Caray, Caray!

I think I lost count of the episode #'s at one point, so if I'm off let me know!

Leftovers: Mauricio promises to make Azul and Diego suffer and gives his best Jack-Nicholson-in-The-Shining smile. Arnaldo asks GSD to lie about his whereabouts the night before. Tavo comforts Lidia about Clemencia's impending death (since she can't go more than a day without somebody upsetting her). Silvana has started using Lidia's hairdresser. Oh, and Gloria embarrassed her at Top Model school. Mauricio comes over to visit the Morans.

Casa Moran: Mauricio says that as much as he hates coming over when Clemencia's sick and all, he's come to ask for her help.

Ceci's place: The camerapeople are having a grand old time filming with various objects getting into the frame, like poles or shutters, or window frames. I guess it's supposed to be artistic, but I just think it looks weird. Anyway, in this shot there's a pole in the middle of the screen, while on the left, Azul tells Diego they've got to cut their lovefest short since Arnaldo's coming over. Azul says she feels guilty for meeting Diego like this, but Diego reminds her of how Mauricio tangled them in his web. Then they smush faces and talk about how much they want each other.

Casa Moran: Mauricio cries about how his woman done him wrong. Clemencia says she tried to talk to both Diego and Azul, but they won't stop seeing each other. She says she doesn't know what Azul is playing at, but she must have been in on the kidnapping plot or she wouldn't have defended Diego to the police. Mauricio's so upset, Clemencia hugs him. I can't tell if he's genuinely upset or not. I know it's all part of his evil plan, but except for the "poor me" part, he seems genuinely upset. Oh, wait, then he smiles. Apparently this is all part of his plan, but I'm not sure how Clemencia's sympathy is going to help him.

Julio's Boutique and Love Nest: Ceci whines to Julio about her headache, stomachache, etc. Julio's all "yeah, you've got a bad hangover, so what?" He sends her home, though, and says it's the "last" time. Then he gripes her out for being this way on her first day of Top Model school. He tells her to really think about what she wants to do with her life. He looks like he's sewing up a piece of bright red lacy lingerie. I didn't know that was part of the Julio Corso fall collection.

Casa G&I&S: Isela comes home, shouting for Gloria and asking how it went at "their" daughter's first day at Top Model school. Well, Isela, little Silvana played well with others, but Mami Gloria talks too much and doesn't follow rules. Isela bumps into the chest of drawers, which knocks over Gloria's purse. The card from that morning's flower delivery falls out and as Isela's picking everything up and laughing that she knows the truth about Gloria's "secret admirer" Gloria walks in and gets defensive.

Casa Moran: Clemencia apologizes to Mauricio on Diego's behalf. Clemencia says her son's a good boy who wouldn't be doing all this if it wasn't for Azul. Wasn't this the woman talking about equal rights a few months ago, and now she's going to blame it all on the woman instead of acknowledging that perhaps her own son has made some bad decisions? Mauricio slips in the idea that Diego was working for Eva's criminal organization (which he allegedly heard from Azul). Clemencia gets really upset now. Mauricio says Diego and Azul are committing a crime with what they're doing to him and that they know he's got an incurable illness. Clemencia's surprised to hear this. Mauricio says that just that afternoon, Diego and Azul got together, even knowing he's a walking dead man. Clemencia continues to comfort him. They both cry and Clemencia says Mauricio shouldn't put up with this humiliation. Mauricio says he's doing it for his daughter, so she won't be without a mother again. He says Clemencia knows what one is capable of when it comes to one's children. He can't forgive Azul for telling his daughter she'd be a mother to her. Clemencia says the best thing would be for Azul not to be anyone's mother because she'd have to be downright evil to behave the way she's been behaving. She advises Mauricio to get Azul away from him the way she's going to get Diego away from her. Clemencia's having a hard time breathing and keeps clutching her chest. Mauricio apologizes for upsetting her, but he says he's got one more favor to ask.

Emilia's: While Caty plays over in a corner, GSD sits across from Emilia at her desk rejoicing in Arnaldo's apparent team-switching. Emilia tries to explain that he shouldn't be so happy--some gay men sleep with women for years, but it doesn't mean they're not gay. GSD is confused, but Emilia tells him to let Arnaldo live his life and quit paying so much attention to who he's sleeping with. For a smart guy, GSD's pretty stupid sometimes.

Outside Casa Moran: Silvana runs into Mauricio as he's leaving. He says Clemencia asked him to come over, but Silvana's not buying it and reminds Mauricio that Clemencia's not well. Mauricio says he doesn't owe Silvana any explanations and then leaves.

Casa Ceci: Arnaldo tells Azul he's made the worst mistake of his life. He fills her in on the events of the night before, saying that he can't remember anything and they had a lot to drink. He feels terrible, since he's not into girls, and he figures being drunk is the only way he could have been with one. Ceci walks in and they all look awkwardly at each other.

