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RECAP IS FINALLY DONE!!!

This time I was able to get an HD capture of the episode, so hopefully will have a few screenshots.

Here's a preview of one that's worth quite a bit of discussion:

Poor Professor Hottie's face as he is finally told that Fernando dumped Luisa for . . . TERESA!!!

I'm going to post this recap in installments, as I down my Pepsi and get through this episode! 

EPISODE 139:

A drunken Arturo is told by Mariano that Teresa has left him for Fernando. Professor Hottie, who is completely sloshed, doesn't believe him. Aeeeda comes in and observes that Professor Hottie is "super borracho."

Teresa is talking with Fernando. He's worried about how Luisa is doing after the bad news.

Mariano and Aeeeeda drag a very baked Arturo back to his apartment, where Lucia is waiting. They deposit him on a couch.

Juana and Cutberto are sitting on a couch at Juana's place. Teresa is there and she asks if she can spend the night there. She is talking about her pending divorce and how things have become with Professor Hottie. Juana says it's not good to be here alone with Fernando. Teresa says she's going to go talk to her parents and she hugs Juana.

Mariano, Aeeeda, and Lucia have deposited a prone and totally baked Professor Hottie on the couch. They all look down on his peaceful, prone form and talk about the whole marriage mess between him and Teresa. Mariano leaves, first leaving his card with Lucia and saying his apartment is room 209 if she needs any help. We see Professor Hottie utter "Teresa! Teresa!" in his drunken sleep.


Quick shot of poor Luisa remembering happier times with that dirty dog Fernando, as she leans against a wall at the hospital and quietly cries.

Teresa is visiting her parents and telling them the big news about dumping that loser Professor Hottie. Refugio immediately starts having some sort of attack. Armando quickly gets her her pills and she gulps it down as she gasps for air and looks generally distressed.

She says that Teresa should not consider divorce, that if there are problems, a woman tries to help work things out and is supportive. But Teresa says that's just not how it's working and that Professor Hottie isn't doing his part since he's a sloppy drunk and all. Mom suggests that maybe Teresa doesn't really love Professor Hottie. Teresa says (with some sincerity) that she adores him, but can't take what he's doing.

Luisa sees Aurora at the hospital and in a crumple of tears, she wants to know where Mariano is, she needs to talk to him! Aurora offers to help and wants to know what's going on. Luisa just keeps saying that she wants to tell him that he was right, he was right. Aurora is mightily confused.

Some scene between Hernan the Galán and Esperanza. They talk about the check that Mayra gave her to help in her search for little Rodrigo. Hernan says he'll hang onto the check and hope that they don't need to use it. He's not quite sure why she was given so much money. Esperanza says that maybe because Mayra is a mother and a woman too and understands what Espe is going through, and maybe she wants to set an example for Aeeeeda.

Aeeeeda has returned to Mariano's apartment with him and they're chatting. Conversation turns to how things are going with Aurora. Not well. Then Aeeeeda zones in for the kill, planting a big kiss on Mariano's lips. He seems to be semi-responsive.


But after the break, we see that he pulls away. She of course starts to whine about this. He explains his thing with Aurora. Blah blah blah. Then when it's obvious he's not going to relent, they start talking about Espe's baby. Aeeeda doesn't believe the suggestions that her dad may have been behind the kid's being missing.

Aurora has taken Luisa back to her place and wants to medicate her in order to calm her down. Luisa says no. She starts to dissolve in tears and cries about how she wants to die. Poor Aurora gives her a hug as she cries some more.

The source of all this current pain, Teresa, is talking on the phone with the other source of pain, Fernando. He's worried about Luisa. Teresa says in that calm, creepy sharky voice that Luisa is fine, she's with Aurora who is a doctor. She plans to meet Fernando at a hotel. Fernando just looks sick with worry. After Teresa hangs up, she has a flashback of happiness with Professor Hottie and says to herself, he's the one she loves, and that Fernando is just there for the money. She looks at her big fat diamond ring and cries, lamenting, "Oh, Arturo. Why were you so stupid?"


At the Professor Hottie apartment, both Lucia and Professor Hottie are sleeping on couches or chairs, covered with blankets. Lucia wakes up and realizes that they've got an appointment with the Germans, it's time to get up! She tries to shake Professor Hottie awake.

