Caray, Caray!

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Despite all the medical misinformation we get in novelas, we do get some good doctors who fight for their patients' well-being.  Herewith are examples:

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I'm going to ask for some help here as there aren't a lot of novelas whose heroes (or villains) are military officers, cops, or other men who wear uniforms.  If anyone can think of any beyond this list, please assist with a link!  This entry will be considerably shorter than last week's, so there will be multiple photos of those gentleman who wear uniforms well.  Starting with.....

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Since I don't have a telenovela recap tonight, here's some fun facts I saw on the Latin Grammy broadcast tonight on Univision.

1. Eugenio Derbez and Lucero were the hosts for the event.

2. Pepe Aguilar sang the theme "Destilando Amor" on stage, then later he won the grammy for best ranchero album.

3. Laura Pausini won the grammy for best female pop album for her album, "Yo Canto", then later she performed the Amar Sin LImites theme song on stage. (thanks k for the correction.)

4. Sergio Goyri, Erika Buenfil and Pablo Montero, cast members of the telenovela Duelo de Pasiones, presented Grammys during the broadcast.

5. At three separate occasions during the commercial breaks for the program, Univision aired three different promos for Pasion "Se Acerca" Coming Soon. The first was the "Storybook Fairytale of the Romance of Camila and Ricardo... Pasion Se Acerca"; the second was "the captivating complex tale of Ricardo in Pasion Se Acerca; the third was a replay of the very first promo aired on Univision.

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Hey folks, I'm back from my jaunt south of the border into telenovela mecca (and just to make sure one doesn't forget it, there are reminders everywhere). I saw other recappers sharing their similar travels so thought I'd share mine too as I figured you might get a kick out of some of these "spottings." Of course I couldn't help but think of CARAY CARAY!!

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My friend Susan was instrumental in getting me hooked on Telenovelas. She just sent me a picture of herself walking her new doggie. The doggie's name? Tonki The Wonder Dog of course!!

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I know Duelo's been over for most of you since Monday but I couldn't help myself since I just got back yesterday and finished viewing the Grand Finale tonight.

with thanks to Carmel, Steph and everybody else who contributed to the comment thread.


Main Dead List:

Marianita--leukemia
Felicia--shot
Felicia and Jose's baby--killed along with Felicia
Blanca--scared to death by Don Loco
Jose--shot/force-fed water
Edelmira--choked by hoochies
Dr. "Einstein"--shot in chair
Castulo--shot
Don Maximo--neatly impaled by poker
Canibal/"Batneck"--shot/high fall
Sergio--throat slashed
sleazy lawyer Mauro--knifed
Hugo--shot/rolling fall/eye-gouge
Alfonsina--choked/shot/run over and shot again
Teresa Velez (Claudia's mom)--beaten to death
Gaspar --stabbed
Thelma--drowned
Don Alvaro Montillano--chomped on by Jaguar

Supporting Dead (walk-ons & really short roles:

Estrellita--leukemia
Rebel Jose tried to save--shot by army
Rebel who tried to kill Emilio--shot by Frank
Mr. Witchdoctor--swamp drowned
Witchdoctor's crony--ditto
Guy in the woods--shot by Don Loco
Prison Guard--shanked in Don Loco and Batneck's jailbreak
Coral's old man--sickness
Poor innocent hotel clerk--shot
Stupid hubby who abused wife--??
Poor ranch hand Lauro--macheted and pitchforked
Jacinto--La Rinconada servant shot by Castulo when he attacked Rosita


Flashbacked dead (died chronologically before novela began but whose death was shown in flashback on screen)

Luba's pareja, Gaspar's dad or stepdad--old age?
The cacique's son--prell gone awry
Elena, Rodrigo's wife--killed in Car accident
Daddy Loco--suicide by road rash
Mama Loco--illness?

BODY COUNT: 35

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OK folks, it's been a long bumpy road from the night our dopey protagonists fell in love in Cancun, Quintana Roo lo so many years ago until tonight, el gran finale. I'll tell you right now that Tonki the wonder dog does NOT make an apppearance tonight, lending credence to the theory that he has most likely already moved on to bigger and better things. Either that or he so overshadowed the other characters they forced him to be written out of the script. But enough whining about missing the Tonkster...on with the show!!!

OUR BELOVED GASPAR, R.I.P. You were my favorite.

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Just to warn you, this one ended up being a little longer than usual. I figured since it was my last Duelo recap, and with it being an important episode, I would remove some of my internal controls that usually rein in my verbosity. I just let the rambling flow today. Here we go with the penultimate episode -

As the torch wielding lynch mob, with Thelma on horseback behind it, confronts Orlando, Luba, and Gaspar, Orlando and Thelma hurl insults at each other. Luba puts on her witch act to try and scare them off. Poor Gaspar yells out that Thelma is a bad person, though he still refers to her as ‘munequita,’ and that she has always been bad to him. She doesn’t care. She calls him retarded. Luba decides to reveal the truth about Thelma’s baby, but Thelma gets the crowd to agree, before Luba gets the words out, that Luba is a witch and can’t be believed. Orlando draws a gun to hold the crowd back.

Elias the wimp paces nervously while the prosecutor (Vargas?) tells him to calm down. Yeah right, he has a target on his forehead. Elias goes on about how much he loves Soledad. Elias continues his pacing.

Orlando shoots above the crowd to scare them back. There is a standoff. Orlando says they’ll find another way out of SE, Thelma says no way dude wherever you go we will find you. Orlando, Luba, and Gaspar leave, the crowd tries to follow them. This is a weak lynch mob, whenever they find Luba and Gaspar they try to kill them with yelling. It didn’t work the first couple times, just because now it is night and you actually lit your torches, it won’t work any better this time. I guess we shouldn’t expect a good plan, since the group is led by dumb and dumber, Vera and Ifigenio.

There is a knock on the church door, the priest opens it. In comes Don Loco with his gun out (I mean that literally, not some euphemism, this is on broadcast TV) and drags Soledad in behind him. Don Loco tells the priest that he and Soledad want to renew their wedding vows. Yes, he has completely lost it. The priest doesn’t really look like he’s up for it.

Luba, Gaspar, and Orlando return to their cave. Orlando says the cave is more secure than the immaculate cabin. Luba astutely says, “Where do you think they’ll look first when we aren’t at the cabin?” She left out ‘dumbass’ but the implication was there. Orlando says then they will be here waiting for them. Gaspar says something about the cofre, Orlando wants to know what is in it. Luba opens the cofre. Are we FINALLY GOING TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE DAMNED COFRE?

