Caray, Caray!

Paula calls CL a big fat liar because he didn't tell her about his plans to redecorate the apartment or that he intended to return to Farell Industries. "Is that how you want to start our marriage? With lies?" she asks stupidly. One wonders how this would be different from their entire relationship thus far.

Monica and her pal congratulate Monica on her plot. Moni says things are happening in record time because CL remains, predictably, the greatest of liars.

CL sucks up to Paula, he didn't have bad intentions, he loves her, he begs her forgiveness. She shrugs him off and heads to the kitchen to cook dinner. When in doubt fork it out.

Nidia calls Ana for the chisme on Paula's honeymoon. Are they ready to divorce? Ana says Paula wasn't very forthcoming with her but the one thing that was missing is the light that used to shine in Paula's eyes. Nidia says it sounds like she finally got the point that it's much different to be the girlfriend than to be the wife. Nidia tells Ana that there is still no word on Juan; it's a mystery with the force of a hurricane that has left them reduced to rubble.

CL sleeps while Paula recalls her dismal wedding day. She remembers Juan begging her to leave and start a new life with him. She weeps and wonders where he is.

Cut to Juan in the Modern Pharmacy. He thought bubbles that helping others is the prescription for his own broken heart. The sweet old lady comes in to thank him; "Gracias doctor, I wake every morning full of energy and..." Juan advises her to send her husband down for the same cure. She blows him a kiss and dances out of the store. Next the effeminate guy with 'roids comes in and announces he is ready to dance the cachibombon. Juan pretends to diagnose him but dreams about Paula.

Kike pines for Juan and says he should try to find him. Yadi, noticeably protruberant, comforts him and tells him to stick close to her and the baby. Kike mentions that next week he needs to make a deposit to Juan's account for his share of the business. Yadi insists that if Juan never returns then the share should go to Nidia Micaela (their daughter!). Kike is sure that Juan will return.

Paula and CL argue about her frigid attitude. She shoves his briefcase at him and rebuffs his farewell. He goes off to work and she's stuck at home. Bored, she calls Marely and invites her over for lunch.

When CL arrives at work he sees Ivonne at her old desk. "You're still here?" he asks. "Bad weeds never die," she smirks.

Paula visits Ana who comments that Paula doesn't seem too happy. Paula admits she has a problem and it's called Cesar Luis Farell.

At Farell Industries the commoners gather below the great balcony to hear the announcement from on high. Moni, up on the balcony with CL, announces the news, CL is returning as president of the company and she will occupy the the position of VP of Commerce. Everything will be as it was before (er, except for the small detail that Moni has replaced Paula). The serfs, urged on by Pastor, applaud politely.

Paula fills Ana in on CL's lies, he never planned a business in Spain, he always intended to return to President of Farell Industries, and now Monica is in Paula's old job. What should she do? Ana tells her to suck it up, be mature and don't act jealous. "But he betrayed me," Paula whines.

Back at the office Moni lays it out for CL, she wants Ivonne to remain sexetary to the Pres. and Marely will report to the VP. She hopes this arrangement won't bother Paula. (Yeah, right.) CL announces that Paula doesn't get to decide who will or will not be his sexetary. Also, he and Moni will have a strictly working relationship and the subject of Paula Davila must be cancelled between them.

Over at the Modern Pharmacy in podunkville Juan's boss makes bad jokes about his medications. "Why is this medicine like an elephant? Give up? Because one is a paquidermas and the other is a "paqui duermas". (Ha ha, that was so funny I forgot to laugh.) He warns Juan about the medication (it's the one he gave the old lady). It's a strong stimulant, stronger than apache marijuana! Juan worries about the frisky old lady and his boss goes on about the numerous dangerous side effects. Juan prays to his santo niño.

CL tells Pastor that even though his marriage looks good on the outside his relationship with Paula isn't so hot. Every conversation end in dispute. CL asks about what has happened at the office. "Nothing much except for the disappearance of Juan Dominguez," reports Pastor. CL is impactado.

Juan go to the frisky lady's house and tries to buy the pills back but she refuses to give them up. Her much younger husband comes out with a rifle and chases Juan away.

Cl begins to spin out of control. He accuses Juan of disappearing on purpose in order to draw attention to himself; it's his latest hand in winning the game. Pastor denies it but CL huffs "It's the perfect plan, he'll end up falling into Paula's arms. Juan really knows her weaknesses well." He pounds the table for effect.

Speaking of the King of Rome, Juan has decided to hitchhike out of town. He says to himself that beating a hasty retreat is his only option. As he sits in the back of a truck with a couple of goats he muses that now the question is what destiny awaits him?

Marely assures Moni that they won't have any problems working together. Moni is glad (she says) and indicates Mari's career progression includes that of executive status. From now on Mari will be part of Moni's team.

Mari has gone to Paula's for lunch and Paula advises her not to trust Monica; behind the smile lie ulterior motives. (No duh) "Didn't she make even one comment about me?" aks Paula. "No, not one," says Mari, stuffing her face with salad. Just then CL peers around the corner in time to hear Paula ask about Juan. "I must know where he is, I must know how he is!" she gasps. Dramatic music plays and CL glares.

Paula tries again to make the conversation all about her. She admits that Juan's disappearance is very painful for her. Marely jumps down Paula's throat, it is Juan who has had the greatest pain so Paula had better just shut her pie-hole. (I might have paraphrased a little.) She tells Paula she should pay attention to her marriage and leave Juan in peace. CL makes his entrance and Marely skedaddles. "Too bad," scowls CL,"the conversation about Juan was very interesting."

The goat truck drops Juan off at a crossroads. Juan flips a coin to determine his direction.

Paula and Cesar fight about [insert usual topic here]. It ends with her stomping off in a huff and CL slamming the door behind him as he leaves.

Moni tells Ivonne that she fulfilled her part of the barain, now it's Ivonne's turn. She wants Ivonne to be CL's lover soon. Seems to me that Ivonne got off easy in this bargain. All she has to do is what she would do anyway.

Juan wanders down a country road when suddenly a hottie in a bright yellow jeep pulls up and offers him a lift. He happily accepts and thought bubbles "Clearly in this world there are pazguatos and pazguatas!" (Help anyone? What does this mean?)

Cut to stoopid Paula bawling her eyes out.

Juan amuses the hottie with his cute babbling. She tells him she also left her man and lives on a ranch with her daughter and father but their ranch has more problems than solutuions, does Juan want a job, food and a place to sleep? He hoots and agrees, let's go!

We get a nice butt shot of Moni's pal as she bends over to get a bottle of wine. I think the cameraman must have been laying on the ground to get that one. Moni updates her on the plot. She has replaced Paula at work, CL is once again president, Ivonne is his secretary with instructions to reseduce him, meanwhile Moni will insist that their relationship be strictly all work, his instincts will take over, then Paula Davila will begin to feel the torment that Monica felt. They toast.

Huy!!! We are treated to a montage of studly Juan doing his farm chores. He chops wood, rubs down a horse, feeds the animals, all under the admiring eye of his employer. Juan wonders what Paula is doing, is she back at Farell?

Cut to Paula dressed like Suzy Homemaker. It looks like she is making Chicken Fried burlap bag.

Ivonne struts into CL's office and all of a sudden I am reminded of a phrase I learned in French many years ago. "Il ya du monde au balcon" which translates "There is a crowd in the balcony", which is a nice way of saying "Yo, milk truck!" Anyway, boobs athrust, Ivonne follows her crowded balcony into the office and she heaves it onto CL, or tries to anyway, before he pushes her off.

Juan gazes into a fire after his hard day's work. He thinks that sometimes he feels he's cured of love but sometimes it feels as strong as the first day. By the way, I notice he no longer has his tattoo. Did he get it removed?

CL goes home and he and he and Paula fight about [insert topic here].

The Cachon family sits around the table talking non-stop and happily eating pizza as Juan voices over that time was erasing the affections that had once penetrated him so deeply.

The sun rises and Juan kisses his employer goodbye. He thought bubbles that as the months passed things heated up between him and the good woman that employed him he didn't want to crush her so he had to leave to wherever his heard would lead him. (At least I think that's what he said.)

Back at Casa Chacón the three women medidate and chant. Nidia and Mari try to concentrate but Yadi keeps complaining, she's bored and her big stomach hurts. Mari finally drags her out while Nidia continues to meditate, "Inhale...and Perafan will become only an illusion. Exhale...and think of the love of my life."

Cut to the marketplace where Kike thanks Angarita for the good salary; back at Farell he worked for peanuts. Anga asks about Kike's old associate Juan. Kike is hopeful that Juan will reappear. "You and my brother," answers Anga,"the poor guy is still in love with him." Then Angarita asks,"and how are things at the Cachón house?" Unfortunately my Tivo stopped and we won't find out until tomorrow.

I am subbing for Schoolmarm-in-Black Captain Cash tomorrow so I'll see y'all again this weekend!


caerle el veinte a alguien = she finally got the point (lit. to fall twenty to someone), Not sure about the context here.
cuanto antes = soon
hierba mala nunca muere = ill weeds grow apace, bad weeds never die
pleito = dispute
redudicada a escombros = reduced to rubble
salir zumbando = to beat a hasty retreat

* Il y a du monde au balcon = there's a crowd on the balcony, she's well endowed

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Pirate Twins Separated at Birth? You be the judge...

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Muchas Gracias a Maricruz for filling in for me while I was frolicking out of Univision range. I think she does a wonderful job and adds such a special and unmatched touch with her first hand knowledge of all of the dichos. I pale in comparison, so thanks again.

Kike makes quite the constipated face and screams Guerito, which can mean blond or light skinned, or amusing, or trusting of anyone. I’m not sure what the connotation is here, probably that this guy is light in contrast to Juan, but could be that Kike is amused because this is not Juan or if he shouldn’t have trusted the lady on the phone. Just here is where Maricruz would feel her worth. Anyway, Kike comes running out and says he’s not the dead guy it’s someone else, it’s not Juan and the somber trio do circle jumps for joy hugging each other while the coroner dude yells at them to lower their voices. Why, are they going to disturb the cadavers???

Marely gets a phone call that some guy with keys to a company car is at reception and she says to let him in.

