Thursday, October 25, 2007
Destilando 10/24 - during which cymbal crashes are wasted at a prodigious rate.
I don't care how much scary music is played or how many cymbal crashes are cued, none of us care whether the witches attend the party at CRT.
Minerva, Isa and Fedra, however, are very pleased with themselves, imagining how their absence will be of such great importance to everyone at the Don Amador memorial bash...
Rod doesn't trust his father-in-law who's barely paying interest on his huge debt. Videgaray reminds Rod: Don Amador's will does not allow the hacienda to be mortgaged. Rod muses: maybe I can leverage factory earnings somehow to avoid the worst consequences of my own stupidity in signing for Ricky Sr. Videgaray reminds us: tomorrow is the opening of the special codicil of Don Amador's will. Rod tells him (again): prepare the divorce papers.
Isa asks the new doorman (or manager) of the condo: Why was my sister-in-law asking about the other guy? (The one she got fired cause he knew too much about her dalliances.) "I dunno, but I gave her his contact info." Isa is furious.
At the hacienda, James is sitting alone, impactado because the telephone bills Sofia has been waiting for arrive. Looking at them crosseyed he muses portentously, "Sofia's matrimony hinges on these bills." To cut to the chase, he opens one and finds many calls from Frankie to Isa's apartment. He calls Sofia and tells her, but says he can't possibly open Frankie's cellphone bill. She says she'll open it herself when she gets back to the hacienda. Frankie was sneaking up behind during this conversation and asked what was up, Sofia says James was just asking if he could prepare a welcome feast for the harvesters.
SanJuana flounces around the hacienda, as irritating as ever. Ofelia wants to throttle her, as we all do. "Ofelia, I know you don't think this baby is Hilario's, but there are ways of proving that it is." Hil, in his apartment, brooding over her pregnancy, also does not believe her - "It's a vile lie," he thoughtbubbles.
We now come up to the most hilarious and preposterous product placement I have yet seen on television in my entire life. Nancy is in tears again, she's just so so upset that the Montalvo wives are not coming to the homage and are going to write a complaining letter to Avellaneda (see, I can spell it if I try). I was thinking "dang, that girl needs tranquilizers." But, instead, she says she has a stomach ache and Dr. Blondie leans over her desk, reaches into his suit's inner pocket, and whips out a huge box of antacid. The camera zooms in for a loving closeup and he says it's a very effective remedy against gastritis. Needless to say, Gaviota and Nancy are both astonished by its wondrous powers.
Oh, we just can't go through this again, can we? Gaviota wants to quit again. Blondie tells her to hold her ground. The witches toast their own cleverness with malevolent glee. Pilar arrives and reams them out. "If you care more about humiliating Gaviota than you care about honoring Amador, you are not part of this family. If you're not at this homage tonight, you will not be welcome at my house tomorrow for the reading of the long-awaited codicil to Amador's will."
[When I paused my tape, Fedra's mouth was extremely wide open in indignation/astonishment at Pilar's pronouncement. As I have bragged before, Fedra's dentist in real life moved from Mexico City to Chapel Hill and now sings in the chorale I direct. Nice work on those teeth, Becky!]
[I detect little or no motion on the witches' faces. Was it Botox day on the set?]
We are given a new opportunity to hate Rodrigo when Dani asks if he's nervous about seeing Gaviota and he replies cheerfully: "Oh, I'm coming to the homage for Gramps, not for Gaviota, and anyway I'm seeing Erika later." He chuckles to himself at the very idea that Gaviota's presence could possibly have mattered to him. Don't you want to just smack that complacent puss of his?
Minerva gets off the phone with Aaron and whines: he's glad she isn't coming - he's probably gonna be with one of his so-and-so's. Fedra says she's not sure "their" plan is working... so maybe - better they should go to the party and provoke a fight with Gaviota's inner jimadora. Let her get wild (ooh, catfight!), they might get beaten up a bit, but having her lose control in front of everybody will be worth it.
Everybody dresses for the party. The witches have a little beauty fest. The party starts. Blondie and Gaviota greet all the arriving guests, and a TV crew, and Pammie's daddy (who pulls Avellaneda aside to tell him he has disquieting documents from Eastern Europe and they should meet soon to discuss them)...
And kudos to Susanlynn for reminding me that there was a brief shot of Pammie in a bed somewhere (I couldn't tell if she was wearing a bikini) looking like hell with her worried motehr holding her hand...
... and Patricio and his fiance, and Aaron. (Patricio tells Aaron he'll be happy to assist him should his business ever be legitimate, but count him out of future adulterated shipments of tequila. Aaron says he made so much money on the stock market he's set for life. He brushes off Patricio's complaint that he risked corporation money as well as his own.)
... and Pilar and the granddaughters, who speculate over whether Blondie and Gaviota are an item. Pilar is very gracious to Gaviota and tells her the behavior of the Montalvo girls is not her fault. She reminds her grand-daughters: "Gaviota told me her love for Rodrigo is eternal."
The ceremony is about to start. Rodrigo strides in late. Gav gives him tearful puppy dog eyes, but he's sort of chipper and businesslike with her as with everyone. He gets lots of congratulations for the success of "Ardiente Pasión." He apologizes halfheartedly for his crass rejection of CRT's help but says he still doesn't want it - "I'm into being independent." He takes a look at Sofia, says she looks sad, and says, "Oh I get it, you must be pregnant!" Way to go, boob.
Dani pulls him aside to ask how he feels about seeing Gaviota. "She's more beautiful than ever," he says.
At another location, Erika is setting up a big party; Rod will arrive later. Or wait, is that the sound of an anvil whistling towards her apartment? She and her friend remind each other that Erika is in love with Rod, but Rod is in love with another woman.
Back to CRT. Frankie is telling a little circle of uninterested people: "I have an English assistant, but basically the whole weight of the hacienda falls on my own shoulders, and though my POLO CLUB FRIENDS tell me the work is below me, I do it for the sake of the family." Rod overhears some of this and says, "Gee, you must be tired, working so hard."
Rod gets a moment to tell Gaviota she looks beautiful, and then the witches stride in like Charlie's Angels, though instead of wearing spandex they sport frumpy, fussy frocks. They are already a bit boozed up and immediately commence drinking more. Gaviota, seeing them, immediately throws back a shot of tequila herself against Dr. Blondie's advice that "tension aggravates the effect of alcohol."
Tomorrow: Isa is telling Frankie, in a corner somewhere: "Someone will discover us," when somebody does - Sofia. Gaviota chokes Minerva in a bathroom, asking how many executives she's been with. Then she asks Dani if Rod is in love with Erika. Stay tuned for the answer to these and other gripping mysteries.
Minerva, Isa and Fedra, however, are very pleased with themselves, imagining how their absence will be of such great importance to everyone at the Don Amador memorial bash...
Rod doesn't trust his father-in-law who's barely paying interest on his huge debt. Videgaray reminds Rod: Don Amador's will does not allow the hacienda to be mortgaged. Rod muses: maybe I can leverage factory earnings somehow to avoid the worst consequences of my own stupidity in signing for Ricky Sr. Videgaray reminds us: tomorrow is the opening of the special codicil of Don Amador's will. Rod tells him (again): prepare the divorce papers.
Isa asks the new doorman (or manager) of the condo: Why was my sister-in-law asking about the other guy? (The one she got fired cause he knew too much about her dalliances.) "I dunno, but I gave her his contact info." Isa is furious.
At the hacienda, James is sitting alone, impactado because the telephone bills Sofia has been waiting for arrive. Looking at them crosseyed he muses portentously, "Sofia's matrimony hinges on these bills." To cut to the chase, he opens one and finds many calls from Frankie to Isa's apartment. He calls Sofia and tells her, but says he can't possibly open Frankie's cellphone bill. She says she'll open it herself when she gets back to the hacienda. Frankie was sneaking up behind during this conversation and asked what was up, Sofia says James was just asking if he could prepare a welcome feast for the harvesters.
SanJuana flounces around the hacienda, as irritating as ever. Ofelia wants to throttle her, as we all do. "Ofelia, I know you don't think this baby is Hilario's, but there are ways of proving that it is." Hil, in his apartment, brooding over her pregnancy, also does not believe her - "It's a vile lie," he thoughtbubbles.
We now come up to the most hilarious and preposterous product placement I have yet seen on television in my entire life. Nancy is in tears again, she's just so so upset that the Montalvo wives are not coming to the homage and are going to write a complaining letter to Avellaneda (see, I can spell it if I try). I was thinking "dang, that girl needs tranquilizers." But, instead, she says she has a stomach ache and Dr. Blondie leans over her desk, reaches into his suit's inner pocket, and whips out a huge box of antacid. The camera zooms in for a loving closeup and he says it's a very effective remedy against gastritis. Needless to say, Gaviota and Nancy are both astonished by its wondrous powers.
Oh, we just can't go through this again, can we? Gaviota wants to quit again. Blondie tells her to hold her ground. The witches toast their own cleverness with malevolent glee. Pilar arrives and reams them out. "If you care more about humiliating Gaviota than you care about honoring Amador, you are not part of this family. If you're not at this homage tonight, you will not be welcome at my house tomorrow for the reading of the long-awaited codicil to Amador's will."
[When I paused my tape, Fedra's mouth was extremely wide open in indignation/astonishment at Pilar's pronouncement. As I have bragged before, Fedra's dentist in real life moved from Mexico City to Chapel Hill and now sings in the chorale I direct. Nice work on those teeth, Becky!]
[I detect little or no motion on the witches' faces. Was it Botox day on the set?]
We are given a new opportunity to hate Rodrigo when Dani asks if he's nervous about seeing Gaviota and he replies cheerfully: "Oh, I'm coming to the homage for Gramps, not for Gaviota, and anyway I'm seeing Erika later." He chuckles to himself at the very idea that Gaviota's presence could possibly have mattered to him. Don't you want to just smack that complacent puss of his?
Minerva gets off the phone with Aaron and whines: he's glad she isn't coming - he's probably gonna be with one of his so-and-so's. Fedra says she's not sure "their" plan is working... so maybe - better they should go to the party and provoke a fight with Gaviota's inner jimadora. Let her get wild (ooh, catfight!), they might get beaten up a bit, but having her lose control in front of everybody will be worth it.
Everybody dresses for the party. The witches have a little beauty fest. The party starts. Blondie and Gaviota greet all the arriving guests, and a TV crew, and Pammie's daddy (who pulls Avellaneda aside to tell him he has disquieting documents from Eastern Europe and they should meet soon to discuss them)...
And kudos to Susanlynn for reminding me that there was a brief shot of Pammie in a bed somewhere (I couldn't tell if she was wearing a bikini) looking like hell with her worried motehr holding her hand...
... and Patricio and his fiance, and Aaron. (Patricio tells Aaron he'll be happy to assist him should his business ever be legitimate, but count him out of future adulterated shipments of tequila. Aaron says he made so much money on the stock market he's set for life. He brushes off Patricio's complaint that he risked corporation money as well as his own.)
... and Pilar and the granddaughters, who speculate over whether Blondie and Gaviota are an item. Pilar is very gracious to Gaviota and tells her the behavior of the Montalvo girls is not her fault. She reminds her grand-daughters: "Gaviota told me her love for Rodrigo is eternal."
The ceremony is about to start. Rodrigo strides in late. Gav gives him tearful puppy dog eyes, but he's sort of chipper and businesslike with her as with everyone. He gets lots of congratulations for the success of "Ardiente Pasión." He apologizes halfheartedly for his crass rejection of CRT's help but says he still doesn't want it - "I'm into being independent." He takes a look at Sofia, says she looks sad, and says, "Oh I get it, you must be pregnant!" Way to go, boob.
Dani pulls him aside to ask how he feels about seeing Gaviota. "She's more beautiful than ever," he says.
At another location, Erika is setting up a big party; Rod will arrive later. Or wait, is that the sound of an anvil whistling towards her apartment? She and her friend remind each other that Erika is in love with Rod, but Rod is in love with another woman.
Back to CRT. Frankie is telling a little circle of uninterested people: "I have an English assistant, but basically the whole weight of the hacienda falls on my own shoulders, and though my POLO CLUB FRIENDS tell me the work is below me, I do it for the sake of the family." Rod overhears some of this and says, "Gee, you must be tired, working so hard."
Rod gets a moment to tell Gaviota she looks beautiful, and then the witches stride in like Charlie's Angels, though instead of wearing spandex they sport frumpy, fussy frocks. They are already a bit boozed up and immediately commence drinking more. Gaviota, seeing them, immediately throws back a shot of tequila herself against Dr. Blondie's advice that "tension aggravates the effect of alcohol."
Tomorrow: Isa is telling Frankie, in a corner somewhere: "Someone will discover us," when somebody does - Sofia. Gaviota chokes Minerva in a bathroom, asking how many executives she's been with. Then she asks Dani if Rod is in love with Erika. Stay tuned for the answer to these and other gripping mysteries.
Labels: Destilando
Amar Sin Limites #71, Wednesday 10-24: The body count is up by another one
Recap from last night: Mauricio promises Leo that once he gets married, they can get rid of Ceci. Arnaldo and Julio are moving in together. Doña Clemencia is convinced to let Anibal give her a ride home. Azul warns Arnaldo about "those people". Arnaldo tells Azul that half the boutique has been purchased for Diego.
Casa A&C: Azul takes this as proof that Diego's with Eva. She tells Arnaldo she's going to marry Mauricio. She says she fell in love with the wrong person. She wants to make Mauricio happy and find some peace.
Emilia's: GSD finally admits he smells bad. He complains about his research and his kids. Emilia rubs his shoulders while he complains about Arnaldo being gay and Azul getting married. Emilia is surprised, but not necessarily impactada.
Boutique: Andres lies about why he didn't answer his cell phone. He swears he only loves Ceci, which makes her a little suspicious, but not suspicious enough.
Emilia's: GSD is worried Azul's getting married for the wrong reasons. Emilia tries to talk GSD into telling Azul she's sick, but GSD doesn't think it's a good idea.
Casa Moron: Diego has come to gripe Manuel out about making up with Clemencia. He warns Manuel that if they break up for realz, Manuel's the one who has to leave the house. Clemencia walks in and gets a slightly desperate greeting from Manuel and a protective stance from Diego.
Emilia's: Emilia tries to explain to GSD that he needs to accept Arnaldo's homosexuality. GSD is as hard-headed as usual. He wants to introduce Arnaldo to a hot chick who can get him to switch teams. Seriously, the level of stupidity of this man who's supposed to be such a hot shot scientist just blows my mind. This barely fazes Emilia. I think she's getting the idea that for a smart guy, he's really pretty stupid.
Casa E&G: Gaspar and Arnaldo have brought home groceries and wine for the dinner Arnaldo's going to cook for Gaspar. Gaspar sighs that since his sainted mother died, qdep, nobody's cooked a meal especially for him. On behalf of his dear dad, Hey! I doubt Emilio ordered out every single day.
Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Mauricio tells Azul that he's asked GSD to hand over all the information to Eva because he doesn't want Azul to be in danger. I don't know quite how this is a "speaking of", but Azul tells him she wants to get married ASAP, like this weekend, if possible. Mauricio is thrilled and would do it right now if he could. Azul thinks they should talk about their expectations for the marriage. Azul says she agrees with him about not having sex…wait a second, when did they have this conversation? I'm sure I would have remembered something like that! She also wants to finish her degree. I'm not sure what that has to do with either getting married OR not having sex. Mauricio agrees…cause what guy wouldn't give her everything in return for no sex. Mauricio wants honesty and whatever crumbs of affection she can spare. Azul starts with the honesty by saying she wants to get married this quickly so that Diego will stay away from her. Mauricio says she should move in as of this minute instead of later.
IHoP: Silvana fills Isela in on her meeting with Clemencia. Anibal's there too, so now he gets filled in on the gossip. Anibal says that the shadow of Isela and Manuel not getting married way back when is what keeps Anibal and Isela from being happy. Silvana takes that as her cue to disappear, borrowing Paola (aka Peyote)'s favorite phrase "multiplicarme por cero" ("multiply myself by zero"). Anibal wants to talk about "the shadow," but Isela says she never wants to talk about Manuel again…it's over forever. Anibal's happy about that and they both look hopeful.
Casa Moron: Manuel admits he was stupid. Clemencia lectures him about truth, faithfulness, and respect. Manuel says Isela's out of his life and promises they won't have any more problems. Clemencia says they can start over. No! Run, Clemencia! Run the other way! She says she needs to know he really loves her, but not in the sex way. I think she wants to date again. Manuel suggests they start by going out to celebrate. He can pay for this because he claims to have found a job and Clemencia believes him.
Emilia's: GSD has fallen asleep in front of the couch while still holding a cigarette. Emilia lovingly plucks it from his fingers rather than slapping him upside the head and screaming at him for almost burning down her house. He wakes up and she complains about how hard it is not to tell Azul that she's infected. She starts telling a story about her ex-sister-in-law (Silvana) while grabbing a piece of cheese off a plate, putting it in her mouth, and having him bite off half. I will admit that I myself have done this with my husband, but at least I never forced anyone to watch. Anyway, she tells him about the kid dying and the couple breaking up and he wants to know who it is, but she won't say. She says it's hard for her to know all this stuff and keep the personal separate from the professional and she knows some poor girl's having problems because of her e-s-i-l and it would be better if the girl were her client instead of the e-s-i-l, but she's not. GSD takes away her glass of wine and says she's had enough and isn't making sense anymore. Word. Ew, I just agreed with GSD.
Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Caty wants Azul to put her to bed so she won't have bad dreams. Azul makes a bunch of promises about not letting anything bad happen to her. Caty goes off to have her bath and Mauricio comes in to give Azul the good "news" that he's starting to get his sight back.
IHoP: As Silvana's returning some empty glasses to the bar, Flavio takes advantage of the absence of his "mother-in-law" and Anibal to smush his face against Silvana's. And she's about that into it. Diego sees them and backs away, but then peeks around the corner to watch before he knocks on the wall to interrupt them.
MM v 2.0: Maurico had Leo write a check to Azul so she can open her own account and have some money for her expenses, or for the wedding, or for whatever dang it, just take the money! She tells him she'll let him know how much the wedding dress costs and he can pay for that, but she doesn't take the check.
Casa E&G: Dinner is ready and Gaspar is bragging about how much he can eat when there's a knock at the door. Uh-oh. It's Julio. Gaspar goes into overdrive trying to explain, but Arnaldo had actually called Julio already and invited him to dinner. Oh, bless him for that. I was afraid they were going to keep going the way of Diego and Azul.
IHoP: Silvana actually thanks Diego for busting up Flavio's face smushing. Diego makes an inappropriate comment about wishing he'd met Silvana before Azul. He mopes and whines about Azul, her impending marriage, and how he can't let her get married.
MM v 2.0: Team Mauricio plus Ceci and Azul are at the dinner table. Caty is excited about the wedding and she wants to hold the train of Azul's dress. Azul breaks the news that she wants to have the wedding this weekend, but Ceci protests. Saturday is Julio's fashion show and she and Arnaldo can't be in two places at once. Azul says that Ceci will be the maid of honor and Mauricio and Leo exchange a look.
Casa E&G: Now Efrain's at the dinner too. It's kind of sad that Arnaldo's getting more support from his partner's employee's dad than from his own. Arnaldo tells Efrain that both he and Azul are getting married. We get a PSA about civil unions in Mexico City (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15643540/) and how they're not just for gay couples, but any two people who live under the same roof, but don't share blood. Efrain says it's only right that there should be legal protections for the people you love and share your life with. The guys toast. That was sweet.
MM v 2.0: Ceci is vainly attempting to toast the happy couple, but she sticks her foot in it with a wish for a long life together. She wishes they have lots of happiness and surprises, which ha!, and Andres says he'd like nothing more than to marry Ceci. Whoa, was that an actual proposal? Caty seems to think so. Leo gets really pissy and storms out of the room. Mauricio says not to let Leo spoil everyone's happiness, he'll send her on vacation for a few days. I swear Mauricio's feeling guilty about either having to kill Ceci like he promised or intending to break his promise and not kill Ceci, I'm not sure which.
