Thu, Jan 2, 1969
The convent is property leased to the order. The rent is $1 per year and every 99 years, the lease is renewed. The lease is now up for renewal. After 396 years, the owning family, the de Cordovas, have decided not to renew the lease and the sisters have 3 weeks to vacate the property. The sisters decide to invite Fabio de Cordova, the sole surviving owner, to the convent to see what good work the sisters do, which will hopefully make him change his mind about the lease. Apparently, there is no fortune left in the de Cordova estate, the convent the only thing left in the former fortune, and all Fabio de Cordova wants is a small place to live. Sister Bertrille offers him the gardener's cottage on the property, to which he agrees. However, he is hesitant to sign the new lease just in case this arrangement with the sisters doesn't work out. Fabio ends up being quite an obtrusive landlord, the last straw for the Reverend Mother being taking guided paid tours through the convent. However Captain Fomento, who suspects that Fabio is an impostor, scares Fabio off, but for another reason: Fabio once embezzled money from a former lover and thinks the captain is onto him. Fabio decides to right all wrongs: to deed the convent to the sisters and go find his old love to marry her.
Thu, Jan 16, 1969
Convent orphan Michael Antonio idolizes his uncle, renowned magician and juggler Marko the Magnificient. Marko is coming to San Tanco to visit Michael, an opportunity Sister Bertrille cannot let pass. Since the hot water pipes in the convent had just burst, she persuades the Reverend Mother to hold a benefit concert headlining Marko the Magnificent, with some other peripheral acts, including a trio of singing nuns (Sisters Bertrille, Jacqueline and Ana). The Reverend Mother thinks it's a good idea since she has seen the amazing feats of Marko. Marko however does not want to do it since he has come to San Tanco for some rest and personal time with Michael. Feeling pressured from Michael as well as some pre-publicity of the concert, Marko reluctantly concedes to doing it. Another reluctant performer is Sister Ana, who has stage fright. Back to Marko, Sister Bertrille learns that Marko's reluctance masks the fact that his hands are afflicted with arthritis and he can no longer perform magic or juggle. Ultimately Sister Bertrille can do nothing to overcome Sister Ana's stage fright - the Reverend Mother goes on in her place - but Sister Bertrille comes up with a solution for Marko. They can create a magic act around levitating Sister Bertrille, who will be flying on her own. The concert ends up being a hit, even according to the entertainment bible, Variety magazine.
Thu, Jan 23, 1969
Actress Sabrina Michaels is trying to escape from her movie star life and her philandering co-star and fiancé, Spencer Michaels. She has walked off the set of her movie and in her escape, has a near fatal drowning caused by and saved by Sister Bertrille. While swimming away, Sabrina sees Sister Bertrille flying which caused her to faint and nearly drown. However, while she is recuperating at the convent, Sabrina states that she had a religious vision, that being the flying sister. The sisters don't correct her thought. However this vision causes Sabrina to rethink her life and she decides to become a nun. Meanwhile, Sabrina's producer, Harold Harmon, plans on suing her for breach of contract and has to serve her papers. The sisters are suspicious of every stranger who stops by the convent, most of whom are process servers. However one claiming to be Father Duffy, an old friend of the Reverend Mother's, they also suspect to be a process server masquerading as a priest. In the Reverend Mother's absence, the sisters treat Father Duffy as such a priest in disguise. Unfortunately for the sisters, he is really the Reverend Mother's old friend Father Duffy. Back to Sabrina, the Reverend Mother convinces her that she should return to her life as a movie actress by showing her that she did not have a vision, and that Sister Bertrille really can fly.
