Nailed It! Mexico (2019–2021): Season 1, Episode 3 - For Butter or Worse - full transcript

A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

Passion,

drama,

cake.

Welcome to Nailed It! Mexico,
where it's the thought that counts.

Where you're asked to make
pretty cool cakes,

but you end up with pretty crappy cakes.

I'm Omar Chaparro.

Today, it's all about drama.

Three contestants will be experiencing
the full passion

of a true Mexican soap opera,



and they will be fighting for $200,000

and also for my heart.

Let's meet our bakers.

Throw them at my face. The face.
Do I have to crouch?

Do I... I'll throw the petals myself!
I'll throw them!

IT'S THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS

My name is Itziar.

I'm from Mexico City.

My sister and I run a company,
and we organize all types of events.

At work, my sister is in charge
of everything that involves pastry

because she's a baking
and decoration master.

As for me, I wash the dishes.

I hope I can walk out of here
a better baker,

and prove myself to my sister.



I came here to win.

My name is Rosa Lilia.

I'm a retired woman,

and now I spend my time enjoying life,

watching Netflix's Turkish-language shows.

I never had an interest in baking so...

I'm very excited

to be on Nailed It! Mexico.

If I win, I'm gonna hang out
with my Turkish friends

and see if they can introduce me
to their grandpas.

My name is Natalia Huidobro Guzmán.

I'm married, I have two children,

a five-year-old boy,
and a two-year-old little girl.

Hello!

I like to bake,

especially cookies and small plain cakes.

I'm not a professional.

One day I found these terrific things.

I wanna win to leave my parent's house.

They need their space.
I love them a lot, but it's about time.

Welcome to Nailed It! Mexico.

Before the betrayals, the twisted plots,

and all the overly passionate melodrama,
I want you to meet the Fondant Lady.

-Anna Ruiz.
-Nice to meet you.

And today's special guest,

she's a legend
from the American show Nailed It!,

Sylvia Weinstock.

She's from New York,

and "no speako español,"

but we will...

translate it.

I will be here for you.

Please, do. We could do that later.

See, I'm not the only one who's crazy.

Thank you, Christian.
We'll come back to you later.

Here's the camera, Sylvia. Here.

SWEET POSSIBILITIES

Behind door number one
lie the true faces of drama.

Dramatic soap opera cookies!

Look, here we have three butter cookies

depicting three melodramatic
female characters.

Are you kidding!

We have our beautiful damsel in distress.

The heartless villain,
plotting an evil plan.

And finally,

the weeper, whose never-ending tears

are already wetting the cookies.

Think about which one you relate the most
because you'll have to pick one.

Ready?

Lights, camera, action!

Look!

Wow!!

If you look closely, this one looks
like Katy Jurado.

You mean the actress.

Anna, do you have any advice to give?

Sure. Bear in mind

all the face features and the looks

because it's important

that you make them
as accurate as possible.

The winner of the first round
will get a special prize.

You will have only 45 minutes.

-Okay.
-Are you ready?

No.

Now get the hell out of here!

Not you! Sylvia, not you! Them.

Not yet.

One cup, one-quarter butter.

Why won't you turn on?

My finger and the tablet are not meshing.

Okay. Thank you!

My hand-eye coordination is not good.

I mean, I wasn't born with that skill.

Oh, my! This modern stuff!

We're preparing the cookie batter.

This cookie challenge is perfect for me
because that's my thing.

But seeing the concept

of all the shapes, the faces,

the decoration...

Oh, I don't know!

This is all new to me.

So the cookie dough is not the same
as the one you make for cakes?

It has eggs, it has flour,
but it's different.

To make these butter cookies...

mix the dry ingredients first

and then add the wet ingredients.

Slowly blend the dry and wet ingredients.

Spread the cookie dough and cut it

in the shape of your soap opera face
before putting in the oven.

While the cookies are baking,
prepare the royal icing.

Whip the icing and paint it
with vegetable colors

for your cookie design.

Use a pastry bag to draw the face
on the cookie.

Then add color to highlight
the facial features.

Don't forget to accentuate lines
and details

to bring drama to your cookie.

The egg... one white.

