Caray, Caray!

Show opens with Monty taunting an trapped Zorro. Monty is gloats that Zorro’s insistence in finding Esme lead him to fall into the trap. Zorro takes a seat cool as a cucumber and asks Monty what he plans on doing with him. Monty tells him whatever I want, I have keys to your life and dangles them for emphasis. Zorro calls him mediocre tells him that he couldn’t capture him and now Zorro had to come to personally for Monty to trap him. Zorro unfazed that his secret will be found out asks where Esme. Monty tells him dead as he soon will be. Monty calls for soldiers as usual and pulls out his sword. Zorro is surrounded with guns pointed at him.

Cut to Monty’s shack in the wild where Esme gets a visit from Mangle. Esme is all smiles happy to see her sister. Esme gets worried that if Monty seeks her things will go bad for both of them but Mangle interjects for you maybe. Esme gets close to Mangle but Mangle doesn’t want Esme to touch her, she reeks. Esme for some stupid reason thinks Mangle is there to free her. I’m sorry but I think captivity has deprived Esme of her common sense, c’mon Mangle got Diego drunk (which Esme knows) to get him into a compromising situation, Mangle has detested Esme since they were born so in what parallel universe Esme has been living that would make her think Mangle is there to free her?!

FS caught up with Maria Pia and asking her to get out of the wagon. MP tells FS he has no right to do this which starts the usual speech, your crazy; you can’t hide from me, yadda yadda. FS then lugs MP over his shoulder while MP screams to let her go. Prudencio tells the escort they go back to the mission quietly and nobody dies. As if they weren’t going to tell on FS, not that I am okay with evil behavior but it’s kinda stupid.

Back to the prison where, Monty has his sword pointed at Zorro’s face and seems happy that he will find out who hides behind it. Zorro cautions Monty to be careful lest he find face of death. Monty laughs and takes of the hat and the mask……..and *****drum roll*****it is another mask. Monty gets a spooked look and before your know it Zorro pulls out his conveniently lighted bomb. Everybody escapes en masse out of the cell and into the hallway. Monty convinced that Zorro has escaped calls for his guards to trap him.

Back to the not so sisterly visit of Esme and Mangle. Esme pleads for compassion for her and her son but Mangle doesn’t give a flying fart about Esme’s bastard as Diego’s only son is the one Mangle’s going to give him. Mangle proceeds to lie through her forked tongue that her and Diego are happily married. Diego sends his greetings but he can’t do anything. Esme doesn’t believe Mange and all I can yell is Esme find that common sense, I used to think you were soo cool. Esme is hurt and asks why Mangle hates her so. M-Because you exist, for stealing what was mine. Esme is totally clueless she never stole anything. Mangle brings up her ex-boyfriend Santiago Michelena (like the Michelin man?), the only man Mangle ever loved, the only one hecho a mi medida (literally made to my height, which just sounds funny all together but I think made to suit to me was what she was going for), the only man that left her because of Esme. Aha so it was boy, nothing like a boy to come between friends or sisters. Esme tells Mangle that’s she has it all wrong. Mangle slaps Esme and yells at Esme that her Santiago left because of her. C’mon Esme fight back, I remember you slapped Mangle a few times back in the day.

Meanwhile Olmos is going over the books trying to find the Michelin man’s name. I’m sorry but couldn’t the writers have come up with a better name that didn’t sound like the puffy white thing from the tire commercials. Olmos gives us useless information about a cancelled debt (is he looking at a birth registry or an accounting book because not for nothing why would the names of children have to do with a debt?) Olmos will use this information to his favor, Mangle will get a letter from Michelen man’s family which will make her cry. Olmos gets giddy at being able to get the ingredient that Selenia requested.

Back to Mangle and Esme. Mangle accuses Esme of throwing herself on Santiago. Emse tries to tell Mangle that she was a child, Santiago (apparently a pervert) tried to kiss Esme by force and Esme tried to pull him off her. Mangle accuses Esme of ruining her life with that image replaying over and over again in her head. Esme swears on her unborn child that she never had anything to do Santiago Michelena but Mangle calls her liar and starts strangling her but is interrupted by Auggie who sends her home. Now everything has changed, Diego and her are married and they hump like rabbits in every room of the house (not in those words but you get the drift) and she will give birth to a healthy baby which will make Diego forget about her little by little. Esme cries herself into a heap.

Cue Amor Gitano

Back to the prison where Zorro does some cool acrobatic somersaults amidst the smoke, punches out a few guards and grapples to the roof and of the course the scene wouldn’t be complete with Monty saying maldito.

