Caray, Caray!

Abdul is horrified by the immorality of the neighbor - a woman running a business, alcohol, indecent clothing, and then she has the audacity to want to shake his hand - Haram! Mo tries to calm him down. When the coast is clear, Zamira helps Nariza sneak out.

Osvaldo gives Karla a temporary club pass and thinks that now she should do her part and drop charges. No way. She wants more money. He pays, and she tries to get Ozzie to set her up with Daniel.

Amina is at the mall waiting for Nariza. Latifa gets to her first. She tells Amina that when Prince Amin was born, Mohammed promised, in writing in front of a sheik, that he would not take a second wife. It seems that Nariza has misled Amina. Amina leaves and Nariza arrives. Latifa tells the Naz that Amina went to the bar to see Pablo, she’s in love with him, and she asked Latifa to help her get together with him. Nariza is horrified that Amina betrayed her that way. Sorry, friends, no hair pulling tonight. (Would that be considered trichotillomania by proxy? Trich. is an OCD characterized by obsessive pulling of one's own hair.)

Alej tells Naty that he thinks Marisa hates him so much that she’d do anything to keep them apart. Naty says that Mama is so miserable that she wants to spread misery around (good observation). But it doesn’t matter because Naty loves him. He also doesn’t want to accept the job from Leo because people will think he’s with Naty as a meal ticket. She convinces him to accept.

Jade tells Ali that everything is proceeding well, and soon she can be with Lucas. He tries to warn her of the dangers but she’s sure he’s mistaken. He also tells her that if she leaves Said to be with Lucas, he will have to break all ties with her. The way he says it is, “close the doors of my house to you.”

Marisa takes Lucia along to make her report to the police. She lists the various people who could’ve had access to her room, and why she thinks they are not guilty. And then, as if the thought just occurred to her, she remembers Alejandro as a possibility. Luisa at some level realizes what she’s doing and is horrified by the thought.

Osvaldo and Estela try to console Dora about Daniel. She says that he never let her get close, and that he’s packing right now to move to Albi’s. Ozzie gives Daniel a very touching speech about how he always wanted to be Danny’s father. Danny is polite but not touched. He is excited that he will finally get to know his father and know who he is. Take it from me, Tutz, you’d be better off with Osvaldo.

Albi barges in on Lucas and starts asking him strange questions. “Do you have an insatiable thirst for life?” (I think that’s called a leading question.) Lucas says that he’s not being his true self. He’s living in a mask that his father created. He says that when they were kids, Leo took them to see the movie The Prince and the Pauper. It was about identical twins, one with wealth and obligations and the other with poverty and liberty, and they swapped places. After that Lucas always dreamed of having a clone so he could swap places too. Albi concludes that Daniel is an exact duplicate of Lucas. Enrique comes in and tells Lucas that Marisa wants to milk him for everything she can get.

Estela asks Daniel why he’s in such a hurry to live with someone he doesn’t even know, when Dora loves him so much. He pipes up that it’s their fault that he doesn’t know Albi.

Luisa is showing Anita around the lab. The Chump steps up and gives Luisa flowers to thank her for what she did for Alicia, the job.. Luisa doesn’t let him finish because she doesn’t want Anita to hear. Then a scene in which Clara reminds us that she’s furious at The Chump.

Alej and Naty arrive at the house. He doesn’t want to go in, for fear of encountering Marisa. She insists, and they go inside. Immediately abandons him in the front room while she takes Rosa to help her change (at 18 you need that metiche to help you dress?) Of course Marisa walks in at that moment and spits her usual venom. Naty comes out in her own purple broccoli band dress, and Alej pretends nothing happened.

Amina tells Jadiya and Said that she wants to return to Morocco (Latifa’s plan seems to have worked). Jade enters and asks Said up to her room. Amina runs to tell the news to her sister, who assumes that Said is going back to Jade’s bed and she’ll never get to be First Wife. She begs her sister to stay to help her attract Said back.

Jade asks to keep Jadiya, and he says, “No way!” She tries flattery, and he says he doesn’t want his daughter to turn out as badly as Jade. She says he’s more rotten than she is, and that she’ll get the witnesses so he’ll get his 80 lashes. He tells her she can do what she wants, but this time she will pay the price for what she’s done, the most expensive price, Jadiya. He goes to Rania’s room and she dances for him. Pretty boring in her shapeless smock and pants.

Leo and Amalia arrive in Miami, and she wants to accompany him to the hospital to see his sick uncle. Leo slithers out of her grasp; he vants to be aloooone, Darling.

Cristina and Vicky talk men. Cristina’s kiss with Pablo, and Vicky's time with Pedro at the gym. Cris says she hasn’t thought about Leo all day. What is it about this show, that they love matching names? As if the whole cast had twin names! Alicia & Amalia, Pablo and Pedro, Luisa & Lucia, Clara & Karla, Alejandro & Fernando. It’s driving me nuts! The only names that are different are Escobar and Raul, and they’re the same person!!!

This scene is funny. Leo asks Enrique about Cris. He asks why Leo doesn’t do his own dirty work. Leo says that if this whole thing (the suicide threat) is another of her tricks, Enrique should call the company accountant and tell him to stop paying her rent. Riq is stunned that Leo has been paying her rent. “Oh,” Leo adds, “and also stop paying her utilities, and her cell phone, and her credit cards, and he monthly cash payments.” Enrique is more stunned with every new revelation. Then Leo decides to tell her himself, and tell her there is no chance of them ever getting together again. Yeah, right, and the pope ain’t Catholic, Moses ain’t Jewish, and telenovelas ain’t stupid!

Fernando and Andrea are talking when Lucia comes home. She tries to call Roberto and is angry that his cell phone is turned off. Some of Fernando’s things fall on the floor, and Lucia sees his joint. Roll credits. Oh, I’m sure he was just carrying it for a friend.

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