Caray, Caray!

Friday: Don E tells the jury that justice is in their hands. The judge sends them off to deliberate. Dr B is in his car, trying to reach Ivonne’s cell. No luck.

Will he make it to the trial in time? Don’t touch that dial!

NB: Before we start, I’d like to note that throughout this episode Chris keeps lamenting that Paloma has distanced herself from him, and Madeleine keeps lamenting about having abandoned her son and yearning to be close to him. Since it’s wearing to keep reading these things over and over, I didn’t put them in. Insert wherever you like.

Walking along a street Gabriel, Paloma and Lili (who, now freed from the clutches of the nuns, has taken a fashion tip from Anamar and is wearing a super-short skirt) are happily planning Paloma’s upcoming Sweet 18 party. Lili takes off and Paloma and Gabriel decide to look in at the court to see what’s happening.

Romina has showed up in the lobby of the hotel and is reproaching Em. You said you left because we weren’t working out, but I’m not stupid. You just wanted to be here with your little chickiebaby. Em says don’t insult Anamar. Romina says why couldn’t you go live with your dad? Or at Orlando’s? Em points out that Angelica lives there. He’s just at the hotel until he can find an apartment. Romina pleads then just come home until you find one.

Em says the apartment is yours, and you can keep it when we divorce. Romina says you’re nuts if you think I’m going to give you a divorce. Em says don’t try to do like my mother did. I’m going to remake my life whether you agree to it or not, same as my father did with Luz.

Frantic Dr B is driving narrow cobblestone streets, trying to figure out how to get to the courthouse.

Don E, Chris and Natalia are waiting for the verdict. Chris thanks him for taking the case. Don E says he loves justice, plus, well, Chris knows how he feels about Chris’s mother. Mother? says Natalia, surprised. Don E says it’s a long story and he’ll tell her later.

Natalia tells him thank you (sniff) … for my daughter’s sake (sniff). I have no way to pay you. Me either, says Chris. Don E gestures expansively and smiles. Ya! he rumbles happily.

Oh no! Dr B is stuck behind a stalled truck. He jumps out and yells at the driver, who shrugs. Dr B dances around frantically. A guy on a scooter drives by the growing line of backed-up cars. Dr B says how much for your scooter? He whips out his wallet and fans bills. Sold! Or rented, I’m not sure. Who cares? Off he rides on it. My hero.

Carlota is burning up the phone wire, telling German to get in that jury room and find out what’s going on. German says he can’t, even Don E can’t. Carlota is quite sure Don E could if he wanted to. Do it! She demands. Get in there and bribe whoever you have to, idiot!

Click. Hysterical old bat, German says to himself.

What’s going on? asks Em, who’s just arrived. Do you think they’re going to go free? German says I have no idea. I think they might hang ‘em. Em says I hope you don’t think so just because you’re off the case. You think they’re innocent, right? Oh! Yeah. Sure, says German. It’s just a saying.

In the background, Paloma and Gabriel walk in together. She spots Em. He spots her. He and Gabriel spot each other. Long laser looks, then Paloma and Gabriel go on in. German says to Em Even though they deny it, it makes sense. I tried to ask Paloma out and no luck. She’s not easy to approach.

So how ‘bout you? How’re you doing? I’m getting a divorce and I’ve moved out, says Em. German pats him on the back and says I’m sorry. His mouth twitches with suppressed glee.

Ivonne, Rufi and Madeleine are sitting in the courtroom, wondering why the jury is taking so long. Ivonne gets a call on her cell and leaves to answer it. Rufi looks at Madeleine curiously. I’ve lived here since the dawn of time, she says, and yet I’ve never seen you here before.

Madeleine says she just came to town. Rufi asks does she like going to trials? Mad says she would give her life not to have to be there. She tells Rufi she’s Chris’s ma. She says probably Chris wouldn’t want me to tell anyone, but you seem so nice and I need to tell someone.

Rufi thoughtbubbles that that would mean she’s Paloma’s grandmother. On cue, Paloma comes into the courtroom and knees affectionately in front of Rufi. Madeleine is touched, then she studies her. Her DNA lights up like a nuclear reactor.

