Caray, Caray!

Back at the only restaurant, we see Chucho deck Fernando, and Patimelt parry with the ivory queen, Alma.  Pati sees Rogelio try to escape the mens' room but he goes back in.  Maricela shows up with her princesa attitude to belittle Ricardo, on a char-girls salary and reality no where in sight. Is he learning anything while she reveals her ignorance of good champagne? and good lobster tail?

Chucho tries/tires of lifting Fernando to a vertical position.  The two sillies Gilberto and Ricardo talk to Chucho.  Poor Discua settles the bill with Alma who agrees to pay the bill so Discua left without Ricardo's resources will not be embarrassed.  Xochi comes up screechy and I didn't get what she said last Friday nor today.  Trying too hard is not a virtue….

Rogelio and Pati argue over which of them is more ridiculous, beats me, I can't decide any better than they can.  Jealousy and silliness are not a good combination as Rogelio's continued attitude informs us.

Chucho and Pati have a funny meaningless exchange, Rogelio notices Discua's assets as she passes.  Discua confronts Chucho asking him to think about his destiny?  Religious message? Discua and her winking tic are a mystery once again.


Poor Xochitl asks Chucho to join her and Alma.  Xochi whines pathetically about Patimelt but Chucho remembers that he met Pati at Luigi's and after at the engagement party of Alma and Rog.  Alma withdraws with a measure of dignity that is NOT accorded to Xochi who continues to kiss Chucho anywhere her lips can land and hug him without mercy.  Chucho tries to tell Xochi she is intelligent, good and needs to change her ways when a very, very drunk Elias, appears out of no where breaking plates and glasses as he slides into their table. The caution and lesson Chucho was trying to deliver to Xochi are lost on all present.

Mari is berating her devoted date, Ricardo, who is also talking on cell with Don Gilberto. who is trying to convince Begonia to let him into his (her) house.  Mari makes Ricardo drop her at her house which is of course a fiction. She gets out in a neighborhood far from her real home but gets a sincere kiss from the besotted silly Ricardo for her trouble.

Don Gilberto is communicating or not with his Begonia but still not allowed into the house.

Mari berates herself (for a change) that she cannot, I mean cannot fall in love with this "muerto de hambre", while she remembers the warmth of his kiss, so sincerely given.

Alma suffers from lack of motive to reveal her love for Chucho as she faces all the many rivals for his favor as we fade to break.

At the table of Xochi and Chucho, Elias makes a complete ass of himself still eating like a crazed man who has been denied so much pleasure from the tide-adz Veronica.

Chucho tries to tell Elias how depressed Veronica is and how lovely little Valentina is suffering from the depression of her mother and the loss of her Papa Elias' loving company.  Elias belches obnoxiously and carries on about the Veronica perfecta and how she thinks everyone else is to blame but accepts nothing on herself. Even drunks are right part of the time.

Chatita and Veronica appear in Veronica's reveries, Chatita giving good advice about Chucho, the maid appears startled with a baseball bat and the two scream as nothing results in Veronica's kitchen.

Chucho tries to tell Elias that he is the padre biologic and Elias as the padre corozonologico and he needs to tend to the loving Valentina who misses him so.  He argues and then falls quietly into his plate of forbidden fried foods. We can assume that if it had been soup, he would have drowned in it.

Veronica and her housekeeper drink liquor which the young assistant assures her is gluten-free and will help her immeasurably.  Veronica cries inappropriately and reveals her deep loneliness and confusion with her life choices.  It seems that the housekeeper is once again the only person with intelligence and sage advice for the lonely dragon whose scales are falling off.

Don Gilberto shows up at the home of the Ricardo the silly who waxes poetic of the moment magical and marvelous when he finally kissed the china doll, Maricela.  Mari arrives home to tell her papa that she was at a marvelous restaurant and she pushes his caressing touch away, me thinks karma is waiting this silly Mari.

Meanwhile, Chucho shows up with a very drunk Elias at the door of Chatita's apartment.  They have a silly conversation in which Conchita fetches the keys from her ample assets so the drunk Elias and the exasperated Chucho can enter his apartment.

Alma shows up in Rogelio's kitchen while he feeds the spoiled Samon (is this the dog's name") and Malvino appears in Rog's pajamass and his slick guy hat to expound on Alma's prophetic appearance.

Mari struggles with her Papa when he resents her actions and attitude, she threatens that she is leaving anyway..

Malvino gets introduced as Paolo who is practically family, well yes he is COUSIN Paolo.  The lovely Ama wonders about his cheek wound but he gives her the lost cousin routine and Rogelio is powerless to deny that he is helping out his cousin who is in his silk jammies and has a wound on his cheek which will remain unexplained.

Silly Ricardo swoons for Maricela talking to Gilberto about how Mari hides many things but he is enchanted by the real kiss they shared.

Over at Chucho/Conchita's Elias snores like a comatose man in death rattle.  Chucho and Conchita talk about many things but especially about Xochi.   She reminds him that he is in love with Alma and Xochi will never be the focus.

Meanwhile, the lovely Alma is being followed by the cupping hands of Malvino/We mean Paolo who wants to spray his breathe with freshener and attend to the divine Alma. Rogelio finally has the sense to sit between them.  Mal-Pablo threatens to tell Alma EVERYTHING he knows about Rogelio as we fade to the penultimate break with Rogelio looking stunned and apprehensive at the same time, AKA his usual expression! This tells us that feeling powerful and entitled and being in control are distinct talents.

Chucho and Chatita argue about Xochi and Alma and Chucho's true feelings which should be clear by now but knucklehead Chucho is too agreeable.

Rogelio, Alma and Mal-Paolo continue arguing and flirting, Alma leaves, Rogelio has his struggle with Mal-Paolo continue that show us Malo-P. has the upper hand in this battle of IQ's.

Chucho and Jesus dream out fantasies of each other as we fade to el fin...

Next time: Everyone has their own reason for keeping Chucho and Alma from getting closer.  Even Yuri gets back in the act...

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