Caray, Caray!

Did you hear that Google has abolished its slogan Do No Evil? Looks like Alicia is heading in that direction (the anti-do-no-evil direction). She starts by telling Chuchette her book is only suitable for the recycling bin, insults her and then sweetly imitates: "Oh, it was just a joke!"

Roberto is planning, again, to kidnap Mateo, who is properly doubtful (considering what happened the first time). And now it's worse: Sheila has been installed in a nice house with Mateo, Augusto is paying her well to be patient and pretend to be a mother, he has spies everywhere to ensure Roberto doesn't try anything. Gumaro tries to talk him out of it, too.

Braulio tells Brisa's dad: "General, my relationship with Brisa is epic!" Isidro reminds him: "You promised to win her back for me and I'll have a look at your movie." He ogles Chuchette. Turns out, the General has been ogling all the asses at Ikonika so Fatima blows him off when he compliments her later.



Sheila to Mateo: "Your father left you in a house for discarded dolls. [Shiver] It's Don Augusto who is buying you clothes and toys, he's more your father than Roberto." Sheila, later, to Augusto: "I'm tired of pretending to be a responsible mother, I want to be free, if you want me to stick it out -- pay me more - patience has a price." Augusto muses, "and to think, I was ripped from my mother's arms when I was a child." "Boo hoo," empathizes Sheila.

Augusto is scolded by the API viejos for books not being in order. He blames it on his upcoming divorce and hands the problem off to Roberto, who I think cooks the books and gives them back to the API dudes "all in order" but keeps maybe a copy of the originals (or maybe it's a recording on his phone of Augusto threatening him) (or both) saying, "this may come in handy."

I love the word Augusto used for the API dudes: calaveras = skull and bones, emaciated, the walking dead.

Alicia (who now has the nickname "Malicia") reams out some more of the creatives, she says their ideas for the Theodora campaign are mediocre, and in fact in the meeting with Mr Foster his face tells them all the same thing. "I still have to see Madeleine's proposal, I'll let you know later." So Alicia gets a very wicked idea:

1. She gets Braulio to film a vodka commercial with dancing bears and use a filter on it so it looks like a Russian ad from the 1980s.
   
2. She bullies Nestor into telling her where Mr Foster is meeting Sandra. It's at a restaurant the next day.
   
3. She secretly sends a packet to Sandra at Madeleine - scented with Elias's perfume to add verisimilitude - saying "I have decided to join you. In the mean time, here is a good idea for the Theodora campaign."
   
4. Sandra is delighted and presents the idea to Mr Foster at the restaurant. Alicia shows up and says "her campaign is pure plagiarizing, look at this old 1980s Russian commercial for vodka. And Sandra has stolen lots of other ideas from us."
   

Roberto is totally in over his head. Augusto has his child and knows Carmona has been pushing for leads. "But Sheila is his main objective, he wants her in jail, and I have to tell him something." Augusto grudgingly agrees.

Brisa tells Braulio they need to go away someplace with good energy to figure out the future. He can't leave because of his movie and agrees when she accuses him of feeling his movie is more important (oops).

Luciana spars with Alicia saying sooner or later her carriage will turn back into a pumpkin - "the zip code can't be hidden." She complains to her dad who says: "You've got two things to do - the People's Cafe campaign and give me a grandson, soon!" She complains that she is unsatisfied in her marriage.


The pity party where Nestor tells Chuchette "Alicia threatened me!" is only notable for vocabulary. Chuchette says Malicia is the daughter of Chinkunkuna (I think that's a bad spider) and that if they don't watch out Alicia will pound them into pinole. She doesn't want to talk to Yurisander (looks like he, too, works at Ikonika but has never seen her?) because she's so sad. Nestor says "It's a text, he can't see you," but Chuchette says "feelings are transmitted through texts. I want to cut my veins with animal crackers." ??? Later she asks Yurisander to estimate her age and he says "older than me, probably 40" which sets her into a further tail spin.

Magos is having trouble at school. Her mother suggests she ask Alicia for help, "or use your savings to..." at which Nacho's coffee erupts out of his mouth. I guess those savings are gone with the wind but he is such a coward he hasn't fessed up.

Carmona threatens Beto: "Give me some proof or I'm revealing you to the world." Some time later an anonymous package arrives for Carmona. It appears to be proofs against Sheila.

Nestor shows Augusto the internet campaign for the LGBT travel agency, it features Alex and Kenny at their wedding! Augusto runneth over with bile. He yells at Alicia, then at Alex, who points out his mom owns half the company and she approved the campaign. (Though soon evidently she is selling her shares to Augusto.)

Finally: Beto is at Sheila's place, but Mateo is gone off with Augusto (no clue for how long). They have their usual fight, with the only unusual aspect being that Carmona's cops show up and arrest Sheila. Heh.

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