Caray, Caray!

I don't know what last night's cutoff was exactly, but Granny gives Alejandro the "fight for your luuuuurve" speech and Alejandro appears to have put his big boy pants on and is heading out of his room. He's on the move, people!

What's not on the move is Mili's hair, what with all the Aqua Net Lina's putting on it. We only see Mili from behind, so I have no idea what she looks like. She whine's that she's going to screw things up and that the family only sees her as a servant, but Lina tells her to suck it up and go represent for all the other servants. What with Mili's "you can take the girl off the soccer field…" track record, I'm not sure she's the best representative the downstairs crew could find.

The family is growing impatient waiting for Alejandro and/or Mili to show up. Lina runs downstairs to get out of the way so Mili can make her grand entrance. As she walks down the stairs, I wonder what she needed all the hairspray for--she's just got a rhinestone headband on and is wearing her hair straight. Regina and Hugo are the only ones excited to see her. Hugo greets her with a kiss, which makes Luciana roll her eyes. Constancio's response is, "OK, let's eat now!" Damian finishes his drink and as he walks behind Mili towards the dining room, I swear I thought he was going to smack her on the behind. He had that look in his eye. Hugo and Mili follow the rest of the family into the dining room.

Lina, Gloria, and Socorro run back to the kitchen after watching Mili's entrance. They think she looked wonderful. Braulio comes in all nervous because the salad should have been served already. Lina runs out to serve it, making Braulio nervous again in anticipation of lettuce flying everywhere. Gloria and Socorro just laugh.

OK, now, Socorro is a terrible, terrible friend. Even if someone else had decided to serve lobster, she should have foreseen the inherent issues and served something else. Like tacos maybe. That's more Mili's speed. Mili fights with her lobster-eating implements as Regina tries to telepathically give her instructions on exactly how she's supposed to get any food out of that thing. Luciana and Valeria make fun of Mili's lack of lobster-eating skills. She just can't make it work and gives up. Valeria calls her a naca. You know, I don't know if there's a Mexican Miss Manners, but I'm sure if there were, she would say that it's not polite to call someone a naca at the dinner table. Mili rises above it all and says Valeria's comment does not upset her. After she winks at Regina, she then slips down in her chair to give Valeria (who's sitting directly across from her) a good kick. Then she makes fun of Valeria's bad manners for screaming at the dinner table. See above re: soccer field.

Lina runs back to the kitchen to report that all is well, no one can take their eyes off of Mili. She compares her to the princess of Mono-naco…no, wait, Socorro corrects her, it's "Monaco." Hm, isn't the royal house of Monaco somewhat cursed? Perhaps it's a good comparison, then.

The family is now having after-dinner drinks back in the foyer/living room/confessional. Damian toasts to everyone's happiness, but Mili and Hugo specifically. Luciana doesn't drink. That's a first. Damian hugs Hugo and takes him off for a father-son chat. Is Hugo now going to find out where babies come from? Or is this the, "Hey, I once tried to rape your fiancée--no hard feelings?" chat? Alejandro's downstairs and he goes over to stand next to Mili once Hugo and Damian leave. Alejandro quietly tells Mili that she's beautiful ("I know") and he loves her and he's considering screaming it out. Mili taunts him that he's too much of a coward, so of course he does. This gets everyone's attention, including Hugo and Damian and people start asking Alejandro what he's on about. Mili says they were just singing flamenco and she twirls away form Alejandro singing "I love you, I love you with all my soul…." Then she says "That's how you do it cousin…you obviously don't have any Andalusian blood." Constancio asks if Mili does and that stops her in her tracks, as she admits she has no idea since she doesn't know her dad…but hey, she says, maybe he's a flamenco singer! Luciana and Valeria get cranky again about all the "stupidity" going on. Valeria hints it's Regina's fault for letting it happen and runs upstairs. Hugo chases after her yelling that he's tired of her rudeness. Alejandro goes back to Mili and tells her she's a liar, she knows the "I love you" was for her. Mili comes right back with, "No, you say it to a lot of girls in your bed." She tells Alejandro she knows he's a liar and she won't believe him anymore. She goes off "to give [her] fiancé a kiss," but Constancio asks her for a chat in the study.

She acts like she's been called to the principal's office. She thinks he's calling her on the carpet for singing and dancing in the living room. He says it's about something more serious. He says Damian should be having this conversation, not him…he's worried about Hugo's future and wonders if Mili marrying Hugo is what's best for him.

Andrea is calling Peralta (aka, the puppet-master). She asks for a private meeting and they set it up for the following day.

