Caray, Caray!

An agitated Gabriela on her way to David's room alarms Doris, who then alarms arriving "Mario" and Abelardo by observing Gabriela returned from somewhere looking upset. In David's room, he notes immediately Gabriela's demeanor, and she must explain her shocking conclusions from the article at the newspaper archive.

He reassures her Santiago didn't murder anyone; that Santiago told David himself he was innocent, surprising her. Gabriela rushes away to learn from her dad why he told David but never the girls; and when David reveals what just transpired to Dora, Santiago and Abelardo, a distraught Santiago speeds home to meet Gabriela.

At Leonardo's, he introduces new housekeeper Mrs. Gumen to Paula. He is just discussing with Paula whether she should stay permanently with him when the bell rings, and it's Juan José. Leonardo sends Paula up to Julieta's at Juan José's agitation that Dora wouldn't talk; and he suspects Juan José knows something more.

When Leonardo deduces Juan José could easily have called instead -- Juan José balks, assuring next time he will certainly call first and quickly exits. Yolanda scopes out Carlos's new digs in his absence, unnerving the maid, despite claiming to be "like" his mother. Carlos hasn't laid in a bottle of creme de menthe yet.

Finding Santiago's apartment empty, Gabriela unsuccessfully seeks him at Leonardo's; but instead introduces herself to Paula, who likes Gabriela right away. Back upstairs, Gabriela sits sobbing and must only wait a moment till Santiago arrives, when they both embrace sobbing.

She assures him of her trust he's innocent, and he confirms the woman in the grave is her mother. Gabriela's surprised to hear that besides Yolanda, David and Mario, Leonardo also knew -- but didn't tell her because Santiago begged him not to. He anticipated waiting until they had evidence against Adolfo, he reveals.

When Gabriela frets her false name makes her marriage invalid, Santiago insists that can be remedied if she wants -- that David has been wonderful and is a great guy. Wretched Santiago grieves over his life as a fugitive, while Gabriela regrets tearfully she and her sister could have shared his pain.

Carlos arrives home and warmly greets waiting Yolanda, wondering about her mission there. She wants to patch things up with his father and get Carlos to compromise a little -- such as for example, giving up the trefoil ring; but Carlos is suspicious: why this and why now -- and demurs.

He's unhappy Yolanda confessed his job-hunting failure to Adolfo; but when she reports Adolfo will reinstate Carlos at the club on certain conditions, Carlos reluctantly agrees. Carlos wonders why a good woman like Yolanda doesn't get out of all this, and she will only sadly claim it's too late.

Carlos exits, claiming cryptically he intends to learn why the police are investigating them. Julieta returns home to be faced with the horrifying truth Gabriela just learned, thrusting Julieta into shock and tears -- and hurt that no one told them! Learning the fugitive is really Adolfo, she frets what they will do.

Across town, Adolfo phones and surprises Roberto, ordering him to insinuate himself with the waitresses and get a picture of their father. And he orders that Roberto bribe a phone employee to get Susana's supposed private number. At Julieta's, she confuses and angrily slams the door on visiting Carlos.

He had said he wanted to make amends to Gabriela and ask why Leonardo is looking for him; but she completely stumped him by accusing maybe it's because they perpetrated the shootout -- and a crime that happened 20 years ago! The 20-year figure has him scratching his chin in the hallway alone to the back of the door.

Outside below in the parking lot, Carlos encounters Roberto, who at first razzes him thinking Carlos would be moving in on the near-widow already. But Carlos shuts him up fast wondering if Adolfo sent him there to have Leonardo killed again -- and especially informing him the policeman resides there, whereupon Roberto absconds.

At Adolfo's, Roberto claims no one at home at the waitresses's and failure to locate his phone company acquaintance. Roberto's nervousness disconcerts Adolfo; and Roberto is just re-declaring his loyalty, even confiding he might confess his troubles -- when Bertha descends, interrupting.

Roberto quickly exits, with Adolfo lying to Bertha that he came visiting Carlos. When Bertha irritably objects to Yolanda's presence in his business, Adolfo simply explains she's useful and changes the subject, asking about Mario's illness. She jokes snidely that Mario's sick alright -- in the head!

She can possibly learn the doctor's name; but first she startles Adolfo with some things bothering her: how did Leonardo know she took the photos -- and on Adolfo's account? And when she reveals Leonardo's claims the photos are smuggling evidence, Adolfo quickly fakes embarrassment and agrees coyly that indeed they are.

But not against him, he lies -- but against Carlos! And what's more Adolfo lies that he ordered Carlos from the house for it and that he must loyally protect his son. Understandably, when Bertha is astounded at Carlos's supposed actions, Adolfo insists she keep it absolutely mum and stares at her confusion pensively.

Recovering but still weak David tells Gabriela in his hospital room to prepare herself with Mr. Rubina at the Mirador for learning to manage the Genovés businesses during his recovery, which may be months or even years. She's extremely intelligent, able to do anything she sets her mind to; and he trusts her, David contends.

When Gabriela haltingly points out they are not legally married now because of her false name, David only cares that she belongs to him. He kisses her hand, and Gabriela bends to kiss his lips. At Mauricio's studio, he multi-tasks, discussing the uncomfortable trip situation while blissing Elsa out with a shoulder rub.

The phone rings, and it's Garnica saying his American yachting investors will dock tomorrow; and Elsa is trying to back out of the trip again, but Mauricio's assures her he knows she's still struggling being in love with Juan José. But he loves Elsa and will help her; she agrees she must learn to separate personal from business.

At lunch at Juan José's, he rockets out of his chair on every ringing phone, and it's Garnica (as lawyer) about the trip. Caramelo is excited they will go to the beach early and lobbies for Chicles and Asunción, as well; Chicles gets an invite, and they'll locate and tell his dad at the cantina, because he lost his butcher shop job.

Mauricio et al must catch a different flight than Garnica, it turns out; about 15 minutes apart. At the hospital, the doctor puts David's good progress down to excellent physical condition and is confident his recovery should go well; but he warns for absolute bed rest and no wheel chair yet.

After the doctor exits, David confides to Gabriela the pleasant surprise that Dora is his mother. At Juan José's, Asunción assures disappointed Caramelo he'll stay behind but keep the rats at bay; he'll phone her and send her a letter with his thumb print on it -- since he can't write, they all joke.

Adolfo meets Zaida at a bar, where he declares that Bertha's just a kid, unlike Zaida who's a grown woman. And Bertha's not after Carlos, who doesn't reside with him anymore. He reminds Zaida she offered to help him, and she happily agrees to do him a favor in return for whatever she wants, with his hand on her thigh.

After ascertaining Zaida's not involved with Garnica, he explains the blackmail letter and asks her to find and retrieve it for him. A quick call on her cell phone confirms Garnica's out of town on business. Later in his car, Adolfo makes an urgent call ordering a hit in Puerto Vallarta as soon as possible, without a trace!

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Things aren't looking good for Dr. Carlos right now. Illinois appears to be trouncing Baylor. But the game's not over yet. Ditto for our tempestuous guys and gals dealing with passion, betrayal, misunderstandings, a random stabbing or two, and multiple identities. Emanuel gets trounced by both Netty and Vicky. Delicia spends a wretched night in jail. Ilitia is still suffering from the rape. But the game's not over yet. We know the sun will shine again for all these folks. One day. So.....on to the episode.

In the waning moments last night, Vicky revealed her true identity to Delicia and the happy Walt Disney music started up. But poor Delicia is still marched off to a cell while Mari blithely waltzes out, promising to do something about it.

Not so blithe is Lorenzo. He shocked and furious to find out his princess has been raped and cycles violently between self-recrimination (I should never have gone to that appointment. I should have been with you in the limo) and homicidal rage (Who is he? I'm going to kill him!) He rages, he shakes Ilitia, then calms down (at Muñeca's behest) and gently hugs her but then cycles back to rage. While Muñeca argues for gentleness and love, Lorenzo wants only vengeance and justice. No one really asks what Ilitia wants. But she knows what she DOESN'T want. She doesn't want the press to know, or to have her body examined or any of the procedures that go with reporting the crime. The man who raped her is dangerous....highly dangerous...and she doesn't want anything done about it.


