Previously on Rebelde Way: Nico’s dad is dying. Totally dying. Dead and gone and buried by the end of this episode, for real.
Opening monologue: It’s easy to be friends during the good times, but only true friends stand by you when life is hard. We’ve done this before, I think, but it is pretty well related to the episode. Good job, show.
We left off with Nico’s dad ~dying~, but we pick up with Sonia storming in to save Marizza from having to make a public apology to Hilda. Sonia snaps that Hilda is hella racist and bullies the students, and doesn’t even teach history properly. Dunoff’s like, “But she’s an institution! She’s nearly as old as the school!” Damn, what kind of backhanded compliment is that? Sonia flat-out calls Hilda a Nazi, and everyone’s like OH SNAP. Dunoff hustles them off to his office, and Mia says that Sonia is right. It’s just too bad that she’s Marizza’s mom, because that…somehow…makes her less right? Feli runs off to tell Marizza how awesome her mom is anyway, and Mia is all offended.
Clinic. Mama Provenza is wailing her guts out. “Do you like…want tea or something?” the nurse asks her. Heh. That would be me as a nurse, I must admit. Nico tries to comfort his mom, and they chat about how he’s going to have emergency surgery to save Papa Provenza’s life. He totally didn’t die of that heart attack that ended the last episode. What a cop-out. Anyway, Mama Provenza cries that Nico is the family’s future, and Papa Provenza would’ve been proud of Nico, and he was the son his father always wanted to have. Nico’s like, “Damn, this is some pressure.”
Papa C comes to the school with a check for Manuel. It’s a buttload of money, and Mia freaks out when she sees it. Papa C doesn’t even know why Manuel needs it, he’s just like, “Manuel hit me up for some money and I’m just gonna give it to him without asking what it’s for because he’s completely trustworthy.” Mia is naturally a little suspicious of this. Nevertheless, she promises to give the money to Manuel.
Pablo’s room. They’re all shocked that Sonia went up against Hilda, seeing as she’s been at the school for like a million years. They have vastly underestimated the power Sonia’s boobs have over Dunoff. Anyway, Pablo and Guido find some suspicious money on the shelf and are like, “What is Tomás up to?”
Dunoff’s office. Sonia and Hilda fight some more until Dunoff breaks them up. He’s like, “Well, Hilda, you are a valued teacher, but maybe you should take a break and figure out a way to not be so racist.” She’s like, “Well THAT is the rudest thing I’ve heard all day!” She huffs her way out, and Sonia’s all pissed too that Dunoff didn’t punish Hilda harshly enough. Man, dude can’t win. She’s all like, “I don’t even recognize you anymore! You’re all power-hungry and corrupt!” Uh, Sonia, are you new here?
Meanwhile, Mia like…doesn’t believe Nico’s dad is going to die? Feli tells her Manuel asked Papa C for the money to fund Papa Provenza’s surgery (I guess this happened sometime offscreen last episode, what with Manuel not showing up at all), and Mia’s like, “Ha! I bet you’re all LYING about Nico’s dad possibly dying!” Dammit, Mia, why you gotta do me like this?
Marizza catches Sonia leaving, and is all like, “Don’t go! You’re the coolest mom ever! I want you around forever!” Sonia’s all emotional that Marizza’s not completely rejecting their mother-daughter relationship, then she’s immediately like, “But actually, you’re practically an adult and you gotta start doing stuff on your own.” These two are the masters of the mixed message.
Marizza’s room. Lujan’s mysterious tutor emails her back that there’s nobody named Blas Heredia in the entire country of Argentina. Lujan and Luna are all freaked out. “I’m scared!” Luna shrieks, like my God Luna, he’s not going to murder you in your sleep. Then Marizza busts in and tells them that Papa Provenza’s surgery is happening like right now, and they all scramble off to be with Nico. Of course, it occurs to them that Dunoff (and Gloria) love nothing more than cockblocking the kids from things they want to do, so they hatch a plan to help them get out of school. This plan for some reason involves Tomás and Guido? I don’t even know what this plan is but I already know it’s terrible. Luna comes up and asks them to help with Operation Visit Nico, and they’re like, “First of all, he’s a nerd, and second of all, he’s a Jewish nerd, so…no.” (Tomás says something like, “Jews are all the same.” What the hell, Tomás!) Luckily for them, Sonia’s still hanging around to bend Dunoff to her will. She threatens to tell God and everybody that Dunoff won’t let the kids out to see their friend’s sick dad, and it’ll be all over the Argentinian press. “How I love a scandal!” she cackles. HEE!
