Caray, Caray!

Open to the ending scene from Monday's episode, where Faux Marfil is arrested at psycho mansion for the attempted kidnapping of Diana's son.

In Octavia's bedroom, she's pacing like a cat because Paco was with F/G. Paco, who is Paola's real father!

Back at Granny's house, Gaby is telling her about the attack in the hospital garage. She ran and ran, and she managed to get away, but she feels so dirty.

At Bar Don Paco, Jorge, who's dressed like one of the Village People, is serving Andres a drink. Caramelo joins Andres, who tells her that because he missed a meeting tonight, he's going to miss out on $5,000.

Meanwhile, at psycho mansion, Bruna is begging Max to pay Faux Marfil's bail, but he refuses. All of the commotion wakes the lovely Paola, who wants to know what's going on.

In Octavia's bedroom, Octavia is telling Yolanda that Paco was her grand amor, the only man she ever loved.

Granny is trying to console Gaby, who says that she's ashamed and doesn't want Granny to tell anyone. She didn't recognize the guy because he was wearing a ski mask, so there's no point in telling the police.

Real Marfil and Isabel toast over a glass of rum. Real Marfil is fantasizing about her sister in a jail cell.

Next we go to the jail cell, where Faux Marfil is screaming like a banshee, como siempre. She's literally climbing the bars while wearing stilettos.

Octavia and Yolanda's talk about Paco is interrupted by Paola, Max, and Larry, who want to know if she knows that Marfil's been arrested. Max tells her that she's not planning to bail Marfil out, because she needs to pay for what she's done. Octavia says that of course he would side with Diana.

The next day, Paola and Max are hanging out by the pool discussing the Marfil/Diana situation. Paola wants to know if the baby is really Diego's, or if it's his. He says it's Diego's, he knows that Diana wouldn't lie to him. Paola says that anything is possible...

At the hospital, F/G and Paco tell Diana that Marfil has been arrested.

We're transported to Miami beach, where Rene and Pilar run into Kike, who has returned from Mexico.

Now we're back at psycho mansion, where Isabel and Real Marfil are sitting in front of the house like a couple of stalkers. (aren't they worried that somebody will see them?)

Bruna goes to visit FM in jail, and FM throws one of her world class tantrums when Bruna asks her why she's been accused of this. She's actually stomping her feet and screeching like a 3 year old when she hears that Max has said that she must pay for what she's done.

At the perfume factory, Max is packing up his office because he says that they've stolen everything and they should give it back. He tells Octavia that they're thieves and they should stop hiding. Octavia wants Max to talk to FG for her, but he refuses. She begs him not to leave her when he needs her the most. He says he's sorry, but he can't do anything.

FG is visiting Diana in the hospital, when she tells her about her latest plan for revenge against the Irazabals -- she wants Octavia to host a party in Gaby and Diana's honor! *Is it just me, or is this a ridiculous idea, even in TeleMiami?*

Back to the beach, Pilar is hiding behing Rene while Kike wants to know why she left him in Mexico. Larry arrives to defend Pilar's honor.

FG is leaving Diana's room when she runs into Gaby in the hallway and tells her about the fiesta at psycho mansion. Gaby says she can't go. She's had enough of FG's hate and revenge, she doesn't want any part of it. She still loves Larry and she's not going to the fiesta.

Octavia is looking quite humble as she begs for Max's help. He says that FG is filled with hate and determined to bring down the Irazabals. He suggests that she go to FG and try to work something out, but she responds that she will die first.

Gaby is in tears as FG tells her to forget Larry and all of the usual "anti-Irazabal" stuff.

Kike tells Larry that Pilar aborted his baby in Mexico! Larry is impactado.

Gaby tells Diana about her talk with FG, and how she's so filled with hate. Gaby still loves Larry, and Diana still loves Max. Surprise, surprise. Diana tells her about the party, but Gaby says she already knows and she's not going. She walks out.

Max is still packing and thinking that the it's natural that FG would want revenge for what's been done to her and her daughters. Her daughters - Diana - his amor. Cue Max and Diana's theme song.

There's some serious screaming going on at Miami beach as Pilar swears that Kike is lying and Larry swears that if Kike doesn't leave her alone, he'll kill Kike.

Diana tells Diego about the fiesta, and needless to say, he's not on board with this.

Today Sylvia's decked out in a purple outfit and matching purple wig - she looks like a blueberry shortcake doll! She' intrigued when Camila tells her that Ignacio is taking a shower, so she sneaks in to get a peak.

Andres has Bruna in a headlock. He wants his $5,000 and is impactado when he hears that she's in jail.

At the jail, Max arrives and wants to know why she tried to steal the baby. She swear she didn't do it.

Back at the hospital, Diego is telling Diana that she's forbidden to attend the fiesta, but Diana is not taking no for an answer. He doesn't understand why she continues to love Max after all that he's done to her. He knows that Diana cares for him, but she doesn't love him. He leaves the room and Diana asks God why she doesn't love Diego. Cue the Max/Diana theme song, and cut to commercial.

Max is telling FM how different she is since she came out of the coma, and she can't believe that she did this. She says she's the same Marfil, who loves him with all of her fuerzas. He knows that she arrived late last night... and he turns to leave, causing FM to go into chihuahua on crack mode. SOY INNOCENTE!

Andres arrives and suddenly FM wants to remind him that she's his wife, and he should help her. Not only is he not paying her bail, she better pay him $5,000 or he's going to tell Max that she's an imposter.

FG, Paco and Reinosa are discussing the plan to force Octavia to host a party in her daughter's honor. Paco doesn't think Octavia will do it, but FG is confident.

Reinosa goes to talk to Octavia about the fiesta. She says she is not hosting a party for FG and her bastard daughters. He says that she has 24 hours to change her mind. *I'm sorry - I missed what he threatens her with if she refuses. Did anyone understand this?*

There's a knock at Diana's door, she says "come in Diego," but it's not Diego. It's Max! Cue the theme music.

Andres is taunting FM, telling her that she's an imposter, really working her into a frenzy. (which isn't difficult) She pulls herself together and promises him that Bruna will pay him the $5,000 from her savings.

Ignacio comes into the living room carrying Sylvia, who's fainted at the sight of his spactactular naked body. He tells her to stay out of his bathroom!

Back at the beach, Pilar is trying to convince Larry that Kike was lying about the abortion. She wants to get married as soon as possible, but he tells her not to pressure him.

Max has come to tell Diana that Marfil is in jail. He's sorry for what she tried to do. Enter FG, who wants to know what Max is doing there.

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After receiving the news of Rosita's pregnancy from the doctor, Santos said to himself, "Rosita pregnant? But by who?"

One of the soldiers (Frank?) told Elias that the man they had captured was Arcadio, not Jose. Elias returned to Alina and told her Jose had escaped.

Emilio brought the unconscious, bleeding Jose home and told Thelma that he was supposedly Alina's father. Thelma started shrieking that all Emilio ever thought about was Alina. Emilio asked her to take care of Jose while he went for the doctor. Thelma said she would do it because she loved Emilio.

After Emilio left, Jose said feverishly, "Mariana, my life, my life, I have returned for you. It is me, your Jose, my life, I am here."

Thelma perceptively said to herself, "It is him. This man is Jose Gomez."

Jose continued reciting his entire life story. "Mariana, I've returned for you and our daughter. I need to talk to your brother, with Alvaro. I need to tell him Alina is not my daughter."

Somehow, I can't imagine how, Thelma cleverly realized that Mariana was Jose's real lover and Alina was really Alvaro's daughter. She said, "No one can find out that Alvaro is Alina's father," and ordered Jose, "Die! Die!" Then she said, "I can help him die," grabbed a pillow, and approached the bed to smother Jose.

Fortunately for Jose, Dr. Vasquez and Emilio came into the room just then. Thelma volunteered to "help" the doctor treat Jose and started cutting bandages.

Rosita told Alina she couldn't bring herself to tell Santos that she was expecting another man's child. Later Santos confronted Rosita and asked whose child she was having. "You were with another, right?" (Why is he so sure it isn't his?) Rosita said, "Think what you want!" Santos left and she cried.

