Caray, Caray!

Rafa is attempting to comfort Ale. He assures her that no matter what comes their way they will get through this together. He suggests she go home and try and relax. Ale with a mournful cry gives Rafa a hug.

Across town it is decision time for Julieta. Her two suitors are vying for her hand. Julieta has had enough and angrily tell them to both stop and storms away. This leaves our two suitors blaming each other.

Dandy has approached Susana attempting to nuzzle up to her while she sits at her desk. An irritated Susana wants to know what he wants. “To ask me again to go eat meat in front of the whole world to prove my love for you.” Dandy tells her of course not but, for that reason they need to talk about their relationship;
their likes and dislikes, their intimacies.




If they are going to continue to love one another they need to not obligate each other to do things they don’t want to. Susana seems impressed with Dandy’s rational discussion. They decide to talk and have diner together. Of course it has to be in a neutral place. One where Susana can have her salads and Dandy can have his meat. What better place than the trancazo. We are treated to Dandy’s funky eye swirl.

Marco looking every bit the part of the “found out novela villain” is sharing his tragedies with the final two constants in his life, Chavez and a bottle of whiskey. Chavez is trying to figure out what went down. Marco informs him that Ale found out he never even knew Urdiales. Chavez can’t figure out why the guy would need to buy cars. It would have been better if he just bought bikes for all the workers. Marco is not impressed with his stupidity as he shakes him by the lapels. Chavez is able to detangle himself from Marcos clutches and asks him what’s going to happen now. Marco doesn’t have a clue. Now it is Chavez turn to go after Marco’s lapels and we have a lapel showdown.



Jorge is trying to comfort Rosario by offering her a cup of tea. The door opens and a morose Ale enters. Jorge wants to know what she is doing their so early and with such a face. Ale wants to know why they all have such faces as well. Jorge tells her it is the same face he has always had. Ale wants to know what’s wrong with Rosario. She asks if she found out about Marco. This brings a concerned Rosario to her feet wanting to know what happened to Marco. Ale assures her nothing happened to him. She found out that Marco lied to her and never worked with Urdiales. This is met with a unison “What?” Jorge can’t believe this. Certainly she is mistaken. She tells him she is not mistaken. Marco didn’t have a single explanation for her. Rosario can’t believe that their beloved Marco has been lying to them all this time. Jorge asks her why Marco would be lying. Ale tells them she doesn’t know and sadly sits down. She says she is going to divorce him and doesn’t ever want to see him again.

Vicky is serving up beans to the men folk when we hear a knock at the door.
The boys are to busy to answer so Vicky of course gets the honors. It is none other than Rafa who much to Vicky‘s displeasure is not there to see her but to pay off his debt to the family. The family is quite surprised that he is there to pay off the debt in full.

Chavez and Marco continue to commiserate as Marco salutes to their final whiskies together. Zetina walks in and seems quite surprised and excited to see them together. He quickly hides at a near by table and goes into full spy mode with his mission being to find out what they are discussing.

Marco is envisioning what Ale might be capable of if she finds out what they have been doing with the hacienda. It would mean a bullet between the eyes. Chavez has a worse image of what the old buzzard Rosario would do to him with the pistol. Zetina trying to listen in with the latest spy listening devices doesn’t have a clue what they are saying.



So we are in our final chapters why not add a little more intrigue as we see a pair of man’s hands stirring a cup of coffee.
Who should approach with an envelope but none other than the lovely Marian and hands it to our stranger.
He opens it and we see him thumbing through pictures of Rafa Julieta and Lenora with Marian asking “What do you think?”

You would have thought at this stage of the game Rafa would have figured out how to pay off his debts with a cashier‘s check, but no, as we see Felipe, Don G. and Pancho counting out the fruits of Rafa‘s labors in cash.

Vicky escorts Rafa to the door and reminds him about their agreement. Rafa assures her he has not forgotten they have an agreement.

