We pick up where we left off, with Marizza giving Pablo a “trophy” for having an enema. I was legitimately afraid she’d saved some of his poop or something, but no, it’s just a bunch of bulb syringes attached to a board. Actually, where did she even find these? One of them is gigantic. Anyway, Papa B walks in at that very moment, and he’s like, super offended by the trophy. Really, if you don’t know the context, it just looks like Marizza’s being weird, but he flips out anyway.
Blas breaks them up and sends them to class, and Papa B takes Pablo on a walk. Pablo tries to tell him the whole story, but Papa B is unsympathetic: having an enema forced on him against his will was good for him, because now he knows what it’s like to be powerless. And a life without power isn’t worth living! This whole thing has some very weird, bad subtext to it. Anyway, Papa B won’t yell at Carmen unless Pablo leaves Erreway. Pablo’s like, “I’ll never give up music!” and Papa B’s like, “Fine, enjoy many more enemas in your future. Later.”
Dunoff’s called a parent-teacher conference with Rocco’s parents, about the serious crime of…sneaking out of the school. What? Literally every single kid there has done it at least once. Anyway, Rocco’s mom is sympathetic, but his dad is all, “You did not bring honor to us all!” Rocco and his mom leave, and his dad takes the opportunity to ask Dunoff if Rocco is dating any girls. Please, assuage him of his fears about his son’s sexual orientation! Dunoff’s like, “Yeah…I really don’t…want to talk about that.”
Sol leaves her meeting with the model agent all pissed that Mia stole her job. “I’m going to pull out ALL THEIR TEETH!” she shrieks. Damn, Sol! Hot Friend, who drove her there, is confused: “Uh, hers or his?” he asks. “Both! Idiot!” Sol yells at him. Hee! Sol really needs to date smarter guys.
Over in the lounge, Feli is videochatting with Mia. The future is now! Wait, where the hell is the webcam on that computer? Anyway, Feli tells Mia about Fernanda giving everyone ripoffs of Mia’s friendship bracelets, and Mia’s like, “Ew! Those bracelets are officially out. Take yours off, they’re ugly now.” Hee. Oh, and how’s Manuel? Feli’s like, “What? He’s fine. He’s not cheating on you with some girl named Sabrina. Everything’s fine!” Mia’s like, “Excuse? Who’s Sabrina?” Feli quickly says that Manuel is hooking her up with Francisco, but Mia loses her shit anyway.
Hilda comes to see Dunoff, and tells him that she thinks one of the teachers is gay. Dunoff is nervous for a split second, but then Hilda says that Martavio came on to Diego, and Dunoff’s like, “Oh, so it’s just a teacher being inappropriate with a student. We don’t care about that kind of thing here!” He tells Hilda that Martavio was just investigating whether or not Diego is gay, and Martavio is definitely straight, so everything is fine. I’m confused. I don’t even know who’s supposed to be gay or not anymore.
Meanwhile, Sonia’s trying to test their theory by sticking her boobs in Martavio’s face. Martavio is unmoved, so Sonia’s like, “Definitely gay, then.” Damn, Sonia, maybe he’s just trying to grade papers in peace. She tells him that she works in a theater, so all her friends are gay, and it’s fine if it’s between two adults, but hitting on a student is inappropriate. Well, damn, Sonia, where were you with this speech when Blas was hitting on Mia? Martavio yells at her that his life is none of her business, and she should leave him in peace. What? Is he…not going to deny hitting on Diego? Prioritize, Martavio!
Feli tells Vico that Mia freaked out over Sabrina and Manuel, and Vico’s like, “What do you mean, you told her?” Feli’s like, “Weren’t we…supposed to?” and Vico’s like, “No!” even though I’m pretty sure they agreed they would, if they saw anything shady. Feli changes the subject and tells Vico that Mia wants them to get rid of their friendship bracelets, and Vico hedges that she lost hers. Feli insists on going to look for it.
Lola’s still on about her invisible friend. Wow, that feels like it was ages ago. Bianca rocks up and snipes that she’s not Lola’s invisible friend, if Lola thought that Bianca was trying to win her back. Lola’s like, “I know you’re not, because my invisible friend isn’t a dick.” Bianca flounces off, and then Lola spies Marizza, so she pretends to tie her shoe so she can hang around Marizza without being weird. Lola’s like a twelve year old girl with a crush. She overhears Sonia trying to take Marizza to task for giving Pablo the enema trophy. Marizza’s like, “Whatever, discipline, whatever,” and waltzes off with Lola.
Blas and the rugby team are at some field, having practice. Pablo tells Guido and Tomás that he’s going to find out who told Marizza about the enema, and when he does, that person is dead. “But why?” wails poor dumb Tomás. Pablo’s like, “Because they’re a snitch! Keep up!”
Meanwhile, Francisco’s dumb ass has the idea to invite Sabrina to watch their practice. Why? It’s not like they can talk to her. And if they were hoping she could watch their amazing athletic prowess…well, the first thing she sees when she arrives is Manuel getting knocked on his ass. So.
