Caray, Caray!

Mireya gets a call that Paz's trial has been moved up, which she is disproportionately excited about. I guess it's good news if any wheels are moving at all. She wants to plan a big party to celebrate, but Lupe thinks it's premature. Then Kenzo shows up in a Miami Vice blazer and tells Nandy everything is on track for the change of gender in her official identity papers. Now it will be impossible to stop the party! Lupe gives in.  

Mauro tells Gin he hasn't been able to get into Fermin's safe deposit box to look over the incriminating diary/newspaper/whatever, so they'll have to keep him alive for now. Not sure why they don't just come up with a scary new threat, but thanks for the torture break.  

Paz gets hold of a phone and calls Sam on Monito's hidden cell. I was on the edge of my seat through the whole conversation, but fortunately with Monito serving as lookout they didn't get caught. Mostly it was just sentimental chitchat about looking at the moon and thinking of each other, etc. (Wasn't that a song?)

As if all the woo-woo surveillance already wasn't enough, Esteban talks out loud to Berenice's picture about his suspicion that it was Gin who killed her. Dude, she's in heaven and all that: maybe light a candle and write her a nice note? I'm not buying the whole animal-tracker thing, anyway. Even radio collars, which are large and up front, don't tell you what the elk are actually saying. 

He says he feels impotent. Well, we can hope. 

Humberto marches in and tells Esteban that he's almost done fixing all Paz's legal problems and is ready to fix her romantic problems as well, jeje. Esteban absolutely forbids him to toy with her affections, which sounds pretty absurd coming from him at this moment. Shouts & insults, blah blah blah. I am tired of this pelea de gallos. Two men in their forties who know how to tie a necktie should be able to have a conversation without bumping chests. Grow up, boys. 

Ginebra pretends to cuddle the dog while telling her how much she hates her and can't wait to kill her. Cobija finally gets the gist and starts to writhe and squeal a little. Fortunately, she is interrupted by Elvira and the kids and goes back to simulating humanity. (Note to fellow animal lovers: this is a very well trained dog. I'm sure she struggles on command, and they probably dub the whining in afterward. Her tail was wagging almost the whole time. Whew.) 

Humberto drops in at the jailhouse speakeasy to give Paz the glad tidings: she will be released today! She doesn't understand. Didn't Ginebra threaten that she'd be in jail for the rest of her life? Hum explains that the hearing was moved up, he presented the evidence in her favor, and nobody showed up for the other side, so the charges were dismissed. Not only that, but double jeopardy means she can't be tried again. She's deliriously happy, of course: how can she ever repay him? "With your happiness," he replies. He finally smiles with both sides of his mouth, which compensates a little for all that forehead.

Elvira ill-advisedly confides to Gin that she is starting to have feelings for Fobo. Well, she doesn't have any other friends (except Fobo.) Gin knits her razor-sharp eyebrows. "Your...employee?" Do we have to worry about him now, too? It would be easier to try and keep track of who's NOT on the hit list.

Back in the barrio, Gema thrusts a scrap of paper through the Robles' window and informs Salo that his attendance is expected at the gynecologist. Sal agrees with his usual dyspeptic wince. (Who is that weird little dude with the 9-dimensional haircut, and why does Gema have to take him everywhere? Is he on supervised release or what? I guess if we don't know his name, he's not important, but he's getting on my nerves.)

Esteban shows up to congratulate all the Robles on their release from family camp jail. They are all really happy to see him until they are interrupted by a street reporter asking nasty questions. Esteban threatens her with legal action, and she finally leaves. He girds his loins and confesses that he and Paz have broken up, and everyone's in choc. Why why why???

Just then Paz appears with Humberto, and everyone runs off and leaves Esteban standing alone. He doesn't have the sense to politely melt away, and when Paz catches sight of him she lets him have it. She calls him "senor" and "usted" and tells him he is not welcome in her house or her neighborhood. She is (literally) spitting mad. Everyone goes into the house, leaving Esteban slouching in the street looking like his tears have shrunk his suit two sizes. 

In other news:

* If Paz is out, Fefe can't be far behind. I wouldn't mind seeing the lipstick lady, too. I bet she could take on Gema with one hand and four fingers tied behind her back. 

* Esteban tells Gin he feels nothing but hate for her, and she says that there is just one short step between love and hate. Not sure what version of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations she's been reading. 

* The tox screen on the kids comes out negative, but apparently Gala now has anorexia, bulimia, AND pre-diabetes. A lady doctor with admirable elocution does a nice PSA about the escalating effects of eating disorders. 

* Hum confides to his uncle that Paz could even be worth giving up his womanizing ways, and Por confesses that Dona Lupe gives him butterflies in his stomach. 

* Esteban encourages Salo to reach out to Gala. She needs her friends right now. He's not even mad about the (alleged) baby! See, reasonable Esteban is still in there somewhere. 

* The V de C kids are all sleeping in the same room now. Did they ever get the door back? Remember when that seemed really important? Good times. 

* This episode was pretty short on plot advancement and long on personality aberrations. We may have reached 100% turnover in the writers' cage.

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