Later Braulio came home and told Rosita that Maximo had confessed to the rape and wanted to marry her. Rosita called Maximo sickening and said she wouldn't marry him.

Sergio told Alvaro that Jose had returned to Sierra Escondida. Alvaro snarled, "Infeliz! I'm going to look for him, and I'm going to find him!"

He went to Soledad and asked, "Are you expecting your lover?" Soledad begged him to talk to Jose, but Alvaro said he would kill him. Soledad took his hand and Alvaro snapped, "Let go of me! You are not going to save your lover."

While talking to Emilio, Thelma saw Alina approaching them. Thelma said, "Emilio, hug me," then started kissing him while looking at Alina over his shoulder.

Alina went to Vera and cried about what she had seen. Vera tried to tell her Emilio didn't love Thelma. Alina said, "I have to see reality, and the reality is this: Emilio loves his wife."

The soldiers went to Edelmira's place and announced that they were "looking for a man." Granillo said, "Really? Me too!"

At Luba's cave: Gaspar woke up and told Luba he wasn't going to die, then said he was going to steal his baby from that lying woman Thelma. Luba begged, "Forget that woman!" but Gaspar insisted, "No, this child is mine, mine, Ma."

Thelma told Emilio she would stay with Jose because he shouldn't be alone. Suspecting nothing, dunderhead Emilio agreed. When he was gone, Thelma told the unconscious Jose that he had to take his secret to his tomb.

Alvaro, meanwhile, went to Jose's house, didn't find him, and told Sergio they would search for him all night if necessary.

The next day, Elias and Maximo showed up at Alvaro's house at the same time. Maximo told Soledad that Alvaro wouldn't like it if he knew Elias was visiting her. Elias assured Soledad that he and Alina wouldn't rest until they found Jose, then left.

Maximo said he would return when Alvaro was home, and also left. Soledad commented to Adela, "Maximo is not trustworthy."

Emilio found Alina brooding in the garden and asked her if she was OK. Alina said, "Go to your wife and leave me in peace!" Emilio looked confused (what else is new).

Thelma went into the still unconscious Jose's room and said, "Damn it, I can't permit you to talk!" On cue, Jose said feverishly, "Mariana."

Thelma said, "Quiet, quiet!" and covered his mouth with her hand, then said he had to die. She started tearing off his bandage while Jose groaned. Once again Dr. Vasquez saved the day, coming into the room and asking Thelma, "What are you doing?"

Thelma said Jose had been moving around a lot and was delirious. Dr. Vasquez accepted this lame excuse.

Jose said, "Water, water," but the doctor warned Thelma not to give him any because it could kill him. Of course that gave Thelma ideas. She asked him to sedate Jose and the doctor agreed.

Thelma thought, "Poor devil. I know already what I'm going to do to you," then thought that Jose would die in a "lamentable accident."

Alina talked to Angel and thanked him for giving her hope. Angel said, "You are so pretty," and kissed her hand. Alina said, "Don't say any more," but Angel said he loved her even though it was impossible because she loved his brother.

Alina insisted she didn't love Emilio because she couldn't love a married man, "much less one who loves his wife." She said she saw Emilio kissing Thelma.

Orlando told the soldiers to look for Jose in San Mateo, saying he would stay behind. He went to see Emilio, who told him he wanted Jose to set Alvaro straight by telling him he wasn't Alina's father.

Orlando mentioned that Angel wanted to marry Alina. Emilio brushed that off. Orlando told himself, "Everyone wants Flor, but she will be mine. This is the way of winning her trust: telling her where Jose Gomez is."

Emilio went off for some target practice, but was distracted and muttered to himself that he was jealous at the thought of the woman he loved marrying his own brother.

Meanwhile, Alvaro returned home with Sergio after a fruitless night of searching for Jose. Sergio mentioned that they hadn't had any sleep, and Alvaro barked that Sergio would stay awake for five days if he said so. Sergio meekly agreed.

Maximo arrived and told Alvaro, "I can help you. I know where this animal is. Jose Gomez is at La Rinconada." Alvaro said, "What this desgraciado deserves is death" and that he would kill Jose.

Maximo said, "I don't want problems with my nephew." Alvaro replied, "Don't worry. I'm not going to say anything to compromise you."

Alvaro went to Sergio and told him he intended to kill Jose in Soledad's presence.

Thelma found Vera gossiping in the kitchen with Nurse Susi and curtly told Susi to get back to work. Then she ordered Vera to take care of Jose, saying he had a fever and Vera should give him water.

Braulio visited Maximo's office, hat in hand, and said, "I came to tell you, with much pain, that my daughter won't marry you, even though she is expecting your child."

Maximo urged Braulio to talk to Rosita, saying if she didn't marry him people would talk about her just as they talked about Soledad. He chuckled and added that Alvaro was on his way to kill Jose.

Orlando, on horseback, encountered Alina and offered to take her to Jose.

In Soledad's prison/bedroom: Alvaro said, "Soledad, come with me. After today you will never see your lover again. At last you will forget him when he is dead." Soledad tried to argue, but he dragged her out of the room.

Santos burst into Rosita's house and said, "The only thing I want to know is why you forgot me so fast!" Rosita cried, "Because I never forgot you!" and blurted that Maximo raped her.

Meanwhile, Braulio encountered Orlando and Alina. He told them Alvaro was on his way to kill Jose.

Also meanwhile, Alvaro was driving with Soledad toward Maximo's hacienda in a small carriage and bickering with her, "I'm going to kill your lover," "No you have to talk to him and straighten things out," bla bla.

Dr. Vasquez told Emilio that Thelma was very worried about Jose. He mentioned that he had told Thelma not to give Jose water. Emilio observed that it was strange that Thelma was worried about Jose. The doctor said, "Motherhood changes a woman's character."

At that moment, Jose asked Vera for water and she gave him some. He instantly started foaming at the mouth and went into convulsions. Vera ran into the hallway and called Dr. Vasquez and Emilio into the room.

Thelma gloated to her aunt that Jose would die, then headed for the sickroom and sent Vera away before she could tell the doctor that she had given Jose water at Thelma's command.

Alina and Orlando arrived. Alina said she had to speak to Jose, and Orlando announced that Alvaro was coming to kill him. Alina begged Jose (who was still busy dying), "Talk to me, Jose, please!"

Emilio said, "This isn't the moment," but Alina insisted on asking Jose who the letter was for. Jose said feverishly, "The letter, the letter." And the episode ended.

supuesto = supposed
amante = lover
rechazar = to reject
asqueroso = sickening, disgusting
de fiar = trustworthy

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The episode opens where yesterday’s left off, Montero is forcing Esmeralda into consummating their marriage. She is fighting him and yelling at him to let her go. Monty, ever the smooth operator, whispers sweet nothings to Esme like: “It was so nice hearing you tell Diego good-bye.” “I knew even before Diego arrived that the weapon you were using was a fake.” “You see I’ve been in control all along, I’m always in control.” There is a knock at the door, Monty tells them to go away. It is Pizarro. He tells his boss that it is really important. Monty tells him “Not now, I’m busy.” Esme shouts “Don’t touch me.” Pizarro insists to Monty that it is urgent. They have a visitor, a representative for the king.

Meanwhile, Diego is meeting with Padre Tomas. PT is very happy that Diego has gotten his freedom and offers him congratulations. Diego tells him that he can’t be happy because it all came at such a great price. PT is confused, so Diego brings him up to speed on all that’s happened with Monty’s revenge on the de la Vega family and how Esme saw what Monty was doing and thought the only way to stop it would be to go back to him. Diego tells PT that he was too late in hearing about it and was unable to do anything. He’s also angry because she just went ahead with her plan and never ran it past him. PT says that doesn’t mean she doesn’t love Diego, in fact she sacrificed herself for him, it was an act of love. (Alas, the voice of reason, we can only hope that Diego will listen to the good padre). Diego says that he hates to think what Monty has forced Esme to do. PT doesn’t like this train of thought and he tells Diego that he is being unfair and rather hard on Esme. Diego says she let him down, in fact everyone has let him down even the padre. PT questions this. D-“You blessed their marriage.” PT-“No I did not, the ceremony I performed in Latin is no longer accepted as valid in the Church. So if their vows were completed the marriage would never have been sanctioned by the Church.” PT goes on to explain that the monk Diego met outside the church was part of the secret group PT meets with, the monk was there to help Diego. Still, Diego thinks that Montero now has the only woman he loves. PT assures Diego that Monty is in for a surprise and he’s going to pay dearly for all he’s done.