Thu, Jan 30, 1969
Sister Bertrille's family friend, "Uncle" Reggie Overton Perkins, has taken a job in San Juan. Uncle Reggie has somewhat of a shady past and present, but has managed to get a job at Carlos' casino as security expert, which includes showing casino customers how to spot cheaters in the casino. One of Uncle Reggie changes at the casino is to show the counting room through a glass partition, this move to entice casino patrons to gamble to try and win the money they see. Captain Fomento however is skeptical as he feels it will lure thieves to the casino to try and steal the money. For once, he's right. The thief wannabes come in the form of couple, Bruce and Faye. Bruce claims to be a numismatist, and plants in Uncle Reggie's head that there may be rare coins and notes among the casino's money. So Uncle Reggie suggests to the sisters and also convinces Carlos that the sister exchange regular valued coins and notes for collector ones in the counting room as a way to raise money for the convent. At the same time, Faye goes by the convent claiming to be Sister Mary Grace from Uganda in San Tanco on official business. She also claims to be a numismatist, and thus the sisters believes she would be a perfect person to accompany them as they sort through the casino's money. Through this plan, Bruce and Faye manage to steal $50,000 from the casino. Carlos and Sister Bertrille initially suspect a missing Uncle Reggie as the thief.
Thu, Feb 6, 1969
Sister Bertrille finds Uncle Reggie, who is still the prime suspect in the casino robbery. Unfortunately for Uncle Reggie, Captain Fomento also finds him. Sister Bertrille however convinces Carlos and Captain Fomento of Uncle Reggie's possible innocence, and devises a plan to flush out the real thieves: report that Uncle Reggie has been caught and charged with the theft, so that the real thieves will let their guards' down. It works as Bruce and Faye, still under cover at the convent as Sister Mary Grace, decide that it is time to leave San Tanco. The sisters unwittingly leak to thief Faye that the story of Uncle Reggie's guilt is just a ploy. Faye as Sister Mary Grace still meets up with Bruce at the airport, but Sister Bertrille sees the two together in a compromising position and sees Bruce take off with Sister Mary Grace's luggage, and suspects they may be the possible crooks. With information from Uncle Reggie and Carlos, Sister Bertrille pieces the whole thing together. She follows Sister Mary Grace/Faye to Bruce's hideout and manages to steal their car, leaving the two thieves stranded - they are forced to walk a mile to their departure point of the harbor. Sister Bertrille alerts Captain Fomento and Carlos, who rush to the harbor to apprehend the thieves. But Sister Bertrille beats them to the harbor and confronts the crooks, who have her at gunpoint. As Bruce trips, he accidentally pulls the trigger and the gun goes off. Next they know, Bruce and Faye sees Sister Bertrille up in the air, thinking that they killed her and what they see is her angel. Just then, Captain Fomento and Carlos arrive on the scene and arrest the crooks.
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Thu, Feb 13, 1969
While on a retreat with Sister Jacqueline, Sister Bertrille runs into one of her old boyfriends, Randy Putnam. Randy is currently a toy maker at a business convention. Randy and Sister Bertrille remember their relationship in slightly different ways, each seeing him/herself as the dominant personality in the relationship. Randy is shocked to see Elsie as Sister Bertrille and feels that he had something to do with her becoming a nun. Randy, who is also in psychotherapy, sees Sister Bertrille fly, which further confuses him. To ease the guilt he feels for her becoming a nun, he showers her with lavish gifts, despite the fact that he is engaged. His fiancée, Liz Martin, is not so understanding of Randy's behavior. It isn't until Sister Bertrille assures Liz that he had nothing to do with her entering the convent that they can begin to help Randy get over this guilt and get back to a committed relationship with Liz.
Thu, Feb 20, 1969
Sister Bertrille is looking after Pepe, a chimpanzee, as a favor to Dolores, one of Carlos' girlfriends. Pepe's arrival at the convent coincides with a rash of thefts in the neighborhood, thefts of small, rather insignificant trinkets. The latest theft is of Captain Fomento's watch right in the convent. Yes, the thief is Pepe. The captain thinks that it is someone in the convent. Sister Jacqueline, who finds the stolen items in Sister Bertrille's closet (Pepe's hiding place), reports such to the Reverend Mother and based on Sister Bertrille's behavior, Sister Jacqueline and the Reverend Mother believe Sister Bertrille suffers from kleptomania. Sister Bertrille is oblivious to Pepe's thieving ways until she sees him take off with a candlestick. As Sister Bertrille chases after Pepe, Sister Jacqueline, the Reverend Mother, Captain Fomento and Sgt. Salazar chase after Sister Bertrille. It isn't until Dolores returns to retrieve her thieving pet monkey that the truth is revealed to all.
