Switched at Birth s04e02 Episode Script

Previously on Switched at Birth People are calling you la malinche.
Cortes' whore? What happens when your landlords double our rent? I pulled out of East Riverside.
- I'm Iris.
- Daphne.
I'm in the interpreter program.
Do you know a guy named Robbie? Yes, I know who you're talking about.
Is there somewhere I can leave this for him? Why don't I just give it to him? Didn't I make it clear that I'm with him? Stay away from him.
You didn't know that the turkey sandwich that you so stupidly handed over to an inmate had a bag of heroin stuffed inside it? Oh my God.
You just became an accessory to a felony drug deal.
Professor Marillo, I heard that your "Chemistry 1" class was filled, and I was hoping to persuade you to let me in.
You have an interpreter? We go 90 miles an hour.
Get someone who knows what the hell they're talking about, or you will drown.
Josh, this is my roommate Daphne.
I have a proposition for you.
We will text constantly.
_ It's the right decision.
- Whether you're a beggar or a thief - (Phone buzzing) _ Whether you're an angel on their sleeve - whether you are rich or small - _ - whether you have fell or will fall - _ whether you've been beaten or done the bruising - _ - (Whooshes) Whether you have lost your way whether you have doubted me - whether you are dirty or clean - _ - _ - whether you're a sinner, whether you're a saint - I will love you every step of the way - _ - _ - I will love you _ every step of the way I will love you - I will love you every step of the way - _ _ _ - every step of the way - _ yeah, I will love you every step of the way - Hey.
Hey, good morning.
- No, it's not.
- I have class in 10 minutes.
- What happened? I wanted to get a full eight hours before my first chem class, and I took a sleeping pill.
- Uh-oh.
- It completely knocked me out.
I think I turned off my alarm and went back to sleep.
I'm sorry.
Can I help? No.
I'll see you later.
(Rock music playing) (Door slams) _ _ _ Are you going to the gym? Uh, I don't understand.
I wouldn't come to teach wearing sweatpants.
I ask for the same respect from you.
Of course.
I'm so sorry.
Might be a good time to go over my other rules.
No phones.
No food.
No drink.
No gum.
Ugh, hate gum.
Hate it.
This is 90 minutes for chemistry, and this material takes a lot of focus.
Coming late, texting, - _ - eating all of that takes away concentration from the other students.
Mr.
Padden, you're back.
I'm not in the class.
Just interpreting.
You know sign language? My parents are deaf.
Well, whatever language you use, let's try to keep it civil, shall we? - Office hours are - _ - _ - Tuesday, Thursday, noon to 2:00, - _ - sciences building.
- _ - Now, technically I'm there to answer any questions about the week's material, - _ - but if you want to come and talk to me about - _ - French bulldogs, - _ - or Claude Debussy, or the science of love - which just happens to have been my PhD thesis topic, - _ - _ - great topic I'm very happy to talk about any of that.
If the hours don't work for you, - _ - let me know.
We will work something out.
Any questions so far? _ (Theme music playing) So, do you want some breakfast? Oh, thanks, but I should get Bay to her gig on time.
- Oh.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
- There's our little community servant.
You ready to go? - You're driving me? - Yeah.
The corrections office is on my way to K&D.
Oh, um Dad could drive me.
Right, dad? Regina: Why? The drop off is not at the corrections office today.
It's in East Riverside.
I didn't think you'd want to go.
(Sighs) It's been months.
I'll be fine.
Here you go, honey.
Have a good day and don't take anything from strangers.
Actually, because of someone, we're not allowed to bring lunch anymore.
They're feeding us.
- Thanks anyway.
- Oh.
Thank you.
- See you later.
- Bye.
Hey, you know what? We should have lunch at the club.
That movie producer is coming over for coffee, and I have to get things ready, so Batter Up, the movie, coming soon to a theater near you.
Actually, he emailed me this morning, and he was wondering if you were gonna be here.
He wants to meet you.
Really? Why? Why do people always want to meet John Kennish? All right, I'll dust off a war story or two.
Like that'll be hard to do.
History tells me that one-third of you will fail.
Of the remaining two-thirds, few of you will make above a "C.
" - _ - At least one of you is going to cry at some point during this class.
