Vote for Juan (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript
I don't understand why
I have to eat a pepper.
To send a message of
tranquillity to the population.
Like when Fraga
swam in Palomares.
Or when Alfonso Guerra drank
a litre of rapeseed oil.
Did Alfonso do that?
Maybe a litre is a lot.
Anyways, I don't care.
This isn't even a crisis.
It's just three men in Murcia who got
diarrhoea after eating Padrón peppers.
The powers that be have asked
us not to use the word "crisis".
You can tell the "powers
that be" that I'm in charge
and I'll do what I want.
Should I use those exact words?
We're not in public,
this is how I speak.
How many times do I have to
tell you not to use air quotes?
Come on, Juan, they're
waiting for us.
Why are we always being
rushed around for no reason?
The Galician government
delegate arrived ages ago,
as did the representative
of the Galician farmers.
How annoying.
So we are going to try to get
on the three o'clock news.
Well, it's pointless, I
won't get on the news.
- They say I'm not "good with the media".
- Enough with the air quotes.
It's my "personal touch",
take it or leave it.
I like it.
Let's see the test results
for the contaminated peppers.
We don't have any results yet.
And you still want me to
eat a pepper on live TV?
Let me just fix your tie.
The president expects
this photo of you.
You mean, he wants a
photo of my funeral.
If things don't change soon,
I'll make myself heard.
I completely understand you.
Can he eat it?
Is he the minister?
- Is that a "trick question"?
- Juan, the air quotes.
- Paula, what's up, I can't talk now.
- Can you talk or not?
No, but what's up?
Don't forget my cousin's son is
going to the Ministry at four
for his university project.
Tell him to come tomorrow.
Juan, you said you
could only do today.
Friday is better.
Get him to come on Friday.
Tell her it was my
mistake if you want.
It's all sorted: my assistant's
mistake, for a change.
I've got to let you go, I'm in
the middle of resolving a crisis.
Paula?
I can't talk right now.
Insist on three points: there's
no epidemic, alert or food crisis.
And then you eat the pepper.
But does this seem
right to you, or not?
I don't think we're always
on the same wavelength.
I think it's perfect.
But, well.
They've sent me instead
of the Health Minister
because "someone" makes
the president feel uneasy.
But this is to stay between us.
He knows that I can overshadow
him because I am a "free verse",
and that's why he likes to
sacrifice me with tasks like this.
Sacrifice me, by that I mean
"politically sacrifice" me,
but it seems like he wants to kill
me with these poisonous peppers.
Your air quotes are killing me.
Don't worry, the results
will come back negative.
Well, you can say that.
Because I can't tell them
they're fine when I've no proof.
Well you can, and you have to.
You are the Minister of
Agriculture and Fisheries.
And the Environment.
Yes, I know.
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Stay calm. There's
hardly anyone here.
The delegate's in the suit and
she's the Association's president.
Delegate!
- How are you?
- Thank you for meeting with us, Minister,
Mrs. Feijoo, president of the Galician
Farming Cooperatives' Association.
- It's nice to meet you, Minister.
- It's my pleasure.
We're very worried,
that as time goes on
this supposed contamination
could lead to a boycott
against Galician products.
On behalf of the Ministry,
I assure you that...
On camera, please, Minister.
Yes, on camera please.
If you would be so kind...
Thank you.
Good morning.
I offered to appear
before you all today,
to reassure the Galician Government
in the wake of this crisis...
well I should say, this
matter, as it isn't a crisis,
it is a serious matter, and
we wouldn't call it a crisis,
and so I will not use that word,
nor did I mean to use it
before, as you will understand.
I would like to demonstrate both
the Ministry of Agriculture,
and the Spanish government's
faith in the peppers from Padrón,
using not only words,
but actions as well.
Eat one.
- But I'm...
- I said eat one.
Thank you very much.
I now open the
floor to questions.
One at a turn, and
respecting the order please.
No? Okay...
There's nothing.
Not even in the local paper?
The 72 deaths in the Russian refinery
has made the front page of all of them.
They find any excuse to avoid
discussing the Minister.
You could have told us that
you are allergic to peppers.
I'll be fine in a few days.
We now have to decide how to
tackle the current situation.
I've already made my decision.
I'm going to talk to the president today,
and I'm going to give him an ultimatum.
An ultimatum?
If he can't assure me,
two hundred percent,
that in the next
government reshuffle,
he'll appoint me as the Minister
of the Interior, or of Justice,
or the president of congress,
or even, the vice-president,
a position in which I would be able
to develop all of my potential...
And well, if he doesn't
offer me that, I'm out.
Bye bye. I resign. But I would
resign right now. It's over.
Juan, please, let's think
this over a bit more.
Do I have to remind you
what the President is like,
and what happened
to López Abril?
Minister, the president will
accept whatever you ask of him.
He knows that without you...
When he appointed me as Minister
of Agriculture, I thought:
Juan, you're going to do
great things for Spain.
And I did.
I most certainly did.
Like when I got the
Santa Claus melon
the designation of origin
status, And so many other things,
but despite all of my efforts,
we've received no support from
the government or the media.
Minister... please.
