Caray, Caray!

Sheesh, another filler episode. They should be doing better for Fridays--no? Sorry to post this late, but I had a computer malfunction yesterday.

Alex sees Gamuza in the street. He is waiting for Mili. He says lots of people are sick in the barrio, particularly Chiquis, his "cuate" (guy, pal).

Mili is back to kicking in the door at Andrea's apartment. Karla tries to tell Hugo that Mili is banging the door at the wrong apartment. She is looking for her husband and suspects him of having an affair. Problem--Hugo recognizes Mili's voice, but doesn't remember more than that.

In the barrio, the grandfather of Chiquis is worried that his little boy is dying and he hasn't a cent to pay. Alex calls a doctor friend who gives antibiotics for a severe infection. There's some interplay with Gamuza's bad father again. They confide in Alex that their local clinic and school are flooded or destroyed by big rainstorms. They are having a festival the next day, and they invite Alex.

Damien yells at Bobby for screwing up. If he does it again, he'll cut off his head--metaphorically speaking.

Mili tells the girls that she found Hugo at the house of the grenuda (skank). I wish I knew how to enter the tildas and accents, but I don't. Grenuda has a tilda.

Alex tells Granny about the clinic and the festival. She is proud of him for helping. She agrees to go with him the next day. She says he should not tell Connie and Luci.

Lina is talking to Rocky. Val comes over and demands that Rocky get the car. She tells him to stop being an igualada and obey. Lina scolds Val for playing with the feelings of Booby and Morgan. Val says Lina is an igualada too, like her friend Mili, the mugrosucha. (another expression for lowlife).

Horacio goes on a date with Socorro. I'll compress all those scenes into one. After the dinner, they come back to her little room. He wants to kiss her and more, but she says she is not ready. She has never been with a man since her "incident." He says he will wait till she is ready. Later he proposes. They kiss. Karla walks in on them. Horacio leaves the kitchen. Karla excoriates her mother's choice of a gardener with no future. Socorro defends him--he's the sweetest man alive and he really cares for her.

Alex talks to Granny about missing Hugo. He tells her that Mili has spoken to Hugo but no more. He says Hugo is a farsante (faker).

Val goes over to see Snouty (Pilar). Snouty rehashes the incident at the cabin. If Bobby hadn't stopped her she could have killed Alex. She is sorry for what she did, but she is still outraged at they way Alex treated her--it shouldn't be allowed. You know what else should not be allowed? The hideous black and red flowered negligee she is wearing. She concludes by acknowledging glycerin tearfully that Mili and Alex really love each other, and they shouldn't be separated.

Karla tells Hugo that she's going over to visit her mother. He's all hot up to go, but she puts him off. He agrees but jokingly asks her to buy him some striped pajamas to wear in his prison cell.

Mili asks Granny permission to look for Hugo. She tells her she saw him, and he was clearly kidnapped. How could that be, asks Granny? Mili says she knows the sin but not the sinner. Alex comes in and hears that she saw Hugo.

Damien is making some kind of deal on the phone. He calls Beltran and leaves a message. Andrea comes in, and Damien wants to know how Karla came to be living at the skank's house.
Why--what's the problem--you're sorry your girlfriend left you? He says that Andrea and Karla should get along well--they both sleep around for money. Anyway, he realizes that Karla is a problem and Andrea should keep her away.

He asks her to have Connie sign blank papers for future use. She refuses. She says leave it to her--she has Connie eating out of her hand. She drives him crazy in the bedroom. He wants to know why she's so confrontational. 'Cause it bothers her that he wants to use her. Takes one to know one.

Granny and Alex go to the festival and vow to rebuild the clinic and school. Cheers all around.

I'm skipping ahead, but the next day, Granny and Alex go to work on the project. Granny sits at a small table and takes inventory of the lumber. When they seem to be running short, they vow to pay the rest.

Peralta comes in and leers at Andrea. She looks revolted when his back is turned but is all smiles to his face. Damien calls him in to his office. He reveals to Damien that he had that little fling and asks that Damien keep it from Peralta's wife. They discuss the interference with Connie's campaign. Peralta warns Damien to watch over Andrea.

Mili enters the reception area. She wants Andrea to give up Hugo. Andrea plays dumb. Anyway, why should Mili care--she left Hugo standing at the altar. N0, Mili says. Alex took her. Andrea should not change the subject--she saw Hugo at Andrea's building. One thing here--it looks like skanky is not even bothering to be interested in Alex anymore.

Mili and Andrea keep yelling. Mili grabs Andrea and says that if she doesn't tell her what she wants to know she'll find out herself. Connie hears the hubbub and comes out. Andrea utters the fateful words we heard on the avances: Get your daughter off me! Impactada looks all around. Well, here's the unsurprising resolution. Mili says, What did you say? I'm the boss's daughter? Hah, he should be so lucky. Connie tells Mili to go into his office.

He asks Andrea what she was saying. She says that she didn't know what she was saying. Ignore her stupidity. He says, no, it sounded like you know exactly what you were saying. No, no, she says--why? Is she your daughter? Since he won't admit it, they come to a standoff. He thought bubbles that he'll have to watch her more closely.

He then tells Mili not to do such things in the office again. She promises but asks if she can wait by the exit to do them there. He chuckles to himself. I liked that look, but I'm still disappointed in Connie.

Given his discussion with Peralta, Damien asks Andrea if she now considers herself the Mati Hari of her day. He always knew she was trash, going from bed to bed, but business is business. He now has more leverage over her, so he again demands that she help him get the blank papers signed. She says no, Peralta won't tell. Wanna bet, asks Damien. Don't be stupid, he says, we have to work together.

Karla catches Horacio in the yard. She tells him to keep away from her mother, or her mother will lose her daughter. Poor Socorro.

At the girls' dorm, Mili tells the girls that she saw Hugo. Gloria thinks she must have seen wrong. No, says Lina. Mili has good eyesight. She eats carrots, and carrots are good for the eyes. Have you ever seen a rabbit with glasses? Bah-dum-pum.
Anyway, they realize this explains why Karla left her job.
My DVR cuts off here.

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