Caray, Caray!

Hospital Recap: Ruben confronts Mariano. Apparently he didn’t appreciate Aida finding out about the lies he told Espe. Ruben assumes Mariano’s ultimate goal is to marry Aida.

Casa Chavez: Art&Tere have stayed for dinner with mama Refugio. She’s glad to see them so happy. Teresa’s sad Armando isn’t around to hear her announcement….they’re planning on starting a family as of yesterday. Refugio’s very happy, giving them a pair of booties she knit when she first discovered she was expecting Teresa. Arturo says he expects her to knit many things for baby Barreras. Refugio says she’ll knit some booties just like the ones she just knit for……Teresa interrupts her by serving more kool-aid for Arturo. He announces he’s ready to head out for the office. Teresa decides to stay behind to visit with mami and promises not to stir from that spot until he comes back. Arturo has no choice but isn’t at all happy about leaving her there.

Hospital: Espe comes by Mariano’s office to visit and tells him about Hernán stepping up to take credit for el bebé and Mayra seemed to believe it. She’ll be showing pretty soon and plans to go live elsewhere so Aida doesn’t see her. She pleads with Mariano not to say anything else to Aida. She’s feels badly that Aida found out about her father’s drug addict lie. Mariano didn’t want to hurt Aida but it isn’t right that Espe be the only one taking the blame for everything. Ruben’s a desgraciado, she says. And now he wants to ruin Mariano’s chances with Aida. Espe’s willing to take one for the team and allow Aida to think Hernán is the baby-daddy. Mariano for once agrees with Teresa, saying Espe shouldn’t lie. Even though Ruben is un infeliz, he has an obligation to support his child and the right to know him/her. At the very least, he has the right to know Bebé Bigote exists. No, no, she says. She’s made her decision. She asks him to tell Aida that she’s dating Hernán and expecting his baby. Mariano insists she tell the truth. He points out that she just told him she rejected Hernán, and now she’s going to ask him (Hernán) to continue with the farce?

Cuernavaca: Oh yeah, Martin and Aurora are still there. She’s napping on a sofa when he arrives with a tray of food. He’s so thoughtful, she says. He tells her she’s inspired him to be a better person, the best cook, the best lover. She wonders who taught him all these things. He jokes his grandmother taught him to be the best lover. Aurora laughs and he continues, saying his abuela taught him it isn’t enough to be a successful (éxito) man. It’s just as important to be a worthy (valioso) man. If he is able to accomplish that, everything else comes easy. Aurora’s glad he listened to his abuela, because he is a very worthy man. Smoochies.

Casa Chavez: Arturo’s gone and Espe has joined Tere and Refugio. Refugio apologizes to Espe for almost letting it out about Bebé Bigote. Teresa tells her to be more careful or she’ll cause problems with Ruben. Refugio clears the table and heads for the kitchen. Teresa and Espe chat about Hernán’s Noble Gesture and Espe’s rejection of said Gesture. Of course, Teresa thinks Espe should take advantage of the situation. What more could she want? He’s a good man, handsome, wealthy, and he wants to be a father to her child. What is she thinking? Espe says she doesn’t love him. Oh please, Tere says, love will come later. Espe wonders if that’s what’s happening with Arturo. Tere claims that she cares for Arturo. He’s given her so much. She’s not just talking about the money. He’s given her status, he’s handsome, and he cares for her. Espe asks, “But what about love? That feeling you have only for him; the emotion you feel when you see him; just the thought of him makes you smile, and when he touches you, you forget everything else.” Teresa ponders this.

