Caray, Caray!

Miranda and Father Santiago are in the chapel. She tells him that it seems strange that her father would not have known Alejandro’s father since everyone else seemed to have known him. She says she feels someone is hiding something. Father Santiago thinks back to the scene in his office when his nephew, Alejandro, and Fernanda were begging him to help her stall for time enough to win over her 3 daughters and not to tell Miranda or the others that she is really their mother. Then Miranda says that Alejandro knows Bertha has a briefcase of papers of his fathers and he’s ready to get it back at all cost. Bertha wants to take advantage of this in order to keep him at her side.
Miranda shocks the priest by telling him Bertha is in love with Alejandro.

Back at Amparo and Francisco’s house the brother and sister are joking about her being stood up by Ramon. Raul walks in and argues with his dad about wanting to go with Lizania to a friend’s hacienda for a couple of days. Eventually Francisco gives in, but warns Raul to behave respectfully around Lizania. He’s in no mood to become a grandpa so soon.....

Back at the mansion in Mexico City Bertha is buckling up the briefcase when Miranda knocks, enters, and orders her aunt to tell her the truth about what happened between her aunt, her mother, and Alejandro’s mother and father years ago. Bertha warns Miranda never to dare lay a hand on her again and never to try ordering her around, either. Miranda answers that she knows her aunts characteristic tricks and she’s not playing that game with her anymore so not to avoid answering the question. Bertha warns Miranda that she’s getting dangerously close to finding out a truth that she will not like and to just let the dead rest in peace. At that moment she sees Miranda’s eyeing the briefcase on the bed there. Miranda asks for the truth again but Bertha just smiles evilly and whispers for her to “search” herself. “You’re so close to it you’re butting up against it. So look!” she whispers again, smiling like the cat who ate the canary. Miranda walks out disgusted and wonders what all her aunt’s riddles meant. Right then her cell rings and it is Alejandro telling her he couldn’t go to bed tonight thinking she was still angry with him. She laughs and asks him if he’s actually serious and he says yes. Tomorrow he’s going to visit her dad and ask for her hand formally. Nothing should ever come between them. She accepts his proposal this time and tells him she knows where Bertha is keeping the briefcase of his dad’s as she’s just seen it. She tells him she’ll get it back for him.

Juan is tucking Florencia into bed and she’s depressed because Fabricio was gone all afternoon and evening. She figure’s she’s alone in this problem carrying the baby to term and all. Juan says absolutely not. Florencia admits she’s behaved badly around Dr. Fernanda and she only wants to bless her these days. Juan assures her Fernanda doesn’t hold grudges, then leaves the room. He’s entering into the hallway when Renata comes by and begins insulting him telling him if he were so decent he’d be long gone by now. He gives it right back at her telling her she’s the rude, low class person there, not him. He’s been the gentleman all along. Besides, if he's so awful, why’s she staring at him? She stomps off and Tomasa walks by asking him if he’s interested in Renata. He tells her he’s absolutely charmed by her. He never imagined his madrina might have a daughter as beautiful as Renata. Tomasa warns him not to set his sights so high because Renata will no doubt never return the feeling. He agrees and says not to worry about him.

Fabricio finally returns home to bed very late in the evening. He lies to his wife about having been at his mothers ranch all this time, but he’s guiltily remembering how he’s spent the time making love to Veronica in some hidden corner of the hacienda. Unwittingly Florencia tries to make love with him and they begin kissing, but he can’t continue and leaves the bed to take a bath. He’s “tired”.

Veronica is confiding in Erica about the time she spent with Fabricio earlier when Renata comes in. Veronica and she argue about how ridiculously rude she’s been toward Juan. Renata tells her the next time she says something mean about her she’ll kick her out and back she goes to Mexico City. After she leaves, Veronica tells Erica that she’ll do what she pleases and stick around just as long as she has a mind to. Renata has picked on the wrong person.

The next morning Fernanda tells Julio he’s being discharged. Julio thanks her for her wonderful medical care. He asks her where she’s been and why she really left so long ago. Nobody knew anything of her after that. She responds that Gonzalo certainly did and he made her life Hell all those years. Julio says he never could believe her morals were as lacking as that. She tells him they weren’t. The man wasn’t her lover and he was kissing her by force when Gonzalo appeared. He sent her off without letting her explain a word of it. Julio says he figured this. He says their friendship ended long ago and they only continue together because of the demands of the business. “Anyway, Gonzalo is hardly the one to cast the first stone!” He shocks Fernanda by telling her that before they got married, Gonzalo and Bertha were lovers first.

Luciano and Alejandro are at the gym first in the sauna and then getting massages and swmming. While there they talk about whether Alejandro should continue with his plans for vengeance. Alejandro says he’s definitely not going back on the idea. In fact, he plans on also asking Gonzalo for Miranda’s hand. Luciano warns him that she will hate him if she ever finds out. Alejandro says he figures she won’t find out and if she does, by then she’ll be married to him. So Luciano advises him he’ll start preparing the prenuptial agreement, but Alejandro says he doesn’t want that. Miranda will baulk and he could very well lose her over something like that. Luciano says that he has no choice because his dad’s will stated that one had to be drawn up and signed or the inheritance passes to Daira and Lizania. Alejandro says, well, if he doesn’t get back that briefcase of his fathers there won’t be any inheritance to give over!!

Bertha sits down as Miranda is finishing her breakfast on the patio. Miranda is going back that day to the hacienda to deal with the employee problems. Bertha tells her that when she finds out she had nothing to do with any of that she expects an apology and given at her feet. Miranda answers that “neither that nor the face of God will you ever see, Bertha!” Miranda then leaves and sneaks into Bertha’s room to look for the briefcase, but she hasn’t got enough time to look further. She figures she’ll wait till Bertha is gone.

Bertha physically abuses Charo while Juan tries to get Florencia to exercise in the pool. He goes swimming and Renata insults him again. Then Veronica and Erica show up and she begins flirting with him also! At the same time Roman shows up with flowers at Amparo’s door and apologizes for standing her up the night before. She invites him in for coffee and asks him if he’s married, single, divorced, or a widower. He’s single but doesn’t figure for long, and later he tells his story. She tells him Florencia’s story and how she suffered all those years and why.

At the prison Gonzalo tells Alejandro how someone tried to attack him and will probably again. He also complains that Miranda came there with Cesar, who has convinced her that he’s totally innocent and a victim of her father’s; Gonzalo worries that the miserable wretch will try something with one of his daughters. Alejandro tells him not to worry and then asks for Miranda’s hand, saying he wants to marry in a short while. Meanwhile, Luciano is conducting the council meeting of the shareholding associates. He tells them that the company is bankrupt and to sell the shares, the company must go up for sale. Miranda overhears this and comes in to say, never! The company is not going to be put up for sale ever. Luciano tells her she’s twenty minutes early and must leave. She goes out to wait for Vicente.

At the prison Vicente comes in with the news that Juilo’s sons just called saying they’re withdrawing the complaint. Gonzalo will be getting out on bail now while they try to discover who really committed the fraud at the company. Alejandro quietly observes while Gonzalo tells Vicente that he must stall the meeting of the shareholders until he gets out of the prison and can meet with them and must avoid Miranda’s involvement there. It’s obvious that Gonzalo is hiding something. Alejandro agrees that Gonzalo should arrange a meeting with Julio’s sons. After Vicente leaves, he asks Gonzalo what the problem is. Gonzalo avoids answering straight. (He remembers that Miranda is the true owner of the company and if this becomes known at the meeting because of the clauses in the company rules and mandated proceedings, she will be put in jail in her father’s place to face trial.) Instead, Gonzalo asks him to help him financially by becoming a partner in order to infuse the company with the cash it needs to become solvent again. Alejandro smiles at this.

Veronica insults and angers Renata again while at the pool. She tells her that Renata and Juan are both alike and thieves. She’s overplayed her hand and Renata kicks her out and says the driver will take her to the airport as soon as she’s packed. She is no longer welcome there.

Luciano is trying to buy up shares for a fraction when Alejandro calls up to ask if Miranda’s entered the meeting room yet. He instructs Luciano to demand the clauses be acted upon and that under no circumstance is he to give in on any negotiating point. Miranda and Vicente enter the meeting room. Luciano demands the official meeting and proceedings begin. He asks that because Miranda is not an associate she must comply with the rules and leave the room. She gets up to do so but Vicente stops her and says precisely because of the rules in these proceedings Miranda must stay. Luciano is confounded. He stands there wondering what shoe is going to drop next and where Vicente is going with this.

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I thought since Promiscuous Reader will be blogging Heridas tonight, I'd drop in on Barrera de Amor, which is in its final episodes. Its death throes, you might say.

A fax is extruded from Unibrow's machine. It's actually from Federico! A notice of Andres' bull-fight, which is this very afternoon. Federico and Jacinta are trying to foment disaster.

Unibrow commences shouting and does not stop all night. "Everybody knew, everybody betrayed me, you all went behind my back and helped Andres do this thing which I had forbidden!"

Daniel and a miscellaneous henchman (named Severino, wearing a hot pink shirt) rush off to the plaza to warn Andres that he has another raging bull after him.

Valeria spends the entire night sequestered in a nunnery somewhere, praying ardently for Andres' safety. Evidently they're on the outs - though she still loves him - no doubt Jacinta has successfully engineered some piece of business to separate them.

Veronica was completely unseen. She is in fact in a mental institution and Maite and Victor are only allowed to see her once a week. They pray for her, then go to the bullfight.

Jacinta and Federico go to the bullfight too, to see the results of their mischievous intervention.

Somehow, Manolo and her dad have lost Gustavo! It seems he recently almost managed to strangle Manolo to death, so I guess he's been recovering. But even though he was still helplessly confined to bed, now he's disappeared. It seems he somehow got onto a truck, and then somehow tumbled out of the truck into the road, which wasn't so good for him. Now he's in a hospital and nobody knows who he is (I saw from the previews, though, that tomorrow night Victor will arrive and recognize him). The doctor is puzzled as to how a guy who is confined to bed could throw himself out of a car. "How his family must be worrying about him." Tee-hee: yes, Manolo and her dad are desperate to find their near-corpse before he rats them out.

