Caray, Caray!

P.S. addition from yesterday's episode. I forgot to post that Pancholon is trying to woo an unattractive older woman who is a millionaire. She has a big mustache and a lame foot.

Diana comes over to tell Max about Marcela. She clashes with Octavia.

Roddy is meeting with a psychiatrist about Sharon. She is a very disturbed girl and needs a long treatment, but there is hope (yeah, on what planet?).

They bring Sharon in for a last farewell. Roddy shows her some papers that say she is officially recognized as his daughter (I think I confused some of this with yesterday's recap, because I had watched this opening scene too). She has another mad scene before being carted away.

Nancy, Lala, Lorenzo and Granny M have another one of their rehash sessions.

Diana tells Max she must go back with his wife. What about his love for Dimwit? Marcela is the one he must go to. We must sacrifice.

Back at the Mansion, Silvia and Jorge come in. Silvia is greeted by affectionate eye-rolling. They are used to her crazy schemes. She's the Lucy Ricardo of this show! She has a great idea to help Sharon, but she needs a picture of Virginia.

Over at the bodega, Marcela collapses.

Diana tells Max that Marcela filed for divorce.

Gaviota begs Paco not to visit anymore. Why not? He loves her. She doesn't want to hurt him, but she loves her new husband. Pobre de Paco.

Octy comes over to the hospital to monitor her handiwork. She comes upon Gaby and Caramelo, who are discussing Fedora's paralysis. Good news, says Octy.
Based on how Octy seems to know too much, Caramelo suspects Octy knows something or did something. Octy says no, she knows nothing. But she is happy about the paralysis.

Jorge and Silvia take the picture over to the psychiatrist. Silvia starts to flatter him--she's a single girl and he's a handsome guy . . . Then they show him the picture. This is Sharon's mother, they say. Why, I know her, he says. That's Virginia. I didn't know she was Sharon's mother. I don't know what this is about. Are they hoping to prove someone else is Sharon's father to get Roddy out of having to deal with her?

Max calls Roddy on the cell phone. He tells him to forget about the divorce. Stop whatever proceedings you have started. Max turns to Diana. Satisfied? he asks.

Paco and Fedora continue to have a boring conversation.

Octy wants to see Fedora for herself, but Gaby forbids it. Over my dead body, she says. Octy is surprised how good the former servant is at throwing people out. Gaby says that Octy and Pilar were good teachers.

Caramelo points out that her father is in with Fedora, just to rub in it a bit. Octy is impactada. He loves her, Caramelo says. She says that Octy is a jealous witch.

In comes Roddy. Uh-oh. Wow, look who's here, says Octy. It's the cuckolded (cornudo, or horned) husband. Roddy asks what? Octy asks if she has to spell cornudo. Roddy storms into the room and tells Paco to leave. There's some back and forth, but eventually Fedora repeats that Paco should leave. He says he will leave only because Fedora asked him to.

Back at the shrink's office, the doctor is saying that he never would have imagined that Virginia was Sharon's mother. She was one of his best students. She studied law and medicine. She was very smart. (so how did she end up a lowly seamstress?). He was sorry she was missing.

Silvia says that Sharon never got over the death of her mother. (but she was nuts before that. She was already fencing jewels with Pancholon.) The doctor says that knowing this information will help very much in his treatment of Sharon. I don't really understand how Silvia got this idea, but it was genius!

Max is telling Diana that she is making a big mistake. Diana says they must sacrifice. So if Marcela were not pregnant, you would come back with me? Max asks. It doesn't matter, she says. He must find Marcela.

Fedora tells Roddy that he sounds like he is lying. I really didn't understand this conversation.

Octy waits in the hall for Paco. Caramelo taunts her with how she heard Octy was stood up by Iggy. Paco comes out and fights with Octy.

He leaves. Gaby and Caramelo laugh.

Dr. V tells godmother that Marcela lost the baby. How convenient.

Padro thought bubbles about Camila's warning about Marfil.

Diana brings a wheelchair for her mother.

Dr. V continues talking to godmom in front of an unconscious Marcela.

Pedro goes to find Camila on the beach. He asks her again whether Marfil really said she wanted to kill him. It can't be! Yes it is. Marfil is the worst. Open your eyes, old man. Get rid of her.

Gaby sees her mother in the wheelchair and becomes hysterical. Diana will take her home.
Fedora remembers that she was once a strong woman who destroyed the Irascibles. Look what has happened to her now. She asks for Rodrigo.

Octy goes home and exults in how well her plan is working. If she can't have Paco, well, neither can Fedora. And at least Octy is not in a wheelchair. No, au contraire, she is healthy, and beautiful and full of life. Any moment now, she will have a new love too. Yolanda walks in and asks her why she's smiling. Octy giggles goofily.

Godmom tells Marcela she lost the baby. Oh, no.

Pedro recalls his conversation with Camila. Marfil comes in. What about dinner? She leaves the room, and he dials his lawyer to make an appointment to change the will back. Dummy, right in earshot of Marfil, who hears all.

A very long, boring scene ensues where Roddy and Fedora tearfully discuss how he should leave her because she is a burden and he says never. This really goes on way too long.

Godmom scolds Marcela for not having listened to her and taken care of herself. Then she realizes she was too harsh. Marcela says GM should not tell Max. Max should be with Diana.

Marfil dopes up Pedro so he will sleep all day and not get to change his will. Is she just planning to do that every day for the next several years? It's amazing, though, how these characters always have such interesting specific-actng potions and poisons available to them.

Paco tells Caramelo that he can't stand Roddy. Caramelo tells him that he must give up on this useless love for Fedora. He screwed up, and it's too late.

Dr. V calls Max to come to the hospital, as there is an emergency with Marcela.

Camila, Emilio and Silvia review the news about Marfil. They are disgusted. Silvia hs to leave for work (she is already in her flamenco costume).

Pedro is passed out on the couch. Marfil regrets that he has more lives than a cat, but whatever . . . as long as he doesn't change his will.

Emilio wants Camila to look for her baby with Iggy. This is the first we've heard about this baby since maybe episode 4? No way, she says. The only thing she's looking for is a rich husband.

Then she talks to the camera. Her plan is working. Thanks to her, Marfil will not be an heiress.

Diana visits Marcela. Marcela accepts the will of God.

Max comes in Marcela tells him to get out. Go with Diana, she says. Max says that they must stay together, now that she is having a child. Ooops! Credits roll.

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Mo promises to tell GSD the complete truth, now that he has come back to work. He also just told him that he loves Azul, so we know that he’s a big fat liar. I’m curious to see what his version of the complete truth is.

Ivan and Eva are dining in her hotel room. She says Boris is furious, Ivan says everything is going as planned, don’t worry. They figure that Mauricio will figure out that Leonarda isn’t really infected when she doesn’t die in 2 hours, so Ivan’s man who has infiltrated Mo’s security will slip a little poison into her drink to make her look sick and mess with Mo’s head. That will get her to push GSD to find a cure in a hurry too (like Azul being infected ins’t enough) and then later on Ivan and Leo can decide if they should kill Leo or not.

Andres tries to comfort Leo, saying that Mo won’t abandon her now, they are a family more than ever! Yeah right. She’s very morbid but Andres is sure that it will all work out. He says he’ll leave to let her rest, she begs him to stay “until the end.” Jeez what a drama queen. Oh wait, she’s dying. Oh wait, no she isn’t. She sure is convinced of it though, even though there’s absolutely nothing foreign in her veins than a little sangre de Ivan.

Ivan tells Eva that he sent a sample of Mo’s blood to Boris. “Not good enough” says Eva. Also, he’s going to figure out the password to the lab. “Not good enough” says Eva. Also, he set up some microphones and cameras or whatever and has a man on the inside. “Not good enough” says Eva. Ok then woman what the hell is good enough? Finally she says she needs Mo’s personal journal. Fine. Was that so hard to say? Did you have to string Ivan along and disregard all of his hard work? Bitch. I have the show paused at the moment and Eva looks like Brigitte Nielson. That’s not a good thing, if you have seen “Flavor of Love.”

Mo takes GSD to some cafeteria. GSD starts to ask if he’s supposed to do research here, or what? Mo says no, ‘they’ have bugged his whole house so they can’t talk there. Who are ‘they,’ GSD asks? Mo refers to them as the mafia. I guess that’s a good description. Mo says that at the beginning he didn’t know what he was getting into either. He says Burgay was the one who infected Azul, on Eva’s orders, and that they have Katy and will infect her if Mo doesn’t get some results pronto. GSD asks Mo why, after all that has happened, should he believe him? Mo says because he himself is also infected. I say, so what? How does that make him more believable? That isn’t answering the question, that is simply saying something dramatic to get an impactado look from GSD and some music of doom.

Diego arrives at Azul’s apartment. Azul is sick and doesn’t want to see Diego, Ceci tells him. He begs his way in anyway. Ceci tells Azul that her in-home caretaker is here, and Diego walks into the bedroom. Azul tries to act like she’s still mad, but she is obviously pleased to see him.

GSD is pissed off and reads Mo the riot act for being such a liar, especially about his illness as he courted Azul. He lectures Mo on ethics. Mo continues to swear he never meant anything bad to happen to Azul. Mo says the illness affects his central nervous system and also is the reason why he sometimes goes nuts. He blames everything bad he has done or said on the disease. GSD says ‘you know by now that Azul doesn’t love you’, so how can he keep talking about his love with Azul and all that? Mo tries to cover by saying that he just wants to find a cure, not for himself, but so Azul can be happy. What a load of crap. What a HUGE load of crap. Mo finally tells GSD that ‘those criminals’ also infected Leonarda. This seems to upset Mo as he tells it even, there is some strong relationship there we still don’t know about. He says he loves her like a mother.