Carlota is pacing her room. A heavenly choir sings. How does she rate a choir? Ay, no! She says. She gets her coat and scarf.

The courtroom again. Everyone is waiting. Suspenseful violins work themselves into a frenzy. The defendants are led in.

Madeleine asks Rufi who that girl was. Rufi says she’s my child, or not exactly. I work in her house. She’s Paloma Espinosa de los Monteros. Madeleine says there’s something about her that seems familiar. Her eyes, her manner.

Everybody up! says the bailiff. Rufi rises, and Madeleine takes her hand and says please stay here with me. Rufi smiles kindly.

Em ends up sitting next to Paloma. He smiles at her.

Outside, Dr B, who’s not very adept at scooter riding, is awkwardly maneuvering the Disneyland-ride-line style switchbacks of the approach to the courthouse. Almost running down a few pedestrians, he pulls up to the front of the building, parks the thing, takes the suicide note from his pocket, and, waving it high, runs into the courthouse.

The jury has its verdict. The lead juror hands it to the bailiff who takes it to the judge. The judge looks at it with a stern poker face. Quick shots of team Chris looking anxious.

Outside of the courtroom, the bailiff bars the door, telling Dr B he can’t come in.

The judge is saying in the case of… etc… and we see the screen fragment into a fly’s vision composite of faces of concerned audience members.

Dr B bursts in waving the suicide note. Wait! he says. Carlota, disguised with a head scarf and long coat, slips into the door and melts into the back row.

Dr B tells the judge that it’s a note Alonso left for Natalia. It was hidden in the back of a photo frame. The two lawyers materialize at the bench and look at it. The prosecutor says that’s no kind of evidence, a suicide note from the deceased! Natalia is agape.

Don E says it’s very important. We need to verify its authenticity, but we can’t decide beforehand. These two people are accused of a murder that obviously was a suicide. Carlota puts her hand to her head – oh crud!

The judge tells everyone to get back in their places. He reads the suicide note. (To refresh: Sorry, but my life has no meaning without Inaki. I’m going to revenge his murder, then off myself. Have a nice day! Alonso) Natalia anguishes.

The judge says this letter might exonerate the defendants, but I’m not going to accept it as evidence, as the trial is already over. Don E objects.

That’s my decision, says the judge. And here’s why. He reads the jury’s verdict: Innocent.

Jubilation! Carlota’s jaw drops. Paloma hugs Em. Gabriel looks down sadly. Hugs all around. We see Carlota glaring furiously.

The prosecutor smiles and shakes Don E’s hand. What a sporting fellow! Perry Mason won ‘em all too. What can you do but be decent about it? Madeline thanks Don E. Rufi congratulates Chris, calling him Padre. He says just Chris. She says she can’t get used to that.

The padres hug and congratulate Chris. Paloma hugs Natalia who says she can’t wait to throw her arms around Sagrario. Rufi comments to Chris that so many things came to light. Chris says he only hopes that Paloma will let him tell her everything.

Carlota stomps out of the courthouse and down the steps. Don E follows at a distance. Carlota furiously whips off her head scarf. Carlota? says Don E to himself

Em tells German don’t feel too bad - you’re still new at the game. German angrily says it isn’t all due to Don E. Em says why don’t you admit that you’re still learning and that you made some mistakes? A lot of people thought you weren’t ready for a case like this yet. German says did you think so too? I did, says Em. But Chris made the decision on his own. Still, think how it would have been for your career if you’d lost this one. And think how it would have been for them.

Em goes into the courtroom to congratulate Chris. Chris is happy, but he says the one thing that’s weighing on him is Paloma. Em says that makes two of us.

Ivonne and Natalia tell Dr B he’s their hero and Chris thanks him. Dr B’s glad he made it in time. Chris says it’s the hand of God. Or the hand of Macarena, says Dr B. They all agree Macarena was splendid, Natalia included. Chris has his arm around Dr B. Dr B says it was a wonderful man that she left me for. Chris says you were a wonderful friend, a great supporter, and I want to thank you for everything. Man hug. Now, isn’t that civilized?

