Wednesday, May 09, 2007
¡Ay! Gaviota Lyrics/edited, per Univision Production Crewmember
¡Ay! Gaviota
estrofa uno/ verse 1
Rodeada de silencio y desamor, de cosas que no olvida el corazon.
Unsuspecting of silence and (cold) indifference, of things that the heart does not forget
La vida se me quebra en mil pedazos, cuando tus recuerdos me atormentan la razon.
Life is broken into a thousand pieces for me, when your memories torment my mind
Quisiera yo inventarme una mentira, que lo que nos tuvimos no fue amor.
I would like to invent a lie for myself that whatever we had together for us was not love
Que fue una mala bromo del destino, y que entregarme cuerpo y alma fue un error.
That it was a wicked (cruel) trick of fate and that surrendering myself in body and soul was an error
Coro/Chorus
Ay Gaviota, tu sigues creyendo, que el amor regresara a tu corazon
Ay Gaviota, you continue trusting that love will return to your heart
Que sus brazos no se volvieron cadenas y que es tan solo un espejismo su tracion.
That his arms did not turn into chains and that his betrayal was only an illusion
Ay Gaviota, de una vez por todas, aprende que en las cosas del amor
Ay! Gaviota! Once and for all learn that in affairs of love
Lo que un dia se tiene otro se pierde, y los recuerdos se convierten en prision.
What you have one day is lost another, and memories become a prison
Ay Gaviota, Ay
Ay Gaviota, Uuuuuh
Ay Gaviota, Ay
Ay Gaviota, Uuuuuh
estrofa dos/ verse 2
Quisiera yo quedarme asi dormida
I would like to remain asleep like this
y verme entre la noche y no saber
and to see myself between the night and not knowing
que existes, si que estas tal vez con otra
that you live, that perhaps you really are with another woman who does not love you,
que no te quiere ni de lejos como yo
not even from a distance as I do
segundo coro/ second chorus
Ay Gaviota tu sigues creyendo que el amor regresara a tu corazon
Ay Gaviota, you continue trusting that love will return to your heart
Que sus besos no se volvieron espinas y que es tan solo un espejismo su trahicion
That his kisses did not turn into thorns and that his betrayal was only an illusion
A y Gaviota, de una vez por todas, aprende que en la cosas del amor
Ay Gaviota, you continue trusting that love will return to your heart
Cuando pierdes otra gana y arrebata, sin importale ni siquiera tu dolor
When you lose another woman wins and grabs, without your pain even mattering to her
Ay Gaviota, Ay
Ay Gaviota, Uuuuh
Ay Gaviota, Ay
Ay Gaviota, Uuuuh
Ay Gaviota, Ay
Ay Gaviota, Uuuuh
"Muchas gracias por tu valioso comentario, nos es grato saber que estés viendo la telenovela y que te esté gustando, ya que nuestro principal objetivo es proporcionar entretenimiento al público."**~*~** Thankyou very much for your worthwhile comentary, it is pleasant for us to know that you might be watching the telenovela and that you might be enjoying it, since our principal objective is to share entertainment with the public. (As left on a 4/15/07 post to the fans of DA by someone at Univision Productions......)
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Zorro, Tues, May 8 – the Governor’s back in charge; Diego remembers and Montero has a bad day
Diego asks Alej what Montero would get out of making everyone think that Esme was dead. Alej responds with some incomprehensible stuff about Esme being the heir to the Spanish throne. Diego wonders if Montero has Esme in the prison and Alej says that she could be anywhere. Alej goes on to say that he is worried that no one has heard from SK. Maybe she is on her way back to Spain? Diego says that he would give anything to see Esme. If he is so much in love with her, shouldn’t he try and rescue her? Alej says that if they confirm that she is alive, they will do everything they can to rescue Esme.
Back at the rape in progress, Aquirre interrupts Montero to report that FS has returned. Montero is impactado.
FS retakes his office, sends his men to get weapons that are in the basement and to find Olmos. Then he says to himself that now we will find out who’s in charge in LA.
Montero leaves Esme to take care of FS but he doesn’t put the mask back on. Aquirre tries to comfort her a little but Esme starts to cry [hey, at least she doesn’t have the horrible mask on!]
Mangle, dressed in mourning, finds Diego. She asks why he has been so distant and he blames it on the amnesia. He can’t feel anything for people he can’t remember. Mangle says that she will wait and is kissing Diego as a reminder of their ‘passion,’ when Olmos shows up to speak to her about her father’s property.
FS asks the maid where Olmos is. She says that he went out on Mangle’s business so FS assumes that he is at the de la Vegas. He asks the maid about MP and she says that all she knows is that she was saved by a miracle and that now she will become a nun.
MP tells the Cardinal and PT that NN [hey, I think she’s still nutty and it’s easier that typing Suplicios] is missing. She went to pick flowers for the chapel or to find Camba. The Cardinal approves of her good heart. PT thinks she might be lost and offers to go and try and find her.
NN wakes up in Renzo’s arms. He tells her to be quiet. Someone is nearby. It’s the slave hunters. Apparently, they not only track escaped slaves, they sell random people they find into slavery. Slave hunter #1 wants to enjoy NN and then sell her. The slave hunters find NN and Renzo in the bushes.
FS’s men surprise Montero and take him prisoner.
Olmos tells Mangle that Montero is out of control and wants her father’s money as well as Esme’s. Diego overhears and says that he is going out. Mangle tells Olmos to bring her to Montero’s house. ‘Isn’t that dangerous?’ asks Olmos. ‘Yes,’ says Mangle, ‘it will be dangerous for Montero to mess with me.’
Montero is brought to FS. FS asks Montero if he is still Governor. Montero says that FS gave up his power and left town naked. ‘Yes, but do you think that I am still Governor?’ demands FS. ‘Technically, yes,’ responds Montero, ‘but wielding power isn’t about what’s on a piece of paper.’ ‘True,’ says FS and he tells Montero that he is relieved of his military command for defying the Governor and sends him to prison.
Diego recaps for Bernardo the theory that Esme could still be alive and is squirreled away somewhere by Montero. He asks Bernardo to show him how to use all the Zorro tricks so he can rescue Esme.
Montero claims that FS can’t just strip him of his command and that his men will try and rescue him. FS agrees that there are certain formalities to be followed otherwise he would have simply been executed. If Montero’s men make any move to rescue him, Montero will be shot. Montero says that he refuses to go to a filthy prison and FS says that maybe we can make a deal. FS wants to know where SK and Esme are.
Jonas tells PT that Esme is probably dead and he needs to tell this to SK.
Esme offers Aguirre a fortune to let her out of the prison but he isn’t buying. Esme vows to get out of the prison.
PT says that he isn’t going to accept that Esme is dead unless he sees her body and furthermore he doesn’t want Jonas breaking SK’s heart until they are sure that Esme is, in fact, dead.
Montero tells FS that he doesn’t know where SK is and his men are searching for her all over California. As for Esme, Montero tries the ‘shot while escaping’ story. FS asks how he can say that so nonchalantly. Montero responds that FS shouldn’t pretend to have fatherly concerns. FS never cared for Esme and gave her to Montero to get her off his hands. The new implacable FS says, ‘If my daughter is dead, prove it. Show me her body.’
Aguirre must be off duty because he is accosted by Olmos in the street. For the second time tonight, Aguirre is offered a huge fortune. This time in exchange for Esme’s body. Aguirre brushes Olmos off and Olmos is angry that he can’t satisfy the Duke’s men. He must have Esme’s body – no matter what.
Montero tells FS that Esme’s body fell into a gorge and cannot be retrieved. FS tells Montero that he is lifting the martial law declaration. Montero asks if he can go. FS says yes but warns him not to try anything. FS has men who will die for him and Alej de la Vega wants to kill him. Montero leaves and FS tells his henchman to keep an eye on Montero and warn him if he or his troops do anything suspicious. [Geez! Bad move to let Montero loose]. FS repeats to himself that he does not believe Montero and won’t believe that Esme is dead unless he sees her body.
Mangle is waiting in Montero’s house when he returns from his meeting with FS. She accuses him of trying to take her whole inheritance. He denies it and says that he only wanted the Governor’s personal property and where did she hear this anyway. Mangle tells Montero that she got her information from Olmos. Mangle warns Montero not to get in her way and tells him that he shouldn’t underestimate her father. Montero, who is having a bad day, tells her to go away.
Bernardo shows Diego Zorro’s knives, sword and bombs.
I guess Aguirre was on dinner break in town because he is back at the prison eating dinner in front of Esme and cursing Olmos. Esme looks on hungrily and Aguirre gives her his food and Esme is well on her way to making him feel sorry for her.
Diego is fencing blindfolded with Bernardo and he wins. PT, who is also there, says that Diego is almost back to his old form. Diego says that all he needs now is his memory. PT starts to tell Diego about Esme but Diego tells PT that he already knows and recaps the return of FS and the theory that Esme is not actually dead. Diego says that he will pay another visit to the prison and get the truth out of Montero.
Mangle has a happy reunion with her father. He tells her that he had to come and take back his city. FS tells Mangle that he doesn’t believe that Esme is dead and Mangle swears that if Montero lied to her, he will pay.
Almudena is grieving terribly for Esme and no one has bothered to tell her that Esme might still be alive. Yumalai offers Almudena comforting words about life going on and a greater power taking the loved one for a higher purpose. Almudena thanks Yumalai for her kindness but she is still hurting.
Then Yumalai goes to give consolation to Alej by embracing him, which leads immediately into passionate kissing. But she stops and sends him to Almudena.
The Cardinal and MP are still worried that NN has not returned. PT says that he searched the valley and found nothing and no one had seen them [When did he have time to search the valley? He was talking to Jonas and then in the bat cave with Diego and Bernardo.] Cut to the camp of the slave hunters who have Camba, Renzo and NN.
