Caray, Caray!

If we have to see stuff from last night again, how thoughtful of the writers to give us the “First Kiss” scene. Ern lists Lorena’s stellar qualities and she chuckles humbly that pretty soon he’ll have her believing it. He could talk all night about her virtues. But, he lied. He spends part of the night kissing her. He loves her, she loves him, and she’s afraid. Anyone wanna lay bets on hearing this dialogue again in the near future? She’s embedded in his soul now and he’s never letting her leave. Goodbye to ‘Slow and hello, daybreak. What? They stood on their feet all night kissing and…uh….talking until the sun came up?? Right. But, the kisses were to die for and we are all in alt. Is there an award for best overall telenovela kissers? They have my vote.

Maruja does a bedcheck and finds out Lore’s MIA. She wakes Rossy up and points out the empty bed. Rossy figures Lore’s ended up spending all night with Ern. Maruja thinks no way, the kiddies are there, and Rossy points out they go to bed early.

Meanwhile, outside, Lore and Ern are saying goodbye for a couple of minutes until he comes back for her with the kiddies to have an outing family style. She tells him she’s never spent the whole night chatting. He chimes in even less for him. Lore grabs it—he wouldn’t dare tell her how he spends his nights. His smile is brighter than the dawning sun when he chuckles. Some ogre. More lovely kissing for your viewing pleasure. She loves him—but he loves her more. Lore frets that Maru’s going to fuss at her for not coming home all night and Ern volunteers to ‘splain but she squashes that fast. Last kisses and the plan for the outing is firm, so Lore hops out to go in and get ready for First Date Part II.

The Interrogator Squad waits in anticipation, in the living room, in their jammies and Rossy speculates about the long night out with Maruja disbelieving when Lore slinks in and wonders why everyone’s up so early. Maruja, in Full Mamá Mode, demands to know what she’s doing coming in at this hour. Lore is impactada at the FMM. Ha, Gotcha! Rossy and Maruja giggle. Rossy picks on Lore, but Lore tells them she and Ern spent the night at the scenic outlook and talked. Rossy is enthralled—they did it at the outlook! In harmony, Maruja and Lorena chime “Rossy!!” “What??” Lore insists they talked all night. Conveniently, she has forgotten the super kissing. Maruja and Rossy are happy for her.

Nurse Augie has taken her patient (only in a vegetative state could we call Snortensia patient) out for a walk in the garden and Vasco thanks her for caring for Granny so well. Augie doesn’t have patients, she has family. Sara fumes behind a corner. The three of them should just die! Shallow is stalking her again as she turns and nearly bumps into him. She chews him out—not in the mood for his jokes. Maybe it’s because she didn’t get to relax with her boyfriend last night? How ugly that her little boy doll left her watching the tele alone on a Saturday night. Hm, smells like…sniff, sniff, he’s mocking you? Sara tells him to go take care of his cars, that’s what she pays him for. Speaking of paying him, where’s his 50 mil pesos ($4,724.67 USD today’s rate)? Sara’s throat twitches in a gulp. Could it be she’s forgotten? He grins to himself as she stalks away.

Al comes to visit his family, all now moved to Paula’s house. Tori comes in and see him, spins and goes off to sulk. They chat about Papi, then he kisses Valeria and the niña. Val’s getting ready to go home to Cabos and she just has to tell Ickturo. She and Al actually look good together. Val hopes Icky will take the news maturely. Sheesh, she’s still in the dark after all these years with him. Paula agrees with me. He’s not worth it if he doesn’t take the news well. Al asks about Bettina. Nope, the boyfriend hasn’t shown up in days. Al goes off to see Bettina while Paula and Val continue their breakfast with the niña. Bettina’s still in bed, moping and Al tries to coax her out. Nope, not hungry. Well, if his Papi said that he’d understand, but Bettina? They have the “love hurts” discussion. He just evaporated into thin air. It’s a no contact situation. How long? Four days, woe is me, it’s horrible. Al thinks she should ask for an explanation. Duh. What part of no calls, hasn’t come by, no instant messages don’t you understand? Bettina thinks it has to do with Lorena being Al’s ex. Al tries to reassure her.

Speaking of the King of Rome, he’s sulking on the sofa while Fanny paces. He should have told her he would be out all night, she gently scolds as the party boy arrives home. She hastily beats a path out. The kidlets rightfully want to know why he didn’t come home to sleep and Ern kisses Gina, puts her on his lap, and explains he spent the whole night out for a walk with Lore. Ivan thought bubbles. Right, a walk. I wasn’t born yesterday. The kidlets are disappointed they weren’t invited to the party. Ern tells them he had to talk with her. About what? Well, to ask her to be my novia. They all hug because she accepted. Except Ivan, of course. He just mocks because Ern changes girlfriends like he changes shirts. Ern tells Ivan he doesn’t have to put up with the rudeness. He announces they’re ALL going on an outing. Ivan predictably rebels at the thought and Ern gets him on board by telling him to do it for the sibs.

At the Happy New Home of Bruto and Diana, Zulema is hearing that she should go to Cancun with Omar, because the place is a dream. Well, they brought her a few little things. Bruto goes for the bags, how convenient, so Zulema can ask how it’s going. Diana gives her a guarded “fine.” Why is she asking? Nothing, Zulema is happy if she’s happy. He’s back with the bag and “much affection.” Zulema thanks them. Diana tells her they brought everyone a little something – except Sara. Zule’s smile disappears. Diana wants to know if Sara came looking for the folks, asked their forgiveness, anything? Nope. Now she’s just taking care of her vegetative Granny. Bruno is impactado and pries for more info. Zulema fills him in. He sees his promise of fortune going up in smoke. I repeat what I theorized on last night’s episode: “I have a theory about Bruno and Diana, folks. Snorty’s vegetative, so when he goes for his payments in full, she can’t accommodate him. He can’t ask Vasco, obviously. He can’t ask the slimy attorney, who needs authorization from Snorty. So, he’ll be Put Out and either make Di’s life h*** or team up with Sara to rob Snorty, or both. Any way you look at it, he’s not getting his balance boosted soon. And he didn’t even know it because it all came down while he was off on his honeymoon.” Cap’n Sharkbait reminded me that the lawyer knows the deal, so he could follow through. I think Bruno will worry enough, though, that he’ll make Di’s life h*** for a while. Actually, he already is with the no work order. Bruno is commercial impactado.

Diana can’t imagine Snorty vegetative. She didn’t even think Snorty was human in the first place. Bruno wants to know the prognosis. It’s worse than he could have imagined. Diana and Zulema think it’s payback, and this time it’s for real. Diana and Zulema go off for the 50 cent tour of the apartment while Bruno goes into a deep funk.

Barb, always solicitous of the household help, has come to see if Shallow needs help reading the history book. Chalo wants to know if there’s going to be a quiz. She sniffs and asks if he put cologne on. Chalo is excited, she noticed. Heck yes, he must have smeared the entire bottle on. Does she like it? The truth??---NO. Chalo talks her into getting him cleaned up. If she goes to help him buy clothes, he’ll be refined. Barb considers this hesitantly—she doesn’t want to offend him but it costs and she seriously doubts he has it. He assures her he has the money. What, as a chauffer? No, the Srta. Sara doesn’t pay me enough to keep me fed—I inherited it. Well, truth to be told, it’s an inheritance, all right—it’s Sara’s which she decided to tap early to shut him up, but, who’s arguing fine points here? Barb thinks he should just start a business with it. Chalo’s good, though. In the end, they’re going for retail therapy.

Maru’s come to see Jaime but only finds Conchita, the wacky landlady, waving an incense flare around the room. What a shame, Maruja missed him. What makes you think I’m here to visit him? Conchita, wacky but astute, points out Maruja didn’t come to visit her. She doesn’t keep track of his whereabouts, either. Maruja starts to leave a message and decides against it. Conchita snoops—does he enchant Maruja? Maruja retorts that they’re just friends, and don’t be a busybody (novelera, make a novel out of it). Conchita tries to read their horoscope signs into it and Maruja quashes her enthusiasm. Conchita is incensed! She wants to know if Maruja is afraid to hear something she doesn’t want to. Bye bye, Conchita.

Ickturo holds his son, and his daughter gives him a drawing she made in school. Valeria gets serious and wants to tell the niños (Dieguito and Yanelis) that Papi isn’t going to live with them any more. Ickturo wants to tell it. Sometimes parents have their differences. They don’t want to live together and this is what’s happened with Mami and me. Dieguito goes off the set somewhere, obviously not with the program. Val takes over and tells Yanelis that they will live with her and Papi won’t. Yanelis tells them not to fight. Ickturo kisses her and tells her he made a biggggg mistake. Val assures her that Papi still loves her and Dieguito very much. Ickturo looks sick to his stomach.

Bettina is still frustrating herself trying to contact Ivan. Paula comes in with a super tight t-shirt that is sure to thrill Ferro. (Paula in Yo Amo a Juan didn’t need the décolletage, all she needed was t-shirts like this Paula’s). Paula thinks they need to talk woman to woman; she shouldn’t be beating herself up because Ivan doesn’t call. Bettina wants a change of subject—how about you and Papi, Mom? They actually discuss what’s coming down with Dario and Paula. But Paula points out it’s not as easy as Bettina thinks. Bettina argues on Papi’s behalf. She points out Mami told her once she still loves Papi. So, get it together already. Maybe they had to go through all this to find out they really love each other! Paula is amazed at her wisdom—sometimes it’s scary.

Yanelis wants to make sure her Papi will visit them. Ickturo’s voice breaks and he assures her he will. Ickturo’s Mami comes in. Yanelis wants to know if Granny knows they’re going to live in another house. So, Granny harasses Valeria about causing others pain, and Val doesn’t bend, you GO girl! She retorts that some folks are really good at criticizing and not at giving a good example. Granny ignores that and takes Yanelis off sweetly for a surprise. Val gives Ickturo the bad news that she’s moving close to her parents in Cabos. He tries to cajole, whine and force her not to take the children away. She tells him she feels it will be better for the children and he can come to see them when he wants. Ickturo looks close to tears.

