Caray, Caray!

Alicia busts one of the heels on her ridiculous shoes on her way into the Ikonica US office and limps around the place with two employees. They apologize that the place is such a mess, and they're waiting for the new boss to come and arrange everything. She also discovers that those two are currently the only employees. They don't let her get a word in edgewise, even as they go on and on about the executive who will surely arrive soon. They eventually find a magazine that has a picture of Alicia on the cover, and Alicia really enjoys their moment of shock and surprise when they realize that she's the new boss. For, like, half a second, she breaks that glazed and impassive generic-novela-bimbo affect that's shrouded her since they dressed her up, and looks genuinely fun and playful for a bit.



Augusto holds a board meeting to tell people that Sandra's going to be taking some time off. Beto asks "why wasn't Alicia invited?" and finds out that she's in LA. Sandra then mentions that Beto will replace her in her absence!

Augusto, confiding in Draco, plays with the little case Rafael kept his heart pills in and reveals that for years and years he'd longed to have that relic of his father's. It's not worth much, but it's a trophy, although he already has his eye on... (dramatic music) another, greater trophy. Hmmmm, what could that be? Is it about Luciana?

Alicia thought she was being sent to LA to arrange the move and start-up, but she discovers that she's actually meant to be the boss. They all go out to dinner and Alicia finds that her two employees share her interest in socially conscious advertising.

At the Cafe, Nacho is completely overwhelmed by massive throngs of customers. The interview Alicia did where she talked it up was very effective, and Magos didn't show up to work (so they have too many customers and not enough baristas). Beto shows up and gets behind the counter to help! Later, Nacho realizes/remembers and loudly states at Beto that Luciana, Beto's wife, was the one who hit his car way back at the beginning of the show.

When Beto brings this up to Luci, she yells at him - "why would you bring up something so Jurassic? I had completely erased it from my selective mind!" She pulls the "my dad just died" card to try to change the subject. He insists that she go apologize and present herself so Nacho can get the insurance money and she yells that she'd sooner die! "I'm like a Kardashian and I will never allow myself to be humiliated like that.



Beto goes to Augusto, who senses marital troubles and tells him that women are always a challenge. They're like onions, you reach a new layer every day. Beto wonders what plans Augusto could have in the works for after he leaves presidency of API - surely a man so accustomed to power wouldn't give it up so readily because he wants to retire.

In a US meeting with the Oki Oki lady, Alicia says she wants to use an add to send a message to the bicultural "dreamers" who are the future of the United States!

Augusto is sending Sandra on different flights from him, so that they won't be seen flying together. What would you bet that he's planning on ditching her?

Beto tells the cop ("agent Carmona") that there's something going on with Augusto and the big hush-hush expansion to the US. The cop is unimpressed and demands proof.

Braulio, fed up with all the attention Brisa's giving her hippie ex, decides to let her "transform him." She gets him an assortment of necklaces and stuff and grins as he tries them on.


On the phone with Sandra, Augusto tells her she'll have to wait for him at least a week in Mallorca as he ties up some pending business. They hang up and he muses to himself about his coming trip to LA - he can't wait to find himself in the arms of Alicia Gutierrez. But it turns out that Sandra knew what was up and actually never left.

Nacho moans some more about not being the all-powerful man of the house. He feels like a clown and hates being Elsa's "sad achichincle" (nahuatl word for "helper"). He storms off, leaving Elsa alone in the cafe without help (just like Magos did to him that very morning).

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