Caray, Caray!

I want to thank everyone for all the encouraging comments. When I started doing these, I wasn't sure anyone was going to read them. I'm really glad to be appreciated.

On the other hand, these are taking way too long to write up, so I may need to cut back a bit on the level of detail.

Some handy vocabulary words for the week's episodes:

Circo (circus); payaso (clown); espuma (bubble bath); farsante (fraud); romper (break).

Now, on with the recaps.

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Life of El Cheque

El Cheque is Lola's ex-husband. I don't know why they call him that. Maybe because both Lola and Yazmin need his money. Anyway...

Saimon has taken Yazmin out to lunch to get a new phone. I can't tell if Yaz really likes Saimon or not, but Saimon seems to think she does. She picks out a new phone, and walks away, leaving Saimon to pay for it (even though she already got the money from Lola).

Meanwhile, Lola & El C's kids are stranded at school. El Cheque was supposed to pick them up, but he didn't. (Remember, he fell into a manhole last week.) She goes to the school to pick them up. PM and PM Jr. (who are technically homeless) talk about how awful it is for Lola's kids that their parents are divorcing.

Lola's kids eat a late lunch in Luigi's editing room, and they beg Lola to let PM and PM Jr. stay with them (I'm not sure if that hadn't already been decided).

Yaz and Saimon come back from lunch. Saimon makes a big point of waving Yaz under PM's nose. He loudly tells Celso (in front of PM) that they will be having lunch at a fine restaurant tomorrow. Fortunately, PM Jr. interrupts him by yelling "Santa, Santa!" Saimon and Jr. take off to play together and Yazmin goes to do some work.

Luigi is shooting a commercial with Yazmin, and it's not going well. He's angry because she's just jerking her head around when she is supposed to be like something in a breeze. He tells her they're doing an ad for a romantic perfume, not a migraine remedy. She says she's worried about El Cheque. He tells her to take a break. She thanks him and hugs and kisses him, which grosses him out.

Lola is stewing about El Cheque's whereabouts. Then Saimon comes in wearing a Santa hat, carrying a pink Christmas tree made out of cotton candy and gives it to the kids. The kids are thrilled, but Lola rants and raves about the cell phone. She thinks that must be where El Cheque was - he took Yaz out to get her new phone. Saimon says no, he went with her. Lola wonders, where the hell is her ex?? Lola asks Yaz, but she doesn't know either. Saimon flirts with Yaz in front of Lola and Paula Maria. Moments later, El Cheque comes in on crutches, with a cast on his leg and a neck brace.

Yaz pretends to be sympathetic, but Lola seems to think he's faking. The three of them argue about money. The kids run in to sit on his lap, which hurts his leg. Saimon lures the boy off of dad's broken leg, but then Lola has her daughter put her legs across his lap, hurting him again. Saimon coaxes her off too.

The next day, Lola comes to work in a nice new outfit. She has some sort of meeting (counseling, I think) with El Cheque later. Alicia says something rude, and Sara (Omar's secretary) says who asked you, airhead? Downstairs in the front lobby, Yaz tells El Cheque that she'll be sad if he reconciles with Lola. (Actually, Yazmin, the word is "homeless." Oops, was that crass?) But as soon as his back is turned, she rolls her eyes!

Later that morning, Yazmin and Luigi try the commercial again. He keeps demonstrating what he wants her to do, which is hilarious. He's rolling around on a bed, making googoo eyes at the perfume bottle, etc. She can't seem to get it right. It just looks silly when she does it. She's over-cheesecaking it like she always does. Fern is not happy that the commercial is taking so long.

Luigi tells her it's not that complicated, what she has to do. She tries again, but she's getting worse, not better. He has a tantrum. She says she is tired - an excuse that enrages him. He says he needs to take 5 in his office.

Lola approaches Irma (Luigi's assistant) during the break. The two of them go into the dressing room to talk. There, Yaz is recalling El Cheque's mushy words. She looks at her phone (which Saimon paid for) and doesn't feel like calling El C. She overhears Irma and Lola talking. Lola needs to borrow an outfit for some reason (what's wrong with the awesome new suit she's already wearing?). The skirt on the suit she borrows is extremely short.