Thu, Feb 27, 1969
Farmer Gonzalo, the convent's milk supplier, is moving to St. Thomas and can't take Alicia, his beloved cow with him. Sister Bertrille decides to buy Alicia for the convent as a cheap, constant and reliable milk supply for the kitchen and for the children's needs. None of this comes to fruition as as soon as Alicia reaches the convent, she stops providing milk. The Reverend Mother finally gives Sister Bertrille an ultimatum: find another home for Alicia, or off Alicia goes to the slaughter house. When Sister Bertrille can't find another suitable home for Alicia, Sister Bertrille talks Carlos, or rather talks Carlos' girlfriend Danielle, into giving her and Alicia a ride on Carlos' yacht to St. Thomas to go see Gonzalo, who thinks he can solve Alicia's lack of milk problem. They all think it's Alicia being homesick or at least being family-sick for Gonzalo. However they all discover that what Alicia was missing was music as Gonzalo always sang to her while he milked her. So Alicia has found a new home at the convent with a new source of music. Carlos is given a reward for taking Sister Bertrille and Alicia to/from St. Thomas: Alicia's first glass of convent milk.
Thu, Mar 6, 1969
The sisters need to call in accident-prone Brother Paul back to the convent to do some bookkeeping work. The sisters do everything in their power to keep Brother Paul from doing harm to himself, to them or to the convent. Brother Paul is not accident-prone like he was during his last visit. On the other hand, Sister Bertrille is causing a lot of accidents and a lot of accidents are happening to Sister Bertrille by others in their attempts to avoid accidents to/from Brother Paul. The nature of the bookkeeping work is primarily in regard to Carlos' donations since he is being audited. When Mr. O'Reilly from the IRS needs to change his appointment with Carlos, Carlos uses the opportunity of his own accountant's absence at that time to use the services of "pious" Brother Paul for the audit. Brother Paul's first and only accident at the convent happens when he sees Sister Bertrille fly and in turns drops all Carlos' tax receipts, which go flying into the wind. Carlos and Brother Paul have to hold off Mr. O'Reilly while Sister Bertrille goes flying off for receipt after receipt. By the time Mr. O'Reilly completes his audit, Sister Bertrille has not found all the receipts and Mr. O'Reilly does not allow the total amounts Carlos has requested for deductions. It isn't until Sister Bertrille flies after Mr. O'Reilly with the remainder of the receipts that he changes his mind to allow whatever Carlos, Brother Paul and especially Sister Bertrille want.
Thu, Mar 20, 1969
Roberto Sanchez, president of the second largest grocery chain in San Juan, states that Sister Sixto's bread is the best he has ever tasted. From that, Sister Bertrille thinks that selling her bread would be a good way to raise money for the convent. Sanchez is in charge of distribution, Sister Jacqueline is in charge of advertising, and obviously Sister Sixto is in charge of mixing. But to make money, one needs money, and Sister Bertrille approaches Carlos for financing: $1,000 for a new bread oven and $160 for a ton of flour. Other problems abound when Sister Sixto isn't comfortable with mass production and there are too many chefs in the kitchen when all five sisters helping in the kitchen think that they are in charge of adding yeast to the dough, which creates the day of the growing monster bread dough. But a potential lawsuit occurs when Sister Sixto loses her ring in one of the loaves of bread. The sisters manage to get back all the unsold loaves but the ring isn't in any of them. However, Sister Jacqueline, the advertising brain, comes up with an idea: a contest where the finder of the ring will get a year's supply of bread. The sisters don't have to pay out as the ring is fortunately found by Carlos in his loaf, unfortunately by biting down on it. But they wouldn't have a year's supply to give anyway as the bread business ultimately fails: the old bread recipe did not translate well into being baked in a new modern oven and the customers hated it.
