Caray, Caray!

Wow, ENDA ran really long last night! As did last night's rehearsal…we were there until 11! My feet are killing me and I have no idea how this show is going to come together by Friday's opening. But let's discuss a different sort of show, shall we?

Vicky tries to convince herself that Hernán is the guy for her.

Alex advises his BEST FRIEND to be patient re: his luuuuurve for his MOTHER. Fernando thinks age is just a number. Alex tells him he's obsessed and hasn't been out with a girl his own age in a while. Maybe Fer should so that he can give Vicky her space. Hilariously, Alex says Vicky has enough problems without having a jealous lovah…you should talk, man. Fernando just isn't into girls his own age, but Alex doesn't think mommy returns Fernando's love.

Alex goes to bed, where MaryJo is already sleeping, sort of, though she says she was waiting up for him. She reports that she talked to dad and yes, Chucho was with him. MJ says dad has his issues, but he's been a good dad. He was just very affected by their mom dying and losing his job and yeah, he lacks character and likes a drink every once in a while, but it's not like he's a drunk or anything. Alex tells her she needs to rest and she agrees. He accidentally touches her shoulder, but she doesn't seem to mind. More nighty-night smoochies.

Alex goes into the bathroom, where all the great thinkers of our time go to ponder the ponderable. Alex undresses in front of the mirror while he wonders who he can trust.

Bruno pours a post-sex Katia some champers and explains he can't have a public relationship with her because Alex would use it against him. He tells her that he, Raquel, and Alex are all half-siblings. Why is Bruno wearing his scarf with no shirt? Katia says her brother is the same as Alex, just looking for a way to screw up her life. Bruno wants her to be his little office spy. He wants to know what Alex does and what gets said about him in the office. She agrees, after a lot of smooching and some toe sucking. These two are just gross. They get busy on the floor.

Vicky has a restless night's sleep. Are those sheets from Ikea? I'm sure Ikea doesn't also supply fantasy young guys to smooch on you. Vicky imagines Fernando doing all sorts of naughty things with his hands under the covers. Vicky and Fantasy!Fer get busy. She wakes up with the sheets all rumpled and gets all weepy as her theme sings to us that "cuando hay amor, no hay pecado" (when there's love, there's no sin), which she is obviously not believing at this stage of her life.

Katia comes home in a cab as Fernando watches. He goes downstairs to gripe her out for coming home late. Also, he drove by Maura's and the lights were all off, so he knows she wasn't there with Lisette like she said she would be. Busted! But also, if he's going to be running around verifying all her lies, it's Fantasy!Fernando that's going to have all the fun. Katia makes excuses--they went to a club, of course her hair and makeup are messed up, she was dancing. Oh, is that what the kids call it these days. Fer gives her the "I'm only doing this because I love you" speech and says that Lisette isn't good company for her because she's "ligera" (light, a light skirt, a slut). He reminds her that she's still a minor and he's responsible for her. I'm sure you can imagine the rest of the conversation. She thinks she's old enough to make her own decisions, blah, blah, blah, how come he gets to do whatever he wants. She calls Victoria a "ruca" (old lady) and a "saltacuñas" (cradle robber) and Fernando slaps her. Now comes the inevitable "I hate you" before Katia storms upstairs, leaving Fer feeling like a horrible person.

Paula gets MaryJo all propped up in bed with pillows. There are jokes about MJ getting used to this treatment. Paula is of course doing all this in a bid to stay longer. She brings MJ her breakfast on a tray. Alex comes in to say goodbye and tells MJ he'll be back later to take her for some tests. Paula begs Alex to let her stay longer, but Alex says there are servants to take care of MJ. Paula does some pleading about how she can be there for MJ all the time and Alex says she can stay a few more days. He leaves. Paula jumps into bed with MJ and starts eating her breakfast as they talk about what an awesome guy Alex is. MJ starts lecturing her about how she's supposed to go back home, so it's only for a few more days, etc. Paula starts feeding MJ her breakfast to shut her up.

