Previously on Rebelde Way: Sonia was voted off the island. Or her daughter made her so miserable she decided to leave the beach. Whichever. Pretty much everyone pointed out that Marizza was being a dick, and she proceeded to ignore them. Mia figured out that Pilar was the writer of the ~secret newspaper~ but Pilar weaseled her way out of accusation. Manuel met Franco Colucci and proceeded to charm him instead of, say, punching him in the face. Marcos and Guido switched rooms, so now Marcos is with Manuel and Nico, and Guido is with Pablo and Tomás, establishing the boys’ cliques for the series. Pablo’s sordid history as a baby alcoholic was revealed. Manuel told Feli that he loved her and they made out in front of God and everybody, which surely will not backfire on them. Marizza put the moves on Mauro and this time he didn’t resist, then Dunoff caught them having underage (but not illegal in Argentina) kissage. How the hell did they manage to cram all that into 40 minutes?
(By the way, I know I should be thankful for every view this sad little blog manages to get, but I am judging everyone who finds me by Googling “luisana lopilato striptease.”)
Anyway. Opening narration: Trust is important. Don’t be a skeptic! Open your heart and mind! Fox Mulder approves.
You will recall that the last episode ended on a cliffhanger: Marizza finally was like, “Fuck it with this subtlety thing” and grabbed Mauro’s head and started macking on him and Mauro got kind of into it despite repeatedly rejecting Marizza’s advances for the past five episodes. And then Dunoff walked in. Let’s not waste any time in watching Mauro hopefully get fired! Marizza tries to take the blame, but Mauro, like the total derp that he is, says no no, it’s his fault. Jesus, it’s like he doesn’t even want to be employed. Dunoff is like, “This is unacceptable,” which I think is putting it lightly. He drags Mauro off to “have a talk,” which, God willing, is a euphemism for “sleep with the fishes.” They have a mafia in Argentina, right? Organized crime transcends national boundaries!
Back at the hotel that looks more like a house and definitely would not hold as many kids as they have on that beach, Mia is trying to get Vico to come out and talk to her. Vico’s like, “You made out with Pablo! I never want to see you again!” and Mia’s like, “Come on! I gave you the latest Versace catalogue! I’ll give you all my magazines if you just come out!” HEE! ILU Mia.
Over at the hotel pool, Manuel is swimming and Feli is…watching him swim. Oh, Feli. She thanks him for sticking up for her last episode, and he tells her that it wasn’t a favor, it was really ~what he felt. Except it wasn’t, because he totally wants to have hatesex with Mia Colucci. I’m onto you, Manuel! Blah blah low self-esteem blah. Manuel tells her that they like each other and that’s all that matters. Feli tells him that she’s super in love with him. How long have they known each other? That’s not awkward at all. They hug and Manuel looks ~perturbed.
Meanwhile, back in Dunoff’s room of Making Offers That Can’t Be Refused, Dunoff is reading Mauro the riot act. “You can’t do anything right! First the Pablo Bustamante incident, and now this!” Tell it like it is, Dunoff! Mauro’s like, “Pablo asked me not to say anything!” which would be fine if Mauro weren’t a counselor, and therefore didn’t have an obligation to inform an authority figure when something happens to a kid under his supervision. Worst. Counselor. Ever. Dunoff amazingly snaps, “Oh, sure! And you listened to a 10th grader? But of course, as I just saw, you really do love the kids.” BURN. Dunoff is so sassy. I love him, I don’t even care. Weirdly, Dunoff tells him that he’s fired from “the institution,” and I’m pretty sure he’s talking about Elite Way? But none of the kids recognized Mauro when they showed up, and I’m pretty sure he was supposed to be working for whatever organization was running the activities? Well, whatever. Mauro pouts that he at least wants to say bye to the kids and Dunoff’s like, “Are you HIGH? I’m not letting you anywhere near them!” Mauro looks all bitter and I guess we’re supposed to think that Dunoff is being a douche? But like…I’m totally on Dunoff’s side here, I don’t even care. Even if Mauro hadn’t made out with Marizza, he was still the suckiest counselor/teacher in the history of time.
