Caray, Caray!

Bundle of Joy, er what?!?

Un bebé? Un bebé? Estas loca!? Raquel tells him she is most assuredly preggers.  Yeah, well there may be a baby, but it’s not mine.  Who knows who’s baby that is because he’s sure he always used protection (preservativo).  She tells him she hasn’t slept with anyone else and even condoms can fail.  He refuses to accept this.  She tries, and fails, to get his attention by repeating she is preggers.  “If you want the job I’m offering, abort!”  She’s shocked to hear he would want her to abort his child.  He repeats, adamantly, “NO ES MI HIJO!!”  Raquel foolishly threatens to tell Oriana.  He pounces.  Grabbing her by the throat, he assures her that if she breathes even one word of this to anyone, she can fuhget about the depa, el coche, not to mention the presidenta job!  He throws her aside and storms out with her screaming after him, “Eres un imbecil!  UN IMBECIL!!!”

Bungalo Azul

Speaking of Imbeciles, in his only appearance tonight, Seba is enjoying some time out in the sun.  Alina introduces him to Tito and she asks Seba not to harm him like Daddykins did.  Seba promises he would never harm a dog.  They share some small talk and we see a softer side to SebAsTiAN.  He shares that he once had a dog that he loved very much and kept him till he died of old age.  He tells her he’s now living in the Bungalo Azul.  She promises to show him how to play chess.

Depa 302 

JL knocks on the door, saying he shouldn’t have talked to her that way.  He’s trying a softer approach, telling her to understand how shocking it was for him to hear this news.  It wasn’t that he expected her to hide it but, as a married man, this kind of news is always a surprise.  (I’ll bet) Raquel thinks his problem is that he’s afraid Oriana will send him to the devil if she were to find out.  Yes, he admits it.  She doesn’t know Ori like he does.  Ori’s a vengeful woman.  He’s no longer interested in her.  What interests him most now is his daughter.  This kind of news could prompt Oriana to take her from him forever.  Raquel wonders why that’s important when he’s going to have a child with her?  (**cough, gag**)  He’s speaks softly to her.  A child would only complicate their future together.  He reminds her of their dream to move to a grand seaside house.  He still plans to keep his promise (**cough**) but for now he wants her to see a doctor.  There are lots of couples who decide to abort because it isn’t a “convenient” time for a bebé.  He promises nothing will happen to her and they can have babies later.  Besides, she is too young to disfigure her beautiful bod.  He tells her not to listen to anything Lucina may tell her.  They proceed to suck face, sans the slurping.  Thank goodness.

Cueva del Zorro

Oriana continues searching for the tape.  She hits pay dirt in a hidden compartment in Alina’s closet.  THE CD…..Voila!  Unfortunately, as she’s putting the closet back in order, the shelf falls to the floor.  The noise can be heard throughout the house – as JL returns.  What’s that?  He tells the Matias the butler to go see who’s in the house as he arms himself.  Inside Alina’s room, Oriana hears JL’s voice as he’s ordering Matias to check the guestroom.  She runs to her bedroom, puts the CD in a pillow and hides in her bathroom just as JL enters.  He next runs to Alina’s room and finds the CD missing.  “Maldita sea!!”  He runs back to Oriana’s room, gun drawn and demands that she return what she took.  Oriana plays dumb, she doesn’t know what he’s talking about.  Mike comes in suggesting the culprit might have come in through the back.  JL points out the obvious, how would they know where to look?  Unless……it’s Mike!  Mike reminds him they were together all afternoon, Señor.  JL knows Mike was sent by Joaquin to spy on him.  Mike suggests he speak with Joaquin.  Oh yeah, he plans on speaking with Joaquin, after he’s killed Mike!  He puts the gun to Mike’s head and Oriana pleads with him to stop and at least tell them what they’ve supposedly taken from him.  JL calms down for the moment and tells Mike to leave.  He then starts ransacking Oriana’s room, pulling out drawers, emptying boxes, etc. as she tearfully looks on.  He picks up the cushion she hid the CD in but apparently doesn’t feel the disc.  He confronts her, asking her what she did with the video.  What video?  He tells her not to act dumb.  Surely she must have heard his conversation with Joaquin.  She continues to deny everything and he tells her she will regret this.  I thought he was going to try to suffocate her with the pillow but he just shoves it at her and thankfully walks away, leaving Oriana crying as she’s clutching the pillow.  She runs to the phone and calls Paloma to come get her and bring the police while she’s at it.  JL runs back in, demanding to know who she’s talking to.  She tells him and he repeats that she will regret this.  “Te lo juro.”  eeek!

