Caray, Caray!

Please forgive me for typos, it is really late and I've given it a read through once (usually the triple check works best for me) and that''s about all I've got for tonight.

Fernando is walking through the corridors of Callao prison. He finds what he is looking for and uses the keys to open up the door. He enters the room of Sara Kali, the paper mache masked woman. She’s back in the prison. Fernando apparently brings light with him because SK is reacting like the blind fish in the bottom of a cave river when spelunker comes in with an over head light. She grabs at her “iron” mask like it is hurting her, but I think with a couple of well placed pulls she could get the darn thing off. If you’ve ever hit a piñata then you know all it takes is hitting it in just the right spot and the whole thing breaks apart rather easily, but I digress…..
Fer-Mercedes, it is me.
Sara Kali—Who is it, using my Christian name?
Fer-Don’t you recognize my voice?
SK-Fernando?
Fer –It must be difficult for you to be closed up in her all alone in the darkness. But, your betrayal has a price.
SK—One I’m willing to pay to avenge the man I love.
Fer-You lied to me and carried another man’s child. You tried to pass the Gitano’s child as mine.
SK-I regret not completing my mission. (I don’t get this, but I think it is purposefully vague). Now my daughter is in the hands of a horrible man like you.
Fer—Yes, I’m horrible but you helped create that man. Remember, when I thought love no longer existed for me you arrived with beautiful words. I opened the door to my heart and put it in your hands and you deceived me.
SK- If I relived it, I’d do it again. (yes, that’s what reliving it means…so I’m thinking it is an idiomatic expression like—if I had to do it all over again, I’d do the same thing.)
Fer—After you deceived me, after you had me believe that Esmeralda was my daughter you wanted to go before the king, the Spanish Crown. (again, purposefully vague).
SK—I represent something great.Fer—Yes, very great but it’s your lies and betrayal that I’m’ making you pay for here.
SK--I beg you, if you have any compassion let me see my daughter.
Fer-Never, I will never permit you to see Esme. She represents to me shame. She’ll never know her mother is alive (ah, but she does). So here you will stay, ruler of the Gitanos. Mercedes, or Sara Kali.
Fer leaves and locks her back into her cell. He departs with a nasty “Adios”. For all of the male viewers out there, the camera people got a great shot of Sara Kali’s heaving chest because her jail bird outfit is quite revealing. Sara’s angry and she swears that she’s going to make Fernando pay for all the suffering he has caused her daughter and her, even if she is stuck in the prison for a long time.

At Casa de de la Vega Dolores tells Almudena to go and be with Esme. Dolores says that between her and Yumali, they will make sure that Alejandro will be well cared for. The two women rehash what has happened with Al’s injury and Yumi to blame. They go over what’s happened to Diego and the fact that Esme is going to marry Montero. Dolores is really upset thinking of what they could possibly be doing to Diego in the prison.

BUT, Diego isn’t in the prison. Right now he is in the gypsy camp having his wounds cleaned. Jonas and Diego rehash how Monty set Diego up and how Diego got out of the prison. Diego says he had to get out to save Esme before she marries Monty. Renzo hears this and is visibly upset. Jonas offers Diego the gypsies help and friendship. They will stop the wedding. But before they do that, Jonas wants to know if Diego was able to find out where Montero moved Sara Kali. Diego hasn’t had time to find out for sure, but now is not the time to worry about this, he’s got to make saving Esme his priority.

Mariangel and Catalina rehash the whole Montero’s Diego is Zorro plot. Mariangel tells Cat that Diego is her priority and after Monty and Esme wed she’ll take care of Monty but now all she wants is to get rid of Esme.

Esme has a dream of Diego as Zorro sneaking into her room. They declare their love for each other. She wakes up. Dena comes in and helps Esme get ready for the wedding. Esme says that it is the saddest day of her life but she needs to do this to save Diego. MA comes into the room to get the women to hurry up. She adds that it is a pity that the two women will be separated once Esme goes to live with Monty. They get MA to leave. Once alone, Dena tries to talk Esme out of marrying Monty. She says that there has got to be another way to get out of their problems. Esme—Mariangel is right, all that is happening to Diego is my fault and I have to suffer the consequences. Dena tells her to not let Monty touch her, to stay far away from him. Esme makes Dena promise that she’ll take care of Al and that as soon as she can, Dena must leave Fernando’s house.

