Selena: The Series (2020) s01e08 Episode Script

No sleep last night… ♪
So, what's his name?
What?
A lot of times, when a girl comes in,
she's upset about a boy. Not always.
No.
Nope, no boy.
Okay.
- Keep going?
- Um, yeah, sure.
All right. Hmm.
Selena.
Sel.
What did she do?
Selena.
Mija, what's wrong?
Nothing.
- Sel, open the door.
- No.
- What is she doing?
- I don't know. She won't come out.
Selena, open the door.
No.
Open the door right now.
Sorry.
It looks good.
I don't know what happened.
I went to go get a trim and
I like it.
Really?
Yeah, me too.
- I think you look beautiful.
- Very modern.
You don't think I look like Elvis?
Uh, you mean, "Elvis,
the most popular singer of all time"?
Now, I don't know
what your record company is gonna say.
I know, and the shoot is tomorrow.
- Dad!
- Hey, it's okay.
Do you like it?
Yes.
Do you feel like you?
Yeah.
Then this is who they get.
You have to be who you are.
Thanks, Dad.
- What is that on your neck?
- What?
- It's…
- What?
- It's just a little dye.
- What?
Oh, they can fix that in the picture.
You can't even see it.
I can't believe they didn't fix it.
Yeah, but it's in black-and-white.
You can't even tell unless you know.
- Selena.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sorry, guys. Thank you so much.
Oh, love you guys.
It's nice to meet everyone.
Thank you so much, guys.
Oh, thank you. Thank you.
- Selena! Selena!
- Yeah.
I'm so sorry. Bye, guys!
Wow!
Your first music video.
I can't believe it.
I know, it's crazy.
All those times watching you
dance to Jody Watley or Jets videos and…
you'd say, "Someday, that'll be me,"
and I'd be, like, "Yeah, okay,
but can I watch my show now?"
Hello, someday.
♪As I've always known
You are a dream ♪
Unreachable ♪
But I'm satisfied as long as you know ♪
How much I love you ♪
My beloved friend, the most beautiful ♪
To whom I would give myself ♪
You completely steal ♪
My heart ♪
It's not that I am indifferent ♪
To what you feel ♪
If I could love you like that ♪
I would love you ♪
But love can't be improvised ♪
It comes suddenly out of nowhere ♪
It's not something you can place ♪
Here nor there ♪
And even if we have many things
In common ♪
Maybe I'll fail or you'll fail ♪
If the feeling bringing us together
Is not the same ♪
We'd be better as… ♪
She's a very good actress.
Best friends ♪
So, how did it go?
I meant to get over there.
So good. I wanna do lots more.
I'm requesting she does one
with Luis Miguel, if anyone asks.
We'll do many more,
but I wanted you all to stop by
so I could ask you a question
about your house.
Our house?
The walls. I haven't been.
Are they covered with family photos
and pictures, or is there any room?
Room for what?
This.
A gold record? Are you kidding me?
No.
Ven Conmigo already hit 50,000 units
and is climbing the Hot Latin charts.
Sel!
Okay, how come you're being so cool?
You already knew, didn't
So, now, can we talk
about that English-only album?
The very next thing.
For now, go home and celebrate this one.
You all earned it.
Trust me, we will.
It's not.
- Not what?
- Real gold.
I know.
Sel.
Can't wait to tell AB.
Champagne?
Don't get it everywhere and not too much.
You got rehearsal in the morning.
Rehearsals for what?
- Johnny Canales. Harlingen in three days.
- Hmm.
Yeah, guys, everyone stay sharp
so we can pretend to play on TV.
Meh.
- Guys, to Selena.
- Mm!
- Ah! ¡Y Los Dinos!
- Gold record!
Hey, but remember, awards are nice…
"But they don't
make us better than anyone else."
Ha-ha-ha!
Funny, but the hard work is not over with.
Ugh. Well, maybe for tonight it can be.
Sel, you okay?
No, it's nothing. I just…
I get overwhelmed thinking about it.
About what?
The little girl.
The little girl who learned Spanish
so she could sing…
and now has a gold record
for singing in Spanish.
A lot of people can sing
in a different language, but…
it doesn't make them who they are.
