Caray, Caray!

Looks like we're starting with the grudge match between the two parishes--Padre Manuel's and Padre Thatotherguy's-- "Eternos Rivales". Hm, wait…none of those guys on the field look like Mili…oops, never mind, it's the USA vs. Mexico game, which is pushing El Show back to the end of the evening. Ah, well, at least I picked up some fútbol vocabulary:

La cancha = the field
Falta = foul
Patada = kick
Árbitro = referee
Tiro de esquina = corner kick
El arco = the goal (in the physical sense)
Fuera de area = off sides (as close as I can figure--they didn't appear to be talking about anyone who'd gone off the field)
Howard "El Pato" = Howard The Duck (USA goalkeeper with the bright yellow shirt)

So now, on to the show…
Mili and "El Pandroso" ("guy with long, unkempt hair and long, unkempt beard"; the artist formerly known as Homeless!Hugo) are enjoying their tortas al fresco, when they're interrupted by Alejandro. There's some fuss over whether he's her "friend" or her "boyfriend" and Alejandro wonders how many guys Mili's stringing along. Braulio comes over and fakes that Pandroso comes over every night for leftovers. Alejandro says that Pandroso is to get no more table scraps and storms off. Mili tells Braulio she owes him one and he tells her to get in the house. Braulio then takes Pandroso over to sneak back in without anyone seeing.

Mili goes to her room, griping about Alejandro and she and Lina decide to (finally) count the money for the Convent/Orphanage Christmas Eve Party Fund (COCEPF). It's 3K pesos, the same amount that Karla stole from Socorro to give to Damian. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? The gals are quite pleased with themselves.

Socorro's crying in the kitchen over the missing money. Mili and Lina come in and Rorgan explains what's up. Mili asks if Karla has anything to say to her mom and Karla uses this as an opportunity to accuse Mili of taking the money. Karla says she saw her do it. Socorro at first believes it, but Mili says she didn't do it. Socorro suddenly realizes that it must have been Karla. Now she's really upset and Karla won't look her in the eye and tell her the truth (or anything, for that matter). Mili can't take it any more and says she took the money. She hands over the 3K from the COCEPF. Socorro's mad at Mili now and leaves the kitchen with Horacio in her wake.

Luciana and Constancio are in bed (doing absolutely nothing) when the phone rings. Constancio reaches over Luciana to pick it up before she does. He covers the mouthpiece and tells her it's Milena, she's crying, she knows Eugenio left her. Constancio told Milena that Luciana didn't go with him, but he thought Luciana might want to talk to her. Heh. No way, dude. Constancio tells Milena that Luciana's "indisposed" and tells her they're both sorry about what happened and if she needs anything, etc. He tosses the phone to Luciana and says he hopes now she can sleep well. As he turns over he smushes his ecstatically grinning face into the pillow where Luciana can't see.

Mili, Lina, Karla, and Rorgan are left in the kitchen. Mili said she'd rather Socorro think she's a thief than Karla. Now Rorgan knows the truth too, since Karla's not bothering to deny it. Mili says Karla had better get the money back from Damian or all three of them will rat her out. Exit Karla. Rorgan doesn't think she'll ever give it back. Horacio wants to tell Socorro the truth, but Mili says no. Rorgan joins the COCEPF executive board and says the gals won't have to replace the money alone.

Karla now goes to Damian to get the money back and the exchange is hilarious:
D: What? You're asking me to return the money?
K: Of course! You said you were going to give it back "tonight."
D: And it's already night? Wow, time flies.
He explains he doesn't have the money as he lost it in a "friendly" game. Then he caps it all off by asking if she doesn't have any more money to lend him. Of course, she doesn't. He swears he'll get the money back "tomorrow."

Time passes, apparently, as we see Mili and Alejandro pass each other in the hallway (without sucking face); Valeria and her model pals practicing their runway walk outside; Alejandro on the computer (he's probably reading up on seduction tips for the discerning, yet obnoxious, gentleman) while Bobby writes his latest hit and Lina cleans up and looks on adoringly; Braulio decorates a 12-foot Christmas tree; Mili and Lina un-decorate said tree; Luciana looks at the plane tickets to Rome and cries; Mili, Lina, and Rorgan clean windshields and earn practically nothing; Braulio discovers the un-decorating of the tree (only on one side and near the bottom, hee hee); the Pink Ladies put up a tiny tree in the kitchen and Socorro snubs Mili yet again; the DF decorates.

Valeria's model pals invite Alejandro to the show, but Valeria tries to keep him from going by inviting Andrea and telling the other girls that Alejandro's taken. Bobby comes in and Alejandro invites him to come along, but Valeria rather rudely un-invites him. How did Bobby go from being practically ignored by Valeria to being so detested?

