Caray, Caray!

Diego tells everyone in the church that he is the owner of Esmeralda’s heart and that is why he objects to her marrying Montero. Esme makes a move toward Diego, but Monty holds her back. He draws his sword and lunges toward Diego. Diego pulls out a pistol from under his cloak. Esme uses this opportunity to remove her veil and run toward Diego. Fernando asks Diego is he is crazy. Diego tells him that he tried to explain when he was at the governor’s home, but FS didn’t listen. So now, Diego says, he’s willing to pay the consequences. Monty tells Diego that he’ll never get away with this and this provides further proof that Diego is Zorro (I don’t quite get this, but I’ll make some allowances for Monty being in distress, and all). Diego takes this opportunity to shoot down the chandelier from the ceiling. The gunshot and the crashing chandelier cause panic in the church. Wedding guests start to flee out of the church and Diego and Esme are able to make their escape by blending in with the crowd. Smiles cross the faces of Almudena, Padre Tomas, Olmos, and Catalina (why she smiles, I don’t know). Mariangel looks pissed off. Outside the church, in the plaza people are running around like crazy. SAM tries to call the soldiers into action, but Renzo (the cute gypsy man) sets some fireworks ablaze. The sound of the fireworks add to the confusion, and our brave SAM ducks down. This is how Pizarro finds him when he comes storming out of the church.

Meanwhile, Esme and Diego break off from the crowd and find Azucena and Jonas. They have a couple of horses waiting for them to make a hasty escape. Esme thanks them for their help and Jonas says something about anything for the princessa. As Diego and Esme are riding away we see Zorro (Bernardo) standing on the rooftop. SAM (spurred to action by Pizarro) sees Zorro and thinking that he is the bigger threat sends his troops in pursuit of him. Pizarro sees this and asks what SAM is doing. SAM-“We’re about to get Zorro.” P-“ My orders were for you to capture de la Vega, not Zorro!!”

The soldiers are still after Zorro/Bernie. As Z-B is heading out of town he comes across our other Zorro clad character, Tobias. Tobias has to put on his glasses over his mask to see what is coming his way. He gets all excited when he sees its Zorro. As Zorro gets closer, the coward in Tobi comes out. He begs Zorro to not kills him, but Bernie just rides on by him, only giving him a strange look. The soldiers, still in pursuit catch sight of Zorro-Tobi. Not able to tell the difference they are headed right for him. Tobi tells them that they are mistaken, he’s not the real Zorro, in fact Zorro went that away. The soldiers think this is one of Zorro’s tricks, and in order to show they mean business the shoot Tobi’s Zorro hat right off of his head. Tobi knows they are serious and he flees on his horse.

Montero demands Pizarro to tell him what the status is on capturing Diego. Pizarro tells Montero that the soldiers did not get Diego, instead they began to pursue Zorro when they caught sight of him. Fernando over hears this bit of their conversation and obviously finds it rather interesting. Monty doesn’t like this news and complains to Pizarro that Diego and Esme have run off together. P-"Funny, I thought he kidnapped her." M-"You saw she left with him of her own will." P-"No, I didn’t hear her say anything, all I saw was Diego with a gun, threatening you and him leaving with Esme." Montero likes the way that Pizarro thinks and tells him to mount a search party to find Diego and the “kidnapped” Esme.

In front of the church, Esme’s aunt Dena begs FS to do something, that Esme is in danger, with the way that Monty is acting, he could get her killed. Mariangel says that Esme brought this all on herself. She goes on, Esme’s Monty’s wife and she disgraced him in the worse way, running off with another man. Olmos says that MA is right, Esme acted disgracefully. FS –“Basta!! I’ve heard enough from you three. I know what I have to do.” FS approaches Monty. FS-“Two things are clear to me 1-If Zorro has appeared, then the accusation against Diego is unfounded.” M-“That would be up to the judge.” FS- “Second, if you choose to follow him, I expect you to have respect for life.’ M-“I know my responsibilities, and I assure you that my wife, Esme, will be OK, but for Diego, well, he kidnapped my wife, so if he resists, well, then he’ll die.”

