Episode Guide - Part 14

The next morning, on her way to Gulmohur…

Jassi tells Nandu about her night out with the girls and that this was the first time she’d ever been drunk and how her parents showed up in pajamas! The Gang has a major hangover and Veeru makes them a special potion to make them feel better. They all ask Jassi about her “Don Arman” comment after she fainted. Arman gets to Gulmohur and talks to Jassi because he wants to make sure that Jassi is ready and able to be at the helm of Gulmohur while he’s away. Jassi assures him that she is.

Arman tells everyone that he, Mallika, and Raj will be traveling to the Hong Kong and that Jassi will run Gulmohur in their absence. Maddy starts making fun of Jassi, and Mallika joins in by laughing at Maddy’s behavior. Pari asks for leave because she doesn’t want to be at Gulmohur while Jassi is running it. Mallika tells Arman that she’s going to take advantage of the trip to the US to buy stuff for their wedding, but he tells her that he doesn’t have time to worry about the details for the wedding and that he trusts her to take care of everything. Jassi is sad to hear that the plans for the wedding are going ahead. Arman tells Jassi that he’s leaving and that he’ll be in touch with her so she can update him about the goings on at Gulmohur. During this conversation Jassi has one of her daydreams and imagines that Arman hugs her and tells her that he doesn’t know how he’ll be able to spend so many days away from her. They’re about to kiss when the phone rings and Arman snaps her out of her daydream. He leaves without even saying goodbye.

Pari tells Mallika that after the trip, she and Raj are going to move in together since he told her that when he comes back they’ll settle their relationship. Maria goes to a hotel with Raj before he leaves on his trip and asks him to formalize their relationship. He tells her that he doesn’t plan to “settle” with anyone. The Gang is hanging around the lobby after lunch and this makes them late coming back to their desks. Pari makes a big deal out of their being late and tells Manchanda about it so he will take action against them. The Gang runs to Jassi to ask for her help, since she’s “boss” now. Jassi is in her office, staring at Arman’s screensaver on her PC (ha, ha, ha – how many people who are NOT Jassi have Shahrukh Khan's screensavers on their PCs?). Manchanda also goes to Jassi’s office to punish Gang, but Jassi tells him that they arrived early from lunch but that she gave them permission to hang around the lobby afterwards. Manchanda is all mad because he can’t do anything about the situation.

Episode Guide - Part 13

The fashion show finally takes place. The Gang sneaks in to watch, but Mallika sees them and shoos them away. They sneak into Arman’s office and watch from there. Mr. Suri is not very happy because he can tell that the fabrics are not up to his standards. The Gang goes down to the reception area to wait for Jassi and Inesita so they can go out to celebrate Jassi’s new job, raise, and upcoming two weeks at the helm of Gulmohur. After the fashion show, a very important French buyer asks Vasundhra to see the designs up close, and when he feels the fabrics, he tells her that they’ll have a very hard time selling the collection because of the poor quality of the fabrics.

Mallika tells Arman that he must apologize to Maddy for the way he behaved before the fashion show. Arman refuses and says that Maddy had to do his job, and that if Maddy wants to quit, that’s fine with him – that there are plenty of good designers out there to pick from. He keeps attacking Maddy, who stands by his actions. Maddy tells Arman that he is going to go to the press and will tell them what happened. Mallika is so upset at Arman that she also quits and tells him to run Gulmohur however he pleases. The Gang is still waiting for Jassi and Inesita, when they see a very handsome gentleman arrive. They all start flirting with him and he very kindly tells them how nice they all look. They’re just overwhelmed by this guy! However, at that very moment, the elevator opens and Maddy exits to burst their bubble – this hunk of a man is none other than Rolando, Maddy’s “checito su merced.”

Vasundhra tells Arman about the French buyer’s comments and tells him how hard it’s going to be to be able to sell the new collection. She also advises him that this is not the time to be on Maddy’s bad side because he’s going to need him. Jassi asks her dad for permission to go out with her friends, explaining that she won’t be able to do it afterwards because she’ll be running Gulmohur in Arman’s absence. Mr. Suri goes to Arman to ask him about his poor judgment with the fabrics, telling him that this is very risky behaviour. But, he tells him that he is confident that things will turn out okay and that he’s leaving for Hong Kong and won’t be back until September’s Board of Directors meeting and of course Arman’s wedding to Mallika. Arman apologizes to Inesita for yelling at her.

