Caray, Caray!

Here we go! Another episode loaded with action that will take us full circle to the beginning of the first episode.

We start out with Lichita still at work with Chuchette and Néstor looking on and realizing that they did not even renew her temporary contract. Néstor tells her life is not fair and Chuchette advises her that her contract expires tomorrow and to stay until the end of the day today if she wants to get paid for a full day. Those two leave and Lichita's phone rings. To make matters even worse it is her mother Elsa calling her from the hospital to let her know that her dad's surgery went well but that they needed a few unexpected items in the operating room so the bill will be a little higher for a total of 45,000 pesos. With the added charges, Lichita will have to come by to sign on her credit card so they can discharge her dad. Her mom is relieved that at least Lichita has a good job but that they will all work to get the debt paid off. Lichita tells her Mom not to worry. Lichita feels the weight of it all and does not know what she will do.

In the next scene, Lichita is at the hopital signing for the bill. Her dad don Nacho is sitting wearing his glasses over both of his bandaged eyes. A taxi will be coming to pick them up. Her mother asks her if she is okay. Lichita says she is. Her dad is agitated that Lichita had to come at all and starts to harp on how much the operation cost. Her mom tells him to just rest and brings up the fact that Lichita has a good job now with her permanent contract. Lichita says she has to get back to work and leaves. The temporarily blinded by bandages don Nacho goes to bless Lichita but she is already gone and he ends up kissing his wife's hand.


The next stop is in an apartment where Gumaro is wondering if they are really going to believe that Roberto is an advertising executive. Roberto assures him that it is his specialty and that he only has to get a contract and then it is all ideas and he has plenty of those. Gumaro sees them more as lies. Roberto says since nobody wants to give him a second chance, lying is what he has to do. Advertising is the perfect place to sell what isn't really there. Gumaro has created a false curriculum vitae for him and says that they will see how it goes--as always. Gumaro has given the telephone numbers of some friends for the references so they don't find out that they live in a model apartment. Roberto just doesn't want to go back to his bad paying old jobs. They talk about a jacket he has to return. It still has the tags on it. He just wants to buy something he will not have to return later. The schtick in the scene is that the door bell keeps ringing and each time Gumaro answers it there is a middle aged couple asking for info on the model apartment. The first three times Gumaro tells them to just wait and closes the door so he can continue his conversation with Roberto.The fourth time they knock, he answers the door and they are gone. Gumaro does not understand why they just could not wait a little while.

Lichita is talking to her friend Braulio about losing her contract and all of the pressure she is under. She is feelimg the weight of her responsibility. Braulio gives her a pep talk and tells her she is so talented but she has to believe it herself. Braulio is under pressure, too, especially with recording video testimonials from the employees for the Iconika's 30th anniversay party.

At home, Elsa (Lichita's mom) is asking don Nacho (her dad) if Lichita wasn't looking a little strange. He cannot answer that because with the bandages over his eyes he is not seeing anything. Anyway, with her new permanent contract she is going to be under more stress and pressure. Elsa agrees it could be that. Elsa then asks Magos if she could help look after her dad while her mother Elsa goes to work. She will keep an eye out for him but she will be going to pick up Jimena at school. Don Nacho knows she is looking for excuses not to help. What good is seeing if he is only going to see the shame of the situation? He starts whimpering and wailing.

Next we are in the board room of Icónika where a meeting from hell (my words) is taking place. Sandra is on the rampage because of the bad position Elías left them all in. She needs the "Más" supermarket plan campaign completed. Lichita is at the meeting and offers to help with info she has but since the campaign is not completed, she is turned down flat by Sandra who seems to take a particular pleasure in reminding her she is fired, not talented, etc. Sandra tells them all she needs it completed or heads are going to roll. Lichita wants to bring up her contract but Sandra cuts her off and tells her she no longer works there and to get out. The others are told if they cannot do their job, they will be replaced. She wants the campaign NOW.

A very upset Lichita goes to see Braulio who has been video recording testimonials from the employees. He is under so much pressure to get the recordings dome, he is talking to himself, too. When Lichita arrives he puts her on the chair in front of the camera and leaves on an errand. The camera is recording and Lichita takes this opportunity to record what she really thinks about Ikónica. She vents her anger and goes off on the company with its arrogant executives where the hopes and lives of the employees are ruined. Braulio returns and breaks her ranting saying she needs to learn how to stop people from stepping all over her. She responds that he just does not get it. Advertising is her life and now she has been thrown out on the street. She leaves. He follows. An assistant arrives and takes the camera to process the recordings.

Roberto is trying to return the jacket (he evidently wore, guess there is no receipt)The salesman wants to know when he bought it exactly because it now has a stain on it. He distracts the salesman with double talk and talking about buying a tie. The salesman goes to get more ties to show him amd to get another jacket to replace his stained one.

