Caray, Caray!

Good morning! It's time for our Friday ritual of coffee, snark, and Thursday night's Triunfo recap. Before I begin, let me set the scene. It's 6:25 a.m. I've been out late every night this week for rehearsals, and this morning, in what is becoming our new a. m. ritual at Casa Latina, the upstairs coffee maker (porque sí…soy la reina!) turned itself on at 6:10 a.m. At 6:15, near the end of the brew cycle, the regular alarm went off, at Mr. 5ft's insistence, since he doesn't get quite so excited about his morning milk-with-a-little-coffee-in-it and I shut it off. I prepared each of us a cup--his with lots of sugar, lots of milk, and as little coffee as I could manage; mine with agave nectar only, since we haven't brought up any soy milk for the upstairs mini-fridge (see above re: reina!). I handed off Mr. 5ft's coffee and brought mine downstairs, where I will now proceed to watch last night's episode and tell you what a great big load of nada went down. I haven't seen anything past midway through Tuesday (see above re: late rehearsals), but I'm sure I'm not missing much. These two hour episodes are killer. Y'all are troopers for hanging in there. And y'all doing the other recaps…I feel your pain! Y ahora, tu humilde servidora will get to the business at hand, while mi humilde servidor (aka Mr. 5ft) fixes my breakfast.

***This recap is complete!***

Part I:

Hey, Victoria gave up make-up for Lent? She and Os argue about who did what to whom. Os says he'll leave--he can't stand it either. Vic tells him to go, if he's not man enough to stick it out.

Padre JP gripes Max out for not leaving Maria D alone. He will brook no arguments! MD stops him before he can get in his plastic car and says she'll talk to him. PJP says "Fine, but you're only gonna suffer." Only until the final week, Padre.

Pippin is in a furious rage! Another mannequin feels the pain. Oscar's saying something, but I'm too busy watching Pip's act of mannequinicide. Oh, Linda's gonna keep chasing Os. That's not news. Toni vows to stop it. As if!

Linda hangs out, waiting for Os, observed by Victoria. Os valet parks his car.

Maria D tells Max his mommy's a bully who won't leave her alone. "If you wanna help me, tell your mom to leave me alone! I've got good reasons to fight and I'm gonna make it after all, cause I just gotta." That was all subtext for "I'm having your baby, you moron!"

Linda waves happily at Os, but then sees Victoria getting out of her car. Oh…Os was getting his car from the valet and was about to drive it off. He's surprised to see Vic, who came to pick him up from... work? He calls the valet to get his car and gets into Victoria's. Linda pouts.

Bernarda says she's not happy about what happened to Vic, but Vic tried to take her own life and it's a big sin, etc., snooze, snooze. Bernie doesn't want to talk about Vic, since PJP always defends her. She thinks people get what they deserve. Burn, baby, burn. Padre JP says she talks like she never sinned. We all know that's not true.

Milagros cries at Juanjo's grave. Really? He's dead? Don't tell me, I'll either piece it together by the end of this ep or I'll get it when I go back and watch the rest of the week. Pobre de Carmen Salinas. She's not a bad-looking woman, but appearing on camera with no makeup at any age is an act of extreme courage. She sits on his grave while just one tree rains down tears. She starts praying the Hail Mary.

Bernie says she's prayed to remain sin-free, that's all. PJP says we're all human and sooner or later, into each life, a little sin must fall. Burnie wants to change the subject. PJP is her son, confessor, and guide. He says that's exactly why he's asking her to tell Victoria the truth. "You want me to tell her Maria Desamparada is her daughter? Sor Clementina told me, so I'm sure, but there's no real proof. Don't worry, though, I took precautions. Remember this incident…I did it to take a blood test and compare it to Maria D." Fausto interrupts with the lab results. This is not quite as fun-filled as a Springer episode, but I guess it'll do. Burnie opens the results, sans drum role, and reads that the results were positive. "Maria Desamparada is your daughter." She hands PJP the results.

Part II:

Max whines to Fabian in his office. He lost the love of his life and his family is falling apart. Fabian says that's rough. Max thought his family didn't have problems before? Oh, so young, so innocent. His mom's having trouble. His dad at least accepts responsibility, but his mom won't. And as for Ximena, she just keeps using the baby as an excuse for everything. He's not sure how much longer he can put up with that.