Combo scenes as evening falls at PatPal’s home. She’s spritzing herself with “Come Hither” cologne. The object of her preparations walks in the room and she’s soooo happy he’s there, telling him she’s so happy he called. Come! Sit! Arturo interrupts her telling her he just came by for a moment to tell her they will never see each other again. What? He couldn’t call? We zoom in to her cara impactada. She doesn’t understand what he’s saying or why he wouldn’t want to be with her again. He tells her what happened was just plain wrong and besides he’s reconciled with Teresa. She’s downright shocked that he’s forgiven Teresa. Teresa’s come clean about everything: the engagement, the premarital sex, everything. But that was years ago. Paloma is grasping at straws saying that doesn’t change the fact that she lied to him. He tries to reason with her, saying what’s happened is in the past. He realizes she clings to the hope that one day they’ll revive what they once had between them but he assures her it’s not to be. The groveling begins anew. This woman has no dignity whatsoever. She accepts his marriage to Teresa but he doesn’t have to stop seeing her (Paloma). She suggests if he’d like there to be something between them… (didn’t she hear a word he just said?) He says no, it wouldn’t be fair to her and he couldn’t be unfaithful to Teresa. Oh goodness, she’s not done yet. He may not love her has he did in the past but surely he still has some special affection left for her and they could………”Please Paloma don’t insist,” he says, “out of respect for my wife and out of respect for yourself.” As she keeps pleading, he insists she can find someone she deserves. He’s decided to remain by Teresa’s side. She’s still pleading, crying, totally in denial. He asks her to please stop doing this and goes on to say they’ll only see other at meetings for Luna Turqueza. She asks if they can’t they be friends. Artie responds they need to be realistic, they can’t be friends. At least not now. She embraces him, crying that he’s the love of her life. He gently pushes her away and makes his exit. She sobs. I cringe.

Vecindad: Johnny and Espe are having dinner. They’re talking about finding an apt to rent. Cutberto drops by and Espe leaves them alone to talk. Johnny shows him Griselda’s romantic rantings. They go back and forth: Cutberto should date Gris; after all, Juana has Hector – you know the drill FF>>

Casa de la Barrera the following morning: Teresa greets Fernando in the living room saying she’s angry with him for providing Arturo with the false alibi the night he left Cuernavaca. She gets uncomfortably close to him as she tells him Arturo told her he wasn’t with Fernando’s friends. Arturo didn’t go to work on the night in question. They cleared things up between them and she now wants to be perfectly clear with him. He asks her rather playfully if she’s accusing him of something serious and wonders why he should answer her. If he doesn’t, she’ll never trust him again. Somewhat playfully, he tells her he must have her trust and they need to be able to get along, for Arturo’s and Luisa’s sake, of course. He suggests her husband is the one in whom she should have the ultimate confidence. If Arturo told her he wasn’t with his friend, well then she needs to ask him about it. He has no idea what else to say. HA! He didn’t fall into her trap. She knows Arturo had a few drink because they had argued and Fernando knew that too. Fernando is trying unsuccessfully to keep a poker face. She appreciates his discretion. Fortunately Arturo and she were able to work everything out. Fernando can’t help but smirk. She sees he’s such a good friend who always has Arturo’s back. He assures her he’s Arturo’s friend and now hers as well and would never do anything to cause her harm. Then he is truly el Principe Azul (equal to our Prince Charming) that Luisa has waited for so long, she says somewhat sarcastically. Arturo walks in just then telling Fernando Luisa’s running late. Teresa leaves saying she’ll leave the “best friends” to talk. The inquisition is over. Fernando tells Arturo she knows he didn’t spend the night with friends. Arturo is shaking in his boots as Fernando assures him she doesn’t know he spent the night with La PatPal. However, if she does find out, she’s sure to seek a divorce. Arturo is muy impactado.

