Caray, Caray!

Well, this is my last Amar Sin Limites recap. It's been quite a ride, and now we're on that downhill run, so buckle up and grab your beverage of choice!

I'm skipping the leftovers and heading straight to the part where Gloria pulls Diego to one side of the altar to tell him that Silvana was never pregnant and that Manuel is in on the fake-baby scam. Diego is impactado and stares at Silvana, but says nothing. Chucho looks on, wondering what's going on up there.

Diego and Gloria go back to their places and the priest begins the ceremony. Gloria whispers to Anibal that the wedding is going to stop at some point for lack of a groom. Anibal is understandably confused. Clemencia also looks like she heard something. Silvana is so oblivious that she doesn't think anything of Diego's completely bewildered look.

Emilia watches the wedding on TV (oh, come on, they're not that famous!) and tells the maid she can go home, since she's just going to watch the wedding. Oh, no! On the TV, Bruno makes a comment about the sobrio (somber) dress that Clemencia is wearing.

Arnaldo, GSD, Ceci, Azul, and LuisFe are all crammed in a car trying to get to the orphanage and hitting every red light along the way.

The wedding continues. Lidia is lovey with Tavo (awwwww, that's cute). Lidia comes up with the rings and the priest blesses them. Caty looks upset and is being comforted by Clemencia. Gloria thought bubbles "WTF is Diego still doing up there?" or close enough, anyway. Clemencia and Anibal come up with the coins and the priest blesses them. (Since I had to explain the coins to my husband, I'll do it here as well: They get poured into the hands of the bride and groom to symbolize the couple's future prosperity. My parents still have theirs in a little silver box in the china cabinet.)

Then we get to the questions, and NO, Diego says he will not take Silvana as his wife with all the etc. etc. that goes with it. Silvana says "Uh, he asked if you wanted to marry me" and Diego replies "Yeah, I heard." Diego now takes the spotlight from Silvana and spills all the beans to the assembled crowd of reporters (and I swear, there are more of them than there are wedding guests). "How could I marry a woman who, even knowing how I suffered after my wife's death, when she found out my wife hadn't died, hid it from me? How can I share my life with a woman who took advantage of my suffering to enredar (entangle) me? A woman who, as a reason for me to marry her, used something as sacred as a child? A false child. Silvana, you're not expecting a child." As he has his moment of vengeance, the priest, rather than doing the sensible thing and asking them to have this conversation elsewhere, just turns to the altar and prays.

Outside, Bruno announces that Diego has rejected Silvana. He points out all the confused faces inside.

Silvana tries to insist that she's telling the truth about the baby. Diego's like "hey, we're in the house of God, here" and "have a little DIGNITY" (very dignified of him to scream, there). He tells Silvana that Gloria told him what she heard Silvana and Manuel saying. Clemi can't believe Silvana would tell such a big lie. Oh, come on, Clemi, have a little imagination. Diego wants everyone to know that the two of them were planning to tell him she'd lost the baby.

Watching on TV, Emilia says "Silvana, what have you done?" Well, Emilia, I think Diego's explaining it pretty well, there, so….

Silvana struggles to come up with a way to deny it, but can't put a sentence together.

In the back of the church, Ceci tells Azul to get up there and tell what Silvana done, but Azul thinks this is bad enough as is and grabs LuisFe for cover.

Silvana now tries to blame her mother, since Gloria's "always" tried to ruin her life. Then Manuel comes up and, instead of supporting Silvana like Silvana thought he would, he says it was all her. So, basically "the devil made me do it." Silvana asks forgiveness and Diego tells her to ask God for it because he can't forgive her. Oh, yeah, and in case he hasn't been clear enough, he also can't marry her. Dude, we already got that memo. As Silvana screams his name, Diego starts walking back up the aisle and Clemi comes over to hug him. And cry.

Azul peeks out from behind LuisFe as we go to commercials. When we return, Azul starts having flashes of her old life more quickly than I can type. Lots of orange flashes.

The priest, quite unnecessarily (see above re: memo) says that due to what's happened here, the wedding is off. He asks God to forgive the descarriados (those who have lost their way) and send them down the right road. He begs everybody to get out and remember that God's house should be respected. See, now, if God had gone all Old Testament on everyone, the priest wouldn't have needed to make that announcement. A little smiting would do some of these people good.

Caty now pops up, poor confused little moppet, and asks what happened. She also was not cc: -ed on the memo. Mr 5ft opines that someone must have covered her ears when it all started. That's a reasonable explanation given that Diego now has to tell her they're not getting married. She asks what about her little brother/sister and Diego doesn't answer.

