Casa del Cochinito, etal
Chava
arrives just as Armie and Nandito are leaving for school. Nandito gives Mommy Dearest clear
instructions to feed Pigleto. Chava has
brought along a gate for Pigleto to make sure he doesn't get out. Momma wastes no time in calling Pigleto a
Marrano Inutil, once everyone leaves.
Casa de Chava
Lupe prays
for guidance from La Virgincita. Should
she tell Paco that Octavio isn't Sofia's father? Or should she keep her trap
shut?
Renzi Realty
Janitor
reports to Chava that el Sr. Tostado (love
it!) is usually there early and leaves by 5:00 but he hasn't been there
today. Chava tells him to keep an eye on
him and take note on his comings and goings.
And while he's at it, see if he can find out anything on anyone who
comes to see him. Janitor agrees and
will also check with his friend the guard to see if he has any info worth
sharing. Chava's getting his money's worth on this guy.
Aracely's Office
Aracely
tells Armando she's preparing a response to the attorney on behalf of
Irma. Armie tells he wants custody of
Nandito. She counters by saying Irma's
not crippled (lisiada) for life and is still recuperating and thinks
it's in bad form for Armie to take advantage of the situation. Armie insists Irma is faking it to entrap
him. Even the doctor says she should be
walking by now. There's nothing
physically wrong with her but she refuses to go to the psychologist. She's only doing that to keep him at the
house, and that's not right! He has to
do something! Aracely accuses him
of doing it all for “esa mujer.” He
doesn't deny he's in love with Alexa but reminds her that the relationship with
Irma was over long ago and he has a right to his freedom! AND......he has a right to custody of his son
if Irma isn't able to care for him!
Aracely doesn't agree. Nandito is
Irma's life. Armie can't take him away from her. Armie says the judge can decide. Aracely feels like she's got her back against
the wall (entre la espada y la pared).
Irma's her cousin and he's her friend.
She isn't representing Irma as an attorney. She just agreed to write a response to the
attorney. Armie thinks she should just
go ahead and represent Irma. As her
attorney and as Nandito's aunt, she would do what's best for Nandito. They both agree what is most important is Nandito's
well being.
Casa del Cochinito, etal – Catfight!
Irma is
getting herself all gussied up for her company, “La condenada chancluda”.
The spider invites Alexa into her parlor.
Irma explains the gate at the door is there because of the mendigo
cochino Alexa gave Nandito. Irma
accuses her of giving Nandito the pig just to mess up (jorobar) her
life, insisting the piglet only to causes her more work. Alexa isn't going to listen to this and wants
to leave. Irma won't let her leave
without giving her a piece of her mind!
She accuses Alexa of continue to meddle with her family. Stupid Alexa falls right into her trap and
defends her position, saying Armie is such a gentleman and the only reason he's
there is because Irma isn't able to care for Nandito. Irma insists Armie's there because he still
loves her. Oh, no he's not! Says
Alexa. There's nothing left of that love
and it's all Irma's fault. Irma asks if
Alexa is sure Armie loves her. When
Alexa says yes, Irma tells her to accept the fact that she's her husband's
lover! Alexa defends their love and
they've managed through it all for their love of Nandito. Irma accuses her of trying to win over
Nandito by using Pigleto. Alexa says she
has a special relationship with Nandito that is separate from what she feels
for Armie. Irma taunts, her saying the
only thing left to say is that she “loves Nandito as though he were her son!” Alexa won't deny that she dreams of the day she
will be with Armie and Nandito. Irma
doesn't see how that will happen since she plans to be tied to this chair til
Kingdom Come. Alexa accuses her of
faking it and says Irma's a far better actress but would do well to stop the
theatrics. She tells Irma to have some
dignity and let Armie go. Irma says
Alexa's the one who should show some dignity and let Armie go, “Condenada
coscolina (of loose morals=floozy)!”
Alexa
accuses Irma of not wanting to get better and selfishly keeping Armie and
Nandito from being happy. Irma spits out
that she refuses to leave the way clear for Alexa! Alexa:
“Not you, nor anyone, can stop this love of ours.” Irma repeats that Alexa must leave her family
alone! Alexa tells her she's (Irma) the
odd woman out here. Irma gets
really angry, “Condenada coscolina!
Rompe hogares (homewrecker) Roba Maridos (husband
snatcher)!” Alexa calls her crazy (pot,
calling kettle) and finally manages to get the hell outta there! Irma manages a “Zorra! (slut)” before
Alexa exits the building – in slooooow-mo!
