Selena: The Series (2020) s01e05 Episode Script

1
Oh, my God. I'm so proud of myself.
Oh, God.
Here we go. Next gear and…
Ow. Ow!
Oh, God.
- Ow!
- Sorry.
You're doing great.
Just ease down on the clutch.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Slower.
Maybe I should just take the test
in AB's car.
Maybe just take it
in the back of a taxi.
Uh, be nice to your sister.
You're doing fine.
Maybe I shouldn't take the test at all.
I don't even have a car to drive.
Yeah, but you will.
When the CBS deal's done.
- If.
- When.
- It's been months
- Dad's working on it.
- Months!
- I know, but be positive.
I am positive.
Positive I can't drive a stick.
Yes, you can.
And once you learn how to drive stick,
you can drive anything.
Now…
…ease down on the gas.
That was not slow.
- Aw, I think I threw up.
- Oh, no.
I'm kidding.
What?
I think I'll be able to get this done
tonight, but…
- I don't know about the dresser thing
- Changing table.
Changing table, yeah.
Before we leave for the TMAs
in the morning.
That's okay.
You still have about… four months.
How's this gonna work?
How's what gonna work?
With the baby.
When the baby comes
and I have to leave all the time.
Same as now. We go too.
On a bus with the baby?
Babies don't know where they are.
And I'll have, like, eight babysitters.
You're not leaving me home alone
with a baby.
No way.
Good. I don't want to.
And I'm not letting you out
on the road without me.
I've seen the girls out there.
Like your sister?
- Worse. Like me.
- Oh.
Suzette.
I have to pass my test for if…
when we get the CBS deal.
Oh.
I was thinking about that.
CBS albums are sold through
that Columbia Records tape club, right,
where you sign up,
and you get 12 albums for a penny?
I was thinking we sign up and
are you listening to me?
- No.
- Down.
Okay, so we make our record,
and then we sign up,
and everyone we know signs up,
and then for our free records,
we only choose 12 of ours,
and then… and then we cancel it.
But they have to count the numbers
in our sales.
I'm pretty sure there's a hole
in that plan somewhere.
- The part where we don't have a deal yet.
- Well, we will, right?
We're talking.
If you take too long to sign,
can they just take the deal away?
- Yeah, 'cause you said it was a good deal.
- Mm. I said it was good money.
There's other things.
Like what?
Hmm.
Creative control.
An English-language album.
You have to get those things written in,
otherwise they don't do it.
But it's still good money, though, right?
Why are you always asking about the money?
Don't worry about it.
Okay.
Is it like hatchback money
or sports car money?
Okay, eat.
Look at the price of this dress.
I could make that for nothing.
- Any chance you feel like helping here?
- No, I'm okay.
These prices are crazy!
Who can afford these?
What's crazy is we have to have
two outfits when we play the TMAs,
can't be something we already wore.
There should be nice clothes
that regular people can wear.
Two keyboards, uh…
cable boxes and the mixing board.
Check, check and check.
That's it. We're good.
- Where's Roger?
- Not here yet.
Everybody on the bus.
Come on, Sel.
On the bus. Go.
- Can we get off? It's hot.
- When Roger gets here, we'll go.
Thank you so much, man.
I owe you big time.
Sorry.
- We said eight.
- I know. I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry, guys.
The baby was
in the emergency room all night.
She's okay. It's just a sore throat,
but when we got home,
my wife didn't wanna put her back
in the car and bring me here,
so I had to find a ride.
I'm really sorry.
We get it.
That's life on the road
when you have a baby.
Damas y caballeros,
Tejano Music Award winners
and current nominees at tonight's awards,
Selena y Los Dinos!
This pain that I have deep inside me ♪
Is because of my stubborn heart ♪
My stubborn heart that never learned ♪
The price you have to pay ♪
When you're stuck in the web of love ♪
Stubborn heart, stubborn heart ♪
Why don't you listen to me? ♪
I told you many times… ♪
Are they on our list?
Stubborn heart, stubborn heart ♪
Stubborn, stubborn heart ♪
Someday you will learn
That when in love, you have to accept ♪
The good and the bad ♪
- You won TMAs again!
- I know!
I still can't believe it!
- Congrats on your award!
- I love your style!
Congratulations!
Thank you so much. I love your dress.
- Thank you.
- Yes!
Beautiful!
- You look so pretty.
- Thank you, bye.
- I just need to get in. Just for a minute.
- You got a pass?
No, I just need to talk
to Selena Quintanilla.
So, you don't have a pass?