Madeleine is overcome with emotion. She tells Rufi that it was horrible that Chris had to go through all this, but it helped her find him. Now she just hopes she can get him back. Rufi says talk to him, he’s a good man with a good heart. A man sitting behind them nods sagely.

Madeleine weeps and thanks Rufi for her kindness.

Gabriel tells his dad he’s the best. Don E says the main thing is that justice was done. Paloma tells him that it was really impressive – maybe she’ll study law. Don E says each person has their own gifts, and yours shows in what you’ve done for Gabriel. For him? says Paloma. He’s done so much for me!

Don E says see that smile on him? It wasn’t there before. Daaaad, says Gabriel, embarrassed.

Don E goes over to Chris and they hug. He tells Chris that he’d like to talk to him tomorrow.

Chris then goes over to Paloma. Can we talk? he asks. Paloma says it’s great that you were able to prove your innocence. Con permiso.

Rafa is working on his laptop in his apartment. Luz tells him he can go on to work; she’s okay. He says he knows she isn’t. She says it hurts to think that they’ve taken the little girl and she won’t see her again. Rafa says I gave you an option.

Luz says I know. But I don’t ever want to marry. I know it’s weird for a woman to say that, but I believe marriage ruins everything. It obligates a person to stay with another person. It destroys the magic. And I don’t want to do that with you.

Rafa says I don’t see it that way. Luz says How can you say that after your disaster with Diana? Rafa says I say it despite that. Diana and I didn’t know to keep the magic alive. But with the right person, it can be amazing. I think you and I have a spark.

We do, says Luz, but I don’t believe in marriage, in bonds. Why not? Says Rafa. Did you have a bad experience? Luz looks dramatically out the window. Yes, she says. Her parents’ marriage was horrible. The looked normal on the surface, and they waited too long to divorce. Luz doesn’t want to live like that.

Rafa says we’re different than them. You don’t have to repeat their history. We have magic.

Carlota storms into her house. Maldito! Maldito! She stomps into her room and glares at her big crucifix. It’s not fair! She says. You know it’s not. I hate them! I hate all of them. She grimaces with fury. AAAAAHHHHH intone my beloved bassos.

It’s evening and Anamar is returning to the hotel and is confronted by Romina in the lobby. Anamar says are you staking the place out? Romina says I just wanted you to know that you have no idea who you’re messing with. Anamar says I came to see Em because I realized he’s the love of my life.

What a shameless hussy you are, says Romina. He’s MY husband. Anamar says when I came I didn’t know he was married, and if I knew he was happy, I would have left. But I found out that’s he’s not, so it’s full steam ahead.

Ha, says Romina. I checked and you both have separate rooms. Anamar eyes her up and down and says you are no competition. Now that Paloma… she might be. But she’s leaving Real del Monte. Anamar sashays off. Romina wonders who can help her.

German is very nervous, about to dial Carlota. But he figures she would know by now, and he doesn’t want to face her wrath. Better to let her cool off a little.

Nester comes in and puts a nice spin on German’s role in the trial. After all, he started the case. It’ll look good for his career. He says he was just talking to Carlota and she wants an appointment with him tomorrow, maybe to talk about German. She asked to talk to Nestor alone first, then have German come in.

German decides to dial Carlota. I heard you wanted to talk to me. You are such an insignificant speck, she spits at him. You bet I want to talk to you, but I don’t have time now. Tomorrow.

Carlota says to herself One by one, they’re all going to get it. And right where it hurts.

Some folks are still at the courthouse. Why haven’t they gone out for a nice steak and a beer? Why hasn’t Natalia borrowed someone’s lipstick? Anyway, Natalia tells Chris, Dr B and the padres that she’s going to go to the DF with Ivonne. She has to tell Sagrario that her father is dead. (I hope she leaves out the part about how his life wasn’t worth living without his son - what is Sagrario, chopped liver? And Natalia?)