Sonia tells Dunoff that she fixed everything with Mama D: she told her that Sonia was in love with Dunoff, but he didn’t return her feelings. “But that’s not true,” Dunoff points out. I knew it! Sonia’s like, “Whatever, just try to keep it in your pants from now on, and she’ll never know.” Then she tells him that she just found out Marizza is 100% definitely Spirito’s kid, so if Dunoff would back off, that would be great.
Sol is…still in the car with Hot Friend, yelling at him. Poor guy must have been there for hours! He tries to tell her it’s not the end of the world, and she’s like, “It is VERY MUCH the end of the world! God, Hot Friend, you’re so stupid!” He gets mad that she finagled him out here in the first place when he wasn’t even her date. It’s like she used him! Sol’s like, “Duh, keep up.” Then she gets out of the car and storms off. So…she’s gonna walk home, then?
Sonia rounds up the girls in her modeling class so they can go cheerlead for the rugby team. Marizza doesn’t want to do it — I don’t blame her, I wouldn’t want to cheer for my douchey classmates — but Sonia makes her. Meanwhile, Feli and Vico argue over not being able to find her bracelet. Vico points out that Mia wants them to throw the bracelets away anyway, so who cares if she finds it? Feli’s about to argue, but gets distracted by Pilar, who tells them about the cheerleading trip. Feli’s all, “OMG, me, a cheerleader?” and forgets all about the bracelets.
Back at the field, Manuel’s team is getting their asses kicked, while “Sk8er Boi” plays in the background. Beautiful. Or maybe just Manuel is getting his ass kicked. I don’t really know anything about sports. They take a break, and Pablo and Guido discuss who told Marizza about Pablo’s enema. Tomás is all nervous and tries to change the subject. Poor dumb Tomás.
Sonia tells Blas and Maria Jesus that her class is here to cheerlead. Maria Jesus way too cheerfully shuts her down, saying that she’s the one in charge of this class. Ha! I love when reality gets in the way of Sonia’s shenanigans.
The girls arrive, and Fernanda immediately runs over to mack on Marcos. “Sk8er Boi” turns into “I’m With You” as Lujan watches them. Marizza drags her off, and…wait, is Lola here? Why is she in class with them? Then Guido rocks up and says Sonia wants to talk to her alone, and it is so obviously a trap, but Marizza falls for it anyway. She goes to the locker rooms, and naturally it is Pablo instead of Sonia waiting for her. He wants to know how she found out about the enema, and Marizza’s like, “Seriously, let it go.” She needles him about how pathetic his need to save face is, especially since there’s nobody on his side now. Then she flounces out.
Sonia tells Diego that Martavio was on a mission from Dunoff, so he wasn’t really hitting on Diego, so everything’s fine! It’s just because they thought Diego was gay, that’s all! Diego’s like, “Say WHAT?” Wait, how did Sonia even find out about that? Nevermind, I don’t care.
This is a really bad episode, by the way. There’s three things that this show does that annoy me, and they are: 1) Having boring episodes that are essentially 45 minutes of nothing, 2) Forgetting all their continuity and having completely inexplicable things happen, and 3) Having scenes where characters say two sentences to each other, and then a scene later, those same characters are doing something completely different. Being a telenovela, one or two of these things occur in every episode, but usually they’re not all in play at once. This episode is one of the ones where they are. It’s killing me softly.
Maria Jesus drags Sonia off to yell at her some more (because she couldn’t just do that in the earlier scene, where they were also together, because that would have made sense), and Marizza whines to Diego about how annoying her mom is. Diego points out that Marizza’s all Sonia has, and Marizza’s like, “No, she’s got this boyfriend, Andres…or does she?” She remembers that Andres has moved out, and jumps to the conclusion that Sonia must have annoyed him to death and he left her. Diego’s like, “Ugh, your life problems are killing my boner. Stop talking.” No, seriously, he pretty much says that. Marizza don’t love herself, and she shuts up and makes out with him.
Manuel’s injured after totally eating shit on the field, so Sabrina brings him some ointment. Apparently she has to climb on top of him to apply it. Manuel? I don’t think she’s a real doctor. Feli sees this, and runs off to find Francisco. She brings him over to show him what Sabrina and Manuel are up to, and Francisco is all betrayed.
Laura tries to talk to Lola, but Lola snaps that she’s still pissed at her. She doesn’t like Francisco anymore, but she’s still holding a grudge against Laura in general. And she doesn’t need Laura or Bianca or anyone, because she has a new bestie. Marizza! Laura’s like, “Okay, you know she’s just letting you tag along because you’re my sister, right?” Lola insists that Marizza is her invisible friend, and she wishes Marizza were her sister, not Laura. Marizza would be a way better sister! Oh, Lola, you’re so naive.
The kids gather to eat lunch, or dinner, or whatever the hell time it is. Feli announces that Vico’s bracelet was stolen, so if they could all keep an eye out for it, that would be awesome. Rocco’s like, “Stolen, huh?” and Vico’s like, “Yikes.”
Sol decides to Single White Female Mia, and starts trying on her clothes and doing her hair like her. Shouldn’t she be in gym class? Does no one take attendance at this school?