At dinner at the hacienda, Almudena isn’t eating. Yumalai has disappeared and Mangle hasn’t returned from town. Diego excuses himself from dinner. In his room, he sees the flamenco dancer in his mind again and says that he has to remember, he has to.
MP is praying and FS comes in.
Diego realizes that the dancing woman in his dreams is Esmeralda. A rapid montage of characters in the novela indicate that Diego has regained his memory. He says that he has to find Esme.
Esme wakes up to find Pizarro outside her cell. He says that he won’t harm her but she calls him a traitor. He tries to convince her that he is still on her side and that what he has done was simply to save his life. Esme is not buying this.
Diego tells Alej that he can remember everything. He wants Alej to confirm that Esme is alive. Alej says that they can’t be sure and Diego shouldn’t have unrealistic expectations. Diego says that knows that Esme is alive. He would know if she died and that they have to save her from Montero’s clutches.
FS goes to see MP. He tells her that he tried to find God after he shot her and she didn’t die but the beast within him still lives. MP goes through the reasons that she can’t love him: murdered Regina; already married; kept his wife in prison. FS says that he still loves MP and MP says that he has forgotten him and thrown him out of her heart. FS says that deep down he knows that MP still loves him. MP says that she doesn’t love him and furthermore, she is going to become a nun and the Mother Superior of this congregation and he cannot stop her. FS says that since he couldn’t change, he will keep trying to get MP because if he can’t be by God’s side, he wants to be with MP.
At the slave catcher’s camp, NN wakes up and Renzo tells her what has happened. She wants to find Camba and sees him tied up and writhing around with some kind of problem – probably his demon. His finely muscled torso shows no evidence of having been flogged or beaten up by the slave catchers.
Diego tells Alej [in a bathrobe that is open to show his bare chest] and Almudena that he has regained most of his memory. He remembers who he is, who they are and he remembers his love for Esme. He doesn’t believe that she is dead and he has to find out out what happened to her.
Pizarro tells Esme that under the present conditions he can’t do anything for her but he assures her that he is on her side. He orders Aguirre to make the mask disappear and to clean Esme’s cell every day – dirt causes disease.
Diego remembers who Dolores is. He tells Alej that he wants to go out and try and remember things. Alej says it is better to wait and see whether FS defeats Montero and become Governor again. If that happens, Alej says that he won’t be happy working with him. Diego asks why Alej says that since he remembers that his father and FS had differences but were friends. Dolores, Almudena and Alej exchange meaningful looks. Alej says that he will tell Diego about the problem between him and FS later but that despite their differences, Alej would negotiate with FS to rescue Esme. Diego says ok and excuses himself to go tell the good news about his return of memory to Bernardo.
Almudena says that is will be very painful when Alej tells Diego what FS did to his mother. Alej agrees but says that he has to do it.
Diego tells Bernardo that he has regained his memory. They need to go to the bat cave. Zorro has work to do. If Montero had anything to do with Esme’s death, he will have no mercy on him.
Montero tells his men that FS isn’t going to mix it up in his city with a bunch of hired killers. He gives his men basically the same orders that FS gave to his men - keep an eye on FS’s men and tell him what they are doing. Pizarro comes in and Montero asks what happened to Sgt. Garcia. Pizarro says that he needed an idiot to go with him to the de la Vegas so he set Garcia free and took him. Pizarro doesn’t volunteer where Garcia is now and Pizarro doesn’t ask. Montero warns Pizarro that he is watching him and if he suspects that Pizarro is disloyal, he will kill him.
Zorro rides out of the bat cave.
Mangle returns to the hacienda and tells Alej and Almudena that FS is rational again and has retaken his position as Governor. Alej asks what happens to Montero but Mangle doesn’t know. Alej warns Mangle not to go into town so often in her condition – it’s dangerous. Mangle says that she had to see her father and her baby is fine. Almudena chimes in in agreement. ‘Anyway,’ she says, ‘we don’t know if you are really preggers. Young women often get it wrong. We’ll have to wait and see if your waist grows.’ ‘It will grow. Take it for granted’ responds Mangle. Mangle asks about Diego and Almudena tells Mangle that Diego has regained his memory. Mangle is impactada. The credits roll.
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La Fea Más Bella #270 5/8/07 Aurora Rides Again
Amanda is studying for a final exam tonight. Wish her luck!
Dumber than two Lois Lanes
Aldo and Fern ask Lety, why'd she agree to go with Tomas and not with them, and where was she? And did you know Aurora asked for a million DOLLARS? JR's going to sue us.
Lety rubs her face and takes off her glasses. When she looks up, her Letybrows are smudged. Fern and Aldo lean in for a closer look. Lety realizes what happened, puts her glasses on and bolts for the restroom. Fern and Aldo postulate that her face was smeared with... pollution!
In the bathroom, Lety wipes up the smudges and scolds herself for smearing her makeup.
Later, she and Tomas rehash the RetroMod situation yet again. Here's the progress report: Luigi was fooled; Fern's not too suspicious; as for JR... "okay, here comes the ugly part" Tomas says. JR is demanding that they get her to agree to work for them, AND at a lower price, or else they'll be in breach and have to pay the penalty. Aurora HAS to do this, or Conceptos will never pay off its debt to Aldo.
Pointless preparations
For tonight's bachelorette party (for which they have been asked to provide entertainment), Celso and Saimon ask an "escenografo" (set designer) to provide a big "cake." Not sure if this guy's one of Luigi's employees, or what. Tomas shows up and invites all three of them to his bachelor party. Saimon then tells the guy they'll need two cakes. Clueless Tomas says no need - his mom's a baker.
Meanwhile, Alicia loafs in Marcia's office and hints around that there's something very important that good friends do for one another when one of them is about to get married. Marcia plays dumb. Finally, Alicia demands that Marcia organize a bachelorette party for her. Marcia says it's already been arranged. Alicia wants to know what kind of gifts she'll be getting. Cars? Cash? Crystal? Marcia says just wait.
Great, now it's just another engagement party
Alicia is not happy at all when Marcia brings her to Lety's house. They are greeted warmly by the cuartel, Julieta, Carolina, etc.; plus Moty, who really should have been invited to Tomas's party. The only unsmiling holdout is Tomasa, who is scowling with that half-worm-in-the-apple face and folded arms. Marcia is impressed with the party and amused by Tomasa.
Meanwhile, all the Conceptos guys (plus Omar and RoboPop) are at Tomas's house. Tomas is paying the delivery men for a gigantic paper cake. "Does that include the tip?" Tomas whines on seeing the bill. "Apparently it does," the delivery man says, disgruntled and sarcastic. Saimon and Celso jump out of the cake wearing loincloths and dance for a few moments before realizing they're at the wrong party. Luigi is thrilled and tells them they should be in "Solo Para Mújeres." A hahahahaha. Saimon and Celso try to jump back into the cake. Luigi suggests that the rest of the men all strip down to keep them company.
Back at Lety's house, a similar cake arrives, with a different surprise. You guessed it. The woman is determined to dance for her money. Irma tries to explain the mixup. PM and Sara dance with the woman (let's call her Jane, as in "Tarzan and"), but Julieta wants them to stop. The doorbell rings - it's Saimon and Celso. Julieta is even more shocked. Tarzans see Jane and start dancing. No one else looks happy except for those three! Enraged, Tomasa covers them up with a festive table runner. Celso explains that Jane was supposed to be at Tomas's party. Julieta is scandalized. PM is upset to see Saimon dancing happily with Jane. Tomasa and Julieta both forbid to let Jane dance around Tomas and Erasmo.
At the Mora bakery, RoboPop impatiently wonders when Jane will arrive. (I suppose he is looking forward to lending her his sweater.) Luigi says he prefers the Tarzans. Poor RoboPop is clueless.
The Tarzans return to the party without Jane. They explain that Julieta fired her. Aldo suggests that they combine the parties. Hmm... I think that defeats the purpose of a bachelor/ette party, but since there are parents and company officers involved, perhaps it's for the best.
So they all go to Lety's house.
Tomasa asks Marcia, hey, you're Alicia's friend, so where are all of her people? Her family, her friends? And, uh, what about boyfriends? Marcia says maybe Alicia should tell her this herself. She calls Alicia over, who approaches with a snack in each hand. Tomasa tries to arrange Alicia's hair to cover her boobs. Alicia is loudly asked how many boyfriends she's had. Tomas interrupts by saying that Aldo wants to speak. Caught off guard, Aldo just says okay, let's toast the happy couple. They all clack their polystyrene cups together.
Alicia quietly asks Tomas if he's told his mother that she's divorced. Tomas says HELLZ NO, if she found out she'd cancel our engagement.
Marcia leads a beso cheer. Before the happy couple can react, Tomasa steps right in front of Alicia to collect a kiss from her dear son. Marcia tries again - "beso, beso, beso!!" Tomas says, "if you insist!" and he and Alicia lean in together - this time, Tomasa gets between them and receives a misdirected kiss on both cheeks.
Nightmare on Tomas's street?
The next morning, Tomasa is surprised to find her son, rather than Alicia, sleeping on the couch with his teddy bear. Tomas flashes back to last night - he was snoring in bed when Alicia snuck in and woke him up. Groggily, he started mumbling about the check, but she said she didn't want that. He realized he had only been dreaming about her. Then he realized that he was awake, and pulled a blanket up over his pajama-clad chest for modesty's sake. Alicia said she wanted to sleep in his bed. He happily complied. She then pushed him out and pretended to be asleep. When he protested, she said, "what, in your mother's house? Have you no shame? Wake me up with breakfast tomorrow, and really cold juice. Zzzzzzzz..."
If you ask me he should have woken her up with some really cold juice... in her face. But that would have messed up his bedsheets. Anyway, he tells his mother a greatly simplified and sanitized version of the story. She is impressed by his nobility.
