Caray, Caray!

EPISODE 1 - October 3, 2006 (Univision):
* special introduction to story, characters and actors.
* at his mansion in town, Demian is enjoying a long hot bath in his tub. (the mansion was Capt. Pardo's municipal building and offices in Alborada).
* at the same time at his palace, Gabriel is soaking in his tub and Jocelyn is in the bedroom. (the palace - Guevara palace in Alborada).
* in Demian's mansion, Regina is in the bedroom - she quietly takes out her special secret box from her dressing table and looks at the love letters inside - she looks around and puts the letters back in the box before anyone sees.
* Gabriel has a flashback to his childhood when his parents gave him a car then the surprise meeting with his twin brother at the car dealership.
* Demian recalls the abuse he endured from his mother as a child as well as hot-wiring and stealing cars off the street, and then finding the article and photo of Gabriel in the newspaper and going to introduce himself to Gabriel. Demian vows to himself that he will make Gabriel pay for all the abuse and hardships he had to endure in his life.
* Jocelyn joins Gabriel in the bathtub. She starts to kiss him.
* Regina enters the bathroom and wakes Demian up from his thoughts - Demian is upset that she dared to disturb him and throws her out of the bathroom - Regina returns to the bedroom and cries and thinks about her son, Juan Cristobal.
* In Venice, Juan Cristobal arrives at his hotel. After checking in, he wanders the lobby and calls home to mom on his cell phone. As they talk, he notes the sadness in her voice and asks her about it, she doesn't reveal anything. He makes a suggestion.
* Miriam is sitting out on the patio balcony of the palace. Clemente comes out to sit and join her. Miriam dismisses Rosario. Miriam excuses herself to go to her office to work - Clemente stops her - he wants to discuss his feeling that Jocelyn is going crazy. Miriam stops in her tracks.
* Jocelyn and Gabriel are in their bedroom arguing over their marital problems. She wants him but he doesn't or can't be intimate with her. She tries to seduce a kiss but he won't budge; she tries again for a kiss and bites his lip like a beast - he pushes her away and leaves quickly.
* Miriam tells Clemente off for even suggesting that Jocelyn is crazy and says that he is the one who's crazy. Miriam then storms away.
* Rosario and another maid gossip in the kitchen as they work.
* Leonardo and Elsa are ready to run the marathon in town. Candelaria and others are on the sidelines cheering them on.
* In Venice, Juan Cristobal calls home again. After hanging up his cell phone, he goes to the bathroom, takes off his shirt and closes the door. Paulina then enters the room and rolls her suitcase to the bedroom area and gets settled in, as Juan Cristobal is taking a shower. As Paulina is listening to her iPod and dancing around the bed in her underwear, J.C. leaves the bathroom wrapped in a long white towel. (YIPES!)
* Back in Mexico, Regina and Demian have a discussion about J.C. in their bedroom as Demian gets ready to leave. Demian continues with his disgust, insults and put-downs towards Regina.
* In Venice, J.C. enters the bedroom and surprises Paulina. She tries to use pillows to cover herself up. They argue about who is in the wrong room, but they soon discover that the hotel gave them both keys to the same room. They argue over who will have to leave. J.C. calls to the front desk and speaks to the person in italian.
* Candalaria stops Clemente in his car. They talk - Clemente asks her about Aurora, if she's seen or heard from her. Candalaria lies and says no she hasn't.
* Padre Domingo sits with Aurora in her small bedroom. She is crying as she thinks about dying and talks about her daughter, Mariangela.
* Mariangela is teaching school in a renovated school bus.
* Aurora tells Padre that she doesn't want Mariangela to suffer, that her father was a good and noble man. Padre asks about Candelaria and Aurora asks who is she (she doesn't remember her).
* Gabriel is flying in a helicopter.
* Candelaria and Rosario are in the kitchen of the palace working and discussing Leonardo and Elsa running in the marathon.
* Leonardo finally crosses the finish line, out of breath and happy to receive hugs from his friends and family. Elsa finished the marathon at the same time. Everyone surrounds Leonardo and cheers, "Arriba! Abajo! Bim Boom Bam! Leonardo! Leonardo! Rah Rah Rah!" Leonardo kisses and holds his pendant and prays to his late wife, Viviana.
* Gabriel is still flying in the helicopter. It lands in a rural area outside of town; Nicolas and another man are waiting nearby at their cars. Gabriel walks over to the cars. As they start to finalize their business deal, Demian and Tiberio and their entourage interrupt and make their own offer for the land.
* Miriam is in her office at the palace. Karen comes in to talk. She looks at some photos on Miriam's desk. Miriam stops working and tells Karen that of her grandchildren, Karen is her favorite.
* In Venice, J.C. finishes talking with the front desk. Paulina asks what happened. J.C. explains that there are no other rooms available. She tells him her good news about becoming an architect, then they fight over who gets to sleep in the bed. In the end, she arranges three pillows down the middle of the bed so they can share it.
* At the small country church, Padre gives Mariangela some money for her trip to Mexico City and bless her.
* In their limo, Nicolas and Gabriel discuss how Demian ruined their land deal; the differences between Gabriel and Demian; Nicolas mentions the blame for Demian's demeanor falls on their birth mother. Gabriel ends the discussion. Gabriel then sees a young lady (Mariangela) on the street in the rain - he tells the driver to stop - they almost run into her with the limo. Gabriel gets out to check on the young lady, she yells at him to let her go and slaps his face before walking away fast.
* At the palace, Jocelyn is in her bedroom watching as the party guests arrive and thinking about the special event she has planned in one hour for Gabriel.
* In their limo, Demian and Tiberio discuss how they successfully foiled Gabriel's land deal.
* Gabriel thinks about the young lady (Mariangela) in the rain.
* Demian returns home and upon seeing Regina, he starts yelling at her. He hates Gabriel so much, and her too. He wishes they were both dead. Regina starts to cry; Demian leaves; Regina holds a photo of her son, J.C.
* In Venice, in the dark, J.C. and Paulina are still awake and laying on opposite sides of the bed. He asks her what her name is; she says "Lampara"; he laughs and says his name is "Sincero"; She says she's from Mexico; He mentions something about studies in Italy; he then tricks her and she ends up out in the hall; she begs for him to let her back in; when he opens the door; she rushes in and smacks into him and they end up with her laying on top of him on the floor.
* Back at the palace, the guests are talking with each other in the living room. Candelaria explains to Mariangela her duties of checking to see if anyone needs refills on their drinks. Gabriel arrives home; he walks around and greets his guests. When he sees Mariangela, he asks her why she's there at his home; she's in shock and asks "this is your house?" Just at that moment, Jocelyn starts walking down the grand staircase to the living room. Jocelyn welcomes everyone to the house and the party. She stops, sees Gabriel is there and everyone, including Gabriel, watch in shock and horror as Jocelyn slashes her wrists with a razor blade.