Emilia's: Emilia has to bring GSD his glasses so he can see the screen on his laptop. She doesn't want him to turn over the information, but he says he has to. Emilia wants him to hide out at her place, but he doesn't want to put her in danger. He says he's going to stay up all night, finish what he's doing and turn over the information--then everyone can stop worrying. The orchestra disagrees.
Eva's suite: Ivan has finished putting away Eva's clothes (or at least that's what I thought he said…shouldn't he be out killing someone with only his left pinky?). Eva muses that she's silly to think Diego would run off with her since he's in love with Azul. Ivan suggests killing Azul. Eva finally agrees. Yaaaay! Mr. 5ft thinks Azul should serve as the body double for the Allegedly-Dead version of Eva. Waste not, want not.
MM v 2.0: Caty, Ceci, Azul, and Mauricio are all in one of the guest rooms and Caty is begging to be allowed to stay. Azul says she promised she would put Caty to bed either there or in Caty's room. Mauricio fumes that Azul is spoiling Caty too much. Ceci says if they're all going to stay there, she'll need to find another room to sleep in ha, ha, just kidding…but she does leave and say she'll be right back. As Azul gives Caty a bunch of kisses, Mauricio looks furious.
Casita Malicia v 2.0: Andres says it's the last time Leo is going to make a scene in front of Ceci. He reiterates that what they did earlier wasn't "love" and Leo slaps him. He goes on and on about how he wants out of the relationship. Why does he have 5 o'clock shadow? Is that part of the new younger look? Leo throws their/his past in his face and says she's not going to allow him to put the past behind him. She's going to tell Ceci that Andres is an Abuelo killer and also a Paco killer. Andres really chokes Leo long and hard enough that she could possibly be dead, but I kind of doubt it. We'll see after commercials. Well, she's passed out, at least, and she won't come to. Andres cries and begs for forgiveness. He starts kissing her and asking her to talk to him and saying he loves her and he's sorry, but surprisingly she doesn't wake up. Andres cries and freaks out. Okay, it's not that I'm a heartless beeyotch, but she did make him what he is, so I'm not really feeling the sympathy for Leo. Mostly I feel sorry for Andres, who's so screwed up, and Ceci who's going to end up suffering for it.
Ceci comes looking for Andres in some part of the house, but doesn't see him. Um, he may be starting a new rose garden out back, if you know what I mean.
Eva's suite: Eva confirms that she does, in fact, want Azul dead. She's not ready to order the actual death yet, though. She wants to wait until after they fake her (Eva's) death and then do it and make it look like Mauricio did it. That will be her revenge. And also, if she's allegedly dead, that's supposed to convince Diego that she had nothing to do with it. And when she miraculously returns from the dead, then what?
MM v 2.0: Ceci's outside looking for Andres. He comes up behind her and scares her. He says he was in the kitchen getting water. He says he doesn't know how it happened, but he feels like crap all of the sudden and is looking for some medicine. Ceci leads him inside to lie down for a bit. No, not like that… but I was thinking it too. So, did he bury the body already or just leave it there?
Casa E&G: Julio and Arnaldo take their leave. Awww, Gaspar's all weepy cause he hasn't found his prince yet. Efrain has, I swear, the exact same conversation my dad used to have with me when I'd come home all weepy from a school dance:
G: Good night, dad.
E: Wait, son. I know one day you'll find someone who loves you and you'll make a good couple.
G: You really believe that, dad?
E: Of course, son. My gordito is worth his weight in gold.
G: You think I should go on a diet?
E: No, it's not a diet thing, taking care of your appearance is important, but it's not for your body that someone's going to love you. Someone will come, son, cause Arnaldo? He's not for you, son. Don't cry on me! Be macho!...Okay, well, whatever, but you're my son.
Okay, maybe not exactly the same conversation, but close enough.
MM v 2.0: Ceci brings Andres into his room and tells him to rest for a minute. He flips out a little bit and says he wants to take a bath and go to sleep. Ceci keeps trying to pet him and get him to relax, but it just makes him even more jumpy. He tells her he wants to be alone. She tells him she's happy that he said he wants to marry her and it's the first time she's really felt like his relationship with Leo is DEAD AND BURIED. Oh. My. Choice of words! I don't know whether to be impactada or laugh. I'm doing both. Andres just stares off into space while his facial hair gets longer. Truly.
Casa S&I: Anibal walks Isela to the door. She had a good time. He thinks they can have a good time all the time. Awwwww, middle-aged-couple smoochies! They get busted by Flavio and Silvana. Hey, Flavio, you could learn a thing or two here, so take notes. Silvana gives them a hard time and as Anibal moves to stand against the wall with Isela, it looks like Isela's still really affected, like maybe she shouldn't move too fast or her knees will give out. Flavio tells Isela that when she busts him and Silvana she won't be allowed to give them a hard time. Yeah, good luck with that fantasy Flavio, since I think Silvana's just stringing you along until she can get Diego back. What? You were thinking it. Isela and Anibal grin giddily.
MM v 2.0: In Mauricio's office, Andres tells him, after some incoherent babbling, that he killed Leonarda. He says he doesn't know what happened, it was a fit (un arrebato), they argued, she threatened him, she said she'd never let him be happy with Ceci, she'd tell Ceci he's an Abuelo killer and a Paco killer. Mauricio screams at him that Leo would never betray them, but Andres is convinced that Leo really meant it and he tries to convince Mauricio of this. He says he tried to keep her from going off and he couldn't stop himself. Mauricio tells him not to try to justify his actions. Andres cries that he loved her, but he's an animal and he and Leo could never control themselves (ew!). Mauricio says he's always been able to control them both and Andres didn't need to kill her. Mauricio says Andres has fallen very low. Okay, okay, I know, killing is wrong, but I'm sort of glad she's dead, I can't help it!
Azul and Caty kneel by the bed and pray before Caty goes to bed. Azul asks about Caty's nightmares (which she says she's still having) and whether she remembers everything about the accident, but Ceci walks in before she gets an answer. Ceci jokes about it being 12 and her prince turning into a pumpkin. Caty says she wants to hear the story of the prince who turned into a pumpkin and Ceci and Azul laugh.
Casa S&I: Isela explains to Flavio and Silvana that Anibal asked for another chance and she couldn't say no. Flavio gets cheeky, but Isela says that whether she "couldn't" say no or "didn't want to" doesn't matter since Flavio and Silvana busted up the party. Flavio says it's time for him to go, so Isela leaves so that can say goodbye without any spectators interrupting them. Flavio is way happier about this than Silvana is. The end is near for these two, I predict. Silvana won't even let Flavio give her a kiss on the cheek without complaining that they're not alone. Flavio complains that he really, really wants her and he's a man, not a saint. She gives him a look and he says it's fine, he'll be patient and wait until she wants him too. He knows she still has feelings for Diego, but he's determined to win her over. He leaves.
Casa C & D: Diego is drawing and Chucho is packing their stuff to move it to the boutique. Chucho likes the new design. Diego crumples it up and says it's for no one. He was thinking about Azul getting married, so he drew a wedding dress. It's not his head he can't get her out of, it's his heart. He goes off to bed and Chucho rescues the drawing and sticks it in a folder that's going with them to Julio's.
Casa Julio (soon to be Casa J&A): Arnaldo tells Julio that he passed on the information that Eva bought half the boutique for Diego. He couldn't let Azul think the Julio was cheating on him. Julio seems only mildly annoyed, even though it was supposed to be a secret.
MM v 2.0: While Caty sleeps, Azul and Ceci sit at the foot of her bed whispering. Azul fills Ceci in about Eva buying half the boutique for Diego. Ceci thinks that makes a lot of other things make sense, like why Julio is making such a fuss over Diego's work.
Mauricio says they've got to do something with the body. Andres very nonchalantly says he would have liked to give her a big funeral, but he supposes they'll just have to bury the body in the garden so no one will know. Mauricio objects to burying her as if she were a dog, but he says there's no other option and Andres better do it carefully so Azul and Ceci don't realize it. Andres says he'll be careful and quiet. Mauricio says he shouldn't leave any traces, because if anyone finds out, this time he'll turn his back on Andres. Mauricio says he would have backed Andres for killing anyone but Leonarda. He says he'll never forgive Andres. Dun dun dun.
Casa A&C: Azul takes this as proof that Diego's with Eva. She tells Arnaldo she's going to marry Mauricio. She says she fell in love with the wrong person. She wants to make Mauricio happy and find some peace.
Emilia's: GSD finally admits he smells bad. He complains about his research and his kids. Emilia rubs his shoulders while he complains about Arnaldo being gay and Azul getting married. Emilia is surprised, but not necessarily impactada.
Boutique: Andres lies about why he didn't answer his cell phone. He swears he only loves Ceci, which makes her a little suspicious, but not suspicious enough.
Emilia's: GSD is worried Azul's getting married for the wrong reasons. Emilia tries to talk GSD into telling Azul she's sick, but GSD doesn't think it's a good idea.
Casa Moron: Diego has come to gripe Manuel out about making up with Clemencia. He warns Manuel that if they break up for realz, Manuel's the one who has to leave the house. Clemencia walks in and gets a slightly desperate greeting from Manuel and a protective stance from Diego.
Emilia's: Emilia tries to explain to GSD that he needs to accept Arnaldo's homosexuality. GSD is as hard-headed as usual. He wants to introduce Arnaldo to a hot chick who can get him to switch teams. Seriously, the level of stupidity of this man who's supposed to be such a hot shot scientist just blows my mind. This barely fazes Emilia. I think she's getting the idea that for a smart guy, he's really pretty stupid.
Casa E&G: Gaspar and Arnaldo have brought home groceries and wine for the dinner Arnaldo's going to cook for Gaspar. Gaspar sighs that since his sainted mother died, qdep, nobody's cooked a meal especially for him. On behalf of his dear dad, Hey! I doubt Emilio ordered out every single day.
Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Mauricio tells Azul that he's asked GSD to hand over all the information to Eva because he doesn't want Azul to be in danger. I don't know quite how this is a "speaking of", but Azul tells him she wants to get married ASAP, like this weekend, if possible. Mauricio is thrilled and would do it right now if he could. Azul thinks they should talk about their expectations for the marriage. Azul says she agrees with him about not having sex…wait a second, when did they have this conversation? I'm sure I would have remembered something like that! She also wants to finish her degree. I'm not sure what that has to do with either getting married OR not having sex. Mauricio agrees…cause what guy wouldn't give her everything in return for no sex. Mauricio wants honesty and whatever crumbs of affection she can spare. Azul starts with the honesty by saying she wants to get married this quickly so that Diego will stay away from her. Mauricio says she should move in as of this minute instead of later.
IHoP: Silvana fills Isela in on her meeting with Clemencia. Anibal's there too, so now he gets filled in on the gossip. Anibal says that the shadow of Isela and Manuel not getting married way back when is what keeps Anibal and Isela from being happy. Silvana takes that as her cue to disappear, borrowing Paola (aka Peyote)'s favorite phrase "multiplicarme por cero" ("multiply myself by zero"). Anibal wants to talk about "the shadow," but Isela says she never wants to talk about Manuel again…it's over forever. Anibal's happy about that and they both look hopeful.
Casa Moron: Manuel admits he was stupid. Clemencia lectures him about truth, faithfulness, and respect. Manuel says Isela's out of his life and promises they won't have any more problems. Clemencia says they can start over. No! Run, Clemencia! Run the other way! She says she needs to know he really loves her, but not in the sex way. I think she wants to date again. Manuel suggests they start by going out to celebrate. He can pay for this because he claims to have found a job and Clemencia believes him.
Emilia's: GSD has fallen asleep in front of the couch while still holding a cigarette. Emilia lovingly plucks it from his fingers rather than slapping him upside the head and screaming at him for almost burning down her house. He wakes up and she complains about how hard it is not to tell Azul that she's infected. She starts telling a story about her ex-sister-in-law (Silvana) while grabbing a piece of cheese off a plate, putting it in her mouth, and having him bite off half. I will admit that I myself have done this with my husband, but at least I never forced anyone to watch. Anyway, she tells him about the kid dying and the couple breaking up and he wants to know who it is, but she won't say. She says it's hard for her to know all this stuff and keep the personal separate from the professional and she knows some poor girl's having problems because of her e-s-i-l and it would be better if the girl were her client instead of the e-s-i-l, but she's not. GSD takes away her glass of wine and says she's had enough and isn't making sense anymore. Word. Ew, I just agreed with GSD.
Mansión Malicia v 2.0: Caty wants Azul to put her to bed so she won't have bad dreams. Azul makes a bunch of promises about not letting anything bad happen to her. Caty goes off to have her bath and Mauricio comes in to give Azul the good "news" that he's starting to get his sight back.
IHoP: As Silvana's returning some empty glasses to the bar, Flavio takes advantage of the absence of his "mother-in-law" and Anibal to smush his face against Silvana's. And she's about that into it. Diego sees them and backs away, but then peeks around the corner to watch before he knocks on the wall to interrupt them.
MM v 2.0: Maurico had Leo write a check to Azul so she can open her own account and have some money for her expenses, or for the wedding, or for whatever dang it, just take the money! She tells him she'll let him know how much the wedding dress costs and he can pay for that, but she doesn't take the check.
Casa E&G: Dinner is ready and Gaspar is bragging about how much he can eat when there's a knock at the door. Uh-oh. It's Julio. Gaspar goes into overdrive trying to explain, but Arnaldo had actually called Julio already and invited him to dinner. Oh, bless him for that. I was afraid they were going to keep going the way of Diego and Azul.
IHoP: Silvana actually thanks Diego for busting up Flavio's face smushing. Diego makes an inappropriate comment about wishing he'd met Silvana before Azul. He mopes and whines about Azul, her impending marriage, and how he can't let her get married.
MM v 2.0: Team Mauricio plus Ceci and Azul are at the dinner table. Caty is excited about the wedding and she wants to hold the train of Azul's dress. Azul breaks the news that she wants to have the wedding this weekend, but Ceci protests. Saturday is Julio's fashion show and she and Arnaldo can't be in two places at once. Azul says that Ceci will be the maid of honor and Mauricio and Leo exchange a look.
Casa E&G: Now Efrain's at the dinner too. It's kind of sad that Arnaldo's getting more support from his partner's employee's dad than from his own. Arnaldo tells Efrain that both he and Azul are getting married. We get a PSA about civil unions in Mexico City (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15643540/) and how they're not just for gay couples, but any two people who live under the same roof, but don't share blood. Efrain says it's only right that there should be legal protections for the people you love and share your life with. The guys toast. That was sweet.
MM v 2.0: Ceci is vainly attempting to toast the happy couple, but she sticks her foot in it with a wish for a long life together. She wishes they have lots of happiness and surprises, which ha!, and Andres says he'd like nothing more than to marry Ceci. Whoa, was that an actual proposal? Caty seems to think so. Leo gets really pissy and storms out of the room. Mauricio says not to let Leo spoil everyone's happiness, he'll send her on vacation for a few days. I swear Mauricio's feeling guilty about either having to kill Ceci like he promised or intending to break his promise and not kill Ceci, I'm not sure which.
Emilia's: Emilia has to bring GSD his glasses so he can see the screen on his laptop. She doesn't want him to turn over the information, but he says he has to. Emilia wants him to hide out at her place, but he doesn't want to put her in danger. He says he's going to stay up all night, finish what he's doing and turn over the information--then everyone can stop worrying. The orchestra disagrees.
Eva's suite: Ivan has finished putting away Eva's clothes (or at least that's what I thought he said…shouldn't he be out killing someone with only his left pinky?). Eva muses that she's silly to think Diego would run off with her since he's in love with Azul. Ivan suggests killing Azul. Eva finally agrees. Yaaaay! Mr. 5ft thinks Azul should serve as the body double for the Allegedly-Dead version of Eva. Waste not, want not.
MM v 2.0: Caty, Ceci, Azul, and Mauricio are all in one of the guest rooms and Caty is begging to be allowed to stay. Azul says she promised she would put Caty to bed either there or in Caty's room. Mauricio fumes that Azul is spoiling Caty too much. Ceci says if they're all going to stay there, she'll need to find another room to sleep in ha, ha, just kidding…but she does leave and say she'll be right back. As Azul gives Caty a bunch of kisses, Mauricio looks furious.
Casita Malicia v 2.0: Andres says it's the last time Leo is going to make a scene in front of Ceci. He reiterates that what they did earlier wasn't "love" and Leo slaps him. He goes on and on about how he wants out of the relationship. Why does he have 5 o'clock shadow? Is that part of the new younger look? Leo throws their/his past in his face and says she's not going to allow him to put the past behind him. She's going to tell Ceci that Andres is an Abuelo killer and also a Paco killer. Andres really chokes Leo long and hard enough that she could possibly be dead, but I kind of doubt it. We'll see after commercials. Well, she's passed out, at least, and she won't come to. Andres cries and begs for forgiveness. He starts kissing her and asking her to talk to him and saying he loves her and he's sorry, but surprisingly she doesn't wake up. Andres cries and freaks out. Okay, it's not that I'm a heartless beeyotch, but she did make him what he is, so I'm not really feeling the sympathy for Leo. Mostly I feel sorry for Andres, who's so screwed up, and Ceci who's going to end up suffering for it.
Ceci comes looking for Andres in some part of the house, but doesn't see him. Um, he may be starting a new rose garden out back, if you know what I mean.
Eva's suite: Eva confirms that she does, in fact, want Azul dead. She's not ready to order the actual death yet, though. She wants to wait until after they fake her (Eva's) death and then do it and make it look like Mauricio did it. That will be her revenge. And also, if she's allegedly dead, that's supposed to convince Diego that she had nothing to do with it. And when she miraculously returns from the dead, then what?
MM v 2.0: Ceci's outside looking for Andres. He comes up behind her and scares her. He says he was in the kitchen getting water. He says he doesn't know how it happened, but he feels like crap all of the sudden and is looking for some medicine. Ceci leads him inside to lie down for a bit. No, not like that… but I was thinking it too. So, did he bury the body already or just leave it there?
Casa E&G: Julio and Arnaldo take their leave. Awww, Gaspar's all weepy cause he hasn't found his prince yet. Efrain has, I swear, the exact same conversation my dad used to have with me when I'd come home all weepy from a school dance:
G: Good night, dad.
E: Wait, son. I know one day you'll find someone who loves you and you'll make a good couple.
G: You really believe that, dad?
E: Of course, son. My gordito is worth his weight in gold.
G: You think I should go on a diet?
E: No, it's not a diet thing, taking care of your appearance is important, but it's not for your body that someone's going to love you. Someone will come, son, cause Arnaldo? He's not for you, son. Don't cry on me! Be macho!...Okay, well, whatever, but you're my son.
Okay, maybe not exactly the same conversation, but close enough.
MM v 2.0: Ceci brings Andres into his room and tells him to rest for a minute. He flips out a little bit and says he wants to take a bath and go to sleep. Ceci keeps trying to pet him and get him to relax, but it just makes him even more jumpy. He tells her he wants to be alone. She tells him she's happy that he said he wants to marry her and it's the first time she's really felt like his relationship with Leo is DEAD AND BURIED. Oh. My. Choice of words! I don't know whether to be impactada or laugh. I'm doing both. Andres just stares off into space while his facial hair gets longer. Truly.
Casa S&I: Anibal walks Isela to the door. She had a good time. He thinks they can have a good time all the time. Awwwww, middle-aged-couple smoochies! They get busted by Flavio and Silvana. Hey, Flavio, you could learn a thing or two here, so take notes. Silvana gives them a hard time and as Anibal moves to stand against the wall with Isela, it looks like Isela's still really affected, like maybe she shouldn't move too fast or her knees will give out. Flavio tells Isela that when she busts him and Silvana she won't be allowed to give them a hard time. Yeah, good luck with that fantasy Flavio, since I think Silvana's just stringing you along until she can get Diego back. What? You were thinking it. Isela and Anibal grin giddily.
