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Tonight Vince goes for a triple-down. Will he be able to hold it all together? Let's see how entangled in his lies he becomes...

Rebe admits to Pancho that Vince did wrong. Pancho accuses her of not trusting him to make presidential decisions. She says she had no option but to go along with Vince's charade but Pancho doesn't buy it. He thought she was a different person. Then he clicks his tongue and goes "Meh!" which was pretty funny.

Fernanda's doctor wishes her good luck in Germany. She mentions that her investigator hasn't found anything yet but she vows she'll find out the truth.

Pancho ambles around his old vecindad and thought bubbles some memories to his dead wife. He thanks God for his family; cue Lupita who arrives to give Pa a warm hug. She asks him what's wrong and he says trickery (chanchullo) is what's wrong and he explains a bit. She assures him he's a hunk (tipazo) and a big shot (señorón) in the neighborhood. They hug and say being together is the most important thing, awwwww...

Vice and Enzo drink and congratulate themselves on how well the meeting and overall foolery went. Enzo warns Vice not to lose sight of their objectives.

Fer waits for Pancho to get home so she can say goodbye. They recall when he saved her life and it changed both of them forever. She takes his hand again and tells him since she adopted him his happiness is hers. If he ever has problems don't ever give up, No se rinda! They hug and she calls him son. I think we know what tonight's theme is.

Vice practices his Panchoisms behind a desk FULL OF GREEN PENCILS. Yuri and her tatas sneak in and trap him in the office. She's in full-on seduction mode with a cute little red skirt and fishnet stockings. She says she's heard about the famed Mexican prowess and she wants a bite of his chimichanga. He manages to put her off but she says tomorrow when hubby goes to Columbia she plans to lag behind (rezagar) and expects him to visit her own private little mochi bar. Adios, arigato and see you soon mi amor!

After Fer leaves Rebe shows up to apologize yet again. She agrees she is a different person. Pancho was right, she can't believe she let Vince get away with his funny business. They are interrupted by the brat Temo who had a nightmare. He sees Rebe and squeals like a 3-year old, "what's SHE doing here? Wahhh." How old is this kid anyway? Rebe, no longer the center of attention, departs.

Pancho carries Temo to bed and they have a man-to-brat talk. Pancho feels about Rebe the same way Temo feels about some girl named Camila. They give the guys ñañaringas? Must mean butterflies in the stomach. Temo wishes Pancho got butterflies about Chela. Since pa can't get this record to stop skipping he gives Temo a big hug. They're so lucky to have each other!

We are in the DF and the scene opens in a market with multicolored chorizo (yes, chorizo verde!), fresh cheeses, tortas on the grill, and happy people stuffing their faces. Rewind. Pepe's got the blues and tells Chela that he lost his Champi to that slimeball (baboso) Frauddie. Monica arrives and gives the best consolation ever, a huge kiss right on the smacker. She knows his car meant everything to him and wonders if she can intercede on his behalf with Frauddie. He tells his Sirenita no way but he feels better that she came.

Pancho tells Kojak and Big Boy all about the meeting and how he pretended to be the waiter. He had everything under control at all times. He even managed to hog-tie (lazo de cochino) Rebe because she turned up at his house later. He really had the little piggy by the tail (la puerca al rabo) but Temo woke up and blew it.

Pina tortures Frauddie about Brasil and Elena until both Vice and Frauddie beg her to cool it. They're not happy about Tom the plumber snooping around the house. When Pina pipes up about having some compassion Frauddie and Vice split. Pina reminds Vince they have plans tonight. Ruh roh, Vice remembers promising to meet Yuri and tells Pina he can't make it. Hummmph, always alone, she gripes, like a dog! Abeja's ears perk up in offense.

Lupita finds Alex, still wearing the fashion scarf, and apologizes. He forgives her and sighs "I love you Lupita" after she leaves.

Candy waylays Vice as he leaves for the office. She gives him a smelly note with flowers and hearts that invites him to dinner tonight. Not tonight, he moans, staring at her shapely behind as she trots off in the distance.

Kojak tells Pancho he suspects Chela's boyfriend doesn't exist, he's pure Chinese bulls**t  (puro cuento Chino). I have no idea why the Chinese part is in there but that's what he said.

Pancho and Vice repeat their argument about Vice's charade. V says he did it to get the contract signed. P says it was dishonest. Blah blah blah. Vice says Pancho will never be in his class. Pancho retorts Vice had to use lies and no matter the reason, a lie is still a lie. Pancho chugs his brandy first to prove he's the better man. They conclude with some cute physical comedy, pretending to hit each other, and vowing they're not done eating this chicken yet.

Chela with her "new look" and lowest cut dress so far arrive to tell Pancho that Pepe lost his Champi. Pancho asks her about her boyfriend and she snips she's not interested in Pancho's Miss Anorexia and he shouldn't be interested in her boyfriend.

Candy bounces over to Pina's house. Pina and her producer Hector were having a meeting but he prefers to stare at Candy's tatas. And stare. And stare. He tells her the result of the focus group is that the audience loves her. She bounces up and down and Hector says the show will be split equally between the two of them. He'll tell her anything to get her to bounce some more. Pina's not as excited about the news.

Pancho starts to make a move on Rebe but Beto interrupts them with finance news. Pancho whispers to Rebe that he wants to see her that night.

Ana and her platonic band mates yuck it up at practice but the mood changes when Manuel pops in, kisses Ana and calls her Mi Amor.  Orale! Ana insists there's nothing between them. Manuel smirks and the other guys want her to explain things because it affects the band. Manuel was kind of creeping me out in this scene.

