I’m gonna stop doing the previously thing, just because it actually takes the longest to write of all the recap parts and I can’t be fucked to do it anymore. To the episode!
Cold open. Blah blah you’re so fragile when you cry, your emotional vulnerability is such a turn-on. Manuel is so weird. Credits!
Opening monologue: If we’re both thinking about each other, why are we still so awkward? I don’t want an ~amor de engaño~, I want real love. Actually related to Vico’s portion of the episode, although not much else.
We pick up where we left off, with Mia and Manuel making out. Pablo walks over and breaks them up, although I don’t think he notices what they were doing. How could he not notice? You’re smarter than that, Pablo. He tells Manuel he’ll take care of Mia, since he knows her better. Manuel starts to protest, but Mia tells him to go. Denied, Manuel!
Ominously, the full moon is out when the Rey-Spiritos meet for dinner. Marizza’s dressed like she’s twelve, for some reason.
Or that could just be my hatred of turtlenecks talking.
Nacho’s like, “What up, Pops” and Papa Spirito snaps that his NAME is SPIRITO. They’re getting off to a great start!
The cupboard under the stairs. Joaquin and Vico are making out, but Vico keeps hearing voiceovers of Mia asking why Vico doesn’t love herself. Hee! Get that checked out, Vico. She pulls back to ask Joaquin if he loves her. “Yeah, sure,” he tells her. Romantic! She persists that she’s not feeling well, she’s feeling all these new emotions like empathy and self-respect. Bizarre! He’s like, “Stop killing my boner with your feelings, woman.” Vico whines that she wants to be his girlfriend for real. No, Vico! That’s not what Mia meant by loving yourself! Joaquin says that he can’t break up with Pilar, on account of his family’s friendship with Dunoff, and Vico storms out of the cupboard. Joaquin’s like, “What do I have to do to get laid at this school?”
Lujan and Luna wander through the hallways and exposit that Marizza’s master plan is to have Nacho steal Papa Spirito’s passport at dinner. Thanks for explaining that, guys! They pass through the main hall and see Vico and Joaquin leaving the cupboard. Suspicious!
Pablo’s room. He’s fretting to Guido and Tomás about his and Marizza’s relationship and how very dare she try to get with Facundo and if she thinks she can break up with him she can think again! Not that he really cares what she thinks! Guido’s like, why don’t you two just talk your bizarro relationship out. “All these lies can’t be good for it.” Some decent advice from Guido! He suggests that Pablo just kiss and make up with her, and that gives Pablo an idea.
Facundo texts Pablo that he’s at the school, and Pablo heads out to meet him. Facundo asks Pablo to give him the whole sordid Pablo/Marizza story straight, ’cause he and Marizza have toda la onda and he hella wants to bang her, but he respects the bro code. Pablo’s like, “The truth is…the truth is…I am absolutely crazy about her.” Facundo’s like whoa, because she told me there was zero onda and she was gonna break up with you as soon as you got back from your trip. Dang, Marizza, that’s harsh. Pablo’s like, she’s just denying her feelings for me! We’re in love FOR REAL. Facundo’s like, “Dang, I didn’t know. There goes my shot at being more than a guest character.” He departs, and Pablo goes back to his room to gossip about his plan to Tomás. “Again with Marizza?” Tomás asks. Hee! He totally knows what’s up. Which may be the first time I’ve ever said that about Tomás.
Meanwhile, at some cafe, Mama B discusses going on a trip to Colonia with someone over the phone. Hey, I’ve totally been there! Never had a torrid affair behind my husband’s back there, though, which is totally what Mama B’s doing. Not that the show spells it out. She hangs up as soon as Papa B comes back to their table, and he tells her that he received some DEVASTATING NEWS from the doctor: “Pablo……..IS A VIRGIN.” Mama B’s like, “Oh is that all? I was afraid he had like, polio.” She’s like, it’s not a big deal, what are you planning to do about it? Papa B’s like, glad you asked! OPERATION PROSTITUTE IS IN EFFECT!
Back at the restaurant, Nacho lunges for Papa Spirito’s jacket and tries to steal his passport. He’s like not slick at all and Papa Spirito totally catches him. Nacho wriggles out of it by pretending he’s too poor to know what a passport is (hee), but Papa S puts the passport in his jacket’s inner pocket and puts the jacket back on. With plan A foiled, Marizza switches to acting disgusting in hopes of putting Papa Spirito off taking her anywhere. They bring her a pasta plate and she’s all like, “What is this? Do you put hot sauce on this? It’s NASTY I would HATE to go somewhere where they eat pasta all the time!” “I think you’re doing this on purpose,” Papa Spirito observes. He says he’s taking her to Italy for sure, and she only hates him because she hasn’t gotten to know him yet. “You think you know me, but you don’t know me!” he snaps. Papa Spirito’s such an emo kid. Nobody understands him!
