Caray, Caray!

In this episode, Juan is on the lam with Perla, but there's no escaping:

• David's stupidity
• Juan's stupidity
• Gracie's manipulations
• Marta 
• Bobby  
• I still have one more recap to go and we've got 8 more episodes.

Miguel re-recognizes the men who beat him from the news article. Marta can't believe it.

Carito repeats her fess-up to Dum-vid that she turned in her friends for illegal-immigranting. David repeats his idiotic rushing-off to go "kill Juan."

Marta realizes that when Gutierrez was killed, those guys were trying to actually kill Carito. It's amazing how the brain cells grow when one leaves bodega del incompetency. Marta and Miguel are surprised, but Marta tells them how Carito has been troubled by something she was involved in and she was going to make a declaration, which is why they were going with Gut when they were accosted. Luciana wonders what Carito was involved in. Marta doesn't know. Miguel is wigging out and says he must call Carito ASAP.

Sonia and Leon are discussing the happenings, when Carito walks in to tell them she told David about making the declaration to the police. Sonia thinks David can control himself. (This was cut: Carito says the boss is good and she thinks it will work out. Leon hopes David finds Juan.)

Sad Bobby plays video games alone and is joined by Fer. Whatever happened to Charlie and the girlfriend? Bobby misses Marta and thinks Fer doesn't care because she's off to college soon. Fer tells him not true. She promises no matter where they are, they'll always be together.

Eyeroll  not quite Gracie quality

Miguel calls Carito to tell her he realized the goons that killed Gut are the same ones who attacked him, and she might be in serious danger. She knows, and she tells him that Juan is behind all of it. She's sorry for taking so long to tell on him, but she actually is feeling more calm now that she's told David and the police though. Then she tells Miguel about David becoming furious and threatening to kill Juan. LOL if he actually does this, all of this chitchat can be used in his murder trial, but that's assuming David would actually succeed in something. Miguel hangs up and relays that Juan hired the goons, which brings on the no puede sers from Marta and Luciana. LOL then Miguel agrees with Juan and off he goes to join the hunt!

Knock, knock, knock! Open that door yells Dum-vid as he bangs on it with his flat palm repeatedly.


A gloved hand opens the door and we see that the police got there first. David doesn't realize they have searched (and trashed) the apartment and goes looking for Juan. David is surprised to learn that Juan is on the lam.


Fer and Tano are just getting sweeter by the second. He's checking to see if she's feeling better. She's OK. She's feeling even better when she finds out Tano is going to use vacation time to visit her at university!

Dum-vid does his usual time-wasting, I'm out of it, catch me up while I act like I'm in charge of this, blustery questioning of the policeman. The policeman is like um, we know he's bad and we're looking for him. Dum-vid offers his help as he has known Juan for years. Dum-vid tells the cop about how Juan kept detailed financial records and the cop orders everyone to look for "a list with huge amounts of money."

Luciana tells Marta she never trusted Juan. She and Marta have a bash Juan session. This makes Marta sad about Gut. Adolfo walks in and asks what's going on. Luciana catches him up about Juan being the bad guy. Adolfo feels guilty (as he should) because if he had tried to put Juan in jail for Erika's death, maybe they would already have Juan in jail and Gut wouldn't have been killed. He asks Marta's forgiveness.

Dum-vid is explaining Juan's fnancial files to the cop. The cop only has Carito's word to go on, as these are not the financial files they need. Dum-vid says he'll make a declaration. Miguel walks in and Dum-vid lets him know Juan is on the lam. Miguel says that the goons are the same goons who beat him up. The cop looks positively enthused to have a competent vineyard owner in the house and asks Miguel to make a declaration. David and Miguel confirm to the cop that Juan and his pesticides were responsible for Erika's death.

Of course Marta lets Adolfo off the hook and gives him some of her inspirational mom words to comfort him about Erika's death. Adolfo tells her she's a good lady. Marta looks forward to Juan paying for his bad deeds. Adolfo decides he will give his declaration to the police after all.

David and Miguel and the cop confirm that they'll make declarations to the police about all of it. The cop rounds up his men and they leave. David and Miguel talk about how much of an evil guy Juan is. Dum-vid says our vineyards may be in competition  (Heh you're not really all that much competition, Dave), but in this effort to catch Juan, they are together.

Luciana tells Adolfo that everyone loves Marta! Except la loca Lilian. Marta says, well she's a bad lady. Marta suddenly realizes, oopsy! And asks Adolfo to excuse them as she knows Lilian is his friend. Adolfo lets her off the hook as he realizes she can be a little difficult. Luciana and Marta guffaw and then indulge in a little let's tell Adolfo how awful Lilian really is session. They spill about the deportation of Marcos/Luciana plus how Gut was involved in that. Adolfo can't believe it, and Luciana tells him if you only knew the whole picture...


Miguel finds a shaken Carito in the employee's kitchen. Carito had a bad night thinking about the bad things she knew and didn't tell. He shakes her up more with the news that Juan and Perla are on the lam. He encourages her to let the police know if Perla tries to contact her. She doesn't think Perla will do this, but promises to call the police. He gently comforts her and she gets the guilts: If she had just turned on them in time, many bad things wouldn't have happened. She tells him about how Mark threatened her to keep her quiet. He tells her they can't change the past, but they can all work together to try to find Juan.

Night falls and the Succubi greet a returning Dum-vid, who is late because he has been looking for that maldito Juan. He tells them about what's going on, and shocks Lilian with the news that the goons who gunned down Gut were hired by Juan. Juan also did the illegal immigration trafficking. Dum-vid is sure they will find him soon, as he hasn't been gone long.


