Caray, Caray!

Paco is in his office telling Fidiota that he hates the distance between them. Apparently Fidiota is there trying to drum up support for Dimwit Diana's upcoming custody battle. Fidiota tells him it's all his fault there is an abyss between them. He married her worst enemy! Paco states he didn't realize Fidiota loved him (since she was more bent on revenge than being with him). Finally they end up in a passionate kiss. Of course, who should walk in but Octopus. Octopus is wearing some sort of brown top that looks like two slips cut in half and held together in the front by heaven-knows-what. Perhaps a safety pin just above her navel. Octopus is furiosa! "What is the meaning of this?" We are then treated to the two fieras exchanging insults and accusations, while Paco just stands there inert. The two women are so busy bickering back and forth, it's as if they don't realize Paco is there. ***What's with Paco's taste in women anyway? *** Finally Octopus yells, "If Paco loved you, why did he marry me?" Fidiota retorts "If he loves you, why is he passionately kissing me?" Finally Octopus tells Fidiota to get out.

Perfumes 'R Us. Diana uses the adjoining door to throw a folder on Max's desk. Max tells her not to use that door. She should be entering through the hallway, the same way he was told to enter her office. Diana reminds him she is the president and she can use any door she wants. They then fight over how to enter each other's offices. What a pair of idiots. Max then brings up their last kiss. Diana claims she doesn't remember. The only kisses she remembers are Diego's! The sniping continues until Avarice walks in. Avarice wants to know what Max is doing there. That's a good question, since Max was supposedly going to work for a competing company. In all the episodes I've watched, however, Max never actually went into that other office. Max happily tells his rival, Avarice, that he just returned to work at Perfumes 'R Us. Avarice is impactado! Max trades in his lemon-sucking look for a smirk.

Our Lady of La Selva sin Nombre. Marfil is in bed eating something, when there's a knock on the door. Sister Sunshine announces she has a visitor. It's Andres! Andres finally believes it's the real Marfil and not some trap by Debora to kill him. Together they decide that Debora and Doc Evil must die. The fact that everyone believes Marfil is dead will work to their advantage. They will be indestructible!

Perfumes 'R Us. More squabbling among Max, Dimwit, and Avarice. Max claims Avarice was always making mistakes with his calculations that had to be corrected. Avarice counters the only reason Max is there is to see that the factory crashes and burns as a means of payback for the Irascibles losing it to Fidiota. Diana is telling them both to be civilized. Talk about the 3 Blind Mice! Max says because of his son, he has no reason to see the factory fail. Whatever.

Emili-Oh's Shelter for Wayward Individuals. Debora, wearing some sort of electric blue pleather vest over a black shirt and black jeans, is talking to Yolanda in a brown unflattering dress with turquoise trim and a tiered skirt. Poor Yolanda, why does she always get the short end of the stick with Wardrobe? At any rate, Debora is trying to convince Yolanda to join Team Debora. "Max has no business working with that cualquiera." Yolanda replies that Max is old enough to make his own decisions. Yolanda then tells Debora (who she thinks is Marfil) to let Max go. She's young, pretty, etc. Find another guy. Debora boisterously nixes that idea. Debora is mad Yolanda is not joining her outrage. Yolanda says she has no reason to hate anyone. Debora snipes back, "What else should I expect from a dumb single woman like you!" As Yolanda is leaving, there's a knock on the door. It's Bruno. Bruno slinks in without saying a word. Debora shrieks, "What are YOU doing here? Get out!!!!!"

Our Lady of La Selva sin Nombre. Andres and Marfil are sharing a tender moment in which they bare their souls to one another, including why Marfil and Debora hate each other to the extent they want to kill each other. Marfil begins with her tale of woe. There was always a rivalry between the two. Marfil was a good girl, got good grades, and all the teachers liked her. She then met a handsome, rich man. Debora was rebellious, got poor grades, and was always in trouble. I believe Marfil says their father preferred Marfil, but since we don't know anything about "Dad," I may be mistaken in my understanding. Andres' turn. When he met Debora, she was "an easy woman" on the streets who committed petty crimes. Stealing jewelry, selling drugs, etc. Either they were easy prey, or they both targeted easy prey. Can one of our fans help out with this? At any rate, Andres and Debora hooked up and started getting wild and crazy. They had so much in common. They stole cars, robbed mansions and banks, etc. They fell in love and got married. She then disappeared and he lost her trail. Marfil points out that apparently Debora got tired of him. Marfil then starts in with how Debora stole her husband and identity. She must pay!

Paco's Place. Fidiota and Octopus are still trading barbs. Paco some how manages to insert a lame, "Please, enough!" but they ignore him. Finally, Octopus attempts to slap Fidiota, but Fidiota grabs Octopus' arm mid slap. "The only one doing the slapping is going to be me!" Fidiota then connects with two slaps to Octopus' face; both a front hand and a back hand! I must admit, it was priceless. Commercial.

