Caray, Caray!

Thank you, Maricruz and Yass, for filling in the details of Thursday's episode!

As always, we open with a rerun of the previous night's ending, including some details I missed. First, Fern is on the phone with someone (a photographer, I believe) making arrangements for tomorrow's shoot. Next, Omar calls, and as Omar bugs Fern about the mysterious Red Bag, Fern is pulling handfuls of things out of his briefcase, including Ricardo's underwear samples and The Letter. Omar even TELLS him he put The Letter in a manila envelope, and Fern is waving that very envelope around angrily even as he denies having seen it. :-)

And now, the story of the food

Alicia (not punished for what she did to Yazmin?) is bragging to Pilar and the cuartel about her many years of riding lessons (I think). She also manages to work in a reference to her six semesters of finance. The feas all groan and then Sara strokes her hair and imitates Alicia's next probable brag: she was married to Mauricio Birmann. Alicia complains that wasn't a good joke.

Lety, Sara, and Irma discuss Pilar's obsession with Fernando, and Marcia's jealousy. They agree (Lety very enthusiastically) that they'll do what they can to keep Fern out of trouble.

PM, Juana, and Lola help Martha work out the details for food. (Ya gotta feed the cast and crew when you're on location.) Martha wants a sumptuous feast. Fresh-squeezed orange juice, fruit cocktail, eggs 'n' sausage, refried beans with "sus platanos machos" on top (I don't know what this is), sweet bread, and in case someone is REALLY hungry, quesadillas with ham and cheese. And that's just breakfast. For lunch, barbecue, meat, chicharron (pork rinds?), guacamole, salsas: green, red, pink, navy blue (??), and in case someone (I wonder who she could mean?) is REALLY hungry, 20 kilos of enchiladas.

Sadly, this would cost more than $25/person. That's actually pretty good for so much food, but it's twice what's in their budget. Alicia says what do you expect when you put someone like Martha in charge of food? PM tells Alicia to hurry up and marry a rich guy so they don't take her Mercedes away. Alicia once again brags that she could get someone like that whenever she wants (snapping her fingers) and doesn't have to go around with a messenger. She goes back to her desk and PM looks sad. Martha offers to call the caterer back and change the order, but PM suggests that Martha is dangerous with food. :-)

They can't seem to get anything affordable lined up on such short notice. Alicia pops into Fern's office to tattle on them, but he's on the phone with Luigi. Fern tells Luigi he's got Pilar Zaccarias for the commercial. After hearing Luigi's enthusiastic reaction, Fern says he's not sure how much to pay her, and asks if it won't be something as high as, say, 500,000. And Luigi answers, "more or less." Fern's eyes get big. So do Alicia's. "Just what I need," she says to herself. Fern waves her out of his office. He tells Luigi he doesn't have time to look for a different model.

The feas continue to try to get a caterer. Lety happens by them on the way to her office. She is in a panic, having just told Irma, Sara, Pilar, and the makeup ladies a whopping lie about Fernando (more on that later). The feas tell her their problem. This is another problem she doesn't need. She can't come up with a solution either, but tells them to ask it with Irma, maybe she'll have an idea, and Lety'll work on it in her office too.

Fern is on the phone with someone (possibly Omar since he asks if he's up yet), asking for a recipe that's easy to make. Lety comes in and he hurriedly ends the call and asks how Pilar is doing. Lety reports in a deep voice that she's "ethereal." She teases him about being Pavel and goes into her cubbyhole to answer the phone.

It's her mom. I am unable to parse the first part of their conversation with any accuracy. Something about a poblano mole, and needing exercise. Then Lety asks if it's enough to serve a lot of people. Mom says it's practically a banquet's worth. Lety says, like, 30 people? And mom says sure, easy. And thus the catering problem is solved. Lety tells the cuartel.

RoboPop is upset that she'll be feeding 30 people because it's expensive. She protests that the ingredients aren't that expensive. He reminds her she's used to cooking for three people... plus a scavenger, he says, meaning Tomas. He wants to know what's she going to serve all this food on. She says she'll get disposable plates. And how does she plan to heat the food, since they'll be outside? Tomas says his mother has a portable cart with three burners.

Mom flips out and really hollers at RoboPop for not being more supportive! (If you've ever seen Edith Bunker get angry, it was like that.) Tomas applauds discreetly. Pop says it will be a disaster, but Mom says if they all get organized, it'll all be solved soon.

Mom and Tomas make a shopping list. RoboPop counts some beans (literally). He wants to know how they're going to pay for it. Tomas says they could borrow a little money from Filmo Imagen.

When they come back from the store, RoboPop's still complaining and Mom is obviously overwhelmed. Mathilde, who is getting her hair done, calls on a cell phone (which she had previously denied owning) and asks for RoboPop. Mom thinks it's funny that a man is named Mathilde. Mat tells him he's captivating, and she wants them to get acquainted and maybe become intimate. He says "wrong number" and hangs up! Mom wants to know how can it be the wrong number if she asked for him? He says it was for Erasmo Navarez. Tomas giggles madly. Suddenly, Pop is all about the cooking!

Models and would-be models

Alicia calls her father, whining how it's not fair that she doesn't get to be in the commercial even though it pays just the right amount to prevent her car from being repossessed. (He really needs to get Caller ID.) She tells him she's going to go buy herself something to make her feel better. Yes, she knows she doesn't have any money...

In the makeup chair, Pilar is dissatisfied. Lety claims that she looks "sophisticated and enigmatic," but Pilar undoes her hairdo and says her face looks too pointy. Whispering, Irma and Sara agree that this woman is even more of a diva than Luigi. Pilar insists that no one is acceptable except her own makeup guy. Unfortunately he's in NY (the recaps on the Esmas site said he was in Houston; I gotta stop looking at them). Lety is horrified - they're supposed to start shooting tomorrow. Pilar says no problem, I'll call him and he'll fly in overnight. Lety says that's way out of their budget and can't ask Fern to spend more money on this commercial.

Pilar grudgingly lets Luigi's ladies try again. She tells them, "something more glamorous." Otherwise, she goes, and then who will do the commercial?

This time she looks even better, but she complains she's too pale. She doesn't like it. Irma tries to placate her, but she's not paying attention... she admits she was thinking about Pavel Novak. The more she thinks about it, the more sure she is that Fern is Pavel. She asks, "have any of you ever loved someone to the point of madness?" Lety's eye twitches. Irma talks about her husband who abandoned her and her two children years ago. Sara says something about Germans and Luigi going to Munich. (??) Pilar says "what about you, Lety?" Sara brags about Tomas on Lety's behalf, and Lety repeats "Tomas Mora, Tomas Mora, Tomas" to remind herself not to say something else. :o) But Pilar wants to talk some more about Pavel and how much he was like Fernando in every way. Even the voice.

Lety tells Pilar to forget about Fern - he is not a good match for her. The women he goes with all suffer a great deal.

Irma tries to interrupt. She reminds them they have things to do, and should not be saying such personal things about Fernando. Pilar wants to hear more about Fern's bad side. Stalling, Lety says, "Fernando has a problem, yeah, a very grave problem." Pilar prods, "what?" "Don Fernando Mendiola... Don Fernando... has a double life!" She manages to say this with a straight face. Irma winces.

Pilar is intrigued. She wants to know every little thing. So does Sara - she had no idea! Lety is kinda stuck... she hedges and says she doesn't know any more, he doesn't tell her anything, he's very secretive, but sometimes he acts mysteriously. People call him who don't identify themselves. She gets all worked up, they're all fascinated, but then she says Fernando's probably looking for her right now and takes off. Pilar hurriedly follows. Lety tells her to please don't ask any more, but Pilar just wants to "freshen up" before talking to Fern.

In the bathroom, she calls a friend and says she is sure Fern is Pavel. She wonders what strange happening would have required him to change his identity, but she's going to find out the truth.

Alicia comes in and Pilar ends the call and excuses herself. As she's leaving, she hears Alicia mocking her. She turns around and Alicia mocks her some more. Pilar is merely amused and leaves Alicia, who privately gloats that the 500,000 pesos will be hers. (Yep, she thinks she's going to get paid the same as a supermodel on her very first job. Ha.)

Irma and Sara tell the rest of the cuartel Lety's story about Fern's "double life" and the crazy stuff about Pilar thinking Fern is Pavel.

Wrapping it all up

Lety tells the feas the good news about her Mom providing the food. They are glad, but express concern that she'll be unable to pull it off. It's going to be a big job. Lety looks worried. (I think Martha and Lola say they'll help.) Lety reminds them not to tell Fern about her mom making the food. They all remember what happened the last time he ate her cooking. :-) And something about having to listen to another of RoboPop's stories about his Uncle Lazaro.

Pilar is talking to Fern in his office. She's wearing one of Ricardo's bras over her dress and she calls him Pavel. He tells her she looks phenomenal. She says she'd like to get a good night's sleep, so he suggests a dream for her: There's this beautiful horse. He's her friend. She is feeding him peeled carrots, little apples... he drools on her a little, but he's her friend, and she rides him to freedom. Something like that.