She refers to Alicia as "La Oxigenada" and says she learned of this nice nickname from the cuartel at the party. Confused, she says that the awful cuartel told her that Alicia's their jewel, and she wasn't sure what to make of it. Were they making fun of her? Tomas says they all admire Alicia. His chica is their idol.
"Tu chica," Tomasa scoffs. "Your fancy chica."
Scared rabbit
Lety is out in her bunny suit, running with Aldo. Suddenly, Tomas's voice is haunting her, warning of the pending penalty and/or lawsuit from RetroMod. "No more!" she yells out loud. Aldo thinks she wants to stop running. She says she can't take the pressure, and has to leave Conceptos. Right now. "Lety's go to Acapulco today," she panics. Aldo is reticent. Lety whines, "But you set me free so that I could go!" Aldo reminds her of why she refused to leave before: because she didn't want to leave until she had saved Conceptos. She'd have that failure hanging over her head for the rest of her life and always see herself as a screwup. Well, now Aldo feels the same way, so they're staying. That way he'll go to Acapulco with a complete, happy, undivided Lety. They'll emerge triumphant.
Lety asks, what if she has to do something that he disagrees with? She thought-bubbles about the Aurora situation. Aldo can't imagine what she might be referring to. He says he trusts her and that she can count on her support.
Then there's some mush and baby-talk. But just a little.
Sybil
Fernando is on the phone with JR. Neither of them has any news about Aurora. JR threatens Fern again with the indemnity, lawsuit, etc. Fern bangs the phone on the desk and explains it off as "bad reception." He assures JR that there's no need to remind him of what's at stake. He hasn't slept in a week. He hangs up and curses Omar.
Lety arrives, and Fern and Lety bring each other up to date on the lack of new developments. He says that he needs this project to succeed, for his parents and for himself. But Aurora will destroy all their hopes. Lety says, "My other me told me it'll all be fine." To Fern's vexed reply, Lety amends, "I mean an angel told me."
In the Vortex of Stupidity
Condensed version:
PM: Wasn't that a great party?(continue regularly scheduled exchange of insults)
Alicia: You've got some nerve. It was soooo common.
Lola: Huh, you seemed to be having a good time.
Alicia: I was pretending I was somewhere else. BTW, what's with the no gifts?
Sara: The party was your gift, you ingrate.
Martha: Someday you'll need us for real.
Alicia: Get out of my sight!
Return of the Big Girl Panties
Tomas is looking at Alicia's guest list in disbelief. He's thinking maybe he'll have to cross out all of his own invitees to make room for hers. Um, Tomas, before you cross anyone off, maybe you should wait and see how many RSVPs you get back from Alicia's friends... you just might be able to sneak in a few extra guests. *snicker*
Lety comes in and starts babbling about Aurora. Tomas shushes her, for fear someone will hear. Lety says she almost wishes someone did hear, so she could stop hiding. She's decided that Aurora is going to have to do the RetroMod campaign, after which hopefully she can disappear forever. She's doing it for Aldo, who sacrificed everything for her, and for Fern. She can't be selfish any more.
Meanwhile, Fern is tidying Lety's desk, exactly as Lety used to do for Fern. He tells himself he must work harder than ever to save Conceptos, get Lety back, and send Aldo home to Acapulco.
Lety and Tomas enter with the good news that Aurora has agreed to do the RetroMod job for a fraction of her original demand. But only if she can deal with Fern as little as possible! Tomas says they have an appointment at JR's (whose last name does appear to be Reynard/Reinard and not Reynolds, but I kinda like "JR" because I keep wishing someone would shoot him). Fern is ready to leave right now. Lety says she can't go, and isn't needed anyway.
Just then, Aldo comes in, saying he has to meet with his publisher. Fern assumes that they're actually planning a nooner or something. Lety sends Fernando to his room and tells Aldo that she'd love to hang out with him at the publisher's, but she has to go see JR and sign the contract. (Tomas takes all the credit for Aurora's cooperation.) Aldo agrees to see Lety to her car. Tomas will drive over with Fern.
In the Whirlpool of Boredom
Marcia tells Alicia that except for being at Lety's house (which Marcia and Alicia aren't crazy about, seeing as how their last visit there resulted in an altercation with the neighborhood gang and a trip to jail), the party was okay. Fun and kind of extraordinary. Alicia says sure, it was fun for you - you were just a spectator. For Alicia, it was humiliating. She's only marrying Tomas out of necessity. Marcia scoffs and says poor Tomas deserves better. Offended, Alicia says he's not poor - his mother owns a big bakery.
Alicia then unleashes her wrath on Marcia: "You've never been my friend. You don't like me. You make fun of me instead of supporting me." True enough. Marcia replies that she can't do that - she's not Alicia's mother, or her sister. (Well, Alicia's mother is dead and I don't think she has a sister...) Alicia says sure, but she's her friend, and the only one who can save her from this wedding that will be her emotional ruin. Marcia: And how do you suppose that I can save you? Alicia: Let me move in with you! Marcia: Forget it. I'm selling my place ASAP. Alicia: How unhappy we are... but you more than me. Marcia: How do you figure? Alicia: I'm marrying the VP of Conceptos, while you have to live on the street or with the Mendiolas!
Back in the Vortex
Omar steps off the elevator in semi-casual clothes. His fan club, the cuartel, gathers. He is looking to avoid Aldo, and talk to Fern about maybe getting his job back. (Sara clutches him possessively.) Lola tells him that Fern, Aldo, Lety, and Tomas have all gone off, and they're going to do some RetroMod stuff. Omar realizes he's going to get to see Aurora, and skips back to the elevator. The cuartel gets excited too, at the prospect of possibly getting another crack at that dinner with Fernando Colunga prize.
Oh please please please please let this turn out to be what it looks like
The publisher and Aldo compare notes on the development of the Flavor of Life cookbook series. There's a ton of material. Aldo wonders why the publisher isn't editing all this stuff; the publisher is like, "you're the expert." But there's someone to help Aldo with this task.
Enter Carmina Muñiz, a Flavor of Life writer. She's pretty. She and Aldo exchange glances impactados. Either they already know each other, or they're going to elope soon. I hope so.
At RetroMod
JR and the white-haired guy chat. JR says Conceptos sure is a weird company. White-haired guy says yeah, but they're good.
Fern and Tomas arrive and prepare to take their seats. Aurora comes in a moment later, just strolls right in without waiting for the receptionist to see her in. She's wearing sunglasses. She sits down in Fern's seat. Fern complains that he doesn't understand why she doesn't want anything to do with him.
The three Conceptos people look at JR expectantly. He looks at them.
"So? Where's Lety? She has to sign the contract!"
Tomorrow
Predictably, once Lety shows up, JR wants to see Aurora again.
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Duelo de Pasiones - Tuesday May 8 - Sex with an audience, another murder, and a Cat Fight too
Santos accuses Angel and Ifigenio of plotting to kill him. Castulo, Vera and Jaime hear the commotion from inside the house and the men run out to investigate. Santos tries to shoot the rifle but in his amnesiac states forgets to take the safety off. He looks at the rifle with a big question mark over his head. Castulo runs up and punches him unconscious. Angel coughs and orders Santos to be locked up.
Alina tells Don Loco that he should see a shrink about his psychosis problem. Loco wants her to pretend to marry Orlando to make mummy happy. She agrees because she's Duhlina. Don Loco says he's capable of bad things so she'd better do what he says, in fact he killed CaptainValtierra. This annoys Duhlina and she repeats that he is completely sick, but OK, she'll go with him.
Orlando sees them leave together. "Aha! Don Loco has been hiding her," he says to his bored horse.
Braulio, Carmen and Rosita are in anguish waiting for Castulo to return with word about Santos. Rosita announces that she'll agree to marry Don Super Porky because then he'll tell them what he did with Santos.
Luba sees Adela and Nora head-to-head about something. She calls them a couple of macaws and asks what's the chisme? Are they afraid of her or something? Afraid because they might know something about The Cofre? Luba gets all witchy woman with Adela, tells her she can smell a lie, takes a big sniff and backs Adela into the chicken coop. Maybe it's a lie she smells, maybe it's just chicken s**t. Nora blurts out "I know who has your cofre!"
Nora says the man with cofre threatened her not to tell anyone and then rode off. Adela aks what's the big mystery with the maldito cofre anyway? After all her previous squawking Luba says, "Nothing, what do you care?" But then she starts pumping Nora for the details. Who is the desgracio who has her cofre? Nora spills the beans, it's Don Loco's administrator, Hugo. Luba grabs her amulet and curses.
Cut to Hugo gloating over my grandpa's old lunch pail, I mean The Cofre. He wonders how much Don Loco will pay to keep his dignity, his position, to not return to the hell from whence he came?
Carmen spends a lot of time basically telling Rosita that marrying Don Max is a bad idea. They cry and hug.
Duhlina and Soledad have a happy reunion.
Gaspar and Tonki get bored waiting in the cave for Alina so they decide to go to La Rinconada to see if Gaspar's little cub has been born. Then maybe they'll stop by El Meson to throw back a couple of tequilas and catch the floor show. Just kidding about the last part.
Cut to the squawling baby and Thelma pacing the floor. She's screaming at the baby to shut up. I've never had a kid and even I know that won't work. Pick up the kid beeyatch, that's my advice. But Vera arrives to save the day. Of course the second she picks up the baby he quiets right down. Thelma looks constipated and tells her to take the brat outside.
Soledad asks Alina if she has forgotten Emilio. "Sure Ma, he's all in the past," Duhlina lies. Don Loco does the Cheshire Cat smile and says Duhlina's looking forward to her marriage to Orlando.
Emilio's anxious because Duhlina hasn't returned. Luba smokes a spleef and tells him to chill.