We're still at Paco's Palace. Paco finally finds part of his spine and tells Fidiota to leave and never return. Fidiota spews some venom, "One day you'll realize you married a monster and that she took advantage of you!" At this point Fidiota struts out. Paco looks sheepish. Octopus looks grim. As Fidiota is leaving the bar, Jorge stops her and asks what's going on. Fidiota dolefully tells him Paco prefers Octopus. Jorge replies that Paco still loves her (Fidiota) but that he's just confused. "Alas, woe is me, Paco has caused me so much pain!" Fidiota walks out in tears.

Emili-Oh's Shelter for Wayward Individuals. Debora repeats her demand, "What are you doing here? Get out!!" Bruno announces she's come to clear her conscience. Not only is she Debora and Marfil's mother, but she knows she's talking to Debora, not Marfil! Debora becomes hysterical. "I refuse to accept you as my mother!" This touching mother-daughter reunion goes downhill fast. Bruno feels that Marfil is still alive, but in danger. Lots of tears and screaming by Debora. Lots of tears and yelling by Bruno. She's going to tell anyone and everyone that Debora is an impostor. Debora retorts, "Not if I kill you first!"

Perfumes 'R Us. Avarice is trying to incite a riot with Emili-Oh, Caramel, and Beatriz. "Can you believe Diana is allowing Max to work here? What kind of a hare-brained game plan is that?!" Emili-Oh believes Max would never sabotage the business, but Avarice wants no part of Emili-Oh's justifications. Clearly, Avarice has a vested interest in this. Beatriz tries to throw in a comment, but before she can get out three words, she's cut off. Caramel tries to explain Diana's personal and business life are two different things. "When Fidiota comes back, she's going to be very angry to see an Irascible in her factory." Avarice is furious there is another fox in the hen house.

Little Doormat is in Dimwit Diana's office asking Diana what could she possibly be thinking when she allowed Max to return to his old job. Diana says she doesn't like it either, but it's a way to avoid a custody battle. Gaby wants to know what Diego's going to do when he finds out. Diana makes Gaby promise not to say a word. "Don't you think he'll find out?" asks Gaby reasonably. Diana says she'll tell him when the time is right. Some how, where Diego is concerned, I don't think the time will ever be right. Dimwit does add that Max must never know she still loves him.

Our Lady of La Selva sin Nombre. Andres isn't entirely sure he's dealing with Marfil, but he's cautiously optimistic. Marfil's first order of business: Steal a nun's habit from the convent. Andres apparently isn't particularly excited about this proclamation.

Dimwit and Little Doormat. More discussions about Max working at the factory to avoid Diana losing custody of her son and having her son raised by Marfil. The scene ends with Gaby telling Diana she's afraid of what may happen when Diego finds out Max is in close proximity to Diana. The Orchestra of Doom starts pounding away. Commercial.

La Playa. Yolanda is walking on the beach in her ugly dress. Rene sees her and comes running up. He wants to know how Peyote is doing. Alas, Yolanda says she has no idea. The Irascible family has been totally destroyed. Larry and Max have their problems as well. All is not well in her world. Big Doormat starts crying and Rene tries to comfort her. Pobre de Yolanda.

Emili-Oh's Shelter for Wayward Individuals. Debora and Bruno are still fighting over Debora's little secret. Bruno, with a sudden attack of conscience, can't sleep or eat with everything that has transpired. She wants to stand on the mountaintop and shout the truth to the world. Debora is furiosa! If Bruno says a word about "their secret," she'll have to kill her. Bruno doesn't care. "You killed your own sister in cold blood!" The heated exchange hits a climax when Debora knocks Mommy Dearest to the sofa and starts strangling her.

La Playa. Rene is holding Yolanda in his arms, comforting her. She tells him the only good thing in her life is having him as a friend. He steps back and tips up her chin, but she won't look him in the eyes. He forces her to look at him and says she has beautiful eyes. They are brilliant and enchanting. After teasing us for what seems like a forever, slowly, S-L-O-W-L-Y they lean in for a kiss!!!! Contact!!!!! Finally some satisfaction!!!!

Merciless Medical. Pillow and Kike are still celebrating their success in splitting up "that servant" and Larry. Pillow hastily adds she recognizes Kike hates it when she refers to Gaby as a servant. All is well in their scheming little world.

La Playa. Yolanda breaks away. "Why did you do that?" Rene says it was an impulse. Yolanda says he could be her son, to which Rene innocently responds, "But I'm not!" Yolanda runs off in tears. As she leaves, Rene suddenly realizes/admits he's in love with her. At a distance, Yolanda is impactada. She wants to know why she's trembling all over. She feels like a college kid.

Debora is still throttling Bruno when Larry comes in to save the day. He breaks them up and Bruno slips out the door. Larry wants to know why "Marfil" is trying to kill her own mother! "What is it that you don't want Bruno to tell anyone?" Debora says she doesn't want anyone to know she is the daughter of a kitchen maid. Finally Debora stomps off to her room and Larry looks lost and confused, as usual. The doorbell rings. It's an attorney. Gaby's hired him to handle her divorce. Once again Larry has a "Lost and Confused" look, while he struggles to get his brain around this new bit of information. Apparently it hasn't registered the many times Gaby has mentioned hiring an attorney in the past.

