Caray, Caray!

We open with an awkward encounter at the Albieri house. Albieri's explanation of why Dora is staying at their house is that she rented her apartment and can't break the lease. Luisa concludes that Albieri has the hots for Dora. No one (except Albieri) understands what is so special about Dora's pregnancy.

Now we get an idea about what's going on with Marisa. She tells Rosa that she is going to get married in the Vizcaya Palace and all of Miami will remember her wedding. Rosa says that she couldn't find another man like Lucas. Marisa says that Lucas wouldn't find a classy, decent and smart girl like her that easily either. Then Rosa says to Marisa that if Diego hadn't died, she would be marrying him. "Who knows?" replies Marisa and then to herself, "Either way I'd be marrying a Ferrer." So if we had any doubt, now we know that Marisa is gold digger and doesn't care about Lucas.

Lucas runs into Cristina on the beach. She asks why he is pretending to be Lucas. Lucas says that Diego was stronger than he and when he puts on Diego's clothes and pretends to be him, he feels more secure and things work out better. He tells her that he is getting married. Cristina assumes that it is Jade and when Lucas tells her that he's marrying Diego's girlfriend, she tells him not to do it. She says that he is renouncing his own life to step into Diego's shoes and they don't fit. He loves Jade. So Cristina goes from bimbo to wise woman and Marisa goes from bereaved girlfriend to scheming mercenary.

Nariza tells Jade that her 'temporary fiance' is coming to ask Said to consent to the arrangement. She and Jade go out at 4 in the morning to cook suhoor at Ali's house. This is the meal eaten before dawn during the fast of Ramadan.

At Ali's house, Zoraida asks Jade why Nariza is smiling so much. Jade explains that Nariza is getting married.
A guy brings the future temporary husband to Said's house. It appears that he is a businessman from Teheran who is staying in Fez for a year. Things go swimmingly until the guy reveals that he wants a 1 year temporary marriage and that Nariza was ok with that. Said and Ali are impactado.

Luisa accuses Albieri of bringing his mistress, Dora, into their house. Naturally, Luisa does not believe or understand the 'professional reasons' that Albieri claims are his motive for having her stay at the house. Albieri then claims that Dora's pregnancy may have problems because he didn't feel well when he fertilized her egg. 'So you're worried about it now, halfway through the pregnancy and not before?' says Luisa sarcastically. Albieri can't think up any more pathetic excuses so he leaves his furious wife alone with Dora. [We're halfway through the pregnancy? Didn't Dora just find out she was pregnant?]

Dora comes out of her room and when she realizes that Luisa thinks that she and Albieri are an item, she says that she will leave and apologizes for causing trouble.

Said and Ali return to Ali's house and summon Nariza. She tells Zoraida and Jade that Allah had a different fate in store for her than to be a dried up old maid. She flounces out. Jade and Zoraida giggle.

Said tells Nazira that there has never been a temporary marriage in their family and he isn't going to allow one now. Nariza says that the religion permits it but Said responds that he won't permit it. Nariza loses it. She describes for the nth time the sacrifices that she made for her brothers and then says that if she going to be this unhappy, Allah can take her now.

Dora ends up where else? At Cristina's. She is on her way out on a date but she makes Dora welcome.

When he returns home, Albieri is upset that Luisa has let Dora leave. Albeiri is so vehement that he has to observe the progress of Dora's pregnancy every day that Luisa is afraid that he will leave her if she doesn't let Dora return. Albieri swears that he wouldn't risk his reputation by getting involved with another woman [note that he doesn't says that he wouldn't hurt Luisa by doing that]. Luisa agrees to have Dora return.

Of all the shops in Miami, Vicki and a friend are in Mohamed's place of business. They are talking about the Lucas' wedding and saying his last name just so Latifa, who is in the shop, will know who they are talking about. Latifa immediately calls Zoraida to pass the news along and she tells Jade. Jade is devastated. Ali says that she thought that Lucas was in love with her and he didn't even suffer. He tells her that Ramadan is about controlling emotions and passions and this is what Allah is teaching her. Jade tells Zoraida that she has to find out whether Lucas is marrying Marisa.

Leo tells Lucas that he has to go with a sheik (jeque) to a slaughterhouse to learn about that part of the business. He explains to Lucas that meat slaughtered for Muslims and Jews has to be done in accordance with religious rituals. He needs to learn about this part of Leo's business.

Ali and Said are watching the sun setting and say that they can eat now. (They refer to this meal as suhoor but the evening meal in Ramadan is called Iftar.)

