Caray, Caray!

After last night's fiesta of flashbacks de filler, Viewerville prepares for another night. Will there or won't there be any forward motion in the plot?

As Univision finally begins tonight's show (about 5 minutes late), Oscar is pining away for Victoria. "For me, there is no one better than Victoria." The long suffering Toni swallows her tears, tells him she has things to attend to and leaves.

Vic and Os are at dinner discussing Fer, RTSB and Padilla. Os gives her the perfect opportunity to come clean: "If you know something about Padilla, tell me!" Vic meekly says she knows nothing. She doesn't know him. Os tells Vic Fer's happiness is what it most important. (As a parent, may I just say that's a load of crap? At 13 my child thought happiness would mean being Brittany Spears. Seriously, Os? Good character is more important than your child being happy.)

Finally, we get back to the baseball game and Max is on third. Too bad Ji/Xi/mena (hee hee, that made me laugh) wants to score! She covers his eyes and being the eye-closed idiot that he is, he kisses her for a good 10 or 15 minutes without realizing who it is. The baseball gang look on and cheer (what idiots, they've ALL seen Maria before.)

Maria sees this of course and is muy impactada. Max pulls away and I think he threw up a little bit. "Ji/Xi/mena? What are you doing here?"  JP is there to defend Max. He's sure Max was clueless as to who he was kissing and tells Maria "To get angry with him would be unjust."

Ji/Xi/mena tells him not to deny he liked her kisses. She's sure he hasn't felt the same as when he was with him(?) He pretty much kicks her to the curb aaaand.....

WHACK!!!!!!!!! Maria with a roundhouse be-yotch slap!!!!

María tells her to lay off her man. She and Max are getting married. Ji/Xi/mena says Victoria will never allow Max to marry "fly (mosca) like you!"

Maria slaps her once more for good measure and Max, being the businessman that he is, starts the damage control. He is successful. Smoochies and cheers.

Nati walks the streets remembering JuanJo's words from last night.

Max is pep-talking the baseball gang. They all decide to go eat. They leave the Padre in the dust...literally.

Toni and Vic are talking about Padilla. Toni reminds Vic that Fer could really be in a lot of danger. Vic says she needs something to defend herself against them. She really thinks this Eva woman could help.

Speaking of which, Eva and Fausto are discussing Vic now. Fausto is concerned that Vic can ruin all their plans, but Eva thinks having an ally will help. The more enemies Burnie has the better.

Milagros, tortas ahogadas and  a conversation about Nati. I manage to gather she left without her books. Very puzzling indeed.

Fer, Linda and RTSB. MAKEOVER!!! RTSB is reluctant.

Oh for pity's sake. Nati is on a roof yelling and screaming. JuanJo is trying to talk her down. He promises if she'll come down they'll talk. She keeps screaming. She wants to die. ¡Morirme! (And she's wearing the ugliest pants I've ever seen.)

Ok. This is too much. Her acting is terrible and I'm just so annoyed right now. Really, Mejía? We really can't take much more stupidity. Nati has been the voice of reason and now she's acting like a drama queen. *seethe*

We come back from commercial break to a RandomHO crying outside the church. JP enters and asks if he can help. She says he can't understand her pain and he yammers about men not being able to understand the pain women suffer. Just like it takes a mother to understand the pain of another mother. She reveals that she is Lorena, a sinner  "I'm not bad. I'm a woman who lost my way." She wanted an easy life, money...she sold her body. But she wants a career change. Her dad was a carpenter...but a woman carpenter? In the 21st century? Surely we aren't ready for that kind of upside down thinking about gender? (I'm thinking either it's Max's mom  or the love interest for the chipmunk guy.)

M&M in the Lime green Hot Wheel. They are told by a bombero to take a different route. María has a strong feeling that something is wrong.

JP, Lorena and orphans FF>>

M&M are on the scene of Nati's hysteria. Don Napo tells Nati he and Cruz know everything about LindaHo and that they will set the record straight if she will just come the hell down from the blasted roof. Max sneaks up from behind and saves her (but we are still being subjected to her screams of anguish. Just.Shut.Up.)

The Padillas have apparently hired a butler (He's no Braulio) and he's welcoming the Sandovals into the lovely Padilla apartment. Vic looks sick to her stomach. RTSB's makeover is complete and he looks pretty cute. I'm sure he's still a jerk, though. Padilla still looks oily. Padilla opens champagne while Vic tries her best not to vomit on the coffee table.

Nati is sleeping thanks to a sleeping pill. Linda feels bad and María goes off. She tells LInda she never thinks of anyone else, just herself. She tells Linda if it hadn't been for "mi Max" and the bomberos ...didn't catch it. Linda cries even harder. She doesn't know what to do. She loves Os and doesn't want to leave him.

Max is at home and we get another flashback entitled "Max and Maria: A History" (Maite sure has pretty hair. And their theme song is so nice.) When the filler is done Max thoughtbubbles: "Dios, who would've thunk I would have fallen so in love with that little uniformed girl." (Seriously loses something in translation.)

Back to the show and the dinner party from hell. Padilla goes on about his business success and attempts charm. He doesn't see why these two crazy kids can't keep seeing each other. RTSB presents Fer with...the watch that dad stole at her birthday party. They claim it's a replacement. Vic seethes. Os agrees the two should be able to see each other. Idiot.

At home, Vic and Os fight over the Fer and Fed match up. Vic insists that if anything happens to their daughter it will be his fault. Os yells. He's tired of her threats. He goes off about something...(how terribly she treats others?)

Maria and nuns FF>>

Vic sneaks a trip to Eva. She tells Eva that Burnie is turning her daughter against her. She wants Eva's help.

Gabi and Fer discussing Jardinerito. No big revelations. Fer is still claiming undying love for Fede. She's taking him to Miami.

Pip and María talking about Miami (I'm beginning to think they won't get to Miami until the Final.) Pip sees the ring and blathers on and makes a crack about Os and realizes what he's done. María tells him she knows. Pip wants to know what she knows. She spills the beans about Linda and confesses she is her roomate. Pip goes into drama mode. There's some "no puede ser-ing."

Cruz is cutting a rose for Fer. She comes out and tells him that they are different classes. He can't offer her anything. She tells him her parents approved of Fede last night. Cruz looks crushed.

Eva is showing Vic the picture her sister and husband: Gonzalo and Rosalia.  Eva tells Vic all about Gonzalo getting Burnie pregnant. She goes on to tell Vic about Burnie burning them alive. Vic is impactada. She says "There was no proof?" She asks to borrow the picture and promises to return it. Eva is reluctant, but does so.

Cruz just can't believe that Fer was faking. She kisses him then pulls away quickly. Yup, she says. Faking. Just playing with you Jardinerito. Cruz cries. I feel so bad! I hope Fer gets a little comeuppance before she officially gets with Cruz. She doesn't appreciate him at all. He leaves the rose on the step.

Maria tries to convince Pip that Linda is not bad. (Yeaahh, right.)

Oscar and Vic talk shop and about Miami preparations (I'm not holding my breath.) Vic says she doesn't have time to chat. He asks if it's about Os. She says because of her cowardice she's about to lose him.

Fer comes back out and sees the rose. She flashes back to her last kiss with him and cries (good, I hope she feels like crap.) She smells and  the fondles the rose. She gets up and heads back inside.

Vic is berating Maria about the Ji/Xi/mena stunt. She tells Maria that in Miami she will not disobey her or do anything without her permission.

Cue the kayak.

Previews:
Things might be heating up: Ji/Xi/mena is gonna find out she's preggers!

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