Previously on Rebelde Way: all the boys on this show are unrecycleable, uncompostable garbage. Paloma finally showed up at Elite Way and revealed that she and Diego have a thing going. Marizza’s like, “Uh, that girl just called my boyfriend ‘mi amor’, what’s up with that?” Manuel’s all, “Just because a guy makes out with a girl and she starts calling him endearments, that doesn’t mean he’s cheating on you! I would know!” because he’s the worst.
Before Marizza can go kick Diego’s ass, she and Manuel run into Tomás. Tomás is wearing his jacket on his head, for some reason. They’re like, “Dude, what the hell is up with Pablo?” and Tomás is like, “Idk, he had to talk to his dad earlier in order to save Guido’s parents’ butcher shop, but whatever. I bet he didn’t have to make a shady deal with his dad or anything.”
Meanwhile, Mia’s gone to confront Sabrina about her boyfriend-stealing ways. Weirdly, at the end of last episode, Sabrina seemed to be admitting to kissing Manuel — because that did happen, you’ll recall — but now they’re just ignoring that. Okay, whatever. Sabrina insists that nothing has happened between her and Manuel. “I’ve never in my life gone out with a guy that has a girlfriend!” she says. Well, there’s a first time for everything, Sabrina. Mia’s like, “But the letter is signed with an ‘S’!” and God, it hurts me to agree with Sabrina, but Sabrina’s like, “Dude, I am not the only person in the world with a name that starts with S.”
Back at school, Blas is overseeing disciplinary proceedings, re: Fake Luciano stealing Marcos’s clothes. I bet Blas is getting such a power trip from sitting at Dunoff’s desk. Anyway, Fake Luciano gave Lujan a pep talk about being from ~the streets~, and on the streets, you don’t tell the truth to authority figures when they question you. I mean, fair. So Lujan denies stealing Marcos’s clothes and giving them to Fake Luciano. She’s like, “Why don’t you go to the police and report that you saw a guy wearing the same clothes as me? Dumbass.” HEE! Blas is a dick about how Lujan and Fake Luciano probably did steal his clothes, because street kids always steal, amirite? But he can’t prove anything, and Marcos is being a giant fucking baby, so he’s not going to punish Lujan. You feeling okay, Blas?
Vico’s on her date with stupid Sunglasses Guy. He’s real shifty about what his parents do and where he gets his money from — he’s a basement dwelling furry, at best — and then Rocco comes up and cockblocks him. It pains me to say this, but he and Sunglasses Guy have the same terrible haircut.
Leo and Sol come back from their outing, with Leo still asking about Feli. Aw, good for him. Sol practically pushes him out the door, but he comes back and asks Belen about Feli’s whereabouts instead. Belen’s like, “Uh, Feli’s here. She’s been here all day because no one’s asked her out.” He finds her in the cafeteria, and apparently his idea of flirting is being like, “So I went out with Sol and she’s totally just as hot as before but like, I’m just not into her anymore? Idk what up with that. Anyway wyd?” Nevertheless it works, and he and Feli agree to hang out tomorrow.
Sonia and Papa C cuddle in her house and talk about Martavio. She freaks out that Marizza’s going to find out that Martavio’s her father, and Papa C suggests just telling Marizza herself, before the truth inevitably comes out in an ugly and messy way. Sonia gets all offended that he would suggest that when he still hasn’t told Mia her mom’s alive (I know, I nearly forgot too). They argue until Papa C kisses her to shut her up. Uh, dude, you can’t end all your arguments like that! One day you two will have to talk through your issues! Oh, I know they won’t listen to me 🙁 Then, hilarious, Papa C says he doesn’t want to fight with her anymore, and they should be nicer to each other. Maybe they should even use “vos” form! Sonia’s like, “Whoa, what a suggestion.” Hee. She manages it, but still can’t call him by his first name.
