Previously on Rebelde Way: Lalo has once again been accused of a crime he didn’t commit! I hate him but honestly, can the guy get a break from rich people scapegoating him for their problems?
Feli’s mom walks out from behind the police, because I guess if you call the cops all like, “My daughter ran off with her boyfriend and I need your help intimidating her into coming back,” they’ll send like five guys out with you. And yet, there’s apparently no manpower to help Vico out with her abusive dad or to remove Blas from Elite Way. The cops move to arrest Lalo and Feli agrees to go back with her mother.
Back at school, Nicolas Cage tells Guido that this is his last chance: if he scams on Augustina again, Nicolas Cage is going to put his foot up his ass. Why wait, Nicolas Cage? Guido is definitely going to screw up again, so let’s just get on with hurting him. Guido bleats that the whole thing with that other girl isn’t his fault: he lent some money to a friend for a business opportunity (because 16-year-olds have so many of those) and he got burned. Surely one ambitious businessman can recognize another, eh? Nicolas Cage is all like, “Ah, a man after my own heart” and forgives him. Gross. And then he starts like, putting his hands all over Guido’s chest, which is also really gross. Augustina’s dad has boundary issues.
The next day, Lujan is still looking for Blas. I mean, we finally got rid of him, let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. Again, as sad as his backstory is, he’s done nothing but be horrible to a bunch of children, including engaging in a bunch of inappropriate romantic relationships with underage girls, and like…I’m not going to not be relieved that he’s been removed from a school setting. Lujan goes into the office to ask Michi about Blas’s whereabouts — Michi refuses to tell her — which means that she’s in there to see Miranda come in and tell Michi that he’ll accept the position of fourth year tutor. Lujan is shocked. I’m not sure why? I thought Blas was just kind of generally a “tutor”-slash-glorified-yard-assistant to all the classes, while someone like Mansilla or Martavio was the third- or fourth-year’s homeroom teacher exclusively. Whatever. Maybe Lujan is surprised that Miranda is doing something other than teaching them his subject, although that shouldn’t be a shock to her either.
Over at Casa Bustamante, Papa B crazies at Ines that he just knows that Pablo was on the tour van with Erreway. I mean, yes, how else is he gonna tour with them? Ines shrugs that Bubbaloo is sponsoring the tour — love how one company apparently is enough to replace the five or so sponsors they had before — and everything is paid for, so there’s nothing they can do but wait for him to come back. I mean…is Pablo not still a minor? Legality of the tour aside, his dad totally has the right to pull him out of the tour if he wants to. But whatever. Ines insists that they can’t do anything, and Papa B insists “YES WE CAN” like a mirror universe version of Obama.
Papa B calls his friend/enforcer to find out how the whole shutting-down-Papa C’s-business thing is going. His enforcer bleats that Papa C’s business is totally above board, the workers are paid a living wage and they meet OSHA standards and everything. Papa B’s like, “Do I pay you to obey the law? Just shut it down, man.”
Back at school, Tomás complains to some of the boys that Pilar is acting crazy and won’t explain what’s going on. He catches her in the cafeteria and tries to talk to her, and she goes off on him for cheating on her. She’s like, “I called your phone and a girl picked up! What other explanation could there be for all this?!” Tomás says that he lent his phone to Guido, so that Guido could cheat on Augustina, not so Tomás could cheat on Pilar. Not in those words, of course. Pilar’s like, “Oh.” Guido sees them, however, realizes his cheating gig is up, and runs off as fast as he can.
Feli comes into the cafeteria looking for Lalo. Marcos tells her that he’s in the office with Michi, probably getting fired for the twelfth time. Feli is too much of a cowardly custard to go see him herself, so she asks Marcos to check on him and make sure he’s okay.
