Caray, Caray!

Gran Final Hour 2 - Parte 1
Capítulo #167

Lo Del Pasado:

When we'd last left DanCam and their posse, Dionisio had just called Daniel to negotiate with him over getting his baby daughter in exchange for his night of passion with Camila and the relinquishing of the ownership of La Malquerida. Camila had decided to help save his baby daughter by giving into Dio’s demands, though Daniel had absolutely forbidden it. Juarez gave them a workable game plan then to avoid Camila’s acceding to Dio’s obscene desires and demands.

Lo Del Nuevo:

At the hospital the ER doctor comes out and announces to Dan that Miriam is a bit up tight but she’s been given something to calm her down. Dan immediate asks about the aneurysm. The long awaited QTH? moment arrives as Dan explains why he’s confused and ER Doc informs them both and--of course--the entire waiting room of concerned friends and family that Miriam doesn’t have any aneurysm whatsoever and never did! ER Doc says he just did another battery of brain tests and is certain of it, in fact.

At the same time, Omar comes in to report to Dio in his hide-out that Issa had a run in with Leoncio who not only burned her hands to nubbins with acid, but also cut her tongue out like she’d done to him. The two share a couple of evil yuk-yuks over her inability now to speak and to ever testify against him or anyone else again. (Cara de muy disturbed de Viewerville. The only thing missing on Omar was a tinier tail, another pitchfork, his own set of horns!)

In the women’s prison’s clinic, Issa receives medical attention and then is released into the general population where, we note, she is dressed now in chic-est of prison dowdy. (Can’t help but wonder if those burned stumps will keep her from doing work assignments.) Issa overhears two inmates discussing how she’d murdered a priest, her own kid, and tried killing her new hubby, plus had planned on selling his ranch out from under him. They laugh at her being harmless now after being maimed [manca=handless, armless, legless, one-armed/one-legged….], delenguanated, and raped. She turns away from them and tears roll down her cheeks. (Viewerville slugs down a double shot of reposado and cheers. ¡Salud! Leoncerdo came through for us after all.)

Back in the hospital waiting area, Dan ‘n Cam deduce that Dr. Valtierra’s false diagnoses had to be Dio’s doing. Mariano suggests a case of blackmail or bribing Dr. Valtierra to get him to lie. ER Doc tells them if they want to lodge a complaint against him, feel free. “—Heck, yeah we’re going to lodge a complaint!!” Amanda and Osvaldo show up asking about Mir and the baby just as Dio calls back on Dan’s cell. Dan follows Juarez’s advice to refuse Cam as part of the deal since Dio has to hand over the M.Q. to Estevez in twenty-four hours or else. He puts the call on speaker and everyone there hears his demands to exchange the kidnapped baby for Cam and the M.Q.. Dan forces Dio to back down and to agree to accept only La Malquerida in exchange for Baby Aggie cuz he will not allow Cam to be part of the deal, period. However, Cam must drive the money there by herself and not dare contact the police! Dan insists afterwards that he’s going along for the ride to protect Cam anyway.

Dan gets permission to speak to Mir in her hospital room and goes in to see her.

The police, meanwhile, search Dio’s house and come across his stack of “security” videos, one of which recorded Issa and Dio grousing with each other and listing in detail all their crimes as well as their various and sundry dirty dealings with each other.

Dan now tells Mir that Dio was the one who kidnapped Agatha, and that she’s fine for now. He tells her what Dio wants in exchange for her. Mir tells him she understands Dio’s blackmail since he knew what Cam and he meant to each other. Dan promises her he’s going along to make sure nothing happens to Aggie and that she comes back unharmed to Mir. Mir admits then that she knows Dan and Cam fell in love with each other and were married, though she can’t understand why everyone kept lying to her about it. He explains it was because at first she was in danger of dying they thought if she heard anything upsetting. Since now he knows that she’s just fine, he says, he’s going to tell her the truth. He starts with the lies Valtierra told him about her condition…..