Nid and Ana are brainstorming about where Juan could be. Nid doesn’t think he would kill himself and Ana wouldn’t even say that. They come up with the idea that he would seek the comfort of someone he can confide in. Ana says maybe he went back to his pueblo and Nidia says of course to Achichipico, complete with visual aid of the chi chi part (tits). She realizes she can call her cousin Delfina to find out.


With Mon and Mar, the gas station guy we saw says he thought he should do the right thing and bring the car back, to the company because maybe it was stolen and he didn’t want to get in trouble. The girls tell him he did the right thing but don’t care about the car and want to know about the dude that “gifted” it to him. They say they need to find him. Gas guy describes Juan but the girls say they already know who he is, but the guy says he has no idea where he went, but that he was very upset or angry about something and that’s about all he knows.

Nid chats with her cousin who reveals she hasn’t seen Juan in months. Nid tells the story of him being quite the rooster (big man on campus) here too, and she tells the story of him being in love with the daughter of her husband’s lover who is now her good friend and blah blah..

Mon tells Gaytan the gas guy’s tale and to go over there and see what he can figure out. The boys are returning from the morgue chatting too, and also come up with the idea that maybe Juan went back to Achichipico.

Just then the phone rings a second time at Marely’s desk. It’s Juan!!!!!!!! She wonders where he’s gone. He says he’s fine; he just wanted them all to know that and to thank them for all they have done for him. He won’t tell her where he is but that he’s not coming back, not because of them but because of everything else that’s happened and that he loves them and appreciates how kind they were to him but he just can’t come back, it’s the only way he can forget this horrible mistake. Marely begs him something fierce that the people that care about him are here and he can’t turn his back on all that and she has much to tell him. He apologizes profusely but says it’s impossible for him to return but he will send Kike and Nid money because he never forgets his debts and please tell everyone he cares and will miss them but he’s got to hang up now, he’s sorry. Marely is crying.

Nid and Ana are at the house now saying they are more worried when Marely calls and tells what she knows. Nid can’t believe he is doing that to them. When she hangs up the boys rush in to the office and Marely tells them the same thing.

We then see Juan in a Parhikuni bus station. He tells the attendant to give him a ticket. The guy asks to where. Juan looks at the map of Michoacan on the wall and says, “I don’t care, wherever.” The guy snips back that he cares even less, so Juan better tell him where, north or south. Juan mutters in his thoughts that this guy is telling him what his destiny would be and if he only knew where he was going. He only knew no matter what he’s not going back, and his ticket will be one way. He says that he would give anything asked of him except giving back the kisses, he swears to God he’s not going back.


Marely is consoling a really upset Kike. He complains that she did nothing to stop Juan from leaving. She tells Kike imagine how bad she felt too when she heard Juan saying these things. Kike cries about the future they were going to have together in the business, etc. Marely tells him she is trying really hard to be strong and see things Juan's way; that he needs to get away from everything reminding him of Paula. She is again wiser than anyone unselfishly trying to understand how he must feel and trying to convince Kike of the same.

Gaytan is crying and unnaturally upset about Juan being gone and this is not lost on Monica. She wants to know what is the matter with him.

Ana and Nid lament the loss of Juan. They reminisce about old times and how wonderful Juan was, even though a lot of times his attempts at things would often end in disaster. Nid asks who will put the baile (dance) in our life now that he’s gone, and they both look forlorn.


Gaytan apologizes that his emotions got the best of him. Mon tells Gaytan he doesn’t have to answer but she asks if he was in love. Pastor says let’s just say he was a very special friend, but even though I felt a great attraction for him we never got beyond a completely platonic relationship. Mo says he acts as if he is dead though they are both still alive and thinks he still has feelings for Juan. Gaytan says well it doesn’t matter anyway. She says no, that’s the most important thing, and gives him a direct order to find Juan. She tells him his work is not finished. He should leave no stone unturned, she wants Juan back here as much or more than him.


Kike waiting for Pastor to tell him he resigns. Pastor says it’s not that bad that he has to do that to them. Kike says it has nothing to do with Juan, but that he has a chida (great) offer to make much more money and he has to take it. Pastor presumes correctly that it has to do with his brother and says ok lets make the arrangements then.

Kike hugs Fer goodbye and Fer tells him he will miss him and jokes that they haven’t been friends exactly but since the bachelor party he’s tolerated him more. Kike smiles and leaves.

Mon tells Laura that Juan is gone and she needs him back here especially when those two get back from their honeymoon. She tells the story of Pastor’s love for Juan that he cried an ocean for him and she can use this in her favor, because if his love is that great then he’ll do whatever it takes to find Juan. I’m starting not to like Monica’s scheming.

Pastor cries the blues to Ivonne that Juan is gone and not coming back. He stares lovingly at the painting and says he at least has a memento, he flashes back to his first meeting of Juan. Ivonne thinks he’s at least better off than she is because of what CL did to her because he has good memories. He says sorry, but you went looking for that, so whom are you moaning to.


The Cachon chicas are musing about how wonderful Juan was. Nid says he would be washing dishes right now just like he did every night. Marely remembering how she taught him the equations he didn’t understand. Yadi makes a snide joke that he used that trick just to get in Mar’s room. Mar snaps back that nothing ever happened. They recite his finer points in-between sighs and recall various moments. Nid calls him strong, and manly and spirited and her chomi chomi. Mar and Yadi give her a look, and she says were not telling any lies here.

Alirio smirks that this is all looking like a wake with everyone crying. Kike tells him we’ve lost the best friend you could imagine having. Alirio is not upset and mocks him. Kike tells him to bug off. Alirio groans at his painting.

Mar cries to Yadi: what is she going to do without his smile in the morning and his silly comments and seeing him everyday. She says he asked her out but she refused because she didn’t want to be seconds. Yadi tells her she closed the only door to her happiness. Mar tells her not to make her feel worse. Then, Yadi tells her she actually did the right thing because she deserves that he adores her, and besides, when his sadness passes, she’ll be right here waiting for him. Mar says what if he never comes back?

A tired Juan gets off the bus and notes to himself his situation, that he is tired and doesn’t know where he is and has no money, so he says he needs to look for work.

Just when I thought we might get an episode without Pau and CL, my dreams were shattered with her crossing the threshold in a funky red get up. They have returned after two months from Spain to secure some suppliers for the business over there, wink, wink. Oh well, at least we got 40 minutes before they showed up, or 2 months if we look at it with rose colored novela eyes.

Cl asks if she wants to eat in or out. She responds that she wants to take a quick bath and then go to see her mom. He wants to go together and they argue for a while about that not being a good idea and him angering her Mom and him saying but they are married etc. Finally he relents.


Juan shows up at a “pharmacy” and sees a help wanted sign. He inquires within and says he came about the work. The jefe Don Eleuterio tries to make a joke about whether he came or comes with a play on the conjugation of the verb and says like something that Juan Gabriel says about that being the difference. Juan seems to be playing along that yes he comes, but not really laughing with the guy, more at him. The boss tells him that he wants someone who knows what they are doing, but also someone with a sense of humor because that other guy is so serious. Juan says like a lime (sour)and cracks the guy up. Juan fakes that he trained in a lab and attended certain schools and tells himself this little lie is necessary. He gets the job and the fun white shirt right off the other guy’s back!!


Everyone is somber at breakfast and Alirion speaks his mind. He complains two months have passed and we have to get over this and get on with our lives. Juan was an accident in our lives and we must carry on. Each one of you is here with us all so what else can you ask for. Mar says Juan, and she storms off. Nid tells him that’s no way to treat the girl and he says everything he tries to do comes out wrong and he better just go. Nid hates to say it, but he’s right and she agrees they need to move on. Kike protests but Nid is firm that they need to start forgetting Juan.

Pau shows up to see her mom and tells her why they are in Mexico. She apologizes about the wedding and Mom says her too and she’s got nothing to apologize for. They get over that and on to how everyone is doing when Pau asks about Juan and Ana divulges his disappearance.

Juan is helping an older lady with a prescription and he can’t really read the doctor’s writing, commenting they write with their feet but he looks for what he thinks it says, Anaxibriol. He can’t find it, so gives her Doxidrol because it too ends in “ol” and tells her it’s not on the prescription but it will work and take it the same way, he thinks she’ll even dance the Cachibombon with this!

Cl asked Moni to lunch. She is sarcastic about him returning so soon. He tells her he wants to stay in Mexico for good and he accepts her proposal to take the presidency back. She is surprised, and proud that Pau is big enough to allow him to work with her again. He admits Pau doesn’t know yet. Moni is liking the sound of this.

We then see a meek somewhat effeminate gentleman in obvious discomfort sneakily asking if Juan has something for hemorrhoids. To the guy’s dismay, of course, Juan replies out loud, but says hemorrhages instead; yes, we have something for that. He gives him a pomade and tells him to put it on twice a day accompanied with a glass of milk and I think he also tells the guy to take a sitting or Sitz bath alternating the water between cold and warm. That sounds painful.

While preparing dinner Pau gets a call from someone who wants to know when he can come over to show her the sketches for remodeling the apartment. Pau is impactada and confused.

Cl comes home and nonchalantly tells Pau guess where he was, he went to see Moni and guess what she wants, him to resume the presidency! Pau chopping veggies screams at him: why did you lie to me???? CL is impactada. I’d be careful too since she’s got that knife!

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Leftovers: Mauricio's got Azul and Caty in "the warehouse," and he swears no one will find them. Diego scales the wall again. Ivan makes eyes at Silvana while Gloria complains that they're already leaving when they just got there. Silvana now has the documents that will seal Mauricio's fate. Allegedly. Diego gets into the house and scares the apron off Chonita. Chonita says Mauricio's crazy…it took her this long to notice? Anibal drops Clemencia off at home and asks her, since they're friends now, for her to help him plan how to surprise Isela with an engagement ring. Piero goes to plant doubts about Lidia in Tavo's mind. Clemencia comes inside and overhears Lidia and Manuel fighting about who should go pick her up from the hospital. And also that Manuel's been pimping out Lidia ("you used to drive him crazy in bed" is not something anyone EVER wants to hear from their dad).

