Caray, Caray!

Waaaaah! This is it - the very last batch of LFMB recaps. Kim P. put a LOT of time into these 42 recaps that close the gap between Chris's recaps and mine, but now they are done, and there are no more.

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Missing Recap 39: Paradise lostAlicia gets the bad news from Lopez again and calls Celso again. Fernando gives his speech and introduces Ricky again and Saimon tells Fern about the cuartel again. Fernando pretends his bladder's full again and leaves. Alicia and Marcia talk more and Alicia begs Marcia not to let the cuartel in.

Saimon goes down and tells the cuartel he did manage to get hold of Fernando, but that Marcia heard him and isn't happy. Fernando comes down and they all start talking at once. He shuts them up and lets them all in (BIG mistake buddy!). They all sneak backstage and again they all talk at once and again he shuts them all up. Marta asks for Omar and Fernando leaves. Lety gives his back her patented dreamy look and Lola has to drag her off. Paco and the two kidlets show up and he just happens to know the doorman, so they get in as well.

Fernando goes and sits back down and Marcia asks about the cuartel, and gives him hell when he tells her he let them in. Humberto asks them to be quiet, so Omar calls Fern on the phone again to see if he let Lety in, which of course he did. Marcia tells Alicia that the cuartel managed to worm their way into the event. Isabella comes out and introduces the commercial as the cuartel sneak (very obviously) behind the screen. The commercial plays and everyone claps when it's over.

Paco and kids running around, I don't care. The cuartel spot Omar but can't get to him. Alicia tries to leave to find the cuartel and Marcia tells her to not cause a scandal there at the show.

The dancers come out and Lola freaks when she sees that Jazmin's one of them. The rest of the cuartel try to calm her down as Paco is at another part of the stage taking pictures. Lola continues to freak and Jazmin sees her, but then Lety drags her off, as Saimon dances in the background. Lety leaves to call her 'rents so PM and Lola go back to do more damage because, let's face it, Lola's revenge is far more important than the success of the company they both work at and depend on for their paychecks.

At Casa Padilla, the oldsters are wondering where Lety is when the phone call comes in. Pop tells her he wants her home in an hour and hands the phone to Tomas. She wants him to talk to her dad for her and he agrees.

The dancing is still going on (Bob Fosse and Twila Tharp had nothing to fear from this choreographer) and Paco is still taking pictures. Lola and PM have somehow found the items necessary to make signs and begin to flash them at Jazmin - one says Zorra (vixen) and the other says Quita Maridos (literally "acquittal husbands" per Bablefish, take it however you like). (Julie says: Google Translate says "husband remover" and we used to just say "homewrecker").Though Jaz gets mad when she sees them, it doesn't make her mess up her steps. Jaimito sees his mom across the stage and starts to yell out to her but Marta's daughter, in an incredibly rare moment of intelligence, tells him it's not a good idea. Instead he picks up one of Paco's plastic film containers and tries to throw it to his mom to get her attention (oh yeah, that's a much better idea... NOT). Naturally, instead it hits Jazmin right in the head. She falls to the floor, tripping all the other dancers as well. Luigi has a heart attack while Paco and the monsters run off. Saimon and the choreographer get up on stage and start dancing, trying to pass the whole thing off as an intentional part of the show while Luigi cries and Fernando covers his face (told you, you shouldn't have let them in buddy). The audience all laugh so Fernando also acts like it was all planned and goes up and hugs the choreographer and Saimon.

Irma is feeding Luigi a whole lotta valerian when Jaz comes up crying. She tries to explain what happened but Luigi just tells Irma to get her out of his sight. The cuartel all laugh and I'm thinking how so NOT funny that was, but what do I know? Once again the little brats don't get punished for destroying everything and everyone just thinks they're adorable.

Back at the Padilla fortress, mom and Tomas are sharing a friendly little moment. Robopop the good time destroyer tells them he's going to get Lety, and Tomas decides to come along.

Back at Bella Life, PM is still talking to the brats and I can't take it and fast forward as fast as I can press my finger to that little button. Meanwhile, everyone's congratulating Luigi and he gets up and gives a nice speech. Omar tells Fern that was a good recovery from Jazmin's disaster, then they talk about Lety and Tomas some more because that topic just never gets old. Humberto comes up and congratulates the two of them on the success of the evening and Marcia gives them an evil face.

