Caray, Caray!

Buenas noches a todos. Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and warm welcome. I am very happy to be a part of the recapping team. Well, on with the show…!

So we start the evening with Sarita and Jimena arguing in the garden. “How can you kiss that guy? You hardly know him!” “Well, you know, kissing is a way to get to know someone.” “No way sister, you’re going to have to confess to Father Tadeo.” “But I’ll give him a heart attack if I tell him what I was doing with Oscar! And by the way, thanks for distracting mom.” Jimena continues to tell Sarita how wonderful it is to be in the arms of the strong and masculine Oscar. “You know, Oscar says that all three of the Reyes brothers are single. Therefore you can go out with Franco!” Sarita sighs and suddenly loosens up. “Well, we were talking yesterday: he is so simple and likes to read… (Sure doesn’t take much to please this one!) “I knew it girl! Now both of us are going to have to confess!” Sarita goes back to her frigid self.

At the construction site the bros are talking about how they like the sisters. Oscar tells Franco about how much he likes Jimena. Franco says, “Just make sure you are respecting her and that she agrees to be with you.” “I know, I’m pretty sure she does. She is good. And how’s it going with you and Sarita?” “Well, we were talking…” “Just talking?” “Hey, I’m not like you, and Sarita ain’t like Jimena!” “Well, the least you can do is hug her. And what about you Juan, how are you getting close to Sofia?” “What do you care?” asks Juan. Father Tadeo approaches and asks the bros why they aren’t going to church. Juan decides that for what seems to be the first time in a long time that the bros are going to give the church thing a go. “Thanks for caring about us so much Father” says Juan.

In the battle tents (a.k.a. Gramps’ room) Gramps is with Gabby. She wants to know who let him out of his room yesterday. “Angels” he says. “Ah, well, if I find out who these ‘angels’ are, you’re going to be in a lot of trouble.” “And if you try anything, I’m going to embarrass you in public. You decide which one you want more.” He moves the troops into battle. Gabby gets mad and marches out. “What are you doing?” Apparently she has a plan to get back at her dad for being well-liked and friendly to the public.

Back at project cabaña the brothers are “working” with water-logged lumber. Sofia passes on horseback and gives Juan a good look.

Hubby asks a farm hand where she went and tells the guy to follow her immediately on horseback. What was she thinking riding her horse in her own backyard?!

Juan sees this and gives Fernando a look of contempt.

Gabby is talking to Father Tadeo, who is thrilled with the success of the fundraiser. It’s really going to help out with the public programs. “Good job planning everything. Sofia is such a good girl. And what about that guy who represented Hacienda Agustin? What a guy!” “I didn’t invite him, nor do I know who did” she rolls her eyes. “Well I did!” “How!” “I saw him working in the fields.” “On Sunday?! On the day of rest!” she’s disgusted that anyone would work on a Sunday.

Sofia’s on horseback. And no, she is not riding side-saddled even though she has a dress on. New aged women… She’s thinking about the one time that she ever saw Juan. “Why doesn’t my body reject him? Why is it different with him? Why don’t I care that Juan touches me? Yet I freak-out when Fernie touches me? Why?” (Because Fernie is a pervert.) Fernie then comes up to Sofia on horseback and demands to know what she is doing here. “Uh, dad always said this would be a good place to plant chiles… I would like to fulfill his wishes.” “I’ll have someone do it immediately.” “No, I’d like to do it myself.” Bernardo’s horse, which seems to have a human personality and understands everything that is going on, gets angered with Fernie’s presence. (You see, Mr. Ed could hold conversations, but this horse can interpret situations and act accordingly!) “Seems like dad’s horse is a little flustered with your presence.” “Naw, it’s crazy. But anyway, I wanted to talk to you about last night.” “Yeah, about that, just divorce me because I hate you, don’t love you, can’t stand you, etc.” He refuses a divorce and tries to kiss her. She rejects him, can’t stand his presence. While she is fighting with him she falls to the ground and attempts to wriggle away from his grasp. He then uses her leg to crawl up her body and starts to grope her. “Let go of me!” He doesn’t. Suddenly, the cute little animations signal Sofia’s memory of her rape. She remembers when she was walking along by herself and her aggressor attacked her. Sofia notices the tattoo of a snake as she meekly mutters “Help.” Back in reality she continues to yell at Fernando and has a sort of epiphany, which alludes to Fernie being the rapist.

Gabby is talking with the bros. “Thanks for representing our hacienda in yesterday’s events, but no one does anything without my authorization, and much less my employees.” How dare anyone do something nice for her without her permission!

Sofia races in on horseback as she dramatically escapes Fernie who is chasing her.