After visiting her mom Duhlina is hanging around the living room. Alfonsina sashays in, "Who the hell are you?" "No, who the hell are YOU?" answers Duhlina. "I'm the future owner of the hacienda," says Alfonsina. Then Duhlina sees the heart necklace on Alfonsina, you know, the one Hugo found and gave to her? Duhlina yells, "It's mine and give it back right now!"
After the commercial Duhlina leaps at Alfonsina and rips the necklace off of her. CAT FIGHT!!! Sergio breaks it up and tell Alfonsina to lay off or the Patron will get mad. Alina dashes off with the necklace and Alfonsina thinks wicked thoughts.
Santos is tied up in some room at La Rinconada. Castulo unties him and Santos says "Thank you Jaime and thank your wife too." Castulo is all "Que?? I'm single." You can see the cogs and sprockets turning in Santos's pea brain, but he doesn't quite put it all together. He heard the real Jaime talking to his wife Vera, so he asks Castulo "No wife, then you're not Jaime?" Oops.
Don Maxi lays on his bead twirling his moustache and dreaming of Rosita. Someone wiggles the doorknob. It's Singing Auntie all dolled up. She's wearing a silk something that's slit all the way up to Canada. She bats her eyelashes and makes a kissy face to the empty hallway.
Malena, whom we haven't seen in a while, packs her bag and leaves for Escondidaville to look for Dr. Love and Mariana. I wonder in what manner she will manage to get herself killed?
Castulo somehow manages to get Santos to believe that he really is Jaime, he just told a little lie somewhere along the line. Suddenly there is a knock on the door. It's Braulio! Castulo tells Santos to keep quiet.
The girls at El Meson have laid a trap for their odious boss. Edelmira walks into the room and they all jump her. One of them strangles her with one of the bondage props, or maybe it's just a curtain chord. "Let go of me you bitches," she gurgles as they wrestle her to the floor.
Don Loco tells Alfonsina that he plans to move Mariana to an asylum the next day. For some reason Alfonsina decides to mention the cofre. Maybe she's just fishing around. Loco's eye bug out and he grabs her throat. What does she know about the cofre?!? He throws her around the room by her hair. He mentions Luba and Alfonsina thought bubbles that Luba must know The Secret of The Cofre too.
Thelma leaves her bedroom to visit el baño. Gaspar sneaks into the room and sees the crib but no baby. He looks everywhere, under the covers, under the crib, in a plastic bag (!) but nada. Vera knocks on the door and Gaspar skedaddles out of the room.
Sergio escorts Duhlina back to the cave. After he leaves Orlando comes in and grabs her. This time she fights back. She slaps him hard. Ooooohhhh, he's one of thooooose...he smiles cuz he likes it. He tells her he really only wanted to marry her to get revenge on Emilio. That's right, he's always hated Emiliooooo, bwaahaahaahaa!
Castulo tells Braulio he needs more cash to find out where Santos is. They bicker a bit but Braulio ends up giving Castulo a wad of dough before leaving, almost hitting Castulo in the head with his gigantic hat. I'm thinking the Mexican charos probably don't make love with their hats on like some of their American counterparts are reputed to do.
Coral and Granillo congratulate themselves on the night's big take. Coral's fabulous dancing gams = lots of lana. Too bad Edelmira didn't see all the money the customers were throwing around. Where could she be anyway?
EEEEEEEK!!! They find Edelmira splayed out on the floor. Coral turns her over and there are big welts and fingernail scratches on her face. Serves her right if you ask me, but Coral is impactada. "She's dead," she shrieks as Grani buries his face in Edelmira's armpit and sobs.
Whoa nellie...Don Maxi Pork and Auntie Opera are in bed! Fully clothed of course because this is Escondidaville. Oh wait a minute, she's crying because he won't do the horizontal bop with her. She says at her age she doesn't have much time so they need to get on with it. They play the How-old-are-you-You-have-to-guess game. He loses that game but manages to convince her that he's still not recovered from his fall off the horse. She agrees to wait and smooches him all over his face.
Thelma is ranting as usual when a smug Orlando enters with Duhlina in tow. Duhlina says she has no idea where Emilio is. Thelma rants some more and says Emilioooo has to come home to see his new baby. Duhlina smiles at the baby and it looks like he waved back at her. Thelma yells at Alina to stop coming between her and Emilio. Angel walks in and hears.
Coral and Grani cover Edelmira with a sheet. Coral says they need to call the authorities to find the murderer. Grani says murdererS; he's sure it's Soraya, Lupe and the others, he wants to see them all in jail. Coral sees a scrunched up paper next to the body. It's a note saying she's next. Grani prays to the Virgencita of Macarena and locks the door. They grab their heads and fret effusively.
Angel wakes up from his nap and decides to ask Santos why he tried to kill him.
Don Loco tells Soledad that things are going to change between them yada yada. She tries to talk. He shushes her and says he needs her love. She says she needs time. "Not much I hope," answers the nutcase. She thought bubbles that she really hates him a lot. So basically nothing has changed between them.
Emilio has gotten out of bed and is sitting at the table. He still wonders what's keeping Alina. Luba says she will check so off she goes.
Duhlina tells Angel in private that her marriage plans with Orlando are all a farce, then she tells him she knows where Emilio is. He's wounded because her father tried to kill him. She tells him the whole story. Angel coughs and says he will visit Emilio in the morning.
Luba returns to the cave and is impactada that Duhlina isn't there. She asks Gaspar if he was there the whole time or did he sneak off to visit his muñequita? "No ma," he lies. Luba sees through him, curses, and hopes that nothing has happened to Duhlina.
Castulo tells Santos he will help him escape. Not that I mind, but for some unexplained reason he removes his shirt revealing the scars from where he was scratched by Rosita. Santos is impactado and has a series of flashbacks...Rosita saying she scratched the rapist, Castulo admitting he raped Rosita, Castulo threatening Santos. Santos finally remembers that Castulo is the one who tried to kill him.
Alfonsina is leaning waaaayyy over in front of a mirror applying lipstick and displaying her ample bosom. Hugo sneaks in, waves a hidee ho to Mariana, and embraces Alfonsina. She tells him that someone else knows about the cofre...it's the curandera. Hugos says good, then Alvaro will think it's she who is blackmailing him.
No wait, oh say it ain't so, Hugo and Alfonsina decide to do the nasty on the bed at paralyzed Mariana's feet!! Mariana squeezes her eyes shut but Hugo grabs his vest and tosses it over her head so she can't see. I guess it's audio and rump-thumpers only for tonights feature presentation.
Santos kicks Castulo in the nuts, he punches him, then he breaks a chair over his head. Thankfully Santos has not yet remembered that he's a wimp. He takes Castulo's gun and says he's going to kill him. But no, he throws the gun on the ground right next to him. He's not a murderer like Castulo.
Sergio tells Don Loco that everything is in order, he delivered Duhlina to the cave. Don Loco says he'll swing by in the morning to make sure she's there. Now his only worry is Mariana. Early in the morning he'll call Dr. Vasquez and have her committed to the asylum in San Mateo. But hey, someone eavesdrops from behind the banana trees. He turns his head. It's Dr. Love of course. It's nighttime and he's wearing shades. That poor guy can't help himself, he's determined to stick out. Still, it's better than the bowtie.
Castulo tells Angel that the crazy Santos attacked him.
The next morning Luba is still fretting about Duhlina. She exclaims aloud to a pacing Gaspar that nobody knows where Duhlina is just as Don Loco walks into the cave. He becomes enraged, "What do you mean Duhlina isn't here?" He grabs Luba and shakes her.
Emilio tells Nora and Adela he must look for Duhlina even though his leg might get reinfected and fall off. Suddenly Angel enters. He has come to take Emilio home.
Don Loco calls Luba an imbecile. Gaspar butts in and takes the blame, says it was his fault that Duhlina got away. Don Loco backhands him. Gaspar starts to get angry and Loco puts his gun in Gaspar's nose. Lupa pipes up that Orlando is a danger to Duhlina. It's much worse than him wanting to marry her. That guy Orlando raped Dulina!! Don Loco is super slo-mo impactado.
Tomorrow: Don Loco kicks Orlando and aims his gun at him.
guacamayo/a = macaw
desgracio = loser
chisme = gossip
Labels: duelo
Destilando Amor - May 8, 2007 the difficult task of keeping up appearances
*Hilario and Isa are making out in her bedroom. The phone rings. Isa answers it - it's Fedra with the news that Minnie had a terrible accident and she lost the baby (Fedra is like boo-hoo-hoo bla-bla-bla ho-hum). Fedra asks where Sofia and Rod are - Isa says they are out at a town party. Fedra tells her to tell them the news when they return. They hang up. Isa looks over at Hilario standing there bewildered - Isa barks for him to leave now. He flies out of the room.
* At the hospital room, Aaron paces back and forth as Granny stands beside Minnie's bed. Aaron wonders why she hasn't awaken yet. Fedra enters to say she spoke with Isa and left a message for Rod and Sofia. Aaron is anxious and wants to go to work - Granny is outraged and scolds him for thinking of work when his wife needs him. Fedra sort of agrees with Granny. Granny forces Aaron to stay put with Minnie.
* Acacia is laying in her bed, remembering spying on James and Sofia laughing and dancing at the plaza dance. She turns on her side, curls up and she cries.
* In the ranch living room, Isa tells Sofia, James and Rod the message Fedra left - that Minnie had an accident and lost the baby. Sofia says they need to go be with her now. Rod says he can't go just yet, he has work to do at the ranch to get ready for spring harvest. Sofia asks James to go with them - James looks off in other directions and says that he also has ranch work to do with Meliton and can't leave either; he'll travel with Rod.
