Previously on Rebelde Way: Lujan is back at Elite Way! Luckily for her, the plot has barely advanced while she was gone.
Lujan waltzes back into Elite Way and needles Blas over his failure to get rid of her. She’s like, “Your plan was good, but ruined by your hubris and all your idiotic henchmen.” C+ for effort! Blas, for some reason, is still on thinking that Lola’s mom was actually Lujan’s, and he cackles that she must have come back all dejected that her mother didn’t want her. Lujan’s like, “You keep thinking that, sure.” She tells Blas that if he ever tries to kidnap her and strand her on the other side of the country again, she’ll press charges. Jesus Christ, Lujan, report him to the police now.
We cut back to Javier’s mysterious visitor, who turns out to be Consuelo. He tells Consuelo that Pablo and Marizza are together. The whole thing is actually kinda framed like Javier is trying to help Pablo and Marizza out and it’s really weird — like, is he trying to team up with Consuelo to stop Papa B from finding out? I understand literally nothing about Javier’s motivations for anything ever.
Meanwhile, Papa C and Sonia are discussing the logistics of their newly back-together-ness. Papa C still doesn’t know how to tell Mia that her mom is still alive — oh, and he can’t marry Sonia until that’s worked out, as he’s still legally married to Mia’s mom. I feel like he should’ve worked that out before they got engaged the first time? Anyway, he’s all like, “We’re in love and nobody can stop us! Our children are just going to have to deal with it!” Uh…I mean, sure, Mia and Marizza were both being immature about this, but you should probably take your minor children’s feelings into account about this. Whatever. Papa C wants Sonia to move back in right away. I’m sure Mia will be thrilled.
Marizza/Pablo and Tomás/Pilar come back to school, and Marizza and Pilar are like, “Your friend Guido is a disgusting pig.” I don’t know why that’s news to them. Tomás and Pablo find Guido and yell at him for making their girlfriends mad at them. Guido’s like, “Sorry I guess, but you gotta admit it’s pretty funny. Marcos and Francisco are still getting laid as we speak!” He adds that he still needs to pay the prostitutes and Pablo and Tomás agree to help him out. No, guys! Let him suffer!
Blas waits for Sol to report back to him, but she’s hiding in her room, presumably reeling from the trauma of being manipulated by a bunch of older men.
Marizza and Lujan are finally reunited. Shall they talk about Lujan being kidnapped, meeting Lola’s real mom, and escaping Blas’s henchmen? No, of course not. Let’s talk about Marizza’s relationship instead! That’s the real issue here. Lujan is still on the Javier train for whatever reason. You know what, Lujan? Just accept that your ship will never be canon. I accepted that Harry/Luna was never going to happen with grace; let that be a lesson. Lujan snaps at Marizza that Pablo will never change, but Marizza won’t listen to her.
The next day, Manuel comes up to Guido looking for Marcos and Francisco. Guido’s like, “Oh my God, they were sexed to death by the escorts I set them up with!” All the boys run off to look for them.
Vico gets dressed for the day, wearing a shirt that she got from one of her gigs with Rocco. Mia and Feli are all giggly and needly over how she’s really wearing that and doesn’t she have to go to class. Vico is really defensive, and I can’t see why because A) it’s not any uglier than anything else anyone wears on this show and B) isn’t the issue just that it’s not a uniform top? That seems pretty open-and-shut to me; I don’t know why Vico’s trying to fight them or why they’re being all passive-aggressive about it. Anyway, they watch Sol leave, but she doesn’t bother to even say a single rude thing to them. They’re like, “Weird” but don’t give it any more thought. Then they switch to teasing Feli over Lalo and going on about how in looooove Feli is. When did Feli and Lalo become an official thing? Am I taking crazy pills? Then Mia says she’s not going to class today, as she’s planning to accompany Manuel to his doctor’s appointment. Feli and Vico both think that’s depressing but they let her go.
Manuel presents his permission slip to Blas, who is weirdly sympathetic: “I hope it’s nothing serious,” he says. I can only assume that watching Manuel mistreat Mia makes Blas feel a sense of solidarity in their lack of respect for women. He tries to stop Mia from going with Manuel, but she shoves him out of the way and runs out of the school. HA!
Hilda gives Papa C and Sonia a bunch of housewarming presents. Sonia thanks Hilda for encouraging her to go after Papa C, and Hilda’s like, “I’m so happy you two are together!” She’s also happy that, since Sonia’s moving in with Papa C, Hilda gets her house. Convenient! He gets a call telling him that Mia’s left school without permission, but then she tells him that she’s supporting Manuel emotionally, and he’s like, “Oh, that’s fine, then.”