Pina tells Candy she's going to cancel her plans for tonight because it's more important for the two of them to get together to discuss the show. Candy squirms and admits she has a sort of date. After she leaves Adoracion gushes in envy that Candy's got boyfriends to throw around and them, they've got nada. Pina's gets annoyed and calls her Ignoracion.

Candy calls Vice to flirt but he tells her can't meet her tonight. He has to go with his wife to a media event. Candy's Peace and Love is split down the middle and she mutters he's a liar.

Pina suspects Candy wasn't being sincere with her. Pina Opina is very important to her, she fought for it. First some chica with curves and spheres shows up and now her public loves this Candy Lopez! Ado points out that Hector nearly had a cardiac arrest over Candy's spheres of influence.

Candy shows up at Vice's office and Sandrucha doesn't want to leave them alone. Candy accuses him of lying; Pina herself told her the truth about tonight. She demands to know where he was last night and he says with the Japanese. She's jealous because he was with that Chinese woman (China esa), errr, that Japanese (Japonesa...esa). 

Vice tries to appease her, it was only business and he doesn't want to talk to her about work. He'd rather play Cyrano de Bergerac. Candy thinks that sounds dirty. Vince moves in for a kiss but Sandra interrupts with a special message from Yuri. It's "Sarudos" with a terrible Asian accent. Nope, our consistently non PC telenovelas are not disappointing us tonight. More bad accent jokes before Candy and her UFO earrings demand that Vice tell her the truth!

Avances: Candy tells Pina she's going to tell her the truth, but something tells me nobody is going to tell anyone the truth. Not for a while yet.

Vocab:
baboso/a = slimeball (la babosa = slug)
chanchullo = trickery
no se rinda = don't give up, don't surrender
rezagar = to lag behind
señorón = big shot
tipazo = hunk

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Carolina has just broken the happy news to Antolín that she has a bun in the oven and he needs to chill out with all the twirling he’s doing with her in his arms. He is sure that any baby of his will be big and strong, and able to take a few whirls. They are both over the moon and celebrate with kisses (and hopefully more).

At Rancho Curiel, Ivan has come to visit Lucia to come clean about the conversation he had with Camilo about his intentions towards Lucia. Ivan initiated the conversation because he wants to be friends with Camilo again. He tells Lucia that Cam has accepted that Lucia is not for him, but admitted that he is still really in love with her. Ivan’s hoping that Cam will get over it. Lucia isn’t so sure it’s that easy. Either way, Ivan knows this situation is none of their faults; it’s just life. He apologizes for getting jealous. He trusts her and she’s free to do what she wants and befriend whom she wants. He was just being stupid.

MP interrupts them to report on Lucrezia’s continued weakened condition and vomiting. She asks Ivan if she can come see Alex that day, but he will be at Caro’s. MP gets permission to visit him tomorrow instead. She does all of this politely and then immediately leaves, to all of Viewerville’s surprise. Lucia seems to be softening too, because she tells Ivan of MP’s seemingly sincere desperate need for Alex to start loving her. Ivan doesn’t know what to do because Alex is scared of her. “We each reap what we sow”, says Lucia. (Cada quien cosecha lo que siembra.) Ivan tells Lucia about Carmen and Lichita’s disappearance.

Camilo and Anto have met up at a restaurant to discuss the same thing. They’ve had no luck with their inquiries of taxi drivers. They are sure Carmen went chasing after Saul, and if they are together they are probably hatching some plan to get money, like kidnapping someone. Anto thinks Cam could be a potential target (with his new job and all) so he should get his hands on a gun for protection.

JJ meets with a lawyer to see about formally acknowledging Carmen as his son’s woman and Lil’ Alicia as his grandchild. The lawyer wants him to be careful of this young woman living with him and asking for money. And on top of it, she’s Antolin’s sister! It all might just be a scheme to get money out of JJ.

In their new bedroom, Carmen has more important things to do, like watching her telenovela and filing her nails, than listening to her daughter. Lichita wants to go to school, instead of being cooped up in a room all day. Carmen ignores a call from Celia and Lichita questions why she hung up. She lies to Lichita that it wasn’t her grams and tells her to shut up. (Mother of the Year material, that one.)

Ivan visits Celia and tries to assure her that Carmen wouldn’t do something stupid (ha!), and is probably just with friends. The Galvan boys return home with no news.

At Casa Less-Meandragon, JJ has brought back a bag of new toys for Lichita. She’s initially pleased, but then complains that she already has plenty of dolls. What she wants is a toy dish/tea set (vajilla). JJ says he’ll get on it. He then orders Carmen off her lazy butt to the kitchen to help the maid prepare dinner. He actually does it fairly politely (for JJ), but there’s no doubt it’s an order. Carmen is still in enough doubt about her position in the Mondragon house to agree and hops to it.

Anto gives Celia something to be happy about by sharing the pregnancy news. Hugs all around from his mom, brother and Ivan. They all think that Carmen is a grown woman (mujer hecha y derecha) and can do what she wants, but Lichita is the real concern. Ivan wonders if she has a galan elsewhere. Celia thinks it’s her fault Carmen left because of their last big fight. She’ll check Lichita’s school tomorrow to see if Carmen has taken her.

MP cuddles her mom in bed and whines about how no one loves her, and how Lucia and Tony are saying things against her to Alex. Lucrezia urges patience. MP swears she’s sorry for the things she’s done, but now SHE needs love/affection (cariño). She NEEDS people to love her. The love of Lucrezia, who has always loved her no matter what, is not enough. Lucrezia advises her to behave and do good deeds. Having never attempted good deeds, MP even needs advice on what those could be. Lucrezia shakes her head.