Sonia returns and Pepa immediately is like, “Oh God, did you visit Marizza? Why can’t you just leave her alone?” Blah blah Marizza hates Sonia no no she totally doesn’t yes she does I am a monster!!! blah. Then the phone rings and Sonia’s like, “Don’t tell them I’m here!!!” and Pepa totally tells them that Sonia’s there. Hee! Sonia is about to like, kill Pepa with her bare hands but oh wait, it’s Marizza! Marizza passive-aggressively apologizes for being such a wench and then adds that she kind of stuck her tongue down Mauro’s throat but you know it was no big thing and she’s ~totally done~ with him so, you know, whatevs. Sonia displays some amazingly awful parenting skills by saying, “No, sweetie, that’s great!” What? I usually like you Sonia, but…no. Anyway, Lujan (my queen!) comes in to tell Marizza that Dunoff is ready to talk to her, so Marizza hangs up. But, ~inspired~ by her talk with her mother, she’s not afraid of talking to Dunoff anymore. Er, was she ever?
Meanwhile, Mia is preparing to climb a ladder in the middle of some field. You know, as you do. Pablo comes up behind her and like…grabs her around the waist? I don’t know. They fall backwards and Vico (who sees the whole thing through the window) shrieks, “IS THIS THE EXPLANATION YOU WANTED TO GIVE ME?!?!” Hee! Mia’s leg is hurt and Pablo half-assedly tries to help all, “Try hopping around on one leg?” And Mia’s like, “Excuse you, have you ever seen the Princess of Monaco hopping around on one leg?” and Pablo’s like, “…no?” Anyway, there’s no time for this tomfoolery: they have to figure out who’s been writing the newspaper. Man, Nico the Boy Detective has been slacking. Mia says she needs to explain everything to Vico, first. Aw! Mia is a good friend, most of the time. She makes Pablo go apologize, which I think is pretty good of her, since Pablo’s been acting like a total dick to Vico all series.
(We never do find out what Mia was doing on that ladder. Picking aloe vera leaves? Or maybe they just needed a convenient way for Mia and Pablo to fall on top of each other.)
Dunoff’s Interrogation Room. Marizza keeps insisting that it was an ~impulse~ she had and Mauro isn’t to blame. I think he kind of is, though, since he was kissing her back. Dunoff tells her not to tell anyone about it, and Marizza’s all, “Oh, I see! You’re just trying to protect the reputation of your precious school!” Hmmm. On the one hand, it’s pretty shady of Dunoff to try to cover it up. On the other hand, what, does Marizza think he wants to publicize the inappropriate student-teacher relations going on at his school? Mostly I feel dirty agreeing with Marizza about anything. Dunoff snarls that she’s only there on probation and Marizza’s like, “Oh, are you kicking me out?” in the snottiest voice you can imagine. Then she snips that he can take his prestigious school and shove it, because, as you know, Marizza is ~sew edgy~. Dunoff ominouses that something must be done about this situation. He picks up the phone and calls Sonia, who will probably just chirp that Marizza’s just ~being herself~. Bah.
On the beach, Manuel is chilling and wearing a do-rag. Oh, honey, no. I’m not even sure I can add to this. Anyway, Feli comes up with a sandwich and juice for him. The juice is in a stemmed glass, too! That’s pretty fancy for OJ on the beach. Manuel tells her that she’s sweet and then, because he can’t keep his trap shut, adds that he doesn’t understand how someone as nice as Feli is friends with “that whiny Barrrrrbie.” Damn, I wish I could roll my Rs. (And then Feli starts eating the sandwich she brought for him. Awkward.) Feli tells Manuel that without Mia, she’d be like Marcos. Hiding in a forest whilst whispering “Preciousssss”? I…can see that, actually. Manuel keeps ranting that he doesn’t get how someone as awesome as Papa C could have a daughter as bitchy as Mia. If I were Feli, I’d be weirded out that my boyfriend only ever wanted to talk about some other girl, but whatever. Also? Mia’s friends and family know her slightly better than you do, Manuel. Feli asks him when he met Franco and he tells her about the crash-into-hello of yore. Apparently Franco wanted to give Manuel his card, but didn’t have one on him, so he told Manuel to ask Mia for one. That’s…not something I remember happening. But okay. Anyway, Manuel knows Mia won’t give it to him, because she thinks he’s a creeper (and she’s not wrong). Feli tells him that she’ll get it for him, because, “For you, I’ll do anything.” WEIRD. You know, I talk about Manuel being creepy, but Feli really is, too. I’m not sure how the two of them aren’t setting off each other’s stranger danger at this point. Or maybe their individual creepies cancel out?