Over at the doctor’s office, Mia asks Manuel why he didn’t want her dad to come to the meeting with him, and Manuel’s like, “Just BECAUSE, gosh!” He whines that he doesn’t like Papa C treating him like a baby, and Mia’s like, “Because you’re acting so mature right now.” Anyway, then the doctor comes in and tells them that the operation is more urgent now than ever, since Manuel’s brain is in even worse shape than they thought. Except it’s not, because the doctor’s discovered a magical drug just in time that might be able to treat Manuel without operating on him. Manuel and Mia are all relieved, but I bet it won’t work out.
(By the way, Manuel frets that the operation might have left him “tarado”, which is a word the kids commonly use to call each other stupid. Manuel using it here kind of makes me wonder if “tarado” is similar to “r*tarded” in English, which was also used jokingly and super-casually among teenagers in the early-to-mid-2000s. All the info I could find indicates that the offensiveness varies by country, so…I have no idea.)
Everyone goes to class except Mia, Manuel, Francisco, and Marcos. Carmen notes that Mia and Manuel have permission to be absent, but where are Francisco and Marcos? Guido stands up and BSes that they’ve joined a new religion and are in the middle of spiritual experience right now, so they can’t be at school or use their phones to call. I love the American Pie-esque framing of sex as something teenage boys must have at all costs, and the lengths they go to to get it are quirky and funny and not at all exploitative of girls. And by “love” I mean “this show is reminding me that the early 2000s were actually kind of terrible.” Carmen and Blas give Guido, Pablo, and Tomás permission to look for them, but if they don’t come back by the end of break, they’ll be in trouble. Marizza and Pilar are suspicious of this, so they follow them.
Sol tells Fernanda that she’s now aware of Blas being a major creeper and asks her to help cover whenever Blas is looking for Sol. Fernanda’s like, “Oh, I don’t know, I wasn’t even good at lying when you did like him.” Case in point: Sol runs away, and Fernanda explains this to Blas as her needing the bathroom: “Even pretty girls have needs, you know!” Sol runs up to Lujan and is like, “Help, I’m starting to realize that your tutor is a predator.” She frets that she found out that Blas was arrested, and ever since then, she’s afraid that he’s capable of terrible criminal acts. Sol, dating you is a criminal act. Whatever. She wibbles that she wants Lujan to help keep Blas away from her and Lujan’s like, “Nah, you’re on your own.” Of course, the show tries to justify all this callousness by making Sol whine that she’s soooo afraid that dating a criminal would impede her modelling career.
Then Blas rocks up and Lujan chirps that Sol is just dying to talk to him and scoots off. Sol BSes to Blas that she wasn’t able to report back to him last night because her roommates were awake, to which he punches a wall and snaps that he doesn’t have time for her idiocy. Nice going, Lujan. Sol tries to tell him that his cousin didn’t mention him at all, and Blas snaps that he doesn’t believe her. “You tried to hard to get close to me, and now you’re having doubts?” he asks. Ooh, victim-blaming! Just what this scene needed!
Guido, Pablo, and Tomás find Francisco and Marcos passed out at the brothel. They try to carry them out for half a second, then the prostitutes come in and start draping themselves all over them. Pablo and Tomás are like, “How can we pass up a chance such as this!” Naturally, that’s also when Marizza and Pilar show up. They’re disgusted, as they should be.
Francisco and Marcos get dragged back to school somehow. They have to sign a paper affirming guilt for their absence, which Francisco doesn’t like at all. He goes storming off to confront Blas about his punishment, and Sol sees him as he approaches. She tells Blas that she actually ditched his cousin and went out with Francisco, whom she has a crush on now. Francisco asks Blas about his punishment, and Blas sends Sol off and yells that he’s going to punish Francisco even more for stealing his girlfriend.
Pablo tells Marizza that he wasn’t at the brothel getting an STD; he was just there because he got involved with another one of Guido’s wacky schemes again. This is admittedly all true, and Marizza elects to believe him. Pablo is overjoyed that Marizza trusts him, although she doesn’t have Javier whispering in her ear about this, which I think is the real challenge.
Lujan tells Laura all about her kidnapping-slash-vacation and how she met Lola’s mom. Laura’s like, “Gosh, it sounds like something out of a telenovela!” Yes, it does, doesn’t it, Laura? Lola rocks up and Lujan tells her that her mom is alive and helped Lujan escape, so she’s the most awesome mom ever and Lola should be proud. Lola is thrilled to hear all this and the girls group hug it out.