Backstage Jazmin is explaining to Luigi that what happened was Lola's fault, but Irma's sticking up for her friend and denies everything (ooh, Irma, you're gonna burn in hell for lying). Luigi sides with Irma and tells Jaz to stick a fork in herself, she's DONE!

The cuartel are trying to get Omar's attention but he's flirting with Isabella and doesn't see them. Lola's gloating about ruining Jazmin, as always not caring what it might have done to the company. Alicia pulls Marta aside and demands that she give her the results of her pregnancy test, and also demands that the cuartel keep their mouths shut about it. Marta wants to tell Omar and starts to head toward Omar to show it to him, but Alicia tells her she'll have her fired for getting into her confidential paperwork and showing it around. Marta continues and Alicia starts to call Marcia over to tattle, and they start arguing. Meanwhile, we see Ariel talking to someone setting up Alicia's apartment in Miami.

The cuartel should have kept their mouths shut, they could have been rid of Alicia forever. Oh well, hindsight... Omar walks by and asks Sara why they're there. The cuartel discuss what to do and Alicia tells him they have some CONFIDENTIAL information from the office. He asks if there's a problem and they decide they don't want to get in trouble, so they deny any problems. Carolina comes up and takes Omar away and more crap flies between the cuartel and Alicia. Eventually they give her the test results.

The Bella Life people are telling the Conceptos people how happy they are. Fernando and Omar leave and Omar teases him about Lety.

Alicia goes into the bathroom and cries over the loss of the comfortable life she was going to have thanks to Ariel. She tosses the test results on the floor and stomps on them. She tells herself goodbye apartment in Miami, goodbye wedding to Omar, cusses out the cuartel, and prepares to go talk to the two men.

Speaking of cussing out the cuartel, Marcia's giving them thorough reamings for interrupting the show. Lety tries to explain but Marcia doesn't want to hear it and tells her she's SO VERY overstepping her bounds as Fernando's assistant. Fernando comes up and makes things worse by telling her she needs to respect Conceptos' secretaries. Before she can blow like Vesuvius Alicia comes up and drags her away. The cuartel all thank Fernando and he tells Lety that he needs to talk to her.

Alicia shows the test results to Marcia and pretends to be happy about it. Marcia asks her about the earlier positive test and Alicia tells her it must have been wrong. Marcia tells her she's glad she's not pregnant and she needs to tell Omar. Marcia leaves and Alicia again starts cussing out the brujas.

Caro comes up and congratulates Omar but he's in a bad mood. He tells her what Alicia told him about marriage or Miami. Just then Alicia comes up and says she needs to speak to him and they leave. She tells him she's not pregnant and he's comically relieved.

Fernando tells Lety it's ok that she intruded and she's integral to the company and a bunch of other crap. Caro comes and takes him away and she gives his back another Tan Divino. The cuartel talk amongst themselves and I'm so beyond caring it's unreal. Lety continues to worry about Marcia.

Omar's very happy and wants to know about the first test. As with Marcia, she tells him it must have been wrong. She starts flirting with him, wanting to pick up where they left off and telling him she loves him. Omar, however, is thinking Oh Hell to the NO and he can't get away fast enough. He tells her he doesn't want to ruin her chance to go to Miami, it's a good opportunity for her. She moves in for a kiss but he just kisses her forehead and leaves. Fernando's talking to prospective clients and Omar comes up and tells him he's not going to be a papa. Fernando's happy for him.

Alicia now goes to talk to Ariel. He thinks she's there to ask for more money but instead she shows him the test results. He's pretty sure she did it all on purpose and yells and treats her terribly, as always, and keeps the test results. She tells him she'd still like to go to Miami (is she that clueless?) and he tells her he still expects her to quit Conceptos, as a punishment I guess, but he's the one who needs a vacation.

Fernando and Omar are still talking about Alicia, not seeing her standing behind them. She hears his relief, and hears him say how glad he is he can now say goodbye to her. She's very sad.

The Robomobile pulls up in front of Bella Life and Tomas gets out. He goes to the door and sees the dancers all milling around there. He starts talking into his cell phone like some bigwig honcho, trying to impress them, but they aren't impressed and look disgusted. He's talking finance, dropping big dollar amounts, hoping they'll come around. As he reaches for some of his cards to hand out to them, they make their escapes. He goes in and tells the doorman he doesn't have an invitation but he's there with Lety. The guy isn't impressed so Tomas hands him one of his F.I. cards and brags that he's important to Conceptos and is Lety's NOVIO.

