Previously on Rebelde Way: Marizza and Marcos had the brilliant idea that Marcos should dress up as a courier and deliver an envelope relating to Lujan’s whereabouts. Does Marcos open the envelope on the way there? Of course not. His master plan is apparently to just…stare at the receptionist at the courthouse while she opens it and hope she leaves the room or something. Smooth.
The receptionist catches him, sending Marcos into an asthma attack. Did you remember that Marcos had asthma? It’s okay if you didn’t; the writers only just remembered, too.
Marcos wibbles to the receptionist that she scared him when she threatened to call security on him. She’s like, “I mean, you’re creeping around my desk and refusing to leave, forgive me for being a little suspicious.” He makes up an excuse about being poor and needing to work to feed his family, and he was only hanging around in hopes that she would give him something to do. That is a terrible excuse, but the receptionist is a dumbass, because she believes it. She lets Marcos stick around and gives him some filing work on.
Guido approaches Laura again. He sees her studying and smoothes, “Ah, I can tell from your face that you don’t understand the material, but I do! Shall I explain it to you? Are you not impressed?” M’lady. Laura points out, for the eightieth time, that she is not actually mad because Guido was having a hard time with literature. Guido’s like, “You’re not?” OH MY GOD, WHATEVER.
Meanwhile, Marizza yelled at Manuel to stop being such a whiny punk over his amnesia. He’s now in a state of shock or whatever, and Papa C is immediately like, “Marizza, what did you do?” Hee. She makes up some BS excuse and they all believe her; Papa C says that maybe Manuel’s worked up since his mother is on her way (apparently?) and he’ll finally see her again. Oh, wow, do you think we’re finally going to see Manuel’s mom after 200 episodes? Do you think his tiny lisping sister is going to show up again?
Anyway, the doctor is like, “Whatever, I bet he’s fine” and adds that Manuel is asking to see Marizza. Manuel tells Marizza that her rant gave him the inspiration to try and be his old self again. Marizza beams while uplifting music plays in the background. Of course it was fucking Marizza verbally abusing Manuel that got him to change his mind. Marizza could stab someone and they’d probably just be like, “And that’s what gave me the inspiration to take self-defense classes. Thank you, Marizza!”
Mia goes with Feli to see Lalo’s aunt’s house, which is literally just the redressed set of the shitty apartment he was going to rent. That is hilarious. Anyway, it’s really small and Feli starts crying with horror when she sees it, even though it’s clean and well-maintained despite its size. Mia floats some ideas about selling her clothes for extra cash, so they can rent someplace nicer, but Feli wails that she just has to accept that she is one of The Poors now.
Then Michi calls and tells them they have to come back to school right away. Feli panics that Dunoff might know she’s pregnant.
Over at the Convenience Store Foster Home, Lujan is learning the lesson all wage slaves know: customer service sucks. Two rude girls come in and give Lujan attitude. Lujan’s immediate instinct is to fight them, but her foster mom pulls her off. She tells Lujan that she’s going back to school so she won’t have to work at the store anymore. Lujan is excited to go back to Elite Way, but her foster mom says she’s just going to a regular public school instead. Lujan’s like, “You mean a real school with more than five teachers?” Perish the thought!
Then, for no reason I can see, Mauro comes in and kicks the box Lujan is stocking from. Then he tells her to get back in the kitchen. O…kay? He’s just being a dick out of nowhere.
Guido grabs some freshman walking by and shows him a Swiss army knife with a sticker on it. He offers to give it to the kid if he finds out what Laura is studying. The freshman tells Guido that Laura’s studying art (because when I took art in high school, we definitely took a sit-down final exam instead of just…doing a project). Guido gives him the sticker off the knife and cackles that he never said he was offering the whole knife! “You’re trash,” the kid says. Hee! This kid knows what’s up. Guido takes umbrage at this and tries to punch the kid’s face in, for some reason. Like…sure, he was rude, but do you really have to try to knock his teeth out in the middle of the library?
Anyway, Laura sees this and is disgusted by what a Neanderthal Guido is being. I don’t know what he thought he was accomplishing here.
Oh, also, Tomas was kidnapped. I’m glad we remembered that plot point 15 minutes into the episode. Pilar is fretting, as he promised to come back and make out with her after his shift, and yet, where is he? Fernanda and Belen are like, “Idk, maybe he flaked on you because he’s a shit boyfriend.” In total fairness, not an unreasonable assumption.
