Caray, Caray!

Albieri tells Lucas that Diego died while he was lost in the desert. Lucas remembers his hallucinations of Diego when the Bedouins rescued him.

In the den, Leo demands that Albi test Lucas’ mole right now. Leo can’t face, and can’t solve, his big problem, so instead he redirects all his intensity into what he can fix. Albi suggests that this just might not be the best time for this. Leo blows a gasket and implies that Albi doesn’t care about Luke’s life. That’s too much for Albi. He shouts, “I neverstopped taking care of them. (You’re getting close to the edge, Albi!) I’m not the one responsible for what happened to Diego!” (Oops! Over the edge!)
This pushes Leo farther into his delusions. He shouts back, “Of course you’re the one! You and your science don’t accomplish anything! I give you rivers of money, and you can’t solve anything!”
Alb answers, louder yet, “What do you want me to solve, death?”
Enrique breaks them up and tries to restore calm.
Leo insists that he give Lucas a thorough examination, so death doesn’t come back. (Note, Leo wants to believe that death comes on its own.)

Enrique reminds Albi about his conference at the end of the month. Alb responds that he can’t; he’s getting married. Enrique is all excited for him, and starts talking about the joy of children, but Albi sets him straight. No kids. He doesn’t want his emotions smashed again. Enrique tries again, but Albi shuts him down, saying, “I already had a son, and he just died.” Leo doesn’t object, and Enrique decides it’s time to shut up.

Lucas mourns his brother. “Why him? Why not me? Everyone liked him better. I even liked him better.”

Said enters Ali’s house followed by 15 women (they say 15, but I only see 13). He tells Ali, “This is my inheritance.” Ali suggests that only a king can afford such a harem. Said explains that Abdul’s mansion went to a cousin, a successful business went to another cousin, while a failed business and the harem went to Said. And he already has more debts than he can handle. He wanted to leave them behind but was forced to take them. Ali sets him straight; he is responsible for those women, and they are unable to provide for themselves. Said thinks all is hopeless, but Ali suggests a solution. Get the youngest ones married off. Get the older ones jobs as domestics. Said’s still responsible for the elderly or sick, but Ali only saw one of those.

Zoraida allows herself a bit of schadenfreude; she says, “When Nariza finds out, she’ll die of a heart attack!” She hurries to Nariza’s house because that’s too much fun to miss. Nariza has surrounded herself with all the samples merchants have left her, so she can choose which she wants to buy - jewelry, clothing, scarves, etc. She tells (not asks) Zoraida to fix her up with Ali, and she’ll reward her with as much gold as she wants. Zoraida keeps trying to explain, but Nariza is lost in gold fever. When she finally hears the news, Nariza crumbles to the floor with a melodramatic wail.

Mohammed is excited to show Latifa the house; Latifa is just as excited to see it. He’s eager to give her lots of beautiful things, and she’s eager to give him lots of children. But in the bedroom she tells him, “I don’t want you to have other wives. That, I will never permit. Just us two.” He answers, in good telenovela form, “If I have you, why would I want anything else?”

Dora tells Vicky about the artificial insemination process. She tells Vicki that Osvaldo has disappeared, but she asked for a sperm donor that resembles him so she can feel closer to him.

Next Cristina (to me she seems more like a Tina than a Cris) interrogates Vicky about the jewelry. The chauffer brought it back, not Leo. Tina makes sure Vicky said she was traveling with an amigO. The truth is, she stayed with an aunt so Vicky would believe the lie and pass it to Diego. She’s sure that since he returned the jewelry, it means he’s still interested in her.

Do we see a common thread between Dora, Cristina, and Luisa?

Lucas wants to know one thing from his father: where was he when Diego died? Leo says he can’t remember; he had so many things going on that day. Lucas pushes, and Leo shows his one moment of giving consolation to his son, telling him, “There are some things we can never understand; things we must just accept.” Too bad his one moment of apparent compassion was really just an attempt to avoid Lucas’ question. Then Lucas wants to know where his brother is buried. Leo doesn’t answer that one either. He says, “He’s traveling. And when he gets home, it’s late and I’m sleeping, so I don’t see him. It’s better if you think about it that way. Then nothing changes.” Lucas tries to tell his father that Diego is dead, but Leo refuses to listen.

Latifa, in a rose dancing outfit, dances for her husband. He’s interested but perplexed. He kisses her but then recoils; “Where did you learn that?”
Latifa answers that she learned it from the novela; she learned it for him. He’s so distressed, she’s afraid he’s going to hit her. To the contrary, he tells her to keep at it. Then they get at it.

Lucas calls Jade and arranges to meet in the morning. He begs her not to leave him alone. She promises from here on, they will be together forever. If you‘re gonna’ forge an anvil, you might as well make it a big one, eh?
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Rosa tells Lucas about Marissa, and how much Diego loved her. She also says that Leo wouldn’t listen to anything Enrique had to say about the afterlife, but he takes everything Albieri says as gospel. She’s afraid that Albi has influenced Lucas as well.

At the table, Lucas tells Leo that he needs to bring his girlfriend to live there. The ever supportive papa says, “Are you trying to drive me nuts?” Lucas explains to Rosa that she left everything for him, and if they don’t take her in, she could be killed. Leo orders Lucas not to talk about the subject ever again. Lucas insists. Leo suggests she might be underage. Lucas doesn’t know how old she is; I guess the subject never came up in all their profound, sincere, illuminating conversations that became the foundation of their deep, abiding love. Oops. Maybe not. But she sure can dance, so who needs talk?

Leo says he could end up in jail for bringing in a minor, and “your brother never would have done anything as stupid as that. How can you be so different from him (read: inferior)?”

Dora goes shopping for baby things.

Latifa wants to go to the beach with Jade, but Mohammed says, “No, my wife stays in my house for me alone.” He’ll take her to the beach later. Latifa thinks that’s marvelous. Mohammed leaves, and Jade tells Latifa about the letter she wrote. It’s to Ali, telling him she’ll never go back to Morocco, and by the time he reads it, “I’ll already be married to the man I chose for myself.” She says that it’s Lucas. Jade leaves, and Latifa is sure that her own life is ruined thanks to Jade.

Jade goes to the beach. (Is it to wait for Lucas? Is it already the next morning? How can it be morning if we didn’t see last night’s moon? No puede ser.)

Marissa arrives at Leo’s house to get a memento of Diego. She’s surprised that he kept her picture on his nightstand. Lucas is in Diego’s room when Marissa enters. She’s impacteda; perhaps she didn’t know Diego had a twin.

A program note says that tomorrow’s show will be at 10:00. I don’t know whether that’s west coast or everyone. You should probably look and make sure at 8, 9, and 10. Last week it was announced that it would broadcast at 10, but ran at 8 instead.

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