At Ali's house, Nariza is sulking and says that she won't eat. She wants to die. When she is alone, she takes what looks like a cheese and cracker out of her veil and eats it. No real suffering for Nariza.
Cristina and her new boyfriend come to the same bar as Leo (of course). The important part of this exchange is that Leo tells Cristina that he doesn't have a new girlfriend and never will again. 'Does this mean you still love me?' asks Cristina. Leo doesn't answer and Cristina has to leave and calm her jealous boyfriend before she gets an answer. They argue in the car and Cristina leaves saying that Leo was nice to her.

Albieri is upset to find out that Dora is staying with Cristina. He says that Cristina almost married Leo and she knows Lucas. Naturally, Luisa has no idea why that fact would make Dora staying with Cristina such a problem. [If Albieri didn't want Dora around people who know Lucas, he should have let her go to New York. Does he think that someone who knows Lucas as an adult will recognize a newborn?] When Luisa tells Albieri that Dora went dancing, he goes ballistic and leaves the house.

Dora is dancing and Osvaldo is in the club. All of a sudden in comes Albieri and drags her out. She asks what is going on with him. He says that it is important that he be there when her baby is born. He says that she and her baby may be in grave danger if he isn't present when she gives birth. Now that Albieri has told her that there is might be a problem with her pregnancy, Dora doesn't want anything to do with him. He tries to drag her away but she calls for help and Vicki comes out of the club and Albieri runs away.

At Ali's house, Abdul and Ali are telling a bunch of children the story of Ramadan while the servants put food out. Said sits next to Jade and says that next Ramadan their child will be sitting there. [Said is a little optimistic there. If Jade got pregnant right away, the child would only be 3 mos. old next Ramadan.] Jade is even less encouraging. She says that she may not be able to have children and it would be ok with her if Said took another wife. Said says that he will never do that.

Ali offers Nariza a gazelle horn [I assume this is a pastry like an elephant's ear, not a real gazelle horn]. She hastily wipes crumbs off her face from her secret food stash and says that she is too unhappy to eat. Ali says that she lost a fiance but maybe Allah has something better in store for her. Hopeful, she takes the food. Watching this, Said tells Zoraida that only Ali could control Nariza. Jade slips out of the room.
Jade calls Lucas' house. [Doesn't he have a cell phone?] Rosa answers. She lies and says that Lucas is out with his girlfriend. Jade is impactada. Lucas is suspicious but Rosa says that the call was for Leo and suggests that it was Cristina. She gives Marisa a wink.

Cristina goes back to the bar looking for Leo but he has gone.

Jade daydreams about Lucas. Zoraida tells Jade that she saw her go out of the room and call Lucas. She warns Jade to be careful. Her fate is in the hands of Abdul and Nariza. They could have her whipped or stoned for a man who is marrying someone else. Jade says that women have more freedom now. Zoraida tells her that they are far from the capital and Abdul could do as he pleased and no one could interfere. Jade says that she is getting a divorce. If she can't marry the man she wants to, she won't marry anyone. Zoraida says that getting a divorce is not as easy as buying fruit in the market and expresses pity for Said. 'Poor Said!' snaps Jade, 'What about me?'

The sun sets over the desert and the moon rises and it appears months have passed since now Dora is two weeks from delivery. She says that she is all ready when the day comes but not so much when the day comes early. She is walking around in some deserted residential neighborhood and starts to go into labor. No cell phone. She screams and presumably far away Rosa wakes up suddenly. When she gets herself a glass of water, she runs into Lucas. It appears that this is his wedding day. She tells him that she dreamed about Diego. She wishes that Diego could be reincarnated and she could hold him again in her arms as a baby.

Back in Morocco, Ali is (still) teaching children and says that only God can create life. Jade asks Zoraida to read her fortune in the coffee grounds.

Dora finds a taxi.

Zoraida reads the coffee grounds. Since this is cryptic, I'll just translate the whole thing.

Z: I see a man. It must be Lucas because he's from the heart. You two will meet again but I don't know if it will be in this life or the next. You will meet when both the past and future exist at the same time. How can the past and the future exist at the same time? The Final Judgment. I think you will meet on the Day of Judgment.
J: Ah Zoraida. Why do you always get it right with everyone else but not with me? I want to know if I will succeed in living my life the way I want to. Will I be able to run away?
Z: The only thing I see clearly is that you will be confused [you aren't alone in that]. You will be divided between a man who is in the mirror (dentro lo espejo) and another who is outside the mirror (fuera lo espejo).
J: I don't understand anything, Zoraida. What are you saying?
Z: The only thing I know is that the mystery deals with a mirror. The storm that is shaking your life is related to an image reflected in a mirror.
As one would expect, Jade is less than satisfied with this.

In the taxi, Dora has flashbacks to Albieri telling her that she and her baby are in danger if he isn't present when she gives birth. She borrows the cabbie's cell phone and calls Albieri.

The credits roll.

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