Gordo and Saul get together in a bar in Hermosillo and discuss the addition of Gordo’s cousin to the plan. Soon, Saul will be able to leave his little rat buddies behind and live in luxury. They discuss the kidnapping plan. Gordo thinks Alex staying with blind Caro (guess he doesn’t know about the surgery) so often is the key to getting their hands on the kid.

Judith comes home and for the first time meets Lichita, who is having a fine time playing cards with her abuelo. (It’s kind of cute actually. Never thought I’d say that about a scene with JJ.)

Judith is even more shocked to see Carmen emerge from the kitchen decked in an apron and announcing that dinner is ready. JJ tells Judith that the house won’t feel so lonely anymore and bids them all to go to the dining room to eat.

David is just as shocked to hear this news from Judith later on the phone. Ditto Esther, when he passes the news on to her. Esther wonders if JJ is messing around with Carmen, but even David thinks that would be going too far for JJ to get involved with his son’s woman. He thinks it’s more likely that Carmen is holding something over JJ to blackmail him. Esther agrees that he sure as heck is NOT doing it out of the goodness (bondad) of his heart. (They both are underestimating the power of loneliness.)

Camilo tries to calm her, but Celia can’t sleep because of her worry about her daughter and granddaughter. David pays them a late night house call to break the news about Carmen and Lichita being the newest additions to the Mondragon household. They all think Carmen must have done something or is holding something over JJ to convince him to take her and Lichita in. Camilo takes off immediately with David to bring them back home. Celia insists on going too.

Ivan and Lucia have a pre-bedtime phone call, exchange love talk, talk of marriage, and gossip about Anto and Caro having a baby. Lucia asks Ivan if he’ll make any distinctions between Perla and Alex and any children they may have together. Of course not! Ivan is all for making their own version of “Yours, Mine and Ours”.

JJ’s peaceful night is disturbed by Camilo and Celia barging their way into his home and starting a screaming match with Carmen. Both Camilo and David start interrogating him about his reasons for letting Carmen and Lichita live with him. He says he doesn’t have to give them explanations. (I agree with him. Carmen’s a grown woman and Lichita’s his grandchild.) Celia says that Carmen DOES have to give her an explanation. Carmen says she’s tired of being treated like a second class citizen at home. (I don’t think she’ll like being treated like a servant and the nanny of his grandchild by JJ either.) She refuses Celia’s and Cam’s demands and pleas for her to return with them. JJ tells them to get out and pulls a gun on them all! Celia yells at him to shoot (dispare)! Shoot so that he can be hauled off to prison! Lichita is awakened by all this noise and wanders into the living room. She looks on in terror when she sees her new grandpa holding a gun to her beloved grandma.

Saul and Gordo sarcastically toast to a long life for JJ. (Anvil alert?)

JJ immediately lowers the gun under Lichita’s fearful gaze, and says he only wanted a better life for the little girl and to fix Saul’s error. Celia doesn’t think the way to do it is by buying her off with gifts and toys, but not with love and affection, which he’ll never be able to give her. Camilo insists they are taking Lichita with them. Carmen begs JJ to let her stay on her own, but his only interest was Lichita. He tells her to pack her stuff and go with her family. He says farewell to Lichita and tells her to behave. Carmen continues to beg, but Lichita is ready to go home and also encourages her mom to pack their stuff. (You know you’re acting a fool when a six year old is acting more mature than you are.) Lichita hugs her uncle and grandma, and Camilo thanks David for his help. After they leave, David and Judith wonder what JJ could have been thinking. Judith thinks it’s loneliness and mentions JJ’s request that she and Carlos live with him. David says he offered him the same thing with Bernie.

In Casa Galvan, Lichita says JJ is a good guy, but she wanted to return home. She says goodnight to Celia and Camilo, who tells her he NEVER wants her to leave this house. Lichita drags her wayward mommy off to bed. Celia asks Cam what they are going to do with Carmen. Cam doesn’t know. She can do what she pleases, but they sure as heck won’t let her take Lichita with her again. Celia can’t help but be worried about them both. Cam decides to call Anto with the news so that he can stop worrying and just enjoy the news of his baby with his wife.

Esther talks to the McGuire family lawyer, who I guess is now her lawyer, about her divorce case outside the judge’s chambers. JJ arrives for the appointment. He doesn’t bring a lawyer, but asks for some time alone with Esther. JJ admits that he learned too late what he was losing. He accepts that he was a blockhead (torpe). She doesn’t let him off the hook and reminds him how he continued his old ways, even after she came back to care for him. And to top it off, he was willing to frame her for his fraud! It’s better that it ends this way. She asks him to not make it more difficult. “Our relationship (lo nuestro) is over forever.” JJ accepts this as the last word and goes with her and her lawyer into the judge’s chambers.

Saul and Gordo discuss how to avoid a run-in with Anto when they attempt to kidnap Alex. They both want to get rid of him. They figure that he must be working regular office hours at the Ag Association now that his brother is the president. They decide they need to contact Carmen to get the inside scoop.

Lucia hangs out with Alex in his room and asks him to give MP a chance- tell her his stuff, share his music with her, and such. Ivan comes in to tell Alex MP has arrived. Alex agrees to chat with her for only a bit (un ratito). Once he’s out of the room, Lucia and Ivan discuss the situation. Ivan adored his mother because she was good and loving. But Lucia also loves her mother, who is anything but those things. They chuckle about this. Lucia loves her mom because they’ve shared some good moments, and Lucia understands her faults (defectos). Plus, she’s her mother. Ivan doesn’t think it’s good for Alex to be afraid of his mother. If he can get over that, he will be better off for it.