- _ - Oh, and several of you - _ - will have a grandmother die the night before - _ - or the morning of the midterm.
- _ - You have my condolences in advance, - _ - but no, you will not be - exempt from taking the exam.
- _ - I don't believe in excuses, - _ - _ - or leniency, or wiggle room.
- Chemistry - _ - It is an exact - (Claps) _ - Excuse me? - Science governed by laws and rules.
It's just really distracting.
I like to think I run this class with similar clarity Regina: Are you sure this is it? Bay: In the alley around back.
Regina: Bye.
Ooh.
Damn it.
(Sighs) (Soft blues playing) Hello? Hi, I'm looking for the owner of the motorcycle parked out front.
(Sighs) Great.
I'm sorry.
Is it yours? I Sort of tapped it.
Looks like more than a tap.
I I have insurance.
Still not what I need right now.
You can write down your info here.
Of course.
Well, at least you didn't keep going.
That would be a hit and run.
Only if you got caught.
This place yours? I've never seen it before.
It was a boot and shoe place.
Right.
- You live around here? - I used to.
I got this place on the cheap about six weeks ago.
- Lucky you.
- Yeah.
I guess some big, new development was supposed to go up across the street, but it tanked, taking the property values down with it.
I think I heard something about that.
Is that machine working? Can I get a cup of coffee? Sure.
I like the name, "Cracked Mug.
" It feels right for this neighborhood.
Cracked but still here.
Yeah, just like me.
Me too.
So, have you owned other coffeehouses before? No, not coffeehouses, but other businesses.
And I have a lot of opinions about coffee.
Like ? Well, everyone's very particular about the kind of mug they want their coffee in.
Some people like it tall and skinny to keep it hot.
Other people like it short and big to wrap their hands around.
Some people like handles.
Other people like the little Chinese cups.
I wanted a place where you could request the kind of mug you want.
- That's cool.
- Yeah.
I was thinking of putting a chess and checkers set over in one corner.
Oh, dominoes too.
The old folks around here love to play dominoes.
Thanks.
I, um don't know my license plate number by heart.
I'll be right back.
- Okay.
- 'Kay.
Man: Listen up, I got an announcement.
Because of a recent incident Today there's some new rules.
No fraternizing with outsiders.
If I see you talking to anyone I don't know, you're getting a write-up.
No going to the bathroom by yourself.
You need to go? See me.
Last thing.
No phones.
Not even at lunch.
Turn 'em off, and put them in this bucket.
Now.
What was he talking about? What incident? I thought you knew.
(Chuckles) That sandwich I gave Robbie the last time There were drugs in it.
What? - Yeah.
- Oh my God.
Oh my that's why he's not here? - His sister dropped it off.
- He doesn't have a sister.
Brunette, blue car? That's Annie, his ex.
I knew he was still in touch with that little whore.
I'm so sorry, Tess.
She told me that she was his sister, - and that her name was Marcy.
- And you believed her? Do you know how bad you just screwed things up for me? Phones in the bucket.
Robbie got busted with contraband? That's the word.
But he's still getting out in a month, right? Not my area, - but I doubt it.
- We were gonna move in together.
I put a deposit down on a place.
I'd make a different plan if I were you.
On the other hand, one more write up and you'll be behind bars too.
That's kind of like living together.
Phones.
Again, I am really sorry.
These are brownies and scones, and I also make pan dulce, if your customers prefer that.
Well, I'm not sure how much food we're gonna carry, but I can get back to you.
Well Thank you so much.
Juanita.
Hi.
What are you doing here? I'm just here for coffee.
(Scoffs) I can't believe you have the nerve to show your face.
I wasn't the one who pulled the plug on the project.
No, your boyfriend did, after he cheated everyone out of a fair price for their businesses.
- He's not my boyfriend.
- Do you think things were bad before? They are a lot worse now.
I'm asking this man if he will buy my brownies.
I am so sorry.
- When the project folded, I lost too.
- Oh, please.
(Yelling) Look at you with your fancy purse and your fancy jacket! What did you lose? - Juanita, yelling at me - Go to hell! Malinche.
Well, I just figured out who you are.
Sorry about that.
You all done writing down your info? Yeah.
And you can take this To go.
Look, I don't know all the facts, but I'm trying to start a business here.
