Caray, Caray!

The English subtitles on CC3 came back tonight! You could have knocked me over with a feather. That means I don't have to write such detailed recaps. In addition, at the end of tonight's episode, they announced that DB is now in its 'etapa final,' which means there is an end in sight. The action seems to be picking up a little, too.

Marisela pulls away and tells Gonzalo that is enough for the first kiss. She runs off. Gonzalo obviously hasn't had that much experience with women because he thinks that Marisela has fallen for him.

DB has shown up uninvited at Altamira. Pajarote makes himself scarce saying that he has to go see if the rooster is laying an egg ('voy a ver si el gallo puso').

Sapo (translated in the English captions as 'Frogman') is delighted to hear that DB is pregnant because it will make her weak.

In a funny scene, Marisela is desperately brushing her teeth to try and eliminate any traces of Gonzalo.

Genoveva asks why Marisela wants to get engaged to someone she finds so repulsive. Marisela says that it's just that she can't get used to Gonzalo's kisses. They're kind of gross.

DB tells Santos that Marisela will never go back to him and Santos says that he isn't going to back to DB either. He sends her back to El Miedo.

The next morning DB tells Melquíades that they have to keep Santos from finding out anything about Sapo's relationship with her. She tells Melquíades to hire more men who can handle arms so they aren't taken by surprise.

María Nieves gets grudging permission from Melesio to visit Altagracia as her fiancé.

Genoveva is obsessing about her pregnancy problem and what will happen when she starts to show. Marisela isn't very sympathetic and says that they should go have breakfast.

Santos tells Andrés and Néstor that he is sure that Sapo is involved in some criminal activity but they need proof because he can hire lawyers and bribe judges.

Gonzalo gets too clever and puts the engagement ring he has for Marisela on her breakfast roll. Marisela comes in to breakfast and is babbling away to keep from having to kiss or talk to Gonzalo, takes a bite of the roll without looking at it and nearly chokes on the ring. [On the NPR news quiz show, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, last week, they reported a story of a man who did something similar and his girlfriend actually swallowed the ring and she had to wait a couple of days for it to reappear.] Marisela manages to spit out the ring but it's an inauspicious start to their engagement.

Pajarote asks Santos if he needs anything from San Fernando. He confides to Santos his reason for wanting to go there, which Santos finds very funny.

Marisela lets Gonzalo put the ring on her finger.

Leoncia asks what exactly Tigre's and Leon's job is at El Miedo since they never seem to do anything. They reply that they do special jobs for the Doña. Melquíades shows up and tells them that DB is hiring armed men. Leon and Tigre think their cousins would fit the bill. Apparently we are going to get more involved with Celeste's story since Leoncia says that she hopes that Tigre and Leon don't find out about Celeste's relationship with her cousin, Genaro.

Sapo orders Gonzalo come to see him.

Marisela goes to visit Antonio. She asks about Lucía's condition and says that she can see he is suffering. Antonio says that he cares very much about Lucía. She has been very good to him and loves him in spite of everything. Marisela asks Antonio how he could marry one woman when he was in love with another. Antonio says that he wants to answer because he knows why she is asking. He says that he married Lucía out of gratitude and out of spite for how Cecilia had made him suffer but most of all to create a barrier to his feelings for Cecilia. He says that Marisela is doing the same with Gonzalo. Marisela tries to argue otherwise but Antonio says that he knows Marisela is still in love with Santos. Marisela then asks if Antonio fell in love with Lucía. Antonio says that he cares about her a lot and is suffering for her. He says that he would like to be faithful and a good husband to her. Marisela concludes that Antonio is saying that he is in love with Lucía and that is good because she wants to fall in love with Gonzalo. She leaves and Antonio says to himself that she forgot to ask if he ever stopped loving Cecilia and the answer is no.

Pernalete intercepts and reads Gonzalo's telegram to DB saying that he has succeeded in getting engaged to Marisela. He scurries off to deliver the good news to DB.

Pajarote tries out various ways to tell Genoveva that he loves her. Geno tries out different ways of telling Pajarote that he knocked her up. Finally she says that she will have a little bird (pajarito) with beautiful eyes like his father.

Unlike Geno, DB wants to start showing but Eustaquia says that when she was pregnant with Marisela, she wore her regular clothes almost until she gave birth. DB says that she can't remember anything about being pregnant with Marisela. Eustaquia says that DB tried to deny that she was carrying a baby. She says that it was so sad. DB never bought anything for her daughter.

Juan Primito tells DB that Pernalete has come and and he is happy so JP thinks he has brought good news. When DB reads the telegram, she is very happy. She gets rid of Pernalete and tells JP that she has good news about the 'girl of his eyes.'

Now we find out what the 'little favor' is that Sapo bought from Gonzalo. He needs Gonzalo to stop the river patrols that night so that a big cargo of 'merchandise' can cross the river. Gonzalo says that's he will have to act too abruptly and it will be dangerous. Sapo says that he had better think of something or he will find that that there are things even more abrupt and dangerous like a bullet to the head.

DB tells JP the news about Marisela's engagement and tells him to go to Altamira and share it. Poor JP knows how Santos will react and doesn't want to do it. He covers his mouth and refuses to go to Altamira.

DB has to threaten him by saying that she will make the one-eyed alligator chew JP's legs off if he doesn't do what she says.

JP goes to Altamira. He says what he has to as fast as he possibly can and Santos is angry. He immediately finds a crop dusting plane and tells the pilot that it is a matter of life and death for him to get to San Fernando.

Gonzalo forces the leader of the river patrols to take his boats out of service for maintenance. The guy is really angry about that decision. Marisela overhears part of the their conversation.

When JP reports that Santos ran off to San Fernando, DB says that the has to find out that he can't control Marisela any more. But he will still have her and she will be here waiting for him.

Néstor runs into Genoveva and takes her out for an ice cream just as Pajarote arrives in San Fernando.

Santos has also arrived in San Fernando. He bursts into Marisela's office,

sees the ring on her finger and ask how Marisela could do this to him?

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