She tells him, "I'd rather dream of the first time we made love... remember? We were in Cancun." He gets flustered and hides under his desk, claiming he's lost a contact lens. He swears his name is Fernando Mendiola, and that's the name he was born with. She says she's going to refresh his memory, make him remember everything he did with her.

She kisses her finger and puts it on her lip. (He is shocked.) Then she leaves. He whispers, "She kissed me. On the mouth. Pervert! Sickie!"

Lety is annoyed that she can't hear anything. Fern practically opens the door on her face and she claims she was just practicing on Ed's old drum. (Oh, Eduardo!) Fern complains that Pilar is crazy, she is convinced that he's a soccer player. He imitates her and says "I'm going to make you remember what you did." And what's all this about him having a double-life? She snuggles close and suggests that the two of them forget all about Pilar for a little while.

He says he has a little surprise. They're going to go to his house. And he's going to cook. He claims that he's a consumed chef... a consummate chef, he corrects himself. But they have to go shopping first. All he has in his fridge are three spoiled yogurts.

They hold hands and nearly leave Lety's office that way, but then they remember they're on the sly and let go. :)

Alicia is on the phone with Marcia. She is complaining that she's not in the mood to follow Fernando - she's going to go shopping and buy something to cheer herself up. Fern and Lety wait for her to leave.

She gives PM and Saimon a dirty look on her way out. She's mad at PM because she's the one who got (or reported news of) Pilar for the modeling job. They notice, but they don't care. They talk mushy and he wants her to tell her son about their relationship. She doesn't want to. He says something about her defending him like a lion protects her cubs. He suggests going someplace private.

The feas all get there and PM asks Lola if she'll watch her boy. She says sure. They are envious that she has a boyfriend to spend the evening with.

Fern and Lety leave. She's seriously excited to be grocery shopping with him. They are happy and relaxed, knowing that Alicia isn't following them and Marcia won't catch them.

Unfortunately, they don't realize that Pilar has followed them! She tells her friend (on the phone) that she wants to know everything he does. She's going to find out about this "double-life" of Pavel Novak! Er, that is, Fernando...

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Will Fern and Lety run into someone they know at the supermarket?
Will Mom give everyone food poisoning?
Will we ever get to meet the real Pavel Novak?
Find out tomorrow night!

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• Manola fondles her father's pistol, saying: "Did you know Daniel, Unibrow's son, killed one of our stud bulls with this gun? He was a vet like his dad - his father was away, the bull got very sick and there was nothing to do but put him down. Rodrigo argued with him about it. And just think, you used this very gun to kill Omar." Nicolas: "Manola, you're a sadist. You know I don't like to talk about this."
  
  
• Jacinta digests the news about Veronica being her grand-daughter. "Well, she's a Vallodolid, my blood. I took one daughter away from Maite, I can take the other." She asks about Victor, Veronica's "father," and Rafael insinuates but does not reveal anything.
  
  
• Jacaranda comes to visit her former lover, Nicolas, and greets Cayetano, the betrayed wife, thus: "Why, you look mighty good for a cancer patient." Cayetano is mighty indignant and slaps her husband. He later tells her he made up the cancer story so he could tell Jacaranda: "I can't leave my dying wife." He expected to get praise for this?
  
  Jacaranda says she wants to stay with the Linares family for a while - "Just as a friend." The mom says no but Manola says ok, and it's her place. She asks Jacaranda, later, why she's here - Jacaranda provides insinuation without revelation.
  
  Later Manola discovers her dad babbling in his study - he has found a music box Gustavo once bought for Manola and thinks it proves Gustavo is back from Hades and planning to kill them both. Jacaranda reports by phone to Gustavo: "It worked perfectly! He's completely loco and thinks you are going to kill him." "I don't need to kill him, I'm not an assassin, but I'll see them both in jail."
  
  
• Valeria sits with her baby, wincing when she touches her back, still bloody and sore no doubt from the scourging. Soon Jacinta and Federico decide to send her back to the nuns in Oaxaca and tell nobody where she is.
  
  Andres stomps into the hacienda leaning on a cane. He insists he must see Valeria, but she's in Oaxaca so is not to be found. Federico runs Andres off with a rifle.
  
  Andres complains to his dad who says, "Be patient, my plan is being set into motion." (This is at least the third episode in a row he's said that.)
  
  Maite is convinced that her friend at the hacienda, Artemio the chauffeur, will surely be able to tell her where Valeria was taken. Patience is required. They can't act until they have proof of Jacinta's dastardly acts. The drugs don't count because Maite stole them. There is a lot of false evidence out and about concerning Maite. The case must be built methodically.
  
  
• Dandling little Daniel, Maite speaks a few words in Nuacatl to him, words she learned from Martina, little Daniel's dead grandma, when Valeria was a baby.
  
  
• Victor breaks it to both of Maite's suitors at once that Unibrow has triumphed. They take it well. Guillermo drifts in looking like a ghost. He can't believe Veronica was so cruel, but after a few scenes of Victor suffering because Veronica refuses to see him, Guillermo packs a tiny suitcase, leaves notes for Mommy and Victor, and leaves "forever - and don't try to find me."
  
  Rafael sees him leave, and reports to Daddy. Daddy reports to Vera the Perra, who is pleased with her victory, but not completely satisfied. "Why did papi lie to me? Why didn't he tell me he's gay? He's just as bad as mami. He'll pay." So much for Guillermo's noble sacrifice.
  
  
• Baldo gets tapped for some sports team. He and sister Juanita are celebrating on the field, speaking Nuacatl, when Rodrigo shows up. They aren't pleased to see him, but he makes a nice apology about what a jerk he used to be and they accept it.
  
  
• All over town, invitations are being received by the "best families." Jacinta, Manola's family, the gossipy ladies... "Please attend a reception at Las Barricas, I would like to meet you and introduce you to my future wife." They are not signed, how mysterious! It's the event of the decade!

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Mariacruz wrote: "I saw the show, and it was more of the same, I think it can be summarized in the following points:

• Yazmin is locked in the bathroom by Aicia, Lola sees when this happens.
  
• Lola tells the cuartel that Yazmin is trapped and wants to leave her there, but Irmita says she is the only model left and they should rescue Yazmin for the greater good.
  
  While this is happening PM is all excited trying to tell el cuartel she got a supermodel for the commercial!! Since Irmita still believes that the supermodel won't agree to the commercial she goes and gets Yazmin out :(
  
• Meanwhile el cheque is all upset because he can't communicate with Yazmin. He decides to go in person to find out what happened.
  
• El cheque arrives in time to see Yazmin coming from the bathroom in her underclothes. She accuses Lola of locking her in the bathroom and tells everybody she is going to Fernando's office to accept the job for the commercial.
  
• Alicia is in Fernando's office trying to convince him that she is the one he needs. Lety and Fernando tell her that she can't do it because she is an employee and that would provoke a "conflict of interest" ??? (I'm sure they are lying) Alicia starts crying.
  
• Yazmin enters and makes fun of Alicia and in turn says she is the one for the Job.
  
• Enters the top supermodel and Yazmin and Alicia are united once more critizing the model
  
• The rest you already wrote about."

THANKS Mariacruz!

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Good news: Susanlynn says there'll be some Fea guest stars on Cantando por un Sueño this Sunday.

Bad news: Thanks to the Latino Grammys, they ran yesterday's episode an hour early. That would have been fine if I had known ahead of time and set the VCR. Or if I had gotten home in time to find out. I didn't find out until after 11. I suck. I'm sorry. And very very sad. :....(

They did announce the previous day that they were going to do this, but since I usually leave the room or FF during commercial breaks, I missed that. Maybe a Heridas-watcher got it? Please please please?

All I got were the last five minutes, which I'll summarize to the best of my ability. I have only the vaguest idea of what happened before that. I know Alicia "auditioned" for the underwear modeling job in Fern's office, wearing a bikini and a long coat. And a famous model, whose name might be Pilar, showed up (I'm not sure how they got her), so Alicia didn't get the job, not that she was going to anyway.

Everything else is a mystery. What did Alicia tell Ariel? Is Yazmin still locked up, perhaps suffering a disfiguring accident during an escape attempt? Has Alicia's car been repossessed? Did Fern and Ariel somehow manage to swap their identical briefcases despite the fact that Lety was clutching Fern's to her chest most of the time? (And why can't Fern carry his own damn briefcase??) Is it the next day yet? Etc.

When the recording starts (I think it's still the same day), Fern has the famous model in his office with Lety and is on the phone with someone making arrangements for crew and equipment to shoot the commercial. Lety and the model leave his office.

Omar calls from a bar in Munich. It looks just like the swanky bars he and Fern go to in Mexico City, and nothing like the creepy bars where Sidney was always doing spy stuff in Alias. Omar mentions the red bag again. The ensuing conversation is rehash-o-rama. He describes the letter and its manila envelope. He asks if Lety has been acting weird or annoyed lately, or showing any signs of having read it. Fern says no, we spent a lot of time together and everything's fine. Omar asks if he found out where she was this morning, and Fern disgustedly says she was with Tomas. Omar freaks out. Fern says he plans to take Lety to his house tonight. Omar says oh, she insisted, huh? (Omar is awfully dense.) And Fern says no, I WANT her to come over.

