Caray, Caray!

Homero discusses his intentions toward Jackie with Ric and Paloma.  Paloma seems surprised, since Jackie is such a nice girl.  Francisco's henchdude comes to pick up Lina's bicycle, but Ric refuses and Paloma backs him up.  Paloma demands to know if Homero can't have him picked up already!  But Homero's only mostly sure.  What he is sure about is that we're nearly done with this schlock.  And that Jackie doesn't know who he is, or that he was after her dad.  "Or she's a good liar," Ric points out.

Mariano gives Jackie the tour of Hermosillo.  She gets to see the Deer Dance in a plaza and then they go off to look at some pottery.

Mama Barragan shows up at Casa Bonito, where she's welcomed by Lucina.  Lucina apologizes for not being able to give Mama B a room, cause they're all full up.  After some confusion about Jackie's name, they establish that yes, she is staying there.  Mama B looks anxious.

Mariano shows Jackie some Yaqui and Seri crafts in a little store.  He talks about how long it takes to weave a basket that's nearly his size.  Jackie asks about the Pitic festival.  Mariano says that was the original name of the city and he'd really like her to stay and see it.  He invites her to lookout point…makeout point?

Francisco is furious that Martin wasn't able to pick up the bicycle and blames…Ric. 

Jackie is lovin' the view, but she's been walking around on her little spike-heeled boots again and it's wearing out her recovering ankle.  As much as she likes the city, she likes being with Mariano even more.  He seems to be enjoying being with her as well and expresses this by…leaning his forehead against hers.  Yeah, man, that's some hot stuff there.

Lucina and Mama B talk about Jackie.  Lucina reassures her that Jackie's safe at her little hotelito, but scares the pants off Mama B by referring to Mariano as "Padre Mariano."  Oops!  She explains he only used to be a priest, but now he's just "a normal guy."  She offers Mama B a drink, but what Mama B wants now is some privacy to make a phone call.

Jackie asks how many girlfriends Mariano has had.  She knows he used to be a priest, but she figures there might have been someone….  Her phone rings and Mama B complains that she's waiting at the crappy hotel.  She demands that Jackie get her sightseeing tail right the hell back there.  Sorry, Jackie…vacation's over!  She tells Mariano he can only accompany her to the door of the hotel because it's a little too soon to have his future mother-in-law skewer him.  She'd like to save that for after the honeymoon.  Mariano agrees.

Raquel now has her turn with Mama B.  She dishes about Mariano the hottie and pretends not to know who Jose Luis Falcon and Francisco Castro are.

Fabi and Inés have some tea, but are interrupted by Francisco, complaining about the bike block.  Mostly, he's worried that if they don't let him have the bike, he's not going to be able to win back his daughter so they can move to Arizona and become ranchers.  Inés very calmly explains that she never agreed to raising cows with him.  They can't even raise a daughter together, so why inflict their crappy relationship on a bunch of calves?  She also refuses to leave her fake grandma, who she has a better relationship to leave with her real-ish-sort-of husband who treats her like crap whenever he doesn't get his way.  Francisco tries to insist she come over and discuss it, but Inés isn't in the mood.  This drives Francisco to…pour himself a drink.

Jackie and Mariano return to Casa Bonita.  They head for the patio and just miss Raquel telling Mama B that Mariano is a millionaire.  Jackie introduces Mama B to Mariano.  Mama B says she's come to fetch Jackie home.  Mariano excuses himself before things get ugly.  Mama B's furious at Jackie for having a boyfriend after five minutes in Hermosillo.  Lucina and Raquel listen in as Jackie mentions the nice older man she met at an art gallery.  Mama B's flipping out at not having a full background check on every person who comes within five miles of Jackie.  Hearing the name "Homero de la Garza" doesn't help either…"That man was your father's worst enemy!"  Raquel realizes that means Jackie's father was a criminal.  "Just like Jose Luis Falcon," Lucina puts in, because she's determined to keep putting "Jose Luis" and "delincuente" together in every sentence she can until Raquel gets the point.  Raquel figures Homero must have invited Jackie over to get information out of her.

