Caray, Caray!

Ruben claims he came to the house to talk to Amalia, not Maria.  He apologizes to her.  She doesn't seem to care for his apology, but offers him a drink.  He hesitates before sitting on the couch and brushes it off with his hand before he does.  Don't worry jackass…poor isn't contagious.

JAntos starts to tell Maria something, but is overcome and they get busted hugging by Colosso.  He mocks her for forgiving him yet again and tells them both to hurry up and get ready for the first set.

Isa's friend still can't get her to wake up and goes running up the hill for help.

Ruben tries to tell Amalia he and Maria are just friends and he wants to support her professionally.  Amalia's like, "Dude, you're married and she's young and hot.  And the fact that you're now getting divorced means I want you even farther away from her!  I don't want her being called a homewrecker on your account!"  Even in the kitchen, Paloma's not buying Ruben's crap about how he and his wife just fell out of love or whatever.  Poor Rebecca comes pounding on the door to tell them that Isa's been run over. 

Ay Jalisco has a packed house and Colosso talks to everyone about the set list.  He figures by the second set Maria and JAntos will have broken up again and will delight the audience by airing their grievances in song. He jokes that he'll sing last since JAntos said he only gets applause once JAntos has warmed up the audience for him.  He tells El de la Ponytail to get the musicians on stage, but Susanito hasn't arrived yet.  Colosso and JAntos have words once again about JAntos forgetting his place and not giving Colosso the respect he thinks he deserves.  Yawn.  A otra con ese cancion, Colosso, cause this girl is tired of hearing it!

Maria and JAntos sing Vamonos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9L2xNYQJY)

We're not the same, people say
And your life and my life will be wasted
And I'm a bastard and you're decent
And two people so different can't love each other

Let's go where no one will judge us
Where no one will tell us we're doing the wrong thing
Let's go somewhere away from the world
Where there's no justice or laws or anything
Only our love


Out on the street, everyone is crowded around Isa, who hasn't regained consciousness and Ruben says he'll call an ambulance while Rebecca cries that this is her fault.  Paloma tells Rebecca to stop crying, but yes, this is what happens when you disobey.  That's cold Paloma.

The ambulance arrives and they're loading Isa into the ambulance.  Ruben has set everything up with a doctor at the hospital, Amalia and Paloma get in the ambulance, a neighbor is going to take care of getting Rebecca home, and Ruben will go get Maria and bring her to the hospital.  *le sigh*

Back at Ay Jalisco, Maria and JAntos continue singing

Let's go where no one will judge us
Where no one will tell us we're doing the wrong thing
Let's go somewhere away from the world
Where there's no justice or laws or anything
Only our love

[Other verses they didn't get to:

But I already loved you and I won't forget you
And dying in your arms is my hope
I don't understand this stuff about social classes
Only that you love me and I love you

If we're not the same, what does that matter to us?
Our love story has to continue
And since someone told me life is short
I've come for you, for once and for all

But I want you to know that I'm not forcing you
And if you come with me, it's for love
Say with all your strength what I am in your life
So they can see you love me the way I love you]

They finish off their performance with a big kiss, which the audience loves, but makes Colosso grind his teeth.

Backstage, JAntos tells Maria that his parents sent him money and he's going back to LA tomorrow.

Altagracia and Justo sit down to dinner.  Justo wonders how long it will be before Santos really ever trusts him again, but Altagracia is just glad he knows they're on his side.  Wendy brings Bruno to dinner.  Seriously, Wendy?

Michael's cell mysteriously opens and he gets dragged out by two guards.

JAntos says he's going back to LA to get back the other half of his soul, like the healer said.  But he'll be back.  Maria doesn't think so and she's not happy about it.  JAntos says his heart will stay with her, so he'll have to come back for it.  Not that he knows when he'll be able to get back.  Colosso walks in on their teary scene and accuses them of sneaking offstage to make out. He threatens to tell Concho, but JAntos says there's no need--he's going back to LA tomorrow.

The dinner party from hell continues.  Altagracia can't keep from expressing her contempt for Bruno.  Bruno plays wounded and says he shouldn't have come to dinner, but Wendy says he's there to have dinner with her, not to be judged.  Bruno says he'd rather not cause problems between her and her parents and leaves.  Same old argument between Wendy and the parental units.  And Wendy…next time you want to have dinner with your skeezy boyfriend, go frickin' have dinner with your skeezy boyfriend somewhere other than at your parents' dinner table with them present!

