Caray, Caray!

Part two is now added and posted below, thanks for your patience.

Esmeralda is found in the woods by Capt. Pizarro. She tells him that she started off for a walk with her horse and at some point he got scared and ran away. She’s been wandering around lost for hours. Pizarro tells her that he knows she is lying. He knows that she had something to do with the gypsies attacking Callao Prison and freeing Sara Kali. At the mention of her mother’s name, Esme seems shocked, but covers right away. She tells Piza that she has no idea what he is talking about. Piza doesn’t back up an inch, in fact he pushes forward. He demands that Esme tell him where her mother is hiding. He tells her that all who helped SK escape will be punished by death. He adds that includes her and pulls out his sword and puts the tip to her neck. Now, tell me where your mother is hiding.

Sara Kali is sitting along a pathway with the gypsies, still not hiding too well. She is trying to tell them that she should turn herself into Montero in order to free the women he has taken as prisoner. Laisha likes the idea. Renzo and Javier don’t. Renzo tells SK that they all are willing to risk themselves for the queen, the women too. Laisha attempts to protest but Renzo stops her. Just then Jonas and some other gypsies find them (because they are hanging out in the open, not concerned with being found by Monty’s men). Jonas tells them he’s glad he found them, he was worried about them—ulcer number one for the episode. He and Renzo rehash Esme running off as a decoy for the bounty hunters. They rehash a little about Laisha being released to bring the gypsy men a message. Jonas isn’t too concerned about the women and he tells SK there is no need for her to turn herself into Monty. He’s got some men in place who will rescue the women, meanwhile their most important task is to find Esme. They agree that some will take SK into hiding and the rest will look for Esme. Immediately Renzo jumps into the search party camp. SK pulls Renzo aside and asks him to find Esme and to take care of her. She also tells him to remind Esme that the necklace she is wearing is all of SK’s fortune.

Diego is still in the cave, asleep in the bed. Padre Tomas is watching over him. Diego hears Beyonce’s “Amor Gitano” and has a dream of a dancing woman. She’s dancing in a flamenco style, and we never see her face. By all indications it looks like Esme. D wakes up and PT reintroduces himself. D is still confused and wants to know where he is. PT tells him they are in a cave. He explains that they are hiding because there is a powerful person who has accused D of doing something he didn’t do. PT fills D in on a little bit of his personal stats---his name, who his father is, etc. Diego wants to know more—is he married, does he have children. PT decides it is best to avoid all that right now. He tells D to rest and they’ll get to all that later. Diego tells PT about his dream and how he felt some peace having they dream woman near. PT mumbles something about Esme and how he hopes she is safe.

Mariangel and Fernando are struggling over the gun. Mangle is telling him to let go of it. You would think FS would have learned that fighting over a loaded gun is dangerous, but I guess it is a lesson he hasn’t quite learned. Mangle is able to yank it away from FS and she demands to know why he was trying to kill himself, what led him to this point. There is some honest concern here on her part, I didn’t think she was capable of caring for someone other than herself. Fernando tells her that he is responsible for killing the woman that he loves. Mangle says something about that damn woman, Maria Pia. FS says he doesn’t deserve to live and Mangle replies that MP isn’t worth it. FS tells her that she cannot understand, she has never loved like he has loved Maria Pia. He goes on about how happy he was to get her back and how they were going to finally be together when MP found out his secrets. Mangle asks what secrets, but FS ignores her. He goes on about how now MP looks at him with hate and he starts to cry. Mangle tells him that MP is not worth any of his tears. FS looks at her softly and says that he loves her and goes to give his daughter a hug. NOW give me the GUN, he demands. They start to struggle all over again for the gun. It accidentally goes off, but doesn’t hit anyone. The housekeeping staff runs into the room, screaming. Father and daughter still struggle over the gun. Several of Fernando’s soldiers come running into the room and they are able to subdue him and break up the struggle.

Alejandro and Juan are still watching the de la Vega hacienda. Al rehashes to Juan about how Fernando had mistreated the Indians in the past. He tells Juan that he overlooked that, trying not to judge his friend too harshly. Al wants to know why FS didn’t tell him about killing Regina---I think that’s pretty obvious, how do you tell your best friend that you murdered his wife and all her family. I mean how do you start that conversation? Al tells Juan that he needs to go to the city. Juan warns him that Monty has it out for Al and would be looking for him. Al doesn’t care, he needs to talk to Fernando.
Tobias has been released from prison. He is getting a massage from Catalina. They rehash how Piza wants Tobi to impersonate Zorro. Tobi is concerned that this could be dangerous.

Padre Tomas packs up some of Zorro’s things. He says to himself that Zorro will have to go away for awhile and how the city will miss him. Diego wakes up. PT tells him that he’s got to go get some supplies and check on things. He leaves Diego alone. Diego finds Tornado and admires the horse, but doesn’t realize that T belongs to him.

Piza tells Esme he’s taking her to prison. She hauls off and smacks him. Piza starts to choke her and suddenly Renzo shows up. He and Piza spar. Piza uses his sword and Renzo avoids any hits with his acrobatic abilities. Renzo is able to get Piza to stick the sword into a tree, but he gets too close and Piza is able to elbow him in the face.

Outside the Sanchez home, Al leaves Juan to be on the look out. Oh yeah, and by the way, can I borrow your gun Juan? (This leaves Juan defenseless in case something were to happen, but Al doesn’t at all seem concerned about his employee.) Al knocks down some soldiers at the door of the house, they actually fall down like bowling pins, it made me laugh. He finds Mangle an apologizes to her for entering the house this way. She tells him that everyone is nuts. Now we see Fernando across the room. He is sitting in a chair, staring out into space. His hands are tied up. Al asks why Fernando is like this. Mangle says he went crazy, he wanted to die. She asks Al to leave, but he wants to know if she has any idea where Almudena, Maria Pia, or Diego can be found. She answers that she has no idea about Diego, but the women are at the doctor/dentist/barber/gravedigger’s. She fills Al in on Maria Pia being the patient, but tells him that she has no details.

Maria Pia is awake and talking to Dena. She tells Dena that she would have forgiven Fernando for anything, except a lie. They rehash the almost wedding & the not dead previous wife and Dena apologizes for stopping the nuptials. MP tells her that it wasn’t her fault. MP mumbles some more….she tells Dena that FS isn’t bad in the bottom of his heart. She asks Dena to forgive Fernando and to take care of him.

Esme attempts to help Renzo. She picks up a large stick and tries to knock Piza on his block. No success, Piza is able to knock Renzo down and he repeatedly kicks him. Esme tells him that’s enough, but of course Piza doesn’t listen. Two soldiers arrive on horseback. Things look pretty bad for Esme and Renzo.

Al finds the doctor and asks after Maria Pia. The doctor tells him that things don’t look so good, but it appears that the gunshot was an accident (how he knows this, I don’t know---perhaps we can add forensic specialist to his list of careers). The bullet was in a vital area and if he were to operate she’d lose a lot of blood and would most likely die. Anyway, it looks pretty serious and they should probably start getting ready for the funeral. Al gets a little ticked at the doctor, he tells him that he should be more concerned about his patients’ lives then he is about getting ready for funerals. Al goes in the room, there is a coffin leaning against the wall. He hugs Dena and she rehashes the foiled elopement.

Bernardo and Yumali are still at the de la Vega’s gathering arms. He tells/signs to Yumi that he wants to look for Diego. She says go ahead.

Dolores and SAM are looking out their prison window, they see Esme and Renzo being taken into the prison. Dolo is worried about Diego and Al (ulcer 2), but doesn’t seem overly concerned about Esme (if she only knew that Esme was carrying her precious Diego’s child, then she might show a little more concern). SAM tells her that with martial law, now Monty can do anything he wants.

Piza finds Auggie and Manny. He’s going to give them another shot at proving themselves. They will be responsible for guarding the two new prisoners. Piza goes to talk to Esme, he tells her that Monty is out of town. Piza warns her that he will get the info he wants, even if he has to use the torture chamber as a means to getting it.

PART TWO

Al and Maria Pia talk. Al reminisces about their childhood with their parents---ahhh happy times. Al tells his sister that she cannot leave him and that as a de la Vega she must fight to the end, to never give up (at this point I was thinking to myself that in a way, death is an end, so possibly not the advice he’s looking to give). Al tells MP that he has to leave, but he insists that he’ll see her again. He tells Dena to stay, that he has to go fight Monty and then he tells her that he doesn’t deserve her, he loves her, but he isn’t deserving (talk about a bit of an understatement). They tell each other to be careful and Al tells Dena that he’ll come for her as soon as he can (so let’s see, he’s leaving the wife behind, but will be taking the mistress to battle with him, seems pretty strange to me). The couple kisses goodbye.

In prison, Esme worries (ulcer-3), she says to Renzo that she is concerned for her unborn son, that his life is in danger. Oh yeah, I believe that Pizarro mentioned something earlier in the episode about cutting the baby out of her, what a nice guy. Renzo tries to console her, that Monty won’t let anything happen to his son. Esme decides it is ‘to tell the truth’ time and tells Renzo that the baby isn’t Monty’s, it’s Diego’s. For some reason, this seems to shock Renzo…so I guess it was less shocking to think that she loved one man, married another and then immediately got with child with the man she married….somehow I think the Diego pregnancy makes more sense, but then again I’m in the viewing audience.

Bernardo finds Diego. They have a little bit of a communication problem, as amnesiatic Diego doesn’t understand Bernie’s signs. He tells Bernie to write it down. Bernie fills Diego in on what kind of man he used to be…..one who loved poetry and women. He was an attorney and abhors violence. In fact, he doesn’t even know how to use a sword. This news bums Diego out. He calls himself a loser with a capital “L”. I think Bernie was wise in trying to keep Diego from acting in a manner inconsistent with the public image of Diego de la Vega, but I wonder if this will actually lead to more problems (cue foreshadowing music, and of course know that I’ve seen previews for tonight’s episode).