Wait a few days.
Macarena, if the minister is convinced.
He should go ahead. Fight for it.
I know what I'm doing.
Minister.
To Moncloa.
To Moncloa!
You dealt with the Padrón peppers
issue very well yesterday, Minister.
- Thanks. Did you see it in the media?
- Yes. On the Ministry's website.
Oh, of course.
- What do you think will happen now?
- Nothing.
- What are you referring to?
- With the president's wife.
Well, if he's not standing for
re-election, it must be serious.
Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything,
I know that it is a confidential matter.
Well, yes it is, Pascual.
And how did you
find out about it?
Well at the security guard union's
barbeque in Riaza last Sunday...
The guys who work
for the president
were whispering about how his wife
has been going to the doctors a lot,
and how he'll have to leave
politics for personal reasons.
Are you completely sure?
Yes, she has had scans
done and everything.
I mean the other part.
- About what?
- I meant that.
Pascual, absolute
discretion, okay?
Maca.
The lab results are in and the
peppers are absolutely fine.
We have to call an
urgent press conference.
We'll have to wait and
see what Juan says.
Please, both of us
know that the president
will tell him to go to hell.
And if Juan resigns
after, like he said,
I don't mind if I have
to keep this going.
But obviously I'll need someone
to help me out with all of it.
What did they promise you?
Don't be silly.
It was Vallejo wasn't it?
Replace Juan if he leaves?
- You haven't answered me, Macarena.
- Neither have you.
Víctor, come to my office!
Do some work please.
Excuse me, excuse
me, excuse me...
Macarena, how are we set for
the interview with Ana Pastor?
She's not Ana Rosa
Quintana, but it might do.
Víctor, send me the photos you
took of me in the box at Bernabéu.
For Twitter.
- What are you doing?
- The only thing I know how to.
Work, work and more work,
for what I believe in:
my country, our country.
What has happened?
You haven't had time to
talk to the president.
Look...
Víctor, listen.
Over time
I've learned that when
a storm is raging,
and our forces dwindle,
there are two types of person:
the ones who stay on
board until the end,
and those who "jump ship"
at the drop of a hat.
I've decided to be one of these.
Well, I mean, one of the first
group, who remain "steering ahead".
I want to say, at the helm...
Very good.
Now you mention it,
I want to say that I
also feel like you do.
- Great.
- One of the first group.
The ones who stay on board. In
my case, not at the helm, but...
Well let's stop wasting time:
we've received the test results,
and the peppers are fine.
Very good.
I need you to call
a press conference,
because they are going
to see Juan Carrasco
eating Galician peppers, pork
shoulder, turnips and café liqueur.
I don't understand what's happening.
And it's called coffee liqueur.
Carmen...
While I'm at the helm, I decide
how things are said and done.
Now, let's get to work.
I'm going to the loo.
Well, I'm a bit gutted.
- About what?
- The test results.
Why?
- They were all clear, weren't they?
- Yeah.
What I mean is, I'm happy
for the Galician farmers,
and for all of Galicia,
but I'm gutted for us.
Well, for you.
Did you want them to
come back positive?
Well, deep down I'd say yes.
Because it must be really
nice to resolve a crisis,
but I mean a really big
crisis, wouldn't it?
The thing is you see other ministers
who haven't done anything in four years,
resolving any issue,
and everyone starts to treat
them like heroes, don't they?
Isn't that right?
Minister?
Sorry.
Why are you saying sorry?
I don't know.
Víctor, finally someone is
starting to spread their wings.
- Really?
- This is the Víctor that I like.
Me too.
Let's go.
Yes.
Yes, at 17:30. The minister is making
an important declaration about the...
- What are you doing?
- Carmen!
Listen to the minister, please!
He has something
to tell us, okay?
When you are ready.
We can't announce
the test results yet.
I know you are going
to ask me, why not.
Why not Minister?
Because we can't risk announcing
that the peppers are fine
after only one test.
Interlabs is a renowned
certified laboratory.
Yes, Carmen, but the health of Spain
is at stake, as is my own image.
Well, obviously I'm not giving
them the same importance,
but three men with diarrhoea in Murcia
hardly represent "the health of Spain".
Don't you think that delaying releasing
the test results will piss off
the Galician government,
and this could
become a real crisis?
I hadn't thought about that.
Carmen, call the laboratory
and request a second test.
I can't do this.
The powers that be are asking
us to resolve this now.
Carmen, do you want to continue going
to the inter-ministerial meetings,
in representation
of the ministry?
Is this some sort of
disguised blackmail, or what?
I don't know where you got
the 'disguised' bit from?
Víctor is dying to go.
And I think he deserves it too.
Good.
How long have we been
working together?
It was since the opening of
Logroño's airport, wasn't it?
It was before, I appointed
you as head of press
the year King África performed
at the San Bernabé festival.
Nobody believed in this
project, and now look.
King África?
No, the La Rioja airport.
Now it's a driving
force for the region.
So first was King África,
then the airport and
then I left Martín
to come to Madrid,
lonely as a cloud.
What's this all about now?
Tell me you aren't killing time so
that the conflict with Galicia worsens
and you can fix it.
