Caray, Caray!

Rehash of yesterday. Morticia wants to hang out with Moppet. It makes her feel like she's with Nico again. Mo says "mi casa, tu casa." Moppet loves Morticia, and if Moppet is happy, so is Mo. Mo also wants to prove to her he had nothing to do with his wife's or Nico's death.

Piero is making a deal with the devil. Piero is hurting for money big time. Mo will help him. . .but for a price. Mo wants Piero to marry Lidia. I'm betting it has something to do with controlling Diego the Ditz.

Ms. Blue and Ceci are having a nice little dinner together. Ceci is telling Azul about her Dinner with Aahndres. She tells Azul about the marks all over Aahndres' neck and back. They ponder how he could have gotten them. Ceci then goes on to say that Aahndres got mad when she asked about them. The subject then switches to Azul and her impossible situation with Mo. Diego can't leave Eva because he signed a contract. Ceci points out Azul did too, but Azul seems to think Mo will let her out of hers. Right. Pobre de Azul and Diego; they are in an impossible situation!

Leo tells Mo she overheard Burgay and Eva talking to someone about GCSSD and the progress he's making. Leo says Eva sounded worried. Mo says they have no idea what has preceded what GCSSD is working on. Lots of suspenseful music plays. Mo then says someone will die without the formula. I couldn't tell if Mo said he'll die if GCSSD doesn't find the formula or if GCSSD will die (aka be killed). Help!

Ivan the terrible is having dinner with EE. EE tells Ivan to call off the Ninjas. Ivan and Eva agree that Diego is a good guy but Ivan is more worried about EE. He takes her hand to prove his point. They agree to leave the bugs in Diego's room.

Apparently Azul has been up all night biting her thumbnail and thinking about her predicament with Diego. She tells Ceci she's going to talk to Eva, woman-to-woman. Surely Eva will let Diego out of his contract. Eva's an intelligent woman who knows that Diego loves Azul and Azul loves Diego. Geez, of all the dim bulb ideas! I bet Eva will get right on that! I believe Ceci makes a crack about Azul buying out Diego's contact.

Piero is trying to talk Lidia into marrying him. He doesn't need Lucia's money any more; he's got lots of connections. He wants to talk to her parents and get their blessing. Lidia is skeptical at first but he talks her into it. This is all taking place at his and Lucia's (soon to be Lucia's) fancy house. This house doesn't have one speck of dirt or any signs of life in it. There's not one bill laying out on a flat surface, no clutter, nada! Even their voices echo. Piero and Lucia are fighting, as usual, but so far Lucia is still alive. Piero says he doesn't need Lucia's money or construction business. He's marrying a woman better than her; Lidia! Lucia screams at him to get out.

Diego calls for Azul and gets Ceci instead. They talk in terms of princes, princesses, dragons and monsters. Basically it has something to do with Azul wanting to talk to Eva about Diego, I believe. I may be wrong.

Chucho calls Diego and wants to hang out and party. Diego will try to get the day off, but he needs to talk to Evil Eva first.

Evil Eva slaps Burgay across the face for telling El Jefe Mas Grande, Boris, that Eva is in love. She doesn't think it's appropriate for Boris to know about her personal life unless she tells Boris herself. She tells Burgay to consider this a warning. More suspenseful music.

Azul tells Mo she wants to quit her job to work on her thesis. I think she wants to break up with him as well. Mo doesn't want any explanations; he has his dignity. He just asks that she stay a few days until they can find a replacement for her. He seems to be taking this in stride, but the Exorcist music says otherwise.

Diego asks Eva for the day off. He wants to hang out with his buds. Eva wants to know what he plans to do. When he tells her of hanging out in the barrio, she wants to meet "his people." Diego says it would be below her, but she says "Nonsense! What's the dress code? Jeans? I can be ready in five…make that ten minutes."

Diego apologizes to Ivan the Terrible for making fun of Ivan's job. Ivan apologizes as well. Diego says perhaps Ivan can teach him about technology.

Piero tells Mo he's proposed to Lidia. Can he learn about Mo's special project now? Mo says not yet, but he'll give Piero the money tomorrow. I guess he wants Piero married to Lidia first. I guess you can get divorced in two hours in telenovelaland. Piero tells Mo he's on his way to get the rings. He'll marry Lidia ASAP. I bet once they get married, the disgusting scenes between those two will stop. Anyone out there want to take that bet?

Diego shows up at IHoP with Ivan the Terrible and Evil Eva in tow. Efrain says he recognizes Ivan the Terrible, presumably from the night Abuelo was killed. No one believes Efrain and Ivan denies ever having seen Efrain in the past. Can someone please help elaborate on this scene? I didn't recognize one word from this exchange, but whatever happened, I'm wondering if Efrain will be the next murder victim. Efrain seemed a little too insistent for his own good. Efrain even went on to tell Ivan that he (Efrain) has a photographic memory. Eva suddenly decides she has errands to run and scoops up Ivan and rushes out. Chucho and Flavor looked confused. Diego tries to tell Efrain that Efrain is just drunk and has mistaken Ivan for someone else. Efrain then goes on to describe Ivan's Vulcan death grip, or something having to do with Ivan's fingers. Suddenly Diego realizes Efrain really DOES recognize Ivan from that fateful night.

Azul calls Diego and tells him she broke up with Mo. Diego is thrilled. His happiness is short-lived when Azul asks if he's at IHoP where Morticia works. Now Azul is getting all whiny about his being around Morticia. Diego explains Morticia is just a friend. They then have the typical discussion about what's fair and what's not fair.

Piero shows up at Mama's and Papa's house with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Mama finally comes downstairs and wants to know what Piero is doing at their house. Piero says he's come to ask for Lidia's hand. Papa walks in and asks what the heck Piero is doing at their house. Mama tells Papa to calm down; Piero needs to talk to them. Piero then asks them both for Lidia's hand in marriage.

Azul shows up at IHoP looking for Diego. Flavor says he's left but will probably return later. Azul then wants to speak to Morticia. Azul asks Morticia about Morticia's relationship with Diego. She says it's in the past. She's got a new guy now and has moved on. She loves Diego, but Diego loves Azul. Life goes on. The subject then switches to Mo and how Morticia believes Mo killed Nico. Azul asks why Morticia thinks Mo is responsible. Morticia then goes on to say on the day of the accident, she got a call from Liliana. . .

Ivan is trying to make excuses for the exchange with Efrain. Eva is furious and wants Efrain killed. Ivan says if he kills Efrain, Diego will get suspicious. Ivan will take care of things. Eva wants to know what to say if Diego brings up the exchange. "Just tell Diego Efrain was mistaken."

Piero officially proposes to Lidia and presents her with a ring. Although we don't see it, Lidia oohs and aahs over it, showing it to Mama. Papa suggests they drink to the announcement. Mama suggests she and Lidia go to the kitchen to get some snacks. When Mama and Lidia are gone, Piero asks Papa about the job situation. When Papa says it doesn't look so great, Piero asks about Papa's experience. I got the part that Papa worked in insurance, but I didn't catch what else he can do. Whatever it is, Piero has some investors lined up and could use Papa's help. Mama and Lidia return. Now the talk turns to the "big date." Piero wants to get married ASAP; perhaps over the weekend. Papa thinks that's fine, Lidia is excited, and Mama looks very pained.

Chucho and Efrain are talking about women in general. As they leave, Morticia and Azul are bonding. Azul agrees to help Mortiicia find out what happened to Nico. Morticia tells Azul to be careful; Mo is more dangerous than Azul thinks. "Pshaw!" says Azul. I'll see what I can find out from Moppet.

Evil Eva is talking to Mo. Mo says Azul broke up with him and wants to leave. EE says that's not good; Azul and GCSSD have to stay. Mo tells her not to worry, in a few days he'll feign depression and Azul will return.

Ivan the Terrible pays Efrain a visit. He offers $2,000 to tell Diego some lie; probably involving the fact that Efrain was mistaken and didn't recognize Ivan after all. He mentions something about karate, noon sharp, and some client. Ivan tries to tell Efrain he doesn't want his boss to know about a girlfriend or something. Can anyone explain? Before Ivan leaves, he calls Efrain by name. Efrain is all freaked out. Efrain gets more freaked when Ivan points out he knows Efrain has a son. . .Ivan says Efrain isn't the only one with a photographic memory. Suspenseful music plays.

Diego asks EE about the relationship between Ivan and Efrain. Something having to do with Abuelo's murder and the neighbor getting framed. EE says Efrain is obviously mistaken. Diego doesn't think so; Efrain has too many details. I think Efrain's days may be numbered. We may have to move his name to the top of the list ahead of Ceci's.

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EPISODE - Sept. 13, 2007:
* Pancho meets with Zamiro at the local cantina - they negotiate a backdoor, shady, underhanded deal for sulfate at the hacienda.

* In his car, Rod sits and listens to Gavi explain to him about Minnie and Isa's plotting with Susy to have her fired from the Agave commission. He's upset and disillusioned. She wants to go home - he has a better idea. They leave.

* SW meets James in the hall. SW senses James' depression and mentions Acacia's situation. James walks away. When Sofia comes through, SW stops her and starts to inform Sofia about Acacia and James' marriage, Acacia's mental health problems, her child abuse at the hand of her uncle Meliton. Sofia is impactado.

* James in his bed alone, thinking about his latest visit with Acacia at the sanitarium. They were laughing and she was enjoying her lollipop (or was it a fruit pop) when she suddenly drops the red pop on the ground and starts to freak out. James cries over how helpless he is with Acacia.