Al gets yet another call at work that he knows is Sara and ignores it. She fumes—Lorena CANNOT win!

Barb strolls the mall with Chalo and tells herself if she sees anyone she knows, she’ll just DIE. Chalo sees a store he likes—should they go in? Barb asks herself what she’s doing out shopping with a chauffeur, biting her fingernails and scanning the environment for cronies. She must be nuts. Chalo wants to know if she heard him. Sure, let’s go in, she smiles nervously. He tells her he’s in her hands. Uh huh. She smiles and leads, with Chalo grinning at her backside and following. We are treated to a fashion show. First, a 60s holdover nylon splash print shirt. Nope. She actually laughs as she tells him “not that.” Then, board shorts and a t-shirt with wide green stripes. Not that either. Then a nice khaki blazer and print shirt. Approval here. Shopping done, Chalo peels off a wad of bills. Barb muses that it seems like he has some savings. Could it be that inheritance he talked about? Well, it’s somebody’s inheritance, Barb. Could even be yours.

Al, serious as always (a good look for him a) because he’s a doc, and b) because he isn’t required to move his face to execute it), is hard at work in his office when Bruto slithers in. He tries some small talk but Al confronts him—Al was thinking he’d present himself for duty early this morning. Well, yeah, but….Bruno does his level best to ingratiate himself until he learns the cold, hard, truth. While he was sleeping in Cancun, his job was outsourced to Al. Then, Bruno is just impactado for the second time tonight.

An amusement park is usually a source of amusement. Well, some of the happy family are amused on the roller coaster. Not Ivan, though, who is at the end waiting for the Fabulous Foursome to come down from their high. Lore asks if he’s going to join the fun. No. Ern asks if it’s because he’s afraid. Ivan cuts him off at the knees—no, he did those rides with his folks, and today he doesn’t feel like it. They go to a game of skill where if you knock down the little clowns, three in a row, you get a stuffed animal. Gina wants Tío to buy her a stuffed animal and he explains you can’t buy them. So, he gamely throws to win. Boy, oh, boy, are we getting some good muscle shots with the polo shirts lately. How come a chef has to wear long sleeves? But, I digress. Ern asks Ivan if he wants to try. Ivan wonders what part of “I don’t’ feel like it” that his Unc doesn’t get. [Ed. Note: I’ve put kids into In-School Restriction for stuff like this and would be very pleased if Ern sends Ivan to me for a week or so]. The Fabulous Foursome throw, and finally Ivan joins. He gets three in a row and gives the toy to Gina (even though Alex reaches for it). For a moment, all five are good. Then Ern wins one for Lore. Life is good.

Not at The People’s Clinic #23, though. Bruto is having a major meltdown. Al stole his job, and while Bruno was on his honeymoon at that. Al points out he married in haste and maybe should have waited. Bruno thinks Al waited until he was gone to sink Bruno. Al points out Bruno did it to himself with his lousy work. After ranting and raving at each other a while, Bruno declares he’ll just go see the regional authorities to restore him to his position and Al tells him whatever. Bruno storms out.

Ern and Lore grin like loons and Gina grins at her Unc grinning at a girlfriend. Ern thanks Lore for getting Ivan on board and tells her he adores her. Lore tells Ern they have to be patient with Ivan while he works out his rage. He’s not sure he can but she’s confident he loves his niece and nephews. More kissing. Gina approves. Like most kids, though, she gets bored with the oldies kissing and runs off when she sees a clown making balloon figures. Ivan and Alex come back with the goodies. Suddenly Ern and Lore come to. The goodies get passed out to Ern and Lore…. and there’s no Gina. Yikes. Lore yells her name and Ern clenches up, commercial impactado and worried sick.

They all scan the scene and see nothing of Gina. Ivan gets angry and sullen again, possibly with good reason this time, but it’s still not helpful. It’s all Ern’s fault for getting wrapped up in kissing Lorena. Heck, Ivan wasn’t even around so he must have second sight or something. Ern gives orders, and he and Lore run off to search in different directions leaving Ivan in charge of Alex, who is very worried about his sis. Ivan tells him that Ern doesn’t know how to take care of them. All that matters to him is making out with women. They sit down to wait. Lore runs and calls for Gina. She looks on the rides and in doors, but nothing. Ern runs and looks for Gina. He asks people if they’ve seen her, describing her with gestures. Lore asks folks if they’ve seen her, describing Gina with gestures. Ivan brainwashes Alex—they’ve never mattered to their Uncle. Alex stands up for his Uncle. Ivan says he has a funny way of showing how he cares, losing their sister through his own fault. Ivan swears that if they don’t find Gina, he’s calling the police to slap Uncle in jail. Alex has no retort for that but frets.

Ern is still on the run, looking. This is one BIG amusement park. More gestures to ask if people have seen Gina. More shaking of their heads, nope, they haven’t seen her. Lore runs out of the mouth of a biiiig clown with lots of other people, yelling Gina’s name. More gesturing and asking if people have seen Gina. More heads shaking no.

Gina is chatting happily with a sweet-looking old guy with a suit, tie, white beard and moustache. Ern sees her and grabs her, chewing the old guy out. Don’t you DARE put a hand on her! Gina wonders why he’s so mad. Perps like him should be in jail. The man just smiles gently and tells him that he’s made a mistake. He was just asking Gina who she came with. Gina protests to Ern the old gentleman was taking care of her. Lore runs up, finding them, and hugs Gina. Thank heavens! She notices the old fellow—it’s her friend from the park bench when she just arrived and everything was going wrong! What, they know each other? Lore nods to Ern—yes.

Ivan is still working on Alex about how bad Ern is. He’s not their father! Alex pragmatically points out they don’t’ have one any more, he’s the only one left to them and Alex loves him. Ivan keeps at it—Alex should be on his side, they are brothers, after all. He gets Alex convinced that Ern didn’t really mean it when he said he’d take Alex to football games; but Ivan will do it—every weekend. He’ll even get a famous player’s autograph for Alex. Alex bites his lip and thinks about it.

Ern leaves Lore to talk to the fellow while he gets Gina back with her brothers. He gestures for her to sit, and they smile at each other broadly. How has she been? Lore fills him in. Her life is becoming clearer, just like he said. It’s one thing to see the light, but another to follow it. He asks if the Sr. and the niña are Lore’s family. She tells the fellow that she just agreed to be Ern’s girlfriend, and that’s his niece. She’s afraid, though. Her track record in love is bad. He nods and murmurs, and lets her keep talking. The fellow reflects that Ern seems like a guy man, though a bit impulsive/violent (both definitions possible). Lore can only give him an eyebrow raise and chuckle. She rests her chin on her elbows on the table, and looks a little bemused by it all.

Chalo has found cologne he doesn’t like. Barb picks up one she likes and does a commercial for it. Pretty expensive, though. Chalo, in full charming eye contact mode with his ingenuous baby face reflecting delight to Barb, comments on it, peels out some bills, and buys it. Rather, his godmother in heaven is buying it. He wants to get something for her and she won’t let him. She has to refuse his offer, cannot accept it. Chalo thinks she is refusing because he’s a lowly chauffeur. He just wants to show his appreciation for all her trouble helping him. She makes her final refusal and walks off, with him calling after her—for the record, I had the intention. He smiles to himself and picks up the packages to follow.

Jaime’s home with Vasco in tow. Jaime supposes that Barb is thrilled to be back home. Vasco imagines so, too, but they never talk since she’s always out power shopping. Jaime tells Vasco he’s got to move on the divorce—it’s something he really should have take care of long ago. Vasco’s not happy about it, but resigned. Did Jaime stay on his account? No, kids always think that, but no. Jaime just though he and Barb might have things in common [Ed. Note: Sheesh, how did he ever get that idea?]. And what’s more, it’s always a good thing to have a woman who could put up with a guy like Jaime. Vasco chides him for putting himself down. Jaime changes the topic purposely—it’s been a while since they watched a game of football together. How about it? Vasco pretends to think about it…..then grins.

The Happy Family is momentarily together, but Ivan and Alex look a little glum. Ern comments that they’ve learned a lesson about staying together and Ivan caustically retorts that the lesson was for Ern. It was his fault Gina was lost. Gina defends Tío—she got distracted and ran after the clown with the balloons. Ern says no arguments, just everybody hangs together. Period. Gina wants to go into the big castle amusement, but Ern tells her she can’t go alone so Alex volunteers. Ivan mutters sure, Alex, you go—YOU will take care of her. Ern sighs and the kidlets run off happily, leaving Ern and Lore talking and Ivan sulking. Alex falls and yells; they all run to pick him up.

Chalo hovers close to Barb as they walk down the mall hallway again. He wants to buy her a snack. No, she’s got another commitment and has to get on the way home. She’ll take a taxi and he can get something to eat. He nails her—he tells her he thinks she’s ashamed to be hanging out with someone like him. He puts on his best Disappointed and Humble face. Barb, who must have a shred of heart left in her soul, tells him that’s nonsense. He says the words she’s been thinking to herself—if someone sees you with me, imagine what they’re going to say: “Look at Barb—what’s she doing hanging out with that trashy guy?” Barb tells him it’s not because he is trashy, and he shouldn’t see it that way. Well, how should he see it? She points out he’s much younger, not her nephew, not her relative….it’s that. But her eyes say she’s interested like Cap’n Sharkbait told us last night. Chalo knows all the right answers here—he convinces her she’s found the fountain of youth and no way will people think there is so much age difference. They’ll just be jealous, that’s all. (Well, what was it that the nuns called Chalo in the beginning? Over self-confident? Presumptuous? With self-esteem that’s over the top? All of the above? He’s still pretty naco—he called it Right.) She tells him not to be such a liar, but he slathers on the flattery oil. When he begins to tell her about her body—enough, Gonzalo! He puts on his Most Earnest Look. Not everyone gets to hang with such a beautiful woman. Eye contact and a sigh from Barb. Chalo will be taking her home.