First we have to listen to Don Loco be crazy some more. He tells Soledad that it looks like she forgot the vow she made before God to be at his side until death. I guess he forgot the part of his vows where he shows some respect to his wife. Maybe in Mexico they don’t have the men say that part, but anyway. The priest says he is offending the house of God, I agree, but Don Loco tells him to hurry up already, they’re in a hurry. I don’t know if Soledad has just given up or she’s too scared to try and resist, or what. I was going to say that she has returned to her old completely helpless self, but I guess she never got away from that. She has done nothing to help herself for the entire six months of this show.

Elias, sporting a nice black eye, is still pacing around nervously. He appears to be drinking coffee, I don’t know if that’s the best thing for him now. With his nerves already frayed, that coffee will make him climb the walls and make a few extra trips to the bathroom. Emiliooo enters and says what are you waiting for? Let’s go! I guess he didn’t want to kick back with a cigar and watch other people do stuff, it’s time for action! Alina and Elias commiserate about their worry. They are off to SE to try and rescue Soledad. Emiliooo unnecessarily states that it will be difficult. Thank you for clearing that up.

Another cofre teaser – Luba tells Orlando that all the secrets of her herbs (is that really what she said?) are in the cofre. Gaspar says that she told him they could never tell what was in there, she says there isn’t any reason to remain quiet any longer.

The priest starts his ceremony. He asks DL if he reaffirms his vows to Soledad, he says yes. The priest asks Soledad, she just starts crying. DL tells her to answer. She says yes. She can barely get the words out. The priest looks disappointed.

Rosendo, who wears some sweet 70’s vintage clothing, is playing pool when the cops bust in and arrest him for the death of Claudia’s mother. I guess he wasn’t trying to hide out from the law. He goes along quietly. Claudia and Angel are there to witness it. Angel uses the excuse of comforting her to give her a full body, hip to hip, hug. I don’t blame him. I’d say he’s just days away from sealing the deal here. Crazy mom is out of the way, Rosendo is out of the way, I expect them to be married or at least engaged by the end of El Gran Final. She was dumb to cave to her mother the other day, but otherwise she seems normal enough. Don’t screw this up Angel. You stupidly ignored Sexy Nurse Suzi, you got lucky and rebounded with hottie store clerk Claudia. You won’t continue to be this lucky, quit while you’re ahead.

Emiliooo brings the gang to his hacienda. They sure got there fast. It’s going to be their base of operations. Emiliooo notes that nobody was there to receive them, he knows Santos is gone, but where is everyone else? Maybe Emiliooo and his merry band can break up the witch hunt.

Gaby says she isn’t afraid anymore, Doctora Loca told her that bad guys always get caught by the police. Tina is pleased that she is smiling again. Rodrigo comes in and they all have a happy reunion.

The lynch mob is outside Luba’s cave. One of them runs up and throws an explosive in the door, there is a nice big boom. Inside, they hear it and it makes the room shake, but nothing else. I guess the cave is farther inside the mountain than I thought. I always thought that the door there went directly outside, which would have had the explosion right in the middle of the living room. There must be some long entryway. Inside it sounds like an earthquake, the cave is collapsing. Luba, Gaspar, and Orlando make a run for it. I rewound to make sure, yes, someone grabbed the cofre on the way out. For a second I thought they left it there, and it would get buried, that would have been a nice plot twist but would have majorly pissed me off. Phew.

Coming out of the commercial, the bumper is Alina from back at the beginning of the show. She looks 20 times hotter here than in the show itself. What happened? Don’t they film the show over a shorter period of time than it even takes to watch it? How can she change so much in such a short period of time? It’s not like she got ugly or anything, but at the beginning of the show I regularly thought “Wow she’s hot” but I don’t remember the last time I thought that. I only noticed her ongoing battle with her shirts. Ah well, who knows.

SA is holding the baby in the living room of Emiliooo’s house. Emiliooo and Alina enter, surprised to see her there. Emiliooo has gone for quite an interesting look, a white buttoned shirt hanging out, a tan cowboy jacket, and an enormous cowboy hat. His footsteps sound like he’s wearing cowboy boots too. He isn’t used to walking in them, apparently, he stumbles a bit. Either that or he’s drunk. With the shirt hanging out, his look can be described as ‘drunk city guy dressed up as a cowboy.’ He asks SA what she is doing there. SA looks impactado, which is premature since the scene isn’t over at this point. Oh wait, it is. That might be the shortest scene in the history of this show. I’m going to go back and time it. 11 seconds. WTF. These writers have some serious ADD.

Luba and Gaspar run like hell through the forest. She yells at him to tell her where he left Orlando, Gaspar says he was in the cave. He’s going to go check, but she stops him. Luba is worried about him being missing, since he was protecting them with his gun. Gaspar whines that he doesn’t know where to go. Just then Thelma and the lynch mob (I’d say that is a great name for a band, but it was actually already used for a band, and they sucked. So never mind.) appear out of nowhere and Thelma says “oh, poor you.” Um, how did they get so close without Luba and Gaspar seeing the 50 torches? Thelma says she’s going to send them to hell. She starts the witch act again. The lynch mob grabs Luba and Gaspar and prepare to deal with them.

SA starts to tell her story. She says that Thelma and Orlando are here, uh, have they seen Thelma? Emiliooo says no. She says they have to stop her, she is going to do something horrible to Luba and Gaspar. Alina says they need to go check the cave. SA prays. Too late, accomplice.

Soledad and DL walk through the forest. She stops and announces that she is cold, hungry, tired, and thirsty. “Please, let me rest!” DL says there isn’t time for that, they have to get somewhere. She asks where. He says they are going up into the mountains to find a cave to be safe. She begs him to change his mind. Of course he doesn’t. What is it with this guy and caves?

Tina gives Rodrigo some tea. Rodrigo is happy to be home. Tina tells him about the phone calls from Thelma, and tells him that Thelma is the one who kidnapped Gaby. Rodrigo looks like he would kill her right then and there. With all the scores to be settled, there better be one hell of a grand shootout on Monday, not something lame like DL and Thelma both getting hit by a car.

Malena is impressed with Coral’s digs. Coral looks horrible, like she has a silver dollar cold sore. I know it’s a bruise, but bleah. She tells Malena the long list of people who are living with her now. Adela enters and is introduced to Malena. Coral tells Adela that tomorrow she’s going to hire some more household help. Poor Adela. They come here and while everyone else mooches off of Coral, Adela gets put to work. Angel and Claudia enter. They tell Coral that Rosendo killed Claudia’s mother. Coral is impactada.