Xi and Rox are apartment shopping. And Rox only wants the BEST for her baby. And the BIGGEST!

Milagros cries some more and finishes praying her rosary. She lies down on Juanjo's grave. Ok, a wife, maybe, but a mom? That's a little weird.

Vic and Os have dinner. She wants to show him she's making an effort. Is that Padilla in the background? Os says all her efforts made her a great designer. She says her "name" means nothing to her anymore. She's hurt and she doesn't even know why she's asking his forgiveness when he's the one who cheated on her. Os says he really does feel worse than she does. If she's not going to forgive him, then why bother. More whining about how he cheated, how she ignored him, etc. I won't dignify his stupid excuses by repeating them. Vic says men are stupid. "It's easy for the lover to be perfect since they don't have to put up with you 24/7." Os says he gets it now. Mama Vic keeps harassing him. It's not that I don't think he deserves it, but she keeps going over the same stuff over and over and I'm the one who has to listen to it. Hey, I didn't cheat on her, so why do I have to suffer?

Nathy is knitting something for The Baby. She and Maria D are all excited to meet The Baby. MD will give The Baby all the love she never had. Nathy tells her she needs to be happy so the baby will be happy. Linda's not home yet and they wonder where she is. MD says if she went after Os again, she's getting her eviction notice.

Bernarda accosts Os and tries to give him some info, but he isn't in the mood.

Gui, Pedro, and Ofelia toast the success of the miniseries. Pedro is sick of Ofelia making snarky comments about Os and Vic. Ofelia says she has to put up with him too and she can't take it anymore. Gui just snacks and watches the scene. Pedro says he's going home to Spain in 2 days and she's not going with him! "Oh, no, I'm the one who's not going to Spain, because I'm done with you!" She tells him not to come looking for her, not that he was thinking about doing it. She swears she'll go for the next guy she sees, etc. Pedro tells her to just get to it already. He apologizes to Gui for the scene, but Gui had a great time watching.

Part III:

Os went back to the house with Burnie. She says she knows more about Vic than he does. Os says no one knows her better than he does. "Are you sure? Did you know she was a maid in this house?"

Vic drinks and thinks about how Os isn't home yet. Is he with his lover?

Os says being a servant is a perfectly acceptable job. "Did you know that before she married you, she had a daughter?"

Pedro tells Gui he's going back to Spain tomorrow and if he doesn't see Ofelia again, it's fine with him. He's DRUNK but he swears he can drive. Gui lets him leave.

Os doesn't know why Burn is telling him all this, but he can tell she hates Vic. She was lying about Vic having a lover, so why should he believe her now? He says as the mother of a priest, she should know that lying is a sin. He takes off.

Maria D can't light the stove. She and Nathy don't know what to do. Maria has some fabric to make clothes for the baby. No, she's not thinking of telling Max about the baby. She hopes one day she'll be happy again, like she was when she and Max were together. Nathy asks what if Max found out about the baby and wanted to be with her, but Maria D says it's impossible. She won't be happy at someone else's expense, so her love for Max is an impossible dream. She never should have set her eyes on him.

Max looks out the window. He remembers walking with MD on the beach.

They split-screen to MD having trouble sleeping while Max is thinking of her.

MD is on the couch, looking out the window. She remembers being with Max on the beach.

Max picks up the phone.

MD's phone rings. It's Max, but he doesn't say anything right away. Finally he says he just wanted to hear her voice.

Ximena thought bubbles that she needs to get Max to sleep in bed with her so she won't lose him. She wants to go wake him up with a big wet sloppy kiss. Slurp, slurp.

Max just wanted to hear her voice, like he said, and tell her he loves her and she's the woman of his life. MD says it's hurting them. So is the separation. Max blames it on Xi. He wants to see her. He can't go on without her! In the name of everything they had together, she can't deny him this opportunity. Oh no? MD says it's crazy talk and NO! She hangs up and cries.

Xi lies in bed thought bubbling that Max is talking to MD again and she can't allow that or she'll lose him!

Part IV:

Vic keeps drinking. Now she wonders if something bad happened to Os. She hopes not or she'd never forgive herself. Os comes in. She asks him to forgive her, but he says he has nothing to forgive. So now she starts interrogating him. "We'll talk tomorrow." She accuses him of being with Linda. "Did you see her?" Os says he didn't , but she doesn't believe him. She can't believe him. OK, we're back to business as usual. He doesn't know how much longer he can take it!