(Second hour begins...)
* As Jocelyn spreads her arms out and starts to fall backwards, Clemente and Gabriel run to catch her. Gabriel carries her out of the house - Clemente runs to get the car. After all the guests leave, Diana re-enters the living room and asks Rogelio if he was going to the hospital. He snaps, "NO WAY!" He has no intention of going to the hospital to see his step-mother. He insults Diana and says he prefers whores to grand ladies like her and she starts to cry about why he married her if he is so disgusted with her - he says because he was drunk. He leaves the room and she sits on the sofa and cries. Pedro then enters and wonders what happened to the big party. He sees Diana crying and asks what his cousin did this time. She says nothing and leaves the room.
* At the hospital, Clemente gets after Miriam for Jocelyn being crazy (see here's proof). Miriam thinks to herself the truth that Jocelyn isn't really Clemente's daughter. Gabriel is in the room with Jocelyn. He's trying to understand why she did it; she just wants him to stay and love her.
* At the palace, Pedro comforts and console a very upset Luisito in his bedroom. Luisito is crying about his mother's (Jocelyn) suicide attempt. Pedro helps Luisito back into bed. Luisito is still crying.
* Karen is skipping down the hallway - she runs into Pedro and yells at him for getting in her path, then enters her bedroom. She looks at the photo of her father and cries.
* Two female inmates discuss why Delores is in prison (for killing her brother). Delores is in the cell across from them; staring at an old, crumpled photograph.
* At the palace, Pedro and Diana are in her bedroom having a private conversation about Edgar.
* Delores, in bed in her cell, cries and looks at her brother's photo and begs him to forgive her for what happened.
* Pedro and Diana continue to talk in her bedroom - he asks her if she still loves Rogelio - she mentions she knows that he has a lover.
* Rogelio, meanwhile, is in his car - he calls his lover (Raquel) on the phone - she says she's busy and hangs up.
* Demian is waiting in bed, anxious. Raquel returns to the room with martinis for two - as she mentions his prosthesis leg, he knocks the glasses from her hands, pulls her to him on the bed and kisses her and holds and calls her "Regina".
* Candalaria consoles Mariangela outside her mother's bedroom.
* in her hospital room, Jocelyn brings up the child they lost and makes Gabriel remember the horrible accident that also left Luisito a paraplegic. She blames him for everything; he was the one driving. Gabriel tells her to stop.
* At the palace, Luisito is in his bed, crying for his mom.
* In the hospital waiting area, Dr. Fuentes tells Clemente and Miriam his diagnosis that Jocelyn needs serious professional psychiatric help. Gabriel walks out to the waiting area and overhears the conversation. He's shocked.
* Back in her room, Jocelyn mumbles in her sleep "Gabriel don't leave me, don't go." Gabriel listens from the door and thinks of the diagnosis and Luisito and wonders if he has any right to be happy and find a new love.
* Padre tells Mariangela that her mom has Alzheimer's disease, it's grave and her mom will die. Candelaria is sitting beside Aurora's bed - Aurora doesn't remember who Candelaria is, despite Candelaria trying to remind her. Aurora becomes more and more confused.
* At his home, Demian meets with Tiberio in the living room (Tiberio is his godson). During the discussion, Tiberio makes Demian upset by saying that Rogelio is also sleeping with Raquel.
* Raquel and Rogelio at that same moment are in her apartment having sex.
* A man with dreadlocks is kneeling in front of his "day of the dead" altar in his small one room apartment.
* At their house (formerly the Delara palace, Alborada), Leonardo and Elsa are in the kitchen eating dinner and talking about Candelaria visiting her old friend, Aurora, who is very sick. Elsa isn't interested in the details and leaves. Leonardo takes down his wife Viviana's photo from the wall; he misses her terribly. He sits down on the sofa. Elsa returns and scolds Leonardo for still mourning Viviana.
* In the rain, Padre and Candelaria discuss how bad Aurora is becoming and that Mariangela needs someone to protect her. He escorts her to the bus.
* Mariangela is sitting beside her mom's bed. She tells her mom of her plans to live in Mexico City and her wish to help her mom get well again. A man enters, which surprises Mariangela. He demands payment, and tries to force himself on her (molest her) - Mariangela breaks away and pulls out some scissors to use to defend herself. He will return soon - for payment.
* In her apartment, Raquel is in her bed - Rogelio is getting dressed - she seduces him back into bed.
* Diana is in her bedroom at the palace. She remembers the insulting remarks Rogelio made to her earlier that night; then she remembers a painful incident at the nightclub.
* Demian returns to the bedroom and seeing Regina in bed, he climbs on the bed and crawls on top of her. He attacks and forces himself on her as she screams for him to stop.
* Candelaria and Leonardo sit at the kitchen table, have coffee and sweet rolls and talk (about her visit with Aurora and Mariangela).
* At the hospital, Clemente, Miriam and Gabriel discuss Jocelyn. Gabriel and Clemente both blame Miriam for what's happened with Jocelyn and then leave.
* In the hallway of her house, Regina cries to her confidante/maid about loving Gabriel still after all these years and it causing such hostility and problems for Demian and their marriage.
* In the hospital room, Gabriel sits and watches Jocelyn sleep. He thinks to himself that he can't leave, he can't abandon her now, not with her like this.
* In her kitchen, Regina confides about all the love letters Gabriel used to write her, how she wished to marry Gabriel until her father introduced her to Demian and convinced her to marry him, and how Demian had changed dramatically over the years.
* In Venice, J.C. and Paulina are still awake in bed, talking. Paulina asks if he thinks she's ugly. He rolls over her and turns on the light - takes a quick look and tells her she's not his type, he doesn't like her. She turns out the light and makes a remark, which makes him roll over and turn on the light again - so he can have a second longer look at her. He says he doesn't like her, she doesn't interest him, but he like her and touches her lips with his fingers.
* In Mexico City, Miriam calls Federico from the hospital to wake him up and tell him about Jocelyn. He makes up an excuse why he didn't attend the party. While on the phone, Federico's wife wakes up. He tells her about Jocelyn being in the hospital. She takes the phone from him and passes along her sympathies for Jocelyn before hanging up and leading Federico back to bed. Miriam is upset about the wife hanging up on her.
* In the hospital room, Gabriel sits and watches Jocelyn in bed; he wonders about his daughter Paulina.
* In Venice, Paulina and J.C. kiss. When Paulina realizes what happened, she pushes J.C. off her and jumps out of bed. He apologizes and calms her down - they have a special bond/chemistry between them and they shouldn't deny it. They kiss again.

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Okay, so Lety and Gerardo hug. Erasmo drunkenly pulls Lety away. He asks what Lety is doing with that man. She tries to explain that Gerardo is the photographer and they were talking about…, but Erasmo interrupts and asks why this would result in a hug. He says that decent women don’t hug in public. Lety tells him it was just a friendly hug. “Are you going out with him?” “Of course not, Daddy! How much did you drink with the golfers?” Erasmo tells her not to change the subject. She gets short with him, says that Gerardo is just a work colleague and says she has a lot of work and he’s drunk. She tells him that she loves him. Erasmo hangs the head. The world still spins for Erasmo, even the trees are moving.

Lety goes to the bathroom and wets her hair. Alicia does her best impression of a jack-in-the-box. Alicia says has to insult Lety; out loud, of course. Lety looks around, but decides she must not have heard anything. She laments all the works she has to do.

Fernando finds Erasmo and asks him how much he’s had to drink. Fernando tries to count Erasmo’s fingers, but stops him at twenty. Erasmo speaks and Fernando has to waive the air to breath. Erasmo points out to Fernando that he is very moderate with alcohol. Uh-huh. Erasmo says he needs to speak with Fernando. Fernando thinks he’s going to hear the story of Lazaro again. Erasmo says it’s something else; he’s worried about Lety. Fernando wants to know why. Erasmo thinks that she’s doing something bad. Fernando remembers his day dream in the tent and said that this is impossible. She’s Erasmo’s daughter and is just like him. Erasmo says yes, she’s like me, but there are many immoral men out there. Fernando sets Erasmo on the rail. Erasmo says that Lety is acting suspicious with Gerardo. Erasmo changes subjects asks if Fernando knows Tomas Mora. Fernando says of course, he’s Lety’s best friend ever since they were kids. Erasmo says that Tomas usually helps with Lety and that he’s here with Erasmo in the club but he’s disappeared. Fernando can not believe that Tomas is in the club. Erasmo asks Fernando, as Lety’s boss, to help take care of Lety, she’s so innocent. Fernando can’t believe that Erasmo wants his help. Erasmo starts to tell a story about Lety from her youth. Fernando is enthralled.

Tomas hides from the cuartel. He runs into the men’s room and Sara tries to follow him in, but Lola holds her back. Lety runs out of the women’s room and asks what is wrong. Sara and Lola tell her that the voyeur has returned and is spying on more women. They tell her that he went into the men’s room. She gets upset and storms into the men’s restroom with Sara and Lola following. Alicia waits until everyone disperses and runs away. Lola, Lety and Sara look in the men’s restroom. They keep hearing sounds to indicate someone is in the room, but they can’t find anyone. Finally, they get to the last stall. They knock on the door. Tomas crawls over the top and runs out the door. The girls enter the next stall; stand on the toilet and look over. They’re surprised that no one is in the last stall. The fat golfer enters the bathroom. He freaks about going into the wrong bathroom and then excuses himself. He comes back in and says, no, he’s in the right bathroom; it says gentlemen above the door. The girls excuse themselves and run out of the door. Did anyone else notice that there is community toilet paper on the outside of one of the stalls?

Outside of the clubhouse, Lety says they should go to the president of the club to have the voyeur expelled. Sara says she’s in charge of security at the club and she’ll take care of it. Lola tells Lety that Sara will get the contracted security to help. Lety tells them to take charge of the problem, she’s got other things to do.

