Caray, Caray!

I'm sorry I couldn't get this done earlier--I started yesterday, and it was taking me forever! i wish I could do these faster. Sometimes they are easier.
Anyway, we're back to another action-packed episode, folks, with some good emotional content. But I don't know what we're going to do with our boy Al . . . Moreover, we are about to dive in to an extended mistaken-identity arc, and I hate mistaken-identity plots! Oh, well.

Quick recap of the overlap scenes: Hugo is telling Luci of his plans to go abroad to paint; Alex sweeps in in his butler costume to do the white-glove test with Lina. She is sent to get the plumero, or feather duster. Alex's swaying/gliding movements remind me of the Rosie, the robo-maid on wheels, from the Jetsons. Otherwise, he's doing enough bowing and scraping to get a job as a greeter in a Tokyo department store.

Luci wants Alex to finish this payasada, or joke. She won't let him do it on the night of the big party. The big man Domingo Echavarria is coming, along with his daughter. They could unite the two fortunes . . . Well, we know how well that went with the previous generation.

Gloria is kissing with Chamuco in the kitchen. Horacio catches them and chases out Chamuco. Gloria is upset because she thinks she won't have a boyfriend now. Horacio tells Chamuco that Gloria is a good girl from the convent and he can't take advantage of her. Rocky comes over, and Horacio tells him that he's telling Chamuco things that will make him into the worst boyfriend ever. His plans never fail. Rocky says "if you think so."

Anyway, Horacio goes back to his training: he asks Chamuco what's in his head. Chamuco says hair. NO, you have a brain. What's in a woman's head? Chamuco says a brain. NO, she only has hair. Finally, he tells him that woman's place is in the kitchen. Of course, Soco overhears. Horacio tries to explain, but she's having none of it. She tells Horacio to stay out of her kitchen!

In the staff dining room, Alex is trying to get out of tonight's party. He begs Braulio, who is now dressed as Gilligan and swigging beer, to bail him out. Mili steps in and says no--Alex must keep his promise. She tells Braulio that he's going to the movies tonight. Braulio says no--he's going to the thea-tah! He begins prancing around the room and emoting to the ceiling. Alex begs Soco for help: She says, next time don't make promises you can't keep.

Mili fills Granny in on the hijinks. She wants her to come down and see. Granny says she will come downstairs.

Back in the staff dining room, Horacio tries to come in. Soco sends him packing with a piece of bread and some milk. He wants a taco with basil (albahaca). No, says Soco--no more macho pigs. Karla cheers her mother on.

Damien compliments Luci and Val on their dresses for the evening. It looks like everyone is going to stop fighting for the sake of the anniversary party. Granny comes down.
The bell rings, and Connie asks where's Braulio to open the door. He's not here, says Mili. She shouts like a fishwife for Agapito. Are you deaf (sordo) or what?
Said Aggie opens the door on Bruma. Tu????

Meanwhile, Val says she's not going to say the butler is her brother and ruin the evening. Regina says it's better to just keep quiet for now.

Now we begin the odious mistaken-identity plot: Bruma asks Alex why he didn't tell her he was a butler. Er, er . . .

Mili introduces Connie to Agapito. Alex says he'll explain later. Mili backslaps the guest like a stevedore. We just hired him, she says.

Bruma says, Oh, so that's your name--Agapito.

Luci talks to Echavarria about Val's almost marriage. He is surprised at how well she looks . . . unlike his recently divorced daughter, who is still suffering. Luci wants to introduce her son--you can see the cash register running behind her eyes. Where is the little devil. Luci sends Mili to find Alex, but he's gone off to speak privately with Bruma. Mili leaves Luci holding the food tray--hah!

Luci threatens Damien--if he gets in Alex's way, there'll be hell to pay.
Connie wants to know what's up.

Alex is now flirting with Bruma in the garden. He wants to clear things up . . . of course, she interrupts, thinking he means to clear up why he didn't tell her he was a butler. Groan. No, it's great, she says. So it doesn't matter that he's not a millionaire? No, she's glad he's a simple guy. She's glad he's a butler. He asks what she would think of him if he were a man of business with a lot of pressure and had to fire people. Oh, then you would remind me of my father, she says. I respect him a lot. It's hard to do what he does. But where does this question come from, she wonders. Oh, just curiosity, he says. Well, anyway, she says, I've already told you I love that you're a butler. You've discovered my secret, he says.