We segue from Lorenzo hugging Ilitia to Brandon comfort hugging Vicky who has had all she can take with the R de T family. Brandon agrees they're pretty toxic but he's surprised she's so bent on vengeance. And for Marianela's sake. The Mari he knew wasn't that sort at all. Well, that Mari is 'dead". She no longer exists because the R de T destroyed her says Vicky, giving that dead-eyed fish look to Brandon.

A lot more life at the boarding house where Netty is rehearsing another overwrought scene with the chronically ravenous lawyer. She's working up to a real lather over a "monstruo infecto" (wretched monster) when wretched monster Emanuel arrives and we hear those classic words "¿Qué haces aqui?" He wants to talk about Marianela. Netty wants to ream him out for breaking her niece's heart. Netty wins.

But not Fedra. Kristel has her over the proverbial barrel with her secret knowledge. When Mother dearest tries to talk her out of her relationship with Mauricio, Kristel not only demurs, she insists that Mami arrange for a super big "top level" (Kristel says this in English) wedding. Fedra blusters that she can't blackmail her forever and Kristel agrees. Just until my super fab wedding. Then you're off the hook. Are you even sure that Mauricio WANTS to marry you? You're an incomplete woman after all. And these guys don't like to marry anyway. Would be a sorry sight you left at the altar, no? Even that jibe doesn't faze Kristel. She's a simple animal, like her ma, and once she has an idea in her head, she pursues it relentlessly.

Emanuel's pretty relentless himself. In spite of Netty's threats to throw bleach on the floor to clean up from his pestilence, he's still blathering emotionally about his love for Marianela. He'll defend it to the whole world! Enter a cynical Vicky and hostile Brandon. Mari's sick of your lies, man! And if you love her so much, why'd you marry Ilitia? Brandon and Eman charge each other. The ladies separate them. Eman storms off.

Storming at Muñeca's house also. It's Lorenzo. The kids are there (Manzanita and Christian) and for once the little escuincle seems quite subdued. I think Lorenzo's rage really has him intimidated. Low is yelling, wants the kids out of the house, wants to see his daughter, then turns around and yells at the kids to EAT! It's quite a scene. Manzanita is looking daggers at him and Christian looks appropriately scared. Low or the director must have put a good fright into the little guy because he's playing his part like a champ.


Back at Morbid Manor they're having another dysfunctional family conference. Fedra's dismissing Ilitia's divorce threats as just a newlywed spat. Kristel sure hopes so 'cause if not she'll be all upset and start carbohydrate-loading. Axel arrives with Bernardo and Nereida in tow and wants Pop to get his lawyer and spring Delicia out of jail. Bernardo's changed his story and now it's" all an accident." He'll get himself right down to the station and take care of things.

Fedra, meanwhile, is horrified at the interest Axel is taking in this little servant strumpet and Kristel is chortling that bro' must have a crush on the little wench (chirussa).

Said strumpet has already spent a nightmarish night in jail, poor thing ,but she's pretty sure Emanuel will help her. Vicky, who's toted a sandwich in for the prisoner, assures her Eman's untrustworthy and Brandon agrees. Our little Delicia, clearly the smartest person in this trio,refuses to be convinced, even after hearing the story of the poisoned chocolates. Emanual suffered so much after you disappeared Marianela, she points out. He was inconsolable. And he always defended you from his mother and Bernardo. They're the evil ones. Vicky looks like she's thinking this one over. Is the light beginning to dawn in this dim brain?


And how about Ilitia? Any light dawning there? She's tucked in bed, Muñeca at her side, declaring that she wants to go to sleep and never wake up. My life was perfect. What did I do wrong? (Well, we could weigh in with quite a few things here. Ilitia is still miles away from redemption if she hasn't looked at her own failings and misdeeds.) Anyway, this woeful meditation is interrupted by a repentant Emanuel who has come to apologize but not explain. Because he doesn't really understand his own behavior. But he knows it was wrong so he's asking forgiveness and another chance. He needs the marriage to work. He needs HER. Really, says Ilitia, brightening. I need you too Baby. You're the only reason I have to live. And voilà, just like that, the marriage is back on. Good times.

Not so good at the warehouse. Mauricio and Dandy are strutting in, gloating over Mau being sprung in record time when voilà voilà voilà! they see that the shelves are bare. Someone has cleaned out the warehouse of every last stick of merchandise. Merchandise he had to sell in order to pay back Garduño. One thing remains on the shelves. Uh-huh. You guessed it. A lirio de plata. Zounds. Mauricio's been skunked twice now. But the third time, Nevah! He'll make sure he recoups his money at the publicity bash Lorenzo and Emiliano are putting on for him. A quick call to Garduño nets him a few more weeks reprieve and he hastily exhorts the crime boss to remember Mau's his right hand man and totally loyal. Riiiiiight. (The hapless Comissario also arrived during this scene, search warrant in hand. But nothing to search for. Another zero for the police.)

Well enough of this nonsense. Let's hunker down with Oliver and Gretelman. Our favorite odd couple. He's trying to wake up Gman who's nursing a heavy hangover.
Better not get too close. A swift kick to the bed covers will suffice. Gretel, whose wig is finally askew, shudders when she hears about the scene she caused declaring her love for Oliver to one and all. She starts packing her bags, certain that she's exposed Oliver to danger through her indiscretions. He's not having it. He's her pal. Her friend. Noooo...don't cry. Well, okay, cry. I'll lend you my shoulder. Yikes. JUST my shoulder, okay pal? Gretel gloms in, plastering her passionate little self to Oliver's chest and he alternately twitches nervously and relaxes tenderly, not sure at all of what to make of his little pollito.

And Brandon's not quite sure what to make of Bernardo. He's sure not buying this cock and bull story of an accident and a little cut that Bernie's now rolling out. He knows Delicia STABBED him and he's pretty sure it was in self-defense. Bernardo bristles, sniffs that the situation doesn't require him to put up with this....so give him the paper to sign and let Delicia out of jail.

Our little gal, still imprisoned, is having a chat with the Virgencita right now when Axel arrives with a sandwich and a promise of help. She's not having any. She's already had a sandwich and needs no assistance from him, thank you very much! ( Glad to see she's not going to let him off the hook so easily, even if she did spend a bad night in jail. Tough cookie our Delicia!)

Back to our pseudo-toughies, Mauricio and Lorenzo. The latter has come to claim the whereabouts of his son. Mau has a good time letting him know the kid was right under his nose all the time. Yep, it's that pesky little Christian from the orphanage Muñeca runs. He sussed it out when he was there to see about filming for the publicity bash, and here's the chain with the medal to prove it. Lorenzo gloats that his stupid wife will never know the kid is his little bastard. And our two fine men share a toast to Low finding his blow by and being able to introduce him into his home with no one the wiser. What a lucky guy!

So how about our other lucky guy, Emanuel? He's mending marital fences at warp speed, encouraging Ilitia to take up her modeling career again as a way of dealing with post-traumatic depression. She's on board. Now all he has to do is let that little españoalita know that the whole seduction smoosh was a mistake, an error. He's happily married and in love with his wife, so just run along you little hussy you! He doesn't perform quite as planned but does manage to mumble out an apology. And remind Vicky that they have to work together so he'd like to be friends--holding out his hand to shake.

She brushes it away. You can keep your friendship (and "shove it" implied). And Ilitia, your husband doesn't interest me at all. You can stay happily married till Death do you part!

Ilitia looks miffed. And somewhat let down. So does Emanuel. Seriously. And there we end.

