Caray, Caray!

Dramatic music plays while Julieta repeats the last line of Lety’s diary.

Saimon prances around in the reception area pretending to be a matador. PM comments that she doesn’t know what is worse, the Company’s problems or Lety’s disappearance. At that moment Fernando steps off the elevator and asks for his vehicle. Saimon hands Fernando the original key and the duplicate key. Saimon says that the car is parked outside of the business where Don Fernando (pause) was the president. Saimon volunteers to accompany Fernando wherever he needs to go. PM thinks it would be better if Saimon took Fernando. Fernando asks Saimon if he (Saimon) wants to accompany Fernando to hell. PM comments on Fernando’s poor state.

Teresita and Marcia tag team Omar to find out what’s up with Fernando. Omar confesses to the women that the judge decided for Lety and that there is no longer a way to take back the business from Lety. Now Lety is sending her lawyer to talk with the management at Conceptos. Marcia screams that she knew it. Teresita is more worried about Fernando leaving the building alone like a crazy man. Omar says that Fernando is like a wild beast right now almost to the point of fighting with Omar. Marcia says that Fernando is probably out looking for Lety.

Lety talks to Miss Puebla about the problems with MP parents. Lety says she understands that MP is sad because her parents don’t care about the things that are important to MP. MP explains that she entered the pageant so that her parents would be proud of her; she wanted to be more important to them. Lety tells MP that she has no idea how much Lety understands. Lety says that MP needs to accept that her parents are not coming. She explains that MP needs to continue to love her parents but must learn how to live for herself. MP protests. Lety tells MP to go to her house if that’s what she wants but asks for one last favor.

Marcia complains some more about Fernando. Saimon comes into the office to tell them that Fernando left the office. Saimon guiltily tells the ladies that Fernando was drinking when he left. Marcia thinks this is a poor reflection of Fernando’s behavior in the office. Saimon interrupts and says that Fernando was very bad, furious and mad and that he said he was going straight to hell! Teresita seems worried; Marcia is less so.

Carolina shows the women how to demonstrate an outfit. Alex enters and greets them all. Lety approaches Caro and asks for a pardon because she could not convince MP to stay. Renata walks over to Caro and says that she is returning to Puebla. Caro tries to help. Lety grabs MP’s costume to try to convince her that the costume needs someone to wear it. MP says she’s thought about it and she’s definitely going home. Lety pulls MP aside and says she wants to teach MP something. She’s going to give MP one last opportunity to reflect on her decision.

Fernando erratically drives down the highway. He thinks about his conversation with Jorge Flores. His thoughts re-center on Lety.

MP looks for Lety. Lety steps into the room in the Puebla costume. She pretends that she is now the new representative of Puebla. Lety explains to the “judges” that there was a last minute change and the beautiful representative of Puebla left and the state is now represented by an ugly representative who will do anything for her state. All the beauties crowd around her and applause. When Lety sees Caro she apologizes for what she’s doing. Everyone applauses again, led by Caro. One of the ladies says that Lety looks beautiful. Miss Veracruz asks the girls if they should declare Lety the winner of the Nuestra Belleza pageant. Alex takes a picture of all the ladies with Lety in the middle. MP scrunches her face.

Fernando makes it to the beach, but almost runs into a boat. Aldo emerges from the ocean behind him. Fernando sits on his car and complains about the person who had the nerve to park a boat in the middle of the beach. He takes a sip of his liquor and toasts the boat.

Alex comes over to Lety and kisses her hand. He says how nice she looks in the Puebla costume. Lety thanks him and teases him that this is the first time he’s ever called her Lety. Caro tells Lety that she really does look good, and to remember that physical beauty is short lived if there is not a beautiful spirit to support it. MP decides to go through with the pageant for herself and not for her parents. MP says that if Lety had taken MP’s place Lety would have won. Alex thinks they don’t have to take this that far. Some of the girls come over to Lety and put a “Miss Lety” sash on her shoulder. Lety jokes that she could compete in that pageant. Lety says that the girls need to get ready for the contest that night. After everyone leaves, Caro tells Lety that Acapulco has done her good and that Lety will definitely return to Mexico a different person.

“Unbelievable!” Fernando walks over to the boat and yells at it. “Who?” “What?” He talks to the boat. Fernando doesn’t think the boat should be in the beach. Doesn’t its owner know that there are marinas and yacht clubs to park the boat? It dawns on him that it’s even weirder that his car is on the beach. Fernando salutes himself for coming to Acapulco. He points to the city, realizing that’s where he’s supposed to be. Fernando drunkenly climbs back into his car and drives off in the direction that he was pointing. Aldo steps out of the ocean and talks about the marvelously crazy man. He walks over to his boat and asks it if the drunk man frightened it. He tells the boat that they need to prepare for a very, very special night.

