Okay, bozos. Listen up.
It's that time of year.
The Gonzales family neighborhood barbecue.
- Awoo! - [All] Awoo!
That's enough.
Mondo, Ryan, you're on fireworks, as usual.
Don't know how you can top last year.
It'll come to me. I am but a vessel.
The aztec god of fire, xiuhtecuhtli, speaks through me.
Plus, I have a cool app. We can do 3D renderings of the explosions.
The merging of the ancient with the modern.
This is how civilization progresses.
Just like when santana played with the matchbox 20 guy.
Rollie. Beer duty.
Got it. Can't wait.
Beer duty means you get beer for other people,
not just you drink a lot of beer.
- What? - [Jay] I got the playlist.
Jay's rump-shaker backyard bangerz was a big hit last year.
Just a reminder, Denise and the girls will be here.
All the songs will be kidz bop versions.
I've got another job for you.
The giant hole in the deck that's big enough
for a person to fall through, fix it.
Why is that our job?
Hey, if I wanted to, I could punch a hole in this deck.
No chance.
Oh, yeah. Right. We'll fix it.
Rafa, you have two jobs. Be my perfect little angel,
and also rat on your uncles whenever they do something extra stupid.
Done and done.
[Clears throat] What about me?
You're head of security.
I'm always head of security. No one takes me seriously
because you never let me bring my crossbow.
This year, I'm bringing my crossbow.
- No, you're not. - Fine. Then I'm at least eye gouging.
- No eye gouges. - Oh, but it's fine for you to do it
at Walmart on black Friday?
Tvs were $60, Mike!
Hey, rafa. What time should we be there Monday?
Labor day at the Gonzales house starts around 2:00
and ends whenever any of the uncles get into a fistfight.
So, I'd get there by 2:30.
[Mya] Sweet.
I moved from Dallas when I was eight
and I think that was the last time I had good Mexican food.
The past few years have just been German sausage and European fish stew.
They didn't even have taco bell?
Oh, I love taco bell, dawg.
If I ever get the courage to smoke weed,
I'm gonna get super high and eat so much taco bell.
Actually, it's usually just a straight barbecue
but I could ask my mom to make some Mexican stuff.
She is an awesome cook.
Nice. All right. I'll see you all Monday?
Hey. You guys gotta help me out, all right?
You know how insane the barbecue gets.
I need you to shield Mya and her family from the worst of it.
Yeah, yeah. We got you.
Oh, remember a few years ago? The lighter fluid fight?
Was that the same year that Mike did the nunchuck demonstration
then choked out that old man and woman?
No, no. It was the year that
Jay barbecued Ryan's favorite briefcase and then fed it to him.
Yeah, this is what I mean when I say the worst of it.
Blue comets, green chrysanthemums, red and gold crossettes.
This will be the story our ancestors have passed down since time immemorial.
An erotic tale of courage, perseverance, and human frailty.
Told through explosives.
Got it. Now, when you say erotic,
what fireworks would you say are the horniest?
Roman candles, bottle rockets, whistling petes?
- Snakes. - Of course.
[Miguel] Planning out this year's fireworks?
- Can I help? - No.
You're not ready.
[Miguel] You said that last year and the year before that.
How long are you gonna make me wait? I'm 16.
That is way too young. No, this is grown man stuff.
Call me when you file your taxes.
Wait, do you do your taxes? Because literally call me.
I can help you for a reasonable fee.
I know who you are. I don't need this.
Hamburgers, hotdogs, ribs, chips, plates, beer.
Anything else?
Well, Mya and her family are coming
and they haven't had good Mexican food in years
because her dad was stationed overseas.
So, I was wondering if maybe you could cook something?
I think that's a great idea.
Uh, Mexican food?
Wait, hold on.
We should just stick to the regular barbecue plan. It's tradition.
Or we could eat nothing. Fasting is a very spiritual experience.
You guys can cook all your regular barbecue stuff.
I will handle the extras. Tacos, tortas, my famous tamales.
And rafa, you can help me.
You're actually older than I was when I taught myself how to cook Mexican food.
All right. I'm gonna go to the store to get everything we need.
[Gasps] I'm so excited.
[Ryan] Exciting.
- What the hell, primo? - What'd I do?
Men, we have to tell him.
Are you sure?
It's time.
Your mother is not who you think she is. She can't cook Mexican food.
What are you talking about? Her Mexican food is amazing.
No. Our Mexican food is amazing.
When your mother was 12 years old,
our mom, your grandma, Got hooked on penny slots.
She would disappear for days at a time.
And drea took care of us.
[young Andrea] More food's ready, guys.
I didn't have a lot to work with but I hope it's okay.
[Jay] She was so proud of feeding us That we couldn't bear to break her heart.
