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Missing Recap 21: Panama is famous for hats - not cameras
Once again everyone's talking in Fern's office. Then it's "days later" again and they get the good news that the commercial's a hit.

Lola and Jazmin once again get into it.

Back to the meeting, Luigi is stroking the dead animal on his shoulder (ok, it's an animal skin wrap, but que the hell, looks like a dead animal to me!). Ricky Armstrong from Bella Life again says they're very happy with the commercial Luigi did and they want Conceptos to produce their entire international line. Fern is happy! Lety comes in and Fern tells her they need to get B.L. signed to a contract right away. Ricky continues to sing Conceptos' praises. He kisses Lety's hand goodbye and leaves. Once he's gone, Fernando crawls across the table to hug Luigi and dances with him. They stop as Ricky comes back in for Luigi. When they both leave, Fern slides back across the table to hug Marcia. Ok, I think Jaime Camil was having just a little too much fun with the table sliding thing ;o). Now we get a Fern/Omar sandwich with both Lety and Marcia as the filling, and I'm hating both actresses at the moment (yes, jealousy is an ugly thing). Marcia leaves and Lety jumps and squeals and Fern claps his hands and tells her to comport herself seriously.

Lola is on the phone to Saimon, asking him to join them at a cuartel meeting. She hangs up and calls the cuartel to a meeting in the usual place.

Back in Fern's office, Lety is working a calculator and based on her face it's not good. I'm guessing she's figuring out that the commercials will help, but not completely pull Conceptos out of its debt.

Back in the bathroom, the cuartel have come up with a trap for Jazmin and are trying to suck Saimon into their evil plot. They ask him to try to get Jaz interested in him. He says something really stupid like "but Jaz is practically married to El Cheque", which naturally puts Lola into full-on Psycho Mamma mode. I ignore most of it, sorry. Alicia walks in and wants to know what Saimon's doing in the Ladies' Room. They give her some smartassed answer and she leaves.

Back in Fern's office, Lety is explaining things. Marcia's making faces as Lety talks and decides she doesn't want to hear it any more. She asks Fern if he's coming to her house tonight and he makes some excuse, not telling her about his deal with Luigi. They kiss and she leaves, leaving just Fern, Omar and Lety to chat. They discuss the situation more and Lety crunches more numbers.

Back in Reception, the cuartel are still trying to drag Saimon down to their level. As always, he says something stupid to piss PM off with jealousy (remember, this is the same woman who was busted for trying to screw Omar in his office. I know, I know... I have to let it go, sorry). PM hits Saimon as she leaves.

They're still talking really fast in Fern's office about costs. Fern has been juggling metal balls and he and Omar start to cutely toss them back and forth to each other. Sorry, it was so cute I was distracted from the conversation. I still think they're trying to figure out how to make the Bella Life contract work to fix their situation. Lety continues to crunch numbers like a true accountant (former accountant here, so I know).

Saimon is practicing what he'll say to Jazmin, using his hairbrush as her. She comes in and sees him. They talk and he asks her out that night, or at least he asks her boobs out because that's where he's looking. I'm not sure what all he's saying but she likes hearing it. In the end, though, she tells him it's impossible to go out with him. He asks why as a car begins honking in the background. She says she'll see him tomorrow and they give gooey goodbyes.

I guess Lety came up with figures that Fern liked because he's happy happy joy joy dancing in his office. She comes in from her office and teases him and starts dancing too, and he gets impatient with her. As Fern starts to walk out he asks how Filmo Imagen is doing. She tells him fine and offers to show him some paperwork on it, but he says no he'll just leave it in her hands. He leaves and she gets that lovey look again where you KNOW she's thinking "tan divino" even if she isn't saying it out loud.

Erasmo and Tomas are talking at home about computers and phones, all stuff they bought and are setting up for F.I. Pop says something that makes Tomas nervous, still questioning the whole set up of F.I. The dvd skips and suddenly Lety's at home talking to her dad. He's still wondering what the connection is between F.I. and Conceptos and she tries to give an explanation. He then wants to know about the company's capital and Lety and Tomas give nervous laughs. Lety escapes the room by saying she's going to help her mom in the kitchen. There's some mushy conversation between mother and daughter. Mom then calls everyone into the kitchen to eat. Robopop tries to block Tomas from entering the kitchen, but you can't keep that man away from Julieta's cooking and he manages to get in anyway. Lety pulls him back out, however, to ask why her dad is asking so many questions. She then tells him about the Bella Life contract and how much it's for. I think she's telling Tomas it's an improvement but still not enough to fully save Conceptos.

Now we're at Marcia's where Fern and she are eating. She tells him she's proud that he's starting to act more responsibly (little does she know, huh?). They talk about the commercials and I'm not sure what else.

Tomas tells Lety that she's crazy for getting involved in all this (I think) and they talk more about the Bella Life contract and Conceptos's problems. Lety also tells him about Ariel and the trouble he's causing. Tomas then mentions Alicia and starts drooling all over her picture (ok, I know Chris was freaked by the fact that Tomas had laminated Ali's picture, but he HAD to. Can you imaging the shape it would be in with all that drool if he hadn't???). Lety gets pissed because she's continually asked him to not get hung up on that woman, so she tells her mom that Tomas isn't hungry and is leaving. Tomas protests but she tells him "mole or Alicia". Now, there's only one thing stronger than Little Tomas, and that's Big Tomas' stomach, so he chooses the mole for the time being.

Speaking of Alicia, she's home crying about the dress (and talking to it) that Marta copied. After the humiliation she received, she has no choice but to throw the dress away. Ariel calls just then and tells her she has to continue giving him information on Conceptos. She actually stands up to him for a minute and tells him she won't do it any more because she doesn't want to get fired and be unemployed, unless he can give her a job. He tells her he'll pay her to be his part-time lover. (Ok, don't you wonder what their backstory is? Was he in love with her before she got married and was convinced she only married the guy for money and now calls her whore all the time? Or is he just a creep? Talk amongst yourselves...). I believe he threatens her with the usual "you broke Lety's computer" crap.

Lola the Ever-Psycho catches Cheque and Jazmin kissing down in Reception and goes postal and Marta and PM have to hold her back (personally I say let her cut loose, what the heck!). Jaz says hi to everyone, ostentatiously kisses Cheque and leaves. Lola continues the psycho tirade on Cheque and demands that he pay more money to her for the kids. He remains calm, gives some lame excuse and leaves.

Fernando and Lety are in the conference room with Ricky and his accountant (or partner?) to verify the contract. They discuss Latin America and Europe. They reach and agreement and shake on it.

In the lobby, Saimon is drooling on Jazmin. She almost kisses him, but not quite, then leaves by the stairs as Lola, Marta and PM come off the elevator. I get the idea he still doesn't want to join their evil empire, because they all hit him.

Back in Fern's office, he and Lety are discussing the contract and are happy about it. Omar comes in with a brochure on 35 mm cameras and mentions how expensive they are. Lety and Fernando both say they can't afford that much. Omar then says he knows of a cheaper supplier, and comes up with a rather shady proposal to buy the stuff in Panama. Lety is convinced it's not a good idea because the stuff could be contraband merchandise. Fernando lets himself be swayed by the low price and tells Omar to go to Panama and see to the deal. Lety is really unhappy with this decision and tries to talk Fern out of it, but he just gives her his usual "tranquila", it'll all be fine.

Omar goes out into the lobby and says hi to Alicia. Based on the look on her face, I'd say she insults him. He just walks away, and she then gives crap to the cuartel while Marta eats. Nothing new here, move along people, nothing to see.

Lety looks over the camera catalogs and discusses them with Fernando. Omar comes back in with information on the Panamanian merchandise and hands it to Lety. Fern tries to take it from her but she refuses to let go of it, so he finally practically falls over trying to pry it from her unhappy hands. Side note, is it illegal to import stuff from Panama? Or is it just the cameras that are illegal? I'm totally confused as to what the problem is with this stuff. Anyway, Omar is still taking about his idea, Fern seems to like it, Lety is still an unhappy camper and totally not on board with the plot. The rest of the conversation is Fern and Omar trying to talk her into it. She goes back to her office as Fern and Omar continue to discuss.

Marcia walks into the lobby to talk to Alicia, who's not feeling well. I'm not positive of the conversation, but I think she tells Marcia she threw away her dress because of Marta. Marcia leaves to talk to Lola about something. Alicia then follows Marcia to her office, whining the whole way, about not having any money and her financial situation is grave. I THINK Alicia asks to be given a better paying job than Secretary to the President, after all she has six semesters blah blah. Marcia grabs her head like Alicia's giving her a headache. Whatever it is Alicia's asking for, she lays the guilt foundation by saying hey, you're supposed to be my friend, you're a woman, you're a professional, give me this chance. It sounds like Marcia uses Fernando as her excuse for why she can't. Luigi walks in and Marcia tells Alicia to go back to work.

Lety brings some information out to Fernando, I'm not sure what it is or what they talk about, but he gives it back to her. She mentions something about 4 million dollars and he replies with something about Ariel and the presidency. It sounds like they're worrying about the creditors and talking about the negotiations, and Lety's once again saying she doesn't much care for Omar's idea. Fernando tells Omar not to tell anyone what he's doing or where he's going, especially Marcia or Luigi. To cover the fact that it's not quite legit, they decide to tell everyone Omar's going to New York, not Panama. Fernando continues to talk to Lety, but she just continues to look worried.

Luigi is in Marcia's office and they talk about Bella Life and how much money the contract is for.

Omar and Fernando are still talking in Fern's office. Lety comes out and tells them something about Ricky Armstrong's contract and the bank. The rest of the conversation is something along the lines of how Omar needs to get back with Alicia, and "matrimonio" is mentioned. They're teasing Omar, and he doesn't look happy. He leaves and Fernando asks Lety what's up with the bank. She's worried, and he tells her not to be. Luigi and Marcia come in and Luigi does his usual crap when he sees Lety. Fernando tells them that Ricky will be coming in to sign the contract and they all clap. He takes them into the conference room, not really sure why because he just kisses Marcia, Luigi makes some smart comment, he and Fernando say something, Marcia and Fernando kiss again, and she leaves. No business done so why didn't they just stay in his office? Anyroad, Luigi tries to kiss Fernando and he pulls away. Luigi says he can't help it, he's excited because the Fiesta of the Queen of the Night is tonight. Fern tries to get out of it or get it postponed but Luigi is firm.

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Missing Recap 22: Saimon's excellent lunch hour
Omar, Fernando and Lety are again talking about not telling anyone about Panama and how Omar should marry Alicia. Marcia and Luigi come in and clap about the contract again, and kiss in the conference room again. Luigi reminds Fernando that the party is tonight and he has to dress up as the Queen of the Night. Fern wants it postponed but Luigi squeals as only a gay tv stereotype can and remains firm. Fern says fine, what do I have to do? Luigi tells him nothing except... he has to wear a fuchsia dress, feather headgear, makeup, everything pink. Fern argues and I think he complains he'll look ridiculous, and Luigi says he'll be discreet and not tell anyone, and goes on to tell Fern how great he'll look.

