Caray, Caray!

In case we forgot, or missed, Wednesday's episode. Diana and Diego are fighting about her going back to work at Perfumes 'R Us. He is ordering her to stay home! Our intrepid heroine won't hear of it. Diego suggests that Gaby run the "empire." Diana points out that Gaby is ill-prepared to be a president. "And you are?" asks Diego. The fight continues and Diego actually threatens to kill Diana if he catches her with Max again. Diana is impactada. Dramatic music gets louder as the scene ends.

Rene is groveling to Yolanda and swearing he is no longer using drugs. He only did them at parties on the weekend, but he didn't inhale. OK, so maybe he didn't deny inhaling. . .Yolanda points out that he lied to her in the past when she asked him point blank if he had used drugs. Rene is very contrite. Finally Yolanda believes him and begs him to help Peyote with her addiction. Rene says he will do anything for Yolanda. With dimples like his, I'd want to believe him as well!

Diana is freaking out in her bedroom. She's saying what Diego feels for her isn't love. It's an obsession! There's a knock on the door. Diana is breathless and afraid to open the door. She opens it a crack and luckily for Diana, it's Caramel. Carmel tells Diana that she doesn't feel comfortable working at the bar, now that Paco has married Octopus. By chance, would there be something she could do at the P'RU? "I could clean toilet stalls, peel you grapes, anything!" Diana says "Of course you can have a job. I need a faithful assistant." Caramel responds that she wouldn't expect such a fancy job as that, she just needs something. Diana tells her, "Pshaw! I would love to have you working with me!" Caramel then tells Diana, "You're the sister I've never had!" Hugs all around. Diana has completely forgotten Diego threatening to kill her moments ago; she's all smiles now!

Gaby is trying to feed Fediota, but she won't eat. Kike is in the room as well. Suddenly Little Doormat smells alcohol on Fediota's breath and comes unglued. Gaby confronts Fediota and wants to know how she got it. Gaby runs for the nurse and Fediota makes Kike give her some gum. Kike says he feels responsible – ya think? Anyway, Fediota snickers that she feels like she did during her college years.

Emili-Oh wants to know why Luscious looks so forlorn. Larry says it's because Pillow is apparently carrying his child. Emili-Oh wants to know if Gaby has found out. "Not only did she find out, Pillow spilled the beans and told her everything!" Pobre de Larry. Emili-Oh tries to comfort him. Yolanda walks into the room and announces dinner is ready. Just as they're getting ready to have dinner, the prodigal son returns. "Max!!!!!" More hugs all around!!! Max happily tells Emili-Oh that he has a job and pretty soon he and Larry can afford to rent an apartment and move out. "No bother. You're welcome to stay here as long as you want. I like the company." At this point in walks Debora, all smiles, now that Max has returned. She is so happy to see him. Now they can go back to sharing a bedroom. ***Keep in mind Emili-Oh, Larry, and Yolanda are standing right there.*** Max breaks the news; he has no intention of sharing a bed with Debora. "Are you an imbecile?" screeches our Little Blonde Weasel. "Where are you planning on sleeping?" "On the sofa!" This is not the answer LBW was looking for. She storms out.

Laughs all around at LBW's expense.

How cool is this; there's a scene over Miami and you can see the shadow of the helicopter filming it. Yes, it takes so little to amuse me these days.

Diana walks into her office with her new plucky assistant. Diana is wearing a wide red obi with her gray skirt and black blouse. This is obviously one of Fediota's trademark belts. Emili-Oh and Beatriz are already seated awaiting Diana's arrival. Diana introduces Caramel to everyone. Emili-Oh kisses butt, as usual. Daggers fly from Beatriz' eyes. Looks like Beatriz is none too happy to have Caramel joining the team. Diana sends Beatriz out to show Caramel the ropes. I think the only rope Beatriz would like to show Caramel is the one she plans to hang her with. Emili-Oh announces that the international sales guy has returned from vacation. Diana is eager to meet him.

Doc Evil walks into his apartment, only to be ambushed by Sylvie, who is now doing her Amanda Miguel impression. She has outdone herself with her new wig. Lots and lots of black curly hair. She's got on a black SHORT dress with black seamed stockings. She launches herself at Iggy and they both tumble to the sofa. Sylvie is so excited to see him – she even got a new wig for the occasion. Iggy is trying to be polite. Camila finally saves him from being smothered by Sylvie. Some comic bantering goes on. Sylvie wants to be his personal nurse. She's not a slug like Diana. Iggy has to pry Sylvie off him. Finally he notices her black eye and asks her about it. Sylvie tells him it's the latest look. Pleasantries are exchanged and the evil doc heads off to his room where he plans to take a bath. Sylvie blows kisses as he leaves. "Home Sweet Home" exclaims Iggy! Caramel tells Sylvie not to say a word about Max staying there, or Sylvie will end up with another black eye.

