Caray, Caray!

The group gathers at Emilio's apartment. Rene juggles Paola's silver shoes. Paola has finished her St. Vitus dance. Paola was jumping on the couch like Tom Cruise on Oprah. Yolanda asks if she's stoned.

At the mansion, everyone waits to hear from the police about the missing Diana. The genius chipmunk wonders if the kidnappers are strangers or friends of Diana's.

Nurse Diana is caring for her cellmate Debora. They are now best friends. She calls for another injection to reduce the fever. Debora thinks they will be left to die slowly, but Diana says they'll escape.

Granny DS and Gaby are getting ready to pray for Diana. Granny has a new costume: A gigantic magenta shirt, a yellow hat and a large white tie with multicolored polka dots. Granny looks like the egg lady in Pink Flamingos. Anyone notice that after her almost wedding, Gaby suddenly acquired a new hairdo--much shorter and with blond highlights?

At the hospital, Pancho and Caramelo and Lala discuss whether he will go to prison for his bigamy. Caramelo says she's crazy in love and wants to give him another chance.

Bruno and Marfil rehash. Marfil is going over to the Little Prison that Could. Bruno engages in another round of Guess Who's the Twin?

Caramelo and Pancho rehash some more. She cries a lot. Lala is sorry to see her own son act like a piece of basuro.

Gaby and Kiki discuss his new acting career.
He wants to help with the Diana hunt.

Back in Key West, the new Mr. and Mrs. Paco are on the beach. Octavia wears a skimpy black bikini with white trim that nicely complements her immobile facial features. He wants to go home, but she pleads that it's their honeymoon.

At Psycho Mansion, Max arrives wearing his newest costume. For those of you who have noticed, along with me, that Max often matches Granny DS, he is wearing a magenta shirt with a black tailored vest and pants. He could be a waiter at a local Cuban restaurant, and given his latest employment prospects, he should probably look for such a job. Or maybe he is going to try to get a Gold in men's figure skating. I think Brian Boitano had a costume like this in 1988.
Gaviota wants no part of Max, but he says that they must put their differences aside. Diego tries to throw him out.

Back at the Little Prison, Marfil comes in and asks where Iggy and Andres are. At this point, you are really wondering why the prisoners can't hear everything through the wall. Isabel dons her mask and goes into the room. Diana wants Debora taken to the hospital. Marfil says she wants Max. Diana swears she won't come between them. She only wants to get back to her son.

Max wonders whether Iggy and Marfil have teamed up, as they have reason to hate Diana. Nah, he figures, she's not that desperate.

At the Carcelito, more posturing.

Gaviota calls Paco's cell phone fruitlessly again. She needs him because of the kidnapping.

Granny M is still in her Queen Mum suit, sans hat. She's comforting Gaviota, who realizes that her revenge plans may have resulted in her daughter's peril.

Caramelo wants to go home with Pancho. But Paola will be there, Lala explains. Good going, mom!

Nancy talks to Diego. It's not clear who she wants to help here, as she really wants Diego for herself. Diego swears he wants to get out of that blasted wheelchair.

At the little prison, Diana and Debora now see a brilliant plan for escape. They find some cigarettes and matches and decide to start a fire.

More boring talk between Kiki and Gaby.

Max and Marfil fight about the usual stuff.

At the Carcelito, they start the fire.

Lala and Pancho arrive home. Paola is there and becomes very upset. She launches into a bout of histrionics, you deceived me, etc.

At the Carcelito, Isabel has to open the door and put out the fire, Diana runs out, and Andres sees her.

Larry tries to get Gaby to go to Venezuela again. (The idea of going to Venezuela makes no sense for these Americans, except for the fact that a Venezuelan company makes this show.) He says that Kiki is trash, but she doesn't want to hear it.

Octavia is still trying to prevent Paco from leaving Key West. She feigns a faint.

Andres catches up with Diana on the beach and punches her.

Max gets a call from Isabel saying she knows where Diana is. He demands to know where, and she says she'll tell him for a price. That Isabel works all sides. Marfil comes in, so Isabel has to hang up before revealing her price.

Octavia still plays dizzy. Paco goes to get her a drink, and she thought bubbles about what a fool he was to fall for her tears and fake dizzy spell.

Andres takes off his mask, and Diana wakes up, seeing his identity. (We can see that they're about a half a mile from a bunch of high-rise buildings. Evidently this remote prison is conveniently located near downtown Miami.) Now she'll have to die, he says. But of course it's not before he takes about ten minutes to explain the whole boring plot while she has time to devise an escape. Duh. (Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel call this the Fallacy of the Talking Killer. It's one of their list of famous movie cliches.) Diana looks scared as the credits roll. This is a stretch for this actress.

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