Caray, Caray!

 Eww defends himself in front of Fab – "Dario is the big baddie who did everything, I was only trying to fix all his porquerias, protect Elisa and the Cantus. And if you go to the police, you will ruin everything."

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

Majo and Clara manage to get into Mau’s room by saying they’re part of his family. He is obviously sedated, wide eyes open, looking like what nightmares are made of. Majo tells him that Renata send her to check up on him. A nurse shows up with big bottles of pills for Mau. She encourages Majo to keep talking to him, because even if he looks like a catatonic contortionist, he can hear her. She’s not to worry, they are taking good care of him, even if they are short staffed. Why so, Majo asks. Because the head nurse, Estela, has died and most of the staff is at her funeral. When Majo asks, the nurse explains that Estela was mugged and killed when trying to defend herself, but it was strange, because nothing was missing (rookie mistake, art traffickers must make terrible muggers). As the nurse is talking, Mauricio gets restless, his eyes threaten to jump out of his eye sockets. The nurse remembers that Majo used to come visit another patient, so Majo admits that she lied about being part of Mau’s family. It was her sister, Renata, who asked her to come visit. The nurse doesn’t mind, she knows the two were friends. Majo asks why he’s being sedated, was there an unwanted baby inside his belly, too? No, she doesn’t say that, but it would be an honest presumption, right? The nurse explains that he tried to run away, so they are keeping him drugged in order to avoid another crisis. And that is medicine at its finest.

Dario is with his lawyer. He demands to know what Eww is doing to get him out. The lawyer explains that they are waiting for his transfer. Then they will arrange for his case to be given to one of the judges that are on Ew's payroll. Dario wants an immediate transfer and a lot of money. And if Eww doesn’t obey, he will start talking. The lawyer promises to talk to the big boss. JLow is listening on the conversation from behind the glass mirror.

The love boat

Fer is gazing at Juanito’s picture on her phone when Eww summons her to her apartment in an hour. She tries to resist, but it’s an order. Eww hangs up just in time for Vic to demand an explanationabout what she heard earlier. He’s afraid if he tells her the truth, she will no longer want to stay with him. Ha, she should be so smart!

She’s confused, who is Dario, she heard him say it was his son. You can see Eww’s gray cells turning behind those porcine eyes, trying to come up with a decent enough lie.  He says that Dario is a delinquent who deserves to be in jail. He doesn’t know if he's his son. His mother, Piedad, used to work for him and she always lied to Dario, telling him that he was his father. She’s a blackmailer, he never cared for her, all he has ever cared about is the Cantus. He tried his best to help Dario, but it was of no use. He was such an imbecil, thinking that Dario could ever change. 

He also lets Victoria know that Sonia is leaving today, SHE will be the senora de la casa. Vic is not so sure, when he’ll be back she won’t be there anymore. Eww turns to go, but not without one last romantic menace: “ You will still be here, because you love me just as much as I love you.” God help us all.

 The butler did it

Back at the precinct, they managed to catch the guy who pulled the trigger on Rey. JLow gets all the credit for having looked into the gun more carefully.  Tere insisted that she only hid the gun but never shot it and they never found gun powder traces on her hands, so they examined the gun closely and found another set of finger prints that belonged to this poor soul. Leo asks why Tere is still in jail if she’s innocent. JLow takes Leo aside to explain that he allowed his jealousy to get the better of him. He did find his wife with her lover and he is a human being, he got mad. He asks Leo, the champ, to take Tere home, he needs to “take care” of this bozo who was conveniently found guilty. Leo is happy to oblige, he still believes his brother is in his corner.

Fer arrives home to Eww, who says she hasn’t earned her right to see her family, yet. Enter Sonia, who is going to live with Fer from now on. Fer is not happy with the idea, but Eww threatens to send her family out of the country if she doesn’t obey.

Elisa is preparing her last will and testament with Alfonso. She will leave all her Cantu stock to her sisters, the same for her apartment in NY. She must think that money laundering will get her the electric chair or life in prison. I hope she at least holds on to her collection of backpacks and gigantic chains. When Alfonso leaves, Leo calls. They set a date for the evening, they miss one another, luv you, luuuv you even more.