She puts it on in the restroom with the feas' help. She looks awesome! The feas try to psych her up for her meeting, but Alicia comes in and with one cutting remark and a laugh, completely bums her out. (Since when do they care what she thinks?)

After shooting is finished, Yazmin asks Luigi if it's okay to take the clothes for personal use. Luigi is offended and asks if she's crazy. She says Lola took a suit. Irma shows up and Luigi asks her about the clothes. He's horrified that his precious clothes are being worn by the likes of Lola. He concludes in English, "Okay? Excuse me" and storms out. Irma scolds Yazmin for being a little tattletale, but Yaz smiles.

Luigi finds and reprimands Lola. Irma tells Luigi she gave Lola the clothes. He yells at Irma and she says okay, she'll pack up her things. Reluctantly, he backs off. Wow. Irma must be some incredible assistant!

At the family court, Lola and El Cheque meet with a counselor or mediator or some sort. Lola and El C argue bitterly, and the counselor watches disapprovingly. It goes on for a while, and the counselor doesn't say much. Some counselor. Eventually Lola storms out of the meeting. El Cheque immediately calls Yazmin, right there in front of the counselor, who laughs at him.

Meanwhile, at lunch, Yazmin tells Saimon that she worries that El Cheque will reconcile with Lola and then she'll be without a boyfriend or a place to live. Saimon eagerly offers to let her stay with him. She moves to kiss him, but then hurriedly pulls away as if consumed by guilt. She worries some more, then makes as if kiss him again, but this time they are interrupted by the arrival of the check. She thanks Saimon for lunch. Saimon is shocked by the amount of their bill. It takes all of his money.

Back at the office, Marcia asks Lola how it went. Lola says it went okay, but privately, she tells the feas it didn't go well at all. She cries and cries.

Yazmin and Saimon come back from lunch, and Sara yells at Saimon for flaunting Yazmin in front of Lola.

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Life of Tomas

Last week's episode ended with Tomas hyperventilating on the phone when Alicia answered.

He stammers "Alicia? Alicita?" and she haughtily replies, "Alicia, por usted!"

He mumbles something about a car phone and yells for someone to get his car. RoboPapa gives him a funny look, but Alicia's entire demeanor changes. She softens her voice and starts stroking her hair. Tomas also gets a grip on himself, speaks in a deeper voice, and tells her he's from Filmo Imagen (the shadow company), and needs Lety to call him back. He tells Alicia it was a pleasure speaking to her. (He keeps saying tu instead of Ud., and then correcting himself.) She agrees that it was a pleasure. They hang up, and Tomas goes crazy hugging RoboPapa. He wants to have the telephone enshrined. RoboPapa asks if he's ill.

Lety returns Tomas's call. He starts to tell her whatever it was that he was going to tell her, but she yells at him for mentioning Filmo Imagen to Alicia. Just the mention of Alicia's name sends Tomas into orbit. She gets impatient with him, but he doesn't understand why. She says it's DANGEROUS to mention Filmo Imagen, especially to Alicia. He is excited to know that Alicia asked about him! He assures Lety that FI is all legit and perfectly legal, there's no danger. She spells out the problem to him: she is the official novia of the owner of FI! This is news to Tomas. She hangs up on him.

At dinner, Tomas brings Alicia's picture to the table. Lety comes home. Dad (seeing The New Lety for the first time) says that he likes her clothes, but not the makeup. She admits the look hasn't worked out for her, and she's not hungry. She goes to her room. Mom says to RoboPapa that she seems sad. Tomas follows Lety. Mom and RoboPapa talk about Lety's looks. RoboPapa thinks she's beautiful.

