Caray, Caray!

Good Lord! After weeks of nuthin' ,we had a lot happening tonight. Oriental seductions, sleazy betrayals, dramatic confrontations and revelations with tragic consequences.

First a little rehash, with Claudia (shown mostly with some camera work slithering up her gams) plotting with Marino to oust Rafa. He gives her three of his sales, she drops the dime that Rafa's CV was falsified. But she reminds him to stick to their agreement and mum's the word. Otherwise they're toast (a los dos vamos por un tubo). Dandy is eavesdropping on all this, gets his foot stuck in a wastepaper basket, and blows off a potential client looking for a sports car as he hoofs it into the office to look for Rafa.

Meanwhile, Marino, armed with this intelligence, runs into Beltran's office to threaten that Auto Siglo is going to lose it's star salesman. You mean Rafa? queries Beltran. No, Me! snaps Marino. We know nasty stuff is in the wind, but luckily we get a breather. A heavy breather.

Pepeto has arrived at the judicial office and is starting his spiel. He has lingerie and exotic ointments and perfumes from India. Not just exotic but erotic. Why do you think India has the highest population in the world!?, he adds. The secretaries are enthralled but Carmela the Ardent AND Sceptic arrives. She ain't buyin' it and doesn't allow salesmen in the office. But wait, he's ready to give a personal demonstration AND guarantee. This changes things. Carmela sits down, he bends over her and unzips her jacket. Ahhhh sigh the secretaries. Oooooh breathes Carmela. Next he begins to massage her shoulders with first one oil and then another...to, er...what is the word...ah yes, penetrate the skin more deeply. More ahs, oohs, and some heavy breathing. He finishes his demonstration with nibbles and kisses around the shoulder, neck and ear lobe. Mercy, it's enough to give anyone a hot flash and Carmela is definitely on fire. Time to take this demonstration off site.

Alas, now we're back at the den of iniquity...the business kind. Marino is continuing his complaint about being thrown out of the sales meeting. He and Rafa can't both be in Auto Siglo. One of us has to go. Beltran reminds him his sales of last month were not particularly impressive. Rafa always gives good results. And it's easier to get a good salesman than a good executive. Marino then drops the dime on Dandy and Susana's romance. Beltran dismisses it as cheap gossip. Alright then, check Rafa's "curriculo" and his references. If what I'm saying is false, you'll have my resignation on the table right away, concludes our slimeball. And we break for ads.

We have a little retrospective of how the CV came to be falsified. Rafa's honest appraisal of his skills and background was dismissed as grade school prattle. Alejandra draws up an impressive CV, instructs him to memorize it, vouches for it to Beltran, and the boss reminds her that she'll be responsible for Medina's performance since he has no previous experience in selling autos. Of course, she says. So clearly, the groundwork is laid for disaster.

But back to Pepeto's groundwork. He's on the phone to Rafa, saying the demo went over great but now he's about to be led to the scaffold (pátibulo) by Carmela who wants a personal one on one demonstration. Rafa's shaking the pompoms, assuring Pepeto que "si te puedes". Make her your slave, Medina urges. Seduce her by promising not just a roll in the hay but a long term romance. Ale overhears all this and her opinion of Rafa and his Boys Club sinks even lower. Our spirits sink too (but let's hope Pepeto's don't) as we endure some more ads.

While Alejandra seethes some more, Carmela's ready to sizzle. She's dragged Pepeto off to her favorite hot sheets motel. Alas, she can't get Room 207 with the jacuzzi, but 'ni modo", she's ready to make do with whatever is available. After offering Pepeto a drink (tequila for him, thanks) she makes her pitch:
C-Do this with all your clients?
P- Only those I like.
C-Your wife or your girlfriend...they don't mind?
P- I'm single.
C-Guess in your line of work, relationships don't last.
P- Oh no. I just ended a relationship of five years. A wonderful woman but her daughter came back and there was a problem with the child....
C- You were with a grandmother!?
P- She was 53. I like older women. Ardent women. Mature women.
C- Open up that sample case and let's get going!

A tender scene, interrupted by a random beauty parlor episode of no real import except the male beauticians insult Vicky's friend because she's a bit on the heavy side. There are some jokes about homemade plastic surgery injecting salad oil (Alejandra Guzman?) and it's all quite politically incorrect so let's move on.

Alejandra is still seething and lamenting to Susana about how Rafa takes money from one woman to pay off his debts to another and is basically lower than low. Then the bell tolls. Beltran wants Rafa in his office. This cannot be good. We get another slew of ads while we worry ourselves sick.

Dandy's worried too and is following Susana around like a nervous puppy, but she won't give him the time of day. Ramiro Ay Dios Mio! commiserates. He's had a lot of experience being brushed off by women.

Pepeto may think he's gone to the gallows but it's actually Rafa who gets his head chopped. Beltran has doubts about his "curriculo". Where are the diplomas and certificates that go with all this fine background? Can Rafa bring them in? Medina dithers and obfuscates and then decides to tell the truth. Yes, the CV was falsified but he hasn't swindled Auto Siglo. On the contrary, he worked like a dog and produced results. Isn't that what matters?

Evidently not. Beltran calls in Alejandra and just as she arrives, the Queen stops by as well. Perfect timing sez Beltran. And lays out the mutual fraud. Rafa tries to save Alejandra, saying it was all his idea, but neither Beltran nor Profesora Arcadia are buying it. It's a "delito" (criminal offense) and there won't be a hearing (auditorio). They're to turn in their resignations forthwith to spare a scandal. Arcadia agrees. "Gracias y buena suerte." But, but..."Fuera" (out!) bellows Beltran.

Outside, our two hapless lovers try to figure out who denounced (delató) them. It couldn't be his three buds, Dandy, Pepeto and Ramiro. Well it couldn't be Susana, insists Ale. Then it must be Marcos. She protests. Medina insists. Some day you'll understand. Tell me now! Do you really want me to tell you!? They stare at each other while we viewers scream, Yes, tell her tell her tell her! And will he? Tune in tomorrow to find out.

Previews:
Marcos talks about the ghost at the hacienda while the voice over says there are actually women of "carne y hueso" flesh and bones (make that babes in bikinis) out there.
And Marcos' plan gives results and Ale and Rafa are fired.

Vocabulary:
rojo bermellón = vermilion red (the color sports car the fellow was seeking when Dandy got his foot stuck in the wastepaper basket)
espuela = spur
a los dos vamos por un tubo = we'll be flushed out, we'll be toast (Claudia's threat if she and Marino don't stick to their secret
agreement)
ni idea = no idea
patadas de ahogado = lit. the kicking of a drowning man, fig. desperate measures
patibulo = scaffold, gallows (Pepeto, complaining about having to bed Carmela the Ardent)
vieja jamona, traga hombres = jamona can mean ham but it also means "buxom". Pepeto is describing Carmela as a busty old broad who's a maneater (traga hombres)
pastel mal hecho = a crappy cake, another complaint about Carmela's charms
mandar a freir espárragos = to tell someone to get lost
me mandó a llamar? = you sent for me?
soy todo oidos = I'm all ears (the Queen)
nos viste la cara de tarugo (blockhead)= you made fools of us (Beltran to Alejandra)
si mal no recuerdo = if memory serves me...
delatar = denounce, inform on

Dicho of the Day

No hay peor lucha que la que no se hace. = There's no worse battle that that which is not fought. Give things a try before giving up on them.
So hang in there Ale and Rafa! We're rooting for you.

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