But we're Mexican.
I'm just really grateful
to know that part of me now.
Thanks to Dad.
Thank you.
To Dad.
To Dad!
- Okay, okay, okay, okay.
- It's your cue.
- Ugh. I'm gonna go get a tissue.
- Hmm.
You better come right back.
Get it while the gettin's good.
Anyone want a chip?
Can we get hot dogs, Abraham?
Everyone but you, Ricky. Everyone but you.
Mmm!
- Hey.
- Hey.
That was really nice.
Congrats.
I guess it's all happening, huh?
Yeah, right?
I mean,
gold record, English record, music video.
It's everything a girl could want.
Not everything.
It's hard being away from you.
I know.
I don't think we should be.
Dad, I got it.
- Hey, Sel.
- Yeah.
Uh, Rod wants me to drive him
to the mall to get him a camera.
- You wanna come?
- Ugh, no, I, uh…
I can't tomorrow.
I'm gonna go the fabric store.
Gotta get fabrics for the band costumes,
but have fun with Ron.
Baby, pick your head up, head up ♪
Come on and look me in the face… ♪
Do you mind if I look for shoes
while you get your camera?
- Yeah, no problem.
- Okay.
Is there glitter in here?
I live with Selena.
There's glitter everywhere.
…wants to take your place ♪
I hear he's after your heart… ♪
Do you mind
if we check on a friend of mine?
Really? Why?
- You don't like new people, do you?
- No, not if I don't know 'em.
You met him once.
His mom and sister
and her husband got in a car wreck.
They're in the ER.
He's watching his nephews.
Oh.
Oh, yeah, sure.
Hang a right.
Just remember, I'm forever your girl ♪
- Oh, baby! ♪
- He could promise the world ♪
You got to remember
I'm forever your girl ♪
We are here.
- Thanks for doing this. Oh, yeah!
- Thanks for convincing me.
Yeah, of course.
- Shouldn't take too long.
- All right.
- Hey, man.
- Hi.
Hi.
Hey, this is Suzette Quintanilla.
Bill Arriaga.
Oh, come in. Come in.
So, how's it going, man?
How are they?
The hospital says they'll be okay.
- Guy who hit 'em was drunk.
- Aww.
- Uncle Bill!
- Hey, buddy.
Uncle Bill, can you play tag with us?
Can I? I thought you'd never ask.
Do you want anything? Iced tea.
- I'm okay. I'm good.
- Okay.
- Thanks.
- Sorry, but I really like tag.
Hey, I don't want any iced tea, either.
Thanks, though.
- He's not married.
- So? Shut up!
So, what else do you wanna know?
Is he always this good to his family?
Aww. You…
Right here, right now ♪
Watching the world wake up ♪
Ladies
and gentlemen, welcome Johnny Canales.
Yeah! You got it! ¡Eso!
I remember when I was 19 years old.
About 30 years ago…
Okay, I'll say it. We look like cows.
Selena, no bands dress like this.
I know.
Nobody dresses like this.
I don't think you guys
mean the same thing.
Okay, guys, come on.
Cowhide print is gonna be
the biggest thing in the country,
and when every band is dressed like this,
we can say that we were the first.
- I'm okay being the second, just in case.
- Oh.
Wait, do cows sparkle?
Guys, we look badass. Let's go.
Yeah, come on, let's moo-ve!
…Selena y Los Dinos, take it away!
You are my life
You are my everything ♪
Come with me
I want to make you my treasure ♪
I want to give you
What I protect in my heart ♪
You are the keeper of my heart
You are who I want to be with ♪
Never walk away from me
Don't hurt me ♪
Come with me
I want to love you ♪
Come next to me
I want to kiss you ♪
With me
You will have everything that you want ♪
And until the day I die ♪
You are going to be my love ♪
With me
You will have everything you want ♪
And until the day I die ♪
You are going to be my love ♪
There you go!
All right!
Bravo!
Welcome, my friends!
Originally Selena y Los Dinos
started here on the Johnny Canales Show
when Selena was very little.
You were this little, right?
Now you're still little,
but not that little.
- Taller.
- Taller, yes. You got it.