MM v 2.0: In Mauricio's office, Andres tells him, after some incoherent babbling, that he killed Leonarda. He says he doesn't know what happened, it was a fit (un arrebato), they argued, she threatened him, she said she'd never let him be happy with Ceci, she'd tell Ceci he's an Abuelo killer and a Paco killer. Mauricio screams at him that Leo would never betray them, but Andres is convinced that Leo really meant it and he tries to convince Mauricio of this. He says he tried to keep her from going off and he couldn't stop himself. Mauricio tells him not to try to justify his actions. Andres cries that he loved her, but he's an animal and he and Leo could never control themselves (ew!). Mauricio says he's always been able to control them both and Andres didn't need to kill her. Mauricio says Andres has fallen very low. Okay, okay, I know, killing is wrong, but I'm sort of glad she's dead, I can't help it!
Azul and Caty kneel by the bed and pray before Caty goes to bed. Azul asks about Caty's nightmares (which she says she's still having) and whether she remembers everything about the accident, but Ceci walks in before she gets an answer. Ceci jokes about it being 12 and her prince turning into a pumpkin. Caty says she wants to hear the story of the prince who turned into a pumpkin and Ceci and Azul laugh.
Casa S&I: Isela explains to Flavio and Silvana that Anibal asked for another chance and she couldn't say no. Flavio gets cheeky, but Isela says that whether she "couldn't" say no or "didn't want to" doesn't matter since Flavio and Silvana busted up the party. Flavio says it's time for him to go, so Isela leaves so that can say goodbye without any spectators interrupting them. Flavio is way happier about this than Silvana is. The end is near for these two, I predict. Silvana won't even let Flavio give her a kiss on the cheek without complaining that they're not alone. Flavio complains that he really, really wants her and he's a man, not a saint. She gives him a look and he says it's fine, he'll be patient and wait until she wants him too. He knows she still has feelings for Diego, but he's determined to win her over. He leaves.
Casa C & D: Diego is drawing and Chucho is packing their stuff to move it to the boutique. Chucho likes the new design. Diego crumples it up and says it's for no one. He was thinking about Azul getting married, so he drew a wedding dress. It's not his head he can't get her out of, it's his heart. He goes off to bed and Chucho rescues the drawing and sticks it in a folder that's going with them to Julio's.
Casa Julio (soon to be Casa J&A): Arnaldo tells Julio that he passed on the information that Eva bought half the boutique for Diego. He couldn't let Azul think the Julio was cheating on him. Julio seems only mildly annoyed, even though it was supposed to be a secret.
MM v 2.0: While Caty sleeps, Azul and Ceci sit at the foot of her bed whispering. Azul fills Ceci in about Eva buying half the boutique for Diego. Ceci thinks that makes a lot of other things make sense, like why Julio is making such a fuss over Diego's work.
Mauricio says they've got to do something with the body. Andres very nonchalantly says he would have liked to give her a big funeral, but he supposes they'll just have to bury the body in the garden so no one will know. Mauricio objects to burying her as if she were a dog, but he says there's no other option and Andres better do it carefully so Azul and Ceci don't realize it. Andres says he'll be careful and quiet. Mauricio says he shouldn't leave any traces, because if anyone finds out, this time he'll turn his back on Andres. Mauricio says he would have backed Andres for killing anyone but Leonarda. He says he'll never forgive Andres. Dun dun dun.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Amar Sin Limites, Tuesday, October 23. Arnaldo and Julio Clear Things Up -- No Such Luck With Azul and Diego
Previously, Arnaldo slammed Julio in the face with a cake after mistaking Julio's lunch with Burgay as a téte á téte. (But seriously, who could be jealous of Burgay, the Rodney Dangerfield of this novela?) Meantime, Azul threatens Eva with the police or the media if she tries to harm GSD. Eva responds by almost telling Azul she is infected. After Azul and GSD leave, Diego goes off on Eva warning her not to interfere with GSD or she won't live to tell the story. Naturally Ivan jumps to Eva's defense revealing that the head of their organization wants to kill Eva for trying to get the proof of Mo's shenanigans for Diego. Diego thinks all this is just a cover for them not having the proof in hand and warns Eva that she has one last opportunity to get the documents or he'll never believe her again. Well, at least that's milder than his previous death threat.
First new scene: Ceci calls Azul from the restaurant where she and Arnaldo pulled the Julio caper and tells her she needs Azul to bring money to help her out of a jam as Andres is not answering his cell.
(Neo)Leo's room: (Warning: brain bleach moment coming up!) We now see why Andres is not answering his cell, as he is under the sheets with Leo in his boxers, after one of their kinky sessions. Andres says Leo promised this would be the last time, but Leo says she was just drunk and telling lies. She wants Andres to continue their affair but gives him permission to sport around with Ceci every now and again. Andres angrily leaps out of bed, pulling on his pants and saying that he's not Leo's property to be given her permission or not. He says this brief relapse into passionate depravity wil not happen again as he loves Ceci. (I played this scene over several times, but just go get the dialog correct, you understand.)
Arnaldo and Julio are having a confrontation in some part of the restaurant. Julio's face is still dripping with frosting, but he's doing his best to mantain dignity while trying to convince Arnaldo that Burgay is a business associate and not a lover. Arnaldo is hurt that Julio will not tell him the exact nature of the business he is conducting with Burgay. He breaks off their relatiionship (again) and walks away. Julio calls him back and says he'll tell him everything.
Eva's balcony: Ivan apologizes for spilling the beans to Diego about the threat on Eva's life, but says he could not contain himself when Diego disrespected Eva who loves him so much. Eva then defends Diego, saying he has values and principles enough to confront her and her group without even realizing how really dastardly they are. Ivan is like, "Yeah, he's not like me, you mean." I was feeling sorry for Ivan about then, but he soon starts saying they should use Azul to keep pressuring GSD, and Eva should forget about competing fairly with Azul woman to woman for Diego. In fact, it would be more convenient for Azul to die. That way they could continue their plan to pretend Eva is dead, let Ivan get the Mo-destroying proofs for Diego who would then escape with Eva to some far off mafia-free land where they'd live happily ever after. Eva seems to be considering this idea.
Casa Mo 2: Mo gets a call from Azul who fills him in on how Diego intervened to save GSD and was even injured in the action. Mo accuses Diego of having pretended to be on Azul's side. He then lies, saying that he (Mo) had called Eva and threatened her with the police if she didn't release GSD. Dumb-dumb Azul believes him and says she'll see him after she resolves Ceci's restaurant problem.
Lucia's house: Manuel seems to be about to pocket a silver ashtray he spies on a coffee table when Lucia comes into the room and warns him not to touch anything in her house. He tries to act offended she thinks he's a thief as well as a sleaze ball. Lucia is angry that Piero is still seeing Lidia and thinks Manuel is not doing his job in separating them. She finally agrees to insure that Lidia will be well taken care of financially if she leaves Piero alone forever. Manuel agrees to continue his dirty work in this regard. He leaves, while Lucia shakes her head at him disgustedly. Manuel is not exactly an abuelo-killer, but still, he's crying out for a mighty comeuppance.
Restaurant: The manager is explaing to a shocked Azul and GSD that Ceci and an accomplice had attacked two prized customers, Señor Burgay and Señor Julio Curso. Azul and GSD are impactados that Burgay and Julio even know each other. Ceci then admits that Arnaldo was her accomplice and thought he'd catch Julio in the midst of a rendezvous with another lover.
Casa Diego and Chucho: Diego tells Chucho about the GSD rescue and Chucho says Azul owes her father's life to Diego. Silvana arrives and is horrified to find Diego wounded. She sends Chucho off to get first aid stuff and tends to her little Diego while gazing soulfully into his eyes.
Casa Mo 2: Mo is all worked up telling Andres how Diego came off as a hero in the GSD incident while Andre was off lollygagging with Leo. However, he soon is downright chuckling when he and Andres celebrate how easy it was to manipulate gabby Ceci into telling Azul the fake story that Eva and Diego had conspired to have Diego pretend to fall in love w ith Azul. Andres can't believe that Ceci has already blabbed, but Mo says the proof is that Azul now wants to marry him.
Casa Moran: Manuel tells Lidia he knows that she and Piero are not living as husband and wife but just as lovers. He pretends he knows this just because he's so attentive to her as a father and promises to keep the information from Clemencia and Diego, who wouldn't understand. He then lies to Lidia, saying Lucia approached HIM with a deal to give him money to separate Lidia and Piero. He tells Lidia he'll pretend to go along with Lucia in order to get the money that rightfully should be Piero's. Does Manuel even know when he's lying, or is always lying?
Piero's Office: Piero is annoyed that Lucia keeps pretty short hours for a secretary as she announces she's leaving for the day to pick up her daughter. Since she's taking their only car, Piero is reduced to taking public transportation which he hotly protests as being beneath his executive dignity. He demands to know where his promised new car is. Lucia roughly tweaks his nose and says she's no longer going to buy him expensive gifts or give him the life of a milliionaire he previously enjoyed with her since she's paying so much to resolve his immigration problems.
Boutique: Julio and Arnaldo are glad they have cleared up their misunderstanding, and Arnaldo proposes that they begin a new formalized stage of their relationship by living together. Gaspar overhears them and laments that unlike the lucky couple, he is alone without even his work pal at the moment. It's then Arnaldo and Julio realize they've left poor Ceci at the restaurant holding the cake plate, so to speak.
In Mo's chauffered car, GSD is holding forth about how humiliated he was in the restaurant that the staff and "half the world that was there" now know that his son is a "deviant". (This man was just kidnapped by masked men, drugged, threatened with a gun in his face, and was witness to a shooting, not to mention having his daughter and former lover supposedly dying, and this is all he has to worry about? Why don't you get back to the lab, you dolt.) Anyhow, Azul says that what's really important is knowing why Julio was with Burgay, one of Eva's criminal cohorts. GSD grumps that someone of Julio's caliber would quite naturally hobnob with criminals. Ceci suggests that Burgay was just on a clothes buying errand for Eva. GSD and Azul look skeptical.
Casa Diego & Chucho: Silvana tells Diego she doen't want him to work for Eva anymore, even to get proof agaisnt Mo, as it's too dangerous and she doesn't want to lose him as she did her son. He tells her not to worry as he's no longer working for Eva since she has not come up with the promised proof against Mo. Silvana is absently stroking Diego's arm. He notices.
Casa Mo 2: Mo and Andres are discussing some plan to have Piero construct secret laboratories when Leo walks in. Mo, pretending he can only see shadows, asks if Leo has indeed glamorized her wardrobe and hairstyle. He asks Andres how she looks, and Andres glumy answers that she looks fine. Leo then tells Mo that she and Andres are going to relive all their kinky moments together. Mo, like the rest of us, doesn't want to hear the gory details. Andres looks daggers at Leo, saying he's cleared all that up with Leo and hopes she understands. Mo then tells Leo the happy news of his impending nuptials and how Leo will be helping with the preparations. She tries to sound happy for him and asks what he wants for a wedding gift. Mo says Boris is giving him the best gift of all: Geting rid of Eva and putting Mo in her place. Mo says all he has to do now is tighten the screws. Cue trademark evil smirk.
Eva's balcony: Burgay is giving Eva the documents signed by Julio at the resaurant. Eva has apparently heard about the cake-in-the-face incident and scolds Burgay that her image at the restaurant may have been tarnished. Burgay says it's not his fault Julio's little boyfriend thought he was Julio's lover. I think he says something like, "Give me a break!", as if the thought of him as Julio's lover was a most ridiculous notion.
Boutique: Julio clarifies with Azul that he loves Arnaldo and no one else, and was just having a business lunch with Burgay. Azul then demands to know the nature of his Burgay business. Julio seems a little taken aback by her bossiness.
Casa Mo 2: I believe Mo lies to GSD saying that out of concern for GSD and Azul, he told Eva and her group that GSD would continue to cooperate with the toxin investigation. GSD reproches Mo for planning to marry Azul knowing she doesn't love him. Mo readily admits he knows that but wants to separate her from Diego whom he and GSD despise and provide a guardian for Caty. GSD bluntly tells him that might not happen as Azul as well as Mo may not survive if he doesn't find a cure. Mo says he had decided to tell Azul she's infected as then she won't want to go through with the marriage. He's just pretending he'd let her slip through her fingers. A commercial comes up, just when we need time to prepare for more Mo melodrama.
Sure enough, after the commercial, Mo tells GSD it was Azul who in fact did the proposing. GSD is surprised as he thought she still loved Diego. Mo says he's tried to convince Azul that this is not the right time for a marriage, what with all the Eva and Diego drama. He reaches his emotional sride, declaring his love for Azul and his wish to protect her from harm. GSD sensibly points out that it's a little late for that as "they" have already infected Azul. Mo whines about how he shares Azul's suffering from this horrible disease and could not even muster the strength to rescue GSD as he would have wanted to, but still it unites him and GSD in their noble fight against the disease. GSD, as gullible as his daughter, falls for Mo's faux earnestness and vows to fight on to find the cure. Mo says, while you're off doing the cure finding, I want to offer Azul peace and refuge here in my cozy household of loonies.
Boutique: Julio tries to convince Azul that he is only supplying clothes for Eva and Burgay. Azul warns him these two are dangerous and that he should avoid letting himself or Arnaldo get mixed up with them.
Eva's Suite: Ivan and Eva are discussing having Eva's fake death take the form of an explosion so Boris wouldn't be expecting to see any remains. Ivan says she'll then be free to start her new life with Diego. Eva thanks Ivan for being the only person in the whole world whose love could free her, allowing her to die and be resurrected, as it were. He says that she too has given him a wonderful gift, albeit only once. I guess he means the tumble in the woods. Eva gets a gleam in her that I thought might have meant she was preparing to surprise him with an encore.
Boutique: Azul is filling Ceci in on the horror of GSD's kidnapping and tells her to thwart any reprisal from Eva & Co., she and Ceci will stay at Mo's for a few days. Ceci smiles at the idea. Azul takes a call from Diego. They tentatively ask each other how they're doing after the kidnapping/rescue ordeal. At Diego's end, we see Silvana modeling a dress and anxiously easedropping on the phone call. Azul quickly hangs up and collapses in tears as she recounts Diego's heroics and wounding to Ceci. Azul believes it proves Diego's love for her but Ceci does not want to board that roller coaster again and mocks Diego as being a wannabe Batman who appeared out of nowhere to save GSD. She even doubts he was in danger, noting that Ivan barely grazed him.
Casa Diego & Chucho: Silvana is modeling a gauzy whitr dress from the Diego-Chucho Collection when Diego approaches with scissors and snips at the halter top neckine, exposing a little cleavage. Chocho declares Diego "daring" and Silvana teases that if he gets any more daring, he'll have to find a new model. Diego goes out for a bit, much to Silvana's disappointment, but she and Chucho celebrate that he and Diego will be working out of Julio's boutique. They are both proud of Diego's designer skills.
Arnaldo's job: GSD stops by the restaurant to talk to Arnaldo about the scene with Julio and winds up insulting his relationship as being "perverse". Arnaldo holds his own, saying that even if he were to break up with Julio, he'd still be with a man as this is who he rally is. GSD looks disgruntled, but that's pretty much his normal expression.
Boutique: Julio asks Ceci if she's finally finished gabbing with Azul and can, you know, get to work. He also docks her salary for all the times she's come in late or left early, and especially for going around spying on innocent people in restaurants. To me, Ceci seems to have a pretty cavalier attitude about holding down a job. I'd have fired her little busybody self.
Casa Moran: Manuel and Lidia come in from somewhere and both comment that they want Clemencia to come back as the house is a mess. How sentimental.
Anibal's office: Silvana drops by to clear up matters with Clemencia regarding Isela as she loves both of them. She says that Isela resented Clemencia for stealing Manuel away from her when they were young, but regets having an affair with him after he was married to Clemencia. Clemencia tells Silvana she knows Manuel made up the story about getting together with Isela at the billar, and in fact, she and Manuel are meeting later in the evening to try to reslove their marital issues. Silvana says she's glad as she knows Clemencia's marriage means a lot to her. Clemencia does not look too sure of this at the moment.
Casa Moran: Manuel pursuades Lidia to try to iron a few shirts for him as he hasn't been able to manage this task in Clemencia's absence. Lidia has no clue how to iron but courageously agrees to give it a shot. Manuel tries to borrow a little money from Lidia for his dinner date with Clemencia. What a loser. In fact, what a pair of losers.
Anibal's office: Clemencia tells Silvana she's kind of sorry to hear Silvana has a boyfriend even though she is happy Silvana has someone who appreciates her. It's just that she had thought Silvana would be the perfect woman for Diego and can't understand why Diego is still so attached to that Azul girl. Silvana is practically purring.
Casa Azul & Ceci: Diego is waiting at the front door when Azul arrives and asks him sharply what he wants. He says he had to come to see for himself how she is doing. She sarcastically notes that he seems to be recuperating since Eva attended him. He corrects her that it was Silvana who did the attending. Azul wonders what he wants from her since he is surrounded by all these concerned women. They do their usual tiresome routine. She says she's engaged now and this time won't fall into the game of thinking that Diego is her true love. She slams the door in his face. He does a quick nose wrinke of sadness; she tries to squeeze out a tear.
Casa Mo 2: Mo sends Andres to pick up Ceci from the boutique and tells him to send the chauffer for Azul. After Andres leaves, Leo says she's sick of all this crap. Mo promises that as soon as he marries Azul, they can rid themselves of Ceci. Leo says she's been loyal to Mo all these years and hopes he'll pay her back in kind. Mo just kind of smiles to himself and you just don't know what he might be thinking.
Casa Azul & Ceci: Arnaldo tells Azul of his meeting with GSD. He also reveals that he and Julio are thinking of making their relationship more formal. Azul is happy for him.
Anibal's office: Anibal offers Clemencia and Silvana a ride home. He is on his way to take Isela to a movie.
Casa Azul & Ceci (Final scene): Azul continues to worry to Arnaldo that Julio is involved with Eva and Burgay who are criminals and part of a mafia. Finally, to relieve her mind, Arnaldo spills the details of the supposed secret Julio told him. So much for trust within a relationship. So Arnaldo reveals that Julio said he was approached by Burgay on orders of Eva, and that Eva has bought one half of the boutique to for Diego. Azul is way impactada.
First new scene: Ceci calls Azul from the restaurant where she and Arnaldo pulled the Julio caper and tells her she needs Azul to bring money to help her out of a jam as Andres is not answering his cell.
(Neo)Leo's room: (Warning: brain bleach moment coming up!) We now see why Andres is not answering his cell, as he is under the sheets with Leo in his boxers, after one of their kinky sessions. Andres says Leo promised this would be the last time, but Leo says she was just drunk and telling lies. She wants Andres to continue their affair but gives him permission to sport around with Ceci every now and again. Andres angrily leaps out of bed, pulling on his pants and saying that he's not Leo's property to be given her permission or not. He says this brief relapse into passionate depravity wil not happen again as he loves Ceci. (I played this scene over several times, but just go get the dialog correct, you understand.)
Arnaldo and Julio are having a confrontation in some part of the restaurant. Julio's face is still dripping with frosting, but he's doing his best to mantain dignity while trying to convince Arnaldo that Burgay is a business associate and not a lover. Arnaldo is hurt that Julio will not tell him the exact nature of the business he is conducting with Burgay. He breaks off their relatiionship (again) and walks away. Julio calls him back and says he'll tell him everything.
Eva's balcony: Ivan apologizes for spilling the beans to Diego about the threat on Eva's life, but says he could not contain himself when Diego disrespected Eva who loves him so much. Eva then defends Diego, saying he has values and principles enough to confront her and her group without even realizing how really dastardly they are. Ivan is like, "Yeah, he's not like me, you mean." I was feeling sorry for Ivan about then, but he soon starts saying they should use Azul to keep pressuring GSD, and Eva should forget about competing fairly with Azul woman to woman for Diego. In fact, it would be more convenient for Azul to die. That way they could continue their plan to pretend Eva is dead, let Ivan get the Mo-destroying proofs for Diego who would then escape with Eva to some far off mafia-free land where they'd live happily ever after. Eva seems to be considering this idea.