Ivonne says I guess we’ll never really know how he died. Dr B says the truth usually comes to light over time. Padre B focuses on the part where Alonso said he was going to revenge his son’s death before committing suicide, but there’s no other death that they know of, at least not here in Real del Monte.

Natalia says he thought it was Carlota, but it looks like he wasn’t able to tie Inaki’s death to her. Chris says if somebody killed Inaki, sooner or later that will come to light, because they are indirectly responsible for Alonso’s death. (No, I don’t get his logic either.)

Ivonne says gosh, we’ve all been so miserable for so long, why don’t we talk about these things later? Smile time! Everyone smiles and laughs. Dr B says you’re right. It reminds us how life can change in the blink of an eye, so we need to enjoy it. We’re going to have a great time in Mexico City says Natalia. You, me, Rufi and Paloma.

Paloma is leaving Real del Monte? says Chris.

Gabriel is walking Paloma home. She says that she’s glad things are getting better and that Natalia got off. Gabriel says Chris got off too, Paloma. It’s not like you to hold a grudge. Paloma says I’m just tired of people telling me things that aren’t true just to protect me.

Gabriel says he has to get back to the church. Maybe Paloma could send him an e-mail. Paloma says I don’t have a computer – Carlota didn’t want to be modern. Upstairs, we see Carlota looking out the window at them, disapproving.

Bassos: AAAAHHHHHH.

He strokes her cheek and says But it would be very helpful so we could communicate. Paloma laughs that Carlota is never going to change. He kisses her cheek and tells her he’s going to miss her. Paloma says you’ll be coming to the DF when you’re finished here.

Carlota says another one to add to my list.

Chris is glad to come back to the priests’ quarters. The padres tell him that his room is still here. Chris says I don’t belong here anymore. Padre M says even if you’re not a priest, you can keep up your social work. Chris thanks them, but says he’s going to find some kind of job. He kisses their hands and hugs them and leaves.

The two padres think that since he was innocent, the bishop should reinstate him.

Don E and Madeleine are chatting. Gosh, he loves the law – maybe he’ll take it up again. Madeleine wonders what he thinks her chances are with Chris. He says give it a little time – he’ll help.

Chris kneels at a pew and thanks God for helping with his trial. He wants to unmask Carlota.

Rufi and Paloma are working in the kitchen. Rufi says they’d better get started on packing early, as her party is the day before they leave. Rufi wonders if she’s going to leave her address with her friends. Rufi notes that she herself doesn’t have anybody to give the address to. Paloma says Edmundo!

Carlota comes in. She mentions Chris getting acquitted and says she thought Paloma was mad at him. Paloma says she’s glad they both got acquitted. Rufi says how did you know they got off if you weren’t there? Church ladies, says Carlota.

She tells Paloma that just because he was declared innocent it doesn’t mean that Chris didn’t do some of the things they talked about, like his relationship with Natalia. I suggest you stay away from him permanently. Paloma says I’m leaving town anyway. She gets up and leaves the kitchen.

Rufi says all these secrets that have been kept from Paloma! Like about her father. Carlota says I should break my word to Macarena just so Paloma won’t be mad?

Carlota says maybe it’s God’s will that the two stay separated. She’s going to the DF now, and surely Chris won’t stay in town after all this scandal. Rufi says she has the right to know her family. Carlota says Chris doesn’t have any family. Yes, he does, says Rufi. His mother is still alive. She was at the trial.

Avances: Romina begs Em not to go. She asks Paloma what she should do to save her marriage. Paloma says give it up. Romina sweeps the dishes off the table in anger. Chris is talking to Rufi, getting started on his Carlota unmasking. He goes to see Carlota.

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Juan del Diablo (Eduardo Yañez): Juan is a man of good heart, but hardened by suffering and the thirst for vengeance against Rodrigo and Leonarda, who destroyed the lives of his parents. He seeks vengeance but also justice, so he confronts authorities and struggles for the poor.


