knew when Diane asked me
to come down here, the universe
Huh?
I'm so happy for you.
Okay, I'll see you soon.
Mmm.
I just saw the funniest chicken
on my way here
What's wrong?
Am I a horrible mother?
What?
Of course not. Why?
Roberta's dad came by and
said that Sara was a
Sara is a
a sicko!
Sara's no sicko. Trust me.
I work at the Bus Depot.
I don't know what to believe anymore.
Nora.
You know your daughter.
You've raised a kind, strong,
wonderful young woman.
Besides,
I'll always be grateful to her because
Well, if it weren't for her
we wouldn't even be together.
What do you mean?
Why do you think things were
always breaking in here?
She knew we were meant for each other
before we did.
How could someone with such a wonderful
heart be anything but wonderful herself?
You're right.
Mmhmm.
Sara is sweet
If anything
it's Roberta who's the devil-child!
What? No
Yes. She's the one who corrupted my
precious little baby!
Okay, that's not what I
Where are you going!?
I'm going to find Jesus.
No, wait!
Don't go!
Nora!
Yeah, all good here we're clear.
Meanwhile, my big assignment from Diane
to put Mr. Vera in a good mood
was not going so well.
What do you think of the view, sir?
Same ocean I see from all my resorts.
Except your hotel in Cancún.
That's the Atlantic.
I'll have the seafood tower, please.
Excellent choice.
How do you
win over someone who has everything
and who spends every day
in a fancy resort?
You don't upsell them, you down-sell them.
But if you're only here for one day,
you have to have Acapulco ceviche
The best in the world.
Seafood with ketchup? No, thank you.
Aw, poor man
All that money,
yet you've never known true joy.
There's a ceviche stand around the
corner that will change your life.
I don't think
any ceviche will change my life.
Okay, how about this:
I'll take you there, and if that ceviche
doesn't change your life,
then the meal's on me.
But if it does
then I get half your company.
Ambitious, but unlikely.
Okay, then. You buy us a new
coffee maker for the employee area.
Okay.
I love a good bet.
And that sounds delightful. Truly.
But I don't think my team will allow it.
Unfortunately,
you can't just sneak around when
you're one of the wealthiest men
in Mexico.
Señor Vera,
here at Las Colinas,
the guest gets what the guest wants.
You lied to me.
And trust me,
I am so, so sorry I had to do that.
Now, which lie are you talking about?
You promised me you wouldn't interfere
in our wedding,
but you invited Chad's ex-girlfriend here.
Why?
D Do you hate me that much?
No, Julia. I love you.
Hmm.
That's why I've been trying to
help you and Chad see that
you should not be getting married.
Wow.
I see where you're both headed,
and I don't want anyone to get hurt.
Believe me, everything I did,
I did from love.
Wait.
Everything?
And then Diane explained that
after talking with Julia and Chad
failed to change their minds,
she decided to find other ways
to help them realize
they shouldn't get married.
First, she tried to delay the wedding.
Yes, I know you're deejaying that wedding.
I'll pay you double
what they're paying to cancel on them.
Uh, but that didn't work
since Chad went ahead and learned salsa.
Then Diane noticed
how well Julia and I got along.
Hang on.
Why was Diane
always hiding behind some plant?
I don't know.
That's just how I pictured it.
Was it the same plant? Was she carrying
the plant from place to place?
Hugo, please. You're interrupting.
You know, I had the same question.
It's taking me out of the story
Hey, everyone just Fine!
No more plants.
The point is Diane was the one
who put us together on Valentine's Day,
hoping something might happen.
All right, you two.
Fill this suite up with romance.
But, as you know,
it just made
Julia's relationship with Chad stronger.
So, when all that failed,
you brought in Kelli so Chad
would fall back in love with her?
No, I wanted you to see just how different
Chad was before he met you.
Meditation, vegetarian.
Do you really wanna be with someone
who just changes who they are
depending on who they're with?
Chad doesn't know who he is.
He only proposed to you
because he had no idea what else to do.
And you only said yes
because you were too scared to say no.
What?
Julia, my darling,
you need to go after what you want.
And he needs to figure out what he wants.
And right now,
you're both holding each other back.
I can't believe you did all of that.
That was That was way over the line.
No, no. Remember,
I said it all comes from love.
That's why it's forgivable.
Around that time,
I had figured out a way
to sneak Ricardo out of the resort.
But, I needed Lupe's help.
Lupe.
