Caray, Caray!

What an awful episode to have to recap Countx. It felt lik Ale's death. For a moment you think she'll be okay and then she's dead. How long will it take until Sara finds out it was Lucio who told Camillo how to find Ambar? I'm starting to want this show to be over because there is nothing to hope for, no happy ending for anyone, just more death and sadness. So depressing.
 

Good work, Countx, on such a painful episode.

I'm beginning to think that nobody will get out alive.
 

Thank you Countx!

The Body Count:
1.) Security guard at Fidel's casino

2.) One of the prisoners during Omar's escape

3.) Matias' incompetent kidnappers

4.) One of Daddy Michell's henchmen

5.) Julio Michell

6.) Benjamin

7.) Uri

8.) Lorenzo

9.) Alejandra

10.) Raul: Katia's binge buddy

11.) Candy the dog

12.) Dr. Linares ???

13.) The 3 people in the horse stables

14.) The 2 bodyguards assigned to Ambar

15.) The 2 ambulance drivers

16.) Sara & Ambar's mother

17.) Ambar Madrigal: RIP :( Shaking my head still
 

Thanks Countx for the recap. So sad to see Ambar go. I wonder how Damian will react to her death. Will he be sad? 25 more episodes to go.

Duchess
 

Thank you for your nice comments. It's been a terrific episode! I can't comment much because it's nighttime. Good night to everyone.
 

Thanks for that recap...because I don't see cc's anymore I lose a lot of dialogue. I agree with UA and Carvivlie...that episode sucked! I was so devastated by Ambar's death. Why her and why right now? Ale was bad enough. The hell? This is the most depressing show that I can't stop watching. So sad especially for Abel...he's the only original criminal that I like...murders and all (at least he's sorry for the wrongs)
 

Thanks, Countx.

Poor Ambar! Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Will this be the start of World War III?
 

First, thank you Countx. Such a great recap with the right touches of pathos.

Second, Crap Crap Crap!! If I was hoping for anyone to come out of this, it was Ambar and Matias.

I too think the body count will grow. Maybe Dumas' original intent will be more and more evident...vengeance leads to a bitter pill. How Yago can live with himself anymore as another innocent dies is beyond me. He's driven now by getting his son...good luck with that.


 

Thanks, Countx!

*sigh* They built up our hopes for Ambar and then tore them down.

Forget what Yago will do to Camilo. What will Yago, Abel and Sara do to Lucio when they find out he aided and abetted Ambar's murder? He's a dead man. Heck, even Damian might want to snuff him out for that.

Looks like Ambar and Sara's mom had the same heart ailment and just dropped dead while playing hide and go seek. Poor Ambar witnessing that and then getting blamed by Damian. No wonder she always had a fatalistic view of her own survival. She could have never guessed her death would come at the barrel of a gun.

I believe Yago spotted the red sneakers and maybe Abel too. Either they or Sara will recognize them on the killer at some point, I'm sure.
 

Can't believe Abel and Sara fell for Lucio's fake theory that Fidel and Yago planned Ambar's murder. These two should be smarter than that. But I'll allow that the are both so consumed by guilt that they aren't thinking straight. They need to dig deeper on just HOW Lucio knew Ambar was in danger.
 

I meant consumed by grief. But in Sara's case I would say guilt too.
 

Vivi, I'm hoping Abel kills Lucio. Feels right. I'm hoping Ambar's death has some sort of positive impact on Sara, or someone, so that she didn't die in vain. 3 innocent kids dead and all the evil doers still going strong.
 

Thanks, Countx. Great job.

Loved Abel not taking "no" for an answer when the guard wouldn't let him and Yago crash the operating room. Yago is blaming the team for poor Ambar's murder, but I blame him too for getting her mixed up in all of this in the first place. At least after Ambar caught him with Sara, he should've left Ambar alone. But no, he's got rub Sara's nose in it with a fake engagement to her little sis.

So sad that Ambar died at odds with Sara. But how Ambar could want to tongue kiss Yago after knowing he's been revenge boinking her sister is beyond me.

Never could stand Lucio, but I thought he was better than this. But then he's always taken the safer route.

I thought it would've been more prudent to let Ambar get operated on at the first hospital, after the hitman got chased off. At least they knew the surgeon and nurse were legit there. But Camilo's goons could've gotten to Ambar anywhere anytime. So sad. Glad I didn't wait till bedtime to watch this.
 

Dear Countx. Your opening picture and poem were lovely and so very sad. I knew the recap would be well written but I couldn't bear to read it. I was already so depressed by the episode. And if Ambar had to die, I guess it would have seemed less terrible to die by anesthesia. Seeing her body smashed by bullets was just so awful. The fact that she looks a lot like our youngest daughter just added to the anguish.

"It's just a story" but ye gods, that's not working for me tonight. Thanks for manning up and doing the recap though.
 

