Caray, Caray!

We begin with a rehash of Leonor offering her house to Alejandra and Marco for one million pesos; she promises that Rafael will work off the rest of his debt little by little. They thaw to the idea.

Leonor and Jaime visit Rafa and they drop a 4.5 million-peso anvil on him. Leonor tells him she had to offer the house as payment. Rafa is worried they could lose their home but Leonor tries to assure him the house doesn’t matter, the only important thing is that he gets out of jail. Jaime tells Rafa if he doesn’t accept the terms, he could go to jail for 20 years.

Rafa holds a shred of hope and asks what Alejandra said. Leonor says Ale hates him and wants him in jail for life. He’s just a poor devil to Ale and her novio. Rafa vows to show Ale that he is not so insignificant and tells Jamie he agrees to the conditions.

Back in the hospital, Alejandra has not finished her whining yet. Marco assures her he’s going to get justice and will have Rafa sign a strict contract. Ale wants everything paid off in a year; 375,000 pesos a month. Jaime calls Marco and tells him that Rafa has agreed to the demands and they plan to meet to go over the particulars. Ale makes Marco promise to rip Rafa’s eyes out. She hates him and never wants to see him ever again. (So, who wants to take bets on how soon she sees him again? Two capitulos? Three?)

Rafa’s cellmates delight in his predicament and comment on how crazy it is to pay such a fortune to a woman who hates him. Saved by the cop, Rafa is led out because Marco has arrived.

Ramiro, an employee at the dealership, struggles to sell a car and his cell phone rings during the sales pitch. From the sound on the other line, he gets an urgent call from a chipmunk who is apparently his wife. Ramiro has to leave and the client tells him to visit again in 10 days. (Basically, Ramiro just blew it.)

Rafa and Jaime meet with Marco. Jaime says the demand has now gone up to 5 million pesos. The plan is for Marco to take out a loan that Rafa can pay back in monthly payments for a year. Rafa agrees but wants to know why he has to pay so much money.

Vicky is crying because her Pajarito is in jail; she just can’t live without him. We’re treated to a montage of mushy moments between them we’ve never seen, complete with cotton candy, balloons, and lots of smooching. When we return from Vicky’s daydreaming, we see she’s actually been chopping up an onion during her reminiscing and that’s why she’s crying so profusely. She still professes her undying love, onion or no onion.

Alejandra tells Papa Jorge and Tia Rosario that she plans on taking Rafa for everything he’s worth and then some. Ale’s papa doesn’t approve of her using someone who is so misfortunate; He’s going to solve the problem himself and decides to sell the house. Ale goes over the edge and wails that he can’t sell the house, he just can’t!

Rafa, Marco, and Jaime discuss how all the losses add up to 5 million pesos: Ale’s lost business deal with the florist in Cuernavaca, cost of the car insurance, the wedding expenses, etc.

Ramiro meets up with his wife (who is not a chipmunk) and mother-in-law (who looks and acts like Scrooge with curlers) and gets chewed out for not paying the kids’ school tuition, among other things.

A car door opens and a pair of legs attached to a black ace bandage of a skirt saunters into the car dealership. Legs says she’s there for a job interview with Licenciado Beltran (Ale’s boss). During all of this we never get a good look at her face. A couple of female employees gossip that Legs has been brought in to replace Ale.

More bickering over details about why Rafa has to pay so much to Marco and Ale, most reasons having to do with wedding costs: the ridiculously expensive menu, the flower arrangements, the honeymoon in Hawaii, etc. Rafa’s head is spinning with the outrageous price tag on this now-defunct wedding.

Leonor stops by the market for groceries but can’t pay the bill. She promises Rafa will be back soon to pay it off.

Continued arguing over the cost of the wedding that Rafa now has to pay for. There were some amusing one-liners from Rafa but nothing that really moved the plot along.

In Licenciado Beltran’s office, we find out that the legs have a name: Claudia Bermudez. She’s a niece of Gustavo (?) and came looking for a job. Claudia whimpers that she has no experience in sales but Lic. Beltran says, while looking directly at her chest, he will teach her everything she needs to know. Down, boy! Keep it up and someone will have to mop the drool up off the floor.

Back to the wedding cost squabble. These scenes were amusing the first few times but now it’s just getting tedious. Finally, Marco puts his foot down and says Rafa will meet the demands or he will never be let out of jail.

Alejandra, aka Debbie Downer, tries to call in to work but Susana stops her. Susana says Jorge insists on selling the house but is going to wait until Ale is out of the hospital. Ale demands to have a mirror so she can doll herself up before Marco gets back. Ale takes one look at herself and howls in horror. She wants to call Marco and make him get 100 million pesos more from Rafa because of her deformed face.

Yes, how dare he save her life and leave her with a barely visible bruise above her eyebrow. Seriously, honey, if that’s the worst you’ve ever looked, you’re doing pretty well for yourself.

We’re finally winding down on the contract particulars. Marco wanted the 5 million pesos paid in a year but Rafa manages to negotiate it to three years with a monthly payment of 140,000 pesos. Marco reminds Rafa if he misses a payment, he automatically loses his mother’s house and will go straight back to jail. And if Alejandra has any physical or emotional damage in the future, Rafa will pay for that too.

The ultimatum: Sign the contract or stay in jail for 20 years. Rafa grabs the pen and promises to pay back every cent "Hasta que el dinero nos separe".

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