My Spanish I am very good.
Don Pablo! I want to be like you when I grow up!
Careful what you wish for, kid.
Here… this is for you.
Stay away from him, son.
I already told you anything he has comes straight from the devil's lair!
Well, Dad, it's here. My first day at a real job.
You have any advice for me?
Okay, maybe next time then.
Anyway, watch over me today, will you?
I don't want to mess this one up.
Not just for me, but for our family.
Even though your dad's not here to say it, we're both so proud of you.
All your coworkers at the bus depot are going to love you.
Máximo.
I love you, dear brother!
I'll have dinner ready for you when you get home.
Máximo.
Good luck at work.
Enjoy being just another cog in the wheel of capitalism!
Máximo!
Guess what?
The moment we've been waiting for our entire lives is here!
You lost your virginity?
That's big news!
Who'd you do it with? Your third cousin?
Don't tell me it was your second cousin. Any closer than a third cousin is weird.
No, no. I didn't lose my virginity. This is better news!
Well, maybe just as good.
My neighbor Tito has a buddy, Jorge,
whose brother is Miguel,
and Miguel said that his friend, Francisco, told him
that Las Colinas Resort put out an announcement
that they're hiring new staff!
And I got us interviews there this morning!
Wow, that's amazing!
But I can't.
Today's my first day of work at the bus depot.
But this has always been our biggest dream!
Just picture your mom,
her eyes totally healed.
And she's in a huge oceanside mansion
not because she's cleaning it, but because you bought it for her!
Hey!
The service entrance is around the back.
Go on, get over there!
I hate interview day.
I don't even know what to put here.
What do you mean you were
"President of Advertising for a late-night entertainment company"?
Of course I was!
What would you call passing out flyers for the city's most popular strip club?
I'd call it lying, Memo.
No, it's called embellishing.
You gotta stand out.
Excuse me, Don Pablo?
Would it have been so hard
to have Grandpa's funeral on a Saturday?
Hey, I'm home.
Hi, Mama.
"Mama"?
And you're washing the dishes?
Máximo Gallardo Ramos, what did you do?
Yeah, Máximo, tell Mom what you did.
I didn't make it to work because I got a better job…
at Las Colinas Resort.
I told you to always stay away from that cesspool of lust and sin!
That exploits its workers and romanticizes our culture.
That's also full of lust and sin.
What would your dad say?
Maybe he'd be happy.
Dad worked his ass off as a bus driver, and for what?
To end up falling asleep at the wheel and dying!
At least this job gives me the chance to make a better life for us.
We can finally get your eyes checked out, Mom.
My eyes are fine.
Last week, I saw you praying to one of my old wrestling action figures.
It's 'cause I wanted him to win.
Mom…
you raised me to be a good person.
I promise you nothing will ever threaten that.
Promise me you're not gonna let that place change you.
And that you'll wear your father's pendant so he can protect you.
How boring! I thought this was gonna be way more exciting.
What? My mom used to make me fold our Guatemalan neighbors' laundry.
Sheets first, then the towels.
Get on it!
I don't know, Memo.
It seems like this place isn't what I thought it was.
Are you serious?
What could be better than this?
Okay, maybe not this this.
But you have the opportunity of a lifetime.
Make the most of it!
For example, see this awesome earring?
Lupe let me pick out something from the guest lost and found
because I gave her one of my mom's famous tortas.
You would not believe what's in there.
Diamonds, Cuban cigars, rings, an iguana that's…
And you chose that earring?
Exactly!
I claimed it as soon as I saw it.
Dreams come true here.
So if it seems like something's out of your reach,
just reach a little farther.
Great advice.
Terrible earring. But great advice.
Memo! I've got a problem.
I need to get weed for some of Diane's friends, or else she'll fire me.
But I have no idea where to get it.
What should I do?
Well, maybe Lupe has some in the lost and found.
I'll wait here.
Hi, Lupe.
I'm Máximo, Memo's best friend.
By any chance, do you have any marijuana in the lost and found?
No, yes. Yes, I have some.
What are you gonna give me for it?
Just this morning, Jorge in accounting
gave me one of his teeth for a Rolex.
What did you want his tooth for?
I don't care about his tooth.
I just wanted to know how badly he wanted what I had.
Well, I don't have valuables to give you.
I only have a few coins, some meal vouchers,
my dad's pendant necklace…
Let me see it.
And how important is this necklace to you, kid?
Really important. More than you can imagine.
Hand it over.
No. This?
Yep.
You don't want this. How about a tooth? I don't even use this one.
My offer expires in three…
Please, Lupe, anything but this.
Two…
I'm begging you. Don't do this to me.
One…
So?
How was your first day?
Not great.
I had to do…
some bad stuff.
You? Yeah, right.
What "bad stuff" did you have to do?
I traded Dad's pendant to get drugs for a guest.
No shit!
And Mom says I'm the problem child?
I feel horrible, but I didn't have a choice.
Well, yeah, I did have a choice, but I didn't want to get fired.
Sara, do you think I'm a bad person?
Nah.
Annoying? Yes. But, bad? Not even one bit.
I know that whatever happens there,
you're only doing it so we can have a better life.
And maybe a convertible.
Yeah, that too.
Thanks.
-So what kind of drugs? -And we're done.
Surprise!
-What's up? -What's this?
I don't need these.
At least try them on. For me.
What do you think?
I think… I can see again.
Máximo, you look so handsome!
Sara!
Why are you dressed so weird?
Oh, cool, Máximo. Mom can see again.
Máximo, these seem like expensive glasses. How did you get them?
I told you I could make some good dough at this job.
But these glasses are just a quick fix.
We still need to take you to a real eye doctor.
Máximo, now that I can look straight into your eyes,
tell me the truth.
Did you get this money…
doing something I wouldn't be proud of?
Mom, you know I can't lie to you.
Not in the slightest.