Public health is a
very important matter.
I would prefer to avoid taking risks
by declaring the results so soon.
Juan, we've done better and worse
things, but this is illegal.
The president isn't going
to stand for re-election.
How do you know this?
His wife is ill.
You aren't thinking about running
for secretary-general right now.
No, first I'd need to have
resolved a large-scale crisis.
Wait, like the pepper issue.
No...
With his wife ill, and without
any support from the party...
This is not the time, Juan.
And when is the time, Macarena?
We didn't come from Logroño
to stay in Agriculture forever.
Come on.
Are you with me?
From now, we don't say
anything to anyone:
remember that they're all
level 28 and 30 civil servants,
their fourteen payslips
are what matters.
Thirteen since the
last Cabinet reform.
Thirteen, or however
many, it's enough.
Luis, what a surprise.
Do you remember Lucas?
Of course, Lucas.
Has he finished school yet?
My dog.
Ah, your dog Lucas, yes.
I'm taking him to the
vet to get him neutered.
Do you fancy a cup
of tea, or anything?
- I have got Rooibos.
- No thanks.
He's fine.
I'd better leave.
Yes.
No.
Please stay.
It would be better.
Lucas is getting
neutered right now.
I hadn't planned on coming here,
but the clinic is
close, and so I thought,
why don't I pay
Juan a little visit.
It's due to ecological concerns.
Neutering the dog, I mean.
He can't go around impregnating
bitches because of an urge,
all willy-nilly.
My children were
sad, but I told them:
"He's only an animal,
only a dog, who cares.
It's not even going to hurt."
Although, if you think about it,
no matter how much anaesthesia they
give him, it'll hurt, won't it?
I understand you and I
don't understand you.
The president of the Galician
Government is nervous,
you should call him
as soon as possible.
Not only Murcia, but
Castilla-La Mancha
are politicising
the pepper issue
to justify a boycott of
all Galician products.
And when I say you should call
him, this is not a piece of advice.
You will call him.
And when I say, as soon as possible,
I mean, as soon as I am out the door.
You don't know idea why the
results are taking so long, do you?
As far as I know, they are doing
all of the necessary tests.
This is not a good time
for the president to have to deal
with a political crisis with Galicia.
Is he, or someone close to him
going through a rough period?
What the hell are
you talking about?
Nothing.
You have twenty four hours to
prevent this from becoming a crisis.
If not, do you know
what will happen?
No.
Do you want to know?
Not really.
We have to try it.
We do, don't we?
We have to localise the Galician
Farming Cooperatives' Association
and set up a meeting with
them for tomorrow morning.
If you are going to provoke a
crisis, it has to come from them.
We're leaving
now. Call Pascual.
- Wait, wait.
- What?
If it's not on the agenda, we
can't use the official car.
Ask Víctor how he
got here today.
Víctor?
I don't have the
money to rent a car.
If you could go just a bit faster
maybe we can get there by dawn.
It's just that it's my mum's car,
and I only just got my license.
By the way, my parents keep saying
how much they want to meet you.
How about lunch this weekend?
I wish, Saturday's
the only day I can't.
I meant Sunday.
I'm even busier on Sunday.
Don't worry. Next weekend.
Although if this goes well, you'll
be much more occupied than now.
It's only a meeting
with traders.
Yes, of course.
- Does he know?
- Does he know what?
He knows.
It's just that blowing up the
crisis was kind of my idea.
Well, both of our
idea. Team work.
I mean, do you really think Obama
came up with all of his ideas?
If the minister has come to Galicia,
he must have some important news.
Well yes, firstly I would like to
apologise for the delay in the results.
I'm not surprised that you
are so close to taking action.
What action?
Carmen, please, you know
exactly what I'm talking about.
Could you please
tell us the measures
the Ministry is taking
to avoid the crisis?
The Ministry of Agriculture
completely understands your outrage,
because the declared boycott
by various Spanish provinces
could be understood as
being an attack on Galicia.
And this affects me personally as
my brother-in law is from Sangenjo.
Minister, it's hardly an attack.
- An attack, Carmen, that's what it is.
- Absolutely.
- We've never said anything about that.
- Yes, exactly.
It's exactly like that Carmen, because
if this is going to "get worse"
and things heat up,
we will all gain, myself included,
and the sector you represent...
publicity that I'm not even
sure would be good for us,
the front page of the
newspapers, media exposure...
I'm not saying that it wouldn't
be good for your product sales.
But in my humble opinion, I think
it will only put pressure on them
to deal with these protests,
which I fully understand
the reason for, as
soon as possible.
I'm not saying that it
has to be like that.
No, of course not.
But if that's what's going on
I couldn't oppose,
to, you, for example
making a protest.
Or even a demonstration
against the Ministry of Health.
Although that's
obviously up to you.
Thank you very much
for receiving us.
Good day.
- Do you think it will work?
- I don't know, but imagine it will.
- What should we tell Carmen?
- Nothing, we just have to wait.
- What do I tell mum?
- Your mum?
Whether you are coming
for lunch or not.
Well are you?
Ah, Lucas is here.
