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Rewind: Chucho has given Valentina a cell phone and tells her to call him if she needs anything. He wants to talk to Rogelio; he's not home and Domitila doesn't know when he'll be back. Chucho asks about Vero's behavior. Domi says she's taken to her bed. She promises to keep an eye on Vale and let him know if Vero does anything to Vale. (But Domi doesn't, at least not in this episode.) As Domi prances away, I wonder if there are any podiatrists in Monterrey. Between the way Domitila walks and the way Jessica walks, they're going to need one.

Chucho tells Alma about Zsa Zsa's, I mean Tracy's, long-lost son Hector. He wants to reunite them. Alma offers to look into it. She apparently has no trouble tracking him down (she knows his first name, his mother's name, and it can't be all that hard to find out who his mom married by looking through old newspapers and records online) and he even agrees to meet with her the same day. Unfortunately I don't remember Xochi's "Dad" photo well enough to say if this is the guy and he looks way too young, but he's bitter about his mother. It was her obsession with work that drove his father to abandon them. (Wonder if that's the guy Mari's mom ran away with?) Hector has a wife and three kids of his own. Alma is shocked that these kids have never met their grandmother. Family is the most important thing. "Tell that to my mother," Hector says.

Depressed, Vero whines that Rogelio doesn't love her. Maybe he'll feel differently when she loses the baby! She doesn't care about anything, she says. She wants to stay in bed and sleep forever.

Valentina asks Vero to sign a permission slip or something for school. Vero has a temper tantrum. "I'm tired of you! Can't you see I'm sick?" She raises her hand to strike Valentina. Rogelio stops her. Vero is offended that he would side with his "archenemy" against her. Rogelio explains that little pranks are one thing, but hitting your daughter? Never! "As long as you live here, you won't touch a hair on her head," he tells Vero. I will never call him Rogue again!

Domitila sees Valentina crying. Vale says Mommy was going to hit her. She thanks Rogelio and even gives him a hug. He seems surprised to realize that he sort of likes this paternal feeling. They apologize to one another for all the pranks and agree that they were fun. But now she's missed the bus - so he drives her to school!

Zsa Zsa wants to meet with Rogelio, darlings, but he's not in the office yet. At first, Chucho wants to keep them apart, but she overhears and demands to see Rog. Then Chucho hopes to keep Rogelio away, but knows this won't work either. And Zsa Zsa's getting impatient. Chucho, Julio, and Paty wonder where Rog is. (Paty says maybe he's tending to one of his other businesses. She doesn't know anything about them, just that he has them.) Finally Chucho gets an idea: he'll wire Rog with a microphone and earpiece. He'll listen to Zsa Zsa's questions and feed Rog the correct answers.

The secretarias conspire to keep Zsa Zsa distracted until Rog is ready. Aida "spills" coffee on Zsa Zsa's coat by "mistake" and they all crowd into the bathroom to clean it up. Fortunately Zsa Zsa doesn't think to just give them the coat so she can wait outside and keep an eye on things!

Cardenas tells Ricardo about his wedding-night malfunction. (Why are he and Jess in the office? Doesn't anyone do honeymoons anymore??) Then a chipmunk from the bank calls Ricardo and tells him they just deposited 10 million pesos in his account. Woohoo! He tells Marisela that they're going to the fanciest place in town tonight. No more tacos! Nothin' but lobsta from now on, baby!!

Rog is ticklish, by the way. While they set up the mic and earpiece, he tells Chucho about Vero's deep depression and how she tried to hit Valentina. Chucho thanks him for intervening and says he can't allow Valentina to remain with Vero any longer. That's okay with Rogelio. He doesn't want any more ties to Vero. "I don't mind the kid so much," he tells Chucho, "but this doesn't change my hatred for you!" Ahhh, heartwarming. "Actually, I think I love Valentina," Rog thought-bubbles and grins goofily in the lobby. Susana sees him and has no idea what he's up to!

Oh, backing up a bit - Rogelio buys Paty a wristwatch. She rejects it and even holds up a big red "X" paddle. FAIL! She says he needs to make a much more impressive effort to win her over. He needs to show some creativity and sacrifice.

Mari tells Aida about how she lied to Ricardo about being rich and then told the truth and now he's really going to be rich and they're going out tonight. Aida jokingly invites herself and Julio along, then backpedals.

Meanwhile, Chatita's ceiling has sprung a leak. She goes upstairs to ask her neighbor to check his pipes. Mad Marta, still "disguised" as Marcia, sees her and reflects that she doesn't want to go back to the manicomio, where the real Marcia is complaining to the nurse that her sister didn't visit yesterday. Chatita lets on that she knows who Marta is. Her story doesn't add up. For one thing, Marta couldn't have told Marcia where she lives because Marta never met Chatita and it's not likely she'd still remember her address even if she had. [Interesting observation, but that doesn't explain how the real Marta knows where to find her either.] "I'll find out what you're up to," Chatita warns.

Chatita starts down the stairs, using both hands to steady herself between the wall and the railing. With a little push to Chatita's right arm, she knocks her off-balance. Chatita falls down the stairs and doesn't exactly stick the landing, as they say. She's unconscious and bleeding. "Now you won't find out anything," Marta gloats. She hurries away with a really weird, self-consciously guilty-looking grin on her face.

Chatita's ceiling is still leaking. Panfilo gets tired of waiting for her to come back from upstairs, and goes out to investigate. He finds her, calls for help, and Larita comes along with her phone and they call an ambulance and he calls Mari. Looks like no lobster tonight. :-(

Zsa Zsa asks Rog a lot of questions, and the Cyrano de Bergerac act doesn't go very well. The questions aren't very hard and can easily be answered by anyone who knows the basics of business and economics (like the consumer price index, for example), but that's not Rogelio. He gets confused when Chucho's answers are too complicated. He repeats everything Chucho says even when it's not meant to be repeated, and when Chucho reminds him of the yoga classes for the employees' well-being, Rog starts to go off on a tangent about "el secretario." He mumbles frustrated comments to Chucho into his mic, and Tracy asks if he's talking to a ghost.

Xochi tells Ricardo about her fight with Fernando over the Robo-Tot. She's afraid she'll be neglectful, belittling, and undemonstrative like her own mother.

Mari calls Chucho about Chatita. Chucho's got to go! He tells Rog he'll have Xochi take over for him on Rogelio's interrogation. (Rogelio mutters, "Sushi" and then has to tell Tracy that he's craving sushi and can't think on an empty stomach.) He and Mari take off for the hospital. The elevator is verrrrry slow.

Cynthia visits Vero at home. Vero tells Cynthia she's been faking the depression. Emotional blackmail is the only way she can hold onto Rogelio. She wants a big bottle of sedatives - actually, just an empty bottle, but with the label for sedatives. She'll fill it up with vitamins. Bwahahaha!

I know, I know - it's so funny, you might forget to laugh!

Next time:
Chatita is in a hospital bed. She'd better not have amnesia! And what is Mad Marta doing there?

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