Previews:
André tells Vicky that Emanuel is still in love with Marianela. Vicky looks thoughtful.
But then she sees him kissing Ilitia. (jealous? we'll see)

Vocabulary:
1. Veme bien = Look at me, really! (Vicky to Delicia, trying to get her to recognize Marianela)
2. estás en los huesos = You're skin and bones! (Delicia to VickyMari)
3. mi promesa sigue en pie = my promise still stands (Vicky to Delicia)
4. desfachatez = audiacity, nerve (Netty accusing Emanuel)
5. quedar a vestir santos = remain an old maid (what Netty says Mari didn't do)
6. "Calladita te ves más bonita" = Emiliano telling Nereida to hush during family conference
7. gruñidero de tripas = growling of the stomach, growling of the guts (Delicia talking about being hungry when Vicky brought her a sandwich)
8. de la patada = awful, horrible (Delicia describing her night in jail)
9. zarrapastruti = Fedra's colorful version of "zarrapastrosa"... scruffy person
10. recoger tus chivas = packing up, gathering up your 'stuff' (Oliver telling Gretelman she doesn't have to pack and leave)
11. me zampé una torta de jamón = I stuffed down a ham sandwich (Delicia telling Axel why she doesn't want his food)
12. un as bajo la manga = an ace up your sleeve (Dandy thinking Mauricio was pretty slick....until they saw the cleaned out shelves)

Dicho of the Day
Cada oveja con su pareja = There's someone for everyone. And we know Brandon will end up with Ilitia and Emanuel will end up with Marianela. But how loooong will it take our two couples to figure this out?

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Capitulo 147.
Read Alma’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando begs Lety to go with him so they can be alone together. He wants to show her how much he loves her. I think he demonstrated that pretty well inside the restaurant. He says he’s dying to spend the night with her, and he desires her more than ever.

2. She waivers for a moment, then she remembers the letter, “Make love to Lety so I don’t lose Conceptos.” She says, “Well I don’t desire you,” pushes him away, and escapes in the taxi. Left in her dust, Fernando says, “Can’t you see that my love is true? Why are you doing this to me?”

3. Fernando remembers PG’s words. He has to choose between love and the company. He remembers his father entrusting him with the presidency, and Lety rejecting him. He concludes that Conceptos must be the most important. And forges yet another anvil.

4. Tom eats a tableful of food. He and Ali probe each other’s situation. Ali wants to know if he’d loan her his car like he does for Lety, and buy her expensive gifts. She laments the loss of her car and starts working him for a solution.

5. Julieta says she shares Lety’s burden, even if Lety won’t talk about it. Lety tells her diary that even though Fernando destroyed her, she loves him and she loses all her resolve when he touches her. She can’t let love overrule her dignity since he finds her revolting. He’s suffering for his company as much as she’s suffering for his deception. She needs to keep him at a distance because she doesn’t have the strength to resist him.

6. Ali invites Tom up to her apartment but quickly rescinds the offer.

7. Pop harangues about the fancy car and he thinks Lety is getting too big for her britches (I think Lety’s britches are too small). He dictates, “Neither you nor this house will ever change.” She answers, “Don’t worry, nothing will ever change in this house.”

8. Julieta tells Pop that Lety isn’t a little girl and she wants a husband and her own family. He needs to give her space to take risks, make mistakes, and learn. Their job is to be there when she needs them.

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Capitulo 148.
Read Julie’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. Fernando sleeps in his thinking chair, and in the morning he writes today’s card. He says he doesn’t know why she hates him, but he was glad to awaken today with the scent of her kiss on his mouth.

2. Monica reports to Marcia that Lety was very affectionate with Fernando at Meson. Marcia tells Ali that Fern wasn’t out with his amante last night; he was with Lety at Meson. Ali says that Tom was pure naco last night. They agree that he must be a weirdo; nobody they know would even consider dating Lety. Marcia doesn’t want Ali to go out with Tom.

3. Fernando and Omar debrief. Fern says that Lety called Tom from his cell, she wanted to kiss him in front of everyone, and she refused to spend the night with him.

4. Lety reads the card and Fern asks if last night’s kiss means they’ll be together like before. He wants an answer before she answers her ringing phone. She says yes, and picks up Humberto’s call. Fernando kisses her twice before taking the call.

5. Fernando begs Lety for the balance. His life depends on it, but that doesn’t move her. Instead she asks if he is going to cancel the wedding like he promised, so he promises that he will cancel it. So will she doctor the balance? Alone at his desk, Fernando says, “I would very much like to keep my promise, Lety. You don’t know how much I would like to.”

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Eva Luna, Ep #36, 12/28/10—Laurita and dog flee while Icky is even more obnoxious.

Since this is a two-hour episode I did another summary-type recap. A few screencaps and one long video clip from the end of the episode(s) are added. As always, video clip is on my own bare-bones site, and it is a streaming clip (like what you see on YouTube). Right click on links to open to a new window. Please correct any mistakes I make and point out any important details I missed! Thanks!

We start with a small rewind of yesterday's episode. Don Julio wants to divorce Marcella and tells her off. Marcella spews crazy talk.

Alicia tries to reason with Eva who is still stuck on stupid regarding Daniel.

Don Julio wonders how come he let Justa slip through his fingers and how he married that evil witch Marcela. He says this to Renata who then tattles to Marcela. Meanwhile, Justa is looking through old photos of herself, Marcela and Don Julio, while a curious Adrian looks on. He tries to ask questions but Justa denies that the photos signify anything.

Leo tells Claw that he's tired of her because he's in love with someone else.

In the morning, at the mansion, Eva shows up at work and Renata talks trash to her. Eva asks her how come she hates her, and Renata says it's because she was hired without her (Renata's) approval.

Icky guilts Danny into giving her a goodbye kiss before he goes off to work. Laurita barges in just at this time and sees this. Danny ties to reassure her later but she's not listening.

Laurita is upset after seeing Icky in Danny's bedroom. Click on picture to see larger version.

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* In Yolanda’s flat Yolanda and Adolfo try to get out of Carlos why the police is so interested in him. He. Doesn’t. Know! Did he do or say anything suspicious? Carlos’s fed up with the conversation and he’s about to leave when Adolfo notices his trefoil ring. He tries to take it away from Carlos but the boy prefers keeping both the ring and his finger. After he leaves Adolfo gives another stupid task to Yolanda: ask Carlos to give her the ring but he refuses to give her an explanation.



* David asks for Dora and when she enters the room acting like a kind and obedient servant, he says only one word: MOM. Dora and Viewerville burst into tears. She begs for his forgiveness, she didn’t know what to do but she loves him completely, that’s why she returned. This time David isn’t mad at the world, on the contrary, he reaches his hand to his mother. Dora gratefully thanks to him and swears nothing will separate them again.



* In Juan José’s villa Asunción worriedly watches as his angry and determined friend leave the house with a camera, a backpack and the intention of cathing the hijo de puta (son of a b****) who blackmails him. At the neighbouring house Roberto shows up looking for Susana but Abelardo and the security guys kick him out of Edoras. Rob has no choice but leave swearing and rubbing his aching arse. Back to JJ’s home: Caramelo, Chicles and Asunción spend the day with painting and talking about Limón’s extraordinary beach stories.



* In the hospital David learns from Gabriela that the two goons died and although Leo got shot, he’ll get better.

* Juan José arrives at Garnica’s most favourite place on Earth, he hides the camera in a nearby tree and then digs the backpack.



* Garnica’s goon (aka one of Juan del Diablo’s best friends from CS) called Valentín delivers JJ’s rucksack to Mr. Slimebag… but they discover JJ gave them a pile of simple paper instead of millions of delicious pesos. Que the hell?! Garnica rages with anger.

* At home Juan José and Asunción try to figure out how to connect Ale’s camera with the TV. They finally manage to watch the tape and they see two men and a helicopter (of course offscreen). JJ uses his rusty brain cells for the fifth time in this show and figures that every plane have registration number, therefore they may find out who sat in the helicopter. But no, he doesn’t want to call the police. He must find that damned letter.



* Asunción and Caramelo watch the TV and talk about the beach trip. Caramelo’d like to invite Chicles, too.

