Caray, Caray!

Brandon wipes OJ off of Ilitia, who surprisingly lets him.

Muneca and the maid free themselves from being tied up. The captions are horrible/nonexistent again today. I am amazed again, for the 100th time, how a major TV network can screw up something so simple. My brother has made recordings of German TV shows to share with us (me and my other brothers) and made the captions himself with some program he got for free. Inexcusable.

Fedra whines about Emil supporting Netty. Spiderus says well, Netty IS pretty… Fedra doesn’t like that at all. Eman comes in and wants to talk to her alone, Spiderus leaves. Eman wants to know if Chema and Jose Maria are the same person. Ominous music.

Brandon and his horrible chango/chilango voice try and comfort Ilitia, she gets weepy and says whenever he’s around something goes wrong, her life is a disaster.

Fedra tells Eman she doesn’t want to talk about that guy, he’s dangerous. Eman says he is the one who killed her parents, right? She says yes and whines on about how he should forget about Chema and pay attention to his own life.

Ilitia cries and Brandon tries to comfort her. He says it hurts him to see her cry. She pushes him out and closes her door. He says to himself that it looks like she has a heart after all.

Eman says the day he was in the fire Fedra kept yelling for Jose Maria to save her son, why was she doing that? Emil walks up and wants to know what they are talking about. Fedra gives Eman a dirty look.

Mari tells Maximo that she isn’t afraid of Fedra, she won’t let her push her around. Maximo is proud of her. He gives her a knife to carry with her to defend herself. She says first Netty gives her pepper spray, now he gives her a knife, what is everyone arming her for? Maximo says for the war! Fedra declared war the day Mari was born.

Emil wants to know who Jose Maria Sevilla. She says you know, the guy who killed my parents. Eman asks if she had a kid with Jose Maria, Gretel heard her cry to J.M. to save his/her child the night of the fire. Emil tells Eman not to say crap like that and respect his mother. I’m having a bit of a hard time following all this, sorry. Fedra says Gretel is sick and anyway that night she was all worried and crazy because of the fire. The fire made her remember the worst day of her life, sorry! She leaves and Eman says he thinks that maybe Fedra isn’t who they thought she was. Emil says he is having that same feeling, even after 25 years of marriage. Well that settles Eman’s parentage, he has to be in his 30s (ok that’s in real life, we’re supposed to believe Fernando Colunga as college aged half the time too).

Maximo tells Mari that her father had discovered Fedra’s secret but died before he could tell him (and others I guess, like Eva and Netty) what it was. Maximo says what a coincidence that he died then, he wasn’t a drinker, he knows that he was pushed. And the same thing might happen to Mari, so take the knife! She takes it.

Muneca and the maid untie Low and the driver. Low begs forgiveness for all this happening, Muneca swears she is going to find a way to help him out of this situation.

Begonia gets test results and is excited. She tells the baby that now they have proof!

Oliver tries to sneak Gretel out of the pension. He says nobody is home, but they crouch down anyway, like that will help. She says they are acting like a couple of criminals, he says they are, they just stole a beautiful night. Aww. They go partway down the hall and Netty comes down the stairs and totally busts them.

Mari wonders if Fedra is really capable of killing her father. She looks at a photo of Fedra with Eman and Kristel, when Eman walks in and says hi to her she gets startled and drops it, breaking the glass in the frame. Eman says he’ll pick it up, he understands she’s nervous about what happened between them. She says it’s not that, she’s scared and pissed off because his mother won’t be happy until Mari is dead.

Oliver and Gretel pretend they were looking for an earring. When Netty sees that she has both earrings in, then they say oh wait it’s Gretel’s belly button ring. Netty wants to know what they were doing that would cause a belly button ring to fall out. Gretel somehow manages to change the subject to say that she really came over to tell her thanks for going with her father Emil to the hospital to see Axel. Netty falls for it and gives her a hug. Gretel takes this opportunity to leave, Oliver follows her.

Mari tries to tell Eman that Fedra tried to choke her, he tries to make excuses or that she misunderstood something, Mari says whatever she’s your mother of course you will always take her side. Mari leaves.

