[gentle music playing]
You're gonna fill that with snot.
Enough crying.
[musicians keep singing]
Hello?
Well?
[Marigaby] He has a lot of recovery to happen.
[Marcus] Maybe now he'll rest.
[coughs]
-You okay, Dad? -I'm okay, I'm okay.
You sure? Yes. Yes, I'm fine.
[coughs]
Now that I've got your attention,
I have some things to say about my good friend.
-José Luis was a loafer. -[attendees chuckle]
I mean that in the best of ways, honey. Please don't be angry.
He enjoyed life without having to rush through it.
He even modified an ambulance's siren to make it sound like this.
[slow siren tones play on phone]
[attendees chuckle]
[Ramón] Sluggish, just like him.
However, it was because of this "slo-mo" life
that he was able to raise his kids
and visit Acapulco over 100 times.
I haven't seen the seashore in a while.
And he never took us.
Having had a near-death experience myself, I think about him
and all of his outstanding service as a paramedic.
You passed away saving lives, my friend.
A man should be ready for retirement.
A real fighter must know when to throw in the towel.
Is he gonna retire?
Well, hopefully. He should.
That's the reason that after my open heart surgery,
and having to really think about my own death,
I'm going to announce...
[whispering] No, no, no, no, no.
-...my return. -[attendee] Oh, my God. This guy.
[Ramón] I'm going back to my ambulance.
To honor the memory of my lazy brother.
[Marigaby] Oh, shit.
That there's my old man!
[applauding]
["Yo No Tengo Miedo - Remix" playing]
[Ramón sighs]
[inhales]
You're getting strong, Ramón.
You're gonna be ripped, huh?
Super jacked as shit!
[inhales deeply]
Don't fall into temptation, Ramón. [chuckles]
Hey there.
Don't you and Lety run in the evenings?
Yes, always.
But if I manage to squeeze it in my schedule,
I like to get a workout going in the mornings as well.
I go to the gym, do some lifting, a bit of boxing.
Know what? You can come along with me.
Get you into a lifting routine and the rest of it.
Why don't you use your free time and keep on running?
My fat ass is already exhausted.
[exhales]
You don't need to say that about yourself, man.
Ah. Do you not understand, or are you just messing with me?
Ramón, we all have a rock bottom. All of us do.
And you know what's good about that? What's important about it?
That now the only way is up. That's it.
God helped me, you know. He helped me a lot.
Glory to the Lord.
He would help you as well, but only if you ask.
Haven't you baptized me already, Father?
What else do you want? Leave me alone.
The baptism was for Lety, just so you know.
You're so stupid. You'll never pass.
Principal said you had to help me.
I'm doing great in school,
so how is that I'm the one in this situation being punished?
Well, it isn't my fault.
You were supposed to learn multiplication tables
in elementary school, not middle school.
I'm only starting seventh. And I've gotta go.
No, you can't leave. If you don't pass, I'm not getting extra credit.
-No time for that. I've gotta work. -You're working? Come on. Where?
It's a secret, and I don't tell my secrets to big mouths.
I'm not a big mouth.
Then who told the principal
about the nurse and the gym coach in the storage room?
Well, at least I don't make things up, or disappoint my mother.
I don't make things up.
Sometimes I lie...
And don't talk about my mother.
If you say what your job is, I would actually help you with this.
So you won't tell anybody?
Promise.
[whispers] Paramedic.
-A paramedic? You? -Shh! Quiet, please!
I even saved some people during the earthquake.
[siren wails]
[Ramón] My friend asked me, me, to cover for her because she had a private event.
If I'm not the one driving, how are they gonna trust us?
Come on, Dad. It isn't all that boring back here.
Plus you have to take your pills.
[exhales deeply] I'll get 'em out.
I even brought you some water.
Mom said I could come if I looked after you, and that's what I'm doing.
Have patience, Pop. You're barely out of the wheelchair.
The doctor said you'd better relax unless you wanna have a stroke.
-Oh, the doctor. -That doctor, huh?
You really dig that guy. Raúl! Raul!
Just keep your eyes on the road. I bet he's your professor.
Ooh, the doctor. [Julio] Dr. Raúl!
[audience cheering, whistling]
[people cheering]
[shouts, grunts]
[whistling]
[shouts]
[screams]
Take her mask off all the way!
-[thud] -[grunts]
[cheering]
Told you that one was going to win.
Hey, don't forget that we're related.
You can avoid these problems if you start now.
From this day now on, no more junk food, no more tacos.
[cheering]
[shouting]
[grunts]
Oh, dammit.
[whistling, cheering continues]
Finish her! Finish her!