* Meliton antagonizes Acacia in their home on Dry Gulch Ranch. He wants to know if she was out of the house during the evening. She says no, she was there all night. He pulls her within kiss striking distance to be sure she is sincere in her response. Satisfied, he sits down on the couch as Acacia mentions his business meeting with "se~or ingles." He tells her about the harvest of the peanuts and the lack of a market in the area. She asks what ideas he has for the marketing of the peanuts - Meliton is frustrated and sarcastically asks Acacia for an idea. Acacia takes a moment and runs over to Meliton with her idea for burning the whole peanut crop, and replacing it with something more profitable - agave plants. That way they won't lose money. (and also a good way for Acacia to enact her revenge on James, too.)
* Isa and Sofia enter Isa's bedroom to talk. Sofia thinks that this is a perfect opportunity for Isa to get pregnant with Rod's child and have no obstacles to get grandpa's inheritance. Isa reminds Sofia of one important obstacle - Rod himself isn't interested in having sex with her, or giving up on his Gaviota. Sofia not see that as much of a problem.
* Fedra and Aaron in hospital hall talking about the accident and Minnie's state of mind. Doctor comes out of room - Aaron asks him how long before she can get pregnant again. Doctor says after examining her and all the test - if she recuperates steadily, then in six months she can get pregnant again. Fedra and Aaron choke with the news. Dr. leaves. Aaron shares his worries over Rod's search for Gaviota with Fedra. He is more worried than ever.
* Gavi talks with mom in apartment, about Minnie losing her baby. Gavi remembers how she felt when she lost her own baby. Mom hugs and consoles her. Mom says she can have other children - Gavi says there's only one man she wants to have children with - Rodrigooo - but now that's impossible because he's married.
* Rod sits at desk, twirling pencil in dark, recalling his conversation with Gaviota in the tent during the thunderstorm. She told him her feelings when she lost her baby. Rod says to himself, "our love story hasn't ended. one day we will be together and have many children. So it will be, Gaviota, So it will be."
* Gavi prays at home altar shelf for Minnie and her loss.
* James carries the suitcases and walks Sofia down stairs. Rod and Isa wait with Roman. James asks Sofia to make a reservation for him at a hotel for one night - long enough for an overnight sleep and then he will take a plane back to London. Sofia offers him a room for the night at Granny's mansion. James thanks her for the offer. The ladies say good-bye and James escorts them out to the car. Rod and Roman stay behind - Rod asks him about the distillery shipments and the workers for the spring harvest. Roman asks how long he will remain at the ranch - Rod says he wants to see the workers arrive, maybe Gaviota and her mom are with them.
* Mariana (Gavi) gets upset with Lopez on the phone - apparently there's a transportation glitch at the border crossing (the drivers can't cross). She hangs up as Nestor approaches and asks what's wrong. Mariana explains the problem with the border crossing, which will cause delays and problems for the rest of the product distribution network. Nestor tells Mariana to get him the paperwork, he'll see what he can do. Nestor leaves. Mariana starts to type on computer keyboard, Elvira says she'll go and fax something to Rodrigo at the ranch. Mariana nods, takes a deep breath and will wait for his response.
* Rod enters his office and finds the fax on his fax machine. He is very curious about what it is about. Elvira tells Mariana that Rod is on the phone. Mariana uses Aaron's office to take the call. Mariana speaks in her lower than normal voice; Rod royally scolds Mariana for sending such an incomplete unprofessional fax to him involving problems with the company. He hangs up. (how rude!) Mariana is shocked.
* Aaron with Minnie in her hospital room. Fedra listens as Minnie rants her depression over losing her unborn baby. Aaron tries to console her and say he feels sad over the loss too. She thinks he's only sad because he lost his key to grandpa's fortune. Aaron turns away from Minnie - Fedra comes to him to help him keep calm. He takes a deep breath and tries again to console Minnie. She's upset wondering if she can try again. Fedra says that when the time is right, they can try again - only the next time she will be mature about it.
* Mariana is in shock as she returns to her desk. Elvira opens her big mouth and starts to antagonize Mariana about being scolding over the phone by Rod. Elvira wants to know what he said to her. Mariana says it's none of her business. Mariana calls Margarita at the reception desk for help in getting the document information for Rod. Elvira sits and laughs at Mariana. "Ha-ha-ha. Enjoying all the hot gossip." Mariana mentions waiting for a call about Minnie. Elvira says the call already came in. Mariana asks about it - Elvira says no bad news for you, Minnie is out of danger and will go home tomorrow. Mariana turns to her computer screen and prays a thank you to G-d.
* On the restaurant balcony, Meliton and James meet to discuss the fields and harvests, especially of James' peanut crop. Problems with distribution and marketing are hampering the effort. James is worried about what will happen to his crops while he is away in Mexico City and London. Meliton tells him that Acacia suggested to burn the crops - James is stunned.
* Mariana and Margarita sit and gossip in whispers about Elvira. Elvira interrupts and gives Mariana some tissue; to use in case Rod yells at her on the phone and breaks her eardrums. Mariana and Margarita are scared. Mariana goes to her desk and takes the call. She uses her low voice to talk with Rod about the second fax that was just sent to him - the problem with the current seed (pipa). She suggests they should look into using another seed. This time the call ends peacefully. Rod thinks maybe he misjudged her, she's more intelligent that he assumed. Margarita, who listened to Mariana on the phone, asks her why she changed her voice - Mariana says she wants to be more respected.
* At hospital, Minnie wakes up and is startled to see Aaron sitting there on the sofa in her room. She thought he would be at work. They get into an argument about her jealousy which caused the accident. Aaron tells her his plan to keep it a secret between the two of them, no one else. Knock at the door. Aaron lets Sofia and Isa inside. Minnie tells them she's much better, especially since Aaron hasn't left her side the whole time.
* In the kitchen at Dry Gulch Ranch, Acacia is ripping out the guts from the chicken as Meliton enters. He mentions how hot it is outside and asks for a cup of water. Acacia drops the guts in a spare bowl and pours a cup. She leaves it on the table and returns to cutting the head off the chicken. She asks how the meeting with "Sr. Ingles" went. Meliton briefly fills her in - then mentions at first there's enthusiasm then later boredom.
* James talks with Rod in the office. Rod tells him about Sofia. James explodes over his meeting with Meliton and the problems with his peanut crops. He says that Acacia suggested burning the crops - HIS PEANUT CROPS! He's outraged. Rod offers his assistance. James declines, he wants to resolve this himself. James will have to cancel his trip to the capitol. Rod laughs at the ironic timing, due to the problem he has to fix for his own family business. He mentions Mariana Franco.
* In the hospital room, Sofia offers chocolates to Minnie - Minnie declines. Isa eats one and says it's delicious. Aaron takes two. Minnie asks Sofia about James - Sofia reports about the new beginning of their friendship. Isa remarks about the happiness of a true love story. A knock at the door. Aaron answers. Mariana is there to say hello to Minnie and bring her flowers. Aaron introduces her to Isa, Rod's wife (Gavi chokes on her saliva). Mariana enters and says hello to Sofia. She presents the flowers to Minnie. Minnie turns into a fiera beast and attacks Mariana for daring to even come. Aaron scolds Minnie for her jealousy and follows Mariana out the door.
* In the hallway, Aaron stop Mariana to apologize. Mariana understands. Aaron asks about the company - any problems he needs to handle. Mariana says there was one, but she has passed along all the information so Rod can handle it. Aaron's cell phone rings - it's Pamela calling him "Bichie" (I think). Mariana leaves. Aaron tells her about Minnie losing the baby and he can't see her right now. Pamela says that is fine, she's accompanying her dad to Germany so she will be out of touch with him anyway.
* At the ranch, a representative with the International Agri Congress meets with Rod in the living room. Rod is so excited about the convention being in Mexico City this year. The rep says it would be wonderful if Rod would speak at the convention about agave crops and production. Rod is intrigued until the representative mentions the date is March 26 -- nope, no can do. that's the middle of harvest and Rod can't leave. Representative tells Rod to think it over for a few days - but Rod is adamant in his decision about not leaving the ranch on that day.
* Sofia and Isa in hallway at hospital. Sofia is upset James stayed at ranch. Isa is getting used to it - Rod refuses to leave the ranch, or stop obsession over Gaviota search, for nothing. Sofia says don't worry one way or another he will give up Gaviota. Aaron comes out of the room to join them - Minnie finally fell asleep. Isa asks for a ride back to her penthouse. Aaron offers to drive her. Isa bluntly asks Aaron if he is in any way involved with Mariana or Pamela. Aaron is stunned by the question and defends himself and his marriage. Sofia asks about the photo of him with Pamela - he says that she is an old friend nothing more.
* Pamela holds a photo of her and Aaron - she cries that they are now just simply friends - friends on occasion.
* Gavi prays to the virgin about Minnie again. Clara enters smiling and talkative. She asks about the flowers - Gavi explains they were for Minnie but she rejected them. They go to the kitchen - Gavi opens the manila envelope to check the legal papers for changing her name to Mariana permanently. Clara is fixing sandwiches for lunch. Gavi tells her mom about talking on the phone with Rod. Clara is stunned, intrigued - Gavi says she used her Mariana persona and voice so Rod wouldn't know it was her. Gavi then tells mom about meeting Isa at the hospital; she says Isa is very beautiful now she knows how he fell in love with her.
* At penthouse, as Isa says good night to Aaron at the door. Aaron casually, very subtle invites himself inside for a nightcap (whiskey). They sit down and discuss Isa's marriage to Rod. She confides her frustration to him.
* Gavi has her head down on the countertop and thinks of Rod and their rainstorm conversation - he loves her and only her. Mom consoles her and knows what she's thinking about. Gavi is frustrated and tired of always thinking about Rod. Clara thinks same thing happened to the soap character Berenice in "Corazones Enga~adas". Gavi says but this is different because it isn't tragedy. With a new name, she will take on her identity and new life and not make room for love or any man to hurt her again.
* Rod talks with sis Dani over the phone - Dani is on a theatrical road tour in Chicago now.
