Caray, Caray!

OK, we are treated to a montage of scenes past, so it doesn’t matter so much that I missed yesterday’s episode, even though like a million years passed by. We are now in Guadalajara and it turns out that Patricio along with everyone else who used to live in the DF but decided they would all rather be in Guad (or maybe it was that big controversial payment the government gave Televisa to film there....) is going to be working here and the novio stealing wench sis is sliming on her man when Papa Doom shows up and wonders que the heck.

On another side of town our plastic surgeon alias raison d’ show watching is shacking up also in Guad with his new curly headed chica and his now grown daughter.

Tio bueno is getting appreciated in an empty house for all he’s done for this "friend" Juan Alberto who is leaving town. He later tells the story to Cande about how close they are but they have only been friends. I think Televisa has just recently discovered hair extensions because it seems like all the shows lately when time has advanced or regressed has the women with much longer hair.


Santi is telling his daughter and (who is this other young girl?) that he’s going to like it in Guadalajara and so will they. Daughter agrees. He seals it with the famous mariachi song, Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Guadalajara!!!! You will soon find out that it is one of my favorite cities in Mexico as well. For those of you who didn’t happen to see my very late comment to Ferro, allow me to repeat....Viva las Chivas!!!!!!!!!

But I digress, so now we are walking through downtown and the girls are asked if there is anything else they would like and they say yes salchipulpos. Yum....love these.....literally "sausage octopus" Really, it’s just a hot dog of sorts and they quarter half of it and when it’s fried up the "legs" curl up and it looks like an octopus. Sort of. Especially when it is served on a bed of thin french fries that kind of looks like seaweed and covered with like Valentina hot sauce or lime mayo.

Again I digress, I admit, I’m sort of hungry right about now.

I think Cande is late for meeting her son at soccer so she freaks out and goes running to get him.

Ok, so Papa meanie comes in and sees Whore sis writhing all over Patricio and gets the explanation she is his wife for like a year now. Hmmm, I’d probably be a little perturbed if my son had married for a year and I didn’t know, forget the fact that she’s a skank and it’s clearly an office location. Anyway, he tells him this is the worst mistake of his life (I thought marrying Cande was but I guess he’s moved on from that). Pat explains he cares for her, and she’s by his side and understands him. Note, he doesn’t say loooovee. Yeah, this doesn’t seem to persuade Pa, he thinks maybe it was because she looks like the dead one.

I swear Santi is driving the Tomas Mora car from Fea, the girlfriend will gladly take care of it for him today.

OK, this next scene makes no sense at all. Santi sees Cande and starts to talk to her. This must be what Judy was talking about edits. It looks like they argue about something and maybe it is the caca he stepped in? Apparently you tube has more on this so I’ll try to find it. Actually Paula sent me an e-mail with it, so here are scenes that make this more sensical....

Anyway, they go up and down in an elevator arguing about who should apologize to who and a bunch of extras are scared out the place by some sort of smell.

Once they get back down to the bottom, Tio shows up and breaks up the spat. Tio recognizes Santi as the surgeon to the stars. Santi wonders if Tio knows the girl and he tells she’s his niece and she’s starting a business here but won’t be competition for him. He then asks when he can have a "lift" and asks him what the price would be, and Santi tells him it will depend on whether or not he can get his niece to apologize and accept apologies.

Cande makes it to the soccer game only to get a red card for yelling at the ref. She hugs her son but encourages the team to have fun anyway.

In Santi’s office, he is giving a hands on consultation to a woman who wants "them" lifted and bigger. She wants a "deeper review" because she needs to get to know her doc better if he’s going to be cutting her and he apparently agrees owing it to his mother to making him so attractive. I swear the photo he looks at when saying this is Crabby from Fuego.

He calls out to none other than our Paula from Fea secretary that it’s "time out" time. She apparently knows that code and proclaims him incorrigible. Her name here is Horty well Hortensia. A guy walks up and also learns it’s time out time.


Pachulito is playing golf and thanking some Japanese guys when Santi’s mother recognizes him having not seen him for years. She reads off the family accomplishments, including that one of her sons died.

Soledad wonders why her husband made her miss her sons's soccer game. He comes in looking like death warmed over. Turns out he has just learned that he is sterile. Seems he always was, so their son simply couldn’t be his. Doh!!!! She swears she didn’t know. There is much crying about this.


Cande is yelling at the boys to go take a bath because they must always do so after playing soccer.


OK, now the revelations finally. Horty is surprised at the doc’s behavior because he never did this in the DF, and he says, yeah and he was married then, BUT NOW HE IS an abandoned man, a bachelor.

We then learn who the other little (well, younger) girl is, she is Lucia and she is the cousin, her parents, the brother of Santi and aforementioned son of Santi’s Ma died in an accident and that’s why she lives there. Lucia calls her Tio and wants to go out with her friends, she’s bored. He tells her no, she should study instead. She says her dad was better. Ouch.

We later see Lucia stealing (ok borrowing) one of the cars.

OK, so we also confirm that Soledad is a friend of Cande. She calls to talk to her about picking up the boy.

Tio tries to convince Cande that she should meet this surgeon because he might be able to help her. She reminds him there’s no way she would be interested her sister. Tio tells her sis died because she didn’t have money and wasn’t even operated on by a real doc, instead a charletan. Cande says she just wanted to be thinner and she ended up dead. Anyway they argue about this and she tells him there is no institute and will be none y punto. They continue to discus the virtues or not of platic surgery.

Our next blast from the past is Tomas Mora himself, only this time his name is Zamora, cute. He and the other waiter are chatting about their jefe.

Thanks for waiting for the rest. I managed to dodge a round of layoffs yesterday and I am just very thankful for that -but I still feel the pain of my colleagues who were less fortunate. Or maybe they are the lucky ones as they can enjoy the holidays without having to worry about taking time off or trying to get everything done. Well, you know I have to look for the brightside. My internet diversionary days are going to be severely limited going forward though. Definitely the time to be grinding away at the axe and not juegando con los recaps demasiado. You no soy Tonta, ni creo que voy a irme al Cielo, al menos todavia .... :)

Anyway, I digress yet again.

So the waiters are chatting to each other....wondering if their jefe is really as he seems. Zamora thinks the only woman he ever held in his arms was his Mommy. The other guy thinks maybe he has a secret novia. They bet on it and decide to go ask him. What they ask is funny, if he had the choice between essentially a banana smoothie or a bottle of tequila, which would he choose. He says the banana smoothie. Zamora makes a nod. The next question is what was the name of his first girlfriend. He responds Adela, his mother, because all little boys are in love with their mother first. Really? Is that true? Hmmmmm..... Now it's Tio's turn to ask the question and wants to know if he should throw them out now, or at the end of their shift. they of course think later is better and scram.

Doc Santi is telling Horty about the air conditioning not working in one of the recovery rooms when who shows up but Tio Meno. He wants to know about "lifting" and slyly asks Santi if he is still interested in Cande's forgiveness..... :)

Ok, turns out Lucia cracked up the beemer she uh, borrowed and with her luck, she hits a police officer. She's trying to reach Santi to bail her out of this mess. Good luck with that one chica.

Back at home, Santi's curly headed novia Marissa is looking for him and no one has seen him there. She calls Horty and learns he went to a restaurant. She is apparently going there to find him and takes the daughter. Ma takes this opportunity to tell us that she doesn't think Marissa is for her son. Just then they get the call that Lucia is in trouble.

At the restaurant, Cande is dressed as a waiter. Her Tio tells her that the magazine that writes his horoscopes called him and he gave them her article and if the director approves it she can get a column in it. She smiles but he is more enthusiastic than she is, she didn't give him permission. He says she can use her studies. So we get to learn that actually, she studied literature so she can write a book. He thinks that can wait and she can earn some money now. The cook is excited she might know someone famous but she is silenced and returned to her pozole cooking.

Next we see Santi on the phone with his Ma. Next thing we know he interrupts the mariachis singing Un Tiburon and begs Cande's forgiveness again.

In another part of the city, We see Patricio pulling out his old wedding ring and reminicing about Candi. Of course skanky sis comes upon this and doesn't like that she's competing with a dead chic. Who would? Anyway she throws some green his way and wonders why he married her if he can't forget her sis, well he basically says she's not coming back and he likes all that she gives. Hmmm...

Santi continues with his begging and Candi is about to throw him out when the girlfriend and daughter show up. They want to know why he is dressed this way. He thinks he looks great. Candi intervenes that he doesn't even know what to say to you lady with corn cob hair. She responds, "Well for your information Miss Skinny, this lady with corn cob hair is his girlfriend" Candi responds that this skinny has a name, Candi, and she is the girlfriend of no one. Santi is happily surprised and confirms that she's also not married. She sneezes and the whole band blesses her. Marissa wonders why he cares if she is married.