[laughs]
-[fan 1] Get off her, asshole! -[fan 2] Get off her!
[fan 1] Beat his ugly ass!
Let go of me!
-[Julio] You see that? -Relax, Julito.
It's part of the show, buddy.
-You sure? -Sure, yeah.
[fan] Yeah! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
That doesn't seem like it's part of the show.
[Marigaby] Come on, get in the ambulance.
But someone needs to help out Dad at the ring.
[man] Break it up.
-What is he doing? -Get him in the ambulance.
-I'll go get Ramón. Hurry! -Why'd you let him go, bro?
Go! Run, man! But my dad!
You're gonna listen to me for once in your life, okay?
Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me. For fuck's sake, move!
-Watch out for those punches. -But they're messing with me.
Don't worry about them. Help out the boy. Help the boy.
[spectator shouts]
[audience shouting, screaming]
Coming though, coming through!
Hey, you bastards!
Excuse me! Coming through! Coming through! Please step back!
Hi. I'm a paramedic. I'm here to help you.
Don't be scared, my dear. Don't let the blood scare you.
It's the anticoagulants.
So do you suffer from any cardiac disease?
They're for my performance. Okay.
I take them to bleed on the audience.
Sure, but please don't move your head, okay? I need you to be still for me.
There.
-I'm going to take off your mask now. -No, no! Not my mask! No, no, no.
I need to remove it or you'll bleed out.
I can't take it off.
All right, all right, we'll do it your way. Okay, ready?
[Marigaby] Anticoagulants? The fuck?
The things they do to put on a good show.
But I guess that's what we all do.
We do what we think is best right then and there, at work and in life.
And then when you get beat up, you handle it and put on a happy face, right?
Ramón!
Calm down. Just calm down.
Let's go, man!
How are we doing? You dizzy? Yeah.
Are you doing all right? I'll help you, okay?
Careful.
-Hey, bring the stretcher! -[wrestler groans]
-[Marcus] Bring her up now! Let's go! -One second. One second.
-[Marcus] One sec, one sec! -Can you help my friend?
-Thanks, honey. Thank you. -Give us a minute!
-On three. One, two, three! -[man] Hey, over here. I need your hlep.
[Marcus] Move it. Move it! We're good. We're good. We're good.
I'm moving as fast as I can. Okay, okay. I'll get to you shortly. Just wait.
-Dude, take us... Dude, what the heck? -Everyone just relax. Relax a bit.
Shit, I told you I'd see you shortly.
Relax, okay? I'll get to you.
Hey, lady! The fuck? Take it easy!
-Where the hell did Julio go? -Doctor, we need to leave now.
I know, I know. [Julio] Wait for me!
[Marcus] Take it easy. Easy, now! Dude, hop in!
[Marcus] Everyone calm down! -I'm trying to find Pika!
[Marigaby] Find what, buddy?
She's right there!
Son of a bitch.
["Antifa dance" playing]
Come on, man.
[siren wailing]
[Pika's mother] Ximena Montemayo.
Get over here!
What happened to you?
What is all this?
Sorry. Is this yours?
[sighs] Sorry.
[sighs] [Pika whimpers]
We're sorry, ma'am. We had no idea she was inside the ambulance.
Well, my daughter is helping your son with his schoolwork
and you repay us by corrupting her.
Well, wait a minute. You need to be aware that...
I guess this is the kind of bullshit that happens
when a mother abandons her children.
Let's go.
Stop looking back there.
I don't know what you think you were doing.
[sighs]
But how did you kidnap a little girl without realizing it?
We didn't kidnap her. Your son snuck her in the ambulance.
Wow. She wasn't kidnapped.
Pika paid me five bucks to let her come inside.
What? You must be an idiot.
Oh, so if Pika went to you and said, "Let's go rob a bank," you'd do it?
I begged the principal not to expel you, and for what?
You promised to be good!
Oh, so you're a mom now, Lety?
[Julio] I am good. You sent me to look after Dad.
Yeah, to look after me, not to play around with your classmates.
Shut up! You knew and turned a blind eye.
-[Marcus] Did you know? -That's bullshit, Ramón.
[Marcus] You're scolding Julio and you knew all along?
You see the damn girl and you don't say anything?
-You're an adult, Ramón! My God! -[Marcus] You can't blame him.
Why don't you grow up for once?
You two should have never come back together! You're better apart!
You know, he's right.
I'm out of here. See you around.
[grunts]
[sighs]
[grunts]
[sighs]
What do you wanna eat? Tell me and I'll order.
Um, what about those tacos I was telling you about the other day?
