Caray, Caray!

Al is still at the door with his flowers – we see him fish-eye view through the keyhole. Mili tells Flor it’s a man with bad intentions, but Flor says it’s her boyfriend and she runs to freshen up a bit. Mili opens, takes the flowers and says oh, my love! How did you know I was here? Al gapes at her.

Damien is with Luci and he is stunned and misty-eyed contemplating the few days left to him. Luci says they’ll go to specialists in Houston – whatever it takes. She embraces him.

Mili tells Al he better get out of there because Flor is in there making out with her ex. Al says he can’t believe it. Mili refers to Flor as her patrona and Al says you work here? She shoves him out the door.

Mili is lying up a storm. She tells Flor that it was some guy leaving flowers for her, but Flor notices there’s no card on them. Mili asks if the ex was short and blond, and Flor says no, tall and brunette. Mili says it was him then (no other guys in Mexico City fit the description of tall and brunette, I guess) and that he said he is coming to see Flor this evening to talk. Mili keeps spinning stories – she says he practically cried when he said it. Flor said Rigoberto? Mili says yes that’s what he said his name is. He’s coming tonight to apologize. Flor is amazed.

Lina is dusting in the foyer and Vale comes in, shoves her over, plants a high-heeled foot on her stomach and tells her that she’s not to make her (Vale’s) life miserable. Vale steps over Lina and then here comes good old Bobby stage right. Vale says she’s too tired and starts up the stairs, but he says how ‘bout dinner tonight to celebrate their new coupledom? Okay, she says without enthusiasm.

Flor is upset and pacing and Mili is sticking her nose into her business and giving flip advice. Flor tells how she found her husband in bed with her best friend. I think Mili tells her that it’s not his fault, women make men crazy. Poor guy, she says, he was really crying. Mili is copping a lot of attitude, but Flor seems to impactada to notice.

Bobby and Al are walking at a construction site wearing construction-guy hard hats, and Bobby is carrying a construction-guy blueprint and a construction-guy clipboard. Hooray for the prop people! But two two aren’t talking about construction – Al is telling Bobby how amazed he is that Flor’s ex has showed up – he thought he was out of the picture. Bobby says didn’t the mafia dad say he offed him? Al said that’s what he said, but maybe only to put a scare in him.

Al’s cell rings – it’s Flor. She tells him that she’s canceling the dinner – she’s turning in early. Well, says Bobby to Al, there you have it - that makes things easier. You couldn’t decide between the two and now you have just Carlitos. Al says Carlitos was at Flor’s apartment. Bobby says oh wow.

Connie in the office is falling about laughing telling Andrea about the trick he pulled on Damien. You should have seen Damien’s face! hahahaha You should have seen Luci’s face! hahahaha. Andrea is loving it. Connie gets a stitch in his side from laughing. The handsome doctor is there too and he tells Connie look out, you could bust a gut. Hahahaha. You were great, doctor, so serious! says Connie. I wish we’d filmed it – you deserve a prize. He offers to write the doctor a check, but the doctor says no, I don’t want money, I just wanted to teach Damien a little lesson. This guy is all about ethics, or at least mostly about ethics. Connie sees him out.

Connie tells Andrea let’s go celebrate. She wants to know what his next step is and he tells her that he’s going to get Damien’s shares. He’s going to offer Damien a stack of dough for them and Damien won’t be able to pass up the opportunity to splurge in his last days. They smooch.

Flor’s sister has arrived for a sister-powwow. Mili is still there, slowly drying the dishes. I just noticed that there’s a bowl on the table with enough apples in it for 20 people. Flor tells her sister that Rigoberto is back and he’s coming to ask forgiveness. The sister is astonished and says don’t take him back. Mili pipes up that it’s her husband so she should forgive him. I’m talking to my sister! says Flor. Flor says she’s cancelled with Al and the sister says you shouldn’t see Rigo. Mili butts in that you shouldn’t turn away a husband. An EX, says the sister. Shut up, Flor finally tells Mili and I hear a low rumble that is the voices of viewers across the nation saying thank you Flor. I’ll bet the seismograph over at Cal Tech picked that one up. The sister tells Flor she’s playing with fire, she shouldn’t see him, she’s gonna get burned. Mili butts in yet again and Flor tells her to get on with the dinner and let her talk to her sister.

Morgan is having a snack and Lina is reporting to him that Bobby is taking Vale out to a fancy restaurant. Morgan is shaking something on his snack (chili powder?) and Lina is rhapsodizing about how she’d love to be taken somewhere like that. Morgan is getting more and more agitated and he is covering his snack with chili. He gets some in his eye and Lina comes over to him to help him get it out. Vale is passing by and from her point of view at the doorway, it looks like Lina and Morgan are having a love fest.

