Caray, Caray!

Albieri doesn’t have the guts to tell Luisa the truth – that Daniel is a clone of Lucas. [Jean, you called this one!] He and Luisa discuss changing their vacation plans.

Julio takes a phone call in the lab. We hear him say:
¿Qué dices? ¿Daniel?
What are you saying? Daniel?
…and it is clear that Luisa is telling him about Albieri’s alucinación

Escobar complains to Alicia that Clara is mad at him because of a lipstick stain on his labcoat.
Si tú fueras mi esposa, me creerías?
If you were my wife, would you believe me?
Well of course I would, she replies. What’s more, if Clara paid more attention to you (si Clara te prestara más atención) she’d see you weren’t lying.

Clara confides to Carolina that she suspects Alicia’s lips made the stain on Escobar’s robe. Caro wants to know if Escobar’s behavior has changed and Clara has to admit she doesn’t know because she’s not speaking to him.

Nati asks Alej what his mother thinks of her. He fibs a bit, saying he doesn’t know since his mother doesn’t interfere in his life, nor would he permit it. But she’s a very open, frank person who speaks her mind…
sin pelos en la lengua
(literally without hairs on the tongue: frankly, no holds barred)
Nati laments that the only simple person (sencilla) in her house is Rosa; the others are falsos y complicados (false and complicated). What’s your dream, your passion? asks Nati. Don’t laugh, answers Alej, but I want to be Champion of the USA, Alej the Snake! Nati promises to help him and support him in achieving his dream.

And as everyone gathers for the wedding in Fez…
Latifa can’t believe everyone is celebrating the fact that Said is taking a second wife. Ali says he remembers Jade as a bride.
Aquel día tenía lo más preciado que puede tener una mujer, el amor de su marido...
That day she had the most valuable thing a woman can have, the love of her husband...
… and she preferred to toss it to the winds and chase after a dream.
Jade has been listening and now Ali addresses her directly. He tells her that the Lucas of her dreams is just a ghost of the past and the adolescent love between them no longer exists.

In Miami, Marisa is telling her friend Lucia that today Said is taking a second wife:
Así que el infierno para esa infeliz está empezando hoy.
So the tortures of hell for that wretched woman are starting today.

Latifa and Zoraida make an eleventh hour plea to Jade to get her to try to stop the wedding, but Ali reminds them that Said has given his word to the family of his bride. Jade has no interest in impeding the wedding. Just remember, says Ali, that this wedding won’t free you from your destiny. Accept it and don’t shame our family.

Furthermore, says Ali, even if Said gives you a divorce, I won’t let you trample on our ways (pisotear – our old friend, to step on) by marrying Lucas. You are a Moslem, he says, and:
Quien tiene miedo al infierno, no va al infierno.
Who fears hell, doesn’t go to hell.

Latifa, as usual, laments that because of Jade’s behavior, her Mohamed is going to want a second wife. Jade loses her patience. You only worry about your own good but who worries about me? And when Latifa has gone, she says to Zoraida:
Yo me tengo que conformar con mi destino pero ya quiero ver si Mohamed tomara una segunda esposa, si ella se conformaría con el de ella.
I have to accept my destiny but I want to see -- if Mohamed took a second wife, if she’d accept her own destiny.

Mohamed is helping Amin prepare for the ceremony. A tearful Latifa approaches.
Me pone muy triste lo del segundo matrimonio.
This business of a second marriage is making me very sad.
Would you stay with me if someone in my family were cursed (maldecido) or if there were a disgrace in the family? she wants to know. Interestingly, he doesn’t give her a direct answer, just deflects the question.

Samira tells her cousin Jadiya that she doesn’t want Uncle Ali to pick a husband for her. She’s not even sure she wants to get married. She does want to go to the university and be an independent woman. Jadiya is perfectly content to let Ali pick someone for her as long as he’s handsome, rich and showers her with gold. In the background, Jade listens with an affectionate and amused smile on her face.

Zoraida comes to get Jade. As she comes downstairs, Jadiya tells her how beautiful she is. You’ll be more beautiful than the bride, she says.

The Naz kvetches to Zoraida.

And here comes the groom!
¡Aquí está el novio!
Here are the wishes his family offers:
Abdul:
¡Que tengas felicidad y sepas darle felicidad a tu mujer!
May you have happiness and may you succeed in making your wife happy!
Ali:
¡Que seas justo como manda el libro sagrado (…con ambas esposas)
May you be just, as the sacred book commands (... in your treatment of both wives)
Mohamed:
¡Que tu nueva esposa te llene de hijos!
May your new spouse fill (your life) with sons!
The Naz:
¡Una mesa llena de hijos!
A table full of sons!
And Abdul gets a second wish because it seems to be his party:
¡Que sea virtuosa!
May she be virtuous!
[This is kind of a wish for Said and a dig at Jade, a wishdig, if you will]

Latifa turns to Mohamed and asks him if he wants more children. Oh no, he says, Samira and Amin are enough for me.

