Previously on Rebelde Way: Nico promised Luna that he’d break up with Tatiana, but he didn’t, so he and Luna broke up. Then they got back together. (Then they break up again, in this episode.) Erreway made their debut at Nico’s club, minus Marizza. Her vocals were still in the song, though, because singing live is for squares. Papa B decided to force Mama B’s hand by pulling Pablo out of Elite Way: either she capitulates, or Pablo has to go to public school. Not public school! And most disturbing of all, Lujan advocated for a nonviolent solution to a problem.
Opening monologue: Teenagers think they know everything and do what they want without thinking of the consequences. I for one am shocked.
Chem/physics class. The teacher is wandering around in a graduation gown for some reason. She tells them that Mansilla is having modern ideas about how to run the class, and she does Not Approve. Speaking of which! Mansilla shows up with Cata in tow and says she’ll be joining the class. “Does she have authorization to be here?” Ms. Chem/Physics asks. “Yes, she has MY authorization,” Mansilla snips. The rest of the class is like, “OOOOHHH.”
Music montage (to “I’m Gonna Soak Up the Sun“) of everyone playing sports. So as far as I can tell, their class schedule is something like: ethics, seemingly mandatory dance club, gym class, history, and econ. That’s still missing like at least three subjects, but we’re doing better than at the beginning of the show. Anyway, Mama Provenza shows up and Nico runs off to talk to her. Luna stares sadly off after him. Mama Provenza wants to know all about Nico’s upcoming nuptials with Tatiana, and Nico tells her that he’s not going to marry her. Mama Provenza’s all shocked and is like, “You were always so sure of Tatiana! You’ve been dating since you were five!” I love how Mama Provenza writes off Mia/Pablo/Manuel’s band as a “whim” but thinks Nico and Tatiana’s kindergarten relationship is a legitimate foundation for marriage. Mama Provenza snips that she knows Nico has a thing going with a girl at school. Remember how Manuel literally just gave Nico a talk about not being able to please everyone? Gosh, I wonder if Nico’s going to take his advice, or if he’s going to completely disregard it and lie to Mama P to create more drama.
Pablo tells Tomás that his parents are pulling him out of school. Tomás is all ready to fight Papa B, but Pablo says that he’s actually excited, because now he has the opportunity to confront his father and show him who he is. “This time, I’m going to win!” Tomás is like, “…literally how.” Wow, for once Tomás and I are on the same page.
Cafeteria. Mia tells Marizza that she has bigger things think about than getting revenge on Joaquin. Marizza’s like, “Don’t be ridiculous, revenge is the most important thing in the world!” Mia says that she doesn’t like to talk about unhappy things, and Marizza stomps off. Feli rolls up and Mia tries to complain to her, but Feli’s like, “Oooh, revenge sounds like a really good idea right now!” because she’s all pissed at Vico for going out with her ex. Mia pouts that she hates Manuel the mostest, and isn’t it weird that he’s so obsessed with her? Feli remarks that Mia isn’t actually the center of the world and Mia grudgingly admits that she might be wrong about him. (She isn’t, though.) Then Peter shows up and tells her that Papa C sent him with invitations to his fashion show, and Mia squeals that she’ll get to go after all, plus she gets to hand out invitations and have people prostrate themselves for her favor. Peter shuts her power trip down in a hurry: he only has two invitations, and neither of them are for Mia. Then why did you even come to see her, huh? Mia is not pleased.
Nico tells his mom that he has a thing with Luna. Mama Provenza says that if Nico really loves her, then she’ll back him up. As long as Luna is a nice girl who goes to synagogue regularly! Mama P’s like, “Omg, don’t tell me she’s NON-PRACTICING.” Nico’s like, “Well…she’s a practicing Catholic.” Mama Provenza flips out and lays the guilt trip on Nico: “Do you WANT to kill your father? DO YOU?” “I don’t want to kill anyone!” Nico bleats. Mama Provenza is like, “If you don’t break up with her, you’re dead to me.” Dang, this is some Fiddler on the Roof shit.
Hallway. Mia flips out to Feli that this is all “that idiot’s” fault. Marizza was right: they must get revenge! Feli’s like, “Did you really just say the words ‘Marizza was right’?” Heh. Also, is she talking about Joaquin? I totally hate him too, but how is her grounding his fault? She didn’t go to that club because of him. Whatever. They meet up with Marizza (who has Lujan and Luna in tow), and Mia squeals that she has an idea: she’ll bribe girls not to date Joaquin with clothes from her father’s collection. Marizza mocks her, but Lujan points out that it’s not a bad idea, and neither is Marizza’s from earlier (whatever that is). Maybe they can work together! Seriously, what has happened to Lujan? Marizza agrees, and decides to put her part of the plan into action by calling in a favor from Sonia.