Casa Mo 2: Mo gets a call from Azul who fills him in on how Diego intervened to save GSD and was even injured in the action. Mo accuses Diego of having pretended to be on Azul's side. He then lies, saying that he (Mo) had called Eva and threatened her with the police if she didn't release GSD. Dumb-dumb Azul believes him and says she'll see him after she resolves Ceci's restaurant problem.
Lucia's house: Manuel seems to be about to pocket a silver ashtray he spies on a coffee table when Lucia comes into the room and warns him not to touch anything in her house. He tries to act offended she thinks he's a thief as well as a sleaze ball. Lucia is angry that Piero is still seeing Lidia and thinks Manuel is not doing his job in separating them. She finally agrees to insure that Lidia will be well taken care of financially if she leaves Piero alone forever. Manuel agrees to continue his dirty work in this regard. He leaves, while Lucia shakes her head at him disgustedly. Manuel is not exactly an abuelo-killer, but still, he's crying out for a mighty comeuppance.
Restaurant: The manager is explaing to a shocked Azul and GSD that Ceci and an accomplice had attacked two prized customers, Señor Burgay and Señor Julio Curso. Azul and GSD are impactados that Burgay and Julio even know each other. Ceci then admits that Arnaldo was her accomplice and thought he'd catch Julio in the midst of a rendezvous with another lover.
Casa Diego and Chucho: Diego tells Chucho about the GSD rescue and Chucho says Azul owes her father's life to Diego. Silvana arrives and is horrified to find Diego wounded. She sends Chucho off to get first aid stuff and tends to her little Diego while gazing soulfully into his eyes.
Casa Mo 2: Mo is all worked up telling Andres how Diego came off as a hero in the GSD incident while Andre was off lollygagging with Leo. However, he soon is downright chuckling when he and Andres celebrate how easy it was to manipulate gabby Ceci into telling Azul the fake story that Eva and Diego had conspired to have Diego pretend to fall in love w ith Azul. Andres can't believe that Ceci has already blabbed, but Mo says the proof is that Azul now wants to marry him.
Casa Moran: Manuel tells Lidia he knows that she and Piero are not living as husband and wife but just as lovers. He pretends he knows this just because he's so attentive to her as a father and promises to keep the information from Clemencia and Diego, who wouldn't understand. He then lies to Lidia, saying Lucia approached HIM with a deal to give him money to separate Lidia and Piero. He tells Lidia he'll pretend to go along with Lucia in order to get the money that rightfully should be Piero's. Does Manuel even know when he's lying, or is always lying?
Piero's Office: Piero is annoyed that Lucia keeps pretty short hours for a secretary as she announces she's leaving for the day to pick up her daughter. Since she's taking their only car, Piero is reduced to taking public transportation which he hotly protests as being beneath his executive dignity. He demands to know where his promised new car is. Lucia roughly tweaks his nose and says she's no longer going to buy him expensive gifts or give him the life of a milliionaire he previously enjoyed with her since she's paying so much to resolve his immigration problems.
Boutique: Julio and Arnaldo are glad they have cleared up their misunderstanding, and Arnaldo proposes that they begin a new formalized stage of their relationship by living together. Gaspar overhears them and laments that unlike the lucky couple, he is alone without even his work pal at the moment. It's then Arnaldo and Julio realize they've left poor Ceci at the restaurant holding the cake plate, so to speak.
In Mo's chauffered car, GSD is holding forth about how humiliated he was in the restaurant that the staff and "half the world that was there" now know that his son is a "deviant". (This man was just kidnapped by masked men, drugged, threatened with a gun in his face, and was witness to a shooting, not to mention having his daughter and former lover supposedly dying, and this is all he has to worry about? Why don't you get back to the lab, you dolt.) Anyhow, Azul says that what's really important is knowing why Julio was with Burgay, one of Eva's criminal cohorts. GSD grumps that someone of Julio's caliber would quite naturally hobnob with criminals. Ceci suggests that Burgay was just on a clothes buying errand for Eva. GSD and Azul look skeptical.
Casa Diego & Chucho: Silvana tells Diego she doen't want him to work for Eva anymore, even to get proof agaisnt Mo, as it's too dangerous and she doesn't want to lose him as she did her son. He tells her not to worry as he's no longer working for Eva since she has not come up with the promised proof against Mo. Silvana is absently stroking Diego's arm. He notices.
Casa Mo 2: Mo and Andres are discussing some plan to have Piero construct secret laboratories when Leo walks in. Mo, pretending he can only see shadows, asks if Leo has indeed glamorized her wardrobe and hairstyle. He asks Andres how she looks, and Andres glumy answers that she looks fine. Leo then tells Mo that she and Andres are going to relive all their kinky moments together. Mo, like the rest of us, doesn't want to hear the gory details. Andres looks daggers at Leo, saying he's cleared all that up with Leo and hopes she understands. Mo then tells Leo the happy news of his impending nuptials and how Leo will be helping with the preparations. She tries to sound happy for him and asks what he wants for a wedding gift. Mo says Boris is giving him the best gift of all: Geting rid of Eva and putting Mo in her place. Mo says all he has to do now is tighten the screws. Cue trademark evil smirk.
Eva's balcony: Burgay is giving Eva the documents signed by Julio at the resaurant. Eva has apparently heard about the cake-in-the-face incident and scolds Burgay that her image at the restaurant may have been tarnished. Burgay says it's not his fault Julio's little boyfriend thought he was Julio's lover. I think he says something like, "Give me a break!", as if the thought of him as Julio's lover was a most ridiculous notion.
Boutique: Julio clarifies with Azul that he loves Arnaldo and no one else, and was just having a business lunch with Burgay. Azul then demands to know the nature of his Burgay business. Julio seems a little taken aback by her bossiness.
Casa Mo 2: I believe Mo lies to GSD saying that out of concern for GSD and Azul, he told Eva and her group that GSD would continue to cooperate with the toxin investigation. GSD reproches Mo for planning to marry Azul knowing she doesn't love him. Mo readily admits he knows that but wants to separate her from Diego whom he and GSD despise and provide a guardian for Caty. GSD bluntly tells him that might not happen as Azul as well as Mo may not survive if he doesn't find a cure. Mo says he had decided to tell Azul she's infected as then she won't want to go through with the marriage. He's just pretending he'd let her slip through her fingers. A commercial comes up, just when we need time to prepare for more Mo melodrama.
Sure enough, after the commercial, Mo tells GSD it was Azul who in fact did the proposing. GSD is surprised as he thought she still loved Diego. Mo says he's tried to convince Azul that this is not the right time for a marriage, what with all the Eva and Diego drama. He reaches his emotional sride, declaring his love for Azul and his wish to protect her from harm. GSD sensibly points out that it's a little late for that as "they" have already infected Azul. Mo whines about how he shares Azul's suffering from this horrible disease and could not even muster the strength to rescue GSD as he would have wanted to, but still it unites him and GSD in their noble fight against the disease. GSD, as gullible as his daughter, falls for Mo's faux earnestness and vows to fight on to find the cure. Mo says, while you're off doing the cure finding, I want to offer Azul peace and refuge here in my cozy household of loonies.
Boutique: Julio tries to convince Azul that he is only supplying clothes for Eva and Burgay. Azul warns him these two are dangerous and that he should avoid letting himself or Arnaldo get mixed up with them.
Eva's Suite: Ivan and Eva are discussing having Eva's fake death take the form of an explosion so Boris wouldn't be expecting to see any remains. Ivan says she'll then be free to start her new life with Diego. Eva thanks Ivan for being the only person in the whole world whose love could free her, allowing her to die and be resurrected, as it were. He says that she too has given him a wonderful gift, albeit only once. I guess he means the tumble in the woods. Eva gets a gleam in her that I thought might have meant she was preparing to surprise him with an encore.
Boutique: Azul is filling Ceci in on the horror of GSD's kidnapping and tells her to thwart any reprisal from Eva & Co., she and Ceci will stay at Mo's for a few days. Ceci smiles at the idea. Azul takes a call from Diego. They tentatively ask each other how they're doing after the kidnapping/rescue ordeal. At Diego's end, we see Silvana modeling a dress and anxiously easedropping on the phone call. Azul quickly hangs up and collapses in tears as she recounts Diego's heroics and wounding to Ceci. Azul believes it proves Diego's love for her but Ceci does not want to board that roller coaster again and mocks Diego as being a wannabe Batman who appeared out of nowhere to save GSD. She even doubts he was in danger, noting that Ivan barely grazed him.
Casa Diego & Chucho: Silvana is modeling a gauzy whitr dress from the Diego-Chucho Collection when Diego approaches with scissors and snips at the halter top neckine, exposing a little cleavage. Chocho declares Diego "daring" and Silvana teases that if he gets any more daring, he'll have to find a new model. Diego goes out for a bit, much to Silvana's disappointment, but she and Chucho celebrate that he and Diego will be working out of Julio's boutique. They are both proud of Diego's designer skills.
Arnaldo's job: GSD stops by the restaurant to talk to Arnaldo about the scene with Julio and winds up insulting his relationship as being "perverse". Arnaldo holds his own, saying that even if he were to break up with Julio, he'd still be with a man as this is who he rally is. GSD looks disgruntled, but that's pretty much his normal expression.
Boutique: Julio asks Ceci if she's finally finished gabbing with Azul and can, you know, get to work. He also docks her salary for all the times she's come in late or left early, and especially for going around spying on innocent people in restaurants. To me, Ceci seems to have a pretty cavalier attitude about holding down a job. I'd have fired her little busybody self.
Casa Moran: Manuel and Lidia come in from somewhere and both comment that they want Clemencia to come back as the house is a mess. How sentimental.
Anibal's office: Silvana drops by to clear up matters with Clemencia regarding Isela as she loves both of them. She says that Isela resented Clemencia for stealing Manuel away from her when they were young, but regets having an affair with him after he was married to Clemencia. Clemencia tells Silvana she knows Manuel made up the story about getting together with Isela at the billar, and in fact, she and Manuel are meeting later in the evening to try to reslove their marital issues. Silvana says she's glad as she knows Clemencia's marriage means a lot to her. Clemencia does not look too sure of this at the moment.
Casa Moran: Manuel pursuades Lidia to try to iron a few shirts for him as he hasn't been able to manage this task in Clemencia's absence. Lidia has no clue how to iron but courageously agrees to give it a shot. Manuel tries to borrow a little money from Lidia for his dinner date with Clemencia. What a loser. In fact, what a pair of losers.
Anibal's office: Clemencia tells Silvana she's kind of sorry to hear Silvana has a boyfriend even though she is happy Silvana has someone who appreciates her. It's just that she had thought Silvana would be the perfect woman for Diego and can't understand why Diego is still so attached to that Azul girl. Silvana is practically purring.
Casa Azul & Ceci: Diego is waiting at the front door when Azul arrives and asks him sharply what he wants. He says he had to come to see for himself how she is doing. She sarcastically notes that he seems to be recuperating since Eva attended him. He corrects her that it was Silvana who did the attending. Azul wonders what he wants from her since he is surrounded by all these concerned women. They do their usual tiresome routine. She says she's engaged now and this time won't fall into the game of thinking that Diego is her true love. She slams the door in his face. He does a quick nose wrinke of sadness; she tries to squeeze out a tear.
Casa Mo 2: Mo sends Andres to pick up Ceci from the boutique and tells him to send the chauffer for Azul. After Andres leaves, Leo says she's sick of all this crap. Mo promises that as soon as he marries Azul, they can rid themselves of Ceci. Leo says she's been loyal to Mo all these years and hopes he'll pay her back in kind. Mo just kind of smiles to himself and you just don't know what he might be thinking.
Casa Azul & Ceci: Arnaldo tells Azul of his meeting with GSD. He also reveals that he and Julio are thinking of making their relationship more formal. Azul is happy for him.
Anibal's office: Anibal offers Clemencia and Silvana a ride home. He is on his way to take Isela to a movie.
Casa Azul & Ceci (Final scene): Azul continues to worry to Arnaldo that Julio is involved with Eva and Burgay who are criminals and part of a mafia. Finally, to relieve her mind, Arnaldo spills the details of the supposed secret Julio told him. So much for trust within a relationship. So Arnaldo reveals that Julio said he was approached by Burgay on orders of Eva, and that Eva has bought one half of the boutique to for Diego. Azul is way impactada.
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Destilando Amor - Tues 10/23: Dumbest. Idea. EVER.
Gaviota is having lunch with her mother and Doña Jose. She breaks up an argument about Frankie by changing the subject to Jose's job - turns out Jose's been promoted. They seize this opportunity for a tequila toast. Gavi mentions that her mother's birthday is the day after tomorrow. They agree to celebrate that, and Doña Jose's promotion, at a nice hotel restaurant. They take another shot of tequila to seal the deal. Clarita squeaks out a feeble "como así."
Elvis and Dani have lunch and she teases him about some drawings he's done of ballerinas. He says he wants to put an ad in the paper for a model - he's going to do a mural on the history of glass. Actually, Dani is the model he wants. Surprised, she agrees.
Isa, Fedra, and Minnie meet at Minnie's to discuss their continued campaign of horror against Gavi. Isa doesn't have the baby with her - she explains that he's slightly feverish (again? wasn't he grippy last week too? should we be concerned, or is he teething or something?), so she left him at home. Smirking, Fedra says he must be growing and changing - does he look like Rodrigo? Isa says no - each time she sees him, he looks more like her father. Minnie warns that Aaron is still there - she urges them to keep there voices down so he doesn't hear what they're planning. They decide to call Sofia.
Frankie and Sofia arrive at Pilar's. Frankie immediately starts complaining about the unpleasant plane ride over, the filthy wine they were served, the chaos at the airport, and the nasty immigrants working there. He says the Montalvos should really have their own plane. As Sofia covers her face, shocked at Frankie's crassness, Pilar tactfully explains that they did have one, and it crashed with Sofia's parents on board. This shuts him up just long enough to mutter an apology and walk Pilar to the door. Then he confides to Sofia that they should buy their own apartment in the DF so they don't have to stay at Pilar's house, because when he's there he feels smothered by her relatives.
"If you want your own apartment, you'll have to wait," she tells him very seriously. She opens her mouth to say more, but just when you think she's gonna give it to him good, Imelda comes in with a phone call from... drum roll please... Isadora!
Frankie suddenly becomes very interested in his wristwatch (or is it his smarm bracelet - I can't tell) as Sofia asks Imelda who the call is for. Why, it's for Sofia, of course! Sensing that he has just dodged a speeding anvil, Frankie excuses himself with a smarmy grin so that the sisters-in-law can speak in peace.
"Hola, Sofia, you could have at least called and let me know you were coming to Mexico." Sofia coldly replies that it was a last-minute decision. Isa asks why Sofia hasn't been calling her all. "Well, why haven't you called me?" Isa brushes this off, saying okay, Sofia's right. She invites Sofia to come over and hear Fedra's latest plan. Sofia says she's tied up right now, but will call or come over later.
Aaron breezes through his living room, greets the brujas, and leaves. Fedra gets down to business and says they're not going to the event. Minnie and Isadora leap out of their chairs in surprise. What? But they've already RSVP'd! (Ha... after all they've done, apparently the one thing that they would be ashamed to do would be to say yes to an invitation and then not show up at the party.) Isa is more concerned about Pilar's reaction. Fedra agrees, but says this is the chance she's been waiting for.
All this time, the CRT has been snubbing them; now they're supposed to just pretend like nothing ever happened. They have pride and dignity, and if the CRT thinks they are just washcloths that they can use and throw them away, well, they're not. Gavi even sent the invites via special messenger because she's so afraid they won't show up to the Don Amador tribute.
Isa points out that Gavi will probably be relieved if they don't show up. Fedra says no, she's wrong. Gavi is playing at being manager; what will the agave union folks think when the Montalvo women aren't there for a tribute to their esteemed relative? When people notice that they're not there, they'll see it as a protest against all the injustices Gaviota has committed against them.
Isa still looks puzzled. You probably do too. No, you didn't miss anything. This plan is so dumb, it's embarrassing. Fedra is beyond BSC if she thinks everyone in the agave/distilling/tequila business doesn't realize by now what a bunch of nuts the Montalvo women are.
Minnie is not sure how they will pitch this to their husbands, since Pilar has pressured them all into going. Fedra says they should just say they're going to go, and then back out at the very last minute.
Isa says Rodrigo's not going, in any case. He's got important plans. Fedra rolls her eyes and says of course he will go. No one dares defy Pilar Montalvo, the Dictator. Minnie and Isa giggle.
The grownups (Pilar, Bruno, and Rodrigo) are having a meeting at the corporativo. Aaron shows up late, and Bruno coldly tells him that they started without him. Aaron snottily hands out his financial reports.
Bruno explains that Patricio isn't with them because he went to Japan. He'll be back in time for the CRT event. Pilar reminds them that the CRT and the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry (CNIT) is honoring her husband and she wants the whole family to be there for it. PLEASE, she says, tell your wives to put aside their grudges with Mariana Franco and comport themselves with altura (i.e. rise above it). "Oh yeah, you bet," the men hastily agree.
Rodrigo shows his own personal report to Aaron. I think he says that Ardiente Pasion has made enough money to offset Aaron's debt to the company. Aaron merrily says he'll answer to that in a moment. Bruno is thrilled with Rodrigo's numbers and congratulates him. (Aaron clears his throat loudly and impatiently.) Pilar is surprised to discover that he's sharing a portion of his profits with Montalvocorp. He says it's only fair, since he used the corporativo for most of his efforts. (In fact, it was a long while before I realized that Ardiente Pasion wasn't an actual Montalvocorp product, myself.) Pilar tells Rodrigo he's just like his granddad.
Bruno then tells Aaron they all know his company is doing well, so he ought to be able to pay back his debt. They don't want to pressure him, but it'd be better if he paid it back now, before he gives in to the temptation of the stock market and loses everything. Offended, Aaron says he's already taken care of that, and shows his bank statement to Bruno. Bruno points out that this money Aaron's paying them was just deposited into Aaron's personal account earlier today. "You didn't just invest YOUR capital - you invested OURS too!"
Aaron tries to throw a tantrum, but having no phone handy to throw, has to settle for making funny faces. He is shocked that Bruno doesn't admire his GIGANTIC transaction. (Aaron is waving his crazy finger indignantly.) Bruno is shocked that Aaron doesn't get why it was not cool to use the company's money for personal benefit - they could have lost everything. Aaron is shocked that his father is so upset about something that didn't even happen.
Pilar mildly tells them to calm down. In a slightly more civilized tone, Aaron reminds his father that he is "a man of risks." (Ha!) Buy low and sell high, that's all he did, and that's what Rodrigo should do too, and not be selling all these puny little boxes of organic tequila.
Rodrigo says "That's funny, because you tried to do that with Tequila Turquesa and failed." And if he, Rodrigo, were going to crash and burn, he wouldn't want to risk taking the family down with him. Aaron crows that the price of agave is going to fall (due to the faster maturation), and then what's Rodrigo going to do to cover his losses?
Bruno says if they don't knock it off, they'll have to end the meeting. Pilar says she doesn't understand why they sound like enemies when they should be cousins working together. Rodrigo says they're not going to be working together, because he's resigning from Montalvocorp. Pilar and Bruno shake their heads in disbelief. Aaron's mood improves considerably.
Rod assures them that Aaron can take over as general director again. Rod wants to start a new business, be independent, have his own office, maybe even start his own distillery. He's left everything in order. He'll still continue to be a member of the family, run the hacienda, attend meetings and such. Aaron sarcastically offers to attend meetings too, to keep up on how Rod is running the hacienda. Rod gamely agrees to this and offers to share all the paperwork with him. Aaron hints that perhaps not all is as straightforward and honest as it could be.
Bruno gets angry and tells Aaron he has to take over Montalvocorp, but he's going to watch him and make sure he doesn't play with the company's money again. "Fine, whatever, old man" Aaron replies like a sulky adolescent. Bruno angrily drinks a glass of water in Aaron's general direction.