* After being shot, half dead, shocked by a defibrillator and the revelation about his mother, poor David learns another shocking news from the doctor: there may be problems with his spine and he can’t tell David when he’ll be able to walk again. But don’t panic, first he’d like to do some medical tests.

* A literally and figuratively fuming Carlos storms into Yolanda’s flat and says he’s just learned that he has no access to their bank accounts anymore! And he can’t find a job because the Genovéses are too influential in the sector and everyone knows about his problems with his dad. Maybe he should look for his friends in the US. Yolanda objects, no, don’t leave the country! She tries to calm down her impulsive muñeco who is desperate and has no idea what to do. She thinks he should reconcile with his father, please let her talk with him.



* Now that his “useless” son doesn’t manage Sagitario anymore Adolfo has to work for real. He’s about to be suffocated by papers and files when Garnica shows up and restarts his “you owe me much” speech. If he accepts Garnica as his business partner then he’ll give him a very important document. (See, Adolfo? This is how Mario felt 20 years ago.) He tells Adolfo about his cool seaside project which piques Dolphie’s interest – though he’s less than enthusiastic about JJ’s participation. But come on, Garnica thinks they could get rid of that man.



* In the hospital Gaby and Julieta talk about Paulita. Julieta doesn’t mind babysitting her since she’s such an adorable child! She’s like Leonardo. Gaby has a feeling her little sister is falling in love and Juli agrees. Inside the infirmary David tells Dora about his fears and worries. He’s afraid that he won’t be able to do his job but Dora has a good idea: David has an intelligent and wonderful wife who loves him much. But the video… No, they must hope she’ll forgive him. Outside Gabriela continues wondering about Marta Sardíval. Since she was murdered the press must’ve written about her death.



* In the Ávila condo Yolanda tells lazy, spoiled Bertha who the boss is and gives her some advice about dignity and intellect. Btw, she should leave Adolfo’s home before she gets into trouble. Bertha explodes: Yolanda did the same, she was living with Adolfo’s money, how dare she lecture her now?! When Adolfo shows up Bertha complains about “this woman”, but que sorpresa, Adolfo acts like a gentleman for the first time and defends Yolanda. (Which means he won’t get sex soon.) Yolanda tells him Carlos regrets his behaviour and… he can’t find a new job. Okay. Tell Carlos to give him the ring and then he may return to Sagitario.



* Alejandra and Juan José watch TV in bed. JJ’s worried about the letter and Ale thinks maybe they should cancel the seaside trip. No, no, no, no. He wants to be with her, far away from their problems.



* In the tunnel house Fausto is anxious like hell, he has a feeling that something bad will happen. And… and he misses his daughters! What about Abelardo, does he have children? No, and his ex-wife has died. Did he love her? Yes, he did. Fausto also loved Marta, and he swears if they can’t send Adolfo to prison he’ll kill that bastard!

* Gabriela visits a library and looks for informations about Marta. She finds an article about an “actor who fled with his two daughters after strangling his wife”. Boom.



Aribeth

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Julia is out of town and I am doing tonight's recap for her. There were no closed captions at all tonight so if you think I've left something important out or need to fix something please let me know and I'll add to/fix the recap. Thanks!

Is it me or did things seem a bit skewed in tonight's episode? Besides what I mentioned in the title we can add that Ilitia was being totally honest for the first time, nobody cared what Fedra said, and Bernardo is still bleeding all over the house. So let's see what's happening in the big DF with the familia Ruiz y de Teresa...

Gretel/Manolo (Gman) gets all up in Oliver’s face and accuses him of being El Lirio de Plata. She vows he’s hiding something and she’ll find out what it is.

Next we see Ilitia stomping down the stairs with her red luggage and Eman trotting behind her trying to apologize. The rest of the family and Brandon join them with Brandon commenting that it looks like there’s trouble in paradise. She tells them she’s outta there and from now on he can do whatever he wants.

Fedra yells at Emiliano “It was you!” and she points at MariVicky “And you too! You caused this!”

Eman follows Ilitia out of the house and begs her to stay. I can’t believe I’m agreeing with her, but she rightly points out that she was with Eman during his worst time, at his side always, and now he has forgotten everything they had together. She knew there was something going on and she’s sick of it. He pleads temporary insanity, doesn’t know what came over him. She concludes the conversation by saying they are going to get divorced, ciao!

Back in the house MariVicky tells Fedra not to blame her, Eman and Ilitia had a troubled marriage long before she showed up. Brandon pipes up and as he gestures he waves the plastic bag containing the bloody knife which reminds me, is Bernardo bleeding out somewhere in the kitchen? As they all argue Delicia, in Brandon’s grip, whimpers and is clearly in shock. What is wrong with these people? Axel makes an anemic attempt to protect Delicia and MariVicky jumps in to say Delicia is incapable of murdering anyone. This announcement elicits a suspicious glare from Fedra.

Oliver’s boozing it up at his favorite watering hole and telling the bartender that el pollito’s got a crush on him but of course he doesn’t return the feeling and by the way, stop looking at him like that because he prefers women. To prove it he starts making out with the nearest hot chickie. His own chickie with a moustache enters and is incensed at Oliver and his lying ways.

MariVicky gives them some lame excuse about Mari telling her all about Delicia but it doesn’t matter because Brandon escorts Delicia out the door. They are detained temporarily by Eman but when MariVicky and Axel join them Delicia shouts that the one good thing about going to jail is she’ll never have to see his face again, never! With that she grabs Brandon and drags him off to the police car. The girl knows how to take control.

MariVicky also leaves in a huff; the brothers roll their eyes, shrug their shoulders and recite in stereo “women!”

Lorenzo and his “models” are playing spin the bottle but all he can think about is his little Christian. Well only for a moment I guess because they shake their booties and he becomes all horn-dog again. We’ll blame it on a short attention span.

Fedra is irate when Eman tells her Ilitia wants a divorce and it’s his fault. Fedra insists that he do whatever it takes to save his marriage. Find her, beg her forgiveness, give her flowers, whatever but she does not want a divorce in this family. He tells her he’s sick of her butting into his life and he’ll move out if that’s what it takes to get a little privacy.

OMG Nereida is giving Bernardo first aid with Hydrogen Peroxide and gauze pads? Considering the subject I’m not complaining, but it is a knife wound after all. What about internal injuries and infection? Axel comes in demanding to know the truth (from these two?). Unfortunately the CCs are not working tonight and I can’t understand them through their clenched teeth but Axel punches Bernardo a couple of times in the nuts and then the face so all’s well that ends well.

Over at Nety’s the ladies tell Consuelo that she’s been acting weird lately, must be a man. She deflects the conversation by bringing up Oliver and Manolo. Isn’t Manolo a little, er, well he’s in love with Oliver. Doris tries hard to keep a poker face.

Oli’s at the bar getting drunk with the hot chickie while Gman pounds shots at the bar and thought bubbles aloud. Tonight this bartender gets to hear it all. Gman joins the gyrating couple and starts calling Oliver names. The chickie’s all whoaaa I didn’t know he had a boyfriend don’t worry I’m running away now. Oliver falls off his chair and tells the crowd he likes women! A drunk Gman throws his/her arms around Oli and swears undying love. She is like an octopus and Oli can hardly extricate himself from her grip but when he does he drags her out of the bar. Well the patrons sure got a show tonight.

Malicia demands his one phone call and he uses it to call Lowrenzo who is demonstrating his dance moves to the models. Lowrenzo tells Fonskanka that he’s super busy right now and can’t talk. Fonskanka tells him if he wants to find his son he’ll listen. He’s to convince the judge to release him this very night otherwise Lowman will be negotiating with Garduno to get his son back.

Axel punches Spiderus again and tells him that if he touched (or presses charges against?) Delicia he’ll tell the whole world that he and Fedra kept his sister trapped in the basement.

Bernardo manages to spit an evil laugh out of his drippy, bloody mouth, it’s super gross. Axel tells him they found all the paraphernalia down in the basement proving they kept his sister like an animal and he swears he’ll find her. Hey Axel, way to tell your enemy everything you know about him. He punches Spidey again right in his wound and Spidey threatens Axel that maybe he could disappear just like his sister.