Alex comes downstairs looking for Vicky. He runs into Felipa, who is taking Cuco to breakfast. He greets Vicky and says he hopes she's changed her mind about the suit, but she hasn't. Vicky has a question for him…a very personal question…she wants to know how he's sure the baby is his. Alex says because she said so and he's tired of doubting her. Vicky says he does need some proof, like, maybe, if MJ was a virgin…. Alex tells her that if this is about Bruno saying the baby might be his, that's only to get on Alex's nerves. Vicky claims it has nothing to do with that. Alex understands her doubts, but he wants her to understand that he loves MJ, he's never going to leave her no matter what anyone wants. Vicky guesses that by "anyone" he means Bruno.

Alex gets into his car as Felipa comes out with the phone, telling Vicky that Fernando is looking for her. Vicky tries to refuse the call, but Felipa says "She's saying she's not here, but she's standing right next to me." ha ha. Fernando tells Felipa to tell Vicky that they need to talk about the project and he has to go to the site, but if she isn't interested, he'll go alone. Felipa tries to guilt her, saying she wouldn't leave those indigenous people in the lurch just for a "berrinche" (tantrum), but Vicky says she just doesn't want to see Fer anymore, it's not good for either of them.

Mari keeps trying to explain to Katia how to organize paperwork. Katia claims not to understand a word and says she was out partying and is, like, super tired. Mari tells her to go get herself a coffee, but Katia gets Mari to bring her one. Once she's alone, she calls Lisette to ask Lisette to lie to Fernando for her because she was really out with Bruno. Lisette agrees, but only in exchange for all the dirty details.

Bruno meets with his lawyers. He tells them they're going ahead with contesting the will. He wants the judge informed and the DNA tests done and then he's sure the judge will speed up the process. The lawyers remind him that he has practically no chance of winning. But Bruno's logic is that in order to make his money, Antonio must have pissed off some people. So all he has to do is find some of them and get them to say that Antonio was bonkers. Riiiiight. And then in cross Alex's lawyers can bring up the fact that all these people saying Tony was crazy had been screwed over by him in one way or another. If the judge has at least half a brain cell and/or hasn't been bribed by Bruno, his little plan's not going to work. The lawyers don't seem to have a problem with it, though, but the one guy needs to know if Bruno has an absolutely clean record and no proof of anything he's done that would make him look less than honest. Bruno claims there's nothing…at least nothing that can be proven.

Raquel goes to the mall. She sends the chauffer to take her bags back to the car so she can meet up with Ulises. She tells him that Felipa only suspects, but if she tells Alex or her mom, they're going to have problems. Ulises suggests they stop seeing each other, but Raquel would rather get a divorce from Roberto. Ulises doesn't think that now, while they're fighting over her father's inheritance, is the best time to do that. Raquel suggests throwing Roberto out and announcing to the world that she and Uli are in luuuuuuurve. He doesn't like that plan either. He basically wants her to keep calm, stay out of the whole messy fight, and sure, they'll keep seeing each other in secret. She says she was thinking of getting him an apartment, which I'm sure thrills him to no end. Damn, Raquel is totally an unflushable. He is never getting rid of her.

Alex goes to Meche's house. She's thrilled to see him and says she's even lit a candle for him on her altar. Gabriel tells him they have no way to repay Alex for everything he's done. Alex tells them that a friend asked for a favor on their behalf--Pedro. Surely, she remembers him. He also happens to be the father of the girl who ran Gabriel over. She does a really crappy job of lying that she really doesn't remember the man. Gabriel does a really crappy job of supporting her in the lying. There's a lot of "I don't know" and "I don't remember." Alex asks if Meche has a job, but of course not. Alex asks her for a pen to write his address and phone number down so that if she wants to, she can talk to Ezequiel and let him know that Alex offered her a job. Gabriel looks like he's about to throw up.