In the living room, MP is asking Alex if Tony or Lucia have been badmouthing her. She presses him when he denies it and asks if he’s lying. “I don’t lie!” (A trait he did NOT inherit from her. Actually, his looks are the only thing he inherited from her.) MP tells him she regrets the things she did and wants him to love her, because she’s his mother. “And that’s the only reason why I should love you?” “All kids love their mothers!”

Ivan waits nervously with Lucia in Alex’s room for the MP-Alex session to end. He finds the picture MP gave Alex of herself, turned face down on his shelves. In the living room, things are going a bit better, as Alex has taken Lucia’s advice to share about his favorite things with MP. He wonders why she doesn’t like Bruno. Because, he’s an animal. “Bruno is not an animal; he’s my friend!” MP is not impressed by friendships with perros. You would think she would be, considering she’s a perra. (Oops! Did I just say that out loud?) Tony interrupts before this argument can escalate. He has Alex take Bruno for a walk and sits down to chat with MP. She immediately starts accusing them of badmouthing her, and that’s why Alex won’t warm up to her. She’ll show them all that she’s BETTER than Lucia! As she’s leaving, Tony freaks her out by pretending Bruno has wandered back into the room. MP jumps half a foot in the air, causing Tony, and most of Viewerville, to chuckle.

Gordo stuffs his face as usual while he keeps an eye on Casa Galvan. Also as usual, Celia is cooking up something delicious in the kitchen. Camilo kisses her goodbye, and Carmen gives her plenty of sass before going out. Gordo follows her. She’s not happy to see him or to know anything about that good for nothing rapist Saul, but Gordo tells her it wasn’t like that.

MP is cuddling her mommy and whining, AGAIN. Lucrezia tells her to resign herself (resignate) to the situation, but MP refuses to let Lucia “win.” Everyone sees Lucia as being “buena, noble, generosa” and MP is sure she can be those things too. Lucrezia wonders what it is she wants—to win Ivan back by winning the heart of Alex? No, she just wants people to think she has changed and that she’s not a bad person. Lucrezia says she never thought she was a bad person. She just thought she was a bit wayward (descarriada) and different/odd (rara). She kisses her favorite child on the top of her head as they cuddle.

Speaking of wayward daughters, Carmen has decided to believe Gordo and Saul, of all people, above Lucia’s version of events. She knew Lucia offered herself up! She complains about how hard her life is and then readily offers up gossip about her brothers. This includes the news that Anto is married, that Caro now has sight, and Anto is working on Camilo’s ranch.

Gloria can’t lure Lucrezia out of bed nor tempt her with Jello and chicken soup. Just as Gloria is taking the tray of food away, Lucrezia cries out in excruciating pain and clutches her side while writhing on the bed. Lucia and MP come running. Lucia goes to call an ambulance as Carly comes in on the upsetting scene.

At the hospital, the Curiel women, minus Lucrezia, and with Ivan, meet with the doctor. It’s not good news. The treatment is no longer effective, her kidneys have totally failed, and a transplant is needed as soon as possible. Carly offers hers up. The doctor rules her out because of her age. Ivan and Lucia next offer their kidneys. MP seems to feel the peer pressure and hesitantly offers to donate hers. The doctor asks if she’s married or planning on having kids. Nope. Since Lucia does plan to marry and have more kids, the doctor warns her about all the dangers having one kidney poses on a pregnant woman. He warns her to think about it carefully. Ivan says they can also find other potential donors. They’ll begin to test everyone for compatibility. The ladies go in to see Lucrezia and Ivan gives Lucia a kiss for luck.

Lucrezia is in bed and on pain meds. When they tell her about the need for the transplant, she says she doesn’t want them sacrificing a kidney for her, given what a bad mother she’s been. Lucia says she’s made mistakes like everyone else, but she’s not a bad mother. (Lucia is a far nicer person than I.) MP says she has nothing to complain about. (Very true.) Lucia says they love her and they’re family. Lucrezia’s having a real redemption moment now. She is tearful and feeling very unworthy, especially considering how she tried to manipulate their lives. Lucia reminds her that she gave them life and stayed by their sides. MP says they need her. Carly urges her to be strong and fight. She’s important to all of them. She kisses her only daughter on her head and strokes her face.

Ivan accompanies Lucia and MP home. They will go do the compatibility studies tomorrow. If he’s a match, Ivan would much rather donate so that Lucia can be healthy to have children in the future. He’s sure Camilo and Antolin would also be willing. He knows she has the last word, and he’ll support whatever choice she makes. It doesn’t change their love for each other. They already have two kids anyway- Alex and Perlita.

Gordo reports on the conversation with Carmen to Saul. The fact that Anto is now living with his wife Caro, and therefore sleeping in the house at night, complicates things. Anto might recognize him, even if he’s masked. Considering his girth, Saul doesn’t think this would be so difficult for anyone. Saul thinks they should just kill anyone who gets in the way, and just be done with it. They think about what a good time they’ll have with lots of women (viejas) once they have their money.

Ivan discusses his desire to have a baby with Lucia with Tony; it’s his dream. To have a child with the woman you love is a blessing. But he is also pleased with the children they already have- Alex who is his, and Perla who is Lucia’s. “And like they say, what’s yours is mine.” Tony points out how he lost both his only child and the woman he loved, but look at him now. He has the son he chose. If all fathers could choose their sons, Tony bets JJ wouldn’t choose Saul. Benito announces Camilo. Ivan called him over to ask him something important. First, Cam tells him where they found Carmen.

Carly asks MP about her hesitation in offering to donate her kidney. She’s pretty sure Lucia is going to be the one ending up donating hers. MP gets offended. “Lucia, Lucia, always Lucia!” Doesn’t Carly think she’s capable of doing something so noble (digno)? “Well, are you?” MP wants to show the whole world that she can be better than Lucia. Carly doesn’t understand this obsession with competing with Lucia when Lucia has always loved MP. MP says it’s not true; Lucia has always envied her! She took her man and her child! “Ay Maripaz, Maripaz.”