Thu, Mar 27, 1969
The convent is willed a dry goods business, which is free and clear of debt. However it is devoid of any sense of order. Unable to run the business themselves, the sisters look for someone to act as manager. Carlos suggests his cousin Luis, if only to get Luis out from working at the casino. Luis has some unique business ideas, which is causing havoc for Carlos at the casino. At the dry goods store, Luis' business ideas cause the store to go into the red after the first week. To keep the sisters from firing Luis which would in turn cause Luis to go back to working at the casino, Carlos pays people to buy things at the store, and the fortunes of the store obviously turn around. However Luis comes up with some more interesting business ideas, including advertising the fact that the store is owned by the charitable sisters, to which their dry goods competitors cry foul. The Reverend Mother sees no other way to undo this unfair advertising than to sell the store. Luis is initially distraught until he figures he can buy the store. To be more precise, he wants Carlos to buy it for him. When Luis approaches Carlos about this proposition, Carlos tells Sister Bertrille in secret the truth about why the store was doing so well. Sister Bertrille is mad at Carlos about how he treated Luis and what this news will do for his own self worth.
Thu, Apr 3, 1969
On a day that Carlos has promised some of the convent children a boat ride, he reneges to go to Culebra for a date with Elena. He however tells the children and Sister Bertrille that he is going to meet with his down on his luck Uncle Antonio and Aunt Constancia. In actuality, Uncle Antonio is poor because he's lazy. Violetta, one of the children, comes down with a case of the mumps, and since Carlos hugged her, Sister Bertrille flies to Culebra to warn Carlos that he has been exposed. Sister Bertrille searches for him at his uncle and aunt's house. Uncle Antonio and Aunt Constancia state that they are not expecting Carlos and thus wonder why the sister is looking for him there. Based on the lie Carlos told her, Sister Bertrille tells them that he is coming to bring them and their entire family to live in one of Carlos' houses in San Tanco. When she finds Carlos at Elana's, Sister Bertrille learns the truth about Carlos' trip to Culebra and Carlos in turn learns about the expectation that his aunt and uncle have about going to live in San Tanco. Neither Carlos or Sister Bertrille have the heart to tell them the truth, especially as the family holds a celebration for Carlos' generosity. Carlos ultimately is happy to have his family move to San Tanco when they remind him what wonderful things they did for him when he was a child.
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Wed, Sep 17, 1969
The convent baseball team has its first game on the weekend. Generous Carlos outfits the team so that it will at least look like it knows what it's doing; in other words, the convent team is the underdog in the game. The team is flanked by small but enthusiastic Armando, the team's pinch hitter, who is being adopted in a month. Armando himself realizes that he is not the best player, but loves the game. There ends up being a change in plans with his adoption: his parents-to-be arrive in San Juan early and want to take him off the island just before the big game as they need to be in Miami that evening for his father to accept a prestigious honor. Armando is so devastated by missing the game that he wants to give up baseball for good. However his parents realize that this is not a good way to start their family life, and rush Armando back to the game. Despite being down 43 runs, Armando saves the name of the convent team by hitting a fluke home run. They have a moral victory, if not one on the scoreboard.
Wed, Sep 24, 1969
Local celebrity and television show host, Claudio the Clown, thinks that Sister Bertrille would be perfect person to have as a guest on his children's show. Initially nervous, Sister Bertrille is a hit and Claudio's manager, Manuel Montique, offers her her own show. After discussing the pros and cons with the other sisters and the Reverend Mother, Sister Bertrille is conflicted, but ultimately declines due to what she imagines to be the trappings of fame. To ease her turning down the offer, she demands everything as part of her contract. She ends up getting what she wants: she doesn't need to sign the contract and Montique ends up providing a donation to the convent.
