Caray, Caray!

Garcia can’t bring himself to tell Diego that Esme is alive. Instead, he tells Diego that he considers him a friend, almost family. Garcia says that he has had to do bad things and asks Diego to forgive him but he says that he has never betrayed Diego’s trust. Diego, who is still drunk, asks Garcia what bad things he has done but Garcia won’t say any more. Diego looks confused.

Back in her captivity in the cabin, Esme asks for God’s help to keep Diego from being ensnared by Mangle’s lies.

Mangle and Olmos attend the séance with Selenia.

Catalina begs Pizarro not to kill Tobias. She says that everyone will know it was a crime of passion. ‘Fine,’ says Pizarro, ‘I won’t kill him but you have to continue to do what I want.’ Catalina is trapped.

His servants bring the beaten-up FS home. FS rejects an offer of vengeance from his henchman. When he is alone, FS says that he would endure 1,000 beatings like this one for MP’s love.

MP meets Don Alfonso, the guy whose gallantries incensed FS. He is just passing through town. He continues to compliment MP and they end up having a drink together.

PT tell Bernardo that he is worried that Diego’s feud with Montero is putting his identity as Zorro in danger. PT is also worried that the succession of bad news (death of Esme, finding out that FS killed his mother) will cause Diego to do something that will put his life in danger. Bernardo tries to reassure PT.

Garcia brings Esme some food and urges her to keep fighting.

At the séance, Selenia convinces Mangle (and Olmos) that she is communicating with Santiago Michelena (ST) . ST doesn’t say much and Mangle is told to return for another séance and this one will cost $$. Selenia winks at Olmos as he is leaving but it isn’t clear whether he understands that Selenia was deceiving Mangle. Once they are gone, Selenia tells her dwarf that once she hypnotizes Mangle and Olmos with her ring, they hear only what she wants them to hear.

Almudena dresses Yumalai up in a sexy little corset (that is totally period inappropriate – it’s more Victoria’s Secret than Versailles). Almudena tells Yumalai that this is what white women wear under their clothes (if Yumalai hasn’t been wearing a foundation garment under her gowns up until now, she certainly doesn’t need one. When Almundena goes to get something for Yumalai’s hair, who should walk into the room but Al. He is obviously muy impactado at the sight of Yumalai in the corset. Meanwhile Almudena feels faint and asks God for the strength to live until Yumalai is ready to take over for her with Al.


Pizarro convinces Montero to make Garcia a sargeant again and keep Esme alive. Montero leaves the guarding of Esme in Pizarro’s hands saying only that if her baby is born, he will make it disappear.

Esme apologizes to her baby for failing to get out of captivity. She tells the baby that she knows that Diego still loves her and the only reason that he isn’t busting through the walls with his sword and whip is because he believes that she is dead. [Well, Esme, you had a fantastic opportunity to let Diego know you were alive and you blew it because he was kissing Mangle. So now you tell your baby that you are sure that Diego still loves you???]

Garcia is made a Sargeant again in a ceremony. When he is asked to swear allegiance to Montero, he crosses his fingers behind his back while watching Diego in the crowd.

Catalina blames her situation with Pizarro on the fact that Tobias is not a normal man – he hasn’t fulfilled his marital duties. Tobias denies he an ‘normal man.’ His father was the Conde del Valle. Tobias has a plan to take vengeance on Pizarro that doesn’t involve challenging him to a suicidal duel.

Diego tells Al that he fought with FS because FS killed his mother. Al tells Diego that he almost killed FS when he found out about Regina but in the end he didn’t because he isn’t like FS and the hands of the de la Vegas shouldn’t be stained with blood. The love of MP is keeping FS alive but Al says that his obsession is driving MP away. Al tells Diego that MP has changed.

Cut to MP and Alfonso in a restaurant. Alfonso tells MP about his fight with FS when he admired MP and expresses his continued admiration for MP.

At the gypsy camp, NAC thinks that tomorrow she can walk and won't have to be carried by Renzo. Renzo is disappointed. NAC and Renzo discover that they both like violin music. For once, we don't see Laisha scowling in the background. Azucena brings over some food and NAC asks if anyone has seen Camba. It turns out no one has seen him for a while.

Cut to a boxing match between Camba and some other guy. After a lot of unpleasant fighting scenes, Camba defeats the other fighter and is hailed by the crowd.

Tobias and Agapito are meeting for a drink. Tobias confirms with Agapito that Pizarro's actions concerning SK were a betrayal of Montero. Tobias tells Agapito to bring SK to him from the leper colony.

The gypsies enter some town (I don't think it is LA) juggling and dancing for the population. All of a sudden Camba appears in a very spiffy suit. A guy tells the gypsies that Camba is a great fighter. NAC fusses over Camba and Renzo appears to be jealous.

Meanwhile SK is begging in the town all wrapped up in her leper costume. [Wasn't the idea at the time that leprosy was so contagious that lepers had to be shut away - not standing around in the streets possibly infecting people?] SK tells herself that she has to get out of town before she is recognized by the gypsies and puts them in danger. However, her former cellmate, Hermes, or whatever his name is, seems to recognize her.

Agapito tells Tobias that SK has left the leper colony and he doesn't know where she is. Tobias is very upset because he believes that without using SK as a weapon against Pizarro, Pizarro will kill him. Agapito is confused at his un-Zorro like behavior.

Olmos has agreed to help Pizarro get Esme to Spain. Pizarro tells him to prepare for all of them to flee but that for the present, he can't get Esme out of captivity. Olmos says that it is dangerous for Montero to have Esme since he hates her so much for humiliating him by running away with Diego on the day Montero was to marry her. Pizarro says that Montero has taken his vengeance against Diego. Olmos wants to know how and the whole point of this scene is to have Pizarro tell Olmos that Mangle and Montero are lovers. Olmos is impactado.

Back at the hacienda, Mangle puts something in the Yumalai's medicine for Almudena. She says that since Almudena wants to die, she will help her along and then she and her child will inherit all of the de la Vega fortune.

PT tells DIego that he has heard that Montero's men are buying weapons in Mexico with money from FS. PT believes that FS has allied with Montero to protect himself from an attack by Diego or Al to revenge Regina's murder. Diego says that he will destroy them both.

MP is out walking with her new beau. FS appears and wants to talk to her. She tells him to go away and by the way, this guy is my boyfriend. He is impactado.

Yumalai tells Al about Almudena's dreams that Regina is waiting for her on the other side. Al says that Almudena must survive. Yumalai moves to comfort him and we see Almudena watching.

Olmos is spying on Mangle hoping what Pizarro told him wasn't true. Unfortunately, his suspicions are confirmed when he sees her going into Montero's house. Olmos conludes that Mangle's baby has to be Montero's not Diego's.

Diego asks Garcia, in the name of the friendship that Garcia professed last night, to tell him what happened to Esme.

The credits roll.

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