Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Por Amar Sin Ley, Season 2 Martes 6/25/19 Episode 70: A Truth Revealed


I'm Christpher Mason. The quest for truth in a world filled with fake news and people lying or keeping mum to protect themselves is often a difficult endeavor. For lawyers with ethics and a crusade it can be very trying and emotional. Some even collapse during discovery and for those with something to hid it can be disastrous.

I'm Candice DeLong. In law enforcement there is nothing worse than a cop or a lawyer to turn up dirty. It hurts the public trust and by extension the profession.

El Ciego and his goons stopped in what looked like a cul de sac. El Chivo had told El Cuervo that this was not a trap. The seven of them got out a minute or two later, pistols cocked and ready.


This must have been what the OK Corral looked like.

Camila went to sleep briefly on the sofa and Sofia leaned against her. When she awakened her demeanor went back to normal and Sofia got her to go to bed.

Gustavo showed some information to Ricardo about the cartel's territory in the US, but said that there was no connexion to Dorantes. There was no progress. Ricardo's phone rang and Sofia told him about Camila's crisis. He asked whether she wanted to take her to the hospital and Sofia told him no, as they had a doctor's appointment the next day.
She just needed to vent to someone because of how difficult this was. She said that Camila was calmer than before, and that she would be a little late to the office because of the appointment. She told him that she felt better for having talked to him. When they ended the call he told Gustavo about it and both were concerned. Ricardo said that this was likely just the beginning and he intended to ask Nicolás for advice.

Ignacio brought an evidence bag to Sonia containing Téllez' personal effects. One of the items was his cell phone. They had sent a request to the provider for a usage report but it was not yet in.

The next morning Nicolás asked Roberto about his colleagues and about Victoria. No progress with her. Nicolás said he had always hoped that Roberto would find someone like her. Roberto agreed, but said that she was more interested in another colleague. He seemed to have resigned himself to this, saying it was better this way. He didn't finish his breakfast before leaving.

Roberto was lying to himself. He was more upset than he was willing to show his own father. The mariachis have a song called “Los hombres nodeben llorar”. That's not something I ever expected Mexicans to have in common with us.

Carmen brought Lorena's morning coffee to the library as she had gotten in early to help Gustavo. They talked about Gustavo's legal prowess and how they hope he is recovering from the loss of his family and the family that is the firm.

Carmen isn't Alonso's wife, but she is definitLey the maternal figure in the firm.

Carlos and Michelle breakfasted together and she caught him off guard by asking why he was in jail. He told her that he was accused of a murder he didn't commit. He further explained that he had to get out on his own, that nobody helped him. It was difficult, he said, but it was now all in the past. Michelle said that she admired the fact that he could recover from this and be the important lawyer he was.

Of course, Carlos could not have gotten free without the help of the Vega firm, but perhaps it was best that he not mention that. He has more important things to worry about than his old rivalry with Ricardo.

Camila's medical appointment disclosed that while she was alright physically she had suffered an anxiety crisis, which was normal under the circumstances. Further, the doctor advised that this would be frequent. It was partly because of the reduction of her medication doses. Camila began to cry that she couldn't stand it nor the worry it provoked in Sofia. The doctor advised Sofia not to get confrontational about this if it happened again. Camila listened, got upset all over again, and apologised to Sofia and cried.

Carlos talked about working his butt off to prove his innocence and that he initiated a foundation to help women who had been victims of violence. Michelle seemed to like hearing about this. A few sentences later he asked her how it was that such a beautiful woman as herself didn't have a novio. She said she hadn't met anyone she was interested in. Until now.

Camila's doctor said he would need to do more tests because he wanted to determine whether the type of dementia she had was genetic. He asked whether anyone else in her family had it. She answered “No one.” Sofia reminded her that her aunt had suffered from it. The doctor handed something to Sofia, Camila got more upset, and they left.

Alzheimer's Disease is sadly very democratic. It doesn't care about your social status, education, race, religion, or bank account. Sofia is beginning to realize this.

