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Missing Recap 17: Lola loses the battle

Fernando once again asks for the check and wants to know why F.I. has so much money. While Lety's writing the check she laughs, and I can't tell if she ever answers him or not.

Marcia is telling Alicia that she couldn't convince Luigi not to hire Jazmin. Alicia is not being sympathetic. Marcia rags on her, I think saying she knows how it feels to be cheated on or something like that, and sticks up for Lola. She may even say Alicia could never understand, but I'm really not sure, I'm just guessing because then Alicia tells her about PM and Omar, sort of like an 'oh yeah, well get this' kind of thing.

Jazmin is still on the phone to El Cheque and he's still nervous about Lola, but she needs the modeling work. I think he wants her to quit but she tells him no and to calm down. She says nothing will happen and she wants to be a model and the job at Conceptos is important. Luigi tells her to get off the phone and something about a novela. Irma walks over to her and tells her to hang up, then they both give Jazmin crap about yakking on the phone so much and to get to work.

Lety is on the phone down in reception talking to Tomas about Filmo Imagen. I'm not sure what they're saying, but as soon as she says "Tomas" PM perks up and makes a comment. Lety hangs up on Tomas and PM tries to get info about him out of her, but Lety isn't spilling.

Alicia is still in Marcia's office telling her about PM and Omar. Marcia is sympathetic. She says something about Lety that I don't get. Marcia's phone rings, it's Sara telling her she has a call. When the call comes through, apparently it's a prospective client, she tells Alicia she has a lot of work to do and dismisses her.

Lola is freaking out on the phone and I'm guessing she's talking to her ex because she's slamming stuff around. She then cries to Sara and Marta. Saimon dances by and starts talking about this new fab model that just got hired. Sara and Marta try to shut him up but he's clueless and tells Lola the model's a little bon bon. Lola hauls off and slaps him. Saimon wants to know why and she wants to know what about Paula Maria? Just then Lety runs up and asks Saimon to deposit a check for her. He reads it and asks her about Filmo Imagen.

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Missing Recap 18: Troubles brewing

Fernando is talking to someone on the phone, I think about a camera. Lety comes in and he asks if the deposit has been made, which she affirms. She heads toward her office but he stops her and again asks her why F.I. has so much money. She tells him the original money was invested well and this is the proceeds. He wants to know who made the investments, so she 'fesses up about Tomas. He asks if she told Tomas anything about the embargo.

Marcia enters reception and Paula Maria wishes her Buenos Tardes. Marcia comes over and asks PM why she's with the company, is it to work or is it to get a boyfriend? PM says to work, and Marcia demands to know how PM could have an affair with Omar knowing he was Alicia's fiancé. PM asks if she's being fired and Marcia says no, she's considering her son and says something I don't get. Just then Omar the Oaf walks in and says hi to Marcia. She makes a rude comment to him about Alicia and romance, he tries to say something back but Marcia just says "si" in a disgusted voice and stalks off. PM looks sad or sheepish, I'm not sure what it's supposed to be. Omar says hi to her and gets on the elevator just as Saimon dances off. He dances over to PM and asks for his slicker and helmet. He says something about his mandible, I think he tells her that Lola hit him. She asks why and he tells her about the new bon bon. PM tells him his bon bon is the one who broke up Lola's marriage and is an enemy of the cuartel. She puts up her dukes like she's gonna slug him and he says he has to get to the bank.

Fernando again asks Lety about Tomas, did she tell him about the embargo? She lies and denies it and says he's just investing the money for her. He reminds her that only she, he and Omar can know about this. One more time he asks her if she's told anyone and she denies it. She then goes into her office and calls him Tan Divino.

Sara goes into Luigi's office to talk to Irma, who gives her a shoe catalog. I'm afraid I don't get this conversation.

The cuartel are in the executive lobby and Jaz walks in talking to Cheque on the phone. They hold Lola back as Lola yells at Jaz. She mentions Luigi and Lopez and her contract and says she's going to be a model. Lola and the cuartel laugh at her, then Lola and Jazmin trade insults. Sara once again busts out the RDC (that's Roller Derby Chick) and everyone now has to hold HER back. Alicia comes out and asks if there's a problem. Jaz says she doesn't have a problem but the cuartel does. She and Alicia share a laugh and Irma tells them Jaz only got hired by accident.

Once again PM is giving Saimon crap, but this time he doesn't care. Jazmin comes out of the elevator and Saimon drools. She tells him she got the job and he does a little happy happy joy joy dance, then hugs her, pissing PM off. They talk cutesy and he offers to drive her somewhere but she tells him her ride is coming. The cuartel exit the elevator and have to hold Lola back again. Lety makes fun of Jazmin and the cuartel chase after and watch as she greets Flaquito and gets into his car.

At Lety's house, Tomas is on her computer. She comes in and tells him he did well with the investments. They talk about something, I guess the embargo since she shows him the documents.

Fernando walks into Marcia's apartment and calls for her. He starts looking at the stuff in boxes when she comes out and asks him something I don't get. I think she asks what the consequences between them would have been if his parents had given the presidency to Ariel, and I think he replies that he would have cancelled the wedding, but then tells her he's just kidding. They then say stuff I don't get.

Tomas talks about the papers and the embargo and Lety tells him Fernando said not to talk about it. She locks the papers away in her trunk and tells Tomas that he can't say anything to anyone. They continue to talk about it I think, but I'm not sure.

Marcia and Fernando are kissing on the couch and he tells her he needs her. She says something about Lety, and I'm not sure but it could be she's asking if he needs her as much as he needs Lety (can someone verify?). She's kinda whining and it's kinda annoying so I miss a lot of it.

Tomas is upset and doesn't want anything to do with the embargo. Lety tries to convince him and they laugh about something. He agrees to do it and she reminds him that he can't say anything to anyone, especially not to her dad.

Marcia and Fernando are now in bed, she's asleep but he isn't. He's remembering when his dad turned the company over to him and he's worrying about everything. He can't sleep. He has a gorgeous chest.

Lety is writing in her diary. I'm not sure, but the shampoo commercial is mentioned. I'm not clear, but either she's telling her diary they had to borrow from F.I. to pay for the commercial, or she's telling it they're hoping the commercial will bring in enough revenue to get them out of the mess, or maybe both.

Next day Luigi is filming the commercial. A lot of people are hanging around. First they film a model in a shower in the studio, then they film at a waterfall. Fern keeps handling the model, who ISN'T Jazmin though I thought that's what Luigi hired her for. Next we see Luigi editing it. Lety is giving a voiceover during this whole thing, but I don't know what she's saying.

Cheque drops Jazmin off at work. Marta and Lola say rude things to her. Lola yells at Marta for some reason that I don't get. Saimon and PM are dancing in reception and Jazmin walks in and claps, then starts flirting with Saimon. Lola sees this and goes into full-on attack mode, but Marta holds her back. Jazmin asks Lola how she's doing and Lola psychotically says fine, fine, everything's just fine, then says something rude to her. Jaz heads toward the elevator so Marta and Lola decide to take the stairs so they won't have to ride with her. Saimon drools over her as she leaves, then turns back to continue dancing with PM, but she's no longer in the mood and throws his mac and helmet at him and threatens him.

Jazmin gets off the elevator in the executive lobby and says Buenos Dias to everyone. Alicia answers her nicely but Sara answers her sarcastically and wants to beat her up and Juana has to hold her back. Luigi comes in and bitches about Jaz being late. She whines and he cuts her off and sends her off. Lety runs out looking for Lola just as she and Marta exit the stairs (Marta is having a hard time catching her breath). Lety starts in with some problem, but I don't understand it, and they walk off.

Now Lety's on the phone in Fern's office, sounds like she's trying to get a loan. Fern's pacing (today he's in a tan outfit instead of his usual dark stuff and he really wears it well! But then I think I mentioned before I'm a tad prejudiced). She hangs up and I think they didn't get it. Alicia comes in and tells them the Licenciado of Banco Atlantico is on the phone. Lety tells her to give the call to her and she'll talk to him and Alicia objects because she's just an assistant. Fernando teases that maybe they should let Alicia talk to him since she has six semesters of finance at a very good school. Then he tells her to just pass the call on to Lety please. Omar and Fernando hover while she talks to him. I guess they get the loan because they do another Fern/Omar sandwich on her (MAN I wish I was Angelica Vale right then!!!), but this time it's a happy sandwich. Fern asks Lety something that I don't get and Omar leaves.

Irma is talking to Jazmin in Luigi's office and he walks in with a dvd. He says something about the commercial being perfect. Two other models come in and ask if they're being replaced by Jazmin. He tells them no, they are his premier models, and Jaz makes a face. He offers to show the two models his new commercial. They watch it on his computer and Jaz goes over to Irma and asks her to help her with Luigi because she wants to represent Conceptos in the new commercial. Irma ignores her. Jaz says please help me, but Irma just says excuse me and tries to walk past her. Jaz continues to try to talk her into helping and tries to butter her up, but she just says "con permiso" and walks off. Omar comes in to talk to Luigi, but Luigi tells him to leave. They talk stuff I don't get and Luigi asks him to leave again. He sees Jazmin and starts to drool.

Marcia and Alicia are talking in the executive lobby and I'm not sure of the conversation, so please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Alicia's whining about not having any money and is drowning in debt. Marcia comments about her dress (how expensive it is maybe, or that it's new?) and so isn't really sympathetic. I think she wants Alicia to pay her back, but Alicia tells her she has to maintain her image with good shoes and exclusive dresses. Marcia ain't buying tells her she wants her money tomorrow.

In the bathroom Sara and Marta are plotting something against Alicia. They look at something in a bag and cackle evilly.

Luigi is saying something to Irma while Jazmin is standing there staring off into space like a zombie. Her phone rings and she asks Luigi for a few minutes to answer it. Before he can answer her she answers her phone anyway and leaves the room.

Back in the bathroom, Marta is holding up a dress that looks a lot like what Alicia is wearing. Lola walks in and busts out laughing. Jaz walks in talking to El Cheque and Lola starts to make twitchy faces. Marta holds her back and they leave the restroom and Marta tells her to calm down. They talk about stuff I don't get but it helps and Lola calms down, but only until Jazmin walks out of the bathroom and then once again Marta has to hold Lola back. Lola calms down again and tells Jazmin that as long as they're both working at Conceptos she'll try to get along with her. Jazmin sees Luigi coming up behind Lola and starts crying and pretending that Lola is verbally attacking her. Marta and Lola look at each other like que the hell is she crying for and Luigi yells at Lola. Fernando and Omar walk by and Fern tells Luigi to straighten it out. Lopez also comes walking up and says something about Lola starting a scandal. Lola tries to tell him she didn't say anything, but he just walks away while Jazmin giggles evilly near the elevator. I guess instead of actually getting to model, Jaz's main job is going to be to usher guests to the presentation. Just them some people (I guess Bella Life people) exit the elevator and she takes them to the viewing room (yep, I was right). Luigi talks to Alicia and tells her that he's about to present his commercial to the clients. He then tells her it's a secret, though, and walks away, and she immediately gets on the horn to Ariel.

In the presentation room, Marcia and Fernando are talking. She wants to know why more people aren't there, is his family coming? He says no they won't be there and she asks the same question about Ana Leticia and Ariel. He says Ariel, are you kidding? I think he says something along the lines of that's all I need is him running around causing trouble. They sit.

Alicia is telling Ariel about the commercial and how it's being presented without a lot of publicity. Ariel hangs up and says some stuff I don't get, but you know he'd be twirling his moustaches evilly if he had any moustaches. Actually, I think he might be gloating that the presidency will finally be his.

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Missing Recap 19: Ariel spreads his sunshine

Lola and Marta are getting reamed again for saying things to Jazmin that they never said.

Luigi comes out to present his commercial. He talks about the original music and a bunch of other stuff, causing Fernando to say in an aside to Omar that he should shut up and present it already. Marcia makes a comment about Jazmin, probably not a nice one since she actually sides with Lola on this, and Jaz notices them all looking at her. She comes over and asks Fernando if he wants anything. He says no, but Omar flirts and kisses her hand.

