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Episode 10

[When La Traición started to be broadcast in other countries, it was reported on the LT foro on Telenovela World that scenes had been cut from the US broadcast that were included in the foreign broadcasts. A viewer of LT in Israel posted an eight minute missing scene from this episode to You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuA_LUXpV04 . I have incorporated it into the recap of this episode. The Israeli viewer has been posting on You Tube the novela as it is broadcast in Israel. I compared the rest of the episode that was broadcast here to the You Tube videos and there are a lot of differences. Most of them are only a few lines here and there. However, not everything that was broadcast here is on the You Tube videos from Israel. I have incorporated all the missing material into this recap with links to the You Tube videos. The material that was not broadcast here is in green, thus. However, I have compared the Israeli You Tube videos to other episodes and I don't find any more omitted scenes. On the contrary, the Isreali broadcast cuts many scenes that are in the US broadcast. There was something unusual about Episode 10. Maybe it was intended to be 1 1/2 hours.]

Soledad: Your honor, Hugo de Medina is innocent. He did not harm Beatriz de Linares.
Judge: Order!
Prosecutor: This is absurd, Your Honor. What is this woman doing disguised as a police officer?
S: I apologize for having to come here like this, your honor but I did it for my own protection. (She looks at Arturo.)
Prosecutor: The defendant has admitted his guilt. There can’t be any more testimony.
Judge: The prosecutor is correct, Señorita de Obragon. If Hugo de Media has admitted his guilt, there is no sense in defending him.
S: He did it to protect me. We were together that night…
H: (interrupting) Soledad! It isn’t necessary to defend me. These details aren’t necessary. For the love of God...
S: (Soledad flashes back to their night of passion.) Hugo isn’t guilty because I was with him all night. We were together until dawn.
Arturo: Your honor! You can’t believe this woman, she is lying. She is in love with Hugo de Medina and will do anything to save him.
S: Your honor, I can present witnesses. They can testify that what I am saying is true. Please let them come in.
The judge lets the witnesses come forward. Juan, Lupe and Aurora come into the courtroom.

Helena wakes up and says that today is the trial of Hugo de Medina. She calls for Guillermo but he isn’t there. He has left a note saying that he has left her forever.

S: Your honor, these people can confirm that we were out of the city on the morning of the party. Prosecutor: Your honor, these campesinos could have been bought.
Arturo: Of course, they were bought. If Soledad de Obragón is willing to make such an admission in front of everyone, what wouldn’t she do to save her fiancé?
Hugo: Your honor. Listen to them. It’s the least you can do before judging me.
Judge: Is it true that you encountered Hugo de Medina and Soledad de Obragón on the road outside the city yesterday morning?
Jose: That is so, Your Honor. We saw them in the road. They were heading for the city and they signaled us to stop us but we didn’t.
Arturo: Your honor, instead of asking them, why don’t you ask the child? The child wouldn’t lie. Little one, tell us, isn’t it true that this woman spoke to your parents and asked them to come to this trial and lie? (the child shakes her head slightly.)
Prosecutor: Tell us if you saw this man and woman yesterday on the road. The child flashes back to seeing Hugo and Soledad)
Judge: We’re listening, child. Tell us. Have you seen this couple before?
Aurora: Yes, they were on the road yesterday.

The police are taking Guillermo away. Elena accosts the police and asks them why they have her husband. The policeman says that Guillermo threatened a rich man with a gun. Helena yells at and ultimately jumps on the policeman.

Prosecutor: The testimony of the child isn’t valid, your honor.
Soledad: Why isn’t it valid? You yourselves asked that the child testify. Isn’t that so, your Honor?
Judge: The testimony of the family and especially the child is admissible. Silence! By the power vested in me by this court, I declare Hugo de Medina innocent of the charge of sexual abuse of Señorita Beatriz de Linares. . The investigation to discover the responsible person will continue. You are free to go, Hugo de Medina.

 Sensation in the court.
Hugo goes up to Soledad.



S: We won.
H: Thanks to you. We won thanks to you. (they kiss)


Los Burke are in jail. Guillermo explains to Helena why he threatened Arturo and his mother and why he was in the tavern with Margot. He asks if she believes him. She says that she does.

Úrsula: I can’t tell you how happy I am to see you two so happy.
H: Part of that happiness is thanks to you too. Soledad told me what you did. You were very brave.
Marina: But it wasn’t just us. Boris was very brave, too.
Boris: I apologize for disobeying you, señor, but if we hadn’t, we wouldn’t have been able to rescue Señorita Soledad and you wouldn’t have been acquitted.
H: Very good, Boris. Very good. You are a loyal employee who knows how to make decisions. Boris, Marina and Úrsula return to their work.

Soledad: My love, I want you to meet the people who helped us.
Hugo: (to Jose, Lupe and Aurora) I want thank you so much for what you did. I would like to reward you in some way.
Jose: That’s not necessary, señor, we just told what we saw. Excuse us.
Hugo: (to Soledad) How did it occur to you to bring them?
Soledad: I knew my testimony alone wouldn’t be enough. Something more convincing was necessary so I thought of them.
Hugo: I am very lucky. You are not only beautiful but very smart. (they kiss)

Gladis: You promised to make sure that Hugo de Medina paid for what he did to my daughter and look what happened.
Arturo: I was surprised as you, mother, but I promise you it won’t end here.
Gladis: Don’t be an idiot. You need to concentrate on getting out of this without any problems. You have to prevent that woman from accusing you. They could send you to jail for kidnapping her.
Arturo: Don’t worry mother, I know what I have to do.
Gladis sniffs and walks off.

Alcides starts to leave the courtroom.
Arturo: (to Alcides) You and I have unfinished business. Meet me at the north side of the forest in one hour. (to Hugo) I know what I did was bad but I want you to understand that my sister was the victim of an atrocious crime and all the evidence pointed to you. I was afraid that you would be freed unjustly. So I decided to hold Soledad. I knew it was drastic and excessive but I wanted to be sure justice was done.
S: You didn’t just hold me. You tried to rape me.
A: I swear that I didn’t have anything to do with that. If any of my men did that, you can be sure that I will punish them.
H: Linares, you don’t mess with the people I love. You can be sure that I will repay you for what you did.
S: It doesn’t matter. I can’t prove it was Arturo. (to Arturo) You will leave us in peace now, right?
A: You can be sure that I will.
S: (to Hugo) Let’s go talk to my parents.
H: You go ahead. I’ll catch you up. (to Arturo) I know what kind of man you are. I don’t believe a single word of your apology.

Ester, Lucas and Soledad in the Courtroom-
E: Come home with us. You have a lot of explaining to do.
L: You can start with how it was that Arturo de Linares kidnapped you. We couldn’t believe it when Alcides told us.
S: I don’t want to bother you with that. I am fine. I’m here and thanks to God, I’m free.
Hugo comes up.
H: This may not be the best place but it is important that you know that Soledad and I want to be married as soon as possible.
E: Señor de Medina, even though you have been declared innocent, you aren’t a good influence for my daughter. Since she has been with you she has done nothing but do crazy things and bring shame on us.
S:The only thing I am asking for is your blessing but if you won’t give it to me, I am going to marry him anyway.
L: What Hugo said is correct. This is not the time or the place to talk about this.
E: There is nothing to talk about!
L: We will wait for you at home, daughter.

In the woods near a lake, Arturo tells Alcides that their agreement was that Alcides would bribe the judge and Hugo would be hanged. Alcides says that it was Arturo’s men who let Soledad escape. Arturo replies that the Judge didn’t do what he was supposed to. Alcides says that he will take of that. Arturo says that he is glad that Alcides is going to take care of it because he can do it right now. Arturo’s men lead the judge up with his hand tied behind his back. He begs them not to kill him. Arturo hands Alcides a gun and tells him to fix the problem. Alcides first points the gun at Arturo, “I don’t like being tested,” he says and then he shoots the judge.



Ester and Lucas come home to find Manrique there. He says that he came to see the house that will soon be his. Ester asks what he means. Manrique replies that Lucas pledged their house as collateral for his loan. Manrique says that he has thought about it and decided the Lucas will never be able to pay him back so he will take this lovely house. Ester says that he is wrong. The house belongs to her. She inherited it from her family [we find out later that that isn’t true] and he can’t take it from her. “Would you like to bet on that, Señora?” says Manrique and breaks a vase. Ester protests and Lucas attacks Manrique. Manrique’s men start beating Lucas up. Ester says that she knows a way that they can pay him. Manrique calls his men off and says that he is listening.

Hugo and Soledad are in Hugo’s house-
H: Yes, but you heard what your mother said at the trial.
S: They’ll have to accept it. If they don’t, we’ll do what we planned. We’ll get married far away from everybody and everything. You know something, I feel a little afraid. It’s as if everyone is against us being together.
H: No one can separate us. No one. I will always be by your side to protect you.
S: I won’t give up on my parents. I will speak to my father. Maybe he can convince my mother to give us her blessing.

Ester speaks to Manrique while Lucas is unconscious on the floor.
E: My daughter is engaged to Hugo de Medina. You know that he has lots of money. When they marry, he will pay all the money that we owe you.
M: I know Hugo de Medina well. He isn’t an idiot. It will be hard to get that amount of money from him. When is the wedding?
E: In a month.
M: Fine. That is the deadline. (He leaves with his men.)
Ester runs to Lucas and cries.

[This scene comes right after Alcides shoots the judge in the Israeli broadcast of the novela. The scene with Manrique at the Obragón house was not included.
http://uk.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=FandeDannayMario&page=4 at 2:18]
Hugo (still dressed in Alcides’ clothes) is on his bed and he wakes up from a nap.
B: Do you feel all right?
H: Yes, I’m fine. I had a premonition that something bad happened to my brother.
B: Try to relax. Now you have the right to be happy. Forget all the people who upset you.
H: My brother is eaten up with hatred. It was he who raped Beatriz. He did it to use against me. B: Señor, even though you share the same blood with him, I think you should report your brother to the authorities.
H: No. I don’t have any way to prove it was him. My heart tells me that he will try to harm me again.

Lucas and Ester are at Hugo’s house with Soledad.
H: I am happy that you reconsidered and let me speak with you again.
L: I have been thinking… (Ester thumps him) We have been thinking that your love is obvious and we..
S: Say it already.
E: We won’t oppose this relationship. Señor Hugo de Medina, you have our authorization to marry Soledad.
H: You did a great job convincing your parents.
S: I don’t know what happened. When I got home, my parents gave me the news.
Úrsula: You don’t know happy it makes me feel to see you so happy.
S: I’ve missed you so much. I want you to come back to the house with me and help to prepare for the wedding.
Ú: Is Don Hugo ok with that?
H: Whatever Soledad wants is fine with me.
S: (calls her mother and father into the room) I want Úrsula to come back to the house with me.
E: Fine. Let her come back then.
H: This occasion merits a toast. I would like everyone, including the staff to have a drink. (He takes a ring off his little finger.)