Olmos finds Mangle. She asks him why he left her alone and she fills him in on FS’s attempt at committing suicide. Mangle explains why Fernando is restrained and she blames Maria Pia for the whole thing. Meanwhile, Fernando has absolutely no reaction, he’s just sitting in the chair staring off into Lord knows where. WOW, another great performance, IMHO. Mangle decides that Olmos is like ask Jeeves, she wants to know if Fernando is going to recuperate. Olmos doesn’t give a committed answer. Mangle begs FS to get better and return to her, otherwise she’s alone. Olmos reminds her that she still has him, and Mangle doesn’t laugh.

The gypsies are ambushed and at first all we see are the assailants’ rifles. Javier gets shot, it looks like only in the shoulder, so he should be able to recover I would think. Jonas gets everyone to head for the trees. Two of the gitanos carry Sara Kali (I’d think this would make her more of a target for shooting practice). We are shown that the shots are coming from two soldiers who happened upon the gypsies. One says he’ll hold down the fire, the other should go for help.

Hermana Carola is talking to Padre Tomas who’s stopped off at the Church. They rehash what’s going on with Sister Suplicios/ Nutty Nun and how the Cardinal has called in a man to complete an exorcism. In the almost nunnery, Nutty is questioning who this man is standing beside her bed. Brother Aaron doesn’t answer, but starts to chant something and begins to sprinkle holy water. Camba is watching from a hiding spot. NN demands that BA look at her, she starts to thrash in the bed and it almost looks like she’s freed herself from her restraints, but I’m not sure. She demands again that he look at her, and then she starts to use the creepy voice, “look at me” and then “save your soul Aaron” Meanwhile, if hiding Camba could speak, I’m sure he would say he’s worried since he’s got the worried face on (ulcer-4).

The doctor/dentist/barber/gravedigger goes to see Fernando. He tells FS that there has been a miracle, since we don’t know what hat he is currently wearing, it is anyone’s guess to what kind of miracle he’s referring----doctor= Maria Pia has had a recovery, dentist= Novocain has been invented, barber= the mullet has gone out of style (not that it ever WAS in style), or gravedigger= pine is on sale so he can make a fortune off of his coffin sales.

Yumi meets up with Al. She gives him his uniform. He tells her it is time for justice and now he is going to show Montero what kind of soldier he used to be….makes me wonder if he’s going to be like those guys who go back and put on their football uniforms from high school. Will it be too tight, with gaps at the buttons? Will Al think he’s still operating at the same level he was years before and push himself too hard and end up with some sort of groin injury (poor Yumi, if that happens)?

Montero has returned and is paying a little visit to the little woman in prison. She acts all happy to see him, she even gives him a hug. Esme cries to Monty about how terribly Piza has treated her, she goes on about how she has no idea what he’s accusing her of doing, etc. Monty says yes, Piza should be reprimanded for not following orders. He asks Esme if she would like to know what his orders were, and he goes ahead and tells her that Piza was suppose to kill her, so he will be punished. END OF EPISODE/ Final ulcer count is 4.

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WARNING: This is a Gaspar—Luba—Tonki free episode. If you only watch the show for these guys, save some time and skip this one.


Knock Knock Knock! “Alina, open up!” It’s Emilio and he’s mighty impatient to see Alina, for his brother Angel’s sake of course. BAM, he kicks the door open and is impactado to find Orlando in bed with Alina. “What does this mean?” asks Emilio tersely, Thelma comes in behind him yelling “Emilio, calm down!” Orlando (who appears to be wearing pants still) hisses that Emilio had no right to barge in. He puts on his shirt, which Emilio promptly uses to hold him by the collar and drag him out of the room. “What have you were you doing with Alina!” he snarls. Thelma follows them outside, continuing with her “Emilio, please stop!” whining. Orlando suddenly finds his voice and snarls back: “It’s perfectly obvious what happened. I made Alina mine. She gave herself to me.” Emilio punches him in the jaw, shouting “Liar!” Emilio shouts to Thelma to leave them alone. Thelma rushes off. Orlando says, rubbing his jaw, “OK, now we can be alone and talk like two civilized men.”


Over at La Rinconada, Don Loco and Alfonsina are finishing their conversation about what Alfonsina saw out the window when Adela locked her in her room and DL was out getting the doctor for Mariana. Alfonsina had played this all wrong, making her offer of information sound like blackmail and DL was too angered by that to care much about what information Alfonsina had. (He quotes a saying that got mangled by the satellite transmission “When the dog….” Can someone fill in the blanks?) “How quickly you learned how to cash in. Imagine you, trying to blackmail me!” He slaps her hard and she flops on the bed. “Now you are going to tell me what you know.” Alfonsina pleads for him not to hit her. “But first, you are going to tell me what you wanted in return.”

Back to Orlando and Emilio and their screaming match back in the corridor outside Alina’s room at La Rinconada—Orlando: “That’s the way it was, and by the way, you have no right to ask me!” Emilio: “Of course I have a right. I asked you to take care of her and you failed!” Orlando: “Who gave you rights over Alina?” Emilio is impactado, because this is true but also perhaps due to the vehemence of Orlando’s self defense. Orlando has always been under Emilio’s thumb, Emilio outranks him, but now the worm has turned (literally) and Emilio is shocked! Shocked! to find this deep pool of resentment where Orlando is standing.

Back to whimpering Alfonsina, under the thumb of DL . She confesses that she wants a little bit of land that can be hers when DL tires of her. She tells him that she now realizes that he only brought her to SE to make his wife jealous and that he doesn’t really care about her. “That hurt me a lot” she sniffs. She continues on that she thought that he’d get tired of Soledad, divorce her and that she would be the lady of the house. She would no longer be poor! “Now I realize that that will never happen.” Sniff Sniff. DL grabs her roughly. “What, did you think I would sign over the hacienda to you?” Alfonsina changes the subject. “I can tell you for sure that your Senora is cheating on you.”

Back to Orlando vs. Emilio. Orlando yells at Emilio again about what right does he have over Alina? Emilio is married, Alina is nothing to him, so what if Orlando wants to sleep with her? “We’re both adults, so what if we love eachother?” Emilio grabs him by the collar again. Emilio points out that his brother wanted to marry Alina. He told him this before he left. “You failed me, Orlando!” Just then, Vera rushes in to say that Angel is having another attack. Emilio rushes out with her. Orlando smiles, straightens his shirt and then laughs: “Finally, I’ve beaten you, Emilio!”

Alfonsina is now cowering next to a piece of furniture with DL glowering at her. She coughs up the bit about seeing a man leave Soledad’s room from her window. Don Loco grabs her by the neck and squeezes threatening her that if she’s lying…Alfonsina, crying, swears she’s telling the truth.

Back to Alina’s room at la Rinconada. Alina is still sleeping through all this. Orlando goes back in. He thanks her sleeping form that in spite of the fact that he didn’t get what he wanted, he still got back at Emilio for getting all the chicks all these years.

In Angel’s room, Emilio is hovering over Angel, with Vera nearby. Angel is drinking a glass of water. Emilio sends Vera for the doctor, over Angel’s protests. Angel quizzes Emilio about what Thelma and Vera had said, that Alina is in love with Orlando. Emilio looks uneasy.

Meanwhile, Orlando, fully clothed, has jumped back in bed with Alina. Alina wakes up and realizes that she’s naked in bed with Orlando. Orlando tries to make her think that he did have sex with her. Alina is horrified and tells him he’s lying. Orlando gets up and laughs saying, “If you don’t believe me, ask Thelma and Emilio! They came in and found us in bed!” Alina repeats,”Emilio!” He has returned! Orlando taunts her that Emilio was surprised to see her in such a “compromising situation.” Alina yells at him to shut up and starts crying. She then starts yelling about how she now knows that Thelma and he trapped her and that she’s going to tell Emilio everything . Orlando leaves, laughing. [Sorry, Alina, I’m with Orlando on this one, Emilio is NOT going to believe you, at least not for at least a week of episodes…]

Emilio finally responds to Angel’s questions. He blows off the assertion that Alina is in love with Orlando. He says that in a small town, everybody gossips and invents stuff. He lies and says he spoke with Orlando and that Orlando would have told him. Angel then asked why Alina hadn’t shown up yet. “Because she’s asleep and I didn’t want to wake her” Emilio lies some more. Angel accepts this pack of lies.

Back over to Alina, who has just taken a shower and is wrapped up in a robe and a towel. She is no longer hysterical but quite calm. Maybe she’s figured out that she hasn’t been raped after all. She laments that Emilio saw her in bed with Orlando. “What must he be thinking of me?”Next, Dr. Vazquez has arrived. [Why don’t they just build the poor guy a house next door?] The doc is perplexed to see Angel look so badly after his treatment with the specialist in Puebla. Angel kicks Emilio out of the room and tells the doc not to bother, he knows what’s wrong.

Back to Don Loco and Alfonsina’s tiff. DL is totally in his own world now, pouring himself a drink and mumbling to himself that Soledad is STILL cheating on him, even after all this time. Alfonsina goes into suck up mode, “Oh Patron, how terrible for you! As good as you are!” DL wants to know what happened in that room. Alfonsina elaborates that the man she saw hurried away so as not to run into him, not even by accident. DL then demands she describe the man she saw.

Outside Angel’s room, Emilio encounters Thelma. Thelma asks how Angel is and Emilio says, he’s better. Then she asks how he is. Emilio responds “OK” curtly. Thelma says she feels sorry for him that he had to see Alina in such an embarrassing situation. She says she “didn’t like it” but she tried to “understand it” and she thinks that Emilio should try to “understand it” too. Emilio is puzzled. Thelma explains that Alina was desperate to find a man to protect her. “And since Angel left…” Emilio cuts her off but Thelma keeps going. She runs Alina down some more, calling her a dead mosquito, etc. She points out that Orlando and Alina are lovers so that’s that. Emilio gets disgusted and leaves. Thelma says to nobody in particular, “Why is he mad?”


Back to Alfonsina who is finishing a description of the mystery man to DL. Alfonsina says that’s all she saw from the window. DL says “OK, now go.” Alfonsina reaches to touch him and DL gets furious and stands up shouting at her to leave him alone. She hustles out. DL is sure from the description that it’s Elias.

