01x02 - Gamechangers

[bunniefuu]

[quiet, pop music playing]

[Cindy] I realized that there's so much

I had taken for granted.

Like, I used to think that when you win

something, you've won for good.

And that it's not like

they can take away your prize.

But what they could take from me

was a place in this society.

[knocking on door]

[Caro] Cindy!

[knocking continues]

Are you coming to eat dinner?

Are you angry?

No, my love.

[music continues]

Honey, you are Cynthia Garza.

And you listen now.

There's no mistake in the whole

entire world that will ever change that.

[patting]

So straighten up.

Hold your head high now, okay?

- [people laughing]

- [music continues]

[boy] Hey, look! It's her!

[Cindy] I realize what they took away

from me was so much more than a crown,

you know?

- [girl gasps]

- [boy] Oooh!

[Cindy] There's too many

judgmental voices.

- [Max] Cyn, Can we talk?

- [school bell ringing]

Please? Please, wait!

[Cindy] I lost my trust in everyone.

Even in myself.

Cindy, what happened

wasn't your fault, okay?

[music stops]

You know that you can count on me,

but I also encourage you

to reach out to Mr. Esteban.

He's your tutor.

[Mr. Esteban] Yes. Uh, of course, Cynthia.

So, are you, uh, saying I'm in trouble?

- No!

- No. No, absolutely not, Cynthia.

And Max? Because there's this law that

We have no reason to believe

that Max should be punished.

Take a look.

See? He lost his phone

and he didn't have a password.

REPORT OF LOST OBJECTS

I don't understand why he didn't have one.

He made a report before the events,

and apparently it was way too late.

Forget about who sent the photo,

it doesn't matter.

- There are good things coming your way.

- [sniffles]

So what now?

Cindy, why don't you focus

on something else for the moment.

Huh? How about, I don't know,

maybe something extracurricular?

Just think about it.

Think about what activity could look

really good on your applications.

Because I know that you're striving

towards Ivy League, hmm?

[Cindy and woman chuckle]

[Cindy] Excuse me.

Cindy.

[Cindy] She said, "You know we're here

for whatever you need."

Give me a break.

Dude, for real, it's not that bad.

Like, a photo in a bikini

is more revealing.

Well wait,

it's not the photo itself, chilanga.

It's the intention of the posted photo.

Well, it's the same sh*t.

Stop it, guys. Whatever.

What's the latest?

The most shared is still, um,

"More like Queen of Skanks".

And the most recent one is

Edits of what you're actually

hiding under your arm in the photo.

Can I see?

Aww, it's a lil' puppy! [giggling]

I I'm sorry.

I, uh, I was just kidding.

Let me handle this, okay?

But [inhaling]

- Meanwhile, damage control? Check.

- [upbeat music playing]

PROBLEMS WITH CELEST?

RESTRICT ACCOUN

CINDY LA REGIA: THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS

BE A FELINE - JOIN THE WILDCATS

- [Lu] Obviously, Felines.

- [Angie] Obviously, Felines.

Soccer, great idea.

[Tere] Excuse me.

- I'm sorry. [chuckles]

- That's okay.

- Theater?

- Really?

- Ahh, yeah.

- What about your stage fright?

This year, I'll be brave.

[chuckling]

- What about you? Hm?

- Not sure yet.

MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP

I wanna try something new.

ROBOTICS CLUB

Something that'll help me with

my application for college in the future.

I wanna be inspired.

I want

something that'll change the world.

"Positive Game Changers:

Social Action Entrepreneurs."

That's perfect!

That's cool.

Their poster's really pretty, you know?

[upbeat music continues]

[boy] Brenda, right?

Yeah.

Welcome to Game Changers,

my name's Hugo. I'm in

[music stops]

Hello, Brenda.

[Hugo] Okay, we have two new members.

Wait but have I seen you before?

Aren't you

- Ahh, yeah.

- You're the famous one, no?

- The one that, umm

- Yeah.

- Yes, I am.

- Well, um

We welcome you to Game Changers.

