Promised Land (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Los Rivales (Rivals) - full transcript

Previously on
"Promised Land"

...Joe!

It hurt. To see you sneaking
around with my brother?

If you were trying to make
me jealous, it worked.

One more minute?

♪♪

[ Shouting in Spanish ]

Hi. He just left. Let
me know where he goes.

Veronica.

You're still dead to me.

I bribed a church official to
transfer a priest to Sonoma.



Father Ramos: It
was harvest season.

A warm night.

And I heard somebody
call my name.

It was Joe.

I was so relieved he'd made it.

Then I saw her.

♪♪

The most beautiful
woman I'd ever seen.

♪♪

What a lovely memory.

You think this is a joke?

[ Scoffs ]

Considering the number of
zeroes I wrote on the check

to get you here, definitely not.



You don't get it!

So enlighten me.

Not two weeks ago, I saw
Lettie walking up that aisle.

There were no vines this time,

but the feeling
was just the same.

I thought...

just being around her would
be enough, but I was wrong.

Well, what did you expect?

Of course those old feelings
are gonna come bubbling up.

But what's important is that

you're reconnecting
with your family,

with Mateo and Junior, who
you... you've never even met.

It's been good for
you. I can see it.

I lied to her, Margaret.

She thinks it was fate
that brought me back here.

You've always been there for me.

You pulled me out of the
gutter, got me into rehab.

I don't think I'd be alive
if it weren't for you.

But whatever you're planning,
whatever you've got against Joe,

I'm not gonna be a part of
destroying Lettie's marriage.

I have to leave Sonoma.

Then that's what you should do.

Goodbye, Margaret.

Take care, Billy.

♪♪

Hmm.

♪♪

Father Collins, may
I have a moment?

Of course.

I'd like to request a
transfer to another parish.

[ Children shouting ]

Never a dull moment.

♪♪

What happened here?

Um, Junior punched Luke.

Where'd he go?

Um, he just left the school
towards the parking lot.

Father Collins: Could you
contact Junior's parents?

Apprise them of the situation?

Of course.

♪♪

[ Conversing in Spanish ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

[ Laughs ]

¿Cómo?

Bueno.

We'll harvest the last of that
Zin the third week of October.

I want your best guys on that.
No seasonal riff-raff, huh?

Okay, I'll put
Billy's crew on it.

Billy, eh? Mm-hmm.

Oh, right. You're, uh...
You're Joe's brother.

Good.

♪ Bueno pa' gozar ♪

♪ Mulata ♪

♪♪

Ahh.

♪♪

Excuse me, Mr. Honeycroft.

Gonzo, I-I'll get
right back to work.

♪♪

Do you know that man?

[ Manuel speaking Spanish ]

Excuse me, Margaret.

[ Laughs ]

[ Conversing in Spanish ]

♪♪

Captions by VITAC...

♪♪

Carmen: Oh, I am so
glad we're doing this.

Oh, I know. I
needed a release.

I bet you, for the right tip,

they'd give you
whatever you want.

Carmen.

♪ Esperando el momento

You think so?

[ Laughs ]

What are you doing
the rest of your day?

Nothing. Just... this.

You?

Mm.

Same.

Ma.

Hey. Hey, baby.

Oh, hey, Carmen.

Hey. Hello, Daniela.

Mama, I really need
you to try this blend

that I've been working on.

Yeah, sure. Yeah?

Please, just be honest.

Of course. Why don't you
serve Carmen a little?

Carmen? She has a good palate.

Yeah. Carmen?

Yeah, Carmen.

[ Music continues indistinctly ]

[ Gags, spits ]

Oh, that's trash.

It's not trash. It's trash.

It's not trash.
It's... not great.

You see? No, I-I
give up, I give up.

The juice that I inherited
from this vineyard sucks.

Well, by next year harvest,
you'll have your own grapes.

Things will be different. Well,
I need to turn a profit now.