Julie: It very well might!
 

Judy B: Ambar getting shot multiple times ripped my heart out.

I too, blame Yago for this. His revenge plan resulted in innocent people getting killed!
 

Countx,

Thanks for this well done recap of such a disturbing and painful episode. You handled this with sensitivity and taste.

Yikes! Now I feel badly that I've not shown much affection for Ámbar up until now and now she's gone. She was a lovely spirited young woman who has not been treated well by this TN. The only characters who treated her with the respect she deserved were Matías and Abel. I do give some credit to Sara for her concern for her sister's fragile health. Yago mislead her and used her from the very beginning and right up till her final gasping breath. Jerk!

Niecie,

"...Camilo's goons could've gotten to Ambar anywhere anytime."

Which makes it puzzling as to why he created such an elaborate plot to bump her off. And again, why her? Fidel barely knew her and frankly couldn't have cared less about her death.

Poor Ámbar... she appeared to be disposable from the very beginning. Her turning Bigote over to Matías pretty much telegraphed her recognition inevitable.

Carlos
 

Gracias all

Judy: The opening poem is in reality a song by David Sylvian, For The Love of Life. It's quite a great ,haunting song. I found that some of the lines were quite compatible with this episode.

I wonder how Sara will react once she finds out that Lucio actually helped kill her sister. I wouldnt be surprised if she leaves Lucio and begins her solo path for revenge. But Lucio would then probably take Matias and sue Sara for child support LOL.

I don't see Damian fuming over Ambar's death. She didn't care about him and neither did Damian when Ambar lost her mother. He also stole the funds that were meant for Ambar's surgery. Damian only cares for Sara because of monetary reasons and because he get's off manipulating her.

I quite see Abel being on a warpath to avenge Ambar. He and Matias are the only ones who really loved Ambar. Yago
is probably just mad because he lost his favorite toy but Abel lost one of the few remaining lights in his life.

Camilo is a very scary monster. He doesn't need to hold a gun to scare the Jesus out of everyone. Just his creepy voice, his greasy face and hand mannerisms.



 

Thanks for that info about the song, Countx. And speaking of "haunting" I was haunted all night by this sad episode and woke up thinking about the strangely jolly sadism of Camilo. Yes, he could have dispatched Ambar anywhere, anytime and in any fashion; but he orchestrated it so first Lucio would have a chance to try and save her and then cornered him so he would feel obligated to betray her. Killing is not enough for him. He has to destroy whatever shreds of decency a person might have left.
 

Well hell but at least she died in the arms of the man she loved. Alejandra didn't get that luxury. Thank you Count for the latest installment of As The Stomach Turns.

I've been looking at this tale wrong. There is no good and bad, righteousness or remorse but a scrum of the worst and worser, kicking, clawing, biting to be the first to hells door.
 

Daddy Michell will likely have the Guerrero's whacked too, watch!

Selma & Fidel likely won't make it as well!
 

Totally agree with Judy's. Interpretation. Camilo doesn't just kill, he wants to crush souls in the process too. And now he's got something big to hold over his new lapdog's head. Just how would your wife and son feel if they found out you killed Ambar?... He thought he'd signed a deal with the Devil when he signed that contract with Fidel. Fidel only took his earthly possessions. Camilo is demanding his soul.
 

Well Fidel isn't really far off from Camilo. We have just recently watched Fidel gloat over killing an innocent dog. Fidel may be a little bit kinder and wiser than Camilo but that doesnt erase his bad qualities. He still passivly controls the lives of Katia, Teo, Yago &Selma. When he first met Omar Fidel knew that he was too vournable and unstable to do the job but he still gave him the job.
 

Fidel is a manipulator for sure. But if you were part of his team, and he was going to kill a member of your family for some reason, he would do it without telling you he was behind it. He wouldn't demand you be complicit in it and rub it in your face. Camilo has his own unique brand of evil.
 

So, is this guy with the red sneakers Camilo's version of Yago? The circumstances are somewhat similar. Omar and the young Hernán were both in bad situations and were rescued by benefactors whose motives were not purely altruistic and whose plans were to mold their proteges into instruments of vengeance.

What will now become of Abel? He's suffered two recent tragic losses and has the death of Jenny's son on his conscience.

And who will Yago next choose as a romantic interest? My money is on Julia.

Carlos
 

Omar was an adult with his own reasons for revenge, who made a choice to join Team Fidel. Hernan was a child who was turned into a mindless killing machine to be used whenever and wherever Camilo chooses. I can't equate the two situations.
 

Abel either needs to do what he promised and turn himself in and clear Omar's name, or stop whining about Yago and figure out who really killed Ambar. Otherwise, I have no use for him.
 