Lety tells Tomas she's had enough comments for today, thanks, but he actually wants to ask how he happens to be her novio? She explains it's all fake, to make it easier to hide her relationship with Fern. They joke about what an ugly couple she and Tomas would make. Tomas wants to know if they will kiss in public. This amuses both of them. Then Tomas realizes this will be an obstacle in his quest for Alicia. Lety asks him to please don't complicate matters by pursuing her. He sadly agrees. He tells his photo of Alicia not to feel too badly. Lety tells Tomas she loves him. He goes back to the dining room and tells Lety's parents he's not hungry (shocking!!) and says love is complicated. Then he wraps up some food to take home. (Where the heck does he live, anyway, and why doesn't he spend more time there??)

The next day, Mom reminds Tomas to call Lety and wish her a happy birthday. Tomas thinks this is a great idea - it'll give him a great excuse to talk to Alicia again.

He calls (more about that later), and after speaking to Alicia, he nearly has a meltdown. Mom wants to know what that was all about. He admits he didn't speak to Lety, but he says the woman he spoke to was just a friend. He tells Mom to check on the beans, and when she turns her back, he steals a very yummy-looking piece of cake.

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Life of Alicia

After speaking to Tomas (in Fernando's office), Alicia asks Marcia if she's ever heard of Filmo Imagen, but Marcia is distracted. She has found that model's photo underneath some papers on Fernando's desk. She is sick with jealousy, thinking it's Fern's girlfriend.

When the feas get back from lunch, Alicia laughs at them (don't forget, it's still The New Lety). She also complains about having to answer everyone's calls. She has a whole two messages. One, Lola's kids called from school. Two, some dude named Tomas from Filmo Imagen called for Lety. Alicia's jaw drops when the feas tell her that Tomas is Lety's rich boyfriend, but then she recovers and scoffs. She says he can't be rich AND be Lety's bf. She tells the feas that she's got great clothes, etc. and can easily snag herself a great boyfriend with a snap of her fingers. Ariel has been listening to all this and sneaks up behind her, then starts insulting both Alicia and Lety. She tries to laugh it off and tattles on Lety for getting calls from her novio from Filmo Imagen, but he ridicules her for her snap-of-the-fingers remark and leaves.

Alone, Alicia gloats over her good fortune of discovering Tomas. She goes to Marcia and tells her all about Lety's rich boyfriend. She sorta denies that she would try to steal Lety's bf, but also says that he's too good for Lety, what with the chauffered car and all. Marcia warns Alicia that what she's thinking about is a bad idea, but her words fall on deaf, self-absorbed ears.

Later, at her desk, Alicia has a loud telephone conversation about her car payments. She reminds her creditors of her six semesters of finance at a very good school (she doesn't say which one) and that she will certainly fulfill her obligation. Some of the feas overhear this conversation, which is taking place in the executive lobby. Alicia asks Marcia for money, but Marcia says no, she hasn't even paid back the last loan yet. Alicia says "pleeeeeeeeeeze, Marcia." Marcia tells Alicia to ask Fern, and she is desperate enough to do so. As she goes to his office, Sara and Juana (the cleaning lady) snap their fingers at her.

Next, Alicia accosts Omar. (By the way, she did indeed try to pull a pregnancy scam on both Omar and Ariel, which is why neither of them wants to be with her now.) She assures him, she just needs a moment of his time, not his whole life. She tells him she needs 500,000 pesos (at the moment, this converts to a little over US$46,000). Not surprisingly, the answer is no. She asks Luigi, who makes a show of looking through his pockets, then he's like, um, no, are you crazy? He gives a probably amusing explanation as to why he doesn't have that kind of money to lend. He also complains that there are kids in his office.

Then she asks Fern for money. He laughs and offers her a sobriety test. Marcia says she's cuckoo. Fern does a Carlos Mencia impression. Fern and Marcia laugh and walk away. Alicia tells herself it must be a conspiracy to send her into Ariel's arms. She calls him and starts whining. She tells him she needs 500,000 pesos. Using a calculator (is he really that bad at math??), he says it would take her 100 nights at 5,000 pesos each, which he would find difficult. (That's $462.28 - I don't know how that compares to a standard nightly price for an "escort.") He picks on her some more and she hangs up in disgust.