Casa Moran: Clemencia, Silvana, and Lidia are conferencing. Lidia's saying "I told you so," that she knew Azul was a gold-digger, who only wanted Mauricio for her "gastos" and Diego for her "gustos" (gastos=expenses; gustos=desires). Takes one to know one, eh? Clemencia's convinced Azul must have done something to turn Diego into a "titere" in her hands (a puppet). Silvana tells Clemencia not to be so hard on Diego, but don't worry, Clemencia's convinced it's all Azul's fault. Clemencia can't imagine how Diego ever got interested in Azul, since he had Silvana at his side. Silvana smiles smugly (say that 10 times). When we come back from commercials, Silvana encourages Clemencia to talk to Diego and find out his reasons for doing what he's doing. Clemencia brings up how horrible it is to do this to a dying man, which is news to Silvana.

Mauricio's office: Mauricio congratulates himself on getting Clemencia on his side. Andres doubts that even her tears will separate Diego from Azul, but that wasn't really Mauricio's plan. He was hoping the news would give Clemencia a heart attack and kill her. Unfortunately, Clemencia wasn't completely surprised, so her death may have to come on more slowly. He says Andres is responsible for phase 2 of his plan and starts giving him instructions. Oh, no, he's already a tialoving abuelokiller, let's not turn him into a mamikiller as well!

Casa E&G: Ivan's doing better. His guy in Prague came back to Mexico with an envelope of papers from Eva for Ivan. He's going to make Mauricio think he's leaving, but he's actually planning to stick around and keep an eye on Mauricio. Diego says they need to be careful because Azul is starting to find stuff out and he doesn't want her at risk. Part of the info the guy from Prague brought back includes a letter for Diego and instructions on where/how to get the money Eva had been saving up for them. Diego won't take it, though. Ivan reminds him of all the money he owes. But Diego doesn't want to piss off Azul by accepting it. Efrain tells Ivan that Diego's like that--he won't even take the half of the boutique, he's only accepting a regular salary. Diego says when he's earned it, he'll take it, but not before. He says he sent the other money to the orphanage where Eva and Ivan grew up, since that was the closest thing Eva had to family. Ivan looks at him like he's an idiot. I was waiting for him to say that Eva's story about growing up in an orphanage was a complete lie, but he didn't.

Casa Ceci: Arnaldo and Ceci are fighting about whose fault it is. Azul plays mediator and says it's both their fault and the world's not going to end over it. Then they fight about whether or not Arnaldo wanted it and Azul tells them to shut up again. She says they've got to remember what happened and tries to leave so they can talk it out, but Arnaldo says he doesn't want to be left alone with Ceci. Then they start bickering about which one of them had the worse time.

Casa Moran: Clemencia's rocking a turquoise robe and nightie (see, someone around here knows about fashionable sleepwear). Unfortunately, I don't know that it's appropriate attire when you've summoned your son in to reprimand him. Diego comes in, completely unaware of how pissed off Clemencia is, and her response to him asking how she's doing is to slap him across the face. She says she doesn't recognize him as her son and if he keeps seeing Azul, she doesn't want to see him again.

Mauricio's office: Jacinto calls Mauricio to tell him Azul is on her way. Mauricio starts yelling, for Azul's benefit, that Andres can't imagine how he felt when Clemencia called him over to tell him that Azul's cheating on him with Diego. Azul overhears, just like she was supposed to and stands out in the hallway, breathing hard. Back from commercial, Azul further overhears that Mauricio told Clemencia that he trusts Azul and she would never do something like that to him. Azul keeps standing there, looking around and not doing anything.

Casa Moran: Clemencia's said all she has to say. Diego's cell phone starts ringing, but he says it's more important for him to talk to her. He says he can't choose between his mom and the woman he loves. Clemencia says she's not going to talk this over with a stranger, and that's what he's become to her. Her Diego would never have done this to her. The cell phone keeps ringing.

Mauricio's office: Azul's standing there, begging Diego to answer. She starts to leave him a message saying that Mauricio already knows they saw each other and right then, Mauricio comes up behind her and grabs her arm. He yells at her about calling her lover already after she'd just seen him a few hours ago and drags her into his office. He tells Andres to get out.

Casa Ceci: Ceci lies in bed with an ice pack on her head while Arnaldo paces and tries to remember what happened. He remembers Ceci offering him a cocktail she called a "Chiquitibomba Cecilia". Cecilia is astounded that she made him one. She says the Chiqitibomba is her personal aphrodisiac and she only makes it when she wants to seduce someone. Arnaldo says she's got no scruples and she planned this seduction! Ceci says she was just drunk or she never would have used her best weapon on him. Arnaldo calls her a damned witch and Ceci agrees…her potions work even against the odds! Arnaldo pushes her to remember what happened after the Chiqitibomba, but with her headache and Arnaldo yelling at her, she can't and lies back down with the ice pack. Okay, mixologists, what would be in a Chiqitibomba? I tried a Google search for a literal translation of the word, but found nothing. I'm fighting the temptation to change all my screen names to Chiquitibomba. Go on, say it out loud, it's fun.