Rosario is still beyond disbelief at what Marco has done. Jorge wonders if this might not be the reason why he was never able to remember his name. He continues to say “There was something inside me that knew he wasn’t trustworthy.” Ale sadly agrees that this could be the reason. Ale than want’s to know what’s been going on with them as they appear to be all upset as well. Jorge tells Rosario to tell Ale all about Quintana. She tells Ale it is very similar to what happened with Marco. That he was there to tell her he only wanted to marry her for money. Jorge is fighting mad about this. Ale is all sympatric as she tries to console a broken hearted Rosario asking her what she said to Quintana. Rosario tells her she told him he was the worse man she had ever known. Jorge walks over and gives a sympatric pat as well telling her “Well said.” The three sit together giving one another comfort.


Rosario goes on to tell them Quintana wanted to clear the air before they got married so there would not be any bad intentions between them. She says that he told her now it isn’t important to him that they don’t have any money he still loves her. Rosario says that his words now have her all broken up and feels bad. Ale shares her sadness and tells Tia that she feels really bad herself. Ale continues on saying both Marco and Quintana were liars.


The misery continues as the doorbell chimes. Ale answers it as we pan from a pair of black heels up to the lovely face of none other than a smiling Ruby, waving an enthusiastic “Hola.”


Rosario is in total shock as she sees Ruby at the door stating “That’s all I need.” Jorge on the other hand is more excited and this is exactly what he needs as he taps Rosario’s face to keep her from fainting. Ale shuts the door on Ruby stating “It’s just a ghost.”

Jorge knows better as he rushes to the door and opens it to Ruby gleefully greeting Georgie. Ale is surprised that Jorge would have asked her to return. He tells her “Yes, I called her.” Rosario and Ale are impressed that he remembered her phone number. Ruby clapping her hands in excitement wants to know if they missed her. In unison both Ale and Rosario answer “No.” Then looking at each other reluctantly state yes. Ruby rushes to them and gives each a sweet kiss telling them she missed them. After all they are like a family to her. Ale now giving her a forced hug, wants to know how things are going in Switzerland.



Ruby tells them it was very cold and she missed the warm climate of home. Rosario with no snootiness to spare tells her they were referring to the matter of the bank account. Ruby answers “The same. Neither backwards nor forwards.” (Ni para atras ni por adelante.)

Jorge tells her that it doesn’t matter, as he leads her joyfully to the sofa telling her they have lots to talk about. Ale rushes to Rosario’s side and asks her if she feels better. Rosario tells her a little with the distraction of Ruby’s arrival. Ale agrees looking over at Ruby and states “She could distract anyone.”

Rosario continues on their mutual saga of the broken hearts and asks Ale what they should do. Ale tells her she is going to continue on insisting on getting her divorce. Ruby is listening in intently. Ale tells Rosario she is worried about her and wants to know what she plans to do about Quintana. Rosario doesn’t understand why men have to be so hateful and such liars. Ale assures her not everyone is like that. Ruby agrees as she stands and tells them “Georgie isn’t like that” smiling as she continues “he is an a good and enchanting man.”

Ruby sits back down on the arm of Jorge’s chair and Ale casually asks her to go sit on the sofa. Ruby isn’t budging. Ale and Rosario continue on their man bashing rant stating that men are like children looking for mothers. Rosario admits that at her age she isn’t ready to become Quintana’s mother. Ale tells her that isn’t what she means. She just needs to decide if what Quintana told her was sincere. If he loves her it is worth the pain. After all he did tell her he still loves her. Again we see Ruby attending to Jorge but listening in to Ale and Rosario. Jorge wants to add his two cents, but Ruby sweetly tells him no, after all men don’t know about such things.

We are back at Vicky’s house where the men continue to count their dollars. Vicky is at the door telling Rafa how proud she is of him for paying off the money so much sooner than he had too. He tells her with some awkwardness that “On the day of the wedding (stutter stutter) he promised he would pay back all the money as soon as possible.” Vicky continues singing his praises telling him he is a hard worker and because of all his wonderful attributes he deserves a reward and plants a kiss on Rafa’s not to eager lips, as he begs his leave. Before he can make his escape Vicky pulls him back and asks him about the debt he has with that witch. Rafa wants to know what which. Vicky says Ale. He tells her Ale is not a witch and yes he has paid her as well.