With this ring, I would like you to accept my proposal of marriage. Do you accept? Do you want to be my wife?


S: There is nothing in my life that I want more. (He put the ring on her finger and they kiss)
[same clip at 5:03]
H: I want to tell you that I will spend my whole life making her happy and showing how much I love her.
L: Fine. A toast for the happy couple.

[There is still more of this episode that wasn't in either the US or Israeli broadcast. The summary of LT on Venzuelan televsion:

http://foro.telenovela-world.com/~diane/latraicion/SumTelev.HTM

contains the paragraph below:

Burke solo podrá salir de la cárcel con una fianza que su esposa sale a buscar. La esposa de Burke consigue el dinero con el Dr. Max prometiéndole todos lo cadáveres que él quiera. Beatriz es visitada por su madre en el centro, le dice que ella se casará con Hugo, la madre furiosa le dice que se olvide de eso y le entrega de regalo un diario para que escriba todo lo que recuerda. Burke sale en libertad y al enterarse de la noticia de los cadáveres del Dr. Max esta furioso.

Helena leaves prison to find money to bail Guillermo out. Helena gets money from Dr. Max by promising to get all the cadavers he wants. Beatriz' mother visits her in the sanatorium. Beatriz says that she is going to marry Hugo. Furious, Gladis tells her to forget about Hugo. She gives her a diary to record what she remembers. Guillermo is released from prison and is furious when he finds out about having to get cadavers for Dr. Max.]

In that taverna, a man says that he heard two policemen saying that Judge Roldan committed suicide. Arturo tells Alcides that no one suspects that Alcides killed the Judge. Arturo apologizes to Alcides for testing him but he had to know how far he would go. “You’ll never know how far I’m willing to go, Arturo,” says Alcides. Arturo says that is good because the next thing they have to do is get rid of his brother. Alcides says he has no alternative. “But Hugo has to die,” says Alcides, “I should have done it a long time ago.” Arturo says that they should do it as soon as possible. Alcides says no, Arturo would be the prime suspect. They will do it his way and he will take all the time necessary to do it right.

Soledad is happy and tells her parents that marrying Hugo is the best thing that could happen in her life. She tells her parents that she has had enough excitement for one day and is going to bed. She and Úrsula leave. Lucas says to Ester that this morning she didn’t want to see Hugo de Media near her daughter and now she accepts the engagement as if it was no big deal. Why the change? Ester says that she reconsidered her position. She loves Soledad and only cares for her well being. What other reason could she have?

Hugo and Boris-
H: I want you to take this portrait and store it in cellar.
B: Are you sure about that, sir? This is the first time since I have been in your service that you have wanted to get rid of the memory of your father.
H: The memory of my father is associated with death and I don’t have anything more to do with that. From now on, my destiny will be different.
B: I assume that you have told Señorita Soledad about your illness?
H: No and I’m not going to. It isn’t necessary. Take this (he gives Boris his father’s skull)

[An additional part of this scene is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwWA8Uph7Xc&NR=1 at 0:37]
B: I’ve always been curious to know what you experience when you have a catalepsy attack.
H: It’s a dream state. I’m neither asleep nor awake. My breathing is very slow and my heart hardly beats. I feel neither heat nor cold and I can’t move a single muscle in my body. It is truly distressing to want to move and not be able to. The only thing that links me to the world is my hearing and my mind. However, Boris, from today on, catalepsy is part of my past.
B: You are convinced of that?
H: I have faith that my love for Soledad will save me from a relapse. In a month I will marry her and I will be the happiest man in the world.

Scenes of the month before the wedding. Soledad being fitted for her gown. Hugo and Soledad together. Hugo having dinner and playing chess at Soledad’s house.

Ester is horrified that Lucas wants to give a bachelor party for Hugo at the club. She asks why he didn’t tell her. Lucas replies that he knew she wouldn’t like it. He says that a month has gone by; tomorrow their daughter is marrying Hugo. He thought it was a nice gesture. Ester doesn’t think that they have to make any nice gestures to that man. Lucas tells her that it is too late. The invitations have gone out. Lucas says that the only person he doesn’t want to see there is Manrique. Ester is surprised that Manrique was invited. Lucas says that Manrique found out about the party and asked to be invited. Ester says that she hopes that he doesn’t air their dirty laundry in front of everyone.

Hugo and Boris:

H: My father in law insists on having a bachelor party.
B: Do you want me to accompany you, señor?
H: I want you to go to San Marino with these blank checks and find me a nice hacienda for when I get back from my honeymoon with Soledad.
B: San Marino is quite far. It will certainly take several days to find a property and come back.
H: I’m sorry my friend but you won’t be able to attend my wedding. I’ve been thinking it over and I have too many enemies in this city. I don’t want Soledad to be upset by them.
B: That seems wise but now that I won’t be with you to take care of you if you have a catalepsy attack, I think it is prudent that you tell señorita Soledad about your illness.
H: Boris! Months have passed without a single attack I haven’t even had any symptoms. [Hugo is exaggerating here. He had an attack the night of Soledad’s birthday party and was on trial two days after that so it’s only been one month.]
B: In any event, señor…
H: In any event, these have been the best days of my life. Pack your bags and leave right away for San Marino.
B: As you wish, sir.
H: Right away.

In the pharmacy, Alicides shows Arturo a medicine bottle. He tells Arturo that it is a potent sleeping compound but if it is taken with alcohol, it becomes toxic. Arturo asks what he is planning. Alcides tells Arturo to have his men ready tonight.

At the bachelor party, Manrique toasts Hugo. He tells Hugo that his marriage will make Soledad and especially her parents very happy. Hugo thanks him politely and moves away.
Alcides: Brother, wait. (He gives Hugo a hug.) I heard about your party and I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I suppose that you forgot to invite me but I am a member of the club and I can come and go as I please.
Hugo: Of course you can enter the club but you are not invited to this affair.
A: Hugo, let’s put our differences aside. If I am here, it is because I acknowledge defeat. Because.. (He stops a waiter and takes two glasses off his tray.) Because I believe that the moment has come for us to unite as brothers.
H: I have tried to numerous times to get close to you, Alcides and you have never wanted anything to do with me. I don’t think that you have changed.
A: Very well. You have your reasons for thinking that way but at least give me the pleasure of sharing your happiness today. I propose a toast. (He hands Hugo one of the glasses) Here’s to you and to your good fortune.
Hugo hesitates.
A: What is the matter? Do you think that I put something in the glass to poison you? (He switches glasses with Hugo.) (to the guests) Gentlemen, a toast. A toast to my brother and his happiness. The guests raise their glasses. Hugo drinks from his glass.
Manrique offers a toast to those present.
M: Salud!” (drunkenly) To Hugo de Medina and thanks to him I will get my money back.
H: Money? I’ve never had any business with you.
M: It’s all relative.
Lucas: What are you saying, Manrique?

M: Your wife told me that when Hugo de Medina marries Soledad, the money I loaned you will be repaid.
L: All right but this isn’t the place to talk about that. You’ve drunk enough.
M: What is the problem? Soledad knows all about this, or doesn’t she? This is the reason that she decided to marry Hugo de Medina. That is the reason. Or am I wrong?
H: (to Manrique) What did you say?
L: Gentlemen. Tonight’s party is over.
 

A: I agree with you Don Lucas. You take care of Manrique and I will take Hugo home. (to Hugo) Let’s go.
H: Why… why is everything spinning around?


A: Probably because you’re not used to drinking so much, brother. Let me help you.
H: I don’t feel well. (He drops his glass and it smashes on the ground.)
A: I will go with you brother.
Hugo walks off unsteadily.

Outside the club are Arturo and Fabio. Hugo is in his carriage semi-conscious. Alcides has tied Hugo’s wrists to the sides of the carriage.
Al: You are tied pretty well so there is no way you can fall.
Ar: We’re ready. The axles of the carriage have been loosened.
Al: It’s time for him to go. (to Hugo) It’s time for you to go, little brother. (He gives the horse a smack with a crop and the carriage takes off)
Ar: Are you sure this will be enough?
Al: This is the best way to get rid of him without getting our hands dirty.



Soledad has the same dream she had earlier. In her wedding dress, she tries to keep Hugo from sliding into a hole but she can’t hold him. Then she sees his tombstone. Soledad sits up in bed, 
”No!” she yells. 
Úrsula comes in. 

Ú: What happened, señorita? Why did you yell?
S: Oh my God. I had the same nightmare. Hugo was drowning in a swamp and I couldn’t save him.

We see the carriage going down the road at a good speed carrying an unconscious Hugo. A wheel hits a rock and the carriage crashes into a ravine.

Ú: It was just a bad dream. I’ll bring you some tea to calm your nerves.
S: This time it was real. I felt so afraid and useless because I couldn’t help him.
Ú: Tomorrow is the most important day of you life. You have to be rested so you’ll be more beautiful than ever. I’ll be right back.

Alcides, Arturo and his men look down into a gully at the wreckage of Hugo’s carriage.
Arturo’s man: He’s not in what’s left of the carriage but I found traces of blood.
Al: That’s impossible. He couldn’t have survived that fall.
Ar: (to his men) If he’s hurt, he couldn’t have gotten too far. Find him. (to Alcides) If Hugo survived and he opens his mouth, he could report us to the police, Alcides.
Al: If we don’t find him tonight, we will kill him tomorrow.
Ar: I’ll have to disguise my men in the church, we will finish him off there.
Al: In the church? That could be dangerous for Soledad.
Ar: We will be careful not to hurt her. I can’t have any more errors. Tomorrow Hugo de Medina must die.

The door of Hugo’s house opens and Hugo, breathing heavily, his clothes a mess and leaning on his cane, shuffles in. Marina runs downstairs.
M: What happened?
H: Go to bed Marina.
M: But sir, someone should look at you.
H: I don’t want anyone to bother me. I don’t want anyone to bother me.
Hugo goes down to the room in the basement where the thermal chamber is. He fiddles with the controls of the chamber.
H: (to himself) You won’t defeat me. You won’t take me.
A spasm of pain nearly makes him fall.