Ambulance ride to hell.  The paramedic asks if Isa was moved at all, but unless someone moved her before Amalia got there, she wasn't.  Ruben told Amalia not to, even though she wanted to hold Isa.

Colosso crows, but Maria is suffering.  JAntos brings up that Colosso promised not to call him "pocho" anymore and Colosso reminds JAntos that he promised to kick his ass if he hurt Maria. But, hey, first things first, and the show must go on.

Altagracia justifies her behavior to Justo, saying if Wendy were in a predicament similar to Santos' she'd be defending her just as vehementely.

Michael gets dragged to a dark cell where an echoey voice says they've been waiting for him.

Colosso brings Maria and JAntos back onstage and announces they'll be singing as punishment for having snuck off.  He tells the guys to start "The Last Drink" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6huI9CoIo0I)

Drink this bottle with me
And on the last drink we'll go
I want to see what forgetting you tastes like
Without setting my eyes on your hands
Tonight I won't beg you
Tonight you'll really go
It's so difficult to have to leave you
Without feeling like you don't love me anymore

The years have taught me nothing
I always make the same mistakes
Once more to toast with strangers
And cry over the same pains

Michael gets dragged into the prison infirmary, where the warden had him dragged to deal with his heinous toothache.  Who do I kick for the way that whole episode played out?  Am I seriously supposed to believe that the warden would have him summoned this way rather than just your garden variety "Johnson, let's go." and a verbal refusal to say where, rather than dragging him kicking and screaming?  Cause prison guards coming to get him in the middle of the night isn't mysterious and threatening enough?  Hey, they could have thrown in an ominous "Someone wants to see you." and it still would have seemed plausible. 

Back at Ay Jalisco Maria finishes the song

Drink this bottle with me
And on the last drink we'll go

[omitted verse:
Drink this bottle with me
And on the last drink, kiss me
We'll hope there are no witnesses
In case it embarrasses you
If one day we bump into each other without meaning to
Don't lower your head or speak to me
We'll just shake hands
And let people talk later]

And the crowd goes wild!  Por supuesto.  They share a tearful hug on stage.  Ruben runs in and asks Ana to see Maria.  He actually tells Ana that something happened to Isabel, which, thanks for doing this in an above-board way. 

Ana waves Maria over from the wings and when JAntos tries to follow, Colosso grabs him and says it's time for the two of them to sing a cockfight…digo, a duet.

Ana has a hard time telling Maria that something happened to Isa, but she gets it out eventually.

The Virgencita rides in this ambulance.  Amalia prays desperately.  Chill, Amalia!  The Virgen is on the case!  Isa moves her fingers and Amalia begs her to open her eyes.

On stage, Colosso tells the guys to play "They Saw a Man Cry" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-d0_MNNbhg ) and boasts to JAntos that this one will fit him like a glove ("como anillo al dedo"--like a ring on your finger).  Ana looks like she's trying to get someone else's attention--maybe JAntos, maybe the whole gang since they're all like family--but she gives up.

What's the point of looking for her, what's the point of following her
It was pointless to adore her, if I couldn't have her
That's what I said to myself one night, getting soaked on a corner

Then I turned around, took off in any direction
I wanted to go out the door, that a glass of wine opens
I wanted to tear her from my soul, send it back where it came from
Wine (agrando--from "agrandar"--make greater) increased my pain, the pain brought out my tears
The tears opened my mouth, My mouth said your name
And there between glasses, they saw this man cry

As the guys finish, they see Maria off to the side talking with Ana and Ruben, and it seems obvious that she's upset.  She leaves quickly with Ruben and Colosso keeps JAntos from following, saying the crowd is clamoring for another song.  Which they are…"otro, otro."  JAntos won't be held back by Colosso, but Concho propels him back to the stage and takes the mic to say that of course the guys will sing all the songs the crowd wants.

Maria, in the back of Ruben's car, fusses that she told Isa not to ride the damn scooter!  Ruben says he's sure she'll be fine, and she's in the best hands.  Ruben takes her hands to comfort her, but she pulls them away.

