Caray, Caray!

Moni is impressed by Pepe's ability to excel at many expensive hobbies (he may have friends in Valla Brava, but surely they didn't give him all those free water ski trips, parasails etc?) and is sad to go home, back to school - and to talk to her papa. She wishes they'd talked to Enzo before escaping to their love nest by the ocean.

Enzo drinks himself to oblivion, draining a crystal decanter, smashing a picture of him and his wife. "My daughter with a lowclass dude - just like you and me 20 years ago."

The little righteous posse nosily trying to find out how Tomas got hold of that expensive watch sends Alex into Pina's house to ask where he is. Alex gets to watch Pina yell at Adoracion, doped dog in her arms. Begging for his discretion, Pina admits to Alex: "I gave Tomas that watch because he was always good to me... but we had a scene and he'll never come back into this house." Alex didn't intend to tell the posse, but they figured it out.

Rebe, in a rage that Pancho had a schoolyard fight with Vince in front of the whole room, is leaving - she's never been so embarrassed in her life! Pancho promises it will never happen again. He suggests he should pull out of the empresario-of-the-year competition, he doesn't care about the prize, but she says she does - so he says he'll win it for her sake if she'll pardon him. He sinks to his knees. She thoughtbubbles how uncomfortable she is hiding the truth from him about the rigged contest.

Vince arrives home and, looking at the drugged dog, wants to hire a professional nanny since Adoracion and Pina are not up to the job of safeguarding Abeja. He pours a drink and complains about Pina's miserable mood: "And on top of it all, my wife is a rag, a wreck." Pina goes in another room and weeps over her callous husband.

Tomas is really drunk when the posse arrives and nosily asks why Pina gave him the watch? "I thought she loved me!" He sends Lupe and Alex away; Lupe rats him out to Pancho, who sends her back to ask Tomas to come talk to him.

Candy does a product placement for some hair gunk as she gets ready for her radio pilot program.

Is that Tomas hungover in the shower with gratuitous headless shots of his six-pack abdomen? No, turns out that's Enzo's abdomen. Then, eeew, we see lots of his hair in the tub as he shaves his beard, he's going for a new look.

Ez and I thought Chacho might choke on his lollipop while running on the treadmill, instead he falls off the back. He reminds us he's still mooning over Chela.

Los Lopez exclaim over Candy's fancy car, which she doesn't know how to drive. "I got it because I'm a star and when I drive it everybody will want one... and I have the best driving teacher in the world."

Pina and Vince sit on their floor with Abeja and a hired master of Asian medicine, yoga, karate, and "psychoprophylactics" who makes housecalls. They are preparing with respiration and visualization for Abeja's upcoming labor contractions. Candy arrives. Pina: "I thought I made it clear you're not welcome in my house." Candy: "I've come to tell you I have a new car," Vince jumps up and says he has to go to the office. They meet in the driveway. "I'd like to give you your first lesson now but I have to go to work. Can we see each other tonight?" Candy tells Vince she and Pina aren't friends any more.

Rebe is in her sugar-sweet mode at work and tells Pancho she dreamed they were together, his kids were there, and "I was expecting your baby, it was a beautiful dream. Wouldn't you like to have a child with me?" "No." She has a temper tantrum and then melts when he says "Not one kid - I want us to have lots of them." I like how misunderstandings in this show get resolved so quickly.

Moni and Pepe confront Enzzo at work; he grabs Pepe and shakes him in front of the multitudes! "She went of her own free will," soothes Pancho. "I love him," Monica confirms. Enzzo and Pancho threaten each other, then Pancho suggests they part to avoid a bloodletting. Pancho goes off with Pepe but Moni won't talk to her dad. Rebe consoles Moni and congratulates her: "If Pepe's half as loving as his dad, you'll be really happy." Rebe smirks and admits she and Pancho are an item. Spying behind the door, Arnoldo sneers and thought-bubbles, "Why, Rebe? *I* love you." He comes out and says, "Oh, a grocer and a mechanic, how nice," and prances out.

Pepe says he is going to rise in the world so Monica will be proud of him.

Avon wants new talent for new projects, Rebe says, and Moni will be good for the new campaign.

Pancho tells Tomas he can't solve his problems with tequila. Tomas admits he and Pina have been circling each other and that he has feelings for her. What great gossip! Pepe and Pancho are impactados.

Enzo wants Vince to help him destroy Pancho. Vince complains: "You've been acting like a 10 year old since you shaved your beard." Vince gives Enzzo the phone number of another influential friend (since the last dastardly plot went so well). Arnoldo: "You, Enzzito, are acting like the villain of a telenovela."

Moping, all in black, Pina forbids 'Preguntacion' to ask a question. She monologues about Tomas and reminds herself: "I am a lady." "Yes, a lady who's alone, sad, abandoned," the maid points out. "But I'm married - and I can't get involved with a plumber... But I gave him signals by mistake. And he's so nice and respectful." Considering her boss's alone, depressed state, Adoracion asks: "Are you going to be like this forever?"

Finally, Monica is in the doorway when Enzzo reveals to his pals that Violeta is not dead. Moni comes in. "My mother is not dead?"

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