Teresa's on the phone with a frustrated and angry Fernando. She didn't show up at the hotel last night! She gives some smooth excuse about being with her parents, her mom is very traditional and upset about the whole divorce thing. She couldn't call either because she left her phone with her madrina, blah blah blah. Fernando says he wants to talk to Luisa to explain things, ALONE. Teresa wants to go with him, but no, ALONE.

Lucia is artfully pouring water on a hungover, sleepy Professor Hottie, to wake him up. He wakes up with a start, accidentally breaks the glass vase that she was using to pour water on him. She asks how he's doing. Well, BAD. He starts in with how sad he is that Teresa is divorcing him. She says that he should fight for her. But he sees no point in fighting for a love that doesn't exist. She only wanted his money. It's his turn to dissolve into tears as Lucia gives him a comforting hug.

Professor Hottie's sister is in an equally bad way. She's telling a sympathetic Aurora about how she regarded Teresa as a sister, never thinking she'd do this. There is no excuse for what either Teresa or Fernando has done.

Fernando's mom busts into the house, all enthusiastic about his suit for the wedding. He looks severe and serious and just blurts it all out in one sentence. "I'm not going to marry Luisa because I'm in love with Teresa."

The look on Oriana's face is really, just priceless.


More with poor Luisa and Aurora. Luisa wants to warn her brother. Aurora says that's not something you can say over the phone. Luisa talks about how Mariano warned her but she didn't believe him. Something in the way she tells this gets Aurora's antennae up. So Mariano was really visiting Luisa and not Teresa? This changes everything, you can see it in Aurora's face.

End of the first installment of this recap. 

As you would expect, a BIG SCENE between Fernando and mama over this shocking news. A BIG slap on the face is administered to Fernando. Then she commences with ripping him a new one. Everything she says is right-on. He's betraying his best friend, going off with a married woman, is he CRAZY? Fernando is defiant, says he's already told Luisa, that it's better this way since he doesn't love her. "Better for for whom? For Teresa? Certainly not for Arturo and especially not for Luisa!" She pretty much nails all the finer points. This is selfish and crazy and Teresa is only doing it for the money.

A crying Luisa is talking more about her misfortune. She's not a strong woman and this is just too much for her. Aurora tries to comfort her. Aurora says to herself that she was stupid (this in regards to doubting Mariano, I think).

More with Fernando and his mom. She thinks that if he hasn't yet told Professor Hottie, it's not too late to undo this. Go back, talk to Luisa, take it all back and things can go on as before, and they can get married. But Fernando doesn't want to do this because he doesn't love Luisa. She yells at him that what he feels for Teresa is not love, and better to be dead (? I think) then get hooked up with this social climber. Wow, that's intense!

Luisa is still crying. She lost the love of her life and her best friend at the same time! She then remembers, that they were all at Zacatecas together. She then wonders how she lost Fernando.

More with mom and Fernando. She keeps saying that Teresa is just a social climbing fortunehunter. She really loved Mariano and only married Professor Hottie for the money. Fernando has of course drunk all of Teresa's Kool Aid and doesn't believe any of this.

Lucia and Professor Hottie are chit-chatting over coffee. Professor Hottie has cleaned up and looks sane and sober again. Teresa walks in and has the nerve to act jealous at this scene. Professor Hottie doesn't miss a beat and says, "Do you believe that you're the only woman in the world?" He plays the situation to his advantage for once, praising all of Lucia's good qualities, as poor Lucia looks on uncomfortably at this way-too-personal domestic dispute unfolds in front of her.


Even more with Momma and Fernando. She says, by all means, sleep with Teresa but don't marry her! You don't love her! You'll never be happy with her, after knowing what you did to poor Arturo and Luisa! Fernando gets in a snit and walks off, saying that they're not able to talk about this any more. Momma looks very impactado and worn out from all the screeching. She breathes heavily and actually starts to clutch her chest.

End of second installment of this recap. 