My name is Hugo.

Your first assignment

for next week's meeting

consists of bringing a list of ideas

for projects,

activities

Campaigns.

Campaigns that we can do this semester

to positively impact the world.

I see a question.

It's a bit broad though.

Also, what type of ideas?

Look, the focus of Game Changers

is to find a sort of balance

between what's

good for the world

and good for our pockets.

Think about Musk, Gates, Greta, Malala.

Got it?

Yeah, but they're very different people.

Very different.

Bring me your proposals

for next week's meeting, all right?

And you, don't think you'll get any

special treatment for being famous, yeah?

[quiet, upbeat music playing]

[Angie] You know Fabiana, the team

captain? She picked me as forward.

Yeah, for next week's game.

Yeah, same. I love you too.

And I miss you a f*ck-ton.

Don't two f*ck-tons equal a f*ck-f*ck-ton?

Or we could also ask my cousin

who's a real math nerd

and has also been bugging me

this entire freaking call.

[chuckles]

The square root of a f*ck-ton

isn't a f*ck-ton times a f*ck-ton, okay?

It's very different than two f*ck-tons,

of which four would

The point is that

I really miss you. Okay, bye.

She was gone already.

Hey, why don't you invite

your bestie to the match?

- Irene, no? That's her, right?

- Yeah.

Cousin, the match

is actually America versus Chivas and

I was talking

about our match against UDEM.

It'd be great if your BFF

cheered you on at the match.

Uh-huh.

But, you know, right?

That Irene's not my bestie.

Cindy, Irene's my girlfriend.

Like, is everybody here this naive, man?

There's just no way, because the other day

When Lu asked us to rank the senior boys,

I said I would rather stab my eyes

with needles. Obviously.

Yeah, but, well, because,

I mean, they're not your type.

No, Cindy!

Obviously they're not my type, okay?

And the other day during sex ed with Tere,

I literally told her

she should try the condom thing

because I have no use for them anyway.

The hell are you doing?

Don't even think about praying for me.

No. No, it's not like that at all.

- Love is love. Pride and

- [sighs]

[sighs]

Look, I'm sorry, Cuz.

It's just that it's not super common here.

[scoffs] That's what you think.

I've just never met a,

you know, a l*sbian.

Cindy, you know

we've known each other our whole lives.

[sighs]

No one knows I'm g*y?

[chuckles]

Damn.

[Cindy] Well, wait.

What if it's better that way?

You know that people in San Pedro

are like, a little special.

Some people here are misogynists

and h*m*, Cindy. Special? No.

It's not common for people

to talk about that out in the open.

Which is why it's easy

to pretend g*y people don't really exist.

Generally speaking, nobody talks about

[whispering] Sex.

- sex. Yeah, that.

- Sex?

Except for when their mission

is to destroy you,

because then, they won't stay quiet.

But that doesn't mean

there aren't things about San Pedro

that we might be able to change. [gasps]

I love your enthusiasm,

but the turtle's about to poke

its head out, so I gotta take a dump.

Unbelievable, dude!

Nobody knows I'm a l*sbian!

[door shuts]

[upbeat music playing]

HOW MANY LESBIANS ARE THERE IN MONTERREY?

HOW MANY LESBIANS ARE THERE IN SAN PEDRO?

NUEVO LEÓN HAS A LARGE NUMBER

OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

- [people cheering]

- [music continues]

[Angie] Fabiana, go for it!

- Pass it!

- Angie!

[hits ball]

[cheering]

[all screaming]

According to my research,

11% of people are LGBT.

Okay.

There are more g*y people in San Pedro

than we believed we knew. Get it?

So? What if they don't want

to tell anybody?

Look at what happened to Karla.

[music stops]

What happened to Karla?

They caught her kissing a girl

from another school

and it turned into a scandal.

Check it out.

They say she's sharing her nude pics, man.

Pass the ball!

- Pass it!

- Don't listen to them, okay?

Pass the ball over there!

- You can do it! You can do it!

- Can't believe it, man.

That's it, guys!