Diego tries to tell Azul that Eva and company are trying to cure a disease. Azul says they are criminals. They can’t seem to agree on whether they are saviors or demons. Diego finally says that when they find more dirt on the Boris Mafia they will denounce them to the cops. Azul asks if that is the only way to get loose from them? Diego asks her to trust him. She called him ‘mi amor’ a few times, I guess she isn’t mad at him anymore. They dream about being together after all this is over. “Believe in our love” Diego begs her. She says she will. Barf. Sorry, that’s the man in me. They get all kissy and lovey.

Mo says he thinks he’s in the final stages of the disease. He tells GSD that he is the only survivor of the people who were infected, but now also Azul and Leo. He says if it gets loose it will be a disaster (you think?). That’s why he was so desperate and held a gun on GSD to make him go back to work. Mo wants to know where GSD is on the investigation, GSD says he doesn’t trust Mo anymore so he won’t give him details. Mo says he understands but is going to win back his trust, and to prove it he’s going to give GSD the password to the lab. Dum dum DUMMM. GSD smokes.

Diego and Azul kissy kissy sweet talk. She makes him swear to have nothing more than absolutely necessary contact with Eva. He rolls his eyes (I did too, he has been in that mode for a while already) but agrees. They get all kissy and Diego plays the Indiana Jones “it hurts here” game when she is kissing his pain away.

Back to GSD and Mo – GSD has sure been smoking it up, the ashtray is full. Mo thanks GSD for listening to him. GSD says he’s going to find a cure, but for Azul, not because of anyone else. Mo asks GSD to not share any info with anyone else. He can’t say anything anywhere, Eva has ears everywhere. GSD mentions that Azul is with Diego now, Mo says again he just wants Azul to be happy. I don’t believe him. He doesn’t care about her at all, proven when he smacked her with the infected needle. He’s just evil. More dramatic music.

Diego is gone, Ceci is jealous of the love Diego shows to Azul. Azul tells Ceci that Andres isn’t necessarily trustworthy, something strange has always been going on with those people at Casa de Mo. You aren’t kidding sister. You don’t know the half of it.

Andres beings Leo some tea. They reminisce about the good old days. Andres starts to tell her “you know I love you but…” she finishes for him – now he doesn’t love her as much, and now she looks old. He was the one who insisted way back when, now he is throwing her aside. It’s for her, right? Azul’s friend? She starts getting pissed off. He says that she knows how much she means to him, how he couldn’t stand the way his uncle mistreated her. She says it feels like just yesterday that Andres killed him. Andres dramatically remembers. Leo remembers how Andres beautifully justified his crimes. Something about Mo enters the conversation, I got a little lost. Something about all of them having so many secrets to keep that it made them a family. Jeez, what a family. I guess we’ve seen already how well that turned out in the end. Leo says they’ll be together forever. Andres angrily says he doesn’t want anything forever, not any more. Leo says that’s just because that bitch Ceci put things in his head. Andres says no, it’s because she is dying and it is Mo’s fault.

GSD is smoking over at Emilia’s place. After being told not to tell anyone anything, he went straight to her and told her everything. Nice work. Emilia says he has to find a cure for Azul, he begs her to not tell Azul the truth about what she has. Wait – isn’t he supposed to be working on a cure so that his daughter doesn’t die? Isn’t there a time limit here, like find a cure in the next two days or she’s dead? So what is he doing having a loooong discussion with Mo, then drifting over to Emilia’s house and wasting time? I don’t understand. What the hell is wrong with him? Dumbass. He tells Emilia that he’s very close to a cure. She tells him to finish it and not tell anyone, how does he know that Mo isn’t lying about also being sick? GSD says that Mo really is sick.

Arnaldo and Julio discuss whether or not Julio should accept any investment money. Oh, Arnaldo shaved! Julio says the money will let him import better stuff and it will help with marketing and all that. Arnaldo says he wishes he had money, Julio says no, they are already partners. Julio wants to know why Arnaldo doesn’t wear the jacket he gave him when they met in Rio. Arnaldo says it wasn’t when they met, it was when they officially became a couple. Julio says ah, then you remember! Don’t you have it any more? Arnaldo says he still has it, it makes him feel close to Julio. It’s at his aunt Ines’s house. They drink a toast to the day Julio gave him the jacket. This conversation was supposed to explain their relationship but it was just tedious. Ok we get it you were together, broke up, now you’re together again and Arnaldo still feels a little vulnerable. See? That only took a few seconds, not a couple minutes of talking about a jacket.

GSD thanks Emilia for help him even though they are not so close at the moment. GSD says Ines is completely behind him and she, Emilia, is sooo awesome. He wants to change and be better so he doesn’t lose her. Ok that’s great now go find a cure before your f(*&(*^&ng daughter dies. Cripes.

Katy cries to Mo that she misses Azul, where has she been? Where is she? Mo says sometimes things don’t work out like we want. She doesn’t understand. Mo says that he and Azul aren’t going to get married. Katy’s voice hits an all time high in frequency, almost a dog whistle, as she cries and whines simultaneously that she doesn’t like this turn of events.

Arnaldo is looking into Ines’s window, wondering where she is. Some super metiche neighbor tells him that she isn’t home and didn’t come home last night, for two days she just cried and didn’t answer the door or anything. He yells for Ines and pounds on the door. He finally breaks in and dramatically says “What did you do?” We don’t see her but surely she is on the floor passed out or dead after a suicide attempt or something.

Azul and Ceci talk about Diego some more. When Azul says she isn’t going to see Mo ever again, the phone rings. Surely it is Mo or Katy. It’s the servant, calling on behalf of Katy. Katy gets on the phone and cries that Azul doesn’t love her any more. Azul says she’ll come visit, Katy gets very excited and runs off. Mo enters and asks if Katy convinced Azul to come, the maid says yes, Mo smiles smugly.

Azul gets ready to go visit Katy, Ceci yells at her to stay in bed. Azul wants to explain to Katy about her and Mo. Yeah I’m sure a 4 year old will understand. Ceci wants to know what Azul will tell Diego about going to her ex-boyfriend’s house, Azul just says she’ll explain it to him. What a hypocrite. After all her tantrums when he sees Eva, his BOSS, who he has legitimate reason to see. Ceci is thinking the same thing.

Ivan tells Eva about Paco’s murder. Somehow he figured it all out. Eva can’t believe how stupid they all are. Ivan asks if she is worried because they are unreliable or because of how hurt Diego would be if he found out?

GSD is sitting at his table working, he has some book open next to him. Is this helping find a cure? I hope so. Emilia brings him something to drink. She’s wearing a robe, I wonder if he got some inspirational nookie before getting back to work. They discuss how strange life is these days. GSD’s cell rings, it’s Arnaldo. He delivers the news about Ines. Emilia rolls her eyes a bit when she hears. GSD is going to go see her, Emilia actually gets jealous about it. She says fine, go. He says thanks, she says don’t say thanks because she doesn’t agree. She hopes he’s going to have the end of that relationship and not to rekindle it. She leaves and GSD looks like he wants to smoke.

Eva tells Ivan to tell Burgay that they have the toxin now, and he should side with them and not with Mauricio. Then he should go see Mo and press him to get GSD to work on the cure. Ivan wants to know if Mo doesn’t cooperate, should he go see GSD himself next? Eva says no, Mo must look like the villain. Eva wants the password to the lab too from Ivan’s spy.

Mo walks outside with Andres and Leo. Mo wants to know how Eva found out that he has the illness inside him, the three of them are all that know. Leo is offended at the implication. So is Andres. Mo believes them. Leo says that Mo made all his money by making cheap knockoff medicine that didn’t work and Mo had to kill so many people to keep them quiet. I guess she said that so we know how they are all tied in with each other. Mo says there must be microphones in the house. He says they can talk freely outside, where there is no place to hide a microphone and the sound of the water will hide their talking. Mo wants Andres to find where the microphones are but leave them alone, so he can use Eva’s stuff against her. I was thinking the same thing. Now he can say whatever crazy stuff he wants and she’ll believe it. The servant announces that some security guy has arrived.

Diego is wearing an extremely girly pink sweater. He tells Efrain to tell him the truth about his karate master client. Efrain says it’s not Ivan. Diego calls him a liar. Diego tells him that Ivan killed Abuelo, so Efrain needs to tell Diego the truth.

The security guy is some curly haired dude that Mo decides should be names “Jacinto Gabu.”

Diego arrives to see Eva, she wants to finish their earlier conversation. She tells Diego not to worry, everything is above board. He hopes so. She tries to move in and kiss him, he turns her away. He says he likes her but he.. she says she knows that he loves another. He says he doesn’t want to hurt her, she says no, he doesn’t want to hurt the other woman he loves. True that Eva, you hit that on the head. She tells him whatever, she was just having fun anyway, whatever. Sure. She leaves the room so she can go cry or something.

Mo shows the security guy around and gives him instructions. He seees Azul and wants to know why she’s there. He says seeing her makes him so happy! Whatever.

Diego looks to see if Eva is coming, then gets into her purse and finds Paco’s ID. I expect him to look impactado, but instead he reads it like it’s a book. It’s an ID dude, the picture and the word PACO should be enough.

Monday – Diego and his super gay pink sweater go to Azul’s place to find out that she went to Mauricio’s. He gets all stupid and jealous and goes over there, just in time to see her start to faint and Mo catch her, which of course he interprets as them getting ready to have sex. WTF I’m so sick of this plot device, the daily fight and breakup. I’m soooo sick of it.

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Azul is not feeling well. Diego comes over. She chastise him for being Eva's "boy toy." He says it's the pot calling the kettle black. She asks him to leave as usual. He says she should stop being stupid, but she says she's not feeling well.
Sad piano music . . .