* SW and Sofia walk downstairs to the living room area - SW continues to bring Sofia up-to-date about Acacia and James' legal situation (Acacia killed her uncle and James' involvement).

* Elvis and Dani join Granny P in the dining room. Elvis offers Granny one of his special cookies he brought. Dani convinces her to try one. She does, and sort of likes it. Maid enters to say that Don Roberto is there to see Granny P. They are impactado and curious why Don Roberto is there. Granny leaves to meet with him. In the living room, Granny P meets with Don Roberto. Don Roberto informs Granny P about Minnie and Isa's plot against Gavi. Dani sneaks up to the door and eavesdrops on the conversation.

* Driving in the car, Gavi continues to fill Rod in on the details of the plot that Minnie and Isa put together. Then she shocks him with the details of how they got Don Roberto's secretary Susana to work with them on it.

* Dani eavesdrops on the conversation between Don Roberto and Granny P. Don Roberto tells her that Minnie and Isa's schemes are becoming a problem at the commission. He asks her for her help in dealing with the ladies. Granny P, furious, agrees to do that. Before Don Roberto can leave, Dani pops into the room - Granny P. isn't happy and wants her to leave, she introduces herself to Don Roberto. Elvis enters and Dani introduces him to Don Roberto also. Granny P. promises Don Roberto to handle Minnie and Isa. Don Roberto leaves. Granny P. tells Dani and Elvis not to do or say anything. She will call an emergency family meeting for tomorrow and she will handle Minnie and Isa herself.

* Aaron and Minnie are in the midst of another of their debates when the call from Granny P interrupts. Aaron answers the phone - he notes Granny is furious about something, and agrees to be at the family meeting tomorrow at the mansion.

* Rod and Gavi continue talking in the car.

* Isa is upset on the phone with her dad about Rod. Sofia walks in and Isa unloads her fury about Rod's intention to divorce her and his attitude towards her father. Sofia tries to defend her brother. Isa is still furious. Sofia answers the phone - it's Granny P about the family meeting tomorrow at the mansion - Sofia says she and Pancho will be there, Isa will be there also. Sofia starts to ask about Granny P's anger, Granny P. hangs up on her.

* In the car, Rod is furious about Isa and can't stand to be married to her anymore. Gavi uses reason to persuade Rod to stay calm and don't sacrifice himself or anything over her. Rod is afraid of losing Gavi. Rod reveals his jealousy over Alonso taking her home, taking her and her mom to dinner, etc. Gavi explains to him that Alonso is her boss - they work together - that's it, nothing more. Rod is still jealous and wants to be the only man in her life. Gavi reminds Rod that he is married and has a child; they can be platonic friends for the next three months, and that she will not become his mistress. Gavi comes up with her own compromise plan - which includes him being respectful and professional towards her and her job (no more bothersome embarrassing outbursts). He agrees, then comes up with his own compromise plan - A, B (he holds her hand), C (he hugs her). She stops him before he kisses her. He laughs and then explains D. She mentions B again. They kiss.

* Aaron and Minnie discuss the phone call from Granny P - and what they plan to do about Isa and Rod.

* Rod helps Gavi from his car. They kiss. They say good-night. They kiss again. Gavi enters the apartment building. Rod stands by the car, enchanted.

* Clara is upset as she sits on the sofa as Gavi enters the apartment. Gavi leans in to kiss her mom's cheek - Clara moves away and starts to scold her for worrying her like that. Gavi tells Clara what the problem is with Rod divorcing Isa, that her romance with Rod continues, Clara mentions Alonso and then panics about Gavi's resignation. Gavi assures Clara that she didn't resign, instead she has a very important position working on the huge agave assembly conference coming up, she is also going to start plotting her revenge against Isa and Minnie.

* After calling the condo and not finding Rod there, Isa hangs up and is totally furious. She explodes on Sofia about her recurrent nightmare that Rod is with Gavi.

* Rod returns home to the condo. Enriqueta gives him the message that Isa called and will return tomorrow with their son Rico. Rod alone reads the card from Elvis and Dani - he opens the package - it's a painting of Gaviota. He's enchanted.

* Gavi fills Clara in on all the juicy details of Isa and Minnie's plot against her. Clara is on the edge of her chair, listening. Gavi is fuming.

* Hilario and his two dates enter a bar and sit down. One orders a "coca-cola"(I think). Hilario orders a tequila - the other lady asks if they can share a bottle. Hilario agrees. The waiter brings over the drinks and the bottle of Cazadores tequila.

* Inside the hacienda, Sofia says good-night to Isa and goes to bed.

* Outside by the back door, Pancho and Zamiro and his men are finishing up their transaction deal - the sulfate for the money, which Pancho folds up and puts in his pocket.

* Rod answers the phone - a hang up. He checks, it's from the hacienda. He grumbles about Isa.

* In the living room, Isa starts to seduce Pancho. She pulls back as he just starts to get all hot and bothered - he wants to kiss her now. She asks him to run away with her after she returns from Mexico City. She is going to confront Rod and get her divorce and then they can be together as a nice little family. Pancho is nervous and needs time to think. Isa pulls him out of the room - to a quiet place with no witnesses.

* In bed, Minnie checks her temp. She smiles. She wakes Aaron. He tries to roll over and go back to sleep. She orders him to wake up and make love.

* In the hacienda pantry storage room, Pancho and Isa have hot-hot sex (Oo-la-la!) They take a short break - camera reveals that Isa gave Pancho a bright red hickie on his neck. They return to their love-making.

* Rod, in bed, dreaming of his latest kiss with Gavi. He murmurs to himself, I love you Gaviota. This waiting with Isa will be hell.

* Gavi sits in bed, thinks to herself about Rod.

* Minnie and Aaron discuss her getting pregnant right away, and what to do about little Rico. Minnie has an idea - kidnap the kid and send him out of the country, then they can adopt a son to pass off as their son - to become the heir. Aaron hates the idea and tells her off - he only wants a son of his own. Minnie tries to convince him that her idea will work. He is adamant about having a son of his own.

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Hey folks, I'm back from my jaunt south of the border into telenovela mecca (and just to make sure one doesn't forget it, there are reminders everywhere). I saw other recappers sharing their similar travels so thought I'd share mine too as I figured you might get a kick out of some of these "spottings." Of course I couldn't help but think of CARAY CARAY!!

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Moni outs to CL that Pau is coming to dinner. CL tells her she’s taking things too far and that she’s obsessed with Paula, she’s just an employee. Moni says that she helped very much and she’s considered a friend for that even though they haven’t known each other that long. Cl says she just trying to get ahead and that she will take advantage of her generosity and he sees her all day and doesn’t want to see her at home too. Moni disagrees and says tough, it’s done, I invited, she accepted and I’m not gong back on it now.

Delirio sings Mananitas to Nid as she snores away, she then wakes and asks who told him it was her birthday. She asks if he woke up well, he says there’s no better medicine than to sleep next to his beloved. He wants her to eat so that she is well prepared for what awaits her. She says what’s that. He says leave it to me, you just need to be in touch with Eros. She asks, Eros the singer? He’s says no he’s ready for his wedding morning instead of wedding night and says it time they consummate!

Back at the police station, they come up with the idea to take Pastora back to where she came from. He doesn’t want to but they tell him that’s the only thing left to do that this poor woman is upset. He doesn’t want anyone to say he’s not a good citizen, so he’ll take her to where he picked her up so maybe she’ll recognize her house. They tell her but she says she doesn’t remember him, and anyway he has the face of a depraved man. The police sergeant loses his patience and gives her the ultimatum - it’s this or the psych ward.

Gritos come from the bedroom. Alirio is screaming at the top of his lungs as the other house occupants stack up outside the door wondering if someone is being killed. Juan speculates that maybe she’s trying to get rid of him all over the room (dando chicharrones). Marely is afraid maybe he’s right because she was really annoyed last night. We flash inside to Nid telling Ali to stop yelling that she hasn’t even touched him yet. He says he’s engulfed with the thoughts of things to come and the mere contact with her skin drives him wild. She tells him she has daughters and he needs to shut up or they will think her indecent. He finally agrees he will if she’ll give him a little honey. It then gets quiet.

Outside Juan and the gang are discussing whether they should knock to see if things are ok because that doesn’t sound normal. Marely contemplates her mom being a black widow. They make her knock. Nid comes to the door and says she not killing him that he has an ingrown toenail and she’s trying to get it out. Yadi makes fun of her mom’s story. Juan thinks she’s telling the truth because an ingrown toenail hurts more than giving birth. Anyone care to comment on that???

Back inside Nid continues to tell Alirio to shut up and if he doesn’t he’ll never get it. She puts her foot down that they are going to wait until they are alone in the house whether he likes it or not.

Juan and the girls go down and Yadi kids Juan for being innocent and believing her story. Marely says well you don’t expect her to tell us exactly everything she’s doing anyway. Juan says well it sure sounds like Alirio is having the bomb!! The girls are offended that he talk about their mom that way. He says well, it is the wedding night so at least one of them should enjoy it. He tells himself that he shouldn’t have opened his mouth and he is a little ashamed with his girls.

The taxi shows up outside of the house Cachon with Pastorawitch inside. The taxi driver explains what he’s got, and asks for Juan’s help. He recognizes her and goes to kiss her glad she’s found. She is pleased someone finally knew her name. He asks the driver how much he owes. The taxi driver says nothing he’s just happy to return her. He says leaving this woman in someone else’s hands is payment enough.

