Caray, Caray!

We open with Omar bragging to Fernando that he's going to get lucky tonight. He then takes it back, saying that it's a bad habit. He thinks Aurora's going to confess her love.

Suddenly, we switch to the opening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show…no, wait, it's a close-up of Aurora's lips while she's on the phone, planning a surprise Omar will never forget.

Aldo's talking to the restaurant owner about the menu when he gets a call. From the goofy look on his face, we know it's Lety. Lety giggles on the phone, but it turns into Aurora's sexi-laugh, which confuses Aldo, and she covers by saying she's getting hoarse. Aldo wants to come over to the house tonight, but he's too busy at work. Lety says not to worry, they'll see each other tomorrow. Then there's some mush that thankfully doesn't end in a "You hang up first"/"No, you hang up first" fight.

Marta shows up at Lety's house for her surveillance shift. Lety's dad rasps to Marta about the stuff she brought with her--blanket, snacks--and gives her a hard time about being a married woman and trying to win a date with Colunga. Marta says she's not interested in Colunga that way, she's in love with her husband, they're like Romeo and Juliet, and this pacifies Lety's dad. Marta's brought tortas to snack on, and Lety's dad wants to know if there's one with pierna (A "leg" torta? A Google search reveals that this is a leg of pork…yum!). They settle in for some serious snackage.

Omar's so nervous about his date with Aurora he can't tie his tie, so Fernando does it for him. They're babbling and talking over each other, but there's something about Omar's nervous stomach (I think). Omar wants to know how he looks and Fernando says he looks pretty (precioso) but like an idiot (cara de tonto), but Omar wants more feedback since he's trying to make a good impression. Fernando sniffs Omar up and down and says he smells like an animal from all the testosterone he's giving off. Then he spritzes him with cologne (this looks more and more like a girls' pajama party every minute). Omar says he's like a buffalo (say what?) and that it's not testosterone, it's twoo wuv, like the love Fernando has felt. Fernando confirms that he has felt true love, mutters some more about how very pretty Omar's looking and helps Omar put his jacket on. Oh, wacky hijinks, Fernando has put his jacket on Omar. Not to worry, Omar puts his own jacket on and Fernando tries to push him out the door as Omar obsesses some more about how he looks. Fernando makes plans to follow Omar (because grooming and dressing him for his date just wasn't enough).

Aurora approaches the restaurant, telling an absent Omar to prepare for his punishment. (As she is not wearing black leather, I can only assume this is a punishment Omar is not supposed to enjoy.)

Alicia is at Placide restaurant. The waiter approaches and asks what she would like. She orders a water, for now, but not bottled water because it's expensive. The waiter tries not to roll his eyes as he leaves the table. He fails. (I got that same look last night at a hideously expensive steak restaurant because I said I didn't want a salad. Darn snooty waiters.) Alicia looks anxious and pouty, but never fear, Tomás is here. Apparently Alicia told him she urgently needed to see him. She haughtily orders him to sit down, "What I have to tell you is very delicate, and horrifying." Tomás is now alarmed, he wants to know what's wrong with his chiquita. And the big drama is…Alicia's hungry. Tomás is annoyed that this is what she wanted him for, but she says no, "You're a wretch, the most despicable person I've ever known in my life, that's what you are!" Tomás says he knows this song, can she learn another one. He wants to know what he's done this time. She grabs him by the collar of his jacket, gets all up in his parilla, and demands to know how he could offer HER apartment to Ana Leticia. Tomás gapes like a fish as he tries to come up with an answer.

Back at Casa Lety, Mom, the dog, and Lola have joined in the snackage. As Lola suffers from a particularly spicy torta and Dad goes to get her some water, the doorbell rings. Mama greets him effusively with "Aldito!" It's besitos all around, except for Dad, who wants to know if Aldo is there looking for the Mujer Misteriosa, but no, Aldo is looking for Lety because he has news for her. Mama says Lety's not home yet what with all that work she's had to do lately and that she's still at the office. Papa makes to call the office, but the girls tell him that Lety went out with Fernando to visit some clients. Aldo wants to know what clients and Lola says "Well…some of the many the company has, of course," and Marta tries to distract him with an offer of a torta. Aldo wants to leave and call Lety later, but Papa will not hear of it. Since Aldo has been so polite as to come over, he must stay and wait for Lety. Mama tries to get Aldo off the hook, saying he might have something to do, but Papa wonders if it's more important than seeing Lety. And thus Aldo is stuck at the house.