Over at la Rinconada, Braulio, Carmen and Rosita have formed a posse to speak to Don Max and tell him to give up what he did with Santos. Castulo is apparently the bouncer for the evening. He tosses Braulio on the floor telling them to go away, Don Max is asleep. Rosita runs to her father and says they should go. (She doesn’t like this guy for some reason.) Carmen is insistent. Castulo tells her to come back in the morning. They all skulk off. Castulo scratches his beard and announces to the air “If she only knew that her son was already a rotten corpse.”

Of course we know that’s not true. Santos was rescued by the defrocked psychiatrist hermit. Santos has amnesia and the doctor is trying to help him regain his memory through hypnosis. He gets Santos to remember the fight but then he wakes in a lather. He says the fight made him feel angry, like he wanted to kill someone. He doesn’t want to remember.


Over to Emilio at La Rinconada who is also trying to forget the image of Alina in bed with Orlando. At that point, Alina walks in and tries to defend herself with a skeptical and hostile Emilio. She tells him that she was drugged with tea, given to her by Thelma. Vera happens by and Alina asks her about what happened to the remaining tea in the teapot. Vera says she put it to wash but she hadn’t gotten to it yet. Emilio orders her to go get it.

Angel is talking to Doc Vasquez. He explains that he isn’t telling Emilio that he’s dying because he wants to marry Alina to protect her. The doctor commends him for being an “Angel” to Alina. He promises not to tell Emilio anything. He still wants to check Angel’s lungs.


Thelma and Orlando are conferring in Thelma’s room. Orlando is pacing the room freaking out that Emilio will believe Alina. Thelma is completely calm because she knows she dispatched the evidence of the drugged tea. [And we know Emilio, he’ll immediately jump to the wrong conclusions immediately.] Orlando is still drunk or out of his mind because he’s slurring his words and acting like a loon. Thelma tells him to lock himself in his room and not to confront Emilio.


Vera has brought the teapot to Alina and Emilio. She says that the teapot still has a little tea. Emilio drinks some of the cold tea to see whether she is telling the truth. [I thought Thelma had replaced the tea with water, but I guess she replaced it with Tea??]


Next we change scenery—We’re in Puebla. It’s Coral’s room in the big mansion and she’s sleeping. The evil nephew of Don Celso comes into her bedroom and after a brief fight knocks her out. He then lights a bunch of roman candles or flares in her room and throws them on the carpet. He runs out. Man, Coral! The first thing I would have done is change the locks!!


Over at Hacienda de Loco, Soledad can’t sleep. Apparently DL has given her a tiny twin bed next to Mariana’s huge double bed, to make sure she gets the hint that she’s a servant to Mariana. Soledad flips on a light and goes to get water. She’s surprised by DL who comes in without knocking, as usual and accuses her of meeting “her lover” Elias while he was out.


Back to Alina and Emilio. Alina asks him if he still feels nothing. Emilio says no, it’s been 20 minutes already. Emilio gets up and says that it’s not drugged and anyway, he has no right to ask her any more questions about what happened anyway. [Yep, he’s convinced she’s lying and everybody else is telling the truth]


Now back to Soledad and Loco—Soledad says that every day Loco is more Loco. She tells him that Elias is not her lover. DL yells at her not to pretend. Alfonsina saw him leave. Soledad starts in on Alfonsina’s credibility: “That woman only wants to alienate you from me.” DL doesn’t buy it. He starts in on the whole “Elias is your lover, you are just trying to protect your lover” crap No, he’s not going to kill Soledad…YET..but he is going to kill Elias. He turns to Mariana then leaves. Soledad bends down to pick up her glass crying saying that she wants "the nightmare to be over." Mariana looks at her with pity.


Alina and Emilio are still discussing Alina’s story. Alina is trying to convince him, Emilio doesn’t want to hear her explanation. Alina insists that she didn’t consent to whatever happened. Emilio throws the letter she sent in her face, that Orlando was being nice to her...etc. Alina says that he made her believe he was her friend and then he sprung the trap. And besides, points out Alina, if he was my lover, why would I be telling you that he drugged me? [and raped me?]


Back in Puebla, Coral has woken up, coughing. She’s found the door to the bedroom locked.


Emilio says only you know why you would lie. He acts all disgusted that she would go to bed with Orlando. [Really, no wonder Orlando hates you so much when you think the idea of him having sex at all is disgusting, some pal you are!] Alina keeps insisting that Orlando entrapped her. Thelma comes in to add her two cents. “Don’t believe her, Emilio! Alina is lying.” Thelma spins the story this way: Alina thought Angel was dying so she switched to Orlando. Now that Angel is better, she’s dumping Orlando for Angel. Emilio plops in a chair, his head in his hands. All the time Alina is trying to deny this. Thelma goes on, Angel is weak and rich, she probably thinks she can do whatever she wants anyway. Alina cries out to Emilio that he can’t believe this…Emilio gets up shouting “Enough!” He kicks both of them out of the room.

Coral is still trying to break open her door. [Doesn’t this room have any windows?] She grabs a heavy statue and bashes the door with it.


Alina goes into her room with the broken door and flops on her bed. “Emilio doesn’t believe me!” She weeps.

Coral has gotten out of her room and is calling the fire department on the phone from her burning house. Next she calls her friends on the phone, from her burning house, complaining that she is choking to death.

DL is smoking a cigar in his office. He has summoned Sergio. He tells him to prepare the horses.

Soledad is desperate. She’s trying to figure out how to warn Elias that DL is coming. Soledad asks Mariana (who is also awake) whether she wants water. Mariana has tears streaking down her face.

Thelma, looking very jiffy-pop today, I might add, is in conversation with the singing Aunt. The SA is asking her whether Emilio believes everything that she’s put into his head about Alina and Orlando. Thelma thinks so, furthermore, Emilio saw Alina in bed with Orlando with his own eyes. She is sure that Emilio will repudiate Alina and kick Orlando out of La Ricondada. “So I killed two birds with one stone.” finishes Thelma. SA is nervous and goes for a drink.


Elsewhere, Castulo is filling Don Max in about the “free Santos” protest that took place earlier. Don Max asks Castulo for the umpteenth time whether Santos is good and dead. Castulo assures him in some detail. Castulo also mentions that Carmen wants to talk to him. Don Max gripes that Carmen is becoming a nuisance (estorbo) for him. Castulo offers to get rid of her too. At this very moment, the SA is coming to bug Don Max, crystal copa in hand with what looks like brandy. She shrinks at the description of Santo’s death and when killing a woman is mentioned she drops the glass on the floor and runs away. Don Max hears the disturbance and rushes out, followed by Castulo. He guesses it was her and that she was spying on them. SA runs back to her room, whimpering about Don Max having ordered somebody’s (some Christian’s) death and now plotting to kill some woman! She dramatically flops on her knees on the floor, arms outstretched to pray to God to free them from evil, to shelter them from harm.


Rosita, Braulio and Carmen are drinking coffee at Braulio and Rosita’s kitchen table. Carmen and Rosita are sure that Don Max did something to Santos. But without proof what can they do? Rosita and Braulio agree that it happened just when everything was arranged. They explain to Carmen that Santos was on his way to San Mateo to tell her that everything was arranged for their wedding. Carmen is now certain that Don Max did it to keep Santos from marrying Rosita.


Over at La Rinconada, Emilio is still up pacing. Doc Vasquez comes into the room to tell him that Angel is now sleeping comfortably. Emilio questions him about Angel’s condition. The Doc says that these new treatments are beyond his level of knowledge---“but if the specialist gave you hope…” [Nice deflection, doc!] He turns his attention to Emilio and says he has noticed that he looks kind of bad too. Emilio says that his problem isn’t physical, it’s his soul that hurts. Vasquez gives him a piece of advice. Emilio’s problem is that his heart is in conflict with his head. Until he decides which one to go with, he’s going to continue to suffer.


Back to Hacienda de Loco—Alfonsina walks into Soledad and Mariana’s room, claiming that she wants to know how her little “sister in law” is doing, that she and Mariana were always “good friends.” Soledad immediately tries to throw her out. Then Alfonsina can’t resist crowing about how he would break out in spots (se pone pintado?) he would be if he knew that Jose’s letter was not for her, but she did end up cheating on him anyway. Soledad is immediately suspicious that Alfonsina knows about the letter. Soledad suddenly gets a spine and demands not to let Alfonsina go until she tells the truth. She slaps her and she lands on the floor, on her bum. This is pretty amazing given that Soledad is shorter than she is. Alfonsina manages to get away despite Soledad’s rage. Mariana looks on, a tear again streaming down her cheeks. [You would think that being an invalid, lying in bed all day she would have given up on the eyebrow makeup, eyeliner and mascara but no, and yes, it is streaking. ] Soledad rushes over to Mariana and tells her that she is sure that Alfonsina knows something about the letter. Mariana probably agrees but we get no thought bubble from her, only rapid eye movements.


Back over to Alina, lying on her bed. She’s thought bubbling Emilio’s words. “I don’t know what to believe. I only know what I saw and cannot erase from my mind, you, lying in bed with Orlando.” Alina adds that that she can’t bear that he think ill of her, because, after all this, she still hasn’t stopped loving him.


Emilio’s gone to the Chapel to pray. He wants a sign from God to tell him who is telling the truth, Orlando and Thelma or Alina. [Gee Whiz, Emilio, you find God and suddenly you are asking him to think for you? Lets see, shrewish wife who trapped you into marriage and hates Alina, your best pal who is gleeful about stabbing you in the back and Alina, who several times has been accused of doing something bad but the accusations always turn out to be false. This is NOT a hard question!]


Soledad is still talking to Mariana about the letter and Alfonsina. She tries to squeak out a word but can’t. Soledad laments if only Mariana could talk….


