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Previously
The lovely Monica calls on La Gata, telling her God and Pablo punished her and humiliated her like never before. The love Esme and Pablo share is stronger than the hate and they must pursue that love. “Thanks for listening,” the shunned bride concludes. “God bless you and forgive me.”

The Dance of Love Continues
One can only suppose that Sra. LaToodle wants us to feel renewed with clean and almost comely Rita as a love object. The IV man appears in her room again, claiming that he is her clown and she is his circus. (His glasses are a little thick—maybe he doesn’t see so well.) She says if she could get out of bed, she’d beat him. The nurse comes to chase him off, saying he proposed marriage to the lady in room 14. So he roams the halls, preying on women.

Gata gazes from her window, asking the universe for Pablo’s location. No answer.

Pablo explains his mural to a group of gentlemen, proposing animals for the outdoor setting—cats in particular. He rhapsodizes to himself that he’ll immortalize his love for Gata, work through the pain he caused, and save money for his kittens—uhm, his children.


Gata, with no answer from her window, is now casing the dump seeking news of Pablo. She visits Fela, who is communing with her rosebushes in front of her hut. Fela says she and Gata are tired of thorns in their lives. We see a sepia flashback of Fela happily tending her roses in her earlier life. Gata’s childhood was happy and so on. My attention wandered from the remaining rose metaphor.

Pablo is feverishly working on the mural, not eating or sleeping. The man in charge asks him to take it easy. Pablo wants to keep working, boss man says something about running away from family means you run away from yourself? Meant for sage counsel, concern.

Fela and Esme converse about finding Pablo. It will take courage to find him, Gata will search, Fela suggests taking care. Gata goes to the ravine to search, Pablo not there.

Pablo needs to earn money for his children. A strange woman comes down the steps to the mural. She loves his work, wonder if he is a street painter? (She could be the sister of artist Natasha in CI.) He explains his art training, experience in New York, etc. She has an art gallery and wonders if he would do an exhibit there? He wonders if he could expose his collection of Esmeralda paintings?

The Dance of Love Has Some People Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Esme brings her search for Pablo back home, ringing the doorbell as Lorenza and Mariano answer. (No Augie in this episode. Drinking and sulking in his study or gone off to dry out?) Esme needs to talk to Pablo. Lorenza, of course, breaks into her usual shrewish screaming fit, insulting Gata and saying her son was kicked out because of the trashy cat. Our girl says she may not have money, but she has dignity, values, and a soul that’s not for sale. She’ll keep looking for Pablo. Lorenza stalks away from the marble halls, calling “Look what I have to bear in my own house!” Mariano offers his friendship, claiming Esme gave him valuable life lessons.

Meatball is also looking for his love object, dragging Lupe with him through the dump. Lupe says looking for Rita is not the way to find the Cat. He knocks on Rita’s door and confronts Maria and Fela. Fela says “It’s the devil” and does a great little act to ward off the evil influence. They tell him Rita is still in the hospital.

Fernando tells Esme he’ll ask lawyer Osorio to find Pablo, but she can’t go back to him. Esme responds she is tired of people deciding for them. Whatever she and Pablo do, they’ll decide for themselves. Esme is on her bed with the babies, while Pablo is on his laptop. Then Esme is on the phone with Osorio, hearing where Pablo is. She reports to the babies. (I think this is where she was toting one Michael Jackson style? Seems they always want to show them face to the camera.)

More charming conversation with Mariano and his mumsie. Lorenza says she needs to find Pablo before Gata does. Son says, “Mom, you always lose this battle! If destiny wants them together they’ll be together.” He also inquires if she’s afraid of God’s punishment? She thinks nothing would be worse than that woman in our family. (She’s completely ridiculous—blaarrgh!)

Lovers’ Reunion Spoiled by the Fickle Finger of Fate, Telenovela Style
Pablo is on the scaffold, painting and thinking of Esme. She is on a path through the park, pushing the baby stroller. Pablo spots her and in his shock, loses his footing and falls from the scaffold. He hits his head and lies motionless on the ground. Esme reaches the office, where she tells the boss she’s looking for Pablo. He says Pablo is painting, so Esme leaves a message that she is looking for him and needs to talk to him. His children need him.

A young man sees the comatose artist and calls for help. The boss and others also arrive, calling Pablo to “wake up!” Esme has arrived back home, telling Meche she found Pablo. Meche, as usual, thinks it’s not a good idea. Esme is upsetting everyone, especially Sr. Silencio. Mariano receives a phone call about Pablo’s accident. We see Pablo in the hospital, going into a scanner (must be a Cat scan, huh?). The doctors are studying the image, then running Pablo back in again due to problems locating an actual brain. He ends up in bed with a cervical collar.

Meatball is still seeking Rita to facilitate his lovers’ reunion. (Maybe this is comic relief so we don’t fret over Pablo?) He tells Lupe not to ruin his plans. Rita is surprised at seeing Mr. Italiano, the last person she was expecting. She (flattering him) always dreamed he’d marry the Cat. She’ll help him find his love, but she needs money for medicine. Medicine to help her memory, of course. 3,000 pesos will give him the address, so he begins counting out the bills.

Mumsie Lorenza wants to reunite with her baby boy. “How’s my son? Will he die?” The doctor explains that not only is there a bad head injury, but the studies showed depression and stress influencing the patient’s condition. (No! How could that be, with such a loving and supportive family?)

Gata has told her babies they might see their father today. Then, she’s at the dump, telling Fela and Maria something is crushing her heart. She worries that Pablo is in danger. The good news is that she told Silencio about Fela and he wants the best neurologist to see her.

Lorenza is weeping over Pablo’s bed, wailing “We shouldn’t have let Pablo out of the house!” Now that is a statement one cannot argue with. Mariano thinks the injury is a game changer and they should talk to Augie about letting Pablo come back home.
Still at the dump, Gata stops by to visit Ines. She tries to encourage her to drop the life of crime and return to school. Ines says she got bored with school and Gata better not meddle with her life or her man, Garabato. Gata was just trying to help, but Viewerville thinks it’s a lost cause.

Rita is thumbing through Meatball’s money when the IV guy comes back. He’s crushed by Rita’s indifference, but she kicks him out anyway. He flirts his way out, as she smirks in satisfaction. Her other victim, Meatball, is rejoicing that he knows Cat’s location. He’s planning to kidnap her, since her place is by his side. Really, he’s doing her a favor. Lupe looks at the address and says it’s a soccer field. Game winner, Rita.

Lorenza hovers over Pablo, asking “Son, what do you need?” (Another mother, for starters.) The doctor said you needed rest. Esme sits on the bleachers, gazing at Pablo’s mural, thinking how beautiful it is. “Why can’t I find you Pablo? Don’t you see our children need you?” (Gee, what would happen if she goes back to the office and asks the park boss what happened to Pablo?)

Previews—Esme’s quest continues.

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