Cut to: Lalo not being okay, on account of losing his job under false pretenses for literally the third time. He yells at Michi and storms out. Marcos witnesses this and is like, “…yeah, he’s not taking it well.” Then Hilda comes in with a letter for Dunoff. Michi insists on opening it and reads aloud that Blas has resigned. What a glorious day for all the teenage girls at Elite Way. (I don’t know why Hilda of all people has this letter, but let’s roll with it.)
The kids go to class, where Fernanda and Belen make fun of Sol for hanging out with Maxi. They’re like, “Ew, have you kissed him? He’s so ugly! Even if he’s rich!” Sol insists that they’re just friends and she’s only hanging with him out of pity — and also self-advancement, as we see when Maxi calls her a minute later. Sol immediately wants to know if he’s heard back from his aunt, re: letting Sol model. Then Miranda comes in and sees Sol on her phone, but he merely shushes he before starting class. I call bullshit: I went to high school in the 2000s, and if you were so much as caught with your phone out (even if it was turned off), the teachers confiscated it. Our phones had to be turned off (not silent, you also got in trouble if it vibrated) and locked in our lockers from 8 to 3. God forbid if you were caught talking on them.
Guido comes in and he and Tomás start fighting. I feel like they’ve had this fight before, where Guido wants Tomás to cheat on Pilar, and Tomás gets mad that Guido won’t respect his relationship while Guido is mad that Tomás won’t enable his fuckboy-ness. It’s boring. Miranda also thinks so, because he’s just like, “Okay, guys, calm down. You know, whenever you feel like it. I guess.” Lmao, he does not care about these kids. Tomás is like, “I’ll calm down soon, just give me a minute to kill Guido!” Hee.
Apparently this is supposed to be their free period, but Miranda tells them that they are going to sit down and have a serious discussion. All the kids are like, “But we hate serious discussion, that goes against everything this school stands for!” Miranda tells them that he’s their new tutor, and then suddenly notices that Feli is missing. This, uh, does not bode well for him keeping an eye on these kids, does it?
Feli is in the cafeteria, crying to Lalo. I guess she got over her nerves about seeing him. She wails that her family is batshit and they’ll never stop until she’s under their thumb for good. I feel like Lalo is not the person to complain to about this? Like, he’s the one who nearly got shot and arrested here. Nevertheless, Lalo assures her that her mother attempting to subject him to unlawful arrest and send him to jail and take away his livelihood has changed nothing about his feelings. He still wants to be with Feli no matter what! I mean…it’s his funeral, I guess.
Pilar comes in and tells Feli that Miranda is calling a meeting in the classroom. Feli throws her shoulders back and is all, “Tell him I’m absent! I refuse to move from this room!” Feli, you’re cutting class, not holding down a barricade.
Back in class, all the kids protest the great injustice of Miranda using their free period to talk to them. In total fairness, he could’ve called an assembly or something. But also calm down. Pilar comes in and says that Feli’s not coming to class, and Miranda’s like, “Oh? And who decided that?” HEE. He goes off to talk to her and tells the kids to work among themselves while he’s gone. Obviously they take that to mean “start talking” like any teenagers would. Marcos comes up to Lujan and tells her that Blas has quit, which he clearly thinks is going to make her happy, but instead Lujan gets upset and runs off. Heh. Shut down, Marcos.
Miranda goes to see Feli in the cafeteria, and she’s like, “I want to stay here and skip class if that’s cool with you.” Miranda’s like, “That’s really not how this works? Like, I’m telling you to go to class now.” Lalo steps in front of Feli and is all, “How dare you speak to her that way!!” Okay, to be serious for a moment, I think this right here is one of the show’s biggest problems? I’ve tried to articulate this several times over the years and I think it always came out kind of roundabout and long-winded, but here goes again: it’s super weird how this show treats the whims of a bunch of teenagers like the most serious things ever. Like, there are some genuinely good messages in here about daring to be yourself and questioning authority, but they get watered down because for every genuine abuse of power the kids fight against, there’s a sideplot where they treat truancy like a human right. Not everything you want to do at the age of 15 is good for you! Can the show acknowledge this every now and then!
