Caray, Caray!

Greetings folks, you may have noticed that Yo Amo a Juan Querendón is preempted tonight. I've tried to keep track of our vocab words and phrases (LOTS of slang phrases and dichos) from the show so I will post what I have so far instead of a recap.

Labels: Juan, Vocabulary

Previously on Amar Sin Limites: We met a bunch of people I'm having a hard time keeping straight today :) We begin back where we left off, with Azul trying to get Diego to open the shop early so she can get a suit for Mauricio. Diego says he won't help her because she's a liar. She apologizes for lying and he asks after her disabled daughter. She explains that she's in a big hurry, but we hear "ay, yi, yi, help me!" from inside the store. Diego goes off to help his second desperate woman of the day (wow, and the shop's not even open yet), one of the employees who's being attacked by a mannequin (yeah, they can be vicious). He goes back to Azul and tells her he can't help her, but she swears it'll won't take "nadita" (a little nothing--in other words she won't take long). He laughs at "nadita" and asks exactly how long that is. She talks him into it and he asks what she needs. Just as she says she needs a suit, the phone rings. It's Diego's mom on the phone wanting to know how he is since he left so early in the morning. He tells her he's fine and he'll call her later. He heads back to Azul, but Don Chucho (one of the three wise men from upstairs) gives him Doctor Ortiz's pants that are supposed to be picked up that morning and can Diego put a dust cover on them. Diego leaves the pants on the counter and goes over to attend to Azul, who has picked out a suit, but can't decide on the color. He asks if it's for an older person and before she can answer, he's interrupted again by another employee asking where to put the shirts. He tells the guy to put them on the display over there and turns his attention back to Azul, trying to figure out who the suit is for. He apologizes, saying the store's a disaster area before they're actually open (ha! That's what he gets for being distracted by the pretty instead of sticking to his guns about not being open yet!). A delivery guy is up next, asking Diego to sign a receipt. Azul then hightails it out of the shop, saying she's running late. Well, we've now established that these two have some chemistry and that the store can't function without Diego's attention. Moving on… At Casa Diego, Mama is making coffee and Papa asks where Diego is. She says he's already left. Did he have breakfast? Mama doesn't know, he was already gone when she woke up. Papa asks if she's feeling bad. Mama says, "I'm tired of you always blaming my illness, can't I be feeling bad for things that have nothing to do with my health?" Papa is cowed now and gives a "Yes, it's just…" "Do you remember what happened last night? Do you realize what you said to Diego?" "The truth, I told him the truth, that he's an inutil at 30 years old, that he still doesn't know what he wants out of life. Or are you going to tell me that's not true?" ("Inutil" meaning "useless"; what Papa said literally was "he's a useless"; it's an adjective, but put an article in front of it and you can use it as a noun.) Nope, that's not the answer Mama was looking for. "You told him that for us it was a nightmare that he'd come back." "It's true," Papa says, "We have our life organized, we have our ways of doing things, and 'that' shows up again." "'THAT'? He's our son! I'd rather he be here with us in that messy room than out on the street living with who knows who, or where." Papa caves and, for Mama, to make her feel better, he agrees to play nice. Azul's at the bank, wondering why her card won't work. The answer: It's an additional card and the main cardholder hasn't paid the bill for six months. Grouchy Scientist Dad (see above re: main cardholder) is in his lab showing off his fencing foil to a fellow lab rat. He then wields it at another fellow lab rat holding a beaker of a greenish-brown liquid. Lab Rat #2 calls GSD "Robin Hood". GSD objects, saying that Robin Hood used arrows and that the lab rat can call him D'Artagnan or Cyrano de Bergerac. Back at the suit shop, Mama has come to visit Diego at work. She compliments him on how handsome he looks in a suit (yeah, she's right, he cleans up good…sigh). She wants to talk about what happened last night with Papa. She doesn't want them to go on the way they've been. Papa says things without thinking and later he's sorry. Diego tells her even she doesn't believe that. She tells him she doesn't want his homecoming to be like this and she wants him to promise he'll try to get along with his dad and that he'll talk to him. He says does want to talk to his dad because he's got stuff to say to him. He says he respects what Papa says because he's his dad, but he wishes Papa would look in the mirror and realize he's imperfect just like everyone else, and that he would be closer to them (the whole family, I presume). He tells Mama not to worry about it any more and that he's got to keep chambeando (working; "chambear" is a new one for me, but I notice Azul's roommate has also used it) so she should go home. He says it nicely, though, tells her he loves her kisses her hand. He calls her "jefa" which literally means "boss [lady]," but using "jefa" and "jefe" for parents is an acceptable usage and not necessarily disrespectful depending on how you say it. At Casa Millionario, Azul is complaining to Mauricio that she made un ridiculo ("a ridiculous"; see above re: adjectives used as nouns) in front of the bank employee and then it turned out that GSD hasn't paid the bill in six months. Mauricio tells her it's her dad's problem and she shouldn't get anxious like that; let dad live how he likes or how he can, Mauricio and Azul will do their own thing. He tells her not to worry about money because he'd proposed that they work together on that project. He says whatever he makes every day is hers too. She thanks him, but says she doesn’t think her dad will accept the job. Mauricio fakes like he doesn't care one way or the other. He's convincing too. Conniving, two-faced liar that he is. He says one shouldn't mix business and personal, but he and Azul are "different". He says she's the perfect person to manage Personnel and he's going to have a business credit card issued to her. She objects, but I'm like, "hey, girlfriend, take it!" Diego is packing up to leave the house. He goes downstairs with his bag, appears to have forgotten something, runs back upstairs, and then runs back down when he hears knocking. It's papa coming in the front door. I have no idea what all the running up and down stairs was about. Papa asks where he's going and asks him to take his bag back upstairs. Diego gets all pouty and says it's better for everyone if he leaves, he's got somewhere to stay, don't worry about him. Papa says he should stay and quit playing the victim as if Papa had run him off. Diego says he did run him off last night. Papa wants to drop it, but Diego repeats the stuff Papa said last night. They get back on that argument again and Papa says maybe he didn't express himself well and maybe Diego misunderstood him. Diego says that's the problem, he's never understood Papa. These two are going to drive me nuts! Papa asks Diego to stay again; Diego says he'd rather leave; Papa tells him to stay…for MAMA (ooh, playing the Mom Card); Diego tells him the constant fighting isn't good for him, or Papa, or Mama (or me! Add me to the list!), but it looks like he's giving in. Mama is at school, tutoring a kid with a broken leg. The kid's mom comes up and Mama tells her the kid's smart; she replies that he's got such a good teacher. The kid's mom doesn't know how to pay her for what she's doing for the kid. Mama says with the tamales (mmm, tamales!) the kid's mom's been bringing she feels quite well paid, and besides it's the government who pays her. The kid's mom says they pay her "repoquito" (very, very little; poco = little; the "-ito" suffix means "little"; stick "re-" in front of anything and it means "very" or "way" as in the sentence "Diego es rechulo," meaning "Diego's way cute!"). Mama has some kind of a pain and sits down. The kid's mom and the kid wonder what's wrong, but Mama plays it off like it's nothing, she just got a little dizzy. A woman with lovely curly hair that I covet asks Azul about her thesis. Aha! So Azul's a grad student. Her advisor (I'm guessing) says she was reading over what Azul's done so far and the topic looks good, but the planteamiento (the approach; in this context, I think she means her thesis proposal) is weak and lacks definition (okay, so she's probably not done a good job of clearly stating her research question…what? I'm taking a research methods class this semester, I can't help it!). Azul says it's that she doesn't have a lot of time, she's doing a thousand things. Her advisor says it shows, it looks like she did it in a hurry. She asks why Azul doesn't start over from scratch. She reminds Azul that she's got two materias (classes) left to get her psych degree. Azul finally says her advisor's name, Emilia (thank you!) and tells her she was thinking…. Emilia tells her to focus on her thesis and think of other things later; Azul's smart, it would be a shame if she ended up doing a mediocre job on it. At the pool hall, Diego and his buddy are playing dominos. The owner comes up and calls them her "misery" duet. She puts the place in their hands. The buddy flirts with her and she tells him she won't raise his salary. They joke about how she pays him "una miseria" (a pittance; another adjective-as-noun) and that's why they're her "misery" duet. Emilia is in…her other office?...sitting at a desk writing while she talks to a woman in green who's standing behind her. The woman in green admires the painting on the wall. Emilia says she put it up when… and then changes her mind about what she was going to say and says it hasn't been up a year yet. The woman in green says she's happy to be in Emilia's house and Emilia says she's happy too and hands the woman in green a receta (I'm going to guess a prescription rather than a recipe, given Emilia's profession, but we really don't know). The woman in green thanks her. Diego's telling his buddy about meeting Azul that morning. He says she had "su caracter" (her character; a strong character). The buddy says "even though she was arrogant?" Diego says he loves "viejas" like that. Viejas literally means "old women" and this is another one of those words that has many different meanings based on the context and the tone. He's obviously talking about women in general. It can also be used in the singular to mean one's mother or one's wife (as in "my old lady") and you can use the masculine the same way ("mi viejo" to mean "my dad" or "my husband"). Generally speaking, I consider it disrespectful, but again, context matters and tone matters and who one is calling a "viejo" or "vieja" matters. And, wow am I going on and on about the vocab tonight. Anyway, Diego continues saying he likes strong, secure women. His buddy jokes that Diego just likes women in general. Diego objects, saying he doesn't like them "all", especially not other men's women (an odd thing to say, but he's got to say it now so it can come back to bite him later) because he doesn't like to get into "camisa de once varas" (literally "shirt of eleven sticks"; he means "get into trouble"). His buddy asks, "Even if they look like the girl from this morning?" Heh. Diego looks pensive. It should be noted that Diego and his buddy refer to each other as "viejo". Azul is back at home, working on something. Her roomie is home early since work was slow. Azul shows her the organizational chart she was working on for Mauricio's company. She wants to make some structural changes. She tells her roomie she's going to go work with Mauricio because it's the best thing to do. The next day (I'm guessing based on wardrobe changes), Diego and his buddy are back at the pool hall eating some lentils that Isela (lovely owner of the pool hall) made. The buddy tells her they're "succulent" like Isela is. Oh, what a flirt. She chases him off to go take care of some customers and then sits with Diego and asks him how he is. She says his eyes aren't sparkling. He tells her it's his dad and repeats all the stuff his dad said the first night he came home. She tells him his dad won't change. She tells him he can come back and stay there any time he likes. He declines and says it hurts that his dad has such a low opinion of him. Then he starts in with "maybe he's right", but Isela's not buying that any more than I am. She tells him he's just had some bad luck and says if there's anything she can do to help him, she will. He tells her she's maaaahvelous. Diego's Mama comes into his room and is pleased to see that he's moved back in (I think they messed up the timeline a bit here--shouldn't she have found out he moved back in the previous day?). She goes down to the kitchen and sits down at the table with another mystery pain. Papa calls to her that the novela has already started. She's breathing through the pain as Papa comes into the kitchen and asks what happened and whether she's feeling bad. He asks what's up now. She says "I'm tired of you. The only thing it occurs to you to do is follow me around asking if I feel bad. What are you? My husband or my nurse?" She walks out of the kitchen as Papa stands there looking confused. Diego's sister (I think) comes into an office. Her boss looks at the time and says if he'd realized how late it was, he would have told her to go home. He offers to take her home since she stayed so late and asks when Paco's coming to fix the computer (answer: tomorrow or the day after, since he's actually been busy with work, thankfully). She accepts his offer of a ride home ("It really wouldn't be too much trouble?") and then we see Boss Man on the phone to his wife while he stands next to his car, trying to convince her to come to dinner with them. She's not interested though. He gets in the car. Diego, who from the looks of the lighting, has been at the pool hall all day, is still getting Isela's version of a pep talk ("Don't be stupid!"). She tells him he should prove his dad wrong. He says he's not sure his dad is wrong. She's had enough of his whining by now and says she's not sure either, hombrecito (little man), and walks off. At the restaurant, Boss Man and Little Sister have finished dinner. LS plays with her coffee as BM (ha!) drones on and on about how his family's fortune got squandered away. He asks if he's boring her, but she says "no," so he continues…let that be a lesson to all of us! He finishes his story, asks about boring her again, gets a "no" again, and then tells her he has something to tell her, since the wine has given him confidence. He tells her (Lidia is her name) that she's beautiful. Diego comes home and hears someone singing in the kitchen. Looks like Abuelo (grandfather)has come to visit. They're both really happy to see each