Caray, Caray!

Capítulo 134/160: Leo, Dora and Daniel set off to see the Wizard; Daniel does, it seems, have a soul; but Leonard has no heart; Fernando passes his first test; Natalia, alas, does not.

At Dora’s place, Leo embraces a wide-eyed, confused Daniel. He begs him to come live with him at Casa Ferrer. Daniel wants Albieri to explain what is happening. So Leonardo, Dora and Daniel set off to see the Wizard. Good-bye Grandmother, says Daniel sweetly. (And poignantly since we wonder if he will still think of her as his grandmother the next time he sees her.)

At their apartment, Natalia flatly denies knowing anything about the sound system Alejandro bought, even though the neighbor saw her carrying it out. She also denies buying drugs in the street, deflecting blame to Diana and Pablo, who have never approved of her. Alej gradually softens his stance, then tells her about his upcoming training bouts. She promises she’ll be at all of them.

Fernando shows up at Empresas Ferrer ready for business. He announces he is a new person. He realized that drugs were ruining his life. He is back in the band and ready to reclaim his life. His support group – Clara, Carolina and Andrea -- want to believe him; they are hopeful that he is serious.

Just outside, he passes his first test: Paula is lurking with an offer of drugs: ¡Mira lo que conseguí! (look what I got!) He turns down the offer. Tú te lo pierdes (Your loss), she says.

Natalia is doing the washing up at the apartment, when Paula calls with the same offer. Unfortunately, Nati flunks the test. Voy para allá. (I’m on my way.) she says.

Said is sitting in the garden of his home when Rania (who is clearly the type who just can’t allow a scab to heal – she has to pick and pick until it bleeds and hurts) asks him if he turned Jade away just so she can realize how much she is giving up.

Inside the house, the Naz spins another tale of Princesa Nazira and her malvados hermanos (evil brothers) who are determined to keep the Princess from romance and happiness. Said joins them and gets to hear how el Príncipe Pablo gets captured, but eventually he and Princesa Nazira flee on his moto making use of the skills of Ali Baba and the forty thieves along the way (all of whom, of course, are left pining for the beautiful Princesa). And what happened to the evil brothers? asks Jadiya. Los quemó como carneros.

Luisa and Albiera are still at home, anxiously awaiting the hour of their rendezvous with Dora and Leo. They are startled by Dra Silvia’s unannounced visit. She is furious that Albieri has made her complicit in what he has done since she was the one who actually implanted the embryo in Dora. She says:
Nadie tiene el derecho de experimentar con la vida de los demás.
No one has the right to experiment with the lives of others.
Then she adds what Albieri has been dreading:
Yo te voy a denunciar ante la FDA.
I’m going to denounce you to the FDA.
He begs for a little time, just long enough to explain things to those he has hurt.

Outside Gloria’s, Amin is ogling, as always. Ramón tells him that Karla is pregnant and the baby’s father is a millionaire. We catch a glimpse of Alej inside with his mother.

Alej comes home from Gloria’s with a care package for their lunch. Natalia is gone!

Lucia and Marisa are strolling through The Only Mall in Miami, talking about the care and feeding of husbands. They catch sight of Natalia and Paula, swaying on the railing and obviously, embarrassingly high. “Necesito dinero” (I need money) says Natalia in way of greeting. When Marisa turns her down, she practically spits at her: “Me las vas a pagar, arpía”. (You’ll pay for that, you hag!) Marisa leads Lucia away, mumbling something about adolescent rebellion. Despite Marisa’s attempt to minimize what just happened, Lucia looks disturbed.

Rosa and Marina (the other maid) admit Leo, Dora and Daniel to the Casa Ferrer. Rosa’s eyes fill with tears, and Daniel asks: Why do you always cry when you see me?

Alí and Zoraida are talking about Jade. Alí feels her upbringing in the west is to blame for her sad fate. He remarks:
La gente se parece más a la tierra que a la madre y padre.
People resemble their environment more than they do their parents.
He also wants to talk more to Albieri even thought Zoraida considers him a genio malo for creating the sombra. Alí says that:
Esa sombra tiene alma.
That shadow has a soul.
It seems that Alí consulted another sheik and they concluded that Daniel’s soul entered his body through the breath of Allah.

Dora and Leo demand an explanation from Albieri. He tells them:
Daniel es un clon de Lucas.
Leo can’t believe his ears: ¿Qué estás diciendo? (What are you saying?)
For her part, Dora collapses onto the couch. ¿Un clon? she repeats weakly.
She is convinced that Albieri is insane, but Leo wants to know the details. Albieri begins his self-serving explanation of scientific progress. Leo cuts him off: No me interesa la humanidad! (I’m not interested in humanity!) he says.

Daniel has not been part of this conversation. Rosa, who is still convinced that he is a product of reincarnation, has taken him up to Diego’s room and talks to him about his death and rebirth. He tries to explain that he hasn’t died.

Downstairs, Albi again tries to justify what he did. He says that when Diego died, “Yo estaba destrozado” (I was devastated, destroyed). Leo again cuts him off saying he doesn’t care how Albieri felt. He just wants to know how he did it. So Albieri explains how he used Lucas’s cells taken from the biopsy specimen; how he removed all genetic material from Dora’s egg. And how Dora sólo prestó su vientre (Dora only lent her womb/belly) to the undertaking.

Albieri laments that he couldn’t create the environment that Diego required because Dora took Daniel/Diego away from him. But why didn’t you tell me what you had done? asks Leo. I could have had him with me all this time. I was afraid you wouldn’t understand, says Albieri. I was afraid I’d go to jail.

Back on the street outside Gloria’s, Karla tells her mother she’s afraid the pregnancy will ruin her figure. One word, says Hilda: Plastics. (Well, two actually: plastic surgery)
Amin and Samira are outside bickering.

We are in a park-like setting. Pedro is putting the Naz through her work-out but tells her the veil is getting in the way. Pablo is working with Diana. Natalia and Paula pass by, still flying. Pablo phones Alej (who has to interrupt his training session to take the call) to report the latest Natalia sighting.

And in Casa Ferrer, Leo is still asking why Albi didn’t tell him what he had done sooner. It would have changed my life, he says. It would have given me another chance to raise my son, to correct my mistakes. I was too afraid, Albi says again.

Leo has not given any thought to Dora. It’s up to Albieri to remind him:
Dora no va a verlo con buenos ojos.
Dora isn’t going to look favorably at this.
After all, says Albieri, Dora lo crió. (Dora raised him.)
Leo’s response:
Si esa mujer quiere guerra, guerra la va a tener.
If that woman wants war, war she will have.

And ‘esa mujer’ is trying to get her son out of that house while Rosa prevails upon her to let him stay for a while and look at some pictures. He belonged to this house before he was yours, she says, referring to a reincarnated Diego. And somehow Rosa convinces Dora and Daniel to stay a bit longer. Daniel wants to see the pictures.

In the final scene, Lucas arrives home where he is greeted by a stricken-looking Marina. What’s wrong? asks Lucas. You look like you’ve seen a ghost!

Credits roll.

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