Caray, Caray!

Another night so silly that my title is a tip of the hat to my comadre recapper, Julie. Also for those friends of Willa who have asked about Cisco, you can see pictures of them together on Willa's World.

So how about this... Feo is a triple jerk: 1. trying to hit Abuelo out of his wheelchair, 2. kicking Oscar down the stairs and 3. arming little innocent Luisito to the teeth. Make that quadruple jerk, he keeps saying he doesn't love Luisito or have any feeling for him even though he now knows he is his son, his own blood, which alone qualifies him for a big lethal pie cart a few hundred episodes from now.
Gabi sticks up for Feo and believes no one but him, she is an even bigger jerk. Well, with that off my chest:

We reopen to the fun fireside chat with Franco and Sarita waking locked in an embrace, groaning with hangover pains and Yup! he does yell first. How did the fire stay so fresh and vivid while they passed out for - who knows how long. What is this strange paper. She reads it to him as she begins to pitch a fit worthy of a daughter of Gabriela: This can't be! Do you know what this is? This is a certificate (acta) of marriage. We are married, legally married. We somehow went to get married, there is no way we can be married. Franco insists they will be married whether she likes it or not. Not that she can remember, but she says surely you abused me. He can't say for sure either but says, no look we are completely clothed, nothing happened. She wants to go off to the civil registrar, he thinks they are closed by now. The registrar must have been drunk too and has gone home to sleep it off. She uses the props he has brought like a blanket (colchita), beer, all this stuff to seduce me.... take me to my grandpa's cabin now! She yells like a banshee. He wants her to stop yelling it hurts his head, so do we, our head hurts too. They call each other loud-mouth (gritona) and burro (burro). He recites her married name with taunting pride. She continues to pitch a fit. She is ready to pull a Sofia and march off into the dark, dangerous night. He finally manages to talk her into accepting a ride on his horse, conveniently waiting at the edge of the campsite. Sarita even complains that he has planned this clay fireplace (chiminea) but Franco derisively says it's only a campfire (fogata). These two are off to a marriage made in heaven.

Juan and Sofia tell Rosario they will help her anytime. Eva says good bye in Rosario's dressing room while Ofemia comes in to introduce Rosario to Margarita as her old friend. I have always admired you and it's an honor and privilege to meet her, what a surprise, enthuses sweet Rosario. Margarita says, thanks hija with a fervent conviction that only Ofelia understands. Margarita wants only to be her friend. Rosario is thrilled at this privilege.

Sarita and Franco arrive to see Abuelo in tears and Oscar serving him tea. Sarita accuses Oscar of causing Abuelo's troubles (she really does channel Gabriela too often), but Abuelo says BadMom-Gabi has run him off the hacienda and Oscar saved him from the perverse Feo beating him up. We have to leave here this morning. Franco pipes up that Sarita can come to live with them, as Oscar grins. Perhaps Sarita should reconsider finding a corner of the bakery to stay in for now.

Rosario and Margarita have a happy time getting to know each other, Armando breaks the spell as he comes to give her notice it is time for her to dance. After Rosario goes out, Ofelia tells Margarita she warned her not to come looking for Rosario. Rosario has suffered too much, Margarita doesn't know how much. And if Rosi finds out she is her true mother she is going to hate her for sure. Margarita looks sad as she strokes Rosario's baubles (the costumes I mean) Rosario has new energy in her lovely India inspired not-so-sari's The singers smile warmly at each other through the confetti and smoke.

Oscar tells Franco what he found in Feo's safe. Money that is surely stolen from Gabriela, jewels and a strange little box that he couldn't open for lack of time when he heard Abuelo shouting in the hall below. Franco has something really important he has to tell Oscar, he and Sarita got married tonight. Oscar laughs 1000 loves, 1000 loves and you end up with one, the little nun?
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Sarita tells Abuelo of the wedding. He thinks it is the only good news in the middle so much tragedy. Abuelo tries to reason with her that although they acted while drunk, she doesn't really want to divorce Franco already. She just got married. Abuelo advises her that in his own long career as an alcoholic, one can do wild things. Abuelo knows she loves Franco truly beneath all this denial. Sarita is worried that Feonando will do harm to her mother. Abuelo says if Gabriela wants to create (labrarse) her own hell let her go. She is so deceived by Feo who doesn't want to grow old with her. Feo also defrauded Abuelo. But, with all that, he says, what hurts the most is that my own daughter has run me off, my own daughter. I can't forget that my own daughter my own blood has treated me so.

Gabriela wants to know about the paper everyone is talking about. She demands accusingly of Feo, what is this about? He wants to blame everyone else. He uses his usual ploy of being the misunderstood one whom everyone wants to betray. He was only trying to save the hacienda, as usual. Surely there is no real condemnation from Bernardo, Oscar must have been making this up. Gabi could have had a moment of doubt but when Feo threatens he will go elsewhere, she whines that she wants her father to go but not him.

Margarita is stroking the ceramic dancer and talking to it about how lovely her daughter is. She is sorry she didn't become part of her life. Rosario's break with Ofelia adjusts her new lower than ever spangled bra and drinks water. She muses that she feels so close to Margarita like she was someone she knew before. Ofelia remains the mute as usual.