The meeting breaks up and Rod tells Pilar he won't be able to stay very long at the Don Amador event. Pilar says all that matters to her is that he shows up and brings his wife.
As Pilar is leaving, Margarita tells Rod that Dr. Robledo is on line 2. Rod and Erika compare notes on their day. They make small talk, he tells her he resigned, and asks to come over and see her.
Back at Pilar's, Frankie is fixin' to visit his cousin Estefan. "You weren't going to tell me?" Frankie says he didn't want to bother her. Sofia says "wait - I'll go with you!" Frankie is taken aback by this, then recovers and says Estefan is bummed because he broke up with his girlfriend, and Sofia doesn't want to hear all about that, it'd be boring. They'll just stay home instead.
Dani and Elvis show up just in time to prevent some grisly crime - not sure whether that would be Sofia killing Frankie, Frankie killing Sofia, or me killing both of them. After a round of warm greetings to Sofia and a reminder of the upcoming reading of the last part of Amador's will, Elvis taunts Frankie not to get his hopes up. Amador never met either of them, so they don't stand to gain so much as a pin. And even if he had met them, he probably wouldn't have left either of them anything. (That's Elvis's way of telling snotty Frankie that Amador wouldn't have held him in any higher esteem than he would Elvis. Actually, I get the impression that Amador would have enjoyed both of them - Elvis for the sincere laughs, and Frankie for the fun of mocking him.)
Frankie haughtily brags that he's here because he was invited to the CRT event. Elvis says he was invited too. "You'll look like a fly in milk," Frankie laughs. (I bet he stayed up all night thinking of that one.) Elvis says he's not sure if he's the fly or the milk, but he's certainly going, even if he is on the council's "blacklist."
Oh my gosh! I just realized something... Elvis is BLACK! Why wasn't this brought to our attention sooner?
The women giggle, and Elvis (who is BLACK!) excuses himself to visit Granny-Fish.
Frankie's cell rings. It's Isa, now alone at home. "What is going on? I'm waiting!" He greets her as Estefan and says okay, we'll get together some other time. He then hangs up and tells Sofia that Estefan and his girlfriend got back together and they'll be too busy for company. Frankie's going to watch a movie. He tells Sofia to get him a glass of dry sherry and some prosciutto. He strides out of the room with a huge smirk on his face.
Sofia tells Dani she knows he's lying. Dani offers to listen if Sofia wants to talk, but it's okay if she doesn't want to talk, except she might get an ulcer. Sofie says she'd like to explain, but she doesn't want to until she has proof. Which is too bad, because if she and Dani were to compare notes on their suspicions about Isa, this telenovela could be wrapped up by the end of the week.
Isa tries to call Frankie back and is angry to find that he's turned off his phone.
Minnie tells Fedra she's not feeling well. Fedra laughs knowingly and jokes that it must be the pregnancy. The joke is somewhat cheapened by the fact that only Fedra knows why it's funny. Aaron comes home and sarcastically announces that he hasn't lost a penny of the family's money. Plus, he's regaining control of Montalvocorp. Fedra hugs him and says she's proud of him. Then he tells them about Rodrigo's resignation.
Rodrigo meets Erika at her office. They talk about the situation with Ricardo not paying his debt. Nothing new is revealed, except that he's worried that Aaron will find out that the hacienda's earnings are at risk. He wants to solve the problem before he has to report the hacienda's finances. Erika points out that once he solves this problem, he won't need anything from his wife; and after all, none of this is her fault.
Erika senses there is something else on his mind. He admits he's not sure of his wife's fidelity either, but still has no proof. He ponders the divorce, hopes they'll come to a fair arrangement and that he won't have to fight for the right to see his own kid.
Pilar and Sofia interview Dani about Rodrigo's progress with the therapist. Ha. Ha ha. He's trying to make a change in his life, and trying to forget about Gavi. The big test of that will be at tomorrow's CRT event. In other news, Rod and the psychologist aren't dating, but their relationship isn't strictly professional either. They are "friends." Pilar looks hopeful. Sofia looks skeptical.
Rodrigo tries to set up a dinner date tomorrow with Erika. She already has plans with some friends, and she reminds him of the CRT event. He's looking for a reason not to go - she says he can come to this thing with her friends too, if she wants. But she wonders why he's so reluctant to go to the CRT. Is he afraid he'll lose control when he sees Gavi? He admits that he feels more at peace now that he's not seeing her. Not to mention Dr. Blondie. Erika tells him he should take this opportunity to see whether his feelings for Gavi really have changed. He kisses her cheek goodbye and leaves. She seems bemused by the kiss.
Clarita and Gavi talk Dr. Blondie. He hasn't said anything to her directly. Clarita says something folksy about hot salsa and cockfighting. They wonder about Rod's therapy. I think Gavi points out that the psychologist she went to wasn't able to cure her. (Guess what Gavi - Rod's seeing the same exact quack.)
Ofelia and Roman talk about how spring is coming, and with it, the jimadores. They reminisce about Don Amador, and how different things are at the hacienda now. Rodrigo getting married, and Gaviota's face when she found out. According to Mr. James, Rodrigo fell sick with jealousy and had to get away from Gavi; that's why he threw himself into his work. Ofelia says it's like their love was cursed.
The word "cursed" is barely out of Ofelia's lips when SanWanna bursts in. She seems surprised not to get a warm welcome. Actually, they yell at her and tell her that if she came for some type of severance payment, to forget it. She shrugs this off and proudly announces that she's here so they can "resolved things" for her child. They try to kick her out, and she asks if they really want to fire the mother of their future grandchild, since the squirt she's expecting is Hilario's. Hilario didn't take the news well, said nasty things, and said it wasn't his, but she swears it is.
Ofelia doesn't believe her either. She says this is all because Hilario changed his luck and now SanWanna is trying to get a piece of the pie. SanWanna insists there wasn't any other man. Ofelia again tells her to get out.
But Roman sticks up for SanWanna and says that since his son isn't man enough to do it, he'll take responsibility for his grandchild. (Ofelia waves her hands around in disbelief.) SanWanna's gonna stay! Ofelia runs out in a snit. Stunned, SanWanna can only say "Thank you, Roman." But Roman refuses to meet her eyes.
Rodrigo gets home. Henrietta hands him a piece of paper and a phone. The wife and kid are in bed, and the piece of paper is Ricardo Sr.'s new phone number. Rod calls Ricardo Sr., who is in a private poker lounge at this very moment (Ricardo does not know this) and answers in English. He insists that his financial situation has improved considerably, and not to worry. After he hangs up, he jinxes himself by telling the others at his table, "tonight's my night!"
Here is what I've learned from this telenovela so far: gambling is an evil vice that cannot be enjoyed in moderation, but tequila is very sophisticated and mostly harmless. Folk remedies aren't effective in keeping agave plants healthy, but love potions are extremely powerful. And if you're black, you should make lots of jokes about your race, to put others at ease. (Because it's your fault if people are uncomfortable.) What else?
Rodrigo and Gaviota sit alone in their living rooms. Then they both get up and start pacing. Then they each have a tequila. More pacing, couch-sitting, faces in hands, sighing, crying. (This is done on a split screen to make sure that we totally get that they're, like, joined at the soul and junk.) Each turns sideways on the sofa so they're facing each other on the split screen. They gaze into each others' eyes in absentia and murmur each others' name.
The next day: Dr. Blondie is briefing Gavi on the agaves-maturing-too-fast problem. Gavi's old boss (Demetrio Urban) will go to Guadalajara first thing in the morning and Gavi will join him there later. It'll be a super-quick visit, like lightning. Gavi is bummed because she won't be able to take her mom out for her birthday. Dr. B says no problem, he will take Clarita out himself. Gavi reminds him that he's got another event to attend.
He asks if she's made sure the Montalvo women have been invited. Gavi confirms that they have. He leaves her alone for a moment and she makes a quick prayer to Virgencita for protection against the nasty Montalvo crows who will try to pluck out her eyes.
Frankie finally calls Isa. She's angry it's taken so long; he says Sofia wouldn't leave him alone for a minute since they got there. Fortunately she's out shopping now. He scolds her for calling on the house phone, but she says that's what he gets for turning his cell off. He reminds her that it's dangerous to keep calling, and all these "wrong numbers" are making Pilar nervous. She says they'll never know the calls are coming from her, since she's calling from her own new secret phone that nobody else knows the number to. He points out that it's still in her name, and someone could report it (for making harassing hang-up calls, I guess).
Isa wants to see him ASAP. He says they'll see each other at the CRT thing for Don Amador. She says nope, she's not going. And she needs to see him because things are getting very complicated.
While they're talking, Sofia arrives at the lobby of the Basurio (whatever it is called, where Isa lives) and asks Belisario (the concierge) about the night man. The concierge says they recently got a new one. They had to get rid of Pascual because Isadora had some unspecified problem with him. Apparently this happened on the same exact day as Sofia's last visit. She asks if there's some way to contact him. Belisario gives him the business card of the agency that employs Pascual.
Isa is still on the phone with Frankie, saying that she needs to get out of here before all the anvils come crashing down (maybe not in so many words), when the doorbell rings. As Enriqueta lets Sofia in, Isa says "oh, gotta go Mom [the captions incorrectly say "Dani"!], I just saw a ghost, it's my sister in law Sofia, talk to you later, kissies" and hangs up. She tries to act casual, but Sofia is stiff with her. Isa tells Sofia about the brujas' plan to not attend the one and only important CRT event they've ever been invited to, the one that will honor the man whose big bucks allow all of them to live in cushy penthouse luxury.
Meanwhile, Minnie is giving Nancy hell over the phone and retracts the RSVPs on behalf of herself, Fedra, Isa, and Sofia. Nancy tries to clear things up, and Minnie lets her know that there's no confusion. They're going to send an open letter to Av* to explain their reasons. She hangs up and Fedra snickers happily.
"You can't do this!" Sofia tells Isa, because it'd upset Pilar rather than Gaviota. Before she can point out any of the other many fatal flaws in the brujas' plan, or maybe turn the conversation to something much more interesting, the phone rings. It's Minnie, saying she made the call to the CRT. Isa urges Sofie to go to Minnie's with her so they can congratulate one another on how clever and evil they are. Sofia says "count me out." This is about her grandfather - and for her, that's sacred.
Miércoles
Elvis and Dani have lunch and she teases him about some drawings he's done of ballerinas. He says he wants to put an ad in the paper for a model - he's going to do a mural on the history of glass. Actually, Dani is the model he wants. Surprised, she agrees.
Isa, Fedra, and Minnie meet at Minnie's to discuss their continued campaign of horror against Gavi. Isa doesn't have the baby with her - she explains that he's slightly feverish (again? wasn't he grippy last week too? should we be concerned, or is he teething or something?), so she left him at home. Smirking, Fedra says he must be growing and changing - does he look like Rodrigo? Isa says no - each time she sees him, he looks more like her father. Minnie warns that Aaron is still there - she urges them to keep there voices down so he doesn't hear what they're planning. They decide to call Sofia.
Frankie and Sofia arrive at Pilar's. Frankie immediately starts complaining about the unpleasant plane ride over, the filthy wine they were served, the chaos at the airport, and the nasty immigrants working there. He says the Montalvos should really have their own plane. As Sofia covers her face, shocked at Frankie's crassness, Pilar tactfully explains that they did have one, and it crashed with Sofia's parents on board. This shuts him up just long enough to mutter an apology and walk Pilar to the door. Then he confides to Sofia that they should buy their own apartment in the DF so they don't have to stay at Pilar's house, because when he's there he feels smothered by her relatives.
"If you want your own apartment, you'll have to wait," she tells him very seriously. She opens her mouth to say more, but just when you think she's gonna give it to him good, Imelda comes in with a phone call from... drum roll please... Isadora!
Frankie suddenly becomes very interested in his wristwatch (or is it his smarm bracelet - I can't tell) as Sofia asks Imelda who the call is for. Why, it's for Sofia, of course! Sensing that he has just dodged a speeding anvil, Frankie excuses himself with a smarmy grin so that the sisters-in-law can speak in peace.
"Hola, Sofia, you could have at least called and let me know you were coming to Mexico." Sofia coldly replies that it was a last-minute decision. Isa asks why Sofia hasn't been calling her all. "Well, why haven't you called me?" Isa brushes this off, saying okay, Sofia's right. She invites Sofia to come over and hear Fedra's latest plan. Sofia says she's tied up right now, but will call or come over later.
Aaron breezes through his living room, greets the brujas, and leaves. Fedra gets down to business and says they're not going to the event. Minnie and Isadora leap out of their chairs in surprise. What? But they've already RSVP'd! (Ha... after all they've done, apparently the one thing that they would be ashamed to do would be to say yes to an invitation and then not show up at the party.) Isa is more concerned about Pilar's reaction. Fedra agrees, but says this is the chance she's been waiting for.
All this time, the CRT has been snubbing them; now they're supposed to just pretend like nothing ever happened. They have pride and dignity, and if the CRT thinks they are just washcloths that they can use and throw them away, well, they're not. Gavi even sent the invites via special messenger because she's so afraid they won't show up to the Don Amador tribute.
Isa points out that Gavi will probably be relieved if they don't show up. Fedra says no, she's wrong. Gavi is playing at being manager; what will the agave union folks think when the Montalvo women aren't there for a tribute to their esteemed relative? When people notice that they're not there, they'll see it as a protest against all the injustices Gaviota has committed against them.
Isa still looks puzzled. You probably do too. No, you didn't miss anything. This plan is so dumb, it's embarrassing. Fedra is beyond BSC if she thinks everyone in the agave/distilling/tequila business doesn't realize by now what a bunch of nuts the Montalvo women are.
Minnie is not sure how they will pitch this to their husbands, since Pilar has pressured them all into going. Fedra says they should just say they're going to go, and then back out at the very last minute.
Isa says Rodrigo's not going, in any case. He's got important plans. Fedra rolls her eyes and says of course he will go. No one dares defy Pilar Montalvo, the Dictator. Minnie and Isa giggle.
The grownups (Pilar, Bruno, and Rodrigo) are having a meeting at the corporativo. Aaron shows up late, and Bruno coldly tells him that they started without him. Aaron snottily hands out his financial reports.
Bruno explains that Patricio isn't with them because he went to Japan. He'll be back in time for the CRT event. Pilar reminds them that the CRT and the National Chamber of the Tequila Industry (CNIT) is honoring her husband and she wants the whole family to be there for it. PLEASE, she says, tell your wives to put aside their grudges with Mariana Franco and comport themselves with altura (i.e. rise above it). "Oh yeah, you bet," the men hastily agree.
Rodrigo shows his own personal report to Aaron. I think he says that Ardiente Pasion has made enough money to offset Aaron's debt to the company. Aaron merrily says he'll answer to that in a moment. Bruno is thrilled with Rodrigo's numbers and congratulates him. (Aaron clears his throat loudly and impatiently.) Pilar is surprised to discover that he's sharing a portion of his profits with Montalvocorp. He says it's only fair, since he used the corporativo for most of his efforts. (In fact, it was a long while before I realized that Ardiente Pasion wasn't an actual Montalvocorp product, myself.) Pilar tells Rodrigo he's just like his granddad.
Bruno then tells Aaron they all know his company is doing well, so he ought to be able to pay back his debt. They don't want to pressure him, but it'd be better if he paid it back now, before he gives in to the temptation of the stock market and loses everything. Offended, Aaron says he's already taken care of that, and shows his bank statement to Bruno. Bruno points out that this money Aaron's paying them was just deposited into Aaron's personal account earlier today. "You didn't just invest YOUR capital - you invested OURS too!"
Aaron tries to throw a tantrum, but having no phone handy to throw, has to settle for making funny faces. He is shocked that Bruno doesn't admire his GIGANTIC transaction. (Aaron is waving his crazy finger indignantly.) Bruno is shocked that Aaron doesn't get why it was not cool to use the company's money for personal benefit - they could have lost everything. Aaron is shocked that his father is so upset about something that didn't even happen.
Pilar mildly tells them to calm down. In a slightly more civilized tone, Aaron reminds his father that he is "a man of risks." (Ha!) Buy low and sell high, that's all he did, and that's what Rodrigo should do too, and not be selling all these puny little boxes of organic tequila.
Rodrigo says "That's funny, because you tried to do that with Tequila Turquesa and failed." And if he, Rodrigo, were going to crash and burn, he wouldn't want to risk taking the family down with him. Aaron crows that the price of agave is going to fall (due to the faster maturation), and then what's Rodrigo going to do to cover his losses?
Bruno says if they don't knock it off, they'll have to end the meeting. Pilar says she doesn't understand why they sound like enemies when they should be cousins working together. Rodrigo says they're not going to be working together, because he's resigning from Montalvocorp. Pilar and Bruno shake their heads in disbelief. Aaron's mood improves considerably.
Rod assures them that Aaron can take over as general director again. Rod wants to start a new business, be independent, have his own office, maybe even start his own distillery. He's left everything in order. He'll still continue to be a member of the family, run the hacienda, attend meetings and such. Aaron sarcastically offers to attend meetings too, to keep up on how Rod is running the hacienda. Rod gamely agrees to this and offers to share all the paperwork with him. Aaron hints that perhaps not all is as straightforward and honest as it could be.
Bruno gets angry and tells Aaron he has to take over Montalvocorp, but he's going to watch him and make sure he doesn't play with the company's money again. "Fine, whatever, old man" Aaron replies like a sulky adolescent. Bruno angrily drinks a glass of water in Aaron's general direction.
The meeting breaks up and Rod tells Pilar he won't be able to stay very long at the Don Amador event. Pilar says all that matters to her is that he shows up and brings his wife.
As Pilar is leaving, Margarita tells Rod that Dr. Robledo is on line 2. Rod and Erika compare notes on their day. They make small talk, he tells her he resigned, and asks to come over and see her.
Back at Pilar's, Frankie is fixin' to visit his cousin Estefan. "You weren't going to tell me?" Frankie says he didn't want to bother her. Sofia says "wait - I'll go with you!" Frankie is taken aback by this, then recovers and says Estefan is bummed because he broke up with his girlfriend, and Sofia doesn't want to hear all about that, it'd be boring. They'll just stay home instead.
Dani and Elvis show up just in time to prevent some grisly crime - not sure whether that would be Sofia killing Frankie, Frankie killing Sofia, or me killing both of them. After a round of warm greetings to Sofia and a reminder of the upcoming reading of the last part of Amador's will, Elvis taunts Frankie not to get his hopes up. Amador never met either of them, so they don't stand to gain so much as a pin. And even if he had met them, he probably wouldn't have left either of them anything. (That's Elvis's way of telling snotty Frankie that Amador wouldn't have held him in any higher esteem than he would Elvis. Actually, I get the impression that Amador would have enjoyed both of them - Elvis for the sincere laughs, and Frankie for the fun of mocking him.)
Frankie haughtily brags that he's here because he was invited to the CRT event. Elvis says he was invited too. "You'll look like a fly in milk," Frankie laughs. (I bet he stayed up all night thinking of that one.) Elvis says he's not sure if he's the fly or the milk, but he's certainly going, even if he is on the council's "blacklist."
Oh my gosh! I just realized something... Elvis is BLACK! Why wasn't this brought to our attention sooner?
The women giggle, and Elvis (who is BLACK!) excuses himself to visit Granny-Fish.
Frankie's cell rings. It's Isa, now alone at home. "What is going on? I'm waiting!" He greets her as Estefan and says okay, we'll get together some other time. He then hangs up and tells Sofia that Estefan and his girlfriend got back together and they'll be too busy for company. Frankie's going to watch a movie. He tells Sofia to get him a glass of dry sherry and some prosciutto. He strides out of the room with a huge smirk on his face.
Sofia tells Dani she knows he's lying. Dani offers to listen if Sofia wants to talk, but it's okay if she doesn't want to talk, except she might get an ulcer. Sofie says she'd like to explain, but she doesn't want to until she has proof. Which is too bad, because if she and Dani were to compare notes on their suspicions about Isa, this telenovela could be wrapped up by the end of the week.