After preening thoughtfully in the mirror for a long long time, Andres prays, invoking Nuria's name (I gather she's dead). He is driven to the plaza; people crowd around to get his autograph and there are tv reporters and cameras. He looks pretty spiffy in his suit of lights, which Maite bought for him after selling her famous necklace. He thought-bubbles: "I hope that after today I never have to lie to my father again."

There is a trick horse in the bullfighting ring, it can dance the Charleston. This is the best sight in the episode. I want to see more of that horse. The guy on the horse is pretty spiffy too.

Andres puts on his stupid bullfighting hat to the sound of emotional, soaring ... synthesizer riffs. And, here comes the bull! And, here comes Severino! and bringing up the rear, here comes Daniel! He is puffing, sweating, gasping, and staggering. "Oh, are you OK?" Severino, you moron, it would be clear to anybody that Daniel is definitely not ok.

Andres does well in the ring. The bull loses his ear (don't worry, we don't see how it happens).

And here comes the other bull: Unibrow, huffing and puffing as he jogs ponderously down the tunnel looking fierce. He emerges, becomes ashen when he sees his son in the ring, and Maite sees him and then she becomes ashen, and Jacinta sees him and is pleased because her mischief is working well. Unibrow shouts at everybody in sight: "If anything happens to Andres, it's YOUR FAULT!" That's mature, Unibrow.

Andres comes backstage after the first round and everybody is clustered in the dust and there's lots more shouting and then Daniel faints and, as they call the medics, he tells Andres to be a great bullfighter and then dies. Unibrow and company take Daniel to a hospital, where attempts to revive the poor boy are futile, and now Unibrow shouts more, and blames Maite, and also blames Andres. Then Andres says: "I'm leaving forever, you lost two sons tonight..."

... and then goes back into the ring for round two! And succeeds some more. Pardon my lack of bullfighting terminology to describe his little waves and feints and whatnot. Anyway, at the end, he brandishes completely clean and tidy and bloodless bull body-parts at the crowd. In fact not a drop of blood has been seen today, it's the cleanest bullfight you could imagine. He dedicates his victory to his brother.

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After Fabricio stomps away from the pool, Squeaky gets on Florencia’s case a little bit for being such a whiny bitch. Pot, meet kettle.

In the prison visiting room, Miranda tentatively approaches Gonzalo, who is sitting with his back to her. She says “Papa?” and he gets up and emotionally hugs her. Remember they haven’t seen each other in a long time, since Gonz was arrested. Gonz tells her “I didn’t want you to see me here, this way, that’s why I asked Alejandro to….” He stops when he sees Cesar walk in behind Miranda, doing his best innocent little kid look. Gonz immediately tries to go after him to wring his neck and wipe that smug bastard look off of his face, but Miranda stops him. She tells Gonz that there isn’t any proof that Cesar was behind everything, that he has been a big help to her during this time, etc. Gonz doesn’t want to hear any of it, he knows better. Cesar whines and blames everything on Julio. Gonz tells him rudely to get out. Now. Miranda asks him to wait outside so she can talk to her father alone. Before leaving, Cesar delivers a disgustingly magnanimous speech about how he’s taking care of everything, he’s keeping the family together and safe, he’s looking out for the company, etc. Gonz restrains himself from killing Cesar on the spot and Cesar leaves. Gonz tells Miranda to stay away from Cesar. Miranda again protests Cesar’s innocence. She’s a real dumbass sometimes, she is supposed to be capable of running the company but she is taken in by the simplest of lies again and again. Gonz tells her to stay away from Cesar anyway – regardless of proof or whatever, just stay away from him! Then he takes a deep breath to change the subject and asks how Florencia is doing. Miranda completely lies and says Flor is fine and happy with Fab. If those two are happy, I don’t want to see a couple that doesn’t get along. Gonz asks Miranda if she still loves Fab – she says she has been with him since they were kids, how can she forget so fast? Though – there is a new special someone in her life. Gonz completely ignores that remark, surprisingly. What dad doesn’t want to know who his daughter is in love with? He says he doesn’t want her to spend time with Fab either, his actions confuse her and give her hope.

Alejandro and are playing golf. To me this guy is bad hair Santiago and I can’t remember his new name, so I’ll use to refer to him. As soon as I can get his new name in my head I’ll use it. They talk business. Alejandro has a legitimately decent golf swing (I’ve spent most of my career in the golf business, so watching people on TV or in movies who pretend they can golf but have horrible technique is grating) but ’s swing is awful. At least his character is supposed to suck at golf. They talk about the reserved shares, more biz stuff that I don’t entirely understand. tells Alejandro that there is still time to call the whole thing off, but Alejandro says Gonzalo needs to pay for what he did. He says in a couple days he’ll make Miranda an offer.

Back in prison – Gonz and Miranda argue about Fab, Miranda says to not worry about it! They argue about Cesar. Again. Miranda says Fernanda is at the Hacienda to help Florencia, Gonzalo snorts and sneers at the mention of her name. In the end he says to her, “just stay close to Alejandro, have confidence in him, no one else.” Miranda promises to get him out of jail soon. How, with magic?

Fabricio is sulking, shirtless, I’m sure you ladies all loved that. He’s no Luis but there is a little beefcake moment for you. Then for me and any guys watching, Veronica (who wears a bikini very nicely) shows up to comfort him and bring him a towel. And doubtlessly to move in on him. Fab whines, Veronica agrees with him of course and touches him and moves closer as much as possible. Basically she is giving him the “you deserve better” deal that the other woman/man always gives. Tomasa and Gabino burst in, causing them to separate. There is an emergency, all the women employees (wives of employees?) are causing a riot and they need Fab to come help. He rushes off. Veronica has a “I’ll see him later” look. She’s not very pretty, but like I said, she wears her bikini well. I think the young female cast members were chosen for their bikini wearing skills, because while they aren’t all pretty, they all look great by the pool.

Cesar is in his office smoking a lot. He rehashes everything with his associate (what’s his name?) They talk business and Cesar tells the guy about his plans to conquer Miranda.

Back on the golf course, ’s phone rings, he tells Alejandro “it’s the guy who is calling about the stock!” (It’s Cesar on the other end) Alejandro tells him to answer and pretend he’s alone. answers and hands the phone to Alejandro, who hears Cesar ask for a meeting. He hands the phone back and says “tell him tomorrow night at the club for dinner.” relays the information and hangs up. Cesar looks smug as usual, thinking he is such a hot shot. Alejandro says that tomorrow night he can finally find out what Cesar wants. Back in his office, Cesar and the other guy plan their attack.

Fab, who got dressed, is trying to calm down all the ladies, who are all dressed indentically. He convinces them to wait until Miranda arrives before they riot. He takes charge with Gabino and Tomasa, arranging security at the hacienda. Then he is on the phone with Miranda, who thanks him for everything and asks him to keep an eye on the girls. Oh he’s keeping an eye on one girl at least. This is the first time Fab has done more than stand there, sulk, or whine.

Charo asks Miranda what is going on, then tells Miranda about what Bertha said before, blaming the lack of raises on Miranda. Miranda yells at her for not telling her before. Poor Charo, she gets fired and yelled at constantly. Miranda calms down and thanks her for the information.

Cesar and the other guy are talking to Julio’s sons. He tells them that they have to go to Gonzalo and say that they believe Gonzalo about Julio being guilty but they have to say that Cesar is the one who convinced them of that. They are conflicted until Cesar finds some way to dangle money in front of them, then they start to come around.

All the girls and friends are at the table when Juan enters looking for Florencia. He is there to take care of her until Fernanda arrives. Squeaky screams that he isn’t a doctor he’s a dirty thief! The hens all start clucking until Flor sends them all away. Last to leave is super slut Veronica, who eyes Juan up and down three times before finally leaving.

Miranda storms into Bertha’s room and starts to try and beat her up. Awesome! But Alejandro shows up and stops it before she can put a fist in her face. A man would have walked in and just started hitting, but Miranda decided to grab her and shake her instead. Give her a bloody nose! Ah well. Miranda tells what happened, Bertha denies everything, sobs and looks pitiful, Alejandro tells Miranda he’s disappointed in her. I know he’s the good guy, but he’s kind of a self-important prick sometimes, like he’s better than everybody else. They all argue some more. Bertha lays the victim act on THICK. She tells Miranda that it’s a good thing the dog didn’t see what happened, he would have torn Miranda apart. She then tells Miranda, how do you know Charo isn’t telling you this to get revenge on me for firing her? Bertha always has an angle. She leaves. Miranda fumes at Alejandro, “Now you defend Bertha. I see it, but I don’t believe it!”

Julio’s sons are still on the fence. Cesar finally gets angry and says “You are either with me completely, or against me completely!”

Florencia tells Juan that she believes him about the alleged thievery and that she’s glad he’s there to help her. She takes his hand to make him feel better, he is upset at being treated so badly by the rich bitches. Fab walks in and sees this and is immediately jealous. He, the two-timer, is jealous. He demands to talk to Flor alone. Fab and Flor stomp off to have yet another fight.

Fernanda is back at the hospital/care center/whatever and is yelling at everyone “how could you let Naty get out!” They make plans to put the place on lockdown and find her.

Tomasa is now talking to Juan. Juan tells her that he will now be in charge of all of Florencia’s medication, diet, everything. Tomasa does her best Adalgisa imitation, wringing her hands, worrying about him stepping on Bertha’s toes. Juan starts asking questions about Renata. Obviously the next subplot will be Juan and Renata, I’m saying it here first.

Fab and Flor fight, Fab stomps out, super slut Veronica swoops after him to move in for the kill.

Fernanda visits Pamela and her mom at the hospital. Mom is babbling on about having spotty memories, etc. Turns out that mom’s condition is from emotional stress and she’ll be ok. Pamela also doesn’t need to worry about some virulent strain of family insanity. But she has to be careful, she could be susceptible to the same emotional problems as her mother.

Lasagna storms into the living room where Alejandro is working on his laptop computer, she starts whining like a 12 year old about how she wants to bring Raul to the hacienda but Mom said no! She’s hot but the whiny little kid stuff certainly takes away from that. Alejandro says fine she can bring him, but she has to be responsible. Whatever that means. Use a condom? Daira asks Alejandro about him and Miranda, he says it’s complicated. No it’s not, they are just crazy. He won’t tell her about his plan with Bertha, he says she should just trust him anyway. Yeah right. If my wife sees me kissing some other woman, she isn’t going to think “hmm he must have a really good reason,” she’s going to pull a Lorena Bobbitt on me.

