Caray, Caray!

Bits from last night: Arnaldo brings Inés back home; Ceci gossips at work and gets reprimanded by Julio; Burgay tells Julio that Eva's dead; Azul breaks it to Diego that Eva got him his job.

Beach: Diego doesn't believe it. Azul tells him that Eva also bought half the boutique for him, which sounds as ridiculous to him as it probably sounds to the rest of us (except we already know it's true--how this will work out now that she's dead remains to be seen). Azul taunts him with how he must have been with Eva for some reason other than love and Diego's response is to push her back and climb on top of her. (Dear Writers: Kidnapping? Being forcefully grabbed? Being pinned down? You might have gotten away with making that seem romantic a few decades ago, but now we call it "violence against women" and it's NOT a turn-on.) He says he was with Eva to find Abuelo and Paco's killer and get evidence against Mauricio. Azul says he's hurting her and he lets her up. Now a round of "Mauricio's evil", "No he's not".

Boutique: Julio can't believe Eva's dead. Burgay calls it a "work accident". I think Julio's more impactado that this could happen to a classy babe like Eva. That's only because he didn't see some of her stranger outfits. Burgay reminds Julio that the contract gives Diego 50% of the boutique. Burgay says Diego never has to know. In exchange Burgay wants money to keep quiet and he figures now that Julio's had his fashion show, he should have some. Hm, what's going to happen when Julio finds out that Arnaldo told Azul and Azul couldn't resist rubbing it in Diego's face?

Inés': Arnaldo and Inés start mourning Azul early. Somehow this all gives Inés a reason to live and to play the cello again.

Beach: Fifteen seconds of silence while Azul and Diego sit on opposite sides of the fire and make faces at each other. WOW! I wouldn't have thought either one of them could shut up for that long! Azul wants some kind of response from Diego. He says he's done so much for her (ummm, no, the kidnapping wasn't for her benefit, it was for yours) and all they've done is fight. Azul reminds him this wasn't her idea. Diego's pissed that she doesn't believe him, despite his lack of proof, and swears on his mother. He says he can't let her go back to Mauricio because she luuuurves him (Diego). He wants them to talk like two civilized people--because the first step to civilized conversation is kidnapping, as we all know. Azul says she's got doubts about him and he's got no proof of anything. Diego says they've been kept apart by misunderstandings. He thinks it's time to be honest with each other and end the mistrust and luuuurve each other. Azul says she understands wanting to start over. Diego says he wants to have a life with her. Kissy kissy. These two and their beach scenes don't hold a candle to Larry and Gaby on Acorralada. I never thought I'd miss that show, but I'm missing it now. After the commercial, they get vertical again and Azul says now they'll talk and clear everything up. Diego's grateful.

IHoP: Anibal comments to Isela that Clemencia's upset about Diego kidnapping Azul. And also that her husband's a jerk. Okay, I'm paraphrasing, but it's an accurate paraphrase. Isela's not too happy about the carrying and the giving Clemencia rides home, but since Anibal swears he only did it because Clemencia was feeling sick, she's ok with that. She's impactada about the cops being at the house, though. She says Diego needs to get his butt back home and get himself out of trouble. Anibal says he's causing trouble for a lot of people.

Piero's office: Manuel comes over to give Piero news, which Piero passes onto Mauricio via phone. The news is, Efrain lent Diego a car, but he probably has more information. Mauricio doesn't want to offer him money, he just wants to know where to find Efrain and he'll get the information himself.

Love (not!) Shack: Azul says she was convinced that Diego was seducing her on Eva's orders. Diego says he was sure that Azul knew that Andres had killed Abuelo and Paco and that she wanted to hang out with Mauricio anyway. 5ftLatina says these two are both losers and I wouldn't be sorry if the next time they went for a swim they were eaten by sharks (tiburones!). Azul says they've cleared up everything now. Diego says they can start over now. Azul cries that she's married now and that she wants to gather her own evidence. Diego says he wants to find out about the boutique thing. Azul says they have to go back, but Diego doesn't want to lose her now. Azul says she has to go back to Mauricio to get evidence, and also for Caty because now she thinks Caty's in danger. Kiss kiss. She says she won't be alone, Diego will be with her. Kiss kiss. Sharks? Please? Now? Okay, actually, I'm giving them their last chance. IF they stay together until the end of this show without breaking up again, then I'm on their side. Otherwise? Sharks, baby.

Casa S&I&G: The actress who plays Gloria is so fabulously awesome. She sits on the bed Ivan's not lying on and hikes her skirt before she starts talking to him. I cannot even begin to explain how fabulously hilarious I found it. Is no man safe from Gloria? Poor Ivan looks like he'd rather be dead. She flirts about her super-secret job where she learns things about men that even their wives would never suspect. Oh my…she's flashing a bit of belly there too, in addition to leg. Eventually Ivan calls her crazy and she calls him bitter and snits out of the room…but not before saying she'll give him her "hot line" number and see if she can't get him to smile that way. Hm, maybe Gloria will provide motivation for Ivan to heal quickly so he can get the hell out of there!

