Caray, Caray!

I apologize for this very dilatory posting. But I won't let our three fans down!

We open with a scene of Diego having moved to the sofa. Nancy catches him and asks how he got there. He tries to cover up. He tells Pancho to take him to the factory so he can catch his wife smooching with Max.

Meanwhile, Diana has confirmed to Max that the baby is his. He asks why she hid it, and she says it was because of all his doubts and accusations. She wants to get to work,because she has a factory to run! But he wants to work out visitation. He says he will take her to court. She tells him to have a baby with his wife, but he says they have separated. It's nice that Max and Diana have coordinated brown outfits.

Rene is trying to get a very high Peyote to stop taking drugs. Now he's Mr. Straight Guy. Anyway, this actress's attempt to look high always amounts to her being very jumpy. She certainly doesn't look strung-out enough. It's not clear what kind of drug she takes. Is she suffering withdrawal, or is she high on some speed?
Rene tells her that Pancho is not worth is. She should go live with her brothers.

Lala, again the wise one, tells her to forget her son.

Max and Diana continue their dispute. He insults her perfume knowledge. She asks him of he is saying that a poor nurse can't run a perfume factory? I think he is saying exactly that, but anyway, she tells him she is the new Diana.
They continue fighting over the baby, he insists he has rights, she says Diego has the rights, etc.

Kiki and Gaby are at Drunkiota's hospital bed. Drunky sends Gaby away and asks Kiki for a big favor. She wants him to buy a bottle of whiskey.

Diana is telling Max that she doesn't want her baby around his wife, the viper Marfil. Clearly, she still doesn't remember anything about the kidnapping. Max says that the baby could live with the two of them, Max and Diana. No, it's impossible, she protests, but suddenly they are kissing. Max is using his best lip chomping abilities here.

Cut to the hospital bed. Kiki agrees under protest to get the booze.

Lala and Nancy discuss Diego. They agree that he is not happy.

Back at the factory, Diego and Pancho enter suddenly to interrupt the big smooch fest. What's he doing here, Diego inquires astutely.

Nancy and Lala continue their discussion. They review the unhappy Diana situation. She will never love him, he shouldn't have married her, etc. Nancy dares to ask if he ever asks about her. No. After Lala leaves, Nancy forlornly says that Diego will never love her.

Max and Diana are fighting still . The most important thing is saving Gaviota's business. (Hey, doesn't Maxi have to start his new competing perfume factory job?)
Isabel is on the phone with Andres. I can't believe what you are telling me. Rehash of kidnapping and flight through the jungle. She agrees that it's a good thing Diana doesn't remember what happened.

Max says the baby is legal his. Diego says it's legally his. Pancho adjusts his backwards baseball cap so he can get a good punch at Max. Emilio comes in and holds Pancho back. Pancho says it's all Max's fault. And he readjusts his cap for good measure. Pancho is wearing a sleeveless t-shirt with a hip-hop theme: fists with Love and Hate tattooed on the fingers. That nicely sums up his wives' feelings for him. Diana eyes have the usual glazed look.

Cut to Gaviota in the hospital bed. A flashback to how she learned about Octavia and Paco. Kiki enters and pulls out a small bottle of booze. This won't last long. He tells her to take care, but he helps her pour it in a styrofoam cup. Calm down, she says. I'm not going to become a drunk. He tries to get her with the scientific approach: he warns her that the booze might interfere with her meds!

Emilio and Diana share a quiet moment in the office. She thanks him for dispatching Pancho. New vocabulary: Paliza=beating. The wonder if Beatriz heard everything. Probably--and got on the horn to Octopus. Why doesn't Diana fire her ass? Emilio says that all the employees appreciate and respect Diana. But, he reminds her, they also appreciate and respect Max. Why don't they just get back together? No, it's impossible, Diana says.

Back at Iggy's place, Silvia is modeling a new wig: an orange version of the black tufts she wore yesterday. Her t-shirt tells all the world she's "Sexy" in matching orange letters. She is still wearing the neck brace and sporting a black eye. Camila is wearing the black halter and hat with her mini Catholic school skirt. Silvia is talking on the phone to Iggy. She is very excited that he is coming home.