Omar doesn't like this either. It really bugs him that Fernando doesn't share his contempt for Lety! They end their conversation, and Fernando gets a silly grin on his face.

In the preview for tonight's episode, Lety is jealous of this new model who might be named Pilar. She advises maybe-Pilar (and some of the feas) that Fern has a problem: he is leading a double-life!

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Alicia's mouth is still hanging open after finding that sketch of the underwear-clad woman on the horse. She puts 2 and 2 together and comes up with "muchas equis" (many X's)... that is, she assumes that Fern is producing pornos and having the cuartel help out. Apparently, it never occurs to her that they could be producing a commercial even though it's an advertising agency. (I assume the gist of the commercial will be that if Lady Godiva had had such fine underthings, she wouldn't have ridden around naked on a horse.)

She calls Marcia in Germany, waking her up. Alicia asks why were you sleeping at this hour? Marcia points out that it's the middle of the night in Germany. (It bugs me that Alicia has been so dumb lately - I think they are overdoing it.) Alicia tells her that Fern and the cuartel are producing a "many-X" film. Marcia is skeptical, and Alicia hangs up on her. Alicia is delighted that for once, she gets to hang up on Marcia before Marcia hangs up on her!

Then Alicia calls Ariel, who is not thrilled to hear from her. He says he has some friends (yeah, right) who might like to hire Alicia as their "escort." She hints at having some juicy intel that Ariel can use to take over Conceptos. He doubts it, but has a pretty good idea of her price - 500,000 pesos to save her car, right? (Yep, she DID owe that money on her car, just as I thought... the ESMAS recap last month had said it was for her apartment, grrrrr.) She insists that it's good and it's something he needs to see with his own eyes. He says this had better not be one of her schemes. She assures him that he'll be really surprised.

She wants an explanation from the cuartel but they are not cooperative thanks to her rude, overbearing manner. She tells them that Ariel would be a much better president than Fernando. They ignore her until she leaves. Then they gloat for a while and Irma continues the meeting. They discuss where to film the ad, and agree on Fernando's golf club.

Yazmin shows up at the tryouts for the underwear ad. She whines at Saimon and is angry she wasn't invited to audition. She threatens to throw a fit if she can't participate. Just then, PM joins their conversation and throws a fit of her own. Then she heads back to the boardroom to tell the feas about Saimon. Alicia overhears that they're casting, and interrupts them again to demand an explanation. She throws around all kinds of accusations about making a XXX movie with animals and then leaves. They are all confused as to why she thinks they're doing such a thing. Martha suggests that perhaps Alicia saw the "XXX" size on her new pants.

Yazmin is still upset. She claims to be an official Conceptos model and doesn't understand why they brought in outside people. One of the models puts her down for not being a professional; Yazmin says the model is just jealous because she doesn't work at Conceptos.

Alicia gets there and starts yelling at them for producing filth. Yazmin says that Flaquito would never allow her to do such a thing, and explains that they're doing an underwear commercial.

Alicia's manner undergoes a drastic change. Oh, a commercial? On TV? She starts stroking her hair. She offers her services too. Yazmin flips out again and says it's not fair she isn't the model. Alicia says of course you're not, I am! Irma admits that Alicia has a good figure, but Yazmin protests that Al has no experience. Al argues that she took a three-day course in modeling, and it wore her out. This brings lots of catcalls and ridicule from the cuartel and the models.

They commence the tryouts. Yazmin is booed. Alicia refuses to audition in front of the feas. The feas make catty remarks amongst themselves about the different models, but are polite to all their faces. Lola just wants to make sure Yazmin doesn't get the job.

So does Alicia. Yazmin goes into a dressing room to whine to Flaquito about how mean Alicia is to her. Alicia quietly locks her in and hurries back to the audition. (Yes, that's right, the dressing rooms at Conceptos lock from the outside. Architectural stupidity, or plot convenience? You make the call!) Lola sees this and gleefully decides to keep it to herself. :-)

Yazmin loses the signal on her phone, and that's when she discovers that she's locked in. She panics and starts yelling.

Down in the main lobby, Ariel shows up, irritated that Celso wasn't waiting outside to park his car. That's because Celso has been manning the reception area while PM badgers Saimon for ogling the models. Celso takes off to park Ariel's car, leaving the dog to take the phone calls. Ariel is displeased to find the executive lobby also devoid of Conceptos employees - they're all in the auditorium with the underwear models. He checks the boardroom, wondering where Alicia. He's angry that she's not there to tell him what's going on but finds it all very promising - plenty of evidence of mismanagement.

Back in the outside world... Lety and Fern are eager to leave the basketball court, but the car won't start. Fern says the guys must have screwed something up when they stole his taillights. Lety feels queasy. Fern gets a call from Marcia. He assures her that Conceptos is not making any adult films.

Finally, the car starts (it magically fixed itself?) but won't go forward, only backwards. That's better then nothing so they go speeding backwards out of the basketball court, leaving the prop rifle forlornly on the ground, unwanted and unloved.

They complete their errand. Lety is now clutching a briefcase and they talk about how they now have the underwear samples from Ricardo (the client). I guess the samples are in the briefcase? That's not clear. I think it's Fern's briefcase. So Fern's briefcase is full of underwear samples. And someone noticed (in the Comments) that it looks just like Ariel's briefcase. Anyway, they also wonder why Alicia told Marcia they were doing porn. They get in the car and drive back to Conceptos. Amazingly, the car is now able to drive forwards. Wow. I had no idea Beamers could fix themselves. I want one.

They return to Conceptos. Lety tells Celso's dog, "wow, Paula Maria, you sure have changed." (Now that I know how corny that joke sounds, I'm not going to say it at work ever again.) Celso gets back to the lobby and tells them Ariel is there. This worries them. They wonder if he is there to try to take over the company.

Ariel sees Alicia parading around (fully clothed) on the stage. Alicia tells all of the models that Saimon is not a producer, but a mere messenger. No one wants to hear Saimon's explanation - the models are very angry.

Ariel confronts Alicia, who claims confusion. Fern says he's confused too - why is Ariel there? Ariel starts a verbal attack about Fernando's managerial incompetence, starting with the Saimon mixup. Fern tells Ariel that Saimon is a wonderful, lively, funny person to have around - not that Ariel would understand anything like that. Alicia chimes in, condescendingly telling Ariel to get it through his head that Fernando is the president of Conceptos, not him! Fern tells Ariel that he dresses well, but he undresses even better. (This is a reference to the mean joke that Ariel told about Alicia a few weeks ago at the Bella Life jewelry presentation, but I'm not sure why he tells it to Ariel... nobody wants to see Ariel undress!) Ariel gloats that it will all be over soon enough - they'll have the Big Meeting and that will be the end of Fernando and Conceptos.

Alicia tells Fern that her "muchas equis" story was only meant as a joke. Fern indicates that he was not amused.

Paula Maria and Saimon make up. He tells her that he didn't try to trick the models; they just assumed he was in charge. Lety shows up (at Fern's request) and asks the cuartel what happened. Why did all the models leave and why were they so angry? Suddenly, Lopez is in a big hurry to go back to his office and do important work...

They get together for a formal meeting. Irma says they have the golf course and will begin shooting tomorrow. Fern sternly wants to know who's the model. They blame Alicia for the trouble with the models, but Fern blames Saimon. Irma defends him, but Lopez suggests firing him. Saimon points out that Lopez was his "assistant" all day long!

Back in the dressing room, Yazmin is screaming her head off, banging on the door, and trying to get her phone to work. Flaquito is worried because she's not answering her phone. He recalls her complaints about Alicia and apparently receives a telepathic message from Yazmin that she's locked in. He decides he's going to Conceptos and save her.

In the bathroom, Alicia prepares to change her clothes. She tells herself this modeling job will pay well and be her salvation. Just then, her phone rings. It's Ariel. He scolds her for her stupidity, and asks what was that big secret she was going to tell him?

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Andres, lying limply in his hospital bed, is informed by Maria Theresa and Unibrow:

1. No, Valeria is not a nun;
   
2. She has born him a child, Pedro.

He is very confused. He wants to get up and go to her. Owing to being near death, he can't.

He hears Valeria came to the hospital to see him but left after seeing Queen Bonbon.

So Andres tells the Bonbon her reign has come to a close; he intends to win back Valeria's love. "No, no, Andres, I will not give you up - you can only be happy with me." She has taken the news poorly.

Veronica, who is entirely Vera the Perra lately (you can tell because she's always baring her fangs), tells Victor: "Maite is no longer my mother. She only loved me till Valeria showed up. YOU don't have any surprises, do you? No kids? You're mine mine mine. I will live with you here in this apartment, just us." He says she's, uh, not completely cured and must go back to the clinic. She takes the news poorly.

Juanita visits Andres and tells him about her son (his nephew) Daniel. Then he tells her he wants to win Valeria back. "I told Valeria that she was a woman just like her mother - ironically, now I think the world of Maria Theresa!" (He didn't actually say ironically, I am interpolating.)

Remember Guillermo's dad, the brutal obnoxious guy with a drunkard's nose? I guess we'll have to call him Daddy. He goes to the insane asylum (isn't there any security?) and tells Veronica: "Guillermo and Victor live together and are homosexuals, in fact they are plotting to get rid of you because Victor loves Guillermo more than you." Yes, Veronica takes the new poorly.

