Eliseo schemes to win the support of the residents - with his plan hinging heavily on manipulating people and situations. Pressure on Florencia and Marina's housekeeper leads Eliseo to find out that Florencia is cheating on Marina, while a duplicitous deed helps Eliseo gain the favor of María Pía, a devoutly religious resident.

Eliseo schemes up a way to take down his archenemy Zambrano, seeing it as his best shot at derailing the project and protecting his job. After a search of Zambrano's house fails to result in anything compromising, Eliseo moves to invent a lover and cause marital problems in the Zambrano household, and enlists the help of a delivery girl who has a score to settle with the penny-pinching Zambrano.