Candi continues to tell her that he came to offer his apologies and they launch into the whole dog sh** mess, again censoring the word for us. She keeps on sneezing and Mari asks her if she has the flu or allergies. Candi says she has allergies to men who seduce her. Mari wonders who that would be and Candi says duh, the plastic surgeon here. The daughter keeps interjecting and this time says yeah that's obvious. He denies it and says he's a one woman man blah blah, and she says yeah and cows fly. Little girl says cows don't fly, Papi.

He says he never lies but she says all men lie (Tio objects though and she quiets him) and says, yeah how is a man who never lies like the three kings? Simple, neither exist. (For those of you who don't know, if children exhibit good behavior, on the Feast of the Ephiphany in Mexico the three kings will bring them gifts.) Little girl interjects, the three kings exist Papi and he says of course they do along with Santa Claus and agrees it's time for them all to go. Little girl recognizes Candi as the Ma of her friend Chava. Tio suggests this man wants something to do with her. She says she already has something to do with him, allergies. As she walks away Tio agrees she's fallen for him too.

Outside, Santi has more 'splainin' to do about his actions he thinks he looks cute as a charro (I'd agree) but corn cob novia wants an apology for him visiting this place. he then gets the call that Lucia is in jail.

Patricio is getting a tour of the famous center for jewelry in Guadalajara and tells the woman his hope is to export to the whole world. She assures him he'll find the best here.

Anotherr couple is arguing about working and doing chores and the woman is going to find work outside of the home so they will have to split up doing the chores. Man is not so thrilled. Not sure who these people are yet....

Down at the jail, looks like Santi has to be responsible for the damage his niece did. He didn't know she took the car though because he was at a show. The guy asks if he is an artist and he says well actually I'm a plastic surgeon. The guy says lies aren't necessary and you'll have to get a good lawyer because you need to pay for all this. Lucia says she's sorry, but he doesn't believe it; he thinks if she was really sorry she would have obeyed him. And here is where we are left off with scenes for tonight.

Thanks again for waiting!!!

Labels: Tontas

I watch the opening credits of this train wreck I call FELS Hell, and I ponder; how could so many things go wrong with a show that from the outside had so much going for it? The answer: the writers put pen to paper.

What seemed to be the musical auditions for Barney & Friends ended up being the welcome-home ceremony for the newly-united family. So the deal is each girl gets paired up with an orphan kid; sort of like BigBros. Big Sis., except no urban rejects. Everyone is happy in a 70’s/backwoods sort of way; Sofia wore her hair just like she did for her fourth-grade class photo, Juan thought we were going golfing, and Eva decided that pulling back one’s hair really does limit the functions of the brain, so she let it down. Juan made special party favors with baked-from-the-heart treats so everyone would always remember this auspicious event. Most importantly, this scene shows that white Mexicans eat speck food just like all the other “campesinos,” and there’s certainly nothin’ wrong with drinking from a jar and a dipper. It touched my hear when the Reyes bros. delivered their rendition of “Fuego en la sangre” accompanied with the random mariachi group that was also celebrating. You just can’t get good lip-syncing anymore… Sarita got to show her worth, too, and sung her meaningless, repetitive, and wholly reflective ballad of her and Franco’s tumultuous and juvenile relationship. [I thank God for all the singing and dancing because I don’t recap this DisneyWorld-SixFlags crap]. My personal favorite was Gramps’s ballad to Santa. Imagine Carol Channing as a bass—not pretty either way. Volver fans: notice that Raimunda sang “Volver” and Gramps sings “Vivir.” Happenstance? Would the writers be that talented? I think not.

Some receding-hairline woman comes up to Oscar, Franco, and their respective women counterparts and comments on their lovely relationships. Everyone kisses and coos, but when the woman leaves, so do the terms of endearment and physical engagements. Seems that nothing is what it seems…

In the meantime, and it’s all meantime around this joint, Pablito is, yet again, rejected (story of my life), Gramps tells Santa that he is happier than ever to be a great-granddaddy, and Santa is happy to rekindle the pilot light that was scandalously ignited so many years ago. Nothing like waiting-out your withered marriage until your wife dies in a staged car crash and years later finding the one you’ve always preferred.

When your name’s Coyote you have lunch for two at a table for eight. To Gabi, El Coyote is the embodiment of a gentleman; to me he’s the epitome of a creepy troll, but whatever trips your trigger. Anyhow, Gabi yearns to learn more about this strapping bald eagle, and what’s more, the mystery is killing her and only serves to fuel the passionate flame of lust and intrigue burning in the innermost regions of her cold, shriveled body. How’d I do?

I don’t want to tell people what to do, but just know that it is never a good excuse to remain in a marriage or relationship “for the kids’s sake.” Case in point; everyone on this show. Sofia sort of understands this, but Juan still wants to pretend to be happily married, or whatever they are, in front of everyone. Apparently, there are truths that kill. Whatever that bull shit means… Might I add; when you have a party and no one ate any of your food, that means that it sucked and they hated it. Maybe Juan will think once about baking for his next blow-out occasion.

The only one who ever could eat Juan’s baking was Special-ed. Sofia. (She mainly ate it for the roughage.) As you all know, she has an innate ability to smell Juan’s bakery and then make him appear before our very eyes. When he does, he confesses that, as always, he doesn’t know what to do. As always, she smiles coyly and Vicente Fernandez sings that damn song which I hate. There’s no holding back, Sofia tells Juan that she loves him, but she can’t stand by him if he keeps thinking about this silly idea of her beloved, innocent father killing that little tramp sister of his. It just isn’t true, and that’s why you must leave forever. But don’t worry; I don’t hold any animosity against you. See, that shows that she really loves him if she can admit it and then send him packing in the same breath. She gives him the engagement ring as a symbol of her determination to resist all carnal temptations. He kisses her forehead and she remains strong, but eventually breaks down to the fetal position and starts to cry. What else can she do?

El Coyote is thought-bubbling to himself; bit by bit I’m winning you over, Gabi, bit by bit until I get you where I want you and you fall apart. Gabi is thinking about El Coyote and wonders why he’s so mysterious; can that be good? Can all that box merlot be good for your heart condition?

Uh oh. Gabi is threatening the picture of Fernie again… We have to get that woman back on her meds. and off that alcohol. She tells the picture that if it doesn’t get its ass back here soon, she’s going to have to leave it behind for El Coyote.

So the girls are doing their domestic chores in ol’ sis Sofia’s room when an urgent letter arrives from the big city. It seems that Sofia is going to have to specify which of the bastard orphans she actually popped out that stormy, confusing night many moons ago. If she doesn’t do it, she’ll lose the inheritance to Gabi’s able hands. I guess now she’ll have to be a little nicer to her “mother” seeing that she’s certainly not willing to submit her “children” to DNA testing not only because she doesn’t know what that is, but also because there is a risk that her favorite “daughter” might not be her bio. daughter. No, Sofia, we do not get to pick our children, but then again, how could anyone be so lucky to have me as a son?

It’s a grave, heart-shattering morning over at the Reyes household. Juan lost his girl, Oscar has to move out of the one-bedroom house, and there is no way that Juan can possibly sleep without Oscar. But, you see, Oscar and Jimena must live together for, dare I say it, the children’s sake. No one wants to do it, and the kids will surely suffer, but the Probate courts always know best, especially when Gabi is paying them hand over fist.

As I supposed, Sofia will not submit her children to the DNA testing because she “loves them all equally.” It’s a nice sentiment, but get real puhleeze. Gabi, who at least has the courage to speak the truth, tells her three daughters that you never really want to invest much in your kids because it’s usually worthless, and many times comes back to bite you in the butt. (How true.) But how do you know, Mom?, asks Sarita. “I’ve freakin’ lived it!” Oh, that’s classic.

What do the girl’s do when they can’t get their way? They run to Gramps, who, in all his wheel-chair majesty, has the ability to turn that frown upside down. Mommy wants us to leave the mansion, and we don’t want to. She also wants Sofia to do a DNA testy thingy and nobody knows what that is, so will you stop her? OMG, all those urban youths on the Maury Show love DNA tests; with 99.9999999999% accurate tests, who wouldn’t? Notice it’s always the daddy’s fault? Moving on, Gramps tells Sofia to sue her mom, but Sofia doesn’t have the balls to sue her “family member.” Well then, why don’t you just do the DNA test? I will not subject my daughters to that evil, forward-thinkin’ machine that ruins family values and raises reality-television ratings. I just won’t.

PETA Watch! PETA Watch! Oscar is prying some poor creature with a goad so that it will pull a plow. The animals just won’t budge, and that makes Oscar prod them even harder. Juan, a concerned, ethical naturalist, makes Oscar stop his unruly behavior and take a peek around that bush over there. It’s a tractor! Woohoo! Then he tells Juan that the Elizondo girls have been kicked out to the curb, and it takes them five minutes of arguing to propose putting them up in the Reyes mansion. No, that wouldn’t work. Of course not, you only sleep with them, adopt kids with them, and pretend to be married. Anything else would be out of the question. Then again, they would probably make all three Elizondo girls sleep on cots in the same room, wearing nothing but their undies.

