Opening monologue: It’s not easy to escape lies; when we find out the truth it’s like entering another world, and lies always come back to get you in the end. Pretty in line with this episode, actually!
We pick up where we left off. Paula asks Marizza if she’s going to tell Pablo about Paula’s involvement with Papa B, but Marizza ultimately doesn’t, and merely tells Pablo that she doesn’t give a shit that he was almost set on fire. Paula tells Marizza that she really does love Pablo (because she’s full of self-loathing), and Marizza’s like, “Whatever, I’m not a snitch.”
The Colucci gang is still at the harbor. Oh my God, this is so boring. Honestly, I’m tired of Papa C and Sonia’s shenanigans; they both act so stupid and I don’t care anymore. As usual, Sonia’s fucked up her parking right next to Papa C’s car; he’s all upset at her irresponsibility and everyone else is like, “Oh, that wacky Sonia!” I wonder if I can just start skipping their scenes at this point, because they end the same way every damn time. Luca tells Sonia that Papa C’s usually a gentleman and Sonia wails that he’s always so mean to her. WHATEVER.
Luna and Nico sneak back out from the cupboard under the stairs, and they’re all twitterpated and in love again. Nico says he’s going to break up with Tatiana soon, like he’s been saying for the past billion episodes. Oh, Luna, sometimes you gotta know when a guy’s not going to come through for you. Anyway, they start cutely fake-fighting, and then Papa Tatiana walks in on them. Awkward! Nico’s like, “Oh, hi, my girlfriend’s dad! Uh…Luna just fainted and I had to catch her, that’s totally what’s up.” Luna peaces out and Papa Tatiana’s like, “I am actually not here to cause love triangle drama, I just came here to tell you that the band has to play the club TONIGHT, it is a matter of LIFE AND DEATH.” It always is with this band!
Marizza goes off to find Marcos in the mall. He’s in front of a mirror all, “Wow check me out, I’m all conventionally attractive and rebelde now.” Heh.
Whatever, you know that’s what he’s thinking.
Marcos tells Marizza that he’s made up his mind to keep going after the Society no matter what, for his brother and great justice and all of that. Marizza’s like, “But your brother sucked,” and Marcos is like, “Well…that’s not what I was expecting you to say about my dead sibling, but okay.” Marizza cackles and says she got him off the hook, having sent Pablo in his place. Marcos flips the fuck out and is like, “You think I’m useless and I can’t handle the Society!!! How very dare!!!” He runs off and ditches Marizza there at the mall. Yikes, way harsh Marcos. The guys in this episode spend a lot of time overreacting, I gotta say. Just wait till the end.
Pablo tells Guido and Tomás about his near-death encounter with the Society, and pins the blame on Guido for telling Marizza where he was. “I got confused,” Guido says. Heh. They muse over whether or not they should bring this matter to Dunoff. Do they trust him to actually give a shit about this? Probably not. Pablo says he’ll worry about the Society later, for now he just wants revenge on Marizza. Tomás points out, “This is kind of your own fault; you should know not to mess with her by now.” HEE! ILU Tomás. Then Nico comes out of nowhere and tells Pablo that they have to go to the club. Pablo’s like, “No way” so Nico just picks him up and carries him off while Tomás and Guido watch. Also hee! This scene is fantastic.
3/4ths of Erreway arrive at the club. I’m assuming Nico is still struggling to drag Pablo over there. Everyone’s cheering and Papa Tatiana’s like, “They all love you! You’re basically the Beatles after three shows! You have to perform right now, without any preparation whatsoever!” The band all looks so deeply confused, bless them.
Nico manages to carry Pablo in from across town, and they manage to get him to agree to sing, despite his insistence that he has important sex to be having with Paula. Jesus Christ, Pablo, can you stop thinking about your dick for five seconds? Anyway, guess who else happens to conveniently be at the club? It’s Mama B and her sidepiece, who I guess like to hang out at clubs for teenagers in their downtime. Well — actually, it’s not a bad idea, if they’re hoping to avoid being seen by any of Papa B’s friends.
Why does he kind of remind me of an older, less attractive Ashmore twin?