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Missing Recap 40: In which everyone forgot their chill pillOnce again Omar's glad he's not a papa, and Fernando's glad with him. Ariel is mean to Alicia again and, god figuring she hasn't had enough crap heaped on her yet, she again overhears how joyful Omar is to be rid of her. The Robomobile pulls up again, Tomas tanks with the models again, and tries to impress the doorman again with who he knows and is dating. The doorman's not impressed and won't let him in, but says he'll go get Lety when he gets the chance. Tomas sits on the steps to wait.

The cuartel all attack the food and chat about stuff I don't care about. Marcia comes up and pretends to be nice while still giving them hell so they decide to leave. They discuss getting a taxi, and Lety tells them Tomas is coming for her.

Jazmin runs by, crying, and Saimon is calling after her. Lola sees her and does her usual garbage and Sara convinces everyone it's time to leave. Saimon tells Jaz she was good (she wasn't, she was way too cheesecakey in her movements). She cusses at Lola, Saimon calms her down, and she thanks him for believing in her. They almost kiss but Irma hits him on the head and orders Jaz to leave as Luigi asked. Saimon offers to give her a ride home and she accepts.

Omar's flirting with a woman and Alicia sees him and calls him desgraciado under her breath. Marcia comes up and complains to her about Lety.

Saimon is still flattering Jazmin while she calls Flaquito and the cuartel discuss the situation. Jazmin tells Cheque she'll be late and Saimon's excited as they decide where to go. Lola's still freaking (someone please shoot me and put me out of my misery here, I can't take much more). Lety tells the cuartel she needs to speak to Fernando and tells them goodnight. Tomas spots Jazmin and starts to stalk her even though she's right there with Saimon. PM sees them leaving and makes a jealous scene and Saimon goes off to talk to her. They're gone a while so Jaz goes to look for him and sees him getting lovey with PM. She calls to him, so does PM, and he's torn between the two (thank god that horrible song Torn Between Two Lovers didn't start playing or I'd have had to hurt someone). While the whole cuartel watches, he chooses PM over Jazmin.

Jaz walks away pissed and he follows, trying to explain, while Tomas watches the whole thing. He claims he doesn't want to cause her any problems with Cheque, but she just ignores him and gets on the phone. Lola really wants to tell Efren about Saimon and Jaz, but PM doesn't want her to, worried that Efren will kick Jazmin out and she'll wind up with Saimon. Jazmin continues to ignore Saimon and gives him back his raincoat. He goes on over to PM and the cuartel all decide to leave, with Saimon and PM dancing out. They have to pass by Jaz and Lola once again freaks, they all give her crap, and I hate them more than ever. Tomas then moves in for the kill but she's not impressed by his phony phone crap either and ignores him. Erasmo comes up asking where Lety is and, seeing that Tomas isn't doing what he was supposed to do, reminds him to hurry up and go get her, but when Robo leaves Tomas just goes back to trying to impress Jaz. Meanwhile the doorman's as sick of Tomas as Jazmin is and finally decides to go get Lety so Tomas will leave. He tells a bouncer to watch him and leaves to find Lety.

Saimon and PM are at a bar dancing and all of a sudden PM gets pissed about something. I swear I think this bimbo is manic/depressive or something! She hits a depressive down spiral and gives him crap about Jazmin but before I can press the fast forward button, Ms. Thing hits her manic high and decides to give Saimon a kiss, and they leave.

Fernando's parents tell him they're leaving for London in the morning and won't be back to Mexico until the wedding. Humberto tells Fern he's happy with how things have turned out. They start to leave, but Teresita wants Fern and Marcia to reconcile before they go (everyone could tell they've been fighting all night). They pretend to kiss and make up and Ariel tries to start something but Marcia puts him down. Everyone leaves except Fernando and Omar. Lety waives at Fernando and he calls her over to talk. She thanks him again for letting the cuartel in and the doorman comes up and tells her that her boyfriend Tomas, the manager of Filmo Imagen, is there for her and hands her the card Tomas gave him. Fern and Omar are very unhappily impactados, and Fern takes the card from her. She laughs and tries to make it a joke that Tomas called himself her boyfriend. Fern tells Lety how nice Tomas' card is, and you can tell there's a whole lotta hidden meaning in his tone.

