Caray, Caray!

From last night: Damian gives her the earrings, the violins play . . . He wants her to wear them on their wedding day.

At the Herreria Tinoco, Silvestre the ironworker guy that made Nanda’s charm for Eddie way back in the day, is in his workshop and his daughter, Martina, who is a nurse, comes in and is worried about him hurting himself. She says she goes to work so he can rest. She calls him “Viejito Chulo” – Handsome Little Old Man. She makes him promise to rest so she won’t worry.

Damian and Nanda are coming down the escalator at the mall, while Eddie goes over his checklist of things he needs to buy – he’s got everything but a car. Damian gets a call from Babs. She tells him to make sure Nanda doesn’t go to see Soledad. While window shopping, Nanda sees Eddie. He sees her too. They stare at each other – she smiles – he does not. He asks how the wedding plans are going. She babbles her ridiculously perky babble. He asks if she’s definitely getting married. She says yes, and she still doesn’t know his name. He looks flustered, and just then Damian calls for her. Damian comes over and she wants to introduce him to Eddie, but he’s vanished again. Eddie watches them leave – he looks pissed.

Silvestre has a guest. He’s come by to see when his doors will be ready and Silvestre says they won’t be ready for at least a month. The guy says he needs the doors in 2 weeks. Silvestre tells him his daughter doesn’t want him working, she takes good care of him. He goes on to say how she works late every night at the hospital. [I have a feeling her “night job” is not nursing!] He hopes one day she fines a nice man to make her happy.

Eddie’s bought himself a new ride.

Babs comes into Gonzo’s office to tell him she had to cancel her appointment at the beauty salon because of wedding preparations. Gonzo the Wuss is crying and says he misses Babs, and can’t live without her. They hug and she thought bubbles how she despises him. Gonzo tells her about what happened with Liliana at the mental hospital. He says Nanda was destroyed by the experience. Babs tries to convince Gonzo it’s best for Liliana to live in “her world”, although it’s not the ideal situation, at least Liliana is calm and safe in the hospital. BOW has a PhD in lying.

Eddie shows up at the local cantina “Las Copetonas” to meet Jacinto. We get a quick glimpse of the rubber pool apparently used for mud wrestling. Eddie didn’t even blink – even though they have a ringside table! Jacinto tells Eddie that he told Margarita about the expired milk, and about the ultimatum she gave Jacinto that they either turn La Hiena in, or they go far away from there. Jacinto tells Eddie that the milk isn’t in the barn anymore. Eddie says if the milk’s gone then they must be “processing” it.

Margarita isn’t buying a word Jacinto has told her about where he was going, and she’s going out to look for him.

Revolting Camilo is getting’ down and dirty with Natasha. Oy vey. More pouring wine over their bodies a la Feo and Root!

Gardenia asks Margarita if she wants her to go with her to find Jacinto. Gardenia says yes, Margs says at least she’ll have a witness to whatever she finds. Margarita is sure Jacinto is cheating on her.

Back at the cantina that has a “cow” motif – even the plates and tablecloths are black and white like cows! Jacinto shows Eddie the business card that he found in Margarita’s papers. Eddie tells Jacinto he ran into Fernanda at the mall this afternoon. Jacinto wants to know what Eddie’s planning on doing, and Eddie says he’ll tell him, but first he wants to find out what’s going on in the Elizalde’s hacienda and exactly who is the guy Nanda’s marrying. Jacinto says he can tell Eddie in a few words: Damian Gallardo is a “miserable canaya” – a “miserable SOB”.

Nanda is showing off her earrings in front of the family. Anibal tells Erik he doesn’t think Camilo is going to show up. Erika looks uncomfortable. Nanda says she’s not there for Camilo, she’s there because she’s her maid of honor and has to help her with the wedding. Anibal says it’s all stupid stuff. What a sweetheart – he lives up to his name, huh? The phone rings and extra bubbly Fernanda runs to answer – its younger brother Santiago calling. Anibal says it’s too bad Erika fell in love with Camilo, her life would be very different with Santiago. Gonzo tells him to shut up. Anibal says the wedding is a good chance for Erika to fix her “mistake”. Too bad Pris doesn’t tell the whole family about Anibal’s inability to “levantarlo”!!!

