Opening monologue: It’s hard to travel this road, but others will join you and uncover the ~truth. I like how it’s very clear that they’re running out of deep things to say on these things.
Manuel is giving Luz a tour around the school. He’s like, “And this is the library, where the books live.” Don’t be so sure about that, Manuel. All the boys are drooling over her, and when Mia rocks up to ask where Feli is, they all ignore her while Manuel loudly rambles on about how hot Luz is. Mia starts crying and runs away. I mean…I hate to say it, but at least Luz doesn’t have those stupid bangs.
I think I’ve said before that Luisana Lopilato never had an awkward phase, but even she didn’t leave her teenage years unscathed. Those bangs are baaaad.
Papa C hides in some closet, like a completely normal person, and overhears Ramiro (the guy from last episode? It’s okay if you don’t remember, he’s hella bland) inviting Pepa to some party. She shoots him down, and he insists that Sonia come at least. Papa C’s like, “This is BONE-HARD proof that she’s cheating on Luca!” I bet it’s not.
Meanwhile, in Manuel’s room, Nico’s like, “So that was some unresolved sexual tension between you and Lujan in chem class,” and Marcos is like, “No way, we hate each other!” So do all the other couples on this show, Marcos. Nico points out that he saved her from expulsion, although the Society won’t like that very much. Marcos is like, “The Society will never find out!” I bet they will. Nico leaves to look for Manuel, and Marcos is like, “Give me a minute and I’ll be right with you!” Gosh, do you think in the space of that minute he’ll get jumped by the Society? He totally does. How does no one notice them walking around the school?
Blas finds Mia emoing in the hallway. He asks if she’s sad because they made out and she’s realizing that he’s creepy and taking advantage of her, but she says no. She’s sad because Manuel is parading Luz around and telling everyone that Luz is Papa C’s model for the fashion campaign. Blas is all passive-aggressive that Mia’s not over Manuel and walks off.
Guido and Tomás stand over Pablo’s empty bed, and muse that he’s lucky to be getting laid right now. Hee. They’re so lame. Guido brings up that Fernanda’s not into him anymore. Tomás is like, “Golly, that’s just weird.” He and Guido agree to put their friendship before Fernanda. Like five minutes later, Guido texts Fernanda to meet him, and Tomás sees the message. The betrayal!
Mama B tells Marizza that she’s leaving tomorrow for Rosario, but then Papa B calls and tells her to meet him tomorrow morning at the airport. Marizza’s like, “Just tell him you can’t make it!” and Mama B’s like, “Omg, what is lying, how do I do it.” Marizza heaves a huge sigh and says she’ll just have to go to Rosario herself. Of course she does. Does the show have the budget for that? They might have to actually like, film outdoors.
Manuel and Luz go into the lounge, where the TV is playing Goldmember, and they’re all like, “Omg, Austin Powers!” Are they getting paid to plug Austin Powers? This is so incredibly bizarre. They make plans to go out over the weekend, and Manuel waxes on about how hot she is some more. Then he’s like, “I know you’re a girl, but do you know how to play pool?” What? Love yourself and punch him in the face, Luz. Sadly, she doesn’t. Then Blas rocks up and gets his power trip on, saying Luz doesn’t have permission to be in the school, and drags her off to Dunoff’s office. Around the corner, Mia smirks. Oh, Mia.
Papa C stalks Ramiro around the city and sees him buying flowers and lingerie. Maybe Ramiro’s a cross-dresser? He gets a call from Mercedes and he’s like, “What are you doing at home right now?” Right? Isn’t she some super-busy lawyer? Hmm. Anyway, he tells her that he’s following Sonia’s sidepiece, and she needs to find Luca stat so he can tell him something Very Important.
The Society drags Marcos to the basement, and tell him he has a new mission: to find out who stole the other wallets and covered for Lujan. Marcos is like, “Yikes.” They tell him that the 3rd year watcher will help him, and Marcos is all twitterpated: “I’m going to meet him?” The watcher rocks up and the Society gets all mad that he’s late, and they get into a fight. Then they stop fighting and everyone stands around awkwardly. It’s pretty pointless.
Guido finds Fernanda and asks her why she smashed a cookie into his face. Maybe she just thought it would be funny, Guido. ‘Cause it totally was. She pouts that Tomás told her that Guido still had a thing for Mia. “I’m gonna kill him,” Guido says. Fernanda: “Do what you want, kill him, don’t, whatever.” Heh. He swears he’s not still into Mia, and they make out. Tomás catches them and seethes in the background.
In Mia’s room, Vico once more tries to talk her out of her ill-advised relationship with Blas. “We don’t know anything about him,” she argues. “I like him and for me, that’s enough,” Mia snaps. Mia! Why are you being like this! I know she’s just a dickmatized teenage girl but man, this is painful. She storms out as Feli comes in, her jacket stuffed with candy. Oh, Feli. She cries to Vico that Augusto is dating someone else, and Vico asks who. Feli flips her shit and says Vico should know, because she’s Augusto’s sister. Oh, good, I was really missing Feli’s crazy eyes. Vico says she doesn’t know, but she’ll find out if Feli promises to stop eating her feelings.
