Caray, Caray!

Alejandro tries to get Almudena to wake up. She is not dead; we know this because she is making some sounds---a cross between a pant and a sigh. Alej is noticeably upset.

Yumali is treating Bernardo while Maria Pia and Dolores pray over him. Dolo notices that color has returned to Bernie’s face. Everyone is happy because it appears the worst is over for Bernie. Yumi thanks Diego for trusting her to help heal his friend.

Mariangel asks Santiago to find out if Diego is in fact Zorro. She offers him money. He puts up a front of being offended, but in the end agrees to do what he can. Mangle promises that there will be more money once the job is done.

Alej calls everyone to Dena’s bedside. Dena dreams (she looks really beautiful in her dream). She is meeting Regina/Purina. She mutters that Regina has come for her. Alej asks Yumi to work her healing magic on Dena. He doesn’t want Dena to die. Yumi urges Al to talk to Dena, to tell her the things that she’d want to hear. Al tells Dena that he wants to start anew, to have children with her, he begs her not to die. Yumi joins into the mix. She asks Dena to believe that she would never hurt her and she mentions that she will be leaving, going on a trip. All the while Yumi is talking to Dena; Alej is posing beside the bed.

Olmos attempts to get into Mangle’s room at los de la Vega. Juan puts a stop to his plans. He tells Olmos that Dena is sick and Olmos does his best attempt to appear concerned.

Once Yumi is done talking to Dena, Alej demands to know about her trip. She says she’s going where Buffalo Blanca wants her to go. Yumi tells Al that there is darkness over the house, but it will soon pass. She tells Alej that the family must make sure to take care of each other.

Tag teaming, Diego pulls Yumi aside and he wants to know where she is going. She tells him that she’s got things to do.

Santiago counts his money. Mangle questions him as to why she ever loved him in the first place. They discuss how time changes things.

Olmos is impatient to be with Mangle. He talks to himself about how Selenia has made him handsome and that all his dreams are about to come true. He is tickled pink that Mangle is enchanted with him.

Diego goes to talk to Bernie. Bernie asks about Agapito and Diego says that he’s going to find him.

Alej holds Dena and cries for her. He tells her to return to him. Maria Pia and Dolores stand in the background, they are also crying. Dena dreams again, this time we get to see Regina.

Yumi is outside and she intends to find Regina/Purina. Yumi tells her sister that she’s waiting at the crossroads for her, that’s she’s ready to go with her. Meanwhile, Dena wakes up with a start and says that she’s left, Regina’s left.

Padre Tomás comes to los de la Vega. He visits Bernie and talks to Diego about the boys’ adventure in la selva. PT wonders about the mapdallion, and Diego brings him and the viewing audience up to speed. Diego also mentions that they found some of Esmeralda’s clothes. PT, ever the doubting Tomás, asks how Diego can be sure that those were Esme’s things and that she was on the ship that sunk and survived.

Esme, in the Amazon camp, has flashbacks to the all too familiar memories of her most romantic moments with Diego. Their theme song plays.

SAM and Camba have gotten clothes for Esme and they’ve managed to get the Count of Bracamonte to give them the necessary paperwork to continue with their plan of posing as nobility in order to meet with the Queen. SAM decides that Camba must learn Spanish and has the idea of “the word of the day.” He starts with vino (and just happens to have a bottle to get the vocab imbedded in Camba’s mind). Camba catches on quickly and SAM is sure they should celebrate with a drink or two.

Dolo asks PT to bless the home; she’s worried that bad things have been happening. Padre Tomás obliges. He then goes to check out the baby and remarks how he looks like Diego. This then segues into asking about Diego’s relationship with Mangle. Diego tells the priest that he’s asked Mangle for a separation and that Mangle poisoned Dena. PT doesn’t seem all that shocked. Diego also mentions that an old friend from military school is in town and that the friend mentioned to Mangle that Diego has great sword skills. PT wonders if Mangle has enough sense to suspect that Diego might indeed be Zorro.

Olmos visits Mangle in her room. He gives her news about Dena’s turn for the worse. Mangle is pleased, but she’s got other things on her mind. She hears the voice of Selenia saying that Olmos is attractive. The two give in to their passion. It gets a little steamy.

Diego introduces Santiago to Padre Tomás as PT leaves the hacienda. Diego then tells Santiago that it is dangerous outside the hacienda at night, so he suggests that he not wander about. SM asks if Zorro is one of the reasons it is so dangerous. Diego doesn’t answer. SM asks Diego to treat him to dinner and a drink. He then mutters that Diego has no idea how he’s been such a good friend.

Camba and SAM are drunk. SAM is being a sad drunk and he laments over the suffering his friend Diego de la Vega has done for his love of Esme. SAM then gets even sadder thinking about all the suffering that Esme has done since Montero took her baby away from her.