And as a guy from the outside, I'm already suspect.
I can't afford to start out on the wrong foot.
Got it.
And then same thing If you add an "o5," you get "h2-c2-o5," or peroxalic acid.
Okay, you know what? Let's just stop there.
Congratulations, you survived your first class.
Nobody fainted, nobody lost their organic granola breakfast.
- Come on, give yourselves a hand.
- (Applause) Very good.
Get out of here.
Oh, I advise forming study groups of four.
That will keep you honest, okay? See you tomorrow.
Hey, you guys look smart.
Can I be in your group? - Yes.
- Yeah, that'd be awesome - do you know anyone here? - No.
Do you want me to ask if No, I got it.
Hi.
Hi.
I'm Daphne.
Vimla.
- Is this your study group? - Mm-hmm.
It looks like you need one more.
Can I be your fourth? Sure.
Um, if it's okay with you guys.
- Of course.
- Yeah, why not.
Thanks so much.
Of course we'll have the ball players, and the groupies, and the sex-capades.
Those are just the fireworks, but it all needs to be grounded in something personal, emotional.
Well, to me, it's a story of a woman who loses her innocence.
That is exactly what I was going to say.
Good, I'm glad you agree.
So just make sure you don't lose sight of that when you're writing the screenplay.
Um wait.
You want me to write the screenplay? I mean, you know I've never written one before, right? So what? Don't you want someone with more of a track record? I mean Let me ask you something.
When you were writing the book, did you see the story as Pictures in your mind? Oh, yeah, of course I did.
Well, then you've already written it.
The rest is just a format.
Any valet parker in L.
A.
can teach you that.
We'll hire one, a few bucks a week, as your assistant, boom.
Instant screenplay.
(Chuckles) Boom.
- Who pays for that? - Oh.
Production.
Comes right out of the budget, which, for a film like this, is about $6 million, and I've got four of it lined up already.
- (Gasps) - (Phone vibrates) Oh, I'm sorry.
It's my editor.
I told her I was meeting with you, and I just want to tell her that she might be talking to a new screenwriter.
(Laughs) Let her know you got a hit here! (Laughs) And I do believe that.
I would not have flown all the way out here from L.
A.
to meet with the two of you if I didn't.
Thank you.
It's I had nothing to do with it.
It's all Kathryn.
But you do believe that her book would make a great movie, yes? - Absolutely.
- Great.
Good, I'm glad you think so.
Because this film it can be your success, too.
Really? Hey.
- Leave me alone.
- Look.
I said I was sorry.
Does that help me? Let me make it up to you.
How? Can you get in a time machine, go back, and stay the hell away from Robbie like I told you to in the first place? I wish that I had.
I'm screwed here, too.
My boyfriend's in California, and he's probably calling me right now, and I can't answer - because my phone's - You can't talk to your boyfriend? I am this close to losing my kid to foster care - I know you have it way worse.
- Gordon: Hey! and you can't talk to your boyfriend? Hey, hey, hey! What is it with you two? I told you to cut out the bickering.
I was just sitting here.
She started in on me.
I did not start in on you.
Eh, eh, eh.
Come with me.
I know how to make everyone happy.
What's that smell? My guess is a dead rat.
I don't think this is safe.
That's what these are for.
Now When you find the jackpot, bag it, put it with the rest of the garbage.
I thought you said this was gonna make everyone happy? Oops, I meant it was going to make me happy.
This is not fair.
I was minding my own business.
Give me a reason, Tess.
You think I give a rat's ass that you have a kid waiting for you back at whatever pit you crawled out of? I don't.
I wouldn't think twice about writing you up and getting you locked up like Robbie, just so I don't have to look at you anymore.
So give me a reason.
Now what do you have to say? Hey, I left some mail for you that somehow landed in our box.
Thanks.
You're home early.
Yeah, I never made it in.
Why's that? Uh, when I dropped Bay off in East Riverside I got ambushed by somebody pretty pissed off at me for what happened with the development.
Regina, people get emotional.
You gotta take their griping with a grain of salt.
I know.
It just It made me sad all over again.
I wanted to do something good for the neighborhood.
I know you did.
Anyway, I mean after getting yelled at like that, I didn't want to go to K&D and stare at tasteful, beige wallpaper samples.