As Alicia and Tomás have dinner, Tomás tells Alicia he's sorry, but the apartment isn't hers, she looked down on it (lo despreciaste), and besides, if he offered it to AniLeti, it's while she looks for somewhere else to live. Alicia says that's not true, he's trading her in for that shameless woman (descocada), and what did they do together? Tomás denies that there was any "doing" while they were together. Alicia: "Besides, you need to know something very important, she's not a natural woman, she's superficial, she's only interested in money, she's no good for you, she's going to ruin you!" Tomás isn't buying it, AniLeti's a lovely person, very attractive, simpática, and besides, he's only doing it to help her. Alicia has lost her appetite (excuse me while I spray hot tea all over my monitor), "This is happening because I didn't respond sooner and tell you what I'd decided, I'm so stupid!" Tell him what, you ask? Why, that she'll marry him, of course. Tomás proceeds to have some combination of an asthma attack and a seizure, alarming the other patrons of this fine dining establishment.

Meanwhile, Omar waits anxiously at a table for Aurora. She walks in, looking hot as usual (Eh, no, not really. I'm not loving this dress, but at least Friday's running around has stretched out the fabric and she can now take a full stride). Omar attempts to kiss her on the hand, but is rebuffed. Aurora sits down, seductively laying her fur across her lap. Omar professes his desire for her. Aurora says this is normal. Fernando stumbles in and sneaks around the perimeter of the room using the classic stealth technique of holding his hand up to cover his face. He accidentally puts his hand on the shoulder of a woman at the bar. She prepares to turn on the charm, but Fernando scolds her for being too young to be in a bar. He sits down and orders a drink (may I suggest something in a fish bowl with a really big umbrella). Omar wants to know what his surprise is, what Aurora wants to tell him, then asks her to tell him she wants to kiss him. Some random guy walks up and greets Omar and Aurora. Omar impatiently shoos him away, but Aurora gets up and goes to him. Yep, it's the old fake boyfriend ploy. Aurora claims they'd been fighting, but since he found out Aurora had gone out with Omar he got jealous and wanted to get back together. Fake Boyfriend wants Aurora to tell Omar she only went out with him to make FB Jealous. As FB smirks smirkily, Omar's heart breaks.

We return from commercial to a desperate Omar, saying she can't do this to him, it isn't true, a woman using HIM (gasp, horrors!). Aurora suggests to Fake Boyfriend that they leave and then gives Omar the 'ol "hasta nunca" (till never). But Omar doesn't understand, what was this? It can't be! Fernando chooses this moment to come up and hug Omar, singing about love. He slaps Omar on the cheek and tells him to come out of the trance. He tells Omar it's no problem, get out your little black book and call one of your girlfriends. Fernando thinks Omar must be joking with him and calls him a good actor. Omar screams at the waiter to come over and orders a whiskey. (Now, see, he can't have been that in love, otherwise he would have ordered a bottle of tequila!) Fernando now realizes Omar is serious, this has really hit him hard. Omar declares his intention to get drunk so he can forget he was an idiot for letting himself get involved. Fernando doesn't want Omar to get like this over a woman--it surprises and scares him. Omar says she's not "a" woman, she's the most beautiful woman, the one for him, the one he thought of marrying, his twin soul, just like Lety is Fernando's. Nonononono, says Fernando, you are Omar Carvajal, who dates many women at once to avoid falling in love with one, have you already forgotten? Omar says that she was an extraordinary woman and he truly fell in love with her. Fernando believes him, but he doesn't want to believe him, he doesn't want Omar to fall in love, to fall into the abyss of love, one of them being in love is enough on this team. Omar screeches for the waiter again and the waiter brings his whiskey. Fernando doesn't think Omar should drink and wants to leave, but Omar wants another whiskey, straight, three of them. Fernando mother-hen's some more about leaving.