Faster! Faster! Faster! We got this!

Tere,

this is so out of control.

- Things really need to change.

- [upbeat music playing]

What are you gonna do?

You've gotta tell everyone

you're g*y, now.

Got to? Why?

Because we've gotta be able

to talk completely openly.

- Don't you think? Besides

- Wait a minute. Stop.

I'm not willing to go through

that experience again, all right?

It's not necessary

to turn this into a show.

But you

Especially after what happened today.

No, thanks.

What happened today?

[sighs]

[upbeat music continues]

Congrats, Lu. You were really good.

[chuckles]

Girls, soccer watch party tomorrow

at my place, everyone's invited!

[all cheering]

Well, sh*t. Aren't we playing on Saturday?

- It's Tigres-Rayados.

- Yeah, girl. Where do you live?

That doesn't count,

it's not America versus Chivas!

- [girls chuckle]

- Freakin' chilanga.

Hey, listen. Well, since we're talking,

right? Uh, how about I invite my

You know what? I've made my decision.

You'll play as a left midfielder.

Dude, what? That's my position.

Hey, least this way

Ren won't ever rub against you again.

[Lu] What are you talking about?

- They say she fouls girls she's into.

- Ooooh.

Ooh! Oh! That explains why she basically

drop-kicked me at that match.

But the girl's got some shitty taste

if they caught her with Karla, no?

So gross, dude.

[moody pop music playing]

Yeah, like eww, right?

Can you imagine having to be butt naked

in front of her in the locker room?

- That's so awkward.

- I know!

Seriously. [groans]

[music continues]

So that was it. I think I'm gonna quit.

What? But you love it!

Yeah, dude, but it wasn't just Fabiana.

Lu was there too.

Listen to me.

It was trash talk, okay?

I know that you don't want a show,

but if you just explain to the girls

Why do you keep pushing this?

- It's not like that.

- [music stops]

Just give the girls an opportunity.

They say stuff like that because

they're afraid of what they don't know.

Let's at least go to the game.

No pressure, yeah. Totally. For real.

[music resumes playing]

I promise I'll be there the whole time.

Pinky promise.

[scoffs] Pinky, my ovaries.

Ow.

[both chuckle]

[music stops]

- [girls chattering]

- [sports announcer chattering on TV]

- [Lu] Hm?

- Who is that?

[girl] He was wide open.

Are you kidding me right now?

That's bull!

[groaning] He's such a p*ssy.

What a f*g.

- Such a p*ssy.

- Hey, don't use that word, please.

What's up with you, dude?

- I f*cking hate that stupid word.

- It's a joke. Take a chill pill.

Well, I'm not laughing.

Well, are you gonna be okay?

[sports announcer

continues chattering on TV]

[girl] Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!

[announcer shouting excitedly]

I'm g*y! I'm g*y! I'm g*y!

I'm g*y! I'm g*y! I'm g*y! I'm g*y!

[moody music playing]

I'm happy for you.

[sniffs]

- This is why I was

- Stop that!

I wanna watch the match.

Are you sure she'll show?

[sighs]

She's way too late.

[music fades out]

Hi.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Ah, they're ready, just so you know.

- Your vouchers for Sephora and Amazon.

- [alert on cell phone]

VOUCHER GOOD FOR $500

[Karla] You get three questions.

What was coming out like for you?

Well, it f*cking sucked.

I told my best friends first.

Ex-friends.

The next day,

the whole school knew about it.

Aren't there more people

that are LGBTQ+ plus in our school?

[scoffs] Of course, dude, it's just that

people don't say it, is all.

There's a group of g*y guys,

super fashionable, but

for us, it's just different.

They call it a phase

or say we're desperate for some attention.

How do you think we might

be able to create safe spaces

for people who are LGBTQ+?

There's no way.

That's how this f*cking town is.

They don't accept what's different,

and that's why they think we don't exist.

If everyone spoke about this openly,

well, the teasing might stop.

Of course.

Because normalizing it would mean

there's no one left to ridicule.

- Well, that's three questions.