Xi tells Rox she's sure Max went to see MD. She's furious and says she'll go find them. Rox advises that she take a sleeping pill and think about the baby. Um? No. Rox says Xi's dad cheated on her all the time and it got better when she stopped letting it bother her. After all, she was the wife and the others were just mistresses. Xi doesn't think that way. She hangs up on Rox and swears they won't be together.

MD answers the door to Max and they stare at each other.

Padre JP prays in the church. MD is his daughter, for realz. His confessor comes in and says "What's your damage now?" Meanie. PJP says he found out the truth…that MD is your daughter? He can talk about it because it's not a secret of the confessional, just something he suspected that's now confirmed. More questioning of PJP's vocation. He says he could never leave the church. He's a father to all the faithful.

Max asks to talk to her. MD says he shouldn't be there. He begs, in the name of their love.

Milagros dreams of JuanJo and starts saying "my son isn't dead" in her sleep. She jerks awake and says "Juanjo? Son? You're not dead, son. You're not dead. You need me." She prays for it to be true. She gets up and goes into his room and reminisces about their fútbol disagreements. She hopes what she saw in her dreams is true and he really is alive.

Pedro is gone, so Ofelia came back. She thinks she's going to move in with Gui. Ha, ha, ha! He says he doesn't want the company. He likes to be alone. Ofelia says the fun's over if Max finds out that Ximena's baby is really Gui's. She's going to use the info to hold onto him. "Yep. You're trapped, even if you refuse to admit it." Gui says let's speak calmly. Ofelia says she'll have a vodka, like Xi. Gui goes to get some, while Ofelia peruses the paperwork about the theater. Os would pay a fortune to find out about it. She plays calm when Gui comes back and sees her with the folder.

Vic asks Os if Linda is still trying to call him and get close to him. Will she back off so easily? Won't she fight for him? Os says it would be useless. He tries to get in bed with her, but she gets out of bed. "Is it possible to be reasonable when you're crazy in love with someone?" She can't get the image of the two of them out of her head. She keeps thinking about them making hot monkey love. She wants details. Os yells at her to stop it. "Your curiosity is morbid and doesn't get us anywhere! I don't want to talk about her." Vic wants to know that part of his life that she doesn't know anything about. Os refuses to tell her anything and leaves the bedroom.

Ofelia says she now has two juicy bits of info that the Sandovals would pay dearly for. Gui agrees, but says if she talks too much, she'll only cause problems. That won't work with him. "And how do you plan to avoid it?" Gui says he'll shut her mouth forever, choking her. "I've always hated women who talk too much, and you're the worst one! I'll do you a favor and shut you up forever." He seems to enjoy killing her. The dog barks and he shushes it.

Max tells Maria that he was drunk and upset, he went up to the room and got in bed, and he thought it was her and then in the morning he realized it was Xi. Maria D says when he said he was getting married to Xi, she didn't know the story. Max says he should have told her, but he never thought Xi would get pregnant. It gave his mom a way to blackmail him into marrying Xi. It's only the baby he's doing it for. MD believes him. There's sincerity in his eyes and she knows he's not lying. Max says he never stopped loving her. Ditto. He doesn't love Xi and when the baby's born, he'll take care of it and be a good dad, but he won't keep living with Xi. MD loves him too, but what about the two of them? Max says when the baby is born, he'll divorce Xi and marry MD. She says he might find out a surprise. Something that would make him happy. He's happy just being with her and he'll be with her forever. Smoochies. Yes, let's get that shirt off William, he's really warm under the lights. Oh, that's all….

Milagros also sees signs of JuanJo in the cards. Cruz answers the door to Don Napo. Cruz is off to work, but asks Napo to look after Milagros. She tells him to sit down and begs him not to stop coming over. She tells him about her dream, and the cards confirming it. She keeps crying that he's alive. Napo says he's sorry to keep reminding her, but the healthiest thing is for her to leave JuanJo to rest in peace. He doesn't like to see her crying. Milagros says he's just like everyone else. "Put yourself in my place and see how it feels!"

Linda goes looking for work.

Milagros keeps crying to Napo that JuanJo is alive.