Camilo accepts getting tested for compatibility; Tony’s age and heart condition prohibit him. Camilo is concerned for how much Lucia must be suffering.

Well folks, time has passed, and the results are in! (Drum roll please…) And the lone compatible person is…..Maripaz Lomeli!! Come on down!!!!! Oh wait, MP’s face does NOT look like someone who has won a coveted prize. She looks downright terrified, in fact. Lucia asks about her own compatibility, but she is not a match. Ivan offers himself, Camilo and Antolin, but MP seems resigned to her fate. They’ll get started on the paperwork right away.

Carly checks in on Lucrezia and gives her the news about MP’s compatibility. Lucrezia starts to cry. She would prefer to die than have her daughter go through that. Carly gives her a pep talk. She and MP will be fine soon, but of course they will then have to take certain precautions. MP will give Lucrezia life, just like Lucrezia gave her life. “It’s not fair mama. It’s not fair.”

Avances: MP thinks she’s won the nobility game and gloats to Lucia. MP kisses Alex, who wonders if perhaps she isn’t as bad as he thought, and he visits her in the hospital. MP and Lucrezia hold hands before surgery. Something goes horribly wrong during the procedure and the doctor says we’re losing her! The doctor comes to the waiting room with a grim look on his face. Did one of them not make it? Who could it be?

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... and Pancho does a pretty bad "sleazy waiter."

Pancho reveals that he isn't just going to sit around while Vicente (maybe "vice" would be a better nickname) plots against him. He, too, has a plan. Which he will not reveal to everyone (though everyone is clearly concerned that this will be a hairbrained scheme).

Chacho bursts in and informs everyone that Chela's got a boy. His buds circle round to chatter and gossip. Pancho says they need to find out who that suspedocho is.

Meanwhile, Chela is rehashing the jealousy plan. She swore Chacho to secrecy, so half of Mexico knows already.

Lena is still moaning. It's been days. One new detail: she swears she'll have vengeance, which I take to be a positive sign.

Vice is shocked to see "Tomas Plomero" in the house again and tries to show him off, but Pina flounces down the stairs and tell him the sob story about T's family. Meanwhile, Tomas heads off to snoop around the house. Adoracion races off to gawk at him or something.

Monica is with Pepe, rehashing her chat with Fred. Nothing new, but they're pretty cute.

Tomas carries his tools into Fred's room and sees the racing trophy. He begins stroking it and dreaming about what would've happened if he'd been born rich. He sees the plumber off with some rudeness, then sits on the bed inexplicably clutching his heart.

Alex is wearing a ridiculous scarf. He's trying to get back in Lupita's good graces... he claims he can't be held accountable for Fred's actions. She asks why is he still friends with the Fraud? Good question. One explanation: the gayness of his scarf is a clue that Alex and Fred will end up together in the end of the show.

Vice and Candi are at the Avon offices, smooching in the elevator. "How many times have I told you that you drive me crazy?" "Not enough." They stumble into a handy office, and Vice once again admits his mistaken identity scheme. Just like the Emperor spinning his chair to reveal his presence in "Return of the Jedi," Pancho spins around in his huge office chair with a raised eyebrow and a cough of indignation.

Vice claims that this was all to protect Pancho... Seeing as to how we've seen no indications of any other motive, I'll go with that. Pancho is not convinced. As they yell at each other, Beca appears in the doorway just as Vins accidentally blurts out that he's got something going on with Yuriko. Jealous, Candi flounces out as Beca flounces in. She's not happy, but doesn't really support Pancho, a viewpoint she carries through the episode.

The only other thing that happened that really interested me was the hilarious meeting with the Japanese. Fake Pancho and Beca sit down to the meeting, and in walks... Pancho, with a greasy ponytail and a waiter-suit. He attends the meeting, running back and forth whispering in peoples' ears. Then he tell's V that he's actually doing a pretty good impression, but he just needs to laugh more.

The Japanese want 20% of Avon, but Pancho disagrees. He doesn't even want to settle for 15%. He also doesn't want V to sign any documents, so he spills coffee all over the papers. Everyone yells at Lamberto. I'm falling asleep.... Good night, guys!


Also, could anyone cover for us tomorrow night? Thanks!

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Hi all,
Your Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday blogging team Melinama and Ezra are both going to be out tomorrow night. Anybody want to do the tuesday recap for us?

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It was a dark and snowy night with icicles everywhere and roads blocked, but hey, that’s real life in New Mexico and old news. Let’s get on with our review of the last CME: Honorio gets the news in his office that Constanza will be released due to the confession of Corina. He promises to take care of Beth’s complaint about sleazy Germy’s proposition as soon as he gets Consta sprung. At La Bonita, Antonio questions Regina if she has ever doubted that Roberta is her daughter. You never ask anything for no reason, what are you getting at? Renata brings the box of pictures and papers into Jero’s office and shows Regina that they are Roberta’s not hers although she is is some of the pictures. Antonio pockets the real birth certificate with Roberta’s name on it proving she is Fina’s evil spawn.

The crib scene, mystery suit puts mobiles up with Maritata saying how much her twins will love this bedroom with the balloon mural and the matching cribs with mobile arms over them. But we don’t see who it is. This is a very mean, very nasty, very cruel, very RED HERRING in a black suit jacket! And Red Herrings never, never look as good in a suit jacket as Jeronimo does. But at least we know where the Tata is hanging these days.