* Acacia runs away from the hacienda. James sees her and yells to her. Ofelia comes out to escort him inside.
* In office, Rod is hard at work. James sits down and is depressed about his peanut farm harvest - no buyers anywhere. Rod says to stay calm. James can't calm down, it's a matter of his honor and dream. Rod tells him he is playing a dangerous game with Acacia at the ranch. James realizes it and he just saw her now at this hacienda. Rod is shocked that she was there. James is determined to save his crops and not let Meliton or Acacia burn them. Rod changes the subject and tells James about the International Ag Congress convention in Mexico City - he can't attend because it is on March 26 (his date with Gavi). James can't believe he would rather blow off his family and this convention for her. Rod tells his friend off for even saying that.
* Isa talks with Aaron about her husband and her increasing sexual obsession since he won't even touch her. Aaron starts to seduce her and tell her what he supposes she wants to hear. He plants a huge hard kiss on her lips - she responds.
Labels: Destilando
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Zorro Monday May 7, 2007: Where Monty makes an offer that Esme can refuse and Sara Kali finds sanctuary in the Mission.
Garcia/SAM tells Juan that Montero ordered Pizarro to be executed.
Mariangel is rolling around on her bed wondering what really happened to Esme and gloating about how now she’ll have the de la Vega fortune.
Diego goes to see Al and asks him what’s up with Esme. He tells Al that he found a letter from Esme in his stuff, so he knows that he loved her, but when he heard that she died he didn’t know how to react because he cannot remember her. He asks Al if the baby she was carrying was his. Al feels guilty for not filling Diego in on all the details, he tells him that he thought it was best to give him the info little by little. Diego is upset. Diego leaves and Al mutters about the sad state of affairs and how there is so much sorrow.
Auggie is in the prison trying to help the ‘iron’ masked Esme drink some water.
Laisha is getting harassed by the soldier accompanying her to the gitano hideout. She tells him she needs some privacy to take care of some ‘personal’ stuff and he refuses because he doesn’t trust her. So she squats down in front of him and out jumps Renzo from behind a bush. Renzo knocks out the soldier and off he and Laisha run…..
Piza, following Monty’s orders, talks his loyal soldiers telling them what a great job they did and then he pulls out two pistols and shoots them.
Sister Suplicios/Nutty Nun (still like Nutty as her name) is out walking and sees Camba in a courtyard of some sort and he is flogging himself. Nutty has a flashback to when she did the same thing to herself. She mutters that he is the same as her, I think she might be putting the pieces together about where her little demon friend went after he was excised from her body.
Jonas goes to visit Padre Tomas and they discuss Sara Kali/Mercedes. Jonas tells PT that it is a lie that SK is the true queen of Spain. She is only important because she was the governor’s wife. Jonas asks PT to keep SK hidden in the Mission, there is no way that Monty would suspect her being hidden there. PT agrees.
Fernando and his band of merry men are rallying to go fight Monty and his men. One of FS’s own asks what chance they have of defeating Monty when his numbers are so high and their’s are so low. Fernando says that they will cut off the head of the serpent and that should take care of it. The soldier points out that Monty has a personal guard, and FS comes up with a plan to get Monty and his guard isolated from the rest of the soldiers.
Monty visits Esme in prison. He offers to remove her mask, for the price of her sleeping with him. She tells him that she’d rather die first.
Al gets his men ready, they are also going to take on Monty and his men. Al asks Juan about SAM and Juan brings Al up to speed on the chisme of Pizarro’s death. Dena begs Al to not go fight this war. Al tells her that he has to do this.
SAM is riding his donkey and talking to her. He plans on leaving town and going to his uncles, who is a farmer. He comes across Pizarro. Piza tells SAM that there were only blanks shot at him, that Monty did it to test Piza. Piza assures SAM that he has the same plans as always, to save the queen from Monty and he asks SAM if he is still with him. SAM says sure.
Diego finds Bernardo and demands to know the truth about Esme. Diego lets Bernie know that he knows that Esme was pregnant, but he wants to know why she was killed.
Renzo is angry with Laisha. He feels that she was going to betray SK. Laisha says she was tortured, but the gitanas were freed because she made a deal with Monty. Laisha blames Esme for all of this, and then she brings up her trump card, Miguel died for Esme.
Maria Pia goes to talk to Padre Tomas, while she is there Jonas arrives with Sara Kali, wearing a hood for a disguise. PT tells Maria Pia that SK has come to the Mission for a spiritual retreat. MP feels bad that she interrupted and she leaves.
Esme talks to her bebé, daddy will come and save us soon.
Mangle talks to her bebé, you are going to be so useful for me, we’re going to be rich.
Fernando and the merry men arrive at the hacienda and come face to face with Al and his troops.
Monty mutters about his plans to get Fernando’s money. Zorro pays a little visit to Monty, demanding to see Esme’s body. Monty wonders why Zorro wants this, but says there is no way he’s going to show Zorro anything but his sword. The two start their swordfight, Monty has his hand on his hip like he’s fencing, strange. Monty shouts out for his soldiers to come back him up. Zorro punches Monty and in come the soldiers. Some wacky antics ensue, Zorro pulls the rug out under their feet and knocks them all out cold.
Al points his sword at Fernando and calls him the murderer of innocents. Al goes on to say that he knows why Maria Pia refused to marry Fernando and that Fernando killed Regina/Purina. Al punches FS. FS orders his merry men to stay out of it, it is between him and Al. Al punches FS again, FS doesn’t fight back. Al punches him again. FS admits to the two groups of men that he killed Al’s wife, that to him all Indians are the same, but if he knew that Al’s wife was in the Indian camp, he would not have attacked it out of respect for Al and his woman. Al gets angered by this little speech and pulls out his pistol and aims it at Fernando.
Jonas finds Javier and finds out that Laisha betrayed them. Javier, the chismoso, fills Jonas in on what’s been going on…..Monty freed the gitanas. Jonas thinks that’s strange, He orders Javier to take a census of the gitanos. Azucena/Susie arrives and she is happy. She demands info from Jonas, and he tells her that Esme is dead. Susie is worried about Renzo, her son (ulcer two).
FS demands that Al shoot him and end it all. Al lowers his pistol and tells FS that he can’t shoot him because 1)he’s not a murderer like Fernando and 2)out of respect & love for his wife Dena, he wouldn’t kill her brother. Al says he’ll never forgive Fernando, Al mentions that he’s got to go now, he’s got something to settle with Monty. Fernando says no way, Monty’s mine. FS says he wants to get his governorship back, and Al is disgusted, with all the other, terrible things that Monty’s done FS only care about himself. Al tells FS that Monty killed Esme.
Renzo tells Laisha that he wants to go find Esme because he promised SK that he’d take care of her daughter. Laisha says you’re not doing it because of a promise, but because you love Esme. Renzo admits he loves her. Laisha continues with her pity party and says that she knew love with Miguel, but she failed him. She admits to Renzo that she slept with Monty in order to save Miguel when they had him in prison and Monty went ahead and killed Miguel anyway. Renzo says he understands, and Laisha lashes out and tells him that he’ll never understand, but someday he’ll suffer as she has suffered.
Esme hears the raucous and figures out that Diego has come to save her.
Zorro escapes, and avoids getting hit by the gunfire from Monty’s soldiers stationed on the rooftops. He pulls out his pistols and shoots at the soldiers and then at Monty. He only aims at Monty’s feet, so we are treated to a little dancing from Monty. Gosh, I wish that Zorro would have just made us all happy and aimed a little higher.
Auggie tells Esme that this is all her fault and he’s not going to end up dead like the other soldiers. Esme says this is all due to Monty’s misguided ambition. Auggie tells Esme that she’s his ticket to not dying, he’ll kill anyone who comes down to her cell.
Diego/Zorro meets up with Bernie. He questions how his life ended up this way.
Fernando doesn’t believe that Monty would have killed Esme. Al says that they got the news from Mangle, and why would she lie. FS says he knows Monty and then Al compares the two men. FS tells Al to send his men home, FS and the merry men will take on Monty. Al agrees to go home.
Nutty has gone out to gather flowers and she hears gunshots. Camba comes running past her and she realizes that Camba is being chased by slave hunters.
Renzo and Laisha meet up with the other gitanos. Renzo finds out that Esme is dead and he can’t believe it. He feels as if he has failed and he tells Laisha now he knows what it is like to lose someone you love. He runs off . Jonas and Susie are worried he’ll go after Monty and end up in trouble (ulcers 3 & 4).
Someone comes down to Esme’s cell and Auggie shoots at them, but he has just as bad of aim as every other character on this show. It was Monty. He congratulates Auggie on doing his job and then tells him to go away. He talks to Esme and tries to make her start doubting her mother and Diego. Why haven’t they come for her, they have to know she’s being held in the prison. He adds that Diego must be too happy with Mangle, oh and yeah, he heard that Mangle is expecting a baby. He let’s Esme know that Mangle begged for Diego’s life and Monty agreed. So, Esme should be thankful.
Nutty chases after Camba (not a wise idea when men with guns and snapping dogs are also hot on his trail). She catches up with him and they run together. They tumble down and Camba pulls off Nutty’s bonnet. He looks at her like he’s noticed for the first time that she’s a woman. Camba starts beating himself again and the slave hunters catch up to them. Nutty goes and hides behind a tree and the S/Hs start to beat Camba themselves.
Diego asks Dena to tell him about Esme, but she says it is too soon, she’s still hurting from the news of Esme’s death. Al returns and Dena goes to greet him. The couple rehashes his running into Fernando.
Renzo comes across Nutty in the woods. She collapses at his feet.
