Caray, Caray!

Buenas noches a todos. We start our evening after Sofia’s decision to stop the construction of the cabaña and that the bricklayers will never return. Gabby tells Fernie not to worry about this decision.

The bros. are in complete awe over Gramps’s Chuck-E-Cheese coins. “Don’t touch!” warns Juan. “It’s a tempting offer and we could solve a lot of our problems, but we would rather work really hard to come out ahead.” “Are you boys sure about this?” asks Gramps. “Of course we are” says Juan. “Yeah, my brother and I don’t have a brain between us, so we do whatever Juan says” grumbles Oscar. “I would take the offer if I were you” says Gramps, “but, because of this decision I respect you even more. He starts to wheel off, but Oscar stops him and asks if he can have just one little coin for himself, but backs down at Juan’s proud scowl.

Mommy is congratulating her little yernito in the office. She’s so proud that he was the better person when he gave Sofia the decision of building the cabaña or not building it. “Well, I just hope that one day I gain her affection.” “You will!” she asserts, “because you deserve it!” He proceeds to play the role of trustful accountant and ultimate executor of all Hacienda Agustin funds. “Here are the papers that prove it’s all here and I’m a good person.” “Oh, you flatter me. No need for those, I trust you” says an excited Gabby. Fernie thought-bubbles: “this new hypocritical attitude I got goin’ on is really working out great.”

Father Tadeo is in his study. “I have to write to my superiors and have them annul Sofia’s marriage. She can not continue with that Fernie. I will fight to free her, even if it’s the last thing I do.” Obviously, it will be the last thing he does, but the letter will somehow not arrive to the superiors, only to be found by some third party the last two weeks of this telenovela. Any bets I’m right?

Back in the clinic the bros. are thinking about how generous Gramps is. “Yeah, that whole family is pretty generous, at least most of ‘em” says Oscar. “Yeah” says Franco. “Woa, woa, woa. Don’t be thinking they’re nice, because they aren’t. We have to stick to our oath of vengeance. Right? Right?” None of them is really sure. “Stay the path! Stay the path!” Okay George Bush…

Jimena is serious and thoughtful in her bedroom. She confesses to Eva that she’s sad about Oscar disappointing her. Eva assures her that she’s always here to help. “You are so good Eva; I can always talk to you, unlike my mother. You are so thoughtful, caring, and helpful, unlike my mother. Why can’t my mother be like you?” Is this a hint that Jimena is Eva’s long-lost daughter?

Father Tadeo makes a visit to the hacienda where he meets Gabby. He comes to tell her that he will be conducting a Mass especially for the memory of Bernie and that her penitence is to attend the Mass and pray for the dead Libia. “Oh, you can count on me Father; I’m always ready to show the world that I am a good Christian.” “Right. And what about Sofia and Fernie: are they still sleeping in the same bed?” he asks. “Oh, no, Fernie is being such a gentleman by giving Sofia her own space. And whataya know? He even let her stop the construction of the cabaña!” Father Tadeo has a look of disgust. “Gabby, do you believe in Fernie’s sincerity?” “I don’t have any reason to doubt him. Why do you ask?” “No reason, no reason. Don’t pay any attention to me.” She has that look on her face that says; “I already don’t listen to you, you’re crazy for not praising Fernie.”

Eva thinks that Jimena and Sarita should live it up a little by going out and having fun. But Jimena explains that mommy wouldn’t allow it. “But you shouldn’t let your mother or anyone else stop you from living your life.” “Well, how do I pull it off?” “You’re a clever girl, you’ll figure it out.”

Sarita and Sofia are talking. “It may sound ridiculous, but I want you to show me how to fix myself up real purty.” She’s finally had the epiphany; no, Sarita, ever since we got off the Oregon Trail we don’t dress like pioneers anymore. “For Franco?” asks Sofia. “Yes. It’s just, I’ve never thought about my physical features and I want to impress him.” “Oh, Sarita, you don’t have to use make-up to impress him (I don’t use it and look at me…hmmJ), it’s the inside that counts, and you are beautiful on the inside.” “Thanks sis, you make me feel special and sure of myself.” They hug and smile, but the problem now is that Sarita thinks that you really don’t need make-up; this is a big mistake.

I’m just going to throw this out there: Franco has been sitting up in bed, fully conscious and in no pain, for three episodes now--don’t you think it would be okay for him to go home and sit on his own bed?”
Anyway, Juan and Franco are talking about Rosario and how he fears for her safety. At the same time Rosario is talking to her helper-person, and confesses that she loves Franco more and more each day, but feels obligated to separate herself from him for purposes of his safety.

