Caray, Caray!

Buenas noches a todos.

Attention all recap readers/recappers/anyone else: Next week I go back to school, and therefore I do not anticipate having the time or energy to do recaps. Is anyone willing to take over for me? Thank you.

We start tonight from the hospital where Gabi tells Sofia that she is going to marry Fernie. Sofia is incredulous. Gabi reminds her that now she is free to marry that idiotic baker of hers. It seems that everyone is on board with Gabi and Fernie’s getting hitched. Sanctimonious Sofia, as I like to call her, reproaches her (mother?) for marrying Fernie when Bernie hasn’t even been in the ground for a year. Gee, the way things have been going on around here you’d think we spent three years watching Juan baking Sofia Bread and seeking revenge.

Padre Tadeo, too, reproaches Fernie for attempting to marry Gabi. Fernie assures the Padre that there aren’t any other men in the world quite like him. Padre tells him that he certainly is unlike anyone he has ever met, and is unbelievably evil. Fernie mentions that he is going to voluntarily divorce Sofia.

At the hospital Gabi chats with Eva about Eva being Soifa’s mother. Eva tells Gabi that she better be careful with her moments of indiscretion, such as the one in which she told Sofia about her “mother,” because they can prove to be dangerous.

Coach Quinti is giving Jimena lessons in house-cleaning. Jimena isn’t sure about this cleaning business; she even has blisters on her hands!

Fernie wants to know why the hell the cabaret workers have come to visit Rosario. He tells Rosario that the cabaret is losing money, and therefore it is time for her to get out of the hospital and back to dancing. Rosario fights back and tells Fernie that if he keeps bothering her she is going to tell Eva and Gabriela the truth—whatever it is, I don’t know.

So Juan has brought Sofia back home, and everyone is happy to see her again. Everything Quinti has prepared looks delicious. We even have quirky animation as the Reyes bros. kiss Quinti. Everyone sits down to eat, but Juan gets upset that no one has washed his or her hands. Marketing time! Sofia gives a pitch about some pill that pregnant women can take to alleviate the pains of pregnancy.

Fernie has paid a visit to the clinic where Franco resides. Even when he is unconscious and on death’s door he doesn’t fail to show us his strategically-revealed thighs and tighty-whiteys. Fernie caresses Franco’s limp body, and whattaya know?; Franco sits straight up. Uh oh, it was only short lived and now he has flat-lined—literally. Without noticing that Fernie was there, the doctor and the nun find Franco in bed, and have to re-connect a wire to the machine that keeps him alive.

We see Armando and Raquel talking. Raquel has a problem with the Reyes bros. and her ranch. She needs to find Fernie, but he’s not around, and besides he’s planning a wedding with Gabi. Raquel is crushed.

Gabi is practicing her accounting skills. She realizes that two bank statements don’t coincide. She sees Fernie and asks him why. He freaks out about her not trusting him, just like Sofia. After he cools down he apologizes and admits that the figures don’t match. Of course, it was that darn Oscar’s fault.

Juan and Oscar are visiting Franco in the clinic as he wakes up and acknowledges their presence. He doesn’t remember anything, as usual, and is introduced to Pedro. Oh looky, Juan brought Franco a toy horse. For somebody who doesn’t remember anything, Franco has an amazing ability to remember that when he first woke up he saw Fernie. Maybe it was a dream…

Fernie is drinking tequila at the bar when Raquel surprises him with a slap; “damn liar!” she yells.

The doctor at the clinic reminds the bros. that their brother is confused and it is doubtful that Fernie actually came to visit him. Oscar asks if his brother is going to be more stupid than before. Clinically, that is impossible.

Raquel is grappling with Fernie, cussing at him, etc. He drags her out to the truck. She demands that he return the money he borrowed. She cries and cries as he drives off.

Jimena is busying mopping the floor, which she says she likes doing, as she answers the door to find her mother. Gabi relates that the Reyes bros. needed a maid and they got one for free. “What a mess you are!” Gabi says as she lists all of Jimena’s unattractive physical traits. Now Jimena is only a shadow of what she used to be…

Now even Quinti is a baker. It’s not like you exactly need credentials to bake with the Reyes… The bros. come home and tell her that Franco is going to be fine. She kisses the boys and we see the tacky hearts and stars appear on the screen.

