Caray, Caray!

Fernando and Luigi talk about Pilar over the phone. Luigi is in the locker room of the men’s soccer team for the world cup enjoying himself very much. Luigi tears himself from this for a moment to tell Fernando how to take care of Pilar. He says all you have to do is make her think that you’re going to use an extra. Fernando yells at the phone that he wants to know how to do that. Luigi tells Fernando not to yell at him because he’s so sensitive and very lonely; okay, maybe not “so” lonely. He tells Fernando to pay attention. He’ll tell him exactly what to do with Pilar Zacarias. We see Lety and Fernando listening intently. Lety gapes, but we’re going to have to wait for Luigi’s advice.

Tomas and Erasmo run into the golf course men. Erasmo yells at Tomas to get the salsa out of the car. The golf men don’t pass this one up and repeat the word salsa about twenty times and tease Erasmo for making salsa. Erasmo says that he did not make the salsa. Tomas asks how Erasmo knows them; Erasmo tells Tomas that they taught him how to play golf earlier. They men go on about golf but Tomas is busy looking at Alicia’s picture. Erasmo looks at Alicia’s picture and shakes his head.

Fernando looks at the scenery through the camera lens. Fernando and the technician disagree on the type of lens to use. Fernando wants a 100/80 lens and Gerardo wants a 16. Fernando gives his whatever wave and asks Ricardo what he thinks of Luigi’s plans with the mannequins. Ricardo is more concerned with changing the color of the clothing. Time is money. Fernando gives one of his many unique sounds in protest. Gerardo comes back into the scene and tries to describe why the red won’t work. Fernando says okay, and then calls for Saimon. Ricardo and Gerardo try to figure out Fernando’s hand motions. I wish them good luck; I’m not sure that the actor who plays Fernando knows what they mean.

Juana asks Lety what she’s going to do with Pilar. Lety says it’s a surprise, but it’s going to be fun. The cuartel tells Lety about the voyeur who was spying on the model in her trailer. Julieta gasps. Lety asks “Who was he?” Sara says he was an extremely ugly man with a really bad hairstyle. Fernando enters and pardons himself for interrupting. The cuartel jumps to attention. He and asks them to go get Saimon for him. Irmita, Juana and Martha go after Saimon. Lety tells Fernando that the cuartel knows that they need their help with Pilar. Julieta whispers in Lety’s ear that Erasmo has not come with the salsa.

Erasmo continues to talk with his golf friends while Tomas sneaks off. They’re talking about the price of golfing. The men joke that they’re extra money goes to their golf cart and to the bar. They ask Erasmo to go to the bar with them. Erasmo says he can’t because he has to take the salsa to the set. They talk about the different things to drink. The fat one says just a small glass of tequila. The tall man wants beer or champagne. The agree on Mezcal (a liquor made out of an agave plant. Tequila is made out of blue agave plants. Mezcal is made out of the other types.). The men cheer for Erasmo. He and his salsa somehow fit in the golf cart with the men.

Julieta worries about Erasmo. Saimon arrives and tells Fernando that he’ll do whatever he wants, with his usual dramatic phrases. Fernando says come here, you have lipstick on you’re mouth. Saimon tries to give excuses. Fernando doesn’t care and asks him to focus and to get three mannequins. He wants them to be very different and of good quality. He also wants some more underwear; white, yellow or black will work. PM says she’ll help Saimon look for the underwear. Fernando tells Saimon to hurry and not to come back with lipstick on his face. Saimon has one more question. Fernando looks for his wallet to give Saimon money but can’t find it. Saimon says he’ll take care of it but tells Lety that they’ll have to settle accounts later. Lety tells him of course. Saimon runs off. Fernando tells the cuartel to get to work. They scatter; he stalks off and Lety runs after him.

Erasmo and the golf men sit in the bar. The fat man welcomes Erasmo to the “world of golf.” Erasmo tells them that he thinks that having a cup of alcohol is fine, as long as it’s done in moderation. (Bet you can see where this is going.) They men toast and take a sip. Erasmo doesn’t like his drink. The fat man tells him that he’s drinking scotch. Erasmo says he’ll finish this drink and then he has to go to his woman.

Alicia sneaks around the outside of Pilar’s trailer. She spies on Pilar while Tomas spies on her. They both have a little foot pop moment. Alicia tries to jump up and look in the window, but she hurts a nail. Inside the trailer Pilar talks to her friend on her phone about the commercial. At first she complains about how slow the production of the commercial is going (yah! because she hasn’t shown up to the set. Duh!) No, she hasn’t heard anything more about the double life of “Fernando Pavel.” She says she’s going to keep her friend informed but, first, the commercial is going to be exactly how she wants it.