She's even taller than me, huh?
First off, we want to congratulate you
on behalf of all these people here
at Studio Four in Harlingen.
We have
the Female Vocalist of the Year, right?
Yes, and also
Female Entertainer of the Year.
Yes, of course.
That's right. You got all the awards!
That's great.
You are from Corpus Christi,
and your family is from Corpus,
and Corpus must be really proud
because now
you're internationally recognized.
Selena makes records for Capitol EMI.
Yes, and we're in the process
of recording an LP in English,
which I think will come out next year.
So, you're recording…
Yes. You're recording an English album?
Yes, but we're not moving away
from Tejano music.
- It's just a project we're working on.
- Oh, wow.
I remember when Selena arrived here
on the Johnny Canales Show,
she didn't even speak one word of Spanish.
The only word she said
to her dad was "money."
Money!
Yeah, like, "Dad, where's the money?"
What's going on?
I don't know how to do this.
I mean, there's always someone around.
So, what if we just tell 'em?
What?
I don't know.
Let's go.
Okay.
I should get me a BMW.
Do it. Ladies love a guy with a nice car.
Stop it, Pete. They do not.
But you love a nice car.
Yeah, with me in it. Okay?
There more qualities to a man
than the kind of car he drives.
Oh, you got a man?
- Does Dad know?
- No.
No, Dad doesn't know
because there's nothing to know about.
Okay?
I don't have a boyfriend or whatever.
When I didn't have a car,
that's all I thought about.
No car, no girl.
Yeah, but nice car,
nice girlfriend, right?
Yeah, well, you don't need a girl.
You have two at home,
and if Vangie finds out
that you're trying to buy a BMW
to impress women,
you're gonna be sleeping in it.
So I should get a van.
Mm-hmm. A minivan.
Honey, are you okay?
Yeah.
What's going on?
When did you know Dad was the one?
Your father?
I don't know.
- Right away, I think.
- But how?
You just know.
He was very talented.
And he had a convertible.
What?
What-what?
Dad had a convertible.
- Dad?
- Yeah.
Yes.
It was red.
Do I stand a chance with you? ♪
It's so hard to find… ♪
Ah, there was something about him
that I just knew would never stop.
"Never stop"?
Mm. Until he got what he wanted.
I don't mean just me, I…
Everything.
Whoa! Oh! ♪
Order up.
Hear what else I gotta say ♪
You got your radio
Turned down too low… ♪
I'm sorry, sir, but I need to quit.
You sure?
Okay, well, if you ever want
your job back, just let me know.
Thank you, but…
I've been here long enough.
I'm heading to Texas.
We got Denny's there too.
I can make some calls.
No, sir. I'm going back to my music.
It's… it's what I do.
All right. Well, good luck with that.
Bye, honey. Call me when you get to Texas.
Yes, indeed, I'm talkin'
About you and me I'm hopin' ♪
That you'll come back to me, mm-hmm! ♪
I'm lonely as I can be
I'm waitin' for your company… ♪
Never stop, right?
That you'll come back to me… ♪
Yeah.
See?
Car makes the man.
- And he has a girlfriend, see?
- Hmm.
Hey, Joe, what's the word for,
like, a beater?
"A beater"?
Yeah, like a beat-up car, a jalopy.
Well, that's a carcacha right there.
Yeah.
La Carcacha.
¿Quién es? Um…
- Babe, bring her down. I wanna play.
- Can't right now.
We're reading the paper.
Martika,
you wanna sing a song with Daddy?
Yeah?
Sorry, babe. We're shopping.
Right? I think we need another Target run.
Target.
We just went to Target and got this.
This one?
Want some cherries?
One… ♪
You're shopping with me.
Two… ♪
Three… ♪
Four! ♪
Hey! ♪
That smoke is killing us ♪
People ask what it is
But nobody knows ♪
An old car that arrives honking ♪
With tricycle wheels
And an upside-down engine… ♪
- Guess not.
- No.
This one's cute.
- Nah, reminds me of Dad.
- Yeah.
- So?
- Hmm. This one's okay.
If you don't love it…
How about the Jeep?
No, but the Jeep is new.
Shouldn't I get something used?
