Caray, Caray!

Just as the Jade problem seems to be resolved between Ali, Said and Abdul, the phone rings. Uncle Abdul answers. He says that it's for Ali. Lucas' family is looking for him. Uh oh. Ali takes the phone.
He says that he didn't know Lucas was in Morocco. [He's lying to save Jade. Ali knew Lucas was coming to Morocco and that is how Jade found out.] Ali advises Said to take his wife home and resolve their differences. Jade goes to get her veil. She tells Zoraida that she is afraid because she has lost her jade pendant that she has had since she was born. Zoraida tells her that she has gotten away with a lot and should quit fighting her destiny.

Marisa returns to the house in Miami and tells Rosa that Lucas has left her for Jade. She orders Rosa to pack up her stuff and leaves saying that her father's lawyer will be in touch. After Marisa leaves, Rosa says that this must be why she had misgivings about Lucas going to Morocco. A wrinkle in the space-time continuum? I don't recall Rosa expressing any such doubts.

Mohamed tells Latifa how the Jade business was resolved. Latifa protests that her family follows the Koran unlike Nariza who is always making insinuations. She says that when Nariza is around, Mohamed changes and she is afraid that he will send her back. Mohamed says that he will never send her back but Latifa should give him a child. Latifa promises that she will give him not one but many children. She does not say how she will achieve this. Maybe a visit to Albi's fertility clinic?

Latifa and Mohamed are leaving for the store but Nariza, doing her nails and referring to herself in the third person, says that she isn't going. She is happy after having a dream that she will soon be married to an American. Latifa is happy about that idea. Mohamed, not so much.

Osvaldo tells his buddy at the club that he has a new woman who is 'wrapped up like a present' [quite a change from Dora who didn't leave much to the imagination] and who he thinks has lots of oil money. Osvaldo dances up to Mohamed's house. [The space-time continuum again. From what we saw, Osvaldo was not told where Nariza lived. I imagine a deleted scene where while Mohamed and Latifa were in the store trying to bargain, Nariza was giving this information to Osvaldo and maybe telling him that she was rich, too.] Nariza is waiting for him and comes out to meet him while pretending to water the plants.

Osvaldo compliments Nariza's eyes and asks if likes to dance. When she says that she is a good dancer, he asks her to go out dancing with him. She thinks that he wants to marry her and suggests that he meet her family. He thinks that she is playing hard to get but he is willing to go along for her money. Here is an excellent view of Nariza's horse teeth as someone on TW said.
Jade runs up to her bedroom after serving Said a meal. He follows her and asks if she has something to tell him. She says that she wants a divorce. She denies that she still loves Lucas but says that she can never make Said happy and that her uncle and cousin forced her to marry. Said replies that they were fine until Lucas returned to Morocco. Then Jade urges him to find another woman because she can't give him children. Said says that he loves her and will never give her a divorce.

Luisa finds out from Mario, the new lab assistant, [whose surgical mask is slipping down while he is talking to Luisa]
that Frankenalbi is not only a mad scientist but he is one of those absent-minded ones. He left the vial of Dora's donor semen in the freezer for over a year!!! [What kind of a nincompoop wouldn't have gotten rid of the evidence that Dora's eggs never got fertilized by the donor's semen? Don't they clean out the freezer oftener than once a year? There are probably old frozen burritos and dried up hamburger patties in there.] Luisa is upset and wonders what Albieri did.

Cristina saunters out of her bedroom in the morning fully made up and wearing a negligée that gives us an excellent view of her rack, to find that Dora hasn't gone to work because Vicki couldn't watch Danielito. She does not offer to watch Daniel herself but suggests that Dora put him in day care. Dora has another idea. She has asked her mother to come and stay to take care of Daniel and she will have to stay at Cristina's place, too. Cristina says that there isn't much room but it's fine. "Donde comemos dos, comemos tres," literally, "Where two eat, three [can] eat." Dora is ecstatic.
Jade is ready to go out to her uncle Ali's when Said tells her that she isn't going anywhere. When he is at work, she will stay in the house. That is her place, not the street. As her husband, he can order this. He calls two goons to make sure his orders are carried out.

Lucas is packing to leave the hotel when his business associate, Raul, appears. Apparently, Lucas managed to do what he was supposed to for Leo's company in between running after Jade. He tells Raul that he has to meet with someone and will see him later. Seconds later, Lucas is in the medina.

Luisa returns to the lab. She wants to speak to Albi but first is given a bouquet of flowers that are from Albieri to brighten up her day. Luisa thanks him and says that she wishes he trusted her more. When Albieri protests that she knows everything about him, she tells him about the abandoned frozen semen sample. Since it wasn't used, she wants to know who Danielito's father is. Albieri becomes extremely agitated and tells Luisa that she doesn't understand what goes on in the lab and she shouldn't mention this to anyone or he'll get into trouble.

