Caray, Caray!

After all the over-testosteroned male posturing in the waiting room, Manolo pulls rank as the displaced cop from another town who doesn't even belong there, and says HE'LL be the one to tell Inés the news that she's being released.  I'm betting he's not going to try to use it to get some nookie, either.

Inés is happy but worrying about what's going on with Lina.

Doc Veronese checks Lina out, not even in an exam room, but in the waiting room of Hermosillo's Only Clinic.  She's fine, she just needs a sandwich and to go home to Paloma's.

Homero breaks his arm patting himself on the back for getting both Lina and Inés released.  He's giddy as he tells Leo what a lying, scheming badass he is.  Leo reminds him about his precious "code," but whatevs.  Leo really wants grandpa to actually, really, for realz this time RETIRE, but Homero wants to get this one last bust…Caribbean is going down and he's putting Jose Luis Falcon behind bars.  And after that, he has no idea what to do with himself.  I mean, it's not as if there are great-grandchildren around for him to play with, and oh, Leo's so cruel for wanting him to stop doing what he loves, and can't Leo see he's lonely?  After the pity party, Homero turns on Leo, bugging him about wasting his life with all these alleged art exhibitions that never happen, and maybe Leo should actually do something useful, and hey if Leo's gay can't he just come out of the closet already and live happy?  Leo's offended and insists that yes, he IS a good artist, damnit! And for the record, he likes dipping his paintbrush in lady colors.

Lina and Tito have a happy reunion at Paloma's.

Inés happily hugs Ric out in the lobby, then Lucina, and shakes Piero and Manrique's hands.  She signs her release paperwork and gets her belongings back.  She and Ric head out together to see what's going on with Lina.  Manolo, who seems as happy as the rest of them, asks Lucina if they should go out to eat "or something."  My jaw drops as she agrees to "or something" but she clarifies that they're going to dinner and he's paying.  Well.  That has possibilities, right?

Ric and Inés celebrate with hugs and smoochies in the car, now that they know that Lina is back at Paloma's.

Joaquin's wife and daughter cry in the waiting room.  Jackie hears JL's voicemail and gets suspicious.  She asks her mom about the business, but Mrs. Joaquin didn't talk shop with him often.  She knew Joaquin had investments, but real estate?  She thinks maybe he saw a good deal and took advantage of it.  Jackie wonders why this guy wanted out, then.  They're both hoping that Joaquin survives, and Mrs. J isn't going to unplug him.  She sees Sammy circling like a vulture, but she lets Jackie in on the secret that she and her sibling(s) are Joaquin's only heirs.

Manolo uses dinner as an opportunity to pump Lucina for information.  He wants to know more about the mystery CD and begs her to tell him what she knows.

Ric and Inés arrive at Paloma's and John makes a call.

Lina and Inés have a happy reunion and Inés promises they'll be together "forever."  Anvil!

Based on John's report, Francisco sadly deduces that Ricardo took all the credit.  Too bad, Frankie.

Manolo and Lucina are in her room at Casa Bonita, getting ready to watch some XXX action.  I know this because I actually remember which CD was real and which was the fake.  Lucina pulls out her laptop and Manolo pops in the disc, saying if they have the original, then the password the hacker gave them shouldn't work.  Manolo tells her the bad news and Lucina rushes to call Raquel.  She doesn't believe it at first, but goes into her bag to get the disk…which isn't a porn-containing disk, nor a confession-containing disk, but a kid's videogame.  She can't figure out how that could have happened if only Francisco knew about it.  She's suddenly suspicious about last night's dinner.  Lucina can't keep herself from saying "I told you so."  Manolo tells Raquel to play dumb or Francisco will kill her. Pfft! Like he's not going to kill her anyway.

Ric visits Inés in her bedroom at Paloma's.  She's happy to have her pajama pants back…I mean, her daughter back!  They get all noisily smoochy and Ric adds in some heavy breathing for effect.  Oh, I must have missed something…Lina's going back to Ric's, where he expects Fidelia to protect her from Marilu.  Inés worries that Homero is somehow going to convince/coerce/force her to go back to Francisco yet again.

Here we go again.  Ric's home.  He gives Fidelia the good news and she hugs him happily.  Marilu comes in to be her usual sunshiny self.  She insults her aunt for never having had kids, for screwing up with the two nephews she did raise, and I tuned her out after that.  Fidelia's main criticism is that Marilu is heartless and doesn't care about Lina or Inés' love for her.  Fidelia gives up and she and Ricardo leave Marilu in her pit of passionless purple.

Matilde and Lila stumble into Francisco's suite with Antonio.  Antonio and Francisco promise there will be an actual office soon.  Matilde wants to know about the color of the curtains and Lila wants to know why they offered Matilde the presidency instead of her.  Antonio smoothes her ruffled feathers saying since she's not local.  A bored Lila asks where she signs.

Ric goes to thank Homero.  He knows Inés can't go back "undercover" but he needs a plant.  Ric can't think of anyone.  Manolo comes to visit and breaks the news about the CD.

Samuel hears that the real estate business has finally been officially created and he's chomping at the bit to get the money deposited.  They're in a hurry to launder a few millions before…uh, before Joaquin comes back from, uh, vacation.  Francisco just wants out and Samuel says that was between him and Joaquin, and he made no such agreement.  As Francisco's complaining to his blank screen, he hears Raquel shoving her way into the house.  She accuses him of being a criminal and he slaps her across the face before she can utter the words "money laundering."  John and Martin get the hell out of there while Raquel continues crying and accusing Francisco of stealing his CD back from her.  He blames the cops for the CD and asks her what evidence she has against him anyway, huh?  NONE!  And BTW, he never believed the baby was his and he won't unless he sees the results of a paternity test.  He kicks her out of his house and tells her to move out of "her" apartment ASAP.  John escorts her out with a minimum of manhandling.  Raquel swears revenge.