(to his father’s portrait) Can’t you get it through your head? I’m not going to die. Neither you nor my enemies will defeat me. Get it through your head. I am the master of my destiny. (He has another spasm.)I am the master of my destiny.
He backs out of the room. We see him fall onto his bed.



He remembers what Manrique said at the party.
H: It isn’t true. I won’t let these bad thoughts take over my mind. I won’t permit it. Tomorrow will be another day. Tomorrow my new life will start. Tomorrow will be the happiest day of my whole life, my whole life.


The next morning in the Obragón house, Lucas and Ester are dressed for the wedding. Lucas asks Ester what Manrique meant by saying that Soledad’s marriage would enable him to pay back the debt. Ester asks if Hugo heard. Lucas says not all of it. Ester says that there was no other alternative to win them some time. She says that man was going to kill Lucas. Lucas says that is horrible. She shouldn’t have involved Soledad. Ester replies that Soledad has to find out sometime. She is the only one who can save the house and Lucas’ life.


[This short scene is at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bSebVLHy9zY at 4:18]
At the Obragón house, Soledad and Úrsula come in. Soledad is in her wedding dress.
L: God! How beautiful you are, daughter.
S: I’m so happy. I’m going to marry the man I love. What more could I want? You too, look very nice papa. You just need one little thing. (She puts a rose in his buttonhole and pricks her finger.)
E: Be careful.
Ursula takes Soledad out to take care of the wound.

At the church, a radiant Soledad steps out of a carriage decorated with flowers.



Ester: The church is full and Hugo hasn’t arrived.
A: Soledad, you are beautiful. Hugo is so willful that it wouldn’t surprise me if he had changed his mind.
E: Don’t say that. Imagine what would happen.
S: He can’t be long now. Something must have come up.
Inspector Duarte: Good morning to all. I fear that I bring bad news.
E: I can take anything except that Hugo de Medina has left Soledad at the altar.
I: It is something much worse than that, señora. We found Hugo de Medina’s carriage smashed on the road.
L: That isn’t possible. (to Alcides) You left with him. You were going to take him home.
A: I tried but he wouldn’t let me. He threw problems from our past in my face so I left him alone. He was very heated. We all saw him leave.
Soledad gets back into the carriage and drives off leaving her family, Alcides and Inspector Duarte open mouthed in surprise.

Soleded goes into Hugo’s house and calls, “Hugo!” and runs upstairs. Marina is knocking on the door of Hugo’s bedroom and begging him to open it. Soledad knocks and calls Hugo.
M: Señorita Soledad, last night Don Hugo came back from the club badly hurt but he wouldn’t let me help him.
Soledad knocks and calls again. Then she uses a vase to break the lock. She goes into the bedroom and Hugo is on the bed.
S: My love. Hugo, my love. Talk to me! What happened? He’s hurt. Why is he so cold? My love. (She leans over him) He’s not breathing! Marina, call a doctor, quickly. Hugo, my love, please, look at me! My love, don’t die. My love. (she cries) Please answer me!



Soledad continues to try and get Hugo to react until Marina comes in with Dr. Max followed by Lucas and Ester. Lucas takes her away from Hugo so that Dr. Max can examine him. Soledad tells Dr. Max that Hugo is very ill. He’s not breathing and he is very cold. Ester and Soledad take Soledad out of the room. Dr. Max takes Hugo’s pulse.
Dr. Max: With so many enemies, who would have thought you would die like this, Hugo de Medina?
H: (silently) I’m alive! [‘Estoy vivo’]

Out in the hall-
Alcides: How could he be dead?
Marina: Señorita Soledad found him.
A: I want to see him.
M: You can’t, Don Alcides. Dr. Max is with him and he wants to be alone.
Inspector Duarte: (to Marina) How did it happen?
 You need to tell me everything you know.
M: Inspector, I’m very confused. Last night, Hugo came back from the club injured but he didn’t want my help. Then he was in the basement. He was making strange noises. I think he was doing something. Finally, early in the morning, he went to bed.
D: Don Alcides, you saw him leave the club. How was he?
A: He was in a bad mood. He had drunk too much.
M: I called him this morning. He didn’t answer. Señorita Soledad came and found him stretched out, dead.
D: I’m sorry. In any case, it’s best to wait for the doctor to finish examining him to determine the cause of death. (He leaves.)
Úrsula comes up the stairs.
Ú: What’s happening? Is Don Hugo…?
M: Yes, Úrsula, our boss is dead.
Ú: This can’t be. It can’t be. And does Señorita Soledad know already?
M: Yes, she found him.


Dr. Max, Ester, Lucas, Inspector Duarte and Soledad are in Hugo’s bedroom. Soledad runs and kneels by Hugo crying.
Ester: What happened?
Dr. Max: First, it is evident that Hugo de Medina is dead. I thought that he succumbed to his wounds but none of them is serious enough to have caused his death.
L: Then what could have happened, Doctor?
Dr. Max: I can’t be sure. It could have been a heart attack but I have my doubts. In any event, I will find out when I do the autopsy.
Hugo (silently): I’m alive!
[This tiny bit of the scene is at:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TT99Tc2Bb60&feature=related at 2:28]
L: If you need authorization for the autopsy, you should talk to his brother, Alcides.
D: That won’t be necessary. The doctor doesn’t need authorization when the cause of death is suspicious.
Dr. Max: In any case, I promise you that I will leave the body as presentable as possible for the velorio.

Guillermo runs into the tavern to be he first to announce that Hugo de Medina is dead. Arturo is there and has Fabio bring Guillermo over. Arturo asks what he knows. Guillermo is afraid of him. Arturo says that he asked his mother not to report him to the police so that he would keep his mouth shut about the kidnapping of Soledad. Once again, he asks what Guillermo knows about Hugo.
 Guillermo tells him that Hugo de Medina was found dead in his house and it appears that he died in his sleep.

Soledad is crying inconsolably:
S:Why, why? I don’t understand.
[This tiny bit of the scene is in the same clip above at 2:58]
S: Hugo, why did you have to leave me? For the first time in my life, I found such a wonderful man that I loved. We were so happy. Why did you have to die?
Ú: Calm down, mi niña. There are things in life we can’t control.
S: Maybe I could have. I had this premonition. I had that dream. I should have gone to him. Maybe I could have prevented the accident and I didn’t go..
Ú: There’s no way of knowing that. You yourself told me that Dr. Max said that Don Hugo didn’t die from the injuries he got in the accident and I believe that is true.
S: You know something?
Ú: I suspected that Hugo was ill a while ago.
S: Ill?
Ú: The day of your birthday, he was very ill.
[This tiny bit of the scene is in the same clip above at 4:09]
S: No, that can’t be. He was fine that night. He was fine.
Ú: But in the afternoon, he wasn’t. So bad that Boris sent Marina to get medicines from Dr. Max.
S: Why didn’t you tell me anything?
Ú: I wanted to tell you about it but you were so happy. I didn’t want to worry you.
I have to go see Dr. Max. I have to speak to him. He’s investigating the cause of Hugo’s death. I have to talk to him.

[This tiny bit of the scene is in the same clip above at 4:45]
In a shot from above, we see two men leave Hugo on a table in Dr. Max’s laboratory.


He thanks and pays them. Dr. Max : At last, I am going to find out the mystery that surrounded your health. Why the strange medicines that came from Germany?
Finally, what was your illness?
(stroking a huge cleaver) Very well, let’s begin.
H: (silently) I’m alive!

Boris tells the owner of an hacienda, Rebeca, that he has heard it is for sale and is interested in buying. Rebeca tells him that she is the widow of Jeremias de Montenegro. Boris tells her that he thinks this hacienda would be perfect for his boss. Rebeca asks who that is and Boris tells her that he works for Hugo de Medina. Rebeca says that she has heard bad things about him. Boris replies that they are lies made up by envious people. Rebeca says she is sorry but she isn’t interested in selling to Hugo.

At the Obragón house, Alcides talks to Ester and Lucas.
A: I imagine that Soledad is very sad.
L: More than that. Soledad is destroyed.
E: You have to be very patient with her, Alcides. With some time for her to recover and forget Hugo, you will have the opportunity to win her.
L: Ester, this isn’t the moment for such things.
A: Yes, Don Lucas, you are right. I only came to tell you that I am going to get my brother’s body from Dr. Max and that we will hold the wake [‘velorio’] at my brother’s house.
E: I hope Dr. Max has finished the autopsy.
A: Autopsy? Wasn’t he just going to prepare the body?
E: Dr. Max said that his death was very strange and he needs to find out what happened.
A: Excuse me. (He leaves.)
L: What is this nonsense about telling Alcides to court Soledad?
E: Don’t you realize? With the death of Hugo de Medina, Manrique will come looking for his money. Soledad has to marry Alcides to save my house.

Alcides strides across the square. Arturo calls him but Alcides doesn’t respond.

Helena tells a very drunk Guillermo that Dr. Max is going to want them to dig up Hugo’s body. Guillermo says that he has his own plans. He is going to rob the vault in Hugo’s house with Margot’s help.

At Dr. Max’s, Hugo is laid out on a table under a sheet
[This tiny bit of the scene is in the same clip above at 6:44]
Dr. Max is making notes.
Dr.: Small wounds on the body caused by the accident but none sufficient to cause death.
Dr. Max picks up a big knife.
Dr.: Where to start? The heart. Yes, the heart. (he raises the knife.)
Alcides: Don’t you dare touch him! Stop.



Boris asks Rebeca to reconsider. He has made her a very good offer. Rebeca says that his boss is obviously very wealthy but it’s not a matter of money. Hercules (Jeremias’ son by his first marriage. Rebeca refers to him as her godson ['ahijado']) asks to speak to Rebeca alone. He asks her what she is doing. This is obviously the buyer that they have been waiting for. Rebeca tells him that she knows what she is doing and to leave money matters to her. Hercules reminds her that they are partners in matters involving the estate for reasons she is well aware of. Rebeca returns to Boris and says that they have nothing more to talk about. Boris offers twenty percent more than the price. Boris offers 30 percent more. Hercules accepts. Rebeca says that her godson is too emotional and agrees to sell the estate for an additional 35 percent. Boris agrees and says he will have the papers drawn up right away.



[This tiny addition to the scene continues from the one above. The Israeli broadcast did not include Boris's visit to the Hacienda.]
Dr. Max: You can’t stop me from doing the autopsy on your brother. I am permitted by law to do one because your brother died without apparent cause.
A: You are wrong, Doctor. Hugo had a bad heart.
Dr. Max: How strange since you didn’t know anything about it when you came to get the medicines that Dr. von Chirac sent from Germany.
A: Hugo told me this afternoon. He wanted to keep his illness a secret. He was very proud, doctor. (Alcides opens his jacket to show the pistol in his belt) I don’t want to make this sad event any worse. Let me give him a proper burial.
Dr.: What are you waiting for? Take the body!

