Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso: Episode 68

Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso  Originally aired on September 23, 2008 (Tuesday)

The Beauty Pageant Continues

-The pageant crowd is animated, clapping, some waving hands in support of their favorite contestant. Bonifasio looks uneasy while the other mafioso looks tense, and on the look-out. Bonafasio takes a drink. Marcial smiles Catalina’s way, while Yessica looks tensely towards the stage. The tension is too much for Titi, who resorts to doing neck exercises.

-”Here’s the moment, you’ve all been waiting for,” says the pageant host. Catalina, her hands on her hips, is all smiles. Valentina Roldan, Titi’s girlfriend stands side by side with Catalina, each trying to outdo the other in posing. Standing in a sky blue gown, Valentina is no match for Catalina who looks absolutely radiant in her bright royal blue gown that exposes her “senos” in all their paraiso.

The announcement

-In a matter of seconds, Catalina is announced as the runner-up in the pageant, a tiara is placed on her curls while she stands there stunned and stupefied. Valentina, quickly grasping what this all means, claps her hand over her mouth, as the host announces her name as the winner. Catalina looks absolutely crushed, as the host continues to speak, and assistant comes on the stage and places a gigantic tiara on the head of Catalina’s rival. It continues to dawn on Catalina that she’s just lost the crown to Titi’s girlfriend, as the host rambles on about the prizes the winner will get…a European trip, a necklace, a late-model car.

Marcial and Yessica react

-Marcial and Yessica are stunned. Titi rises from his seat and grabs his jacket. He doesn’t look as celebratory as he should, but maybe because he has a male intuition that’s telling him that all hell is about to break loose.

-Catalina for her part, stands looking quite the statue, except that she’s really agitated, practically fighting back tears over the big blow she’s just been hit with (oh good lord, to have Titi’s girlfriend win the pageant! The ultimate slap in the face!).

“Here she is,” says the host, introducing Valentina to the crowd, “representing Valle.” Valentina sashays on the stage to showcase her queendom status.

At the barrio

-Meanwhile in the barrio, everyone is in a state of stunned silence, as they watch a closeup of Catalina’s teary-eyed face on the flat TV screen. Bayron runs his hand on his face, not believing his ears, no doubt! He cups his mouth in a gesture of disbelief. Ximena looks disappointed that Catalina didn’t win. Albeiro has his left hand over his mouth as his eyes stand fixated on the screen. Ximena pulls Hilda close to her in a hug. Whatever jealousy Hilda may have felt seems to have melted away, as it sinks in that the daughter has lost the pageant crown. Vanessa and Paola giggle to themselves, but then Paola puts on a grave faces for the other onlookers. Even the El Nombre Obscuro’s little pitbull looks crushed, as does Le Liebre in his wheelchair. Le Liebre actually gives the pageant results a dismissing hand.

-Ximena has her arms wrapped around Bayron who points menacingly at the screen.

- As Catalina stands on the stage, in her mind she pictures all the beautification she had mentally planned for the barrior…being lost in rewind. She also thinks of the verbal showdowns she had with Valentina Roldan (Miss Valle!) when she had called her a maid who swears she’s a queen. Catalina also remembers the scuffle she had with her in the dressing room and also recalls another time when she and Valentina had gotten into an argument when Valentina had referred to Catalina as a dummy.

-Back at the pageant…Marcial gets up suddendly from his chair. “They robbed me, Yessica,” he yells, pointing at the panel of judges. Yessica tries to calm him down, to no avail. He pulls out a gun. The pageant audience let out screams. Some people duck, others hit the floor (and that’s before Marcial does anything!). Marcial shoots in the air. Catalina is startled. As Marcial continues to shoot (at no one in particular, just in the air!), the other mafioso starts shooting in the air as well. My what sore losers!

-Catalina makes sure that her crown is steady on her head, then gathers up her gown, and makes a run for it! Marcial and the other mafioso take turns shooting in the air. More screams from the crowd, or shall I say, the very little people left in the room, who  haven’t yet ran for cover! The lights have gone out, by now (or rather, they’ve been shot out).

At the Barrio, Where Catalina’s fans wait…

-The shooting will be televised. In the barrio, where all of the neighborhood folks have gathered, Lina and Nathalia watch horrified, as they see the whlole scene developing before them on the flat tv screen. Bayron shakes his head in disbelief while Ximena wonders where Catalina is. Balin and Keto watch captivated; even Paola and Vanessa look scared for Catalina. El Hombre Obscuro watches calmly, almost with some degree of interest, his knuckles curbed, and fingers on his lips. Bayron’s hand flies to his forehead; He and Ximena try to calm down Dona Hilda, who seems to be one most affected by all of this. Le Liebre points two fingers as if a gun to his neck, while Lina and Natalia continue to stare in disbelief and Bayron and Ximena try to assure Hilda that Catalina is okay. Hilda tells the group that she hopes Catalina is okay.