How was the operation?
You aren't gonna fuck up what's
left of my political career.
What's going on?
You're not aware of
your responsibility.
You're the head of the cabinet,
if you haven't resolved
this fucking pepper crisis,
you're either planning
something, or you're an idiot.
And I know you're not an idiot.
Juan made me request a
second test from the lab,
but if he is planning
something, it's with Macarena...
I swear I know nothing.
Yeah right. Maybe you aren't
an idiot, but neither am I.
We know your boss has been obsessed
with Moncloa since he left Logroño,
and this is all about him
running in the party elections.
And it affects you.
How does it affect me?
It affects you, because if
Juan leaves the Ministry,
you know that I promised to give
you the Agricultural Department,
but you're being devious,
and it won't end well.
For the third time, I
don't know anything.
But it is true:
you promised me it.
You also promised
me many things.
We said we weren't going
to mix these things, Luis.
Yes.
So...
when you promised me the Ministry
if Juan leaves, was it a lie?
No, it was politics.
If you are on Juan's
side get out of the car.
I wasn't with Juan.
If you want I can stand here,
you can shoot from above,
outlining my silhouette,
look, like I'm thinking.
Then I can come up here, and you
can shoot me from, you know...
More...
What do you think?
I think it's good, yeah.
I knew that we would
work well together.
Minister, the President of the
Galician Government has called again.
She says she has been trying
to call you all morning.
Tell her to wait,
I'm busy with this.
Okay.
Guys, before we start, I'd
like to say a few words.
Don't feel intimidated
by the power and glory
that people associate
with a minister.
Behind this glamourous
and mysterious facade,
there is a normal person,
who has feelings...
he may have power and glory, but
most importantly he is a person.
Okay, should we start recording?
Minister! Excuse me.
There is a protest outside.
Minister resign, you
coward with no spine!
- Pedro, close the door.
- What is going on?
- For fuck's sake, Víctor, move.
- Sorry.
These dimwits, instead of going
to the Ministry of Health,
they're protesting here.
And there's hardly any of
them. What a shit protest.
Minister: whore-monger,
coward and beggar!
What do they mean by beggar?
Minister, what are you doing? Go
up to your office, they'll see you.
The police are arriving.
It'll be over in half an hour.
Hey! Stop recording!
Víctor, let him, let him.
Wait a second, wait...
Do we have any
Padrón peppers left?
- There's a few left.
- Go and get them, quickly!
What are you doing?
Macarena...
Draft up a short text,
make sure you mention in passing
that I'm willing to stand
in the party elections.
Pedro, focus on me,
well on me, and them.
Record everything, okay?
And if goes downhill,
don't worry, okay?
If it we have to edit something
out, we can do it later, okay?
Macarena, this doesn't get out.
It's ours.
Minister, this could be dangerous.
Wait for the police to arrive.
This is not a police matter,
It's a Juan Carrasco matter.
But you could put
yourself at risk.
Do you know what I think? The
biggest risk is not taking a risk.
Stay calm.
Please, just a second.
One second please. The
minister is going to speak...
- Minister, come on, defend Padrón!
- Thank you...
Carmen.
A bit of silence please!
Thank you, Carmen.
I'm not here to make another statement,
I'd like to focus on the facts.
This surge of reciprocated boycotts
between Galicia and the rest of Spain
has got to end,
and that is why I am going straight
to the root of the problem.
Give me one... That one.
What we have here
is a Padrón pepper.
You are all familiar with it:
It's definitely a Padrón pepper.
I still don't have the
toxicity test results,
but I have something that
is much more important:
I have faith in the Galician
agricultural industry,
and I have faith
in this country,
and so I am going to stand up
in support of this country,
so that we stop
boycotting each other.
Well, it's a bit hot, but other
than, it is absolutely delicious.
Well you know the saying: "Padrón
peppers, some are hot, some aren't."
And this one in
particular is very fiery.
- Get him some water!
- No, no, I'm fine.
I'm fine, I love a bit of spice.
And I love Galicia.
And so I'd like to take this opportunity
to make a plea to all of those involved
to put an end to the
hostility between the regions,
which together, form a brand, I'm
proud to say I belong to, "Spain",
which is recognised
for its diversity.
And with these words, the
Minister of Agriculture, Carrasco,
reassured the
Galician farmers...
Here you go.
- Are there any reporters?
- Yes.
There is even one from
Ana Rosa's programme.
We've done something right then.
Let's go.
And lastly, I'm
delighted to have
put an end to this
agricultural crisis,
but I would like to state
that under no circumstances
am I willing to discuss
the rumours about
me standing for
secretary-general of the party.
This is neither the
place, nor the time
to speculate as to whether Juan Carrasco
aspires to be president of this country.
This is not the time
to place wagers.
But, in any case,
standing for election, would
only be possible for me,
once we have resolved this crisis,
which I guess we seem to have done.
- Any questions?
- Minister!
- Minister! Here please!
- One at a turn, please.
- Here!
- Yes. Please.
So did you just say that you are
going to stand in the party elections?
Erm, look...
I'm not going to answer a
question that answers itself.
- Minister!
