Caray, Caray!

Lukewarm leftovers from last night: Gaspar and Ceci were too scared to tell Gloria that it was Silvana who spilled the coffee on Ceci's dress. Diego's pissed that the press is saying he and Silvana are an item; Silvana plays innocent. Julio says he knows how to keep Silvana in line. Diego apologizes for hurting Silvana's feelings; Silvana forgives him…and then makes out with him. Azul diagnoses Frijolito with ADD.

Diego tells Silvana he's still in love with Azul, so he can't make out with her right now (not that it ever stopped him before). Silvana wants a chance to win his love. Diego says he only sees her as a friend and he'll never (love her?)…he'll never forget Azul. Silvana feels like life's giving her a second chance. Diego says he can't start a new relationship and he doesn't think it would be good for Caty. Silvana offers to keep it quiet because she luuuuuurves him and she's fighting for his love. Diego says ok, but they've got to go slow. Idiot.

MS is convinced that Azul has a degree and it might help them figure out who she is. LuisFe has brought his buddy to the orphanage to meet Azul.

Gaspar and Ceci wonder what Julio's got up his sleeve. Julio won't tell them, but shows them the newspaper. Ceci says that "old beggar" is trying to get into Diego's pants. Ceci doesn't believe the news is true. Julio thinks that Silvana fed the news to the papers.

Arnaldo has brought a baby present over to GSD and Emilia's. Emilia gets all weepy over the pretty white-net-draped bassinet.

In MS's office, everyone brags about what a good doctor LuisFe is and MS announces that Azul is a psychologist and that her remembering things only a psychologist or psychiatrist would remember is a sign that she's recovering her memory. Commercials. LuisFe seems kind of annoyed. He wants to know exactly what she remembered. MS says that Azul told her all about Frijolito having ADD. Azul now prattles on about how she'd channel his aggression by using flexible rules and play therapy. LuisFe still looks worried.

Arnaldo has also come over to beg to be allowed to be a proper brother to his new sibling. GSD is actually offended by the question. He says that he was a lousy dad once, but now he'll be a good dad to all his kids (that he knows about). He says they'll keep the news about Arni being gay from the little moppet until it's old enough to understand what that means.

At Julio's Boutique, Ceci is modeling clothes so that (presumably) rich women can shop. Clemencia comes in and congratulates Ceci on looking so good on the TV show yesterday. Ceci says she's so grateful to Diego that she promised to be at the boutique showing off more of his clothes. She also mentions that she's doing a catalog shoot later and will be dressed as a doctor. I'd laugh if she got there and found out she would be modeling scrubs, a hairnet, and a surgical mask. Unless it's not that kind of catalog. Clemencia says that "Silvana says" that when a model's career takes off, she shouldn't keep doing those kind of jobs. Ceci's like, yeah, so sayeth Miss Snooty, but these people were good to me when I was just starting out and besides--work is work!

Diego drops Silvana off somewhere after reassuring her that she's still looking good. Silvana immediately hails a taxi and thought bubbles that she's just got to keep Diego from finding out Azul is alive and then she can have him…bwahahahaha!

Azul excitedly shows LuisFe around the orphanage's garden. She asks him to take her shopping for medical supplies for the orphanage. He'll take her shopping tomorrow, and also to her "therapy" appointment. Argh! They're playing "Todo Cambió" again…I wish they'd quit ruining that song for me. Azul is excited that figuring out that she knows pysch stuff might help her. LuisFe says he'll love her no matter what. Yuck! Karyme Lozano's got to be getting a cheekache from all the wide-eyed, innocent smiling she's having to do lately.

Ceci and Clemencia bust Manuel checking out the female clients. Clemencia wants a word with him. She tried to find him at his apartment and his landlady complained about how many months behind he was on rent. And it's no use him complaining that Clemi and Anibal have the house, since it was her father who paid for it. She tells him that Tavo doesn't have to ask him for Lidia's hand, but Manuel insists that he does. He's determined to make up with Lidia and have the place he "deserves". Uh, dude, I don't know what you think you deserve, but I'm sure I'm not thinking what you're thinking. This seems like a rather pointless conversation as it's not like Lidia can't get married without his permission.

Silvana has gone to the orphanage to talk to MS about Azul. Silvana wants to offer Azul her friendship, since she's all alone in the world. MS has her BS meter turned off, since she thinks that Silvana is just as "good" as Diego. Barf.

Clemi and Manuel get into a shouting match about how Manuel wishes he were half the man Anibal is. Clemi threatens that if he doesn't leave Lidia alone, she'll tell Diego that he's been gambling instead of working. Diego comes in on the tail end of this argument and Clemi says she just came to congratulate him and tell him he looked good on TV. As she hugs him, she gives Manuel a dirty look behind Diego's back.

LuisFe and his buddy talk about Azul. LuisFe seems kind of put out at how confident Azul sounded when she was talking psych. He seems to get more and more upset as his friend points out that maybe her confidence was the real "Azucena" coming out, that they should check with the national psych association and with the big psych faculties in the area and see if she graduated from around there. LuisFe tries to put him off by saying they don't even know her name, but this doesn't sound like an obstacle to his buddy (I agree!). He says they'll take a picture of her and explain the situation. LuisFe gets really offended and yells at his buddy when his buddy asks if maybe he doesn't really want to find someone who knows her. This is making me like LuisFe a little less, even as a partner for Ceci.