Back to Connie, Luci and Damien. L and D are going to join forces to help Alex. Connie asks Damien, Whose side are you on, imbecil? Connie wants Damien to help him get rid of Alex and is using the casino fiasco as leverage.
Karla gives Damien a drink and he downs it in one gulp.

Soco is preparing a meal. Horacio comes in and is tossed out again.

Alex is back to flirting with Bruma. We learn her real name is Florencia. He tells her that she looks much happier today--yesterday she looked so sad. Yes, she got married too young, and her husband cheated on her with a friend. Bobby comes over looking for Alex. Alex signals not to reveal his true identity. Florencia asks if he was trying to impress her by making her believe he was a millionaire--ha ha--you took your boss's name . . .

Mili is looking for Alex upstairs. She opens a door, presumably to Alex's room, and finds Hugo and Pilar in bed. She says she doesn't care who he's with. He comes out and tries to tell her that Pilar means nothing to him.

Bobby is talking to Val while Morgan watches in the background. Seeing Morgan, Val kisses Bobby. Mili asks where Agapito is. Bobby tells her he's in the garden. Florencia goes back to the house, telling Agapito that her father will be looking for her. Enter Mili. Alex is all lovey dovey. I guess he forgot that he was just flirting with that other girl. Mili now gives Agapito the rest of the night off so his mom can show him off. No, he says, a promise is a promise. He will stick with Agapito for the night. He gives her a little kiss.

Cut to morning! Huh? The girls are rehashing. They review how funny Agapito looked when he was presented to his mother and when he lighted a match and burned himself. That's nothing--the next time the friends come, they will give Aga-whistle a big tip.
The girls tell Mili not to laugh, that Alex actually did well. She says that yes, she loves him so, and she's going over to the office to see him.

Over at the office, Connie has called a meeting to discuss the disposal of Damien. He reveals the casino plot to all. Damien tries to deny it--saying it was all Peralta's fault. Everyone votes Damien out of the company (Alex, Luciana and Granny). Regina says to Luci that nothing her brother does surprises her anymore. Connie throws Damien out and says that he is forbidden to even show his nose there.

Now for the title scene: Morgan comes in to the kitchen brandishing a giant horseradish (rabano) as a present for Socorro. This a proof of Horacio's, er, love. But weirder still is the fact that Horacio is hiding under the table looking up Socorro's skirt. Huh? Socorro rejects the offering and beats Horacio away with an equally phallic rolling pin. For additional hilarity, Morgan is left holding the radish and pondering just what he could do with it . . .

Regina is reviewing the Damien situation with Alex. She says he's a little chip, so that must be why he likes gambling so much . . . He's looking for people to step on him--there's already a line waiting. Alex wonders why his dad is so cruel. Regina says that he's not as bad as he thinks--you know what? He offered to pay for Mili to go to school, and Mili turned him down. Alex is impactado. Granny thinks it's a good idea for Alex to convince Mili to go to school. (I hope Mili goes away to school, becomes a licenciada, meets an accountant, comes back and creates a fake company and embargoes Belmonte Industries . . . oh, that was another show. Anyway, it would be nice if Mili did go to school.)

Morgan and Horacio go to a jewelry store. Morgan buys a necklace for Val. Today a necklace, tomorrow a house, a cruise to Acapulco, and so on. Horacio suggests branching out with the taco chain. Morgan suggests that Horacio buy a necklace for Socorro, but Horacio doesn't have enough money. He wants Morgan to think it over (maybe Morgan will eventually build a large chain of taco stands and become rich, thereby being "good enough" for Val--but not before she also learns her lesson and says she doesn't care).

Damien is wandering the street. He sees a bedraggled beggar and envisions himself in the role. The shot of Damien with the dirty long hair and beard was pretty funny.

Cut to a new set--it's someone's fancy house and Florencia is talking to a blond girl: Look, it's Ceci from Amar, typecast as everyone's favorite girl roommate! Look's like she's Florencia's sister Marisela. Marisela wants her sister to come out of mourning--after all, she's not a widow. Marisela confesses she met someone she liked last night. She says she's not sure she "likes likes" him, but he's a good guy. What's more, last night for the first time since her divorce, she was able to sleep calmly.

