I Love Maya

I Love Maya is the thirteenth and final episode of Season 5 and overall of Maya & Miguel. It aired on October 10, 2007 on PBS.

Summary
Maya learns that Fabian's new play centers around a 10-year-old girl. Maya is determined to get the part...it's perfect for her. After all, she's a 10-year-old girl. She goes all out to convince Fabian that he should pick her, which he finally does. Maya's thrilled...until she learns that the main character has no lines and sleeps through the whole play. She switches gears, trying to get others to swap roles with her, but fails. Finally she decides that sleeping in a bed is not her idea of acting, and quits the play. Rosa counsels her to see her commitments through, and a guilty Maya goes back to the auditorium, just in time to crawl into bed and be the "star" of the play. Despite the fact that she has no lines, Maya has fun, and learns the value of keeping her promises.

Plot
Maya sets a new world record balancing silverware, just in time for that weekend's community center play auditions. After hearing from Rosa Santos about what it was about (a 10 year old girl to be exact), Maya considers herself born to play the starring role since she's a 10 year old girl. Rosa tells her to find out what Fabian is looking for to help her in her audition and says that preparation is 90% of getting what she wants. Maya gets an idea and her and Miguel head to the community center to find out what Fabian is looking for in the play.

At the community center, Fabian has finished his meeting regarding the play and begins talking about his dog, Star. Maya overhears this when Fabian describes Star the dog as "beautiful and very hairy with alert-looking eyes, droopy ears, and a cold nose". She then imagines that she's on a stage, singing and dancing, and then says "Look no further Fabian, I'm your star!"

At the auditions, Chrissy recites a scene from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, saying the 'To be or not to be' line, Maggie and Andy perform a dance routine, and Miguel does tricks with his ball, but Fabian gives him a role of someone who paints the sets. Once Miguel tells Maya that she's up next, she gets ready to do her audition, which she would sing and dance while Paco plays the piano. Once she gets ready to sing, Fabian tells her that he already knows she's not right and says "See what a good director I am?". Maya then tells Paco to start playing again and starts singing "Gee Whiz, I'm In Show Biz", causing a lot of trouble for Fabian. When she finishes her Broadway number, she accidentally causes Fabian to hurt his arm. Paco decides to finish off the song with a quick piano solo, causing everyone to applaud for him and Maya, only for Fabian to cut auditions.

Later that day, Rosa asks what happened and what roles Maya and Miguel got. Miguel tells her that he got the painter and says it's the kind that paints the sets and stays out of Fabian's way. Maya then says that while she was well prepared, cold nose and everything, she didn't get the role. Rosa asks who got the role, and Maya replies that auditions were cut short, describing her Broadway number that went to chaos as 'technical difficulties'. She then gets another idea after hearing from Rosa that she still has a chance and preparation is important, but so is determination.

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Trivia

 * This episode aired two years after Real Twins.
 * The last line of the series was "It's a funny thing about making a commitment. Even though sometimes you don't want to follow through. Once you do, You're glad you did." which it was spoken by Maya.