Lety goes down and gives Tomas hell for calling himself her boyfriend and telling the doorman about Filmo Imagen. He explains why he had to do it and she warns him that Fern's pissed at him for mentioning the secret company that no one's supposed to know about. He tries to laugh it off but she's pissed too. Pop pulls up in the Robomobile and they leave.

Fern and Omar continue to discuss Lety and Tomas. Omar reminds Fern that the embargo is perfectly legal, but Fern's still worried. Omar then once again states that their only option is for Fernando to seduce Lety to take her away from Tomas. Fern tells him he's not sure he can, he doesn't have any experience in seducing ugly women. He's fixating on her mustache. Omar tells him if Tomas hadn't appeared he could have sworn Lety was in love with Fern. They continue to discuss, worried about Tomas.

Lety gets home and pop is giving her hell for being late. She's whining (literally) that it was work. He lays down the law, all that fancy stuff isn't for her. She argues. Mom talks to dad and tells him to go to bed, then she tells Lety she'll talk to him and calm him down.

Marcia and Fernando get to Marcia's and she's complaining the whole time, giving him hell about Lety. He tells her Lety's important to the company, just as important as Marcia. Not smart, Fernie boy, now she's really full-on pissed. They continue to fight with Fern telling Marcia that a beautiful and intelligent woman like herself shouldn't see someone like Lety as a rival. He's also drinking like a fish during this whole exchange. Finally he's tired of it and threatens to leave, and Marcia stops him and gets all mushy. She tells him she still loves him and wants him to stay, giving him kisses and caresses.

Lety's writing in her diary about Fernando and the trouble Tomas caused. While she talks we see that Fernando still can't sleep. He remembers Omar saying he has to make Lety love him, and what he said about Tomas maybe influencing her. Lety falls asleep and we get a montage of different times Lety had with Fern, both good and bad. This segues into a dream where she's with Fernando on a couch while Omar stands behind them looking happy. Alicia, Marcia and Ariel are outside a window peeking in. A little girl comes in looking like Lety and calls them mom and dad, and Fern thanks god for his good life and beautiful woman. Then it's Erasmo and Julieta on the couch with Tomas looking happily on, and a little boy in a suit and slicked-back hair ala Fernando comes in and asks where his mom is. Lety jumps up from behind the couch and says "here". The boy runs to her and they hug while Tomas cries with happiness.

Meanwhile Fern's also asleep and dreaming. He and Lety are on a couch with his parents standing behind chanting "beso, beso". Omar's outside holding a sign that says something along the lines of I didn't tell you to marry her (Di NO al matrimonio). Lety puckers up hideously and Fern tries to get away. He screams, waking both himself and Marcia. He tells her he had a horrible nightmare, then they both go back to sleep.

Next day Julieta tries to wake Lety up, but she just whines that she was having a good dream and wants 5 more minutes. Mom eventually gets her up. Meanwhile, over at Marcia's crib, she and Fern are rehashing about how they made up and are happy now and how things went well with the commercial and etc.

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Missing Recap 41: The one where two guapos fight over LetyFernando's remembering Omar's words again and still can't sleep. Lety dreams again and Fernando nightmares again. Mom wakes her up, he and Marcia talk, and we're all caught up. Fernando leaves.

At work, Lola's on the phone when Lety comes in. They discuss how PM's late and so is Saimon. Marcia and Fernando come in so they cover for PM. While he and Marcia get on the elevator, Fern can't stop looking at Lety (in a horrified way). He's imitating her pursed lips. Once they're in the lobby, Fernando points out that Alicia's late again and Marcia tries to cover for her. She mentions that Alicia may not be going to Miami after all. They discuss and Marcia leaves.

Still in reception, Lety and Lola are trying to find PM. Alicia comes in just then, and PM and Saimon arrive together as well. Alicia sniffs them and says they smell like the same soap. She points out that they're late and PM tells her it's none of her business. She replies that it's the company's business and PM tells her she's just bitter because she couldn't snag Omar. Jaz comes in and overhears the conversation. Alicia leaves and Jaz comes up crying and says hi to Saimon, then leaves. PM's mom calls, all worried about her for not coming home.

Ariel calls Alicia and she tells him she's not going to quit, she needs the work. He still wants her to leave, but she says she can't. He continues to insist that she resign and she hangs up as Omar walks by. She calls him "amor" and he doesn't like it. He totally blows her off, and I don't mean sexually. He's practically hitting her over the head with how much he doesn't want to be around her but she's choosing to remain clueless, especially after what she overheard last night. He goes and hides in Fernando's office.