Fer goes to see Monty. He returns the account records because Monty brought Sara Kali back to Callao prison. Fer mentions that he noticed that Monty has stockpiled a fortune. Fer is glad that his daughter will be marrying a man of wealth and power. Monty comments that money and power are what is most important in life. Fer says it is odd that a man just hours away from marrying does not include love in what is most important. Monty amends his statement, but it rings hollow. Fer goes on to ask Monty if he has his dignity restored now that the marriage with Esme has the green light. Monty—No, not until Esme takes her vows inside the church.

Al is talking to Yumi. He asks her to forget her revenge against Fernando (we’ve been down this road before). Al tells Yumi that she’s got skills (flash to Napoleon Dynamite) She can talk to the animals (flash to Doctor Dolittle) and she has life in her hands. Al says he can understand how she feels, he thinks it is similar to what he felt when his wife, Regina, was killed.

In the prison, Pizarro receives a report from one of his soldiers. They haven’t caught Diego yet, but they have the de la Vega home surrounded in case he were to return there. Pizarro asks if someone has been dispatched to take care of Alejandro. He’s told yes, that task will be accomplished. Pizarro takes out a map to chart Diego’s last sighting. He knows that Diego is on foot and surmises that Diego would probably go to the gypsy camp. After all, Diego works as a lawyer for the gypsies. He orders a battalion to search their camp.

Jonas and Azucena (previously called gypsy man and woman, but now I know their names) are riding into town in an open wagon filled with hay. They talk about how no one will suspect the gypsies (for what? I don’t know, I guess we’ll find out).

Mariangel, Dena, Fernando, and Esme are leaving the house and Olmos tells Esme that she is the prettiest bride. Esme says “and the saddest”. Fer—Sometimes our destiny isn’t what we expect, but still we have to face it”. Esme- “I’m marrying Montero because of your ambition and lack of love for me”. MA tells Esme to smile, now she won’t be just a widow. Dena tells her “ENOUGH!!” Esme—“Let her speak. She’s won. She’s going to be rid of me”. Fer—“Let’s end this discussion”. MA goes on to blame Esme for what has happened to Diego. Fernando reminds her that they all are to blame. They get into the carriage and start heading to the church.

Yumi leaves Al sleeping to go get something. A man enters the room from the window. He picks up a pillow and starts to smother Al with it. A weakened Al can offer only a weak resistance. Yumi, heading down the stairs, senses death has come to visit the house. She turns around and comes into the room. She grabs a log from the fireplace and knocks out the assassin. She ties him up with the curtain cord and goes to revive Al. He’s still breathing and Yumi kisses his cheek. She returns to her captive and demands he tell her why he was trying to kill Al, if he won’t talk she’ll kill him. Al says weakly, “Don’t do it Yumi.”

Soldiers are now setting up road blocks into the city. The bridal party gets stopped. Fernando asks what’s going on, one soldier says we can’t tell, but another says since you’re the governor we can tell you what little we know. Diego escaped. Esme overhears and wants to know if Diego is OK. Soldier-We don’t know, but we will find him. The governor’s carriage is allowed to enter the town and Esme notices Jonas and Azucena’s cart. Their cart is also getting stopped by the soldiers. The soldiers ask the gypsies why they are coming into town. They tell him to offer a celebration for the Comander’s wedding. The soldiers question the cart full of hay and Azucena says it is going to be used as part of their celebration. The soldiers take out their swords and start poking into the hay. They find nothing and allow the gypsies’ wagon to move along. Azu and Jonas are happy that Diego was able to escape, but as they get further away Diego let’s them know that he’s still there, he was able to hide below the loose boards in the wagon’s cart.