It's cheaper.
I'm just saying…
you don't have to take
what's left over anymore.
You can get what you want.
In that case…
Oh, yeah.
Ugh, Dad's gonna be so mad
you let me get this.
Me? Nuh-uh, girl. This is all you.
It is nice, though.
If he does take it away,
I just might keep it.
You don't know how to drive stick.
Ricky'll teach me.
Uh, he tried.
You almost tore up his transmission.
Aww, you look so good in this car.
Oh, I know.
Maybe I shouldn't have bought it, but…
I just can't help feeling
like this is just the beginning.
You know, like, nothing can stop us.
I know what you mean.
Why not?
It's just what came down.
From who? You're the president of EMI now.
EMI Latin.
I just went on TV and told everybody
that we're doing an English album.
- And you will.
- When?
You said it'd be the very next thing
we talked about.
- And we are. This is us talking about it.
- So, why did you call?
On the phone you said you had good news.
I do.
"Buenos Amigos" hit number one
on the Billboard Hot Latin chart.
Number one?
You have your first number one record.
I mean, that's…
…that's great.
I wanted you to know. I knew
you'd be disappointed in the other thing.
Has it also gone gold?
Not sure yet. Maybe.
And do you think that all those people
don't buy English records too?
I do.
I do, my friends do.
Yes, but even if everyone
who bought your Latin records
They didn't buy her Latin records.
They bought her records,
and if we make an English record,
they will buy her English record.
And that's why we're expanding her base.
Every time out.
- Then when the numbers support it
- A gold album, José.
That's a big number.
In the Latin market.
To make it a slam dunk in the US market,
she'd have to go platinum, at least.
- Platinum?
- Yes.
Fine.
- Then she will.
- Good.
Good.
Come on.
Dad! Dad, hold on, I'm in heels.
They know who you are.
- Who does?
- The fans.
The fans always win.
You know, the fans own this building,
not those empty suits.
You just…
you just be who you are.
Never stop doing what you do.
Okay?
Come on.
I just hate that I have to choose.
You know, Mexican or American? Which…
which record do you want?
I look at the fans and…
they look at me,
and we're both at the same time,
Mexican and American.
It's like the photo they chose
for the Ven Conmigo album.
- Yeah, yeah.
- They can only see one side of me.
I can't do it, Chris.
I can't not have the English record
and not have you.
I get something here.
I do have you, right?
Yes, yes, of course you have me.
I
With or without the album.
I mean, I'm only here for you.
I don't want you to ever doubt that.
Good.
But what are we gonna do
about your family?
I mean, I respect Abraham.
I admire everything he's done
for you and the band, but…
Yeah. No, he's gonna be
even more driven now
to get that platinum record.
Everyone's gonna be working even harder.
I don't wanna lie to them, but I…
I also don't want our thing
to be a distraction.
Should we just put our thing on hold?
- Is that what you want?
- No.
Good, me either.
I don't wanna choose
between you and music.
- I know.
- I want both.
I know.
Well, maybe the both of us
are just gonna have to…
lay low for a while.
Ooh, laying low sounds better
than sneaking around.
It works for me.
But, if we do keep coming here,
pretty soon the salt in the air
is gonna rust out my car,
and you're gonna have to buy me a new one
with all the money you're making.
No, we'll come clean before then,
I promise.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Is this…
The mortgage.
Paid in full.
- Abraham.
- And…
All three houses.
Hey.
- Always forward, right?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Never stop.
Hey.
I'm gonna go hang with Rod.
You wanna come?
No, I'm good. Why are you all dressed up?
I'm not dressed up.
You've got your going-out makeup on
to hang out with Rod?
So?
So, who's gonna be there?
No one.
Just…
someone.
Is this someone…
Bill?
Yeah, but don't make a big deal.
He just comes whenever I see Rod.
- Hmm.
- Like, every time.
He likes you too?
He hasn't said, but…
yeah.
Stop! We haven't even gone on a date.
We just talk about cars and stuff.
I didn't wanna say anything yet because…
he makes me so happy.
And I want you to have the same.
I will.
Yeah, you will.
You're gonna have it all.
Best guy.
Wait.