Caray, Caray!

Before we begin the evening's drama-fest, we have to get through the last bits of last night's drama: Julio's pleased with how well the fashion show went and he wants to take Arnaldo to dinner; Team Mauricio comes home and hears that the caterer has brought in a sample dinner; Mauricio clues us in that he wanted Diego out of the way during the wedding, but he didn't want him dead, and he didn't want bullets involved; Andres is pissy that Mauricio didn't entrust him with this job; Diego tells a sad, sad, Silvana that he's still in love with Azul (duh!) and he still intends to stop the wedding; Silvana asks whether she can have him if he doesn't manage to stop the wedding; Ceci advises Azul to talk to Mauricio if she has doubts about getting married.

Tía Inés' hospital room: GSD leaves Emilia a message to tell her he's staying with Inés tonight…and that he loves Emilia. Sure, right, but not as much as his cigarettes, I'll bet.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Ceci says if Azul is going to call it off, she'd better do it now and not at the altar. Ceci says that just because Azul's not going to be with Diego, that doesn't mean she has to marry Mauricio. Azul tells her to forget it and the go to eat dinner.

Backstage: Diego tells Silvana she's special and he doesn't want to hurt her and he can't make a promise he doesn't know if he can keep. Silvana says she's not looking for love, just hope. Diego points out that she tried with Flavio, but it didn't work out. Silvana says she knows she and Diego can work out since they, erm, worked out once before. Diego says he's going to try to get Azul back and "jugar el todo por el todo" ("bet everything", "be all in", etc.--Ooh, perhaps this will be idiom night!). If he loses, Silvana wants the chance to bet on Diego. All of a sudden, these people sound like they've been watching Celebrity Poker Showdown nonstop. He says if Azul marries Mauricio, he'll give Silvana a shot and he'll quit chasing after Azul. Wow. Wasn't that romantic. I guess sometimes desperation does work, huh?

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: The Caterer proposes a menu of pre-Hispanic cuisine, with a touch of Asian flavor. *pretension alert, pretension alert* Andres has already heard the warning bells and is flipping off The Caterer. The starter: Squash Blossom Mousse. Main dish: Red Snapper (she calls it "guachinango" which the dictionary translates as "slimy") with Sweet and Sour Sauce and Toasted Sesame Seeds. Dessert: hearts of sweet cheese on strawberry glaze ("espejo de fresas", literally meaning "mirror of strawberries") decorated with mint and chocolate shavings. Oh, and of course, the wedding cake, which is what Caty is interested in, seeing as how she's had dinner already and has been making faces throughout The Caterer's recitation (ok, to be fair, so have I). Azul likes that they're including seafood, since some people don't eat red meat, which she apparently only says so that Caty can chime in that her Dead!Mami didn't eat meat, remember Papa? Mauricio sends her to bed for that remark, and Caty begs for Azul to put her to bed, so she can show Azul her dress. Mauricio says he can't deny his little ladies anything. *gag*

Casa Moron: Mama and Papa come home to find Lidia lying on the couch. Papa brags about his new car and Lidia wonders where he got the money for it, which sets Papa off. Lidia says that Piero was going to give her a car, but she ran him off since she was supposed to act dignified. Papa says that doesn't include not accepting cars from Piero. Mama thinks Lidia done right. She also wants the divorce proceedings started, but Lidia won't hear it.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Caty asks if Azul's really going to marry her daddy. Wow, even the kid's picked up on Azul's wishy-washyness. Caty asks forgiveness for mentioning her Dead Mami and doesn't want Azul to be mad at her. Caty says she doesn't want to think about Dead Mami anymore because now Azul's going to be her Mami. *gag*

Casa Moron: Manuel's giving more Love Lessons, this time to Lidia. He tells her it's obvious Piero's getting the money from Lucia. Lidia agrees and says it's humiliating that Piero's sleeping with his ex. Papi's advice is that no one will know, and besides, she's got to squeeze everything out of Piero she can (ew, not like that) so that if he does go back to Lucia, Lidia won't be left empty-handed. Papi says she should put her pride aside and start asking Piero for presents. Okay, I know Manuel started out as an all-around jerk, but when did he become this creepy manipulative guy who pimps out his daughter?

Hospital: GSD reminisces about the first time he heard Inés play a concert. He says she looked so fragile and beautiful holding the instrument, but when she started playing she looked…Inés starts crying and he doesn't finish his sentence. Emilia knocks on the door and enters. GSD, who just a minute ago was waxing rhapsodic about Inés, tries to kiss Emilia hello, but she asks him for a word outside. They leave a weeping Inés. Emilia showed up to gripe GSD out for being the one to spend the night with Inés. She reminds him about why Inés tried to kill herself and says all this attention might be misinterpreted. GSD thinks that, as a therapist, she'd understand why he's spending all this time with Inés, but Emilia tells him that, as a therapist, it's a bad idea to give her all this attention and that she'll use it to keep him near her. GSD says Inés needs his support and he needs Emilia's understanding, especially now that he's going to bring Inés to his apartment to live with him for a few days. Emilia's "QUÉ" can probably be heard all the way out in the hospital parking lot. Emilia's convinced this is all a bid on Inés' part to get GSD all to herself. GSD points out that neither of his kids can do it since Azul's going to get married and Arnaldo's gay. GSD grabs Emilia and tells her she's the woman he loves (right in front of Inés window). Emilia needs time to think and runs off. GSD just now realizes he did that right in front of the window. Dude, GSD has a terminal case of stupidity.