Lety tries to explain about Tomas, that he likes to feel important and that's why he had the cards made and talked about the company. I don't know, that sure wouldn't make me feel any better knowing he does that with a company that's supposed to be secret. However Fern just tells her "ok". She leaves to get Saimon and Omar and Fern talk about it more, Fern telling Omar he's the one who should seduce Lety because he's the Great Seducer, doesn't have any mercy, and has no commitments. Fern points out that he's Lety's boss and that could cause even more problems. Omar points out that Lety already likes Fernando more than Omar, so Fern's the one who should do it. Fern tries to disagree, but Omar says he can prove it, they'll both ask Lety for a favor and see how she reacts to each one. Lety comes back and Omar asks her for some information. She goes to her office and brings it to him gracelessly. Fern then asks for some info and she flirts with him, smiling and cheerful when she goes to get the info for him. Omar says see the difference? Fern did see it and is not at all happy.

Marcia asks Alicia if she still plans on quitting and Alicia says no, why, do you want me to? Marcia tells her no.

Lety brings the info to Fernando and asks if he wants anything else. He says no and she leaves and Omar teases him. Fern says he doesn't think Lety will allow herself to be seduced by him because he's engaged to Marcia and Lety is a woman of principles. Omar scoffs and says Lety will be more than happy to give in to someone handsome like Fernando. Marcia comes in and starts talking about Luigi and the storyboards for the next few commercials. Omar asks for a meeting and Marcia agrees and leaves to get ready. Fern calls Lety in and tells her there'll be a meeting in five minutes.

Alicia is typing a resignation letter, putting in all the dirt about Ariel. Meanwhile, in the conference room, Omar and Fernando are still talking about Lety. Fern says he can't possibly romance Lety with Marcia right there and Omar reminds him that he does it all the time with women like Fatima. Fern continues to say no and they continue to discuss at length but it's just the same ol' same ol'. Lety comes in and smiles grotesquely at Fernando and he asides to Omar that he just can't do it. Marcia comes in and smiles and he says "yes". Lety smiles at him again and he says "no".

Ariel calls Alicia and asks if she's resigned yet and she tells him she just finished typing up her letter. He tells her to take it to Lopez right away and she tells him she's sending copies to Fernando and Marcia and Teresita and Humberto...He wants to know why so many copies and she tells him she wants to explain to everyone. He tells her she doesn't need to explain, just leave. She starts to read him the letter, but Saimon dances in and interrupts her. He dances off again and Alicia continues.

During the meeting, Fern is really nervous and keeps looking at Lety the way some people look at gory accidents, they don't want to but can't help it. Meanwhile, Alicia is just getting to the good part of her letter when Saimon dances by again. She boots him out and keeps reading to Ariel. Fern's still looking at Lety and walks behind her and bends down and sniffs her hair. Lety's very confused.

In her letter, Alicia states that Ariel sexually blackmailed her because she broke Lety's computer at his direction, and that she's been spying on Fernando and the company in order to buy his silence. He tells her not to send the letter out and is pissed that she actually got one up on him. She asks him if he thought she was really so stupid as to resign from the company and not come clean? She then hangs up on him. He immediately calls back and tells her she doesn't have to quit and she hangs up on him again, happy.

Back at Lety's house, Tomas is working when the lawyer Sanchez calls. He wants to have dinner with them to discuss the embargo and Tomas isn't happy about it. Meanwhile everyone's in the meeting discussing the upcoming commercials, Lety talks budget, and Marcia goes to leave to talk to Luigi. Fernando ostentatiously kisses her and calls her guapa. She leaves and Lety tells Fernando she needs to talk to him. They go into his office and discuss money and F.I. and banks. She then goes to her office and Tomas calls to tell her about having dinner with the lawyer, while Fern and Omar listen in. She hangs up and goes out and tells Fernando what's going on. Omar leaves and Fernando's giving her weird looks and she's wondering why. She starts to think hey... maybe... and she gets a hopeful look, but then she thinks no, that's impossible! But maybe...

Fernando follows Omar out and tells him again that he can't do it, and Omar continues to push him, telling him he should start that night with trying to win her over. Then they start discussing Alicia and whether or not she's still going to quit.

