Caray, Caray!

Benito quickly covers his "old man" gaffe and claims the viejo in question is Anibal.  He was just telling his dad about him and Rey was worried, too.  Fi's grateful and all, but she can take care of herself, thanks.  "Say hi to your parents when you see them."

Osvaldo has been summoned to the Ministerio Publico and Dante kept the info from Eloisa.  I'm guessing this is about the "accidental" shooting of Pedro.  Osvaldo should be fine, as long as he doesn't have any priors and hey, he didn't do anything wrong, right?  Sonia eavesdrops as she puts on her face.  Or her other face.  Whichever.



Adela warns Vito that Diana's family tree has some potentially fake branches.  Neither knows why, but Adela just wants him to be careful.  Vito summons his new right hand gal into his office and makes up a story of his own about Adela being there to look for a missing earring.  Oh, and by the way, he'd like to invite Diana's entire family to dinner at La Dolce Vita…tonight!  Smooth segue there, Vito.

Gael introduces Gianna to the entertainment room.  She's impressed he wants to spend the day hanging out with her when he could go anywhere.  Roxi lurks in the doorway.  Gael accidentally asks Gianna out on a date and then backpedals…but then maybe?  Gianna suddenly remembers she has to take her meds, neatly avoiding the question.  Roxi tries to mock Gael with "Don Quixote" and he corrects her…"Don Juan."  He tells her to stay out of it.  Dante hears their arguing about Gael's love life and starts recording with his phone just as Roxi says she'd do anything to get those darn Italianas out of the house.  Gael warns her not to mess with Gianna, and oh yeah, Roxi's jealous.  Dante slinks away before Roxi stomps out of the room.

Pedro's happy that his wound is healing and Eloisa's still in the dark about the gunshot.  Fidel doesn't think that's the real reason.  Pedro admits he's very esperanzado (hopeful) with Fiorella.  Fidel suggests Pedro take her out, you know, on a date.  Pedro grins giddily.  Good thing he's got Fidel around to come up with these brilliant ideas for him!

Sonia meets Fabio for coffee and plotting.  She doesn't want the partnership broken up any more than Fabio does, so she suggests he threaten to press charges against Osvaldo for assault--which would make Osvaldo's currently small legal problem (shooting Pedro) a much bigger one.

Surprise, surprise, Diana can't get her family to the restaurant tonight, but maybe next week?  Sure!  But Vito wants the WHOLE family…her mom, her "sister," her "nephew," and any family pets.  I might be kidding about that last part.

Fiorella's exhausted after her first day as a personal assistant.  "It's amazing how much that lady does!"  Hmmm, I'd like to feel some of that amazement myself, 'cause I can't even imagine.  She had Fi running around "all" day.  Gianna is happy that Gael asked her out.  In fact, she's feeling things for both Gael and Benito.  "You can't be playing with their feelings!"  Umm, is it wrong that I asked "Why not?!"  I mean, come on, she's young, she might be dying, she doesn't need to be settling down with one of them.  What's wrong with dating?  Gianna agrees with me.  And she doesn't think she's really encouraged either one.  Someone's encouraged about something, because a note gets slipped under the door.  After Fiorella's initial suspicions--bomb?  poisoned letter? another ring?--Gi goes to grab it.  It's for Fi.  "Ragazza, you stole my heart, so let me steal you away…to dinner.  Let me lose myself in your gaze."  Not bad, Pedro.  Not bad at all.

Later that night, Fi scrambles to find ONE lip gloss in her purse, while Pedro is chewing his nails trying to decide between four different suits.  Kids, kids…neither one of y'all is going to care!  Let's get this show on the road already!  Gi only has the one dress, really, but another appears magically in her closet.  Similarly floral.  Similarly flirty.  It's her signature look.  Pedro peruses his watches and carefully selects one, thus cementing my suspicion that Pedro's whole "look" is an homage to Tony Stark. Fi gives San Biagio a bit of a shine.  No, Pedro!  No cologne!  You're losing me, dude.

Aw, crap, Eloisa's waiting outside Pedro's room.  And she knows he's going somewhere, 'cause she's not stupid.  He hides his sling in his jacket and gets the hell outta there while Eloisa calls…Aitana?...and tells her they've got to hurry.