From that moment on, we made a pact To never tell her the truth.
There's more where that came from.
None of this stuff is the right color.
Just shut up and eat it.
[Jay] And eat it, he did.
We all did.
It wasn't her fault.
She never had the right ingredients, so she improvised.
We were so good at lying, she came to believe
her way of doing it was somehow better.
All these years, she thought she reinvented Mexican cuisine.
But really, she was giving us free colonics.
You guys are messing with me.
- How bad could it be? - [Rollie] How bad could it be?
Have you seen the movie San Andreas?
It's like that. But the earthquake is in your butt.
Whenever she cooks Mexican food,
we sneak around her back and fix everything.
This is a rite of passage for every Gonzales man, primo.
Lying to your mother to protect her heart and our guts.
- No. No way. - [Jay] Uh-hmm.
Leave me out of this.
You're already in, primo.
So, you either help us or you eat your mom's food
and waste away like a conquistador getting montezuma's revenge.
Have you seen The exorcist? It's like that.
But the devil is in your butt.
Primo, if we don't stop your mom from cooking,
the entire San Antonio Metro sewer system is doomed.
Have you seen the first 10 minutes of Saving private Ryan?
It's like that. But your butt.
- [All] That's it. - [Rollie] That's it, right?
I got it, right? That's pretty good.
- It's actually like that, yes. - Yeah.
Hey, Frankie.
El maestro.
Good to see you.
[Frankie] I didn't know what you wanted this year,
so I, uh, I ordered some rare items.
Sloppy migraines, liquid pain,
astronaut assault, exploding babies.
Excuse me.
Uh, you don't tell Michael Jordan which shots to take, okay?
You don't tell Mozart which trumpet to play or whatever.
I don't know a lot about Mozart
but I do know a lot about my brother and his genius.
Forgive Ryan. He's very protective of my vision.
Show Frankie what we need.
Oh, my god. It's, it's beautiful.
I'll have all this to you within the hour.
Do we trust him?
He'll come through. He always does.
No, I mean, he took my tablet. Is he gonna bring it back?
No. He's a dirtbag. He's definitely gonna sell it.
Oh. Oh, Frankie. Frankie!
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
That applies to women, too.
You learn to cook Mexican food like me, you'll never be single.
You've been single my whole life.
By choice. Now focus.
You're about to learn the secret recipe for quesadillas.
First, you take a tortilla, add cheese,
and then my secret ingredients,
canned tuna, horseradish, and cinnamon.
I know. It might sound like a bizarre combo
but you and your uncles love it, right?
Psst. Psst. Psst.
Do not, under any circumstances, let her put a horseradish in that quesadilla.
Well, how am I supposed to stop her?
Switch it to this.
You want me to switch horseradish with horseradish?
It's not horseradish.
It's a mixture of cooked onions, peppers, and spices.
I call it the trojan horseradish.
I love that. Great name.
Right?
Because it protects everything that goes inside, like a condom.
Never mind. You're an idiot.
Also, swap in this chicken for tuna and swap out the cinnamon for cayenne.
Go. Hurry, hurry.
[Andrea] Okay.
I know. It looks like a lot of lard, but believe me, we are gonna need it all.
Hey, hey, hey. Watch yourself, Eva.
Oh, not even a thank you?
See, this is why I need my crossbow.
To use on the kids?
Hey, you guys made it.
Great.
There's no crossbow. So glad you came.
Yes, we did. And this is my mom, Jackie.
Great to meet you, Jackie.
Oh.
I'm sorry. I thought we just met
but apparently you and I have been friends for decades
and therefore, you feel it's appropriate to address me by my first name.
Oh, no, no, no.
I, I'm so sorry, Mrs. Perkins. I really wasn't trying to...
- Can I talk to you? - Uh-hmm.
I'm sorry. I knew that was gonna happen
and it was gonna freak you out but I couldn't resist.
These are delicious, Ms. Gonzales.
Thanks, Harris. The secret is cinnamon.
Oh, I don't think I even tasted...
It's cinnamon, bro.
You guys never finished fixing the hole in the deck.
It is a serious safety issue.
The food thing has taken up all our time.
There is a hole in the deck.
Rollie, go get some cardboard.
What's going on, guys?
I just had to stop uncle Mike from explaining to Mya's mom
why he wants to shoot kids with a crossbow.
What do you want from us? There's too many of them.
They're running a five-on-two fast break against us.
- Oh, no. - [Rafa] What?
Mya's brother came. He's the worst.
I heard, at his old school, he gave a kid a wedgie so bad,
his butt crack grew like two inches longer.
- What? - [Harris] Yeah.
[Rafa] I had no idea people still did wedgies.