Anyway, then Dunoff and Feli’s mom come in and want to know what Feli is doing in here with Lalo. Miranda covers for her and says that the kids are doing a project about jobs and employment, so they were asking Lalo how much he makes as a practical work example. This is hilariously an obvious lie, given that none of these privileged kids will ever end up in a service job. Except maybe Manuel if he continues to squander his education by repeating high school. Anyway. Feli protests to Dunoff and her mom that their firing of Lalo was unjust, which — you know, I don’t know, actually. I feel like having a relationship with a student might be legitimate grounds for firing, even if the employee isn’t a teacher, depending on the school. Just like, age-wise and liability-wise, I think most schools wouldn’t be very keen on it. But whatever. Dunoff tells everyone to just go back to class or their respective jobs, so Miranda hustles Feli off while she hisses that she hates her mother forever.
Lujan tries to rifle through Michi’s things, looking for a way to find Blas. Michi bats her away and says that instead of Lujan running off to find her violent ex-teacher, Michi will do her best to figure out what happened.
Meanwhile, Lalo is still having labor disputes with Dunoff. He protests that Mama Feli and Dunoff don’t have any reason to fire him, and Dunoff’s like, “Yes, that is why we are making one up! Keep up!” Lalo starts crying and sniffles that he doesn’t think Dunoff is truly that corrupt, deep down, if only he would try to find the goodness deep down in his heart! Dunoff’s like, “No, no, I am that corrupt.” Heh. Feli’s mom snipes that Lalo is just trying to ruin her family, and Lalo snaps and yells at her that she thinks Feli can’t make her own decisions, but one day all of Mama Feli’s machinations will bite her in the ass.
In the hallway, Feli cries and asks Miranda why he’s against her and Lalo’s love. Miranda’s like, “I’m not against anything, I just want you to go to class.” HEE. This sideplot is so unintentionally hilarious. I think it’s the sheer amount of pathos that they’re dedicating to Feli and Lalo, of all people. Miranda tells Feli that she and Lalo have to be patient and mature, and prove to her parents that they’re good for each other and that their relationship isn’t just a plot to give Feli’s mom the vapors. I’m of two minds about this: I think it’s overall pretty realistic and not bad advice, but it hinges on Feli’s mom genuinely wanting the best for Feli, which we have not always seen to be true. So.
Feli sees Dunoff dragging Lalo off and wants to chase after him, but Miranda pulls her away. Feli pouts that being patient is stupid advice and Miranda’s like, “Well, what are you going to do, break up? That would really prove your mom right, that it was just a fling.” I think that’s kind of a weird line, because I don’t think Feli’s given any indication that she thinks the other option is breaking up? She’s acting more like she’s going to run away, Nico and Luna style, if her parents won’t approve of the relationship. Whatever. I should stop trying to make sense of the dialogue on this show. Then Feli’s mom comes by and Miranda insists that Feli talk to her before she leaves.
At Casa Colucci, Papa C is having a meltdown that Mia hasn’t called yet. Then the phone rings, but it’s not Mia, it’s one of Papa C’s underlings. He tells Papa C that they’ve shut down his factory, and Papa C is like, “Say what?”
In the courtyard, Feli tells her mom that she and Lalo are in love. Mama Feli’s like, “Well, how do you know?” and Feli’s like, “I just KNOW, okay!” Very convincing. Mama Feli thinks that Lalo is just after Feli’s money. Feli’s like, “He doesn’t want my money, he wants my SOUL and my BODY!” Mama Feli’s like, “Okay, let’s not talk about boys wanting your body right now,” and Feli snipes that she never wanted to give Feli the sex talk because she thought Feli was too ugly to get laid, but it’s too late now! Not in quite those words, and since Mama Feli doesn’t have another meltdown, I don’t think she picks up on the implication that Lalo’s deflowered Feli. Mama Feli gets all defensive and snaps that she’ll pull Feli out of Elite Way and send her far away if she sees Lalo around her again. I don’t know why she hasn’t done that already instead of trying to get Lalo arrested under false charges that probably would’ve never stuck anyway.