Erasmo and Fernando continue to talk. Erasmo gets in a fight with someone. Erasmo talks about how some guy used to bring her flowers and other lies. He’s made because Julieta convinced him to give this youth an opportunity. Erasmo tells the story of the aftermath of the infamous “bet” from his perspective. He felt so useless; he didn’t know how to help her. Fernando says he understands. He feels the same helpless too. He remembers the night Lety told him about the bet and how it almost killed her. Fernando tells Erasmo that he (Fernando) does have to take care Lety. Erasmo gives him a hug and says he knows that Fernando will care for her. Fernando says how could one not want to care for an enchanter like Lety. Fernando volunteers to take Erasmo to Tomas. Erasmo says they’re not there to take care of Tomas; they need to take care of the cameraman. Fernando should go back to the commercial. Erasmo gives Fernando another hug and calls him Don Fera.

Lety and Julieta talk about Erasmo’s overreaction to Lety hugging Gerardo. Lety tells her it was just a friendly hug. Julieta asks if maybe there’s something going on between Lety and Gerardo. Lety protests. In the background Julieta serves food to the technicians. Erasmo and Fernando enter the tent. Erasmo points out Gerardo to Fernando as the guy he was talking about earlier. Fernando calls Lety over to him. Meanwhile, the technicians talk about the food.

Lety sits outside the trailer while Fernando paces angrily. Lety tells Fernando that he needs to tell her what is wrong. Fernando asks Lety why she brought him. “Me??” She doesn’t realize that he’s talking about Tomas. He says he doesn’t even know him; how could she bring him to the location – Tomas Mora. Lety tells Fernando that she thought he was talking about Gerardo. For a moment Fernando thinks he has another rival, but Lety reminds him that Gerardo is the cameraman. Fernando asks Lety again why she brought Tomas. Lety assures him that her father must have been mistaken. Lety very clearly told Tomas not to come to the location. Fernando and Lety decide to discuss this some more later, right now they need to worry about Pilar and Lightening. The moment of truth has arrived! Alicia and Tomas spy!

Juana comes over and tells Julieta that the chilaquiles were a hit. Erasmo tells Juana that the mole is even better. Martha walks over to the technicians table with two plates.

Lety takes some chilaquiles to Pilar. Pilar doesn’t know what they are. Lety can’t believe she’s never had them. Pilar thinks their delicacies. Fernando pats the make-up guys shoulder. He likes it. (Who wouldn’t?) The moment of truth has arrived; Pilar has to get onto the horse. Fernando: “The horse that you have to mount is, is, is…” Lety: “… very pretty!” They talk about the horse a little more. You don’t know with horses, how they’re going to react and if they’re going to obey. Fernando slips and says that the horse is named Lightening. Pilar says this makes her even more nervous. Fernando says he’s called Lightening because he’s very luminous. Pilar says he’s making her more nervous. Fernando tries to calm her and says that she just needs to get to know the horse. Let’s go! Pilar crosses herself, receives some reassurance from Irmita and walks outside of her trailer.

Fernando and Lety tells Lety that the best case scenario will be them canceling the filming. Lety says no it will all turn out well. The make-up guy lustily watches Fernando leave. They exit the trailer and walk over with Pilar to Lightning’s corral. Alicia and Tomas follow.

Sara frantically tells Rodolfo about the voyeur. Lola says it’s no use. They guess that an intrusion like this is not grave enough to require his services. Sara goes back over to him and lies that the voyeur has a gun and intends to assassinate the model. PM and Saimon walk into the scene with food; they just guessed that Sara would be with Rodolfo. They give the plates to Sara and Rodolfo. Rodolfo speaks! It’s time for his lunch!

Fernando leads Pilar over to Lightening. She looks petrified. He shows Pilar the nice calm white horse. The cowboy says he’ll go get the horse. She asks if the horse is big. Fernando and Lety try to work around the question. “Big compared to what?” “Big compared to another horse!” Fernando says he’s big compared to a pony or an Arabian. During this conversation, out comes Lightening, and he is not a friendly horse. Pilar says she’s not get on that horse!. Alicia watches and whispers that Lightening will not fail her. All of a sudden, Lightening is calm. The cowboy says he has an idea how to help Pilar get over her fear. Alicia does not want this to happen.

Erasmo comes over to Gerardo and says that his camera is very interesting. Erasmo tries to introduce himself but Gerardo just walks away. Erasmo asks Gerardo if he’s seriously interested in getting married. (Never mind that Gerardo is actually wearing a wedding band; guess the wardrobe people missed that one) Gerardo says that he would rather live with his girlfriend first, he’s not sure that he believes in marriage. Erasmo says Gerardo doesn’t understand he’s Lety’s father. Gerardo says congratulations. Erasmo tells Gerardo to pay attention. Gerardo wipes his nose because of the smell of Erasmo’s breath. Erasmo forbids him to even look at his daughter. Julieta interrupts and takes Erasmo away. Julieta apologizes for her husband’s mistake. Erasmo tries to tell Julieta that this guy is playing games with Lety.

The cowboy sets up a mechanical bull. Fernando tries to convince Pilar to get on the bull. He falls over in the corral but eventually gets her on the bull. He has Lety start it. At first the bull just spins and Pilar is happy. Pilar calls Fernando Pavel and Lety asks if she can speed the bull up (through gritted teeth). Fernando says no, and that they have to leave for a moment. Fernando and Lety talk about Pilar’s obsession with Pavel. Fernando asks if Lety thinks that Pilar is cured of her fear of horses. Lety says she doesn’t really think so. While they’re talking Alicia sneaks over to the controls and turns them up. Pilar screams and falls off the bull. Alicia isn’t so subtle this time, and Fernando discovers her. He basically throws Lety in the ring to help Pilar, who clutches her terrified. Pilar stalks over to Fernando and Alicia. They all yell at Alicia about what she did with the bull. Tomas hides in the background and says that he needs to help Alicia. Ooops! He’s discovered too! Lety excuses herself and runs after him. Fernando accuses Alicia of trying to sabotage the commercial. Alicia says no, of course not. There is only one model for this commercial. She pets Pilar’s hair to signal that she’s the model. Pilar whips her head around and says that no, she will not get on the horse! (Oh great, back to this. I’m glad that we’ve made some progress.)

Tomas runs away from Lety, but he doesn’t succeed. Lety tells him to come over to her. Lety says she doesn’t’ need to ask him why he’s here. It’s obvious. She’s piiiisssseeed! Fernando starts to point out that he’s her best friend in the whole world ever since they were young, then he asks for pardon. Lety asks if anyone has seen him. He says only her father, and he told Fernando that he is there. “Of course he would tell Don Fernando!” Lety asks if anyone else has seen him. He says the cuartel. They share a laugh over the fact that he’s the famous voyeur. Lety tells Tomas to leave and to go back to the house. He’s not going to see the horse or the underwear! Tomas sulks.

Fernando pulls Alicia away from Pilar. He tells her to leave. Alicia decides the best thing to do is to make fun of Lety. This, of course, backfires. Alicia stalks off. Pilar haughtily tells Fernando and Lety that she’s not going to get on the horse, Pavel. Fernando and Lety imitate her, and then Fernando gets an idea. It has something to do with Pavel. He tells Lety to advise the technicians to have the cameras ready to film immediately. He runs off after Pilar.

Erasmo complains about Gerardo. Julieta says they’re just work buddies. Erasmo says he shouldn’t be here. Julieta agrees, it would have been better if he had stayed home. She asks Julieta to leave Lety alone. Erasmo walks off; Julieta tells him not to go and then chases after him.

Tomas exits from the front of the club. The security guy asks what could possibly be so bad. Tomas shows the security guard the picture of his “girlfriend.” The security guard says he has a picture of that girl too. Tomas freaks. The security guard tells him to call down; it’s just a picture so he can identify her when she tries to enter the club and he can stop her. Tomas grabs the security guards newspaper and leaves. In the street he does a weird hitchhiking move.

Lety goes over to Gerardo and asks if he’s ready. Gerardo says that he is. Lety gives him a high five and then wiggles her way out of the scene.

Erasmo is in a pine tree looking for Lety. He spies on Pilar and Fernando talking about she’s not going to get on the horse. Fernando asks her if she’ll get on for him. Huh? “For you?” In the office he couldn’t stop thinking about his past. He does have a double life! In part of his life he’s Fernando, in the other he’s Pavel. (Notice he says the last name wrong) Pilar wants a kiss, but Fernando gives her a hug. She wants to know why he changed to Fernando Mendiola. He says it’s a long story… but won’t she get on the horse for him. It’s a very important commercial for him.