DL and Soledad sit by a fire. I guess DL had this place stocked already, Soledad is drinking from a metal cup. She asks if they are going to live there, he says of course not. When they stop looking for him, they’ll go somewhere else. She says they’ll never stop looking, he says they will. He tries to kiss her, she says no, not now. He leaves her to rest. She prays to the Virgin for help.

Rodrigo is super pissed about Thelma. Tina explains that she wanted Alina far away, this was her crazy plan to make that happen. Rodrigo busts out that excellent line “Va a pagar muy caro.” She will pay dearly. Tina fills him in on Coral being suspicious first, then Doctora Loca got Gaby to spill the whole story. Since Tina, above all, is metiche, she can’t help but tell Rodrigo how Doctora Loca is nice, pretty, and a good person. Lady, he just found out that someone he knows kidnapped his daughter, he isn’t looking for a blind date. Cripes. And besides, Doctora Loca isn’t all that great, Tina, you don’t know about her burying her face in DL’s moustache. Ugh I got a flip in my stomach just writing that. Rodrigo says “yeah, yeah, she’s great.” He is polite to a fault. He should have told her that now is definitely not the time. Perhaps Tina knows that there are only 90 minutes left of this show and she’s trying to move it along.

Soledad is still awake. DL says he can see the stars, it is a romantic evening. Soledad tells him to leave her alone. He says this is their second honeymoon. He tries to get her to recall their first. She shuts him down. He tells her how much he loves her. She doesn’t want any of it. He figures she is just tired. She says yeah, that’s it, I need to rest.

Luba is tied to a stake, ready to burn. She tells the lynch mob to think about what they are doing. They decide to burn her. Gaspar, who isn’t tied up, cries miserably for his mama. Poor guy, he does a good job of being upset. I guess they are only going to burn Luba, I thought all this time that they wanted to torch both of them. Thelma tells Gaspar to shut up. She says if he didn’t do what he did at the Devil’s Cave, none of this would have happened. Ifigenio puts his torch to the kindling around Luba. She yells to Gaspar to save himself. She and Gaspar both cry and scream. Jeez it’s like a horror movie, it goes on and on. When will Emiliooo and Alina show up to save the day? Maybe after the commercial.

Hey was there no Asi es la Vida commercial today, or did I just fast forward through it?

The fire is still burning, Luba and Gaspar are still screaming. Emiliooo rides up and says “What’s going on here?” Alina, behind him, sees what is happening and tells him it’s Luba! Alina walks up next to Vera, who completely freaks out at seeing Alina alive. Suddenly the lynch mob starts trying to put out the fire. Ha I can’t get over Emiliooo riding up and asking what’s up, like he was approaching his buddies at the bar. “So what’s going on?” Idiot. Luba thanks the Virgin for saving her. Alina starts in on Vera, wanting to know what’s going on. Alina tells her that she is alive thanks to Luba and Gaspar. Vera says, “So she’s not a bad witch?” (I’m having a Monty Python moment here.) Alina says no, she is good and everyone needs to show her some respect. “She saved me from the evil of my father.” Emiliooo helps Luba down from her stake. She and Gaspar have a tearful reunion. Emiliooo confronts Thelma, wanting to know what she’s doing there. Alina runs up like a tattletale and says that Thelma is the one who incited the lynch mob to go after Luba.

Everyone tries to comfort Claudia. Claudia says now she is alone. Angel, on cue, says no, she isn’t alone, he is there for her. Coral says “What about me? Claudia you are like a sister to me.” Really? You hired her to work in your store like a week ago and now she is like a sister to you? I need to go get a job in her store, after a week I’ll be like a brother to her, then I’ll move my family into her mansion and mooch. Coral says that now with Claudia and Malena living here, they will be like a big family. Angel says they already locked up Rosendo, he hopes he’ll be inside for a long time. After how easily DL got out, don’t count on it. Duelo de Pasiones II – Rosendo Returns. Coming soon. Featuring an all 70’s/shiny shirt wearing cast.

Thelma runs away from Emiliooo. Vera the turncoat immediately screams out that Thelma is the one who got them all after Luba in the first place, and she knew the truth about Alina being alive! Ifigenio says yeah, let’s get her! They all cheer and start to run after Thelma. (I’m having another Monty Python moment here. If you have watched Life of Brian and Quest for the Holy Grail more than a few times this will seem like something right out of one of those. “Yes! We are all individuals!” There were frequent witch-related bits in there too. If you haven’t seen them, what is your problem? I can understand the TV show being too much to sit through, but those movies are classic.) Emiliooo tells the lynch mob to stop, they aren’t going anywhere. He is sure that Thelma is going to La Rinconada. He asks the crowd why they were going to torch her, Vera says because they thought she killed Alina! Emiliooo says that of course now they can see that they were wrong. He preaches that nobody can take their own justice, that is what the law is for. He tells them all to beg forgiveness from Luba. Alina checks on Luba and Gaspar, who are holding on to each other for dear life. Luba says how is she supposed to feel? She was on the brink of death!

Thelma storms in and yells at SA, wanting to know if she left the baby alone. SA says no, the baby is here in this house sleeping. Thelma tells her she shouldn’t have come. SA starts to tell her about Emiliooo, Thelma cuts her off and says yeah yeah, Emiliooo knows everything. He stopped them from killing Luba and Gaspar. SA then tells her that Gaby named her (Thelma) as her kidnapper. Uh oh Thelma, looks like it’s all falling apart. You are screwed. SA keeps on about Rodrigo, Thelma pours a drink and yells at her to shut up and help her think of a way out of all this. SA says no, not any more, she is as guilty as Thelma but she won’t fall any farther. Thelma tells her sarcastically to go to church and ask for forgiveness, then even though she could clearly see Emiliooo walking in, she says nobody will ever know what Gaspar did to her. Emiliooo, obviously, then asks, “What did Gaspar do to you?” Thelma gets an ‘uh oh” look. Yeah. Uh oh is right.

Elias tells Vargas that there are a lot of caves and DL knows them very well. Elias is desperate to know how Soledad is doing.

