Caray, Caray!

As Santiago and Ana Lucia, aka Ana Lucky, express their shared relief in finding each other again, Soledad enters the hallway. She is stir-fried-fit-to-be-tied impactada, seeing THE MAN hugging and kissing on HER DAUGHTER.  (What a waste of a good high-tail it outta town plan, eh, Sole?) She growls at Santi to back off Ana Lucky.  Ana Lucky heads back to the room with her towels.  Remedio’s watches a bit at the nasty interplay between Sole and San, then heads off to chat up Ana Lucky.

While Soledad and Santiago butt heads over him keeping his distance from Ana Lucia, Remedios and Ana Lucia carry on like it’s old home week in San Nicolas.  They put names to faces and talk about the feelings San and Lucky share for each other and how he’s like the son she never had.  She’ll put in a good word to Mama about him for her.



Soledad, meanwhile, lies about hiding her fear of Santiago.  He swears she has no reason to fear him.  But, he is certain she must know him.  Nope.  She says it’s only that she know when his regains his memory and returns to his old life, he’ll leave Ana Lucia out in the cold and make her eventually suffer.  He swears he won’t. (Of course, somewhere in this observation, Viewerville realizes, there must be a grain of truth, considering this is telenovela land where suffering to survive is the name of the game.)

Meantime, Ana Lucky learns that Remi’s dead hubby was an investigator.  (Sounds like sales as all I heard.  Sorry.)  His last words to her were “Santiago’s in danger.  Protect him.”  So, she nursed him all during his recuperation and came to love him like a son.  She even gave him her last name, Garcia.  Just then Sole harrumphs her way in.  Remi leaves.   They’re packing their bags and leaving!  This man is not right for her and it’s not right they’re all living under the same roof!  Besides, he’s just too obsessed with her.  Ana Lucia gently puts her foot down.  “—I have always supported you,
Mama.  I left my home, my school, and all my friends.  But, this time no.  I am in love with this man.  He’s decent.  What would it cost to be a bit more understanding towards me about this?”

Across the city, somewhere in UpTown, Wheelchair Boy’s taxi has followed Ana Llora to her in-town estate, the family manse of expanse.  Ana Laura walks in on Ana Leticia, aka Ana Letmeeeeeeeeeeeee!, vamping all over Tio Mariano, who is grooving on this type of perverse and perverted attention as much as Ana Letmeeeeee is grooving on giving it.  The doorbell rings.  Ana Letmeeee takes it now to Ramiro, but Ramiro is wise and only has eyes for love-worthy, limping Ana Llora.

Back at Pensión de Tensión, Santiago and A Lucky are on the back patio, wrapped in each other’s arms, swearing eternal love to one another.  She mentions that Chana told her their two lives were intertwined and together they’ll discover who they really are.

Inside the rooming house, Soledad is wondering why “her daughter” had to fall in love with the man who is determined to destroy her.  Remi comes in to chat.  Sole informs her she and A Lucky are leaving in the morning.  She and Remi begin arguing over Santi’s decency or lack thereof.  Sole ends up warning Remi that one day when Santiago regains his memory, she will rue the day she let the man enter her life. Remi naively ignores this and continues defending him and his relationship with Ana Lucia.

At dinner later that evening at the Manse de Expanse A Llora watches meekly as A Letmeeee, fawns over Ramiro, even trying the old hidden hand up the thigh trick with him.  He doesn’t go for it.  Granny begins bawling over lost Ana Lucia and Mariano takes her off to another part of the house for a consoling chat.
Across the way at Tension Pension, Soledad and Ana Lucky meet the other boarders: Tadeo and younger son, Javier, whose big brother is none other than A. Letmeeee’s accursed sales associate, Iñaki!!  When Javi tells him Santi´s dream girl is now living at the house with her mother, he races in for a look-see and races back out again as apparently Anibal has grabbed him to ask for his money back that he loaned him.

A few minutes later Santi heads off to look for Iñaki but Anibal has scared off Iñaki asking for the money he loaned him two months ago.  Anibal and Santi head back into the dining room and sees A. Lucky and her mama there.  Mama has learned that A Lucky hooked up with Santi during the gymnastics festival and met Anibal there also.  She grunts and growls at everybody.  A Lucky has a job now. (So Mama will have to stick around!)

Back at the manse, Ram and A Llora discuss the car break in and the one clue he’s come back with.  Apparently, listed in some of Marcello’s notes there was a little girl named Sofia Hernandez who died at 5 and was cremated.  A Letmeeeee interrupts the chat and adds she thinks it was probably Ana Lucia who had died and was cremated and bursts A Llora’s she’s really ali-i-i-i-ve bubble.  Why the name change if they all wore their I.D. bracelets?  Well, the only thing they can do to find out why is to track down Soledad Hernandez, her mother.

Inside the manse, A Letmeeee is thinking back to a memory about Marcello arguing with Evaristo while Ev holds a gun on him.  She suddenly opens the door and she’s got a gun in her face also.  A Letmeeeee suddenly turns vicious and spouts she hopes wherever Ana Lucia is she’s good and D.E.A.D.!!!

Out on the patio again, Ana Llora squeaks out that she wonders what Ramiro really wants with her, hanging around as he has since returning home.  He says he’s in love with her.  She says he was gone for three years without a word.  He insists he thought of her daily.  He wants to marry her.  She has flashbacks to helping Gina look for bridal gowns.  (Gina’s low-rent tastes truly contrast with the high-rent neighborhood.)  She walks out of the dressing room in a white thigh-high mini looking like a hooker posing for penthouse johns with a thing for virginal bride stock. “—Oh this is for Ramiro.  He loves ladies’ legs!”   Ana Llora returns to the present and grabs Ram’s hand, rubbing it down her fake leg.  “—Have you really thought it through?  If it is for pity or because you think I need a caretaker you’re absolutely wrong!”  She lets the damn burst again and walks (most rigidly) away from him.