Commercial! I run off to my kitchen to grab a bottle of water laughing about all the possible reactions Lety might have when she finds out what is Fernando’s great idea.

And we’re back! Sara has placed flowers all over Rodolfo. She calls him her love and the cuartel laughs at her. It’s just not worth it, Lola tells her. Sara turns to Rodolfo and says that she’s going to love him unconditionally. They hear a horse whinny. A girl is not so skillfully riding a horse in the field. The cuartel laughs at the girl and her horse. Rodolfo finally moves by hiding behind Sara. Who was the girl riding the horse? Alicia Ferreira???!!! She asks the cuartel if they want another demonstration; during her six semesters of finance she took a concentrated equestrian course. She asks Lightening to help her, but seems a little scared of Lightening. She decides to leave and asks the stable boy to remove the horse from her presence. The cowboy comes over and takes the horse away. He’s worried that something could of happened. Alicia tells him not to worry because she’s a total expert.

The cowboy grooms the horse. He says to Lety that the horse is really nervous after what has happened. The waitress took him! The cowboy tells her that Alicia wanted to demonstrate to don Fernando that she could be the model in the commercial.

The security guard chases after Alicia and tells her that the help can’t go through that entrance. She yells at him and runs to the street. He tells her to have a nice day. Alicia stands in front a cemetery trying to hitch hike a ride home. Her methods don’t work very well.

Sara cries because she’s been deceived. Rodolfo isn’t the love of her life. Saimon, Lola and PM try to placate her. Saimon says maybe Rodolfo is foreign and doesn’t speak Spanish. PM asks to stop talking and to put his lips to a better use. Sara calls Rodolfo some names and says that she could never be with a man like that. PM says that there is a perfect man for Sara out there. Sara asks PM to present her with this man.

Fernando tells Irmita that Pilar is going to get on the horse. Irmita asks how he got her to do that. Fernando tells Irmita not to ask him; the answer will not have good consequences. He walks over to Gerardo and tells him that he has only one opportunity to get the shot. Just one take! Gerardo doesn’t look so sure.

Julieta stirs and smells her mole. Erasmo comes into the scene and demands they leave at that moment. Julieta wants to know why; no one has eaten the mole. Because of Don Fernando, he’s immoral. Lety overhears this and runs into the scene. Erasmo says that she can’t work for Fernando anymore. Lety wants to know why. Because Fernando lives an immoral life!

Will Erasmo force Lety to quit her job at Conceptos?
How will Lety react to Fernando's latest scheme?
What's Fernando going to do when Pilar wants a kiss...right in front of Lety?

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As a new member of the summary recap committee, I thought I would introduce myself before "Mundo de Fieras" starts.

My Biography in brief:
Name: Jody Renee
Nickname: J.R.
Horoscope: Libra; Sheep/Goat
Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.
Hobbies: fishing, boating (I have my own motorboat), geneology, history, photography
Favorite food: mexican and italian
Favorite colors: pink and purple
Heroes: my parents
Occupation: I was a production assistant/grip/gaffer but currently I am an unpaid assistant with the Iowa Jewish Historical Museum here in central Iowa.
Telenovelas I've seen: I have seen just about all the telenovelas Fernando Colunga has done so far in his career. I have sat through and actually done summary recaps for his three historicals (Alondra, AR and Alborada) and the last episodes for two of his other ones (La Ursurpadora and Esmeralda). Alborada was the first novela that I did without translating to spanish before posting - which saved me a lot of time and craziness - so now I am looking forward to the challenge of summarizing the episodes of a non-Colunga novela for the first time. (I did the spanish recaps for Fernandos' forum on univision.com; the Alborada recaps were for the Yahoo group alboradafan.)

See ya' - I'll try to post my summary as soon as I can, although I don't type as fast as I used to.

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... and it will be a two-hour episode. Let's hope it's good. We have a brand new recapper, Jody, tackling this double feature! And then we have ANOTHER brand new recapper, Gloria, on Wednesdays! Nora, aka "Promiscuous Reader," will take Thursdays and Jardinera has nobly volunteered to take on Fridays (while she'll still be blogging Heridas). I'll be doing Mundo Mondays. Stay tuned!

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The supposedly dead Gustavo wheels himself into the church and says he will testify for Maite.

Nicolas sinks to his knees muttering: "I told you he would come back from the dead to get vengeance..."

Nicolas and Manola try to slip out but Gustavo continues: "You thought I was dead, but no." To the assembled church-goers: "My wife threw me off the balcony and later hid me in an abandoned building, telling everyone I was in a clinic in the U.S. Poor Omar helped me with my recovery, and helped me escape, and then YOU AND NICOLAS KILLED HIM!"

Rodrigo: "And then, Mom, you had me thrown in jail for your own crime!"

Remedios: "They are not the only assassins. You, Jacinta, caused your husband's death and THIS BRACELET IS PROOF!" [Huh.]

Jacinta: "A lie!"

Veronica: "It's no lie, I heard you confess when you were praying." (Others pipe up in support.)

Maite trots out her story and her proof (Aunt Griselda's letter).

Valeria trots out HER story (that Jacinta and Manola separated her from Andres) and Rodrigo supports her, apologizing again for his participation.

Jacinta: "It's all lies and blasphemy!" "No, Jacinta, YOU are the liar!"

Federico shows up and asks what's going on here.

Gustavo: "Federico, I'm glad you showed up. Jacinta will be surprised to find out that you killed her son Adolfo. You thought I was in a coma and not listening when you confessed to killing him and then simulating an 'accident'..."

"Federico will betray anyone," pipes up Unibrow. "He's signed over the ownership of the hacienda to me -- and therefore you, Jacinta, have to leave this very night!"

Federico has had enough of this cozy chat. He grabs Juanita and holds a gun to her head as Manola steals Pedrito out of Valeria's arms. They dash outside, where there are lots of cop cars. Federico hurls Juanita away and grabs the baby from Manola, pointing the gun at his little defenseless head. "Make the cops leave!"

Remedio begs him to give the baby back. "You, mom, were the first to betray me! You deprived me of a lifetime as a Valladolid and told me your mediocre husband, Octavio, was my father."

Rodrigo begs: "Father, please give the child back." Federico scoffs at him too.

There is a general stampede out of the church. In the quiet, the Padre tells Jacinta to leave! Get out of his church! and repent. She can't believe her ears. The gossipy ladies (what an excellent night to come to church) sneer: "Hypocrite! Liar! Bad person!" as she and Cleo stagger past.

At home Jacinta tells Cleo, in front of her husband's picture: "The Valladolid lands are mine, mine, they will belong to noone else. I'm going to pray for them (the pictures I think). Cleo, take them down and put them in my room. The dead will accompany me, I will pray for them."

Manola is driving, Federico tells her to head for the convent. They use the tunnel to get back into the hacienda (Manola: "This looks like the entrance to hell") to steal jewels and money for a good getaway.

Manola leaves the baby on the sofa. Federico is cleaning out the safe when Jacinta bursts in with her rifle and asks indignant rhetorical questions like, "How could you kill my son?"

Federico: "Adolfo was mediocre, useless, he deserved to die like a dog." "You will putrify in hell." "If hell exists, it's within these walls, in this evil house, and you're going to end up in an insane asylum." "I'm not crazy, I'm an instrument of God. I'm going to be in paradise, enjoying the presence of El Señor for all eternity." "Uh, no, you're completely crazy."

Manola adds: "Doña Jacinta, some exemplar of rectitude you are - a twisted, demented assassin!" Jacinta's retort: "Divine fury will be unleashed upon you!"

Federico gets the last word: "See you in hell, Jacinta. Let's go, Manola." After they're gone, Jacinta expresses a frisson of self-doubt. "Me? Oh, not me... ?"

Cleo plucks Pedrito off the sofa and shows him to Jacinta. "Give him to me. He's a Valladolid and I will take charge of his salvation and purification."

The good guys figured out Bonny and Clyde used the secret tunnel and all burst into the hacienda. Luis Antonio sticks a gun in Federico's face. Federico implies Pedrito will die if Unibrow uses the gun and somehow - while my attention flagged - Federico ended up with the gun but he left Unibrow alive and then left. That was a useless scene.

Did Cleo set up that big circle of candles on Jacinta's bedroom floor or did Jacinta do it herself? With all the Valladolid portraits propped along the walls?