Outside Bruno displays more schadenfreude (joy in the misfortune of others; see, you even get a little German tonight), "We're witnessing the downfall of Silvana Lombardo." Not that she didn't have it coming, but Bruno's not exactly a saint himself.

Emilia gets out of bed (see, that's what I was afraid of). She has a little pain when she sets both feet on the floor, but she continues getting up.

As the theme song plays, Azul and Diego (flanked by Clemi and Caty) walk towards each other. Azul has a pained expression on her face as she remembers: the first time they met; the incident with the draped red fabric; Diego macking on her after he fixed the strap on her red dress (remember that? Those were the good times). Azul's pained expression makes her nostrils flare to almost porcine proportions, and the camera angle isn't helping. She does this horrid slow-mo laugh/scream with her mouth wide open that's not terribly attractive either. Finally, she remembers the Love Shack and "Amar Sin Limites" plays as we go back to real time. They say each other's names, hug, and then suck face (Diego was trying to say something, but she shut him up).

We get a shot of Silvana crying ugly (see above re: porcine nostrils and unfortunate camera angles)--and seriously, are we supposed to care that she's sad?

More Diego and Azul sucking face. The wedding extras aren't sure what they're supposed to be doing. LuisFe is impactado. I feel only slightly sorrier for him than I do for Silvana. He also knew that a lot of what he was doing was wrong, but at least once he got hit over the head with the truth a few times he started trying to do the right thing. Azul cries and tells Diego she remembered everything all of a sudden (de golpe), he's her husband, Diego. GSD leads the standing ovation. He tells her this is proof that love has a memory. She says "Papa!" and hugs him. I will admit that this is where they got me. I could care less about her and Diego, but now she remembers everyone else. Then it's hugs for Ceci, who says she was happy to know Azul was alive, but nothing can compare to looking her in the eyes and knowing she's back. Clemi is up next (and boy, with all the hand-offs here, I bet Diego would love to have a minute alone with his not-dead wife). Caty now cries for her mami (scary, scary stuff there--either this is a brilliant young actress or, as Mr 5ft suggested, they gave her a really good scare right before the scene), poor moppet's going to wonder when Mami Liliana is scheduled to return from the dead. Lots of kisses for Caty. A hug for Anibal.

LuisFe finally turns and walks out of the chapel. Um, I guess her hugging Anibal was the last straw? I mean, I know Anibal's one of the best men on this show, but I would think that Azul sucking face with her husband would have been enough. A few reporters notice him leaving.

Diego and Azul suck face some more while squashing Caty between them. The V de G looks on.

LuisFe stands outside in the garden and thought bubbles "Goodbye, my Azucena, hasta siempre" (farewell). Commercials.

Somehow, the reporters are now outside the chapel and being held at bay by some poor nun. LuisFe comes out, but all he'll say is "I'm just the doctor for the kids in the orphanage." One of the reporters tells the nun that Silvana has to come show her face. Mario meets LuisFe outside and asks for an update. What he gets is "I lost the love of my life."

Now, out in the garden/walkway area, more hugs and crying. Manuel comes out and tries to put all the blame on Silvana and wash his hands of it. I won't repeat Manuel's pathetic attempt to get back in Diego's good graces. Clemi, in the understatement of the year calls Manuel a bad person. Lidia, Clemencia, and Diego all say they're done with him. I was hoping Diego would also tell him he's fired from the boutique (cause I'm mean like that, see above re: schadenfreude) but he doesn't. Diego and Azul kiss and hug some more, surrounded by family.

Back in the chapel, Silvana cries some more. The priest asks if she needs confession, but she says it's too much. The priest says he'll leave her with God, then and walks off. Gloria comes up and tells Silvana they're both alone now. She asks for forgiveness for following her heart no matter the price, and also because she'd do what she did (I'm guessing she means telling Diego the truth) all over again. Gloria says they've only got each other now. Silvana cries.

MS tells Azul that later she'll tell her more about the time she spent there (which I would think that Azul now remembers, but anyway). She says LuisFe bringing her there was a blessing. Azul suddenly remembers LuisFe and runs off to find him.

Manuel leaves the orphanage and runs into the reporters. He offers to show them a back way into the chapel to take pictures of Silvana…for a price, though. Parasite. Bruno asks how much for an exclusive.

Azul runs outside, shouting for LuisFe. Diego catches up and tells her the nuns said they just saw him leaving. He starts to say "I know that you and he…" and right then Emilia shows up. Uh, oh, she sure wasn't prepared for this. It's another teary reunion.