Azul collapses. Luckily Ceci discovers her. GSD comes over and takes blood.

Andres raises himself up from the ground where he was outside. Don't know what this was about. Was this having to do with his getting beaten up, or was he rooting around in Paco's shallow grave?

Leo and Mo discuss what to do. She wants them all to run away (Caty, Anres, Leo and Mo), but Mo counsels that it would be useless. Besides, they need GSD to work on the project to cure them (and now Azul). They talk about needing to get a password to a deposit box. I don't know what that is about. Ivan overhears this conversation in his master listening room.
He now knows that Azul has the virus and that Mo is using the infection to blackmail GSD into continuing work.

Diego goes to the party. He meets up with old Don Chucho, who is out of a job. He fixes him up with Julio, who will give him a job. Diego and Don Chucho will get an apartment together too. Diego leaves. Filler scene, mostly.

Now for a completely ridiculous tangent: We see Gloria talking to a phone sex client. She is arranging to meet him. Silvana overhears and asks if it isn't dangerous. Gloria says no, he's one of her most assiduous clients, and she needs the money or some such, as she is getting older. (I think that's what she said.)

Clemencia and dad are sitting at the table. Diego comes in. Mom is asking after Eva. She thinks she's such a nice person. Diego asks for Lidia. She's at her new apartment. Diego asks, what's the guy called, that espanollilo (that little spanish guy?), referring disparagingly to the new hubby. No, his name is Piero, says Pop. You shouldn't refer to him that way. He's an architect (and besides, my new boss). Dad reveals that he signed the contract. He wouldn't harm us--now he's part of the family.

Burgay and Ivan arrive. Burgay is holding a tool box. They come in and see Leonarda and Andres. Where is Mo? they want to know. I've always thought you two were a pair of little pigs (cochinos). They put on the handcuffs. As we know, Leo probably likes that!

Ivan goes in another room to find Mo. Mo says he knew Ivan would come. He is holding his arm. Do you have pain, asks Ivan. Mo pulls a gun! He says this is the best way I know to control pain. Ivan asks if Mo intends to kill him and Burgay. Mo hesitates. There's some discussion here that advances the intrigue a bit, but I'm too tired to follow it. Suffice it to say that Mo doesn't shoot. Ivan says he's got Leo and her lov...oops, I mean nephew, out in the other room. He tells Mo that they're under surveillance. As Mo blathers, Ivan sardonically says, Sorry, I can't concentrate on what you're saying. Finally, Ivan reaches out and applies pressure to Mo's neck and Mo keels over. Ivan draws (infected) blood from Mo with a syringe while Mo is out cold. Then he draws blood from himself with another syringe. This is all very strange.

Ivan finds Paco's ID in the drawer. Then he has Burgay bring Leo in. Mo wakes up, and Ivan holds up one of the syringes and threatens to inject Leo. Tell me the name of the toxin and where it comes from, he demands. I don't know, shouts Mo. Oh, no? This goes on for a while, until Ivan injects Leo. But I'm not sure which syringe he used. Mo shouts, Yolanda. Is her real name Yolanda?

Ivan and Burgay leave. Mo calls GSD and gets no answer, but he begs him to come and help. Sorry, everything I did before was wrong. I'll tell you everything now, he shouts desperately.

Meanwhile GSD is checking Azul's blood on a slide under his toy microscope. He is shocked at his discovery. He calls Emilia, and she doesn't want to hear from him, but he tells her it's about Azul. She says, take a taxi.
It looks like Eva was following him. Is that correct?

He gets there and reveals that Azul is infected, and it's all his fault. Didn't he reveal this yesterday? I don't get this.
Emilia counsels him to be calm or else he will not be able to help Azul. GSD says he can't turn in the bad guys, because then things would be worse. (I think that's what he says).
She also tells him not to tell Azul. They repeat the same discussion about the antidote having worked on some of the rats, etc.

Eva is meeting with Ivan and they are scheming how to get the antidote. They have to keep listening in on these conversations and get the password and whatever else was going on. Ivan asks how he will do it, as in some of the places he won't be able to listen. Eva says that it's his problem, but he'll think of a way. He's so smart. Her eyes glitter. I don't know why she doesn't love Ivan instead of doltish Diego.

Diego arrives to meet with Eva and Ivan. She invites him to sit and have a drink. She is wearing a very unfortunate sweater. It has a tangle of cables that look like brain tissue with long dangly pieces of spinal cord hanging down. They toast with Nostrovie--a Russian toast.

He wants to know what's going on. Why should he work under threat of a gun. She tries to tell him that all the big companies work that way. Why can't he know what's going on. Well, you know at all the big companies, if they spent time filling in all the employees it would be a big waste of time. Diego is a simpleton or is he pretending now?

She does reveal now that there is a big scientific experiment they are working on, and Mo is the only one who knows the origin of the germ, so they need him, delinquent or not.

At the end, GSD shows up at Mansion Mo to work. Mo continues apologizeing. GSD must continue the investigation to save his own daughter.

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Rod and Gavi continue talking about the gala that evening when Alonso enters her office, raving like a lunatic. He starts freaking out about the guests' folios not arriving yet from the printers and there only being a couple hours till the event starts. As a boss he has a right to demand her full attention, though admittedly with a more civil tone, and Gavi should have put Rod on hold, but she doesn't and Rod has to hold himself back from jumping through the receiver and strangling Alonso for screaming at her.

She solves Alonso's problem and he asks angrily who Gavi is chattering to. ( I'd say the caffeine king needs a serious "intervention" about now cuz it's obvious he's got one mean addiction going, and this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde act with his employees is getting really old.) Gavi says it's Ingeniero Montalvo and Alonso suddenly looks at her like he's just chomped down on a couple of prime sour balls. He stomps off to his office and slams his door.

Gavi tells a little white lie to Rod and says that it's unusual for her boss and swears that she's never seen Alonso like this; the affair has just made him a bundle of nerves for some reason. She asks Rod to promise then he'll be on his best behavior. Rod agrees as long as her boss behaves himself also and, provided he doesn't yell at her like that during the party. He tells her she's sacred to him, nobody should yell at her that way (that means you, too, Burly Bear!) and that his attitude is a result of his being so crazy in love with her. Gavi-Girl is all smiles now...........

Meanwhile, Dani and Elvis try to see Dr. Tejeiros, but Twerpy is hiding behind his door waiting for them to finally leave. His secretary informs them that he had to cancel all his appointments for the day for some emergency and wouldn't be able to speak with them for a couple of weeks at least. Elvis suggests he's avoiding them and simply hiding. Dani leaves Tejeiros a message that sooner or later he will have to talk to her. Once they're gone his secretary relays the message from Daniel and he tells her not in this lifetime he won't.

The coven has gathered back at Isa's. Pea-brained, self-righteous Sofia mentions that now more than ever Isa must stick like glue to her brother. Isa asks what she means and Minnie mentions the tour to Manzanillo and the visit to Montalveña and that she's going along with Aaron. They wonder if La Gaviota is going on it also. Either way, Isa says she's making sure she'll be there just in case and decides to fly back with Sofia and Minnie. Suddenly Isa needs a drink.

So now the Fearsome Foursome start having their own little party and the adult beverages begin to flow freely. Leave it to Sofia, though, to remind Minnie that she can't have any liquor because she's pregnant again. Minnie fudges and says just a little can't hurt. "Right, Fedra?" Fedra, all smiles at Minnie, says of course not but then thinks to herself that she's never forgiving this woman for not giving her son a child.

Fedra continues calling around to her friends in the CRT and tells them how they are protesting by staying away from the gala that night because the woman in charge who has rudely snubbed them, is the very same one Aaron fired for embezzlement back around New Year's. ( If I were any of those women, I would sure as shootin' want to get a look, up close and personal, at the female phenom and femme fatale who's puttin' on this shindig! I mean, come on, Fedra! What self-respecting socialite would want to be left out of the loop and all that juicy gossip at the club the next morning?)

Apparently, there are no true Sisters of Solidarity in high society 'cause nobody thinks much of Fedra's request to stay at home that evening. For now, Fedra's backdoor plan to sabotage the party seems to have fizzled. Sofia believes that after all the stories Fedra's told these women, none of them are going to let their husbands out of their sight, so of course they're all going. Fedra laughs and tells the others that at least the other wives are going to be uneasy and eventually more than one will pay attention to what she's told them and will react somehow.

Dani checks in with Gavi to tell her that Pilar is staying home out of support for the wives, but that she's become an admirer of Gavi's since their meeting and even said she could see from the look on her face that Gavi is truly in love with Rod. Gavi makes sure the men are coming and that their wives are not and to see if they had anything nasty planned. Dani cannot be sure The Breakfast Club de las Montalvo, schemers that they are, won't still try something nasty, but she knows they're all together at Rod's apartment for the evening while their husbands attend the business function at the CRT.

Back at Isa's pad across town adult beverages are flowing freely and it is now like sauced sorority sisters on steroids. (Worse! Shades of Animal House cuz darned if it doesn't bring back those gawdawful memories of dateless freshman Saturday nights with the roomies at that women's college out in the boonies, swilling scavenged bottles of booze and curling smoke rings with the Marlboro Man, all of us getting sozzled while we waited for some chump townie to come by --as they always did-- to offer us a ride to the nearest "hotspot" so we could scope out the hunks from the surrounding colleges and score a real date for a change.)

The drunker these desperate housewives get the more raucous they are. They start cracking all sorts of weird funnies about Gaviota, about Rod's being such a sad sack, and about Isa's being sad in the sack, all because of Gaviota. Then Minnie gripes about how Aaron's gone back to laying pipe wherever he can find accessible plumbing.

