Caray, Caray!

Barely warm leftovers: Azul's hurt and starts to crawl back up towards the road. Diego goes to look for Azul and asks Chucho to close up the shop for the day. Mauricio gets shot in the back by the cops…well, since they did such a stellar job shooting him the first time, we know what to expect this time.

The cops call for an ambulance. Up at the road, Comandante Lopez calls Diego to tell him that Mauricio was in Azul's car, but he doesn't know what's going on. Azul isn't with Mauricio. Diego freaks out. Lopez says Mauricio's condition is serious, but he's not dead.

A dazed and battered Azul gets back to the road and sneaks into a fruit truck. No, seriously. I wouldn't make up something like that.

Glamorous Silvana shows up at the hospital to see what's up with Mauricio. Diego's still freaking out. Lopez pleads for patience. He says they're searching the area where they think Mauricio might have killed Azul. Ouch, bad choice of words given the way Diego's acting. Silvana insists she be allowed to stay and seduce…no, sorry, stay and keep Diego company. Lopez says they've got new info and they should go to the office.

Azul sits in the back of the truck and eats an apple.

Night falls on the DF and squishes it.

Caty is beading as she whines about how her parents haven't come home yet. Clemencia assures her they didn't go on vacation without her. Clemencia and Caty go off to give Caty a bath. Anibal and Ceci keep each other company in hoping everything comes out ok and the moppet won't be traumatized yet again in her short little life.

At the police station, they've found things like the pieces of Azul's purse and her wedding ring, but the car was burned to ashes.

The poor fruit guy gets home and his wife takes Azul being in the back of the truck very badly.

Diego is sure it's Azul's stuff. Lopez thinks that Mauricio must have caught up to Azul and she ran, finding a stolen car, which she then drove off the cliff because she was so upset. Well, if he'd assumed that Mauricio poured gasoline all over the car, lit it on fire, and pushed it over the cliff it would've sounded like crazy talk, so I guess I'll give him a pass on that one. Diego's insisting that Azul's body wasn't in the car, but Lopez thinks the fire must have burned her completely up. I'm not a forensics expert, but I don't think a car fire would do that unless it exploded. Silvana is all too ready to say that Diego's got to accept Azul's death. Lopez says even if she got out, she must have been hurt and couldn't have gotten far. Lopez gets a call that Mauricio is dying (moribundo) and has asked to talk to Diego.

As Azul tries to get away from the fruit guy and his pissed off wife, she almost gets run over by a truck being driven by, who else, Luis Felipe (Ceci's current crush). Luis Felipe, being a neonatalogist, quickly determines that Azul is neither pregnant nor a newborn. OK, maybe I made that part up. The fruit guy comes up and accuses Azul of being a thief. LF is confused by her being so bloody even though he didn't hit her. He defends her from FG and offers to pay for the apple. FG and Mrs. FG go off arguing. And yep, Azul has amnesia. Let's all roll our eyes together. She still remembers how to whine, though. Too bad she couldn't have forgotten that. The other guy in the truck with LF says she's probably a druggie and they should leave. LF, being the nice guy he is, offers to take her to the ranch where his Mami lives and take care of her.

Diego asks Mauricio where Azul is. Diego first gets angry, then begs to know where she is, is she alive or dead, etc. Mauricio says he'll never se her again and then passes out. For which Diego shakes him and screams that he can't die now. But too bad, he's dead.

LF's Mama is shocked that Azul is the girl her son has brought home. Azul's not looking too good.

Diego goes home to report to the others that Mauricio said he'd never see Azul again. Silvana says Mauricio killed Azul and she's dead. And now she gets to have Diego. But she didn't actually say that part. She was thinking it, though, I could tell.

Azul not only has amnesia, but has also undergone a slight personality change. In the middle of being cleaned up, she asks if they can eat now because she's hungry. Yeah, screw the injuries. Food comes first. Azul gives a benign but crazy smile. LF is going to sleep on the sofa and Azul can have his room. He'll figure out who she is and where she lives tomorrow.

Silvana tells the others about the car found at the bottom of the ditch. They're all impactadas. Diego comes back to there not being a body, but Anibal doesn't think there's much hope that she's alive. Ceci breaks down weeping and Clemencia comforts her. Diego has now contracted one of Mauricio's rages as he screams that he knows she's still alive.