This earns Rafa another reward as Vicky plants another kiss on him. This was met with the same lack of enthusiasm as her first kiss as Rafa is almost able to make his exit but not before Vicky drags him back to remind him once more that they have an agreement and that they are “novios“ and he owes her because his mother is free. Rafa tells her he knows and this was the second time she has reminded him about this and that he will never forget it. She tells him sweetly that he can go to work now and not to forget to come visit her tonight. If he doesn’t show up she will just have to go find out where he is. This has left poor Rafa to talk to himself asking Santa Claus when he will be able to end this farce. As he leaves Vicky is left to mutter to her self that something is going on, but she will keep a close eye out.

Marian has finished her business with the stranger whose only seen from elbows to hands as they shake on their arrangement, with Marian telling him they will be in touch.

We are now at the Hacienda with Daniel talking to some man, (I imagine it is his lawyer) about finishing up the papers regarding the hacienda. The man wants to know what the urgency is. Daniel tells him the only one here who can ask questions is him. He dismisses the man as if he were a simple servant and muses to himself that perhaps these papers are the only thing that will help him secure his objective. To win over Ale.

Chavez and Marco are still at the waterhole drowning their miseries. They are still trying to figure a way out of this mess. Chavez suggests he continue with the lie that he works for him in secret. Marco tells Chavez that he has said so many things now that he doesn’t remember them all. Marco says the worse thing of all is that ingrate Ale doesn’t believe him. She is now even doubting him. She has taken to her role as the offended one and is full of doubts. In the background we see Zetina hidden behind a newspaper taking his role as a spy to new levels.

Marco goes on to warn Chavez that if Ale and her family figured out what they were up to they could end up in Jail. Chavez doesn’t believe this could happen as it would be a very long and costly process. He reminds them that after all they no longer even own the hacienda. He says they have the contract that says Shrimp man now owns the hacienda. This gives Marco the opportunity to tell Chavez that he never really trusted the Shrimp Man. He suggests Chavez goes to the hacienda to get as much money as possible and close the sales with Shrimp man. Chavez tells him it isn’t that easy to get more money out of the hacienda. He tells him he has to wait. Marco isn’t buying this and tells Chavez he can’t wait. He does a disgusting hiccough in his face which causes Chavez to almost tip out of chair as he bumps into Zetina.

Marco’s phone rings and we hear the ultra high helium voice of Carmella ragging him out. Marco trying to calm her down tells her he will meet her at her office so they can talk. Marco abusing his phone as he hangs up says every day she torments him more. Chavez wants to know what his adoring tormentor wants now. He tells her the man eater wants her part of the money. He tells Chavez he has no other choice but to go see her. He stumbles out asking for his taxi, giving our resident barfly a pat on the shoulder as he leaves.



Susana is chewing out Dandy telling him she didn’t like it one bit that he made her eat meat, shaking her finger at him. Dandy tells her she has no idea how repentant he feels about the whole thing.

He then goes into a little Hare Krishna shoulder dance as we hear the music playing in the back ground. He tells her that he asked Doña Dolores to play the music she likes just to please her. Susan melts a bit and we get a big discussion about meat lovers verses vegetarians. He tells her that their relationship is stronger than the foods they eat. She tells him she doesn’t know if she can share her life with someone who doesn’t share in her beliefs.

Chavez now Marco-less but still at the bar is calling Quintana and the shrimp man. Zetina is listening in and decides this would be a great time to call Rafa. He tells Rafa he has news and this would be a good time to come to finally face Chavez. He tells him to fly over immediately (por que no viene de volada)

Chavez has reached the yellow breasted shrimp man and tells him he needs to talk with him urgently. He will be waiting in the usual place for him. Then he calls Quintana telling him as well they need to talk. It seems as Marco wants to know how they are coming along with closing the Hacienda deal. He hangs up offended that Quintana would think he might be drunk.

