Caray, Caray!

Diana has a heart-to-heart talk with Fedora. It's now time for her to have some happiness for once. Even though Marcela is a nice girl, she owes it to herself and Maxito to get Papa back.

Isabel--yes, it was indeed Isabel we saw last week as a homeless woman--is scavenging at a dumpster. She is completely filthy and is wearing hideous fake teeth. She certainly hit the skids quickly. Iggy comes along looking for a place to hide. They recognize each other and commiserate at how far they've fallen. Isabel apparently has been released from prison (isn't it a little fast? This time she was paying for the crime of poisoning Diana, right?) and has no family and of course no nursing license. She offers Iggy a place to stay in her abandoned shack. (She seems to have found some squatter's quarters.) She cackles a lot and reveals her hideous teeth. At least she has teeth--unlike Pedro.

Diego is driving around looking for a place to hide. The phone rings, and it's Pancholon calling from the warehouse with the big fan. Good thing he called says Diego--he needs a place to hide. Didn't he already know where Pancho was? Duh.

Granny M and Lala lament more about the miscreant Suarez sons. But Lala doesn't have the heart to turn them in. Both sons are fugitives (profugos).

Max is in bed with Marcela again. She is babbling about having a baby. His mind is wandering to Dimwit again.

Fedora, Gaby, Diana, and Nancy discuss Diego. He used to be so nice, but then he changed. Even Nancy now admits she no longer loves him--not since Fedora threw him out of the house. Well, at least we know how that storyline resolves. I hope they find someone for her.

Diego is at the warehouse. Pancho says he should have killed Iggy. Diego wants to know if they are completely safe. Sure, Pancho says. He has Gaviota wrapped around his little finger. She's going to finance their escape to a new life. Diego doesn't want any part of it--not while Diana would be free to marry that "imbecil Irascible." Say it again, "imbecil Irascible." Remember, when Diego speaks, those two words always go together.
Pancho counsels him to forget Dimwit, but Iago--I mean Diego--wants her dead.

Gaby and Diana discuss Diana's poor appetite. Nancy's fried chicken made her sick. All food repulses her right now. Uh-oh. She is going to get fresh air.

Marfil and Camila plot about how Marfil will get Pedro and his money. Even Camila is surprised at this caper, but Marfil says she must throw scruples out the window when this much money is at stake. New vocab for Pedro: vejestorio--or very old person, dodderer.

Max tells Pedro that Marcela wants a baby. Pedro tells him to get her pregnant. Max says they are leaving for the other house as Marcela deserves to be happy.

Diana goes to the doctor for blood tests.

Fedora goes to her office, and Roddy is there trying to make up. This effort fails again, owing to his failure to see his daughter for the devil-doll that she is.

Caramelo goes to see Pancho at the warehouse to sign divorce papers. They have a bittersweet farewell. She says they are through. After she leaves, Diego asks how Pancho could have signed. Diego will never give Diana a divorce, never! Pancho, showing surprising wisdom, explains that he and Diego are different--Diego hates Diana but Pancho loves Caramelo, and he wants her to be happy, so he is willing to give her up. (There's another difference, too, I think--although Pancho started out as the bad brother, I think he has never killed anyone in cold blood, unlike Diego.)

Marcela now asks Max why she found a picture of Diana among his clothes (I guess she was packing for the move.) Max says that even though she is his wife, he doesn't want her searching his clothes.

The doctor gives Diana the results of her blood tests in the middle of the hospital corridor in front of the nurse's station. He says all her results are normal--but there's one thing he doesn't know how to tell her--she is pregnant. She confirms she suspected it. Is Max the father again? Didn't he just marry another woman? Yes. She asks him not to tell anyone. He promises to keep her confidence (except for having blabbed in front of the entire staff).

Emilio counsels Fedora not to lose Roddy because of pride.

Diana calls Gaby to tell her she's pregnant. Yes, it's from the one time Max forced her. Gee, Gaby says, you must be the most fertile girl in the world. Diana is joyous about the baby. No she wouldn't have an abortion. Diana asks Gaby not to tell Fedora the good news.

Now Gaby drifts into a reverie about Larry. How happy they were for a short time. If only he had left her with a baby.

Gaby's reverie is interrupted by the arrival of Chucky, who tells Gaby--the lagartija, or lizard--to leave her desk alone. Again we wonder why Sharon hadn't been fired before. Anyway, Gaby tells her the desk is hers again. Fedora comes in and finally fires Sharon's ass. A struggle ensues, and Emilio has to carry her out! But not before she taunts them about having ruined Fedora's marriage and stealing Larry.

Marfil and Pedro flirt. he says he has done nothing but think of her for two days. He sounds like a besotted nicompoop. There's something about his delivery that is fascinating.
She gives a smirky-faced head tilt (different from Dimwit glassy-eyed head tilt, as there is an indication of brain activity).

Diana tries to call Max about the baby, but Godmother intercepts the call. She says she will not permit any calls from Diana to Max. Then when she tries to tell Marcela about it, Max overhears. What call? he asks. Credits roll.

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