Miranda prays at the church, the Padre comes in. She asks him a lot of questions about who knows who, who was where, they both have flashbacks about different stories from way back when. It’s all a little confusing.

Amparito is at the table, upset because she has been stood up for her date. Francisco comforts her a little, a complete 180 from his asshole behavior previously. Raul comes in to ask about going away for a few days. Francisco yells at him, saying this isn’t a hotel where you can just come and go as you please. Raul stomps out.

Miranda stomps into Bertha’s room and tells her “You are going to tell me everything that happened with you, my mother, and Alejandro’s parents.” They stare at each other until the credits roll. I still want a fistfight but I don’t think I’m going to get it.

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Permalink posted by Ferro94 @ 10:22 AM 6 comments

A dialogue-heavy episode takes forever to recap. Here were three dialogue-heavy episodes, so here is a long recap, preceeded as usual by corrections and a boring preamble from me.

Corrections:

• Alicia's pepper spray turned out not to be illegal (she would have been in a lot more trouble if it had). However, it was still illegal for her to use it since the gang did not attack or threaten them (but it's perfectly okay to get into someone's car uninvited?).
  
• The false name Fernando gave at the hotel was Alberto Moradia. I'm not sure if that's significant or not (maybe a joke or pun of some kind). "Morar" means "to dwell."

Boring preamble:

In the Comments, someone said she needed assurance that Lety won't be ugly for too much longer. I can't give a specific answer, but I will say that you'd better not hold your breath. It'll be a while. Long enough that you need to get used to her the way she is. If Fern can do it, you can too!

This comment reminded me of something my mother said when we went to see ET many years ago. She said, "I guess it was a cute movie, but why did they have to make him so ugly?"

Sigh. Totally missing the point.

Now, who wants a recap? I do!

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Main story

Lety greets Fernando and Marcia. She awkwardly asks how they are doing. Marcia, bemused to be addressed by this impudent creature, says they are doing about as well as they can, or words to that effect. Marcia excuses herself, and Fern tells Lety "we need to talk." He throws his car keys at Celso, but Celso misses. Fern scolds him for letting a hangover interfere with his work. He also asks if he has alcohol in his coffee cup (not that Fern ever drinks on the job, LOL). Lety giggles. She self-consciously walks several paces behind Fern as they go into the building. Fern sarcastically praises PM for being on time.

PM wants to know how Lety's date went. Lety said it was divine, and how was PM's? PM said it was horrible. Just then, Saimon comes in. PM greets him. He replies cheerfully... to Lety. He says what a beautiful day it is, as opposed to last night, which was horrible.

Up in the exec suite, the feas want to know how Lety's date went too. They are interrupted by Marcia. She tells Lety to say where Fern went last night. Lety is speechless. Marcia says she knows what they did last night. She slept with Fern! The feas all clap in support of Marcia, who waves triumphantly.

Lola is clapping in Lety's ear, trying to snap her out of a daydream. Lety excuses herself and goes to Fernando's office. Fern tells her that he's concerned that Lety must think he lied about going home by himself. She tells him it's okay, but he wants to explain. He got home and Marcia was there, because she had worried about him when he didn't answer his phone, but they didn't do anything. Again Lety says don't worry, and goes into her office. She mutters happily, "he's mine, and only mine."

Marcia summons Lola into her office and tells her to keep their conversation to herself. Marcia wants to know if Fern got any calls last night at Lety's party. Lola says no. Marcia asks what did he do at the party? Lola tells how RoboPop occupied Fern for a long time with a story about his Uncle Lazaro. Lola laughs, remembering, but Marcia is not in a sociable mood. She asks if, at any time, he (??) at Lety's party. Lola says no. Marcia says thank you and dismisses Lola abruptly.

The feas beg Lola to explain what that was all about (Juana even fakes a heart attack, saying that her heart is breaking because Lola won't share her gossip). Lola uncomfortably refuses.

Fern is wrapping up a phone call with Luigi when Omar comes in (he is wearing a striped shirt with a striped tie; this bugs me). He says he's been waiting all night for this moment. He wants to know about last night. He's being crude. They go into the boardroom so they can talk without Lety hearing them. Omar says "tell me everything. Was it horrible?" Fern says no, it wasn't horrible. Reluctantly, he adds, it was romantic - for both of them.

Omar doesn't pick up on Fernando's pensive mood. He tells Fern that he's his hero. What an effort! He's like the Karate Kid! Fern is offended. He says it was nothing like being with a model or a casual friend. He talks about his assistant, and his right hand (I don't think that was supposed to be as funny as it sounded), the woman who can save his life. She is so in love with him. He says lots more that I don't understand. He says it affectid him deeply. Omar says fine, don't tell me everything. He is still flippant. Fernando said it was without jokes or lies. Or he wished it was without jokes or lies. Or Lety deserves no jokes or lies. Something like that.

He describes how it went. He had whiskey, she came out of the bathroom and sat on the bed, looking fragile. He couldn't do it. It was a terrible moment, and he felt like he was dying. He describes how she cried and she kissed her, etc. (Not much about the "etc.") Omar is still rude, asking did he have to look at the photo of Patty Manterola, or think about Sharon Stone. Fern says nope, it was all Lety.

Omar is horrified. He says something about Halloween. Fern is angry. Omar keeps joking, but Fern said it wasn't so bad, except for the way it's hurting his conscience. That woman is truly in love with him. He could feel it. And he says it was sweet.

Omar is worried about the way the encounter has affected Fernando. Fern says the idea of love is important to him. He's been with lots of people who meant nothing to him, but "yo quiero a Lety" (platonically, of course).

Meanwhile, in Lety's office, PM wants to hear every juicy detail, but has to settle for Lety's little giggle, which tells PM all she needs to know. Lety adds, "he said he loves me." PM seems sincerely happy for her. Lety says, "it was magical." She adds that it was sweet.

PM speaks enthusiastically about all the hard work Lety must do to maintain the relationship. Fern walks in behind her, and PM does not see Lety warning her to be quiet. She says she must seduce her boyfriend everywhere - in the car, at home, in the living room, in the bathroom. Fern excuses himself sarcastically. Paula is mortified. She gives Lety a hug and leaves.

Fern pretends to be concerned about what he has just heard PM say about Lety and Tomas. Lety giggles. After all, it was his idea that she should pretend to be seeing Tomas, and PM is interested in these things. She puts her hand on his arm.

Just then, Luigi bursts into Fern's office. He is wearing an unbelievably flattering muscle shirt. Wowiee!! Lety and Fern hurriedly step apart. Luigi asks if he is interrupting something. Fern tells him he should knock if he's so worried about manners. Luigi mischievously asks what they were doing. Fern says they're looking at reports, that's all. Luigi just came in to continue their earlier discussion about Bella Life. (He waves his hands around in a certain way whenever he says "Bella Life." It's funny.) He says he's sorry. "Excuse me," he says in English, and leaves. Fern is flustered by this near-miss. Lety sits at his desk to do something on his computer. They discuss the big huge meeting that's coming up - I believe this is the meeting that will make or break his future as president of the company. They agree they're not prepared.

Marcia gives Alicia a gift - a bag of makeup to replace that which was destroyed by Luigi's dog. Alicia whines that it's not her brand, but generously agrees to accept it. (I don't hear a "gracias.") She says something about the 15th, and Marcia says she's not going to give her any money. Alicia changes the subject - what time did Fern get home last night? Marcia says 3 AM. Alicia's loud exclamation gives Marcia a headache. Al tells Marcia to inspect Fern's clothes for perfume or other evidence. Marcia says that's not necessary, she's sure he had "relaciones" last night. "You mean he told you?" Al asks in horror. Marcia says no, but he didn't want to be with me. "Oh, that's normal," Alicia says knowingly. She describes how Mauricio was like that all the time (sounds like he couldn't stand her). Marcia says that's not normal for Fern. In fact, arguing just seemed to increase his passion. This time, he was cold and distant.

Lety is still at Fern's desk a while later when his phone rings. She answers the phone. Fern, who seems to be telephone-challenged, reaches for base of the phone and holds it to his ear. It's the publicity person from some big company. Fernando panics. She hands him the phone and he takes the call very suavely. (They switch seats so he can feel more presidential.) This company wants Conceptos to do the ads for their line of sports apparel. YES!!! They hug spontaneously. He's crazy with happiness. He wants to call a meeting right after lunch.

Fern tells Omar the good news. Then Fern tells Omar and Lety that their numbers may still need "restructuring" for the big upcoming meeting (not the one this afternoon). He wants this information kept from Marcia. He says something about Filmo-Imagen and putting on makeup (I don't know what this is about). She very reluctantly agrees to cook the books for them. After she goes back to her office, Omar warns Fern of the danger of Lety's involvement. He needs to keep her happy.

During lunch hour, Omar goes out and buys some flowers (peach-colored tulips) for Fern to give Lety. (Alicia and Marcia see Omar bring the flowers into Fern's office.) Fern wants to talk about business, but Omar wants to talk about giving Lety a card and gift for last night.

The feas have gone out for lunch. Several feas are angry and I'm not sure exactly who's mad and why. I think the gist is that Lola hopes Saimon will lure Yazmin away from El Cheque, while PM was hoping to lure Saimon away from Yazmin - in any case, Martha is grumpy from hunger, and angry with Lola for not sharing her gossip about Marcia. Lety is intrigued to know that Lola has had a secret meeting with Marcia. They vote that Lola should tell. Only Irma disagrees.

Finally Lola relents. Lola says that Marcia asked about Lety's party. She wanted to know if he got any calls, etc. They ask Lety some questions, and she gives nervous answers. Juana says something about Lety's boyfriend. Lola says Marcia seemed very emotional. Confirming that he has a lover, and he was with her.

They go back to the office. PM goes with Irma to Luigi's studio, looking for Saimon and/or Yazmin(??). Luigi complains to Irma that this impromptu afternoon meeting is inconveniencing him. He asks where is Yazmin. PM excuses herself, unhappy that Yazmin and Saimon are apparently out together. Later she intercepts them as they get off the elevator, and they have an unfriendly but probably irrelevant exchange.

