Caray, Caray!

We start out at the restaurant with Marino telling Rafa he may be enthusiastic but he lacks a lot.
The group chides Marino. They tell him they should help Rafa .Marino continues to rag on Rafa, telling him he couldn’t sell anything, then he proposes a bet between them.

Rafa says your on. It doesn’t have to be money, Marino asks then what should it be? Isabel says they should bet their hair. Claudia is clapping in the background with glee.

Here’s the bet; If Rafa doesn’t sell a single car and Marino sells three then Marino wins. If Rafa sells one and Marino sells less then three Rafa wins.

Bow-tie guy wants to know what if Rafa sells one and Marino sells three then what. Isabel says then it will be very sad because we have a tie then nobody looses their hair. Marino whips out his comb and as he runs it through his hair and seriously this is what he says “I don’t play around when it comes to my hair”

Claudia chides Marino “not so sure your going to win?” Rafa states I will bet my last hair. We have a macho stare down, and Isabel says okay then we have a bet. They shake on it. Dandy says tomorrow we will see who keeps their hair and who will be bald (pelon).

We go to Siglo now where Rosario is calling Ale, informing her that Jorge is missing again. Ale wanders how this could happen, didn’t she just tell her he went to the club with Manriquez. Rosario says he left there and they don’t know where he is.

Rosario assumes Ale is with Marco and asks her to have him help her find Jorge. Ale confesses that she is still at Siglo waiting for Marco. Rosario seems surprised at this, after all isn’t it their anniversary.

Wiping tears from her eyes , Ale tells Rosario to give her a minute to figure out what to do and she will get back to her. We flash to Slimeball in the pool with Karen.. He suggests they leave. Karen wants to know where, Heres a cool line “ we could go to your place, or your place or your place.” ( I am gagging right now).

Marco tells her he has to take care of some business, He’ll take her home and return after his “business’ is done..

We are now with Jorge and Manriquez and their friend. ( I just figured out who the driver is, I think he was the lawyer St. George from La Fea. ) They are discussing the fact that they are back to the same place where they first took the wrong turn. Now they realize they need to turn left and off they go.

Back at the restaurant. One by one they say their goodbyes. Rosaura is off first. Dandy is on the phone firming up his nights events. He says he will get another guy to come with him. Actually he says Rooster or gallo. .( I’m pretty certain the word gallo has other manly connotations.) He asks for a volunteer to go with him tonight .

Jimenez says are you asking me to commit suicide. I know much easier ways to die. His phone rings and we know who that is. Marino is otherwise committed with a jewelry sales person and bids farewell to all, tapping Rafa on the shoulder as he goes telling him not to loose his hair. Rafa pats the back of his head and has a concerned look on his face.

Claudia is up next to leave, her date has just arrived to pick her up. As she leaves she tells Dona Delores to give her bill to Rafa. After she leaves Dandy tells Rafa to go see who is picking her up. It turns out to be the client that Rafa had almost sold the car to earlier.

Dandy is still looking for volunteers and Babe and bow-tie guy both beg out. Isabel’s date shows up and she scolds him for being late. Rafa returns and informs the group they wont be able to believe who showed up for Claudia. The same guy he tried to sell the car too. The others state that was a pretty low down thing for her to do.

Dandy on the phone again reassuring the women of his life that he has come up with another guy as he looks at Rafa. He asks Rafa to stand up and starts describing him over the phone. He hangs up and says to Rafa lets go. Rafa questions him if he was describing him? Dandy says yea with the amount of alcohol you’ve been drinking you look like Bill Gates.

Rafas’ phone rings. Guess who that is? Vicky. Dandy convinces him not to answer, besides their fighting aren’t they? “lets go” But first they have to go back to the office and get all spruced up. Dandy has it “kit back there.

At the Hacienda we see Marco escorting Karen to the car. Now his phone rings. Guess who that is? He tells Karen to get in the car and he goes out of hearing distance and tells Ale he is going to be a little late. He tells her to go home and he will meet her there.

Ale is crying and tells Marco that her dad is lost again. Marco seems more upset that it is going to cramp his style rather than being upset that Jorge is missing. He lies to her and says he will go look for him right now. He tells her he wont be able to pick her up and to take a taxi home

Back in the car Karen questions Marco who this Ale is. He lies and says it is an ex-girlfriend. Karen’s not quite convinced. Marco continues to lie. He says that Ale was just in an accident and she still calls him to help her out. He’s just too nice a guy to break her heart. (or some such bunk like that) . He assures her that he is trying to end it.

He tells her the poor invalid Ale lives with her father who is quite old and she has no one else to help her but him. As he is driving off telling her this who shows up with their brights on aimed at Marcos car..
Marco is trying to figure out who is in the car and yells, Is that Jorge my father-in-law. Karen doesn’t look to happy.

