All language subtitles for The Surrogacy_S01E14_Episode 14.English (CC)

MEXICO CITY
TWO MONTHS EARLIER

[Francisco] Honey, where are you?
Dinner's almost ready.

[Lucy, on phone] I had an idea.

If you're right and it's a girl,
let's call her... Francisca.

We can name her after you.

But if it's a boy,
we'll name him Luciano, after me.

Okay, Paquita or Luciano.

Look, it's the only name I could think of
that's even close to Lucia.

I love it, darling.

Now, why not put
the phone down for a bit,

get back here in one piece, okay,

because I'm hoping to give you
the biggest hug of all time.

Oh, I'm sorry, hon, I wasn't sure
what kind of dinner I'd be coming home to.

Have some confidence, please.
The pasta's al dente this time,

well almost, anyway.

-Ten more minutes max.
-I love you.

-[Lucy gasps]
-[car honking]

[tires screeching]

-[loud crashing]
-[glass shattering]

[siren wailing]

[officer] She's alive,
let's get her out.

[car tires screeching]

-Just hold on, I promise you.
-[Lucy] Save the baby.

You'll be fine, I promise, honey.
Just hold on, Lucy, please.

Hold on. I'll be right there,
I swear, I'm almost there now.

[opening theme music playing]

THE SURROGACY

So, your father was the one who leapt in
front of Lucy and provoked the accident.

Not really.
The opposite, actually.

Lucy was speaking to me
and was distracted.

She couldn't brake in time.

We were talking on
the phone when she--

You never told us this, Francisco.

Bruna, it's all in the report I sent you.

But well, I came to
introduce to Yeni,

because she's going to be
a godmother for my girl

and I'm going to be
godfather to Luciano.

Stop.

Wait, look, we have nothing
against you personally,

but a godparent's responsibility

is to care for the child
if the parent's aren't there.

And we have nothing in common
with you either.

Not to mention the trauma
the baby's will suffer

when they grow up and hear all about
why their parents met in the first place.

All right, then.

Actually,

yeah, you're right, Bruna, we don't have
anything in common anymore,

I don't know what I was thinking. Sorry.

Francisco, why don't we leave

and let the three of you talk in peace.

Thanks for having us.

Yeni, take good care of him.

He's beautiful.

I must've been a little confused,

he doesn't look like you at all.

If you and I ever cross
paths again, Bruna,

I ask that you not make assumptions
about me a second time,

because my son will not grow up

believing that people are judged
solely on their appearance.

The only difference
between you and me

is how we act towards
the people around us.

She's talking to me like
I'm some sort of an animal.

No, she's not, she was
quite respectful to you,

despite the discrimination
and racist comments.

I am not racist.

I didn't say anything that she won't hear
from just about everybody else

when they see her
with that child,

because I know the woman
who live in the mountains

and they don't have
children like that.

You know who else is dark-skinned?
The Blessed Virgin.

[baby coos]

-Shh, shh.
-[Yeni] Chelo called me.

[Cuca] And what did she say?

Carlos went looking
for me back home.

Are you serious?
He doesn't get it?

No. Looks like we'll have
to do this the hard way.

[secretary] Excuse me, ma'am,
I have Yeni on the line.

I said I wasn't to be disturbed

with anymore calls
from that woman.

She was insistent.

She told me it had something
to do with Mr. Carlos.

Fine.
Put her through to me.

I seem to have a memory
of you disappearing from our lives.

[Yeni] Yes, I know, ma'am,
that was the agreement.

And I've kept my word,

it's your son
who decided to come to me.

He went to my village
looking for me.

He said he still loves me.

I turned him down.

But if he insists on trying to find me,
then I might start talking.

[phone ringing]

Oh, that must be him.

Go ahead, my child.

Carlos?

No, he's gone begging
for that damn woman

to come back to him.

Didn't you know?

What? But I'm with the priest,
we're waiting for him now.

I went to David's apartment
for the contract.

He was acting suspicious.

So, I spied on him.

And Carlos was there.

What did you think?

That it was Carlos
who forgot something?

No, I figured it was you.