Camilo and Natasha are talking in bed about nothing important – that is, Camilo is telling Natasha how he’s not like other men. Barf.

Eddie asks how Gardenia found the business card. Jacinto also tells Eddie that Gardenia caught Damian and La Hiena in the car together “revolcandose” – revolcando is “knocking down”. Jacinto feels bad for Fernanda, but Eddie say she gets what she deserves. The MC of the Cantina announces that the show is about to start. The girls come out in bikinis. One girl’s name is “Caramelo”, one is Estrellita, the other is “La Venenosa Venus” (the poison Venus) – who is Andrea from “Al Diablo Con Los Guapos”, and her teammate Martina La Rompehuesos” or “Bone Breaker” – who the crowd doesn’t seem to like much. Jacinto explains to Eddie that it’s Martina, Silvestre’s daughter. Eddie can’t believe it, and wants to know what she’s doing there. Apparently, Martina is in debt to La Hiena. I guess Babs dumped Silvestre to give the work to an iron company in Toluca, and left Silvestre without a job, and now he’s practically blind. Martina had to leave school, but Silvestre still believes she’s a nurse, and she pays for everything.

Babs is telling someone over the phone that first thing in the morning they need to transfer a big sum of money from Grupo Lactos’ account to an account in the Cayman Islands in the name of Rebecca Sanchez (Bab’s real name).

The lady mud wrestling continues, but Eddie looks kinda disgusted. Don’t most men like this sorta stuff? Martina and La Venenosa won.

Margarita and Gardenia are on the street asking a guy eating an elote if he’s seen Jacinto. They guy says yeah, he’s over at the Cantina. Gardenia the drama queen is shocked to hear Jacinto’s at the Cantina of Ill Repute with those women! She does a really ridiculous impression. Both women say: “Es el culmo!” or “That’s the last straw!”

Some guy grabs Martina’s legs and the other girl kicks him. A fight breaks out in the Evil Cantina – the women are actually throwing closed fist punches and breaking bottles over the guys’ heads! The crowd seems happy. These chicks are tough! Eddie Ever-the-Gentlemen tries to intervene and help the girl but she says she can take care of herself and continues to beat up some guy who lands in the mud pool. Eddie can’t resist and throws a few punches. Gardenia and Margarita arrive at the door of the Cantina just as a couple of guys are falling out the door. Margarita elbows her way in – brilliant. Eddie and Jacinto hide inside from Margarita. She didn’t see them. In the midst of the fighting, with Jacinto hiding his face behind a chair, the boys finalize their plan, Eddie tells Jacinto that without his help he won’t be able to do anything, and that his new name is Franco Santoro. Jacinto leaves the Evil Cantina, the girls are waiting outside. Margarita wants to know what the hell he was doing at the Cantina. This time Jacinto has no quick answer and says nothing.

Fernanda (who must be taking at least 500mg of Prozac) comes bouncing down the stairs in her 50’s style skirt that’s only missing the poodle, with the box with her wedding dress in it. Babs wants to know where she’s going and Nanda says to her Nana Soledad’s house. Babs ain’t happy. Babs says she has something really important to show Nanda. Babs says she understands, but what she has to show her is more important “primordial” (fundamental) and it’s about her sister Liliana.

At the mental hospital Liliana is crying while remembering her visit with Nanda and how she tried to convince her that Eduardo was back. She says she knows Fernanda didn’t believe her, but she’s sure it was him.

Eddie, under the name of Franco Sartoro is checking into a nice hotel.

Babs is showing Nanda Liliana’s official diagnosis – psychosis ____. Nanda has seen enough and tries to leave to go see Soledad, but Babs tells her it’s late. Nanda agrees and says she doesn’t want Soledad to see her “depremida” or depressed. Nanda takes her dress and goes back upstairs.