Sol comes back and the girls pretend to be worried over her absence. They coo that they sure hope she didn’t get in trouble with her parents and they can’t wait to hear about her new, exciting adventures in modeling!
Pilar asks Sol if she’s going to be one of the models in Francis Util’s upcoming show(?). Isn’t he an agent or a magazine editor, not a designer? Nevermind, I’m sure this show doesn’t know the difference. Sol immediately listens to her voicemails and is crushed that Francis hasn’t called her.
Feli and Mia come back to school, and Michi tells them that Feli’s mom stopped by. She shows them a form that Feli’s mom has signed, pulling her out of school. Feli and Mia both freak out. Michi’s like, “What’s the worst that could happen? They’re gonna enroll her in another school in Buenos Aires and you’re gonna have to drive to see her?” Mia wails that Feli can’t leave Elite Way. Even though…she’s planning to drop out anyway, once she has her baby? And isn’t this kind of hypocritical of Mia, since she wants to move to Italy? Make it make sense.
One of the kidnappers calls Pablo and tells him and Guido to meet them in some parking garage somewhere. Once they arrive, two dudes in suits exchange Tomás for Pablo, then drive off with Pablo. Guido and Tomás are like, “Huh. This seems bad.”
Over at the Convenience Store Foster Home, we get to the root of Mauro’s issue with Lujan: he’s convinced that she’s going to take his place in the house, since he’s aged out of the foster system. Lujan’s like, “Dude, I just went where the judge told me to.” She snaps that Foster Mom actually spoke pretty highly of Mauro and doesn’t want to kick him out at all, but clearly he’d rather just make assumptions and be a bitter asshole.
Mauro wants to know what else their foster mom told Lujan, and Lujan hesitantly says that she knows Mauro is an orphan, like her. Mauro says that his parents went on a trip abroad one day, left him behind, and never came back. Lujan feels kind of bad for him, but before they can have a heart-to-heart, Mauro sees the thieving kid from the other day on the street. He’s like, “Can’t talk now, gotta go beat up this 8-year-old.”
Pilar tells Marizza that Pablo went to look for Tomás. She’s freaking out that Tomás hasn’t come back yet, and Marizza’s like, “Whatever, they’re idiot teenage boys, they’re probably fucking around playing Mario Kart.” Pilar tells Marizza to call Pablo if she’s so sure — or maybe she’ll find that Pablo’s phone has been turned off. Marizza gets a little nervous and is about to call, but then Marcos shows up.
Marizza asks how his spying mission went, and Marcos is like, “It was terrible, it never occurred to me to just open the envelope and reseal it, so I waited in the judge’s lobby for the entire day and didn’t get anything done.” Apparently the judge’s office gave him more envelopes to deliver, and Marizza’s like, “Well, if you just start delivering them full-time, eventually they’ll give you mail for Lujan, and then we’ll find her!” Marcos is like, “You are pinning a lot of hope on the off chance I get handed an envelope by a judge who handles dozens of cases a day.”
I mean, on the one hand, he’s right. On the other hand, it is pretty hilarious how easily Marcos gives up on the supposed love of his life. Is this your king, Lujan???
Sol calls Francis to ask about being in the show, and he laughs that she called WAY too late and it’s already cast. Maybe next time! Sol is horrified.
Over at Casa Colucci, Papa C is being emo over Mia wanting to move to Italy. Sonia tells him to just…not let Mia go, but Papa C wibbles that he thinks it would be best. I mean…in total fairness…maybe it would? I don’t know. A change of scenery probably would benefit Mia at this point, although I don’t know why she has to go to a completely different continent. Like, just send her to summer camp to let her heal for a couple of months. Mia seems like the kind of girl who would do really well at, like, horse camp.
Marizza writes yet another email to Lujan, begging her to reply, even if it’s just to tell Marizza to fuck off. Then Sol rocks up and turns off the computer. She yells at Marizza that her dream of walking in Francis Util’s show is dead, and Marizza’s like, “Dude, I did all the heavy lifting to get you into his agency, take some responsibility for yourself.” Sol threatens to tell Dunoff about Feli’s pregnancy unless Marizza helps her get her modeling career back. I mean, Feli is this close to either dropping out or getting pulled out by her mom. I don’t see why they can’t just bite the bullet at this point and tell Dunoff.
Pablo’s kidnappers take him…somewhere*…where we find out that the kidnapping was orchestrated by none other than Papa B. I know. Try to act shocked. Pablo’s like, “I can’t believe this!” like…you can’t, Pablo? Who the hell else would have done this? Papa B cackles that the whole grieving-for-his-kidnapped-son act will really win him some votes in the next election. Politicians, amirite? “You’re sick,” Pablo bleats.