Sounds like an honest day's work to me, and I would imagine that customer will not be calling you with death threats.
Look, it's just my opinion, but I think you should steer clear of that neighborhood for the time being.
Yeah.
(Gags) I think I found it.
Is it a rat? How do I know? It's in there.
I see something, but I don't think we can reach it.
You're gonna have to crawl in there and get it.
Me? Hah, no.
You can do it.
It's your fault we're here in the first place.
You were arguing too.
You got Robbie in trouble.
I gave him his lunch! - I'm not going in there.
- Listen to me.
You owe me.
You said you wanted to make it up to me.
Here's your chance.
Do it.
Hey.
Don't forget these.
(Groans) _ _ Tank: Hey, hey! Felonious B.
Kennish.
What are you doing here? Oh, your brother had some D.
J.
emergency.
Now come on, I had to park a block away.
What's that smell? - You don't want to know.
- Hmm.
Bad day? The only kind I have right now.
What happened? I tried to do something nice, and I ended up getting on the wrong side of this Godzilla, who now has it out for me.
Ooh, is she fire-breathing? I don't know, but she's definitely out for blood.
You just got to stand up to her.
How? Take her on.
If she's Godzilla, you gotta be Ghidorah.
- Who? - It's Godzilla's Nemesis.
Look, when you show up for work tomorrow, go up to her, and just start whaling on her.
- Tank! - What? Prison rules.
Haven't you seen Escape From Alcatraz? I'm not in prison, and I'm not gonna go up and whale on anybody.
Do you remember who I am? Yes, do you remember what I taught you in field hockey? No.
Okay.
All right, look.
You gotta face the ball with fury.
(Growls) (Growls louder) - Come on, let's see it.
- What else you got? (Sighs) Um How about a peace offering? Yeah, tried that, didn't work.
Well, can you ask to transfer to another work crew? That's not an option.
(Sighs) Well Look, you gotta find some way to show her you're not gonna back down, or every day is gonna be like this.
The metal loses electrons to become a cation, and the nonmetal gains electrons to become an anion.
- Cat is the positive one, right? - Wait, are you sure? Yeah, and the resulting compound name ends in "ide," like magnesium bromide.
- Wait, what was that? - Magnesium bromide.
It's just an example of an ionic compound.
I wanna what? (Muffled speaking) Time out.
Guys, I can't interpret for all three of you at the same time.
If we could just slow down a little bit.
- Slow down? We need to go faster.
- Sorry.
It's just, we're slogging through this, and we still have another chapter to cover.
You know what? Why don't we just call it for tonight, and we can review the rest on our own.
No, no.
We don't need to stop.
I just need a moment to catch up.
The more people that are talking at once, the harder it is to follow.
I'll get better at it.
Josh will, too.
Don't worry about it.
I'll see you in class.
(Sighs) You know, honey, I thought that producer was just gonna wanna talk about the sex scenes, but he surprised me.
He wants to give the characters more depth.
We are totally in sync.
(Sighs) You didn't like him, did you? You know, I thought he was a little slick.
I think you can do better.
Better? How? He's the only serious interest I've had in the movie rights.
Well, you don't have to pick him just 'cause he's the only one who asked.
I see.
What? (Sighs) Forget it.
Kathryn! You're used to getting all the attention.
Ex-major league ball player, and all he wanted to do was talk about my book.
Admit it.
Your ego is a little bruised.
Right? (Chuckles) Come on.
He was fishing for money.
He needs to raise $6 million to make the movie.
He said he had all the money lined up.
Yeah, he was bluffing.
When you took the call, he hit me up for a million, and asked if I knew any other retired ballplayers who might be interested.
Does he Even want to make the movie? If I finance it, yeah.
(Sighs) I see.
Hey, I'm sorry.
I'm gonna get some air.
(Sighs) That was a disaster.
I can't be unprepared like that again.
Why are you acting like that was my fault? We need to come up with signs so you don't have to fingerspell everything.
There are a lot of words! We'll start with the common elements of the periodic table.
(Chattering) What's going on? Oh.
(Scoffs) Didn't you get my text? I texted everyone.
There was no text.
I don't understand.
They're meeting without you.