I can only explain Valeria's wussiness by pointing out that she was raised by a crazed serial killer. She confesses to the Padre right there in the hacienda, with Cleo eavesdropping as Jacinta ordered. When Cleo reports, after a bit of hand-wringing, that the "recogida" (that nobody little snot-nose) is actually son of Valeria and Andres, Jacinta takes the news poorly.

In fact, she is simply magnificent in her rage. She grabs Valeria, shakes her, hits her again and again - and threatens Pedrito. "He's an innocent baby!" "NO, the sins of his parents have marked him forever. You're a child of Satan. Don't stain my house with your obscenities." She throws Valeria on the floor, rips the shirt off her back, and shouts: "If you don't obey me, your son will pay." She gets out her whip and lashes Valeria all bloody, right in front of her crucifix, Jesus bleeding on the cross, wow!

Then Jacinta, her passion slaked, says "This was the only way," kisses Valeria, and leaves her there on the ground.

Valeria becomes virtually comatose and helpless which can be the only explanation for her next move - when she tries to pick up Pedrito and leave, and Jacinta says, "No way either of you are leaving - you are both Valladolids. Only I know what's best for you." - well, she stays.

Juanita storms in, demanding to see Valeria, but Federico runs her off after hitting her HARD and telling her she's nothing but a lousy Indian. He and Jacinta agree that Baldo, Theo and Juanita are dogs who bite the hand that feeds them, and that Juanita must be kept away or Valeria will find out (somehow) that Jacinta engineered the scene which parted her from her beloved torero. Jacinta, somewhat shaken: "It's risky to wait a moment longer! Let's start our plan!"

Speaking of plans, Unibrow is telling everybody in sight that his plan for vengeance is being put into motion. When he invites Remedios and Octavio to Las Barricas and offers them employment, and gives them the shpiel, Remedios mildly says: "Vengeance poisons the soul."

Rafael has snuck into Victor's apartment but can't find the letter Magdalena wrote to Adolfo (that long-ago letter explaining that Adolfo is Veronica's pop). Luckily, Guillermo and Victor come home discussing the very letter he seeks and show where it is as he peeks out of the closet, knife in hand! They helpfully leave and he takes the letter.

Next Guillermo innocently brings pretty art books to Valeria at the asylum, trying to make friends, but she snarls at him. "You can't steal my dad. Disappear from our lives and never come back. If you stay, he loses me forever. You can just watch him suffer. If you love him, leave immediately and give no explanation." I can't imagine Guillermo is any match for Vera the Perra.

Rafael hightails it to the hacienda. Remember, he was charged with replenishing Jacinta's drug supply (this is how she plans to keep Valeria and Pedrito very, very quiet). He's come to get paid and hand over the goods. He also hands Jacinta the letter. Her reaction upon finding out that the "loca" Veronica is her grand-daughter: well, she takes it poorly.

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Miranda tells Alejandro that she's going to ask her father to return home. She reminds him not to tell either of her sisters what has happened (that she found out Fernanda is her mother).

Francisco, Amparo and Fernanda are enjoying a meal. They're all happy because Fernanda is reunited with Miranda but they wonder about the other two daughters who do not yet know that Fernanda is their mom. Francisco and Amparo want Fern to stay around a while. Fern says she's not going anytime soon, they have been her only family and they are like the brother and sister she's always wanted.

Joel arrives. He talked to someone at the metro who saw a woman matching Naty's description purchase a ticket to Tabasco. "She returned there?" asks Fernanda, "but where?" Joel says she went to Villahermosa. He's going tomorrow to get more info from the drivers.

It's a dark and stormy night. Squeaky paces her chamber watching the lightning. Slowly the door creaks open and a dark figure enters...it's the studly doctor Juan. He's happy to find her alone. They make small talk about fear of the night, fear of the living and fear of each other. They gaze into each other's eyes then finally get around to a long kiss. He's hot.

Carola tells Daniel that what he's suggesting is crazy. He wants them to live together. She says there is too much difference between them as well he knows. Even though he says that's not important over time it would become important. She never has been one of those women who sees their clients as Prince Charming (Principe Azul). She doesn't believe she will be rescued and taken to a castle. He says that with time she could turn into a princess. He'll go but he wants her to promise to think about his offer. As the music reaches a crescendo she kisses him on the lips. (Remember she wouldn't do that last Tuesday night!) He's surprised and she tells him she did it because she's no longer a woman of the street and he is very special to her. He kisses her hands and gets that hunky Marcos look he used to have on Alborada.

After Daniel leaves Raul, who has been hiding in another room, asks Carola why didn't she accept his offer. She says she's holding out for Juan, for when he returns. Raul says Juan is super ga-ga over another chick, seriously. Carola is bummed.

Juan is kissing Squeaky as the thunder crashes. He hesitates, says he must respect her and her house. She tries the old "You don't like me?" trick and it works, not that it took much effort. He says ever since he first met her she's driven him crazy, he can't stop thinking about her. She grabs him and tells him she's never been with anybody. "Then it's something very special. I hope it's as special for you as it is for me," he says. "It will be important to you?" she asks. (Warning: get barf bag now.) "More than my life," he whispers, "It will be my most precious gift." (Blech! See, I warned you.) That last statement aside, did I mention he is H.O.T?

Miranda tells Al she doesn't know how she can look at her father, how could he have done such a thing? She says her mother and Berta were in love with the same man, Berta told her that they killed him, she told her that they both knew Al's father. Egad, now she gets it! "Alejandro, my father killed Alfredo Luque..." (Sobs) "your father!" (Violins shriek.) Commercial break.

Miranda is still sobbing, "My dad found your dad with my mom and out of jealousy killed him. You know what this means? Our love is impossible. Leave now. Leave and never look for me again." Alejandro thought bubbles "I can't allow Miranda to suffer so. My vengeance must stop here!" More crying. "Listen," says Al, "my pop only died a few months ago." Happy piano music accompanies Miranda's smile. They embrace.

Squeaky and Juan are basking in love's glow. She says she never thought it could be so nice and she'll never forget this beautiful night. He can't say with words what his heart feels. They take turns feeling their beating hearts. "And now what," asks Squeaky, "are we friends, lovers, what?" Juan says from his point of view they are boyfriend and girlfriend. "But wait," he adds, "that can't be because I have nothing to offer you." "Let's see how things go," encourages Squeaky. He leans back to kiss her, displaying his 6-pack.

Miranda is relieved to hear that Alfredo Luque died only a few months ago, but she's going to ask her mother who the murdered man was. Also, she doesn't want to speak to her father. Alejandro tells her not to harbor rancour, Gonzo is still her dad. Miranda says he killed and never paid for his crime. Gonzalo San Llorente is dead to her, as dead as the man he murdered. Alejandro tells her he would give anything to see and speak with his dead father, so heed his advice, don't condemn Gonzo when she doesn't know exactly what happened. She tells him she doesn't see it that way, she hurts not only for the soul of the man but also for his family's suffering. Al gazes at her with adoration and thought bubbles "I pardon him Miranda," (he embraces her),"the love I feel for you allows me to forget the hate that has tormented me all these years. Today I start a new life at your side." He tells her to go talk to her father.

Gonzo arrives at the hacienda and tells Miranda he only came to get some things from the library, like the money she put away. She tells him there's very little left. She also tells him she doesn't want him to return to the condo in Polanco, she wants him to stay at the house. She plans to talk to Vicente tomorrow and return Gonzo's company to him.

Carola and Raul are planning to set up Sanson for a sting but Raul is worried that if things don't go as the police plan he could be putting his whole family at risk. "Don't think that or you'll 'throw the salt' (put a jinx) on us," says Carola. As soon as they have all the information they are to inform the cops, that's the plan. Raul says it's all his fault they are involved in this. He wants to take care of everything himself. As they leave he crosses himself.

Fern tells Amparo not to be silly, she should give herself the opportunity to to see if Roman likes her. Amparo is afraid because she's not like him, he's educated and elegant while she is common and rough. What if she falls in love and it doesn't work out? Fern tells her not to shut the door on love. It's better to live with the Wounds Of Love than never to have loved at all.

Miranda tells Gonzo that tomorrow Squeaky returns and what will she say to her if he's not there? "Tell her to run to her mother's arms as you have done," he whines, but in a very deep voice. She says she won't tell them about Fernanda, especially Florencia because it would surely kill her. Gonzo is surprised, he hasn't heard that Flor is so sick. Miranda brings him up to speed, expressing her concern that they're afraid her pregnancy won't come to term. She tells him Flor and Fabricio are shopping in Miami because Cesar loaned them the money. Gonzo whips his head around and glares.

Cesar and Luis Alberto are playing pool in Cesar's hideously ugly and claustrophic rumpus room. They're waiting for Luciano and gossiping about him. Cesar says sooner or later SLI will be his. Three skanky chicks enter then Luciano arrives. One of the skanks asks Luciano about the very handsome friend he was with at the bar the other night. This tacky but innocuous question is accompanied by sinister music. Then Luciano glances around the room furtively.

