Caray, Caray!

In which Alejandro sees Natalia as she really is and still gives her one last chance to redeem herself; Luisa Stands by her Man; Malicia Stands by Cris’s Man; and Jadiya wants to be Daddy’s (Only) Little Girl.


Albieri’s house:
Albieri has confessed to Luisa the secret of the clone. He fears people won’t understand. They will crucify him! (Interesting choice of word). He’ll lose his reputation. They will worry about trivial concerns (nimiedades) and ignore the truly great thing he has accomplished.
Entonces era eso, (So that was it) says Luisa quietly. Now that Luisa knows that there is no ‘other woman’, she is astonishingly indifferent to the moral and emotional implications of what she has heard. All she cares about, it seems, is shielding Albieri. She promises to stand by him, whatever may happen. He leans onto her and she reaches for his hand.

Empresas Ferrer:
Carolina and Enrique are discussing Leo’s newly appeared hijo and the mystery of his lunar when Roberto joins them. Roberto is still scratching his head over the assignment he has been given – to arrange for Leo to adopt Daniel. Enrique flies into a jealous rage when he hears that Leo has asked Roberto to do this work instead of him. He stalks out and is seen taking a swig from his trusty flask.

Alej and Nati’s apartment:
Nati watches from the bed as Alej comes in and unpacks his gym bag. He says nothing as he slams his equipment on the table. She starts to apologize and make up excuses. She admits she drank but denies using drugs. He lets her talk for a while and then he explodes:
¡Ya no puedo más! !Estoy asqueado, estoy harto!
I can’t do it any more. I am disgusted, I’m fed up!
In a speech in which almost every utterance is punctuated by “Natalia” (I counted 24 Natalia’s) he confronts her with the truth: How hard he is working to build a life for them and how she has torpedoed all his efforts. How his trainer, Rudi, cancelled his session and Michael Gonzales called to say that if he lost another training fight or missed a single training session, he would be out. How a person she calls a friend, Paula, left her alone and helpless on the beach:
Te pudiste morir y te dejó botada.
You could have died and she just ditched you.
This is the last time, says Alejandro grimly. Either you stop using drugs or I leave you. She promises to stop. Cree en mí, pleads Natalia. (Believe in me.)

Gloria’s:
Ramón tells Gloria he heard that Alej lost his trainer, but to Gloria’s frustration, he has no details. Hilda comes in and orders an orange juice (good for pregnant women). Her Karla, you see, is pregnant. Maybe Hilda catches Gloria’s look of disgust because when the juice is ready, she tells Ramón to keep the money; the skanks will go somewhere more elegant. (cachetoso).

Waterfront restaurant:
Hilda is giving Miss K some motherly advice about the importance of good nutrition and rest in pregnancy. Our skank has pure gold en la panza. (in her belly). Es un cheque en blanco al portador. Antes de perderlo, prefiero matarte a ti. (It’s a blank check made out to the bearer. I’d rather kill you than lose it.)

Beach Club:
Roberto sees a hot babe as she walks by and accidentally on purpose lets her scarf drop to the sand. He picks it up and runs after her. Then he notices that there is a camera crew filming her. (And him? Is this a film set? A Candid Camera show?)
Andrea comes along looking for her father but has the misfortune to bump into surly Fernando instead. She warns him that he needs to get his act together because he’s on the verge of losing everything. For her pains, he tells her:
Vete al infierno y déjame en paz.
Go to hell and leave me alone.

Albieri’s clinic:
Anita is on the phone with Luisa while an impatient Cristina and Dora look on. Luisa tells her Albieri isn’t coming in today; she can make up whatever excuse she wants. Anita tells Cris and Dora that Albieri is home, exhausted, and he took a sleeping pill. They need to come back another day. They don’t believe a word of it and head off to his house.

When they leave, Julio comments that Albieri has a lot of explaining to do; and his problems will affect all of them.

Escobar comes in, as usual, talking to Ratoncita on his cell. He’s still asking for the papers. He wants her to send him a kiss. This is inconvenient for her since she is at that moment trying to seduce Pablo. She covers her mouth and whispers: ‘un beso’. Escobar looks less smug than usual.

The apartment that ate Clara’s euros:
Malicia tells Pablo the phone call was from the club. Pablo is getting ready to leave. She leans in and kisses him. He kisses her back.

Dora’s apartment:
A despondent Daniel has made his way back home. Estela, as always, receives him warmly. Are you afraid of me, abuela? asks Daniel. Of course not, she says. He tells her how Luisa looked at him as if she were seeing a ghost and wouldn’t even give him a hug. Estela puts an arm around him and with her other hand pats him comfortingly. He says:
Gracias, abuela, gracias por no tener miedo de mí.
Thank you, grandma, thank you for not being afraid of me.