Look, I didn't tell ya

about your brother-in-law
being here before,

because... well, I didn't know
what he wanted at the time.

What did you tell him?

He was looking for Yeni's number.

And he made me an offer to help me

if I told him everything
I know about all this.

And he's not the only one,

just after he had to go,

I finished up
a little call with my pal, Julia.

We have to take care of this.

[Julia] Did you find her?

Yeni, was she there?

Because it matters to me as well, Carlos.

Why?

I want to know
where you'll run away to next time.

You made a promise to me,
that this wouldn't happen again.

Remember that?

And you made me wait
for hours before returning,

you even made the priest wait

because you clearly
don't care about our marriage.

And you're interested
in saving our marriage now, Julia?

More than anything else.

Okay.

Then why not tell me the whole truth

about how you went and planned
all of this with Irene.

Conspired with her to make sure
a woman's father went to jail

and all because you were
so desperate to have children.

I went to find Hugo

because my gut told me
he could help find Yeni,

but instead he told me about you,

about you being involved
in this little trap from the start.

Irene promised it was
all gonna be okay.

She even swore
there'd be no victims,

no one would get hurt.

I've been over that memory
a million times since then.

Why did I accept?

All I wanted to do
was try and save our marriage,

and all I ended up doing was destroy it.

And I also destroyed myself.

You know how we
used to be, Carlos,

what I wanted more than anything
was to be a mother

and give the world to my child.

Believe me, I would
love to go back in time

and tell that Julia
not to trust Irene,

don't believe her lies,

you're about to hurt
so many people, not just yourself.

So, Mom knows this too?

Yep.

When she heard,
she told Arturo and Fernanda.

Julia, there might still be time

to do what needs to be done,

so listen to me please,
Julia, I beg you.

Tell me what happened.

I don't know anymore.

Julia.

[both sobbing]

[Beatriz whimpering]

You didn't have to come today.

Of course I did,
because I need you.

A big part of me...
it left with him.

But a larger part
wanted to stay with you.

[both sobbing]

I... I was supposed to
take care of him,

I shouldn't have
signed up for the test,

I shouldn't have.
I didn't have to.

Don't blame yourself, please, Beatriz.

The choices we made were wrong.

It would've been
better to stay quiet.

When we saw he had clubfoot,
we shouldn't have said anything,

because that
could've been solved.

But not like this,
not my baby, no.

[sobbing]

Beatriz.

I don't have a single regret.

A part of me was buried that day too.

But... I can't give up.

If I do, our son's death goes unpunished.

Carlos saw the video,

the one Nora made us record of Yeni
receiving that deal money from us.

So, he went to Hugo
to ask for my address,

but I didn't tell Carlos
everything I know,

because that guy's
impossible to deal with.

As am I, David.

If that's who you want,
let me remind you that Nora

certainly has
blackmail on us too.

Well, that's not what
I heard from the judges.

I did hear you're still seeing Ochoa.

Yes.

I'm passing key information
along to his new lawyer.

Well, fine.
Pass me all that info.

[both chuckle]

You know, I might be able to
help you find Irene's killer.

Don't say you're not intrigued.

[chuckles]

Allow me to give you a hint.

Irene was involved with Nestor.

And with Hugo.

Both affiliated
with the Huizars.

Yes, yes indeed.

But let's say she had
many other affiliations.

And her greatest love, money.

Let's say, she was
a kind of a social climber,

just like Arturo.

Except for one thing,

you see, Irene, she knew her limits,

Arturo, no, that's a notion
his mind could never comprehend.

So she was murdered

for irreconcilable differences?

I prefer to think of it

as a difference, uh,
in their ethics and morals.

And I can prove it.

[keys jingling]

[door opens]

[Cuca] What's wrong?

You got me thinking.

If I don't tell Carlos
that his baby's alive,

I'm just doing what Nora wants.

Then why are you
still hesitating, Yeni?

Do you really think Carlos
will protect you from his mother?

I don't.

Sorry, but what's he done
to earn your trust?

Well, Yeni knows things
about Carlos that we don't.

It's like he's completely blind.

Supposedly, he doesn't know

what Nora and Julia are
doing behind his back,

but Sonia's not wrong,

he hasn't opened his eyes.

