It's actually a Busty Bacadillo that Stanley and Abbud are eating in, at least that's the logo on the shirt of Daisy who is currently a waitress. She is making money for her ambition. After work you see her come home to a building complex. She enters her apartment then begins to clean off the dinner table, does the dishes and puts away the cash she has made into an envelope filled with cash already in it. When those chores are done, she goes in to check on her sister, Didi. Didi is listening to music. Daisy tells her sister to correct her wrong homework questions. Didi is listening to a peer rapping and she starts to rap; Didi raps well. At this point, their father, Ham, comes home to find Didi rapping and tells them to cut that out. He disapproves of her rapping.I am admiring Daisy for her errand running responsibility side, because I also had a job when I was 15, but my money went to sneakers. And I sure as heck didn't come home to take care of chores.
Skip to the next scene, they are sitting at the dinner room table and Ham checks that envelope that Daisy has put cash into. It seems that envelope full of cash is Ham's mailman salary. It is to pay the bills and rent. He tells his daughter, he doesn't need her working and adding to his labor. He tells his daughter to keep the money, save it for your college fund. Daisy tells her dad that she will be using that money for The Conservative Music School. An album comes out and Daisy is looking at it, the artist on the CD shows "Lucia Lucero" in smaller letters "with Ham Valero". It turns out Lucia Lucero is Daisy's mom and her dad, Ham, both used to be pianist. You see Daisy leave the apartment late at night to go perform in a band, at like little blues spot (my first live music show was also at a little blues spot). She plays the trumpet. Another band member, Farley, is an old friend. Ham does not want that life for her daughter and grabs Daisy's horn after the performance is over. Two comments come from Daisy to her dad: "bend my horn, I'll leave and I'll never come back" and "it's no wonder she left you". He let's go and she storms out of the blues venue. Farley explains the only difference between Daisy and Lucia is that Daisy cares about people more, other than that she plays the trumpet well.
Daisy is sitting by the harbor contemplating why her father is on her case about pursuing music, when Abbud comes to talk to her, as a friend should come and talk to you when you're down. During the conversation, Abbud provides a small empathetic comment about his religion that answers Daisy's comment about rules and silence. In part of the conversation, Daisy offers Abbud No Strings Attached, "mindless gratification" sex at the harbor. Abbud is absolutely in joy of this and never stops in pursuit of it thereafter. They go back to Daisy's place but their plans are interrupted by Didi's party. At the party Didi is rapping and Tony's sister, Eura, is there making out with another boy. Abbud stops the party by going on the microphone shouting "Police! This is a raid. Everyone stay where you are." Everyone leaves and of course the clean up was done with the "skins" crew of friends as "cavalry". It's 1:30am and her father comes home at 4:00am in the morning. She says something like "you guys should get the bug out of your asses", she's referring to the Chlamydia, "and help me, you owe me for all that I've done for you guys", something like that. It is true in all the other episodes, she was not in the center of any of the crap that went on but a mediator. Earlier in this same episode, she was the mediator between Tea and Abbud, in which she actually became the backfire target of Tony who stepped in and overheard Daisy's comment of the whole friends and sex triangle relationship. Tony tells Daisy she works too much, and doesn't play enough. Teen drama!
On the second attempt to have sex Abbud is waiting for Daisy outside her building and Daisy says her sister comes home in 45 minutes, he reassures that it is plenty of time. They enter the apartment making out but they didn't realize her father is there. Only her father doesn't even notice, his head is down and not facing the door. He is distraught over his broken Brennerman piano. The Brennerman piano is broken from when Didi had her party, in which Daisy helped clean up so nicely after her sister. Her father asks how this happened (how the piano broke) and Daisy takes the blame for her sister by saying "she had a few friends over". Seeing the Brennerman is broke, he tells Daisy that he will be taking that money she put in the envelope earlier (in which he gave back). The money will be taken out from the money she has been saving for the "dumb-ass audition" referring to The Conservative Music School audition fee. Daisy runs to her room. Daisy's dad says to Abbud, since he was standing there, to "Beat it, kid". Abbud doesn't and with a nasty look on his face, tell's Daisy's dad that he is wrong to do that, "Daisy would never leave you because she loves you too much and she knows you can't take it. Why don't you grow up". Instead, after that comment by Abbud, Daisy's dad leaves. Abbud goes to Daisy's room and grabs the money so she doesn't give it to her dad. They have sex. Afterwards you get an awkward vibe. Abbud says "I'm going to go", she says "sure", "mindless sex, right", they both say it. "Allah Akbar"
Cadie is doing better and is with Warren, they catch up with Abbud, Chris, Daisy and Stanley for just a little on the basketball court. Cadie sinks the ball into the basket without even looking, saying something like she pretends the basketball is super heated energy and the hoop is God waiting. This scene made no sense, except maybe to continue on that Cadie has been release and doing well with Warren. Stanley peace out.
Farley and Daisy are sitting at the Wheatley Wing of The Conservative Music School. They are waiting for their turn to audition. The school staff calls her and she goes in, he tells her to pay the deposit at the end of the hall and ask her which piece she will play. Daisy says Mozart and starts but then stops and says "Sorry, I can't do this", the guilt from her father has stopped her, she leaves without even beginning her performance. Farley is still sitting there after Daisy has left just enjoying the music when Daisy's father comes in and they talk. Farley explains "you're a lucky guy postman... kids like that, you better believe it".
Her dad comes home and Didi leads her dad into the living room, there sits a replacement piano, it's not a Brennerman, because Daisy could not afford it. The piano is a Luber. He says the Luber is a mighty fine instrument. He mentions something about needing the money for the rent, Daisy responds with an expression like oh the rent. He opens the lid to the keys and ask Daisy, if she has her axe, she says "Always". She sits next to him facing the opposite way while Didi looks on. It sets a mood for a happy family moment but also a sad one.
Contrary to the other "skins" characters, Daisy Valero has a more structured family life though of course, like every family, has issues.
Two more episodes left of "skins" Version U.S. - Season 1
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