All language subtitles for Zorro s03e22 Balancing The Books

When daggers are pointed at innocent
hearts and buckets are ready to fire.

When tyrants ride high and govern with
fear as the forces of evil

conspire. Then from out of the night, a
hero must rise.

is that even a mask won't disguise they
turn to the man

called Zorro.

Zorro! One who's larger than life and
offender of all is this man who the

people acclaim.

He's the one who strikes back for the
poor and oppressed.

A hero!

Who's his name?

doesn't want a speck of dust near that
office.

Am I understood?

We do a good job with the sprint
cleaning. Maybe we won't have to be back

summer cleaning.

Good people of Los Angeles, my friends,
my neighbors.

Today we are a step closer to providing
a marvelous new irrigation system

serving all of Los Angeles.

Just how close are we now, Alcalde?

Well, closer.

With our new Pueblo lottery, we will be
able to provide such marvelous civic

improvements with no new taxes.

Excuse me, Senor Alcalde, a point of
information.

Isn't the purchase of every lottery
ticket just another form of taxation?

No, no, no, De La Vega, you
misunderstand.

The purchase of every ticket is another
chance for sudden wealth.

Now... Would the beautiful senorita
please help us make someone rich today?

And the winner of 5 ,000 tax -free pesos
is... 655.

Number 655.

Don't be shy now. The winner, please
step forward. The winner of 5 ,000

please come forward. Don't be shy.
Number 655.

Now, I must remind you that if the
winner is not present, the prize money

be returned to the general fund.

The general fund you're building to make
yourself look good in front of the

governor, I'll tell you. I cannot be
held responsible if the winner is not

present. Oh, I think you can.

Victoria, choose another number, please.

No, just a moment, senorita.

Please.

There must be an explanation.

If there are problems, I will attend to
this immediately. I will appoint a

commission to investigate.

Don't bother, Alcalde.

Here are your lottery tickets.

I retrieved them last night from the
garrison trash dump.

Ladders to arms! Shoot her!

Be very careful with those rifles,
amigos.

Honey, I'm afraid things are going to
get a bit sticky out there.

One

of those

numbers is the true winner of your
lottery.

first thing I'm going to do is buy a new
sword.

Then... Sergeant, perhaps you should
just leave the money in the civic

until you have a chance to think about
what to do with it. Leave it in the

Why?

Sergeant, you're not accustomed to
handling such large amounts of money.

afraid you'd be taken advantage of by
some unscrupulous swindler.

And besides...

It would be good for everybody here at
the Pueblo if we had a lot of cash on

books when the territorial auditor makes
his report to the governor next month,

don't you think?

Well, I would still have access to my
money, no? Oh, yes, of course, Sergeant,

of course. Good, good, because then I
would need some time off.

I have to consider what I'm going to do
with my money.

Time off? No, I'm afraid not, Sergeant.

Well, I have been in the Army for almost
20 years. I have never had a paid

vacation.

If my calculations are correct, let's
see, the army owes me, oh, I would say,

weeks paid leave.

One full year paid vacation?

Sergeant, the pueblo is operating in a
deficit right now. We could not possibly

afford to bring a replacement up to the
ranks. No.

Oh, I'm sure you will think of
something, Alcalde.

Right now, I have 5 ,000 pesos to think
about.

You're very generous, Sergeant.

But you don't want to squander your
newfound wealth on buying luncheons.

With all of this found wealth, I think
you should travel. Maybe see the world.

Oh, that involves horses, ships.

I know. A fabulous wardrobe.

You could dress like a true caballero.

I prefer to dress for comfort, Don
Diego. Sergeant Mendoza, you've got the

to do whatever makes you happy. The
question is, what do you want?

A very simple man.

I just want to be loved.

Now, isn't that sweet?

I would like to have a family, a home.

But, Sergeant, what do you truly have to
offer a woman?

Before you know it, your money might be
spent, loaned, squandered.

Taxed. Eroded by inflation.

And a woman and children. They need a
roof over their head. They need

Victoria's right. What you need is a
house.

The Munoz family raised seven beautiful
children here.

Yes, and their seven beautiful children
nearly destroyed it. Well, I'm not

saying it hasn't been lived in, but at
the price they're asking.

You'll have enough money left to make
some improvements.

Perhaps even enlarge the kitchen.

Maybe build a ballroom?

A ballroom? Yes.

If I'm going to attract the finest women
in the territory, my house has to be

the biggest, the fanciest, the most
elegant.

Sergeant, I think overbuilding would be
a mistake.

Yes, well, I think maybe the advice is
worth exactly what I'm paying for it.

The ballroom with the finest tapestries
and Italian marble.

Sergeant, you're going to remodel the
old Munoz place, hmm? Oh, much more than

remodel, Alcalde.

A restoration, an expansion, a
transformation.

Something more in order with the
lifestyle of a man of my position.

Well, these sketches are very
impressive.

But you're going to need detailed
architectural drawings, yes?

Yes, yes.

Unfortunately, the only one that
qualifies for such drawings would be Don

And his tastes are just too conventional
for me.

Yes, I know what you mean. You know,
it's funny. We studied together

architecture at the University of
Madrid.