- No, wait!

Uhh, I've got one more question.

You got another voucher?

Um

There you go.

Do we have another voucher?

[upbeat music playing]

f*ck you!

[Caro] Give me an A! Give me an N!

- Give me a G! Give me an I! Give me an E!

- What do you want?

Angie! Angie!

Aaaaaaangie! Yeah, let's go! [chuckling]

We have to be careful with them,

these girls don't mess around.

Yeah, yeah, I know.

She's wide open! Don't leave her alone!

She's open! Go mark her!

Watch out! Watch out

I told you

- That's offside!

- [crowd shouting]

[whistle blowing]

- I'm in my position!

- What are you thinking?

- Why didn't you pass the ball?

- Get out of my face!

- Come on, seriously!

- Stop it!

I'll be right back, okay?

Wait, wait, wait, young lady. Listen.

Tell your cousin she should check where

she is so she doesn't get caught offside.

Okay, I'll tell her, Daddy.

Wait, wait, wait!

Also tell her I'm sending her

a big good-luck-kiss for the match.

- Yeah, Daddy, I'll tell her. Bye.

- Go on, princess. All right.

- Careful now, princess.

- Careful, baby!

Yeah, Daddy, bye. Love you!

- I mean, they won't give her the ball.

- Yeah. Exactly.

[Angie] You didn't pass me

the ball once, not once!

- [Fabiana] I didn't see you.

- [Angie] Don't play dumb!

There're other players, okay?

Are you seriously gonna screw this all up

because I'm a l*sbian?

And you're arrogant as well.

You're staying on the bench.

What's your f*cking problem?

My f*cking problem is

that you're a sick sh*t stirrer

and I don't f*cking want you

on my team, okay?

Who are you calling "sick"?

[scoffs] What's up with this family, huh?

One's a sl*t and the other's a lesbo.

- Call her "sl*t" and you'll be sorry!

- Back off.

Thanks to the Game Changers,

things will be different.

What?

Is that what I am to you?

Your stupid little project?

- To change the world and save us all?

- [Cindy] No

- No, wait, please

- Seriously, don't speak to me again!

- Don't do this!

- Don't talk to me!

- Ooooh!

- And you laugh?

Wasn't your best friend Karla?

And? She's salty because

I friendzoned her. f*cking deviants.

- No one calls Angie a deviant!

- [Lu] Hey, Cindy!

Angie's going to the central bus station!

We gotta go now!

- What?

- Let's go, come on.

It's your decision, Lu. Okay?

Okay then, the new line-up is

No! I'm sorry,

you've crossed a line, Fabiana.

It doesn't matter if Angie's a l*sbian.

She was our best forward.

I don't want you as a captain.

- No way.

- Mm-mm.

[girl] Let's go. Let's go, let's go.

[upbeat music playing]

[bell dings]

Lu, please, speed up.

Cindy, I get that Angie's your cousin,

but let's be perfectly honest.

She's being a child.

[woman's voice] Accident reported ahead.

Angie only left because of me.

I thought

I was doing something good, but

[woman's voice]

Broken traffic light reported in 60 miles.

But I messed up.

[woman's voice]

Estimating new arrival time.

You messed up as well, Lu.

[woman's voice]

Updating arrival time: 15 minutes

We can't let her leave like this.

I know.

- [man] Next departure to Mexico City

- [Lu] Excuse me.

[upbeat music continues]

[man] Next departure

to Mexico City, gate 14.

[woman's voice]

In one mile, turn left onto Amado Nervo.

Pick that up. It's your dad.

- No, no, no.

- What? Why not?

No, I can't answer that.

Like wh what? What do I say?

- Hey

- "Oh hi, Daddy! We're in Monterrey."

- He'd m*rder me. Not gonna pick up.

- You're out of control.

[woman's voice]

In 50 feet, take the second exit.

Dude! You missed the exit, Lucía!

Which exit? Why didn't you tell me before?

The one back there!

Didn't you hear the GPS?

- Recalculating route. Recalculating route.