At the police station, the nylon coifed Corina spills that the director of the manicomio hired her to pose with the Trojan baby and it was for money (anyone surprised?) She further reveals that his office attendants were inmates named Blanca and Fina who prompted her to present the baby at the Centro Regina and to roll in the Trojan stroller to leave with Constanza. Honorio tells the lawyer that he will go give good news to Consta while the paperwork is cleared up. After his cell phone call, Gonzo tells that Blanca’s body was found at bottom of a bridge but with ligatures around her neck so they know she was strangled. And, Fina’s teeth don’t sync with any of the bodies found so Fina is still missing. Gonzo and Hon compare notes that they are all in danger if Fina is at large. They both know that with all she has done she is capable of anything. Gonzo fears that Renata‘s newly revealed heart condition make it necessary to hide news of Fina from her until the appropriate time. Hon realizes that Renata’s heart condition is too much of a coincidence. In parallel discoveries, Augie and Roberta talk about the same thing. Augie is sure he knows the truth, he already knew Renata had heart problems when he sniffed her unconscious body at his hacienda after her accident. Remember that sickening scene? Roberta lies anyway maintaining her public image as Regina’s daughter. Something in this estupida tells her not to totally trust Augie’s invitation to tell him everything. Augie admits he would rather have a jailed Fina be his mother-in-law than Regina who is too honest for his taste and a great friend of Jeronimo’s. She would cause more problems in the long run.

Padre Severino at La Bonita in the chemical room, gets the truth from Carlos that PrissyPants kissed him, you know how women are he says with more irony than he realizes. It seems it was momentarily exciting but she is a part of my past while only Matilde is part of my future he swears. Matilde overhears and grins behind the door. Finally she has heard a complete sentence of truth.

Anibal shows up at La Bonita with his wounded paw which Alison notices. Anibal says at first, oh it’s nothing, then tells how badly Augie hurt him when he discovered the computer hacking. They both decide it is time to tell Renata the truth. Augie decides with Melecio that it is also time to move forward with his next step. He demands that Melecio find out who at La Bonita knew that the vines were taken to Cruz Sin Amor.

Matilde tells her side of the story to a confused Padre. She doesn’t think the wedding is off. So she takes Padre in hand to go talk to Carlos out in the chem room. We draw a quick breath before they appear as Prissypants shows up and tries to woman handle her Charlie. Now she is wearing alluring dresses with frilly décolletage. Finally, for crying out loud, Carlos backs away without an audience to impress and when Matilde arrives moments later she confronts him sweetly, Padre says that we are not going to get married! Carlos, did you say that? Of course, he stumbles and stutters, I still want to marry you. They play back and forth with who feels what all the while, PPants is listening outside the door. Carlos finally gets on bended knee to ask her to marry him once again. This time Matilde is the one getting kisses while the green PPants looks on and finally leaves in a pouty huff as Matilde and Carlos squeal with delight and kiss in front of the Padre.

The seeds of doubt are in Regina’s talk with Antonio about her bad feelings about her daughter Roberta. She believes she is her daughter but is haunted by Panchita’s story of seeing Roberta and Fina outside of the house handing off that box. So she still has only drops of doubt, but Antonio says casually well, let’s show the photos to Gonzo because he will know which girl is which. He lived with them from the time they were nine.

Matilde gets to show Carlos love and kisses in front of her rival. But Ppants thinks a lot of her pants and swears this gata will not get over on her. We will see who will win this she says as she stomps off.

Anibal shows his hurt hand and reveals his fears of Augie. Padre thinks Anibal must stay away from Augie who is clearly dangerous. Marina must be found then she can tell them whether she left town with Jero or not.

Augie has a sword fight with himself and that menacing sword in a steel arm on the wall, as he swears vengeance is his. He threatens to rid all those against him especially now this means Anibal better find a new place to sleep. Well, who is going to win this match? Augie is talking to himself way too much.

Renata is sad in her room in such a real way, this is hard to watch. She remembers so many loving moments between her and Jero, in jail, on the beach, around the hacienda. We hear him say she is the only woman he will love for the rest of his life. As the lyrics repeat, no me abandones accompanies raucous laughter, rending of clothes and fun wrestling on the bed. It still doesn’t add up. She cries on Adriana’s shoulder who reminds her that it isn’t time to jump to conclusions.

Carlos is getting smarter by the minute now that his head seems to have cleared. At his side, Bitchybritches points out that Matilde is voluble (voluable) and not to be trusted. She argues her point of superiority with Carlos, sometimes we lose ourselves and we are so crazy in love we forget who we are says Bitchybritches suggesting Carlos needs a high class piece of pants like her?

Back to the hysterical scene with Adriana trying to get Renata to await final judgment since they don’t know really what happened. He may not have left, he might have been kidnapped. Renata anguishes but he might have had an accident then Adri begs her to calm herself and think of the health of her baby when she is so upset herself.

Anibal and Alison are eating in the kitchen when Alison becomes almost as disgusting of Bbritches as she spits food into her napkin then drops the filth on the floor. Anibal sees her do it and says well you are not eating and she protests that she can’t eat because she is ugly, fat and unworthy. He thinks she is sick and so do I This is another hard scene to watch. I am not so interested in teen angst and realize the psychologists will have a field day with this important public announcement but it makes me feel dizzy. Let’s get on with the detective work, please.

Back at the only jail cell in Ensenada, Hon explains Corina’s testimony to Constanza and that Blanca has been found but when she asks about Fina, he says no, neither Fina nor her remains have been found. They have to assume she is still out there threatening the peace.

