Caray, Caray!

Dear readers/recappers, I am looking for a substitute recapper for two weeks from tonight (August 12). Willa and I are going to Wyoming for a week. Please e-mail me at cherylnewmex@gmail.com if you want to give this a whirl. I promise it is fun. We will be deeply grateful for any help.


Again tonight we see the only serene, understated moment of the evening, the civil marriage ceremony of Oscar and Jimena. They give us the pleasure of watching a great, sexy kiss. The Judge congratulates them and leaves . Oscar declares that they are married in the law and no one can undo this but we telenovela aficionados know these are deadly words to tempt the fury of fate. They have to decide where to live. She says his place, he thinks life on the hacienda would be so nice She doesn't want to affect he health of the Badmom. She begs him to keep their secret a bit longer. He will make her the happiest woman in the world. But, what about that wedding night?? What about those flooding hormones? She flirts, he kisses and we end the only happy and relatively normal scene we are likely to see tonight.

Sarita is screaming about finding out that Rosario is her sister and Eva betrayed her mother by jumping her father so she screams that she has every right to scream like a banshee. She is a slapping, screaming harpy-machine and Franco should be taking notes at the way this chica loca acts with her snobbish imperialistic attitudes. She stomps off. Rosario may be her father's daughter but she will never be her sister. Abuelo and Franco comfort the tearful Rosario. Sarita really shouldn't be in the presence of small children, she has too much Gabi in her veins.

At the Orfanato the superintendent and social worker tell Juan and Sofia that they have decided that Pablito can stay with them until the proceedings are finished with the adoption. Juan gets a good hug for this.

Gabi dressing in her sexy red robe (harpies in red satin, anyone) feels that arm pain and dizziness again even though these isn't always the symptoms of women having a heart attack and we have no evidence that she truly has a heart to be attacked. She sags on the bed disappointed that she doesn't have the energy to leave her bedroom to slap someone silly.

Juan and Sofia thank the MadreSuperior and the Superintendent for letting Pablito come to live them as provisional guardians.

Sarita breaks into to Mom's heart event moment to demand why she didn't tell her of Eva's betrayal. Gabi gets to ham up the “Eva is to blame for everything”, ohhhh poor me. She avers that she knew nothing of Eva's treachery until the other evening and that provoked her fainting spell. Sarita is reduced to the babbling sorry ass daughter. She doesn't want Badmom to be sick but demands one thing, that she run off Eva immediately. Either Badmom runs Eva off the ranch or she will! Gabi gives a rare smile of satisfaction that usually only a romp with Feo can produce or the nasty delight of revenge....

Oscar and Jimena part at the stone wall in their wedding finery. He is off to prepare a surprise for her on his beautiful horse. Jimena is proud to be the wife of Oscar: soy Jimena Elizondo de Reyes. All three of them are way too pretty.

Abuelo is telling Rosario that the battle has just begun. He predicts that Sarita will finally accept her as a sister in time. Rosario repeats that all she wants is a family. As Franco looks on Rosario leaves and then he notices Pablito peaking around a curtain. What are you doing here hiding demands Franco. Pabllito doesn’t want to be in orphan jail. Abuelo tells Pablito not to cry, generals don't cry.

Quintina comes to the veggie market with a bread basket on her head and a speaker system at the ready. She mocks her relatives wanting to know how her nephew Rigo lost his girlfriend? He says she likes someone else, but Hortensia derails Quintina’s probing by telling him his auntie will publish all she learns.

Juan promises MadreSuperior that he and the Reyes Bros. will repair the Orfanatorio for free. Sofia will hold classes to prepare the children for first communion. There will be some expenses preparing for first communions warns MS.

In the market, Juan and Sofia present the opportunity for the market community to support a orphan for the suits and dresses and love they will need to take first communion. Hortensia and the boys are the first to sign up as god parents to the munchkins. With this smile Juan could go far in the fund raising public relations field. At last J and S have a project that doesn't 't involve touching they can happily do together.
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JImena shows up screeching how happy happy she is. Sarita turns on her badmomclone sneer and spits out the betrayal of Eva and the sisterhood of Rosario. Just then the feckless Eva appears and has to answer Sarita's screams about this rude awakening.

Roasario turns downs a horse ride with Franco since she doesn't want to upset Sarita further with Franco trouble. She wisely decides that he needs to decide but since he seems incapable of this, she will decide for him to good bye forever.

Sarita grunts out answer me x2 Eva says yes. Even Jimena gets into how could you mess with our papa how could you betray my mother. She begs forgiveness and understanding. Sarita is a harpy graduate in this scene with how Eva will have to leave she has no rights all the rights are with he mother . If anything happens with mama you will have all and the only responsibility . how convenient for the Mom harpy . Eva does manage to get in that Sofia knows already.

At the Reyes house Sofia brings warm cups of something in for Rosario so they can chat . Rosario blurts out that Sarita found out from Don Augustine of the parentage and sisterhood news. Sofia wants to know how Sarita received this news. Rosario reports that Sarita said she would never accept her has a sister . Sofia is full of sisterly concern

Oscar is happy in the bakery singing an off key version of the Fuego love song. Juan wants to know Franco and Oscar have they been and why is one happy and the other troubled. Oscar keeps his happy secret, while Franco reveals that Sarita found out that Bernardo is Rosario's father. Juan’s shocked face tells us he didn’t know either. It seems this Bernardo had LOTS of secrets.