Linda applies for a job as a stylist in a salon. She worked for Victoria, but she doesn't have references. The woman says she won't hire anyone without a recommendation, usually, but they just lost someone and they really need her to start right away. Linda says she won't be sorry! The woman brings her a broom and tells her to get started. Linda fumes.

Max asks Victoria why she keeps getting Maria D fired. "How do you know what's going on with her? You're still after her, aren't you?" Vic says MD betrayed her by going after Max, by helping Linda go after Os. Max says he's on the side of justice, damnit!

A guy looks at the stove in the girls' apartment and says it's not in good shape. It would be just as expensive to fix it as to buy a new one. He charges them 200 pesos for giving them the bad news. Nathy says they'll just have to get a new one. MD only has 100 pesos and Nathy sent all her earnings to her family. MD says they'll use the pesos to buy torta supplies and get selling. Nathy says she'll go to the library and ask for an advance to see if they can buy a stove in installments.

Napo and Cruz are worried about Milagros. Napo suggests a doctor, but Cruz says no doctor can cure a mother of her sadness at losing her son. Cruz wants to take her back to the ranch for a while, but he wants Napo to come too. He's sure it will help. Napo agrees. Milagros is a good friend and he's got to help her out. Cruz goes to get some time off from work.

Victoria tells Oscar to fire the private detectives. She wants to hear no more about it!

Max comes to work happy. He tells Fabian nothing's up. Fabian is sure there's a reason. Max says he saw MD. The skinny pants that come in tight at the ankles? I vote "no." Ximena comes in to show him the apartment she wants. He says they have to wait. "Wait longer?" The company is in no condition. All of Os's shares have been sold and they're having to let employees go. Xi says that's not her problem. Fine, then, Max says--the answer is no because he says so. Xi says his child will be born without a place to put his crib! "Yes, fine, I'm terrible, so why'd you marry me?" Xi says she doesn't know. "Exactly! Me neither!" She storms out, leaving him the flyer.

Os comes to visit Vic at work. He's been thinking and she has every right to know where he was last night. Vic asks him how he got to Bernarda's . "She had it all planned, so she could talk smack about you. She said you have secrets. That you were her maid?" Vic confirms it. Os says she never told him anything. "We'll talk about it whenever you want. What else did she say?" "That before we got married, you had a baby. Is that true?" Max overhears. Vic says if they're going to talk about secrets, he's got to be ready to bare his soul too. Is he ready for that? "I used to be convinced I lived with the perfect man, who always told me the truth, but now I'm not sure. So I'm asking--are you keeping a secret? Are you ready to tell me the whole truth about your life? Fine, but you go first. I'll listen to all of it, but I want to know everything. And then I'll talk." That's SO not going to happen.

Milagros begs JuanJo to lead her to him. She heads out the door of the apartment.

Part V:

Max is still spying on his parents. Os says he might have secrets, but he doesn't think this is the best time to talk about them. He has a lot of doubts. Vic says then he has no right then to ask about what Bernie said. Os agrees they need time before they're ready to talk about their lives before they met. They wish each other a good day and he leaves. Max comes into Victoria's office. "I couldn't help overhearing the conversation you had with my dad." He wants to know the truth. Vic admits she had a baby before she married his dad. "I had a daughter before I married your father." Max is impactado!

Os remembers Vic's words. He can't accept the deal. He'd have to confess that Max's mom is alive and in jail for killing her lover. It would hurt Max too much to find out his mother's alive and a killer.

Vic tells Luci to hold all her calls for an hour. She tells Max to sit down.

Napo gets to the apartment and can't find Milagros.

Max understands Vic's suffering now. What he doesn't understand is why she didn't tell his father from the beginning. Vic says she was stupid and a coward. She was afraid he'd look down on her and she loved him. She thought the truth would separate them and she didn't want to lose him. She didn't want to lose Max as a son either. He says she never will.

Part VI:

No one's home to take Cruz's vacation request. Fer needles him. Cruz says he's unhappy and she assumes it's about her. He tells her his cousin died. Fer is sorry and hugs him briefly. He just says thanks and tell her parents thanks for the job because he's going back to the ranch. "But you're coming back, right?" He says there's nothing to bring him back. "Nothing?" Cruz sighs. Napo comes running up to say Milagros has disappeared and he has no idea where she is. Napo has a bad feeling. Cruz goes to help look for her, but he stops to ask Fer to say goodbye to her family for him. He reaches for her and she leans toward him, but he pulls his hand back walks away. That is the stuff, right there. That's how you do longing and unrequited love.