Fina steps into a cab in her new hairdo and clothes. Gonzo alerts a surprised Roberta that Fina is loose and all of them have to be on guard. She plays dumb surprise with real energy. He brings up the Germy trip to finish his project. Roberta plays kitten, gee Pa is it important that I go with Germy? Gonzo thinks that she will learn a lot about the business (Germy will give her the business). She says what ever you like, Pa. I wlll go if you think I should. Gonzo hands her her alibi: It may be safer for you to be out of town for a few days with that wicked Fina lurking about.

Fina in her little fur shawl enters the post office where she retrieves two huge envelopes both filled with lots of pesos, dollars and euros. She grins and counts and grins and sniffs right at the boxes which seems stupid but no one else is watching her and she does look over her shoulder often but grins more than we have seen for along time.

Constanza is popped out uf the slammer and hugs her husband and brother with relief and joy. She wants to go home and find clean pink clothes and a pink bubble bath, well at least a bath. She tells the lawyer who says all the paper work is finished and she is free to go. She asks him that if he talks to the baby’s parents, they will know now that she was not at fault, but they should also know that she took excellent care of their baby while she was with her.

Padre Sev comes home with Antonio whom he asks to go to D.F. to look for Marina. He has to know she arrived safely but he has been out of the parish for so much time with his illness so he wants him to go soon. Antonio agrees to go at the end of the week. Padre goes to get a drink of water while Antonio opens the purloined birth certificate.

Renata and Matias and Adrina eat while discussing that Julieta saw Roberta kissing Germy down the hall from her apartment. Renata is surprised but Adriana pushes on with the news that they doubt if she was raped by Zeke when he took her back to Augie’s after the Padre’s party. This is a pure lie, insists Adriana while Kari listens intently outside the door.

Regina hears by phone from Gonzo that Constanza is finally free. Everything is returning to normal she declares. Well not everything say Gonzo. Fina has disappeared so they have to all be alert. (Something tells me that with this much insisting they are not going to be alert..) They decide that Renata must be told about Fina but Gonzo wants to tell her in person. Regina then asks him does he think he can tell Roberta and Renata apart in photos when they were children. Of course he can.

Antonio reads the birth certificate with satisfaction then calls Isidro to discuss that Renata is the true daughter. Antonio wants to tell Regina right away but Isidro wants to get the other proofs together to present all the evidence to Regina and the authorities at one time. Antonio says, she is coming to DF tomorrow so we need to get everything together quickly. Isidro gets off the line to update Inez and they laugh that the proof is finally clear. The birth certificate made a day or two after Roberta was born was made out with Fina as Mom and Roberto as Pa It was her original name and has finger prints too. So Fina must have changed baby Regina’s name to Renata. She later passed Roberta off as Regina’s daughter so she could get close to the inheritance and all will be revealed now they are now sure they have solved the mystery. At least someone is laughing tonight.

Antonio tells Padre he will go to DF tomorrow on the first flight. Why not the weekend like you planned? Well I have other things to do. Padre writes out Tata’s address in the city so Antonio can go look for her.

We get more bittersweet romantic scenes in Renata’s memory of kissing, laughing and again, Jero’s and her words at the jail that nothing else will ever separate us again. Jero keeps swearing his eternal love, even all the way back to the heart carved into the tree. A few bad moments are revealed of Jero’s rejection, but mostly lovely ones fill the screen. He teases her freckles that he can’t do with out. She grips her stomach and remembers. She sinks onto the bed of so many passionate scenes, candles but only has pillows to hug. She looks longingly at the door as though he will suddenly appear through it.

Next time or so: Constanza joyfully learns Renata is pregnant. Fina at last has money. She seems joyful too. Antonio reaches Marina de Tatas’ house. She swears that Jero did not leave on the plane with her. So Antonio asks the question we all have, if he didn’t come with you, where did he go? And I want to know, who Augie paid off to falsify the manifest of passengers then?

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Enzo is not happy with the sight he comes home to. Frauddie snaps his fingers at Pepe. Pepe tells Enzo he's leaving, but only bodily. And he gives Mónica another kiss first! Enzo again pressures Moni to promise never to see him again. This time she screams in his face! "We have a big problem, Super-Suegro," Frauddie tells Enzo.

Back to the restaurant. Vince confesses to Candy that he's been pretending to be Pancho with Yuri, but swears he's not having a thing with her. Candy's mad, but he begs her to help him out. (Since Candy's been saying all along that she wants to get revenge on Vince, this would be the time to throw him under the bus. Well, the latest of many, that is.)

Yuri and Pancho have been seated in the lounge because the regular dining area is full. Yuri, who is still convinced that Pancho is a chauffeur, tries to get him to wait outside in "that thing." Pancho defends La Burra's honor. Candy comes over and pretends to be with the restaurant and tells Yuri that her table is ready and Mr. Lopez is waiting. Yuri again ignores Pancho when he says he's Lopez and she goes to Vince's table. Candy tells Pancho she works here now and didn't want to tell him. He doesn't buy her story, but she promises to explain everything when they get home.

Manuel tells Ana his life story. His family had some money, but they wanted him to study business administration and he didn't want to, so he left home at a young age to make his own life. Turns out his family owns a record label! Ana's eyes get very big.

Vince has had a lot to drink. He keeps up the Pancho pretense - he's got the vocabulary down, more or less (at least to where a Japanese woman can't tell the difference). She wants to hear more of his folksy talk. He keeps trying to sidetrack the conversation to business. She wants to skip dinner entirely, take him to her room, and do something else. Her husband arrives in Mexico tomorrow. He trusts her blindly, and if she tells him to sign, he'll sign.

Adoración tries to make nice with Tomás. Pina tries to get her to do some housework so she can have Tommy all to herself. Tomas wants his job back. He explains that he and his sister are orphans, their parents died in an accident, and they really need the money. Pina is touched and promises to convince her husband. Tomas is so grateful he almost kisses her face, but then backs off and kisses her hand. Ado is jealous! "Where's my kiss?"