Casa Moran: Clemencia says she never would have gotten involved in Diego and Azul's relationship, but she found out that Mauricio's dying. Diego sits her down and asks how she found out. Clemencia can't believe Diego already knew. She mentions Mauricio and Diego's pissed that Mauricio talked to Clemencia. He starts to say it's not what she thinks, but she cuts him off and points out that neither Diego nor Azul seems to have any problem doing this to a dying man. Diego says Mauricio is dying, but first he's going to pay for everything he's done.

Mauricio's office: Mauricio yells at Azul about how he wishes he'd never found this out from Clemencia and asks how Azul could do this to him. Azul swears she didn't want to hurt him, but there were circumstances. He keeps yelling "Why?" and Caty wanders in and gets between them. Azul has to tell him to stop because Caty's there and she's getting upset. Caty's crying and she tells Mauricio to leave Azul alone and then (I think) tells him she doesn't want him to come back.

Casa Moran: Diego tells Clemencia that Mauricio's done a lot of bad things and he has to pay. Clemencia says even if he has, it's not Diego's place to make him pay. Diego says it is his place because of all the principles Clemencia taught him. Clemencia wants Diego to tell her once and for all, what it is Mauricio's done and what proof he has. Diego says he can't tell her anything right now or he'd be putting her at risk. Clemencia says that in that case, she can't believe him, and if he wants to keep carrying on with Azul, she doesn't want to see him again. Her principles tell her that what he's doing is bad and she can't support him. She thought Diego was setting an example even she could follow, but then he disappointed her. Diego says if she doesn't want to see him again, then he'll go away. Oh just flippin' tell her already! Enough with the manufactured drama!

Casa Ceci: Ceci still can't remember anything. Arnaldo says if she ever does remember, she should call him and tell him. Arnaldo says they can't hang out anymore since he doesn't think they can look each other in the eyes again. Ceci reminds him that they're friends, but Arnaldo says they "were" friends, because after what happened…. There's some more talk about how they didn't think and that even though it wasn't a big deal for Ceci, it was for Arnaldo, then he leaves and Ceci runs after him, a glycerin tear of pure dolor running down one cheek. Awwwwwwww.

Casa Moran: Lidia wonders what's going on. Diego tells her that Clemencia doesn't want to see him again because of what Mauricio told her. Lidia starts to take Clemencia's side, but Diego tells her when the truth comes out, they'll all understand. Lidia says in the meantime, what's going to happen to Clemencia? Diego asks her to look after Clemencia and if anything happens, to call him. Lidia cries on Diego's shoulder.

Casa Ceci: Arnaldo's standing by the front door as Ceci asks him again not to leave. As he opens the door, Andres walks in and asks what Arnaldo's doing there at that hour. Arnaldo says he was just leaving. Andres demands an explanation from Ceci.

Mansión Malicia, Caty's bedroom: Caty tells Azul she doesn't want her to die like her other Mami did. She keeps saying it over and over again as Azul tries to console her. Maurico, rather roughly, tells her to stop saying that. Chonita escorts a doctor in and he asks to speak to Caty alone. Azul and Mauricio leave the room as Caty keeps droning on about how she doesn't want Azul to die. Was this all part of Mauricio's plan? Cause if it is, he's way more heartless than I'd previously given him credit for.

Casa Ceci: Andres is grumpy because Ceci had Arnaldo over even though she keeps saying she feels bad. Ceci's like, "you can't be jealous of Arnaldo!" He says he knows Arnaldo's gay and nothing is going to happen between them. Ceci hides under her ice pack.

Casa Moran: Lidia tries to calm Clemencia down, but she's weeping over Diego. She says she's lost her son, and all because of Azul.

MM v 2.0: Mauricio blames Azul for Caty being upset and Azul says it was his fault. She insists that she hasn't slept with Diego, but says she's sorry she hurt him. He keeps holding it over her head that he "loves" her and look how he gets repaid. Blah, blah, blah, the wedding, the lack of sex, Mauricio's impending death, etc. Azul finally says this isn't going to work out. They've got to think of Caty and if she stays in the house, it's only for Caty's sake. Mauricio tells her not to make that sacrifice and to leave. Oh, but before she goes, she should know that she's got the same fatal illness! Azul tries and fails to look properly surprised or concerned. She mostly looks confused.

Tomorrow: Mauricio tells GSD that Azul knows she's sick. Clemencia either passes out again or dies. Mauricio taunts Azul some more about her impending doom. Diego declares his undying love for Azul to GSD, who isn't interested.

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