Selena: The Series (2020) s01e02 Episode Script

- Wow, they're good.
- I know.
What about them for our wedding?
- You think we could afford them?
- Yes.
Yes, you can.
What are you doing?
Why are you not working, huh?
That was so fun!
- Wasn't that fun?
- It was so fun.
- Ugh, my feet are killing me.
- My boots are hard as a rock.
Hey, Dad. How did we do? Good, huh?
You did fine.
"Fine"?
Don't ask him. He never says we're good.
You were great.
Excuse me, miss. Hmm?
Oh, thank you.
That's so sweet.
It shines
from the inside out, just like you.
Thank you.
Mom, do we have any money?
No, please.
Thank you.
I just wanted to see it.
Why is everybody so worried
about the take all of a sudden?
Because even with people coming in late,
it can't be a lot.
Does it even cover us to get home?
We're fine.
- Dad.
- Hmm?
Saying we're gonna continue
to do this is one thing,
but we need a new band now.
Ooh! And new outfits.
Mom, I can help design
something really cute, huh?
Let's stay away from
splattering glitter all over my floor.
Okay?
Oh, my God. I vacuumed twice over.
But we still need new songs.
A new record to sell
so someone even knows who we are.
Then I guess you'd better get to work.
- Me?
- Yes, you!
Step up and make it happen.
Okay, but, like, what if…
what if we can't?
Then we don't eat.
This is the road that we picked, son.
There's no exit now.
Selena, you're gonna be late.
- I can't find my shoes.
- They're by the door.
- Selena, come on.
- I am. I had to do my makeup.
Don't take my mascara!
You're gonna wake your brother.
Bye!
Selena, your lunch!
Hi. My mom's taking some of us
up to Amarillo this weekend
for Hands Across America,
and she said I could ask you to come.
I told her you wouldn't be able to, but…
can you?
What's Hands Across America?
It's where everyone makes
a human chain across the country
to raise money for hunger.
Kenny Rogers is gonna be there,
and Renegade,
and we're gonna stay overnight.
Yeah, then, no.
No.
Hi, Kevin.
Just ignore us. It's fine.
Even if my parents said yes, I'm busy.
Rehearsals and band stuff.
Come on.
Certain…
people are going.
You've met my parents, right?
My mom will be there.
Yeah, well, I won't, but thanks.
Here.
For later.
Johnny Canales is almost back. Come on!
I can't. I'm busy.
You're mad
because he made fun of you.
I'm not mad.
Target, up-to-date fashions,
down-to-earth prices.
There you go! Bravo! Bravo!
Ladies and gentlemen, Selena y Los Dinos.
So, Selena,
how did you paint your outfits?
With paint.
But so our friends in Mexico
can understand…
Uh, they painted them.
"Los pintaron."
Selena, you need to improve your Spanish!
Wait till you see me next time, Johnny.
I'll speak Spanish so good
you won't believe it.
I'll speak it better than you.
More music, Selena y Los Dinos.
Are you going to sing?
- Yes.
- All right!
I think it's just the plugs.
Here.
Where'd this come from?
The can.
- No, that's our safety. Put it back.
- We need a new van.
You want bigger amps, new equipment
Marcella, I'm gonna go to the bank,
I'm gonna get a loan.
Why get more into debt
instead of using what we have?
Because that is our safety.
When that's still in there,
I know that we're okay.
Just put it back.
We have gigs coming up.
It's not gonna matter
if we don't have a van to get to them.
And I'm gonna get us a new record deal.
Manny Guerra
left and started his own label.
AB is coming up with new songs.
I'm going to take them to Manny.
We're gonna cut a new record, a big one.
So don't worry.
What are they working on that for?
Good.
Good, let it swing like that.
- Dad, this is Roger.
- Roger.
Sir.
New guitarist.
I can see that.
A Fender man, huh?
- Uh, yes, sir. Telecaster preferred.
- Hmm.
You can do a lot with that.
That's for sure.
Did my son here
go over the rules with you?
Dad, I went over everything. It's fine.
This is my family.
You're representing this family.
No drinking. No drugs.
