Caray, Caray!

If anybody would like to take over my Thursday slot - or half of it - let me know!

From yesterday: Sofia (wearing the oddest waist-cincher) gets barfy and realizes she's pregnant; the Reyes finally finish the cabaña and Gabriela is pleased she'll never see them again. "You low-lifes, you're all the same, in fact you remind me of low-life gal that came by here, name of Libia, God punish her." Juan stops her, Gab slaps him, he does something back as the girls come up and Sofia is shocked and stalks off saying "I won't let you lay a finger on Ma." Ma: "Leave here or I call the police!" The other girls arrive as Gab staggers and Sofia shoots daggers at Juan and his brothers drag him off the premises.

"I FEEL VERY BAD!," sobs Gabriela, she sobs and barks for quite a while, threatening to die and demanding that Sofia tell which bed her boots were under on "that night." Sofia refuses to tell, but gives BIG HINTS: "You'll know the truth soon, it's a truth that makes me happy, I won't be able to hide it."

Eva brings tea and Gab yells: "I should have run you off when you got pregnant, you're a whore like Libia, get out of here!"

At the bakery Oscar and Franco are worried about Juan's violence, after all it was he who reminded THEM to keep cool heads. Now he's hurt Jimena and Sofia. Juan looks - confused. "Yes, I suppose I've lost her forever."

Furd wants the Reyes boys in jail, she's satisfied with their absence. "Gabriela, how I wish I had been there to defend you! I'll be frank, I'm staying not just for Sofia, but for you, you are important, very important to me." They do mutual hand stroking, eeewww.

They are still hand stroking after the commercials and Gab says: "You're the best man I've ever known, how can Sofia not want you?" "Don't let's talk about it, rather, let's figure out how to get Gramps to sign those checks."

The girls debate getting a doctor and wonder why Juan was so aggressive. Sofia thinks he's very hurt she wouldn't go with him.

Were you astonished, as I was, by Oscar's huge and ridiculous headwrap in the next bakery scene? It looked like a bathing cap. Juan is sorry he upset the girls but not sorry he slapped Gabriela to defend Libia's honor. Juan's wearing a very clean shirt today. Quintina arrives with Libia's picture all repaired; Juan tells Libia that he misses her, that things are complicated, that his love is destined for disaster, that it "will never bear fruit."

And, oh yeah, Quintana and Juan tell each other how much they miss Gramps, now that he's gone back to the hacienda.

Gramps tells Sofia: "I understand you're bothered, but don't be so quick to judge - ask Juan why it happened." "I gave him his liberty, but now, well, maybe things have changed - Gramps, I need to tell you something wonderful and delicate -- " He's all happy about his first grandchild, he advises Sofia to stop worrying what Ma thinks and make the child's happiness her first responsibility.

Oscar still insists he'll be marrying Jimena, but evidently in some episode I missed Jimena saw him embrace Rosario and now she is very hostile. She tells Sofia about the pact she and Tweedle made - to pretend to be a couple, thereby getting all parental units off their backs - Sofia agrees not to tell.

Tweedle-dum tells his auntie she was right, he'll marry Jimena, the uncle will be happy, the uncle and aunt will build an apartment for them on the grounds somewhere. "Where's Tweedle-dee?" asks Auntie. Tweedle-dum doesn't know. We see Tweedle-dee asking Common Folk if they know where Eugenia (his true love) is. Eugenia has gone to town looking for work. She runs into Quintana's nephew, who is instantly struck by her beauty, and his ma Hortensia says Don Saul down the street might need an employee.

Furd gets violent with Sofia in her bedroom again, claiming that her disappearance entitles him to full disclosure: "Where were you, and with what rat?" She shows some backbone. "From now on, I consider us free from each other - you may do as you please with your life, I will do the same. I don't want any fights - especially now, I have a powerful reason..."

Gabriela complains to Eva: "I can see in your eyes that you hate me." "No, I don't hate you, but it pains me you pretend to be so pious and yet show no compassion for the pain of a mother." Furd is eavesdropping and realizes Eva thinks Rosario is her daughter.

Gramps, in a hard-hat with land plats in his lap, is muttering, "These lands were not originally part of our hacienda..." when Gabriela barges in. "I see your, uh, illness has taken your manners away." "You are pathetic and ridiculous, and there are a lot of checks you have to sign for us." "I'll sign anything on the condition that Furd leaves here." "He'll never leave." "Then I won't sign anything." "You'll be sorry, I swear!"

Juan is having visions of Sofia in the bakery. He screams (beautifully, this was my favorite moment in the show) when Pablito shows up to work. Juan asks: "Do you see anybody?" "Uh, no." Juan starts showing him how to knead dough and then decides to use him as messenger again and sends a letter to Sofia: "I'm sorry, please let me explain," etc.

Juan goes nuts waiting for the response and eventually Pablito runs in, all out of breath, and eventually pants out that Sofia will come to the bakery this very afternoon. Juan is so happy, he throws Pablito around gleefully.

Sofia tells Eva about the baby, Eva says: "Fight for him - you deserve to be happy!"

Franco is carelessly dumping buns on the floor when Ofelia, Rosario's dresser, rushes in. "Something bad has happened to Rosario, she's disappeared."

We see Rosario with her son, who's trying to sleep but she is dripping tears on him and stroking him and saying "From now on, I'll forget about being a woman, I'll dedicate myself to being a mother." Furd comes in and says he offers Rosario an excellent bargain: all she has to do is "pretend" to be Eva's daughter, and maybe she actually is, and she'll win out either way.

Jimena is walking with Tweedle when Oscar comes by; she shows her ring. Oscar walks right by her to a nice babe who is standing conveniently at hand, calls her his queen, and sweeps her off. Tweedle can tell by Jimena's reaction: "You're in love with Oscar!" "It's that obvious?" "Why are you not together?" "He betrayed me." She says she wants to go on with the "pact" - to the end.

Eva and Sofia are trying to slip quietly down the stairs to hie themselves to the bakery but Gabriela catches them, barks "You're not going anywhere!" and "faints."

So while the girls are, as usual, hysterically tending to their mother, Juan is pacing in disappointment at the bakery till dark, when he decides to go find Sofia, he is determined that this very day Sofia will understand that Libia was his sister and that's why he reacted as he did...

... meanwhile Gabriela is shouting at all her daughters to leave her alone, Gramps wheels in and says "You're lying about this health thing," Gab yells: "You just want to see me dead, like you saw my mother dead, you killed her, assassin, murderer!" and continues in this vein as the sisters watch aghast and Gramps yells, "Yes, I was drunk, but YOU were driving!" Gabriela faints again. "Breathe, mama, breathe!"

At this moment Juan arrives on his horse and starts scaling the wall - unfortunately a guard with a gun stops him.

Tomorrow: Juan is shot dead. No, not really. Sofia tells her mom she's pregnant.

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