Selena: The Series (2020) s01e04 Episode Script

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Mmm!
Oh, hey, Jake.
- Hey.
- Selena.
- Jake's here, huh?
- Hey.
- So weird.
- Hi.
- It's good to see you.
- Yeah, good to see you too.
- You gonna get some tacos?
- Yeah, I'm about to get some.
What is this? Is this ours?
- You bought a bus?
- All ours.
It's got room for everybody
and all the equipment underneath,
so we don't need the trailer.
- Oh, there are no seats.
- We'll add seats.
- Or anywhere to sleep.
- We'll add bunks.
At least it has air-conditioning.
That doesn't work.
I love it.
We gotta name it.
Bertha.
- I like it.
- Big Bertha.
It's perfect.
I know the van was on its last legs,
but don't you think this is a little
An investment in us? Yes.
I got us gigs all over Texas,
the Southwest.
Everywhere because of the album…
and because of this.
- Guys, "La Bamba" is on Top 20 Latin.
- It's number…
nineteen!
- "La Bamba, by Celina y Los Tinos!"
- No way!
- Let me see.
- Gotta be kidding.
As long as they buy the record,
we don't care.
The time to strike is right now.
If we go out there,
work harder than we ever have
and give it everything that we've got
right now…
we can make this happen.
Now or never, okay?
Hmm. Viva Los Tinos.
Go. Check it out.
We need to get on the road soon,
so why don't you start getting
everybody ready, okay?
Selena, AB, out of the bus. Come on.
No, take it. Go on.
Hey! Do you need something?
Oh, sorry, we're just seeing the place.
Are you the sellers?
What?
No, we're not.
I'll try to. No, I want to.
Okay. All right.
- I need the phone.
- Gotta go.
- Dad.
- Uh-huh.
Can Suzette and I go to the movies?
No. We have to be
on the road in the morning.
Hello. Abraham Quintanilla.
Yes. I wanna speak
to whoever's in charge.
I wanna go see a movie. Can you go?
I don't know. Who's going?
Just some people from the congregation.
Hmm.
Is Jake from the congregation?
Is Jake going?
Yeah, so?
Okay.
I'll go so you can see Jake.
Can you ask Dad? He just said no.
You asked him?
Sel, don't be asking.
You don't know how to.
Can you just ask him, okay?
I told Jake I'd go.
Okay.
We pay our rent on time every month.
- Mr. Quintanilla
- Every month!
- It's not about rent.
- And then you go and sell our home.
You're kicking us out of our home.
We were going to inform you.
Someone dropped the ball on that.
I'm sorry.
You wanna raise the rent?
Raise the rent. How much?
It's not about that.
And it's not just you.
The company needs to capitalize
on several of its real estate assets
in that area
in the wake of last October's
market crash.
Do you have stocks?
No, I don't have stocks.
Well, count your blessings.
We're going out on tour.
Give me a couple of months,
I'll figure something out.
A couple of…
I guess, but then…
I understand. Mm-hmm.
Daddy, I wanna go to the movies.
- Can Selena come?
- No.
How come?
I already told her no.
No means no.
You blew it.
- What? Come on.
- I know.
You guys ready to stop?
No!
No? Don't you have a curfew?
No!
Good, neither do I.
That was so long.
I think my arms are gonna fall off.
Yeah, well, at least you get to sit.
Your voice sounds ronca.
You should probably not talk.
Yeah, you've been saying that
my whole life.
Where's your brother?
He's supposed to be helping loading up.
I don't know.
He's probably not talking
to some girl inside the club.
Yeah.
Definitely not that.
- When do you guys come to Corpus?
- All the time.
Um, I'll call you when we're home.
What have I told you
about mingling at the club? First rule.
No mingling.
An artist needs mystery.
When you're around them,
there's no mystery,
and then they don't have to pay you.
But if I don't mingle,
when do I get to meet people?
When you're not working, that's when.
Okay, so when is that?
Well, the midnight headlights blind you
On a rainy night ♪
Steep grade up ahead, slow me down… ♪
It's so hot!
I gotta keep rollin' ♪
Those windshield wipers
Slapping out a tempo ♪
Keeping perfect rhythm
With the song on the radio ♪
I gotta keep rollin' ♪
Ooh, I'm drivin' my life away ♪
Looking for a better way for me… ♪
It's so cold!