Nico gets up on stage and is like, “Are you ready for the musical stylings of THIS BAND THAT STILL HAS YET TO BE NAMED?” and the crowd starts cheering. Pablo is somehow able to see past the lights and the rest of the audience and immediately notices Mama B (although not her boyfriend, weirdly). He freaks out and runs offstage to get to her, but she and Unattractive Ashmore Triplet split as soon as they see him.
Back at school, the show crowbars in some product placement for some candy(?) in a yellow bag. Guido and Tomás are like, “Omg, these are so amazing, I’m so glad we have a ton of them here because I would eat them all day long.” Subtle! Anyway, Tomás’s mom calls and invites him and Guido to Casa Tomás for lunch. Tomás is like, “Guido? Really?” Hee. No faith. Mama Tomás asks Guido to make sure Tomás doesn’t wriggle out of it, because she has a surprise for them.
Casa Colucci. Mercedes tries to get it on with Papa C, but he’s cranky over Sonia and Luca, again, some more. He loves his brother, but he’s kind of a dick and not exactly responsible with the ladies. Oooh. He’s also afraid that Mia, being so attached to Sonia, won’t be under the best of influences. Mercedes is like, “Ugh, talking about your daughter is such a drag,” and leaves.
Pablo’s gone back to refusing to play, this time because he’s distraught over Mama B. He actually hasn’t seen Mama B’s boyfriend; he thinks that she’s going to tell Papa B what he’s up to and Papa B’s going to kill him. Mia and Manuel comfort him while Marizza hangs back. The crowd is getting pissed now, so Manuel’s like, “Well, if your dad’s gonna kill you, this is the last time you’ll ever get to sing, so you might as well do it.” Heh. Inspirational! Somehow this convinces Pablo, and he gets up there and they all sing “Inmortal.” Even the girls, even though you can clearly hear that they’re not on the track. I love this show’s dedication to never showing anyone singing live.
After the show, Papa Tatiana tells them that some music business guy was in the audience and he’s interested in them. They’re on their way to success! The band’s all twitterpated.
Everyone goes back to school. Manuel goes to sleep, and has some bizarro dream of Papa Aguirre castigating him for making absolutely zero headway with his revenge. He’s like, “How dare you hang out with the Coluccis! They are the enemy! REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE, SIMBA.” Nico wakes Manuel up and he starts crying. Aw! He tells Nico that he’s afraid he’s forgetting his revenge and ignoring his family. I mean…yeah, dude, when was the last time you even mentioned your mom and tiny lisping sister? Like he can’t even write them a letter?
The next day. Mama B comes to see Pablo, and she tells him that Papa B’s in Europe, so she won’t be telling him about Pablo’s secret music career. Pablo’s like, “What were you doing at the club anyway?” and she’s like, “Uh…not important.” What’s important is that Mama B isn’t an abuser like her husband, and she wants Pablo to follow his dreams and all that jazz, and she’ll keep his secret from Papa B. Pablo’s so relieved he presumably forgets to press the subject further. They hug and it’s all heartwarming.
Marizza relays her night to Lujan and Lujan’s like, “Oh my God, you’ve told me like twenty times already.” Hee. Luna comes in and tells Marizza that Marcos has gone out, and he seems mad. Marizza’s like, “Huh. Oh, well, let’s go out and do something.” Unfortunately for her, Pablo comes storming in, and he’s not inclined to let her go anywhere. He’s pretty rightfully upset that Marizza got him beat up by the Society, but then he calls Marcos an idiot and Marizza says that Paula is two-faced, and Pablo grabs her by the throat and is like, “How dare you talk about my girlfriend!” Holy overreaction, Batman! And here I thought the guys would get a little less creepy and violent as time went on. How wrong I was. We haven’t even gotten to Manuel yet.