Monty has left Esme to go meet the king’s emissary. It is the Marquesa Carmen. Let me describe this woman (?). She looks like a very wrinkly man in drag. She has a deep voice, bad wig and the worse set of dentures I’ve ever seen. She’s arrived with an entourage that includes many servants, and by my count, three dogs of various sizes. Monty totally bows down to her and it appears that they have some sort established relationship/ or a history together, if you will. Monty-“We weren’t expecting you, and are not prepared, your grace.” The Marquesa lets Monty grovel for a bit. Then she reminds him that she hasn’t seen him in awhile, ever since that day he flirted shamelessly with her favorite niece, Josephina. “Wait, I do think I’ve seen you since then, oh yes in every tear that Josephina has cried remembering how you shamed her. You took advantage of her innocence.” Monty says it isn’t right to discuss a lady’s private life when she isn’t there to defend herself. The Marquesa goes on, “Pardon me for defending my family. I can’t help it, just like I can’t help to defend the king’s subjects.” Monty seems rather disturbed by all of this and trying to switch the subject tells the Marquesa that he’ll prepare a place for her to stay. She tells him not to bother, she’s going to stay with her good friend Alejandro de la Vega and his charming son, Diego. Monty tries to tell her that Al’s place is too far out of town and the Marquesa should remain, she’s probably tired. This woman is hip to Monty’s game, she doesn’t care, she’s anxious to go see that handsome Al. She also tells Monty that Al will be receiving some kind of honor/ award from the king. They call it the estrella de blah, blah, blah. I’ll just call it a medal.


Esme, now dressed in the lowest cut outfit I’ve seen to date on this show, is locked in her room at Monty’s residence. She pounds on the door demanding that someone let her out. A soldier comes to the door and tells her that she’s locked in for her own safety. If she needs to go out in town she will do so with an escort. Per Monty’s orders, she is to be under guard at all times. Esme sends the soldier away and begins to search the room for some paper. She finds both a pencil (that’s what it looked like to me) and paper and jots a quick note to Diego. Note-“I’m sorry for what I had to do, but I did it to save you and your family from Monty. You have to know that everything I said in front of Monty was lies. I know that you and your family are safe, and that is a comfort to me. I love you and will always love you. I’ll never be with Monty, he’ll never touch me. I will always be yours, Diego. Love, Esmeralda.”

While the narration of the letter is read, we see Diego walking the streets of Los Angeles quite despondent. He heads into the local bar and orders a bottle of wine. He gets hit on by the waitress, but pays her no mind. Catalina, walking around town, spots Diego heading into the cantina. Later she runs into Mariangel and fills her in on where she saw Diego go. MA rehashes with Cat and says that poor Diego needs to be comforted. MA thinks that if she can get close to Diego now, she’ll worm herself into his life and take Esme’s place. MA asks Cat to get Diego to meet her somewhere near the outskirts of town and MA will join them. Cat thinks that MA is proposing something kinky, and gets a little too excited in my opinion. MA catches on to Cat’s thought process and straightens her out. MA tells her that Diego doesn’t trust her (MA) and she needs Cat to intercede on her behalf, that’s all.

In the gypsy camp, Jonas is happy. Lucrecia, the vole messenger, has returned from Callao prison with a note on a piece of cloth. Now they know that Sara Kali, their queen, is alive and according to her note, ready to fight.

Hermes is tossed back into the cell with Sara Kali. He’s happy to see her since the soldiers had told him that SK was burned alive. She says no, they threw her in a well and the only thing that kept her alive was hope. Hermes says that is something he no longer has anymore. He’s been held prisoner for 20 years and he doesn’t even know why he is there. All he knows is that he in an innocent man. SK tells him to remember their promise, that they’ll both get out of there someday.

Pizarro and Monty rehash the arrival of the Marquesa (MC). Monty says that MC hates him because of what happened with Josephina. He says he was willing to marry Josephina, but MC, crazy as she is, disowned the girl. Monty is sure that MC is here to protect the de la Vegas and there to trap Monty—she’ll blame him for Diego’s arrest. Monty tells Pizarro about the medal that he has to give Al. Monty gets inspired and tells Pizarro that he can give the award to Al when he goes to give the official apology. Pizarro says no can do. Monty gets angry at his mano derecha (is it feminine because mano is feminine, or would it be masculine because Pizarro is a man?). Monty rants about how Pizarro is to blame for this mess (this is a terrible mess you’ve gotten us into Pizarro). To begin with, his evidence was weak against Diego-- a mask and a cape that’s it!! They needed something more substantial (OK, it was good enough for you at the time, mister and hindsight is always 20-20). Then there is the fact that Pizarro tortured Diego when he was in prison. That’s not going to set very well with Alejandro and thusly his good friend the Marquesa.

At the de la Vega’s the Marquesa arrives. MC and Al just gush gush gush over each other. Al’s all proper and calls MC, Marquesa. She tells him to call her Carmen. Dolores comes running out, she’s wearing a maid’s uniform. MC calls Dolores “negra” and ask her when she’ll come work for her. She wants Dolores to come to court with her. MC goes on and says that she knows its never going to happen because Dolores would never be willing to leave the employment of such a handsome man as Alejandro. Al and MC rehash what’s happened to Al—his wound and all. He tells her the worse part was being confined to his bed, but he’s getting better now (and it’s been what, two or three days?). They go on to rehash how Monty’s been a bad boy. Al tells MC how the framed Diego and tortured him in prison in order to get a confession out of him. Al tells MC that Monty is a danger to everyone. MC tells Al that Monty’s luck is going to change.

Nutty Nun meets with the forger that the doctor/dentist/undertaker recommended. She gives some message and asks him to write it in neat handwriting. The forger speculates that the note is from some monk and comments how the contents of the note are not very monk-like. NN gets a little testy with the forger and she says something about it being a message for God. On the way from meeting the forger NN is approached by someone who appears to be a slave (he’s got a metal collar around his neck) and speaking a foreign language. This freaks NN out. I think I must have missed something here because I don’t have any idea what if anything happened with the slave and NN. Anyone want to fill me in if I’m missing something. Thanks.

We next see Maria Pia praying to the Virgin asking for her help. She wants to erase Fernando from her mind.

Meanwhile, Monty goes to see Fernando and asks him if Maria Pia was responsible for getting FS to change his mind about allowing Monty and Esme to get married (that would be the first time he agreed to let Monty marry his daughter). Monty speculates that she must have some sort of control over FS. Monty comments that Fernando must really love this woman in order for him to grant her request. Fernando tells Monty to stay out of his private life.

Esme tells her guard that she needs to get out for some air. She is escorted. She comes across Azucena, the gypsy woman. The soldier roughs Azu up a bit. Esme intervenes. Azu asks if Esme would like her palm read, and Esme says yes. This gives the women an opportunity to chat. They talk about Esme being with the horrid Monty. Esme rehashes about that business and asks Azu if she’s seen Diego. Azu comments “Pobre Diego”, but no she hasn’t seen him. Azu tells Esme that they have news from Sara Kali. Esme’s happy she’s alive. The women discuss how they have to get SK out of that hell. Azu reads Esme’s palm, she tells her that Diego is the man who will make Esme happy. The two part ways, but first Esme gets the soldier to lend her money and she pays Azu for the palm reading. Azu warns Esme to be careful with Monty, and to not let him touch her.

