Selena: The Series (2020) s01e01 Episode Script

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Sel.
Selena.
I can't do this.
Sel…
AB!
Yes, you are.
You already told the record company yes.
It's done.
We went though this already.
You're just scared.
Yeah, because I'm not doing this
without you guys.
Don't get puffy.
How many times have we talked
about an English record, hmm? Forever?
- We've been dreaming about this…
- I know, but…
…since we were sleeping on the floor
at Uncle Hector's,
and now we get to do it.
Then I think about being on tour for it,
and I'm on stage, and…
I turn around, and y'all aren't behind me.
Then look off to the side some.
I'll be there.
In the wings.
On the bus to tell you to
"Move your butt, we're gonna be late."
And I'll be working on songs
for our next record together.
You're not losing us, okay?
Now…
I would like to dedicate this song
to all of you…
because you guys made this song a hit,
the first hit for us…
here in the US,
as well as in Mexico.
Hope you remember this song.
Baby, I'mma hold you
Baby, I'mma need you… ♪
Selena.
It was supposed
to be our daughter's name…
until he turned out to be a son.
- Ours was supposed to be a boy.
- Well, she was supposed to be a tumor.
Abraham.
First doctor couldn't tell I was pregnant.
Thought I had a tumor.
Wanted to operate.
So we saw a second doctor, just
He took one look and said,
"This tumor has two arms and two legs."
And that's her.
He was so sure it was gonna be a boy.
Marco Antonio Quintanilla.
You know,
we didn't even pick a girl's name.
Well, Selena's available.
You're welcome to it.
Selena.
Selena Quintanilla.
- I like how that sounds.
- Hmm.
Selena.
Selena.
- I'll be back.
- Okay.
"Selena.
From the Greek.
Goddess of the Moon."
Okay, but you have to keep your fingers
all the way down.
Dad, I'm ready!
Don't squeeze, press.
That's why I'm leaving it up
Up to you ♪
You decide ♪
What you gonna do? ♪
Now, do you want my love? ♪
Nothing more than feelings ♪
Trying to forget my ♪
Feelings of love ♪
Teardrops ♪
Rolling down on my face ♪
Trying to forget my ♪
Feelings of love ♪
What did I do wrong?
Nothing.
The notes are good.
You're just not…
It's about love.
You know? How you…
how you had it and then you lost it.
Abraham.
She's eight years old.
She doesn't know about love yet.
I know about love.
I love you.
I love Dad.
I love Suzette.
- I even love AB.
- I know.
But what she's saying is…
…it's a different kind of love.
Like your father and me. That kind.
I can't explain it, but…
you meet someone,
and now it feels
like there's a fist around your heart,
and if someone was to take that away…
oh, it would feel like…
like they're taking
your whole heart with it.
Like that.
Well…
I don't want that.
You will.
For now…
you just copy how I do it.
And then one day it'll just…
make sense.
Okay?
So, I was thinking…
if Selena likes to sing and…
AB is learning bass,
I could be on guitar and we could
all have fun playing together.
I love that idea.
You know, for relatives at parties maybe.
How come?
Well, because playing music
is a privilege,
and it gave me some
of the best times of my life, and…
I want you to have that too.
But Cousin Jesse, he went home,
and he was the one who played the drums.
Yeah,
but the drums are still here…
waiting for someone to play them.
What?
The drums.
What? No!
It'll be fun.
No, it won't.
- It's just for family, mijita.
- No!
I don't wanna play drums.
Girls don't play drums.
Sheila E. does.
Then get Sheila E.
- Mom.
- Maybe if you try it, it might be fun.
Mom, no!
Dad, please!
Teardrops ♪
Rolling down on my face ♪
Trying to forget my ♪
Feelings of love ♪
Feelings ♪
Whoa-oh-oh! Feelings ♪
Whoa-oh-oh! Feel you ♪
Again in my ♪
Life ♪
Thank you. We're Southern Pearl.
Hey, go bus those tables by the window.
Oh, and you said
you know somebody that plays guitar?
Yeah, why?
I'm kinda looking out of place up here
with you guys.
I'm thinking ahead.
You mean for money?
Sure, why not?
Okay.
Here you go.
Hey, tell 'em we ran out of chicken.
Uh, sorry, folks, we've run out
of arroz con pollo or…
well, anything con pollo,
so try the carnitas.
…major police operation
with huge sections of the city
cordoned off.
Traffic already swollen this morning
and much worse by this afternoon.
In other news, many Americans are feeling
the tough effects of the economy…
Tonight, further facts are coming in,
indicating that the US is going
into a recession.
Recent government reporting
reveals that the GNP plummeted
during the second quarter of this year.
Economists are predicting
that the jobless rate
is only going to get worse.
Are you worried people are gonna stop
coming to the restaurant?
Already seeing a half-empty
restaurant on our good nights.