Lola is freaking in the bathroom with the cuartel. I'm not sure but I think she asks Juana to put a curse on her, but Juana replies that she only reads the shells. Alicia walks in and says the usual rude Alicia things. Lety tells them to ignore her (which they don't), PM insults her, and Sara threatens to attack her. Marta says something about her outfit that I don't get, and I think she answers back with something about cheap shoes. She calls them all ugly, laughs, and leaves. They plot her downfall.

In the lobby, Ariel gets off the elevator. He tells Alicia her dress is nice and she says thanks, it's a Chanel. Now you KNOW this is going to lead to something because Ariel nice? No way. Lety comes charging out of the bathroom not looking where she's going and plows into Ariel, making him drop his briefcase. She whines and apologizes, and he says something rude and leaves. Lola comes out and Lety whispers to her that Ariel is there.

We get to see the commercial.
Lety is still talking to Lola about Ariel and the commercial. Lola gets a call and apparently her ex-husband hasn't paid for the kids' school so they're being booted. Lola gets upset and Lety looks sympathetic.

The clients love the commercial. Marcia and Omar congratulate Fernando, when all of a sudden Ariel the Good Time Killer shows up. Marcia asks him why he's there and he wants to know why he wasn't told about the presentation. He gets pissy (as always) and he and Fernando trade insults. Luigi talks to the clients, who then congratulate Fernando and leave.

Lola is in reception telling Saimon and PM about her problem. Saimon threatens to beat Cheque up, but Lola calls him a desgraciado for hanging around Jazmin. He flatters her and she calms down, then they talk about their favorite restaurant, La Comidilla.

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Missing Recap 20: Little Baby Seashells of Doom

Ariel and Fernando trade insults again. Luigi comes up, happy that the clients like his video. Fernando says something I don't get, possibly a dig at Ariel, and Ariel brings up the disastrous Benny Ibarra video (let it go already dude!). Ariel tells them he's going to find a way to prove that Conceptos is in trouble and leaves. Marcia kisses Luigi and leaves too. Luigi tries to kiss Fernando but he brushes him off, but he does tell him Felicidades. Luigi reminds him of the bet and calls him Queen of the Night.

Ariel storms into Fernando's office, then into Lety's. He demands that Lety give him a copy of the company's financial report. She refuses, saying she has to get permission from Fernando. He says he doesn't need Fernando's permission, he's Ariel Villaroel, a board member and shareholder. She still refuses and says Fernando's the President and her boss. He now changes his tune and gets all slimy and tells her to sit down. He starts trying to win her over to his evil plot, telling her it's better for her to be on his good side since soon he's going to be the President. Naturally this pisses her off, don't you dare diss her Tan Divino! She turns down his "offer" coldly. I think he threatens her because she says she'll take the consequences. He asks if she has a boyfriend, which sets her eye to twitching (someone should have told her about botox to fix that little problem). She says no and he says something I don't get about fidelity. Finally he leaves in a huff and she sinks back into her chair shakily.

Fernando, Omar and Marica are walking back to Fern's office when they catch Ariel coming out of it. Fern wants to know what he was doing there and he tells him he was talking to Fern's assistant. They both talk smack and the company's finances are mentioned. For a rare change, Marcia actually sticks up for her novio. Ariel tosses out another insult or threat, not sure which, and stalks away (is he older than Marcia? Maybe that's where she gets it from, it's a family trait).

Marta comes out of the bathroom dressed in a very cheap knock-off of Alicia's dress. OK, didn't you see that coming after Ariel commented on her dress? Anyway, she mimics Alicia's moves as Alicia flirts with Ariel. Ariel says something I don't get, gives a fake laugh and leaves. Alicia insults Marta, but she just offers her a bite of her sandwich.

Fernando, Marcia and Omar go into his office and Fern asks Lety what Ariel was doing there. She tells him he wanted information. He asks financial information? You didn't give it to him, did you? She says no, she didn't give him anything. Marcia leaves and Fern tells Lety she can go to lunch.

Lety goes out into the executive lobby where the cuartel are waiting. Juana tells her she brought the shells, and they chat about them as they leave.

Fernando and Omar continue to chat in Fernando's office. I think Fern is telling Omar that he has to keep up his romance with Alicia so she won't pass information on to Ariel. Omar is NOT pleased.

At the restaurant Lety rolls the shells. Juana tells her that her love life and personal life are connected. Lety's not sure how that can be, though you know she's hoping this means something about Fern being hot for her but she doesn't say that. I think Juana then says something about a tempest, though I could be misunderstanding a word. She says something about Conceptos that gets the cuartel all oohing and aahing, then she says someone's going to change her life. Sara asks if it's a galan. They continue to talk about the possible meaning and could it be someone at Conceptos? To cover her wishful-thinking romance for Fern, she mentions Tomas. She's talking really fast, so I don't get the whole conversation.

In the executive lobby, Jazmin asks Alicia if she can recommend some place to eat. Alicia tells her about La Comidilla and tells her it's tranquil (?). Jazmin leaves and Alicia laughs about setting it up to ruin Lola's lunch.

Back at the restaurant, now Lola rolls the shells. Juana tells her something I don't get, but she says 'solo' and something about she'll have problems so I don't know if she's only going to have one problem or if she's going to have problems because she's alone. Sorry... Lola's kids come running up just as Jazmin walks in. Naturally the cuartel have to hold Lola back (there's a lot of that going on, isn't there). The kids say stuff I don't get and Saimon comes in, so I'm guessing he's the one who went to get the kids when they were kicked out because their school fees hadn't been paid. He starts flirting with Jazmin, and PM bitches him out about it and he leaves. It looks like Jaz is dumb enough to actually want to sit with the cuartel, though maybe she's just doing it to annoy Lola, I don't know. Irma tells her to go away and the kids go and sit at a separate but nearby table. Jazmin starts to sit at another table, but then gets up and walks away when Cheque calls her. She then returns to her table as Lety leaves to go to the bathroom. The kids are being brats at their table, nothing new there. Lety goes into the restroom and I'm not positive what's going on so I'm going to give you my guess and please correct me if necessary. I think she's thinking about what Juana said, and is thinking that Fern's the man who's going to change her life because she says 'Don Fernando' wistfully. Then she splashes water onto her reflection in the mirror (like telling herself to stop being an idiot) and her eye begins to twitch.

Now we're at Lety's house and there are tons of boxes all over the table. Erasmo and Tomas talk shop while mom brings in food and wants to know where to put it since the table's full. Pop tells her they're working, and something I don't get. My guess is that despite repeated requests from Fernando not to tell ANYONE about F.I., Lety has now hired her dad into the company. Then again, Fern did tell her she could do what she wanted as long as the company remained in good shape, so I guess what the heck, right?

Lety goes back to the table, but then tells everyone she has to get back to work and leaves. Jazmin starts yelling at the waiter loud enough for the cuartel to hear that she can't eat the food he brought her, either because she'll get fat and ugly or because it's only food for fat ugly people, I'm not sure. Lola is still freaking, the cuartel are still holding her back, and I'm tired of this nonsense and really wish I could move on. Then Cheque walks in with flowers and chocolates and makes goo goo eyes at Jazmin and Lola freaks even more (ok, this is SO old by now!).

Lety walks into reception and says something I don't get, but she's looking sad. Saimon says something to her about PM and Jazmin, then adds something about Lopez and Luigi and he and Lety share a laugh. Lety then says she has to go to Fernando and gets on the elevator.

More freaking in the restaurant and the kids run up to their dad, who's shocked to see them. He wants to eat with Jazmin but I think Lola rags on him till he agrees to eat with his kids, and pretends the flowers and chocolates are for them. Jaz gets pissed and leaves the table and calls him on his cell. He gets up and leaves the table to take the call and while he's gone the kids put either sugar or salt into his soup.

Lety is on the phone talking to her mom. I have no idea what the conversation is about, but Lety is acting kinda pouty.

Checque comes back to the table and the kids tell him to eat. He does and gags. He claims he's going to go talk to the chef and takes off after Jazmin.

Lety has now bounced from sad mode to dreamy mode. She walks into Fernando's office with a dreamy look on her face and says hi. He notices her look but just keeps talking about stuff I don't get, a check and work. She just stands there so he impatiently asks her what's up. I guess the look she's giving him is supposed to be dreamy and full of love but personally I just find it creepy. If someone gave me a look like that I'd be thinking of Ted Bundy or John Wayne Gacy, but I guess that's just me. Anyroad, she continues to give him this look as she remembers what Juana told her. She starts daydreaming about her and Fernando's wedding. She calls him Don Fernando and he tells her not to be so formal. She says ok... Fernando. He says something teasingly and taps her glasses. This wakes her up to him really tapping her glasses, asking what's wrong. She tells him nothing and I think he tells her to go get Marcia and Omar for a meeting.

Back at the unending nightmare that is Lola's storyline, Cheque runs into the kitchen where Jazmin is. I'm not sure of the conversation but the kids are mentioned. The kids are talking at their table and decide to run off after their dad, and Lola follows them. The kids almost find the pair in the kitchen, but they hide under a table. Lola and the kids come in and look everywhere, even under every table EXCEPT the table the two are under. When they aren't looking Cheque crawls out and gets away. Jaz starts to crawl out and bumps into a waiter who dumps soup all over her. Wa-wa-wa-wa... She screams while Lola and the kids all laugh cruelly. Jazmin cries while Cheque realizes she isn't with him. He goes back to where she is as the cuartel come in and begin laughing at her too. Cheque hands his wallet to Lola, she says something I don't get, and he agrees.

Back at Conceptos, Fernando, Marcia, Omar and Lety are in the conference room. I'm not sure what they're talking about, possibly how much they're hoping the commercial will pull them out of the dump they're in. Lety is taking notes and gives some info to Fernando. Fernando calls Alicia and asks her to come in while Omar calls Sara and asks her to bring some information in. Marta sees Alicia heading for the conference room and asks Sara if she can take the info to Omar instead. Alicia walks in and Fernando starts to tell her what he wants, but his voice trails off as Marta comes in. Alicia freaks out. Fernando calls Marta guapa and tells her she looks guapissima. Omar and Marcia are laughing, and Marcia tells her she looks bonita and compares her outfit to Alicia's. Alicia says Marta's dress is just a cheap knock-off while hers is a Chanel. Fern asks what did you say? Rrranel, rolling his r's. (Is this some kind of in-joke?) (Julie says - I think he's suggesting that Alicia's is also a counterfeit, just more expensive. When you buy knockoffs, the label names are often a letter or to off, like "Praba" or "Guchi." Or perhaps "Rrrranel.") Alicia gets pissed and repeats Chanel. Marta tells everyone where she got her dress and how much she paid for it. Fernando tells her it's divino. Marta walks out slowly as Fernando and Omar continue to flatter her and Marcia laughs (nicely, not sarcastically, which is a real change).

Marica and Alicia go into Marcia's office, Alicia yakking the whole time, complaining about what Marta's doing. Marcia loses her patience and tells Alicia to leave, she needs to work.

Next Fernando, Marcia, Lety and Omar are in Fernando's office. The phone rings and Lety answers it. I'm sorry, I have no idea what this is about. Can anyone shed some light?

According to the caption, it's now Days Later. Fern, Marcia, Omar and Lety are all pacing in Fern's office while the shampoo commercial plays on the tv there. They all look unhappy, I think because the commercial isn't playing in Mexico or L.A. and they aren't getting the publicity they'd hoped for. Alicia walks in and tells them Luigi is with someone from Bella Life. For some reason this makes everyone very happy and they say something about international. I'm guessing this means the commercial was playing in Europe or somewhere and was a hit, though how they get that from just the little bit Alicia said, I have no idea. Fern hugs Marcia, then jumps onto Omar and hugs him. Lety wants some action but he ignores her, so she manages to worm her way into another Fern/Omar sandwich, the kind I might sell my soul to the devil to have. Ok, I wouldn't really ever sell my soul, but I'd have to take a few minutes to seriously consider the offer before turning him down. Alicia asks if she should show them into the conference room. Lety says yes but Alicia just ignores her and asks Fernando again. He yells at her to yes, show them in.

Again with Jazmin and Lola, this time their in the Fea Conference Room sniping at each other. They talk stuff I don't get and honestly don't want to. Whatever they're talking about, Irma doesn't like it and excuses herself to go back to work. Saimon knocks on the door looking for PM, I think he wants her to get back to Reception. They talk about Saimon, then call him into the bathroom. He's worried Lola is going to hit him. I can't make out anything else.