Emiliooo demands an answer. Thelma says she doesn’t have to answer. Alina wants to know why Thelma holds such a grudge against Luba and Gaspar. Thelma is taking the “I don’t have to tell you anything” approach, which of course is code for “I am so guilty of a number of things, I don’t even know where to start.” She says she’s leaving, Emiliooo stops her and says she’s staying until she provides some answers. Alina says that if Thelma doesn’t talk to them, she’ll have to talk to Vargas. Emiliooo agrees and says he’ll file accusations against her. Luba enters and says something confusing, but I think she means that she will tell everyone what Thelma won’t. Oh this is it, finally! Luba takes a long time to tell it, but she tells them that Thelma’s baby isn’t Emiliooo’s, it is Gaspar’s! Emiliooo is super end of show slow motion impactado. He looks like he got kicked in the nuts, then he looks down at Thelma like “oh you bitch.” The impactado was long enough for him to do all that. And right in the middle of a scene! We haven’t seen the super/end of show/slow motion impactado trifecta anywhere but at the very end of an episode. If any scene called for it, this was it. Thelma, of course, immediately starts yelling at Luba for telling her little secret. She says it’s a lie. Gaspar enters and says “My mama isn’t a liar! I kissed you in the Devil’s Cave!” Thelma insists it isn’t true. She tells Emiliooo that the baby is his, and she is his wife! (What does that have to do with anything?) Alina took some smart pills, because immediately she steps up and says she knows Luba doesn’t lie, so fine, nobody leaves, we’ll have a DNA test. Thelma is really grasping for straws, she tells Alina “Who are you to be involved in this? Shut up!” Emiliooo tells her no, YOU shut up. Recess is almost over kids, let’s get on with this. Thelma still tries to play the victim and tells Emilioo that she has put up with a lot from him, but she’ll never forgive him for humiliating her in front of these people. She storms out, SA hurrying along behind her (why?) but this time nobody stops her. Luba tells Emiliooo that he knows that she hasn’t ever lied to him, she is telling the truth. Emiliooo says he doesn’t know, she always told him that Gaspar created his infatuation with Thelma from nothing, now she is telling him something else. Wow when did everyone get so sensible? I have to agree that he has a point there. Emiliooo says he wants to think. Don’t hurt yourself. Luba tells Gaspar that it’s time to go, he is upset and wants to see his baby. Alina tries to be nice to Emiliooo and then leave, but he tells her to stay with him. That was like the total opposite of the 11 second scene, this one might have been more than five minutes. That’s an eternity for this show.

Thelma goes into her room and slams the door, leaving SA in the hall. She tells SA to leave her alone. SA then thought bubbles “Poor Thelma.” What? Poor Thelma? She will be getting what she deserves. Thelma in her room curses Gaspar. She knows what the DNA test will show.

SA talks to the baby, who is wide awake. He is quite a nice looking baby, no wonder SA can’t leave him alone. She tells him not to worry, he isn’t guilty of any of what his mom did. She says nothing will happen to him. Emiliooo and Alina enter, Emiliooo asks for and receives a moment alone with the baby. He asks the baby if he is his son. He has a sweet little talk about how he loved him when he first saw him and if he isn’t really his son, he still won’t leave him alone. Now he has to help Vargas find DL. Emiliooo shouldn’t worry, doesn’t he know that every virgin who has sex before marriage gets pregnant the first time? Alina must be about a week along at this point. Downstairs, he sees Orlando and snaps at him “what are you doing here?” Orlando says he has to talk to him, Thelma cheated on him, the baby isn’t his! Poor Orlando, he’s always late with the news. Hasn’t this happened to him before? Emiliooo is slightly impactado again. Maybe he’s wondering how everyone in the world knows about the baby except him.

Gaspar plays with the horse he whittled for his baby. He is upset that Emiliooo didn’t believe them. Gaspar wants to find a cave nicer than the one they had before and live there with his son. Luba says it’s a pretty dream, but the baby will never want for anything living with Emiliooo. Gaspar says he doesn’t need a hacienda, they lived in a cave and were poor, but they are happy and good people. His baby could grow up to be just like him. Alina enters and asks if it is true about Gaspar being the father. She doesn’t answer, but behind her Gaspar nods his head frantically.

Emiliooo wants to know how Orlando knows about this. Orlando says, “You already know?” Emiliooo says Luba just told him, but how does Orlando know? Orlando says he has testimony and proof that Gaspar got busy with Thelma at the Devil’s Cave. Dammit wouldn’t Emiliooo have realized that he didn’t have sex with Thelma anywhere near the time she would have conceived? The 200 years ago mentality these people fall into when it is convenient is maddening. Emiliooo asks why he should believe Orlando after what he did with Alina. Orlando says yes, he was jealous and he lied, but now he is telling the truth. Come to think of it, Orlando really is a snake. He tried that thing with Alina, and remember waaaay back at the beginning of the show, he was trying to get some from Thelma too? I had forgotten that. Emiliooo gets back to his normal self, ignoring reality, and says that he doesn’t believe Orlando or Luba. He tells Orlando to leave, or they are going to have to rumble.

Alina talks to Gaspar and Luba, she says that they need to do the DNA test. Gaspar, who suddenly can barely talk like he’s losing his voice, says he doesn’t want the baby anymore, his munequita took it from him. (What? I went back and it didn’t make sense the second time either. What am I missing here?). Alina says they need to clear it all up. Even if Emiliooo will be sad, they need to know the truth. She then tells Luba that DL took Soleda and they are hiding in the mountains.

I guess Orlando didn’t leave, so there’s gonna be a fight. Orlando says fine, don’t believe me, you’ll be working like a dog to support a retarded kid. Whoa, that’s a low blow, he deserves the whupping Emiliooo is about to give him. Bah the fight gets broken up before it really starts by a couple of the detectives/police/whoever came with Vargas. SA wants to know what’s going on, Emiliooo says Orlando is telling him lies that the baby is Gaspar’s. SA says this time Orlando isn’t lying, she herself knows for a fact that Gaspar is the father. Emiliooo is impactado for the third time at the same news. That has to be a record, impactado at the exact same thing three times in a row.

Luba and Alina worry about Soledad. Gaspar whines that the bad people like Don Loco an Thelma always win. Alina gears up for a speech and says “No Gaspar. Everything will work out, I have faith.” Luba then actually tells Alina that she is strong. Yeah right. She is almost as wimpy as Elias, though today she has shown more brains than usual. The conversation shifts to the cofre. Luba says that DL’s mother gave it to her before she died and Luba wasn’t able to ever give it to DL. Alina asks what the secret it. Luba says she’ll tell her, and tomorrow when the agents find DL, Alina can tell DL. I think that’s what she said. They are just rambling and being dramatic. Gaspar is holding the cofre, it looks like a metal lunchbox.