To me, following a recipe by reading it

is usually very easy.

In this case, it's hard as hell.

I'm not sure
where this challenge is taking me

because I am so confused!

Oh, no!

No... It's not gonna happen.

I made it wrong.

I should've started by creaming
the butter, and I didn't.

I didn't see it was the wet ingredients
and then the dry ones.

The face of my cookie

is an exact replica

of my anguished face.

-Itziar, poor thing.
-Back to the start.

I'm starting from scratch.

-Más is more.
-Más is more.

Would you like some more?

-Just a little.
-A little.

-Okay, enough, enough.
-Just a little more.

Here.

I want some of what you guys are drinking!

I'm sorry.

-No, no!
-No, I'm fine.

Oh, no no, no, no.

I do as my Greek friends
who like to smash plates and glasses!

Here I go! It's to bring joy
to the situation.

I just show off and bring joy.

Oh, well.

I had to make my big entrance, of course!

I imagine you had a few accidents
in your career. Never?

Cheers!

-She doesn't want to talk about it.
-Cheers to that.

...the cookies and cut it in shapes.

Ah, here comes the fun part!

In my house, I have my super collection
of cookie cutters

of different colors, shapes,
sizes and figures.

This will give me an idea
of how my cookie will be.

I thought of making a mold

to match more or less its size

and where everything would fit.

You bake that right for me,
all right? Please?

This thing can shake more
than Jennifer Lopez

and Marc Anthony dancing together.

Jeez, now I can't remember
if I poured the sugar.

I think I did.

It's like that moment
when you ask yourself,

"Did I brush my teeth or not?"

Well, not all things are flat in life,

so the cookie can't be flat either, right?

She didn't cut out the cookie!

It's misshaped.

-And thick.
-Too thick,

Yeah. It could be cookie or cake.

I'm more nervous than you!

Thirty minutes to go!

Okay, here I go.

I have the dough, finally.

And now what? I have no pan,

how do I make a face?

It is what it is!

Knife in hand,

just like that

I start cutting out a face.

Let's start making the glazing,

hope I nail it. This is something
I've never done.

Powdered sugar.

No, I won't put too much sugar.
It's fattening and harmful.

-Rosa!
-It doesn't love me. Can't turn it on.

Why do you think my cookie is so awful?

Oh, it's just that your character will
look a bit cheeky, that's all.

Oh, so she'll look like me!

No!

Which soap operas do you like,
the Mexican ones?

Corazón Salvaje,

-what a good series!
-I thought you liked Turkish TV.

No, no. That's just because
now there's this whole buzz with Netflix.

And you don't seem to be
a big soap opera fan.

Yeah, I prefer the movies, really.

Sure, and you look great in movies.

Thank you very much, Rosa.

All what you do is great.

-I don't know what is this for, but...
-Everything you do is great, too.

Yeah, whatever.

Not the cookies, but...

-I'll leave you to it, Rosa. Good luck.
-Thank you.

-And don't make fun of my cookie, Omar.
-No, never.

No! very stressful!

This clock thing is getting
on my nerves, really.

I'm not gonna start coloring the icing

with black and blue for eyes.

No.

Fondant, round eyes. Bye. Period.

Black for the hair.

For the lips... we'll see about that.

Let's use the royal icing.

Let's see how it goes.

I think it wasn't such a good idea
to put it in small bowls.

I don't even know what is this for,
but well...

now let's put in the mix of royal icing.

She's using the sprayer!
I don't think that's...

No. What's this?

Ladies, you've got 90 seconds left!

This is not gonna work.

I still have to make the tears!

This is horrible.

Just like the original!

You're done!

It's in God's hands.

All right, Rosa.

This is just a reminder

of what you were trying to make.

Let's see what you did.

Nailed it.

Frankenstein.

It's the classic villain who dies
in an explosion

-and ends up with a disfigured face.
-Only happens to villains.

I was concerned with the royal icing,

and I was concerned with your consistency.

But at least you managed to complete it.

Can we taste it?

I'd rather not!

It tastes much better than it looks.

But as soon as you taste it,
it's all flour.

-Thanks, Rosa.
-Thank you.