Max comes in. Max and Camila discuss Diana and the baby. He can't believe she could have hidden the secret. Maybe he will go to court.

Debora goes to see Isabel at the little house. Andres is there walking with a cane. New vocabulary: chantaje=blackmail

Max goes to Paco's (also known as Mom's). Bruno answers the door.

Back at the little house Andres wants to blackmail Debora--otherwise he'll tell Max how she collaborated on the kidnapping (isn't Marfil awaiting trial on the baby kidnapping charges, by the way? I suppose those loose ends migrated to the same limbo where await Octavia's murder charges, Iggy's drug stealing charges and for good measure Kiki's kidnapping of Pilar. Oh, yeah, there's also Camila's baby with Iggy?

There is a long exchange about whose threats and blackmail are worse. Finally Debora's dulcet tones turn on the lightbulb for Andres: He realizes she is not Marfil, but Debora, his wife.

Max now blames his mother for his not having the baby.

Debora pulls that big gun she used a few weeks ago and runs out. She throws the gun in a dumpster, but Andres presses on, limping with his can. He calls her a smart bitch, explains how he knows she left and changed places in the prison cell. She knocks him down and beats him with the cane.

Max and his mother exchange more recriminations. Finally, he says he wishes his mother were Gaviota! Octopus slaps him. Cut to a perfect view of the giant plastic fish on the wall. How Octavia has come down in the world!

Lala and Diana are talking. Pancho comes in and tells her to stop seeing Max, etc. Look who's talking, she says--the man who has two wives. He tries to strike her, and his mom intercedes. Don't you dare, says Lala. Pancho says it's all Diana's fault his brother is a cripple (I guess Diego isn't sharing the good news with his brother).

Max now comes in to see Gaviota in the hospital. She quickly hides her drink. How are you, he asks. More dead than alive. First the disappearance of Diana and the marriage of Paco. Max says she should let Gaby and Larry be happy. He also says he's going to demand rights to his child. Drunky says she will not let her princess be with an Irascible. Why are you two getting involved with my daughters? She tells him to leave. Then she pulls out her IV and takes a few swigs directly from the bottle.

Silvia is on the phone with Iggy. She says it's good to hear from him--very erotic. No, he says, he's in a hospital bed. She wants to come and bath him. He hopes she'll wear a new wig. Anyway, he says he's coming home.

Silvia yells the good news to her cousin. Cousin Camila is not so thrilled. She'll have to get rid of Maxi Maxi.

Cut to the most hilarious scene of the night. Diana is bottle feeding her baby with Granny DS, who is feeding one of her dolls. Granny's doll looks more lifelike than Diana's stiff mound of blue toweling. Granny says she's going to have a baby, and Diana reminds her that she's too old. What funny things you say, Granny. Diana hands the blue lump to Lala, just in time to hear Diego ask why they're so happy. He has a new ultimatum. He forbids her to go to the factory. But I have to go--I have to save the factory for Gaviota. I can't let her down just because of your silly jealousy attack. It's not stupid, he says--he saw them together. You told Max about the baby. No, she didn't--Camila did, and Max threatened a lawsuit. Well, says Diego, you're not going!

Camila and Silvia are sparring. Silvia wants to call the swami again, it seems, but Camila is having none of it. Never mention that phony (farsante) again! Just then, Max comes in, and they pretend to hug--we love each other. He's upset. Camila offers to run him a tepid (tibio) bath so he can relax. Why not a hot bath? He says no, he's going back to Emilio's. He's going to divorce Marfil, and he thanks Camila for her help.

Debora sputters about how she's in the hands of Andres. No, he will not get away with it, no, no way.

Time for another heart-to-heart between Rene and Yolanda. This time he's the patient. He admits he's worried about Paola, and yes, he has used drugs too! Yolanda is impactada.

Back to the climactic fight between Diego and Diana. She must obey. She doesn't want to obey his craziness. He says Gaby can run the factory, and Diana can care for Gaviota. No, Gaby can't do it, and she has to fight for the factory. Diego tells Diana that if she uses the factory to see Max, he will kill them both--he'd rather see her dead! Diana reacts with her best glassy-eyed stare, but at least she tilts her head in two different directions.

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