Diego leaves the bar, a little worse for the wear. He wobbles out the doorway and pulls out some cool looking shades. It just amazed me when he put on the sunglasses, it looked so modern and frankly, he looks pretty hot in the gafas de sol. Cat spots him, corners him and starts talking. He’s really not interested in chatting right now, but that doesn’t stop Cat. MA is standing off to the side and jumps into the conversation at the first opening. She starts rehashing all the stuff that’s happened with Esme. Diego tells her that he doesn’t want to talk about it. MA tells Diego that they got off to the wrong start because MA was jealous of Esme, because she (MA) fell in love with Diego, too. She starts walking with Diego and tells him that they should get some wine and talk about this some more. Oh no!!! I think she’s going to get the chance to use her potion. Pobre Diego in deed!!

NN meets with the Cardinal (TC). She asks forgiveness from him. Then she goes on insisting that she was telling him the truth about Maria Pia. TC gets angry and tells NN that he wants to hear no more of this, Padre Tom has vouched for the integrity of Maria Pia, and that is enough for him. This does not set too well with NN.

Back to Fernando and Monty….obviously Monty has told FS that Al will be getting the medal. FS thinks it’s hilarious that Monty will be the one to bestow the honor on Al. They discuss MC and how her arrival changes the rules of the game. Monty insults MC, and FS tells him to be careful what he says, how he says it , and where he says it (he says this like he’s defending her—in addition to being a warning for Monty). Monty asks Fernando to speak with MC on his behalf. FS finds this to be slightly amusing and tells Monty that maybe, MAYBE, he will help Monty out and he leaves it at that.

Yumali and Dena are walking toward the de la Vega home. Dena has started her education of Yumi and apparently Yumi has shared some of her knowledge of plants with Dena. ***Note, I think Jeanne said in one of her comments that Yumi is willing to become a lady because she thinks this is one way she can get Al to fall for her. When I read that Jeanne, I thought you are so right on. Very obvious now, but totally flew past me before. Thanks Jeanne.*** Anyway, Yumi must have been going over some of the plants she used to help Al’s wound heal. As the women get closer they figure out that there is a visitor at the house. They go inside and Al presents Dena, his fiancée to MC. MC teases Dena about how did she get such a man as Al to propose marriage. She (MC) yammers on about how Al is a keeper. Then she catches sight of Yumi who is standing in the background. Al tells MC that Yumi, Guadalupe, is recently baptized and just learning their customs. MC is taken aback by the resemblance between Yumi and Regina, Al’s deceased wife (I think she actually said ex-mujer). Dena seems upset to hear MC say this and Al seems a bit uncomfortable himself.

Esme runs into Renzo, the cute gypsy. Her guard knocks Renzo down and tells Esme that it is getting dangerous out there, too many gypsies. He tells Esme they better return because Monty isn’t going to like it that she went out. Still thinking of her note, Esme finds a little boy selling apples. Out of earshot from her guard, she asks the boy if he knows who Diego is. He says yes. She slips the boy the note, tells him that it is a secret and asks him to make sure that Diego gets the note. The boy agrees. Esme tells him to come later to Monty’s home and she’ll make sure he gets rewarded. The soldiers get Esme to head back home, and who do they run into, but Diego with Mariangel. END OF EPISODE

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Owing to operator error (you'd think I'd remember I have to turn the VCR **OFF** or it doesn't record) I don't have a tape of Mundo, and I'd told Ruth I'd pinch-hit for her tonight. Misery! Shame!

I put out a call last night: "Anybody who saw the show, leave details in the comments. I'll collate them as a post later."

UPDATE: I KNEW YOU'D COME THROUGH! Two brand new writers have helped me out...



Anybody have anything to add? Please thank Anita and Anya!!!!

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Lety tells Tomas, yes she’s jealous! She’s dying of jealousy but what would he have her do. She says she’s going to have to restrain herself from showing it. Tomas asks her if it’s for her or Fer. She says neither, for Aldo, he can’t find out. Because she cares for him. He says, oh really. She says yes, really. He says well, he doesn’t care for you, and she says what? He says, no he looooves you. Aww, isn’t that just special. Lety says that’s the biggest reason he can’t know about this.

Tomas tells her that Aldo is very observant and figures everything out, it will be very hard to keep this from him, and asks her how she’s going to hide her jealousy that shows up ever so slightly on her face. Lety says she knows. She reaches into her purse (which does not seem to be a Moty one for a change) and pulls out her Natalie Woods. He tells her those won’t work. All those are going to do is make it a little darker and that’s all, it’s not really going to hide that green.

In the editing room, Fer is showing off to Carloca about the console and how he doesn’t really know how to turn it on or off except that they make films etc. She is impressed by the technology, and says they have put a fortune into it, he says something about a young president so they are up on the tech stuff to be modern and as such they are ambitious. She asks him how he lost the presidency and he mumbles that he committed some errors. She says well never mind you don’t have to explain anything to me, remember I just came here to shake up and disorganize your life. He says on the contrary you came here to give me life, to which a spying Oxi utters a noise in shock.

Fer catches Alibubi by seeing her reflection and he runs after her. He makes a joke of her name in English. Of course she denies that she was spying on them and says something about how Marcia asked her to check up on certain machines to make sure they were running ok. He makes fun and asks if she learned engineering and audio technical stuff in her 6 semesters. She tries to leave, but he introduces her to Carla instead. And tells who she is and why she’s here, and he asks if she would like more info like her measurements, her birthplace etc. Oxi says no, of course not she’s very discreet. After she leaves Fer says he hates her but sometimes she’s ok. Carloca thinks she’s nice. He thinks he still hates her. Car asks if she’ll call Marcia and he says obviously.

Fer continues showing Carla stuff and then he discovers Martha wandering past. He catches her too, and he figures Lety sent her and he gets all happy faced. Martha denies it, and he keeps joking with her until she starts taking it seriously and starts to cry. He backs off his jokes and tells her to go back and tell them all how busy he is with his "Visitor." Carloca comes up then and asks who she is, mentioning she a secretary, no? F- Yes, of human resources. He tells her he thinks Lety is spying on him and he’s very happy about it.

Lety recalls the news about Fer’s visitor and Lety decides she’s going to play his game, and she calls Aldo’s cell, apparently she doesn’t call it very often because he is surprised. She wonders when he is coming back, and he says she misses him and she agrees. He’s at the expo and will be leaving soon, but wonders if Fer got back and if she talked to him etc. and she tells him they only talked business. He tells her he has a surprise for her and she gets all excited about that; that she loves surprises.

Fer shows Carla the commercial Sabor de la Vida, obviously annoyed at the catch phrase, which originated with Aldo. Carloca thinks it’s great and wants to know who came up with idea. Fer says of course my Lety, er, the Presidenta Padilla. Carloca says she wants to meet her. Fer’s right eye twitches ala Lety! Twice! I hope it’s not catchy, I wouldn’t want that. Can you imagine people around your office or on the street suddenly breaking into this twitch?

Martha rejoins the cuartel to give them the scoop that she failed. The enemy discovered her. But, the good news is that Oxi was caught too. She also tells them Fer thinks Lety put her up to it.

Lety actually does some work on the phone about the floral arrangements for the expo. PM is summoned and she spills the beans that Fer is running around all over the business with his “Visitor”

Aldo shows up with his present for Lety, and Yasmin, uh Jasmin, doesn’t lose an opportunity to flirt with him while telling him where Lety is. Luigi runs into Aldo coming in with the present for Lety. He asks him if the present is for him, well assumes it’s for him because he is so deserving of such things. Aldo says, actually he has something just the same upstairs for him, but this one just isn’t the right thing. Lui says "No, cut, cut and repeat the scene, the Galan did not say what he was supposed to. He should have come up and said this lovely gift is for me and is an expression of his great love. And he could give a kiss, well that would be extra." Aldo laughs him off and says he’ll get his too.

Jasmin tells Luigi something about "also," and Luigi wants a cut again, what does she mean "also." She thinks the gift must be for Aldo's girlfriend. Lui frets to himself about what girlfriend and who could it really be for. If he knew it was for the Orrnitorinco ese, no doubt he would have another miminsqui.