JA threatens Colosso that he'll mysteriously forget the words, and then what will Colosso do?  Colosso tells him to go cry in the kitchen over being cheated on and JAntos leaves.  Colosso tells the guys to start up "You and the Clouds" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY_dE_vTGVc)

Backstage, Ana tells JAntos that he's got to get out of there, that Isabel had an accident and isn't doing well.  She gives him the hospital information and begs him to call soon and tell her what happened.  Concho watches JAntos go tearing out of the bar.

In the prison infirmary, Michael tells the warden he needs an endodontia…ooh boy, the warden needs a root canal!  Michael says he has to do an x-ray and knock him out and the warden refuses both and says to just do what he can with what they've got and if he fixes it, the warden will let him be the prison dentist.  If not, the warden will make Michael's life as miserable as the tooth is making him!  Michael's like "dude!  You want me to go in blind and cause you more pain than your already feeling?"  The warden says he's fought in two wars (What?  Which?) and if the bullets didn't get him, a dentist certainly can't.  Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Jantos runs down the sidewalk, almost gets run over crossing the street, and catches a bus.

In LA, Wendy complains the whole dinner debacle is her mother's fault.  She tells Bruno the nightmare will end. Bruno begs her to just run away with him.  Wendy agrees.  She has her wedding dress all laid out and swears she'll marry him in it to prove they're innocent.  Bruno goes pale. Under that tan?  He says he's just tired and wants to leave.

Root canal.  Aaand, we're done.  The warden must have passed out from the pain, cause Michael has to wave some smelling salts under his nose to get him to wake up.  Because this is Telenovelandia, the warden wakes up from his impromptu, anasthesialess root canal feeling instantly better.  And Michael has a job again.

Concho is just loving what a big hit the show is!  Especially JAntos and Maria's duet.  Mirna tries to make sure that Colosso gets the credit, saying he picked the song.  Concho wants to give him a wad of cash as a bonus and so that he'll keep putting on shows like this.  Colosso starts to refuse, saying he's just doing his job, but of course he gives in.  Concho wants Colosso and JAntos to repeat their duet tomorrow, but Colosso announces that's not going to be possible, since JAntos is going back to LA tomorrow.  Except, of course he's not, not with Isabel in the hospital.

At the hospital, Maria is having a hard time finding Isabel.  She, Paloma, and Ruben are asking a nurse, who finally tells them if she came in through Emergency she won't be in the system.  Ruben circumvents silly hospital bureaucracy by calling his friend, the doctor, directly.  The doctor, who was apparently not in the middle of doing any doctoring, answers his cell phone long enough to tell Ruben that he's examining the patient "right now" and will come find them when he's done.  I have a horrible feeling that this doctor is going to be yet another young, good looking guy, who falls instantly in love with Maria in her awesome red traje, cause hey, who wouldn't. Maybe he'll be the guy who's actually decent and perfectly acceptable and might have been The Guy if they'd met under different circumstances, but just isn't.

Amalia tries to nag Isabel back to health, but Isa's out cold.  A nurse comes to take Isa for a CAT scan and Amalia prays to the Virgen.  She tries to trade her life for Isa's, but come on, the Virgen never takes deals like that.

Ana finally gets to fill the guys and Colosso in. While Colosso is complaining about how expensive the hospital is and how that smarmy Ruben will probably be paying just to get in Maria's pants…digo, good graces…Milamores doesn't care, damnit!  He just wants to know how his Terremotito (little earthquake) is doing!  I love Milamores.  I know, I know, the cheating.  Just let me ignore that and love him for being an otherwise decent guy, a loyal friend, with a good sense of humor, and capable of focusing on something OTHER than Maria.  Colosso tells the guys they've got to gather some cash, cause Maria's going to need it.

Montage of money gathering: Milamores-in a potted plant he keeps outside; Moustache Mariachi 1-in a hollowed out bible; Moustache Mariachi 2-behind a painting; Colosso-under his bed.  Can't quite make out what the one with all the shadows is or who it is, or who it is who keeps their cash in the back of a desk.  And they couldn't have sent up the Mariachi Signal the last five times Maria needed cash for something?

Altaracia stops Bruno as he's leaving and asks to speak to him, especially if they're going to end up being family.

Cops.  Nothing important.  FF>>

Agitated Maria and Paloma in the waiting room.  Amalia joins them to say there's no damage to the brain, but she does have internal bleeding, so they're doing an abdominal ultrasound.  Amalia loses it. Ruben says they all need to chill.  If it were serious his friend would have called him.  I'm pleasantly surprised when JAntos shows up all Ruben does is tell Maria "Your friend is here," then blandly greet JAntos with "Vargas," and step away.  Maria cries in his arms.