Mia confronts Manuel about the letter. Marizza’s with him, and she grabs the letter and realizes that the handwriting is her mom’s. “Your mom’s in love with me?” Manuel derps.
Marcos tries to yell at Lujan some more about stealing his clothes, but she blows him off. He’s trying to be all pissy about how she’s a liar and a thief and her friends are sketchy, and Lujan’s like, “Fake Luciano is a shady hobo, but at least he’s not a cheating dickbag.” She’s not wrong! Then of course Fernanda comes along and tries to make Marcos feel better, but he’s a dick to her for no real reason.
Night falls, and Sabrina calls Manuel at school. He’s like, “It’s the middle of the night, dude,” but that turns out not to matter, because she’s actually been behind him the whole time. What the fuck, Sabrina? And how did she teleport like that? Anyway, she tells him that Mia came to see her, seemingly with the knowledge that Sabrina and Manuel kissed. Sabrina covered for him and said no, but she warns Manuel that she doesn’t like lying. What? Sabrina, you love lying! Lying and cheating, they’re like your bread and butter. Anyway, she needles Manuel that she thinks he and Mia have enough problems already. Manuel’s like, “OMG, maybe my relationship is in trouble. If Sabrina says so, it must be true!”
The next day. Lujan rants to Marizza and Laura that Marcos isn’t anything like the guy she liked last season. She doesn’t even recognize him. Me either, Lujan. Me either 🙁 They then switch the topic about how much they hate Mondays and how they didn’t do the homework. “Me either,” Laura chirps. She’s all proud of herself for being ~rebelde~ and skipping her homework. Hee! Oh, Laura.
Marizza goes to confront Diego about Paloma, and he BSes that Paloma is his cousin. Is cousinfucking a thing in Argentina? I’m just saying, I wouldn’t accept that as an excuse. Anyway, he says she calls everyone “mi amor”, and he just hangs out with her because she’s having familial problems. Marizza suggests that he introduce her to his family, so she can suss out whether or not he’s got a double life. Diego says he never tells his family anything about his life, so no can do. AND MARIZZA BUYS THIS. Marizza, what is UP with you?
Vico gushes to Mian and Feli that she really likes Sunglasses Douche. If only Rocco wasn’t always around to ruin their dates! He liiiikes Vico. Speaking of boys, Feli tells Mia and Vico that Leo came to see her, and they’re all twitterpated on her behalf. Aw.
Erreway calls a meeting, so they can ask Pablo what the hell his deal is. They’re like, “First you were in the band, now you’re out of the band? Make up your mind, dude!” He changes his mind like a girl changes clothes! He’s hot and he’s cold, he’s yes and he’s no…sorry, I just had a flashback to my teenage years there. Anyway, Pablo says that his dad was going to shut down Guido’s parents’ butcher shop if he didn’t leave the band; he couldn’t let them starve in the streets like that. Manuel and Marizza are uncomfortable, because they were all ready to be jerks to him and they were not prepared for him to have a selfless reason for leaving the band. Erreway resolves to do something about Papa B so that Pablo can return to the band.
Fernanda complains to her friends that Marcos is still obsessed with Lujan. Sol’s like, “Sigh, it’s so hard for girls who aren’t as pretty as me.” As she rambles, Feli watches her talk. A big sign appears over Feli’s head, saying “FELICIENTA” (i.e. Felinderella), and then they launch into a dance sequence set to “We Go Together.” Is this a Cinderella metaphor or a Grease metaphor? You can’t have it both ways, show. Anyway, I guess Feli’s pleased that she still managed to attract Leo’s attention, despite Sol’s machinations.
Lola returns the key to Pablo’s apartment. She’s super emo, and tells Pablo about Bianca hiding out in his apartment and getting pulled out of school. Pablo chooses not to focus on Lola losing her friend, and instead freaks out that…some adults found his apartment? It’s not a secret apartment, Pablo. He gets over it, and offers to cut class with her.