other and Diego weeps like a baby on Abuelo's shoulder. Abuelo tells him, literally, to cry 'till he's dry. Silvana (formerly the woman in green) is fixing up her bed on Emilia's couch and thanking her again. Emilia says she's not only her therapist she's also her sister-in-law. Or at least, she was until (from what I can put together from the conversation) Hugo, her brother, left Silvana after the death of their child. He hasn't talked to Emilia since he went to the hospital to tell Silvana he was leaving her, although even Emilia isn't clear about exactly who doesn't want to talk to whom. Emilia says that everyone dealt with what happened as best they could, but the hardest part fell to Silvana and Hugo, "you te derrumbaste ("you had a breakdown") and Hugo distanced himself from everyone." Diego is apologizing for his weeping and Abuelo wants to know what's up. Diego says he feels alone since Valeria…Abuelo guesses that Valeria left Diego. Diego tells him about the money and coming home and arguing with Papa. Abuelo's heard the last part of that story before, from the look on his face. He asks about Valeria and the money and Diego tells him it was the rent money plus all his savings. Abuelo utters his favorite exclamation "Valgame Dios" ("God save me!"; all-purpose expression of surprise). Diego says Abuelo's the only one who really understands him. Abuelo reminds him that "la suerte está echada" (the die is cast; your fate is written; que será, será). Abuelo offers to lend Diego money, but Diego says it's enough that Abuelo is there for him, he feels better just seeing Abuelo. Diego says he's got a lot he wants to tell him, but they've got time and besides, they're stuck sharing a room. Diego weeps again at how happy he is to see his grandfather. Back at the restaurant, Lidia's not bothered by what her boss said to her. He wonders if people will think it's the usual "boss and secretary" thing and Lidia says she doesn't care what people think and besides, they're not doing anything wrong (okay, she's obviously playing out of a different moral rulebook than mine; on the other hand they haven't done anything but eat dinner…yet!). She says they're just having dinner and since they work so closely together they really should get along. He says the boss-secretary relationship is important since they spend all day together. She helps him, she listens to him…she understands him. Lidia says they only talk about work and she doesn't know how he is outside of the office. He says that's why it's good they're getting to know each other in a different way. She says she admires him, he's a smart man, she'd like to be like him *giggle* (her, not me) and they're not doing anything wrong and if they manage it well nothing will happen. He says after they finish their cigarettes he'll take her home. Uh-huh. In the kitchen of Casa Diego, Abuelo brings salt and lime to the table. Abuelo knows how to par-tay! Diego pours the tequila shots as he tells Abuelo that he had this crazy fantasy that when he came home they'd welcome him with open arms (okay, I wouldn't call that a crazy fantasy, per se, except that if his father's always been this way then Diego should have known what to expect). Abuelo asks if his daughter was also rude to Diego and Diego says no, she's so good and sometimes she's so good she lets Papa step all over her (wow, the family dynamics going on here and each person's perception of how the family operates is just fascinating to watch…okay, I'm being a psych nerd again, sorry…carry on). Abuelo says Mama never had a very strong character (oh, I beg to differ!) and that's why Diego, as the son, should have done something. Diego tells Abuelo that Mama must have done something because Papa asked him to stay and they have a laugh at the image of Papa "begging" Diego to stay. Abuelo says he never liked Papa as a son-in-law, but Mama picked him. (Dude, you're not helping.) Abuelo asks what Diego will do now and Diego says he'll stay there until either he or his dad can't take it anymore, but he says he'd like to stay close since Mama hasn't been doing well lately. Abuelo asks if she's sick and what with, but Diego doesn't know. Abuelo gives another "Valgame Dios!" and says it's a good idea he came to visit since he's got a lot of things to fix…starting with Diego needing to toughen up and not let anyone take advantage of him again. He tells Diego "Pa' los toros del Jaral, los caballos de allá mismo" which means "For the bulls from el Jaral (a famous hacienda in Guanajuato), the horses from there too"; in other words, stick to your own kind (thank you, Internet! The idiomatic phrases tonight are running me in circles!). Abuelo is talking about Valeria ("that vieja") running off with all Diego's money. Diego says that's not going to happen again. Mama and Papa come home with rotisserie chicken (which Abuelo calls "burnt chicken"). Papa tells Abuelo that his daugher's not going to give him the pleasure of cooking for him. Mama says to ignore him, he's jealous. Papa says, "look at the chillon (the wailer; the whiner) how his face has changed because his Abuelito arrived." Diego and Abuelo just look at each other and laugh. Azul visits GSD in his lab and slaps a folder down on the counter next to GSD's microscope. GSD tells her to be careful because "this is very delicate". He asks what it is and she tells him it's the payment of his debt for the credit card plus all the interest. He asks her why she paid it. She's like, "Duh! Cause otherwise we'd have lost our account at the bank and the apartment, that's all." He brushes it off, "oh, it sounds like you're exaggerating". She says she's tired of taking care of his stuff and why isn't he capable of being responsible for himself. (observation: Azul and Diego both have daddy issues. Just saying.) He asks what she's talking about (and he's not even bothering to look at her by this point). She says she's talking about paying his debts, that if he wants to spend all his money, that's his affair, but he needs to start being responsible because she doesn't want to spend the little that she's saved paying off his debts. She starts crying and reminds him she doesn't have a job. Okay, now she's got his attention again. She reminds him that her savings are for her to live off of until she has a job. He asks if she doesn't still have the money her mother left her. She tells him her mother left them both money and he spent all his on his lab with the argument that the government hadn't helped him. He asks her not to speak to him in that tone of voice because he's her father and he's not going to tolerate her rudeness. She says, "Oh, now I'M being rude?" He says he gets it, she's trying to pressure him to go work for her "beloved Marcelo". "Mauricio!" "Yeah, I know, Mauricio, Marcelo it's all the same to me." She says that everything she tells him goes in one ear and out the other. He says fine, his name is Mauricio and he's saved it to the hard drive (he points to his head) in a folder with the label "my daughter's boyfriend". She tells him all she wants is for him to be the dad and her to be the kid and she cries that she's tired of things going on this way. He says he knows he's not the dad she wants, but he's the one she's got and he loves her, "come on, now, a smile…" he lifts the corners of her mouth saying, "this one this way and that one that way." Eh, he can be charming when he wants to. They both cry and hug and say they love each other. Mauricio's henchman has brought him an invoice or purchase order of some sort. Mauricio asks about the taxes on some of the chemicals and Hench says he'll have an answer from the importer by tomorrow at the latest. Mauricio wants to know what happened with Benjamin (the guy he fired the day before). Hench says there are some problems, but the lab can't stay empty and he thinks Mauricio should put more pressure on GSD. Mauricio says to leave it to him and not worry. Diego's Mama has gone to the doctor. The doctor says it's strange that she came by herself. She says she doesn't feel well and she has a presentimiento (she's got a baaaad feeling about something). The dramatic music agrees with her. Silvana is…somewhere…an outdoor mercado, looks like. She's wearing sunglasses and has her hair covered with a scarf. She stops outside a store with a sign that says they rent tables and chairs. The scene cuts to her taking a bag of something and stuffing it in her purse, then handing a man a piece of paper or maybe some money. It's all shot from overhead, so it's kind of hard to tell what's going on. She walks back in the direction she came from. Mauricio has come to GSD's lab. GSD doesn't look pleased. He asks what Mauricio's doing there and whether Azul sent him to convince GSD to take the job. Mauricio says he was just in the neighborhood and stopped by to see if GSD wanted to grab a coffee. GSD says coffee wouldn't be bad, but it's got to be quick because he's got a ton of stuff to do. Fellow Lab Rat answers a ringing phone and tells GSD (Alfredo) the call's for him, it's a Benjamin Franco. Alfredo has no idea who that is…but we do! Lab Rat says it's the third time he's called. Alfredo answers the phone and Benjamin says "you don't know me, but I want to talk to you about Mauricio Duarte." Alfredo (and I swear, I don’t know if he really didn't get what the guy was saying or if he was playing dumb) says "Mauricio Duarte? Oh, he's right here, let me pass him the phone." Mauricio looks confused, but comes over to get the phone, puts on a big fake smile and says "of course, Benjamin Franco." He answers the phone and says "Hi, Benjamin, how'd you find out I was here and why didn't you call my cell?" Poor Benjamin looks freaked out and hangs up the phone. Alfredo asks who it was. Mauricio says it was someone he had worked with for a long time, but isn't it weird that the guy found him here and is Alfredo sure he doesn't know Benjamin? Alfredo says he doesn't and Mauricio just smiles. He probably thinks Benjamin now won't tell Alfredo about…whatever it is he was going to tell him. That he was unfairly fired by Mauricio? What Mauricio's evil plan is? Nah, if he knew that I have a feeling Mauricio wouldn't have told Hench to get rid of him "nicely". Silvana and Emilia are in her office. Silvana says she feels strange, maybe because she imagined "it" would be more difficult, that she wouldn't be able to go on. "The truth is that I'm surprised by how good I feel." Emilia asks what she doubted, her strength? Silvana says maybe and that now she feels supported but it keeps hurting. Emilia tells her it will take time. Silvana says she knows, but today she felt relief. She thinks that at some point she'll feel less anxiety and she'll be able to feel other things again. Emilia beams at her. At Lidia's office, her boss arrives and they give each other flirty "hello"s. Then the boss takes her hand, kisses it, and leads her away from her desk where they passionately…rub noses. Yep, that's it, nose rubbing. But I swear, it was the naughtiest thing…so much for "we're not doing anything wrong." Rubbing noses doesn't sound so bad on paper, but the way they looked at each other, come on! They hear someone coming into the office and guiltily separate (see, guilt! It's got to come from somewhere!). It's Paco, who's come to fix the computer. Lidia looks a little bit of a lot of things: guilty, confused, in need of a cold shower. Azul is going back to the suit shop. And oh, look, there's Diego coming down the stairs. I bet she didn't think he'd be there *wink, wink*. He says, "don't tell me, you're super busy…but at least this time when you leave say goodbye in a nicer way, yeah?" She apologizes for being rude on the previous visit and the female employee behind the desk gives Diego knowing looks behind Azul's back. Azul semi-breathlessly says she's got a lot more time today. Behind her back, Diego's coworker is signaling to him that he needs to say something. Diego tells Azul they've changed things around a bit and the suit she was looking at is upstairs. He lets her go up the stairs first so he can give a double thumbs up to his coworker behind Azul's back (and probably because he wants to watch her walk up the stairs--oh, come on, you were thinking it too). The coworker's got her hands up like "Dude, you are the luckiest man on the planet. How'd you get so lucky?" Diego tells Azul it's good she's got more time today, she can take her time choosing. He pulls out the jacket she'd been looking at, but she says she's not sure why she liked it now that she looks at it again and she needs something nicer, for a formal party. He says what she needs is an "esmoquín" (a tux). He pulls one out for her to look at and tells her it's made of this really great Italian fabric that never wrinkles. "Never wrinkles," she breathes. "Never." Wow, wrinkle-free fabric never sounded so sexy. Makes me want to do laundry just thinking about it. He asks who it's for. Aha, he's fishing for "do you have a boyfriend, yes or no?" But she says "for someone about your age. He's not really formal, but he's a little bit conservative." Nice dodge there, Azul! Diego pulls out a different jacket, proclaiming it to be a cut and color for more conservative tastes…special guarantee. She says it looks good, but it's difficult for her to imagine what it would look like on "him." Diego pulls a shirt off the shelf above, says "well," puts his hand up for her to wait, and walks off. She's just standing there saying "what?" I have to give my husband props for saying it was like the reverse of a guy going into a lingerie store and saying "You look like you're about my wife's/girlfriend's size, would you try this on for me?" Azul, however, is so smooth she didn't even have to ask. Girl's got mad skillz. After he walks off, she puts on a pair of reading glasses. Diego comes back out of the dressing room wearing the tux and says "Let's see, how does it look?" Looks good from here…oh, wait, he was asking Azul. We get slo-mo looks of longing from both of them as the theme music plays. Diego walks over to her and gets her permission to wrap her in a large piece of red silk cloth (I guess they keep it around and cut pieces from it to do custom pocket squares? But why isn't it upstairs with the guys who do the actual sewing? Maybe I'm overthinking this.) He wraps it around her like it's a strapless formal dress, then he takes the clip out of her hair and uses it to secure the fabric. Then he turns her around and takes off her glasses. They're all up in each other's faces all breathy and who's-gonna-kiss-whom-first. He turns her back around and stands behind her so they can look at themselves in the mirror. He asks her if she can imagine it now and kisses her on the cheek. And we end on that note. I'm thinking future eps will need to be accompanied by white wine and/or chocolate :) It won't be showing on Thursday because of the Premios de Juventud, but join us again on Friday as Mauricio plots dastardly deeds and pretty, pretty people make googly eyes at each other in slow motion.