Some hallway. Mia promotes Pepsi some more (there’s like a minute-long sequence of her drinking the Pepsi, and asking Vico which angle makes her drinking look cuter. What on earth). Vico rolls up and is like, now is not the time for product placement, Nico’s dad is dying! Mia’s like, “WHAT.” She shoves her Pepsi at Vico and runs off. Vico gets way too excited over a free soda. Mia find Feli, who’s on the phone with Augusto, and yells at her for not like…making Mia believe that Nico’s dad was sick? She’s all appalled that everyone in the school knew the gossip before she did. Oh, Mia. The camera zooms in all weirdly on the phone, so we know Augusto can hear Mia chewing Feli out.
Joaquin rolls into Pablo’s room and grabs his guitar and is acting really weird. Tomás hustles him off and Pablo and Guido are all like, “Dude, Joaquin is acting hella weird. It’s almost like he’s on drugs! What a concept!”
Clinic. Nico writes a sad letter to his dad, apologizing for hiding his Judaism and being a total wuss. He knows now that he’s gotta ~dare to be different~, and he’s proud to be Papa P’s son and to be Jewish. Aw! It’s pretty sweet, actually. Marizza and the gang all show up with the doctor, and he tells them that Papa Provenza is going to be fine. They all go out to eat, except Marcos and Marizza. Marcos thanks Marizza for sticking up for him, but emos that Hilda was right: he is ugly. Marizza’s like, “No, you’re just wearing glasses because you’re a nerd on a TV show, that’s totally different.” She tells them that they’re besties and they hug. Marcos is all twitterpated.
Back at school, Feli, Vico, Random Amanda, and Belen are all crowded around Mansilla, who’s on the phone with the doctor or Mama Provenza or someone. He hangs up and tells them Nico’s dad is going to be fine, and they’re all happy. Do any of these girls even like Nico? What’s happening? Meanwhile, over at Pablo’s table, he needles Tomás about his money and bizarre new friendship with Joaquin: is Tomás dealing drugs? Is Joaquin on drugs? Just then, Joaquin shows up with Pilar on his arm, and Tomás is like, “Pfft, he can’t be doing drugs if he’s hanging out with Pilar.” HA!
Like half an hour into the episode, Manuel finally shows up. What’s up, Manuel! It’s been a while! He tries to get the check from Mia, but she refuses to give it to him for some reason, so he starts manhandling her. I don’t know why she doesn’t give it to him? She knows Nico’s dad is, in fact, dying now. Whatever. Blas rolls up and takes it upon himself to save Mia from Manuel, and gets all pervy about how Manuel manhandling Mia is totally wrong and terrible (but it’d be cool if Blas did it). Ick. Anyway, Manuel gets the check and scrams.
Cafeteria. Sandra is getting her indignation on with Mansilla about how Nico lied to Luna about being Jewish. Then she’s like “Nvm, let’s gossip about Lulu and the econ teacher some more.” Sandra’s attention span isn’t super long, is it? Anyway, she’s all like, OMG, have you heard that they are TOTES DATING? Mansilla’s like, “Yeah, me and and everyone else with eyes already figured that out, but okay.”
Dunoff tells Hilda she’s suspended for real for real. She’s all sad and the camera lingers on her puppy-dog eyes for way too long. Are we supposed to feel sad for her? Is she an evil Nazi or not? I mean, I guess the show wants us to think people are complex, but it’s weird that they’re asking us to feel bad for her about five minutes after busting her for being a racist bully. Whatever.
Manuel finally shows up to the clinic, and Nico’s like, “Omg, Manuel! It’s been almost a whole episode since I’ve last seen you, what up!” He’s like, I gotta catch you up on everything you missed, and tells Manuel that he’s Jewish. Manuel’s like, “Dude, I asked you if you were like ten episodes ago, I already KNOW.” Nico frets that the Society will hate him even more, then he’s like, no, I am a man now, and proud to be Jewish! We’ll see if it lasts. The last time Nico resolved not to be such a punk about the Society, he went back to being a wuss after like one episode. Then Manuel’s like, “Well, I lied to you too, so we’re basically lying buddies.” He FINALLY tells Nico that Papa C killed Papa Aguirre, and he came to Argentina for VENGEANCE!