Ale is now on the phone with Rafa telling him she needs to talk to him. Rafa tells “his love” that he has talked with Urdiales who told him that she asked him about Marco. She tells him that Marco has been lying to her. Rafa tells her even though it hurts him to say it he did warn her. She agrees and tells him this causes her pain as well. He was telling the truth and she didn’t believe him. That’s why she needs to talk with him urgently.

He tells her Urdiales left and he needs to go meet with Zetina. He tells her he believes he has the opportunity to finally unmask the rascal that she is married to. He asks her if she would like to accompany him. She tells Rafa she doesn’t know if she could take so many things in the same day. Rafa assures her he will be with her to help her through it. He tells her he knows it will be painful but the things that strip us down can make us stronger. ( lo que se vaya a pelar que se vaya calamanco./ I am just taking a guess at this) We get a split screen of our two lovers.




He continues his pep talk and asks if he should come and get her. Ale agrees and tells him she will wait for him and tells him she loves him before she hangs up.

Rosario approaches her and wants to know if that was Rafa. She also wants to know if she really does love him. She tells her yes. Jorge stands now and wants to know if that means she never loved Marco. She tells him she will explain it all later. When she was with Marco she believed she did love him but once she met Rafa her life changed. She smiles brightly at saying this. With him she discovered love and learned how to laugh and smile and have fun. She continues “With Marco I never felt that.”

Rosario who just can’t leave well enough alone wants to know if what she has with Rafa is just a passing passion. Ale smiling tells her it isn’t just a passing moment and that she doesn’t want another moment to pass by that she won’t be by Rafa’s side. She continues to explain to Rosario that with Rafa she has seen life through different colors and a different form. She asks her if she remembers about all the doubts they had about Rafa. She tells her that they were all Marco’s tricks. She tells her Rafa is a great man and they have the opportunity to be together without obstacles. She knows he is the man of her life.

Rosario tells her she would love to have her clarity and sentiments. Ale tells her she could have that but not if she won’t leave her comfort zone (I think that’s what she said). She continues “Love sometimes hurts. But there is nothing better in the world than to be at the side of the man you love.” Rosario wants to know what they should do with the lies. Well if they confess their lies and asks for forgiveness everything should be just fine. Rosario has to think this over. Ale Asks her what’s worse the man that lies but confesses or the man who continues to lie and hides it. Rosario ponders this as well as Ruby thinks to herself that she should come clean to Jorge and tell him the truth if she doesn‘t want to loose him.


Dandy and Susana are eating and he tells her that love isn’t half of the total. There isn’t a perfect other half (Las medias de naranjas no existen/this is another guess here) He tells her that they are different as he takes his fork and grabs a piece of her salad and intertwines it with his meat skewed fork. He continues to say holding the forks together “If we are willing to share our differences together we will be stronger” and scoops both forks into his moth savoring them .

He tells her that when he is with her he is a much better human being. She makes him feel many things. She tells him that he has changed her life as well but still has doubts.

We travel to Carmella’s office as she closes the door and we see a wreck of a man who use to be Marco standing in there. She is chiding him about not seeing the money yet and she is tired of it. Swaggering to the effects of the afternoon spent in the whiskey bottle he tells her he has given her the first payment, and right now he doesn’t have any more.
She goes behind her desk sitting down and says “Look doll. I am a women. You are a man. I have needs.” as she shows off her ample assets continuing “and you haven‘t completed your side of the bargain. How long do I have to wait? I am not use to being rejected. What assurance do I have that you don‘t have the money and you are just going to take off? Hey?”

Marco still tipping about, sits down and tells her “Look sweetie, I am incapable of doing something like that to you.” She tells him the only thing she believes he is not capable of is to make a women happy. Marco leans in closer and tells her he is a real man and has made many, many women happy. Carmella pipes in “Minus me.” She tells him the worse thing a man can do is to reject a women. He knows what he has to do if he doesn’t want her to hand in his head and send him to jail. Marco asks her if she is really capable of doing that. She laughs at him telling him the difference between them is she is capable of many things and he is just a fraud. Marco leans away and Carmella gets ever close continuing to say “Or do you want to show me that isn’t true?” Time to pay the band Marco.