Luigi and Ricky from Bella Life are in the conference room with Fernando, Marcia and Omar. Luigi is talking while stroking some dead animal on his shoulder (have they never heard of PETA?). Ricky says they love the commercial and now they want all their commercials to be done by Luigi Lombardi. Luigi talks about how BL is willing to contract with them and mentions a very large sum (I'm not sure what it is, but I get about 11 mil dollars plus change, can someone please verify?). Lety happens to be conveniently drinking water with her ears once again in hypersensitivity mode so we can have a humorous moment of her hearing the amount and spitting out her water in amazement. Fernando looks like he's trying to stay composed when you know he really wants to bust a move.

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Missing Recap 13: When your boss tells you to go home... GO HOME!!

We're in reception and PM is telling the cuartel what Lopez is doing. He calls her again and she says she's with Saimon and the cuartel and can they come too, but he tells her it's in her best interest to get rid of them and come alone. I think he threatens to fire her if she doesn't. She agrees to meet him alone in 15 minutes. The rest of the cuartel are trying to get Marta to call Lopez's house, but she's afraid and doesn't want to. They say something to PM that I don't get, and she says she'll quit before she allows him to do anything. Sara shows her how to defend herself using Juana as a dummy. PM and Saimon talk, I think he says he'll go talk to Fernando, but she says no. Just then a hot chick walks in asking for Fernando and Saimon begins to drool.

PM calls Lety to let her know that a Fatima Bosh (?) is there for Fern, and tells her what's happening with Lopez, that Fern told him he could handle the situation so this is how he's handling it.

Omar and Fern are still talking in his office. He's balancing a pencil on his lip, so I'm guessing he's not paying a whole lot of attention. Lety tells Fernando that Fatima's there and he gets all excited while Omar makes some Omar-type comment. He yells at Lety about something and he and Omar talk stuff I don't get. Lety asks him if he told Lopez to handle the PM problem and Fernando says no, he told Lopez to reprimand her but not to dismiss her. She smiles and thanks him and immediately goes back to her office to tell Saimon this, but PM's already gone. Saimon offers his arm to Fatima to take her to Fern's office. Meanwhile Fern is lighting candles, turning on music and rearranging furniture. Omar brings in some wine and they talk man-talk, and Omar says something about Alicia.

Fernando wants to be alone with Fatima and goes into Lety's office and tells her to go home early, but she, for some reason (I thinks she's a closet masochist) decides she wants to stay and tells Fern she has a lot of work to do. He tells her ok, but under no circumstances is she to come out of her office until he tells her to, and I think he tells her not to say anything to Marcia. He leaves her office and sees Fatima and they start talking. Fatima tells Fern she knows Marcia's out of town and she wants to spend all night with him. He pours some wine and he and Fatima start to get it on. At first Lety listens while looking at her picture of him (ew!! Is there such a thing as a Hearing Tom in addition to a Peeping Tom?), but then she gets sad and cries and covers her ears to drown out the noise. Hard to feel sorry for her, it was her choice to stay. Oh well...

Meanwhile Saimon calls Marta and tells her what Lety said about Fernando. He wants her to call Lopez's house, but she still doesn't want to. He tries to reassure her that it will be ok.

At the Blue Dragon Bar (in case there's ever a trivia quiz on it), Lopez is hitting on PM. He tells her that Alicia resigned because of what happened and Omar's really upset. He tries to touch her hand but she pulls away. His cell phone rings and as he's pulling it out of his pocket he pulls out his toothbrush and toothpaste (ok, that just made me urp a little). PM is as disgusted as I was. He tells her the call is just someone from Conceptos and he doesn't answer it. They talk more stuff that I don't get but I feel like I need a shower from hearing it.

At Alicia's house, she's on the phone to her dad and tells him the same stuff Lopez just mentioned. She mentions she needs money and she thinks he hung up, but he didn't. She then tells him about Ariel's harassment and couldn't daddums help her out with just a little buckage? A knock at the door, she hangs up and answers, it's Omar, with flowers. At first she won't talk to him, but as soon as he starts to walk away she changes her mind.

Saimon is still begging Martha to call Lopez's house, but she's afraid because she knows Lopez will know it was her who called. Saimon asks her who's more important, her boss or PM? I'm guessing she chose her boss because Saimon tosses the phone down, then picks it up again to see if Marta is still there.

At Lety's, her 'rents are in bed and she calls. Usual crap about needing to stay late, no come home, can't must work, blah blah etc. Pop asks when she'll be home and she hears the two F's (Fern and Fatima) being mushy and tells her dad she doesn't know.

Speaking of the two F's, they're on the couch kissing and talking. Fatima asks Fernando if he's really going to marry Marcia and he tells her he doesn't want to talk about it. While they're talking, she's slipping off his tie and they kiss a lot more.

Omar is begging Alicia to forgive him, he doesn't know what PM was up to, she was crazy and he lost control, same story he fed Fernando. Alicia says she'll forgive him under two conditions: first he has to fire PM, secondly he has to marry her. He tells her PM is under Fernando's protection so he can't fire her, and I think he also just flat-out refuses to marry her. She gets sad and he leaves.

Back to the bar, PM tries to leave, I think Lopez is getting drunk, and he grabs her. She says something about his wife and just then his phone rings and, of course, it's his wife. He can't let her hear the music, so he goes to the bathroom to answer.

Lety is still listening at the door, que stalkerish. I'm having a hard time drumming up pity for her here. Did I mention she had the chance to go home but didn't???

Back to the Blue Dragon, Lopez answers the phone in the men's room and tells his wife he's working. Meanwhile, we get a rather pointless scene of Saimon pacing in Conceptos' reception and Celso and Sanson come in. They talk, I think about a woman being up with Fernando. Then we're back to the bar again, and while Lopez is gone PM asks a lady next to her to borrow her cell phone and calls Saimon. He tells her what Fernando had said, but the bar is so noisy she can't hear him. She tells him where she's at and hangs up because Lopez returns. She tells him she needs to leave, but Lopez wants to dance.

The two F's are still making out in his office and Lety finally has enough. She covers her ears and starts singing to block out the noise.

At Ariel's house he answers the door and it's Alicia. He invites her in and she says she needs to talk to him and he asks her if she quit Conceptos and she tells him no. He asks her if he no longer disgusts her (actually, after I saw him at Magic Mountain in L.A. he didn't disgust me either, he was so adorable, but until then I was full-on with Alicia on that). She says she only told him that because she was mad but she wants to be friends. He tells her he's only interested if there's sex involved (ok, I take it back, Magic Mountain or no Magic Mountain). She doesn't want him to compromise her relationship with Omar and, like the jerk he is, he says what relationship, 'cause that little incident at Conceptos kinda proved Omar wasn't taking it too seriously. She says she needs her job and he says then you have to accept my proposal (he says apuesta, which I thought meant "bet" but I guess it means "deal" or "proposal" as well), and he heads off into the bedroom. She thinks about it for a minute, then follows him in.

Lety calls her 'rents and Mom asks if she's going to be working all night. Pop is listening in and gets really pissed. Lety tells them she's working on a very special project and not to worry because there are a whole bunch of people working late that night, the other secretaries and Lopez. I guess she placates them. She says she'll see them tomorrow and hangs up.

Lopez and PM are dancing. She mentions she has to work tomorrow but that doesn't stop him. He's puttin' on the moves, she's pushing them off. I'm not sure, but I think she says something like "I'm not like that" and he says "you were, with Omar" or something equally disgusting. She's asking him to stop, he's married, and he starts kissing her neck. She's trying to fight him off when a woman in a nightdress and curlers shows up and scratches him down his back. He turns to look and freaks, it's the little woman. He tries to make an excuse, asking where Fern and Omar are, but she's not buying. Wifey sees the toothbrush and paste and puts two and two together and really starts screeching like a banshee. He denies everything, of course, but she drags him off by his ear, threatening the whole way, while everyone watches and PM laughs. The barman shows up with the bill and gives it to PM, but she doesn't have any money.

Fernando and Fatima are still at it at the office, but decide to go somewhere else to finish their business, leaving the music on and Lety holed up in her office, crying. We get to hear Aqui Estare again (great song). Should'a gone home woman! Jeez Louise!

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Missing Recap 14: Alicia, Lety, and Lopez get unlucky

We're back at the bar where Lopez is being emasculated again. PM gets the bill and can't pay again, the two F's leave again and Lety cries again. Angelica sings that she's right here again, and I'm telling Lety she should have gone home when she had the chance again. Lety crawls up onto her desk and lays down, crying. Ok, I may not feel too sorry for her, but that part WAS kinda sad.

Paula Maria is arguing with the barman, she doesn't have any money. She offers him her watch, but just at that moment Saimon the P-Whipped shows up and offers to pay, but it's more than he has cash for. He offers his watch, saying it's Swiss, and the barman accepts. Sorry, still can't get over the fact he's doing this for someone who was busted trying to bang the VP. Anyroad...

We cut to Ariel telling Alicia he's going to want a lot of sex. She says she doesn't want that kind of relationship, but you already know what he had to say about that and he heads into the bedroom. She thinks about it for a minute, then follows him in. He's lying there on the bed in an oh-so-NOT-sexy pose and I can't believe she didn't run off screaming at the sight.

We go back to PM and Saimon. She tells him what Lopez had proposed and he gets righteously pissed, and tells her that Fernando had ordered Lopez not to dismiss her. She thanks him for saving her, and thanks some saints for sending Mrs. Lopez along at the right time. Saimon tells her don't thank the saints, thank Marta for giving him the number or making the call, sorry I'm not clear who actually made the call. PM is a little worried that Marta will get into trouble, but being the selfish cretin she is, that worry flashes in and out of her mind about the same length of time as a lightening bolt hitting the ground, then she's back to being all over Saimon. They dance, then he picks her up and carries her out. Saimon takes her home and tells her he thinks Omar was a jackass whereas he's single and would love to be with her and her son. She says now she knows she has a guardian angel and gives him a kiss on the forehead. He wants more so she gives him a very quick kiss on the lips and runs off. He gets dreamy and says "beso" over and over. Ok, he's p-whipped, but that's kinda cute.

Next day Fern talks to Celso, then walks into reception. Marta is crying to PM about the trouble she's going to be in for giving out Lopez's number when Fern walks in. PM thanks him for his help with the situation and he makes her promise not to pull a stunt like that again.

Fernando walks into his office and sees that it's still a mess from last night. He starts moving furniture back and yells for Lety (was it her job to clean up after him?). He walks into her office and finds her asleep on her desk. At first he's pissed and wakes her up, asking why his office is still such a mess. She says she'll get Juana to clean it up and he gives her crap for sleeping on the job. She tells him she spent the night because he told her not to come out until he said so, and she heard the music still playing so she stayed put. He can't believe it and asks her again, you mean you spent the night here in the office?

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Missing Recap 15: Lopez tries to do his thing

Lety affirms that yes, she spent the whole night there because he didn't tell her he'd left. I'm not sure of the whole conversation, but I think he says nothing happened, he and Fatima left, and he apologizes for leaving her there all night. She gives him the report she finished during the night and he tells her to go home. Omar comes in teasing him about how unprofessional the office looks, and wants to know all the details of last night's little adventure with Fatima. He's thinking this means adios Marcia, Lety is listening and likes this part. But Fern tells him no, it's like it always is, when he first sees a woman he really wants her, but afterwards he feels empty. The only one he still has any feelings for is Marcia (Lety's sad), and he's not sure if that's due to love, affection, or custom. Omar tells him he should keep looking (Lety's happy), but Fernando is skeptical and says that he's been doing it too long and so far Marcia's the best one he's found (Lety's sad). Lety comes out and offers to clean up but Fernando tells her to go home and he'll see her tomorrow. Omar wants to know was'sup and Fern tells him how she spent the night there and it was his fault. Omar the Ever-Sympathetic just laughs.

Lety tells PM she's leaving as Saimon comes into the reception with a big stuffed bear for PM. She loves it, but then she gets a call from an old boyfriend and sets up a date with him and Saimon is sad.

Omar is still laughing that Fernando left Lety in the office all night. He asks if she means so little to Fernando. Fern feels terrible about it and tells him that he's impressed that Lety trusts him and follows his orders unconditionally and he wants Omar to respect that. He says she's proven she's loyal to him and he has total confidence that Conceptos is in her hands.