Juan calls Pastor and tells him the mom is here and she’s ok. While Pastora waits, she asks the daughters what they are looking at, Marely says they are just pleased how well she managed out on the streets, to which Pastora replies that she is a decent woman and doesn’t wander the streets, Marely tries to clarify but she insults the daughters Cachon by calling them things of little importance, horribly outfitted, wiry legs. Juan tries to keep the peace.

Moni asks if CL is still mad, he says he wasn’t then agrees that he was. She doesn’t understand why he is so bugged. She wants him to tell the truth, doesn’t he like Pau?


Back at Casa Davila Ana and Pau are talking about the dinner and imagine that this woman might become her good friend; Pau says in that case she has to tell Moni everything because she can’t sustain a friendship on such a lie. Ana asks her if she could do that and if she really should be friends with this woman. Ana says Cl is still her boss and she needs to watch out for her career. Pau can’t wait to see his face when she tells everything to his wife. Ana says he’ll deny everything and blame it all on her. She says she would love to see his face though when she does tell his wife everything.

CL denies that he dislikes Pau. He thinks she’s an opportunist. She thinks he’s wrong that maybe it’s his fault because he’s cold and distant around people. She thinks he needs to get to know her better. She’s a good person.

Pastor is doting over his newly found mom. They should have left her lost. She is still rude to him. He thanks Juan profusely for bring her back. Juan tells him he needs to watch his mom more carefully because she didn’t remember her house or Juan, Pastor is impactado.

Marely yells at Yadi to stop making a big deal about the morning’s events because like it or not that guy is mom’s husband and we have to see him everyday. Juan agrees that they don’t need to make more of it than there is. Yadi reluctantly agrees.

Alirio comes down and greets everyone with a good morning. Yadi says not as good as you had and asks him if he’s always going to be having an ingrown toe nail pulled out. Juan cracks up.

Alirio thanks Juan for his “support” and complains about being the brunt of jokes. He shames him into understanding him as a man. He ends up asking Juan to take the girls out of the house. Juan isn’t sure he can, especially with Marely and wants to know why. Alirio tells him his plan; Juan macho-ly encourages him, but says he can’t do it. Alirio begs him to think of a reason he can get them away. We hear a tiger growling and then Juan looks at the painting of same.

Juan chats with himself for a while as he sews, reflecting on the agitating weekend and wondering how things are going with Cl and his little dove.

Pastor is at the doctor with his mother.

Pau chats with Juan in the car about Pastora, and that Moni called her for dinner with her and CL. She says she couldn’t refuse because Moni kept insisting and is really thankful for how she helped when Moni lost her baby. She thinks it would have been wonderful if he would have been invited too since he was there and helped just as much. He says he only was the chauffeur. Pau says he helped and she would feel much more comfortable if he were there with her. He tells her she shouldn’t have accepted. She says she actually is interested in going because she’d really love to know what CL has always had in mind. He starts to tell himself that after this night things are going to change for her and for him.

Pastor rehashes his mom’s plight with Yvonne and tells her Moni lost the baby and Pau consoled her the whole time. Pastor tells her that at Nid’s wedding CL and Pau didn’t even look at each other. Yvonne is pleased about that. Oh, and by the way, he says CL wants him to throw her out of the business. Of course Yvonne doesn’t take this well and bad mouths CL that he just throws her away when he’s done and who does he think he is and if he wants war he’ll get it and so forth. Yeah, duh.


She says she knows Cl well and she can take him on. Pastor thinks she should take this opportunity and don’t be stubborn, she’s young and has a lot of things that she can be doing and he’ll help her with her severance. She wonders whose side he’s on, he says hers, but he knows he can’t change CL’s decision.

At the apartment CL leaves as Mon reminds him to bring Pau home with him for dinner.

Ali is looking at Yadi and tell her she should make something of herself and finish school. She says she has no desire to burn off her eyelashes and be mediocre. Ali continues that if she doesn’t want to go to school, she needs to find something to do, that’s what her Pa wanted for her. She lashes back that, yeah that and to give the Davilas his fortune and leave us in the street, but thankfully that my mom married you that won’t happen, so leave me alone. She figures him out, though, that he just wants her out to be alone with her mom. She toys with him a little as he denies this and then tells him not to worry because he won’t have to wait that long anyway, she’s going out this afternoon.

Pau says goodbye to Juan, and wishes him a good day. She asks him to wish her luck, which he says he would, and more as she says she’s going to have a tough day. Just then Kike comes up and asks how it went with his mother in law yesterday. Juan says who? Kike says, you know Pastor’s mother. Juan doesn’t take the joke well and punishes Kike by dumping a heavy box on him and nearly breaking him down until he apologizes!

CL walks into the office where everyone stares at him funny. He notes this and goes into his office where Yvonne follows him and yells at him about his decision to let her go. She says this time she has nothing to lose so she will act on her warnings to him that she knows too much about him. She threatens him to try her to see what she is capable of.

Marely and Pau are discussing what she’s got on her agenda; Pau says from now on she won’t let her private life interfere with work. Marely asks if that means the problems with Cl are over, Pau says no, on the contrary I think they are just beginning. Could it be that she is finally seeing the light???

Yvonne is still chastising CL for letting her go. He says actually this is the best for the both of us. She retorts that he’s only thinking of himself and his convenience. He then turns it on thick and says he has a special concern for her and he wants her to excel and reach higher levels than she can at Farell. She says he thinks he knows women and can manipulate them but she says she’ll show him. She warns him that as much as she’s suffered, he’ll suffer double.


Finally, I just want to thank Melinama for filling in for me last week while I was in Mexico. I did see just a little of Juan Q, which is way ahead of us, and well, there are definitely some interesting developments in store...

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We start back at yesterday's balcony scene, with Diego very poutily putting the watch back on. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they're either using the watch to track him or to record all his conversations. I would like to make one slight correction to yesterday's recap…Burgay says that what Diego will have to pay is the equivalent of two years salary, which is not 600,000 pesos, but 9,600,000 pesos! At today's exchange rates, that means he would owe them $864,592.25. I bet right now all the other gigolos are wondering what they have to do to get such a sweet gig. Fast forward to Diego's hotel room, where he does some groaning and rocking back and forth on the bed. Hey, Diego…that strange sensation around your nether regions? That would be the vise they're in, my friend.

Flavio calls Silvana to ask if he can come over, just for a bit, maybe give her a kiss and then leave (uh huh, a likely story). Silvana says no. She says "ya no puedo mas" which roughly means "I can't go on anymore" and then hangs up the phone. Flavio is alarmed and it looks like he's going to head over anyway, despite Silvana telling him no. Silvana tells an absent Mauricio that he's "un miserable," which in this context means "a murdering bastard."

Burgay and Eva are having drinks out on the terrace. Burgay wants to know what to do with the clothing business she had him buy, since he's already spent a lot of money on it. Eva wants to go ahead as planned. She says Diego will get over being angry and in the meantime they'll keep a closer watch on him. She predicts things will get back to normal in a few days. She tells Burgay she's going to ask Mauricio for a meeting the following day and she'll let him know what time. Eva leaves and Ivan walks out onto the terrace. Burgay says this must be making things difficult for him. Ivan says Diego is easy to control. Burgay says Eva's in love and to keep watching Diego. Ivan says he will, but he makes a face after Burgay leaves, like "Don’t be telling me how to do my job, man, I could kill you with a spork and never break a sweat."

Flavio comes over to Silvana's (/Gloria's) and asks what happened. Silvana tells him she had a rough day. Flavio wants to hear the whole story, but Silvana says it's a long one. Flavio says he has his whole life to listen to her and calls her "precious." Silvana almost cracks a smile in spite of herself. Almost.

Diego calls Azul. He tells her he was in a meeting, but she's on to him. He says it's not going to be as easy as they thought, what with the ironclad contracts and all. Azul wants him to come over, but he won't go--and that's probably a wise decision. Azul says she's going to go see Mauricio tomorrow as if nothing happened. She says goodbye and hangs up. Diego gets weepy and mopey. He goes to the door like he's going to storm out of the room, but Burgay is there. He walks in and tells Diego he's an idiot for fighting with a guy who could kill him with one finger. He's not wrong. Diego whines more about wanting to quit and Burgay reminds him again about the contract. Burgay tries to sweet talk him, but then tells him he shouldn't quit, for his own good. Diego says he'll go to the cops about the Ninja Security Squad, but Burgay laughs that it's all legal. He tells Diego to enjoy his kept man status and to stay in the room until he gets further instructions.

Back at Silvana's, Flavio has now heard the whole story. He doesn't understand why she thinks it's all Mauricio's fault. She says it's because he threatened Liliana, for one. She also finds the fact that Katy didn't have a scratch on her suspicious and doesn't believe that Katy was thrown out the car window, while Nico and Liliana were still in the car when it "despeño" ("went over a cliff"--that answers a few of my flashback-related questions!). She tells Flavio about the Barbie recreation and Katy saying Nico was on the floor bleeding and Liliana was yelling for help. Silvana says Mauricio let Nico and Liliana die.

GSD and Azul are at Mansión Malicia talking about the dead battery in GSD's car. Eva and Ivan walk in and Eva asks about the project, but there's been no progress. Azul and Eva give each other "the look"…and I don't mean the one that ends in one of them borrowing Leo's dominatrix outfit either.

