Caray, Caray!

Frida, the sarcastically-dubbed Princess of the Proletariat, "debates" with JT, the self-proclaimed naco, in front of his friends. This "debate" would be best described as inane class-baiting. Sex would probably be more fun, but I guess they're not there yet.

Lupe tells Carmelita about the roof incident (which was, in fact, not a fever-induced hallucination after all, even though I would have put money on it yesterday). Why does Carmelita make that hourglass-shape in the air when she talks about Miguel Angel? That shape is usually associated with women. Whatever. Lupe says MA floats her boat like no one else ever has.

Nepo shows up with a very large bouquet of roses (suspiciously similar to the one Beto was supposed to get rid of last week at the country club) to apologize to Lupe. Lupe is really frustrated with him for acting as though nothing happened. "I know how women are," he says. They're always changing their minds. He's patient. He'll wait. This will all blow over in a few weeks.

Nepo keeps saying, "I don't want to pressure you." I wonder what he thinks "pressure" means?

Nepo also asks how Mike is doing and says he can take tomorrow off to recuperate.

AS and Leo are bummed that they had to leave all their new clothes behind when they fled the hotel, but inspiration strikes: AS will get new things made out of the old curtains from their house. That's so Scarlett O'Hara!

Mini calls MA to yell at him for standing her up at the Chinese restaurant and sending Saul instead. Eventually he manages to explain to Miss Mouth that he was sick. Self-centered Mini thinks it was very nice of him not to expose her to his germs. (Never mind that he was too sick to stand up.)

MORNING. MA asks Lupe for more treatments. He admits to her, as she admitted to Carmelita earlier and I forgot to mention, that he doesn't know where this is going, but there's no hurry. She sits on the bed next to him (yes! In bed already!!) and they hold hands. Lupe says she doesn't want to be hurt again. "I'm not like my cousin Alejo," MA promises.

Nepo is not at work yet. He tells Diego at breakfast that he's still sure that Lupe will marry him. He asks Diego, have you decided about school yet? He says something about not wanting Diego to be a lazy good-for-nothing like Lupe's relatives, Frida and Leo.

Diego perks up. "You saw Leo? He's back?"

Carmelita tells Chuy she needs CK's phone number. Chuy bristles and tells her that if CK disrespects her in any way, to let him know and he'll kick his ass!

AS comes down and asks Chuy if he knows anyone who can sew. She wants new clothes. Now it's Carmelita's turn to bristle as Chuy volunteers her for the job. Carmelita protests; she hasn't done this kind of work in years; she's busy with the restaurant all day and won't have time at night. (And today I think they're preparing for another event - some people from a shop are throwing their boss a birthday party.) But Chuy really pushes her into it. And AS is willing to pay her.

AS wants something classic, like a Chanel design or something from the 1920s. She's even got some patterns. Carmelita makes a crack about AS's age. She warns again that it's been a long time. "You people are always coming up with excuses not to work," AS complains. She adds that Carmela couldn't afford to buy fabric like this in three lifetimes. "Just do it quick and do a good job," AS commands reassuringly.

MA sends Frida on a mission to buy some mattresses with the money he got from Sharky. (I don't think AS knows her chinchilla's gone yet.)

At the office, Vilma gives Ahole the information and photos she's found on Tato. Ahole wonders why Mini would want to drive a "pickup truck" like Tato when she can have a Formula One racecar like him? Vilma verbally agrees as she silently traces her finger around Tato's muscles in the photo.

Ahole also asks Vilma to check his laptop for signs of tampering. He noticed last night that some of his files have been moved. "Oh, do you think there was an intruso? Or INTRUSA??" Vilma exclaims with an exaggerated gasp, which makes me think she actually moved the files herself, because why would Mini have moved the files? You don't have to move files around in order to copy them. But anyway. Ahole tells Vilma to find out.

MA thanks Chuy for helping him finish the room and for helping the family and providing them with shelter for all this time. (Wow, maybe he really did damage his brain when he fell. Either that or there was some really good stuff in that shot he got from Dr. Tintas.) Mati tells MA, "your grandfather and I are very proud of you." There is more sentimental and affectionate talk among MA, Mati, and Chuy.

At school, the kids are talking about going to the mall with their dads and buying expensive stuff. Emiliano says his father's on a trip, but when he comes back they'll go shopping. The teacher says they're going to have a "When I'm 20, I Will..." thing and all the kids are supposed to bring some sort of show-and-tell thing to supplement it. This may require a costly purchase.

Carmelita moans to Lupe, with her and MA becoming an item, now the RPs will never get out of there. Lupita says the one thing has nothing to do with the other. But she doesn't like pretending they're related when she's always telling Emil not to lie.

Saul meets with Ahole at Ahole's request. Ahole is trying to figure out if MA is plotting against him. Saul says MA is somewhere in Italy, and how can he be plotting against Ahole - unless Ahole is hiding something?

Ahole tells Saul that he saw AS at the Three Seasons last week. She tried to get the company to pay her entire hotel bill, and she successfully stuck him with a single restaurant bill for more than 30,000 pesos.

Frida comes back with two large mattresses and one small one. The small one is for Mati and the big ones are for the rest of the family to share! MA had given her enough money to buy a small mattress for each of them, but these were a bargain (she's as dumb a shopper as her mother is) and they're super-comfy, she insists. The delivery guys won't take the mattresses up the stairs. "Nobody around here ever wants to work," Leo shouts from the roof. Frida asks him to help; he doesn't want to work either.

JT starts heckling Frida, but Diego arrives at the same time and offers to help. Frida thanks him and gives him a hug. Now JT wants to show off to Frida too, but Diego is clearly the stronger man!

Diego finds Leo shirtless but doesn't openly drool. I say the jury's still out. Diego offers Leo money and free fighting lessons in exchange for art and acting lessons. Leo says, "I'm expensive," but promises to think about it.

Saul calls MA to report on his meeting with Ahole. He's sure that when Vilma came to La Nopalera a few weeks ago, she wasn't looking for MA. He also reports that AS left a wide trail of unpaid bills behind her at the hotel - the "Countess" didn't pay for a thing, as AS had claimed.

Next time: Nepo looks frustrated again. What else is new?

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