Katia brings Fernando some papers to sign. He apologizes for smacking her last night, but makes excuses. She starts the argument again about how she's old enough, no you're not, blah, blah, blah. "No me late" (I don't like it). The end up making up and then Katia whines that the really don't know each other well and don’t spend enough time talking. He never talks about work and she'd like him to trust in her more. They hug and she leaves. Sucker! Poor guy, he's just trying to be a good brother, but he got stuck with that dimwit for a sister. He and MJ should get together and swap stories. She calls Bruno from the hallway to tell him that she convinced Fernando to tell all and she'll let him know as soon has she has some concrete information. Bruno says "I owe you a kiss, and when I see you, I'll give it to you anywhere you want." EW! Just had to translate that so everyone could share my pain.

Roberto invites Bruno out to the porch for a drink. Bruno starts chatting about how they're going to court and well, his mother left him no choice, etc. Roberto is very non-committal, which is noted by Bruno--"you never really declare for one side or the other, do you?" Boy, if you only knew the half of it. Roberto says it's their business and marrying Raquel was only an "accident of destiny." Bruno has actually heard that Roberto swings both ways, but Roberto says Bruno's not his type. Roberto hits back with "yeah, and I hear you like them young." Bruno wants to know where he got that info from, but Roberto evades and says Bruno had better be careful or he'll get slapped with a lawsuit. Bruno says he's not an idiot. Roberto agrees, saying Bruno doesn't do anything without a reason, so what is this conversation leading to? Bruno wants Roberto to help him "fregar"(screw over) Alex. Roberto tries to stay out of it, saying he figures Bruno has already done that, even gotten Alex to give over the presidency. But that wasn't official since Vicky won't agree to it. He needs Roberto to figure out if Vicky really is going out with Fernando or not. Roberto declines the offer. Bruno threatens him with taking away the monthly allowance and the company shares once he's in charge. Screw that! I say go to Alex. There's nothing stopping Bruno from leaving them penniless even if Roberto does agree to spy for him.

Meche is afraid to take a job with Alex. Gabriel reminds her that Pedro is gone and Chucho already knows how things are. She wants to go to her comadre for advice, but Gabriel reminds her that her comadre's husband is Erick's cousin and Erick works for that guy they took the money from, and surely the news that this man came to visit will get back to him. He advises her to take the job without telling anyone and he'll just figure out a way to get himself to physical therapy without Meche.

MaryJo and Alex talk to Hernán at his office. He says MaryJo and the baby are both doing fine and she's just going into her 12th week of pregnancy. MaryJo wants to know when they can do a paternity test. She's had it with everyone doubting her and she wants to put the rumors to rest. Alex is not happy with the idea. Hernán says they can do it between the 13th and 14th week. Alex and MJ argue about it. Hernán says there is a risk of infection that could end up killing the baby, even if it doesn't happen very often. MaryJo gives up on the idea.

In the car, Alex tells her he's happy that Hernán talked her out of it. It gets hard to hear with all the wind. MJ says she's tired of the doubts. She may not be refined and elegant, but she's a decent person. If she's made mistakes it was only to protect…herself? Alex? (protegerme and protegerte sound almost the same with the top down and the closed captions claim she's saying "uuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrggggggggg") Alex wants her to promise something, for realz this time, that if anything happens with her dad or Paula he wants her to tell him. She swears she will.

Pedro and Chucho are being driven back to Merida by a nice young man in a red truck. They stop by the side of the rode so that Pedro and Chucho can stretch their legs and the driver can readjust the tarp covering whatever's in the back of the truck. He hears them debating where they should look for a place to live and suggests that they look into staying at a place his aunt has. He's not sure if the rent would be too expensive for them since he doesn't know how much they have to spend. Chucho likes the idea. They get back on the road.

Vicky is happy to see Alex and MJ and happy to hear that MJ and the baby are both fine. Alex sends her upstairs to rest and says he doesn't want her exerting herself anymore. In fact, he's going to carry her up the stairs. MJ laughs even as she's saying "my wound! It hurts!" Felipa comments to Cuco that love sure is grand, but she hasn't had a guy in so long, she can barely remember. Vicky leaves, looking a little grumpy if I'm not mistaken.

