Caray, Caray!

Candi continues to tell Santi, Pato was her life, but she doesn’t feel that any more, but she feels guilty because she feels really good seeing Chava with his Dad, and she feels really bad if she takes it away. When Santi starts bugging her about this, she reminds him he did the same with Mari. He asks her then what she will do with Pat and she says end it, but she’s not sure how. He suggests a text message. Ha.

She says she’s happy, but then there are moments like this when she is close to Santi and as they move closer cheek to cheek, the young kids come in and make fun. The couples chide each other about arms around the girls and they discuss about the kids coming to the institute tomorrow. Luci has to drag Santi away to home.
Zamora takes Sole home and she thanks him and invites him for coffee, but like a dummy he says no, and starts talking a mile a minute that it’s late and it’ll take her too long to make it, and besides they had coffee already at the restaurant, and….this reminds me of a Seinfeld episode where George was invited up for coffee and declined saying he can’t drink it it keeps him up at night, only to realize that maybe “coffee” wasn’t just “coffee” and he probably offended the girl he was with. Anyway, Zam asks if she is still in pain and she says a little, so he says he’ll put ice on it, er he means she should put ice on herself. She says see you tomorrow, he starts to leave, but then stops to ask her if they will really see each other tomorrow. She says it’s just a formality to say that, so good night. Anyway, he leaves with little birdies flying around his head and wishes her sweet dreams. He then yells something after she closed the door, but I couldn’t catch this, does anyone know? Something about being desnuda maybe? Not sure. Anyway, she smiles.

Santi and Lu arrive home to Issy and Santi tells her how the kids made up and then gives us more PSA about AIDS and how Lu will work with Candi. Issy is glad Lu is over her resentment and will learn what she needs to keep herself safe. She asks about Candi and he sort of brushes her off. She tells him not to resign himself to losing her, he should fight for love.

We switch to the other house where Pato is happy Candi waited for him for dinner, she learns he was with Ali and he agreed not to help her with the baby. He wants her to make him coffee while he runs to take a bath. She says she will, but hurry because she’s dead tired. He notes that she is distant, and she says yeah she’s got some worries, but ignore it. He runs up and her phone rings. It’s Santi, and he tells her he was going to hang up if she didn’t answer. She thinks that’s immature, but he doesn’t care; he saw a couple on the way home and the girl was wearing a Chivas shirt so this reminded him of something. She thinks maybe it was the last Classico where the Chivas won 3-2 over America. Wikipedia has super great detailed info in English about this famous match and other she talks about and their incredible rivalry. FWIW…..Viva los Chivas!!!!! (I’m a Chiva all the way….)

He says ha ha you’re funny but remembers a dream that she told him about being at the Azteca stadium the last time she went to a match with her Dad. She says oh yeah, the one where we won 3-0 under the coaching of Profe Bracamontes (her Dad in real life for those of you who didn’t know) and she remembers it was Sept. 2000. Indeed it was. He smugs that she has a good memory, but she says she just has a super Chiva memory. She always remembers when they beat America, the others she forgets. Anyway, he was talking about her dream that she made a goal in the Azteca stadium. She says that dream died because a woman can’t do that, only if she was to get put on El TRI Femenil (the Mexcian women’s national soccer team) and she’s really bad anyway so that will never happen. He says he just wanted to hear her voice so good night, and she says good night as well to Plastic Doc.

Poor Pato comes downstairs to find a cooling cup of coffee and a cool note that Candi couldn’t wait, and went up to bed. He is sad.

We go through a series of passing events, Candi and the teens attending a class and studying, Pato hanging with his kids and getting dissed by an always sleeping (not really) Candi. Santi holds a picture of the Stadio Azteca - me thinks me knows where that is going, and we see a much poppinger Marissa moaning about her mirror reflection and stick tonguing Santi’s picture.
Doc and Horty have a talk about a patient; Horty hoping he’ll help her and then they argue about when to send in the poor woman.

Candi runs down AGAIN, why it’s so great that the teens are helping. She gets a phone call, it’s Plastic doc…she agrees to see him tonight for a surprise. The teens cheer and Lu tells her how sad Pa has been because he misses her.