Our three gentlemen in the other car all seem a bit confused as to who would be out at the Hacienda at this hour. Marco in a panic tells Karen to get out of the car. Karen asks if he is crazy How can you leave me out in the middle of the night.. Marco still panicked tells her that Jorge doesn’t know yet that him and Ale have broken up. He tells her don’t do it for me do it for Jorge. The poor guy is likely to have a heart attack.

She argues with him and he practically shoves her out the car.. She slams the door and calls him a lout (patan). Marco gets out of the car and heads towards Jorge.

Poor Jorge is petrified. He thinks that it may be aliens. Our driver friend reassures him it is just probably some ruffians. Manrequez says that alien looks a lot like your son in-law Jorge then realizes it is just his son in-law. He asks Marco what is he doing there? and Marco replies “looking for you and the question is what are you doing here? “

We have a little confusion with names in the car . And Marco tells them to stop, he wants to know what they are doing there. Jorge tells Marco to call the house and tell Rosario where he is and that he plans to spend the night there. Think fast Marco. He says everything is closed down. Besides his mission is to get Jorge back home safe and sound. He says young men the game is over. Go back to the house.
(Not bad for a two-bit hustler. )

Rafa and Dandy have arrived back at Siglo getting ready for their hot dates. Dandy pulls out his little “work kit” comprising of all the important stuff to get ready for a hot night. Lotion, mouth freshener, toothbrush, hair brush, hair gel , and deodorant. ( little confession here, I have pretty much the same stuff in my locker at work minus the hair gel and mouth wash.) He tells Rafa he can use what ever he wants, except the toothbrush. Rafa says not to worry, I have my own, as he waves his toothbrush in the air.

Ale is talking to Marco on the phone. He informs her he has found her father. She says she will meet him at the house. She tells him not to worry she will get a taxi.

We have an interesting little grooming/bonding ritual now with Dandy and Rafa getting ready for the night.
A little spray here , a little spray there. A little something if they get lucky, and a little something if they don’t, as Dandy takes a handkerchief to his eyes. Now its Rafas’ turn and the ritual continues. This was a pretty funny scene. With Dandy spraying Rafa with colognes and mouth sprays.

Rafa is a little concerned now as he has a rip in his pants. Dandy says don’t worry, you’ll probably end up taking them off any way.

Now the two of them are practicing their dance moves. Rafas’ white socks kill me. They are a dancing and a swaying when in walks, guess who?

Ale wants to know what they are doing here at this late hour. She reminds them they have an early morning and tells Dandy not to show up to work hung over. And she turns to Rafa scolding him. He nervously tells her he isn’t going anywhere, he is just going to go brush his teeth before he goes to bed.

She tells Rafa he dances well, but of course he doesn’t have any broken bones. ( a little dig there). We here a horn and she says her cabs here bids them a good, perfumed evening and off she goes.

Dandy asks Rafa what was Ale talking about the bones and feelings of remorse. Rafa makes up a story. And Dandy says don’t worry about it, Her boyfriend just stood her up and she has been cranky ever since the accident.

Rafa begins to feel bad and begs off for the night. He has to get up early and you remember the bet. He doesn’t want to loose his hair

The phone is ringing at Leonora’s hose, she picks it up instinctively knowing it is Vicky . She tells her to be patient Rafa will call her. Vicky wants to know how she knew it was her. Leonora says intuition. More whining from Vicky. The brothers walk in and they are concerned that when Vicky is upset she doesn’t cook as well.

Our next scene is with Dandy and his two dates. They are both all over him. They want to know where is friend is. He gives them a story . That’s enough said about that.

We are now at Ales house. Marco enters with Jorge. Rosario and Ale are scolding Jorge for taking off like that. Jorge tells them he’s tired and going to bed and stumbles up the stairs. Rosario wants to know how Marco knew Jorge would be at the Hacienda. That Marco is a very fast thinker. He states it was obvious. Where else would he be.

Rosario thanks him and begs forgiveness . Marco tells her that they are always first for him. . Rosario goes to bed. Leaving Marco and Ale alone. Ale thanks Marco. Marco tells her not to worry, but now they have lost out on their night together being so late and all.

She says they could still stay in and watch a movie. Marco yawns and says he’s tired and says they’ll do tomorrow what they couldn’t do tonight and takes off. We are left with a tear stricken ale saying to no one in particular. Happy anniversary Marco.

And slime ball is outside the house on the phone talking to Karen. He asks for directions to her house.
. We are now back with Dandy and his two friends he his looking at the bill and somehow convinces the two women to foot the bill.

There is a brief Jimenez scene where he is scared by a lion statue. He calls this his witch of a mother in-law. Then scared again by two crazed looking women with avocado all over their faces. Said mother in law and wife. But I don’t know which was which. Scary!!!

