In the end, Penelope finds the ultimate way to redeem herself, by delivering Schneider and AveryвЂ™s beautiful, healthy childвЂ¦ right in the AlvarezesвЂ™ apartment. Meanwhile, Penelope gets вЂњcancelledвЂќ by Schneider when she makes fun of AveryвЂ™s alternative home birth plan, advocating instead for a hospital birth using traditional medical practices. But when they find an old tape of Lydia singing as a young girl, she gets an unexpected birthday present. Elena and Alex discover their abuelita is upset about mementos from Cuba that have deteriorated beyond repair. Lydia cancels the birthday party Penelope has planned for her, insisting that sheвЂ™s not in the mood to celebrate. Suddenly, Lydia and Alex find themselves living out a real-life telenovelaвЂ¦ in an RV. Meanwhile, Alex and Lydia catch up on a telenovela until a betrayal Alex has been keeping secret is revealed. On the road, Schneider questions whether he will ever be as good a parent as Penelope. To make the long drive comfortable, Schneider offers his RV, which is a replica of the Alvarez home.

The Alvarez family road trip to the Grand Canyon extends to New Haven, CT, after Elena hears a rumor that touring the Yale campus will better her chances of getting accepted. Now they must make things right before the strike of midnight or the next year will be ruined. How the new year finds you is how the year will be and it canвЂ™t find them mad and not doing things the Cuban way. Everyone wins! Until their plans fall apart and they return home to find that Lydia knows what theyвЂ™ve done. They turn back the clock and do a fake New YearвЂ™s Eve for Lydia at 9 pm (with the New York ball drop) and head out to their fun nights. So they hatch a plan so everyone gets what they want. ItвЂ™s New YearвЂ™s Eve! Lydia is pumped to celebrate but the fam is tired of the rigmarole of ALL the Cuban traditions and wants to go out. Both Penelope and Elena take advice from Lydia, resulting in the two Alvarez women dealing with the outcome of their decisions. Meanwhile, Elena and Syd bond over their mutual crush, Tanya, but Elena takes it a little too far. Now that Penelope is a nurse practitioner, she decides to see what else is out there work-wise, to surprising results.

Both of them learn they have a lot to offer each other in terms of father/son relationships. Meanwhile, Schneider enlists Alex to help him build a crib and baby-proof his apartment. Lydia takes it upon herself to challenge the priest on this. Elena enjoys the positive message for a few weeks, until she misses an opportunity to clarify her sexual orientation and quickly realizes she was never be truly accepted by her church. When LydiaвЂ™s church hires a young, progressive priest (Cruz), Lydia is able to convince Elena to start attending regular Sunday services again. Scroll down to see how ODAAT would have closed out Season 4, then hit the comments and tell us if it provides you with some sense of closure.

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