Padre Tomas meets with a man dressed in a brown cloak (I’m assuming it’s the guy from yesterday’s episode). PT-“We asked you to protect him, not put him in further danger.” Cloaked Man (CM)-“There was no other way, Diego wanted to get inside the church and the disguise was the only means.” PT-“Diego was thinking with love (so not thinking clearly?), he could have been killed. You put him in danger.” CM-“What about you padre, I heard you use a sacrament that is no longer valid. Don’t worry, soon a very important person will come to town who will bring back calm to Los Angeles. As long as this person remains, so will the calm.” (OK, I went back and watched this scene three times and even resorted to turning on the cap-text in English. I just don’t get what happened here. Are the rest of you just as confused as I am?)

Diego and Esme are now outside the town, in what appears to be some sort of forested area with hay all over the ground. They rehash Diego’s torture and escape from prison. He tells Esme that he ended up in the gypsy camp. They talk about how much they love each other. Esme expresses some fear over what Monty might do to them. Diego tells her don’t worry, let’s not waste our time thinking about Montero because he’s not worth it. Esme confesses to Diego that the previous evening, Monty had the judge marry them right away. So in the eyes of the law, she is Monty’s wife. Diego esta muy impactado. Esme goes on to explain that Monty did this because he wasn’t going to allow Esme to trick him again. She asks Diego to forgive her, that now there are all these problems with Monty because he thinks of her as his trophy. Diego tells her that she is no man’s trophy. "You are the woman I love and no piece of paper from the judge will ever separate you from me." D-“After I took my oath as Zorro, I never thought love was for me. Now I know I have two missions in my life. One, as Zorro to protect the weak and helpless, and two, to love you.” These words affect Esme and she and Zorro kiss. One thing leads to another and the hay strewn ground gets put to use. NOTE---I’m glad to see that there are still marks on Diego’s back, seeing as it has been less than 24 hours since he was whipped an inch from his life by Pizarro.

At the de la Vega residence, Dolores tells Yumali that they cannot let Alejandro know what happened with the would-be assassin. The two need to get their stories straight. Yumi wants to tell Al what happened, he needs to know that Monty ordered the hit on his life. Dolores tells Yumi that would be bad news. Al is really weak right now and if they tell him Monty was behind it, Al is going to want to confront Monty. Yumi gets the big picture and agrees. Dolores tells her to get rid of the body and Dolores will think of something to tell Al. (One thing I’ve figured out that bugs me about Yumi is that she constantly refers to herself in the third person. Cathy doesn’t like it when people do this. It really bugs Cathy. Cathy thinks that referring to oneself in the third person is something that should only be done by the Queen of England, and Cathy thinks that Yumi needs to remember she’s not a queen, she’s only a maldita india.) Dolores goes into Al’s room and hold on, big surprise, he’s worried. He heard a gunshot. Dolores tells him that one of his men used the gunshot to scare the would-be assassin into confessing. The man admitted that he was there to rob the place. Dolores tells Al that the men have taken the thief to the authorities. Al is suspicious. He wants to know where Yumi went. Dolores tells him she’s in the kitchen. Al comments that this all seems strange and he asks Dolores if she’s telling him the truth.

Esme and Diego are straightening out their clothes and discussing where they should go and what they should do. Diego tells her that he has got lots of friends in the area, so they don’t need to worry. Before they go anywhere he wants to go check on his dad. Esme thinks that would be dangerous. Diego says it would be if they went in the front door, but they are going in a secret entrance. This intrigues Esme. Diego tells her that he wants to share all of his secrets with her.