I guess everyone’s skipping class, because Marizza goes to see Sonia and ask her who she wrote that love letter to. Sonia BSes that it’s not real, it’s for a project she’s working on. Marizza’s like, “Oh, I thought maybe it was to Papa C or something,” and Sonia’s like, “Ha! Surely not! THAT is the most RIDICULOUS thing I’ve ever heard of!” She is laughing the fakest laugh ever, but I think Marizza really wants to believe her, because I can’t see how she’d swallow this otherwise.
Dunoff returns to the school and chirps that everything looks normal. First of all: oh, Dunoff, you’re so naive. Second of all: he was gone? I didn’t even notice. I thought maybe he was just taking his usual hands-off approach to principaling to its logical extreme. Anyway, he sees Rocco roll up to some guy, and loudly ask about his band. I thought Dunoff was going to be all, “BANDS ARE FORBIDDEN!” but he doesn’t. Whatever. It turns out that Rocco is just putting up a front for anyone listening in: he’s really asking the guy what he’s found out about Vico’s new beau. What, is this guy the school PI? Who is he even? We’ve never seen him before!
Whatever. The guy tells Rocco that Vico’s date is making his money through ill-gotten means: he’s fencing stolen items. Rocco’s like, “Quelle horreur!”
Marizza’s on a roll with the confronting of her parents, because she then goes to see Martavio. Martavio now has the opportunity to come clean, and…he doesn’t. Wow, maybe he and Sonia really are meant to be. He tells Marizza that his name is indeed Martin, not Octavio — Octavio is sick, but he has bills to pay, so Martin is taking this job and pretending to be him. If I were Marizza, I’d be like, “Why don’t you just spot your brother some money”, but whatever. She feels bad for his sob story, and promises not to tell his “secret.” Martavio is pleased, and says he’s glad to see Marizza’s been following his advice. Marizza is pissed that he would imply that she follows anyone’s advice. Martavio, I’ve watched Marizza for over 200 episodes now and can confirm that she literally never takes any advice that would better her as a person. Anyway, she wants to know why he’s been following her around and tracking her personal growth, and he very creepily says that he sees potential in her. If she would just get to know him, she would know that he cares. C R E E P Y. Run, Marizza!
Guido and Tomás call Pablo and they’re like, “Bro, you coming to class?” and Pablo’s like, “No, fuck school,” and hangs up on them. They’re deeply confused, like more than usual.
Fernanda and Marcos have another fight over his continuing obsession with Lujan. Marcos doesn’t bother to listen to his girlfriend’s point of view because fuck her, right? He’s the worst. Fernanda storms off, and Marcos is about to go after her, but then Sol swoops in and strokes his ego so he agrees to stay and help her with math homework. “She’s found a new victim,” Guido notes to Tomás. Pilar overhears them dissing Sol, and she gets up in Tomás’s face about how he didn’t deserve her. Then she bangs into Vico on her way out, and Vico yells at her. Man, nobody in this cafeteria is in a good mood.
Rocco tries to tell Vico about her criminal boyfriend, but naturally she doesn’t want to listen to him. I don’t know why he thought that would work.
Sonia gets all snippy with Martavio for lying to Marizza some more, and then Martavio gets snippy with her for wanting him to lie in the first place, whatever, drama, whatever. Papa C walks in on them and tells Sonia that he wants to talk with her about the cheer squad, but they keep eyeballing each other and Martavio is suspicious. Papa C is not pleased to hear that Sonia didn’t tell Marizza the truth about their relationship, so they devise a plan to invite Marizza over to Casa Colucci, and Papa C can prove what chill dude he is to her.
Laura is emoing in a corner, and Gloria comes up and tells her that Lola hasn’t showed up to any of her classes. That’s because Lola’s at Pablo’s apartment with him, listening to him emo about his life. He goes on about how he doesn’t care about anything anymore, and he just wants to live his life, man. Lola’s like, “That’s deep.” They make out.