- Here, Minister!
I have to eat a pepper.
To send a message of
tranquillity to the population.
Like when Fraga
swam in Palomares.
Or when Alfonso Guerra drank
a litre of rapeseed oil.
Did Alfonso do that?
Maybe a litre is a lot.
Anyways, I don't care.
This isn't even a crisis.
It's just three men in Murcia who got
diarrhoea after eating Padrón peppers.
The powers that be have asked
us not to use the word "crisis".
You can tell the "powers
that be" that I'm in charge
and I'll do what I want.
Should I use those exact words?
We're not in public,
this is how I speak.
How many times do I have to
tell you not to use air quotes?
Come on, Juan, they're
waiting for us.
Why are we always being
rushed around for no reason?
The Galician government
delegate arrived ages ago,
as did the representative
of the Galician farmers.
How annoying.
So we are going to try to get
on the three o'clock news.
Well, it's pointless, I
won't get on the news.
- They say I'm not "good with the media".
- Enough with the air quotes.
It's my "personal touch",
take it or leave it.
I like it.
Let's see the test results
for the contaminated peppers.
We don't have any results yet.
And you still want me to
eat a pepper on live TV?
Let me just fix your tie.
The president expects
this photo of you.
You mean, he wants a
photo of my funeral.
If things don't change soon,
I'll make myself heard.
I completely understand you.
Can he eat it?
Is he the minister?
- Is that a "trick question"?
- Juan, the air quotes.
- Paula, what's up, I can't talk now.
- Can you talk or not?
No, but what's up?
Don't forget my cousin's son is
going to the Ministry at four
for his university project.
Tell him to come tomorrow.
Juan, you said you
could only do today.
Friday is better.
Get him to come on Friday.
Tell her it was my
mistake if you want.
It's all sorted: my assistant's
mistake, for a change.
I've got to let you go, I'm in
the middle of resolving a crisis.
Paula?
I can't talk right now.
Insist on three points: there's
no epidemic, alert or food crisis.
And then you eat the pepper.
But does this seem
right to you, or not?
I don't think we're always
on the same wavelength.
I think it's perfect.
But, well.
They've sent me instead
of the Health Minister
because "someone" makes
the president feel uneasy.
But this is to stay between us.
He knows that I can overshadow
him because I am a "free verse",
and that's why he likes to
sacrifice me with tasks like this.
Sacrifice me, by that I mean
"politically sacrifice" me,
but it seems like he wants to kill
me with these poisonous peppers.
Your air quotes are killing me.
Don't worry, the results
will come back negative.
Well, you can say that.
Because I can't tell them
they're fine when I've no proof.
Well you can, and you have to.
You are the Minister of
Agriculture and Fisheries.
And the Environment.
Yes, I know.
VOTE FOR JUAN
Stay calm. There's
hardly anyone here.
The delegate's in the suit and
she's the Association's president.
Delegate!
- How are you?
- Thank you for meeting with us, Minister,
Mrs. Feijoo, president of the Galician
Farming Cooperatives' Association.
- It's nice to meet you, Minister.
- It's my pleasure.
We're very worried,
that as time goes on
this supposed contamination
could lead to a boycott
against Galician products.
On behalf of the Ministry,
I assure you that...
On camera, please, Minister.
Yes, on camera please.
If you would be so kind...
Thank you.
Good morning.
I offered to appear
before you all today,
to reassure the Galician Government
in the wake of this crisis...
well I should say, this
matter, as it isn't a crisis,
it is a serious matter, and
we wouldn't call it a crisis,
and so I will not use that word,
nor did I mean to use it
before, as you will understand.
I would like to demonstrate both
the Ministry of Agriculture,
and the Spanish government's
faith in the peppers from Padrón,
using not only words,
but actions as well.
Eat one.
- But I'm...
- I said eat one.
Thank you very much.
I now open the
floor to questions.
One at a turn, and
respecting the order please.
No? Okay...
There's nothing.
Not even in the local paper?
The 72 deaths in the Russian refinery
has made the front page of all of them.
They find any excuse to avoid
discussing the Minister.
You could have told us that
you are allergic to peppers.
I'll be fine in a few days.
We now have to decide how to
tackle the current situation.
I've already made my decision.
I'm going to talk to the president today,
and I'm going to give him an ultimatum.
An ultimatum?
If he can't assure me,
two hundred percent,
that in the next
government reshuffle,
he'll appoint me as the Minister
of the Interior, or of Justice,
or the president of congress,
or even, the vice-president,
a position in which I would be able
to develop all of my potential...
And well, if he doesn't
offer me that, I'm out.
Bye bye. I resign. But I would
resign right now. It's over.
Juan, please, let's think
this over a bit more.
Do I have to remind you
what the President is like,
and what happened
to López Abril?
Minister, the president will
accept whatever you ask of him.
He knows that without you...
When he appointed me as Minister
of Agriculture, I thought:
Juan, you're going to do
great things for Spain.
And I did.
I most certainly did.
Like when I got the
Santa Claus melon
the designation of origin
status, And so many other things,
but despite all of my efforts,
we've received no support from
the government or the media.
Minister... please.
