honestly Lupe can choke. Valentina heard about the kidnapping and within an hour was calling the cops going to the press, she was doing everything to bring Juls, but Lupe that woman knew who took Juls where she was and remained silent and trusted a stranger to do the job, not to mention she tries to play hero and RUNS when the bullets start leaving her daughter behind like a mother wouldve jump in front of bullets not ran, hell Juls did it for Val you know.

Her part in this ep must have been to provide comedy relief, because lmao, what was she doing? Why did she show up then if she was only going to run away? Well, I assume she finally clued in on there being a plan.

But anyway, now that the show is literally pulling the in a locked room together until they hash out their differences trope with them, maybe now is finally the time she stops being such a dick to Val?

Theory: Since Val isn’t listening to Sergio, would it be possible that he ends up explaining what happened with him and Juls, to Lupe? Telling her that Juls felt awful before and afterword and was only concerned about Val? I feel like the best redemption arc for Lupe would be her realizing that her meddling threw a wrench in her daughter’s relationship/happiness and then helping to get Juliantina back together.

Hmmmm. That would actually work in making both Sergio and Lupe look better, because right now, yikes. 

But I don’t know what could make Lupe see sense, considering how she’s being. She could just be like, Juliana will come around. Yuck. I know it’s important to show but this prolonged hateful illogical homophobia is nasty to see. 

Maybe after Juls is returned and doesn’t seem to be recovering, that would be the time for it?