I owe Joe rent, and
I'm hemorrhaging money.

Quite the pickle. Now,
if you'll excuse us.

These fine gentlemen
are waiting for us.

Carmen.

Now, why don't you
have Carmen help you?

[ Chuckling ] Help me what?

Lay by the pool
and paint my nails?

She has great ideas, Mateo.

Carmen can help you figure
out what to do with your wine.

Yeah, like pour it
down the drain, maybe.

Oh, my God! The bush died!

I really don't think
this is a good idea.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to
agree with Mateo there.

Fine, then.

I'll ask Joe to give you
an extension on your rent.

No, no.

Oh, I guess beggars can't
be choosers, huh? Y tu?

You're always complaining
people don't take you seriously.

Mateo will take you seriously.

Yeah, hard as it may be.

Fine.

I guess I can readjust my
schedule to come to your rescue.

Oh, are you sure? I know
how demanding your life is.

Great. So it's settled.

Wait, no. What
about my massage?

Oh, actually, I was thinking
Daniela can have it,

and we can get to know
each other better.

Hmm?

Oh, thank you, Mrs. Sandoval.

Sure. But I'm helping
Mateo with the payroll.

W... The payroll
can wait, Daniela.

I mean, you've been
working so hard.

You deserve a little TLC.

Oh, you're so sweet.

Your husband likes to party.

He didn't leave that Bel
Air mansion till 5:00 a.m.

I talked to one of the valets.

The guy who owns the house?
His name is Seth Hansen.

♪♪

You know him?

I'll call you if I
need anything else.

♪♪

Tick tock. It's 9:07.

Mija, I want to see if this
Pinot is ready for bottling.

Okay.

Not sure why it has to be
a group project, but fine.

Hey, Pa, Seth Hansen.

[ Scoffs ] What about him?

He didn't seek re-election
on the Board last year.

He ever give a reason why?

I asked him to step down.

Seth was into some stuff
I wasn't comfortable with.

We'll leave it at that.

[ Spits ]

Too tight.

Needs two more weeks.

No. It'll mellow in the
bottle. It's ready now.

You're both wrong.
One more week.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Cellphone vibrating
] Of course.

This is Joe.

Father Ramos: Joe, it's Billy.

♪♪

Joe? You there?

What do you want?

♪♪

What the hell set him off?

I don't know. No
one's talking.

Was he upset this morning?

Not that I noticed.

You're his number one, though.

If anyone missed
a sign, it's you.

I think I know
where he might be.

Come on. We can go together.
- No, no, no, no, no.

Just give me the
address. Junior's myson.

He's my responsibility.

Then how come you
need me to tell you

where he might have gone?

Joe, something triggered
Junior this morning.

While we stand here arguing,
he could be using again.

♪♪

Get in.

Vine Divine.

And we sell it at churches
as communion wine.

My father's a priest, Carmen.

Right, so we have an in.

Never mind.

You see this? This
is a work of art.

The 2006 Heritage House Reserva.

I remember the first time
I drank it, it was...

frenetic, yet controlled.

Every time I thought I could
pin down a tasting note,

it shifted.

[ Sighs ]

I thought Joe couldn't
get any better,

yet he surpassed it
over and over and over.

Are you done?

'Cause I think I just
turned 30 listening to you.

[ Sighs ]

Maybe stop thinking about Joe.

Stop trying to compete with him.

That's the bar. I
have to meet it. No!

You said you wanted
to set yourself apart

from Heritage House, so
do something different.

Here.

Try it again,

and give me the first three
words that come to you.

Three words.

Vigorous. Okay.

Idiosyncratic. Sure.

Unctuous.

"Unctuous"?

Unctuous. Unctuous.

Forget it. You are Joe.

I'm sorry I'm having trouble
selling a wine that's so cloying,

it might as well be a sangria!

So let's sell sangria.

No, I'm serious.