Abdul is explaining to Samira that only the men of the two families will be present at the marriage ceremony in which the contract is signed. Huh? says Samira, you mean the bride’s not going to be at her own wedding?

Said asks Jade what wish she would like to offer him. That you free yourself from me, she says and …
Que te encuentres a una mujer que te ame de verdad.
That you find a woman who truly loves you.
I asked your wishes for me, not for you, he replies sharply.

In Miami, Leo is complaining that Lucas didn’t tell him Said was getting married today. It would have been a chance to get on his good side by sending a gift or at least good wishes. That would be ironic, under the circumstances, says Lucas. Do you think he’s leaving the way open for you? Marisa challenges her husband. I think Said is going to surprise you, she says. [Oh Lucas, why didn’t you go to the rehab center and tell them to keep Marisa away?? Nati could visit you as often as she liked…]

In Fez, the men are conducting the business of matrimony, payments are specified, agreements are signed. When all is done, the bride comes down the stairs and the novios see one another for the first time. She is a pretty young woman who appears pleased by the sight of Said. Said is looking at Jade, trying to read her reaction, then remembers to look at his bride and smile.

As the bride is lifted up into her sedan chair, attended by a young woman in blue, Jade smiles very broadly and Said glares at Jade. [I think he glares. Actually this actor has a very narrow range: he either smolders or he smiles and mostly he smolders.]

The dancers appear.

The bride, Rania, steps down from her chair. Jade welcomes her warmly. Said takes Rania’s hand.

The Naz remarks that the next wedding will be her own.

Ali says to Zoraida that the taking of a second wife is a happy occasion. Happy for the man, not the first wife, says Zoraida. You sound like an occidental, says Ali.

Abdul tells Natifa that the woman in blue is the bride’s sister and he thinks she’d be a good second wife for Mohamed. Do they have a brother? asks our Naz plaintively. No. The Naz then approaches the sister – Amina – and tells her she should meet her brother Mohamed, who lives in the US. Oh, yes, Amina has always wanted to live in the US.

Latifa is getting more and more upset, well aware that the Naz is conspiring against her.

Jade’s daughter Jadiya tells Ali that she wants to be a first wife, not a second wife. And you will be, he assures her.

Rania tells her sister she liked her groom:
Me gustó tanto.
She was afraid he’d be old and ugly.
…y me gusta el hermano
and I like the brother, says Amina.

Mohamed is assuring Latifa that one wife like her is worth the four permitted wives.

And in Miami…
Nati: You don’t like Alej, do you?
Lucas: You tell me, do you think he’s the right man for you? Because I can’t see that you two have anything in common. This isn’t prejudice or classism. You’re in love but you don’t have a future together.
Nati: I know about your past, how you were in love and you gave up your love for me.
Lucas: You were having problems. And I don’t regret anything because I love you:
No me arrepiento de nada porque te amo.

And in Cancun…
Albieri: No fue un delirio, era él, era Daniel en la figura de Diego: el tiempo volviendo atrás.
It wasn’t a delusion, it was him, it was Daniel looking just like Diego: time turning back.
But Albieri is a little late. Daniel is already on the road, knapsack on his back, thumbing a ride from a truck.
[So. We finally get to see the clone! And I think the actor does a great job of making him seem much younger than Lucas. I was quite ready to accept him as a separate person!]

Lucas continues his conversation with Nati. The most worrisome thing (Lo más preocupante) was when you said your imaginary friend had a mole just like mine, in exactly the same place. The psychologist said it was because you needed your father. You should have just put me in a loony bin (manicomio), says Nati, and gone away with your love. No, says Lucas, you were worth it. And now you are a wonderful, beautiful woman, healthy and happy! (eres una mujer divina, sana y feliz). Your happiness is everything to me.
If that’s so, don’t oppose my relationship with Alejandro.
I’m not against it, says Lucas:
No me ves brincando de la felicidad. Pero lo acepto.
You don’t see me jumping for joy. But I accept it.

You’re the only one who opposes our relationship, Nati says to Marisa. No, corrects Marisa, I’m the only one being sincere about her feelings. [And that’s probably true, but truth used to bludgeon your daughter is no virtue! You’re still the uberbitch, Marisa!]

At the gym, Alej says to Pablo:
En la casa de Nati, la única que no me puede ver ni en pintura es su mama.
In Nati's house, the only one who can’t stand me (literally, can’t even look at a picture of me) is her mother.
Replies Pablo:
Esa señora es un acido de batería.
That woman is battery acid!
Karla notices Alej is training hard, wonders why, and is told that he’s going to be fighting again.

Back at the Fez festivities…
The Naz is urging Mohamed to take a second wife.

Jade wonders aloud if Rania, the new bride, felt as she did in that bride chair:
…ganas de morir, de huir, de gritar, de pedir auxilio…
...a desire to die, to flee, to scream, ask for help....

And Ali intones soberly:
Esta vez no fue tu destino. Lo alejaste tú.
This time it wasn’t your destiny. You pushed him away/distanced yourself from him.

Credits roll.

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