Opening monologue: We’re different and we view the world differently, but we’re still in love~ You come to my door and tell me you’re here. Gosh, I wonder if that’s what Marizza’s going to do to Pablo in this episode?
We pick up where we left off, with Pepa catching Marizza at the bus station. She tells Marizza that Luna and Lujan fessed up, which Marizza is not happy about. Oooh, someone is getting purged from the party tonight. Anyway, Marizza wails that she has to go, because Pablo is her designated love interest, and Pepa’s like, “So romantic!” The power of telenovela love cannot be opposed, so Pepa says Marizza can go, as long as she takes Pepa with her. In that case, I’d abandon Pablo to his fate, but Marizza agrees.
Back at school, Mansilla’s looking over everyone’s papers and he’s like, “Perhaps we should have a class discussion.” All the kids are like, “You’re not just going to give a five minute lecture and let us leave? UNACCEPTABLE!” He says that they have something important to discuss: a cancer in their school. “If you’re talking about Marizza, she’s just on vacation,” Mia snarks. Heh. Nope, he’s talking about the Society. They have to fight to eliminate this scourge on humanity from their school! For great justice! Nico stands up and is like, “You have my sword!” Manuel’s like, “And my bow!” and Mia (of all people) is like, “And my axe!” Everyone else is just like, “Sure, whatever, I guess.”
In the cafeteria, Manuel, Nico, and Marcos muse some more over who the watcher is. It’s either Guido or Tomás! Again: have they not spent any time with Tomás, at all, ever? He’s not smart enough to be the watcher. Anyway, they decide to trap one of them, and then if the watcher is late to the meeting, they’ll know he was the one they trapped. If he’s not, that means he’s the other one. Or he’s any of the guys that they didn’t see in class that day. God, they’re dumb. Anyway, then Luna comes in and wants to do math homework with Nico, but he’s like, “Can’t you see the MEN are CONFERRING?” Luna is all hurt, and Pilar sees this and invites her to study at her table. Well played, Pilar. She takes the opportunity to plant some more ideas about Nico and Tatiana in Luna’s head, and tells Luna she should make Nico jealous. Didn’t she already do that (unintentionally) with Matías? And Nico just acted like a douche and broke up with her. Or maybe that’s what Pilar’s going for. Pilar suggests that Luna go out with Tomás. I mean, I guess he’s weak-willed enough to go for it.
Poor Tomás. So dumb he’s been a pawn in about three people’s revenge plots at this point.
Pilar goes over to Tomás and is like, “You know, Luna is much smarter than you, so you should ask her for homework help.” Tomás falls for this, bless him.
Mama and Papa B are still having lunch at that cafe. They’re really taking their sweet time with their tea. Mama B lies and says Pablo is on a field trip. Papa B gets all pissy that Pablo has to meet the university guy, and Mama B just shrugs and is like, “Too bad.” Papa B is not pleased at all.
Feli’s still crying over Augusto. She wails that she’s ugly and no one’s ever going to love her, etc. Mia and Vico try to convince her otherwise, although to be honest, they don’t try very hard. Then Lujan comes in and drags her off to do gym exercises, they just watch her go. I hate to say it, but if anyone tried to manhandle Marizza’s friends like that, she’d be kicking ass and pulling hair. Dammit, Mia, it’s been so hard to love you these past few episodes.
“…should we go after them?”
Manuel steals Guido and Tomás’s cell phones. Ah, the days before people kept their phones on them all the time. They go through their texts, but aren’t able to find any messages from the Society. I mean, has the Society texted Marcos? They mostly seem to communicate through mail and jumping their members in the hallways. Then Tomás’s phone rings, and Manuel and Nico panic, thinking it’s the Society. Or literally anyone else that might be calling them. It turns out to be Mama B, asking if Tomás knows anything about Pablo’s whereabouts. What? Doesn’t Mama B know he’s run away to Rosario?
Oh good, more Papa C and Luca shenanigans. You know how much I love this storyline! Papa C’s like, “Break up with Sonia.” Luca’s like, “No, she’s hot.” Papa C goes into a bizarro daydream about making out with Sonia, while “Fallin’” plays in the background. Oh snap, Alicia Keys? Sorry, Luca. That’s the trump card on this show. Anyway, Sonia comes in, they needle Papa C, Luca leaves to make coffee. Papa C starts fantasizing about making out with Sonia again and they get all up in each other’s faces, then Mercedes calls and breaks them up.