Silvana and Azul chat about how very, very sad it is not to know who you are or remember anything about yourself. Silvana offers to help, but doesn't elaborate on how. Azul notices that she and Silvana have the same bracelet, but Silvana puts her off by saying they sell them everywhere and it just means they have the same taste (as Mr. 5ft so graciously points out, they do have the same taste: in men, children, etc.). Azul takes it as a sign they were meant to be friends and Silvana tells her that Azul should consult her on all things and Silvana will tell what she should do or not do. Dang it, Silvana, just kill her already, it would be less painful for all of us.

LuisFe defends himself to his friend some more and just as his buddy says he knows what to do, Ceci shows up for her medical catalog shoot. Hey, are we sure this is actually a catalog shoot and not a Dirty Doctors of 2008 Calendar shoot? Cause with Ceci there and the two hottie doctors…I'm just saying. Commercials. LuisFe and Ceci catch up as the lighting guys get set up. He makes excuses for not emailing her back. The buddy reminds LuisFe that he hasn't introduced him yet. Mario is the buddy's name, or Dr. Hottie, whichever. Mr. 5ft wants to put Dr. Hottie in the mix as a potential suitor for Ceci. Well, the fact that he's paying attention to her and not to her best friend would be a point in his favor. Mario says he saw her on TV as he was channel surfing. According to Mario, LuisFe talked a lot about Ceci, but he didn't talk enough about how pretty she is. Mario: 1, LuisFe: 0. Ceci only hears the part about how LuisFe talked about her. She has to go to wardrobe and makeup, but she asks the guys (since she can't trust LuisFe to get in touch with her) to stick around and watch her shoot. Mario agrees quicker than LuisFe and says they'll finish buying the supplies they need and then stick around. Poor Mario. How come LuisFe gets all the women?

Diego wants to know what's up with Clemi and Manuel, but she evades. Clemi apologizes for Tavo making the wedding announcement before the mourning period for Azul was over. Diego thinks that life needs to go on and he's not upset about it. Clemi tells him he needs to get on with his life as well. Diego: "Silvana just said the same thing." Clemi: "Oh, so what it says in the papers is true?"

Silvana is babbling to Azul about how careful she has to be in getting her memory back, because anyone could just invent a past for her. She slips up and starts to say "Azul" but changes it to "Azucena" and the idiot apparently doesn't notice. Azul is impressed that someone so "important" who shows up on TV wants to help her. Silvana is impactada when Azul mentions that MS said that she was friends with Diego. I don't know if she's surprised to hear Diego's name or surprised that just hearing Diego's name didn't bring Azul's memories back. Ok, here's the thing: other than Mauricio breaking out of jail, Azul has no subconscious reason not to want to remember about herself. It's not like she was unhappy in her life--it doesn't make sense that things like remembering Caty's voice, hearing Diego's name, or hearing her own name wouldn't trigger her memories. This is just sloppy writing and it's really getting on my nerves. I might be able to handle it better if it wasn't so obvious that this amnesia plot was tacked on to the end, but they made the mistake of wrapping things up weeks ago and then having to come up with some new drama. End rant.

Diego tells Clemencia that Silvana kissed him and he felt so bad about not giving her a chance. Ugh, so it's a pity relationship? Clemi wants to know what he's going to do, but he says he didn't have the heart to reject her and since neither of them had anything to lose.... If Silvana had any pride, she wouldn't want him on these terms. Clemi says he can't hurt Silvana again, she's such a great woman.

Silvana says goodbye to Azul and thought bubbles that she's not doing anything wrong because Azul doesn't remember a thing and Diego and Caty already think she's dead. Azul looks just the tiniest bit doubtful after Silvana leaves as she looks at her bracelet.

The way Ceci's dressed and posing at this photo shoot makes me think the Dirty Doctors Calendar is what they're shooting and not a catalog cover. She said she'd be dressed as a doctor, but I've never seen one dressed like that--more like a Naughty Nurse costume, with less cleavage. She gives LuisFe lots of flirty looks. Mario's really impressed with her and says if LuisFe isn't interested, then he wants to ask her out.

Azul is giving a gardening lesson. I didn't know she knew how to compost. She calls Frijolito over and tells him to pay attention. She asks him to repeat the instructions, but he can't. She has the kids all pick up stuff to compost, but Frijolito is mad at her and throws a rock through a window despite Azul's sweet talk. For all her brilliant blathering earlier about how she'd treat him, she sure didn't follow through. Azul and the kids are horrified. MS comes running outside and Azul explains what happened and says they're all fine. Azul begs clemency for Frijolito and offers to go find him. Commercials.