Emiliooo tries to look dramatically pensive. Thelma comes downstairs to talk to him. Why would she do that? She should be doing a repeat of the old Soledad/Samsonite escape. She calls his name and when he doesn’t answer says “I’m talking to you.” Man she has some nerve. I have to remember any time my wife might speak a little rudely to me that at least she isn’t this woman. Emiliooo says he doesn’t want to see her or hear from her ever again. She says fine, then admits herself that Emiliooo isn’t the father. She says it’s his fault, because she loved him and he always mistreated her and she was jealous. The only reason she was even at the Devil’s Cave that night was that she was looking for him. She says tearfully that the only reason she knocked boots with Gaspar is that she thought it was him, Emiliooo. (Wow she must have been drunk! Gaspar has about two feet more hair and about 75 pounds more muscle. Plus, he talks like a five year old.) Emiliooo wants to know why she said the baby was his. She says so they could be together. Emiliooo says he is going to give the baby to Gaspar, he’ll take care of the baby better than her. She says if he does that, she will kill them! I’m not sure if ‘them’ is Gaspar and the baby, or Gaspar and Luba, or Emiliooo and Alina, or what. But she will kill somebody!

Monday – El Gran Final! Por Fin! The advance shows SA in a complete meltdown because the baby is missing, then we see Gaspar holding his baby, telling him how much he loves him. Aww. (that wasn’t sarcasm.) Then, DL is standing in front of Soledad, who is on a horse, apparently trying to escape. From behind her pops out Alina, who says “Papa?” DL gasps “Alina!” Does he still think she’s dead?

Ok folks this is it! One more big show on Monday! We got the whole Thelma is evil and Gaspar is the father reveals out of the way, all that is left is to find out what is in the damn cofre and for DL to get his final reward. See you in Amar Sin Limites! (In a few weeks anyway, I’m on vacation to Mexico the next two Fridays and someone has graciously volunteered to step in and cover for me. I’ll be back in my regular Friday slot on August 3.)

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Alvaro (aka Don Loco) admitted that he regretted what he'd done to Alina. Soledad said, "Although we want, we can't turn back time." She told him he was tired and should rest.

Don Loco got into bed, saying tomorrow they would go far away. Soledad put her arms around him and they both went to sleep.

At Claudia's house: Claudia's mother apologized for not believing her about Rosendo's abuse. Angel (providing this episode's public service message) said, "Unfortunately, many women are victims of men like Rosendo."

Claudia's mother said she would have nothing more to do with men, she would devote her life to Claudia, but Claudia said no, "It's not necessary to renounce love."

She tried to convince her mother to go with her to Coral's house for the night, but for some reason the mother refused, so Claudia and Angel left. (Great idea, guys! I'm sure Claudia's mom will be perfectly safe!)

Adela went to the Devil's Cave, looking for Coral. The bartender called Coral's friend Erika, who laughed when Adela called Coral "senorita." Adela said Coral was in danger from "a very crazy man."

(I'm wondering about the purpose of these recent scenes of Adela at the Devil's Cave. They don't seem to have any impact on the plot or characters. Or is Adela going to end up taking Coral's old job as a dancer? Just a thought.)

At Coral's house: Angel and Claudia worried because Coral wasn't home. Angel called Agent Vargas to tell him about Coral's disappearance. Then he and Claudia left the house.

Meanwhile, Rosendo returned to Claudia's mother's house. She confronted him, and he said, "I never liked you. It was Claudia I desired!"

Claudia's mother slapped him and told him off again. Rosendo said, "I'm already damned, and you won't believe what I'm capable of when someone makes me look as ridiculous as you did," then started punching her.

At Coral's Boutique: Angel and Claudia found Coral tied up. She told them Don Loco had gone after Soledad.

At the military camp: Alina woke up and found Emilio beside her. He asked how she felt, and she said, "Very well."

(How serious could this illness have been -- she was only sick for about half an hour and then made a complete recovery?? She's still wearing her uniform, for Pete's sake. OK, fine, whatever.)

Some kids brought her flowers. (How adorable, and what a good idea to let children into a sick ward! Without face masks! It all makes perfect sense! Emilio is indeed a great leader!)

Alina and Emilio agreed to get married. Emilio said, "Surely Thelma has already signed the divorce papers." (Yes, surely, because everything Thelma has done throughout your marriage demonstrates her complete willingness to divorce you, Duhmilio.)

Back at the San Mateo hotel: Alvaro woke up and Soledad was STILL with him. How weird! At this point I was starting to think she had to be real, not a figment of his imagination.

At the always spotless Abandoned Cabin of Refuge for Anyone Who Wants to Hide in Sierra Escondida: Luba told Gaspar to summon Orlando on the walkie-talkie.

Gaspar said, "Lieutenant, Lieutenant, it's me, Gaspar. I'm here with Mama. Lieutenant, talk to me."

Thelma, of course, just happened to be in the absent Orlando's room at La Rinconada at that moment, and of course Orlando had left the walkie-talkie in his room, so Thelma heard Gaspar announcing his exact location. (Good work, writers; it's all perfectly plausible!)

At Soledad's hotel: Alvaro and Soledad came downstairs in time to see Agent Vargas and his men knocking on Soledad's door. The door was opened -- by -- yes -- Soledad!

Surprised, Don Loco looked over his shoulder at -- yes -- Soledad! She was still standing behind him. I must admit that this scene was cool.

Unfortunately, the real Soledad and her companions didn't notice Don Loco and his imaginary friend standing there just a few feet away.

Imaginary Soledad said to the stunned Don Loco, "Of course I'm not really Soledad. I'm a hallucination." She asked whether he thought she would really forget everything he'd done to her, then disappeared.

Don Loco muttered that he was getting worse every day, then went back to his room to look for Soledad, calling, "Soledad, Soledad, come back, Soledad. It couldn't all be a lie."

He sat on the bed and said to himself, "There's no doubt. I am crazy. Completely crazy." (Sergio Goyri is a good actor -- I really felt sorry for him in this scene.)

At La Rinconada: Vera and Ifigenio were eating breakfast together in the kitchen (still no sign of long-lost Jaime, aka Mexican Larry). Thelma came in and told them, "Orlando lied to us."

When she tried to urge them to go after Luba and Gaspar, Vera said nervously that Orlando had threatened her. Thelma retorted that Orlando had raped Alina -- I guess she was hoping Bloodthirsty Vera would put Orlando on her hit list, too.

Meanwhile, Orlando arrived at the cabin and told Luba and Gaspar to collect their things because they were leaving immediately. Gaspar jumped up and down with joy at the thought of finally seeing his little cub, then hugged his mother.

