Caray, Caray!

Spiderus kicks Nereida out of his room. Dude, what’s wrong with you? She’s hot and you’re in bed, and YOU are telling HER to leave. Sheesh.

Ilitia is wearing a tight dress that look great on her, rudely telling her mother (I’m going to call her that even if she isn’t her ‘real’ mother) that she doesn’t need any company, she’s going out to get her wedding set up.

Low is thanking someone named Gaston for ‘influencing’ the cops in some manner. Jackie’s boobs, then a couple seconds later the rest of Jackie, come into the office. They flirt a little bit, she claims to still not be interested in him, and he throws her down on the desk and chokes her. As Ron Burgundy once said, wow that escalated REALLY quickly! My captions are a mess so I think what happened is he told her not to play games with him. He lets her breath, she asks if he’s going to hit her. He says no, he’s a gentleman, but he knows people that he can hire for that sort of thing. She runs out in fear.

Brandon tells Oliver he’s tired of running after Mari, she went back to her family, so whatever. The boss comes in with some letter and says that the letter means that if Brandon makes one wrong step he’s out of here. Cripes the captions are a mess, anyone else having trouble? It seems like they have a live captioner tonight, everything is 30 seconds behind. That drives me crazy.

Jackie runs to Begona and tells her what happened with Low. Jackie says the baby is better off without Low. She also says she won’t let Eman marry Ilitia.

Delicia and Paula think that Bernardo’s illness is being blown out of proportion, now they have to take him his meal. Delicia also thinks this whole thieves thing is strange. Nereida crashes in and grabs the meal and stomps back out with it, giving no answer to the others about what her problem is. The other two gossip about how weird she is after she leaves.

Maximo is in bed, Emil and Eman are asking him about the thieves. Tio says they weren’t thieves, they were here to kill him. Emil says he’s being dramatic, always playing war. Eman says, dad, what if he’s right?

The Comisario tells Brandon all the things he has messed up lately, Brandon tries to explain it all away. Comisario says whatever, the last straw is that this morning there are new charges against him, by Ilitia, for sexual assault.

Emil tells Mari that she can come back to the house any time she wants, she doesn’t have to work, he’ll give her money. She says she wants to work to help Netty, who had to hock one of her necklaces to buy Mari clothes. Emil says um, uh, do you know where Netty hocked the necklace? We all know what he plans to do. “oh Emil, my hero!” with hand waving and eyelash fluttering.

Hottie Doris gets off the phone and tells Netty that it was the university, they want Mari to come see them right now. Do schools actually do that? Netty calls the Mala Mansion and luckily Mari answers the phone. Netty tells her to get over to the school. Mari says she might not go there, it’s so expensive, but maybe she can ask Emil. Netty freaks and says no way, and she shouldn’t worry about the cost, Netty will get that figured out today. She hangs up and says she’s heading to the bank.

Spiderus looks at his bloody leg bandage and curses Nereida, he hopes she didn’t see anything. Eman comes in without knocking and Spiderus quickly covers up. Eman asks how two thieves could get into the house, two shots be fired, and Spiderus doesn’t know anything about it. Spiderus says he’s sick, why is Eman bothering him, etc. This goes back and forth until Eman notices that there is blood on the sheet covering Spiderus’s legs. He says “you’re bleeding!” Spiderus has the commercial break to figure out an excuse.

Netty has all her papers to go mortgage the pension to pay for Mari’s school. She isn’t worried about the high interest and doesn’t want Mari to be dependent on los Ruiz y de Teresa for her school money.

Eman quickly puts together that Spiderus had to have been one of the thieves, Benigno shot one of them, the guards said nobody came in or left the house, etc etc. Spiderus says he wasn’t in the house last night, then spends a full minute saying “I’m going to explain it to you” while Eman says “ok out with it already.” Spiderus says he knows where right now they can find Axel.

Gretel came with Mari to the university. Mari says she can’t let Emil pay for school. I say why not, if someone offers you something like that, you take it. Especially where school is involved. Gretel says then why did you come? Mari says because they told her to come, something about her exam yesterday for sure. Gretel says good luck, she’ll wait for her. Mari leaves, Oliver shows up. Gretel is very glad to see him. Oliver is excited because he aced his exam and thinks he might get a scholarship. She wonders if that’s why they called Mari, did she get a scholarship too?

Emil badgers the Comisario into investigating the ‘break in’ at his house himself. Brandon overhears the Comisario on the phone and says he can’t go alone, he (Brandon) will go with him! He confesses that he wants to go.

Spiderus says that since Emil kicked out Axel, Spiderus has had him followed for his safety. Then he whines that his service and loyalty to the family doesn’t begin and end with Fedra, he has been there for years whine whine. Finally Eman says shut up and tell me where Axel is. Spiderus says that the last word he got was that Axel got beat up bad in a bar fight and he’s fighting for his life in a hospital. Surely he meant ‘the’ hospital, as we know there is only one in novelaland.

