Caray, Caray!

Ester tells Inspector Duarte that Alcides/Hugo has changed. Maybe so,
says the Inspector but he only deals in facts. Hugo says that he is
innocent. "Really?" says Duarte, "How do you know since you claim to
have lost your memory?" Hugo says that he would remember killing his
wife. "Tell it to the judge," says Duarte. The police handcuff Hugo.
Ester tells the police that Soledad wouldn't have denounced Alcides.
Hugo says that he doesn't believe Soledad was involved and that the
accusation came through Arturo. Duarte tells him to be careful who he
accuses. He tells them it was who Lucas denounced Hugo. Ester is
impactada.

Paquito tells Arturo that he has told Eloisa many times what a great guy
Arturo is and what a big mistake she is making by dumping him. Arturo
says that he knows that Eloisa's actions are caused by the other man she
is seeing. In addition to finding out about Eloisa's other suitor,
Arturo wants Paquito to find out all he can about Alcides. For money,
Paquito is happy to do whatever Arturo wants but it might take a little
time. No problem, says Arturo.

Soledad tells Ursula and Enrico that she and the baby have to run away
from her house to avoid being forced to go back to live with Alcides.
She doesn't want her daughter around Alcides. Ursula and Enrico agree to
help her. They can go to Enrico's hideaway. They go out the window and
sneak along the side of the house. Ursula makes a noise but they escape
unheard. Soledad doesn't even leave a note, which, of course, is going
to make her family think that she was kidnapped.

Dr. Pablo talks to the other nurse and says that Beatriz has been acting
very strangely lately. He mentions that she won't answer his questions
and has moved from where she was living without telling anyone. The
nurse says that Beatriz has always been strange but agrees that lately
she has been more so.

In the House of Sadism not much is happening. Beatriz is either taking a
break from torturing Alcides or she is starting to go catatonic. Alcides
is either semi-conscious or he has learned that trying to reason with
Beatriz only gets him smacked around more.

While loading Soledad et al into his cart, Enrico remembers the flower.
He decides to back for it later. Guarding the flower is a command from
above. They have to have it.

Antonia tells Hugo that she will talk to Lucas and get him to withdraw
the charges. Hugo says that he only wants to protect Soledad. Ester asks
Hugo if he is really worried about Soledad and the baby. Hugo says, "Why
do you think that is so strange?" then he whispers to Ester, "Is it
because the marriage was only a business negotiation?" Ester, says, "No,
I know you loved her and that is why I didn't oppose the marriage."
"This is not the right moment to talk about that," says Hugo.

Outside the house, Boris insists that he has to speak with Hugo. The
police let Hugo speak briefly with Boris. He tells Boris to get money
together and bail him out of jail. If he has to stay in prison for any
length of time, he might get a catalepsy attack and be taken for dead
(again). Boris says he will do it right away.

Rebeca tells Eloisa that she is playing with fire by seeing Alcides.
Rebeca says that Eloisa has always wanted a rich husband and now she is
giving one up to be the mistress of a married man. Eloisa says that she
knows what she is doing. When Rebeca leaves, she says that she isn't
sure whether what she feels for Alcides is love or lust but she just
wants to spend a lot of time with him.

Paquito witnesses the arrival of Alcides in the paddy wagon at the
police station. He immediately wants to know why Alcides was arrested.

Lucas returns home to reproaches from Ester. Lucas believes that he is
protecting Soledad by getting Alcides out of her life. Ester is
convinced that Alcides has changed and no longer is any threat to their
daughter. Antonia comes in to report that Soledad and the baby are gone.

Enrico goes back to get flower. When he has gone, Soledad says that
Enrico is a little peculiar but he is a great person and she always
feels safe with him. Ursula doesn't offer her opinion.

Eloisa arrives at the Hacienda. Marina tells her that Alcides is out and
she doesn't know when he will be back. Eloisa says that she will wait.
Boris returns to the Hacienda to get the money to bail Hugo out of jail.
He tells Marina and Eloisa that Alcides/Hugo has been arrested. (It's
amazing that Boris and Marina never slip up and refer to their boss as
Hugo when someone else is present. It must be very confusing.) Eloisa
immediately leaves the Hacienda. She is sure that Hercu-less is watching
her and will report that she has been there to Alcides (and she is
right; he's in the bushes). She says that she will take care of that.

Paquito tells Arturo that Alcides was arrested. Paquito doesn't know why
yet but Arturo doesn't care. It's enough that Alcides is in jail. He
gives Paquito a lot of money and says that he needs to contact the
person who got Arturo out of jail before. More money changes hands.