Hey, listen, you won't get
into Wine Snobmagazine,

but who cares?

People are sick
of beer and wine.

That's why hard
seltzer is killing it.

You're not proud of this wine?

Let's turn it into
something else.

I don't want this
traced back to me.

[ Laughs ] Don't worry.

No one will ever know a thing.

Lettie: Isn't this marvelous?

Have you ever done
anything like this before?

My abuela used to rub my feet
with arnica when I was little.

So, Daniela.

You and Mateo.

He set you up with a job.

Mm-hmm.

Housing. Yeah.

What are your plans?

I don't know.

But for now, I've been helping
him with the bookkeeping.

Are you sleeping with him?

I'm only asking because
once intimacy is involved,

my son attaches himself quickly.

Um...

I'm sorry.

I don't feel comfortable
talking about this with you.

That's fine.

But you should know,
Mateo loves a project.

Saving someone.

I don't know,

maybe because his father
left when he was small.

Thought I should mention
it, so you're prepared.

♪♪

Oye, Billy.

Maybe we should tell
Lettie about Junior.

You let me worry
about Lettie, okay?

She loves you, Joe.

More than she ever loved me.

I don't need you to tell me
how much my wife loves me.

Brother, I know you
don't trust me...

but I'm not the
person I used to be.

I've changed.

[ Scoffs ]

People don't change,

no matter what
costume they put on.

Yeah, another week in the
barrel will soften the edges.

[ Chuckles ]

All that tequila has
fried your taste buds.

Please.

We both know I have a
better palate than you.

Mm.

I'm sorry. I aced
my oenology classes.

Did you?

Oh, wait, no, that's
right. You didn't take any.

Oh. Okay, fine.

Blind taste test.

We both pull six bottles.

Whoever gets the
most right, wins.

Vintage. Varietal. Vineyard.

♪♪

♪ Cuanto tiempo va pasar? ♪

♪ Para que pueda mejorar ♪
What you doing?

♪ Todos somos victimas ♪

♪ De un estado confiscado ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ Es México ♪

♪ México ♪

♪ Ra ra ra ♪

Pinot Noir.

Mmm.

Ripe fruit, hot year.

I'm thinking '15
with the heat wave.

I'll go 2015 Heritage Limited.

[ Laughs ]

Hmm? Hmm?

And here I thought you stopped
drinking our wine when you left.

Aww. I lied.

♪ México, México ♪

[ Speaks Spanish
] Five to five.

So now for the win.

[ Sniffs ]

Heavy oak.

Definitely a Chard.

Maybe 2001?

Mm.

The oak is too pronounced.

We didn't switch to the light
toast barrels until 2003.

I'm gonna say 2003
Heritage Chardonnay.

God! Fine. [ Laughs
] Mm, mm, mm, mm.

We're doing tequila next.

Oh, why? So I can drink
you under the table?

[ Mocking ] "Drink you
under the table." Shut up.

[ Laughs ]

Hey, uh, that, uh, face you made

when I asked about Seth
Hansen earlier? Oh.

What was that about?

He was a year
ahead of me at HBS.

I know some of his
Goldman buddies.

His legend precedes him.

What does that mean?

Mm.

Sex parties.

We're talking late
Roman Empire...

Drugs, cages, anything goes.

Why?

You and Michael looking
to kick it up a notch?

No wonder Pa didn't
want him on the Board.

♪♪

Mateo, relax. No
one will ever know.

Martita, uh...

Come here.

Try... our sangria.

What's with the color?

It's the amaro.

So it'll pop on Instagram.

It's fine. Now fix my kitchen.

Fine? Fine? Marta, it's
freakin' fantastic!

I got to admit, I drink it and
I don't completely hate myself.

[ Laughs ] You're
the mix master, baby!

Oy, okay, okay, okay.

I've got enough juice
for maybe 10,000 bottles.

Yeah, no, we don't need
10,000 bottles yet.