Tomas runs into Lety as she's getting off the bus and wonders what's up. She tells him (against all orders of course) about F.I.'s loan to Conceptos. He again wonders if Fernando will want back his Filmo Imagen money but Lety tells him she doubts it because it's not enough money to help.

Fernando and Omar talk more about Lety and Conceptos, and make a joke about Alicia.

Alicia comes into reception, glares at PM, and gets onto the elevator. PM tries to talk to Saimon but he's unhappy and is barely responding. Clueless PM wants to know why, what's wrong, but he just tells her how stupid he is. She says something about the bear and throws it back at him. He yells at her, she snaps back, and he wusses down again.

Fernando and Omar talk about PM, then Omar tells Fernando that Alicia wouldn't forgive him unless he married her, and he pretends to strangle himself and Fernando pretends to stop him. He says he used that as an excuse to break up with her. I think Omar then says he thinks Alicia's going to quit, and he and Fernando pretend to cry about it, but then I think Fernando tells him basically don't bet on it.

Lopez comes into reception wearing sunglasses but you can still see scratches all over his face. He also has first aid tape on the back of his head. PM calls Lola to warn the cuartel that he's coming up. He stops at Alicia's desk and tells her about his conversation with Ariel. Alicia replies something that I don't get and I think she tells him she's not quitting after all. She suddenly notices his face and asks what happened, and he replies but I'm not sure what he says. Lopez tells Marta to come into his office and goes to do the lick/scratch thing but hurts his head. Lola and Alicia have one incredibly rare solidarity moment and share a laugh at his expense.

In his office, he asks Marta why she gave out his home number. Marta protests that she gave the number to Saimon because he said it was urgent. The cuartel and Saimon are listening at the door, of course. Lopez tells Marta that she caused big problems with his marriage and she's fired. The cuartel want Saimon to go in and stick up for Marta, but he's afraid. They shove him in anyway and he has trouble talking. Lopez asks why Saimon called his house. I'm not sure of his answer, but he mentions PM and Don Fernando. Lopez up and fires Saimon too. The cuartel run to Fernando and tell him what Lopez is up to. During that time, Marta finally grabs the pair of balls that Saimon isn't using and argues back to Lopez. This emboldens Saimon so he takes his balls back from Marta and tells Lopez he knows that Don Fernando didn't tell Lopez to handle things and threatens to tell Fernando what he did.

Just then, Fern walks in like a gorgeous knight in shining armor and stops anyone from getting fired. He wants to know what Lopez is doing and Lopez tells him it's a personnel issue. PM asks Fern if he didn't say that PM was only to be reprimanded and not fired and Fernando says yep, that's what I said, was I unclear to you? Lopez covers his butt and Fern says fine, anything else? Lopez says no. Fernando asks about the scratches on his face and Lopez says something about a cat. Sara asks if it was a male cat or a female cat. Fern teases him about the scratches, then leaves. Irma gives Lopez hell for what he tried to pull. The cuartel all leave, making meowing noises. Saimon stays behind and basically tells Lopez mess with PM again and you'll have to deal with me. Lopez orders him out of his office and does that disgusting scalp squeaking as only Lopez can do, but this time it hurts due to the scratches (good!).

Omar and Fernando head toward Luigi's office to discuss the shampoo commercial and see that Alicia has come to work. Fernando says something I don't get and shoves Omar toward her. She tells him that Ariel asked her not to resign and Omar looks like he swallowed a bug.

Omar tells Fernando that Alicia is now seeing Ariel and Fern is not happy. He's worried that she was dangerous before but now it's worse 'cause she's angry. She's going to tell Ariel that Conceptos doesn't have any clients and he'll want an audit and bye bye presidency. Omar says that the shampoo commercial that Luigi's working on is now even more important. Fernando agrees and says this time he'll do whatever Luigi wants even though it's going to be expensive. Then I can't tell if my tv signal is bad or if Fernando's cussing out Luigi, but it sounds like he's getting bleeped.

They go to Luigi's office where a musician is playing a synthesizer. Based on Luigi's comments, I guess he writes a lot of music for telenovelas and is very popular in real life. Luigi wants to hire him to write the music for the commercial. Fern asks if he costs a lot and the musician says yes, but Luigi says no, not a lot, a WHOLE lot! Fernando says ok, which surprises Luigi.

Lety's home writing in her diary, saying how much it would hurt her to see Fernando fail and she's flattered that Fernando trusts her. We see Fernando working, looking at his picture of Marcia and sighing while Lety voiceovers that she's the most important woman in his life, but he doesn't see her as a woman. Back to Lety, she's drawing hearts along the top of the diary page.

Next morning Tomas and Erasmo are going through some boxes. I think it's computer stuff. They talk to Lety, I'm not sure about what, and she tells them to be careful as they lift the heavy boxes. She talks to her mom about her dad and him having a job, I'm not totally clear. They mention Fernando. Tomas butts in and F.I. is mentioned, so I think they're discussing getting dad a job with Filmo Imagen, which has me confused because I thought they discussed this topic before in Lety's bedroom.

Back at Conceptos, Fernando is complaining to Omar that Luigi is costing them a fortune on this commercial. Lety comes in and says good morning and Fern snaps at her. Omar tells him to calm down, maybe they can save money in post-production. Fern asks Lety how much money is in Filmo Imagen and she tells him. He's surprised by how much money is there. He tells her they're going to have to take another loan from F.I. Omar is nervous about this, but Fernando begins to list everything they have to pay.

Luigi is on the phone to someone, but I'm afraid I don't understand this at all. Marcia and videos get mentioned.

Fernando is talking to Omar and Lety interrupts. She's very nervous about having Conceptos in her hands. She says something about the banks and Fernando says something about Luigi's commercial. Fernando tells Lety that in order to stave off their creditors, it's necessary (again she sits at attention when he says that word) to completely embargo Conceptos to Filmo Imagen. Lety's eye twitches with impactadaness. If anyone can fill in this conversation, please do, I'd love to know all that was said.

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Missing Recap 16: Luigi's new model

Fernando again says that it's necessary (attention Lety), Lety protests again, but Fernando and Omar try to convince her. Fernando reminds her that F.I. is a real and legal company. She goes to her office and stares at her picture of Fernando and rubs the rag he gave her (freaky!). Fernando and Omar are still discussing it when she comes back and tells Fern he can count on her to do whatever is necessary to help. He tells her thanks and she gives him one of her patented scary dreamy looks. Omar teases him about it.

Marcia is back from her trip and comes into reception. She talks about Luigi and his models with PM. Saimon is carrying boxes for her. She gets on the elevator and when she gets upstairs Alicia greats her heartily. She starts whining about everything that's happened but Marcia doesn't really want to hear it and gives her a bottle of perfume she bought her. She gives a gift to Saimon too, as well as a gift for Lola.

In Fern's office, Lety hands Fernando some info. Marcia comes in and they kiss, making Lety's eye twitch. She gives Fern a present, which he hands off to Lety without opening, and I think she tells him she bought some stuff for the wedding. He tells her he'd love to talk about it but right now he's working on something. She asks if it's a problem and he says no. She says fine, she'll be in her office. They kiss again and Lety makes an ugly face at her.

Marcia asks Lola for a report. Saimon thanks her for the gift. Luigi runs in and they do a diva greeting and chat, I think about her trip. Some models come in looking for Luigi, I think they're supposed to be auditioning for the shampoo commercial and he has Saimon take them somewhere. Lola gives the report to Marcia and she and Luigi go into her office. He complains about his model problem and she shows him the veil material she bought. He wraps it around his head and prances around in it while she reads the report and says it's a disaster. She heads off to confront Fernando and Luigi follows as far as the executive lobby. Lola stops him and asks him a question about the models' contracts, but he just gives the usual fea ugly ew go away digs. Marcia goes into the conference room where Fernando, Omar and Lety are working and wants to know why all the contracts have been canceled. She tosses her report at him and he picks them up and reads them. She makes some wise crack at Lety that I don't get and Fernando tells her Lety is practically the VP of Finance since Olarte got fired. Naturally this goes down like a ton of bricks and Marcia sarcastically claps for her. I'm sorry, my Spanish isn't good enough to figure out why Marcia thinks the company's problems are all Lety's fault. Fernando tells Marcia the orders were his and everything will be fine, and Lety leaves, to go out into the executive lobby and talk to the cuartel. Fernando's doin' some 'splainin' that I don't get a lot of, but he mentions that they got nothing from the L.A. trip. Marcia asks "nothing?", and Fernando replies nothing concrete, but we got ideas. They do more talking that I don't get, but I think mostly he's trying to paint he picture as rosier than it actually is.

Luigi is in the studio auditioning models. He complains when the cuartel walk in, they want Irma to go to lunch with them. He says they're too busy and makes them leave. Just then Marcia calls him and asks him to come to a meeting, so he tells Irma to choose a model.

The cuartel are in reception and leave for lunch as some models are sitting there. Saimon does his usual "pretend to be an executive" bit, I guess that never gets old.

Luigi shows up in the conference room with his dog, and he, Fernando, Marcia and Omar discuss it for a minute. Marcia asks how the shampoo commercial is going and Fernando and Marcia explain to Luigi that it's their only gig right now. There's more conversation that's over my head. I'm not sure but I think the 35 mm camera gets mentioned again.

In the lobby, Saimon sends the next model up to audition just as another model walks in. It's Jazmin, the woman who stole Lola's husband! Saimon drools and dances and puts her on the elevator to audition before the other models already sitting there.

Alicia sends food into the conference room and heads back to her desk as Saimon and Jazmin get off the elevator. Alicia eyeballs her and shudders and says something about nacos. I guess she summed Jazmin up as low class trash pretty quick.

Irma thanks the current models as Saimon brings Jazmin in. Irma tells her she thinks she's seen her somewhere before but can't remember where. Jazmin says she doesn't think so. Irma gives her something to change into which apparently is just some material to wrap around herself. Saimon starts to help wrapping Jazmin up but Irma boots him out.

Back in reception, the cuartel come back, apparently talking about Alicia. They notice that Saimon isn't there just as he's coming off the elevator. He's busy dancing and swooning over the new woman. They ask what he's doing and he tells them something about the new model that I don't get. PM, the chick who JUST got busted for trying to bang another man there at work, is jealous. Saimon dances off.

Jazmin is modeling for Irma. She tells her that she likes her but that Luigi still needs to approve her choice. Jaz walks away to change while Irma continues to wonder where she's seen her before.

Back at the meeting, they're continuing to discuss their problem. I'm not positive, but I think Marcia is going to make calls to try to drum up some business. She leaves and Luigi mentions the bet and that Fernando lost since they have no bidness. Fern tries to back out of it, but Luigi tells him "no Ferni, a bet is a bet," and leaves. Omar teases him about being Queen of the Night, and Fernando responds with something I don't get but I'll bet it ain't so nice.

Marcia and Alicia talk in the bathroom but I'm afraid I don't get it. If anyone can fill in, thanks!

In the lobby, Lola sees Jaz and starts buggin'. Alicia asks what's going on and Lola starts telling her about Jazmin. Just then Luigi calls and Jaz is supposed to go back to his office. Everyone holds Lola back as she tries to steal Sara's Roller Derby Chick persona and go all amazon on Jaz's butt. Just then Lopez comes out and wants to know what the commotion is. The cuartel don't speak so Alicia tells him Lola was picking on this poor innocent woman, while Jazmin gives her fake pout. Lola sticks up for herself and tries to explain but Lopez tells her it's HER problem and tells Jaz to go to Luigi's office as asked. She flirts with him (EEEWWWWWWW!!!) and thanks him.

Luigi and Irma are talking and he wants to know where the new model is. Irma says she doesn't know, she called Alicia and told her to send her back. Just then the skank ho, I mean Jazmin, walks in. Irma introduces her to Luigi, who tells her to turn around. He likee.

