Caray, Caray!

It is evening at the de la Vega home and Alejandro is settled in, reading a good book by the fire. Almudena arrives, even though it is late, because she wants to see her fiancé and talk about what could possibly be going on between her brother, Fernando, and Alejandro’s sister, Maria Pia. Dena tells Al that she is concerned for Fernando, that he came home the day before apparently drunk, but really he had been poisoned. Our amazing town doctor was able to tell, without modern medicine, that Fernando had been poisoned with a potion known to be used only by the local Indian population. The two continue to rehash the most recent events in Los Angeles. Dena says that she wants to get married right away, but Al is a little more cautious. He feels that they need to take care of Cmdr. Montero first. Dena begins to question if Al is really wanting to get married. Al decides to let his passionate caresses do the talking. He and Dena spend a glorious night together.

Elsewhere in the house, Yumali throws a hissy fit (I don’t know for sure if she saw Al and Dena together, but judging by her actions, I think she did). She decides she is going to break her promise to Al and leave this house.

The next day Esme and Dena are talking about how happy Dena is. Then the two start rehashing all that Esme knows about her mother, Sara Kali. They know that Montero has moved her from the prison and has her hidden, blah, blah, blah.

Meanwhile, Diego and Bernardo are rehashing the same thing. Diego surmises that Montero has probably move Sara Kali to someplace nearby. Diego wants Bernardo to keep his ears open and spy around town to gather info. Diego tells him that he found out nothing from SAM (Garcia). He warns Bernardo to be careful of Pizarro, that he is worse than Montero (that’s what I said the other day).

Alejandro is informed by Dolores that Yumi has flown the coop. Dolores tells Al that Yumi left all of her white girl clothes there at the house and took off in her war paint and native garb. Al is worried (his most favorite emotion) that Yumi is going to go after Fernando again. He decides he must warn Fer.

Speaking of Fer, he is in a meeting with Montero, who has brought some papers for him to sign ---some new laws that he wants approved so he can begin his renewed reign of terror on the town. Montero tells Fer that he (Fer) has been weak in his leadership. He threatens Fer and says that if he cannot do his job, then Montero will do it for him. Monty tells Fer that he has no confidence in him—rehash of who killed the Viceroy’s inspector. Fer may be the friend of the king, but Monty threatens Fer with Sara Kali. Fer wants to know what Monty found out from SK. Monty implies that he knows SK and Fer’s secret, but doesn’t tell us, the audience what it is. Fer is not happy. Monty goes on to say that SK’s whereabouts are a military secret, therefore he cannot tell Fer, and besides Fer has proven he is incapable of keeping his word, so Monty doesn’t trust him. Fer warns Monty to be careful, but Monty goes on to say that now HE is in control. Fer questions if Monty is blackmailing him and tells Monty that there are secrets behind SK that he will never know. Monty says only time will tell. To be even more redundant, he states that he’s giving the orders now. Then he leaves. Fer calls to Olmos (who has been listening at the window, and I believe he heard the part where the inspector’s murder was discussed) and tells him they are heading into town. Fer mumbles that this is all because of what Maria Pia asked him to do, but he is a man who will take responsibility for his own actions (true, but only after you blame Maria Pia).

Dena warns Esme not to get involved w/ trying to help the gypsies get her mother out of jail, it is too dangerous. Esme placates Dena, but doesn’t agree to stay out of it. In fact, what she really wants is to talk to Diego to find out what happened when he visited the prison.

Sara Kali is shown, still w/ her “iron” mask, but now stuck down in a crevice somewhere out in the middle of no where. Two soldiers are throwing down food to her, all the while they are taunting her. They question if she is even alive and speculate that she must be a serious threat to some people.

Al goes riding into town, wanting to warn Fer he is in danger. Dena tags along. We see Yumi, with her red face paint, atop a building. She pulls out her bow and arrow and takes aim at Fer as he comes riding into town in his carriage. Just as Yumi shoots her arrow, Al arrives and gets between the arrow and Fer. Al is shot in the back. Fer and his soldiers take off after Yumi. Dena freaks out and stays with Al.

Monty and Pizarro are talking about how well they have SK hidden. Monty starts to think of Diego and tells Pizarro that he wants some sort of charges trumped up against Diego. He’s decided that he no longer wants to see Diego enjoying his posh life and strolling around town with Esme. He wants Diego locked in his prison.

