Caray, Caray!

The Unhappiest Restaurant in Mexico City

Fermin plants a wet one on Paz, who slaps him right quick. Esteban helpfully offers to throw him out, but Paz says it's family stuff and not to worry about it. She walks her new boss out, explaining that the unbathed one is her total ex, signed & sealed, who just got out of jail for things she'd rather not go into. Esteban says he understands what it's like to be stuck with icky people because you're related to them. 

Paz tells Fer he can sleep in the armchair tonight but he has to be out in the morning. After all, he's the reason the loan sharks have made their lives miserable all these years. Fer says he's going to take care of all that and flashes back to the night he hid Mauro's gym bag o' cash in the ventilation duct in the hospital, where surely no one has looked in six years.

The rest of the family urges Paz to forget about Fermin and concentrate on the new guy. Salomon objects that men are not just objects, which is pretty funny, but he is reminded that they're in this multifaceted mess because he was up on the roof cheating on his girlfriend instead of up on the roof fixing the plumbing. Not clear why the plumbing is on the roof, but if that's the only impossible thing we have to believe before breakfast we're getting off easy.

The Forest of Uncertain Death

Mauro flashes back to when he was putting Sam to bed and she asked what he and her mom were like as kids. He tells her they were in a very ugly situation, but her mom was really brave and they got through it. She says she wants to be brave, too, like mama. He tells her she already is, braver than she knows. Te amo's and tickles and we'll try not to think it's creepy when he climbs into bed with her. 

Needless to say, he cannot light the match. He sobs and runs away.

Full circle back to the opening scene: Sam sobs in the box, attracting the attention of the dog-rabbit, who jumps on top of the box and squeaks loudly. Along come some lumberjacks, who almost deploy their trusty chain saw to discover what treasure may be inside -- but fortunately they hear Sam crying and use a hammer instead. 

Oh, no, it's a kid! What should we do? Take her to the authorities? No, they'll think we had something to do with it. I know -- let's drop her off on the front steps of a locked church in the middle of the night with nothing but a few pesos and the dog-rabbit. Sounds like a plan! 

And guess what? SHE HAS AMNESIA. Well, of course she does.

Highway to Hell

Mauro is gibbering to himself in his car. I should never have abandoned her the way Ginebra and I were abandoned; I'll never be able to forgive myself; NEVER. Finally he can't take it anymore and returns to the scene of the crime...but of course the box is empty and Sam is gone.

Mexico by Night

Sam names the dog Cobija (blanket), because she keeps her warm. But not very, because she's freezing. Suddenly Cobija jumps out of her arms and takes off through the park. She chases after her and is predictably freaked out by that cute Televisa rat. Cobija comes back with a piece of bread. Good dog! But she's still hungry, and now they're lost.

A ragged little boy materializes out of the gloom. He tells her his name is Monito (little monkey); what's hers? She doesn't know. He says he'll call her Luna after the beautiful full moon. He gives her his cap to warm her up and says he'll take her somewhere safe. 

Widower Mansion

Esteban is helping the kids with their homework. Bosco is struggling with math, but they'll all work on it together. Gala needs a topic for her Social Studies essay and her dad suggests she write about missing children. He says he has something important to tell them, but before he can finish Yaya busts in and announces she is moving in! The kids are inexplicably happy to see her (and her creepy chauffeur.) 

The Only Hospital in Mexico City (T.O.H.I.M.C.)

Ginebra spins her tale of woe to a mildly skeptical policeman, who eventually wanders off. Mauro shows up and lies to her face about setting the box on fire. She asks if he brought the photo of Sam and insists they make a public-appeal video right that very minute. Does she look tragic enough? He assures her she does. 

Meanwhile, Fermin pops the plate off the ol' Bank of Last Resort in the basement men's room and finds...nothing. Um, surprise?

Something in the Air

A big storm kicks up just as Ginebra's video is being broadcast on tv. Esteban sees it and recalls how they met her at the ambassador's party in Europe -- you know, The Ambassador to Europe -- and he also did some business with poor dead Elias; he should call with his condolences. Paz sees it and immediately feels the call of the blood from Sam's picture. (It even works virtually! Who knew?) 

Ginebra is thrilled they've gone viral. She crows to Mauro that they're both murderers, both cold as ice. He flashes back to when they were living on the street and says he sometimes kind of misses that. Gin pitches a fit and throws her hospital food on the floor.

In Other News:

- Yaya criticizes Esteban's cooking and insists he hire a chef so her grandchildren don't starve to death. (I think we can see where this is going.) Gala dumps her dinner in the toilet and looks critically at her perfectly normal teenage tummy.

- Monito takes "Luna" to a tent camp where he finds her a coat and some newspapers to line it with. They seem to be sleeping in the luggage compartment of an abandoned bus. Too, too sad. 

- Mireya chides Sal for being a womanizer with commitment issues JUST LIKE HIS FATHER. Future bad penny alert! 

- Kenzo comes to Esteban's office to tell him the experts say the video of Bere is legit. Esteban grabs her photo and bursts into tears. Paz comes up behind him and embraces him in a way that no one should embrace their boss, especially on their first day of work.

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