Mili thinks Constancio is rejecting her just like everyone else. She's really hurt because she thought he was different. He tries to explain it's not what she thinks. She tells him his heart is frozen and he only lives for his image. Meanwhile, Constancio's just sitting there like a fish, opening and closing his mouth with no sound coming out. As her parting shot she says she doesn't deserve this and if she had a decent dad he'd kick Constancio's ass. That's quite the mental image--it would look something like Constancio re-enacting that scene from Fight Club where Edward Norton beats himself up. Mili leaves, but Constancio catches up to her in the hallway and asks her forgiveness. He says he shouldn't have said it. Mili gives him a big kiss on the cheek and says of course he's forgiven. He shambles back to the study and has a "I'm never washing this cheek again" moment. He goes to a little safe on one of the bookshelves and talks to a picture of Rosario "She has your look, that proud look." Regina bursts in and asks to speak with him. She tells him he has a weird look, a sad look. She takes the picture of Rosario from him and says he never forgot her and she adored him. Regina says Mili reminds her of Rosario, but says it's better not to think about it. Constancio reminds her she wanted to talk to him. Regina says she's worried about Mili and the wedding, but she doesn't think Constancio can help. She says good night and leave. Constancio tells Rosario that Mili reminds him of her too.

The next morning, Chamuco brings in the groceries and tells Mili not to call Lina. She hangs on him a little too much, he says. She ends up coming in on her own and making eyes at him. Mili tries to do that throat clearing thing, but Lina doesn't get it. Mili tries to leave, but Chamuco won't let her, he keeps making pleading faces behind Lina's back. Mili's stuck, but eventually decides to leave Chamuco to his fate. He and Lina start unloading the groceries. For all his complaining, he's still giving Lina his best come-hither smile.

Padre Manuel and Constancio conference in the study. He spontaneously calls Mili "my daughter" which really makes Padre Manuel happy. Constancio tells PM that Mili's marrying Hugo. He tells PM that he tried to dissuade Mili from marrying Hugo and he really felt like he was talking to his daughter and he saw Rosario in her, but with Regina's character. He didn't talk about it to Mili, though. PM tries to convince him he needs to, but Constancio says he can't do it--he can't even look her in the eyes. He asks PM where Rosario is buried and PM says she's in a little cemetery near the convent, "in a tomb without a name." Constancio repeats this last like he realizes (a) how sad it is and that (b) it's partly his fault because he's too chickenshit to tell the truth. Although, I guess we can also blame Braulio, since he knows the truth and isn't doing anything to put a name on his sister's tomb either.

Mili has a man-to-man talk with Chamuco about being straight up and telling Lina he's not interested. She has to explain to him that he shouldn't lead her on like that. Mili then tries to convince Chamuco he should be interested in Lina. He tells her he likes Gloria instead. Mili's like "oops!" Chamuco exits and PM enters. She agrees to walk back to the convent with PM and tell him the whole story about getting engaged to Hugo. She picks a bunch of roses and then goes upstairs to change clothes. Alejandro watches from inside.

Peralta and Andrea have their meeting. She gives him the full-on come-hither. She tells him there's a smear campaign against Constancio and he thinks Peralta is behind it. Peralta freaks out…he thinks Constancio has forgotten he's the puppet master. Andrea spins a tale about him not trusting Peralta because of the Sergio thing. She says she's there of her own accord to warn him that Constancio and Damian are going to start a campaign of their own against Peralta as revenge. It may be because I'm not BSC, but I don't get what she hopes to accomplish. She's like someone stepping on anthills just to watch them scurry.

Thanks to Mili's roses, Constancio easily finds Rosario's grave. He tells her he wasn't good to her.

Alejandro comes to the convent and runs into Padre Manuel. PM knows he's looking for Mili. Alejandro asks where she is.

Constancio tells Rosario he found their daughter and Mili's like her, beautiful, sweet…. Mili busts him at there. I guess those roses were from earlier, as Mili's still holding the bunch she just took from the front yard. She yells at him and he says he just wanted to meet her mom, he was curious. Oops, wrong answer. He keeps trying to work it, "she's your mom, you're living in my house." Mili says she wouldn't believe it if he said he cared about her or was interested in her. He says she's wrong and he leaves. Mili puts the roses down and says hi to her mom. Alejandro now comes up and tells Rosario to tell Mili that she's making a mistake, she can't marry Hugo. Eyes get teary, chests heave, mouths hang open, end scene.