Back to Esme trying to figure out why Mangle who is carrying a baby also would do such a thing to her. Esme incarceration as dumbed you down.

Zorro’s back at the Fox-cave (more appropriate being that Zorro=fox) who is filling Bernie in what happened. Zorro thanks Bernie for the mask and tells Bernie that he is loosing hope and that perhaps Esme is… He never finishes the sentence and leaves.

We go back to the cabin where Auggie fills in Piza on Mangle’s visit with a visitor’s pass from Monty himself. Piza asks why did Monty allow it but Auggie didn’t now. Auggie surprisingly enough picked on Mangle’s hate and is surprised because he thought she was there to help me. Piza says Mangle hates Esme more than Monty does (how Piza knows this is anybody guess). Auggie uses this time to tell Piza that Olmos knows Esme is alive and wants to free her. Piza is angry and accuses Auggie of betraying his loyalty which Auggie denies (um yes you did). Auggie thinks maybe Mangle told Olmos and if that’s true secret will be out in no time and things are getting dangerous. Piza tells Olmos nothing to discuss and if he wants to talk to Esme go to the grave where she is buried. Piza threatens to put Auggie in tomb the next time he comes with a message from Olmos.

At the de la Vega’s Diego is in his room having a grey flashback to a steamy moment with Esme. He thought bubbles that although he has hope that Esme is alive he has to recognize she is no longer there.

Its daytime? and PT has gone to the site where FS tracked MP. He gets the men to look for traces of where they went. The tracker has found steps headed north. PT tells the men to follow the prints he’s going to the de la Vegas.

We then see MP walking away from FS on horse and him trying to call her saying there in a desert she’s going to die of thirst. MP says she’d rather die than be with him. FS pshaws saying you don’t mean that. MP just gets angry at him; he’s not going to get what he wants. FS then goes to describe how he used to be, full of anger and thirst revenge for what happened to him. MP asks what happened and FS takes a seat and rehashes his parent’s death and the resulting takeover of the lands. Then MP came to his life and he thought she would save his soul. This is apparently the pain in his soul that Selenia was referring to. MP’s resolve crumbles and she gets teary eyed while FS begs her to save him.

We are back from commercial and Tobi is in bed. Cat walks in asks if he didn’t like his breakfast. Tobi says he’s not hungry. Cat asks Tobi what’s wrong; he’s many very strange with her lately. Tobi fake teasers Cat about being jealous and asks what would happen if Tobi told her had another woman. Cat gets angry and says she will kill Tobi if she cheated on him. Tobi turns it around and says then I could do the same thing if I were to find you with another man. Cat calls him her little bird (pichonsito) and starts kissing his face but Tobi turns away and tells her to get away. Tobi gets up from bed and calls her a sullied lustful woman and recommends she take a cold shower.

We cut to the de la Vega’s where PT rehashes the FS and MP problems. PT tells Alej that MP planned to leave LA but FS took MP toward the north.

MP asks FS why he didn’t say anything. He tells her it was because he had her and he wanted to forget the past and everything came crashing down when she found out he killed Regina. MP understands everything and cries for his hurt. FS doesn’t want her pity, she’s the only important thing in his life. MP tells him it’s too late, her heart made a decision. MP begs FS to forget her which FS refuses to do. MP asks for FS to take her back and they have much to talk about. FS touches her face and says they can talk right where they are. MP promises to help FS find the peace he needs. They are sharing cute moments with their song playing in the background. It looks like a date almost, MP on the horse with FS walking along side.

Back to the de la Vega’s where Dena asks Diego to take her to Esme’s tomb. Diego says Esme is right there, her spirit is in the house. Dena says that’s where here body rests, she wants to add flowers and talk to her. Mangle meanwhile is listening in.

Cut to the resident forger meeting up with Olmos. Olmos wants a letter in feminine script signed by Marianela Michelena and starts dictating.

Back from commercial, Olmos is happy with the forger’s services but keeps looking back fearing he’s being followed. Out of nowhere we see Piza’s gun pointed at him. Piza wants a word with him, they have a pending matter. Olmos tells Piza that a gun isn’t necessary to talk to him but Piza says I always have to take precautions when talking to people I don’t know. Olmos asks Piza if they are going to talk in the open with a gun pointed at him, ha. Good point.

Back to the de la Vega’s where Diego is telling Bernie (who is shining his shoes) that they are going to the cemetery. Diego doesn’t want to go but Dena wants to let go of some of her pain. Bernie signs some stuff which makes Diego reply of course we can’t tell her Esme isn’t there. Diego feels bad about everything and even though there is no proof he can’t resign himself that Esme’s dead. He can’t explain it but he’ll never accept she is dead.