This is not the Rolling Stones.
He could probably tell
from us rehearsing in a dining room.
Where's Selena?
She's supposed to be here.
I know she's supposed to be here.
Go get her.
Roger, why don't you take a break?
- What are you doing?
- Nothing.
Were you kissing your hand?
I was wiping my mouth.
No, you weren't. You were practicing.
For who?
- Is there a boy?
- No!
Doesn't matter how much you
practice, you don't have time for boys.
What about keyboards?
Okay, so you know that guy Ricky
I told you about?
- The keyboard player?
- Yeah, who lives four streets down.
- So, where is he now?
- I tried to get him, but he said no.
You're telling me
about a guy you can't get.
Dad, I tried.
Why'd he say no?
Well, he came in to audition one time,
a long time ago.
You're gonna throw it.
Okay, fine.
Throw it.
Oh!
Hi, I'm Rick.
I'm looking for Selena y Los Dinos.
I guess
he didn't get the best impression.
He didn't think we were serious.
But that was years ago.
I can go back at him.
Do that.
Okay.
Where have you been?
We need to practice, Selena.
Selena was practicing in her room.
But not "Con Esta Copa."
Wait, why?
Because I did it with Los Dinos.
Yeah, and you guys killed with it.
I'm gonna tell Manny Guerra
we wanna make a big hit record
on his new label.
And I can't tell him
the only thing we have
are old songs from my Los Dinos days.
I have an idea.
- What?
- The new songs.
Yes, new songs.
Like what?
Something upbeat, like…
Jet or Janet Jackson.
You mean something English?
- Yes.
- No.
Maybe down the road,
but Manny produces Tejano bands.
To him, that's what we are.
And that's why I'm trying
to get Luis Silva.
Look, I made a list of all the hit songs
from all the Tejano records
and who wrote them.
Luis Silva, Luis Silva, Luis Silva…
he wrote, like, 75% of them.
So, do you have Luis Silva?
Well, I called and left messages.
I wrote him a letter, but no answer.
And you're just gonna wait
for him to call you back?
I was.
You think he will?
Probably not.
Hmm.
And where do you think
Luis Silva's gonna be this week?
San Antonio, the Tejano Music Awards?
And where do you think I'm going to talk
to Manny Guerra?
- San Antonio.
- Hmm.
Listen to me, all of you.
If you stand around
and wait for what you want,
you're gonna be waiting
your whole life.
Now, whether it's a keyboard player
or Luis Silva,
you have to go and get it.
Do that, we get to the next level.
Don't…
we keep playing weddings.
Ay! That old van.
Are you sure it'll last a week?
People said the same thing
about you and me, but here we are.
Mom, take us to the store?
I have an idea for new band outfits.
One store. That's all.
AB, come out here and help!
Coming!
Ta! ♪
Hey, girl ♪
Move a little closer ♪
You're too shy-shy, hush-hush
Eye-to-eye ♪
Too shy-shy, hush-hush, eye-to-eye ♪
Too shy-shy, hush-hush, eye-to-eye ♪
Too shy-shy, hush-hush… ♪
How much is that?
Welcome to the Tejano Music Awards.
Nominated in four categories,
here are the lead vocalists
from Grupo Mazz,
Joe Lopez and Jimmy Gonzalez.
Who's the designer?
Who are you wearing tonight?
Mr. Silva! Mr. Silva!
Mr. Silva!
- Hey, there he is.
- Manny.
You're looking good, my friend.
So are you.
I wanted to, uh…
to come and see
this new company you made. Wow.
It's very small, very modest.
Only a matter of time.
And I wanted to tell you in person,
Selena y Los Dinos will not record
with anyone else.
Abraham…
You were the first to believe in us.
I wanna be loyal to you.
And I'm honored…
but I'm just starting out, and…
I don't have the promotional budget
you deserve.
We do our own promotions.
You know that. I book the tours myself.
The money for production is very low.
Manny.
Abraham.
Mr. Silva, AB Quintanilla.
My hands are wet.
Um, I called you, left messages.
Selena y Los Dinos?
Right.
Sorry, I get called
by a lot of bands just starting out.