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Montero, Mariangel, Diego/Zorro, and the Queen all make it out of the river, but at separate points. The Queen seems to come out closest to the falls and she prays to God for Zorro’s protection. She is thankful that he helped to rescue her from Monty (not too impressive of a rescue if she’s fishing herself out of the river, IMO). Mangle drags herself ashore and senses that something isn’t quite right—I’d say!! There are creepy looking people hanging in the trees above her. She picks up a large stick for protection. Monty calls out for Mangle, then thinks of Diego, and laughs. He’s sure that Zorro must have died (he’s not been paying attention to this show, has he; nobody seems to be able to die on this show, unless they are a minor character). He finds Zorro’s mask and then he really gets happy—Diego de la Vega is dead!! Not so true, Diego also gets out of the river and realizes he’s not in friendly territory. Not again, he mutters, as he realizes he’s in the land of the Kalakala, aka the cannibals. He’s upset because he’s without weapons and without a mask; they are surely going to recognize him from last time. He is also being watched from the trees, but doesn’t seem all that concerned. He figures out that Monty and Mangle must have also washed ashore in this area (he’s not worried about the Queen because he’s read the script and knows that she came ashore further upstream). Diego takes off to look for M&M and he’s followed by the creepy cannibals (CC).

Meanwhile, back at the hacienda, Esmeralda, Dolores, and Almudena gush over the baby and rehash their mutual love. Esme tells the women that God has been good to her, she’s been through some bad times, but now everything seems to be looking up for her. Dolores asks Esme to forgive her for not taking good care of little Alejandro. Esme says the most important thing is that Tisha/Alejandrito is okay.

Padre Tomás, riding along in a cart, finds the Queen on the riverbank. He is happy that she is alive. She tells him it is all thanks to Zorro and she gives a quick rehash of what happened. She tells PT that Zorro fell over the waterfall and wonders why he’s been called a bandit when all he’s done is fight against injustice. PT is concerned for Zorro/Diego.

Mangle continues onward carrying her stick, while suspenseful music plays. The audience can see the CC up in the trees, but for some reason Mangle does not bother looking upward.

Diego spots Montero and follows him from higher ground. He jumps out to face his nemesis and says, “We meet again.”

Fernando and Sara Kali are meeting face to face for the first time since he tried to kill her. He tells her that he’s a changed man and seen the error of his ways. She tells him she doesn’t believe him and asks what he wants from her. FS tells her all he would like is forgiveness because he truly regrets what he’s done---hurting her and her people. SK isn’t buying this and she gives a mini rehash of all the terrible things Fernando’s done to her---most specifically separating her from her daughter. Fernando says she’s right, and she’s the only person who should be able to take his life. FS hands her his knife and asks her to end it. SK says she’s dreamed of this moment but that he doesn’t deserve her hate. She stabs the knife into the ground and tells him that she won’t hurt him, but neither will she forgive him. Sara Kali says that she won’t be Fernando’s judge, only God will do that. Therefore, he needs to ask God for forgiveness because she wants nothing more to do with him (Fernando, not God, just to be clear on that).

Renzo stops Ana Camila (NAC) from leaving. He tells his wife that Esme was just a fantasy/ an illusion. NAC is his reality and he’s willing to fight for her. NAC says he doesn’t have to, “you already had me at hello.” They make some cooing sounds at each other and they kiss. Right at this moment, Camba calls out and bursts through the trees. What good fortune!!! He happens to find them in that spot at just that time; it is almost as if things are wrapping up quite nicely---as we push all logic aside.