Bruno, that parasite, comes into the chapel with his camera guy, narrating that we're seeing the downfall of a woman, the full expression of loneliness. Silvana tells him to get out. She shoves Gloria out of her way and says she'd rather be dead and Gloria poisoned her life, she'll never forgive her, it's all her fault. Chucho says no, she had it coming, and even if Silvana doesn't want Gloria, he does! That Chucho's a stand-up guy. He's really impressed by what Gloria did today. Silvana curses her mother and Chucho escorts a crying Gloria out, after telling Silvana she's evil. Will they even show this on the fashion show, or just put it on YouTube? Commercials.

Emilia, Azul, and Diego go back into the orphanage. (Sit down, Emilia!) GSD comes up and starts to chew Emilia out for being there. She says she had to come console Silvana. GSD's like "you could hurt yourself!" and Emilia's like, "But Azul's alive!" GSD shuts up, since there's no counter to that. Gloria and Chucho come up and Azul forgives Gloria for "acting like a mother." She says it's all forgotten and clasps hands with Gloria.

In the back of the chapel, the reporters are still taking pictures. Silvana takes off her veil and goes over to give them a piece of her (deranged) mind. Bruno tries to spout some crap about the public having a right to know (which perhaps technically, we do, but is this really the kind of stuff we need to know?). Silvana now announces that Bruno helped her out by publishing stories about her in exchange for her sleeping with him. Now the other reporters turn on Bruno. Let's see how he likes it. He brings up the pictures of Silvana and Frijolito, which Silvana says he blackmailed her with.

Emilia comes in to console Silvana and Silvana pushes her. Cause she hasn't fulfilled her quota of evil deeds for the day, I guess. She rants about how Emilia was always on Azul's side, etc. Silvana runs off and GSD tries to calm Emilia down. Manuel stands outside, just watching everything, probably trying to think of a way to turn this to his advantage.

Out on the walkway, Gaspar shouts, "Jesus, verbo divino" (divine word), "It's the devil dressed as a bride!" Silvana now has to face Ceci, Gaspar, Efrain, Chucho, Diego, Azul, Gloria, Lidia, MS, Clemencia, none of whom are looking sympathetic except Gloria. She can't take it and runs off. Chucho stops Gloria from running after her and says they shouldn't try to help right now. Emilia and GSD come over and Emilia cries about Silvana, asking if they couldn't have stopped her. Emilia faints and GSD tells them to call a doctor. Commercials

In some restaurant, LuisFe asks Mario how he's supposed to get over Azul. Mario's semi-sympathetic. He says time will do the trick. His phone rings, with Ceci calling to tell him about Emilia, and he and LuisFe head over to GSD's.

MS and Diego confront the remaining reporters. Diego tells them they were in the house of God without permission. MS reminds them it's also private property. Diego warns them they'd better not do like Bruno and publish unsubstantiated information. He says (again) that the wedding is off, that Silvana's not having his baby, and that his real wife is alive and is his top priority.

Later, apparently, MS thanks Diego for helping her get everyone out of the orphanage. He apologizes for the circus. MS says there's no need and God works in mysterious ways. I'm not even going to touch that one. Diego asks Clemi and Anibal to take Caty home. She wants to stay with him and Azul, but he says he's going to pick her up at GSD's and they may take a while because they've got to take care of Emilia. Clemi starts to talk to Diego about being worried about Silvana. Anibal decides now would be a good time to get Caty out of earshot and he suggests they go get in the car and pretend Caty's driving. Aw. Cute. Chonita goes with them. Clemi gives Diego a hug. She says she feels really bad for Silvana, but Diego says he feels nothing for her. Clemi says that when Emilia's better, she and Emilia will figure something out, but Diego shouldn't worry about it, he should just go enjoy his wife. Is she talking about sex? Just wondering. Diego says everything seems perfect, but Azul did go running off after LuisFe. Diego says she's having LuisFe's baby, so they're going to have to figure some stuff out. Well, we know they're not, but he's still going to have to be told.

At GSD's, Mario and LuisFe arrive. Mario goes into the bedroom. LuisFe and Azul stare at each other and dramatic music plays. Ceci, metiche though she is, actually leaves the two of them alone and goes into the bedroom. Wow, that's some personal growth there.

Well, that's all from me on this show. Thanks for all the positive comments. I'll be taking up Al Diablo Con Los Guapos, so I hope to see you there. Tune in to Amar tomorrow and see what happens with Emilia's baby and the barely-there LuisFe-Azul-Diego triangle.

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