Caray, Caray!

Margaret’s recording yesterday apparently ended just before the shock ending –as everyone is sitting around the table eating and drinking, Rita shows up like a huge wet blanket. She says hello to everyone and you can see the icicles in the air from her voice. The sound guy knows that she’s pissed off too. The whole table is impactado.

Today – Ofelia welcomes Rita, Camila introduces her friends, and Santiago rather nicely tries to help her to a seat. Rita immediately turns bitchy and says she has a headache and runs inside. This of course was a total Debbie Downer moment, the party IMMEDIATELY breaks up. I mean in like .0005 seconds. After they all leave, Ofelia asks Santiago why Rita was being so rude and says she is going to talk to her. Santiago says no, he will. Uh oh I feel a fight coming on (no I’m not psychic I saw it in the preview last night).

Jorge tells La Font all about when he and Ric discovered together that the ED card was missing. They speculate on who could have taken the card. They say that Ric could marry Camila and get the inheritance that way. Ursula shows up and says she hopes they aren’t talking about the same thing AGAIN. She of course wants him invited over to dinner, Jorge tells her that Ric is out of town.

Santiago and Rita have a big fight and she says he still loves her, he admits it. First of course he tries to play the whole “she’s your sister you should be nice to her” card but then he just says fine, he still loves her. He says if she can tell him how to get over her, he’d be glad to hear it. She says she wants Camila to move far away, Santiago says who died and made her queen? Rita says that it’s the only way she (Rita) and Saintly can be as they were before. Oh – about the nickname Saintly, I saw someone give me credit for that in yesterday’s comments, I did not create it. I completely ripped it off from someone but I can’t remember who, it may have even been in the comments. Thank you for the credit, but I can’t take it. I can only propagate the usage of it. Saintly wrinkles his nose at Rita and stomps off.

Ric and Mario ride horses through the countryside, Ric says Lazaro is going to pay dearly. Mario calls Lazaro ambitious, Ric says there is a difference between being ambitious and being a traitor. Then they discuss the missing ED card.

Vasco shows up at the palacio with a gift of perfume for Ursula. When Ursula gets it, she tells her friend to tell Vasco to meet her at the place where they met before. Is Virginia the other girl’s name? I know she is La Font’s daughter but I can’t remember her name.

Camila and posse get home and her entourage can’t believe Rita’s behavior. Camila tries to defend her, but gets choked up talking about it and runs into the house. Ascanio doesn’t offer any opinion and Jimena snaps at him, Ascanio sulks off. Jimena wants to know what his problem is, he shouldn’t have any problems here. Claudio sagely tells her that everyone has problems. Jimena says sure, but time heals wounds. Claudio has turned the conversation to himself and says his situation is so bad who knows if he’ll recover.

Rita whines and cries to Justo about the whole Santiago/Camila thing. Yawn. This part has grown tiresome. Rita begs Justo to find a husband for Camila and he agrees. More to shut her up than anything I think, he doesn’t look thrilled about it. Anybody else feel like they would all put Rita on a boat and push her away from shore and let Camila and Santiago get back together and never speak of it again if they could?

Ursula meets Vasco out by the river and flirts with him madly, he feels like he has the green light. He’s a little over confident, she is pumping him for gossip. She wants to know if Ric visited Camila, since he’s her fiancé and all. Vasco says that Ric himself told him that he was NOT in any relationship with Ursula. She says that Ric wouldn’t waste the time to talk to someone as low class as Vasco, then tells him that maybe it isn’t official yet but they are going to get married. She leaves Vasco standing there dumbfounded. Wow he has horrible hair.

La Font reports to Jorge that he can’t get any info from anyone in the house about the ED card, it is a complete mystery. Then he says that there will be a caravan tonight, they are going to attack it at a different location. La Font then catches Lis coming downstairs alone, Fran is sleeping. She wants to know if anyone found the ED card, La Font tells her no and offers his handkerchief when she starts crying. He tells her that nothing happens in this town without him knowing about it, so she doesn’t need to worry. Justo shows up to see Sofia, he and La Font glare at each other a Justo goes upstairs. La Font then gives Lis the lowdown on who Justo is and that he is friends with Sofia. Lis is worried that Sofia will help Camila because of her friendship with her (and her non-affair love affair with Justo, I’m convinced that 40 years ago they were in love or something and they have been doing a Camila/Saintly yearning from afar thing ever since). La Font tells Lis that she just might try and help Camila.