Lola is still wigging out and the cuartel are trying to calm her down. They go to Luigi's office and Lola says she needs to talk to him. Naturally he doesn't want to, but she talks anyway and tells him he can't hire Jazmin. He wants to know why, snottily of course, and Irma asks what the problem is. Lola tells them Jazmin is the ho who broke up her marriage. Irma is impactada and says she's very sorry, she didn't know. Luigi tells Lola she can't give him orders in his own office and she says fine, she'll talk to Fernando, and Don Humberto, and Dona Teresita, and Marcia, and Ariel, and all the heads of Conceptos if that's what it takes. Luigi pretends to be worried, then does the exact opposite to spite her and tells Jazmin she's got the contract. Lola faints and the cuartel drags her out. Jazmin says something sarcastic and Luigi calls Lopez and tells him he needs to see him. The cuartel try to calm Lola down in the bathroom. PM comes in and they tell her what's going on. Meanwhile, Luigi is working with Jaz when Lopez comes in. He's openly drooling over her and Luigi calls him on it. He tells Lopez he doesn't want the cuartel bothering her. Lopez needs to borrow Jaz for a few minutes to do the paperwork, and Luigi says ok but hurry, he has to start filming the commercial. They leave and Irma asks Luigi to please not use Jazmin. He replies with something I don't get and reminds her that she's the one who chose her.

The cuartel come out of the bathroom and run into Alicia. The usual insults fly. Lety takes Lola in to Fernando's office. He wants to know why Lety's late from lunch and she explains that Lola has a problem. She then heads to her office so Lola can explain in private. Lola tells Fernando that Luigi is hiring the woman who ruined her life.

Alicia has run and tattled to Luigi that Lola has run and tattled to Fernando. Fernando walks in to Luigi's office and Alicia calls him the representative of the cuartel de las feas. He gives her a look and she leaves. He asks where the new model is and Luigi tells him she's in Lopez's office signing the contract. Fernando says he wants to talk about a personal matter and Luigi gets a hopeful look on his face (I LOVE Sergio Mayer, he's so perfect at this!). Fernando says NO, it's about the new model and the problem she's causing with the cuartel. He asks Luigi to please use another model, he must have had several candidates. Naturally Luigi gets obstinate and says he wants her and Irma was the one who hired her and it's too late because she's already signing the contract. Fernando caves a little too easily and says fine, whatever, it's going to be your problem then. Luigi says and another thing I really don't want the cuartel coming into my office. Fernando says Oh, I get it, this is personal against Lola, right? Luigi denies it, then reminds Fernando of their bet and that as a gentleman he has to keep his part of the deal and dress up as the Queen of the Night or Luigi will resign from the company.

Jazmin is signing her contract while Lopez is drooling and ogling her a**. He's flirting with her and, unlike the cuartel, she's lapping it up like a kitten with cream. When the contract's signed, he takes her hands and welcomes her. He brushes his eyebrows (yes, that's as disgusting as it sounds), takes her arm, and leads her back to the studio.

Fernando stops by Lola's desk to tell her that he couldn't stop Luigi from hiring Jazmin, and Lola cries.

Jazmin goes into the bathroom and Alicia walks in. Jaz thanks her for sticking up for her against Lola. Alicia tells her about the cuartel and to be careful of them and to come to her if she has any problems with them.

Marcia is at Lola's desk and Lola is telling her about Jazmin. The very same skank walks by and Lola cries harder.

Omar and Fernando are in Fern's office talking when Marcia comes in. Omar leaves and Marcia mentions Lola. Fern tells her he tried to talk Luigi out of hiring her but wasn't able to because Luigi wants her and she already signed the contract and there's nothing he can do. She says ok, then asks him something about tonight that I don't get, then they kiss. Fern asks her not to say anything to anyone about the company's problems, to just keep it between herself, him, Omar and Luigi. He asks her especially not to tell Alicia or Ariel.

Back in Luigi's office Jazmin is on the phone to Flaquito, telling him she got the job. Luigi shakes his head, I think he's already disgusted by how much time she spends on the phone but I'm not sure. Flaquito is in his office and is surprised that she got the job at Conceptos. He's worried about what Lola will do.

Marcia doesn't want to keep quiet about the problems and mentions their families. Fernando says fine and something about his head and the presidency. She says he's being ridiculous and stalks out and he makes fun of her behind her back. Lety comes out and with the embargo paperwork for him to sign, and warns him that once it's registered there's no going back. He tells her not to worry, the worst has happened (or nothing worse can happen, or something along those lines) and asks her where to sign. She stands right next to him to show him, looks at him dreamily and puts her hand right next to his. It looks like she's about to take his hand in hers, but he impatiently brushes her hand out of his way so he can sign, and she hurries back to the other side of his desk. She expresses more doubts and he tells her not to worry, he's sure Luigi's commercial will bring them more business.

Alicia is enjoying watching Lola cry as Marcia tells her there's nothing she can do and Luigi's going to use Jazmin for the commercial. Marcia really does feel sorry for her here, which is nice.

Fernando goes into Lety's office and asks for the loan check. He asks her why F.I. has so much extra money, and she makes a face.

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Missing Recap 9: Model behavior

Luigi and Irma and the models are talking in Luigi's office. Lola comes in and wants to talk to him and he gives her the usual garbage about not wanting such a fea in his office. Finally Lola tells him it's about the models and they're too expensive so Lety and Fernando won't let him contract with them. Luigi gives her even more fea crap and she snaps back at him and leaves. The models beg to keep their jobs while Irma rolls her eyes.

Lopez is in the office with Alicia, the kids, PM and Marta. PM tells him that Lety said it was ok and he snaps something like "we'll just see about that" and storms out. Alicia spews her usual verbal vomit, demands her check, and leaves giving us a good shot of her check still clinging to her derriere. The kids, PM, and Marta all laugh. Bleh! Personally, I think the little darlin's need some serious time-out time.

Tomas calls and tells Lety that his F.I. investments have been going really well. Lety is glad for the good news, but tells him that things are going bad with Conceptos. Tomas wonders if Fernando will want back the money he used to start F.I. Lety doubts it because it wouldn't be much help, the debt Conceptos has is much larger than that. Sara comes in and warns her that Luigi is giving Lola a bad time in the Executive lobby. They leave.

Out in the Executive lobby, Luigi is yelling at Lola and calling Lety a monster and calling Fernando Frankenstein. The models all laugh as Lety comes over and asks what's up? The models all want to know what's up with their contracts and she tells them it's Fernando's orders so they can't get hired. Luigi buts in and says that Fernando specifically told him he runs his own area and he wants the bellazas. Lety says sorry Charlie, it's against Fern's orders. Luigi says fine, get another director, because he quits (again). Lety is impactada.

The kids and Marta are back in Omar's office, but sorry everyone, I can't take it and I fast forward through the conversation. I'm sure she's just telling them what precious little angels they are and how funny the whole check thing is (yes, I'm being sarcastic).

Luigi is still quitting in the executive lobby, and after calling Lety a monster again he finally walks. The models want to know when Fern will be back, and while imitating their posture she tells them "tomorrow". They trade insults and the models walk out. The cuartel laugh until Alicia comes up and says something along the lines of "boy is Fern gonna be pissed at you!"

Down in Reception, Marta, Lola, PM, Saimon and the kids are all talking. Alicia comes down and asks for some documents, which PM gives her. As she walks away, the check falls off her lower globe and onto the floor. Saimon follows her out while Marta spots the check on the floor and screams (why???). They all laugh.

Unfortunately I don't get a lot of the next conversation, but I'll give you what I can and hopefully someone else can fill in... We're in Lety's room where she's talking to Tomas, I think he may be telling her about the money he made for F.I. Robopop and mom come in and there's talk. Then he asks where the money for F.I. came from and Lety tells him it's seed money from Fernando. I think she offers her dad an accounting job at F.I. and he leaves happy. Then mom does some talking and leaves as well. Lety continues to talk to Tomas and tells him how Conceptos lost money on the Benny Ibarra video.

Next day the three models are outside waiting for Fernando. They see Lety getting off the bus and laugh as it starts moving before she's off and she falls. Celso runs over and asks if she's ok and calls her Presidente and she says she's fine. She then gives a smarta**ed Buenos Dias to the models and they give a smarta** retort right back at her and want to know when Fern will get there. She tells them "later" and they say they'll wait inside. I think she says something along the lines of "think again sistahs!" I guess Celso didn't like them laughing when she fell, because he backs her up instead of the hot chicks, and when Lety thanks him he salutes her. The models all make rude faces as she walks away.

Upstairs, the manager of Banco Latino is in the office looking for Fernando and Alicia greets him and starts telling him how she's in charge because she's the assistant to the President, and all the usual garbage. She leads him toward the conference room and orders Marta or Sara to bring them coffee. Marta and Sara ask who, us? And Alicia replies yeah, you, and says something rude about the cuartel to the bank guy, and you can tell by his face he's thinking this woman has no class at all. Just then Lety comes in and the manager recognizes her and greets her by name. She tells Alicia to take him to the conference room where she'll join him in a minute and orders Alicia to bring them coffee, and of course Alicia says who me? And Lety replies yeah you! Alicia wants to know why her and Lety reminds her in front of the bank guy that it's because she's the President's secretary and that's part of her job. She then asks for some information from Lola and Sara, they show her Alicia's beat up check, and I think Lety tells them to issue a new one. They then ask her about the stuff she carried in (remember the bank guy is sitting in the conference room waiting for her) and she wastes time telling them it's stuff to welcome back Don Fernando. Honestly, at this point can no one really tell this woman has a serious jones for the guy? They tease her about the stuff, then Sara gives her the info she asked for (and I don't think it's good), then she FINALLY joins the bank guy in the conference room. She assures the bank manager that Conceptos is not in trouble and has many projects to work on, right now they're working on an especially important shampoo commercial, Fern's currently in Los Angeles drumming up business in the Latin community there. The banker leaves, placated.

Outside, the models see Fernando and spring on him as he and Omar come walking up. They say something derogatory about "Licenciada Monster". Fernando angrily repeats "Licenciada Monster?" They explain who they're talking about and he gives a fake laugh and basically blows them off, ignores them after that, and keeps walking while Omar grunts and snorts over them as only Omar can, flirting with them. They walk into Reception and Fernando says hi to PM. She says "hola Don Fernando", then says "hola Licenciado Carvajal". He says hola back and gives her a famous Omar snort for good measure. Fernando turns around and smacks him on the shoulder and practically drags him into the elevator. PM calls Lety and tells her that Fern's on his way. On the executive lobby, Alicia sees Fernando and squeals with delight that he's finally back. She starts to list all her troubles, but he doesn't want to hear it. She starts to rub his arm, but he escapes and shoves Omar at her and walks away. Alicia calls Omar mi amor and tries to kiss him, but he turns his head so she only gets his cheek, and then he shakes her hand. He tries to walk off but she pulls him back and says we need to talk, and he says no we don't and gets away. She thanks the heavens they're back.

Lety has been setting out on Fernando's desk the stuff she brought in to welcome him back. When PM calls, she starts trying several poses, but winds up just standing there waiting for him. He says Hola Lety as he walks in but isn't actually paying any attention, which is good because she actually reaches out like she's going to hug him, then pulls back. He brushes by her and she asks how his trip went. Unfortunately for her, the loss of projects has put Fern in a bad mood. He asks for a report and as she hands it to him he sees the flowers. He says "flores" at first, like "how nice", but then he wants to know what they're doing there and tells Lety to get rid of them because the water might spill. Lety calls Lola in and tells her to take them to her desk. He's upset by the report and the cancelled contracts and hands it to Omar and tells him to check it out. Lety mentions about the banks and creditors and he's really pissed.

Just then our clueless heroine decides that's a good time to slip an ugly plastic or porcelain cat onto his desk. He picks it up and asks who put it there. He hands it to her as she tells him it's for him, he tells her he doesn't want it, he's got big problems and she's giving him some kind of junk for kids? She makes a joke about it playing with his computer mouse but he doesn't laugh and tells her to get rid of it, so she calls Lola in and tells her to take it to her kids. Omar indicates the report and says it's a disaster, he's pretty sure the companies have all cancelled their contracts due to the Benny Ibarra video failure. Fernando mentions that they're going to have to get a loan from stave off the bank and creditors, which makes Lety impactada, and Omar agrees with her.