The patrons and waiter at Placide are having no luck reviving Tomás. Alicia thinks he had a shock from happiness. Other diners think it's a heart attack, no, diabetes, no, an embolism, no, brain arthritis! Alicia agrees that it must be brain arthritis and dismisses the other diners since they are taking oxygen away from Tomás. Alicia confesses to the waiter (who's fanning Tomás with a napkin) that she told Tomás she would marry him, but only out of desperation because poverty has driven her crazy, and that she'd barely finished telling him and already wanted to change her mind. Tomás is coming around now. He wants Alicia to say it again, which she does, which triggers another attack. Alicia slaps him around to wake him up and Tomás asks for more. He kisses Alicia's hand, arm, shoulder, but doesn't get to her lips because Alicia sticks her other hand in his face. Tomás says that Alicia must ask his mother for his hand because she won't let him marry just anyone, he's so spoiled. Tomás says don't worry, his mom will want to meet her. Alicia offers to give him a picture tomorrow for Tomás to give his mom, but this won't do, she must meet mama in person, mama will love Alicia like a daughter, and if she doesn't meet mama, mama will object to their marriage and Alicia doesn't want mama as an enemy.

Aurora thanks Fake Boyfriend for his services. He said he owes Carolina a lot and it was no trouble. If she ever needs him again she should call…she's so pretty and it would be a pleasure to see her again. This sets off a spate of Lety-giggles, followed by Aurora telling him she should have no further need of his services since she got what she wanted. FB: Making that guy Omar jealous? A: More than that, I wanted him to know what it feels like to be used. Off Duty Fake Boyfriend thinks she achieved her goal since Omar was so upset. Aurora/Lety (her voice is somewhere in the mid-range by now) says she doesn't think so because Omar is so callous. ODFB thinks Omar was genuinely affected. Aurora/Lety makes a smooshed Lety face as she considers this.

Aldo's trying to get out of the house since Lety's still not home. Papa's says he's going to have a serious talk with her when she gets home, but Aldo says she must have a good reason for being out late. Aldo takes his leave, with besitos all around again, menos papa. (Looks like Marta sneaks Moty a bit of torta.) Papa asks if the girls are staying all night and says he doesn't think it's worth the trouble. He proposes that since he's got insomnia, he'll watch for the Mujer Misteriosa and if he sees her, he'll call. The ladies agree that it's a good plan and Papa hustles them out of the house, physically. Mama thinks that Papa will sleep like a lion tonight (a wimoweh, a wimoweh) since he told the girls he'd keep watch, and besides, even if he does have insomnia he wouldn't watch out for that Mujer Misteriosta. Papa: Ah, you know me well, I always sleeps as I like (a gusto, is there a better translation for that?). Papa goes to bed and Mama prays to St. Jude to look out for Lety because she doesn't know where she is.

Fernando brings a drunk Omar to his place as Omar sings to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". Fernando thinks they've sung it 120 times and need to stop. Omar proclaims his love for Fernando…he loves Fernando almost as much as he loves Aurora, Fernando is an idiot and Aurora is his love. Omar wants another whiskey so they can keep celebrating, celebrating that he's trash, filth, and he just figured it out, he makes women suffer because he uses them, but now he knows and he must celebrate. Fernando is bringing him another whiskey, a new whiskey, with bubbles to make the alcohol work better (hm, this looks suspiciously like an Alka Seltzer). Omar wants to toast to the filth (inmundicia) of a man he is, he's trash, he loves Aurora, he's depressed. Omar drinks the whiskey…mmm, he wants another one. Too bad Lety's not around to see Omar saying that he loves Aurora, he wants her to forgive him for being a bad guy, he's filth, he loves her, forgive him. Thankfully Omar now passes out on the couch. Fernando tells passed-out Omar that now Omar finally understands how difficult love is and how bad he was to mock Fernando's love for Lety.

