Caray, Caray!

We don't have a recapper for tonight, so I am taking the liberty of adding a few high-level notes.

- Grandpa's been dead for a while, I think, so they're not actually reading the entire will tonight. They're just reading a never-before-revealed portion of it that deals specifically with who should take over the company if Grandma is unable to. Since she's now been deemed mentally unfit, the time is now. The will states that both grandsons will share responsibility for the company and the estate, but whichever one produces the first LEGITIMATE, within-wedlock, male heir first wins. If no varón shows up within a certain period of time (I missed it), the remaining stockholders will divvy up the bienes in whatever way they think best.

- Emiliano's father is... drum roll please... Alejo. Lupe was his secretary. She never got a chance to tell him she was pregnant, because when she came into his office without knocking, he was making out with Minerva. (The date on Lupe's pregnancy test results was 12/22/2002, and MA only started dating Minerva 10 years ago... so that's another reason for Alejo and MA not to get along.) Lupe wanted to tell Alejo about the baby, but when he said "you're only a secretary" and to know her place, she slugged him but good. It was glorious. But anyway, she does think Emiliano has a right to know. The boy is adamant about it. But she doesn't tell him just yet.

- MA insists he has no interest in running the company. He's a self-made man and doesn't need the family or the name or the company, blah blah blah (we heard this several times last night and it's repeated several more times tonight). Mom tries to guilt him into accepting his share of company and producing an heir pronto so that "we" can have the whole enchilada. She says they're entitled to it.

- Today the dog is wearing an outfit of the same color/fabric as MA's mom's dress.

- Alejo's current secretary is, I believe, the woman who played Marisela in PESE. I almost didn't recognize her, because this character's attitude is VERY different. I think she's hot for Alejo.

- MA borrows/rents/whatever a fancy car at a place that looks a lot like part of the Conceptos building and visits Grandma. She recognizes him right away and gushes about how much she and Grandpa loved him. He was their favorite! This confuses MA, because Grandpa was always so critical of him. Grandma explains that Grandpa wanted to build up MA's and Alejo's character, because their own fathers had grown up to be totally useless.

- Arturo Peniche's character, who I think is a greengrocer, begs Lupe for a date. (A cita date, that is, not a date fruit.)

- Chuy and Lupe put up all the gym's equipment as collateral for a variable-rate loan. They're using a loan shark/pawnbroker because a bank would be "too slow" (and most likely turn them down anyway).

- MA's mom arrives by helicopter to have lunch with some nasty gossipy friends. Instead of collecting money from them for the benefit, she has to write them checks to cover the damage to their furs at last night's debacle.

- MA tells Grandma again that he doesn't need the family name, etc. Gran tells him not to be so prideful. Everyone needs help from time to time. She asks him to please take over the company because Alejo's been doing a really lousy job.

- MA's mom gives her lazy kids a lot of money to loaf around and amuse themselves. Frida is smirking at a magazine article about a matador; Mom realizes Frida must be planning mischief. Mom phones a friend to warn of likely vandalism.

- Alejo complains to a photographer that the pix he's taking of a model aren't hot enough. The photographer asks if the company co-president, Miguel Angel, feels the same way. Alejo angrily says he's the ONLY president of the company. "No ship has two captains!"

- Lupe's friend (or is she her sister), a cosmetician, helps Lupe's would-be sweetheart with a "new look" to impress Lupe.

- MA is a bit put off to hear that his mother and siblings don't eat together at home each day. Mom insists that he take the job and produce an heir. If Alejo gets everything, MA will have to support Mom, Leo, and Frida. "Don't any of you have jobs?" MA asks, aghast. Nope. And in Mom's opinion, "they" deserve the inheritance. "I earned it!" she declares. She must be exhausted from all that waiting!

- Minerva wants to see Alejo. She's dying to know what was revealed by the lawyer this morning, and she hasn't seen MA yet. "Stay away from Alejo!" Mini's mom warns. "Miguel is the good one," she assures her daughter. Mini says don't worry! Nothing will happen with Alejo! Promise! But she also lets on that although MA is good in bed, he's a bit "rigid."

Next time: Lupe tries to visit Alejo.

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