Inés goes to her grandmother's bedroom, where she doesn't seem happy to see Ricardo.  She picks up on the vibe in the room and asks what's wrong.  Paloma telling her to sit down doesn't help.  Inés doesn't believe that Jose Luis is a killer, or even capable of killing anyone.  Ric reminds her about what happened to Homero and his driver, but Inés--for some bizarre reason--doesn't think that should count.  I mean, sure whoever did it was after the CD, but that doesn't mean it was JL.  "Sending someone else to do the dirty work doesn't make him less of a killer!"  Ric blabs endlessly on and on about what a bad dude JL is, and not that I don't agree with him, but does he really think she's going to listen?  Inés insists on asking JL about it directly and Ric really flips his lid, saying if he realizes that she even suspects him, he could kidnap Lina and she'd never see him again.  Paloma begs Inés to talk to Homero if she doesn't believe them.  Ric takes Inés' cell phone, to switch it out again, so JL can't call her.  'Cause controlling behavior is totes ok as long as you do it for the right reasons.  She just sits there, all mopey and deflated.  'Cause forgetting you'd originally written this character as a strong woman is totes ok as long as you only make her a wimp in ultimas semanas.  Ric asks about Lina's vacation, which is coming up right after Paloma's birthday.  Not that Paloma gives a hoot about celebrating that.  C'mon Paloma…a little wine, a little cake, a little family drama.  Ric says goodbye to both of them.  He seems to be limping, but maybe his jeans are just too tight.  Inés cries to her grandma that he just refuses to understand that they can never be together.  'Cause ditching an actual plot for "will they or won't they" is totes…boring the life right out of me.

Jackie takes her mother up to her room, where Mama B is determined to start packing Jackie's stuff.  Jackie begs for a chance to figure out QTH is going on here.  She wants to launder the family money in a different way…by giving it away to charity.  She doesn't want to let her uncle have millions that aren't his.  And, in fact, that is the one and only dispute about her father's estate.  Mama B says a couple of guys have said they'll be Joaquin's part and Samuel is willing to buy a piece too, but he's adamant that Paradise Real Estate was his to begin with.  Jackie wants to try asking Francisco for The CD, but Mama B doesn't think he'll hand it over.  "And, besides, like he said, he can always make copies."  Jackie asks if Mama B is going back to Phoenix now, but Mama B insists on staying there.  Well, not there, exactly...at the Hotel Platino.

Ric calls Francisco from Inés old cell phone and tells him that he's switching out the phone.  And also that he's not going to let Francisco see Inés or Lina again.  This drives Francisco to pour a drink and drink it.  He starts dialing his phone and swears he'll kill Ric.

Leo tries talking to Fabi again, saying he really screwed it up the last time.  He's still lobbying for marriage and now he thinks he's sure he's in love with her.  He's up for raising a child that's not biologically his, and he's fine with that being their only child.  Fabi hesitates after kissing him again, but Leo's been reading up and he reassures her that he's not worried about getting HIV just from kissing her.

Inés goes to the clinic and some guy in a suit seems to be following her.

Ric brings Paloma Inés' new cell phone.  He knows she's not there, but Paloma doesn't tell him where she is.  Ric gets a call from the guy in the suit, who apparently drove her there and is spying on her for Ric.  Cause that's sooooooo sexy.  About as sexy as I find his ascots.  Ric questions Paloma about why Inés is at the clinic.  Paloma claims it's time for Inés' annual checkup and she didn't want company.  Ric remembers that night when he accidentally-on-purpose forgot the condom and smirks.  Paloma smirks too.  Oh, shut your smirking faces, the both of you!

Yeah, yeah, Inés is pregnant.

Ric asks Lina what she wants to do on her vacation and doesn't say anything nasty about Francisco when Lina talks about him showing her how to ride her bike, but he does try to convince her to let him teach her.  He was probably hoping for "instead" but Lina is delighted to have two teachers.  Ric asks why she went to the doctor, and Inés also claims it was just time for her annual.  Ric backs off and says her new cell is all set up for her.  He's grumpy that she's treating him like "a stranger," and asks if they can be friends.  Or pretend to be friends.  Which includes hugging, as far as he's concerned.

Paloma gets interrupted at solitaire AGAIN by these inconsiderate people.  She's thrilled that Inés is pregnant, but Inés is furious.

Francisco calls Paloma's house and asks Nadia if he can speak to Inés.  Nadia checks with Inés who agrees to take the call.  He asks about the bike and Inés just tells him that she changed her mind and Lina will learn to ride her bike at Paloma's house.  As for the cell phone, she wanted a new one and Ric was doing her a solid, that's all.  And yeah, Francisco may have been thrilled with their relationship, but she wasn't.  "What about Lina?"  Inés doesn't want to talk about it over the phone, but she doesn't want to meet him anywhere either.  "I'll call you later."  She hangs up and more glassware suffers the wrath of Frankie.