Cifuentes comes to see SAM. He tells the sergeant that the men are willing to follow him and that he’s heard the Queen has been rescued (news travels fast). Esme walks up on the two men talking and asks Cifuentes if he’s heard anything about Mangle and Monty. Cifuentes rehashes about the whole Zorro and Monty over the falls story. Esme looks concerned and SAM tells her that he’s seen Zorro get out of worse jams than this, so he’s sure he’ll be okay (does SAM know that Zorro is Diego? I don’t think so, but then wouldn’t he wonder why Esme is so concerned about the bandit and also wonder why Diego isn’t around---but that’s been a problem the whole time with the secret identity thing---why ask now, so near the end. Heck if no one figured out that Clark Kent was Superman only using glasses as a disguise, I guess them not figuring Diego as Zorro with a mask is just as plausible).

Esme asks Dena to look after Tisha. She’s got to go find Diego. Dena offers to come along, but Esme tells her that Bernardo will join her, so don’t worry. She heads to the Fox Cave and has Bernardo gather the weapons. Bernie wants to come look for Diego, and Esme says it will be dangerous. Bernie is insistent and Esme agrees to let him come along.

Diego tells Monty that he’s going to make him come back to LA with him and that they are in CC land and Monty doesn’t believe him. Monty thinks it is a trick on Diego’s part. Diego tells him that they are being watched. Monty pulls out a knife from his boot and lunges for Diego, who is able to disarm the man. The men start to fight and Diego gets the upper hand and tells Monty that he’ll make him go back to LA to face the consequences for his actions. Diego says Monty should cooperate or otherwise Diego’s face will be the last thing he sees before he dies.

A wounded Pizarro is riding through town on Tobias’s horse, trying to rally the troops. He tells the men that the time has come to kill Montero, to stop him from abusing the town further. Tobias, Catalina, and Agapito come out into the town square and see Piza. Tobi calls him a thief for stealing his horse and Agapito comments that Piza’s wound is so severe, surely he’ll be dead soon. Just then, someone comes running into the plaza and announces that the Queen is free and Montero is dead. The townspeople get excited and in their frenzy knock Piza off the horse. They start to beat him. Tobi comments that Piza is getting what he deserved, he always wanted to be like Monty and would have been equally as cruel to the people of LA if given the chance.

PT and TQ come across Alejandro, who is glad to see that la reina is alive. They rehash some about Zorro saving her (again, not that impressive of a rescue if you ask me). The Queen comments about how in America the bandits fight for justice and the military are really bandits. Alej says that he’s always admired Zorro and he asks the Queen’s permission to go search for him. PT says that he’s also sent some natives to find Zorro (PT’s been a busy man---but I wonder is this the help that the cloaked men said they’d send? Because I have to say, this also isn’t that impressive, or perhaps their idea of help was to send PT out in a cart looking for the Queen).

Monty picks up a stick and hits Diego with it. He taunts him, telling him about how he tortured a pregnant Esme and calls Diego weak without a mask. Monty grabs the knife that Diego knocked out of his hand and instead of taking care of Diego right then and there, Monty runs off into the jungle.

Esme and Bernie are on Zorro’s trail and they find his whip. Just a note here, Esme made a big deal of Bernie getting the weapons ready, but it appears that all she brought along was her crossbow. Not quite the arsenal expected by the audience, I’m sure.

The Queen returns to LA with Padre Tomás. The people rejoice and throw flowers. It looks like the prisons are emptied (or at least there are some people walking around with shackles on their wrists, maybe the prisoners are happy, too).

Monty comes across a few CCs and he kills them (they are minor characters, therefore they can die). One of them he throws into the river and apparently there is a colony of piranhas, another unknown fact about early 1800s Los Angeles. Just when it appears that Monty might be what’s on the menu, Diego shows up and saves the day. Monty, in a fighting mood, takes on Diego and says that there is no way he’ll allow Diego to turn him into the authorities. They struggle and Diego ends up stabbing Monty in the gut with the knife, saying, “I told you my face would be the last thing you see before you die.” Diego, just for a good finish, throws Monty into the river where he is devoured by the piranhas (he’s not quite dead as this is happening, so our villain seems to be getting his just desserts--surely he's dead by the end of their feeding frenzy, but then again, this is Zorro where no one dies).

Meanwhile, Mangle is surrounded by the cannibals and she screams. Diego hears this and it appears he’s going to rescue her (it can’t be any better of a rescue attempt than his one for the Queen, I mean he doesn’t even like Mangle so why even put his neck out there).

Maria Pia tells Dena that she’s leaving the hacienda to go be with Fernando. She’s afraid that Diego and Alej will not forgive the man she loves, so she’s going to banish herself from the house. Dena tells her to give Alej and Diego a chance to forgive Fernando.

NAC and Renzo dine with Camba. Camba demonstrates that he’s picked up little Spanish. He calls NAC by name and calls her amiga. Somehow, NAC is able to figure out that Camba’s gestures indicate that he’s going to look for his people in the hills (isn’t he a slave from Africa? Wouldn’t that mean he’d have to go back there to find them? Oh well, when has geography gotten in the way of telling this story). Camba gives NAC a handmade cross and he jumps into the river and swims away (wait, be careful Camba, there are piranhas in that water!! Or maybe it is just one of the many bodies of water around LA, this one could be piranha free). He swims and finds the Amazon women. He’s quite happy, and snogs with two of them.

NAC and Renzo decide they’ll leave the gypsy camp and go it on their own. Renzo is sure that Jonas, Suzi, and Sara Kali will understand because love changes the rules.

Diego, in his search for Mangle, is surrounded by a group of CC. One throws a spear at him and impressively, Diego catches the spear and uses it in his defense. He’s doing a fairly good job of keeping the CCs away, because they only seem to attack one at a time. Just when it looks like our hero might succumb to being outnumbered, Esme and her crossbow arrive in the nick of time. This is just the break that Diego needed!!! Good thing he can hold them off again by himself because Esme and Bernie just give each other a look---which I read to say, “look at him, just out here doing his crazy Zorro stuff, oh well, boys will be boys.” Another thing to note here, Diego was tossing some of the CC into the water, and low and behold no piranhas. It appears just that small little section of water was piranha infested. ***Please see the end of this recap for some truths about piranhas.

The Queen (all decked out in her queenly garb) goes to see el Duco (DJ) in chains. She tells him that she trusted him and he betrayed that trust. DJ smugly tells her that he kept her in power and she asks, at what price? TQ says that she suspects he had something to do with the king’s death and DJ admits he did it. He goes on to say that the king was weak and his dying words were her name. TQ asks about her cousins, the Mayorgas. DJ calls them disgusting people who would have brought about the ruin of Spain. They wanted to give power to the people, and the nobility wouldn’t stand for it. The Queen is incensed and she tells DJ that she will not order his execution. Instead, she tells him that he will spend the remainder of his years imprisoned wearing an iron mask just like he made her cousin, Sara Kali, wear for so many years. DJ’s not so smug now.

Laisha somehow is brought to Jonas (another one of those loose ends that needs tying up, but seems to come out of no where). He asks her if she betrayed the gitanos, her own people. Laisha tries to explain what happened and blames SK, an outsider, for Miguel’s death. Jonas tells her that Miguel willingly gave his life for SK because she has given all she has to the gitanos. Jonas tells Laisha her name will be erased from the tribe and that she must go out and find her own way to survive. He tells her that her punishment will be “to become what you hate, an outsider to her own people."

Mangle is surrounded and captured. The CCs start to sniff their evening meal as they tie her down.

Bernie, Esme, and Diego successfully chase off the CC. They discuss Diego’s wounds and how the two arrived in the nick of time. Just then, Alejandro arrives and is surprised to see that Diego, his son, is Zorro. END OF EPISODE

Link to website telling how the piranha myth was created (same story I read at the St. Louis Zoo when I was a child): http://www.angelfire.com/biz/piranha038/mythpira.html

Are there piranhas in the US? Quote from Wikipedia:

“Piranhas are found only in the Amazon basin, in the Orinoco, in rivers of the Guyanas, in the Paraguay-Paraná, and in the São Francisco River systems; some species of piranha have extremely broad geographic ranges, occurring in more than one of the major basins mentioned above, whereas others appear to have much more limited distributions.[2] However, piranha (inevitably former aquarium-dwellers) have been introduced into parts of the United States, even being occasionally found in the Potomac River, but they typically do not survive the cold winters of that region.[3] Recently a piranha was caught by a fisherman in the Catawba River in North Carolina. [4] This is the first known case in North Carolina and possibly in the region.”

So the answer is yes, but it is a modern introduction.

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Silvia and Larry are trying to get out of the kidnapping situation by passing a note to a woman who happens to have come in. It seems that they are in the back room of an auto repair shop, and a woman has come in for repairs. Pancho has had to pretend to try to fix her car.

Pedro keeps up the Max charade with Diana, but she is still skeptical. His tale is that when he was in the manicomio, he was the one to be surprised when his new roommate looked just like his grandson Alejandro.

Fedora gets a call from Paco--too late.

Roddy's baby mama goes to the hospital. Her friend thinks she should get money from him.

The wedding completed. (It's another one of those seated weddings. I have been bothered by this for months. They must conduct civil ceremonies like this in Venezuela, but they haven't bothered to change the custom to American.) Everyone claps.

Octy is arguing with Iggy when the phone rings, and it's the ransom call. Panchi wants $300,000. He sleazily calls her "suegrita" (little mother-in-law) too, which given that poor Paola is dead seems really awful on his part.

Diana and Gaby talk to "Alejandro," then Max sneaks in to see the baby. (another reason why his plan is dopey--he's going to stop seing his child?)