Speaking of, Alicia's in Marcia's office telling her she's not going to Miami after all. They discuss it a bit, then she tries to bring up her bills. Marcia tries to get rid of her, but instead Alicia whips the bills out and tries to show them to her. Fernando and Omar come in and Fern wants to know why she's not in Miami. She gives him some excuse and he and Omar just laugh at her. She tries to love up to Omar but he trades places with Fernando, who immediately trades places back. Omar says they have to go talk to Luigi, and Marcia leaves with them. Outside Marcia's office Fern and Omar make fun of Alicia, then turn to see her standing right there behind them. They get guilty looks and leave.

Speaking of looks, Lety's sitting in her office giving dreamy ones. Juana and Sara come in to get her for lunch, and Juana tells her she can tell Lety's tense by her aura. Juana whips out the shells and offers to read them again at lunch. Irma shows up ready for lunch as well and Lola complains that she can't afford to go. Marta tells them she's not hungry and they question her about it, and she tells them it's just mind over matter. They're impressed and offer to join her in her fast, but she tells them it's not necessary. Marta agrees to go with them but says to go ahead, she'll catch up, she has to make a call first. She says goodbye to taquitos, enchiladas, etc. The others leave, congratulating her on her willpower. As soon as they leave, though, Marta whips a crapload of food out of her desk and starts pigging out.

Downstairs the cuartel tells PM about Marta's excellent willpower. She eventually joins them, as does Saimon, and they all chat.

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Missing Recap 42: Prelude to a kiss
Omar and Fernando embarrass Alicia again. Lety's dreamy again and Juana goes native reading her aura again and says it's about a galan. Marta lies about food again and Saimon flirts with the cuartel again. He's hugging Lety as he talks and you know he's just so happy that he finally got together with PM, then they all leave.

At a bar, Fernando's drinking a LOT of whiskey because he can't accept the idea that he has to seduce Lety. He complains why didn't he hire a pretty secretary, and they continue to rehash. Omar tells Fern maybe Lety will look pretty after a couple of drinks so Fern asks him to pretend to be Lety so he can practice. Omar pretends to be her and Fern flirts with him as other patrons watch, amused. Fern tells him never mind, it didn't help and continues to freak out at the thought of what he has to do. Clients join them but Fern just keeps drinking.

The cuartel are at lunch talking and I skip a lot of it. Mostly they're teasing PM about Saimon, who's at another table and sends a drink over to her. PM tells them that though Saimon is good looking, he's only a friend because he's poor. The cuartel tell her she shouldn't be playing with his feelings like that. Next Juana tells Lety she's preoccupied with thought of love and offers to read her shells.

Back to Fernando, he's not paying any attention to the meeting with the clients, he's still freaking about Lety.

Back to Lety, she says Fernando's name in her mind as she rolls the shells. Juana again mentions a galan and Lety asks if he likes her. Juana tells her she sees Lety with a lot of money and a handsome man and a bunch of other stuff and Lety remembers back to Fernando punching out her bad date and dancing with her. It's weird because she's remembering it like it actually happened but it was actually one of her fantasies. The cuartel bring her back to the real world and discuss it further.

Fernando and Omar get back to work and see that all the secretaries are still gone except Alicia. She tells them she didn't have any money to go out and they tease her. Luigi comes in looking for Irma and Fern and Omar stare at his cowboy-inspired outfit (it really is outlandish, even for Luigi, though no dead animals appear to be involved except maybe some leather). They discuss the commercials as the cuartel finally decide to show up and Luigi takes Irma away. Fernando yells at Lety for being late and she apologizes. Omar asks Sara to get Ricky Armstrong on the phone for him, while Marta tells Fern they're late because Juana read the shells again and saw Lety's future with Tomas Mora, and told Lety her dream would come true, and that she saw Lety "in the middle of great wealth".

Fern goes in and tells Omar what he just learned, and once again they work themselves into a paranoid lather over it. They go into the conference room so they can talk without Lety hearing, and become convinced that she's going to keep Conceptos for herself. Omar insists that Fernando has to take her out tonight and if necessary, to keep drinking until he's able to do it. Fern tells him he can't take her anywhere he usually goes because everyone knows Marcia and it will cause a scandal, so Omar gives him the name of a place to go. Lety pops in long enough to make a comment, then leaves again and Fernando, after looking at her again, is more upset than ever.