MM v 2.0: Mauricio's trying to tempt Caty to eat with a glass of chocolate milk and a sammich. This is one tough kid. Chocolate anything will usually tempt me. She refuses since Papi LIED about her new Mami being home soon. He promises she'll be back tomorrow. Caty says if he lets her die like he let her other Mami die, she'll NEVER forgive him. That's right, kid. Hit him where it hurts. Andres comes to collect Mauricio. Mauricio tells Caty he promised to bring Azul home and now he's going to go make that happen. Caty smiles at the food once he leaves. Now, that was a Moppet scene I didn't hate.

GSD's apartment: Emilia tells GSD that now that she's no longer Silvana's therapist she can give him her name. Uh, no, that's not how ethics works ma'am. GSD remembers that he saw Silvana at Mauricio's. Emilia explains that Silvana's pissed of because she didn't know Emilia and Azul were friends, and now she feels like Emilia betrayed her. Well, she kind of did, since she shouldn't have been her therapist in the first place. But, hey, this is Telenovelaland where we don't need no stinkin' ethics.

Casa S&I&G: Silvana looks at a picture of Nico and Caty and cries. Isela comes home and wants to know why she's crying. In the bedroom, Ivan has gotten his pants on (or, well, somebody's pants anyway) and is listening at the door. Silvana says that Caty's freaking out about Azul's disappearance because in her little mind, when someone gets taken away in a car, it's because "they're" going to do something bad to them. Silvana thinks this has something to do with Liliana and Nico's death. She tells Isela that her sister-in-law Emilia, who was her therapist, knows all her suspicions, and is Azul's best friend. Isela makes an "oops" face.

GSD's apartment: GSD tells Emilia this is happening because she can't separate the personal from the professional. Oh, that's so sweet--she sucks at it, he does it too well, maybe together they can find a nice middle ground. Emilia's feeling pretty guilty. GSD tries to nail down the timeline about who was in love with whom and when, but Emilia doesn't want to talk about it, except to say that Silvana wasn't "with" Diego at the same time Azul was falling in love with him. GSD asks about the accident with Nico and Emilia confirms that Nico was Caty's best friend. Then she complains that she didn't want to go into details. Then stop, already! GSD asks why she "least of all" wants to discuss it with him and she says it's because he's Azul's dad and she knows private stuff about Azul as well. She's afraid that Azul will lose respect for her the way Silvana did and she hopes Azul knows that she would never tell GSD private stuff about her. GSD proposes they have some whiskey. Because whiskey makes everything better.

Casa E&G: The scene I've been dreading since yesterday's promos has arrived. Efrain goes to answer the door and Mauricio pushes him into the house, onto the couch, grabs him by the throat and declares that he's going to tell them where Diego took Azul. There's no way this can end well.

Lust Shack: Diego says they can't go back until tomorrow, when he'll have a prayer of finding the car. And the cell phones are in the car. Kiss kiss. Diego pulls her outside so he can carry her over the threshold. He's grateful he got another chance with her and jokes that they're in the "Presidential Suite". I'm a little shaky on my history, but which president kidnapped someone else's wife? Back from commercial, Diego is trying to convince Azul that since they've straightened out all their misunderstandings, they ought to have sex now. At least that's what I think he's getting at. More drivel about how they luuuurve each other, but he's like "ok, then…." Azul says they can't because she's married to Mauricio. She's already done things badly and she wants to resolve their problems first and she'll "give [her]self" (entregarme) to him when she's a free woman. Excuse me while I get my eyes stuck in the back of my head from rolling them so much.

Casa E&G: Efrain's taking a beating from Mauricio while Andres holds his arms. And he'd better, because I bet Efrain could take Mauricio in a fair fight. Mauricio says if Efrain doesn't tell them where Diego took Azul, he'll end up in jail and also Gaspar will pay the price. Efrain begs them not to hurt Gaspar. Creeps.

Boutique: It's the end of the day, but Julio wants to talk to Chucho about Diego. Chucho says he wasn't at work because…well, he doesn't have a reason, but he thinks the important thing is that the work is getting done. Julio lets Chucho go on for a while, then he fires both Chucho and Diego. Julio says they can't stay after what Diego did to his partner's sister. He can't have a delinquent working there. "Rapto" means kidnapped, not what it sounds like. Chucho begs, more for Diego's job than for his. Julio tells him to forget it and pick up his stuff while Julio writes out his last check. Chucho, ever the gentleman, goes to collect his stuff. Julio is SO on my list. Firing Diego I would understand, but what's Chucho got to do with it? Ceci complains that Chucho is paying for what Diego did. Not that either she or Gaspar is attempting to get Julio to change his mind, I notice.

Presidential Suite: Azul sleeps while Diego watches her. He tells her she's beautiful and then does some Reiki on her before kissing her shoulder. Azul gets up for a second, but then drops her head back on the pillow.