Lo and behold, Alex is Bleeding Buckets from the forehead. The Happy Family examines it with concern. Ivan notes that it’s bleeding a lot. The go off to find the nearest emergency room.

Rossy and Julian celebrate life with a lovely outdoor picnic. Or, at least Rossy celebrates while Julian moans his fate at being a model who can’t eat because he has to watch those love handles. They bicker about Rossy eating what she feels like eating and Julian eating nothing. She tries to lure him by smearing her mouth with lovely food (G-R-OSS). If she wanted to eat alone she could do it at home. They bicker a little more and Julian tries to tell her his work isn’t her enemy. Rossy isn’t so sure.

By now the blood is All Over the Face as Ern carries Alex with the Happy Family trailing. Quick, get out the Bloodborne Pathogens Clean-up Kit! The nurses at the clinic rush Ern and Alex into an examining room. Lorena cranes her neck to look over the desk. Ivan wants to know what she’s looking at. Nothing. She covers up well enough and says it’ll all turn out okay. Sure, Ivan comments, and one these times he’ll just die. Lorena raises her voice in retort and he insolently tells her not to yell at him. Gina yells at her brother not to bother Lorena. Lore asks that they agree to calm down. Ivan sighs in disgust and ignores that.

Meanwhile Ern puts Alex onto an examining table while the nurse reassures him it’s only a superficial wound. Looks a heck of a lot worse than it is, apparently. Very convincing. Ern holds Alex’s hand and tells him there’s no need to worry. Alex points out he’s fine but Ern’s hand is shaking. He grins up at Tío. The doctor, surprise, surprise, is Alonslow. They greet each other before they realize what they’re facing here and are commercial impactados.

While Alonslow gathers his wits, the nurse tells him about the contusion. She obviously doesn’t realize it’s going to take more than that for ‘Slow to gather his wits, as few as they are. He goes around to take a cursory glance—they’ll have to disinfect it and take a few stitches (puntos).

Zulema has left , and Diana watches an agitated Bruto pacing the apartment. He’s yelling at her—does she realize this injustice? They took away his post as Chief of Staff because he went on a honeymoon! Right. She murmurs supportively indignant words. He’s sure Alonslow had something to do with it. Diana points out that if he’s doing his work well, they shouldn’t be taking away his post. Good point, Di, and that’s the main point. She doesn’t know Alonslow. He must have done something to make the boss take away Bruno’s post. Diana hauls herself up off the sofa and tries to comfort Bruno by caressing his arm and speaking gently. He pulls it away abruptly and snaps at her to leave him alone. She points out it’s not her fault, she did nothing. He turns around, rabid, and snaps at her to leave him in peace. He thought bubbles about the old dying broad and him demoted—where will he get the bucks to pay for this house? Probably a good thing it’s just in his name and not hers. Honeymoon’s Over.

Maruja brings coffee and snacks to Zulema, who seems to be making the visiting rounds today. How’d it go with Diana and Bruno coming back from their honeymoon? Zulema beams—she seemed so happy and lovely with her little tummy so noticeable. Maru thinks Zulema looks radiant and so young. That sets Zulema off in a tirade of how fat, old and ugly she is. Maru tries to stop her but Zulema tells Maru what she thought she heard Omar saying. The discussion deteriorates to “women just get old while guys get more interesting.” Zulema is sure he has a lover and Maru thinks she should just talk to the man. A sigh and headshake from Maru.

Speaking of the King of Rome, he’s dialing for help. “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!!” He stammers around, asking if that’s the place one calls if one is having …. Um …. Problems having relations? Yep. The ad in the newspaper doesn’t tell the whole story—it’s herbs, massage, and other quackery. Omar hangs up fast. But he can’t keep on like this. He wants to be good as new, a whole man.

Maru changes the subject—have they thought about Jaime at all? Thought about what? Forgiving him. Zulema gets sharp with Maruja. What is her obsession with that man!??? Listen once and for all, I’m going to be very clear, Zulema tells her angrily. They can never forgive him for taking away their opportunity to raise their child. Maru can see that. Zulema pours out more grief. Maru says she promises to never bring the subject up again and asks Zulema to forgive her, looking down dejectedly. Zulema looks at her, annoyed and disgusted, and rolls her eyes.

Gina wants reassurance that Ivan is not right, that Alex won’t die. Lorena swears that won’t happen. She explains it was just a wound on the forehead and lots of blood comes from the head, but it’s not that serious. She tells Gina she’ll go see if they’re done and asks Ivan to watch Gina. Ivan, always the cooperative one, tells her no and makes a smart-aleck teenage remark. (For the record, deaf kids can do this masterfully in sign language with expansive movements and forceful signs. Also for the record, I can chew teens out with even more forceful signs and expansive movements. I’m way older and have way more practice with those very signs). Do you think I’m such an imbecile that I can’t care for her better than y’all? Lore chides him and reminds him they’re all going through a tough time but that doesn’t give him license to treat folks badly, especially his uncle. Has she finished with her sermon, he cracks, with arms tightly folded and a scowl. Go see if Alex died already. Lore is irritated as she goes to see how Alex is. Ivan sits down next to Gina, who has been watching him closely. He pulls out his phone. Who’s he calling? Someone who can help. It’s Auntie Gladys. As he talks to Auntie, Gina looks up warily.

Alex is all cleaned up and Alonslow is cutting the thread after the last stitch. Alex moans a little while Alonslow tries to reassure him and Ern assures him it’s over already. What a brave little boy, ‘Slow remarks as he takes his protective gloves off wrong after working with bodily fluid and HANDS THEM TO THE NURSE instead of throwing them into the hazmat container. Alex tells Ern it’s not his head that hurts, it’s his hand because Ern is squeezing it so hard. Ern looks a little sheepish and lets it go. Lorena sticks her head in the door to see how it’s going, excusing herself. Ern looks at her, gets up and looks at Alonslow in concern, who is staring at Lorena. She enters, staring back at Alonslow out of the corner of her eye while addressing Ernesto—is everything all right? Ern says it is, fortunately, it wasn’t serious. ‘Slow tells them in a few days Alex will need to be seen again. Then he turns gently to Alex and assures him not to worry and there won’t be a scar. What a relief. Lore doesn’t make eye contact and mutters thanks. ‘Slow continues to tell Alex congratulations and they give the macho guy handshake/knuckle touch. ‘Slow warns Alex not to move much, but he can go home. He tells Ern that Alex just needs to rest for today and Ern thanks Alonslow politely. Ern turns to Lorena. My love, shall we go?? Lorena looks up at Ernesto and there’s a ‘Slow simmer on the other side of the bed. Count on Sara to just pop into patients’ rooms whenever the spirit moves her. I thought that violated HIPAA or something. Oh, yeah, they don’t have HIPAA in Mexico. Alonslow?? She sees Lorena and Ernesto, and four adult faces exchange varying degrees of stares. Shall we go love? Ernesto repeats himself, arm around Lorena, and Lore hastily agrees. Alex very politely thanks Alonslow and ‘Slow rises to the occasion. He tells him Alex it was a pleasure, my little friend, and here’s a lollipop. Alex is happy and of course doesn’t register the tension in the room. Ern thanks ‘Slow but gives him a warning glance and ushers Alex and Lore out. Alonslow watches them leave with a slight scowl.

Sara, on the other hand, is never one to waste a moment when she sees the golden opportunity to prove her point. My love? And they’re holding hands? How lovely. ‘Slow’s got his constipated look. Why the heck is she here? She wanted to talk to him when he couldn’t ignore her phone calls, that’s why. She decided to visit, and what luck! See! It’s exactly like I told you. ‘Slow says he has lots of work to do—it’s not the time for this, looking as annoyed as he ever looks. Poor Ernesto, Sara continues, ignoring his work. You see how Lorena’s got Ernesto wrapped around her finger (engatusar – coax)? It’s clear she’s got him all crazy. Sara can only imagine her skills in the sack (under the sheets). ‘Slow comes around the bed, scowling big-time. He opens the door and tells her she’s going. Sara tells him he can’t keep obsessing on this woman. Come back with me! I need you! She grabs his face and tries to kiss him while he fights her off. He tells her to cut it out and she says it’s not fair for him to reject her for Lorena. Look at how happy she is with her lover, and I’m here just beggin’ for a little lovin.’ Well forget it, and don’t beg. Why have you lost all your dignity? Because I love you, Sara retorts. ‘Slow stalks out, saying he’s going to work, leaving Sara fuming yet again.

Night has fallen in the D. F. and Vasco visits Tío Omar. Did you tell Auntie yet? Tell her what? About your problem, Unc that you told me about the other day. Omar plays dumb. No, there’s no problem; last night I got the job done like I should have. Vasco id happy for him. He thought Tío looked worried. Omar smiles and chuckles, swearing Vasco to silence—not a word to anyone, especially your Tía. Well of COURSE people don’t tell others about their intimacies. End of topic. Omar changes it to how all is going with Vasco. They talk about Vasco getting back into the company—not easy, he’s out of the swing of it. Omar tells him if his goal is to protect the interests of his Granny, Omar won’t fault him on that. Vasco notes that Jaime said the same thing. And by the way, are you ever going to forgive him? Omar tells Vasco pretty much what Zulema told Maruja, but with less anger. He’s your dad, and it’s good you’re helping him, but don’t expect us to forgive him. Vasco asks him to consider it. It’s time to give up the rancor. Omar disagrees.

Zulema comes back from her day of visits and is thrilled to greet Vasco—she’s missed him. How’s everything? Where’s Julian, she wants to know. On Sunday? No way he’s going to be home early. He’s out with Rossy.