Over at the hotel, which suddenly looks a lot bigger, Guido is telling Tomás and Mia that they have to be alert. Constant vigilance! He adds that the culprit always leaves a clue that gives them away. I bet Guido reads Nancy Drew novels in his free time. He tells people that he’s more of a Hardy Boys fan, but he secretly thinks they’re chumps and prefers Nancy’s adventures. Or something. Mia’s like, “I’m sorry, are you a detective?” and Guido’s like, “No, but my uncle was one for the FBI!” Mia totally doesn’t buy it, although poor dumb Tomás does. But whatever, Guido has lots of experience from playing Clue. Guido tries to ask Mia out, saying that he’ll tell her aaaaall about the time they thought a plane full of missionaries were terrorists. Mia’s like, “Guido, that’s a Rambo movie.” I’m kind of shocked that Mia’s seen a Rambo movie. Tomás amazingly says that that just proves it could happen!!!
I love you, Tomás. Never change.
Anyway, then Pablo and Vico come up, presumably all made up. Vico tells Mia that everything’s cool and they’ll talk later. Okay, then. Tomás returns everyone’s attention to the problem at hand: they need to split up and search for clues! Guido tells them when Pilar comes back with some of the back issues, they can compare the newspapers and look for clues. Mia’s like, “PILAR is helping?” and Tomás is like, “Yeah, she offered to help, so what?” Oh, Tomás. Anyway, Pilar returns and Guido makes the groundbreaking discovery that the newspapers were typed on the same computer!!! Except pretty much all computers come with Times New Roman installed, Guido. They decide to look for a writing pattern instead (Tomás hilariously thinks that this is proof that Guido knows what he’s doing), but Pablo says that he already knows who the writer is! After all, such a thing has never happened before, so it must be one of the new kids! And the newspaper is written in the style of a gossip magazine! And who’s related to a person who is frequently in gossip magazines?
Okay, except pretty much everyone on the planet has read a gossip magazine at least once. And it’s much more likely that someone like Pilar, who’s been resentful of the other kids for years, would write the paper than any of the new kids — especially considering that Manuel and Marizza seem perfectly happy ignoring Pablo and co. Also, Marizza (for of course it is she that Pablo is accusing) was way too busy trying to get into Mauro’s pants to be writing the newspaper. Also, you’d think someone who was related to a celebrity would actually be less knowledgeable about gossip rags, since they wouldn’t have a reason to read them.
But whatever. Pablo is too butthurt over that one time Marizza refused to talk to him to consider anyone else. (You know what the worst part is? They probably would’ve figured it out if he hadn’t butted in. Go away, Pablo.)
Somewhere else near the hotel, Marizza is bitching that they’ll kick her out for making out with Mauro. Okay, but no one forced her to do it, so I find it difficult to have sympathy. Luna doesn’t get how Marizza had the balls to stick her tongue down a teacher’s throat, and Marizza wails that she’s always doing things without thinking about them first. Lujan tells her that she needs to start thinking before she acts. That’s sort of hilarious coming from Lujan and her fists of fury. Marizza mumbles that Papa Spirito will probably get custody of her now and she’ll have to go live in Italy. Luna obliviously says that the principal will “get over it.” I know! Teachers and students having inappropriate relationships? The principal is just overreacting! Luna is so dumb. Marizza’s like, “Don’t talk to me about that asshole!” and then Dunoff comes around the corner and tells Marizza that he wants to talk to her. Again? Also, hee!
Some other place near the hotel, Feli gives Manuel Papa C’s business card. Nico, creeping up the stairs, witnesses this ~exchange. I…guess he’s not on the newspaper case anymore? He’s switching to the mystery of why Manuel and Feli are together? I think it’s weird that Nico is so suspicious. For all he knows, maybe Manuel just likes Feli. It could happen, Nico!