Gonzo and Miranda are STILL talking about him moving back into the house. Long story short...
Gonzo: "It's her house but wah wah wah it was my money that maintained it and now she wants back in."
Miranda: "I love you but she's my mother and she's suffered too."
G: "OK I'll come back but your sisters must never know."
M: "Agreed, I won't tell them."
G: "Agreed, but the new rule of the house is no more Alejandro Luque. You decide."
M: "Agreed, starting today things in this house will be as you say."

Raul tells Sanson he needs to know more robbery details, at the very least which bank? Sanson says he'll find out tomorrow. Rauls says he's leaving the gang after the robbery. "Sure, if that's what you want," says Sanson, "but not until tomorrow." Raul leaves and Carola arrives. Sanson kicks his minions out, telling them to go find some fun. Now it's Carola's turn to try to get info out of him. His response is "tomorrow you'll be driving the getaway car." (Nice bit of detective work Raul and Carola...NOT!) After she leaves he mutters "Those two just signed their death sentence."

I guess Squeaky and Juan aren't spending the night in bed with each other because he's kissing her goodnight. She wants to stay in Flor's room because it makes her feel secure. He thought bubbles "It's not good what I've done, let down my godmother by boinking her daughter. She'll never forgive me." In bed Sqeaky is thinking that Juan is wonderful. "When Veronica and Erika find out they'll die of anger. And stupid Veronica, I'm going to win her car. After I win my prize from her I'll tell Juan goodbye once and for all."

Cesar tries to get the bimbo to tell him more about Luciano's friend, like his name. She doesn't know but she tells him about another woman who does.

Miranda calls Alejandro to tell him that by order of her father he can no longer come to their house. He tells her not to worry, he'll talk to Gonzo. Just then he stops at a light and is attacked by Sanson's gang, the ones who are out looking for a little fun. Miranda hears them on her cell phone and panics.

Ick, Berta has just arrived home. Gonzo isn't happy to see her and orders her to tell him right now who was the man with Fernanda that night. He shakes her. She wants to know why these questions after all these years. Tomasa is eavesdropping. Gonzo says she better not pretend she doesn't know because he'll kick her out right now. "So do it," she retorts, "but I don't know, nobody knows." He wants to know what happened with the body. "I told you, Tomasa's kids threw it in the river and the current took it away, that's why it was never found." As Tomasa listens Gonzo tells Berta that Miranda knows about Fern but that Berta better not tell the other two sisters. "Count on me, you know how I adore your daughters," she says. Gonzo tells her he doesn't believe her sweet tone nor her stupid smile. He's different now and won't fall for her bull. "Fine," she answers," at last we can remove our masks." She suggests they maintain a united front against Fernanda but Gonzo says he's not interested in any alliance with her.

Miranda is still listening in horror as poor Alejandro is the victim of the longest car-jacking/robbery in history. Lots of yelling and threats, "Get out of the car!" "Help, they're attacking me!" "Alejandro, what's happening?" "Give us your keys and wallet! You're a dead man!" More yelling, then shots. Miranda shrieks, "Alejandro, Alejandro!"

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• According to ESMAS, there are seventeen episodes following tonight. But according to a starting date of October 3 for Mundo de Fieras, there are only nine slots left for the 17 episodes. What do you think?
  
  
• We left Veronica last night with her mouth open in horror that "her" mother Maite is actually Valeria's "real" mother. "Valeria gets everything and now she has my mother too." She becomes Vera, bares her fangs, blames everybody, and stomps around. Juanita ruefully tells Valeria she can't stay and chat - she'll have to chase after Veronica, since she promised Victor and Maite to watch over her.
  
  So Valeria goes back to the hacienda where the maid was hyperventilating about her absence, luckily beating Jacinta home.
  
  
• Jacinta was occupied elsewhere, trying to kill Andres. The promising young toreador Marcos was supposed to be showing off his skills against a cow, but Jacinta sidled around back and with the help of an accomplice opened the gate of an evil bull with very pointy horns instead. When Andres realizes the youth is in the ring with an evil bull, he jumps in and tries to control the situation but gets gored. They rush him to the hospital. Jacinta smiles.
  
  
• Jacaranda and Rafael get the keys to Victor's apartment. Their plan is to get Magdalena's letter and sell it to Jacinta, who will be mortified to discover the "loco" Veronica is her grand-daughter.
  
  Rafael overhears Guillermo and Mommy being subjected to a tirade from the brutal husband/father. "When are you coming home? The other children and our friends have been asking!" The shouting gets very heated and Mommy says "You are pathetic and ridiculous, you are a caricature of a macho man. I'll be filing for divorce."
  
  As the dad stomps off, Mommy says to Guillermo: "I felt safe and protected at your side. You are a real man!" Rafael then sidles up to the dad and says "I'm on your side. If you pay me well, I'll see to it that Victor and your son Guillermo are separated forever."
  
  
• Jacinta: "I felt the presence of God at my side when I opened the bull's door. He guided my hand, I was a divine instrument, just as when I sicced the bull on my husband and killed him." She's not so complacent when she gets home and finds Valeria has run to the hospital to see her wounded husband Andres. She sends Federico to fetch her back.
  
  
• All over town phones ring with the news that Andres has been hurt and may (of course) be dying. Valeria rushes in, Juanita comes, and Unibrow - who, dressed in an extra-large labcoat which is not at all flattering, had been at the lab analyzing Jacinta's drug stash - all join Dionisius and Maite and Victor in the hospital waiting room.
  
  The doctor says Andres will be ok. Unibrow goes in and reconciles with him (with Andres, not with the doctor). In the hallway, Valeria overhears the sobbing Bon-bon saying Andres is the love of her life and that when he recovers the two of them will go back to Spain. Valeria, despondent, is then willing to go back to the hacienda with Federico. Maite tries to talk to her but Valeria screams and rejects her.
  
  
• Jacinta: "Lord, I never ask for anything unjust. Don't let that wretch leave the hospital alive." She is so disappointed to hear, later, that he is out of danger. She yells at Valeria: "You're a mujerzuela just like your mother, the seed of sin is in your soul, you owe me everything and if I wanted to, I could take your life away." She also mutters: "He is alive - but not for long."
  
  
• The Maldonados get a minute or two of airtime, talking about a bracelet in an old picture (I think it's the one Jacinta had taken of herself and Adolfo). Sergio says "every time that bracelet was mentioned, my sister Jacinta got very nervous. And Remedios ended up with the bracelet."
  
  
• Since Andres is ok, Victor says he's got to go to Veronica - it turns out she fled back to Mexico City. She burst into his apartment, surprised Guillermo and Mommy, and locked herself in her room where she had a screaming match among her personalities. Vera triumphed and says, "I'm the strongest, it's only I who decide what happens, I'm not going to let that lousy Veronica come back." When Victor arrives she lets him in and sobs hysterically: "You're all that's left to me, I don't have to share you, nobody is going to come between us, I swear." No doubt thinking of Guillermo, Victor consternates.
  

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The Cuartel

Saimon is in the boardroom with the cuartel trying to offer his help. Saimon says they need a man to help them. Martha says that’s why they have Don Fernando. PM stands up for Saimon and gives all the reasons that Saimon might be helpful. The girls decide that they have a lot of work, and Saimon would be a big help. Irmita says that Don Fernando would be very proud of all the work they’re doing. PM and the rest of cuartel come out to the secretaries’ area and make some calls in front of Alicia. They’re trying to prepare for the video. Martha, of course, is ordering the food. Saimon runs around and takes notes. Alicia looks on, very confused. Irmita calls an agency and asks for all their models, because it’s an underwear commercial. Saimon squeals with glee. Alicia comes over, but the entire cuartel tells her to leave. (I actually feel bad for her here.) Alicia and Saimon go to the side, and Alicia asks him what is happening. Saimon starts to tell her, but the cuartel interferes. He tells her that they’re doing something important. Alicia says that something important for the cuartel would not be interesting for her. She goes back to her desk and her red bag.
Saimon and the cuartel joke about their new important positions. Lola calls somewhere and asks for a pure blood horse. She says this was authorized by Fernando. The person on the other end of the phone doesn’t believe her at first. Eventually, they believe her and ask what color she needs. She asks for a black one, but they only have a brown horse.
Saimon wants to do the casting, PM says he can’t. Lopez enters. Saimon asks Lopez if he thinks a man or a woman should cast an underwear commercial. He says that since Don Luigi… PM interrupts and says that you can’t exactly call Luigi a man.
Lopez and the cuartel continue to talk about who should cast the models. PM says they’ll look at the models first and then leave the decision up to Fernando.
Down in the atrium Celso tells Lopez and Saimon that PM told him to send the models directly to her. Saimon says that he’s now the coordinator of production; Lopez says no, he is. Three models enter. Lopez tells them that he’s the coordinator. Saimon says they need to leave to do the casting. Lopez enters the elevator with the models while Celso blocks Saimon. At the last minute Saimon jumps onto the elevator and tries to throw out Lopez. They arrive at the floor where the cuartel is stationed. PM is not happy and holds a pencil in a threatening position (Saimon has two models on his arm). Saimon just turns around and takes off in the other direction. PM says she is mad because Saimon takes off with the first skinny model that shows up at Conceptos.
In the casting area the first model enters in a bikini while Lopez and Saimon talk about casting the commercial. The rest of the models enter. Saimon asks Becky (the model) to do a walk for him. PM watches on and then runs up to Saimon and yells his name in his ear. Saimon asks what he can offer her. This makes her flip out. He takes her aside and assures her that he’s just working. She should go back to work with the cuartel. Sara comes in with good news for PM and they run out of the room, but not before PM gives Saimon a pinch and tells him to be careful. Saimon asks Becky to do another turn, but more sensual. Now it’s Saimon flipping out. Lopez tries to call him and tells him to be more professional.

