Caray, Caray!

Forewarning, this was probably the most chaotic capitulo yet. It had some hilarious moments but I think it gave me whiplash!

Rafa and Vicky’s families (and Jaime) hear the radio announcement about escaped circus animals. They’re worried for a fraction of a minute but get over it quickly in favor of enjoying a beautiful day. Vicky pulls Rafa aside to go horseback riding.

Jorge is feeling better and Ale joins him and Rosario at breakfast. Jorge wants Ale to ask Marco to forgive her for the fight last night. Ale is sure she has nothing to be sorry about. Chavez is a cockroach and Marco stood by for the longest time without doing anything.

Rosario wants Ale to call Marco so he can join them. Ale teases her that she may be the one who fancies Marco the most. “If I were your age, I would take him.” (Ha! Too bad he’s not worth taking.)

Dandy rubs an ice cube up the leg of a bikini-clad young lady. Although it looks like they’re lounging on a topical island paradise, they’re actually on the roof of Dandy’s apartment building. She asks if he’s even been in love and Dandy says he hasn’t. Love is just an excuse to sleep with someone, which leads to marriage, which leads to dying of boredom. She calls him a cynic but he’s offended she would say such things to “a God of love”. They lock lips.

Marco calls Ale to see how things are going. She invites him to spend the day with her, Jorge, and Rosario. Marco wants to do something special with Ale and asks where she used to go with her mamá when she was a little girl. Ale says they went to see animals and Marco makes a date to take her to the zoo.

Marco tries to call Chavez but only get his voicemail. (He’s probably still hurt over the fight…)

Rafa and Vicky continue their romantic picnic in the park, complete with dancing, horseback riding, and a song from Rafa. (Letra Celosa, a song perfectly suited for Vicky). After the commercial break, the whole group is playing soccer in the field, having a couple drinks, and relaxing in the sun. Looks like a pretty good deal to me.

Ramiro is out on the town with his bruja and her mother. He eats a free sample from a stand and the bruja scolds him because he’s already too fat. Later, they stop at a restaurant. The “ladies” order a bunch of food but won’t let Ramiro order anything except toast.

Marco, Ale, Jorge, and Rosario are also enjoying a day outdoors at the zoo. They’re on a safari tour and get up close and personal with zebras, giraffes, camels, ostriches, and a yak, among other things. They change tours and get on a caged bus to see the lions and tigers. Ale is delighted with the trip and thanks Marco with a smooch for bringing her. He’s oh so happy to please her.

A huge lion gnaws on a piece of meat attached to the cage of the bus. WAY too close for my comfort! Rosario agrees with my fears and says she heard a lion once escaped from a zoo killed a person. Ale assures her it must have been a joke; nothing like that happens in real life. Someone would have to have incredibly bad luck to be attacked by a lion. (Did you figure what would happen next, too? ;)

The conversation shifts and Ale starts thinking of “Medina”. He’s a lion hunter (cazador de leones), a man who stands up in front of the beasts to fulfill his promise to a damsel.

Jaime starts having a spazz attack which turns out to be very justified when the rest of the picnic gang sees a lion wandering their way. Everyone runs off in a screaming frenzy for the truck while the lion pilfers the food on the picnic table. They all manage to clamor into the back of the truck but Rafa lags behind to pick up the parrot. He hops in the back and they speed away.

Home from the zoo, Marco again pushes how badly he wants to get married. Ale is still standoffish and asks him to be patient. Once he leaves, Ale’s thoughts turn straight to Medina. She figures he’s probably out getting drunk again. Ale is suddenly concerned when she thinks he might be out with his novia. (Letra Celosa may not only be for Vicky…)

The picnic group counts their blessings that they were able to get away unhurt. They are, however, upset the lion ate their picnic because no one had the chance to eat. Leonor does have a few tortillas saved and Don Gaston and Felipe (bigger brother) chow down with vigor.

Rafa gets his wake-up call and moans to himself that Ale’s dictatorship must come to an end.

Ale and Susana chat in Ale’s office. Ale’s worried about the hacienda and asks Susana to hire a lawyer for a second opinion.