In her room, Inés and Lina talk about Paloma's birthday. Lina wants to know if her dad is invited and Inés changes the subject to Lina's homework.  Lina goes off to get to work.  Fabi comes in, giddy at smooching on Leo.  Inés talks to Fabi about being hesitant to let Francisco be around Lina anymore, then she changes the subject to Fabi and her smooching.  They joke about being scared to tell Matilde.

Jackie and Mariano continue their interrupted tour from the other day.  They talk about a jail, a mine, and they tour the mine owner's house.  This is probably important local history, but it's late and I'm tired and we're really only getting sketchy bits.  So if you're interested, look up Hermosillo, mine, and Greene and maybe we can discuss it in the comments.

Mama B and Matilde run into each other outside their respective hotel rooms at the Platina.  Matilde is complaining (what's new?) about having to climb the stairs, but Mama B says she caught the elevator.  Matilde can't find her key, so Mama B suggests going downstairs and getting another one from the front desk.  "Go all the way back down and come up again?  I'd have a heart attack."  So Mama B invites Matilde into her room to call down to the front desk and ask for a key.  Matilde calls down, but even the front desk wants her to come down and get a key.  She talks (I use that term loosely) them into bringing up a key and says she's in Suite 405.  Matilde brags about being tired from all the hard work she's been doing all day as president of Paradise Real Estate company…all that signing paperwork and micromanaging her lazy employees who do nothing all day is just exhausting!  Mama B nods at her sadly…realizing Matilde hasn't a clue?

Jackie and Mariano have coffee as Jackie tells Mariano about her dad.  He likes her idea of giving the money to charity.  He also suggests she talk to Homero about clearing her dad's name and says Homero is a nice guy.  Mariano thanks her for trusting him, but he also feels bad for her for having to find out.  Jackie talks about feeling disappointed in her dad now that she knows what he was into.  She imagines all the people he hurt and the lives he destroyed.

Cesar asks Raquel if she's had time to think about handing the kid over.  She wants him to pay her medical costs for the pregnancy, but she says that's his responsibility anyway.  She insists it's Cesar's kid and says they can get tested if he wants.  Raquel warns him that he might want to let his aunt know that he's bringing the kid home before he does it.  Then she extorts 20,000 pesos a month from him.  Which is $1500.  She says she needs it for doctor visits.  And stuff.  None of which is free.  And this is different from selling him her child how?

Cesar goes to Ric and asks for a raise of 20,000 so he can pass that on to Raquel.  He explains he wants to raise the kid and she needs it for her medical expenses.

Lucina rips into Raquel for fleecing Cesar, who barely makes any money as it is.  But Raquel just figures he'll get it from his rich relatives.  She tells Raquel to quit eating crap or she'll swell up like a whale.

Mariano and Jackie go to visit Homero.  Outside, Mariano jokes with her about not needing to be scared of anything…the dog will bite, but only if ordered to.  Inside, Homero asks Leo about his plans. Leo says he and Fabi will wait until after the baby is born to get hitched.  Mike comes in, announcing visitors.  Since his last driver/butler got killed, Homero has brought Mike in to watch his back.  Homero tells Leo to get Neron out of the room so his nice lady visitor won't get scared off.

Lucina doesn't see why Raquel needs to get money from Cesar for medical expenses at all, since they're doing well enough financially.  Raquel complains that she was supposed to have Jose Luis taking care of everything and now she's having to foist the baby off on Cesar instead.  "So…you're not sure it's Cesar's."  Raquel says she is, in a completely unconvincing way.  Lucina says it could be "anybody's" baby and looks skeptical when Raquel insists she doesn't sleep with EVERY man who crosses her path.  True, true…she did avoid Antonio.  She says there were only 2-- Cesar and Jose Luis.  Raquel reminds her about Sebastian.  "That was a long time ago."

Leo explains to their visitors that Neron looks scary, but he's really a big softie.  Jackie admits he is intimidating. Leo says he and Neron will leave them to talk and jokes that Homero doesn't bite either.  Jackie reminds Homero that he did invite her over.  As Mariano talks about Jackie being nervous and needing to trust Homero, he notices their…closeness….  Homero puts on his "innocent old guy" face and tells Jackie that he knows who she is, "But do you know who I am?"  Jackie answers that he's her father's worst enemy.  Homero grins at her like he wants to award a gold star for the right answer.  "Now that the cards are on the table, let's talk."

Tomorrow: Francisco wants to see Lina, Inés doesn't want to let him, Francisco and Ric get into a fight in the courtyard of Paloma's house.

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