Sabotage/spy time at the hacienda. Oscar is snooping around the gardens looking for some action, or, that is, Jimena. So, he jumps the fence, as if he couldn’t simply push through the shrubbery.
Jimena is conveniently in the garden and is thinking over Eva’s words. “What can I do?” she asks herself. Here’s Oscar to warm her lonely heart. “Well, I’m not going to work here anymore so I just wanted to say goodbye and I’m sorry.” EYYYYY AWWWWW. There’s that really corky donkey, whom I’ve named Eeyore, and its owner Father Tadeo. “Go, go, go” pleads Jimena. “Okay, but I’ll be back” warns Oscar. He leaves and Jimena approaches Father. She needs to talk to him. “Okay, but I hope you don’t have to confess, because everyone else in this house if confessing and, well, it’s not good.” “Nah, I just need to talk to you as a friend.” She admits that she has been having dreams about…men! Various men! But she’s not guilty, she loves men. “In this very moment I’m going to talk to your mother about locking you girls up like this” says Tadeo. And might I point out those glasses. Obviously the Church is on some sort of budget, I mean with giving the Father a donkey for transportation and all, but don’t you think they could have rounded up some glasses that were from any decade after the fifties?

Sofia is talking to Gramps. He is telling her about how great the Reyes bros. are. “They are so respectable, etc., etc.” “Exactly” agrees Sofia. “But your mother can not see their worth because they are bakers and bricklayers. But they don’t need money to show their worth. Actually, I think that Franco and Oscar would make great partners for Sarita and Jimena. And of course, you need someone like Juan.” Sofia smiles at this remark.

Sarita is by the wall reading poetry. Looks steamy. “BOO!” Jimena jumps out from behind the wall. “You scared me!” “You miss Franco!” taunts Jimena. “Well, I’m worried because he hasn’t returned.” “Yeah? Well I saw Oscar! Also, I talked with Father Tadeo, who is going to talk to mom about loosening our chains!!!” Sarita becomes giddy. Sometimes I wish I had these girls’s problems.

“No Gabby” says a frustrated Father Tadeo. “I’m begging you to give these girls some freedom.” “Okay, how about if I still make the girls stay here and I select boys from our social class to be with our girls. It’s the only way I’ll do it.” Father Tadeo concedes.

Eva has brought Franco, who is still in “intensive care,” some soup. “Be careful not to burn your mouth” warns Juan, who eats hot bread straight from the oven. Eva has come to make a deal with the bros. and wants to make sure that they don’t kill anyone. Juan reminds her that they aren’t going to kill anyone yet; they just want to make sure that they avenge their sister’s death.

Fernie has brought mommy some information on asylums; of course, she’s ecstatic. “You know that your wishes are orders to me” says Fernie. “Well, if dad makes me mad we’ll just throw him in this place secretly so that nobody knows.” She tells Fernie about her plans to bring men into the hacienda for her daughters. Fernie doesn’t like the idea of Father Tadeo telling Gabby what to do, but she already gave him her word, which means something, I think. So she’s going to have a big party. She sure changes her mind; she went from no looking at boys to, ‘let’s have a big party all about boys.’

Sofia is out riding in the truly beautiful countryside. She finds a waterfall, the same one in which Libia is buried, Juan Querendon swam, and Gavi sang, among other celebs. What a coinky-dink, Juan is there too. I think he’s reviewing the murder scene for further evidence. He wants to know what happened, but can’t figure it out because he lacks a lot of…uh, never mind.

Oddly enough, Fernie pulls Libia’s necklace out of his safe and places it on a cross. He smiles as he remembers the “accident.” He puts the necklace away and grasps the rod-iron cross. “I sure have a lot left to confess to Father Tadeo.” Uh, yeah you do…

Eva is talking to Gramps/Emiliano Zapata. “I really want those boys to come back to work, but I just need an accomplice. Will you be my accomplice?” “Okay, what does it entail?”

In the clinic, a doctor is removing the bandages. Looks like Franco gets to go home tomorrow if he behaves and doesn’t do anything dangerous.
Everyone is in the foyer enjoying the jokes and good company of Gramps. That is, everyone except the frigid witch (replace “w” with “b”) Gabby, who despises him for being loved and appreciated. He tells a joke about a whore house. Gabby walks by and warns that if he keeps up with his old tricks she’s going to have a big surprise for him. He blows the remark off with the usual defense.