Upstairs Sofia tells Justo that she herself is the one who stole the ED card. Sofia hints that Jorge is helping Camila because he wants, well, you know. Justo gasps in a very effeminate manner, reminding me of Granillo, the big fat gay guy from Duelo de Pasiones. Sofia tells him to tell Camila not to worry though, SHE is the one who stole the Erectile Dysfunction card. He says how? She says she went in to the women’s room, took it, and left.

Justo immediately shows up at Camila’s house, where Jimena bitches at the chismosa servant some more. She tells Justo that she doesn’t like that servant. I wonder if she were part of this kind of household before, with how quickly she started bossing around the servants here after moving in. Jimena tells Justo to sit with her outside as Camila is currently hosting Don Jorge inside.

Inside, Camila keeps pulling away from Jorge’s groping hands. I know he isn’t being secretive about his motives, but jeez you’d think he would act a little gentlemanly to put her at ease before making his move. Nope, he keeps grabbing at her hands and hair. Loser. He is also pushing the idea on her about getting married. She reminds him that she was GOING TO, before he messed it up. And she can’t yet think about other men. He says she should enjoy things of her new class, for instance he’s having a party for the muckety mucks next Friday and she should come.

Outside Justo insists to Jimena that Camila isn’t alone, she has him. Jimena very rudely points out that he wasn’t able to help her the last time, when she got carted off by La

Font before her wedding night, what is he going to do now? This cuts like a knife and Jimena actually looks like she regrets saying it, for a second at least. She apologizes. She explains that while he is a man about town, Jorge is in a higher and more powerful position to help Camila. Camila walks Jorge to the door, then greets Justo as Jimena leaves. Justo tells Camila to listen to Jimena, she has more sense than the other women in town. Yes yes, she’s great, I love her, says Camila. Justo says Jimena obviously loves her back. They sit down to chat.

At the palace, Sofia still thinks a party is inappropriate, but Jorge say whatever, I don’t care, we’re partying. Sofia gives in and starts writing down the guest list, consisting mostly of Jorge’s loser friends, then he says he wants to invite Camila. Fortunata asks about Ricardo, Jorge says of course. Oh, and also Camila’s friend, Jimena.

Justo starts going on about Saintly and Rita again with Camila. He says she needs to find a husband. It would solve the Rita thing, as well as letting her escape the future Jorge has planned for her.

Inside, Jimena tries to talk Camila into marrying the rich, handsome Ricardo. They then discuss how they both know without a doubt that he and Captain Ric are the same thing. Camila says if Ric won’t marry her, she’ll find some other nice guy, Jimena says “oh yeah I know him, Don Nobody.” So even hundreds of years ago women were irrational man-haters. Good to know.

La Font and his band of merry men wait in the shadows as a caravan approaches. This caravan is way more heavily protected, so they don’t know what they will do. Before they can decide, the caravan is attacked by another group of men, bloodthirsty pirates led by Juancho (Orlando of Duelo, Mario of Amar). One of La Font’s flunkies describes them as ‘beasts’ as we see Juancho slit one guy’s throat and pull his head back to expose the wound. The pirates kill everyone and steal the caravan.

Back at Jorge’s, La Font delivers the news, Jorge thinks maybe Foreman cut out the middleman. Jorge wants to explain what happened to Foreman, La Font (who I think is embarrassed by being upstaged by the pirates) tries to dissuade him, but Jorge says the next time La Font goes to meet with Foreman, Jorge is going with him. He says he’s a better diplomat than La Font so he wants to talk to Foreman himself. La Font wants to know what about, Jorge tells him not to worry, he’ll be involved.