Alicia answers the phone. It's Roman, looking for Alicia! She tells him that Alicia no longer works for Conceptos. She's gone to Jakarta! Alicia goes whining to Marcia, who is feeling pretty moody. She says she doesn't have time for this, she's getting ready for a meeting. Alicia mentions Jakarta, and Marcia kicks her out.

Lety scolds Fern for skipping lunch. She finds the flowers and mushy card in her office, and is delighted. The card says "our night confirmed that you need me" (or maybe "I need you" - I don't remember). It also says something about the US which I don't get. She gets all swoony.

Lety and Juana prepare the boardroom for the meeting. They have a conversation that I don't understand at all. Juana seems to have a problem of some sort. They talk about cleaning, and something about money, and Lopez (the HR guy).

Fern is mad at Saimon for being so late. He asks, where were you? Saimon says please yell at me. Fern says something about Yazmin, and she mistakenly thinks he's paying attention to her. He quickly disabuses her of this notion. :-) He says they are the West Side Story of Conceptos. She keeps trying to get Fern to look at her boobs.

Omar flirts with Carolina before the afternoon meeting. He asks when she will go out on a date with him, and she says something about the apocalypse, and something about his teeth. He laughs, and they all clap. Carolina greets Lety warmly. Luigi comes in and greets Carolina warmly. Kiss kiss kiss. Something about the new Bella Life (swishy hands) commercial.

Luigi wants the meeting to begin ASAP. Fern says not yet - one of their executives is missing (Marcia). Luigi rudely suggests that the fly (??) go fetch her. Fern and Carolina scold him. Lety calls Marcia's office, but Marcia doesn't answer, so she goes to look for her. Luigi says more mean things about Lety. Omar laughs, and Lopez begins laughing until Fern and Carolina give him disapproving looks. Then he frowns!

Marcia and Alicia are talking about Fern's lover. Alicia asks if Marcia thinks Lety could be his lover. Marcia says he'd more likely be gay than get with Lety. Lopez's name is mentioned too for some reason. Alicia says something else about the "tlacoyo bigoton" (corncake with a mustache) and they laugh. Lety hears all of this. They are still laughing when Lety comes in and says everyone's waiting in the boardroom. After Lety leaves (but is still listening outside), Alicia asks Marcia if she thinks the mustached corncake was listening. (There's more, which I don't understand, but I assume it's bitchy.)

Back in the boardroom, Lopez is attempting to flirt with Carolina. He says something about how she likes her coffee. Luigi makes a condescending remark. Lopez says he was just trying to be nice. Luigi says the men of Conceptos are all dogs. (He holds up his wrists and pants.) Lopez scratches Luigi's arm in a suggestive manner (accompanied by that sound effect from when he rubs his forehead). I have NO idea what that's about, it's gross and Luigi brushes his arm off. He says something about cookies and sugar while Lopez regains his composure.

Marcia finally gets there. She apologizes for being late and practically shuts the door in Lety's face. Luigi does the dog thing again. Fern shakes his head. Luigi says something about English setters and rottweilers. Marcia agrees with him and keeps glancing at Lety.

Fern steers the conversation back to business. He talks about the ads for the Bella Life jewelry line. Luigi invites them to applaud their great director. Only Lety claps. Marcia just looks pissy. Fern sarcastically suggests that they applaud each person in the company - Marcia, Omar (Omar applauds himself), Lopez, Lety, Carolina... he asks Lety how many employees they have. He suggests applauding each one. Most in the room clap, including him, except he's being sarcastic. Marcia's still being pissy, so she doesn't clap, and Carolina just sits there looking amused and detached. Marcia tells Lety not to encourage Fern. She also scolds Fern.

Fern says fine, let's talk about work without any further interruptions from Luigi. He talks about the sports clothing deal. Luigi is excited by this - little shorts, etc. Fern says something about a Fifi. He says the Bella Life contract is for one year, those commercials will be important, and the upcoming Big Meeting is going to be VERY important. To his family, Marcia's family (even Ariel, he adds in a jesting tone), their friends... so they need to be very well prepared.

Luigi mentions the wedding. You know, between him and Fern. ("Un 'jokey,'" he explains apologetically.) Lety looks grim. Luigi says this man is not just in love, he's REALLY in love. He reviews the publicity of their engagement. M and F seem awkward. Carolina asks about the timing of the wedding vs. the Big Meeting.

Luigi goes on and on about the incredible event, which will be bigger than any Conceptos project. Lety looks sick. Fern looks depressed. Carolina asks about the preparations.

(Carolina, Lopez, and Luigi are at one end of the table, looking cheerful. Fern, Marcia, and Lety are at the other end of the table, looking unhappy. Omar is seated between these two groups and never gets to be in frame, so I have no idea what kind of face he's making!)

Marcia tells Fern to talk about the preparations. He stammers and tries to steer back to the business conversation. Lopez excuses himself to do HR stuff. Fern angrily gets up and says the meeting isn't done yet. Marcia stands too and says he doesn't like to talk about the wedding... EVER. He has no interest in it. Everyone looks horrified. Luigi's mouth is in an O. Fern tries to lighten the mood and talks about Lety preparing the reports for the Big Meeting and Luigi doing the jewelry ads for Bella Life. Luigi wants to show off his work and invites them to his studio. Fern says they have to wait for Ariel. This annoys Marcia (I don't know why). She leaves the boardroom, followed by Lopez. Carolina says something about business worries and priorities and weddings and love. She tells Luigi to invite her for coffee, and they leave.

Lety remains morosely at the table and Omar and Fern stand behind her, gesturing to one another. Omar indicates that he wants to leave, Fern indicates that he wants him to stay. He isn't ready to deal with Lety. Lety startles both of them by getting up and saying she's going to her office.

Omar flippantly tells Fern that it was a complicated meeting. "Ya think?" Fern replies sarcastically. They talk for a long time, I miss most of the details but it appears to be yet another rehash of all that's going on. The upshot is that it's now even more important for Fern to keep two potentially dangerous women happy. He also suggests that Fern postpone the wedding. Fern responds with more sarcasm and strangulation. "I'll be back" he says in English, imitating the Terminator.

Lola and Sara have overheard Alicia having a conversation with Tomas (more about that later). They tell PM. PM blames herself (I don't follow her reasoning). The agree they have to help Lety. They tell Lety that her boyfriend is cheating on her. She is momentarily confused until she realizes they mean Tomas. They say yes, with the airhead. They describe the conversation and assure her they're going to take care of it. (Sara's solution seems to involve a lot of violence against Alicia.) Martha, who's been ostracized for cheating on her diet (more on that later), balls her fists too, although it's not clear whether she's angrier with Alicia or with Sara.

Lety says she wants to take care of it herself. PM says she needs their combined experience to deal with this boyfriend-thief. They discuss this some more, and Luigi bustles up to tell Irma they have lots of work to do. She says no, the Bella Life stuff is all ready. He says no, he means Marcia's wedding dress.

Carolina and Luigi check out the gorgeous dress or fabric (it's in a box, we don't get a good look). Carolina sadly says something about a disaster with "tus novios" - I'm not sure if she means Luigi's boyfriends or if she means Fernando and Marcia. She says it's a shame.

The feas discuss the wedding too. Lety says it'll be around the time of the Big Meeting so Fernando's parents can be there for both. Then she either says their wedding will be a compromise, or it's been compromised... I'm not sure. The whole thing seems to be in doubt, and the feas wonder if the wedding and/or relationship is a bad idea. Lety says she doesn't know.

Lety takes a break from moping in her office to call Tomas to yell at him for flirting with Alicia. He is surprised by her ambush and I think he asks if she has bugged his phone! She says no, she has a much more primitive system in place - gossip. Everyone knows about him and the airhead. Tomas protests that Lety had asked him to give the impression that he's rich and handsome, and Alicia is fascinated by that. He promises to cut the relationship off, though. More talking, and they hang up. Tomas complains to himself that she's ugly and irritable.

In Fern's office, Fern and Omar hear most of this and wonder if Lety is more serious about Tomas than she admits. They don't know who the "airhead" is. Fern thinks Tomas is not a threat. He tells about the serenade at her party (I'm not sure how this supports his claim). Omar is not convinced.

Lety interrupts them with some Filmo-Imagen info. Fern asks her what's going on. She says it was just a problem at home and retreats to her office.

Marcia comes in and Omar makes himself scarce. Marcia confronts him about the wedding. He doesn't want to talk about it here. She says he doesn't want to talk about it here, there, or anywhere, at any time. Marcia either issues an ultimatum or cancels the wedding outright. Lety does a happy-dance in her office.

Fern panics and tries to weasel. Lety's name is mentioned. I'm not sure exactly what they say about her. I think Marcia is tired of Lety always being around and hearing everything they say. She says it's black or white - either they marry or they don't.

The littlest mermaid and king of bad timing, Ariel, interrupts them. (Lety hurries to her desk to look busy, just in case he wants to check on her.) Marcia takes Ariel away to the studio.

Fern goes into Lety's office. He asks, doesn't she want to see Luigi's presentation? (I think he just figures Marcia's less likely to confront him if Lety is there.) She says no, she's too busy. He offers to help her, then. (Plan B - avoid confrontation with Marcia by hiding out in Lety's office. This is just the sort of behavior you want in a company president.) She says no.

(During this conversation she has been pulling heavy binders off the shelves and piling them up on her desk. Then she starts loading them all back onto the shelf. She is blatantly giving Fern the cold shoulder.)

He bows and "con permiso"s about a million times on the way out of her office, as she often does to him. After he leaves, she mutters, "what is he, Oriental?"

In Luigi's studio, Luigi and Carolina have an incomprehensible conversation about novios, someone named Alexis, and danger. Ariel and Marcia join them. Ariel is obviously hot for Carolina, and it's not mutual. He flirts with her. She's polite and charming, but at this point we know her well enough to read the look on her face - she'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.

Meanwhile, Marcia stares vacantly into space.

Yazmin and Saimon

Rewinding to the beginning of the day...

Outside the Conceptos building, Yazmin and El Cheque argue about Lola's house. He says it belongs to Lola - it's Lola's family's house. He doesn't want it. Yazmin is very angry with him. Saimon watches from a distance - I don't know if he hears what they're arguing about, but he sees that El Cheque has disappointed Yazmin. His heart fills with hope.