Esme tells the carriage driver to stop. MA makes a snide comment about a repeat of what happened at Esme’s first wedding (from the first episode). Esme wonders why she should marry Monty if Diego escaped, she only agreed to save Diego, so now what’s the point. Fer tells her to not even think about it, she was already married to Monty by the judge. E-“I was forced to do that and you know it.” Fer—“Monty will arrest Diego again and with him a fugitive the law will be on Monty’s side He’ll have Diego killed for sure. Monty is capable of doing this, believe me.” MA-“ Keep messing with Monty and getting him angry, you’ll end up with blood on your hands, Esme.” Esme pleads with Fer—“I know you won’t do this for me, but do it for your best friend.” Fer—“I gave my word again to Monty, so obey your father.” Esme-“A father who doesn’t want me to be happy, you doubt even care.” Fer-“You’ll never learn, why can’t you be decent like your sister?” Dena doesn’t like this and she and Fer exchange some words. She tells Fer that they’ve treated Esme quite terribly. Esme tells her not to bother, she doesn’t want Dena getting into any trouble because of her. Esme turns to Fer and says that if anything happens to Diego, she swears that she will not marry Monty.

Monty and Pizarro rehash. Pizarro suggests that someone must be helping Diego. Monty-“Who, his father? He’s probably dead. Diego is a coward, only someone full of disgrace would escape my prison covered in grease, he’s probably hiding in the mountain caves.” Pizarro-“We’ve got men looking for him, road blocks set up. It is only a matter of time.” Monty-“We don’t have time!! If Esme finds out that Diego escaped, she won’t marry me. Capture him Pizarro, and I’ll give you the joy of killing him.” Sickening, but the idea of this seems to please Pizarro---there was a trace of a smile. Monty goes on---“Diego will be forgotten and then we’ll take all his property.”

Yumi tries to force the assassin to talk. She takes him outside and gets some of Al’s men to surround the guy with wood. The man is not struggling the least bit, perhaps he’s still dazed from being conked on the head. Inside and upstairs, Dolores catches Al trying to get out of bed. He brings her up to speed on what’s happened. Al-“We’ve got to stop Yumali from killing him.” Dolores tells Al to rest because he is weak. She’ll go find out what’s going on, don’t worry. Al listens to her and gets back into the bed.

SAM gets the soldiers to spread out into the plaza outside the church. The bridal carriage arrives right after some gypsies start to celebrate. Esme exchanges a look with Renzo—stopping him from reacting to her arrival. Esme tells Fer that she needs to get some assurance from Monty that Diego is OK. She runs into the church. Fer doesn’t like this. Dena tells him that Esme is sacrificing herself to save Diego, she deserves to find out if her efforts will be in vain. Fer says he’ll give her five minutes and then he needs to get out of there (obviously the gypsies are making him uncomfortable). Mariangel makes a snarky comment about how she is really going to miss her sister’s weddings and these odd moments that seem to occur.

Inside the church Esme confronts Monty. She tells him that she knows that Diego escaped. Monty tells her that if she came to cancel the wedding, she’s going to pay dearly. He admits that Diego escaped and when his men catch Diego, he’ll die. E-“Promise me that if I marry you, your men will leave Diego in peace. What guarantee will you give me?” Monty-“None, unfortunately none.” (At least he’s honest.) They continue to have a discussion about how Esme’s relationship with Fernando will raise Montero’s status in the town. Esme-“I can still say no at the alter even though I signed the judge’s papers. It will make you look like a fool in the eyes of the town.” Monty—“Diego escaped from the prison.” Esme-“You know that he’s not Zorro, the charges are false.” Monty-“No one will kill Diego, as long as he doesn’t do something stupid, then my men will have to kill him.”

Outside the gypsy crowd has gotten bigger, many of them are wearing masks. Diego is amongst them, hidden behind a black mask with ribbons. Renzo is complaining to one of the women that he does not like this plan. Renzo grumbles that Esme is marrying Montero, the murderer, because of Diego. This means that Diego is more important to Esme than anything else. Diego wonders to Jonas where did Esme go? He is told that she went inside the church. There is speculation that Montero will not allow Esme to stand him up at the altar. Jonas warns Diego to keep a low profile. Diego— ‘Montero thinks I’m hiding, he has no idea that I’m outside the church where he’ll wed.” Jonas and Diego go over there plan (not in too much detail, the writers don’t want to tip their hand to the audience). Something is mentioned about having horses ready and waiting and the element of surprise being on their side. Diego wants to enter the church alone, but Jonas tells him to take Renzo with him. As they are heading to the church they get stopped by a group of soldiers.