Enter a woman and a man into Doc‘s office, and the woman has one nasty smashed up nose. I bet I know where this is headed. Ugh. The man begs Santi to help fix her, and he promises they will get ready for emergency surgery right away. When he’s gone she tells her husband not to say anything. IN the operating room our Doc swift says the fracture is complex and strange and not like something from falling down stairs. This perplexes me, because in telenovela land people die and get paralyzed from falling down stairs, so what is so strange about multiple nose fractures? Anyway…..

Ali goes to see Candi and plays the martyr begging her to talk to Pato, because she has nothing to live for, she’s alone, empty, lost her family, hubby, Mom wants to live with you. Candi gives and agrees to talk to Pat about the baby.

Mari is at the doc whining about the pregnancy and upset that she has maybe 2-3 weeks left to go.

Santi talks to the woman, Rosa, very sweetly and asks her if in patient doctor confidence she will tell him what really happened with the four fractures she has. She says it’s not my husband. He loooves me. Santi tells her to rest and leaves.

Mari tells Ali to pack her bags, no way is she having natural birth with all it’s pain. They are going off but she gets mad when Ali asks what kind of climate they are going to. They’ll meet at the airport.

Gregoria is telling Charlie how to warm up the dinner she has made and Meno notes that she is all dressed up and must be going out somewhere. He kids her, but she says she’s going to meet her other daughter.

Meno plays his best Drag Gossip Gal and calls up Ali to find out that she is in disgust with her mother and doesn’t care to see her right now. Aha, he got his info and knows she’s lying Snark monster!!

Next we see Santi consulting with Candi and Barb about domestic violence and discussing who is ill the beater or beatee, and they determine both need counseling to break the cycle of dependence. Candi says she’ll write an article and Barb agrees to help. Santi begs Barb off. She fusses about a bit until he asks her flat out to disappear and wants to know if Candi is ready for her surprise. They are going on a flight but she has to stop by her house first and get her Chivas shirt. No she doesn’t, she has one in her drawer for whatever emergency!!!
Next we see a very nervous Gregoria meeting Arturo for dinner. So nervous she screams for a waiter at the top of her lungs in a very nice restaurant, when oone is right behind her.

Next we see Santi leading a blindfolded Candi around in the Azteca. He says they are making her dream come true. She says you are with Brad Pitt? He says no, the other one, and she says Patrick Dempsey? (whoa that’s going back….) finally she takes off the bandana to learn where she is. That’s not all, he’s managed to get Adolfo Rios to serve as goalkeep, not him. Turns out the bandana was Santi’s America shirt which he asks her if she would like to kiss for luck, she essentially tells him to stuff it and kisses her Chivas emblem. She winds up and takes her kick and Rios blocks. She sulks but Santi cheers for his America pal, but then realizes that wasn’t the point and “counsels” his friend to not try so hard, eh. He then tells A very broken up Candi that Rios moved early and so she gets a redo. I swear we see her undergarments again, but whatever. Anyway, she makes this one and of course there are hugs all around.

Santi says now it’s his turn to make his dream to come true; his dream is to marry a goat and that isn’t Mari. Well a Chiva. He tells her he’s not getting married. Mari is crazy and plays games and he’s not in love with her so he’s not going in for it.

He did all this because the airplane food sucks and well he wants her to leave Pato. She says it’s hard because of Chava but since they are in the Azteca, they’ll drop all that for now, except zero kisses. They both shout it out and sit down to dinner.

Art and Greg talk about her being nervous because his wife thought they were lovers. He tells her he thinks she’s afraid. She gets up to leave, but he begs her not to leave. He likes her and wants them to….he leans in for a kiss and she smacks him.

Santi and Candi crack up and drink like four different wines and champagnes. Santi thinks the should live together to save on lights, water, rent, she didn’t think water because she bathes a lot, he too, so of course they have to bathe together then. He teases her about her repressed sexuality but says she is sexy indeed.

Meanwhile, Pato is waiting at home. Grega returns from her non-tryst and Pato springs on her she needs to tell him the truth. She says about what and he replies Candi. She says well, crap, you left one of my daughters to be with the other what do you want me to say. I’m annoyed. He says it’s not like that. She also tells him he shouldn’t use his son to try and win her over either because as a mom she’ll do anything for her son including live with you and stomps out begging him not to ask questions if he doesn’t like the answer he gets. OK this was weird, I had no idea she hated him so much. Oh well, Telenovela land. And that’s the end for tonight.