Cops again.  Nothing important. I have no idea why he's allowing her to smooch him on the cheek, but predictably, he's acting like there's nothing odd or unprofessional about it, and he still doesn't realize she wants to get into his pants.  FF>>

Altagracia tries to lay a serious guilt trip on Bruno, talking about how their family is falling apart and invoking his mother…who she was BFFs with.  To the point that she was at his mother's side when she died, promised her that she'd look after Bruno, and was the one to close her eyes after she was gone.  In her name, she begs Bruno to look her in the eyes and swear on his mother's memory that her son is a criminal. 

Oh, good, the doctor's an old guy.  He sounds all doom and gloom when he says Isa needs an operation immediately.  Amalia's all set to go discuss that with him, but Maria, ever the parentified child, goes with him instead.

Mariachimobile Carpool of Mercy.  The guys sing something as they drive to the hospital.  Either they were at a stop light or Colosso wasn't driving with his hands.

The doctor explains to Maria that Isa has lost lots of blood and he needs to operate immediately.  She needs blood, but Maria tells him no one in the family has the same blood type, and then presumably she tells him that Isa's not related to them by blood.

Out in the waiting room, a nurse asks Amalia to fill out some paperwork before Isa's surgery.

Altagracia keeps pressing Bruno for a response and Bruno finally says "I betrayed him.  We all did.  Santos is innocent.  Michael and Santos are the only innocent ones.  We all took advantage of them."  Well, cara de impactada de mi!  I didn't think he'd swear a lie, but I also didn't think he'd blurt out the truth.  I figured he'd just keep hedging, throw a tantrum, and walk out.

Maria tells JAntos that Isa needs a transfusion, but her blood type is rare. JAntos assumes that if no one in the family can donate it's because only her father had the same blood type.  Maria tells him that Isa just came to them and Amalia decided to raise her. Paloma overhears and asks if it's true that Isa isn't their sister.  Maria says no.  She came into their lives after their father was dead.  Someone left her at the door…not Amalia's door, but the door of the complex.  She explains they decided to raise her and registered her with Amalia's and Pedro's names, because back then it was easier to do.  But Isa is their sister, because they love her.  Paloma says it's not that she doesn't love her, she just doesn't understand why they didn't tell her.  Maria says they wanted to keep it secret and they didn't want it to change how Paloma felt about her, which Paloma says it doesn't.  When Maria says the blood type is B-, JAntos says he'll go talk to the doctor and they'll find a donor.

A nurse goes to show Amalia the current bill…10,000 pesos.  All told everything will probably be 120,000.  JAntos overhears this information and pulls out his envelope of cash, then tucks it away again.

Ruben is hurrying the nurse at the front desk to bring him the current account, but when she does, JAntos steps in and says he'll pay.  He puts the envelope of cash down on the desk and she says she's not able to accept that much in cash.  Ruben mocks him about raiding the couch cushions for it and says "you poor people" are amazing.  "Some poor guy like you doesn't even know how to open up a checking account.  Besides, it's not enough."  Colosso walks in, followed by the guys and they all slap their bills down on the counter and face Ruben down.  Ruben now makes fun of them for not having heard the lady about not accepting cash.  When he tries to hand over his credit card, JAntos tells her it's important she not accept.  He also notices that a small piece of paper fell out of Ruben's wallet when he pulled out his credit card.  Ruben then yells at the nurse for not hurrying up and taking his credit card, so she says screw it, she'll make an exception, and collects the wad of cash.  The mariachis cheer.  Ruben tells the nurse he'll be speaking to her supervisor, but she just glares at him.  Yeah, Ruben, don't be mocking poor people.  Colosso tells him to get his snooty ass the hell out of there and when he refuses, the guys back Colosso, saying Ruben might not follow the orders of a mariachi, but he'd damn well better follow the orders of 8 of them!  They pretty much order him out and follow him out and JAntos thanks the nurse.  When he picks up the slip of paper he sees his fake name and "Federal Bureau of Investigation" written on it.

Tomorrow: Justo confronts OG; Fernando threatens to tell Maria the truth if JAntos won't; and Maria cries some more.

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