Caray, Caray!

When Miranda is telling Al to get lost, she sure has lots of spit and stuff flying out of her mouth, not very attractive. Cesar arrives and tells her not to believe anything Al says.

Francisco, Amparito, and Carola gossip about the San Llorente house being stripped clean, Carola pretends to think it’s such a shame, then Raul comes running in. I think what he said was that Renata was at the hacienda and Juan took her aside to talk to her but is kind of keeping her locked up, like he won’t let her leave without talking to him. If that’s wrong somebody please correct me. I’d ask my wife, but she has long since grown tired of watching novelas with muchas pausas while I write. We only watch together when I’m not recapping. Either that or she doesn’t really like this show. Anyway, after Raul says that, Carola has a look on her face like she could pull a Bobbit on Juan.

Juan and Renata (wearing a nice short skirt) are in Valle de Bravo, I’m not sure where that is or why they are there. They act pissy towards each other and finally Renata tells about Charo and the bloody handkerchief. Some more talk about Miranda not having her house any more, then back to their fractured relationship. Juan wants to walk and talk, but not before getting in a dig about not being able to take her to New York. Renata says something bitchy and they almost kiss, but then laugh and go for a walk. What?

Somehow everyone else showed up before Al challenges Cesar to fight. Cesar says he’s not guilty of anything, especially about Al kissing Babe Lawyer, Cesar goes on to talk about what a loser Al is. Miranda convinces Cesar to leave, Fab goes with him. Miranda wants to know what happened. Al says Vicente might be able to negotiate with the banks, Flor whines, Fern says she has a little money set aside. Flor whines some more and they take her to her room to rest, leaving Al and Miranda behind. Al says he sold his watch to pay for a couple things to be left behind for Flor and the baby. Al asks if the time has come when they can talk, Miranda says yes. Somehow that question and answer gets the ominous music treatment and long impactado stares. Forced drama. Like “are you thirsty?” “Yes.” Dum dum dummmmm.

Back to Juan and Renata – Juan has his shirt unbuttoned all the way to his belt. Renata whines about everybody bossing her around and being confused. Juan disses Bertha and Renata changes the subject – “what’s going to happen with us?” Juan doesn’t want a divorce, Renata says she won’t ever live poor, Juan cries. He walks away to stare at the water. For effect I think.

Santiago comes into Flor’s room, like he’s about to give last rites. OH oh she wants to confess. All the dialogue is whispered and Santiago gives her God’s forgiveness. Flor feels better. Santiago gives his usual keep your chin up speech. She gives the padre an envelope to give to Miranda after she dies. Santiago says he’s going to go to Nuria’s school to see if he can find anything out about where she might have gone. Flor says no, she knows that it was Bertha who took Nuria.

Al and Miranda are talking in the big empty house. Al said after Miranda accused him of having feelings for Babe Lawyer after saying her name in bed, so he thought maybe it was true. Then he says Vicente tried to get him to hire Babe Lawyer for months but Al said no, eventually he decided she could help his case. Miranda says “tell me the truth – did you like it?” Al says Babe Lawyer is hot, no point in denying it. He then gives her the “I had to see if I felt something” excuse, then saying “I felt nothing.” Give me a break. This is the lamest thing I have ever heard. Unfortunately, I have heard friends of mine try to pass this same crap along to women. Even worse, sometimes they believe it. Whatever. Miranda then tells Al that for sure Babe Lawyer set this all up for Cesar to show up, she fell in love with him so she tried to find a way to piss off Miranda.

Fab explains to Fern that he has to stay close to Cesar so he can hear if anything slips and he can get info. Fern calls Bertha to ask her to move back to the big house. I think to keep her and Cesar apart. Bertha says she’ll think about it. Fern and Fab agree that the important thing is to stay in contact with Bertha to keep tabs on her.

Back to the Valle. Somehow Juan and Renata have ended up on a sailboat and Renata has found time to change into shorts. The last conversation didn’t seem to say “let’s go sailing” but here they are. They just sit there and look at each other, look away, nothing. Finally Renata says she loves this place. The A+ #1 sound technician has decided that right on the waterline would be a great place for a microphone. We can barely hear the actors but we REALLY HEAR THE WATER LAPPING UP AGAINST THE BOAT SPLASH SPLASH. Renata says she would like to live there, Juan says yeah right. He says he doesn’t believe it, she says something about what if she said she didn’t want to divorce him would he be convinced, he says prove it (or something like that) and they start making out. Then there is a montage of them sailing and having fun. They don’t show the part where suddenly he has a vision of her making out with Cesar, because you know that is going to happen at some point. They can act happy all they want, someday laying in bed after sex he’s going to think “that bastard Cesar was there too” and not be able to sleep for days. Trust me, this will happen. I’m also not sure where Juan learned to sail in the ghetto, I don’t remember seeing the barrio boat club.

Pamela has come to visit Miranda (finally, we need more Pamela. Unless she’s being a bitch like she has been lately.) Miranda says she has to outsmart Babe Lawyer. Miranda says she wants a man who can tell her that he has eyes for nobody but her and for her to not doubt it. Al hears this part, but just says “uh there’s coffee ready in the kitchen if you want some.”

Renata and Juan play around in the pool. Who is paying for the room here? Not pobre Juan. Uh oh, Renata is distracted, is she having second thoughts? She says no, happy happy kiss kiss forever etc etc.

Everyone agrees Al should stay at the house tonight, Luciano says that tomorrow Al is selling his own house.

Juan and Renata are having sex, he’s sure to have the ugly Cesar vision any minute. In the morning he wakes up and Renata isn’t there. She’s long gone. Juan runs outside and she’s not anywhere. We see her driving somewhere else, no idea where. Now Juan is running on the same street where we just saw her driving, she must have just left. Juan in his white white white clothes sits down on some very dirty stairs. Renata is driving and crying, Juan cries too, everybody cries.

Miranda is telling Al not to sell his house, why not the cars? Fab runs in and says that something is wrong with Flor, he can’t get her to respond. She said she didn’t want to go to a hospital again, so Fern is on the way. They run in and try to wake her up. She has a pulse but won’t wake up. Fern walks in and tells them all to move over. Fab has an amazingly pained look. Fern prepares some injection and sticks it into Flor’s arm. Al says Miranda was right, they should call an ambulance anyway. Fern says forget it, it’s too late. Everybody cries.

Charo has a mental flashback about Gonz getting shot and what she did with the bloody handkerchief. She thinks maybe she should just leave before she gets fired, now that the SLs are poor and don’t need her.

Miranda, Al, and Fab all try to comfort each other. Fab and Al get into an argument about who is suffering more. Miranda says the most important thing is that they are all together. Pamela comes in and Miranda goes to her for comfort, Al isn’t please about that. Fab cries about it being unfair that Flor will die without seeing her son again.

Somehow Flor is awake again and talking to Fern. Flor asks that they keep looking for her son. Flor says she’s tired, so so so tired… but she wants to see Bertha – call her, get her over here. Fern says ok and goes to call her. Flor prays to the virgin while she waits.

Fern tells the others that she has to call Bertha, everyone loves that idea of course. Bertha answers the phone at Cesar’s house. Bertha rattles on a bunch of whatever, finally Miranda manages to tell her why she called, Bertha agrees to come. Cesar tells her to wait a minute first and talk to him. He wants to know what Bertha will do when Flor dies. About what? About Fab’s son! Ah, she’ll tell him later. She says this death better not mess up her plans. How inconsiderate of Flor to die without consulting Bertha first.

The SOS (I like that too) are being really mean to Nuria.

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