Boris is packing up the bail money. He tells Marina that because of his
illness, Hugo can't stay locked up. He might have a catalepsy attack.
Marina asks if he has thought about what Hugo would do without him.
"It's my job to help him," replies Boris. Marina starts her old refrain
- what about us, our lives, our plans. "Don't start that again," says
Boris. Marina asks what Boris will do if he can't get Hugo out on bail.
Boris says that in that case, he will have to do something more radical.
Hugo can't tolerate being locked up. Marina then suggests that just
leaving Hugo in jail and going off to live on his money might be the
best thing for them. Boris is aghast. "I will never betray Hugo," he
says and leaves. Alone, Marina wonders if this is the opportunity to
separate Boris from Hugo that she has been waiting for. (Marina, you
really thought that Boris was going to react positively to a suggestion
that he let Hugo rot in jail, have a catalepsy attack and get buried
alive again? Why don't you ask him to just shoot Hugo and put him out
his misery and then steal all his money. )

Now the comic relief. Dr. Max decides to do a Pygmalion with Elena and
turn her into a lady. He gets her some fancy new clothes and tries to
teach her about wine, with little success. Dr. Max tells the Cabinet of
his Dead Wife not to be jealous. Elena is part of his plan to bring her
back to life. Guillermo plays a serenade on his violin for Elena, gets
into a fist fight with Dr. Max over her, releases some poison gas and
appears to be left behind in the laboratory to die. But we know that
won't happen.

Ester is concerned that Soledad and her baby have disappeared. They
wonder if she has been kidnapped. They will go to the police. As the
Obragon party leaves the house, Enrico, who has come back to get the
flower, hears that Alcides is in jail.

Arturo goes to see the prosecutor. This is the same prosecutor that
Paquito blackmailed to get Arturo out of jail before. The prosecutor
caves into Arturo's threats to reveal scandalous information about him.
Arturo tells the prosecutor that Alcides is his enemy and he wants him
dead. All the prosecutor has to do is have a certain prisoner put in
Alcides' cell.

Hugo is put into a cell. As he watches the guard lock the door of the
cell, you can see that he is going to react to being locked up the same
way he did to being in the mine. He tells himself that he has to be
strong. Soon, Boris will come and get him out of there. He has a
flashback to being buried alive.

At Enrico's Hideaway, Soledad is nervous and won't eat. Ursula says,
"Don't tell me you saw Hugo. This place has ghosts in it already."
Soledad claims this is different: something bad is going to happen. Her
heart is racing. Ursula suggests that maybe she is having a reaction to
the baby being kidnapped, etc.

The judge refuses to release Alcides/Hugo on bail. Boris is beside
himself. Inspector Duarte thinks Boris is acting suspiciously
considering his past experience with Alcides (having Boris arrested for
robbery; fighting about the will; throwing him out of his house, etc.)
Poor Boris. He can't explain.

Inspector Duarte goes to Hugo's cell and tells him that he will be there
for a long time. He tells Hugo that Soledad has disappeared. Duarte
tells Hugo that if he has had Soledad kidnapped to keep her from
testifying against him, he will hang.

As part of her plan to get Hercu-less off her tail, Eloisa goes to see
Gladis. She spins her a tale that she has postponed the wedding because
she is afraid of failing Arturo. She tells Gladis that she hasn't dumped
Arturo. She just needs more time. Arturo comes in. Eloisa says that
people are saying that Arturo kidnapped the baby but she doesn't believe
it. She says that she went to Alcides' house to tell him to stop
spreading lies about Arturo. Arturo appears to be completely bamboozled
by this. He is glad that Eloisa is defending him. Eloisa won't let him
kiss her and tells him that it doesn't mean she will marry him. He won't
pressure her to marry him. He only wants to be able to court her.

Enrico tells Ursula that Alcides has been arrested and they decide not
to tell Soledad about this. Soledad probably doesn't care what happens
to Alcides.

Arturo finds a lowlife and hires him to kill Alcides in prison this
night.

Soledad doesn't feel well. She says that she did wrong to leave her
house without saying goodbye but she was afraid of Alcides. Enrico blabs
that Alcides can't hurt her where he is now. Soledad asks what he means.
Ursula and Enrico have no choice but to tell her that Alcides has been
arrested.

The lowlife is put in Hugo's cell. Hugo is having trouble breathing and
is barely conscious. The lowlife says that he knows Hugo is faking being
ill to try and get released but it won't work. He admires Hugo's
jewelry.

Arturo is happy. He says that today is great day - by tonight Alcides
will be dead and Eloisa still cares for him. Hercu-less arrives and says
he saw Eloisa leave Alcides' house. The success of Eloisa's plan becomes
clear. Arturo no longer wants Hercu-less to spy on her. Gladis comes in
and reminds Hercu-less that he is supposed to be working for her. She
wants him back as her coachman.

Boris tells Marina to pack up their stuff. He has dynamite and he will
use it to get Hugo out of jail. Marina tells him that he is crazy. They
will be the obvious suspects if they break Hugo out of jail. They will
be fugitives. Whatever, says Boris but he must save Hugo.
When he leaves, Marina says that she can't permit Boris to do this.

Dr. Pablo follows Beatriz to the House of Sadism. He hears a man's voice
when she goes inside and wonders if Beatriz is living with a man there.

Boris sets the dynamite. Before he can light the fuse, Marina knocks him
unconscious. She begs his forgiveness but says that she can't continue
to let him do such crazy things.

Hugo is unconscious from a catalepsy attack. The lowlife waits until
everything is quiet and then starts to smother Hugo with his jacket. At
that moment, Soledad arrives outside Hugo's cell. She sees what is
happening and calls for the guard. The credits roll.


Tomorrow- Soledad gives Hugo mouth to mouth resuscitation.

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