Caray, Caray!

Grizelda, that money-grubbing idiot, busts up a potential Gabe-Jimena kiss. Does it not occur to her that having her "niece" married to a guy with money could be very lucrative for her?

Noel loves, loves, loves Juan's ideas for reform. He also figures that Leo didn't like them. Renato says Mami Dearest thinks they'll go broke by treating the peasants decently. Noel thinks maybe, deep down, he still loves her, but he doesn't know anymore.

Rosenda tells Leo that Aimee has been very generous to her lately. Leo reminds her she has to be faithful to them. Rosenda says that Renato was as upset about the medal as Rod was about the ring. Leo says it's cause men want to own everything, and that goes for both of them. She's upset that Renato is contradicting her all the time, and hiring Juan, who drove Rod away. And Rod just moved to town and she's already finding out that he's seeing one of those little chippies from the casino. Rosenda flips out, but has to restrain herself and just says Rod can't possibly treat Leo like that after she's supported him in everything. Leo wants Rosenda to help her get that other woman away from Rod, at any cost.

Noel notices the time and says he's got to get to work. The guys hug. Aimee comes running in just then to suck up to Noel. He leaves. Aimee tries to get Renato to quit being angry. The proximity of her boobs does the job. He offers to take her to town to see her dad, and he's invited Regina along, too. Aimee flips her wig about Regina coming along. She tells him she wants him all to herself and numbs his brain with her lips.

Grizelda is offended at Jimena dressing "like a Christian" and going into a church. She claims that Jimena is hurting her mother and all other Gypsies. Grizzy rips up the veil and warns Jimena that if she goes into the church again, she'll take her away from Gabe. Oh, so she wasn't worried about the kissing, then. Jimena cries over her ripped up veil.

At the school, a teacher reviews the vowels with a group of kids and adults. Regina, in her Little Bo Peep outfit, looks on, beaming. She approaches Colibri after the lesson to praise him. He gets all excited and says she's frickin' awesome and gives her a hug. She invites him to check out the place where the artisans are working and he says he'll follow her to the ends of the earth. So much for being Juan's little man to the end. Boobs always trump. Regina loves the work the ladies are doing, and the ladies love Reggie.

Doc mixes up some drugs and sends a peasant off with them. Reggie and Colibri come in and the peasant and Doc get to call Reggie an angel and make her blush. Peasant guy leaves and Reggie introduces Colibri to the Doc. Doc wonders if he knows what his name means and says it's "messenger of love." Colibri says he's a friend of Juan del Diablo, and Juan walks in and says that's his name, all right. Another peasant comes in to tell Reggie that Renato is asking if she wants to go into town. She gets all excited. Colibri offers to walk her to her carriage…if Juan's ok with hit. Juan again declares that Colibri is free, to which he replies "See, I'm free, because Juan says so." Kind of defeats the purpose. Colibri and Reggie leave. Doc and Juan put the penises on the table. I mean, the cards. Doc now knows Juan's name and Juan now knows that Doc has a thing for Miss Santa Regina. They both grin at each other. Game on.

Reggie is all excited to go visit her dad. Federico wants to come along and be the fourth wheel. Neither Renato nor Regina seem very happy about it, but they don't tell him "no".

Rodrigo is unhappy with the sheriff's work. Most lately, that they have no idea who broke into his house. Rodrigo is convinced that Juan did it. The sheriff agrees that Juan is stirring things up, and stirring up the fishermen. Rodrigo thinks it's time to teach them a lesson, and he thinks he has a way to revenge himself on Juan.

The fisherman are just pulling their boat onto the shore. Santos' girlfriend comes up and they flirt. He wants to kiss her, but she doesn't want to do it in front of everyone. She wants to know where he was and Pedro explains they keep having to go out farther and farther to get a decent catch.

Juan and the Doc talk. Doc says that Rod told him to back off, because he wants Reggie to marry Fed. Unfortunately, Reggie also told him that she loves someone else, but he still has a thing for her. Juan understands passion that overtakes one's heart. Juan explains he took his name due to some circumstances that he doesn't really want to talk about. Doc congratulates him for the great work he's doing with the peasants. Juan explains he's just trying to be fair. The earth is our mother, and it shouldn't belong to only one person, but to everyone. Doc notices Juan's mark and thinks it might be lucky.

Mirta notices Maria del Rosario's birthmark. She says her grandmother and mother also had it, but not everyone in her family has it. "They said that those who had it would be lucky, happy, but that wasn't my fate." Mirta gets very agitated. MdR says she's just waiting for the sea to bring back Juan D.

Juan D Jr. is out in the fields, sweating with the peasants.

MdR now gets agitated, looking for her baby. Mirta hands her the rag baby and MdR pushes open the secret door. She tells Mirta to come with her and they'll go see the room where her baby was born.

A peasant falls over and everybody rushes over. This is one of the older guys, who Juan didn't want working anymore, but someone else tells him that Arcadio said if they wanted to eat, they have to work. Juan is pissed and reminds them that his orders were no women, children, or old people working. He orders them to take the guy to the clinic. Remigio is pissed that Juan is getting himself in trouble for nothing. Aimee is married to Renato…"But she's still in love with me!" Juan says things aren't as they seem. He goes back to loading up sacks.