In addition to the other seasonal changes, the Pink Ladies are now in blue. Socorro is still angry at Mili and won't wash Regina's dishes since Mili has hands and can do it herself. Mili sadly says she'll do it later since she's got to get back and once she leaves, Socorro sticks the dishes in the sink.

Horacio is still after Karla to tell Socorro the truth. He says Socorro's been treating Mili like a "chinche" (bedbug, or just generic pest) for days and Mili doesn't deserve it. Plus Karla hasn't returned the money. He yells at her that she's being used and doesn't even realize it. Karla's like "whatever." Horacio tells her if she steals again, he'll tell Socorro the truth.

Alejandro accosts Mili in the hallway, dragging her into his room. He says he's had enough of her ignoring him. He's going to tell the whole house that she came into his room to seduce him and then when he came out of the shower, naked, he found her waiting for him. Mili points out that it won't be convincing since he's not naked. Oh, but Alejandro can fix that. As the strip show starts, Mili turns her back and covers her eyes. Yeah, because for that much naked just one or the other won't do.

Rocky and Lina are in the girls' room talking about how little money is in the COCEPF. Lina's really upset that Karla is so "campante" about it all (chill, fresh, not bothered). Lina says she's "entripado" (something about "guts", twisting guts?) every time she sees that "mechuda" (uncombed--I know she's talking about Karla, but that just doesn't fit).

Alejandro's down to his white boxers (goes nice with the tan) and Mili still won't look. She's trying to get the keys without looking. Now Alejandro wants to "talk" which she won't do until he covers up. Oh, but if she's not looking then he might as well keep undressing. Mili doesn't want that either. She says she'll talk. Alejandro sits her on the bed and she takes the opportunity to pull him down onto the bed, get the keys, and go running out of the room. He gets his pants on halfway and goes chasing her, pants around the ankles, right into Hugo's room! Mili tells Hugo that Alejandro came after her in the hallway, just like that, saying "Come here, little girl, I'm going to…" but she won't finish because it would be rude. Alejandro's amazed that Hugo would believe her, but Hugo points out he was running around half-pantsless. Alejandro storms out of the room. Mili checks to see that he's gone and then tries to leave. Hugo complains she hasn't been to see him for days and Mili rolls her eyes that here's another guy after her.

Downstairs, Valeria and her model friends talk about Valeria's Secret Admirer while Bobby pretends to read the paper and eavesdrops. Rorgan comes in to announce that the car is ready. Bobby wishes Valeria luck on the runway and Valeria replies "Oh, were you there? I didn't notice." Pobre de Bobby. Alejandro comes downstairs and tells Bobby that Andrea's meeting him at the show. For no apparent reason, he asks Bobby if they've heard from Eugenio, which they haven't. These two paragons of manhood now speculate that the woman Bobby's dad went off with must be a zorra (tart, slut, husband-stealer).

We cut from that scene to Luciana getting her hair done. Milena walks into the same salon for a manicure. She sees Luciana and yells loud enough for everyone to hear that "this woman" is the reason her husband left her. Oh, please, she didn't even go with him.

Hugo asks Mili if Braulio has forbidden her to see him (of course not, no one "forbids" our plucky protagonista anything) since Braulio warned him that Mili might take advantage. Of what? Mili wonders. Money. Oops, wrong answer. Mili starts to tell him where he can stick his money. Mili says she hasn't been to see him because he's a liar and was trying to deceive her. She asks for his hands and pulls him out of the chair. He keeps up the pretense that he's paralyzed and falls to the floor. She gives him a few kicks and tells him to get up. Hugo tells her that the time she came in and he wasn't there it was because Braulio had taken him to the cemetery to see his mom and his girlfriend. And of course, he didn't take the motorized wheelchair because it's too big and too heavy. Now she feels bad and goes to see if he's ok. Damian and Braulio show up just then and Damian blames Mili and orders her out. Damian and Braulio pick Hugo up and put him back in the chair. Once they do and Mili leaves, Hugo tells Damian that Mili's his friend and that he doesn't want Damian to talk to her like that again. He tells them both it was an accident, he fell out of the chair, and tells Damian to get out. He tells Braulio to stay, though. Braulio says "So, she found out you can walk and now you want me to help you keep lying to her, right?" Yep.

Horacio comes to the runway show, but Rorgan tells him they can't get in without invitations. Rocky mentions that Valeria's friends were saying that some important designers were going to be there. Designers that "se les caían la mano" ("their hands fell"; judging from his hand gesture and the resultant hijinx, he means "gay"). Horacio calls him a genius and says they've got to get to a store before it closes.