Meanwhile, Dunoff is driving Marizza around in a beach buggy. Except they’re on grass. Something about this is really weird and I’m not sure what, but it’s also kind of funny. I don’t know. I shouldn’t be writing this at midnight. Anyway, he tells her that he spoke to her mom and they decided not to kick Marizza out. Also, if they kicked Marizza out, we wouldn’t have a show. But whatever. Marizza’s like, “Wow, Sonia Rey has some sort of weird power over you, doesn’t she?” That she does! Dunoff denies this, however, and simply says that one of the principles of Elite Way is to give people second chances. Because the elite are all about giving other people chances. Marizza adjusts her glasses and makes a snarky comment about his wife. Yes, because the first thing you do when the principal of a school doesn’t kick you out is to be rude. (Although, I’m not sure if they would’ve been right to expel Marizza, as much as I dislike her. Even if she came onto Mauro first, he’s the adult here, and it’s his responsibility to NOT MAKE OUT WITH TEENAGERS.)
On some grassy field somewhere, the ineffective clue crew agree to keep an eye on Marizza at all times. Manuel and Feli roll up and Pilar immediately tries to spill that they ~know~ who the newspaper writer is. Pablo shuts her down, though, snipping that they don’t need to talk about it in front of ~strangers. Manuel gets all up in Pablo’s face and they almost have a rumble but Feli calms everyone down. Boo, I wanted finger-snapping. Anyway, Pilar pipes up that it’s Marizza, because she’s trying to throw everyone off her ~trail. Feli’s like, “Oh, well that was obvious,” and Manuel’s like, “How do you know?” Tomás says they can tell because of their “scientific spirit.”
I love you, Tomás.
Manuel, who is apparently the only person on this beach who knows what circumstantial evidence is, asks if they have actual proof. Pablo’s like, “What are you, a judge?” Manuel’s like, you dumbass, you’re accusing someone with no proof. He also adds that Marizza is kind of “crazy” (re: a total wench and honestly not that great of a person) but he doesn’t think she’d do something like this. Pablo asks if Manuel is a psychiatrist, which, no, but he also knows Marizza better than Pablo, sooooo…yeah. Manuel calls them all childish. I feel like he shouldn’t be surprised. They’re 10th graders! You knew what you were getting yourself into, Manuel.
And hey, here’s Dunoff! Marizza, Luna, and Lujan also show up out of nowhere, which I won’t even bother questioning. Dunoff tells them that Mauro has been let go for “personal reasons.” Marizza’s like, “Personal for who?” (Also, Nico and Marcos have also shown up. Good to know all the main characters got the memo!) I don’t get why Marizza is being such a wench about this of all things, though. Mauro was a teacher macking on a student. That’d be grounds for an investigation — at least — in a public school. In a private school where the administration can pretty much hire and fire whoever they want? Of course Mauro was going to get in trouble. It’d be way irresponsible for the school to keep him around, anyway.
I have given this way too much thought. MOVING ON. Nico asks who’s going to run the activities now, and Dunoff says that that responsibility falls unto him. Everyone’s like, “…oh.” Hee! He promises that they’ll have a super cool vacation and then drives off in his buggy, beaming all the way. ILU Dunoff.
(By the way, this scene basically confirms that Guido is one of the new students. Again, I’m not sure how he knows so much about Mia.)
Back in Buenos Aires, Papa C is settling into his new office (you will recall that he has moved his activities closer to Elite Way). He and Peter are unpacking and Papa C finds a photo of Mama C! And then he tries to throw it out. HMMMM. Peter insists that Papa C give it to him, and he’ll put it with the “other things.” Papa C is like, “You kept my dead wife’s things for 14 years?” and Peter’s like, “Well, Mia’s going to want to see them, right?” and Papa C is like, “Eh, no,” and Peter reminds him that Mia’s been asking about her mother recently. Papa C snaps that he doesn’t want to talk about it anymore!!!! Ominous. Oh, and he’s received flowers from Sonia, thanking him for giving her a ride back to Buenos Aires. Fair enough, although Papa C doesn’t seem to think so. “Women don’t send flowers to men!” Way to be sexist, Papa C. Then he’s like, “I wonder how she’s doing?” I sense a relationship in their future!
