Know Thy Enemy – As the episode opens, Thony (Elodie Yung) is started awake by a nightmare. She questions why Ramona “Marina” Sanchez (Kate Del Castillo) would abduct Armando Morales (Adan Canto). Fiona (Martha Millan) suggests he was hallucinating from the Devil’s Breath. Thony says Ramona needs to pay if she is responsible. Later, Fiona secretively meets with ASAC Katherine Russo (Liza Weil) to ask for protection. Russo agrees in exchange for help in identifying Armando’s captors.

Ramona Sanchez (Kate Del Castillo) disagrees with Jorge Sanchez’s (Santiago Cabrera) refusal to let Violeta attend a party. He urges her to cancel the art exhibit. She stresses the importance of showing everything that they are vulnerable.

Thony informs Fiona of her plan to visit the apartment where Arman was held captive. Fiona admits to meeting with Russo. Thony voices concern about their family’s safety when Chris (Sean Lew) and Jaz (Faith Bryant) arrive. Chris says Camilla is not responding to his texts and asks Thony to have a Coyote check on her. Fiona warns against getting involved with the Coyotes. Thony vows to turn over any evidence from the apartment to Russo. A short time later, she enters the apartment to find Jorge and Ramona there. When Jorge threatens to shoot her, Thony shows a mirror with “Marina” written by Armando. Ramona claims Dante (Clayton Cardenas) caught Armando hitting their routes but didn’t know it was him until it was too late. She denies abducting Armando and apologizes for hurting their family before leaving. Stunned, Jorge warns Thony that Ramona is unpredictable but threatens to kill her if she goes to the Feds.

Ramona invites Nadia Morales (Eva De Dominici) to go away with her to escape everything. Jorge approaches and demands to know why she never told him about Armando. Ramona claims Dante came up with the ransom plan. Nadia accuses her of killing Armando and walks away. Ramona scolds Jorge for confronting her in front of Nadia and blames Thony. He assures her that he would have found out eventually and tells her to leave Thony out of it. She picks up a glass of orange juice but it slips out of her hand.

Thony tells Fiona that Ramona knew about Armando’s abduction and ransom. Fiona says nothing she can do will bring him back when Jeremy Dolan (Brandon Jay McLaren) approaches and offers to finish up. Refusing his offer, Fiona demands Thony stay, she will get a ride home with Roxy. Thony warns her that it isn’t safe there. Fiona accuses her of putting them in danger before leaving. Elsewhere, Chris gets a text from Camilla.

Jorge urges Ramona to see a doctor about her reckless behavior. Elsewhere, Thony and Jeremy are cleaning up when the power goes out and the warehouse begins to fill with chlorine gas. Unable to find an exit, he tries to turn off the lever but is injured in the process. She rolls him onto a blanket and pulls him across the floor and into a room.

Thony helps Jeremy who has a head injury. Thony begins searching for supplies to deal with it. She uses a staple gun to stop the bleeding. Jeremy says they still need to get the heck out of there. Thony uses glue to seal him up. Jeremy is suspicious that this wasn’t an accident. At home, Fiona finds Chris cooking and Jaz sitting nearby. Jaz and Fiona decide to make the table really nice. Thony tells Jeremy she doesn’t know what happened. She sees smoking coming in under the door and says they need to find a way out. Nadia tells someone she’s going to put in an offer tonight. She explains to Charmaine that she’s there because Armand would want her to be happy. They’re celebrating her new house and getting her life back.

An FBI agent tells Nadia she decided to play with fire and Armand ended up dead. She blew up the sportsbook. It was a mistake to take out the fund in her own name. Nadia is arrested for insurance fraud. Thony and Jeremy begin searching for anything that might contain alcohol. Ramona approaches Nadia who is at the jail. She insists she is there to help her, but Nadia would rather die than accept her help. Ramona insists this was never about the money. She believes they can help each other heal. Nadia tells her she’s alone with no one else to cry with and she did that to herself. She believes Ramona let Armand die because she did nothing to stop it. Nadia asks Ramona to stay away from her and leave her alone. Jeremy and Thony cause an explosion before escaping the building.

Outside, they find evidence that someone did this and tried to make it look like an accident. Thony says they tell them nothing because it’ll only make it worse. She finally tells Jeremy that the Sin Cara Cartel was responsible. Thony doesn’t know how to get out of this anymore. Jeremy says he can handle the cops. He thinks she should make herself invaluable instead of trying to fight this. He says she can find their weakness and use it to her advantage. Chris calls Camila to see if she’s still coming to dinner. Jaz believes he got stood up. Chris admits to Fiona he doesn’t know why Camila would do something like this. He receives a video from Camila who is forced by someone to go. Chris shows his mom the video. Jorge visits Nadia with a deal. He says Ramona betrayed both of them.

Jorge believes Ramona needs them to stay close to her. He wants to find a way for them to take back control. Jorge can get her out and get her money back, but she has to agree to split things 50/50. Thony finds Ramona speaking to a crowd about art. When Ramona approaches her, Thony tells her she’s going to have to try harder. She knows Ramona is trying to kill her. Thony tries to convince Ramona that she can trust and use her like Armand did. Ramona suggests she has no more use for her. Thony says otherwise since Armand and Dante are gone. Plus, Jorge is upset with her and Nadia probably turned on her. Thony says she knows when people aren’t well. She believes Ramona is dying, but she doesn’t have to. She can help her like she helped her son. If Ramona spares her life, Thony will save hers. Simon is scolded for failing to kill the cleaning lady.

Ramona says she sees the path forward now. Simon promises to keep her protected only for Ramona to kill him. When Thony gets home, Fiona tells her what is going on with Camila. They watch the video and wonder if the woman is the one who picked her up after the desert. Fiona says it’s the one the cartel sent. Camila saved Chris’s life so they have to repay that favor. They talk about it while Agent Russo watches through the house’s camera system. She asks if they’re closer to finding out who Thony’s working for. Jeremy says they are.

 

The Cleaning Lady Review

This episode of The Cleaning Lady stretched out in many directions to reach the necessary episode count for the season. Truthfully, this never needed to be twelve episodes but here we are. In return, we’re getting unrealistic twists and turns just to keep the story going for a bit longer. There’s really nothing surprising here although the Jeremy revelation may catch some viewers off-guard.

For instance, Jeremy is a cop, Thony is nearly killed, Nadia is jailed, and Camila is taken captive. How much can happen to these people before it reaches the point of becoming fantastical? Many of the performances could be a lot better since the delivery can be monotonous from time to time. Thony’s behavior is often very corny, such as offering to save Ramona’s life in exchange for her own.

There’s no sense of believability here so viewers shouldn’t expect that. Instead, they’ll have to bend reality multiple times in each episode to accept what they’re being fed. Hopefully, the series will end on a high note but it’s got a lot more twists and turns to go before it reaches that point. The episode scores a 4.5 out of 10. Recaps of The Cleaning Lady can be found on Reel Mockery here. Find out how to support our independent site at this link.

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