Wait a few days.
Macarena, if the minister is convinced.
He should go ahead. Fight for it.
I know what I'm doing.
Minister.
To Moncloa.
To Moncloa!
You dealt with the Padrón peppers
issue very well yesterday, Minister.
- Thanks. Did you see it in the media?
- Yes. On the Ministry's website.
Oh, of course.
- What do you think will happen now?
- Nothing.
- What are you referring to?
- With the president's wife.
Well, if he's not standing for
re-election, it must be serious.
Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything,
I know that it is a confidential matter.
Well, yes it is, Pascual.
And how did you
find out about it?
Well at the security guard union's
barbeque in Riaza last Sunday...
The guys who work
for the president
were whispering about how his wife
has been going to the doctors a lot,
and how he'll have to leave
politics for personal reasons.
Are you completely sure?
Yes, she has had scans
done and everything.
I mean the other part.
- About what?
- I meant that.
Pascual, absolute
discretion, okay?
Maca.
The lab results are in and the
peppers are absolutely fine.
We have to call an
urgent press conference.
We'll have to wait and
see what Juan says.
Please, both of us
know that the president
will tell him to go to hell.
And if Juan resigns
after, like he said,
I don't mind if I have
to keep this going.
But obviously I'll need someone
to help me out with all of it.
What did they promise you?
Don't be silly.
It was Vallejo wasn't it?
Replace Juan if he leaves?
- You haven't answered me, Macarena.
- Neither have you.
Víctor, come to my office!
Do some work please.
Excuse me, excuse
me, excuse me...
Macarena, how are we set for
the interview with Ana Pastor?
She's not Ana Rosa
Quintana, but it might do.
Víctor, send me the photos you
took of me in the box at Bernabéu.
For Twitter.
- What are you doing?
- The only thing I know how to.
Work, work and more work,
for what I believe in:
my country, our country.
What has happened?
You haven't had time to
talk to the president.
Look...
Víctor, listen.
Over time
I've learned that when
a storm is raging,
and our forces dwindle,
there are two types of person:
the ones who stay on
board until the end,
and those who "jump ship"
at the drop of a hat.
I've decided to be one of these.
Well, I mean, one of the first
group, who remain "steering ahead".
I want to say, at the helm...
Very good.
Now you mention it,
I want to say that I
also feel like you do.
- Great.
- One of the first group.
The ones who stay on board. In
my case, not at the helm, but...
Well let's stop wasting time:
we've received the test results,
and the peppers are fine.
Very good.
I need you to call
a press conference,
because they are going
to see Juan Carrasco
eating Galician peppers, pork
shoulder, turnips and café liqueur.
I don't understand what's happening.
And it's called coffee liqueur.
Carmen...
While I'm at the helm, I decide
how things are said and done.
Now, let's get to work.
I'm going to the loo.
Well, I'm a bit gutted.
- About what?
- The test results.
Why?
- They were all clear, weren't they?
- Yeah.
What I mean is, I'm happy
for the Galician farmers,
and for all of Galicia,
but I'm gutted for us.
Well, for you.
Did you want them to
come back positive?
Well, deep down I'd say yes.
Because it must be really
nice to resolve a crisis,
but I mean a really big
crisis, wouldn't it?
The thing is you see other ministers
who haven't done anything in four years,
resolving any issue,
and everyone starts to treat
them like heroes, don't they?
Isn't that right?
Minister?
Sorry.
Why are you saying sorry?
I don't know.
Víctor, finally someone is
starting to spread their wings.
- Really?
- This is the Víctor that I like.
Me too.
Let's go.
Yes.
Yes, at 17:30. The minister is making
an important declaration about the...
- What are you doing?
- Carmen!
Listen to the minister, please!
He has something
to tell us, okay?
When you are ready.
We can't announce
the test results yet.
I know you are going
to ask me, why not.
Why not Minister?
Because we can't risk announcing
that the peppers are fine
after only one test.
Interlabs is a renowned
certified laboratory.
Yes, Carmen, but the health of Spain
is at stake, as is my own image.
Well, obviously I'm not giving
them the same importance,
but three men with diarrhoea in Murcia
hardly represent "the health of Spain".
Don't you think that delaying releasing
the test results will piss off
the Galician government,
and this could
become a real crisis?
I hadn't thought about that.
Carmen, call the laboratory
and request a second test.
I can't do this.
The powers that be are asking
us to resolve this now.
Carmen, do you want to continue going
to the inter-ministerial meetings,
in representation
of the ministry?
Is this some sort of
disguised blackmail, or what?
I don't know where you got
the 'disguised' bit from?
Víctor is dying to go.
And I think he deserves it too.
Good.
How long have we been
working together?
It was since the opening of
Logroño's airport, wasn't it?
It was before, I appointed
you as head of press
the year King África performed
at the San Bernabé festival.
Nobody believed in this
project, and now look.
King África?
No, the La Rioja airport.
Now it's a driving
force for the region.
So first was King África,
then the airport and
then I left Martín
to come to Madrid,
lonely as a cloud.
What's this all about now?
Tell me you aren't killing time so
that the conflict with Galicia worsens
and you can fix it.