*I can’t tell if we’re at Casa Bustamante or a hotel room or something, since all the sets look the same.
Lujan has dinner with her new foster family, which in addition to Mauro has two tiny lisping kids who I don’t care about. Lujan chirps that she thought foster families were all evil people who steal kids away from their best friends at boarding school, but this family is actually pretty normal! Not in so many words.
Foster Mom — whose name is Sara — exposits for the audience that most foster families try to make the kids feel at home and comfortable. “That’s why we all need to help Sara out,” Mauro says. He asks what everyone is doing — the little kids volunteer to make the beds and clean the yard and stuff — and Lujan says she likes working at the convenience store. Mauro’s like, “Yeah, you’re good at that, except for when people just walk in and steal stuff without you caring.” Lujan says that the kid was probably just hungry, and Mauro’s like, “Well, if every hungry kid in the world stole a bar of chocolate, where would all the bars of chocolate be, huh?”
Then Sara asks if any of them want dessert. Mauro says that he doesn’t need dessert, since he has this chocolate bar and all. He drops the chocolate on the table and leaves, and Lujan’s like, “Omg…this means something!” It…does? Sure, whatever. She briefly gets detained by the lisping children, but manages to chase after Mauro.
Marizza frets about Pablo’s whereabouts to Laura. She says that she managed to browbeat Manuel into giving therapy with Pablo another try, but obviously that won’t work if Pablo’s not here. Pilar comes up and says that she called the factory and found out that Tomás never finished his shift — he left early, with “two guys.” She’s like, “Isn’t that suspicious? Who could those two guys have been???” and Marizza’s like, “…isn’t that just Pablo and Guido?” Pilar and Marizza get paranoid that the three boys are out getting into some fuckery — which, to be fair, is not an unfair assumption — instead of being loyal to their girlfriends.
Guido and Tomás finally call Marizza to tell her that Pablo’s been kidnapped. She’s like, “Nice try, dorks,” and hangs up on them. Hee.
Meanwhile, the camera angle has pulled back a bit and we can see that Pablo is at Casa Bustamante. Papa B tells Pablo that he isn’t meant to have a normal job or life — he must assume his rightful place at Papa B’s side, and together they can rule the galaxy! Maybe not that last part. Papa B offers to make Pablo a deal: if Pablo helps Papa B win reelection, then Papa B will let him have his freedom back, starting next year.
Pilar and Marizza plan to sneak out and find their cheating boyfriends, but are waylaid by Sol. She’s like, “You’re still working on my side plot, right?” and Marizza groans that YES, she’ll find a way for Sol to be in Francis Util’s show even if it kills her. Then Tomás and Guido show up. They wail that Pablo’s been kidnapped for real, and their distress convinces Marizza and Pilar. Tomás and Guido are like, “The kidnappers want a ransom! We have to pay them!” and Marizza’s like, “Or we could just go to Papa B’s house, since he’s obviously behind this.”
Over at the hospital, Manuel bounces up and down in his bed, squeeing over seeing his mom and tiny lisping sister again. He’s too hyped up to sleep, and he asks Angeles to bring him the letter blocks so he can practice. “Now?” she asks. “Yes!! Now!!” Manuel beams. Wow, they’re really leaning into the whole “make him act like he’s a 3rd grader” thing.
Speaking of 3rd graders, Lujan goes out and sees Mauro with the thieving kid. They’re pretty obviously play-fighting, but Lujan thinks that Mauro is genuinely attacking a child. She tries to defend the kid, but he kicks her in the shins and runs off. Lujan cottons on that Mauro and the kid are friends now — Mauro tells her that he gave the kid some fruit and told him not to steal anymore, so now everything’s fine and he doesn’t want to beat the shit out of an 8-year-old. Lujan and Mauro make up. Mauro asks Lujan if it’s true that she want to a fancy rich-kid school, and he’s like, “So you must have had computers there! Come, you must teach me all there is to know about these strange machines.”
Feli cries to Lalo and Mia about possibly having to leave Elite Way. She wibbles that she doesn’t want to go to another school, and she doesn’t want to drop out of school to be barefoot in the kitchen constantly. I mean, okay, that’s fair enough, but also…eh, I don’t care about Feli that much. It’s not just that this subplot is boring, it’s also hard to care when Feli just…refuses to compromise and complains about everything? Like, she can’t stay at Elite Way! Either her parents are going to stop paying the tuition or she’s going to get expelled for being pregnant; this whole kerfuffle about her staying at this particular school is dumb. And every time someone tries to get her to look at other options in her life, she starts getting mad or crying. I’m tired.