The Gang tells Inesita and Jassi about Maddy’s beau. Veeru realizes that the Gang is going out to party and wants to go with them, but they don’t let him. Vasundhra talks to Raj and Arman and convinces Arman to try to mend fences with Maddy, telling him that Maddy is a great designer and he needs him on his side, that this is not the time to have Maddy going to the press. She also advises him to make up with Mallika because she’s very good at what she does. Arman goes off to find Maddy since he’ll need to get things straightened out before he leaves on his trip. Mallika’s sister María Jassi tells Arman where he can find Maddy and he leaves. Jassi and the Gang get to the bar where they’re going to be celebrating. Jassi says that she has to go make a phone call and her friends start to kid her that she must be calling Nandu. She says that she has to call her dad to let him know where she is. She says that she doesn’t bother Nandu, who has a lot of dates already. Nandu is actually out with the neighborhood crew, who asked him to join them at a bar just to take advantage of him and have him pick up the tab. Jassi reaches her dad to let him know where she is and give him the phone number of the bar, but ends up having to give him the address of the place.

The Gang starts toasting Jassi and especially how this is going to make Pari feel. Arman gets to the place where Maddy is hanging out, which just so happens to be a gay bar. Armandito has to deal with men who are hitting on him, and even worse he runs into Miguel from Lavina, and is surprised to find out he’s gay (wonder what Miguel thinks about seeing Arman there!). Arman is getting just a tad nervous to be “surrounded” and wants to get out of there ASAP, but at that very moment he sees Maddy arrive. Arman tells Maddy that they need to talk, that they need to clear things up, because Arman is leaving the next day and that they just can’t leave things like that because Arman needs Maddy. To the unknowing ear, this exchange sounds like a lover’s quarrel and Arman has to actually chase Maddy down to the men’s room to make him listen to him. In the meantime, the Gang is pretty much getting wasted.

Arman chases Maddy all over the bar and finally gets him to listen to him. Gang is drunk and Sandra, Mariana and Maria start dancing, and force Berta, Sofía, and Inés to join them. Jassi, who’s very drunk by now stays put, but the Gang finally makes her stand up and dance. Jassi thinks that she’s looking sexy with her dancing, unfortunately, she’s not! The Gang finds out that el Cheque and Jenny are on the dance floor as well and Sofía starts yelling at him, saying that he’s out there spending the money he should be giving to his children. Jenny and el Cheque leave. The Gang tells Sofía to forget about el Cheque and find herself another man. The Gang starts flirting with a table of men, who ask Mariana, Sandra, and Maria to dance, and Berta gets up and starts dancing by herself. Sofía goes off to the bathroom crying, leaving Inesita and Jassi by themselves. Inesita, noticing her friends’ highly intoxicated state, asks Jassi to get everyone together so they can go home.

Arman, after talking and talking to Maddy is finally able to convince him to stay at Gulmohur, but has to agree to a bet that if the new collection fails he’ll have to dress up in a drag queen outfit and go out in public to a party with Maddy. If Maddy loses the bet, he’ll have to keep using the poor quality materials. They hug and the crowd applauds because they’ve “made up”!

The Gang, totally and completely bombed, goes to the bathroom where they find Sofía crying. Inesita is worried about her friends and has called Veeru to help her. Jassi goes to the bathroom and is feeling quite dizzy, splashes some cold water on her face, and faints since she’s not used to drinking. Veeru arrives and carries Jassi out of the bar. Jassi opens her eyes and says “don Arman” to which Veeru answers that she’s delirious. Jassi is dreaming that Arman is carrying her off and she almost faints again and wakes up as she hears her father yelling. Don Balwant is furious that Jassi is in such a state and has had to be carried out of the bar. Jassi denies that she’s drunk. Jassi asks her mother how they ended up at the bar (in pajamas!), since they knew that she had a ride to get home. The Gang and Veeru can’t help but laugh at the whole situation of Balwant going to pick up Jassi. Jassi gets home and her dad keeps at her. Finally, she’s in her room alone and starts writing in her diary about how she’s so in love with Arman and doesn’t know how she’ll be able to handle being apart from him for two weeks.

Episode Guide - Part 12

Jassi hires Nandu to help her run the new company, and he gladly accepts. Jassi tells him that her boss trusts her completely and talks about Arman in a very loving way. Nandu tells Jassi that it’s obvious that the new company’s capital is coming from the bribe money and to be careful of her boss. He also notices that Jassi is obviously in love with Arman. Pari is harping on Raj about moving in together. Raj asks her for a month to think about it, which he does to keep Pari happy – he needs to keep her away from Aryan, although he has no intention of moving in with her.

