The first five minutes of this episode are literally just replaying the end of last episode. In case you’ve forgotten: the plot FINALLY got rolling, and Marizza found out that Martavio is her dad, while Mia found out that Manuel banged Sabrina and then proceeded to lie about it and continue hanging out with Sabrina for like twenty episodes.
The good news is, we get to watch Manuel get slapped again. Tragically, it once again happened too fast for me to get a really good cap of it/Pablo’s face.
Then I guess we skip ahead into the future, and Mia narrates for us that she went home and locked herself up in her room, because she couldn’t face dealing with everyone at school. Fair enough. Wish they didn’t make us stare head-on at Luisana Lopilato while she tried to dramatically deliver that monologue, but we can’t have everything.
Meanwhile, over in the land of slightly better acting, Marizza is throwing things at Martavio and Sonia, shrieking that she can’t stand them. She tells them that she wishes she were an orphan like Lujan. Way harsh, Marizza! She runs out, and Sonia and Martavio are like, “Okay, that did not go well.” Marizza monologues to the camera — oh, I see what they’re doing here — that her entire life is a lie and Sonia is dead to her now, and nobody can stop her from doing whatever the hell she wants to.
And the credits have completely changed, for some reason. They’re oddly cheerful, considering what’s just happened.
“LOL, abusing my son! Hijinks!”
We cut to Martavio’s art class, which Marizza is attending. I guess by “do whatever the hell she wants”, she didn’t mean skipping class or anything heinous like that. Martavio anvils that he knows some of them have feelings that they need to get out, so they should really put them all out there on the paper and EXPRESS THEMSELVES in their art. Marizza expresses herself by spraying him in the face with a paint bottle. Fernanda snarks that Marizza’s clearly taking out her daddy issues on him, and Marizza sprays her, too. And Diego too, for good measure. All the kids freak out, except for Pablo and Manuel.
Marizza wanders out of class, and Pablo chases after her. Aw! He’s like, “Are you TRYING to get kicked out of school?” and Marizza’s like, “Yup.” They run into Sonia in the hall, and Marizza snipes that this is a school, not a brothel. Even Pablo is like, “Bro, way harsh,” and Marizza storms off. Sonia asks if Pablo knows why Marizza’s being so weird. Naturally Pablo’s like, “No, tell me more,” but Sonia says she won’t if Marizza hasn’t told him herself. Pablo warns Sonia that she has to do something, because letting Marizza run amok will only end badly. He’s not wrong.
Sonia goes to see Martavio, and tells him that his method — leaving Marizza alone and hoping she cools off — isn’t working. Martavio argues with her, and it’s kind of stupid because Sonia’s known Marizza way longer than he has, so there’s no reason for him to think that he knows better than her. Sonia’s like, “We must stop her rebeldia!” and storms out.
Over in Dunoff’s office, Javier, his mom, and Papa B are having a meeting to get Javier into Elite Way. Dunoff agrees to make an exception for Javier and Papa B’s money, and gushes that Javier’s just going to love Elite Way, with their excellent facilities and high quality education. Papa B’s like, “Let’s not exaggerate.” Heh. As soon as Dunoff leaves, Javier starts pitching a fit about how he can’t be LOCKED UP in this PRISON!! Whatever, Javier, kids sneak out of this school all the damn time. Javier whines to his mom until Papa B grabs his leg and snarls at him to be grateful. Javier and Ines are freaked out.
Manuel calls Papa C, and Papa C tells him that Mia’s not doing too well. He’s put her up in a hotel, because that…will make her less depressed…somehow? I don’t know. He called a doctor to look over her, and Manuel asks him to call Manuel and tell him what the doctor says later. Papa C agrees. Conveniently, the doctor’s done with his checkup as soon as they hang up, and he’s like, “Yeah, she’s hella depressed. IDK, make her go out or something.” Helpful! For some reason, the doctor adds that she might have gotten it from her mother, even though he is in no way old enough to have been working when Mia was a baby.