Catalina Post-Pageant

-Back at the hotel, Catalina is in tears, despite the fact that Yessica is doing her utmost to comfort her. Yessica comforts her with the thought that there will be other opportunities, but Catalina stubbornly won’t hear of it. “Don’t you see, they robbed me of my crown?” Marcial walks in to find Catalina crying her eyes out. He wants to know what’s wrong with his little baby. He makes her all sorts of promises of gifts, but they all don’t seem to match the grandeur of the crown.  Catalina is inconsolable.

-Pelambre rushes in the room and addresses Marcial. He tells Marcial that the police are on their way to the hotel venue and that they have to leave the premises immediately.

Hotel Exit

-Pelambre doesn’t have to say this twice! Seconds later, Catalina and Marcial are rushing down the steps of the hotel, trailed by Pelambre, who’s held steady by Pelambre as she goes down the stairs in her stiletto heels.

-Not far behind is Titi, dressed in his black suit, precipitating down the same stairs with Valentina Roldan. Titi tells her he killed the pageant head for being a snitch.

The Aftermath

At Hilda’s house, Albeiro and Hilda discuss Catalina’s loss. Albeiro points out that Catalina’s responses to the judge’s questions were not up to par. Hilda agrees. Albeiro speculates that her heart can now be at rest. Hilda, showing her insecurity, tells Albeiro that she doesn’t know what she would have done if Catalina had won the pageant.

Bayron tells his mother that he’s going to go run an errand. He cuts her off when she tries to get specifics as to where he’s going exactly. Bayron is long gone, when Dona Hilda realizes that she didn’t give him her usual blessing.

In the street

While Bayron is waiting for Balin and Keka to show up, Christina comes up to him and asks him to come speak with her father. But he says he can’t do that just now; he’s going on an errand and will be away for some time. He tells her to take care of the baby. This latter part, Balin and Keka hear and smile devilishly at Bayron. Christina leaves the scene. Balin asks Bayron if he has gotten his mother’s blessings for their upcoming hit, but he seems as though he could care less whether he’s gotten it or not.

Return to Marcial’s Mansion

-At the breakfast table the next day, by the poolside, in Yessica’s presence, Marcial swears to Catalina he had nothing to do with the murder that took place back at the hotel. He tells Yessica and Catalina that Titi was the one who undoubtedly had the man killed.

-As they are having breakfast,  Pelambro walks in with a yellow envelope. It contains a refund of Marcial’s $40,000 bribe to Bonafasio. Marcial stomps on the accompanying notecard and curses Bonifasio. He hands over the $40,000 check to Catalina, adn tells her to keep it for herself. She’s so delighted, she starts shrieking. What a contrast to Yessica, whose face is green with jealousy and resentment. Catalina doesn’t even thank Marcial, but he’s so happy that he’s made her happy. He walks off content, leaving Yessica silently sulking, and Catalina too absorbed in her newfound happiness to take note. Yessica asks Catalina what she’s planning on doing with the money, and Catalina states that she’s going to be putting it towards a business venture for Bayron and Albeiro. Yessica does not, does not, look happy at all. She takes a slice of watermelon from her plate. That poor watermelon got stabbed with that fork pretty hard!

Back in the Barrio

-Catalina and Yessica arrive on the doorstep of the Santana house. Catalina knocks repeatedly but there’s no answer. Yessica doesn’t look pleased at alll, and it has nothing to do with the fact that there’s no answer at the door. The problem is more centered on Yessica’s apparently growing resentment of Catalina. Yessica tells Catalina that she’s going home and that they’ll see each other later. Catalina nonchalantly tells Yessica, “Okay”, not realizing the mass disenchantment of her little amiga.

Dona Hilda’s Room

Dona Hilda and Albeiro are chillaxing on her bed in Hilda’s bedroom. Suddendly, it dawns on them that it’s Catalina who’s standing outside, and they start scrambling like two egg whites on heat. Hilda finally opens the door, but doesn’t invite Catalina inside. Outside on the sidewalk, Hilda tells Catalina that Albeiro is inside, and that he’s not visiting, but is staying at the house. “What do you mean he’s leaving here?” asks Catalina , more than puzzled. Hilda tells her that Albeiro had a fight with his mother, and so he’s staying with her. She barges inside the house, with Hilda not making any move to stop her. Could it be that Hilda wants her daughter to find out that she’s been sleeping and cohabitating with her own daughter’s boyfriend?

Catalina goes inside the house and finds Albeiro inside her room. She pulls the sheet over him. Hilda walks in the room, and watches. Catalina doesn’t suspect a thing.

Paola and Vanessa learn that Yessica is in town. They are very apprehensive about having Yessica see them like “this”—as in, sporting normal clothes like normal girls. Of course, they want Yessica to have the impression that they can live a life without her, be successful in the “business” in all, still wearing flashy clothes, and having a grand old time. They agree that they ought to fix themselves up a little bit before showing their faces. They agree to go get Ximena, but just as they are about to do this, they spot Catalina! They hide behind a tree to avoid being seen.

As she stares at Pelambre in the driver’s seat, Dona Hilda suddenly gets a flashback about the day Pelambre had visited the house, and had relayed a message to Dona Hilda to deliver to Catalina.

As Catalina is being driven away in Marcial’s SUV, Hilda and Albeiro stare at each other, full of guilt.

[End of Episode]

 

 

 

 

 

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