We need 10 bottles in the
hands of the right people.

Who are the right people?

No one you'd know.
Leave it to me.

You know, I pitched
sangria to Papi a year ago.

He scoffed at the idea.

Yeah, so did I.

Yeah, but you pivoted.

Papi never changes his mind.

You know, I gotta be honest,
I really misjudged you.

You know what you're doing.

♪♪

[ Laughter ]

You thirsty, Margaret?

No, I'm good.

[ Inhales sharply ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

Thank you for, uh, helping
my father get a job.

Means a lot.

I'm always happy to
help out a friend.

Okay.

Friend.

[ Laughs ]

Billy!

♪♪

Sometimes I think
he'd respect me more

if I just moved
away like you did.

Antonio: I didn't earn Joe's
respect because I "moved away."

I earned it because I
started my own company

and sold it for millions.

I am sorry I didn't
stick up for you.

I don't think I did it
'cause I wanted to be CEO,

but maybe on some
subconscious level, I did.

You know, you're the CEO of
the third-largest wine producer

in the country, in a
male-dominated industry,

with the most dominant male
looking over your shoulder.

I think you did something right.

Yeah, if by "something
right," you mean

going to the right college
and taking the right courses

and marrying... the guy
I thought was right.

I mean, here I am every day,
fighting to justify my place,

to prove to Pa that
I can be a "killer."

[ Chuckles ] Well, you know what
they say about Joe being a killer.

[ Scoffs ] Those
rumors are absurd.

[ Laughs ]

Plus...

Pa would never pit one of
his kids against another.

[ Laughs ]

He told you that one, too?

♪♪

I'll be honest
with you, Veronica.

I'm not gonna chill
in your shadow.

I'm not about that life.

I want to be CEO.

I know.

♪♪

Just means I'm gonna
have to fight you for it.

To the death, probably.
It's gonna get awkward.

Yeah, well, one of us has to.

[ Both laugh ]

You know, at the end of the
day, if it can't be me on top...

I'm glad it's you who beat me.

Hey! Mateo joined Instagram!

No! Our sangria has
10,000 followers!

It took me 10 minutes to
get him 10,000 followers.

The exciting part is,
we have pre-sales.

Antonio: Pre-sales of what?

Sangria.

Okay, just try some.

[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

♪♪

Yeah, I must be drunk,
'cause this is pretty good.

Yeah. It's tasty.

Okay. Cheers.

Salud.

Are you even a real priest?

Come to mass on Sunday,
and I'll show you

how well I know my scriptures.

You were never religious before.

You'd be surprised what
you're willing to give to God

when He pulls you back
from the brink of death.

So, you getting assigned
here was a total coincidence?

That's right.

Someone's headed to confession,

because we both
know that's a lie.

[ Children shouting ]

Why are we here?

This is where your
son comes to get high.

Some great job
you've done with him.

Punching kids, getting high.

Where's this progress?

You're lucky I
intervened when I did.

One more week and
he'd be addicted

physically as well
as emotionally.

I guess you would know.

I guess that's why
Lettie turned to you.

Yeah, I guess it is.

You're in love with her.
Why can't you just admit it?

Not a competition.

Sure it is.

It's always a competition
between you and me.

No, that's how our
father raised us.

That's not who we are now.

Why can't you just say it?

Huh?

Say it!

You get one free one, Joe,

and you took that the
other day at the church.

Next time, I'm gonna hit back,

and I think we both
know how that ends.

Show me.

♪♪

♪♪

Junior and I used to come here.

♪♪

I taught my boy to kick a
soccer ball in this park.

Right over there.

And now...

he comes here to...

♪♪

[ Inhales shakily ]

♪♪

When I became a father, I vowed
to be nothing like our Apá.

I was gonna be
there for my kids.

But who am I kidding?

I put work first.

And now I've lost him.

Brother...

you haven't lost him.