More with the awkward scene between Teresa, Professor Hottie, and poor Lucia. Professor Hottie says that Teresa is just pretending to be jealous, when all along she never could feel any such thing. Lucia just wants to get out of there. Professor Hottie says no, it's okay, he has nothing left to say to Teresa. He escorts Lucia out as they both leave the apartment, leaving Teresa looking upset. When they're gone, she breaks out into tears and says that he's not going to go with that "tipa"!


In the hallway, Lucia and Professor Hottie talk a little more. He says that he shouldn't have said anything about her to Teresa. She says, but it's only the truth, you could get another good woman. He says, not in his case, he wants Teresa more than his life.

A nice little scene where Aeeeda actually tells Aurora about her encounter with Mariano, and how he didn't respond to her and how he still loves Aurora. Aurora is very encouraged by this. Aurora is a little surprised that Aeeeeda tells her all of this and seems accepting that she's lost Mariano. Maybe I'm maturing, Aeeeda laughs. They hug and Aeeeda wishes Aurora happiness, and during the hug you see the sadness on Aeeeda's face.

Oriana is prone on a couch as the servant lady hovers over her. Oriana looks a bit worn out. She tries to get up and stumbles a little. She calls and leaves a message with Luisa—"I know what stupidity my son wants to do, call me back, please."

Professor Hottie and Lucia are coming out of a pretty building, I am assuming their business meeting went well. He gets a message on his phone, it's from Oriana. He's not going to answer right back, I don't think he has the time (?) yet. He says that Oriana will be happy to hear that he's divorcing Teresa. He says that Oriana has been like a mother to him sometimes, but she doesn't understand how he feels about Teresa. Lucia takes his hand lovingly and says, "You're not able to stop thinking of her, are you?"

Aeeeda is looking bummed. Pop asks her what's gong on. Man trouble, she loves Mariano, lost him for good this time, blah blah blah. She's thinking of leaving Mexico and staying with her mom in Spain for a while. Pop says something ranty about Mariano, but she's actually reasonable and says it's not his fault. She actually sounds resolved and sane throughout the whole conversation.

Teresa's waiting at her parents' apartment and Professor Hottie comes in. He wants to talk. "About the divorce?" She asks. The law has made it much easier to divorce. But Professor Hottie has other things on his mind. He wants her back. He goes in for a deep kiss and she responds as their love song swells in the background.


More kissing. He wants her back, all he wants is her, blah blah blah. He tells her to reconsider, because today he's going to fix things. She looks moved and transfixed as he slowly withdraws and goes off to presumably fix things.

Aurora calls Professor Hottie and says that she's got something sensitive to tell him and it's better that she see him alone (not with Teresa).

Mariano chats with his dad. The subjects discussed include Professor Hottie arriving drunk at his apartment, what could he do but help. Aurora is a great girl, dad approves. Dad also approved of Aeeeda when Mariano was with her. But Mariano doesn't love Aeeeda, even though she's a great girl. What he feels for Aurora has no comparison.

Juana and Refigio sit over coffee and get caught up on everything that's going on, so people who have missed a few episodes can find out about what they missed. Refugio wants Teresa to give Professor Hottie another chance, not divorce him. Get him to Alcoholics Anonymous or something.


At the hospital, Esperanza goes to the chapel and prays to the Virgin Mary to get her son back. Hernan the Galán comes in and kneels by her side, supportively.

Teresa is talking with her parents about the divorce. She is not sure what to now—she seems a bit rattled by Professor Hottie's hot kisses, I think. Her mom says to listen to your heart, it's never mistaken.

Rubigote and Geno are talking about something. I guess about how Mariano and others are suspecting him of taking the baby? I need another infusion of Pepsi if I'm going to follow their conversation, I apologize. FF>>>


The final, big scene. Professor Hottie is ushered in to see a sleeping and crying Luisa, who is staying at Aurora's place. She tells him, brokenly, through tears, that she's not going to marry Fernando, that he called off the wedding. Professor Hottie erupts in outrage over this news. Then Luisa says, "that's not all." No, Fernando not only dumped her, but dumped of for someone else. Before she can spit out who "someone else" is, Professor Hottie is again ranting and raving in protective, brotherly rage. But finally she is able to get out that final tidbit. Fernando is leaving her because he says he's in love with Teresa! There is a look of disbelief on poor Professor Hottie's face and that is where we end the episode!

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