The first time I saw Hernan I kind of compared him to a merciless version of Teo. Teo is remorseful of the killings he caused indirectly( His sister and friends) or directly (Lorenzo). Hernan is just a discount Hitman.
 

I'm sure even Abel was terrified when he arrived at the scene of crime. And he though he caused enough pain and destruction but when you see Hernan's body count it seems on a new level of carnage.
 

Carlos: I do NOT see Yago & Julia being a couple because everything & everyone he touched: ends up dead!

Julia, Teo & Katia need to leave Mexico ASAP & don't look back!
 

Thank you Countx, what a horrible turn of events. I don't mean to sound crass, and i really am sad that Ambar is dead, but it's a kind of relief to not have her death hanging over us anymore. She's been on the verge of dying since the show started, and i was expecting it at anytime. Now that won't be the case any longer.

Abel, Sara, and maybe Julia think that Yago killed her. So not only does he have to revenge for this death too, but he has to defend himself against even more people who want to do him harm.

Lucio had to sacrifice Ambar's life for his own. if he didn't prove himself to Camilo, he would be the one dead right now instead.
 

I really don't see Yago&Julia being actually together. They have too many differences. But I could see Yago&Julia team up against Camilo and Lucio.
 

Cathyx, I know what you mean about Ambar. It seemed inevitable that she would end up dead, and now that's out of the way. Awful but true.

We know Ambar's death will mess with a lot of people's heads, and I'm ready for that to happen. It won't be nice, but it will be interesting!
 

So was there no Friday night episode?
 

No Cathyx, we're getting just four episodes a week. It's crazy.
 

Julie: Yago & the Avengers imploding very quickly.


 

Forgot to include Teo's sister & his friends as the 18th & 19th victims of the Body Count!
 

I'm about 2 weeks behind on this show but I don't see how killing Amber would devastate Fidel, unless Camilo figures killing Amber would hurt Yago, who would be distracted and Yago's mistakes would allow Camilo to get Fidel.

The only people I see being devastated by Ambar's death are Yago, Mati & Julia.
 

Anon207, Camilo killing Ambar was all about Yago. Yago played him, feels like he lost Julia in big part because of it and wanted revenge. Also, tied in nicely to getting Lucio on the hook.
 

I don't believe killing Ambar was to get back at Yago. It was to test Lucio's loyalty. Camilo even said as much to Lucio, that it was an actual test, which Lucio failed, but then Lucio redeemed himself by giving the info about where Ambar was being transferred to, to Camilo.
 

Right now the only 2 people whose deaths would devastate Fidel would be Selma's and Julia's (and Selma & Julia's deaths would be the only ones who would devastate Camilo). I think Fidel would shrug if Yago got killed and go on about his day.




 

The murder of Ambar leaves the story with almost nowhere to go. It's too bad that twisted, weird ABel is looking like the character with the biggest conscience. Camilo Michell does seem monstruous; so I think that probably somebody will have to make him pay for the death of Ambar.....maybe Fidel will take care of it. Lucio must eventually die so that viewers have some sense of justice. I think that Sara and Yago are going to have to eventually get together and forgive each other, since both of them have been very destructive. They were made for each other, and may be the only ones who can stand to be together with each other.
 

Cathyx, Camilo was asking Lucio who is Yago close to and the only person Lucio could come up with was Ambar. If Yago had a spouse or any family Camilo would have gone after them. I'm sure Camilo would have found a way to test Lucio's loyalty in another way. It just so happened to all work out because it was Ambar. If Ambar hadn't gotten fake engaged to Yago, Katia may have become the target.
 

Anon207: Abel was also devastated by Ambar'a death.
 

Susan: I do NOT see Yago & Sara being together because I want Sara to DIE. I hate that manipulative wretch!

Lucio will also need to die & Abel will never go to prison.
 

I agree with Steve, Yago won't ever forgive Sara because he knows that Sara is incapable of remorse. That won't change, and nothing she can do is likely to warm him up to her. In the future, in a moment of weakness, he might show her some compassion that she doesn't deserve - but Sara being Sara will quickly show him how unworthy she is.
 

...not that Yago is such a nice guy either. I don't see a happy ending for him. Bittersweet, maybe, but not happy. He really should have read the rest of "Othello."
 

Julie: The only ones I could see being among the living are: Julia, Katia, Teo, Matias & maybe Jonas & Melina.

 

Steve, I hope you're right - because I'm beginning to think that even most of those people won't be spared either. A lot of it may depend on how far Fidel will go if he eventually has a problem with Yago.
 

Julie: Bruno is likely going to get whacked by Daddy Michell & his cronies (Lucio, Sara, Tomas, etc.,) because we could ser the Body Count go close to the 30's.

 

Vivi: Yago, Fidel & the Avengers better brace themselves for an aggressive bloodbath from Sara, Lucio, Tomas, Daddy Michell & his cronies!