Braulio is in the foyer and Vale stomps in and tells him the servant don’t do anything – she points at Lina, who is just walking in. Braulio says she’s quite diligent with cleaning but Vale says I didn’t ask your opinion. It’s your fault the servants are wasting time, and the next person who disobeys me is out on the street. Lina looks like “huh?”

Flor’s sister is giving her advice – she is reminding her how the infidelity was only one thing, Flor had suffered so much even before that. Flor says all this brings old feelings to the surface, she’s confused. The sister tells Flor not to fall back down into that pit. She says Flor’s mental health is much better now since she’s with Al. Mili starts in about her married life, but the sister says Flor was married just one year. Flor tells her to stop what she’s doing and leave for the day – her pay is on the table. Mili sticks her tongue out and says okay, but the fish is ready. And it has a habanero chili in it.

Flor tells her sister that she wants to clear everything up with Rigo, but her sister says no, go to dinner with Alex. Mili drops in some more chili. I just want to know what he has to say, says Flor. Who cares says the sister – forget him and go out with Al. Mili drops in some more chili. Flor says you’re right, I should make the healthy choice and call Al and go out with him. Mili drops the rest of the bowl of chili in the fish.

Mili in the girls dorm is telling Gloria that she hates Flor, and where did she get off being so nice – she must be a big faker. Gloria says maybe she is nice. Mili says looks like she’s going to have dinner with Al – wait’ll they bite into the fish with habaneros. Gloria is shocked.

Braulio comes in and says Al wants to see Mili.

Damien is alone in his room. Sad piano music is playing. He gets out his giant little black book and looks up a phone number – he calls Barcelona and leaves a message with someone for Hugo to call him – it’s urgent. Karla comes in and says Luci is out there weeping up a storm. Damien asks her to go – he wants to be alone. She says don’t get into this sick-guy role so much, it’s all a joke. Violins are added to the piano. Damien tells her about Connie taking him to the doctor, the tests, the brain tumor.

Al drags Mili into his room and they get in a shoving match. He demands to know what’s going on. She says she works for Flor and he says oh yeah sure, what a coincidence. You are trying to find out about her because you’re jealous. She fake laughs. She says you’re having dinner with her, and he says no, she cancelled because of her ex. Mili says I know, they were romantic for hours and I had to listen to all the sounds.

Al’s cell rings. It’s Flor setting up the dinner again. Al is nice to her and says he’ll be right along. Mili tries to slam her character, but Al just smiles and says you’re jealous. She runs out into the hall and they argue, she pretending not to be jealous and I think saying she could get him to come back at the snap of her fingers, and Al laughing and calling her jealous, the schmuck.

Karla is in the kitchen and Socorro is trying to explain to her that God has a plan for everyone, including Damien, but Karla just wants her to go away. Socorro says that she won’t go away and she’s worried for Karla’s future. My future is dying says Karla and I’m going to be buried in this uniform. Forget Damien, says Socorro, you need a better man, one like us. What do you mean like us says Karla, and just then Braulio appears in the doorway. John Wayne-type music plays. Karla runs out.

See? Socorro says to Braulio – Karla gets all nervous around you. She likes you. Let’s not get back on that again, says Braulio. Socorro says you’re too grown up to be single. Have you thought how happy you’d be married to my Karla. No, says Braulio. What an opportunity, says Socorro, a young girl, good companion – oops! Quick pretend! Karla is passing through the room. Braulio is mouthing something but we don’t know what. Socorro tells Karla Braulio has something important to tell her. Braulio mouths something else and fidgets. Finally he says your mother has been thinking that you and I might be…. he can’t say it – finally he gets it out …a couple. Karla bursts into laughter. With Braulio, Mama? With Braulio? No! Braulio looks offended.

I had thought Al had left, but no, we’re back in his room and Mili is there with him. She wants to talk, she says. He says you said we were friends and we are – we can talk about football, go for a beer now and then.

I was wrong when I said that, says Mili, because I love you. I want what we had before, to be married in secret, to be the only woman in your life. I adore you. Kiss me! She grabs him and swings him into a dip and plants a big one on him.

What am I going to do with you, Mili? Al asks. Love me, put up with my crazy stuff, says Mili. You do love me, don’t you? I love you dummy, says Al. I was jealous, says Mili, but you went out with Flor just to get back at me, huh? Now you can release her into the wild, huh? Al looks hesitant. Call her, says Mili, and tell her that you’re canceling because you’d rather be with me. Wait, says Al, it was a lie that she was with her ex, wasn’t it?