We're not just starting out.
You know us.
We've been performing for six years.
Manny Guerra's gonna make us
the first artist on his new label.
Manny Guerra? Really?
He's with my father right now.
They're hammering out the deal.
Manny, we made a couple songs together.
How about we make a record?
You know I'm spending my own money now?
- And you know I love you.
- I don't need you to love me.
Abraham.
I need you to make a record.
And I need to come out of the gate
with a hit.
We're gonna give you a hit.
- With someone established, not
- Not what?
A bunch of kids.
Kids?
I've seen you.
I'm 23. Our drummer's 19.
And Selena's a teenager.
But you'd only know that if you see her,
and you don't need to see her.
All you gotta do
is get her played for the radio,
where everyone's the same age,
except she's better than they are.
People love Selena.
She's a star. You know that.
You know that she's a star.
And you left all your stars behind
at Cara Records,
so what you need right now…
is Selena,
a couple of Luis Silva songs,
and that's gonna put you back on top.
I have to go.
They're almost at my category.
Just give us a couple of songs.
Kid, I have won
song of the year two times in a row,
maybe three by now.
I wouldn't know
because I'm out here with you.
It matters who I give a song to now.
Sorry.
Mr. Silva!
Do you have Luis Silva songs?
Who do you think my son, AB,
is meeting with
right now, this very minute?
Mr. Silva!
Look, every single person in that room
was where I am right now
and where you were once yourself,
getting no, after no, after no.
Until, one day, someone said yes.
One song.
I need three.
You're gonna have to sign
an exclusive deal with me.
- Bring me the contract, I'll sign it.
- I'm just starting out.
Bring me the contract.
Two songs.
I'm your Venus, I'm your fire ♪
At your desire… ♪
You missed a spot right there, sis.
- One album.
- One album.
Well, Mom, how do we look?
I think you look like a band.
I said after the last time
I gave her her work early,
it would be the last.
Why?
Principal said we could do it this way
if she did her work and turned it in.
And at first, it was only occasionally,
and I didn't mind it.
But now Selena is out every Friday,
every Monday, and…
and now, sometimes Thursdays.
We're traveling farther
the more that the band gets known.
Oh, and that's great for the band,
but my concern is for the child.
- Does she get good grades?
- Yes.
So she can read? She can do math?
Selena is very bright.
So what's the problem?
She's never here.
There are laws.
You can't just drop out of school.
She's not dropping out.
When she's not working, she's in school.
I wouldn't use working as an excuse.
Don't tell me how to raise my daughter.
I know what's best for her.
And it's my job to make sure
every child enrolled
in this grade is in class,
not riding all over Texas
in the back of some van.
- Fine.
- Abraham.
She's out.
I decide what is best for my daughter.
You don't.
Thank you.
I like 'em. What do you think?
You know he gave you songs
that other bands rejected, right?
I don't care.
Luis Silva's worst song
is 100% better than anyone else's best.
I like 'em.
And guess what.
When I said that we got Luis Silva,
Ricky Vela said yes
to playing on the keyboards.
So make arrangements for the songs.
We'll start rehearsing.
Hey, Dad.
Can I go to Amarillo next week
to do Hands Across America?
What for?
A really good cause. A chain of people
hold hands against hunger.
And now that I'm not going to school
anymore, I wanna see my friends.
Your commitment to the band comes first.
You know that.
Okay, then, can we do a show in Amarillo?
You can hold hands with Suzette
across the living room.
Dad.
There are hungry kids that really need me.
I really wanna do something to help.
Hey, I'm against hunger too.
Ours. That's why we're going to Laredo.
We can't get a break.
We never get a break.
- Who was on the phone?
- It was Luis Silva's secretary.
She said he made a mistake
in giving us the songs.
He promised them to another band.
That's a lie. He just found
a bigger band to give them to.
I know, Dad. It's a lie.
But now we can't use them anymore.
We don't have any songs.
New developments
in the Challenger explosion today
as the Rogers Commission began looking
into the failure of O-rings
as a possible cause.
- Can we change this?
- No.
Dinner's ready.
Selena, go get your brother.