Casa S&I&G: Silvana comes home to a lecture from Gloria the Drama Queen, who was sleeping on the couch, probably so that she would have more to complain about. Additional complaints include: smelling alcohol on Silvana's breath, Isela not being home yet like a "decent" woman would be, and sleeping on the couch like a visitor even though Isela's not even home yet. Silvana blows her off and says she's going to bed. Gloria chases after her, saying since Silvana gave Isela her bed, Gloria's willing to share hers with Silvana--but only because Silvana's her daughter.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Emilia comes over to tell Azul she's not coming to the wedding because she can't support Azul getting married out of pity…oh, and also because she's pissed off at GSD for moving Inés into his apartment. Hm, who's going to win the Drama Queen award for tonight after all?

Hospital: Inés clues GSD in to the fact that if she were still his girlfriend, she wouldn't want him shacking up with an ex either. Not that she knows where she'd go, but what she does know is that GSD and Emilia are together for good. Sounds like she did a lot of thinking during that coma.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Azul tells Emilia she no longer sees Inés as the woman who came between her parents, now she sees her as fragile and needing affection. Emilia's pissed that Inés is getting what she wanted with her emotional blackmail. Emilia's worried that Inés will take GSD's attention the wrong way. Azul tells her that her parents always fought and Emilia asks whether, if she doesn't make an effort to be understanding, she could lose GSD. Azul nods. I roll my eyes.

Casa S&I&G: Silvana and Gloria are sleeping (or trying to) in one of the beds in the bedroom. Gloria hogs the covers. I think we all could have guessed that. Silvana complains that Gloria didn't even ask why she was happy. Isela comes in just then and Silvana bounds onto the other bed to tell Isela her news: Diego said that if he can't stop the wedding, then he'll give Silvana a chance. Nope, doesn't sound any more romantic than it did last time. Isela looks all excited about it. Silvana takes it as a done deal that in less than 24 hours, Diego will be all hers.

Casa E&G: Diego has called a meeting of the Workingman's Mafia: Don Chucho, Efrain, and Gaspar. He's brought them together to help him bust up the wedding. The thought of the four of them as a crack team of wedding-busting commando's fills my cynical heart with glee. I wonder who's going to give whom a boost over the wall, or whether they'll try to sneak in as caterers. We cut to commercials. When we return, the older guys tell him he's nuts. Gaspar tells him that stealing the bride is romantic. Gaspar wants them to get Diego a horse, but Efrain tells him they need to be realistic. Efrain decides he'll help, but Diego needs to get his feet on the ground. Chucho says he should talk to Azul instead of busting up the wedding. Diego says he's tried. Chucho says if he's tried talking to her and she won't change her mind, then Diego needs to give up. Diego YELLS at Chucho that he won't let Azul marry a murderer. I've never actively disliked Diego, but yelling at Chucho-unforgivable! Efrain tells him to follow his own path and let Azul follow hers. Diego says this is necessary because he loves Azul and she loves him. Yes, but together the two of you are incredibly stupid, not to mention boring, and you would only make marginally beautiful babies, so really I'm not seeing the point.

Casa S&I&G: Isela's happy if Silvana's happy, but she wants to hear the whole story. Silvana wants to hear about Isela's date with Anibal. Isela suggests that since they have "mucha tela de donde cortar para hacer un bonito vestido de chisme" ("plenty of cloth to cut from to make a pretty dress of gossip"…I would say that's more like a metaphor than an idiom) they should do it over coffee. The go out into the other room, while Gloria pretends to be asleep…at least until they leave.

Workingman's Mafia headquarters: They have now moved on to looking at a diagram of the house. Diego is telling everyone where their positions will be. He tells Gaspar that his position was chosen based on not actually being invited to the wedding. Gaspar says he's only doing this so as not to miss seeing this romantic event. Chucho, ever the voice of reason, reminds Gaspar that Romeo and Juliet were romantic too, and look how they ended up--dead! Efrain crosses himself and hopes this won't end the same way. No way the viewing public could ever be so lucky.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Emilia finally takes her leave, so Azul can get some rest before the big heist…digo, the wedding. Azul begs Emilia to say she'll come to the wedding and take her mother's place. She wants GSD and Emilia to be her witnesses. Perhaps someone can fill me in as to how important the choosing of witnesses is? It sounds like it's maybe even more important than the role of best man/maid of honor, the way people fuss over it.

Hospital: Arnaldo came to see Inés, but Inés has left with Azul and GSD.

Graveyard: GSD, Azul, and Inés have come to pay Mami a visit. Azul asks for Mami to show her the path she should take. I'd give anything for Mami to return for the grave and give Azul a good hearty smack. Inés tells Mami that she's going to give Azul away in Mami's place. The way Azul turns her head to look at GSD and GSD won't look at her, I'm guessing she wasn't expecting this. Well, that and that she'd asked Emilia to do it the night before.