Jacinta steps into the circle with Pedrito, declaiming: "Nobody's gonna take us out of here." Her dead husband's portrait starts talking to her, reminding her that he loved Remedios. Her dead son's portrait tells her: "You sacrificed me for your own desires and separated me from the woman I loved. And my own brother murdered me." "Federico may be condemned but fire will purify OUR sins. [She's referring to hers and baby Pedrito's.] I am the hand of God, your humble instrument. [She doesn't look any more humble than usual.] Now I'll undertake the final purification!" Her candles set the place on fire instantly. Speaking to the pictures: "You, Pedro, and you, Adolfo, both committed the sin of lechery. The fire will purify you, too."

The girls rush into the hacienda and find Cleo praying, then dash off to the locked bedroom. They get the key. Maite bursts into the room, sees Jacinta davening with Pedrito in her arms and fire all around, grabs Pedrito and hands him off to Valeria. She's about to leave but Jacinta hauls her back into the burning room, slams the door shut again, and starts to garrotte her. "You caused all my misfortunes, you won't leave here alive, you'll die like your aunt and Martina, I'll save your soul."

Victor, Andres, and Unibrow arrive and break down the door, Victor pulls Maite out, a burning beam falls on Jacinta and she burns to death with the Vallodolid portraits melting all around her.

Maite lies unconscious in the street surrounded by anxious good guys. "Mama, don't leave me just when we've found each other!" Wait, she's not dead! She coughed! "It's over."

Remedios cries as Octavio comforts her. "She hated me, she killed my Pedro, she made Federico be like her. But I'm at fault also..." Octavio loyally posits: "We are not responsible for the choices our children make."

Now that Maite has almost burned up saving Pedrito, Valeria has finally forgiven her and asks her forgivenness in turn, calling her Mama. Victor, Unibrow, Andres, Maite, Valeria, and Veronica have a big group hug.

As Manola and Federico speed away he grumps: "You knew I was a real Vallodolid and you didn't tell me." "If you'd known, you'd have been intolerable." Just as they congratulate themselves for starting a new life, the cops, lots and lots of cops, come up behind. Rodrigo and Gustavo are in a car following the cops and Rodrigo assures Gustavo: "You're my dad. They're criminals." Rodrigo and Gustavo bond.

The little red getaway car roars up a dusty road to a hilltop and stops at the edge of a cliff. It's a long way down. The police come up behind and say "Give yourselves up." Rodrigo uses the megaphone to repeat the suggestion.

Manola and Federico get back in the car, agreeing they don't want to spend the rest of their lives in jail. They profess their love. "Together, as always!" "Together, forever!" They hold hands and kiss and Federico guns it and hurls the car over the cliff and it crashes far, far below and explodes into flame.

Some time later, church plaza. Victor and his old Maldonado buddy will start a new restaurant. Valeria and Andres will live in the hacienda. Andres offers to stop bullfighting but Unibrow says, "No, we know it's your passion." Rodrigo and Remedios bond as grandson and grandma. Guillermo shows up after all this time! With mommy and assorted siblings. Turns out Veronica "moved heaven and earth" to find him. He and Victor hug and Veronica hugs Guillermo too.

Rodrigo asks Baldo to teach him a word in Nuhuatl. They go over to Juanita and Rodrigo is too incompetent to repeat the words Baldo whispers in his ear. Instead, he asks in Spanish: "Do you like me? Would you like to be my girlfriend?" She answers in Nuhuatl and her dad Teodoro translates: "She says she'll try you out and see how it goes." Fair enough. "Well, would you give me lessons in Nuhuatl?" "Sure, classes begin whenever you like."

Cleo has taken the veil and gone to be a missionary somewhere far away. Nicolas is in jail. Sergio asks Josefina (Phyllis Diller Maldonado) to be his girlfriend, she accepts. Veronica and Baldo will both be in Europe and he will look her up. She gives him a kiss.

There is a double wedding. Valeria looks fabulous in her dress; Victor walks her down the aisle. Maite's dress is fussy and her hairdo rivals the much-maligned donuts Princess Leia wore in Star Wars; her dad Jose Maldonado walks her down the aisle. Andres and Unibrow are dressed like mariachis. They all get married. There's one more ghastly kiss from Unibrow and then hugs and applause etc.

It's a wrap! See you on the other side, folks! I'll be doing Mondays, MUNDO DE FIERAS. Be there or be square!

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Fernando and Luigi talk about Pilar over the phone. Luigi is in the locker room of the men’s soccer team for the world cup enjoying himself very much. Luigi tears himself from this for a moment to tell Fernando how to take care of Pilar. He says all you have to do is make her think that you’re going to use an extra. Fernando yells at the phone that he wants to know how to do that. Luigi tells Fernando not to yell at him because he’s so sensitive and very lonely; okay, maybe not “so” lonely. He tells Fernando to pay attention. He’ll tell him exactly what to do with Pilar Zacarias. We see Lety and Fernando listening intently. Lety gapes, but we’re going to have to wait for Luigi’s advice.

Tomas and Erasmo run into the golf course men. Erasmo yells at Tomas to get the salsa out of the car. The golf men don’t pass this one up and repeat the word salsa about twenty times and tease Erasmo for making salsa. Erasmo says that he did not make the salsa. Tomas asks how Erasmo knows them; Erasmo tells Tomas that they taught him how to play golf earlier. They men go on about golf but Tomas is busy looking at Alicia’s picture. Erasmo looks at Alicia’s picture and shakes his head.

Fernando looks at the scenery through the camera lens. Fernando and the technician disagree on the type of lens to use. Fernando wants a 100/80 lens and Gerardo wants a 16. Fernando gives his whatever wave and asks Ricardo what he thinks of Luigi’s plans with the mannequins. Ricardo is more concerned with changing the color of the clothing. Time is money. Fernando gives one of his many unique sounds in protest. Gerardo comes back into the scene and tries to describe why the red won’t work. Fernando says okay, and then calls for Saimon. Ricardo and Gerardo try to figure out Fernando’s hand motions. I wish them good luck; I’m not sure that the actor who plays Fernando knows what they mean.

Juana asks Lety what she’s going to do with Pilar. Lety says it’s a surprise, but it’s going to be fun. The cuartel tells Lety about the voyeur who was spying on the model in her trailer. Julieta gasps. Lety asks “Who was he?” Sara says he was an extremely ugly man with a really bad hairstyle. Fernando enters and pardons himself for interrupting. The cuartel jumps to attention. He and asks them to go get Saimon for him. Irmita, Juana and Martha go after Saimon. Lety tells Fernando that the cuartel knows that they need their help with Pilar. Julieta whispers in Lety’s ear that Erasmo has not come with the salsa.

Erasmo continues to talk with his golf friends while Tomas sneaks off. They’re talking about the price of golfing. The men joke that they’re extra money goes to their golf cart and to the bar. They ask Erasmo to go to the bar with them. Erasmo says he can’t because he has to take the salsa to the set. They talk about the different things to drink. The fat one says just a small glass of tequila. The tall man wants beer or champagne. The agree on Mezcal (a liquor made out of an agave plant. Tequila is made out of blue agave plants. Mezcal is made out of the other types.). The men cheer for Erasmo. He and his salsa somehow fit in the golf cart with the men.

Julieta worries about Erasmo. Saimon arrives and tells Fernando that he’ll do whatever he wants, with his usual dramatic phrases. Fernando says come here, you have lipstick on you’re mouth. Saimon tries to give excuses. Fernando doesn’t care and asks him to focus and to get three mannequins. He wants them to be very different and of good quality. He also wants some more underwear; white, yellow or black will work. PM says she’ll help Saimon look for the underwear. Fernando tells Saimon to hurry and not to come back with lipstick on his face. Saimon has one more question. Fernando looks for his wallet to give Saimon money but can’t find it. Saimon says he’ll take care of it but tells Lety that they’ll have to settle accounts later. Lety tells him of course. Saimon runs off. Fernando tells the cuartel to get to work. They scatter; he stalks off and Lety runs after him.

Erasmo and the golf men sit in the bar. The fat man welcomes Erasmo to the “world of golf.” Erasmo tells them that he thinks that having a cup of alcohol is fine, as long as it’s done in moderation. (Bet you can see where this is going.) They men toast and take a sip. Erasmo doesn’t like his drink. The fat man tells him that he’s drinking scotch. Erasmo says he’ll finish this drink and then he has to go to his woman.