Ooh, I'm drivin' my life away ♪
Looking for a sunny day… ♪
Watch it, Sel. I don't wanna
twist an ankle before we go on.
Roger!
Whoever smelt it,
dealt it, Selena.
No!
It's in my mouth.
Pour me another cup of coffee ♪
Pop it down, jack me up, shoot me out
Flying down the highway ♪
Looking for the morning… ♪
On the road with Selena y Dinos.
Life in Big Bertha.
Say hi, guys.
"Hi, guys."
Hi.
Ricky doing his cube thing.
Almost got it, Ricky.
Don't tell him,
but every night when he goes to sleep,
Selena and I take it and mix it up again.
- Huh?
- Oh, nothing!
Say hi, Selena.
"Hi, Selena."
Sel, are those my chips?
Those are totally my chips!
Sel!
Do you like your new hair?
I love my new hair.
Why do you keep changing your hair?
What? You don't like my hair?
I don't like
that you have a new look every day.
These people that come to the shows
don't even know who they're gonna see.
They're gonna see me.
Whoever they see, that's who I am.
Maybe you could be the same
person two shows in a row sometime?
Never!
I'm lots of people.
They should pay more for that.
- Something's wrong?
- Hmm? No.
The landlord has to sell our house.
Our house?
When?
He's giving us some time, but soon.
The last time prices jumped up
is when we lost our house.
It's not the same.
- We're not losing it. They're selling it.
- I know.
I'm just…
remembering.
No.
What?
You're thinking of us living in the bus.
No.
For a second you were.
For a second.
But with this tour…
if we fill every house…
if we make our money…
maybe we can buy a place for once.
We will.
We will!
So, Selena…
now that "Selena y Los Tinos"
is a Billboard-charted band
with a tour bus just like Prince…
Just like Prince.
…what do you plan to buy?
You know, living on a bus has…
showed me that I don't need
very many materialistic things.
- Hmm.
- Just my family.
That's very sweet.
And maybe a few pairs of jeans,
but just, like, three tops. Maybe a TV.
- I want a car.
- Okay, fine, a car too!
Okay, hey! Cut it out.
I don't like this.
Look, you just have to keep working.
Don't get distracted.
It'll pay off when it pays off.
I hate my hair.
Your hair looks good.
You're just tired.
Yeah, you don't sound good, mija.
You sound more ronca.
I'm freezing.
Why are we in Idaho?
For the migrant workers
picking the apples.
They wanna hear music from their home.
So when we get back to Corpus,
how long are we there?
Two days. Why?
Nothing.
Something you need to do?
No, just…
someone I want to see.
Oh, yeah, huh?
Someone, huh?
I wonder who that someone might be.
Selena's cold.
We're all cold.
She's ronca. She's gonna get sick.
All right.
You guys ever wonder why we're here?
Where?
Here, like, in the world.
What our purpose is.
No.
No?
I do.
And I think mine is
to do exactly what I'm doing.
I mean it.
This is exactly where I wanna be.
"Do not use in enclosed space."
What?
"Do not use in enclosed space.
CO2 may cause asphyxiation."
- Mom!
- Abraham!
Go!
So, how much more school do you have?
Not much.
Thought I'd be done by now,
but at least I'm a senior.
Do correspondence schools have proms?
Oh, man, that'd be amazing.
Everyone just showed up
to their post office alone
- and listened to music.
- Rest your voice.
Hey, Sel.
Do you think if you ask Patrick Swayze
to your post office prom, he might come?
- I wish.
- Hmm.
Well, you're famous. He might.
Hey, everyone listen.
Dad, listen.
It says here that the human body
replaces its own cells all the time.
So, you get, like,
a whole new skin every 35 days,
a new skeleton every three months, and…
in my case, new hair every three days.
Parts of the brain replace itself
in a year.
What if you don't have one?
Ah, then you play bass.
Oh, ho-ho!
If it seems like I'm a new
person all the time, it's because I am.
I don't like how your voice sounds, okay?
When we stop,
I'm getting you some hot tea.
Selena's muy ronca.
The four-hour shows,
the traveling, the hot, the cold…
She needs a break, Abraham.
Break? Are you kidding?
Just for a day or two
so she can rest her voice.
We have gigs booked.
Any show that we miss,
that's money that we can't get back.
That's bands that we don't get back.
Well, if Selena loses her voice,
then there's no shows at all.
Okay?
No Selena, no shows, no tour.