By the way, everyone--what will happen to poor Nancy? Now that Diego is out of the picture, is there anyone for her?

Fedora toasts with Coca Cola.

Max is now over at Ishmael's, delivering the dollhouse he promised. Wouldn't you know it, but Fiona is there. They meet, and of course, she thinks he's Max too.

Kike comes into Diana's bedroom, where she's cuddling the baby. She tells him to get out. He is suspicious at her negative tone, so she reveals that Gaby told her a year ago about his rape. (Again with that one-year passage of time--ridiculous.) He threatens her, and the baby, but she says she will kill to defend her baby!

Emilio still expresses doubt about Clark Kent.

The cops come over to discuss the kidnapping. It's not clear, but it seems that Octy called the cops. She is outraged at the incompetence of the prison for letting them escape. In the middle of this, Yolanda tries to tell Octy about the likely reappearance of Maxi, but Octy is too preoccupied and refuses to listen.

Silvia prepares the note that she will push under the door for the lady outside. Larry had wanted to try to break the door down with a chair, but Silvia tells him that is a Lunkhead move and will attract attention of Pancho. She says that everyone thinks pretty girls are stupid, but they are not. What we need now are the trannies to come to the rescue!

Eddy and Fedora have a boring conversation.

Fiona plots out loud about how she will get Alejandro and how he excites her so much since he looks like Max.

Larry later tries to pick the lock.
The lady can't read the note without her glasses. Pancho and Halcon come back in and she accidentally drops the note. There is a moment of tension!
Later she is outside wondering how she can help the poor victims.

Eddy is wooing Diana, but she doesn't want to love again yet. He is just a friend. And besides he's still married (and isn't she also?). Eddy asks if she has something against him because he's Iggy's cousin. I had forgotten that!

Max continues to plot revenge with Pedro. Pedro says it looks more like he still loves Diana as Alejandro--he is now his own rival.

Roddy takes Fedora to bed. This is an incredibly peculiar scene, where he takes off her shoes, and she giggles girlishly. Then they kiss. He expresses love for her and she can't really return the sentiment. He tells her not to say anything. Yech.

Diana is wondering how strange it is that Silvia didn't show up. The phone rings. "Alejandro" calls Diana. She says "Max?" (Even if these people looked alike, wouldn't they have different voices?) No, it's Alejandro.

Credits roll.

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So finally Moni outs with it. They are going to have a child. CL is of course muy impactado. He asks if she’s sure. She said she had tests done at the doctor’s of course she’s sure (you idiot). He thought she gave up the idea to be maternal. She replies that maybe she never thought hard about it, but now it’s here and she thinks it should be her priority. She says it’s now or never. He continues that he never saw her raising kids. She’s so critical of all her friends. She says well I didn’t know, it’s something that suddenly awakens you. He says maternal instinct, ha!. She thought he would be happier and wants to know what’s wrong.

Aliro finds Nidia with the paintings and tells her that he didn’t know she liked to paint. She says she doesn’t guess who does, that lover of my husband!!! He says wow, she’s not bad and wonders what they are doing here. She says he bought them and hung them here! Perafan admires the boldness of Samuel to decorate his house with the work of another of his lady friends, but wants to know how she knew they were Ana’s and she tells him she saw Ana making the same ones in her house. She says you should have seen how she flattered herself that she sold so many of her works a while back, well yeah to Samuel so he could hang them in my house! Some artist! She says we have to teach her a lesson. He says but he doesn’t know anything about painting she says we have to give them back to her. He thinks that’s noble of her that she gives them back if she doesn’t like them. She says no you are going to. He wants to know why, and she says because he’s being “bocon” a big mouth.

GAYtan asks Juan if he had fun and he says yes except for the hair cut place. Juan says until Tues. Pastor says not so fast what about tomorrow? Juan says he’s busy for his cousin, he has to bring the kids to the park. Pastor asks if he still needs the loan. He says of course, so he tells Juan that he will take the kids to the park at 2 and later go to the movies. Juan says the movies? Juan says fine, in fact let your mother chose it then.
Pastor says we’re not going with Mom, we’re going alone!

He tells himself that it’s one thing to go places with the mom but another to go alone with Pastor to the movies! He just remembered the things he used to do with his girlfriend at the theater in his pueblo!! It sends chills through his body thinking about it!!!!

Moni and CL continue discussing the new addition and she asks if he’s ready for this. He says well the decision is made already. She says no, it’s both of our decisions. He says well you should have thought of that before you committed this crazy error. Moni says she doesn’t think it’s an error, and of course gets upset. About time!

Moni was expecting a different reaction from CL. She thought he would support her more, but now she sees that their relationship has been very selfish. CL looks impactado.

Paula calls her Mommy to make her feel better. She says she’s tired and a little depressed. Mom is not buying the tired bit and wants to know what’s up. She says Paula only seeks her consolation when she has problems. She asks if CL has something to do with her problems.

Ugh. OK, somehow when I paused for commercial, I didn’t record this next segment, so I’m going off memory and the details are fuzzy.

Man to man…Perfan asks if he can have a conversation with Juan. He continues that he will become step Dad of Marely after he marries Nidia, and he sees Juan interested in her and he’ll have to protect her. Juan says something about it not mattering because she’s not interested in him anyway. Alirio says well if you care for her you have to fight for her and not give up, and he says look at him, he finally got Nidia. He says the women in this family are difficult but not impossible. Juan says that not everyone has that kind of luck.

Back at the steelhouse. CL goes upstairs and asks Moni what she wants him to do. She expected him to at least be supportive. He crawls into bed and says he wants to still give her that hug and a child is the best thing that could happen to them. She says really and he says yes he is feliz feliz feliz………but his eyes say no…..maybe it was that rolling of them that tipped me off….

Later they go to bed, but CL can’t sleep. He’s thinking of Paula. Coinicidently, Paula can’t sleep and is caressing the pillow where CL slept.
We then see Juan flipping violently in his bed. He can’t sleep either. He must be thinking about Marely or himself.

The next morning he makes pancakes in his shorts and boots and an apron . He knocks and tells MArely that her breakfast is ready. She says she’s coming, he jumps away like a rabbit complete with spring noise.

Perfan shows up at Ana’s house. He says he’s got something that she’ll be happy to have back. She is of course skeptical. He gives her the paintings. She recognizes them but wonders what he was doing with them.

Juan asks Marely to close her eyes that he prepared a surprise for her. He hands her breakfast and she says, you made all this by yourself? He smiles. She says fine I will have breakfast with you but it doesn’t mean anything. She also says that since you have made me your accomplice fine, I won’t say anything but that doesn’t mean that I agree with you. He kneels down and tells her something about just being a man in love. She very nicely says, look, nothing will ever happen between us, simply because you aren’t my type. He’s a bit impactado by that.

Perafan tells Ana that Samuel bought all her paintings and displayed them in his family’s house. She tells him that ok fine he’s succeeded in affecting her and he can go now. He wonders what the problem is. She says well Nidia gave you these to give to me, right? He says yes, so what. I still though that you would like to know how wonderfully thoughtful Samuel was to have bought all these from you. She yells at him to get out and practically beats him up to get out. After he’s gone she throws one of her paintings.

Juan cries in his bucket as he washes his car and rehashes the breakfast conversation that he’s not her type. His thought bubble said something about maybe showing her who her real type is.

If you have anything to add on this segment feel free.

Ok tape back on now.

CL calls Paula in Taxco, but when Moni walks in and asks who he is talking to he hangs up. Paula comes in to take the call but finds the dial tone. So she calls him back on his cell phone. By this time he’s eating breakfast with Moni and he takes the call saying he called just to find out how it was going there but acts very funny and Paula says it’s going fine and ah, you are with your wife. He says something nonsensical and she tells him she has to go and hangs up.

He then tells Moni, yes it was Pastor. She wonders what he was going to tell her before she sprung the news about his spawn. He says oh, well, you already said it. I was going to tell you about cutting back on your travels and constant absences. She asks if he missed her and he said a lot. She says every day she loves him more. Odd considering his reaction to the baby news. Hmm, he’s thinking the opposite.

Pastor and Juan are at the movies and Pastor assures him he’ll enjoy this flick though the critics didn’t. Juan’s thinking about something else. Pastor asks him what’s wrong. He says to himself there’s no way he can tell him it’s because Marely left him him with one wing and with his tail between his legs. I think it’s like she cut him down to size.

Anyway, he makes up a story that it’s about money and his family, and that he feels bad being at the theater and that he can’t do anything for them and he told them not to count on him. Pastor wonders why he said that, and it’s because he hasn’t yet gotten his salary and when he does there won’t be much left anyway for him. Pastor says tomorrow he’ll have it and with his advance he’ll have enough to give to his family. Pastor ensures that he will take care of the advance.
Juan says he's like a mother, er father to him and gives him a big hug. Pastor says for a good friend he’ll do anything. He says he hopes knowing this Juan will enjoy the film more. Juan throws popcorn, falls asleep, and eventually leans on Pastor. He smiles blissfully. Juan wakes up and realizes that he’s slept on Pastor and moves away but Pastor keeps smiling. He says to himself here it’s like in a small boat if you snooze you lose. Eventually Juan smiles back.

Nidia comes in to see Marely working on her computer and asks her what her face is for, it’s the face she gets when things don’t go her way and she says it’s a love pain. Mare asks how that can be when she doesn’t even have a boyfriend. Mom says even if she’s half crazy she’s still Mom and she knows. Mare just smirks.

Pastor tells Juan to call him by first name outside of the office. Juan says that he has the same respect for him inside and out of the office, and he’ll try, but it’s very difficult. Pastor tells Juan he had a great weekend and can’t remember the last time he felt so calm.