- How should I know what "50 feet" means?

[music continues]

[Cindy] Stop, stop,

stop, stop, stop, stop!

[Lu] Go, go, go, go, go, go!

[music stops]

Excuse me! Sweet! Thanks!

- [man] Bus 1346, destination Mexico City

- [Cindy] 'Scuse me! 'Scuse me!

- is about to leave.

- Sorry! Sorry!

Please do not forget your belongings.

[quiet, upbeat music playing]

Pardon me.

Uh, excuse me?

- Go ahead.

- Thanks.

Angie?

Cindy, what are you doing here?

[panting]

You were right.

- I was really selfish.

- [Angie] Hm.

Like, for example,

When I found out

[cell phone beeps]

- [Cindy] Uh

- Tsk, quit it.

When I found out

that you were coming, honestly,

I was worried.

Because you're different.

And that's not something I'm used to.

I was thinking about myself,

and what they'd think of me.

- [man] Excuse me, miss.

- But

- Can I see

- Can you give me two seconds?

It'll be super fast. I won't take long,

I promise. Just two seconds.

But then you arrived, and I realized

that you're the absolute most

[chuckles]

kindest and by far, the funniest

and nicest person in the world.

You taught me how to be authentic.

With you, I can be like

real.

You coming here has been the best thing

that's happened to me in a long time.

Stay here.

Please?

- [man] Miss, you gotta get off.

- Oh.

Ah, right, I'm sorry. Um Okay.

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, really.

- [cell phone beeps]

[quiet, upbeat music continues]

- [bus engine starts]

- [music stops]

Hey, send me that video later, 'kay?

[clicks teeth]

[Lu singing]

Wait, what happened?

- She made up her mind.

- No way!

[Angie] Damn, Cuz,

that was quite the speech.

Oh my god! [chuckling]

Mm. Mm.

[upbeat music playing]

Now what?

Anything.

But, together.

The city l*sbian

and the sl*t from San Pedro.

[both chuckle]

Let's go.

[music stops]

[Cindy chuckles]

Oh hey, you have parking boots too.

- Huh?

- What is that?

- Over there.

- Yeah, Angie, what?

- Where?

- Right there.

Oh, what's that?

In other words, if we all do our part,

we can make this place a safe haven

For people who are LGBTTTIQ+.

That's all.

[Cindy chuckles]

Thank you, Cindy,

for for that presentation.

And thank you to everyone

who brought in their proposals today.

And now, I'd like to say that,

um, well, after much deliberation

and careful consideration of every option,

I've decided that this semester,

Game Changers will take on the project of

Drumroll.

[drumroll]

[drumroll stops]

Eco-Business.

We'll start a project to encourage

recycling PET in this school.

We may even cut a deal with the treatment

plant your uncle owns, right, Tony?

- Yeah, of course.

- How about we vote?

[sighs]

Cindy. Your presentation

was super cute and all.

As the leader of Game Changers, I want you

to know that I appreciate your efforts

and I value your proposal.

Javi can tell you as, I mean,

one of the only three openly g*y boys

in this establishment,

that he's not interested, right, Javi?

What? I'm not g*y.

- Precisely. He's not interested.

- That's right.

Anyway, back to the PET deal.

Do you even know how many tons

of PET this school generates?

No. How many?

Well, we'll find out soon.

[Hugo] All right, Cindy.

I understand that you want to

start this movement for L-G-B

B-T-T-T-I-Q-+.

Yes, that.

The problem is that you seem

to be the face already

of a different kind of movement.

[scoffs]

Hugo, you look like such an idiot

trying to humiliate others.

Let me tell you something

you might not know.

Using your brain is free.

[pop music playing]

Good luck with your project.

[Brenda chuckles]

[sighs]

Me? Idiot?

No way.

[school bell ringing]

I don't think I'll ever find out

who shared my photo,

and they won't ever stop

judging me in San Pedro.

But now I know

that if I want things to be different,

I have to start with myself.

[pop music continues]

[music ends]

[dreamy pop music playing]

[music ends]