Soledad and Úrsula are going out.
E: What are you talking about? There’s no reason for you to go to see Dr. Max.
S: Úrsula saw that Hugo was ill. I have to talk to Dr. Max because I have to know the real cause of his death.
L: There is no need to torture yourself like this, daughter.
E: What you have to do is come with us to the wake at Hugo’s house.
S: No, mama. I’ll go to the wake but first I have to talk to Dr. Max. Leave me alone.
E: Why must you always contradict me? I’m fed up with your disobedience.
S: Leave me alone! Don’t you understand… (Soledad faints)
Ester sends Úrsula for a doctor.

Hugo is laid out in his coffin in his house for the wake.


Arturo arrives. Alcides greets him.
Al: What are you doing here? You reek of liquor.
Ar: I’ve been celebrating our success and I couldn’t resist coming to offer my condolences and to see your brother dead in his coffin. (to Hugo) I told you that I would finish you off. I would have liked to do it with my own hands and see you beg when I did to you what you did to my sister. (to Alcides) This is a nice house. You can give it to me as part of our agreement.
Al: Soledad and I will live in this house when we are married.
Ar: How optimistic! You still believe that that wild animal will fall into your arms.
Al: In a few days, the judge will declare me the sole inheritor of Hugo’s fortune and I will be very rich and my dream will be realized. Soledad will be my wife. Now leave.

In the tavern, Guillermo is dressed up as a woman in mourning. He tries to leave with Margot but she has to stay with a client.

The doctor comes to the Obragón house.
E: How is my daughter, doctor? Is she all right?
Dr.: Yes. It was only a faint. It’s normal in the condition that she is in.
[This tiny bit of the scene is in
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GmOHxOeRg&feature=related at 2:09]
E: That is true, doctor. With everything that has happened, my daughter is very upset.
Dr.: I wasn’t only referring to that, Señora. I said that because your daughter is pregnant.
E: How dare you say that? My daughter is a decent girl.
S: I’m pregnant? (wonderingly)I’m expecting Hugo’s child.

[The parts of this scene and the ones that follow is in the clip above starting at 3:41]:
Guillermo, in his disguise, comes to the wake and speaks to Hugo in his casket.
G: Surprise. Yes, Don Hugo, it’s me, Guillermo Burke. [Something that I can’t quite get] Throw me out of here. Throw me out. [He holds up a tool that I can’t get the name of]



I’m going open your vault and I assure you that I won’t leave empty handed. No señor! I’m going to take all your fortune. That’s right – all your fortune!

At the Obragón house-
E: You never stop causing me shame, Soledad. You exposed your relationship with that man to everyone at the trial and now you are pregnant by him.
L: Ester, please. Don’t blame her any more.
E:I will speak to Alcides today. I am sure that he will agree to marry you to free you from this shame.
S: Don’t you dare. Mama. I just lost the only man I have loved in my life. I don’t want to marry anyone.
L: Soledad is right. To think about marriage is absurd.
E: She has to do it. She is pregnant and I won’t let my daughter be talked about by everyone in the city again.
S: If that is what you are worried about, mama, I will have the baby alone. I won’t stay here.
L: No, daughter, it’s not about that.
S: Of course it is. All she cares about is her prestige. I don’t care about that.
E: Don’t talk like that.
S: You are completely wrong. This child is the most beautiful that I have left from Hugo, mama. I will fight for him against everyone, including you if necessary.
E: If that’s the case, then you have to leave this house. You can raise that bastard away from us.
L: Enough Ester! Enough! I won’t let you refer to Soledad’s baby that way. (Ester leaves) Daughter, try to understand. Your mother is going through a difficult time.
S: How ironic. The only thing that is keeping me going is Hugo’s baby inside me.

Ester comes to the wake alone:
E: I never knew Hugo had so many friends and associates.
A: Most of them are just curious. Morbid people who want to see with their own eyes that Hugo is dead. I see you came without Soledad and Don Lucas.
E: (she sights) Soledad. I need to speak to you about. It’s about a very delicate matter. Can we speak in private?
A: Come this way, please.
A: Soledad is pregnant?
E: Dr. Jimenez confirmed it a little while ago. Do you know what this means?
A: A child conceived out of wedlock will always be a cause for shame, especially when it concerns a distinguished family, such as yours.
E: That is why I wanted to talk to you. You have to help us.
A: How? You just told me that she doesn’t want to marry me.
E: I will be very frank with you. This doesn’t only concern Soledad’s pregnancy. There is something worse.
A: Worse than this?
E: Lucas is bankrupt. He owes a lot of money to that Manrique, the moneylender. I only accepted this ridiculous marriage because of that. He was our salvation but now that he is dead, we will lose everything. We need your help.
A: Doña Ester, you know me. You know that I can provide all the money that is necessary when I receive my inheritance from Hugo. But..
E: You don’t even have to mention it Alcides. If you help us, I will convince Soledad to marry you. You can depend on it.
The credits roll.

Episode 11

Thunder and lightening crash outside Dr. Max’s house. Soledad and Úrsula have come to see Dr. Max-
“A heart condition?” says Soledad, “I never imagined that could be the cause.”
Dr. Max tells Soledad that is what Alcides told him when he stopped the autopsy. Dr. Max says that Soledad will have to be satisfied with that explanation since he can’t confirm it. Sobbing, Soledad tells him that he was her last hope. Now she will never know why Hugo died and will have to accept that it was God’s will. Úrsula says that they should go to the wake. Her parents are waiting for her. Soledad says that she doesn’t feel well. Úrsula says that it would be better if she went home to rest. Soledad says that she needs to be with Hugo but Ursula tells her to think of her child. Soledad agrees saying that she is dizzy and feels bad. They leave.
[We know that Hugo is going to conclude that Soledad betrayed him – hence the title of the novela, The Betrayal. There will be a core group of things that will lead Hugo to this conclusion and Soledad’s failure to attend the wake is one of them. Hugo will say later that as he lay in his coffin unable to move, he was waiting for Soledad to come to the wake, convinced that her presence would bring him out of his catalepsy attack.]

“You aren’t the only one who is confused, Soledad,” says Dr. Max when he is alone, “that is why I want to get Hugo de Medina’s body so that I can find out the cause of his death.”

Guillermo goes to the basement of Hugo’s house, still dressed as a woman and with his tools. He says to himself that when he has Hugo’s fortune, he will show Helena that he can do things. He has fantasy of him and Margot dressed as king and queen being fed grapes by Helena in a maid’s uniform.

Upstairs, Elena comes to the wake. She peeks at Hugo’s casket and slips away.

At the wake, Ester moves toward the door. Alcides asks if she is leaving without going up to the coffin. Ester says that she prefers not to. Alcides advises her to do so since otherwise people might talk. Hugo was engaged to her daughter. Ester agrees.

Helena surprises Guillermo who is working on opening the door. She mocks his get up. She says that whatever he finds in the vault belongs to both of them since they found it when they were together.



Ester goes up to the coffin-

E: (to Hugo) Even though I don’t wish misfortune on anyone, I am relieved that you have passed to another world,.
Manrique approaches and he and Ester stand over Hugo’s coffin.
M: What a tragedy, Ester. What are we going to do? The gold mine is gone.
E: This isn’t the time or place to talk about this.
M: Of course it is. Hugo de Medina is dead. Where is the money to pay me back going to come from?
E: Don’t worry. Soledad will marry Alcides. He will inherit all of Hugo’s fortune and you will get your money.
M: This seems very strange to me. I can’t believe that from one moment to another your daughter would agree to marry the brother of the man who was going to be her husband.
E: And why not? Soledad was never in love with Hugo de Medina.
M: No?
E: She is a good daughter and she knows our financial situation. She agreed to marry him for economic advantage. Don’t worry, she is aware of everything. She will marry Alcides. I can assure you.
Hugo has heard this, of course and he recalls the words of Manrique at the bachelor party.

[This is another of the core groups of things that will lead Hugo to believe that Soledad betrayed him. We will see this scene many, many times. I will refer to it in shorthand as, ‘Manrique at the velorio.’]

Boris is at the Hacienda waiting for the notary to bring the sale documents. He is nervous and impatient. Rebeca doesn’t understand his need for haste. She asks Boris to tell her about Hugo but Boris excuses himself to send a telegram to his boss.

It’s the next morning. In the basement of Hugo’s house, Guillermo has been trying to get into the vault all night. Helena is on the floor asleep. Guillermo wakes her up and she leaves to find something to eat. Guillermo starts on the door again and the lock opens. He excitedly pushes the door open.

Marina comes into the room where Hugo is laid out. Alcides comes in.
A: Close the coffin. They are waiting for us to start the funeral.
M: Don Alcides, This makes me very afraid. What if Hugo gets up like the time when he fought with that man?
A: That’s true. I had forgotten that. You said that Hugo fought the thief and fell on the floor unconscious?
M: Yes, señor. He was very cold and pale and I could have sworn that he was dead but a few hours later he went to señorita Soledad’s birthday party as if nothing had happened.
A: Marina, what did he do the other night? What did he do when he came back?
M: When he got back from the club, he seemed very upset and hurt but he didn’t want me to help him. Then he went to the basement.
A: What was he doing in the basement?
M: I don’t know, señor. Excuse me. (She leaves.)
A: (to Hugo) What were you doing in the basement, Hugo?

Guillermo is about to go into the vault when Alcides comes up behind him with a gun. Alcides asks what Guillermo is doing there. While Guillermo tries to think of an answer, Helena hits Alcides over the head and the diminutive duo make their escape.

Alcides opens the door of the vault and looks around. “What the hell is this?” he says looking at the thermal chamber. He sees the portrait of his father, “You again?” he says. He takes one of the books and reads the title, “A Treatise on Catalepsy, by Ernest von Chirac. He picks up another book, Catalepsy and its Origin, and reads, “Catalepsy is a biological state in which the person lies unmoving, apparently dead and without vital signs, when in reality he is conscious…” He puts the book down. He picks up his father’s diary and then he begins to figure it out.
He reads the description of catalepsy again. He has a series of flashbacks: to when he was child asking what happened to his brother and if he was dead; to his mother accusing him of causing the attack of catalepsy that led to his father being buried alive; and to when his father’s body was dug up and it was clear that he had been buried alive. “Hugo suffers from the same illness as you, papa,” says Alcides, “He isn’t dead. He suffers from catalepsy.”