We could go there.
But you have your shift, and I have to get back to the hospital.
We shouldn't waste the little time we have.
Hmm. And I suppose this is the way that things are gonna go
as long as you have your fellowship and I'm still in school?
-What? -[scoffs]
I mean, we meet at the hospital and we fuck.
We meet at your house and we fuck. And we meet at the...
At my house and I arrange surgery for your father, hmm?
That was stupid. I'm sorry.
It's cool.
I'm grateful for all that you've done for my father.
What I said wasn't okay.
Yeah, it was.
Wait. Don't leave. I'm sorry.
[door closes]
["Se Busca" playing]
[Marcus] It's gonna be really cold.
[Crisis] Come on, stop whining.
[Marcus] Quit fussing. You look fine. Knock it off.
[Crisis] I know. We came to see Mare, didn't we?
[Crisis] I know, but I wanna look stunning when she sees me.
You do look stunning. You're gorgeous.
That chick is too much. I mean, some of those lyrics, my God.
Like she wrote them for me. Oh, really?
If she can do it, then so can we, baby.
Is someone a fan now, Crisis? Who showed you Mare?
Sing a song for us.
First you go.
Well, I can only think of the one that goes:
"I applaud every step and will follow the path you leave."
That's legit.
And fucking Ramón. That's for you, man.
He's not back yet?
No. He did the same thing as Lety, precisely. He gets mad and storms out.
Never mind their children. They're great.
Oh, sweetie. Ah, fuck him, though.
-But that's not me. -No, it's not.
I'm serious, Crisis, I don't back out.
-Yes, I know. -For you, for...
I'm saying I won't back out, you know?
If we decide to... If we wanna have it, I mean.
I know right now, it's not a person, it's just a fetus, but...
what I'm saying, Cris, is I'll do whatever you want.
-But I need you to know-- -Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute!
You're cutting the line, asshole! This guy here is cutting the line! Hey!
What an ass, huh?
You're the coolest mom ever already. You and I need to pay attention more.
Yeah, okay.
If we get distracted, someone cuts in.
Next group! Mare, we gotta go.
Okay.
Would you mind a selfie?
[shutter clicks] Thanks!
No problem.
That's it, guys.
No way, man. We've been waiting forever, right there in line.
-Nothing I can do. -So, what, we can't get in?
What do you mean, there's nothing you can do? Who can, then?
-What do you want me to do? -I don't know. Do something.
Hey, man, have her come and say it to our faces, okay?
Don't you work here for a reason? This man isn't gonna let us meet Mare.
Bitch, you know I came here to see Mare and I'm not leaving until I see Mare.
You got that? She already left.
[chuckling]
Uh, no. I can't anymore with this.
Is this what you saved me for?
To suffocate to death inside a giraffe mask?
No! But it was the only present I could think of for an actress. Sorry.
Well, you won't suffocate on this. This is for you.
"Yoga for a speedy recovery." Mmm.
Didn't give it much thought, did you?
No, this is for when you recover. It's...
I mean... You... I wasn't thinking about it like that.
Then I'll make sure my traumatologist gets this.
[chuckles]
No, it's fine. You're good. No, it's nothing.
It's just... sarcasm isn't really my thing lately.
[Bernardo] Don't worry about it. It's fine, Naye. Don't judge.
Sometimes things don't get better,
and it's exhausting to always look for the bright side.
It's okay to surrender.
At least for a while.
I haven't mastered it yet. It's a real fucker.
[Nayelly] You have no idea how much I miss running.
It would always relax me.
It's how I used to start every day. Hmm.
Hold on tight.
Why? Tight, okay?
Hold on. We're gonna run now! Now we're running!
[crowd applauding, cheering]
Let's do it.
Great stuff.
[hip hop beat playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Bernardo] One quick stop, okay?
What are we doing here?
[Bernardo] A little help?
Are you gonna tell me? Patience, Tamayo.
Give me a hand.
-[man] Bernardo! -What's up? What's going on?
I'm good!
Poncho, Marigaby. Marigaby, Poncho.
-Nice to meet you. -You too.
Okay, here.
Hang on. I have another one.
[water bubbling]
Hi there.
Look. Come here.
This is my favorite fish, Pixie.
Look. He's all smiley around me, isn't he?
Don't get your hopes up. He's like that around everyone.
-Ah. Like you. -Excuse me. How so?
Everybody calls you Flirty Face, Bernardo.
Yeah? How can you say that? Of course.
Are you gonna deny it? My behavior is just impeccable.
No, no, stop. Wait a second.
These are very delicate.
Just like you. That's right.