Back on the beach, Dunoff has planned an actual activity for the kids! It looks like…kayaking? In the ocean? Idk, I stay away from anything that requires physical activity. Just typing this makes me tired. Mia bitches that she only travels on a yacht with 10 sailors! Only ten? Tomás tells Guido to tell Mia that it’s not dangerous and Guido’s like, “Why me?” and Vico’s like, “Didn’t you say you were really good at this sport?” Oops. Only six episodes in, and Guido’s ~web of lies~ is falling apart! He makes something up about how this version of kayaking is for ~amateurs~, Guido is too good for these shenanigans! Mia rolls her eyes and says that he’s full of shit. How is Mia supposedly the dumb one, again? She’s a way better girl detective than anyone else on this beach.
(Dunoff, who is overseeing things from the cliff, yells “HURRY UP AND LEAVE ALREADY!” I love him so much, there aren’t even words.)
Blah blah wacky ocean hijinks blah. At one point, Marizza pulls off her life jacket and dances around in her bikini. I feel like in real life, she’d end up flashing the entire class. Although, of course, that probably wouldn’t bother her. And then she falls into the ocean! I think she was pushed, but it’s hard to tell. There was an ~ominous~ flashback of Pablo saying that he was going to get revenge on Marizza so…I’m guessing it was him. If so, that’s actually kind of horrible. Anyway, someone (with dark hair, possibly Luna or Manuel?) saves her since, as we all know, Marizza can’t swim. I’m annoyed that I keep being teased with the prospect of her death, and yet she always lives. Dammit, writers!
In the locker room, Marizza, Lujan, and Luna sit around in their towels and talk. Faaaanservice. Marizza reveals that she was indeed pushed! By Pablo! Of course. Lujan cautions her to wait before she strikes back: revenge is a dish best served cold, after all. Luna’s like, “You two are kind of freaking me out.” Luna really isn’t sociopathic enough to hang out with these kids.
Oficina del Papa C. Peter comes in bearing tea and a magazine…with Sonia Rey on the cover! We don’t get a very clear look at it, but she appears to be in a state of undress. Papa C is like, “Why hello there,” and tells Peter that it appears that Sonia is an actual celebrity after all. Peter’s like, “Oh, I know you hate the whole celebrity culture, so I’ll take care of thanking her for the flowers,” and Papa C is like, “No, no, now that I’ve seen her without a top on, I’m more interested.” At least, that’s the implication. Then the phone rings! Peter says it’s a “Manuel Aguirre,” and Papa C says he doesn’t know anyone with that name. Hey, you just met him last episode! Remember? He was very ominous. But apparently all that has slipped Papa C’s mind. I’m sure that won’t piss Manuel off even more.
Back at the beach, Manuel slams the phone down. Papa C doesn’t remember him! That must mean that he’s a total douchebag, and not the head of a company who has other things to think about than some high school kid he talked to for five minutes. He crumples the business card in his fist (hee!) and snarls that it won’t be so easy to get rid of him!!!! Okay, crazy. Nico and his terrible eyebrows pop up and Manuel accuses Nico of spying on him. Or maybe Nico was just taking a walk around the hotel where he is also staying and happened to see you? But then, Manuel jumped off the logic train a loooooong time ago. Nico asks who he was talking to, since Manuel said he didn’t know anyone in Argentina. Manuel lies that he was talking to his friends in Mexico. “WHY ARE YOU STARING AT ME LIKE THAT?!” Nico’s like, “Uh…well…you can’t make international calls on the hotel’s phone.” Oh snap! Nico has his first clue! If this were a Nancy Drew game, he’d go write down, “Manuel lied about who he was calling!” in his detective notebook. Also, doesn’t Manuel know Luna’s aunt? He could’ve said he was calling her, especially since she’s pretending to be his guardian. Anyway, Manuel completely flips out and starts yelling at Nico all, “WHAT ARE YOU, FROM THE FBI? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?!” Nico tries to calm him down all, “Hey, I’m your friend,” and Manuel’s like, “INCORRECT! I HAVE NO FRIENDS HERE!” and storms off.