-Thank you, Sylvie.
-Congratulations.

Here we are, Natalia.

This is the cookie
you were trying to make.

And now let's see yours.

Nailed it.

Natalia, I first thought that it was
the original.

Okay, fine, I can tell it's not

The mascara is running
a little on this one.

No, it's really good.
You can see the hair with chocolate color,

the blue tears.

You can tell it's cooked.

She has an extra tear, right?

But you did fairly well.

-Let's taste it, definitely.
-Yes.

It's sweet, nice, the vanilla flavor.

Thanks.

All I have to do now is make the original
Itatí Cantoral final test.

Let's see if it passes. Here we go.

"What are you doing
with this poor thing?"

"Tell me... "Oh, I'm sorry!

I'm sorry.

I can fix this.

Fix the base.

There you go!

Now she has a reason to cry.

Let's move on...

-Thank you.
-...with your opponent. Thank you.

We're at Itziar's workstation.

This is the cookie you had to recreate.

Now I wanna see the one you've made.

She looks hypnotized, like in a trance.

Her eyes are, like, telling me,

"You have to obey me,
you have to obey me!"

That's my anguished face. Just like that.

Yeah, it looks like a banana.
It's too long.

It's supposed to be a neck.

She had a neck...

In my opinion, it was like my neck.

She's missing the nose,
the expression in her eyes is not...

-The mouth should be opened.
-Yes.

-She's blowing kisses.
-She's kind of pouting.

As if she's just sucked on a lemon.

It's time to taste your cake.

And the royal icing tastes perfect.
I really liked the royal icing.

-Good job!
-A round of applause.

A round of applause to all three of you.
You all did very well.

Ladies, in front, please.

Anna, can you tell us
who won this round, please?

You all did a fantastic job,

but only one of you gave us the true drama
we were looking for.

And the winner is...

You, Natalia.

-Yay!
-Natalia!

You won the first round,

and we have,
a special prize waiting for you.

Sylvia.

There's your prize, Natalia.
And obviously, the Golden Cap.

Is golden rain also part of this?

It's part of this.

Hey! That's mine.

-No!
-That's mine.

Wait until the cameras are off.

We're starting from scratch this round.
Follow me.

NAIL IT OR FAIL IT

Behind this door is what will determine
our big winner.

If there's something I learned
from soap operas

is that love is complicated.

Nail it or fail it.

No, please!

-What? Are you expecting me to do that?
-You gotta be kidding me!

Okay.

This sweet day of disaster was designed

by the only and none other
than Sylvia Weinstock.

First think about what you're gonna do.

It's a pretty big cake

with a structure you need to pay careful
attention to so it won't fall.

Keep in mind all the details,
but most of all, your time.

Remember, you can press
the help button,

and I will personally give you
a little help for three minutes.

Rosa, the most wicked
of all the cookies was yours.

That's why I will grant you
a special button, the nag button.

At any point, you can hit
the nag button,

and I will turn into the worst actor
in the world

and will annoy both of your opponents
for three minutes.

You will have only two hours
to recreate the scene of the wedding.

We're getting close to handing over
the $200,000.

-Are you ready?
-I guess.

Then run to the altar now!

Get your bake on!

Mother of God!

Butter, one cup.

My strategy to win is to focus
on what I'm doing.

There's a saying that goes,
"Haste makes waste."

It's gonna spill over like blood.

I didn't know about the red velvet.

And it's delicious.

Only by adding the red color
you make it a red velvet.

To make the red velvet cake,

spread the batter in the pans
and bake until cooked.

Stack the cakes,

patch them up

and cover with rolled fondant.

Paint the flowers with edible colors.

Make flowers and broken hearts out
of fondant and chocolate.

Shape the bride and the groom's legs
with modeling chocolate

and put the groom's legs
inside the cake's crumbs.

As a result, you'll get the most
dramatic cake you've ever imagined.

So we're pouring this gradually.

I finished the batter,
I put it in the oven.

It was only half,
and I used an entire one.

I later realized that the butter was
a little over the top.

Let's see how it tastes!

I hope they won't notice.

I didn't win the last round.

When you're in a competition
against the clock, you don't think.