Next, Alicia calls her father. (She has parents??) The answer is no. Then Carolina (I don't know who she is, but apparently everyone else does) shows up and Alicia tells her she needs 500,000 pesos worth of dollars. Carolina misunderstands and thinks it's for business, so she says okay, just write a Conceptos check. Carolina calls a bank or something for the cash.

When the cash arrives, Alicia self-consciously writes a check for it. She cannot believe it's going to be this easy. Meanwhile, in Marcia's office, Carolina hands Marcia a stack of wedding invitations that she has done for her. Marcia thanks her. As they leave Marcia's office, Marcia sees Alicia hand the delivery guy the check. When she sees what is happening, she gets mad and makes Alicia give the cash to Carolina. (I'm not sure if Carolina understands what is going on.) Alicia invites herself out to lunch with Carolina and Luigi, but Marcia says no, she and Alicia have too much work to do. Carolina and Luigi go to lunch. Marcia explains to Alicia that they need to investigate in Fern's office while Lety is gone.

In Fern's office, they argue about Alicia's car, while Marcia looks through Fern's desk. (That's right - Alicia's attempt to steal 500,000 pesos from the company is already forgiven and apparently forgotten. Amazing. Marcia is the most bestest friend in the whole world!!) Alicia answers the phone (whining), and it's Tomas. They flirt. She starts calling him "tu." He yells to his chauffeur to get his car again. They commiserate over the difficulty of finding good help. Marcia rolls her eyes (but doesn't blink). (Did I hear them agree to meet at 6??) Tomas doesn't want Alicia to tell Lety he called.

Marcia and Alicia talk about Tomas. Marcia again warns Alicia to be careful.

Later, Ed (I'll explain about him soon) asks Alicia where are the feas. They are in the restroom consoling Lola about her dirtbag ex-husband, but Alicia says he can't go in there, it's not allowed. He laughs and goes in. Lola is crying, but he gives them all the sketches he did of them (more on those later), which cheers Lola up. Alicia follows him angrily, but they ignore her and she leaves. Actually, she just listens outside the door. She is intrigued to hear of the lavish, expensive lunch he treated them to (really, I'll tell you all about it). Naturally she goes running to Marcia, telling her that the mariachi band and champagne (later, I promise!!) were wasted on those "nacos," but Marcia is skeptical that Ed's really so rich.

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Life of Conceptos

After coming back from lunch and picking on Alicia, Marta, Sara, and Lety talk briefly. Marta talks about food, and Sara wants to know what Filmo Imagen is. Doesn't Conceptos do some type of business with them? Lety stammers and gives a vague answer. She says it's her boyfriend's company but she doesn't want word to get around too much. They promise to keep her secret, and she goes into Fern's office.

Ariel comes in behind her and says he's not happy because he hasn't received his stock dividend yet or something. She apologizes and says he'll have his money tomorrow. That's not good enough for him, though. He says she's not the assistant to the president, she's the assistant to the circus. Fern is a clown, and the whole thing is a farce. He criticizes her appearance and says she's bad for the company and she shouldn't talk about her boyfriend in front of everyone. (She protests meekly.) When he's president, she'll be gone because he wants someone normal as his assistant. He sits in Fern's chair and airily picks lint off of his jacket. Ha. Like lint would want to touch his stupid jacket.

Fern has been listening at the door. He comes in and Ariel excuses himself. Fern wipes the Ariel germs off his nameplate (which Ariel had manhandled during his tantrum) and tells Ariel to show more respect to his assistant. Ariel makes more obnoxious comments and Fern orders him out. Fern tells Lety he doesn't like that kind of talk, but she says don't worry and goes into her office. Fern dusts away more Ariel germs from his chair.

Lety is sad that her new look has upset so many people. She tells Fern she did it all for him. He says it's very nice, but to be honest, he liked her much better before. She says she feels the same way. He says she's special because she's not like other women. She puckers up for a kiss, and he dings her nose with his finger and goes "bing!" She giggles, and he leaves her office. She caresses the door. He looks at a photo of Marcia to feel better.