Oliver drags an extremely drunk Gman into the pension and Netty gets all over his case for getting Victoria’s brother drunk. Gman keeps muttering he loves Oli and Netty has to avert her eyes. “Is it true? He’s in love with you?” she whispers. Netty says something about Manolo sleeping downstairs and Gman totally freaks out.

El Comisario gets the word from the judge that he is to free Fonskanka and boy is El Comis pissed off to the nines.

Lowman visits Orangey in jail and wants proof that he knows of his son’s whereabouts and Orangey displays little Chris’s medallion to Lowman’s cara impactada.

Christian and Manzanita get favored treatment since I’ll bet they are the only orphans who get to play at Muneca’s house which they are doing now. Oh goodie they get to spend the night and it sounds like the rest of the week too. This is where the kiddies are supposed to jump for joy; Manzanita acts her part but our little terror ignores them for his toy cars. Fidel comments that the house is filled with happiness with the kids are there. Muneca comments that she wants the kids to feel more at home for when she adopts them. Fidel wonders if Lowman will feel as excited at the prospect but Muneca says if not he can pack his things and leave. Wow, I didn’t know Fidel could have such a big smile.

Orangey promises that little Chris is fine but Lowman doesn’t get to see him until Orangey smells the air of the city. Apparently he is the distrustful type and doesn’t like air he can’t see.

Oli hauls Gman upstairs and is rewarded with an “I love you Oliver”. Gman loses his glasses and Oli still doesn’t recognize him. Oli helps Gman take his shoes off and very nicely tells Gman that he doesn’t love him. Dude, can you not recognize this is Gretel? What kind of polis are you? “Why don’t you like me” for Gman whimpers.

Manzanita can’t sleep and sneaks downstairs for a treat. Uh oh, Ilitia has come home crying over her failed marriage. Manzanita starts to run back upstairs and offers a little advice, “you know why Emanuel doesn’t like you? Because you’re bad, nyaaaaa” she says as she sticks out her tongue.

Muneca tells her nobody said marriage was easy and the crisis will pass. Ilitia sobs no it won’t because a horrible thing happened.

Brandon is taking Delicia’s statement and she cries that nobody ever believes her. MariVicky tells her that she will move earth and sea to get her out of there. She won’t leave her alone and Delicia wonders why she cares.

Eman torments himself with thoughts of Marianela. He stares at her picture and says he almost made the mistake of his life, he almost slept with a woman in Marianela’s bed, gasp! (Really? You almost boinked Vicky while everyone else including your mother and your wife were in the house preparing for dinner? Eman, you little hamster you!) He begs Mari to forgive him for having feeling for another what he felt for her. He torments himself some more for our benefit and wonders what is going on with that woman (Vicky).

Delicia doesn’t buy MariVicky’s bull and says no thank you but she doesn’t like to accept help from people she doesn’t know.

More Te amos from a bawling Gman who keeps trying to make out with Oliver. Come on Gman, isn’t it about time your wig falls off? They play ring around the bed until Gman finally passes out. Then Oli has a brilliant idea, all he has to do is find a boyfriend for Manolo.

Ilitia tells her mother that what happened was the worst thing in her life, a nightmare and since then she hasn’t been able to let her husband touch her. An idiot, she will never forget his face, raped her on her wedding day. Muneca says Ilitia should get professional help right away. Ilitia cries it won’t matter because she will never, never forget what happened that day! “What are you talking about Princess?” asks Lowman who has just entered the room.

Axel admits to Emanuel that he blabbed to Bernardo about what they found in the cellar. Eman’s not mad, in fact he’s proud of Axel for defending Delicia in this house where all the help are treated badly. They both agree that they have to find Gretel.

MariVicky tells Delicia to take a good look and imagine her without the wig, with glasses, and about 50 kilos heavier. “Marianela??” gasps Delicia. And the evening ends on a big hug between these lovelies.



I hope everyone is stays safe in spite of all the rotten weather we are having. Be careful out there folks!!

Vocab courtesy of Anon:

cuate = pal, twin
orale = hell yeah, right on
chillar = yell, howl, bawl
'mano = buddy, brother (short for hermano)
te exijo = I demand
muerde/morder = bites, to bite (Perro que ladra no muerde = his bark is worse than his bite.)
imbecil = idiot, imbecile, (same in English)
escuincle = kid (another word for the famous Colima Dog)
una pilluelita con patas = a little two-footed rascal (what Ilitia called Manzanita)
tú fumaste una silla de mimbre = which literally means "you smoked a wicker basket chair"(what Oliver, trying to deal with a super-soused Gretel said)

Labels: llena

Capitulo 145.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.


1. Paula wants to go barhopping with Lety. She imagines the guys she can pick up with a car like that, despite the fact that they both have novios.

2. Alicia tries to justify her date with Tomás to Marcia, and Marcia says she’s just doing it to solve her money problems. Ali claims it’s to put Lety in her place, but Marcia still disapproves. Tom begs Lety to use the car tonight.

3. Fernando tells Lety that they’re going out and they’re going to talk, and if she’s not willing to talk, they’re already finished. See the transcript. He orders her to ride with him, not take separate cars.

4. Fern tells Marcia that Ariel needn’t worry; Filmo Imagen is a legal company. He avoids her kiss, and she says, “You don’t have much time to deshacerte (disconnect yourself) from her, or from me.”

5. Lety listens while Omar spouts his usual trash, telling Fern to take Lety to bed so she’ll cooperate, but go somewhere obscure for the sake of his image.

6. So Lety asks Fern to take her to Meson where all his friends like to go. He tries to dissuade her, but she doesn’t like those dives where he always takes her. He’s probably ashamed to be seen with her at Meson. “Oh, well,” she says, “we can go out next week.” Fernando yields.

7. They arrive at Meson, and Fernando is terribly rude to her.

8. Fernando tells PG he’s trying to bring back the Lety he remembers, and as for the one right now, he doesn’t like her a bit. PG asks if he wants the old Lety back for his company or himself, and Fern says for both.

9. Tom arrives at Alicia’s apartment and destinks himself. Lety calls Tom and begs him to come get her. She insisted on Meson to make Fernando suffer, but he’s treating her horribly.

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Capitulo 146.
Read k-Fuego’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.

1. PG tells Fernando that he’ll learn a great lesson in life, and he’ll put things into their right places. He says, “You have everything backwards. Your business and love. Separate them and choose.” He says that if Fern puts the company first, he is lost.

2. Tom reminds Lety why she went out tonight, to make Fernando suffer. Tom picks up Alicia. He drools and she is at her most seductive. He acts stunningly naco with her at Le Noir.

3. Fernando asks Lety why she’s changed so much, and what sin he committed. Floozie 1 jumps Fernando, then Floozie 2. Fern tries to buy off Lety with a raise, a car, and an expense account, but she shoots him down and he starts to feel desperate.



4. Fern accuses Lety of rejecting him, but he pulls his hands away and puts them out of her reach. He says she once said she loved him; does she not like him anymore? She starts crying and says she loves him, but he refuses to believe her. She tries to kiss him and he pushes her away. She says it would damage his image to be seen kissing Lety la fea. He disputes that so she challenges him to prove it by kissing her.

5. Fernando says he’s shown her clearly how much he loves her. He says the problem is Tomás Mora. She says, “Do you really believe I feel more for Tomás than for you? Help me show you that’s not true. Kiss me.” He almost does, but Marcia calls.

6. Lety says to herself, “He always lies. Always.” Fern sees his call log and realizes Lety called Tom. See the rest on Kris’s recap. You don’t want to miss a single word.

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Spanish Lesson
Note that Kris included nearly verbatim transcriptions of many parts of the episode in her recap; you can use those for a Spanish lesson as well.