Diego’s mom comes to see him at school, and she wants to know why he’s been blowing off Paloma. His mom is all, “As you know, Bob, Paloma is the daughter of one of our oldest friends and associates. Quit dicking her around. Also cheating in general is an asshole move.” I might’ve added that last part myself. Diego’s like, “I can’t be with Paloma anymore! I want to date multiple girls at once!” and his mom’s like, “LOL, no.”
Marizza notices Diego’s mom and goes to introduce herself, when Diego’s not around. She says that Diego’s cousin is really too old to need babysitting, and Diego’s mom says, “Diego doesn’t have any cousins.” Oh snap! With that, she swans off, and Marizza’s like, “Diego, the fuck?” She doesn’t confront him, though. Instead, she lets him hug her and looks perturbed. Marizza, what is happening with you?
In class, Carmen hands back everyone’s papers. Guido, Tomás, and Pablo all have Fs. They’re all shocked: they’ve been cheating off Ana! How could this have happened! And then Pablo’s grade takes a further dip, because he’s not in class. Carmen wants to know where he is, and Marizza covers for Pablo. I guess this is slightly more understandable than all her other defenses of garbage boys, as Pablo quit the band to help Guido’s family. Still, Marizza needs to read some Dworkin and learn to love herself.
Back at his apartment, Papa B returns some of Pablo’s furniture, as a thank-you for Pablo obeying him. Meanwhile, Laura wails to Marizza that Lola is missing, and Marizza starts to put two and two together. She runs off and ditches P.E., which is fine because all she’s really missing is another pissing match between Sonia and Maria Jesus.
Feli, Mia, and Vico gush about Feli’s date with Leo. Sol overhears and is none too happy about it. Then they take a vote over whether or not to let Mia on the cheerleading squad — dude, if it’s a class, it’s not like they can keep her out. What the hell is she supposed to do during the class period, then? I guess she can just dick around the school like everyone else does all day. Anyway, Mia gets in. The show just cuts to the results, not even bothering to build suspense, because what the hell would be the point of that, really.
Francisco comes back from his date with Sabrina all gushy. Manuel’s like, “So have you kissed yet?” and Francisco’s like, “No, idk, she doesn’t seem that into it. But I’ll definitely do it next time!” Oh, Francisco, you dumbass. I’d feel worse for him if he wasn’t going around suggesting that Manuel use girls for sex, or if he didn’t try to guilt-trip Laura for friendzoning him.
Blas congratulates Lujan on lying her way out of punishment, and gets all classist on how it’s to be expected from someone like her. Lujan is all ashamed. Dude, whatever. Like Marcos’s bougie ass can’t just buy more clothes. He doesn’t even wear those sweaters anymore now that he’s committed to dressing like a douche. Anyway, then Fake Luciano shows up and tells her that he made it into Harex Industries, and he starts working there tomorrow. He and Lujan are all cute and mildly flirty with each other.
Lujan returns Marcos’s clothes to him while his back is turned. He starts ranting at her that he just doesn’t know how she could LIE like that, and who IS she even…and Lujan walks out in the middle of his rant. HA! She goes back to her room, and Blas comes to find her, and tells her that he has a fax from her tutor.
Sol comes up with a plan to call Leo and make him think Feli’s standing him up. She decides one of them has to pretend to be Mia, and selects Pilar. Pilar starts warming up by shrieking, “It’s so hard to be me.” HEE! She then proceeds to do a pretty good imitation of Luisana Lopilato. It’s actually really funny. Anyway, Leo’s dumb ass seems to buy it.
Lola’s gotten changed into her kneesocks and one of Pablo’s shirts — of her own volition; they haven’t done anything past making out (yet). Then the doorbell of Pablo’s apartment rings, and he opens it thinking it’s the movers. But it’s Laura and Marizza! Who could’ve seen that coming?
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