Peralta tries to call Constancio to clear things up, but Andrea says "I don't want him to know I talked to you." Andrea says she's been more than a secretary to Constancio and she's looking to move up to the major leagues. Also she wants revenge on Constancio. Peralta calls her dangerous. They mack. Gross. She's like a walking hormone. He tries to tell her he won't be sucked in that easily…that's because he hasn't seen her trick with the hose and the tennis balls (thanks, Beckster!). Andrea says Constancio's trying to go over Peralta's head, but he's not having any of that. He says he can destroy Constancio and gives her an envelope and tells her that she's got to get Constancio to hand the envelope over to the president of the party so that it will look like Constancio's working with the opposition. Andrea tells him she can't give the envelope to Constancio or he'll suspect. Peralta says to use Damian to do it so Andrea and Peralta won't take the fall for it. "How can I ever thank you?" Andrea asks. Peralta asks his secretary to hold all calls so they can get busy. Gross.

Mili's running away from Alejandro. She tells him he can't use her mom like that and to stay out of her life…she stays out of his! Alejandro disagrees. She's in his heart or wherever and he can't get her out. He thinks of her 24/7, he loves her. Mili doesn't care and she says he's out of her heart and now she's got something else going on. Mili runs into Sor Cachete and uses her to run interference, thinking Alejandro will leave her alone if she's with a nun. She's right.

Luciana stands in the front yard and cries about her roses being cut. Regina comes out asking what's up. Luciana tells Regina to tell Mili to quit it. Regina's like, whatever, they'll grow--and quit insulting Mili. She asks why Luciana hates her so much. Luciana makes some lame excuse. Regina says that if she gets into it with Mili again, it will be like she's getting into it with Regina herself. Luciana complains some more. Regina says she feels sorry for her and walks away.

Mili and Sor Cachete walk back to the house. Sor Cachete thinks if he said it in front of Rosario's grave, he can't be lying. Sor Cachete doesn't think Mili should marry Hugo if her heart belongs to Alejandro. They meet with a cute little street urchin. He lives on the street and has no parents, as per the street urchin union code of conduct. Sor Cachete tries to sell him on coming to the convent, but he's like "no way!" and he kicks Sor Cachete and runs off.

Andrea is cleaning out her desk at Belmonte Co. Damian comes up to taunt her. Andrea throws the envelope in the trash, saying it's something Sergio left, trying to get back in Constancio's good graces. She makes what's in the envelope sound like the Holy Grail. She tells Damian she's not going to give Constancio anything that will help him out after the way she was treated. Damian, of course, fishes it out of the trash once she's gone. He really has no idea how easy he is to manipulate. He pulls out a big sheaf of papers, probably written in legalese, that I bet he's not going to bother to read. How he's going to get Constancio to give it to the party president without Constancio reading it and realizing it's bad for his career is beyond me.

Sor Cachete and Mili chase the urchin around a parking lot and a park area. They drag him back to the convent and try to convince the Mother Superior to take him in. She tries to say they can't take anyone in because there's no money and they can transfer him somewhere else. Mili already gave him the goods on this convent, though (Padre Manuel is cool, Sor Cachete is an awesome cook, Mother Superior is…um…ok). Mili says she'll get a big fat donation for the convent, but not from the Belmontes. She's going to get the money her way. MS agrees to keep the urchin, but someone needs to give him a bath. This sets him to running again. As per Street Urchin Union local #101, bathing is only to be done once per year needed or not and he's got at least six more months to go.

Valeria and Pilar sit out on the lawn while Karla serves them drinks. Karla hangs on every word as Valeria complains about Mili's bad table manners ("all she lacked was wiping her mouth with the tablecloth") and about how Hugo and Alejandro are both idiots for being into her. Pilar tells Valeria to not be so snobby and brings up the Andrea thing ("It gives me chills to think that she would go so far!"). Valeria would love for Pilar to get Alejandro's attention away from Mili and while Pilar isn't quite seeing it from that angle, she does say that she fully intends to get Alejandro back. So far, I'm not sure what to think of Pilar--is she really a decent girl or just faking it? Do we have a junior Andrea on our hands?

Mili and Sor Cachete act like they're planning to give a cat a bath the way they approach the street urchin. He threatens them with a wrestling move and says no way are they seeing his private parts! They make a coordinated strike.

As expected, Damian comes into Constancio's office with the envelope. I'll spare you his spiel. He leaves the envelope with Constancio and Constancio says he'll look it over. He and I are probably both wondering what Damian is expecting in return. Constancio takes it out of the envelope after Damian leaves and the cover page looks like a 3rd grader's idea of what a political proposal would look like: "Law Project" in big letters with the slightly smaller subtitle, "Law Project of the Political Party." Puh-leez! Constancio starts reading.

Tomorrow: Luciana lets Braulio know she knows the truth about Mili…and then my DVR cuts off, but I imagine some other stuff happens as well.

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