Later, shortly before lunchtime, Yaz is on the phone with El Cheque. She tells him she wants to be alone. From the look on her face, she wants to be alone with Saimon. She turns the phone off.

Two actress/models hang out in Luigi's office while he argues with El Cheque on the phone. No, Luigi says, you cannot speak with Yazmin, and stop calling her on my phone. Call her on that cell phone. Uh-oh, you're breaking up! Hiss [that fake static noise]! He hangs up on El Cheque. The models giggle.

Yazmin and Saimon are walking around in a beautiful park. He says something about 24 hours per day, 365 days/year sugar. She is pouty and irritable.

Saimon tells her how much he likes her. She allows him to hug her, and he says he's dying of joy. She pushes him away, pretending to be flustered. Then she kisses him on the mouth, big-time. (Obviously, she's read the chapter in her high school psychology textbook that talked about intermittent reinforcement.)

Yazmin checks her watch during their embrace and pushes him away again. She says it's late - they need to get back to the office. Saimon says they'll have to do the rest of their kisses on another day. She tells him no more kisses - it was a mistake.

After lunch, Luigi scolds Yazmin for her chronic tardiness. He reminds her that Conceptos is a place of business, mentions the constant phone calls from El Cheque, and adds that everyone dislikes her. She doesn't seem to believe this, but the loafing models smirk in agreement. He says lots more, including the word "cuckoo," but evidently gives her another chance. (Backstory: he hired Yazmin mostly out of spite, because so many people in the company didn't want him to, knowing it would cause problems for Lola and lots of disruption. He hired her as a way of throwing his weight around. If Luigi fires Yazmin, it'd be like acknowledging that he was wrong about her. He needs to find a way to fire her without losing face.)

Yazmin is thrilled that Flaquito has been worrying about her. Irma warns her not to push her luck.

Tomas and Alicia

Lety's mom brings a snack and some orange juice to Tomas, who is working in his Les Nessman-like office. He asks her to please open and close the "door" when she goes in and out of his office. She gamely asks whether the door is currently open or closed. :-)

Tomas needs to call Lety, but she's not answering the phone (she's at that meeting). He decides this is a great excuse to speak to Alicia!

Alicia has been crying in the hallway about her misfortunes. Might she have to sell the jewelry her mother gave her? No, forget it! No one will help her. If someone does help her, (I don't catch this).

Her phone rings. It's Lety's mom, posing as Tomas's secretary, asking to speak to Lety. Alicia snottily replies that this is not Lety's line, it's the president's. Mom says Lety's not answering her own phone, and this is important. Alicia says they're all busy in a meeting and mustn't be interrupted. She asks who is calling, and Mom says she is calling for Tomas Mora of Filmo-Imagen.

Predictably, Alicia makes nice after hearing this, offering to take a message. Mom and Tom confer loudly so Alicia can hear them. Tomas plays the bigshot, trying to decide which of his many phone lines she should route the call to. Mom refers to Alicia as "the secretary," and Alicia looks offended.

Mom hangs up, I'm not sure whether on purpose or by mistake. Tomas calls Alicia back himself. At this point, Mom discovers that this horrid woman is Alicia - Lety's enemy. Alicia tells Tomas she's not really a secretary. (Lola and Sara are eavesdropping on Alicia's side of the conversation.) Alicia says she's very close to the Mendiola and Villaroel families, and has had six semesters of finance at an excellent university. (Tomas replies, "wow, six whole semesters" without a trace of irony.) Alicia says, "I don't know if Lety has told you this, but..." and goes on to describe some of her highfalutin', mostly fictitious duties at Conceptos. Lola and Sara stifle their laughter.

Tomas tells Alicia that he and Lety don't talk much about Conceptos. Mom looks shocked by this lie. Alicia asks if he and Lety are novios, because the whole world knows about that relationship... or was that all just lies? He downplays the relationship, saying it's in early stages. Al asks if it is serious, and Tomas tells her it's not formal at all, so there's no reason he and Alicia can't have a nice chat on the phone.

Alicia wants to meet with him in person. Tomas takes a break to compose himself and order Mom around (just to make sure Alicia knows what a bigshot he is). Mom is offended, and slaps Tomas and scolds him. Alicia hears all of this, and tells Tomas he should get a new secretary. He jokes that she could help him modernize his equipment. Al says that she can't leave Conceptos - she's too important, and too beloved. (Lola and Sara laugh some more.)

He says he has no time to meet. He has meetings, business meals, trips (actually he first says "viejas," which elicits an ugly look for Mom, then corrects himself "...viajes"). Alicia suggests meeting at his office for coffee and a chat.

Tomas says, "you want to meet HERE??" Mom is incredulous. She tells him to hang up the phone, that woman is not coming into her house. She yells into the phone that Tomas is needed in a meeting. They exchange friendly goodbyes and hang up.

Mom twists Tomas's ear and yells at him for spending the afternoon (actually about five minutes) talking to that woman, Lety's enemy, and flirting with her. He protests that she flirted with him, and he couldn't help responding in kind. Mom says how could he invite her over. He says no, she invited herself, but Mom says "and you accepted." He says it's all just negotiations and diplomacy, but Mom is not impressed.

He doesn't want her to tell Lety. She tells him not to fool himself.

Martha's "diet"

Alicia is whining to her father (on the phone) that no one will help her with her financial problems. Her car, her apartment, etc. She is crying. She quickly ends the call when the feas come into the lobby on their way to lunch - she tells her father she doesn't want everyone to hear all of her personal business.

While waiting for Martha to come out of the bathroom, the feas taunt Alicia - she should try Martha's autosuggestion diet. Instead of imagining that she has food, she could imagine that she has money, a boyfriend, and gas for her car.

When they get back from lunch, Martha goes into the bathroom again. Sara and Lola harrass her about her frequent bathroom trips. They have another run-in with Alicia later - Paula Maria and Alicia exchange comments about Omar and Saimon (I'm not sure what they say, exactly) and then they trade insults about hair color. The feas mock Alicia's hair-stroking and her whiny "Aaaaaaaaie, Maaaaarcia." (Alicia strokes her hair self-consciously while they do this.) She waves her makeup bag at them. She tells them she can fix herself up in five minutes with the help of cosmetics, but there are no tools that can fix their lives. They all clap sarcastically at her maudlin cliche.

Alicia hears moaning coming from one of the stalls. She drags a bench across the floor and peeks over the wall - Martha is pigging out on a bag of chips! Alicia hurries to fetch the feas. She tells them she wants them to see the autosuggestion diet at work. Sara says don't bother us, airhead, go do some work. Alicia again invites them to see a cow (something about a cow).

Sara, PM, and Juana follow Alicia into the bathroom. Martha is still moaning over her illicit meal. Sara peeks over the wall to confirm Alicia's claim. Juana yells into an imaginary bullhorn, come out with your hands up.

Martha comes out of the stall with her arms raised. There's a big sandwich in one hand and a bag of chips in the other. Alicia strokes her hair in satisfaction, gloats, and leaves. Paula Maria looks in Martha's locker, and it's full of food. They say no wonder she's been gaining so much weight!

The feas emerge from the bathroom with armloads of Martha's stash of food. Lola arrives, and they update her on the situation. Martha complains they have no right to seize her personal stuff.

Alicia tells Carolina (who has just come in for Fern's meeting) how pathetic all these people are. Sara interjects that that's nothing compared to getting stranded because you can't afford gas. She offers some food to Carolina, who graciously refuses.

Martha is treated like an outcast for the rest of the episode.

Up in the executive lobby, the feas inventory Martha's mini-bodega. Yazmin, passing through, tells Lola she shouldn't be stealing other people's food (I think). Lola replies something about El Cheque and food for her kids. Martha is crying. Lopez tells them to stop. Yazmin gets all teary and says they're picking on her. Lola says something about her private life. Yazmin complains that Lola is always so aggressive with her. Lopez says he doesn't want to witness any more personal problems between them.

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Does Marcia see something interesting on the ceiling, or is she just averting her eyes from the horrifying spectacle of her brother flirting with Carolina? Will Yazmin suffer a disfiguring accident (I'll keep asking)? Will Tomas's secretary pencil Alicia in for a visit to Filmo-Imagen? Will the feas forgive Martha for eating? Tune in next week to find out!

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Since I'm going to give the new one a look whenever it starts, I thought I'd translate the ESMAS synopsis... do we have here, yet again, a lot of people who do no work whatsoever? See this post for pictures and more information.
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"World of Beasts" is the passionate and dramatic story of GABRIEL and DEMIAN, identical twins [oh brother] who were separated at birth and whose lives subsequently took very different paths.

Gabriel grew up surrounded by siblings and intimately loved by his adoptive parents; Demian suffered shortages and abandonment. Great suffering poisoned his soul and turned him to delinquency. Fleeing from the law, he lost a leg/foot.

Learning of Gabriel's existence, an uncontrollable hate was awakened in Demian and he focused all his fury and resentment on his twin. Now, Demian, devoted to destroying his brother, is Gabriel's worst enemy.

Gabriel's life is no garden of roses. His first wife, mother of his firstborn son ROGELIO, became gravely ill and died when his second child, PAULINA, was born. After overcoming the tremendous sadness caused by this terrible loss, he met JOSELYN, a young and attractive widow, mother of one daughter (KAREN). They wed, and the first years of their matrimony were tranquil; they had a son, LUISITO.

Some time later, there was an auto accident in which Joselyn lost the baby she was expecting and Luisito's legs were severely injured. Since then, Joselyn has reproached Gabriel constantly. She is obsessively jealous and he feels ever more distant from her.

Gabriel's situation is even more difficult since his inlaws, CLEMENTE and MIRIAM (a cold, ambitious woman without conscience), also live in his house.

Demian, on his side, exploits the unreciprocated love of his wife REGINA and rules her with deceptions. Regina is a timid and submissive woman who was once in love with Gabriel, but her parents prevented this love. Regina's marriage has been a hell; Demian never ceases to mistreat her and torture her with his jealousies, even to the point of saying their son JUAN CRISTOBAL is not his son, but Gabriel's bastard.