Picture this, as Alexa leaves, Aracely walks up and sees her entering a
taxi. Renzi's goon is hiding behind a
tree watching it all unfold. Meanwhile,
inside Insane Irma is in a rage! She
beats her face with a wooden spoon, stabs her arm with a steak knife, throws
something through the kitchen table, and repeatedly bangs her head against the
wall! Only Pigleto is witness to this
madness. Way to go girl! Get your aggression out AND frame the zorra
who is stealing away your man! Aracely walks up and hears Irma calling for
help. Irma is on the floor, crying that
Armie's lover came over and beat her up!
Ooooh, Irma, you just bought yourself a big ol’ anvil!
Empresa Ripoll
A bouquet of
a gazillion red roses arrives for Alexa.
Noemi gets on the horn right away with the gossip.
Depa del Borracho and the Dramatic
Drunk
Marisol is
trying to console her “bereft” father who is weeping that he wants to be left
alone to die. He cries that he's going
to die alone. Marisol tells him he's not
alone – he has his family. He cries that
Lupe left him for someone else and has stopped loving him. Waaaah.
There no reason for living. He
tells Marisol she's the only one who loves him.
Then he starts yelling again for her to leave him to die alone. Marisol refuses to leave him like this. He cries that he's lost everything and
repeatedly tells her to let him be.
Waaaaaah. Poor Marisol refuses to
give up and then Javier actually throws himself to the floor crying for
Lupe. “Lupe, Lupe, por que Lupe?” puhleeeeze
Don Manuel's Garage
Chava
updates Manuel on Patotas' condition when he gets the call from Marisol about
their Delirious, Drunk Dad. She's never
dealt with a drunk before and doesn't know what to do. Chava is on his way.
Casa del Cochinito y La Loca
Irma refuses
Aracely's attempts at first aid. She's
checking out the damage in the mirror and wants to go straight to the po-po and
press charges against Alexa. Aracely
warns her that this is no joking matter (guess
cuz may not be buying what Irma's selling).
Damn! Aracely wonders if Irma might not have fallen and hurt herself. Irma insists Alexa did all the damage. Alexa threw her from the chair and beat
her. She can't believe Aracely doubts
her! Well, if Aracely won't take her,
she'll go alone to press charges against her husband's lover! Aracely has no choice but to grab her purse
and go along on Irma's Wild Ride.
Renzi's goon
is still outside, hiding behind the tree when he sees Aracely roll the beat up
Irma outside.
Empresa Ripoll
Reception
area -- Armie walks by and sees the ginormous bouquet of roses. He assumes they're for Sofia. Noemi informs him they're for Alexa. D'oh, what? She informs him they're from none
other than that infamously gorgeous thespian, Paolo Elizondo.
Oficina de
Sofia -
Sylvana is pointing out that the overtime, double-time, and sometimes
triple-time put in by their slaves er, employees is going to be trés
cher! Sofia thanks her for her trouble
but reminds her that their slaves, er, employees are very willing right
now (to work for nothing, I guess). Sylvana just wanted her to see that at some
point, they're going to want to be paid and they need to be prepared to respond
to the union. Sofia has it all under
control. She's already paid off,
er, negotiated with the union. The most
important things right now is to cover all the shipments and improve cash
flow. Sylvana knows how hard everyone's
been working and is offering to work just as hard to save the company. Sofia thanks her, but no thanks. Sylvana expresses her desire to win back
Sofia's confidence. Sofia says that will
take time. Sylvana gets the point and
leaves.
Matias' lab
– He gets a call from Joveth who is missing him and suggests they meet for
din-din. Matias imagines him and Joveth
at a swanky restaurant where he hands over all his cash to the waiter. Joveth clarifies she's inviting him over to
Irais' depa for a home cooked meal.
Well, that's different then, what time!
Delegación
Aracely
wheels a bloodied and beaten Irma in.
Aracely asks her again if she's sure she wants to go through with
it. Meanwhile Renzi's goon has called
Sr. Tostado to report that Irma's at the Delegación!
Mr. Toastie
is miffed and assumes she's there to snitch on him. The goon is armed and Mr. Toastie tells him
to go ahead and do his worst but as the goon steps up to Irma he realizes she's
there to press charges against Alexa. He
calls Mr. Toastie and reports. Mr.
Toastie is very surprised and tells the goon to keep an eye on her.
Back at the
po-po, Detective Tavarez asks if Irma had an accident. “This was no accident. All these injuries were caused by Alexa
Ripoll and I'm here to press charges!”