Classroom. Luna and Lujan fill Marizza in on Blas’s suspicious nonexistence. They’re about to discuss it when Feli rocks up and asks after Papa Provenza. Marizza tells her that he’s going to be fine, and Feli’s like, “Oh good, I thought maybe he was gonna die because Nico couldn’t pay for the operation because Mia didn’t believe his dad was sick and wouldn’t give Manuel the money.” Marizza’s like WHAT and Feli’s like, “But it totally worked out, right? Bygones!” Oh, Feli. Marizza wants to go punch Mia in the face, but decides vengeance is a better idea. Lujan’s like, “We’re not punching people in the face? What am I even here for then?”
Teachers’ lounge. Hilda tells the econ teacher that she’s suspended from teaching class, so she’s just going to lurk sadly around the teachers’ lounge and grade her papers. Mansilla catches Gloria eavesdropping outside (heh) and she blusters that Dunoff was talking VERY LOUDLY. “And you were listening,” Mansilla deadpans. Hee! Lulu calls the econ teacher, and he tells her he’s not free tonight, as he has a “seminar.” Mansilla eyes him suspiciously. Hilda asks if Mansilla will teach her class while she’s out, and he’s like, why not, I do everything else around here.
Sandra catches up to Manuel and tells him to watch out, as she heard that he’s been fighting, and she’s his only responsible adult around here. Manuel’s like, “Whatever.”
Sonia and Pepa talk and it’s boring. Her lawyer quits because he’s tired of getting involved with her Papa C drama (heh), so Sonia hires a new one.
Back in the classroom, Mansilla’s like, “Hello, I am now also your history teacher.” He’s basically their George Feeney, isn’t he? If this show had followed the kids to university, he’d be there. Anyway, everyone’s done a 180 and is now incredibly unsympathetic about Nico for some reason, so Mansilla tells them to write a letter to their fathers to see how it feels. Marizza’s like, “What if we don’t HAVE fathers?” and Mansilla’s like, “Deal with it.” Mia and Marizza both ask to go to the bathroom and scram from class. Mia apparently has cut class for the sole purpose of fixing her hair, but Marizza takes the opportunity to exact her revenge by walking by and having a very loud conversation about how she TOTALLY HEARD that FRANCO COLUCCI was in a TERRIBLE LIFE-THREATENING CAR ACCIDENT!!! Mia falls for this for some reason, and runs off in tears. I mean, Mia was absolutely terrible about the Nico thing, but it’s kind of awful to make her believe her only living parent is dead. Whatever.
Casa Colucci. Peter tells him Sonia’s new lawyer is here to see him. Papa C’s all like, aw hell no, but then he sees the lawyer’s name and is like, “Oh snap, it’s some lady I totally banged way back when! Let her in!” Sonia’s lawyer (“Mercedes”) is all twitterpated to be suing Papa C, and they sit down to reminisce about the days when they dated. It turns out they were engaged, and Papa C left Mercedes two months before their wedding for Mama C. Damn, that’s rough. Mercedes is like still all up on him though. Love yourself, Mercedes! Then Mia cockblocks them by calling and wailing that she thought Papa C was dead. He’s like, “Uh, no, I’m totally still alive, what’s up.”
At the clinic, Mama Provenza finds the letter Nico wrote to Papa Provenza, and she’s like all shocked? I don’t get it, he says he’s proud to be his dad’s son and doesn’t want to hide his Judaism anymore. I don’t know.
After class. Marizza sits in the empty classroom and whines about how she’s sick of Mansilla and his stupid assignments and his empathy for people who aren’t her. Then she’s like, “And I hate Mia!” Pablo rolls in and is like, “Yeah, that’s not exactly news.” They commiserate about their crappy families yet again, and Pablo’s like, “I don’t wanna be a mafioso like my dad, I just wanna chill and play the guitar.” Marizza’s like, “So do that. I do whatever I want and it’s way more fun that way.” Pablo’s like, “U crazy but I kind of dig it.” Marizza asks what Pablo wants to do right now, and he’s like, “Make out with you, is that even a question?” Woo!
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