Wed, Oct 1, 1969
San Tanco is getting a new parish priest, Father Walter Larson, an old friend of the Reverend Mother's. Father Larson has spent most of his life as an archivist. He is used to being alone with his books, and is not a very social person. His biggest weaknesses are his poor social interaction with people and his speech writing/delivery, weaknesses that he himself realizes. He is terrified by his new duties, the first of which is to give a speech at a banquet dinner. He uses the sisters as guinea pigs; Sister Bertrille admits to him that his speech is the worst she's ever heard. So she asks Carlos to find a writer to liven up the speech. He finds stand-up comedian writer Danny Simms, whose writing style of one-liners does not suit the father's stiff delivery style. So Sister Bertrille asks Carlos to tell the banquet guests, most of whom are his employees, to laugh at the father's speech regardless. The father however decides himself to give his original solemn and stiff speech, the mandated laughter during which makes the situation that much worse. Sister Bertrille and Father Larson apologize to each other, Sister Bertrille for ruining the banquet, and Father Larson for causing Sister Bertrille to weaken to the point of losing faith. Father Larson is ready to leave for good, when Sister Bertrille tells him of her own learning curve of flying. Amazed by the act of the flying itself and by the sister's message, Father Larson decides to stay.
Wed, Oct 8, 1969
The Reverend Mother hires Paola Guzman as her temporary secretary. Paola, full of Latin flair with a penchant to do the bossa nova, is a bit at odds with the staunch Reverend Mother's style, but Paola is admittedly an efficient secretary with a kind heart. The Reverend Mother is just about to let Paola go when Paola shows up at the convent with a 6-month old child named Anita. Paola states that she is looking after Anita for a single mother friend (her husband passed away) who is away in the States looking for a job. Paola was hoping to stay at the convent while she looks after the child. The sisters think Anita is actually Paola's child, especially since the story is much like a movie Sister Sixto saw recently on television. As such, the Reverend Mother allows Paola and Anita to take refuge at the convent, and lets Paola keep her job. However through Carlos, Sister Bertrille learns that Paola was once married to Lorenzo Guzman, from whom she got an annulment due to his gambling ways. Lorenzo is now making a steady living as a house painter. Sister Bertrille tracks down Lorenzo on the pretense of painting the chapel, but she mentions Paola and Anita to Lorenzo. Lorenzo himself thinks Anita is his and Paola's child and goes to the convent to reclaim his family. As Lorenzo proposes, the sisters find out that Paola was telling the truth about Anita's mother. This reality jeopardizes Lorenzo and Paola's future as Paola doesn't know if Lorenzo wants her for her or just to do his duty. But Sister Bertrille convinces them with a little display of flight, which they think a miracle associated with the sister's efforts to get them together. After the story of Lorenzo and Paola heads toward "happily ever after", Paola admits to Berty aka Sister Bertrille that Anita really is her and Lorenzo's child. Paola really needed to know that Lorenzo wanted her without any ulterior motives, and now will tell him the truth.
Wed, Oct 15, 1969
When Marcello describes the sisters' to others as "guys", they think that he needs a fatherly male influence in his life. When questioned, Marcello chooses Carlos. Sister Bertrille in turn talks Carlos into being Marcello's surrogate father on occasion. But Carlos' memory fades quickly when he chooses to spend the day with beautiful Lila rather than keep his appointment to go sailing with Marcello. But unbeknownst to Sister Bertrille, Carlos does takes Marcello out on the boat as primary crew, while Carlos spends most of the time pampering Lila below deck. Despite Marcello having a good time and hoping Carlos will adopt him, Sister Bertrille fires Carlos as surrogate father. When Marcello finds out that Carlos needs to be married to adopt him, he takes matters into his own hands and places a newspaper ad looking for a wife for Carlos and a mother for himself. Despite having no money for an ad, the newspaper man decides it would be a good human interest story and places it on the front page. Droves of women descend on the casino and Carlos has to make a quick escape, Marcello in tow. Carlos and Marcello clear the air with each other and define the nature of their relationship.