Pablo calls his mom and has to keep telling her to calm down. Those women and their hysteria, am I right? Because Pablo “Punches His Friends” Bustamante is such a bastion of reasonableness. Anyway, he cries to Tomás that they’re losing badly to Papa B: he has all the money and owns everything — even the house is entirely his. And this, ladies, is why you always have your own money. Also, dig Pablo’s cell phone:
Pablo comes up with an idea: Tomás’s family has an extra house just lying around; is he willing to let Pablo use it for a wacky scheme? Tomás is like, “I’ll follow you anywhere, Pablo!”
Lounge. Marizza and Mia storm in and pretend to fight, and Marizza flings a bunch of copies of the school newspaper on the ground. “What is this? The newspaper’s not supposed to be out!” Pilar says. Guido: “How do you know that?” Guido! You know she writes the paper! You found out like twenty episodes ago! He’s never going to remember, is he? Mia and Marizza look on and cackle as everyone reads in the newspaper that Joaquin is gay. Mia tries to do her finger-gun move with Marizza. Hee!
Dunoff gets mad at Mansilla for putting Cata in some of the classes. Man, I hate to side with Dunoff, but he kind of has a point? If Cata’s not an enrolled student, it could get sticky for the school. Dunoff tells Mansilla he won’t back him up against the board of education and Mansilla’s like, “You’ve literally never had my back in any situation here ever so…not really a threat.”
Tomás rocks up all ready to gossip about Joaquin with Pablo, but Pablo tells him they have more important things to do than speculate on Joaquin’s sexuality. Tomás is like, “We do?” Pablo tells him that he forged Tomás’s mom’s signature to get Tomás out of school for a while, and Tomás will go get the key to his other house and bring it to Pablo. Tomás doesn’t want to do it, and Pablo snarks that he’s a sissy and should date Joaquin. Yikes. Tomás is not pleased by this affront to his masculinity and agrees to do it. Benjamin Rojas is doing a pretty good imitation of Papa B in this scene, I should add. I mean, he’s not an incredible actor, but he’s pulling off Papa B’s mannerisms and manipulativeness really well.
Feli and Vico get into a fight over Manuel. Oh, man, he is not worth it, you guys. Mia and Marizza come in and break it up — well, Mia does, and Marizza just stands there and snarks at them. Mia shrieks at them for not thinking about how their fighting is affecting her. Oh, Mia.
Pablo and Tomás almost get busted sneaking out of school, but then they don’t.
Papa Provenza comes to see Nico and tells him that he’s going to have bypass surgery. In case something goes wrong, he gives Nico a file full of information on all the money he’s borrowed. Is there a reason he’s giving this to his teenage son, and not like…Mama Provenza? Oh, right, a 15-year-old boy is much more competent than a grown woman because he has a Y chromosome. Carry on. He tells Manuel that Papa P is going to borrow money from Tatiana’s dad to pay for the operation. Then Mia rocks up to yell at Manuel for making her friends fight, and he snarks that she’s just jealous that she can’t buy the kind of ~passion~ that exists between him and Vico. Ew. Manuel opens his locker and two invitations fall out. Gasp! Papa C gave the invitations to Manuel! I bet you didn’t see that coming!
Guido tells Joaquin that he thinks Pilar wrote the newspaper and told the whole school that Joaquin is gay. Guido, you don’t think so, you already know! Also, he still manages to be wrong! The levels of failure that Guido reaches are truly impressive.
Mia calls Peter and flips out on him for giving the invitations to Manuel, and Papa C overhears the call. They both agree that Mia’s freaking out over nothing. As ever, I think it’s super gross that Papa C completely dismisses Mia’s feelings about Manuel. Manuel does act like a creepy stalker around her, and Papa C consistently blows her off when she tells him that she doesn’t want Manuel around. Whatever.
Mansilla tells Cata that Dunoff won’t allow her to attend classes at the school. He suggests that he tutor Cata to study for the scholarship exam, but she starts crying and runs away. He really should’ve prepared her for this instead of getting her hopes up all, “Oh for sure they’ll let you attend classes for free in a private school where you’re not an enrolled student! No big!”
Nico breaks up with Luna, again. She wants to know why, but you’ll recall Nico’s still keeping his Jewishness on the DL, so he lies to her that he still likes Tatiana. She’s like, “Didn’t you just tell me yesterday that you didn’t like her?” and Nico’s like, “Stop saying words.” Luna cries.
