Caray, Caray!

De que no es su trofeo, no es su trofeo.
Part One
I did some combining of scenes.
El Refrito

• Mr. Policeman is told to keep out the OTHER guy that looks like the picture out.
• Brat cries to Alberto.
• Natalia tells Diego that she doesn't want Diego or Rod near her until she can tell the difference. She's so confused could hate or love Diego or Rodrigo equally.
  

Lo Nuevo
Diego (like this recapper) doesn't understand how Natalia can consider him and Rod one and the same. Natalia feels like a trophy in the twins' game, but Diego swears he's never seen her as a trophy. The love each other! How can she be doing this? The only thing she knows is she's confused (and maybe a little dumb?)

Gino supervises Paolo's computer usage. Paolo realizes he's going to distract Gino if he's to discover anything. Paolo calls Mara and she comes running to tell Gino some machine or something is making an odd noise. Gino tells Paolo to take it, but Paolo makes some excuse about being in the middle of his computer business. Gino finally leaves and Paolo finds the deleted emails from the secret admirer, Cunchetina (C-tina.) One email asks Gino to meet at a hotel restaurant at 8. Paolo is distressed that his mom is being lied to.

Diego chooses a sporting metaphor (If you do this Rod "wins) and Nat is not happy about it. She doesn't want to be the plaything between Rod and Diego anymore and just wants them to leave her alone. Diego doesn't want her upset, so he agrees. He'll leave, but he's sad that Rod came between them. He leaves the fonda like a defeated dog and Rod, observing from the corner, thinks to himself that Nat must have kicked his bro to the curve. He muses that they are both tied in the Natalia Cup.

In Tuxpan, the slimy PI (Alejandro Rotundo) checks birth records.

Carmen and Natalia discuss the latest happenings. Natalia doesn't doubt she loves Diego; the problem is she can't tell the two of them apart. Rod could walk in right now and be sweet and kind and Nat would thinks it's Diego. It's driving Nat crazy. Carmen suggests that Nat talk to a professional.

Diego calls Alonso at his office. Alonso tells him to come on over. Irene calls soon after Alonso hangs up with Diego. He lets her know that Diego is upset after talking to Natalia and suggests that Irene come by his office as well. Irene heads over.


Paolo struggles about telling his mother about Gino. Mara thinks Carmen needs to know and make her own decision. Mara has an idea. With her voice disguised, Mara calls Carmen and tells her that she's being lied to. Mara tells Carmen to be at the hotel restaurant at 8.

Oh, Brigitte the Brat. You are rather dull. This poor girl thought she could make up a lame story about the apt owner having trouble paying the rent and that Alberto would lend her money. Even I knew his solution would be for her to move back in with him. What a dimwit. Albert excuses himself to go to the loo and Rod walks in. Brat hustles him out and they continue their conversation in the street (I crudely surmise that Albert is doing #2 if they have this much time.)Rod tells her to get what she can from Alberto (I assume info wise) and then they will begin rent negotiations. Brat feels like he just pimps her out. I feel like she does that just fine on her own. Alberto is waiting for her when she gets back...and believes the story about a nice neighbor agreeing to give her a loan. How did Alberto pass the bar exam? You know what? Today I think the FRONT of Brat's dress is shorter than the back! Yikes!

Diego tells Al and Irene that he thinks that maybe at some point Nat began to love Rodrigo. Al and Irene think that's not the case because she thought Rod was Diego. But how could she be so confused? Al and Irene assure him that Nat loves him. A call from Nat interrupts this conversation. She want to come talk to Alonso right away and asks Alonso to NOT TELL DIEGO. Al hangs up and is badgered by Irene and Diego. They want him to help Diego reconcile with Nat.

After the phone call from the "anonymous tipster" Carmen weighs her options. If Gino is cheating, she would have a great excuse to cancel the wedding. But what about her pride?? She may not want to marry him, but her pride is still bruised. Nat comes in and lets her know she's going to see Al. Carmen wanted her to see a professional, but not THAT professional. Nat trusts him because he would NEVER betray her. Carmen has to go out, too.

C-tina (whom I LOVE!! I want to dress like her and I love watching her hands flying everywhere) tells Eleazar about going to see Gino at the bowling alley and the email with the request to meet. El wonders if that's a good idea. What might happen when el Fettuccine sees C-tina? She can't be bothered with details. Whatever happens, happens. They hang up and El doesn't want to miss it. He gets ready to leave, but Kimberly interrupts. She's got dinner ready, and El has the excuses ready. Kim doesn't believe him.

Nat comes to ALONSO's office and finds DIEGO. Nat is pithed! They set her up. Diego just wants her to listen! He lays a big smoochie on her and the music swells as we head to commercial.

Returning from commercial, we see Al and Irene sitting in a car outside his office building. He feel pretty bad about what they did to Nat, but Irene thinks everything's fair in love and war. He plants a smoochie on her, but she cuts it off. He tells her they can't keep hiding their feelings. He knows she loves him as much as he loves her. Irene gets out of the car.