PM tells Lety that Don Fer is leading Carla all over the firm. She says Alicia was spying on him too, but then he caught her and he introduced her. He caught Martha too. Lety is mad because she thinks if Don Fer finds out they are following him, he will think she sent them and she doesn’t want him to know that she’s even thinking about him. She begs PM to ask the cuartel to stop spying on him. PM apologizes for them.

Fer & Carla, still touring, Fer says sure he’ll introduce Lety, anyway they are going to work together, so they should meet. Carla asks him if he’s worried that she talks to Lety. He asks why and she tells him because they went out and well now she’s starting her fight for him and … ring ring Fer frantically reaches to grab his cell. Busted. It’s not his, it’s hers and she calls him on it. Turns out some other coworkers have arrived and she needs to have dinner with them so she’ll have to see him later. He walks off then remembers he should take her to the exit.

Aldo & Tomas are together in Aldo’s office and Aldo is bragging about his present to Lety and saying how he can now share his philosophy with the world, blah, blah, blah. Tomas has good and bad news for Aldo. The bad is that the peace & harmony in the firm is gone because Fer is back. Aldo already knew, what’s the good? That Fer showed up with a guapa on his arm and he thinks they are going together. Aldo asks him if he really thinks that’s good. What about Marcia and Lety’s feelings because surely she’ll be upset to see him with another woman even though she’s trying to forget him. Tomas thinks back to his conversation with Lety and begins to tell him that nah, she didn’t act jealous at all. Aldo seems shocked.

Fer come up to Martha and whispers that he will share something with her that she can tell all her buddies. Martha gets excited. He says that his esteemed visitor has now left the building. Go ahead and tell them all. He eats a chicharron and then mumbles with his mouth full to the cuartel that he had a private conversation with Martha.

They beg her to come over and tell them what he said. Before she can get it out, Simon shows up singing Don’t Cry for me Argentina in English and gives PM a gift. She’s really excited. Don’t get too happy now. For this I have to say he is quite creative. It’s a calendar with colored markers so she can mark each meeting with all of her men and a different color for each so she can keep them straight. PM is impactada, and really shows a good sad face. I felt her pain. She starts cry-screaming and walks out. The cuartel calls him rude.

Aldo is confused that Lety isn’t acting jealous over Fer. He asks Tomas if he thinks she’s over him, or getting over him? Tomas begs himself pardon for lying but lies through his teeth and says yes. He says he respects Aldo so much that he is going to call him his “Just Like” brother in law, Aldo wonders why, and Tomas explains because Lety is “Just Like” his sister, so he is the same. Man, Tomas is in on this grand conspiracy of Rosy Ocampo too. What will happen to all these high hopes for Aldo if they don’t get together? I wouldn’t care actually, I like Aldo, but he’s wearing on me, and well, of course I’m still routing for Fer.

Omar comes into the joint office [I just think this is a brilliant idea by the writers. What opportunities for funnies. Sorry, but I think these are some of the best scenes nowadays.]and ask Fer just where the heck he has been. Fer tells him he was showing around his visitor. Omar wonders if she is the same bonbon from NY, he tells him yes and then starts teasing him. Fer wonders where he’s going with his comments and realizes he might be trying to get the seat, so he preemptively strikes and offers it to Omar.

Omar is glad he warmed it for him. Omar questions him about Carla and if they came back together, Fer says no I first, then she on a different flight. Omar asks and in what capacity is she here. Fer says as executive, but Omar says no capacity to you, lover, friend with benefits, etc. and Fer says he won’t tell and gets up to leave. Omar now offers him the seat to make him stay. Fer asks what reason could he use to get in to see Lety. He decides he can ask her about tomorrow’s invitees. Omar tells him he should just leave the gargoyle alone and Fer says her name is Lety. He says he needs to go in and see her to see if she is jealous or not.

Tomas comes in to tell Lety of his little white lies to Aldo. She starts to get mad, and puts back on the sunglasses, but then Aldo shows up with “the gift.” Tomas takes this opportunity to exit stage left. Aldo gets all mushy as he hands Lety the book. He takes her hands and tells her he’s giving her the most special thing, his first book copy. She smiles a silly smile back. At the precise moment, Fer walks in with the folder and apologizes for interrupting but he wanted to ask Lety something, though he now sees she’s occupied. She says yes, Aldo is here to give me a gift, wink wink, and I need to pay attention to him. Fer checks the gift and says well, it’s not food at least. Aldo mutters that it’s of food, at least. Fer says fine he’ll leave so as not to interrupt. He mutters between his teeth that he can’t wait until Aldo dies, and Aldo mutters back through his chiclets that he can’t wait until Fern asphyxiates. They elbow each other.

Fern leaves and Lety asks if something was said. Aldo blows it off as a new form of communication between the two of them. Fer waits outside of the office and hears Lety feeling sorry for Marcia about this new chic. Fer goes back to the joint office and complains to Omar how mad he is and that Lety thinks he’s the lowest scum.

Aldo thinks maybe he’ll come back but Lety wants to open it and she’s very excited and says how important this is for her too, and that she feels privileged to get the first copy. I’m not sure I like the cover. Anyway, Aldo says it’s great, but what’s greater is the dedication inside. She reads it. “So what is the taste of love? With you love tastes like bliss.” Lety is muy impactada and walks around her desk to give him a big slo mo hug.

Julieta & Erasmo are at Casa Padilla. Erasmo is complaining about Aldo. He says he made a circus and a theatre show and everything else to keep me from seeing what he wrote in the book he had. Aldo is going around very mysteriously. Juli laughs and asks if he ever found out. Erasmo tells her she’s just like him.

Back in Lety’s office, Lety gets close to kissing Aldo on the lips when the phone rings. He tells her duty calls, she moves back in close again to try to kiss him, but he essentially just walks out on her. That was weird. She curses the phone saying she’ll disconnect it forever. But first she says it’s not fair to take out her jealousy of Fer on Aldo.

Julieta prays to Saint Jude that her daughter gets together with and will be happy with Aldo. She really likes Aldo for Lety.

Fer is yelling at Omar, he realizes Aldo must be giving her the book about garnachas, and papitas, and botanas. He’s making fun of all these little commoner type simple plain munchies. Omar thinks that must have perturbed him. He makes fun of Omar’s deduction, and O says it’s intuition. O wants to remind him who was supposed to be making whom jealous. Omar gets up and Fer crawls under the desk to get to the seat. Omar tells him that’s called stealing. He wants to know if she was jealous of Carla or not. Fer says of course not, she wasn’t jealous I was the jealous one. He wishes he could just be firm and show her that she doesn’t matter nor does that fryguy Aldo. Omar says you wish that you could fake it or that it is true?

Oscar and Felix go out of the office and run into Aldo. Ok for those of you who don’t think Aldo has ulterior motives or an evil bone in his body, this next scene is for you. When Aldo runs into Fer, Fer greets him and makes fun of his new book, but Aldo instead notes Fer is the same womanizer as ever and asks Fer what Marcia would think about his new conquest. Sorry, but that’s low. He has no business saying anything of the sort. Needless to say, this almost brings Fer to blows and Omar has to intervene. He can be useful occasionally. More words about common food are slung as Omar coerces Fer away. Aldo walks away asking the cuartel to advise him when the meeting starts.

The cuartel descend on Lety’s office. They tell her that PM has left them because Simon did something mean to her. They need PM because of the Secretary’s day dance show and beg Lety to talk to PM. They notice the book. Grubby ingrates, they grab the book and practically rip the cover off to look at it, luckily Irma gets it away and hands it back to Lety but not before it suffers some rumples. Lety tries to smooth them out for the whole rest of their conversation. She agrees she’ll see what she can do.