Gramps reproaches Gabi for giving the boot to the girls, but I have to agree with Gabi on this one; the girls are in their thirties and its time for them to move on to bigger and greener pastures. Gabi calls Gramps crazy and Santa walks in saying that he’s only crazy in a healthy, sexual way, unlike you, bitch. Gramps threatens to sell his half of the hacienda, and Santa is now allowed to chew out Gabi because she and Gramps are getting married. Gabi’s pissed because the hacienda has always been in the family, and that’s why she wants to write Gramps a check then and there. No, you either let the girls live here, or I sell my share to some stranger.

Tomorrow; some chickadees are throwing a big party, it’s probably just like the one today, and they aren’t going to let Juan escape without grinding on his body, kissing him, or combing his hair with their self-manicured fingers. Sofia finds out that Juan’s at this “dance” and is deeply troubled because it’s one of those dances where people’s bodies touch and hug. God save Sofia! You will probably like this episode, mama, since you love Cesar Evora nekkid and other things of that nature… ;-)

Labels: Fuego

We start off at Ceci's house where she tells Estephania that she could not find Marichuy.

Cande, PA, Marichuy and PA's sister are having dinner. PA notices that Marichuy has not touched her food in which she answers that she is not hungry. She asks to be excused to walk around outside. While walking she comes across a hurt dove and she picks it then sits down. El Leopard comes across her and asks who she is. He tells her that the owner does not like to see strangers on his land and Marichuy runs off.

Balbina tells JM that a lady is here to see him about the nanny position.

Cande is waiting outside anxiously for Marichuy who comes running up to her. Marichuy tells her about her encounter with a strange man.

The lady's name is Blanca Silva and JM interviews her for the nanny position.

The lady with the rollers and her friend spot Olga in the street on the corner and yell out "Loose woman". We told your daughter that you are a hooker. They cross the street and Olga slaps each of the woman and tells them not to mess with her. (this was funny) She continues walking down the street and Cande's neighbor (do not know her name) calls to her and Olga tells her that the Velardes are Marichuy's parents.

JM hires Blanca to watch over Mayita.

Olga and Cande's friend are talking about how the Velardes treated Marichuy while she was residing in there home. Adrian runs up and asks if they have seen Cande or Marichuy. Cande's neighbor says that they left Mexico and do not know where they went. Olga informs Adrian that the Velardes are Marichuy's parents.

PA sister tells them that the owner sometimes stays out late and she may not be able to talk to him about them staying until the morning. She tells them that she will make up a couple of rooms and will talk to him first thing in the morning. Cande offers to help PA's sister fix up the rooms. PA assures Marichuy that she will be staying there and not to worry.

JM and Blanca are talking about Mayita. He tells her about her duties in regards to Mayita and that she has to live at the house which is no problem to her.

Eduardo comes into the library and meets Blanca. When she leaves Eduardo asks JM who she is. JM informs him that she will be Mayita's nanny. JM asks him what he thinks. He says nothing. She is not ugly or pretty. JM says that it was his intention to hire someone who was not interesting or who had a forceful nature.

Amador visits Nelson and Elsa. Elsa asks him about Marichuy and he tells them that Marichuy disappearred and left Mexico.

Marichuy hears a horse and evil laughter and sits up in bed.

Amador tells Nelson and Elsa that Marichuy is the real daughter of the Velardes.

Isa calls Estephania and complains about the house cleaning that she has had to do. She asks if Estephania has gotten to stay but Estephania tells her that Ceci is still suspicious of her and wants her to leave. Ceci also wants to bring Marichuy to live at the house but Marichuy has disappeared.

Marichuy wakes up Cande and tells her about the noises that she hears. Cande is half asleep and babbles then goes back to sleep.

Ceci tells Patircio that Marichuy has left and no one knows where she is. Ceci thinks that she left because she found out that they are her real parents. Patricio snottly says that she should be happy about finding out. Not really Ceci answers back because of what happened while she was here, how you treated her and how I did not defend her. Maybe she moved in with JM. Patricio tells Ceci that it is not possible since JM's first wife Viv is back.

JM remembers back on the night of the wedding when they are on the beach. He says that he should seek her out. He misses her and cannot forget her.

Marichuy is outside sweeping with Cande sewing. They talk about Marichuy growing belly, if they can stay there and how scared Marichuy was the night before.

JM is examing Viv and Eduardo asks him what he thinks. JM thinks that Viv returning back to the house might help her.

Estephania goes to JM's house and finds Amador waiting to speak with JM about Marichuy. Why asks Estephania. Because Marichuy is having JM's baby. Estephania takes Amador to the library to talk further.

Marichuy runs into El Leopard and he asks what is she doing in his house. Marichuy tries to tell him to ask PA's sister but no he wants to hear it from her. PA's sister runs up and says that she has been waiting for him so that she can talk to him.

In the library Amador tells Estephania that Marichuy left so that JM would not find out about the baby. Estephania asks him why he wants JM to know. Amador says that the baby is in the way of Marichuy's career and if JM takes the baby away he can get her back. Estephania tells Amador that it is not in the best interest for him to find out since Viv is now back. While they are talking JM comes home and Balvina informs him that Estephania and Amador are in the library talking. Estephania says that if JM finds out about the baby then he will want to get back together with Marichuy and then will not permit her to become an actress. Just then JM comes into the library wanting to find out what Amador wants. JM asks Estephania to leave them so that they can speak and she tells him that Amador is here for the same reason that she is. To inform him that Marichuy has disappeared.

El Leopard is not happy that there are woman in his house. PA's sister asks permission for them to stay so and that they will not be in his way. He says okay as long as they leave him alone.

PA, Marichuy and Cande are having breakfast and PA's sister says that they can stay.

Estephania tells JM that Amador came to find out if he knew where she went. Amador believes that he does not know where Marichuy is and leaves. JM wonders where she went.

PA wants to thank El Leopard for letting Cande and Marichuy stay there. She says that she will relay the message. PA remembers meeting him several years ago and his sister tells him that he is not the same guy he use to be. She admits that at times she is scared of him.

Blanca comes to start work and encounters Onelia. Onelia spits her venom and leaves.

PA and Marichuy are outside walking and talk. He promises to visit and check on her. They hug.

JM tells Mayita that she has a nanny. Mayita looks upset and when JM asks why she says that she does not like anyone except Marichuy. He makes a promise to her that if she does not like Blanca then they will find another. He will be very busy and needs someone to care for her. He informs her that her mother is back. Balbina informs JM that Patricio is here to see him. Patricio asks JM if he knows where Marichuy is.

PA thanks his sister for everything and assures Cande that he will be back soon. Marichuy begs PA not to forget them and they walk him out.

Back at the castle Patricio asks if JM is hiding her since Viv is now back. JM is offended and tells Patricio that they are no longer together. Then why did she leave asks Patricio. JM says that he does not know.

El Leopard creeps up on Marichuy and startles her. Marichuy asks why they call him El Leopard.


Tomorrow: Ceci asks if PA knows where Marichuy is. And Marichuy yells at El Leopard to stop whipping an animal.

Labels: Cuidado

DB runs into Gonzalo and Marisela at the pozo (well). She accuses Marisela of trespassing. Gonazalo asks who this bad-tempered woman is and DB says that she is Marisela's mother. Marisela says that she will go on ahead. DB asks who Gonzalo is and what he is doing with her daughter. Gonzalo says that his question is what Marisela is doing with a mother like DB.

In the bar in Progresso, Don Encarnación (DE) tells Santos and DE that someone is stealing his young, unbranded cattle. He has come to file a complaint. Santos asks if he knows who is doing it and DE says that he does but he doesn't expect to get any justice from the authorities.

Leon grabs Gervasia and asks if she thinks she could escape from him that easily. She replies that he doesn't love her. He says that she is his. He had her first and she liked it. At this point, Carmelito appears and he and Leon fight. Carmelito is the victor but Leon says this isn't the end it. Leon says that when the baby comes, he will take it.

Pernalete tells Antonio that he has to sign a lot of papers to get his land and cattle in exchange for marrying Federica. Antonio says that he will sign whatever is necessary.

DB observes that Gonzalo is not from around here. She says that a tie would suit him more than his hat. She asks his name. Gonzalo says that he answers questions from people he likes but that is not the case here. Gonzalo excuses himself and DB calls him an arrogant person from the capital ("capitalino arrogante").

DE, Santos and Antonio are all in Pernalete's office but he can't handle any of their business because Mujiquita has called in sick and he doesn't know where anything is.

Gonzalo catches up with Marisela but she is in a bad mood. She tells him to shut up and follow her or he'll be eaten by jaguars (tigres).


The two terneras, Melesia and Josefina bring the two rebels, Cósme and Andrés to meet Melesio. Genoveva is very rude and the rebels leave right away. Pajarote is there and he basically calls Genoveva a dog in the manger. If she doesn't have a guy, she doesn't want anyone else to have one either.

Let's do a quick check on where we are with the five terneras:
Gervasia is engaged to Carmelito;
Altagrácia is being courted by Maria Nieves;
Josefina and Melesia look like they are going to get together with Cósme and Andrés.
That leaves Genoveva and I'm predicting that she and Pajarote will eventually get together.