As cold as ice

Clara is gazing at her phone, too, at a picture of Majo (I bet she’s kind of happy that Dario forced her to spy on her, am I right?) Nieves surprises her, tries to gossip about Tere’s prison stint, but Clara won’t stoop so low. She tells her Cobra has been incarcerated, which makes Nieves extremely giddy. Now they can sell the house and go live in Veracruz with her sister. But Clara won’t hear of it, she will probably get called in to declare about one of the various shady things that she has been forced to do. Besides, she’s in love, but she won’t say who it is. Nieves insists they go, they have enough money, they can leave someone in charge of the house, and Clara can find a decent muchacho in Veracruz. Clara still refuses to go, she can’t leave Majo all alone. Nieves attacks Majo, Clara jumps to defend her, because she is IN LOVE with her.

Later in the evening Nieves still can’t believe what Clara said. Was she just trying to upset her?  If so, God will punish her. Clara protests, Nieves slaps her.

Majo arrives home to inform Renata that Mau is OK, as in not dead, because he is drugged and can’t utter a word (you know, usual manicomio treatment). Oh, and the nurse who helped you find out the truth has been killed in a robbery gone wrong.

Divide and conquer

Fer has found a spare bedroom for Sonia, since the broom closet is filled with all her numerous lies, half-truths and hair iron. Eww has one last gift for the new roomies before leaving the apartment: Sonia shouldn’t trust Fer, that artifact that she gave her to “help” her run away came from him, it was all a set up. He congratulates them for finally realizing how it is to sleep with the enemy. Before he finally leaves asks one last thing from Fer: to keep Fab in town no matter what. No matter what, she repeats? Yes, he urges and everyone is thinking about the same thing : Fab is about to find out that he is a daddy.

 An affair to forget

JLow is in his office, looking constipated with worry. Adriana walks by, hesitates, then decides to embrace the chaos and go into his office. She is just checking up on him, letting him know Leo has taken Tere home. Talk turns to divorce, but JLow can’t think about that now, and it’s because of (get this) Adriana. He doesn’t want to burden her with all that he’s feeling right now. Well, Adriana is ready to talk feelings, ‘cause hers are very strong and intense and forbidden. JLow doesn’t want to think about it for now, he just needs to feel something beautiful. They start swapping germs, just in time for Mario to notice them and run for the first barf bag he can find.

Tere is at home, her hair tousled, but still rocking that huge cleavage. Sara is happy to see her, hugs her, and welcomes her back home. Teresa apologizes, says she doesn’t deserve to be here, starts talking about Rey but Leo stops her, swiftly suggesting that this is a talk she should have with her husband, not her mother in law. Leslie comes down the stairs, but before she can actually see her mother, she faints. Que que what?

JLow wants to take advantage that nobody is at the office to do it on the desk or something. Adriana is saved by the ring tone, Leo is calling to let JLow know that Leslie is not feeling well. He runs to be with his family, leaving Adriana alone, hopefully realizing that she will always be the other woman.

When Leslie comes to later on, she’s happy to see her mother is home. She thinks the fainting was just because of all the problems they’ve been having.

The doctor examines her and then tells JLow  and Teresa that Leslie needs to rest. She told him about the difficult situation at home and he also knows about the bruises. This is news to Teresa, who is listening in shock as the doctor makes an appointment for Leslie to have a CT scan the next day to see if there is any kind of permanent damage.

When she decides to leave the office, too, Adriana notices Mario. He was waiting for her but he noticed that she was busy with the boss. He wanted to thank her for being on his side earlier and say that he understands why she does what she does and won’t judge her. He looks as if he’s just lost his best friend, maybe it’s time he cut his losses.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Rug

Eww has prepared a romantic dinner for Icky. Kill me now. “Bienvenida a mi vida,” he says, his drooling eyes sending chills all through the Patio. She’s all like “Thanks, but no, thanks! I need to know the truth, first.”

Cue the dramatic music as Eww explains that Dario is a bastard who destroyed his life. He’s tried to help him and his mother, but she turned out to be a thief and a blackmailer. Vic asks if he ever slept with her, Eww admits it happened a few times (no biggie, a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do), but Dario is not his son. Victoria wonders how he could live not knowing. Eww scrambles for a satisfactory lie, good thing he remembers he’s impersonating a saint, because he says that he was trying to be charitable with Dario, nothing more. Victoria asks the million pesos question: “Did you tolerate his criminal activity the same way you tolerated the money laundering and Augusto’s involvement? You knew about all of it. And you LIED!"