What does that matter now asks Mili, and then she confesses. Al says look, Flor is a nice person and I owe it to her to show up. Don’t go, don’t go! says Mili. I have to talk to her and explain he says. Mili says use the phone. Al says no I owe her an explanation, I have to apologize for misleading her. Learn to trust me. He kisses her hand and leaves. I trust him, thoughtbubbles Mili, but I don’t trust her! She runs out.

Karla is still cracking up and Braulio is very offended and leaves. Socorro tells Karla to knock it off, he’s a good man. Karla gives her a news flash: He’s gay, Mama! Socorro is astonished. Karla hoots why don’t you offer him your gardener? and goes off laughing Socorro gets weepy over the news.

Luci is on a couch boo-hooing and Al comes in and discovers her. He tells her they need to be strong for Damien and to cheer him up, that weeping is not the way to go. She asks for a hug and he delivers. She asks where he’s headed and he said out with Flor. Luci says she’s very glad he’s seeing Flor and can forget Mili. Flor is the woman destined to be his wife, well-mannered, educated, rich, and Mili is… nothing.

Look Mama, Al says, that’s the person I fell in love with. Luci says aren’t you attracted to Flor? Of course, at this juncture, Mili is seen in the background, coming into the room. She hides behind a pillar. Al says Flor makes me feel things I have never felt before. I’m confused. Luci urges him to give it some time, those feelings would grow stronger. Mili is just a pastime for you, she says.

Gloria is on the arm of Chamuco, and Lina on Morgan’s arm and they are heading up the stairs to the fancy restaurant. Bobby and Vale are inside – he is telling her about business and she is stupefied with boredom, but she starts suddenly to life – here come our gang. She demands to know what they’re doing there. Morgan says they’re celebrating the new couplehood of him and Lina – his chiquita. I’M your chiquita, says Vale. You’re our servants, you’re not allowed to eat in the same restaurant with us – let’s go Bobby! Bobby notes that they just ordered. Morgan tells them to enjoy their dinner and he and Lina go over to a table and snuggle.

Flor is setting the table – I guess she and her sister ate most of the apples, because there are only about four left. Al comes in and says they need to talk. She says yes, she needs to explain about why she cancelled their date earlier. He says no, and he starts to explain that he’d been going through a hard time as she knew, he never wanted to hurt her, but… the doorbell rings. (My dog starts barking as usual.) It’s Mili, in full naco garb. Que haces aqui? I’m Mili and this man is already taken – she strides over to Alex and plants a big one on him.

There is a big kiss-off at the restaurant involving several rounds, Vale & Bobby are one team, Lina & Morgan the other. After a few bouts, Bobby is groggy from kisses, and Lina has to fan herself. Vale and Morgan throw each other challenging looks. They end up dipping their kissing partner for a grand finale. The patrons of the restaurant don’t pay a shred of attention.

Flor says let go of my boyfriend. He’s not yours, says Mili, he was mine way before you came along. Mili is shouting mine! mine! and Flor is weeping. Alex says he wants to explain but Flor slaps him and Mili rushes up and smacks her. Flor says you both tricked me – you pretended to be a servant. I am, says Mili, and proud of it. She works for my grandmother says Alex. You got involved with…?? says Flor. Flor throws them both out and sobs. Maybe she’s not the big egalitarian we thought she was, but boy Alex, she sure looks like the better deal.

Al and Mili are leaving the building and Mili is laughing like a hyena. Al is furious with her which seems to surprise her. He says you blew it Mili – I didn’t want to hurt her like that, I was explaining things. What you did was very wrong. I told you to trust me and you didn’t. What kind of relationship can we have if we don’t have trust?

Good question says Mili – I heard you talking with your mother. You think I’d leave you alone with Flor after that? They get in a screaming fight over getting in the car.

Flor is giving her sister a re-hash of what happened: Al and servant, Mili posing as maid to spy, the big kiss right there in her living room. She’s never been so humiliated in her whole life, not even with her ex. Alex is going to pay! They’ve had like maybe two whole dates, but somehow all this makes sense to her. I wonder if Al even knew that he was her novio.


Avances: Uh oh. The mafia dad is asking Al if he cheated on his daughter Flor with a servant. Alex explains that he was already with Mili. So a servant is better than my daughter? and he lifts Alex by the tie. Flor and Luci team up to get Alex for Flor.

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