Santos takes Gonzalo to meet DB and Gonzalo is surprised to see that Santos' woman is Marisela's mother whose treatment of Marisela he disliked. When DB goes to check on dinner, Gonzalo asks Santos not to tell DB who he is.

Lorenzo is all excited about working on a new version of the constitution. Cecilia says he is like the old Lorenzo she knew. Lorenzo says that he won't stand between her and Antonio. Cecilia swears to Lorenzo that it is all over between her and Antonio

In a very sweet scene, JP tells Marisela that he is upset that Leon ruined his only nice shirt that he planned to wear to Gervasia's wedding. Marisela says that she will buy him a new shirt because they are best friends. JP says that he has never been given anything new before and that she is more than a friend to him, she is the "niña de mis ojos" (literally, 'the girl of my eyes." I'm not sure exactly how you would translate that.) Marisela asks what color shirt he wants and JP says "caramelo," (caramel colored) the color of Marisela's eyes.


At dinner, DB says that Santos has never mentioned Gonzalo or said where he is from or what he does. Santos tells DB that Gonzalo is a journalist who lives in Europe.

Antonio asks Pernalete why he has to sign all these papers. Pernalete says that is how things are done legally. People often try and take other people's land and these papers prevent that. Antonio asks when he will see his land and Pernalete says very soon.

Santos is furious with Gonzalo for making him lie to DB. Gonzalo tells Santos how he met DB and says that he doesn't have confidence in a woman who treats her daughter that way.

Dr. Atrias tells Antonio that Lorenzo doesn't have long to live,

Santos tells Gonzalo that DB had a very hard life. "And that's why she mistreats her daughter and doesn't live with her?" asks Gonzalo. Gonzalo says that doesn't make sense. Santos asks who Gonzalo is to judge people. Gonzalo agrees. In love, there are no explanations. "But I have to say," says Gonzalo, "I don't like your woman."

Pernalete tells DB, Danger & BP that he has made Antonio the scapegoat if their cattle robbery scheme is discovered.

Santos comes to see Marisela who is reading. He asks what she is reading and is pleased to see that it is Don Quixote. He asks if she likes it and she say that she does but she has to read it slowly. She asks why he is looking at her. Santos says that he likes the woman that she has turned into. He says that he is very proud of her. He asks if she is still mad at him. Is he still a wretch? Marisela shakes her head no. "Then we are friends again?" says Santos. "I will always tell you the truth and we will always fight but I will always be your friend, Santos." says Marisela.
He kisses her hand and holds it.

After a minute, she draws it away. They discuss romantic literature until Marisela tells Santos that it is time for him to ask Cecilia's forgiveness. She says that Cecilia didn't deserve what Santos said to her went they were fighting. Santos admits that she is right. She pushes him out of the room.

Pernalete and BP don't think that Antonio will figure out what is going on. DB tells them that her plan is to be the mistress of all the land that surrounds El Miedo and she will succeed. For that reason, no one must fail. Danger says that she has the law (indicating Pernalete) and the power. DB says that is not enough. They have to have to act with intelligence.

Santos tells Cecilia that they have to talk. "About what, Santos?" says Cecilia, "About the caprices of an decrepit old woman or about my immodesty is going to bed in your house with your friend. What other insults are you going to give me? Are you going to complain that I didn't ask permission to live my own life? Are you ashamed that a woman of my age went to bed with a man as young as you? Then you do remember, Santos, that DB who you live with and I are the same age. Where is the justice that you proclaimed so loudly?
"You prepared this speech in advance, right?"
"Of course, and this is only the beginning."
"Very well, Cecilia Vergel. I deserve it. Go ahead. Shoot to kill."

Marisela tells Genoveva about her conversation with Santos and gets little response. When Marisela asks her what the matter is, Genoveva says that she is angry that everybody is in love but her.

Antonio tells Marisela that he is going to marry Federica.

Santos tells Cecilia that he was blind. He put her on an altar like a saint. Cecilia says that she is not saint. She is just a woman. Santos says that since he was a boy she was in love with Lorenzo and then she was so tranquil and pious that he finds the whole thing very strange. Cecilia agrees that it is strange but there are men who find her attractive. She says that one of them was Antonio Sandoval and she fell head over heels in love with him. They were together many glorious times. Santos doesn't want the details. He says that he can't forgive Antonio for not telling him. Cecilia tells him how many times Antonio tried to tell Santos about their relationship but he never had time for them. Santos how she could love a man who was involved with another woman. Cecilia enumerates Antonio virtues and says that they all, including her, fell into a trap that had been laid for them. She tells Santos that the day he threw Antonio out of the house, he committed one of the greatest errors of his life. Cecilia tells Santos that at that moment, he was his father.

Santos asks Cecila to forgive his brutality and despotism. He says that he doesn't know what came over him but she is right, the 'Luzardo' came out in him. Cecilia forgives him. She tells him to find Antonio. Santos asks why she doesn't go after Antonio and Cecilia says that it is over between them. He will never forgive her and rightly so.

Marisela tells Antonio that he is crazy to marry Federica. Antonio says that he will have his own land now. "What land is that?" asks Marisela.

Pernalete seems to be transferring land from DE to Antonio but DB will be the real owner.

Santos has flashbacks to bad things about DB but says that he can't doubt DB.

The vaqueros come to the conclusion that Leon and Tigre will try and get back at Carmelito at his wedding.

Marisela comes into the kitchen where Cecilia is making a cake. She tells her that Antonio is going to marry Federica.

Santos sees that DB has cleaned out the black magic room. "Barbara truly can change," says Santos to Eustaquia.

Mujiquita comes to tell Santos about Gonzalo being sought by the authorities but Santos is at El Miedo. Mujiquita then runs into Gonzalo himself.

DB tells Pernalete that she wants to see the paper transferring the Altamira property to Melesio. Pernalete can't find it. DB starts looking and she finds the wanted poster for Gonzalo.

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Have to write this quickly. My son's paper is taking longer than usual, so while he's taking a 5 am nap and break, I'll try to get this written and posted. All night long the theme song from Mary Tyler Moore was going through my head. The overhead shot of Cande, with a new hairdo and clothes, twirling in the middle of a courtyard was reminiscent of Mary Tyler Moore tossing her winter cap in the air, vowing to leave the old heartbreak behind and make a new life for herself. She didn't have the addition of an unintended pregnancy however!

Back to the wedding now, and how it all came apart:

There's a brief rehash where we see a love-besotted Cande and Pato gazing at the Acapulco beach and vowing to come back every year on their anniversary to celebrate. Then the fateful moment when Cande opens the door and finds her groom and her older sister locked in a passionate kiss. Alas, it doesn't look one-sided! Cande tears out of there while a frantic Pato follows, begging her forgiveness. In front of the stunned guests, she strips off the dress, veil and shoes (because Pato bought them all) and sets off down the beach, leaving us relieved that at least her lingerie was a gift of her girlfriends. Mother scurries after her shrieking You've shamed us all. Don't mess up your wedding because of that kiss. Nuthin' doin'. Cande continues her stomp down the beach,looking oddly dignified, hails a taxi (even though it's obvious she doesn't have any money on her) and the die is cast.

There's a dismal wrapup back at the hotel, giving us a further glimpse into the dynamics of her family. Alicia is clearly the black sheep...I KNOW what you're doing in Tiajuana, sneers her mother, but big sis' is unrepentant. Today I believe in God...in divine justice she replies. So we're getting hints that she considers Cande responsible for the death of HER dreams. And we see a memory moment of her finding Cande putting on her ballet slippers, Alicia grabbing them, falling down the stairs, breaking her leg in such a way that her dreams of being a professional ballerina are dashed forever.

Now the camera pans to a bereft Pato, clutching the wedding dress to his chest, with his mom fluttering at his side, begging him to talk to his father. She turns, sees Santiago (Jaime Camil) and re-flutters in his direction, apologizing for the shambles of a wedding and wondering what should she do. Santiago gently tells her to be with her son, that's all. Her son needs her at this moment.

Alas, what Patricio gets instead, is his bitter dad who grabs the dress, tosses it in the water and tells Pato he should never have even considered marrying the daughter of a lowly employee. Why did you marry mom? asks Pato. Were you in love? Are you happy? Is that why you drown yourself in alcohol?

She's a good woman from a wealthy family. But like I told you before, no woman is worth a man's life!

Okay, the lines are clearly drawn. If Pops is scheduled for a spiritual transformation, it's going to take a looooooong time.

A similar cynical conversation is taking place between Cande and her mom. (script writers seem to love these mirror scenes). We learn that Dad had a pretty light leg, up till age 50 when he finally settled down, but Mom ignored his pecadillos in order to keep the family together. That's the main thing, Keep . Family. Together. Cande's not buying it. All men may be alike, but not all women, mom! I'm not cut out to be a rug and trampled on, thank you very much!