Hospital: Mariano tells Dario he’s not sure he should continue his relationship with Aida. He doesn’t want her to end up hating her father. Dario wonders if he’s using this as an excuse to end the relationship. Every time he sees Teresa he forgets about everything and everyone else, adios to friends, adios to girlfriends. Why is it he’s so concerned about Teresa since that trip to Cuernavaca? As he’s talking, Paloma walks up to the door and begins eavesdropping as soon as she hears mention of Teresa’s name. Dario continues by saying Mariano blew it with Aurora and now he’s blowing it with Aida. Teresa and her husband have had a tiff. Isn’t it enough with what she did to him the day before the wedding? Paloma’s listening very intently. Mariano understands but asks Dario to imagine how he must feel; having made love to the woman he loves most the day before she’s to wed someone else; promising she won’t go through with the wedding. In the end, it’s a big lie. Paloma looks ready to jump out of her skin! Mariano continues saying not only did she lie but she humiliated him in front of half the world (medio mundo) He tells Dario not to think he hasn’t realized what an imbécil he is for not knowing what kind of person she is. He gets up to leave and Dario asks if he’s sure he doesn’t want to face this (enfrentar). Paloma, realizing Mariano’s about to come out that very door, hightails it out of there like a bat out of hell. Dario continues saying he’s speaking to him as a friend.

Paloma seems really upset. She’s even breathing heavily when she runs into Martin. Goodness, probably salivating. Martin notices her distress and she confesses she’s a little nervous because she just found out something about Teresa that Arturo will never forgive. She just couldn’t wait to tell someone, could she? Martin tells her it makes no sense to meddle in their marriage. “But Teresa doesn’t love him,” she whines, “and I do!” She knows Arturo will leave her when she has a chance to talk to him about Teresa’s unpardonable deed. He’s worried about her; does she have sufficient proof to accuse Teresa? She knows of someone who can prove everything. She tells Martin to make her excuses to Mariano. She needs to see Arturo and get to the bottom of this. She will finally be able to unmask Teresa!

Aurora arrives for her rounds and is yawning as she runs into Daddykins. He was worried about her, didn’t know where she was yesterday. She reminds him she left him a text message telling him she was with Martin. She averts his eyes as she tells him she’s really busy, needing to get on with her rounds. Martin walks up and Hector casually mentions Aurora said she was with him all day yesterday. He responds if it were up to him, he’d spend his whole life with her. She’s embarrassed. Dad leaves and she hurriedly tells Martin that Dad doesn’t know they stayed in Cuernavaca. He says her secret’s safe with him so long as she promises another day like the one they shared. Cute.
Casa de la Barrera (combo scenes): Tere’s moving stuff to Arturo’s bedroom, beginning with the Teddy bears, the Ginormous one Arturo gave her and sweet little Teddy, Mariano’s familiar. He teases her about keeping them both and wonders why she’s so attached to little Teddy. She sighs and looks at Teddy as she’s having a flashback of a happier time with Mariano that day at the fair. She snaps back and again tells Arturo it’s because her madrina gave it to her and it reminds her from whence she came and also of a very important part of her life. The Ginormous one represents the new stage (etapa) of her life, thanks to his belief in her, and his support. She thanks him with a kiss as a guitar WAH-WAHs in the background. She confirms she’s made an appt with ob/gyn and he wants to go with her because he wants to be present every step of the way. His phone rings and he waits until she leaves the room to answer – it’s the batsh!t-crazy-Paloma hot line. And she looks a little BSC, she’s practically panting as she tells him she has something important to tell him. He reminds her they have nothing to talk about. She insists and of course he gives in, saying he’ll meet her later. She laughs to herself, speaking as if to Teresa saying her theatrics will be over soon.