I know. Can you call her out for me?
For a minute.
I can try.
I need a pass now.
Selena!
Hi, José Behar.
- Really great performance.
- Aw, thank you. That's so sweet.
Can we talk?
Um, no, thank you,
but it was nice to meet you.
EMI Records.
Vice president
of EMI's new Latin Music Division.
Um, I'll give it to my dad.
Gloria Estefan?
Gloria Estefan.
Selena can be that big.
We're already
down the road pretty far with CBS.
I wouldn't wanna do anything
to interfere with your negotiations.
How long have you been at EMI?
A couple of months.
Who else do you have?
No one.
EMI didn't even have
a Latin division until me.
So we'd be your first?
Getting all the love and attention
of the only child.
We're, uh…
pretty far down the road, as I said.
But you haven't signed.
Not yet, no. We're close.
And because you're smart.
How much control are they offering?
Crossover album?
It's been discussed.
CBS is a big company
with a lot of resources.
I can't compete at that level,
but I can tell they don't want you.
They want everyone,
like a collector buying
every baseball card there is,
then sticking them in a drawer
in case one player becomes a star.
And if they don't…
all it cost them was some gum.
Okay.
You wanna have control of a plane,
you sit up front with the pilot.
Not in back with the passengers
wondering what's going on.
Me and you.
Up front.
So, look, I, uh…
I need to get on the road soon.
Of course. Thank you for meeting.
You've built something very special here.
You know that.
This next decision,
who you trust with that…
it's probably the biggest one
you'll ever make.
Take your time.
Does she still have a fever?
Well, the doc said it'll take a few days
for the antibiotic
No, I know.
I'm just trying to say not to worry.
I know you're not stupid.
Look, I love you.
You're not stupid. You're a great mom.
She's gonna be fine, okay?
I gotta go.
All my friends say that I'm a fool ♪
And that I should give up on you ♪
Many times, I've surely tried ♪
But there is something
Down deep inside ♪
I've spent some time trying
To think all this through ♪
And I always end up wanting
To be with you ♪
Como una flor que necesita el agua ♪
Sin tu amor, se marchita mi alma ♪
You will always be always mine ♪
Be mine till the end of time ♪
Always mine ♪
You will always be always mine ♪
Be mine till the end of time
Always mine ♪
They are really good.
Yes, they're doing really good today.
No, I mean they are really good.
They could be something.
No one's putting them in a drawer.
A drawer?
Like a baseball card.
Okay.
Thank you, Poteet, Texas!
See you again soon.
Hey, I need to talk to you.
- Hey, man.
- Hey.
Where you going?
Listen, um…
- I already talked to your dad, but
- What's going on?
I'm sorry, brother, but I'm out.
- You're what? Roger.
- My girl's still sick.
My wife hasn't slept.
I gotta go be there for her, man.
I know, man,
but we're in the middle of a tour.
You'll find somebody.
There's not that many shows left
on this tour.
I feel bad, but it's my family.
You got your family right here.
Mine's back home.
I get it, man.
Good luck.
Poteet folks get rowdy, huh? Who knew?
Watch your voice, honey,
you're sounding a bit ronca, okay?
Okay.
Hey.
- They loved "Always Mine," huh?
- Yeah.
CBS should have been there.
We'd have a record deal tomorrow.
Uh, yeah, we would, but first…
- Look what I bought.
- Aw, did you get me one?
That's not the point.
Look, people are making these
and selling them.
We should make our own shirts
and sell 'em.
But did you get me one?
- Aww.
- Oh.
Where's Roger?
Think he quit.
He quit? When?
Why?
Hey, AB. Where's Roger?
Baby's sick.
I'll find someone else.
I always find someone else.
Man, he's quitting right
when we're getting a CBS record deal.
Dad, did Roger know about the CBS deal?
We're not making the CBS deal.
- What?
- Why?
I'm gonna talk to EMI.
- The guy from the awards?
- Yes.
- Is it the same money?
- Don't worry about the money, okay?
- Did you tell CBS no already? What if
- Yeah, I have a family now.
Listen to me, all of you.
Look, the record companies,
they count on this.
A band struggles for years,
and there's a pile of money on a table,
and you just grab at it,
and in one second, you lose what
you've been working for your whole life…
freedom.
The minute you think you have it…
…it's gone, like that.
So, why is EMI better?
CBS wouldn't commit to a crossover album.
It means that they don't know us,
but they wanna own us.
Hey, you've seen those stadium lights.
They used to be peach cans, remember?
The big flashy speakers, the crowds.