And now it gets even worse. Alicia, under the pretext of apologizing, drops the bomb on Cande that actually she and Patricio spent the night together. That tears it. Cande busts her a good one in the face, throws the car keys at her (Patricio bought the car as well) and storms off. The camera pans the broken bride and groom figurines and the smashed wedding cake and it's the setup for another pair of mirroring scenes, Patricio hugging the now-very-wet wedding dress and brooding while Cande gazes out to sea elsewhere, reading Tio's letter and for the first time we hear the phrase "fuera dolor" (away with pain!) which will become a refrain in this novela.

Fortunately, Tio included some cash along with this advice so Cande can get out of town. While her parents commiserate back at the hotel (Dad's convinced she'll forgive and return) Cande checks in at a chapel and I must say I liked this scene. She raises her eyes to the cross and asks Jesus to NOT give her a sign if she should leave the past behind and head to Guadalajara. Sure enough, Jesus zips his lip, so she's says Your call. That's it. I'm going.

The Acapulco section of the story is wrapped up with a brief scene between Alicia and her parents where Pop reams her out for ruining Cande's life. I love you too Dad, she sneers, and off she goes. Lovely family. Still unrepentant, she takes her leave of Pato, justifying her actions by saying she fell in love with him first (Alicia was 17, Cande only 15) but he never paid attention to her. She'd do it again if she had the chance. And since he'll be working in San Diego and she's in Tiajuana, well hey, call me. Here's my number. Alicia does not get discouraged by rejection, evidently. She just lies in wait for the next opportunity.

I keep getting whiffs of Querida Enemiga in this one. Alicia's obsession reminds me of Sara, and now we have the introduction of rain as a big theme...but this time it symbolizes tears and griefs. Patricio does some howling in the rain and Cande pulls a major scene on the bus ride, demanding the driver stop the bus so she can throw away her cellphone (Patricio keeps trying to call her), then sinks to her knees in the pouring rain screeching and crying. Reluctantly comes back to the bus when the driver starts honking (and don't you hope he checked her for weapons when she got back on!) and off they go again, this time with Cande typing in her laptop her plans to leave the past behind and forge a new life tomorrow. And tomorrow she won't be stupid!

At this point, there are only two people remotely happy. Alicia, who had her one night with Pato and is "feliz, feliz, feliz" and the groom's alcoholic dad who's delighted that the marriage with the less-than-suitable bride has been destroyed.

Alright, we have the hotel, the haircut (symbolic of leaving the past behind), the Mary Tyler Moore courtyard twirl, arrival in the restaurant where Uncle works, a nod to the title (I thought you'd be on your honeymoon, "in el cielo"...."No, las tontas no van al cielo", yup yup yup...we're heavy into the theme now.) However the most painful part of this scene is when the restaurant mariachi musicians show up and the lead sings off-key. I do NOT understand why this keeps happening in these shows. We have another unfortunate off-key rendition later.

The surreal plot to pretend Cande is dead starts off here. I can't believe anyone remotely sane would do this to her parents, who have already lost one daughter. Even when I remind myself that Cande is only 18, it's unbelievable. But here's how it plays out. First Uncle tells the distraught mother when she calls that he hasn't seen Cande, she's probably in the States. But she realizes Patricio will never stop looking for her if she's in the States (so duh, clearly he loves her. Get a clue girl!) so Cande must convince everyone that she's dead.

Uncle thinks this idea is descabellado (crazy) and so do we, but she has it all thought out and he carries it through, including the macabre touch of bringing her "ashes" to her family and Patricio, which happen to be the remains of someone's little pet. Aaaarrrrggh. When the assembled have trouble believing someone so young could die of a heart attack, Tio drives the knife a little deeper, saying she died of a broken heart....and you killed her Patricio. She killed herself, he retorts, by not forgiving me, by abandoning me, by destroying everything. So there!

Patricio insists on scattering the ashes himself. We see lots of Ferro-rated ugly crying, (in the rain of course) while he scatters the ashes on the Acapulco coastline and manages to smear some of them on his face.

We have some more set-up scenes where Patricio tells his parents (at one of their gruesome family dinners together) that he's leaving the business, setting up his "negocio" exporting Mexican artisanry throughout the world. The other one involving Patricio has us expecting suicide. After he scatters her ashes, he goes sky-diving, twirling in the air like Cande twirled in the courtyard, swirling, swirling, swirling (When is he going to open up the chute!!???) and then whew, he does, landing back on earth with a thud, remembering the previous skydiving venture when he asked Cande to marry him and she enthusiastically agreed, wrapping her arms and legs around him like a pretzel. Sad sad sad.

They try and insert a little humor in all this drama. We have the two restaurant waiters asking Cande about Tio's whereabouts (is he off visiting a GIRLfriend?) and she kicks one of them in the shins and stomps on his foot (old soccer skills evidently).

Now we come to the Santiago part of the story. He's going through his own painful journey (which will eventually lead him to our sadder-but-wiser?-girl) Cute scenes of him caring for the baby, trolling through stores buying stuffed animals, changing a dirty diaper with a gas mask (a scene taken from an American comedy movie about the first Detroit recession). But Mom's too busy with her career to mind the baby. Can't hubby's secretary do it? She's not a nanny, he protests. Well, neither is mine, and off she goes. Santiago's got two surgeries scheduled, not a good idea for the baby to see him doing silicone implants, so he calls his mom, claiming that the infant's first words were I want to see my Abuelita now! (I'm sure she came right over, who wouldn't?)

Now we switch to Cande's trip to the hospital. Yes, she managed to get pregnant during her first tryst with Patricio before the wedding. But he'll never know about the baby (channeling Cuidado here) even though Uncle reminds her that he's been cut off from his own child and how much that hurts. If he's wise about relationships, he's discombulated when it comes to labor. He starts to leave for the hospital without Cande, remembers, drags her along, hovers nervously while she shrieks and pushes (again, no Lamaze in telenovelas) and ta dah! an unusually beautiful baby boy arrives, whom she'll name Salvador because he has saved her and given her life meaning

We spent a long time on the nasty aftemath of the botched wedding, a brief time on Cande's pregnancy and now we race through the next three or four years. Both Santiago and Cande's children appear to be about 5 years old. He's with his daughter waiting for mom to come home (evidently she's always working late) when he finds a note saying she's left for New York. I'm sorry. Don't hate me., she adds thoughtfully, you know you're better with her than I am. And that's that. (He DOES try and reach her by phone but only gets the answering machine.)

So....two attractive people, Cande and Santiago. Terribly disillusioned with the opposite sex, determined never to give their hearts up again. Will they find true love together? You betcha....but it's sure to take a looooong time and have lots and ups and downs to come. Are you ready for the ride?

Now we see Patricio zipping along in his sports car, at long last giving Alicia a call and asking her what she's doing for the weekend. They end up in Vegas, in bed, somewhat sloshed and she asks him if he ever thought about Cande while they were making love. He did. So did she. Because Cande achieved something she, Alicia,always wanted...becoming Señora de Molina. No sooner said than done. The next day , Alicia wearing sunglasses and a sleazy leapord-print dress (just in case we don't get that she's a skank) and Patricio are married by a corpulent Elvis impersonator.

So we start with a wedding and we end with one. Same groom, same family, different girl. That pretty well clears the path for our Cande and Santiago and in the previews the narrator intones that that each is about to meet his soul-mate (lit. sole of his shoe "horma de su zapato").

But don't hold your breath. You know it will take months and months to work this out!

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Marichuy, packed and ready to skip town, answers the door and finds Amador there, accompanied by the sound of angry bees. He wants to know her decision about doing the show. Marichuy and Cande exchange heavy looks.

Stef stands in the foyer and talks on the phone to Isabela, who is staying in some very white place with peeling walls which may or may not be the apartment she had before. Stef reports that they have won round one of Operation Desperation. Patricio bought the story, but she’s still waiting to see what Cecilia thinks. Isa tells her to grovel as much as necessary, but to stay in that house at any cost. Stef hears Ceci coming and has to hang up.

Hot docs Juan Miguel and Eduardo sit in JM’s office drinking coffee. I love that they use cups with saucers. I don’t know anyone who is that civilized while in an office. Ed tells JM he looks like hell (ummm…no. He looks as smokin’ as ever) and JM says he hardly slept. Ed tries to be helpful by pointing out that it’s a good thing he and Marichuy weren’t getting along; if they had been happy when Viv made her demon reappearance, it would have been much harder to say goodbye to her. Ed appears cheered up by this, but JM isn’t quite seeing things the same way. He says if he and Marichuy had been happy, he would have fought to keep things that way. Ornerylia bursts into the office and asks if it’s true. She can’t believe her daughter is alive! JM confirms it while jumping up and edging behind the furniture to get away from her.

Stef asks Ceci if they can talk; she wants to know what Ceci has decided to do about her. Ceci says she can’t waste any time on her (ha!); she is going to find Marichuy. Stef says, “please?” We know she is serious about acting inoffensive because she has opted for a simple small silver barrette instead of ridiculous hair bows.

