Caray, Caray!

The doctor said that all was well. The children all watched the images on the laptop. Mauro arrived and told Esteban and Paz he needed to talk to them.

Ginebra was peeved. Sabón said he had not located Mauro; it was like he had disappeared off the earth. None of her past associates had anything to say. Sabón speculated that it was due to her... condition. She would not accept this.

Urriaga informed Esteban that Ginebra was not where he had expected to find her. [Since he appeared to be in her now-abandoned mansion, what happened to all that dinero?] Esteban said they had to enforce security and ordered him to find her.

Mauro told Paz and Esteban that Ginebra had been on the brink of death and he had to cut off her left hand to save her life. Esteban and Paz were indifferent. Mauro told them that Maria would be safe.

Ramses ordered Ginebra not to touch the throne, then told her she was to obey him or else. He noticed she was hiding her left hand and came to the correct conclusion about it. He quoted Cervantes, relating the quotes to her “irrelevance.” He pointed out that Cervantes had lost a hand in battle, but not over anything insignificant, like a personal revenge. Two blows later he had her down on the table and her left arm bled profusely as he leaned on it and continued to insult her insignificance. She got bitchy, daring him to kill her now. He was pissed off, and shoved her down onto the floor. He pointed his pistol at her, saying that she would be forgotten and nobody would cry over her.

A too-relaxed moment with Esteban and his family as the kids put together a jigsaw puzzle of una gran villana de telenovelas with Manolo jokingly asking if it was Ginebra.

Everything began going to hell at Ramses' place. Ginebra tried to tell him she killed many people to boast of her value to him. He laughed at this as he picked Ginebra back off the floor and held her in what could become a headlock. He called for Argos who then shoved Mauro into the room. He had two black eyes and bruises on his face. Sabón came in and started to tell him something but Ramses cut him off, and Mauro told him to release Ginebra. Ramses shoved her at him, she yelled at Mauro not to touch her as she backed off from him. He told Ramses he always protected his sister. Ramses said he would test their weaknesses, then decided to play Roman Emperor and told them that they would fight each other to the death. He grinned at their stunned reactions. He then put his pistol on the table and said he'd give $13MM to the survivor or take both of their heads. Both hesitated.

Lupita and Porfirio married, much to the delight of their families and the barrio residents.

Ginebra refused, telling him he was no emperor. Ginebra was prepared to risk losing her head. Ramses grinned, saying that all his hitmen would take them out for that money or even less. He demanded a decision and Mauro accepted. Ginebra was shocked. It began with swords at the foot of the grand staircase. Ramses goaded Ginebra by telling her Mauro betrayed her. She cut Mauro's left arm and hurled insults at him, even calling him a coward. Mauro reminded her he always protected her and tried to save her from herself. Ramses shot him in the same arm to even the odds and goaded him on. Mauro shouted at Ginebra that this was all her fault because of her stupid revenge. He then cut Ginebra's arm.

Paz and Esteban got notifications that hitmen were around and there was a price of $5MM on Ginebra's head. They went back to the party.

Mauro then began insulting Ginebra then did an about face and said he loved her. He threw down his sword, saying he would not kill her. She closed in with hers, pointing it at his chest, saying this is payback. Ramses then applauded like Caligula at the Games. Ginebra told him the show was over. He then conceded to that and told them their heads would be his trophies. He then dismissed them and nodded to his henchies to let them go.

Some Months Later

In the Robles' restaurant Paz made chilaquiles as Eder helped himself to a cooking lesson and a Knorr product placement. This was a baby shower. Esteban and Paz knew the baby was a girl and were just about to announce her name when Paz' water broke.

Ginebra and Mauro drove up to the Villa de Cortes mansion. She gloated while he gave a wary look.

Kenzo, Felipa, and Sandro went to the prison to get Jerónimo, who was released. [Drat! Did I hear correctly that he did two years?]

Paz and Esteban's new daughter was born. After he doffed his scrubs Esteban looked into the nursery window with Porfirio, who declared that the new baby is definitely a Villa de Cortes. Esteban was then informed that Ginebra and Mauro were back in the country. Esteban told his father they had to get Paz and the baby out of the hospital. He went into Paz' room to tell her. She lost it, saying she would kill her. Ginebra sent a talking head video of herself to them, taunting them about the pleasure she would take in stealing the baby. Despite the staff's efforts, they all went home to the mansion. Once there they told the kids that their new sister's name was Margarita.