Elias, opens the door to his cabin and guess who is there, Don Loco, pointing a gun in his face. Don Loco tells him he’s about to send him to hell. Guess what, Dr. Love is there too, and sneaks up behind Don Loco with a gun pointed at Loco’s head. His hand, however, is shaking. DL of course has brought Sergio with his long gun so we have yes, ANOTHER MEXICAN STANDOFF! DL says something sarcastic to Dr. Love about how quickly he changed his profession. Dr. Love says, that he’s never been one for the weapons but he knows how to fire this gun. Sergio gets distracted and Elias manages to take his gun so now we are good guys=2 guns, bad guys =1 gun. Elias points the gun at DL’s front, while Dr. Love is pointing at the side of DL’s head. They tell him to leave. DL vows to come back later. They run DL and Sergio off. Dr. Love collapses into a chair. Elias muses that for Don Loco this is not just personal, this is an obsession. Dr. Love points out , “and for us, is it not also an obsession?” [I am liking this guy more all the time!]



DL comes back to his office with Sergio. Sergio is full of bravado about not letting those guys get away. DL reproaches him for trying to gin up his anger to do something stupid. Sergio apologizes. He got carried away with his anger. DL says he’ll need him later. For now, leave him alone to think about how “to make those beggars squirm.” (retorcer)


The next morning, Soledad, in a pink dress comes into DL’s office to speak to him. DL is surprisingly civil. Soledad tells him about her conversation with Alfonsina. Mainly, that Alfonsina told her that the letter from Jose, the foreman was not meant for her. She begs him to make Alfonsina tell him the truth. “I’m sure she knows who the letter was for.” Apparently, DL has the letter in front of him. [I thought he tore it up a long time ago…] “Of course she knows who the letter is for, like I know, it was for you!” he responds holding up the paper. Soledad becomes more excited. She tells him that she knows that he no longer believes anything she says, but he should look for the truth himself. DL asks her why she doesn’t go confess to the priest what she did. “Because that would be to make a false confession” says Soledad. She’s confident that on Judgement Day, God will judge her innocent, because he knows the truth. She leaves. Don Loco makes a crack like, “too bad your fine words aren’t true.” He goes on to assert, to no one in particular that the letter was meant to claim his paternity over Alina.


Over at la Rinconada, Angel is in his room and Vera is serving him his juice. Angel asks about Alina and Vera almost drops the glass. She tells him that Alina is still in her room. When Vera leaves, Angel announces he’s going to look for her.


Over at the hermit psychiatrist’s house, Santos finds the Doctor painting a landscape on an easel in his living room. Santos is interested in the painting and the Doctor proudly shows him the others. [They look kind of awful actually, like something a kid would do for Art Class.] He shows him one which is a picture of a rose in a vase. Santos is impactado by the rose. He tells the doctor “There was a rose in my life.” [At this rate, it will take two months of episodes for Santos to regain his memory]


And speaking of Rosita, She’s chatting with Carmen who seems to have taken over Santo’s cabin. For what must be the millionth time, they agree that Don Max is responsible for Santos’ disappearance because he was trying to get Rosita away from him. Rosita vows that if Don Max comes after her, she’ll be ready for him. Carmen says no, don’t sully yourself with the blood of that guy. I swear, if I find out that he’s responsible for the disappearance of my son, I will kill him myself.


Coral is chatting with her friend, whose name escapes me, from the Cueva del Diablo, the female one, who is wearing a black dress with a plunging neckline. Coral is dressed more modestly, in black herself. Apparently she has made allegations against the nephew at the local police station. The friend asks Coral what she will do next. Coral is sure that this guy will try to kill her again. As soon as the will is read and she signs the papers, she’s going to go “where he’ll never find me.” [ I think that would probably be Sierra Escondida.]

At La Rinconada, Alina is in her room when Vera brings her food and juice. Alina tells her she’s not hungry. Vera gets all mousy and starts telling her she can see why she did what she did….Orlando can help her and all. Alina is thrown for a loop. Even the servants all believe she went to bed willingly with Orlando.


Back at Hacienda de Loco, Alfonsina is rubbing her cheek after getting the big smackdown from Soledad. She’s getting tired of this game between Soledad and DL and she wants her land. Just then, Don Loco comes in whip in hand and tells her to tell him the truth—this will be her one opportunity to come clean. Was the letter intended for Soledad? Alfonsina looks nervous.


At la Rinconada, Emilio, in his green uniform, cap stuffed in his epaulet, is about to leave for work supervising the highway, he runs into Orlando. Emilio tells him to beat it, he’s not going to the construction. He’s going to explain to him what happened. Orlando says he already told him, he owes him no explanations. Just then, who should come around the corner but Angel. Angel hears the argument and he hides around the corner. Orlando insists that Alina got into bed with him, because she wanted to, by her own free will. Angel is impactado.

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DA-da. DA-da. da da da da da da ...Hilario wheels around, it is FemJaws, TWB in her sleek little white bikini is on him like a shark on a hapless swimmer...he gives in major lip lock..Well it has been a very long dry spell for TWB and as the song goes "If you can't be with the one you love....". No No much as he'd like to tap that..he can't she is married to the Patron. Hilario runs off in a fit of testerone and adrenaline, his manhood says stay....but his self-preservation says run like the wind. TWB now gets a call from uber WASP Sofie, TWB is slammin Rod, he pays no attention...blah blah blah, the usual rant from women who have never had sex with their good looking healthy strapping husband and to add insult to injury, just been turned down by the stable boy. Sofie tries to calm her down, TWB must learn to control the situation. Excuse Me why would anyone take advice from the poster girl for spinsterhood? Just sayin.

Gavi & Ma are pawning Gavi's "promise watch" in lieu of a promise ring. They get 6 mil pesos for it, close to $600 American. Gavi says take good care of it cause she'll be back.

James and Rod are visiting the weird Jimador place again. Meliton (creepy Uncle), yells for Acacia, to bring some Tequila. Acacia brings out the Tequila and Rod asks some questions about the Jimadors...in his never ending search for Gavi. James is muy impacted with Acacia. James offers to work for free, learning more about Tequila; working towards his life's goal of becoming a Master Tequila Guy.

Hilario is sitting in the barn sucking on a pint of yes, you guess it Tequila, he is crying about what a sinner he is God will never forgive him. Here comes SanWanna, she tries to cheer him up with a roll in the hay, but Hilario screams, "Leave me in Peace". SanWanna leaves angry and Hilario throws the bottle against the wall.

Rod goes home and TWB is a bit standoffish..Rod suggest she go visit her parents for a little diversion...Yeah Rod that is just the kind of diversion she is looking for. No she tells him, she only longs to stay at the side of her beloved husband.

James enters the kitchen of the creepy ranch, Acacia is cooking, he asks for a glass of Agua, she gives him one with out ever looking up...James says that the dish she is preparing smells Ummmmm muy rico. She says it is chicken soup. Per Meliton's orders it is her job at the ranch to sacrifice the animals....Que the creepy music...The Uncle comes in and runs James off and says he doesn't want James in there with her. The Uncle leaves and Wednesday Addams picks up a knife and stabs the cutting board. Ewwwww Dead Eyes, she has Dead Eyes.
*****Hey would it not just be the best evah, if the Addams Ranch was actually some devil worship sacrificing animals and maybe an occasional "Sofie" to bring an awesome Agave Harvest?*****Just a thought...the old ways die hard out in the rural areas..

Gavi tells Clara that once again she is going to Montalvo to stalk Aaron til he hires her. Clara accuses her of just wanting to see Rod, to try and run into him. Gavi comes up with some crap about missing the country and agave, and I guess working at Montalvo will get her back in touch with her roots.

Rod is slaving away at his laptop..he slams it closed, he takes out the cassette from Gavi and begins to play the music, he moves his chair over in front of the window and we get to see Rod TV, he is envisioning Gavi singing or having a flashback, whatever, I think I saw this episode like ninety times so the thrill is gone, but Rod seems to enjoy it. Here comes TWB, she asks about the music and snatches up the player, she is BSC jealous and throws the player against the wall.
"Gaviota, Gaviota, Gaviota", it didn't work for Jan Brady and it's not gonna work for TWB. She storms out. Poor Rod runs over and picks up his little player, the only thing he has left of his little Gavi.

The Next Day

After the little temper fit of last night, Rodeo and Juliette need some time apart, he is shipping her off to MX DF. He asks Hilario to drive her to the airport...Si Patron...

Gavi gets her benediction from Clara before she enters into stalker mode.

Crispin and Roman try to have a heart to heart with Rod, forget Gavi they say, she is not coming back. Rod has spent mucho dinero and they can't find her. They are like hey, you got yourself one hot babe, forget the jimadora. Rod rages..no they don't get it "Gavi is his life, his one and only love, he can't get her out of his head". Yes another one of those awkward television moments when manly men blurt out things to other men, that well, they never wanted to hear.

On the drive to the airport, TWB asks Hilario to keep the little attempted pool side seduction on the downlow...Hilario is more than happy to agree to never mention it. Possibly staving off eternal damnation.

James is working the agave fields at the Addams Ranch...He is shirtless and I might add, not bad not bad at all, button down shirts and argyle sweaters do him no favor. Acacia or Wednesday is coming down the row, James spots her and runs up to stop her. ****Dude you are so borrowing Rod's tale of seduction, James may have all ready located a "doin the deed tree". He has a present for Wednesday, it is a small box. She opens it, it is a music box with a mirror...well she is casting a reflection in it, so certain evil creatures are ruled out. Just then Uncle Gomez, I mean Uncle Meliton, screeches for her, she runs off clutching the music box. Yes oh Yes, James is smitten.

Over in Mexico City, TWB is in the apartment Granny Pilar bought for TWB & Rod. Sofie comes in and is once again all up in her brother's amorous business. Now this is really starting to bother me, for someone who looks so prim and proper she is bent. Her advise to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" TWB; is to see a sex therapist, to try and find a way to get through to Rod. I am certain TWB could take Sofie and I would have just gotten up and knocked her into next Tuesday. I don't even like TWB and I was offended...like TWB needs to see a therapist? I think all her stuff is working okay. I'm sure if you just looked in Sofie's eyes you could see the $$ signs.

After dropping TWB off, Hilario stops off at a lingerie store, he is hanging around outside when the owner comes out and drags him in....We see Hilario leaving with a bag.

