Caray, Caray!

Marichuy, packed and ready to skip town, answers the door and finds Amador there, accompanied by the sound of angry bees. He wants to know her decision about doing the show. Marichuy and Cande exchange heavy looks.

Stef stands in the foyer and talks on the phone to Isabela, who is staying in some very white place with peeling walls which may or may not be the apartment she had before. Stef reports that they have won round one of Operation Desperation. Patricio bought the story, but she’s still waiting to see what Cecilia thinks. Isa tells her to grovel as much as necessary, but to stay in that house at any cost. Stef hears Ceci coming and has to hang up.

Hot docs Juan Miguel and Eduardo sit in JM’s office drinking coffee. I love that they use cups with saucers. I don’t know anyone who is that civilized while in an office. Ed tells JM he looks like hell (ummm…no. He looks as smokin’ as ever) and JM says he hardly slept. Ed tries to be helpful by pointing out that it’s a good thing he and Marichuy weren’t getting along; if they had been happy when Viv made her demon reappearance, it would have been much harder to say goodbye to her. Ed appears cheered up by this, but JM isn’t quite seeing things the same way. He says if he and Marichuy had been happy, he would have fought to keep things that way. Ornerylia bursts into the office and asks if it’s true. She can’t believe her daughter is alive! JM confirms it while jumping up and edging behind the furniture to get away from her.

Stef asks Ceci if they can talk; she wants to know what Ceci has decided to do about her. Ceci says she can’t waste any time on her (ha!); she is going to find Marichuy. Stef says, “please?” We know she is serious about acting inoffensive because she has opted for a simple small silver barrette instead of ridiculous hair bows.

Amador wants to talk to Marichuy, but she says she and Cande were just going out. Amador offers to drive them somewhere. They don’t want to say where they’re going, so they invite him in. Marichuy is acting nervous, and Amadork asks whether they’re expecting someone. She says no. She confirms that she is NOT going to be in any more television shows. Amador thinks she’s just wanting to get back together with Juan Miguel. Amador notices the packed bags and asks if they’re going somewhere.

Estafa tries to convince Ceci that she has changed her mind about Marichuy. Now that she knows Marichuy’s place in the family, they will be best friends. Ceci tells her that she intends to do everything she can to help Marichuy and Juan Miguel reconcile. Stef is impactada.

Marichuy tells Amador that, yes, they are going far away! “Where?! Tell me where!” he yells, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her. Cande yells at him to let her go; he’ll hurt the baby; she’s pregnant! Amador is muy, pero MUY impactado and Marichuy is angry at Cande.

Isa rummages through the meager supplies in her kitchen and moans that she has nothing. It will be just like before; she will be miserable; she only has enough money for a few days. She curses that orphan (not an orphan) Marichuy.

Amador says aha!, she doesn’t want to work because she is pregnant! Marichuy yells at Cande, but Cande says she couldn’t help it; he made her with his insistence and his jiggling her (zangolotearse = to jiggle). Amador shrewdly deduces that the hijo must be San Roman’s. Candelaria does an emphatic nonverbal DUH! He asks if that’s who they’re running away from, and Marichuy says he knows nothing about the baby and she doesn’t want him to, so keep your trap shut, got it? Cande tries to get him to promise to keep the secret and tells Mari that he won’t say anything, even though he did not actually agree to that, not that a promise from him would be worth anything anyway. Marichuy just rolls her eyes.

Ceci tells Stef that she has to leave the house. Ceci can’t forget that she helped to drive Marichuy out. Stef tries to sob a little and says it was Isab!tch, not her, but Ceci says it’s too painful for her, so buh-bye. She reasserts that she’s sure Juan Miguel and Marichuy will be able to make a go of it.

At the funny farm, Viv is still sitting on a bench when Onelia runs up and hugs her, crying. JM follows and stands there, looking pained. Viv just stares off into space.

Amador asks Marichuy if she’s worried that Juan Miguel will take her child away from her. Cande interjects something about the monkey returning to the dough, which must be idiomatic but I’m not really sure what she meant. Amadork goes on and on about how easy it would be for Juan Miguel, with all his money and connections, but if she had a good lawyer she could win and keep the baby. Marichuy insists that this will not be an issue, because Amador is NOT going to say anything. I love her optimism. It’s like she doesn’t even know him. I can’t see him passing up a chance to cause trouble.