Fernando orders Lety to go out with him.
F: Cancel the date with your friends Leticia, please.
L: Excuse me?
F: Cancel it. We’re going out
L: I already told you I’m going out with my friends. Besides, I brought my car. I don’t need you to take me home.
F: (Thru clenched teeth.) I know you don’t need me for anything. But it turns out, Lety, that we need to talk. And we’re not taking the road to your house. Let’s go somewhere, please.
L: Don Fernando, I already told you that..
F NADA, Leticia. Respect me! Stop this game. Look. If you don’t want anything to do with me, fine. But tell me to my face. Your priority has to be us. Not Tomás Mora and not your friends.
L: It’ll make a mess with Marcia.
F: That’s my problem, not yours. It’s all arranged. We have a night for us. I won’t accept any excuses. (He tries his usual Marcia bluff.) Of course, if you refuse to talk, I’ll think that we’re already finished. One washes one’s hands of it and goes his separate way. And if someone wants something sometime, they’ll just have to do without. (He starts to leave. She calls him back. He thinks he’s won, so he puts on a bored face, to make her beg him back.)
L: Don Fernando? What has you worried? That I’ll keep your company or spend your money?
F: I won’t answer anything here, Leticia. Let’s go somewhere else to talk.
L: No, no, it’s better I return your company and tell TOMÁS to prepare the accounts to turn it over to you.
F: And you’ll also need to discuss with TOMÁS what happens between us? (Lety shrugs.) Fine. Call him. I get it. I imagine that you have already told him about your relationship with me. Since you’ve already broken ALL your promises!
L: (Cynical laugh.) *I* broke my promises?? Yes, of course. Surely it’s that I’m deceiving you, Don Fernando.
F: Then, what am I supposed to think? With all that you’re doing to me? What? Let’s go.

Labels: fea-2010

Friday: Fedra tries to fire Benigno, and turns on the waterworks when Emil won’t let her.

Alone now, Eman and Benigno wonder if somebody forced Maximo to change his will, namely Fedra. Eman has a plan to make sure that the money goes to Mari when she comes back.

Mauricio and Underworld Guy Dandy are plotting illegal business in some warehouse. Dandy has brought some guns just in case.

Maximo is still in LaLa Land, but Eman tries to talk to him, telling him to try real hard – they need him. Then he thanks Max for making him his sole heir. Max, wide-eyed, stares into the mid-distance and addresses (imaginary) Emil, saying he doesn’t trust that woman and if he marries her, she’ll make his life hell. He should marry Muñeca!

Max seems to suddenly notice Eman but doesn’t know who he is. Still, he tells Eman to be careful and to keep his eyes peeled.

It’s nighttime and the SWAT team, led by the comisario, is outside a building, forming up. Mano takes some flash photos which you would think would blow their cover of darkness, but heck, the light bar on the police car is going full blast, so what the hey.

Paula is trying to hand-feed soup to Maximo who is spouting militaristic bromides. When he finally takes a spoonful, he complains that it tastes weird, and if she makes stuff like that for the troops, they’re lost. Paula tearfully begs him to get his marbles back. He tells her not to cry, that she looks so lovely pregnant.

He goes on about the girl he knows they are expecting, and how he will stand up to everybody and marry her. Paula cries that they never married, Carlota has died, and so has the baby. He declares their daughter isn’t dead, and tells Paula to go fetch her. Our Gretel is alive!

Mauricio looks over some invoices and declares them in order, so now all they have to do is to wait for their buyers. What they don’t see, but we do, is someone all in black, the Lirio, sneak in and snatch their briefcase and run away. Mauricio and Dandy hear a sound and run to the briefcase, but find it’s gone. Their guns were in it! They look around, spooked.

The SWAT team are on them in a second. Mano is taking photos, but sees the Lirio running behind some shelves. He cries out and points and the team give chase, but they lose him.

At the pension, MariVicky is regaling the ladies, who are all aflutter, with the story of her encounter with the Lirio, and how she felt he wouldn’t hurt her. The ladies want to know if the Lirio had a sexy voice and MariVicky tells them it was deep and whispery and she was sure he was disguising it. She had some feeling he was connected to the Ruiz y de Teresa. They all wonder at that, MariVicky included.

Paula tells Benigno about Max saying that Gretel is their child. They both sadly agree that he’s gone completely bats and that they’ve lost him.

Mauricio tells the police they have no right to come barging in, that they have a legitimate business. The comisario says he’s sure all their stock is stolen, and if not, let’s see the papers. Mauricio counters by saying he wants to see the orders for this search. No problem, says the Comisario, it’s down at the station so let’s all go together and have a look-see.

Mauricio wants to know who that guy is snapping photos and Mano defiantly says he’s the press. We see the shadow of a hooded figure and all heads swivel around. The comisario notices that Oliver and Brandon are missing.

The ladies laugh and lust some more after the dashing bandit. MariVicky says that the lirios that the Lirio hands out are just like the one Marianela has and that’s why she thinks there’s some connection with the R y de T.

MariVicky tells them she’s been invited to the R y de T’s for dinner.

At his bachelor pad, Lorenzo is pouring liquor into the two models who are still dressed, but one is on his lap. After they’ve smooched his cheeks a little, it dawns on him to actually ask their names. One is Alondra and the other… Christian. Lo jumps up and away from them, and, fighting tears, says “Christian!”

Fedra is asking Emil about a client at the agency whose name is Christian and who is causing some kind of money trouble. Emil has no idea what she’s talking about and the next thing we know, they’re in a squabble over his having kept her from putting Netty out of her home. Then he tells her MariVicky is coming to dinner. Ilitia, coming down the stairs hears this and is shocked that they’d invite that Spanish lady who is flirting with Eman.

Mano comes around a corner in the warehouse and sees the Lirio, peering around another corner at him. Mano flashes some photos which the Lirio holds still for. Then the Lirio slides a lirio across the floor to Mano.

Next Mano finds Oliver all tied up. He releases him just as the comisario shows up demanding to know what’s going on. Oliver says he was following Brandon, who disappeared and just then the Lirio surprised him and tied him up. Mauricio and Dandy yuck it up at the police’s expense.

Emil tells Ilitia and Fedra that MariVicky is the best artistic director the agency has ever had, making us wonder how they’ve stayed in business all these years, and he tells them they better behave at dinner, or else.

The phone rings – it’s MariVicky on her cell in a taxi, saying to Fedra that she’s the voice of Fedra’s past come to haunt her – she’s Marianela. You killed Tia Carlota, murderer! About now, the taxi driver must be thinking it’s a more interesting night than usual. Or maybe he hears this kind of stuff all the time. Anyway, Fedra snarls back at her, which makes Emil and Ilitia pop up out of their comfy chairs and come closer to find out what’s happening. Mari goes on: You and your son couldn’t kill me, and I’ve come back to make you pay for all you’ve done to me and my family. Listen, you tub, says Fedra, you’re not going to do anything… Hello? Hello? You can’t threaten me, Gorda, she snarls at the phone. Ilitia guesses who it was.

What’s this? We see Fidel and Eman in a bar, toasting their successful business partnership. Eman wants to make sure their customers are satisfied and Fidel swears he’d chop his hands off before he let them be unhappy. (Let’s pause to think about that. If you chop, say, the right one off, what are you going to chop the left one off with? Just asking...) Eman wants to be sure they have enough stock, and that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands like before. No problem, smiles Fidel. We can use the factory ovens and it’ll all be melted down by the end of the night.

Eman tells Fidel he’s the perfect guy for this job. Fidel says he can just work in his off hours, and he wants to be sure Muñeca and Lo never find out that he works for him. Eman clasps his hand, and tell him he’s his partner, his friend, not his employee.

Outside the warehouse, handcuffed Mauricio complains that it’s all illegal. He and the comisario snipe at one another while Mano shoots photos, then tells Mauricio he’s going to be the star of the Internet tomorrow. Brandon shows up and the comisario grumbles about his not having been around.

