Caray, Caray!

                                                 The Vega Family on the march.

“Elena is a woman off her rocker!” Ricardo has reached his limit with her.  She’s unmasked herself in front of Ric The Brick's entire legal family.  Of course, Benjamin gets off a cheap shot about couldn't you've guessed and gotten out ahead of this?  It's your specialty, after all. He smiles knowingly at Leticia who’s also put in her three and a half cents’ worth of finger pointing and claiming her BFF, Vexlena's “got a possible good reason for this, HUH?” before Gustavo shuts her down and puts her in her place.   Still, Elexlena and Company have done just enough to drag Ric over the coals a bit more serving him so publicly in front of the entire law firm.

However, the Vega Family closes ranks and it becomes A Very Vega Vision vitiating Vexlena's new found legal strategy.  Alonso says they’re in the tank with Ric and will help him overcome this injusticia.  Viewerville has flashbacks of the Brady Bunch ala Mexico, now all grown up and legal beagles for Firm Vega, El Justiciero.  Visions of viewing the Brady Bunch's Mexican cousins: The Vega Family on the legal march for one of its own.  “--One for all and all for one!!”—Oooops.  Sorry, that’s a different vision and the next country over, and a few centuries in the past.


Well, were all hoping Olivia would shut Lascivious Letti down with a pot calling the kettle black or blacker remark..... ("Patience, Grasshopper").  We are sorely disappointed.  Ric leaves the meeting room and lunch with an empty stomach  cuz he's no longer fit for fraternizing, but with a big blessing from Juanito's mamacita which in these things counts for something. 

Carlos gets the call that the restraining order has just been delivered and witnessed by the whole law firm. He calls Vexlena to give her the great news.   No more problemas.  Shucks!  So what next to make Ric and Ale's life more miserable day to day after this??  How can she top this one?  The best of all is that it’s free of charge.  Carlos enjoyed the opportunity to screw over Ric so much he won’t charge her.  She remains in good hands with Carlos.  She's a beloved friend of his now.
 
Exlena admits to Letti it was her plan all along to make Alejandra rue the day she interfered in her family.  Carlos Ibarra is now Elena's Black knight in perhaps somewhat rusted armor.....but a knight is a knight is a knight, right?

Back at the meeting room luncheon adoption proceedings are suggested since Ric's not the bio daddy.  Perhaps a psych exam for the Drama Queen?  Again, I say check her garbage and start counting the number of empty tequila bottles.

Jaime brings Ale home at the end of the workday.  Paula and posse are off to dinner together.

Jaime counsels Ale on how difficult it can be to find the right life mate, which, after divorcing Paula, puts more than a bit of credence to this life-coaching aphorism…..  In other words, it’s right even if it’s trite.

Ric makes a late evening call to his vex and warns her when she says the restraining order is iron clad she may think so but he didn’t spend all that time in late night law school classes to sit on his keister and kvetch to himself.   She's been warned.  Click!

Juan gets home but has to go out again.  He's waiting to set a trap for Patricia's ex, Pedro.  He'll walk Fer home.  But Mama, please don't make those homespun, embarrassing speeches on his behalf in front of Vega again?????

Meanwhile out carousing, Paula's posse of puerile, plutocrat gal-pals accept a round of drinks from some 20-30 somethings at the bar who all are apparently suffering from a bad mommy complex or, as Viewerville suspects, are a group of gigolo jive buddies looking to score.  Paula and her posse--or should I say, she and her fifty-something friends--have just been lured in and these fifties' nifties fish fall for Jive Buddies' flirtatious lines fish-hook and stinker.

Jaime advises Ale not to jump from the frying pan of romance into the fire of rebounds so quickly after such an emotional fricasseeing with Carlos. 

Mi Johnnie, later that night, enters the strip club and Tatiana immediately races over to tell him how scared she feels and cover him with kisses and hugs.  She thinks she might be being stalked--leastwise, that's how it seems and what she's most afraid of since she's got her son to protect and all.  I guess gated apartment complexes in Mexico aren’t what they used to be when it comes to conniving stalker types.....

Back at Ladies' Night Out at the club, lead Gigolo Dude suggests they finish this Gigolo Jive party at his apartment.  Paula and the gals turn him down flat, we assume, and they all share a bottle of champagne together, courtesy of Paula.

Next morning, Pilar stares a Vicente while waiting for the trial to begin.  He looks like a wounded puppy and she looks like a momma bear ready to tear his throat out.  Carlos opens to say he'll prove it was Vicente who committed murder and attempted a second.  Vicente's Lady Lawyer states for the record that her client has cooperated with the authorities in all ways.  Carlos jumps up and says that obviously he had no choice!!  He's shot down.  Lady Lawyer says she'll prove (not that much proof is ever delivered in these things) that it actually was Imelda who did the damnable deed!!  Sra. Pilar goes wild and has to be restrained by Carlos.

 in her kitchen, pained Paula is now suffering from a hell of a hangover.  Ale medicates and then informs Mama that Exlena had the court put a restraining order on Ric so he cannot see the children anymore.  Paula wisely replies that it's not Ale's fault.  The woman's crazy.  Yup, says Ale, but she's never going to stop and recognize that for Ric, more than ever, it's over.