Ric and Piero wonder if Sebastian would be a viable option to go undercover.  Ric thinks he's too delicate, but Piero says Homero will be protecting him.

Antonio has coffee with a now-unemployed Escalona and convinces him to get involved in the new company with the promise of an even bigger paycheck.  This time, though, he tells him that there will be some accounting shenanigans…nothing major, a few inflated invoices.  Escalona ponders.

Mariano and Berenice wonder how Alina is doing.  Berenice would really like to get Alina living in the now and leaving the bad times behind.  She wonders aloud if maybe she could spend some time hanging out with Alina, but she has her clinic duties to consider.  Mariano's totally willing to work out a schedule that lets her have playtime when the clinic is slow.

Inés and Paloma try to console Lina about having to live at Ric's.  Paloma says Tito can go with her and she can visit every day.  Ric promises her it will only be for a little while.

The adults ditch Lina and Paloma asks Ric what his plan is.  Divorce Marilu, obviously.  There's also some crap going on with the company and their new "partnership."

Raquel sadly moves out of her depa' cursing Francisco for a rat bastard.  Lucina reminds her that as long as they have the hotel, Raquel will always have a place to stay when her latest sugar daddy gets tired of her.  As she's walking out after Raquel, Lucina runs into Sebastian and bad-mouths Francisco to him as Seb looks guilty.

Fidelia and Lina have a happy reunion.  Lina and Marilu even have a happy reunion.  Inés says goodbye to Lina and Marilu hustles her out of the room to unpack.  Fidelia goes to supervise as Ric and Inés head for the bungalow.

Samuel asks Mrs. J if Jackie knows about the bidness.  Mrs. J has never wanted Jackie or "the boys" to know.  She breaks it to Samuel that Big J left everything to Jackie and the boys in equal parts, with Mrs. J as executrix of his will (and presumably she gets to handle the boys' shares until they come of age).  Samuel is furious that Big J left him nothing.  "You have what your father left you."  "But that was only 30%!" "Too bad.  Big J always did say you were an idiot."  The doctor comes in to tell them that Big J is brain dead.  Jackie comes in just after.  The doctor says there's nothing left to do but turn off the machines.

Francisco goes to see Dr. Veronese.  He says he's been good with his meds and has been avoiding alcohol, so he begs Veronese to get the judge to let him see his daughter.  Veronese tells him there's a new judge on the case.

Ric is convinced that whatever else Marilu might do, she's not going to mistreat Lina.  He's going to file for divorce in a few months.  It sounds like he's expecting Francisco to have been busted by then.  Lovey talk, noisy smoochies.  OK, seriously, there was a sort of…sucking sound.  And then Ric says he wants to make love, which is a sucking sound of its own.  Quick cut to "after" and Inés asks if he used a condom or not.  Woman?!  Were you not there?!  He didn't, but not to knock her up on purpose.  She complains that he didn't ask her if it was ok.  WERE YOU NOT THERE?!

We cut immediately to Inés being woken up from a sound sleep by a call from Ric, whining about how he really wasn't trying to knock her up.  He asks her if she's going to take the pill, but she'd never deny her child a chance to live.  That's…not…how…it…works…beanie…failure…imminent…danger…danger!  Inés is also pretty sure that she's probably not going to get pregnant from doing it without a condom just the one time.  That's…not…how…it…works!  She's determined to know why, since "they'd" always used a condom before, why not this time.  Were you not present at the time?!  Ric says he just…forgot in the heat of the moment.  She can't believe he would forget something so important.  Did…?  What…?   You were standing right there at the checkout and you somehow failed to notice that he was handing you the groceries without bagging them?  You put the groceries in the basket, did you not?  How did you not notice the distinct lack of either paper or plastic?  "If I'm pregnant…" Inés begins, then hangs up on him.  Because that's what you do in a mature relationship when you're suddenly faced with the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy.  First you put all the blame on the other party, then you refuse to have a conversation about it.  Ric is thoroughly confused.  And not just because he's purely decorative, because I don't understand any of that mess either.

Samuel calls Francisco and summons him to Santo Domingo because Joaquin is dead.

At the reading of the will, Jackie finds out that she and her brothers have inherited all of Big J's worldly goods.  Big J surprises me by putting in the will that his wife, a sensible and intelligent woman, will know how best to guide his children.  Almost makes me want to shed a tear.

Back at the office, Samuel and the assembled bidnessmen toast to Big J's memory.  I feel his toast is inadequate, so I propose one of my own.  If you wish, please raise a glass with me to the memory of Joaquin.  He was a no-good, ho-loving, bongo -playing rat bastard... but at least he was a better alternative than Sam.  To Big J!  Francisco introduces himself to Jackie, but stumbles over what name to use.  He realizes Jackie has no idea what her father's bidness was.  He brings up the promise that he doesn't expect Samuel to keep and asks her to meet him for breakfast the next day.  Samuel tells Mrs. J that he doesn't want The Fox becoming friends with his niece.

Tomorrow: Marilu reveals her real feelings about Lina; Marilu refuses to let Ric go; a potential shootout between Francisco and Sam.

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