Another lovely family meal with Padre Tadeo back in town. Oscar comes in injured on Franco's arm. But he says the worst is that Gabi has run off Abuelo. Oscar is in a neck brace but lets them know that Feo Escandon has caused his injury but he saved Abuelo from harm and here they are alive.

Juan brings up the letter from Bernardo. The boys want to go get involved. Padre Tadeo speaks up that Feo has done much evil and Bernardo knew. Only with this letter can these evil deeds of Feo be brought to light. (Don't forget he can't break his secret of the confession)

Franco uses this confusing interlude to tell them all about the marriage...

Feo looks over the secret papers which apparently he does have and can't see anything taken by Oscar. He repeats his favorite phrase that when a serpent is cornered it attacks....

Juan and Sofia say, oh nothing meaningful.

Feo says I have to take your son away form the Hacienda, but why? because Abuelo has been run off too so it will no longer be a safe haven for Luisito.

Eva says she has nothing left at the hacienda and Abuelo says he has been run off too. Where will they go? Eva says she will rent a little house and he can come with her and Sarita. Abuelo says not Sarita, she will go with her new husband. Husband, oh yes, Franco and Sarita have married. Wouldn't you know it at this important juncture, Rosario is at the open door and overhears the heartbreaking news
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Rosario adjusts her tears and makeup and enters. How's tricks? She consoles Don Augustin that she heard the Gabi has run him off. They discuss that Abuelo will come live with Eva and the boy can come. She says she has heard about the marriage. Everyone looks sad for her.

At the bakery Franco says in front of everyone that his little wife will stay married to me. Sarita continues to protest that she wants an immediate annulment but her voice is softening.

Pablito proves he is a real Reyes as he approaches Rosita his favorite classmate with the offer to be novios not just friends and classmates.

Abuela is praying to his wife in the chapel explaining why he won't be able to come and see her often since Gabi is making him leave the hacienda, when the evil Gabi ruins even his peaceful moment sneering that it is his fault that her mother died. When he tells her not to be so bitter. He asks if it is her blind love of Feo that makes her drive off her own father but she says no she really really really wants him to go and leave her to live in peace and never wants to see him again. Having ruined Abuelo's moment of peaceful farewell to his wife's crypt, she continues on menacing the dead Bernardo with more of her bitter invective. Odds are Bernardo is glad to have all that white marble between them.
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Quintina comes to save Abuelo she tries to raise his spirits to walk away and go to the Reyes house. He is so sad and feels pain at leaving his hacienda and more than that seeing the hatred in the eyes of his evil daughter. Still he hates to leave her in the hands of the evil Feo. Quintina tries to get him to fight like a good general. He wishes his little generals Luisito and Pablito were there. But Q has plans to fight. In her inimitable style she mounts a strike and with signs against Abuelo abuse by his own daughter she gets everyone marching. Gabi comes to stop the noise and scandal. First she can run off the servants and demands that Rosendo takes her father off the property immediately. But her lovely friends come wanting to see what the abuse is. He tells them that his own daughter has run him out of his own house. Gabi denies it and orders Rosendo to take her father to his cabin immediately. Abuelo promises to tell them more of the truth about Gabi at his casita later.

Sarita says she wanted to marry but not like this. She wanted the lovely white wedding, but wait she already had one of those and it didn't go so well. Sofia says she will talk to Franco about this but Sarita says she has to get away form Franco as soon as possible. She isn't running very fast.

Juan and Oscar try to reason with Franco who denies that he won't have trouble with this marriage. Even Juan knows that a woman wants a big wedding with the carriage and all. Does her mother know? They worry about the church wedding later if he starts out with a civil wedding followed immediately by a civil divorce, the church won't accept this. Franco is sure Sarita is just a wild colt (potranca) but he is going to break in (domar) Sarita with his love.
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Final scene: Feo smokes gazing out the window, Gabi comes in grabbing for the bottle of good stuff and realizes someone has been sucking it up. but she pours a big one and takes a huge gulp. Oh, she has pains and doubles over. Fernando carry me to the doctor, I am really really really sick. Feo thinks nothing much of it but she insists. A sad Eva walks along and looks back at the house. What is it she is going to miss? Evil Gabi has Feo stop so she can sneer at poor Eva with her little suitcase. Gabi uses her dying breath to curse Eva and pour more venom out the window. She is glad that Eva is finally leaving HER property and continues that Rosario is not her daughter but she will never, never know what happened to her child.

Cutting the fence around the holy Reyes tree, Juan is working feverishly. Feo shows up and has his men beat the tar out of Juan. While they hold him he takes a hit. He ties Juan to a rope so his own horse drags him, but just at this moment, Franco and Oscar show up with rifles to stop the scene. Who is the crack shot that breaks the rope with one shot? Juan wants the others to back off, this is between him and Feo. The brothers oblige by aiming the rifles at Feo's flunkies. More fighting and bleeding take us to the final moments when Juan throws Feo against his own barbwire. We are treated to more hitting, some really good head butting and kicking on Juan's part and no one deserves it more than Feo. Juan looks battered but Feo finally looks subdued.

Next: Pedro talks in the air to his father who abandoned him while not far away the mysterious JEFE, tells a hatless Coyote that perhaps now is the time to reveal himself and some truths. AND we will get to see the great fight scene again. Franco and Juan get a chance to show the letter from Bernardo to Gabriela who doesn't want to believe it, but there it is in her beloved's handwriting.

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