LF's mom is happy to have him home. And the town has been waiting for him to start up his free clinic. Azul, in her charming amnesiac way, decided to come out of the shower wearing only a towel. She quite logically points out that if she'd put her clothes back on, she would have gotten dirty again. LF's mom is NOT amused and chivvies her back to the bedroom as LF muses that she's sooooo pretty.

LF's mom has found Azul a nightgown to wear. She asks Azul not to parade around in a towel again, especially not around LF. Azul can't understand why she shouldn't do this. OK, so, she lost her memories of her own identity and she can still do things like walk and talk, but social mores are long forgotten…this is telenamnesia for sure. LF's mom tries to explain it to her, but gets nowhere. (He's a man…you don't know each other…he's a nice guy.) LF's mom calls her son "mas bueno que el pan" (better than bread, literally; "good as gold"). She wishes Azul good night and it's lights out.

Diego tells the assemblage that they're not going to tell anyone else that Azul is missing, which Ceci thinks is a stupid idea. Diego still thinks they'll find her.

LF has finished his dinner and is starting to clear the table. He's so Diego 2.0. Loves his mama, cleans up around the house, thinks Azul is hot. LF explains to his mom about the amnesia. Mama thinks they should take Azul to the police. He says he'll go to the city offices since her family's probably looking for her.

Caty prays for everyone she loves (including Nico), and also help daddy Mauricio. He did bad things, but she prays that he repents and becomes good. Poor idealistic little moppet. But it's better than the catatonic version, I suppose.

Clemencia and Anibal arrive at the old Casa Moran. Clemencia's worried about Diego's insistence that Azul is still alive, but Anibal doesn't see a problem with having some hope. Clemencia objects to Diego not wanting to tell GSD and Arnaldo. Anibal supposes that finding the rings could mean that Azul took them off or that they came off during the struggle with Mauricio. Lidia arrives, complaining that they took quite a long time at lunch and it almost ran into tomorrow's breakfast. It occurs to me that we never did see what happened after her leaving Tavo's place. Anyway, she wants to know what's going on and we see Clemencia start to tell her something.

LF finally wakes up in the morning and his mom gives him grief about it. He says he's not being lazy he's just tired and jet-lagged from the trip. Mama's grouchy because she can't find Azul and tells LF to go look for her. He's wearing really baggy old man pajamas. Poor Ceci. He runs outside in his pajamas and slippers to go look for Azul.

Silvana tells Gloria about Azul's disappearance. Gloria tells Silvana that while she's been away, Gloria and Chucho have gotten very close to Azul and Diego. This doesn't go over well, but Silvana's sarcastic about it, instead of weepy like she would have been before. Silvana woke up this morning with short hair for no apparent reason. Mr 5ft thinks it makes her hair look lumpy. Silvana snarks some more about how she already heard the litany of St. Azul's great deeds from Diego. Gloria says she really is that way and doesn't deserve what happened. Silvana says she tried to be good with Diego, but it never got her anywhere, so that's OVER. Dun dun dun. There are no more obstacles, Azul is dead and Silvana is going to fight for Diego's love. Gloria is shocked. Silvana makes a modeling analogy about never leaving your spot or some other girl will take it. More modeling analogies follow. Gloria looks disappointed.

LF finds Azul outside sitting on a bale of hay. She kisses him hello. She still doesn't remember her mom, but she remembers that moms are usually overprotective. She's realized this truth from watching the cows. Azul feeds a calf from a bottle. LF accidentally brushes her hand while petting the cow. They talk about what soft hands they both have. Yuck.

Diego comes to report to Silvana, Ceci, Clemencia, and Anibal that the cops think Azul is dead. He still refuses to believe it though.

Azul wants to keep feeding the calf and milking the cows and etc. LF will show her how since he used to do it when he was younger. LF's dad is dead and now it's him and mom. Azul babbles that she thinks it would be more fun to be on the farm than be a doctor. She's waaaay too happy about learning how to milk the cow. I really didn't need a closeup of the milking process.

Diego says if he has to he'll go everywhere asking if anyone's seen Azul. Clemencia tries to comfort him. Silvana comforts him by laying her head on his shoulder. Blech.

LF tells Azul he's taking her to see if her family is looking for her. The way this is shot through the trees makes me think there's someone watching them, but the camerapeople have been making weird choices like that throughout the show, so maybe it means nothing.

They ask the local Comisario if anyone's been looking for Azul, but he looks through the recent photographs and doesn't see one who looks like her. Azul is pouty that no one's looking for her and no one wants her.