Kristel is suffering from morning sickness worse than any woman in the real world has ever suffered. She acts like she drank a couple bottles of whiskey the night before. Nereida sits and watches her with a smile. It sounds like Nereida agrees to make a tea to kill the baby, but I don’t think that’s right. I think she is going to make a tea to help Kristel feel better, and keep the secret, but first Kristel has to give her a little extra money in her salary. Blackmail.

In Los Angeles, Brandon talks to some guy about the helicopter accident. The copter was new, in perfect condition, there was no reason for it to blow up. If there was more to that conversation please fill me in. The captions suck ass and I can’t understand Brandon’s horrible voice very well.

Doris is reading some magazine about Mexican history, Gladiola shows up and tells her she’s late for work. Doris runs off and Gladiola picks up the magazine. Was this a follow up to some earlier PSA material about Mexican history? My contribution – if you have a chance to visit Guanajuato, do it. Full of history and so interesting and fun. I’ve been there twice and I can’t wait to go again sometime.

Paula is preparing a meal for Maximo, based on the care she is giving to make sure everything is just right. Gretel sneaks in, saying she doesn’t want Fedra to see her. She is smiling and says she finally has good reason, she’s in love! I feel bad saying this, since Gretel is such a sympathetic character, but she has horrible teeth. Being in a family this rich, her teeth should look perfect, like her parents and siblings. What happened here?

Ilitia’s modeling engagement is going poorly. She pouts and the director calls a break. Ilita goes for a drink, some chick stops her, saying she already can’t walk straight, no more drinks! Ilitia whines and feels sorry for herself.

Eman decides he is going to try and stop his mother from ruining more lives. He calls someone to deliver a box of chocolate to Mari. Spiderus is skulking about and overhears.

Mari sits in her room and fusses that Eman won’t accept that his mother is a killer. She says she has to find out who Fedra really is, she has to finish her father’s investigation. She is talking out loud of course, so Gretel overhears and comes in, wanting to know what’s up. Mari instead asks her where she was last night.

Paula and Maximo talk about their past, there was something about a pregnancy but I couldn’t understand if she was pregnant or if someone else was, or what. Anyway Paula has kept this crappy job for so many years to be near Maximo, she wants to know what has he done for their love? She has made such a sacrifice. She leaves in tears, he calls after her but she doesn’t come back.

Oliver and the Comisario discuss how the family Ruiz y de Teresa is surrounded by deaths and it’s suspicious. Muneca shows up to talk to them. She says she needs help, some guy are threatening her family.

Low is pushing Begona around, she must have come to him with the proof. He is mad that she came to his house with this. She wants to know how he can reject Christian as his son but he accepts Ilitia, even though she is the product of an affair too. He wants to know how she knows all that. She says Muneca told her. He says he doesn’t want to discuss this with her. She then drags out the test results to prove his paternity. I guess before she had just shown up and he was pushing her out of the house on general principle.

Fedra is livid that Eman has the gall to order chocolates for Mari, like it’s a crime. She is worried that Eman actually likes her, Spiderus says it isn’t possible. Fedra thinks that it really is happening and is worried. Spiderus says don’t worry, soon Eman will be bringing her flowers….. to her grave. He is going to do something to her chocolates.

Begona tells Low that she is going to tell Muneca the truth and she’ll dump his ass. Her goal is to ruin him. He says the test results are fake. She says check it out, they are for real. Uh oh I think something bad is going to happen to Begona. Then she says the only way out for him is to recognize his paternity, to give her son his name. She says he better decide quickly, then leaves with the baby.

Muneca is trying to get the Comisario to put 15 men on her house for protection, but won’t tell him who is threatening her family or why. Good luck with that. Oliver and the Comisario feel the same way, Oliver says talk or they can’t help. The Comisario says this whole appearance by her here makes him think that the accusation that Low had some contraband was true after all.

Crap I thought I would escape the entire Axel amnesia saga but here he is in his bed. He wants Fedra to tell him why everyone is so worked up all the time, what’s the deal? She says it’s all because of Mari, ever since she has come to the house she has been tormenting Fedra and the others. She says more bad things about Mari, that she wants to destroy the family. She tells Axel not to worry about that, she has a surprise, she invited his girlfriend over. He is as surprised as we are to discover that he has a girlfriend. I see what Fedra’s plan is, I’m sure it won’t work in the long run. I don’t think losing your memory makes you any less gay. Emil comes in and says that they all need to talk. He wants to know what Fedra did to him before that was so horrible.