Sofia comes to the judge that just adjudicated Alexa's case with some interesting facts regarding a couple more suspects to add to the Ibarra trial.  And, she asks this judge to take the case over.

At the murder trial, Carlos is continuing to present his case when Lady Lawyer breaks out in numerous guffaws and has to be silenced.  (Hey, there's no jury, so why disrupt the courtroom this way? It's certain she's ain't winning any points with the judge.)  Carlos continues his opening remarks. Then Lady Lawyer jumps up with the motive for Imelda's murderous actions: revenge against Mama who'd been having sexual relations with her boyfriend!! (Dun-dun-dun-dunnnn!) Sra. Pilar makes an even worse scene while all the Jerry Springer fans in Viewerville jump for joy screaming  "--I told ya so!"  Again,  the aggrieved mother, Sra. Pilar, causes so much havoc in the courtroom screaming at the judge and then at Vicente she must be restrained and carried back to her seat by Carlos.  (This begs the question: where the hell are the sheriff's deputies and the court orderlies during all of this?  Strangely, they are absent).

Laughing Lady Lawyer asks why Carlos Ibarra is complaining?  He wanted a motive and she's given it.  The judge wants it substantiated.  Ooops.  No, she doesn't have all the facts yet, but hey, why not let her client out for lack of evidence against him the same way Sr. Ibarra was let go?

Carlos is allowing himself to be provoked by the competition warns Alan. He must calm down before he's in contempt or whatever the equivalent might be..... Carlos starts afresh.  He, your honor, was made to stay in jail until all available evidence and arguments were presented.  He's only asking the same for the accused: to be held in the way the law dictates.

Back at Vega, Victoria speaks with Plutarco and tells him the gawd awful truth: his son has not the least bit of interest in helping him financially.  There's nothing left to do but sue the Loro Piana right off him.  Poor dude, you gave birth to a bad seed and that's that.  Ain't purdy, but there's nothing to be done for it.

The judge finally puts us out of our misery and rules to keep Vicente behind bars through the conclusion of the evidential trial.  Carlos afterward talks to Lady Lawyer and asks her what her problem is.  She replies that if he doesn't know all the secrets of the Pilar family that is not her problem.  He doesn't care, he boasts.  Vicente will stay behind bars for the rest of his miserable life!  "--We'll see about that!"

Imelda sobs as Vic's lawyer exits the courtroom.  Carlos comes over to tell her to ignore her remarks.  Vic's not ever gonna see daylight again.

After Vicki assures Plutarco that his stingy mean son will eventually see the error of his ways --after the court gets done with him or before?

Carlos Camera Hog races over to the press to say that the hearing came out the way he wanted it to, that's Vic's lawyer is twisting the truth to benefit herself, and that there's not a smidgen of proof that his young, grieving client had any motive whatsoever to have done what Vic and his lawyer claimed. They are going through a trauma no family should have to, BTW, so (even though you don’t know how as the principle is not a part of the press's ethos ) please be respectful of their pain.

Later that morning, Ale pays a surprise visit to Exlena's home "to talk".

Oli is researching Mexican adoption law and kindly reads out loud the important part for benefit of the uninformed tn fans in the crowd when Leonardo comes in to request a favor. She tells him she's in the middle of checking up on adoption law to help Ric out. He then notices the plant Alan sent and asks about it.  She states it's from a nice guy who she's gone out with once but who seems proper enough.  He holds her hand and reminds her not to be so naive again.  Yep.  He gets up and is leaving when she asks what he wanted.  "--Oh, just to ask a bit of help with Ric's case, but you're already at it so that's fine.  See ya later, gator."

Ale tries talking sense to Vexlena about what she's doing to her children by trying to manipulate them to get even with Ricardo.  Vex denies it all and asks what would Ale know since she's not a mother.  Don't need to be one to understand manipulation and how she's using her kids to manipulate Ric, Ali retorts.  Exlena knows full well that Ric loves her children, despite it’s being over between the two of them.  Elena jumps on that truth like it’s ants invading her picnic.  "--Yes, they're my children and it's none of your business, so stick your nose out of it!  Besides what would you have done if that whore Carlos slept with came and asked pardon for Carlos's sleeping with her?"  Not the same thing, says Ale.  "--Oh really?  Well the only way Ric'll ever see those kids again is if you leave him!!" (--aaaaaand there it is!) Ale looks like she's thinking to do just that, although most women would tell Vexlena to suck it up and get a load of the real world vision, but we're dealing with a TN heroin and they all suffer from a martyr complex, so we're in for a painful stint of self-sacrifice and denial.  But on the other hand, Ale will have a good amount of time to heal those chapped lips of hers.

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