Ceci and LuisFe are at diner and Ceci again asks for an explanation for why she didn't hear from LuisFe for so long. She's ready to pick up their relationship where it left off, but LuisFe pronounces them friends. He tells her he's in love with someone else. Poor Ceci, she really hasn't done anything to deserve the monumental bad luck she's having with men (Mr. 5ft thinks she deserves it for making friends with Azul). Come on, Ceci, cut your losses and go out with Mario!

Azul finds Frijolito and they talk about how none of his family wanted him after his parents died. Azul boosts his ego some, but Frijolito is resistant to positive feedback and says no one understands him. Azul says she loves him and this seems to appease Frijolito. Yep, Caty's definitely getting a big brother when all this is over.

LuisFe gives the obligatory "I never meant to hurt you". Ceci says it hurts anyway. Now he tries to convince Ceci that she doesn't feel what she feels. Run, Ceci, run to Mario! LuisFe says they shouldn't see each other so that he doesn’t hurt her more. Ceci leaves.

Julio and Diego talk about recent sales (as in, since the night before). Julio's impressed things have gone so well, especially since the press is talking more about his love life than his designs. MS calls Diego and tells him about the broken TV and the broken window. Diego's going to send someone over to fix things, but it probably won't be until tomorrow. Silvana walks into the sewing room and Julio tells her he needs to talk to her and ushers her out.

He says he's getting tired of what Silvana's doing to his work and Diego's. He blames her for the spilled coffee on the dress and she plays dumb. He says he found out how she got ahead in this field, calling her a "trepadora" (a climber) and she demands to know exactly why he's called her that twice today. Julio says if she doesn't know, Mr. Subaki and some other men might be able to refresh her memory. Manuel comes in and eavesdrops on the conversation as Silvana says he must never tell Diego. Julio says he also won't tell that she dropped her fee to a ridiculously low amount in order to take the Fashionismo campaign away from Ceci. He says if she doesn't want Diego to find out then she'd better think twice about what she does from now on, because he won't allow her to ruin Ceci's career or his business. Bravo, Julio! He should have been an evil mastermind. Manuel comes over and says he never knew the woman who wanted to be his future girlfriend had such a dark side. I rewound it to make sure that's what he said and not "Diego's future girlfriend". I guess this is meant to be taken as a threat. After all, why should everybody else get the hot chicks, right? Diego comes in and tells Manuel he needs him to take someone over to the orphanage. Silvana looks nervous, and I guess she's got plenty of reason to be as we can now see that her ambition to be the latest Big Bad on the show far outstrips any actual talent or intelligence she might have for the job. Comercials.

Frijolito tells MS that he's already spoken to the boys and they'll sleep in the living room tonight and let the girls have their room (since the girls' room is the one with the now-broken window). And he'll also do whatever it takes to pay for the broken window. MS is proud of his attitude and sends him on his way. MS is impressed with Azul's good job. And probably, yeah, he did need for one person to believe in him and he needed to have some individual attention, but he didn't necessarily need Azul for that. Or maybe I just don't like her and I don't want her to have any credit.

Manuel tells Silvana that he feels so much more comfortable with her now that he knows how alike they are. Hear that, Silvana? As if you needed any more incentive to turn from the dark side! He reminds her she's got to help him out so that he can help her out by not telling his son that she's no white dove. He doesn't want money, though, he wants an open line of credit for himself. Silvana's going to give it to him because she thinks she's got enough money. Dear, there's never enough money for that man. Manuel says he's going to go to the orphanage, but Silvana fills him in on the news that Azul isn't dead and she's living there. Manuel's shocked that she hasn't told Diego, but she explains her reasons. Manuel agrees that Silvana is better for Diego than Azul, but he can't believe she'd do this. Silvana says she won't let anything separate her from Diego and she needs to find a way to get Azul out of the orphanage, with Manuel's help. Manuel doesn't think that will be enough, though, since she hasn't managed to make Diego love her yet. He counsels getting Diego to sleep with her (hello, Silvana, same advice he gave Lidia and look where it got her!) just to give him that little extra push he needs.

LuisFe goes home and tells his Mami about his dinner with Ceci. He waxes rhapsodic about Ceci and Mami asks if he's sure he couldn't get back with her, but LuisFe claims he's in luuuuuurve with Azul. And now that she's starting to recover her memory, it would be a bad idea to start a relationship with Ceci. Blargh!

Ceci cries to Lidia and Clemi about LuisFe breaking her heart. Lidia says that he did it in a matter of hours, which is a record, even for her (ha!). Anibal gives her a "you're not helping" look. Ceci cries some more and talks some more about what he said and Ceci and Lidia console her.

Diego and Silvana put Caty to bed. After they leave the room, Silvana says they're going to have a nice dinner of fondue and wine to celebrate his recent success. She takes him into the living room and while he goes to get the bread, she doses his wine. He returns and she toasts to all the good things life is going to give them. Diego takes a comically big gulp of his wine. A few hours later, presumably, Silvana helps a weepy drunk Diego into bed and out of his clothes. As he cries about Azul and begs for help, Silvana thought bubbles that she'll help him all right, help him forget Azul! Let the non-consensual sex begin.

Tomorrow: Diego goes to the orphanage and Azul sees (at least) the back of his head.

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