Mario and Ric, on horseback, look at a beach. Mario says there is another bay not far that is better, they go to see it. They arrive there and get off their horses to sneak up and see what’ sgoing on. They see some pirates on the beach, then they see a whole pirate village, complete with guys fighting and women all around. Some woman they call La Paisana is there, they recognize her. She seems to be in charge. Then they also see Juancho, who is wearing bright red clothing so we don’t miss him. Ric and Mario decide that the pirates have stolen goods. Mario thinks Foreman is probably behind whatever they are doing, Ric agrees. He sees horses and mules that he says are surely stolen, they have brands but he can’t make out what they are (they have been passing a spyglass back and forth all this time during their spying).

Justo goes to Santiago’s shop, saying hello to the porno twins as well. He asks Santiago to make him a new money box, one that is stronger with a better lock. My accountant heart flutters at this talk, it’s about time someone took cash security seriously. Santiago suggest making a small heavy cabinet for the money. Are we supposed to believe that Saintly invented what will eventually become the safe? Justo immediately changes the subject to Rita, then says he’s going to look for a husband for Camila. Saintly is obviously angry but say Justo has the right. Justo says he recommended Saintly to someone else as a blacksmith, Saintly says fine, then when Justo leaves he throws some stuff around. Does he expect Camila to just sit around, or what? They aren’t even having an affair. With Vasco, he at least has a reason to be jealous when Ursula dumped him, Santiago has no right.

Camila and her new little family talk about what to do with themselves. Ascanio wants to DO something, not just mooch. He used to work in a bakery, so Camila says they’ll open a bakery. Ascanio says no, then he’ll still be just their employee, it’s no different. He’s awfully mopey today. He doesn’t want Camila to make his father hire him either. Camila says whatever. Jimena says Claudio can live the life of a Seniorito, riding horses, learning to fight with swords, etc. Claudio says he can’t forget that he has to exact vengeance for his family. Jimena says hey you know who could help? Ricardo! Camila tries to play it off, but Ascanio says that if she asks, Ric will help her. She asks why, does Ascanio know something that she doesn’t? Ascanio just says that Ric is a gentleman and always delivers what he promises. Claudio is muy excited and wants to meet Ric.

Fran and Lis find Ursula so Lis can apologize. Ursula is bitchy, Lis tries to explain that she wasn’t trying to insult Ursula, just that…. Ursula cuts her off and calls Lis out completely – she is in love with Ric but he doesn’t love her the same way, or.. have they already gotten busy? Lis says of course not. She starts crying, Ursula insults her and says that whoever Ric marries, it won’t be some blind woman. She continues by saying that even when she recovers her inheritance, she’ll still just be a poor blind woman who can’t satisfy a man like Ric. Finally she says if Lis wants some guy, Ursula can find her one, the she laughs and walks away. Lis destroys the flowers in her hand in rage, Fran tries to calm her down.

Jorge is sitting on what passes for his throne, a chair in the main room of his palace. There are a line of people waiting to see him about something. Ursula barges in and says she needs to talk to him. Jorge tells Marcelino, the fussy administrator, to just tell all the people that they have permission to get married, and get them out of here. He and Ursula go to another room, where Ursula tells Jorge that he is the one who said that ‘he’ (Ric?) would make a good husband. Jorge says “You like him!” Ursula says of course. Jorge says fine, but she better not cheat on him or there will be trouble. She says she won’t cheat but she won’t let him treat her poorly either. Jorge says good, you seem ready. He advises her to use her intelligence to keep her husband in line, like Sofia. Ursula laughs but Jorge says it’s true, he thinks he can do whatever he wants but in the end somehow Sofia ends up getting her way, Ursula should learn from her. I was taken aback by this attack of honesty from Jorge. I don’t even see him as the true villain of this show any more, La Font holds that position. Surprisingly, the other ‘bad guys’ are the mostly harmless Fran and Lis. Without them, there wouldn’t be any trouble brewing.