Andres calls Mauricio to tell him there's nothing in the lab for him to steal--it's as pristine as after it was built. Azul picks at Mauricio that sooner or later everything is going to go badly for him. He gets violent with Azul in front of Caty and Caty remembers the entire accident: Mami lost control of the car and it ended up at the edge of the cliff, so she couldn't just open the driver's side door to get out; Mauricio pulled Caty out of the car and she ripped off Nico's button while he was doing that; Leo yells out that Nico's alive, but Mauricio (with a CONSCIOUS Caty in the car) uses his car to push Liliana's car over the edge of the cliff (and Leo was yelling the whole time that Nico was alive); Mauricio gets out and surveys his handiwork. Caty returns from her flashback and starts pulling on Mauricio's arm and yelling at him not to kill Azul the way he killed her Mami and Nicolas. Mauricio backs off and grabs his head like it hurts.

Back at Casa Moran, Clemencia can't believe that Manuel is the man she fell in love with. She tells him he shouldn't sell off their daughter. Manuel makes some offensive justifications that I won't repeat. Lidia tries to calm Clemencia down. Clemencia screams at Manuel that if he was never a success it was because he never worked for it, that he never wanted to work. She reminds him that she stayed with him even though he was mediocre. But this thing with Lidia, she can't forgive and she wants a divorce.

Caty talks about Mauricio pushing the car over the cliff and he screams at her to shut up. Azul tries to intervene and gets slapped. Mauricio keeps grabbing his head and telling Caty to shut up. Diego runs in, pushes the ladies out the door, shuts it, and then starts a fistfight with Mauricio.

Outside the fence, Ceci starts to call someone but gets busted by Andres. She tries to claim that Jacinto told her to come there and that she just wants to see Azul. Mauricio realizes she was trying to call Diego.

Azul and Caty get stopped by one of the security guys who won't let them out. She threatens to call the cops, but Andres arrives with Ceci and says they're not leaving until Mauricio gives them permission.

Mauricio and Diego are still fighting and Mauricio hits Diego over the head with a vase and locks him in the warehouse. Diego tries to kick the door down.

Up in the bedroom of Casa Moran, Lidia begs Clemencia to talk to Manuel because he's upset. Clemencia can't understand why Lidia is defending him. Lidia's response is that he gave her advice thinking of what was good for her and her future. Clemencia doesn't want anything more to do with him. And she wants to go with Lidia to talk to Lucia and have her confess everything. Lidia whines that Clemencia should be on her side. Clemencia can't believe that Lidia doesn't realize that what she's done is wrong. The doorbell rings and Lidia goes to answer it.

Manuel answers the door instead. It's Tavo and he wants to clear up some stuff with Lidia.

Mansión Malicia: Azul is demanding to be let out, but Mauricio arrives and says no one's leaving, especially not Caty. Azul says he's going to pay and the authorities will separate him from her. He grabs Caty, but Diego comes up and hands Caty off to Azul. He gets a gun pointed at him for his trouble by one of the security guys, then by Mauricio. Ceci tells Mauricio not to shoot, since she's already called the police and they're on their way. Mauricio doesn't believe it. He splits up the party, handing Ceci off to one security guy, Diego to the other, and then he and Andres take Azul and Caty…somewhere (can't really see where at this point). He tells Azul that she's never going to see Diego or her father again and that she can't have the cure until she gets on her knees and begs. As Mauricio waves the gun in Azul's face, he tells Andres that he's going to the new lab and that Andres needs to get everything ready because the three of them (Mauricio, Azul, and Caty?) are leaving the country forever. Dun dun dun. Commercials. Andres complains about it being risky to get the false travel documents, but Mauricio doesn't care. He also wants Andres to get him money and to kill Diego and Ceci. Andres agrees. Mauricio pushes Azul and Caty into a car. Andres asks if it's not risky for Mauricio to leave without checking that the cure actually works, but Mauricio says that GSD will go wherever Mauricio is since Azul's life is on the line.

Manuel tries to kick Tavo out, but Lidia asks to speak to him. Tavo wants her to look him in the eyes and tell him it's not true that she and Piero are in cahoots to get money out of Lucia. She can't do it. Tavo doesn't want to hear explanations. He tells her that she got what she wanted and Piero was dying of jealousy. He says it's one thing to marry for money, but something else to try to sucker another woman out of her money. He says he doesn't have money, but at least he can walk with his head high because he's got dignity. Lidia cries and Manuel pushes Tavo out. Tavo says he's not coming back. Lidia says Piero will pay for this. She screams at Manuel to shut up when he tells her Tavo's not worth it. She says that now everyone thinks she's a prostitute and Clemencia was right--Manuel will never change, but Lidia says she will. She kicks Manuel out of the house and calls Lucia.

MM: Andres is tying Ceci up so she can't escape, but he tells her he can't kill her. Ceci tells him he can still save himself. He wants to know why she betrayed him since she's the only good thing he's ever had. Ceci says she was in love with him too and hoped it would be for life. Andres wonders what happened to them. Ceci's like "don’t EVEN ask me that if you're still obeying Mauricio like a robot!"

Outside, before Diego's execution can be carried out, the cops show up and bust Frick and Frack. Because it's Mexico, they show up with machine guns. Mr. 5ft was surprised until I reminded him of our last trip across the border…watching guys in uniforms walk around with those while you're shopping is interesting to say the least.

Andres is about to punch Ceci for betraying him to the cops, but something stops him.

Outside, Diego explains what happened. Two more cops show up with Ceci and Andres. Andres tries to BS that it was them who called the cops because Diego, who had previously kidnapped his boss' wife, had broken into the house. Diego counters that Mauricio kidnapped Azul. GSD and Emilia show up in the middle of all this wondering qué the hell is going on! Ceci corroborates Diego's story and tries to beg Andres to tell them where Mauricio took Azul, but so far he's not telling. Diego tries to run off and find her himself, but the cops won't let anyone go--plus they've all got to come down to the station and make statements.

Casa Moran: Lidia and Lucia enter Clemencia's bedroom and Lucia wants to know what's up. Clemencia tells her that Piero's the one who's been making her look like an idiot. Lidia assures her that she wants nothing more to do with Piero, so this isn't a plot to split up Lucia and Piero so that Lidia can have him. They tell Lucia the whole story, apparently, and Lidia asks for forgiveness, which Lucia denies them. And also, she won't forgive Manuel for fleecing her. Clemencia agrees that Manuel's a no good rotten bastard (ok, not in so many words). She encourages Lucia to get her life back together. Lucia's furious at Piero and Manuel, but Clemencia talks her into forgetting and starting over. Lucia tells Lidia that she cried like this the day Lidia took Piero away from her, but today Lidia's done her a huge favor. She thanks Lidia and walks out. Lidia and Clemencia hug and cry.

Manuel and Piero are having lunch, probably unaware of the meeting that just happened. Manuel tells Piero about what Clemencia overheard and that Lidia's no longer on their side, thanks to Tavo. Piero says he'll give Manuel money for a hotel. Piero also says that he doesn't know why, but Mauricio changed his mind and doesn't want anyone at the lab today (he had earlier said that Manuel should start working ASAP).

The lab: I swear, it's the same as the first lab (before GSD started working in the super-secret virus room) and they just moved some stuff around. Mauricio brings Azul and Caty in. Caty is either asleep or passed out and Azul puts her down on a table. Mauricio ties Azul's wrists together. Mauricio babbles some stuff about them being a happy family. Azul tries to point out that Caty has been damaged by knowing what Mauricio did. Mauricio says he did it because Liliana found out what he did for a living. Azul starts to say that Diego was right, but Mauricio goes all nutty at the mention of Diego's name…well, more nutty than usual anyway. Mauricio says that Azul has to stay with him because if not, she'll die.

At the police station, Ceci fills in Emilia on what happened. GSD says that having accused Diego earlier that day is causing some delays now. Ceci tells him that Andres is the one who knows all, but despite GSD and Diego almost beating the information out of him, Andres keeps denying that he knows anything. Everybody panics a little. Emilia suggests that GSD call Mauricio and tell him he needs to do some blood work. Mauricio points the gun at Azul before he answers. GSD fakes that he still doesn't know what's up with Azul, and so does Mauricio. GSD's like "no prob, and hey, I also need to check you out." Mauricio tries to say he's feeling fine, but GSD reminds him this is an experimental treatment and he won't take responsibility for anything that happens if Mauricio won't let him keep an eye on him. GSD makes a "no go" hand gesture at Emilia and Ceci.

Piero's office: Lucia comes in, all smiles, and announces to Piero that she's got his naturalization papers, but she won't let him look at them. She says she won't hand them over until he divorces Lidia. Piero says he wants to marry her after he's divorced. Lucia cracks and tells him she knows all about their plan. She tells him to get out. Piero responds by telling her he hates her and loves Lidia. Lucia gives him the envelope she was holding and he finds that it's an accusation she sent to immigration so they can deport him for his crimes in Spain. She tells him to get out of her office and her life.

Police station: Diego announces that with all their testimony, the cops think they have enough to get Mauricio. For now, it's just for kidnapping and threatening with a firearm. GSD just wants Azul saved. Andres still won't talk and Ceci asks to speak to him.

Lab: Perez Castellar has shown up and is like, "Dude, what were you smoking when you thought bringing them here was a good idea you fricking idiot!" or something like that anyway. PC complains about Mauricio harming their business and fills him in on the arrest of Andres. PC tells him that he's arranged the false papers, but if Mauricio ever wants to come back, he's going to have to pin everything on Andres. PC reminds him that Andres is the one who actually killed Abuelo and Paco and that there's no proof of any of the other crimes that Mauricio supposedly committed. Azul listens in horror (ok, it doesn't quite look like it, but just go with it for now).

Police Station: Ceci tells Andres to forget about everything but starting over. Andres wants to change and be with Ceci. Ceci says there's still time, maybe he can cut a deal with the cops.

Arnaldo has just shown up and is wondering why no one told him what was going on. GSD tries to make some excuse, but Arnaldo reminds them that Azul's been missing for 2 days without anyone letting him know. Emilia tells him that GSD finally got off his chain-smoking duff and found the cure. Perez Castellar shows up at the station, alarming GSD. Diego goes to tell the commandant.