He does ask if Juan did all this just to get the loan and says that if he tells him the truth, nothing will happen. Juan of course denies this and says the outing was already planned. Pastor confesses that even if he didn’t agree to go out with him he still would have given him the advance. He doesn’t want him to think he’s blackmailing him. [Afraid of what the confession might be, Juan said to himself for Pastor to water it down because he’s not going to sprinkle it and it’s better to give confessions to the priest.] Pastor shakes his hand but doesn’t want to let it go.

Paula returns home from Taxco. She says the seminar was very productive. It taught that even when one thinks they can handle anything and know everything there is to know, they made us face situations that showed us otherwise and at least one leaves thinking differently. She says she’s really hungry.

Juan has a discussion with his favorite audience again. He tells himself he doesn’t really know what’s happening to himself right now but he knows he not happy with himself and what he’s doing, and with telling so many lies he’s forgetting who he really is. He says his life, if you can even call it that, is built on top of so many lies and falsities that without realizing it he will be opening the abyss and sooner or later he will fall in. He is consumed, and the worst of it all is that with every advance he is getting further away from what he really wants. Where are you my little dove, where? We flash to Paula as he says this.

All of a sudden Paula isn’t hungry anymore. Her Mom wonders why she’s still depressed, and isn’t there something you want to tell me? She says no, I’m just tired. Well her mom says since you weren’t here I had some time to think, and I think we are going to live in the US.

Mama thinks Paula will find something better in the US, for starters at least you are paid in dollars. She says nothing is better than your country and your people. The mom says what people, there’s only you and me. Paula says she has good work so she doesn’t know why all of a sudden she wants to leave. Ana says she feels useless. Paula says she’s not, there is plenty of work she can do, she could even dedicate herself to painting. Ana say no way and we get a rehash of the whole Sam buying them thing.

Perfan too rehashes to Nidia who says how happy she would have been to have seen Ana’s face when she found out the truth. Nidia says that woman has to pay. Alirio warns her that she really should just leave well enough alone and stop bothering this woman because Nid is the one who is going to end up paying for what she has done. He keeps telling her that that woman wants nothing to do with the past and to leave the poor woman alone. Nidia is mad that he’s on the other side. He swears he’s not, that he’ll always be on her side, but this woman isn’t worth her time. Nidia wants her out of the country and ends up saying she really just wants her to lick her shoes (kiss her feet).

Ana tells Paula that she thinks Sam bought all these to make her feel better and now she has no faith in her painting, in her work. Paula wants to know how she got them back. Then she figures it out. Nidia. She is upset that this woman is still bugging them and she vows to do something about it and she figures too, that this is why the sudden interest in moving to the states and she’s not standing for it. I guess we'll see how mad she really gets. last time she backed down but I suspect a Nid/Pau confrontation is on it's way..... :)

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Hi all, here is the final list of vocabulary words from Duelo de Pasiones (plus a few I picked up from browsing through other recaps). There are some choice phrases mixed in amongst the words. Enjoy...

Ahueque el ala! = Beat it!
alimaña = pest
alimañas panzonas = potbellied bloodsuckers
amor malsano = unhealthy love
anochezca = dusk, nightfall, get dark
ansioso/a = anxious, eager
apartar = to separate
Aqui el problema es quien le pone primero el cascabel al gato? = The problem here is who’s going first to put the bell on the cat?
aturdita = dazed
bomberos = firemen
burdel = brothel
cabeza de huevo desgraciado = disgraceful egghead
cacatúa = old bag, cockatoo
cachorro/a = next generation, cub
cachorrito/a = little cub
calaña = ilk, a type
cazarrecompensas = bounty hunters
¡Chango bananero! = You banana monkey!
chapucero/a = slapdash, botched
chisme = gossip
cicatriz = scar
cínico/a = shameless person, a cynic in the sense of being motivated purely by self-interest
cloaca = sewer, the outlet of a bird's digestive system
cocujos = fireflies
Con dinero baila el perro. = With money even the dog dances. (Everybodyhas their price.)
contudente = convincing
cordura = good sense, sanity
cura = parish priest
darse por vencido = to give up
defraudar = to disappoint
delicadeza = gentleness
deshacerse de = get rid of
descabezado = headless
desgracio/a = loser
embrujar = to bewitch
escoba = broom
escuincle/a = little nipper, brate
sforzarse = to make an effort
espejismo = mirage
estar conchabado/a con = to be in cahoots with
estar al acecho de - to lie in wait for
fuga = escape, flight
golfa = tart, floozy
gruta = grotto, cave
guacamayo/a = old gossip, macaw
guiñapo = rag
helado = frozen, but also speechless, dumbfounded
inmundicia = filth, rubbish
(Esa telenovela es una inmundicia. = That telenovela is utter rubbish.)
insalubres = unhealthy
jalar el gatillo = to pull the trigger
juanete = bunion
majadero/a = fool, idiot
mala hierba nunca muere = bad weeds never die (evil grows quickly)
(ser) mala hierba = to be a nasty piece of work
maldad = wickedness
manos amarradas = tied hands
maloro/a = naughty
mareado/a = sick, dizzy
mastuerzo = nasturtium, also oaf and oafish
(Piensas darle mastuerzo? Are you thinking about giving her nasturtiums? = Are you going to kill her?)
mazmorra = dungeon
Me importa un rábano. - I couldn't care less.
migajas = breadcrumbs
palabras vanas = hot air
paliza = beating
parto – childbirth
pata flaca = skinny foot (anyone know what this slang term means?)
patán = uncouth boor
pócima = potion
por si las moscas = just in case
profugo/a = fugitive
puente = bridge
Que Dios nos agarre confesados. = May God take us after we've been to confession (We’ve gone too far for God to forgive us.)
rechoncha - chubby
restos = remains
salir con la tuya = get away with it, get your own way
sombrero de culo = asshat
sonso/a = fool, idiot
surcos = trenches
tesoro - treasure
tarugo - blockhead, lump of wood
tirado/a = worn out, miserable
tlaconete = pimply one
tomar el pelo a alguien = to pull somebody’s leg
trastorno = upheaval
tullida = cripple
Va a pagar muy caro. = She/he will pay dearly.
veneno = poison
vinagrillo/a = sourpuss
Vivito y coleando=alive and kicking

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I know Duelo's been over for most of you since Monday but I couldn't help myself since I just got back yesterday and finished viewing the Grand Finale tonight.

with thanks to Carmel, Steph and everybody else who contributed to the comment thread.


Main Dead List:

Marianita--leukemia
Felicia--shot
Felicia and Jose's baby--killed along with Felicia
Blanca--scared to death by Don Loco
Jose--shot/force-fed water
Edelmira--choked by hoochies
Dr. "Einstein"--shot in chair
Castulo--shot
Don Maximo--neatly impaled by poker
Canibal/"Batneck"--shot/high fall
Sergio--throat slashed
sleazy lawyer Mauro--knifed
Hugo--shot/rolling fall/eye-gouge
Alfonsina--choked/shot/run over and shot again
Teresa Velez (Claudia's mom)--beaten to death
Gaspar --stabbed
Thelma--drowned
Don Alvaro Montillano--chomped on by Jaguar

Supporting Dead (walk-ons & really short roles:

Estrellita--leukemia
Rebel Jose tried to save--shot by army
Rebel who tried to kill Emilio--shot by Frank
Mr. Witchdoctor--swamp drowned
Witchdoctor's crony--ditto
Guy in the woods--shot by Don Loco
Prison Guard--shanked in Don Loco and Batneck's jailbreak
Coral's old man--sickness
Poor innocent hotel clerk--shot
Stupid hubby who abused wife--??
Poor ranch hand Lauro--macheted and pitchforked
Jacinto--La Rinconada servant shot by Castulo when he attacked Rosita


Flashbacked dead (died chronologically before novela began but whose death was shown in flashback on screen)

Luba's pareja, Gaspar's dad or stepdad--old age?
The cacique's son--prell gone awry
Elena, Rodrigo's wife--killed in Car accident
Daddy Loco--suicide by road rash
Mama Loco--illness?

BODY COUNT: 35

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Finally soccer season is over and there is a Wednesday episode!

Gav is in a bar, about to be forcibly ejected by management, when a bunch of old duffers ogle her and suggest she give them her encyclopedia pitch over a cuppa. After enjoying the eye candy, one suggests they gamble for an outcome: if she wins, he'll buy an encyclopedia. Since she's broke, he accepts her offer to sing should she lose. She loses and sings with the mariachi band which rises out of the conveniently situated bar stools just behind her. All applaud.

There is a sober meeting of tequila dudes. Anti-terrorism measures and increased regulation will squeeze out the little guys first but the big guys eventually, along with various other related businesses (I wasn't very excited about the poor PR guys losing their jobs).

Rod recommends teamwork; they will try to get government dispensations.

At the end of Rod's part of the meeting Zaldivar (I think), the tequilero with the moustache who was tender with Gav/Mariana long ago, pulls him aside and says he had coffee with her recently, and that Fedra and Minerva had called all the tequileros and said Mariana was sacked for fraud and for mismanaging money.

Rod angrily says it's a lie, Mariana never stole. When Zaldivar continues: "She claims she was thrown out without her final payment," Rod says angrily that Aaron gave her a huge wad of cash. "Then why is she selling encyclopedias in the street?" Zaldivar asks rhetorically.

Rod says everything that happened to her was her own fault, she acted in bad faith. Zaldivar says gentlemen don't badmouth women this way and repeats that Fedra and Minerva closed all doors to Gav with their machinations. They also said she was responsible for the destruction of two marriages. Rod angrily says he doesn't care. (Actually he says no vale un comino, comino is "cumin," see destilando cafe's comment below) He thought-bubbles: "Gaviota, you professional perpetrator of lies and betrayal!"