The one who has
to wake up is you.

You keep making excuses for him
and he's not innocent.

Well, in any case,
I've decided I'm going to cancel

the lifting ceremony for Luciano.

I can't risk
Carlos hearing about it,

showing up out of nowhere.

Yeni, you should do it on the day
of his daughter's baptism.

He won't miss that. Impossible.

And the family's made a big deal
about it in all the papers,

like typical Huizars.

[Cuca] That's a very good idea.

And your people will be there
to lend support.

They'll cover for you if needed.

No.

Chelo told me
they're angry with me

because I didn't have
a midwife while I was pregnant.

[Sonia] They should understand
you were a surrogate.

It wasn't your decision.

It's still one of our traditions.

A midwife is supposed
to take care of me

throughout the entire pregnancy,
childbirth, the lifting.

That's well and good
but traditions can change.

Yeni, I believe
there's something else

at the root of all this.

They could be upset

because Luciano doesn't
look like they do.

You spoke up for that boy
and defended him from Bruna.

Now you need to defend him
from your own people,

defend your son, Yeni.

[sobbing]

All set?

I was hoping that Alicia
could come get me.

I just don't think
I'm ready for goodbyes.

Roberto and myself could have
taken you to the airport.

But that's all right,

because I'll feel better
knowing that you're with her,

having a mother from the group
to support you, it...

I think it will help.

I mean, she'll be with her son
for the entire time,

how helpful is that?

But it's still better than going back
to the apartment alone and...

and seeing my baby's empty crib.

You'll come back
only when you feel ready.

Now, remember what
Andres told you,

he's holding this pain in his very soul.

It's driving him forward towards justice.

While I'm in the States,

I swear I'll continue
to support you,

and the mothers in the group
will be able to help you,

and of course, you have Roberto.

We're not going to abandon you.

[whimpers]

You'll be just fine.

You're not facing this alone.

[knocking on door]

[dramatic music]

Hey.

I just stopped by to say hello.

[David chuckling]

[Balo chuckling]

Hey, don't worry. [chuckles]

You didn't really think
this was a weapon, did you?

[chuckling] No.

Whoa, guilty conscience much?

-Just come on in, why don't you.
-Mm.

I brought this so we can
drink to my health.

[door closes]

[groans]

So, you already got out.

Well, in a manner of speaking.

Arturo was able to
provide me a few benefits,

one of which was access
to a doctor to treat my leg.

It's new.

I'm gonna use this puppy
to get money for real,

just to scare people.

I may be a thief, sure,
but I'm not a murderer.

[dramatic music]

Mm-mm. No, thanks.

But you should drink up
while you update me

on everything you've been up to.

Start.

-[Dr. Eloy] This is Alicia's son.
-[Carlos] Mmm...

[Dr. Eloy] And this is Lourdes' son.

And this Beatriz's son,
who as you know is deceased.

Yeah.

Doctor, Roberto told me
that the majority of women

who participated in the trial,
most of them are poor,

they weren't able to pay
for the treatment, correct?

None, in fact,
they have nothing.

They're doing the best they can.

Okay, would you tell them
not to worry, for me.

I'll be able to pay.
We'll also be putting together

a sort of... well,
a group of researchers

who will be able to find out
exactly what happened.

Of course. These women
believed in you, Carlos.

They deserve an explanation
and they deserve your aid.

They'll get it, Doctor, I guarantee it.

Thank you very much
for rehabilitating the children.

And it would be incredible
if you'd be able

to join the investigation.

No pressure to answer right away,
just think on it,

-we would be very pleased.
-You can count me in.

-Good day.
-And the same to you.

[phone ringing]

-Hello?
-[nurse] Beatriz?

Hi, how are you?
This is Dr. Eloy's assistant.

Fine, thanks.

Mr. Huizar just left.

The doctor requested that I contact you
to tell you the mothers from the group

that the pharmaceutical company
will be paying

for your treatments now.

Ah, well, give me a few days
to tell the group

and I'll be able
to take care of it.

I understand that it's been
very difficult off late,

so take your time.