Emili-Oh is still sucking up to Diana, when there's a knock on the door. It's Alvaro Ferrer, the international sales person. Introductions are made and Emili-Oh excuses himself. Diana wants to know if Alvaro is aware of the situation with the P'RU. He sure is, however thanks to her brilliant mind, she has single handedly turned everything around! Head tilt. Flirtatious smile.

Luscious is going for a run on the beach. Pillow "just happens" to see him and wants to know why he didn't tell her he was going to be there. They then get into the usual fight. Larry tells her to leave him in peace. She wants to know when he's going to divorce Gaby and marry her. He wants to know why she told Gaby about the pregnancy. She says Larry belongs to her now. He responds that he'll marry her for the sake of the child, but Gaby will always be in his head. Larry runs off and Pillow tells herself that at least Larry has agreed to marry her. "Too bad, so sad, Little Doormat!" Down the beach, Larry's cell phone rings. It's Gaby. She's at the hospital and they need to talk. She has found an attorney who will help her file for divorce.

Alvaro and Diana are having a boring business discussion when Beatriz walks in with a huge flower arrangement. They're apparently from Alvaro to "welcome" Diana to P'RU. Guess we'll have to add him to the list of guys in love with Diana. More flirtation between Diana and Alvaro, when Max bursts into the room. We are then treated to a pissing match and lots of mad-dogging. Diana says she and Alvaro are discussing business. Max says he's come to discuss THEIR child. Alvaro is amused. Alvaro and Max tell each other to leave. Diana finally asks Alvaro to give her and Max a minute. Max tells Diana Alvaro is trying to seduce her. Diana says her private life is not Max's concern. Or something to that effect. Head tilt. Vacant stare. Lemon-sucking face.

Peyote is trying to score some drugs when the doorbell rings. It's Yolanda and Rene. They are worried about her. Rene tries to talk Peyote into checking herself into rehab, but she wants no part of that. She basically makes some comment to Rene alluding to the fact he's done drugs alongside her (some expression along the line of 'the pot calling the kettle black.) Yolanda says Rene already told her about his dalliances, but that he's sworn to stop.

Max and Diana are still fighting over Diana's relationship with Alvaro. Max doesn't want his son exposed to someone like that. He's going to be keeping a close eye on our heroine.

More pleading by Yolanda and Rene. They want Peyote to get help. Unfortunately for them, she doesn't want any. More PSA's. Peyote tells them she wants to be alone. Rene sure is a hottie when he's not being a goof.

Diana is asking Max to quit watching over her and leave her in peace. Max says, lamentably, that ain't going to happen. The love theme starts playing on the piano, or is it chopsticks? Hard to tell. Head tilt, glassy stare, lemon-sucking look. Same ol', same ol'. The love theme becomes more insistent. The fight starts up again and finally Diana tells Max to leave so she can continue saving P'RU and the world. Commercial!

A frantic Peyote throws out Yolanda and Rene. They finally leave and Peyote, totally agitated, picks up the phone to make a call.

The phone rings and Debora picks it up. Naturally, it's for her. Andres wants $20,000 or he's going to tell everyone she's a crook who tried to kill him. "Where am I going to get that kind of money? The Irascibles are broke. Are you wanting me to sell tamales?" asks Debora. "Not my problem," retorts Andres. "You're a thief, steal from someone on the street. Rob a bank. I don't care. My aunt and I need the money to move." Debora goes into Chihuahua on Crack mode. Finally she hangs up on Andres and discusses the possibility of killing him and his auntie.

Little Doormat is at Fediota's hospital bed side. There's a knock on the door. It's Luscious with half of his shirt tucked in, the other half is hanging out. There seems to be a lot of this style of dress on the show. It must be the rage in Miami. I have obviously been born in a barn not to recognize this trend.

Emili-Oh, Beatriz, and Alvaro are hanging out at Beatriz' desk. Apparently our glassy-eyed heroine has made quite the impression on him. He has to have her. "Don't waste your time," warns Emili-Oh. Alvaro wants the untold story. Beatriz is all too happy to bring him up to speed. Diana is married to an invalid. Max and Diana love each other, but they've been separated. "Ah," says Alvaro. "I see no impediment! There's nothing I like better than a challenge!" Apparently Alvaro is taken with Diana's vacant stare.