Dena begs Fernando to use his power to help Esme. She is afraid that Monty is going to hurt Esme. FS asks her what more can he do that he hasn’t already done. Dena-“Let her be happy and leave her alone.” She goes on to say that FS saw today what Diego and Esme’s love can accomplish. FS says that after today, Esme is no longer his daughter. This ticks off Dena. FS goes on to say that she is now the legitimate wife of Monty, so he cannot interfere. FS continues on about how he’s to blame, he went back on his word to Monty and all that has happened is the result. Esme should know that there are consequences for your actions and it is within Monty’s rights to defend his honor. D-“What if he kills her?” FS-“Then he’s doing me a great favor.” Dena doesn’t like this at all and she gives FS what for. D-“I’ve lost all of these years standing by you, trying to change you, all for naught. You are a cruel man!!” FS hardly seems moved. He tells Dena that if she is going to leave his house, to at least do it decently—if Al gets well she should marry him.

Somewhere in the de la Vega home Yumi is taking a bath. I guess we can only assume she took care of the body and now is trying to rid herself of its stench? For whatever reason getting rid of a body makes Yumi think of Al romantically and she has a flashback to the night she snuck into Al’s bed and started kissing him. She conveniently forgets that he pushed her away. Yumi’s upset that Al is engaged to the one-eyed man’s sister, but she consoles herself by saying that Al may marry Dena, but Yumi is the woman that’s in his blood (would this translate to under his skin?).

Mariangel and Catalina rehash the happenings at the church. Cat comments that she thought MA told her that Diego didn’t love Esme, but by the looks of things it appears that he does. MA says he was just doing all of this to make her (MA) jealous. Besides, now that Esme is married to Monty she’ll have to go back to him. Also, since they know that Diego isn’t Zorro, he’ll have to be let free and then she’ll get him back.

Pizarro and Monty rehash and Pizarro tells Monty that they haven’t found Esme. Pizarro suggests that they take Al hostage and force Diego to return Esme in exchange. Monty is ticked off, he thought Al was dead, didn’t he send someone to take care of Al? Pizarro says that the man failed, and another one of his men had to shoot him to keep him quiet. Monty rants on about how people are laughing at him and how Pizarro has failed him. So, now Monty decides that he needs to take care of things personally. He’s going to the de la Vega house and he’ll make sure that Al will pay for Diego’s insolence. I believe he says something about taking away the de la Vega property. Apparently Monty wants it all—Diego’s woman and his land.

Diego takes Esme to the Bat Cave. Bernie is there, still in his Zorro outfit. Diego tells Esme that Bernie isn’t deaf, but everyone thinks he is and it’s a great way for him to gather information for Zorro. They all rehash what happened after Esme and Diego left the church. Diego tells Esme that there is a secret passage from the cave to his house. I think he also says something about passages to other houses in the area, did I hear that correctly? Diego tells Esme that he’s going to go find out how Al is doing, but he wants Esme to wait in the cave for him. Diego and Bernie come out from behind a bookcase inside the house. Diego takes the time to thank Bernie for what he did but asks him to never do anything like that again, it is too dangerous. Diego gives Bernie some clothes and asks him to go back to Esme and make sure she is comfortable.

SAM and soldiers arrive at the de la Vega’s. They’ve been ordered to surround the house to prevent anyone from entering aand possibly capture Diego if he returns. SAM orders the soldiers to act with decency because the de la Vegas are noble. One cocky soldier says why, isn’t Diego Zorro? SAM says that’s not true, we aren’t after Diego because he’s Zorro, we’re after him because he took Esme.

Tobi, still in his Zorro knock-off outfit, climbs in through the window to his place. He complains that his butt is sore. Cat asks him what’s going on and he tells her how he’s been mistaken for Zorro and how the soldiers were chasing him.

Dena shows up at Al’s house. She and Dolores rehash about the attempt on Al’s life. Diego is upstairs and hears the whole thing. Dolores tells Dena that the man was killed but before he was killed he told them that Monty was behind the whole thing.

In the Bat Cave, Bernie gives Esme the clothes and she asks for some privacy to change. She promises him that she won’t go to the house after Diego. After Bernie leaves, she starts thinking that Monty will probably come to the house with his soldiers. She decides she needs to go help Diego, so she says a little apology to Bernie on her way out. Esme comes out of the same bookcase as Diego and sets out to look for him.

