Opening monologue: All the pain is worth it, because in another few hours, the sun will rise!
We pick up with Feli’s subplot. Vico’s been following her around Buenos Aires, and sees Feli go into some building. Now, she could follow Feli in there. Or she could call Mia and they can dick around guessing what kind of building it might be without any idea at all. She does the second one, if you couldn’t tell. Eventually they come to the conclusion that Feli’s gone in there to play bridge. What?
At Casa Colucci, Mercedes muses that she thinks Mia lied to get out of going to dinner with them. Gosh, what could have made you think that, Mercedes? Anyway, she needles Papa C into going to the school to see Mia in person, which I’m sure will go over well.
Meanwhile, Guido’s entrusted his uncle the actor (“actor”) to find him some fake family members to keep up the ruse that Guido’s descended from Spanish nobility. His uncle has found him one (1) transvestite to play his mother. Heh. Guido’s trying to get them to leave, but then Fernanda rocks up and he has to go along with it. Oh, Guido. He just keeps digging himself deeper. Fernanda’s initially pretty put off by his “dad”‘s “girlfriend” being a crossdresser, but then her starfuckery ways take over and she’s like, “All the best people date transvestites!”
Marcos tells Nico that Tomás is the third year watcher. “Are you sure?” Nico asks. “Absolutely sure,” Marcos says. Yeah, Tomás definitely isn’t the watcher, then. Nico, meanwhile, is focused on something else entirely: “So Tomás can’t have gone out with Luna!” Priorities! Nico runs out to go confront Tomás, and overhears him telling Douchey Diego that he’s taking Luna to a horror movie. He’s all like, “Chicks dig horror movies.” You know, I will say this for Tomás, he’s remarkably equal-opportunity with the pants he tries to get into. He’s one of the ~popular guys~, but he’s gone out with both Pilar and Luna. Anyway, Nico’s all ready to chase them down and drag Luna off like a Neanderthal, but Tatiana chooses this moment to show up for the first time in twenty episodes.
“Who are you again?”
Mama C’s come to see Marizza, and she thanks her for bringing Pablo back. “You must care a lot about him,” she says. “Not that much,” Marizza sniffs. It’s not like they’re the other main couple of this show or anything. Mama C cutely says that she’s very fond of Marizza. Aw! She goes to look for Pablo, and Luca shows up. He invites her out, and she’s like, “No, I want to stay here and emo over my not-boyfriend.” Luca needles her into going by saying her mom wouldn’t approve. Heh. He knows her so well.
Speaking of things parents do not and should not approve of, Mia’s waiting for Blas in the hall so they can go out. No! NOOOOO!
Papa C and Mercedes roll up, and Mia tries to deflect when they invite her out. Papa C cottons on that she’s going out with Blas, but she successfully plays it off like it’s a joke. Luca and Marizza roll up, and Mia’s like, “I’m actually going out with my uncle and Marizza, because we get along so well!” Papa C and Mercedes buy this, for some reason. Once they leave, Mia begs Luca to cover for her while she runs off. He’s a responsible adult for a half a second, but then he caves and Mia runs off to go illegally make out with Blas. DAMMIT, LUCA.
Mama B tries to talk to Pablo, but he’s all depressed and wants to be alone to wallow and listen to Linkin Park or whatever. Hey, their shirts match! She gives him a new guitar, and Pablo wails that he can’t play, because has nothing left to live for, blah blah his heart is broken 4eva blah. Mama B’s like, “That’s not true! You always have the power of music!” Yeah, Pablo, take your heartbreak and turn it into teen pop music! What would Taylor Swift do?
Luca takes Marizza to some janky car lot where I guess he races cars in his free time. His car is called the “Alfa Romeo.” He deserves to lose, frankly. And he does, ’cause the other guy pretty much runs them off the road. Marizza is all pissed off and ready to take a crowbar to his car, but then their opponent takes his helmet off and he’s not entirely hideous. The bar on this show is very low. Marizza’s all twitterpated, but they don’t get a chance to talk, as the police show up. Luca’s like, “Oh yeah, this racing thing is kind of illegal.” They both get hauled off by the cops.