At going home time, Marcia suggests a sexy bubble bath to Fern. Lety hears them and leaves in a hurry. Fern tries to say no, and Marcia asks, would you rather do something with Lety? He asks, what is your problem with Lety? Whatever, he agrees, the bubble bath is fine, and they leave. On their way out, they runs into Luigi, who has removed the children from his studio. Fern teases the kids and shares some of their surplus cotton candy with Marcia.

That night, Lety writes in her diary, using a regular (non-lighted) pen. She writes about how the new look didn't work out the way she had hoped, and beauty just isn't for her. She's frustrated with her relationship with Fernando, too - there's something weird about it. She stares at the moon. A few nights later, she writes some more - this time with her Jedi pen. She's happy that she has plans with Fernando for tomorrow night.

Next night, they are on a date at a club. She keeps thinking about the night they danced and about what PM keeps telling her. Fernando has trouble keeping up the conversation because of the adoring way she's looking at him. He thinks about what a disgrace he is, and she wants to go someplace else, someplace private, she keeps saying. She's getting amorous and aggressive.

During the date, he keeps getting strange, vaguely threatening text messages on his phone. Things like "you're a disgrace" and "you're a fake" and such. They make him feel even worse about what he is doing to Lety. Soon it's 12:30, and time to leave the club.

Later, outside her house, Lety says be careful, Dad's always watching out the window. Fern gets a third text message. "Are you ready? I'll be coming." Eek! They try to figure out who has his number that would be sending him those kinds of messages. She thanks him for the evening, and tries to kiss him, but he protests. He's nervous about those messages, plus, last time he kissed her in the car in this neighborhood, they got attacked by a gang of ruffians. He tells her, next time we can go someplace romantic. It's late now, but we will go someplace where we can be alone next time.

Mom and RoboPapa have been waiting up for Lety, but they don't seem upset or worried (I think they believe she has been working late). Mom reminds him of how he used to sneak up to her window when they were courting. He denies this. :-) When Lety comes in, they wish her a happy birthday! RoboPapa wheezes a lot. They talk about giving her a party, and she doesn't want one, but they REALLY want her to have one. And RoboPapa wheezes that Fern should come too. Lety says he probably doesn't even care about employee birthdays. Mom says RoboPapa used to give his secretaries perfume on their birthdays.

Marcia has waited up for Fernando, too. She's mad. It's 1:30 by the time he gets home. She asks about Lety again, and he teases her about being jealous.

Meanwhile, Omar is in bed with some model (sleeping) and gets a phone call from someone looking for Fernando. Omar tells the caller to try Marcia's. The phone rings at Marcia's, and Fern teases her who's calling her at 1:30 in the morning, eh? Pretends to be jealous. Marcia tells the person that Fern is asleep and please just call the office tomorrow.

Next, the mysterious caller tries Ariel, who is still in his office (must be looking at internet pr0n since he obviously has no actual Conceptos duties). Ariel yells at the person and says try at his sister's.

Omar's phone rings again, and Omar tells the person something about Marcia (prolly her address).

It's very late. Marcia and Fern are asleep. The doorbell rings. Then a knock on the door. Marcia doesn't want to get up. The ringing and knocking continue. Finally Fern gets up. There is loud, creepy whistling out in the hallway.

Fern opens the door. It looks like some artistic hippy type of guy. He's got a drum and a backpack. Fernando greets this man as his brother, although he's actually a close friend. Anyway, they talk. This brother-like person (Eduardo, henceforth "Ed") has something important to say - he's engaged. Fern seems upset about it, disapproving. But he's just joking. They talk seriously about life and Conceptos. I wish I could shed more light on their conversation, but it was over my head.

Eduardo throws a bit of a monkey-wrench into our story. Not only is he the first significant departure from the Colombian version that I know of, he also messes a little with Fernando's head. I suppose that's because, plotwise, Fern really needs a counterbalance to Omar as a voice of reason. But anyway...

Marcia is not happy to find some hippie on her sofa, but Ed says he'll only be in Mexico for a few days.