As I recall, his grades never were very
good.

He worries too much about the cost of
everything.

For 5 ,000 pesos, I should be able to
turn this farmhouse into...

You should be able to build an elegant
country retreat.

Exactly. To build anything less would be
a waste of time.

Of course.

That courtyard, that should be bigger,
don't you think? Mm -hmm.

And, uh, what, perhaps a fountain?

No! No, Sergeant. Three fountains.

And have you ever considered real
mahogany doors?

Hand -carved, of course.

Yes, sir.

That's exactly what I had in mind.

But, Alcalde, I have a budget and
sergeants for 5 ,000 pesos.

I know that I could build you the house
of your dreams.

guarding the construction site.

Guarding it from what?

We have our orders.

You will have to leave immediately.

Yes, sir.

Let's go to the garage, let's go!

No wonder the Alcalde has guards posted
out here.

Coffee, private. Be quick about it.

Coffee would be splendid.

It's been a long night.

You made a serious mistake this time, my
friend.

Well, nobody perfect.

That door is still locked.

The only way out of here is past my
entire garrison of Lancers. That case

stay for a while. Well, let me give you
a proper welcome.

I appreciate your hospitality, Alcote,
but I'm here on a business matter.

Really? How can it be a service?

It's about the shoddy workmanship that's
being done out at Sergeant Mendoza's

new house.

You're hardly qualified to offer an
opinion on such matters.

house is being built with rusty nails,
rotten wood, wet izobi, broken tiles.

No, not that.

You insist.

You're taking all of Sergeant Mendoza's
money and destroying his house.

Let's just say the peso doesn't go as
far as it once did.

No, let's just say you return all of
Mendoza's money, or the governor will

receive a letter detailing your fraud,
and you could be sent back to Madrid in

chains.

What do you know? The store isn't locked
after all.

Mendoza will get everything that's
coming to him.

Oh.

I understand.

I understand.

You're guarding the house, huh? Well, I
own it.

You get ten pesos a month salary, no?
Huh? 50

pesos each?

Huh? You get to the cantina, it's still
open.

Where is everybody?

I can't go back to Madrid.

Not like this.

Not yet, you... You understand that.

I'll give Mendoza his money's worth and
destroy all the evidence at the same

time. Thank you.

Thank you.

It is a beautiful view.

You were in for an early lunch, Don
Diego.

Actually, I was looking for Sergeant
Mendoza.

Well, he was in for an early breakfast
before going out to see his new house.

He went out to the house alone?

Yes.

He said that you told him that he should
go out and see how his money's being

spent.

So he did.

Carlton's not much of an architect after
all, is he?

Let's throw it to Mendoza.

Mendoza? How should I know?

Stay back, Zorro. I'm trying to
extinguish a fire.

Is that what you're doing?

Zorro!

He's in the house!

Stay out of there, you'll be...
Sergeant!

You'll be killed.

You all right?

Laurel, you saved my life.

The least I could do for a friend.

You know, I don't like losing a good
act.

Friend.

He called me his friend.

What a shame, Alcalde.

Do you know how the fire got started?

Preliminary investigations are
inconclusive, but my men are looking

By the smell of things, they're not
going to have to look too far.

Smell? I don't smell anything unusual.

Kerosene, Alcalde.

The place reeks of it.

Well, that must be it, then. A workman
left a lantern burning and the wind blew

it over. There hasn't been the slightest
breeze for two weeks.

Are you saying this fire was
deliberately set?

No, no. Who would do something like
that?

Ah, well, now, this seems to answer all
our questions.

I'll count it wasn't Zorro.

He saved my life.

Really? And he just happened to be
passing by. How convenient.

Someone had a very good reason for
keeping Sartor Mendoza from making the

improvements on his house.

You bring me the proof of that, Diego,
and I will personally prosecute the

individual. I put my creative blood into
this project. It would have been a

splendid house, Sergeant. I wanted to
talk to you about that.

There were so many things wrong with
this house.

Sergeant, you know, every new house has
some flaws that need to be worked out,

but I assure you this structure was
going to be brought up to the highest

possible standards.

Alas, it will not be possible now. Look
at it this way, Sergeant.

The house wasn't completely finished,
which means you'll have a lot of money

left over to build yourself another
place.

Huh? Well, this is true.

Alcalde, how much money do I have left?

How much do you have left? Well, after
the cleanup and the debris is removed,

I'm afraid there'll be little, if
anything, left, Sergeant.

What do you mean he has nothing left?

The man has 5 ,000 pesos.

Taylor Becker, do you have any idea of
how much this kind of work costs?

The labor alone, such civic work, is
hardly free.

So Sergeant Mendoza's lottery winnings
go straight back into the Pueblo

treasury, is that it? Yes, I'm afraid
so.

Now, if you will excuse me.

Corporal?

I'm sorry, Sergeant. I know how much you
wanted your dream house.

Thank you, Don Diego.

You know, sometimes it's better to have
our dreams than to have our dreams come

true. As a matter of fact, I have
something better.

Something money can't buy.

Have a friend.

Such a friend is worth much more than
gold.