AB.
I get it.
I know it feels
like nothing's going our way.
Feels like we have to
give up everything for the band.
Doesn't matter if we wanna
save the world or be normal
and go to movie with somebody cute
every once in a while.
But when I think about being on stage
and you on the bass and Suzette
on the drums, nothing else matters.
Except that warm feeling
of making music with you guys.
I know you feel it too.
Okay.
I'll be here for you, okay?
Always.
I think we leave him alone, okay?
What are you moping about?
My life.
I don't have any songs.
I have no job.
No money.
No girlfriend, no car.
All I wanted was a song good enough…
to hear us on the radio.
But I failed.
And I let the family down.
Ah, mijito.
What is a songwriter?
What?
What is a songwriter?
Someone who writes songs.
And Luis Silva…
he writes songs.
Yeah.
Is he a man?
Yeah.
Are you a man?
Yes.
He has a brain.
You have a brain.
You're a musician.
So write a song.
- Me?
- Yes, you.
When you get knocked down,
you stand back up,
brush your knees off and keep going.
Mijo, you know what to do.
Figure it out.
And don't stop
until you write us a hit song.
Hey.
You've got this, son.
Let's go eat.
So that's 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 like it.
- Yeah.
Melody's great.
I need words, though.
It's hard, Ricky.
I get why the Champs
finally gave up and yelled "Tequila!"
I can help you with whatever you want.
Good, because I know
you've written songs.
But just straight-up Tejano stuff.
Women and drinking and fighting…
I know. No one wants to hear a 15-year-old
sing about women and drinking.
I know I don't.
Yeah, but I also don't just have to sing
about being a teenager.
I can do more than that.
- You know, I'm not a kid anymore.
- Oh, you'll always be a kid to me.
Mom.
Look, I can help with the band.
I could design our look.
And I can help you write songs.
You know that song "Bésame Mucho"?
I love that song.
You know, your father used
to sing that to me when we first met.
Consuelo Velázquez wrote it
when she was 16 years old.
- No.
- Yeah.
It's a song about a kiss,
and she'd never even been kissed before.
Selena can definitely sing about that.
Stop it.
- What are you smiling about?
- No reason.
Uh-oh.
A little smile for no reason?
Always trouble.
Ugh! Stop!
And then on the third
when the chorus comes in.
- That way it sounds stronger, right?
- Yeah.
- Switch it up.
- Try it like that.
- Okay.
- That works.
- Perfect, okay.
- All right.
Yeah.
- There it is. Yeah.
- Ah, okay.
Show your love with a kiss ♪
Let's go,
from the top. Are you ready?
Muy bien, AB.
Ready?
Recording.
That little smile that appears ♪
Without reason and without explanation ♪
And you’ve been quiet for a while ♪
When I need love the most ♪
These are the things ♪
And these are the times that I cherish ♪
That little flower from the field ♪
Sent with affection and love ♪
Your sweet verse with your little note ♪
Say more and more that I am your love ♪
It's all I ask ♪
Our love is already my treasure ♪
Give me a kiss ♪
Show your love with a kiss ♪
And show that everything that we have ♪
Is everything in your heart ♪
Give me a kiss ♪
Show your love with a kiss ♪
And show that everything that we have ♪
Is everything in your heart ♪
Give me a kiss ♪
Selena! Selena! Selena…
Give me a kiss ♪
Show your love with a kiss ♪
And show that everything that we have ♪
Is everything in your heart ♪
- You ever miss that?
- What?
Just being a teenager,
running around on a Saturday night
instead of working?
It doesn't feel like work.
No?
I guess when that's all you've done,
it must feel normal.
- That's her!
- Selena, hi!
Selena!
I mean…
sometimes, I guess, it'd be fun
to just go out with other kids, but…
during the week, nobody goes out and…
on the weekends,
we have shows, which is fine.
Well, I just want you to be happy.
I am.
I am!
…new single "Dame Un Beso"
by a local band called Selena y Los Dinos.
Dad.
I just heard "Dame Un Beso."
They're playing it on the radio.
So? Lots of bands have one hit.
Where's your next one?