In Floodlandia (as Margaret calls it): Rodrigo tried to cross a raging river on a zip-line (thanks to Sylvia for using that term in her recap because otherwise I wouldn't have known what to call it). He got stuck halfway, then fell into the water.

At Coral's house: The bruised Coral told Angel and Claudia she was OK now. Claudia said she would go home to see her mother.

Angel went to Claudia's neighborhood with her, but then left her before she went into the house. (What makes him think Rosendo isn't lurking nearby? Why are these people so endlessly stupid?!?!)

In the real Soledad's hotel room: Vargas was assuring Soledad and Elias that Don Loco couldn't escape. Soledad didn't believe it.

After Vargas and his men left, Elias locked the door and told Soledad for the millionth time that he wouldn't let anything happen to her. Soledad didn't look too confident, and I didn't blame her.

Right away there was a knock at the door. Elias asked, "Who is it? Who?"

Back in Pueblo, Claudia found her mother on the floor, covered in blood. She cried, "No, Mama, no!"

In Floodlandia: Yes, all this time had passed and Rodrigo was still in the water. Apparently no one could rescue him except Super Emilio! So a soldier named Luis ran to get him.

Meantime, Elias was still trying to decide whether to open the hotel room door. Soledad begged him not to, but Elias heard a voice from the hall and opened the door, telling Soledad, "It's an employee."

A waiter came into the room, quickly followed by Don Loco, who knocked the waiter out, then asked the terrified Soledad, "You weren't expecting me, right?" He warned Mighty Protector Elias, "Let go of my woman if you don't want to die."

Soledad told Elias, "Alvaro is serious."

Don Loco told Soledad not to cry, that he didn't want to hurt her, only wanted her to be happy. She asked him to put down his gun, but of course he didn't. He said he had a plane waiting at a nearby airport to take him and Soledad far away. Soledad said OK, just put down the gun.

Suddenly the waiter jumped up and started struggling with Don Loco, who knocked the waiter out. Soledad begged him not to kill the waiter and Elias.

Alvaro said there was nothing he wanted more than to kill this desgraciado Elias, but he wouldn't because he had changed. This kinder, gentler Don Loco knocked Elias out, then left the room with Soledad.

Meanwhile, Emilio was still chatting with Luis about how to save Rodrigo (who must be remarkably waterproof). Alina said rescuing Rodrigo would be very dangerous, so she would go with him.

Back to Claudia's neighborhood: Claudia ran down the street to Angel (who was coughing again!) and said, "She's dead! Rosendo killed her; it's the only explanation!" Angel hugged her and unreasonably told her to be calm.

At Rodrigo's house: Tina told Aida (aka Dr. Loca, the professional bimbo -- oops, I mean, the very professional psychologist) that Gaby had a nervous problem. Oh, yes, no better person to call for help than Dr. Has-It-All-Together-Herself.

Aida went into Gaby's room and asked if she wanted to go out to the park. Gaby said no, but agreed to re-enact the kidnapping with her dolls, saying she would play the part of the bad woman.

In Floodlandia: Soldiers were still trying without success to rescue Rodrigo. Silly of them; didn't they know that only Super Emilio could do that?

At Soledad's hotel: Don Loco saw a police officer guarding the lobby and told Soledad to get rid of him or she would have his death on her conscience.

Soledad ran to the officer and told him something about someone needing his help elsewhere. It worked; the officer left, giving Don Loco the chance to leave the hotel with Soledad.

At the river: Emilio and Alina still chatted while Rodrigo continued to drown. Alina told Emilio to be careful.

At the Only Cabin in All of Sierra Escondida, where it apparently took hours for Orlando and Luba to pack their sacks full of possessions: Orlando asked Luba why she was taking the cofre with her. Luba said, "This box is very important." They finally left the cabin.

At Rodrigo's house: Gaby and Aida re-enacted the kidnapping with Gaby's dolls. Aida, playing the role of the kidnapped girl, said she would tell the police about the woman who kidnapped her.

Gaby, playing the Bad Woman, said, "No, you can't say anything to the police." She told Aida directly that she couldn't say who the woman was, but Aida coaxed her and Gaby eventually had the doll say that she was Thelma, the wife of Emilio Valtierra! Later Aida passed this information on to Tina.

Meanwhile, Soledad stood on a country road with Don Loco. She told him, "This is the road to Sierra Escondida." They squabbled a bit -- just like old times -- and Don Loco said, "I am crazy, not stupid." I think he said he wanted to take cover in the woods, or something like that.

Soledad insisted that this part of the mountain was dangerous, but Don Loco said, "I'm always going to protect you," and started off into the woods with her.

Back at the hotel, Vargas and his men finally found Elias, who told them about Alvaro supposedly having an airplane.

In Floodlandia: Super Emilio finally got around to rescuing Rodrigo from the water. How dumb. Er, I mean, how heroic of Emilio.

At the boutique: Malena showed up, looking for Soledad, saying she wanted to tell her how happy Mariana and Ricardo (aka Dr. Love) were together. Coral said she was worried about Soledad, then started to explain the situation to Malena.

Back to the river: Waterlogged Rodrigo was nursed by Alina and Valentina while Emilio stood around trying to look casually noble. He told Frank he would radio the general to ask for a helicopter to help their rescue operation.

From the ground, Rodrigo told Emilio, "Again I am in your debt." Emilio said that wasn't true because they were friends, blah blah.

Elsewhere: Tina went to see Tia Rebeca and said Rebeca's niece would pay very dearly for kidnapping Gaby.

(Shouldn't Tina have gone to the police instead? And who takes care of Gaby while Tina is running around town? No wonder Gaby is so afraid of being kidnapped again; it's a legitimate concern with Thelma on the loose and Rodrigo/Alina/Tina all gone. Poor kid.)

Rebeca said tearfully, "I don't know what to tell you." Tina said she would denounce Thelma to the police. (Good idea!)

Aunt Rebeca said it was true that Thelma had done horrible things, and she too was a victim of Thelma's threats, that she was afraid Thelma would separate her from the baby. I think she apologized to Tina.

Floodlandia again: Emilio radioed General Ochoa about the helicopter. The general said Don Loco had kidnapped Soledad and they were believed to be in Sierra Escondida.

Alina, of course, overheard this. She cried, "My papa is very sick, and he could do anything!"

Emilio promised to find her mother. Alina insisted on going with him. With his usual careful foresight and planning, Emilio said OK, let's go.

Meanwhile, Vargas told Elias that Don Loco's airplane story had turned out to be false. Elias said Don Loco must have said that to buy time. Somehow they deduced that Don Loco must have taken Soledad to Sierra Escondida.