Casa Ferrer:
Lucia tells Marisa that Leonardo is planning to adopt the boy who looks like Diego. Marisa thinks it is absurd. She’s sure Rosa and Leo are letting their imagination run wild. Rosa comes in with their coffee and asks:
Marisa, sabes algo de Diego? (Do you know anything about Diego?)
Why yes, she answers nastily: Diego morió hace 20 años. (Diego died 20 years ago.)
How can a person be as cold as you are? asks Rosa. And you said you loved him…

Empresas Ferrer:
Roberto tells Lucas about Leo’s plan to adopt Daniel. Lucas wants to talk to Leo and try to dissuade him; Roberto suggests giving him a day to think about it.

Zein’s apartment:
Jade and Zein talk about how being part of two cultural divides has affected them. Zein feels he is totally westernized although he appreciates the beauty of the rituals and customs of the Muslim world. Jade feels that she is torn in two and it is that inner conflict that has kept her from finding happiness.

Zoraida arrives. She returns Jade's letter, explaining that Jadiya refused to read it.

Said’s house.
Jadiya asks Said to get rid of all of Jade’s things. He says he will. He tries to comfort her by promising that he and Rania will always take care of her. Jadiya says once more that she doesn’t like Rania; that Rania was responsible for bringing discord into their home.

Nati and Alej’s apartment:
Gloria wants her son to tell her the truth: Did you lose your trainer? No, no, says Alej, it’s just a few sessions I’m missing. Gloria is in a state of cold fury. She wants to know exactly what Natalia had to do with this. She is so frustrated by his evasiveness that she slaps him. He finally admits that he got in trouble because he had to leave a training session to come to Natalia’s rescue. (socorrerla). Wake up, says Gloria:
¡Tú no tienes para que andar haciendo de niñera con una muchacha que no se quiere ni quiere a los demas!
You don’t have to go around playing babysitter to a girl who doesn’t love herself and doesn’t love others.
Natalia walks in to confront her accuser.

Albieri’s house:
Cris and Dora walk past Luisa when she opens the door. They demand an explanation from Albieri. Luisa shields him with her body and her words and won’t let him speak. He’s exhausted, she says. Another day. And (surprisingly) Cris and Dora leave without the answers they came for. When they are gone, Luisa tells Albieri that they will think of something, some explanation.

I did something magnificent, but I lack the indifference to public opinion that great scientists must feel, remarks Albieri humbly. Luisa tucks him in as he babbles on about how, because of his work, humanity will overcome the burden of genetic maladies… When Luisa wants to make him some tea, he tells her what she has waited more than twenty years to hear:
No te vayas, te necesito. No me dejes solo!
Don’t leave, I need you. Don’t leave me alone!

Enrique’s place:
Enrique continues feeling sorry for himself because Leo didn’t ask him to arrange Daniel’s adoption. Once you’ve been a drug addict, people look at you like you’re garbage, even after you’ve undergone treatment and remade your life, he says to Carolina. Para mí tú vales mucho (For me you are a very valuable person) she answers. Enrique doesn’t seem to notice. He tells her he needs to see his analyst.

Nati and Alej’s apartment:
Gloria isn’t holding back. She reminds Nati that she had everything given to her; Alej had to work for everything. And now Nati is destroying what he has built.

Psychiatrist’s office:
Enrique says he wanted to stop using drugs but he couldn’t admit that he was in the grip of an illness.

Nati and Alej’s apartment:
Nati promises Gloria she’s going to stop using. Gloria says:
Si yo fuera mi hijo, yo ya no estaría contigo.
If I were my son, I wouldn’t be with you any more.
Enrique’s voiceover: Their distrust hurt me, but I gave them no reason to trust me.

Salamandra:
Cris tells Vicki she won’t trust Dora until Albieri has told them the truth.
Clara and Rogelio are chatting and when he asks if she has a good relation with her ex, she fibs and says yes. (But thought-bubbles: Ni loco le voy a contar / No way I’m going to tell him)
Cris comes over and she and Rogelio hug affectionately. Cris has a gift for him and one for Malicia, too. She sings Malicia’s praises and suggests it’s time for Rogelio to promote her. He looks a bit uneasy and then he says:
Ya tomamos cartas en el asunto. Alicia te va a reemplazar.
We’ve already addressed the issue. Alicia is going to replace you.
Cris is stunned. She can’t understand where this is coming from since she left everything in perfect order. Rogelio mentions the famous missing report, the one in the yellow folder. He sees how angry she is and begs her not to make a scene. Don’t worry, she says. It turns out that the person with no moral principles is you! Then she turns away from Rogelio just in time to see Pablo and Malicia exchanging a tender kiss.

Credits roll

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