Lis blubbers and cries about getting totally owned by Ursula in their verbal sparring match earlier. Fran calls Ursula a pig, I was half expecting for Ursula to be in the background overhearing this too. Maybe I’ve seen too many sitcoms.

Ines and Ofelia visit Camila, Ines gets sent off to visit with the others so Camila and Ofelia can talk. She says that she really likes Jimena and Claudio, when Camila says “What about Ascanio?” she just says “eh.” Camila asks Ofelia what that was all about and Ofelia says Ascanio obviously likes Ines a bit but Ines, well…. Camila says yes, she has been and still is in love with Vasco. Camila says her brother is so guapo, but for Ines she wouldn’t recommend him, Ofelia says that Santiago told her the same thing. So everyone knows that Vasco is a god for nothing, it seems. I predict him falling in with the wrong crowd and managing to hurt (physically or emotionally) one of our heroes at some point. Like maybe he’ll join Juancho’s band of pirates and end up robbing his own father’s store. Well, actually, just joining them at all would be bad because they are the ones who kidnapped his sister. Also, before we move on, I wouldn’t refer to Ofelia as one of the ‘sexy’ ladies on this show, but she really loves to put her breasts on display. I guess she’s a widow, still trying to attract some guy, rather than just acting like the other middle aged people in the town. Maybe that’s why Justo keeps hanging around – “hmmm let me go over to Ofelia’s and ogle her boobies for a bit.” Anyway, Ofelia wants to know how Camila is doing about everything. Camila says she understands about Santiago marrying Rita and there’s nothing that can be done about it. Ofelia feels guilty about it, she says if only Camila had sent a note or something. Camila says she sent one to her father, but it must not have made it. This is at least the third mention of “why didn’t you send a note” so it is written IN STONE that the card will come back alive at some point and Rita will go down. Then I guess Camila will have to make a choice between Ric and Santiago. Ofelia says that she’s sure that Camila will find a nice guy to marry soon.

When Ofellia and Ines leave, Ines says that she always liked Camila better than Rita, even though Rita got nicer after she married Santiago, but now she’s even worse than before. Ines says that Camila still loves Santiago, or Santiago loves Camila, or something like that, basically she says that hope never dies. Ofelia says shut your mouth, but Ines says no, always have hope. In this case, having that hope means that nobody will be happy. Camila will stay alone while Saintly and Rita continue their loveless marriage.

Ofelia tells Santiago that she loves Vasco like a son, but they need to find some other guy to marry Ines. Santiago says yes, what about Ascanio? Ofelia says they don’t know enough about him and besides, he lives with Camila. For Ines, she wants someone independent an successful. Hmmm how interesting that this comes up the very same time that Ascanio gripes about being a kept man. Santiago says he can ask Camila more about Ascanio, Ofelia accuses him of finding excuses to go see her. He says for crying out loud they live in the same town, she is his sister-in-law, are they supposed to pretend the other doesn’t exist? Ofelia says no, but they need to stay away from each other for the greater good. Saintly gripes that it’s no good. He makes some metaphor about Christ, to which Ofelia says “you’re not Christ” but I didn’t get it.

Ric and Mario get back to town, Ric is going to go see Camila. He says he’s going to tell her the truth. Which truth, I don’t know. Mario says she is going to denounce him, Ric says maybe, but whatever, he has to tell her the truth. Mario sees Jimena walking along, he tells the porter at the hotel to take care of his horse and take his stuff to his room, then adds menacingly “without stealing anything!” The porter is insulted and says that isn’t necessary to say, he is honorable. Mario chases after Jimena and catches up with her. She is very scared of him, but he says he just wants to talk. She says about what, your boss ‘El Antillano’? He says yes. She says what lies are you going to tell me, that he turned into a saint? Mario says no, just the truth. If she doesn’t like what he says, whatever.

Monday – you ladies can get all in a tizzy as Captain Ric turns on the bedroom charm and tells Camila that he is falling in love with her, as well as admitting his true identity. Then, just to make trouble, Santiago somewhere out in the open finds Camila and kisses her, which Ric sees, so they have to fight about it. Whew!

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