In the mountains somewhere: Soledad rested, saying resentfully that she couldn't go on and Don Loco should be in an insane asylum.

Don Loco said he wouldn't give anyone the satisfaction. He dragged her up the mountain, saying, "We have a meeting with destiny, and I want us to be punctual." Uh oh. That doesn't sound good.

At the military camp: The helicopter Emilio requested arrived. That didn't take long. Emilio and Alina said goodbye to the soldiers and nurses and left in the helicopter to save Soledad.

OH, YEAH, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE! If you have to confront a dangerous, armed lunatic and you have a bunch of soldiers under your command, you should DEFINITELY leave the soldiers behind and set off in pursuit of the madman with only a young, sick nurse to assist you!

And at the end of this brilliantly believable episode, Orlando was shown sitting on a horse in the woods at night, chatting with Gaspar and Luba, who were on foot. Orlando said everything was going just as he'd planned.

Right on cue, Vera showed up with her witch-burning mob, complete with torches and pitchforks.

And who was behind them but Thelma, on horseback! She said, "What, Orlando? Did you think you were going to get away with it?" ("Creíste que te ibas a salir con la tuya?")

salir con la tuya = "get away with it" or "get your own way" according to this helpful message board discussion.

Note: This is my last recap for Caray Caray! I've enjoyed it but just don't have time right now to continue as a recapper. I'll still be around as a commenter, and you can also find me on my own blog. Thanks to everyone for making my time as a contributer here rewarding and fun!

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DonLoco startles Coral at the boutique. He demands that she tell him where Soledad is. She begs him to let her go but he ties her up instead. DonLoco doesn't like to be told what to do.

At La Rinconada Thelma accuses Orlando of looking for Gaspar instead of working on the highway. She's wearing what looks like a pair of charro pants in keeping with her role of head cowgirl of the manor. She tells Orlando she's not returning to Puebla until she sees him leave WITHOUT Gaspar. Orlando pours himself a drink.

Luba and Gaspar play with their handheld radios. Standing right next to each other they take turns..."Gaspar, Gaspar." "Mama, mama." "Gaspar, Gaspar, it's mama Luba." "Mama, mama, it's Gaspar here."

Orlando taunts Thelma, wouldn't it be amusing if Gaspar showed up in Puebla and told Emilio about his cachorrito? Thelma retorts that since the cops are after them they are probably hidden far away. Orlando taunts her some more, lies about why he is still there, tells her to be tranquil, chugs his drink, and splits. "I would be tranquil if Luba and Gaspar were dead," she mutters.

Claudia lays on her bed and thinks of Angel. Rosendo enters, smothers her face with chloroform, throws her unconscious body on the bed, and vows he will "make her his."

**Commercial reminder - there will be no Duelo tomorrow due to the Mexico vs. Argentina futbol match.

Rosendo lies on Claudia and kisses her face. This reminds me of when Orlando was trying to make Alina "his." Remember what a flop he was? Oops, did I say flop? Heh heh. Oh right, we're with Rosendo now. Rosendo is interrupted by a knock at the door. He closes the bedroom curtains.

Angel is at the door relentlessly knocking. Rosendo finally answers and claims Claudia isn't at home. Angel weakly tries to force his way in but Rosendo easily blocks him and shuts the door in his face. Angel yells for Claudia at her window but cannot see in because the curtains are closed.

Emilio, accompanied by his own singing, lamely tells Alina that she will get better. Their love is stronger than all obstacles and if they are together then nobody and nothing will separate them. This is news to us of course and apparently it's news to Alina too, she dreams that her casket is being lowered into the ground. Soledad, Adela, Angel and Coral sob at the grave. Alina wakes up in the casket and hears the sobs. "They think I'm dead. Let me out," she screams over and over! Nobody hears her and the casket is covered with dirt. Suddenly a light shines on her. It's DonLoco, "you're not dead? You will be!"

Soledad tells Elias she's having a bad premonition about DonLoco and Alina. She's going to call Coral at the boutique and find out if Alina called her.

Feverish, delirious Alina tells Emilio she's worried about her mother. She must get well for her mother.

Coral tells DonLoco that she doesn't know where Soledad and Elias are. He tells her that patience isn't one of his virtues. He threatens her until she gets on her knees and begs for her life. Coral, have a little pride! He points his gun at her and this seems to piss her off. She tells DonLoco that Soledad will never be happy by his side. Coral, have a little sense! Suddenly someone enters the boutique and yells for Coral. DonLoco points his gun at her head and says he'd like a reason to send her to the other world.

DonLoco peeks around the door. It's Dra. Loca! What's she doing there? He unties Coral and tells her to get rid of the doctora.

Head nurse Valentina is in the middle of complimenting her charges and giving them instructions for administering the new and improved antibiotic when one of the nurses discovers that Alina's sheets are the same ones used by the rotovirus patients. Somebody must have put them there to deliberately infect Alina!

Coral tries to hint to Dra. Loca that DonLoco is in the vicinity. Unfortunately Dra. Estupida doesn't get the hints. She spouts off that one of her theories is that DonLoco might show up at the boutique to lie in wait for Soledad. Coral is making crazy eye movements and thinking "No duh, sombrera de culo, follow my eyes!" Meanwhile DonLoco thought bubbles that Dra. Loca has also betrayed him. Coral gives up trying to give clues to the clueless so she just tries to get the doctora to leave. Dra. Loca asks Coral why she's so nervous.

Emilio gives water to a grateful Alina. Personally I would be suspicious about drinking water if I lived in Escondidaville. So far water has killed one man and given the rotovirus to Alina. Rodrigo enters to update Emilio on the bridge project. Emilio says he's responsible for the project and should go back to it. Rodrigo tells him that as a military officer he also has a moral responsibility...he should remain at Alina's side. Blech.

Rodrigo (sans mask) sits next to Alina. As Margaret noted, these folks play fast and loose with the rotovirus. Some wear masks, some don't, I'm confused. Emilio assigns Rodrigo to be in charge of the bridge project in his place.

Head Nurse Valentina enters with odd news to report. It seems that somebody put contaminated sheets on Alina's bed. Emilio is impactado. Alina sits up, she's impactada too.

Emilio the astute says "are you trying to tell me that someone deliberately infected Alina?" "That's right dumbass," retorts nurse Valentina. Not really, but she should have. Emilio says he can only imagine who might have done the deed. He rushes out with a mystery expression on his face, anger probably.

Angel has managed to accost Claudia's mother. He tries to convince her that her husband is up to no good. If he weren't then why is he locked in the house with Claudia and with all the curtains closed?