She only has the upper hand for a second, because Eww comes up with another lie. He was trying to protect Elisa and the entire family. To make the story short for those who are getting confused by his explanations: he was helping Dario, but he was also helping Elisa and the Cantu clan, keeping his best amigo’s secret, trying to cure cancer, save the world. Victoria protest that it was his business, too and she shows a lot of guts, which tell me that she’s not scared of him, yet, and for whatever reason, Eww is doing his best to sound convincing. 

He further explains that Dario started it all, got Augie involved and then father of the year Augie made Elisa the only legal owner of the galleries, the perfect patsy. That’s why he called for Fab’s help, even if he won’t work with him anymore. And now, that Dario’s in jail, everything will get cleared up, he just needs her help to get Elisa out of the mess she’s in. He can only do it with her by his side, he loves her. They hold hands and promise NO MORE LIES.

 The devil made her do it

Fab quits formally in front of Elisa. Financial whiz that he is, he actually admits in front of his boss that one of the reasons for his resignation is the fact that she wouldn’t breakup with her boyfriend when he asked her to. He was only there to protect her (not work in his CFO capacity or whatever) and he has other reasons for leaving, but he can’t get into them because Elisa needs to remain a fool for another 30 episodes or so.

Enter Fer, asking Fab to stay when he wants to run from her like she was the pest. She tells him that Juanito is her son, not her nephew, like she said four or five lies ago. And he's the daddy, she was pregnant when he left for Londres. Fab doesn’t believe a word, she’s lied so many times, why would he believe her now? Why would she tell the truth now? Fer is afraid to lose him, Juanito needs him. Elisa tries to leave several times, finally manages to just as the half-truth telling gets good. Fab wants to go after her, Fer is shocked that he would care more about Elisa than what she just told him. He points out that he was not running after Elisa, he was trying to get away from her lies. 

Why hasn’t she told him the truth all these years they’ve been in contact? Fer explains that Eww forced her to keep quiet, she paid her to have an abortion, threatened to kill her. But, oh, she couldn’t do that, she was so happy to have a piece of him to cherish. So she disappeared for a while, gave birth, then when she was back she started working for Augusto Cantu, while her mother took care of the baby. She has been under duress all this time, Eww is playing with everyone’s lives. Fab listens to all of this with what has become his “I wish I were the gardener’s son” scowl. He just says that both Eww and Fer are big liars who lie easier than they breathe.

Love in the time of the mythomania

 Elisa and Renata share some good old fashioned gossip about Fer and Fab and their bundle of joy. Elisa had no clue Fab was the baby daddy, she only recently found about about Juanito. Renata is shocked, Elisa not so much anymore, wherever you turn your back there is another lie waiting for you (this coming from her is priceless). She explains to Renata that Fer disappeared at one time, for more than a year, supposedly studying abroad. She’s now sure that she knew about Augie’s dirty business. Ren plays big sister, offers to prepare some tea for Elisa, but she’s about to go ut again, see Leo. On second thought, she doesn’t feel like going, maybe she should cancel. Renata gets frantic, insists that Elisa doesn’t give up on a romantic night with the man she loves. She even offers to cook them dinner and her insistence makes Elisa cave.

Then Renata calls Leo, tells him about the change in plans. He’s surprised, doesn’t seen eager to be under the same roof with Victoria. Renata quickly explains that her mother is gone and she and Majo will hide in their rooms. Leo finally agrees, Ren suggests he bring red roses.  

The three sisters try to choose the right outfit for Elisa to wear. She doesn’t seem to like any of her dresses anymore, maybe because they all look the same.

Fer is at home, crying, with Sonia keeping her company. She accuses her of provoking Marcelo’s death and working for Eww. And if she thinks she will get her family back, she is just stupid. Eww will blackmail her and when he's done with her, he will get rid of her.

Leo arrives, looking as halfway handsome as he could be. Elisa shows up from behind him, sees the red roses, but instead of smiling and saying “thanks” like a normal girlfriend would, she goes into a useless story about she and Renata as kids, never admitting to her sister she hated cut flowers. He promises never to listen to other people’s advice, not even the ones who have the best intentions and who have spent a lot of time and energy cooking for them and decorating the huge Cantu garden better than a professional decorator could. I do hope Renata puts some of this new found energy into getting better mentally, her fangirling over Leolisa is a bit much.

Leo thinks that Ren is a great sister, but Elisa is amazing, so beautiful, more than ever. Snor…

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