Jauna/Espe Apt (combo scenes): Pounding on the door -- Aida! And she wants to talk about, what else, her Daddy. Aida wants to know the whole truth beginning with the I-can’t-divorce-my-wife-because-my-daughter’s-on-drugs story. Espe denies the story then steps away but Aida isn’t letting her go that easy, telling her she can’t escape (huir) from this. Espe says again she’s agreed to leave Ruben alone and that’s that. Aida’s not accepting that. She’s convinced Espe told Mariano that story knowing that he’d tell her. She tells Espe the other part of her theory: Teresa made up the story to harass her. Espe denies this also. Another knock on the door and this time it’s my, ahem, Espe’s héroe Hernán. He sees Aida and purposely hugs Aida and plants a nice big one on the kisser for Aida’s benefit. Espe’s taken aback as Aida stands there slack-jawed. They make small talk. He remembers Aida from the wedding and introduces himself as Espe’s novio. Aida makes a snarky remark about what a fast worker Espe is in finding a new love. At Espe’s insistence Aida agrees to leave but not before she expresses her hope that Espe keeps her promise to leave the vecindad real soon. Hernán looks perplexed and when they’re alone Espe asks why he kissed her. It was an impulse, he couldn’t resist, and he really does like her very much. She reminds him that she can’t and he reminds her he’s not ready to quit (resignar). She feels the only solution then is for them to stop seeing each other. He doesn’t want to do that. At the very least, she should allow him to keep up appearances for Aida and Mayra. She feels she doesn’t have the right to pull him into her drama. She frees (libero) him from his promise to act as her novio and the baby daddy. He’s not asking to be freed from his promise. He asks that she please let him help her. If not for herself, then do it for el bebé.


Hospital: Martin and Aurora are still flirting when Mariano walks up and he also asks about Aurora’s whereabouts yesterday. She tells him she was with Martin. Mariano’s told Paloma can’t make it to the meeting, Aurora has rounds, and it’s going to be just Martin and him at the meeting. Aurora averts Mariano’s eyes as she makes a hasty retreat. Martin wastes no time in telling Mariano his jealousies are over because he now knows Aurora likes him. Mariano’s a bit perplexed about this new development.

Casa Chavez: Juana’s jumping the gun thinking Teresa’s already pregnant. Refugio sets her straight saying their just starting to try (buscar familia=literal translation: looking for a family). Refugio’s surprised Juana didn’t know this yet and gets verklempt with the knowledge that Teresa told her first. Armando arrives with some news of his own but first he has to answer his spanking-new official cell phone! Of course Refuse-to-be-nice says he only has it because he’s Teresa’s father and Arturo’s father-in-law. She refuses to be impressed.

Casa de la Barrera: Arturo and Tere are doing something viewers haven’t seen them do in quite some time --- they’re actually working. Hmph! Anyway, they’re finishing up and Tere calls for a lunch break before they head off for the ob/gyn. He tells her he’s got an appt of his own. No problem, she tells him to meet her at the doctor’s, it’s at the hospital Santillana. He makes a face and she offer to take Aurora with her. He nixes that idea and offers instead to come by for her. She gets the call from Dad congratulating her on their decision to start a family.

Fito’s Felonious Crib: Johnny’s come by and he mentions he’s come to this apt repeatedly to make deliveries for Gemma. Fito asks how the business is going. Johnny’s amazed at the success of Gemma’s food delivery and wonders what might be in the food, saying he’s never even tasted it. Fito nods ominously, saying he imagines Johnny’s never tasted it.

Speaking of felons, Gemma meets Armando in the street. He tells her he’s going to pay the balance in full. They exchange insults. She says he’s able to pay now only because his daughter married a rich man. He says his daughter worked hard and is respectable. She doesn’t steal money from others like some women do. He asks for his IOU’s (pagarés) so he can pay her. She hesitates and he insists, saying his daughter told him he must have those in hand before he pays her reminding her he now works at a law firm. She relents and they leave for her store.

Casa de la Barrera: Juana congratulates Tere on the baby news. Tere tells her not to get ahead of herself. She hasn’t even been to the ob/gyn yet to make sure everything’s shipshape. Juana makes a comment that some girls have problems getting pregnant after years of taking contraceptives. But that’s not so in her case, right. Tere assures her it is not. It’s getting late and Arturo hasn’t returned. She’s going to go ahead without him. Juana says she can’t wait to hold her bebé in her arms. Tere rolls her eyes and just hurries off as to say, right, don’t hold your breath!