Then Pilar comes in and is like, “Not to interrupt, but…we have soccer practice.” Heh.
Meanwhile, Tomás has Guido’s head wedged in his locker door, yelling at him for making Pilar think that she was cheating on her. Guido wails that all his various fuckups just kind of snowballed together, but he didn’t mean to cause problems for Tomás, and it won’t happen again. “No, it won’t, because I’m going to kill you,” Tomás says. HA! But really, Tomás, don’t make promises you won’t follow through on. I’ll only be disappointed.
The girls go off to play soccer. Augustina is the goalie for some reason? Why don’t she and Lola have any friends in their own grade? Anyway, Sol throws a fit over being bad at sports and storms off. Fernanda and Belen immediately gossip to Pilar that Sol is hanging out with Maxi, and all three girls laugh at her. Sol says that she has to get back to school, since she has plans, and Pilar immediately asks “With Maxi?” and makes the L sign on her forehead. Except she does it backwards. So close, Pilar.
Sol runs off and Fernanda, Belen, and Pilar decide to spy on her to see what she’s up to with Maxi.
Marcos goes to Michi and they commiserate over not being able to stop Lujan’s obsession with Blas. Then Carmen comes in and sighs that Blas resigning is quite unfortunate — no one else hates the students quite like he does! — and Marcos and Michi want to know how she found out. She’s like, “He just told me? Some of us see each other outside of work, you know.” She adds that he’s actually just leaving the school now, and Marcos runs out to catch him. He runs up to Blas’s car, and Blas is all, “What an excellent opportunity to run him over!” I swear, have any of these kids even met Blas before? Marcos tells Blas that he owes Lujan an explanation, and Blas sighs and says that he’ll give them five minutes. Marcos runs off to find Lujan.
Miranda has called all the kids in for another meeting, this time about some essays that they’ve written. I don’t remember him assigning these, but I guess the topic was vaguely about changes they’d like to see at school, and everyone wrote joke answers like making all the teachers hotter (because this school really needs more inappropriate relationships!) and making teatime a thing again (“That’s mine!” chirps Fernanda, who you’ll recall is like the second cousin twice removed via marriage to an English duke or something). He says only one essay actually brought up a good suggestion: letting girls play soccer at Elite Way. All the boys immediately scoff at the idea of GIIIIIRLS playing soccer. “They’ve never even seen a ball!” Diego cackles. Miranda says that it’s a question of equality, and all the kids groan that they’re all for equality and questioning authority except for when it involves girls having rights. Ah, just like men in real life.
(Again, I remind you, that the whole “girls playing soccer” thing is even a plot at all because they beat the boys at DDR and the boys demanded a rematch while playing a sport that they’re better at. Like, I’m glad the show is bringing this up, but it’s also so stupid, especially because this is like the 80th time that the boys and girls have had some dumbass competition to see who’s better.)
Marcos and Lujan aren’t in this meeting, but I guess Miranda doesn’t care this time. They run out to find Blas in the parking lot, but he’s gone. The guard’s like, “Yeah, he left like right after telling you that he would wait.” I mean, I’m not sure how they didn’t see this coming. Lujan wibbles that he must really not want to talk to her. Yeah, did…did she not get that vibe when he was strangling her? Marcos vows to help her find him, and Lujan emos that it’s impossible. She knows, because she searched for like ten whole minutes! If she can’t browbeat the information out of Michi, there’s nothing they can do! Marcos offers to help, and he leverages his rich boy connections to get the chief of police on the phone so they can trace Blas’s car. I am begrudgingly excited about this. Marcos is a jerk, but I’m trash for couples getting together while solving a mystery, so…let me have this.
