My Perfect Landing (2020): Season 1, Episode 13 - Ready For Battle - full transcript

As Jenny prepares for Hillside, she receives inspiration from a surprise ally.

NARRATOR:
Previously:

You knew I didn't want Jenny
competing. You knew!

But what about
what she wants?

She's 12.
She doesn't get a say.

Well, I disagree.

I'm the one protecting you.

What? By lying to me?
Yes.

I had to hide
that I'm a good gymnast

so you don't freak out.

[♪♪♪]

Wow.



Gus was right,

you are better than both of us.

Grandpa's not your coach,

I am.

I love that.

Yeah, I thought about
what you said

and you were right,
standing up for myself

was exactly
what I needed to do.

So our bet, it's back on.

See you at Hillside.

I'm coming for you.

[♪♪♪]

JENNY [THINKING]:
Hillside's tomorrow, Jenny.

Remember, you're the castle.



HECTOR:
Let's finish this castle

before they get here, okay?

All right.

So...

we are going to

dig a big,
big hole, right?

And then we're going to
make a moat.

Do you know what a moat is,
Jenny?

A moat goes all around
the castle, you know?

Just like when I hug you.

And so it protects the castle,

and when I hug you,
I'm also protecting you.

JENNY [THINKING]:
Okay, Jenny, let's do this.

♪ Got to do my thing ♪

♪ My thing ♪

♪ Can you feel
The adrenaline? ♪

♪ Oh, maybe it's
Finally happening ♪

♪ Oh, maybe it's
Really kicking in ♪

♪ Oh, baby
It's finally happening ♪

♪ Now I've found
My perfect landing ♪

[♪♪♪]

JENNY [THINKING]:
There are four events
tomorrow, Jenny.

And this is your weakest.

So let's get it right.

Come on! Get this!

You've got to be perfect.

Here.

Thank you.
Oh, that's a nice giraffe.

It's supposed to be a horse.

Oh. My bad.

But can I make
a little suggestion?

Next time try to make
the neck a little shorter.

[BOTH LAUGH]

So do you got any drawings
of donkeys in there?

Zebras?
No, just horses.

Of course, of course.

What should we cheers to?
Horses?

Summer.

Yes! To the hot, hot summer.

Mm.

Mm. Jenny,
let me tell you something.

Do you know what perfection is?

This lemonade?
Yes.

This lemonade might be perfect,

but do you know what
perfection is?

It's when something is so good
it can't get any better.

Yeah, yeah. That too.

But-but let...

Okay, let me explain
this to you,

and these are kind of like
grown-up thoughts.

But I am grown up.

Yeah. I know.
That's why I'm telling you.

Okay.

Perfection is a place

that we can only visit.

We can't stay there.
What do you mean?

Okay. Okay.

Imagine this line is everything

that is perfect in the world,
right?

And then this is our life.

We just...
We can't stay there,

it's impossible to stay there
on that perfect line.

We can only go through it
back and forth,

hitting little moments
of glory.

Entiendes?

I think so.

But what does it mean?

[CHUCKLING] I don't know.
[LAUGHS]

Okay, so,

it means that the joy in life is
not about being perfect, but?

Crossing through the line.
You got it!

[♪♪♪]

JENNY [THINKING]:
Okay, Jenny,
let's cross the line.

[♪♪♪]

You just crossed the line.

Okay, what color's
the math book?

It's green.
Green, okay.

Green. I got you.

JOON:
You shouldn't be helping me,

you should be resting.

Yeah,
but I told your mom

I would help
with homework.

It'll take
two minutes though.

Two minutes. Who has two minutes
of homework?

[WHISPERS]
Nobody.

Oh, here it is.

All right.
Let's get out of here.

Yeah, yeah.
Hold on one second.

Should have done this
a while ago.

Ah!

That feels better!

JOON:
She's been out there for hours.

GUS:
Reminds me of your mom.

Sometimes I couldn't get her
out of the gym.

Sounds like mom.

GUS:
One time I said:

"We've got to get going."
She said:

"Only if you
catch me first."

Did you catch her?
[LAUGHS] I tried.

I chased her around
like a chicken.

She just laughed at me
until I got exhausted.

Finally, I just sat down
and waited for her to get tired.

JOON:
Should we go say hi to her?

GUS:
No, she wanted to train alone.

But we're her family.

She's getting ready
for battle, Joon.

That is a solitary thing.

I get that.
[SCOFFS] Sure.

Let's go.

