Caray, Caray!

Leftovers from last night: It's all Andres' fault for being a tialoving abuelokiller. Arnaldo starts to tell Julio about the family meeting with Azul (and not, as feared, about the one-night-stand with Ceci). Diego and Azul move into my first apartment, except that I didn't have a bed and the walls were dark green. Azul declares that all she needs is the air that she breathes…and to love Diego. Kiss, kiss.

Tonight we bring you the first installment of a new home improvement show, "Help! My Apartment Only Has a Bed!": Diego presents his decorating plans. They include presenting designs at Julio's next show and making lots of money. Azul approves the plan. She never wants this to end; neither does Diego. She calls it their little love nest. Diego wants only happiness in the house, the sound of happy Azul and the pitter patter of an army of little feet (and while he can cook and sew, I think the act of giving birth is beyond him). They decide to go out shopping in the 'hood for some more stuff for the house. Kiss, kiss, love you. I swear, these two are kissing for every little thing lately. Diego's mom might not last through the night--Kiss, kiss. Nope, she made it--kiss, kiss. Manuel and Lidia are rude to Azul--kiss, kiss. Azul decides to face her family alone--kiss, kiss.

Casa S&I&G: Gloria comes home to spread the gossip about Azul and Diego living together.

Inés' house: She's trying to come on to GSD as a thank-you for the ride home. He tries to let her down gently and she tries to guilt-trip him about being alone. He tells her to call Arnaldo if she needs anything, because he'll be locked in the lab. Inés once again dangles the carrot of keeping him informed of any further developments about Arnaldo's union membership. That would be "union local 696, the federation of GAY boutique salesmen, chefs, waiters and sommeliers" (TM Margaret). Remember to always look for the union label.






Casa S&I&G: Gloria doesn't think Azul can handle living poor. Silvana intends to help them, because when you love someone you want to see them happy. Gloria's really shocked that Silvana isn't going to keep fighting for Diego. She's astounded by Silvana's generosity and says she's proud to be Silvana's mom…wow, that's the most maternal she's ever been! Silvana's generous enough to say that she must have gotten her good qualities from Gloria.

Boutique: Arnaldo tells Ceci he saved them from Ceci sticking her foot in her mouth. He says they should forget the whole thing and Ceci asks how they can forget something she can't even remember (*snort*). Ceci tells him he sounds just like every other guy who has a one night stand and then tries to act like it's all her fault. Arnaldo says it is. Ceci says all guys act the same and don't care about feelings, even the gay guys…ooh, burn. Ceci cries that she misses her friend, especially now that she's going to lose Azul. She walks off. Arnaldo feels bad, but does nothing.

GSD's car (ugh, it's got to smell rank in there with all the smoking!): Emilia says that now Inés knows that finding the cure is GSD's first concern (yeah, right, which is why he's been working so hard on it lately). They talk about not knowing for sure which guy would be better for Azul.

Mauricio's Office: A Licenciado Aleman comes to visit Mauricio to tell him Azul doesn't want to see him anymore. He's come to "tramitar el divorcio" (to start divorce proceedings). Mauricio takes this as well as you'd expect. Aleman says she's asking for the divorce based on the recent accusation of murder against him. Mauricio quickly points out that she's the one who made the accusation. He tells Aleman that if Azul wants a divorce, she's going to have to ask for it herself.

D&A's new 'hood: Diego and Azul are walking around. Diego drapes a lace shawl over her head, hands her a bunch of flowers, and asks her to marry him under "God's law" (as opposed to the way she married Mauricio, under "man's law"). Kiss, kiss (good thing it's not a drinking game!). He leads her over to a church, where they leave their shopping bags outside the plaza. The Ave Maria starts as they walk towards the church. Yeah, that's classy, with Azul in her t-shirt, rolled up jeans, heels, and a lace shawl over her head. They enter the church (well, cathedral, I might say, as it's pretty big and has a fairly high ceiling). Things get pretty cursi as they kneel and start talking to God out loud. They both ask for forgiveness for the stupid, stupid things they've done. Thankfully they didn't list them all, or we'd be here for days. They each accept the other as spouse and do a short version of the traditional vows. Azul's voice cracks when she gets to the "death do us part" part. Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.

Boutique: Ceci's taking accessories out of plastic bags and arranging them on a table when Julio comes up. He asks her, now that Arnaldo's not around to hear it, what effect Diego and Azul moving in together will have on Diego working there. Ceci says she doesn't think they moved that far away and Diego will still be coming to work. Speaking of work, she asks Julio if he's going to keep paying for her classes. He will, because Silvana called and apologized and asked for another chance, so he's going to give them both one. For a minute there, I thought he was going to tell her that Santa Silvana begged for him to keep paying for Ceci's classes. He says it's the last time! What's funnier? Him saying that, or Ceci saying "may lightning strike me if I miss again."