All in.
Can I borrow an extra pool boy uniform?
What's in it for me?
Please, I have nothing.
I just need ONE SMALL PAIR of pants.
Call.
Ooh.
Oh, man, there goes the
money for my kid's braces.
I'll get you the uniform.
Are you doing anything right now?
Not calling my ex-wife, that's for sure.
Look Marco, no excuses.
I'm going to report this to our manager.
No more starch in the towels
well just a little but
And you don't pay attention to me.
I'm loving this!
Do you think my people will
buy that three-hour massage thing?
Don't worry. I got it covered.
Everything all right, boss?
This is the most fun I've had
since John Cusack took me tandem-biking.
Three
Two One
Whoo!
I'm glad you're happy.
Especially today.
Thanks?
Is there anything else you
want to do today?
Like, if this were your last day here
What would you want to do
to make it special?
Just say the word.
Now that you mention it, dude
I've always wanted to
jump into that pool
from thaaaaaaaat
balcony.
Héctor
Huh?
Today, you will make that leap.
Yeah. So the whole time,
she's just been trying to break us up.
Can't believe my mom did that.
Who am I kidding?
Of course I can. It's my mom.
Oh, no.
She said we're holding each other back.
She said you need to figure out
who you want to be in life.
That is crazy.
I know, she obviously has something-
'Cause I was just thinking the same thing.
What?
Since when?
It started
when I was salsa dancing with Don Pablo.
I realized that my whole life
I've just done what I was told to do.
So, then I wondered, you know,
what do I want to do?
And
then, you know, I thought, "Hey, you know,
why can't you just be Julia's husband?"
Julia's husband. That's got
a cool double "H" sound, you know?
Why would I wanna be anything more?
So
I am holding you back.
Get away from him!
Get up!
Who do you think you are?!
Uh Jesus?
You're not like Jesus at all.
It's your daughter who corrupted mine!
You're the one who's a terrible parent.
Who are you gonna believe
Her?
Or a guy that looks like Jesus?
Jesus!
Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
Hit him! Hit him!
Hey! Come back here!
What are you afraid of?
Even if I kill him,
he'll be back in three days.
Hypocrite!
Sacrilegious!
Thanks!
If you were really like Jesus,
you would turn the other cheek!
Such a hypocrite!
Wow, that Good Friday procession
can get pretty emotional.
Yeah.
Okay, wow.
Did it change your life?
It brought me back to life!
But the best part
is this.
Eating on the street,
drinking out of a bag
It's nice to feel normal again.
How I missed this
I missed that, too.
Gives it flavor.
But isn't who we are something,
I don't know, we can figure out together?
Yeah, yeah, that's a
That's a good point.
I mean, because you don't know everything
you wanna do in life, either, do you?
No, not at all.
I mean, I definitely wanna live in Paris
and Milan. And New York after that.
Definitely wanna expand my clothing line.
I wanna go back to Medellín and found
an internship program for young women.
And I wanna go to a water slide park.
I've never been to one.
See? We're both directionless.
Look,
the thing that I can't get past though,
is if we don't know who I am,
then how do you know
that I'm right for you?
I mean, can I ask?
Am I holding you back?
Like, are there things
that you wanna do in life?
Or paths that you might be taking
that you're not taking
because you're with me?
Hey, look
I don't want you to give up you for me.
Can I ask you something?
Yes.
To get to the top, you must have
had to be pretty ruthless, right?
Well I learned, at the end of
the day, all you have is yourself.
Right!
You have to look out for number one.
No, I actually mean the opposite.
I did everything I could to get ahead.
And now I sit alone in my jet,
or in one of my hotels,
and I wonder
What if I'd spent more time making allies
instead of enemies?
What would life be like for me now?
So that's what I mean. Whatever you do,
make sure you can live with it.
Because, at the end of the day,
all you have is yourself.
That's when I realized,
I couldn't let Héctor take the blame.
I had to do the right thing.
You know what would be
really good with this ice-cream?
Pork rinds.
Oh, sure.
When your best friend says it,
you don't do it.
But when the rich guy says it. Yes, sir.
Are you still upset about this?
It was decades ago.
Yeah, but have you learned your lesson?
I'm still telling you
to do the right thing.
And you're still not listening to me.
Do the right thing.
Go see her.
Hold on,
is "her" the "her" from the itinerary?
Who is it? Julia or Isabel?
"Her" is nobody. Be quiet.