PM and Saimon shop for lingerie. PM is really into it and wants it all for herself, but Saimon just wants to grab whatever is in front of him. He doesn’t want the big boobied girl in the background to see him shopping with PM. PM wants to take more time and find something really nice. Saimon finds an unattractive salesgirl with a really bad boob job (I mean, seriously, the boobs are supposed to touch at some point, not point out in opposite directions!) to talk to about lingerie. PM interrupts and asks the salesgirl to ring her up. Saimon didn’t realize that she was the salesgirl. PM pretends to be sad with him.

Fernando throws rocks in the lake. Lety runs into him. I think this was supposed to be a hug; looked more like hit and run. They attempt to hold hands, miss and then finally get it right. Lety says she wanted to leave him alone, but she just couldn’t. She doesn’t like that he’s so tense and nervous. Fernando talks about how he’s doubting himself as the head of Conceptos. He’s not prepared to do this. If Luigi or Omar were here he would know exactly what to do. Lety says that, yes, Luigi would know exactly what to do but she doesn’t think that Omar does anything. Fernando laughs. She tells him that, of course, he’s going to have problems; it’s finding the solutions that’s important. He says thanks. They give each other some “love taps.” “Ay, Lety, what I am I going to do with you?” At the same time Fernando says this he’s thinking about how he has to marry Marcia. “Why do you say this, Don Fernando?” He says that he feels fragile and that he’s a bother to her. She tells them that of course he’s a bother to her (the love taps continue during this conversation.) and gives him a quick kiss. They hug while Fernando remembers Omar telling him what’s in the letter and how bad it would be if anyone found it. Fernando mentions the letter out loud. Lety asks what he said. Fernando makes some noise and walks off.

Erasmo and his golf friends have many glasses on the table. They’ve moved on to tequila. They call for the waiter, Roberto, for more drinks. Erasmo says he needs to go, but the tall guy convinces him to drink one more. Erasmo says he has to go to his wife after this drink. The guy in yellow plays a song on a fake violin while the tall man pretends to cry. The guy in yellow pretends to play on something else (sorry, don’t recognize the instrument), and everyone cheers. Next he does a trombone. Everyone cheers again.

Julieta is talking on the phone about how she is nervous something bad has happened. She hangs up and tells the cuartel that there is no news at the police station. Martha tells her that he’s just late. Juana does another dance (about sugar) to cheer her up. Alicia spies and Saimon and PM enter the scene. (These are realistic looking mannequins?) Saimon says he’s back with his mission completed.

Lety and Fernando walk through the bar. They see three very drunk men and Fernando laughs. Lety realizes one of them is her father. She wants to go get him, but Fernando says he’s not interfering in anything and it’s better to leave him. Lety says she’s worried, but eventually allows Fernando to rush her out so that Erasmo doesn’t see her.

The cuartel puts underwear on the mannequins while Lety tells her mom that Erasmo is in the bar being very friendly with some golfers. Julieta wants to run off and get him, but Lety tells her that it would be better for Erasmo to stay. She doesn’t want him to find out it’s an underwear commercial. Julieta insists. She wants her salsa. Lety says she would help her mom, but she has to stay and help with the commercial. Julieta tells Lety not to worry; she can do this all on her own. She storms off to get Erasmo, without Lety.

Erasmo tells the gentleman about his uncle Lazaro, who made a lot of money. Lazaro procured a great fortune, but he started out with basically nothing (one mule driver – I think). His friends don’t understand so he takes their shots and drinks them. They have a good laugh.

The models are set up on the porch. Lety runs over to the cuartel with their scripts. Saimon wants to participate, but Lety reminds him that they need women’s voices. She relents and gives him her page. Ricardo is not happy because it looks really fake. In order to convince Pilar that it’s real, the production has to be very professional. Fernando tells Gerardo that they just have to convince Pilar that they are filming the commercial without her. Fernando sends Irmita to tell Pilar that they don’t need any more of her services and to go home. Irmita thinks he’s telling herself to go home. Fernando re-explains; Irmita crosses herself and runs off to do her duty. Fernando whispers to Lety that she looked really cute when she was standing in front of the camera. (He’s telling her that she looks cute and is genuinely upset about marrying Marcia? Can we say t-r-o-u-b-l-e???)

Erasmo and his friends decide to toast. The yellow guy cries. Julieta enters and yells Erasmo’s name. The fat guy says I imagine this is your wife. He stands and tells her that they invited Erasmo to drink with them. She doesn’t care, she just wants her salsa. They compliment Julieta for having a lot of class. It almost works, but her sour look returns. Erasmo says what really happened is that they had just a little bit to drink, but he was just saying that he was going to take her the salsa. Erasmo grabs the salsa.

The cuartel makes a lot of noise. Fernando yells at them for silence. They give commands like they’re filming the commercial. Martha thinks he’s yelling her name when he’s actually saying “mark!”. hey hear Pilar yelling that they’re filming the commercial without her. We’re playing with her now, Fernando tells Lety.