Speaking of whom! Nico’s taken Manuel to the cafeteria to calm down and eat some oranges, but Manuel is still sad. But orange is his favorite color! Anyway, Mia rolls up and tries to be coupley with Manuel, but he blows her off and runs away. Nico tries to follow him but Mia’s like, “No, you sit down and tell me what’s going on.” Hee! Mia asks if Manuel’s missing his family and Nico’s like, “Uh…yeah…that could be a possibility.” Mia rolls with it and gets Manuel’s home number from the office, and calls his family. Holy long distance call on a cell phone, Batman. She invites Mama Aguirre to visit them in Argentina, on Papa C’s dime. “And your daughter, too,” she says. See, even Mia knows about the tiny lisping sister! What gives, Manuel?
Tomás and Guido go to Tomás’s house for breakfast, and Tomás’s super cute mom greets them. Aw! She’s so adorable! I missed her! She chirps to them that she’s so glad Guido and Tomás are friends, because their moms are also friends! And Guido’s mom is here too! That’s the surprise! I bet you’re shocked, right?
THE CUTEST.
Lujan, Marizza, and Luna go to some cafe. Marizza’s sad that she can’t find Marcos, then she immediately forgets about him when she sees Luca sitting at one of the tables. She’s like, “Dang, who is THAT” and immediately goes over to try to flirt with him. She pretends to twist her ankle and starts crying about how much it hurts. Luca doesn’t even look up from his newspaper. Man, that’s cold. She runs back to Lujan and Luna and pouts that she couldn’t get his attention. They suggest that he’s deaf and/or blind, on account of him being like a million years older than she is. Hee! Not untrue! Not that that’s ever stopped Marizza. She goes back and pretends to be a waitress, and sits down to hit on him after giving him his coffee. For some reason he humors her and chats with her a bit about Italy, until he cottons on and is like, “Shouldn’t you be doing your job?” Marizza pretends to go back to the kitchen, and in the meantime, Sonia shows up. Luna and Lujan are like, “Uh oh, Marizza is not gonna like this at all.” Heh. They totally have her number. When she comes back, they try to BS her out of there, which has never worked any time anyone on this show has tried it ever. Marizza’s like, “What’s the deal?” and Luna and Lujan say “Headache” in unison. Hee! Of course it doesn’t work, and Marizza sees her mom with Luca. She’s like “WHAT” and Luna looks embarrassed in the background. You’d think she’d be used to feeling that way around Marizza by now.
Mia goes to find Manuel in his room and tells him that if he’s done being cranky, she has a surprise for him. “It’s our one week anniversary!” she chirps. Aw, she’s so cute. Manuel doesn’t deserve her. Especially since he’s putting his shoes on his bed.
Gross, Manuel.
She tells him she invited his mom and tiny lisping sister to visit, and he completely flips out on her. How very dare she! Who asked her to meddle in his life! Well, someone here has to remember that they exist, Manuel! He grabs Mia by the arms and throws her on the bed before storming out, continuing the bizarre trend of violence all the guys are displaying in this episode.
The Society reams the 3rd year watcher out for not letting them set Pablo on fire (even though he’s one of the rich kids, and so theoretically they shouldn’t have a problem with him?). The watcher apologizes and says he wasn’t able to find “him”, but when he does, consequences will never be the same. I’m not sure if the “him” refers to Pablo or Marcos.
Guido and Tomás are awkward at breakfast with their moms. Mama Guido tells Tomás that she was Mama Tomás’s maid, and even met Tomás when he was a baby. Tomás thinks it’s a joke and Mama Tomás is like, “No, really.” Guido drags Tomás off to the side and tells him his story about Mama Guido being a crazy old lady who thinks Guido is her son, and Tomás is like, “Golly! Does my mom know?” It’s a good thing Pablo isn’t here, because I think only Tomás would be dumb enough to believe this. They go back to their moms and Guido BSes that they have to leave and do schoolwork. Their moms are like, “Lol, Elite Way assigning work, the very concept!” Nevertheless, Guido manages to drag his mom off and leave Tomás and Mama Tomás alone. Tomás tells his mom that Mama Guido is a crazy lady and Mama Tomás is like, “You know I’ve known her for twenty years, right?” Tomás is like, “Well, that’s what Guido told me!” and Mama Tomás looks like she might believe him? If that’s so, she’s just as dumb as her son.
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