Speaking of the King of Rome, he’s going over pictures from the ABC Sports mag with Rossy, pointing out the best features of the photos of him and the lovely models. He wants her opinions of which are his best shots and profiles. Duh. Predictably, Rossy is increasingly annoyed. He accuses her of being jealous again. No way! She’ll never be insecure with him again. Her arms cross, she scowls and taps her foot. Why’s she mad, then? Because all he thinks about are the photos, models and all that. Julian points out they love each other and walks over to her hesitantly. Is that so little? Rossy starts to protest but Julian cuts her off, asking why she doesn’t believe in his love. It’s about them and when they have enough money, they’ll get married. Today he’s modeling and some day he may be in Alaska looking for crabs. He earnestly peers into her face. She smiles shyly, still doubting. If she wants, he’ll never look at the magazines again. He lifts her hands to his lips. Would he do that for her? Of course! She throws herself into his hug. They smile and hug each other tightly.

Lorena has apparently told Maruja about her Terrible, Awful, No Good, Very Bad day with the Happy Family. How incredible! So many things happened to her today, Maruja sympathizes. Yep, and it was the last straw to see Alonslow at the hospital. Well, if you’re going to People’s Clinic 23 in the daytime, the likelihood of seeing ‘Slow there is exponentially higher than it would be at any other hospital, honey. Maru wonders how it made her feel. Really nervous. Seeing him face-to-face felt very strange. But the worst moment happened when Sara turned up. Maru is incensed. What was SHE doing there? Who knows? But Ern saw my reaction and immediately took my hand. I felt very protected. Very good, Maruja approves. Lorena confesses she liked that a lot, with a smile and nod. Being with him, and the children, is like really having a family that she never has had. She smiles, then sighs and shrugs.

Ernesto is a bit surprised to see Gladys at his door and welcomes her. She excuses herself for not calling ahead. They tap dance about taking shoes off; she obviously doesn’t come here often, if ever. Or, she thinks it’s a silly rule and is purposely playing ignorant even though a dozen shoes are lined up near the door. He imagines she’s come to see the children. Well, yes, how are they. Fine, considering the circumstances (dentro de lo que cabe – under the circumstances). Today we went on a lovely outing (which part of lovely was the trip to the hospital?). Does Gladys want to see them? She shakes her head, and we note her décolletage is a bit pronounced. She really wants to talk to Ernesto. Ivan sneaks out of his room to listen around the corner. She doesn’t want to fight with Ern, but it doesn’t seem to her that the children should be left in his care and she’s going to fight for custody. Ivan seizes his chance to come out and trash talk Unc. He agrees with his Auntie. Ern has no morals. Gladys is taken aback. Why would he say that? Because he’s messing with so many women at the same time. Ern tries to deny it and Ivan goes into the litany of Ern sleeping late and not getting the kiddies to school, and himself locked out for hours with no keys. Also, Alex fell and cut his forehead, and Gina was lost at the amusement park. Why? Because Tío was making out with his girlfriend. Gladys gives Ern a look of disappointment and censure. Ernesto looks at Ivan in irritation and worry, his jaw working.

Monday: Monica shows up and yells at Ernesto that she knows Lorena is the other woman. Ernesto yells back that Lorena is the ONLY woman he’s in love with. Then he thinks better of it as fast as the words are out of his mouth. Alonslow comes looking for Lorena at her house. The rain begins and he begs. Is Ernesto sitting in his car waiting for her and seeing this touching scene?

Jeanne

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Nearby, meanwhile, at the Hacienda de Horrores de las Elizondo, a consternated Mama Gabriela stares angrily at Sofia and demands to know why her daughter slapped the beloved object of her perverted passions, the felonious Fernando. Sofia stares back and asks her mother if she is certain she really, really, really wants to know the gawd-awful truth. Crabi is not up for playing guessing games and tells her to get on with it. Sofia tells her that Fer won’t stop harassing her and is constantly bothering her. “He’s the one who is playing with you, Mama!” Gabi’s response is to hiss at Sofia about being a wicked daughter who is only jealous of her happiness and who wants to destroy it. Sofia tries to defend her actions saying she only wants to protect her, but Gabi won’t listen. “Nothing you tell me will set me against Fernando.”

Luisito walks in playing with his toy and draws Gabi’s attention. “What is the little whore’s son doing there?” “--Fernando brought him here.” Gabi wants Fer to explain the connection, but he is caught off guard and thinking through his next evil side-step to avoid doing exactly that. Sofia dares him to tell the truth about the little boy. “Go on, Fernando,” she challenges as we in Viewerville hold our breath to see if finally Sofia has managed to mouse trap the resident rat. However, Fer evades all too skillfully by directing Gabi into her office for a personal little “frente a frente” (face to face). Sofia watches and exhales (along with the rest of us), decidedly disappointed and frustrated BUT, totally vindicated for finally making an effort worthy of her role as our novela’s heroine. (You go, girl!)

In Gabi’s office Fer tries to convince his main cheese –er squeeze—that he was only trying to make nice with Sofia since once her bastard child is born she inherits the whole enchilada. Gabi has to admit he’s right, but she still wants to know why he got slapped. Feo skillfully blames it on nothing more than Sofia’s rebellious attitude and complains she’s only gotten more defiant since she returned home, as if everything she’s done up to now was nothing more than a lark.

Gabi agrees with Fernando and says she’s going to talk to Sofia about it now, but he stops her and does another bit of fast talking. Fer says she can’t because she might ruin everything by talking to Sofia right now and besides, she’s got to recognize that everything he does including taking all of Sofia’s guff is purely for Gabi’s benefit to maintain her control over her daughters. He “begs” her to keep this from Jimena and Sarita and asks that whatever happens not to intervene, just trust in him. Gabi says she doesn’t doubt him for a minute. He smiles at her and says she’ll see that in the end she’ll turn out to be the winner in all of this.
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In Margarita’s dressing room at the Tumbao, Margarita has just told Eva that Rosario is her daughter, not Eva’s. Eva, tearfully impactada, listens as Margarita tells Eva that when she was young she committed a serious mistake when she gave away her daughter to Ofelia. “Ofelia had a bigger heart and ran off with Rosario. The proof is that, not only is Ofelia still with Rosario, but also that Rosario has a birthmark on her foot." Eva doesn’t know about any birthmark but doesn’t doubt that Margarita is telling her the truth. She cries because once more Fate has grabbed her daughter away.

At the hacienda, Sofia is out back playing with Luisito as Fernando slinks down the back stairs to gloat over his ability to persuade Gabi to believe him over Sofia. “I told her you worried me and that I needed to stick close to you and she believed me.” Sofia asks if he told her the truth about Luisito and he fakes concern over Gabi’s health. “Of course not! What? Do you want to risk your mother having a relapse?” He plays the guilt card. “If anything should happen to her you would be the one responsible.” Sofia believes him and tells him again how much she despises him. Fer quips back that the distance between hate and love is only a single step and perhaps she will even end up loving him. He swaggers away with a signature chomp of his cheroot.

Crabi walks out and sees the two of them together. As Fer walks away Gabi pleads with Sofia to stay away from Fernando (gawd, this is sick and desperate) since after Bernies’ cheating on her like he did with another woman (make that underage minor), she says she deserves some bit of happiness. Besides, (give a shout out to all members of the Church of Moral Equivalence here) everyone knows that Sofia never loved him to start with anyway. Sofia insists that Fernando not only didn’t interest her before, he doesn’t now and he won’t interest her e-v-e-r! This answer seems to satisfy Gabi and so she asks Sofia what she was getting at about Luisito. Sofia has a quick flashback to Fer’s warning that Mama could have a relapse if she finds out the truth about the boy and decides to tell her just to forget it. It was nothing, she says, and takes him to visit Augie. Raqui shows up at that point, demanding Gabi talk to her immediately if not sooner.
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In the meantime, Juan has arrived in Puebla City to take his lawyer his papa JuanJo’s will. (Wait a minute here! What is with the girly midriff way Juan’s got his shirt tails tied? Shirt tails tied in a square knot and the whole thing unbuttoned to his waist? Good Lord! I wore that sort of thing in the 70’s. Looks like me and the sweet guy who dressed Juan in wardrobe were out to impress the same gender demographic….) The lawyer reads the will over and tells Juan that this shows he and his brothers are the legitimate owners of his father’s estate. (Query 1: Where did Juan “park” his horse in that mini metropolis? Query 2: Do they have pony poop ‘n scoop laws in Puebla City?) Juan races back home with the great news.

Back at the Bad Love Bar in Rosario’s dressing room, Ofelia admits the truth to Eva and tells her that Margarita despised the baby girl because she was getting in the way of Margarita’s career. Eva cries to Ofelia that now her whole world has crumbled around her and once again she’s left alone without either hopes or dreams.

At the same time all three of the Elizondo sisters are visiting Augie. Sofia tells them that each day she is more convinced that Fernando is only using their mother. She can’t forget her daddy’s letter that Oscar found. She’s certain he knew the danger they were in with Fer living under the same roof. Somehow they will have to unmask him and find a way to get him to leave the hacienda for good. On cue Rosario shows up looking for Luisito. Rosario is there to ask them to forgive Eva, but they still blame her for knowingly allowing the Reyes’ to enter the hacienda. Sarita politely tells Rosario to stay out of it. Sofia says that she’d like to forgive her since she does feel close to Eva because at one time she thought Eva might be her mother. Rosario doesn’t understand.

Back at the main house, meanwhile, Raqui tells Gabi that Ricardo’s associate never showed and she’s not been able to find any legal bill of sale for the hacienda. Raqui needs her help. Gabi doesn’t know what she can do to help since she hasn’t a legal claim to the land Raqui gave her either. Raqui says that was only because it wasn’t advisable to have anything in writing. Now though, things are different and she wants help or people will learn the truth. Gabi warns her to stop threatening her because it wouldn’t be a good idea for people to find out Raqui gave her that land in exchange for a newborn baby girl! Raqui doesn’t deny it, but she would like to clear up something: was that baby girl Eva’s daughter?

Rosario wants to know what Sofia meant about Eva being her mother and Sofia tells her that the day she fell down the staircase Gabi had told her that she and not Rosario was Eva’s daughter.