Omar goes out and talks to Alicia, and whatever he's selling, she's not buying. He gives her one of his so-not-sexy snorts and she pretty much tells him to take a long walk off a short pier. He's laying it on thick and says they have to get together when he gets back from New York. As he leaves she gets a look on her face like she's not sure whether to believe him or not.

Saimon gets off the elevator and runs into Marta and Lola. He dances with Marta while Lola asks him how his fake romance with Jazmin is going. They discuss that it needs to be a secret.
Luigi, surrounded by models, is on the phone to Rulli making arrangements for Fernando's big evening. Saimon comes in and asks to talk to Jaz for just a minute. Luigi says no but then gets called to a meeting so they talk anyway. Saimon asks her out to lunch and I guess she agrees. He says he'll meet her in Reception.

Next Saimon's in the lobby talking to Lola, Marta and Sara. He tells them he's meeting Jaz in Reception. I think he claims he's broke so Lola gives him money to take her out.

Fernando, Lety, Luigi and Marcia are in the conference room with Ricky and his associate. Ricky signs the contract and Luigi claps. Everyone's happy.

Back in the lobby Lola, Marta and Sara are talking. Lola wants Marta to call Cheque and tell him about Jaz and Saimon's lunch date. Marta and Sara don't care for the idea, and personally I'm getting really sick of this Lola Psycho storyline and wish it would end. She finally talks Marta into it.

Cheque is in his office when Marta calls, disguising her voice, and tells him that Jaz is out with another man and what restaurant they're at. The cuartel are listening and start laughing maniacally into the phone before she hangs up. Cheque is immediately insanely jealous and wants to find out who she's stepping out with.

Lety gives a check to Fernando for his signature and they talk about the bank. Lola comes in and asks if Lety can go to lunch, and she tells her she can't go. When Lola leaves Fernando tells her she can go if she wants, heck they can even eat in his office. There's a tv so she can watch movies with her friend. Clueless Lety says "really Don Fernando?" and he says no and something along the lines of "get real!" Marcia and Luigi come in, Luigi doing his little happy dance. Marcia leaves and Luigi teases Fernando about the fiesta. He also leaves and Fernando tells Lety to order them some food so they can keep working.

In reception, PM is jealous and giving Saimon hell. The cuartel come in and chat and Irma is not happy with their plot. Sara threatens Saimon to get it right or else and PM hits him in the stomach, then they leave. Jazmin comes out of the elevator talking to Cheque on the phone. She's telling him she's having lunch with some of the other models. He wants to know where, but she doesn't answer him, just says he sounds funny, what's wrong? He says nothing as he's balling up all his papers in anger. He tells her he'll be eating in his office. She hangs up and Saimon drools and tries to eat his tie. The cuartel head over to the restaurant and wait so they can watch Efren catching Jazmin with Saimon.

The waiter brings lunch into the conference room where Lety has set the table with flowers, candles and champagne. The waiter leaves and Fernando comes in and says how romantic the table looks. He snaps his fingers and music plays, then he snaps again and they get nice mood lighting. He hands her a white tulip, saying "a pretty flower for a pretty woman". He holds her chair for her as she sits, and he's happy to see the champagne. They talk romantically, then toast with the champagne and drink. He puts his arm around her and pulls her tight and they both pucker up hideously for a kiss. He fades out because the real Fernando is telling her to snap out of it.

C'mon, y'all knew it was a fantasy, but it was a good one. She's leaning in for the non-existent kiss and almost falls out of her chair. Fern grabs her to keep her from falling and she tells him she got him his lunch. He points to the second lunch and asks who it's for. She says her, she thought she'd eat with him. She then apologizes and excuses herself, saying she'll eat in her office, but he tells her to stay and keep him company. But then he immediately orders her to go and get a file or something and while she's gone he starts picking disgustedly at the food she ordered him (while I hate the sushi he normally eats, I have to agree with him that this stuff looks pretty nasty). When she gets back he pushes his food away, so she pushes hers away too and he winds up telling her to just get rid of it.

Outside the restaurant, the cuartel (sans Irma) are cackling about their evil plot. We cut to Saimon and Jazmin, who are at a different restaurant altogether. Back to the cuartel who don't understand why Saimon and Jaz aren't there. Meanwhile, they see Cheque arrive and try to hide. They try to tell Lola to go talk to him, but she refuses. He comes out and sees them, though, and realizes it was all a trick to cause problems between him and Jaz. He yells and leaves. Back to Saimon and Jaz, I don't try to translate. They flirt, he falls off his chair, she laughs, I'm done.

The cuartel get back to Reception and talk smack about Saimon. PM gives a beating to his motorcycle helmet that's sitting there. Cheque is back at work and his phone rings. It's Lola, back at her desk, wanting more money from him. He tells her he can't afford it and hangs up on her, and of course she freaks as only Lola the Psycho Drama Queen from Hell can. Lety comes out and hands Lola some information.

In Reception, PM watches Saimon and Jazmin come in, Saimon is dropping rose petals in her path. PM freaks. Jaz gets on the elevator and PM freaks even more which makes Jazmin laugh. Saimon falls over while drooling over Jaz and she helps pick him up. She gets on the elevator and leaves and PM gives Saimon all manner of holy hell.

Up in the lobby Jazmin is asking Lola for her check. Lola tells her she can't have her check because Efren hasn't yet paid the kids' tuition (boy the cuartel sure have a lot of power getting to decide who gets their paychecks and who doesn't). She, Sara and Juana yell at her to leave, and Marta joins in. She calls Cheque, whining, but Lola just takes the phone and starts giving him hell. Jaz then runs off to complain to Lopez.

Lety hands a folder to Fernando. The phone rings, Lety answers, it's Omar. Lety's tone gets very chilly. She hands the phone to Fernando, who shakes his head at her attitude. Fernando is apparently happy with the terms of the deal Omar has made. Lety makes ugly faces while Fern tells her about it. He asks her what's wrong and she starts giving him a list, so he tells her yeah, yeah, tranquila, Omar's a smart man, and professional (how long have you known this guy Fern? Sounds to me like you don't know him at all). She says "yeah" and leaves.

Jaz is whining to Lopez. Alicia is giving Lola crap about Jaz's check, and I'm actually full-on with Alicia on this one. Fernando and Lety come out and Alicia tries to tell Fern what's going on, but he just tells her to answer the phones. He and Lety leave and Lopez and Jazmin come up. He tells Lola to give Jaz her check, but Lola refuses. Ok, I have to know what this woman has over Lopez that she can pull something like that and not get fired!) They argue back and forth as Luigi and Marcia come up and Jazmin fake-cries. Alicia tells them what's going on and Luigi says something about the cuartel being fea and Jazmin being bella and that's the difference. Marcia tells Lola she wants to talk to her in her office and Luigi tells Jazmin to quit crying and go to work (Jaz works???).

In Marcia's office Lola tries to justify what she did, telling her how Cheque isn't helping to fund the kids. She says Marcia should understand how Lola feels since women are always trying to steal Fernando from her. Macia says she understands more than anyone what Lola is going through, but that shouldn't make her stoop to Jaz's level, and they need to all try to get along at the office. I get the feeling Marcia doesn't like Jaz either. Lola agrees and goes back to her desk and gives the check to Jaz. Alicia gives the cuartel hell, then follows Marcia back to her office and wants to know what she said that made Lola give the check to Jaz. Marcia yells at her for butting in. Alicia defends herself saying she knows what it's like to need money. Marcia is not sympathetic and says something about being more responsible, or being less irresponsible, I'm not sure. She tells Alicia that she wants back all the money she owes her, and tells her she can go to a store where Conceptos has credit and buy some new dresses. Alicia thinks she's going to get this stuff as a present, but Marcia sets her straight and tells her she's going to deduct the cost from her monthly paychecks. She then kicks Alicia out of her office.

The cuartel are in the lobby and Saimon comes in. Lola's pissed because she gave him money and he went to the wrong restaurant. As always, the clueless dancing machine appears to be totally surprised that they're pissed by this.

Lety and Fernando are at the bank talking to someone, asking for a loan. The guy doesn't want to give it to them without a guarantee, which Fernando can't or won't give. (Julie says: Just a wild guess, but they are probably asking Conceptos to put up some collateral to secure the loand, because their credit is shaky.) Fern threatens to take his business to another bank but Lety talks to the guy and is able to convince him to float the loan.

That night, in reception, the cuartel are hanging around when Rulli comes in. Stuff gets said that I don't get, then he asks Irma where Luigi is. She tells him and he leaves.

Lety and Fernando are discussing what the plans are for tomorrow. He gives her his two cell phones and tells her to put her home numbers into them, which she does. Luigi comes in doing his little patented dance of happiness. Marcia comes in as well and talks about getting Isabella del Conde for the Bella Life commercial. Luigi and Fernando both agree she's beautiful and perfect for it. Marcia wants Fernando to go with her tonight to talk to Isabella, but Luigi says he can't because he's doing something with him. Marcia wants to know what's going on and Luigi starts to tell her but Fernando shuts him up. Luigi tells her there won't be any other women, he guarantees it (as he turns his back and smirks). Fern gives him a dirty look as she says fine, kisses Fernando, and leaves. Lety makes a rude face (honestly, it's no wonder Fernando lost his company, he's so damned clueless he can't even tell his assistant is in love with him despite her evil looks to other women and scary-dreamy faces she gives him. What a dolt! Adorable gorgeous dolt, but still a dolt. Anyroad...). Luigi also jokingly leans in for a kiss but Fern just ignores him. Lety butts in to hand his phones back and says good night. Luigi says good night and tells her to be careful going home. Fern wants to know why he's so concerned and Luigi makes some rude crack about her that I don't get, so we miss out on the punchline, sorry. Luigi drags Fernando off to his studio.

In the studio, Rulli, Luigi and two women are swooning over the fuchsia dress Fernando has to wear. Fern comes in and says hi and Rulli and Luigi hold up the dress while one of the girls holds up the boots. Fern says for me? Don't be ridiculous! He says something that shocks everyone and Luigi tells Rulli he's having a mimiski. Rulli explains that the outfit is for him, and I think he tells him the color will look good on him (I love this actor but he's very hard for me to understand). They finally make Fernando live up to his part of the bargain and he takes the costume and shoes. Luigi tells the two ladies, Selene and Lorena, to get Fernando made up. Fern doesn't want makeup but Rulli and Luigi tell him he needs it to complete the outfit. They go back and forth about it but finally Fern gives in and says something about the women. One goes and hugs him and Fern says something like this isn't so bad. Rulli laughs and Luigi tells Fern to be careful, he might be in for a surprise. Fern looks at the "women", impactada, and I shake my head and repeat that he's a dolt. Those are two of the fugliest "women" I've ever seen and it should have been obvious even to our dear clueless hero that they were transsexuals. Fernando screams as they all laugh.