You just need to meet
him where he's at.

No indictments, no expectations.

He just wants to make you proud.

I don't know if I can do it.

I don't know if I can change.

We all can change, Joe.

If we don't believe that,

then I don't know what
we can believe in.

♪♪

♪♪

Yo!

Junior!

What the hell is wrong with you?

We've been looking all over.

Hey! Are you high?

No, I wanted to get high when
that kid shot his mouth off,

and then I remembered
what you taught me.

Whenever you think of using,
a distraction is useful.

So, then, uh, it worked.

This time.

Don't ever take
that for granted.

♪♪

Good. That's good.

Let's go home.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Gasps ]

It's very kind of you, but...

I can't take this.

But I want you to have it.

And you never know when you'll
want to elevate your style.

I know why you are doing this.

You want me to look the part

so that I don't embarrass
Mateo when we're out together.

Daniela...

what do you aspire to?

Something you want to do or be?

I want to provide for my family.

One day, try to bring them here.

Yeah, but that's for
them. I mean for you.

My grandmother had
a little posada.

¿Cómo se dice "posada"?

Inn.

Inn.

I'd like to own an inn one day.

Nothing too big, but mine.

Come see how you look.

What do you think?

It's beautiful.

Right? And it fits.

But when I look in the mirror,

I don't recognize myself.

I'm sorry. It's not me.

It's okay.

No need for apologies.
You know who you are.

That's a good thing.

Not everyone does.

♪♪

♪ Give me time

♪ To realize my crime

[ Laughter ]

Margaret, this is delicious.

You know, you shouldn't have
gone through all that trouble.

I wanted to make
up for last time.

Mm.

I promise my dad
won't be back tonight.

[ Speaking Spanish ]

It tickles you in
the senses, no?

[ Laughter ]

Ay, no. Not for me.

I don't care for wine.

Lettie didn't, either,
until she came here.

Maybe you just haven't
found the right one for you.

Mm-hmm.

♪ Precious people
always tell me ♪

[ Chuckles ]

Ay, salud, Papá!

Mm-hmm!

[ Both laugh ]

Oye, this is some place.

I bet you it's prettier inside.

♪ Words are few,
I have spoken ♪

I'm telling you, my real
talents are wasted in the vines.

So how about we talk to your
father so I can be his driver?

He likes to drive himself.

[ Both laugh ]

No, wetbacks not good to
drive Daddy around, eh?

That's not it at all.
I-I love Mexican culture.

In fact, I've been taking
Spanish lessons with Lettie.

Lettie: Yeah.

This is real tasty,
Margaret. [ Clears throat ]

What is it?

Coq au vin.

My brother mailed me a French
cookbook for my birthday.

Oh, wow. Yeah.

Will you go to Paris
like your brother?

Mm. Fall in love with
an older French man?

Ooh-la-la! [ Laughter ]

Ah, so, you... you
like older men, eh?

Uh, I think I'd
rather visit Spain.

Practice my Español.

Oh, yes, the Spanish
destroyed our culture,

but sure, go to Bar-thay-lona.

Get your hands off me! Oh.

Billy!

Ay!

[ Gasps ] Ay!

♪♪

[ Knock on door ]

Excuse me, Ms. Honeycroft.

There's a Ms. Perez
here to see you?

Mm.

She's here with Lettie Sandoval.

Show them in.

London opened in 2002.

You have to remember,
that was right after 9/11

and the hotel industry
was just... decimated.

Everyone thought I was crazy
for opening a luxury hotel

at a time that no one wanted
to step foot on an airplane.

But my father always said,

there's no bad time to
bring a good idea to market.

Two years later, we were
turning guests away.

New York opened in 2010,
then Miami the next year,

a second New York hotel
a year after that.

And then, this place.

We opened in the
spring of last year.

And look at us
now. [ Chuckles ]

I keep my father's
words close to my heart.