Now Gavi is standing outside Montalvo, she tries to enter but security guy, says no can do. Aaron issued a memo she is not allowed in the building. Well that means nothing to our spunky little jimadora...She paces until Aaron leaves the building. Gavi runs up and introduces herself as her alter-ego Mariana Franco Villarreal and asks for a few minutes of his time. Aaron has heard bad things about her, but she counters...Aaron's secretary "Jane Hathaway" runs out of the building threatening to call security. Aaron tells her to back off, I guess that collar is a little tight around his neck. Aaron asks Gavi to go to lunch with him at a French Restaurant.

Back at the ranch...Rod has just gotten news that Gavi has been spotted in VeraCruz picking oranges..He is ready to take off. He has spent lots of money following false leads.....
****I wondered if every migrant farm woman between the ages of 15 and 55, had gotten a perm and was trying to pass themselves off as Gavi****

Hilario is in the kitchen trying to make nice with SanWanna, she is standoffish, til he pulls out the bag, goody a present. She is feeling inside the bag & here comes Hilario's Ma...she wants to see, ***I was certain it was going to be a "Just you wait til you Father comes home moment", but no, SanWanna takes the bag and leaves. Hilario looks relieved..life was some much simpler before puberty.

At some point, but I don't remember when...Rod was having a crying talk with Dead Gramps under the Dead Gramps tree...oh how he misses Gramps and how he must find.....yep Gavi...I am glad Gramps is dead so they didn't have that awkward man pause.

Gavi and Aaron are seated in a French Restaurant..When asked for her choice in beverage, Gavi orders a Montalvo Tequila, smirk smirk..you work it girl. When the waiter takes their order, Gavi shows off her flawless French, then comments about her English and her smattering of German. ****Shout out to Catholic School Education, six months with the Nuns did far more for Gavi, than twelve years of Public Education, did for me****Gavi speaking very rapidly goes on to tell about being in Europe, well she left out the good parts, the whore-house, the being hit by a car. She informed Aaron that Montalvo is the be all end all, the cat's PJ's when it comes to Tequila...Oh Aaron was loving it.

Meanwhile Nosy Secretary is telling Minnnnnervvvvva the news. Minnie is very displeased.

Aaron takes Gavi back to the business, Old secretary, tries to throw a hizzy, but Aaron shuts her down, PR guy comes in and shows Aaron, Gavi's excellent, if somewhat fabricated resume.

Minnie shows up at the departmento of doom, lamenting her worthless dawg husband chasing "lil Mariana Franco Villarreal", hee hee hee, no really it is TWB's husband that is chasing her...oh well if Lety Padilla Solis can have two, I say Gavi is more than deserving. Once again Sofie has to bring up the TWB/Rod lack of sex....for the love of Gawd, get a hobby.

Rod is off to VeraCruz, TWB is in Mexico City, Rod hates MX City and says he will never go back...evah (famous last words).

Aaron offers Gavi the job of receptionist, he will replace Margarita. Oh No...that is Gavi's friend who tried to help her. Take it or leave it...that is the only offer. Gavi agrees to take it and leaves the office.. Just when it looks like Aaron is not so bad, He opens his mouth and sucks in all the air he can....savoring the scent of Gavi....

Little receptionist is sobbing..Gavi says she is sorry and vows that she will quit if lil receptionist is not hired back in one month...Wow Gavi plans to climb the Aaron, ooopppppsss, sorry I meant corporate ladder. Well she can speak English, French and a little German.

Tommorrow....everyone has a stunned look on their faces...
Rod is walking down the hall....
Does he find Gavi/Mariana Franco Villarreal?
or
does he bring news that Mister James was found slain in a strange Satanic Ritual..but on the upside the Agave crop is outstanding?

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Paco watches Fedora drink herself into more of a drunken stupor. He again explains that Alicia and Octopus are indeed the same person, and he loved Alicia many years ago. Fedora asks how he could do it, how could he unite his life with someone like that?

Over at Lala's house, we remember that Octopus just came in. Paola asks, Mom, what are you doing here? Octopus says that Pancho is going to prison for bigamy. Her face is completely immobile as she utters these fateful words.

Max drops by Iggy Plaza again. Camila is wearing her Carnaby Street getup again: White go-go boots (I so wanted a pair of those in 1968, and my mother so refused to buy them), a really short skirt, a lacy bustier, and a white newsboy cap. Max is still wearing his ugly black sweater over a glaring white shirt. He laments that he can't find work because his old friends have abandoned him, given his new MDH status. Camila has just the ticket for cheering him up--dive in for a kiss. But no, he pulls away, demonstrating his best lemon-sucking face.
He reminds her that he doesn't want romance and he only came there to get away from Marfil.
Camila's reaction? Naturally she thinks: Sooner or later you'll be mine.

In the selva, the fearsome foursome are still arguing. The only change I can note is that Andres is now quite filthy. Diana and Iggy have large perfectly round holes in the middle of their shirt fronts, showing how the costume designers realistically achieved the effect of fabric tearing in a plane crash.

Back at Lala's, Caramelo sneeringly asks Paola if "that woman" is her mother. (Again, still not clear how she could not have known that before.) Pancho, ever the gentleman, tells them all to stop, because he doesn't want any scandals in his house. He tells Octopus to leave, and Octopus repeats how he will go to prison. We now see that Paola is wearing such a skimpy black halter that it barely contains her ample boob implants. She is also wearing little red hot pants, but the hot pants aren't as short as Caramelo's mini skirts. Paola and Caramelo begin fighting over their prizewinning husband, getting in each other's faces like guests on Jerry Springer. The gist of the argument is over whether they dye their hair. Caramelo, pointing her fingers and throwing her head around, says, no, I am a natural redhead.

Back in the jungle, there is more of the same.

Octopus says she didn't send her daughter for all that education just so she could marry a naco like Pancho. (I suppose we're supposed to understand that she went to college?) Caramelo wants Pancho to throw the witch out of the house. Octopus asks Paola if this is what she wants. Paola says that yes, she has more love than she ever had in the mansion. Pancho says, Look, suegra, get out. O says, don't call me suegra (mother in law), little man. Pancho repeats that he is "muy hombre," which seems to mean big man, real man, quite a man, who knows. He's so big, he gets to have two women! (Another narcissistic jerk.) Octo leaves saying that this fatal flaw is what will get him sent to prison.

Paco is still trying to appease Fedora. He is the grand apologist for Octavia. It's not her fault--it was her hubby's. Fedora scoffs over his delusions. He tries to get her to stop drinking, and they repeat: I loved you too much, you wanted revenge more than you wanted me, etc. He leaves, and she cries.

Pancho and Caramelo leave the little house. Octopus tries to get Paola to leave. She wants to stay with her husband and also Lala, who gives her more love than her own mother. Octo says she can't stay with a naco--she is an Irascible! What status! After all, Octo is now married to a naco and living in a similar house with bars on the windows. And now her darling Paco has lost his star singing attraction at the bar. How is he going to make a living? Perhaps more ladies' nights.

Speaking of the bar, Pancho and Caramelo are now there arguing. He's annoyed that the bigamy is out in the open on account of her and he'll have to go to prison. (Actually, I think prosecutions for bigamy are probably rare--and would hardly result in a long prison sentence.)She seems happy about this, as he would be out of circulation. She loves him so much that she'll wait for five years, whatever. Then she begins to remember Paola and launches into another round of "I hate her. I hate her."

In the selva, Diana has some flashbacks: kissing Max, giving birth, and even Diego. She says she misses Max, her baby, and even Diego. She is sorry she can't love him.
Iggy and Andres are looking at a map of the island trying to find the manicomio and also water. They see a river. How come for the last two days they didn't seem to have a map and were wandering around aimlessly?

Back at Iggy's, Silvia is dressed in the Wonder Woman costume again. She tells Camila she's going to a casting at Venevision for a children's show. Camila exults at how all is going her way.

Diana and Marfil drink water in the selva. They whisper a plan to escape. It doesn't make much sense that Iggy and Andres leave them so unprotected.

Now it's Lala's turn to get Fediota to stop drinking. No luck.
She tells Fed that Max is here. Enter Max. We now see that his ugly sweater actually has leather elbow patches. Lala tells Gav to take a cold bath and go to sleep. Gav says she's not going to sleep while Diana is missing. More booze!

Silvia comes to the TV studio and runs into Larry. She imagines that they both succeed in acting, and they are walking the red carpet. She is dressed as Marilyn Monroe in the white halter dress from "The Seven Year Itch." The fantasy ends with her skirt being blown upward, a la MM.

Kiki now shows up with Gaby, as he is casting for the same novela as Larry. Larry grabs Gaby and pulls her aside. He tries to explain that it was Kiki's fault for his leaving her at the church. She looks like she wants to believe, but just then he is called for his casting call. Kiki comes over and tells her "don't believe a word he says about me."

In the selva, the fearsome foursome get lost some more. They argue, and now Iggy wants to kill Diana and "Debora."

Back at the mansion, Nancy is wielding a mop and talking to Diego. At least his concern for Diana has caused him to leave off painting for a while. Nancy thinks this is the opportune moment for her to confess her long secret love for Diego! She used to watch him give Paola piano lessons. She says that if Diana doesn't come back she will take care of him. Of course, he takes this the wrong way and rises into full Diego rage mode: You want Diana to die! Get out of here.

Nancy is devastated and retreats to get advice from Lala, who is watering some plants with a hose. (Wouldn't they have automatic sprinklers and a gardener at the mansion?) Lala, who does know her sons all too well, says that Diego always takes things the wrong way.

Camila wants Max to go out to dinner. He is not in the mood. In a brilliant parallel to the previous scene, she offers to be at his side if Diana never comes back. He says no, he will never be happy unless he has Diana.

Diego screams for Gaviota to come quickly. He wants her to fire Nancy, as Nancy wants Diana to die. Lala intervenes and says that he has taken it all the wrong way. Gaviota agrees, probably because she is too drunk to take action.
Lala tells her stupid son he should ask Nancy to forgive him.

In the woods, it appears that Iggy wants to make out with Diana. He grabs her, but she wriggles out of his grasp.