MANUEL IS CRAZY.
(Also, he drops Papa C’s business card on the floor while trying to hide it in his pocket. This will come up later.)
Marizza’s hotel room. “I’m going to rip those blue eyes out and use them as soccer balls!” Quoth that guy from Buffy, “Say hello to the imagery!” But will Marizza wear his ribcage as a hat? Luna says that Marizza should probably make sure that Pablo pushed her on purpose first. (Lujan doesn’t really seem to care, as long as she can get in on the violence aspect.) Marizza points out that Dunoff is probably going to believe the governor’s kid over the ~rebelde~ Marizza. Besides, she’s no tattletale. Ah, high school justice. Luna’s like, “Why is asking for help being a tattletale? What are you supposed to do, then?” and Lujan’s like, “Just beat up whoever’s bothering you!” Oh, Lujan, ILU. Luna says that it’s also kind of Marizza’s fault, since she always makes herself the center of attention. I can’t tell whether I agree or not — I mean, it’s Marizza’s own fault that she has such a bad reputation, but I feel like Luna’s also blaming Marizza for Pablo’s vendetta against her? Even if Marizza’s kind of a bitch, it’s not her fault that Pablo can’t solve his problems like a normal person. I don’t know. ANYWAY. Marizza insists that she’s just ~alive~, unlike Luna, who is boring. Luna points out that she may be boring, but at least nobody tried to drown her. Marizza snips that life is ~full of problems~, which is true, but I feel like that’s not quite the right moral to be drawing from all this. Anyway, Lujan says that they still need to confront Pablo and she and Marizza begin to plot. Luna leaves, unnoticed. DRAMA.
Manuel and Feli are walking around with some horses. As you do. Feli insists that Pablo & Co aren’t really that bad, and Manuel’s like, “Okay, so they’re just insane, then.” For real. Feli wibbles that they’re her friends, and she loves them, and Manuel whines that he just can’t get along with them. Whatever, you two. Feli says that at the very least, they’re right about Marizza, but Manuel disagrees. Besides, they still don’t have any proof. He also adds that even if she did write it, trying to drown her was just Not Cool. Feli’s like, “Wait, what?” and Manuel’s like, “Pablo pushed Marizza into the water! The dude is insane for realsies.” In a moment of actually being a decent human being, Manuel tells Feli that he can’t stop her from hanging out with her friends, but please stay away from Pablo, because quoth another character from Buffy, “[He has] gross emotional problems.” I do like this moment, though: Manuel tells Feli what’s up and cautions her about Pablo without mansplaining or being a controlling, rage-y asshole. That’s something that’s pretty rare in fiction nowadays, so let’s take a moment to appreciate!
At the hotel, Feli tells Vico and Mia about Pablo’s murder attempt. She’s weirdly upbeat about it, too, which I don’t get. (Also, the boats they were in are called “bananas,” if you were wondering.) Vico snips that Marizza deserved it. In example #21931 of Mia Being a Better Person Than Most of the Cast, Mia tells Vico not to be mean — Marizza could have drowned, and Pablo was way wrong for doing that. I love you, Mia. I don’t even care that nobody else does. Then Marizza herself rolls up, looking for that “plastic Ken” (the artist formerly known as Pablo Bustamante). Also, Pilar is walking by, and Lujan makes her take her to the rugby field. I…okay? I don’t get the point of that exchange. Was it supposed to be funny? Did Lujan accidentally thwart one of Pilar’s spying sessions? Whatever.
In some other field, Marizza walks around while monologuing about how she’s going to beat Pablo up with a stick. Luna pops up and Marizza nearly hits her with it (heh). Anyway, Luna is here to apologize: Marizza was right. For a second I thought she was going to say that it is better to nearly get kicked out of school than to just mind your own business, but no, Luna hasn’t changed her philosophy on life — but Pablo did push Marizza into the water. Marizza immediately starts dramatizing that Pablo is trash…he’s a killer! She’s going to go make him pay! Luna’s like, whoa, wait, did we forget the part where Pablo’s actually kind of scary? Marizza’s all, nobody scares me! Then she goes stomping off. Luna protests for like half a second before just letting her walk away. Good job, Luna.