Casa Grumps: Pati and Johnny talk about her upcoming birthday and her subsequent escape plan. He wonders what she wants for her birthday. She tells him she wants her freedom and to know where she’ll live once she escapes.

Hospital: Mariano recommends that Aida reconcile with her father. She doesn’t feel she can. She gives him the bad news that she went to see Espe. She rehashes the whole story: Ruben made up a story about Aida’s drug use, no, Espe made it up, no, it was actually Teresa who was behind it all along. Guess who happens by just then. You guessed it! Tiburoncita, and she calls her on it. Aida insists she tell the truth about planting that story about her father. Tere didn’t think she was that dumb but perhaps her blind love for her father prevents her from seeing him for what he is. She’s done nothing. Aida doesn’t believe her. Mariano finally steps in and puts a stop to the argument. He tells Aida that Teresa has nothing to do with what Espe told him. Aida tells he’s the blind one now. She reminds him how Teresa vowed she would get even with Aida no matter how long it took. She was determined to destroy Aida and continues to harass her. Mariano tries again to put a stop to the bickering and even has his hands on his hips, the ultimate SuperMariano pose. Teresa takes the high road, saying she’s forgotten all the humiliations she suffered at Aida’s hands. However, if Aida continues to bother her, she will defend herself. Aida refuses to allow Teresa to bother her and beside life has a way of compensating, just look who she has at her side – she hugs Mariano and asks him to walk her to her car. He declines saying he’s too busy with work and he also tells Teresa they have nothing to talk about and asks her to leave. She hesitates a little at the door but as he’s totally ignoring her, she decides to leave. ¡Por fín, Mariano!

Casa Caceres: Ruben is now trying to set up his story, telling Mayra he’s very worried. That “woman” is very bold/rude (despachada) because he’s told her he’ll no longer see her and he’s afraid Mariano is becoming the same way. Mayra disagrees, saying he may be her friend but that doesn’t mean he’s the same way. Besides, he’s been so good with Aida, distracting her from the loss of Paulo. He tells her she doesn’t understand. He fired Mariano and his useless (inutil) father and now he thinks he can retaliate (desquitarse). Mayra doesn’t think he’s that type of person. Ruben insists he is, having gone so far as to say he plans to marry Aida. That gets Mayra’s attention. Ruben goes on to say that Teresa and Mariano plan to take their money (Mayra and his) and he’s not going to allow that to happen.

Vecindad: Cutberto sees Juana at the entrance then turns to put on a false mustache. She laughs when she sees him and he tells her he supposes she likes bigotones because her novio is a bigotón panzón. They spar a little but she takes it a little too far, saying at least Hector’s bigote is real. Cutberto can’t even do that right. His feelings appear to have been hurt and he walks away. She knows she’s done it now and rushes back to him, saying she needs to talk to him. He assumes she’s only going to ridicule (burlar) him again. She wants to apologize. He pulls off the mustache and cries out in pain.

Hospital: Aurora stops by to see Hector. He’s concerned she’s working so many hours and notices that she seems very nervous. She confesses she and Martin have taken their relationship to another level, having spent the day yesterday in Cuernavaca, and …. They made love. Hector seems surprised by this.

Grump’s house: Grandpa is scolding Griselda accusing her of running around instead of doing her job. She tells him it’s none of his business. If she doesn’t like it, he says, there’s the door. She needs to dedicate herself to the job she’s paid to do.