Muneca sits and cries, Begona asks what’s wrong, Low came home didn’t he? Muneca says yes, but for Ilitia, not for her. They aren’t even sleeping together. Begona says it will all work out. Sure it will. Muneca says no, she feels cursed, Ilitia is mad at her now too. She tells Begona that Ilitia isn’t her daughter.

Kristel can’t believe the news about Ilitia being adopted. Ilitia says she can’t belive it, her mother must have been a drug addict, or a criminal, or.. Kristel says “or a servant!” Ilitia says no no no that would be even worse! Well we got our answer there, right? So I’m sure Ilitia’s real mother is of a low social class, just to teach Ilitia a lesson. Ilitia swears Kristel to secrecy. Orangey will surely know by the end of this episode. Ilitia is worried that now Eman won’t marry her. Kristel says they need to go shopping. As soon as she stands up, Kristel’s eyes roll and she falls back on the couch.

Mari got the highest score on the exam. Oliver is happy for her, but figures that means she got the scholarship. Mari says no, they are giving it to Oliver! He gives Gretel a big kiss and runs inside. Mari tells Gretel that they give the scholarship to someone who needs it, not just the best score, and she also asked them to give it to Oliver. She asks Gretel to help her keep that secret. I think the best way to keep that a secret would be to not tell anyone, but what do I know.

Enan says how can Spiderus be supporting the family when they all marched off to the morgue and Spiderus knew where Axel was the whole time. Spiderus says he thought it could have been Axel too, after the beating he took. Spidrus spins a tale of him tracking down the guys who beat up Axel and getting hurt while giving them a thrashing, and oh man he feels so bad that all that crap with the thieves happened when he wasn’t there! He really gets into his story and Eman seems to be buying it. He plays up what a victim he is, with Eman coming in and yelling at him. Eman says what he says better be true. Spiderus swears that it is, Axel is in the hospital right now. He gets on his cell phone to call some dude named Flores to find out what hospital Axel is in. He instructs Flores to call the house phone when he knows which hospital.

Kristel says she feels better now, it’s all goo. Ilitia wants to get help, Kristel says no no no don’t tell my mother! Of course Fedra hears this and says don’t tell me what? Let the speculation begin – I say that Kristel is pregnant.

Netty comes home and has a check to pay for Mari’s school. The lawyer shows up then too to talk to Netty. Lawyer says it’s possible that Mari can recover everything – it seems that Fedra bought the judge who ruled in her favor. I wonder how he found that out?

Ilitia covers for Kristel, saying that she’s on a super strict diet and it’s leaving her feeling faint. Kristel says they have so much to do for the wedding, let’s go. Fedra says WEDDING? Yes, wedding, happy hugs all around. Fedra says this wedding has to be the best, she always wanted Eman to marry a princess like her, not some nobody that nobody knows where they came from, right? Ilitia looks uncomfortable. Fedra tells Kristel that if she passes out again she is going to call the doctor. I feel better and better about my pregnancy prediction.

Muneca tells her story to Begona, she couldn’t get pregnant, Begona right away says “don’t tell me that Low had her with another woman?” How in the world would someone guess that? Adopting your husband’s love child probably happens, I’d say, about never. Muneca’s lawyer guy shows up, he tells her that she can relax, they got an injunction that will postpone for a while anyone closing down the orphanage.

Low is getting the same news, to him it’s NOT good news. He tells Salamanca on the phone to do whatever he needs to do.

Netty is ready to run to the cops and get Mari her money back. Lawyer says it’s not quite that easy, there is a secretary who heard the whole agreement go down but she is nervous about coming forward. Lawyer says he is going to get Fedra’s documents reviewed again, by a new judge.

The Comisario and Brandon show up to investigate. Emil and Fedra can’t believe it’s Brandon AGAIN.

Netty and Lawyer say goodbye. Mari comes in with Gretel and Oliver. They deliver the news about Oliver’s scholarship. Everyone is happy. Mari tells Netty that she asked them to give the scholarship to Oliver (I thought it was a big secret? Maybe just a secret from Oliver) and says she can always go to school later. I think anyone ‘taking a year off’ or whatever from college is a huge mistake. You have to get that stuff done when you have the chance. Once you earn a degree (or pass the CPA exam cough cough) that is yours FOREVER. Anyway, Netty (after giving Mari a “you did WHAT?” look) recovers and says that no, Mari won’t wait, she has it all taken care of. Everyone is happy.

Fedra tries to say that Maximo made the whole thing up, Eman says let the cops do their jobs and we’ll know the truth. Eman asks Fedra what her deal is, she acts like she doesn’t want to find out about what happened! She claims that she just doesn’t like these specific cops. She runs off to ‘supervise’ the cops. Eman answers the phone and says ‘I was waiting for your call’ and says he’ll be right there. He rushes out.