After a while they want music and Isa starts up the cassette player. Unfortunately, it's Rod's and the cassette is Gavi belting out a song, and it's like curse of the jornalera there because they just cannot escape her tonight. Meanwhile, Aaron is up to his old tricks again and is eating dinner with another one of his many female "friends with benefits" whom he's just asked to travel with him to Miami. While he's there on company business she can help him with his monkey business.

Aaron pulls out his cell and checks in with Minnie to tell her he's at his "business" dinner. Minnie is feeling very little pain by now and asks him in between giggles, who he's cheating on her with this time, Claudia? Sherlyn? Aaron can't even get a word in edgewise. He tells her she needs to stop drinking and eventually hangs up in disgust.

Over at Montalvo Corp., Margarita asks Rod to deliver a card for her to Mariana. He asks her to give him the once-over and tell him how he looks. She says swell and that Mariana is going to just melt when she sees him. (What is up with that scarf though, Rod?)

Next Frankie calls over to the harem of harpies with his lie, telling Sofia that he's spending the evening with his cousin, Estefano. He won't be coming by to pick her up later as they'd planned. Sofia, who is also way beyond knowing or caring, giggles and warns him off another rendezvous with his "panther-woman" from the hacienda. Afterwards, the others want to know who that's supposed to be and Sofia and Isa explain about finding Frankie's clothes one morning after he'd been out late and noticing how all the buttons had been ripped off. Isa assures them that Sofia is exaggerating the situation.

Feeling a bit awkward for a second or two Isa looks away but then, perfect hypocrite that she is, joins in the fun and laughs at it all with the rest of them. Sofia gets sentimental and comes over to Isa and tells her that she's her favorite sissy-in-law. Isa feels a bit guilty for a few seconds--but only a few.

In his office Alonso straightens his tie and plays the same "how do I look" game with Nancy. She pumps his ego up telling him he looks like some handsome hunk in a romance magazine.

Bruno and Rod show up at the festivities first and Bruno "introduces" Rod to Alonso. They chitchat about how nicely Mariana got things set up. Every time Alonso mentions Mariana by her nickname, "Gaviota", Rod makes it a point to correct him and points out it's Mariana, Mariana Franco!

Eventually Alonso and Rod are left alone together and it's the caffeine kid in need of a fix facing a guy who's the equivalent of a bull moose needing to rut and ready to fight its competition. (Come to think of it, Alonso's been doin' without for the past four years, himself, so a bit of moose bellowing and head-butting probably isn't out of the question for him either.) It is going to be a rough night.

Rod decides to complain about the screaming he obviously heard over the phone earlier. He tells Alonso that nobody ever yelled at Mariana like that when she worked at Montalvo. Alonso apologizes, saying these events make him nervous, but then adds that he's just as upset with Rod for always making her cry when she's on the phone with him. Rod gets his back up even more and says he can't stop him yelling at her but he'll do his darnedest to see she doesn't cry anymore.

The two are standing there staring angrily at each other when Gavi arrives with her group of 15 important importers. They notice her entering and quickly look away, and then, because they cannot help themselves they both look over at her. Right away, she sees that the two are desperately trying to avoid coming to fisty-cuffs.

Alonso is all smiles and giving Gavi a hopeful once-over with his eyes; Rod looks at her and seems frustrated and jealous. He runs over to mark his territory, nearly bending her over backwards when he gives her a kiss hello on the cheek. (Ewwh! Talk about your awkward moments.....) Gavi is a bit uncomfortable with his exaggerated PDA, but without losing a beat, she immediately introduces Rod to the potential buyers as the producer of the new, organic tequila, Ardent Passion.

From the minute Gavi enters the room both Rod and Alonso follow after her. Rod hovers like a junkyard guard dog and Alonso follows her more or less like a lovesick puppy, both of them nearly tripping her as well as each other while she walks around the room attending to the various guests.

Rod tries to carry the business end of the conversation with the buyers. He keeps cutting Alonso off from speaking, but when the buyers want to know what it is about his tequila that makes it first class Rod is at a loss for words. Alonso jumps in and finally gets a chance to do his job. He tells the men that he's tried it and it's the best organic tequila he's ever tasted. They only need to try it for themselves. Rod is grateful to hear him say this and dials back his temper a bit, letting the P.R. man dazzle the potential buyers and earn his salary at last.

Meanwhile a very inebriated Minnie blames Patricio for blabbing the truth to Aaron about her really visiting her elderly aunt in Spain instead of touring the Greek Isands. She phones Patricio to complain about it to him, but he's already left for the function at the CRT.

Lluvia answers. When Minnie tries to gripe at her too and warns her off trying for Aaron again, little Lluvia gives her back as good as she gets. She tells Minnie she doesn't know what trip she's talking about, that Patricio is the only man in her life and that since it's senseless speaking to her since she's obviously drunk, she is not going to bother, and simply hangs up.

Rod finds out that Gavi must travel with the group and Alonso to Manzanillo as part of her responsibilities and will spend the night there before traveling with them to Montalveña. It is what he's feared most and he becomes agitated, sarcastically suggesting that she take them all to the beach to view the sunset. "Manzanillo," he adds nervously and looks at her, "is a wonderful place to fall in love." Gavi tries to stress it is a work trip and there will not be time for beaches and sunsets. "Well, I definitely have some wonderful memories of the area." he says and tells them both that he'll wait for them at the hacienda at Montalveña and will host them there.

Clarita and Jose arrive at the gala. Of the two best friends, Clarita has come dressed very tastefully in an expensive linen-weave suit dress and is wearing her hair in a classic bun befitting her new status as parent of a corporate executive, while ironically Jose is in her best nylon pants outfit still looking as blue-collar as it gets since even though her son has married into high society, he denies her existence.

Clarita looks around and gives Gavi a wild yell to get her attention. Gavi comes over and reminds her she can't just yell out like some dockworker. Clarita looks around the room and sees Rod and Alonso are together and tells Gavi she's amazed they haven't killed each other yet. Gavi isn't holding her breath but hopes they'll contain themselves like that the rest of the evening.

Clarita spies Avellaneda next and she is immediately attracted to him. "He looks like a television star!" She demands to have Gavi introduce him to her. (Avellaneda a hunk? Who'd a thunk it?) So Gavi introduces her and Jose to both the Secretary of Agriculture and Roberto Avellaneda. Clarita is absolutely thrilled when Avellaneda kisses her hand. Both men congratulate Gavi for the fabulous success the function has turned out to be.

Afterwards, Gavi tells the two women that they can get a couple of free drinks and explains it's an open bar. However, she warns her mother not to do doubles tonight. They head off to get their tequila.

Aaron makes his entrance and walks over to Rod and Gavi who are now standing with Alonso and the group of buyers interested in Ardent Passion. Aaron greets Mariana and tries to kiss her on the cheek but Gavi coldly turns her head aside and simply introduces him to the others. Patricio walks over right afterward and she and he do greet each other warmly. "Glad to see it's going well for you, Mariana."

Aaron says, "Mariana, it looks likes you've done well for yourself." She replies that although some have tried to put stones in her way, she's happy working at the CRT because here they act decently and don't fire employees without justification, or steal their severance checks. Before Aaron can answer, Alonso breaks off the discussion. "No more talk about firings." To Gavi: "You've become an indispensable part of us--" Aaron chuckles and snickers, "Heh, yes, that's just what we thought when she used to work for us at our company until one day --" Rod jumps in to defend her, "That's history now and doesn't count; besides, the fact remains she's demonstrated her abilities and has done a terrific job here and hopefully will continue garnering her successes."

Mariana politely extracts herself and says to Aaron, "Ingeniero Montalvo, you and I will continue talking later." "--Yes, we will and we have many, many several and various things to discuss." Mariana walks coolly away. Aaron taunts Rod, "Absolutely we will! We're going on the trip to Manzanillo with them and I'll have three delicious days and nights to spend next to her." Rod grits his teeth and stares--hopefully counting to ten--but he says nothing.

Clarita and Jose find the nearest tequila booth. Clarita looks proudly over at Gavi being interviewed by the press and says that she lights up the place like a sun at noon. One thing leads to another and Jose asks about the story behind Clarita's husband. Clarita tells her, "That is a secret I'll carry to my grave," and then starts knocking back tequilas.

Rod catches up with Aaron at the bar and tells him enough already and then tries to laugh about it. "You're worse than even Isadora or Minnerva with all the biting commentary." Bruno walks over just then and checks in with the two of them. He and Aaron talk about the drink fest the wives are having on their own over at Rod's. Bruno says he cannot believe all the nonsense he was hearing going on in the background while he was talking to Fedra.

Across town again, Isa cries that Rod finds a rotten agave more exciting than her. Sofia says she obviously hasn't tried everything yet. "What else is left, attempting suicide?" she weeps. Sofia jumps to hug her while Minnie goes with the flow and starts singing "Ay! Gaviota!" off key in between giggles and Fedra even puts on a headscarf backwards and pretends she's our jornalera cutting jima in huaraches. This unfortunately does not cheer up Isa whose high is crashing and quickly turning into a blue drunk.

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*I heard this blues classic today and couldn't resist copying Amanda's quote motif (and Beckster's song-title method). Bobby "Blue" Bland could have been talking about more than one of our characters, no?


From yesterday: CL goes on a tirade against the infeliz who spent the night with Paula. He solicits Juan's help in finding out the identity of the guy. Juan displays one of his classic Juan Dominguez What Have I Gotten Myself Into Now faces.

Marely sees Yadira's flowers, are they from Kike? Fernando? No, says Yadi, they're from Alirio's friend Ramon Gutierrez who is uglier and crazier than Alirio. Mari dolefully comments that the world is worse than ever. Yadi sees that Mari is in a funk and she surmises it's due to Juan. Mari tearfully tells her sis that last night Juan was out with another woman.

