Caray, Caray!

Before: Baby girl food fight, Big girl tequila toss, pretty girls wanting to rescue the forsaken Reyez boyz, the Elizondo Sistahs show up to cast an evil eye on the proceedings, horrors.

With regards to Prince who put it so well:

Coulda sworn it was judgment day

The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere

Tryin' 2 run from the destruction
U know I didn't even care

At the party we have the gracious banker host introducing the landowners (hacendados) to the marriageable girls (casaderas). The lovely daughter Juliana and her friends Paulina and Elena come down the stairs to meet the Reyz boyz. The Reyez suddenly find their party charm under the guise of accepting a few Tequilas to toss back, why not? Each lovely selects a brother and they party like it's .... Ooops, the Elizondo trio show up. Sofia says we already know those handsome Reyes brothers. Paulina is getting on well really well with Franco and. The spitting mad younger sisters decide to enjoy a glass of wine and seem to be blending in, the unsuspecting host should watch his glassware. Jimena points out that the brothers are besotted (acarameladitos, think dripping in caramel) with these respectable girls. The sisters begin to act in aggressive ways to find some hacenditos boys and the mix gets very confusing . the host inquires innocently, Why isn't Gabriela here? She doesn't feel well, Sofia assures him before she slips away from prying questions.

At the lawyer, a feeling fine Gabi demands that the lawyer find a way to overturn this will He opines that Bernardo was angry when he changed the will not too long before he died.

Feo lays back with Rachel in the hotel room as he tells her of the turn of events that will have Sofia inheriting all of San Augustin with the will change in her favor. The irony says Raquel is that Sofia has no right to the Elizondo fortune whatsoever. She has Feo's attention. But she isn't giving it up just putting out.

Back at the party Juliana walks Juan to the door and is called in to the kitchen for something. Juan goes to find Sofia and begins double talk about how this was just all a business deal. She tells him they need to talk about the San Augustin Hacienda asap.

Abuelo tells Gabi they are lucky Feo seems to be out of their lives, he offers that no matter what is going on with Feo, they need to get along better. She lets him know she will challenge (impugnar) Bernardo's will. She wants nothing less than ALL. After he leaves the room, Gabi thinks that Sofia will give up the hacienda rights to protect her daughter even though she doesn't know which one of the babies is hers. Gabi spitefully grins that she and she alone knows which is the real daughter. YAWN

Sofia gets around to asking Juan to sell them water for the hacienda to be able to produce a harvest and he takes it as an order because he loves her but has to discuss everything with his brothers he'll get back to her but expects to help.

Back at the Reyez hacienda we have Quintina and Pablito as clowns, the nuns as, well as nuns, the babies as babies. How predictable those nuns and babies are.

Back at the Juliana trap the party heats up and Franco decides to sing a song to thrill the crowd. Oscar dances with the saucy blond, Juan gets the farmer's daughter, I mean the hacienda owner (same jokes I expect) Sarita and Jimena find guapos to dance with and every one gets some pretty eye candy action.

Feo and Raquel continue sharing old stories, she sighs at Feo's feats of love and says it's been years since Ricardo has looked at her as a woman. In her inebriation, she whines that she is as unloved as Gabi has been. Feo repeats that Juan Jose Robles loved Gabi, HA!, Raquel snorts, it is a lie, he only loved his wife Maria Libia. Feo asks, You knew them? No but Ricardo know all of them well. He envied their intense love and he hated JJ Robles, he hated him bitterly, but I don't know why.

Gabi sighs over pictures of Robles, Hubby and Feo and says none of them loved me no man has ever loved me. Maldita sean, all of them.

Junior High antics at the party with burro sighs on the sound track, the sisters begin to kick, punch and throw drinks on the young women's party frocks. Sofia regains control and says she will go to pick up the daughters at Juan's house and they all stomp out. The boyz make silly excuses for leaving women so beautiful making promises to see them again soon. Franco says they were so friendly with a wistful sigh.

