The essential episodes of Telenovela
Watch these 11 in order and you've got Telenovela — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Ana is stunned when her ex-husband joins the cast of her hit telenovela; Ana tries to prove that she is still in charge.
- 02
Ana tries to implement an open-book policy at work to avoid secrets among co-workers, but a surprise visitor and a workplace romance test the policy.
- 03
Ana Sofia fakes amnesia to avoid a dispute with Mimi. Roxie and Isaac try to avoid being the third accident on the set while Xavier and Rodrigo fight over a rehearsal.
- 04
When Ana finds out that her work dinner with her boss, James, is actually a date, she uses some "enhancements" to win him over. Meanwhile, the cast becomes worried that there is a ghost haunting the soundstage, but Xavi is skeptical.
- 05
Ana and Xavi run into their rivals, Kate and Diego - a married couple on a competitive telenovela. The cast rallies around Ana and Xavi as they try to finally one up their rivals while building a home for a needy family. Gael realizes his latest crush is actually a forbidden love.
- 06
The cast members, all dieting for a bathing-suit scene, get stuck together when a hurricane hits Miami, with Ana taking control and leading the search for food. Meanwhile, Isaac builds up courage to ask Roxie for a date.
- 07
Ana's relationship with James (Zachary Levi) heats up too much for her, so she tries to get out of the relationship without hurting him. Meanwhile, an on-set piano inspires the cast members to showcase their musical side.
- 08
A sultry picture of Ana is found under Mimi's son's mattress, so the cast sets out to give him "the sex talk." Meanwhile, the male cast members prepare for a Photoshop-free magazine cover.
- 09
Mimi's husband, Martin, returns from prison a seemingly better man - and a much hotter one. Ana tries to keep Mimi from getting back together with him by distracting her with a girls night out. The guys try to show Gael how to "bro out."
- 10
Ana discovers that Xavi has a serious girlfriend, Kelly. Xavi asks Ana for dating help and she happily agrees to "fix" all the things about him that bugged her when they were married. A pregnancy plot line on the show gets Rodrigo's biological clock ticking.
- 11
Ana suspects that Xavi was kidnapped when he doesn't show up for a coffee get-together. Meanwhile, the cast members try to impress Isaac when he writes a script for next year's telenovela.
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