Back in class, Miranda tasks the kids with reading some books about feminism. He splits them up into groups and says that each group will read a book, which…I mean, I hope all of those books are like essay collections, otherwise they are going to have a hell of a time with context. All the boys, once again, protest. Javier’s like, “Who cares about feminism?” If women know their own worth, they won’t let him pretend to be blind and grope them anymore! Miranda reminds them that, if they can’t be fucked to care about women for their own sake, maybe they should remember that they have mothers and sisters and maybe daughters one day. Ah, the “I had a baby girl and suddenly realized that men are going to treat her badly” school of feminism. Part of me is pleasantly surprised that the show is willing to tackle feminism at all — despite its, uh, spotty track record depicting male-female relations — and another part of me is cringing because the boys’ reactions are just too on the nose. It’s like watching an IRL Youtube comment section.
Pilar owns up to writing the essay and says that she didn’t want to start a big debate, she just likes soccer and her dad won’t let her play. Aw, Pilar! I vote her and Vico for “Most Likely to Have an Angry Feminist Awakening in College.” Miranda says that it may seem small, but it’s part of a bigger problem: for example, boys start playing soccer from when they’re little kids, in teams and clubs that exclude girls by default, so girls never really get a chance to learn to play. (This is, by the way, interestingly in contrast to the US, where soccer is very much played by girls — but then, it’s not a coincidence that the US doesn’t give a fuck about soccer and thinks of it as a “kid sport.”) The boys are still dismissive, and Guido snarks that he’s not gonna read a book if it’s not even for a real assignment. Miranda’s like, “Okay, if that’s what it takes, then you’ll get graded on how well you grasped the reading, and all the reading has to be done by tomorrow.” HA!
(All that said…if girls’ soccer is banned, how come the girls have just been skipping off to practice every day with no problems? Like no one wonders where they’re going? The boys haven’t turned them in? I don’t know.)
Papa C tells Sonia that Papa B’s fucked his business up but good. His factory is closed and all the workers are out on the street. Papa B’s even managed to confiscate all the merchandise and has frozen Papa C’s accounts. Sonia offers to help him pay for everything until this is worked out, and he’s all, “I can’t let you do that!” Sonia scoffs and tells him that that’s what couples do, and she’s independently wealth so he shouldn’t try getting macho with her. I’m impressed by this thematic connection to what the kids are studying in school. One of the writers was awake for this episode, at least! Then the kids call and tell them that they’ve sold out all the stadiums that they’ve played in so far, because of course these kids are playing stadiums despite not even having an album out and also being in school full-time.
The next day all the kids come in looking for breakfast. Michi’s in the cafeteria and she’s like, “YES there is no more cafeteria worker and NO I will not be taking any questions about this.” Heh. Feli laments to Pilar and Pilar’s like, “Maybe I can talk to my dad?” and Feli’s like, “Your dad was literally the one that fired him.” Pilar’s like, “Oh.” Michi says that she’ll call around and look for another job for Lalo. I hope his next job isn’t a 3-hour commute like this one apparently was, though. Feli wails that she never even got to say goodbye and Pilar’s like, “So call him? You have a cell phone, dude.” Feli’s like, “Stop saying words, our love is less dramatic when you put it like that.”
Fernanda drags Pilar off and tells her that Sol is leaving to do something, and they’re going to follow her, yes? Pilar says that she can’t come along because she’s gotta stay here and help Feli with her emotional breakdown. Fernanda says that she won’t be able to do Miranda’s reading if she has to stalk Sol, so Pilar promises to do her reading for her.
Sol goes to the mall while “Crazy in Love” plays in the background. HEE. Fernanda and Belen follow her around and see her meet Maxi. I gotta say, they are not very Veronica Mars about it, but I guess we all have to start somewhere. Although, they are quite smooth about finding out information: they see Sol and Maxi leave a shop together, so they go in and pretend to be buying a present for Sol. They sigh that it looks like she bought the entire store, so they don’t know if they’ll be able to buy the present here. The shop lady — who is Maxi’s aunt — tells them that Sol was just here for the model casting.