Octopus now is telling Paco that their two daughters have married the same man. Paco is impactado. He didn't know! Bruno pipes up: he should go to prison. Octopus thought bubbles about how they are sisters, but of course, she is not telling him. It now appears that the two girls are going to share Pancho, but it won't be a happy household.

In the selva, the group are arguing about whether to keep going or sleep. Iggy shoots Andres in the leg! I give the orders here! Of course, if he wants them to keep going, shooting someone in the leg is not going to help with that goal. Nurse Diana applies a tourniquet using Andres's belt.

Lala announces Max again to Drunkiota. Max comes in and wants to see the baby. He wants to find out if the baby is his! Credits roll.

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Every time Aldo and Lety are together: kiss, giggle, sweet nothings. Over and over. (However, if I were Aldo I'd be concerned by this careful wording: "I want to be able to love you the way love me.") Occasionally a cloud passes over Lety's consciousness: "What am I going to tell Don Fernando?" Aldo says it will be hard to tell Fern now that Fern is being so noble...

The cuartel: (1) "How will we find the mysterious woman, so that we can win the dinner with Colunga and the trip?" They decide Omar and Caro are the only ones with clues; (2) "Those among us on Team Fern and Team Aldo must unite, or we will come to blows, and then how will we win the contest?"

Fern's conversation with his dad continues. "Lety is on some kind of astral voyage, she's confused, that's why she thinks she might want Aldo. She'll end up with me, I'm sure!" (Looks unsure.)

Omar visits Fern to gossip about discovering Aldo has taken an ordinary cooking job. Omar does upper-class mocking but Fern says Aldo's decision to take a job to pay his bills (now that he's sold everything to rescue Conceptos) is dignified and deserves admiration. Omar makes fun of Fern and Aldo for being bewitched by the little Gargoyle. Then he blabs about being smitten by Aurora! If it weren't so obvious it would be fun. Fern throws him out. Omar gets back at him later by taking a picture of him in Lety's old office: "Look at the little bat in his cave."

We find Alicia in Marcia's bed, stuffing her face with potato chips and reading cheesy magazines. When Marcia tries to throw her out, she pretends to be asleep and snores very loudly. "This is hell, this is horror!" exclaims Marcia as she leaves. Alicia goes back to chomping the chips.

An exhausted Tomas drags himself out of bed early in the morning because Lety has summoned him - "I need somebody to talk to in the flesh!" - to tell him she's chosen Aldo. Tomas brightens up and shouts: "Aldo's the best guy I've ever known!" - Lety says "Keep it down, I don't want my parents to know till I've told Fern." Tomas is ready for breakfast but Lety kicks him out! She eats later with her parents, her long face worries her mother, her father warns: "Don't do anything you'll regret." Roses arrive from Aldo.

That same morning, Marcia - who hasn't slept a wink - is sitting with a meager breakfast when Alicia struts in with an overflowing plate, complaining: "There's almost nothing in the refrigerator. And the interior decorating around here is horrendous, I'll change it." Marcia: "Now I understand how your ex-husband felt. You're intolerable, abusive, and stupid."

In the president's office, Fern and Lety simultaneously say "I have something important to tell you." After a few "you first"s, Fern says: "I told my father I love you. I'm not trying to pressure you, it just - made me happy." Lety makes a twisted face and tries to tell him HER news, but he says, "I'm in a big hurry to see my clients, but, see, I've left your desk in perfect order, just as you like it." He rushes out.

Caro and Lety rehash. "If you've decided for Aldo, I hope you'll drop your plan of wreaking vengeance on Omar." "Of course, I can't risk getting discovered. You invent something to tell Omar." "No, I can't! He's so stubborn." Caro's cell rings, it's Omar.

Meanwhile, Fern has come back and wants to see Lety. "How can she still be talking to Caro?" The cuartel says women can talk a long, long time about men. Aldo arrives, he also wants to see Lety. Fern says: "I'm first in line." Aldo leaves; Fern has to get back to his clients so he asks the cuartel to make sure Aldo doesn't get in first.

Caro, who in the end told Lety she didn't mind handling Omar, that it was in fact kind of amusing, goes to his office. He can't believe Aurora ran out on him. "Well, there's always a first time. And how about all the times you stood ME up?" "Well, that's my strategy." "Well, Aurora told me she doesn't like you and doesn't want to see you." Omar can't believe it and thinks Caro's fooling with him because she's jealous. She just laughs: "This time your seduction failed." As she leaves he soliloquizes: "Nobody rejects Omar Carvajal, it's an error."

Marcia does a little actual work. So, surprisingly, does Fern! He is promoting Conceptos to a bunch of potential clients, talking fast, showing them the hi-tech equipment (he wants them to have their commercials made at the Conceptos production company). They're pleased to hear Luigi works at Conceptos.

Meanwhile, Luigi visits Lety, saying "St. Aldo" has made him promise to make nice. He takes her to his studio, asks if "between us girls" he can call her Orni (short for platypus), shows her bits of his brilliance, tells her she'll never be as feminine as he (Luigi) is, and complains about the ugly cuartel. He is "stupefied" by HER brilliant perspective when she points out that the beauty of beautiful people is enhanced when contrasted to ugly people in the vicinity, therefore the feas are an advantage for Luigi.

Aldo and Fern meet outside Aldo's office. Fern shakes hands with Aldo and embraces him, simultaneously warning him: "This doesn't mean we're friends." Fern's doing it because he respects Aldo's decision to cook for a living, but Aldo thinks it's the loser's gracious gesture and says, "This is noble of you, considering that Lety chose me." "What?" The golden circle of goodbye encircles Fern's twitching, impactada face.

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Somewhere in an uncharted jungle, the camera pans across the flaming, smoking wreckage of the Manicomio Express and the immobile bodies of our friends. The Orchestra of Doom plays somberly as we are treated to close-ups of everyone but the pilot. He probably didn’t make it.

Villa Vengeance. Upstairs, Gaviota is huddled up on the bed. She is still on her crying jag. Downstairs, Caramelo is waiting to talk to her. While she’s waiting, she regales Diego with yet another rendition of “Pancho is mine and I’m going to get him back.” Diego marvels at her capacity for forgiveness. Enter Fediota, and as Caramelo stands up I marvel at her denim micromini. Swimwear aside, it’s got to be the shortest garment I’ve ever seen on a telenovela. But this is Caramelo and she’s wearing the Blouse of Virtue, so it’s okay. She gives Fedora a brief account of her showdown with Octavia and is invited to take up residence at the Mansion.

At Intercoastal Five Star Rentals, a.k.a. Dr. Evil’s Lair, Camila is determined to rekindle the old flame and Max is finding it increasingly difficult to resist her insistent, slutty charm.

Back at Villa Vengeance, Fedora’s alone with Diego. This may explain why she feels the need for yet another drink. After knocking back a few fingers of scotch, she offers Diego one as well. He accepts. Enter Nancy, who announces that Caramelo is settled in her room. Exit Gaviota, to spend more quality time with her new best friend, John Barleycorn. Diego cries over his drink. Nancy says how sorry she is to see him so preocupado. He expresses regret for having been such a pendejo to Diana ever since they got married. Nancy gives him a loving pep talk. Diego’s response is negative, as usual.

La Selva. Close-up of Andrés, coming to. He looks around, then scoots over to Diana. Remembering the emergency technique Our Heroine used on Diego, Andrés tries to revive her by calling her name, slapping her, and shaking her head. Close-up of a bloody hand. It twitches. It’s Dr. Evil. He, too, regains consciousness. He looks around, then crawls over to the pilot. The pilot’s dead, all right. Ignacio goes over to Marfil and rouses her. He then demonstrates his superiority over Andrés by reviving Diana with the correct shake-and-shout technique. Once everyone is up there’s a few seconds of commotion before Dr. Evil brandishes his gun and takes charge of the situation. The manicomio can’t be far away. Diana and Marfil had better not try to escape. Our Good and Evil Sex Kittens are force-marched into the jungle where giant polar bears, a lost tribe of cannibals, guerilla warlords, or worse might await.

While Ignacio is fighting for bare survival, Camila is enjoying the luxuries of his TeleMiami condo. Over a copita of tequila, she thought-bubbles us a reminder of her position on the Max-Diana situation. Emilio calls looking for Max. Camila smiles and claims that Our Hero was there but he left. She keeps on smiling as the camera pans to a midshot of Max in the shower. There is no shower-curtain, no door to obscure the view of his mighty guns and perfect abs. Camila takes a good look, then turns to the camera with a lascivious grin to inform us that Max is hers.

Over at Emilio’s, Larry and Yolanda are killing time before their audition for "Sabado Gigante." Larry’s on the phone with Emilio, trying to locate Max. Yolanda panics after he breaks the bad news to her. Max drunk and on the loose is as bad as Larry sober and on the loose.

Back in the jungle, Diana insists that they’re signing their own death sentence by continuing to wander through the jungle. Marfil and Andrés agree with her. This enrages Dr. Evil. He and Andrés argue. Ignacio settles the argument with a punch in the mouth. Andrés warns him not to do that again. He’s very nervous, and when he’s nervous, he becomes brutal and dangerous. Dr. Evil gets the message. Marfil does, too. Diana, on the other hand, has that blank, uncomprehending impactada look. (There’s not much to get, querida: He’s got a short fuse and a loaded gun.)

Meanwhile, Max has finished his shower. He checks in with Larry. The Airhead Adonis vainly tries to persuade Our Hero to rejoin the family. Max has no desire to see Marfil’s face again. That jogs Lunkhead’s memory and he tells Max that Bruna is his mother-in-law. Our Hero furrows his brow as he sucks on the Invisible Lemon of Deep Thought.

We come back from commercial to find Bruna at Paco’s little love-nest. Octavia notes the tear-streaked face, the tangled hair, the torn sleeve. Bruna is in a vulnerable position which Lady O could turn to her advantage. Her Ladyship graciously lends an ear as Bruna weeps and tells her tale of woe. The String Quartet of Doom builds to a crescendo as Octavia widens her snake-like eyes.