In the den Alirio yells full volume to the phone while Nidia observes. He tells Ramon Gutierrez to stay away from them. Alirio is firm. He's strong. He is probably talking to a dead phone. He slams the phone down and puffs up in front of a sceptical Nidia.

Ah, Nidia has her doubts as well. She dials *69. My, my...it's not Gutierrez but rather the Gregorio Bakery. Nidia is not amused.

Yadi tells Mari that the only odd thing is that Juan hasn't had a girlfriend before now. Mari says, "girlfriend, if you can call her that because she regrets having been with him." Yadi can't believe it! Who would regret being with that papirrico, that muscular yummy yummy? (Yadi then says something I don't understand, "mucho tilin tilin y nada de paletas". Anyone have a clue?) Mari tells Yadi that the "girlfriend" told Mari She regretted being with Juan. Aha! So Mari knows Her? Mari admits it, she knows The Woman. Yadi's dying to know who it is.

Nidia tells Alirio he's pathetic for lying like a child. He whines and sucks up to her. She wants to give Gutierrez the big smack-down but Alirio begs her to let him handle it his own way.

Mari tells Yadi that She is just a girl at the office. She's pretty, nice, and a good person. Mari would fell better if She were a terrible witch. Mari adds that silly Juan is more deluded than ever and will end up broken. "And Saint Marely will be there to console him," Yadi suggests. Mari shakes her head and cries while her sister comforts her.

Juan and Kike sit in the limo at the Farell garage. Kike observes Juan's extreme mood change. This morning he was on top of the world and now he's at the bottom, what gives? Is it because the Licenciada left without telling him? Juan wonders why she would do that. Kike thinks it's because she felt the weight of Juan's desires. Juan thinks maybe she's confused. She's one of those women who seems confident on the outside but on the inside they are like delicate wafers, you blow on them and they become fractured and broken. Suspicious Kike asks Juan once again, did anything happen between him and the Licenciada? Juan looks like he's about to explode. He thought bubbles a bunch of stuff I didn't understand.

"Uh oh, here's your rival," Kike taunts as CL walks through the garage. He notes that CL has it all, he is the very picture of a guy dripping with dough. Kike tells Juan that not even in his dreams will Juan ever matter to the Licenciada. This makes Juan angry, there are more things in the world than money, like feelings for example! Juan says he might be a Mr. Nobody but at least he's well-proportioned. (I'm not sure what he was trying to say exactly but I couldn't agree more!) He tells Kike he's got an idea. They'll go to the taqueria and discuss it.

Paula thanks Ana for the lift. Ana feels Paula hasn't told her the entire truth about last night. If only Paula would tell her then Ana might be able to help Paula find a solution to her problem. (Or maybe Ana is just nosy and wants to hear about Paula's adventures because Ana is a terminal wet blanket and has no life of her own.) Paula goes to her room and attempts to sit down but it's difficult because she's wearing a red headband as a skirt. I can't believe she wore that outfit to work!

Post tacos, Juan tells Kike that if he wants to win Paula he really has to get his act together. He has to be able to offer her the life she's accustomed to. "How," laughs Kike, "by working lots of overtime?" Juan whips out a flyer, it says "Revalide su Bachillerato". (Does this mean "Earn your Diploma" or something like that?) Kike thinks it's too late for Juan but our optimistic Juan insists it's never too late.

Yadi tries to wheedle a car out of Nidia but Nidia says "No, no, no y no!"

Juan and Kike are now at the National Technical School. Juan's brochure says he can finish his Prep in 6 months, then he'll be able to go to the university. He's always dreamed of being an astronaut...no, he'll be an architect and build Paula the house of her dreams, two stories, a chimney, etc. Then he starts talking about meatballs. With chipotle. Whatever, I guess he's hungry again.

Monica greets CL when he gets home. He growls that he's had a rough day and does NOT want to discuss Paula Davila. Monica just wants to say one thing, their old pal Esteban Marquez will be in town and wouldn't he be the perfect guy for Paula?

Paula paces in her room (looking much more comfy in a bathrobe), she imagines kissing Cl, then she remembers kissing Juan, back to CL, then back to Juan again. "How could I?" she asks. (How could you even consider CL over Juan, I ask?)

CL and Monica argue. That's all he ever does with the women in his life. Why is he such a prize? He's a prize ass in my opinion. But I digress. He tells Monica that once she gets an idea in her head there's no stopping her.

Juan registers for school while Kike pats his rotund belly. The hottie in the registrars office is very impressed by Juan. He winks at her and kisses her hand. He will begin classes tomorrow. She admires his, um, departure.

Juan hits up Kike for a loan for his tuition. Doesn't Kike want Juan to better himself, to improve his life, blah blah blah? Kike finally agrees and adds that he'll go back to school too.

Pastor spends an excruciatingly boring evening at home. Mama knits while he, still in his suit, reads. He reminds her that she has a medical appointment tomorrow to get the results of her tests. She has to go because she forgot her own name...at her age one lives in their memories. She snaps that those memories are killing her.

Juan finally gets home and runs into Marely. She wants to give him the ring back; she suspects it was never intended for her. She persists throughout the commercial until Juan finally admits the truth. She tells him to be cautious; she doesn't want to see him get hurt. He asks why would she say that? "Just be careful," she insists, "you're too innocent and ingenuous...and I can't keep the ring!" Juan thought bubbles that he feels lower than the sole of a shoe.

As Juan thinks he becomes suspicious, could Paula have told Marely about last night? They're friends so Marely must know about their romantic encounter. Juan thought bubbles that he's dying to know what words passed between the two women. He continues to agonize and blather to himself all night long.

The next morning at breakfast Mari attempts to ignore Juan while he casually tries to elicit information out of her. She says yes, Paula talked to her but she can't reveal what was said. Juan starts to put the squeeze on but Nidia breezes in and aks Juan for a huge favor...can he drive Alirio to the office? She won't take no for an answer.

Paula asks Ana to give her a ride to work. Ana rolls her eyes, she doesn't really want to enable Paula's immaturity and says Paula can't avoid Juan forever. Paula announces that today she will buy her own car. Ana says Paula is acting like a child, she'll buy a car just to avoid seeing Juan? "Come on ma, just this one ride," Pauls begs, "but first I have to make a quick call."

Juan is in the midst of trying to get out of driving Alirio to work when the phone rings. Oh my, it's Paula, and she's in such a rush to get to work that she can't wait for Juan, Ana will drive her, bye!! Juan admits to himself that there's no doubt about it, she's definitely hiding from him. As he drives to work with Mari and Alirio, he thought bubbles that he thought she was a decent woman, but as they say, love is blind...and the rest of what he said was just too complicated for my pea brain to translate, sorry. Juan goes on and on with his confusing mish-mash of mixed metaphors.

Cut to Paula at work. She tells Pastor that she doesn't want her decision to affect Juan's Job. Pastor snippily tells her that Juan is the company's chauffeur, not hers. He'll find something for Juan as he's a valued employee of the company.

The odd trio of Juan, Marely and Alirio arrive at work. Juan watches Marely and thought bubbles "Why does one like to complicate life so much? I could have been with my little rose garden, such beautiful eyes and graceful figure, so intelligent and with a big heart, but no, one must suffer."

Pastor approaches CL to make his case. Paula plans to buy her own car and drive herself, therefore he (Pastor) wants Juan to be assigned as his chauffeur. CL tells Pastor he'll think about it, don't push him because he's in a very bad mood.

Pastor tries to recount this episode to Ivonne but is interrupted by Alirio who is all "call me Licenciado and not Señor" to Pastor. Alirio drools over Ivonne who is not impressed. She starts to announce Alirio to CL when Pastor pipes up "Why announce such an important man like Licenciado Perafan?" He and Alirio exchange condescending belly pats and Alirio heads for CL's office, instructing Pastor to bring them a couple of coffees. Pastor smugly waits for the caca to hit the fan.

CL is irritated at Alirio for not knocking. He starts to kick him out of his office but Alirio asks, "what exactly is my job?"

Paula tells Marely that she needs to buy a car to solve her problem, the problem being that she doesn't want to see Juan. Marely scolds Paula, doesn't she know that Juan is still ignorant of how Paula feels? She urges Paula to talk to Juan because it's better for him not to have his head in the clouds. Paula reluctantly agrees, "you're right, I have to talk to Juan, I have to bring him back to reality. Could you tell him to come up please?"

Observation: Has anyone noticed that whenever Paula has the final scene or line it's very anticlimactic? I'm just sayin'

esperar la cosa ponerse fea = wait for the s**t to hit the fan (lit. wait for things to become ugly)

estar en las nubes = to have one's head in the clouds

ponerse las pilas = get one's act together (lit. put on the batteries)

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It looks like we are going to be losing our Monday and Tuesday recappers. They've put in valiant efforts, but life has intervened and they have given their notices.

Is there anyone out there willing to help out? If so, please let us know and Melinama, our Blog Mom, can help get you set up.

Thanks to Amy and Ninak for all the recapping they've been doing this year (both here and at Acorralada); I'm going to miss them. Perhaps they will stop by and drop us a post from time to time!

UPDATE: One of our veteran recappers, Margaret, has agreed to sign on for Mondays. We are still looking for a Tuesday writer.

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for those who don't know - and a reminder for those who do - Destilando Amor episode will not be shown tonight; it is being pre-empted for the "Latin Grammy Celebra" special honoring Marco Antonio Solis (the guy who sang the theme song for "Mundo de Fieras").

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Paula said NO! She has an affection for him and that’s why she feels so bad not just for him but for herself and that she’s complicated her life more because of this mistake.