But you haven't put Yeni on the list,

the young indigenous woman
who came with her son, Luciano.

Yeni?

No, no, I don't know her,
definitely not in the group.

Strange, the very first time she was here,
I overheard the doctor tell her friend

that she was be given
the same medication

as the protocol women were.

Ah, just let me speak
with my doctor, Marcela,

and we'll be in touch again very soon.

Of course, thanks.

You don't have to stay locked up
just to get your leg fixed.

It's not just for my leg,

it's the best thing
for me right now, Ma.

But this... but... I don't wanna
run a laundromat, Balo.

We can transfer the money,
we can use it to buy a--

The guards are right
out there waiting for me, Ma.

Get rid of this place

and use the money to run away.

Run far away to someplace
they'll never find you, Ma.

Ma, please take these papers.

They're the only
life insurance we've got.

[somber music]

I love you so much, Ma.

[officer, over radio] We have a 10-13,
a 10-13, over.

Be safe.

[door closes]

-Ready?
-All done. Yeah.

Then here are
all the instructions you'll need

to take care of Luciano
during the first phase.

If you have any questions at all, call me.

Oh, no, don't worry about me,
I'll read this carefully

so I don't have to bother you.

It's fine, we're here
for whatever you need.

Yeni, have I mentioned
the support group to you?

-Yeah.
-Well, this is Mrs. Beatriz.

She'll be able to tell you more.

[Beatriz] Hello, Yeni.

Gorgeous. Luciano, right?

-Yeah.
-[Beatriz] He's beautiful.

Could we speak for a minute?

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

I just got off the phone with Sara
and she told me

Carlos had some DNA tests done.

They use the sample from Yeni
as well as the blood

from the twins' umbilical cords.

-Who's this Sara?
-A researcher

who worked with me
at Huizar Pharmaceuticals.

Now she works at the American
Association of Blood Banks.

I asked her to recommend
a place here in the United States,

only she feels they might
not have a relationship

where it's appropriate
to ask if the testing center

was given the wrong samples
by the biological mother.

That's fine but he trusts her enough
to deal with this delicate matter, no?

I consulted her when I had my doubts

about Yeni's superfetation
but she won't say anything, Roberto.

This is something of medical interest
to both of us.

-Huh.
-What's wrong?

We really oughta be
prepared for the possibility

that Carlos won't react well
to these results

and you're more worried
about Sara's identity,

-I don't get you.
-No, no, no.

What's worrying me is Carlos
is trying to track down Yeni.

There's already a risk that Dr. Elroy
or Beatriz will tell him.

[Marcela] Beatriz wouldn't do that,
I'm positive.

She won't talk because I told her
what they did to Yeni.

Hold back on speculating, okay?

Instead, tell me if David
made good on his promise.

Did he deliver
the supposed evidence he has,

the stuff that
implicates Arturo?

No, he stopped
answering his cell

and he hasn't been
by his apartment all day.

They told me at the clinic
they'll replace the cast every week,

until the day that his feet
are in the right position

and then they'll put splints on him.

Poor little one, isn't he
too young for all that?

No, the opposite,
his tendons and ligaments

are very elastic right now.

That's what makes
the Ponseti method a successful one.

And besides, I'd much rather this
than the operation.

[knocking on door]

Come on in, come in, come in.

[Cuca] Thanks.

-Hello.
-Hi, hi.

Hi there.

-Hello.
-Hey, hey.

-Hey, you three.
-Hi.

Oh, my lovely little boy.

-It's for Luciano. Yeni.
-[Yeni] What?

-For Luciano.
-Really?

[Keyus] We got it so that he could wear it
on the day of the lifting.

[Yeni] Keyus.

It's beautiful.

But... I still don't know

if I'm going to the ceremony at all,
I haven't decided.

I think you should, Yeni,
you want him to learn

about who you are,
about your heritage.

[Cuca] You are the mother
of your son, legally,

you don't have to hide him
away in the darkness anymore.

Your son is pure light,
just like his namesake.

And that's how you'll carry him,
with your head held high.

No need to hide anything.

It's okay, Yeni,
we know you're afraid

but you can't live in hiding forever.

