Caray, Caray!

Lupita calls Cunchetina to tell her about the website for the bowling alley.  She advises Cunchetina to send Gino anonymous love emails.  Cunchetina is thrilled to have such a diabolical pint-sized ally.

Nat convinces Carmen to go to work and promises she won't go down to Caprico to quit until Carmen gets back.

Grumps spins his BS story for the lawyer, who doesn't think burying Nat is going to be easy.  The lawyer asks why Rodrigo didn't just turn Natalia in and married her, when he knew all along she was the one who was responsible for putting him in a coma.  Grumps says that's not his concern and money is no object.  The lawyer promises Rod will get off completely.

Diego, looking like utter crap, shows up at Natalia's.  He invokes instant soup and the conch shell and she knows it's him.  I suggest they establish a password.  Nat sits him down on the couch, where he struggles to keep his eyes open as he asks QTH happened to them.  He remembers the accident in the taxi after Monterrey and after that it was all drugs and voices.

Cecilia, Noemi's substitute nurse, gets the embarrassing duty of explaining to Alonso that Diego pulled a runner.  Alonso tries the house, but Lala says he's not there.  Alonso is worried Diego will run into Rodrigo and the shizz will really hit the fan.



"Why didn't you tell me you had a twin?"  Diego explains he never wanted her to think he was messing around with her, which is why he didn't tell her in Tuxpan.  He realizes not telling her when they met again in Mexico was a huge mistake.

Brigitte's landlady calls to complain that the rent hasn't been paid, but she'll be happy to collect it tonight…in person and in cash!

El is doing a great job of avoiding doing any wedding planning with Kimberly.  He curses himself for being a "cockroach" and says he has to tell her he's not marrying her.  Yeah, good luck with that one.  Kimberly vows to start the planning without him.

Diego tells Nat she was so pissed at him in Mexico, and just for standing her up on their date, that he couldn't imaging how she'd react to finding out he had a twin.  Nat tells him Rod tried to rape her and Andres showed up and fought with Rod.  Diego says he understands it all now.

Carmen gets to the fonda just in time to get Alonso's call.  He asks her, if Diego ends up at the apartment, to please keep him there until Alonso gets there.

Nat tells Diego she convinced herself he had amnesia when she saw him again.  He loses his temper and starts shouting at her for marrying Rodrigo and (he assumes) sleeping with him.

In the lawyer's office, Rod ignores a call from Brigitte.  The lawyer finishes up a call and informs Rod and Grumps that only Natalia has pressed charges against Rodrigo and her accusations aren't very solid.  They need to convince Diego not to press charges.  The lawyer thinks the best thing for Rodrigo to do would be to turn himself in, but he refuses.

Diego angrily accuses Natalia of not only having married Rodrigo and slept with him, but also of liking it.  Natalia has had enough of both him and Rodrigo treating her like some kind of toy to fight over.  She says it's clear his "love" for her was never real and he can get the hell out of her house and go complain to Rodrigo about whatever he thinks he's "owed."  She is THROUGH!  Diego swears things won't stay like this.  Carmen comes in and refuses to let Diego out of the house in that state.  "This isn't the Diego I love either.  He's just like Rodrigo.  All he cares about is whether I slept with him."  Carmen still refuses to let Diego leave and he doesn't appear to be strong enough to fight her, in any case.  Nat goes to her room and Carmen calls Alonso to tell him to come pick up his buddy.

The lawyer tells Rod he can't help him if Rod won't follow his advice.  He has to explain to lunkhead Rod that turning himself in will score him some points.  Now Rod walks out.  Grumps tells the lawyer not to take it personally and he'll talk Rod into it.

Diego doesn't want to leave with Alonso.  Alonso has to say they'll go to Bro Central instead of the clinic.  Diego insists he wants to kill Rodrigo.

Natalia is disappointed that after all the crap she's been through, all Diego cared about was the stupid competition he had going with his brother.

Rodrigo calls Brigitte to complain about her phone calls.  She tells him about the rent and he tells her to deal with it however she can and leave him alone.  Grumps comes out of the lawyer's office and tells Rod that he's the one who complicated things and he needs to consider what Fernandez (the lawyer) advised.