Alirio is fighting with Pastor about the post he’s been offered. He wants an executive post, Nid tells him he needs to come back down to earth, but Pastor says well actually I think she’s right, but unfortunately I have nothing like that, all the positions are occupied. Pastor says he’ll ask CL, just in case.

Juan greets Pastor on the way and asks how his Mom is doing. Juan goes to greet Marely who is less than cordial and tells him she’s super busy.

Juan goes in to tell Pau what he told CL. She presses him.

Pastor tells CL that Alirio wants a vice presidency. CL is having an amygdala attack about Juan’s story and heard nothing of Pastor’s rant. He tells Pastor she has another man. I say turn about is fair play.

Pau wants to know why Juan told him that, he says well it’s sort of the truth. She thanks him and says ok, now be on your way I have work to do. He asks her when they might have a chat. She says it will have to be later when I’m not so busy. He asks if she’s sure about that. She promises him. He pulls a flower out of his coat, kisses it and puts it on her desk as he departs. I felt that one right in my chest, how sweet.

Marely cries in the bathroom remembering Pau telling her she spent the night with Juan.

Pastor questions Cl if he’s sure, maybe she’s trying to make him jealous, or it’s just a fling. He says yes, and if she does, man she’s got some explaining to do. Grrrrrr. This is hard to take without hauling off and punching the TV set.


CL loses it and decides he should get the explanation right now. Pastor, in one of his more valiant moments, tries to talk him out of it. He tells him it will be counterproductive and this might be exactly what she wants, that you are making this more important than it should me. He cries about his image, his dignity and reputation. Pastor counters that passion without the firm hand of cold reasoning guiding it, is like leading the horse to the brink of despair. [Or something like that] Cl doesn’t want to hear anymore of his stupid advice because it’s because of that he’s in this mess. Pastor doesn’t give up, until the end. Then he wants to know what to tell Delirio. Cl says tell him to go home and we’ll research the case. Pastor’s final word curses him for being rude.

Cl marches right in yelling who is the guy. She plays dumb and says she’s trying to work and don’t yell at me. This has nothing to do with my work this is personal like you said so leave me alone I have a lot to do. He is not fond of this and says he won’t leave until she tells him. They get into a wrist lock.

Juan and Fer have a little spat and Fer wants to know what’s egging him. He says nothing. Fer says fine but go over there because you are making me dizzy with your coming and going.. Juan tells himself Fer’s right and that he’s always in control of himself and he’s losing his control.

Cl yells that she has to tell him who she slept with. She tells him to lower his voice and her private life is none of his business and his employees will disrespect him if he can’t keep his cool. He doesn’t care what these boobs think. He repeats his question. She repeats her private life is none of his concern. He thinks that means yes, and she says it means what I said that it’s none of your business. He warns she’s wrong and reaching a dangerous point. She warns him if he doesn’t leave her alone she’s have to leave her work and take even worse measures. He leaves.

Pastor gives the duo the news, and they say they’ll come back to talk to CL another day. She says they’ll wait for the boss to talk to them and won’t settle for anything less.

Cl goes down and tells Juan that after he leaves Pau at her house that he wants him to take CL to the house he brought her last night. Juan is impactado. He curses himself now what should he do.
Pau apologizes to her Mom for being rude. Yeah…Mom gives her a little piece of her mind. You tell her. She does pardon her though. Pau asks a favor, she wants her to pick her up. Mom is worried but will.

CL comes in and sees Nid and Ali and asks if they didn't arrange things with Gaytan. Nid says well he says it all depends on you. CL says how about tomorrow I look into it and let you know. Ali is fine with this, but Nid says that you are a man who always says tomorrow and Ali needs to know today so let's have it. She continues that his teeth are sharper than a piranha and there is no craftier, experimental lawyer than my husband and in any business he could earn millions. CL caves for some reason and says he could be very useful for questions of management. He says he could be the assessor of legal affairs of the presidency. Nid wants to give him a huge hug. Ali says how honored he is etc. Cl shuts him up only until he can ask about his salary. Cl says that's Gaytan's affair. Nid says no, I think I'd rather discuss it with you. Ali tries to get her out and she confirms that Ali can start tomorrow. She thanks him with hugs. CL wonders why he is tested this way.

Pastor meets them and confirms what happened. Alirio rubs in his face that yes he was contracted. They move to spread the good news to Marely and suggests that they can ride together. She says but she has to go to the University after. Nid notices that Marely has been crying and wants to know what's wrong. Mar says office stuff, there's always something difficult going on here.

Paula calls Marely in to tell her she doesn't want this Juan thing to tear them apart. She wants to continue being friends. Marely agrees they will be.

Juan rehashes to Kike that he thought he was going to chat with Paula about all this after work, but now the boss came up with the idea to go to this guy's house. Kike says well take him. Juan says he's not real! he can't believe he got himself into this and that he made up such a lie.

Yadi is at home and gets a bribe, er, flowers from Gutierrez.


Nid greets Fer on her way out and asks him why he didn't come to the wedding. She reminds him her house is always open to him. She sees that he is very healthy.



Once home Ali chastises her for having secrets with a chauffer, she says she isn't doing anything wrong being sociable to these people, and if that's a reason for divorce then she wants to know where to sign. Yadi asks them who Gutierrez is that he sent flowers. ALi is imapactado.

Paula runs out to her waiting mom in car and urges her to get moving quickly. Mama is wondering what's up.

Juan is waiting for Paula in the garage and wondering why she's taking so long to Kike. Eventually Marely comes down and breaks the news that Pau has already left. This makes Juan turn the color of ants. He can't believe she blew him off and he sort of shoots the messenger by getting mad at Marely that Pau can't do this to him, they were supposed to talk. She tells him she's the boss, she can do as she pleases and she did, and maybe you are dying to talk to her, but maybe she's not dying to talk to you. She ends by telling him she thought she did him a favor letting him know Pau was gone, but he can wait here all night for her if he wants. he says that's what he's going to do. He tells himself he can't believe she did this so underhandedly.


Mama asks Pau que the hell. Pau says well Juan is abusing my trust lately, she doesn't like his attitude. Mama doesn't believe that's possible.

Juan goes up to get CL, and he says they are going to solve their problem that that guy will pay with blood for what he did.


Ali and Nid are discussing the flowers/bribe situation. Nid tells her darling husband that he needs to make this guy disappear or else. Ali says he's innocent and doesn't know what he can do it's not his fault. He finally says alright I'll deal with him. She hands him the phone. He says right now? She nods yes.

Back at the ranch, CL is getting ready to go with Juan to take care of the hombre that boffed his chica and Juan says he has to think fast. He tells Cl he wants to talk.

Pau continues blaming Juan to her Mom that he looks at her like a woman and not his boss and that he makes her uncomfortable and this is why she needs to be as far away from him as possible. Mom still just isn't convinced that this is the Juan she knows.

Juan talks CL into letting him do the dirty work, that he will find out about this guy and report everything to CL because he is already close to Pau and can find out things easily etc. He dissuades him from going to the apartment because it will be bad if Pau finds out about this. Cl ends up agreeing and putting Juan to the task, and that if he gets the guy in front of him just like Juan is now, he'll make him suffer hard.

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No, not for Rene's dimples . . . but something almost as good. (BTW, notice that Larry has been absent grabando a show in L.A.--probably he has been working on Pirates/Pasion.) I have misplaced my notes, so I will have to fill in later with more info.

Gaby has returned from the kidnapping and cries hysterically.

Paco comes in to see Fedora, and she asks about whether she had an abortion.

Sharon has a full-blown mad scene while they carry her out to the manicomio. She grabs the door frame so they can't pull her through as she yells I hate you! (I had a cat who would do this when you tried to put her in the carrier.) The actor playing Roddy can barely stifle a laugh.

More suspense as we wonder whether Paco had permitted the doctors give Fedora an abortion. They make it seem as if he did, but then he says no, they didn't. Thank you, she says. I don't know how they are going to resolve this. Paco is still madly in love with Fedora, so how can they match him up with someone else. Only if Roddy dies. Maybe Sharon will break out of the manicomio and kill her father.)

Lala and Granny M put Gaby to bed. Gaby says that despite all she feels sorry for Sharon.
They say now the way is clear for Larry. He doesn't know what happened here. Gaby looks mournful--Larry has really forgotten her and fallen in love with Sharon. I'm not too worried about this. He'll say he only did it "to forget" and it didn't work. These proverbial forgetting affairs never work, except for Larry taking up with Gaby to forget Pilar, actually.

Max and Yolanda sit down to eat. Max wonders where his mom is. We soon find out--Octy has changed to pink nurse's scrubs and a red wig and black glasses. She's at Fedora's bedside checking on her handiwork. well, you lowborn be-atch, if you're not dead, at least you're paralyzed. I hate you--I will always hate you, she soliloquizes. It's not clear if she administers something new here.

Marfil thought bubbles about Pedro's new will that leaves her everything.

Paco and Diana tells Fedora about the kidnapping. Oh, no.

Roddy comes in too.

Yolanda asks Maximope why he's not eating. You must be thinking of Diana, she says.

Finally, the scene Karen has been waiting for. We see Sharon in the padded cell, moping in a corner like Norman Bates in the last scene from Psycho. She has a roommate who is counting out loud in a mad fashion. Someone comes to tell Sharon that there are some papers that link her to her father (I'm not exactly sure what these papers are, I have to review). She starts foaming at the mouth and bursts forth with one of her most exaggerated mad scenes yet. She hates her father and wants nothing to do with her.

Pedro starts wondering whether Marfil is really true to him. He remembers that Camila, of all people, told him Marfil was no good. Maybe Camila was right, he says.

Marcela goes to Roddy to get a divorce from Max. She won't tell him about the baby.