Alicia is working (wow!) and Marcia asks her about Fernando, and Alicia tells her he's in the conference room with Lety. Marcia goes in and chats with him, and they discuss that they can't make payroll because Bella Life hasn't paid them yet while a payment to the bank is due. She asks if he's coming over tonight and Fern tells her he can't because he has something he has to do. She says ok, kisses him, and leaves. Fern keeps saying "no" while Omar keeps saying "yes". He looks Lety over again and she asks if she can leave early to meet with Tomas and the lawyer. Fern asks her to cancel the meeting because he needs to meet with her to discuss ways to come up with payroll. She leaves and Fernando watches her go while chanting "I can't, I can't, I can't" and continues to drink.

Julieta calls Tomas and Erasmo down to eat. Lety calls and tells mom she has to work late on some projections, and mom describes to her what food she made. Lety talks to Tomas and asks him to meet with the lawyers without her and what to discuss with them and how delicate this stage is, then she hangs up. Pop finally comes downstairs and asks about Lety. Mom tells him she's going to be working late and Pop goes into his usual rant.

Lety goes back into the conference room and tells Fernando that Tomas will meet with the lawyers and she's free to stay with him. He's still drinking heavily and she leaves. He goes on about how much influence Tomas has over Lety while Omar encourages him to take her out. Fern cries.

Marcia stops by Alicia's desk and Alicia hits her up for some buckage. At first Marcia says no, but then gives in and digs in her wallet. She starts to pull out a couple of bills but Alicia reaches over and grabs the whole wad from her, then actually has the nerve to ask Marcia to buy her dinner. Whew, no wonder Marcia wasn't treating her so nicely in later episodes!

PM gets a phone call from someone as Alicia and Marcia come downstairs. She wishes them good night, then keeps talking into the phone after they leave, and you can tell she's setting up a date with someone. Saimon comes in and they start chatting, then she asks him to take an envelope upstairs for her. As he does so, she sneaks out. The cuartel are talking in the lobby while Marta eats forbidden food in the bathroom. Sara yells at her to hurry up, so she hides it all. Saimon dances off the elevator and gives Lola the letter PM gave him, saying she should get it because it's addressed to her ex-boss Olarte. They all chat and Saimon seems to think he's going to be with PM. Marta finally comes out, they chat more, and get on the elevator. Downstairs, he sees that PM's not at her desk. He calls out her name, but she doesn't answer and the cuartel tell him she must be gone. He says that's not possible but they point out that her purse isn't there. He's mondo sad and they feel sorry for him, then leave.

Lety's trying to get Fernando to stop drinking while Omar is encouraging it. They're discussing the commercials and finances as she keeps taking the bottle away but he and Omar keeping managing to get it back. Omar tells them they've all been working very hard and deserve a rest and they should all three go out for dinner and drinks. They discuss where they're going to go while Lety goes to her office to get her purse. Fern tells Omar he's had enough to drink, and Omar asks him if Lety looks pretty to him yet. Fern replies that he'll have to be passing out drunk before he'll see Lety as pretty. She walks back in and tells them she's ready to go. As she stands by the door with a particularly ugly look on her face Omar and Fernando stand there just looking at her, then Omar again encourages Fernando and they leave.

They go to a bar, and Lety's very nervous. A waiter comes for their order and there's chat but the music is REALLY loud so it's hard to hear. Omar flirts with a woman while they discuss work. The waiter comes back and he's very rude. Lety leaves to call her p-units while Fern is getting drunker. It's not helping and he tries to leave but Omar pulls him back. The crowd jokingly chant "beso, beso" because it does look like they're having a lover's quarrel. Omar gets him to sit and tries to get him to imagine beautiful women, but that's not helping either.

Lety's on the phone to her 'rents and pop tells her he can hear that she's not at Conceptos. She tells him she's at a restaurant with Fernando and Omar but they're still working. Pop wants to come get her but she tells him Fernando will drive her home. He insists that she be home in one hour and she whines at him. Mom sticks up for her and he finally agrees.

She goes back to the table to find that Omar has moved, so she now has to sit between the two of them. Me, I wouldn't mind so much 'cause you know I loves my F/O sandwiches, but she doesn't look so happy. Fernando cries while Omar stands up and tells them he has to leave, he has another appointment he forgot about. They both try to stop him from leaving but he manages to escape while Fern makes a total ass of himself. The DJ comes up and calls them lovers and both are impactado.

End of missing recaps, we now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. It's been fun!

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