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Missing Recap 23: Fernando, Queen of the Night
This opening sequence went really far back! Once again Marcia tells Alicia to pay her back and tells her she has no dignity and will never know what good credit is. Alicia tells Marcia that Marcia has a lot of money while she's just a poor woman disguised (?) as rich. Marcia gets pissed and says she doesn't have enough money to take care of irresponsible friends and boots her out of her office again. Saimon's with the cuartel again, complaining to them that they're using him like "tube meat" (what??? Boy could I take that the wrong way if I wanted to! Hee hee!) just to get back at Cheque. Fern and Lety again convince the bank to give them a loan with just a promissory note instead of a guarantee. Rulli talks to the cuartel again.

New shot of Marcia on the phone, setting up a meeting with Isabella Del Conde (I'm guessing on the spelling). Alicia comes in and gives her a check, I guess to pay her back the money she borrowed. They start talking and Lola comes in to get a folder. I don't get any of the conversation, except Alicia mentions her "boyfriend" Omar. Alicia then finally leaves.

The cuartel are talking more stuff about Alicia and there is more evil cackling. Not sure, but it's possible they're talking about where Alicia will be buying her clothes and Marta is deciding to buy more from there too.

Fern's very happy they got the money from the bank. He and Lety talk about the embargo to F.I. and the loans. She's worried about it all and he's not. Omar calls, which earns more worried faces from Lety. Fernando tells Omar to pay in full for the equipment and Lety REALLY doesn't like this. She yells her objections, hoping Omar will also hear her, but Fern tells her to shut it and he's going to do it anyway.

Marcia tells Alicia she's leaving to go see Isabella. Alicia tries to convince Marcia to let her be the model for the commercial, and once again drops her 6-semesters bomb and says she's very photogenic. Lety, waiting for the elevator, makes faces in the background. Marcia tells Alicia to talk to Fernando about it. Alicia doesn't want to, knowing what Fernando will say. She whines about being a secretary for the rest of her life and Marcia breaks down and says she can come with her as her "assistant" to meet Isabella. Alicia is happy and they both leave with Lety. The cuartel are in the lobby and grab Lety when she comes by. They sit her down and talk to her stuff I don't get, but I think they're filling her in on their evil dress plot, or their evil Saimon/Jazmin plot, I'm not sure.

Now we're finally back to the final scene from last night, where Luigi and Rulli give Fernando the clothes he's to change into. They turn him over to Luigi's makeup artists, who Fern thinks are girls, and once again Fern is surprised by the revelation that they aren't. Luigi tells them to make Fernando look "guapissima" and gives Fernando directions to the party. He mentions "a bet is a bet" so I think he's making sure Fern won't run off and will be there as promised. He and Rulli leave as the women start working on Fernando. Fern looks very nervous.

The cuartel are still chatting in the lobby, not sure what about. Rulli and Luigi come off the elevator and Luigi says something rude. Lety gets a surprised look on her face, I'm not sure why unless it's because she though Fernando was going to be with Luigi. Anyway, the cuartel mention they're getting a taxi and Rulli offers to give them a ride. Luigi nixes the idea and Rulli makes a "stop being a jerk" face at him. Luigi says "I should introduce you to the cuartel of feas of Conceptos" and Rulli says "no, not feas, bellas". Luigi tells him he'll give him a mimiski. (If you're watching this on DVD, you HAVE to pause this when it shows the cuartel's reaction to Rulli's compliment. Lety's face is unreal! I guess she's supposed to be impactada at his kindness but instead she looks like she's done way too many drugs in the 60's, or she's been shot with an overdose of thorazine, with her vacant gaze and gawping mouth. I was just waiting for a little stream of drool to come stringing out. It's hilarious! Anyway...) Luigi says something else rude and Rulli says something else nice and Luigi laughs and says "lets go". The cuartel, who if you'll remember were mad at Rulli from the first time they met and he didn't tell them who he was and they were all over him, have decided that he's not so bad after all, and Lety points out that he's very handsome. I agree and think it's a shame they had to bring some stranger in at the end of the show instead of this guy. He must have moved on to bigger and better things by then. Oh well.

The ladies have gotten Fernando all dressed and made up. He's facing way from the mirror, and he does NOT look good, IMHO. He's in a pink pageboy wig and has very heavy tranny makeup on, as well as the pink clothes. He closes his eyes and turns to face the mirror while the ladies put the feathered headdress on him. It's actually not a headdress, it's a very large feathered collar, think Elizabeth the First but with feathers instead of lace. Once it's on they tell him to open his eyes. He does and screams in horror. The girls get upset that he doesn't like it. He thanks them angrily and slowly tries to leave, wobbling on the high heels. He enters his office to grab his cell phone and has trouble reaching across his desk because of the tight dress. He tries to slip the phone into a pocket that's not there and it falls to the floor. Funny moments ensue as he tries to bend down to get it. He winds up hiking the dress really high to show some SERIOUSLY hairy legs (but very cute!! Have I mentioned I'm prejudiced?) and struggles to get the phone. Finally, success, and it occurs to him to put the phone in his purse. He makes it to the lobby, still almost falling over on the heels. Suddenly Celso comes in and sees him and calls him Senorita. Fern runs onto the elevator and the door closes before Celso can catch him. Celso heads for the stairs. Fernando is now outside trying to make it to his car, still wobbly. Celso comes up from behind and when Fern turns to face him, doesn't recognize him and asks what he's doing there. Fern gives a high, falsetto giggle, then decides he can't carry it off and just tells Celso it's him. Celso's shocked and says something I don't get, at first using the female version, then changing it to the male. He says something else I don't understand but it makes Fern mad and he hits Celso several times with his purse, then tells him he's going to a party and not to say anything to anyone. He then hikes up his skirt and gets in his car and drives away.

At some photo shoot, Isabella the famous model (who happens to be none other than our own dear Jaime's sister Isabella Camil) is working. Marcia and Alicia walk up and talk to Isabella's representative. Marcia introduces Alicia as her assistant and Alicia immediately begins to make an ass of herself. Just as she starts to mention her six semesters, Marcia cuts her off (thank you Marcia!). Marcia says she wants to watch the photo shoot so the rep leaves and Marcia pretty much tells Alicia to keep her trap shut and sit.

Lety gets home and talks to Tomas. As usual she tells him everything she's been sworn by Fernando not to tell, including the Panama stuff. Tomas tells Lety he's worried that this business Fern is about to enter into (I think he means the cameras, but he could mean the embargo, I'm not sure) could involve them in legal problems. He also teases her about being in love with Fernando.

Speaking of, Fern gets to the club and asks around for Luigi and runs into Francis. I guess she's some kind of famous transvestite or tv personality or something, but sorry, I don't know who she is.

Isabella finishes her shoot and the rep brings her over to meet Marcia. Alicia practically attacks her before the intros are finished. Isabella asks about the internationally famous president Fernando Mendiola and Marcia gives her some answer I don't get. The rep starts to tell Isabella about what Conceptos is doing for Bella Life. Alicia starts talking her usual Alicia crap, but Marcia interrupts her, I think to ask Isabella to join them for dinner. Isa excuses herself to change and remove her makeup and Marcia's looking like she's pissed she ever brought Alicia. Alicia begins posing on the couch Isa had been posing on and I think she's probably saying something like "anything she can do I can do better". Marcia grabs her and tells her not to talk any more. Alicia says ok, sorry Marcia, but then goes back to posing. Marcia walks away in disgust.

Back at the drag party, there's a floor show going on up on a stage and that's where Fern finally finds Luigi. While Fern's trying very hard to get his attention, Luigi introduces tonight's special guests: First is Francis the #1 transvestite in Mexico, and she waves to everyone. He then introduces the newest transvestite, "Lilly". The lights turn onto Fern and everyone starts cheering for him and calling him "Lilly, the queen gay." Fern wants to run but Luigi tells him if he does he'll tell everyone he's Fernando Mendiola, president of Conceptos, so Fern agrees and Luigi pulls him up on stage. Fern tries to leave and everyone boo's. I'm not positive, but I think the rest of the conversation is that Fern says the bet says he has to wear the clothes and makeup to be Queen of the Night, but it doesn't say he has to be made a fool of on stage, and he leaves. People still boo and jeer him.

Isabella is having dinner with Marcia and Alicia at a restaurant while Marcia talks about the B.L. project. Isabella answers but looks bored. Marcia tells her she'll get to meet Fernando later.

Back to the party, Fern's still trying to leave and smacking people in the face with his feathers. He chats with Francis again. She wants a hug and Fern looks uncomfortable and sneaks past her. He's still edging toward the door when the phone rings. It's Marcia wanting to know where he is. He says he's out with Luigi, where is she? She says she's with Isabella. They arrange to all meet at his house later, I think he says "in an hour" but I'm not sure. He finally gets outside but he's unable to leave because several cars have blocked the exit. He asks the doorman to move the cars but he says he can't and Fern has to talk to the owners. Fern doesn't want to go back in there but the doorman refuses so Fern unhappily gives up and goes back in to find the owners.

Meanwhile, Ana Lety calls Marcia and invites herself and Ariel over to join the party at Fern's house. Ariel doesn't want to go but A.L. tries to talk him into it, mentioning the famous model.

Back at the party, Luigi is talking at a table and Fern sneaks up and tries to quietly get his attention, but of course Luigi makes a big production out of it. Fern tells him about the car problem and Luigi wants him to stay. Fern tells him about the meeting at his house and Luigi invites everyone at the table back to Fern's, but Fern tells them it's a work meeting so they decide they don't want to go. He tells Luigi about Isabella and how they have to get her to sign before she goes to Europe, but Luigi doesn't care and won't help. Fern then locates one of the owners, Bugambilia, and tries to get her to move her car but she doesn't want to and Fern nearly gets into a fight with her. Luigi comes and breaks it up but still no one will move their cars.

Marcia gets on the phone and also tries to get Ariel to come to Fern's house, but says he and Fern will have to get along tonight. Ariel agrees after she pouts and drops Isabella's name. Ana Lety says she's glad he's going and instead of heading to the front door, heads toward the bedroom. Ariel straightens her out, haha, non-funny blonde moment.

Back at the party, Fern is still trying to leave and runs into Francis one more time. For someone so famous she must not be liked very much because no one's ever talking to her, she's just drinking at the bar alone. Fern decides he'll move the cars out of the way himself, but the valet tells him if he tries it he'll call the cops, so poor Fernie winds up having to walk.

At Fernando's house, Marcia lets herself in along with Isabella and Alicia. She calls for Fernando, but of course he's not there yet. She offers Isa something to drink and tries calling Fern again.

He's walking down the street, bitching because he can't get a cab. He tries to flag one down, but they take one look at him and take off. A man walks by and Fernando tries to stop him, but the man runs away. His phone rings and natch it's Marcia wanting to know where he is and that they're at his house. He tells her something about Conceptos and a problem with Luigi and something about his car. She asks him to hold while she answers the door and he hears that it's A.L. and Ariel. He yells at Marcia about Ariel being there but she just has him wait as she introduces the two to Isabella. Ariel turns on what's supposed to be charm and surprisingly she isn't sickened by it. Marcia tells the group Fernando's car died and he's having trouble getting a taxi. Ariel suggests Marcia go and get him, but Fernando (rather nastily, I guess he's pissed she invited Ariel) turns her down and says he'll be there shortly, and hangs up on her.