Lichita shows up at her mother's workplace: the supermarket. She tells her the truth that she did not get her permanent contract. Her mother says she knows that it is bad news but thanks God it is nothing more serious. Lichita makes sure she knows that tomorrow is her last day of work.

As he is waiting for the salesman to return, Roberto's wallet is nearly stolen off the counter where he has left it by a street urchin who has snuck into the store. Roberto sees him and saves his wallet but does not turn the kid in to the saleman.

Back at the supermarket, Elsa is telling her daughter that none of the jerks she worked for are worth crying over. Elsa knows how it is to work for people like that because it is the same thing at her job. The owners never think about what they waste. In her case it is the food that they make them throw out a full week before its expiration date when there are so many people who could take advantage of it. As they are talking a light bulb has gone off in Lichita's head. She has the solution right there. Her mom thinks she wants a job at the supermarket. No, that is not it. She has the hook/slogan for the supermarket campaign: "'Más' está en donde más se necesita" ("Más" is where you need it the most.)("Más" is the name of the supermarket chain). Lichita tells her mom not to worry her dad by telling him she lost her job and she is off with her new idea for the campaign.

Back at the men's store, Roberto says the kid is with him and tells him to sit and wait for him. The salesman returns with another suit jacket, Roberto picks up a tie and manages to put another suit coat (It looks like the same one he has and Gumaro did like it so maybe it is for him) into the suit bag before he leaves.

Chuchette is making Lichita's life miserable by telling her it is so sad that her contract was not renewed followed by a flurry of insults. She then excuses herself because she has to get ready for the anniversary party. Lichita is just busy at her computer working on the campaign. Lichita then tells us that she could put up with the humilliation in order to present her proposal to Sandra because she had a lot of reasons not to let herself be defeated: the members of her family were the reasons.

In the next scene, Roberto and the street urchin are seated at a picnic table in a park where Roberto has bought him lunch. The kid was hungry. that was why he was going to steal his wallet. Roberto is trying to give the kid some good advice since when he was a child he was in a similar situation. He tells Roberto that stealing is not a good thing and that there are shelters for kids like him where they can have a roof over their head, a bed and food. He writes down the address of one of those shelters and gives it to the kid.

At Augusto de Toledo's mansion, he and his wife Beatriz are just about ready to leave for the anniversary party. Augusto wants the 30th anniversay party of Ikónica to be just perfect. He would like them to act more lovingly towards each other at the party. No oroblem for her, she has never stopped loving him. He wants them to look like the enviable married couple they are. He is ready to leave but she isn't. There are negotiations. She wants him to accompany her to her events: a charity concert at Chapultepec and a bonsai contest where she plans on taking 1st place. Is she ready to leave now? It would not be good if they the owners of Ikónica got there late. She wants to pray. She prays for strength in the face of the worldly pleasures she is going to face. After a while, Augusto gets impatient and just carries her out.

At work, Lichita tries to get an invitation to the party. Fátima the secretary finally gives in and gives her an invitation if it is so important to her. She tells her she cannot go dressed as she is so she should go down to the production wardrobe and borrow something used for the "Illusion Fabrics" commercials. Lichita picks out a pretty red dress. As she holds it up to herself in the mirror, she has a fantasy where she is dancing very dramatically with Roberto. She gets all tangled up and falls. She cannot even get it right in her fantasy but it doesn't matter because she is never going to see that man again in her life. Lichita reappears to tell us that she was mistaken.

It is party time!!!! The venue is outside all around a huge swimming pool. Roberto arrives and the first thing he does is the old bump and grab: he bumps into a group of guys and comes up with a cell phone that he categorizes as a "loan". Chuchette is right there to greet him and get her hands all over him. Lichita arrives next in the pretty red dress but with a backpack on. She skulks around the party.

Braulio is going over the testimonials with his assistant when he finds out that the assistant included Lichita's recording. Braulio is not happy.

Chuchette is the master of ceremonies and welcomes everybody to the 30th anniversary party of Icónika the most important advertising agency in Iberoamerica. In just a bit they will be showing employee testimonials.

Braulio runs into the skulking Lichita and wants to know what she is doing there. She runs past him to see Sandra. She is unable to tell Sandrda about the ad campaign because Sandra just cuts her off. Braulio grabs her and tells her they are about to show the video with her performance on it. It is like that old game "monkey in the middle" as she takes turns trying to talk to them both. She is just about to tell Sandra when she is interrupted by someone who grabs Sandra's attention. So Lichita turns and grabs Braulio and a girl Brisas to help her find the dvd with the testimonials on it. Braulio goes to re-edit a new dvd on his computer while Lichita and Brisas go to find the old one.

