Caray, Caray!

I don't know if this happens to the other recappers or not, but there are some nights when I'm able to understand almost everything, and other nights when it all goes over my head. Last night was the latter. The good news (from a recapping standpoint, not an entertainment one) is that very little of importance seems to have happened.

I'll post what I have now and watch it again tomorrow - if I missed anything important, I'll post it then. But I'm skeptical. This episode was 90% filler.

The house-hunters

Lety is looking around in a nice house. Dad is inspecting things. The new vendedora (I think her name is Mathilde) corners Tomas and... and... kinda assaults him. She hauls him in for a painful-looking kiss. He pulls away (with difficulty) and tells her he can't cooperate because... because... [lightbulb over head] he and Lety are engaged!

Lety pulls Tomas aside and is furious. She would never ever marry him! He's angry and offended. He has to be her boyfriend for Conceptos, after all. She reluctantly agrees to go along with it.

Mathilde crushes RoboPop's hand again and congratulates him on the kids' engagement. Lety and Tomas privately explain the situation to him. He disapproves, but on seeing what Mathilde is like, he doesn't have a strong argument against the deception.

After this I think there is some discussion as to who will ride in Mathilde's car to the next house. Not sure about that. Anyway, the next house is so friggin' huge, the foyer looks more like a big bank lobby than a residence. There are stained glass windows with peoples' faces on them. It's 17 million pesos which is over 1.6 million dollars I think. Mathilde takes the camcorder and wants pictures of Lety and Tomas kissing on the stairs. They give each other hand-kisses (kiss their own fingertips, put their fingertips to each others' faces) and Mathilde announces into the camera, "Mr. and Mrs. Mora in their future house."

As they prepare to leave, Mathilde manages to plant a wet one on RoboPop. Tomas's phone rings. It's Fernando. Lety and Tomas look worried.

Back at Conceptos

Alicia, Juana, and the rest of the feas squabble about the missing red bag. Alicia says, among other things, that the bag's contents are "things she needs for parties." Juana asks what kinds of parties Alicia goes to. :)

Fern can hear the ruckus outside. Based on things Sara is saying, Fern wonders if perhaps Sara knows all about the letter. Fern is still holding the bag and hasn't looked in it yet.

Alicia stomps off to tell Lopez that Juana has stolen her bag. She tells him that bag is her existence. Lopez licks his chops (actually his fingers) in anticipation of slaughtering a fea. He hates the cuartel.

Fern is about to open the bag when Saimon shows up with a delivery. He hurriedly hides the bag, tossing it into the air and it hits a lamp on the way down. Saimon notices Fern's lampshade is off-kilter. Fernando explains that he adjusted the lampshade to direct the light onto his papers. Saimon leaves and Fern picks up the bag again. Lola busts in and he hides it again. She appeals to Fern to help Juana. He doesn't seem to want to be involved. All he can think about is getting everyone out of his office so he can look in the bag.

Out in the executive lobby, Lopez asks Juana where the bag is. She didn't take it, so she doesn't know. Alicia doesn't want to admit she's fixing to pawn her jewelry, so she will only say that its contents are very valuable. She and Lopez go into Fern's office (no one's been knocking, by the way) and Fern, flustered, calls Alicia "airhead" by accident. He tries to put a simple end to Juana's peril by asking Alicia if she saw the theft with her own eyes. She says she did!

Out in the lobby, Irma struggles to understand why Omar's specimens are such a hot property.

Everyone leaves Fern's office except Alicia. She is still talking about the bag's contents as being worth money, which upsets him, thinking she's hatching a blackmail scheme. He ushers her out and takes a moment to collect his thoughts. (Only a moment.) He starts to reach for the bag but on looking up, sees that the entire cuartel is now in front of his desk. PM asks why would Juana steal Omar's specimens? (Sara demonstrates with the invisible jar and sound effect.)

Fern agrees to help. (Anything to get them out of his office.) Alone at last, he opens the bag, looks inside, and sees...

Jars filled with Omar's lab samples!!!

Not really. (Psych!) He finds a jewelry box full of Alicia's jewelry. He puts it back in the bag and hides the bag behind his back. Meanwhile, Lopez presents Juana with her dismissal. Al is happy about this but still wants her stuff back. Fern (hiding the bag) says that he's the president, and Juana won't be fired. Lopez says the policy is clear. Fern sends Lopez to his office.

Alicia is angry. FINALLY she tells everyone that her jewelry is in that bag.

Fern sneakily tries to return the bag to Alicia's desk. She catches him and wants to know how he has her bag. So does Lopez. She still thinks Juana was involved somehow, but Fern defends her. I miss exactly how he manages to explain things to everyone's satisfaction, but the crisis ends.

Except Sara wants to know what happened to Omar's lab specimens. This confuses Alicia, who never heard about that. Sara also asks about Alicia's interest in the Public Ministry. Did she steal those jewels?

Alicia unhappily explains that "MP" was Monte de Piedad, not Public Ministry. The jewels are hers and she's going to pawn them.

Fern calls Omar to tell him that Alicia's bag contained nothing but her own jewelry. Fern yells at Omar for his stupid, trouble-making bag and letter. Omar reminds Fern to pick up some sort of gift for Lety. There's more rehashing - apparently more rehashing than even Omar can take, because he hangs up on Fern. (Actually Omar is in a hurry, there's going to be a FIFA meeting.)

Marcia is also in a hurry on her way to the same meeting, so when Alicia calls her to tell her tale of woe, Marcia again puts her off.

Lola, Sara, and Paula Maria start a "fund" for Alicia. They accost people (coworkers and clients) in the main lobby and ask them for their spare change. They have a conversation with Luigi that I don't get.

Fern is getting tired of waiting for Lety. He goes into her office (which is now liberally festooned with Moty cartoon-doggie stuff) and calls her house. Mom remembers that Lety's errand is a secret, so she just tells Fern that she's out with Tomas and tells Fern to call them on Tomas's mobile phone.

Fern freaks out. Last night she rejected him, and this morning she's out with Tomas??

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