Empressa Ripoll
Alexa
gossips with Irais and tells her about her altercation with Irma, saying she
left after Irma insulted her. Irais reports
Paolo called to remind her about the readings.
Alexa's flattered he would take the time. Then she learns about the flowers. Ostras!
She wonders if everyone's seen them.
Ostras! Armie saw them! She wonders if Armie will be angry and thinks
it would be best to remove the flowers.
Torre del Diablo
Patricio
comes to el Diablo's office to face the music.
Little does he know Ollie has already spilled the entire olla de
frijoles. Peralta good naturedly asks if
Patricio has married Miss Ripoll.
Patricio stupidly begins to say
he's very close but Peralto quickly interrupts him and jumps up, gun in hand,
and says he hates it when Patricio lies to him.
He informs him he already knows that he was jilted at the altar because
of that chofer. How pathetic. He asks how Patricio is planning to complete
his mission since he obviously hasn't done anything right. All he had to do was discreetly seduce her,
marry her and that was that. But
nooooooo, he's not even man enough to keep a good for nothing chofer from
stealing away his woman! Patricio
stands there and sheepishly explains that Chava won her over with his stupid
Romeo and Juliet fantasy. But have no
fear, Chava will not win. Patricio has
Greta on his side. She may not help him
win over Sofia, but she'll help to undermine Chava. Peralta wonders if maybe Patricio would have
been better off wooing the elder Ripoll since they apparently get along so
well. Patricio explains he knows a
secret about Greta. Peralta says that
instead of hiding behind that woman's skirts, Patricio should have killed Chava
when he had the chance at that race. Mr.
Toastie chimes in they tried again at the PanAmerica Race but that darn Chava
has more lives than a cat! They can try
again. Enough! Says Peralta. Three attempts would be too obvious. That
would attract the attention of the police to Toastie and Renzi. That would lead them to Peralta. He realizes he should rid himself of these
two idiots. Patricio and Toastie explain
about the chocolate contamination and the ensuing lawsuit brought by Silvetti. In addition to Silvetti, other shipments were
impacted and Ripoll was unable to meet their obligation to other clients. Toastie and Patricio also made sure the story
was leaked to the press to cause more damage.
Many of the longtime clients now refuse to deal with Ripoll. Patricio is sure that without the necessary
cash flow (liquidez), Ripoll won't be able to pay their bills and the
factory will be foreclosed/bankrupt.
Depa del Borracho
Chava
arrives and Marisol tells him Javier just keeps repeating that he wants to
die. Chava says the only thing to do now
is take him to Cruz Roja.
Delegación
Irma tells
Terraza that she was very much the lady when Alexa came to visit. It was Alexa who offended her and became very
aggressive. It was when Irma accused her
of being Armie's lover that the beating started. She wasn't able to cry out because Alexa
pushed her against the wall and that's when she cut her brow! Aracely testifies Irma refused to get medical
help, wishing instead to come directly to la delegación. Irma continues, “As much as I pleaded with
her not to beat a poor defensive paralítica, Alexa continued slapping me,
scratching my face. She even kicked me in
the ribs when I was thrown to the floor.
Hopefully, she didn't break one.”
Terraza can't believe Alexa would do such a thing and Aracely asks again
if Irma is sure this is truly what happened.
Irma is angry they don't believe her, seeing how she's all bloodied and
all. She insists Alexa be arrested. Comandante explains he needs to hear Alexa's
version and asks Irma to see their medical personnel to evaluate her injuries
and add their statements to her complaint.
Empressa Ripoll
Alexa cheerfully
bounces up to Armie, who continues working.
He pulls her aside so they can speak in private. He asks about the flowers from Paolo. She insists it's a professional
relationship. He knows she couldn't be
blamed if she dumped him because of all his baggage. She assures him she's not tired of him, that
it doesn't matter. Well, he's tired of
feeling that his hands are tied, that they have to hide their love. She's sure that will change. He tells her he's asked his attorney to move
forward with the separation and custody of Nandito. Really.
Smoochies.
Armie’s only
worry is the impact this will have on Nandito.
Not to worry, Alexa says. Nandito
is strong and resilient. He'll
adapt. She suggests Armie move back to
his apartment. Once the legal drama
begins, Irma will be hell on wheels (pun intended). Armie thinks out loud that Irma's family can
take care of her and Nandito can come stay with him. He'll discuss it with his attorney. Alexa is glad they'll finally rid themselves
of his ex, especially after what happened today. She tells him of her visit to his home. Whaaaat!
