Caray, Caray!

I had extremely bad TV reception Monday night. I couldn't get any more than a second or two of good reception and finally lost the signal altogether. I had to watch this on Hulu without English captions so I'm sure I missed some of the dialogue. Please fill in what I missed in the comments.

From Friday:
We relive scenes from Sofia and Chava's wedding: The rings, the vows, the guests - Alexa looks like she jumped out of the shower in a hurry and just ran a comb through her hair. She looks awful. I notice Isadora is one of the guests, so apparently not all the Peraltas hate the Ripolls. The priest pronounces the couple husband and wife and we get a close up of DZ's sloppy kissing. Mercifully, he doesn't jam his tongue down her throat. Chava tells Sofia that they'll be together till the end of the world. The way he stalked her was there ever any doubt she'd never get rid of him?


Monday's Episode:
Outside the church the happy couple is greeted with cheers and flower petals.

Pato and Silvana are in a bubble bath (again). They talk about Peralta abandoning the SS (sinking ship) Ripoll and the wedding of Sofia and that imbecile Cruz.

Paco makes a toast to the newlyweds. At first I thought the reception was at Cuco's, but then I realized it was Lupe's house which has been repainted and redecorated. That horrible TV news set blue and the screaming pink are gone. It must have taken gallons of primer to cover those colors.

Irma sits at home and grouses about not being invited to the wedding. She hears noises and yelling and goes to the door. People are running past the house screaming, "The factory blew up! The factory is on fire!" Irma runs down the street with them to watch the flames and explosions. The entire structure is engulfed. Irma seems delighted.

Newest Ripoll Truffle flavor: Burnt Chocolate.

Back at the reception, Chava and Sofia cut the cake. Everyone parties and dances. Sofia and Chava dance and kiss to more cheers. Alexa and Armie try hard not to look at each other. Greta and Paco look at the newlyweds longingly. There is loud knocking on the door. Chava answers and Irma runs in the door and shouts the news about the fire. Everyone runs to the factory and watches more flames and explosions - it looks like we see the same explosions as before. Sofia cries and is told that all the workers got out in time. The security guard, Arispe, says there was an explosion, then the fires broke out. Sofia, meet Captain Obvious.

Irma runs in between two suspicious characters and announces, "The firefighters are coming." The two men make their getaway from the crowd. Alexa clings to Fausto. Irma catches Alexa's eye and smiles and laughs silently. Greta and Sofia sob that all their hopes and memories are ending in tragedy. Finally a lone firetruck arrives and two firefighters with a single hose shoot a piddling stream of water on the chocolate inferno. I guess there's only one firetruck in the whole city because no others ever show up.

They might as well just pee on it.

Fuzzy Tavarres arrives. He questioned some of the employees who said they heard strange explosions. Someone please tell me when an explosion is NOT strange. Chava thinks it was arson. More explosions come from the building. Irma smiles like a maniac while everyone cries.

I had nothing whatsoever to do with this.

Peralta grins at Pato and says, "At this moment Chocolates Ripoll is being erased from the face of the earth." Pato figured something was up since Peralta's people were emptying out his office. Peralta wants Pato to be his right hand man and offers him a new "opportunity". Pato thought the destruction of the factory meant his job was over, he'd get his money and get the hell out of Dodge. Peralta says this new job means scads and scads more money. All Pato has to do is pledge his unconditional loyalty. Pato accepts and shakes the devil's hand.

Sofia and Chava cuddle in bed. He tells her that Lupe' used to say that God doesn't give you anything more than you can handle. Chava will be with her through the good and the bad. Sofia says all she needs is to be in his arms.

Next morning Sofia tells Greta and Fausto that they have to wait for the results of the insurance investigation and which will determine whether the fire was an accident or arson.

Chava bursts into Peralta's office and accuses him of torching the factory because Sofia dumped him for Chava. Peralta claims he had nothing to do with the fire. What reason would he have to try to ruin the Ripolls? Chava is sure he did it for the money and vows that Peralta will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Chava storms past Oliver in the hall and tells him his dad is a rotten, no-good, dirty rat bastard. Oliver goes into the office and asks why Salvador was so angry. Peralta tells him that Chava accused him of setting the fire that destroyed the factory. Apparently Oliver didn't know about the fire. He tries to rush off to see Dani but Peralta tells him to Man Up and wait for her to come to him. A frustrated Oliver leaves and doesn't even notice Pato coming in.