Soledad has her dream of being in a forest in her wedding dress. Hugo is slipping into a grave. He calls for her to help him and holds out his hand. Soledad tries to keep Hugo from sliding into the hole but she can’t. She calls for help and sees Hugo’s tombstone. A child comes out from behind a tree and says, “Don’t let him die. You have to save him, Soledad. Help him.” Soledad sits up in bed and cries, “Hugo! Don’t go. He can’t be dead. Don’t leave me.”

Alcides returns to where Hugo is lying in his coffin. He sighs and puts his hand on Hugo’s hands that are clasped over his chest. In a voice thick with emotion and seemingly on the verge of tears, he speaks to his brother:
A: Why didn’t they tell me? Why didn’t you tell me that you suffered from catalepsy? Don’t you realize all the time I wasted? I had so much resentment against you. I envied your luck. But you were only a poor soul, Hugo, with a horrible illness that must have filled your life with suffering. Why didn’t they tell me? Why didn’t you tell me brother? (He looks down at Hugo and we hear the sound of church bells. Then in a completely matter of fact tone, he continues.) I know what you are thinking. Listen, those are the bells of the cathedral that are calling everyone to your funeral. (He pauses.) We won’t make them wait.
He turns and leaves the room having knowingly condemned his brother to be buried alive and Hugo has heard this and is helpless to prevent it. [This is one of my favorite scenes in the novela.]

Los Burke are packing up to leave town. Guillermo curses his bad luck in being discovered by Alcides before he could loot the vault. Helena tells him to hurry up. They have to get away before Hugo de Medina is buried. They open the door of their house and Dr. Max is standing there with his sword drawn. He tells them not to run away before they have fulfilled their agreement. Dr. Max says that he wants Hugo de Medina’s cadaver dug up this very night. Helena says that they will do it. Dr. Max says that he will be waiting for them before dawn.

We see the funeral procession heading into the cemetery.

Alcides is a pallbearer and Soledad walks behind in a black veil, crying helplessly and accompanied by her parents and Úrsula. Gladis, Arturo’s mother, comes up and curses Hugo. Arturo leads her away.

At the Hacienda, Boris signs the sale documents for the Hacienda. A psychic wind blows the papers around and Rebeca says that this isn’t the season for wind. Boris refuses to stay for a drink and says that he has to leave right away. Rebeca thinks his behavior is strange but tells Hercules that the important thing is that the deal is done. They’ve paid their debts with the money they can live as they deserve. [We hear the gobbling of wild turkeys in the background. For many episodes, this will the signature sound of the Hacienda.] Rebeca and Hercules kiss indicating that Rebeca is unusually close to her stepson.

Hugo’s coffin is lowered into the grave. Alcides sprinkles dirt on top. Sobbing, Soledad lifts her veil and tosses her flowers onto the coffin.

Boris is riding home. He tells himself that he is sure that it wasn’t his imagination. Don Hugo’s life is in danger.

The gravedigger fills in the grave.

Soledad sits next to the grave and speaks to Hugo,


“Today would have been our second day of marriage and we would have been so happy enjoying our love and knowing that we were going to have a baby. You would have been the happiest man in the world. I know you would. But you aren’t here any more.

Ester tells Lucas that Manrique won’t stop staring at them. Lucas says that Manrique won’t make a scene here.

Inspector Duarte asks to speak to Alcides and they walk away from the gravesite.
I: The death of your brother seems very strange to me – starting with the accident.
A: The accident was the result of drunkenness. Besides, Hugo had a bad heart.
I: That makes sense but he also had many enemies. You don’t think that someone could have tried to kill him?
A: Do you know something I don’t?
I: It’s only a speculation.
A: Watch what you say. Duarte. I have enough grief with the death of my brother without tormenting myself about someone trying to kill him.
Alcides returns to the gravesite. Arturo watches from the entrance to the cemetery.

Marina and Úrsula:
M: If Boris had been here perhaps Hugo wouldn’t be dead. I couldn’t do anything for him.
Ú: Don’t blame yourself.
M: Boris will never forgive me when he finds out.
Ú: Don’t say that. Boris has to understand that you couldn’t do anything. He loved Hugo very much but he is also a fair man. Don’t torment yourself anymore.

Manrique sidles up to Ester and gives his condolences. He says that Hugo’s death has affected him as much and maybe more than them. Lucas says that this isn’t the time for sarcasm. Manrique says that it’s not sarcasm. He asks where they are going to get the money to pay him now that Hugo de Medina is dead. Ester says that she has already promised that he would get his money. She tells him to go away and respect their grief. “Your time is running out,” says Manrique. Lucas is shocked that Ester had talked to Manrique. He wants to know what she told him. “Not now,” says Ester, “Soledad is in terrible shape. She needs us.”


Inside his coffin, we see Hugo’s fingers move and then his whole body trembles. He opens his eyes and gasps for breath.

Hugo’s worst nightmare has come to pass – he has been buried alive. At the same time, Alcides doubles over choking.

Alcides staggers away from the grave clutching his throat.
Lucas follows and asks if he is all right. Alcides manages to say that he is ok. Ester tells Soledad that it is time to leave. Soledad says that she doesn’t want to be separated from Hugo.

Los Burke decide to stay in town. Helena refuses to dig up Hugo’s corpse. Guillermo says that they don’t have any alternative. Dr. Max doesn’t make vain threats. Guillermo tells Helena that Hugo was buried with many jewels – an emerald cross, a ring with a diamond as big as a pineapple. She agrees to dig up Hugo but only for his jewels. When she is out of earshot, Guillermo says that he is sorry he had to lie to her but he’d rather lie than be killed.


Alcides has moved away from everyone else. He leans against a tree choking.

A: (to Hugo) Can’t you die for real? Die already!
Arturo has been watching from the gates of the cemetery. He goes up to Alcides.
Ar: Do you feel guilty because you killed your twin brother?
Al: What the hell are you doing here?
Ar: You surprise me, Alcides. I didn’t think you would suffer so much for the death of your brother.
Al: Go away. Leave me alone.
Ar: You killed Judge Roldan in cold blood but you act this way for the death of Hugo.
Al: Get lost.
Ar: I’m concerned. I hope you don’t regret it and try to destroy me tomorrow.
Alcides takes out his gun and aims it at Arturo.
Al: Get out of here or there will be two burials.

Inspector Duarte gives his condolences to Soledad. Úrsula says that Soledad has to be strong. Lucas says that everyone else has left. It’s time to go home. Soledad takes Úrsula’s lilies, lays them on the grave, kneels down and speaks to Hugo:

S: There are so many things that I wanted to tell you. I never could have imagined that I could feel such pain. The only thing that consoles me is that I am pregnant with our child. Every time I see him, I will be looking at you. He will be the living reminder of our love. I will never forget you. You will always be in my heart. I love you forever. I love you.


Lucas and Ester help Soledad up and lead her away.


When everyone has gone, Dr. Max comes to Hugo’s grave. He says that tonight he will discover the mystery about Hugo’s death.

We see Hugo in his coffin and Boris deciding to take a shortcut as he rides home. He says that he is sure that Hugo needs him.

Eloisa Reñan, Rebeca’s niece, arrives at the Hacienda.

She says that she is sorry to come without notice but shedidn’t marry Rogelio. She found out that he only looked rich. With her is Paquito, a journalist.

Eloisa tells Rebeca that it was thanks to Paquito that found out that Rogelio was deceiving her and he saved from the horrible fate of being married to a poor person. Paquito says that he knows he isn’t welcome here but not to worry. He has important business in the capital. A journalist as important as he has to be there when news breaks. Rebeca asks what happened. “You don’t know?” says Paquito, “I’ll tell you. This morning a very important person died – Hugo de Medina.”

Alcides goes through Hugo’s house with Marina telling her the things that he wants to get rid off. He indicates the piano and Marina respectfully objects saying that it is an heirloom. Hugo took great care of it because he inherited it from his parents. Alcides says that he wants it out of here and the clock. Marina asks what she should do with all the stuff Alcides is getting rid off. “Burn it,” says Alcides, “and while you’re at it, get your things and leave. You don’t work here anymore!”

Paquito, Rebeca and Eloisa-
P: Hugo de Medina was one of the most wealthy men in the region. He was smart enough to double what he inherited from his parents. He made good investments. In other words, he was rich.
E: Why haven’t I heard of him?
P: However, he was shameless, a womanizer. The only one he showed any interest in was Soledad de Obragón.
R: According to Boris, his right-hand man, this house was a wedding gift.
P: Yes, life is very unfair. He died on his wedding day. I think he was afraid to make a commitment. He died before he said, ‘I do.’
E: Was he as rich as they say? Who inherits his fortune?
P: He has a twin brother, named Alcides de Medina. But between you and me, he is a loser. He always lived in the shadow of his brother.
E: Paquito, I want you to find out everything about this Alcides. Is he single, married, engaged and above all is he is going to inherit from his brother.
P: Eloisa, your wish is my command.
R: Since we had business with the deceased, tomorrow we will go to the capital to offer our condolences.
P: Perfect. I’ll see you there. I am leaving tonight.

Marina cries and begs Alcides not to fire her. She has nowhere to go and he needs someone who knows how to run this house. Alcides agrees but says that she was Hugo’s employee. Marina says that she was loyal to his brother. Alcides says that she can stay under certain conditions. Marina says that she will do whatever he says. Alcides says that Hugo’s name must never be mentioned in this house and he is only keeping her on. Boris has to leave. Marina says that Boris took good care of Hugo and he could do the same for Alcides. Alcides says that he will take care of himself. If Marina is so fond of Boris, she can go with him. The door is open. Marina accepts Alcides’ conditions and leaves. Alcides continues to look around at his new possessions. “What else?” says Alcides.

The cemetery at night-
Los Burke come into the cemetery with lamps and tools.

Elena tells Guillermo that she is only digging up Hugo de Medina for his jewelry. She says that she doesn’t like that man at all. She says that she also doing to save Guillermo’s life.

We see Hugo in his coffin apparently unconscious.

Miguel the gravedigger encounters Los Burke. He assumes that they have come to visit their cousin, Clarissa, the story they told him the last time they dug up a corpse. Helena says that they have come to visit Hugo de Medina, Guillermo’s former boss. Miguel [who has a flashlight, which hadn’t been invented yet] tells them that Hugo’s grave is on the other side of the cemetery. He will come with them since there are grave robbers around and it might be dangerous. Guillermo says that isn’t necessary but Helena says that she is a little afraid and she will stay with Miguel. Guillermo leaves and Helena offers Miguel a drink.