Onelia wails and carries on and tries to get Viv to remember her mama. JM tells her to stop; Viviana has total amnesia. Onelia wants to take her home, but JM says they can’t yet. Onelia returns to the wailing while Juan Miguel does his hand-on-hip, other-hand-rubbing-forehead Pose of Pain. Viv just stares and turns away from Onelia.

Marichuy promises Amador that when she’s got it together, she’ll come back and they’ll work together again.

Padre Anselmo arrives and asks whether Marichuy and Cande are ready to go. He sees Amador there and says he thought they were leaving without anyone knowing. Cande says she only told Olga, and she won’t tell anyone, for sure. Mari glares at her some more. PA asks what Amador is doing there, and Mari says he knows that she is pregnant, but he is going to say NOTHING (naranjas, Marichuy’s favorite slang for nothing). Well, let’s go, says PA. Amador starts to pick up the baggage, but Marichuy says she can get them herself, so everyone walks out and leaves Marichuy to struggle with a suitcase and two boxes alone. She takes a long look at the little apartment before she leaves.

Stefi goes to Patricio’s office. She says she’s ready to leave, and tries to give him the keys to her car as she thanks him for it. Patricio offers to talk to Ceci again, but Stef says she was pretty definite about throwing Stef out, and besides, she has gone to find Marichuy.

Ceci walks through the apartment courtyard and asks a small child for directions to Marichuy’s place. She has to step over and around numerous peasants to get there. She knocks at the door.

Patricio tells Stef to come to his office tomorrow; he is going to try to help her. Then he leaves because he doesn’t want to be home when Marichuy arrives. What a great father. After he leaves, Stef takes back the car keys from his desk.

Ceci continues to knock on the door and call for Marichuy while the 20 or so people sitting around or hanging laundry say nothing.

Olga tells Purita she’s going out, and asks if she wants anything. Purita tells her to leave her alone, she just wants to get far away from her. Olga leaves, and Purita continues stirring her pot of tea or love potion or whatever while she remembers telling her mother that she’s ashamed of her.

Olga comes outside and tells Ceci that Mari and Cande have left the city and probably won’t be returning. She doesn’t know where they went; Cande asked her not to say anything about the trip until they were gone. Ceci looks dizzy and sits down heavily on the step. Olga asks her if she’s okay, and she says she’s fine. Olga looks skeptical.

JM calls Balbina (the captions continue to say “Malvina”, even though Marichuy clarified this) into his home office and says that Onelia may be around, but she is to have NOTHING to do with Mayita, and he is hiring a governess to help protect his daughter. If Balbina sees Onelia with Mayita, she is to tell him immediately. That is all.

In the sala, Juan Miguel talks to someone on the phone who confirms that the governess ad will be published today. Just as he’s about to try to relax a little, Stefi walks in and reports to him that the Velardes have thrown her out and she has no place to go. He is surprised that her parents would do such a thing, but she tells him they are not her parents. He is impactado. She tells him that Isabela deceived them all, and that Marichuy is the Velardes’ real child. He is shocked and confused. She says it’s a long story, but now that she’s been deprived of her home and family, sob, she only has him! She clutches his hand. Stef says she wants to stay with him until they are married. Were they actually engaged again? I forget, but I thought that train had definitely derailed when he realized she was into Israel, and only wanted him for the money. Anyway, he tells her they will not be marrying. You can almost hear the record scratch as she realizes Plan B is a no go. She thinks he’s getting back together with Marichuy, but he says not her, either. Vile Viv is back.

Marichuy rides in the back of an old truck with her bicycle and the baggage as they travel through the country. They stop somewhere and she sits by a tree and talks to the Virgencita, saying she knows she’ll never abandon them.

Cande, Marichuy, PA, and the guy with the truck stop for lunch. They have an inordinate number of beverages on the table. They continue on their way and pull into a gas station. Probably because they all drank three sodas or juices at lunch. No, they’re just getting gas and looking under the hood. Marichuy tries to pay for the gas, but PA won’t let her. They continue on, Marichuy looking glum.

Ceci tells Olga that someone must know where Marichuy has gone, and she is desperate to find her. Olga thinks they very definitely did not want anyone to know where they were going. Ceci introduces herself to Olga and Olga says, oh, yes, you’re the people Marichuy lived with who treated her so badly. Ceci cries and tells her how much she regrets that, and that she must find her and make it up to her, because Marichuy is her daughter.