Fer is screaming with Omar again about Aldo meddling in his private life. Omar tells him it looked as if he was going to punch him. Fer says O understands nothing. O says it’s hard to find the square in the circle. O thinks maybe he came back “pior” from NY which is worse than “peor” (which is worse) and wonders why he doesn’t go away for another month. Fer says if he goes for year, a decade, or a century it’s still worse because what I can’t get rid of is my feelings and I will not forget that Lety and Aldo slept together in that damned cabana for the whole night, one damned night, the whole night!!!!!

Tonight I just wanted to say something. Almost everyday we read in the comments thank yous to the recappers, well I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all the readers and especially the commenters for their contributions. Without you all, we’d not be much more than working to get carpal tunnel syndrome. (I say this after typing for a while and noticing the pains.. :) Anyway, thanks to you all for reading and sharing your comments and enjoying the recaps with us!!

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!

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Rosita and Flor cry together because Rosita was raped. Rosita tells Flor that guys who violate women aren't men, they are pigs, animals. Flor asks if Rosita has any idea who did it. Rosita says, "Yes, it was Maximo Valtierra and I hope he burns in hell!" Flor is surprised to hear this about Emilio's uncle. "Do you have proof?" she asks. Rosita cries, "Yes, that night I scratched him in the chest. I sank my nails in his skin trying to defend myself and had to have left a scar. Later I found out he returned to his hacienda scratched up. That means it was him. It was him!"

Castulo enters his cabin with an armload of wood and an unbuttoned shirt. After dropping the wood he walks to the mirror to inspect his manly physique. But no, I'm wrong! He opens his shirt to reveal deep scratch marks on his chest! As he inspects his injury Thelma enters and asks why his chest is scratched. He brushes her off, saying he did it cutting firewood.

Thelma instructs Castulo to look for Gaspar and tell him never to return to La Rinconada. "Yes Patrona," Castulo smirks,"but first pay me for the favor." He grabs her but she pushes him away, "I'm not in the mood." He suggests she go to the cave and deliver the message herself. "OK Castulo, OK," she agrees, then throws him on the bed. I wonder how Thelma would feel if she knew she was boinking the village rapist?

Flor tells Rosita she should denounce Don Max. Rosita says she can't because he is Santos' real father. Flor is all "Que????" Rosita says no way can she tell Santos that she is expecting his father's child.

Don Loco is having a discussion with Hugo. I think Don Loco asks, "What pretext to those who are dying of hunger have for going on strike?" (As if dying of hunger isn't enough!) Hugo says he thinks they are doing it so Don Loco will come out to see them. They say Don Loco no longer gives his attention to the sugar cane plantation. Don Loco advises Hugo to give them a little raise. Hugo says it's not that simple. The workers feel they don't have job security because Loco spends all his time at the coffee plantation. (Seeing as how Loco whips the workers whenever he visits I don't really buy this, but OK, it moves the plot along.) Don Loco agrees to go with Hugo to Veracruz the next day. Every day the cane plantation doesn't work is money lost. Loco tells Sergio to guard his wife with orders to shoot if she tries to escape. Hugo looks discomfited with this remark. As they leave Hugo makes some sort of sign to Sergio and almost walks into the wall.

Alina is walking in the La Rinconada garden haunted by Rosita's words "Can't tell Santos..." when she is joined by Angel. He tells her that Emilio is jealous of their friendship, he (Emilio) still loves her in spite of the fact that he is trying to forget her. She says he is going away because he's disappointed to see her as a maid. Angel says "That can't dull your beauty, Alina. You could be dressed in anything and you would still be beautiful." She gives him a smile, "You're just saying that to be nice." After she leaves he admits "No, I'm not nice, I just love you."

Sergio brings Soledad her dinner. When she asks why Adela didn't bring it he says he's just following Don Loco's orders. Don Loco went to Veracruz and he is allowed to shoot her if she tries to escape. Any attempt that she makes to leave her room will not go against her but against her daughter. Soledad waits a nanosecond before hauling off and smacking him on the face. "How dare you show me this lack of respect!" she shouts. "Wahh, the boss said I could," he whines. He holds his smarting face and leaves the room. She throws the dinner tray against the wall with a loud crash and calls him (Sergio or Alvaro?) stupid.

Jose and Arcadio are in jail. Jose can't sleep, he has to see Mariana. Conveniently for Jose a couple of jailbirds in a neighboring cell are planning their escape that very night. They look like losers but maybe they are great escape artists.

Santos admits to his mami that he's pining for Rosita. He wants to apologize to Rosita for being a stupid boob but he can't leave his mama while she's sick. Carmen feels bad and admits she was faking her illness to keep him there. I would say they have a sick relationship but she has a good reason, she doesn't want Santos to be around Don Max. He says he needs to be by Rosita's side and to spend his life with her. Ma cuts the apron strings and tells him to be very careful of Don Max.

Thelma returns to her room flushed and satisfied. She sees a figure in the dark and assumes it's Orlando, "I told you I don't like you coming in my room when I'm not here!" Aha! It's Emilio! He asks doesn't he have the right to be in his own wife's room? Where was she? "Uh...walking, and uh...I lost track of the time," she answers. Since he was looking out the window before she came in maybe he saw where she was. If so he doesn't seem to care. He tells her he has good news for her. They are going to Pueblo at the end of the week. She's thrilled, smooches all over him, and says she can't wait to tell her auntie.

There is a funny scene between the singing aunt and Don Max. Basically, she is hitting up on him as usual. She fans herself and tells him he's a charming conversationalist. "The only one talking is you," he retorts. "Tell me," she says, ignoring his sarcasm, "have you ever considered marriage? Having someone take care of you?" His answer is to pour himself a drink. As he passes her she says "Gracias!" and tries to grab it. "No, it's for me," he grunts.

She sprawls on his desk and rolls her rrrrr's dramatically, "Alguien quien yo puedo cuidarrrrrr, apapacharrrrrr, tengo tanto parrrrrra darrrrrr." (Somebody that I can take care of, to spoil, I have so much to give.") Don Max looks like he has indigestion. Thelma saves him by interrupting and sharing the good news that they are finally returning to Puebla. Max hands auntie the glass and remarks that he is glad they're leaving. She "sings", offers a toast, and slams down the booze.

Gaspar is in the cave and Luba returns with a basket of herbs. She complains about her age and aching bones. Gaspar points out that Flor used to gather the herbs. He misses Flor and Tonky. Luba says Emilio had better be treating her right. Gaspar doesn't have confidence in Señor Emilio, he still owes him one muñequita for saving his brother. He announces he will go see how Flor is doing. Luba orders him to stay put and get her some wacky weed. (OK, she says tobacco but I think we all know what it really is.)

Stupid Alina pines for Emilio, so near and yet so far. At the same time Stupid Emilio pines for her, "Alina is not for me, Thelma is expecting my child, must forget Alina, must flee from Alina."

The other two jailbirds reveal their brilliant plan. One of them will feign illness and the other will call the guards. I guess the guards have never watched cartoons, seen a TV, seen a movie, read a comic book or any other book because they fall for this lame trick. A big guard with a big stick goes into the cell and allows himself to be overpowered. The other guard must be deaf as he seems oblivious to the struggle. The jailbirds grab the first guard's gun and shoot the second guard on their way out. Jose and Arcadio steal the dead guard's keys and escape.

Sierra Escondido - Don Max and Emilio are admiring their coffee plantation. Stupid Emilio comments that it's surprising such a rich plantation is earning them so little money. Max gets all shifty-eyed and says it takes a while for profits to show. Stupid Emilio pats Max on the back and says he knows the plantation is in good hands. Emilio leaves and Don Max looks very thoughtful about something.

Castulo, who has been hanging out nearby, asks Don Max what's on his mind. Is he bummed out because his nephew is leaving? Max says no, it's something else. Yesterday Rebeca (the singing aunt) told him a man like him needed a woman to care for him, a wife. Castulo says it's hard to find a wife way up there. "Oh, I've already found her. I was thinking, if I take the blame for raping Rosita then maybe her dad will make her marry me. What do you think?" (I think Don Max got hit with the stupid stick and also has a death wish, but he didn't ask ME, he asked Castulo the village rapist.) "Gosh Don Maximo, don't tell me the girl was raped," Castulo says. "Yes, but let's keep it between ourselves," suggests Don Max, "I want to see Braulio's face when I tell him it was me." (OK, stupid stick and death wish for sure.) Castulo thought bubbles "Ah Don Maximo, if you only knew it was I who raped Rosita. You are so enamored with the girl you're willing to take the blame for what I did..." Ewwwww! Maldito violador!!!