Al and Diego (okay, my notes say “D”, so I’m thinking it was Diego, but perhaps it was Dena---can’t remember and figure with the rehashing in tonight’s episode it will be cleared up, but if one of you wants to deny or confirm this, that’d be great) talk about Esme and what would Monty gain from killing her. Al says that Fernando suspects that Esme really isn’t dead, but that Monty is holding her somewhere (wonder where that would be, the prison perhaps?).
Monty comes back to the prison cell, and tells Auggie to leave once again. This time he’s drunk and decides that he’s going to make good on his offer to remove the mask in exchange for a conjugal visit with his wife. She’s not willing to cooperate and Monty starts to force himself on her, telling her that she will be his. END OF EPISODE/ Ulcer Count = 4
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Duelo—Monday May 8—Transmission Troubles; A New Man in Black
[Note: We had a sudden cloudburst at around 6:15 pm central that messed up a big section of the story for the Tivo. I lost about 15 minutes. I did not realize this until I was watching it later. If someone or ones could fill in the gap, I am sure we’d all be grateful]
We left off with Orlando and Gaspar, fighting in the cave. Orlando starts it by threatening him and actually shooting him with his gun, over whether Gaspar knows where Flor is. Orlando, who apparently flunked his military science class in close quarters fighting, misses Gaspar when the bullet hits the cave wall behind him. No ricochet. Tonkey the wonderdog inserts himself into the fight by jumping, slo-mo, and knocking the pistol from Orlando’s hand. They go mano-a-mano and Orlando is easily outclassed by ex-luchador, Gaspar. Gaspar helicopters Orlando before doing a bodyslam against the wall, the table, flipping him over and slamming him against the floor. Orlando is down for the count and Gaspar is now worried he killed him.
Meanwhile, Angel has gone to visit Padre Cristobal with Ifigenio to see if he knows anything about Flor’s whereabouts. Padre Cristobal is totally out of the loop and is happy to find out that she’s escaped. He asks Angel to keep him informed. He hurries out. Angel tells Ifigenio that they should get the military involved to search for Emilio.
Back at the cave, Luba arrives and finds Gaspar, his lip bleeding, mewling about how he killed “the Lieutenant.” Luba kicks the unconscious Orlando and he rolls around on the floor. He’s not dead, he gets up, with the gun, mad as hell. He waves the gun around and threatens them both that if they don’t tell him where Flor is, he’ll denounce Gaspar to the authorities for beating him up. Luba pulls out her knife and tells him he’s wasting his time. She spins a yarn that Flor showed up but she wouldn’t let her stay because she was afraid of problems with Don Loco. “She went way up into the mountains,” says Luba. Orlando threatens them if he finds out they are lying. He leaves kicking the furniture on his way out. Luba screams after him something like “your grandmother was an idiot” and that “Gaspar is my son.”
Over at Nora’s, Nora is roughly placing a pillow behind Emilio’s head. She’s not trying to be mean, she’s just freaking out. Suddenly her house is full of people running away from Don Loco. Alina tells her to be careful. Nora asks who shot Emilio but before Alina can tell her, Adela comes in. Hugs all around! There are the explanations: Flor is on the lam, again. Adela’s been fired from the hacienda de Loco. Alina is impactada at this news. She asks about her Mom. Adela shakes her head. DL “has become her shadow” she says. “He doesn’t leave her for a minute.”
And we switch over to DL who is waiting next to the bed in Soledad’s room. Soledad has just taken a bath and still has her robe on. She asks to not be tied up today. DL considers that she deserves a break, after “last night.” Soledad wants to talk. She wants to know about Alina’s wedding. DL says that he has already promised that they will go to the wedding. He’s just waiting to find out when the date is. “What about your sister?” DL responds that Mariana hasn’t been eating lately and he’s going to have to put her in a home in San Mateo.
Over in Mariana’s room, Alfonsina is cutting Mariana’s fingernails. She’s happy that Mariana’s not eating. All the faster to send her to the home. Mariana thought bubbles that she can’t stand Alfonsina anymore, that the home is sounding like a great idea and OUCH! Alfonsina smirks and apologizes that she cut too much. She tells Mariana that “it’s good that you don’t feel anything, because I could cut one of your fingers off and you wouldn’t make a fuss.” She leaves the room. Mariana thought bubbles that she FELT the clippers! “I could get well!”
Back to Soledad and DL. Soledad is shocked that DL wants to stick Soledad in the home in San Mateo, which apparently is an old folks home. What Mariana needs is physical therapy, not maintenance. A Hospital would be better. If only he’d let Dr. Fonseca… DL is tired of this topic. He tells her he’s had enough and has to go to the coffee fields. He kisses Soledad and leaves. Soledad ponders what lies ahead for poor Mariana.
Mariana is still suffering through Alfonsina’s careless pedicure. Her toes are all cut up and bleeding so Alfonsina applies alcohol on a cotton. She makes another snide comment about how she can’t feel anything. When Alfonsina’s back is turned, Mariana wiggles her toes and smiles a tiny smile.
Over at Nora’s Alina and Adela are finishing up their discussion about DL, Soledad, Emilio and how they ended up there when Alina happens to mention her getting married. Nora butts in. “So you are getting married?” Alina explains that Orlando proposed to her, she accepted but DL threatened to put Soledad in a mental institution if she went through with it. “That’s why I had to leave la Rinconada.” Over on the bed, Emilio is muttering Alina.
It looks like another segue into another Emilio sex dream of Alina and he bathing nude by the waterfall but no----instead we are treated to a crazed Orlando on horseback screaming “Alina!” for no particular reason. He announces to the air that he’s sure that DL had something to do with her disappearance. B
ack at the cave, Luba is fixing Gaspar’s boo-boos from the fight. Gaspar wants to go to la Rinconada to find out if his “cub” was born yet. Luba tells him no. It’s too dangerous. She can find out for him but he should stay. Yeah, I’m sure he’ll be content with that.
Meanwhile, at La Rinconada, The SA (who is wearing yet another dramatic ensemble of pale blue chiffon and silver sequins) is holding Thelma’s baby and singing one of her awful songs. Thelma tells her to stop; she’s going to wake the baby. The SA proclaims that the baby is sound asleep (No thanks to you, Auntie. Maybe he’s deaf). Thelma complains that the baby cried all night long. She’s afraid that the entire world knows that there’s a baby in the house. SA asks Thelma if she thinks that Gaspar has found out yet. Thelma is panic stricken about this. Emilio has to get home, and fast, otherwise, she’ll have to go back to Puebla with Auntie and baby. Auntie balks at the idea. “Maybe I don’t want to go back to Puebla now.” Thelma says WHAT?” “Oh, says the SA, with a sly smile. I have plans. It’s a surprise.”
Don Max and Castulo are conversing in Don Max’s room. Don Max is putting on his black jacket with the snakeskin trim. He’s bitching about how there’s no way in hell he’s going to marry “that cockatoo” (the SA). He tells Castulo that first they must destroy the letter she wrote, documenting the crimes she overheard him say he committed. Then… they “can find a way to get rid of that old woman.”
Nora, Alina and Adela are still sitting around the table at Nora’s place. Nora points out that DL did Alina a favor by stopping the wedding. “If you had married that lieutenant, it would have been a big mistake.” Alina disagrees. She tells the women that she wanted to do it to save her Mom. Now she can’t do anything to help her. Besides, she can’t be with Emilio.” It’s better that I marry someone else and try to fall in love again.” Emilio, over on the bed wakes up just in time to hear that speech. He thought bubbles about how Alina doesn’t love him. He looks depressed.
[Here is where the satellite kicked out]
Luba has made it over to Nora’s I guess and she’s giving Emilio a talking to. Emilio is alert, awake and sitting up in bed. Emilio is going back and forth on how much he loves Flor…but he can’t leave Thelma and abandon his child. Luba gets up exasperated and starts waving her arms around. “But why do you care about this child when it’s not even yours!” Luba yells. Emilio is just about the most impactado I’ve ever seen him do. He’s impactado right into the commercial.
When we get back, Luba realizes that she let her mouth run and now she’s got some ‘splaining to do. Her mouth is open, she fingers her pigtails nervously. “Gee I am stupid…that’s not what I meant…stammer stammer. ” Emilio seems to be content with that explanation. “I heard what I wanted to hear. Something that would free me from this obligation.” He compares himself to Gaspar, stupidly thinking that Thelma is his “little doll.” Emilio says he no longer wants to talk about it. Luba agrees gratefully.
Luba thought bubbles an apology to the Virgin of Peace for not telling Emilio the truth. She’s afraid for herself and her son, that the chief will find them. (Not sure how these fears go together but they certainly loom large in Luba’s mind.)
Over at La Rinconada. The SA and Castulo are talking. Apparently she discovered him checking out her room. She guesses that he’s looking for the note, bidden by Don Max. SA tells him he’ll never find it. “If something happens to me, only my niece knows where I keep my valuables. She’ll find it.” Castulo looks chagrined. He tells her that he was sent by Don Max to find her because he wants to talk to her. This announcement sends the SA all atwitter and she starts fixing her hair, breathing hard, etc. and murmuring Maximo! Maximo! Castulo can’t get away fast enough. SA announces to the air that “FINALLY! FINALLY! I will no longer be an OLD MAID!”
Over at the Loco Hacienda, Angel has arrived with Ifigenio. Still on horseback, still with the Bandana tied around his head, he asks DL and Sergio whether they have seen his brother. He says he knows that they’ve had words. DL looks at Sergio and smiles. “Now why would you think that your brother and I have a disagreement.” [Oh, I don’t know, maybe because you SHOT him on his wedding day?] Orlando is on horseback by an old stone wall, watching Angel interact with DL. Orlando thinks it’s funny that Angel is confronting him. “This is going to be good” he says looking through binoculars. Alina comes upon him, with a scarf tied around her head. She heads off in another direction to avoid him.