Sabrina tells Erreway that her dad is interested in meeting with them. They all excitedly accept, and Francisco chirps that Sabrina’s a genius. I guess he’s not mad at her for putting her hands up Manuel’s shirt anymore? He got over that fast. After Sabrina leaves, Manuel assures Francisco that he and Sabrina are just friends, and Francisco’s like, “Great! So if you could stalk her for me a bit, that would be cool.”
Back at school, Martavio is fiddling around with something in the teachers’ lounge. Hilda notes that he’s being weird, and asks why he doesn’t just get maintenance to fix whatever he’s working on. Ha! Hilda, there are no janitors at this school. Don’t be silly. Dunoff calls Martavio to his office, and Hilda runs over to see what Martavio was messing with: a padlock on one of the cabinets. Mysterious!
The kids go back to school. Rocco catches up with Feli and tells her that Vico sold her bracelet, but Feli doesn’t believe him. Then Belen runs up and tells Feli that there’s a super hot guy here to see her, and Feli doesn’t believe her, either. But there is! Hot Friend came back for her! Aw, maybe he has some redeeming qualities after all. I should probably learn his name.
Hot Friend tells Feli that he never wanted to go out with Sol; she roped him into it. Feli’s all betrayed upon hearing this. Apparently that’s enough to make her forget about Vico’s bracelet, because when she next talks to Vico, she just cries over Sol. Vico’s like, “Whatever, clearly you have to break her face now.” Feli wails that she can’t, and what if Hot Friend lied to her and Sol really is loyal? Vico’s like, “She’s not. Punch her.” Hee. Vico adds that Feli needs to stop always being the victim.
Gloria tells Sonia that Hilda wants to talk to her, and Marizza has a lightbulb moment: if Hilda moves back in, then Sonia will be preoccupied with her and leave Marizza alone. She tries to convince Hilda to move back in, but Hilda’s worried about leaving her apartment, lest another hobo break in. Marizza confesses that that was kind of her doing, and Hilda’s like, “Say WHAT?”
Rocco confronts Vico about her bracelet, and she tells him to stop meddling in her life. Rocco’s like, “But I love meddling!” Guido spies them talking, and watches all saltily. Dunoff runs into him and wants to know what he’s staring at, and Guido points out Vico and Rocco to him. Dunoff’s like, “Please tell me they’re dating,” and Guido’s like, “Uh…yes?” and Dunoff’s like, “Praise Jesus, he’s not one of those ungodly sodomites!” Guido’s like, “Say what?”
Having run out of options, Pablo decides to accuse Ana of telling Marizza about the enema. As ever, faced with a choice between Tomás (a boy who’s barely her friend) and her own dignity, Ana chooses Tomás. Why are you like this, Ana? She takes the blame, and Pablo starts yelling at her that she’s a street rat before he storms off. Tomás is like, “Whew, that was close,” and Ana tells him that he should tell Pablo the truth before it’s too late. Uh, maybe you should’ve told him that before you took the fall for him, girl.
Like a dumbass, Martavio keeps the combo for his lock in his briefcase. Wait, then why didn’t he just look at it when he was trying to open the lock earlier? Whatever. Anyway, Sonia and Hilda find it, but when they open the cabinet, all that’s inside is a note: “Sonia, stop bothering me.” Hee.
Francisco wants to know all of Sabrina’s likes, dislikes, hobbies, etc. Manuel’s like, “Pfft, we don’t talk about that stuff when we’re together.” They talk about deep shit, like the meaning of life and death. They’re so pretentious. Manuel warns Francisco that Sabrina’s been through a lot, so she’s much more mature than all the other girls at school. She’s special, and intelligent, and super hot…but they’re just friends. Francisco’s like, “Ooookay.” Then Marcos tells Manuel that he has an email from a “Mexican model” and all the boys get twitterpated. I feel like they’re definitely going to be catfished more than a couple of times in their future. The email turns out to be from Mia, telling Manuel that she’s going to kill him. Manuel’s like, “Golly, what could she be upset about?”
Mama D makes up with Dunoff, and they make out. Pilar walks in on them, and she’s much less grossed out than I would be. “I’m just glad they’re not fighting,” she tells Gloria. Fair enough.
Lola gets another card from her invisible friend. She’s all like, “Another letter from my bestie Marizza!”, but then she reads it and gasps, “No puede ser!” OMG, could it not be from Marizza?
Andres comes to the school to tell Sonia about his background check on Octavio Andrade. Sonia flips out, shrieking that that was a dick move. For a second I thought she was going to refuse to hear whatever he found — and then I would have flipped out — but thankfully she’s not that dumb, and agrees to hear Andres out anyway. Andres tells her that Octavio Andrade doesn’t exist. Dun dun dun!
Manuel video chats with Mia — man, I hope she wasn’t waiting around all day for someone to come back to that computer — and tries to explain that Sabrina’s dad is a producer, and she likes Francisco anyway, so Mia has nothing to worry about. I bet she does, though. Mia won’t listen, and passive-aggressively tells Manuel that she also made a friend in Paris, and she’s going to go hang out with him now. Manuel doesn’t like that at all, because he’s a total hypocrite.
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