Diego is now in Al’s room. Al is surprised to see him. The two rehash what happened in the prison. Al gets upset to hear how Diego was treated. Al—“Monty’s gone too far and taken advantage of my injured state”, but Al’s happy to see that they let Diego go. Diego tells him that he escaped and this surprises Al and leaves him to be worried (surprise face now switches to worried face, soon to be replaced with angry face). Angry now, Al says that he needs to protect Diego, for surely Monty isn’t too happy about Diego escaping, and by the way however did you manage that. Diego tells him some story about the guards, totally downplaying his amazing antics. Al is all fired up and asks Diego to get weapons, he’s going to turn the house into a fortress and keep Diego safe. Diego tells him that intelligence is their best weapon. Diego advises Al to not confront Monty. Diego can hide nearby and things can settle down a little before they go to action. Al goes on and tells Diego that someone tried to kill him and that Dolores said the man was only a thief, but Al believes there is more to the story. Dolores comes in at this point, she's happy to see Diego and hugs him. She tells the men that Monty’s soldiers have surrounded the house.

SAM is confronted by Dena when he enters the house. Esme overhears their exchange. Dena pulls out all of the stops….bringing up her brother’s name and how the de la Vegas are a respected family with close ties to the crown. SAM seems affected by all of this and possibly will back down except that Monty arrives. He orders his men to search the house. Dena blocks his way and tells him “over my dead body”. This brings a smile to Monty’s face. One of the soldiers roughs up Dena, knocking her to the floor, and Monty tells him, “Don’t you know that this is the governor’s sister.” He acts nice and helps Dena up from the floor. Dena continues to gt in Monty's weasel face and he tells her to not mess in his business. M-“Diego has humiliated me and now Al will have to pay.” Monty shouts orders out to his men and his voice carries throughout the house. They can hear him all the way up in Al’s room. Diego tells Al that he’ll go hide and he reminds his father to not have a confrontation with Monty.

Esme slips out of the house and back to the Bat Cave. She finds a gun that Bernie had and pockets it. She writes a note and then leaves.

Monty comes into Al’s room, followed closely by Dena. Al is “passed out” in his bed and Diego is no where to be seen. Dolores tells Monty that Al is recuperating and she goes on about all the harm he’s (Monty) has caused the family. Monty doesn’t like her insolence and raises his hand as if he’s going to hit her. Monty holds back and heads over to the armoire in the room. He opens it up and sees nothing. Dena says—“You can see that Diego is not here.” Monty says he’ll wait, “Diego has my wife and now I have his family, let’s see who wins.” Throughout this conversation Al keeps popping his eyes open to check on the action in the room, Monty apparently misses all of this.

Esme is shown outside in the forest, hiding behind a tree as some soldiers patrol nearby. She says to herself that she is not going to allow Diego and his family pay for the choices she’s made.

Monty’s left the room and Diego climbs out of the armoire, he was hiding behind a pile of blankets (and some fur coats, while he was in there he went for a little trip to the land that is always winter and never Christmas and met Mr. Tumnus, now if only he could defeat the White Witch and get Aslan's help with overthrowing Monty). Dena asks him about Esme and he assures her that Esme is in a safe place.

Nutty Nun/Sister Psycho/ Sister Suplicios goes to see Fernando at his home. She tells him that she came to deliver a note from Maria Pia. Fernando seems quite surprised. NN hands him a folded piece of paper.

Bernie comes into the house and finds Diego. He tells him that Esme left and shows him the letter she left behind. Diego reads the letter, more rehash of what’s happened, what Esme overheard in the house. Letter—“I’ll return to Monty so he doesn’t do anything to harm your family.” It goes on about how she loves Diego and will always remember his love, but she begs him to not to do anything , she’s going to take care of things. Bernie tells Diego that his pistol is missing as well.

Esme arrives at Monty’s home, she enters and pulls out the gun and points it right in Monty’s face. END OF EPISODE

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