Erasmo asks Julieta not to embarrass him in front of his new friends. Julieta says she’s worried about him. The friends try to defend Erasmo. She takes the salsa from Erasmo’s hands and walks off. The men congratulate Erasmo for his good woman. There is not anymore woman like that anymore! He shakes their hands and hugs them good-bye. Erasmo takes one more shot. With a deep breath in his lungs, he leaves after Julieta. He yells for her when she’s one foot in front him. She talks about her chilaquiles. They were waiting for their salsa. She laughs at Erasmo’s drunkenness. He holds onto her and says that it feels as if the whole world is moving.

Fernando complains about the slow process filming the commercial. Alicia spies on the commercial and doesn’t understand why they’re doing a commercial with mannequins. Pilar runs up to Fernando and demands to know what he’s doing. (If you have a VCR or DVR, please rewind and check out her run. I am at a loss of words…) Alicia sees this and protests. Tomas is almost discovered. Fernando tells Pilar he needs silence. Irmita gets the best job ever. Shutting up Pilar by putting her hand over the mouth. The cuartel reads their respective scripts while Pilar tries to claw herself away from Irmita. Sara put an extra sexy emphasis on her lines. Fernando loves it. Fernando tells them to focus on the mannequins and cut! Everyone cheers. Ricardo says that they can cancel the model and the horse. Pilar demands to know how they could replace her with mannequins. Fernando said that camera time is expensive and they didn’t have a choice. Ricardo says that Fernando came up with the idea and it was much more economical. Pilar protests. Fernando gives her a bunch of reasons why Ricardo would prefer the mannequins over her Lety attempts to hold Pilar back but Pilar screams at her to let her go. (Another telenovela classic line) Sara runs up and asks Fernando if he wants her help in ejecting the model. Fernando says, no, that’s okay but thanks. Fernando tells Pilar to leave them in peace and go home. Pilar repents and tells Fernando that she’ll do whatever he wants. Saimon comes over and says that’s good, but she has to do everything that they ask of her and be very disciplined. Alicia pops up in the background along with Tomas. He blows her a kiss and she feels something on her cheek.

Fernando and Lety find another private place and applaud their success. Neither can decide which way to go. Fernando needs to talk to Ricardo; Lety needs to check on Pilar. Lety points out that both people are located in the same direction.

The cuartel goes back to the tent and celebrates their success with the mannequins. Lety comes in and pretends to be upset. They laugh about Pilar’s face when she was talking to Fernando. Juana says that Fernando should use their voices for all his commercials. Irmita says that Saimon should return the mannequins. Saimon wants to leave before Pilar wreaks her revenge. Lety says that the underwear has to come off the mannequins first. Sara decides to return to Rodolfo now that Fernando doesn’t need her anymore. Lola gives chase. Julieta has brought Erasmo into the tent and he sits in the corner sleeping.

Ricardo asks Fernando if the filming is ready to start; he has to go back to the office. Fernando says they only need to get Pilar on the horse. Ricardo asks Fernando where he got the idea with the mannequins. Fernando tells him it was another diva’s, Luigi’s idea. Ricardo smiles knowingly. Gerardo asks Lety for the new underwear. She runs off and jumps over the tracks for the camera.

Alicia falls asleep in the grass. Tomas (can we say stalker??) pets her hair until her cell phone rings. It’s her father. She complains that Pilar is going to do the commercial and she’s not going to get her money. Her last hope is the horse.

Sara returns to Rodolfo. She asks Lola to leave her alone with him. Lola runs off and then not so inconspicuously climbs a tree. Sara says that she can see that her actions and jokes have not worked, but she’s going to lay it all out, just like she’s naked. Lola gasps. Sara says she’s going to speak from her soul; that what she’s about to so is going to move Rodolfo. Sara says she’s going to tell Rodolfo her life story so that he knows her completely. Lola hangs on her every word, literally and figuratively.

Julieta and Martha talk about Julieta’s food. Erasmo is awake and yells at Julieta for being mad at her. Martha interrupts, but Julieta shushes her. He walks off to talk to Lety while Julieta tries to stop him.

Sara talks about how united and loving was her family. They were able to do anything. Lola leaves the tree, uninterested. Sara talks about how abusive her neighbors were toward her parents. She beat up her first boy when she was four years old to defend her parents. Lola cries in the background about Sara’s valor. Sara walks over and tells Lola that her story’s purpose is to move Rodolfo. Lola pulls Sara’s arm to get her to come with her.

Lety walks up to Gerardo with a, gasp!, red bag. This bag contains black underwear. Gerardo says that they’re perfect, they’re won’t be any problems filming them. He tells her that he wasn’t sure that Fernando would be able to fix the situation without Luigi. He says that she and Fernando make a great team. He gives a hug. Erasmo walks up to Lety at this exact moment. His face gets even redder than usual.

Are we finally going to see Pilar get bucked off of Lightening?
Is Erasmo going to beat up Gerardo?
Will Julieta ever get to serve her food?

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