That's how much of a dick he is. He's like a time traveling dick.
Oh.
Uh, yo, what's up, rock?
It's Rockwell. No small talk.
Does "what's up" count as small talk?
My sister and I have lived in seven different cities
and there's always some lame ass trying to get with her.
She's too good to settle for any of you losers.
Uh, but you just met us.
Yeah. And I can already tell you're losers.
So, which one of you losers is it?
Primo, we need you.
Oh, thank god. Nice meeting you, man.
So, you're clearly upset.
Eva, come here. Help out your uncle Mike.
Still not secure. [Groans]
[Jay] Where are we at in the kitchen?
The rice is in the rice cooker.
Please tell me she used the caldo de tomate I left on the counter.
Ketchup.
- Mother ...! - She did it before I noticed.
She also started on some menudo.
Is she crazy? That takes five hours!
She called it her seven-minute menudo.
This is worse than I thought.
We need you to get your mom out of the kitchen for at least 15 minutes
while we try to turn that abomination into food.
How do I do that?
I don't know. You're a teenager.
Complain about something. Threaten to run away.
Just yell "I'm sick of this" and start crying.
Do I have to think of everything? Let's go.
- You ready to make tamales? - Uh-hmm.
Right. So normally, you would use masa which is cornmeal
but I like to use matzoh,
which is a traditional Jewish cracker made with flour and water.
Why?
The first time I made them, I had to borrow ingredients
from the Jewish family down the street and your uncles went crazy for it.
You wouldn't think you could just
swap out ingredients because they sound the same.
But you can. [Chuckles]
Wow.
You say tamale, I say tamazeltov.
That's my little joke.
The Jewish family down the street went crazy for it.
[Rafa] Hey, ma.
Can I talk to you about something in the family room
for like at least 15 minutes?
Perfect. Tamales will be nice and soaked through by then.
What's up, baby?
So I was thinking, this has been such a great barbecue.
So much fun.
Maybe we should just quit while we're ahead, send everyone home.
What?
Nobody's eaten and we haven't even done the fireworks yet.
What are you...
But there also haven't been any lighter fluid fights
or regular fights.
It's the Gonzales family neighborhood barbecue, rafa.
Since when are you worried about how crazy things get?
Ooh, do you remember the time
you and your uncles kept daring me to shave that weird little dog
and I did it and it turned out it was a skunk?
- Stinky barbecue. - Stinky barbecue.
I was so drunk.
But also there's just...
You know, there's quite a few people here that don't really know us.
Random example, off the top of my head,
Mya and her mom, and I don't want them to get to know us.
In my experience, the people we want in our lives,
they're always gonna see the truth about who we really are.
But, I get it.
The barbecue can get a little dicey.
I tell you what,
I will make sure that we keep a lid on things.
Deal?
- Oh, hold on. - No, no, no, we have to talk longer.
[Whispering] Hurry up. Drop it. Come on. Let's go, let's go.
It was primo's idea.
My best estimate, all four movements together
should last about 26 minutes give or take. Then, a 45-second epilogue.
Perfect. A symphony and a novel in one.
Lay out the fuses while I pray for our ancestors to guide my hand.
Miguel, what are you doing slithering around over here?
Just watching.
- Absolutely no watching. Security! - Come on.
What seems to be the problem here?
Miguel's watching.
No watching. That's how you get your eyes gouged, son.
Beat it.
- Scoop his eyes out, Mike. - [Mike] Is that what you want?
You want your eyes scooped?
What do you mean I can't cook Mexican food?
It's not that you can't cook Mexican food.
You did the best that you could with what you had.
But... help me out here.
It's very bad and it hurts when we eat it.
So, every time you've cooked Mexican food, they've been fixing it.
For the last 25 years. And just as a reminder, I'm only 16.
No.
I don't buy it. [Scoffs]
I'm a great cook. And we can settle this right now.
Two kinds of tamales.
Yours and mine.
Let's let the people decide.
All we needed was 15 minutes, primo. Now, half of us are gonna die.
All right. Listen up, everybody!
It's a tamale taste test.
Step right up.
- I'll do it. - [Andrea] Perfect.
Come on over.
- Try this one first. - Okay.
Hmm.
Wow, this is delicious.
Oh, is it?
All right. Now, try this one.
Is this supposed to look like that?
Just slurp it up, rookie.
No!
Oh, that's disgusting.
I'm so sorry, Ms. Gonzales. I don't know why I reacted like that.
You've been in dusseldorf for 10 years.
What the hell do you know? Get out of here.
All right. We need someone who knows what the hell they're talking about.
Denise! Come on up here. Move your ass, Denise.
All right. Here we go. You love my tamales, right?
No!
Where is my crossbow?
Denise?