And now, we bring you a Very Special Segment of Amar Sin Limites, entitled, "How not to let being married for about a billion years be a Limite to your Amar": Diego's dad has come home from a long day of searching for work, but he's had no luck. He blames it on ageism. Clemencia kind of "yeah, yeah"s him. Manuel asks for forgiveness for, well, she knows what. He says he had no right to be with another woman and asks her to forgive him. She wants to know why he did it, what Isela gave him that she didn't. He says the household routine, only talking about kids and work and debt didn't help the two of them be intimate. She says he's right and she rejects him a lot. They have a laugh about her "headaches". Then she gets serious again. Clemencia says he was also a bit brutish, expecting her to be ready whenever. Manuel's confused about what he should have done instead. Clemencia asks if he remembers how he used to seduce her, singing in her ear, caressing her. Manuel sits there with this blank look on his face and asks if they aren't too old for that stuff. Dude! Did the writers mean that to be so funny? Anyway, Clemencia says he wasn't "too old" to go looking for Isela…busted! He says she's right. He wants to start over and gain her trust and her love. He swears he's going to try to win her back, but he wants some seducing from her as well. They smush noses and kiss to seal the deal.

Back at Mansión Malicia: Eva wants to know how Azul knew she was in New York (Mauricio told her). Azul says something about Mauricio having been in Houston "on business", which makes Eva ask if he has business other than what he's got going on with her. Eva brags to Azul about how Diego picked her up at the airport and then took her to dinner and she gave him a watch. Burgay comes in and she asks Burgay to talk about Diego's watch, which he does. Mauricio comes in wanting to know why Azul didn't tell him Eva was here. Azul gets pissed and says that's what Leo is for (ooh, snap!). Eva asks how business in Houston went and then the Trio of Ultimate Evil go into Mauricio's office, but not before Azul tells Mauricio she's leaving and Mauricio asks her to stay.

Arnaldo calls GSD while he's in the super-secret virus room (aka, "el deposito") to warn him about Inés and how she's not going to let him go. He tells Arnaldo Inés wrecked his apartment. Arnaldo thinks GSD should do something. GSD asks how Arnaldo's doing, which strikes Arnaldo as odd. GSD asks how the relationship is going. Arnaldo invites GSD to come look at the shop and pick out a dress for his new girlfriend and also to meet Julio. GSD says he'll come visit and meet Julio, but he doesn’t think a gift of clothing would be a good idea. I think if Arnaldo knew about the super-secret virus room, he'd be less worried about GSD's safety. The most Inés can do is stand in the anteroom and scream at him.

The Trio of Evil meeting is about Diego and Azul being rebellious lately. Burgay and Eva think they're going to start asking questions soon. Mauricio tells them he's done things this way for a very good reason. He says he realized when Diego came to borrow money for his mom's operation that Azul was in love with Diego. He says Azul is a "pretty girl" but his interest in her is because of GSD, and that's why he started going out with her and why he's going to marry her--so he'll have GSD "en mis manos" (literally, "in my hands", but a better translation would be "in my power"). Burgay wonders if Diego is in love with Azul, but Mauricio explains that in his diabolical plot, that doesn't matter. If they have Azul, they have GSD and if they have Diego, they have Azul. Eva's surprised and asks if Mauricio doesn't care that Azul and Diego have a thing going on. Mauricio says as long as GSD does his work, no, he doesn't. Burgay asks Eva what she thinks, but she says she's going to talk to GSD and walks out. Mauricio says Eva's in love with Diego too and he thinks that's dangerous. Burgay notices Mauricio grabbing his arm, but Mauricio lies and says he's fine. I wonder how much of Mauricio's little speech back there was just for the benefit of Burgay and Eva. I guess it's possible that he really doesn't care, but sometimes the way he acts with Azul…did he pitch a fit the last time she "rejected" him because SHE rejected him or because he doesn't like rejection from anyone? Anyone have thoughts on that?

Azul is at home, at least looking like she's working, when Diego calls from his hotel room asking if she's mad at him. The short version--yep. He wants to talk, and she invites him over, but he says she should come to him since he's being watched. She agrees and writes down the hotel name and room number. Idiots. Do they not understand what "being watched" means? She tells him he'd better tell her the truth and he says he will.

Eva comes back to Mauricio's office, but only Burgay is there. Burgay thinks Mauricio's lying and he really is in love with Azul. Eva asks the burning question on many viewers' minds: "Is Azul special? Do you like her?" Burgay says she kind of reminds him of Eva, what with the bitchiness (okay, he didn't use that word, but we all know it's what he meant), but he takes it back when it's clear this displeases Eva. Leo comes a-spying and listens at the door as Burgay asks what to do with the clothing business. He says he's approached Julio Corso (ding, ding, ding! That's Arnaldo's boyfriend and Gaspar's boss) but he doesn't think Eva will want him to keep working on it since Diego's behaving so badly lately. Eva says he should keep working on it and she'll find some way to use it. Burgay says "he" (and this time I think it really is "he" despite the previous pronoun game Burgay played) called from Europe and he wants Eva to call "him" in Prague. This gets Eva worried. She doesn't know what to say to "him" since GSD doesn't have any results and Mauricio won't give her any info. Burgay says that Mauricio told him he wouldn't give out any info, even if it cost him his life. Eva says Ivan could make a dog talk. Burgay says she should tell Ivan to get a dog collar and put it on Mauricio ASAP, then. The head off to look for either Ivan, Mauricio, or both.

Azul has come to Diego's hotel room. They give us some nice shots from under the table to remind us what's going on here. Azul gripes at Diego about lying to her. Diego starts at the beginning of his story with Silvana and saving Mauricio's life, etc., etc. Azul finds fault with Diego sleeping with other women even though he claims to be in love with her. Word. She asks about the watch and he says it means nothing. She tells Diego not to be naïve, because his naiveté comes off looking like something else. Without my translating that sentence, and without him knowing much Spanish, Mr. 5ft says "No, Diego really is that stupid." He tells her about his attempt to return the watch. Azul says Eva's going to win him over and he's going to leave her (Azul). He swears this won't happen. She says she doesn’t want to lose him. Kissy, kissy. Azul swears if either of them (Silvana or Eva, I guess) gets in between them things will go badly. Diego begs to still be Silvana's friend, and besides she's going out with Flavio now. He makes excuses for Eva's behavior and begs to keep being her "friend" too. She wonders how Diego can be in love with her when he admires Eva so much. He says admiration's one thing, love is another. Yeah, and blatant stupidity is yet another, kids. More smooching and "I love you"s. Blech!

Bow chicka bow bow…Ceci and Andres are smooching on the red couch. Andres apologizes for not being able to come by sooner. Smoochies. Ceci's trying to get a little more than smoochies, but Andres begs off because "no soy de humor" ("I'm not in the mood"), ouch! Maybe he needs a little more time for those whip marks to heal. Ceci kisses down his neck to his shoulder and finds a huge bruise. Oops! He tries to say he passed under a "enredadera" (a vine or a creeper, but this makes no sense) and he got hurt (is he trying to pass it off as a big scratch? What?). Ceci tries to get a better look, but it makes Andres mad. He shows her a little of his violent side and says she doesn't know him, she can't understand because she's too good and clean, she'd never understand. He says "they" won't let him tell and it's "bad". As Ceci's trying to comfort him on the bench by the door Mauricio uses his key and comes into the apartment. Ceci's pissed at him for not ringing the bell and she tells him to get used to Andres being there. Mauricio yells at Ceci for not being able to find Azul. She's not having it. Mauricio tells her to tell Azul to call him. He tells Andres to stop causing problems and then he leaves. Ceci wonders what he's talking about, but Andres says he doesn't know, grabs his coat, and leaves, "because". Ceci shouts out the door that he's as crazy as everyone else around Mauricio. Word, sister.

Silvana surprises a shirtless Flavio (no, it's ok, you don't need to put your shirt back on!) in the little room over the IHoP. She tells him a guy asked how much for one of Flavio's paintings, but she didn't know what to tell him. Flavio invites her to sit down on the bed and asks how she's doing. Silvana says she won't be able to go back to Mansión Malicia since she's yelled at Mauricio and now she can't get any more information out of Katy. Flavio says she should just apologize and maybe Mauricio will let her go back. Silvana says it's odd that Katy remembered a lot of things about the accident (blood, screaming) but not falling over the cliff. She thinks she can help Katy remember more about the accident. Whoa, there, missy…best leave that to the professionals.

Back in Eva's hotel room, Eva is listening to Diego and Azul's greatest hits. She's looks flattered by what Diego says about her, but Ivan looks like he wants to puke. Eva turns the tape off. Ivan says he thinks the information could be useful to them and asks Eva if he should find out about this "Silvana" woman. Eva tells him to do it. Ivan seems delighted by the possibility that if she tried to kill Mauricio once, she could do it again. Eva turns the tape back on. She shuts it off after she hears Diego say admiration is one thing and love is another. She goes into the living room area of her suite and calls The Supreme Evil Overlord. He gripes her out for not calling and keeping him informed as she usually does. She can't get a word in edgewise. Whoever he is, he's already heard about her being "in love". He threatens to kick her out of "the organization". He says he wants results. She tells him about not being able to get info out of Mauricio. He says he knows she can do it. He tells her to leave emotions aside, that love makes you weak.

