Caray, Caray!

That is, someone or something that gets rid of purple people, because that seems to be the only way to put a stop to Carlota.


Carlota tells Paloma to be more discreet, she doesn’t think Macarena wants the truth to be known. Carlota’s sure now more than ever that her telling Paloma the truth about her birth was because God arranged it. Otherwise Mac and Paloma wouldn’t have been able to talk and forgive each other as mother and daughter. She’s also sure that Mac would have carried that secret to the grave.

At school, Liliana asks about Paloma and the nun informs her that Mac is in the hospital and asks everyone to pray for her. Romina approaches Lili and remarks that one would think that it’s Lili and not her who is Paloma’s best friend, but she doesn’t know Pal or her aunt--Mac gets sick every 5 minutes, so it’s just one more time and nothing will happen. Romi laughs at Lili for wanting to go to the hospital. Romi says she doesn’t need to do things to make people love her (I think she’s hinting that Mac always gets sick to get attention).

Paloma freaks out, yelling why don’t they tell us anything? Then she demands that Carlota tell her everything, where were you when Mac fell, what happened? Carlota the Terrible pretends to cry some more and Camila tries to console Paloma and suggests she not think about that now, better to think that soon you’ll talk with her and look back on this as if it was just a nightmare. Carlota says something like hopefully God wants that, and this makes Rufi yell “Dios!” really loud--apparently she was reminded of Cristobal because she leaves, saying she’s going for a walk. Carlota eavesdrops on Paloma telling Camila that it can’t be that this is happening now, Mac was so happy, although she doesn’t know why.

Emiliano talks business with Orlando, who then informs him about Mac being in the hospital. Orlando doesn’t think Emil should go because he might not be well received--Camila asked Orly not to come, and Emiliano guesses that it must be because of Carlota. Emiliano doesn’t care what Carlota says, he has to be with Paloma.

In the operating room Mac’s blood pressure starts to drop. Dr. Rodolfo says we can’t lose her and they try to revive her with the defibrilator. Rodolfo yells for her to fight for her life but she flatlines.

Padre Mateo comes in to chat with Cris who says he has something very important to tell him. They are interrupted by Rufi’s arrival with the news about Mac being in the hospital.

(From here on out my closed captions disappeared, so there may be a few spots ahead where I’m not sure what is being said.)

Camila is on the phone with Orlando--he asks doesn’t she want him to come to the hospital? and points out that it’s a public place, Carlota can’t stop other people from coming to see Macarena. Camila tells him to come when he can, she really needs him.

Paloma prays in the church chapel, please don’t take my mother. She promises to love her aunt as she is--as her mother--without rancor, without questions. I think Paloma offers to never ever eat ice cream in her life again (not sure I heard that right) and she promises to do whatever God wants, just don’t take her (Macarena).

Angelica calls Joel to thank him for the flowers he sent. He invites her out to dinner and she agrees. Rafael comes in as Joel hangs up and Joel asks where he should take her. Rafa is glad to see Joel with someone. Then he laments that he can’t offer Camila the relationship that she wants and deserves. He doesn’t know if Camila is in love with him or Orlando, but he’s at a disadvantage because Orly is free and he isn’t. Rafa has made a decision to stop pursuing Camila, he’s going to step aside.

Emiliano goes to the church chapel to comfort Paloma and tells her not to lose faith. She cries that “she can’t die, she can’t.” She wonders why is this happening to me, why?

Cristobal rushes into the hospital and asks the Purple One, how is Macarena? He wants to see her. Carlota asks how he wants to see her--as priest or man? Cris replies that he doesn’t have to give her any explanations. What happens to Mac matters to him more than his own life, and it will always be that way. Carlota hisses that Mac is a sinner and Cris tells her to shut it. If there is any sinner here, it’s you. (I couldn’t catch the next couple sentences except for Cris saying “there are many ways to kill someone”.) Cris vows that he’s going to stay there, at the side of the only woman in the world who’s important to him, until he sees her, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Carlota thinks those aren’t the words of a man who’s with God. Cris replies that God is with people of good faith, with people that suffer, with people that have compassion--and you don’t know what any of those words mean. Cris is positive that God is with Macarena and with him.

Ines visits Diana, who is still in bed with hives. She wants to know the gossip about Emiliano’s and Orlando’s party and is looking at pictures of the party in the paper. Diana thinks Orly looks very taken with Camila in one of the pictures but Ines believes that Orly is more interested in Cami than she is in him. Diana wonders if Cami could be interested in someone else, but Ines asks who? There isn’t much here to choose from, unless it’s a husband from one of the families in Real del Monte, but she doesn’t see anyone that could be an option for Cami.

Back at the hospital, Dr. Rodolfo comes out to the waiting room. Mac is in very grave condition and her diabetes is putting her even more at risk. They’re trying to do everything they can. He asks for Paloma to come--he's putting Mac in intensive care and he’s arranged for Pal to see her . . . aunt. Carlota pretends some more to be upset, she wants to see Mac and to be with her and Paloma as much as possible. Cris gives her the stink eye. Sigh, if only looks could kill.

Rufi goes to the chapel to fetch Paloma.

While in the waiting area, Carlota stares at Cris and thinks about how he’s a very attractive priest and it’s a waste that he hides it (I couldn’t catch what she said, but my guess is that she was talking about him hiding behind his vocation or priest uniform), but it won’t be for much longer. Paloma’s arrival interrupts this creepy reverie. She addresses Cris as “padre” and requests that he ask God to save Macarena. Carlota then ushers Pal off to see Mac.

Rodolfo is in Mac’s room looking anguished; he gives her a kiss on the forehead.