Gretel is really rocking the tight low cut t-shirt, but those teeth. She is going on an on to Mari about how awesome Oliver is and how awesome their relationship is, it’s so awesome. Mari has a doll, she says she found it in her father’s office. Gretel starts doing a freak out. Mari says there are some things she doesn’t understand. Why did Gretel say she was responsible for Mari’s father’s death? You were there right? You saw him fall out the window?

Fedra gets all defensive, how can he think she would do something against her kids? See Axel? This is what Mari has brought into this house! They argue for a bit and Fedra blames it all on Mari. Emil says he’s starting to question what kind of woman she is, he isn’t quite buying into her I’m so awesome talk.

Mari pushes Gretel for her version of the death way back when. Gretel just freaks out a bit. She has a flashback of Fedra throwing the guy off the balcony. Gretel tells Mari that she saw everything! Mari (and the entire viewership) says “tell me then! TELL ME!” Gretel just acts all freaky. Cripes.

Eman wants Maximo to tell him whatever it is that he knows about Fedra. Maximo isn’t in the mood, Eman says he isn’t leaving. He must know why Fedra is his worst enemy.

Mari begs some more, Gretel doesn’t answer some more. CRIPES. Gretel finally says “the silver lily” and passes out. Thanks for nothing.

Emil asks Axel to leave him alone with Fedra. They are in Axel’s room – they have this huge house, and they have to kick him out of his own room to talk in private? Very selfish. Fedra starts cursing Mari some more, it’s all her fault. Then she insults Netty, Emil says that Netty was by his side the whole time at the hospital with Axel, and where was Fedra? Huh? HUH? Fedra says tell me the truth, is she your lover? Emil says no, because Netty deserves better than to just be someone’s lover. She has class, etc etc. Unfortunately, he says, I can’t say the same about you. Oh SNAP. Nice one. Fedra starts trying to beat him up, then gets all weepy and tries to play the victim. He says again that he is questioning everything where she is concerned, and maybe even her name is fake. She says she told him everything, he says no, she told him a story and he believed it. She says she never held a gun on him to fall in love with her or marry her, he says she’s right, that was his mistake and now he has to suffer the consequences. He says everything is going to be different now. He is going to uncover her past. This was a great scene, hopefully Emil follows through.

Low visits some guy in jail. Low says he’s tired of dealing with flunkies so he came here to talk right to the boss. The guy, named Garduno, says Low shouldn’t have moved the stuff out of his house. Low says he had to and it was a miracle the cops didn’t find it. He says he has done everything that Garduno has asked of him. Garduno says yes and he wants to help him, he wants his people happy. Remember when Low asked him to take care of the woman that appeared with his son? He had it taken care of until Low sent word to call it off. Low says he regrets doing that. He has changed his mind and he does want her gone after all.

Maximo can’t believe how different Eman is from his mother, how strange the world is. Maximo goes on to say that he never believed Fedra’s story about her parents dying and all that. She doesn’t act like the fine lady she pretends to be. Maximo says Fedra broke Emil up with Muneca, who he was engaged to at that time. Eman did not know this. Also, Maximo says, right after that, Fedra announced that she was pregnant, and Eman was born SEVEN MONTHS after Fedra first showed up. Ding ding ding there we have it, officially. Eman is not a Ruiz y de Teresa. The cousin loving is ON. Well now it’s NOT cousin loving but you know what I mean.

Mari tries to wake up Gretel. She calls for help. Axel comes in and immediately thinks Mari did something to her. He is really mean to Mari.

Eman doesn’t want to believe the news that Emil isn’t his father. He says Emil and Fedra were together before she came to the house, but Maximo says Emil found her on the beach, they were married less than a month later, and seven months after that Eman was born. Maximo is sorry for causing him this pain. Eman says that his mother couldn’t have done that. Where has he been? She would do anything. Eman continues to deny it. Maximo says fine, go ask her who your father is. She is the only one who knows, but you don’t have my blood, you aren’t a Ruiz y de Teresa!

Monday – Brandon and Ilitia hit the sheets and this time her parents aren’t around to break it up. More kissing with Eman and Mari, maybe he is seeing the upside to not being part of the family.

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