[♪♪♪]

JENNY [THINKING]:
Second event, the vault.

And what do you do here?

You over-rotate.

You stick this, Jenny,

you get ice cream for dessert.

Jump! Okay! Jump!

Higher, higher,
higher, higher!

Come on!
Come on, Jenny!

You got to make
your legs stronger.

Almost there!

[LAUGHING]
I can do it!

Hit me, hit me,
hit me!

Yay! Nice job.

WHITNEY:
We're going to have to
go wash off in the water.

Can Mommy have some?

You want your ice cream?
Yes, please.

It's going to cost you
a kiss.

JENNY [THINKING]:
21 meters, that's all.

You can do this.

[♪♪♪]

Good, but not great.

Now let's do it again.

[♪♪♪]

Three times nine is 28!

In what universe?

What's four times seven?

Is 28, right?

Yes. Therefore,
three times nine is?

27!
Correct!

I was thinking of taking this
down to her.

What do you think?

She said she didn't want
anyone bugging her.

I know.
You should take it down.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Okay. You can watch him?

You know I'm supposed to be
taking it easy.

Yes, of course.

She's going, she's going,

she's going, she's going,
she's going,

she's going, she's going,

she's going, she's going,
she's gone!

Can I watch a movie?

You know the drill.

[SIGHS]
What's my record?

If I remember correctly

you had it all together in
two minutes and nine seconds.

I can beat that.
Okay, but remember,

that means all the schoolwork
goes away,

get your clothes out
for tomorrow,

brush your teeth or no movie.

Okay, ready? Okay.

On your mark, get set,

go.

Go, go, go.

Go, go, go.
Time?

Six seconds!

Hey, hey.
Eraser and pencil on the floor,

more pencils on the floor.

You're... Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

Take it easy there.
Time?

15.

So, what's left?

Bars and floor.

And how do you feel
about your beam?

Mm.

Look, I know you wanted to go
through your routines alone

but can your coach give you
a little bit of advice?

Sure.
Okay.

Put some chalk
on your fingertips

and mark the end of the beam.

When you focus on that spot,
it'll keep you centered.

Thanks, Mom.

Hey, I'm full of advice.

I can stick around
if you want me to.

No. I have to figure it out
on my own.

It's okay,
you don't have to explain.

It's just that this is
the first time

I've ever been able to do
gymnastics full out,

without guilt or anything.

Just full out.

And that's because of me
and now I feel horrible.

Mom,

it's not about you right now.

Right, right. Okay.

Well, I think it's great.

I mean, I'm scared to death,
but I think it's good.

Yeah, it feels good.

You know, after Dad died,

I didn't think I'd care about
anything again,

but I care about Hillside.

Sweetheart.

Thanks, Mom.

You text me if you
need anything, okay?

[♪♪♪]

Mm. You know what I like about
this place?

It's that they don't use
straws anymore.

Yeah, most places use those
straws made out of paper now.

Oh, yeah,
but I don't like those.

If they sit in your drink
for too long

they start getting
all flabby.

It goes down your throat.

Yeah, that's right!
You're like...

[SNORTING]

[LAUGHING]

You're really funny, Daddy.

Thank you, mi hija.

I used to be in the theater,
you know?

Really?
No, no, for real. For real.

Back in Alvarez,

Tio Federico and I,

we had this comedy act that
we would go around the hotels

in the area
and perform for tourists.

Did people like you?
Oh, my God. They loved us.

They loved us so, so much.
They really liked us.

I was a ventriloquist and then
Tio was the dummy.

How did you guys decide
who was the dummy?

Oh, I don't know.
He's the stupid one?

[BOTH LAUGHING]

One time, this manager
at one of the hotels saw us,

and he likes us so much that
he actually got us booked

for a cruise ship.

A cruise ship?
A cruise ship. That's right.

Yup.
Wow.

We were so young that Grandma
had to come with us

as a chaperone.

What did Abuela think?

She said that it was the best
holiday of her entire life.

One time, she even sat
with the captain's table.

[LAUGHING]

[WHEEZING]

[COUGHING]

Are you okay, Daddy?

[GASPING]
I'm okay. I'm okay.

[COUGHING]
I'm okay.

I guess I... I need that straw
after all.

[COUGHING]

[♪♪♪]

Where's Joon?

He's in his room watching
the rest of a movie

on his tablet.
Oh.

How'd you get him to finish
his homework so fast?

Aha. Kids love contests.

He beat his getting his
homework done record

by eight seconds.