Juan is sleeping in one of the clinic beds and wakes up yelling about his parents. Apparently he knows something about his parents’ death that the rest don’t. They want to know why their parents were murdered. Juan doesn’t really know, but he has a hunch that it was over something that belonged to them.

Fernie and Gabby are talking and are interrupted by the warm-hearted laughter of Gramps and friends. “I can’t take this anymore” says Gabby. “Do you want to continue with the plan?” Before she has time to respond Sofia enters and needs to talk to Gabby. “What do you want?” Sofia asks why they can’t get along and Gabby gives the ridiculous answer that Sofia isn’t anything like her dignified self and is too much like Bernie with her rebel ways and all. (You know Sofia, always wanting to go to the bathroom by herself, what rebel!) Gabby continues to remind Sofia that she owes everything to her. “Yeah, and I also owe my unhappiness to you” responds Sofia. “Here we go again” says Gabby. Sofia tells Gabby that she simply can’t see that the root of all problems is Sofia’s forced marriage, and how it has been detrimental to Sofia’s life. Sofia admits that his forced marriage reminds her of her rape. Gabby rolls her eyes. “I want to contribute my whole self to love and feel its effects. I want to love.” “Sofia!” Heathen! “You talk like a loose woman, you horrify me!” “No, mom, I’m talking like a woman who wishes to love. Now I understand that you don’t understand me, nor do you want to understand me. As always you are more concerned with keeping up appearances than my happiness.” She storms out. Gabby rolls her eyes a few times and goes back to work.

Why is Juan wearing an Aladdin shirt? Well, Juan has something to say. Basically, they failed since they got kicked out of the hacienda. They just assume that they’re going to give up their vengeance. “No way! We’ll find another way to get vengeance; we won’t give up on Libia.” The thing is, no one is quite sure how they’re going to do it. Remember, we’re dealing with a group of men who went to a hacienda, let their horses run off, had the intentions of infiltrating the house, and ended up as bricklayers. I don’t know about you, but any hopes of a new sabotage plan might just prove to be nonexistent.

Gabby is gabbing to Eva that she is giddy that Gramps is gone. Gotta love alliteration. “I have a solution to your problem with Don Agustin; just move him into the cabaña, it would be a waste to knock it down.” “Explain yourself Eva” demands Gabby, though, how do you make that any clearer? I guess this could be a ploy for Eva to get Gramps out by himself and then take advantage of him when he’s down. She clearly has a thing for older men/bosses.

Gabby tells Fernie that she’s going to continue construction on the cabaña to get Gramps out of the house for now. This will avoid most of their current problems with him and allow them to do more devious planning.

Flash to outside. We see three, well, more like one and a half beautiful girls. Sarita has had an extreme makeover, by which I mean she took her glasses off and let down her hair. They meet their counterparts who are dressed in charro outfits. Gabby has rehired the bros. to continue construction on the cabaña. The girls are happy. Happy because the bros. are back that is.

Gramps is dressed just like that one guy from Pasión. “Sister Storm is winning the battle, but not for long.” He closes Fernando de Salamanca’s telescope. “We must celebrate the arrival of our allies.” I love how Televisa recycles props.

Eva gets in the car with the girls, who are going to Bernie’s mass. “What are you doing Eva?” asks Gabby. “Going to mass.” “No way, if you want to remember Bernie you pray for him here, now get out! Fernie! Let’s move it!”

The bros. are back at work, if you can call it that, and Gramps is explaining to them that he is the one who will be living there. It’s important that they do the job right because this is also going to be the bachelor’s pad!
Eva is praying and remembering Bernie. She promises that she is going to help his daughters.

Gramps is giving dating advice to Franco. “You never give up, you must keep fighting.” He quotes Napoleon who said that in war and love you never give up. He also warns Franco that he should be more careful with his friends so that he doesn’t end up wounded like the last time. Oscar asks Gramps if he has had a lot of girlfriends and he answers ‘of course!’ He actually had his first girlfriend during the Revolution, when Zapata, his friend, didn’t have a girlfriend. Oscar then approaches Gramps for love advice. “You’ve come to the right place my boy!” He tells him to write love letters and to send flowers. Women love surprises too.

Sofia is in the clinic and has a flashback to her conversation with Juan. We’ve seen this everyday since Friday…

Back at the construction site Juan is the only one working, of course. He remembers an encounter with Sofia; we’ve seen this before too.

Tomorrow: Sofia and Juan are kind of talking and kind of holding hands. He’s talking about some secret he has and she wants to know what it is. But uh oh, Fernie sees this and isn’t happy.

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