Regina Montes de Oca (Aracely Arámbula): She is noble and delicate but has a strong character and a grand moral and ethical sense of responsibility. She's a woman who seeks to develop herself without waiting for a husband to maintain her. She will live a platonic love with Renato and a real love with Juan, who will help her discover the passionate woman she carries within herself.


Aimée Montes de Oca (Aracely Arámbula): She is beautiful, sensual, volcanic, temperamental and passionate. She unreservedly gives in to her desires. She is passionate for Juan although she doesn't actually love him, and she marries Renato for money. Aimee lives in the present, without thinking about consequences. She will try to separate Regina from Juan by any means at her disposal.


Renato Vidal (Cristian de la Fuente): he is noble and fair. His vocación de justicia (vocation of justice??) will change radically when he discovers that the love of his life, Aimee, has been mocking him. When he discovers that Regina loves Juan, he'll seek to reconquer her love and will use all his power in an attempt to destroy Juan.


Leonarda Montes de Oca (Helena Rojo): A woman dominated by her sentiments. She loves and hates without moderation, and is capable of murder to gain Rodrigo's love. She destroyes the life of her own sister and poisons Rodrigo's new wife, Constanza. Leonarda decides that "if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" except her son Renato.


Rodrigo Montes de Oca (Enrique Rocha): He is kind and gracious, but proud. He can't bear it that the woman he loves is in love with a humble fisherman and becomes a spiteful villain. Blinded by jealousy, he decides to destroy them and succeeds. He spoils his daughter Aimee completely, but is rigid and strict with Regina.


Noel Vidal (René Casados): He knows all the secrets of Renato, Juan del Diablo, Aimee and Regina; adviser, tutor, moral guide for the four of them. He was the only one who offered a hand to Juan when he needed it. He'll have to go against Renato, his own son, because truth and justice are more important to him than everything. He secretly loves Leonarda, but she only married him for spite.


María del Rosario Montes de Oca (Laura Flores): She is hopelessly in love with Juan de Dios San Roman, whose son she had, now called Juan del Diablo. She went crazy when her sister Leonarda told her that Juan and her son were dead. Leonarda locked her in the farm's catacombs,where she lived dreming that her Juan was alive and would come back for her.


Gabriel (Sebastián Zurita): a handsome young man, noble by heart as well as by inheritance. When his father, who was Juan's tutor, dies, he takes care of Juan. He admires Juan and with him will defend the poor and humble. He feels confused for loving Jimena and Estrella at the same time, without knowing they are the same young woman. (MORE twins?)


Jimena (Angelique Boyer): Jimena is an adolescent tormented by her aunt Griselda, who in reality robbed her as a girl. Her life will take place among: the circus; her friendship with Regina; her love for Gabriel; and the harrassment of Servando. She will be protected by Juan and suffers because Gabriel ignores that she is Estrella.

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Filmed in natural settings of beautiful provincial Mexico, "Wild Heart" arrives to make us vibrate with all the force and ardent passion of a story of unforgettable love.

A story that begins with María del Rosario y Juan de Dios, two beings who love each other, separated by societal differences. She, a young woman of Veracruz high society; he, a humble fisherman. Rodrigo, a powerful man in the port, is furious when he finds out Maria plans to marry Juan. He sends the fisherman to prizon and with the help of Leonarda, Maria's sister, he locks the young woman in a hacienda, where she gives birth to the son who is fruit of her forbidden love.

Juan escapes from jail and, pursued by Rodrigo, he falls off a cliff into the ocean. Leonarda causes the baby to disappear and locks Maria in the dungeon in the basement of the country estate, telling Rodrigo that she has died.

Rodrigo, desperate, disregarding Leonarda's confession of love, leaves for Europe, from which he will return married to Constanza. Leonarda marries Noel, the family notary, and gives birth to Renato.

Juan survives and discovers his son was rescued from the mountains by Remigio and adopted by Remigio's mother, Aurora, who has given him the name found in the note hidden in his clothes: Juan de Dios (Juan of God). Years later, the dying fisherman searches for his son, tells him his story and asks that he punish Rodrigo. At his father's grave, the young man swears vengeance and changes his name to Juan del Diablo (Juan of the Devil). Nevertheless, when he meets Rodrigo's twin daughters, Aimée y Regina, an uncontrollable passion for Aimee invades him. [Oh NOES! Not more twins!!! -Ed.]