Fedra crashes into Spiderus’s room, the cop supervision was just an excuse for Eman. She tells him the cops are here and they bang around the room trying to find the things they need to hide. Spiderus has a SMALL room, my college dorm room was bigger than this.

Gretel is so worried about Axel. Oliver says don’t worry, he will never stop looking for his brother in law until he finds him. “Brother in law?” Gretel says, “are you crazy?” He says yes, crazy for her. He kisses her and she says stop, someone might see. He says so what, let them see. Gretel says understand, she’s confused and scared. He says he is scared all the time on the job, he uses that fear to be more brave. She says ‘this’ isn’t ok. He says what isn’t ok? That he loves her? What?

Maximo tells the cops what happened, that someone came to kill him. Emil rolls his eyes and says jeez, give it a rest. Brandon says what happened her was the same M.O. as when someone broke into Netty’s place. Emil says they are jumping to conclusions. Wouldn’t any real cops not have other people around when they were asking questions? Emil tries to tell the Comisario that Maximo is a little out there. The Comisario says thanks, but we’ll go wherever the evidence leads us. Brandon says he needs to talk to Spiderus about this.

Spiderus tries to get dressed, Fedra tries to help. She gathers up all of his bloody sheets and they leave the room.

Eman is at some crappy looking hospital (this show actually has two hospitals! They are breaking new ground in the novela genre!) trying to find his brother. The nurse says they have no Axel Ruiz y de Teresa! Another nurse overhears and says that there is a guy in intensive care that had no ID, maybe that’s who he is looking for. She takes Eman right back to see him.

Brandon busts into Spiderus’s room, the room is empty. Delicia is with him, she says how strange! Nereida went on and on about him being laid up and sick, couldn’t get out of bed! Brandon digs through the dresser, looking all over the room. He lifts up the mattress and says “look what I just found!” He does a better job searching this room than the last time he was here. No we don’t see yet what he found under the mattress.

Mari tells the Comisario that the guy pointed a gun at her but didn’t say anything. Carlota says how strange, these types usually yell an threaten to be intimidating. The Comisario says probably the dude didn’t say anything for fear of being recognized. It could be someone close to the family. Fedra jumps in and says how crazy that is, and starts whining about how the cops are coming in here and bothering poor Spiderus, waaaa I’m such a victim. Brandon walks in and says look what I found here, these gloves hidden in Spiderus’s room! He has a pair of gloves in a plastic bag. I’m not sure if the Ziploc gallon size is the Mexican version of an evidence bag, or if Spiderus kept them stored that way. Fedra looks apprehensive.

It is Axel in the ICU. Eman tearfully talks to him but Axel is out cold.

Fedra says gloves, so what. Mari says thank you to Brandon for his help. He says he is just doing his job, but as a friend he advises her to move out of this house. The cops leave. Fedra runs to Emil and says see? They are always picking on Spiderus! Waaa. She goes off to get a drink. Gretel says they should let the cops do their jobs. She must have just gotten home. Carlota says it’s one tragedy after another in this house. She has no idea! Fedra says fortunately she has some good news. Eman and Ilitia are getting married in one month! Mari doesn’t look like this is good news.

Kristel says that Mari’s fat is going to freeze when she hears about the wedding. Kristel gets some food from the maid and starts chowing down like mad. Even the maid notices. Kristel suddenly throws up in a napkin. The maid says “ah, pregnant.” Ilitia says WHAT? Kristel fans herself and looks guilty.

Mari can’t believe the news. Fedra says what’s the problem? Mari just looks upset. Emil wants to know when they decided this! And why wasn’t he consulted! Gretel says it isn’t good news, the wedding is a mistake. Emil says Gretel you’re wrong, Eman should marry the woman he loves. Mari starts saying “no no no they can’t get married, no!” Fedra laughs at her.

Eman cries over Axel some more. He promises to take care of him when he gets out of the hospital. A doctor comes in and says that Axel was dumped at the hospital awake, but he was so injured he slipped into a coma and there is no way to know when he’ll come out of it. I’m warning everyone now – I have a strict ‘no amnesia’ policy. If Axel wakes up and has amnesia, you’ll need a new Friday recapper.

Kristel tells the maid to shut up. She’s not pregnant! The maid says she’s showing all the signs! We viewers know all the signs too. The maid says she hopes she was mistaken, sorry. Kristel gets out her calendar and flips quite a few pages looking for her last period. Oops she’s two weeks late! There was some talk about missing pills or something too.

Monday: Not much new, Kristel freaks out about being pregnant, Gretel cries about Axel. Eman holds Mari’s hand to tell her he’s getting married or something and Ilitia sees them.

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