Diego comes to Eva's room wanting to talk to her. Ivan asks him to wait while he checks with Eva and then lets him in. Eva asks what "majaderia" he's come to do now (what bit of idiocy, what stupid thing). Diego says he's come to apologize, he was rude, and he didn't have a right to be rude to her. He says he owes her a lot, he owes her his new confidence. Then he goes back to complaining about being watched. She tells him she'll take his protection away if he wants. She says it's not about watching him, but for security, and then she says she doesn't care what he does. Diego says he cares what she thinks of him, though. They have a discussion about not being able to act the way he did with certain people, especially Ivan, who can kill him with one hand (hey, he's been downgraded--earlier it was one finger). Sounds like she wants him and Ivan to get along better. She offers him a drink and he accepts.

Piero has come to Mansión Malicia, but since he didn't make an appointment, he's been waiting all afternoon for Mauricio. Mauricio finally shows up and says he didn't remember that Piero was supposed to come back. They go into Maurico's office.

Silvana calls Mansión Malicia and asks to speak to Mauricio. She apologizes for the other day. Mauricio is gracious about it. She says she'd like to visit Katy again, it makes her feel closer to Nico. Mauricio says he understands and says she can come over whenever she wants. It makes Katy happy and if Katy's happy, he's happy. He says it will give him the chance to show her he had nothing to do with the accident. He hangs up the phone and continues his impromptu meeting with Piero. Mauricio offers to help Piero with his money troubles. Piero says the magic words--he'll do ANYTHING to get back on his feet. He's brought a budget for Mauricio to look over and he asks for 40% of the cost. Mauricio says he can have the money, but there's a thing he's got to do, something that will help him protect this project, the most important project of his life. Piero says he'll do anything. Mauricio says he needs Piero to marry Lidia. Yep, just like that. Please excuse the 5ft Household as we speculate on what exactly this gains Mauricio. Talk amongst yourselves :)

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Dimwit and Doc V are commiserating about Mucks and Marshmallow wanting to start a family. It's a sad day for them.

Isabel has appeared at Lunkhead's house, apparently quite ripe, from the streets. She wants to tell them something but Octopus won't listen. Isabel then sits on the sofa and needles them. Yolanda talks Octopus into listening to what Isabel has to say. As Isabel and Octopus head off to the kitchen to talk, Octopus tells Yolanda to disinfect the sofa.

Fidiota and Roddy are making up and swearing to let nothing come between them again. Roddy is thrilled that ChewKey and he are back at Psycho Mansion. Granny M interrupts to announce Pasta is downstairs. After much discussion, Roddy agrees to go down and break the news, man to man, that Roddy and Fidiota are back together.

Isabel is shoveling chocolate cake into her mouth with her hands. I'm not sure how much she is eating and how much she is wearing. She then starts loading up on fresh fruit. She tells Octopus that she ran across Iggy, who is suffering from some bad Karma. Octopus suddenly can think of a way for Isabel to earn some extra bucks.

Marfil and Pedro are in Las Vegas. Did they just get married? I'm too aghast to re-wind this scene. Does anyone out there have the cast iron stomach to fill in the blanks? Is she actually talking to Pedro about all his money and property? Eeeew! My question is answered later in this recap. Double Eeeew!

Isabel is reciting her resume to Octopus. The title could be, "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap!" Suddenly Octopus doesn't mind Isabel's odor. . .

Camila is telling Emili-Oh about Marfil marrying Pedro. Emili-Oh is as aghast as me! He naively asks Camila if Marfil loves Pedro. Camila points out Marfil loves his millions. At least I'm not as naïve as Emili-Oh.

Octopus is discussing a deal. Isabel points out she (Isabel) obviously doesn't mind getting her hands dirty. Octopus wants to pay back Fidiota for ruining the big wedding plans Octopus had with Iggy. Isabel knows of a bruja with animals. Octopus doesn't believe in that sort of mumbo jumbo until Isabel points out the animals have venom that can leave a victim permanently paralyzed. "Now you're talking!" says an elated Octopus.

Roddy breaks the news to Pasta that he (Roddy) and Fidiota are back together. Pobre de Pasta.

Octopus and Isabel make the deal. Octopus is enchanted with the thought that Fidiota will be paralyzed forever. Isabel leaves with her bags and pockets crammed with fruit. Commercial.

Emili-Oh calls Mucks to tell him Marfil just married Pedro in Las Vegas.

Marfil is pressuring Pedro to sign over everything to her. Dang she's got a lot of nerve. She points out it's not like he has twenty more years to live. She doesn't want to end up on the streets alone and forsaken. She then refuses to eat because she's mad at him and frustrated because he hasn't put everything in her name already. Finally he agrees to do it "tomorrow" and Marfil turns as smooth as silk again, doing the whiny baby-talk thing.

Marshmallow runs into Dimwit at the hospital and says they need to talk. Glassy-eyed stare.

Mucks is horrified that Marfil is working Pedro over. He needs to speak to Pedro immediately and warn him!

Pasta returns to the bar dejected with his dozen red roses. Jorge and Yolanda are hanging out. He tells Jorge to throw the flowers away, but Yolanda snatches them up. Jorge beats a hasty retreat and Yolanda wants to know why Pasta is so sad. Pasta tells her he's so humiliated. She then gives him a pep talk about how wonderful he is. Yada yada yada. Suddenly he lunges at her and about shatters her teeth with a "consolation" kiss. Yolanda kisses him back. Que patetico!

Dimwit takes the wind out of Marshmallow's sails when Dimwit tells Marshmallow she already knows Marshmallow is pregnant. Marshmallow wonders how Dimwit knows so soon. "Because I work here and I see Doc V's patients' test results. Marshmallow asks Dimwit to stay away from Mucks.

Iggy wants to know if Octopus is going to forgive him. Isabel laughs at him and says Octopus is going to help, but that Octopus wants to see Iggy dead.

Dimwit and Marshmallow have an insipid conversation. Marshmallow wants Dimwit to stay away from Mucks. Dimwit says she will. Dimwit admits she wanted Mucks back, but now that Marshmallow is pregnant; that changes everything. Marshmallow says she just wants a stable home filled with love. Dimwit says the baby deserves that "but remember, Mucks will never love you!" Marshmallow asks Dimwit how Dimwit can be so cruel. Dimwit basically says she calls it like she sees it. It's not like she won anything; now she's single with Mucks' other kid. She's given up Mucks forever for the sake of the new child.

Yolanda breaks off the kiss and runs out. Pasta begs forgiveness; it was another one of his harebrained impulses. Geez. Jorge tells Pasta he couldn't avoid seeing that kiss. He may be young, but he knows Yolanda is in love with Pasta. He knows about these things.

The sappy exchange continues between Dimwit and Marshmallow, with that maudlin violin sawing away in the background. Marshmallow tries to explain; Dimwit says no explanation is needed. Dimwit and Mucks love each other, but now he's married to Marshmallow. He belongs to Marshmallow. Commercial.

Will this boring pathetic conversation between Dimwit and Marshmallow never end? Marshmallow says she's there for Dimwit if Dimwit ever needs her. Ditto says our glassy-eyed heroine.

Dimwit tells Dulce she can't hate Marshmallow. Marshmallow is such a good woman. Dulce asks about Doc V. Dimwit says Doc V has been a tremendous help and is a good man. They have helped each other deal with the loss of the two people they love most in the world. Dulce suggests maybe Dimwit should open her eyes to the possibility of a new man. "Never," says Dimwit. "I'll never love another man."

Psychic Godmum can tell Marshmallow is upset. Marshmallow says Dimwit is a noble woman. If Marshmallow wasn't pregnant, she'd divorce Mucks so Mucks could be free for Dimwit. Godmum wants to talk to Mucks, but Marshmallow makes Godmum promise to not tell Mucks about the baby. Godmum tells Marshmallow to think of herself for once. I think Marshmallow plans to test Mucks; if he fails, Marshmallow will disappear forever with the baby to a place Mucks will never find her. We have about four to six weeks of this telenovela, so the handwriting is on the wall.

Mucks appears at the hospital. The first thing he wants to do when he sees Marshmallow is call Pedro to warn him. He didn't call Pedro before because? This makes no sense. At any rate, he calls Pedro to say Marfil only married Pedro for his money. Pedro gets mad at Mucks and tells him to quit talking trash about his dear wife, Marfil. "Marfil really digs me!" Pedro and Mucks agree to meet the next morning. Meanwhile Marshmallow tells Mucks the exam was a false alarm. It was just indigestion. Mucks seems all too happy. Marshmallow, in her neediest little-girl voice asks Mucks if Mucks is happy at her side. Mucks half-heartedly replies, "Certainly" and bolts out the door leaving Marshmallow alone in the hospital eating his dust. Commercial.

Pedro tells Marfil he just spoke with Mucks. Marfil starts whining that Mucks probably started talking trash about her. Pedro tells Marfil to quit talking trash about Mucks. Mucks is like a son to him. A grandson. Pedro then asks point blank, "Did you marry me for my money?"

Dimwit and Fidiota are discussing the return of Roddy and ChewKey. Fidiota hopes she can earn ChewKey's respect.

Meanwhile, the highlight of the show! ChewKey comes to say good night to Gaby. They say all these sickeningly sweet and nice things to one another while they are thought bubbling how much the other person is a liar. Meanwhile, they are grinning at each other like fools. ChewKey says she'll give up Larry for Gaby. Gaby says don't be crazy, he's all yours. Between gritted teeth they kiss each others' cheeks goodnight. As soon as ChewKey walks out the door, Gaby wipes her cheeks while ChewKey is doing the same on the other side of the door. They wish each other nightmares. It's actually pretty funny, although I couldn't follow the entire exchange.