Esteban, Porfirio, Elvira, and Fobo began talking about a plan. They needed to pick a place for the trap. Elvira offered to serve as the bait. Fobo didn't like this, but she was firm. Too many deaths had happened indirectly and she wanted to end it. Paz was not down with this because of the risks and insisted on accompanying Esteban while the kids would go with Porfirio to his ranch.

Mauro called Mireya and started off telling her he still loved her. He started to tell her he was going to help her family but she was not having it and ended the call. He did not seem to know that Ginebra had bugged his phone and heard this. Sabón was with her with an “I told you so” tone. She hit the head cushion behind her and said nothing about this. She told Sabón “If you are here with us it's because your boss also put a price on your head.” Mauro appeared at Ginebra's window. She made him agree not to kill Elvira. He replied that Elvira's death would end everything. [Correct me if I'm wrong. If I'm right, he's wrong.]

Esteban talked with Urriaga as Jerónimo tried to locate Ginebra on the laptop. Esteban told him to look at the places she would likely be.

Mauro was looking at the screen on the dash. He knew but did not verbalize that the trap was being set. Ginebra speculated that Paz and her new spawn were alone. Whatever the case, Ginebra was determined to kill Elvira that day.

Nightfall

Esteban, Paz, and Elvira were preparing to take their positions.

Elvira arrived in a limo and told the driver Sabón was to watch for any change in activity. He was to kill Esteban and Paz if necessary “but Elvira is mine!”

Esteban armed Paz and they were going after the predators in the vicinity of the deserted water park where – oddly – there was a shrine to Gorila. [WTAF?] He knocked out Argos, who was also armed..

Elvira and Ginebra were finally face to face. After commenting on Elvira's choice of a place to die and the misery she didn't actually inflict on her and Elvira wondering if she had been able to name her Lucia Ginebra would have been a different person, Ginebra held a knife to her throat. She told her to shut up so she could enjoy her terror.

Mauro sneaked up behind Esteban and made him drop his weapon. He asked where Paz was and Esteban spun around and disarmed him, taking his pistol. He told him this was his last chance to help them.

Paz aimed at Ginebra, who grabbed Elvira and spun around with her left arm around Elvira's throat and the point of the knife at her jugular. Paz began taunting her with Mauro's betrayal in detail. Ginebra shoved Elvira away and began fighting with Paz, knocking the pistol out of her hand. She had Paz down on a table-like surface and was holding the knife over her as Mauro ran in to the rescue, also armed with a knife. He pulled her right arm back and her knife went into his neck. He plunged his into her chest, possibly hitting the aorta. A few words later both died within seconds of each other, soaked in each other's blood.

Their ghosts appeared on the other side of the fence and watched as Elvira cried while holding Ginebra's dead body. Paz ad Esteban watched Elvira cry and say “Why did you do this?” Mauro's ghost said they each needed to go their own way and walked away from Ginebra's. Which ran after him, admitting she was nothing without him and begging his forgiveness. Sadly he seemed to fall for this. The ghosts hugged, joined hands, and walked away unseen by the police who came in to investigate. [Note that her ghost had its left hand and they were in the same clothes, unstained.] Esteban got Elvira to let go of the black widow's corpse.

In his elegant lair Ramses started lamenting the loss of his children whom he was never there for and the grandchildren he would never know. This devil actually cried. Someone entered and confirmed that Ginebra and Mauro were dead. He said “That was the only possible outcome. Empires are destroyed when getting full. (?) They're all dead. The only immortal is I.” [Let's send for Duncan MacLeod to rob him of his life force.]

Weeks Later

There is a party in the barrio. Everyone spoke their wishes. Later Maria, Esteban, Paz, Bosco, and Gala rode bikes to a wall with the family tree on it which [WTAF?] had the whole cast on it. Our troubadour in white entered singing the theme song. All released white balloons with the last one bearing the word FIN in red. Final love talk and kiss on screen, as usual.

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