They're still laughing when they get upstairs. Alex keeps walking her back and forth between the couch and the bed until she agrees to sitting on the couch. He says he had to prove to her that he's a strong man. She says she's not exactly weak herself. Alex wants to talk baby names. Antonio for a boy and maybe Maria Jose for a girl? MJ suggests her mother's name, Elena. Alex asks about her. MJ doesn't really remember, since she "died" when MJ was 3. She remembers baby Paula and that maybe there was another little girl, too. She doesn't know what her mother died of. She asked her dad, but he just said "she was sick." She and Paula realized that Pedro didn't want to talk about it, so they didn't keep asking. Alex says he never met his mom since she died giving birth to him, but Vicky has been his mom since he was two. "And now we're going to be parents," he says. I know he means that in a "woo hoo!" kind of way, but it almost sounds ominous to me. I mean, look at the screw ups who raised the two of them. He says he doesn't just want to have one kid…maybe more like four or five. MJ asks if they're going to have to start a school, but Alex says they'd need at least 10 kids for that. "I love you"-s are exchanged.

Chucho and Pedro check out the driver's aunt's place. It's not great, but it's big. There are concerns that there's a lot of humidity in the walls and so painting it would be a waste. Pedro keeps harping on needing sealant, which will be expensive. Ultimately, it's Chucho's money, so it's up to Chucho. Chucho says to leave the painting to him. He asks to speak to the guy's aunt about the price. Chucho says he knows Pedro doesn't like the place. Pedro is worried about what Paula will think. Chucho laughs that Paula will have "cara de fuchi" (a face like she just smelled a fart). Pedro worries she'll try to stay at Alex's place. Chucho sagely says that "a los muertos y los arrimados, a tres dias se huelen" (the dead and the freeloaders start smelling after three days) so he doesn't think Alex will keep Paula around. Pedro says they need to fix up the place so it won't be too hard on Paula.

Maura is teasing Ulises about being with Raquel. Ulises is already regretting it. He says Raquel is "loca de remate" (completely? nuts). She wants to be with him all the time and gets mad when he turns her down. Poor Roberto, says Maura, for putting up with her all the time. Sounds like Lisette thinks Roberto's a quality guy. Katia comes in, straight from "work." Maura compliments her on her outfit (a sheer white shirt, denim short shorts, nude hose, and red wedge heels). Katia eats it up. She and Lisette leave together. Maura is sure she's still doing Bruno. Ulises says when Fer finds out, he'll kill Bruno. Maura hopes so, and sees this as the answer to their problems.

Vicky is happy to see Alex so happy. He's excited about the baby. He tells her that MJ asked for a paternity test, which makes Vicky happy, but Alex opposed it because of the risks. He says he's sure he's the father. Vicky agrees and doesn't think MJ would have asked for the test otherwise. As far as she's concerned, asking for the test proves it. I'll let that slide this time only because it's true, but usually it's a ploy in TN world and either means you know the other person won't call your bluff or you've bribed the doctor to fake the results. Vicky must not watch TN's. Alex tells her that her acceptance is important to MJ and he wants her to get closer to MJ and not keep judging her based on what her family has done or based on the intrigues of others. Vicky agrees that she of all people should know that. She's going to give it a try. She asks about Bruno. Alex says they're in the process of getting the DNA test to prove that Antonio was his father. Alex thinks there's still time to stop all this by giving Bruno what he wants. Vicky refuses because it's not what Tony and because it's not fair. Not. Fair.

Thus endeth our tale for tonight, er, last night. And tonight: well, not exactly sure. Vague rumblings about how Bruno must be stopped and Alex has to act fast. I believe I also saw Alex ripping a check out of his checkbook in front of MJ and her getting that sick "oh no, not again" look.

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