Isa tries to call Frankie back and is angry to find that he's turned off his phone.
Minnie tells Fedra she's not feeling well. Fedra laughs knowingly and jokes that it must be the pregnancy. The joke is somewhat cheapened by the fact that only Fedra knows why it's funny. Aaron comes home and sarcastically announces that he hasn't lost a penny of the family's money. Plus, he's regaining control of Montalvocorp. Fedra hugs him and says she's proud of him. Then he tells them about Rodrigo's resignation.
Rodrigo meets Erika at her office. They talk about the situation with Ricardo not paying his debt. Nothing new is revealed, except that he's worried that Aaron will find out that the hacienda's earnings are at risk. He wants to solve the problem before he has to report the hacienda's finances. Erika points out that once he solves this problem, he won't need anything from his wife; and after all, none of this is her fault.
Erika senses there is something else on his mind. He admits he's not sure of his wife's fidelity either, but still has no proof. He ponders the divorce, hopes they'll come to a fair arrangement and that he won't have to fight for the right to see his own kid.
Pilar and Sofia interview Dani about Rodrigo's progress with the therapist. Ha. Ha ha. He's trying to make a change in his life, and trying to forget about Gavi. The big test of that will be at tomorrow's CRT event. In other news, Rod and the psychologist aren't dating, but their relationship isn't strictly professional either. They are "friends." Pilar looks hopeful. Sofia looks skeptical.
Rodrigo tries to set up a dinner date tomorrow with Erika. She already has plans with some friends, and she reminds him of the CRT event. He's looking for a reason not to go - she says he can come to this thing with her friends too, if she wants. But she wonders why he's so reluctant to go to the CRT. Is he afraid he'll lose control when he sees Gavi? He admits that he feels more at peace now that he's not seeing her. Not to mention Dr. Blondie. Erika tells him he should take this opportunity to see whether his feelings for Gavi really have changed. He kisses her cheek goodbye and leaves. She seems bemused by the kiss.
Clarita and Gavi talk Dr. Blondie. He hasn't said anything to her directly. Clarita says something folksy about hot salsa and cockfighting. They wonder about Rod's therapy. I think Gavi points out that the psychologist she went to wasn't able to cure her. (Guess what Gavi - Rod's seeing the same exact quack.)
Ofelia and Roman talk about how spring is coming, and with it, the jimadores. They reminisce about Don Amador, and how different things are at the hacienda now. Rodrigo getting married, and Gaviota's face when she found out. According to Mr. James, Rodrigo fell sick with jealousy and had to get away from Gavi; that's why he threw himself into his work. Ofelia says it's like their love was cursed.
The word "cursed" is barely out of Ofelia's lips when SanWanna bursts in. She seems surprised not to get a warm welcome. Actually, they yell at her and tell her that if she came for some type of severance payment, to forget it. She shrugs this off and proudly announces that she's here so they can "resolved things" for her child. They try to kick her out, and she asks if they really want to fire the mother of their future grandchild, since the squirt she's expecting is Hilario's. Hilario didn't take the news well, said nasty things, and said it wasn't his, but she swears it is.
Ofelia doesn't believe her either. She says this is all because Hilario changed his luck and now SanWanna is trying to get a piece of the pie. SanWanna insists there wasn't any other man. Ofelia again tells her to get out.
But Roman sticks up for SanWanna and says that since his son isn't man enough to do it, he'll take responsibility for his grandchild. (Ofelia waves her hands around in disbelief.) SanWanna's gonna stay! Ofelia runs out in a snit. Stunned, SanWanna can only say "Thank you, Roman." But Roman refuses to meet her eyes.
Rodrigo gets home. Henrietta hands him a piece of paper and a phone. The wife and kid are in bed, and the piece of paper is Ricardo Sr.'s new phone number. Rod calls Ricardo Sr., who is in a private poker lounge at this very moment (Ricardo does not know this) and answers in English. He insists that his financial situation has improved considerably, and not to worry. After he hangs up, he jinxes himself by telling the others at his table, "tonight's my night!"
Here is what I've learned from this telenovela so far: gambling is an evil vice that cannot be enjoyed in moderation, but tequila is very sophisticated and mostly harmless. Folk remedies aren't effective in keeping agave plants healthy, but love potions are extremely powerful. And if you're black, you should make lots of jokes about your race, to put others at ease. (Because it's your fault if people are uncomfortable.) What else?
Rodrigo and Gaviota sit alone in their living rooms. Then they both get up and start pacing. Then they each have a tequila. More pacing, couch-sitting, faces in hands, sighing, crying. (This is done on a split screen to make sure that we totally get that they're, like, joined at the soul and junk.) Each turns sideways on the sofa so they're facing each other on the split screen. They gaze into each others' eyes in absentia and murmur each others' name.
The next day: Dr. Blondie is briefing Gavi on the agaves-maturing-too-fast problem. Gavi's old boss (Demetrio Urban) will go to Guadalajara first thing in the morning and Gavi will join him there later. It'll be a super-quick visit, like lightning. Gavi is bummed because she won't be able to take her mom out for her birthday. Dr. B says no problem, he will take Clarita out himself. Gavi reminds him that he's got another event to attend.
He asks if she's made sure the Montalvo women have been invited. Gavi confirms that they have. He leaves her alone for a moment and she makes a quick prayer to Virgencita for protection against the nasty Montalvo crows who will try to pluck out her eyes.
Frankie finally calls Isa. She's angry it's taken so long; he says Sofia wouldn't leave him alone for a minute since they got there. Fortunately she's out shopping now. He scolds her for calling on the house phone, but she says that's what he gets for turning his cell off. He reminds her that it's dangerous to keep calling, and all these "wrong numbers" are making Pilar nervous. She says they'll never know the calls are coming from her, since she's calling from her own new secret phone that nobody else knows the number to. He points out that it's still in her name, and someone could report it (for making harassing hang-up calls, I guess).
Isa wants to see him ASAP. He says they'll see each other at the CRT thing for Don Amador. She says nope, she's not going. And she needs to see him because things are getting very complicated.
While they're talking, Sofia arrives at the lobby of the Basurio (whatever it is called, where Isa lives) and asks Belisario (the concierge) about the night man. The concierge says they recently got a new one. They had to get rid of Pascual because Isadora had some unspecified problem with him. Apparently this happened on the same exact day as Sofia's last visit. She asks if there's some way to contact him. Belisario gives him the business card of the agency that employs Pascual.
Isa is still on the phone with Frankie, saying that she needs to get out of here before all the anvils come crashing down (maybe not in so many words), when the doorbell rings. As Enriqueta lets Sofia in, Isa says "oh, gotta go Mom [the captions incorrectly say "Dani"!], I just saw a ghost, it's my sister in law Sofia, talk to you later, kissies" and hangs up. She tries to act casual, but Sofia is stiff with her. Isa tells Sofia about the brujas' plan to not attend the one and only important CRT event they've ever been invited to, the one that will honor the man whose big bucks allow all of them to live in cushy penthouse luxury.
Meanwhile, Minnie is giving Nancy hell over the phone and retracts the RSVPs on behalf of herself, Fedra, Isa, and Sofia. Nancy tries to clear things up, and Minnie lets her know that there's no confusion. They're going to send an open letter to Av* to explain their reasons. She hangs up and Fedra snickers happily.
"You can't do this!" Sofia tells Isa, because it'd upset Pilar rather than Gaviota. Before she can point out any of the other many fatal flaws in the brujas' plan, or maybe turn the conversation to something much more interesting, the phone rings. It's Minnie, saying she made the call to the CRT. Isa urges Sofie to go to Minnie's with her so they can congratulate one another on how clever and evil they are. Sofia says "count me out." This is about her grandfather - and for her, that's sacred.
Miércoles
- Frankie catches Sofie on the phone with James. (Sofia, if you were thinking of making an ironic comment, now would be a good time to do it.)
- Pammy's dad tells Avellaneda about some documents he dug up during his trip to Asia. "You're scaring me," Av* says.
- The brujas commit the ultimate social faux pas - they attend an event they said they wouldn't.
- And oh yeah, Rodrigo and Gaviota meet face-to-face.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Call your senators! Wednesday, a Senate vote on the DREAM Act, which would let immigrant children move toward college education and citizenship.
I know this is not a political blog, but - my daughter sent me this announcement, and I called my senators today. I mentor a wonderful seventh-grader, a Latina. Her family came to this country when she was less than one year old. She wants to go to college and become a nurse. Isn't that the sort of citizen we want?
Did you, your parents, your grandparents, your siblings, or any of your friends attend a public college? Did you/your family/friends choose this school because of the chance to get a good education at a reasonable price?
Do you want to give another generation of immigrant students the same chance?
The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and other ask us to call our senators today to express support for the DREAM Act, which allows high school graduates who came to the US more than five years before to attend college as in-state students and to begin a path to legal residency and eventual citizenship.
From the CCIR:
The DREAM Act will likely come up for a vote on the Senate floor this Wednesday.
ALL DREAM ACT SUPPORTERS: CALL YOUR SENATORS, send an e-mail message and fax them, do it all over again on Wednesday morning first thing. Call the senate switchboard 202-224-3121 - They can connect you to your two senators' offices.
The cloture motion will require 60 votes to pass. If it fails, the DREAM Act will be pulled from the floor. If it passes, there will be more votes on the DREAM Act as well as on possible amendments. The outcome of these votes will determine the fate of the DREAM Act for this Congress.
Word is already getting out about the vote on anti-immigrant websites, talk shows, and cable TV who are spreading their usual falsehoods, and there is little doubt that their angry and fearful base will respond.
If you care at all about the future of DREAM Act students who have grown up here, then you must make your calls today and tomorrow, forward this message, and get on the phone to make sure that everyone you know does likewise.
CALL BOTH OF YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM: "PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DREAM ACT SO THAT IMMIGRANT STUDENTS BROUGHT HERE AS CHILDREN CAN REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL"
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Juan 10/23 Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. *
First, I would like to give a big thank you to Sylvia for doing the re-cap on Tuesday. You’re awesome! Thanks, so much.
Second, I’ve been out of town and unable to keep up with Juan. I apologize if I’m a little behind on some things. I promise to do my best!
Marely sadly asks Nidia if Juan’s with Paula. Nidia replies that Juan didn’t say that but she’s pretty sure that’s where he was. Nidia reluctantly tells Marely that Juan’s not coming home tonight. Yadira thinks this is the perfect time to suggest that Nidia sleeps in Juan’s room. (Alirio will just love this) Nidia refuses. The daughters think that this is Nidia’s house and she should be able to do what she wants. Nidia doesn’t want to make Alirio too angry.
Pastor continues to insist that CL tell the truth. CL continues to look to the left of the screen. Pastor thinks that telling the truth always results in a positive. CL takes a drink and says that he will think about it. CL proceeds to the door but not before he turns to say that his birthday was ruined. Pastor apologizes. CL thanks Pastor for his sincerity.
CL comes home and enters the bedroom to find a sleeping Monica. The present tense Juan gives commentary about that night. He talks about both he and CL being kept awake for very different reasons. CL’s was not so glorious; he had to think about what he would do. What CL would chose would effect CL, Paula, Monica and even Juan.
Juan cuddles with Paula and thinks about how he doesn’t want to sleep because he wants to enjoy each moment, protecting her. He pulls on his eyes to stay awake, but slowly fades. The next morning, the couples cuddle in an uncomfortable embrace. The alarm sounds, but neither wakes.
I can’t be sure, but methinks that Alirio had too much to drink the night before. He’s attending to his headache when Nidia comes storming into the dining room. He can’t even look at her. They reach for the coffee and sugar but Nidia wins both of those races. She also gets the first bun and enjoys eating it in front of Alirio. Alirio grunts and leaves the table.
Juan prepares Paula a breakfast. Love the apron with the watermelon! Paula happily comes down and greets him. She takes over the cooking after observing that he’s burned. They share what looks to be a genuine kiss. The phone rings; it’s Ana. Juan thought bubbles that at first he was hurt that Paula didn’t tell Ana about him being there, but then he just decided it wasn’t the time. The lovers awkwardly smile at each other.
I’m not sure why Marely goes to Juan’s room considering Nidia told her that Juan would not be home that night. Maybe just to drive the nail further into her heart? Nidia must have spotted Marely because she follows Marely into Juan’s room. Marely asks her mother not to say anything. Marely asks about Alirio. Nidia says that he left without saying anything. Nidia does note his strange facial expression. He was also wearing black. Nidia wonders if somebody died.
Paula and Juan enjoy the breakfast. Juan thinks to himself whether he should say something about the night before. He’s not sure if the same thing happened to her as what happened to him. Paula asks if he’s going home. Juan replies that he has to go and change. Paula mentions that she needs to go pick up the car. Juan says he’ll drop her off before he goes home and then they’ll see each other at work. Paula likes that idea.
Ivonne wakes up in Fernando’s bedroom. She wants to know what she’s doing there. Seriously, Fernando gets more play then any other galan that I’ve seen in a telenovela. Ivonne mentions that Fernando told her that he wasn’t interested in doing that with her anymore. He tells Ivonne that he didn’t want to but she just kept begging, so he had to bring her. The phone rings and it’s Nidia. She wants to know how the party went. He says that it was okay, but it sucked because she wasn’t there. Ivonne swipes at Fernando. He tells Nidia that he misses her. She asks him if they can see each other today. He thinks that they can later. Nidia makes a date for three o’clock. Fernando sends her a kiss. Ivonne accuses Fernando of trying to make her jealous. She wants to know who it was. Fernando will only say that it was a friend.
Chelo and Mrs. Claus discuss what they should have for an afternoon snack. CL enters the room and thinks of Pastor’s warning. Monica wants to leave, but CL stalls. He says they need to talk. They both look a little nervous.
We see Alirio wondering the streets while Juan tells us that he forgot about his chore with Alirio. I guess Alirio waits around thinking of all the offense to his honor that Juan has done.
At that same moment, Juan’s doing better things. He’s dropping off his woman at the car dealership. Paula’s sad that her mother isn’t there to take a ride. Juan tells her to take a picture of the car. Paula won’t but she thanks Juan for the spectacular night. She gives him another genuine looking kiss. Juan is, of course, on cloud nine.
CL warns Monica that he’s about to give her terrible news. Mrs. Claus wants him to get to the point. She asks if he’s going to confess something. He confirms that he is and that it has something to do with Paula. He comes out and says that he and Paula are lovers. Monica appears as though a knife has been stabbed through her heart.
CL starts to give Monica a sob story. Monica can hate him if she wants. CL explains that it began as a simple attraction that grew into something more. He never said anything to Monica because he was confused and scared of losing her. He thinks that all Monica has to forgive is his stupidity. He’s decided to be honest. It’s hurting him more than it’s hurting Monica. Monica replies that his love her must not have been as strong as he supposed. CL responds that he’s sure of what his feelings were. Monica won’t accept that. Things always happen for a reason. CL looked for something that he wasn’t getting in their relationship. He tries to grab her hands and claims to want to save their relationship. She wants to know when the relationship started; was it when Paula came to the house. CL tells Monica that it was over by that time. Monica can’t believe that she’s been made a fool. She asked them both about the relationship and neither told the truth! CL claims that he ordered silence that he and Monica could talk about it at the right time.
Nidia catches Juan entering the house. She observes that he seems extra gleeful and asks where he was the night before. Juan confirms that he was at Paula’s. He says this is proof that the relationship is not just in his imagination. Nidia promises not to say anything more about his relationship. Nidia congratulates him. Juan excuses himself to wash and get ready to go to the office.
Mrs. Claus walks away from CL. CL follows and begs her to say something, anything. She asks him to leave her alone. He keeps pushing, saying this wasn’t easy for him. She begs him to leave her alone to think. She refuses to promise him anything. He insists on telling her that she’s the most important person in his life. After he leaves she falls apart. It’s kind of strange that Chelo doesn’t overhear her wailing. I’m also amazed at how she can manage to get into that position and not have her underwear peek over her pants. That takes skill!
Pastor and Ivonne bond in his office. Ivonne tells Pastor that he’s very lucky; Pastor agrees. He congratulates himself because nothing happened to him. Pastor also tells Ivonne about telling CL to confess the truth. Ivonne’s shocked.
Kike sits alone waiting for some company. CL and Fernando arrive at the office. CL leaves for the office. Kike asks about the night before and Juan’s location. I guess the teacher told Kike that if Juan misses another class he will be expelled. Fernando thinks that the teacher is perfectly within her rights to do so. Kike wishes that Juan was more serious about studying. Fernando scoffs and returns to his car.
Juan thinks that Nidia overdid breakfast, but she won’t hear it. Juan thinks to himself that he’s very full, but he won’t slight Nidia. Alirio enters the room and begins to shout. He wants Juan to come to him and prove that he’s a man. Alirio reminds Juan that they had a pact this morning and that Alirio stood around waiting for Juan. Juan says that he forgot all about it. Alirio says that this confirms Juan is nothing more than a mockingbird. Nidia and Juan try to calm Alirio. Alirio starts to insult Nidia, calling her old and a witch. Juan won’t hear this. Alirio thinks that this would be a good time to taunt Juan. He attacks and is immediately rebuffed by Juan. Juan knocks out Alirio; Nidia doesn’t look too upset about this. They both suddenly realize that Alirio’s not waking.
Paula brings Marely to the garage to look at the car. Paula picks up on Marely’s apathetic tone. Paula asks if Marely’s angry. Marely says no. Paula brings Marely to the other side of the car to show her something else.
Fernando and Kike watch over the women looking at the car. Kike thinks that Paula buying this car will be the end of Paula and Juan. Fernando doesn’t think that Juan needs to be a chauffer in order to see Paula. Kike’s confused. Fernando explains about how Paula and Juan were acting the other night. Fernando knows that Paula’s using Juan to make CL jealous. He could tell from the way CL was acting.
Chelo gives Mrs. Claus some medicine and a drink. Monica says that she wants to sleep and never wake up. She’s in so much pain. She’s feeling a combination of rage and pain. Chelo advises Monica that CL has no reason to do this again and that Monica is not at fault.
The men look over Paula’s car under Juan’s observation. Kike wants to give the car a ride. Juan says that he can ask Paula for the keys in order to take it for a ride. Everything that is hers is his and everything that is his is hers.
Ivonne gives CL the daily report. She wants to talk about him, but he wants to talk about work. Ivonne says that she’s done. Before she goes back to her desk, he tells Ivonne to tell Paula to come to his office. She happily agrees.
Paula walks by Ivonne and she does exactly what CL wanted. Paula sarcastically tells Marely that her favorite thing about this workplace is the friendly employees.
Paula enters CL’s office. CL laughs at Paula’s nickname for Ivonne, Mrs. Sympathy. He asks Paula about her night. She says that it was okay. She asks about him. He says that it was okay. He adds that it was a decisive night for him, for Monica and for Paula. He launches into his little speech about how he hasn’t stop fighting for his and Paula’s relationship. Paula thinks it’s early for this conversation. CL approaches and says that he’s always been in love with Paula. She doesn’t want to hear it. He takes off his wedding ring and places it on the table. He tells Paula that he told Monica everything about him and Paula. Queue the dramatic music and the warning that the story has nothing to do with real life. Seriously, what crazy would want to claim that this story was based on their life?
Vocab:
Apodo - Nickname
Ley de Hielo – To give someone the silent treatment (lit: the Law of Ice)
Is it possible that Paula’s starting to fall for Juan? You know that the moment she can't have him she's going to want him.
*Aldous Huxley
This is cheesy and long, but I think it’s a good explanation for why I think CL is going to end up with Paula (other than the fact that we already know that from the first episode)
Choosing a wife...
A man wanted to get married.
He was having trouble choosing
among three likely candidates.
He gives each woman a present of $5,000
and watches to see what they do
with the money.
The first does a total make-over.
She goes to a fancy beauty salon,
gets her hair done, new make-up
and buys several new outfits,
then dresses up very nicely for the man.
She tells him that she has done this
to be more attractive for him
because she loves him so much.
The man was impressed.
The second goes shopping to buy the man gifts.