Guido’s calling some girl, making plans to go out with her tonight. Where does Guido find all these girls? Where? Pablo and Tomás want to come along, too. Tomás, Pilar is going to hurt you. Augustina overhears Guido, and wants to know who he was talking to. He quickly BSes that he was just talking to his parents, and making plans to, uh…do butcher things. Totally. Augustina buys this, and chirps that they’re going out with her dad today. Guido sweatdrops.
Sonia tells Marizza that she is going to spend time with Sonia and listen to what she has to say, whether she likes it or not. They are going to BOND, dammit, even if Sonia has to force her.
Gloria shows Javier to his room, which naturally is Pablo’s room. Dude, there are already four guys in that room, up from three. I don’t think there’s any space left.
Manuel goes to the hotel to see Mia, and Papa C asks him what happened between them. Manuel starts ugly crying and confesses that he cheated on her. He wails that he just doesn’t know how it happened (BECAUSE ALL YOU CARED ABOUT WAS GETTING LAID, MANUEL), and he totally didn’t MEAN to stick his dick into a whole other girl than his girlfriend. Papa C is not pleased with this turn of events, although he does say he can understand Manuel’s actions, “as a man.” The gender relations on this show are so, so bad. Anyway, Mia comes out of her room, and Manuel scrambles to hide under the bed or some shit. She asks Papa C if he can put her in a different school. You know, why doesn’t Manuel just leave Elite Way? He only enrolled there because of this whole revenge thing! He’s not obligated to stay! Go to college, Manuel!
And…he actually kind of takes my advice, because he dramatically tells Papa C that he’ll never show his face around here again. “Where are you planning on going?” Papa C asks. “I don’t know,” Manuel says. What? Manuel, you have like, an entire life in Mexico. Anyway, his one last wish is to see Mia before he bails forever.
Pablo runs into Papa B and Ines, and he’s like, “Is there a reason you guys are here…coming out of the principal’s office?” Papa B chirps that they have an awesome surprise for Pablo. Pablo’s like, “Is it money?” Heh. No, the surprise is Javier rolling up in his Elite Way uniform. Pablo’s like, “Aw, hell no.” Papa B and Ines leave, and Pablo snaps at Javier to stay out of his way. “Why?” derps Javier, and Pablo’s like, “Because I hate you! Keep up!”
Laura’s been avoiding Marcos, but he catches up to her and wants to know what’s wrong. “I’m avoiding you because I know you’re a jerk and I don’t want to be treated like trash like every other girl you’ve dated,” she doesn’t say. Instead, she BSes some excuse about studying, but Marcos is like, “So…we’re not gonna discuss how we kissed?” He insists that kissing means something to him, except if it did, he probably wouldn’t have been making out with Fernanda all over the place while still liking Lujan, but that’s none of my business. He’s like, “There’s something between us!” and Laura’s like, “Well, that’s your opinion,” and runs off. HA!
Lujan comes up and asks Marcos if everything’s fine. He’s like, “I’m TOTALLY fine, so fuck off.” He’s such a catch, you guys.
Marizza gets out a knife and dramatically carves her last name off of her binder. Then she kind of looks at her wrist, and holy shit, is she considering cutting herself? That’s way realer than I thought this show would ever go. She doesn’t, though; she just gives herself a Significant Haircut instead. I get that it’s deep and all, but I’m mostly just relieved that she is FINALLY getting rid of her white girl dreads.
Sonia and Papa C talk on the phone about how difficult their daughters are being, and how they wish they could be off somewhere making out instead of being parents. That’s real nice, guys. Mia walks in and Papa C has to hang up, lest Mia find out about his freaking fiancée. Mia tells him that she’s been researching schools that he can send her to instead of Elite Way. Papa C tells her that she has to face her fears instead of running away, and that Manuel has promised to leave forever as long as he can talk to her one more time. Mia wails that she can’t face him, but Papa C tells her that she should do it.
Meanwhile, Manuel’s being emo about his shitty life decisions, because we are really supposed to feel bad for him. He’s all, “I must talk to Mia, but she’ll never speak to me again!” NOBODY CARES, MANUEL.