Marfil is offended that Pedro could even suggest she may have ulterior motives for marrying him. Mucks is turning Pedro against her! Pedro starts begging for forgiveness. Marfil turns on the charm and says of course she can. She loves him SO much! This scene scores an 8.5 on the Cringe-o-Meter. The only thing worse would be if they turned this scene into something worthy of Lidia and Piero on Amar. Commercial.

Fidiota has brought ChewKey back to the office where Caramel, Emili-Oh, and Gaby welcome her back. Gaby says she's glad ChewKey is finished with KickMe. ChewKey heads off to her office, where KickMe is hiding under the desk. They start making out.

Puncho arrives in Santa Domingo. He shows up at the house of two spinster sisters. They apparently were looking for a musician and Puncho gives them a fake letter of reference. Turns out they also expect him to clean the house, do the yard work, clean the pool, etc. Puncho tries to remind himself he is starting life over as a good man. HA!

Mucks and Pedro fight about Marfil's intentions. Pedro storms off.

Mucks gets out of the pool in his too-tight swim trunks. At least it's not the white one. He opens a journal and starts mooning over Dimwit's picture. Suddenly he gets caught by Marshmallow. She confronts him and says she saw his slobbering over Dimwit's picture.

Credits roll.

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Thanks for waiting, and Happy New Year!

This episode shows the creaking, groaning effects of an "extension" being grafted onto the plot. As Elvis says later, "whenever it looks like those lovers will get together, something happens to separate them." We've seen all this before - we just have to endure it again so that the show can take up a few more weeks or months...

After a replay of Suzy's delicious dismissal and Gav's warning to Isa that the non-aggression pact is broken forever and "you'll now discover who Gaviota really is," and her wish to see the Montalvo harpies eat dirt, we have a rerun of Rodrigo insisting that Isa's dad bring in the supposed guy who's willing to take over his debt [what an idiot you'd have to be...] and Videgaray's warning that Rod had better not leave Isa until after her dad pays his debt. If he welches, there's a lot to lose, for Daniela and Sofia as well as the whole family, and if Rod divorces, Ricardo would enjoy watching the hacienda's whole year's production of agave fall to his creditors. [I don't think Ricardo feels any "moral obligation" as it is! -- Ed.] "Treat the situation with kid gloves, Rodrigo, in order to save the hacienda."

Rod is furious and says he doesn't care, but Videgaray reminds him he's promised to support his sisters and preserve his patrimony. He can't leave the family in chaos.

Big Tequila Boss (no, I can't spell his name either) tells Gaviota that Dr. Blondie is sick and she will have to handle today's meetings alone. "He's not taking your resignation well." [In other words, he's holding his breath till he turns blue. --Ed.] She feels prepared. Big Boss asks if she's got permission to go to the Montalvo estate, she says she's asked Nancy to get written permission from Rod.

At the hacienda, Isa, wearing a leopard kerchief skirt showing off her lovely legs, is pacing furiously while Sofia, in yet another unspeakably ghastly blouse, is rocking little Ricky, who is sleeping again. Sleepy Frankie Sr. arrives, newly turned out of bed. Sofia: "He had an important meeting again last night till the wee hours." Isa, who had aroused him with promises of silken favors when he arrived from his "meeting" and then dumped cold water on his [...], says ironically, "It seems your work is constantly getting more arduous."

He taunts her with a recount of his luxurious soak in the jacuzzi and reminds her that little Ricky is, like him, a sleepyhead. She says she's going back to the city next day, but will wait up for him tonight.

James calls him to the office. "I see the copper sulfite arrived, when were you planning on applying it to the crop?" "Next week." "No, tomorrow." "I don't like taking orders from you." "This is Rodrigo's order." Frankie makes a crude gesture in response and leaves. James wonders rhetorically (since there's nobody there): "Why did Rod hire this inepto?" Heh.

Suzi calls Isa from the car and describes her debacle, and that she was forced to give up Isa and Minerva to Big Boss. She gives Gaviota's message (see above). Isa calls Minerva in Miami and says "They'll crucify us! It will endanger my matrimony!" "Aaron and I are coming to town for the festival of new tequila, and we'll be around for a while since he's going to dog all the organic producers - all Rod's contacts - he is looking to expand his business. So I'll be there with you."

Isa tells Sofia, who is her disciple but doesn't know the whole story about anything: "For some odd reason, Gaviota has now declared herself my enemy." Sofia can't understand why Gaviota would be so angry. She reminds Isa: "You promised Pilar to act with class. Don't endanger your relationship to the family." "What do I care at a time like this, when my marriage is at stake!" [That didn't make much sense, did it?!]

I will not bother recapping the two exceedingly dull meetings, except to say that all are awed by Gaviota's competence and "impeccable presentations."

Rod recaps his problems to Daniela, who says he deserves it for his habitual boneheaded decisions. He says he promised to provide for his sisters, and that Sofia and her husband depend directly on the hacienda's production. "I care about sis, but that cretin, no!" Rod says he's an inoffensive parasite, like a cockroach. "No, he's worse - he's a fraud - he married Sofia por interes - since he treats her like a slave, it's obvious he doesn't love her." She tells Rod the most sensible thing is to hang with Isa for three more months: "It's the price you pay for your stupid decisions. Besides, Gaviota has waited three years, she'll understand."

Then he admits he asked Gav to quit her job, and even if he can't be with her he doesn't want her working with that Dr. Blondie. "What an egotist you are, Rodrigo! Call her immediately and tell her not to quit."

Frankie calls a sleazy guy who wants to buy copper sulfite. They take a meeting. Frankie will sell half of what the hacienda receives. The guy will send four guys in a truck, they will sneak in the side door, Frankie will get cash. It has to be tonight.

Gaviota has finished with her second presentation, just as brilliant as the first. All the secretaries of state are impressed. And here comes Dr. Blondie, the picture of health, with smile at high beam again! He tells all the ministers Gaviota is quitting and they all say, "Oh Gaviota, please stay, you are so brilliant," and Dr. Blondie gives her puppydog eyes...

... and there's a call from Rod, and she looks stricken (can it be she knows what this call is about?) and he tells her to rescind her letter of resignation, and he wants to come pick her up, and she says: "No, tell me now, I'm sick of your excuses," etc. and blah blah we've heard this before.

... so she goes back to the meeting, where Big Boss has just told all the V.I.P.s about Mariana's problems, and they say she's so great it's no problem, they'll support her, and will she stay, and she says yes, and thanks everybody, and goes to Dr. Blondie's office (it turns out he had just pretended to be sick so she'd run the meetings and all would fall out just as it has) and thanks him in a deep sultry voice and says she loves working by his side.

Elvis painted a picture of Gaviota, "It was supposed to be for their wedding, but I guess I'll give it to Rodrigo now..."

... and Gaviota leaves the building and there's our favorite boneheaded stalker, and she gives the classic Que haces aqui? ("What are you doing here?") and he wants to talk and is so jealous of Dr. Blondie and blah blah and she gets in the car with him and tells about Isa's plot with Suzi, now happily foiled, and he is impactado.

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Tuesday's episode begins with Diego and Azul concluding that they'll have to keep their jobs for a while, and continue their relationships with Mo and Eva.

Next we're transported to Mo's office, where he tells Leo that the docs told him they must find an antidote soon or vital organs will be effected. They need to work fast because Erika Golner has already died. (I don't remember Erika being mentioned before).

Azul and Diego go back to her place and snuggle up on the sofa. I wish I could insert an audio clip of Bob Seger's "We've got tonight" cuz that's the current theme with these two. Azul offers to fix them something to eat, but warns him that she's not much of a cook... they go to raid the fridge and see that it's empty. Diego teases her that it's the fridge of a single guy. No problemo, there's always Domino's. Azul gets on the horn to order a pizza. While she's doing that, Diego's phone answers - you know it's dragon lady calling to give him an ETA. She hears Azul in the background and thinks that it's Diego's mom, and tells Diego to pass her the phone. Diego manages to get out of that - he's a sly one, isn't he? He tries to tell Azul that it was Flavio, but she's not buying that for a dollar. He's vague, but tells her he has to go - it's about his job. Then he's off to pick up Eva.

Meanwhile, Isela goes to visit Clemencia. She wants to apologize and explain for her affair with Manuel - she was lonely and she's love him since they were teens. It hurt her v. much when he married Clemencia. Clemencia handles this pretty well - she screams a little, but soon she asks the classic question "what did you give him that I don't?" Isela's too classy to answer - she tells Clem to ask Manuel about that. (And maybe pick up a copy of kama sutra). Overall, it's a pretty calm meeting. No hair pulling or name calling.

Azul is chewing her nails and staring at the pizza box on the counter - is she trying to figure out the number of weight watchers points each slice is worth? Ceci comes home and is happy to see that there's pizza - but where's Diego? Ahh... that explains the nail biting!

Diego's in the hangar waiting for Eva's plane to park. She comes running out and lays one on him, then quickly hops into the 'stang.

Inez goes to see Arnaldo at his lover's store and tells him about how she's been stalking his father - she followed him to a restaurant and caused a scene, then went to his house to plead with him to take her back, and trashed the place after he left her there alone. Arnaldo tells her to get some help - she needs some psychological help. This doesn't sit well with Inez. She says she'll do whatever it takes to win him back. GSD better sleep with one eye open!