Hospital: Teresa comes back to Mariano’s office. [She just can’t stay away.] She can’t believe he’s with Aida. She tells him she’s a bad one. He should be able to see that in the way she makes up stories and slings mud at her. She’s going to pay for it. At least he knows the truth of the matter between Espe and Ruben. She had nothing to do with it and Ruben’s the infeliz. He knows all that but he’s her father. It’s very clear to her “tal palo tal astilla” (the stick and the splinter are the same, or a chip off the old block) because they’re both desgraciados (shameless). He disagrees. He sees Aida as a spoiled, rich girl who doesn’t know what poverty is (la pobreza). She doesn’t understand their world but she’s not bad. Teresa doesn’t understand how he can say that, how he can be with her. He tells her she should be happy he’s starting over after what she did to him. He’s hoping it will work out – not like her marriage. He noticed ese tipo left her in Cuernavaca. Teresa actually utters the truth, telling him Arturo left because he found out Mariano was the first man in her life. “Don’t tell me he finally figured out that you’re mine and mine alone”, he says as he pulls her quickly to him. (I scream quietly, no Mariano, no!) He holds her close as they look deeply into each other’s eyes. She starts to tell him he knows she’s always…..He interrupts her telling her not to start with her empty promises (promesas vacias). She had once told him she would lose everything if Arturo ever found out. He cynically asks if he actually forgave her. She glibly tells him Arturo loves her so much it didn’t matter and wanted to forget it all and move forward with her. Mariano can’t believe Arturo would be tan imbécil as to do that. He wants to know what she really told him.

Oh goodness, back at Grump’s House of Horrors: Gramps has some bad news for Pati. He’s had a talk with her father and they’ve decided they’ll put her in a boarding school as soon as her birthday! Bwa-ha-ha! (not really, but that’s all that was missing.) She desperately calls Johnny telling him she needs to escape on her birthday and not one day later.

Juana’s apt: She’s applying first aid to Cutberto’s upper lip and he’s going for it, pushing her back until she falls backward onto the sofa. He tells her to admit that they both love each other and forget about Hector. She asks about Gris and he tells her all she needs to do is say she loves him, that she’ll marry him, have his children. Oops! Now he did it. At the mention of children, Juana shouts at him telling him it’s one thing for her to like him and quite another for him to have all she requires in a husband. He calls her “interesada”, meaning gold-digger, then calls her “in-Teresada” and says they both mean the same thing. (ja-ja) He gets frustrated as usual then says he’s wasting his time and leaves. She talks to herself sadly, saying her requirement is a man who doesn’t want children because she won’t be able to give him any.

Back at the hospital, Mariano wonders if Teresa told Arti about the love fest they had on the eve of the wedding. Well, she didn’t tell him all that. She wanted to save Mariano a world of hurt. Arturo was so angry, he would’ve killed him if she had told him. She tells him she can’t permit Arturo or anyone to hurt him. He corrects her, saying anyone that isn’t her, that privilege is hers alone, right? She tells him the circumstances were such that she had to get married. He asks if she ever tires of being unfaithful. She did it to him and now she’s doing it to Arturo. She swears she didn’t start anything with Arturo until after she had ended her relationship with him (Mariano). She’ll swear it by her mother. He believes she may not have started anything but she did give it wings because she kept getting closer to Arturo. That’s what she likes--provoking men. She tells him she doesn’t do it on purpose and it’s not her fault that men…..He answers for her, that men can’t stop thinking about her? She drives them crazy and that’s why he likes her so much. They’re close enough to kiss but don’t. He’s already told her they can enjoy themselves whenever she wishes. He acts as though he’s going to kiss her then pulls back and says only so long as he’s not busy with Aida. Ooooh, ouch! She starts to protest but he tells her to calm down. He had offered when he felt his relationship with Aida wasn’t serious. But now things have changed. So sorry, Teresa, but he can’t be like her. Wow, such a steamy scene and everyone kept their clothes on!

Outdoor café, Paloma has arrived to meet with Arturo. As she crosses the street, she thought bubbles as she smiles at Arturo, “He has to know the whole truth. I won’t let Teresa continue to deceive him.” She never reaches him as a car plows into her. OMG – I’m embarrassed to admit I actually screamed a little. I knew she was in trouble when they went into slow-mo. Oh wow. RIP Paloma?

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