Diego is at the Sanchez home, looking for Esme. He runs into Mariangel, who wants to congratulate him on his engagement. Diego thinks this is strange and even stranger when MA wants to propose a toast to the newly engaged. She’s hoping to slip her potion into his drink, but Diego tells her its too early for alcohol and suggests tea. That will work for MA as well, so she orders her maid to bring tea. She slips her mickey into his tea, and Diego is about to take a drink when Esme arrives and gives him a hug from behind. She accidentally knocks the tea cup from his hand and Mariangel’s plot is thwarted, only for now (MA thinks, while cursing out her sister).

Maria Pia goes to see Padre Tomas. She starts to tell him what happened. She tells him all of the sordid details of her deal with Fer. She tells PT that Fer wanted her to show that she still loves him. When he discovered she couldn’t do it, he demonstrated that he still loved her by sending her away w/o making her complete the deal. MP doesn’t know what she feels for Fer. She’s confused. She tells Padre Tom that she questions what is God’s plan. Does He want her to take her vows and become the Mother Superior or does He want her to forgive Fer, the man who killed her brother’s wife, raped her sister, killed her dog, and burned her Bible…no wait, that was from the beginning of “Romancing the Stone”, Fer just killed her sister-in-law because she was a maldita Indian. Anyway, Maria Pia asks P. Tom what she should do and he tells her that only she can answer that question. It is something she needs to discover for herself. Maria Pia decides to tell the Cardinal that she is willing to become the Mother Superior (didn't take her that long to make that decision).

Fer comes into town looking for Yumi. He runs into the Padre and asks if he has given refuge to an Indian in the church. Tom tells Fer “no” and that Maria Pia will become the Mother Superior (no beating around the bush for Padre Tomas, he gets straight to the punch). Fernando is muy impactado. Fer tells Tom that obviously Maria Pia is running from the man that loves her. Fer wants to know if MP told Tom everything. Tom tells him he knows that Maria Pia is not the woman for Fer. He says that Fer is fire and passion and Maria Pia is sweetness and here to do God’s work. Okay, at this part I got a phone call and so was only half watching, but I wrote down something like Fer says that only he can decide if MP is for him. He repeated this a couple of times, perhaps you heard something different, if so please clear this up for me. It does sound like the kind of arrogant thing Fer would say, but I don’t trust my notes.

In the church, the Cardinal is about to hear the confessions of the sisters. Nutty Nun looks disturbed. I think because she wants to know if Maria Pia will confess her meeting with Fer the other evening, or perhaps she is concerned that she’ll have to confess that she seduced her own brother and then he killed himself. She is really a wack job. Right before Maria Pia enters the confessional, Fer comes into the church and says that no one can get ordained in Los Angeles without his, the governor’s, permission. The Cardinal is upset, how dare Fer think that the government is above the Church.

Esme and Diego are taking and she starts to tell him about her childhood and how Fernando treated her. She says that Fernando forced her to marry that rich old man because he wanted to use him to get back to America. Even though the old guy died right after they said their vows (this was in the first episode), Esme didn’t get any money because her father kept her dowry. Right then Olmos shows up to tell Diego that his father has been injured by an arrow.

The doctor is called to see Al. He tries to remove the arrow, but is afraid that he has done more damage. He is concerned with Al’s chances of survival. So he decides to measure Al for the size of his coffin. Dena kicks the doctor out of Al’s room!!

Yumi is almost caught, but she does her horse magic and scares the soldiers horses. Oh, but this time it doesn’t work too well, she doesn’t escape she gets caught. The soldiers punch her and drag her back toward town to deal with Fernando.

Diego goes into see Al. Al tells Diego that Yumi was the one who shot him. He asks Diego to help save Yumi from Fer. Diego wants to go get help for Al, but Al insists that Diego help Yumi. Al says that he doesn’t blame Yumi for what happened (WHY, because it was an accident?). Al tells Diego that no one should know that Yumi was the one who shot him. So, now Zorro’s got to go save Yumi.

Outside Al’s room, the doctor is leaving. He tells Dena that he's got hair to cut and teeth to pull all before a funeral this afternoon. Dena tells Esme that the arrow in Al’s back was meant for Fernando, that Al saved Fer’s life. Diego comes out and asks Esme and Dolores to go find the Indian healer to come and take care of Al (since the doctor is too busy). Dena goes back in to see Al. He asks her not to cry. She tells him she is afraid for him. Meanwhile, Esme and Dolores find the Indians, but discover that the healer is off on a "wandering" in the forest, so she will be unable to come and help Al recover.

Fer finds his soldiers with Yumi in tow. She spits on him and Fer demands that Yumi’s war paint get cleaned off her face. He wants to see this maldita Indian that tried to kill him three times. END OF EPISODE

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