Casa S&I&G: Ivan complains about being left with Gloria. Silvana tells him that Gloria wasn't any happier with it. Ivan mocks Gloria's job and her secret identity, which makes Silvana laugh. Ivan tells her she looks better that way and she gets serious again. He says he wanted to thank her for everything she's done and make her forget what she's been through for a little while. Ivan said he never would have thought her look was about her son dying. Silvana says he was listening to her and Isela and Ivan says he already knew from hearing Diego tell Azul. Silvana starts to leave the room, but Ivan grabs her hand (ouch!) and gets her to sit back down. He says they're alike now in that Silvana wants vengeance for Nico's death and he wants vengeance for Eva's.

Commercial for Pasión…coming soon!

Silvana tells Ivan they're not alike. Ivan tells her he knows lots about Mauricio that can help Silvana hurt him. They tomato/tomahto about justice/revenge. Ivan says it's all about bringing down Mauricio. He says she's right, he's no white dove, but he'd never kill a kid. Silvana says only another mother who's lost her child can comprehend what she's gone through. Ivan says Mauricio also killed her joy for life. Ivan says she's been alone in this. Silvana talks about her husband leaving her and then Emilia betraying her. Ivan says he'd never do that. She starts talking about the good things Diego did for her, but Ivan reminds her that Diego's not there. Ivan wants an alliance. Silvana refuses and walks out of the room.

Casa Moron: Manuel comes downstairs and Lidia asks how Clemencia is doing. Manuel accuses her of playing up the drama because her little boy is missing. Manuel thinks Diego's living it up. I hate to agree with Manuel, but I too hope that Diego feels really, really guilty about what his little abduction scheme has done to Mama, Efrain, and Chucho. Let's hope he doesn't have more to feel guilty about before the episode is over. Manuel brags to Lidia that he went to Piero so they could "echar de cabeza" (hand over the head; betray) Diego to Mauricio. Stupid greedy jerk. Even Lidia looks a little disgusted with him, or maybe that's just my imagination.

Outside Casa E&G: Gaspar and Chucho are walking and Gaspar says it's not fair that Chucho should have gotten fired since he "ni velo tiene en ese entierro" (doesn't even have a candle in this funeral; is innocent--for more fun phrases, don't forget to check out the Dichos post). Chucho says if Diego had been fired, he would have quit in protest anyway. Gaspar doesn't think Diego will come back and that he and Azul have found their own corner of paradise like Adam and Eve. They notice the door is open and unlocked, but they don't find Efrain inside. They're both alarmed.

Efrain is in the backseat of Mauricio's car. Andres is driving while Mauricio points a gun at Efrain. Efrain is getting directions to the cabin from his friend. He tells him that the guy he lent it to has a sick mom and he can't reach him on his cell phone. He writes down the directions, then gives the phone and the directions to Mauricio. Mauricio smarms about how easy it was to get his son out of trouble.

Presidential Suite: Diego sleeps on his chair while Azul watches. She's no Reiki master, though, she touches his hair and wakes him up. He begs her not to resist him…he luuuurves her, he needs her, etc. Azul says they've got to control themselves, not for Mauricio, but for them. Diego says he respects her wishes. Oh, sure, now he respects her wishes. They hug. Diego says he just wants to sleep with her, spoon a little, and wake up with her. Azul agrees.

MM v 2.0: Chonita tells Ceci that there's been no news and no one's home but the two of them and Caty. Chonita offers to fix Ceci dinner, but she turns down the offer. She says she's got to go to the casita and find a watch that her boss left while he was spending the night. Ceci snoops, looking for a key.

Presidential Suite: Diego says he wants to start imagining what their life will be like when all this is over. Azul says she's got to get proof of all his allegations on her own, and after that she'll divorce Mauricio. Diego says, "and then…" and pulls Azul to her feet as one of her boobs threatens to fall out of her dress. He puts the corset on her head and says after that they'll get married. She looks like a lingerie pilgrim. Then he stuffs the bikini bottoms he made her under the dress (to make a belly) and says after that they'll have kids. Kiss kiss.

MM v 2.0: Ceci finds the key she was looking for and hastily stuffs clothes back in a drawer. The key unlocks the top drawer of the chest she was looking in. Stupid place to hide the key, then. She looks through some papers and accidentally knocks a passport out of the drawer. Ceci says that Leonarda couldn't have gone "abroad" without her passport. Okay, I agree, but isn't there a possibility that at one time Leonarda thought she'd lost her passport and applied for a new one? Let's see if that's the excuse Andres and Mauricio come up with.

Car: Azul reminisces about kisses on the beach as Diego drives them back to DF. Diego says they're going to go to his house first because he's worried about his mom.

Mauricio's car: It sounds like they've been to the cabin and found bits of dress, so Mauricio believes Efrain was telling the truth, but he points the gun at Efrain again, demanding he tell them something useful. Mauricio's phone rings. It's someone telling him that Diego and Azul are back and have been cornered by the cops. Mauricio crazies about how Azul will be his again and Diego will rot in jail for life.

Tomorrow: Azul says she ran away voluntarily. Mauricio says "Get your hands off my wife!"

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