Eddie’s in his luxurious hotel room, and we see all the bags of stuff he’s bought on the couch. I get weak in the knees thinking about being in a gorgeous hotel room with FC, with money to spend and bags of new goodies! But hey, who needs money and new stuff when you have FC in a hotel room anyway? LOL They just need to leave some food and water outside the door every 6 hours or so! Maybe some vitamins too.

Anyway, sorry for my momentary lapse! Eddie’s on the phone with his Not-Red Haired-Not Really A Gringo-Friend Steve. They’re discussing Grupo Lactos. It’s hard to just stop at “Lactos” – I always want to add “Intolerant”. Steve says he’s sent him some information about Grupo Lactos’ competitors also, Industria Prolasa” – which I assume is Priscila’s families’ business. OMG, I love when FC speaks English. Well, in this case all he says is “Un favor mas, Esteve.” Eh-Steve! I love that! All Mexicans do that, I know, but it sounds better when FC says it. Esprite, estress, esleeping, etc. Eddie wants Steve to get an appointment in his company’s name for him. Steve says he’s already ahead of him, he’s asked for an appointment in the name of Franco Santoro, who is the Director of Operations for Powermilk Latino America. Esteve says when they confirm the appointment he’ll let Eddie know.

Eddie then calls a girl in the hotel to come and pick up the memory card for his computer so she can print out the documents. Eddie’s obviously not taking any chances on something happening with his hard drive.

Margarita, Gardenia and Jacinto are still fighting back at the house. This is really none of Gardenia’s business, but she’s hangin’ in there. He explains that Camilo wasn’t home and that he and one of the other workers had to go to the cantina to look for some guy Camilo wanted them to find named Franco Santoro, a friend of the Elizalde family. Margarita says nothing he’s telling her sounds logical. Just then Gardenia thinks the name Franco Santoro is familiar to her. She thinks something really strange is going on, and wonders what if this Franco Santoro is the same guy that La Hiena was talking to on the phone, and explains to Margarita and Jacinto how she hit redial and got the number, but didn’t call it.

At the Cantina, the boss, Jairo, is telling Martina that she’s going to have to pay for all the damages because of the fight that she caused. She’s mad and says she’ll never let his clients touch her.

Jacinto wants to know why Gardenia is so sure that the person La Hiena was talking to was Franco Santoro. She really doesn’t have a good reason to believe it was him, it could have been anyone, but she’s sure of it. Margarita wants still wants to know what all the mystery with Jacinto is about and he says Camilo’s friend wants him to find him a house to rent without anybody knowing about it and that he’s going to be the Administrador. He says if they still don’t believe him it’s their problem and walks out. Margarita asks what Gardenia thinks and she answers “como un gato encerrado” – that someone is up to no good.

Anibal’s in bed and Priscila is telling him he’s not going to sleep, he better perform his obligations as a husband. He tells her not to treat him like a sperm donor, and she says it’s impossible to treat him like something he hardly resembles. She says it’s a business deal and that he hasn’t done his part. He says she hasn’t done hers either, that Babs told him that her family knows about the powdered milk.

Cut to a bulldozer digging a great big hole, the truck arrives with the bags of powdered milk. Looks like they’re going to bury it.

Fernanda can’t sleep, she’s thinking about what Liliana told her about Eduardo being back. Nanda gets out of bed and walks to the window. She thinks to herself why is Liliana talking about Eduardo, but never says anything about their mother or their brothers? Fernanda’s non-perky alter ego says it’s because Liliana is relieving the happy times of their youth, just like Nanda does. Perky Nanda thinks about how many times in the past she’s thought about what would have happened if Eduardo hadn’t gone away. Alter Ego Nanda says: “Hypothesis A: When Daddy Gonzo found out that she and Eddie kissed, he had Eduardo sent far away. Or, Hypothesis B: They had hid their romance but at some point they would have gone far away together to enjoy their intense love. PerkyNanda says in reality it’s something else. Alter Ego says, yeah, you got tired of waiting for him and decided to marry some other guy who adores you, but do you really love him?

Previews: Looks like Anibal hasn’t “performed”. The old man at the mental hospital talks with Liliana about Eduardo and revenge. Babs catches Flor, the receptionist, talking with Franco Sartoro in the lobby.

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