In the office at the hacienda Gabi tells Raqui she has no reason to know about the baby and then pays off Raqui with a huge check to buy another hacienda if she gets kicked off the one she’s currently living on. “Now just leave me in peace!”

A bit later in the day Tio Vic and the “boys” visit JuanJo’s grave again and pledge to fight to get their lands back.

Pedro has a heart to heart with El Jefe and tells his papa that he doesn’t want to be associated with him because of the dubious way he makes his living. Alejandro swears that he’s never killed anybody but Pedro doesn’t care. The things he does do cause a lot of pain and suffering for others. As Pedro leaves, the message to El Jefe is clear: he’s got to go straight or Pedro will have nothing more to do with him.

Back in town Rigo tells Eugenia that he loves her and that he will give her whatever time she needs. Eugenia is duly unimpressed. He kisses her but she cannot even bring herself to close her eyes. Hortensia’s grocer boyfriend sees this and makes a mental note of it.

Jimena, Sarita and Rosario are trying to cheer up Sofia and tell her that Mama was only saying things to get under her skin, that of course she’s Gabriela Elizondo’s daughter. Juan appears in the doorway at that point and gruffly asks to speak with Augie. (Ugh! Again with the goofy shirt tails. Leave it for “Oxygen” already!) The others all leave and Sofia and Juan share a meaningful, pregnant pause before leaving him alone with Grampa Augie.

Once they’re alone, Augie complains to Juan about having come to take his revenge on them for a crime they did not commit. They certainly weren’t the upstanding, forceful, intelligent and honest men he took them for back then. Juan won’t deny it. Augie says it has saddened him finding out how he and his brothers deceived him and he’s still shocked about the whole thing. Not only does he not know them he no longer even recognizes them. Augie says if he had legs to stand on he’d give them a whooping, so Juan crouches down and dares him to have at it. When Augie can’t Juan tells him that it’s so easy to condemn and to look for revenge. Sure, he felt the need for revenge after caring for his siblings so long, and he acted without knowing whether he was justified or not over Bernardo. If Augie does hit him though, it just puts him on the same level as the three of them.

Augie agrees and says he cannot forget that the same day they came to the house to kill them he also saved his life. Juan can’t forget either and admits that the three of them miss the old man. Juan gets up and leaves rather than continue arguing with him. Before Juan goes though, Augie tells him that although he has no proof he is certain that Fernando Escandon killed Bernardo. Juan growls that he isn’t interested in Elizondo family gossip and that the whole lot of them are a mess anyway. (I’ll second that!) However, one thing Augie should know is that no matter what, he still loves Sofia with all his might and will always love her. As Juan walks out the front door Augie thinks that Juan has once again proven his manliness and only wishes he’d told the truth from the beginning.

Juan hops on Capricho and rides toward the main house as Sofia and her sisters are getting ready to ride into town. He tells her that they found their parents’ grave. She says she’s genuinely happy for the three of them. Mama flits in then and tells her that she doesn’t want her daughters having anything more to do with “those contemptible men”. Juan can take a hint and gallops away.

Sofia tells Mama not to get so uptight since Juan was only on his way from visiting Gramps and he can entertain anybody he wants. Gabi changes the subject and wants to know where Rosendo is taking them. Sofia explains they’re going into town to find a spot to open an artisan’s craft shop. They want to become “financially independent.” Gabi chuckles to herself and answers that soon they’ll realize how difficult it is to earn a living. (Hubby couldn’t help but snicker “What would she know about it?”)

Back in Rosario’s dressing room Eva excuses herself for taking up so much of Ofelia’s time but she had to let it all out. Ofelia wants to tell Eva the rest of the story but Rosario comes back just then and the opportunity is lost. Rosario lets Eva know that she wasn’t able to get the Elizondo sisters to relent. They are too angry. Eva and she share a mother-daughter cry.

Across town Padre Tadeo takes Sofia and the others into town to look for a proper business location. We get a three minute PSA on the artisanry of Mexico. Sarita and Jimena tell Sofia that they found a location very near the Reyes’ bakery. They decide not to let that stop them from locating their shop there.

Hortensia finds out from her boyfriend that Eugenia wasn’t too keen on Rigo’s attempt at formalizing their relationship. Benito/Tall Tweedle has been by a few times to see Eugenia, he tells her, and it was apparent that the two had and still have a thing for each other. Mother Hen is determined to look out for her chick. She later confronts Eugenia who admits her love for Benito. Hortensia tells her to fish or cut bait. She won't stand for Rigo to be hurt that way.

Sofia visits a number of little shops with Padre Tadeo and at one little shop Sofia is shown a white lace dress that reminds her painfully of the wedding dress Juan had bought for her and she quickly deflates. Juan is just as miserable in the bakery and is daydreaming about Sofia’s smile. He tells himself that he will never be able to forget her.

Later on, Sofia tells her sisters about Mama’s snide response when she told her about their plans. Jimena says they can only expect that and more from Mama.

Gabi visits Dr. Mentiroso Matasanos for her follow-up. He tells her that her condition is much improved and figures it’s because she’s followed his instructions to the letter. (Wrong!) She says happiness has played a part: the return home of her daughters, humiliated and subdued. But she was also able to take her revenge on her worst enemy (Eva) and that was even better for her than either his instructions or his medicines. (This woman needs a psychiatrist not a cardiologist. She has no heart to treat.) The good doctor chuckles along with her then tells her to keep as calm as possible. She says no problem; with all her enemies destroyed she is happy as a clam. Nothing can upset her now. (Methinks she speaks too soon! This is a telenovela after all.)

Eladio, Rigo and Hortensia watch as Quintina comes through the stall blasting about Reyes Brothers’ bread on her bullhorn. Eladio is wondering why they haven’t’ made a trip to deliver produce to the Elizondo’s yet. Rigo teases him about being more interested in his seeing Natalia than delivering any vegetables. So Quintina offers to take him since she’s got a yen to see Augie.

In the kitchen of the hacienda Natalia gives Eladio the go ahead. Her mama walks in on them kissing, and Eladio formalizes things with her. Mama says fine, so now Rigo’s plan to keep his bro south of the border has worked. On the other hand, Quintina only gets shooed out of Augie’s place. He refuses to forgive her disloyalty.

That night Benito comforts his Aunt Raqui and tells her that if his uncle’s friend has failed to show, then nobody can complain about whatever action she takes. Raqui says she still plans to fight to keep the hacienda, but if they lose in court she has the check Gabriela gave her to use to buy another property. Benito is impactado when he gets a look at the amount Gabi has given her. (Let’s hope for Bennie’s sake that that check doesn’t bounce like flubber when she cashes it.) He asks his aunt why Doña Gabriela would write her such a large sum. Raqui answers that it was a bit of business they did together. He asks what kind of business could it be for such a large amount of money, but before she can answer the maid delivers a letter for her. It’s a summons to attend a formal hearing of the judge’s ruling the next day.

Across the way at the supposedly slumbering Elizondo’s, Sofia is about to start up the stairs to go to bed. Fernando comes out of nowhere and grabs Sofia, begging to talk to her. She breaks herself free and tells him to quit harassing her all the time, but he says he cannot stop himself. Ever since she came back home he cannot stop thinking about her. It just kills him to think that a poor rube like Juan gets her motor running and he can’t even strike the first spark. He babbles on about how he knows she’ll never forgive Juan and he wants to suggest something, but she stops him cold telling him not to compare himself to Juan. Juan’s a real man! (Gag alert here!) Fer says he’ll drop Mama in a D.F. minute if she’ll only take him back. It’s obvious Sofia cannot believe how disgusting and deluded he must be and starts to say something when Fer grabs her again and starts sticking his tongue down her throat. Sofia screams for him to let her go.

Suddenly Gabi hears the commotion and comes out of her bedroom. She stands at the top of the stairs, furious at what she’s just seen. She demands to know what’s been going on. “Just what you see with your own two eyes, Mama!” Sofia tells her. “You know he’s never interested me, and now he’s harassing me and chasing after me. He won’t leave me alone! He asked me to take him back again! --Mama! You’ve got to listen to me. You have got to open your eyes and realize he is deceiving you. You cannot marry him! The only thing he wants is your money!” “—She’s lying! Your daughter is lying! She wants to separate us,” Feo tries to defend himself. He and Sofia both start up the stairs towards Gabi.

Gabi stares daggers at both of them. She takes a few steps down and stops just in front of the two of them as they (and all of us in Viewerville, likewise holding our breath in anticipation) wonder which one will she believe –and more importantly, who’s gonna get that nasty whap upside the head from her? Thwap!! It is Fernando who's the unhappy recipient of Gabi’s wrath this time. “Swine! You damned swine!” she screams at him as he looks back at her with murder in his eyes.

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Permalink posted by Jardinera654 @ 3:17 PM 31 comments

Ok, Mario Cimarro fans. Now that Pasión de Gavilanes is done, Telemundo will rerun Mario's second Telemundo novela: El Cuerpo del Deseo, the Body of Desire, starting Monday, September 15. It will be on for 2 hours/day at 12noon on the East Coast, local times may vary. Just as we did with PdG, we will be discussing ECDD here on CarayCaray. The novela is broadcast with English subtitles on CC3 on your TV. Here is some info about the novela and the cast list.


From Wikipedia:
The story features Pedro José Donoso (Andrés García), a wealthy old man in love with a gorgeous younger woman, Isabel Arroyo (Lorena Rojas). He dies suddenly, but returns to Earth through transmigration: (the passing of a soul into another body after death), in the body of Salvador Cerinza (Mario Cimarro), a handsome (yet poor) family man. Pedro José searches for everything he lost, uncovering secrets, truths and deceptions. Ultimately, he must set things straight and save those who truly loved him.

This melodrama about wealth, youth and power was filmed in Miami. It is a remake of Julio Jimenez's En Cuerpo Ajeno ("In a Foreign Body"), a 1992 RTI Colombia serial.