To her credit, Feli does try to call Lalo, but she can’t reach him. She decides to run off and find him in person, and since she’ll be spending the day stalking him, she won’t have time to do the reading. She asks Pilar to cover for her, and Pilar groans over doing another person’s homework for them, but agrees anyway. It turns out to be moot, however, since Feli doesn’t take so much as three steps out of the school before a couple of suits catch her. The two guys tells her that her family has hired them to follow her and make sure she doesn’t sneak out and meet up with any underpaid service workers. Feli’s all, “Get out of my way! I’m 15 years old and I can do whatever I want!” The suits just sort of look at her like, “Yeah…that’s not going to work.” Well, at least now Pilar won’t have to do another reading!
Inside, everyone is working on their assignment. Tomás is like, “This is dumb! Who cares about women’s rights!” and Pilar’s like, “Me? I’m the one who wrote the essay that started all of this?” “Sweetie, I’ll give you whatever rights you want,” Tomás says, missing the point spectacularly.
Speaking of setting feminism back: Feli is lying on a beanbag in the lounge, losing the will to live because she can’t see Lalo. Laura’s like, “Well, look on the bright side, it’ll help you get over him if you never actually see him again!” Heh. Harsh but true. All the girls agree that Feli’s situation sucks, but since the alternative is getting sent away from here, she’s gotta keep her chin up! “BUT I WANT TO SEE LALO!!!” Feli wails at them. Lujan tries to be encouraging and says that they should hatch a plan to get rid of Feli’s security detail, but that only leads to Feli crying more and bleating that she’s can’t come up with anything. Okay, look: I don’t fault Feli for being dramatic about Lalo or not being wily enough to come up with a scheme to see him (we can’t all be Marizza, after all). But it’s deeply annoying that she keeps shooting down everyone’s suggestions for improving her life while throwing a tantrum over wAnTiNg to sEE lALo!!!
Back at the table, Marcos is reading about the wage gap and he’s like, “This is pretty messed up, guys!” Marcos is the guy that posts aggressively about listening to women and calls himself a male feminist but slides into other girls’ DMs behind his girlfriend’s back. Guido snarks that it must be a tax that women have to pay for being so dumb. Just as a reminder, Guido still owes money to Jenny’s pimp because he used it to cheat on his girlfriend from whom he borrowed the money in the first place. Before Marcos can keep arguing on behalf of feminism, though, the chief of police calls him back and says that they’ve found Blas. Marcos and Lujan run off.
Papa C goes to see Papa B about his factory. Papa B makes a big show about how he doesn’t care if Papa C is an upstanding citizen, one never knows if someone is up to something shady! Papa C snaps that Papa B is a cowardly custard and not even his own son respects him. Burn! Papa B gets down to the quid pro quo: he’ll reopen Papa C’s factory and unfreeze his accounts if Papa C hands over Erreway’s tour schedule. Papa C’s like, “Why don’t you just call all your government and law enforcement friends to find out?” Or — and this is crazy, but stay with me — what if Erreway had a list of tour dates publicly available like a real, actual band? As they glare at each other, Papa C realizes that Papa B’s whole issue with Erreway is about his image: it would ruin him if people found out that his son plays in a rock band, and his political enemies would use it against him! They would? I truly cannot think of a single person who would care if a politician’s kid had a garage band. Also like, no offense, while I feel like being the mayor of the capital has some clout, it’s not like he’s the president. If Sarah Palin could survive Bristol Palin’s teen pregnancy, you’ll be fine, Papa B.
