Who Cried This Week On “Making Menudo”? Everyone!

In the last episode of “Making Menudo”, manager Johnny Wright assembled what he considered a dream team of losers for a cruel game of, “Show me why I shouldn’t kick you to the curb.” There’s Eric who can’t sing, Hansel who’s a wallflower and Pena who has more excuses for fucking up than Haliburton. Right off the bat, Hansel cries when Johnny calls him out as a shy boy. “It doesn’t matter where you come from,” says Pena,” (even though they mostly come from Florida), “‘Making Menudo’ is dream for everyone.” (Especially when everyone’s from Florida.) Later, all the boys are exercising on the beach. (Why with shirts on, producers?) Some of them throw up.

On the way to singing practice, Hansel holds everyone up. “I don’t want to say anything,” says Pena, (so he’ll only tell us guys watching the television), “but we were late because of Hansel. It takes him so long to get ready.” Catty! Pena starts to realize, “I didn’t know it was going to be this hard.” Foreshadowing! But wait, he has a heart to heart with mean, vocal coach, David Coury. “Guess what? You’re talented,” says David. Hugs! David does have a heart. (Also, Pena is the only one who’s kind of hot.)

In an unprecedented move, after the team’s performance, Johnny, cuts TWO of the guys from the contest—Eric (tears) AND Hansel (MAJOR tears), puts iffy (but hot) Pena back in the mix and, in a shocking twist, promotes Mr. “He Can’t Get By On Looks Alone” JC who didn’t even compete this episode, because some girls were staring at him during the other boys’ performance. JC is also moved to tears. And all is right in the boy band world.

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