PC visits Andres' cell and tells him that Mauricio is not only not going to get him out, but is going to sacrifice him. Mr. 5ft and I are in awe that PC would actually tell him that…what does he expect Andres to do?

The commandant is telling the peanut gallery (Ceci, Arnaldo, Diego, Emilia, and GSD) that it looks like Andres called in PC because he's ready to confess everything. The peanut gallery is relieved. GSD is optimistic that Andres will tell them where Azul is.

Manuel is lounging on a hotel bed when there's a knock at the door. Piero is moving in. He fills Manuel in about the immigration thing. The two guys realize that Mauricio's the only one who can help them. Let's just all have a moment of quiet contemplation of the level of stupidity these two have sunk to.

Casa Moran: Lidia brings up a tray of food so Clemencia doesn't take her pills on an empty stomach. She made Jello, it looks like. Tavo doesn't know what he's escaped from! Lidia says they've got to take care of each other now that Manuel's gone. Clemencia feels guilty about kicking Manuel out, but Lidia's finally realized he's a bad, bad daddy. Lidia says some of it was her fault, though, for paying attention to him. Clemencia realizes that Lidia's not just upset about Piero. Lidia confesses that Tavo's not returning her calls (hm, that wouldn't be because her idea of "food" is Jello and tea, would it?). Lidia just wants to tell him she's sorry and she made a mistake.

Piero is discovering that Mauricio isn't answering his calls. Manuel just wants to watch TV in peace. He gets all high and mighty over the fact that Mauricio once left Piero in jail, whereas he promoted Manuel to manager of the new lab. Piero makes the mistake of telling Manuel that it was just so that he could be the fall guy. Manuel demands an explanation, but Piero won't tell him. Now Manuel calls Diego.

Efrain's: He and Tavo share some beers while Efrain says "I told you so" about Lidia. Tavo's upset about being used. He can't believe she could have such an angelic face. Efrain talks about how Lidia cheated on Paco with Piero…he's just saying it so Tavo knows not to suffer over Lidia. Tavo says it still hurts, cause he'd gotten his hopes up. He hopes Lidia forgets him, because he never wants to see her again. Efrain gives Tavo an encouraging hug and a few slaps on the back.

Police Station: the cops, the peanut gallery, and PC are on the side of the bars with the desk, while Andres is behind the bars. PC asks if Andres is ready to confess to being the one and only killer of Paco and Abuelo. He says he also killed Leonarda, who's buried in the garden of Mauricio's house. PC starts lawyering that this proves that Mauricio had nothing to do with it, but Andres is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore! He says Mauricio ordered him to kill all those people. Eh, I know two wrongs don't make a right, but I'm ok with him lying about this if it gets Mauricio locked up. Ceci looks semi-adoringly at Andres, while PC looks like he just pooped his pants. Thus endeth the episode.

Tomorrow: Mauricio's still nuts, Azul and Caty are still traumatized. PC hands over the fake papers and the cops come to get him, but Mauricio shoots PC and crazies that he'll die first. We can only hope. They don't call it Ultimas Semanas for nothing!

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Relive the exciting night as Camila is carried off to the lair of the impotent villain! Her parents come to the Big House begging and crying for her release but -- it's too late, sez the servant, they're already - 'Together.'

The dad and mom leave, she's crying "Pig!" Dad says consolingly, "Aw, men are like that. He was drunk with his buddies." "But why couldn't he have done it with his maids?" queries the mother unendearingly. NIMBY.

Mom mutters a dark insinuation: Don Jorge will regret his aberrant behavior. [Do we have to start wondering if Camila herself is product of one of those special first-night events courtesy of a much younger Don Jorge? How old is Jorge supposed to be, anyway? --Ed.] She won't tell her husband Justo, who clearly is lacking in mental acuity and generally looks befuddled, why she insinuated darkly.

Behind Jorge's gauze curtains: "Gee, I don't know why I can't perform tonight. Generally, I can do two or three women at once, when I'm even drunker than this," this is the gist of Don Jorge's thoughts on his passive member.

He wants Camila to do "something" but she's too nice a girl to know what "something" is - he is amused to realize her boyfriend Santiago (Saintly) was too nice a boy to beg for "something" the way most boys would.

[Now we see why Rulli was chosen for this role, it's another wussie 'guerito' - blondie - Rulli role. He will cry and cry and reveal his feelings in a Sensitive New Age Guy sort of way. This is not what I watch telenovelas for. I prefer tough guys on horses. --Ed.]

"I need to rest, to get my strength back, then we'll give it another whack," Jorge informs his unwilling bedmate. She cries and cries. She's gonna cry Monday-Friday 9-10 pm for a few months, como así?

[Suddenly I am completely distracted from recapping by the garish color of her hair. I surmised during "La Fea" that, in order to save on hair coloring costs, Univision bought an entire tanker truck full of this hair color, which does not exist in nature, and backed the truck up to the hair department's loading dock. Every show has at least one or two women whose heads are dipped into the vat. Miles of hair extensions go into the vat, too. So why do they never give this hair color to the men? And tell me, will the tanker never be empty? -- Ed.]

Jorge ties Camila's hands together and falls to snoring holding the cord. She of course manages to bite the inebriated-created knot apart, slips out of bed without showing an inch of skin, steals the keys out of his dressing robe, dresses swiftly (wouldn't you think it would take at least half an hour to get all those corsets and things tied back up?), and escapes past sleeping servants. Once outside, she puts a burlap bag over her head and hides behind a small wicker basket and some horses...

... and then (pardon my excitement) there is a cameo appearance in the marketplace by A DONKEY wearing slatted panniers...

... and she makes it to the riverside and runs for home. She sees her dad and they collapse sobbing. "He didn't do anything to me, he was too drunk!" Her dad sez Saintly is still feeling poorly, she runs to him ...

...he's in her very bedroom, her sister Rita and another woman are watching over him. To save space - in all bedroom scenes it's, "Oh, he's very poorly, he probably won't make it, and if he does, he won't be able to move and will have even fewer functioning brain cells than Rodrigo Montalvo, perhaps he'd be better off dying."

Here, though, is Camila's sister's thoughtbubble: "Even comatose forever he'll still be pretty, so keep your hands off, I'm doing the nursing here." Rita obviously has the hots for Rulli and hence is hostile to her own sister, the would-be bride.

In fact Rita is blaming Camila for this situation - if she had just gone off quietly to get raped by the Massa, there wouldn't have been all that ruckus and Saintly would be fine.

Ignoring her sister's sneers and disapproving looks, Camilla kneels at Saintly's feet and whispers, "I am intact! And you promised to make me happy forever and give me lots of kids, so get with the program." Somebody says: "He doesn't need all this drama, dear," and they push Camila out of the room.

Rita says Camila's claim to be unsmirched is a lie, and anyway, it's her fault Jorge wanted her, because she wears bright colors and acts like a peacock in the marketplace. While she's dissing sis, sis is bathing and telling the maid she's intact. The maid says it's a miracle.

Jorge wakes - no wench, his keys are gone, como así?!?! He instructs his servants to find her - "get the dogs!" He sees: she left one stocking next to his shoes. "She dares defy me?"

He goes to her house; with her father off at the church canceling the wedding and brother Vasco at the mill, there are no men to defend her. She doesn't want to go down to him but Rita says, "Go down there or he'll kill people again."

Jorge scolds. "What did I tell you? I told you to stay put. Anyway, I didn't get my shot, so you have to come back tonight and give me a second try." "But the right of the first night is only valid on the first night." They debate where people will think he couldn't do it, or will think she was so good in the sack he wanted her again, but she suggests, "Let's not and say we did." She further suggests: "Surely you don't want people thinking you lack the vigor of your good old days." "Are you threatening me? Who have you told, anyway?!" "Just my father." A deal is struck: he won't make her come back if she retracts her claim to be intact and tells everybody he's astonishingly virile.

He asks, "By the way how Saintly is doing?" "Muy mal. (I'm adding this to the list of words everybody must know - "very badly"). "Aw, don't worry, there's plenty more where that one came from, if he dies I'll get you a new husband."

Parting, he reminds her that her life, and the lives of her family members, are in his hands, and if she talks things will go muy mal for them, and, "Have a nice day." Leaves.

I really like this villain a lot. He's a tax collector by the way. When my daughter and I went to Bulgaria, we saw a very very nice medieval home in a very very humble village. It had belonged to the tax collector.

Now we see a gratuitous scene of an old crone, she looks to be about my age but with better hair, trussed to a log and about to be burned at the stake. And, oh my word, there's a, there's a DONKEY in this scene, too!

Jorge stride by the execution in progress and enters Justo's workplace, asking: "How's business? Can we talk in private?" In private: "Your daughter is pretty and has good manners. If she has a child and it's a boy, I'll give him my name. Have a nice day." Leaves.

Justo goes home and reviews the contradictory stories with Camila, who protests that she is intact and that Jorge merely wants everybody to think he is a powerhouse of manly hormones and can impregnate a woman with one finger. (A finger? Ah, how innocent and virginal you are.)

She recounts the deal and her father said she'd better comply, because Jorge owns them all, even their souls. "No, father, our souls belong only to God." At this point, I am seriously yearning for pirates.

And now Camila is bugging her sick swain again, wiping his lips with a moist honeyed towelette and whispering that on their wedding night, "You will notice that I am intact. Nobody has touched me, nobody will touch me!" She doesn't notice that -- his thumb twitches!

And now here comes the Bowlheaded Padre to give Extreme Unction. Camila has a fit and is thrown out of the room. Running away, she is pursued by her father, who says Doc Nicorette himself ordered up the Unction. "Some Doctor, he treats pigs and mules, not people!" She runs and cries some more.

At the Big House, Don Jorge regales a friend with lies about his night with Camila. His wife Sofia finds out and is furious. "There aren't enough whores in this house, he has to poke a nice girl from a good family?" [Gee, the maids in this palace are getting a bad rap. --Ed.] She swishes into his presence and says the same thing, he says happily, "Yes, the fact that she is from a nice family means she merits my attention."

"You unscrupulous pig, I hate you. I hope God punishes you by removing that part of you which you hold in highest regard." [It seems this malediction has already come true.]