Dude, Pedro just rode up on a horse to pick Fi up at the gate.  With a red rose.  Fi balks at a horseback ride in a skirt, but if it's a choice between that and walking…she picks the horse.

Dante shows Eloisa the video and pushes the idea that Roxi's up to no good.  Apparently both the theft of Gianna's medicine AND the planted ring in Fi's room are supposed to be Roxi's fault.  Dante pretend-regretfully says they all obviously misjudged Fiorella, but Eloisa corrects it from "we" to "y'all."  Anyway, obviously, Roxi's behind everything.  The Rabid Racoon herself enters and Eloisa confronts her with the recording.

Diana is working the hostess' desk at La Dolce Vita when Pedro and Fiorella arrive.  Pedro's offering Fi the horse, if she likes him.  He can stay in the stables.  The horse, that is.  Diana is shocked to hear Pedro's name and he assumes that means a problem with his reservation, but no, his usual table is ready.  Fi makes sure to pointedly ask Diana if she's allowed to use the bathroom this time, which confuses Pedro a bit and WHY IS SHE WEARING THAT CARDIGAN OVER HER DRESS?  Sorry.  Distracted.  Diana shows them to their table.

Julieta drinks.  Alone.  Which is apparently the batsignal for Sergio.  He's the last person who should be getting all up in anybody's face about their drinking habits.  Or maybe not.  From his vast experience, he can tell her that all the drinking he does doesn't do a damn thing to help him forget.  He suggests if she has something she needs to forget, they start with…dinner.  She's lost the dead weight and life must have great things in store for her.  Like…perhaps…him?  "Let me be the love of your life."  Somewhat-reluctant face-smushing ensues.

Pedro isn't sure if he should toast to Fi's lips, her eyes, or his good fortune to be with her.  Laying it on a little thick there, pal.  Let's not push it.  Fiorella says they should toast to "us" and that sadness is gone from their lives.  NO!  DON'T DO IT!  THAT'S A TERRIBLE TOAST!  "Saluté!"  Fi declares this the best night of her life.  Pedro has to remind her not to call him Señor Pietro, or "usted" and Fi reluctantly agrees, but only for tonight--can't have the family finding out.  They laugh over how difficult it is for her and yet another "Señor Pietro" slips out.  She finally manages a "Pedro, io sono inamorato di te." (I am in love with you.)  And he replies "See?"  as in "See, it wasn't that hard."  (har har har) and they get back to laughing again and Fi not being able to keep her verb tenses straight.

Their laughter attracts the attention of Vito  (I TOLD you!  I TOLD you not to make that toast!) who instantly recognizes Fiorella, laughing with Pedro as he kisses her hand.  Diana tries to get his attention for restaurant business, but he's distracted.  He says he thought he saw someone eating a dinner "lacking in elegance" and Diana wonders if the chef changed the menu without warning.  Diana finally gets him to go greet his friend at table 4.  On the way there, Vito asks a waiter to keep an eye on Fiorella and Pedro and not let them leave.

Pedro laughs as Fiorella eats a whole pepper and is surprised by the heat.  Since she came into his life, everything has changed.  Well, ditto, dude.  He asks why she pushed him away after the lake.  Fi says she doesn't know why.  She suggests they just forget the past.  Neither of them wants this moment to end.

Roxi honestly denies having anything to do with the ring.  She tries to pull rank on Dante, but his opinion is more important to Eloisa than hers.  Roxi starts asking where he got the recording and then mistakenly assumes Gael had something to do with it.  Why wouldn't he just admit that he recorded it himself?  Dante wants to throw Roxi out of the house, and Eloise would "like" to, but says it as though she can't.

Julieta breaks off the snogging session and proclaims herself stupid and carried away by alcohol.  It was a mistake.  She's a married woman!  She's in the middle of a painful separation, and he needs to have respect for her pain!  Sergio reminds her he's not just some random guy…they've known each other forever!  They've always had a relationship, even if it was platonic.  Julieta tells him the last thing she needs is more trouble.  And no, he's not "a" problem, he's a LOT of problems all rolled into one.  Sergio and I are both surprised by her vehemence.