You just do it. But this round is mine.

Come on, would you like to go?

I'm obviously not gonna be able
to make that many floors.

Only enough with what I got.

Let's see how many I get with these two.

To the oven.

Those are already in.

Want some chamoy?

Open your mouth.

Look who's talking, grandma!

Eight cups of powdered sugar.
This is sugar, right? Two...

2. MAKE THE ICING

No, I can't believe it.

What is this? Eight cups of sugar?

Rosa is using granulated sugar
for the filling.

And we're gonna taste those sugar lumps.

That's her style, it's her cake.

This is why I never eat the frosting
at parties.

Okay, cake's in the oven.

I chose to do all the flowers
with fondant.

I start making my flowers

in many colors.
Yellow, red, pink, green, blue, purple,

I mean, all the colors.

If I'm nailing it, I don't know.
But I'm gonna give it all to nail this!

-Can I sit over there?
-No.

"Cut the cakes with... the icing

and insert in the structure.
Make the dolls

of the bride and the groom..."
Oh, no.

Will you please tell me

how am I supposed to make the bride?

-Help!
-Help!

Anna,

I hit the panic button because,

you know, I was really lost in everything.

-How am I gonna make the doll?
-First you shape the body

and then you cover it.
You have to make...

-What should I use to make the body?
-With fondant.

And start making your flowers right now.

But the flowers with what?

With fondant.

Look, that strange word "fondant"
is something I'm not fond of.

All right, the glasses. Listen to me.

Open and close your fingers.

That's it, open and close,

open and close.

I have to go.
Close and open your fingers.

"Hey, you, listen here!
Go back to the fondant!"

I have no clue how to use the fondant.

No! Fifty-seven minutes! No, please!

Taking out the first one.

It's a bit thin, but, oh, well...

The dough was not enough.

It turned out small.

I don't have time.

I can't afford to make more.

Because I still have to decorate.

How's it going, Rosita?

Is that a good or a bad thing?

I can only say that...

Oh, God.

It's not enough to cover all that.

Hell, it's not easy
to work on the fondant.

Damn it!

Working the fondant is not that easy.

I think it's time to ask
for the Fondant Lady's help.

-Help!
-Help!

Help me!

-Tell me, Natalia.
-Okay, I am a fondant amateur.

In order to stack the cakes,
I have to cover

the layers with icing, is that right?

-And then...
-Now you need to patch up all the cake.

Then cover everything with icing
and then use the fondant.

-The icing and then the fondant.
-Okay.

You have the fondant,
you measure it, of course...

-and then roll it out.
-Okay.

-To paste the fondant with fondant, water?
-Water,

-just a little. Not too much water.
-Perfect! Thanks.

Hot tip: When rolling out the fondant,
do not use too much flour

or it will dry out the fondant.

Notice when you eat it or buy it,

sometimes you think,

"How expensive that was!"

No wonder it's expensive
'cause it's a terrible mess.

Her fondant looks like a winter duvet.

-It's too thick!
-It looks like sandwich buns inside.

It's a massive Oaxacan chunk of cheese.

It's falling apart, this...

cake.

She was doing so well.

No, it's falling to pieces!

She was stacking the top layer,
but you need to first patch up

and cover each layer

before stacking them all.

You have to prepare each floor separately.

-Prepare each floor separately.
-And only then you stack them. That's it.

I think they're calling on...

the nag button.

The nag button, I said,

it has to be pressed.

I know I'm not gonna make any progress
'cause this whole thing is really tough.

But, hey, it's part of Omar's job.

-Natalia!
-What?

-Who's Mario?
-Mario is the man of my life.

Natalia, don't do this to me,
I beg you. Natalia!

We've been living together
for almost two years.

I bought you a flat on the beach.

Natalia, don't ignore me! Look at me.

-I can't.
-Look at me.

-I can't.
-Yes, you can.

-I can't.
-Natalia, don't make me...

Natalia!

-Just give me some icing.
-I think I might need your help.

Move it! Stop coughing around me!

I'm serious.

Is it that bad? Oh, bummer.

-Water!
-Will you excuse me?

Give me...

-Move it!
-Okay. You're lucky that the time's over.