Things with Mangle and Olmos are full swing and just as Olmos reaches his climax, Mangle’s spell is broken. She goes ballistic on Olmos, pushes him off of her, and calls him all sorts of vile names. So there you go folks, we’ve been waiting for this union and although I can’t say it was anticlimactic, it wasn’t as intense as I thought it would be. I thought I’d get a few more laughs out of it, but I didn’t. However, I am glad that Mangle got a taste of her own medicine.

Monty and Pizarro are discussing the state of the city. Monty wants Piza to notice how calm everything is. The two men discuss their efforts to find out if Diego is Zorro. Piza says that he’s got men watching Diego’s every move—that right now he’s at the hacienda tending to an injured servant. Monty is excited, because soon they’ll know the truth about the whole Diego/Zorro thing.

Mangle’s rampage against Olmos has now headed outdoors. Conveniently, Monty and Piza are holding their conversation just outside the Sanchez home. Mangle, in hysterics, tells Monty to arrest Olmos and lock him up—he raped her. Monty is impactado.

The next day, Olmos is locked inside a cell and Mangle goes to see him. She is escorted to his cell by Monty, who decides to be protective. Monty tells Olmos that if he touches Mangle, he’ll kill him. Monty gives Mangle a kiss goodbye and Mangle plays it up to bother Olmos. Once they are alone, Mangle demands that Olmos tell her what he gave to her. He’s not telling, but he does let her know that she treated him terribly for so long and that he finally was able to make her his. He tells her that he’ll never forget that and neither will she. Mangle tells him that all she’ll remember is the disgust she feels for him.

Diego and Alej are eating breakfast and they rehash about how Yumi helped both Dena and Bernie. Alej wants to talk about Mangle; he noticed that she left the hacienda the day before. Diego tells his father that Mangle was the one who was poisoning Dena. Al is shocked and can’t understand why she would do something like that to her own aunt. Diego tells Alej that Mangle is capable of doing anything and that’s why he sent her away---to protect his son and the rest of the family from her. Alej questions what Diego is going to do about the poisoning. Diego tells him that since the authorities in LA are corrupt, there is no point (and since Mangle is in bed (literally and figuratively) with Montero, what’s the point---but Diego doesn’t know that yet). Diego tells his dad about the separation agreement that he’s trying to work out with Mangle. Maria Pia arrives at this point and drops the bomb that Sara Kali is alive and she spills the beans on the plans that the gypsies have for crashing the masquerade ball. Alej says it will be dangerous, but he’s willing to help. Diego looks intrigued.

Renzo and Ana Camila (NAC) arrive back at the gypsy camp. They’ve gotten the forged invites to the ball. Everyone is happy that things are falling into place.

PT is hearing confessions in the booth and Fernando, dressed in his monk’s robe, comes into the booth. Fernando begins to tell that he’s done terrible things and hopes that God will forgive him. PT tells him that God forgives all, as long as a person is truly repentant. Fernando identifies himself to PT, and PT is surprised.

Diego goes to see Bernie. He tells Bernie all the latest info on Sara Kali. Diego tells him that he’s going to need to get well soon because he’ll need Bernie’s help.

PT and FS are now having a face-to-face confession. Fernando tells the good priest how Brother Aaron saved him and then ordained him as a brother. Now, Fernando says, he’s going to devote his life to God as a way to seek forgiveness for all the things he’s done and to make amends to all the people he’s hurt. He asks PT to help him; to intercede with los de la Vega. He wants to seek their forgiveness personally, but doesn’t think that they’ll accept it. Padre Tomás tells Fernando that he doesn’t need him to intercede, if he’s truly repentant he can go to them on his own. God will help him find the way.

The Queen is reviewing her correspondences. She’s gotten a letter from the Contessa Bracamonte, seeking an audience with her. TQ tells el Duco that the contessa has the nicest house in town. TQ wants to send CB an invitation to the ball, but DJ is suspect. The Queen is insistent and it seems that Esme’s got her way in.

Esme leaves the Amazons. She thanks the women for all that they’ve taught her---how to fight and how to straighten your hair in the middle of the jungle without the aid of electricity and a flat iron. SSA tells Esme that she’s one of them now and will always be welcomed back. They give Esme a knife as a parting gift.

Santiago invites Diego to have a round of swordplay. Diego says that he’s really rusty and not very interested. SM won’t take no for an answer and they begin to spar. Diego feigns sword inability, but SM knows better. He starts to question Diego about his ideals. They reminisce about Paris and the whole “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” concept. Santiago cuts to the chase, and asks Diego if he is Zorro. END OF EPISODE

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