Meanwhile, a cop has pulled Blas over and is distracting him until Marcos and Lujan can get there. Love the way the rich just use the police force for their own ends in this show! Once again, Lujan begs Blas to talk to her, and Blas snipes that Lujan only cares that he’s leaving because he was giving her money. He was? I thought he’d cut her off ages ago. Whatever. Lujan tearfully tells him that she doesn’t care about the money, she cares about him. She promises not to tell anyone what she saw in the Pensieve his medical files and it’s all very Snape’s Worst Memory. Blas doesn’t believe her, and Lujan says that she’ll protect his secret because he’s done more for her than anyone in the entire world. Lujan, just because he was secretly helping you doesn’t change the fact that he also verbally, emotionally, and sometimes physically abused you every day. Oh my God, he is actually Severus Snape. Lujan is probably going to name one of her kids Dunoff Blas.
Lujan tries to hug(!) Blas and he almost looks like he’s going to cry, but then he shoves her out of the way and drives off. Lujan and Marcos jump into the cop’s car and tell him to follow Blas. Wow, I hope that guy doesn’t have any actual criminals to catch.
Pilar and Feli enlist Michi to help Feli sneak out. Michi’s like, “Wow, this is the worst idea I’ve ever heard.” She says she’ll help Lalo find a new job, but that is the extent she’s willing to go to. Feli calls her a hypocrite because Michi is always telling Feli to fight for what she wants, but now that Feli is doing so, Michi doesn’t approve. I mean, maybe Michi didn’t mean “fight for your two-week-old relationship with an older guy who likes to yell at you for things you can’t control and who has also knocked you up while you’re still in high school”, FELI.
Their shouting brings Dunoff out of his office and he wants to know what the hell they’re all on about. Michi tries to BS an excuse and he’s like, “I can tell when you’re lying by now, tell the truth or I’ll fire you.” Heh. Pilar distracts him and says that they’re complaining about Miranda, who is just the worst, and if they step into Dunoff’s office she will tell him all about it. They leave Michi and Feli alone. Michi offers to check up on Lalo herself, but now Feli’s committed to her madcap plan and is only mad that Michi won’t support her.
Dunoff comes in to the teachers’ lounge and tells Miranda that the kids are upset: Miranda is making them learn things that they don’t want to, he assigns way too much homework (read: any homework at all, probably), and he’s a tyrant. I mean, is that not what Dunoff wants in a teacher? Make up your mind, man. Miranda just shrugs and is like, “So what, are you going to fire me?” Hee. Dunoff’s like, “No, no, we only fire cafeteria workers for stupid reasons; teachers can literally stalk and assault students and still have tenure.”
Miranda’s like, “Good, because I have plans for these kids!” He thinks it would be just grand to have a soccer tournament for all the students, and Dunoff’s like, whoa, whoa, they can play volleyball, hockey, or figure skating, but I draw the line at soccer! This is weird — not just because he brought up figure skating, of all high school sports — because Miranda never says that this tournament is specifically for the girls, but Dunoff starts going off about not wanting to have girls’ soccer competitions. Miranda says that the kids all like soccer so it would be nice to start there. Ooh, and what if they played with different schools and met kids from different social classes? HA! Man, I love Miranda. Martavio wishes he could throw the kids in the deep end of socioeconomic mixing like this. Dunoff blusters that he’s super open minded and totally loves Miranda’s idea, but Etchamendi will never go for it.
Pilar runs around looking for Feli, but instead finds Fernanda and Belen. They tell her about the fruits of their spying: they know Sol is talking to Maxi’s aunt about modeling, but Maxi’s aunt told them that she was looking for a dark-haired girl. They all cackle at the thought of Sol losing out on the modeling job.
Meanwhile, Michi has caved and is trying to sneak Feli out of the school in her car, but it ends on a cliffhanger when one of the suits stops her.
Marcos and Lujan are still chasing after Blas in the cop car. Blas starts speeding to get away from them, and then he gets HIT FULL ON BY A GIANT TRUCK. I’m sorry, but that is hilarious. This is like if, instead of taking a whole chapter to die ceremoniously at the end of a major battle, Snape got taken out in the middle of Half-Blood Prince like Regina George.
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