Look, it's not personal.
Hmm.
'Cause dumping someone never is.
We just have to go at a different pace.
We think maybe you'd be better off in a different group.
I'm sorry that I was so Why are you sorry? They should be sorry.
What? They can't take the extra three minutes it would take to let us catch up? - Josh, I got this.
- You guys are training to be doctors, right? To heal people who are sick? You guys are douchebags.
- Stop.
- Did you know that? - Total douchebags.
- Stop! What the hell was that? I was expressing my opinion.
You don't have an opinion.
You're an interpreter.
You don't have a voice.
You don't have a presence.
You don't have opinions.
I'm not gonna just stand there and take that from those Your job is to interpret what I can't hear, not to speak for me, not to think for me, not to defend me, and not to piss off my classmates.
Well, I can't do that.
I can't just stand there like a robot.
Well, then you're fired.
What? Fine.
Renzo: Feeling better? (Sighs) A little.
I just feel silly for getting my hopes up.
You never know.
A movie version of your book could still happen.
No, that guy was the only halfway-legitimate contender.
Besides, it would have made a bad movie, anyway.
It would have been a great movie if it were done right.
But you know Hollywood, they'd put Kate Hudson in it and that smarmy Jim guy from The Office and ruin it.
I like him.
You should have Lydia take it to Broadway.
They could make a musical out of it.
- Oh, yeah, right.
- (Laughs) At least there'd be some dancing in it.
Pa, pa-pa, pa-pa, pow! There could be like a whole chorus line of shirtless ballboys.
Yes, please! Oh, say, what do you see? Those balls don't look foul to me come on, boys, raise those mitts touch those bases, get some hits put your ball in my glove, it's a home run this is love Yeah! See? It writes itself.
_ - _ - Is that all you're eating? I'm not really hungry.
- _ - All right.
(Sighs) How's Emmett? Fine.
Bay? _ - Bay! - Hmm? Do you mind looking at me when I'm talking to you? I'm sorry.
Emmett's going into a screening, and he's not gonna be able to use his phone.
I'm not sure how healthy all this constant texting is.
Dad, I had to beg him to go to L.
A.
without me, and he still could change his mind at any minute.
If he could make it through a couple weeks, make some friends, then he'll be okay.
But until then I have to make him believe that it's not a big deal we're so far away from each other.
Okay.
Please tell him we send our best.
_ _ _ _ You fired him? So, who's gonna interpret for you? No one.
There's no one else.
I just have to do it myself.
I need to get better at lip-reading chemistry words.
Can you help me practice? Sure.
I highlighted a bunch of words that I need to recognize.
Just read them and jump around.
Okay.
Coefficient.
- Coefficient.
- (Giggles) Polyatomic.
Polyatomic.
Pick a hard one and don't over enunciate, 'cause she won't.
Halogenated.
Halogenated.
(Sighs) How long do you need it? It's a type of unsaturated hydrocarbon.
Try again.
Enthalpies.
It looks like you're saying, "end of peace," but I know that's wrong.
(Groans) It just takes practice.
Pick another word.
What's the 911? All right, this might seem a little crazy, but The musical! Yes! I couldn't sleep all night.
I kept seeing dance numbers in my head, and writing lyrics to songs.
Didn't I tell you? I'm a genius.
But that's the thing.
You're right.
This would make a good musical, but I've never written one before.
So? You'd never written a book before, and now you've written two.
That's true.
You know, we should do it.
Whoa, "we"? Yes, you're the one that got the ball rolling.
No, no, no.
That's all I'm good for the big picture, not the details.
Like, I could tell Ricardo that his guest bath needed a new look, but I couldn't tell him which tile to buy.
It's your idea.
You run with it.
Okay, but Will you come to see it, even if nobody else does? Are you kidding? I'll be leading the standing ovation.
But first, let's cast that chorus line of shirtless ballboys.
I thought I fired you.
Didn't stick.
Did Iris call you? That was nice of her, but This isn't working out.
Here's the thing.
Hearing kid, deaf parents.
I was their ears and voice starting at age five.
If the cleaners ruined my dad's shirt, or if my mom's soup was too salty You had to fight their battles.
It wasn't all bad.
In fourth grade, the interpreter didn't show up, so I had to interpret my own parent-teacher conference.