I don't know, people just stopped
coming to the restaurant.
Mommy, I think we're gonna lose
the restaurant.
We we're gonna be fine.
Yeah, I'm sure.
Oh, hi.
I know you.
You're that little girl
who sings at Papagayos.
Sorry.
Wrong room.
- Abraham.
- Wrong room. Let's go!
Abraham.
Abraham!
You don't have to be embarrassed.
My family on food stamps…
If I wasn't embarrassed,
there would be something wrong with me.
You're proud. I know that.
But right now forget about proud.
Let's just feed our family, okay?
- Come on.
- Come on.
Two.
Okay, that should be enough.
- I can go if you want.
- No.
I'll go.
Suzette.
AB.
I didn't even know
the store was open this late.
It's the best time to shop.
No people, lines move faster…
- List. We get everything?
- Yeah.
Okay.
Let's, uh…
let's check out.
Listen…
there's no shame
in taking help sometimes.
Now, I've worked hard. I've paid my taxes
so the government can help us
when we need it.
No shame in that, right?
Good.
Good. Go check out.
I'll see you in the car.
Wait… what?
Stop!
Stop!
What are you doing?
- Playing.
- You sound like you're chopping wood.
No one's together. It's like
you're not even in the same room.
Tell Suzette.
Tell AB. He won't follow my beat.
You can't even stick to one.
I'm doing fine.
- Hey!
- Enough!
Inside now!
This is "Confidencias de Amor"
by my old band Los Dinos.
Listen to the song…
and then tell me
what every instrument is doing.
AB.
Can you hear the guitar?
Yeah.
- Selena.
- Yes.
Suzette.
- No.
- It's okay.
Listen again.
You hear it?
Yeah, and the bass is like…
hum… dum…
dum.
You hear it now?
Yeah.
- Really?
- No.
I don't know.
- I hear the music.
- Okay, okay. So, that is what I'm saying.
The music…
is the separate parts
all playing together.
But also, each one of you listening
to what everyone else is playing.
- I'm trying to hear the parts, but
- Good.
- So let's try again.
- No!
I don't hear it, okay?
I don't have to.
I just have to keep the beat.
You're wrong. I'm sorry.
The drummer is the heart of the band.
And just like your heart, which
it keeps the beat for you too.
But if it gets just a little bit off,
then you're in trouble.
Why do birds sing so gay? ♪
And lovers await the break of day ♪
Why do they fall in love? ♪
Why does the rain fall from up above? ♪
Why do fools fall in love? ♪
Why do they fall in love? ♪
Why does my heart skip a crazy beat ♪
Before I know it will reach defeat? ♪
Tell me why, why… ♪
Why are you paying me now?
Sorry, I just think the residentswere
hoping for something a little different.
We can do different. We can change it up.
Whatever you want.
It's okay. It's taken care of.
Love ♪
Thank you.
We're Southern Pearl.
How come we had to stop?
Mija, they had to go to bed. They're old.
Dance a little bit closer ♪
Move it… ♪
Just get in the van.
We got replaced.
By a record player.
I know.
You guys sounded great, though.
"Why Do Fools Fall In Love,"
best it's ever been.
Because we practice it all the time.
I know.
But if you keep practicing,
pretty soon it's all gonna pay off.
Just watch.
Do you trust your father?
Yes.
We were going on a field trip next week.
You were?
We were gonna ride on a bus.
I bet you can ride on a bus
at your new school.
And your cousins go there,
so you'll have people you know.
Well, what about me? I don't.
All my friends are here.
What am I supposed to do
in Corpus Christi?
Make the best of it, that's what,
just like the rest of us.
We're lucky that we have family there.
My brothers and sisters, they…
- they don't wanna see us unhappy.
- I wasn't unhappy.
They're trying to help.
That's what family does.
- And I'm grateful for it. You understand?
- Yes.
I know that you guys don't like this,
but this is how it has to be.
You trust your father?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Okay.
Are we really gonna fit in the same house
with all the cousins and everyone?
Uncle Eddie, see,
he says that he has a place
that we can stay in for now, just us.
It's gonna be good.
Come on.
I know it looks bad…
but…
we can, you know, the tires will go.
No.
I mean, if we just
move some things around
Abraham!
No.
Sorry.
You guys need anything?
No, brother, we're good.
- Good night, then.
- Good night, Hector.
Good night, Marcella.
Good night, kids.
Good night.
Good night.
All that skill…
could be put to some use.
It is.
I'm making something
to carry our equipment.
For the band.
For the band.
Eddie says he might need someone
to drive a truck.
I'll drive a truck, sure.
As long as it doesn't interfere.
With the band.
With the band.
You haven't changed.
Hector…
…you wouldn't understand.
I know, your music.
Have you heard her, brother?
My Selena can sing.
I drive a truck. I drive another truck.
I drive another truck.