Back at Conceptos Marcia and Teresita talks some more about Fernando and the business. Marcia’s upset because Fernando will not answer his cell phone. Teresita still cannot believe that her son would participate in such nonsense. Teresita decides to give his cell phone one last call.

Fernando’s phone rings in Acapulco. Teresita thanks God that Fernando answered the phone. She asks Fernando his location. At first he says that he doesn’t know where he is, but later reminds her that he’s in Acapulco. Marcia sits back in her chair and holds her head. Fernando hangs up the phone and accelerates toward Acapulco! Teresita and Marcia ask each other what Fernando is doing in Acapulco. Neither can believe it! Marcia resolves to take the first plane to Acapulco and to go get Fernando so that Humberto doesn’t find out about this problem.

Julieta continues to read Lety’s diary and all about Fernando and the creation of Filmo Imagen. So far nothing too incriminating…

Fernando enters a bar with his bottle still in hand. He bumps into some guy on his way to the bar. Next, he whistles at some woman. My husband was quite entertained by him hissing out the word “Salsa” and making a slithering sound at the woman. Fernando asks for a whiskey at the bar. The bartender asks what Fernando would like as a mixer. “Vodka.” The bartender stops for a second. Fernando introduces himself to the bartender (Libardo). They joke around about how small Libardo is for a little while, but Fernando eventually asks (Liberato – he calls the bartender the wrong name) for the whiskey again. He pets the drunken man passed out next to him. Fernando stops thumping on the bar and asks aloud why Lety did this to him.

Julieta continues to read. She finds the entry after the first night Fernando and Lety made love. “I was his and he was mine.”

Fernando is also thinking about that first night with Lety, but he has tears in his eyes. He also thinks about their second night. “Only God knows how much I love you, Lety.” He repeats this phrase to himself.

Julieta continues to smile as she reads about the “adventures” of Lety and Fernando.

The Nuestra Belleza chicas, including MP, show off their regional costumes. Everyone applauses the whole time they are on the stage. The announcer states that each woman will go down the stage individually. Anyone else notice that Miss Veracruz looks a little like Catherine Zeta-Jones? When she enters the stage Aldo comments that MP looks very pretty, sure of herself and happy. Caro tells Aldo that he will not believe who convinced MP to participate. Caro tells Aldo the story about Lety convincing MP. Alex confirms. Lety giggles. Aldo asks Lety for details about what she did to convince MP. Lety starts her story.

Meanwhile, Fernando chills at the bar. Fernando asks the bartender if he (Fernando) has the face of a fool. (BTW, imbecil can also translate to mean “asshole.” I’m going to use “fool” to be a little more family friendly, but you can translate it how you like.) Fernando tells the bartender that of course he has the face of a fool, because he is a fool. The bartender weakly protests. Fernando sees three women talking in a group and calls them three little problems. One of the pretty girls walks up to the bar and asks for another drink. Fernando asks, “Little problem, what is your name?” She doesn’t answer and walks away the instant she gets her drink. Another girl comes up to the bar. Fernando drunkenly leers and puts her on the bar. He turns to the bartender and says that the girl was “medio güey.” (Okay, brief Spanish lesson. Güey has different meanings in Mexico depending on to whom it’s referring. It’s okay for a man to say to another man or in modern times a woman to say to another woman. In those instances it’s a term of affection, like “buddy.” However, it is not okay for a man to say it to/about a woman. In that context it is a very derogatory way of describing a woman who cheats on her man. Unfortunately, there is really no English word that completely encompasses the meaning of güey.) He re-focuses on the original pretty girl. He points out to the bartender that the girl is flirting with that guy but will later betray him. The bartender tries to calm him.

The beauties parade again down the walkway. Lety finishes her story telling Aldo that she convinced MP to do the pageant for herself and not for everyone else. Aldo says he’s he would have loved to see Lety in the costume. Alex says that Lety look great. Aldo turns to Lety and says that he’s impressed that Lety is teaching the girls what she wants to learn for herself. The girls walk to the back to the stage to find out who won the ethnic dress section. Surprise! It’s Renata, Miss Puebla! All the girls surround her and congratulate her.