Perfect. What a relief.

There you go, Rosa. Anything else?

That's fine.

5. DECORATE!

The bride is injured.

Oh, and there's the bride!

Seems like her bride fell off.

Oh, her arm fell off!

What am I going to use for the bride?

When I go to the pantry,

I see white marshmallows.

I'll use them for my bride.

That's the bride and an eye fell off.
I'll put it back in place.

Five minutes!

Come on, come on!

My God!

Nah, I failed it.

We wanna see the angry bride.
Where's the bride?

That's it. I failed it.
I couldn't make it.

I'm running out of time, and I haven't
even made the bride nor the groom.

Well, I'm making a bride,
I don't know how, but I'm making it.

I've still got to make the glasses.

Ladies, one minute left.

Time to take out the screens
from your table.

-I don't know what the screens are.
-Me neither.

Right, the screen!

Shoved, buried, dead.

You're done!

Damn it!

Let's remember the cake
you had to recreate.

And now let's see what you made, Rosa.

Nailed it.

Where's the cake that was supposed
to be leaning?

Look, it's here.

What happened to the fondant?
You didn't put icing on the cake.

I struggled with the fondant

because I didn't know what a fondant was.

He didn't know you, either.

-Thanks, Rosa.
-Thanks.

Natalia, we can't wait to see yours now.

-Are you sure?
-We're sure.

Visually, I think this bride regrets

she killed her husband.

She pushed him and then said, "No,
José Eduardo Ramon, forgive me!"

And she's crying!

The upper columns should be supporting

a cake that's not here,
and the cake should be leaning.

Actually, one of my cakes

wasn't so solid, so when I tried
to lay it on, it crumbled.

At least it's still standing up
and hasn't fallen.

And the painted flowers are looking
very good.

I like them.

Here. They're here.

Yeah, it's all patched up.

-Well, thank you very much.
-Thank you.

Itzi, what's so funny?

I'm nervous.

Let's see what you've done.

I like the symmetry of the cakes,

but looks like the groom was smashed
into pieces

and the bride turned into an angel,
she's like an angel.

It's like yours.

I saw at some point
that you used a lot of corn flour.

That makes your fondant dry out

and makes it difficult to roll out.

Yeah! At first it stuck,
and then it cracked so I said,

"Well, now I'm gonna put in some more,
and then I'll glaze it."

And your attempt to cover
the cakes is good. It's well-covered.

You just lack some structure.

Ladies, now cut a slice of your own cake

and serve us, please.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

We're starting with Rosa's cake.

But she keeps eating it.

It's well-baked. You can feel
the sugar's grainy texture,

-but...
-He loves them.

I love sugar. As a kid I would put it
in my mouth like this.

Maybe a bit too long in the oven.

And the filling, to be fair,
I didn't love it.

A bit more whipping
to make it right.

You did use the color.

The red velvet flavor is quite good.
I like the taste of it.

Moving on to Natalia.

I believe you added too much butter.

-Maybe.
-It's kind of soaked in butter.

You're crying.

I like the filling, but for my taste,
you should have used more.

Okay.

I like it when it hasn't so much filling,
otherwise, it's too sweet for me.

-Me too.
-Right?

Let's taste Itzi's cake.

I feel it's a bit compact. That's all.

But the filling is good. I like it.

I would've put a little more.
I'm usually generous with fillings.

We're now ready to announce the winner
of Nailed It! Mexico,

who will take $200,000 home,

not to mention our legendary trophy.

The trophy!

Trophy!

This gold-plated trophy!

-Like me.
-I'm so excited! Well, first of all,

I must say, this was a hard decision,

but the winner of Nailed It! Mexico is...

-You, Itzi.
-No!

-Itzi!
-Are you for real? No way!

The businesswoman who didn't know
much about cooking

wins the Nailed It! Mexico trophy!

I can't believe it. I wanna shout
to the world "I won the challenge!"

I won Nailed It! I mean, wow!

Now my sister will have to accept that
from now on I am a real baker.

Looking for more drama, more intrigue,
more passion?

Stay tuned because we will continue
with Nailed It! Mexico on Netflix.