Fedora can't walk. The spider poison has taken effect.

Paco is still trying to make time with Fedora.

At the end, Diana determines to go tell Max about Marcela's baby, so he won't divorce her. Credits roll just as she arrives at the house.

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Do you ever have déjà vu? Today's "Last night on Amar Sin Limites" is a condensed version of yesterday's ENTIRE episode. Sometimes a little out of order, but it's all in there. Do you ever have déjà vu? It's a shame fast forward doesn't work while the show's actually airing. I hope they don't go back and show the last 5-10 minutes of yesterday after all that.

They don't. Emilia and Alfredo are back from putting the virus in the fridge (ewww!). Emilia's freaked out about what Alfredo (GSD) did, what with the intrigue and the virus stealing. Alfredo says at least Azul's out of there, so she's not involved. Or so he thinks…

Diego and Eva are on her hotel terrace. Eva's wondering what's up with Diego's lying to Mauricio about her giving permission to break the contract. He complains about not really having a "job" with them--not in the sense of having any actual job duties. Eva reminds him he signed a contract, but she still intends to get him out of it. Diego talks about getting a sales job again…I think I can see where buying Julio's business is going to come in. Diego wonders what's up with Mauricio forcing GSD to work at gunpoint. Eva blames it on Mauricio's weirdness, not that they're doing anything shady. She makes a bunch of cryptic comments about "supply and demand" that are supposed to justify what they're doing. She says what happened today won't happen again, but she won't stop him from leaving, she just advises him to wait and earn more money, save some money. She says if she needs him she'll call.

Alfredo answers his phone to find Mauricio on the other end. Mauricio asks if Alfredo is going to return the virus. He expects Alfredo back in the lab tomorrow. Alfredo again denies having any of the virus sample left and says he's going to report Mauricio and the horse he rode in on--digo, everyone who works with him…not that he knows for what, but he's sure it's bad. Mauricio tells him he'll have to face the consequences and that Alfredo should think about his daughter.

Lidia is hitting on her new hubby Piero while he tries to drive. They're on the way to their honeymoon, but Piero's not as lovey as Lidia would like. Mauricio calls Piero and tells him to get Manuel to sign a contract ASAP, and screw this honeymoon business. Piero gets off the phone and tells Lidia they'll have to honeymoon another time.

Burgay was in Mauricio's office while he called Piero. He wants to let Eva in on things, but Mauricio doesn't agree. Burgay points out that Azul is Diego's girlfriend. Mauricio says he doesn't care about Azul, per se, but no one "se burla" (makes a mockery) of him! Burgay calls Eva. He tells her GSD tried to quit, but they've taken measures to make him work…they kidnapped Azul! Eva's wondering how they could be so stupid. Word. She's on her way over, but they'd better not make any more decisions without consulting her. Didn't she already tell Mauricio not to do anything without her say-so?

Lidia is back at her parents' house, storming up the stairs like a spoiled kid because they honeymoon was called off. To be fair, I'd probably be pissed off too, but I'd like to think I wouldn't come off as juvenile and pouty as she does. Piero says it was a business thing, which Clemencia seems to understand. Manuel comes in and they explain to him about the cancelled honeymoon. Piero says it was an emergency, but hey, since he had this work emergency anyway, why don't he and Manuel go sign that contract. Smoothly done, Piero. Clemencia goes upstairs to talk to Lidia.

Butch and Sundance are meeting at Azul's apartment, just by chance. Diego was looking for her, but she's not answering the door. Alfredo tells Diego about Mauricio's threat. Diego's ready to go off half-cocked, but Alfredo calms him down. They're going to go to Mauricio's house and Alfredo is going to say he's coming back to work so they'll let her go…he'll go to the cops later. Hm, I'd give it 5 out of 10…Alfredo's assuming he'll be able to call the cops, which isn't a safe assumption.

In the sitting area outside Mauricio's office: Mauricio wants Azul to convince GSD to keep working. She wants to talk to him and Mauricio says he'll call him. Well, sure, how else is she supposed to convince him if she doesn't talk to him. Ooh, intrigue…Mauricio gets a container with some plastic stuff out of his office. He swabs his thumb and then lances it. He palms the lance so it's not visible from the back of his hand and the point is covered. Mr. 5ft is suspicious. So am I. Mauricio goes back out to the sitting room and offers Azul a drink, then while her back is to him, he stabs her with the lance. He says it must have been an insect. There's no blood, but her arm looks red. Mauricio says he'll have the place fumigated…darn insects. Azul goes off to put some alcohol on her arm, while Mauricio applies some alcohol internally. He tells Burgay that now GSD can't refuse to continue working. Mauricio claims everything's under control. Eva shows up. She's not happy about the "kidnapping" thing. Mauricio denies anyone's been kidnapped. Now GSD and Diego show up. Mauricio tries to kick Diego out, but he's not leaving without GSD and Azul. Eva says they're all there to try to arrange things with GSD, and Azul and Diego should wait outside. Azul complains that a bug bit her, so she won't go outside. Mauricio offers to let them wait in his office. GSD says they should go ahead--he already knows what he wants to say. Mauricio's just drinking his Scope and grinning manically. GSD says he won't come to an agreement with them, he's going to report them. Eva tells him to chill, only Mauricio has done freaky stuff, not her or Burgay. She says Mauricio's got good lawyers who will get him out in a matter of hours. GSD's sure something fishy is going on. Eva denies it. Mauricio can't take all this behaving calmly anymore and he screams at GSD to get back to work unless he wants his daughter to die. That's right…he infected her with the "ponzoña" (poison)! Everyone is impactados, except for GSD who looks pissed off and Mauricio who's doing his best impression of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. Here's Johnny.

When we get back from commercial, Burgay is holding GSD back from beating the smugness out of Mauricio. GSD says Azul's not contaminated, the poison that "escurre" (drains) out of Mauricio's mouth doesn't need an antidote, it's enough to "jalar" (eat or pull) the water from the "sanitario" (bathroom). I swear, that's what he said, but I can't make sense of it…is he saying he'd like to swish Mauricio's head around in the toilet? GSD shouts for Azul and tells her and Diego that Mauricio's an imbecile and they're out of there. Eva wants to discuss this in the office. She asks why he said such a stupid thing to GSD. He repeats that if GSD doesn't work for them, Azul will die, but Eva doesn't believe him. She leaves the room while Mauricio rants about how soon GSD will be back at work and everything will change, and he'll be the one giving orders. Ivan's been looking at him with disgust and he informs Mauricio that he can be sure that one day Ivan will kill him. I believe him. Ivan now leaves the room. Burgay wonders why Mauricio would say such a silly thing. Mauricio says Azul is infected, remember the insect sting? Burgay wonders where Mauricio has his stash of virus, but Mauricio won't tell him. Burgay begs him to make peace with Eva, otherwise…well, what Ivan said was like a death sentence.

Back at Casa Azul and Ceci: Azul thinks GSD should wait a few days and then talk to Mauricio again. GSD says he just wants to protect Azul and that he never trusted Mauricio, but he went to work for him because of Azul, to protect her. He says he's going to make that report. Diego says he'll call Eva and see if she'll help them. Oops, he said the E word…now Azul's going to break up with him…again…hey, is anybody keeping track of how many times they've broken up? Seems like on this show we should keep track of that in addition to the body count, and possibly the infection count. Of course, with these two, the breakup count is about the same as the number of episodes, isn't it? Azul gripes him out for even bringing up Eva and says she can't be such a good person if she's involved in this. GSD says he still won't go back to work and he's going to make a report. Diego wants them to think and plan a bit more, maybe get some proof, otherwise the cops will think they were accomplices. After all, they all signed contracts and Azul WAS Mauricio's girlfriend…Azul snipes that Diego was Eva's boyfriend, but he says he never was. Show of hands, who here would like to be Diego's not-girlfriend? He gets it on more with his not-girlfriends than with Azul. GSD says working at gunpoint just isn't normal and he's not going back. He's convinced Mauricio's a gangster and the best thing to do is report him.

Eva and Ivan are in her hotel room listening to the conversation Mauricio and Burgay had after they left the room. This gives her the information that Mauricio actually did inject Azul and that he has a secret stash. It sounds like Burgay has been summoned to Eva's room. She's going to question him about the conversation they just heard. Ivan thinks things are starting to get complicated. Let's take a moment here and ponder Ivan…man of mystery, head of the Super Secret Ninja Security Squad, Master of Understatement. Eva says they've made a lot of mistakes and they've got to fix them. Before she can tell Ivan what she wants to do, there's a knock at the door. Burgay comes in and she asks him what they said after she left. He says Mauricio infected Azul with a "jeringa" (syringe), but he didn't see one. He says he doesn't believe Mauricio. Eva calls him on lying and accuses him of being in league with Mauricio, which she says she's already told Boris. This makes Burgay nervous. Eva asks Ivan to leave them alone. She says Burgay should pour some drinks and they'll talk. Burgay is upset he's lost her confidence. Eva says she only trusts 2 people in this world: Ivan and Diego.

GSD is talking about how it's nuts to try to force someone to work at gunpoint…again...and how Mauricio didn't stop the fight in the garden (which one?), and now he's threatening Azul. Azul says she's never going back again either. She didn't think Mauricio would act like this when she wanted to break their contract. They agree to work on gathering evidence. GSD goes off to see Emilia and Azul insists (nonverbally) that Diego drive him. She complains about her arm, y'know, because of the thing that bit her, not in the garden, but in the house. GSD gets a little worried. He asks if Mauricio was near her and what the bite felt like. She says it felt like getting stuck with an "alfiler" (a pin). He looks really worried now, but says he's going to Emilia's, but then he wants to see her arm. She insists he should go see Emilia. He leaves and she asks Diego if he's leaving too, which he is. He says he'll call her later, but she doesn't want him to.