It's a beautiful
hotel, Ms. Honeycroft.

Thank you.

I wanted to be
closer to my family.

So, it's hard work,
being an innkeeper,

and being a woman just
takes it to another level,

but you strike me as
the kind of person

who isn't afraid of
a little hard work.

Yeah?

Then you can start next week.

I'll pay you what Mateo pays you
plus the experience you'll get

by staying close to me with your
mouth shut and your ears open.

Thank you, Ms. Honeycroft.

But before you hire me,

you should know that I
don't have my papers.

[ Sighs ]

I don't give a damn.

Well, give my love
to the family.

Thank you.

It's nice, what
you're doing for her.

Well, she's young.
She has dreams.

And you built something
quite special here, Margaret.

So did you.

Thank you.

I saw Billy.

I went by the church to see him.

He says he wants
to leave Sonoma,

that it's been emotional
being back here.

I imagine it is.

♪♪

See you Monday?

Goodbye, Junior.

Joe.

♪♪

[ Exhales sharply ]
No, no, no. No, no.

Oye.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

[ Chuckles ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪ Desde aquel día
que fuiste mía ♪

♪ Vives en mi mente

♪ Como un obsesión

♪ Yo no quiero perderte

♪ Recuerdo todavía
aquella noche fría ♪

♪ Donde fui a conocerte

♪ Regresa por favor

♪ Que necesito verte

Junior: Yo! Come on!

Hey! Hey, Junior!

Junior! Junior!
What's up, papito?

[ Laughter ]

Okay, okay, okay.

What's up, baby?

How you feeling?

Yo, did you get
in a fight? Yeah.

Uh, I told one of my friends

that Father Ramos and
Mom used to be married,

and then this other kid
called Mom a whore, so...

What?

You know I had to knock him out.

Oh, yeah!

[ All shouting ]

Ahhh!

[ Winces, groans ]

No?

[ Indistinct
shouting in Spanish ]

[ Laughs ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

No, no, no.

♪♪

[ Laughs ]

[ Speaks Spanish ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ Speaks Spanish ]

♪♪

Alright. Drink up. You
all look like crap.

What is this?

Sueros.

A Mexican hangover cure.

It's like limonadawith
salt instead of sugar.

It works.

Oh, I'll try anything.

My brain feels like it's
seeping out of my eyes.

Not me. I feel pretty
amazing right now.

Shh. [ Speaks Spanish ]
Okay. Please, be quiet.

Get ready. One, two, ohhh...

[ Chuckles ]

Hey, V? You okay?

Yeah.

Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Been a long time.

Thanks for inviting me.

Come join us. We were
just about to eat.

Everyone, this is
my brother, Billy.

Hi, everyone.

So you're a priest?

Hello, Marta.

Yes, I am.

♪♪

Daniela.

Carmen: So, uh... what
should we call you?

Tío Billy?

Veronica: Padre?

How about Tío Padre Billy?

Call me anything you want.
It's just nice to be here.

[ Conversing in Spanish ]

What changed?

Nothing.

Everything.

♪♪

♪♪

[ Speaks Spanish ]
Uno, dos, y... tres.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Conversing in
Spanish, laughter ]

♪♪

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

♪♪

[ Laughter ]

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Cellphone vibrates ]

♪♪

♪♪

[ Gasps ]

♪♪

Hmm.

[ Speaks Spanish ]

Hey, what's up?

Right now? I can't.
I'm with my family.

♪♪

♪♪

Who else knows?

Just us.

♪♪

These irrigation
lines are decades old.

I asked Flaco to start
trenching new ones.

He started this afternoon.

♪♪

Looks like it's been
here a long time.

Any idea who it might be?

A worker maybe?

♪♪

I'll call the police.

Wait.

♪♪

Maybe it isn't a worker.

♪♪

O.M.H.?

Oscar Mercer Honeycroft.

♪♪

This is my grandfather.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