In ten years, I'm still driving a truck,
or in ten years, she's a star.
She's not me.
She's going places.
- In a homemade trailer.
- In whatever it takes!
You remember Ozzie? Hmm?
His daughter's getting married.
Maybe talk to him.
I just got back.
I saw Hector, and he said
that your Sofia's getting married.
- How's that even possible?
- I know, right?
It goes by so fast.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Hey, so, for the party after.
You have a band yet?
Nah, bands are expensive.
- We got a DJ.
- A DJ.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Sofia deserves a band.
I tell you what, let me do it for you.
Not much more than a DJ,
plus we play Tejano music, pop…
whatever keeps your guests
dancing all night.
It's just in the backyard.
We don't have lights or sound.
The DJ was bringing all that.
Not a problem.
We have it all.
Lights, sound… lots of lights.
Don't worry.
We got you, huh?
Sit down,
like when we were kids.
Hey. Come with me.
- Where?
- To get some lights. Come on.
New lights. This is what I've been saying.
We need to step up.
Get a real lighting package
with a dimmer board,
so we look professional.
Plus, bigger amps, bigger speakers,
so we can play at bigger places.
So, how far are we going for these lights?
Not far.
Where are we going?
Why are we at Luby's?
Ah. We're gonna eat first.
- Peach cans?
- Number four and number nine peach cans.
Perfect sizes.
You said we were buying lights.
Well, we don't have money to buy lights.
My buddy says
they throw these out every day.
With these and the others,
we'll make our own lights.
What do you mean "others"?
- Dad.
- What?
Why do I have to go in?
I was in the army. What have you done?
I wasn't the one who told the guy
we were gonna buy lights.
Sometimes that's how you have to do it.
When you jump out of a plane
without a parachute,
you better make one or else.
It's called a leap of faith.
That's called a dumpster dive.
Whatever. Get in there.
I wanna go home. It's cold. Go.
Oh!
Gotta make a move
To a town that's right for me ♪
Town to keep me moving
Keep me groovin' with some energy ♪
Well, I talk about it, talk about it
Talk about it, talk about it ♪
Talk about, talk about
Talk about moving… ♪
Won't you take me to Funkytown? ♪
- Whoo!
- Won't you take me to ♪
Funkytown? ♪
Won't you take me to Funkytown? ♪
Won't you take me to Funkytown? ♪
I can't go to sleep.
It was always the same way for me
after a show too.
That's why musicians have weird hours.
They stay up all night,
and they only hang out
with other musicians.
Well, other musicians don't have school.
Get some rest.
You see what I was talking about, AB?
Is he awake?
I'm awake.
We're all awake.
You guys won't stop talking.
It's like I said.
You can't wait for a parachute.
You have to step out of the plane.
What plane?
What are you telling them?
Not a real plane, Mom.
No one's jumping out of any plane.
Tonight was good.
It's all gonna be worth it, see, guys?
So, can I get a car?
- Shotgun!
- No fair.
No, no car.
Someday.
A Mercedes convertible.
560SL.
The insurance would be sky-high.
Mm. Okay.
Go to sleep, everybody.
The whole party smelled like peaches.
Don't know when I've been so blue ♪
Don't know what's come over you ♪
You've found someone new ♪
- Mr. Larry.
- Abraham.
Pleasure doing business with you.
Thank you.
Hey. We loaded up.
Can we eat now?
Here. Go get something.
I'm gonna take a look around.
Don't be too loud. They just went to bed.
I'm just trying to find out
what makes these guys so special.
- Who?
- That Tejano band that we saw at the fair.
Oh. The ones that packed the dance floor?
The beat was nice.
Los Dinos was an 11-piece orchestra
playing mambos and cha-chas
and bossa nova,
but this…
Times have changed.
The music has changed.
- Something hasn't changed.
- What?
All the songs are in Spanish.
I don't know,
just Spanish is more romantic.
Don't you think?
Couples need to dance
and just fall in love.
And that's never gonna change.
You know what else will never change?
What?
My love for you, pretty lady.
- Oh, yeah?
- Mm-hmm.
Know it sounds funny
But I just can't stand the pain ♪
Dad, no!
I like that one.
You need to learn to sing like that.
- Like a man?
- No, in Spanish.
I don't know Spanish.
I do.
You'll get it.
Dad, we don't even listen
to those stations.
Well, maybe you should.
- Can you just turn it back?
- No.
Why do I need to sing in Spanish?
Because…
people will pay
to hear music that speaks to them…
who they are inside.
And the thing about you,
you have it inside you too.
But… I'm American.
And Mexican.
My family came from Mexico.
You came from me.
Like a thread.
Like a tree.
You know, with the roots over there,
but growing here.
Both countries, Selena.
They come together in you.
So…
you sing in Spanish.
You think you can do that?
Sí.
Okay, great. Then we need a new name.