Clemencia's hospital room: Manuel and Lidia came to check on Clemencia before they go get some real food (Manuel tries to score points by pointing out that they only had hospital coffee and food from the vending machine for breakfast). Clemencia is doing better as the day goes on. She tells them to go get food and to thank Tavo for the flowers. Manuel starts to gripe about Tavo having ulterior motives for being nice; then after Clemencia mentions the card, he starts in on Anibal. If I didn't know better, I'd think he was trying to rile her up so she'll have another heart attack.

Anibal's office: Anibal picks up a picture of Clemencia and the kids. Why can't they manage to get some pictures that don't look like they were shot as promotional material for the show? He tells the picture he misses Clemencia, but only because he always misses a good secretary. He flashes back to Isela telling him that she's always been considered second best to Clemencia by both Manuel and Anibal. He puts the picture back.

The Little Love Nest: They've picked up some crates for a dining room table and chairs, and Diego is now fussing with throws and pillows to make it look…uh, better? Azul reminds him they're missing her tiny little bouquet of flowers that she's placed in a drinking glass. Diego says they also need the plates and says he's hungry. He hands Azul a plaque that says "Welcome to the home of the Moran Toscano family." Azul gets dizzy from all the excitement and drops the plaque, then gets upset about it. Diego says they'll just replace it later and realizes she hasn't eaten all day and is probably hungry. Good thing GSD's not around or he'd start complaining about how Diego's not taking good care of Azul. 'Cause we all know she's certainly not capable of feeding herself. Diego rushes to get her a glass of water as Azul tries to take deep breaths and calm down. From her POV we see that her vision's getting blurry, but then it clears. He asks what's wrong and she starts crying and says it's good to see him. Oh, for...pfft!

Tavo takes Lidia and Manuel to lunch: He's brought them to what looks like a lunch counter in a grocery store. He says it's great food, but Manuel and Lidia turn their noses up at it. There's an insulting play on words when Tavo says they serve gorditas there and Lidia points out the two plus-size women already sitting and eating. Gorditas literally means "little fat girls." Culinarily, I've had two versions--one is a tamale with no filling, the other is a flattened round of fried masa. Either way, they're not health food. Gordita jokes are quite popular among my male relatives at tamale-making time --"Where are the gorditas? They're all sitting around in the kitchen…jajaja." "Don't eat too many gorditas or you'll get gordita!"--clever, huh? It is possible to use "gordita" as a term of endearment, but like many of the quasi-insulting ones, you do this at your own risk. End tangent. Lidia and Manuel walk out and Tavo watches--whether in confusion or exasperation, I'm not sure.

Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Mauricio informs GSD that Azul has asked for a divorce and Azul and Diego accused him of murder. Mauricio says he's not going to defend himself because he's innocent, and everyone will know soon enough. GSD looks…impactado? Confused? Guilty?

Mercado: Lidia tells Manuel he didn't have to be so rude to Tavo. Manuel says she picked a great guy to get Piero jealous--he can only afford to take her to eat at a "mercado de garnachas" (garnachas=street food; mercado=market, mall, etc.). Lidia says at least Tavo's genuine and gives a crap about Clemencia…unlike Piero. Manuel makes a face like he thinks Lidia might be on to something there.

The Little Love Nest: While Azul and Diego eat, Diego talks about wanting to continue with the online courses so he can learn to be a better designer. The only problem is, he doesn't have a computer…oh, but Azul does, just that she's not an expert. Diego wants to be the bestest designer he can be. Azul says he's like the milkman in the story about the cow--he wants to spend the money even before he's got it. Anyone have any insight into that? Diego says he's so excited, he wants to do everything for her. Azul says ditto. She's going to finish her thesis and actually be able to work. Kiss, kiss.

MM v 2.0: GSD apologizes to Mauricio, but denies that he had any prior knowledge. Mauricio comes close to insulting Azul for running off with Diego, but GSD isn't going to let him get away with that. He says he's sorry for what she did, but what's to be done? She's an adult, you can't keep her from doing what she wants. Mauricio says he's sent his men out. GSD's like, good luck, my daughter's stubborn. Mauricio says he only wants to know where she is in case she needs medical attention. GSD says in that case he'll help. He says if he finds anything out, he'll let Mauricio know ASAP. Mauricio claims that he's going to give her a divorce, as long as she comes to talk to him in person. GSD tells him that Azul doesn't want to see him….oops, that is, he would imagine she doesn't want to see him, er, Diego will probably forbid it. Mauricio maybe didn't catch on. He's just keeps saying that he only wants to see her face-to-face to ask her why. GSD says he thinks he's close to finding the cure. Blah, blah, scientific BS. Mauricio says that he's got a new lab for GSD. GSD looks kind of nervous, like maybe he's starting to realize that Mauricio's kind of nuts and Azul and Diego might be right.

Boutique: Andres comes to find Ceci and ask her if she knows where Azul is. He tells her poor little Caty is upset. Andres really plays up the Caty angle. He mentions that Azul accused Mauricio of murder and Ceci plays dumb. She says they can't talk right now because she's in trouble with Julio…for messing up the sizes on an order. She says he can come pick her up at the end of the day and take her to go see Caty.