Rafa has now taken Susana’s spot in Ale’s office. Ale is upset Rafa lost the sale to the nuns but Rafa says they left because they were offended by Ale’s outburst of insults. Rafa plans to send the 2,500-peso car bill to the convent. Ale says it’s ridiculous to bill a convent; Rafa has to sell more than he has been because she’s adding the 2,500 pesos to his debt and she isn’t going to loan him any more money.

Rafa is angry and says he wouldn’t ask for a loan anyway. Besides, he never asked for her money in the first place. Ale thinks he should be grateful because without her he wouldn’t have had enough money for food or clothing. “But I would have had more dignity.”

Ale is amazed Rafa is so ungrateful after she gave him a job and lent him her own money even though he nearly killed her. Rafa reminds her that she forced him to buy a new suit he never would have paid for otherwise. Ale is incensed because he uses his suit not only for work but to impress his novia and his amigotas.

Rafa has had enough. Nobody is going to humiliate him because of his clothes. He starts to disrobe right there in the office much to Ale’s shock and embarrassment. She turns away when he pulls off his pants but he tosses them onto her head. LOL. She keeps them there and uses them to shield her view of Rafa in his undies.

The Siglo employees tell Lic. Beltran that Rafa is in Ale’s office.

Rafa calls Leonor to tell her to have Jaime bring his old suit to work. Ale locks the door to keep Rafa from leaving her office. Rafa is definitely enjoying watching Ale squirm and scurry around the room until Beltran knocks on the door.

Rafa dives for his clothes while Ale stalls Beltran. Once she finally lets Beltran in, Ale and Rafa are both worked up and Beltran notices their strange behavior. Ale gives a lame excuse about not being able to get the door open and Rafa fakes feeling ill. Beltran reminds Ale about a meeting at the plant later that day and shuffles out the door.

Ale rounds on Rafa for nearly ruining her reputation with his stunt. Rafa tells her to listen up because they both know selling enough to make 15 million pesos each month is impossible. Trying to pull it off is killing everyone, especially him. (Go, Rafa!)

But Rafa plans to sell over 15 million pesos so he can get a large enough commission to pay Ale back. He gave a great speech and the gist of it is:

“Don’t ask me how many trucks I’m going to sell this month because I’m not going to pull off one or two business deals. I’m going to find something bigger to put an end this torture, these daily fights, the telephone calls, and endless criticisms. When I finally do, we will never meet again!”

Ale says she hopes so; she’d love it. Rafa promises to give the suit back once his change of clothes arrives. Ale has no interest in taking the suit back because he can’t pull off an enormous sale in ratty old clothes.

Rafa storms out and Ale says if Rafa doesn’t want to see her again, that’s just fine. (But it obviously isn’t fine, even if she won’t openly admit it.)

Rafa pulls Ismael aside to talk about organizing a huge business deal. He wants to sell 100 or 200 trucks. Ismael tells Rafa he should start doing business with the presidents of large corporations because they have few business contacts with them. (Feel free to add to this. My mind is melting from having very little sleep and I didn’t catch the details.)

Beltran calls all the employees into the meeting hall for a “special activity”. Everyone sits in a circle while Ramirez explains they are going start a stress-relieving activity. He has a dummy attached to his back and explains the exercise is very common in Japan.

Ramirez turns around and reveals a dummy of Ale. He mimics her yelling and most of the employees are enjoying it; Rafa and Ismael are not amused.

Ale calls Susana from the car supplier to ask what kind of meeting Beltran is having with the employees. Susana doesn’t know but will find out.

Ramirez says the dummy is there for the employees to express whatever they think and feel without having to be worried about consequences. Marino goes first and is a complete fruitcake and a half. He’s the star salesman and she’s shouldn’t forget it, he’s tired of being humiliated, blah, blah. Eventually he ends up tackling the dummy to the floor and pummeling it. I have no words…he just gets uglier by the episode.

Susana peers in through the window (or glass door?) while on the phone with Ale and sees everything going on.

Avances: Dummy antics continue with Ramiro and Claudia taking their turns. Rafa seems to admit to being involved in Ale’s accident and to having feelings for her while Ale watches from the window.

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