Fedra whines that Marianela is calling her and threatening her, trying to drive her crazy. Eman walks in just then and lights up that it’s maybe Mari, and Kristel comes in too and blathers, then Axel appears on the stairs to listen. Ilitia, who is none to pleased, asks Fedra’s if she’s sure that was Mari. Fedra’s sure, and she said she wants to destroy Fedra, boo hoo.

Just then MariVicky walzes in and asks if she can go down to see the general for a second first, because she has a message for him from Marianela. From whom? says Fedra, fluttering her eyelids.

While they load Mauricio and Dandy into the police jeep, the comisario again demands that Brandon tell him where he was. Brandon manages to waffle, and Mano says he got photos and look! He hands over the lirio he got. Unique guy, this Lirio, says the comisario. Brandon says he saw him running off and Oliver wonders why he didn’t call for backup.

MariVicky’s down with the general who looks at her wild-eyed and says she’s the angel of his dreams, come to save them from the plague. MariVicky is creeped out and turns to ask Benigno how long he’s been this way – he was fine the last time she saw him. She drops her purse and Benigno picks it up, fortunately too much of a gentleman to look up her micro micro mini of a skirt. Benigno explains that he just suddenly got that way – lost his mind and his money too. MariVicky asks about that and Benigno explains the will, and how it leaves everything to Eman.

Paula comes in and thanks MariVicky for helping Gretel and wants to see her. MariVicky says Paula, I just can’t right now, but I’ll send her a kiss. Paula wonders how MariVicky knew her name and MV says Gretel told her. Whew! Close one! Paula tells her to tell Gretel that she loves her like she was her own – in fact, Max in his craziness even thinks she is.

MariVicky tells Paula that Mari wanted her to look for something in her room, but she doesn’t want the others to see her going upstairs. Paula says she can use the service elevator.

Ilitia and Fedra are vocal about wondering why MariVicky had to be invited. Emil says it’s because she’s Marianela’s friend and because as head of the household, he says so. Eman asks Ilitia why she’s so jealous. Axel comments that MariVicky is good-looking, but Kristel assures him it’s all makeup.

The doorbell rings and this time it’s the police, namely the comisario and Brandon, wanting to talk to Kristel since her boyfriend just got picked up for trafficking in illegal goods. Kristel’s lower lip trembles.

MariVicky sits on the bed in her old bedroom? Eman’s room? and rants about what they did to Maximo. She picks up a photo of La Gorda and says she’s not her anymore, she’s here to wreak justice on Fedra and Eman. Eman shows up at the door and asks her what’s she’s doing there.

Nereida is dragging Delicia by the arm, Delicia protesting that she doesn’t feel good. Nereida tells her she’s a servant and doesn’t have the luxury of being sick, it’s an important dinner and to get to work. Delicia starts polishing the flatware when in comes Bernardo who comes into the kitchen and grabs her from behind and starts slobbering on her.

Brandon tries to politely say why they want to question Kristel, but Emil protests that they’re talking about Mauricio as if he was already found guilty. Kristel babbles foolishly, and Ilitia pulls her aside and tells her to cooperate with Brandon – he can help. Kristel wonders why she’s on his side when she hated him so much before.

Kristel goes back into the living room and tells the police they have no right to ruin her baby’s reputation. Brandon tells her she can help clear him then.

MariVicky says she just walking by and saw Mari’s photo. Eman snatches it from her and tells her not to touch Mari’s holy stuff, that she has no idea how sacred Mari is to him, and how he never did anything but love her. MariVicky says that’s not what she heard, that he was after her money. Eman protests that she knew what the plan was, that he was just trying to find out who was trying to hurt her.

MariVicky says she hopes his wife finds out what kind of creep he is. He grabs her by the shoulders and asks her what her problem is, what is it she wants, anyway? They are within kissing distance, but glaring at one another.

Bernardo is still struggling with Delicia. She grabs a chef’s knife, but he pushes her hand away and struggles with her some more, saying she’s always tantalizing him. Some more struggle and suddenly he looks stunned, then she does too. Excellent.

Suelteme! MariVicky says, shoving Eman away. More protests of his great love for Mari, then MariVicky asking him why he married Ilitia. He’s amazed she’s asking – he explained at the orphanage. MariVicky accuses him of deceiving Ilitia, and he furiously tells her he was honest with Ilitia who knows very well that he can’t ever love her like he did Mari. MariVicky spits at him that he’s using Ilitia like he did Mari.

Eman insists she respect others’ feelings. MariVicky counters that he didn’t respect Mari’s, that she had to flee because of him. Eman says one day he’s going to see Mari face to face and he’ll be able to tell her everything he feels. If she listens, says MariVicky, who is now inches from his lips. She will, he says, when I’m impassioned, I always succeed. (Well, not really. He flopped pretty spectacularly before.)

Suddenly he kisses her forcefully and she struggles a bit, then they both get into some big sloppy open-mouthed kissing, which reminds us that kissing is more fun to do than to watch sometimes.

Bernardo is clutching his bleeding side and there’s Delicia with the knife in her bloody hand, blood all over her apron. We know this is not going to look good. Delicia says she didn’t mean to, but he attacked her. She calls for help and Nereida comes running. Bernardo points at Delicia saying that he just came to the kitchen for a few things and she jumped him with a knife.

More kissing, and Eman notices that MariVicky is trembling. She shoves him away. He says she’s been wanting him since they met, he’s seen it in her eyes. and he’s going to show her that he can make a woman happy, even a cold one like her, hardly the sort of thing we want to hear from the lead galan. It almost sounds like a page of Mauricio script got mixed in the Emanuel pages for the day. Anyway, there’s more kissing.

Kristel, chin jutting defiantly and tears running down her cheeks, tells Brandon and the comisario in a shaky voice that they are picking on her baby. They are very gentle with her, saying nobody’s been convicted of anything yet. The comisario offers to leave the room so she doesn’t feel ganged up on.

Kristel tells Brandon he’s just jealous because her baby is a businessman and he’s just a poor naco. He tells her not to be insulting. One day they’ll go have some nice barbeque but today, he says, suddenly stern and angry, she needs to tell him about Mauricio’s illegal doings. She asserts everything he does is legal, then she gets confused and hysterical, and he pursues her around the table, telling her she better drop Mauricio because he’s involved in all kinds of illegal stuff. She squeals and runs from the room.

Kristel runs into her mother’s arms where she gains a little courage. Emil asks Brandon if he found out what he wanted, and Brandon tells him it looks like she’s covering up if she knows. They all square off a little, but then there are cries from the kitchen, and everyone runs to see.

Like it, huh? says newly creepy Eman. MariVicky says he’s the last man on the planet she’d end up in the sack with. You say no, he says, but your body, your eyes, your skin all say yes. Actually, her body is saying suelteme as she tries to shove him away, but he says he feels how she is trembling for him. It’s stronger than he is, he says, he just can’t help himself.

Great. It seems like all the guys in the show turn all rapey on us. Is noble Fidel next? Oliver? Emil? No, no, please not sweet little Benigno! I think lawyer Pacheco would only attack a pastry, thank goodness. Anyway, they kiss when suddenly we hear Ilitia calling him. They jump away from each other.

Delicia tells Fedra and Emil that Bernardo came in and was molesting her. Nereida, holding Bernardo, says she came in and saw Delicia attacking him. Delicia swears it’s not true. Brandon kindly tells her he has to take her down to the station. Axel asks her why she did it and she glares at him and says she wasn’t ever again going to let a man make her do something she didn’t want to do. Upside: all this discussion gives more time for Bernardo to leak blood because of course nobody has called the paramedics.

Back at the station, Mano is furious that the Lirio tied Oliver up. And why didn’t Oliver defend himself? Oliver says he was awfully deft and quick. Mano reminds him that the comisario said that the Lirio might be a policeman. Oliver disappeared just when the Lirio appeared. Could he be the Lirio?

Ilitia hollers that Eman better open the door, or she’ll kick it down. (Did Eman lock when he came in?) MariVicky smiles and tells Eman to let his wife see what kind of guy he is. He goes to open the door and Ilitia and MariVicky give each other the High Noon stare. The sound and picture get all goofy, so I can’t understand exactly what Ilitia’s saying, but suffice it to say she’s plenty pissed off.