Could my family all gather in front of me right now?
I have been cooking this food for you for decades,
pouring my heart into every meal.
And you reward me with lies and deception?
You are the most despicable,
deceitful, sons of bitches on god's green earth
and I hope that you and every one of you
Get hit by a truck
Filled with 4,000 pounds of shit
because that's what you are.
Trucks filled with [indistinct]
And you can burn in the deepest depths of hell!
Dammit! Why didn't you fix this?
Hey.
I know it's not how you imagined, but it was still beautiful.
Those fireworks exploding behind drea's angry head,
it was visual poetry.
I mean, the face melters went off at the exact moment
it looked like drea's face was melting.
Maybe you're right.
Sometimes I get too close to it. I want it to be perfect.
But the beauty of fireworks is their ephemerality.
Exactly.
I don't know what that word means but yes, that's right.
Guys, I found out who did it.
It was Miguel.
Great job, dud.
This concludes my investigation.
What you did was unforgivable.
But it was also bold and daring.
- You're ready. - I am?
You remind me of me when I was your age.
And someday, you'll be exactly like I am now.
Oh. I definitely don't want that.
All right. Never mind.
Good luck.
That kid sucks.
Right?
[Mya] So, how's your mom?
Well, once at one of the barbecues,
the uncles managed to set a library on fire
and she still talked to them afterward.
But she's not talking to any of us now.
So, she is pretty mad.
Listen, I feel like I need to say something about what went down.
I know what you're gonna say and I'm so embarrassed.
Wait, you're embarrassed?
Yeah. My family is ridiculous.
I played that joke on you with my mom and it freaked you out
and that was unfair.
I kind of forgot we still don't really know each other that well.
And then she made your uncle ryan Do all those pushups
and Rockwell told me he tried to intimidate you guys like he always does.
And I hit Mike with the tamale. So, I'm sorry.
No. My family is crazy.
Your family is great.
Your uncles have spent all these years
trying to keep your mom happy.
I mean, they were lying, but still.
[Rafa] What's this?
[Andrea] Breakfast.
Apparently I don't know how to cook.
So, I didn't cook.
To be fair, nobody criticized your breakfast.
But, we can make breakfast.
And we'll go somewhere safe.
Ma, I know you're mad.
No, I'm not. I'm fine.
You just fed everyone raw bacon.
- Uh-hmm. - Okay.
Good news. So it turns out that Mya wasn't freaked out at all.
In fact, she says she thought that it was sweet that our family
is so close that your brothers would work this hard to try to protect your feelings.
So...
i guess she did see us for who we really are.
- See you after school. - Uh-hmm.
[Sighs] Everyone, living room, now.
What you all did was deceitful.
I understand why you did it.
But if this family is gonna stay together, we cannot have secrets.
So, if there's anything else that you've been hiding from me
or lying to me about, tell me now.
I promise I won't get angry.
Okay. I guess, I'll go first.
Um, I read your diary when we were kids.
Do you still wanna marry Aladdin?
You don't have to answer.
Um, I was the one who crashed your car.
I know you crashed my car, Rollie, because I was in it.
Both my arms got broken.
No, that was a different time. Like way before that crash.
Remember? I lied and said I got carjacked.
- That was my car. - [Rollie] It was?
Well, you're not allowed to get mad either.
Hey, somebody else go.
I know I often say you're my best friend but really it's my wife.
That's the way it should be.
Also I found dad. He lives in Florida.
- [Both] What? - [Mike] Whoa.
It's fine. He's a horrible person.
I also read your diary once.
But it was when we were adults.
It was today actually like an hour ago.
I picked it up by accident then I really got sucked in.
You're an excellent writer.
[Clears throat] I stole your skechers shape-ups
because they make me look taller.
You wear the same shoe size as drea?
No, I ball my foot up like a little fist. That's not the point.
Look, we all came clean. But what about you?
This goes both ways. Is there anything that you wanna confess to us?
Anything that you've ever lied to us about?
You really can't see me?
Who said that?
Drea. I'm right here.
[Andrea] Oh...
Oh my god. You look exactly like Nick lachey.
Right?
I didn't do it, drea.
I believe you.
New mascot for the business.
This is a very good idea.
I call it saturn's scrotum.
It's stunning.
I have never lied to any of you and I never will.
[Andrea] next on Primo...
Your brother's in trouble.
You're gonna have to be more specific.
Can I borrow your car tomorrow? Mya asked me for a ride home.
How'd it go? Did the Cologne work?
How'd it go? Terrible.
They're in the woods now?
Rollie?
[Mike] Let me know if you're Looking for extra cash.
I always need bodies. And grab some garbage bags.
There's a bunch of dead squirrels we gotta get rid of at the job site.