Burnie comes to the church. She wants to confess. The older priest asks if she's sorry for her sins. "I'll only talk about it in confession." He says he knows about MD. Not that anyone told him. She says he's lying. Crazy Burnie babbling. No, dude, she doesn't realize that she's nuts. That's why she's nuts. "I want Victoria to suffer." "But your son is also suffering." "Well, we all came to this world to suffer." CRAAAAAAAZY! He says she keeps sinning and she's unrepentant, so why does she want confession? She wants absolution and she acts like it's getting something out of a vending machine. She says the words and out pops absolution. The padre tells her that's not how it works. She actually has to be repentant! He realizes he's wasting his time trying to convince her. He withholds absolution and says he also won't hear her confession. So there!

PJP talks to a guy who's afraid of some powerful woman. He doesn't want any trouble. PJP says sometimes when we're afraid of violence, our fear causes injustices. We have to seek justice to feel better.

Burnie says he has an obligation. Yep, and he's meeting it. She says fine, she'll confess elsewhere. And she'll complain about him. "Go ahead. And make sure you also tell them about the people you killed."

PJP takes his leave of the guy and asks God why there's so much hate in Victoria's heart against Maria. The same hate his mother has against Victoria. He asks God to help him get rid of the hate.

Burnie says he won't close off the paths to the church. He tells her she's nuts and needs to see a doctor. "You're calling me crazy? Here, in front of a sacred altar of God, I can see you're the sinner. So my advice is, take care of yourself, because sinners are condemned to the fires of hell…in the next life, or in this one." She walks off. "God, illuminate your daughter Bernarda. She's a lost sheep. Help her and help me to guide her." PJP walks up. The other Padre says there's nothing going on. Nothing that he can tell him about, anyway.

Os is sorry he didn't get to say goodbye to Pedro. He figures that Ofelia went with him. Gui says they had a fight at his house. He figures they made up later. He asks for an update. Os says things are going pretty badly. Vic is torturing him and herself. Gui doesn't understand. Os says Vic is obsessed with finding out every detail of his relationship with Linda. Gui tells him not to tell her anything! It would be better to separate. Os doesn't want to. He loves her. This is just the punishment he deserves. Gui says if they're not going to be happy, then why be together?

Vic cries and Max comforts her. He says when he was a kid and he was afraid, she told him to remember he's really a brave prince and there's a light in his heart that would shine out and protect him from everything bad. He tells her to do the same. Think of being a brave princess, the bravest of them all. Especially when she tells his dad the truth. Vic promises when the time comes, she'll keep it in mind. She's proud of him for giving her that advice. Damn, William Levy's eyes are red!

Part VII:

Xi gripes to Rox that Max won't buy her a penthouse. What does she care about the company's problems?! Rox says she had other options, but she insisted on Max. Xi is sick of this. She's furious. She can't understand why her luck is so bad! Rox (I accidentally typed Tox, but that works too) says just get a divorce already and she'll find her a new millionaire.

Vic offers to show Max the files. He wants to help her find her daughter. "I've looked all these years!" Max says he wants to help and share that part of her. She's given him so much and he wants to repay it. Vic agrees to show him the files. She pulls out a stack of notebooks.

At the butcher's Maria D tries to buy some meat. It's too expensive. He offers to give it to her on credit, after he just told the woman before her that he doesn't. He kind of hits on her and she still takes it. Ew!

Max looks through the notebooks. He says Vic has suffered so much all these years. How did she survive the pain? Love, she says--for Maria, and Max, and Fer. And also Os's love helped a lot. Max is really disappointed that Os cheated on her. "Maybe if he'd known?" Vic says that's no excuse. Max says his love is really complicated, but now's not the time to talk about it. "Don't you have some memory, something that would help?" Vic shows him the doll Maria was carrying. "Maria," Max repeats.

Maria walks through the market and stops at a stall selling dolls. She flashes back to the accident.

Sweet William Levy in a kayak! Yay, the kayak is back!

Tomorrow: Vic busts Linda with Os, through no fault of his own; Linda tells Ximena that Maria D is pregnant (bitch!); Max and Xi fight; Vic confronts Burnie and says she knows about the fear of fire; Maria and Xi fight over Max and Nathy has to bust up a chick fight! Good times, good times!

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