Fernando continues to laugh at the little social group in the corner. The bartender thinks Fernando is going to vomit. Nope, Fernando wants to know what that guy in the corner is celebrating. The bartender explains that it is their anniversary. Fernando falls off the bar onto the floor from laughing. He pets the drunken guy again. Fernando climbs back onto the bar to laugh at the happy couple. He says that the proper way to celebrate an anniversary is for one to buy a ticket to Hungry and the other to go to Jamaica so that they each can enjoy their anniversary. They so far have successfully ignored him. Fernando calls the “bully” over to him. He loudly whispers that the girl is betraying the man. The man calls Fernando a drunk and leaves Fernando to walk back over to his girl. Fernando makes fun of the man for having the intuition of an “Omar Carvajal.” Fernando shouts after the man who tells him to shut up. Fernando asks the man whom it was that he called a fool. “You.” the man replies. Fernando insults the man some more by calling him Guli (like from Gulliver’s travels) because he’s so large. The bartender tries to come in between Fernando and the man. Fernando counts out the men, says the woman doesn’t count because she’s a girl and also says the short man doesn’t count. The men line up to go after Fernando. The bartender protests even more loudly but Fernando picks him up and puts him on the bar. The woman now interferes and tells her man to leave Fernando alone because he’s drunk. The bartender gets down and tries to help some more. Fernando pushes the bartender toward Guli. Fernando laughs and calls them David and Goliath. The bartender interferes and says that these men are fighters and that they’ll kill him (Fernando). Fernando says he’s not suicidal; he’s not going to fight with these dinosaurs. He turns to confront the man who called him a fool. The woman continues to hold the men back. Fernando says he doesn’t want any problems and pushes one of the men. He asks the large man if he’s pregnant. One of the employees asks Fernando to leave. Fernando crawls on the bar and says he only one thing to say. He tells them that they have the face of old people and starts to chicken dance on the bar. The quick glance at his face indicates that maybe he’s wanting what he knows is about to come to him.

Caro says that the night was a success and now they only have the night of the coronation. Lety takes her leave of Caro. She and Aldo walk off to meet his father.

Fernando dances on the bar while Aldo’s father asks for Senor Domenzain. The man asks him to take a seat because there’s a problem at the bar. Fernando taunts the men. He takes a stage dive into the group of men. Luckily, they’re charitable enough to catch him. One of the men punches Fernando right in the face. The bartender says that these men will kill him. “You speak with reason.” Fernando replies. Fernando turns around and says he’s sorry. He says he has one more thing to say. He basically insinuates that he slept with their mothers and left his underwear in the hallway. The men don’t find the joke funny and start beating on Fernando. Aldo’s father is in the background complaining about the ruckus. Drunken guy continues to sleep. Fernando gets up from the floor and asks who else wants to dance with him. He grabs the pretty girl and starts to dance with her. Her man punches Fernando. This time the men knock him to the floor, with blood coming from his mouth.

At that moment Lety and Aldo enter the bar. Lety says she feels as though someone important whom she knows is there. Aldo’s father comes up to them and says that he wants to leave this place immediately. Lety notices the group of men picking up the drunk and feels bad for him; she thinks the men are going to kill him. They leave the bar. The bouncers bring Fernando around to another entrance and drop him off. Lety and Aldo walk over to Fernando. They hover over him for a moment, but Aldo’s papa insists that they leave. Lety says they should leave to make sure Aldo’s father doesn’t leave without him. Fernando is left alone on the floor telling himself how much he misses Lety.

Julieta gets to the not so good part of Lety’s diary. She’s now reading from the day Lety discovered The Letter.

Back in Acapulco, Fernando takes a short nap. He gets up and goes back into the bar but is immediately chased out by the doorman. Fernando calls the doorman to him. He says that He has to enter the bar because he did not pay the bill and because he needs to apologize to the men inside. Fernando offers the doorman money. The doorman helps Fernando into the bar. Fernando slowly walks over to the drunk guy and the bartender, who quickly hands Fernando a drink. Fernando stumbles over to the group and says he’s sorry again. This time he kneels on the floor. One of the men tells him to stand up. Fernando says that none of the men’s mothers did anything. They don’t understand him. He says that the only woman with whom he went out was the girl in the red dress. The woman denies it. Fernando gives a half hearted attempt at a head butt. One of the men punches Fernando while the other holds him. Fernando’s phone rings; the bartender answers. It’s Marcia. She asks the bartender if Fernando is with him. The bartender reveals that Fernando was fighting.

In honor of our preview for tomorrow, a quote about kissing:
"Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can't see anything wrong with each other.” ~Rene Yasenek

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