We used to play
to people eating enchiladas
sitting in plastic chairs
at backyard weddings.
Now, we did that together.
So, nobody owns us. We own us.
Okay?
Look, we're gonna be fine.
But…
you do need to get us a new guitarist.
Keep on movin'… ♪
Like the hands of time ♪
Click, clock
Find your own way to stay ♪
The time will come one day ♪
Why do people choose
To live their lives… ♪
This way, yeah? ♪
Keep on movin', don't stop, no! ♪
Keep on movin', oh-oh! Oh-oh! ♪
Keep on movin' ♪
Keep on movin', don't stop, no! ♪
Keep on movin'… ♪
Dad.
You okay?
Yeah.
If we end up with no deal
We won't.
Would it be my fault?
What? Why?
I don't want everyone to lose out
on all that money
because I wanna do an English record.
It's not just you.
We all do. We need to.
I've always said that it wasn't the time,
but now it is.
Okay?
Okay.
You need to believe in yourself
as much as I believe in you.
A female singer…
with your voice…
in the Tejano market
that can pack in a crowd like that.
You're a one and only.
And when you're the one and only,
you do not have to jump for anyone.
They jump for you.
Go get some sleep.
- Oh!
- Mmm!
Where's Selena?
- Where's your sister?
- I don't know.
Selena!
Okay, what are you doing?
Is that my salad bowl?
Is that my Aerosmith record?
It's my hat for graduation, because…
- Ta-da!
- Oh!
- Aww, you graduated!
- Wow! Congrats.
- Congratulations.
- Aww!
Finally, right?
It came in the mail yesterday.
You should take a picture next
to the mailbox. Class of '89.
Oh, I am so proud of you, sweetheart.
Now I have a diploma in case
the EMI deal doesn't go through,
I have to work at a bank
or something.
- It's gonna go through, right, Dad?
- I'm still going over the contracts.
Is everything good?
- Are you asking about the money again?
- He's always worried about money.
Unless there is a bag of cash
in your belly, babe, then yeah.
- I tell him we'll be fine.
- That's easy for you to say,
'cause you're not the one who had
to dumpster dive for peach cans.
Neither were you.
Yes, I did. You made me do it.
Never happened. Would I ask my only son
to crawl into a dumpster?
Yes.
- Uh, but, Dad, the contract
- It's okay.
I'm just crossing out some language.
Vangie, what's the one thing
you never wanna see in a contract?
Um…
Kids.
"In perpetuity."
Good. Let's eat.
Gloria Estefan.
What about her?
You said Selena's the next Gloria Estefan.
Where's the English album?
- It's in there.
- It doesn't say when or what number.
You know, Abraham,
your problem isn't language.
It's trust.
We're doing the album.
You either believe me or you don't.
- Your word.
- My word.
You got the band's name all wrong
in the contract.
It should be "Selena y Los Dinos."
Yeah, I was gonna talk to you about that.
- We're dropping Los Dinos.
- What?
Not the band, just the words.
The records will go out under "Selena."
- You like it?
- No.
Madonna, Whitney,
Janet, Paula, Prince, Elvis, Cher.
You know who they are with one word.
- Branding.
- But people know us as Selena y Los Dinos.
Okay.
So, you wanna cross over
to the English market,
but as Selena y Los Dinos?
How many records do you think
Gloria Estefan would sell in… Ohio
as "Gloria Estefan
y la Máquina de Sonido Miami"?
"Selena." Hmm?
Marcella, you really outdid yourself.
Suzette, make sure and eat your greens.
Don't try and hide them on Selena's plate.
You and AB…
…used to do that all the time
when you were little. Remember?
You thought that we didn't know.
What?
Anything you wanna tell us?
About what?
San Antonio, come on.
Oh.
- Well, it was hot.
- Dad!
Seriously, come on. What happened?
Abraham, you're torturing them.
Oh, well, also…
EMI's our new label.
- Yes!
- Here, Vangie, come here!
Mom. Oh, Mom.
Oh, that was so… …mean!
So, they're gonna do a crossover album?
But first a Spanish-language record,
so, AB, you need to start
pulling songs for both.
Okay, all right.
And one other thing.
We won't be known as "Selena y Los Dinos."
Just "Selena."
- So, they're they're dropping
- No, not the band.
Just the name.
Bye, y'all!
- Hey, so can I go car shopping?
- Slow down. There's no money yet.
Just to start looking.
Sel, after dinner, you and me.
Yes! Yeah!
Mm!
You don't think
they'd really drop the band, do you?
No.
- Why? Do you?