She gets him a new set of golf clubs,
some new gizmos for his computer,
and some expensive clothes.
As she presents these gifts,
she tells him that she has spent
all the money on him
because she loves him so much
Again, the man is impressed.
The third invests the money in the stock market.
She earns several times the $5,000.
She gives him back his $5,000
and reinvests the remainder
in a joint account.
She tells him that she wants to save
for their future
because she loves him so much.
Obviously, the man was impressed.
The man thought for a long time
about what each woman had done
with the money he'd given her.
Then, he married the one with the biggest boobs.
Labels: Juan
Amar Sin Limites October 22--Azul and Ceci get played like violins
[Sorry it's late again, folks. Work and home intervened]
We open with the scene of Ceci tripping over the rug after being impactada over Leo’s makeover. (I ran it in slomo on the Tivo and I could not make out any tripping by Leo. It may well be that she did trip her and they’ll show it to us later but for now, it looks like she tripped on her dress or the rug. ) Gaspar made a wry comment about the “strong impression” of seeing Leo with her new makeup clothes and hairdo.
Next it’s over to Eva and Ivan, standing in the forest. Ivan tells Eva that Boris ordered him to kill her. Eva makes a wry comment about history repeating itself—that Boris (her dad) killed her mom. Ivan (who had been pointing the gun at her) says no. He won’t kill her. He would never be able to kill her. He loves her. Eva is doubtful. Boris cannot be disobeyed without consequences. Ivan continues his love declaration. He lives only for her, to do what she wants. They embrace tearfully. Eva gingerly starts to kiss him and then it’s full blown makeout time.
Over at Mo’s new pad, Azul (who is wearing Azul instead of pink for once) is guiding the fake blind Mo around. He tells Azul that he’s decided for safety’s sake to send Katy away to an orphanage to keep her away from Eva and her henchmen. Azul is floored. Next he says that she (Azul) should go away too because he knows that she doesn’t love him. He doesn’t want her to stick around out of pity and to put herself in danger. He only wants a little dignity, now that his end is near. Azul protests that she will stay with him, no matter way. She tells him that she’s decided to accept his proposal of marriage. Mo is elated and embraces her. He says he doesn’t want to be selfish. She’s young and full of life while he is on death’s door and weak. This only makes the self-important Azul more determined to marry him. She tells him that her Daddy will find a cure. He seals the deal by warning her that he is weak and wouldn’t be able to face another betrayal. She urges him to trust her. He goes even further and says that she needs a strong man to protect her but she is all, “we’ll face this together.” In the end he acts like she has convinced him to marry her. “We’ll fight together—for Katy’s sake” he says. It’s an extraordinary exhibition of him playing her like a violin. Mission accomplished.
Over at the boutique, we’re still with NeoLeo, Ceci and Andres. NeoLeo pulls out the cut up shirt. Andres is ticked off and starts shouting at her. NeoLeo complains archly about the way he is treating her. Ceci pulls Andres away. She’s taking Leo’s side! She tells Andres that Leo told her yesterday that Katy cut up the shirt while she was playing. Andres is surprised and just as gullible, apparently. Andres leaves and goes back to apologizes to Leo. (We get a side shot of her, wearing a pair of tight black jeans. Ow, I need brain bleach.) Gaspar hisses to Ceci that she’d better watch out and not let that femme fatal steal her man. Ceci looks confused and spies NeoLeo and Andres in the corner talking. NeoLeo is waving her hands around flirtatiously.
At Anibal’s office, Clemi comes in to the inner office to confirm Anibal’s lunch reservations. There is some to do about this that I couldn’t follow but bottom line is that the lunch with whoever it was is cancelled. Anibal pauses and asks Clemi what she’s doing for lunch. Clemi says she brought her lunch (“it’s healthier and cheaper”). He invites her to lunch. Clemi looks conflicted.
Eva and Ivan are still making out in the woods. Eva suddenly breaks away and says that she won’t let his feelings for her interfere with Boris’ commands. They will both pay the price. She tells him to kill her, or Boris will kill him. He refuses again. He tells her he loves her again. She tells him none of that matters. “You and I are condemned.” He gives a little speech about their growing up in the orphanage and all the horrors that that entailed. In spite of that, she was the only beautiful thing in his life. He begs her not to reject him. He tells her that he will follow her to the ends of the earth. “Until Boris deals death to us both.” More kissing. Ivan drops the gun on the ground and next they drop to the ground.
A quick scene with Anibal gallantly offering his arm to Clemi in the street as they go to lunch. In the distance, Isela spots them while she’s talking to another lady who has some food wrapped in cellophane and a ribbon. Isela abruptly drops that conversation saying that Anibal isn’t there and that she (Isela) is stupid (for believing in Anibal, I guess).
Back at the boutique, Ceci has a replacement shirt for Andres. Ceci says she’s hungry and she’s only got a short time for lunch. NeoLeo makes a big show of saying she should go and leave the two young lovers to have a nice lunch. Ceci falls for the trap. NeoLeo protests but finally pretends to give in. Andres can’t decide if this is a good or bad thing. He is confused.
Back in the woods, Eva and Ivan are après amour. Eva speculates on what their life would have been like if she had fallen in love with him. Ivan suggests that she still could. That they could run away. Eva says no. She won’t let him pay the price for that. Boris will kill him. Ivan mentions to her that he had to lie to Boris, telling him that he would kill her and that he wanted to take her place in the Boris organization. Eva wonders why all of the sudden Boris wanted her dead anyway. Ivan fills her in that Toscano’s memory stick didn’t have the complete results. Eva is impactada. Ivan says there’s more—Boris talked about various “mistakes you’d made that put the operations in Mexico at risk.” Eva is sure that Mo had been poisoning Boris against her. Ivan goes on to relate that while he was with Boris, he took a call and as soon as he put the phone down he asked Ivan about Diego. “I knew that he knew that the documents we needed were for Diego.” Eva is double impactada. She grabs the gun on the ground and hysterically begs Ivan to kill her and to make sure that the documents get to Diego. She stands up (and yes, Chris, she is half nekked) and points the gun at her temple. Ivan cries “NO!”
After the commercial break, she’s still holding the semiautomatic against her temple but her hand is trembling. Ivan says the only thing they should be caring about now is preserving her life. Eva says her life isn’t worth living without Diego (That’s gotta make you feel good, Ivan. Didn’t make much of an impression back there did we…) Ivan starts making plans to try to fake Eva’s death. He’ll take her place in the organization.
Diego finally pops up at the Isela’s chatting with Silvana. He tells her that Mo denied all the charges about selling fake pharmaceuticals to Azul. Silvana says that Mo is good at that sort of thing. She is sure that the fake medicine had something to do with provoking the accident. She reminds him that Katy heard her mom talking on the phone with somebody about medicines that were bad. Diego says it’s too big a coincidence that Eva and the little girl would say the same thing. Diego slams his hand on the table. They need proof!
GSD is at Mo’s new place (BTW, is it just me or is the set of this apartment, at least the living room/dining room identical to Doctor Blondie’s apartment in Destilando? I only watched a few epis of that show but I saw the one where Gaviota goes to his place to cook the dinner featuring Tequila. The lattice and the painting look the same.) Azul and Mo are on the couch like the happy couple. Mo announces that they have decided to get married. GSD starts waving his arms around and then he realizes that Mo is blind. Or so he thinks. GSD is surprised and is not enthusiastic. Azul says that she wants to be by Mo’s side from now on, for the good and the bad. GSD doesn’t look pleased.
Ceci, Andres and NeoLeo are enjoying a pretty nice lunch. Andres and NeoLeo are sipping martinis while Ceci has a glass of red wine. Ceci is feeling like the third wheel and she tells them that they share a lot of memories in common. NeoLeo giggles (is she drunk?) and says she wants to go check out some guys standing by the bar. She swiveles her hips out of her chair and saunters away, telling them to take advantage of her absence. Ceci and Andres make small talk over the din of NeoLeo’s giggles at the bar. Andres of course is distracted by her and Ceci isn’t pleased.
Back in the woods, Eva and Ivan are wrapping up their plans. Eva says if anything goes wrong, to save himself. Ivan smiles and says nothing will go wrong. He reminds her that as much as she would give her life for Diego, he would give his life for her to be happy with Diego. Ivan wants to deal with Dr. Toscano next. He also muses that Eva’s extensive collection of bodyguards has been dispersed by Boris. He wants to get her new bodyguards. Eva says no, it would arouse the suspicion of Boris. She kisses him and leaves.
Silvana walks over to where Isela is sitting at the Bar. Isela is still moping about seeing Clemi and Anibal together. Silvana asks her to tell her what’s bothering her and she does. She thought that she and Anibal might reconcile. Silvana points out for all of her ambivalence about getting together with Anibal, she sure seems jealous. Silvana says she can’t believe that Dona Clemencia would already be dating. “She’s not like that.” Isela is ticked that Clemi seems to be getting all the guys now.
Clemi is telling her life story to Anibal. She says that when she got married, her husband wouldn’t let her work. She volunteered to teach at a free school so that she could feel useful. Dona Clemi catches herself up short and says she’s been blabbing too much. She asks about the client and whether he’s coming or not (I thought we had settled this back at the office, but I guess not). Anibal who has clearly been enthralled by her says “gee, time sure flies…”
Azul is in conference with GSD. GSD is complaining that she’s marrying Mo out of pity or a misplaced sense of guilt. Azul tries to argue that no, it’s because he loves her and she realized that that matters more than her infatuation with Diego, which she has already paid dearly for. And Katy loves her too. They can be happy eventually. GSD tells her to think about her own happiness. They walk on and Jacinto lurks in the background, talking on a cell. “Yes, the target is in sight” he says.
Gaspar is at the boutique eating his sandwich. Julio and Arnie walk in. Gaspar tells them Ceci has gone out and that he doesn’t enjoy eating alone. Arnie invites him out when he has free time. Diego shows up with Chucho and a new commission in a garment bag. Arnie takes Gaspar aside and asks what Diego is doing there. Gaspar explains that Diego and Don Ch. are working as tailors for Julio. Arnie wants to know when it will be convenient to get his clothes and stuff from Gaspar and Efrain’s place. Gaspar makes a fuss about Julio and Arnie getting back together.
Julio is looking over the dress—a silvery chiffon evening gown. Julio is pleased at the execution of his design and the workmanship. He tells Diego and Chucho that the formal presentation of his collection is imminent and that he’ll have a lot of work for them. The guys like this, especially as neither of them have another job now. They can work full time for Julio. Julio says they can work at the store. He’ll install a workshop at the back. Chucho and Diego like the sound of that. Julio is happy that his dresses won’t have to be brought there in a taxi. Julio will supervise the moving of their equipment from home to the shop. All smiles.
Piero is in his office talking to Lucia. He complains that he doesn’t like this distance between them. He says he now knows that it was Eva and not her who instigated all the legal trouble. He wants to go back to the way they were. He walks around the desk and puts his hands on her shoulders. She looks uncomfortable and thought bubbles that maybe Perez Castellar lied to her about Piero still chasing Lidia.
Back at the Boutique, Arnie and Julio are talking. Arnie says that he can come back to work. But, he asks, “why did you hire Diego?” Julio’s cell rings. It’s Eva. She wants him to sign the contract now. She’s at a Chinese restaurant nearby with Burgay. Julio lies to Arnie and says that a supplier has a problem and he has to meet with him. Arnie offers to come with him and Julio says no. He says he’ll see him later.
GSD and Azul are still arguing about her marriage plans. He says that she doesn’t love him. She says she liked him a lot. He gave her a feeling of security. He was generous with her. GSD thinks that this is not a good reason to marry the guy, especially now. Azul brings up the argument that if she marries Mo, Katy’s custody will be assured. GSD is not happy but he accepts her will. They embrace and he walks away a short distance. Several guys in black, with black balaclavas grab him and prepare to throw him in a black SUV. They point their guns at Azul. GSD screams at them not to shoot her. They get him in the SUV and screech off. Azul is beside herself.
Mo is playing with Katy in the yard. He tells her that he and Azul are going to be married soon. Katy is very happy and Mo is all smiles. He returns her to Chulita. Azul comes running, screaming that her father has been kidnapped. Mo says that Eva must have done it because her father didn’t give him all his data. Azul is hysterical and says that they have to save him. Katy is confused and wants to know why Azul is crying. Azul makes a half hearted attempt at reassuring her and tells Mo that she has to talk to Eva. She wants to know where she can find her. Mo says he’ll go with her. Azul says he can’t he’s too weak. Katy gets involved and says that Mo needs to go with her to protect her. Mo tries to calm Katy down—we have a little problem—go play with Chulita. “I promise to take care of Azul.” Instead, Katy has a hissy fit and says “That’s what you said about my mama and she died!” (Score, Katy!) She runs away. Mo yells after her then tells Chulita to go to her. He tells Azul that he’s going with her. Azul says no. The sick/blind act has worked a little too well. He tells her at least take the chauffeured car and stay in touch the whole time.
Ceci, Arnie and Gaspar are at the boutique. Gaspar asks how lunch with Vampiress went. He said he thought that she was going for lunch with her boy Andres, but then his Mamacita showed up. Ceci is not in a joking mood. NeoLeo got drunk at lunch and Andres had to take her home. She’s like a mom to Andres and a bad mother-in-law to her. They turn to Arnie. He’s jealous about Julio taking off to see this mysterious supplier. Ceci noticed a strange matchbook on the table and thinks that that is where Julio went. She asks Arnie if he wants to try to catch Julio in the act (Dicho alert: con sus manos in the masa: with his hands in the dough). Arnie is hot to do it. They start to take off and Gaspar complains about being left alone again. Ceci says that they’ll only be gone a few minutes. Gaspar is not pleased.
Azul is in the chauffeured car crying and screaming to hurry.
Diego’s at home with Chucho and his cell rings.He’s surprised to see it’s Azul and Chucho has to tell him to answer it. He starts in with the nervous small talk when Azul blasts him with the accusation of he and Eva kidnapping her Dad. She says that if anything happens to her Dad, She’ll kill him. Diego is confused and tries to get the information from her. All she does is yell about how she will get revenge if anything happens to him. The conversation is short. Diego puts the phone down and is impactado.
Eva, Burgay and Julio are at the restaurant signing the contract. Eva tells him he’s glad that he’s decided to sign. And she’s decided to sell half her shares. Julio complains that they left him no choice. She says he has nothing to worry about, with Diego as a designer, his sales will increase. Eva’s cell rings. It’s Diego. She gets up with a smile. Now Diego blasts her with the kidnapping accusation. She tells him she doesn’t know anything about it. While she is talking to Diego, Julio and Burgay exchange words about Diego. Something about whether he knows about the contract or not. In the end, Julio says he made an agreement and he’ll stick to it.
Eva comes back and says they have to go. Something has come up. Burgay can wrap up any details. She has to go. After she goes, Burgay remarks that “Love has hit her hard.” “It only takes a call from Diego to make her drop everything and run.”
Anibal and Clemi have arrived back at the Office after their leisurely lunch. Apparently the client finally called when he was getting the check. Anibal says no biggie, he enjoyed the lunch and the small talk as an escape from lunch. It reminds me that the most important thing we have are the people we love. The lady with the food wrapped in cellophane arrives and proffers it to Anibal. She says that it’s from Isela. “She was going to bring it herself—but she saw you leaving for lunch. “ She leaves. Anibal is confused.
Mo is with Katy. He asks her why she talked about her mama in front of Azul. Katy insists that it’s true—he was supposed to protect her mommy and he didn’t. Mo gulps and says that he couldn’t avoid her mommy’s death but he takes care of her (Katy). Katy says that she doesn’t want the same thing to happen to Azul. Mo says well…then if she thinks that the same thing is going to happen to Azul maybe he shouldn’t marry her. Katy doesn’t like this. She asks him to promise to protect Azul. Mo smiles and promises.
Azul is approaching Eva’s hotel and they are waved away by a guy with flags and traffic cones. They have to make a detour.
Ivan is at the hotel and gives the command on his radio that “the passenger can enter.” The guys bring in a knocked out GSD. They tell Ivan that they pretended he was drunk. Ivan tells them—not a word to Eva. Yes, they say, we know about Boris’ orders.
Back at Mo’s pad, A drunken NeoLeo is making advances at Andres. Andres is liking it, that she’s happy and giggly. She wants to dance. She wants to bathe and first, for him to drink with her. She gives him a few swats on the behind.
At the restaurant, Ceci and Arnie have arrived. They are spying around a corner at Julio with Burgay. Arnie is ticked and wants to rush in to accuse him of lying to him. Ceci holds him back. Clutzy Ceci backs into a waiter with a tray who drops it, smashing the glasses. The waiter gets his boss. Arnie pretends that he’s a new chef and he talks his way out of the situation.
At Piero’s office, Lidia arrives, wearing a sexy dress. Before he can say “what the heck are you doing here” she’s taking her top off. She’s tired of waiting around at the apartment for him. He’s ticked because he thinks Lucia could arrive at any moment. Lidia complains some more about how she sees him less now that they are married. She’s practically humping him while he’s putting her top back on. Piero gives her the bad news. Lucia is his new secretary. Lidia is impactada.
Meanwhile, Lucia is having coffee with Perez Castellar. She complains that he lied to her, that Eva Santoro is a real person. Perez Castellar agrees and says that Eva is his boss and she wanted to remain out of it. Lucia isn’t happy. Perez Castellar explains that he has to answer to Eva but he’s trying to help her (Lucia) because she seems like a nice person (me cae bien) plus she’s got to admit that Eva helped her get Piero back. Lucia smiles and admit this. She says that she’s decided to try to rekindle the flame with Piero. But if Eva was the one who set this up, Lidia doesn’t really have a lover who wants her back. (I don’t remember this part of the story PC told her). Lucia wonders how they are going to get rid of Lidia. PC asks about Lidia’s dad and how he offered to help her get Lidia to divorce Piero. Lucia says yes, but he wanted too much money, an apartment, etc. Lucia says she’s unwilling to invest more money in him if she doesn’t see a result.
Isela and Anibal are meeting at Isela’s cantina. He thanks her for the cookies. Isela brings up his lunch date with Dona Clemi. Anibal says that Clemi is now working for him. Isela is surprised. Anibal invites her to have a coffee. Isela is pleased. Anibal says he was pleased that she came to see him.
Ivan is interrogating GSD at the Hotel. He demand to know where the rest of the data is. GSD says that he gave him everything he had. Ivan whips out a big pistol and presses it to GSD’s forhead. He warns him he’d better talk or he and his daughter will die.
Somehow Ceci and Arnie have wound up in the kitchen of the restaurant working. I guess this is because of the excuse he gave the head waiter for them being there. Arnie complains about Julio cheating on him. Ceci cries because she’s chopping onions.
NeoLeo is still putting the moves on Andres. She tells him that she’s accepted that he’s going to go with Ceci. But she wants a farewell roll in the hay. Andres tries to peel her off him.
Julio and Burgay’s food arrives and it’s horrible. Arnie has had his revenge. The scared waiter takes it away.
Ivan is tracing the gun around GSD’s face. GSD who is remarkably calm says that the rest of the data isn’t written down anywhere. It’s in his memory. Ivan tells him he will have to write it down. All of the sudden, who should manage to get through the massive security cordon but DIEGO! He surprises Ivan and struggles with him for the gun. GSD jerks his chair around and screams DIEGO! The gun goes off and hits Diego in the shoulder or arm. Azul comes running in and screams Diego and goes to him. (So much for her being concerned about Dad). Eva brings up the rear and screams at Ivan. “Imbecile!” Ivan is none too pleased.
Back at the restaurant, Arnie isn’t finished yet. He arrives at Julio and Burgay’s table. Julio is impactado. Before he can say more than “Arnoldo” Arnie is presenting Julio with his desert. An iced cake, right in the kisser. Julio runs after him, his face full of cake.
Ceci comes up to Burgay and says that she remembers him from ….Burgay says that she has the wrong idea. The wait staff come up and say that she will be responsible for the mess and if they can’t pay, they are taking her to the cops.