In the waiting area, Mariano makes a last effort with Cam. He praises her for her love for Dan being so great that she’s risking her own life to save Dan’s baby girl. She’s lost everything, she says, so this is no biggy. Hopefully Dan and his family will be able to start over back in Chile. Mar says she will have the same opportunity, also. Perhaps, but not any time soon, if ever, she says. (Cam, it would seem, doesn’t need her Mariano safety blanket any longer.) Finally she spells it out for Mariano in no uncertain terms. Cam makes it clear to Mariano that their “relationship” is a deep and caring friendship; that they will always be friends, but there will never be anything more than friendship between them. If she opens ups her heart again to somebody, it will be somebody else. He finally gets it and they share a bear hug.

Back in the hospital room, Dan tells Mir that Valtierra was blackmailed by Dio to insure he’d stay with Mir and leave Cam free for himself. Mir asks if Dan stayed with her then out of pity and out of obligation. No, never, he swears, was he ever with her out of pity. He’s speaking to her as honestly as ever he could since her arrival in Mexico, he insists. “--But your love is Camila’s now. I knew that but refused to believe it.” “—I did love you, more than anything else in the world. But, when Abraham told me you were dead I was devastated and I wanted to die! I grabbed onto vengeance because it was the only feeling left that was able to keep me alive. I cursed my luck and I cried; but I knew that nothing was ever going to bring you back alive. It was difficult, … but I buried you in my heart.”

Mir sighs sadly. “—I suppose that’s when Camila entered your life?” He nods slightly. “—I should tell you that it was little by little that I began to fall in love with her. I truly thought that you’d sent her from wherever you were to enable me to start life over again. Then there you were. You’d arrived just as I came back from my honeymoon.” “—Now I understand why you weren’t the same Daniel that I’d married.” Forgive me, but I never meant to hurt you or to betray you, he tells her. She admits she’s hurting inside; but she realizes also, she says, that neither of them are the same as before.”-- And that’s undeniable.” She asks him to have Cam come in to speak with her now. Dan kisses her forehead and the sadness they are drowning in (Thank you, Abe!) begins seeping through the t.v. screen.

Dan returns to the lounge area and tells Cam Mir wants to see her and, that he’s told her the whole truth about the two of them and their relationship together. When Cam comes back they’ll head to the meeting with Dio. Cam leaves and Dan takes Mariano aside. Dan asks him for a gun. (Dun-duhn-duhnnnn!)

At the police station, Juarez and Becerra finish the transfer documents and their lodging the formal complaint against Dio’s forcing them to cede rights to the M.Q. under duress. Juarez mentions he’s sending a group of agents to secretly back up Cam and Dan when they meet with Dionisio. The videotape the cops found is brought to Juarez.

Back in Mir’s hospital room, she thanks Cami for risking her life to save her baby girl. Cam says the baby is an innocent bystander in all of this, so there’s nothing heroic about it. Mir admits then that she knows the whole truth of their relationship and the misinformation about her physical condition. She’d says she’d have preferred hearing it from one or the other of them as soon as she arrived, but it makes no difference now. Cam admits Mir is the one who got the worst of the deal, but that she loves Dan with all her heart. And the baby’s rescue comes first and foremost. “—But offering up your ranch…” There’s nothing to thank her for, Cam insists, because she’s only interested in making sure Dionisio Ferrer goes to jail for the rest of his life because of all the harm he did to her mother and all the rest of it.

Across town, Juarez and his detectives watch Dio’s incriminating video. “—With the evidence on this tape, Dionisio Ferrer with never see the light of day [luz del sol] again!”

It’s O.J. revisited as we get an aerial shot of DanCam’s white truck heading to the meeting site.