Juan Cristóbal and Paulina (Gabriel's daughter) will live a profound love which they will have to protect from the hatred between their families, and also from the intrigues of KAREN, Joselyn's capricious daughter.

MARIANGELA arrives at Gabriel's house. She is CLEMENTE's illegitimate daughter. Miriam forbade her spouse to give Mariangela his last name, but allows the girl to remain as Luisito's teacher, so she can give free rein to her hatred of the girl and humilate her constantly.

But others have been affected by the beautiful and kind Mariángela - for instance, LEONARDO, son of the maid CANDELARIA. He loves Mariangela the moment he meets her and fights for her love.

The arrival of Mariangela will set off changes in the destiny of all, but above all in the heart of Gabriel.

Mariángela is not the only presence affecting the tranquility of these families. DOLORES, sister of Joselyn's first husband, has gotten out of jail - she had been incarcerated unjustly for the murder of her brother. Wearing the habit of a humble religious woman, Dolores will grow close to the family to discover the horrible secret of the past, to exact justice and achieve vengeance.

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The Muy Pronto yesterday on Barerra gave the title - It is Mundo de Fieras [World of Wild Beasts]. The website says that it is a story that will make your jaw drop. Cesar Evora (of Entre l'amor y el odio) plays identical twins, separated at birth who hate each other.
But I'm not switching again.

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In the prison, Gonzo’s protector, ‘El Magnate,’ interrogates the prisoner who tried to kill Gonzo. He asks who ordered the hit and the prisoner says he doesn’t know. He just got a piece of paper under his bread in the dining hall that said, ‘kill El Duque.’ Others in his section of the prison probably received the same paper. ‘If I fail, there are others who will take on the job, says the prisoner, ‘it’s only a matter of time.’ El Magnate lets the guy go and instructs his henchmen to keep an eye on him and find out who paid for the hit.
At the hacienda, Al and Bertha are having a drink and Fernanda comes in. Bertha asks Fernanda mockingly how long she has been playing this ridiculous game of being known as Dr. Fernandez? Fernanda says that she doesn’t want to tell her daughters that she is their mother yet. Bertha asks how long Fernanda & Al have known each other. Al says that it doesn’t matter. Bertha responds that it does matter – Fernanda may have only told him her side of the story. ‘I have told exactly what happened,’ says Fernanda. Bertha says, ‘then did you or did you not fall in love with Alfredo Luque the day, his wife Sofia, your best friend, introduced him to you?’ ‘Is this true?’ ask Al. Fernanda admits it and rues the day that she confided this to Bertha. Bertha leaves saying that when Fernanda is ready to tell Al the truth to let her know. Al asks Fernanda what ‘truth’ is Bertha referring to. Fernanda says that she doesn’t know and it is Bertha that must tell the truth but Al notes that Bertha has but Fernanda on the defensive. ‘What are you afraid of?’ he asks. Fernanda leaves the room without responding. When she is gone, Al has a thought bubble to the effect that he will pay whatever price to know what she is hiding that involves his parents.
In her bed, Miranda calls herself a idiot for letting men fool her. She has some flashbacks to conversations with Al and dancing with him. Crying, she asks what could Bertha have that Al is willing to pay this price for.
In her room, Bertha tells the dog that she has won. Fernanda fell flat on her face in front of Al. Her price for giving the jewelry designs to Al is marriage. Bertha does not understand why anyone would want these dusty old portfolios. It must be for their sentimental value – a concept she does not understand.
In the chapel, Fernanda is asking God to let her help her daughters when Flor comes in. Fernanda says that she has asked for another doctor to come to continue her treatment. She is leaving and she won’t bother Flor again. Fernanda is astonished when Flor asks her to stay and help her to stay alive long enough to have her baby. Flor asks Bertha who in her family knows about her condition. Fernanda has to say that they all do. ‘So the only dummy that didn’t know I am going to die is me?’ says Flor. Fernanda asks if Flor’s other doctors spoke to her about her condition. Flor says that her aunt was the one who spoke to the doctors. Flor says that only Fernanda and she must know that she is aware of her prognosis and Fernanda agrees. Once again, Flor begs Fernanda to let her baby be born. Since Fernanda is a mother, she should understand this. For herself, Flor says that she cares nothing. Fernanda is telling her that she will try and have both Flor and her baby live when Squeaky comes in.
A stupid breakfast scene where Bertha uses Al to make Miranda feel bad and Miranda does the same thing to Al with Cesar. Cesar announces that he has come to take Miranda to see her father. Al tells Miranda that her father doesn’t want her to come to the prison and certainly not with Cesar. Miranda says that her father is sure that Cesar didn’t have anything to do with the fraud. No proof of his involvement has been found. Bertha chimes in and says that Cesar is impulsive, direct and a little violent but he isn’t a criminal.
Miranda asks to speak to Al alone. She says that she knows that Al is trying to get something from Bertha but she doesn’t like being part of the game he is playing. Al says that he thought she was more mature. She asks what it is that Bertha has. Al hesitates but finally tells her that Bertha has a portfolio that belonged to his father. Miranda then says, ‘Bertha and your father knew each other?’ She has a green flashback to when Gonzo introduced Al to Bertha and Miranda. Bertha asked if Al was Alfredo Luque’s son and he said to her, ‘You must be Bertha.’ Miranda asks Al how it is thatBertha could know his father and Gonzo not know him.
Squeaky is her usual obnoxious self. She orders Fernanda out of the room like a slave. Fernanda says that another doctor is coming and to let her know of any changes. Flor deflects Squeaky’s questions about why she was hugging Fernanda. It appears that two of her girlfriends have come to visit. Flor says that Fab has gone to do something with his project.
Fernanda asks Tomasa to look for previous medical studies that were done on Flor. Tomasa is afraid that if Bertha finds out, she will do harm to her granddaughter. Fernanda says she won’t let that happen. Tomasa thinks that if the studies are anywhere, they are in Bertha’s room in their house in Mexico City. However, the dog is always in there. ‘Dog, what dog?’ asks Fernanda, ‘Bertha doesn’t like dogs.’ Tomasa that Bertha has a big mean dog. Fernanda then asks Tomasa to look for any old portfolios.
Back at the barrio, Francisco makes a fuss when Amparo says she is going to dinner with Ramon. Amparo explodes. She asks whether Francisco wants her to be an old maid for the rest of her life taking care of his children. For some reason, Francisco stops being an asshole and says that Amparo should have the chance to be happy. He only asks that she not have children if she gets married. I think that she says that will not be a problem.
Back at the hacienda, Al tells Miranda that his father sold some jewelry to Bertha’s family. ‘Then he must have known my mother,’ says Miranda. ‘Maybe,’ Al begins, aware he is on dangerous ground. Cesar and Bertha come in and Cesar says that it is time to leave. Bertha invites herself onto Al's flight by saying that she has heard from Gonzo's lawyer that he wants to see her. When she is gone, Al and Cesar stand face to face [Al is shorter than Cesar] and behave like children. ‘When I marry Miranda, I won’t allow you to set foot in this house.’ ‘I come into this house whenever I want to and you’ll never marry Miranda,’ retorts Al.
Miranda tell Squeaky that she is leaving for Mexico City. She also tells her that Fernanda told her that kleptomaniacs remember when they steal something. In fact, it is the sensation they have when stealing that is the most important part of the condition. Squeaky asks what happened to her then? Miranda says that she doesn’t know but it wasn't kleptomania.
Al watches Miranda, Fernanda & Cesar leave to go to Mexico City. Then Bertha shows up so to go with him to Mexico City. [Five people are going to the same place on two different planes? How wasteful!]
Squeaky’s friends, including Bertha’s stooge, Veronica, arrive.
At the barrio, Amparo advises Francisco to stop micromanaging the lives of his children. Raul comes home and says that he has been sent to Tabasco to take care of someone. When it is clear that Raul is going to the San Llorente hacienda, Amparo tells him that Fernanda is the mother of the girls and almost nobody at the hacienda knows this. Juan doesn’t understand but he will keep up the pretence.
Raul and Lasagna are in a bar. Raul pessimistic about their chances of staying together against the wishes of their families. Lasagna says that they are adults and can do whatever they want. The incredibly patient evil duo watches them.
Squeaky and her friends lounging in the pool in their bikinis complain about how boring it is to be shut up in this luxurious hacienda with a pool, horses and hot and cold running domestic help. Squeaky calls Lasagna and asks when she is coming. Lasagana, holding Raul’s hand, says she is busy. Squeaky insists and L says, ‘can she bring a friend?’ ‘Sure,’ says Squeaky. [Lasagna must know that bringing Raul in contact with Squeaky again is not a good idea.] Fab shows up and Veronica comes on to him.
When Bertha gets back to the house in Mexico City, she is surprised to see the maid, Charo, whom she accused of stealing the necklace and fired. Charo says that Miranda told her she could stay. Bertha agrees grudgingly but interrogates Charo about who has come to the house while she was away and tells Charo that she, Bertha, is in charge, not Miranda.
At the hospital, Fernanda is told that Juan has gone to Tabasco to take care of Flor. She realizes that he hasn’t been told that she has a different identity when dealing with her daughters. She calls Tomasa and asks her to fill Juan in when he arrives. Gabino comes in and says that the peones have left the hacienda – they are alone…[Hey, there are three women doing nothing by the pool. They could collect the cacao or
whatever..]
Fab has apparently insisted that Flor come out to the pool. He asks if she feels better and she says no. All she wants to do is stay in bed. While Squeaky and her friends look on with interest, the newlyweds have a fight. Fab complains that he
has done everything for Flor and can never seem to please her.
That’s where the TiVo ended.

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Renata cries to Miranda about feeling like she is going crazy becasue she cant remember taking things. Renata is worried that she will get caught. Then she asks Miranda what if she is a cleptomaniac. Miranda tells her they will investigate the symptoms together and find a solution.

Florencia is seen crying in her room Why me! She has a flashback to Pamela telling her she will pay for what she has done to Miranda. She thinks Pamela is right but its Mirandas fault! (It could never be her own.) Flash over to Luciano flirting with girls at the bar and Alejandro walking up to him. Luciano asks is it true that you a in love with Miranda? Al says si, and Luciano then says then what are you doing here? Al takes the hint and leaves.

