Caray, Caray!

Thanks to Julie for switching with me, I'm leaving town very early tomorrow. This recap was done without subtitles so please fill in the good stuff.

Mike gets his mug shots taken in the prison and meets his new cellmates, two guys who loathe him until he uses his newly-acquired barrio slang to convince them he's a homie, then they are best buddies.



Carmelita tries to cheer up Lupe, who has to be brave for everybody. Perla is full of herself for being on the cover of Alejo's magazine and has big dreams for the future. Lupe thinks it's bad she's getting enmeshed with Alejo. Tizoc says he'll be famous too, he and Perla will be famous together.

Alejo tells Wilma he detests Emiliano but "he's mine and nobody else's" and is needed, along with Lupe, in the winning of the winner-takes-all will (Don Aureliano, what an idiot you were). He scoffs at the idea of his cousin with such a low class girl "So of the barrio - but such a great body - what a woman... No! *I* have to end up with the woman and the snotnose kid."

There's more bad news, Wilma says: look at the cover of our magazine, Minerva has put an actual Mexican ("a naca") on the cover! At first Alejo is enraged but then he decides this is good, now Minerva the tarantula will get fired! Then, buoyed, he gets the good idea to get Mike murdered in prison. Wilma says, that's going a little too far. He gets Wilma to fetch his little black book of criminal buddies and hire them to get Mike offed. Wilma begs him not to proceed. He says happily: by tomorrow Mike is dead.

Diego and Leo are talking about work. Diego is disheartened, he's having no luck, for one thing he has no college degree. He'll sell his car for living expenses, he can't cadge off Wendy. Leo suggests he could coach kids' soccer, but Diego says he can't work at a school without a degree. Without subtitles I missed a lot of this. I think Leo is trying to get Diego interested in studying something artistic - maybe on the internet.

Mike's cellmates tell him you can't get justice without influence, so Mike is very down when Saul comes and they have their usual conversation. He tells Saul there are guys in prison serving a decade or two of time for minor offenses or crimes they didn't commit.

Mike's worried for Mati, and rightfully so. The evil nurse is shooting her up with drugs. Mati moans sadly to her dead husband, then gets shot up again. It's extremely hard to watch this. Saul goes to the top policemen and tells him: Mike thinks Alejo is drugging his own grandmother! Please investigate, and hurry!

Minerva muses: shall I blackmail Alejo into making me rich ("making US rich" Isela interjects) in exchange for Wilma's laptop? Or shall I save Mike and prove how much I love him, and get his ardent kisses back! (I never saw the beginning of this TN and can't believe Mike ever wanted to kiss Minerva.)

Alejo bursts in on Minerva and her mother doing no work as usual. He gloats, you're going to lose your job over this (the Perla cover). She sees it for the first time (she never paid attention when she approved it). She's aghast. She's summoned to a big meeting. Minerva thinks: now the anvil falls on my perfect blond curls. But no! Actually, the board happily exclaims, this issue is selling better than any other issue ever! Minerva collects herself and says: "Yes, this was all my idea! It's time for real Mexicans to be on our cover, not Europeans! "Latina Hot! Viva brunettes! Viva Mexico! I'm the greatest!" she crows.

Emi gets sent out to play so Lupe can give Frida the terrible news that Mike is already in jail. They cry. Lupe says hope is all there is. Frida is worried about her grandma too and can't do anything. FF>

Don Chuy wheedles Ana Sofia into having some soup. He gives her a long pep talk: you may have lost all your money but you have what's most important - your children. And they're all having troubles, Mike most of all. You need to get out of bed and pull yourself together. Ana Sofia actually says he's right! She actually thanks him - several times - for EVERYTHING!!

Carmelita, who eavesdropped, is annoyed Chuy is being so sweet to AS. Why, instead, aren't you babying your own Lupe who is destroyed by her BF being in jail?

Minerva says she'll do whatever is necessary to help Mike - but she won't give the laptop to Saul, she will only "negotiate" directly with Mike.

AS and Carmelita hiss a bit at each other in the kitchen. AS doesn't think much of Carmelita's cooking.

Don Solomon the money lender comes in, he wants to go on a date with Ana Sofia. Chuy says she's unwell. Solomon says he'll come back, but, while he's here, how about the money he's owed? Chuy says he'll bring it by one of these days.

Isela complains to her daughter: don't help Mike in exchange for nothing! Minerva points out: if I get Mike freed, he'll be a millionaire again.

Tizoc tries to cheer Frida by telling her how famous he's going to be.

Mike's cellmates come up behind him with long glass shards, they are going to kill him.

Tomorrow: Perla turns out to have some business sense (like, she'd like to get paid for being the cover girl). And probably (though this is not in the advances) Mike does not die.

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