Flor is cleaning La Rinconada and Thelma comes downstairs to torment her. She throws her napkin onto the ground and says she's glad to see Flor working, that way she won't have time to ruin her marriage to Emilio. Flor says Thelma is wrong, she thinks it's important that Emilio be respectful of Thelma for the sake of their child. Uh Oh...Gaspar peeks around the corner. He's eavesdropping! He must have snuck out while Luba was stoned. Thelma says Flor is a hypocrite, she is dying of envy knowing in just a few months Thelma will have Emilio's child.

Gaspar smiles, "All right! My muñequita IS going to have my child!" He runs out and grabs Thelma, "Why did you lie to me, why? why?" Thelma screams for him to let her go. Flor stares at them, completely baffled.

Thelma orders Flor to the kitchen as Gaspar continues to ask why she lied. Thelma slaps him and tells him to shut up, tomorrow she'll explain everything. He must leave now, does she have to get on her knees to beg? (Gets on knees.) Gaspar says no, she can come to the cave tomorrow. He surprises her with a quick kiss on the cheek before hopping out of the room. "Damn it!" she swears, wiping her cheek.

Puebla - General Ochoa tells Emilio's four friends, the cute soldiers that were party animals, that the military has received word of Jose and Arcadio's escape. The soldiers are to be dispatched to Sierra Escondido immediately. They are to report to Emilio who will head the posse to capture the fugitives.

Jose tells Arcadio he plans to go to his cabin then look for Mariana. He will tell Don Loco the truth that Alina is not his kid and that Soledad didn't betray him. He will approach the raging fire that is Don Loco and try to douse that fire with gasoline. Arcadio wisely decides it's time to separate. He give Jose his jacket and takes off.

Flor goes to the kitchen and tells Vera about the weird episode between Thelma and Gaspar. Vera says Gaspar is half crazy. Flor says no, he's not, and she intends to talk to him about it. Thelma comes in, fondles the chef's knife, and orders Flor to help her pack because Emilio is taking her from this horrible place tomorrow.

Jose enters his cabin which is oddly tidy considering the last person there was Don Loco who completely trashed the joint. He starts to carve Mariana's name in the wall, then he thinks, "Marianita can't die until she sees her mama, I'm going to find her now."

Flor weeps because Emilio is leaving. Suddenly he rides up and asks why she's crying, did Thelma do something? She says Thelma told her he is going to Puebla and they will never see each other again, boo hoo.

Soledad tells Adela that since Don Loco is in Veracruz she has to see Flor. They have the same old conversation. A="Sergio's on guard." S="You must help me."

Angel walks up while Emilio and Alina are saying a bunch of stupid stuff to each other. Angel says something stupid to Emilio and Emilio stupidly leaves in a huff. Stupid Alina says maybe it's better that Emilio completely forgets her. Angel and Alina look stupidly at each other.

Gaspar paces the cave in deep thought. He admits to Luba that he went to La Rinconada to see Flor. He tells Luba that Thelma lied to him about losing the baby. Luba is impactada.

Nora is surprised to see a strange man in Hacienda Loco. "Jose Gomez!" exclaims a startled Adela. He says he came to speak with Mariana. "MISS Mariana was here a day ago to tell her brother she is going to get married," says Adela. Jose = going to commercial impactado.

Adela asks Jose why he looks so pale. She says she's sure Mariana said she's getting married, she heard her say it with her own ears. Why does he care so much about the Patron's sister? Jose gives some ridiculous excuse about using Mariana as a mediator between him and Don Loco. He wants to fix things, nothing more. He doesn't wish to be the cause of Soledad's problems. He wants to talk to Soledad and explain things. Adela says she'll go distract Sergio first, but as luck would have it Sergio barges in and sees Jose.

Thelma tells auntie that Gaspar discovered she didn't lose the baby. She has to convince Emilio to leave for Puebla as quickly as possible. She'd have to go a lot farther than Puebla to get away from Gaspar.

Sergio and Jose try to fight but Adela breaks them up. They puff their chests at each other. Jose says he's leaving for now but he'll be back to settle things with Don Loco.

Luba has a hissy fit at Gaspar, "Everything that has to do with that Thelma is pure hell, it's damn hell!" Gaspar says Luba also lied by saying she believed Thelma's lie. He says Luba should have known because she's not stupid like Gaspar. He rubs his head as if he's trying to get rid of the stupid. He sobs that nobody fools Luba, that's why he trusted her, but she lied to him, "Why ma, why?" "For your own good son," she admits, "so you would forget her and this child that isn't yours." Gaspar rocks back and forth and cries, "No, it's mine but you don't want to believe me. You're as bad as Thelma! I don't want to live here anymore." He says there are other caves in the mountains and he knows how to work. Tomorrow he'll look for work at the coffee plantation. He stomps out of the cave and Luba prays to the Virgencita for help.

Efigenio is in Jose's cabin. He's asking about his cousin Arcadio. Jose says he left for Mexico City. Efigenio says Don Loco will kill Jose if he sees him. He agrees to loan Jose a horse so Jose can get out of Sierra Escondido.

Sexy Nurse Susi has changed her tight pants for a white headband that she's wearing as a skirt. She's taking Angel's blood pressure and if he were a real man the cuff would explode considering that SNS is bending way down over him. But noooo, stupid Angel continues to mope for Alina. Emilio shows up and they mope together.

Emilio is in the process of giving Orlando instructions about taking over for him when Vera arrives to say that their soldier buddies have just arrived and need to see them right away.

Darn, I thought I'd get through this episode without having to see Marianita! Juanito the singing patient tells her he is singing on TV again tonight and he'll dedicate his song to her. "Last night I dreamed of Estrellita," she weakly responds, "she's coming to take me to heaven." Juanito insists she's not going to die, he knows she'll be fine.

The soldiers tell Emilio he can't go to Puebla as planned. They need to hunt down the dangerous fugitive named...Jose Gomez! Flor hears the name and drops some pans on the floor with a crash. Apparently Jose Gomez is in Sierra Escondida and it's their mission to capture him. Emilio gives them their orders and they all leave. All except Orlando who sits brooding on the couch, "Once again I lose."

Dr. Love tells Mariana that it's time to take Marianita home. There's nothing more they can do. He apologizes for not being honest with her. She apologizes for being hard on him. He apologizes for being afraid to lose her. They have a mutual love and apology fest. They hug and make up. She says she needs him right now. If she only knew...

Gaspar is still pacing the cave, but it must be the morning after his last pacing as he is wearing a brand new shirt and looks very spiffy. This must be the morning that his muñequita has promised to come to "explain everything." Luba comments that she's glad he decided to stay. He says he's there because "she" promised to come. Luba tells him to leave "that woman" in peace. She finds the jacket that he bought for her in Puebla and puts it over his shoulders. He starts to smile and look dreamy. But no! He removes the jacket. "No ma, I don't forget anything, least of all that liar. She's not going to make a fool of me!" He stalks out of the cave. "That damn Thelma," Luba snarls, "I hope nothing happens..."

Orlando soothes his bad mood by informing Thelma that she might as well stop packing, she's not going to Puebla as planned. He graps her stuff and starts putting it back in her drawers.

Jose is smoking in bed. Doesn't he know that's dangerous? He recalls Adela's words that Mariana intends to marry. "No! I must stop her," he vows. Efigenio arrives with bad news. He just saw some soldiers and they are going to start searching for Jose.