Miranda and Tomasa share some hot chocolate just the way Miranda likes it with cinamon. Fernanda walk up and joins them. Miranda asks about Florencia and then starts telling Fern how she cant cry, she cant take any more. Fern encourages her telling Miranda that she can and she has the strength. Things will change. Miranda is grateful for the advice.

Cesar and the investigator talk about whether Alejandro is the secret man behind the moving of the hosiptal patients, and the one who blocked the hotel. Bertha walks in as the investigator leaves. She asks who the man is. Cesar says an employee. Bertha jumps on this answer and says you are doing well to have employees now eh? She tells Cesar that she knows about the money he earned (25%) from the fraud against San Llorente Inversions. Cesar is upset to find she knows this. Bertha tells Cesar she wants the part that Cesar took from Gonzalo. That part belongs to her. Cesar quips to Bertha that he has never paid for the love of a woman when Bertha tells him to act like Alejandro. She wants Cesar to buy things for Miranda, to get Miranda interested in him. They kiss.

Florencia continues her fit this time with Fabricio in the room with her. She gets so mad she semi passes out. Flash to the unhappy home of Amparo et al. Francisco is yelling at and with Raul. Raul tells Fran that he shouldnt have talked to Lisanias mother the way Francisco did. With that Fran looses more of his temper telling Raul he is his kid and Raul needs to respect him and to not see Lisania anymore. Raul tells Fran that Fran is looking ridiculous. Fran almost hits Raul at this when Amparo steps in to break it up. Fran then turns on her and tells her it is her fault that the boys are not respectful, they have been spoiled, and for her to not get involved in this fight. They are his sons. Raul runs out of the house telling his father he wont stop seeing Lisania because they love each other. Francisco takes that as a clue to chew out Amparo some more. Amparo says she never got married because she has dedicated her life to his kids and Si! She has a say in their lives. Blah Blah Blah.

Pamela and her mother talk in a hospital room. They have to stay awake until tomorrow because they will take some tests. The mother talks about a memory that she cant really remember. Then she starts remembering, "those men those men destroyed the house, burned the furniture, burned the clothes, looking for something but I dont know what they wanted! When they left others arrived and they said they were going to kill us. Becasue of this I took you in my arms and I ran and ran and ran so no one would see us!" Pamela asks "You are scarying me. When did this happen?" The mother "I dont know. They were going to kill us. They were going to kill us becasue of your fathers fault! They were going to kill us!"

Carola starts to yell at one of the thugs that she calls Shakiras. She wants to know what he is doing in a back room of what looks to be a club. He flirts with her and asks her to change her life to have a better life, have a house with someone who loves you and be happy. He says he is tired of seeing what Sanson has done to her over all these years. He tells her to start over with him. She tells him that isnt possible. He tells her it can happen with the money from the bank robbery. He tells her he has a plan. Sanson wants him to take the money while Rafa and Romeo distract the cops, and Sanson pops (off) Raul. Shakiras plan is to kill Sanson and no one will be the wiser. He will have all the money thus leaving an opportunity for Carola and him to have a new life. Carola asks if he is crazy.

Don Julios boys (smart as they are) ask Juan if he wants to earn a lot of money. They know he doesnt earn enough money at the hospital to buy himself a pair of decent pair of shoes. But if Juan does them a favor in one minute he can earn the equivilant of a years salary. What does he think? Juan asks what does he have to do. They say something very simple. All Juan has to do is sign a certificate saying Julio Bustamante is incapacitated. Juan repeats their offer like he is thinking it over, then says if yall are ready and able to give me a years salary then the offer needs to go higher right? He tells them that he wants more! More! Sufficient enough to buy Juans ethics and the life of their father! He finishes it off by saying if they dont want him to call the cops they better get out of there. "You better be very careful who you try to get to harm Don Julio!" The brothers are upset to have been spoken to in that manner. Marcos (Ok yes that was his name in Alborada but I havent got this new name down.) says he has never been overtaken by any animal. Juan says well I have. Go. The other brother promises this wont be the last time they see him. After the brothers leave the Director of the hospital tells Juan that he might have to go to Tabasco because Fern needs Juans help.

In her nightgown Miranda thinks to herself that if her father doesnt solve the problems she will need to sell her jewels, maybe the hacienda. She thinks no she cant sell the hacienda. Too much of her family is connected to the hacienda. As she is talking to heself we hear the sound of mariachis. Renata comes running into the room telling Miranda to get ready because Alejandro has brought her a serenade! Renata is actually excited for Miranda. While they get ready Bertha runs down the stairs and throws herself at Alejandro. She claims the serenade is for her and then throws herself into the arms of Alejandro. Before she jumps into his arms we hear Alejandro talk to himself about how Bertha has his fathers portofolio! She has to return it to him! Then Bertha throws herself at him and kisses him at the same time. Upstairs on the balcony finally ready Miranda arrives just to see Bertha hugging Alejandro and kissing him. Miranda walks away and Bertha lets go of Aljeandro saying she knew the serenade wasnt for her all along. Al asks for his fathers portofolio and Bertha says she doesnt have it but come in and have a drink. (Great scene but what I dont get is how many times Alejandro is suppossedly flying to and from Mexico City and Tobasco like it's a 30 minute drive. Plus carting 12 mariachis? Or did he find them on his way?)

Florencia yells at Fabricio. She is on the edge of a nervous breakdown yelling Why did you fall for me?! She asks Fabricio what is it about her that he loves if Miranda is so pretty, so strong and independent. I am everything different from her! Fab answers "That is why. Miranda didnt need for me to protect her. That is why I fell in love with you." They make up.

Renata runs back to Mirandas room asking what happened the mariachis left so soon! Miranda tells her ask Bertha the mariachis were for her. They fight over Berthas character and Renata leaves saying they wont agree. Renata kisses Miranda before she leaves.

Mop head Rebecca and Julio argue over whether Gonzalo will pardon Julios boys. Julio wants to get Gonzalo out of jail as soon as possible. How? By sending to prison the real culprit of all of this. Cesar. Rebecca freaks out saying Julio cant hurt Cesar! Julio is adamant and then starts to hold his chest and the heart monitor start rapidly beaping.

Bertha and Alejandro sit outside drinking cocktails and discussing Berthas idea of what love is. She doesnt believe in romantic love but she believes in the wounds of love. She acts very seductive and crazy all at the same time. Alejandro seems captivated and repelled at the same time. Ugh! Enough of her already! Fernanda walks up and Bertha asks her what is her concept of love? Fernanda answers "For God Alejandro to talk of this with Bertha is like talking about kindness with a hiena."

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Picture of me coming soon... I just need to get my hands on, like, a camera or something.

Useless vocabulary word:

Tlacoyo bigotón: Mustached corncake. It's one of Alicia's nicknames for Lety. I had a heck of a time finding a translation for this, after having a heck of a time figuring out what she was saying (I had thought she was saying "cogotón" which didn't make any sense...).

On with the recap:

Four of the neighborhood gang go up to Lucy and Ethel's rental car and yell, "HOLA!!" The women scream and the guys start harrassing them. Someone says something about Santa Claus (the guy who I'm assuming is Roman is wearing a red hat with white trim). "What's your name?" the guys ask. "Who's asking?" Alicia nervily replies. Alicia screams for help. Marcia says don't bother us, we'll call the police.

"Don't you want to hang out with us?" the guys say. "No, we're not interested, go away please," Marcia answers politely. "Okay," they say, but then they get in the car! (Which, btw, is a VW, probably a Passat - not a BMW as I had previously thought). The women scream loudly as more men surround the car, get in the car, lean against the car...

Alicia whips out a can of pepper spray and lets it rip! She, Marcia, and the two men closest to the back doors get out quickly. The rest are still choking and blinded in the car. Everyone is gasping and caughing and choking. Alicia shoves a man away from her.

Fern and Lety come out of the house. Fern is sounding a little better, but they are both a bit drunk. They wonder where they can go at this late hour that will still be open. They see the ruckus from a distance but don't recognize the car or its disguised occupants. Recalling Fern's recent run-in with the gang, they decide to take advantage of the altercation to sneak away unnoticed. Fern stuffs Lety into the car before the malditos see them.

The altercation continues. Lety's parents are in bed. RoboPop seems to be passed out cold in his pajamas, and Mom, still in her clothes, watches him sleep. Pop is awakened by the sound of sirens. He is worried that Fern might be in trouble. He wants to go out and check. Mom, not wanting him to discover that Lety has left, keeps him from leaving the room. She brings him some tea. He drinks it and falls asleep again.

The police have arrived. The gang accuse the women of attacking them. The men are unarmed, and the women do look suspicious in their black hats and black trenchcoats. Plus, it wasn't legal for Alicia to be carrying pepper spray.

Alicia is outraged. She tries to argue with the police, and Marcia unsuccessfully attempts to calm her down. The police decide to take Alicia and the whole gang down to the police station to sort it out there.

Alicia resists arrest. "Don't you know who I am?" she demands. She says she is Alicia Fererra, and her husband is Mauricio Whats-his-name, and she works at Conceptos, and the president is a millionaire, and he's right there in that house (pointing). It doesn't look like the sort of house, or neighborhood, that such a person would be seen in, and Marcia tells her that Fernando's car is now gone.

Only then does Alicia take her outrage down a notch. She switches into whine mode and says she has a Mercedes, so she can't ride in an icky police car. Marcia suggests driving Alicia to the station in the rental car, but the police don't think this is a good idea. :-) Marcia also tries to explain the situation - I can't follow most of what she says, but she mentions jealousy. Alicia keeps popping out of the police car to throw in her two pesos, and the cop keeps pushing her pack in. I think solicitation is mentioned. The gangsters are herded into the police car with Alicia, and away they go.

Lety is all over Fern in his car. (BTW, I've noticed that the identifying marks on most of the cars on this show are deliberately obscured. Even with a full frontal view of the rental car, for example, you can see the round thing on the front of the car, you can vaguely make out diagonal lines that you know is the VW logo, but you can't see it clearly even though you should be able to. Similarly, in a rare frontal view of Fern's car, you can vaguely make out a round thing, but you can't quite see it well enough to confirm that it's a BMW, although the shape of the front grille pretty much confirms it.)

