Caray, Caray!

The 'A Continuacion...' at the beginning of the show is accompanied by the wedding march.

Cut to Duhmilio and Angel scampering away from outside Soledad's room and Don Loco roaming the halls with his pistol.

Luba tells a sleeping Gaspar that today is The Day. If Duhlina doesn't take the magic potion it will be their last day there. She tells sleeping Gaspar that they have to leave before he finds out his little cub was born. The baby will be handsome and have a big heart like his daddy. She begs Gaspar to forgive what she has to do. She has to save his life.

On the way home Duhmilio starts whining about loving Duhlina. Angel tells him to be quiet, he loved Duhlina too.

Thelma frets over Duhmilio's disappearance. Duhlina asks Orlando to look for Duhmilio. He asks her when she's going to start treating him like her husband. "Never never never," she answers back.

Emilio and Angel return from their mission of nothingness. Well, they tranquilized Sergio and that was funny.

We were wondering what happened to the hootchies that murdered Edelmira...they came back to El Meson, got the smirks slapped off their faces in the catfight, and now the cops are hauling them off to jail.

To celebrate, Coral counts all their lana and Grani says he's going to buy a divine new dress. Coral plans to give some money to Luba for protecting her the night she was afraid.

Thelma is a witch and a nag. With her puppet Orlando at her side she demands that Duhmilio tell her where he was. She makes Duhlina leave the room, she tells Angel he's a good for nothing, then she stomps out of the room. I know several ways to get a man to spill his guts and this isn't one of them.

Luba takes down her giant bottle of Green Potion and asks the Virgencita to forgive her and her aching back. She tells Gaspar v e r y c a r e f u l l y to take it to Duhlina who does not want to marry Orlando. Gaspar freaks, says it will kill her and lopes out of the cave.

WOW! Soledad looks hot!! She's wearing a pink-toned spaghetti strap dress that looks great on her. She and Don Loco are preparing to leave for the wedding. Alfonsina interrupts them to Don Loco's annoyance. Why is she still here, he asks? She should be gone by now. Alfonsina tells him she wants to stay a few more days but he tells her to get out today! She curses Soledad.

Maybe the dousing that she receives at the commercial break will cool her off.

Luba catches Gaspar outside. She manipulates him with guilt. If he doesn't give Duhlina the potion and she ends up marrying the ghastly Lieutenant it will be Gaspar's fault. She promises that what happened to the Cacique's son won't happen to Duhlina. Doesn't Gaspar want to help save Duhlina? "Si Mama!" he says and kisses her. OK I'm confused, I thought Duhlina already had some green potion. Why does she need more? Never mind.

Orlando tells Duhlina he wants to help her starting today. (So basically, "forget I drugged you and told you I raped you, we get to start fresh from today.") "Today is too late," she says, "Me das asco!!" He says he will make the effort to get her to feel something for him. She already feels it, she hates him with all her soul.

Alfonsina paces the empty room and says she's not leaving before she gives Don Loco a little surprise, a surprise that will leave him speechless. She pulls out the blackmail letter.

Soledad visits Flor to bring her a wedding dress. I wonder if it's the same one that got all bloody when Don Loco shot Duhmilio at Duhlina's first wedding attempt?

Don Max, Duhmilio and Angel say they never thought Don Loco would allow Duhlina to marry. Duhmilio says he doesn't want to attend the farce. Orlando strides in and says, "Oh come on, don't you want to see the woman you desire marry your best friend?" Is it any mystery that this guy is always walking around with black eyes and a split lip?

As Soledad brushes her daughter's hair she senses something is wrong. (Duhlina is wearing a different wedding dress for her second go at it thank goodness.) She asks does Duhlina really love Orlando or is she marrying him to forget Duhmilio? After Soledad leaves Duhlina stares at the green potion on her vanity.

Duhlina joins Soledad downstairs. Emilio sees her and notices she's wearing his heart necklace. It looks a little worse for wear to me. He asks her for one last kiss. He tries to lay a big sloppy one on her but she runs away. I would too.

Duhlina grabs the bottle, says "I can't live without him," drinks the green goo, and drops the bottle on the floor.

After the commercial Vera finds the bottle on the floor and gets a big question mark over her head.

Luba tells Gaspar that after they save Duhlina they will have to leave Sierra Escondida or the Cacique will kill them. One-track-mind Gaspar says he will kill the Cacique first, then wait around for his little cub to be born.

Coral arrives at the cave and asks what's with the funeral faces? She has a wad of cash to thank Luba for taking care of her the other night. Luba says all the money in the world can't help her problems, not the least of which Flor is getting married today. Coral is impactada.

Singing Auntie doesn't think Thelma should go to the wedding and gloat. Thelma tells auntie to stop being a drama queen, she wants to party down. Actually, they both want to go because there is nothing else to do in Escondidaville.

Vera comes into the room. She's dressed up and excited about going to Duhlina's wedding. Thelma, bitch queen of the galaxy, says "Where do you think you're going? You have to stay and take care of the baby!" When Vera suggests taking the baby with them Thelma says she doesn't want anyone in town to know the baby was born. Vera looks at her like "Hey crazy woman, last week you were carrying a watermelon under your shirt and this week you're not. Do you think people will be fooled?" Oh wait, it's Escondidaville so yes, they probably will be fooled.

Don Loco hangs around outside the church waiting for Sergio. Sergio, finally awake from his tranquilized sleep, is still a little shaky. Don Loco says he hopes Sergio has a steady hand when he pulls the trigger.

Luba fills Coral in on Duhlina "having" to marry Orlando and her plan to impede the marriage. She decides to recruit Coral for Team Luba, Coral agrees to help them carry out their plan.