Hugo suddenly opens his eyes and chokes. He tries to move in the coffin and beats on the lid, “Get me out of here!” he cries.

Helena tries to get Miguel to take a drink. He refuses and says that he has decided to stop drinking. Helena says that she only takes a drink to keep out the cold. She encourages Miguel to have a drink to warm himself up. He finally accepts.


Alcides gets a bunch of telegrams. In the midst of the condolences is a telegram from Boris: "Señor, after a long search, I succeeded in purchasing a property that will be to your liking. When I return tonight.."
“Tonight?” says Alcides.

Lucas and Ester-
L: Our poor daughter, Ester. She is destroyed. I think we should take her to her Aunt Antonia’s very soon. She needs to be far away from any memories of Hugo. Don’t you think so?
E: That won’t be possible, Lucas. I spoke to Alcides and told him about her pregnancy. Alcides agreed to marry Soledad.
L: You did what?
E: Don’t look at me that way. Now that Hugo is dead, we have to find a way to pay the debt to Manrique and we have to do it soon.
L: You are treating our daughter like she was merchandise. I won’t permit it and especially now that she is suffering so much from Hugo’s death.
Soledad walks into the room unseen by Ester and Lucas.

E: You are in no position to tell me what to do. You were the one who borrowed money from that lowlife Manrique. Do you want us to lose the house and be left in the street?
L: No, but there must be another solution. I don’t want Soledad to pay for my mistakes.
E: You should have thought about that before. If you don’t think of anything, we must convince Soledad to marry Alcides. We must force her if necessary. We have no other choice.
Overhearing all this, Soledad is impactada.

In his grave, time is running out for Hugo.

Barely conscious, he murmurs Soledad’s name. He remembers their lovemaking and when he promised her that it would always be this way. Then he remembers Manrique at the velorio.
A tear rolls down his cheek. “She didn’t lie to me,” he murmurs, “no…”
The credits roll.

Labels: la traicion

The first few minutes are a rehash of Monday's show with Alirio pontificating in Cesar Luis' office, lamenting that his wife has taken off rather than waiting for him to get out of jail...just like your wife has taken off, Cesar Luis, he adds. We're suffering the same tragedy...they're both with that no good Juan Dominguez.


Now we see Paula, spilling out of her low-cut blouse, asking Erlinda and Molondron about the beauty contest. Molondron and Erlinda are both looking "muy impactados" and give Paula the run around on who's organizing the contest. Finally Erlinda fibs that it's Don Aldemar Chavez that's the head honcho and unfortunately he's away traveling. Paula leaves her local address so they can get in touch with her.


Alirio, who's been kicked out of the office, undeterred, asks Ivonne to see Pastor so he can be paid for his time in jail. When he learns Pastor is no longer with the company, he's overjoyed. Alirio himself is the perfect replacement. He reenters the office to inform Cesar Luis and now things really heat up. " I pay you to warm a seat, you get us into this computer mess, you level ugly insinuations about my wife and now you want me to give you Pastor's job!!!!???? you 'pedazo de animal'!"(literally piece of an animal). Alirio gives it right back. If I'm a "pedazo" you're a total animal, and one wearing horns big enough to be the envy of a buffalo!


A wonderful knock-down follows, Alirio flies out of the office on his tush and then literally gets kicked to the elevator. I read somewhere that the actor who plays Cesar Luis trained in the martial arts and was a stunt man before getting bigger roles and he certainly landed a graceful kick on Alirio's backside.

Paula's confiding her suspicions to the ever patient Ana...they're hiding something. I'm sure Juan's a part of all this. Why aren't they leveling with me?

And why isn't Juan getting to Achichipico? Well,'cause now the truck is stopping and Nidia and her new beau are heading for a cold one. Want to come along? He points out they're already very late but the driver says he's "al puro pelo" (he's just right, has exactly what he wants). So Juan grudgingly climbs down and joins them.

Monica is following up on the fight. Cesar says that Alirio drives him up the wall (Me saca de quicio) but she's shrewd enough to know there's more to it. Yes, he's now sure that Paula conspired with Juan to get the business with the Japanese Monica is ready to believe his wife could betray him emotionally...but business-wise? Still, as they compare notes, Susana and Sunyu were in Achichipico to connect with the main man, why sure...and then Cesar goes even further...Paula and Marely are thick as thieves, Fernando probably covered up for them and Ivonne is good friends with Pastor...oh my...he's all alone, surrounded by a nest of vipers. He can't trust anybody!

Nidia and the driver are dancing, Juan is sulking and when a blonde asks him to dance, the driver says, "Don't bother, "ese patea chueco" (he's gay) which awakens the interest of a hulk at the next table. Finally Juan gets Nidia to leave...and she charms the driver to take them...and off they go again.

Pastor meanwhile is explaining to Ivonne how he's trying to get out of driving a truck for his brother. After protesting that he's a lousy driver and could hurt not only himself but others he proposes to have a 2-month trial as manager, increasing business by 30 per cent. If he can do that, he'll get out of the driving job. Ivonne lets him know he's not the only one kicked out of Farrell, Perafan has been dismissed also.

Different story at Casa Cachon. Alirio says he quit...couldn't put up with Cesar anymore. Yadira isn't fooled...we'll see what Marely says, she smirks. Alirio goes on that he'll start his own law office....RIGHT HERE IN THE HOUSE!!!

Next we see a darkened office, Cesar sitting all alone...till Monica enters, turns on the light and sets to work trying to lift him out of his depression. Strictly business after all...his low mood could affect Farrell and she's an shareholder in the business. He protests but she persuades him to go out to dinner. Okay, but if I ruin your mood with my bitterness, don't blame me, he protests.

No sweetness and light at the Cachons. Yadira tells Alirio flat out that there's no way she's tolerating him around the house 24 hours a day. I'm here and I stay, he retorts. Wait till my mom gets back, she counters. If and when she does, she'll have to support me in this. Well, I won't, says she. Well I know a little secret about this family that you wouldn't want to get out. That get's Enrique's attention but Yadira doesn't want to tell him what's going on.

Fernando and Marely are walking after seeing a film and he asks her to go to dinner. She wants to pay but he won't let her. He explains that he's taking her to a restaurant where Cesar used to take all his little girlfriends. And while he waited in the chauffeur's car, he dreamed of the day he would have enough money to take someone of his own. And even if he didn't have all the money Cesar does, his girlfriend is a thousand times more beautiful than any of his bosses'. Sweet shy smile of Marely to this.

Yadira and Enrique are arguing now...as her husband he has a right to know and she finally decided to tell him about the "chanchullo" (racket) but swears him to secrecy. So now it's out...Alirio and her mother changed the will, giving all the money to the Cachons rather than to the Davilas.

Enrique goes ballistic...it's a crime, a fraud, a robbery!...and you're implicated 'cause you helped cover it up. Well, it's my mom. What could I do? And she was just trying to help us...she didn't want us to wind up in the streets. Look, Enrique replies, I'm a simple guy but I'm honorable. I can't tolerate this.

Speaking of simple, we have a sweet scene with Delfina trying to get Juanito to eat, she's afraid Juan will come back and find his little guy too thin....when, kaboom, Juan enters and all is happy reunion. Nidia, of course, is wanting to know all about Juanito and how come she, who was like a mother to Juan, didn't know about this. Juan explains he didn't know at the time either. And he adds, I don't know where Juanito gets it, but he's very intelligent and well-behaved!

Paula and Ana are at it as usual in the hotel. Ana wants to leave first thing in the morning. Paula wants to wait. Wouldn't Juan have gotten in touch with you by now if he wanted to see you?

In the meantime, Delfina and Nidia are doing what all women do when they meet after a long time...you haven't changed a bit!...I swear you look younger every day!...widowhood has rejuvenated us! Nidia doesn't want to talk about her marriage so they switch to Delfina's love life. She's about to bring up Angarita when Juan enters and then the scene switches back to Kike and Alirio.

Alirio piously protests that Enrique shouldn't judge without knowing his reasons. You and Nidia are a pair of rats, Kike replies and what will Marely think!? Now Alirio IS panicky. We can't let her know, she's capable of going to the police and I already have a record.

Delfina now is sharing her romantic history...starting with the Japanese. He was so tender, we had such wonderful communication! You speak Japanese? No...bodily communication! Nidia understands perfectly. But then along came Angarita. But it didn't work. He turned out to be jealous so I had to end it.

Impactado look big time from Nidia. This Angarita...was he tall, a little ugly? Yep, that's the one.

Monica and Cesar are now at the restaurant and she's reminiscing that this is where they had their first date. He doesn't remember. Well, she's not surprised...he's forgotten a lot of important things. Ah, but now he DOES remember. In fact the dress she wore got stained and a year later, when they were in New York, he tried to find her a similar one but no luck. So he bought her an expensive watch instead, to make up for it. But they were rushed in the restaurant...why? he muses.

Because we were going to a Luis Miguel concert afterwards. And then we bought all his CD's (he is a fabulous singer, especially with sensual love songs..try his "33" album..it's my favorite-editorial) and spent many an evening listening to them. We were happy, Monica adds, looking very tenderly at Cesar. Old times...good times, they both muse. Their hands touch as they both set down their wine glasses. I'd forgotten that look of promise, he adds, that look of promise that no longer shines for me. You threw it all away, she gently corrects. We bring about our own downfall, he admits. Never too late to change course, she replies....they draw closer and are about to kiss...when he sees Fernando and Marely entering the restaurant.

Monica wants to ask them to sit at the table but Cesar restrains her...can't you see they want to be alone? So Monica takes a new tack. Did you cheat on me a lot? Don't get defensive...give me the whole truth...after all, it's in the past.

While that's going on, Marely and Fernando are talking about love and the importance of honest communication and he's completely entranced with everything about her. It's also obvious to them that Monica and Cesar aren't having a business dinner and Marely gives her version of why the Paula/Cesar marriage is shaky...neither one was authentic with the other and Paula is confused about her feelings. Understatement of the year!

And speaking of inauthentic, Cesar's giving a very cleaned up version of his infidelities. One or two times, nothing more. Why, because of my trips and you were alone? Or for vengeanc?. No...these things just happen. Will you be unfaithful to Paula? No....I don't think so. Don't know what will happen. Why can't men make a committment!!?? Why can't women leave the future and past alone and just enjoy the moment?..and with that he gives her his best sexy look and adds, "I'm dying of hunger. Aren't you?" Smoulder smoulder.