Then, bizarrely, we get a shot of Pablo talking into…a camera? He’s saying that he’s realized that he has to fight for his love, and it’s nice and all, but WHEN DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN. Why is he talking to a camera? Why is it on a computer? I HAVE QUESTIONS.
Gloria brings Javier into class and introduces him to everyone. Hilda notes that Manuel, Mia, and Pilar are all excused from class, but where’s Marizza? Javier immediately volunteers to look for her, but Pablo cockblocks him and says that he’ll look for her, since the new kid might get lost and all. Hilda’s like, “You right. Pablo, you go look for her.” Pablo is all smirky over his victory. He’s less smirky, though, when he runs into Marizza with half her hair hacked off. He’s concerned for her well-being and tells her not to hurt herself, to which Marizza snipes, “Look who’s talking, the number-one drunk.” You know, if they’re gonna keep calling Pablo an alcoholic, they could bother to show him drinking more than once a season. Pablo says that he’s speaking from experience, then walks off.
Sonia and Martavio roll up right after that. Martavio’s all, “I think you look cute!” because he is useless. Sonia starts bawling her eyes out, and Marizza’s like, “Peace out,” and swans off to class.
Manuel comes back to school and finds Sabrina waiting for him. He tells her that Mia found out about them sleeping together and broke up with him. Sabrina’s like, “This is the greatest day of my life!” because she is a sad, sad girl. She quickly pastes on her sympathetic face and weeps all over Manuel that this is totally her fault, and of course Manuel strokes her ego and says that it’s not. Sabrina says that she’s getting her test results back tomorrow, and Manuel says that he’s still planning on going with her, because his dumb ass has learned absolutely nothing.
Marizza goes to class, and all the kids laugh at her — including Marcos, but excepting Diego, I should note. Fuck Marcos, man. When Diego’s a better person than you, you know it’s bad. Feli and Vico cackle that they have to text Mia about this. Wait, are they not at all concerned about her? They know she overheard them! I saw them turn around and everything! Vico says Mia probably won’t talk to them again. So…she’s mad at them for gossiping about Manuel? Can this show ever be straightforward about what’s happening? Sol and Belen are pleased that Mia’s group is tearing themselves apart.
Dunoff is on the phone with someone, talking about the tournament. Mama D comes in and tiredly asks what’s going on now. Heh. She’s just as sick of this stupid rugby shit as I am. She’s also here to discuss their separation some more, as she wants to move out with Pilar. Dunoff yells at her that he doesn’t want to separate, and her silly female wants and needs don’t mean dick to him. Mama D throws her hands up and walks out.
Sol walks into the cafeteria to survey her handiwork: Feli and Vico are fretting that they can’t reach Mia; meanwhile, a bunch of the guys are trying to convince Manuel to stay because they need him on the rugby team. NOBODY CARES ABOUT RUGBY, YOU GUYS. Then everyone goes silent, because Mia’s walked in. Manuel immediately jumps up and tries to intercept her, but she blows him off. Good for her.
Lujan and Laura confront Marizza about what’s going on with her. Marizza snaps at them to stop nosing around in her life, and they almost fight — well, Lujan and Marizza do; Laura stands by and does nothing, as usual — until Gloria breaks it up. She tells Lujan that she has bad news. Since Lujan’s tutor has gone AWOL and never signed the latest BS form this school sent, Lujan can’t keep attending. Lujan’s like, “What the fuck, this is the opposite of how every other school on the planet works.”
Dunoff calls Pilar in to maneuver her into the middle of her parents’ messy divorce. A+ parenting! Pilar says that maybe it’s for the best, because she can’t stand to see them fighting anymore.
Vico and Feli go to talk to Mia, and she ices them out. Vico says that they didn’t tell her the truth because they wanted to protect her — you know how this goes, this is like the stock argument of every television drama ever. Mia goes off on them that they should’ve told her the truth, and then Feli tries to throw Vico under the bus all like, “I totally would’ve told you, but Vico wouldn’t let me!” Vico’s going to cut you, Feli. Mia snaps that she’s sick of them, and goes back to pulling pictures of Manuel down from her walls.