Rosario takes the high road and tells Sofia she has given up Franco to avoid further upsetting this so called sister who even if she rejects her Rosario doesn’t want more trouble. Sofia presses when Rosario talks about her checkered past. Why are you not free to love what is your secret, a man? Oh a man if you tell me who he is I can go talk to him.. Oh yes, Sofia you would be perfect for this role.

Armando and Feo discuss that Rosario is definitely the queen of this palace and the bum in jail is content with this pay off to take the blame now of I forget which crime, the Mapache poison sandwich or was it retracting the hearing of Mapache’s deathbed indictment of Feo??

Back at the house of screams the fight breaks out with the two sisters, Eva and Abuelo at the head of the stairs. Eva sputters so long that when she finally wants to explain that Gabi gave away the baby, Gabi finally shows up. She hesitates with pain but has enough energy to spew venom of all the bad that Eva is responsible for, all the sins of the world and all the problems of this family, she is the blemish even though this loving family treated her like a regular member. Yes, she was beaten with words and slapped about and belittled on a daily basis like all the girls.

Eva stands up to Gabi admitting that she has lots of sins but Gabi has not told all the truth to all the girls she admits that she loved Bernardo and too she took advantage of him one drunk night, got herself pregnant but even then Gabi would not let anyone know she was pregnant and then Gabi grabbed the baby from her arms and just then as Eva is sputtering and stammering her truth out Gabi grabs the scene back and clutches the stair case saying she feels really bad and is scared. She should be seeing vultures over her shoulder or outside on the trees .

Abuelo tells the sobbing Eva that the girls will understand some day. She and we are not so sure.

Rosario wandered committed errors got to jail was disgraced all the time menaced by blackguards that were against her she cant love any one she isn't free Sofia wants to know show his is tell me who this coward is, tell me.
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Rosario, responds to Sofia’s naive queries, no can do, no can do , Sofia is sure she can reason with this craven scum, she is so good at it . Rosario runs out. Pobrecita says Sofia.

Feo wants to know how Gabi feels, the queen harpy propped up on her bed with the girls around her. They talk mean about how Eva is the root of all evil and Sarita tells her mom she is right, totally right. She kicks out the girls as she wants to talk to Feo alone. They stare confused and look back a lot but go out of the room under Mom’s stern glance. Feo’s first words are just what we want to know: was the fainting real or fake? He really can't tell either. REAL she insists. She looks forward to the JImena hating Eva as much as Sarita does then she will finally be fully avenged.

Feo thinks about Rosario's inheritance as he crawls into Gabi’s bed. She strokes Feo and talks about destroying Eva, then they will see about the bastard inheritor.

Juan and Oscar come out to Augustin’s seeking Pablito. Eva is with Augustin who makes Pablito come out. Pablito looks contrite while Juan rages but end up saying that he is glad to have found him. Pablito asks for forgiveness and gets hugs.

Sofia jumps into Armando's office to menace him telling him she is on to his bullying and menacing and calls him poco hombre.

Feo comes in to Rosario’s dressing room with papers Rosario only wants her liberty. Feo wants her to sign a blank page that she will cede the inheritance rightfully hers as an Elizondo heir . She will only be free if she has signed. Feo blows stinky cigar smoke on the baby picture to punctuate his threat.
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Juan waxes good-bad with Pablito at the orphanage with MadreSuperior. he will stay with them only until the papers are all filed for his adoption but he must promise to never escape again. he asks pardon of Juan who motions toward MS and then Pablito gets it and stands to ask MadreSuperior to forgive him. She hugs him and says yes. Juan promises he will visit him every day until he can come home with him.

Oscar is decorating a secluded spot with a garden of flowers and plastic eggs and a bright blanket sprinkled with flower petals and one crystal vase in flower shape to make a little love nest for the.

JImena says to Sarita that Eva can be forgiven for doing womanly things . Sarita spits and flames her venom toward Eva. How can Jimena forgive her. Jimena explains that she forgave Oscar. Sarita dismisses this as a totally different thing.

Jimena ask the hard question does it hurt you more that our father had another child or that child is your rival in love? They both cry at the obvious truth. Even Sarita softens.

Juan and Sofia discuss the sister father thing, and did Bernardo love Eva, no he didn't and probably didn’t know anything about Eva’s acts. Apparently he was a really heavy drinker or sleeper or both. Sofia is feeling more that she has a new understanding of a preggers woman. Sofia spouts momilies about the young woman her father loved (oops still doesn’t know this was his sister) and the love Bernardo must have had, Juan walks out and Sofia is perplexed that her Pollyanna speech wasn’t received so well.

Oscar and Jimena meet to plan the escape into a night of eternal bliss .

Sofia tells Juan she went to confront Armando about Rosario. Soon Juan shows up at Armando’s office to ask the same. Why is she your slave? Why not free her? Armando maintains that she is there by her own free will, just ask her if you don’t believe it. His office is getting a bit too crowded.

Said slave sweeps in to see Feo smoking up her house/ err dressing room. she still hasn't signed the paper, he repeats his threat to free her only when she has signed . They are interrupted by Ofelia saying someone is here, then JUAN walks in and spotting Feo in the corner, asks that famous line: “¿que haces aqui?”

NEXT:
Rosario and Franco go to a bonfire, errrr oops are a bonfire.
The boda divina isn't so divina, lots of people look worried.
Juan and Feo discuss the slave/dancer they share an interest in.

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