Nighttime at Elite Way. Mia catches Manuel and Julieta talking/making out behind the vending machine. It’s not really shown how she gets here, she’s just hovering behind the machine like a weirdo. Manuel thanks Julieta for saving him from expulsion, and she tells him that sometimes…she feels like maybe he likes someone else better than her…someone who’s in the main credits of the show…Manuel’s like, “No way, you let me get to second base in the cupboard, I’m crazy 4 u.” Mia cries.
Marizza, Sonia, and Nacho come back to school, all beaten down that their plan didn’t work. Except it did! Nacho pulls it out of his pocket and says he stole it offscreen, the better to not actually show us how he did it! He’s like, “Oh yeah, I totally learned from my criminal older brother Pablo send to jail fifty episodes ago.” Good times. They all celebrate. Marizza’s not going to Italy! I bet she is, though.
Mia lies in bed and dreams of macking it with Manuel behind the vending machine. Classy. Meanwhile, Manuel’s reading through his file on Mia. I wonder if he’s kept up on it since coming to Argentina? Does he have progress notes like, “Dear diary, I have had access to Franco Colucci’s house for like forty episodes and still have not stabbed him. Made out with his daughter a few times tho.” Anyway, a hand touches Mia’s face and she’s all like MANUEL?? But no, it’s Guido. Mia’s disappointed. He tells her that Pablo mentioned she was sad, so he thought he’d creep into her room in the dead of the night to see her. Mia’s like, “Oh my God, I’ll tell you tomorrow, during the DAY.”
“You are not the person I wanted breaking in my room and creeping on me while I sleep.”
The next day. Lujan and Luna catch Marizza up on what she missed while she was at dinner. They’re like, “Ohohoho, everyone we hate is fucking themselves up, like Vico and Joaquin!” Marizza opines that she actually feels bad for Pilar and Luna and Lujan are like, “…did you just express sympathy for another person?” Although actually, Marizza seems to have a bit of a soft spot for Pilar, like when she comforted her over Dunoff taking bribes. Anyway, Facundo texts Marizza and tells her he wants to meet up, and Lujan and Luna squeal that he’s totally into Marizza. Marizza pouts that he hasn’t tried to slip her some tongue yet, but she’ll make it happen soon.
Mercedes sends Papa C a card apologizing for her fight, and shows up at the office. They kiss and make up. At school, Mia squeals to Feli how happy she is that Papa C and Mercedes are broken up. Oh, this will end well.
Her top is kind of cute, I won’t lie.
Hallway. Marcos regales Lujan and Marizza with how he stood up to his dad for like two seconds. “And then I was like, ‘Are you mad about my grades or because I EXIST?’ It was hella rebelde!” Marizza congratulates him, and Lujan tries to, but she goes wayyyy overboard on the enthusiasm and scares Marcos off. She watches him go, tucking her hair back behind her ears nervously. Aw! She’s so cute! I’m relishing this moment, because I get to use that word about Lujan so rarely.
Marizza’s like, “So, about you not having a crush on Marcos…do you wanna rethink that?” Lujan’s like, “IMPOSSIBLE!…wait, do you think so?” Oh, Lujan.
Manuel’s locker. He tells Julieta he didn’t sleep well, and she says, “I hope it was because you were thinking of me ;)” Before Manuel can tell her he was thinking of someone who’s actually going to be in season 2, he opens his locker to see a massive spider there, courtesy of the Society. He and Julieta both freak out. I guess Mia’s going to have to do the spider-killing in that relationship.
Manuel calms Julieta down, like he wasn’t flipping out too. He tries to break up with her, for the greater good (the greater good!), but she tells him she’s not afraid of the Society, and their love can conquer anything! “Not the Society,” Manuel tells her. That’s awfully pessimistic, Manuel! You’re never gonna defeat them with that kind of attitude.
Sonia comes to see Papa C. Peter says he’s out, and lets Sonia wait in his office. She hears Papa C and Mercedes come back, and they hella make out right in front of her. Sonia’s like screaming internally.
She steps out and thanks Papa C for recommending Dr. Aguirre to her and leaves, but not before shoving her boobs in his face, as is her MO. Mercedes is like, you recommended another lawyer to her? Papa C blusters that he did it to help Marizza, and Mercedes like, “What is with you and your obligations to children? I DON’T GET IT.” Just so you know, if you get back together with someone and within five minutes you’re fighting about the same issue you broke up over, the relationship probably won’t last. Just a tip.