Yuri wants Vince to talk to her in "Mexican;" he can say whatever he likes. He says all kinds of crazy stuff, most of which goes over my head, but I do get something about rocking the cradle and making the baby dizzy, and "ay mamacita, you're so curvy, and me without brakes." (This reminds me of that movie where Jamie Lee Curtis would go crazy whenever she heard someone speaking Russian. I wish I could remember the movie.) She wants to rip his clothes off. Flustered, he says (in English) "Business are business." She'll speak to her husband on only one condition: that she and Vince spend the night together. Vince whimpers. Yuri offers him a massage - in her suite, of course.

Pancho is at home with Candy. Finally she explains that Vince is posing as Pancho. She assures him, however, that Vince is going to close the deal. He needs the deal just as much as they do. But Pancho is not assured at all and goes back there to make sure.

Back to Enzo and Frauddie. Enzo mentions Frauddie's recent trip to Brazil with the plumber's sister. Frauddie says he shouldn't have done it. "You're just like your father," Enzo says. "Mónica doesn't deserve that." Apparently, however, it's not a deal-breaker in Enzo's book. F tells E that SHE broke up with HIM. She's super-obsessed with Pepe. He says there are thousands of "girls like Mónica." Enzo takes offense and gets a bit intimidating with him and says Mónica is unique. They agree that Frauddie will fix this because he and Mo are in love.

Moni calls Pepe from her room. She says she doesn't know why he loves her. "Do you love me?" he asks. "I adore you." "That's all I wanted to hear!"

By the time Pancho gets back to the restaurant, Vince and Yuri have already been gone for an hour. He calls Vince, who is now in the hotel lobby with Yuri. Vince doesn't answer the phone, but tells Yuri he has to go home to a sick child. She thinks his servants should take care of that. Then he says he has a problem "muy embarazoso." (Not to be confused with "embarazada"!) She says he's never been with a Japanese woman before, but they can always buy one of those little blue pills. He backpedals and says that's not it. She kisses him and says he will be hers - the deal depends on it!

Enzo wants Moni to talk to Frauddie. She doesn't want to be with a guy who's only interested in himself. Enzo says better that than the son of a greengrocer. She asks Enzo why he isn't putting her happiness first. But she agrees to talk to Frauddie.

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Pancho visits Pina; or as he calls, her, Quina. (She tells him it's Pina with a P; he later calls her "Tina with a P.") She calls him Sancho. He says he's looking for Vince. He puts a lot of doubts in her mind about Vince and Yuri.

Frauddie tells himself Daddy and Enzo are right, he can't let Pepe have his chick. Moni comes in and tells him to leave her alone. He says he's sorry and such. He says all the right things, but his tone barely approaches wheedling, much less begging. Then he suggests that they could just be great friends, no strings attached. She says she's in love with Pepe. He says she deserves better. (Well, that still leaves Frauddie out of the picture!) Moni says if he wants to be friends, then fine, but that's all it will be. She doesn't even want him kissing her hand.

Pancho goes home and talks to Laurita's photo. Then Fer comes in and he tells her what Vince is up to. She is impactada.

Tom and Pepe at the garage... Pepe is rehashing everything to Tom, and Tom warns that Pepe's going to fill up the car with "melcocha" - far as I can tell, it's some kind of gooey sweet like treacle or possibly taffy or toffee (not that taffy and toffee are much alike). As for Tom, I guess he feels like he pulled one over on Pina.

Candy is at the old house, scolding Chela for leaving without saying goodbye. Chela tells Candy how bummed she is about Pancho being in love with Rebeca. Candy's a bit put out that Chela turned to Jess instead of her, too. Chela says fixing herself up for Pancho didn't work anyway. But Jess told her she should try making Pancho jealous.

Meanwhile, Pancho is telling Fernanda that he loves Rebeca, but it's making things very complicated. He's not sure he's doing well at his job, what with Lamberto always crying doom (hecatombe). And Rebeca's off dealing with a problem at one of the plants. Fer says Rebeca is afraid, but not because of work. It's fear of surrendering herself, fear of losing control, fear of loving him unconditionally.

Alex is visiting with Frauddie. Frauddie wants to split up Mónica and Pepe... and he wants Alex to help.

Next morning, Lambi says the employees' phones aren't getting good signals. Pancho says they need good tools to do their job and promises to take care of it. I cannot imagine that this is a plot point. I smell a product placement on the horizon.

With a smirk, Pina tells Vince at breakfast that he came home so late she didn't hear him. Also, Pancho came by last night. He told her that he was supposed to be at dinner with the Japanese woman, but they weren't there. And he said something very folksy that she didn't understand. She even does a really feeble impression of him.

Popeye barks at breakfast. Oh good, he's still alive. We hadn't seen him in a while. Maybe he was getting fixed. Anyway, Chela's there. Everyone wants her to stay this time. She doesn't say yes but she does agree to help out in the kitchen. Candy tells the others to be patient.

Vince asks Ado what means "hacer de chivo los tamales" (the folksy expression Pina didn't understand, it's literally "to make young goats into tamales"). She says it's like giving a cat for a hare, or giving something that's not what it seems. Frauddie comes to breakfast.

Chacho's in the kitchen with Chela. Somehow in that shirt, he looks like a little bald kid. She wants to tell him a big secret.

Nico is at the office, asking what's Pancho going to do about Vince's deception. Pancho says he has a plan that can't fail. Before he can say what it is, Chacho comes in with Chela's big secret: she's got a guy!

Next time:
Beca comes back.

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