Now just like Silvia, poor Mario gets the boot for unwittingly getting too close to Albieri's secret.

Dora calls the lab and asks Luisa to tell Albieri not to spend any more time with Daniel. Luisa is relieved.

Julio is surprised that Albi fired Mario.

Ali tells Zoraida that she is going to Miami on the weekend. He wonders why he hasn't heard from Jade and asks Zoraida to find out what is going on.

Lucas is lurking outside Said's house. Through the window, he tells her that everything is ready for them to leave together. She tells him that she can't leave because Said is watching her. He tells her that it is now or never. She agrees. While she is getting her things together, Zoraida arrives. Jade tells her to leave. She doesn't want to harm her. Zoraida warns her that if she runs away, Ali and all the family will turn their backs on her. Jade says that she doesn't care. She and Lucas will have each other and she will be the happiest woman on earth. She fantasizes about Lucas completing the Muslim marriage night ritual and having sex in a bed instead on the ground outside. Zoraida leaves asking Allah to protect Jade.

Lucas is waiting for Jade outside Said's house when Ali comes up behind him. I love Uncle Ali. He certainly realizes what Lucas is doing there but without batting an eyelash he greets Lucas and inexorably leads him away from Said's house.
The female servants can't stop Jade from leaving the house. [What happened to the male goons? Coffee break?] Jade doesn't get much past the doorway when Said returns. He guesses what is going on and gets a knife - one of those curly blade ones - saying that this country isn't big enough for him and Lucas. Jade begs him not to hurt Lucas but Said locks her in the house and leaves.

Ali takes Lucas to his house and subjects him to a lot of good advice. Lucas keeps trying to leave but Ali sticks to him like a limpet. Meanwhile Jade prays to Allah to project Lucas from Said. She says that if Lucas is saved, she will never look for him again.
Said arrives at Ali's house. Zoraida tells him that Ali is at the camel market. Said says that he will wait. When Zoraida asks Said why he is armed, he tells her that he is going to cut off the head of the evil that is threatening his family. Zoriada tells Ali that Said has come with a knife to kill Lucas. Lucas is sent to hide in the kitchen. Ali asks Allah for enlightenment.
Said asks Ali to help him find the man who wants to take his wife away. Ali disarms Said and says that Allah brought Said to his house so that Ali could keep him from doing something stupid. Ali tells Said that Lucas will immediately go to Paradise if Said kills him and all Lucas's sins will fall on Said. Said isn't sure about that but Ali asks if Said doubts his knowledge of the Koran. He advises Said to return home and seek domestic harmony. Said says that everyone will mock him. Ali replies that people can't mock what they don't know about. This will be their secret.

Back at the house, Jade asks Said where his knife is. He tells her that Ali took it from him. Jade is relieved.

Lucas returns to Miami and tells Rosa that what Marisa told him was true. He has gotten back with Jade. He tells Rosa that he never should have gotten married or pretended to be Diego. Everybody is happy except him. He makes a call to purchase an airplane ticket back to Morocco.
Rosa goes off to tell Leo. He tells her not to let Lucas leave the house. Leo tells Enrique that Lucas can fall in love but he can't lose control. Enrique suggests that Leo's $10K gift to Cristina evidences lack of control but Leo replies that he just made a rational decision to buy Cristina off. Leo refuses to see Albieri.

Luisa asks Albieri about the Dora fertilization issue. He says that he is going to tell her the truth once and for all. Of course, he doesn't do that. He spins a yarn about an assistant in the lab [it's never him] who mislabeled the semen vials with the result that Dora's egg got fertilized by the wrong donor and he didn't discover the error until it was too late. Luisa appears to accept this explanation. Albieri begs her not to mention it again because it upsets him. She promises never to speak of it again. She embraces him and says to herself how happy she is because she thought Albeiri would confess to being Danielito's father.

Jade comes to Ali's house [Said let her leave his house? For all he knows, Lucas is still in town] to call Lucas in the US. [Why would she assume that Lucas had already returned to the US? Did the space-time continuum eat a scene where Zoraida told Jade what happened?] Lucas tells her that he is coming back to Morocco the next day. Jade tells him not to come, that she doesn't love him anymore. She says that she has decided she loves Said and Lucas shouldn't look for her anymore, "Adiós," she says, "Hasta nunca," (until never).

Lucas is impactado.

Jade is devastated. "Maktub," says Zoraida, "It is written."

The credits roll.

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