Armie and Nandito talk about the factory fire and Alexa.

Pato enters a seedy restaurant and slips a wad of money under the table to the two shady characters who were outside the burning factory. He warns them to keep their mouths shut.

At Cuco's, Dani addresses a meeting of the Ripoll employees, "The insurance company is investigating the cause of the fire and at this time we don't know what the future of the company will be." The employees are worried; with no jobs how are they supposed to live?

Pato reports back to Peralta. The firebugs got their money. Peralta tells Pato to get with Regina to set up an office. Pato leaves and Peralta calls Sofia. He feigns concern about the terrible fire and asks if they have found the cause. He takes the opportunity to remind Sofia that she owes him money. She tells him not to worry he'll get his money, then hangs up on him. Chava comes in with lunch. WOW! These two spent some money updating Lupe's house. New paint, new furniture and new appliances for a woman who has never cooked a meal in her life. Maybe some of that money should have gone toward paying back Peralta.  

Marisol tries to call Pato but gets his voice mail. She tells him to *please* return her call. Meanwhile, Silvana is having a tizzy fit. She was expecting Pato to get his money so they could leave the country. Pato tells her that he's going to make a lot more money, more than she can imagine, by continuing to work for Peralta. They're going to have it all! Silvana just wants their freedom. Pato says that with the factory gone Peralta can start the Magnus Project. Silvana is happy that the Ripolls are going broke and that witch Greta will finally be forced to live like a peon.

Oliver visits Dani at the Ripoll house. She is surprised because she thought he didn't care about her anymore. He confesses that he still loves her. He says he is going to go to work in his father's company.

Alexa and Paolo finish the final scene in their movie. The director thanks Alexa for her hard work and dedication to the movie. Alexa says she was just doing what she loves. Paolo is sure that Alexa will be offered many more movie roles.

At Don Manuel's garage, Armie tells Chava that accusing Peralta of arson was a dumbass move. I think there is some talk here about the Ripolls selling the mansion.

Paolo asks if he has a chance with Alexa - maybe not right now, but sometime in the future. She tells Paolo that he is a wonderful, handsome, caring man but... (It's not you, it's me) ...despite the bad times they are going through, she is still in love with Armie.

Chava asks if Armie and Alexa have reconciled. He admits they haven't. Armie gets a phone call and seems upset.

Alexa and Dani talk about Sofia's strength and great attitude in spite of all her troubles. Alexa gets a message from Paolo. Since Alexa and Armie broke up, Dani sees no reason why Alexa shouldn't get together with Paolo. Alexa says it isn't possible because she is still in love with Armie, but she and Paolo can be friends.

Armie sits alone in a restaurant and Paolo enters and sits down at the table. Armie says, "I thought you'd come with your girlfriend." Paolo tells Armie that he doesn't have a girlfriend. He's here to give Armie another opportunity. Paolo leaves and Armie throws his napkin on the table in disgust. He gets up to leave and sees Alexa walking toward him. She asks, "Armando, what are you doing here?"

At the dinner table Marisol is feeling sick. Chava tells her to take some bicarbonate. She says she's just worried about what will happen with the factory. Marisol leaves the table to go to bed. Chava thinks that Marisol is still mourning the loss of their mother.

Armie thought Alexa was meeting her boyfriend. Alexa says, "Paolo is not my boyfriend. Paolo and I have a beautiful friendship but my heart belongs to you." Armie remembers Paolo's words about giving him another opportunity. Armie tells Alexa he can't be with her, they've just had too many problems. Alexa tells him he's the only man she thinks of. Alexa is sure that Paolo arranged this rendezvous to get them back together. Armie holds Alexa and tells her it's all his fault. He apologizes for being a total freakin' bonehead. Paolo peeks around the corner and sees their embrace, "It was worth it. Good-bye, Alexa." They say their "I love you's" and kiss passionately.


End of Episode.


Advances:
Silvana finds out about Marisol and Pato
Irma gets arrested

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