MM v 2.0, Caty's room: She's looking pretty bad, with dark circles under her eyes, and according to Chonita, she hasn't left her room all day, hasn't eaten anything, and won't brush her teeth. Mauricio asks what's up, which, DUH! Caty says she'll do everything, but she wants Azul to help. She doesn't believe Mauricio saying that Azul left and isn't coming back, she thinks he's saying it to punish her for being bad. Mauricio gets really scary crazy and says it's all her fault because she wouldn't shut up about her Mami. He grabs her arm and starts shaking her and repeating "I warned you!" Ceci and Andres bust in and pull them apart. Ceci tries to calm Caty down and asks the guys to leave her alone with Caty. Before they can leave, Caty asks Ceci where Azul is, but Ceci says she doesn't know. Now they leave.

Little Love Nest: Lots of giggling as Diego leads Azul into the bedroom with his hands over her eyes. Mr 5ft asks if they're behaving like newlyweds, but I wouldn't dignify their behavior by calling it that. Sorry, I know this is the outcome we were all supposed to be rooting for, but the writers really screwed some things up, so mostly I'm just trying not to hurl with all the kissy kissy scenes. They're no longer hot, they're just gross. Diego shows Azul their new bathtub, which he's paying for in installments. He has, of course, drawn a bubble bath and put rose petals in it. Azul mocks him for buying a bathtub before a dining table and chairs. More kissy kissy and a bad joke about making more use of the tub. As they get hot and heavy, Diego pulls Azul's shirt down in the back and we see that she's got some red spots on her shoulder. The sound guy would like you to know that this is very serious, because he's playing the "Impactada!" music.

MM v 2.0, Caty's room: Ceci tells Caty that Azul's sick and that's why she can't come. And they can't see her because she's in a special hospital. And only adults can visit. But Caty can see her after she gets better. Ceci gives Caty a necklace and says that it's from Azul and that Azul's mom gave it to her when she was Caty's age. It's of the Virgen de Guadalupe, cause if there's one thing Caty needs, it's a mother. Caty says she'll never take it off so she can have Azul with her always. Ceci tells her to pray that Azul will get better and she obliges.

Little Love Nest: We go from this to a bathtub scene. See, this is what's making it difficult--we have a poor innocent moppet suffering while Azul and Diego are living it up. In and of itself, this isn't their fault, but if they hadn't made so many bad choices along the way things wouldn't be happening like this. We're treated to another look at the spots on Azul's back and with the lighting, it looks like they're open sores. She's bathing alone, so no kissy kissy this time. Diego's contenting himself with watching. He tells her to get out of the tub now before she gets wrinkly. When he wraps the towel around her, she says ouch and says the towel much have scratched her because it's new. She won't let him see her back, though, and pushes him out of the room so she can look in the mirror.

Lab: GSD tells Emilia that he told Mauricio he'd help him find Azul. He says he doesn't trust him, but he needs his support for the research, so he pretended to be on Mauricio's side. GSD thinks Mauricio looked afraid. GSD intends to keep working at the university lab without Mauricio knowing and he's not going to give him all the information. He's less sure now about what Mauricio wants to use the information for. Emilia asks if GSD thinks that Mauricio wouldn't share the cure. No answer, but I'll bet that is what he's thinking.

LLN: Azul finds the sores on her back and is grossed out. Not as grossed out as I am at all the kissy scenes, but grossed out enough. It's hard to see if they're bleeding with the dim lighting. The makeup effects people on this show need to win some sort of award. Azul cries and remembers what GSD said about the symptoms she could expect. I'm thinking this falls under the category of "infections and skin diseases." Azul asks God what she's going to do, but no answer is forthcoming. Diego, from outside, says this isn't fun anymore and he's coming back in. Dude, you're not the only one not having fun. He asks what happened and asks "What's that?" because there's blood on the towel (that answers my previous question). Azul says she had an accident and Diego brushes it off with "oh, women," (whatever the hell he means by that…he's not stupid enough to think? No, never mind, he probably is that stupid). He hands Azul the phone so she can talk to Ceci and leaves. Ceci called to tell her that she's taken care of Caty and she's got to tell Azul something she overheard Andres and Mauricio talking about. Azul says they'll make a plan to meet, but Ceci's got to hang up before Mauricio catches her.

Mauricio's office: Andres doesn't believe that GSD doesn't know where Azul is. He says Ceci seems to be hiding something too. Mauricio says to do whatever it takes to get the information out of Ceci.

LLN: Diego's waiting under the covers for Azul and he holds up a long-stemmed rose rather suggestively (or could it be, wishfully) at about crotch level. Azul starts putting out the fire hazard, digo, one of the many bunches of candles arrayed around the room, but Diego protests. He tells her to get in bed and she does…complete with a t-shirt and sweat pants (hot!). She looks uncomfortable as he holds her and rubs her back--is it because she knows death is fast approaching, or because those sores hurt? This, ladies and gentlemen, is the note we end on tonight. Tune in tomorrow and see what the makeup people come up with next.

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