Um, anyway, Fern is nervous and wound-up from the evening's events, and he tries to hold Lety off a bit. She's pretty wound up too. She's hungry. She wants to go dancing. He kind of flirts with her. He playfully pokes at her braces. He calls Marcia (just making sure she hasn't gone anywhere he might run into her, I guess), but she's not home.

They go dancing (clumsily) at a dark place. Fern keeps imagining that Marcia spots them and makes a scene. Lety can see that he's distracted by thoughts of Marcia, which depresses her.

At the police station, Alicia is still yelling. She also keeps hitting the gang guys. The judge (I guess he's a judge - or maybe some sort of cross between a judge and a cop, I don't know) tells her she's in trouble for using an illegal weapon and resisting arrest, while there's no proof that the gang did anything wrong.

Alicia whines to the judge about having a Mercedes. He loses patience, and he orders (I guess) that she be put in a cell, which we don't see. She asks Marcia to call Fern, but Marcia doesn't like this idea. Marcia tells the judge ("I swear") that she was just waiting for her boyfriend when these guys showed up. She seems to be telling him the whole entire story. The gang listens, apparently somewhat sympathetically. I think she also tries to butter up the judge.

Marcia calls Fern at home and only gets his answering machine. Then she tries to make a deal with the gang. Santa/Roman says something about names and telephone numbers, money and beer. I think the deal is that she and Alicia will hang out with them some evening in exchange for them dropping the assault charges against Alicia. Everybody cheers.

Somewhere else in the city, Saimon and Paula Maria arrive at Martha's house, where PM and PM Jr. have been staying. PM is not ready for the evening to end. She wants Saimon to take her someplace else. She says several things to him (including something about Yazmin), but he continues to sulk. Finally, she says the right thing (not sure what) and that settles it. He smiles, and away they go.

Lety still wants to go someplace private. Fern calls Omar for advice on a nice place he can take her. (Omar is still at the bar, but with a different woman.)

Fern takes Lety to a luxurious hotel. He eagerly gives her a chance to back out, but she is thrilled. She glows with dorky joy as they approach the front desk. Fern seems shy with the desk clerk. He signs in as Alberto Morartia (and makes a big show of correcting the clerk's pronunciation). The desk clerk refers to Lety as Senora Morartia. A man named Jose is summoned for their luggage; Fern says they don't have any, and the clerk says she understands. She is very professional, and doesn't smirk knowingly or anything. ;-) He pays cash - I think 5000 pesos.

A bellhop shows them to their room. Like the desk clerk, he is very professional, doesn't make faces behind Lety's back, at least not that I can see. Fern tips him (and seems to have a brief conversation with him, I don't know what about). Lety is enchanted with the gorgeous room, filled with flowers. He gazes at her shyly, filled with fear and dread.

Alicia is back from her cell. She complains to the judge how awful it was. She tells him that's not the place for her - she's had six semesters of finance at a prestigious school. She thinks she still needs to talk her way out of something, but the judge tells her about the deal Marcia made with the gang. She just has to sign a statement saying that she'll stay out of trouble. She mentions her Mercedes again.

Alicia thinks Marcia's deal was a joke, but as they all leave the building together, she discovers that Marcia was quite serious. They really are going to be nice to the gang and hang out with them. Alicia doesn't understand. They're free, right? So why can't they just leave? They're not the right class of people to be hanging around with. After all, she and Marcia work at Conceptos. The gang says yeah, that's where Lety works, and she has a rich boyfriend. They all laugh. Alicia claims that she and Marcia are high-ranking executives at Conceptos. Alicia asks if they know Lety's boyfriend.

Saimon and PM have gone to a late-night club. PM appears to have had a lot of drinks. Saimon still doesn't want to speak directly to her; he uses the waiter as a mediator, which annoys her. They argue. Saimon gets a bit choked up. She has wounded his pride in some way. He continues to sulk as she goads him, drinks, and refuses to dance with other men. Finally, she asks Saimon to dance. He ignores her, but gets up and starts dancing alone. (He's a very spiffy dancer!) He asks the waiter to ask PM to dance with him. She happily agrees!

Back at the hotel, Lety freshens up in the bathroom and talks to her reflection in the mirror. (We almost, but not quite, get to see her without her glasses; she puts them back on before we can see her face.) She says she feels Fern's love in her heart. She thanks God for giving her Fern and letting her have love on her birthday.

Monday's episode ends with a love song and a montage of their courtship to date. Tears, laughs, cards, gifts, kisses. Fern seems to see some of this montage while he looks at a mirror in the bedroom. *Snif*!

Alicia and Marcia leave the police station. Marcia tells Alicia she had given the gang fake phone numbers, but thanks to Alicia's big mouth they now know they can find them at Conceptos. Marcia wants to go to Fern's place. Alicia covers her face with a black scarf while they walk out to the car. (I don't know where this scarf came from - she could have used it earlier instead of that silly tablecloth.) Marcia says Fern's not at home and his cell phone is turned off. They speculate as to his whereabouts. Alicia points out that at this late hour, the only places that are still open are hotels. Marcia just wants to leave. She yells at Alicia for trying to drive in the dark with her sunglasses on.

Back at the hotel... while Lety enthuses in front of the bathroom mirror, Fern raids the honor bar and calls Omar for (im)moral support. (Omar's date is getting impatient with these interruptions.) Omar basically tells him that if he doesn't go through with it, he could lose everything.

Fern talks to himself in the mirror. Lety comes out of the bathroom, and they kiss. He smiles faintly, but Lety senses something is wrong. He pulls away, stammers, and starts apologizing. He's not going to be able to do this. Lety asks, is it Marcia? He says no, it's HER!

He is mostly referring to the guilt he feels about using her, but he can't very well tell her that. She says don't worry, she understands. He says thanks. She says she knew it was too good to be true. (They are addressing one another as "usted." Ouch.) She says he didn't think he could truly be attracted to her, and a lot more of that sort of thing, and a lot of crying. She says she loves him, but that doesn't mean he has to love her. She begs his forgiveness for being so stupid.

He says no, it's not like that. They kiss. He says "Lety - le amo." (Pretty sure he says "le" and not "te.") They kiss some more. Slo-mo fall to bed. He takes her glasses off, and her face isn't so bad without them. He kisses her neck. Her eyes are closed. Her braces glitter in the soft light.

They wake up naked a little while later. (She sleeps on the left, if anyone was wondering.) She puts her glasses on and wakes him. It's 2 am. He seems regretful - not because he is horrified that he has slept with a fea, but because he is guilty of a terrible deception. She, however, is happy. She says it was the best gift ever.

They check out of the hotel. He holds her hand openly and without embarrassment (granted there is no one around who knows them). Puts his hand on her shoulder. Hugs her in the car for no good reason.

He takes her home. She thanks him again for the best birthday in her entire life. He says he had a great time too and likes her a lot. She says she knows he's had lots of nights like this, but he says no, it was very, very special. She says right, he's never been with someone like her. She giggles. Very seriously, he says no, really.

Lety stammers out some concerns about Marcia. Are you going home to her now? He says no, he's going to his place.

He asks her, that wasn't her first time, was it. She is almost apologetic. No, why? He says he's just curious. He wants to know if it was Tomas. She says no, it was someone else, and she does not want to talk about it. He says okay, and leaves.

Mom - still in her day clothes - asks Lety if everything is okay. She assures Lety that Pop has been asleep this whole time and doesn't even know she left the house.

Lety tells her they went to an elegant restaurant and talked for a long time in the car afterwards. (You can see the shadow of a stagehand on the wall behind Mom as they talk - it's very distracting!) Mom says, what did you talk about? Lety says business, but the dreamy look on her face suggests otherwise. Mom asks, is that it? Just talking? Lety says yes, nothing more.

They briefly discuss the altercation on the street, what it might have been about. Who knows, one of them says, and the other says oh well, good night.

Lety tells herself, it was so beautiful, so sincere. She tells herself that she is completely his, and he is hers.

Saimon and PM's date has ended as well. She thanks him for a good evening. He still seems reluctant. She says serious things to him and kisses him several times with increasing fervor. He seems to enjoy it, but forces himself not to react. She says fine, see you tomorrow, and goes into Martha's place. After she leaves him, Saimon nearly swoons from the effort of his resistance!

Fern gets home. He is pensive. He slowly climbs the stairs to his room, and is very surprised to see Marcia there. (This is about as close as Tuesday's episode got to having a funny scene.) Marcia gives him a frosty greeting. He says she just startled him, that's all. He tells her he was at Lety's, and she can ask anyone at work tomorrow. She says really, you were there up until now? He pretends not to understand what she is getting at. He says he went to Omar's afterwards for a drink. She says she won't bother asking Omar since he's surely confirm Fern's story.

She asks why he didn't answer his phone. He says he turned it off, not expecting a call from her since she had told him she'd see him tomorrow. He says why, was there a problem? She says no, she just wanted to be with him. She tries kissing him, but he pulls away irritably.

They argue. She keeps trying to smooth it over with kisses, and he keeps pulling away. She demands an explanation. He says he's tired, but she says that's never been a problem before. He says don't worry - some other time.

She is stunned. She gets into bed. He turns out the light and sits in a chair by the window. Marcia watches him. While we hear a voiceover from Lety talking again about her beautiful birthday gift. We are treated to yet another love song and montage, which is basically a replay of the love scene.

Back in Lety's bed - she wakes up from a light slumber and uses her glowing pen to write in her diary. She says she loves him with her blood and her flesh (she says "carne" which I had thought strictly referred to "meat" - "I love him with all my blood and meat" - LOL).

The next day, the feas speculate about Lety's evening. Lety arrives and they tease her for details. The also teas Celso when he shows up wearing sunglasses, sipping a big coffee, with his hat askew. They hear a horn honk outside, and Celso hurries out to greet Fern. Lety promises to tell the feas everything later, then runs out behind Celso.

Lety is displeased to see both Fern AND Marcia get out of his car. (Even in full sunlight, the logo on the front of Fern's car is just a vague gray blob.) Celso says, so what - they usually come in together. Lety becomes irritable. What are they doing together? She, Celso, Fern, and Marcia exchange hellos of varying awkwardness. Lety says something like "how have you been"? which causes Marcia to stare at her. Lety guiltily averts her eyes.

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How long can Lety's happiness last without violating the laws of soap opera suffering? Put on your crying-goggles and get ready to find out!

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