He's still walking the streets as some men come up and chase him, laughing at him. They keep trying to touch him. Another man comes up and tells the others to leave him alone and chases them away. Fern walks toward him trying to explain what's happening, but the man gets frightened that Fern's trying to attack him and runs away. Next he hears a police siren and a cop car drives up, lights flashing.

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Missing Recap 24: Whiskered corncake rescues damsel in distress
Once again Marcia and posse enter Fern's abode. Fern is still scaring away cabs and passersby, while he talks to Marcia again. A.L. and Ariel show up again , Fern's attacked again and scares away his savior again. The cops drive up again and Fernando hides behind a tree. The cops don't see him and drive off. What a night, he's bitching.

Fernando calls Lety and asks her to help him. He asks her to pick him up because otherwise he might wind up in jail. She offers to have his dad pick him up but he asks her to come, alone, in a cab because he isn't presentable.

Meanwhile back at Fernando's crib, Isabella is looking bored and Ariel is making his usual mean little mermaid digs. Nothing new here so I'll move on.

Lety tells Mom Fern's in trouble and needs her. Lety gets out quietly and gets a taxi to pick him up. When the taxi stops at the address Fern gave her, he runs up to the cab laughing with relief and she screams, not recognizing him. He finally tells her to recognize his voice and convinces her it's him. He tells her about the bet with Luigi and the crazy night he's had. Then he tells her about Isabella and how he has to get home. She finally opens the door to let him in and he has a lot of trouble because of the feathered collar. Don't ask why he didn't just take it off, you'd miss a lot of small car/big feather contraption humor if he did. He finally manages to squeeze in while the cab driver laughs.

Back at Fern's, Ariel is flirting with Isabella. She's not repulsed and is actually flirting back (ew!). More blonde humor from Ana Lety, who can't tell her own sister from Alicia. Fern calls and tells Marcia he's at Conceptos. She asks if they should leave and he tells her no, he'll be there in 20 minutes.

Lety and Fern are trying to get in through the gate but it's locked and they can't find Celso. While Lety's off looking for him, cops arrive and try to arrest Fern because he can't prove who he is. Lety shows up at the last minute, explains everything, shows her ID, and saves his hide.

Back at Casa Padilla, Robo's talking in his sleep while mom looks at the clock. In the cab, Lety & Fern are headed to her house so he can clean up and change into some of her dad's clothes. She asks him to be quiet, so of course his huge feathered collar hits stuff and makes a lot of noise. Lety FINALLY offers to remove the darned thing for him. He goes into the bathroom and she hides the collar in the kitchen and heads upstairs to get him some clothes. She talks to mom, who will get the clothes for him. Lety is trying to remove Fern's makeup with hand cream (I guess on her duty statement this falls under "other duties as required") as mom comes down with the clothes. She drops the clothes in shock (and let's face it, horror as well; Fern is one fugly woman!) when she sees him, but Lety and Fern offer some kind of explanation and she calms down.

Pop comes down and they tell Fern to hide because Pop will never understand if he see's Fern dressed like that. Instead of sending him into the kitchen or bathroom, for some reason mom tells him to hide under this very tiny coffee table. It's only about 4 foot long and Fern's 6 foot, so it's funny to see him try to scrunch up under there and obviously Pop's eyes are blinded by sleep if he can't see the horrible pink apparition sprawled under the furniture, but he doesn't. Fern hears Robo asking Lety if her boss still mistreats her and complaining about his bugging her this late, but she answers that her relationship with her boss is just fine. Just then, of course, Marcia calls but Fern can't answer and she gets pissed. Everyone's at his house waiting for him. Pop hears the phone and wants to know what it is, but Mom and Lety convince him it's just the tv upstairs, so he and Mom go back up to bed. With the hand cream not working, Lety finally smears avocado all over his face (she saw the idea on tv). Pop comes down again and Fern hides in the bathroom but once again pop goes clueless back up to bed.

Fern is dressed in Erasmo's clothes which are way too small for him, and he vaguely and strangely rather resembles Tomas except without the Mini-Me tie. He asks Lety if he can borrow some money for a taxi and promises to pay her back and return the clothes tomorrow. He worries about what her dad thinks of him as a boss, and promises not to shout at her any more. He leaves and Lety gets all dreamy and gives us a Don Fernando Tan Divino. She carries all his costume stuff up to her room and starts writing in her diary but Fern shouts at her from the street and she goes back downstairs and opens the door to him. He comes in and I don't get the whole conversation but basically he's telling her he loves her. They hug and just as they're about to kiss we hear pop calling her. As you've probably already figured out, it's another Fantasy Moment. Pop comes into her room proving my theory that he's blind because he doesn't even notice all this pink feathery stuff lying about. He tells her to go to bed and when he leaves, she gets all dreamy-faced again.

Fern finally gets home and surprises everyone being dressed the way he is. They're all just staring at him and he's nervously trying to act like everything's normal, and he even hugs Ariel in his nervousness and Ariel's reaction is pretty funny. He's making excuses, and rather than pass through Ana Lety and Isabella, who are blocking the stairs, he tries to climb over the railing and you can hear his pants rip. I don't know if that was on purpose or not, but seeing the look on Patty Navidad's face, there's a good chance it wasn't. Either way it's pretty funny as Fern finally manages to get upstairs.

Marcia follows him and wants to know the truth of what was going on. He tells her all about his night and the things he had to do because of Luigi. They go back downstairs and chat for a bit, but mostly Isabella says she's tired and doesn't want to talk about work. They agree to continue the conversation tomorrow and everyone gets ready to leave. Fernando is talking to Marcia and lets slip something about imports that will be arriving, and Ariel's ears immediately prick up. He tells Alicia to investigate further and to keep him informed, then he goes off with Isabella. Back upstairs, Marcia is upset because Fern called Lety for help instead of her.

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EPISODE - Oct. 11, 2007:
* Minnie wonders about Rod and his doctor. Isa doesn't care, she only wants the results. Isa makes googly-eyes with men at next table.

* Rod goes to reception desk and asks about Dr. Erika - she's late for their very important date. Just then, Dr. Erika calls the desk and tells the receptionist about her car trouble. Receptionist takes down the direction information and hangs up. Receptionist then relays the news to Rod, who gets in a panic. As receptionist is about to call for a private chauffeur, Rod insist on going to pick Dr. Erika up. Receptionist gives Rod the directions and Rod leaves.

* Gavi returns home to find Clara's note. Gavi is depressed after learning from Dani that Rod is staying away from her.

* Rod pulls up the driveway to the restaurant. He sits for a short time to spy on Dr. Erika with the handy mechanic. Rod smiles. Mechanic pulls out the oil dipstick and shows Erika that there's no oil - that is a problem. Erika is in a hurry and panic and encourages the mechanic to fix it quickly. Mechanic returns to the car. Rod pulls up and parks beside Erika's car. As Erika swings her purse at the doorpost, Rod sneaks up and surprises Erika. He explains, in a humorous way, how he waited at the spa for her and came out to find her. She asks how long he'd been there - he says not long, long enough to use her trick of watching people - it's very fun and then explains his observations and his two theories about her backstory. She laughes. He asks what really happened to her car? She explains what she knows, which isn't much. He says they can go inside and wait. She doesn't want to leave the car. Rod calls the mechanic over. Mechanic tells them of the broken part; he can fix it but the shop is closed and won't open until tomorrow morning. Rod agrees with the mechanic for tomorrow's repairs. Erika is upset but agrees to it. Mechanic goes back to car. Rod noticing the chill in the air, takes off his jacket and puts it around Erika's shoulders.

* Clara serves some taquitos with everything on them to herself and Gavi. Clara is enthusiastically telling about her day at the hospital and in the cafeteria. Clara notices Gavi's somber, depressed mood. Clara asks Gavi about it - Gavi mumbles - Clara asks if it is about Rod. Gavi explains how he won't talk to her, see her and doesn't want the P.R. office's help with his latest trip. Clara notices the obvious - that he's living up to her wish to be left alone. They continue talking. Gavi mentions her discussion with Dani, about Rod seeing a 'piscologa' (psychologist). Clara is impactado and wonders why? did the montalvos make him go crazy? Gavi explains it's for his anxiety problems. Clara gives her opinions on the subject, which eventually leads into Clara's very brief summary of another telenovela, Locos por Amor. Gavi listens and thinks that doesn't fit this situation. Gavi explains her experience with a psychologist - and remembers when Ben V. took her to see Dr. Erika. Gavi explains her positive reaction to the session. Gavi hopes Rod has the same type of experience. They both hope for one month of tranquility.

* Minnie finishes talking with Fedra on her cell phone and then tells Isa about Fedra's meeting tomorrow with the other tequila grower's wives. Minnie is ready to leave - Isa reluctantly agrees. Minnie calls for the check. Isa takes out her credit card - Minnie tells her to put it away, this is her treat. Instead of bringing the check, the waiter brings over two glasses of champagne. Minnie asks who sent them. Waiter explains the two men at the other table sent it over, along with paying for their bill. Minnie seems insulted, and insists on not accepting the glasses and hands the waiter her credit card to take care of her and Isa's bill and tips. Waiter leaves. Minnie explains to Isa why she can't accept the flirting from the strangers. Isa smiles, laughs and wants to have fun with them. Isa says they should celebrate that Rod has successful therapy sessions this weekend. The men (Eugenio and Alfredo) come over to introduce themselves and join Isa and Minnie at their table. Isa welcomes them; Minnie is extremely uncomfortable.

* Rod and Erika arrive at the spa. Rod compares the spa to his family hacienda. Erika reminds him they need to keep their voices low. Rod whispers to ask where his room is. She points in the direction of the building. He laughs and points at another building for other patients. They laugh and she points to where her room is. She asks if he's hungry. He says starving. She asks him to raid the kitchen with her. He agrees. They walk down the path to the kitchen, talking.

* Clara is ready for bed. Gavi is dressed and pacing the floors - she can't sleep. Clara can't believe Gavi wants to leave at 10 at night. Gavi offers to take a taxi and go to the local bar alone. Clara grumbles and says good-night. Gavi calls for a taxi.

* Outside the kitchen door, Erika tells Rod what Mina the cook would do if they are caught, before they sneak inside.

* On the street, Hilario drives up on his motorcycle as Gavi leaves the building. They hug. She invites him to join her at the bar. He offers to drive her on his motorcycle. She says it's better to take the taxi - in case they drink too much. (how very responsible of her. - ed. note). Hilario moves his motorcycle to a safe lot before they leave.

* Isa and Minnie still with Eugenio and Alfredo. Isa is busy flirting with Eugenio. Minnie pokes Isa in the arm, wanting desperately to leave. Alfredo, Eugenio and Isa continue flirting. Eugenio and Alfredo don't want them to leave. Minnie is insistent and pulls Isa away from the table. Isa is disappointed that Minnie doesn't want to stay. Minnie tells her to stay if she wants, but it will be by herself. Isa apologizes and agrees to leave with Minnie. Minnie says she'll go to the restroom and Isa is to make their excuses and get the men to leave the table. Isa returns to the table - makes the excuses to the men - Eugenio gives Isa his business card - Eugenio and Alfredo return to the other table. Minnie returns and totally ignores the men. Minnie leaves with Isa following (and still flirting with Eugenio). (ed. note: Isa, you're such a slut.)