Larry and Max have the same conversation as above, with the same result. Max is going to hang with Camila while Dr. Evil is out of town for a few days.

That’s our cue to see how Ignacio and his little band of followers are doing. Andrés tells Dr. Evil that here in the selva, they’re on equal footing. This escalates into an argument. Our Heroine shows her fine nineteenth century values by telling them to stop fighting. “You’re the men, you’re supposed to protect us women!” Marfil chimes in with something equally ridiculous. Ignacio declares that he and Andrés will have to unite against the women to make sure they don’t try to attack them, or escape. The march continues.

We take a helicopter to the perfume factory. Emilio’s in his office and Larry’s just given him the update on Max. Enter Paola, in a low-cut tight camisole and a silver-gray micromini. She’s here to pick up the money Emilio promised to lend her. Emilio tells her she looks sad. Cue piano music. She denies it, he doesn’t believe it, he offers his love, why’d she marry that guy, because she loves him. Emilio is desanimado. He writes her the check. She thanks him sadly and leaves. Pobre de Emilio.

As for Pancho’s legal wife, she’s still in the Jolly Green Dungeon with Diego. It’s the same old song. She blames Paola for stealing her man. Never mind the fact that her man has repeatedly shown himself to be a lying, conniving, faithless ratbastard.

Back at Paco’s, Bruna tearfully brings her story to a close. Ever the soul of tact, Octavia giggles when Bruna recounts the fight. Bruna wrings her hands and begs for a job. Lady O considers a moment, then magnanimously decides to make Bruna her “lady’s companion.” Somehow I do not think this will involve genteel conversation over embroidery hoops, or reading aloud from sentimental novels, or fetching the smelling salts. No, Her Ladyship needs an accomplice. Bruna drops to her knees to give thanks. Without sound or color, Octavia’s near-paralyzed features and Bruna’s Kabuki mask reactions would make a fine scene in one of Erich von Stroheim’s extravagantly stylized tales of decadence and degradation.

At Dr. Evil’s Lair, Camila tells Max she will make him forget Diana. Max furrows his brow. Commercial.

Upstairs at Villa Vengeance, Nancy brings Fediota a fresh decanter of scotch and a bucket of ice. She suggests that maybe our disconsolate songbird has had enough. “Get me a drink. I need it,” Gaviota replies. She stares moodily in close-up.

Back in the jungle our band of adventurers is suffering from dehydration. Andrés and Marfil go off on a tangent about her identity. Apparently Marfil can’t cite any conversations or information that only she could have known – some detail of the kidnap plot, for instance, or the amount of money they paid Isabel. Bueno, there’s a bit more screaming before Ignacio remarks that they’re turning into fierecitas. The march continues for about three feet. Diana falls into a pool of water that is also about three feet, in depth as well as circumference. She becomes hysterical.

From the muddy waters of the selva we go to the chlorinated waters of the pool behind the mansion. Little Doormat also found one of Octavia’s halter tops, a black one that she has paired with white trousers. Nancy enters, closely followed by Pilar. She’s here to have a showdown about Larry.

The studmuffin in question is lying on Emilio’s couch when the doorbell rings. Kique swaggers in. They need to talk about the woman that they love. Close-up of Larry with an “Aw, mierda” look on his pretty face.

Gaviota’s headed back to the dresser to pour another drink. The level in the decanter is noticeably lower. Caramelo is seated on the bed. She too suggests that maybe Fediota should ease up on the booze. All she gets for her concern is an itemized list of reasons why Gaviota’s drinking so much lately. This is followed by remorse for having filled Diana’s life with hatred and rancor.

Since Caramelo doesn’t have much to say, we head over to Intercoastal Five Star Rentals. Max is dressed again and on his way out when Sylvia comes in, accompanied by la Maestra de las Ciencias Ocultas. Silvia claims that the Occult One is a friend of the family. The great Estrella Cosmica is muy impactada by Our Hero. Her thoughts are definitely not on the astral plane as she watches him leave. While Silvia explains who Max is, Camila enters. Once again she disses la Maestra, who throws glitter in her face and utters dire warnings. Nevertheless, they’re going to make another attempt to ensnare Max.

Meanwhile, Gaviota’s rambling on in much the same vein as above. She fears she will never see Diana again. Commercial.

Back in the jungle, Our Heroine splashes around in the pool and screams for help while the other three argue about whether or not they should just leave her there. I vote for leaving her there. She’ll eventually figure out that it’s just a deep puddle.

Poolside at Villa Vengeance. Pilar and Gaby have the usual fight over Luscious Larry. Cut to Emilio’s, where Larry and Kique have a similar argument about Gaby, during the course of which Lunkhead declares that Little Doormat is his property, his wife. This line, as well as Diana’s insistence on chivalry from her captors, leads me to wonder if la gran Estrella Cosmica has been channeling Victorian sensation novelists like Wilkie Collins and M. E. Braddon on the writers’ behalf.

Speaking of La Maestra, she’s waving fists full of greenery over Camila, who is standing in a footbath wearing only panties, bra, and shower cap. She lets out short, artificial little screams while Sylvia dances around her, sprinkling her with a bottle of “pheromones”. Camila brings the proceedings to a halt with one long, loud screech. We are treated to a lame explanation by the Estrella Cosmica and assorted nonsense from Sylvia. The ritual and the screaming resume.

In the jungle – which seems oddly devoid of fauna – our friends have decided to save Diana after all. The girls want to rest, so Andrés goes off to look for a river. Marfil and Diana distance themselves from Ignacio. Our Blonde Fury tells Diana that they have to find a way to escape. Close-up of Our Heroine, dirty, disheveled, and frightened.

After commercial we return to the pool at Villa Vengeance. Little Doormat hasn’t succeeded in getting rid of Pilar. But have no fear, Nancy’s got her back. She has returned with Diego, who gets a little too excited by this opportunity to play the Big Man. He wheels over to Pilar and tells her to get lost, but he gets a little too close to Our Scheming Sex Kitten and into the pool she goes. Hilarity ensues.

Meanwhile, Kique and Larry are still arguing. They don’t come to blows or shout anything new before Luscious Larry throws him out, vowing that Kique isn’t going to take Gaby away from him.

Alone in the Jolly Green Dungeon, Caramelo answers the phone and what do you know, it’s Octavia. Without a perfume empire or her children’s lives to run, Lady O has a lot of spare time on her hands. She renews her threats to destroy Paco if Caramelo crosses her in any way. Caramelo calls her a bruja and hangs up.

Fediota is on the bed with her sorrows and her security decanter. She cries, drinks, and tells Diana to come back.

Meanwhile, Marfil tells Our Heroine that they should make a run for it the first chance they get. Diana is skeptical about their chances of survival without a couple of big, strong villains to protect them. Dr. Evil approaches with his gun drawn and tells them to shut up. Enter Andrés. He couldn’t find a river or anything else. Ignacio says the forgotten manicomio can’t be far. The March of Misery resumes.

We leave our friends to their search for lost insane asylums and potable water to check in with Luscious Larry. Like many of the other characters in this capítulo, he needs a drink, so he helps himself to Emilio’s best whiskey. Enter Max. He’s just here to pick up his clothes. Larry still doesn’t get why Max is shacking up with Camila. (Nor, for that matter, do I.) Our Hero asks for news of Diana. Still nada. Enter Debora, looking as if the catfight with Bruna had never taken place. She and Max quarrel briefly, then she tries to seduce him into staying. Until she gets a whiff of perfume on Max’s collar. She immediately recognizes it as Camila’s L'Essence de Scanque and this infuriates her. Close-up of Max, exasperated.

Back to Gaviota, still drowning her sorrows. The phone rings again. It’s Paco. He seems to know that she’s drunk, because he speaks very slowly. How does she feel? How does he think she feels? There’s still no news of Diana. Although Fediota has recovered her fortune, it hasn’t occurred to her to shell any of it out to hire P.I.s to investigate the recent activities of the most likely suspects, Octavia and Ignacio. To be fair, it should be noted that since Our Heroine disappeared, Gaviota’s put away enough scotch to decimate the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment. The conversation degenerates into “You betrayed me, you deceived me, you married my worst enemy, Octavia de Irazabal!” Close-up of Paco, impactado.

Roll Credits

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Haa Orlando’s little problem was funnier than I imagined. It looked like he was having trouble taking a dump, rather than the ‘other’ problem. I especially like when he spits all over the mirror. And drinking. Yeah, nothing gets the soldier to salute quite like booze.

Donkey goes nuts barking, his psychic bond with Duhlina is telling him something is wrong. Thelma tells Vera some crap about Orlando being a nice handsome guy for Alina and insinuating that Alina is all over that plan. Vera runs off to do something and Thelma comments how she is so easily manipulated. She tries to play with Donkey but Donkey kind of resists her. Thelma lets Donkey loose, he runs off.

Alfonsina and her amazing body try to get out of her locked room. Wardrobe did a great job with her dress today, a very skin tight red dress. She sees Elias out the window and wonders who she is. She figures out that he is here to see Soledad.

Vera is in the kitchen and hears donkey barking, she leaves a teapot there when she runs outside. Thelma runs in and washes the pot to cover the evidence of drugging Alina.

Alfonsina pieces together that Elias is the ‘other man.’

Rosita tries to comfort Hottie Mom, Braulio comes home and has found nothing when searching for Santos. He remembers something about Santos going by the highway construction, he leaves again to go look there. Hottie Mom is not encouraged, she has a feeling that something very bad has happened.

Santos and crazy fake wig and beard doctor try and figure out who Santos really is.

Alfonsina and her excellent dress talk to Vera, Vera tells her that Don Loco is with Mariana and the doctor. Alfonsina looks forward to telling Don Loco that Soledad is cheating on him yet again.

The doctor says that Mariana should be getting proper care and therapy, though otherwise she’s doing well. Don Loco refuses. When they leave, Soledad encourages Mariana, saying she’ll get all better, and that Dr. Love sure does love her a lot. Mariana smiles a little bit. I guess she can smile, but not talk? She has that special localized paralysis of the tongue.