El Gringo received some very bad news, as in the shipment of drugs was stolen. He said “There were five men bringing that in!” but his henchman said that when he and his men got there two were dead and they found this message “Don't mess with me.” El Gringo lost his cool – a rare occurance – and his henchman picked up a pistol and said “Give me the order; I'll kill him.” El Gringo shouted that he would have El Ciego's head.

Jaime and Paula visited Ricardo and talked about Alejandra. They had come to help him.

Gustavo was pleased with Lorena's work in drafting the divorce petition. He said it was ready for court. He told her she would present the opening arguments, which made her a little nervous. He told her that this was how to learn. He told her not to worry because he would be there with her.

Carlos and Michelle parted company after breakfast with her saying that questions are to get to know someone better. He didn't mind. He wanted to continue seeing her. More verbal flirtation later they agreed to see each other the next day. They kissed twice.
Neither saw that they were being watched by El Gringo's most trusted man.

Paula told Ricardo that Jaime being with her was the reason she was getting better. Ricardo was sure that Alejandra would have been pleased if she were with them. She advised Ricardo to cherish the best moments he had with her but to recognize that this was all in the past. It was difficult for her to do this but necessary. Jaime told him that he was young and still had life ahead of him. Alejandra would want him to find happiness. He thanked them.

Sofia and Camila arrived home with bottles of new medications. Sofia gave her mother her pills and took out the book to record this. Camila got upset again, for all the reasons so far. She kept saying that she didn't want to upset her or be a burden on her life. Sofia told her she was not a burden and that they would get through this together.

Juan told Roberto about Fernanda dumping him. Roberto was incredulous at first, but was finally convinced that Juan wasn't wrong about the situation. He finally told him that the best thing he could do was to not give his heart again. Juan said that this would be difficult for him, but Roberto said it would be the only way to protect himself. Juan said he would try.

For once, this is where I hope Juan fails. It is difficult enough today to find people wth empathy who aren't ashamed of it. As long as they learn not to wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Marcela arrived and Sofia updated her on Camila's crisis the previous night and that there were new medications. Marcela offered to update the book so Sofia could go to work. Sofia said she would finish but Camila came in and told her to go to work and she would have Marcela to stay with her. She was alright until Sofia was out the door. She then broke down into the same despair she showed the night before and in the doctor's office, crying that she didn't want to be a burden to her daughter.

As Michelle was driving away from the restaurant the goon who ratted on her to El Gringo circled her car to roadblock her. He walked up to the window and told her she was to see El Gringo immediately. She was no more pleased at this than El Chivo had been but agreed to go... by herself. She rolled up the window, wondering what this was about.

It was possible that Michelle's guard was down. Or that it never occurred to her that being El Gringo's sister isn't protection in a cartel. She really needs to research Griselda Blanco.

Carlos arrived at the office and commented that he didn't see Alan's car in the parking lot. Alan said it was in the shop and he would pick it up shortly. He asked about whether Carlos presented the gift and how that went. Carlos said he had, it was a success, and refused to answer the other questions. Alan said “but you're going with Nancy,” but Carlos ignored it. He then brought up the debt to El Ciego, which is almost paid off. Alan said that this meant more income for the foundation. Alan suggested making the final payment and being done with it. Carlos seemed to like that.

Carlos hadn't learned that this would not rid him of El Ciego. There is only one thing that would: Death, a ccommodity that El Ciego and others like him enjoyed doling out for free.

At the Vega staff meeting Carmen publicly thanked Adrián, Roberto, and Victoria for their help. There were comments about abuse of authority hurting society no matter the country as this was a human rights issue. This was followed by the announcement of Victoria passing the bar exam. Adrián said that Victoria is now able to help Latinos in the US and he would help her if she needed him. Roberto tried correcting him by saying that Victoria doesn't need his help and if he really knew her he would know that. She knew why he said this and told him that he knew very well that trying cases in the US is very different from what happens in Mexico. He answered that this didn't mean she couldn't do it alone. Victoria then said that too many Latinos in the US were not represented so they need to have more lawyers at the firm who can try cases there. Gustavo agreed. Alonso talked about a colleague in Philadelphia saying that lawyers there barely get forty-five minutes to study a case before going to court. The others contributed their opinions and Alonso ended up agreeing with Victoria and Gustavo. Sofia arrived and Alonso asked her and Ricardo to fill everyone in on what happened in Los Cabos.