Amador wants to talk to Marichuy, but she says she and Cande were just going out. Amador offers to drive them somewhere. They don’t want to say where they’re going, so they invite him in. Marichuy is acting nervous, and Amadork asks whether they’re expecting someone. She says no. She confirms that she is NOT going to be in any more television shows. Amador thinks she’s just wanting to get back together with Juan Miguel. Amador notices the packed bags and asks if they’re going somewhere.

Estafa tries to convince Ceci that she has changed her mind about Marichuy. Now that she knows Marichuy’s place in the family, they will be best friends. Ceci tells her that she intends to do everything she can to help Marichuy and Juan Miguel reconcile. Stef is impactada.

Marichuy tells Amador that, yes, they are going far away! “Where?! Tell me where!” he yells, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her. Cande yells at him to let her go; he’ll hurt the baby; she’s pregnant! Amador is muy, pero MUY impactado and Marichuy is angry at Cande.

Isa rummages through the meager supplies in her kitchen and moans that she has nothing. It will be just like before; she will be miserable; she only has enough money for a few days. She curses that orphan (not an orphan) Marichuy.

Amador says aha!, she doesn’t want to work because she is pregnant! Marichuy yells at Cande, but Cande says she couldn’t help it; he made her with his insistence and his jiggling her (zangolotearse = to jiggle). Amador shrewdly deduces that the hijo must be San Roman’s. Candelaria does an emphatic nonverbal DUH! He asks if that’s who they’re running away from, and Marichuy says he knows nothing about the baby and she doesn’t want him to, so keep your trap shut, got it? Cande tries to get him to promise to keep the secret and tells Mari that he won’t say anything, even though he did not actually agree to that, not that a promise from him would be worth anything anyway. Marichuy just rolls her eyes.

Ceci tells Stef that she has to leave the house. Ceci can’t forget that she helped to drive Marichuy out. Stef tries to sob a little and says it was Isab!tch, not her, but Ceci says it’s too painful for her, so buh-bye. She reasserts that she’s sure Juan Miguel and Marichuy will be able to make a go of it.

At the funny farm, Viv is still sitting on a bench when Onelia runs up and hugs her, crying. JM follows and stands there, looking pained. Viv just stares off into space.

Amador asks Marichuy if she’s worried that Juan Miguel will take her child away from her. Cande interjects something about the monkey returning to the dough, which must be idiomatic but I’m not really sure what she meant. Amadork goes on and on about how easy it would be for Juan Miguel, with all his money and connections, but if she had a good lawyer she could win and keep the baby. Marichuy insists that this will not be an issue, because Amador is NOT going to say anything. I love her optimism. It’s like she doesn’t even know him. I can’t see him passing up a chance to cause trouble.

Onelia wails and carries on and tries to get Viv to remember her mama. JM tells her to stop; Viviana has total amnesia. Onelia wants to take her home, but JM says they can’t yet. Onelia returns to the wailing while Juan Miguel does his hand-on-hip, other-hand-rubbing-forehead Pose of Pain. Viv just stares and turns away from Onelia.

Marichuy promises Amador that when she’s got it together, she’ll come back and they’ll work together again.

Padre Anselmo arrives and asks whether Marichuy and Cande are ready to go. He sees Amador there and says he thought they were leaving without anyone knowing. Cande says she only told Olga, and she won’t tell anyone, for sure. Mari glares at her some more. PA asks what Amador is doing there, and Mari says he knows that she is pregnant, but he is going to say NOTHING (naranjas, Marichuy’s favorite slang for nothing). Well, let’s go, says PA. Amador starts to pick up the baggage, but Marichuy says she can get them herself, so everyone walks out and leaves Marichuy to struggle with a suitcase and two boxes alone. She takes a long look at the little apartment before she leaves.

Stefi goes to Patricio’s office. She says she’s ready to leave, and tries to give him the keys to her car as she thanks him for it. Patricio offers to talk to Ceci again, but Stef says she was pretty definite about throwing Stef out, and besides, she has gone to find Marichuy.

Ceci walks through the apartment courtyard and asks a small child for directions to Marichuy’s place. She has to step over and around numerous peasants to get there. She knocks at the door.

Patricio tells Stef to come to his office tomorrow; he is going to try to help her. Then he leaves because he doesn’t want to be home when Marichuy arrives. What a great father. After he leaves, Stef takes back the car keys from his desk.

Ceci continues to knock on the door and call for Marichuy while the 20 or so people sitting around or hanging laundry say nothing.

Olga tells Purita she’s going out, and asks if she wants anything. Purita tells her to leave her alone, she just wants to get far away from her. Olga leaves, and Purita continues stirring her pot of tea or love potion or whatever while she remembers telling her mother that she’s ashamed of her.

Olga comes outside and tells Ceci that Mari and Cande have left the city and probably won’t be returning. She doesn’t know where they went; Cande asked her not to say anything about the trip until they were gone. Ceci looks dizzy and sits down heavily on the step. Olga asks her if she’s okay, and she says she’s fine. Olga looks skeptical.

JM calls Balbina (the captions continue to say “Malvina”, even though Marichuy clarified this) into his home office and says that Onelia may be around, but she is to have NOTHING to do with Mayita, and he is hiring a governess to help protect his daughter. If Balbina sees Onelia with Mayita, she is to tell him immediately. That is all.

In the sala, Juan Miguel talks to someone on the phone who confirms that the governess ad will be published today. Just as he’s about to try to relax a little, Stefi walks in and reports to him that the Velardes have thrown her out and she has no place to go. He is surprised that her parents would do such a thing, but she tells him they are not her parents. He is impactado. She tells him that Isabela deceived them all, and that Marichuy is the Velardes’ real child. He is shocked and confused. She says it’s a long story, but now that she’s been deprived of her home and family, sob, she only has him! She clutches his hand. Stef says she wants to stay with him until they are married. Were they actually engaged again? I forget, but I thought that train had definitely derailed when he realized she was into Israel, and only wanted him for the money. Anyway, he tells her they will not be marrying. You can almost hear the record scratch as she realizes Plan B is a no go. She thinks he’s getting back together with Marichuy, but he says not her, either. Vile Viv is back.

Marichuy rides in the back of an old truck with her bicycle and the baggage as they travel through the country. They stop somewhere and she sits by a tree and talks to the Virgencita, saying she knows she’ll never abandon them.

Cande, Marichuy, PA, and the guy with the truck stop for lunch. They have an inordinate number of beverages on the table. They continue on their way and pull into a gas station. Probably because they all drank three sodas or juices at lunch. No, they’re just getting gas and looking under the hood. Marichuy tries to pay for the gas, but PA won’t let her. They continue on, Marichuy looking glum.

Ceci tells Olga that someone must know where Marichuy has gone, and she is desperate to find her. Olga thinks they very definitely did not want anyone to know where they were going. Ceci introduces herself to Olga and Olga says, oh, yes, you’re the people Marichuy lived with who treated her so badly. Ceci cries and tells her how much she regrets that, and that she must find her and make it up to her, because Marichuy is her daughter.

Stef is amazed that Viviana has returned after all this time. JM says that she’s lost her memory. From the accident?, wonders Stef. JM thinks she must have had another accident, but it’s all very confusing and doesn’t make sense. Stef realizes that his marriage to Marichuy is null, and does not hide her delight at that fact. JM looks Very Annoyed. Stef tries to convince him that it was just a nervous laugh; she was thinking of someone else. Who? Cecilia, what a deception! Qué? Well, Marichuy is her daughter, and she had such high hopes that Marichuy and Juan Miguel would reconcile, ha ha! Now JM looks annoyed and thoughtful.

Some slow lady reads the governess ad out loud to herself. We don’t see her face, but she sounds too stupid to be a good governess.

In the back of the truck, driving slowly through the countryside, Marichuy clutches her belly and miraculously does not ever fall out of the truck.

Stef and Onelia chat at the castle. Stef says she’s so glad about Viv’s return (I’m sure it’s not a lie; she’s always happy when life sticks it to Marichuy) and then cries about her mean not-parents booting her out. Stef tells Onelia the whole story which I will not repeat again.

The truck arrives in some sheep-filled courtyard and stops. They have arrived. Somewhere. Two country-looking guys (hats, checked shirts, but no rooster shirts or silly lipstraps like on Fuego; these are normal, modern-looking country guys because this show does not take place in Mexidoom) come out to greet the new arrivals. PA asks for Micaela, who is his sister. The guys (the younger one is named Nacho) says she’s gone to the river, but she’ll be back soon. Then PA asks about los señores, but, whoever they are, the guys inform him that they died a year ago. Way to keep in touch, Padre.

Adrian looks for Marichuy, but a neighbor tells him she’s not around.

Los señores were apparently the owners of the colorful hacienda, may they rest in peace. They were good people. The son is now in charge of the hacienda.

Stef tells Onelia she doesn’t want to ruin her happiness, and Onelia is all simpery sweet to her. Who knew she could even fake it? The phone rings, and Onelia answers. It is someone calling about the governess position, but Onelia says they’ve already found someone and hangs up. Then the grinch gets a wonderful, awful idea. Stef will stay in the house. She can take care of Mayita, as long as she respects Viv’s position as Juan Miguel’s wife. Stef loves the idea. I’m sure JM will be thrilled as well.