Esme comes out of the church. She says-“Very well, let’s get on with this farce.” Fer and Esme exchange some words about how he doesn’t respect her. They finish this verbal spar and head into the church.

The soldiers want to know where the gypsies are going. A female gypsy (the wife of that client of Diego’s from the first episode) tells them that they have the rose petals to throw at the newlyweds. The soldiers want to know why they are wearing masks. She tells them that it is all part of the festivities. The soldiers demand that they take off their masks, and they address that request to Diego. Renzo takes off his mask and the soldiers recognize him from when he was being held in the prison. They laugh and say that Renzo was used as bait to catch Zorro. Renzo goes along with the soldiers and Diego slips away. Just outside the church doors he runs into a man cloaked head to toe in a brown hooded cloak. The man says he’s there on a pilgrimage and it looking for a place to stay. Diego and the man talk some more and the man says that “God gives us light when we least expect it.”

Flash to the Bat Cave. Bernardo is dressing as Zorro. He’s even got the little goatee. He swishes his cape and looks pretty convincing. I’m impressed.

Flash to Tobias dressed in his Zorro outfit. He’s painted his horse black and Tobi starts to swish his sword around and ends up scaring the horse. Finally Tobi mounts the horse, but the horse refuses to move. I'm not impressed in the slightest.

Yumi has a torch and is going to start the logs on fire. The man says he was there to steal. Yumi doesn’t believe him. Dolores comes out of the house and tells Yumi to stop. She asks the man some questions, and he won’t answer. Dolores grabs a chair and tells Yumi to continue with what she was doing. The man starts to talk. The women demand to know who sent him to kill Al. The man finally cracks when Yumi sets a log ablaze. He tells them that it was Cmdr. Montero. Just then, the man gets shot in the back by an unknown assailant wearing a huge sombrero and a poncho. The assailant rides away. Dolores tells the man that he better not die, he’s all they’ve got to prove that Monty is up to no good. Too bad, the man dies.

Inside the church, Fer hands over Esme to Monty. She looks like the most miserable bride I’ve ever seen. Padre Tomas starts the ceremony. He gives a speech about love and liberty in order to get God’s blessing for marriage. Monty asks Esme if she has anything to say. She doesn’t. Padre Tom goes on in Latin. Catalina makes eyes at Pizarro, he seems disgusted. Dena starts to cry. A cloaked man enters the church during the “Our Father.”

Bernie rides into town as Zorro. So does Tobias. One looks graceful, powerful and dignified. The other has his horse barely under control and it is moving backward and the black paint is being rubbed off. I’ll let you figure out which one is which.

Maria Pia goes to see Nutty Nun/Sister Psycho. NN is praying and tells MP that she is in the middle of her penance, one she got from the Cardinal all because of Maria Pia’s lies. Maria Pia tells NN that she wants to tell her the truth about what happened the other night, what all happened with Fer and why. She tells her, but NN does not believe her. NN goes on and starts telling MP what happened to her, it wasn’t her brother that she slept with, it was her step father. She feels that she provoked him into doing it, just as she suspects that Maria Pia has provoked the governor. NN goes on to say that she has heard the voice of God and he told her that she is the chosen one. So she takes that to mean that she must not allow MP to become the convent’s Mother Superior. NN tells MP that she’ll destroy her first before she’ll let that happen. NN says she won’t let evil take over Maria Pia.

In the church, Padre Tom gets to the part of the ceremony where he asks if there are any objections to these two being united in holy matrimony and from the back of the church the hooded man says, “I object”. The camera cuts to various shots of the different people turning around to see who said this. And here is where my tape ended. I don’t know if Telemundo ran the show even longer, but it seems like a good spot to end the show, so I suspect I didn’t miss much.

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