-I'm delicate. That's right, yeah. -That's right. They're just like you.
Very nice.
[students chattering]
Hey, punk. What do you want?
We know everything. I want pics of blood and bones.
Don't play dumb. Just give us what you got.
All right, that's enough. Move it. Move.
-Come on, now. -Hey! But you said--
-I know. -What did you tell them?
Hold on. Just chill, all right?
Hey, hey, hey. Relax. [bully] What's with the attitude, Pika?
What did you tell them? I'll tell you later.
You gotta get it through your head. Get what?
You and me, we're the cool kids now, dumbass.
Your mother won't let you hang out with me, though.
We're gonna make a ton of cold, hard moola with your ambulance.
It's a gold mine.
It's not my ambulance.
You're right. It's our ambulance now.
If you're in, I'll make sure you get through every subject, hmm?
No more getting in trouble, okay? Hmm?
[spits] Yes or no?
I'm in. [spits]
[fan 1] There's Mare, y'all. [whooping]
[Crisis] What?
[fan 2] Oh, yeah!
I really love what you do. It was fly.
-Solid. Yeah, amazing! -Wow. Can I have a hug?
For sure!
You have a phone?
Sorry. [laughs]
I have to go now, but I really like what I'm hearing.
-And if you have more material... -Thanks.
Tomorrow I'm going to Los Angeles to record,
so if you happen to be there, maybe you'll come by?
Yeah, of course.
We're coming. Yeah, man.
You can have this.
Hey, Mare, we have to go. Come on.
Look me up, guys!
Great meeting you, Mare!
[fan] Yo, can we get a photo together? [laughs]
[fan] Mare! Let's see. What did she give you?
[Crisis laughing] Los Angeles for the fuckers!
My God!
It's not done. We wanna add a few more pools,
a vegetable patch, and an area for composting.
That's amazing. Did you do it yourself?
There were several of us. But mostly Poncho and a couple of others.
I helped by throwing in some cash I had saved up.
Why's that?
Well, I always wanted to be a vet, but my family would've freaked out.
[laughs]
A veterinarian.
Yeah!
-Are you joking? -No.
So what are you doing in medical school, then?
I mean, you can always talk to your parents about it,
but isn't it your choice?
Yeah, but I...
I don't know how you do this.
I mean, just spending time with Nayelly...
She barely survived her injuries, and I can't stop thinking about it.
I mean, maybe it's fucked up, but I don't have the character to do that.
I don't know.
Right.
In all the time that I've worked in the ambulance, there was...
only one person I couldn't save.
It wasn't long ago.
It was during a fire, and now his wife's alone...
with a baby.
It was pretty fucked up.
Yeah. Look, these little bugs here,
they're practically extinct, and everything we've done in this place
is so they might find better ways to reproduce,
and then we can set them free again.
Half the time we do it, they aren't able to survive,
because their environment is so damaged.
But it's still worth trying.
Tamayo...
You're good at what you do. You hear me?
And I've seen that with my family.
And I'm telling you, we need more doctors like you and less like them.
[chuckles]
Well, I mean, your family sets the bar pretty low.
You know, they're only surgery superstars.
Well, that is true. [chuckles]
I'll be back in five minutes and then we can leave.
Okay.
This is a right angle,
which means it's 90 degrees,
just like a corner.
Then there's the acute angle.
This one. If you focus...
-Julio, are you paying attention? -Hmm? Sure, sure. Yeah.
Then what does this say?
An obtuse angle.
Okay.
And this one?
Uh, right angle?
Wait, you're not an idiot.
You can't see.
So, Pixie told me he wanted to come home with me.
-No, he didn't. -[chuckles]
No, but for real...
thank you.
For what?
For being there. For asking me questions.
[Marigaby] Hey, hey, hey.
If I'm not thinking about Raúl, neither should you, okay?
I wish I didn't have to go, but I do.
Thanks.
Hey!
[chuckles]
Oh, hey, it's pretty cool the way you care about the whole animals thing.
[both chuckle]
Bye!
[blows] [chattering on radio]
Why can't we just buy a new one? Why?
There's some good stuff on those websites.
I won't buy something I already own.
It's Marcus's bike.
[sighs] Marcus doesn't use it.
[grunts]
Where is Marcus? He's never here when I need him.
Oh, I don't know. Maybe living his life.
Well...
Will you stay?
Ramón...
I came over to fix things.
Well, you know I'm not going back to living with you and that priest.
I don't like you being alone.
Don't worry.
I'm a different man.
I mean, I don't wanna die, Lety. I want to live.
I love my children...
and I love you.
Completely.
