Signature Move Page #2

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care for each other,

but even wanting to be friends,

my mom would say, Zaynab,

that's a very American concept.

Zaynab...

Does that mean anything?

Precious flower, or one

who glorifies her father.

[Alma] Wow, how's that going?

My father died a

little over a year ago.

Oh god, I'm sorry.

Yeah, he, um, died

of a heart attack.

And then my mom moved in

with me.

Now I'm her caretaker.

Are you and your mother friends?

Oh yeah, God,

I tell her everything.

Luna Peligrosa.

You remember her name?

(laughing) I do.

What does it mean?

[Alma] Dangerous moon.

[Zaynab] How did she get that?

You know, I don't know,

actually.

So what about you?

Alma, what does that mean?

In Spanish, it means, soul.

[Zaynab] Soul.

[Alma] Yeah.

[Zaynab] So, tell me

something else I don't know

about you.

Hmm, I was in a telenovela.

Come on.

Yeah, really, back in Mexico.

I was a kid, literally, a child.

And actually terrible.

They didn't use my cut

for broadcast.

I would be so much better, now.

(Zaynab laughing)

Sh, sh.

I know you're supposed

to be good for us,

because you eat

all the bad bugs.

Mom, I can't, I'm,

uh, meeting my friend.

Okay, well, I want to

meet your friends, so...

My mother wants to meet you.

Oh no, I don't want

to meet your mother.

You don't?

Okay, cool.

Wait a minute.

Why don't you want

to meet my mother?

I want to meet your mother.

The reason you want

to meet my mother

is very different from why I

don't want to meet your mother.

Mother meeting means

a relationship.

I'm not in this

for a relationship.

Me neither.

(percussive music)

Yeah, focus on technique!

Alright.

Shoot out.

Double leg takedown, let's go.

Yes.

Headlock, headlock,

get in there.

Use your hips, use your hips!

Use your, whoa.

Okay, this...

Is...

Hey, this is not a move.

What, it's that girl?

The only way to get the girl

is not be afraid of losing her.

Because it is not about winning.

It is about everything else.

What you're feeling right now,

you need to learn to

harness it, channel it,

and use it to your advantage.

Ow.

[Jayde] Again.

I'm asking myself a lot

of questions

And searching

for all the wrong answers

I'm staring in the mirror

I see a broken girl

who looks a lot like me

Half lost can you accept it

No one's perfect

That's expected

That's expected

Wish I could rewind the time

When I wasn't stressed

out my mind

I can't be your superhero

And fly across the seas

everyday

I can't be your

perfect angel

With a halo on my head

all day

I'm trying to tell you

that I'm only human

That I'm only human

Bye, Mom.

I'm, uh, going

to go meet a friend.

Friend,

does he have potential?

What about me, Mom,

do I have potential?

Are you sure?

Yeah.

I don't know.

I promise you.

[Bouncer] Hey, pretty.

Where's your girl?

(club music)

(bell rings)

She is known as the queen

of chaos, Lucy Vicious.

(audience cheers)

And her opponent, she is known

as the Appalachian Assassin.

It's Darcy Dixon.

(bell rings)

(grunting)

Whoo, yeah, augh, woo.

Get on there, woo.

Here, break it up.

[Announcer] Oh, ref is down.

Woohoo.

[Announcer] Keep it

pumped up, chica!

Yeah, get her down!

Lucy, we love you!

[Announcer] Lucy Mendez

coming back!

Woo, okay, I'm going

to be right back.

[Announcer] Keep it going

y'all,

for your champion, Lucy Mendez.

Woo, here, put this on.

Okay.

Lucy, you're a goddess!

Woohoo!

You should do this.

I could never do this.

Yeah.

I wrestle

for existential reasons.

Immigration and codependency.

(street noises)

Ooh.

Okay, my mom's going to

go through that in a day.

Maybe we should skip

the papaya.

(laughs)

There are also some,

uh, mangoes back there,

if you wanted to get some.

Nah, the Mexican ones

just aren't as sweet.

That's not what you said

last night.

(Parveen humming)

Alli, ma.

[Rosa] Gracias, mijo.

De nada.

(festive music)

You like Carlos?

Mama, ay.

(laughing)

Ay, Carlos reminds me

of another man I knew.

Who?

(spits)

So what happened?

Ay, no.

Peligrosa.

Luna Peligrosa.

Huh.

(Pakistani pop music)

I feel like

you're keeping me secret.

It's not about you.

I mean, it is about you,

because it's

about my personal life.

But, it's not about you,

you know?

Well, I don't keep secrets.

Hold still, Mom. Come on.

Sorry, sorry, sh.

Just one more, one more,

come on, come on, come on.

Uh, she should be here soon.

A couple years.

Not that I know of.

One more, one more, one, one.

[Zaynab] Okay.

Can I go now?

[Parveen] You eat meat?

Yep, you know,

I tried veganism once,

but it kind of felt like it

was going against my roots.

I also tried once.

You did?

Oh, oh, that's too much

filling.

Remove it, remove it.

And fold it properly.

Here, let me show to you.

This reminds me of making

tamales at home with my family.

He is fan favorite

in Pakistan.

Hmm.

You know like, that, um,

that star, what is his name.

Um, sound like a baby animal,

Zaynab?

Ryan Gosling.

Hmm, Goose-ling.

(laughing)

So handsome, Zaynab's

father was not so handsome.

Mom.

But, but very intelligent.

Hmm, he used to read

every single book.

Aw, did Zaynab tell you

that I owned a bookstore?

No, Zaynab has not told

me anything about you.

Well, I was thinking

it would be nicer, but...

Mm, mm, drama.

Drama.

This is totally

like a telenovela.

Like what?

Oh, um, tele-no-vela.

Tele-no-vela.

Mm-hmm, Spanish-speaking

soap operas.

May I?

[Parveen] Uh.

(chuckling)

(dramatic Spanish dialogue)

That's just like my dramas.

Yeah, minus the

kissing and the cleavage.

Hmm, what did you say?

Nothing.

Just, Mom, you don't even, like,

know what they're saying?

How can you even,

like, enjoy it?

You don't need to

understand the language.

You just feel it.

These two love each other.

Are you married?

Oh, no.

We should find you a husband.

But before that, we must

find Zaynab a husband.

Do you know any potentials?

No.

I don't know anyone who would

want to marry your daughter.

Hey, hey, I am so sorry

about my mother, okay?

That was so awkward,

you were right.

Meeting mothers, terrible idea.

Maybe this is a terrible idea.

If you're actually looking

for a husband, then, I mean...

Uh, I'm not looking

for a husband.

You don't understand.

No, I understand.

I understand perfectly

what's going on here,

and I don't want anything

to do with it.

I don't want to do this anymore.

Do what?

This, any of this, you, me.

There's always a thing,

with every girl.

With you, it's secrets

and lying.

I have never lied to you.

You are lying to your mother.

And a lot of other people

in your life,

about what you like to do

in private.

Look, I'm just trying

to figure it all out.

It's hard.

You don't know the way

I was raised.

No, we're not that different.

I get the whole mother, and

respect, and family thing.

And you're not in high school.

And clearly, your mother

knows nothing about you.

Honestly, I don't even know

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