Just then Fern puts his hand on one of the candles Lety left on his desk and asks what it is. She tells him it's "for aromatherapy", but he tells her to get rid of them, so she calls Lola in and tells her to put the candles in the bathroom. Omar tells Fernando he's rushing things with the loan, that they only just got back from L.A. and that trip could generate them some business, but Fernando says they have to be sure the company is safe. While Omar is talking, he keeps waving the report around, almost hitting Lety several times which she doesn't care much for. Finally Fernando finds her card and reads it out loud in an irritated manner. She tries to take it from him but he says no, this I like. She takes it anyway and calls Lola in, but then tells her never mind, this he likes. Fernando asks Lety how much money F.I. has and she tells him. He then asks for a check, but she says it's at her house and goes to her office to call.

As Lety calls Tomas and tells him to bring her the F.I. checkbook, Alicia comes in to tattle to Fern about all the things Lety has done wrong, making her work and serve coffee and all. Lety starts to explain but Fern tells her she doesn't need to and tells Alicia that Lety is his assistant and she needs to respect that. Alicia says fine, but... and proceeds to tell him about the kids and her check. Again he isn't really upset about it and gives Alicia a bad time. She then drops her bomb, oh by the way, did your assistant happen to mention that she made Luigi Lombardi quit? Everyone looks impactada, except Alicia who's looking pretty pleased with herself. That man quits more times than Lety does!

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Missing Recap 10: Delicious sandwiches

Once again Alicia is whining and mentions that Luigi quit. Fernando looks pissed while Alicia looks like the cat who ate the canary. Fern and Omar hem Lety in (oh my god, a Fern/Omar sandwich! I want one, I want one!!!!) and glare at her. Lety explains to Fernando that Luigi quit because she wouldn't let him hire these really expensive models to use just for tests. Fern tells Lety she did the right thing and boots Alicia out of his office. Fernando says they'll call Luigi, but first he wants to know about the kids. Lety tells him, and Fern tells her it's ok this time, but it really is unprofessional and she shouldn't do it again (I SO agree!!!).

Alicia goes to the executive lobby and again demands her check, and again Lola tells her no. Alicia tells them she wants her check in one hour or there'll be hell to pay and the crap flies back and forth. Alicia says again, one hour you cuartel of witches and feas!

Luigi is out walking his dog when Lety calls and says Fernando wants to talk to him. Luigi tells her Luigi isn't available and hangs up on her. Fernando then calls and Luigi tells him he won't return to work while "that ugly thing" is in charge. Fernando tells him he's back now so Luigi can come on in (way to stick up for Lety there Fernie). Lety tries once again to explain but Fern tells her not to worry, she did fine. Alicia comes in and tells Fernando the models are waiting to talk to him, and whatever she says irritates him and he says something to Omar about his girlfriend and her six semesters of finance blah blah and she leaves. She starts to tell the models some garbage, but Lety goes out and basically tells them to piss off, Fern's too busy to see them. As they leave, she and Sara do a nasty imitation of them.

The models go outside and complain to each other, where they run into Tomas, who has arrived with the F.I. checkbook. He immediately starts to drool and says something about Lety, trying to brag but of course it doesn't go over well. He laughs/snorts as only Tomas can, then accidentally backs into Celso who asks him what he wants. He tells him and Celso goes to call Lety, leaving Tomas to talk to Sanson. Lety takes the call and tells Celso she'll be right there, and in the executive lobby walks by and tries to listen to Omar and Alicia's conversation. She wants him to take her to lunch, he says he can't leave because Fernando needs him. She wants to know if there's a problem and he says no, they're just working on a new idea. She whines and asks when they can talk and he tells her tonight. She then complains that he didn't stick up for her in Fernando's office and says something about the cuartel and cockroaches. He placates her.

Meanwhile, downstairs, PM tells the cuartel she can't have lunch with them because she's waiting for a friend. Saimon tells her instead of waiting she should go to lunch with them, and I guess she agrees. She kisses him, which makes him happy, just as Alicia walks in. You'd think she'd be happy to see PM kissing anyone besides Omar, but no... she tells them they should respect the business and calls them a horror and walks out. PM makes strangling motions and Lola says something about Alicia's check and the garbage and they all leave.

Lety goes downstairs and meets Tomas out front so her friends won't see him. Tomas spots Alicia leaving the building and Big Tomas' brain stops functioning as Little Tomas takes over. She's talking on the phone and Tomas starts to take off after her but Lety pulls him back. They do some talking but I don't find his stalker stuff funny so I don't pay a lot of attention. Lety hides Tomas as the cuartel come outside, still bitching about Alicia. They see her there on the phone and start talking smack, with Sara wanting to go full-on Roller Derby Chick (again!) but the others hold her back.

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Missing Recap 11: Omar takes another for the team... sort of

Back upstairs, Lety asks Fernando why he wants the F.I. checkbook. Fernando tells her F.I. is going to loan some money to Conceptos. She heads to her office to grab her purse and Omar asks Fern if he's going to tell Lety the real reason he formed F.I. Fern hushes him as Lety comes out and leaves for lunch. Fern asks Omar what his problem is, and Omar says his problem isn't with Lety, it's a problem that's very delicate for Fern and Conceptos. Fern asks Que Pasa and Omar says something about Alicia.

Meanwhile, at lunch, the cuartel are still discussing Alicia and laughing about her. Saimon sticks up for her about her check and tells them that Alicia is broke so they should have a little pity for her and give her her paycheck. Everyone basically says too bad so sad sucks to be her, except for Irma. Irma gets mad and yells at them to stop and to give Alicia her check, but Marta tells them all not to worry about Alicia because soon all her economic problems will be solved since she's convincing her fiancé to live with her. Juana wants to know who the fiancé is and Marta says it's Omar. Lety joins them as Marta tells about the conversation she and Fernando overhead when Fernando stole her apple. Lety, who's no better than the rest when it comes to gossip, pipes in that she heard Omar telling Alicia he'd see her tonight. PM, who up till that moment had been flirting with Saimon, gets P.O.'d big time.

Fern teases Omar about Alicia as Omar tells him that Alicia wants to live with him. Fernando thinks Alicia will be happy enough if he just gives her money (wow, did he just call her a whore?), but Omar says Alicia told him she didn't want to be a kept woman, she wanted a husband. Fernando finds it hard to believe that she'd turn down cash. Omar reminds Fern that he's only seeing her for Fern's sake, but Fern continues to tease him.

Paco comes by in his cab with his daughter and they're talking about something, I think they're discussing how he's been saving for two years to get Marta a car. She comes by and I don't know if he's just giving her something or if he wants her to watch the daughter, but either way Marta goes up alone to work and Paco and daughter leave. The cuartel enter reception still talking about Alicia. I think Marta says something about a way to get back at Alicia and Sara says it's a good idea. They get into the elevator and leave while Saimon is chatting with PM. Alicia comes in and says something rude to them. Saimon acts like he wants to kill her, but PM just calmly calls Sara and asks her to let PM know when Omar is back in his office. Saimon wants to know what her plan is, but she just says something about Oxygenada getting what's coming to her.

Fernando's on the phone talking about producing commercials for the Latino community in the U.S. and it looks like they ain't buying. He says something I'm not clear on, about it being complicated with them in L.A. and there being closer companies (like he's repeating out loud what he's hearing on the phone). He then says OK and slams down the phone. Lety walks in and heads to her office but Fern stops her and tells her to sit down and sign the F.I. check to Conceptos. She freaks when she sees it's for 300,000 pesos. The music is very loud and it's hard to hear, but I think he's explaining to her that he needs Conceptos to become indebted to Filmo Imagen. She starts to write on his desk, then he makes her sign on the check, which she then gives back to him. He and Omar say something I don't get as Fernando hands the check back to her along with a letter of instructions (is that like a letter of credit?). (I believe this is a promissory note - Julie)

She's very nervous about taking it, but he repeats that it's necessary for Conceptos to borrow from F.I. At the word "necessary" Lety sits up straight like she's at attention or something. Fernando gives Omar a look like "watch this" and repeats that it's necessary, making Lety sit at attention again while Omar watches. She sees Fernando look at Omar and turns to look at him too, so he stands at attention as well. Omar may be a jerk but Agustin Arana plays him well and this was pretty funny. Anyway, Lety is still nervous about borrowing so much money and her eye starts to twitch. Fern asks her what's wrong and she basically says she's worried about doing it. Fern says fine, and tries to take the papers back but she holds them up out of his reach, but Omar grabs them. She grabs them back and says she'll do it. Fern says good and tells her to go deposit the check into Conceptos' account. As Lety leaves to get her purse, Fern and Omar talk about the embargo and the future of Conceptos.

Alicia is again demanding her check from Lola when the phone rings. She answers and it's Ariel, who starts to make fun of her and tells her he wants to get horizontal tonight. Omar goes back to his office and Sarah calls PM to tell her he's there. Alicia tells Ariel she has a fiancé and asks him not to compromise her with Omar. He says that's not his problem and blackmails her by telling her he'll tell Marcia and Fernando that it was she that screwed up Lety's computer. She tells Ariel that she doesn't care what he does because Omar's going to take care of her so she's going to be resigning from Conceptos. He talks more smack about how she's basically marrying him for his money, and she denies it and says she loves Omar. Ariel says something rude I don't get and she slams the phone down on him. PM passes by her desk on her way to Omar's office and makes a rude face at her. She's unbuttoning her jacket and Sara is trying to call her back.

PM goes into Omar's office with her jacket open and he asks her what's up and she starts trying to seduce him. He tells her he's very busy but she lays on his desk and gives him a "come here" look. She says she wants him to come over tonight. He's still trying to make her go away and tells her tomorrow would be better, but she grabs his tie and pulls him in close and says tomorrow isn't good, she can't wait, and she starts to kiss him. For what's probably the first time in his life, he actually pulls away from a woman and gets out of his chair and heads toward the door, telling her to calm down. She tells him she is calm and says something he likes because he goes ahead and goes for it.

Of course just then Alicia comes in and yells "Omar!" He pulls away from PM and stumbles into a chair while PM laughs evilly and Alicia glares. Alicia asks what's going on and swings at Omar, who's heading back to his own chair. He manages to duck and tries to protect himself with something from his bookcase. Sara and Juana walk in just as Alicia and PM are trading insults. Alicia starts to go after PM but Sara and Juana hold her back while PM holds up her claws like she's going to scratch her but let's face it, it's not much of a threat. Those things are so long and fake they'd probably break trying to pass through soft butter. Omar tells them to calm down, he doesn't need a scandal in his office, while PM laughs some more. He tells Alicia they need to talk and she says she has nothing to say to him and insults him.

She walks out and PM starts to cry and plays innocent, but Omar is pissed and tells Sara and Juana to leave. He then wants to know why she didn't lock the door and asks her what she was doing, which she doesn't answer. He says "where are we?" and she replies "your office", and he yells "Conceptos!" He reminds her that he asked her to be discreet and instead she creates an incident. She grabs his tie and blows her nose on it (yeah, good way to calm a guy down Paula Maria). He tells her to get out and she's fired because this is all her fault. She keeps turning toward him crying, but he just keeps pointing toward the door. She leaves and he grunts with anger.

Fernando and Lety are actually discussing business when Alicia comes in and says she needs her check and she can't work here any more. Lety goes to her office and Alicia tells Fern what Omar did. Lety comes back and starts to hand the check to Alicia, but then gives it to Fern who gives it to Alicia. She says "I guess I'll go" and Lety and Fern both say adios. She leaves and Fern has Lety call Omar.

Out in the executive lobby the cuartel and Saimon are talking to a still-crying PM. I think they're asking her que the hell did she do that for? Sara answers the phone and says it's Lety saying that Fernando wants to see Omar in his office asap. They all freak, knowing it means PM's in trouble. Alicia comes crying into the Executive lobby, calling the cuartel Philistines or something like that, I can't really hear that part well. Alicia and Sara start to get into it but Lopez comes out and breaks them up and asks what's going on. Lopez asks why PM isn't in Reception and Alicia tells him it's because she was up here doing a strip tease in the Vice President's office. PM says something rude to her that really pisses Lopez off and he orders her into his office and everyone else to get back to work. Luigi comes in with his models and cracks a stupid joke but no one laughs. He finally notices Alicia crying and asks what's going on. She says she's going home and can't talk to him. PM cries loudly and he yells at her for god's sake, what drama, we're talkin' over here (read that with a Ratso Rizzo tone of voice from Midnight Cowboy). He tells Alicia to come back to his office for some girl talk and she agrees. PM cries and thinks she's going to be fired. Lola offers to go with her to Lopez's office but Lopez tells her no, just Paula Maria. NOW PM's worried about what will happen with her son. Saimon tells her if she gets fired he'll take care of her (Ok, does anyone else hear the sound of a whip cracking? Earth to Saimon, she just got busted for attempting to have sex at work with another man!). Omar and Sara come out of his office and pass by the cuartel as they head to Fern's office.