The Huizars are the criminals, not you.

[sirens blaring]

[dramatic music]

[indistinct chatter over police radio]

[Fernanda] David isn't
answering his phone now,

-you're not worried?
-[Arturo] No.

I proved to Balo

that all those problems could
be traced back to David.

I bet by now
that he's been wiped off the map.

[breathing heavily]

He told me that Julia
had talked to him,

assured him that she was
the mother of Nora's soul heir.

And how convenient
is that he told me,

because we can keep tabs
on her but that guy...

he was causing
too many problems.

Your mother ordered us to--

Ma does not just
stoop to those levels,

she doesn't resort
to violence like a mob boss.

[dramatic music]

You're going to forget
this whole conversation.

And you'll behave today

because today is
a very important day for us.

[pleasant music]

[Nora] Thank you
so much for coming.

No, thank you
for inviting us today.

Oh, my goodness,
she's precious, wow.

[guests applauds]

Congratulations.

It's okay little one, all right?

Don't worry about him, he's fine.

[Priest] Your granddaughter
is beautiful, Nora.

-Thank you, Father.
-Congratulations.

In the name of the Virgin,
God and the 12 grandmothers,

thank you for giving us
these two creatures,

Luciano and Francisca.

Lift them from the fields,
from the plains, from the rivers,

from the air
and from the mountains,

lift them so they can
grow up happy and healthy,

free from disease,
free from hate in their hearts.

May our mother, Tonantzin,
guide their way

through this world
and into the next.

You're with me forever.

[pleasant music]

It's over, it's over,
my love, you're okay.

Yeah, come here.
Oh, baby, you were so good.

[phone ringing]

-[Carlos] Hello?
-[Sara] Normally,

I wouldn't be able to tell you
any of this over the phone.

Hey, Sara, I know that,
and believe me,

I really appreciate
what you're doing for me,

I'll never forget this.

Yeni's samples matched Tessa's
with 99.9% accuracy.

She's absolutely
the girls' mother.

But they don't match
the boys', Carlos,

Julia is the boys' mother.

[dramatic music]

Is... Are you certain?

[Sara] Yes, I'm pretty sure,

-it's more than probable.
-Hmm, okay.

Thanks.

[slow music]

[Julia] Carlos,
what are you doing?

You can't leave me alone in there.

Julia, I need to know
something important

and I need you to tell me the truth.

Did you take that pill
that we were testing at the company?

-Where is this coming from?
-That is not an answer.

Who gave it to you?

I have no idea what you mean.

Do you really not know, Julia,
or are you lying now?

Are you lying because
you know perfectly well

that that is not my son,

he's not in there, he's alive.

What if he was alive, what then?

That boy is like Tessa,
he belongs to Yeni.

Can you hear yourself?

-What if my son was alive?
-[Nora] Oh.

You both did such a good job
out there pretending to be happy.

It's a pity the performance couldn't last.

Trust me, Nora,
I'm doing the best I can here

-but he isn't helping.
-[chuckling]

[Nora] Carlos, are you serious?

You won't stop
even for your daughter's very special day?

You know you're right, Ma.

We'll pretend
for my daughter's sake

that everything is incredible,
there's no problems here

but if I confirm
what I've suspected for a while,

that that is not my son,
that the ashes in there

don't belong to my son,
there'll be hell to pay.

I'm serious, both of you,
there'll be trouble.

All right for you? Okay?

Let's get back to the show.

[dramatic music]

Smile for the camera.

Excuse me, Mrs. Huizar,
how did the ceremony go?

Well, Tessa was an angel.

You're new, right?

Yeah, I freelance. Why?

Listen, I'm looking
for a reporter that can handle

something a little different,
scientific journalism,

a medical angle.

Interested?

Sure am.

[Pascal] My photos will be
in the next issue of the magazine.

TESSA'S BAPTISM

It went so well,
Fernanda offered me a job.

She and her contacts
are going to feed me a weekly column.

All I have to do
is keep her identity secret

and publish everything
Huizar Pharmaceuticals

can't say publicly, easy.

And that will grant us
access to firsthand information.

[clicks tongue]

[closing theme music playing]