Guess who's trying to reach him at just this moment? Paula. Miffed that she can't find him anywhere,her mom gets in another jab...you're jealous of your husband when you're seeking out another man?! Juan is a friend, much esteemed, nothing wrong with that. Then why didn't you tell Cesar the truth? He wouldn't understand.

Cesar, clearly a bit tipsy but still seductive, is hovering at Monica's door, saying aren't you going to invite me in for a drink? You've already had a lot and I'm worried about you driving home. He thanks her for her company, it helped a lot, and he's feeling a lot better. Tender looks, a tender kiss, and then he reluctantly leaves.

Alirio and Yadira are still sparring...he's threatening her with exposure as an accessory if the truth comes out and she's totally unfazed...she's ready for whatever. Love her tough attitude!

Monica and her cousin are now going over the events of the evening. A rather poignant conversation where Monica says that the worst part of a separation is not the man leaving but the loss of one's childhood illusion of marriage as a paradise. I realize now that I was married to a complete stranger, she adds. (welcome to the club Monica, we've all thought that!) and I believe we're better friends now than we were when we were married.

Are you going to fall in love again? Monica smiles.....will she become Cesar Luis' lover without the bonds of marriage? And wouldnn't it be great to have the wisdom of today with the body of a twenty-year-old her cousin adds.

And that's it for tonight folks. Truths and half-truths are coming out, illusions are crumbling, and who knows where it all will lead?

Labels: Juan

It pretty much begins where Friday’s episode left off……Al is kissing Mili when Luci walks in and catches them. She’s upset to find him kissing a servant and Al proclaims that Mili is the girl he loves. Luci demands to know if Al is doing this as a way to get back at her for finding out about her affair with Eugenio. Mili looks back in forth between the two, absorbing everything that’s being said. Luci goes on and tells Al that he can’t be serious. Just because he’s angry doesn’t give him the right to try to humiliate her. Al replies that she’s doing a good enough job of humiliating herself. This puts Mili over the edge. She accuses of Al of once again using her for one of his little games. He did this all to get even with his mother and she tells him to go to Hell. She runs out of the room and Al attempts to go after her, but Luci stops him.

Damien has taken Karla to the abortion clinic and he tells her to go in and get rid of the baby. She starts to spout on about them getting married and Damien lays it all out for her. She can’t be so stupid as to believe he would marry her. She’s a servant. Karla threatens to tell either Connie or Luci about the baby. Damien asks her if she knows what happens to servants who get knocked up?---they disappear. He goes on to say that both she and her mother will end up on the streets, unemployed. Karla admits that she’s really not pregnant, she said that she was as a means to find out what Damien felt for her. Now she knows what she’s worth to him.

Socorrito and Horacio are in Xochimilco (I think). They are flirty with each other, but nothing really happens. Socorrito tells Horacio about her hopes that Karla will find a decent guy---she lists all the characteristics of a good man and Horacio claims she’s described him. They talk about Karla some more and Horacio says that as long as money is the most important thing for Karla, she’ll never find this guy.

Luci tells Al that she’s tired of pretending, all she has wanted is to be happy and feel important. She’s never felt this way married to Connie. Soon, alcohol became her only refuge. She knows it wasn’t right to sneak around with Eugenio and it was hard. He left for Italy because she decided to stay in DF. She stayed because of Al and Val. Her children are the only important things in her life. She’s willing to sacrifice her needs as a woman in order to be a mother. Al tells her that if she’ll be happy with Eugenio and if she really loves him, she should be with him. Al only wishes his mother to be happy and since life has given her a new opportunity she should take it. She deserves some happiness. Luci is moved by her son’s comments and she mutters that Connie does not deserve to have a son like him.

Meanwhile, across town…Bobby comes home with his bruised face. Melina wants to know what happened and he admits that he and Al got into a fight. Melina figures out it was because of Luci and Eugenio. Bobby tells his mother something is strange….if Eugenio left for Italy for Luci, then why is Luci still here? He figures his father actually left because Melina and Connie have something going on. Melina tries to deny it and Bobby tells her that Al told him that he caught Melina and Connie kissing at the office. Bobby is upset and tells his mother that he’ll be moving out of the house. Melina tries to stop him, to no avail.

We are treated to the gratuitous shot of Val in her swimsuit lounging by the pool. She’s listening to a tape of her secret admirer (which sounds so much like Bobby, I can’t believe Val hasn’t figured it out). Morgan-Rocky (Morcky?) is watching her from a distance.

Braulio and Regina discuss the new detective she’s hired. He’s found nothing and Regina is upset. Brau asks why she thought the results would be any different from all of the detectives she’s hired over the last 18 years.

Al shows up to play soccer and Padre Manuel ambushes him. He wants to know if Al believes in God. He wants Al to make a vow before God stating that he’ll keep away from Mili. Al says he can’t make that promise, but instead he will promise to fight to make Mili happy. To love her and make her love him. He intends to offer her a new live. Al leaves PM, and the priest is upset to think that Al might get involved with his “sister.” He has a conversation with God….he knows he promised to keep quiet to protect the family, but now he believes he’ll have to break that promise in order to protect the family from further problems.

Brau meets with Connie and they rehash Rosario’s leaving. Does Brau blame Connie, because Connie didn’t run her off, she took off on her own. They switch to discussing Regina. Brau says they’ve got to put a stop to her searching for Rosario and the kid. It is making her depressed. Connie wonders how they’ll do this and Brau suggests that they kill off Rosario. Connie wants Brau to explain. He suggests that they lie to Regina by telling her that they’ve known for years that Rosario is dead, they’ve just kept it from her to protect her. Connie asks about his child and Brau makes a comment that it is the first time Connie has referred to his sobrino as his child. Brau suggests they say that the child was never born. Connie seems to agree to the plan and they get Lina to feed Regina some info. Regina takes the bait and heads out of her room. She overhears a conversation between Brau and Connie where they act out their lie. She demands to know what’s going on….Brau plays the part of wanting to tell her the “whole truth” and Connie’s role is the one wanting to hold back the info. Finally they spill the “truth” to her and she’s devastated. She tells Connie that the sad thing is with Rosario dead, he can never ask for forgiveness for what he did. Unless, when he dies, he ends up in the same place as Rosario, then he can ask forgiveness. Her tone as she says this implies that she doesn’t think that Connie has a snowball’s chance of ending up someplace other than the fiery pits of hell.

Luci calls Eugenio in Italy. This time she actually gets to speak to him. She tells him that she realized Connie lied and that she misses him. He urges her to come join him in Rome. She asks him to forgive her for doubting him, but she can’t leave. She hangs up on him and then starts to think about what Al said to her about deserving to find happiness.

Padre Manuel tries to talk Mili into coming back to the convent. They play their soccer game (Al shows up to play goalie and Mili isn’t happy). They win the game and Al asks Mili if she’ll give him a victory hug. Padre Manuel intercedes.

Damien and Karla return home and he tells her that he wants her out of his sight. Luci encounters him in the foyer and she tells him she’s going to Rome. Damien thinks she’s crazy and she launches into a rant about her life, her father not wanting a single mother for a daughter, her comfort in a bottle, how she’s never been happy with Connie, blah, blah, blah. She ends up crying and Connie catches them in the middle of the conversation. He later tries to find out from Damien what was going on, but Damien doesn’t tell (probably because there wasn’t an offer of money).

Mili slips in and offers up a prayer of thanks to God for winning the game. She then asks God to help her keep her heart locked and safe from the guapo. Al overhears the whole thing and he tells Mili that what he said earlier about her being the girl he loved, well that’s true. He wants her to be his novia. Mili pulls Al out of the church and jumps on him and kisses him (I guess the answer it yes). Al tells her that he’ll convince his family that she’s the girl for him and then he questions her relationship with Hugo. She tells him that she cares of Hugo, but just as a friend. Mili then asks Al to assure her that this isn’t another one of his cruel jokes and he tells her it isn’t. He asks Mili to go out to eat with him, and she says that how they are dressed they’d have to go to the taco stand.

Lina finds Karla crying in the maids’ room and she goes to tell Socorrito.

Luci calls Andrea and has her make arrangements for a meeting the next day. Andrea calls Al and he’s to the point with her. She’s ticked he dumped her.

Socorrito goes to try and talk to Karla. Karla lets her know it is over with Damien, but that she in no way intends to end up like her mother wearing a uniform for the rest of her life. Socorrito is hurt by her daughter’s words, but she’s relieved that her affair with Damien appears to be over.

Connie shows up at the apartment as Andrea is finishing packing. He tells her she can stay, he was just angry and now that she’s broken it off with Al, there’s no need to be angry. She reminds him that Al was the one to break it off and she’s still leaving the apartment. She tells him she’s got a place to go and she’s only taking her personal things. Connie thinks she’s bluffing and then Andrea says that Regina has offered her a room at the mansion. Connie likes this idea, that way Andrea will be close. Andrea says that there is no way that Luci will let him near her. Andrea then tells Connie about Luci’s meeting the next day.

Al and Mili went shopping for new clothes and then out to eat at a nice restaurant. He orders champagne and Mili guzzles it down like she’s attending a frat party. She gets schnockered after two glasses and passes out on the table (not before committing a couple other dining-out faux pas during the meal). Al carries her out of the restaurant. Gets her home and tucks her into Lina’s bed (glad to see he didn’t struggle to get her into the top bunk). Karla is awake and makes some rude comments (she's just a hater). Al puts her in her place and asks Lina (who’s come out of the bathroom, I guess) to take care of Mili.

Andrea moves into the Belmonte mansion and is welcomed by Val. Luci is shocked to find out that Andrea’s moved in. She warns her that she’s getting into the lion’s den living in the same house as Connie. END OF EPISODE

Labels: guapos

The little green bus lumbers across the screen with Juan and Nidia still on board. Ana and Paula sit in an outdoor dining area in Achichipico ordering tila tea and a coffee. Paula is holding forth about how she needs to come to some conclusions with her life and feels she is turning 180 degrees and wants to regret nothing in the past. One feels her whining has continued since last Friday when Jeanne couldn't stand it any more and if you think I am excited by this dialog, look at the expression on Ana's face and you will know mine too. She looks as though she has been through the wringer with this inconstant, fuzzy thinking daughter who now after all these months can't seem to abide the life she insisted on claiming as Cesar Luis' wifey. She's not going to look back, come what may. Whatever that means to a twit brain...

