The Motive Page #5

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A wonderful character? What do you mean?

Nothing.

Here's to doing what we like,

even if we are mediocre.

I'm not mediocre. I'm a fabulous super!

Check.

Check.

Checkmate!

Do you like cognac?

Of course.

Democracy is a sickness.

The elite shun

their responsibility to lead,

and let themselves get carried away

by the opinions of the ignorant masses.

A nation without elite is a lost nation.

Democracy destroys dignity

and rational thinking,

and converts government

into a vulgar auction.

Now you,

as a man of law who works for a notary,

answer me this:
why is the vote

of an engineer, or a college student,

or a teacher

worth the same

as the vote of a superintendent?

Well... that's a good question.

It's not logical.

Quite.

Check!

Checkmate!

You're the winner! Congratulations!

Proceed to the next level!

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Am I disturbing you?

- No, not at all.

- Can I come in?

- Yes, of course.

Thank you.

Can I offer you

a cup of tea or coffee?

No, thank you. I won't stay long.

How can I help you?

I wanted to thank you

for what you did for my husband.

You helped him

and that meant a lot to him,

and a lot to me.

Anyone would have done

the same in my situation.

- Please, take a seat.

- No. My husband's at home,

and I don't want him to know

I've been here talking to you.

- He's not working today?

- He's not working anymore.

On Monday his redundancy

was confirmed, so...

There's nothing else we can do.

I'm so sorry to hear that.

He should be out looking for work,

but he says he's not up to it.

These situations are hard.

Give him some time.

Yeah... We can claim

unemployment benefits for now,

but when that runs out...

Let's see what happens then.

Well, thank you.

We get all sorts of people

coming in to the notary's office.

Please, come in for a moment.

We get all sorts of people

coming in to the notary's office.

If Enrique wants to give me his CV,

I can see if I can find him something.

You'd do that for us?

Well, thank you.

You're such a good person, lvaro.

Thank you so much.

- Bye.

- Bye.

What were you doing

in the neighbour's flat?

I already told you.

I wanted to know who was the person

in which you are relying so much.

- Do you think he's fooling me?

- No, but sometimes you're too naive.

I only wanted to know for sure

that there is nothing else to do.

What the hell did you go blabbing

to the neighbour for?

Me? Me?

You were the one

who went to him in the first place!

He might be able to help us.

I asked for his professional opinion.

I didn't go airing

our dirty laundry in public!

Do you know what happened to me

this morning at the bank?

They'd taken almost 200 euros

out of my account.

What for?

They charge you commission

for not moving your money around.

That's disgraceful.

But we're in their hands.

You might be...

I keep all my money in my safe.

In your safe?

And aren't you scared

keeping all this in the house?

Scared of what?

Let them try and rob me...

They'll see what I'm made of!

A Lugar P08.

The best weapon ever invented.

If anyone tries something,

they'll get a bullet

straight to the head.

I really mean it.

If you don't start looking for work,

then I will.

- The kids are going to hear you.

- I don't care!

Don't talk to me like that!

And what do you think

you're going to do?

You haven't done

a day's work in your life!

Don't talk to me like that, you bastard.

I quitted my career

on a mutual agreement,

so that I could take care of the children,

and not any hired nanny,

so they could be with their mother.

I get the feeling you're doing this

because you want to go back to Mexico.

It's OK, go back to Mexico.

But you're going alone!

Excuse me, but something just fell out

of my window onto the interior courtyard.

Do you know what time it is?

What's the matter?

My phone fell out the window

onto the interior courtyard.

Your phone?

- I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?

- No.

I'm sorry.

OK.

I really wanted to see you too.

Thank you, doa Lola.

Is it broken?

Just the screen,

but it looks like it's still working.

Thank you.

lvaro...

lvaro, it's me.

It's OK, my husband's asleep.

Open up!

Open up!

It's OK, my husband's asleep.

It's me. Open the door.

It's OK. Open up!

Open up!

I couldn't give a damn who hears me!

- Do you get me?

- And your children?

- You hear me?

- You don't give a damn for them?

You're going to wake them up.

You're drunk.

Leave the kids out of this.

- Look at me.

- Don't you dare touch me!

- Ah... leave me alone, woman.

- I just can't believe this.

No! You leave me alone!

You leave me alone!

Please, shut up. The children are asleep,

the neighbours are asleep.

I don't care about the f***ing neighbours!

- Shut up! Shut up!

- Do you think I care about them?

Don't touch me! Go to hell!

Hi.

Hi.

I wanted to invite you over to dinner

to talk about your husband's job.

I've been doing

some more investigating.

Really?

I haven't got anything concrete yet,

but I'm working on it.

- I'll talk to Enrique about it.

- Great!

Can I talk to you alone?

Sure.

I'll be downstairs in half an hour.

- OK.

- OK.

- Sorry for scaring you like that.

- That's OK!

I guess you probably know

that my husband and I

have been fighting a lot lately.

No...

Your bathroom window's

right next our kitchen window.

In Mexico we had a really different life.

When we first got here, it was so hard,

but we made it through somehow.

Now I'm scared

my husband's going

to go back to his old ways.

You don't know him.

Is there something

you want to tell me?

No, it's all very personal.

I'd rather not talk about it.

I was thinking...

I've never worked.

My husband didn't want me to.

Given the circumstances,

I'm willing to do anything.

Anything's better

than staying at home fighting with him.

Do you think

you might be able to help me?

The old man who lives

on the fifth floor, Mr. Montero,

he mentioned the other day

he was looking for someone

to help him out around the house.

He's a bit of a control freak,

but he's got a lot of money.

If you like, I could talk to him for you.

You'd do that for me?

Sure.

It's been a long time

since I met someone like you,

someone so willing to help people.

- No.

- Yes.

- Well, I don't.

- Yes, you do.

I have to go.

Please, don't say anything to my husband

about this conversation.

Of course not.

Thank you.

See you later.

What was that all about, eh?

Now you're trying to get

in the immigrant's pants, eh?

Ma'am, I've no idea

what you're talking about.

And what about me, eh?

Good night.

Well...?

I mean...

You mean...?

I admit it's quite intriguing.

It's quite intriguing?

Yes, I mean, putting the neighbour

in the old man's house

and convincing her to rob him

isn't bad, but...

I don't know. It's still a bit obvious.

Maybe you should go in another direction.

What other direction?

Focus more on the sexual tension

between Irene and her neighbour.

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