Caray, Caray!

Once again my son failed to finish his recap, so I'll put it up for you! - Melinama

Enzo and Vins are grumbling via cellphone about communist Pancho, who for some reason cares that many people will lose their livelihood if his plan to expand the business falls apart (evidently they've run out of money mid-project). Panch himself drives up to Avon and Vins hops out of the car to follow him and dive into the same elevator at the last second.

In the Elevator Vins taunts Pancho like a kid. They bicker like boys in front of the sign that says "the company for women." They take off their jackets and throw some of those Univision patently fake punches. Pancho bleeds from the mouth but gives Vins a quick knee to the crotch and a fist to the face.

Haha, their little fake fight cheered them both up. They immediately straighten each other's suit jackets (so cute!) and look like normal for the people standing outside the elevator (except for the blood dripping out of their noses).

Beto is back in apocalipsis mode. Everyone is in the meeting. At the meeting, everyone's fretting over the injuries, but the two children play it off. Pancho's solution for the liquidity problem is to borrow money from a bank. The rest of the participants are stunned! Beto declares him a genius! Only Rebe has the idea that that's what businesses do.

Vins: CARAY. He and Pancho almost come to blows again, but sandra shows up just in time with a plate of cookies for each. More chocolate, less war!

Temo has a scene, with his hair in full something-about-mary mode... que bonita es el amors. but the kiss. BAAARF

Now Lupita is looking ill, and even worse, she is starting to accept the idea that Freddy might be ok. Melinama is delighted with Freddy shows up at Casa Los Lopez with a uniformed big Banda Los Recoditos, swaying in unison in brightly colored uniforms, and two singers! The maids are both swooning! Freddy really scores some points, especially with music-lover Ana.

The band is really cute after the song; the singer asks for maybe a sandwich or a game of soccer. Freddy to Ana: the only important thing is that you smile.

Pina has something in the works... she's trying to set up a dinner with Vins. Vins tries to get out of it with the normal excuses.

Candy is ready to set her own apocalypse into acting, waiting anxiously at the corner for Vince to drive up. Just as he turns up she pretends to be happily chatting with somebody and then grabs him and kisses him wildly as Vince looks on aghast.

This is her "first love" who's now just a really good-looking friend helping her make Vince mad so he'll reject her (this is the promise she made to Preggers Pina).

Vins tells her to go to hell. She falls to pieces, then calls Pina to say the deed is done. Pina whispers to herself: everything's falling into place.

Candy goes home and runs to Lupita for consolation, and the girl steps up to the plate (literally), coming down to dinner for the first time since she was widowed.

The doorbell rings, Pancho answers it (expecting an apoogetic Vins), but instead gets "Menso," ie Rinaldi. Enzzo is a) is peeved about the constant mispronunciations and b) wants to see Chela. Pancho: aghast again.

Whoah! Menso is coming to throw some dogs at Chela and admits as much to Pancho. They yell at each other. Pancho doesn't think he has good intentions. Chela shows up and she yells at Pancho. He came for me, so don't you think I should choose whether he can come in?

Aww, Pina gets shot down again. She greets Vins with a rose in her mouth, and he tells her it's a bunch of silliness. I hope she just tears him up! She's bullied him into a dinner, but he's finnicky... he keeps wishing she'd stop smiling (he kinda knows something's up) and she's enjoying it.

Pina, very excited about her powerful piece of news, doesn't let herself be discouraged by Vince's rejections. When he says he's going upstairs to be alone, she insists he eat or he won't get the news that will change his life. When he refuses, she threatens cheerfully to take away your stocks. She keeps reminding him not to call her Josefina. Instead he calls her Pinis.

Finally she gets him in his chair, gets Ado to pour the wine (which pregnant women shouldn't drink) for a toast. By this time Vince can't take it any more and gets up to leave. He's almost gone when she says "You're going to be a papa." We watch his slow-mo dizzy twirling faint.

Desperate to get the ecstatic reaction she'd hoped for, Pina begs: Image a mini-Pini with long blond hair, with my face, imagine her telling you you're the handsomest pop. Instead of ecstatic, he looks a bit constipated and demands furiously: who gave you permission to get pregnant? lol. He firmly tells her he hasn't wanted (loved/cherished) her for a long time, that their marriage is in a hole and he's going to sleep in the guest room. She's crushed and, sobbing, blames this all on his being Candy's lover.

Back at los Lopez, Chela rushes away from the dining table to save Enzzo from Pancho's harangue. She tells Pancho to stuff it. She sweetly tells Enzo: she can't hang with him right this moment, it's dinner time, but she'll see him at the gym. I bet she will, ;)

Chela and Pancho yell at each other. She admits she likes Enzo. Pancho's the picture of spitting indignation remembering all the awful stunts Enzzo the Pesketeer has pulled. She's utterly furious at Pancho's childish and self-centered idea that she's doing this just to make him jealous (of course, to be fair, last time she invented a suitor for exactly that reason).

He stupidly tells Rebe (who calls mid-scene) about all this trouble, and she's very displeased to hear him sounding jealous, and reminds him she never wants to hear this blah-blah-blah about Chela, and hangs up. Great, now he's in trouble with both of them.

Chela goes to the dining room and announces to everybody that she likes Transeti. There's a lot of yelling but the best of them say she can live her life as she pleases. She's in empowered mode, it must be the new clothes and schooling. All the kids swiftly turn to Chela's side. Even Temo points the finger at Pancho: "You made my aunt cry. That's not what you taught me."

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