Singing Aunt is in a carriage with Emilioooo and a very coughing coughing Angel, wrapped up in a blanket. Emilioooo wants to know what is taking so long, SA says she was buying baby clothes, etc. She never got the telegram that Emiliooo was returning. Anyway, they finally get moving along to La Rinconada.

Gasca opens his eyes to see feet coming into his room. It’s Alfonsina, she climbs up onto the bed. Gasca asks her when did she get here? Alfonsina doesn’t answer, she just pulls out a huge knife and stabs him in the chest. He screams awake, it was a dream. He wonders if Alfonsina is really capable of that, of being a traitor to him.

Orlando sits on the bed, limp and flaccid, and whines about not getting it up. He finally realizes that the booze doesn’t help and curses his bottle. He realizes that he can’t get it up because he knows that she really loves Emilioooo, something like that, he decides that if he can’t have nobody can, he pulls out a knife. He puts it in her hand, like she is going to cut herself, then starts to push the blade into her opposite wrist, moving eexxttrraaaaaaa slloooooooowwwwwwwllllyyyy……………

Another great commercial today, for Hanes. A roomful of nice-bodied babes dancing around in their underwear. I love this channel.

Of course, by going so slowly, Orlando is interrupted by a knock at the door.

Angel feels like he is dying. Well, it’s true, he is.

Thelma storms in and yells at Orlando for not doing the deed. He admits to her that he can’t get it up. She goes off on him and tells him to be a man and make her his. What? That’s a man? Whatever. Thelma storms out, Orlando drops his pants and gets into bed.

Elias is drinking with Dr. Love and they make plans regarding Soledad and Mariana. Sergio spots them from the door, they don’t see him. Sergio leaves to go report back to the Don, I’m sure.

Adela gives Don Loco food, then gives him a strange look. She tries to convince Don Loco to let Dr. Love take care of Mariana, he doesn’t go for it.

Soledad feeds Mariana. So she can swallow too, but not talk? This is getting stranger and stranger. Soledad talks about various things, Mariana starts getting worked up again, so Soledad changes the subject and tells her all about Elias. She can’t love anyone again like she loved Don Loco before. She babbles on for another minute.

Adela in the kitchen, says bad things about Don Loco. She remembers Don Loco looking for the box. Adela looks in the cupboard, but some dude walks in. Adela shoos him out, then puts a padlock on the cabinet. She must have the box in there.

The funeral didn’t keep Coral from wearing something revealing. Other people have nice words for her, but evil nephew cusses her out. Coral decides to stay in the mansion, it’s hers now, right?

Alfonsina wants Don Loco to come say good night to her like she deserves. Since he is a complete and utter fool, and apparently BLIND, cripes DL look at her in that dress, how can you even remember your own name, he turns her down and tells her to leave. This is the nail in the coffin for him, he is truly over the edge crazy for turning this little package away. Sergio busts in and says he saw Elias with Dr. Love. DL looks at Alfonsina and says he gave her an order, why isn’t she complying? She leaves and Sergio continues his report.

Luba snores in her cave. Gaspar sleeps, he dreams of Alina running around scared, away from Orlando, Gaspar wakes up and says he’ll help her.

The carriage continues on to LR, Emilioooo has an orange flashback of making out with Alina. He’s thinking about how Angel is going to propose, but oh mi Alina, oh oh oh. Whatever. THIS is the guy who needs a pep talk telling him to ‘be a man.’ Angel then thought bubbles about how he is dying. SA babbles. Angel passes out, Emiliooo shouts at him, “what is it?” He’s dying you dumbass. SA says “don’t tell me he died!” Nice one SA, no he just passed out. The stop the carriage to do, I don’t know what they are going to do.

Sergio tells what he saw at El Meson to Don Loco. DL orders Sergio to find out what they are up to.

Gaspar sneaks around the cave looking for something to help save Alina, he finds a bit stick he can use as a club, then trips and falls all over the floor, he pretends to have fallen asleep there. Luba wakes up and yells at him about going to see Thelma, he says no, he was going to help Alina. He describes his dream. He says he has to save her. She prohibits him from leaving the cave. She tells him that the servants there think he was plotting with Thelma to hurt Alina. Gaspar says this isn’t true (Duh). She forbids Gaspar again from going anywhere near the house, or Don Loco will banish them forever. Also, there are people looking for them, if they are found, they’ll stop living.

Emiliooo administers some foul chemical to Angel, which wakes him up and makes him cough. SA says they should take him to La Rinconada, there is a doctor there. Emiliooo the genius asks Angel if he wants to go there, Angel doesn’t even know what planet he is on anymore, he’s just coughing his lungs out. Emiliooo says let’s go, off they go to LR.

Elias takes Dr. Love back to his shack to work on the plan. The plan has something to do with Soledad opening the house, then they’ll wheel Mariana out. Really complicated and well thought out. They shake on it.

Don Loco mumbles about Elias and has a flashback of some wedding. It appears to be the wedding of Don Loco and Soledad, DL takes some guy who must be Elias aside and tells him to lay off his woman, they are married now, take a hike. DL was always an ass apparently. In the present, DL swears that the Dr. Love/Elias team will not succeed.

Vera and Mexican Larry discuss if Alina really is in love with Orlando. ML doesn’t want to talk about it any more and heads off to bed.

Gaspar says nothing will happen to them. Gaspar starts hitting himself, saying it’s his fault that they are having trouble with Thelma. Luba screams at him to stop hurting himself. He wants to kill himself. He has given himself a bloody mouth from hitting himself, he says he’s going to die like the son of the cacique. Is he going to take poison? Luba goes completely nuts, screaming at him. Of course he’s big and strong, there isn’t anything she can do. They wrestle over whatever Gaspar has in his hand, must be the poison.

Castulo rides around on his horse in the dark with his gun drawn, he can’t find Santos, he decides that the coyotes got him.

Gaspar and Luba continue their tug of war. He says he’s useless. Luba says he’s the best thing that ever happened to her. Gaspar gets the bottle open. She says she’ll die first, is that what he wants? She manages to get him to give her the vial. She sobs in relief, while Gaspar just sobs. He’s feeling very sorry for himself, that isn’t something I imagine somebody mentally deficient to do, they usually aren’t self-aware, not that I’m an expert.

Everyone is sitting around at LR, Angel is just sitting on the couch coughing. Everyone ignores him until Thelma finally says hello, he coughs back at her, Emiliooo says “he needs to see a doctor right away.” Then why the hell do you just have him sitting on the couch? If this guy were my brother I’d kick him in the nuts. What an ass. Thelma sends Ifgenio to get the doctor and get the suitcases. They help Angel up off the couch to take him upstairs, the only thing he can say is “Where is Alina?” SA and Thelma exchange dirty looks. Hey – hasn’t Orlando been up there with her for, like, hours at this point? Jeez. Well he probably passed out from all the drinking.

Rosita and Hottie Mom pray for Santos at the home altar. Braulio enters and has no news. Nobody even knew where Elias had been when he went to the construction site. Hottie Mom decides to go confront Don Max to find out what he knows. For a second I thought Braulio was actually going to let the women go alone, finally he grabs his hat and follows them.

They tell Angel that he just needs to rest, forget about Alina for now. They promise to bring her to see him when he is resting.

Ifgenio rousts Mexican Larry and Vera to get downstairs, the boss is home.

Coral lights a candle, nice music plays, then we hear a sound. Coral takes a deep breath and looks at Celso’s picture and tells him not to scare her like that! Duh you bimbo it has to be Evil Nephew, coming to make trouble. So this is how they make this damn show so long – they keep spinning unrelated plotlines in to stretch it out. This whole Coral getting married thing is completely filler but it makes the show longer.

Emilioooo tucks Angel into bed, Angel says he’ll feel better when he sees Alina. Vera comes in and Emiliooo wants to know where Alina is, Vera doesn’t know, SA and Thelma look guilty some more.

Orlando lays in bed smoking a cigarette. He says something to Alina about now not being the time. Whatever dude you just couldn’t get it up. You laid here for hours drunk and just bah whatever. You’re a loser and I hate you. A knock on the door, it’s Vera looking for Alina, she says the Patron is back.

Angel is almost crying wanting to see Alina. Vera busts in and says that Alina’s door is locked and she won’t answer. Also she says that Alina had seemed nervous earlier in the night. Emilioooo wants to know what’s up but Thelma interrupts and says it’s nothing. Emilioooo will go see what’s going on.

Don Loco talks to himself some more when someone knocks on the door, it is the bodylicious Alfonsina. She has news that will interest DL, something about Soledad’s new lover.

Vera tries to get out of the room but Angel won’t let her leave. He thinks she is lying that Alina has been treated well. Vera is a horrible liar. She babbles on and on. Angel says he wants to save Alina by marrying her. Vera asks if he told her before he left, Angel says no, he wanted to see the doctor first. Vera says it might be too late now to declare his love for Alina, at this Angel starts coughing and coughing like mad.

Alfonsina wants to know what Don Loco will give her for the information. He asks if she is trying to blackail him, she swallows hard and looks very nervous.

Angel wants an explanation. Is it Orlando? Vera says yes, Orlando won her heart. Yeah right. Angel can’t believe it, he goes into a coughing fit. Vera runs for help.

Emilioooo knocks at Alina’s door, no answer. He finally kicks the door open. Wouldn’t he have a key? He bursts in to see Orlando in bed with Alina. Alina is rolled over on her side, appearing to be asleep after getting busy or something like that. Orlando looks back at Emiliooo kind of half like “what are you gonna do?” and half “oh shit.” Emiliooo looks on with his one look that he has for everything.

I tried to be more efficient in my writing today, I resisted pausing as much as possible. Hopefully the descriptions of what happened are still good, but I have to admit that not adding in all the extra stuff that drifts through my head while watching sure took a lot of the fun out of it. On the plus side, it only took about 90 minutes to watch, write, and post. So I still don't know what the long term plan will be. I would prefer to write a lot more, it's more fun, but eats up so much time. Anyone want to pay me to write stuff like this full time? That would solve that issue. I could recap a couple hours worth of TV in one standard work day. Ah, I can dream.

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