PA, Cande, and Marichuy sit down in the freakish and cluttered hacienda sitting room. It contains taxidermified leopards and tigers, which Marichuy peers at warily. Cande worries that they won’t be able to stay there if the old owners aren’t there, but PA says they’ll wait for his sister and see what happens. Micaela arrives and is delighted to see PA and meet the others. PA says they need asylum for a few months; Micaela says she’ll have to ask; it’s not like when the old owners were alive. The new owner is El Leopardo. Marichuy looks at one of the leopards while we hear a foreboding growl.

Micaela tells them that El Leopardo was away for a long time, but returned a few months before his parents died and has never left since. They’ll wait for him and ask about Cande and Marichuy staying. She offers them something to eat, and Cande goes to help her fix it.

Stef tells Juan Miguel about the phone call, but in her version, Onelia told the woman to call back later. Stef suggests that she could fill the position, but JM doesn’t think that’s a good idea. Mayita needs someone experienced and capable. Stef pleads, and JM asks her not to insist, so she whines some more. He doesn’t give in, so she departs unhappily. Someone else calls about the position, and JM asks her to come for an interview. For some reason we only see the back of her head. She has blond hair, a large ring, and a vase of flowers on her table. What do those clues tell us?

PA tells Marichuy that the oldies totally would have let her stay, but she says, “ya chuparon faros.” Anyone want to interpret? They sucked floodlights? Does that mean “they died”? Okay, I looked it up and “chupar faros” does mean to die. Apparently Faros was an old brand of cheap unfiltered cigarettes, and a smoker’s last wish would be to smoke one last one. Okay, sure. He tells her to have faith; God will provide.

Ceci sits in the house and looks glum. Stef enters and says she still has things to do there. She asks Ceci what’s wrong, did Marichuy reject her and refuse to come back? Ceci says she disappeared.

The hacienda group sits in the dining room, which is not as scary as the sitting room, and exclaim over how much better the air is in the country. Marichuy isn’t hungry and excuses herself to go for a walk outside. She strolls down a dirt road and finds something on the ground. My recording cuts off there.

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Dear Friends, I am making my appeal to recruit a January recapper for Tuesday nights. In January I will return to Mexico for the month. Can someone help out? It is actually very easy dialog, lots of crying, repeats and singing take up most of the hour so this is a good telenovela to jump into. If you are interested you can let me know in the comments or send e-mail to cherylnewmex@gmail.com. Thanks.


More jealousy and snarling from the sisters, but, Santa tells the sisters to fight the good fight to win their men, all is fair in love and war.

Let's get those little muffins baptized since Juan has created muffins to honor each miffin girl. Que cute.

Sofia is bipolar, she loves him, she rejects him, she loves him. Juan can't live without her either but can't except her, but can't live without her, oh bother and fuss.

Santa and Abuelo recreate their fun party scene to scandalize everyone especially Gabriela with their suggestive jokes. As Gabi stalks away from the bawdy talk in Abuelo's room, we in turn see that the straightening of the sword was all about his little soldier, ahem, that would be of the plastic boyhood kind....

Juan is bipolar, why are these boys still in dormitory style sleeping quarters when they have a whole hacienda? No wonder Franco is confused and thinks the kitchen is where one would naturally pick to have sex. Why does everyone have to get it on at a campsite or under the kitchen table?? Why oh Why!!

Oscar and Jimena confess that they are so happy at each other's side. He repeats the I shouldn't but it is so hard to accept the daughter of his parents assassin. Jimena assures him that her pa isn't the killer they have been told. Oscar agrees that he doesn't think it makes sense that her father had anything to do with the assassination. But he can't betray the honor and memory of ma, pa and baby Livia. He can't get it out of his head but Jimena thinks she knows how to do this. Kisses ensue.

Franco and Sarita play out exactly the same scene save adding that Paddy Tad has proclaimed that the children don't bear the blame of the sins of the fathers.

Oscar and JImena begin to show skin (is this baring the blame?) by the rose and the campfire. very sexy. After enjoying the passion of forgiveness Oscar asks her forgiveness since he can't betray his family. Oops the rose has burned in the campfire, not a good omen.

Back at home the boys creep in to the dormitory bedroom in the dark but Juan turns on the light like crabby drill sergeant style and questions where have they been. Silly boy, they are 40 something, it's really none of his business but they reveal they were with the women they love.

Said women walk into the hacienda discussing the flames and passion and Sofia gets to play inquisitor and they get to tell they were with the men they love. Real economy with the pages in the script, they just take turns reading the same pages. Juan meanwhile sneers that he loves Sofia with the same passion that they love their Elizondo's. He ain't getting any and boy is he mad that they did. He raises the specter of the betrayed parents one more sorryass time. Give it a rest or at least a commercial break.
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Sofia assures the sisters that they were not betraying her to boogie with Oscar and Franco. The three discuss that Oscar and Franco at least have doubts that Bernardo as the assassin. Semi-weepy Sofia is lost in reveries that Juan forgets his vengeance pledge and kisses with real passion and said he can't help loving her. then he breaks away before delivering the nookie. It breaks her heart.

Franco and Oscar defend their illicit loving of the assassin's daughters and demand that Juan tell them if he doesn't still have love and feeling for Snotfia. They tussle each other around the dorm room and stifle laughs as they try to keep serious about the memory and swearing on the tomb and all the betrayal and revenge lines that we have heard too many times. They swear that no matter how mad Juan is, they are all still brothers and he doesn't get to decide they aren't because they went out to get nookie and he stayed home to pout. Well, isnt' that why he is really mad?
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Gabi is doing tears in her brandy for tomorrow is the famoso baptismo. She swears revenge once again, they won't humiliate her this way.

Juan tells the brothers they haven't suffered properly and Oscar reminds him it isn't their fault that they can't remember the death of their parents just as he can't forget having seen it. The soul will reveal itself he says in defense of the love and nookie seeking. Franco says they don't want to lose their brotherhood status but they want to love the assassin's spawn. Oscar is waxing poetic tonight and says if he can't accept them as brothers, they can always regard him as their father since he raised them. Juan cries and repents his unkind words, asks their pardon for condemning their nookie seeking with the evil spawn of the assassin. The scene fades with the dormitory still containing the pitiful little beds brought from the old house, it's too pitiful to say more.
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Quintina grabs chickens and mutters about the baptism and the surprise she is preparing which she then assures a very beautiful Eva who has let her hair down. Quintina is wearing mostly feathers but not like old Rosario's getups, rather in her hair, she disappears with the bag of feathers. While others gather to dress and prepare for the baptism.

At the school house the brothers give lots of lip for Pablito's illicit kiss on the cheek. They suggest that he can have all kinds of futures as a singer or whatever. The principal decides not to punish Pablito but rather the brothers for setting a bad example. He demands that they offer social service to atone for their bad behavior. they push Pablito back and forth while he defends himself for being so in love.

Quintina shows up in such a fine feather boa, however did she get that??

At the evil mansion, the girls and nuns are all dressed up. Sofia is in cheerful beige while her sisters appear in festive shades of red. Santa has red hair and even Abuelo is all dressed up. Ahhhh, Gabriela appears at the last minute insisting that she is going with them. Another bad omen? Well the witchy points on the leather collar suggest that she really does need to pursue something with Coyote. Perhaps they could start a leather shop
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Gabriela makes it down the stair wondering why everyone is staring at her, a girl can change her mind right, what's your problem.

The social worker prepares to enjoy the baptism ceremony. Abuelo makes fun of the feathers and Padre Tadeo comes in in formal ceremonial robes asks for everyone to be at peace while they realign the brothers and sisters as couples who try to imitate peaceful people. In the beautiful ceremony with all the lovely colored suits, Gabi suddenly regains her rancor and rises up in her slick black leather, kicks the flowers over and marches off. Everyone tries not to notice her rude little tantrum. Just as we suspected, Coyote is on the scene, no surprise, he is obviously turned on by the slick leather flowing towards him. She doesn't want to play, she has an important meeting in Puebla. He offers to drive Gabriela personally to Puebla since her wayward husband hasn't returned.

Back at the altar, now we see that they haven't settled on which girl gets which name before so there is a need for Paddy Tad to do the selecting. Number One baby carried by Eva is dubbed Maria Libia. JImena brings up Number Two and she is named Maria Jose; and last but not least Sarita follows with Number Three who becomes Maria Guadalupe. There is nothing more important than a child he finishes and asks Abuelo to confer. Franco thrills us all the way to commercial with his lovely rendition of Ave Maria sung before the invisible orchestra.

Gabi takes time with the lawyer to insist she will contest the will with all her force. The lawyer shows peso signs in his eyes mentioning that it can be done but won't be easy....