* Erika and Rod start raiding the bread basket and refrigerator to make some late night ham and cheese sandwiches with juice and milk to drink. As they talk about Rod's idea of friendship with Erika and why he's not comfortable with sessions at her office, Erika makes two sandwiches. She presents them to Rod - Rod blurts out, "you are the culmination of all the qualities I look for and want in a 'true friend'."

* Outside in the garden, Erika and Rod walk and Erika has Rod explain his definition of a true friend. She then asks him about his search for his true love, for Gavi. Rod pauses to think. They part for the night - tomorrow is a busy day (with his sessions and her car repairs).

* At the bar, Hilario explains to Gavi his problems with San Juana (SW) Gavi wonders if she'll return to the hacienda. Hilario doesn't care; she's not his problem any more.

* SW cries on sofa of Casandra's apartment - Casandra apparently picked her up and brought her home. SW is pushing for Casandra's sympathy, pity and support.

* Hilario and Gavi continue talking at bar. Hilario explains his long-lost love for his friend's wife. Gavi cries with his story. Hilario says the friend is still married to her, and they have a child. He can't fathom breaking up a happy family. Hilario explains to Gavi that the lady only considers him an "adventure". They shake off the sadness, clink their glasses and take a drink. Later, Hilario and Gavi sing a karaoke mariachi duet.

* Rod, alone, lays on the grass and looks up at the stars in the night sky.

* Next morning, Rod finds Erika sitting at the fountain reading a psychology textbook. Rod congratulates Erika on the spa. He starts to describe the wonderful aromas he smells. Erika takes the hint and starts his morning therapy session. She asks him why he mentions all the smells? and about Gavi's smell? Erika tries to get Rod to close his eyes and tell her what he sees with the smells. He starts, stops, and says he can't concentrate. She asks him to describe the aroma of Gaviota. He starts, gets nervous and stops again. She tries again. He asks to go someplace else. As Erika reaches for her book, it falls on ground. They bend down to pick it up, and Rod gets a huge whiff of Erika's aroma - he declares, "It's you!" Erika smiles. She says it's her perfume. She turns the subject back to him and what he feels and remembers with the scents. They walk along the garden path.

* Clara enters the bedroom and talks with Gavi, who is putting on her make-up. Gavi tells Clara all the problems SW is causing for Hilario. Clara grumbles her disgust for SW.

* SW is vacuuming the rug of Casandra's apartment. Casandra wakes up and pulls the plug. She asks what SW is doing? SW, enthusiastically, tries to get Casandra to hire her to be maid, cook, messenger - even willing to work for free room and board. Casandra isn't interested - SW keeps talking fast and Casandra discovers that SW has no intention of ever returning to the hacienda. Casandra looks up at the ceiling, and thought bubbles, "Daddy, I have cider in my ear." (Sky Masterson's line in Guys and Dolls.)

* Gavi's all dressed and ready to leave. Clara enters with mops in hand and is curious where Gavi's going. Gavi explains about making tequila recipes for the upcoming food conference with Alonso. Clara is skeptical. Gavi assures her it's for work. Clara starts to mop. The doorbell rings. Gavi mentions about her and Rod, then leaves the phone number in case of emergencies, and kisses her mom before leaving.

* Rod and Erika walk through the garden. Rod talks about the scents and his long-time problem with women. He decided to dedicate himself to work and his studies to avoid the problem. Erika asks about his feelings for Gavi. Rod tells her about all the qualities that make him enchanted by her, and how he feels when he is close to her (knot in the pit of his stomach). He says it's a combination of sensuality and true love. He's never felt anything like it with any other woman.

* Alonso on sidewalk with Gavi. He asks her about her worries over Rod. Gavi tells him what she discovered from Dani (in brief). Gavi notices that Nancy isn't in the minivan. Alonso says that she had to go to the university for some classes so she won't be joining them. Gavi is surprised but agrees to go ahead with their cooking plans. They walk to the car - Alonso sniffs Gavi and remarks about her perfume (he likes it).

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Ana cleans her paintbrushes while wearing a white suit jacket, how silly. CL shows up at the front door and we get a triple impactado out of the deal. Ana tells him he's a lying creep, her daughter has suffered the consequences and this is the last time he'll be received in her house.

CL is on a fact-finding mission. He wants to know what his wife and mistress discussed. Paula sarcastically tells him she denied everything and since he is the master of pretending he has nada to worry about. CL wants to go somewhere and talk about it.

Meanwhile Juan is stuck in a line, possibly the line for the public phone. He tells himself it's time to get a cellular.

Paula's phone rings. It's Juan and for once she's sweet and nice to him. Poor Juan thinks she's genuine but she's only doing it to irritate CL and it works. She gives Juan kisses over the phone and agrees to come to dinner.

Paula tells CL they'll have to talk another day because she has to get ready for her hot date.

Kike pouts a little because Juan's got big plans for dinner so Juan invites Kike his hermano to join them at Casa Cachón for dinner.

Ana scolds Paula for being an unrepentent and habitual manipulator. Paula begs Ana to go to dinner with her but Ana refuses.

CL goes home so he can torture then ignore Monica. He tells her that he feels like an imbecile because of her. She said she could no longer close her eyes, she had to do something, and if she has to go back again (to see Paula I guess) she won't hesitate to do so, whether he likes it or not.

The grocer happily pays Juan and Kike. He says Juan proved he's not all lip; he's satisfied and wants them to work again tomorrow.

Yadi tells Alirio that he's hogging the phone. Ali says it's her fault because he's calling around trying to locate a pissed-off Gutierrez. Yadi insults him and Ali responds that his career is untouchable and beyond reproach. They get into a yelling and name-calling match. Nidia flounces in and breaks them up.

Juan splits the take with Kike, but not really. First he pays Kike back some of what he owes him (uh, basically paying Kike back with Kike's own money) then Juan keeps the rest saying they have to reinvest it in the business. They should open a new account for their weekend money; it will be for looking and not touching.

Yadi and Ali play he-said-she-said for Nidia. Nidia sides with Yadi of course and tells Ali that the front door is open. There is nothing to stop him from leaving.

Juan does the money happy dance and approaches Casa Cachón with a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne. He sees Ali leaving and howls with laughter at Ali's white legs and silly outfit. Ali has a tantrum and yells that the three fieras in that house treat him worse than a fly on the wall.

Nidia and Yadi are delighted to see Juan and hear of his successful day. He asks if it's OK that he invited Kike for dinner. Well duh, Yadi is thrilled. Juan runs upstairs to get cleaned up for the licenciada.

Juan, in a short blue towel, lays out his outfits in order to select the best look, best being relative considering Juan's taste in clothing. Chinches Bravas but it's hard to decide what will impress the licenciada!

Juan trots down the hall in his towel and runs into Marely. Apparently his plumbing is broken so he has to use Nidia's bathroom. Juan hold his scrubby ball in front of himself and explains to Mari that Paula is coming for dinner. Yadi joins them and blatantly ogles the chomi chomi.

Nidia can barely keep her hands off our luscious Juan as he makes his way through the obstacle course of her hands. He manages to shut the bathroom door and lock it. Whew! He sees the doorknob wiggle and does his happy dance again, Doña Nidia can't get in!

Back in her room, Nidia snaps her fingers, locks her bedroom door, and takes a chug of booze.

Mari tells Yadi if she likes Juan so much then why doesn't she make a play for him? "No thanks," says Yadi, "I don't want to pedal your bicycle."

Ali arrives home. He states to the girls that he's not coming but rather going, he only returned for his things. He calls them princesses and they respond that they are queens. The louder he yells the harder they laugh.

Juan, looking quite fetching in nothing but his little blue towel, shaves. Nidia, now dressed to kill in her black negligee, coos to her chomi chomi through the door. Juan is afraid to leave the bathroom, as well he should be. He covers up with two more big towels and prepares to face the predator. She hefts and slinks and asks him to scratch her back. Juan dashes past her and...Oops!! His towel falls to the floor! He holds his hands out wide, Nidia stares, he drops his toiletries and covers his work of art, Nidia pants and fans herself as she stares stares stares at Juan. He finally bends down and retrieves his towel. He tries to leave but she pushes him on the bed and sings victorious.

Uh oh, Alirio arrives and bangs on the door. Nidia curses her bad luck that he had to arrive at that moment. Juan is trapped.

Juan tries to hide behind the curtain, under the pillows and in the closet but he's too big. Nidia pushes him back in the bathroom where he hides in the tub under a towel.

CL tells Moni he wants to start at zero. He invites her to dinner and maybe dancing. He holds her hand tenderly and she agrees...she loves him so! He kisses her. Barf!!

Nidia finally lets Ali in. He yells and starts packing his clothes. He keeps walking by the bathroom door as Juan cowers behind it.

Nidia helps Ali pack. He loudly vows that when Gutierrez opens his mouth about The Truth then on that day she'll remember him. Juan, eavesdropping, finds this statement interesting. Ali is about to leave but changes his mind. Not so fast, he's got to get his toiletries first. Nidia throws herself between Ali and the bathroom door.

Ali busts through her and sees Juan, still in his towel, bent over the tub. "The pipes don't work, they're too old," Juan informs him, pretending to fix the plumbing. "Betrayal!!" yells Ali over and over. The girls listen outside the door as Ali calls Juan a gigolo and begins throwing things around the room.

Ali wants to fight but Juan refuses. Ali says he's not afraid of Juan's muscles. After much yelling, including Nidia urging Juan to smack Alirio, Ali winds up and punches Juan in the face. Juan stumbles out the door and tells the girls he could kill Ali with his bare hands but he's a crazy old dude. Yadi tells Juan that's what happens when he gets caught with his hands in the masa.

Nidia tells Ali that only a pervert would think what he's thinking. Juan is like a son to her! "Que pena!" she exclaims, fanning herself. Ali doesn't fall for this, however, and he yells that he was not happy to find Juan in the bedroom of His Wife. "Your ex-wife," she corrects, "as I recall you are on your way out."

But Ali has a change of heart. He decides he will not leave, instead he will stay to protect what is his and to keep an eye on Nidia's licentious behavior. He says he will share Nidia's techo (roof) and her lecho (bed). He starts pulling clothes out of his suitcase and she keeps trying to stuff them back in.

Juan thought bubbles that this is the consequence of matrimony without love. He has selected the most atrociously colorful outfit in his wardrobe. Is he wearing a floral and paisley jacket with a striped tie? Lord help us!

Mari asks Nidia does she have to be at the dinner? Isn't it bad enough that she has to see Paula all day? Yadi tells Mari to pluck up her courage and prepare to see Juan as candy stuck to a fly. Nidia says she doubts very much that Paula will come to their house.

Paula's doorbell rings and Paula begs Ana one more time to go with her. Ana says she'll not invent any more lies.