Oh Diego, you idiot. Things were going pretty well until you started talking again. He had the gall to say "Swear that Rod never made you fell like that!" Hear that? That's the sound of a scratching record. Diego tries to apologize (when really there is no apology in the world that will save him after that crack.)Natalia reiterates that she is tired of being the toy that they are fighting over. Diego stops her, but she tells him to let go and slaps the stew out of him. Yes, Diego you are reverendo idiota (idiot emeritus...loose translation.)

Al is busy trying to convince Irene not to deny her love for him and she is busy reminding him that she's married. Irene will not let Tad down and Al thinks she should talk to Tad and let him know how she feels. Nat comes out and pronounces loudly, clearly and with reason that ALONSO IS UNETHICAL. Were other things said during this scene? Probably, but that was the most important in my book. Oh, Nat is mad at Irene about it, too.

Slimy PI calls Tad and tells him about his progress in Tuxpan. He's gone through the birth records from December to January of the year the child disappeared. He scratched all the boys of his list and now it's just a matter of tracking down, the most promising leads...but he'll need more money transferred to his account for expenses. He promises to email Tad a list of the names. Irene comes home with a headache and fills him in briefly about Diego and Nat. Tad tells her about the PI's progress.

Diego continues how he could be such an idiot. We're wondering too, dude. Al tells Diego about his mistake with Irene downstairs and Diego hears for the first time about Al and Irene (I had forgotten that Diego didn't know.)

Rod is at Brat's apt enjoying a sammich. Brat wants to know when he's going back to Caprico. Rod tells her that he's not just going to work there, he's going to control everything...so she better know which is the right side to be on. She swears she's always on his side, but she hates the way he treats her (You let it happen, hon. You'll get no support from this quarter!) She's with him because she luuurrrvvvesss him. I laugh right along with Rod. Rod thinks she should have put her eggs in Alberto's basket. He's the best guy Rod knows. Rod tells her to call Nat. He wants intel and he wants it on speaker. He wants to hear Nat's voice. NOTE: If you still have this recorded, watch it again and pay close attention to the area between Brat's brows. She and Rod have the same little squint wrinkle.

Slimy PI has sent the names and lo and behold the last name on the list is Natalia Garcia Pabuena. Tad wonders if it's the same Natalia and calls the PI. The PI confirms that the child was registered as the natural child of Carmen Garcia Pabuena born December 24. Tad tells the PI to cross her off the list. He knows it can't be her. After this call he ponders what a coinicidence it would be if Natalia was the child they were looking for, but it couldn't be. Coincidences of that size just don't happen in this world. Dude, you live in the world of telenovelas! ARRRRGGHHHH! Frustration abounds in Casa de Recapper!!!

Brat talks to Nat and asks if she'll give Diego another chance. Rod thinks it's promising that Nat won't be giving his brother another chance. Rod thinks he'll have to be on his best behavior.

C-Tina waits for Gino and El spies on her. El is kind of surprised Gino hasn't shown after the photo she sent. A waiter drops a tray nearby calling C-tina's attention to El. Aaaand that's why they are sitting together when Carmen shows up. They look pretty snuggly, too since C-tina was in the midst of telling El that if it weren't for her great love for Gino, she would be all over El (you will need to get in line, chick.) El is flattered, but he confesses he's in love with Carmen.

Paolo and Mara have shown up to see what happens, too. Carmen sees them and assumes they are there for a little hubba hubba and drags him away by his ear. I guess to keep Mara and himself from being outed at the anonymous tipsters, he confesses that he and Mara were indeed there for hubba hubba. Carmen drags him out and Mara pinches his arm HARD. It's a cute scene. Gino had also walked in the lobby and had seen them, but he scurried out before they could see him and his roses.

Commercial. Mi Corazon es Tuyo promo. Go home, Uni. You're drunk.

C-tina asks El how long he's loved Carmen and his response must be translated: "I think I learned to walk so I could take her hand. I learned to talk so I could say her name. And before smelled the ocean breeze, her aroma was etched in me." C-Tina looks touched.

Irene calls Nat and wants to explain what she did. Natalia is still upset that everyone played dirty with her. Irene hopes they can talk later in Caprico, but Nat tells her she's not coming back and hangs up. Irene laments the mistake. Tad comes in and she begins to tell him about the days happenings.

Gino berates himself on the drive home. Gawd he's funny.

El is telling C-tina that the kiss he and Carmen shared had to have been love. C-tina wonders why Carmen insists on marrying Gino. El wonders the same. C-tina also wonders why he's engaged to someone else. Because he and Carmen are alike. Pride and impulsiveness gets the better of them. Kimberly shows up and she's pithed.

Bro central. They talk lady trouble. Alberto is back with Brat, but he feels like she's hiding something. (It's not her azz, buddy. That's all out in the open.)

Kimberly calls C-tina a fulana and throws water in her face. El throws Kim over her shoulder and drags her out of the restaurant.

Carmen comes home with Paolo and Mara. She tells him to escort Mara home and to come straight home. She asks Lupita to get her water. She can't decide if the woman called to tell her about El or Paolo. AAARGH!!! More frustration abounds at Casa de Recapper.

El puts Kimberly down. She breaks up with him and he takes her at her word. They are done. He tells her it's kind of a relief since he was in love with another woman: Carmen Garcia.

Avances

• Rod shows up at the Garcia apt and tells Nat he's in love with her.
• Nat plans a meeting with both of them

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