Alicia sneaks around the outside of Pilar’s trailer. She spies on Pilar while Tomas spies on her. They both have a little foot pop moment. Alicia tries to jump up and look in the window, but she hurts a nail. Inside the trailer Pilar talks to her friend on her phone about the commercial. At first she complains about how slow the production of the commercial is going (yah! because she hasn’t shown up to the set. Duh!) No, she hasn’t heard anything more about the double life of “Fernando Pavel.” She says she’s going to keep her friend informed but, first, the commercial is going to be exactly how she wants it.

PM and Saimon shop for lingerie. PM is really into it and wants it all for herself, but Saimon just wants to grab whatever is in front of him. He doesn’t want the big boobied girl in the background to see him shopping with PM. PM wants to take more time and find something really nice. Saimon finds an unattractive salesgirl with a really bad boob job (I mean, seriously, the boobs are supposed to touch at some point, not point out in opposite directions!) to talk to about lingerie. PM interrupts and asks the salesgirl to ring her up. Saimon didn’t realize that she was the salesgirl. PM pretends to be sad with him.

Fernando throws rocks in the lake. Lety runs into him. I think this was supposed to be a hug; looked more like hit and run. They attempt to hold hands, miss and then finally get it right. Lety says she wanted to leave him alone, but she just couldn’t. She doesn’t like that he’s so tense and nervous. Fernando talks about how he’s doubting himself as the head of Conceptos. He’s not prepared to do this. If Luigi or Omar were here he would know exactly what to do. Lety says that, yes, Luigi would know exactly what to do but she doesn’t think that Omar does anything. Fernando laughs. She tells him that, of course, he’s going to have problems; it’s finding the solutions that’s important. He says thanks. They give each other some “love taps.” “Ay, Lety, what I am I going to do with you?” At the same time Fernando says this he’s thinking about how he has to marry Marcia. “Why do you say this, Don Fernando?” He says that he feels fragile and that he’s a bother to her. She tells them that of course he’s a bother to her (the love taps continue during this conversation.) and gives him a quick kiss. They hug while Fernando remembers Omar telling him what’s in the letter and how bad it would be if anyone found it. Fernando mentions the letter out loud. Lety asks what he said. Fernando makes some noise and walks off.

Erasmo and his golf friends have many glasses on the table. They’ve moved on to tequila. They call for the waiter, Roberto, for more drinks. Erasmo says he needs to go, but the tall guy convinces him to drink one more. Erasmo says he has to go to his wife after this drink. The guy in yellow plays a song on a fake violin while the tall man pretends to cry. The guy in yellow pretends to play on something else (sorry, don’t recognize the instrument), and everyone cheers. Next he does a trombone. Everyone cheers again.

Julieta is talking on the phone about how she is nervous something bad has happened. She hangs up and tells the cuartel that there is no news at the police station. Martha tells her that he’s just late. Juana does another dance (about sugar) to cheer her up. Alicia spies and Saimon and PM enter the scene. (These are realistic looking mannequins?) Saimon says he’s back with his mission completed.

Lety and Fernando walk through the bar. They see three very drunk men and Fernando laughs. Lety realizes one of them is her father. She wants to go get him, but Fernando says he’s not interfering in anything and it’s better to leave him. Lety says she’s worried, but eventually allows Fernando to rush her out so that Erasmo doesn’t see her.

The cuartel puts underwear on the mannequins while Lety tells her mom that Erasmo is in the bar being very friendly with some golfers. Julieta wants to run off and get him, but Lety tells her that it would be better for Erasmo to stay. She doesn’t want him to find out it’s an underwear commercial. Julieta insists. She wants her salsa. Lety says she would help her mom, but she has to stay and help with the commercial. Julieta tells Lety not to worry; she can do this all on her own. She storms off to get Erasmo, without Lety.

Erasmo tells the gentleman about his uncle Lazaro, who made a lot of money. Lazaro procured a great fortune, but he started out with basically nothing (one mule driver – I think). His friends don’t understand so he takes their shots and drinks them. They have a good laugh.

The models are set up on the porch. Lety runs over to the cuartel with their scripts. Saimon wants to participate, but Lety reminds him that they need women’s voices. She relents and gives him her page. Ricardo is not happy because it looks really fake. In order to convince Pilar that it’s real, the production has to be very professional. Fernando tells Gerardo that they just have to convince Pilar that they are filming the commercial without her. Fernando sends Irmita to tell Pilar that they don’t need any more of her services and to go home. Irmita thinks he’s telling herself to go home. Fernando re-explains; Irmita crosses herself and runs off to do her duty. Fernando whispers to Lety that she looked really cute when she was standing in front of the camera. (He’s telling her that she looks cute and is genuinely upset about marrying Marcia? Can we say t-r-o-u-b-l-e???)

Erasmo and his friends decide to toast. The yellow guy cries. Julieta enters and yells Erasmo’s name. The fat guy says I imagine this is your wife. He stands and tells her that they invited Erasmo to drink with them. She doesn’t care, she just wants her salsa. They compliment Julieta for having a lot of class. It almost works, but her sour look returns. Erasmo says what really happened is that they had just a little bit to drink, but he was just saying that he was going to take her the salsa. Erasmo grabs the salsa.

The cuartel makes a lot of noise. Fernando yells at them for silence. They give commands like they’re filming the commercial. Martha thinks he’s yelling her name when he’s actually saying “mark!”. hey hear Pilar yelling that they’re filming the commercial without her. We’re playing with her now, Fernando tells Lety.

Erasmo asks Julieta not to embarrass him in front of his new friends. Julieta says she’s worried about him. The friends try to defend Erasmo. She takes the salsa from Erasmo’s hands and walks off. The men congratulate Erasmo for his good woman. There is not anymore woman like that anymore! He shakes their hands and hugs them good-bye. Erasmo takes one more shot. With a deep breath in his lungs, he leaves after Julieta. He yells for her when she’s one foot in front him. She talks about her chilaquiles. They were waiting for their salsa. She laughs at Erasmo’s drunkenness. He holds onto her and says that it feels as if the whole world is moving.

Fernando complains about the slow process filming the commercial. Alicia spies on the commercial and doesn’t understand why they’re doing a commercial with mannequins. Pilar runs up to Fernando and demands to know what he’s doing. (If you have a VCR or DVR, please rewind and check out her run. I am at a loss of words…) Alicia sees this and protests. Tomas is almost discovered. Fernando tells Pilar he needs silence. Irmita gets the best job ever. Shutting up Pilar by putting her hand over the mouth. The cuartel reads their respective scripts while Pilar tries to claw herself away from Irmita. Sara put an extra sexy emphasis on her lines. Fernando loves it. Fernando tells them to focus on the mannequins and cut! Everyone cheers. Ricardo says that they can cancel the model and the horse. Pilar demands to know how they could replace her with mannequins. Fernando said that camera time is expensive and they didn’t have a choice. Ricardo says that Fernando came up with the idea and it was much more economical. Pilar protests. Fernando gives her a bunch of reasons why Ricardo would prefer the mannequins over her Lety attempts to hold Pilar back but Pilar screams at her to let her go. (Another telenovela classic line) Sara runs up and asks Fernando if he wants her help in ejecting the model. Fernando says, no, that’s okay but thanks. Fernando tells Pilar to leave them in peace and go home. Pilar repents and tells Fernando that she’ll do whatever he wants. Saimon comes over and says that’s good, but she has to do everything that they ask of her and be very disciplined. Alicia pops up in the background along with Tomas. He blows her a kiss and she feels something on her cheek.

Fernando and Lety find another private place and applaud their success. Neither can decide which way to go. Fernando needs to talk to Ricardo; Lety needs to check on Pilar. Lety points out that both people are located in the same direction.

The cuartel goes back to the tent and celebrates their success with the mannequins. Lety comes in and pretends to be upset. They laugh about Pilar’s face when she was talking to Fernando. Juana says that Fernando should use their voices for all his commercials. Irmita says that Saimon should return the mannequins. Saimon wants to leave before Pilar wreaks her revenge. Lety says that the underwear has to come off the mannequins first. Sara decides to return to Rodolfo now that Fernando doesn’t need her anymore. Lola gives chase. Julieta has brought Erasmo into the tent and he sits in the corner sleeping.

Ricardo asks Fernando if the filming is ready to start; he has to go back to the office. Fernando says they only need to get Pilar on the horse. Ricardo asks Fernando where he got the idea with the mannequins. Fernando tells him it was another diva’s, Luigi’s idea. Ricardo smiles knowingly. Gerardo asks Lety for the new underwear. She runs off and jumps over the tracks for the camera.

Alicia falls asleep in the grass. Tomas (can we say stalker??) pets her hair until her cell phone rings. It’s her father. She complains that Pilar is going to do the commercial and she’s not going to get her money. Her last hope is the horse.