Papa B comes storming into the school, wanting to know about the third year’s field trip. “What trip?” Gloria derps. Papa B demands to know where Pablo is, and Gloria says, “If you don’t know your son is, how am I supposed to know? Don’t you know about the permission slip?” He’s like, “What slip?” and she says, “You don’t talk to your wife much, do you?” Oh my God, did Gloria just sass Papa B? She’s going to end up wearing a cement overcoat. Papa B realizes Mama B played him and goes storming off to be an abusive husband.
Lujan takes Feli to the gym to practice jumping over the boxes. Feli wails that she can’t do it, again, some more. Eventually Lujan notices that Feli’s getting sick, and she runs off to get help. Feli makes herself throw up. Oh, wow, we haven’t touched on this subplot since episode 17.
Fernanda flirts with Guido and asks him about his family. Of all the lies he could possibly tell her, he goes with the one that can most easily be checked and will most definitely blow up in his face: he tells her he’s descended from freakin’ Spanish aristocracy. I mean, I guess Guido is ugly enough to be related to European nobility. Fernanda immediately is all over him wanting to meet his family, to the surprise of no one.
Everyone goes to class, and Nico walks in as Tomás is thanking Luna for helping him. He kisses her on the forehead. Aw! Tomás can be dorkily sweet, when he wants to be. Nico flips his shit, and Manuel’s like, “I don’t actually care that much about your drama, so…calm down.” Renata comes in and everyone turns in their homework, except for Mia. She tries to BS her way out of it, but Renata’s like, “Welcome to the real world, where you get a zero for not turning your work in.”
Sadly, Mia is saved by Blas, who comes in with her “homework.” Did he do it for her? Jesus, that’s so pathetic I almost feel a little bad for him. Feli leans over to Vico and bitters that she wishes she were dating Blas. Pilar walks by and overhears this, because of course she does. After class, Renata tells them they’re going to present at the “Math Olympics,” to all the students’ chagrin. She leaves and Mansilla enters. He asks what’s wrong, like he expects a different answer than, “Our teacher is actually making us do work.” They tell him Renata’s making them do a math presentation, and Mansilla’s like, “You can’t join Mathletes, it’s social suicide!”
Papa B rocks up to the tennis club and yells at Mama B until she tells him that Pablo ran off with some girl named Paula. She’s like, “Whatever, let them do what they want, they’re in love!” Mama B, he’s a high schooler! I can’t believe Papa B is the sensible one in this situation! Papa B yells that Paula’s a prostitute and he paid her to sleep with Pablo, and now she just wants to get knocked up so she can extort money from the Bustamantes. That’s…not unlikely, but Papa B should know Paula’s too full of self-loathing and desperation for validation to do such a thing. Papa B grabs Mama B and starts demanding to know where Pablo is, and her sidepiece runs up to stop him. Papa B lays him out with one punch. That’s embarrassing.
Marizza and Pepa arrive in Rosario, and roll up to a random park somewhere. I’m surprised they don’t just run into Pablo right away. Mama B calls Marizza and tells her the truth about Paula, and also that Papa B is out looking for Pablo now. She says that Marizza has to protect Pablo. Sure, pit the 15-year-old girl against your mafioso husband. Come on, Mama B.
Mansilla goes to Renata and tells her that he won’t allow the third year class to attend the Math Olympics, because they don’t want to. “You can’t make them,” he tells her. Uh…yes, she can? Just like any teacher can schedule educational field trips, or make students do projects? I mean, I know Mansilla’s a graduate of Elite “No Learning Actually Happens Here” Way, but you’d think someone pointed this out to him when he was doing his teaching license. He says his word is final and stalks off. “That’s what you think,” Renata snips, and pulls out her huge-ass phone.
If she really wants to get rid of Mansilla, she could just hit him on the head with that thing.
Papa C comes to the school and tells Mia that he doesn’t like her relationship with Blas. She snips that she doesn’t like his relationship with Mercedes and stomps off. Okay, except Mercedes is a consenting adult, and Papa C isn’t in a position of power over her. But whatever!
Marizza sees Pablo in a convenience store while they’re shopping. Heh, convenience store. It’s the second place she looked, though, which is slightly more subtle for this show! She gets Pepa to distract Paula while Marizza rams Pablo with her cart to get his attention. Pablo’s like, “It’s you!” Heh. Who else would immediately resort to violence, Pablo?
Etchamendi shows up to comfort Renata (she calls him “Ricardo”, which is weird because she’s called him by his last name the last few times they talked), and she complains to him that Mansilla’s making her life impossible. “What do you want me to do?” Etchamendi asks. A while later, Mansilla is called into the office, and Gloria gossips to him that Renata told Etchamendi that she thinks Mansilla’s a bit of a dictator (“I’M NOT A DICTATOR!” Mansilla yells, like, way to not disprove her point there), and she wants the dean responsibilities to be shared between them. And Etchamendi never says no to Renata. “Who is she, his mistress?” Mansilla asks. Gloria gets a look on her face and merely remarks, “You said it, not me.” OOOOH. Man, Gloria’s so much fun in this episode.