Alicia
Alicia goes to the pawn shop. She hopes no one recognizes her. She’ll lose all her prestige if someone does. She calls her father complaining about her situation. The guy at the window tells her they’re ready for her. She takes her jewels to the man at the window and tells him how much she wants for each piece of jewelry. She’s asking for hundreds of thousands, he tells her hundreds. Oh, you mean dollars? Okay! No, you’re in Mexico, we use pesos! Alicia says he’s trying to play her for a fool. He says that he’s a professional and her jewels are just not very good quality. Alicia stalks out of the shop.
Alicia goes back to Conceptos, still incredulous about her experience at the pawnshop. She stops by the boardroom, trying to overhear what they’re talking about. She snoops around their desks and finds the drawing of a woman on a horse. “What is this?!” she asks herself with her mouth wide open.

Lety and Fernando

Fernando asks Lety to get back in the car, everyone is yelling at Fernando and Lety. Lety runs off. Fernando asks some guy in a red car next to his, what he should do. Fernando kisses his car good-bye. Fernando is grabbed by a kid and a man who implore him not to run after Lety. Fernando says he needs to know what’s going on with Lety and runs off after her. Lety runs around the corner and is upset because she had to lie to Fernando. She hears him yelling and flags down a bus. Fernando comes around the same corner and attempts to chase down the bus. There is a lot of people on the bus, and none of them are very friendly. Fernando slowly jogs behind. (This must be the slowest bus ever!)
The bus runs into another traffic jam; Fernando is still trailing behind. He gets onto the stopped bus and yells for Lety. The driver tells Fernando that he has to pay. Fernando says he’ll pay for himself and Lety. They banter about the price and Fernando says it’s very economical to ride the bus. Fernando heads back to Lety and stops to dance with the guitar man.
Fernando has a rough time getting to the back of the bus. He gets run over by a man half his size and twice his age. Then he runs into some woman who doesn’t want him to touch her. (She must be nuts! Hello, does she not have eyes??!!!!) The bus lurches to a stop and Fernando has to grab her purse to steady himself. Fernando and Lety jump off the bus. Crazy Lady grabs a police officer and says that Fernando took her bag (Did he not see her holding it?) They give chase.
Fernando and Lety stop running. Fernando yells at Lety for making him chase after her and leave his car alone in the street. Lety says it’s his fault too. Crazy Lady and the police officer show up. Fernando wants to run, but Lety says that Fernando needs to confront her. The lady hits Fernando with her bag. They run behind a van to hide from the lady. Uh-oh, inside the van is a very obviously dead body, complete with a machine gun to boot. Fernando hushes Lety and they sit there, unaware of the surprise right behind them.
Soon we see another guy with a machine gun. Oh! It’s a movie. The director tells one actor to pretend to shoot the other. He tells the other that an ugly woman will come running into the scene. The director shouts, looking for the ugly woman.
Fernando sees the dead body. He screams. The dead body tells Fernando not to disturb him because he’s working. Fernando and Lety push through the crowd in front of them claiming that they’re part of the production team. “The ugly woman has arrived!” shouts the director of the movie. Applause and kazoos!!!!
The director yells at Lety for being late. Fernando pretends to be her hairstylist. He gets mad at the director for yelling at Lety and pushes him. The director pushes him back. Crazy Lady and the Policeman come onto the scene for a moment, but movie security throws them out. The Director yells at Lety again and she turns to leave. The crowd protests. The Director punches Fernando. Fernando tells Lety he needs to talk to the director. Fernando butters him up by asking him if he did some famous pictures. The director says no. Fernando says he can’t believe that he didn’t do those movies. The director walks over to Lety and asks his make-up guy to make Lety even uglier. The make-up guy says he can’t. She already looks like a monster. The director agrees. Lety is not amused.
Fernando hides in the van. Crazy Lady and the police officer pass by looking for him. Meanwhile, Lety is talking to one of the actors while playing with some button. The director tells her not to touch that button, because it would ruin the scene. The director goes over the scene with her and the actor.
Marcia calls Fernando from Germany. She wants to know everything he’s been up to. He tells her that would be expensive to tell her everything since she’s calling from Germany. Fernando relents and actually tells her the truth about the day (he had to leave his car; some lady accused him of taking her bag and now he has to save Lety!) Marcia tells him not to lie to her because she knows he is with her lover. Crazy Lady finds Fernando and he grabs Lety to tell her to run. She accidentally hits the button and that causes a whole bunch of marks to go off on the actors chest. Crazy Lady thinks it’s really blood and faints. The director is upset because the whole scene is ruined but calls an ambulance.
Lety and Fernando see a tow truck taking his car. Fernando goes after the tow truck employee and asks why they’re towing his car. The guy says the car has been there for more than three hours. Fernando says, but it was parked! The tow truck drives off anyway. Lety says they should run after it. Mind you, Lety is running with a fake machine gun behind her back this whole time.
Fernando has his car back. Lety asks him where they are. Fernando says he knows exactly where they are. Lety says they’re late and she just wants to go back to the office, besides, this doesn’t look like that good of a neighborhood. The local neighborhood gang comes by and walks up to the car. Fernando says oops and Lety just whines. The men make fun of how ugly Lety is (Apparently, they don’t have any mirrors in their homes). Fernando starts to defend Lety, but Lety protests. The guys start taking the car apart piece by piece. Fernando says he’s going to use his cell phone. Lety reminds him (wink, wink) that he doesn’t have a cellular. Oh yeah! I don’t have credit cars either. The guys order them out of the car and grab Fernando. Lety whips out her gun, tells Fernando to get behind her. She tells the gang to get on the ground and then shoots off the fake gun. The group runs off. Fernando is impressed, but Lety is scared. She laughs after she thinks about it and Fernando gives her some kisses on the cheek. He takes her back to the car where she limply lays in her seat. Fernando exclaims about his lost taillights. Uh-oh, the Beamer won’t start!

Will Lety and Fernando ever get back to Conceptos?
Whose going to be cast in the commercial?
Will the filler episodes ever end?

Tune in tomorrow! :-) Until next time!

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Cesar arrives at the San Llorente plantation and runs into Fabricio who tells him that Miranda and Alejandro are coming to sort the problems out there at the plantation. Lizania greets them and flirts with Cesar who is eager to oblige and says he’ll catch up to her in a bit. Cesar then says to call Miranda and Alejandro to tell them not to come. He and Fabricio will solve the problem there together. Fabricio asks how and Cesar says they’ll think of something. Fabricio isn’t quite comfortable with that reckoning. It’s her place afterall.

Daniel and his brother are at Rebeca’s asking Julio what he plans to do with the money that is theirs from their mother’s inheritance. Julio tells them of his decision to start a new investment house with Cesar by selling off his shares of the business that his father left for him, and that he will invest their money and let it work for them. Daniel gets angry and demands his rights to the stock and to his membership on the board. When his dad says no, Daniel demands his share now rather than to lose it all in a risky start-up venture like this. He orders his brother to leave with him then but Angel says no, he’s come to talk with his dad and is staying. Daniel stomps off and Angel immediately apologizes for his ungrateful actions and attitude and the two hug.

Francisco and Amparo are telling Father Buenaventura that the factory owner came through with a severance check for Francisco when Daira shows up. Francisco and Daira go out to the grounds and he apologizes for his former behavior with her, especially now that he knows she’s related to Alejandro. They begin to get on well together.

Fernanda opens the door to find it’s Gonzalo standing there. He immediately tells her that he knows that Alejandro Luque is her “guardian” and he wants to know what their true relationship is. Miranda is there and he tells her things between the two of them have changed and are irreparably torn, though she feels they shouldn’t have. Afterall, this is her mother. He says now he’s been converted into the monster and it’s all Fernanda’s fault. Fernanda says that is the last thing she’s wanted but he asks again what is the relationship between her and Alejandro Luque.

At the San Llorente hacienda Lizania and Cesar have a “heart to heart” about his desire to change into somebody respectable and well-liked. Cesar gets all weepy and whines to Lizania about what a rotten person he’s been to everybody and how he wishes he could turn into another man. They enter a room off the side and sit and chat. He tells her what a rotten womanizer he has been. She naively offers to help him, telling him just recognizing the problem and dealing with it is the first step. He says how embarrassed he is. They agree to keep this relationship and his personal tribulations quiet from everybody. She leans into kiss him but he feigns uncertainty and fear. However, he “gives in” after only a second’s pause and with a “Bueno, sí ” he demurely “plants one” solidly on Lizania’s lips...... At this point he insidiously thinks to himself how he plans to make Alejandro pay for his actions through his sister, Lizania’s, suffering.

