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All in la familia! | page 1, 2
Thursday
Diana, Mauricio and Eugenio's sister, tells a friend she has a crush on Jim. "He went to Stanford, he's sensible." She also throws in something about being freaked out by most guys because she was molested once at a party.
Paula kisses Eugenio again. He again freaks.
Gaby's malevolent boss at the radio station barks into a cell phone that he wants any and all information on a certain Santiago Roman.
Mauricio is a mess and hasn't left his room in days. Maid begs him to allow her to make his bed.
Visiting his starchy aunt Cayetana, Eugenio overhears someone say that Santiago should just forgive his wife, as he too strayed once, a long time ago.
Dangerously intoxicated, Eugenio loses it, goes on a rampage at home, smashing stuff and screaming that he has no family anymore; he ends up in the hospital.
Malevolent boss shows up at Gaby's apartment. "I've got some info on your lover, old Santiago," he leers. For starters, he's married. Gaby knows this, of course, and utters the best line of the week: "You'd starve as a telenovela villain."
At the hospital, Cayetana tells her brother, Santiago, and Isabel that they have to reconcile and get their act together, for the kids' sake.
Isabel asks Santiago if there is any chance of their being a family again. Nope, he says. "You gave your body to another." Oh, and I'm in love with someone else. He leaves, forgetting to tell her she can keep their bedroom's pink sheets, pink pillows and pink lamps.
Friday
Santiago and Gaby are going at it again on the phone, but for some reason she insists on calling him by the formal pronoun "usted." Must be the 30-year difference.
Diana tells her brother Mauricio that she likes Jim, and that he should invite him over again. Mauricio screams that Jim won't ever again step foot in the house. "You're just jealous," she tells him.
Julio and Santiago are talking about Gabriela when the meddling spinster Cayetana walks in. Who's Gabriela? Santiago says it's someone he is dating. She throws a hissy fit, rants about the kids, duty, loyalty ... "You people think love justifies everything." She tosses one of the pink pillows at Julio. Santiago says he didn't betray anyone, unlike his wife. Cayetana: "It's too late for you to alter the world you built. You can't expect your kids to accept this new woman." As if on cue, Diana knocks on the door, saying that a certain Gabriela is on the phone.
Isabel shows up at her lover Eduardo's place to announce that she is getting a divorce and moving in. He's happy as a puppy. But, she warns him, their romance must remain a secret.
Santiago calls Gaby back and yells at her for calling his house: "You have to accept that we will talk and see each other only when I can." Trouble in paradise?
Diana tells her father that Jim is different from her brother Mauricio's other friends; so much more sensitive and cultured. She has no idea.
Mauricio goes to swim at the club, finds himself not knowing where to look when some muscle-clad hunks in Speedos walk by. Nothing is said, mind you, but the music conveys, um, confusion.
Santiago and pals Julio, Alvaro and Ernesto (Paula's father) have some drinks, joke about how absurd it is that women have guys worrying about their penis size. Prostate jokes ensue, except Ernesto's not laughing. He later tells Santiago he's having difficulties peeing. And no, he hasn't been to the doctor.
Stay tuned ...
salon.com | Feb. 28, 2000
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About the writer
Andrés Martínez is the author of "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas" (Villard). He lives in New York.
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