Okay.
Okay.
- Thank you.
- I'll cancel tonight's gig.
We'll go on to Laredo
and she can rest up for the show.
Hold on. Everyone be quiet.
…sound of the West,
the best Tejano music on earth.
And that's just one of the bands
on stage tomorrow night at the Ballroom
right here in Laredo.
Not Sunday, but tomorrow.
Three live bands.
Three bands?
I've played the Ballroom.
That's right down the street
from where we're playing.
I know.
Dad, how did we get
three bands stacked up against us?
Oh, I know how.
I'm not dying your hair again.
Yeah, you will.
Catch me, I'm falling… ♪
Shall we do yours next?
Let's just focus on the star, huh?
I'm thinking…
- Let's do
- Wait!
Should I go blonde?
Yeah, that won't make Dad freak out.
Catch me now, I'm falling
Falling in love ♪
They don't have hot tea.
Told you.
I thought maybe in winter.
Can I have a bite?
No, you said you didn't want one.
And I can't eat something
that someone else touched.
Who do you think touches it
before you get it, hmm?
I was right.
The owner of the Ballroom
switched his normal Sunday night dance
to tomorrow night
as soon as he heard we were coming.
Why would he do that?
What?
First time we came to Laredo,
he paid us to play a dance.
Next time we came, we were bigger,
but he wanted to pay us the same.
I said, "No. You have to pay us more."
I guess he didn't like that.
Three bands, so, no, I guess not.
So we have to fight back.
Why don't we get a ton of ads on the radio
to get people out for us?
Because the same guy who owns the Ballroom
also owns the radio station.
Oh.
- Oh, then we're gonna get killed.
- Hey.
Have a little faith in your sister.
My sister can't even talk.
Okay, why don't we just go home
for a couple of days
until Sel gets her voice back?
No, Dad, please don't.
You said it's now or never,
and I can do it.
Sel, come on. Your voice.
For four hours.
Maybe she only sings half as long.
You mean, like, do half a show?
Would the club even let us do that?
If we get an opening band.
Where?
Local.
You serious?
Some guys in a garage in Laredo
are gonna help us beat three bands?
Hey, not that long ago,
you were just some kids in a garage
in Lake Jackson.
Come on, let's go work the phone.
Come on.
Come on, dude.
You need to lighten up.
This is Laredo, huh?
Here you go. Down the street. Come by.
Huh.
Aw, thank you.
Hey, how come I don't get one?
Because of this.
"All ladies drink and dance for free."
Yo, what is this?
This isn't good.
- Ladies night.
- Huh?
You know what this means?
That it's gonna be so quiet
in here tonight, I can show a movie.
That the competition's
taking us seriously.
They're afraid of us.
Trying to wipe us out.
- He's doing a very good job.
- No, he's not.
We'll get 'em in.
Can your girl even do the show?
- You said her voice was
- Did you get us an opener?
Yes.
Los Bad Boys.
You'll like 'em.
Tell 'em not to do any of our songs.
How about "La Bamba"?
It's ours now.
Anytime somebody hears "La Bamba,"
I want them to think
of Selena y Los Dinos.
- Look.
- Hmm?
Ladies free.
That's half our crowd, Dad.
That's not even fair.
Stop worrying about everyone else
and let's just get the word out
about our own show.
Is there
another radio station where I can go,
and I can talk about the show?
Uh, no, Sel, you can't.
There's one other, yeah.
I'll have them set up a meet and greet.
You know, you…
take Polaroids with fans,
do some autographs.
But no talking.
Just smile and look pretty.
Well, if I have to take photos
and look pretty,
you know what that means?
Shopping!
Whisper!
I sometimes cry ♪
A-E-A-E-I-O-U… U ♪
I sometimes cry ♪
You tell me that you love me every day ♪
When we're alone I really feel in love ♪
But when you're out with friends
I see a change ♪
You treat me bad
I feel like second best ♪
I want your love, I want your love ♪
Give me your love, girl ♪
That's how I feel
I want it to be real ♪
I want your love, I want your love ♪
Give me your love, girl
I need your touch ♪
And I IOU you so much… ♪
Now, I have to change my hair.
I'm already on it.
- You look so cute.
- Ah!
I want your love
Give me your love, girl ♪
I need your touch
And IOU you so much ♪
A-E-A-E-I-O-U… U ♪
I sometimes cry… ♪
- Okay,
- Whoo!