Juan's horrific jacket bursts through the doorway. Paula evades Juan's kiss. He thought bubbles, but really it sounds more like a retrospective narrative, "We began badly; from the first moment when she withdrew from the obligatory welcome kiss I realized that there was trouble." Paula tells him she's sorry but she can't go to dinner with him.

Kike arrives at Casa Cachón and Yadi tells him that according to Nidia Paula will spoil Juan's plans and won't show for dinner.

Juan is not happy with Paula's decision. How could she do this after all the planning and prep he put into tonight's dinner? He won't be able to show his face for the shame of it all. Paula starts to weave her tapestry of lies. It has something to do with her mama, she explains. Her mama leaves tomorrow and Paula has to help her and wants to be with her (even though they are barely speaking, what a liar!!). Juan pleads. Paula lies, lies, lies. Frankly it's sickening. Juan's heart is breaking.

Ana is on the phone with Nidia. She's worried about Paula being alone after she leaves. Nidia and the girls are the only "family" that Paula has after her. Nidia assures Ana that Paula can always talk to them and they will set a moral standard second only to the Carmelite nuns.

Juan continues his shameless pleading and Paula continues her lies and excuses. But wait, Juan has an idea! If Ana is leaving then he needs to see her right now. "Now?" asks Paula, "Why?" Juan smiles sweetly and rather stupidly, "because I want to ask her for your hand in marriage, my love."

hacer de tripas corazón = to pluck up one's courage

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Previously on Amar sin Limites: Andres and Mauricio fight over who loves their not-exactly-girlfriend more; Ceci tells Azul that Andres really is a killer…and also, he slept with his not-exactly-aunt. I have to agree with Ceci--if Mauricio and Leo died it sure would simplify things.

Hospital: Mauricio insists that Andres tell Ceci that he (Mauricio) didn't know anything about Andres killing his uncle and sleeping with Leo. Mauricio makes a snide remark about Ceci being ok with "strange" relationships and Andres tries to say that, being roommates, Azul may have that in common with Ceci. Mauricio's really happy that Andres is in luuuuurve and he gives the relationship his blessing. He's even willing to help out with separating Andres from Leo.

Eva's "office" (which is probably another part of her hotel suite): Eva gets off the phone wit Perez-Castelar after being informed that Lidia is still trying to get Piero out of jail. She tells P-C not to let Lidia do it. As she's hanging up the phone, Diego gets escorted in by a guy who looks like one of the Beatles from back in the mop top days. Diego apologizes for being late to work, but Eva already knows what's going on with Lidia trying to get Piero out of jail. Diego thinks it's because he's being followed again, but Eva tells him she found out because Lidia and Manuel gave Ivan that message for Leonarda. Eva offers to loan Diego the money, but he refuses, which only makes her luuuuuuurve him more. See, Azul was all wrong about Diego only being into Eva for the money. She tries to kiss him, but he reminds her he's only in this to see that justice is done in the matters of Abuelo and Paco (que descansen en paz). Eva dismisses him and says she'll call him if she needs him. Diego leaves and Eva tries really, really hard to squeeze out some tears.

Boutique: Gaspar fills in Efrain about the (fake) robbery and the subsequent trouble in Julio and Arnaldo's relationship. Well, to be honest, that relationship wasn't exactly solid to begin with. Efrain tells Gaspar he only wants him to be happy and takes off to go back to the garage.

Casa A&C: Arnaldo finds a purple sticky note on the door from Julio, asking him to call. He tells us it's over.

Boutique: Azul came to drop off Ceci after what appears to be an extremely long lunch. She didn't get to go on the teacup ride, though, just to hear about Andres' murderous past. Wow, she got cheated on that deal. Julio asks Azul if she's heard from Arnaldo and Arnaldo obliges by calling Azul's cell and telling her he doesn't want to talk to Julio. He asks to spend the night at her place, but she's got Chonita and Caty staying. He decides he'd rather not stay anywhere Julio might find him. Azul tells Julio that Arnaldo doesn't want to talk to him. Julio asks her, if Arnaldo calls again, to tell him that Julio's sorry and he didn't know what happened. Neither did Azul, if the confused look on her face is any indication…oh, wait, maybe that's her normal look?

Casa Moran: Mama waits for Lidia and Manuel to come home. They complain about not being able to get hold of Mauricio or any of his crew. Mama rubs it in their faces that Diego got the money they needed…except it's not enough, according to Lidia. She and Papa come up with the idea of using Piero's car as collateral for a loan to get the rest of the money. And off they go again.

Jail: Perez-Castelar says he can't help Piero with the 50,000 pesos, so Piero needs to think of someone who can. And he'd better do it before he gets moved into a cell with "el más temido" (the most feared) of the other prisoners. This gets Piero's brain moving. Piero sucks at growing facial hair, by the way. He's finally achieved 5 o'clock shadow after, what? Three or four days?

Casa Moran: Clemencia updates Diego on Lidia and Manuel's latest idea.

IHoP: Lidia and Manuel make a grievous tactical error. They assumed, since Isela lent Diego money, that she knew it was to get Piero out of jail. They ask her to take Piero's car and loan them the rest of the money. Isela tells them not only is she not interested in helping get Piero out of jail, she's even less interested since he's accused of killing Paco. Well, DUH, Lidia and Manuel!

Casa A&C: GSD comes over to talk to Azul and she sends Chonita to give Caty a bath and get her ready to go to sleep. Caty's all cutesy complaining…I bet Azul thinks being Caty's mommy is going to be nothing but cutesy stuff, but wait till Caty gets older and starts trying to run an evil corporate empire just like daddy did. GSD says he'll be pulling another all-nighter and needs to get some of Leo's blood. Azul tries to talk to him about Arnaldo, but GSD's not in the mood. He needs to take Efrain's course, "How to be an Emotionally Supportive Dad to an Adult Gay Son Instead of Being a Homophobic Jackass." Azul convinces GSD to tell her what's going on with him and Arnaldo. GSD gives his version--that Arnaldo didn't come home and Julio came looking for him. Azul's like, "You idiot! He was attacked while cleaning Tia Inés' house!"

Casa Efrain & Gaspar: Arnaldo comes over asking if he can stay there since he had a fight with Julio. Gaspar and Efrain exchange "uh-oh" looks.

Boutique: Ceci's getting ready to leave and she tries to talk Julio out of his sad mood. A large bouquet of flowers walks in. I don't even know if bouquet is the right word--it's the kind of arrangement you'd have on a side table or something, because it would block everyone's view if it were in the middle of the room. Ceci tells Julio it's for him, but actually the guy walking in with it is Andres. *sigh* Poor Julio, it's just not his day. Andres and Ceci walk outside. Ceci tries to thank Andres for the flowers, but he says he should be thanking her--he feels so much better after telling her what happened. Ceci says she doesn't think what happened was his fault. Andres tells her he was once capable of killing and now he's capable of doing anything for her love. Okay, that sounded much sweeter less homicidal when he said it--it really doesn't come across well typed. He starts to move in for a kiss, but realizes the flowers are getting in the way, so he puts them down. That was cute. Too. Darn. Cute. Why does the cutest guy on this show have to be an Abuelo killer? Ceci says she wants a relationship, but they have to talk about their expectations for each other. Andres is up for anything, as long as he can have Ceci. Ceci suggests they talk over ice cream. Okay, now I'm torn…they're both too cute. Poll: Who's cuter, Ceci or Andres?

IHoP: Isela rips Manuel and Lidia a new one for asking for money to get the man accused for Paco's murder out of jail. Oh, and by the way, Lidia's a tramp for marrying him without knowing whether Paco was alive or dead. She didn't actually use the word tramp, but it was implied. She says she's going to cancel the check, but Lidia takes it out of her purse and rips it up. Manuel tells Isela he can never forgive her for not having compassion for his daughter. Um, no, sorry Manuel, I'm on Isela's side on this one.

Casa Moran: Diego and Mama talk about Mauricio and Azul moving in together. Mama tries to push for Diego to get together with Silvana, but Diego tells her Silvana's with Flavio now. Diego says he's got to go pay the lawyer, so he's not staying to "merendar" (have an afternoon snack, have tea).

Casa E&G: Efrain is happy to have Arnaldo staying because he feels guilty. He thinks he had something to do with the whole misunderstanding because he went to the Boutique looking for Gaspar. Arnaldo says it's not his fault--there were already problems in the relationship. He Toscano's about how neither Julio or his father "really" knows him. Gaspar tries to tell Arnaldo how Julio changed his tune once he heard about the (fake) robbery. Arnaldo says since Julio cheats, he thinks everyone else does too. Efrain says that happens in all relationships…that is to say, the misunderstandings, not the cheating. Gaspar asks what's the deal with GSD. Arnaldo says that's something that's never going to be resolved.

Casa C&A: GSD feels bad for being nasty to Arnaldo and Julio now that he knows what happened. He now realizes he should have listened to them. Azul tells him that Arnaldo's fine physically, but he has emotional wounds. She asks why GSD is doing this to Arnaldo. GSD says it's Arnaldo who's doing it to him. Azul asks where it's written that everything has to be the way GSD wants. GSD gripes that Arnaldo is his only male child and was supposed to give him grandchildren. And also, he doesn't consider Arnaldo manly. He thinks there's something he might have been able to do. Azul tells him to accept Arnaldo as he is. GSD says he loves him more than either of them imagines…in fact, once he's done finding the cure for Melodramitis, he's going to find the cause of men and women "like that". Oh no he didn't! Azul tells him it's absurd and she can't believe a man of science would think like that. She tells him he's going to lose his son.

Casa Diego and Don Chucho: According to the lawyer (and I don't know which lawyer this is because I can't tell Diego's lawyer from Eva's), there's still a problem with Piero's citizenship. If he stays married to Lidia for 2 years and doesn't have any further problems with the law, it will be easier for him to be nationalized. Diego hands over a check for the lawyer's fees. Don Chucho tells Diego it's good that he kept back some money from Eva. Unfortunately, now Diego's really broke. DC tries to give Diego some money, but Diego won't take it. He does, however suggest that the two of them take Julio up on his work offer. Diego says he needs a second job, in addition to bodyguarding, and they can set up a little tailor shop right there in their apartment (which is way bigger than these guys should be able to afford, but anyway). The doorbell rings. It's Silvana, inviting Diego out to dinner. He tries to offer to cook for her, but she wants a pizza from the shop on the corner. DC encourages Diego to go and uses it as an opportunity to stuff some money in Diego's front pocket, claiming Diego had left it lying around. That's either a very large bill or Silvana's a cheap date.

Random street: Speaking of cheap, but cute, dates…Ceci and Andres are eating ice cream. Ceci thinks everyone deserves a second chance, but she never wants them to talk about him killing his uncle or sleeping with Leo ever again. Ceci doesn't want Andres and Leo living together, either. Andres says he's going to get away from her. Jacinto calls Andres on his cell to tell him Leo's sick. He tells Ceci he has to go. She offers to go with him and he agrees, but not before making a face.

IHoP: Anibal comes over to visit Isela. She tells him she's moving out and Anibal approves. Anibal brought over some pictures of Diego and Paco when they were younger. Isela tells him to take them to Diego himself. Anibal invites her to the movies or to show him her new apartment. Yeah, yeah, not in a smarmy way, he's just worried about her because she's so sad. Hm, there's sure going to be some fun times at Casa Silvana and Isela.