In Pablo’s room, Tomás passive-aggressively asks Guido where he’s been. Guido lies and says he was in the park (again, the two trees outside the school), and Tomás is like, “You sit on a throne of lies!” In dramatic slow-motion, they try to punch each other. It doesn’t really look like either of them is going to land. This is Guido and Tomás we’re talking about, after all. They should get Lujan to teach them how to throw a punch.
Marizza lays out her plan for Luna and Lujan: they’re going to lie to Sonia, while Marizza sneaks out and goes to Rosario. I just Googled, and it’s like a four hour drive. I have slightly more faith in Luna and Lujan than Guido and Tomás, but I don’t see how they’re gonna cover for that long. Luna wails that she can’t lie to Sonia, as though that’s ever stopped Marizza. “Why are you doing this if you really don’t care about Pablo?” Lujan asks. Marizza BSes that she’s doing it for Mama B, and Lujan’s like, “If you say so.” Heh. Even Lujan “What’s Empathy?” Linares knows what’s up.
Then we cut to a bizarre interlude of the first minute or so of “Será porque te quiero”, before skipping ahead to Pablo and Paula. I wonder if they’re really in Rosario, or if that’s just a park in Buenos Aires and we’re all suspending our disbelief. They blather on about how much they love each other and make out.
Papa C calls Luca to tell him the shocking news about Sonia. Luca is unsurprisingly not interested and hangs up on him. Mercedes is like, “Why don’t we go confront her ourselves?” Oh, sure, that sounds like it won’t end badly at all. They go to Ramiro’s apartment, where of course the party is with Sonia, Ramiro, and Luca. They say they’re helping Ramiro with a publicity campaign, and Ramiro chirps that thanks to Sonia, he’s found the perfect model. It’s Mia! Of course it is. Papa C flips his shit, again, some more, while Luca and Sonia laugh. This is the same thing that happens every episode. I’m so bored of all these adults. Thankfully, Marizza calls Sonia and asks her to come to the school, and the scene ends. I never thought I’d say this, but Marizza has saved us all.
Speaking of Mia, she and Blas are off somewhere in the school being inappropriate together. He’s given her a rose, and asks how she really feels about him. DON’T DO IT, MIA. He promises he won’t get mad, whatever her answer is. Yeah, his random fits of rage and power-tripping are only reserved for the students he doesn’t want to hit on. Mia hedges that she doesn’t know if she’s in love with him, but she doesn’t want him to leave her. Blas is like, “Why would I do that, my entire goal here is to make you dependent on me.” He makes her promise to keep their relationship a secret. “Are you afraid of losing your job?” Mia asks. “No,” Blas says. “I’m afraid of getting arrested and having to live a mile away from all schools and parks,” he doesn’t add.
In Marizza’s room, they’re putting their plan into motion, which for some reason involves making Luna cry on cue? Luna wails that she can’t do it, and Marizza and Lujan both try to harass her to tears. Hee. I would think that would be easy for them, but they have to resort to stinging Luna’s eyes to make tears start. Lujan starts fretting over her tutor: he told her that the head of the orphanage recommended her because of her good grades — “But I was a disaster.” I love Lujan, but what does she mean, was? Luna wonders if her tutor was lying. Then Blas comes in and says Sonia’s arrived for Marizza, and Marizza insists on taking Luna with her. Oh, sure, leave Lujan alone in her bedroom with the creepy abusive teacher. He’s all like, blah blah you don’t belong here you’ll end up back on the street blah. Appropriate!
Man, the only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that one day, like 200 episodes from now, he’s going to die. And when that day comes, it will be glorious.
Once more, Vico tries to stop Mia from pursuing her inappropriate relationship with Blas. Mia’s like, “He’s the only thing that helps me forget Manuel!”, like that’s a good reason to go out with an actual predator. Feli points out that Papa C, in his fruitless quest to keep people from sexualizing his teenage daughter, isn’t going to like this, and Mia’s like, “I’m 15 years old and can do whatever the hell I want!” Blas comes in and tells Vico her brother is here, in the most dickish way possible, as usual. Why is he entering so many teenage girls’ bedrooms in this episode? Anyway, Feli’s all twitterpated that Vico managed to trick Augusto into showing up with his new girlfriend. She vows to confront him.
Manuel and Nico are playing darts, and Manuel bitters that he’s imagining the dartboard is Blas’s face. Heh. I feel that, Manuel. Nico asks if he thinks Blas is really dating Mia and Manuel’s like, “Of course he is, have you seen how he pervs on her?” “Ah, so you’re jealous,” Nico says. Manuel’s all, “How very dare!” He has Luz now and she’s super hot and not self-absorbed and obnoxious and blonde, and he is totally over Mia. Nico’s like, “Oookay.” Then Marcos runs in and says they’ve caught the watcher: you’ll recall that at the meeting, the Society dudes randomly started beating the watcher up. So all they have to do is see who’s got a black eye, and that’s their man. A deduction worthy of Nancy Drew!
Marizza and Luna go to see Sonia (and Luca, who’s tagged along). Marizza BSes that Luna was the one who’s crying, because her family is leaving for San Luis. You know what would make her feel better? If she had a day off from school to go see Flor! “All of this because of a plant?” Sonia asks. HEE!