In the employee quarters, Simona spreads the gossip about Roxi and Joaquina defends her.  Benito joins in on the smack talk, going so far as to call her "bien facilota!" (totes easy).  Damn, dude!  Takes one to know one, doesn't it, Benito?  Joaquina leaves the room in a snit after forbidding them from speaking ill of Roxana.  Simona explains that it's because Joaquina has always had a soft spot for Roxi ever since she arrived at the house, a wee little orphan.  Benito suggests she must have eaten her mother like the "alacrana" (scorpioness) she is.  He and Gi get a good laugh out of that.  Simona gets upset now, saying her parents died and it's not nice to make fun of other peoples misfortunes.  They cool it.  Benito asks about Fiorella and Gianna accidentally (?) says she's out with Pedro.  "What's it to you, anyway?"  Now Gianna leaves in a snit.  Shall we try for a hat trick?  Simona isn't run off so easily, despite Benito's accusation that she's just spreading rumors.  Nu-uh, Simona knows they went out to dinner…she overheard Pedro and Fidel talking.  They went to some Italian restaurant…La Dulce…La Dulce Vita!  Cara de impactado de Benito. He goes running out the door.

Pedro is waiting for Fiorella to return from the bathroom and Vittorio sends the waiter to go question Fidel about her relationship with Pedro.  Diana comes up to see what's wrong with her wanna-be loverboy…uh, loverman?...sugar daddy?...anyway, Vittorio makes up a problem at their Roma location and says she's got to go there to help out.  "Ciao, ragazza!"  Fi returns to the table and Vito muses that she betrayed him.

Roxi interrupts Gael's television viewing to pelt him with pillows and accuse him of trying to get revenge on her for not being into him. They both accuse each other of being jealous of each other.  He's amused that she thinks he recorded their earlier conversation and edited it to make her sound bad.  "Wow.  You need a hobby.  You're more nuts than ever.  Grow up!"

Federica communes with the spirits and offers to read Dante's cards.  Instead he updates her on his misdeeds.  Eloisa thinks Roxi is behind all the recent pranks. They'll have to come up with some other way to get rid of Fiorella.  And telling Eloisa that she's seeing Pedro isn't going to work.  They need proof.  Federica says it'll be easy for the two of them.  The Sacerdota (High Priestess) and the Mago (Magician).  Their union is a good sign--they'll get rid of la sirvienta!  I feel like we're missing a twirled mustache somewhere.

Reynaldo is so anxious about Vittorio that he can't eat his dinner.  He doesn't like all the half-truths they've told him.  Adela feels like telling him about Diana's made-up sister makes up for the other lies.  Her conscience is clear.  He's angry she butted in.  "Who understands you?!  Do you want to be honest with him or not?"  Ray wants to be honest with him ABOUT FIORELLA.  Well, he sent a fake photo and, besides, Adela wants her for a daughter-in-law.  Good luck with that.  "That's not up to you. It's about what Fiorella wants!"  He insists he's going to go tell Don Vittorio what's going on right now.  They argue pointlessly about who's yelling at whom.

Pedro gives Fiorella a necklace, but she says she can't accept it, especially after the incident with Julieta's ring.  So much for forgetting the past, right?  Fiorella puts on the big honkin' diamond and Pedro thinks it looks great, but I swear he's not looking anywhere near that necklace dangling precariously close to her cleavage.  Fi doesn't want this night to ever end.

Finally, the waiter gets back from talking to Fidel.  All he said is that Fiorella is an employee at the ranch.  Pedro now makes his trip to the little boys' room and Vito is ready to make his move…but Reynaldo is trying to call him just then to tell him where Fiorella is!  Instead Vito tells HIM where she is.  Adela and Rey fight over the phone.  Benito casually drops by for a visit just then and Vito tells him the restaurant is better than ever since he left.  He calls the waiter over to throw Benito out.  Vito goes over to the table and asks if Fiorella doesn't recognize him…she actually might, though she's probably surprised that he doesn't bear such a close resemblance to the picture he sent.  He clears that up quickly, by introducing himself as Vittorio Dragone, her dad's friend.  Dun, dun, dun!

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