In the church chapel, Cristobal prays--Mac has suffered all her life and you sent me to her to change that, so that together we could live a relationship full of love. He asks God to have compassion for Mac. Meanwhile, Emiliano stands behind him, also praying--he knows that it will be very hard if Paloma loses her mother, but he knows that God can make Mac recover from this accident.

Paloma goes into Mac’s room while Darth Carlota skulks outside with her face practically pressed against the window. Pal tells Mac, you have to live, we have a lot of plans, a lot of things to do together as mother and daughter. She asks Mac for forgiveness for being hard on her when she found out Mac was her mother. But now she doesn’t care if the whole world knows. Mama, don’t leave me, I don’t know what I’d do without you . . . I love you so much, Mamita. Meanwhile, Carlota’s looking on, thinking “you have to die. Nobody can know what happened between us. Die already!”

Diana is looking in the newspaper at the pictures of the party and comments that Emiliano and Romina look very handsome together, what a cute couple. Ines says yeah, but that girl is a bit forward (?)--she planted a kiss on Emiliano that left us all with our mouths hanging open, and I don’t think he appreciated it. Diana says he’s just shy. Before leaving Ines gossips that she’s off to the hospital to see Mac. Diana isn’t surprised because that family is tragic--everything bad happens to them. That’s why she hates that her son is so close to those people. Ines wonders why he’s so close, is he Paloma’s friend? Diana answers no, but it was through his friendship with Inaki that he was near them.

Carlota enters Mac’s hospital room and Paloma leaves but stands outside the window. Her Royal Purpleness the Princess of Darkness stands in between Mac and the window so that Paloma can’t see that she has taken Mac’s oxygen mask off and is smirking while Mac looks like she’s starting to have trouble breathing. Unfortunately for Carlota the nurse comes in so she hurriedly puts the mask back on. The nurse tells her she has to leave, doctor’s orders.

Rufi and Camila weep some more in the waiting room. Cami doesn’t want to imagine Paloma’s life if something happens to Mac. Rufi worries that Carlota is mad at her for telling Cami, Paloma and Cristobal about the accident. Cami replies, so she gets mad, who cares, you did the right thing. Mac needs Cris here. Cami explains to Rufi that Mac told her everything about how Cris is the man she loves. Rufi thinks it’s odd that Mac told Cami about that, but not about the other thing. Camila asks, What other thing? Rufi covers up with something about other things that Mac keeps secret (I think). Paloma comes and cries to Rufi about seeing Mac and Cami cries, but you saw her, she’s alive, she felt your presence and that’s going to help her, you’ll see.

Carlota stands outside Mac’s window and glares at her some more.

Paloma and Emiliano are in front of the hospital--she's upset about seeing Mac like that, immobile, it reminded her of when her parents died (those who she thought were her parents). Emiliano tries to console Pal when she gets hysterical thinking that Macarena might die.

Outside Mac’s room, Carlota whines to Dr. Rodolfo that she only had 1 minute with Macarena. He explains that they had to do some stuff (I’m not sure exactly what, as I couldn’t understand him). Carlota asks, couldn’t he have waited? Rodolfo points out that Mac’s in very bad shape and she can’t wait. The Purple One, apparently itching to check a certain item off her to-do list, then declares that when it’s ok for Mac to have visitors, she wants to be the one to go in again. No can do, replies doc, you can’t come here and give orders. He’ll allow visits with people who he feels are appropriate. After he leaves Carlota wonders how Mac got two men to fall in love with her when she has no personality or beauty.

Romina visits Diana, who wants to know all about how things went last night at the party. Romi wonders if Emil was mad that it was her instead of Diana who went to the party, and Diana says of course not. Her phone rings and it’s Camila--she asks if Romi is coming to the hospital. Romi scoffs, “me, why?” Camila explains that Mac is dying and she should come to support Paloma, but Romi just rolls her eyes. She doesn’t know if she’ll come, but give Pal a kiss and a hug for her, bye. Click. Diana says something about Cami blackmailing Romi to be near her.

Orlando arrives at the hospital and, although Camila is clearly distraught and crying, asks if she’s allright. She asks him to hug her, saying she feels very alone. Her friend is dying and it hurts a lot.

Ines and the other church ladies arrive at the hospital.

Camila, Orlando and Cristobal talk in the church chapel. Cami tells Cris that she knows how important he is to Mac and asks to him to do what he can to see her (Mac), as his presence will help her a lot. He thanks Cami and says he’ll keep insisting that the doctors let him see Mac. After he leaves Cami and Orlando discuss the history between Mac and Cris--Orly muses that it’s sad to see this love story never had a happy ending despite them loving each other so much.

Ines and company come to the waiting room; Ines suggests they say a rosary together. Carlota, after seeing them and rolling her eyes, “Just what I didn’t want, all those old gossips here”, says she’ll go to the chapel with them. As they’re about to leave Rodolfo comes over and tells Cris he can go see Mac. Carlota stops to ask if Mac regained consciousness. No, but he has authorized Cris and then Rufi to visit Macarena. Cris leaves while Carlota tries to get Rufi to go with the church ladies, but Rufi wants to wait for her turn to see Mac. Carlota reluctantly accompanies the ladies to the chapel.

Cristobal asks Macarena, “What happened? What happened with what you told me in the morning? You were so happy. We have many dreams together. We can’t allow adversity and destiny to separate us again. Don’t give up, you have to live. I need you, my heart needs you, our love needs you.” He gives her a kiss on the lips (which seems kinda risky to me given that he’s wearing his collar and they’re right next to the window), accompanied by a magical twinkly sound--I guess we’re meant to think that this is like Prince Charming bringing Snow White (or Sleeping Beauty) back to life with a kiss? Anyway, he continues, saying something along the lines of Macarena, please, seize life, grab the new opportunity that God gave us. Then the heart monitor starts beeping and she flatlines again.

Previews: Mac wakes up and wants to see Paloma.

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