Lety's alarm goes off. She wakes up with her glasses on and stumbles into the bathroom, which is full of balloons. There's a music box with a ballerina; it plays Fur Elise. Mom and Dad give Lety some flowers to take to work. She says she's happy.

Ed, Marcia, and Fern go to Conceptos. Ed acts like he's totally in love with PM at first sight. Yazmin fishes for a compliment, but he cuts her down! He says she is NOT what he is looking for. Ed and PM play his drum and some bongos (it's really weird). Omar disapproves. Ed apparently makes Omar grumpy. PM tells Omar privately that she likes Ed a lot.

The feas all love Ed. Apparently, he's been in Guatemala. Alicia walks in, takes one look and starts insulting him. She figures he must be a friend of theirs. He asks her who she is, and she snottily gives her name and tells him how beautiful and smart she is. She insults him again and Sara tells her he's visiting his close friend Fernando, and Alicia's demeanor changes.

Ed shows the feas a photo of a woman - his intended. They swoon over the romatic things he says about her. Lety runs in, yelling, and trips over his drum. He pretends to be angry, and she timidly shows him that it isn't broken. He says something very nice to her, and Martha introduces her as the head of the feas' club. He asks, what does she do at Conceptos? And the feas answer in unison, what DOESN'T she do?

Omar complains to Fern about Eduardo and for some reason they talk about a bicycle. They discuss Omar's concerns about Ed, whatever they are, and then Fern tells Omar of Lety's scary passion last night. Omar warns Fern that he's going to have to Do It with Lety soon. It's crucial for the relationship's survival.

They step out into the executive lobby, where Ed is playing the drums and singing a birthday song for Lety with the feas, Saimon, and Celso. Ed gives her a necklace. (Amazing that he just happened to have a gift for her.) Fern and Omar are like, um, oops, it's her birthday, umm... the feas cheer for their boss to kiss the birthday girl. He kisses her quickly on the cheek.

Ed visits briefly with Fern in Fern's office. He suggests that Fern isn't happy with Marcia. I don't know how he knows that, but we're to believe that Ed is a man of great wisdom and deep sensitivity, because he wears beads and a t-shirt and cowboy hat (also some type of pants, just in case anyone's wondering). In any case, he's right, though Fern doesn't want to admit it. Ed settles down on the sofa in Fern's office to take a nap.

Omar and Fern pass through the lobby again and the feas make Omar kiss Lety. Luigi complains about the horror. While he's doing that, Lety kisses him and he screams. (BTW, I finally figured out what it reminded me of last week when Luigi bumped into The New Lety and they both screamed. You know the scene in "ET" where Elliott sees ET for the first time in the toolshed? It was like that.) Marcia gives a frosty but civil birthday greeting and leaves.

Fern says "we" are buying Lety something (I don't know what). The feas all pat their elbows. I don't know what that's all about. As Fern and Omar walk away, the feas ask Lety what did her novio get her - she says nothing, she hasn't seen him yet. They discuss plans for the evening.

Omar and Fern discuss Lety again while Ed sleeps on the couch... or does he? They hear him snoring and the go into the boardroom. Omar demonstrates a striptease while singing "happy birthday" in English. He says, now that it's Lety's birthday, it's even more important that Fern go to bed with her. They argue, and Lety bursts in. Omar leaves, and Fern and Lety go into his office. He wants to know why she didn't tell him it was her birthday. She tells him it's no big thing; it's dumb. She had a party once (I think) and it sucked. She just wants to go back to work. She seems not to be upset at all, but Fernando is feeling really bad about it.

Ed has heard the whole conversation. He "wakes up" and describes Lety as "hermosa" (kind of a garden-ish sort of beautiful). He asks Fern about her. He tells Fern things that seem to get under Fern's skin. Then he draws some pictures. He says something about MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art, in NY) which impresses Fern, and would probably impress us too if we knew what he said about it.

The feas come in to invite Lety to lunch. When he hears where they are planning to go, Ed suggests another place. While everyone else waits in the lobby, Fern tells Lety that he wants to go out with her tonight, but Lety is worried - two nights in a row? What about Marcia? He tells her not to worry.