Dandy is still trying to get Susana to forgive him. He tells her he will never ask her to eat meat again. He tells her that they have been through so much together. Susana is still hung up on the food preference difference. Dandy brings up other differences they have like music. He wants somebody that will help him when he does something wrong. He tells her he can’t imagine life with out her. Susana is charmed and tells him he has never talked to her like that. Finally all is forgiven as they stand to seal it with a kiss. As they go to sit down the chairs break in unison.

We go to Doña Arcadia who is in her office watching her monitor grumbling about her employees wasting time. We see Chato sound asleep at his station. She rudely awakens him as he rushes to her beck and call. For his punishment for not being attentive she tells him he has to give the dogs a bath and brush their teeth as well as perfume them and fumigate them for fleas. Or something like that. As he leaves she continues to watch her screen and is not amused with antics her sales crew are up to. She is about to go confront them all. As she leaves we see Chato all dressed in full dog bath gear.



Muskrat is telling Marian what she feels for Rafa isn’t love but a fantasy. (Capricho/whim or fantasy.) She tells her she can’t understand why Rafa is ignoring her like this. This has never happened to her before. She feels rejected. Muskrat tells her that she should know that she is a very attractive women, but that her self-esteem is affected by Rafa’s indifference. Marian agrees with her. She tells her she has spent many sleepless nights wondering how far she would go to get Rafa. Muskrat wants to know what would be her limit. Marian tells her she has one last card to play. She tells her it is something that could be very dangerous but could be the opportunity to convince Rafa how much she loves him. Muskrat tells her she knew she was up to something as she has seemed very mysterious lately. She asks her what she is up to and Marian isn‘t ready to tell her for fear of loosing the game. None the less her plan is in play. She is certain it will be a great surprise.

We are back with Ale and a very pleased Jorge now that Ruby has returned. She is the best medicine for him. Rosario isn’t convinced. Ruby tells Jorge that she is sorry to say that she doesn’t have any news about the bank account. He tells her not to worry. Now that she is back at his side he is certain he will remember the account number.

If it’s not the phone it has been the doorbell interrupting us all night. This time it happens to be the door and Azucena rushes to answer it. It is Rafa who is warmly greeted by Ale with Rosario looking on crossly. Ruby seems a bit confused as she asks Jorge if Ale isn’t still married to Marco. Jorge tells her yes but she is about to divorce him.

Ale tells Rosario not to give her such a sour face. Rafa apologizes to Jorge telling him he knows he made a promise to him but many things have happened and he would like to talk with him about this but very calmly.
Rafa asks if he can borrow Ale for a little while. Jorge tells him not to go drinking and not to be late. They both promise in unison.

Ale gets her purse to leave and Rafa tells Ruby “Goodbye it’s been a pleasure” as Ale is chiding him and telling him “No no, not so much pleasure there” and closes the door.

Jorge tells Rosario not to worry. He tells her he may be loosing his memory but not his clarity. He tells her that Ale is in Love with Rafa and has been for a long time. Rosario wants to know how she can remember Rafa’s name. He tells her once again that Ruby is the best medicine for his memory.

Doña Arcadia is now front and center in the show room and is rounding up the “bunch of lazy good for nothings.” ( bola de haraganas ) She has had it and they are all fired. Including Dandy and Susana who have just arrived from their little make-up dinner.

Our final scene is with Rafa and Ale entering our favorite bar. Ale wants to know why they are at this bar. She would rather go to a different place. Rafa apologizes but tells her he needs her to see someone. Rafa is looking around and spies Zetina in the corner. Ale is confused and wants to know why she needs to see Zetina. Zetina points out Chavez in the chair and as they approach Ale is quite shocked to recognize a semi-comatose Chavez sitting at the table.

Well I can’t wait for tomorrow.

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