Caray, Caray!

Recap by Cynderella

Uptown:  Patrick awaits Sophia’s answer to his marriage proposal.  Before she speaks, Greta, her mother, tells her that people don't have to get married.  It's now acceptable to live in sin.

Downtown:   Somewhere in the ghetto, as usual, the poor people are dancing.  Who can blame them?  Anyways, it’s Marisol’s 18th birthday party and she doesn't seem too happy about the guest list.  Her mother invited all of the geriatric people in the neighborhood.  Mom tries to cheer her up by giving her a present, but that doesn’t do the job either.  She wants Chava!  Suddenly, a horn blares and the crowd roars!  Chava strolls in singing, accompanied by more old people playing instruments and wearing white mariachi suits.  Oh joy!  Nothing says PAR-TAY to an 18 year old like her middle-aged brother serenading her along with mariachis who are old enough to be her grandfather.    Marisol and the crowd join in the singing and Chava wraps it up.  A few more people give her gifts.  Matias, the guy with the soul patch gives her a huge teddy bear and encourages everyone to have a good time!  He announces that Chava and Armando are
 unemployed.  Well, the party is over.  He's bummed the poor people out and that's not hard to do.  Later, Chava and his mother discuss how the neighborhood business owners have been selling their shops.  Tulio, his boss was got an offer he couldn't refuse.

Back on Snob Hill, Alexa announces to the family, via Skype, that she is returning to Mexico from Spain.  Everyone is elated until Sofia explains that Alexa is only coming home because she's broke.  Sophia has cut off her credit cards and stopped bankrolling her European va-kay.  Sophia excuses herself from the room.  Greta follows her oldest daughter into the kitchen and demands to know why she cut off Alexa without consulting her first.  Sofia says that Alexa is frivolous with money and makes bad choices.  The gaudy eye shadow?...Need she say more?  Alexa wants to know why her mother has nothing to do with the chocolate factory.  Greta says that her husband made it clear that he didn't want her there.

Greta asks Sofia if she will marry Patrick.  Sofia refuses to discuss Patrick with her mother because she was very rude to him.

Over at Sophia’s real father’s house (Oh, come on, we can see this coming a mile a frickin' way!), Paco is thinking of when he ran into her at in front of the Chocolate Factory.  He stares at a picture of a chef and a woman.

All of the citizens of Mexico are at the racetrack except for Sophia, Patrick, a few other rich people and the unlucky wait staff that has to serve them at a swanky upscale restaurant.  (Side note:  a “poor person” extra from the birthday party was recycled and is now a rich people extra.  She’s the blond with the bad perm out on the patio.)  Anyways, Sophia has agreed to marry Patrick.  She allows him to place the ring of my dreams on her finger, but it doesn't feel right. He says that can't wait to marry her.  They will make it official within two months.  She says, “hell no”!  She is a very busy woman; she has a company to run.  Patrick tells her not place the company above their love.  She sashays out of the restaurant (boy, I wish I could walk like that).  (Just a thought:  A woman that has to think about marrying you and then runs away screaming in terror at the thought of marrying you does not want to marry you).

Sofia ends up visiting her father’s grave in Potter’s field.  She’s crying because she misses him and needs his advice.  (My advice?  Buy him a new tombstone honey, before he haunts you).
    
Sophia and the chauffer leave the Potter’s Field.  Boris forgets her previous warning and while driving, he checks his cell phone.  At the breakneck speed of 7 to 8 miles an hour, Boris slams into the back of a truck.  Both he and his distinguished passenger are knocked unconscious on impact.

Back at the racetrack, Chava has taken the lead, but right before he crosses the finishes line, his engine stalls.  No one can believe it!  He gets out of his car, bangs the roof and ugly cries…he’s quite a natural at UGLY crying.  We are even given a close up to show how good he is at being ugly.  The sponsors leave.  Armando, his hype man, tries to comfort him, but Chava remains on the rack all night.

The next day, at Paco's storage shed, Chava covers up his car.  By the way, the car's name is Patotas (Big Foot).  Chava makes out with Patotas, whispers sweet nothings to it, a promises to return for it as soon as he gets some cash.  Armando comes in and they chat about nothing.  He thinks it's awesome that Paco let Chava use his storage shed for his car.  Matais runs in to tell him that the owner of his company is looking for a new chauffer.  Chava's not interested.

Later Armando loses his new job at a garage.  He punched out his boss for teasing him about being the cause of Chava losing the race.

Sofia is in her office getting ready to interview drivers.  She explains to Fausto that she passed out during the car accident because the seatbelt tightened on her thorax.  Why did the driver pass out? Fausto tells her that he too doesn't like Patrick. Anyways, she’s not feeling the first candidate.  She'll "let him know".  Ooooh, I hate that!  She personally opens the door for the second interview, who turns out to be Chava.  Their eyes meet and she either becomes constipated again or she has the big O.  I can’t tell which.  Alls I know is that she seemed very smitten.  Could she have a mullet fetish?  A troll fetish?  Naw!  Ya think?  Anyways, she grips the door, she can barely stand.  The  way Chava stares at her demonstrates why poor nerds don’t get dates.  He asks if she is Sofia.  It is a no no to call her by her first name.  He tells her that he came as a lark, but he will drive her anywhere, now that he has seen her.  Fausto
 excuses himself, but motions that she should use the pepper spray if Chava gets out of hand.  The two sit down at her  desk to talk, but are interrupted by a emergency phone call about the Customs Officer.

Meanwhile, over at the Evil Syndicate, Patrick is speaking with the man from the wine cellar.  The wine cellar man hired Patrick to seduce Sofia into marrying him.  Patrick would then drive Ripoll Chocolate into bankruptcy and that would force the sisters to sell the property to the Winey guy.  Patrick assures him that Sofia has agreed to marry him, just not right now.  Wine guy mocks him and says that Sofia doesn't respect him because she brings home the bacon.  A woman needs to feel that her man is a hero.  He tells Patrick that he will help him.  Labato, his right hand man will set it up.  Patrick should expect a phone call with further instructions.

Back to Sofia and Chava.  She has some rules.  He must NEVER call her by her first name.  Second, no jokes.  She is not amused.  A driver's job is to be there but be unnoticed.  Chava tells her that he'll always be close to her.

Daniela skips school and takes the cab to the mall.  While she is shopping, she is approached by a salesman (boy) who tells her the dress she is eyeing is on sale.  He add her up purchases and asks for cash.  It turns out that the sales man is a thief who has swiped the badge, jacket and clip board. He's steals from the rich and gives to himself.  Anyways, the real sales lady alerts security and they give chase.  The boy drags Daniela out of the building and drags her down the stairs.  While hiding from security, he takes the opportunity to kiss her and they make out a little.  He runs off in order to lead security away from her.

Over a Chava's house, Marisol refuses to wear the skirt her mother is repairing.  She will get a job so that she can buy her own clothes.  Her mother says that Chava wants Marisol to concentrate on her studies.

The secretary, Silvana, is at a rehab center screaming at a woman about her brother getting drugs.  Her brother jumped out of a window.  Oh my!  She storms off.

Back on Snob Hill, we learn the Chava dropped out of school to support the family after his father left.  He lives in the neighborhood where the factory is located.  Greta barges in and wants to know why Sofia didn't tell her about the car accident.  She wants to interview Chava.  Sofia gets a phone call from her Silvana saying that Patrick can't make the meeting and that she should go in his place.  Chava is hired on a trial basis.

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