“Okay, we get that you’re the boss around here. We just wanted to make things a little fun for a change. But, we recognize that you make the rules.” She leaves. Then gramps comes in. “I see that you escaped Sister Storm. And thanks for freeing me yesterday.” “No problem gramps” says the ever-skeptic Juan. “Well, lucky for you guys, I know a little about construction. So, if you ever need any help, just come on over.” Gramps then takes a puff on his Sherlock Holmes pipe. (Evidently gramps understands that you can't build a brick foundation directly on the grass and with no mortar.) Uh oh, here come the horse racers. Juan instinctively looks toward Sofia. He thinks that Sofia has never ridden a horse before and doesn’t know how to stop the thing. So, being the hero machista that he is, he runs after it and simply yells “Ha” and Bernie’s horse stops. Sofia is frightened; apparently she forgot that she was making the horse run in the first place. “Are you okay” ask Juan and Fernie simultaneously. “Don’t ever touch me again” says a disgruntled Sofia to Fernando. Juan gives Fernie a mean glance, but doesn’t dare say anything because Fernie is his employer.

Sofia goes off to her room crying.

Back outside, Gramps thanks Juan. (Was that for telling the horse to stop, of for ignoring Grandpa as the horse was charging at him?) “Juan ya’ gotta be more careful” says Franco. “Remember, we’re not here to make friends, we’re here to hurt these girls, it was our oath to our sister” says Oscar. “Yeah” says Franco. Juan contemplates (never a good sign). “You’re right, you’re right” says Juan. “Damn it!” he says and stomps off. (I think that these guys forget what their true objective is here. For some reason, Juan thought that it would be a good idea to “hurt” the Agustin girls, but this plan was never really planned out because they actually like the girls and then remember that they don’t. Does this make sense to anyone else?)

Gabby and Fernie are talking in the office. “I’m desperate” says Fernando. I love Sofia, protect her, and respect her. But she rejects me, humiliates me, etc.” “I’ll talk to her seriously” says Gabby, who never wants her right hand man to leave her by herself (weird, I know). Fernando finally comes to his senses and reasons that he will divorce Sofia. “No no no, we don’t need any more family scandals” says Gabby. “No way” she asserts “Well, I’m tired of fighting and being rejected. I’ll just end it.” Now Gabby’s the desperate one…

Sofia is talking to Jimena. “I just don’t love him and I can’t give him any more chances.” “Well, just separate yourself from him.” “I want to, but mom won’t let me. I’m just condemned to be sad for the rest of my life. I will never meet love.” “Hey, don’t think that. If you found a man who loved you and made your life happy, would you love him even if he were poor?” asks Jimena who is thinking about her own relationship out loud. “Well, I think I would” responds a heartbroken Sofia.

Now it looks like all the bros constructed today is a wobbly wall of stacked bricks. Why does nothing get done around here? Oh, that’s right, they are choreographing sabotage. Well, that wraps up one day of work…
Juan has to stay back and talk to someone. The bros call him back. He reassures them that he remembers what they all set out to do.

Back at the “Hooters in the middle of nowhere” Rosario is on the ground cringing at the sight of Fernie with his shirt off. Oh no! It’s the same snake tattoo that Sofia saw when she was being raped. Why has no one ever realized this obvious link that undoubtedly convicts Fernando of Sofia’s rape? Rosario cries…

Sofia is contemplating as Juan barges in. He needs to see her. “Sofia…” He touches her face and looks into her eyes. He assumes the kissing position… They share a passionate kiss. Surprisingly, Sofia is not afraid of this man. She steps away and realizes what has happened. “You shouldn’t have kissed me.” “Why not if I love you.” “No, it can’t be, I’m not a free woman.” “I know, I’m reminded of it all the time.” “Well, still, it shouldn’t have happened.” Juan has a flashback of Libia’s presumably illegal and certainly unorthodox burial. He has the look of a killer as her remembers his oath to harm the Agustin girls. “You’re right, it shouldn’t have happened, but it did. We can flee to our destiny.” He hurts her with his embrace. She buckles under his arms. “Never come back here and touch me again.” “Oh, but I will, its part of my oath.” “What oath?” she asks. Mom calls and Juan leaves just as mysteriously as he came.

Inspection time at Camp Grandpa. Juan is climbing down the house pillars. But don’t worry, gramps is on the case and ready to investigate as the devil…whatever that means…He rushes to his wardrobe and pulls out a flaming red something-or-other.

“And don’t ever ask me to leave you alone again” says a dressing Fernie in the Hooters place. Rosario is in pain. “Please let me go.” “No, in life, there are paths that don’t have return, so you’re at my mercy for the rest of your life.” “No, just let me have my son.”“No, you don’t deserve him, and if you act up, your son will pay the consequences. But hey, at least you have his picture.” He throws the picture of her son on the floor and Rosario cries…

Gabby is now reproaching Sofia for even considering divorce. “He was the only one who cared for you after your rape.” Gee, would that be because he was the only one who raped her? “But I can’t stand him. I’m not happy.” “Hey, Fernie has taken a lot of your crap and it stops now!” “But he doesn’t have to, he can simply divorce me.” “Never!” “Well, I’ll just have to escape from this damn prison that you keep me and my sisters in.” Gabby goes to slap Sofia but is stopped by the almighty voice of Agustin. Agustin’s entrance is introduced by that corky, loveable music. He is decked out in his devil’s costume, complete with the fire poker and pointed horns. “Hey, you get out of here” demands Gabby. “No way, even though I’m dressed with horns and a poker I’m still your father.” “You’re like a curse that never goes away.” “Well of course I’m a curse; I’m your very own personal devil.” “One day you will pay for everything that you have made me suffer for.” Gabby storms out. “How sorry I am for you for having a mother like her. Is there anything you want to talk to me about? You know, I have this cap that allows me to be helpful in times like these….”

