Caray, Caray!

They are both so in love with Leticia Padilla Solis. Dum dum dum dum! The cuartel look around at each other wondering if each of the other believes her. Lety continues that she knows that Fer is engaged to Mar and supposedly in love with her and on the other hand Aldo isn’t in a relationship…PM stops her telling her sarcastically, fine, it’s ok if you don’t want to tell us the truth but don’t take us for complete fools. Sara chimes in that it’s really low of her to tell them lies.

Ugh, ok tonight the cuartel p***d me off a bit. They don’t believe her story. What kind of friends are they? Loyalty? Tisk. Lety somewhat shocked, tells them that now she’s telling the truth and they don’t believe her, she doesn’t tell them and they don’t believe her. They go back and forth a little with this and she says ok fine, well, actually one is in love with her and one is only faking it, but there you have it. PM is still in disbelief, and says that Lety has no confidence in them, so that is why she isn’t telling them the truth. She is very offended and says they must no longer be her friends. Juana too, says she better go and they can say goodbye to Lety, no, better, Presidenta Leticia Padilla, the one who is so discreet. Lola, Sara, & PM get up to leave too. Irma (the only independent mind in the bunch) tries to stem the mutiny but to no avail, and Marta won’t leave as long as a crumb remains on the table. Lety is muy impactada. Poor Lety. That scene made my stomach sick.

In NY at the meeting, Fer, still acting like an imbecile juvenile at what would seem to be an incredibly important meeting, is representing Conceptos in fine stead I must say. NOT…. Frankly, Tomas in his goofy outfits of earlier days might make a better impression on these people than Fer at this point. Ok, what about paying back those millions of dollars in 3 months is he forgetting? Surprisingly, the NY folks are indulging him. Well of course, he’s Don Fer the Sexy, and this is telenovela-land. Duh.

A cell phone rings and Fer thinks it’s his, but it’s not, so the other guy gets up to take it. Carla asks him to continue, despite his absence, so he explains the project and Carla is thrilled; she says it sounds very interesting. She thinks they might even be able to do one for the American market and dub it into English. Fer just thinks that’s swell, so he deals out CDs of the promo, says they can work on the methods and he’ll prepare the contract, and gets up to leave. Carla stops him saying she still has some doubts, and asks if he is in a hurry. Our juvenile imbecile realizes he was a bit too quick to the draw and says no, of course not, we came all the way from Mexico for this, so of course I’ll stay and you may ask whatever questions you wish.

All ears, he picks up his phone and fiddles with it. Carla stops her question and asks if he is awaiting an urgent call, or if he suffers from chronic cellulitis. Ha! I’ve seen those people. The ones walking down the street with the phone to one ear, as they seem to talk to themselves, or step in dog doo, or trip over a curb. The ones driving with a phone to their head while weaving all over their lane, or the vulcans wearing their blinking bluetooth headset into the lavatory because it’s become permanently affixed to their skull. Don’t think he has it, so he says yes, a call from his colleague, and it’s a matter of life and death. He chuckles and sort of looks away.

Back at the restaurant the floozies Omar hired try their luck on Aldo asking him what he prefers to cook meat or fish. He of course says fish. Omar says he not only cooks it, he catches it himself. He then thinks they should talk about a different subject. The ladies ask how he would like to conquer a woman, he says by cooking for her. Omar chimes in that he does his best work after the dinner. They seem confused. He asks if they really don’t know what comes after the dinner, and they say no, and he flatly says, well of course, dessert. Omar chuckles again and says he makes a great flaming pear dessert. He then decides he needs to make a call and walks out, he asks some bystanders what happened to his phone memory. Just then it rings and someone asks to speak with Aldo. Omar is impactado and it turns out he grabbed Aldo’s phone. Back at the table Aldo mumbles to himself that Omar will pay for this as he already figured out he was duped. Aldo apologizes to the girls for being trite and explains to them how he was tricked. Just then, “his” phone rings and it’s Fer who promptly proceeds to ask him how the plan is going with that idiot Aldo and your little friends and tells him that he wants Aldo very very far away from Lety. Aldo hangs up on him!!

Omar walks back in and gives Aldo his phone, just as Fer calls back to yell at him. Omar sort of blows him off because he is still in the mixed company and Fer is mad because he had to interrupt his meeting to find out what’s up.

We go to Ali and Tomas eating their lunch in Tomas’ office when Lui walks in. Lui wonders what Alice is doing there and tells them he’s mad about something she said. He notices the food and begins to chow down too. Ali tells him the chicken’s leg is hers, and Tomas claims the breast. Lui begins to chat with her about how Aldo doesn’t care for her. He asks how it is that she knows he’s going to marry her. He asks her if she received a love letter or a bear, etc. she says she went to dinner with him. After analyzing it they realize that Aldo doesn’t favor either of them. Tomas giggles heartily. They look at him and he returns to the frown.