Milagros comes to talk to Damian. She gives him the "be a better dad, encourage Hugo" pep talk. Damian doesn't think Hugo will listen to him. Mili tells him to yell until Hugo does listen.

Backstage, the gals are getting ready for the show. Their coach is upset because their hair isn't done yet and the girls say the stylists haven't gotten there yet.

Cut to the door, where Rorgan and Horacio are pretending to be famous stylists. Modeling Coach comes outside just then and gives the door guy a hard time for not letting them in, as they're urgently needed. Quick wardrobe rundown, Rorgan is wearing a baby blue hat, hot pink print shirt, white and silver belt, and bright blue pants tucked into pink cowboy boots; Horacio is wearing mirror sunglasses with pink frames, a dark purple fuzzy scarf, a white shirt with pink splotches on it, red pants, and red shoes. I know they're trying to telegraph "gay" but it looks more like "fashion challenged."

Mili goes back to Hugo's room asking what she needs to do for him to forgive her. Hugo wants Mili to pose for him, like the actress in Titanic. Of course, Mili's never seen it, so Hugo explains it…except for the part where she's posing nude.

Backstage, Horacio and Rorgan make a mess of some poor model's hair, claiming it's the latest style from Paris. Modeling Coach forbids Horacio from touching anyone else's hair. He tells them to move on to "the rest of the girls"…in other words, Valeria and her friends. Valeria claims that there's an outfit missing to distract Modeling Coach so she can pull Rorgan aside and fire him. She kicks him and Horacio out.

Mili, Lina, Karla, and Socorro are having dinner in the kitchen. Socorro is still ignoring Mili. Mili says she's going to be painted "like the woman in Titanic." Lina explains the naked part and Mili is scandalized.

The runway show commences, in slow-mo. The girls are all wearing lingerie (not "underwear" as previously advertised) and no one falls off the stage (awww, too bad). Rorgan and Horacio stand in the back and watch.

Mili confronts Hugo about the naked thing. Mili, that idiot, already promised to do it without knowing all the details. Hugo argues that it's "art," which yeah, it is, but that doesn't mean he's not also taking advantage of her. Mili says if he wants to paint her, she'll have clothes on. If he wants a naked model, go ask Karla. Hugo asks Mili if she's a virgin…for no reason, he's just asking. He figures she is, but he never explains why he asked in the first place. Mili says they're not friends anymore and leaves the room.

The next morning, Constancio gripes Luciana out because Valeria modeled after all, even though he told her not to. The two of them have an argument about "respect" and whether either of them taught Valeria what it means. Constancio warns Luciana that if she cheats on him again, something will happen to her. He asks if she knows how much insurance money he'll collect if she's run over by a car. Nasty.

Mili asks Regina about the whole naked painting thing…in general. Regina gives a PSA about art and the beauty of the female form. She shows Mili the painting, "La Venus del Espejo." Mili agrees it's a beautiful painting. Regina next shows Mili Goya's "La Maja Desnuda." Mili comments on the model's hips, which makes Regina laugh. Mili agrees there's nothing dirty about these types of pictures and explains that she asked because Hugo wants to paint her like Goya's Maja. Alejandro walks in and hears this last bit.

Rorgan begs Valeria to forgive him and un-fire him. He tries the "you're like my family" bit, the "I love you" bit, but no dice. He tells her he'll go, but first he wants to tell her she was like a goddess last night, the most beautiful of them all and how he was so proud that she's his boss. That does the trick. She wants the car brought around at 6 to go to the gym.

Alejandro comes to visit Hugo. Hugo asks Alejandro to leave Mili alone because he's interested in her. Alejandro says he's interested in her too, which is news to Hugo.

Regina makes a field trip down to Valeria's room. Valeria's got the radio turned up, waiting for another message from her Secret Admirer. Regina asks if he at least sings well. Valeria says his singing makes her melt. Regina reminisces about how her admirers used to send poetry and she used to melt. Bobby starts singing and Valeria gets all excited. He's singing Alejandro Sanz's "Si tu me miras". Regina says he's not bad (I agree; my main complaint is that his voice sounds forced, like he's trying too hard).

Milena comes to visit Constancio. I'll spare you the pleasantries and cut to the chase--she tells him she's lonely and she wants to have an affair with Constancio to get back at Luciana. Constancio's up for it, no pun intended.

Hugo tells Alejandro that Mili's not a one-night-stand, she's for life. He tells Alejandro to get out of the way, he's in love with her. Alejandro says that he loves her too. Right then Mili opens the door and asks what they were talking about.

Tomorrow: Alejandro decides he wants Mili, not Andrea.

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