Burgay's still trying to lie to Eva, saying he knew Diego was a young man with "qualities", but he doesn't know where Boris got the idea that she was in love with Diego…he said Diego was just an employee. Eva tells him to shut it. She already confessed to Boris that she's in love with Diego and she didn't get punished, but Boris lost his trust in Burgay. Burgay begs for her help. Eva says that he can get the person who tried to kill Mauricio before, when Diego saved his life, to kill Mauricio now. Burgay offers to do it himself, but Eva says it would be better for them if the other person did it because that person has reasons. She says Mauricio's a risk and they've got to get rid of him, but without him suspecting them. Ivan will find out where Mauricio's hiding "the toxin", and then Eva will tell Burgay who wanted to kill Mauricio. He thanks her and she tells him to get out.

At Emilia's place: GSD is saying that Azul is, in fact, infected. He says he never imagined Mauricio would do so much damage. He says he's sure the antidote works, since one of the rats got better (even though it was still doing badly). The other rat died quickly. Heh. Oh, sorry, that wasn't supposed to be funny. Emilia wonders if it's a lie to pressure GSD and he says maybe it is. Emilia now chews him out for signing a contract without knowing who he was signing a contract with. GSD said Azul was the one who convinced him. Emilia wants him to take responsibility for his part in this, but he's denying responsibility. Now she's griping him out for the way he raised his kids--being so macho and authoritarian and selfish. She says Arnaldo is insecure because of GSD's rejection and Azul is unstable and makes bad decisions. Alfredo says she has no right to talk that way about his kids. Emilia counters that she does have the right, as Azul's friend and as a psychologist (albeit an incredibly unethical one), and because now that they're dating she sees what he's like. Ooh, burn! Alfredo says that's enough, she shouldn't give him psych sermons, and his kids are none of her business. Emilia takes the virus out of the fridge and tells him to take it and go. Well, that's not something you see every day. This is one strange telenovela, even among telenovelas. Now Alfredo wants them to talk calmly. She says if their relationship is just about sex and they can't talk about stuff, he's not the man she wants. He agrees, but asks for a plastic bag to put some ice in to keep the virus cold. She tells him there's a bag of ice in the kitchen. He says fine, they'll talk later when she calms down. Emilia's not taking this anymore…she says they'll talk when he thinks better of things, and not before--she doesn't like wasting her time.

Diego comes to see Eva out on the terrace again. He says they're going to report Mauricio. Eva says he's being naïve. He quits and gives back the keys to the car. Eva says he's got a contract and he's going to fulfill it. And he'd best not forget she's the one running the show. She tells him to drop that crap about reporting, since they have no evidence. If he insists on making a report, he's the one who's going to end up in jail. She tells him to take the keys back and get out…and he does. Ivan wants to know what happened. Eva tells him to put Security Ninjas back on Diego detail and pay a visit to Mauricio.

Diego's phone rings in the hotel hallway. Gaspar is calling to invite Diego to his dad's birthday party the following day. Diego says he'll be there.

Mauricio is on the phone to Burgay. He's saying that he (Mauricio) is the guy in control, the one giving orders, and Burgay needs to understand that. Oh, silly Mauricio and his delusions of grandeur. He hangs up the phone and goes to his office door, but Ivan opens it and demands to know where the secret stash of "toxin" is. Mauricio says Ivan shouldn't underestimate him, he's not afraid of Ivan. He's got techniques to tolerate pain. Ivan grabs Mauricio by…the nipple? And Mauricio squeals in pain. Ivan says he's got 24 hours to practice his pain tolerating techniques and then he'll be back to find out where "the toxin" is. Upon review, it looks like maybe Ivan poked him between the ribs with two fingers. Ivan says that "besides" Mauricio's going to have to dig more graves in the cemetery out back of the house. I don't get how that's a "besides", but ok…I'm reasonably intimidated.

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Sofia orders Frankie to miss the cocktail party. He sarcastically says "I will obey, Your Majesty," but then mutters: "I'm the one who gives the orders around here."

Isa yells at Rod: "I'm your wife, like it or not, and should be by your side when your new tequila is inaugurated." "How soon they forget - you opposed this project from the start!"

Gav remembers Rod saying "Your kisses are my delirium."

Pilar tells Daniela about her meeting with Gaviota. "She was respectable and honest, I liked her. She said she was just trying to avoid a scene." Daniela thanks Pilar who says, "I'm going along for Avalleneda's sake, not hers. Still, deep down I've always dadmired her - except for her lies and her low-class past." "All her lies were told for Rod's sake." Pilar says she looked into Gaviota's eyes and saw that her love for Rodrigo is real.

Clarita is especially feeble-minded throughout tonight's episode. She pouts over Gaviota's having taken a meeting with Pilar, says, "Life is going by and you're alone, my dear," and offers the chocolates brought by Hilario. Gav is interested to hear Hilario will be in Manzanilla filming a toothpaste commercial - she and Dr. Blondie will be there too - followed by a stop at the hacienda. Clarita suggests she could chaperone the trip to assuage Rodrigo's XXL jealousies and reminds us: "Jealousy causes misfortunes."

SanJuana continues with her nuanced campaign to win back Hilario's affections - which is to say, she constantly thrusts her breasts into his face and breaths down his nostrils. [If she doesn't watch out, she will turn out to be Nidia.] She reminds him: "You asked me to marry you!" "You turned me down flat!" She drinks and says, "I've changed," he says he doesn't believe her.

"Have you got another woman?" "I've got lots of them! There's nothing left of that browbeaten ranchero." It's late, he tells the maid to go home. He and his randy houseguest watch tv and drink and though he says SanJuana must leave next day, eventually he yields. They have at it.

Bruno, Aaron, and Rodrigo all refuse their wives' demands that they boycott the cocktail party. It's important business for them. In retaliation, Minerva says she'll go on another trip. "Remember my trip to the Greek Isles, my trip around the world?" Aaron laughs and asks where she'll hide this time, or if she'll visit her aunt again.

Pammie aka Rubberlips is still going on and on about the USB full of Aaron's dirty business doings. Her mom says she'll be too busy to go to the cocktail party; Pammie starts thinking she'll accompany her father instead - probably Aaron will be there!

Rod is dressing up very nicely - Isa in her silken shorties, toting Rickie, mocks him - "You're preening for Gaviota, aren't you!? You'll see her tonight. Rickie, say goodbye to your father, look at him for the last time." "Your blackmail doesn't move me any more." Isa remarks on how Dr. Blondie is hitting on Gaviota. "You were first, Aaron second, who knows how many more, now Dr. Blondie is ninth or tenth? She's a real professional." As usual, unfortunately, this talk gets Rod's limited attention.

Gav is all dressed up, Clarita whines and practically sucks her thumb as she looks up from under her eyebrows and wheedles that she wants to come to the cocktail party. Gav says it's business; Clarita guilt-trips her about being embarrassed by her mother; Gav denies it and invites her. Oy! "But ma - don't jump up and down - behave well and don't get drunk."

Daniela calls Dr. Tejeiros (he of the turkey baster) and makes an appointment. She wants to find out if Isa really was inseminated with Rod's sperm. Frankie overhears and, repeating the odd call to Sofia, finds out this was Isa's doctor.

Aaron is on the phone to Oñate, loudly telling him to procure falsified export licenses, when his daddy Bruno appears. He tells his dad he's found a cheap new distiller. "Who?" "I can't tell, you and I are competitors now." Now Rod appears. Aaron tells him the $5 million is paid off. "It isn't false?" Rod asks. They all admit they're going to the cocktail party despite the wives' heavy pressure. Aaron teases that he's looking forward to seeing Mariana again. "Don't let's do what we'll regret later," Rod warns.

The witch wives have gathered at Isa's place. Fedra's new plan is to call those tequila wives who received invitations to the event and convince them not to go; she is convinced that strong bonds have resulted from her twenty-some years of attending these meetings.

The phone rings; Isa gets Frankie's heads-up about the turkey-baster doctor (Frankie then lies to Sofia, saying he's having dinner with his cousin). Isa calls Tejeiros and begs him to do something. He says continuing with this farce will land him in jail. "I'll pay you, the same amount as last time. Just cancel that meeting with Daniela... this is the last time I'll ask you for a favor..."

Ofelia is cooking when Roman comes in complaining: SanJuana is gone and took her bags. "Good riddance!" "But how could she leave without telling us?" "That's her ill manners, are you surprised?" Seeing as how SanJuana never did a lick of work, her services will not be missed. "She must have left for some man, I pity him once she has her talons in him..."

Speak of the devil, SanJuana brings Hilario breakfast in bed, his head is splitting from a hangover, he compliments her food, it's almost as good as mom's, she strokes him, it's looking bad but hurrah, the phone rings! It's his agent Casandra, he's almost gonna miss his plane to go shoot the toothpaste commercial. He brusquely brushes SanJuana off: "I have my life and there's no place in it for you." "Well, I'm not leaving."

Working round the clock with teams of experts, Gaviota has managed to get scores of couches covered with plastic wrap and fake flower arrangements, she dusts the tables. Dr. Blondie asks her for water: "I don't have any coffee!!!" Nancy says she's never seen him this hysterical.

Rod calls, all jealous as usual. While he's on the phone, Dr. Blondie, who has been pacing like a crazy person shouting and shouting, shouts even louder! "GAVIOTAAAAA!!" Only Rod is allowed to shout like this, thinks Rod! "Gaviota, pass the phone to that neurotic!"

Rod's shouting at one of her ears through the telephone, Dr. Blondie is shouting into the other. Rod's threat: "If he shouts at you tonight, I'll break his face!"

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