She leaves and Jorge deflects his friend's string of eager questions. He says the same thing we heard in Alborada -- from Don Diego, was it? "Nice girls don't feel desire and whores only pretend to feel desire, the important thing is simply to enjoy oneself."

A rich blond in pink with a somewhat piggy face proves to be Ursula, Don Jorge's oversexed daughter. She defends her dad's 'First Night' behavior: "It demonstrates his superiority. Too bad the right is not extended to daughters, too." She has her friend go find Vasco, Camila's brother, and fetch him. She and Vasco roll in the grass together and then, hair all discombobulated, she rides away with a very satisfied face, saying next time they'll do it in her room where it's more comfortable. Her companion, Doña Manuela, seems somewhat disapproving.

Camila, meanwhile, is still crying and still running when suddenly a PIRATE cracks a whip. PIRATES smack her, she is thrown over a shoulder and carried away. When one pirate gets tired of carrying her, she is passed to another. The pirates, all with hair extensions, inform each other that should she awaken, they will just knock her out again.

It gradually dawns on people that Camila is not to be found.

Doña Sofia apologizes to Justo. He says no worries, you are a right gal.

Justo gathers his family and miscellaneous others, and says Camila was lying, she really did get boinked by the Massa, a sister gets agitated and cries, "Will this happen to me too?" "No worries, you don't even have a boyfriend yet."

And that's it for today, maties.

Tomorrow - Rulli's eyes open. Hurrah, he will live to cry another day!

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To the Fernando fans, I thought I'd share some Pasion pics that I found while cruising around... just some eye candy to entertain you until Fer shows up :) I have some production photos too...let me know if you want me to post them. Enjoy!

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I'm not sure where we left off last night, so here's tonight's episode...

Azul has realized that Mo is the one who infected her with the killer virus. They are yelling at each other, Azul crying in gasps and Mo grimacing in anger. Chonita arrives to tell Mo that GSD is looking for him. Mo tells Azul to stay quiet, and reminds her that Andres is watching Ceci and that she may end up like Leo.

Andres and Ceci are at the apartment. Andres still has hopes that he and Ceci will end up together, after Mo and Azul die, since GSD will never find the cure. Ceci announces that she will never be with Andres voluntarily. She warns him not to hit her or Diego will get suspicious.

Diego is still looking for Azul. He finds out that she has stopped the divorce proceedings. He does not believe that she would do that and is even more worried.

Mo is all excited, after learning from GSD that he has found a cure. GSD is not so quick to be happy since it hasn't been tried on humans yet. Mo wants the first shot but GSD wants to give one to Azul too. But GSD is worried because no one knows where she is. Mo, knowing full well that Azul is in the other room, joins GSD in his worry.

Isela is telling Anibal that Silvana is throwing all her opportunities away to join with Diego in finding the proof needed to take Mo down. Anibal says it is true love for Diego that motivates Silvana and its a beautiful thing. (Anibal, have you noticed that Diego is not interested. Which is basically what Isela tells him.)

Silvana is talking to Julio, apologizing to Julio that she has to go away and drop her modeling training. She says she is doing it for her son and her friend, the first Mrs. Mo. Julio gives his blessing.

Isela and Anibal talk about Clemi but I don't catch what it is they are saying. Anibal turns the conversation into a marriage proposal to Isela. She is less than overwhelmed and asks to think about it.

GSD gives Mo THE shot. Mo begs GSD to find Azul, conveniently blaming Azul's impending death on Diego keeping Azul away. GSD still wants to go to the authorities about the virus but Mo again talks him out of it.

Diego and Silvana arrive at the airport for the trip to Prague. Who should be there but Gloria, ready to go to Prague too. Silvana is impactada. Gloria says she is using the profits from her hotline to buy a ticket. Gloria is still trying to fix up Diego and Silvana. Diego turns on the charm but nicely says I don't love her. Everyone is all smiles at Gloria's comic relief and Diego and Silvana look resigned to have company on the trip.

Mo is happily telling Andres that he is cured. Mo tells Andres that now he can make Azul do whatever he wants her to, or else he won't give her the cure and she will die. Even our killer Andres can't quite believe that Mo would withhold the cure but he goes along. And now that the cure is found, Mo can get rid of GSD, get the patent in his name, and make lots of money. And he can withhold the cure from anyone he wants dead.

GSD goes to the police station to accuse Diego of causing the disappearance of his daughter.

Silvana is trying to convince Diego that she truly wants Azul to live, that they find her and live happily ever after. Diego again asks forgiveness for not loving Silvana. Diego leaves. Silvana cries and Gloria tries to comfort her.

Azul is bound and gagged on the bed. Mo comes in, unties her and announces that now she will do with him what she did with Diego. She is his wife. She screams, cries and begs him to let her go but....commercial.

Manuel is having a bad morning. He is in bed with the hangover from hell while Lidia yells at him to get up. She rips the covers off him while he moans and groans and asks her to bring him a cold beer. He rolls over and hides his head under the covers.

Meanwhile, poor Clemi sits on her hospital bed, dressed, ready to go with her bags packed. Who should walk in but Anibal. He says he came to see how she was doing, since he heard she was being released. He hands her a big bouquet of flowers which brings tears to her eyes. She says it's the first time in her life she's gotten flowers (?). She says she was supposed to leave awhile ago but Lidia and her husband haven't shown up yet. Anibal says they will wait together. Anibal says more nice things.

Diego arrives at Ceci's apartment. She opens the door and she hugs him. She starts yelling at him but meanwhile gestures to be quiet. She takes him into the bathroom and turns on the water. She tells him that there are microphones all over and that things have changed. She tells Diego that Emilia called to tell her that GSD has found the cure, and that he needs to rescue Azul from Mo. Diego is impactado. He whispers something into Ceci's ear.

GSD is at Emilia's. He looks awful. They are worried because they can't find Azul. GSD picks this romantic moment to propose to Emilia. She doesn't say yes or no, but kisses him several times.

Azul arrives in Katy's room, beaten and bruised, leaving it to our imaginations as to what happened between her and Mo. Azul tells Katy that she wants to leave but Mo won't let her. Great, traumatize the kid a little more.

Piero shows up at Casa Moran where Lidia is kicking him to the curb. Manuel comes down the stairs, probably to get that cold beer, and overhears.

Azul tells Katy that she is going to try to escape, shh, don't tell anyone. katy wants to go with her because she is afraid of her daddy. They have a touching moment and they leave the room.

Diego and Ceci are in Diego's car in front of Mo's place. Diego is going in and Ceci is the lookout.

Manuel is back in bed and Piero is in the bedroom.Manuel says the problem is Gustavo. They start scheming.

Mo is yelling for Azul but can't find her. He howls in rage and runs out ot look for her.

Meanwhile Clemi is still sitting and waiting for her husband and daughter, clutching her flowers. Anibal has paid the bill, which she protests. The doctor gives her some medicine to keep her calm. I would recommend not going back to her house! Anibal takes her home.

GSD and Emilia have arrived at Casa Moran looking for Diego and Azul. They talk to Lidia, who doesn't really care, since she blames Diego and Azul for putting Clemi in the hospital. (The hospital, does that ring a bell, Lidia? Like, weren't you supposed to pick someone up?)

Manuel and Piero are still upstairs. Piero says Mo needs Manuel to go to the new lab and start his job as the manager. Manuel (what words can I use to describe this piece of crap?) says he will send Lidia to pick up Clemi since he doesn't want to shirk his duties to Mo.

Azul and Katy are trying to climb the wall that surrounds the fortress that is Mo's house. At that same time, in that same place, Diego climbs up the other side. He helps Katy up. Mo runs up with two security guys. Mo grabs a gun and points it at Azul. He demands that Katy come back down and Diego hands her backdown the wall. Diego goes to get down too but Mo says not to or he will shoot him. Mo takes Azul and Katy and leaves Diego on the wall, with two security guys aiming guns at him. We hear a shot and then...commercial.

Well, Diego is fine. He jumps off the wall, Ceci runs up to him and he swears he will rescue Azul and Katy, even if it costs him his life. The securioty guys come to the outside of the wall, looking for Diego. Mo needs new security guys. There is a wall, a car and two people hiding behind it. They don't find Diego and Ceci. Diego runs off and leaves Ceci behind the car.

Mo takes Azul and Katy to a room. Katy is crying and screaming, so is Azul. Azul swears she won't stay with him, Katy tells him she is afraid of him. Mo tells Azul that he has the cure and only he can give it to her.

At first Azul thinks Mo is lying about the cure. She begs Mo to let her go to her father, she wants to live. Mo bullies her some more. They fight some more while Katy cowers in the background.

Now we go to Prague where Silvana and Gloria arrive at Ivan's new casa. Ivan is surprised to see them since he was expecting Diego. Gloria is impressed with all the mystery but Ivan can't go anywhere, since he's in the witness protection plan. Silvana tells Ivan that she's proud of him. They fill each other in on what's happening.

Mo tells Azul that his men have killed Diego by now. Azul is impactada. Mo says no one knows where she is, no one will come to help her. Meanwhile, Diego is sneaking back over the wall. (Really Mo, new security guys)

Ivan wants Silvana and Gloria to rest but Silvana says they must hurry back to Mexico. Gloria wants to stay. Silvana and Ivan hug.

Diego has made it into Mo's inner sanctum, where he questions Chonita about Azul and Katy's whereabouts. Chonita helps him.

Clemi, still clutching her flowers waits while Anibal gets her bag out of the trunk. They agree that they are friends, not just boss and employee. Anibal tells Clemi that he and Isela are engaged. She looks sad but offers her congrats.

Piero confronts Gustavo at the auto shop. Piero tells Tavo that Lidia is only seeing him to make Piero jealous.

Manuel is finally out of bed and dressed. He and Lidia are arguing about who is going to pick up Clemi. Manuel says he has important things to do. They stand on the stairs while Clemi hears everything, standing by the front door. Clemi hears the argument which has turned to Lidia and Manuel's plans to get Piero, who comes with Lucia's money. Clemi can't stand it anymore when she hears Manuel pimping out his daughter for money....Desgraciado!

Until next episode...