- What do you think?
- It's red.
It's red,
but I think we need another pass.
Selena, come on.
You've got that Polaroid thing.
Oh, honey, you look beautiful.
- Thanks, Mom.
- Dad?
It's red.
It's auburn.
It's red, again.
That was burgundy.
Don't you think she looks pretty?
It's better this time.
- Forget it.
- No, it
- You do. You look good.
- No, it's fine. We have to go.
Mija…
What?
There you go.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, I love your shirt.
That's my favorite color.
- Thank you so much.
- She's talking to everyone.
She always talks to everyone.
She can't help it.
Did you really have to put her
behind that table?
- Hey, I know what guys are like.
- So does she.
I wasn't gonna let them
put their hands all over her,
especially when she's dressed like that.
She looks nice, Abraham.
She looks too old.
She looks 17.
That's what I said.
You really have to be careful
what you say,
especially about her looks, okay?
- She cares what you think.
- Thank you.
- She never asks what I think.
- But she cares.
You're her father.
Hey, what are you doing?
Setting up.
Yeah, well the opener sets up
after the headliner.
Oh. My bad, guys.
It's cool, man. We've been there.
How'd it go with the Polaroids?
It went good.
We'll see.
You were great.
She was great.
Of course she was.
Ladies.
Yes.
Los Bad Boys.
Where do we set up?
Maybe the stage.
Cool.
Mnh-mnh. I can't look at you.
I'm gonna laugh.
Los Bad Boys.
Suzette! Shh!
Yeah.
How are you feeling? Your…
I feel good.
You were great today with the fans.
Thank you.
- You think anyone'll come?
- You always ask that.
Yes.
I like your hair.
No, you don't.
How do I explain it?
It's like…
I guess some singers have, like…
a costume.
They do their hair different every time
or their makeup
- because that's who they are.
- Mm-hmm.
Well, I don't…
I don't always know who I am until I am.
You know?
If I feel like I'm faking it…
I know it.
And they know it.
They know when I'm not me.
I get it.
- You're changing.
- Every day.
But for me…
when I see you on that stage…
I still see the six-year-old girl singing
in our backyard.
I know.
- I know, but I'm almost an adult.
- You're 17.
I said "almost."
Tell me, do you trust me?
Yes.
Yes, I do.
Full house.
I don't know what all you guys
were so worried about. Hmm?
Whoa. Los Loud Boys.
He's good.
You hear that?
How many of them are there anyway?
Um, two.
- What?
- Yeah.
Oh, my God, it's the "Hey, Ladies" guy.
It's already jumping.
- Dad.
- Hmm?
- They're good.
- Mm-hmm.
Maybe they open up for us on other dates
until Selena's voice is stronger.
There's only two of them.
Their take won't be big.
Maybe.
Right now you got a bigger problem.
What's that?
Don't let your opening act
be better than you.
- Watch out!
- Back off.
Yeah!
I love you, I love you ♪
I'll die, I'll die ♪
- If you're not here with me ♪
- Whoo!
I want you, I want you ♪
To be with me, with me ♪
I want to be with you, with you ♪
For the rest of my life ♪
Together, together ♪
We will live happily, happily ♪
And I will tell you, my love ♪
That I love you with all my soul ♪
I want, I want you to tell me
That you love me with all your heart ♪
I want, I want you to kiss me
And give me your love, please ♪
I have to, I have to have you
And I will die without your warmth ♪
I love you, I love you ♪
I'll die, I'll die… ♪
Abraham Quintanilla.
Yes.
I know.
Hmm. She's great.
I want to be with you, with you ♪
For the rest of my life ♪
Call our office.
I'd like to talk.
He's cute.
Hey. Good to see you.
You too.
Oh, this is my sister.
Hi. I'm AB.
Hi, I'm Vangie.
- Nice to meet you.
- You too.
- Should we go?
- Yeah.
This is Rob.
Mr. Quintanilla. Yes.
What can I do?
How…
how can I get your house?
That's what I need.
- You bought our house?
- Yes.
And…
the house next door.
Two houses?
And also…
the other house next door.
Abraham, I-I don't understand.
- I mean, three houses?
- Well…
you can get a consolidated housing loan
for three houses
that doesn't cost that much more
than the rent for one house.
Yeah, but how are we gonna pay for this?
With this.
Oh.
Abraham.
I told you.