We next have a scene with the Indian Chief who has gotten better thanks to his new curandera (folk remedy doctor) and he’s asking her for something else. Not for his sickness but for his anger (coraje) because he hasn’t been able to find the woman who killed his son. He has to find her and take her life as a blood debt. The curandera looks nervous. Maybe there is professional courtesy among curanderas.
Back at Hacienda de Loco, DL is urging Angel to look for Emilio up higher in the mountains or in the ravine .” Angel comments that he thought that DL might have known something ... Emilio had been out all night and hadn’t returned. “What do you think?” asks DL “That I have him tied up in the basement, like he did to me?” Angel tries to speak again and DL cuts him off. He says he thinks “The girl left because she decided not to get married.” He had people out looking for her and he was sure they would find her soon. At the very least, he wanted her caught so that “the Captain” wouldn’t be blaming him. DL insinuates that Emilio and Alina went off together. Angel challenges this and says his brother would never break a promise. He mentions that Emilio is married and DL seems surprised by this information. Angel turns his horse and vows to keep informed about whether either Alina or his brother return to hacienda de Loco. After he leaves, DL makes a crack about how manly Emilio is next to his “dead faced” brother. DL walks back into the house. Orlando, watching, thinks that Angel and DL have cut some kind of deal. (llegaron a un allegro?). He is sure that DL is hiding something. [He’s wrong—DL is hiding everything!]
Alfonsina is in Mariana’s room, trying on Mariana’s clothes. She tells her that she’s going to take some for herself since Mariana is never going to use them again. Suddenly, there’s a knock at the window. It’s Hugo! They embrace and kiss eachother, right in front of Mariana. In a leather bag, he carries THE BOX. He gets it out and opens it for Alfonsina. Whatever the object is inside, it doesn’t glow anymore but it only takes one glance from anyone to know what it is and it’s significance. It’s very mysterious, already!!! We get the point.
Gaspar is with Tonkey in the cave. Tonkey starts barking and Gaspar tries to shut him up. Alina comes in. Perhaps that’s why Tonkey was making a fuss. Alina explains that Luba has gone to stay at Nora’s tonight to check on Emilio, and she will stay the night in the cave. Then they will switch off again in the Morning. Alina is sad.
Alfonsina and Hugo are jubilant about the contents of THE BOX. Hugo says that they’ll be able to get a lot of money for it from DL. He asks Alfonsina if DL knows of it’s existence. Alfonsina says she’ll try to find out. They scurry off. Mariana thought bubbles her confusion and wonder at what can be inside THE BOX!
Back to Luba, sleeping in a chair and Emilio on his small bed. Luba wakes up with a premonition that something bad is about to happen with THE BOX.
Over at Edelmira’s, Grani is sweeping the floor and Santos/Jacinto is there asking for information. Grani tells him that they guy who was asking about him the other day was back. Santos/Jacinto starts asking questions about “Captain Valtierra” and if the guy worked for him, or if he had been there. Grani explains that Edelmira’s is not the kind of place he’d hang out. “And why do you want so much information about Captain Valtierra anyway?” Santos/Jacinto explains that a guy named “Jaime” who works at La Rinconada told him that Captain Valtierra wanted to kill him. Grani is impactado. But then everything seems to make him impactado.
Over at la Rinconada, the SA (who has changed her outfit to a long, black, sequined “Dragon Lady” dress) confronts Maximo. “Your employee was hunting around in my room.” Max tries to calm her down by telling her that he’s decided to accept her proposal. He wants to begin their courtship. This sends the SA into a tizzy.Grani and Santos/Jacinto are still talking. S/J says he doesn’t know who Captain Valtierra wants to kill him and asks Grani. Grani doesn’t know and when S/J tells him that Jaime is the one filling him in, Grani says to trust him. “He’s a good guy, good to his wife. I never see him here.”
Nora is outside hanging around when Adela brings a bundle of wood. Adela asks her why she’s not inside. Adela guesses that she wants to avoid Luba and all talk about THE BOX. Nora agrees, she’s afraid of Luba.
Luba’s got problems of her own. She’s fanning herself with a letter that apparently Emilio gave her to take to San Mateo. She suddenly says aloud. “I can’t leave the mountain!” She’s thinking about the chief and how he would find her and kill her and Gaspar.” She wakes Emilio and tells him she can’t take the letter. Emilio is impactado into the commercial. Over at the cave, Gaspar is giving Alina a flower. Gaspar fills Alina in about Orlando’s visit and how he almost killed him. Alina is sad when she finds out that Orlando is still out looking for her. “How long am I going to have to hide?”
Emilio begs Luba to take the letter. She’s the only one who can do it. Luba suggests that Nora and Adela are equally trustworthy but Emilio is unwilling to take the risk. He trusted Orlando and then he betrayed him with Alina. Luba tries to explain to him that Adela is very solid (es de ley) but Emilio tells her that if she can’t deliver the letter, she must return it to him “and no help will ever come for Alina.” Luba’s eyes get big and round at the threat.
The guys working out in the cafetal are taking a water break. One guy asks where old Jeremías is. Another guy answers that he’s been missing for days. Even his wife doesn’t know where he is. “Ah, he finally got lost for good!” They have a laugh. [At first, I thought…what the heck...this scene makes no sense here! But we segue in the next scene to Elias in the prison. Suddenly it doesn’t look so out of place---two people in SE are missing now, since the fire. Dr. Love and that old sinvergüenza would-be rapist Jeremías. Wanna guess which one died in the fire and which one is paying the jailors to keep Elias from getting killed?]The crazy guy who tried to kill him earlier sits down across from Elias at dinner. Elias tries to get away from him but the crazy guy says he just wants to talk. He says he won’t try to hurt him again, since he knows that he’s got the jailors paid off. But “where there’s money…that’s where I am.” Elias tells him he isn’t paying anyone. “Then someone on the outside is” says the crazy guy. “You probably know who he is.” The crazy guy wants him to ask the guy for more money or he’ll tell the authorities about this guy. ??? Not sure what kind of a threat this is since “the authorities” are the ones getting the lana.In the next scene we see a hotel counter and a guy in a black hat comes up to the counter guy and hands him a wad of bills. He’s staying another night. Also, if anyone asks for him, tell them he’s not there. His name? Ricardo Fonseca. It’s Dr. Love! He’s dressed in black with a black hat. He seems to have lost the bow tie and acquired a plaid shirt, a bolo tie, dark glasses and some stubble. He’s no Castulo but at least he fits in a little better out here in macholand. Back to the cafetal—the workers are cutting with machetes, when suddenly one of them cuts himself. The foreman pours water over it but it’s a nasty cut. Don’t worry, he says, we have a curandera. Her name is Luba. Suddenly the guy straightens up. He’s the friend of the Chief!
At Nora’s Luba is having another one of her premonitions that something bad is going to happen. She can’t decide what to do with the letter. Emilio asks her again what she’s going to do. She decides she will go. Emilio says he’s glad that the letter is in her hands. The chiefs’s bud asks a bunch of questions about Luba and the Foreman obligingly fills in details about where she lives, her son, etc. “I’ll take you there later” he obligingly says. He offers to let the wounded man rest but the guy says he can still work.
Over at Hacienda de Loco, Don Loco and Sergio are in conversation. Or rather DL is ranting and Sergio is listening. He’s ticked that Orlando and Angel are still looking for Emilio. He’s wishing he would turn up dead already so that they would give up. [I think he calls Angel “a worm ridden beggar”—“un mendigo lombriciente”] Sergio offers to kill them both. DL says he’ll take care of it. With more subtlety apparently. His only worry is that Soledad find out and it impede their reconciliation. Sergio asks if all of that is just an act to get Soledad. DL says at first it was, but now he really does want to get back with her.
At la Rinconada. The SA is holding Thelma’s baby (who has grown a lot, by the way ) and rocking him in her arms while recounting the story of Don Max’s acceptance. We’re going to start going out! (Vamos a empezarrrrr a salirrrrrr!) Thelma, still in bed, looks disgusted and tells her she’s nuts. Orlando comes in and shuts the door, which pops open again, cheapo telenovela set door that it is. Orlando also looks disgusted. He tells Thelma that he couldn’t find Emilio anywhere, nor Flor, and he’s sure that DL is holding them both. He has no proof, just a feeling. Thelma says she’s sure that Emilio is in trouble.
Meanwhile, Emilio is with Luba. He’s getting ancy to see Alina because he wants to apologize to her for the millionth time. Luba is getting yet another premonition. This time when she looks at the letter, she drops a bucket and nearly faints. Emilio asks her what’s wrong. Luba brushes it off. Then he asks when she’s going to San Mateo. Luba tells him, “when you are better.”
Santos/Jacinto is creeping around La Rinconada. He finds the open carriage and hides inside when he hears people coming. It’s Jaime and Castulo. Jaime props a shotgun against the carriage and they converse about the missing Emilio. Vera shows up and tells Jaime that she’s made his favorite mole. Castulo says “Let’s eat!” and runs off to the house. Jaime says disgustedly to Vera, “Who invited him?” They leave the shotgun behind. Next, Angel and Ifigenio come up to the carriage. They are talking about their search when suddenly Santos/Jacinto stands up and grabs the shotgun, saying “you don’t have to look any farther for me, I’m right here.” Angel and Ifigenio are surprised AND impactado to say the least.
Back in the cave, Alina is helping prepare some stuff for Luba to treat Emilio when Don Loco comes sauntering in. He asks where Luba is and Alina tells him she went to gather firewood. DL asks Gaspar to beat it so that he can talk to Alina alone. Gaspar leaves and takes Tonkey with him. DL tells Alina to come with him, he’s going to take her to her mother. “Why? Did something happen?” asks Alina. Don Loco tells her that she’s got to convince her mother that she’s preparing everything for her wedding. Alina is impactado. And yes, as Chris noted the pattern, in this final scene, we get a shot of Alina’s cleavage peeking out from her unbuttoned plaid shirt.
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