Caray, Caray!

• Dumb as a doorknob crook #2 loses his gun in the all but emptied parking garage to the sure, swift moves of the real El Chino who is still embodied in Beltran.  Belchin' and Barbara unceremoniously dump DADC #1 out of his car and bleed tread hightailing it to Mexico by way of the highway. 
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• Lucia works her wiles on Sr. Armenta and cons him into signing a formal agreement to keep his word regarding what he and she discussed during their interview (I believe).  Knowing her true background, she explains, he, as a violent man, must also accept that it costs her a lot of effort to believe he'd keep his word.  Politicians don't keep their word, but him, yes.  (Guess he figures because he knows his salad fork from his dinner fork, his kind are set apart somehow.  Fuchi!)  He takes the pen and we assume tries impressing her by putting pen to paper.

• Dinner at Camilo's, however, is a much less productive scenario.  León, in Jacobo's dynamo wrapper, is lost in thought.  He is wondering why he hasn't heard from Lucia in a while and what might be happening during the dinner.  (Viewerville says let Jacón stew--pardon the pun, NOT--in his own juices awhile.  If he was that worried, he shouldn't have been such a friction' putz and at least returned one her five phone calls.)  Cam has it all figured out and puts it bluntly:  Jacobo's plan to avenge León's betrayal by Lucia has failed utterly.  Jake wanted Lucia to fall madly in love with him but seems Jake instead has fallen madly in love with Lucia.  The two friends toast to the acknowledged, tenebrific (aka, depressing--and what a rich word!) truth of the matter.
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• At Alacran's alabaster den of abduction, one of his henchman approaches Lupita with a plate of food in hopes of persuading Alacran's anguished lady captive to repay him the favor with a bit of indebted dalliance.  
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• Meanwhile, Renata and Teo discuss her dashed dreams of a meaningful relationship with Guillermo.  Teo has cooked her a delicious dinner to distract her.  During the conversation, he delivers a life truth:  "--When a man wants something with you he will do everything to make it plain."  Yup, Keyla has told her this same thing so many times! So, she agrees to turn the page and begin again.  Guille will now be just The Boss to her.  
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• Lupi has been untied by Horny Henchman.  Lupi gets her chance and stabs him with her fork then races downstairs.  Unfortunately, the other henchman is ready with his gun and gets her back upstairs once again.
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• At the same time, Valentina talks Mateo into publishing the notice about Chino Valdez's wife having been kidnapped and requesting him to come forward.
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• Tía Milagrossa gets mad at Panchito for having brought such bad people into her house as tenants.   "--People with bad ways are always surrounded by bad people and doings!"  Juliana tells Millie off, natch, and makes the call to Alacran.  "--NO notice till I speak to my mother!"  Lupi tells Jules not to comply.  Jules is a bit smarter than that, though we all wonder which side of the familia she got the talent genes.
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• Lucia finally arrives home,  totally spent from her "romantic" dinner with Armenta.  She flashback's to their parting where she sidesteps a mouth lock by the narcotrafficante and turns it into a polite peck on the cheek.  She turns around and suddenly Jake is there.  He asks her how the evening went.  (Viewerville must admit to thinking that León's   once youthful soft-spoken sensuality is channeling very well through Chino's "wrapper." Yes indeed and indubitably!)  She's angry that she called but he failed to reply and when she most needed him.  He answers that he did it so she'd learn to be more independent of him.  She weeps and wipes away a tear.  "--You work for me, right?"  "--Yes, but your employees also take a rest."  "--What did I do so badly for you to treat me this way?"  "--Better you should tell me how it went with Armenta.  Lucia complains that the man is apparently infatuated with her and she's uncertain how she's going to get him off her back.  Jake reminds her she is irresistible and swoops in for The Kiss, which, Viewerville notes, he delivers quite convincingly-and quite well!
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• Lucia decides it's time to really knock ol' Jake back on his heels and forthwith gets him undressed and backed into the foot of the bed.  He stops and interjects like a smart ass, "--Ah, Señora, are you certain you want to do it here in León's bed.  She looks at him like "where the Hell did that come from and how could he bring that up in the heat of such passion?"  (My interpretation, natch.)  She knocks him backward like any self-respecting woman of power. (Eva call your office!)  They fall onto the bed and set the sheets on fire.  (Gotta admit there are times when having to review the video a few times to insure I get it correctly for the bloggers is anything but a drag......je-je-je!)
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• Back in Téjas, Belchin and Barb find a crappy motel to stay for the night.  Barb gripes about wanting a bigger cut.  La Muerte appears as the maid and allows Belchin' to choke from asthma (as a kind of lesson?) FF>>
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• Marino tries to get Lupi to tell him where Chino's hiding out.  He'll get him and she can go.  She comments that she really hasn't seen him since he left Téjas.  "--It's as if the earth swallowed him whole.  He won't come for me."  Marino tells her she'd better start praying then and leaves.

•  Val talks to Juls that it's done. Val talks to Mateo.  Val's got to wait to see if all comes out in the news as planned.  Don't get involved if she and they are all good people, then the less they all know, the better. FF>>
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• Back in León's bed... a satisfied Lucia says it's a great way to end a rough day.  Yup, she likes being with him-- "--and feeling protected," adds Jake.   He says it feels a bit odd being totally naked in León's bed.  She tells him to think of other things-of them, for instance.  He says he does, but have together--where does it lead?  What comes after?  She admits she doesn't know.  He admits he is falling in love with her and he's rarely been so serious about something.  He wonders if she feels the same way.  She replies that it's not his eyes but the look on his face when he looks at her.  She then ceases to feel doubtful, fearful.  She has lived moments of happiness when with him: he's the one nice thing she's done for herself, despite his being off limits for her.  There is something in his eye, his mouth, in his skin and in his soul which is hers; she knows it's her own because only with him can she be herself.  And.....just then the phone rings.  (Cue the scratched record on phonograph.)  Yup, it's Johny Corona (crown of the john, himself) calling to see what happened with Armenta.  Jake guesses.  She says it's urgent.  "--Sra.,  Do you know how  pretty you are when you lie?"
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• Lucia takes the call appropriately in the John and tells JC that she was in the tub and couldn't get to the phone quickly enough.  They'll talk tomorrow at the office.  Click!  JC is flabbergasted at Lucia's abrupt end to their chat.....
• Lucia notes that Jake's left while she was on the phone with JC.  Bummer.....(Viewerville notes that Jacobo is a lover, not a fighter.  We thus assume he felt discretion to be the better part of valor.)  Well, he's actually down in the kitchen pondering and taking a bite out of a ripe tomato...so León Carvajal.....

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