A few days later at Gulmohur…

It’s the day of the launch and Arman is his usual out-of-control self, screaming at everyone, and getting even more upset because Jassi is nowhere to be found. He asks everyone he sees whether they know Jassi’s whereabouts, but no one does. He is very nervous because this is his first launch as Chairman and he wants to make sure that everything goes well. Arman tells Raj that he wants the models to wear the clothes that were made with the LaBela fabrics because he doesn’t want to lie to the buyers (Arman is being, gulp, HONEST?). So, they have to make sure the models don’t wear the one-of-a-kind outfits made by Maddy, but the clothes made in the production line.

In the meantime, Jassi and Nandu are on their way to the Chamber of Commerce to register the new company, called TerraModa, and also go to the Bank, where Jassi meets with her old boss, and open an account for TerraModa. Jassi arrives at Gulmohur and everyone warns her that Arman is looking for her and is fit to be tied. When she goes into Arman’s office he scolds her for being late but she answers back that he’d given her permission to be late since she had to take care of setting up TerraModa. Arman calms down and asks Jassi to please help him to make sure everything is set for the launching.

The models are in the show room and Veeru is doing his “I’m an executive” act, and starts to model in his typically Veeru Stewart Contreras way. Jassi, Sofía, and Berta are watching him and are amused by his antics. However, Maddy, Arman, Raj and Vasundhra’s arrival puts a damper on Veeru’s performance. Jassi asks Arman for permission to start investing TerraModa’s capital and he tells her to do with it as she sees fit. Manchanda asks Arman about what is expected of him while Arman, Raj, and Mallika are out of town for two weeks – obviously he thinks he’s going to be in charge – but Arman tells him that Jassi’s the only one he will let fill in while he’s not there.

Arman is very upset and has an argument with Maddy. Mallika asks Vasundhra to help Arman relax and they go to his office where Vasundhra gives him a massage. Since Jassi can’t see what they’re doing, only what Arman is saying, she thinks the worst and thinks that there’s something going on between Arman and Vasundhra. When she leaves her office she realizes that it’s only Vasundhra giving Arman a massage. Inesita shows Maddy the designs that the models are going to wear and when he realizes that these are the clothes made with the inferior fabrics, he says that he won’t let the show go on. The Gang tells Jassi that they want to go out to celebrate her new position and salary increase, as well as the fact that she’ll be running Gulmohur during Arman’s absence. Arman asks Jassi to stay until the fashion show is over.

Maddy tells the models that there will not be a show, and Mallika asks him why. He tells her about the fabrics and they call Arman, with whom they have an argument. Arman orders Maddy to begin the fashion show, telling him that he’s the Chairman of Gulmohur and he gives the orders – they almost come to blows over this. Maddy refuses to go out on the catwalk and be associated with the inferior quality fabrics. Inesita tells Arman that it would be a mistake to go ahead with the fashion show without Maddy, and Arman’s response is to yell at her and order her to get the models ready. Mallika asks Maddy to please participate, and after much pleading she convinces him. Back in his office, Arman is a nervous wreck and Jassi cheers him up – she daydreams that she’s able to hug him and tell him how she’s always going to back him up, and how much she loves him, and he tells her that her hug makes everything better, and thanks her for her support… Mallika’s knock on the door puts an end to the dream.

Episode Guide - Part 11

Jassi gets a call from Santanu, who tells her that the shipment with the supplies is on its way and that he still needs to know how to get the money to her. Jassi tells him that they’ll talk in 10 minutes. She then calls her dad and tells him what’s going on with Lavina. Her father is furious that she’d even consider taking a bribe to help him. Jassi tells him that this is exactly what she needed to hear from him, and that she’s at peace and will not take the bribe.

Aryan gets to Gulmohur ready to rumble with Arman to give him the news about the bribe. Arman is about to talk to Arman when Jassi asks if they can talk in private about something very urgent. She tells him about Lavina’s bribe. Mallika walks in on them and starts asking Arman why he’s making Aryan wait, and Arman tells Mallika about the bribe offer. Aryan joins them (Jassi is not there at this time) and plays the tape that Gulati made of his conversation with Santanu. Jassi is about to walk back into the room and overhears the tape. Mallika tells Aryan that they already know about the bribe from Jassi. Arman argues with Aryan about the tape, and asks why he’s so intent on getting Jassi in trouble. He defends her and reminds Aryan that Gulati DID accept bribes all the time. Mallika and Aryan leave the room obviously annoyed with Arman’s reaction and defense of Jassi.

