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I will be out of town July 11 (Friday) and July 29th (Tuesday.) I am hoping someone can do the recaps so Kat doesn't have to. Thanks!

Tonight's recap will be in alphabetical rather than episode order (and mostly from memory so please fill in my gaps!)

A is for....
Abdallah
Carmen's kiss has perhaps awakened some feelings from the past. He brings her a bouquet of flowers and a pretty bracelet. She turns down the gift and his advances. He also picks a fight with Eleazar and tells him he is going to fight for Carmen. Abdallah thinks he'll win because Carmen is a woman with principles and she's not going to be with El while he has a baby on the way.

Alberto
He continues to be suspicious of Brigitte. He calls Carmen's house looking for her and is told by Paolo that Brat is not there and hasn't seen her. This is news to Alberto. Brat told him she was going to be with her mother.

Alonso
He did it with Karina. It was the happiest three minutes of her life (Not recapper snark; she actually said that.)

Andres
He gives Nat a call. He hasn't given up it seems.


B is for...
Brat
She spends the episode either shtupping Rod or making up stories to hide the fact that she's shtupping Rod. She was interrupted in delicto shtuptrante by two phone calls. One from Alberto asking where she was, and another from Carmen asking why she didn't tell her she was living with Alberto again (See P for Paolo.)

C is for...
Carmen
She tells Natalia that Kimberly is expecting El's baby and Luz and Lupita overhear. Carmen earns a yellow MLC card. Carmen asks Luz not to say anything to El. But later is very happy to discover that it was a misunderstanding.

She also gets into a fight with Brat when she finds out that Brat is living with Alberto again and didn't tell her. (See P for Paolo.)

Her birthday is Saturday, but she's not sure how happy it will be since she is fighting with Abdul and Brat.

D is for....
Diego
He's not too stupid. He and Alonso continue to investigate the Case of the Abandoned Baby. Together with El they realize that PI McShady was hired by both Tad and Alonso. El tells them that if the PI is fooling them both, it's possible he also lied about the DNA results. Diego takes Alonso to Tad's, precipitating a health crises from Tad. Alonso saves the day and Diego, Alonso and Tad decide they need to get another DNA test done.

E is for...
Eleazar
He makes a move for Carmen and is turned down. He returns later to explain that Kimberly is NOT pregnant. Carmen still isn't on board.

Apparently there are some organizational changes in the dept, but he informs his team not to worry. They aren't going anywhere. They're his team!!

G is for...
Grumps (aka Vicente)
What a piece of work. Years ago he ordered Rosa to get rid of his wife's will because he found out she was going to leave everything to the twins and Irene. (See R for Rosa)

He also pays off PI McShady so he won't tell anyone that Natalia is Irene's baby. Back at Caprico, he almost has a heart attack and Natalia takes him to medical services.

I is for....
Irene
She finds out from Diego that while pretending to be Diego, Rod bought the crappy machines. She confronts Grumps about his continued protection of Rod. She thinks that surely Rod is bleeding Caprico dry. Grumps tells her it's HIS business since it's HIS company. Irene seems to recall her mother telling her that she was going to leave the company to her and the twins. Grumps tells her she's mistaken. Amalia (the mom) would not leave the company to a DRUNK.

Rosa overhears this argument.

L is for...
Luz
She is quite excited about the nieto, but since she promised not to say anything she has to drop big hints for most of the episode.

She interrupts Kimberly's workout to teach her how to knit. She asks Kimberly if she's gained weight. Finally she just says something about the baby and Kimberly has to burst her bubble: There's no baby, and no solid plans for one. Kimberly just wants to enjoy her marriage.

Luz cries to Carmen. Sure Carmen's kids are like her nietos, but Luz want's a little El running around. (Yeah, I'm thinking Carmen has one egg left for the finale.)

M is for...
Morales
He calls El's house just to hear Kimberly's voice. It interrupts Kimberly's weed brujería. He hangs up when El answers.

P is for...
Paolo
After seeing Brat kissing Rod (or Diego...at first he's not sure), he does some investigating. He and Mara go to Brat's former apartment. There they discover that she's been tossed out on her barely covered ass (™ Diva)for non-payment. Mara and Paolo figure out rather quickly that someone was paying for that apartment for her. The friend story must have been a lie. He tells Carmen that Brat is no longer at the apartment and is living with Alberto again.

He confronts Brat in front of Caprico and asks Brat QTH is going on. Brat says she's in love with Rodrigo. Paolo wants to know if she knew it was Rod when she started messing with him, or if she thought it was Diego. She never really answers, she just tells him to butt out. He is not going to tell Nat or Carmen because it would just hurt them.

Nat sees Paolo at Caprico he tells her that he came to fuss at Brat for not telling Carmen about her new living arrangements.

R is for...
Rodrigo
Not a lot of shenanigans from him tonight. He sees Grumps talking to McShady and shakes the PI down to find out who else knows the results of his investigation.

After talking to Grumps (and being told to butt out), he seems content to know that Grumps wants the truth to stay hidden.

He takes a call from the machine repairman guy.
Rosa
She gently confronts Grumps about Mrs. Amalia's last will and testament. At first Rosa felt like getting rid of the will was the best for all involved, but now she's not so sure. Grumps tells her to butt out and that destroying the will was best for all involved.

But aha!!! Rosa has indeed kept the will and thinks Mrs. Amalia is watching out from above. In a flashback we discover that Mrs. Amalia had arranged for a third person (didn't catch the name) was supposed to be the executor. Grumps dismissed that person as a drunk and told Rosa (who looked great in the flashback, BTW) to burn that will. I'm glad she didn't!

Z is for...
Zee final scenes
Nat tells Irene about taking Grumps to medical services. Nat wonders why Irene always refers to Grumps by his first name and not Papá. This leads to a conversation about family and Nat's story. Even though she isn't sure of her birth date, it must have been soon before being found on Christmas Eve because she still had the umbilical cord attached. Irene puts pieces together. Nat is oblivious to Irene's reaction.

During the telling of the tale, Nat makes it clear that her bio-mom is bum who abandoned her and Carmen is her REAL mom. Diego interrupts and notices Irene's tears and thinks they should stop talking about such a sad subject. Nat is offended that he thinks her life is a "sad" subject and runs to the Bathroom of Tears, Recriminations and Pep Talks. Diego tries to make up with her through the door, but runs of when Tad calls.

Irene immediately called Tad after Nat left the office and tells him Nat is there daughter. Everything matches up: the birth date and the year are the same.

El asks Carmen if she ever tried to find out about Natalia's real mother.

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