Jimena explains to Gabi that she likes to do the housework, and that she is a wife to Oscar, not his obligated maid. Gabi explains that she didn’t come to talk to the maid, but instead the good-for-nothing Oscar. Oscar enters and tells Gabi that he is good for something; he takes care of and loves her daughter. Don’t make her laugh.

Shirts-optional time in the bakery! Why the hell does Pedro take his shirt off? Apparently he thinks he has something none of us has. Well, considering the length of his chest hair, I would say it’s fairly remarkable, but then again, an animal can grow hair… He tells Juan that he leads a lonely life, gets all sentimental, Juan reassures him, and he goes back to baking something.

Gabi tells Oscar that he is a robber and is going to rot in prison for embezzling money from the ranch. She brings him a check that is more money than he ever hoped to see in his entire dirty life. She gives him the check so that he will free Jimena. Gabi needs her at home because she is very sick and needs someone to care for her. Oscar admits that he has never seen so much money, but Jimena’s love doesn’t have a price. He explains to Gabi that he is poor, but proud, and certainly would never steal anything. He says that Fernie can’t be trusted and points out his questionable qualities. Gabi busts a cap about Oscar having a nerve to judge her hubby. Oscar tells her that she can visit Jimena whenever she wants, but she can not come to his house to insult him. Gabi says that his dignity doesn’t mean anything and that Jimena will return home very soon.

Jimena tells Oscar that she heard what Gabi told him. She is worried about her mother needing a nurse/slave. She cries as Oscar reminds her how much he loves her.

At the clinic Rosario is with her son. Eva tells Rosario that Franco has opened his eyes and is talking. The doctor tells her that both she and Franco will be leaving today.

Fernie takes Raquel to some parking lot and parks. No, it’s not one of those scenes…! He explains to her that he is marrying Gabi to get her off his case. Since Raquel is married he couldn’t marry her, so he had to choose Gabi. Did anyone else notice that she has purple hair? It’s not auburn… Anyway, Fernie somehow convinced the blithering idiot that he loves her and then he kisses her. Whattaya know?; Gabi pulls-up as they are kissing. Raquel crouches down and Fernie explains that he is having car problems. Gabi has something to tell him and it can’t wait. She gets out of the car…

Jimena is having trouble with the idea that Gabi and Fernie are getting hitched. Then again, that would mean that Sofia and Juan could get married, and therefore Jimena gets to plan a wedding. Now she’s happy.

Fernie gets Gabi to go back to the car and he, too, gets in with her. She tells him that Oscar pretended to not know anything about the bank statements and even kicked her out.

Sofia is talking about marrying Juan and how happy they will be together. There is going to be a double wedding because Jimena and Oscar still need to get married in the church. Sarita is eavesdropping again and is jealous. Of course we know that there will actually be a triple wedding, at least, which will closely resemble the one in La Madrastra. Sarita says that she still loves Franco, but Gabi told her that she has to marry Benito or return to the convent. Now it’s a sad day when Sofia and Jimena have, pardon the expression, the balls to tell Sarita to suck it up and ignore anything Gabi says. This conversation is proof positive that Sarita has failed in upholding her bookish character. Just as Sarita is admitting her love for Franco, Rosario walks in to listen to every word she says. Sarita complains that she doesn’t have anyone who cares about her or loves her. She is just like the girl who stands in front of the mirror and her friends complaining about how fat she is so that her friends will call her skinny. Schmuck…

The Reyes bros. also heard what Sarita said. They didn’t have a clue that she still loves Franco. They say that Franco is confused because in his heart he loves Sarita, but in his head he likes Rosario. Juan asks Pedro if he really loves Sarita or if he is just playing with her emotions. Pedro says that he does love her, but she can only love Franco, which upsets him.

Tomorrow: Gabi takes out her fury on Sarita for leaving the convent, and then gives her the boot! But that’s not all; evidence that links Fernie to raping Sofia is now in the hands of Raquel!

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