Thelma comes downstairs and begins her usual rant. Gaspar jumps out and demands to know why she stood him up. "Because I can't stand you! Because you're repulsive," she shrieks. Gaspar grabs her skinny neck and starts to strangle her. Wow, it looks real. I wonder if she pissed him off in real life. Gaspar yells, "I'm going to kill you!" Emilio runs downstairs and pulls Gaspar off Thelma. Orlando pulls out his gun and shoots Gaspar in the ribs! Noooooo! He falls, bleeding. Thelma pants and Emilio is muy impactado.

Advance for tomorrow: speaking of shooting, it looks like Jose gets shot while trying to escape.

rasguño = scratch
cicatrix = scar
en heulgo = on strike
apapachar = to cuddle, to spoil
Maldito violador = Damn rapist!

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* Nurse gives Leo the test results for LG and LD in the hospital hallway. He starts to read them and is shocked by what it says. He asks the nurse to bring Gabe and MA to the consultation room, he needs to speak with them ASAP.

* Leo enters the room - Gabe and MA are curious - Leo pauses at the desk and slowly tells MA the results of the tests show that LD isn't her son - she's in shock and Gabe is confused - Leo goes on to tell them that Jossie is the mother of LD, MA is the mother of LG. Gabe is in disbelief and yells his outrage. He wants an explanation. Leo can't offer any, only that the test results don't lie. Gabe and MA are having a difficult time understanding - Leo will go to discuss this with the two attending physicians at the time of the boys' births to find out more information. Leo leaves. Gabe gives MA a hug.

* German is finishing his destruction in Leo's rural route clinic. He laughs at his success in destroying all the medicine and vaccines in the place. He leaves.

* Leo meets with Dr. F and Dr. V to discover from Dr. F that Miriam ordered that Jossie and her son be released before it was safe to do so. Leo takes charge in questioning the nurses on duty at the nursery, as well as keep MA and Gabe abreast of the developments.

* Mastin drags Elsa's lifeless body to the hospital emergency room door.

* MA and Gabe stop Jossie in the hallway - MA scolds Jossie with the accusation that Jossie switched the babies - Jossie is shocked and mortified by the accusation and denies it. Gabe jumps into the argument on MA's side - Jossie yells louder than the two of them that she is innocent and is outraged that they would accuse her of doing such a thing. Gabe tells Jossie that there will be an investigation and he will see to it that those at fault will be brought to justice.

* Nurses find the limp Elsa outside the emergency room door and bring her inside.

* Leo talks with the nurse who was working at the nursery that night. She tells Leo that she remembers finding Miriam at the nursery door, and that she says she was looking at her grandson. Leo concludes that Miriam may be the culprit who made the switch.

* Calmed down a bit, Jossie and Gabe are alone in the hallway and continue to discuss MA's accusation of Jossie. Jossie continues to deny and say she is innocent. He is still skeptical. Jossie ends by accusing Gabe of starting the battle in the first place and then walks away.

* Leo and the nurse continue their discussion when another nurse enters frantic and tells Leo about the lady they just brought in unconscious. Leo ends the discussion and leaves with the frantic nurse.

* As the nurse brings Leo into the room, he sees Elsa in the bed not moving. He gives the nurse some orders, and starts to tend to his sister. He talks with her and kisses her forehead. He says he will do whatever medically necessary to save her life.

* German and Cecilia have a fierce discussion in their living room about his obsessive compulsive need to control her life. She wants some freedom to go out and have a life. He refuses to even consider it. She wants to see Leo - he forbids it. Before leaving the room, German tells Cecilia that Leo has returned to Mexico City/Cuencas, and insinuates that Leo has either a girlfriend back there or is already married. Cecilia has tears in her eyes.

* Gabe meets with Nick in the hallway - Gabe is determined to go to the police and start an investigation against Jossie, for switching LG and LD.

* Jossie returns to the palace and in the office tells Miriam that Gabe and MA have discovered the truth about LD and LG - and there may be grave consequences because of it.

* Demian sits alone in his office, contemplating his revenge scheme and his favor that he wants Jossie to carry out (to kill Gabe).

* Jossie is sitting in MA's bedroom holding LD in her arms.

* Candy and Sylvester find Leo in the hospital waiting room - Leo tells them the upsetting news that Elsa was brought in unconscious due to alcohol poisoning.

* Candy sits and cries at Elsa's bedside.

* Leo visits Miriam at her palace office. He confronts her about the switch of LD and LG - he asks her directly if she did it - she stares at him a moment, then responds in horror how mortified she is that he would even ask her that, she is his real mom after all. Leo says he knows that, but he also remembers that she is a fiera and is capable of anything. She is still shocked at his accusations and thinks Candy put the doubts in his head. Leo apologizes but restates that he has to investigate this, it is part of his job.

* Jossie is playing with LD in MA's bedroom - MA enters with an update on LG - Jossie isn't interested, LG isn't her son, she has her son right here in her arms. MA is starting to cry and wants to hold LD - Jossie denies her request. MA continues to whine and cry and beg - Jossie continues to deny the request, MA and Gabe now know the truth and they can take care of LG - she and only she will care for LD, he is her son. Jossie carries LD out the door, and leaves MA alone crying.

* Elsa starts to wake and sees Leo, Candy and Sylvester standing beside her bed. They start to talk to her - she cries that she wants to live - Candy says she will. Elsa says she needs help but won't return to the center - Candy and Sylvester promise she won't ever return there. Elsa apologizes for her actions and her alcoholism - Candy accepts the apology.

* Nick and Gabe meet again in the hallway. Gabe is more determined than ever to go full force and get the police involved. He also wants to go after Miriam, as Jossie's accomplice.

* At the palace, Mayeya opens the door - the police detective is there to speak with Miriam. Miriam comes downstairs and the detective tells her she needs to go with him to make a statement about Gabe's accusation of baby switching. Miriam suspects he is doing this because of Leo.

* Sylvester and Elsa have a heart-to-heart talk in private. She talks about her alcoholism and their relationship. She says he isn't to blame for her actions, the only one responsible for what happened is her. He is crying and frustrated. He wants to help her but she keeps rejecting him - she asks for forgiveness - he just wants to see her happy.

* Miriam arrives at the police squad room - Nick and Gabe are already there - she confronts Gabe and Nick about getting the police involved in this matter. Gabe and Nick defend their actions. Jossie enters to support her mom, and then gets into a shouting match with Gabe for getting the police involved and accusing her and her mom like this.

* Leo and Candy share a hug at the apartment before he leaves for the rural clinic.

* Cecilia returns home upset and confronts her father about destroying all the medicine and vaccines in Leo's office. German gets after her for accusing him - she continues - he slaps her - she yells at him that it was his fault that her mother ran away from him. He orders her to go to her room.

* Demian calls Jossie for an update but Jossie is busy and hangs up. Demian thinks that if Jossie doesn't kill Gabe, he will have to kill her.

* Elsa stands up in front of the AA meeting and introduces herself to the group. As she starts to tell her tragic tale with alcohol, Sylvester and Candy sit in the back of the room and listen with the rest of the group members. As Elsa talks, she starts to cry (buckets of telenovela tears). At the end, everyone applauds.

* Leo stands in the hacienda living room and confronts German for destroying all the medicine and vaccines in his office. German sits on the sofa with a gun in his hand and denies the charges. Leo continues to accuse German - German gets up and orders him to leave immediately - Leo goes nose to nose with German and then leaves. German grumbles about wanting to kill Leo - Cecilia enters the room and overhears his grumbling and asks him what he means by it.

* Jossie and Miriam are talking in the bedroom when Gabe enters. Miriam leaves. Gabe politely asks Jossie to permit MA to hold LD - she did care for him as his mother since infancy. Jossie outright refuses to even consider the request. Gabe is frustrated, and calmly tells Jossie to reconsider or be forced to comply. Gabe leaves.

* Mayeya and Tweety are cleaning in the office and amusing MA with their chatter. They start to pull out the drawer of the bureau. MA sees the envelope and pulls it from the bottom of the drawer. MA opens and reads it - it is the lost letter/will of Don Clemente saying that MA is his only heir. MA, Mayeya and Tweet are shocked and surprised. (AY! CARAY! CARAY!)

THE GRAND FINALE IS FRIDAY!

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