End of the first part.
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2nd and final part

Santiago, the Good Samaritan, offers to take Soledad and A Lucky to the clinic--ingratiating himself, rather--and Sole has no choice but to accept.  They end up sitting in the waiting room with nobody calling her name.   Santi, true to his name, finds a secretary and gets her to get his doc to check on Sole.    While sitting in the waiting room, Sole has another go at bad mouthing Santi and this relationship with Ana Lucky.  Sole finally gives up, admitting Ana Lucky is old enough to make up her own mind.  (Thank you TN Gods!  Finally a mama who knows when she's lost the battle and shuts the F up.) Lucky insists on going in with Mama.   She needs tests.  Who knows?

Iñaki pays Remi his rent. The two gossip about Santi's new GF and his new job.

Ana Letmeeee has another meet with Ev.  It's not to find her hubby, but to find out who Sofia Hernandez is.  (Dun Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnnnn!)  Ev lies (natch), in between gum chomps, and says he hasn't a clue who she is but sure as shootin' he'll find out!!  First, tho', he wants to know what she heard and how she found out.  Ana Leticia is too smart for that old gumshoe trick and tells him so.  He was her hubby's investigator for years, Viewerville learns.  We see the flashback to the argument she remembers and reminds him of.  Sure, he was loyal--until he wasn't!!  Some argument with Marcello where Ev had a gun pointed at Marc; it was over his diverting an throwing everything off track to hide something or someone.   Remedios' hubby was the other investigator, we learn, also working for Marc.  He's just as pissed off at Ev (I think) cuz he points the gun at Ev and it's a regular Mexican standoff.....

So, back in San Nicolas, Don Crazy Old Fart has lost his marbles and his mask comes off finally.  He screams at Chano to tell him where Sole and A Lucia have gone cuz she's obviously pissed he wants to marry her 25 yr. old daughter (and he supposedly figures he's such a catch the young gal will fall at his feet and beg him to take her to his bed, right?  Sorry, bud.  When it comes to a choice between beef cake beans, beef cake always takes it off the top.)  He threatens to find them come hell or high water.  Chano cannot believe the old fartsicle is serious and thinks he's got more than a few frijoles loose in the cabeza.

Later that day, Iñaki sets out to get the owner's bitch witch niece on his side.  He invites her to lunch at a super swank restaurant and has even brushed up  wines.  He picks out her favorite to order.  She repays him with a lift home.

Across town, Ana Llora is entering the Cripple Kids' Center.  Wheel Chair Boy is stalking her.

Santi takes Ana Lucia and Sole on the promised tour of the city.  They end up at a church where both pray to the virgencita.  Lucky wants mama healthy.  Sole wants forgiveness for kidnapping/keeping Lucky from her rightful family for the past two decades.

Back at the CKC, A Llora tells the director friend, Valeria, that why she turned down Ramiro's marriage proposal.  Val tells her she's a fool.  But, Llora replies, weepily, that one look at her without her prosthetic leg will surely wreck their wedding night.  (Talk about a limp wimp....)  On a lighter note, they suddenly hear very pleasant oboe music.  It's coming from inside the center and they find Wheelchair Boy doing a quick concert for the kids.  (Whoever is playing that music, it's a great choice and sounds terrific!  I give an A+ to the music editor!)

Now back to the Community Clinic in MidTown: we find that Granny Ernestina is seeing her doctor there also for her usual checkup.  She really does have a heart condition.  She's refused to tell her granddaughters about it.............We also get a PSA on taking one's heart medicine, even if it tastes bad.

Beaming back to the CKC, A Llora learns the Wheelchair Boy's name is Valentin.  She admits to him in a frank discussion that she wishes she had some of his optimism rub off on her.  He encourages her to take life by the horns.

Eventually, Sole, Santi and A Lucky arrive back at the boarding house.  He parks on the curb outside.   Remi comes out to greet them.  Sole and Remi go back inside while Santi and A Lucky take a walk around the block.  A few minutes after, A Letmeeeeee pulls up right behind Santi's empty cab and drops of Yaki at the curbside.  She races off down the street and doesn't notice she's driven right past her missing sister and Marcello kissing each other passionately.  She's too eager to get home..... and takes the turn without really stopping for the stop sign (if there was one.....).

Meanwhile, A Llora takes Valentin's advice and has a change of plans.  She orders her driver in another direction.

Yaki and Javi discuss how he's gotten RichBitch to eat out of the palm of his impoverished middle class hand.

Ramiro and Papa have another discussion about marrying A Letme who, at least, has both her legs, instead of her maimed and lamed sister.  Ram says nope.  Nothin' doin'.  He doesn't want her or her emotional baggage.  A Letme enters unseen in the meantime and over hears this convo.  Papa leaves them to their own devices......  A Leticia tries the cheeky-then- sensual one-two approach of persuading him that Pappi was right.  She fairly hisses in his ear as she taunts: "How odd it would be, you making love to a leg prosthesis!" Then  A Letme tries to seal her steal with a heavy-duty swapping of spit and a tongue  chaser--just as her bleakly meek and timid triplet, Ana Llora, walks in to witness the scene!!!!!!!!!!

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