Wed, Oct 22, 1969
Carlos' wait staff, led by Enrique, is on strike against who they consider their tyrant boss. The convent does not take sides in such disputes, but Sister Bertrille is caught by a newspaper cameraman pouring some coffee for Enrique on the line, which the public and Carlos construe as convent support for the strike. Just as Carlos accepts Sister Bertrille's apology after several attempts by her, she is caught once again by a newspaper cameraman in what looks like further support for the strikers. The Carlos/convent relationship gets even more strained when the Reverend Mother is caught on camera accepting a check from Enrique, even if it was a pre-strike two-year old promise of a donation. Things for Carlos get even worse when the kitchen starts falling apart without his wait staff; as the kitchen conditions worsen, the rest of his kitchen staff join the strikers. As an act of charity, the Reverend Mother sanctions Sisters Bertrille, Jacqueline and Sixto to help Carlos in the kitchen while he acts as waiter. This again is caught on film. As such, Enrique is now angry with the convent. But at least the support is now seen as being equal, which gets Carlos and Enrique at the bargaining table mediated by the Reverend Mother. When the Reverned Mother's mediation attempts look like they are going to fail, Sister Bertrille lends a helping hand by doing some skywriting of the word "settle". Carlos knows its source, but Enrique, a pious man, thinks it's a miracle and goes back to the bargaining table in good faith.
Wed, Oct 29, 1969
Struggling writer and ex-newspaperman Joe Barnes/Roy Barnes thinks he's hit the jackpot when he sees Sister Bertrille fly. She will be his exclusive story. All he needs is some photographs of her in flight to accompany his story. He implies as much about his story to old friend Carlos, who in turn gives the head's up to the Reverend Mother. The Reverend Mother places a gag order to everyone in the convent, including the children, and Sister Bertrille is grounded until further notice. Barnes goes under cover as Irish Father Flaherty to infiltrate the convent. With camera in hand, he sets up situations to get Sister Bertrille to fly. Just as Carlos finds out the identity of Father Flaherty and tells the Reverend Mother, Father Flaherty/Barnes gets his photos. When Sister Bertrille discovers Father Flaherty's true identity, Sister Bertrille has a plan in mind. She allows Father Flaherty/Barnes to take close up shots of her doing stunts in mid air, shots which she duplicates with each of the other cornette wearing sisters by placing them in front of a painted blue background. When Barnes tries to sell the photos to his old newspaper editor Reeves, Reeves already has in his possession Sister Bertrille's free photos of the other sisters "in flight" and a letter from her explaining how she accomplished the illusion. Barnes, ruined in the newspaper business, goes back to the convent as himself to confront the sisters. Feeling guilty for perpetrating a lie especially in light of a story Barnes tells of needing money to support his ailing family, Sister Bertrille decides to corroborate Barnes' story to Reeves, even if it means sacrificing her career as a nun. When she tells Barnes, he learns a bit about himself - that he does have some humanity. He confesses that he has no ailing family and doesn't let Sister Bertrille sacrifice her life for his professional vanity. But at least he now has a story idea for his novel.