Merciless Medical. Sandy has come to visit Pillow in the hospital. Pillow is happy to tell her Gaby has hired a divorce attorney. Pillow starts bad-mouthing Little Doormat, but Sandy stops her. "Little Doormat is your victim!" Pillow gets defensive, but Sandy tells her to sell it to someone else, she was there and she knows what REALLY happened. Sandy says love knows no social or religious background. Blah, Blah, Blah. In fact, I think Pillow uses this terminology as well.

Perfumes 'R Us. Avarice is still trying to hit on Diana and get her to go out to lunch. As usual, Dimwit replies she's a married woman. Avarice doesn't buy it any more, now that he's seen the photo and articles in all the papers. Diana retorts, "Are you saying I'm an easy woman?" She starts to explain, but catches herself. She points out she doesn't need to explain anything. She's the substitute Prez and whatever she says goes. She all but stamps her feet and crosses her arms. Avarice starts bad-mouthing Max again, when Max bursts into the room from the adjoining office door Dimwit doesn't want him using. Max has a new tight blue sweater. At least it isn't pastel like the other ones. The pissing match continues with Avarice accusing Max of listening in to a private conversation. Max wants Diana to fire this useless individual right now!! The Orchestra of Doom plays.

Merciless Medical. Sandy is still begging Pillow to leave Gaby alone. Gaby is filing for divorce, Larry is free, move on! "Accusing Gaby of pushing you down the escalator when she didn't is against the law." "What a swell idea!" says Pillow. "I'll have Gaby arrested!" Sandy wants no part of this little charade. Pillow threatens Sandy and Sandy promises to not say anything to anyone if Pillow promises to lay off Little Doormat.

Paco's Palace. Paco and Octopus are fighting about his kissing Fidiota. Paco swears he loves Octopus, not Fidiota. Octopus wants him to swear to it. She also wants him to promise he'll never leave her for anyone. He promises. He also wants to end the conversation. They hug as Octopus glares over his shoulder.

Lala and Granny M are discussing the unfortunate situation between Paco and Fidiota. Apparently Fidiota is in her room crying, but we all know she's actually in her room drinking. Lala and Granny M discuss what is old news to us: Paco and Fidiota were kissing, Octopus burst into the room and caught them, Paco took Octopus' side, etc. "What a pity because Paco really loves Fidiota, but after what has happened, Fidiota will never forgive him."

Can I call it or what? Fidiota is in her room drinking. She can't believe Paco could humiliate her. She will never forgive him. She keeps muttering this over and over between swigs. We're also treated to a flashback of the confrontation between her and Octopus.

Perfumes 'R Us. Maxi-Moron and Avarice are now coming to blows in the presidential suite. Emili-Oh comes into the room as each dope is telling Dimwit to fire the other one. Dimwit is also trying to break them up. She's the president and SHE gives the orders. It's hard to envision a president of a huge "conglomerate" wearing a brown satin top that looks like my grandmother's slip, with a non-matching tan skirt. The fight looks like a grade-school playground skirmish, when Dimwit announces she'd love to go to lunch with Avarice. Avarice plays up his success and Max storms out. Emili-Oh cautions Diana that agreeing to go to lunch with Avarice could be a career-limiting move. Max is mad and will use it against her in a court of law. Diana says "It's just a lunch, nothing more than that!" Hence one of the many reasons we refer to her as a dimwit.

Bruno is sobbing in front of the Virgin. She is begging forgiveness for all of her evil ways. For lying, cheating, aiding and abetting Debora, and just being evil in general. How can she repent? She must tell the truth! She then realizes she doesn't know which daughter is dead. She is impactada!

Avarice and Dimwit are drinking their champagne lunch. Maybe the color on my TV is off. It now appears Diana's top is gold lame with a tan skirt. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's keeping Alex up at night with nightmares. Avarice wants to make a toast. "To what?" asks our gullible heroine. "To us meeting, to your assuming the presidency and doing such a bang-up job, and third. . ." "What's the third?" asks Dimwit. "To your beauty!" states our smarmy salesman. "We can't drink to that!" responds our glassy-eyed protagonist with her signature held tilt. "Well, an ugly woman wouldn't have a problem drinking to her beauty!" Where does this sleazoid get all his lines? They toast. At any rate, Diana says she'll never be able to love him.

Merciless Medical. The second best scene of the show. OK, maybe the best. Kike has come to inform Pillow that Gaby's attorney has met with Larry. Pillow is thrilled that their plans have worked so well. Pillow refers to "that Naca," but corrects herself for Kike's benefit. She then says Larry can never find out that Gaby is not responsible for Pillow losing her and Kike's baby, and that Gaby is truly innocent. Kike swears to never say a word. Pity for Pillow and Kike; Larry has been listening in to their conversation and even HE finally grasps Gaby is innocent and the baby wasn't his! Well, that remains to be seen. . .

Credits roll!

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