Back at Eva's hotel, she sees that he's in a bad mood, but he's not telling her why. She reminds him that her bodyguards are always watching, then summons Ivan into the room and shows him how she talks to Ivan - where the wires are hidden and such. Ivan is seriously ticked off by this security breach, but she blows him off. She knows she can trust Diego. Then she presents Diego with a lovely new watch and does the same move that Richard Gere does in Pretty Woman when he shows the necklace, then snaps it shuts as she reaches for it. Diego doesn't like this tomfoolery, but she takes his hand and removes the old watch and slides the new one on his wrist.

GSD returns to his apt and sees what Inez has done, then hears Leo's message, so he calls her back. Leo passes the phone to Mo, who tells him to get to work, and make it snappy. GSD says he'll need to take the bus, but Mo tells him to take a taxi. He needs to be there ASAP.

Ceci and Azul are having girl talk - Azul loves Diego, Ceci loves Andres...

Manuel comes home and Clemencia reads him the riot act for not acting like the man of the house. Diego had to lend her money so that she could buy food. Manuel tells her that he'll go to find a job, and she lets him know that if he's meeting up with some woman, she'll kick him to the curb.

GSD arrives at Mo's place. Mo tells him to get to work, but GSD needs more information - how is it transmitted? Is it ingested, absorbed, is it sexually transmitted? Mo will give him all of that information, but he needs some time. GSD says that without that info, he won't be accurate.

Manuel's first stop on his quest to find a job is to stop at Isela's bar, but she tells him to beat it, and tells him that she went to apologize to Clemencia. He's not happy to hear this because he was still denying everything. Isela tells him that Clem's not stupid, and he needs to hit the road and not come back or she'll call Clemencia.

Silvana goes to visit Caty, but Mo says that she's doing homework, but he'd like to talk to Silvana in his office...

Azul calls Diego just as he's putting on his new watch. He can't bring himself to answer the phone. Ceci wants Azul to go with her to get a newspaper so she can look for jobs, but Azul doesn't feel like going - she's waiting for Diego's call.

Mo wants to talk to Silvana about the accident - he knows that she was the last person to talk to Lil, so what did she say? Silvana says Lil was very upset because she and Mo had been fighting and she was afraid of him. He pushes her to say what she was afraid of, then suddenly Silvana is screaming "you killed my son!" and we see a flashback of Lil driving in circles in a gravel parking lot, then coming to a screenching halt and slamming into the windshield. Mo runs up to the car and gets Caty out and hands her to Leo and Andres, then Leo notices that Nico is alive and tells Mo. Leo hears screaming and comes into the office asking what's going on - Mo tells her to fix Silvana some tea. A little Earl Grey will fix anything! Just then Mo's phone rings - it's Eva and she's back in town. She'll be at his place in the morning.

Azul's phone finally rings and she answers it with "Mi amor" and hears Mo say "yes, it's me. I'm back" Too bad - party's over! He wants to see her, but she claims to be helping Ceci look for a job. He says that's okay, he'll see her in the morning. Eva's back and wants everyone there in the morning. That's when Azul realizes that Diego's disappearance coincides with Eva's return. This doesn't bode well for their budding relationship...

Diego's waiting for Eva on her terrace, when he makes a poorly received joke about Ivan's surveillance equipment. Ivan tells him to never tell anyone what he's seen - Diego takes it as a threat - Ivan tells him it is a threat. Eva interrupts and wants to know what's going on. Diego takes off the watch and puts it on a table, she tells him to take it back, but he walks out. Eva tells Diego to bring him back, so he goes to Diego's room, but Diego says he's no. They scuffle, Ivan puts him into an armlock an drags him to Eva's room, where Burgay is waiting to ask him what his problemo is.

UH OH. Ivan's in Diego's room and he's listening to his voicemail from Azul - where she tells him that she loves him. He tapes the message.

Diego's brooding when Burgay brings Eva out and tells Diego to say he's sorry. Diego does, and she tells him to take the watch. What's the deal with this watch? Diego tells them he doesn't want to work for them, but Burgay reminds him of the 5 year contract he signed - if he breaks it, he'll have to pay back 600 mil pesos! Eva tells him to leave and wait for further instructions. Ivan grabs him and tells him to tell nobody what he's seen tonight.

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Permalink posted by Amy @ 2:38 PM 14 comments

Gavi tells her mom she's quitting the CRT tomorrow. Clarita is worried for Dr. Blondie; he'll be upset. Gavi assures her that Rod's love is real, and even if she doesn't get together with Rod, he's going to divorce Isa - he can't stand her any longer.

Isa calls Suzy and tells her that Avellaneda will probably be firing Mariana today, and Suzy will be well compensated for her help. Afterwards, she gloats to Little Ricky that Rodrigo's going to get a taste of what could happen to him if he tries to abandon them.

Rod gets to his office and is surprised to find Bruno waiting there for him. As they close the door behind them, Elvira says she hopes Bruno will convince Rod to give her another chance. (Another chance for what? She spied on Rodrigo and she spied on Aaron - she's running out of Montalvo men to report on. Maybe they should have her work for Frankie next!)

Bruno is uncomfortable firing Elvira after so many years of service, but Rod feels he needs someone he can trust. Rod says he'll even pay out of his own pocket if he doesn't have to see her again. Bruno agrees to let him do it his way.

They call Elvira in. Rod acknowledges that she's been with the company longer than any other employee, so he's going to give her a much better severance than required by law. She asks that they keep her until they find someone new, but he tells her she can go home right now. She whines that "it" will never happen again, but Rodrigo says that to help her in the future, he's going to tell her what her problem is: she's not loyal to her bosses. (Elvira looks like this is a major revelation.) He assures her that he'll give her a good reference (probably something like "Elvira takes great pride in her ability to serve refreshments at board meetings"). Bruno adds that loyalty to one's boss should be a secretary's first priority.

Elvira slinks out with her tail between her legs. She pauses at the door to make a big show of wiping her eyes at Rod and Bruno, and personally I think she's lucky she doesn't get a shoe thrown at her.

Next, she goes running to her great buddy, Oñate, and asks him for a few minutes. He says he'd gladly give her ten years if she asked him. Amazingly, she does not take him up on this offer. He takes her hand and says he's all ears and wants to help in whatever way possible.

She's just starting to play with his hand and tell him how happy she is to have such a good, true friend when Aaron calls. He starts chewing out Oñate, telling him to charge up his batteries and go out there and get some new clients for the failing Turquoise Tequila, because his finances are hitting rock bottom. Oñate promises to take care of it and hangs up.

Elvira resumes her sob story and asks him to recommend her to some of his business contacts, but when he discovers that Rodrigo fired her, his manner changes. He tells her to call him next week, says he's got a lot of work to do, don't worry, he'll call her, and rushes out to the door. (She makes sure to let him see her cry, but he still makes her leave.) "Stupid old woman," he exclaims with a exasperated chuckle when she's gone.

Rod shows the new tequila label to his uncle. Bruno says the kiss mark makes a peculiarly strong impression - he thinks it'll work! Rod says the new tequila will be unveiled at next week's big tequila expo.

Rodrigo calls Margarita into his office and asks her to be his secretary. She happily agrees. He then gives her several things to do right away, including putting an ad in the paper for a new receptionist, and making a phone call to Mariana at the CRT's PR dept. Margarita is thrilled she'll talk to her old friend again!

Rodrigo also warns her about Isadora. Marg assures him that she'll look out for him and her friend Mariana. (Anyone see the potential for conflict here?)

Dr. Blondie shows up to work and is annoyed to find Mariana not there yet. He barks at Nancy to find him some document on the computer. Nancy says Mariana will find it, but Dr. Blondie grumpily says they can't assume that she'll show up.

Mariana gets there a little later and explains to Nancy that some happiness crossed her path last night. Nancy warns that Dr. Blondie is acting weird, and she can't find the document he asked for. Gavi says this time she saved it on a CD, but first she'll go talk to Dr. B. Nancy warns he's in a bad mood.

She goes in and tells him she's sorry she's late, but she's going to print that document for him now. He greets her as "Mariana." Not Gaviota, not Adriana, not Dariana, not Lupita. She asks if he's finally learned her name. Distracted, he ignores this and says he already asked Nancy to print it (the document, not her name - though that wouldn't have been a bad idea!) She tries to smooth things over about last night. She apologizes on behalf of herself, Clarita, and Rodrigo, but he pretends not to be interested.

She tells him she has something important to tell him. Finally he looks at her and asks, "so, when are you going to resign?" Gavi is speechless. Alfonso says that after last night, it's not hard to imagine why she might not want to work there any more. She says it's not just because of Rodrigo, but also because the other Montalvos are making trouble about some serious things in her past; she'll stay as long as he needs to find a replacement. (That could take forever! Nobody wants to work for this guy!) She says it's not going to be easy for her to leave the CRT, much less him.

Alone, he says to himself, "I've lost you, Gaviota - even before I could declare my love to you, I've lost you!"

Gavi gets the CD out of a locked drawer and gives it to Nancy to print the document. She tells her not to let that CD out of her sight. She says she needs to be alone for a while because she's quitting the CRT. Nancy is distraught and says that Mariana and Dr. Blondie are like her family. Gavi tries to talk her down, but Nancy is inconsolable. She makes a beeline to Dr. Blondie's office and throws a fit, asking doesn't he care and how can he let her leave them. He claims there's nothing he can do. He gives her some coffee and tells her to calm down. (Yeah... coffee's great for that. She tastes it with her back turned to him, and makes a face!)