Marizza tells Pilar to be careful with Joaquin, and Pilar’s immediately like, “Why? What’d you hear? What’s up?” and Marizza’s like, “You know what? I didn’t wanna put that much effort into this, nevermind.” She and Pilar split up, and Pablo catches up to Marizza. He asks why she’s messing with Facundo, and she’s like, “‘Cause I like him and his floppy hair better than you, duh.” Pablo’s like, “Dang…why you gotta hurt me like that.” Switching topics, he asks what she’s going to tell his parents, and she snips that she thinks she wants to tell them they’ve broken up. Pablo resorts to begging, but Marizza flounces off.
Gloria’s putting up the exam schedules in the dorm hallways. Guido walks up whistling, and she chirps that he certainly seems to be in a good mood. He won’t be after he reads his exam schedule! And that was a brief interlude just to remind you that Gloria’s still here and still bitter.
Papa B goes to meet Mama B at her tennis club, and is suspicious when he sees her being friendly with one of the tennis instructors. When he steps away for a moment, Mama B asks the instructor if it looks like Papa B “suspects something.” Oh snap! Said tennis instructor looks kinda like an Ashmore twin, by the way.
Cafeteria. Manuel’s horsing around with the guys when Julieta walks in. She gives him a note and asks him to read it, and all the guys are like, “BRO, if you read that note, you’re so WHIPPED. MAN. DUDE.” Or whatever it is that guys say. Even Nico’s ganging up on him, like he’s not giving Luna love poetry and telling her their love can conquer all. Manuel’s like, “Right, bros, I’ll read this later.” He drops the note on the floor, and across the cafeteria, Mia notices it. She not-very-subtly walks over and picks it up under the guise of getting change for the vending machine, but no one notices. She covers by buying a soda, but for once the show doesn’t explicitly show us that it’s Pepsi? Bizarro. She goes back to her own table and reads the note. Julieta tells Manuel that she loves him and wants to be with him no matter what. Mia is crushed. What better way to deal with her emotions than a dancing daydream sequence?
Featuring the Society! If only they gave up their lives of crime and turned to being a dance troupe instead.
Mia fantasizes that Julieta betrays Manuel to the Society and they tie him to a chair and Mia has to save him. Oh, Mia. Also, Julieta’s dress shows that the actress has a shoulder tattoo? You’d think they’d cover that up.
Back in reality, Manuel starts tearing the cafeteria apart looking for the note. Mia sneaks it back into his jacket pocket and tells him to look again. She flounces off, and Manuel stares suspiciously after her.
Some gym. Some girl’s working out, and Papa B approaches her. “Missed me?” she asks. Oh, Papa B. Her name is Paula, and Papa B tells her he wants her to make a man out of Pablo. Not by sending him to war with the Huns, though. No, he wants Paula to deflower Pablo, even though she’s gotta be like in her twenties. I guess that doesn’t stop Blas, and this show has equal-opportunity pervy relationships? No, that doesn’t comfort me at all. Anyway, Paula protests: “He’s a baby!” she says. “So are you,” Papa B creeps. Not like that stopped him! He’s so gross.
Pilar catches up to Joaquin in the main hall. She asks if he’s cheating on her, and he tries to dodge her. “Look at me when I’m talking to you!” she snaps. Heh. When she starts dating Tomás, we definitely know who’s wearing the pants in that relationship. Joaquin’s like, “Yes, fine, I’m cheating on you because you won’t let me stick it in, bye.” He tells her he found another girl — although he claims it’s not someone at Elite Way — and flounces off. Pilar cries.
Marizza meets up with Facundo. He’s wearing leather pants again. Why do you do this, Marizza. She tries to hint to him that she wants to make out, but he keeps hearing Pablo’s voice in his head. Understandably a boner killer, I’ll admit. Marizza finally goes for it and kisses him, but he pushes her away and tells her they can’t date, and she shouldn’t be in Facundo’s band either. Marizza’s like, what.
Mia’s room. Pilar cries to Vico that Joaquin broke up with her because she wouldn’t put out, and he was sexing up some other girl on the side. Vico has the grace to look guilty. Although does this mean that Vico and Joaquin slept together? It’s not clear. Pilar asks for advice, and Vico tells her not to do it — if she’s not ready, she’s not ready, and look where sleeping with guys has gotten Vico. It’s good advice, although you could also read it like Vico knows Joaquin will dump Pilar for real now and openly commit to Vico. Pilar hugs her and says, “I’m so glad I have a friend like you.” Vico’s like…yikes.
Sonia calls Mia and tells her that Papa C and Mercedes are back together. Mia is not happy at all. Back in Sonia’s dressing room, Papa Spirito pays her a visit and says he knows Nacho stole his passport, and if he doesn’t get it back, things will get much worse. “How can it be worse than you taking my daughter away on vacation?” Sonia shrieks. Papa Spirito’s like, “Uh…I’m gonna sue for custody of her? Duh?”
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