‘Más Sabe el Diablo’: A bracelet, a shooting and the Hamptons

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Did you find yourself wondering where Angel and all his hermosura -- or Manuela, if she’s your eye candy -- fue cuando you tuned in to mun2 at 10 p.m. and couldn’t find him? No te preocupes. The telenovela is still there, only it now airs at 7 p.m. I know. I know. Gracias a Dios!

The episodes from esta semana took my emotions on a roller coaster ride. Todo comenzó with Angel getting Manuela a bracelet. Y él no lo robó! Unable to afford one from those fancy jewelry stores --¿Has visto cómo the clerk le miraba con lust? Puede culparla? -- Angel decides to go elsewhere. He eventually finds a jeweler willing to write up a promissory note. Manuela loves it but feels guilty knowing Angel’s financial situation. And it’s that financial situation that leads to their primer argumento as a couple. The two go out one night to an art exhibit -- their obsesión con exposiciones es ridiculous -- and all hell brakes loose. Manuela suggests that Angel should study art. Angel dice que he can’t afford it. Manual offers to pay. And bickering ensues over status and their dos mundos diferentes.

So are they done for good?

Hardly. After locking eyes in some park or whatever, los dos se abrazan y besan. And it isn’t long before another weekend del amor is planned. They end up at a lavish estate in the Hamptons owned by Manuela’s parents. Está lloviendo outside so, naturally, Manuela gets naked so Angel can draw her. ¿Cuántos portraits of herself necesita este mujer? Por amor de Dios! I love how Angel told her to lie ‘parallel a la chimenea.’ Oh, Angel, your artistic directions son tan románticos. Sure, he sketches, but it isn’t long before he finds himself next to her. Before he could undress, in walk Virginia and Jimmy (a.k.a. Detective Cardona). Awkward. Seems the couples are stuck with each other.

Meanwhile, Horacio is on to Cristian’s manipulative ways and warns Nina about sharing información about Manuela. Pero it’s too late. Nina and her chisme ways have already begun the blabbing. She tells Cristian that Manuela’s new love could be her client Alan Peterson, which is great porque me encanta escuchar when everyone says ‘Alan Peterson’ with their accents. And, sure, Alan clearly has interest in Manuela, but the feeling isn’t mutual. In fact, she’s uncomfortable with his overtures. But that’s irrelevant. Martin has him killed. Oops.

Cachorro is still pining over Marina. I could really do without this storyline. Giving more attention to these two means I have to endure more of Marina’s lip licking. Seriously ... ¿Por qué es la lengua siempre fuera de su boca? She’s like the female LL Cool J. Marina, after one of her many sexual trysts with Martin, tells him how Cachorro raped her. Ever the jerk, Martin finds it amusing. Still, he has Cachorro beaten up. Aw, cómo es lindo? Could Martin have sentimientos por Marina? Or is it simply a message not to mess with his possessions? In any case, the deed is done. It isn’t long before word gets out that El Hierro was behind the smackdown ... and that Marina is his girl.

That’s all fine and dandy. But Martin tiene otros problemas. Since Martin is no longer marrying into the family, Anibal decides not to give ownership of his empire to him. Things are quickly unraveling. But Martin plays it cool and, then, once in his office, demonstrates why he is slowly becoming one of my favorite characters. All his verbal outbursts of ‘idiotas’ and ‘ imbécil’ are always hilarious. Time will tell if he gets his way.

Otros momentos notables:

-- Perla is intent on giving her baby up for adoption. Topo wants her to give the baby to him -- ¿puede ser más adorable??? -- but she refuses.

-- Susy has sparked an affair with Leon, while poor Sandro todavía is trying to sell his sorry empanadas.

-- Manuela’s mom, Arianna, has no shame when it comes to showing her cleavage.

-- Cristian -- gasp! -- todavía está Nina. The most awkward thing to watch.

-- Angel and Topo have planned another heist. It involves microchips. Of course.

So Show Trackers, qué pensaste de los episodes this week? How much longer before Manuela discovers Angel hasn’t really changed his ways? ¿Quién es tu pareja favorita so far?

--Yvonne Villarreal