Ceci says they need to tell GSD and Arnaldo, but Diego still wants to keep it a secret. He says it's only a matter of time before they find her. Lidia's now part of the peanut gallery. Diego won't believe Azul is dead without proof.

LF consoles Azul that in the end, she'll find her family and they're probably missing her. She's still pouty. The Comisario suggests telling her she's his girlfriend. Comisario agrees to take a good long look at Azul so he'll remember her if anyone comes looking for her. Outside, Azul whines and complains some more about not being able to remember anything, not even her name. LF is sure they'll figure it all out. He asks if she can remember what happened, but she can't. He says he's going to run some tests, or rather, he's going to take her to the hospital so his buddy can run some tests.

Silvana goes to talk to Caty and starts talking about how Caty's like a daughter to her and Azul is only her Mami because she married Mauricio and Mami Liliana always asked Silvana to take care of Caty for her if anything ever happened. She adds that when Azul was sick, she asked Silvana to do the same. She asks if Caty would like Silvana to take care of her. Caty replies "only for one day, then you have to give me back." Silvana asks what if her Mami never comes back. That's cold! She's going to drive the kid crazier than Mauricio did. Silvana says she wants to always be honest and not hide things from her; they have to help Diego. If Diego says that Azul will come back, it's only because that's what he believes, but it's not true, Mami Azul is DEAD! Caty calls her a liar and screams that her mommy will come back.

LF's buddy says she's got traumatic amnesia. Duh. LF says it won't be permanent, then. Buddy says the duration will depend on how bad the injury is. He recommends further tests, but he can't do them there, LF will have to take her to DF. Buddy says that's a good idea as they don't want to miss a lesion that could cause problems later. Buddy says it seems to him like there's a psychological component, what with her behaving like a child and having forgotten certain social graces. LF says there's an innocent girl hiding in that body. A flash of the old Azul comes back as she walks in and asks if they're talking about her. She asks what's up, but no one answers her.

Caty is crying to the peanut gallery and Diego is mad at Silvana for telling Caty that Azul is dead. Silvana says she did it because Caty was anxious…Diego says now she's even more anxious. Silvana insists that Caty needs to know the truth because her life is about to change. Clemencia asks them both to quit upsetting Caty. She takes Caty out of the room.

Azul is apparently in Pueblo de [San] Martin. LF takes her to a stall in the plaza to buy clothes. Azul thinks his mama's clothes are fine, but LF says these clothes are better for a woman Azul's age. She likes all the clothes and he encourages her to buy more to have more options. Azul gives him a hug. Might as well do what the comisario suggested if he's going to go that route.

Diego doesn't want to talk to Silvana and orders her out of the house. She cries. Diego says he'll take care of Caty. After Silvana walks out, Ceci says it's for the best that Diego takes care of Caty. She's pissed that Silvana is trying to take Azul's place, but Diego will never love her.

Azul asks LF if by doing more tests, she'll remember her family. A flower seller comes up with lilies. Azul says they bring her memories, but she doesn't understand of what. She just remembers the flowers. LF buys the whole bunch for her. He tells her to close her eyes and see if the smell makes her remember anything, but it doesn't work and Azul just gets more upset. She says she has the flower in her head. LF tells her she'll start remembering little by little. He offers to name her Azucena until she remembers her name and she gets rather too happy at this. (Flashback to Acorralada, where Max named Diana "Azucena" when he had amnesia.)

Diego and Caty pray to the Virgencita out on the back lawn (once again, how did Diego afford this house?) to take care of Azul and get her back home.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch (ha!) LF tells his mom that no one's looking for Azul. She thinks that's weird. She's worried that LF is going to get himself into problems. She again suggests taking Azul to the cops and letting them sort things out.

Diego leans out his bedroom window and shakes his head at Silvana's voice saying that Azul died. Then he sees the dying lilies by the bed and hears Mauricio saying he'll never see Azul again. He hears Caty's voice asking if her Mami will come back. Azul's voice answers "I'm here Diego." He sees a vision of her in the window. "I'm lost, like I always am when you're not with me, but if your love calls me, I can return. I'm here, I'm here." Diego asks if she's alive and Azul answers "Look for me, look for me, Diego, look for me…."

Azul wanders the streets of Pueblo San Martin, alone, crying.

Tomorrow: more of the same. And Azul in an off-the-shoulder milkmaid outfit holding a bottle of milk and making eyes at Luis Felipe. How much did the small family dairy farmers pay for that product placement?

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