Coral hems and haws, she's got a lot of work, but she still keeps flitting her eyes over to the area of DonLoco in the hopes that Dra. Estupida will get it. OMG, Dra. Estupida concludes her visit by stating "at least Alvaro Montellano will never suspect that Soledad and Elias are hidden in San Mateo." She suggests that Coral close her boutique for a while just in case. Then she leaves. Finally!!

Coral begs DonLoco not to look for Soledad. He slaps her unconscious. "Before I leave I have to decide what to do with you," he mutters ominously. Uh oh, things aren't looking good for Coral.

Rosendo caresses Claudia's lifeless body when suddenly his wife and Angel burst into the room. At last she sees him for the infeliz maldito that he is. He's disgusting, revolting, she says. She chases him out of the house.

Emilio shows the infected sheets to Karla and asks who put them on Alina's bed. He should wrap her head in them but he doesn't.

In San Mateo Elias and Soledad return to their hotel and get their keys from the desk clerk. A man in black leans against the wall. He turns around. It's Don Loco! How did he get there so fast? What did he do with Coral? He strolls over to the clerk and asks for a room.

Thelma pays a visit to Ingeniero Nunez of the highway project. She's on a fact-finding mission to see if Orlando has told her the truth. Surprise! His work for the highway finished days ago. Thelma thought bubbles that she was right, Orlando is there to find Gaspar, he must know Gaspar's location.

It's night and a big moon hangs over the land. Soledad calls Coral's house but Adela reports that she hasn't seen a sign of Coral all day nor has Alina called.

Karla asks Emilio why does he think SHE is the one who infected Alina with rotovirus? Emilio asks, "how did you know they were infected? I only asked who put them on Alina's bed." Busted! She tries to weasel her way out but Emilio continues to accuse her. In fact he's going to write her up and report her.

In the kitchen of La Rinconada Vera the bloodthirsty tries to convince Orlando that Luba and Gaspar's fate should be left to the village idiots. Orlando points out to her that her way could make them murderers. Does she want to be a criminal? This query seems to confuse her, but I doubt it will dissuade her.

DonLoco, standing outside the hotel, calls the local police. He's posing as a police officer from Puebla. He asks the local sheriff to form a perimeter around the hotel. He is after a dangerous fugitive. After he hangs up he vows, "I'm going to make a visit to my woman." Wow, who knew it was that easy to get cops to do stuff?

Karla begs Emilio not to report her, she needs the job. Job? Her job of sneaking into men's tents? Or maybe her job of walking around camp wearing only a towel? Or perhaps her job of tormenting the young nurses who have arrived to save lives? Or her job as Typhoid Karla, out to infect the world with rotovirus? Emilio finally consents to not reporting her as long as she takes on Alina's nursing reponsibilities. (!?!) Karla whines that she doesn't want to, it's too dangerous. Que? She was waltzing around the infirmary without a mask and handling infected sheets. Now she worries?

Vera and Orlando get into it about who gets to do what to Luba and Gaspar. She says the village idiots are pretty angry at them, he responds that she will be held responsible if something bad happens. Thelma enters to bust up the fun. She wants to know why Orlando didn't leave days ago when he finished his job.

Alina dreams of her night of love with Emilio. His singing accompanies her dreams of his slobbery kisses. "Emilio I love you so much," she sighs. Good God, does she never tire of this crap?

Orlando tells Thelma he stayed around in case he had to protect Luba and Gaspar from the madding crowd. Thelma doesn't buy it, he's there because he wants to confront Emilio with them. He says he's going to give them a couple of days more to return to Escondidaville, then he will give up. Thelma doesn't believe he's capable of giving up his plans of vengeance, she knows him too well and he hates Emilio too much. She walks out and mutters that she'd be happy if Orlando changed, but she suspects sooner or later Luba and Gaspar will show up. Alone in the kitchen Orlando stuffs food into a bag.

Adela calls around for Coral. How odd, where could she be? Cut to Coral, alive (hoorah!!) but tied up in her boutique. Back to Adela, "Oh right, she's probably visiting her pals at the Cave, maybe I'll go look for here there." I think Adela's just using her boss's absence as an excuse to go out and whoop it up at the Devil's Cave.

Gaspar drives Luba crazy by running from radio to radio and talking to himself. Suddenly the door opens...who is it? Anticlimax, it's Orlando of course. Luba tells him she's tired of hanging around. When is he going to get them out of there?

Soledad frets to Elias that she hasn't heard from Alina. There is a knock at the door. It's their guard; he informs them that there will be a routine inspection of the hotel. Soledad immediately suspects DonLoco, but Elias says Vargas would have sent reinforcements if that were the case. For some reason he leaves Soledad in the room and accompanies the guard. He tells her to lock the door well. Don Loco lurks outside her room. She locks the door, deadbolt and chain.

DonLoco approaches the door. He's about to knock when someone calls his name. It's Soledad. How did she get outside the room? Is it another one of his hallucinations? She says she knew he'd find her. He reaches out but she pulls back. She says it's not necessary to use force. She's inclined to do what he says but he must forget his thoughts of vengeance. They need to talk somewhere where nobody can find them. They leave together. Hmmm...maybe she's not a hallucination.

Head nurse Valentina and Emilio bring Karla to apologize to Alina. They tell Alina that Karla will be doing her work while she recovers. Apparently Typhoid Karla isn't actually qualified to do Alina's work so Valentina will have to tutor her. Karla makes a cat butt face.

Soledad tells DonLoco that she never betrayed him with Elias. She never stopped loving him. They embrace. He says he knew she would forgive him. He wants to take her far away to a new start in a new country. She doesn't know if she wants to live her life in hiding.

DonLoco asks her will she forgive him? If they are together he'll never again give her cause to distrust him. "Yes Alvaro, I'll forgive you," she responds, "and I'll go with you wherever you want." They kiss. Hell, this has got to be a hallucination! Even stupid Soledad couldn't be this idiotic.

DonLoco says the worst thing he did was cause the death of their daughter, their Alina, fruit of their love. He flashes back to a time when he denied to Alina that she was his daughter. Alina begs him and tells him that her mother never betrayed him. "Ma loves you and I love you too, papito. You're my example, the person in whom I placed all my trust." Back to reality and DonLoco is super slo-mo impactado.

Advance - Some guy (Rodrigo?) goes flying down a zip line, wheeeee! But oops, he falls into the raging river.


darse por vencido = to give up
estar al acecho de - to lie in wait for
profugo/a = fugitive

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