Some waterfall. Marizza catches Pablo playing his guitar, because…you can really hear the music over the sound of all the water? Whatever. He doesn’t see her, though, and she creeps up and steals his guitar when he turns around to write some angsty lyrics. Oh, Pablo, where were you during the lecture on constant vigilance? He goes looking for it and find Marizza standing at the top of the waterfall, taunting him. Oh, Marizza. He tells her that the guitar means a lot to him and she’s like, “That’s funny, my life means a lot to me!” Then Pablo tells her that he was falling, so he grabbed onto her. That is the worst excuse ever. Marizza threatens to throw his guitar into the river unless he tells the truth. “Fine, fine, I pushed you on purpose! Give me the guitar back!” Oh, whoops, she dropped it. I don’t know why Pablo didn’t lie and say that he didn’t know she couldn’t swim or something. After all, wasn’t he in the ghetto! when her drowning incident happened? (By the way, whatever happened with that? Does Pablo not have to do his community service anymore? Wasn’t he supposed to go on trial?) Pablo grabs Marizza and says that he’ll kill her. DUDE. He creeps that it’ll look like an accident — the ground is slippery and besides, Marizza can’t swim. Who will ever suspect it was on purpose? He crazies that he can see the ~fear~ in her eyes. Marizza, who has no sense of self-preservation, tells him that he’s just a sad copy of his dad. Pablo tells her that he knows that she’s the one that writes the newspaper and if his name shows up again, she’ll be ~in trouble. Incorrect, Pablo! And you were threatening so well before that! Then he lets her go because he doesn’t like getting his hands dirty — but he knows a lot of people that will do anything for money, so she should watch out.
Wait, what? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? You will recall that Manuel also threatened his love interest a few episodes ago. And these two are supposed to be our romantic leads! GTFO with that fuckery. (Although, again, I do think it’s a case of the writers going overboard on the Rule of Drama rather than actual indications of character. We’re only about six episodes in, so I’d chalk it up to early installment weirdness more than anything else. That said, it’s still really gross and I’m weirded out that the writers thought that this was a good idea at all.)
Back at the hotel, Manuel is scrambling around looking for Franco Colucci’s business card, which he dropped earlier. Hey, you know who noticed Manuel drop said business card? I think it’s time to harass Nico! But first, Manuel asks an amazingly bored-looking waiter if he’s seen the card. The waiter doesn’t even say no, he just sort of shakes his head and shrugs. I love this man.
Over in her hotel room, Marizza is all freaked out by Pablo’s threateny threatening. I do feel bad for her here — throwing Pablo’s guitar into the river is way less horrible than what he did to her in the first place, and threatening to kill her was so unnecessary. I hate you, Pablo. Lujan comes in and starts telling Marizza about the rugby match (apparently Pilar ran like both her legs were in casts — heh), but eventually notices that Marizza is not her usual annoying self. Marizza tells her about Pablo and his mafia threats of doom. Lujan says that Pablo probably just wanted to scare her and Marizza’s like, “No, you should’ve seen him. Dude has crazy eyes for real.” Also, she has a real problem now: she doesn’t write the newspaper, so if Pilar decides to snark on Pablo again, Marizza will be the one sleeping with the fishes.
Somewhere else in the hotel, Manuel runs into Marcos and notices that Papa C’s business card is lying there on the table. He immediately jumps on Marcos and Marcos is like, “Uh, no, I don’t even know what that is.” Then Nico shows up! Manuel asks if he ~knows anything~ about the card and Nico’s like, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Liar! Manuel is perturbed.
Over in some field, Pilar finds Pablo’s guitar. Wait, so where does that river go, anyway? They’re right next to the ocean, but apparently Pablo’s guitar just ended up in some creek instead of floating out to the Atlantic. Pilar monologues that something big must have happened here!!! Okay, weirdo.