Back at the restaurant, Irma tells Lety to ignore them, and she tells everyone that of course they are her friends and that they matter more than anything else at Conceptos to her. Irma empathizes and Marta remains dedicated to stuffing her face. Sara begs for Irma and Marta to go too. Of course Marta isn’t done eating so she’s not going anywhere. PM tells them then if they want to stay with Lety who doesn’t want to be their friend anymore, then so be it. They are outta there. Lety asks where they would get such an idea that she doesn’t want them as friends. They don’t respond and instead formally tell her to enjoy her meal and leave.

Back at the inhouse chow fest Lui wants to know why life dealt him this horrible blow. Tomas consoles them by telling them at least they know now before it gets too late. Lui tells him lament it all you want but he wonders who will cure this horrible pain. Ali says hers too. They whine in unison. Tomas volunteers of course to help Ali get over it. Lui comments sarcastically that he ignores the circus ringleader but instead wants to console the clown. Then Ali recalls that he said before that Aldo is in love with another. All of a sudden they realize they need to get the information out of him.



The cuartel walk into Conceptos, Lety still begging them to believe her. Lola tells her that friends share everything, good or bad. They think there is some gossip tidbit that Lety knows and isn’t telling them. Ha! Estupidas. She gave them the gossip of the century and they dismissed it!!!! They don’t care what she says and go off to their desks, formally telling her if she needs something she can reach them. Irma tells her again to ignore them that they are crazy. Lety tells herself she’s upset at the way they are acting but she really doesn’t want them to know the truth anyway.

Ali and Lui continue trying to interrogate Tomas, first with sugar then with salt. He gets nervous and walks out saying he has to go to his office. Ali decides to get firm and Lui admires her performance, then Tom returns remembering it’s his office. It seems Ali and Lui will hatch a plan to get the scoop from Tommy.

Lety is now with Aldo in her office talking about how many moles there are and gazing at each other somewhat dreamily when Omar the imbecile walks in announcing that Aldo needs to go on a trip today to secure a signature for one of the contracts. He says he would go himself but he has to stay and monitor the rest of the unsigned contracts. Aldo agrees he’ll do it since it’s in the name of the gastronomy project and Omar walks out satisfied. Lety mocks him and doesn’t like his attitude. Aldo tells her not too worry about Omar because he already has him figured out. She tells him her mom was happy to hear that she’ll be helping and he happy to hear that and asks if he can come by to see her before he leaves. She says of course. She wishes Aldo a lovely trip to which he replies it would be lovely if she went with. She says ok, well have a good trip then and she smiles a silly smile.

Back at Casa Padilla Julieta awaits a call from Aldo regarding her role in the project. Man they are getting everyone into this. I’m waiting to see what Moty’s role is going to be. Official taster of the dishes? Mascot? Sanson’s love interest? Anyway….
Erasmo bears his fangs complaining that he doesn’t have his coffee that he asked for yet. She tells him she couldn’t make it until she gets an important call. He then remembers it must be Aldo and says those people are very important and busy and will probably forget you are even waiting. She doesn’t think Aldo is that way. He says he still doesn’t like that she is kept waiting like this, oh and he wants his coffee. She agrees with him and decides she’ll wait no more. But, not to make the coffee, instead she’ll go to him directly at Conceptos. He doesn’t agree with this and implies that she shouldn’t help out on the project. He also tells her that he won’t allow it. In her own “women are smarter” way she smooths the whole thing over with Erasmo by telling him she’s not asking for his permission and well, she’s off.


Aldo the 1st and Aldo the 2nd are bonding again and Aldo II tells Aldo I to pick a card, any card and he’ll guess what it is. Ja Ja…they are all pictures of Alibubis. Aldo agrees here is a man really in love. Aldo I discusses with II that he feels very uncomfortable and that O and F (Hmm, Oscar and Felix, same initials, Odd Couple indeed!) are trying everything to keep him away from Lety. Tommy wants to know how he knows. The photos in Lety’s office, and he tells him about the “working” dinner with the beautiful women….none can hold a candle to Lety though. He also tells Tom about the phone, and now the trip. But he decides he’s not going to let them know he knows what they are up to. Aldo II agrees they are best kept at a distance.