Marizza’s like, no, her sister, dumbass. Sonia hems and haws but eventually agrees, and says she’s proud of what a good friend Marizza is. Marizza, meanwhile, is pinching and kicking Luna to keep her crying. Oh, Sonia.
Vico goes to meet Augusto, while Feli watches from the stairs. Augusto’s new girlfriend is with her, and Vico recognizes her, presumably as his ex-girlfriend. “You guys got back together?” she asks. Augusto’s like, “Even better! We’re getting married at the end of the year!” When the hell is that? Two weeks? Two months? Time has no meaning on this show. Up on the balcony, Feli cries. Later, she wails to Mia and Vico that this is the worst thing that’s ever happened to her. “No way, this is the worst thing that’s ever happened to his girlfriend,” Vico says. When did Vico get so awesome? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Feli tells Mia and Vico that she wants to be alone, and after they leave, she stares in the mirror and wails that nobody loves her because she’s disgusting. Aw, Feli 🙁
I hope she’s okay with her children being half-brachiosaurus.
It must be Friday (or the weekend, seeing as Feli’s not leaving her room), because everyone’s in free dress. In the cafeteria, Manuel, Nico, and Marcos huddle around and wait to see who comes in with a black eye. That should be pretty easy, right? How many people can have eye injuries in one day? If you guessed, “At least two, because this is a telenovela,” then you are correct! Both Diegos come in with their eyes covered, and Manuel, Nico, and Marcos bemoan their misfortune. Why don’t they just wait until tomorrow? A black eye doesn’t last just one day.
Meanwhile, Marizza is trying to rope Cata into their madcap plan, by getting her to pretend to be Sandra on the phone, and convince Sonia that they can go. I thought they already got Sonia’s permission for Marizza to leave? I thought this was just a cover for Marizza running off to Rosario? Whatever. I know this show’s logic is not like our Earth logic. Anyway, Cata caves, as everyone does when faced with Marizza’s terrifying powers of threats and manipulation. Her impersonation of Sandra mostly involves dragging out all her vowels, which…is actually pretty much how Sandra talks. Heh. Anyway, Sonia has to take a break from comforting Pepa over Nacho (again), and she thinks “Sandra”‘s voice sounds weird, but lets it slide. But then! She hangs up and tells Pepa that she knows what will make her feel better: they’ll take a little day trip to San Luis! It’ll be such fun!
…I’m not sure which San Luis they’re supposed to be going to? They were all acting like Luna’s moving a million miles away (the province of San Luis is about an 8 hour drive from Buenos Aires), but…they’re just gonna take the day off to pop over there? There’s another San Luis, in the Buenos Aires metro area, which is about a half hour away by bus. You’d think Luna would be less dramatic about her family moving 30 minutes away. Shit, my bus route is so convoluted it takes me 40 minutes to get from the train station to my house. (I just walk.)
Meanwhile, Mia and Vico are in the bathroom with Guido and Tomás, using their makeup to cover up their bruises from their fight. Heh. Guido’s wailing that it hurts, and Mia snaps at him, “BE A MAN!” “Qué difícil es ser yo,” Tomás says. HEE!
Nico convinces Douchey Diego to remove his eyepatch, and it turns out that he just has a zit over his eye. Meanwhile, Manuel takes a less subtle approach, and yanks Random Diego’s sunglasses off. I dunno what’s meant to be wrong with him, he just has some red stuff around his eye.
Marizza departs for Rosario, and Luna frets that their plan is going to blow up in their faces. “Pfft, what could go wrong?” Lujan asks. Well, Pepa could show up at their door and announce that she’s coming with them to San Luis, that’s what. Luna and Lujan try to talk her out of it and she’s like, “What’s the problem?” They could say, “You’re a gigantic fuckup and we don’t want to take you anywhere,” but instead they just BS that the trip’s been postponed. Pepa is slightly less dumb than usual and immediately cottons on that something’s up.
Pilar comes into the bathroom to brush her teeth, and hears the sound of someone eating. She peeks over the top of the stall (ew, Pilar), and sees Feli stuffing her face with candy. I wonder what Pilar will do with this information? I mean, not that it’s news to anyone that Feli eats her feelings.
Papa B tells Mama B that he met some guy during his trip who’s kind of a big deal in the American government. They got on smashingly, which isn’t a surprise when you realize this is set during the Bush administration. They bonded over corruption and conservativism! Anyway, the guy’s interested in Pablo’s potential, so they’re all gonna sit down and have dinner or something today. Mama B and her shitty lying skills are like, “Today? Yikes.”
Pepa catches Marizza at the station and pulls her off the bus. Man, she’s better at this than Marizza and Mama B. That’s pretty sad.
In class — so I guess it is Friday — Manuel, Nico, and Marcos are all sad over not finding their guy. Lucky for them, Mia and Vico loudly announce to the whole class that Guido and Tomás were HELLA BEAT UP before they made them up! Isn’t that funny? “One of them is the watcher!” Nico gasps. It’s probably Guido. Tomás definitely is not smart enough.
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