Aresti Breton

Paloma calls Ricky and tells him about Oriana’s call.  He tells her he’ll be right over and instructs her to call Homero.  He tells Mariano, who happens to be there, that Oriana is in danger. 

Geriatric Spy 000

Paloma next calls Homero who explains he can’t possibly implicate himself in this.  She calls him out – calling him a coward.  What, her granddaughter’s life isn’t more important than his so-called operation? He assures her they’re equally important.  Why, he’s gonna call Teniente Hernandez right now.  Yeah, that‘ll fix everything.  Before he can make the call, Leonardo walks in the room.  He asks Leo to run over to Castro’s house to find out QTH is going on. 

Cueva del Zorro

Ricky and Mariano speed up to  the house.  Mariano is trying to calm down a very anxious Ricky, telling him they’re not going to let him inside.  They bicker over why Mariano hasn’t given him back his gun.  Mariano gets to the door first and tells Ricky to let him do the talking.  Mariano tells Matias the butler that he’s there to visit with la Señora over a mass for her grandfather.  Matia tells JL that some nice guy and a joven con cara de pocos amigos (a face with few friends) have come looking for Oriana.  JL instructs him to tell them Oriana is ill.  Ricky refuses to accept this excuse and poor Matias explains he’s under orders not to let them in.  Leo is observing this from the corner.  While all this is going up, Paloma rides up on her white horse, er, Cadillac.  Oriana runs out.  “Abuela!”  “Hija!”  JL is hot on her heels, telling Oriana she’s not going anywhere!  He snatches her purse and pulls out his gun.  Leo, watching from the corner jumps into action and pulls out his trusty bow and arrow (I knew this was going to come in handy).  Meanwhile, JL is forbidding them to enter his home.  Ricky shouts that she no longer wants to be with him.  This is now a kidnapping.  JL tells him to prove it!  Paloma, Oriana, and Ricky tell him to stop.  This will do him no good.  JL angrily tells Ricky he’s not taking his mujer anywhere.  Paloma repeats she no longer wants to be with him.  JL cocks his pistol and points it at Ricky, saying everything is Ricky’s fault and he’s fed up.  Leo sneaks around a vehicle and takes aim.  The arrow takes flight and his aim is true.  It hits the gun right out of JL’s hand.  Leo gets back in his car and takes off.  JL looks accusingly at Oriana.  If she leaves, they’ll both go down.  She doesn’t care.  Sirens are blaring and the police have arrived. 

Geriatric Spy 000

Leo returns with his bow and arrow and Homer immediately assumes he went to target practice rather than going to JL’s.  He breathlessly recounts his amazing feat and reminds Grandpa he’s a good archer (archero)  Grandpa sits him down.  He wants all the deets.

Cueva del Zorro

JL is inside now, much to his neighbors’ relief I’m sure.  He’s empties Oriana’s purse all the while ranting and raving that they kept his gun.  Mike explains he wasn’t there because he was guarding the back door.  Matias tends to the jefe’s hand.  Mike is instructed to search the garden for a CD.

Convoy to Safety

Back in Paloma’s caddie, Oriana explains she found the CD but got so scared she threw it out the window.  She calls Mike, who just then is searching the garden and tells him to look in the plants.  Mike finds it but tells JL there was nothing there. 

Casa de Espías Ancianos

Leo gets a call that his godmother just passed away and his godfather wants him to come over. 

Casa the Paloma

Mariano, Ricky, Paloma, and Oriana gather in Paloma’s bedroom to debrief.  She tells Mariano that Mike, who in reality is an undercover agent, told her about the video.  Seriously, does anyone not know that he’s undercover?  She assures Ricky she doesn’t plan to return to JL.  She’s really afraid of him now.  Even though he’s taking his meds, he drinks and this puts him in a bad state.  She’s afraid that at some point he may lose control and harm her.  Oriana calls Mike about the CD.  He lies and tells her he didn’t find anything.  She’s surprised because she threw it out her window.  It has to be there.  She tells him to check again.

Cueva del Zorro Desarmado

Antonio arrives.  He’s been to see Trejo but he was in no shape for visitors, with his wife dying and all.  He’ll give him a few days and he’s sure to get his signature on those forms.  In his grief, he’s sure to be drunk all day. 