Alan was on the phone with someone at the auto shop who told him his car wasn't ready. He was annoyed, as he had brought it in the day before. He went back to reading the news online, cocky in the belief that the police had no evidence. Marta came in to tell him the police were there to see him. He reduced he browser window and told her to let them in.
Sonia led the way, followed by Quiróz, Ignacio, and Herrera. She had the arrest warrant, naming him the prime suspect in the murder of Téllez.

Alan had this coming for a long time. If he is discovered to have killed the prostitute at the bachelor party he will automatically get life without parole. That may very well drive him to suicide. He isn't Carlos, so he will not be able to handle this.

That much is almost certain. He was a son of privilege even without his family being truly wealthy. He had ridden on Carlos' coat tails for a long time. When that final truth is revealed Carlos will wash his hands of him and hope that none of the dirt falls on his firm. However, his association with El Ciego leaves too much dirt on himself and his guard is down now. It will be interesting to see how that is revealed. Until next we meet Behind the Walls of Justice, I'm Christopher Mason.

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I posted a little earlier than usual because I'm sure we all want to gloat at Alan having been caught.

While I didn't include this in either of our hosts' observations I am predicting that Camila will attempt suicide. Unless Camila and Marcela guard the medication or lock it up the only chance she would have of this is to overdose on sleeping pills.
 

I guess the question is, will Carlos try to get Alan out -- or more likely, send Nancy to get him out -- to protect himself, or let him hang? It's so hard to predict these sociopaths.
 




Poor Alan....poor underachiever belittled by cousin. Kinda feel sorry...
 

Thanks, Urban. Always great to get Christopher and Candice's insight. I missed watching last night.

Wow, shocked that the police nabbed Alan so soon. Tonight should be good. I bet Alan blackmails Carlos about his dirty money in order to get his primo to pull out all the stops to help him.
 

The recap for tonight's episode will be late tomorrow because I had a minor emergency and will be out tonight. If Univision carries the debates instead (TV listings don't reflect that) please, someone post that here.

I have no pity for Alan. He should rot in the same hellhole where Carlos met his Mephistopheles. Carlos suspected that Alan had something to do with this and I doubt he will have any pity for him. Nancy won't, either, and I don't recall her being told about the cousins' backstory.
 

Thabk you Urban.

I was thinking the same thing about camila, she is saying "I don't want be
A burden to you" way to much. They had better watch her, and the meds. And do
Lock the doors. I have a neighbor that whose mother used to walk out of the house, another neighbor happened to be
Watching one day & caught her down the
Road, got her back home safely. Since
Then she had to keep the doors locked.
Another lady had to take the knobs off
The stove in case her mom decided to go and cook something. That disease is
Relentless.

Alan needs a whole tn by himself. They could call it "stupid is what stupid does". Carlos could be his guest star.
Cuz his guard is down, cuz he's got eyes for Michelle only.

Congrats Vicky!

Jaun jaun jaun. He'll get it.

Sofia will need ricky, specially if mom Trys to off herself. And succeeds.
 

Nina, Alzheimer's is horrible. My mother's last boyfriend had the experience of his mother disappearing for 10 days. When she was finally found she had been trying to get back to her childhood home in New Jersey but could not remember how. It was as though her brain had lost all her adult memories. That forced him to put her in a nursing home. I don't remember how long she lived after that.

My college buddy's father died of it about 40 years ago. He became paranoid about eventually getting it himself but that has not happened. His father didn't recognize him for the last three years of his life.
 





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