I bet your behavior was perfect.
She said I was doing excellent in every arena.
(Chuckles) All this to say someone like you, an empowered deafie it's a new thing for me.
I just have to get used to it.
I need you, but I can't have you talking for me.
Ears only.
Got it.
So I stopped by the chemistry department and got the notes for the next class.
You get advanced notes? Yeah.
Hey, let me use your phone.
I'm waiting for a call.
What's wrong with yours? It's out of minutes.
- It's important.
- So is the call that I'm waiting for.
What, your boyfriend? I have to call Robbie's lawyer about getting him out.
You remember Robbie, the guy who got busted because of you.
You can borrow it as soon as I'm done with my call.
Lunch will be over by then.
- You owe me.
- (Sighs) Hey! No, that is my phone.
Give me the friggin' phone! There's your phone.
You psycho! I do not owe you anything.
That guy got busted because he is a drug dealer.
That is on him, not me.
I told you messing with me was a mistake.
Do whatever you want.
I already can't go to L.
A.
to be with my boyfriend for a whole year.
I got nothing else to lose.
Hey.
Hey! What the hell is going on? What's the problem here, Tess? Did she do that? No, I dropped it.
All right.
15 minutes and we're back to work.
Not my bike again.
I want you to know I got involved with the development project for all the right reasons.
You don't owe me an explanation.
You took Juanita's word about what happened and threw me out.
Threw you out is an overstatement.
I grew up in this neighborhood.
I saw a chance to do something good for it, and I took it.
But I got in over my head, and I made mistakes.
I still think I could do something good.
Let me help you with your coffeehouse.
Help how? I'm an interior designer.
I can give your place the look you want to get it open.
(Laughs) Uh, I don't think that would be a smart move for me right now.
_ I can hire someone who speaks Spanish.
But I grew up here.
I know these people.
Yeah, and they don't like you, and they don't trust you.
They used to, and I can win them back.
What does that have to do with me and my coffeehouse? Well, this is how I get them back on my side.
And in exchange, I can bring money to help you get this place up and running.
Things are always more expensive than they say at first.
Well, I did get an estimate on bringing the plumbing up to code.
You wanna draw people in? Make this a neighborhood hangout? We could make part of the space an art gallery for local artists, or once a week we can do an open mic night.
There are some really talented people in this neighborhood.
We can sell Juanita's brownies, but also carry healthy snacks so that parents have options when they bring their kids.
We don't even know each other.
I'm Regina.
Regina Vasquez.
Also known as la malinche.
What is malinche anyway? A traitorous whore.
Damn.
Yeah.
Eric.
Eric Bishop.
Whoo, Jimmy.
(Clears throat) Looks like you hit the jackpot.
All right, we got another dead rat, and this one's ripe.
Who's gonna do the honors? Who's a team player? Come on.
It's not getting any fresher.
She's not supposed to do that.
What'd you say? We're not supposed to touch dead animals.
You're supposed to call animal control.
Says who? There's a lawsuit against the county about it.
I mean, if you don't care about that All right.
Somebody give me some tongs.
I'll do it.
(Whispers) Thank you.
It's no big deal.
Kathryn: Okay.
Gentle.
Just around the corner.
Right over here.
This is perfect.
There you go.
Ah.
Did I miss something? I bought a piano.
Baby, we don't have to be alone like everybody else we know - yeah, we don't need to be lonely - _ - like the rest of them - _ _ - _ - and baby we don't need to ever frown - _ - like everybody else 'round town yeah we don't need to be lonely - _ - like the rest of them (Singer vocalizes) Uh, what about lanthanides? Um - That? - Yeah.
Okay.
(Phone camera clicking) About yesterday maybe we could have handled it better.
We'd like to have you back in the group.
You mean me and my advanced notes.
They'd be helpful.
We'd be helping each other out.
I need you to slow down and speak clearly, so that I can follow the discussion.
Either I or Josh will let you know when you're going too fast.
Agreed.
We're meeting at 7:00 tonight, the chem classroom.
We'll be there.
If you're feeling small - Well played.
- Thanks.
You'll be 10 feet tall I could be your lucky charm I can help you fly you're the one who cheers me on you make me shine we make each other better better give me love