Public health is a
very important matter.
I would prefer to avoid taking risks
by declaring the results so soon.
Juan, we've done better and worse
things, but this is illegal.
The president isn't going
to stand for re-election.
How do you know this?
His wife is ill.
You aren't thinking about running
for secretary-general right now.
No, first I'd need to have
resolved a large-scale crisis.
Wait, like the pepper issue.
No...
With his wife ill, and without
any support from the party...
This is not the time, Juan.
And when is the time, Macarena?
We didn't come from Logroño
to stay in Agriculture forever.
Come on.
Are you with me?
From now, we don't say
anything to anyone:
remember that they're all
level 28 and 30 civil servants,
their fourteen payslips
are what matters.
Thirteen since the
last Cabinet reform.
Thirteen, or however
many, it's enough.
Luis, what a surprise.
Do you remember Lucas?
Of course, Lucas.
Has he finished school yet?
My dog.
Ah, your dog Lucas, yes.
I'm taking him to the
vet to get him neutered.
Do you fancy a cup
of tea, or anything?
- I have got Rooibos.
- No thanks.
He's fine.
I'd better leave.
Yes.
No.
Please stay.
It would be better.
Lucas is getting
neutered right now.
I hadn't planned on coming here,
but the clinic is
close, and so I thought,
why don't I pay
Juan a little visit.
It's due to ecological concerns.
Neutering the dog, I mean.
He can't go around impregnating
bitches because of an urge,
all willy-nilly.
My children were
sad, but I told them:
"He's only an animal,
only a dog, who cares.
It's not even going to hurt."
Although, if you think about it,
no matter how much anaesthesia they
give him, it'll hurt, won't it?
I understand you and I
don't understand you.
The president of the Galician
Government is nervous,
you should call him
as soon as possible.
Not only Murcia, but
Castilla-La Mancha
are politicising
the pepper issue
to justify a boycott of
all Galician products.
And when I say you should call
him, this is not a piece of advice.
You will call him.
And when I say, as soon as possible,
I mean, as soon as I am out the door.
You don't know idea why the
results are taking so long, do you?
As far as I know, they are doing
all of the necessary tests.
This is not a good time
for the president to have to deal
with a political crisis with Galicia.
Is he, or someone close to him
going through a rough period?
What the hell are
you talking about?
Nothing.
You have twenty four hours to
prevent this from becoming a crisis.
If not, do you know
what will happen?
No.
Do you want to know?
Not really.
We have to try it.
We do, don't we?
We have to localise the Galician
Farming Cooperatives' Association
and set up a meeting with
them for tomorrow morning.
If you are going to provoke a
crisis, it has to come from them.
We're leaving
now. Call Pascual.
- Wait, wait.
- What?
If it's not on the agenda, we
can't use the official car.
Ask Víctor how he
got here today.
Víctor?
I don't have the
money to rent a car.
If you could go just a bit faster
maybe we can get there by dawn.
It's just that it's my mum's car,
and I only just got my license.
By the way, my parents keep saying
how much they want to meet you.
How about lunch this weekend?
I wish, Saturday's
the only day I can't.
I meant Sunday.
I'm even busier on Sunday.
Don't worry. Next weekend.
Although if this goes well, you'll
be much more occupied than now.
It's only a meeting
with traders.
Yes, of course.
- Does he know?
- Does he know what?
He knows.
It's just that blowing up the
crisis was kind of my idea.
Well, both of our
idea. Team work.
I mean, do you really think Obama
came up with all of his ideas?
If the minister has come to Galicia,
he must have some important news.
Well yes, firstly I would like to
apologise for the delay in the results.
I'm not surprised that you
are so close to taking action.
What action?
Carmen, please, you know
exactly what I'm talking about.
Could you please
tell us the measures
the Ministry is taking
to avoid the crisis?
The Ministry of Agriculture
completely understands your outrage,
because the declared boycott
by various Spanish provinces
could be understood as
being an attack on Galicia.
And this affects me personally as
my brother-in law is from Sangenjo.
Minister, it's hardly an attack.
- An attack, Carmen, that's what it is.
- Absolutely.
- We've never said anything about that.
- Yes, exactly.
It's exactly like that Carmen, because
if this is going to "get worse"
and things heat up,
we will all gain, myself included,
and the sector you represent...
publicity that I'm not even
sure would be good for us,
the front page of the
newspapers, media exposure...
I'm not saying that it wouldn't
be good for your product sales.
But in my humble opinion, I think
it will only put pressure on them
to deal with these protests,
which I fully understand
the reason for, as
soon as possible.
I'm not saying that it
has to be like that.
No, of course not.
But if that's what's going on
I couldn't oppose,
to, you, for example
making a protest.
Or even a demonstration
against the Ministry of Health.
Although that's
obviously up to you.
Thank you very much
for receiving us.
Good day.
- Do you think it will work?
- I don't know, but imagine it will.
- What should we tell Carmen?
- Nothing, we just have to wait.
- What do I tell mum?
- Your mum?
Whether you are coming
for lunch or not.
Well are you?
Ah, Lucas is here.
How was the operation?