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Wed, Nov 5, 1969
On a dark and stormy evening, Alonzo Baldazon's jalopy of a car breaks down outside the convent where he takes refuge. The sisters provide him such, especially since they think he is down and out, however he is really a wealthy man, a fact which he doesn't tell them. The car is a vintage car which didn't run properly and the tattered clothes he was wearing are his car work clothes. Because he wants to repay the sisters for their generosity, he decides to take them up on their offer to be their handyman. He telephones his assistant Maurice back at his yacht to tell him his plans and to tell anyone who calls looking for him that he is in Canada on business. While at the convent, Alonzo not only does the odd jobs required but slowly finds out what needs replacing at the convent. One by one, large items miraculously end up at the convent - first a stove, then a hot water heater, then a children's wading pool - always after it seems like Sister Bertrille has wished for them. They first suspect Carlos as their benefactor, but when they find out he's not the generous soul, they think that Sister Bertrille is performing miracles. Finally just as he is ready to leave for good, Alonzo confesses he is the one providing the gifts. To prove such, he tells the Reverend Mother to phone his yacht, Maurice who tells her that the real Alonzo Baldazon is currently in Canada, as he was instructed to say. The Reverend Mother does not divulge this conversation to Alonzo before he leaves, but does so to the sisters after his departure. It isn't until Sister Bertrille takes a flight over the harbor and sees Alonzo on his yacht that she realizes that he was indeed telling the truth.
Wed, Nov 12, 1969
In trying to get rid of a brass bed, Sisters Bertrille and Sixto trade it for a donkey named Hector. Hector is a bit rambunctious, and is eating literally everything on the convent property. Enough is enough for the Reverend Mother who tells the sisters they have to take Hector back to its previous owner, Antonio Fuentes. Antonio, knowing Hector's nature and his wife Angela's aversion to the donkey, refuses to take Hector back. But as many problems as the sisters are having with Hector, Antonio is having even more problems. He has run into a string of bad luck, each time coinciding with an appearance of at least one of the sisters. Antonio thinks they have placed a curse on him. Carlos suggests to Antonio that he has to make restitution to the sisters for them to remove the curse: what he made selling the brass bed ($200). Carlos gives the sisters the head's up and tells them to humor Antonio about the curse. It isn't until Antonio hands over the $200 and has the sisters "remove the curse" that he feels some peace return to his life. But Hector can't go back with Antonio because of Angela, so Hector now has a new home at the convent.
Wed, Nov 19, 1969
The Mother General has issued an edict for the sisters to wear a new habit. The sisters are all thrilled by the new, modern habit, that is until one by one they all realize that the new cornette with which will no longer allow Sister Bertrille to fly. Not only is Sister Bertrille devastated by the fact, but all the sisters are as well. They cannot hide their depressed state from anyone, but the Reverend Mother wants them all to put their best faces forward to the public - during what is a regular used clothing drive - and to the Mother General, who will soon be visiting to inspect the sisters in their new habits. When Sister Bertrille visits Carlos to pick up some used clothes, she tells him that as much as the sisters love the new habits, it's styling will no longer allow her to fly. Carlos too is devastated since he knows that this fact will stop the sister from dropping by as often as she does. But Carlos has a plan in mind. He enlists the help of Dolores, part of his floor show, who makes all her own costumes. She unveils to the sisters and the Mother General her newest creation, one that will take Puerto Rico by storm: it is a stylish dress and hat that oddly resemble the new habit. The Mother General is dumbfounded and immediately orders another edict that the sisters return to their old habits.
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Wed, Nov 26, 1969
When the Mother General Adelaide of Culebra wants the sisters to hold a fund-raiser, the sisters think the perfect event would be to run the silent film Lure of the West, the thought initiated after they discover that the Mother General is former silent film actress Gloria Davenport, the movie's star. One of Carlos' assistants, Leonardo, is in love with Gloria Davenport, and he and Sister Bertrille convince the Mother General to go along with the idea. However the public may not think it's a good idea as silent films may be seen as outdated entertainment. When the sisters, without the Mother General, view the movie in a private screening, they too may think the same way - the formerly dramatic film is campy by 1960s sensibilities. But it's too late to back out since they have already sold out the event, raising $1,200. However they can't embarrass the Mother General. Carlos comes up with a plan to call the Mother General back to Culebra on convent business on the night of the screening. During the screening, the audience is laughing uproariously. Unfortunately, the Mother General has found a way to make it back to the screening. Upon hearing the laughter, she is at first hurt, but then examines the movie herself, and joins in with the laughter.