Alexa mistakenly thought Irma had come to see reason. Well, she was wrong. As soon as she got there Irma insulted her
and well, Alexa got angry and they argued and things got ugly. She left before it got any worse. Armie doesn't understand why Alexa let
herself be talked into going there. He knows Irma is determined in ruining
their lives. She wants them to be as
bitter as she is. Alexa calms him down,
saying they'll soon be rid of her.
Hopefully the judge will see that Nandito belongs with Armie and they'll
live happily ever after.
Delegación
Irma names
Aracely as a witness. Whoa, Aracely saw
nothing, other than Alexa leaving the scene of the crime just as Irma cried out
for help. Comandante agrees to call
Alexa in to give her statement. Irma is
diappointed to learn that Alexa will not be arrested. Comandante seems openly against Irma.
Torre del Diablo
Peralta only
hopes that this story of sabotage is true.
Sofia Ripoll is a woman with many resources and won't be easily
defeated. Patricio assures him Sofia
will soon have nothing. He's talked
himself out of another mess. Peralta
lets him go and tells him to keep him informed.
Toastie and Pato walk out. Not so
fast, Toastie. Peralta assumes he's
managed to buy out the majority of the properties, right? Well, uh, uh......
La Cruz Roja
Chava hugs
Marisol and assures her Javier will be ok.
The doctor comes out and gives them the bad news that Javier has
irreversible damage to the liver. She's
recommending he be transferred to a specialized clinic to undergo the
appropriate treatment. When asked if
he's going to be ok, the doctor responds she doesn't know, and then asks if
they have medical insurance. (nice)
Marisol has insurance and money to pay for his treatment. Doctor will give them the necessary
information to have him transferred as soon as he comes to.
Rehab Center
Isadora is
actually there seeking help even though she doesn't consider herself an
alcoholic. She's there to prove to her
son that she can stop drinking.
Empressa Ripoll
Sofia's
office – Dani and Sofia review Ollie's efficiency plan. Dani suggests they hire this genius but Sofia
says they can't afford him. Dani is sure
he'd do it for no pay, he doesn't need it.
He has a rich daddy. Sofia gives
in and Dani explains how great his dad is.
Why, he even cut his trip short when he heard Ollie was having problems
with Mums. Sofia hopes Ollie will come
work with them and that she'll eventually meet Dani's future
father-in-law. Be careful what you wish for, dearie.
Torre del Diablo
Toastie
tries to explain he's had some problems convincing some homeowners to sell, but
he assures him that will soon be resolved.
“Problems.” How the devil detests that word. He wants an explanation. Toastie explains Chava is at the root of the
problem, rallying the homeowners against his plan. Peralta can't believe a chofer has more power
than Toastie to convince the homeowners.
Renzi explains Chava has their
respect and convinced them Renzi's Realty is not to be trusted. Chava has become an obstacle. Peralta can see that Chava is an obstacle
that neither Renzi or Pato have been able to overcome.
Cruz Roja
Marisol
explains to Lucas about her father's condition.
She tells him to explain to Sylvana she won't be in today but not to
give any info about her dad. Chava has
also checked in at work. He doesn't
think it's time to call Lupe. It would
be best to wait until they know what the clinic says.
Torre del Diablo
Peralta
continues roasting Toastie. How many
homes has he sold? Well, uh, Renzi
didn't bring the plan but he can explain......Peralta doesn't want any more
explanations. He wants to go to Renzi
Realty right now, review the plan and see how many properties (predios)
he's bought. He hopes, for Renzi's sake,
there is progress (adelantos) because the people they work with don't
put up with tonterías.
Casa Ripoll
Our first
and only visit with Greta tonight. She
sits in her room and thoughtbubbles about Pato's claim that Chava's ulterior plan
is to become the owner of Ripoll.
Empressa Ripoll
Alexa
happily tells Irais about the news of Armie's pending separation from
Irma. Irais doesn't want to be an aguafiestas
(Debbie Downer) but the mother is usually the one who gets custody. Alexa doesn't want to hear this. Any judge who can put two and two together
will see that Irma is not capable of caring for Nandito. She cites the two suicide attempts (technically one, but we see her point)
as proof. She's so optimistic that this
is finally the beginning for her and Armie.
Irais wants to review the new designs for candy wrappers, but Alexa refuses. Noemi comes in advising Alexa that Comandante
Tavares is here to see her. He walks in and advises her she is being
accused of assault! Tan-tan-TAN
Que te lo
digo yo!
Avances:
Alexa sees
“proof” of the alleged assault
Sylvana wants
to set a date and Pato thinks otherwise
Sofia
overhears Sylvana reminding Pato how they deceived her.
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