Hanging out in the downstairs lobby, the feas brace Lola for her meeting. Yaz comes by on her phone yet again, and Marcia loudly wishes Lola luck on her family court meeting. Yaz practically knocks Sara and Lola over on her way into the elevator. Lety finally shows up, and says she was just talking to Tomas. They're going out tonight. They go outside to wait for taxis.

Marcia tells Fern and Omar that Ed went out with the feas. Fern asks Marcia to lunch, and Alicia wants to go along too, but Marcia says no, it will just be Fern and Omar, because she and Alicia need to work on the commercial. (Huh?) After Fern and O leave, Marcia and Alicia scheme about catching his amante.

Saimon gives Lety a birthday kiss. He greets all of them except for PM, and refuses to shake Ed's hand. Saimon and Yaz leave on Saimon's... is that a Vespa?? Huh. Ed laughs at S & Y. PM calls Saimon a clown. A taxi comes and takes Lola away - they all wish her luck. PM nags Lety about tonight, what is she going to do with her boyfriend, hint hint? They and Ed all crowd into a taxi and go to lunch.

Ed takes the feas to an awesome place. He says it's one of his favorite places in the world. There are swans, waterfalls, even an albino peacock. They are stopped by the vigilant headwaiter, but when he sees Ed, he greets him by name and says if they're with him, they are certainly welcome.

Lety exclaims to herself about her good fortune and takes a plate. There's an incredible, lavish outdoor buffet. They thank Ed. There's champagne. They do a toast. Lety says it's the best birthday in her life. A mariachi band comes and serenades them all.

THEN there's a lavish dessert. Lety and the feas worry that it's too expensive, but Ed serves more champagne. He gives an even nicer toast and they line-dance with the mariachis. (Lety is a terrible dancer.)

After lunch, the feas talk about boyfriends with Ed. PM flirts with him. They gossip that Yazmin is doing to El Cheque (with Saimon) what El Cheque did to Lola.

Ed shows them his fiancee's picture again. They ask why is she still in Guatemala, and he says she's very independent, and not jealous or clingy. For some reason that gets Lety all dreamy.

Fern comes back from lunch and finds Ed in the boardroom, finishing his sketches of all the feas. They sketches are beautiful - even Lety's. He also has a group picture of them dancing with the mariachis.

Later, in Fern's office, Omar shows Fern the gift he will give to Lety - a stuffed animal (either a llama or a giraffe; I'll call it a girama) and card. Omar does a silly stuffed animal voice. The card says something about having many more years together. Fern complains that it's all so sick, but he gives them to Lety anyway. He goes into her office, and Omar leaves.

Lety is delighted with the girama. She kisses Fern chastely, and Ed overhears the whole thing. He asks Fern afterwards if he's always so mushy with her. Fern says, well, she's so important to the company. Ed says he's not interested in lies. (Yikes!) Ed says something again about happiness. He lists Lety's good qualities: she is intelligent, sensible, loyal, and noble. Fern adds, ugly, with big braces, clunky shoes, etc. Ed cuts in with something about Marcia. Fern talks about three years with Marcia and getting married, then stops himself and asks, why do you ask? Ed shakes his head, and asks Fern about his feelings for Marcia. Lety passes through, and after she leaves, Ed tells Fern she's the one he could spend his life with. Fern tells Ed he's made his decision (to marry Marcia), and Ed needs to accept it.

Ed says he accepts it, but he'll never be convinced.

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I wish the preceding didn't have to be so vague, but that was the most I could glean from what I understood. I don't know how Ed can be so sure about Lety after the extremely brief time they spent together. Sure she's a great gal, but does he know Marcia well enough to know she's wrong for Fern? And how much does Ed know about the Lety/shadow company/fake love affair stuff?

Will Lety get laid?
Will Alicia lose her precious car?
Will Tomas clean up nice for Alicia?
Will Yazmin suffer some horrible disfiguring accident? We can only hope! Tune in next week to find out!

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