Regina ama a Renato, pero cuando éste se enamora de Aimée, Regina decide irse de monja. Aimée se casa con Renato pero sigue viendo a Juan. Cuando está a punto de huir con él y Renato los descubre, Regina la protege diciendo que es ella quien se iba a fugar con Juan. Renato los obliga a casarse y Juan accede con la intención de vengarse en ella de todo el daño que Rodrigo hizo sus padres. Sin embargo, al irse conociendo, ambos descubrirán que nacieron el uno para el otro, y que su amor será más fuerte que el odio y la venganza, un amor profundo e indomable como el mar.

Regina loves Renato, but when he falls in love with Aimee, Regina decides to become a nun. Aimee marries Renato but continues to see Juan. When she's on point of fleeing with him and Renato discovers them, Regina tries to protect Aimee, saing it is she (Regina) who was going to escape with Juan.

Renato forces them to marry and Juan agrees, with the intent of getting revenge on her for all the damage Rodrigo did to his (Juan's) parents. Nevertheless, as they get to know each other, they discover they were born for each other, and that their love will be stronger than hate and vengeance, a love as deep and indomitable as the sea.

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Hi team,
I'm sorry I haven't (sob) been there for you. This blog has just gotten so darn huge. Anyway, I note that you are in ultimas semanas. Thoughts about the future?

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Hi all -
Since I'm doing Monday for Dinero, I won't be on the CS team. Chavela and PB are dropping out. Jody is in for half a slot on Monday. That leaves a half slot and a whole slot for any willing souls! Email me - caray@mappamundi.com - or reply to this post if you're interested.

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of the girl.

SandyJo takes a look at Tiny Tony's baby pictures and wonders if perhaps the people in this house are not big fat liars.

Maura comes home and calls Bruno. She is very confused because she thinks that Sandra woke up in addition to MaryJo being missing from Toluca. She also tells him that she's got video of Katia with another guy. Skank.

Bruno reports back to Dr. and Mrs. Evil. He proposes accusing Alex of having kidnapped Sandra. Dr. Evil says that won't fly because medical experts would be able to tell that MaryJo has had a baby. Mrs. Evil proposes that they just say that Sandra had a baby in Spain. Dr. Evil wonders if they can use Ulises somehow. He says they have the word of the people at the clinic in Mexico that Ulises is the one who left with her. Now Bruno is confused--he thought Ulises was in Argentina. Doc says he's in an induced coma, but they can revive him whenever. You should be worried Bruno…if you had an ounce of sense left in that pretty little head, you'd be picturing yourself in a hospital bed, pale and flabby, with no hipster scarf to accessorize your hospital gown.

Ulises has grown a pretty decent beard. Bruno is impressed, but he does look a little freaked out. The doc explains how they'd revive him. Bruno is worried about what happens after he wakes up. Doc says they'll just bribe him--all Ulises is ever after is money anyway. Bruno reminds him that Ulises wanted to marry Sandra and get the old guy's money…why would he settle for less? Dr. Jor-hey-he's-evil says they'll figure something out. "It's him or us." Bruno gives another freaked out look.

Chucho works on some pottery as Pedro comes home with flowers. I didn't know it was like that with them. Oh, the flowers are for the Virgen. Chucho wonders if they shouldn't take Sandra's ashes to a church. Oh, no, the flowers are for Sandra, got it. Pedro hasn't had any word about MaryJo and he's kind of nervous about it. Chucho tells Pedro that there's a party going on later being thrown by the guy who's going to make Gabriel famous, in order to introduce Gabe to rich people with no taste who like to buy art. What? Maybe his stuff's good, but we haven't really seen it yet. Pedro doesn't want to go, but Chucho tries to talk him into it. And fails. Chucho then tries to talk Pedro into going to Toluca and dragging MaryJo back by force. Pedro won't do it. That would take a spine.