In quick succession we see Juan praying that he will arrive in time to find Paula and then Cesar Luis is taking tea like a petulant child from Monica as she pours. He is threatening to go directly to Achichipico to confront Paula while Monica is advising him that he should not rush out in the heat of the moment to pursue his wife, looking insecure, after all his marriage and more important his dignity are at stake. CL gnashes his teeth that he can't stand by with his arms crossed while this cretin steals his wife. Monica with that sublime secret smile continues to urge him to have patience. CL with his familiar stare at yet another enigma of life, opines that he has many things to verify or realize (comprobar) about whether Paula is coming back into his life. While the jailhouse rock scene with Alirio and Gutie the center of attention comes to a quick change up when a guard approaches Alirio to inform him that a judge has given him his liberty. Gutie jumps up and down a bit insisting that he has to be let go too since they are doing time for the same crime, but it is not to be.

Gaytan comes into CL's office, Monica is already there so Gaytan launches into a flourish of compliments about his time at Farrell, how it was so like a family to him but his attempt to be sincere and grateful are drowned out by Cesar Luis' snickers and snorts interspersed with Gaytan's bland assurance that he would always be their friend while CL spits out his venomous insults about Gaytan's stupid negligence. He won't change his opinion that he was most of all a vile traitor and Gaytan should get out NOW and cut the melodrama. Monica looks almost as teary-eyed as Gaytan but says nothing against CL's harsh rejection.

Alirio in ecstatic joy sweeps into the house (It's always been Nidia's not really his, don't you think) but all the same he caresses the table, the flowers and exclaims home sweet home he is newly arrived so loudly that Yadira hushes him hissing not to wake the baby with his babbling. In his usual oblivion, he proclaims that justice limped but finally arrived, he is a clean and happy man. Yadira scolds that he has lost a screw (le zafo un tornillo). He begins to notice that they are in the house alone, Yadira without an ounce of irony in her maintains that this is the hour most people work and do something useful!! He spouts something about the red nightingale (ruiseñor) perhaps referring to his red headed wife but Yadira finally says she isn't here. She has gone on a journey.

Gaytan slinks out past Ivonne's desk but is met by the lounge lizards who form a battering ram of morbid curiosity. Gaytan bravely launches into a tearful, amigos and amigas I am leaving now, it is the hour to depart but I don't want to leave. he admits that he has been out of control, has at times been the unjust and arbitrary arbiter, but doesn't just want to be remembered as the old grump (gruñon). As he sobs about them always being in his heart, Ivonne steps forward and gives him a big hug and the lizards enfold him with more hugs and tears, the only emotions we've ever seen from some of these reptiles.

Yadira and Alirio continue giving and receiving the astounding news that Nidia is not in the house to receive the redeemed man. He continues to accuse Yadira of joking with him, how could Nidia go off when he was about to be freed, how did she not know that he would be released for innocence. He assumes they are raising his spirits with jokes (subirme el animo con chistes). She finally breaks through the rhetoric to lay the wet blanket on him that Nidia has gone off with Juan to the village where he was born. Do you want me to repeat it in German? Without missing a beat the Alirio avalanche of wordiness turns to condemnation of Juan (Tlacoyo de frijol and filthy chapirite) who has stolen his wife. It's the limit of ignominious abuse he reaches a crescendo of classic Alirio pomposity.

Angarita smiles his most charming smile into the camera as Gaytan slumps into the market with his sad little box and sadder little face. Anga tells him a few more minutes and he would not have found him in the store he was just waiting for a load of beets to arrive. He suddenly notices that Gaytan is sobbing, and wants to know what's happened.

Marely, Yadira and Kike are sitting at the round kitchen table discussing Alirio's continued outburst or what Yadira called his three hour scandalous tirade of begging and protesting.

Anga grabs the tequila bottle assuring Gaytan this is the only cure for depression, as Gaytan gulps, sniffs, and finally agrees to bottoms up. Anga offers him brotherly support and help not just for tonight but forever. We have to support each other. Anga is the warmest, most emotionally centered character we've met for months on this show.

Sweet Marely enters the bedroom with a tray of food where Alirio is barricaded himself among the pillows on the bed. He bursts out with Nidia doesn't care a cucumber for his well being and has gone off with big nose (narizotas), etc. Marely tries to assure him with the big secret that Nidia went off with Juan so he could meet Paula Davila in his home town.

Anga is still consoling Gaytan that he has a place with him. He will put effort into the business (meter al hombro), through tears Gaytan affirms that he can't be dock loader (cargador) again. Anga promises him to take him home, feed him chicken soup and he can sleep. Gaytan doesn't know what he would have done without Angarita.

More ranting by Alirio that Nidia should have known he was innocent and would be coming home, but does Marely realize what it is like to be criticized all the time by, you'll never have to live with this.

Monica and Cesar Luis come into Monica's while the cousin makes an immediate excuse that she is going to stay overnight with a girlfriend. Monica offers to make dinner but CL resists, she makes him a drink which he can't seem to get down, he just wants her to sit with him while she has no trouble swigging down the drink.

Marely, Kike and Yadira compare notes on the crazy day at home or the office where Gaytan was fired and they discuss Juan's actions some more.
Angarita and Gaytan enter Anga's house which is modest and not a bit chic. Gaytan rallies enough to pronounce that Anga has an eclectic style, Anga asks what that is in Spanish, Gaytan tries unique. Still the gracious one, Angarita tells Gaytan this house is his home, he'll have his own bedroom to put his things.
Kike and Yadira continue talking about supporting Juan, Kike knows that only Marely truly loves Juan not that Licenciada (Paula). I had to love the orange and pink bedroom decorations with Yadira's headband matching the baby's sleeping suit.

Gaytan definitely gets a second wind and immediately begins to plan to refurbish and rearrange Angarita's things. A situation develops immediately when it dawns on Anga that Gaytan has plans to throw out lots and rearrange everything else. Anga points out that he doesn't criticize the way that others eat, dress or what they do in bed... which makes Gaytan back off not wanting to annoy Anga.

Back to CL and Monica where the lights have lowered and the music is sensuous but Monica admonishes CL until he whines that she is treating him like she's his mother and she retorts that he is acting like a little child. He suggests staying the night as we fade to break with the smile of triumph on her lips.

Paula is calling CL's (I can't figure out what is home for her) house but no answer. She is annoyed that he is out but promised to take care of himself and go right home after work. Ana suggests he has gone out to eat. Meanwhile back at Monica's she is telling CL there is no reason for him to stay overnight, she was merely trying to help him through a difficult time. He whines about his marriage not working well, she counters with he should not deceive himself, they have no possibilities of developing anything together again. He leaves in a bit of a snit but says it helped him to talk to her. The next morning, Cousin is teasing Monica about what might have developed last night. Monica assures her nothing and she is still a pure and chaste divorcee. You didn't even touch a hair on each other? No. Men don't appreciate us when they should. In fact she is going to become CL's ideal woman. He'll regret leaving me for Paula. Would you return to CL, No I want complete revenge. I wouldn't take him back if he were the last man on earth. But she vows to step aside just as CL turns toward her after he leaves Paula, kind of like a toreador.

This is countered with Paula reaching CL by phone the next morning telling him that her mother really needs to stay a few more days. CL confounds her utterly by being too too pleasant and understanding, he can survive a few days without her and sending kisses to her and Mommy... and begs off so he can get to the office right away for a meeting. Paula says, how strange he is acting. He is so complacent, maybe he is changing. (yeah honey, snakes do get new skins every so often). Paula wants to go out and meet the people in this little town of Juan's.

Finally back to that little green bus. Juan sleeps in the seat alone while the camera pans up to the driver with Nidia somehow wedged on his left side by the window. The driver is telling her she is crazy and it is dangerous to be distracting him, she needs to return to her seat. He declares himself a married man who is not used to flirtatious (resbaloso) women like her. Juan walks to the front of the bus just in time to reprimand the man for talking to a lady like this, Well wouldn't you know that Juan is ready to fight but quickly Juan and Nidia are out on the country road as the bus steams off. Nidia takes out an enormous bottle of tequila and comforts herself with big swigs.

Paula and Ana are the object of all attention in the town, Ana is buying sweets from a street vendor, Molo sighs about her being a monument to ... and quickly covers saying ugliness (fealdad). Paula complains that everyone is staring at them and seems to know their business. But could it be Paula, that they are staring at your painted on tight jeans and t-shirt cut to reveal most of your breasts?

Nidia swigs more tequila then adjust her own very tight revealing clothes, as Juan waves at another truck that won't stop for him. She tells him to hide in the bushes (matorrales) until she lands a ride then he can rush up. This works quite well but the flirty truck driver insists that only two can be in the cab and Juan will have to ride "in the back of the airplane".

Kike trying hard to do figures at the market warmly greets Gaytan when he shows up with Anga. He says now they will have a complete team with such a fine person as Gaytan.

Back to Nidia with the trucker in the cab, he's bragging about his business acumen, she's out bragging him with her artist's persona as she has been to New York, Paris and Rio and he calls her Brillita like sparkly one but I think she had Brigette Bardot in mind. Juan thinks big thoughts up on the top of the truck bed. It'll be Christmas before they get to Achichipico at this rate, he sure hopes Paula is still there when he arrives.

Ana and Paula at another restaurant are presented with an anthurium plant on their table and marvel at its beauty and further think it is a strange coincidence that this is also the pueblo where the Japanese flower business was supposed to work with Paula to develop Farrell's interests in the anthurium market. (Does this mean she doesn't know about Juan's involvement?)

Alirio' fingers are drumming on Ivonne's desk as he mutters about orchestrated crimes, traps and calumny/slander. He proclaims he won the big prize for virtue, his freedom! Ivonne dryly asks if he wants her to applaud. No, he does want her to announce him into CL's office. Once inside he starts his rant with CL about his job being stolen from him. When CL counters with his errors and stupidity, Alirio is quick to blame it all on Gutierrez and begs for clemency, tells CL he betrayed his soul mate (alma gemela) and rants about arriving home to find his house vacant, himself alone and betrayed by that two footed rat, that dog heap (monteperros) Juan Domingo, who left with his wife.

Paula and Ana walk up to Herlinda to find out about the Anthurium Queen contest to the amazement of Herlinda and Molondron.

Aliria finally gets Cesar Luis's full attention as he reveals that Marely told him, "Juan is returning to his pueblo just to find YOUR wife." CL scowls with his cigarette as we get the reality check line.

Next time. Ana urges a return home but Paula is holding out for Juan's arrival...

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