Fernando is reaming Omar a new orifice for allowing himself to be seduced by PM. Omar is trying to use the excuse that Little Omar and his two hairy friends took control of his body and he couldn't help himself.

In Lopez's office he's telling PM that what she did was a scandal for the whole office. She tells him she didn't mean to create a scandal, she didn't know Alicia was going to walk in. He wants to know why she wasn't working and she says she only came up for five minutes to talk to Omar and Saimon was coving reception for her. She starts playing the sympathy card and mentions her son and gosh what will they do? He is either starting to give in or trying to work the situation, but he says he can't guarantee anything and she says please and he tells her he has to talk to Fernando and Omar. He says he'll see what he can do and as she walks away he licks/squeaks his head as only Lopez can.

Fernando pretends he's at home having a drink and reading about the scandal in the paper. In other words, he's still working on that new one for Omar. He keeps poking Omar over and over, making him laugh, and I think it probably really did tickle the actor. Omar tells Fern he fired PM.

Alicia is telling Luigi what happened and the models tell her that Omar has a lot of women who think they're engaged to him. Luigi shuts them up and tells her she has a lot of options and not to let them bother her and she shouldn't quit and I think he convinces her.

PM is still talking about it to Irma and the rest of the cuartel and Lety says she'll say something to Fernando.

Ariel calls Lopez and asks if Alicia's resigned and Lopez tells him about the current scandal. Lopez tells him it's PM that's probably going to be fired.

Omar and Fern are still talking when Lety comes in asking to speak to him on PM's behalf and asks him not to let her go. She tells him PM has a son and really needs the job. She then turns on Omar and reminds him that he's just as guilty in the scandal as PM is. Fernando asks Lety to let him speak to Omar alone. He calls Omar a name and tells him he has no intention of letting PM go because she has a son and has a perfect track record until Omar came along. Omar whines about having to face PM in Reception and Alicia up here, but Fernando basically just tells him tough noogies, suck it up. Lopez comes in and wants to talk about PM and Omar, Fernando tells him to reprimand PM but that's it, she's not to be fired, and Lopez leaves.

The cuartel are all in their meeting room and Lopez calls PM out and tells everyone else to go back to work. He tells her he talked to Fernando and Omar and their decision was to leave it in his hands to resolve the situation. He tells her she has to meet with him that night to figure out how they will resolve the situation (and we all know what that means to him! Ew!!!). Sara and Juana are listening.

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Missing Recap 12: Setups

Once again we're back to Lety going off on Omar and I'm once again not feeling the love for PM here! (Let's look back, shall we? She knew he was seeing Alicia yet chose to get into a relationship with him, then pulls an incredibly stupid stunt, THEN expects everyone else to get her out of her jam. And now here's Lety all on a high horse like PM is so innocent and doesn't deserve punishment. Not to mention that prior to all this while they were at lunch PM was all over Saimon like white on rice. Omar's a pig, but she's no better! Sorry for the rant...) Ok, on with the story: Lopez goes into Fern's office again, cuartel are in the bathroom again, Lopez is blackmailing PM again (yuck!) and Sara and Juana are listening again. They ask PM what was said, she tells them, they sympathize.

Luigi goes into Fern's office and makes fun of Omar. He makes a rude joke about the cuartel of the feas and Fernando reminds him they are the secretaries of Conceptos. Luigi starts to say something about the Platypus but Fernando stops him, so he makes more fun of Omar. Omar tries to leave but Luigi grabs his tie and pulls him back, which Fern finds funny. He makes another joke and Omar leaves.

PM is discussing Lopez with Sara and Juana. They tell her she can't go, who knows what Lopez might do? PM worries.

Luigi sits down to talk to Fernando, who asks that the costs be kept down. Luigi gives more diva crap. Fern tries to explain his position but Luigi doesn't want to hear it. They talk about the bet and I think he says he's going to win because Conceptos doesn't have any work, so Fernando's going to have to be the Queen of the Night. Luigi finally agrees to keep his costs down, but Fernando's the one who's going to have to break the bad news to the three models. He brings them in and they start to fawn all over Fernando.

Saimon and PM are talking and Saimon says she has to keep working so she can take care of Jaimito. She says something I don't get, about his looks I think, and she starts to be nice to him but then turns mean (is she bipolar?). Just then El Cheque comes in and asks for Lola. Saimon is rude to him and makes him walk around him.

Fernando manages to escape the models' clutches and tries to explain to them, but then he caves in (way to stick up for Lety, pal). He tells Lety to have Lola draw up the contracts, and Luigi is smug and says something rude to her as she leaves.

Lopez calls PM to ask if she's ready to go out with him. She tries to get out of it by mentioning her dad or parents or something, I'm not sure, but Lopez isn't buying. PM tells Saimon what's going on and he freaks out as only Saimon can.

Lola is yelling at Cheque in front of the whole cuartel. I'm not sure what he replies, but it really freaks Lola out and she totally goes off on him. She keeps making weird faces and he says adios to everyone. Lety tells Lola to calm down. Luigi comes in with the models and he makes fun of the cuartel , tells the models the rude names he has for each of them., then they leave. Saimon comes up to ask them what they can do to save PM from Lopez's clutches and Lola starts to freak again.

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Missing Recap 5: Everyone parties

Lety and Irmita are talking in the executive lobby, then they leave. Fernando spies Ariel and pretends to hide from him. Ariel corners him and gives him crap about the night, nothing new here, then leaves.

Roman and his loser gang are piling into his P.O.S.-mobile when Tomas runs up dressed in his best Urkel impression. Tomas shows Roman that he has money, so Roman lets him come party with them, which doesn't make Hot Chick happy.

Fernando is pacing in the studio when Carla Lagunas shows up to say goodbye. She says something nice, I think she's the only one besides Lety to do so this whole night. He thanks her and she kisses his cheek. Following TV tradition, naturally Marcia picks that moment to walk up and sees the kiss. Fern tries to explain, but Marcia just gives a nasty "Buenos Noches" and stalks away (I've decided Marcia never actually walks, she only stalks). Carla and Fern make "oh crap" faces.

In the lobby, the cuartel are telling Lety and Irma about their run in with Rulli. Saimon comes up and wants to go with them to celebrate and protect them, but PM says it's only for women and they all leave.

Fernando chases Marcia, though I don't know why 'cause all she does is bitch at him. Carla in the background is headed to the elevator. Marcia tells him tomorrow he has to apologize to Luigi and either says she's going home alone or Fernando had better be going home alone (I'm not sure which), then she gets on the elevator with Carla and they both pretend to be nice.

The cuartel are in front of the building talking. Irma tells them she's tired and doesn't want to go but they talk her into it. PM tells them she wants to go someplace where men are. Irma tells them she doesn't need a man, she needs a boss, and explains that Luigi quit. All are impactada while Lety's eye twitches.

Fernando is complaining about Luigi to Omar and Carolina, and they're trying to convince him that they need Luigi and don't need problems with him right before they leave for L.A. Caro tells Fernando that he really needs to apologize and Omar agrees.

The cuartel exit a taxi in front of a club. They tell Sara to pay the guy but she thinks he wants too much, it's not a limousine. He insults her, she insults him, blah blah. She pays him less than he wants and he calls them ugly and starts calling for the cops while Roller Derby Chick busts out. Irma finally pays the balance just to put us the viewers out of our misery and they all go into the club.

Fernando is in his car talking to Omar on the cell phone. He wants to know where Omar is, and Omar tells him he's eating with Ana Lety. Fernando tells Omar that he doesn't know where Luigi is and isn't sure what to say to him. Ana Leticia gives him the name of the bar Luigi's at.

Lety's parents are in bed when Lety calls. Robopop wants to know where she is and she tells him she's fine and at a restaurant with her friends. He tells her to come home but she begs to be allowed to stay. She convinces mom and dad to let her stay (I think).

Meanwhile at another bar, Roman convinces Tomas to buy drinks for everyone to impress the girl he likes. Roman starts talking to some random girl while Tomas drools over an increasingly uncomfortable Hot Chick. Everyone gets up to dance but Roman convinces Tomas to stay at the table (not sure what he says to make him stay).

Back to the cuartel, I don't care enough about their conversation to try to figure it out. Celso is mentioned and tequila gets drunk. Lety tries to yak up a hairball every time she slugs a shot.

Fern shows up at Luigi's club and asks the doorman if he's in the right place. The doorman gives him the eye which makes Fern neverous. Fernando goes to the bar and all the men flirt with him, which makes him more nervous. Just then a woman walks by and he says "ah mujeres" in a relieved tone and I'm thinking someone needs to warn you that there are "mujeres" and there are "mujeres". He decides this means the bar isn't totally gay and feels a little better. A waiter comes up and asks if he wants a drink and he says no he's just looking for a friend. He then says hi and starts talking to a woman at the bar next to him when yep, you guessed it, another woman comes up and hits him on the shoulder and asks why he's talking to her girlfriend. He turns away and asks the bartender for a double whisky. Another guy comes up and hits on him as he chugs his drink like a frat boy at a toga party. He tells the guy he's waiting for an amigo, then quickly changes it to amigA. The man rubs his arm and asks him something I don't get, and he replies back with something about his wife and kids. Just then Miguel the bat-eared guy from Cine-Rent comes over and asks Fern what he's doing there. Fern, desperate to get away from the other guy, hugs Miguel in relief, then springs away embarrassed and tells the other guy that they're just friends. The guy tells Fern they're a cute couple and Miguel says thanks while Fern makes a Que the Hell face. Miguel asks Fern what he's doing there while playing with his tie, and Fernando the Clueless becomes Fernando the Clued In as he finally figures out just what Miguel is doing there. Fern pulls away and tells him he's looking for Luigi, and yells at him about the bad videos and Miguel says fine, I'll leave you alone then and Fern begs him not to leave.

Meanwhile, Luigi and Rulli show up outside and Luigi tells Rulli he'd like to start his own production house. Rulli tells Luigi that he'll help him. Miguel and Fernando are sitting on a settee and Fernando is protecting certain parts with a pillow on his lap. Miguel touches his hand and tells him he's tense, and Fern slaps his hand away and says he's not going to wait for Luigi any more and gets up to leave but Miguel pulls him back down. Just then Luigi comes in and sees Fernando and makes a big show of "what are you doing here, I don't want to see you, yadda yadda yadda". Fern tells him they have to talk because he's going to L.A. tomorrow, but Luigi still doesn't want to and raises a fuss while everyone watches. Luigi tells Fern he's going to the bathroom and Fern drinks from Luigi's drink and gets something on his mouth (salt? Was it a margarita?). Luigi reaches over and wipes it off and judging by their faces, I think it may have been a cute little unscripted moment. Luigi then tells Fern not to be there when he gets back. Luigi heads toward the men's room, but Fern chases him. Luigi slams the door in his face and Fernando yells at him to open up. A waiter walks by and tells Fern to be quiet, but some other guy tells him don't worry, they're novios, it's nothing. This really makes Fern nervous and Luigi opens the door.

Back with Tomas, everyone finally gets back to the table, then Roman leaves again to dance with a girl leaving Hot Chick to talk to Tomas. He tells her she's very pretty, but then leaves to look for Roman to talk to him about something. He may be asking to borrow Roman's car, but I'm really not sure. While he's gone, Roman gets back to the table and starts talking to HC, but I'm not sure what they're saying. We jump back to Fernando and Luigi still fighting in the men's room.

Once more to the cuartel, who are very drunk. Their conversation is boring and I'm afraid I fast forward through most of it. I think they're still going on about Rulli.

Luigi and Fernando are back at the bar and Fernando reminds Luigi that the bad things that happened aren't just bad for Conceptos, they're bad for Luigi too. Luigi calls Fern inept. Fern tells him he's going to L.A. and needs to be able to tell those clients that his director is the star, Luigi Lombardi. Luigi tells Fern that Conceptos is already a failure and Fernando says, oh yeah, well I'll make a bet with you and Luigi wants to know what the bet is.