Larry and Gaby are discussing their divorce. Gaby is sad. Lunkhead is sad. Lunkhead tries to explain why he didn't make it to the church that day. Gaby doesn't want to hear his excuses. She tells him he needs to marry Pillow for the sake of the baby. A child is sacred. Lame Larry has the unmitigated gall to tell Little Doormat the baby could have been theirs! Doormat wants to know how that could possibly be when he's never wanted to touch her! Score one for the Doormat. Larry tries to back-pedal and explain that may have been the case initially, but now he loves her! "I may be marrying Pillow, but I'll always love YOU!" Gaby walks away in tears. Their love theme plays. Lame Lunkhead looks bewildered as heartbreaking piano music starts playing and is joined by a guitar. Finally a singer starts in with the "da da da . . ."

Pillow and Kike are lying on the beach discussing their triumphs over Gaby and Larry. Pillow makes a disparaging remark about Gaby and Kike gets mad. Pillow makes some snide remark about Kike falling in love with Gaby. Pillow struts off in a huff, and Kike wonders if Pillow could possibly be correct.

Emili-Oh is getting ready to get on the elevator as Caramel is getting off. Neither of them are paying attention and they run into each. Could it be? They both apologize profusely and awkwardly. This quaint little scene ends with Emili-Oh offering to help Caramel with anything she needs, after Caramel admits the factory is so big she keeps getting lost! Sparks fly between these two!! Emili-Oh wistfully watches her walk away in her red CFM's, black micro-mini skirt, and the obligatory Blouse of Virtue. Hmmmm. I had her hooking up with Jorge at Paco's, since Emili-Oh has been so smitten with Peyote. Perhaps Peyote and Caramel may be vying for the same guy again in the future...

Bruno is bringing Octopus something for her pain. Octopus wants to go to the hospital to visit Fidiota and flaunt her marriage to Paco. She wants to watch Fidiota suffer. "You're terrible!" says Bruno admiringly. Octopus adds, "I can't kill Fidiota, but I would sure like to torment her!"

We see a nun sitting at the table reading. There's a knock on the door. It's Grillo saying he has some mangos for her. While they're discussing fruit, there's another knock at the door. It's another nun saying their patient just woke up. The three of them rush into their patient's room. We see a lump in the bed as the three stand around and introduce themselves to "Nuestra Hija." We see a perfectly manicured hand. We are left at the edge of our seats. . .who could it POSSIBLY be?!!

Octopus enters Fidiota's room while Fidiota is asleep. On cue, Fidiota wakes up. "What are you doing here?" asks Fidiota. Octopus has come to gloat about how wonderful it is to be married to Paco. She then makes a comment about all the drugs Fidiota took after she found out Paco was married. Lots of heavy breathing on Fidiota's part. Fidiota tries to call security but Octopus stops her. "You have to listen to me!" threatens Octopus. The orchestra of doom plays. The two Venomous Vixens glare at one another.

Diana is back at the factory staring at a sheet of paper. She's got the trade-marked head-tilt again. There's a knock at the door. Alvaro has some etchings – I mean designs - for her to see. Diana says she'll look at them during lunch. Alvaro suggests they have lunch together. Dramatic music thrashes in the background. Alvaro smirks. Vacant stare. Commercial.

Diana turns down Alvaro, but he's persistent. She has to eat some time. Well, if she won't go to lunch with him, he'll just sit there in front of her. "I don't want you to sacrifice because of me," says Diana coquettishly. "How could I be sacrificing while I'm sitting next to a woman as enchanting as you?" is Alvaro's smarmy reply. Diana smirks.

Back Octopus v. Fidiota. These two deserve one another. More catty remarks and insults. Boring.

Alvaro has got his charm switched into overdrive. Now he wants to take Diana out to dinner and dancing. For work, of course. Life is short. Diana turns him down. What little free time she has is reserved for her son and her family. This goes on for awhile until Diana tells him she wants to be alone. As Alvaro is leaving, he makes some remark that every woman has a right to be happy, and he has the feeling she isn't. . . Glassy look.

More Octopus v. Fidiota. Little Doormat walks in and orders Octopus out. Octopus turns her venom on Gaby. "You may think you're high society, but you're still a servant!" Gaby reminds Octopus she's married to Larry and is an Irascible, "not that the name is anything to be proud of any more!" More snide remarks and Octopus makes some remark that Paco prefers Octopus over Fidiota and will never return to Fidiota again. Finally Octopus leaves.

We're back at the convent. Mother Elegida introduces herself and tells "the patient" she's been asleep for days. Grillo introduces himself and says he climbs trees and brings fruit, but since she's been asleep, he hasn't brought her any. Sister Sol introduces herself as well. Mother E wants to know the patient's name and what she was doing alone in the jungle. Another glimpse of the manicured hand and some wisps of blonde hair. The suspense is killing me!!!!

Max bursts into the presidential suite. He and Diana fight some more about Maxito. Max Senior has rights. Maxito deserves to know his father. Diana replies Maxito doesn't need to know a father that believed the worst about her! The usual.

Credits roll!

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