He points to a floral arrangement and tells Nancy to take it back to wherever it came from, because with no one around to care for it, the dying flowers are just going to make his office look more like a forgotten crypt each day. She agrees to take them away, but tells him he'd better find some way to keep Mariana from quitting!

Gavi is writing her resignation to Avellaneda ("for personal reasons, I'm obligated to leave this position that you so kindly gave me") when Margarita calls. Marg says she's been given Elvira's job, and Evira's been fired. Marg takes this opportunity to apologize for giving Videgaray her address all those ages ago. Gavi says it's okay, in fact she's grateful now.

Marg puts Rodrigo through. He's in a chipper mood and wants to make plans for the evening; she's preoccupied with preparations for an afternoon meeting and next week's tequila expo and her resignation letter, so she doesn't know what time she'll get out of work. He worries that he put too much pressure on her to quit, but she doesn't really want to talk about it. They agree to meet at 7.

In other news, he says the new tequila packaging will be ready next week, and he fired Elvira because it turned out she was the spy.

They tell each other they love each other more than they can imagine. (Unfortunately, these two have weird imaginations, so there's no telling what madness this could morph into.)

Isa is now telling Elvira on the phone that she's sorry, and if Elvira needs anything, she can count on Isadora. Isa then gripes to Sofia that Gavi's good buddy Margarita is Rodrigo's new secretary, but it's okay - they've still got Suzy.

Suzy gets the next phone call. Suze has no news, just complaints that she couldn't get to Gaviota's files this time. Isa says she wants Gavi to get fired today.

Just then, Gavi shows up with her letter and goes into Avellaneda's office. (Suzy immediately informs Isa that Gavi's gone into A's office, but she doesn't know why.) Gavi tells Avellaneda that the reports are ready for the meeting, and she gives him the letter. Shocked, he demands an explanation. He asks if it's about problems with the Montalvos. Gavi says Rodrigo's getting separated, and that has nothing to do with her, but Isa's going to try to blackmail her to hurt Rodrigo.

Avellaneda recalls how the Montalvo women pressured him before; Gavi says this is different. Isadora will never stop with her threats, and God only knows what else she might come up with. It'll be things like the fake resume she used to get into Montalvocorp, and the falsified passport (even though it's since been legitimized, they acknowledge), etc. Isa could enlist the support of Aaron and Minerva, and create a serious scandal that would make the CRT - a regulatory agency, for crying out loud - look really bad for hiring her, and wreck Avellaneda's reputation as well. It could even catch the attention of high-ranking officials - secretaries of state and other authorities. And that wouldn't be fair to him. It's Gavi's problem.

He warns that this could mean the end of her brilliant career and asks what she's going to do. She says maybe she'll get a job someplace else, if he'll give her a recommendation. He says of course he will, but maybe they can find a solution to the problem. She says thanks, but it's better if she goes. She thanks him for always listening to her (and she has certainly given him plenty to listen to).

Meanwhile, Videgaray has arrived at Rodrigo's office with some bad news. His father in law has been paying the interest on his debts, but hasn't paid down any of the capital. He's told his creditors' lawyers he'll pay it in three months, but if he doesn't, the Montalvos will lose the hacienda's earnings for the entire year, including Rodrigo's organic tequila venture because that's included in the debt. And don't forget the allowances he pays to Pilar and his sisters.

"I'm sorry, Rodrigo, but I warned you," Videgaray unhelpfully reminds him. He says this is going to compound the difficulty of divorcing Isadora, and maybe he'd better hold off on that until he solves the problem with Isa's father. Rod gets on the phone and starts barking at Margarita to find Ricardo Duarte. He mutters that this is going to interfere with his plans with Gaviota.

Later (much later, but I'm telling it out of order so as not to break up the awesome Suzy story), Ricardo arrives at Rodrigo's office, wondering what the big hurry was. Rod confronts him about the debt. "We had a deal!" Ricardo has lots of painfully vague, lame excuses for his nonpayment ("stuff's not going as well as I had hoped" and "you don't know what the market's like" and "the Asians are incompetent"). Rodrigo explains what's at stake. Ricardo listens with a blank look on his face (he's probably planning his bets for the day) and glibly insists that he's going to pay; he could never leave Rodrigo in the lurch after he got him out of prison and everything.

Ricardo claims he's got a banker friend who will take over the debt from Rodrigo. Rod finds this implausible (seriously, where was this banker friend when Ricardo was in jail?) and asks Videgaray to go visit this alleged banker tomorrow. Ricardo acts mildly offended, which offends Rod a lot more.

Back at the CRT, Gavi sees Dr. Blondie's flowers on Nancy's desk. Nancy says Dr. B wanted everything in his office back the way it was before he went on his trip so it doesn't look like a forgotten crypt. It's his way of protesting her abandoning them. Once Mariana leaves them, the whole department will be like a cemetery.

(Avellaneda calls to see Dr. Blondie in his office. I hope Gavi does quit soon, because "Avellaneda" is hard to type.)

Suzy comes by, asking if everything is ready for today's big meetings. Gavi loudly shows off a folder full of copies and also waves the shiny disk around, unwisely announcing to the world that she's now saving everything to CD just in case someone wants to pay another "little joke" on her. She also shares with everyone within earshot that if those materials are lost, she'll be fired. She asks Nancy to go put these very important things in her office where they'll be safe while they go out for tacos for lunch.

Suzy declines to join them - she has too much work. As soon as they're out of sight, she goes into Gavi's office and starts rifling through her things.

Nancy and Gavi get tacos (chicken with mole) from a sidewalk vendor. They eat and gloat contentedly. Nancy has hidden her cell phone in Gavi's office with the video camera running. It's pointed right at the folders and CD for today's meeting.

Sure enough, Suzy takes the decoy materials from Gavi's office and scurries back to her desk.

Avellaneda is telling Dr. Blondie that the Montalvos are winning this particular battle with Mariana. He doesn't want to get in trouble with the tequileros' union, nor compromise the CRT's image, but he's trying to figure out if there's something he can do. He asks Dr. Blondie if he knows of any problems Mariana's having with the Montalvos. (Alfonso flashes back to the last moments he saw of Gavi with Rod in Friday night's show, when Rod angrily said "fine, you'll never see me again!")

Dr. Blondie says nope, he doesn't know of anything.

Avellaneda says all Gavi asked was to be able to leave there in good standing (i.e. get an honorable discharge).

Nancy and Gavi come back from lunch and find the papers gone. Nancy takes her phone from its perch at the top of a tall, potted cactus. (Strangely, Gavi declines to check out the video to make sure the magical event was recorded... wouldn't you want to confirm this first?) Delighted, they call Avellaneda and hurry to his office. Suzy chuckles in anticipation as they breeze past her desk. She imagines that they must have no idea what he wants them for (she doesn't realize they called him).

Isa smugly tells Sofia that Rod thinks he beat her today, but she's going to show him that he's wrong. Suzy calls and proudly says she found and destroyed those reports. "Great! Let me know when Avellaneda's fired her."

Avellaneda is about ready to yell at Gavi again for having lost the materials for yet another important meeting, when Gavi assures him that they're in a safe place. She and Nancy show him and Dr. Blondie the phone recording. (Apparently, Nancy and Gavi have no idea who they're about to see.) They all watch in shock as Suzy takes the papers and CD from Gavi's desk. Avellaneda calls Suzy in and accuses her of hiding Mariana's reports; Suzy plays dumb ("what huh? ask Mariana!"); he shows her the evidence. She is impactada.

Gavi asks Suzy WHY did she do it. Dr. Blondie wants to know who else is in on it. Minnie? Aaron? Isadora? Sofia? Avellaneda tells her she's in enough hot water as it is, but if she doesn't talk it's going to be worse.

Overwhelmed, Susana tells the whole story of how Isa and Minnie invited her to lunch, talked trash about Mariana and said she would be a hazard to Suzy; that she was ambitious and would seduce married men to advance her career; that she liked power; that she'd stomped on many people at the corporativo to get her management job.

Gavi is hurt that she and Suzy once toasted their friendship, and now their friendship's toast. Nancy calls Suzy heartless and Gavi says she'd never do something like that to a friend. Avellaneda gives her five minutes to clear out. Nancy says Gavi wouldn't make the same mistake twice. Gavi says she hopes Suzy has learned her lesson - that you need intelligence, not just schemes, to get ahead.

To emphasize this point, Dr. Blondie tells Suzy that Gavi already made backup copies this time, but even if she hadn't, she could have recited all the data from memory. Avellaneda warns Suzy not to come back.

Gavi says she knows Suzy's going to go talk to Isa next. She can tell Isa that their nonagression pact is toast now too. Now they're gonna know who Gaviota is. Stunned, Suzy nods and leaves.

Nancy wonders how much they were paying her. Gavi says there's not enough money to buy a person's dignity, and now they have to support Avellaneda while he looks for a new secretary, which is too bad because she'd like to make the Montalvo women eat dirt.

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Rodrigo tells Gaviota not to quit that job just yet. Gaviota's pretty sure she knows what that means.

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Just wanted to give you the heads-up that Angelica Vale will be on Don Francisco tomorrow night, Wednesday 9/12.

Sorry - I don't know whether this is a rerun, or something new. Watch it and find out!

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