We're now transported to a bar where the cuartel are sharing a bottle of tequila. Juana is dancing on the table and the others all get up to dance.

Back to the gay bar, Fern tells Luigi what the bet is: If Conceptos loses work because they changed the format, he'll buy the 35mm camera Luigi wants. But, if the video format helps them to increase production, Luigi has to resign himself to using it. Luigi proposes a different bet: if they lose work and he wins... at first I think he says Fernando has to sleep with him, but when Fern basically says Oh Hell to the NO (and I'm sure Luigi was kidding anyway just to get a rise out of him), he says you have to come to a party with me dressed as the Queen of the Night. Fern argues, but Luigi turns his back and says accept my bet or forget about me coming back!

The cuartel are still dancing and they see El Cheque dancing with some random woman (Jazmin) and Lola turns BSC.

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Missing Recap 6: What's more embarrassing than passing out drunk in front of your coworkers? YOUR PARENTS!!

Fern and Luigi are still talking about the bet and the cuartel are still drunk. Lola confronts her husband and raises a stink in the bar about his new Squeeze-Me Barbie.

Tomas catches Hot Chick macking on Roman. He gives Tomas some lame excuse that I don't get and the whole gang leaves leaving Tomas to pay the bill.

Fernando accepts Luigi's bet and Miguel brings them all champagne, but Fern doesn't want any.

Lety and the cuartel are drunk and call Saimon to come get them. Then they all go into the bathroom and start crying, I guess for Lola's sake or just 'cause they're drunk, I'm not sure.

Luigi and Fern are leaving the bar and Fern is complaining that Ana Lety didn't warn him it would be a gay bar. Luigi says "hello", like hey dumba**, what other kind of bar would I be in? Fern says I'll see you tomorrow and tries to leave, but Luigi tells him he wants to seal the bet with a kiss on the cheek. Fernando refuses saying the only man he kisses is his father (or he could be saying he doesn't even kiss his father, I'm not sure). Luigi continues to give him crap, saying hey, they do it in Europe all the time, on BOTH cheeks. Fern says "fine", all exasperated, and Luigi closes his eyes and puckers up (I'm not sure why, I thought the kiss was supposed to be on the cheek, but you know Luigi). A kid just happens to walk by selling roses and Fern calls him over and buys a red one from him and hits Luigi in the head with it, but not too hard. Luigi looks shocked and says Oh My God in English, then smiles. This entire bar scene between these two has been hilarious, they really work well off each other. Luigi accepts the rose and says something along the lines of "now we're novios" or something like that, and Fernando makes a noise like he's trying to imitate Lety yakking up a hairball and takes off.

Saimon has shown up and is half-carrying Lety out the door while the rest of the cuartel follow. Lety thinks she sees Fernando and semi-passes out in Saimon's arms. Just then the parental units (who appear to have been out looking for her in their PAJAMAS!) show up and they ain't happy campers.

Fern gets to Marcia's apartment and tells Marcia that he's fixed everything with Luigi but he really hated having to beg. Marcia tells him she'll try to console him and leads him into the bedroom.

Lety's parents manage to pour her into her room and though she's still drunk, suddenly she's sober enough to write in her diary. Sorry, I had to fast forward through a lot of this, her voice was even more annoying than usual. She tells her diary that she doesn't know what she'll do with herself while Fernando is away, and starts crying. While she's talking, we cut to Fernando in bed with Marcia. She's watching him while he's unable to sleep and asks what's wrong, and he tells her the worst part of all was having to go to a gay bar and now people think he's Luigi's boyfriend! Marcia starts macking on him to make him feel better. And may I just add a personal comment that we needed many more scenes of Fern shirtless than we were given! Sigh! Anyroad...

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Missing Recap 7: In which Alicia doesn't go to Hawaii

The next day Lety heads to work with a massive hangover. She meets up with Tomas, who's pretty sad looking. When she asks how it went, he claims it was great. She asks if he got to kiss Hot Chick and he explains he caught her kissing Roman. She wants to know why he keeps trying to hang with Roman when they treat him badly, but he just asks how her night was. I don't really get her answer, and she leaves for work.

At Conceptos, PM has a headache too. Saimon brings out a tray filled with glasses of water and Alka Seltzer. He complains about the stuff she asks him to do but she just looks at him like Shut the hell up dude! She says something he doesn't like and he starts to drink a seltzer, but Lety comes in and takes it from him and drinks it. He leaves and PM and Lety talk.

Omar comes in and starts flirting with PM. Fernando and Alicia come in and Alicia is glaring so Fern, in either a very rare moment of kindness to Alicia or to save his friend from a serious claw scratching, distracts her and manages to get her on the elevator. He then pulls Omar aside and give him crap about it, then throws Omar into the elevator and follows him in.

Back upstairs Saimon is handing out the seltzers to the rest of the cuartel, who are just as hung as Lety and PM. Alicia comes in clapping and yelling and they don't even care. Fernando, Omar and Marcia come in and go to their offices.

In his office, Fernando is asking Lety for stuff, but like Radar in MASH she answers him before he finishes, and he starts to get irritated by it. She starts to walk to her office but Fern stops her and reminds her of the significant responsibility she'll have because everything will be in her hands while he's gone. She tells him tranquila, she'll take care of everything and he smiles.

Fernando calls a meeting with Omar, Marcia, Lopez, Alicia and Luigi and tells them all that Lety will be in charge while he and Omar and Marcia are gone and he hopes they'll work with her and not fight against her. Luigi says no way, she's not over me and makes a rude comment that makes Lopez laugh his wheezy laugh. Fern agrees that Luigi's in charge of his area and the commercial they're working on, but Lety's in charge of everything else. Luigi starts talking about all the stuff he wants to do and Fernando stresses economy. Alicia isn't happy and Fern offers to send her to Hawaii to cheer her up. Since she's the epitome of the dumb blond, she says "really?" and of course he shoots her down and Lety titters.

Alicia leaves the conference room and Lola and Sara sing to her. I have no idea what this is about, but then Sara bleats at her like a sheep. What?????

Luigi teases Fern about last night and Marcia wants to know what happened and Luigi jokingly calls her jealous. Marcia starts talking about the wedding, and you can tell Fern really doesn't want to hear it. We get a shot of Lety, whose ears must be in full-on hypersensitivity mode because she can hear them even though they aren't yelling, and she looks sad. Marcia wants Fern to set some time aside so they can make preparations together. I think she mentions that after L.A. she's going to go to Miami and do some shopping for the wedding. She and Luigi leave and Fernando yells for Lety. She comes in with his briefcase, cell phone and tickets.

Suddenly Fernando picks her up and twirls her around and says something mushy to her. He holds her, then she twirls away and they dance while she's telling him to return to her soon. She then begins to do some kind of weird Riverdance-type clogging and, of course, it's a daydream and Fern is watching her dance by herself, mystified. He claps his hands to snap her out of it as the phone rings, and asks her to take some time from her ballet lessons to answer it. She does and it's Marcia, they talk and he starts to leave. At the last second he gives Lety a funny look tells her to "practice more".

Alicia is worried about being left alone with the cuartel and Marcia tells her not to be intimidated by Lety. Fernando and Marcia are going to lunch and Alicia tries to invite herself along and tries to get Omar to go too. Omar walks up then and she calls him Amor and asks him to join them for lunch, but he tells her he can't, he has plans and Fern backs him up. She wants a kiss before he leaves but he just shoots her an air kiss. Fernando tells Marcia to uninvite Alicia.

Saimon's dancing down in reception, but he and PM argue again. Omar walks in and PM leaves with him, making Saimon pout.

Marta and Fernando watch, sharing an apple, while Alicia and Marcia talk. Alicia tells Marcia that Omar's agreed to live with her and she thinks he'll propose soon. Marcia says stuff I don't get, then Fern yells at her to hurry up and they get on the elevator. He starts to hand the apple back to Marta but decides to keep it and thanks her while she looks sad.

PM and Omar are in a hotel room, they've just finished playing doctor and now he's getting dressed. PM is pissed that he's leaving and wants to know if he's serious about her or is this just a one-night stand because she knows he's getting it on with Alicia Ferreira. He denies there's anything between him and Alicia and calms PM down.

The cuartel are all spread out on the couches in Reception. PM comes in and asks what's wrong and they tell her all about the huge lunch they just ate. They ask what she was doing and she mentions a boyfriend, which makes Saimon sad. They go upstairs and Alicia starts screeching at them. Stuff gets said and she threatens to tattle to Lopez about them. Lety is in her office and the cuartel come bursting in complaining that Alicia is complaining to Lopez and she has to do something. Lopez comes in and brushes his dandruff all over everyone and reprimands them for coming back from lunch late, but Lety defends them saying she gave them permission (power go to your head much Lety?) and getting them off the hook. Lety calls Alicia in and tries to give some work but she refuses to do it. She changes her mind, though, when Lety tells her fine, and starts to call Lopez back in. After Alicia leaves Lety drools over her stolen picture of Fernando and we see days of Lety pacing her office, missing Fern, and crossing off days in her calendar until his return, while Aqui Estare plays.

Fern calls and wants to know what's going on with the company; Lety gets a report from Sarah and Lola and sadly tells him that things aren't going well because most of the companies are canceling their contracts.

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Missing Recap 8: Kids, money, and glue
Repeat of Fernando and Marcia leaving and Omar and PM arguing.

The cuartel plus Lety are outside talking about the problems of Lola and PM when Marta's husband and daughter drive up. Husband (is his name Paco?) tells Marta he has to leave their daughter with her and she worries, but the cuartel remind her that the boss isn't there today and Irma reminds her that Lety's the boss. Lety says it's ok and the husband leaves. Lola and PM's kids are there too, in reception and Lola tells Lety about her kid problem, so Lety says it's ok for all the kids to be there. The kids are now all in Omar's office and they talk about stuff I don't get.

Marta has Alicia's check but hides it and won't give it to her while they all give Alicia crap. She goes and complains to Lopez, but he says he's not in charge and can't do anything. She then goes to Lety, who does nothing. Luigi comes in with three models and talks to Alicia, who tells him about her check problem. He confronts the cuartel and demands his check as well, but they tell him he has to talk to Lety because she has his check. He calls her a monster and the models and Alicia all laugh and walk away.

Lety whines about missing Fernando and just then he calls to find out what's going on with the company. Lety tells him he needs to come back because the last of their customers have cancelled their contracts.

The cuartel's brats, I mean kids, are in Omar's office digging through his stuff. They find his pin-up pictures and decide to use them, and whatever else is available, to make collages.

Lety comes out into the Executive lobby and happily tells everyone that Fern's coming back tomorrow. She asks Alicia to book return flights for Fern and Omar, and of course Alicia doesn't want to. She then asks Marta to do it, which makes Alicia want to do it after all. She asks about Marcia, and Lety tells her Marcia isn't coming. Lola has contracts in her hand and tells Lety that Luigi has hired models for the pre-production test shots. Lety says that can't be, Fernando told him he could only hire models for the actual shooting. She gushes that she's glad the President will be back tomorrow, and Lola whines that that means they'll have to give Alicia her check. Sara wants to hold onto it a little longer. Lety mentions the contract problems the company is having. At first I thought the cuartel and Lety were just getting revenge about the checks, but now I think I may have missed something earlier. I think in one of his phone conversations, when Fernando found out about all the cancelled contracts, he may have been concerned about cash flow and may have told Lety not to release any checks. Can anyone verify?

One of the kids has somehow gotten hold of Alicia's paycheck and starts to glue it down, but one of the girls tells him it's not a good idea. He sets it on a chair to let the glue dry. Meanwhile, in the Executive lobby, Marta has realized that the check is missing and is looking for it.

Omar calls Alicia and asks her to get him some info from his office, so she goes in and catches the brats doing their usual damage and yells at them. She sits on the chair where the check is drying so she can yell at them comfortably, then she gets up and leaves to tattle to Lopez, with it stuck to her tush. The kids all laugh. Marta and Lola come in and instead of punishing the kids for wreaking havoc with someone else's property, they just laugh with them. Yeah, cute (not!!!!).

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