Wed, Dec 10, 1969
On a day outing with Marcello, Sister Bertrille breaks three different traffic regulations. She forces Officer Juarez to give her a ticket so show Marcello that even nuns have to obey the law or pay the price. Reluctantly, Juarez does so. This act sparks a public outcry. It also causes problems for Juarez, whose girlfriend will now not marry a person who arrests a nun, for the Mayor, who's re-election is hurt by such negative publicity, and for the judge (running on the same ticket as the Mayor) who is forced to throw the sister in jail for two days when she can't pay the fine. In jail, she is bunked with Rosita, in jail as an accessory for a robbery at Carlos' casino. Rosita thinks the sister is a police plant. However when Sister Bertrille, out in the prison yard, gets caught in an updraft and flies out of the prison yet returns to the jail to face the music, Rosita sees a woman true to a life of good. As such, Rosita confesses to Sister Bertrille that although she didn't steal Carlos' money, she does know where her boyfriend, the thief, did hide the money. Sister Bertrille tells Juarez, who finds the money. Out of jail, Sister Bertrille wants to tell the press the truth about why she was in jail. However the press spins the story to make it look like she really was planted in jail to solve the casino crime. To that, Sister Bertrille takes the fifth.
Wed, Dec 17, 1969
After Sister Bertrille is partly the cause for Carlos' latest mishap which places him in the hospital, Carlos and Sister Bertrille individually review their relationship. Carlos wants to give her a piece of his mind. Sister Bertrille, on the advice of the Reverend Mother, thinks it wise not to ask Carlos for any more favors especially of his time, the latest being what the sisters call "San Tanco Dads" (STD), a group of prominent San Tanco men acting as surrogate dads for the orphan kids in community events. They even ask Roberto, Carlos' assistant, to be a STD. As much as Carlos wants to tell off Sister Bertrille, he never finds the right time. And Sister Bertrille really wants Carlos to be a STD, but bites her tongue every time she has the urge. Carlos finds out about the STD through Roberto, and deep down is hurt that he wasn't asked. What's more, he wants to be a STD since Sister Bertrille's beautiful cousin, Regina Atwater, is visiting from Boston and is hanging out at the STD events. Regina is just Carlos's type, and visa versa. But first and foremost, he feels that the sisters no longer like or respect him. So he becomes the model citizen of San Tanco, doing things that are uncharacteristic for him. He and Regina start dating - or realistically, Regina and a new stuffy tweed-wearing man calling himself Carlos start dating. Regina and the sisters are all wondering what happened to the old Carlos they knew and loved. After Regina rejects him, Carlos sees the errors in his stuffy ways.
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Rickie Malinas is the sports writer for the San Tanco Tribune. But he's also temporarily Dear Aggie, the paper's advice columnist. He convinces Sister Bertrille to take over Dear Aggie duties until he can find a permanent replacement. Dear Aggie receives a letter from Margareta Pedrosa about her new boyfriend, who unbeknownst to Sister Bertrille/Dear Aggie is Carlos' mild mannered assistant, Roberto. Margareta appreciates Dear Aggie's advice. But Roberto consults Carlos, and Sister Bertrille consults Carlos when it comes to Margareta's letter, which leads to a mix of results for poor Roberto. Finally Carlos finds out that Sister Bertrille is Dear Aggie, and based on the problems it has caused for Roberto and Margareta, the Reverend Mother ends Sister Bertrille's life as Dear Aggie. However, when Rickie asks Sister Bertrille to look at one more letter from Margareta, Sister Bertrille suspects that it is actually Carlos who is Margareta's boyfriend, Carlos who wants to take advantage of innocent Margareta. Sister Bertrille decides to head Margareta off at the pass on route to her date with who she believes will be Carlos. There are a series of mistaken identities, leading to Margareta's brother punching Carlos, the person who Sister Bertrille implicates as Margareta's playboy boyfriend. It isn't until Roberto arrives on the scene that these misunderstandings are cleared up.