Oscar and Franco, the self-acclaimed “we don’t know how to work” brothers, are relaxing by the wobbly wall/structure. “Where is Juan?” “Well, I’m just worried that he’s always in problems” says Franco. Oscar then approaches Jimena who is conveniently waiting by. Jimena claims that her heart has ached as she has not been near Oscar. “Well, we’ll have to get closer to see what exactly is wrong with it” says Oscar, as he forces his head into her ever-exposed breasts. “No let’s just kiss instead” she says.

Franco finds Sarita reading by his horse. He surprises her as he presents her with a rose. “Please go away, my mom might be around.” “Nah, nobody’s coming.” Sarita starts to read a poem and Franco finishes it by memory/the writing on his hands. Interesting… “I’ve always wanted to fall in love” says Sarita. “Have you ever been in love?” she asks. Franco thinks about Rosario. “Yes. Actually, I’m in an impossible love.” A discouraged Sarita blushes.

In the smoke-filled back room of Fernie’s office he confesses to his crony that he has Gabby eating out of his hand. “She is blindly confident in me and listens to everything I say.” They laugh. He whips his friend for laughing. “Now that I have more power and land, I’m going to need you to be around more…to watch things.”

Sofia is talking to gramps. “I’m not going to force you to talk, but you can always count on me. What is going on with you and that boy?” Pause. Sofia cries in her grandpa’s arms. “I’m so unhappy with Fernie. I hate him and don’t love him. I want to separate from him but mom won’t let me. I can’t continue like this, I can’t.” “I promise that I will help you to leave this house for good honey. Trust in me. It’ll all be okay.” Sofia then remembers her last kiss with Juan. “Why? Why?” she asks.
Sarita is walking her horse. She confesses to Jimena that Franco is in an impossible love. “Well, I’m sure that you are that impossible love” says Jimena. Sarita suddenly cheers up. Too bad that Sarita really isn’t that love.

Franco is walking along and remembers the time that he wasn’t allowed to talk to Rosario. He decides to go and find her.

Gabby is talking to Fernie and tells him that there won’t be anymore problems with that darn heathen Sofia. He proposes that he leave. “No way” says Gabby. “Just know that I have decided to put all of the family fortune in your hands.” Wow, what an idiot. But then again, Gabby will do anything to keep Fernie from leaving, because as we know from the first episode, he is the only one who understands *cough* puts up with her. “I don’t know, seems kind of…” “Hey, I make the decisions around here, and you are the new owner-guy.” “Well, I wanted to wait a little longer for Bernie’s death to pass over but…” Seeing that he already took things into his own hands illegally, it’s just more convenient this way. He smiles as he thinks about this.

Juan is in the bakery, I know, not good. He takes a bite of bread and remembers Sofia. I don’t know why. “I can’t fall in love because that would mean breaking my promise to Libia. No, I don’t love Sofia.” He takes out his anger on the bread and throws the fresh loaves to the ground. Being the economist he is, he brushes them off and puts them back on the trays; actually, he doesn’t brush them off. I guess the health codes are a little less stringent in Mexico… Oscar sees this and immediately recognizes it as Juan being in love. “You can’t go on like this; it’s not fair to our sister.” “I just can’t stop.” Because it’s something stronger than me.” “Ah, you can’t stop? Well, I guess you can stop loving our sister.” OUCH! What’s going to hurt more: Oscar’s remark, or the food poisoning from the Reyes Bread Co.?

Sofia is condoling Bernie’s horse. The sisters decide that the horse is moody because it misses dad. (I am confident that one day this horse will talk!) They all remember how much they love their father and how horrible their mother is. Well, everyone but Sarita who tells them to stop. Sofia continues to say that she knows that Bernie loved Libia and that they should go find her. Too late now... The farmhand, who was supposed to go find Sofia and never did, comes into the stables with the trophy that Juan threw away. Sofia takes it to… uh… give it to Juan. Or maybe just keep it for her shrine of Juan.

Gabby is at the Church. “How good you are” says Father Tadeo. She laughs because she knows it’s not true. A woman comes to thank her and she pushes her away. They’re not from her class, you see. She turns around to Father and reminds him that she has to confess to him later on. “But what sins could you possibly have?” he asks. No, that question is not a joke. Gabby coyly smiles and enters the church. Then, Sofia sees the three bros come into the plaza on horseback. She observes Juan lovingly and gives a hopeful sigh.

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