Sara returns to Rodolfo. She asks Lola to leave her alone with him. Lola runs off and then not so inconspicuously climbs a tree. Sara says that she can see that her actions and jokes have not worked, but she’s going to lay it all out, just like she’s naked. Lola gasps. Sara says she’s going to speak from her soul; that what she’s about to so is going to move Rodolfo. Sara says she’s going to tell Rodolfo her life story so that he knows her completely. Lola hangs on her every word, literally and figuratively.

Julieta and Martha talk about Julieta’s food. Erasmo is awake and yells at Julieta for being mad at her. Martha interrupts, but Julieta shushes her. He walks off to talk to Lety while Julieta tries to stop him.

Sara talks about how united and loving was her family. They were able to do anything. Lola leaves the tree, uninterested. Sara talks about how abusive her neighbors were toward her parents. She beat up her first boy when she was four years old to defend her parents. Lola cries in the background about Sara’s valor. Sara walks over and tells Lola that her story’s purpose is to move Rodolfo. Lola pulls Sara’s arm to get her to come with her.

Lety walks up to Gerardo with a, gasp!, red bag. This bag contains black underwear. Gerardo says that they’re perfect, they’re won’t be any problems filming them. He tells her that he wasn’t sure that Fernando would be able to fix the situation without Luigi. He says that she and Fernando make a great team. He gives a hug. Erasmo walks up to Lety at this exact moment. His face gets even redder than usual.

Are we finally going to see Pilar get bucked off of Lightening?
Is Erasmo going to beat up Gerardo?
Will Julieta ever get to serve her food?

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Al and Miranda are in Fernanda’s office, she wants to get to know all her daughters. Alejandro says she will, she says how? When? Al and Miranda both tell her they are there for her, everything will work out fine in the end. Fern is feeling this way because her daughter Renata is getting married and she can’t share it with her like a mother.

When Bertha finds the hidden pocket in the briefcase, the papers she pulls out are remarkably white and wrinkle free after being in there for so many years! This case must be made of miracle leather. Amazing. They look fresh off the printer.

Charo retrieves the envelope from the dresser and talks to herself a lot. She decides to take the papers to Father Santiago, then thinks she’ll look at them first. A picture of Tomasa when she was younger. She finds a letter addressed to Norma Gomez Ramos, who is that? Maybe Ramos was Tomasa’s maiden name? Oh well, she decides, she might as well read it. The letter says “to my dear little girl, I don’t know if the Virgin will let me see you again or when you will get this card, but know that you aren’t alone in this world.” Lalala, your father was happy when you were born, etc etc. “Some horrible woman took you from my arms and I never saw you again.” I thought the letter was to a daughter, but apparently it is to the granddaughter, who we now know is Nuria. She decides to hurry off to Padre Santiago with the envelope, after a quick prayer.

Bertha talks to the dog. Then she flashes back to ‘that night’ – Antonio de Guzman uh ooops sorry, Alfredo Luque, is asking the younger (and way hotter) Bertha, “what if she says no? What if she won’t go with me?” Young Bertha says “of course she will, she doesn’t want to spend one more day here, convince her!” Back to the present, she whines to the dog that Alfredo always loved Fern and not her. She starts rubbing her forehead and getting psycho, telling the dog all her evil plans.

Lasagna is talking with Cesar on the phone, he convinces her to not tell her family that they are together, or whatever they are. Mom is coming, see you later at your apartment, kisses bye! Jeez Lasagna make me BARF. Que tonta. Lasagna promises her mother she’ll apologize to Alejandro. Mom says “what is with you?” nothing mom GOD leave me alone. “another boyfriend?” “Uhhh yeah mom, but don’t ask me now, give me a little time first.” Lasagna leaves, Mom says “you’re hiding something, I’ll find out what.”

Charo cries to Padre Santiago. He tells her that Tomasa is in a better place. Charo tells the father about when Tomasa died and how Bertha lied about how it happened. Charo is beside herself for lying on Bertha’s behalf and wants to confess to him, he says ok let’s go.

Al and Miranda are STILL in Fern’s office. Fern has found a candidate to donate a heart to transplant into Florencia. Maybe this will get Flor to stop being such dead weight. Where are Flor and Fab anyway? I don’t think they’ve appeared in like two weeks. I haven’t missed them. Miranda’s phone rings, it’s Fab. I typed that last bit too soon. I’m a jinx. Ohhhh they have been in the U.S. buying baby things. Miranda report that they are having a good time there. Alejandro seethes at Fab calling her on the phone. He says “why didn’t SHE call you? Why didn’t you ask to speak to her?” Miranda has no answer.

Everyone is congratulating Juan and Renata. Amparo and Francisco don’t look very happy. Amparo gives a smile to Juan but coldly tells Renata to be good to him, she’ll never find anyone better. Renata says “I know.” Convincingly even, like she means it. Then Amparo gives in and hugs her. Francisco gives them advice about respecting each other. Renata couldn’t be any more uncomfortable. Carola comes in and tells Juan she’ll never leave him alone and hugs him a little too long. Renata is jealous, Superslut immediately tells her to look out for that one (Carola), making her even more jealous. She says “JUAN! I have to change, come with me.” This marriage is off to a GREAT start. Carola holds her hand out to Renata and says “I’m Carola, I hope we can become BEST friends!” Renata’s look says “I doubt it.” Renata refuses to shake hands and starts bitching at Carola to basically get the hell out and never come back. Francisco and Amparo break it up by declaring that it’s time to eat. Renata pulls Juan away and gets on him about too much touching and hugging with Carola. He explains that she’s like a sister, Renata should treat her that way too. Renata isn’t buying it but says fine, she’ll apologize and change things. I don’t believe it. Francisco tells Juan to be patient with her.

Miranda and Alejandro are arguing about Fab. He thinks she is always sooo happy when she talks to him, and thinks that he calls her too much. She doesn’t have much to say about it, just “you’re crazy, give me a break, should I never talk to him again?” They are acting like a couple of teenagers. As usual. One week they are mad at each other, the next they are going to get married. Cripes. Fern comes back in the room and interrupts their mature conversation, the women are off to see the new bride Renata. Alejandro says he can’t go because something is going on with Lasagna (like she has gone INSANE?) and he has to go check it out. Al tells Miranda he’ll call her later, she says ok I’ll wait for your call. Hey maybe they aren’t so immature after all. Al picks her cell phone up off the chair – “here you better not forget your cell phone, you wouldn’t want to miss a call from FABRICIO.” Ah. They are so immature after all. Miranda gives him a withering look and slams the door behind her when she leaves. Smooth move Al.

Santiago wants no part of the envelope Charo brought, he tells her to do whatever she thinks is right with it. She is wanting him to tell her what to do, he is hemming and hawing and doesn’t want to be the one to make the decision. He tells her that in that card Tomasa tells about something very serious but there isn’t any proof to it beyond her word. He tells her to give it to whoever she trusts the most, she still says him. He says finally, “Fine, I’ll just hold on to it for you until you decide, ok?” She is relieved and takes off.

Daira tells Al about her earlier conversation with Lasagna. Al doesn’t like her getting around so much, he wants to know who this new boyfriend is. She knows something else is bothering Al, he starts whining about having doubts, I think that he has doubts about Miranda’s faithfulness, Daira says something about her having doubts about him too? Or him having doubts about himself? Whatever it was, muchas dudas.

The wedding party is chowing down. They talk about how good the food is and ask Renata what her best dish is, she says she doesn’t know how to cook. Why, they ask? Because she always had a cook! The pobres are trying to aggravate her, she is rising to the bait a little bit. Francisco shuts them up and Renata thanks him. Juan smiles at her and she smiles back, but she obviously would rather be anywhere else. Amparo goes to the kitchen and Francisco follows her, she starts crying and says she has a bad feeling in her chest. Fran says it isn’t the greatest party but what are they going to do?

Al admits that the fact that he hasn’t told Miranda everything bothers him. He goes over all the facts again, his quest for vengeance, Flor is his sister, etc. Daira says to tell her and ask for her understanding. What if she hates him? Well, then, that’s just he way it is. Daira tells him that these things aren’t logical, he just has to be honest with her. He prattles on and on about loving her, jealousy being stupid, etc.

Rebeca and Cesar are talking about Gonz and Julio, Julio is listening in from the other room. I didn’t really understand what they were talking about but it didn’t seem that important really. Julio walks in and he and Cesar smile and laugh, Cesar works on him to try and get him to sell his shares to Luciano. Julio says fine, I’ll do it.