He lost his
holding his breath record

by two seconds.

We did that one a lot.

And right now we're in
the middle of

"leave Grandpa alone while he
watches TV" contest.

Oh.
How about Jenny?

I worry about that girl.

She takes on so much.

Yeah, well,

the great ones do.
Mm.

You were like that.

[SCOFFS]
I guess.

All right. I'm going
to check some emails

and I'll be back later.

Thanks, Dad.

[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]
Dad.

I haven't heard that
for a while.

I know.

[SIGHS]
I'm sorry.

It's... Whew.

It's fine.

It's really fine.
I like it.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

[SIGHS] I'll be back.
Okay.

JENNY [THINKING]:
You're halfway there, Jenny,

but this is when it gets hard.

You're going to have to
dig in deeper.

Dad's not getting better,
is he?

I don't know, honey.

I hope so.

Can I tell you something?

Yeah.

I saw a priest
go into Dad's room.

When?

Last night, I didn't think he
believed in that kind of stuff.

I think he probably did it
for your abuela.

[♪♪♪]

WHITNEY:
Gus, I don't even need
you here, okay?

We've got
everything covered.

GUS: Okay, well, you don't...
WHITNEY: Yes! We're fine!

Everything is taken care of!
GUS: What about the kids?

WHITNEY:
That kids are doing fine.
They need to be here.

They need to see their father.

They don't need to be going on
some kind of adventure.

GUS:
Of course they do,
I'm not suggesting they don't.

WHITNEY:
What is it you want?

GUS:
They need a break,

just to get them
out of this environment,

a couple hours at the beach.

Are you saying I'm not
doing my job properly?

Of course not.
Why would you even say that?

But what is it
you're trying to say?

GUS:
I'm just trying to help!

[♪♪♪]

JENNY [THINKING]:
Just one more event, Jenny.

Just one more.

[♪♪♪]

[PHONE RINGING]

RACHEL: Hi, Jenny.
Hi.

RACHEL:
Me and Keisha
are having a sleepover.

We set our alarm so we can
give you a pep talk.

Thanks.

KEISHA: How's it going?
It's going.

I'm not liking my floor music.

RACHEL: Let me see your eyes.
What?

RACHEL:
Move your eyes
closer to the camera.

Do it.

See, I told you.
Okay, yeah. You were right.

What?

KEISHA:
Rachel said we didn't need to
give you a pep talk.

Yeah. Your eyes are as fierce
as a lion's.

Then what was
the point of calling?

'Cause we're
the Girls For Greatness.

Girls For Greatness.

And I sensed that you need
something musically

so I'm sending you
a new song.

You wrote a song?

RACHEL:
Girl, I know
all your tempo needs.

I love you guys.

We'll see you at Hillside
tomorrow.

You're coming?

Of course we are.
Night.

See ya.
Bye.

HECTOR:
Jenny. Jenny?

Daddy.
Hi, Jenny.

Do you want some water?

Should I get the nurse?
I'm okay, I'm okay.

Love, thank you. I'm okay.

I need to tell you something.

[SIGHS]

You're just a little girl,
but you need to hear this.

I don't have much time left.

No, Daddy.
Mijita, it's the truth.

It's a big thing
I have to tell you, okay?

You're the strongest
of all of us.

I'm not stronger than you.

[LAUGHS]
Everyone is stronger than me,
love.

But you're stronger than
Mommy and Jr.

and everyone else.

But you're also a little girl.

That's a lot to put on
your shoulders.

That's why I have to
tell you now because

I don't have much time
to help you

figure it out on your own.

Okay.

I need you to
take care of everyone.

Come here.

I have my moat around you.

[JENNY CRYING]

[♪♪♪]

How long are we going to
feel this way?

I think a long time.

I don't want to be here.

Then where do you
want to be?

Playing videogames
with my friends.

I'll ask Mom if you can do that
when we get home.

Thank you.

Hey.

[♪♪♪]

Let's go.

Remember how strong you are,
Jenny.

[♪♪♪]

[WHISPERING]
Hey.

Hey, Grandpa.
Heard a noise, so.

Are you ready?
Yes, Grandpa.

I'm very proud of you.
Very proud of you.

Go get some sleep.

[♪♪♪]

Hey, honey.
Hey.

Hungry?
No, I'm good.

Tired?
Really tired.

Yeah?

Well, you should go
get some rest.

It's a big day tomorrow.

You ready?

I think for the first time
in my life, I am.

I love you, Mom.

I love you too.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]