Anyway. Mia tells Feli to buck up and for now, they’ll focus on getting Sol off their backs. She calls Francis Util, pretending to be Marizza, and sweet-talks him into giving Sol a tiny part in his show.
Marcos goes back to the judge’s office. It’s already dark out, and the secretary tells him that everyone’s clocked out and there’s no more work for him. Luckily, the janitor comes up and tells them that one of the cleaners has conveniently gotten sick, so Marcos volunteers to take his place.
Marizza and Pilar roll up to Casa Bustamante and demand to speak with Pablo. I love that Pilar has randomly decided to get involved with this. Ines and Javier both tell them to leave. “Stay out of this!” Pilar snaps at Javier, and Marizza says, “Yeah! Stay out of this!” HEE! I love them.
Papa B shows up with Pablo in tow, and Marizza is shocked to see him. Oh. I thought she had, you know, figured out that clearly Papa B was the one behind this cartoonishly villainous plot, but I guess not.
Over at the hospital, Manuel practices writing and ends up writing Mia’s name. Angeles is like, “Oooh, is there a reason you thought of Mia? Do you think you two have a history together?” and Manuel’s like, “No, that would just be silly!”
Then we cut to Mia, lying in bed and staring at the locket that Mama C gave her. The scene starts cutting between Mia in bed and a dream sequence of Mia running through a crowd of women, presumably looking for her mom. Then the opening strains of “Miss Independent” start to play. OMG, are we getting a dance sequence? We haven’t had one of those in so long!
(You know what really represents Mia’s longing for a mother figure and her abandonment issues? Tap-dancing. Obviously.)
Vico comes in and asks Mia how the search for her mom is going. She’s like, “Have you asked Marizza about it?” and Mia’s like, “What’s Marizza supposed to do?” “IDK, but she fixes pretty much everything in this show, so I thought I’d ask,” Vico doesn’t say. Just kidding; she mentions that Pablo and Marizza took out an ad looking for Hilda, so maybe Mia could do the same thing. Rocco knows someone who works at a newspaper, so Vico could ask him to use his connections. Is she…forgetting that she broke up with him?
Also, in fairness, Hilda didn’t come back because of Marizza’s ad — she got arrested and had to call Sonia to bail her out. So it’s not like this plan is foolproof.
Lujan is…showing Mauro computer stuff, I guess, and she shows him her email inbox. He’s like, “Wow, you have a lot of unread messages from this Marizza person.” Lujan wibbles that she doesn’t know if she wants to forget about her old friends or not. Wasn’t she chomping at the bit to go back to Elite Way when her foster mom brought it up? Whatever. Mauro asks if she thinks it would be good or bad to know how her friends are doing, and Lujan immediately says “Bad” without really saying why. Mauro tells her that he used to have a drug problem, and the only way to heal is just to go cold turkey. Okay, I feel like he could’ve asked for more information about this before comparing it to his drug addiction.
Anyway, he asks Lujan if she wants him to delete Marcos and Marizza’s messages. “Delete them,” Lujan says, sniffling. Oh, whatever. They’ll still be in the Trash for 30 days.
Marizza and Pablo discuss Papa B’s proposal. I mean, I’m relieved that Pablo is at least talking it over with her instead of just accepting Papa B’s deal and dramatically breaking up with her. Nevertheless, Pablo wants to accept — if Papa B gets off his back, it means he can go back to Erreway, he’ll have time to take care of Manuel, he won’t have to work…”And my dad won’t mess with me anymore,” he says.
Marizza, like all of us, can tell that there’s clearly a catch, but she doesn’t tell Pablo that. Instead, she just yells at him for selling out. Heh. I mean, she’s not wrong, but Marizza WOULD talk about selling out unironically. I bet she called Avril a poser. Before they can argue further, though, Papa B comes up and says that Pablo’s new car has arrived. “Are you going to accept it? Or should I give it to Javier?” he asks.
Meanwhile, Marcos has finally finished his like, 14-hour shift just fucking around the judge’s office. He starts rifling through the files in the secretary’s desk, but then the judge walks out and catches him. Seriously? Marcos didn’t even wait to see if the judge had left? He’s such a bad spy. He wouldn’t have lasted a minute in the Cold War.
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