You aren't gonna fuck up what's
left of my political career.
What's going on?
You're not aware of
your responsibility.
You're the head of the cabinet,
if you haven't resolved
this fucking pepper crisis,
you're either planning
something, or you're an idiot.
And I know you're not an idiot.
Juan made me request a
second test from the lab,
but if he is planning
something, it's with Macarena...
I swear I know nothing.
Yeah right. Maybe you aren't
an idiot, but neither am I.
We know your boss has been obsessed
with Moncloa since he left Logroño,
and this is all about him
running in the party elections.
And it affects you.
How does it affect me?
It affects you, because if
Juan leaves the Ministry,
you know that I promised to give
you the Agricultural Department,
but you're being devious,
and it won't end well.
For the third time, I
don't know anything.
But it is true:
you promised me it.
You also promised
me many things.
We said we weren't going
to mix these things, Luis.
Yes.
So...
when you promised me the Ministry
if Juan leaves, was it a lie?
No, it was politics.
If you are on Juan's
side get out of the car.
I wasn't with Juan.
If you want I can stand here,
you can shoot from above,
outlining my silhouette,
look, like I'm thinking.
Then I can come up here, and you
can shoot me from, you know...
More...
What do you think?
I think it's good, yeah.
I knew that we would
work well together.
Minister, the President of the
Galician Government has called again.
She says she has been trying
to call you all morning.
Tell her to wait,
I'm busy with this.
Okay.
Guys, before we start, I'd
like to say a few words.
Don't feel intimidated
by the power and glory
that people associate
with a minister.
Behind this glamourous
and mysterious facade,
there is a normal person,
who has feelings...
he may have power and glory, but
most importantly he is a person.
Okay, should we start recording?
Minister! Excuse me.
There is a protest outside.
Minister resign, you
coward with no spine!
- Pedro, close the door.
- What is going on?
- For fuck's sake, Víctor, move.
- Sorry.
These dimwits, instead of going
to the Ministry of Health,
they're protesting here.
And there's hardly any of
them. What a shit protest.
Minister: whore-monger,
coward and beggar!
What do they mean by beggar?
Minister, what are you doing? Go
up to your office, they'll see you.
The police are arriving.
It'll be over in half an hour.
Hey! Stop recording!
Víctor, let him, let him.
Wait a second, wait...
Do we have any
Padrón peppers left?
- There's a few left.
- Go and get them, quickly!
What are you doing?
Macarena...
Draft up a short text,
make sure you mention in passing
that I'm willing to stand
in the party elections.
Pedro, focus on me,
well on me, and them.
Record everything, okay?
And if goes downhill,
don't worry, okay?
If it we have to edit something
out, we can do it later, okay?
Macarena, this doesn't get out.
It's ours.
Minister, this could be dangerous.
Wait for the police to arrive.
This is not a police matter,
It's a Juan Carrasco matter.
But you could put
yourself at risk.
Do you know what I think? The
biggest risk is not taking a risk.
Stay calm.
Please, just a second.
One second please. The
minister is going to speak...
- Minister, come on, defend Padrón!
- Thank you...
Carmen.
A bit of silence please!
Thank you, Carmen.
I'm not here to make another statement,
I'd like to focus on the facts.
This surge of reciprocated boycotts
between Galicia and the rest of Spain
has got to end,
and that is why I am going straight
to the root of the problem.
Give me one... That one.
What we have here
is a Padrón pepper.
You are all familiar with it:
It's definitely a Padrón pepper.
I still don't have the
toxicity test results,
but I have something that
is much more important:
I have faith in the Galician
agricultural industry,
and I have faith
in this country,
and so I am going to stand up
in support of this country,
so that we stop
boycotting each other.
Well, it's a bit hot, but other
than, it is absolutely delicious.
Well you know the saying: "Padrón
peppers, some are hot, some aren't."
And this one in
particular is very fiery.
- Get him some water!
- No, no, I'm fine.
I'm fine, I love a bit of spice.
And I love Galicia.
And so I'd like to take this opportunity
to make a plea to all of those involved
to put an end to the
hostility between the regions,
which together, form a brand, I'm
proud to say I belong to, "Spain",
which is recognised
for its diversity.
And with these words, the
Minister of Agriculture, Carrasco,
reassured the
Galician farmers...
Here you go.
- Are there any reporters?
- Yes.
There is even one from
Ana Rosa's programme.
We've done something right then.
Let's go.
And lastly, I'm
delighted to have
put an end to this
agricultural crisis,
but I would like to state
that under no circumstances
am I willing to discuss
the rumours about
me standing for
secretary-general of the party.
This is neither the
place, nor the time
to speculate as to whether Juan Carrasco
aspires to be president of this country.
This is not the time
to place wagers.
But, in any case,
standing for election, would
only be possible for me,
once we have resolved this crisis,
which I guess we seem to have done.
- Any questions?
- Minister!
- Minister! Here please!
- One at a turn, please.
- Here!
- Yes. Please.
So did you just say that you are
going to stand in the party elections?
Erm, look...
I'm not going to answer a
question that answers itself.
- Minister!
- Here, Minister!