Elvira (remember her?) remarks that Rod is remarkably less excited about the coming of his new child than Aaron was about his.

Aaron chats with Johnny Molina (his gangster in Miami) about business/money troubles; they have to get Turquoise Tequila into Europe right away. Pamela is dressed correctly again, in a bikini, in case you were worried she would start wearing real clothes. Aaron ravishes her (I assume) on the pool table.

Minerva cries a lot. Patricio points out she isn't eating and, in fact, hasn't eaten since she signed the divorce papers. "If you get sick, Pam will be happy. Stay pretty!" "Why, if I'll never see Aaron again?" "Don't let that macho egoist kill you - if necessary I'll be here breakfast, lunch, and dinner to make sure you eat." "He'll be happy, a new wedding and a baby, I'm nothing but a dog." "Don't satisfy his ego by lamenting, make him crazy jealous, go on a cruise."

When she says she's too depressed for a cruise, he suggests a pretend cruise - "I'll take care of it for you, I'll see to it Aaron and Fedra think you're on a Greek Islands cruise for solteros (singles) only. If you change the rules of the game, he'll go crazy, he always wants total control."

Boring debates with Pilar: are all the lies they've told Rod a good idea? Fedra is sure they are. Dani has left town to go dance elsewhere, disgusted because they've muzzled her with vague threats about Pilar croaking from anxiety if the frijoles get spilled.

Rod shows up and tells Fedra to quit telling lies about Mariana. "Oh, should I instead tell everyone she was an imposter who boinked both Montalvo brothers and was hired with false documents?" He tries to call Dani but she won't answer the phone: "Sorry, brother, but if I were to pick up, I'd tell you everything..."

Sofia, Frankie in tow, visits Isa. By sheer happenstance (not) Frankie has Sofie in an ostentatious liplock when Isa opens the door. Sofie congratulates Isa on her pregnancy, Isa says she's nauseated and rushes off.

Frankie leaves ("you ladies must need time for woman talk") and Isa lies to Sofia: "Gee, I never asked Rod to bail out my gambling crook of a daddy, Rod just offered, and daddy will go to NYC as soon as he gets out of the pokey and he'll start paying back what he owes." We will not be holding our breath.

Rod returns to the apartment with a little box of chocolates or something for pregnant wifey. He tells her they can't leave first thing in the morning, he has another meeting with the tequileros, this worries Isa, she thoughtbubbles: "They better not say anything that will incriminate my team."

Sofia wants the four of them to go out celebrating, Rod says sure, Sofia asks Isa to convince Frankie to come along because she (Sofie) wants to cut a rug with him. (Probably a gavotte.)

In a corner, Isa hisses: "Frankie, I don't want you kissing and caressing Little Miss Muffet, it makes me crazy." Frankie, exultant: "Does this mean you haven't forgotten me?" He continues with the public display of affection, and have you noticed Sofie's dresses are lower-cut than they used to be? Sound of Isa's teeth grinding.

James is an absolutely intolerable treacly fiancé. I hear enough horrible Spanish accents in my weekly conversation class, I don't need to hear this on Univision. "Honey, I'm home!"

Acacia is wearing one of Sofia's castoffs, no, I'm sorry, it's a brand-new awful dress, way too big for her, in a hideous color (royal blue) with a strange lace collar, she cheerfully burbles that she bought a bunch of clothes today, Meester James asks sternly: "Where'd the money came from?" "It's from a box of money I found in Meliton's room." "But when he gets back he'll be mad, I'll pay your expenses." "But these poor few pennies are mine too!" "OK. Anyway, I saw Father Cosmo, when Rod gets back in town we can set the date, let's have a huge wedding." "Oh, no, something simple." "OK then, honey, just our few bestest friends." James whips out some ugly flowers. What a loser!!! What a tool!

Frankie's ma (Jose), Clarita's buddy, comes for a visit and hauls in the TV Clarita gave her when Gav, back in the flush days, brought home the now long-gone huge flat-screen tv. They hook it up and sit to watch Clarita's favorite novela, because "a day without my show is just en blanco." They discuss the wedding and kiss that conclude every novela and compare Gav's life with this pattern. "But my daughter never got the wedding dress."

Jose reminisces: when she, the young Jose, was gotten pregnant in the big house by Maximilio de la Vega, the Massa and Missus threw her out on the street and sent their son to Europe! The only thing she got out of it, besides of course her son himself, that desgraciado (she didn't call him that, she's pathetically loyal, it's an editorial comment), was Maximilan's apellido - legal last name - "de la Vega," of which Frankie is inordinately proud.

By then they've yakked so long the show is over, but Clarita says it's ok because Jose's story is just as good. "And yours, Clara, no doubt better than a novela too." Clara agrees but doesn't want to discuss it right now, and does Jose know anybody with washing and ironing Clara can do?

Patricio recaps his scenes with Minerva for the benefit of his fiance, who gives him carte blanche to hang out with Minerva, poor dear, as much as is necessary.

Minerva cries in bed, remembering Aaron's hard little pig eyes glinting when she caught him in the Jacuzzi with flutes of champagne and with Rubberlips. "He'll pay dearly!"

Bruno is disgusted by his wife Fedra's smug pleasure. "How long do you think this relationship with Pamela will last? It has no future, it's a mixed benefit." (?)

Isa and Rod dispiritedly watch Sofia and Frankie do the Watusi. Isa wants him to try dancing with her but he refuses, saying he doesn't want to be ridiculous, thoughtbubbling about the time Gaviota took him in hand and taught him her special indigenous native dances... complete with hair flipping...

Frankie and Sofia return to the table all happy. Frankie asks Rod for Sofia's hand in marriage! "Caray, I'm not the one to ask, you should ask Pilar." "I just wanted you to know my intentions are serious." Isa pipes up: "As I understand, you don't have a job. How do you intend to support her?" Cymbal crash.

Next episode, Friday: More trouble of course! What more do you need to know?