Next: Spite and venom pour out of Gabriela who insists on a DNA test, wedding bells are tolling soon for Abuelo and Santa? and Juan and Sofia still can't work out their revenge -vs- love problems and Sofia is fed up. And my hands are on fire from working with jalapeños without protection so I am outta here!!

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PJ/S goes to see Isabel in her former apartment.

She tells him that she loves him; she has asked Andres for a divorce and he has refused. She says that she is capable of anything to get her freedom back. PJ/S asks if Isabel would repeat what she did with PJ. Isabel asks what he means and PJ/S asks if PJ died a natural death or did Isabel and Andres cause his death? Then PJ/S asks if Isabel would kill Andres and Isabel wants to know if he is ordering her to do that. In answer, he kisses her and says, "Yes, why not. I order you to do it."

While PJ/S is having sex for the second time that day with Isabel, he hears Cantalicia calling his name in her dream.


Angela visits PJ's grave with PJ/S. She is upset about her relationship with Antonio and PJ/S counsels patience but Angela says that time isn't her ally. PJ/S looks puzzled
but we can guess that Angela is probably pregnant.

Tío Felipe tells Padre Jacobo that he has lost Cantalicia.

Ángela tries to get Antonio to talk to her but he refuses.


Gaetana gives Cantalicia a bath and washes her hair.

PJ/S tries to talk some sense into Antonio but he refuses to listen.

Cantalicia (with really frizzy hair) and dressed in Gaetana's clothes drops in on the bar with Moncho.

In a totally unnecessary scene, PJ/S demonstrates his martial arts abilities in his pj's (with his shoes and socks on.)

PJ/S tells Cantalicia that the soul of Salvador is gone. All that's left is his body. Cantalicia says that she'll settle for the body and refuses to go back to Las Cruces.

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Marisela tells Santos that Melesio and the terneras are leaving Altamira. "You threw them out!" she cries. Santos says that he only threw Antonio out, not the others. Marisela replies that if Antonio leaves, all the others do too. They depend on Antonio to support them. DB says that Anonio should have thought of that before getting involved with Cecilia. Marisela tells her to butt out. She is talking to Santos.

"What happened?" she asks, "When did you lose your heart and your goodwill? You, who were always talking about protecting and caring for your own. They are yours, Santos, we are yours. You don't want to see Antonio and Cecilia in love but they are human and they make mistakes. Like you! Because you make mistakes, too. Santos, you are the least perfect of all of us. Santos, please, don't let them leave. Don't break my heart again. Don't fall off the pedestal I put you on, Santos. Don't behave as if you were a wretch ('miserable'), Santos." Marisela walks out without another word and Santos stands there stunned.

Federica is all excited that Antonio wants to marry her even though he tells her not to get near him and that he would like to see her dead. She says that she doesn't care. She will be the wife of Antonio Sandoval.

Cecilia, Genvoveva and the vaqueros:
C: Guys, is what Genoveva said true? You all slept with Federica?
Pajorote: Yes... No... that is to say, more like she slept with us.
C: Ah.. but... all three?
Maria Nieves: But not at the same time! (all three say, no) First one, then the other...
C: That is ... unbelievable ('inaudito').
Carmelito: But we didn't know about it, Señorita Cecilia.
C: She didn't .... force you, or did she?
Maria Nieves: Almost. She trapped us.
C: But I don't understand why she would do that, if suposedly she was in love with Antonio and was carrying his baby. Because the baby is Antonio's, right? Antonio is the father?
Genoveva: We don't know who the father is now because Federica slept with everyone but least of all with Antonio. I'm sure of that.
C: My God! My God! What have I done?
Pajarote: Can we ... help you with anything?
Genoveva: Yes you can help. (yells) Get out of here! Bunch of losers!
Lorenzo comes in and Cecilia tells him that she was an idiot. She now believes that Antonio is innocent.

Antonio makes his demands to Pernalete for marrying Federica: a ranch ('hacienda') for him and Federica, a house for Antonio's father and nieces and some cattle. Pernalete has no choice but to agree but he is furious with Federica when she comes to ask him about a wedding dress, etc. He says that he is paying to marry her to Antonio so that her behavior doesn't affect his chances of getting re-elected.

DB criticizes Marisela's lack of respect for Santos in coming to El Miedo and yelling at Santos that way. Santos says Marisela is convinced that he has acted badly. DB tells him to pay no attention to what Marisela said. As an example of Marisela's ingratitude, DB tell Santos how Marisela rejected her birthday gift of a trip to Europe. Santos says he doesn't understand. He thought DB was going to give Marisela the hacienda for her birthday. DB makes a quick recovery. She says that she thought the trip would broaden Marisela's horizons. She says that Marisela is very uncivilized ('silvestre,' literally 'forest-like, wild'). Santos disagrees. Then he says that Marisela was right. He is a wretch. He gets up leaves to go to Altamira. DB is furious.

The vaqueros return to where they sleep and find Gonzalo and his friends there (henceforward, I will call the three of them 'the rebels'). When the rebels says that they are working at Altamira, the vaqueros jump to the conclusion that Santos has fired them like he did Antonio.

Santos goes to his office at Altamire. He tells himself that Marisela is right. It is an injustice for Melesio to have to leave his home because of Santos' problems with Antonio. He writes out a paper deeding the Sandoval house and adjacent property to Melesio.

Lorenzo and Marisela go to the Sandoval house to try and persuade Melesio and the terneras not to leave.

DB is angry that Santos listened to Marisela. Eustaquia tells her that Santos is a good person. She can't force him to do what she wants.

At the Sandoval house, Marisela and Lorenzo try and get Melesio to change his mind about leaving. Marisela says that she can't live without having the terneras nearby. Santos comes to the house and tells Melesio not to leave. Santos says that his problems with Antonio don't have anything to do with the rest of them. He tells them that he is giving them the house. Antonio tells Melesio to stay there with the terneras. Tearfully, Melesio says goodbye to Antonio. Santos tells Marisela that maybe he isn't such a wretch after this. Marisela is underwhelmed. She says he had to do this not to commit any more 'Luzardadas'.

Lorenzo says that he wants to talk to Santos.
Lorenzo: Let us talk about you becuase you can't avoid being who you are. You fall easily into violence and passion... like me, like our fathers. The difference is that you raise yourself up from your errors, you fight against your nature and you always go for your ideals. That is what gives me hope.
S: Hope for what?
L: To find out whether you really are the 'different Luzardo' that you promised. There is still time to achieve that, Santos.

Marisela tells Cecilia about what Santos did and says that a little of the real Santos still remains. DB hasn't taken over everything.

Santos is surprised at Lorenzo's words and serious attidude. Lorenzo says that he has given up his cinicism. He couldn't live like a dignified man. He will die like one. He asks when Santos will talk to Cecilia.

The vaqueros and the rebels come to see Santos. Santos explains the situation of the rebels to the vaqueros and asks them not to tell anyone about there being at Altamira. They agree.

Santos names Carmelita the new head vaquero at Altamira. He doesn't want to anything against Antonio but he accepts when Santos says that he will get more money to enable him to marry Gervasia.

Carmelito goes to see Gervasia. She says that if he accepts her with Leon's baby, she will accept him in spite of his having slept with Federica. He says that with the extra pay as head vaquero and extra money that Santos has given him, they can get married. Juan Primito is there and he overhears. Gervasia invites him to the wedding.

Lorenzo has political discussions with rebels and they applaud his rhetoric. Cecilia and Marisela are amazed at the way Lorenzo has changed.

When Santos returns to El Miedo and tells DB that he gave some of this property to Melesio, DB is horrified. She calls Melesio a bankrupt peasant ('campesino alzado'). Santos doesn't want to discuss the decisions he made about his property with her. DB asks if Santos was serious shen he said that she would be the Señora de Altamira. If that is true, then he has given away land that belong to her. Santos says that she will be señora of Altamira when she returns El Barquereña to Marisela and until then he will do what he wants with his land.

Gonzalo pitches woo to Marisela.

When DB tells Santos that she is the only one who cares about him, he gets mad at her for talking to him like he was something that she can appropriate. He says that he isn't hers and he isn't anyone's. He goes on to says how proud he is of Marisela for speaking up for what she thinks is right. DB backs off and tells Santos that she wants to sleep in his arms.

The next morning DB pretends to support Santos' decision to give house to Melesio but once he leaves El Miedo, she tells Eustaquia that she blames Marisela for everything.

Juan Primito tells Leon that Carmelito and Gervasia are getting married. Leon goes to see Gervasia and threatens her.

Cecilia goes to see Antonio now that she knows he was telling her the truth. He won't listen and when a prostitute appears in Antonio's room, Cecilia leaves.

The two rebels, Cósme and Andrés, are in the schoolhouse when three terneras, Genoveva, Josefina and Melesia come in. Genoveva is disgusted but the other four have a mutual attraction.

It appears that DB's plan is to take over Don Encarnación's (DE's) hacienda. To do this, Danger and BP are stealing his cattle. DE has gone into Progresso to file a complaint and he runs into Santos. According to BP, Pernalete's part of the plan is to get DE tied up in endless litigation.

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