• Pedro Jose Donoso- a wealthy industrialist who,thinks he has everything he ever wanted. He has a gorgeous young wife, despite the age difference and opposition from his only daughter, Ángela.

• Salvador Cerinza - a farmer who lives a sad life with his stingy wife Cantalicia and their son Moncho. Then everything changes when he suffers a mysterious accident.

• Isabel Arroyo- a sensual, ambitious woman who loves her husband,Pedro Jose, at least on the surface.

• Andrés Corona - Pedro Jose's right hand man and Isabel’s secret lover. Two-faced, astute and ruthless, he will do anything to take everything Pedro Jose owns.

Cast:

• Andrés García .... Don Pedro José Donoso
• Mario Cimarro .... Salvador Cerinza / Pedro Jose Donoso - a.k.a. Jesus Christ
• Lorena Rojas .... Isabel Arroyo - main heroine, villain
• Martín Karpan .... Andrés Corona - employee of Don Pedro Jose,lover of Isabel, villain
• Vanessa Villela .... Ángela Donoso - daughter of Pedro Jose, in love with Antonio
• Anna Silvetti .... Abigail Domínguez - housekeeper at Donoso mansion, mother of Antonio and Simon
• Erick Elias .... Antonio Domínguez - son of Abigail, in love with Angela
• Sonia Noemí .... Pilar - friend of Rebecca
• Pablo Azar .... Simón Domínguez - son of Abigail, in love with Valeria
• Roberto Moll .... Walter Franco - butler at Donoso mansion, villan
• Jeannette Lehr .... Gayétana Charlie - witch, friend of Pedro Jose
• Martha Picanes .... Rebecca Macedo - aunt of Isabel and Valeria
• Diana Osorio .... Valeria Guzmán - cousin of Isabel
• Yadira Santana .... Victoria - maid at Donoso mansion
• Liz Coleandro .... Nina Arroyo - mother of Isabel
• Gemba Jacinto .... Cantalicia Muñetón - wife of Don Pedro Jose Donoso
• Vivian Ruiz .... Guadalupe - friend of Gaetana
• Eduardo Serrano.... Felipe Madero - artist, friend of Cantalicia
• Arianna Coltellacci .... Consuelo Guerrero -
• Sabrina Olmedo .... Matilda Serrano - employee of Gaetana
• Alcira Gil .... Doña Lilia -
• Tania Lopez .... Inirida Fernández -
• Marella Mata .... Juanita - maid at Donoso mansion
• Carlos Pittella .... Cura Parroco

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Marisela is heartbroken to see Santos with DB.

Lorenzo falls off the wagon and then turns into an ugly drunk. Marisela finds her father drunk. He blames his state on her for helping Cecilia and Antonio and he says that she is just like her mother. She betrayed him just like DB.

In a cute scene, Melesio comes to help Cecilia at the schoolhouse. Cecilia says that Don Melesio is a 'zalamero,' a 'sweet talker.' He tells her that life if short and if you love somebody you should enjoy it while you can like he did with his wife.

DB arrives at the school and gets the same terrified reaction from everyone she usually gets. They all leave except Cecilia. DB offers money to help the school and Cecilia interprets the offer as a way to make points with Santos. DB says that maybe she just wanted to be a better person today. [Yesterday, she had someone killed but, hey, that was yesterday.] She wants Santos to be proud of her.
C:Even so, I don't think you are the right person for my nephew.
B: Don't worry, Cecilia, I wasn't planning to call you 'aunt'.

Luisana is bored, hot and tired of being bitten by insects. Mauricio, who is working on a laptop(!) (do they have high speed internet in the Llanos?) suggests that they leave. Luisana says no. She is sure that sooner or later Santos will realize his mistake and come back to her. (Maybe Luisana wouldn't get so many insect bites if she didn't display so much flesh!)

A drunk Lorenzo accuses Cecilia of driving him back to drink because she won't love him like she did before. Cecilia replies that Lorenzo doesn't love her. He is just holding on to a memory. Lorenzo then blames Antonio and calls Cecilia an old maid. Cecilia gives an impassioned speech about how Antonio, unlike Lorenzo, makes her feel young and alive. She says that she loves Antonio with all the force and passion of her last few years of youth. Fortunately Antonio overhears all this and abandons his plans to leave the Llanos.


Antonio and Santos continue their miscommunication about who Antonio is in love with.

Marisela says that she is not like her mother and wants to know why Santos loves DB, why her?
Marisela says 'estoy salá,' which was translated in the titles as, 'I'm jinxed.' I assume she is dropping the ending of the past participle of salar, 'salada,' which means 'salty' but can also mean unfortunate.

Santos finds Marisela crying and asks her what is wrong but she calls him a disgusting pig and tells him not to touch her. She says that she thought he was a good man, better her than her father but now she thinks he is a traitor. She wants to go back to La Chusmita and not be a lady. She was happy there. Santos doesn't understand until Luisana tells him that Marisela saw him having sex with DB.

Cecilia persuades Marisela to go back to Altamira and agrees with her that men are stupid.

A few days later, the school opens. Cecilia is giving a nice speech when DB comes in.
Marisela angrily asks Santos if he invited DB and then she runs out of the schoolhouse. Santos follows. Then DB goes after them both.

Antonio tells Cecilia that he isn't leaving the place where his heart is. He is on the verge of making a declaration when Federica crashes the party and says that she can come every day and teach the children catechism.

Luisana discovers the ternera who is providing booze to Lorenzo.

Marisela and DB call each other names. DB slaps Marisela and when Marisela slaps her back, DB pulls a gun on her. Santos is horrified.
The credits roll.

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Okay folks, this is it for PdG. It's been a lot of fun.

Juan tells Grabiela to hang on.

Juan summons all his strength to try and carry Grabiela out of the swamp.

Meanwhile Feonando is sinking in the quicksand (arena movediza). He begs for Juan to help him but Juan pays no attention to him.
So he sinks...
until he's gone.

Juan is at the end of his strength when his brothers and Swamp Tio find him and Grabi.

Extra cute shot of Juan David seen through the door when Swamp Tio is leaving the Hacienda.

Anibal figures out that he is Ruth's father but Eva doesn't admit it or want him to ever mention their relationship to anyone else. Anibal agrees and they part.

Juan David and Abuelo welcome Grabiela home from the hospital and they have a big party.

Finally, Sarita and Franco get married.

The three couples ride off into the sunset to be happy forever.

Aside from the three principal couples, the only person who had a successful romance in the novela was Melisa. Armando was already involved with Rosario and Ruth with Antonio at the beginning of the novela and we didn't see any of Pepita's romance. Everybody else: the fruit sons, Quintina, Eva, Dominga, Olegario, Martín, Leandro and Benito ended up just as they began romance wise. Interesting.

One thing that I have been wondering about is why this novela worked so well beyond the attractiveness of the stars. It really didn't have most of the things that are so common in other novela like secrets that last the entire novela, switched babies and such like. Compare the plot of PdG to the plot of FELS, for example.

Monday, ECDD!

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Hello all,

We're down at least two bloggers for the upcoming "Cuidado con el ángel" 8 pm.

If you've thought blogging might be fun and you have good Spanish, this might be an easy novela to start on - it looks like it has fewer actors and we have all seen this plot line many times before.

If you're interested email me at caray@mappamundi.com - thanks!

Melinama (blog mom)

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Hola Guapistas! We have very little rerun from last night, just Mili talking about how great Rocky is and crying, and then Luciana walks in and announces the change of plans (having found out about Constancio's fake judge scam--a ratbastardly move indeed!).

Constancio is fussing about Valeria being late. Andrea tries to calm him down. Ramses II presents Constancio with a mysterious envelope containing, of course, the pictures of Rocky with the models. Not that I expect this to have any effect since Luciana's found out about his fake judge. Constancio positively gloats over the pictures.

Alejandro and Valeria have a nice sibling moment, wishing each other happiness in marriage and arguing about who will be happier. Their faces are reeeeally close, probably so they don't show us the location. When they pull back, we see they're at Padre Manuel's church! Woo hoo! Alejandro walks Valeria down the aisle to Rocky. They both get a little teary as Rocky asks her to tell him he's not dreaming. They're both very emotional about being "man and wife" even though Rocky makes a joke that he's glad they're going to be "man and wife" because the other way around would have been weird. They start to kiss, but are interrupted by Padre Manuel, who reminds them that the kissing part comes at the end. As Padre Manuel starts, Rocky has to loudly blow his nose, he's crying so hard. Alejandro looks giddy, but Mili looks like her puppy just died. As Padre Manuel continues, Mili bursts into loud, nasty tears and claims to be emotional about the wedding. She tries to resist Alejandro taking her hand to comfort her, but gives in. Next, Lina bursts out with "hey, no fair! Mili didn't cry like this at my wedding!" To which I say "Shut. Up. We're trying to have a freaking wedding here, people! Save it for later." Padre Manuel reminds them they don't have all day. Now Alejandro jumps in and insists 2 couples are getting married today…he and Mili are getting married too! Now Mili flips out on him. She says she doesn't want to marry him and covers that it's because it's his sister's wedding day and she doesn't want to ruin it. Valeria, on the other hand, thinks the more the merrier. Nestor wonders what's going on and Luciana reassures him that it's nothing that can't be fixed. Alejandro and Mili keep arguing as Rocky reminds everyone that he'd really like to get this done before Constancio figures out what's going on and shows up with his trusty shotgun. Mili forcefully insists that Padre Manuel should continue with just the one couple. Now Gloria and Chamuco show up and beg Padre Manuel to marry them, like, now.

Back at the fake wedding, Constancio tells Ramses II that he's going to show the pictures to Valeria once she shows up. Finally, Lic. Robledo and the fake Judge have shown up. Ramses II escorts the fake Judge off. Robledo wants to talk about the shares, but Constancio brushes him off. Once Robledo says he talked to Luciana earlier that day, Constancio realizes what's going on. He yells at Robledo that Luciana didn't know!