Even though I go to church now?
Mmm. Yeah, Lety, even though you go to church now.
[chuckles]
-Let's see. We can fix it. -No, this is not the one.
Here. Try this one.
Miss Mandy, I'll bring the blankets later, all right?
Hey, bro.
What's up, doctor? How did it go?
Well... can I help?
Those. Hand 'em to me.
What's this?
That's Cris's.
No fucking way. It's Mare, dude.
Of course.
All her records are here. How much was this?
They were a gift for Cris.
-From who? -Who do you think? From Mare, man.
From Mare? For real.
What, is Mare your buddy now? Where did you meet her?
No, the two of us went to an event.
She heard Cris drop a beat and...
she had no other choice.
No fucking way.
She invited us to Los Angeles, dude.
L.A.? Damn!
To record.
Why are you so chill about this, huh? What are you gonna do?
[sighs]
I was born sitting behind the wheel of this thing.
Sometimes I'm afraid I'll never get off of it.
I mean, what if there's something else I'm good at?
[chuckles]
I want a life somewhere else, you know.
With Cris.
Us three.
How's that going?
Tell me.
She wants to leave, huh?
Of course she wants to leave.
She has for a while. And what about you?
Ramón is finished, dude.
Plus the only thing Julito wants is to be in the ambulance.
That boy could do whatever the hell he wants, but he's always here.
I don't want him to be like me.
And you're still in school. You rock, Doc, you really do.
So the only dumbass here is me.
Well, wait a minute.
It's pretty fucked up that nobody ever asked us if this is what we wanted.
But I'm with you, and we're on this goddamn fucked-up ship together.
It's a ship?
[chuckles]
Come over here. Give me a damn hug.
[Ramón] Are you ready?
It's getting late, you know.
[Marigaby] Yeah, well, it's your son's fault.
["Bienvenidx" playing]
[siren wailing]
Carmencita, did you receive the police call?
Yes, it's a 10-31. Crime in progress. Could be dangerous.
Are we the closest ambulance? Can you find out?
Give me a few seconds.
Are you sure, Ramón?
[Carmen] Yes, Ramón, you're the closest one.
[Ramón] Turn on the siren. Ramón.
Turn it on!
[siren wailing]
[dispatcher] All units, all units. Armed robbery in progress.
Officer, what's going on?
The store was about to close when two teenagers came and tried to rob it.
An employee managed to press the emergency button.
Private security responded to the alarm a little while ago.
There's a woman in there who's been shot.
-How long ago? -Half an hour, maybe a bit more.
We've negotiated with the teenagers so that two paramedics can get her out.
Marigaby, we're going in with a stretcher and supplies.
No, no, you're supposed to go in with an officer disguised as paramedics.
Do they know how to bandage the victim's wounds?
You said someone was shot, and there might be others in there.
So what do you think is going to happen
when they learn that one of us isn't a paramedic?
Good point. Get her out.
I'll go with Marcus. You can't take it.
No. Marcus has never treated a gunshot wound. I'll do it.
No heroes in there.
Don't worry, they took the day off.
[captain] Okay, be careful.
You have to promise to stay chill, okay? I'll do all the hard work.
Ready?
Ready. Ready.
[robber] Open it.
Close it. Quick!
Go now.
Move it!
Now, don't screw this up.
Well, we aren't the ones robbing a jewelry store.
All right. We're here to help,you, just like you wanted, okay?
Hey, are you all right?
If you want her to live, she needs to go to a hospital.
No, no! Hold on!
I know about this. If you leave, the SWAT team comes.
This isn't a movie. I'm telling you, she's about to bleed out.
Just think about it, man. I'm pretty sure you don't want her death...
Shut up!
This is a mess.
If she dies, it's over. It's all over.
For you, for everyone.
We all want to make it out of here alive.
[Marigaby] These fucking idiots.
A couple of jewels aren't worth more than a person's life.
For fuck's sake.
It shouldn't be this easy to risk our necks just to do this job.
Stay with me, sweetie. Hey. Hey.
[Marcus] How's it going? What's up?
Hey, Marcus. I heard about it over the radio. What's going on?
We're still waiting. This is fucked up. They're not saying anything.
-Five minutes until the SWAT team arrives. -[officer] Copy, sir.
Give me a sec. Captain! Captain! You can't go in there!
Captain, my father and sister are in there.
Let me have a second, please. I only wanna talk to 'em.
[Marigaby] We need to get her out of here, okay?
No, no, no! Stay back!
You're going to fix her here. No one leaves.
-I know you're upset, but... -Shut up. I said shut up!
[gunshots]