Spanglish Page #5

Good night.

Good night.

You can't be translating for me all the time.

I need to learn English now.

I really wasn't supposed to translate that.

Listen to your mother. She knows it all.

Learning English would cost $599 down...

and 12 monthly payments of $86...

which represents 22/% interest.

Assimilation gets expensive.

But not a penny was wasted.

Food.

Food.

- I am just learning English.

- I am just learning English.

- Please repeat.

- Please repeat.

- Neck.

- Neck.

- Nose.

- Nose.

Go!

It is summer...

...winter...

...winter...

...spring.

...spring.

Sun.

- Sunny.

- Sunny.

- No.

- Several.

- Several.

- Several.

- Again.

- Several.

Good. Several.

- Too many.

- Too many.

Right. Too many.

How about a movie tonight?

Have you any particular one in mind?

I really enjoyed the Star Wars trilogy...

by Mr. George Lucas.

Congratulations, John.

Chef, it just keeps building.

Sorry.

Should we stop answering the phone?

We're booked for four months solid.

No.

I want to keep some walk-in business.

I want this to stay neighbourhood.

- The trick is stay the same.

- Impossible, John. There'd be riots.

You should hear the desperation

in their voices.

This is the best time of your life.

Yes, that includes our 5:30 seating as well.

I know. Could you hold for one minute?

We'll serve the full menu at the bar.

Where will I put people waiting for a table?

It won't work, John.

- Do this for me.

- There's no way.

Do this for me or I'll set my hair on fire

and start punching myself in the face!

Yeah, you're right.

That was an unusual way

for me to make myself understood.

Phone!

- It's Mike.

- Great.

Yeah, I'm just walking out the door.

Okey-dokey. Okay, thanks.

Great. Thank you.

Thank you for the ride home...

but it was not necessary.

All right, yes.

Four stars

and I've never been more unhappy.

Up. Yes.

He's got this. Incredible obstacle.

I don't know what to wear to the party.

I'm wearing jeans.

Do you want to wear jeans?

What are you wearing to the party?

Who's always there for you

at 2:
30 in the morning?

You'd better do something about Chum.

You're gonna throw your arm out.

Don't you sleep anymore?

The more you do it, the more you learn.

Flor, you're doing fantastic.

- No.

- Yes.

Now I am like a 2-year-old.

I finish.

No, keep going. No, not until you finish it.

Your wife go out.

- Did she say where?

- No.

Sorry.

Listen, she's...

I forgot she was going out.

Don't be a smart-ass.

I'm sorry.

You and I...

we communicate in apologies anyway...

so I'm sorry. I should be whipped.

I should be stoned. It's been a while.

I meant to say don't be smart...

not a smart-ass.

Don't be kind.

Don't be sensitive.

Don't be wonderful.

I'm way too close. I'm sorry again.

I meant to say, "Hi, Flor."

Good night, Flor.

That show you're watching

is gonna be a hit.

Hey, pal, you want to...

Go, Chum. No!

Go to him. Go!

Man, you do love me. I was wondering.

What about the point I'm making?

It's good, right?

Cristina has already read, on her own...

every book

on Bernice's summer reading list.

And she's two grades behind her.

Can you imagine

if she went to Bernice's school?

I think I could probably get her

a scholarship. God knows they owe me.

Talk to Flor.

Yeah. She's so open to new things.

Where're you going?

I'm going out.

It's this whole...

Anyway, I'm probably actually gonna be...

The cell will be bad,

so I'll just check in with you later.

I just can't find my keys.

Good morning, Ms. Folsom.

- Deborah.

- Arlene, what a surprise.

This is Cristina,

the girl I am always raving to you about.

This is Arlene Folsom,

she's the School Director.

- Hi.

- Hello, a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Folsom.

- Would you like a little tour?

- Really?

Great.

She's gorgeous, isn't she?

Hispanic.

We ran into the head of the school

and Cristina knocked her out.

I had nothing to do with it.

Incidentally, the scholarship...

is worth $20,000

and early registration is tomorrow.

It's too far from my home.

You could move in to town with us.

Never, thank you.

Fine, then don't.

By the way, the phrase is "no, thank you."

Mum was caught in a vise of manipulation.

Please, dear God...

this is the most important prayer of my life.

It's about my education.

The health of my brain.

Please, dear God, enter my mother's heart.

Make her understand

what this school means.

- Hi, Flor.

- Hi.

Want some port?

No, thank you, Evelyn.

- How you doing?

- Hi.

I was just leaving.

What? Okay.

- Poor guy.

- What?

Nobody noticed.

Flor?

Thanks for never judging me.

I love you. I love everybody.

That's what's killing me.

May I talk with you?

Me?

I just spoke to Deborah.

She'll be back soon

if you need to go over something.

I need to really talk. Is okay?

- No.

- No! Sure.

Sure. I'm sorry.

- Outside?

- Okay.

You have me a little nervous here.

Are we ever gonna stop? Just asking.

You know about Cristina

and your private school?

Oh, that.

- They did it.

- I don't know what to do.

Don't ask me.

I'm worried about my own kid going there.

They keep sending her home

anxiety-ridden, mostly over geometry.

I mean, you get Bernice. In a decent world...

her school should let her know

how great she is, right?

You don't have to worry about Bernice.

Nothing is going to change that heart.

Yeah, thanks.

It's just...

great to hear someone else

say that out loud.

Hard to explain.

I'm sorry. I take you here and...

- I make too much of this, right?

- No!

You have a right to worry about this.

This is the job. These are the decisions.

Worrying about your children is sanity.

And being that sane, the way you are,

can drive you nuts.

Someone like you, I'm sorry.

If you think you're at some crossroads,

you are.

You are.

Hey, I wish I could help you more.

I never know a man who can put himself

in my place like you do.

How did you become that man?

I don't know.

Would you get out of the damn wind?

Sit down!

I didn't mean to... I want to be helpful.

It must be hard being a widow,

doing it on your own.

Why do you think I am a widow?

I guess I thought...

that would be the only way

a guy would leave you.

So, okay...

are you gonna send her?

I don't know.

I think if I do, one of two things happens.

Either she will be odd?

Odd, yes.

Or she will make herself the same as them.

I felt the same way

about my kid going there.

So between odd and the same,

you gotta be rooting for odd, don't you?

Yes, you gotta.

Thank you. Good night. I go to sleep.

You speaking English, it's...

- What?

- Nothing.

It's nice meeting you.

Here they are.

Hey, you guys just made it.

I was getting worried.

I picked up your books yesterday.

I put them

in one of Bernie's old, ancient backpacks.

Thank you. This is gonna be a great school.

I can tell by the weight.

I got her just a little

first-day-at-a-new-school present.

Just a little something from me and Bernie.

It's okay, right? Come on, it's a big day.

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