Rodrigo is not happy to see Renato in his house and demands to know who gave him permission to enter. Renato meekly says he brought the girls to see him. Rodrigo tells him the girls are welcome, but he isn't, and not to fake an affection for Rod that he doesn't feel. Regina tries to get him to back off. Renato tries to stand up for himself, but Rod won't hear it while Juan is working for him. Renato leaves and says he'll wait outside. Regina tries to plead his case again, but now she gets yelled at. She just won't give up, though. Neither will Rod. Ren begs her to respect her father's decision because he doesn't want her or Aimee fighting with Rod over him. Yeah, and shouldn't it be Aimee defending him? Bad wife! Fed feels bad and offers to keep Renato company outside. "I hope this has served as a lesson to you when you marry Regina. Never go against me. Ever!" Fed says Rod doesn't need to worry about that. He leaves. Rod warns Reggie that if she keeps at it, he'll dismiss her as well, so she'd better quit sticking up for Renato and Juan.

Juan pokes around the basement and runs into Arcadio. He remembers Noel being brought home on a horse, Renato crying, and Leo running Juan off. He remembers Arcadio ordering them to bring in Noel. He remembers Renato showing him the coins and Arcadio and Leo yelling for Renato. He remembers Renato tripping and telling him to take the money and run. Juan tells Arcadio he's not going to allow him to keep treating the workers like animals. They argue over who's the administrator of the finca, and who's giving the orders. Juan tells Arcadio he actually hadn't considered having him fired, since he knows Arcadio has a sick wife. Arcadio is surprised to hear it and offers to explain it. Juan asks to see her and Arcadio fakes that he doesn't want his wife gawked at. Juan offers to explain how he knows about her, but he wants to see her first. Arcadio refuses. Juan tells him that he's the one giving orders and if Arcadio doesn't like it, he can take it up with Renato.

MdR and Mirta are in MdR's old room. She talks about waiting for her child to be born, but Leonarda took him away. She cries over the bed, that was the last place she slept with Juan D. Sr. She remembers asking Leo for news and Leo telling her that Juan fell into the sea and never came out. She cries over him and says he has to come back, because he always kept his promises.

Aimee sucks up to Rod, but Rod refuses to come back to the finca. Regina asks him to please reconsider. Aimee snaps at her to quit defending Renato. "He's MY husband. And I'm on dad's side." Is there anything more to her than being a spoiled bitch? Didn't think so. Aimee sucks up to dad some more. She says she wants to spend more time with him, but Renato won't let her. Rod laps it up and sees it as a demonstration of what a wonderful daughter Aimee is…Regina, on the other hand…. "You and Renato, always talking about 'justice' but you're so unfair to your own family!" This from Aimee. Rod tells Aimee he's got them working on cleaning up her room. This is the first Regina has heard of it, and it seems like she might have an idea. Aimee assures Rod that she's going to invest her entire inheritance in wood, and Rod is gratified to hear it. Aimee simpers. When Rod says she'll double her fortune, Aimee thinks that she'll be able to run off with Juan. Ugh. She's so tacky.

Remi is out shopping. He sees Lulu, who's having some trouble carrying her groceries. He offers to help carry stuff for her.

Rod pressures Reggie to marry Fed. He tells her she'll get her inheritance when she marries Fed, and if she does it soon, she might be in time to double her inheritance as well. Reggie promises to think about it. Aimee starts in on her, asking if she's still pining for her impossible love, which makes no sense to Reggie, given that Aimee knows who that would be. Aimee is glad that Tia Leo talked to her about wood. Rod says Leo's a smart woman, which in his book means, "someone who agrees with me, no matter what a bonehead I'm being."

Remi seems smitten with Lulu. He wants to know when she shops…presumably so he can carry her groceries every time. He's alarmed to see that she works at the casino, but she lies and says she works in the kitchen. And only in the kitchen. Which is code for, "I swear, I'm not a whore!" She starts to tell him her name is "Lulu" but breaks of and says it's "Malu." He introduces himself as Remigio Sanchez, to serve God…and her! She offers a hand to shake, but they have to put down most of their shopping to do it. They just can't keep their hands off their, uh, hands. He keeps repeating "Malu" and by some miracle doesn't knock her over with his giant tools. He walks off. Rosenda comes up just then with her own set of giant tools (or is she herself a giant tool?), looking for Brigitte. She demands that Lulu go inside and get her while she waits outside.

Clemi sees Juan riding up to the finca. She runs out to greet him, calling him "my child" and he's worried someone will hear. Clemi reminds him that she promised his mom she'd take care of him when she found him. Juan thinks she's trying to guilt him into leaving without getting vengeance. Clemi just wants him to know that his dad would be proud of him for his work reforms. And of course, mami would be proud too. Juan muses that he's got a lot of good and bad memories of the place. Clemi says his life will always be linked to the finca. She proposes they sneak in so he can see his mom's room.

Mom is upstairs in her room, crying. Mirta drags her out and across the hall.

Leo and Arcadio ponder what to do about Juan wanting to get a look at MdR. Arcadio figures he met her when she got out. He's getting tired of this game. He thinks it's time to tell everyone the truth, but Leo refuses. They have to continue telling everyone the crazy woman is Arcadio's wife. No one can find out that Leo has had MdR locked up all this time. Arcadio tells her that Remi has also seen him with his "wife" and that Remi gets along well with Juan. Leo looks alarmed. Well, that's what you get when you give away your nephew and drive your sister crazy. Deal with it.

Juan is overwhelmed with emotion to see his Mom's room. This smoothes out all the wrinkles on his face. Clemi tells him his story started in that very bed. His parents spent their last night together there. Juan has a chest pain. He says he has a feeling that his mother is still alive, but he figures it's just because he's in her room. My guess is it’s a heart attack. Or gas. He hugs Clemencia.

Tomorrow: people smack each other around and Aimee is still trying to worm her way back into Juan's pants.

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