~~End parte 1 of Hour 2 of Grand Final~~
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~~Parte 2 al Fin of Hour 2 of Grand Final~~



Cam is driving and Dan is directing. He tells her to stop a minute so he can hide before they drive up. The last thing he wants is Dio to know he’s there so they’re unable to take him by surprise. “—Aren’t you going to negotiate the way Juarez said?” “—No. Dionisio won’t negotiate and I want to make sure you and Agatha are safe and sound!.” He tells her that once the exchange has been made she’s to jump into the truck and race out of their like a bat out of hell. She hesitates cuz she doesn’t want to leave him alone with Dio. Dan explains that the police have to know that she and Aggie are out of danger before they can take any action. “—No! I’m not going to leave you alone with Dionisio!” “—DO WHAT I TELL YOU!” Gawd knows why but the woman finally shuts up and puts her brain on autopilot.

Pablo has made it to the compound in Chiapas and Aaron tells him how much Luzma’s progressed. His being there will be the best medicine yet. Aaron leaves and Pablo joins Luzma by a beautiful waterfall. They kiss hello. She’s missed him she says. He tells her that Leoncerdo’s been penned up in prison again and will never get loose again. He explains how and why he’s there when she thought he’d be unable to locate her. Mayalen gave in when she realized he was a one-woman man and nothing and nobody could ever make him forget his Luzma. They kiss again and here are able to consummate their eternal passion by the falls on a muddy patch of earth. (In all honesty I think Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr had a much more comfy and sophisticated time of it, don’t you?)

Back on the way to rescue Aggie, Dan tells Cam how grateful he is for her helping to save his daughter’s life. “—Never forget I love you.” She tells him it’s not necessary to thank her and that she loves him with all her heart. He caresses her neck and she rubs her cheek on his hand. Finally they get close and she lets him out of the truck so he can sneak around for a better look at things unnoticed. Cam is waived inside a huge warehouse and the exchange looks like it’s going to be made. Dio, tho’, pulls a fast one and hands the baby back to Omar who drives away with her and the other henchmen. Dio grabs Cam by force at gunpoint when she refuses. “—Dan will get the baby but YOU are coming with me!” He throws her into his SUV and starts to drive away. Somewhere in here Dan sneaks in with his gun and races over to the driver’s side window and jumps on for dear life. He tries stopping Dio. Dio, who wants to finish him off once and for all, stops the vehicle and gets out. It’s nothing but a massive beat down at this point, with Dan getting the upper hand with more than a few right hooks and jabs. Dan knocks Dio down as his gun has been thrown free.

Dio somehow pulls out from under and secretly grabs a rock. When Dan comes after him Dio throws a surprise punch with the rock and Dan goes down. Dio hits Dan on the head with a second heavy blow and Dan is down for the count. Dio retrieves his gun and aims. He pauses a moment to catch his breath while Dan, on his knees now, faces his would-be executioner and waits for the coup de grace. Suddenly a shot rings out and Dio grimaces. Faltering, he drops the gun and looks around. Cam has shot him in the shoulder with Dan’s gun. The police, meanwhile, have been waiting around the corner and captured the henchmen and Omar.

A few minutes later we see the ambulance and police swarming all over the area where all the action just took place. A beaten and bloodied Dio peers through a swollen black eye at DanCam. DanCam look over at him and then at each other. The nightmare that was Dio is now over. There’s a sigh of relief. They embrace and share a passionate kiss. It’s the last thing Dio sees before being driven off in the paddy wagon, and he’s seething.

Back at Dan and Mir’s apartment, the gang’s all there. (My, my! Mir is looking chic and sexy in a pair of slimming jeans and bolero jacket. Mar can’t get enough of her I do believe.) They eagerly await DanCam and Aggie as she explains how she’s been physically fine this entire time and Valtierra lied about her condition. Juarez tells the group that he’s writing up his report and tomorrow the case will be closed.