Don Loco and Sergio talk about Duhmilio. So far nobody has found his body but at the same time nobody seems to be looking for him either. They are about to ask Orlando about Duhmilio when the bride arrives in a carriage.

Suddenly Duhmilio rides up on his horse. He looks at Don Loco and asks, "What's wrong Montellano? You look like you've seen a corpse."

Alfonsina puts the blackmail letter back on Don Loco's desk. I'm not sure exactly what happened. Either Hugo wrote the letter anonymously and she signed his name to it, or she wrote the letter herself. At any rate, she sticks the letter on Loco's desk and says he deserves it for betraying her. Now she'd better get back to Veracruz.

Don Loco is muy impactado to see Duhmilio because he thought he killed him with his own hands. They tussle over Duhlina. Duhmilio says Don Loco will pay dearly for what he did. Surprise, Don Loco pulls his gun and aims it at Duhmilio's head. Duhmilio asks Loco if he needs a gun to feel like a man. Ha, Loco falls for it and puts his gun away. Sucker!

Pandemonium ensues. First Soledad yells at Don Loco, then Orlando yells at Duhmilio, Loco yells at Duhmilio, then Don Max yells at Don Loco, Duhlina yells at Loco and Duhmilio. Finally the Padre comes out and yells at all of them to shut up or he'll cancel the wedding. "OK by me," snaps Duhmilio.

Thelma arrives with Auntie and we see she's wearing a hideous purple loose fluffy dress that makes her look kind of fat. It's her pregnant disguise.

The Cacique's henchman wants to leave Sierra Escondida right away but the Cacique doesn't want to go until he's completed his mission of vengeance.

Angel escorts Alina down the aisle to Pachelbel's Canon. (Based on the music they've played this week I think the producers splurged on the Greatest Hits of 1720 CD.) Many doleful looks pass between the wedding guests, bride too, but Orlando looks smug.

Hoorah! Malena, Mariana and Dr. Love have made it back to Mexico City. Mariana in her excitement manages to squeak out a word. Dr. Love and Malena are happily surprised.

Luba and Coral see Duhmilio outside the church. When Duhmilio asks about the letter Luba tells him some bad men burned it.

Gen. Ochoa receives a letter. He looks impactado and the creepy, chanting music plays.

Coral pipes up that Luba seemed so terrified of going to San Mateo that she (Coral) took the letter from Luba, carried to it San Mateo when she went, and mailed it herself. Way to go Coral! Luba's happy to have Coral on her team. They all tiptoe into the back of the church.

Sergio stands outside the window and aims his rifle at Orlando.

The Padre asks Orlando if he accepts Duhlina as his wife, he proudly accepts. The Padre asks Alina if she accepts Orlando as her husband. She teeters and faints. Everybody rushes around Duhlina. Sergio backs away and Orlando gets to live another day. As Jaime carries Duhlina out of the church everybody starts arguing again. This is truly the family from hell.

Well, well...guess who shows up at General Ochoa's office? It's an uncharacteristically sensible Elias. Ochoa has just read Duhmilio's letter and plans to go to Sierra Escondida. Does Elias have more information to add? You bet he does.

Jaime carried Duhlina out of the church but she has somehow ended up on Duhmilio's horse in his arms. She's unconscious and under the magic spell. I'm not sure why he took her from town, presumably where a doctor lives, into the woods or back to La Rinconada, but this is Stupidville so I guess that explains it.

Don Loco yells at Orlando for letting Duhmilio take off with his bride. He says when Duhlina recuperates Orlando had better act like a man and get Duhlina back to the church. Orlando snarls and gets that limp-weenie look on his face, you know, like when he tried to rape Duhlina and he couldn't get his soldier to salute.

Thelma is annoyed at Duhmilio for helping Duhlina. "You poor thing," says auntie snidely, "how humiliating to see your husband leave with another woman." She and Thelma glare at each other. This relationship is going down fast.

Don Max snickers at Rosita and Braulio. Castulo arrives and says he knows where Santos is. Max sends him off to do his dirty deed, he looks at the altar and says "Don't judge me harshly, you'd do the same," then crosses himself.

Gaspar is freaking out back in the cave. Coral and Luba try to calm him down. Luba convinces him to trust her and help them finish the plan to save Duhlina. She starts to mix the antidote and sends him out for water.

Luba gets a dreamy look and tells Coral that according to her plan Duhlina will live many years and have a life of tranquility and happiness. She sends Coral off to keep an eye on Gaspar.

Duhlina lays on a bed at La Rinconada. Duhmilio tries to wake her. He weeps and says he's going crazy. He hopes the doctor arrives soon.

Dr. Love gives Mariana some magic medicine that will help unblock her nervous system. She thought bubbles that she wants to go back to Sierra Escondida to tell the truth about Soledad and Duhlina. Concurrently, Dr. Love tells a shocked Malena that he and Mariana will return to SE when Mariana is better because she some things to say to her brother. I'm not sure this makes sense, couldn't she just write a letter?

Santos paces in the cabin while Carmen frets. Castulo busts in and tells Santos to go with him or he will kill Carmen.

Dr. Vasquez and Sexy Nurse Susi arrive at La Rinconada. He says Duhlina has a faint pulse. Duhmilio goes downstairs, sees the Locos and says Soledad can stay but Don Loco must leave. When Loco starts to sputter Duhmilio says "Have you had the nerve yet to tell your wife that you tried to kill me?"

Advance for tomorrow: The doctor says Duhlina is dead. Soledad slumps to the floor and Duhmilio practically gets a hemorrhoid trying to look anguished.



la carcel = jail
esforzarse = to make an effort
helado = frozen, but also speechless, dumbfounded
jalar el gatillo = to pull the trigger
mareado/a = dizzy
vinagrillo = sourpuss

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