Wedding: I see Andres and Ceci are really enjoying being able to publicly display affection. Various guests enter, including Burgay, Piero and Lucia, some extras we've never met. We don't get a very good look at Caty's dress before Mauricio asks Chonita to take care of her (which always seems to be code for "get the kid out of the room"). Andres comes over to tell Mauricio to chill. Mauricio asks about the extra security that was supposed to be hired and Andres says he took care of everything. He does, however, want to know why he wasn't supposed to bring Jacinto. Mauricio says Jacinto has another job today. Andres is alarmed that Mauricio trusted something to one of Eva's men, but Mauricio reminds him, with a nasty laugh, that Boris trumps Eva.

Super Secret Virus Room: Jacinto tells Young Paul McCartney that he'll give him the signal for when to set off the bomb. He leaves the room to answer a call from Mauricio, who asks to be kept informed.

Wedding: Mauricio calls Boris, who asks if everything's ready. Mauricio says it is. Sounds like the plan is for Mauricio to do the blowing up before Ivan can get to it. Whichever one of them does it first (which may mean, whichever one of them actually kills Eva) wins. If it's Mauricio, he takes Eva's place; if it's Ivan, he takes Eva's place and Mauricio's "out". Boris doesn't like doing this on the wedding day, but Mauricio says it's the perfect alibi. They hang up and Mauricio gloats that he's going to be Boris' right hand and also married to the woman he (Mauricio) wants.

In the car: Inés tells Azul she's so happy to be here. GSD asks the chauffer what's up and the chauffer says someone's following them. And that someone would be Diego, who's driving fairly recklessly. GSD says they shouldn't tell the ladies.

Wedding: Gaspar is nervous and begs Chucho to go over the plan again. The plan is, if Diego fails, they grab Azul as she gets out of the car, to buy Diego more time. Gaspar says "Que Dios nos agarre confesados" ("May God take us after we've confessed" I don't know if this qualifies as an idiom either, but what he's referring to is being sin-free after one confesses, which would be a good time to meet one's Maker, should one ascribe to that set of beliefs--basically Gaspar's being a little melodramatic).

On the Road: Diego tries to overtake Azul's car and ends up blocking it so that the driver has to stop. He pulls on a ski mask, but gets taken down by the extra security guys. They're going to move the car so that Azul's car can go on. They shove Diego in the back of a black SUV. Score one for Mauricio.

Eva and Ivan are in another black SUV. Eva asks Ivan to stop the car and they pull over by the side of the road. Eva gets out and stands there crying and hoping that everything goes well. Ivan says it will, but Eva says this may be the last time they see each other. Ivan says after they fake her death, she'll never be able to contact him again or Boris will find out. Eva thanks him for her new life and Ivan tells her to be happy for them both. Eva cuts him off and says they should go. They get back in the car.

Wedding: Mauricio thinks Diego got to Azul, but Andres tells him the security guys got Diego and are wanting to know what to do with him. Mauricio tells Andres to have them take Diego to Cocoyoco (Mansión Malicia v 1.0) to share Eva's little surprise. Outside, Don Chucho and Gaspar notice that Azul's car is there, but there's no sign of Diego. GSD helps Azul out of the car and she goes inside. So much for grabbing her. Azul walks in with GSD and Inés. She tells Mauricio about the other car. GSD complains about how the roads are so unsafe. GSD walks Inés to a table and Caty starts sprinkling a flower path. Outside, Gaspar tells Don Chucho that Efrain said that some guys intercepted Diego. I guess Efrain was in the car behind Diego's so he could update Chucho and Gaspar? Chucho is alarmed. Efrain is trying to follow the guys, but has a crappier car than the one Diego was in, so he's having trouble keeping up. Gaspar's pretty freaked, but Chucho says to chill, he'll go tell Azul everything right now.

Anibal's office: Silvana has come to brag to Clemencia that if Diego can't bust up the wedding, Silvana is his consolation prize. What? That's what it amounts to. Clemencia's happy for her and they hug. But then Clemencia is alarmed about this talk of Diego busting up the wedding, and also alarmed that Diego didn't even tell her the wedding was today. She asks Silvana if Diego was planning something. Silvana says she was so happy about their deal that she didn't even think to ask Diego what he was planning. Doh!

Wedding: Emilia tells Azul she looks beautiful. She hasn't gotten around to telling Emilia she's been relieved from witness duty, but Mauricio rushes her off to start the ceremony. The judge asks for the rings as Azul looks like she's about to faint. Then he asks for the Groom's witnesses to stand on one side and the Bride's on the other. Emilia comes over to take GSD's other arm and Azul tells both women that she wants them to be her witnesses. So, does that mean GSD's been un-witnessed or what? Looks like Ceci and Andres are on Mauricio's side, unless Caty's allowed to be a witness. The photographers take a bunch of pictures.

Tomorrow: Will Azul actually sign the register? Will Eva get blown to bits? Tune in to (yet another) "decisive" episode and find out.

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