Finally DanCam and Aggie make their appearance and everybody cheers. Mir asks them to join her for a private convo in the bedroom. Once there, she tells them how grateful she is. They apologize for her and Aggie’s victimization courtesy of Dio. Mir says it’s not their fault for all the garbage Dio threw their way. Besides, life and destiny, they all agree have their way with everybody. Things change. She knows that Dan and Cam never meant for her to be hurt or deceived. It just happened. “—Our life and marriage together was marvelous and I’ll love you all my life. I love you for who you are and the way you are. But what we shared as a couple I now have with Camila.” Mir realizes this and says she won’t be an impediment. This chapter in their lives is over. Mir and Dan agree to check in every couple months so that Dan can continue to be a part of Aggie’s life, either here or in Chile. Dan tells her the two of them will never lack for anything. He’ll be the best daddy ever!

At the prison, meanwhile, Dio is getting patched up in the clinic and Juarez lists the ton of charges against him and then tells him he’ll never see the light of day again. Dio sneers and grimaces. “—You aren’t going to be able to prove any of that.” “—No, that’s where you’re wrong, Sr. Ferrer! We have all the evidence, including your breech of trust you committed against Sra. Agustina Santos, so you might as well get used to your new home.” He leaves and a moment later Leoncerdo comes ambling by. He does a double-take when he sees Dio Ferrar sitting there. Leo gets this insane grin on his face and thinks to himself as he stares over at Dio. “—Welcome to Hell! You’re a dead man, Don Dionisio!” Dio has a sudden look of recognition in both black eyes and tears begin to stream down his face. (Viewerville downs another trago. Salud! )

And, somewhere in the bowels of Mexico, Yago sits in a bar and cries in his last remaining beer. He can’t buy another cuz he’s got no money. He wants a drink so badly that he trades his watch to the bartender to pay his bill and for a final, single bottle of hooch.

Mir and Abe are at the airport. He’s apologizing for his rash actions and the way it broke up Mir’s marriage. Mir tells him not to bother cuz she and Daniel would have gone their separate ways eventually, anyway. She’s accepted it and it’s cool. He mentions that Gaston has started the paperwork for the divorce and that it'll be easy enough since she and Dan agree on it. Dan comes back to them and tells them everything’s been checked and they’ve got their tickets. They’re ready to go, he says. Just then Mariano and Ana appear to say good-bye. Ana tells her joyfully that she and daddy have bought tickets for a trip to Chile to visit her and Aggie next month! They’ll be there for an entire week! A knowing look passes between Abe and Dan. Mar and Mir look into each other’s eyes and flirtatious sparks finally fly.

Down Chiapas way once more, Amanda and Osvaldo are getting married. Natalia, looking nearly ready to pop, is putting the chain around them when Rodolfo sneaks up and asks if she needs help with that. “—Wh-what are you doing here?” He explains about his dream. It was so real. I knew then that my place was with you and your baby, whichever way you want, but with you and forevermore. Nat doesn’t look upset in the least.

Back at the M.Q., Cam is enjoying another bubble bath. Dan appears and asks if he can join her. He doesn’t have to ask twice. (Sorry, Al!) There’ll always be room in her tub, her life and her heart. Dan jumps in and we fade to dark.

A few days later, Roman takes first honors during his middle school graduation. He gets to be the flag bearer. He’s won a scholarship! All the family friends are there to help celebrate the honor with the three of them. FF>>

Months later, there’s a formal presentation and celebration at the M.Q. because of Amor Bravio going into it’s third edition. We take a look around and note that M&M are now a couple, and DanCam are expecting (though Viewerville notes their wedding rings are mysteriously absent). Yup. “--Record sales! It’s become a best seller!” And Rafa owes it all to DanCam, he says, cuz it’s their story, after all. “--Like the hero and heroin of the story, they and their fierce love triumphed through all adversity; it’s a story like theirs in which the heart reigns.” Next off, DanCam unveil a plaque hung at the entrance to the hacienda, in honor of the occasion, that says in huge letters: AMOR BRAVIO. Applause all around.

The crowd and guest of honor now leave for the picnic lunch in the garden. DanCam remain and pledge their love and loyalty till the end of their days and beyond.

~~FIN~~

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