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Well Hola Pasion viewers, I was hoping for pirates, but we got Serfs, the burgeoning "bourgeois"
and some fine scientific points about virginity.

We begin with small town anywhere in the “New World”, yeah we’ve seen it before, Jamestown, Boston, somewhere in Mexico. The townspeople look hail and hardy considering smallpox, syphilis and so on were quite abundant. A woman is in a church praying, she is praying for her son, Cuatro Anos, Cuatro Anos..he has been gone for Cuatro Anos. He doesn’t call, he doesn’t write. He is in jail or something.
The Lady’s name is Ofelia & she is missing her beloved son Santiago. From now on he is Santi to me. A priest or brother or Moe from the three stooges approaches. He gives her generic words to help her carry the Cuatro Anos Cross. This sends my easy distracted mind to wonder, what possessed those religious guys to wear their hair like that? I mean was it for religious reasons like humble yourself before God and man by cutting your hair with a bowl? This look was of course copied by farmers through the great plains, cowboys fortunately never bought into the craze. That little kid that yelled “Shane” across five states had the same haircut.

Meanwhile we see Camila the young, oh yes, virginal good girl, she is playing with some kid. She tells the kid to take a hike and go find Tia Rita. The kid is like no way, Tia Rita is boring.

We see a stranger, a hairy stranger. Dr. Livingston I presume? No, who is this hairy man? He walks down the street, in tattered clothes & more than his fair share of dirt. Two workers whisper Senor Santiago?
Ofelia of the Cuatro Anos Cross is standing looking out a window. She hears a voice. Tears run down her face, it is her beloved Santi. Oh Son, Oh Ma… He says so how are things. Ah okay. Santi inquires after Camila, the fetching maid we met earlier. She is fine and waiting. Just what a man wants to hear.

Next thing we see Camila catching a glimpse of boots; then her eyes rise to the face of “Santi”, he has returned. Many words of it’s a miracle, I would die for you, I waited…and so on. Santi wants to marry her. Camila does the, I’m not young anymore…and truthfully by the days standards she is a bit over the hill, but it looks like she has most of her teeth. She’ll do. Actually by him being locked up or where ever the hell he has been for Cuatro Anos, she probably extended her life by three years of not dying in child birth.

Ofelia & Santi join the Darien family for a sit down, with wedding talk. The Darien clan consist of Pa(Jose), Camila(the pretty one), Rita(yes the Jan Brady sister), Vasco(the uber hawt young brother). If she has a Ma, I missed it. But all these people have way too much hair so I’m not sure. Seem like they will go asked Don Jorge if it is okay to get married. I guess you have a few really powerful people and the rest are just kinda property.

Now back to the rich guys house, you know there is going to be a rich UberBastard, keeping with the TeleNovela theme that it is better to be poor and honest than rich and evil. This is open to debate.
Anyway we see the family come to ask if it is okay for youngins to jump the broom. Don Jorge does his best eye rape and comments the face of the virgincita, but the body of a woman. Don Jose (Cami’s Pa) says hello to Dona Sofie & Dona Fortuna. Dona Sofie is the gravely voiced wife of Don Jorge. Dona Fortuna, well she is plump, rich and named Fortuna, funny how that worked out. So somewhere in this town is a poor skinny urchin named “golfilla”? I’m really not sure how Fortuna fits in this little group.
Our young lovers will marry in two weeks.

Okay on to a fiesta at the Darien’s, it is the pre wedding party. The is some really quaint, yes boring dancing, you know the little men in a line, women in a line nonsense. Then our two, chaste lovers are standing under a tree. However, this is not a magical tree like the one in DA, & no clothes go flying, no Tequila either. Santi is trying his best to pull the it’s really painful for a man to wait, after all we will be married tomorrow, how bout we seal the deal. No young Cami is a good girl and will have no part of that.

Meanwhile back at the big house of bad morals, rich men are drinking and talking about how’d you like to get a piece of that virgin action Patron? Well seems like it is the Patron’s right to bang anything he sees moving. The other men encourage the Patron to take what is his. Psychologist call this HomoErotic, when men all get together to encourage the humilation of a woman. Yep, it does seem like this is quite to group of deviants.

Now we also get to see Don Jorge’s plump blonde daughter, Ursula, she is rich, spoiled and mentions Vasco, the uber hottie brother of our Cami. She takes lovers like good girls take vows seriously and with passion.

Now the men jump on their horses and off they go. They arrive at the Pre Wedding Party. Some Lackey of Don Jorge is giving the orders. So the little to be bride is gonna give it up to the Patron. Santi says no, the church has outlawed the practice. They actually mention a mujers himen (spanish spelling), thank you Univision, I don’t believe I have ever actually heard the term used in conversation. Just wait til I play scrabble again.

Well that is all the men needed to hear, they apologized gave ducats to the children and left.
Bwwwahhhaa as if. A fight breaks out, of course the many fiesta goers can’t possibly overcome five guys with swords. Santi gets a huge saber through him and falls to the ground, where he is also kicked in the head. Lil Cami realizing the fate of the Western World as we know it rests on her giving it up. She goes quietly after kissing the lips of her true love, who is unconscious at the time.

She is taken to the big house and locked in a room. Don Jorge will be up shortly. She frantically tries the door, egads, it is locked, the windows, alas they too are locked. The door opens and Don Jorge comes in. He is doing his best Hugh Hefner, complete with silk robe. I’m surprised she doesn’t swoon at his manliness and good taste. He pours her some wine. He basically tells her, young men don’t know how to pleasure a woman, it is all about them. He starts undressing her, well he tells her, this can be easy or this can be hard, it is up to you.
---I think he may have won her over, had he given her more wine and hired the Black Guy we saw earlier in the story, do a little Barry White under the window…

Darling, I can't get enough of your love babe
Girl, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
I can't get enough of your love babe.

She is paralyzed under the covers when he drops his robe, she shuts them even tighter after a brief peek.
He slips into bed with her.

Over to Santi..well things aren’t looking good, He was hit really hard in the head. Yeah and that giant saber surely nicked at least one vital organ. Santi’s sister is crying by his bed and Cami’s kinda weird sister is just staring into space.

Cami’s Pa & Santi’s Ma show up at the house demanding to speak to Don Jorge, he has Cami in there. The guard says okay hang on a minute. He goes in and speaks to Don Alfredo? I’m not sure if that is his name, but he was the RatBastard who got this whole thing started. Don Alfredo is like, nah Don Jorge is busy doing your daughter, she’ll be home safe in the morning. The two good parents leave, wailing and lamenting.

Meanwhile, back in the love shack, seem Don Jorge, couldn’t do the deed. If only he had the little blue pill, but alas we are hundred’s of years prior to that great scientific discovery. Never fear Camila, the Don promises to get the job done tomorrow.

Sorry If I missed anything…but I couldn’t torture myself enough to watch it again.
Now I go off to ponder how life has changed since those days of yore, if only he would have had jello shooters, Barry White, viagra & some awesome bling…well we might just have a different story.

Normally I would never make fun of a scene like the "attempted Rape", but I felt more threatened by lack of interest than any real mal intent.

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Just a reminder that as of January I’ll need a replacement re-capper for Juan Q. If anyone’s interested please e-mail Melinama at the address on the left!

So the big day has arrived. We’re back at the beginning, the part where Juan began his story.

Juan waits outside while Ana and Paula have one last hear to heart. Ana really doesn’t want her daughter to marry CL. She asks Paula if she can’t be happy today, on the wedding day, how will she be happy tomorrow. Ana really wishes that Paula would wait and think this over. Paula looks as though she’s been smacked. The doorbell rings and Paula asks for her mother’s blessing. Ana tells Paula that she hopes that she [Ana] is the one who’s wrong. Paula agrees and hugs her mother good-bye.

Juan sees Paula coming toward him and thinks that she’s not a woman; she’s an angel. He comes to open the door and asks for Ana. Paula explains that she’s not coming but won’t say why. They share an awkward moment at the door of the car, but Paula gets into the vehicle.

Yadira tries her best to stop Marely from stopping the wedding. Yadira tells Marely that it’s Paula and CL’s problem. Yadira reminds Marely that now the path to Juan will be clear. Marely can’t believe that Yadira doesn’t care about Paula, their sister, making this huge mistake. Marely can’t permit the marriage to happen. Yadira continues to try to contain Marely but the younger Cachon is finally able to escape Yadira’s clutches.

Monica comes down the stairs in a fetching blue dress. Laura thinks that Monica is being a pure masochist, going to this wedding. Monica retorts that she has to go see this wedding for herself. Besides, there’s a possibility that something might happen at the last minute. Laura doesn’t like the sound of that or Monica’s attitude. Monica’s not worried. “What’s the worst that could happen.”

Ana clutches a picture of her and Paula and cries. The doorbell rings; it’s Marely. Marely begs for help to stop the marriage. Ana thinks that there’s nothing that they can do at this point. Marely tells Ana that they don’t even have to say anything; they both can just keep Paula from entering the church. Marely begs and Ana caves.

Alirio and Nidia argue about not going to the wedding. Nidia says that she’s not going as a sign of solidarity with Ana Davila. Alirio says that’s fine, but he’s dressed and agitated so he’s going. Nidia lays down the law and says that nobody who lives under her roof is going to that wedding. Alirio asks why Juan was allowed to go. Nidia half-heartedly answers that Juan’s case was different. She says that no one else is going. At that moment Yadira and Kike come down the stairs. Yadira announces that no one else has the desire to go, except for the little black sheep of the family who left to impede the wedding. Everyone’s impactada.

Paula pleads with Juan to stop looking at her that way. Juan asks if Paula knows what she’s doing. She says that she does, but he doesn’t agree. Juan says that she’s marrying someone she doesn’t love. Paula says that’s not his business. Juan stops the car and asks how she can do this after what happened between them. Paula says that nothing happened between them; it was all a dream or possibly a nightmare. Juan says that they dreamed the same dream. He grabs her hand. She tells Juan that he’s making them late. He says that now’s the time to back out. Paula says that it’s not. She’s going to marry today no matter what. Juan launches into his speech. How can she condemn this love that is the biggest, purest, most beautiful that exists. Paula tells Juan to save himself because she’s lost. He tells her that it would be easy to not go to the church; they could start a new life together. All she needs to do is say that she loves him and they will be on the highway in moments. He begs her to say the word. It will change their lives.