Casa de Paloma

Homer has arrived.  Ricky speculates that maybe Mike has gone over to the dark side and returned the disc to JL.  Oriana repeats that she threw the disc out her window but Mike says it’s nowhere to be found.  Homero asks Oriana to tell him everything and she does.  JL found disc gone. JL asked for disc. Disc gets thrown out window. JL goes berserk. lather. rinse. repeat. She’s fed up.  She will no longer collaborate with him.  She’s done.  Ricky chimes in about her safety as does Paloma.  Mariano asks for calm.  Homero must respect her decision.  Homero reminds Oriana she’s not doing this for him, she’s doing it for herself.  Doesn’t matter, she’s done.  She’s not going back to JL.  If this means going to jail, so be it. 

Cueva del Zorro Desarmado

Antonio asks if JL trusts Mike.  JL doesn’t trust anyone at this point and Mike was hired by Joaquin to check on his performance (desempeño).  He’s sure it wasn’t Mike.  They were together when they heard the closet shelf hit the floor.  JL is sure Oriana has it.  He searched her purse but maybe she had it hidden elsewhere.  They have to force her to return that CD.  If Joaquin gets his hands on that video, he’s fried.  And Tony too, because he works for JL and knows everything.  JL has a plan, but first he asks Mike to move Tony’s car.  Once Mike is out of the house, JL explains only Joaquin knows what’s on that video.  JL told him about the video’s existence as insurance against getting off’d by Joaquin.  Tony wonders why Ines was looking for it.  Unless Joaquin told Mike and Mike told Ines (about the CD)?

Casa de Paloma

The debriefing continues.  Oriana is telling Homer about what she was able to glean from the few pages she was able to read when JL left them behind in her room.  There is another business in the works.  This was the purpose of JL’s visit to SD – to present the project to Joaquin.  According to these documents, Caribbean Investment will withdraw the investment funds in Trejo Bonfil and convert them to the new real estate business (inmobiliaria).  The plan is to remodel old buildings at inflated costs and resell them.  Ricky asks how much confidence Homero has in Mike?  Well, undercover agents have been known to sell out.  Oriana refuses to believe that of Mike.  He’s a good guy.  That’s why she finds it so hard to believe the CD hasn’t been found.  She didn’t hide the CD, it was just thrown there among the plants.  Homero thanks her for the info.  He tells Paloma that Oriana will not have to return to JL, for the moment anyway.  Ricky refuses to allow Oriana to return to JL. Homer tells him it’s not his decision to make.  He takes his leave. 

Out in the hallway, Ricky asks Homero if Leo is an archer.  Oy, says Gramps.  That Boy, he’s an archer, he cares for dogs, he does so many things that he does nothing!

Casa de Homero

Homero talks to Manolo, saying he needs reinforcements.  He already has an undercover agent at Falcon’s (he’s not so undercover now, if you ask me) but he’s wondering about his loyalty.  This is why he is now looking to Manolo, providing of course that he’s not for sale.   Manolo understandably takes offense to this and tells him he can only promise he is loyal and honest.  Homer explains Oriana has returned to Paloma’s house and Ricky is hiring protection but it wouldn’t hurt for Manolo to have the house put on his rounds.  He also asks that Manolo keep an eye on Raquel and Lucina.  He’s asking all this because it’s likely JL lost a CD and may look to kidnapping or something as payback.  He tells him to be wary of Mike.  he knows evertying but he can be a double agent. 

Cueva del Zorro

Tony’s nervous.  He’s never done anything like this before.  JL tells him there’s always a first time for everything.  Tony tells him about a bodega behind Aresti Breton that’s never used.  JL tells him to get “it” done. 

JL calls Oriana and asks for forgiveness.  He tells her if the CD gets in the wrong hands, he could be killed.  She tells again she doesn’t have that damned CD and never to call her again.  JL next gets Mike in the room.  He points a gun at him, making sure he explains he’s ambidextrous.  He gets Mike on his knees, hands behind his head.  He looks through Mike’s phone and sees Homero’s number.  Mike explains he got the info from one of the servants but denies giving Homero any info.  JL doesn’t believe him.  He knows Homero is somehow connected to Oriana.  Mike also tells him he tried to gain Oriana’s confidence but wasn’t able to determine what that connection may be..  Again, JL doesn’t believe him.  He speculates that Ori gave Mike the CD to turn it over to Homer.  How did she know about the CD anyway?  Mike doesn’t know, Señor.  Maybe Joaquin told her and promised to spare her life if she delivered the CD.