Arman goes back to his office and finds Jassi who tells him that she overheard the argument and feels terrible and wants to resign. Arman gets upset with her and tells her that she did the right thing by letting him know ahead of time about the bribe and that she can’t resign just when he needs her the most, that everything is okay. Jassi tells him that she should have told him about it as soon as she knew of the bribe and that she actually was quite tempted to accept the bribe because of the problems at home. That she was about to betray him and her family, and that this is why she needs to resign. Arman tells her that he trusts her implicitly and that she is a human being that has weak moments like everyone else. That he’s never expected her to be a perfect woman, but just a human being who faces her weaknesses and is able to make the right decision. And that because of this he cannot accept her resignation. He hugs her and helps her dry her tears. Aryan tells Mallika that Arman stands up for Jassi more than he does for Mallika herself. And that if things go on this way, Jassi is going to end up as Chairman of Gulmohur (ding, ding, ding, ding — and Aryan wins the GRAND PRIZE!). Raj tells Arman that Jassi may be as ugly as hell, but that she’s an exceptional woman for having fessed up about the bribe and for having refused to be bribed. Arman tells him that Jassi’s behaviour has shown him that she is the right person to run the business they have to establish to save Gulmohur.

Mallika tells Arman how upset she is that he doesn’t count on her when he’s making business decisions, but he relies on “Jassi” for everything. Arman calls Diana at Lavina and scolds her for having tried to bribe Jassi. He demands that they still give Gulmohur the 5% rebate that was part of the bribe, making the discount 15%. Raj tells Arman that Jassi is definitely a woman in love because to not only have rejected the bribe and missed the opportunity to have all that money, but also have confessed that she had been bribed, is not only a sign of loyalty but of love. Arman tells Raj that she has principles, which both of them lost long ago, and also tells Raj that Jassi didn’t take the bribe even though her family is going through financial straits. Arman goes to Jassi’s office and asks her why she hadn’t reminded him to give her a salary increase. She tells him that she felt bad about reminding him. He tells her that she’s getting a raise, which makes her very happy. He then puts his hands on her shoulders and thanks her for all her help and tells her how important she is to him. The door to Jassi’s office opens and Raj arrives with Vasundhra.

Vasundhra greets Jassi very affectionately. They leave Jassi’s office, and when they close the door Raj and Arman make some snide remark about Jassi (hello, what’s WRONG with Arman!?), and Vasundhra tells them not to mock Jassi. Arman tells Vasundhra that they’ve called her to hire her to do the public relations for the first launch under his chairmanship and they go to Maddy’s lair to look at the designs. Raj tries his best to flirt with Vasundhra, who pretty much blows him off and tells him that after two divorces she’s had enough with men, although she tells him that she’s dating someone else. Maddy greets Vasundhra in his usually effusive manner and is overjoyed to hear that they’ll be working together.

Arman asks Jassi to establish a new company, which will be in her name only. She is taken completely by surprise and thinks that Arman is pulling her leg. He tells her that he needs this phantom company to be able to deal with any problems that come up. The capital for the company will be Rs.30,00,000 . Mallika complains to Mrs. Suri and Mr. Suri about Arman’s behaviour with Jassi. Mr. Suri stands up for Jassi, saying that she’s a good person. Mallika keeps complaining, saying that if things keep going the way they are, she wouldn’t be surprised (ha, ha, ha!) if Jassi ended up running the company as Chairman, since she has gone up in the company by leaps and bounds. Mrs. Suri says that only a Suri or a Valencia can fill the chairmanship and that “that woman” could only become Chairman if she took or bought the company from them (no, she’s going to be GIVEN the company!). Raj confirms with Arman that the capital for the new company is the bribe money from Lavina. Arman tells him that he doesn’t want Jassi to know where the money is coming from. Arman finally convinces Jassi to set up the new company and tells her that she cannot mention it to her family, to his family, or to Mallika and Aryan. He also gives her free rein to run the business (investments) as she sees fit.

Vasundhra wants to get detailed descriptions of Maddy’s designs to be able to draft press releases. Arman asks her to please not make any mention of the fabric being used for the designs because they are of lower quality than usual. Vasundhra asks Arman to get Jassi out of her cave-like office. Arman tells Manchanda that he needs to set up Gulati’s old office for Jassi’s use. However, Jassi asks Arman to let her stay in her office because she wants to be near him (no kidding!), if he doesn’t mind. Arman tells her that he doesn’t mind at all and that if that’s what she wants, he’d rather have her near because he needs her, which makes Jassi very happy. When Jassi gets home, she tells her parents about her pay raise. Later in her bedroom, she tells Nandu about the new company.