All this time, Adolfo thought Lilian was a peach! (This was cut: Adolfo next gets to hear about how awful Gracie is from Luciana and Marta.) Marta hopes Dum-vid wises up soon. Join the club Marta. Miguel comes back and Adolfo literally tells him he's back in the nick of time to save him. Miguel isn't into all this and seriously announces that Juan has escaped. That stops the succubi-bashing fest. Miguel explains to Adolfo that the police could really use that declaration from him about Erika's death. Adolfo will do it.

The Succubi and Dum-vid agree: Juan esta loco. David is worried for his family and staff. If they see Juan, he doesn't want them to get near him. Bobby is not to be left alone at any moment. Gracie actually has to remind Dum-vid he might want to make that a thing for his teenage daughter as well. He agrees. He wants everyone to take every precaution. Rant: Can I just say that Dum-vid really reminds me of those types of bosses that are completely useless but love to pontificate and bluster and say the same (meaningless) things over and over? End Rant.

David goes to warn the kids, and the Succubi emergency meeting about their former partner in evil vineyard maneuvering commences! Lilian wants to kill Juan because he took Gut away from her. Gracie tries to calm her down and tells her that Juan is not stupid and would not have taken Gut out on purpose. More than ever, they need to ensure David doesn't find out about their earlier show of support for Juan. She reminds her mom that when Juan is desperate, he is pretty capable of anything.

They hash this out a little. Gracie kind of scares Lilian with her words. Lilian says they need to be careful.

Bobby and Dum-vid talk about how Bobby is doing. He's good but sad about not seeing Marta. Dum-vid finally tells him he can go visit her. David tells him also to be careful, and if he sees Juan, tell Fer, Tano or Tia Gracie. Dum-vid says the same goes for Fer.

Leon and Sonia meet in the kitchen. He wants to talk about their future. He wants to start a business. She sees him owning vineyards and he sees her becoming a famous writer. Aw. She's afraid people won't like her writing.

It's the next day and Carito is making what looks like a really good frittata or something for the workers. She says she is no Marta, but she'll do her best to take care of them. Honestly, her food looks more appealing and they don't seem too upset about it. Oh Ramon pays some lip service to darn, we miss Marta, but Carito says the important thing is she's happy in her new job and she knows we love her and are happy for her. Leon backs her up and says Marta would want to know they are happy. Carito then gives a Marta-esque speech about how Ramon, Tano and Leon are her family. This is their reaction:


Breakfast time with Tia Gracie! The hot cakes are ready!


Bratty Bobby can't eat them, and not because he's worried about evil Juan or anything...he just misses Marta! Maybe they need to get Carito to cook. Gracie is bummed he didn't like her surprise pancakes. Can't he just take a little bit? When Bobby is sad, he doesn't want to eat. Dum-vid literally says "I know you miss Marta but you have to eat." Then he starts pontificating about how it's hard when you miss someone you love. This brings on dramatic music and evil looks from Gracie.


Now we see some typical tourist shots of San Francisco. Juan and Perla enter a hotel room that looks like a redecorated version of his bedroom. Juan is on a call and gets news from someone (a goon?) that the police are looking for them and raided their apartment. Perla freaks out. Juan says this is all Carito's fault. You know, because Carito, not Juan, poisoned the grapes, embezzled funds, cut the water supply, planted the pesticides that killed Erika and bought out the evil olive oil farm next door. Right...

Vinedo del competency is having a work meeting about wine production costs. Gotta break that up, so new employee Marta brings them all coffee. Luciana and Miguel really missed her coffee! Miguel tells Adolfo, just wait until you eat her food! Adolfo takes one sip and decides he needs to get to that police station pronto to make his declaration. Miguel will go with him. Luciana tells Marta it's good they're together.

Dum-vid, Gracie and Bobby discuss plans for the day. Dum-vid has to work and visit the police will be out all day. This bums Bobby out big time. He wants to visit Marta. Gracie tries to get it out of it but finally tells the kid they can do what he wants, but he has to eat.

Marta is feeling the competency, and Luciana is glad they can work together, but all her life, Marta has worked at vinedo del incompetency and she's feeling guilty for leaving the kids. Luciana reminds her that she left with her dignity intact and she shouldn't feel bad about leaving, about David or about fighting with Lilian.

Shot of the Full House house in San Francisco. Then we see Perla contemplating where criminals on the lam work and live. Juan has no idea. He tries to calm her down, but she's afraid and wants to go to the police. As she puts it, "this is not the life you promised me."


At this point, Juan points out to her that he's not the only criminal on the lam here. Perla is shocked.

Sonia brings a snack to Lilian, who was looking at a photo of Dead Lisa. Lilian is not hungry and isn't eating, but Sonia tells her she has to eat. Then Sonia asks her about her public relations job and will it continue with the new sheriff. That doesn't go well. Lilian does sort of wake up though and tells Sonia that she's in charge of Marta's old job of keeping the house and kids on point for now.

Luciana makes a big point of opening her laptop and telling Marta she's gotta work! Marta is going to the kitchen. Suddenly, Bobby bursts in to the vinedo del competency and greets Luciana. She's thrilled. Until...

Tia Grace pops her head in.

Bobby runs off to the kitchen to visit Marta and Grace checks out Luciana's new office, making herself at home in Adolfo's chair. Luciana is not friendly and Gracie says she understands, because David preferred to marry her. Luciana tells her she won't permit her to insult her, much less not there. Gracie says she's only there for Bobby like she promised. She always does what she promises - hey, she got Luciana out of the house! And also her mom! And she promises that Luciana will never see David again after Gracie marries him.

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