CL waits outside for his bride. He asks if Paula’s arrived. Pastor assures CL that Paula’s coming. CL says that he’s very nervous and he doesn’t know why. Pastor says that maybe it’s because CL’s ex-wife has just arrived. Monica comments that CL looked much better at their wedding. CL asks her why she’s there. Monica replies that she’s there to watch the show. She wouldn’t miss it for the world. Pastor sees the wedding vehicle and rushes CL into the church.

The bell tolls as Paula and Juan sit in the car. She asks him if he’ll open the door. When he doesn’t move she comments about his rudeness and opens the door herself. Juan, the true masochist in all of this, gets out of the car and goes to her side to hold the door.

Yvonne and Pastor watch this. Pastor says that he gives the marriage six months. Yvonne’s less optimistic; she gives it three.

Juan hold Paula’s hand and again says that he just needs one word. Paula leans in and then walks past him. She turns to look at him and he looks absolutely destroyed. Once she’s in the church, Juan tears down the drive and heads toward the bus that will take him home.

Ana and Marely rush to the church but are stopped by Pastor who warns them not to interfere. They brush past him.

The wedding march begins and Paula walks, alone, toward the groom. Ana and Marely come behind her and try to convince her to not do it, but Paula walks on. CL glows and Paula looks as though she’s going to her death.

Juan pulls the car into a bus stop and almost runs over the mechanic. He gives the car to the mechanic, throws his suit in the trunk and rushes to the bus. Juan thought bubbles that Paula married the man that she really loved and he was left without hope. All he could feel emptiness.

Paula comes into the house and looks for her mother; who’s at Nidia’s house. Nidia tries to tranquilize the pain with tequila. Ana thinks that she shouldn’t have gone to the church. Nidia thinks that Ana made the right choice. Ana says that she wanted something more for her daughter. Nidia tells Ana to look at it from a different perspective. Maybe CL will make Paula happy. They should speak positively and hope that CL has changed. Ana says that she’s less worried about that then Paula’s internal conflict. Nidia thinks that Paula’s feelings for Juan are going to be a big problem in her marriage with CL.

Paula opens the door to an excited CL. He asks if she’s ready. When she says that she is, he excitedly rushes out the door with her luggage. Paula turns and mournfully looks at her empty house.

Ana tells Nidia that Paula never wanted to recognize it. Nidia thinks that with the way Juan is, it was destined that Paula would fall in love. Nidia points out that Paula did marry someone that she loves. She just loves CL in a different way. Ana’s not so sure that Paula loves CL at all. Nidia thinks out loud that the Cachon women always realize their true loves once it’s too late. Ana looks on with a glazed look in her eyes. Nidia sighs and says that they should be thinking about the one who is the most injured by this, Juan.

CL questions Paula’s attitude. He tells her that she’s going to a honeymoon, not a funeral. He tells her that they’ve now united themselves as one and no one can separate them, not even her mother.

Marely anxiously looks out of her bedroom window, waiting for Juan. He doesn’t drive up and the phone doesn’t ring. She calls Kike at work and asks for Juan, but Kike says that Juan’s not with him. Kike thinks that Juan needs to go find himself a little blonde beer to get over Paula. He’s not worried; he’s sure Juan will show up at some point. Marely can’t believe that Kike doesn’t want to go look for Juan. Yadira comes in and asks for the phone, but Kike’s busy and he sends her kisses and then hangs up. Marely explains this to Yadira and then returns to the window, eagerly awaiting Juan’s arrival. Yadira wants to know if Marely’s going to stay there, looking out the window. Yadira says that Juan’s probably at a bar because no Juan dies because of love. Yadira jokes about Juan committing suicide. Marely’s worried because she thinks that Juan’s capable of doing anything.

It’s night, the Cachon’s are home and Juan is not. Now it looks like everyone’s worried, except Alirio. Kike comes in and everyone jumps. The phone rings, but it’s a wrong number – someone calling for a pizza. Alirio uses this opportunity to ask for food, but Nidia reminds him that they are in a moment of crisis. Alirio’s not so concerned about Juan because Juan’s not a little boy, he’s a man. It takes one look from Nidia to shut him up. Nidia finally mentions that maybe they should call the police.

Three a.m. and Marely’s still waiting. She prays to the virgin to keep Juan from doing something stupid. She begs for the virgin to take care of Juan.

Nidia can’t take Alirio’s snoring anymore, so she assaults him with a pillow. She complains that his snoring is all she heard last night. Nidia’s still worried about Juan. Alirio’s sure that Juan was at a party and just lost track of time. He says that if Juan had to come one day, then he would have to leave another and that day has arrived. Alirio, ever the opportunist, thinks this is his and Nidia’s opportunity to commit their own “locura.” Nidia brushes him away. Alirio’s persistent, but as always, he loses. Nidia says that she’s going to call the police, the hospital, etc.

Kike and Marely check Juan’s room. They’re not sure what to do, but they admit that this is strange. They rush into the room and notice that all of his clothing are there. Kike wonders if Juan went to get Monica. Kike rushes away, saying that Juan probably just needed to be alone. Marely sits on Juan’s bed and caresses his pillow. The phone rings and there’s a race to answer. It’s Monica and she’s wondering if Juan will arrive. Alirio’s still not worried. The women are desperate to find their Juan. Alirio speaks up and insists that the women are overreacting. He says that they need to use other resources. The women don’t agree. Alirio thinks that they should try the hospitals and clinics first. Alirio says that if Juan doesn’t appear, at the very least they know he’s not dead. Kike agrees and says he’s sure that Juan’s headed for the office. Kike rushes to work. Marely wants to accompany him, but Kike rushes out the door. Marely decides to go bathe.

Nidia calls Ana and asks if Ana’s heard anything about Juan. Nidia explains that Juan has not arrived home and nobody knows where he is. The last place anyone saw him was at the wedding. Nidia asks Ana if she finds out anything to call Nidia. Ana asks for the same favor in return.

Kike and Fernando pace the garage. They talk about how stupid it was for Juan to take Paula to the church to marry CL. Fernando wonders where Juan could go. Monica arrives and Fernando rushes to her. She stops and asks about Juan. Kike explains that Juan disappeared. Monica looks genuinely concerned.

Kike calls the house to say that Juan still hasn’t arrived. Nidia starts to panic but says that she hasn’t lost hope. She asks Kike to call the moment that he knows anything. Nidia tells Yadira that Kike’s going to start calling the hospitals. The women don’t like this one bit. Nidia thinks they should pray.

Pastor thinks that Monica’s joking when she tells him that Juan’s disappeared. Nidia tells Pastor that it’s not and that everyone’s doing everything to find him. She orders Pastor to find Juan, wherever he may be. Monica says that will be Pastor’s only job. With a little “encouragement” from Monica, Pastor rushes from the office.

Pastor runs over to Marely and asks her about Juan’s disappearance. Pastor says that Juan must have gotten drunk and is now hung over. Marely says it’s possible, but nobody knows anything about Juan. She tells Pastor that he’s not the only worried one. Pastor decides to rush to talk to Kike.

Nidia goes to Ana and says that she had to leave the house. She can’t handle having no news about Juan. Nidia’s worried that Juan jumped from a bridge or did something else to commit suicide or that he got into a drunken fight and is in jail.

Kike calls around to the different clinics and hospitals but there’s no Juan. The woman on the phone suggests that Kike call the morgue. Fernando’s sure that Juan’s not there, but Kike hurriedly calls. He gives Juan’s name and description. He describes Juan’s boots [remember, fair readers, that Juan was not wearing boots when he got out of the car to help Paula]. The women comes back onto the line and says that there’s somebody there who matches the description but doesn’t have identification. Kike puts down the phone and announces that Juan is dead. Pastor shakes his head and Fernando stands there with a stupid look on his face.

Pastor threatens Kike that he shouldn’t make such jokes. Pastor gets on the phone and declares that Juan Dominguez is dead. The woman explains that all she said was that there was a man there who matched Juan’s description. She asks if Pastor wants to come to identify the man. Pastor looks worried and pissed. He feints, but Fernando catches him. Love how no one stops in the background. This must be a frequent occurrence with Pastor.

Ana paces his store and eventually calls the house. Alirio answers, but he thinks that it’s Juan. He scolds “Juan” for not letting everyone know where he is. Anga, justifiably confused, hangs up on Alirio.

Fernando tries to calm Pastor. The men decide to go to the morgue to see the body. Kike and Fernando insist that they alone should go, but Pastor won’t hear it. Pastor says that they shouldn’t say anything to anyone about it until they’re sure.

Immediately, the men arrive at the morgue. They asks the doctor about the death. The doctor explains that it appears to be a suicide. The dead man flung himself in front of the train. The doctor needs to get working so he asks who will go to look at the body. Pastor volunteers. We see feet and a sad Pastor enter the room.

Kike blames himself and Fernando can’t say a word.

Before the doctor can uncover the body, Pastor asks for a moment. The doctor tells Pastor to hurry and leaves. Pastor tells “Juan” that he’ll never love anyone as much as Juan. They could have been so happy, but it could not be. Pastor says that Juan was an angel, an innocent. He clutches the body and thanks “Juan” for all of their moments together.

Kike and Fernando remain silent. Pastor exits the room and says that he couldn’t do it. The doctor asks for another volunteer. Kike says that Juan was his brother and that he’ll go. Kike has to ask the doctor for a moment. The doctor’s getting frustrated and tells Kike not to be long. Kike gives his soliloquy about how he was dead before Juan arrive. The doctor comes back in and asks if they can proceed. Kike agrees and reaches for the sheet. He pulls it back and makes a vomit face.

Tune in tomorrow to see if we’ll be watching “Yo amaba Juan Querendon”!

*Charlie Brown

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I'll be the Monday night Juan Querendón recapper through December. Anyone interested in handling it in January should contact Melinama. see the side panel for her e-mail or step up in the comments. It's fun and it super accelerates your learning/understanding of Spanish. And one last whine about my very dead VCR. Yup, it shuddered and died on me 15 minutes into the first showing of Juan last night. This will be my best memory from notes only.