Sofia and Eva and the sisters and the nuns and Quintina the women talk with babies and nuns the sisters talk of their jealousy. Quintina worries that one of the girls seems sick. Pablito looks worried, he's right there will be hell to pay.

The leave taking of the party extends into silliness, the girls are all coming to the see the harvest tomorrow. I told you this was just like the farmers jokes. Juan advises the brothers to forget the Elizondo girls. Oscar pounces with just like you are forgetting about Sofia, right? Proud of themselves the brothers swagger off on horseback. At least the horses are so beautiful they have a right to swagger all they like.

Abuelo and Sofia discuss Gabi's intention to get and control everything. Sofia intends to share all equally with Gabi and her sisters. Abuelo says Gabi will challenge her motherhood and the baby's identity and Sofia says in that case she will renounce the entire inheritance, the love of her daughter is the only thing important to her. Don't you wish Gabi could hear this proclamation.
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Jimena and Sarita talk up their revenge plans, green with jealousy. They feel fire in the blood but a lot of good it does them. They comment that only Sofia kept her calm. Over in the Sofia sob-room, she weeps over the snake belt while we double screen with Juan having flashbacks while he bakes bread. He can't, he can't get over the anguish of his parents death when he touches Sofia and thinks of her father's deed. Guess he can't do the deed so he beats the bread till it begs for mercy. Eva comes to hear his trouble thinking through his oath to avenge his parents. He tells Eva of his performance problems with his memories of the killing which he can't control with his conscious mind or his will power. He can't forget. Now that he can remember he can't forget. Has he had a total recall now? I'm confused.
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Eva wants to see Juan and Sofia happy together as she hugs him. Sofia remembers Juan looking flirty at the party, not very, but in this sad sister's eyes. Then they both remember the hay barn scenes. Juan says remembers so many happy moments with Sofia. I don't remember seeing these episodes, perhaps they are dream tapes? Ahhh now he reveals that he is trying to recover all his memories but some pieces are still missing. He leans into the big bread oven with an alarming casualness, how does he still have eyebrows? Well the camera man is in there so it can't be too hot...

Abuelo and Gabi discuss that Sofia will not sacrifice the babies to contest the hacienda. Abuelo tries to reason with Gabi that she is injuring all the girls. She realizes that they suffer but if they would find men worthy (digna) enough for them, they wouldn't suffer so. Abuelo gets the last lick in as he leaves the office telling Gabi that Feo has altered all the accounts in the hacienda and he has told her she should have been paying attention to his actions. The rare look of doubt on her sour puss takes us to break.
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The boys decide what to do about the water from the natural spring (ojo del agua). They will do it for the baby girls and that won't be against their pledge of revenge. Juan is practicing his speech to Sofia to a large succulent when Gabi approaches and takes on Juan. He points out that Sofia is the soul inheritor (herdadero universal). She assures him she will not lose the hacienda or control. She knows that Sofia will never provide the proof of which girl is her true daughter. Juan is proud of Sofia for not selling her daughter for Gabi's filthy (cochino) money. She marches off not aware of the big mistake she is making.

Abuelo says Sofia will have to prove which of the babies is hers. And who should come in the door but a frowzy redhead named Santa. This happy looking woman greets Abuelo enthusiastically, Abuelo gets kissed and bussed while a horrified Gabi looks on.

Juan approaches Sofia to tell her, we had decided to give you the water but your mother informed me she stays in control of the hacienda and so they had to decide she cannot have the water. They will not help her mother. So the deal is off.

Next: Gabi has a new person to torture with her jealousy. One of the babies is sick and Juan comes to see and perhaps save her with a trip for medical care. Gabi would find it easier if the niña dies. She hopes that the true child of Sofia is the one that is sick and dies. What a warm wonderful grandmotherly wish. Juan better snatch that baby and run for his life.

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