MariVicky says ask your husband what he was doing. Okay, says Eman. I was kissing Vicky (and rats, I couldn’t catch the rest of the line!).

Avances: Ilitia denounces Eman in front of his family and then later, out on the lawn, tells him it’s time for a divorce.

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At the rendezvous cafe, Adolfo receives the cash briefcase and waits impatiently for Susana, sprawled in the street with the blackmail booty, unbeknownst to him who doesn't care enough to learn what the sirens and noise are about.

Leonardo visits a retirement home and hears from a former Ávila theater troupe member the name of Inés Hernandez, a wardrobe mistress who might know about the death of Márta. Meanwhile from his apartment, Roberto phones Mario's house and is startled with news Susana left their employ.

At a television studio warehouse, Leonardo finds Inés wedged among vast row upon row of floor-to-ceiling costume racks, where she confides she never thought Santiago killed Márta. He wouldn't hurt a flea, she claims; but reluctant to hurt the daughters, demurs until Leonardo prompts that Márta was pregnant at her marriage.

Then the wardrobe mistress admits Márta ran around; and the troupe owner supposedly fathered one child, whereupon Leonardo deduces in surprise the child must be Carlos! Inés continues, implicating a rich man in Márta's succeeding pregnancy, who abandoned her -- leading Santiago to step in and marry Márta.

She plans to meet Leonardo for coffee after delivering costumes to the set. Wasting around at the rendezvous cafe, Adolfo phones here and there fruitlessly to locate Susana, as the ambulance arrives behind him to take her away. Back at the studio cafetaria, Inés relates a tale of a dust up over a costume belonging to Márta.

Márta became miffed one day to have to retrieve her costume from Yolanda Rey's dressing room; and then later both Yolanda and Adolfo showed up at wardrobe, incensed the dress was missing. Leonardo is fascinated to learn the dress was covered with stones, used in the South American tour and disappeared after Márta's murder.

At Mauricio's studio, he explains to Elsa his quick one-day trip to the beach to sign the contracts, before they all go at the weekend. When she hedges to back out, Mauricio insists he's going to need her; Caramelo will have fun, and everything will be fine if she meant what she said about Juan José, reassuring Elsa.

Later at Leonardo's apartment, Julieta learns he's a widower and that Paula is ten; and when she avers she'd enjoy taking care of his daughter, Leonardo hesitates until Julieta assures him she likes Paula -- and cares very much about he himself. Comprehension dawning, Leonardo smiles and returns the sentiment, thanking her.

They laugh at his insistence that Julieta's going to get good and tired of Paula over the next month; but when she asks what if he's wrong about that, he gives her a thoughtful look and declares easily that then he'll marry her, making Julieta giggle happily.

That evening at Juan José's, he sits morosely in the dark, smoking and listening to the neighborhood dogs howl. Enter Asunción, snapping on the lights and discovering Juan José's bleak problem: Dora returned but refuses to testify. Asunción encourages him to seek Leonardo's help to open Dora up.

Presently Elsa phones about taking Caramelo to the beach; but Juan José's preoccupied and will talk to her later, hanging up to rush out to see the policeman. Across town at Adolfo's, Bertha descends attired in a fetching little black dress, and he admires how she fills it out.

Bertha reports a Susana phoned earlier; and he easily denies it was the Genovés maid, claiming the caller's just a business partner. Pouring them identical whiskies while Adolfo appreciates the view, Bertha reminds him that he has only to ask whatever he wants of her.

He agrees, but only in case of the utmost importance -- and only if she wants to, with no strings attached. He adores having her there at his house and giving her whatever she needs; she knows that, he contends. Looking into her eyes, Adolfo makes Bertha smile, declaring he likes her so very much!

At his apartment Leonardo is just startling Ramón with the news that Márta is also the mother of Carlos Ávila when the bell rings and it's Juan José, who in turn startles Leonardo to report that Dora is at the hospital. He explains his problem of her reticence, and Leonardo immediately agrees to convince her it's better to talk.

Back at Adolfo's, phoning Roberto for news of Susana, Adolfo surprises him with the end run they made, cutting him out -- except Susana never showed. Adolfo orders him to round her up and get back with her location. Adolfo hangs up, gulping pills before bed.

Alejandra waits for Juan José at home while keeping company with Caramelo congenially this time. They sweetly compliment each other, Alejandra shyly admits to being Juan José's girlfriend, and then she helps Caramelo with her homework.

In the ICU waiting room, Leonardo finds Dora but has no more luck with Dora than Juan José; she's firm that no one else will be hurt, and furthermore if the letter turns up, she'll deny it. Not even the threat of calligraphic proof will persuade her to say anything that might possibly hurt David more or the family.

Leonardo must yield to Dora's tearful terror and is just comforting her when Gabriela appears announcing she thinks David's breathing is improved, and Dora rushes off to see him. Alone together, Gabriela also has no luck making Leonardo talk on what information he's gathered about the woman, Márta.

Apologizing, he prepares to leave, but not before remarking how great Julieta's been with Paula and he wonders how to repay her. At Juan José's, Asunción regales Alejandra and Caramelo with tales of his one hapless beach foray when Juan José returns, and Caramelo bribes him with $15 pesos to let her uncle travel to the beach.

Alejandra and Juan José think uncle and tyke have retired, so they nuzzle and snog, enticed by the itsy bitsy bikinis in Alejandra's shopping bag. Watching them gallop off up the stairs, though, Caramelo was eavesdropping; and when asked why her aunt Elsa never did so, Asunción can only shrug it was just stupidity.

Upstairs, Alejandra thrills Juan José with the festive scraps of fabric and is just going to try them on when the phone rings, and it's Garnica in the extortionist guise. Juan José seems resigned at first to learn from the uncultured voice that it turns out he now needs double the amount -- or no letter.

Garnica just laughs on his end at Juan José's growing fury, demanding the names of the perpetrators; but Garnica only makes the same deal and arrangements as last time and hangs up. Alejandra's incensed Juan Jose's thinking of paying the money and begs him not to be bled until dry. Juan José agrees that would happen.

But he won't go to the police; so when Alejandra learns Juan José thinks he saw a black SUV during the first drop, a light bulb goes on, and she offers -- why don't they record it! She owns a video camera with a five-hour capacity. He makes her laugh fantasizing it would be fabulous to video her in the bikinis.

In the ICU, Dora watches over her son, when suddenly there's a slight movement in his right hand -- and then his head. David's eyes are struggling to open, as she gasps his name and runs for the nurse's station to shout the miraculous news. Dozed off in the waiting room, Gabriela awakens and rushes to the ICU.

She clasps his hand, his eyes open, and he can see her face. Dora is ecstatic! Back on the street outside Mario's, Adolfo drives up and takes Édgar aside, flashing cash and directing him to a street corner meeting in 20 minutes. Furtive Édgar appears at the appointed time and place for an offer he apparently can't refuse.

The closer he gets to that thick pad of cash, the more loyal to Adolfo he becomes, until he's thoroughly co-opted to work for him, stashing the cash in his suit pocket. He's to remain on the job and spy on everyone, especially Mario. At your service! And he'll be well paid, Adolfo assures him, the cash eliciting a smile.

When Elsa picks Caramelo up at Juan José's for shopping, she's suspicious of Asunción begging off the beach trip to take care of unspecified "things" for Juan José. At the ICU, "Mario" has to make excuses to Gabriela for Santiago's failure to appear, despite David's recovery, and then he exits to visit his "son."

In the waiting room, Julieta introduces the idea to Gabriela that there could possibly be something between her and Leonardo, and Gabriela's tickled to hear it. While in David's room, Santiago feels it's time to introduce David's mother to him. He surprises David first with the news that she's alive; and a good woman.

It's better she talks to you herself, Santiago says, turning toward the door. And oh yes, she's Dora!

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