Miligol is over at Al's office kissing him. Aw. Don't worry, this won't last long. She asks when the fired workers are coming back. He says they aren't. Quoting Florencia quoting her father--sometimes when you're the boss you have to make tough decisions. (It seems to me that he is just taking advantage of that fortuitous conversation.) Mili shouts that he learned nothing from his stint as a butler. Demonstrating that he can be just as mature, Alex shouts that he's had it up to here with her telling him about the poor people. The truth is that he was born with a gold spoon, but he had a terrible life. He never lacked food or blankets, but neither did you in the convent. Mili says he shouldn't compare himself with her--he had a mother to take care of him when he was sick and kiss him goodnight. He says she had the same thing at the convent with PM and Sister Cachete. And she had football too! (Yes, he said that.) Would she prefer to have an alcoholic mother and a father who hates her? He also suffered, and all he had was Granny, and most of the time, she was shut in her room. Do you think it's easy being born into a wealthy (adinerado--moneyed) family? You're wrong!

Morgan is driving Val to a photo shoot. He hands her the necklace, and she says she can't accept gifts and throws it out the window without even opening it. Oh, come on!

Back to Mili and Al: He says he accepts her as she is--servant and all. He loved her and she can't accept him as he is. What do you plan for the future? Stope being a girl and grow up. My dad offered to send you to school, and you turned it down. It doesn't bother me that you're a servant, but you should want to grow. You say I need to change, but what about you? You can grow at my side or without me.

Mili says, if you don't like me as I am . . . he cuts her off. I've had it, Mili. Now it's me who feels deceived by you. Our engagement is a mistake, and a marriage would be worse! Now it's me who isn't interested in a life with someone like you. Wow, way to go from zero to ninety, Al.
Mili is a combination of impactada and very sad.

Now for the money scene: Mili is sitting in the big chair in Granny's room looking like a little girl. Mili tells Regina that Alex said she was just a girl and deceived him because she wouldn't take advantage of Connie's offer. She should study and grow. Granny says that in a way Alex is right--he has a career and he wants you to progress. Mili says--you too--you don't like me the way I am? Granny asks what's wrong with studying? Why didn't you take Connie's offer? Because I'm afraid, says Mili, finally revealing the truth behind her bravado. I don't want to deceive anyone. It's because I'm so bruta (coarse, gross, unrefined). They'll throw me out in five minutes. You want to teach me to speak well and not to hit everyone, but I'm a burra (stupid).

Rocky and Val are fruitlessly looking for the package on the street. She says they should just leave it, as she doesn't want to be late for her photo session. He says that even if he could take it back he'd rather she have it and know that it was in her closet. She says forget it. Stop buying her gifts. Forget about her. If you don't see why, I'll hire a new chauffeur. They drive away, but Morgan is still glancing back to see if he can find the package.

Alex is rehashing with Bobby at the office. So you showed Mili the eraser (goma)? Bobby asks. (Interesting idiom for breaking up.) Alex says yes, he's starting over. (How convenient that he has a new gal waiting in the wings.) Alex said she asked me one more time about those workers . . . and I couldn't take it. Bang, Alice--you're going to the moon. Bobby says--you haven't stopped loving her, right? Before Alex can answer, Andrea interrupts saying that Florencia is looking for him. Quickly, Alex enlists Bobby to play him and he hides. The two sisters come in, and Florencia says she wants to find out how to get in touch with Agapito, but in the meantime they will all go out for a bite to eat. Bobby and Ceci look a little lovestruck. I predict they will get together. Bobby exits with another one of those crotch-covering gestures. Those girls were cute, but isn't this a bit exaggerated?

Damien is desperate now. He goes to see a doctor who owes him a large gambling debt. He has a way for the doctor to pay him back. This doctor works at a prison, right? And he's an oncologist, right? He gets the sleazy doc to bring him some X-rays of a terminal cancer patient so he can pass them off as his own. In the avances, it looks like everyone is being told that poor Damien is dying. It also looks like Alex kisses Florencia. Woo-hoo.

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