Now everybody's standing around at the church. Lina and Mili tell Gloria that they're glad she's not going to end up an old maid spending all her time dressing saints--Sor Cachete objects that there's nothing wrong with dressing saints, eh! Rocky congratulates Chamuco. We see that everything's still on hold. Padre Manuel is objecting to marry Gloria and Chamuco. He tries to say that they've got to do pre-matrimonial stuff first, which Rocky and Valeria didn't have to. PM says they didn't because it was urgent. Which, of course, is why they're stalling so much. He finally gives in and starts over, but nooooo, Alejandro is pissed off that Mili won't marry him today. Rocky wants PM to, uh, skip to the end, please. He starts over from the beginning for about the hundredth time, and now, guess what…Constancio and Ramses II walk in. I mourn for the character assassination of Ramses. He might have wanted to bust up the wedding, but Original Recipe Ramses would never have had the necessary brain cells to concoct a scheme like this.

Pause for rant: Dang it! I thought we'd gotten past all the stupid misunderstandings and people not speaking up about stuff they ought to and drama just for the sake of drama. As if Mili's dead mom not really being dead and Hugo and Karla maybe getting married and raising the baby together and Sober!Luci getting back together with the love of her life and Mili and Alejandro living happily ever after wasn't enough drama? Oh, nooooo, we've got to throw a few more roadblocks in there despite the fact that we all know who's going to end up with who, so, frankly, they just need to get on with it already instead of waiting for the last five minutes of the show to wrap things up. *Sigh* Okay, rant over.

Luciana tries to throw him out of the church, but he shouts her down. Alejandro wants Mili to use this opportunity to go outside and talk. Mili says "pelotas" in church. Valeria has had it and says "quit listening to everyone else, I want to get married!" You're preaching to the choir there, sister. Padre Manuel says there's objections, so…. Valeria tries to appeal to her "papá" and now Constancio says "pelotas" in church and calls Luciana a drunk, so Luciana says "pelotas" to that, which greatly upsets Padre Manuel. Constancio tells Valeria if after he talks to her she still wants to get married, he won't have anything to say. She asks PM for a minute.

I've been reduced to screaming at the TV now. Seriously. Why would anyone agree to something like that? What happened to Valeria's spine?

Padre Manuel's patience is shot. Valeria marches out of the church, throwing off Ramses II. She tells Constancio she's not going to forgive him for this whole thing with the fake judge. She calls him on his crap, calling her his "princess" and then treating her like this. She loves Rocky and he's the only man who will make her happy, etc., etc. He tries to give her the pictures even though he must know they're stupidly faked…but all he cares about is having his way, the ratbastard. Who cares how upset it's going to make her.

Mili refuses to talk about Alejandro. He makes the mistake of mentioning her mom's name. She tells him he's never hurt her this much and accuses him of sleeping with Rosario I, basically. I'll take this moment to digress upon the word "engañar" which literally means "deceive," however, in couple situations it usually means "you rat bastard, you cheated on me with a badly dressed woman who only owns one pair of shoes and also happens to be my mother, although I don't know that yet."

Valeria refuses to look at what's in the envelope, then she agrees because she left her spine in her other pants. She is predictably impactada. Constancio says "That was the bachelor party of that wonderful man who claims to love you above all things." And speaking of men who claim to love Valeria above all things, Consti just needs to shut it, the self-righteous prig who's got skankier photos AND video of himself that sure enough didn't have to be faked. Valeria drops the pictures and leaves.

Mili tells Alejandro she saw him with Rosario Sr. He tries to explain, but "it's a business thing" doesn't quite work with bathrobes involved. Well, it might in Europe. Mili's asking why he did it and why Rosario Jr. was there. He just stands there with a kicked puppy expression since she of the skanky shoes swore him to secrecy. Dude, if there was ever a time to break a promise….She tells him her love for him is dead. Oh, whatever. It'll be resurrected soon enough. She sees Valeria as she's on her way leaving the church. They both cry in each other's arms, although neither of them knows what the other one's crying about.

Everyone's out of the church now and Constancio tosses the pictures at Rocky. They fall on the floor. Everyone's shocked…except Sor Cachete, who's seen it all before. Rocky's confused and says it's not him. The girls assume he really did it, but Bobby thinks it might have been faked. Rocky remembers that there were some girls in the room. Decent of him not to take the easy way out. Luciana, now that she's sober and has more brain cells working, wonders who took the photos. Constancio proudly says Ramses II took the photos, which is when it all clicks for Rocky. He hands the pictures to Bobby to hold so he can punch Ramses. The rest of the men intervene to pull the two apart, but Rocky's too determined.

Valeria and Mili chat. "Three women!" Dang it, Mili, and you want to run a women's center when you're not even capable of questioning things and applying some logic? What, did Rocky have a complete personality transplant, or is it just that all men are scum underneath it all and he would have cheated with three wannabe Victoria's Secret models eventually? Yep, there she goes "all men are the same, Alejandro cheated on me too." Valeria at least can't believe it. Now Valeria's joining in, "they're all pigs." "They always lie and cheat!" Wah, wah, wah. Valeria then says she can't believe Alejandro would do that. Mili says Rocky loved Valeria and he did it too. Mili now wants to confront "that woman." Valeria wants to confront Rocky. They shake on it.

Padre Manuel bemoans all the drama. Gloria tells Sor Cachete she's given up and asks for an application to Nun U. Well, at least that way she can marry God. Sor pulls her aside and says the nun-hood is serious bidness, not something you do out of "despecho" (spite). Besides, she convinced him to get married once…she can probably do it again! Gloria gets back in the ring. She verifies that no one would object at their wedding, and then asks Padre Manuel to marry them "to get the bad taste out of [his] mouth." Sor Cachete chimes in in support and Padre Manuel agrees.

Rocky complains to Alejandro that he doesn't remember being with three beautiful women…and isn't that the kind of thing a person remembers? Alejandro has no sympathy and asks why he didn't throw the women out of his room. Bad best man! That was your job, you idiot! You guard the dang groom and don't let him (a) do anything stupid or (b) run away! Rocky complains that the guys got him way too drunk. Rocky then gets happy and realizes that he must have fallen dead asleep from being so drunk. Alejandro can't believe it, what with the three hot chicks. Rocky starts to recount the story of the time Valeria got him drunk on champagne and he passed out on her, but Alejandro reeeeally doesn't want to hear that story. He says Ramses II must have waited for him to fall asleep and then took the pictures.

Padre Manuel once again attempts to marry somebody (yes, please, just marry somebody, anybody!) today. He asks if Gloria Sanchez agrees to marry, er, what was your name again, Chamuco? (And remember that "Chamuco" is slang for The Devil.) "Carlos del Angel Caído." Sor Cachete and I both crack up laughing. Go on, get the dictionary, I'll wait. See, I told you! Funny stuff there (ok, if you didn't want to look it up, check the end of the recap). Padre Manuel says he'll just call him Carlos. Gloria giddily agrees. Chamuco also agrees with a loud whistle. Padre Manuel pronounces them man and wife and they smooch like there's no tomorrow while Sor Cachete showers them with flower petals. (Mr. 5ft: "Um, they might want to leave before they conceive right there on the altar.") Finally!

Sounds like Alejandro has just filled Rocky in on the whole "Mili's mother's not dead" thing. Rocky says Al's got to convince Rosella D'Liar to come clean. They're at Casa Belmonte. Constancio, shotgun in hand, instructs Ramses II not to let either Valeria or Mili intervene while he "takes care" of Alejandro and Rocky. The guys approach confidently. Constancio says the two of them aren't getting near his daughters! Alejandro's got the end of the shotgun in his face, but he's not backing down.

Rosella D'Loathsome is putting that ridiculous wig back on. Mili shows up asking to speak with her, woman to woman. That's going to be difficult considering neither one of them is acting mature enough for that. Mili tells her that when they first met, she would have liked for someone like Rosella to be her mom, but now she's not going to be deceived. Rosella is confused. Mili tells her to admit that she's there to steal her happiness.

Ramses II is stalking the driveway. As Valeria shows up in a cab, Ramses II jumps in and tries to convince her to leave. He holds the car door so that she won't get out and asks her to go have coffee. The cab driver, thankfully, is paying more attention to Valeria than Ramses II. He finally convinces her by telling her that Rocky isn't at the house, so they should just go have some coffee and then maybe he'll be there by the time they get back. I liked Ramses I better. He would've been too stupid to pull this off.

Alejandro and Rocky are still holding firm. Constancio hasn't put the shotgun down. Much yelling. Sounds like Constancio is looking forward to living into his old age with his two spinster daughters. Cause, come on, it's not a matter of these two not being "good enough," he probably wouldn't think any man is good enough for them. Alejandro calls him on his years of cheating on Luciana and finally tells Constancio that he's going in the house, so if Constancio wants to shoot him, he can shoot him in the back--"it's what you do best." Now it's Rocky's turn. He just says he's going to look for his Chiquita and walks on by.

Rosella D'Loser is trying to explain to Mili that Mili's happiness is what she wants most in life. Mili: "liar, liar!" She accuses her of being Alejandro's lover. Rosella denies it, tells her that Al loves her, and says she'd never do it with a guy young enough to be her son. Mili asks about the bathrobes. Rosella tells her about the rain. She tells Mili how Alejandro talks about Mili all the time and how perfect they are for each other. Mili says if that's all true, then she wants Rosella to stay the heck away from them. And at this moment, so do I.

Constancio comes into the house with the shotgun. Braulio cries to him that they're all alone and he doesn't even have any staff left. Alejandro and Rocky come back, having searched the house and not found Valeria or Mili. Constancio swears that the two of them won't be with their respective sweethearts as long as he lives. Constancio tells Alejandro to watch his back. Rocky convinces Alejandro they should leave.