Pizzeria: Diego toasts to Silvana and Isela moving in together. He tells Silvana he can only take her for cheap food from now on because he won't accept a cent more than what he should be getting paid as bodyguard. *roll eyes* His self-righteous nobility irks me. He tells Silvana he's now interested in the same thing she is…justice for their murdered loved ones. Silvana looks positively turned on by this.

Casa A&C: Emilia and Azul talk about how GSD's been a jerk to Arnaldo. Emilia tells Azul it's a bad idea to have Caty there because Mauricio can use her to influence Azul. Azul reminisces about what she used to love about Mauricio…and then about how she luuuuuurved Diego. Azul says she's hanging out with Mauricio again because she feels guilty about (a) thinking he was a criminal and (b) falling in luuuuuurve with someone else when they were about to get married. She thinks the least she can do is be there for him. Azul wishes she'd never met Diego because then she could love Mauricio without any conflicts. She tells Emilia that Diego's a "desgraciado" (bastard, jerk, jackass, etc.) who doesn't deserve her love.

Mansión Malicia, v. 1.0: As they enter Leo's room, Jacinto tells GSD that Leo's symptoms started with a headache in the morning, then moved on to vomiting, and now, for an encore, she's hallucinating. She won't let GSD touch her. He freaks out, thinking that this will happen to Azul too. She keeps begging "Joaquin" not to hit her. I wonder if that was Andres' uncle?

Casa A&C: Emilia and Azul have another cup of coffee as Emilia says she hopes GSD finds a cure. She almost slips up when Azul says "see, you're worried about Mauricio too," but says she just doesn't want "anyone else" to die from this disease. Azul gripes some more about Diego going back to Eva, even though she admits she doesn't know if it's for romantic reasons or what. Azul calls Eva a "vieja resbalosa" (slippery old woman) and says she's sure if there's nothing romantic between them now, there will be. She asks Emilia to tell her how to forget Diego.

Pizzeria: Diego tells Silvana he's not back with Azul. He hates that she went back to Mauricio. He changes the subject to Flavio. Silvana likes that he makes her laugh. She's going to try to put her life back together again. Diego's so happy about that, he feeds her another slice of pizza.

Casa S&I: Anibal's glad that Isela moved in there because it's near Anibal's house. Isela says he can count on her as a friend. He asks if she doesn't miss him as a man, but the doorbell rings, so Isela goes to answer it. It's Flavio bringing over a rose for "The most beautiful of women!" Isela jokes about being Flavio's new mother-in-law. She goes to make them all some quesadillas and Anibal offers to help--after he tells Flavio to stay in the living room. Flavio admires a picture of Silvana in a red dress that's sitting by the phone…which starts ringing…and it's the sex line…and he hears the message…and he likes it!

Out in the hallway, Diego's walking Silvana home. He's glad that because of Flavio, Silvana's so different. Silvana says that Emilia deserves some of the credit. She rings the doorbell and invites Diego in, but he says he's got to get up early to work off that pizza. Hm, worrying about the waistline out loud is so unattractive. Silvana says she's going to visit Caty tomorrow, now that Diego's given her Caty's new address. Isela answers the door and tells Silvana that Flavio's waiting for her. After she goes in, Isela tells Diego she wants to talk to him. Uh-oh!

Flavio kisses Silvana in greeting and asks why she didn't tell him she has a "hot line". Silvana looks uncomfortable. I can't wait for the answer to this one.

Isela wants to know why Diego didn't tell her what the money was for. She tells Diego she doesn't want to see him again. Diego looks hurt and confused.

Tomorrow: Andres gets slapped, Diego finds out what happened to the check, Manuel's affair with Isela is thrown in his face again, Gaspar gives Arnaldo advice, and Diego and Azul do that up-in-each-other's-face-breathing-heavy thing again…or at least that's as much as I got before my DVR cut off. Good times.

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I don't think I've mentioned how much I like the credits that run at the beginning of this show. Interesting light, beautiful scenery, exciting editing of very telling scenes, good music, and of course Miss Celery Stalk 2006-2007, she's never limp.

Baby Rod loses points with all of us, sending a rude letter to CRT. Gav is distressed but Dr. Blondie says, "Too bad for him," and gives her a hankie.

Blondie's in process of creating his tequila based menu, which reminded me of Roz Chast's cartoon, 'Recipes from the American Cheese Council.' (You'll have to click on the image to see it big enough to read.) He invites Gav and Nancy to spend their precious Saturday with him, cooking delicious tequila muffins etc. I think it's se zafó un tornillo which Nancy mutters happily, I believe we say "he's got a screw loose," but I'm happy to be corrected.

Gav continues to look behind her wherever she goes. Can't believe Rod isn't calling and stalking. People point out she demanded this of him so she should be grateful he's complying. Careful what you wish for.

Rod is happily packing up to get the hell out of town. He tells all his honchos Patricio and James can help them - "don't bother asking Aaron, he's got his own thing going on."

Next he calls Dr. Erika and asks if she has the straitjacket ready for their intimate weekend at "Villa Serena" (Serene House, aka the Screw Loose Spa). He wants to pick her up but she says she has to get there early to see other patients so they need to take two cars.

Rod has a very happy chat with Dani and Elvis. Dani susses out he's mighty excited about his weekend with Dr. Erika - or else she gave him some mighty good pills. "I'd like some of those pills," muses Elvis. Rod burbles on about the good times he's had with the sexy Doc. Dani: "Are you really leaving without saying goodbye to Gaviota?" "That's the whole idea of this weekend, without the distraction I wouldn't be able to resist calling her."

He goes home, where Minerva is hanging around with Isa (she lies, "I couldn't go with Aaron to Miami because I am so afflicted with MORNING SICKNESS from my PREGNANCY"). He gives Isa the number at Screw Loose Spa, and leaves with a mumbled goodbye.

Minerva keeps trying to get Isa riled up again - if not about Gaviota, then about the sexy Doctorcita - but Isa is counting on Rod's getting cured by the shrinkette, and even if he doesn't get cured, she'll still end up with the apartment and her jewels etc. so what's the problem.

Phone rings, Isa claims it's her dad and leaves the room to talk to him. Minerva picks up the little tyke and croons menacingly: "Poor luckless little Ricky, you'll end up with nothing."

Well actually it was Frankie on the phone - after trying to suck up to his wife a bit by taking her on a tour of the agaves (she, unsurprisingly, having seen them all her life, was unimpressed - he called her boredom "sacrilege" - she just wanted a bath - he said he'd get the wine and goodies ready) he called Isa to say (as Sofia, in her terrycloth bathrobe, sneaks up behind and hears every word): "I won't be able to call you much, she's on me like a shadow." Isa shrewishly demands he must find the time, several days a week. Sofie screws up her face but says nothing.

In the mall, Fedra whispers loudly to Demetrios' wife that Mariana Franco made free with all the CRT husbands and must be stopped. Fedra is hard to discourage. "I can hardly believe this! My husband thought so highly of Mariana."

Told by his indignant wife about Fedra's gossip, Demetrios (this is one of Gav's former bosses, the one who was into agave diseases) goes to Dr. Blondie. Exact rerun - Blondie tells Gav the harpies are at it again, she goes ballistic despite a promise to remain calm, he looks on in admiration and then says, "Now I understand why Engineer Montalvo is so crazy in love with you ... I will support you no matter what, your work is impeccable and you're a great dame too. Have some coffee." She rejects the coffee several times but he keeps offering.

Dani, Elvis in tow, arrives at CRT: Gaviota had summoned her to find out what was going on with Rod, but now there's the new Montalvo Witch Project to rant over. In a righteous rage Gav has removed the harpies from another guest list, and wants to give them computer viruses... She tells Nancy not to erase Dani or Pilar from the invites list and Elvis adds his own name to the do-not-erase file. Gav compliments his picture, he says she has good taste.

Somebody complained we don't give enough space to Elvis in these recaps. The problem is, he is rarely given any lines which advance the story, or indeed, which are not embarrassing. For instance, in this episode he is given to saying happily, "I like that!" every time something "black" is mentioned. I think the guy's a good actor and wish they'd given him a better role.

Dani reassures Gav that Rod is feeling better, is calmer and even happy, and that is as it should be. She points out that, as a consolation prize, the Doctorcito would do pretty nicely - why, Dani herself would be tempted to fall into his arms.

The more she says Rod is doing well, the less happy Gaviota looks. [Remember, folks, these people are supposed to be in their mid-twenties. That's all I can say in their defense. -- Ed.]

While Dani and Gav are having their heart-to-heart, Elvis sneaks around the corner to spy on the Doctorcito. Soon Blondie spots him, and finding out he is Dani's sweetheart enthusiastically invites him in for -- coffee! And an amazingly boring lecture on where the good coffee of the world comes from, and how Africans have some of the best coffee! He goes on and on, Dani and Gav arrive to find Elvis's face frozen into a rictus of boredom. Leaving, he tells Dani he is much relieved to discover what a gasbag the Doctorcito is (that's a paraphrase). He's not so jealous now.

Blondie asks Gav, yet again, to have a cup of coffee; this time she wearily accepts. He tenderly pretends to be concerned for her emotional state - "Maybe you're feeling too poorly to cook tomorrow?" She says no, so he instantly says he'll pick her up right after breakfast for a nice working weekend making tequila crepes and cabbage.

In the little apartment of horrors, SanWanna is all bouncy and happy that Hilario has come home on time. She presses tasty little treats on him and makes him some special drink which appears to be 65% Worcestershire sauce. He doesn't want any of it. She asks, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"

He says he's going to Acapulco for the weekend, she wants to help pack his clothes, he says the wardrobe people do that. He has a look on his face like Acacia used to have before she disappeared. Robotically and with menace, he suddenly asks: "Would you like to come to Acapulco with me? Pack your bags, we're leaving in five minutes." She bounces out, gets ready, they get on his motorcycle, but instead of going to the airport he takes her downtown and dumps her at the bus station with money for a one-way ticket home.

"You can't treat me like garbage," she wails, her stuff scattered all over the ground." "You're worse than that," he mutters and roars off on his motorcycle as she shakes her little fist and curses him. [Oh Hilario, they were right, fame has warped you. Or maybe it was, as Susanlynn put it, Love Potion Numero Nuevo that did the trick. --Ed.]

Rod arrives all happy at the Screw Loose Spa and is mildly impactado to find Doctor Erika has not yet arrived. He sits at the restaurant and orders a tequila. He is more impactado when the waitress says they don't serve liquor at the Spa! He starts getting agitated the way I do when they keep delaying my plane.

Well, as you know if you were watching, Doctor Erika's car broke down, there was no cellphone signal, and the public phone at the restaurant where she was stranded did not work. It takes a while for her to get the message to Spa that she needs a ride. Rod of course offers to go fetch her.

Finally, Gav comes home to an empty apartment (Ma is at the hospital, maybe volunteering) and thought-bubbles: "Rod, are you really going to leave without seeing me?"

