Caray, Caray!

Sofia orders Frankie to miss the cocktail party. He sarcastically says "I will obey, Your Majesty," but then mutters: "I'm the one who gives the orders around here."

Isa yells at Rod: "I'm your wife, like it or not, and should be by your side when your new tequila is inaugurated." "How soon they forget - you opposed this project from the start!"

Gav remembers Rod saying "Your kisses are my delirium."

Pilar tells Daniela about her meeting with Gaviota. "She was respectable and honest, I liked her. She said she was just trying to avoid a scene." Daniela thanks Pilar who says, "I'm going along for Avalleneda's sake, not hers. Still, deep down I've always dadmired her - except for her lies and her low-class past." "All her lies were told for Rod's sake." Pilar says she looked into Gaviota's eyes and saw that her love for Rodrigo is real.

Clarita is especially feeble-minded throughout tonight's episode. She pouts over Gaviota's having taken a meeting with Pilar, says, "Life is going by and you're alone, my dear," and offers the chocolates brought by Hilario. Gav is interested to hear Hilario will be in Manzanilla filming a toothpaste commercial - she and Dr. Blondie will be there too - followed by a stop at the hacienda. Clarita suggests she could chaperone the trip to assuage Rodrigo's XXL jealousies and reminds us: "Jealousy causes misfortunes."

SanJuana continues with her nuanced campaign to win back Hilario's affections - which is to say, she constantly thrusts her breasts into his face and breaths down his nostrils. [If she doesn't watch out, she will turn out to be Nidia.] She reminds him: "You asked me to marry you!" "You turned me down flat!" She drinks and says, "I've changed," he says he doesn't believe her.

"Have you got another woman?" "I've got lots of them! There's nothing left of that browbeaten ranchero." It's late, he tells the maid to go home. He and his randy houseguest watch tv and drink and though he says SanJuana must leave next day, eventually he yields. They have at it.

Bruno, Aaron, and Rodrigo all refuse their wives' demands that they boycott the cocktail party. It's important business for them. In retaliation, Minerva says she'll go on another trip. "Remember my trip to the Greek Isles, my trip around the world?" Aaron laughs and asks where she'll hide this time, or if she'll visit her aunt again.

Pammie aka Rubberlips is still going on and on about the USB full of Aaron's dirty business doings. Her mom says she'll be too busy to go to the cocktail party; Pammie starts thinking she'll accompany her father instead - probably Aaron will be there!

Rod is dressing up very nicely - Isa in her silken shorties, toting Rickie, mocks him - "You're preening for Gaviota, aren't you!? You'll see her tonight. Rickie, say goodbye to your father, look at him for the last time." "Your blackmail doesn't move me any more." Isa remarks on how Dr. Blondie is hitting on Gaviota. "You were first, Aaron second, who knows how many more, now Dr. Blondie is ninth or tenth? She's a real professional." As usual, unfortunately, this talk gets Rod's limited attention.

Gav is all dressed up, Clarita whines and practically sucks her thumb as she looks up from under her eyebrows and wheedles that she wants to come to the cocktail party. Gav says it's business; Clarita guilt-trips her about being embarrassed by her mother; Gav denies it and invites her. Oy! "But ma - don't jump up and down - behave well and don't get drunk."

Daniela calls Dr. Tejeiros (he of the turkey baster) and makes an appointment. She wants to find out if Isa really was inseminated with Rod's sperm. Frankie overhears and, repeating the odd call to Sofia, finds out this was Isa's doctor.

Aaron is on the phone to Oñate, loudly telling him to procure falsified export licenses, when his daddy Bruno appears. He tells his dad he's found a cheap new distiller. "Who?" "I can't tell, you and I are competitors now." Now Rod appears. Aaron tells him the $5 million is paid off. "It isn't false?" Rod asks. They all admit they're going to the cocktail party despite the wives' heavy pressure. Aaron teases that he's looking forward to seeing Mariana again. "Don't let's do what we'll regret later," Rod warns.

The witch wives have gathered at Isa's place. Fedra's new plan is to call those tequila wives who received invitations to the event and convince them not to go; she is convinced that strong bonds have resulted from her twenty-some years of attending these meetings.

The phone rings; Isa gets Frankie's heads-up about the turkey-baster doctor (Frankie then lies to Sofia, saying he's having dinner with his cousin). Isa calls Tejeiros and begs him to do something. He says continuing with this farce will land him in jail. "I'll pay you, the same amount as last time. Just cancel that meeting with Daniela... this is the last time I'll ask you for a favor..."

Ofelia is cooking when Roman comes in complaining: SanJuana is gone and took her bags. "Good riddance!" "But how could she leave without telling us?" "That's her ill manners, are you surprised?" Seeing as how SanJuana never did a lick of work, her services will not be missed. "She must have left for some man, I pity him once she has her talons in him..."

Speak of the devil, SanJuana brings Hilario breakfast in bed, his head is splitting from a hangover, he compliments her food, it's almost as good as mom's, she strokes him, it's looking bad but hurrah, the phone rings! It's his agent Casandra, he's almost gonna miss his plane to go shoot the toothpaste commercial. He brusquely brushes SanJuana off: "I have my life and there's no place in it for you." "Well, I'm not leaving."

Working round the clock with teams of experts, Gaviota has managed to get scores of couches covered with plastic wrap and fake flower arrangements, she dusts the tables. Dr. Blondie asks her for water: "I don't have any coffee!!!" Nancy says she's never seen him this hysterical.

Rod calls, all jealous as usual. While he's on the phone, Dr. Blondie, who has been pacing like a crazy person shouting and shouting, shouts even louder! "GAVIOTAAAAA!!" Only Rod is allowed to shout like this, thinks Rod! "Gaviota, pass the phone to that neurotic!"

Rod's shouting at one of her ears through the telephone, Dr. Blondie is shouting into the other. Rod's threat: "If he shouts at you tonight, I'll break his face!"

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