We start with the repeat of Monica and Cesár Luis in her apartment which Jeanne so completely translated. You can always read her Friday recap. To review main points, Monica is ensnaring CL with her coquettish appeal that the big old Farrell Industries is just too, too big for a bitty thing like herself. She had no idea how hard it would be, she can't do it alone, he needs to return. Her errors could cost them a fortune. He was so capable and worked so hard to build it up... Who could run Farrell better than he, she adds cunningly. He avows that he has other plans but you can see that he is deeply effected as he exits. Laura comes in from the other room having overhead this and wants to know just what Monica is up to with this ploy. Monica says CL is driven by only two things, passion and ambition. She bets that it is the second that will win out and he will come back.

Juan is busy outside Paula's darkened house thought bubbling some long shot hopeful thoughts about the unsteadiness of Paula's relationship with CL. He barely controls his impulses to go up to the door.

Paula and Ana are having this same dreary argument about CL. Paula admits that yes he is pressing her to marry him now but she is sure he is the right one for her. Ana cautions that she doesn't want Paula to regret a hasty decision. Paula says she loves CL but is confused. Ana wants her to postpone this wedding and to consider what she really feels for Juan. Paula really isn't a very clear thinker, is she?

Nidia, stands outside her bedroom summoning up all her courage. She is dressed in a sexy black negligee, this woman has good looking legs. She pats up and down her bust and slithers through the door all in the name of world peace. She then leans seductively against walls and in doorways making her little sexy murmurs. Alirio in his prepubescent pajamas is deaf and blind to her performance as he stares in a trance at the soccer game on TV. She finally asks him if he is blind, when he realizes what she is offering, with passion. He dives under the covers with her and begins to make savage piggy sounds that aren't exactly standard Spanish but only the language of love... Outside in the hallway Juan in those short shorts with pillow over his ears and the sisters in pj's wondering if the noises indicate violence, danger, enjoyment, what? Marely says I thought she had cut services, Yadira questions that there were ever services, certainly not like this. Juan worries that he has to get up really early. They mistakenly mutter that this will surely end really soon. Later Juan sprawled on top of his covers, he can't sleep for all the noise that seems to be going on much later. He remembers the story from Fran about the argument CL and Paula had at lunch which seemed to involve some jealousy and reference to him, Juan....

Later, Alirio is unconscious but starts up again saying Nidia has awakened his most base desires. She tells him he needs to see a doctor, it's not normal how he can carry on for hours like this, and how is she going to stand this every night? He slowly repeats, you said EVERY NIGHT? Oh my Egyptian pharaoh queen, my Cleopatra....

Switch to Fran shivering in his lonely bed, talking to NIdia to have her tell Juan or Marely that he can't get up. She hopes he will get better soon. Marely wonders what's he got, Nidia says He's sick... Yadira enters the diningroom and thanks Nidia and the silly grinning Alirio for the concert last night. When Nidia says it was nothing, Yadira says I am not five. You both should be ashamed! How come no kid no matter what age wants to deal with the sexuality of their parents?

Juan and Kiki are driving in the big truck discussing that Fran is sick. Juan wants to stop and check on him it might be something serious. He sings a little diddy, give a hand to your brother... Okay, Kiki gives in we'll go to his house to check on him.

CL on the phone wanting to come have a conversation with Paula. She invites him over but he says with your mother present we can't really talk. Paula starts to defend her mother's right to be in her own house but Ana catching this in the background says, don't worry I am going to shop so I won't be here. CL agrees to come in one hour.

Angarita has Pastor at the market. Pastor's idea of helping is that he can work with papers, accounts. Angarita zings out that when he needs a secretary he will let him know. What he needs now is a heavy lifter, these big sacks need to be piled up right here. Ang's other helper appears and insists that Pastor take his fancy jacket off so he doesn't stain it.

Fer huddles in the bed sucking on a thermometer while Juan tries to understand his mumbles. Finally Juan can't deal with it and casts it over on the night stand. Instead he feels Fer's head and declares that he is burning up and must be dipped in icy cold water to break the fever. They head for the bathroom to dip poor Fer.

Paula stands pouring a glass of wine, sheesh isn't it still morning. This is not the breakfast drink of a happy bride to be. She is telling CL she wants no pressure, she can't stand it. He encourages her with, I too have fear of big changes. My business for instance, but won't you marry me don't you love me enough? Don't you believe in me (see me eye rolling). I am hurt by your doubts but I love you.... Then he abruptly turns and says I can't stand waiting, are you going to marry me or do we say goodbye here and now. Just as he approaches the front door she opens her mouth.

Fer continues in his sickbed whining, I have no family, no wife no children. One could die alone. I thank you for your friendship but a friend doesn't kiss or hug or talk sweetly when you are sick. I am fed up with solitude, fed up! Juan's eyes bug like they do when Pastor waxes poetic about him. I see manly fear here.

Paula finally voices, I have concerns. we have no future, I respect you but I have to protect myself. He says, I'm going. She needs more time, he claims it is a defeat (derrota) for him. I like to call things by their proper name I wish you luck with all my heart. Finally she, breaks, Okay, let's get married. And as soon as possible. He's the happiest man in the world, amoamoamo

Juan sitting by Fer's side on the bed things how he is really loosing Paula.

Angarito and Kiki discuss his offer for Kiki to work with him full time to be his own boss to share a percentage of the profits. Kiki cannot act without consulting Juan. The deal has to include them both. Angarita urges him not to hesitate and tells him that fear of lack of a decision could make one lose the best opportunity of a lifetime.

Ana returns from the store and Paula fills her in that she and CL are to be married next weekend. This time it will happen without fail. Ana is very disappointed but says she respects Paula's decision and gives her blessing.
Paula prays to el Niño de Atocha to give her bravery AND to clear out the memories of Juan from her head!!!

Nidia is drawing at Ana's house and thinks the frown on Ana's face is because her work is bad [actually it's not a beginner's drawing]. But no, Ana is worried about Paula, she is to marry CL.

Paula shows up at Cesár Luis' apartment and says she is willing to go through with this quick wedding but she has one request. She has promised Juan that he could drive her to the church -BREAK- The conversation continues. CL asks are you serious? CL doesn't like the idea of Juan being so close to her. I promised him. Can't you cede something so simple. But, CL protests you had relations with him, he isn't just anyone. She asserts that he can just go look for another fiancé. Well if it is that important to you. He gives the okay but doesn't like the idea!

Juan and Kiki discuss working for Anga on a percentage of profits basis. Juan says he has to think it over because Monica had offered him a promotion to stay at Ferrell. They discuss the possbilities and finally Juan relents and says I have wounds in my heart. Okay, I'll come with you.

Ana and Nidia discuss the wedding it is quick and absurd. Nidia talks on about it's like a venereal disease or not bathing. Ana is worried Paula will be upset with her intimate details with Nidia but Nidia promises not to mettle.

Pastor is now at Anga's desk adding figures in his little battery operated calculator. He after much effort he comes up with 10,520 just after Anga comes up with it in his head. Anga assures him that Pastor's equipment is not as good and doing the accounting by hand one reason why he, Angarita is a rich man today. Pastor adds dryly, and alone. Angarita tells Pastor he can go home. And talk to the furniture? We seem a lot alike. Well we are brothers, we are just getting to know each other. Really we are strangers but we can get to know each other better. Pastor asks Anga if he has other family. No. Did you have a girlfriend. Yes I had one. It was Nidia Cachón, right?

Nidia meets Paula outside Ana's house and says she hears gossip that Paula is marrying CL. When I was your age.... then she looks at Paula and says why is your face so sad. What about Juan, Papirico? Is he the one who can make you truly happy?. Paula says she has made up her mind. Nidia looks skeptical and says you should be very clear in your feelings. [like she really knows this personally, right].

Back to Anga and Pastor. Anga continues the story that the time of love passed that this was an impossible love. My love for Nidia was returned but she ended up going off with my best friend, Manuel Cachón. Pastor asks, did you hate him for getting her? No. But, now if she can resolve her current situation with this imbecile she married. Things have to be right. She is the love of my life.

Nidia with Juan says, I am going to give you a blow without anesthesia: Paula and CL will marry next weekend! Juan thinks all his hopes dashed. There was never a future. Don't worry I am prepared.

Paula thinks of Nidia's and Ana's advice that Juan would be a better choice for her. Then Marely shows up in her head and repeats Juan is best. She tells herself, I love CL, I won't think about doubts. [If you say this enough times you might believe it yourself.]

Juan in his bed is reliving all his romantic and happy times with Paula. [makes me realize what a fool she is, he is so hawt] He wants to tear these memories of Paula out of his heart and soul.

We see him in the next scene driving an S-type Jaguar in white with black interior, bedecked with white bouquets of flowers. [I gotta tell you here that I had an S-type from the first year they made them, it was silver and the most elegant car I have ever owned and driven. It makes me shiver to think of it now. It was hard to afford all the speeding tickets when I pretended to be a race car driver].
But I digress, Back to Ivonne showing up out front of CL's building dressed for a wedding. CL is horrified, he can't let Paula see him drive up with Ivonne for the wedding. She carries on again about being the only woman that loves him because she really understands him. He doesn't have to fool her like he does the others. She predicts that soon he will hate Paula like he ended up hating Monica. He points out that her foolishness is like a bad omen. He says he will risk going forward with the marriage. She wishes him luck as he drives away, you are going to need it she thought bubbles.

Ana in particularly stringy hair sits looking at Paula enter their living room in her wedding dress that looks lacy and lovely but uncomfortably tight like all her so called work wardrobe. Paula begins to cry that she wants her mother to support her decision and to be with her on this most important day. Ana says she cannot stand to see Paula destroy her life and just cannot go to the wedding. Paula tries to blame mom for not being perfectly happy, but Ana isn't having any of it. Ana ironically asks her will she be happiest today but what about tomorrow. She ends with hopes that Paula will reconsider. FIN.

Sorry this was so late but the Destilando Finale assemblage kept me up until almost 4AM this morning and my VCR is dead so sorry about no vocabulary lesson either. But my sighing about the wedding previews is for that Jaguar, well with Juan driving it is an extra special bonus...

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