In class, Francisco and Marcos yell at Guido for getting them in trouble — he was the one who wanted to go see Jenny, after all! I mean…okay…but they were all too happy to go with him. Take some responsibility for yourselves! They all blame Guido for getting them into debt with hookers and blow. Tomás adds that he fought with Pilar over this — although they’re cool now since he explained the situation to her. Guido’s like, “You told Pilar that I hired a prostitute to go on our triple date?” and Tomás is like, “Duh, why wouldn’t I?” Hee. He assures Guido that Pilar can keep a secret. Cut to: Pilar immediately telling Augustina that Guido has turned to a life of hookers and blow ever since their breakup. Oh, Tomás, you’re so naive.
Consuelo asks Pablo why he didn’t tell her that he and Marizza were together. Pablo’s like, “Well, it just happened five minutes ago, and I was kind of busy with being in jail and the concert and all.” Ah, telenovela life. Then, weirdly, she begs him not to break up with her. She’s like, “I’ll be your side chick as long as you and Marizza are together!” Jesus, Consuelo, love yourself.
The new art teacher — Mr. Miranda, not to be confused with the old math teacher, Mr. Miranda — shows up. All the girls stare at him because he’s kind of young-ish and has blonde hair and blue eyes. Admittedly, I think all the girls at my high school would’ve fallen all over him too, so I can’t judge too hard. He immediately tells the class that he’s here to teach art and collect a paycheck, and he doesn’t really give a shit about any of them or their problems. All the kids are offended by this, and Marizza storms out. I sort of love him for it.
Mia and Manuel go by Casa Colucci and tell Papa C that he doesn’t need the operation after all. Papa C is way too thrilled about this. Jesus, Papa C, stand up for yourself a little. Then Mia sees Sonia’s stuff back in the house and flips out, and Papa C tells her that he and Sonia are back together. Sonia comes out and Mia faints dead away. Sonia and Manuel start freaking out over her and Papa C’s like, “Please, she’s just being dramatic.” Case in point: Mia gets up and starts freaking out, and Papa C tells her to deal with it.
Pablo tells Marizza about Consuelo propositioning him — Marizza doesn’t want to hear it, but Pablo’s like, “Hell no, I am telling you every detail of every conversation I have with Consuelo from now on so that we can avoid any petty misunderstandings.” God bless. I cannot believe that Pablo and Tomás are regularly the smartest characters on this show at this point. Or maybe not — one of the guys comes up and asks if they’re going to bet on Francisco’s dance battle thing (oh my God, who even still cares about that). Pablo says he’s out of money, so he calls his dad — but he finds out that Papa B cut him off for real. He’s like, “Wow, I thought my abusive dad was just joking about that!” Then Pilar gives Pablo and Marizza worksheets from Mr. Miranda, which are punishment for walking out of his class. They’re like, “Actual consequences for skipping class? Well I never!”
Lujan needles Blas about Sol avoiding him. Damn, Lujan, can you not antagonize the guy abusing one of your classmates? After that little interlude, Lola and Laura run up to Lujan and want to know more about Lola’s mom. Lola’s like, “Does she want to meet me? Does she want to adopt me and take me away from my terrible family?” Lujan flashbacks to Lola’s mom being like, “Yeah, idk, this didn’t go well so I’m not sure I want to meet my real daughter either.” She’s like, “Uh…she wants to meet you one day.” Lola is all excited.
Marizza tells Lujan that Marcos dumped Laura while she was gone. She’s like, “Your kidnapping and potential murder really made him realize how much he likes you!” Lujan goes to confront Marcos, and he confesses that he does love her after all. Lujan is all twitterpated by this, but ultimately tells him that she doesn’t want to get back together with him, considering that he’s totally fickle and will probably dump her for Fernanda within a month. Not in those words, obviously.
Guido frets to Tomás and Pablo that he still needs money to pay off Jenny. Tomás is like, “Don’t look at me, I gave Pilar money for clothes and now I’m broke.” HA! Guido and Pablo are mad that he spent money on Pilar, but like, she has more than two brain cells to rub together so I’m assuming she’s better company. Pablo suggests doubling their bet on the dance competition to win the money they need. Ah, yes, gambling your way out of trouble. That never backfires in fiction or real life!
Sonia frets to Papa C that if Mia reacted badly, she’s afraid of how Marizza’s going to take it. Good point. I wouldn’t put a murder-suicide past her. Anyway, that’s an excellent time for Marizza and Mia to show up together, Mia having told Marizza everything. Marizza yells that if Papa C and Sonia don’t break up this instant, Sonia will lose Marizza forever. I mean, where is Marizza going to go? Does she think she’s going to live with Martavio? We all know Southern Argentina doesn’t really exist in this show.
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