MP and FS are walking and enter Alej in his military uniform where they rehash again FS tried to destroy mission and now kidnapping. It’s like somebody said they love going over things again and again. Alej challenges FS to a duel. FS tells Alej it doesn’t have to go that far and he recognizes he did bad for taking MP. Alej reminds FS that he killed Regina, was an accomplice in Esme’s death and now kidnapping MP. MP begs Alej to stop. He will not permit FS to hurt the people he loves. MP begs Alej to stop there is another way to deal with his. Alej tells Juan to take away MP. The men face off.

Back to Monty’s cabin where Auggie brought Esme food. Esme isn’t hungry, Mangle’s visit got her nervous. Auggie asks Esme if she’s going to believe Mangle, he even offers a little wine to help her sleep. Esme can’t sleep afraid that Monty will kill her at any moment. Auggie tells her Monty hasn’t been there and he doubts he will come by, being that he’s busy with the Marquesa (yeah planning her death, wait they don’t know that). Auggie tells Esme that he spoke to Olmos and soon him and Piza will free her. Esme asks Auggie to be careful because Monty uses people like pawns and pretty soon Auggie will wear out his usefulness and to be alert.

Cut to Dena and Diego walking to the cemetery but there is a visitor. Diego says excuse me and the visitor turns around, it’s a hooded Mangle. She acts like she was caught doing something and says she didn’t know they were coming and will leave. Dena says she doesn’t have to go. Mangle tells them that she wanted to pray for Esme and for herself. That the things that distanced them wasn’t their fault. Dena believes her and says they can pray together and they both kneel at the tomb. Diego looks on confused.

Back to the duel, where Alej reminds us that FS’s hands are stained with Regina’s blood and today is his end. Meanwhile I am reminded of the Princess Bride, hello my name is Inigo Montoya you killed my father prepare to die (of course in this case it would be Alejandro de la Vega and you killed my wife). Alej then gets FS on the ground with the sword to this throat. MP begs Alej not to.

Back to Olmos and Piza. Piza asks Olmos what he’s got to do with SK. Olmos tells Piza it was job to protect her, which Piza aptly points out he didn’t do. That’s why he’s interested Esme. He’s willing to do anything. Piza asks Olmos who told him Esme was alive. Olmos says he can’t reveal sources. Piza tells Olmos that if it was Auggie, he will deliver his head in a box. Olmos denies any association and tells Piza that him and Monty don’t know the game they are in. Above them there are very important people who know everything. Piza asks if it’s the Duke Jacobo. Olmos plays like he never met the dude and is keeping quiet about it. He says they are on the same side, protect Esme. Monty is on his way down and will take a few with him. Olmos asks Piza to help him and he will be crowned with glory, even calls him Captain Pizarro.

At the gypsy camp, there is a meeting where they are discussing their return and Jonas says that Monty will be looking for them. Renzo pipes in that they will attack, Monty has to pay for his crimes. Jonas counsels against vengeance. Suzi mentions they are low on funds and NAC offers to give them whatever they need. Laisha tells her to but out it’s a gypsy meeting and she isn’t one of them and even attacks Hermes who comes to her defense. NAC tells everybody she comes from a noble family, heir to a great fortune but she was never happy and that’s why she ended up in the nunnery fleeing from a past that she had to face in order to face her fears. Thanks to Renzo she found her life and wants to help them in their mission. Jonas tells her it is a very big mission and it could cost her life. NAC tells Jonas only God can decide when she leaves this word. She promises to share her resources and long as she lives. Laisha looks angry.

At the tavern, SAM tells Auggie that he looks like he stared death in the face. Auggie tells SAM that Monty has him guarding a secret worth more than his live. Auggie tells SAM to protect his wife and kids if something were to happen to him. SAM asks Auggie what’s the secret about. Auggie tells SAM it has to do with the daughter of the gypsy, Lady Esmeralda. SAM is impactado.

Back to the duel where Alej is about to run FS through. FS tells Alej if he’s going to constantly remind him about killing Regina to kill him now because he’s never going to let MP go. MP begs Alej to not kill FS. Alej tells MP that he’s not an assassin but it’s what FS deserves. MP asks Alej how she is going to live if Alej kills FS. Lots of tears and cries and finally MP confesses that she loves FS.

Back to the cemetery where Dena cries that she will never forget Esme. Will not live without her and faints. Mangle looks on impactada.

END OF EPISODE