Carmen wonders if after everything that's happened, Diego suffered brain damage and he'll never be ok again.  Nat doesn't think *she* will ever be ok again.

Cunchetina visits El's office for something and ends up asking him to lunch.

Alonso gets Diego back to Bro Central and warns him about how bad cold turkey is going to feel.  Diego doesn't care.  He wants his life back ASAP.  Grumps calls and wants to see Diego.

Cunchetina borrowed El's office and his computer to get started on Lupita's plan.  El is shocked at his future daughter's diabolical brilliance.  And then he's, um, overheated by Cunchetina's lusty email.  Cunchetina asks El to please edit her lustmail…if the Spanish isn't perfect, Gino will suspect something.

Gino gets the email from his "secret" admirer and seems to be feeling the heat.

Grumps embraces Diego happily.  "All I want to know is if you'll help me get my brother."

Gino is still high on the email when Mara comes in, asking to borrow the computer. That's a NO.

Diego says nothing Rodrigo did has any justification or forgiveness.  "But, he's your brother."  Well, he didn't behave like a brother.  Diego won't stop until Rodrigo pays for what he did.  "Think of the family!"  Rodrigo's not his family anymore.  Diego intends to press charges, once he's feeling well enough.  Grumps says he couldn't stand the idea of losing Rodrigo while he was in a coma and he's not going to lose him now.  Diego realizes Grumps is still playing favorites.  Grumps insists he's just trying to save the family, but Diego doesn't believe it.  "Whatever you do to him, you do to me," Grumps wheedles.  Diego says he won't turn back.

Natalia shows up at Caprico, with her mommy, to quit.  CARMEN says Natalia doesn't need to talk about it--her mind is made up.  "My daughter wants…."  Irene is angry that Natalia would leave like this with no explanation and just go running away from her problems.  "It wouldn't be the first time I've had to go on the run.  But there are things you don't know."  Carmen tells Brigitte they need to let Nat talk to Irene alone.

Grumps calls Rodrigo and insists on seeing him.

Natalia tells Irene about Rodrigo trying to rape her and Andres' intervention, which led to Rod's coma.

Carmen tries to insist that Brigitte needs to quit too.  "I'm sorry about what's happening to Natalia, but that's her problem, not mine."  Brigitte tries to find out what Natalia is telling Irene, but Carmen says she doesn't know.

Irene, like everyone else who has heard this story, says Natalia isn't responsible for Rodrigo's coma.  Natalia tells her about Diego's visit and how all he cared about was finding out whether Nat had slept with Rodrigo or not.  She says Diego and Rod both have a dark side and she doesn't want to be with anyone like that.  Well, Natalia, in that case, I wouldn't not recommend becoming a cat lady.  Cats are nothing BUT dark side.  Maybe you could get a dog.  Or a goldfish.

Diego swears to Alonso that he's going to find Rodrigo and finish him!  He's done being Mr. Nice Diego.  They're twins, so if Rod can be a total asshat, so can he.

Irene thinks that Diego's reaction is due to the drugs still running around in his system and he'll regret what he said when he's back to being himself again.  She wants Natalia to take some more time to think and something, something…I tuned her out a bit.  Basically, I think it amounted to "give Diego another chance AFTER he's sober."

Grumps' face breaks it to Rod that Diego is out for blood.  And, no, he didn't tell Diego that Natalia was there when Rod was beaten.  He thinks that will be their ace in the hole.  Grumps angrily insists that Rod HAS to follow Fernandez' recommendation.

Irene tells Carmen that she reminded Natalia how much she loves her and she's convinced Natalia not to make a decision yet.  She tells Carmen she would also like Carmen not to make any decisions yet.  Also, Natalia told her what happened in Tuxpan and she wants Carmen to know that they have Irene's complete support and Rodrigo needs to pay for what he's done.  After Nat and Carmen walk off, Diego calls Irene and asks her to come to Alonso's.

Grumps wants to call the cops right now, but Rod is still hesitating.  He says he's got a better idea and tells Grumps to trust him.

Tomorrow: Rod keeps looking for a way to avoid punishment.  Grumps has Natalia arrested for the attempted murder of Rod.

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