Luis Alberto is overheard by Luciano Sartori telling a client to pull her money out of San Llorente Investments; its days are numbered. He immediately catches Luis Alberto in a lie and tells him he seems to be a disloyal employee if that’s what he’s been telling investors. Luis pretends to take offense and says Luciano is mistaken if he is thinking to accuse him. Luciano calls his bluff and tells Luis “Good try, but I know exactly what your relationship is to Cesar and one ought to be careful with what he says.”

At Fernanda’s home in Mexico City she explains that Alejandro has only lent her a hand owing to the fact that his mother was once her best friend. It has been only that. Gonzalo says he’s moving out and will take the condo at Polanco. She can move into the mansion that his father gave her as a wedding present when he used to think she loved Gonzalo and would be a good wife to him. She says no, not for pride’s sake, but she will not be moving back in there. That life is over and done. This is her house now and her sentiments and her more recent memories are a part of it now. Gonzalo answers that he is not moved by this in the least. If she thinks to point a finger at him she is mistaken; and if she thinks she’s going to continue to throw the blame to him for something that isn’t his doing, then she’s equally mistaken. “I am an honest, upstanding man. I was cheated on and I acted as a result of that. I am not sorry for it. You two go around taking delight in speaking of your victimization and your pain. Who, though will put herself in my place? Measure yourselves by the same standard!” He slams the door as he leaves. Miranda makes excuses saying he’s not really like this and has always given them a good, loving home—and adds, “If it hadn’t been for Bertha....” Fernanda agrees and says what though can they do? Miranda says they’ll force her to confess and fight her using the very same weapons she uses.

Alejandro is driving Daira back and tells her that he has lost control of himself; with regard to taking vengeance on Gonzalo, he felt no pleasure in seeing him so defeated the other day when disassociating himself with the business or in destroying the man’s life and livelihood. The look in Gonzalo's eyes was just like that of his own father’s. He's changed now and it's because he never figured to find Fernanda or Florencia and Miranda. Daira tells him then that he must do as his heart tells him.

Florencia tells Fabricio she’d love to go to Miami to buy baby clothes so Fabricio suggests they go together and get her mind off things there. He sneaks out to call his mother to use her credit card to pay for the trip but she says after paying for Julio’s hospital expenses, she doesn’t have anything left. Cesar overhears this conversation and offers to pay for everything. He takes Fabricio into the office of their hacienda and asks for bygones to be bygones as he’s done with Julio. Fabricio falls into the trap Cesar has set. They make their peace and Cesar buys the tickets, pays for the hotel, and even sets up a cash account for any expenses while up there. As Fabricio leaves Cesar thinks to himself that now he’ll be able to sell off the ranch the next day without Fabricio sticking his nose into it all and scotching the deal.

Leonardo invites Gonzalo to lunch. At the restaurant he asks Gonzalo if he had ever stopped to think that one day the bill would come due for all his past acts. Gonzalo never figured the price would be so high nor that he’d be fine one day and the next be left with absolutely nothing, including his daughters. Leonardo asks if Gonzalo might still love Fernanda and does he think there might be the remotest possibility that in fact she didn’t really cheat on him. He replies that even if she didn’t, too much harm has been done and a dead man whose name he never knew is still involved somehow. Leonardo suggests then that he consider taking the first step and investigate the circumstances. Gonzalo promises he will do just that.

Veronica and Erika’s mothers have said they must return home to Mexico City. Renata says she must stay behind to help care for her sister. Erika remind’s Renata they agreed not to let Veronica take advantage of them and that Renata should still cancel the bet over getting Juan to fall in love with her and to propose marriage. Renata ignores this advice and smiles a bit conceitedly as she continues joking with Veronica over her plans with Juan.

Alejandro picks up Miranda and she later manages to get a call from Renata telling her what’s happened at the hacienda and that everybody has gone. She and Juan will come back to Mexico the next day and then Miranda and Alejandro will fly out to the hacienda to take charge of things. Miranda and Alejandro hug as she explains how things have turned out there and she reminds him that neither of her sisters are yet to be told the truth about their mother when they return to the mansion.

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Maite and Victor seek Andres at his hotel, but the Bon-bon tells them he's gone off to a private party at a bull-raiser's place. Because they are determined to tell him TODAY that Valeria has born him a son, they will figure out a way to crash the party. "I won't rest till I've gotten my daughter out of Jacinta's claws."

It's also dawning on them that Jacinta and Federico were probably behind the long-ago surprise raid on Elvira's House of Ill Repute, which resulted in pictures of Maite cheek-to-cheek with whores, said picture being the primary reason the judge denied her parental rights with Valeria. "They must have had help from one of the women in the house, how can that be?" "Many people have a price."

Theodoro, Baldo and Juanita waste much airtime trying to convince Unibrow to reconcile with Andres. He says, in his huffy monotone, "Andres was bad to me" and defends his position against bullfighting: "I couldn't stand to wonder each time if he would be hurt." "All the more reason," Theo reasons, "you should make up with Andres. How will you feel if you read he's been killed, and you not speaking to him?" "Be quiet," responds Unibrow.


Gustavo navigates his wheelchair over to the door - he thinks it's Elvira come to visit, but it's really Jacaranda. They are very surprised to see each other. She is surprised to hear that Nicolas's story - "I can't leave my wife for you because she is dying of cancer" - is just bull. Since Jacaranda is hiding from Rafael, and Gustavo is hiding from everybody, they agree to keep their meeting a secret.

Andres and his cronies visit the bull-fighting school - Federico is watching from the shadows. They notice a guy named Marcos who "has what it takes" and Andres invites him to the private party referenced above. Gordo says, "Ah, you want to mentor him as you were mentored." Federico gets hold of Marcos later and says, "I know how you can get in good with those guys" and we don't hear his plot but I'm sure it's evil.

Rafael, as Jacinta's go-between, visits the bent doctor and asks for more poison. The doctor says he got in trouble last time and is under scrutiny, so he can't help, but will make a referral (to another doctor willing to poison people on command). Rafael killed Jacaranda's husband, and the doctor killed Magdalena (Veronica's mother).

The gossipy ladies show Federico the car driven by the new owner of Las Barricas - the driver can't be seen, but Federico recognizes it's the car that tried to run him down. They give him a newspaper with a big color picture of Andres kissing the Bon-bon. Federico runs it right back to Jacinta and Jacinta runs up the stairs and thrusts it in Valeria's face. "Look at your Prince Charming." Valeria says, nevertheless, she still loves him as much as ever. Jacinta says: "Let's go to church and pray to rid ourselves of indecent passion." She smiles as Valeria cries and says: "Rodrigo is your future."

Jacaranda shows up at the restaurant to bum money off Maite and is upset to hear she's gone. Elvira says never fear, I'll lend you some money. Rafael shows up. Jacaranda's been hiding from him because he threatened to kill her last time they were together. He thought she had the letter Magdalena wrote in which she swore Veronica is Adolfo's daughter.

Guillermo returns some keys to Elvira. In front of Jacaranda and Rafael, Elvira loudly tells him: "I have important papers of Maite's which she wanted me to keep safe for her." She shows him where they are. Jacaranda and Rafael are watching. They assume the letter they seek is among those important papers, and clearly plan to steal the lot.

Juanita comes to visit Veronica. While Victor and Maite go off to crash the bull-raiser's party, Juanita and Veronica rendezvous with Valeria at the convent. Valeria tells Juanita that Maite, Veronica's mother, is also her mother! Veronica overhears this and her mouth freezes in a moue.

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Luigi and Alicia

Luigi lets Alicia know about the collection the cuartel is doing in her name. Luigi tells her it’s like the Red Cross is in the reception area. Alicia is very upset wants help from Luigi, but he tells her that he has his own problems. He needs to go talk to Fernando immediately. Alicia protests, but Luigi leaves anyway. Sara and Martha enter with cans in hand. Sara purposely turns her can so that Alicia can see what they wrote on the label. Alicia is upset and whispers some insults to herself.
Luigi goes to his office and packs while talking on the phone about his trip. Irmita lets him know that the storyboard has arrived; Luigi says to take it to Fernando. Irmita reminds Luigi about the upcoming underwear commercial; he tells her he’ll only be gone for a few days. Luigi tells his dog that he’s going to leave her with Irmita. Irmita says okay but… Luigi interrupts and says he’ll leave a video for the dog. Irmita asks Luigi to look at the storyboard but he tells her that’s the President’s problem.
Meanwhile, in the secretaries’ area, Sara tells Alicia that there is an emergency and she needs her help urgently. Alicia insults her; tells her it’s not her problem and says she did not realize that the presidency of the company was now in the hands of the cuartel. Sara tells her that she needs Alicia to confirm the details of Luigi’s trip to Munich. Alicia is mad because Luigi gets to go to France! Sara tells her that Munich is in Germany. Celso enters with two gentleman. They say that they want to donate to her fund. Alicia is really insulted. More people enter with some coins. Celso tells everyone that Alicia doesn’t want their money. Alicia has to call Germany and she can’t remember the country code, oh, and she doesn’t speak German!
Alicia gets on the phone and demands an interpreter. She tells them its not her fault that they never learned Spanish. She says she needs two interpreters; one to interpret German to Spanish and one to translate Spanish to German.
Alicia runs to Lopez and tells him that she is completely alone. Lopez wants to know what she’s talking about. She says that the cuartel left her all the work while they joke around with Fernando. Lopez says he’ll go straighten them out. Alicia tells him that they were even making fun of him. He gets ready to go (head squeak and all) when she tells him she needs some help finding translators. Lopez, painfully, says he needs Lety’s permission to get the translators for her. Alicia doesn’t like that idea at all. Alicia and Lopez walk back to her desk while she goes on about needing a translator. She can’t find the cuartel so she goes to look for them in the bathroom.
Alicia did not find the cuartel in the bathroom and she comes back out. She looks under their desk and then she hears their laughter. It’s impossible that they’re in the boardroom!
Saimon comes to the common area; Alicia tells him that they’re in the boardroom. Saimon wants to know why they’re in there. Alicia asks him to tell her when he finds out.