Mia’s room. Pablo is dragged in and the girls yell at him for pushing Marizza off the banana. Pablo snaps that they wanted revenge, and Mia’s like, “Yeah, but not wetworks!” He bitches that the girls were probably just going to ~steal her mascara~ or something — Marizza is real trouble! He won’t stop until she begs to leave the school! Feli voices my thoughts: “Aren’t you getting kind of worked up?” Tomás suggests that they can just leave her alone, because the Society will take care of her when they get back to school. Feli points out that she’s not a scholarship student. (You will recall, way back in episode three or something, that none of the scholarship students ever graduate because of the Society, which Dunoff says doesn’t exist. OMINOUS!) Vico, who is a scholarship student, says that the Society scares her, even though she’s friends with all the rich kids. HMMM. Mia pouts and asks if they can stop talking about those idiots. Pablo condescendingly tells her that “life is more than a closet full of clothes!” Mia snarks that Pablo’s probably one of them, considering how much he’s defending them. I believe I said this about an earlier episode, but it’s interesting how Mia, for all that the other characters call her shallow and bitchy, is pretty much the moral center of her group of friends. It’s also telling that she doesn’t seem to see the scholarship students as some plague on the school the way Pablo does. Anyway, Pablo says that even if he was, it’s supposed to be a secret. And anyway, fuck Mia and her morals: if his friends aren’t going to help, Pablo will just torture Marizza on his own. Jesus, what is his damage?
Dinnertime. Tomás says Pablo is changing his clothes, so Mia takes the opportunity to bring up Pablo’s psychopathy. It’s making her nervous. Vico, who amazes me by reaching new heights of Stepfordness, says that Pablo just did it to scare Marizza. Mia: “And after?” Poor naive Tomás says that Pablo wouldn’t really hurt Marizza. Mia says that there’s something wrong with Pablo — he has serious hate and rage issues, and we all know that way the dark side lies. Everyone rolls their eyes at her. Even Feli is like, “Well, that bitch knows how to make people hate her.” Speak of the devil! Marizza waltzes in and Mia’s like, “Especially designers! MIS OJOS!” But still: she thinks Pablo is not okay, and she’s freaked that he’s going to do something even worse. Again: Mia, a better person than people give her credit for. Admittedly, I can’t tell if she’s that concerned for Marizza, or just doesn’t want Pablo to get in more trouble, but she’s the only person that’s really worried at all.
Over at the ~rebelde~ table, Marizza is wondering where Luna is. So both Pablo and Luna are missing? He’s probably going to kill her and leave her body in Marizza’s bed as a warning. Oh, wait, there she is. (Lujan’s hair looks really nice in this scene, by the way. Just saying.) They call her over, but Luna says it’s a bit warm and goes to sit near a window. (She’s also wearing like two sweaters here, so I think that’s her own fault.) Hilariously, Manuel immediately asks Marizza if she did something. “ME?!” She bites his head off and Manuel’s like, “Whoa, sorry,” and Marizza admits that she’s a little jumpy. Because she has to keep an eye out for Pablo and his assassins, obvs. Manuel goes to ask Luna what’s wrong, but gets intercepted by the amazingly bored waiter. “Did you find my card?!” No, but the waiter did see a kid pick it up off the floor. Dark hair, pale skin, crazy eyebrows — that sounds like Nico! Manuel runs off to go yell at him. I guess no one cares about Luna.
Wherever the hell Nico is. “WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?” Nico tries to get away from crazy Manuel but Manuel’s all “YOU’RE NOT LEAVING TILL YOU ANSWER ME!” Nico is awesomely sassy here and is like, “We’re not friends, remember? I don’t owe you any explanations. Later.” I don’t know why Nico didn’t point out that Manuel is also a lying liar, what with his stalking Papa C and pretending he’s just in Argentina for school.
Back in the dining room, Pablo rolls up and makes Marizza uncomfortable, leaning over her chair and casually asking how her day is going. CREEPY. And then another newspaper shows up! Luna just like…picks it up off her table, which begs the question, how did none of the other kids notice it as they were sitting down? Pablo grabs Marizza and tells her that if the paper mentions him, she’ll be wearing a cement overcoat. (Okay, he doesn’t say that. But it’s implied.) Pilar smugly begins to read it and the very first line is, of course, “The Strange Case of the Guitar in the Water.” Oops! Sucks to be Marizza.
(Also, hey, someone from Luxembourg has seen this site! I’d like to apologize to them for using the name of their language for my random-and-not-at-all-Luxembourg-related blog.)
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