Meanwhile, the kids are in gym class, while yet another teacher tries to impress upon them that they are, in fact, required to take school seriously. He insists that Feli do the jump, even though she doesn’t feel well, and everyone backs her up on that. Aw! Nevertheless, Feli jumps, and immediately wipes out. Everyone’s like, “YIKES.” Blas comes in and tells the boys to carry her to the nurse’s office, and Mia says she’s going to get Mansilla. Blas is like, “No! Even a sick student cannot stop my vendetta against him!” He and Mia argue, while Pilar watches the drama. I’m glad she knows what’s important. Mia and Vico take Feli back to their room, and she asks them not to tell her mother. Blah blah they try to cheer her up, she wails that she’s too ugly to ever love, rinse and repeat.
Luna and Tomás hang out in the cafeteria, while Sandra rants about the abuse of power that’s rampant in this school. She’s not wrong! Luna and Tomás are like, “Abuse of power? In our teen telenovela? Don’t be silly!” Anyway, she gives them their lunch for free, and Tomás says, “Thanks, tía!” Then, to Luna: “Let’s go, professor.” Dammit, you guys, Tomás is charming. So charming, and so dumb. Luna frets over Marizza, and Tomás offers her use of his cell phone. Except his cell phone is missing! Dun dun dun!
Manuel tells Nico that he’s texted both Guido and Tomás about a meeting of the Society tonight. Whichever one of them shows up is the watcher. Luz shows up, and Nico’s like, “Wait, so what’s the rest of this plan?” but Manuel’s like, “Gotta go Nico, my boner can’t focus anymore.” Man, nobody’s got love for Nico in this episode.
Blas lures Mia away from Feli, and whines about her wanting to go to Mansilla about Feli’s problems. Is Blas’s dick not big enough for her? Mia’s like, “Mansilla’s the actual dean and you’re a glorified yard assistant, so…yeah.” She tells him that the way he’s chasing her is making her uncomfortable. I’m confused. I mean, I think it’s fair that Mia wants to be taken care of without signing up for being preyed on by an adult — and even realistic for a teenage girl’s understanding of life — but then why the F is she defending Blas’s creepy ways to everyone who tries to get her away from him? Whatever. Teenagers are dumb. Anyway, then Manuel and Luz walk by, and Mia throws her common sense out the window.
Tomás finds his cell phone in the classroom, and is confused by the message Manuel sent. Man, even if he is the watcher, Manuel should know he’s not smart enough to decipher any kind of code. Guido similarly ignores the message, telling Fernanda Tomás must have sent it to mess with him. Speaking of Guido and Fernanda, he’s digging himself ever deeper with his stupid nobility lie, as we all knew he would.
Pilar drops the idea in Luna’s head that Blas and Mia are dating. Weirdly, Luna initially brushes it off: “Everyone knows Blas and Mia have a thing for each other.” Oh, so they’re all okay with this? I’m thinking the only thing that can save this school is to burn it to the ground and salt the earth. Anyway, Nico rocks up and tries to get Luna to go off with him, but then Tomás shows up and Pilar suggests they all play pool together: “Luna and Tomás against Nico and me!” She puts her arm around Nico’s shoulders and he shrugs her off like, “Yikes, bad touch.”
Pablo apparently escapes from the kerfuffle at the store, because Marizza and Pepa have to track him and Paula down at some house. They’ve been in Rosario for half a day and they’ve already got a house? Man, they must have a crazy money trail. Papa B’s going to find them in like five seconds. Marizza tells Paula that Papa B is looking for them, and he’s going to tell Pablo everything. Paula wails that she can’t tell Pablo the truth, because that would hurt him. Marizza says the only other way to get out of this is if Paula leaves Pablo right now.
Feli gets a bunch of flowers from some anonymous person and is all twitterpated. Aw. It’s pretty nice, although I’m sure it’ll blow up in her face soon.
Pablo comes out of the shower to find Marizza in his room. She tells him that Papa B doesn’t have to know anything about this; Paula’s already left, so Pablo and Marizza can just head back to Buenos Aires right now. Pablo’s about to go run out into the street, wearing nothing but his towel, but Marizza steals the towel and snarks that he won’t be getting very far stark naked. “Not that there’s much to see anyway.” Heh. Pablo starts getting his threat on, but then Papa B knocks on the door. What will happen next!
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