Meanwhile, at Guido’s Family Lunch of Awkwardness, Fernanda tells his not-parents that she also rides horses, and Guido’s uncle waxes on about what an excellent horseman Guido is. Of course Fernanda wants to see Guido ride now, and Guido’s like, “YIKES.” They go to some race track, where Guido’s uncle and his date proceed to get hella day drunk. Guido tries to bribe one of the grooms into letting him ride one of the horses, but the guy just laughs in his face. Man, Guido can’t even bribe people properly. That’s sad. He eventually ends up dragging some rich guy into the bushes and presumably beats him up and takes his clothes. What? Doesn’t that only work in cartoons?
Anyway, he tries to mount a horse and fails, and I guess the commotion attracts security, because they recognize that Guido isn’t a member at the club and kick him out. The whole truth comes out and Fernanda is pissed.
Pablo goes back to his room and cries all over his guitar. Paula’s the reason for teardrops on his guitar! Papa B comes in and he’s like, “EMOTIONS are for GIRLS,” and threatens to beat Pablo up. But then he doesn’t, because see, you have to plan your child abuse. They agree to meet in the gym in twenty minutes. Hey, the gym is for making out, not actual physical exertion!
Vico follows Feli into the building, and it’s really dark and quiet and the lady who greets her is very soft-spoken and talks about faith and vocation. I figured out it was a convent in about five minutes, but it takes Vico a little longer to get there. So Feli wants to be a nun because of a bad breakup? In fairness, I knew some girls who threatened to do that too, in high school. Catholic school was a trip. Anyway, the woman who greets Vico thinks she’s genuinely interested, and pulls back some curtains to reveal a prayer alcove. They just have those open flames going behind the curtains all the time? That seems like a fire hazard.
Vico’s just like, “Awkward.” “You don’t know how to pray?” the woman asks. “Honestly, no. But I’m really good at poker,” Vico says. Heh.
Nico drags Tatiana to the movie that Tomás and Luna are supposed to be seeing. Tatiana’s like, “I don’t like horror movies,” and Nico’s like, “Hello, this date is not about you, it’s about me and my weird obsession with what my other girlfriend is up to.” Tatiana loves herself slightly more than the other girls on this show, because she thinks that’s bullshit and storms off. Nico’s like, “Good, now I can stalk Luna in peace!” He trips all over the theater looking for Tomás and Luna, and pretty much only accomplishes pissing off the rest of the moviegoers.
Pablo meets Papa B in the gym, and they box for a while. Then Pablo breaks down and Papa B hugs him. I don’t know. None of this makes sense. They go to the cafeteria and Papa B tells Pablo that he’s okay with Pablo wanting to beat him up, but crying is beyond the pale, because only women cry, blah blah toxic masculinity blah. He tells Pablo that the solution for getting over Paula is to start sleeping with every girl he meets. Seeing women as individual people is for squares. Satisfied that he’s passed down some of his sexist wisdom, Papa B leaves. Pablo is all emo, and doesn’t notice Paula standing in the window behind him.
What’s perspective?
Some time later, Pablo’s back in his room. Nico comes to see him and gushes over his new guitar. Pablo’s like, “Give it to Manuel, because I’M TOO SAD TO EVER PLAY MUSIC AGAIN.” Nico tries to comfort him, and tells him that he knows what it’s like to be upset with yourself, on account of that time Nico hid his Judaism from the entire school and nearly gave his dad a heart attack over it. Pablo’s like, “That’s…not even remotely the same thing.” He tells Nico to take his other guitar, too, and when Nico opens the closet to get it, he sees…the watcher’s shoes! Wow, it’s almost like more than one person in the whole school might own a pair of black sneakers. Nico asks if they’re Pablo’s, and Pablo says they’re Guido’s. Tomás also has a pair. “You all have the same sneakers?” Nico gasps. Hey, don’t be jealous just ’cause Manuel never wants to match clothes with you, Nico.
Vico drags Feli back to school and tells her that they’re going to wait for Mia to get back, and then they’re going to berate Feli until she gives up the idea of being a nun. I mean, she doesn’t say that exactly, but that’s the gist of it. Vico leaves Feli alone, and she immediately calls “Elsa” (her maid? I don’t know) and asks her to do something for her.
And finally, our cliffhangers: Papa C goes to bail Luca out at the station and realizes that it’s Marizza with him, not Mia. He didn’t notice that earlier? Did he think Mia went out and dyed her hair? Meanwhile, Paula shows up to Pablo’s room. Dun dun dun!
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