Back at the convent, there's a reception going on for Gloria and Chamuco. Socorro and Horacio, Bobby and Lina, Padre Manuel, and Sor Cachete are there. Gloria says that her mom and Romulo would have been there, but they're in Celaya and send their love.

Rosella D'Ludicrous is begging Mili not to do this to her. Mili says they were fine until she showed up and started poisoning everything. Rosella admits that she wants to destroy Constancio. Rosella admits that she also knows Constancio is Mili's father. And that she knows that Constancio left Mili's mother and refuses to acknowledge Mili because of his political ambitions. The glasses are off now as Rosella asks how she can defend a man who ruined her life and her mother's life. Mili says she always prayed for the opportunity to spit in his face, but now all she wants is for him to look her in the eyes and admit he's her father. All she wants is his love.

Ramses II pleads his case over coffee. Valeria's not in the mood. Ramses II suggests Valeria sleep with him to get back at Rocky--"pagarle con la misma moneda" (pay him with the same coin; give him a taste of his own medicine).

Rosella D'Letdown continues trying to convince Mili to hate Constancio. Mili says she's not going to turn into a bitter old hag like Rosella, she's going to defend her daddy and her love and her peeps and Rosella better not get into it with her. Come clean already, you stupid woman. Mili starts to leave and Rosella says "Mili, when we first met you told me you lost your mother and I told you that I lost my daughter. I gave my daughter a gift when she was born and it's the same gift I gave Rosario." Mili's like "Whatever, just leave us alone. " Mili runs out of the room and Rosella cries to the door "Milagros, don't go, I'm your mother." You know, you could have started with that and saved us all the trouble. I have no sympathy for this woman. I feel sadder that she only has one pair of shoes. The mess with Mili she brought on herself. She cries to Paolo.

Monday: Mili finds the medal on Rosario. Luciana tells her the medal didn't come from Alejandro, it came from Rosella. Mili possibly adds two and two together and doesn't come up with the square root of pi. Or at least I can hope so.

One more week to go, Guapistas! If anyone else is interested in recapping a piece of Gran Final night, let's start working that out.

Oh, and that translation is "Carlos of the Fallen Angel."

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Translated from esmas.com

Marichuy - Sweetheart of the barrio (neighborhood), sweet and noble, but with a strong, rebellious character. She has moments of authentic seriousness and others of being seriously amusing. She had a childhood and adolescence full of sadness, but she overcomes her problems and almost always her attitude toward life is totally positive, agile and light.


Juan Miguel - He is attractive, cultivated, of a good family, very serious. He lives tormented by a grand secret in his past. He is an important psychologist with a tremendous desire to help those who need a guide in life. His character is strong, but weak with Marichuy, towards whom he has a strong affection which becomes love. When very young he married Viviana, who made his life intolerable. He has a five-year-old daughter, Mayita.


Estefanía - A sexy, vain, egotistical, ambitious woman, capable of doing anything which will propel her out of the middle class. Her character is strong, she doesn't have a conscience. With the help of her aunt Isabel, she is passing as the lost daughter of Cecilia and Patricio, and has successfully gotten herself into their house. She wants to destroy Marichuy because she gained the love of Juan Miguel, the man Estafanía wants for herself, and afterwards because she discovers Marichuy to be the real daughter of Cecilia and Patricio.


Candelaria - A humble, ignorant and sympathetic woman, she lives in a tenement and works at whatever comes her way in order to survive. Her poverty has not made her bitter. She is an optimist, talks easily, is simple and honest. She adores Marichuy, to whom she gave shelter after finding her sitting in a doorway. For her, Marichuy is the daughter she never had. She has a heart too big to fit in her chest.


Cecilia - She is good, sweet and very pretty, an elegant but discreet (??) woman. She is tormented by the memory of the daughter she had to abandon. Her husband Patricio had gone far away leaving her alone and she, thinking herself at death's door, left her daughter in the hands of a priest who had come to give her the last rites. It will take Cecilia a long time to realize her daughter is a girl who she has so near to her.


Onelia - An elegant upper-class woman, mother to Viviana, Juan Miguel's wife. She lives with them and helps her daughter in every way and through her commits all sorts of villainy. She is venomous, arrogant, and manipulative. She despises Marichuy for being humble and considers her a danger when Juan Miguel brings her to his house. When her daughter disappears and is given up for dead, Onelia notices something more than simple friendship is developing between Marichuy and her son-in-law; her hatred for the girl grows stronger.


Viviana - Juan Miguel's wife, she is sexy, elegant and sensual; proud of her social position, egotistical and capricious. She loves Juan Miguel, but not to the point of renouncing her diversions and infidelities. Furthermore, she fights with him often. When she's given up for dead in an accident, she decides to live the life that pleases her. She returns destroyed, a ruin, but even though she soon recovers and wants to regain her position at Juan Miguel's side, her past catches up with her.


Patricio - A distinguished upperclass man of strong character. With his wife Cecilia and with Estefanía, whom he believes to be his daughter, he is affectionate but firm, even though at times Estefania manipulates him with her evil powers (malas artes). He is stubborn but of good sentiments, a very honest judge who is sometimes unjust. He doesn't know he is Marichuy's father, he disapproves of her way of life and she, in his opinion, ought to be in reform school.


Isabella - Estefanía's aunt, a perverse woman who dominates her niece. She uses people, she'll do anything for money because she's always been in a precarious situation. She is a venomous liar. On occasion she has brushed up against high society and wants to gain this world at all costs. She is the brains behind Estefania's ill deeds until Estefania rebels.

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Hi,

Soon Guapos will be over. Beckster will be abandoning the 8 pm time slot so she can ogle and smirk at the unshaven male loveliness of the idiot Reyes brothers. Maggie is staying on in her slot. Guapos team, phone home (either email me privately or write a comment here): are you signing on with the lovely Marichuy and yet another installment of "Who's baby are you?" and if so are you happy with your night?

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Translation of the sinopsis from the esmas site.

Cuidado con el Ángel (Don't Mess with the Angel)

When Marichuy was born her mother, believing herself about to die, gave her to a priest who took her to an orphanage. At 14 years old, Marichuy fled the institution and began to ramble all over, making her living as she could.

The years pass and one day she is attacked by a drunk, which causes her to feel rancor towards men and to suffer nightmares that drive her to despair.

Candelaria, a washer-woman, gives her a home and becomes a mother for her. Marichuy works in whatever way she can to help Candelaria. One day she gets herself involved in a mess and ends up in court, where the judge is her own father (though neither knows of the relationship). She is defended by Juan Miguel San Román, a psychoanalyst.

In order that the girl not be sent to jail, Juan Miguel takes responsibility for her and takes her to live at his house. Juan Miguel is a widow and his mother-in-law makes life impossible for Marichuy.

To avoid problems, Juan Miguel takes her to live at the house of judge Patricio Velarde and his wife Cecilia (the true parents of Marichuy), who at the same time have welcomed Estefanía (an astute young woman who is passing as the child they abandoned).

Juan Miguel and Marichuy fall in love and marry. Nevertheless, on the day following their wedding night, she uncovers a big secret from Juan Miguel's past and therefore spurns him, distances herself from him and refuses to see him again.

When she realizes she is pregnant, Marichuy will not tell him and flees the province with Candelaria, ending up at the hacienda of Leopardo, who gives her shelter and falls in love with her.

Marichuy gives birth and Leopardo wants to marry her and adopt her child, but she tells him she is already married and that what she feels for him is only friendship.

Leopardo doesn't give up and begins to gain her love. Later, he discovers that her husband is Juan Miguel, whom he has known for a long time, they were classmates. The two men vie for the love of Marichuy but, for her, the decision will not be easy.

Marichuy's sweetness and beauty reminds us of an angel, and there are those who think they will be able to destroy her easily, forgetting that an angel is capable of vanquishing a demon, and that's why - be careful with the angel!

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After being hit with the poisoned thorn, Orestes collapses, BP palms the thorn. Santos accuses DB of being responsible but she claims she didn't do anything.

Lorenzo witnesses Antonio telling Cecilia that he loves her.
Lorenzo calls her shameless and says that he will kill Antonio.

Orestes dies.
Santos asks the doctor if Orestes could have been poisoned and the doctor says that is a possible explanation of Orestes' symptoms. Santos remembers that Orestes was drinking from a bottle that BP had.

Popular opinion has DB responsible for Orestes' death but Santos doesn't want to believe.

Lorenzo tells Cecilia that he can't understand how an educated, refined woman could fall for a nobody ('don nadie') like Antonio. Lorenzo says that Cecilia is a victim and that Antonio is taking advantage of an old maid ('pobre solterona'). Antonio accuses Lorenzo of being bitter and envious. He is reaping what he sowed when he abandoned Cecilia to go after DB. Cecilia calls a plague on their houses and runs away.

The beauty pageant is called off.
Marisela says that she would have won if Orestes hadn't died and nasty Luisana says that she couldn't win a beauty contest on her best day and that she looks pathetic in her costume.
Marisela does not really understand the word,'pathetic,' ('patética') which sort of sounds like the Spanish word for the leg of an animal, 'pata.' She says to Luisana, "Who are you to talk about 'pathetic' with those long skinny legs you have, 'heron legs!'" ('quién habla de patética con esas patas flacas y largas que tiene, ¡patas de garza!').

Santos raises his suspicions about the bottle Orestes drank from before he died but DB calls his bluff and they both drink from the bottle.

At dinner at Altamira, Luisana asks Santos how it feels to be the lover of a murderer. Marisela is listening. She comes in and tells Luisana that Santos would never sleep with DB. Marisela says that she will make Luisana pay for what she said about Santos.
Marisela's idea of payback is to put an iguana in Luisana's bed.

But then she sees Santos going out very early. She goes to El Miedo and finds that DB has gone out also. Then she spies on them having sex in the waterhole ('pozo') and her heart is broken.

Cecilia is lost in despair about whether she can find love but then all the village folk come to help fix up the school and she cheers up.


Lorenzo catches a ternera leaving a bottle in his room.

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