Back in NY Felix is pressing Oscar as to how his plan is going and Oscar is trying to cover. He tells Felix that Aldo is very astute and figured him out but he already devised another way to keep him away. There is a discussion about whether the Hawaiian girl is with them. He tells him about the trip. Fe mocks him and asks how long the trip is 2 or 3 years, and Oscar says no he’ll be back tomorrow and Fer says, yeah, well done there, Oscar. Patient Carla comes out and asks Fer again if they can continue the meeting and he tells her just one more secondito and he gets in his final "you better get this right, moron" admonishment at Omar before hanging up and rejoining the people he is trying to get to bail him out of his mess. On the sashay back, Carla pauses, turns to the camera, and gives us a Santa Claus finger on the nose knowing look. She’s got an idea.

Back at Conceptos, Tom comes in to tell Lety he has a dilemma. If it’s about Oxi she doesn’t want to hear it. He says no. They are friends right? Lety says of course why. He continues well I’m friends with Aldo too. He pauses, and then after making an important discovery to himself confirms that his friendship with her weighs more than his with Aldo. She applauds this since after all he only just met Aldo and he’s known her all his life. She’s very glad to hear this. He tells her that O & F want to separate her from Aldo. He then rehashes all of their efforts. This makes Lety determined. She decides to give them a surprise.

Back in NY Felix finally rejoins the meeting. They continue discussing the project. Carla says that here there is no culture of indigenous cuisine, that it all comes from somewhere else and that the Americans really love Mexican food. Most of the cooks in NY are Mexican as a matter of fact. He notes that a lot are from Puebla and launches into a mariachi “jingle” about Puebla, and it’s food, and it’s women. He’s not sure though if he likes it better in a rock version or opera. Carla notes that he must be very tired from the trip and that chronic stress like his can cause his energy to run out, because the adrenaline is flowing constantly; that stress causes us not to think clearly. He tells her he’s fine, and not to worry about his stress. She laughs and says they’ll adjourn until tomorrow am at 9:00. OK, I guess she’s found a polite way to address his antics. They all say good-byes, but then she asks him to remain, and says that stress is connected to fear and wonders if he is afraid of his female boss as she rubs him affectionately. Ok, now I’m not too fond of her. He awkwardly balks and asks if she is a publicist or a psychologist. She says both. He leaves. She hands him his phone that he forgot.

Lety walks into Oscar’s office and he is finishing up a call with the guy who needs to sign the contract. He hands it to Lety with pencil and says everything is ready here for Aldo to take for signature. She says, with a pencil. He puts it away. She tells him that she decided she’s going with. He is impactado. He tells her she has a lot to do here and well, ok, then he’ll go instead. But she reminds him he already said he had to stay to mind the other contracts. He remembers unfortunately he said that. Besides Aldo doesn’t have the authority to negotiate anything on behalf of Conceptos and it would look bad sending a rep that had no power. She then emphatically says as she puts down his toy car that she will then go with Aldo. And she’ll take the contract so it can be signed. With a pen!

We go back to NY where Carla and Fer are exiting the building and she asks where he’s going. He says he needs to go back to the hotel to listen to messages and check e-mail etc. She says how boring, you are in NY and you are going to stay locked up in your hotel? She asks him to let her tend to him since they are working together. This from the woman who ended the meeting because he’s so tired. She asks if he would rather take a cab, walk, or the subway. He doesn’t feel safe with the subway so they decide to walk. Hmm….


The Padilla’s show up at Conceptos and Lety invites them in to her office. While Erasmo admires her nameplate, they discuss that Aldo unfortunately can’t talk to Juli right now because he’s getting ready for a trip. Oh and by the way, I’m going with him. Erasmo is impactado, and Juli smiles.


Irma tells the cuartel how awful they treated Lety, their friend. Just then Lui walks up and tells the cuartel to remove their masks because Halloween is over already. He wants to know where the dancers are that he needs them right away and he sends Irma off for them. Ali interrupts and he says he will tend her in a minute. He then walks over to her and they are discussing that she has to be the one to find out from Tommy who is Aldo’s love interest. She asks if he is insinuating the she get together again, er she means ever, with him to acquire the info. Lui seemed to miss her slip up.

Omar decides he has to stop Lety from going on the trip, he barges into Aldo’s office, where Aldo has just finished saying how much better the trip would go if Lety came. He rushes in and tells Aldo that he better hurry up and leave because he doesn’t have much time. Aldo says he’s on his way after he says goodbye to Lety. Oscar grabs every reason he can, traffic, etc. to keep Aldo from talking to Lety.

Back in Lety’s office she begins to try to comfort Erasmo about the trip when Omar bursts in and says he’d like to let her know that Aldo has just left. She gets a very angry face and cut to the pool water….

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