Lety's back home, pajama-ed, and in bed (what? No comical sneaking in scene?). She says that Aurora has completed her mission and has no reason to return. Omar was…well, what she did wasn't SO bad, he'd only seen her three times, or four, but he sure was out of sorts (si se sacó de onda). She giggles, well, in one ear and out the other. Mama enters, she wants to know what's up, Aldo was looking for her, she wants to know the truth, has Lety been going out with Fernando on the sly? Lety giggles, no. Mama: Then where were you tonight? Lety: I was settling something I had pending, but I'm done. Mama: Something you had pending? Lety: Mama, I promise from now on I'll dedicate myself to Aldo…and Conceptos. Mama whips out her MomGuilt card about Aldo looking so bad and leaves Lety. Well played, Mama, Lety now has her guilt face on.

Aldo is…on the restaurant patio? He's wearing his chef's jacket, sitting on a patio chair, talking to the Lety in his head. Wondering where she was since she didn't tell him she'd gone out. Wondering what she's hiding from him now, and on top of that, asking him to trust her. He tells himself to calm down, he's not like that, he shouldn't let his jealousy get the better of him.

The next day at Casa Lety, Lety's running late and doesn't have time for breakfast. Mama asks Lety to remember what they talked about last night as Lety runs out the door. Papa wants to know what they talked about and Mama says Lety won't be coming home late anymore. Papa hopes so, because he doesn't want her to ruin the lovely relationship she has with Aldo. (The cameraperson and the music person would like you to take note of the cell phone that has been left on the dining table.)

Aldo waits in Lety's office. Lety: Why are you here so early? How are you? Aldo: Bad. What happened? I went to your house, didn't find you, I don't know what time you got home. Lety: I was taking care of something. Something Carolina asked me to do. Aldo doesn't believe her.

We return from commercial to Aldo sitting in his office, taking his anger out on his keyboard. Fernando comes in and wants to talk about Lety. Aldo doesn't want to talk to him about Lety. Fernando wants to know why they're fighting. Aldo accuses him of liking listening in on other people's conversations. Fernando says he doesn't like to, but he can't avoid it since he can hear everything that goes on in Lety's office from his office. Fernando says he wants to be Aldo's friend, but Aldo doesn't believe him any more than I do. Fernando says, as a friend, if they fought maybe it's because Aldo isn't Lety's media naranja. (I must now explain that this is literally "half orange," but figuratively it is used to mean "other half," "better half," or, more significantly "perfect partner.") Fernando goes on to say that maybe Aldo's more like her medio limón (half lemon) as Aldo is bitter and Lety is sweet. Aldo asks Fernando, as a friend, if what Fernando wants to know is whether Aldo is going to give Fernando free reign (dejar el camino libre) to let him get to Lety. Fernando denies that this is what he wants and says he's not going to get between them. Aldo says, as a friend, he doesn't know what Fernando came there for. Fernando says it was to tell him, as a friend, that if Aldo makes HIS (Fernando's) Lety suffer he will have to deal with Fernando. Aldo tells Fernando, as a friend, to go to hell, MANdiola. Fernando: Suffocate, DoMENSAin. Then another round of "Ahogate"/"Asfixiate" before Fernando blows on Aldo's ship (literally) as he heads out the door and Aldo asks Fernando not to contaminate his ship with his bad breath. After Fernando leaves, Aldo does the arm clenches plus squats of "I hate that guy" (for a minute there, I thought he was going to turn into a big green monster, but that's a different show).

And now the Lovesick Omar show. He's in his office looking at a black and white head shot of Aurora (I must say, that picture looks better than real live Aurora in color…something about the hair color and lipstick color clashing). He's calling Aurora's cell and begging her to answer. There's the cell phone, on the table at Casa Lety. He gets no answer, so he calls Ernesto asking if there's been any news about the Mujer Misteriosa. He asks Ernesto to find her and calls Caro. He complains to Caro about his hangover and about Aurora having a boyfriend and asks her how serious the Aurora-Fake Boyfriend relationship is (it should have a name, like Brangelina…anybody got one?), but Caro hangs up on him. Omar says now he's got a big problem.

