Caray, Caray!

OK-- I did this recap pretty quickly, so some detail might be missing. Please feel free to fill in anywhere I was vague. Also, I won't be able to do Wednesday's recap. Is there anyone who'd like to give a shot at trying to recap?

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Esmeralda sees Mariangel kissing Diego as they ride past in a carriage. She is weak and this is the final blow, she collapses.

Meanwhile, SAM/Garcia and Pizarro are tracking Esme. Piza notices Montero’s tracks as well and the two soldiers realize they don’t have a lot of time if they want to get to Esme first.

Tobias strangles Catarina. He calls her a tramp and a slut. He releases his hold on her and tells her that she’s all but written his death sentence. Tobi lets Cat know that he saw her with Pizarro. Cat switches to offense and tells Tobi that she is a lady, and will not tolerate him calling her a tramp. She also says that if she turned to Piza it is all Tobi’s fault….he didn’t treat her right. He slaps her and is shocked at his behavior. He mutters to himself “what am I doing” and that his mother taught him to treat women with respect (for some odd reason, at this point, I had a flash of Norman Bates….don’t know why, but I did). Tobi tells Cat that she brings out the worst in him.

Diego tells Mangle ¡Ya basta! Enough already! Mangle orders Diego out of the carriage and tells him that she never wants to see him again. He makes some comment about the baby and this ticks Mangle off even more. She says that he only cares about the baby (that’s right, and it’s high time you figured that out). Diego is unwilling to get into this again, so he tells Bernardo to take Mangle into town, he’s going to walk back to the hacienda.

Esme musters up some strength and starts walking again. She cries out for Diego to come back to her. She falls down again and when she looks up, she sees Monty, on horseback, looming over her. He pulls out his pistol and aims at her.

Yumali shows Maria Pia how to administer the medicine her abuela made for Almudena. Yumi warns that it is important that just the right amount be given---too little it isn’t effective and too much would have terrible effects. Yumi tells MP that she picked her to help with this because she has confidence in her. MP is flattered. The two women start to discuss how Mangle wouldn’t be a good choice to help with this project, they decide not to tell Mangle about the medicine. Olmos overhears and he’s upset that the two women trash talked Mangle.

Mangle tries to get Diego to get back into the carriage. She says she doesn’t like the way he talks to her and that no man has ever talked to her like that before. Diego isn’t complying, jus then Juan rides up from the hacienda. Diego asks to borrow his horse and he takes off.

Monty taunts Esme about what she saw with Mangle and Diego. He comments that he doesn’t know what she and Mangle see in Diego. After all, he’s being made a fool since Monty is sleeping with his wife. Monty ties up Esme and makes her walk behind his horse.

Cat tries to get Tobi to go to the Maestro’s funeral. Tobi resists at first and gets miffed when Cat implies they are a couple. He finally agrees, but gets a dig in by telling Cat that while they are at the cemetery they should search out his grave spot since he’s going to end up having to duel with Pizarro.

SAM and Piza see that Monty’s got Esme. SAM wants to do something, but Piza says they can’t. If they intervene, everyone will know it was them. They need to wait for the right moment.

Diego meets up with Padre Tomás. He rehashes his finding out that Fernando killed his mother. PT lets Diego know that he knew that. This makes Diego mad. PT says he couldn’t say anything because it was revealed in a confession. PT remembers when Diego was a child and came to the Mission, he was trying to forget the horror. Diego says that Fernando has to pay. PT reminds him that he took a vow for justice, and he can’t seek vengeance against FS as Zorro. Diego says he’ll do it as himself. PT says Diego can’t use a sword, and if you do, you’ll reveal to all that you are indeed Zorro.

SAM and Piza meet up with Monty and Esme. SAM is a little too excited that Esme was found. Esme faints and SAM convinces Monty to let him put her on his mule to head back to la casa escondida.

In the cantina, Diego asks for the strong stuff and wants to be informed when Fernando leaves his office. The barmaid complies. She gives Diego a little gossip on why the cantina is messy, because of the fight that Fernando got into earlier.

Mangle sends her letter to Barcelona. She finds out it will take about 60 – 70 days to get there. So she knows that she won’t get a reply for about 4 – 5 months. She passes Selenia, who compliments Mangle on her perfume. MA appears to ignore the sorceress. Selenia figures out that Mangle was sending a letter and with her powers, she appears to be scanning the sealed envelope.

Olmos is dreaming, and I think it is a pesadilla. He’s talking to his mother who fills him in on the curse that was placed on her womb. We get a little background info on Selenia, she was supposed to be about 130 years old when Olmos was a child and she cursed the womb for payment from a woman who was in love with Olmos’s father. Olmos wakes up and swears he’ll get revenge on the witch once he’s been able to use her potion on Mangle.

Selenia convinces Mangle that she can talk to the dead. She reveals that she knows Mangle’s name and Santiago’s name. This freaks Mangle out a bit, but also hooks her into agreeing to have Selenia contact the dead for her.

Maria Pia and Dena rehash Diego finding out about the truth of his mother’s death. Dena warns MP to steer clear of her brother.

Yumi finds Alejandro in the barn…blah, blah, blah. Just to sum up, he hasn’t told Dena about Yumi being his Indian wife because he doesn’t want her to suffer. I imagine it would be a little difficult to fill you wife in on you being a bigamist.

A drunken Diego goes out to find Fernando. He calls out to the governor and Fernando knows that something’s up, so he sends his men away. Diego makes a run for FS and the two men wrestle and fight. You killed my mother!! I didn’t know it was her tribe!! Diego accuses Fernando of taking away his two great loves---his mother and Esme. Maria Pia happens along and breaks up the fight. Fernando’s parting words to Diego are “If I’d known, I would have never touched her” (meaning Regina/Purina).

Padre Tomás figures out that Diego got drunk as a way to insure he wouldn’t kill Fernando. PT is impressed.

Monty wants to take Esme back to the prison where it is more secure. Piza says he fortified the basement and wants Monty to put the thugs under his commands. Monty agrees. Monty and Piza rehash the explosion mishap, right in front of SAM. SAM knows they were plotting to kill the Marquesa. Monty leaves, and Piza tells SAM to give Esme water and to not let her die.

Cat begs for Tobi to forgive her. He says she’s got to forget that man, but if she wants to dally around, she needs to find someone weaker than Tobi so he has a chance in a duel.

MP looks after Diego and she apologizes again for holding back the secret for so long. Diego tells her he’d like to be alone.

Cat and Piza meet in their secret spot, while Tobi watches from the loft. She tells him that she wants to end it and he says he’s the one who decides when it is over. He questions her and why she seems afraid (this is after he threatened her with physical harm, so I think that could contribute to her fear). She says she just doesn’t want to cheat on Tobi any more. Fine, Piza says, I’ll kill him and it won’t be a problem any more.

Olmos and Mangle go to Selenia, so she can hold a séance.

Maria Pia wanders the town alone and runs into the handsome man from the cantina. You know, the one who ended up fighting with Fernando because he made some remarks regarding MP’s attractiveness.

SAM goes to find Diego, in the cantina, and tells him that he’s got something very important to tell him. END OF EPISODE

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