- No, no, no.
It's just gonna be weird
having somebody tell us what to do.
Besides Dad?
Okay, well, yeah.
Well, if they do…
Los Dinos could just keep going alone.
You know, be on one of those sad tours,
where we play all the old songs,
but we can't say your name.
- Oh, well, if you do, I'd totally come.
- Aww!
- If I wasn't… too busy.
- Oh, right, right.
Well, thanks, though.
Sel, look!
- But it's black.
- Well, it's not for you.
And it's got a sunroof. Can you imagine?
Mm!
How come no one's helping?
If we were guys, they'd be all over us.
Hey!
Suzette.
I always love to hear you sing.
It's been a while.
No more Los Dinos.
You had a good run, though.
I hope I'm right about EMI.
Writer's remorse.
Is that what you call it?
I'm always the one to decide.
You take a little money,
you lose a little control.
You take a little more, you lose a lot.
Nothing's free, right?
Your whole life…
how many times have you trusted someone
and been wrong?
Hmm.
None.
So far.
Okay, then.
Come on.
Come on.
Do you know how long
we're gonna be gone for?
Damn.
Babe, we're gonna be gone too long.
- Too long for the way you are now.
- Uh-huh.
I wanna say maybe four months.
It can't be four months.
The baby's due in two.
So?
- Babe, can you help me?
- Ready? Yeah.
Welcome to our new home, sweetheart.
Smells like…
Good. There's Joe and Pete
meeting us here early.
I guess they could sense
I had some big news to announce.
What news?
All right.
Before all of you go off to your rooms,
I want us to gather outside the bus.
- What's going on?
- Dad, I gotta go check out a band.
It'll take five minutes.
Come on, off the bus.
Hey.
Just give me five.
I'll be down in a minute.
You wait here and rest.
Dad says it'll be five minutes.
Okay, so the announcement
is that Joe and Pete
aren't gonna be opening for us anymore.
W-what? Why?
Because they're joining the band.
Yeah! Yes!
Yeah!
- Oh!
- Yay!
That's so good.
Welcome. Welcome.
I appreciate it, man, but…
things are in a touchy place
right now with Shelly.
Yeah?
Yeah, a couple of guys just left already,
and she's kinda freaking out.
I don't wanna leave her high and dry.
You know?
No, I respect that. I get it.
Thank you, though.
Just, you know,
seeing you up there, man…
you're holding back, man.
Look, I'm trying to get our band
to a higher place.
Still Tejano, still true to all that,
but keep mixing in the other sounds.
You're a rock guy.
I need a guitar player who can get that
on an English-language record for us.
You're doing an English record?
With EMI.
It just happened.
It's getting crazy, man.
Yeah, it sounds like it.
Like, it's just…
it's probably just bad timing.
You understand.
Yeah, no, I do.
I do.
All right, well…
we're gonna be performing at the Rosedale
tomorrow, if you wanna come by…
see if you ever could picture yourself
up there with us?
All right, man.
- All right.
- All right, take it easy.
So how come you didn't say
Joe and Pete were joining the band?
You don't like Joe and Pete now?
I love Joe and Pete,
but if they're in the band now, Dad…
what does that mean?
Do they ride in the bus now?
Is there room? Do we need a bigger bus?
And how does the money work?
All that.
Yes, they will be riding on the bus now.
Okay, but it's just…
you used to tell us stuff,
and now, suddenly, someone is in the band,
and I don't even know why.
So your sister doesn't lose her voice.
This way, Pete can do
some of the singing during the show,
taking the load off her.
It's for your sister.
Okay.
I didn't know that. That's great.
Now, I understand.
So, what is it?
You want me to tell you more things now?
I don't know.
We used to discuss everything as a family.
When the band was us.
I miss that.
I mean, not all of it, but some.
Everything's just getting so…
…big.
You want things to be bigger,
things are gonna have to get big.
I know.
You don't miss it some?
When it was just the family?
Mm-hmm.
Hey.
Come on.
But I will tell you a little secret.
It still is.
I was the one ♪
Who loved you ♪
When you needed love ♪
I was the one ♪
Who held you ♪
When you felt so much pain ♪
And now that I need you ♪
I can't find you ♪
Maybe everything has changed ♪
Maybe you have forgotten me ♪
But I want you to remember ♪
You were always everything to me ♪
I was the one ♪
Who thought of you every moment ♪
I was the one ♪
Who saw you go like the wind… ♪
I can't understand ♪
Why you hurt me ♪
The pain doesn't matter ♪
You will still be my love ♪