Last time, she didn't exactly
greet me with open arms.
How do you even know she would see me?
Because I've spoken with her.
Kitchen, now.
Man, you must get so bored
of hearing my uncle's stories.
For what he pays me, I'll never get bored.
Of course, his stories are nothing
compared to my own.
Really?
I'd love to hear it sometime
It all started in Portland, 1996.
Today's the day I finally quit my job,
win back the girl of my dreams
and stick it to the man!
Sorry, guys. I'm back.
So, uh, what did you guys
Where was I?
Oh, that's right.
I snuck Ricardo back into Las Colinas.
Máximo, thanks so much.
That ceviche? Yes, it changed my life.
You earned that coffee machine
for your colleagues.
Well, If you had a great time,
then maybe you'll throw in
a Jacuzzi for the employees
Ambitious, but unlikely.
Here
Give me a call sometime.
Thanks.
As you may imagine,
that's not
the last we'll hear about Ricardo Vera.
That is a funny-looking chicken.
Virgin Mary.
Hey!
You're the one who told Chucho off!
I can't believe I screamed at Jesus.
Don't worry about it.
That guy is such a jerk.
It's the first time
I ever rooted for Judas.
And if he thinks that cross is heavy,
he should try carrying this.
Right? How could they let such a
knucklehead play Jesus?
Life's full of contradiction.
For instance
I'm not really a virgin.
I get it.
I'm full of contradictions myself.
Really? How so?
I've always tried to be a good Catholic.
But lately, it's harder than ever
for me to tell right from wrong.
What do you do when
you have to choose between what
the church tells you,
and how you feel?
Well, I don't really know
The rest of the year, I work at an
underground casino
But it seems to me that being a
good Catholic
is about love,
kindness, and forgiveness.
Beyond that
who knows?
So maybe the answer is to just
live with the contradiction.
Is it weird
that I feel kind of good about this?
No. Maybe it means we did the right thing.
Yeah. Maybe.
Yeah.
I'm glad we didn't jump.
Me too.
Mmm.
But not because it was scary.
No! It wasn't scary at all.
It just seemed very boring
it didn't seem fun.
It would be boring.
Very, VERY boring!
Who wants to jump off a
balcony and be bored?
No, I don't want to be bored!
Me either.
Why be bored?
For what?
Life is not about that.
No.
If it isn't the man of the hour.
Mr. Vera just raved to me
about how wonderful you were today.
Oh, I can't tell you how grateful I am.
About that
There's something I need to tell you.
Héctor's not the one
who talked to Espectacular.
It was me.
I'm the mole.
I could explain to you
the reasons I did it,
but I know that won't change
what has to happen next.
Just please understand,
I never did anything that I thought
would hurt you or the resort.
But I did betray your trust.
And for that, I am incredibly sorry,
Ms. Davies.
Uh, I'm sorry too.
Get your things, Máximo.
You're fired.
Hey. Everything good, hermigo?
Yes, now it is.
Can't a gal get two minutes around here?
Julia and I broke up.
You were right.
I have no idea who I am,
and that's not fair to her.
I'm so proud of you.
I'm sure it wasn't easy, but I know
it's for the best for both of you.
But we also talked about why I'm this way.
And I realized it's because you try to
control every aspect of my life.
A-And all the stuff
you just told Julia today proves that.
I've had to control you
because you've never chosen a direction.
No. I've never chosen a direction
because you've always controlled me.
And the only way
I'm ever gonna figure out my life
is by going away for a while.
What do you mean by that?
I'm going to LA. Okay?
For a few months, at least.
Mayb Maybe longer.
Consider this my letter of resignation.
The top half
is lyrics to a Whitesnake song.
I couldn't find a clean piece of paper.
But you're my
you're my Chad.
I'm sorry, Mom. I'm leaving next week.
They're dropping like flies around here.
How far will we go for what we want?
Diane thought there was no limit
but ended up losing
the thing she cared about the most
They're just
sweet.
Hmm.
They're like the letters
I used to write as a teen.
My mom was still wrestling with how far
she was willing to go away from
all she had been taught
in order to welcome her daughter back.
As for me, I'd found my limit,
the line I would not cross.
I realized I had to live up
to the person I wanted to be.
Even if it meant losing Las Colinas.
Are you okay?
What happened?
Does your job offer still stand?
I was sad.
But in a way,
I felt better than I had in months.
For the first time in a long while
I was proud to be Máximo Gallardo.