Tomorrow: Isa and Minerva pick up a couple of mansos corderitos (tame little lambs) at a restaurant; Hil tells Gaviota about his love for Isa; Rod gets all excited because Dr. Erika wears the same perfume as Gaviota.

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Paula answers Moni with….another question, do you realize what you are asking me. She says yes, Pau wants to know why she’s asking her. She brushes it off as saying maybe the problems you are having have something to do with the loss of the baby. Pau is surprised she's asking her so calmly about this. She says she’s not calm. She’s mustering up the courage to continue the conversation. Moni says, please answer me. Are you and CL lovers?

Nid corners Juan in the hallway. She asks him if he’s really sure that Pau is reciprocating his love the same way he loves her. He doesn’t give what she says much weight. She continues that she thinks Juan is a good boy and Pau doesn’t deserve him. Enrique beeps below. Nid tells him she just wants him to think things over long and hard.

Kike is greeted outside by a running Yadi. She asks him what he’s up to and tells him to come in. He says he doesn’t want to make her boyfriend mad, so that’s ok, he won’t dream of going in. She says he’s not her bf. He comments that it didn’t look like that the other night when he was all over her. He asks if he’s not telling her the truth. She is a little huffy and Juan comes out so Kike leaves telling her to say hello to the boyfriend for him.

Pau, with a great opportunity to come clean and do right by the few remaining folks she hasn’t quite screwed over yet tells Moni no, they simply have a working relationship, and I think she says they don’t always see eye to eye, but they have to work closely together so they know eah other well and stuff and oh anyway, I’m not capable of messing with a married man. HA! Why did she even have to say that. Well, I guess if you are mounting a hill of dung, better to pile it on thick. Ok, you all were cursing her lately for her various faults, well, add lying to a woman while she’s down, despite her having been nothing but an angel to you. That really sucked. Pau is just a brat in my opinion right now. She has to redeem herself somehow in this show, no???? Moni continues on that she really just needed to hear this come out of Paula, and says she considers her a friend. Her great friend. She needs no enemies in this case I guess.

Speaking of this I read a joke today, which while the subject matter maybe isn’t that much of a laughing matter, the punchline is oddly poignant here. I will synthesize it for you in that basically a woman found out she had cancer and was going to pass on, so wanted to live it up while she could, and went out with her daughter. A group of Mom’s best women friends came upon her in the nightclub and wondered what she seemed to be celebrating. The lady broke the news that she was dying of AIDS and wanted to party while she was still able and not to be sad and invited the friends to join. After they left the daughter asked her Mom why she lied to them and said AIDS instead of the true cancer affliction, to which the Mom replied, “Honey, I don’t want those women sleeping with your father after I’m gone.”

Hmm. It’s bad enough when men do crappy things to women, let us women not do them to each other too!!!

Anyway…..

CL asks Chela where Moni is. Chela unwittingly busts Moni telling CL she couldn’t have gone to the Super because they went yesterday and bought tons of stuff and anyways she never goes alone. I always go with her. CL gets a light bulb that something is up and yes, he must have misunderstood what she said.

Nid and Mare have a little bedroom discussion. I missed this but I think it was about Juan.

Juan and Kike are arguing about the planned route, Juan wants him to go one way but Kike is not convinced and sort of doesn’t really want to listen to Juan’s idea, and he’s driving, so doesn’t have to. Kike doesn't really have faith in Juan's method for getting business.

Mar and Yadi now have a bedroom discussion. Mar wonders why Yadi’s with a guy she doesn’t love. She says she did it for Kike. Mar says love is what it is and you can’t force someone to love you. Mar tells her not to keep doing something she might regret later. Nid smiles approvingly while listening in outside the door.

Kike tells Juan about Pau, he thinks they are moving really fast. Juan tells Kike how it went when he told the Cachons of his relationship with Pau. Kike asks how it went over. Juan expresses their slight dismay and especially Nid’s question to him. Kike thinks that Nid maybe hasn’t pardoned Ana and the Davilas, after all remember Pau is Sam’s daughter so maybe that’s why. Juan says no it’s because they expected he’d marry Marely so they are a little bummed out. Kike says seriously well or you just have to wait til she’s over it. Juan gets nervous, then laughs. Juan tells Kike his boots have made many tracks, and he leads Kike into the market saying this one is the one, he’s got a good eye.

Yadi wishes she could be more like Marely, to just let things roll off her back even though she’s carrying around spikes (hurting) inside. Yadi notes that Mar was about to cry when Juan announced his relationship. Mar says what hurts is seeing him play the fool thinking Pau loves him. Yadi asks why she doesn’t tell him about Pau using him. M says he has to discover it himself. Yadi says meanwhile you are suffering for yourself and him. She declares she’s not suffering for him, now she wants to know nothing of Juan Dominquez. Nothing.

In the market Juan fast talks a merchant into hauling his produce for him. The merchant wants to know what he charges and he says whatever you usually pay, he’ll charge 10, no 15 % less. The merchant at first says he doesn’t know them, but Juan fixes that with an introduction. He says to himself that he didn’t really know what would happen with this guy, but he felt it was lucky. The guy agrees after Enrique puts in a little hardball, and they have a deal. The guy says he hopes Juan’s work is as good as his tounge!



Alirio is on the phone tell Guti he’ll see him soon. Nid comes in and freaks out at his outfit. He reminds her they are going to Gut’s ranch. She says no they are not, Yadi doesn’t want to see him again. Ali asks what happened, Yadi was all over Guti last night. Nid says that was only to make Kike jealous. Ali is impactado.

Kike seems to be doing all the hard labor, Juan razzes him for not keeping up. Kike says he can’t do any more, and Juan tells him to step up so they can return for a second load. He is a fast talker for sure even convinvcing Kike he did the math to figure out how long this will take.

Nid says he’s not the first guy to be duped by a woman. Ali pleads with her that nobody goes against Guti, not even his Mom. Ali begs her to convince Yadi to go or they will fall into the “Maldicion de la Blonda” (Curse of the Blond Lady) Stated to be the first telenovela, and starred Eric Del Castillo among others, the curse is of course, death.


Sacando la chuleta. Macho guy starts picking on Juan and Kike for interfering with their business at the market. Juan tries to blow them off that they are just working and leave them in peace.They are the regulars and they cut the cheese there and J & K are taking away business from them and they don’t like it. Insults fly, Macho guy tells Juan your widow has bad luck. Kike gets in the middle of it to try and stop a fight. Juan says the sun shines for everyone so go on with your day. I’m not moving from here. That was all that was needed for the fight to begin. Juan pops him and bloodies the guys lip.

Juan wants more, the guy asks Juan if he wants to be killed or deformed. Juan asks him on the sly what gym he goes to. He says, “your Mom’s.” Doh!! Juan head butts him, but then the guy knocks him over. Just then the police show up and pull the macho and his buds out of the market. The crowd cheers. Juan acts tough.

Moni returns home. CL grills her and drills her on her purchases from the super. She explains she bought pasta and so forth and he said just like they already have tons of, so where was she really and with whom?


Pau is pacing, Ana asks why and she rehashes. Ana asks if she told the truth to Moni. Pau is like, duh, Mom, no way, of course not. Ana wants to know why not.

CL wants to know why Moni lies. He doesn’t let up and uses more of his manipulating arguments to guilt her into fessing up and feeling bad. She says she was erasing a doubt and that’s all she wants say. She finally gives though and tells him she was with Pau.

Pau asks her Mom what she gains by telling Moni everything. Ana says peace in your conscience, and so on, that he was deceiving both of you and neither of you deserved it, you were going to tell her this just a short time ago and now she asks you directly and you don’t tell her? Ana says this lie now makes you an accomplice in the betrayal and you are protecting him. Pau, however, turns the tables and asks why Ana never told Nid she was Sam’s chick. She says because Sam told her not to, she says she would have wanted to. Pau says that’s how I was going with CL. Ana says but the difference is you are done with him, right? Right? Pau says yes, I have to be over him, I’m not indifferent yet, but I will get him out of my heart. She says doesn’t see the sense in telling that poor woman she doesn’t deserve this pain.

Cl says he feels very deceived. Moni backs down and says she recognizes her error and she apologizes as she is only human. He abuses this apology too and guilts her even more into how she could have done this to him. He smart alecs that he’s going to the Super. Ooooh I wanted to punch him!!!

Alirio breaks the news to Guti. Yadi woke up sick so they can’t go to his ranch. He doesn’t take it well and wants to go up and see how she is. Ali says you can’t go up to the second floor, Nid has a rule and wehave to respect that. Guti doesn’t believe Yadi is sick, just then Mare comes up and busts Ali’s lies. She tells Guti the truth that she just saw Yadi and she’s perfectly fine. G asks if she’ll tell her he’s here. She says yes, but you know, Yadi doesn’t like him and she’s not going to play these games along with Ali. Ali tries to fix everything but Guti is steamed!!!

Kike notes to Juan that if the police hadn’t arrived jus then that refrigerator would have made you a Pinto. (Blotchy like the horse) kike says he should go around picking fights. Juan downplays all that and tells him he was just being brave. Kike tells him the cemetery is full of brave souls. Juan says if he didn’t do that, that would have been the end of our business, that is called marking our territory. Juan makes that he took on much bigger types in Achichipico, and he tells a story about fight seven at one time.

The phone rings. Pau doesn’t want to answer it because it’s probably Juan bugging her to eat at Nid’s tonight or it’s CL, or even Moni, someone who will complain. Mom wants to answer and Pau says then do, but say I’m not here. Ana won’t lie.

Juan is frustrated because no one answers. Kike tells him they have to hurry and go. Juan asks himself if maybe Nid is right and Pau doesn’t love him like he wants.

Ali tells Nid she should have seen the way Gut left. She says I’m sure he was upset. He tells her he had Guti convinced until Mare ruined it. She tries to tell him not to talk to her about her daughters. Mare calmed her, because she is the only one that has spoken with any sense and maintained a level head around here. She says anyway, with yadi, if she doesn’t like the guy, you aren’t going to be able to convince her otherwise. Ali tells him Guti is a snake and has mob ties. She says well how great that you introduced him to us then.

Juan tells Kike that they got two more jobs from the guy and that they are going to get their bills paid in full. Kike takes off his sombrero to Juan and tells him he’s the greatest. Juan says this is just our first day, imagine when we have a whole fleet of trucks.

We flash to a pretentious well dressed Juan and Kike taking pity on a hungry CL saying maybe they could let him drive. Grateful for the charity, Cl accepts the meager position. Just then Pau shows up equally decked out and she’s with little Juanito. They say they will go out to an expensive restaurant to eat. He throws a few bills CL’s way on the way out, and CL praises his generosity. Kike says well, it costs nothing to dream. Juan wants to know why it has to only be a dream. Kike says well for starters you need a lot of money for that kind of an office, second CL will never act that way, and third, for you to marry Pau, well Juan cuts him off.

The doorbell rings at the Davilas. Ana asks Pau if now she’s not allowed to answer the door either. She worries it’s probably Juan because she never answered the phone. Whoops, it’s CL and there are three way impactado looks.

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