Lety is in her office, looking at the picture of her with Aldo, when Fernando walks in and brusquely gives her a "Permiso, Doña Lety" as he makes his way to his office. Tomás comes in for Lety to congratulate him. Lety: For what? You've finally been hired by the Circus of Economists? Tomás: No, but they did ask if you could sub for the bearded lady. They joke some more about this idea. Tomás tells her that he's going to marry Alicia. Lety is so impactada she stands up halfway, takes off her glasses, and plops back down. She tells Tomás she was happy for him being in love with Alicia and she pretty much blew it off (te di el avion, literally "gave you the plane") because she though it was just platonic, but she wonders if he's thought about it, marrying Alicia could be his ruin. Tomás says he doesn't need to think about it. Lety: That woman is so selfish. Tomás: Don't talk that way about my future wife. I thought you would support me. Lety: I can't support you. I have to tell you that you could be making the biggest mistake of your life. Tomás: You know being with her is the goal of my life, I've done everything for her. You can't support me? Thanks a lot, boss. As Tomás leaves, Omar comes in to talk to Lety. She asks if he's ok and he says yes, but he sure doesn't look like it.

Alicia is trying to borrow Marcia's mink coat. Alicia says she has a big event to go to and she wants to look even more spectacular than usual, with a coat. Marcia want's to know what the important event is. Alicia says she's going to meet a woman who will be fundamental in her life and she has to look well-dressed so this woman knows what kind of woman Alicia is. Marcia says it's more like Alicia wants to look like something she's not, but Alicia takes offense at this.

Back in Lety's office, Lety tells Omar the world is round and what does he have to tell her that's so important. Omar says he found out something terrible...something that makes him anxious and won't let him sleep for years...he's going "down there," to hell! Lety's like, yeah, yeah, we already knew that, but why? Omar says he fell in love and she used him and he realized that what he had done to Lety was terrible because he used her. Lety puts on her fake-mildly-surprised and interested face. Omar: The thing with Fernando and the letters and the love cards, you remember, right? If you don't forgive me I'm going to hell and they say it's hot there. Lety: That's really what bothers you? Omar: No, but also my Aurora disappeared and, well, that has nothing to do with you… Lety: No, I imagine not. Omar: The thing is, in order to be ok with myself, please, I beg you, forgive me. Lety says she thinks Omar still has farther to go to understand what this is all about.

Tomás is complaining to Aldo that Lety didn't support him and wasn't happy for him. Aldo tries to explain to Tomás that Lety doesn't want Tomás to suffer. Tomás says Lety's not just ugly, she's also envious. Aldo tells Tomás not to talk about Lety that way. Tomás says Aldo can't forbid him anything with regard to Lety, they may be friends, but he knew Lety before he knew Aldo. Aldo says he'll talk to Lety, and he congratulates Tomás and wishes him luck.

Carolina comes into Lety's office needing to speak to her urgently about Omar. Lety drags her into the boardroom so Fernando can't hear. Caro says Omar has been driven crazy and the whole Aurora thing has gone too far. Lety says she knows and she's learned that vengeance is a dish one eats cold, alone, and that it's bitter. She says she's really sorry and she's not like that. Caro says she knows, but the problem is, how are they going to get Omar to forget about Aurora. Lety says he's going to have to forget her, because she'll never be heard from again.

At Casa Lety, Mama has taken the cell phone and a load of laundry into Lety's room. The phone rings and Mama wonders if she should answer it. Of course, she does, and wackiness ensues. Omar: I don't care if you have a boyfriend, I love you with my whole soul, I need to see you, get away and we'll see each other tonight, I beg you, Aurora! Mama is impactada y confundida!

Tomorrow: It's all about the Mamas.

So, hi, I'm 5ftLatina and I've had the pleasure of being your recapper today :) Mad props to all the regular recappers...that was a lot of work! Obviously I'm going to have to learn to be faster and more concise...assuming y'all want to keep me?

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