Stef is amazed that Viviana has returned after all this time. JM says that she’s lost her memory. From the accident?, wonders Stef. JM thinks she must have had another accident, but it’s all very confusing and doesn’t make sense. Stef realizes that his marriage to Marichuy is null, and does not hide her delight at that fact. JM looks Very Annoyed. Stef tries to convince him that it was just a nervous laugh; she was thinking of someone else. Who? Cecilia, what a deception! Qué? Well, Marichuy is her daughter, and she had such high hopes that Marichuy and Juan Miguel would reconcile, ha ha! Now JM looks annoyed and thoughtful.

Some slow lady reads the governess ad out loud to herself. We don’t see her face, but she sounds too stupid to be a good governess.

In the back of the truck, driving slowly through the countryside, Marichuy clutches her belly and miraculously does not ever fall out of the truck.

Stef and Onelia chat at the castle. Stef says she’s so glad about Viv’s return (I’m sure it’s not a lie; she’s always happy when life sticks it to Marichuy) and then cries about her mean not-parents booting her out. Stef tells Onelia the whole story which I will not repeat again.

The truck arrives in some sheep-filled courtyard and stops. They have arrived. Somewhere. Two country-looking guys (hats, checked shirts, but no rooster shirts or silly lipstraps like on Fuego; these are normal, modern-looking country guys because this show does not take place in Mexidoom) come out to greet the new arrivals. PA asks for Micaela, who is his sister. The guys (the younger one is named Nacho) says she’s gone to the river, but she’ll be back soon. Then PA asks about los señores, but, whoever they are, the guys inform him that they died a year ago. Way to keep in touch, Padre.

Adrian looks for Marichuy, but a neighbor tells him she’s not around.

Los señores were apparently the owners of the colorful hacienda, may they rest in peace. They were good people. The son is now in charge of the hacienda.

Stef tells Onelia she doesn’t want to ruin her happiness, and Onelia is all simpery sweet to her. Who knew she could even fake it? The phone rings, and Onelia answers. It is someone calling about the governess position, but Onelia says they’ve already found someone and hangs up. Then the grinch gets a wonderful, awful idea. Stef will stay in the house. She can take care of Mayita, as long as she respects Viv’s position as Juan Miguel’s wife. Stef loves the idea. I’m sure JM will be thrilled as well.

PA, Cande, and Marichuy sit down in the freakish and cluttered hacienda sitting room. It contains taxidermified leopards and tigers, which Marichuy peers at warily. Cande worries that they won’t be able to stay there if the old owners aren’t there, but PA says they’ll wait for his sister and see what happens. Micaela arrives and is delighted to see PA and meet the others. PA says they need asylum for a few months; Micaela says she’ll have to ask; it’s not like when the old owners were alive. The new owner is El Leopardo. Marichuy looks at one of the leopards while we hear a foreboding growl.

Micaela tells them that El Leopardo was away for a long time, but returned a few months before his parents died and has never left since. They’ll wait for him and ask about Cande and Marichuy staying. She offers them something to eat, and Cande goes to help her fix it.

Stef tells Juan Miguel about the phone call, but in her version, Onelia told the woman to call back later. Stef suggests that she could fill the position, but JM doesn’t think that’s a good idea. Mayita needs someone experienced and capable. Stef pleads, and JM asks her not to insist, so she whines some more. He doesn’t give in, so she departs unhappily. Someone else calls about the position, and JM asks her to come for an interview. For some reason we only see the back of her head. She has blond hair, a large ring, and a vase of flowers on her table. What do those clues tell us?

PA tells Marichuy that the oldies totally would have let her stay, but she says, “ya chuparon faros.” Anyone want to interpret? They sucked floodlights? Does that mean “they died”? Okay, I looked it up and “chupar faros” does mean to die. Apparently Faros was an old brand of cheap unfiltered cigarettes, and a smoker’s last wish would be to smoke one last one. Okay, sure. He tells her to have faith; God will provide.

Ceci sits in the house and looks glum. Stef enters and says she still has things to do there. She asks Ceci what’s wrong, did Marichuy reject her and refuse to come back? Ceci says she disappeared.

The hacienda group sits in the dining room, which is not as scary as the sitting room, and exclaim over how much better the air is in the country. Marichuy isn’t hungry and excuses herself to go for a walk outside. She strolls down a dirt road and finds something on the ground. My recording cuts off there.

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