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I can't believe that I have the intimidating task of recapping the first episode! I'll do my best, and feel free to correct me if I miss anything important. The opening scene is an aerial view of a large meeting room where people are seating themselves. A narrator is saying to himself that when he was a boy his grandfather told him that in moments of crisis the heart breaks or "se curte" (is tanned?) He looked at his grandfather but didn't know what to say, and his grandfather told him that he must repeat every morning "Stay calm, Diego, Stay calm, the luck is thrown." A young blonde girl in pig tails begins a presentation in front of the crowd that's formed. She's adorable as she welcomes the crowd and tells them that the words she's about to say are from her heart, and they are for all of them, especially her Azul and her Papa. She begins a very adult sounding speach, and we hear Azul tell Mauricio with a smile that the words must have been his because they're not the words of a child. The girl describes how sad she was when her mother died in a car accident, and that Azul is not her mama, but she loves her very much. Azul melts when she hears this, and the crowd claps. Next we're transported to a living room where Azul and Mauricio are watching a video of the little girl's speech. The little girl is Caty, and Azul is telling Mauricio how touched she was by the girl's words. He's telling her about his plans to win over her father by showing him how much he admire's Azul. Besides, he plans to offer him a job. Azul doesn't think that it will be that easy. At a pool hall, a handsome young man with a mop of dark curls arrives and is greeted with calls of "Diego!" So this is the famous Diego, one of the show's main characters. He tells his friends Isela and Paco that Valeria has left him, and she hasn't been paying the rent, even though he's been giving her money. She also took the money he was saving to buy a new car, so he has nowhere to go and no money. Isela convinces Paco to let him stay with them. We move on to a cramped and cluttered house where Azul is preparing coffee for her papa, Alfredo. She's upset that she feels like she has to make an appointment at his laboratory to see him, and she wants him to meet her boyfriend. She can't introduce her novio to her mother, who's dead, or her sister, who's in Brazil. The guilt trip works and Alfredo agrees to the meeting. Meanwhile, Paco is cleaning out some space for Diego to sleep. Diego promises to only stay a day or two, because he knows that it's putting Paco out. Next we see him sleeping soundly as the alarm clock goes off. He calls his dad, who's aggravated that he's calling while he's with a client. Diego tells him that he's coming to visit him and mama later today, and asks him to tell his mama. Papa (Manuel) agrees and quickly hangs up the phone. Diego tries to hail a cab but allows a young blonde woman to take it, and flags down another cab. Oh, what a gentleman! Azul is drying her hair, much to the annoyance of her roommate Cecilia, who's trying to sleep. Azul tells her that she's leaving soon, and she'll be able to sleep all she wants. Besides - civilized people sleep at night, not during the day! She teases her by jumping on the bed on her way out. Diego arrives at work, where he's obviously adored by all. Even though his heart is broken and he's homeless, he has a big smile on his face for his coworkers. He chats with the tailors and tries to get one of them to finish an order for one of his clients before his other orders, but the tailor refuses and tells him to do it himself if he wants. Diego pulls out an ancient looking sewing machine and gets to work. Meanwhile, Mauricio is having trouble with the lab in Germany - they're asking for too much money. He tells Andres to get them to lower their price or they'll find another lab. Dramatic violins tell us that there's more to this scene than a simple dispute over costs... Mauricio storms out and runs into Leonarda who wants to know why he's upset. He says it's because he's nervous about meeting his future father in law. She tells him about all of the wonderful desserts they'll have, but it's not prepared yet. He asks her if the lab is okay, because the meat can be dry and hard, but the lab can't be bad. ??? She assures him that it's fine. He tells Andres to get Benjamin, he needs to talk with him. Apparently Benjamin is one of his scientists, and he relieves him of his duties as they walk around the pool. Benjamin is impactado, but Mauricio walks away so that he can greet Azul and Alfredo. Back to Diego, where he's telling Paco that he'll stay with his parents for a few days while he gets some money together. He makes it sound like it's all arranged, but when Paco leaves, he calls his parents and tells them that he's coming over because he just wants to talk with them. Perhaps Diego doesn't expect a warm reception from the padres? We break for commercial and when we return we see Diego arrive at his parents house with a big smile on his face, only to have it wiped away by his father's harsh words. When Diego asks if he can stay for a few days, Papa (Manuel) asks him if he's crazy and to stop talking stupid. Diego is impactado. In the next scene, Diego is having dinner with his padres, and when papa excuses himself from the table, his mama (Clemencia) asks if he's really going to be staying with them for a few days. He says that he is, and she offers to prepare his room for him. Paco arrives, apparently with plans to paint Diego's room, but Manuel says that he's a waiter, not a painter, and he's not painting in his house. Paco doesn't pay any attention to Manuel's bitter comments, and proceeds to snuggle with his novia Lidia, who's Diego's sister. Azul and Mauricio are trying to have a friendly conversation with Alfredo, but he's not playing nice. He doesn't seem to be interested in getting to know his new son in law and Azul is nervously fidgeting with her heart shaped necklace. Alfredo is more interested in hearing about Mauricio's lab than his interests in Azul. Caty comes running to greet Azul, and distracts Azul and Alfredo while Andres lets Mauricio know that Benjamin is still there and wants to talk to Mauricio because he thinks that Mauricio plans to replace him with Alfredo. Mauricio tells him that Benjamin is just a biochemist, while Alfred has won national awards. Mauricio, Azul, and Caty give Alfredo a tour of the grounds, but Azul and Caty excuse themselves to allow the men to talk. Benjamin is still hanging around. Andres tells him to return on Wednesday for his money. Benjamin tells him that he's going to ask for an explanation for his dismissal. Alfred tells Mauricio that it would be better to buy a book because his experience is very expensive, but Mauricio assures him that money doesn't worry him. They enter the lab, where Azul has joined them. Mauricio offers Alfredo a job in his lab. We go to commercial before we hear Alfred's response. After the break, we see Alfredo thanking Leonarda for the visit, along with Caty. Azul is saying good bye to Mauricio and thinking him for everything. Diego is unpacking and talking to his mom about what Valeria did. Mom feels guilty about what's happened, but Diego convinces her that everything's fine - it will be like a vacation to stay there. Azul is driving Alfredo home and listening to him talk about how bad the dinner was. He didn't understand why they didn't go to a restaurant where the dishes would have been prepared properly. Anyway, everything went well. Mauricio is an ambitious type, and he likes money. It doesn't sound like Azul's papa is thrilled with her novio. Diego is preparing a sandwich while his mama gets his room ready when Manuel enters and hassles him about how ridiculous it is for him to be staying there. He tells him that he knows he has a job, but he needs to have a little dignity. He has no future, nothing, he hasn't used the opportunities he's been given. He's almost 30 and he's nobody and he will die a nobody. His moving back home is a nightmare for his parents. Pobre de Diego is speechless and looks heartbroken. Cecilia and Azul are having breakfast when Cecilia reminds Azul that she needs to pick up Mauricio's suit. Cecilia is worried because Azul hasn't been dating Maurcio for long, but is doing things for him that she hasn't done for anyone. Azul responds that he's done a lot for her, and that's how it works when you're in love, then runs off to pick up the suit. We breeak for commercial. After the commercial, we're transported to Mauricio's office where he's telling someone that Toscano (Alfredo) is tough, but he know that this isn't the last word. He'll change his mind. Diego's at work, but he's not his usual happy self. One of the tailors tries to chat with him and finds that he's very short tempered and jumpy (like water for chocolate), so he leaves him alone. Azul is knocking at the door but Diego won't answer. She calls him on the phone and begs him to open the door, but he refuses. Finally he turns to face her and changes his mind. He goes to open the door for her and we have one of those super dramatic telenovela moments where we know that it's love at first sight for both of them. She tells him that she's in a hurry and asks if he will help her, but he tells her no, because she is a liar. Credits roll.

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Recap from earlier: Max and Pedro plan to go to the wedding.

Kike catches Gaby watching Larry on the novela. He is about to hit her with a belt. Granny M fortunately interrupts. Kike recovers and tells M to get Nancy to remove the TV. (I just love the show within a show conceit of watching character Larry act on a telenovela.)

Diana and Fedora meet for lunch at a poolside restaurant at some local hotel. Diana tells her mom that mom will be a beautiful bride. Fedora is still pining for Paco, though. Isn't it amazing, Paco and Caramelo have been away for a year.

Pedro calls Roddy, who thought Pedro was dead. No, siree, and I'm right here in town, and I see you're getting married. Sure enough, he's invited, and yes, he can bring his grandson "Alejandro Salvatierra"!

Octy and Fiona discuss Octy's divorce. Fi wonders about the Paco/Fedora connection. Fiona has come up out of the blue--Octy has not heard from her in a year. Octy fills her in on how she is reduced to living on what Larry makes as an actor (nothing to sneeze at, judging from the rabid fans) and Yolanda's pottery sales. (Poor Yolanda--looks like Rene is still in Germany with no return date in sight.) Fi asks Octy why she doesn't work, and of course Queen Entitlement says that she couldn't let her old friends see her working or they would know how low she has sunk. (Too bad she didn't sink in the pool.)

Eddy now joins Fedora and Diana for lunch. What a cozy trio. Max sees them from the pool. Who is that guy, he wonders. Le viene al galgo. Which supposedly means like father like son. I don't know who is is referring to. (galgo means greyhound. The gist of it is that the speed comes with the greyhound's genes, yada yada yada, according to Wordreference.)

Eddy laments how he hasn't seen Fiona for months, and still he wants her. But he is ready to reconstruct his life.

Silvia and Jorge frolic on the beach. He seems to really like her, and she is even wearing a normal wig. But she wants a millionaire. What does a millionaire have that I don't, asks Jorge. Well, a million, of course. She then goes into another one of her silly man-hungry reveries, this time about Roddy. She imagines him as Tarzan and she is Jane. I will not bother to recap in more detail.

Fedora sees Fiona and Octy talking. She goes over to speak to them. Fed and Octy engage in an insult match about which one is bringing down the club more by having been admitted or who smells worse. Finally Fedora pushes Octy into the pool. This time Octy can float, darn it. Diana and Eddy get a good laugh. Good thing Max didn't see this happen to his Mommy Dearest.

Cut to a shot of Max showering angrily, pecs and biceps exposed.

Now Lala calls Diego to tell him she just saw something terrible on the news. You guessed it: Pancho and his cellmate Halcon have broken out of prison. Yes, after a year of digging at the wall, they have managed to escape. They laugh about how they feel like the stars of the Fox show "Prison Break," except my closed captions say "Prision Brake."
They plan to kidnap Larry for ransom!

Next we watch Fedora getting dressed for the wedding with her girls. Diana compliments her and says she looks like a queen, but she says she is a sad queen. She thought she could love Roddy, but no, she was wrong. Duh, I hate her!
I must say, though, that Fedora looks better than usual in periwinkle blue instead of red or black, and she has a more flattering rose-c0lored lipstick, instead of the bright red.

Now Max and Pedro are getting ready. Max says that Pedro looks elegant. I just wonder again why he has no lower teeth. Pedro reminds Max to call him "abuelito" (Gramps) at the party.

Diana announces here comes the bride, and Fedora goes down the stairs to loud applause from the assembled guests. Even Kike is clapping, the turd.

Larry is exiting the studio and meeting fans. Silvia is there to greet him dressed as Betty Boop (yes, she has a curly black wig, a short red strapless dress and a stuffed "Pudgy" dog. She wants him to take her to the wedding. He doesn't want to go, as he will not be welcome there, but he agrees to give her a lift.

Wouldn't you know it, but Pancho and Halcon are in the back seat of the car, guns drawn.

Back at the wedding, Max is introduced as Alejandro. But the family members all recognize him right away as Max. Emilio says, but aren't you Max? Who? replies Max. Yolanda is impactada, and Diana collapses in a faint. Emilio and Yolanda are not having any of this deception. Dulce, the nurse from the manicomio (don't know why she is at the wedding, other than to contribute to this part of the story) recognizes Pedro. Diana should also, any minute now. Yolanda talks to "Max," and he says no, he wishes he could have known her nephew, and he is sorry for her loss. Come on--how can he put one over on Tia Yolanda. How mean!

Cut to the pool club: Marfil and Fiona wear dueling bikinis. Diego comes up to greet Marfil, and they now make out openly. Yuck. He greets Fiona, and Marfil is jealous that he even knows her (apparently from years ago). Fiona sees them kissing and thinks it's too soon, since Marfil's husband has only been dead for a year. (Side observation: I've been noticing how tall Diego is. We were so used to seeing him in the wheelchair, but now that he is standing up, I keep noticing that he is one of the tallest actors on the show.)

Max whispers to gramps that his "disguise" isn't working. No matter, says Pedro--everyone has a double (repeating the old wives' tale). We'll just keep working our story. I guess he figures if they repeat it enough times someone will believe. (Diana will surely believe that the old man who left the manicomio with Max is now the old man with a grandson who looks exactly like Max. This makes so much sense!)

Back to a warehouse, where the kidnappers are now holding Larry and Silvia. They overhear that the kidnappers intend to get the ransom and just kill them.

Diana and Fedora discuss Alejandro/Max. Diana recognizes Pedro. Will she be fooled? Tune in tomorrow!

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