Sonia tries to talk to Marizza again — she’s worried that Marizza’s haircut is a minor form of self-harm — but Marizza snipes at her that the haircut is just the first of many changes. Yeah, that’s never a good thing, coming from Marizza. I don’t blame Sonia for getting nervous. Hilda, who’s watched this whole thing go down, advises that maybe Sonia should back off and let Martavio try to reach Marizza. “It’s time for him to do his part,” she says. Hee.
Lujan asks Gloria to get her her tutor’s contact information. Gloria’s like, “No can do, we always communicate through email, just like you and him.” Lujan says that she knows that’s a lie, because her tutor told her he’s spoken with Gloria before.
Dunoff tells Tomás that he’s in charge of the rugby team now. What? Tomás? Really? What kind of nepotism. I wouldn’t trust Tomás to watch my fish, much less control a whole team of teenage boys. Also, you’re telling me there’s no other teacher at that school who could’ve done it? Just kidding, I know there isn’t. Anyway, Tomás rounds the boys up and tells them that they’re going to start training again. All the guys laugh in his face, because LOL Tomás, but he gets serious and they’re like, “Oh dang, you’re for real.” They scurry off to get ready, and Pablo and Guido congratulate Tomás for sleeping his way to the top. Pablo tells Tomás that they have a problem: on Monday they have a quiz, and they can’t have rugby AND party their faces off the night before. Clearly the solution to this is not to get wasted and cheat on their girlfriends, but this does not occur to them. They tell Tomás to use his pull with Dunoff to reschedule rugby practice.
Then Augustina’s dad rocks up, and Guido’s like, “Oh hey! Uh, can’t talk, I have rugby practice, just ask my coach Tomás.” “No, it’s cool, you guys take as long as you want,” Tomás says. Heh. Suffer, Guido.
Marizza goes down to the basement to be emo, but Mia’s already beaten her to it. She’s crying under the stairs, and Marizza asks if she won’t forgive Manuel. This is so stupid and honestly kind of troubling. This show hardcore pushes the message that if you love someone, you should forgive them any and everything — like Marizza saying that if she loved Diego, she would forgive him for two-timing her with Paloma. There’s this bizarre underlying message that women are supposed to stand by their man or whatever nonsense, or that True Love means putting up with whatever terrible treatment your partner throws at you. It’s really sexist and off-putting, even taking into account the fact that this is a telenovela.
Also, it’s dumb because Marizza didn’t forgive Pablo for pretending to have amnesia to get into her pants, even though he didn’t cheat on her. So like, one kind of lying is okay but another one isn’t? WHATEVER.
Anyway, Marizza keeps pushing as to why Mia won’t forgive Manuel, and Mia finally has to spell out that Manuel broke her trust and lied to her. Marizza’s like, “Relatable,” because apparently she can only sympathize once she’s figured out a way to make it about her. She tells Mia that Martavio is her real dad, and her entire life is a lie. Mia derps that Marizza didn’t like Spirito anyway, so now she, Sonia, and Martavio can be a real family. Marizza’s hurt and snipes that Mia can have a real family too, with Papa C and his ugly girlfriend. Mia just sighs that everything is so hard, and Marizza’s like, “I feel that.” She offers to help Mia get revenge on Manuel. Heh. Oh, Marizza.
Meanwhile, Sonia and Martavio are having an argument. He doesn’t want to talk to Marizza, and Sonia rightly snaps that he can’t just waltz in to be all like, “Marizza, I am you father!” without actually stepping up and helping raise her. Martavio’s like, “But, but, raising children is the woman’s job.” Not in those words exactly. Sonia tells him to stop being a coward and go talk to his daughter.
Pablo gives Marizza a CD, and he’s like, “It helps me when I’m being emo, maybe it’ll help you.” Marizza doesn’t say anything, and he’s like, “Okay, awkward…bye.” Heh. They’re such teenagers. Lujan comes by and muses that maybe Pablo’s changed, which is good, because Marizza clearly still likes him. Marizza admits that maybe she does. Behind a pillar, Javier overhears all of this. So he goes back to his room, gets Marizza’s diary, and tells Marizza that he found it in Pablo’s things. THIS DOUCHE, YOU GUYS.
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