Back a the hotel, Diego’s injury turns out to only be a flesh wound. Azul and Eva start getting into it. Azul threatens to denounce her to the police, the media, etc. Eva says that if she tries, she and her Dad will be dead. GSD tries to rip Azul away. He says he’ll give Eva what she wants. They walk away. Now it’s Diego’s turn to yell at Eva.
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We open with the scene of Ceci tripping over the rug after being impactada over Leo’s makeover. (I ran it in slomo on the Tivo and I could not make out any tripping by Leo. It may well be that she did trip her and they’ll show it to us later but for now, it looks like she tripped on her dress or the rug. ) Gaspar made a wry comment about the “strong impression” of seeing Leo with her new makeup clothes and hairdo.
Next it’s over to Eva and Ivan, standing in the forest. Ivan tells Eva that Boris ordered him to kill her. Eva makes a wry comment about history repeating itself—that Boris (her dad) killed her mom. Ivan (who had been pointing the gun at her) says no. He won’t kill her. He would never be able to kill her. He loves her. Eva is doubtful. Boris cannot be disobeyed without consequences. Ivan continues his love declaration. He lives only for her, to do what she wants. They embrace tearfully. Eva gingerly starts to kiss him and then it’s full blown makeout time.
Over at Mo’s new pad, Azul (who is wearing Azul instead of pink for once) is guiding the fake blind Mo around. He tells Azul that he’s decided for safety’s sake to send Katy away to an orphanage to keep her away from Eva and her henchmen. Azul is floored. Next he says that she (Azul) should go away too because he knows that she doesn’t love him. He doesn’t want her to stick around out of pity and to put herself in danger. He only wants a little dignity, now that his end is near. Azul protests that she will stay with him, no matter way. She tells him that she’s decided to accept his proposal of marriage. Mo is elated and embraces her. He says he doesn’t want to be selfish. She’s young and full of life while he is on death’s door and weak. This only makes the self-important Azul more determined to marry him. She tells him that her Daddy will find a cure. He seals the deal by warning her that he is weak and wouldn’t be able to face another betrayal. She urges him to trust her. He goes even further and says that she needs a strong man to protect her but she is all, “we’ll face this together.” In the end he acts like she has convinced him to marry her. “We’ll fight together—for Katy’s sake” he says. It’s an extraordinary exhibition of him playing her like a violin. Mission accomplished.
Over at the boutique, we’re still with NeoLeo, Ceci and Andres. NeoLeo pulls out the cut up shirt. Andres is ticked off and starts shouting at her. NeoLeo complains archly about the way he is treating her. Ceci pulls Andres away. She’s taking Leo’s side! She tells Andres that Leo told her yesterday that Katy cut up the shirt while she was playing. Andres is surprised and just as gullible, apparently. Andres leaves and goes back to apologizes to Leo. (We get a side shot of her, wearing a pair of tight black jeans. Ow, I need brain bleach.) Gaspar hisses to Ceci that she’d better watch out and not let that femme fatal steal her man. Ceci looks confused and spies NeoLeo and Andres in the corner talking. NeoLeo is waving her hands around flirtatiously.
At Anibal’s office, Clemi comes in to the inner office to confirm Anibal’s lunch reservations. There is some to do about this that I couldn’t follow but bottom line is that the lunch with whoever it was is cancelled. Anibal pauses and asks Clemi what she’s doing for lunch. Clemi says she brought her lunch (“it’s healthier and cheaper”). He invites her to lunch. Clemi looks conflicted.
Eva and Ivan are still making out in the woods. Eva suddenly breaks away and says that she won’t let his feelings for her interfere with Boris’ commands. They will both pay the price. She tells him to kill her, or Boris will kill him. He refuses again. He tells her he loves her again. She tells him none of that matters. “You and I are condemned.” He gives a little speech about their growing up in the orphanage and all the horrors that that entailed. In spite of that, she was the only beautiful thing in his life. He begs her not to reject him. He tells her that he will follow her to the ends of the earth. “Until Boris deals death to us both.” More kissing. Ivan drops the gun on the ground and next they drop to the ground.
A quick scene with Anibal gallantly offering his arm to Clemi in the street as they go to lunch. In the distance, Isela spots them while she’s talking to another lady who has some food wrapped in cellophane and a ribbon. Isela abruptly drops that conversation saying that Anibal isn’t there and that she (Isela) is stupid (for believing in Anibal, I guess).
Back at the boutique, Ceci has a replacement shirt for Andres. Ceci says she’s hungry and she’s only got a short time for lunch. NeoLeo makes a big show of saying she should go and leave the two young lovers to have a nice lunch. Ceci falls for the trap. NeoLeo protests but finally pretends to give in. Andres can’t decide if this is a good or bad thing. He is confused.
Back in the woods, Eva and Ivan are après amour. Eva speculates on what their life would have been like if she had fallen in love with him. Ivan suggests that she still could. That they could run away. Eva says no. She won’t let him pay the price for that. Boris will kill him. Ivan mentions to her that he had to lie to Boris, telling him that he would kill her and that he wanted to take her place in the Boris organization. Eva wonders why all of the sudden Boris wanted her dead anyway. Ivan fills her in that Toscano’s memory stick didn’t have the complete results. Eva is impactada. Ivan says there’s more—Boris talked about various “mistakes you’d made that put the operations in Mexico at risk.” Eva is sure that Mo had been poisoning Boris against her. Ivan goes on to relate that while he was with Boris, he took a call and as soon as he put the phone down he asked Ivan about Diego. “I knew that he knew that the documents we needed were for Diego.” Eva is double impactada. She grabs the gun on the ground and hysterically begs Ivan to kill her and to make sure that the documents get to Diego. She stands up (and yes, Chris, she is half nekked) and points the gun at her temple. Ivan cries “NO!”
After the commercial break, she’s still holding the semiautomatic against her temple but her hand is trembling. Ivan says the only thing they should be caring about now is preserving her life. Eva says her life isn’t worth living without Diego (That’s gotta make you feel good, Ivan. Didn’t make much of an impression back there did we…) Ivan starts making plans to try to fake Eva’s death. He’ll take her place in the organization.
Diego finally pops up at the Isela’s chatting with Silvana. He tells her that Mo denied all the charges about selling fake pharmaceuticals to Azul. Silvana says that Mo is good at that sort of thing. She is sure that the fake medicine had something to do with provoking the accident. She reminds him that Katy heard her mom talking on the phone with somebody about medicines that were bad. Diego says it’s too big a coincidence that Eva and the little girl would say the same thing. Diego slams his hand on the table. They need proof!
GSD is at Mo’s new place (BTW, is it just me or is the set of this apartment, at least the living room/dining room identical to Doctor Blondie’s apartment in Destilando? I only watched a few epis of that show but I saw the one where Gaviota goes to his place to cook the dinner featuring Tequila. The lattice and the painting look the same.) Azul and Mo are on the couch like the happy couple. Mo announces that they have decided to get married. GSD starts waving his arms around and then he realizes that Mo is blind. Or so he thinks. GSD is surprised and is not enthusiastic. Azul says that she wants to be by Mo’s side from now on, for the good and the bad. GSD doesn’t look pleased.
Ceci, Andres and NeoLeo are enjoying a pretty nice lunch. Andres and NeoLeo are sipping martinis while Ceci has a glass of red wine. Ceci is feeling like the third wheel and she tells them that they share a lot of memories in common. NeoLeo giggles (is she drunk?) and says she wants to go check out some guys standing by the bar. She swiveles her hips out of her chair and saunters away, telling them to take advantage of her absence. Ceci and Andres make small talk over the din of NeoLeo’s giggles at the bar. Andres of course is distracted by her and Ceci isn’t pleased.
Back in the woods, Eva and Ivan are wrapping up their plans. Eva says if anything goes wrong, to save himself. Ivan smiles and says nothing will go wrong. He reminds her that as much as she would give her life for Diego, he would give his life for her to be happy with Diego. Ivan wants to deal with Dr. Toscano next. He also muses that Eva’s extensive collection of bodyguards has been dispersed by Boris. He wants to get her new bodyguards. Eva says no, it would arouse the suspicion of Boris. She kisses him and leaves.
Silvana walks over to where Isela is sitting at the Bar. Isela is still moping about seeing Clemi and Anibal together. Silvana asks her to tell her what’s bothering her and she does. She thought that she and Anibal might reconcile. Silvana points out for all of her ambivalence about getting together with Anibal, she sure seems jealous. Silvana says she can’t believe that Dona Clemencia would already be dating. “She’s not like that.” Isela is ticked that Clemi seems to be getting all the guys now.
Clemi is telling her life story to Anibal. She says that when she got married, her husband wouldn’t let her work. She volunteered to teach at a free school so that she could feel useful. Dona Clemi catches herself up short and says she’s been blabbing too much. She asks about the client and whether he’s coming or not (I thought we had settled this back at the office, but I guess not). Anibal who has clearly been enthralled by her says “gee, time sure flies…”
Azul is in conference with GSD. GSD is complaining that she’s marrying Mo out of pity or a misplaced sense of guilt. Azul tries to argue that no, it’s because he loves her and she realized that that matters more than her infatuation with Diego, which she has already paid dearly for. And Katy loves her too. They can be happy eventually. GSD tells her to think about her own happiness. They walk on and Jacinto lurks in the background, talking on a cell. “Yes, the target is in sight” he says.
Gaspar is at the boutique eating his sandwich. Julio and Arnie walk in. Gaspar tells them Ceci has gone out and that he doesn’t enjoy eating alone. Arnie invites him out when he has free time. Diego shows up with Chucho and a new commission in a garment bag. Arnie takes Gaspar aside and asks what Diego is doing there. Gaspar explains that Diego and Don Ch. are working as tailors for Julio. Arnie wants to know when it will be convenient to get his clothes and stuff from Gaspar and Efrain’s place. Gaspar makes a fuss about Julio and Arnie getting back together.
Julio is looking over the dress—a silvery chiffon evening gown. Julio is pleased at the execution of his design and the workmanship. He tells Diego and Chucho that the formal presentation of his collection is imminent and that he’ll have a lot of work for them. The guys like this, especially as neither of them have another job now. They can work full time for Julio. Julio says they can work at the store. He’ll install a workshop at the back. Chucho and Diego like the sound of that. Julio is happy that his dresses won’t have to be brought there in a taxi. Julio will supervise the moving of their equipment from home to the shop. All smiles.
Piero is in his office talking to Lucia. He complains that he doesn’t like this distance between them. He says he now knows that it was Eva and not her who instigated all the legal trouble. He wants to go back to the way they were. He walks around the desk and puts his hands on her shoulders. She looks uncomfortable and thought bubbles that maybe Perez Castellar lied to her about Piero still chasing Lidia.
Back at the Boutique, Arnie and Julio are talking. Arnie says that he can come back to work. But, he asks, “why did you hire Diego?” Julio’s cell rings. It’s Eva. She wants him to sign the contract now. She’s at a Chinese restaurant nearby with Burgay. Julio lies to Arnie and says that a supplier has a problem and he has to meet with him. Arnie offers to come with him and Julio says no. He says he’ll see him later.
GSD and Azul are still arguing about her marriage plans. He says that she doesn’t love him. She says she liked him a lot. He gave her a feeling of security. He was generous with her. GSD thinks that this is not a good reason to marry the guy, especially now. Azul brings up the argument that if she marries Mo, Katy’s custody will be assured. GSD is not happy but he accepts her will. They embrace and he walks away a short distance. Several guys in black, with black balaclavas grab him and prepare to throw him in a black SUV. They point their guns at Azul. GSD screams at them not to shoot her. They get him in the SUV and screech off. Azul is beside herself.
Mo is playing with Katy in the yard. He tells her that he and Azul are going to be married soon. Katy is very happy and Mo is all smiles. He returns her to Chulita. Azul comes running, screaming that her father has been kidnapped. Mo says that Eva must have done it because her father didn’t give him all his data. Azul is hysterical and says that they have to save him. Katy is confused and wants to know why Azul is crying. Azul makes a half hearted attempt at reassuring her and tells Mo that she has to talk to Eva. She wants to know where she can find her. Mo says he’ll go with her. Azul says he can’t he’s too weak. Katy gets involved and says that Mo needs to go with her to protect her. Mo tries to calm Katy down—we have a little problem—go play with Chulita. “I promise to take care of Azul.” Instead, Katy has a hissy fit and says “That’s what you said about my mama and she died!” (Score, Katy!) She runs away. Mo yells after her then tells Chulita to go to her. He tells Azul that he’s going with her. Azul says no. The sick/blind act has worked a little too well. He tells her at least take the chauffeured car and stay in touch the whole time.
Ceci, Arnie and Gaspar are at the boutique. Gaspar asks how lunch with Vampiress went. He said he thought that she was going for lunch with her boy Andres, but then his Mamacita showed up. Ceci is not in a joking mood. NeoLeo got drunk at lunch and Andres had to take her home. She’s like a mom to Andres and a bad mother-in-law to her. They turn to Arnie. He’s jealous about Julio taking off to see this mysterious supplier. Ceci noticed a strange matchbook on the table and thinks that that is where Julio went. She asks Arnie if he wants to try to catch Julio in the act (Dicho alert: con sus manos in the masa: with his hands in the dough). Arnie is hot to do it. They start to take off and Gaspar complains about being left alone again. Ceci says that they’ll only be gone a few minutes. Gaspar is not pleased.
Azul is in the chauffeured car crying and screaming to hurry.
Diego’s at home with Chucho and his cell rings.He’s surprised to see it’s Azul and Chucho has to tell him to answer it. He starts in with the nervous small talk when Azul blasts him with the accusation of he and Eva kidnapping her Dad. She says that if anything happens to her Dad, She’ll kill him. Diego is confused and tries to get the information from her. All she does is yell about how she will get revenge if anything happens to him. The conversation is short. Diego puts the phone down and is impactado.
Eva, Burgay and Julio are at the restaurant signing the contract. Eva tells him he’s glad that he’s decided to sign. And she’s decided to sell half her shares. Julio complains that they left him no choice. She says he has nothing to worry about, with Diego as a designer, his sales will increase. Eva’s cell rings. It’s Diego. She gets up with a smile. Now Diego blasts her with the kidnapping accusation. She tells him she doesn’t know anything about it. While she is talking to Diego, Julio and Burgay exchange words about Diego. Something about whether he knows about the contract or not. In the end, Julio says he made an agreement and he’ll stick to it.
Eva comes back and says they have to go. Something has come up. Burgay can wrap up any details. She has to go. After she goes, Burgay remarks that “Love has hit her hard.” “It only takes a call from Diego to make her drop everything and run.”
Anibal and Clemi have arrived back at the Office after their leisurely lunch. Apparently the client finally called when he was getting the check. Anibal says no biggie, he enjoyed the lunch and the small talk as an escape from lunch. It reminds me that the most important thing we have are the people we love. The lady with the food wrapped in cellophane arrives and proffers it to Anibal. She says that it’s from Isela. “She was going to bring it herself—but she saw you leaving for lunch. “ She leaves. Anibal is confused.
Mo is with Katy. He asks her why she talked about her mama in front of Azul. Katy insists that it’s true—he was supposed to protect her mommy and he didn’t. Mo gulps and says that he couldn’t avoid her mommy’s death but he takes care of her (Katy). Katy says that she doesn’t want the same thing to happen to Azul. Mo says well…then if she thinks that the same thing is going to happen to Azul maybe he shouldn’t marry her. Katy doesn’t like this. She asks him to promise to protect Azul. Mo smiles and promises.
Azul is approaching Eva’s hotel and they are waved away by a guy with flags and traffic cones. They have to make a detour.
Ivan is at the hotel and gives the command on his radio that “the passenger can enter.” The guys bring in a knocked out GSD. They tell Ivan that they pretended he was drunk. Ivan tells them—not a word to Eva. Yes, they say, we know about Boris’ orders.
Back at Mo’s pad, A drunken NeoLeo is making advances at Andres. Andres is liking it, that she’s happy and giggly. She wants to dance. She wants to bathe and first, for him to drink with her. She gives him a few swats on the behind.
At the restaurant, Ceci and Arnie have arrived. They are spying around a corner at Julio with Burgay. Arnie is ticked and wants to rush in to accuse him of lying to him. Ceci holds him back. Clutzy Ceci backs into a waiter with a tray who drops it, smashing the glasses. The waiter gets his boss. Arnie pretends that he’s a new chef and he talks his way out of the situation.
At Piero’s office, Lidia arrives, wearing a sexy dress. Before he can say “what the heck are you doing here” she’s taking her top off. She’s tired of waiting around at the apartment for him. He’s ticked because he thinks Lucia could arrive at any moment. Lidia complains some more about how she sees him less now that they are married. She’s practically humping him while he’s putting her top back on. Piero gives her the bad news. Lucia is his new secretary. Lidia is impactada.
Meanwhile, Lucia is having coffee with Perez Castellar. She complains that he lied to her, that Eva Santoro is a real person. Perez Castellar agrees and says that Eva is his boss and she wanted to remain out of it. Lucia isn’t happy. Perez Castellar explains that he has to answer to Eva but he’s trying to help her (Lucia) because she seems like a nice person (me cae bien) plus she’s got to admit that Eva helped her get Piero back. Lucia smiles and admit this. She says that she’s decided to try to rekindle the flame with Piero. But if Eva was the one who set this up, Lidia doesn’t really have a lover who wants her back. (I don’t remember this part of the story PC told her). Lucia wonders how they are going to get rid of Lidia. PC asks about Lidia’s dad and how he offered to help her get Lidia to divorce Piero. Lucia says yes, but he wanted too much money, an apartment, etc. Lucia says she’s unwilling to invest more money in him if she doesn’t see a result.
Isela and Anibal are meeting at Isela’s cantina. He thanks her for the cookies. Isela brings up his lunch date with Dona Clemi. Anibal says that Clemi is now working for him. Isela is surprised. Anibal invites her to have a coffee. Isela is pleased. Anibal says he was pleased that she came to see him.
Ivan is interrogating GSD at the Hotel. He demand to know where the rest of the data is. GSD says that he gave him everything he had. Ivan whips out a big pistol and presses it to GSD’s forhead. He warns him he’d better talk or he and his daughter will die.
Somehow Ceci and Arnie have wound up in the kitchen of the restaurant working. I guess this is because of the excuse he gave the head waiter for them being there. Arnie complains about Julio cheating on him. Ceci cries because she’s chopping onions.
NeoLeo is still putting the moves on Andres. She tells him that she’s accepted that he’s going to go with Ceci. But she wants a farewell roll in the hay. Andres tries to peel her off him.
Julio and Burgay’s food arrives and it’s horrible. Arnie has had his revenge. The scared waiter takes it away.
Ivan is tracing the gun around GSD’s face. GSD who is remarkably calm says that the rest of the data isn’t written down anywhere. It’s in his memory. Ivan tells him he will have to write it down. All of the sudden, who should manage to get through the massive security cordon but DIEGO! He surprises Ivan and struggles with him for the gun. GSD jerks his chair around and screams DIEGO! The gun goes off and hits Diego in the shoulder or arm. Azul comes running in and screams Diego and goes to him. (So much for her being concerned about Dad). Eva brings up the rear and screams at Ivan. “Imbecile!” Ivan is none too pleased.
Back at the restaurant, Arnie isn’t finished yet. He arrives at Julio and Burgay’s table. Julio is impactado. Before he can say more than “Arnoldo” Arnie is presenting Julio with his desert. An iced cake, right in the kisser. Julio runs after him, his face full of cake.
Ceci comes up to Burgay and says that she remembers him from ….Burgay says that she has the wrong idea. The wait staff come up and say that she will be responsible for the mess and if they can’t pay, they are taking her to the cops.
Back a the hotel, Diego’s injury turns out to only be a flesh wound. Azul and Eva start getting into it. Azul threatens to denounce her to the police, the media, etc. Eva says that if she tries, she and her Dad will be dead. GSD tries to rip Azul away. He says he’ll give Eva what she wants. They walk away. Now it’s Diego’s turn to yell at Eva.
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