Rafa is finally home too. Leonora tells him to please call Vicky. He tells her he just can’t face a discussion with Vicky now. He has a hard day in front of him. She says well you know what your doing. Rafa goes to his room. The phone rings. Guess who? Leonora looks at the phone and says I am not going to answer it.

Rafa walks into his room. He looks around and lays down and says out loud “ah Alejandra”. Such a wistful look is on his face. We have Ale back at her house crying holding the pen she was going to give Marco . Puts it back in the case and says this is never going to be for Marco. She kisses the ring on her hand and through tears looks at the picture of her and Marco together. She does sad and forlorn better than any actress I have ever seen.

Marco is at Karens’ house trying to score. She has him stand up, tells him to close his eyes , twirls him around. He is thinking he is going to get lucky and Karen has other plans as she blindly leads him out the door. And tells him to have a good night.

Marco now with his eyes open on the other side of the door asks if she’s kicking him out Well duh Marco.
She’s still mad because he kicked her out of the car earlier. She tells him if he wants to get in her bed he’s got to pass the muster first.

He asks what he has to do. She says convince her that he isn’t just after her for sex. He feigns being hurt and hugs her denying this but at the same time groping her. She says he can see her again tomorrow . she has some kind of a party or horse riding event with one of her uncles coming in from the states.

He has another commitment. She gets upset and starts closing the door telling him good night it sure was not a pleasure to meet you. Marco backtracks and says he didn’t say he couldn’t break his commitment. Karen asks if it is with Ale. He denies this. She says well just think after the horse riding I might just take you to bed. Marco ever the fast thinker says well then I will just bring my riding equipment.

She says good night and closes the door. She looks pleased. Marco looks worried.

My favorite scene of the whole night. Rafa in bed tossing and turning. The door opens and we see Ale dressed to the nines, very elegant. No neck brace or leg brace. She saunters ever so salutary towards Rafa.
Rafa sits up and says “Boss what are you doing here” I was just getting up.” She tells him not to worry. He says really. She replies rest. He asks I can continue to sleep without you getting mad?. She says no silly I am not going to be mad. He lays back down, closes his eyes, she leans towards’s him, gently touching his face , softly telling him to sleep, sleep.

Boom!! Its 6 o’clock and the phone rings. Guess who? Rafa half asleep answers it. Ale is screaming on the other end are you still asleep? Rafa still thinking he is dreaming says you said I could sleep. Ale still screaming, asking him if he is drunk. Rafa now fully awake scurries up Wondering where she is.

She wonders if she is making a stupid assumption thinking he might already be up and ready for work. She continues to scold him and tells him to get to work and hangs up . Rafa stares at the phone for a second, then touches his face where Ale was touching it in his dream and is in a trance as Leonora walks in wondering why that woman would be calling so early on a Saturday for.

Rafa is still in a trance. Leonora wants to know what’s wrong. Rafa tells her he had a very strange dream.
She tells him she will get breakfast ready, and he should think about calling Vicky. Ah Vicky Vicky Vicky, says Rafa still touching his face

Ale is now back at the office. Susana is asking if Marco remembered yesterday was their anniversary . Ale tells her no. Susana wants to know why she let him live. She says after all that went down with Jorge she could not create a scene after all he did to find Jorge. Susana scolds that she is always justifying his actions.

She tells her she needs to say something to him. Ale agrees , she will but she feels really hurt.
Leonora is fixing Rafas’ pants. He’s telling her to hurry. Julieta is at the table. Leonora says he was lucky that the dog didn’t get a bite of him. She tells him not to get in any more dog fights.

Rafa turns and looks at Julieta and says I get the feeling that I have fewer bottles of whiskey. He says its about time to do an inventory. Julieta jumps up reminds him he’s got to get to work. He agrees. The inventory will after to wait. Leonora tells him not to forget to call Vicky. As he leaves he tells them all to get a good look at his hair, because it might be the last time they will see it.

The phone rings. Guess who? Leonora tells Julieta to answer it because she has been answering it all day.
We have Vicky on the other end whining. Julieta tells her Rafa is not there and hangs up.

. Vicky starts crying and big brother walks in. He wants to be fed. He wants eggs and sausage. She asks him how many, walks into the kitchen and comes back out throwing the eggs at him. And then continues with throwing tomatoes and onions at him. Then she come back with a pan of oil and ask if he wants that too. He says no I’m going and she storms off.

We are back at Siglo with Rafa rushing in asking if Ale is there yet. Babe tells him to calm down, he has been saved. She has not arrived yet. Rafa is relieved. Dandy is ragging on Rafa for leaving him alone last night.

Isabel arrives and says before Ale gets here lets remind everyone about last nights bet. In this corner we have Marino, as he stands and in this corner she introduces Rafa, as if she were announcing a boxing match. And what is at stake is pride and hair. She reminds everyone what the bet was. They have until the end of the day to see who sells the most cars. And may the best man win. We see both Marino and Rafa standing with electric razors in hand. And there we end.

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