The Cuartel, Lety and Fernando
Fernando writes a letter to Lety. He wants to know why she’s hurting him this way. Luigi enters and says something about going to Germany today. Fernando tells him to stop joking. Luigi says he’s not joking and he needs to go to Germany right now because FIFA is restricting the time they have to film. Then he starts pressuring Fernando to authorize the start of the new underwear commercial. He says if it is not done in the next few days, Conceptos will lose the contract. Fernando reminds Luigi that he is very busy. Luigi agrees and says the underwear commercial is very important for him, but it will have to be done without him as director. Ricardo has already sent over the storyboard for the commercial. Luigi, not so subtly, tells Fernando that he needs money for his trip to Germany. Fernando desperately calls for Lety, and (surprise!) she’s there. Luigi says that now Lety is here, she’ll fix all of Fernando’s problems and he can leave. Luigi attempts to say goodbye in German, but decides that “Ciao” works just fine. J
Irmita talks with the cuartel and tells them that Conceptos has a big problem. She needs to organize Luigi’s trip. Luigi walks into the conversation, sets the instructions on Lola’s desk and tells Irmita to let the cuartel take care of that stuff. Luigi, of course, has to insult the cuartel before he walks off with Irmita giving her some last minute orders.
Lety calls Tomas from Fernando’s phone to check on financing for Luigi’s trip to Germany. Fernando intently watches Lety during the whole conversation. Lety tries to urge Tomas to hurry up. Lety lets Fernando know that Filmo Imagen will finance the trip. Fernando apologizes to Lety and says that he had a complicated morning and that is why he wasn’t able to get her a real card. Fernando gives Lety a drawing of a teddy bear (so much cuter then the real things that Omar buys! Remember the giraffe monster thing??). He is obviously nervous about it and says if she doesn’t like it he can get her something else. She says thanks and walks into her office. Fernando can not believe that such a simple thing makes her that happy.
Lety puts the picture on the wall while Fernando walks into her office. She asks him to sign her picture. Fernando is embarrassed and says she shouldn’t make such a big deal about it, after all, it’s just a drawing. Her phone rings and Fernando gives her a hug. He says he wants to answer it. Lety tells him no. Fernando says that it’s his company and he can do what he wants and picks up the phone. Lety tries to tell him how to answer the phone properly, but he just says hello. Ooops! It’s his mom and she wants to talk to Lety. She wants to know why he’s in Lety’s office answering the phone. Fernando asks his mom what it is that she needs. She asks for Lety so he gives Lety the phone. She tells him that his mom wants to talk with her about a favor. Fernando is surprised that Teresita would want a favor from Lety. Teresita overhears this and tells Humberto that she think Fernando is going to find out about their secret gift. Lety lies and says that his parents miss eating hot peppers. Teresita and Humberto get a good laugh out of this. They want her to send some to their house. “My mom doesn’t eat spicy food Lety.” “But you’re dad does.” Fernando just laughs. Fernando won’t leave, and he’s listening over Lety’s ear while she’s talking to Teresita. The Mendiola’s are happy that Lety is working so hard to keep their secret. Humberto plays along with her story about the peppers; he wants to know how her task is going, if she’s found anything good. “Delicious,” she says. Fernando waves and leaves. Lety tells Teresita she’ll send the video.
Fernando goes to the restroom, frustrated. Lety arrived late, the red bag is still missing, Lety is talking about suspicious stuff with his parents, he can’t get a hold of Omar and she spent the whole morning with Tomas! Then he’s worried that Lety found Omar’s letter and called his parents to tell them about it. Irmita calls for Fernando and he tells them that he’s peeing and will be out in a second. (He seriously told one of his employees that he was peeing.)
Irmita presents Fernando with the storyboard and Lety comes out of her office to announce the money is ready for Luigi’s trip and for the commercial. Irmita tells Lety that they need to film the underwear commercial tomorrow. Fernando’s day is not getting any better, and it shows. Lety tries to calm Fernando. Lety says if Fernando needs a beautiful model with perfect measurements, she would be happy to do it for him. Everyone laughs. Fernando asks Lety for more money. Lety leaves with some orders about Luigi’s trip. Fernando asks Irmita to bring Bernardo and Faviola to his office. She’s very excited to comply. Fernando calls post production to request the best producers possible.
Irmita goes out to the cuartel and they’re trying to get the best prices possible for Luigi’s trip. Juana calls someone for cameras and other production equipment. Some boxes arrive from the airport. ( I don’t know what’s in them). Fernando calls post production and asks them for
Irmita goes back to Fernando and tells him that the director he wanted can not do the video because he’s filming a movie with Gael Garcia Bernal (ah, Gael…). The other director can’t come either because he’s on a twenty day vacation. Irmita tells Fernando that they’re won’t even be a director of production. .Fernando’s upset and everyone can hear the conversation. He yells, a lot. The cuartel is proud of their boss (I didn’t realize yelling was so impressive.) Paula Maria runs in and tells him that the cuartel is with him. The whole cuartel enters and they all let him know that they support him. Fernando says this is nice, but it doesn’t fix his problem. Sara says they will find a production team for him. He says it’s a complicated commercial. They say that’s okay, do a little cheer and Fernando starts his little dance. Lety and Fernando talk some business alone when Irmita enters and tells him that they found the production team. Lety and Fernando follow her, surprised how quickly the cuartel works. Irmita takes them into the board room and presents the cuartel as the production team. They march. There’s a parody of army talk. Paula Maria and the rest of the cuartel ask for orders. Fernando talks to himself about how happy the cuartel’s enthusiasm would have made his father. Lety tells Fernando that she thinks that the cuartel’s idea will work fine. Fernando nervously laughs. He offers them something to drink. More dog pound noises. Fernando pretends that he’s not going to agree, but then says okay.
Meanwhile, Saimon is answering the phones. He says bye to Luigi. The phone rings again. Celso enters and Saimon begs him to find Paula Maria, because he doesn’t want to cover the receptionist job anymore.
Juana wants to film in Veracruz. Fernando says that would be nice, but there’s not time to set it up or money. Sara says she’ll be in charge of finding the location. Martha says she’ll be in charge of the food. Irmita says they need a model. Fernando says they need a gorgeous woman who is sensual like an Italian woman. Lety almost chokes on her water. Lola says there should be a horse in the commercial. Juana says she knows someone who has a very beautiful horse.
Fernando nervously paces and runs into the storyboard. Lety calms him again. Fernando says something about a horse. Lola says it’s the greatest idea he’s had! They all imitate a riding a horse. Fernando leaves. Martha talks about Luigi. Alicia enters. She orders them to return to their work. Paula Maria says that they are doing their jobs. Lety tries to shush her. Alicia keeps talking while the cuartel tries to explain. Fernando comes in and walks behind Alicia. He starts doing an impression of her. Alicia pretends to play along. He tells her that the cuartel is there with him doing something important for him. Alicia starts to say something about Lety, and Fernando tells her that Lety is now her immediate supervisor from this moment on. The phones are ringing and the cuartel tells her to answer the phone. Oh! And order some pizza for Martha. Sara says she doesn’t need anything. Lety tells Fernando it’s time to go leave.
Back in his office, Fernando tells Lety the truth and says that he thinks the commercial is going to be a disaster. Lety says it may be a total success. She goes into her office to get her things.
The cuartel remain in the board room, laughing about Alicia’s situation. They want vengeance. Irmita reminds them that they’re there to do work.
Fernando and Lety leave Conceptos. Neither seems to sure about the other. Lety remembers her conversation with Teresita and another with her mom. Fernando just watches her.
Lety and Fernando get stuck in traffic. Fernando asks Lety what happened with Tomas. Lety says that it was personal. “You’re really not going to tell me?” Lety tells Fernando that she was helping Tomas with a small personal problem. Fernando wants more details, but Lety won’t give them up. Fernando tells Lety that he tells her everything, truthfully and frankly (ha!) and she hides things from him. He accuses her of lying to him. She says “You don’t believe me?” and gets up and leaves the car.

I would love to give you guys some teasers for tomorrow's episode, but I still can't get past the preview of Lety with a machine gun... I'll talk to you all tomorrow!

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