Elected (Eleita) - First Season

THE (VERY) NEAR FUTURE

Good morning, Leilane.

We're live from the State Senate for the inauguration

of the new Rio de Janeiro governor.

The opening ceremony is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.,

so the Governor-elect, Fernanda "Fefê" Pessoa,

must be here any minute now.

How do you lose a governor?

Actually, she gave us all the slip.

Just bring me that idiot.

Be more specific, sir. There are so many in here.

Starting with our Honorable Madam Governor.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

No! Can't you play for three more hours?

The party has to end sometime, Governor.

No "Governor." Call me Fefê.

My dear crazy friends,

this party shall not end!

ELECTED

So this is my fault?

She escapes through the window and from her guards.

And who's to blame? The gay guy.

You shouldn't have left her alone under any circumstances.

I don't get paid to join orgies all the time, okay?

You get paid to follow the governor anywhere she goes.

That's a 24/7 job.

I don't care if she's at an orgy or not.

- Go ahead and fire me, darling. - I tried.

- But she won't let me. - Of course.

I'm perfect.

What about the bodyguards? They don't get any blame?

Sir, with all due respect...

The way I see it, New Year's Eve must be celebrated on the 31st.

But the governor wanted to anticipate the festivities

and went to a warm-up party at Gabi's.

That was on the 26th. She hasn't stopped since.

The staff is exhausted.

The security team is worn out.

We just can't...

The penguin is out of airplane mode.

How long until she's here?

- Half an hour. - Go!

You wish!

Go, Juan. Go get her already!

We're back with the Estado Inteiro newscast.

The inauguration ceremony should have started two hours ago,

LEILANE HABEYCHE JOURNALIST AND POETESS

but the governor is still missing.

Congressman Penna,

speaker of the House and responsible for the ceremony,

hasn't addressed the public yet.

As usual, such lack of response is being mocked online.

NO. YOU ARE CRYING.

Yeah...

It's still noon, Netinho.

It's always Friday night somewhere.

What can I do to stop you from canceling the ceremony, Congressman?

She was elected three months ago, but she never cared to meet me.

And now this delay...

She's from Rio.

Total disregard for the institutions, you know?

Give me just 30 minutes.

The election for House Speaker is coming.

I need to manage my online presence.

Especially after that stupid meme they made.

Give me half an hour,

and I can get you a reelection support statement from her.

A selfie?

A selfie.

On her feed?

Thirty minutes.

Honey, I hate to be that person, but you should get going.

I don't want to be governor!

But you already are, since midnight.

Nope. I haven't been sworn in yet.

Wait...

You think you're not governor until you're sworn in?

Isn't that so?

Police!

Police?

- I used it up. - Me too.

Penguin spotted.

That's not the police. They're here for me.

Let's hear from our special correspondent,

who's going to share with us

his well-informed analysis.

This is our meme expert, Maicon from Maricá.

What's up, Maicon?

Hello, Leilane! What's up?

Can you explain to us

how this governor

was elected?

The whole thing was just LOL,

but a lot of people got into it and started campaigning.

Changed their profile picture and all.

They kind of had a sense of community.

Pretty much an inside joke.

Those who didn't get it were out.

L-O-L.

You don't have to be an Internet genius

to understand all that was supposed to be a joke.

Listen up!

When I'm elected as the governor of Rio de Janeiro,

I'm going to outlaw screwing up.

You screw up, I'll lock you up!

Elected!

Someone had to do something!

Hell, yeah!

That's a hell of a bill!

Brazil badly needs it.

Show the "I'll block you" one, please!

I've said it already, so don't make me repeat myself.

Just stop asking about the economy.

Don't know jack about it.

If you keep doing it, I'll block you on my page.

The economy never helped us anyway.

Hey, y'all!

Come build this campaign with us!

Who thinks people from Rio should be forbidden

to use random English words at the office?

Show your support!

- Who agrees? - Everybody does!

Enough with "job", it's "trabalho."

The joke never ends, right?

Right.

Then Equilibrium Party hacked the meme and invited her to run for real.

Netinho.

I have faith this is going to be our next governor of Rio de Janeiro.

Hey, people! Should I stay or should I go?

You decide!

ACCEPT - DON'T ACCEPT

Then, it was too late.

Getting her elected became like a mission.

The joke became unstoppable.

The rest is stories.

The rest is stories.

- Honey. - What?

Not sure if I should say it, but it might be my last chance.

What if I resign?

Thank God you said that!

You know you're perfect and flawless.

But you can't do anything right.

How did you even win this, anyway?

It was a prank.

Comedy gone too far.

I think I saw an opportunity to, I don't know, mature.

I wanted to have more responsibilities.

Just aim lower first.

Finish high school.

We're talking about the lives of 19 million people.

Not to mention mine.

Govie!

Fernanda Pessoa!

I am not leaving...

Sorry. You look fantastic!

- Govie! - That's it.

I'll go there and just sign a bunch of papers.

"Hey, I resign!"

And I will wait for you, sipping on a dry martini.

- Perfect! - That's it.

- Let's go! - Let's do this.

Girl!

Just...

What a dumb move!

Honey,

you can't make a bigger fool of yourself than you would as a governor.

Govie!

This is how democracies die.

Go fuck yourself.

Good to see you too, Nanda.

Talk, Congressman. Yeah, I've retrieved the gold.

But listen, she wants to show up to resign.

Calm down, honey.

You don't need to yell.

He wants to talk to you.

She doesn't want to.

Bitch, I told you not to yell.

Lots of people are counting on you.

So the sooner I let them down, the better, right?

I quit my job to take this one.

You hated telemarketing anyway.

Resign?

What about the fresh political start?

What about changing people's lives and making a fucking difference?

Was that a lie?

She wanted you as chief of staff.

You raised her wrong.

I'm not her dad!

We gotta change her mind.

She just can't show up here.

We can change her mind some other time.

I have a suggestion.

Not sure if the "new policy" people would like it, though.

So, PR can have opinions now?

Bomb threat.

I have experience with impulsive politicians.

I worked with the last sub-celebrity governor.

Giovanni, please!

As long as I'm in the room, no crimes allowed.

Any other ideas?