Bertha tells the dog that she has a fortune in her hands. She has the rights to all of Alfredo Luque’s designs, and his money. The clean crisp papers she found are notarized contracts turning over the rights to everything with the beneficiary’s name left blank. “He was going to give everything to Fernanda, that’s why he had this portfolio with him.” As if there were any way ever in the world that this would happen. Cripes. I know we have to suspend disbelief, but come on. Oh here’s how to get out of a jam – let’s have the rich guy leave something where whoever writes their name in gets everything. Great idea! She has a flashback about Flor being a young child and having trouble breathing. I think that was how she got Gonzalo out of the house for Alfredo to come in, he had to take her to the doctor. She picks up her cell phone and calls Alejandro, telling him she has to see him right away, she has his father’s portfolio! He says he’ll come right away. She says no, no, tomorrow, she’ll call him to tell him where and when. After hanging up the phone, she caresses the portfolio like she’s having sex with it, with the appropriate facial expressions and everything. She cackles that Al won’t sleep now until he has the bag in his own arms, she’s going to make him suffer, I think she said until he understands how much she loves him? Let me get this straight – I love this guy, so I’m going to make him sooo miserable until he realizes it. Hmmm. Based on some women I’ve known, this is perfectly acceptable female logic. Present company excluded I’m sure.

Miranda and Fern are with Francisco and Amparo, Fern is upset that things weren’t happier than they were, everyone says give it time, lalala. She says she understands how Renata feels, Amparo doesn’t really like her but Francisco defends her. Basically they are all gossiping. Miranda says they better be prepared, they don’t know what a bitch Renata can be. Fern thinks she has to talk to her right away, they convince her to wait.

The REALLY hopping party consists of everyone sitting around, the party is breaking up. People leave one by one, giving Renata a chance to sneer at them individually, especially Carola when she gives Juan a loooong hug and kiss. Everyone quickly bails. Like in 20 seconds the room is empty. Congrats, congrats. Superslut of course can’t just let things be. On her way out, she tries to give Renata her car keys. Renata says no, no. Slutty says “I honor my obligations” or something like that. Juan says “what are you talking about?” Slutty McSluterson says “uh OOooohhh sorry…..you didn’t say anything to Juan? Oh My God!” Yeah right. Also, Erika and her FRIGGIN GAWDAWFUL HAIR are there the whole time. That has to be mentioned, as it cranks up the horror of this moment quite a bit. Juan says, “didn’t say anything to me about what, mi amor?”

Gonz is in his office, Doctor Escalante is brought in. The doctor says something is strange about Flor’s condition, it is hereditary through the parents, there is no other cause ever never ever, you see where this is leading, right? Also, he says it is strange that she never responded to the treatment from Bertha. Gonz says she saw all the best doctors! The doctor says it doesn’t matter, what matters is that it looks like Flor never took the medication in sufficient dosages. Gonz is stunned, with good reason. Maybe he’ll finally kill Bertha or something. We can only hope. Somebody on this show needs to get beat down hard and she’s at the top of the list. Well, co-number one with Cesar, whose greatest crime was taking Lasagna away from me. Bastard. Anyway, Gonz starts drinking.

Juan demands an explanation, she tries to say nothing, so he asks Slutty to tell him. She says “Renata, you might as well tell him, after all you ARE married now!” ha ha ha. Renata tells her to get out, she is going to be late for wherever she is going! Slutty finally just says “ok fine, we bet that you would marry her and I lost. You won, Renata! Yay!” She holds out the car keys. Renata looks scared and Juan looks lost. Slutty and BadHair leave in a hurry. Juan grabs Renata by the arms and screams at her, “This is why you married me? for a BET?”

Santiago is at his desk reading the rest of Tomasa’s letter. Nothing really out of the ordinary, I miss you, I wish I could talk to you, etc. He talks to his cross, “why doesn’t she use Bertha’s name? She only refers to her as ‘she’ so there’s no proof. We know, but she didn’t SAY it.” He puts the envelope away in a drawer, when he looks up, there is Bertha standing there laughing. She asks him why he told Alejandro about the bank accounts and the scandal, he says it wasn’t a confessional secret so he could say. Then something about justice, she says the only justice is HER justice, then she’s mad because Alejandro is going to investigate the whole thing. “Padre, you’re going to be sorry!” he says “what are you going to do? Kill me like you did Tomasa?”

Juan is understandably pissed off. Renata denies it, says Slutty was making a trick. He gives her an out by slightly changing the subject, saying that if her love for him is because of a bet then…. She says no! “I love you more than I ever thought I possibly could love.” She jumps on him with a pretty heavy kiss. He says “look me in the eyes and tell me, Renata, did you make a bet with Slutbag about whether I’d propose to you, or not?” She can’t do it, she lowers her eyes. He says that’s how it is with women like them, they toy with the emotions of real people like him! She made a mockery of his whole family, who welcomed her. She cries and begs for a chance to prove to him how much she loves him. He yells at her that all this was for her! (indicating the food and the party, etc) If she wants to marry a pobre then she can learn to live like one and clean everything up here and in the kitchen. If not, then when he gets back she better be gone. He slams the door behind him on the way out. Renata looks at the mess and cries even harder.

Miranda sits on the steps of the house and leaves a flower there in Tomasa’s memory. Cesar shows up and wants to take her to lunch. She says she has to meet Alejandro later. He says why don’t we go see a movie or something first, relax a bit? She seems to be going for it. Idiota. He asks when she’s meeting him, she has to call him first to find out. Ok, he says, call him and we’ll all three go, sound like fun? He is putting his hand on her face to be so sensitive like she always falls for. Right then Al shows up and yells at Cesar to get his hands off of her. I do believe Cesar saw him coming, based on the smirk he’s got on his face. Al is staring him down, Miranda is looking at Al like he’s crazy. Man she’s stupid. That’s all for today, tomorrow they’ll argue some more about jealousy, etc.

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Since I'm new to Caray, Caray, I figure I will tell you a little about myself, since the only other name that looks familiar from the Telenovela World is Jardinera.

I live in New York, I'm married, 2 kids, son 21, daughter 20, 3 cats and 2 dogs, oh! and a husband!! I'm a Sales & Marketing Manager in the international division of a big corporation.

I was born in El Salvador and came to the US when I was 15, as a little girl I always enjoyed watching novelas.

Currently I only watch occasionally, in order for me to get into a novela, I either must like the story from the very beginning or my favorite actor (Guy Ecker) or actress (Kate del Castillo) must be in it.

About 8 years ago the telenovela La Mentira aired here in the US, I started watching because of Kate and thanks to that I discover Guy Ecker.

We had a forum in Telenovela World and I was one of the summary writers, one day to our surprise Guy posted in the forum, then told the novela producer about it and before we knew it the producer and 3 member of the cast started posting, We created a chatroom and invited all the actors and producer and we developed a great friendship with them.

When the novela ended, we went to the Cristina show in April, we had arranged to meet with Guy after the show we got pictures autographs etc.

We kept in touch with the producer and he told us that in August, several from the cast of La Mentira were doing a tour for Ronald McDonald Charity at Chicago Navy Pier and if we wanted to go meet them he would call Univision and get us in touch with the PR people. So the so-called Mentiraholics went off to Chicago, where we met Kate, her dad Eric, Roxana Castellanos, Rosa Maria Bianchi, it was during that meeting that Kate del Castillo invited us to go to Mexico to visit Televisa so in December we went to Mexico, to Televisa and many other places, met many of the actors and that's how we have kept in touch with a lot of them for the past 8 years. When Heridas started, I decided to get a group together from the Mentiraholics as most of us keep in touch, got a hold of Guy's wife Estela who is also his manager and she invited us to go to the set of Heridas so the last week of August 7 of us spent 4 days at the locaciones and saw the taping of many, many scenes, went to lunch with Guy and his wife and got to meet Jacky Bracamontes and many others from the cast. So as you can see I do this as a hobby now. I have met great people along the way and made great friends from all over the world. I will give Mundo de Fieras a shot, I do like Cesar Evora but can't stand Sebastian Rulli, so we'll see how it goes, looking forward to meeting everyone here. In the Telenovela world page of Heridas I posted many of the pictures I have with all the actors.

Gloria

UPDATE: For picture of Gloria with Guy Ecker, scroll down the sidebar on the left!

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Alicia & Tomas

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