Finally we have the arrival of our power couple Augusto and Beatriz but before that Chuchette has to get her hands all over Roberto one more time. She kisses him and slaps him on the butt and goes to announce Augusto and Beatriz. Roberto is left practicing how he plans to introduce himself to Augusto. Then Chuchette does the intro and Augusto and Beatriz enter like royalty. Lichita and Brisas find the assistant and Brisas uses the excuse that since  she did the cover design she would like to check the dvd if she could. It turns out he is still waiting for it from Licenciado Urieta. Lichita and Brisas split up to find him.

At Lichita's house, Jimena is helping her grandmother Elsa use the computer. They end up lookimg up chicken recipes. Magos finally gets off the couch and comes on over. Elsa suggests that Magos help her take down the clothes that have been drying. No help from Magos who is suddenly very tired and retreats to the couch.

Chuchette is back with Roberto wanting to introduce him to Augusto. No, he doesn't want to put her in an uncomfortable position. She then grabs him and tells him if he wants to put her in an uncomfortable position, here is the pass to her hotel suite. She  passes it to him from her mouth to his. She has to leave him momentarily to do her public relations job. After she leaves, Roberto tells himself he is not leaving without getting the job.

Augusto and Beatriz are talking to a group of reporters as Roberto approaches. He owes his success to a great team amd his wife. They kiss. Beatriz says Augusto is dedicated to his work and she to the Ladies of Charity. They describe themselves as the perfect married couple, the perfect couple. They are both devoted to their children. Robeto rushes in with the stolen cell phone as voice recorder and is almost stopped by a bodyguard. Roberto says he is doing a report on Ikónica and he would like Augusto to give him an interview. The problem is that Augusto never gives interviews.

Lichita and Brisas are still scurrying around looking for the dvd. Chuchette is talking with her colleague Néstor who is married with children but still seems to have a thing for her. She just laughs and tells him she has to get the video presentation ready to go.

Augusto continues to tell Roberto, as nicely as he can, that he has never given an interview in his life but it is clear that his annoyance is growing with Roberto's persistence. He is not interested in his readers or potential customers--only real customers. Business leaders know about him and his company already. Roberto says he has never taken "no" for an answer or given in. Augusto laughs thinking that Roberto would think he would give in to him.

Chuchette calls Brisas stupid if she thinks now is the time to fix a video. Brisas says it will look bad on Chuchette because wasn't she supposed to go over the dvd to make sure it was okay? The truth is that Chuchette does not have the dvd. Néstor has it. Brisas tells Lichita who goes to look for Néstor.

Any semblance of courtesy is quickly disappearing from Augusto's demeanor. Roberto wants to know why Augusto does not like interviews. Cannot they chat like friends? Finally Augusto whispers to him if he does not leave the party on his own, he will throw Roberto out himself. Roberto get the look from the bodyguard.

Lichita has found Néstor who does not know what she is doing there. She says that Chuchette ordered her to bring the dvd to her. Néstor starts playing with her holding the dvd just out of her reach and making her jump. The old hand is quicker than the eye. Lichita gets it and a tug of war ensues.

Roberto is talking to Gumaro on the stolen phone, telling him he is not leaving there without a job. Gumaro tells him to be alert so nobody does anything to him. Roberto says he can do it on his own. At least they learned to defend themselves in the orphanage and in the juvenile detention center.

Lichita is still fighting Néstor for the dvd when it pops out of both of their hands and becomes airborn. It is caught by the bodyguard who throws it like a frisbee and ends up embedded horizontally in a croissant sandwich. A guest grabs the sandwich off a tray and notices it just as he is biting, takes it out of his mouth and throws it down. It travels across the floor and Lichita has it; but she doesn't for long because someone inadvertently kicks it into the swimming pool. So with no thought other than to get that dvd, Lichita runs and jumps on the pool. Lichita tells us one imoortant fact here: she had forgotten one important detail when she jumped into the pool: she does not know how to swim.

Lichita starts to drown as Chuchette gets everyone dancing. She cries for help but nobody hears her. Néstor and Chuchette compare notes: she tells him she never sent Lichita for the dvd. If there is anything wrong with the video she is blaming it all on Néstor. He just wants to put the moves on her and dance. Chuchette tells him to take a good look at her and turns all the way around. She tells him none of it will ever be his. She calls him a naco (low class dolt with no manners) and walks away.

The owner of the "Más" supermarket chain is with Augusto and Sandra. He is all excited about the ad campaign they have prepared for his company. The meeting where it will be presented is tomorrow. Sandra would like to move the meeting back. That is a "no go" for Mr. "Más". He wonders if the "supermarket" is too big for them. She assures him he will have his meeting and campaign tomorrow. After Mr. "Más" goes, Augusto tells Sandra he needs to talk to her.

Roberto's stolen phone rings he answers. It is Gumaro. Chuchette is looking for him but has to go introduce Augusto instead. Roberto puts the phone away and notices somebody is in the pool and that they are drowning. Then we have Lichita introducing herself and telling us today is the last day of her life.

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