El espanto de la herencia

**El espanto de la herencia** (The Inheritance Scare in English) is the second episode of Season 1 of the HBO series *Los Espookys*. It premiered on June 21, 2019.

## Premise

*Los Espookys are tasked with scaring five would-be heirs to a millionaire's fortune.*

## Plot summary

After Los Espookys successfully staged an exorcism, their good work landed them another gig. Although Juan Carlos didn’t like that his boyfriend Andrés was being involved in such weird activities. In fact, he even called their leader Renaldo a “greasy guy”. In any case, their next gig involves scaring off a pesky son, so he doesn’t win his inheritance by staying the night in a haunted mansion.

Dinora Jueves, their new client explains that what’s at stake is actually $18.9 billion pesos. In addition, to the son of Ignacio Ferracuti, there’s Ambassador Melanie Gibbons, a nun named Sister Racquel, nurse Esperanza and a random guy named Pepito. Although the guests quickly vote to kick him out and he leaves without a fuss. Los Espookys are tasked to make it scarier to survive a night in the Ferracuti mansion. Meanwhile, Renaldo's mom wants him to date, so tries to set him up with a girl who is their neighbor. But Renaldo isn't all that interested, and reiterates that to him, horror is more than just a hobby.

Later, there’s a little contention at first, as Renaldo rejects Andrés’ plan for a bed to swallow Ferracuti Jr. Meanwhile, Andrés is divided between the group and Juan Carlos, who wants him to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony instead since Andrés’ family has a successful chocolate business).

When the festivities begin, Renaldo is disappointed that their “mysterious woman” host isn’t setting a scary enough mood. He’s also disappointed that Andrés didn’t hire anyone to play a scary butler, so Renaldo himself does the job. Unlike the host, Renaldo tries too hard to be scary, even telling Ferracuti, Jr. to “Prepare to die”. Although fellow spooker Tati likes Renaldo’s acting, Andrés says he overdid it and claims Renaldo already had a hunched back before donning the uniform.

The first one to leave is Sister Raquel, after the host suggests she use her hypothetical winnings for orphans, rather than buying anything fancy for herself. Interestingly, Andrés surprises her in her car, asking her what she knows about his real parents, adding that he’s “trapped in a chocolate prison”. However, as the nun recalls, when Andrés was dropped off at her doorstep as a baby, Raquel was too entranced by a TV soap opera to identify any birth parent.

For the next scare, Tati walks in on the guests, pretending her head is their meal. It’s a zany send-up of the “head on a platter” gag, and it definitely doesn’t land well with the rest of Los Espookys. Andrés leaves to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony as planned, which leaves the rest of the group to their own devices literally. However, they are in luck, as the guests just aren’t committed to winning the inheritance, or don’t require much work. The nurse scares herself by looking into a mirror. Similarly, Ambassador Melanie leaves for a nearby party after suffering a major case of FOMO.

Although they haven’t worked too hard, Renaldo realizes that the mood could be better, and emphasizes that they need to have fun. In fact, the bed swallowing gag works on Ignacio’s son, who also leaves promptly afterward. Thus, Nurse Esperanza wins the inheritance. Oddly, though, she confesses that she poisoned Ignacio Ferracuti, for the crime of not giving her a teddy bear as he did the other nurses.

Shortly after that, the mysterious woman reveals her name as Dinora Jueves. To make matters even more weird, Ambassador Melanie shows up to Renaldo’s, apparently identifying the operation through inside intel. She gets cards from them for a possible future gig. However, she drops them, and says that they’ve “gone bad” by touching the ground. She then takes off on helicopter airlift.

While Tico appears to be the best valet in the world. Lately, he’s been leading a double life, as a lookalike of a famous artist named Ulbrecht. At an art show, he is asked questions about “his” work, and with each question, he seems to always answer “Yes”.

At a dinner, Tico’s daughter voices just how much she hates him.

Eventually Tico's charade catches up with him, when the real Ulbrecht shows up and threatens to sue him if he keeps impersonating him.

## Cast and characters

### Starring:

* Bernardo Velasco as Renaldo
* Cassandra Ciangherotti as Úrsula
* Ana Fabrega as Tati
* Julio Torres as Andrés
* José Pablo Minor as Juan Carlos
* Fred Armisen as Uncle Tico

### Guest-Starring:

* Giannina Fruttero as Beatriz
* River L. Ramirez as Sonia
* Greta Titelman as Ambassador Melanie Gibbons
* Tatiana Molina as Dinora Jueves
* Carmen Gloria Bresky as Mayor Teresa Lobos
* Gustavo Rojas as Pepito
* Carolina Paulsen as Sister Raquel
* Jaime Omeñaca as Dr. Ricky
* Cristina Aburto as Maria

### Co-Starring:

* Koke Santa Ana as Valet Manny
* Adela Calderón as Mama Renaldo
* Lester Ransom as Valet Captain
* Cristian Soto as Valet Raul
* Jacqueline Boudon as Dental Patient
* Shavanna Calder as Art Reporter
* Ana Reeves as Esperanza the Nurse
* Omar Morán as Ignacio Jr.

## External links

* *El espanto de la herencia* on the Internet Movie Database
* Los Espookys on Wikipedia
* Watch Los Espookys on HBO Max