Joaquin confronts Pilar about writing the newspaper. She tells him that it couldn’t have been the real newspaper — the other newspapers never only talked about one topic; this one was entirely about Joaquin. Also, the person who writes the real newspaper — who totally is not Pilar — told her that they didn’t do it. Solid evidence! After all, the writer, who is definitely a separate person from Pilar, is super trustworthy and would never lie to Pilar! She points out the obvious — the two girls he screwed over are getting revenge on him. Joaquin’s like, “Omg, you don’t say!” He muses that he still needs Pilar’s help, though, to reaffirm his heterosexuality. No, they’re not going to fake date. He wants her to set him up with Fernanda (who, as we’ve seen, probably doesn’t love herself enough not to do it). Man, way harsh on Pilar!
Mia, Marizza, Lujan, and Sonia all meet up to discuss getting more revenge on Joaquin. I would watch a wacky detective show with these four, I won’t lie. This plot apparently involves some dude named Tony, who actually looks a bit like Manuel, and is showing as much cleavage as Sonia:
In a death match between that shirt and Manuel’s orange pants, who would win?
Tony rocks into the lounge where Joaquin’s trying to mack on Fernanda. It’s actually working (she’s all like, “I can’t believe you would notice me, a lowly tertiary character!”), but then Tony starts yelling at Joaquin that they were together for two years, and now Joaquin pretends not to know him? OH, THE SHAME.
I mean, this is really a dick revenge move, because I’m sure there’s some gay kid at Elite Way who’s now like, “WELP, NEVER COMING OUT HERE.” Nevertheless, Lujan and Marizza high five. Is their revenge done now, or is there some kind of final step where they kill Joaquin and then plant a gay suicide note at the scene?
Manuel invites Vico to the fashion show with him, and she emos that Mia always invited her. She frets that Mia will be upset that Vico’s going without her. Manuel, as always, is somehow completely thrown by the idea that Mia’s friends genuinely like her and care about her feelings. Manuel huffs that he’ll just invite another girl, and Vico is guilt-tripped into saying yes.
Mia and Sonia, meanwhile, are waiting for Marizza, Lujan, and Tony. Mia calls Peter and flips out that Papa C’s ignoring her. Sonia perks up: an opportunity to talk about what a dick Papa C is? This is relevant to her interests! Sonia talks Mia into giving her Papa C’s number (shouldn’t she already have it, from their various legal encounters?), and she tells him that Mia’s burning up with a fever; he’s gotta come to school like, now. Papa C falls for it.
Nico rounds up Manuel, Pablo, and Mia to ask them to play again. He manages to get one sentence out about a job, and Mia’s like, “Me, work for a living? Ha!” and flounces off. Manuel and Pablo, on the other hand, are into the idea of forming a band for real. Pablo says he can’t perform right now, but he can give Manuel his songs and they’ll find replacements for Mia and Pablo. Hmm, but I bet Mia and Pablo are going to end up performing anyway.
Dunoff busts Tomás sneaking back into school and wants to know how his doctor appointment went. Tomás BSes that he had bloodwork and an EKG done, and Dunoff’s like, “Wow, that’s serious. I’ll call your mom for the results.” Tomás bleats that his mom’s gone to London and they’re sending the results to him. Dunoff tells Tomás to let him know when they arrive. Poor dumb Tomás.
Luna cries to Marizza about Nico breaking up with her for like the third time. Marizza suggests that Nico maybe has issues, and Luna’s like, “No, I must blame myself!” She sniffles that she wishes she could be more like Marizza and Mia. Marizza is empathetic for once and tells her that she doesn’t have to be violent and obsessed with vengeance; she’s fine the way she is. Then Lujan breaks up this moment and tells Marizza that Sonia is hanging out in Mia’s room.
Tomás brings Pablo the key and swears he’s not doing him any more favors, because it just ends badly for Tomás. They really gotta stop making him do stuff that involves thinking on his feet. He thinks this whole plan is madness, and Pablo says that he’ll just have to do the rest himself. Mansilla overhears this and is perturbed. Mansilla shouldn’t be following the students to their bedrooms and eavesdropping, but whatever.
Marizza comes into Mia’s room to see Sonia giving all the girls beauty advice and showing them how to pose sexy (Sonia! They’re fourteen years old! Stop this immediately!). Marizza storms out, just in time for Papa C to come rushing in and see his supposedly sick daughter. Scare chord!
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