Vicky, et. al., come home to hear the news that Alex, Paula, and MJ are all back. Ezequiel doesn't know the details, though.

Hernán checks out SandyJo. He gave her a sedative. She's very worked up and she's going through withdrawal from the medication. Alex asks if Hernán knows what it is yet, but Hernán is waiting for test results. He counsels Alex to have patience and reminds him that right now MJ thinks Alex and everyone in that house are her captors. Alex is not happy about this.

Paula cries and tells the assemblage at Casa Lombardo how MJ didn't believe them. She's very upset about the whole thing. Felipa suggests lots of praying. Hernán and Alex come downstairs. Fernando introduces Alex to Tió Emiliano. Tió suggests talking to SandyJo since she remembers him from before. Alex walks him upstairs while Vicky comforts Paula.

Emiliano tells Alex to buck up, he'll see what he can do. Alex hides in the hallway to listen. Emiliano wakes SandyJo up. She's thrilled to see him.

Bruno is getting antsy waiting for Doc Evil to come back from his lab. He's still stuck on the calling the cops plan. Doc Evil comes in right then and tells Bruno to cool it. They'll wait for Ulises to wake up. Bruno doesn't want Ulises marrying MJ, but Jorge says it's no big deal--Bruno can just kill him after. Once again, kiddies, why doesn't Evil do it himself? That's right, he's not a killer. Bruno laughs and Mommy Evil just looks mad.

Emiliano gives SandyJo the info about the scar on her back as a way to confirm that what Alex, etc., are saying is true. She says she knows she has a scar, but they probably are just using her scar to support their story. But why would Sandra have a scar? Well, probably from doing dangerous stuff in Spain. And why would both Sandra and MaryJo have a scar in the same place? Well…. She doesn't have an answer for that one, but it just makes her more confused. She woke up with no memory and people telling her who she was and now she's got a whole new set of people telling her she's someone else. Emiliano says that he's sure that the people here are her real family and she only feels like she doesn't know them because she's upset, but deep down she knows.... SandyJo doesn't want to keep discussing it. She keeps trying to make it Emiliano who's really the one who's confused. Emiliano keeps calmly trying to tell her that these are her people. She ends up crying and hugging Emiliano.

Gabriel looks uncomfortable at his party. Meche and Chucho are having fun, but Gabriel looks like he smells poo. He wishes Paula were there to see him in his new tan suit. But Paula's busy with her family drama. Gabe's patron comes over and grabs him so he can make the official introduction to the crowd. Gabe's pants are not fitting well. I can't tell if they're too tight or too loose. It's kind of a diaper-y effect.

Emiliano is still upstairs talking to SandyJo while Paula and everyone else are downstairs. Emiliano comes downstairs and reports that SandyJo is upset and confused. SandyJo doesn't want Emiliano to leave. He's not sure if he should stay, though, and he wants to go home and tell Porfirio what's going on. Alex wants to go to talk to Porfirio too. Emiliano says they've got to worry about MJ first. Alex wants vengeance, but Fernando tells him to leave it to the cops.

Maura paces the pink pad. She picks up the phone to call Bruno. Bruno, meanwhile is packing his suitcase while he shouts the entire story to Erick who keeps annoying him by asking stupid questions like "how the hell did that happen?" Bruno picks up the phone and Maura starts panicking. She calls Bruno an idiot when he tells her that Alex came to get MJ. This is when she realizes that it actually is MJ at the Lombardo house and not Sandra. Maura says Alex will never forgive them and he'll have her locked up forever. Bruno, just as brilliantly as ever, tells Maura that they've got a plan and if everything goes as planned, no one will get in trouble. Translation: I have yet another stupid plan that's going to end up getting us all thrown in jail as I have been incapable thus far of carrying out any of my plans in an advantageous way, except for killing the judge, but he'll probably come back in the end after having spent the last several months recuperating from a stabbing, a near-drowning, and amnesia back in the DR and be so pissed off that he'll make sure I get the book thrown at me for identity theft and attempted murder, even if it means he has to go to jail himself. Maura tells him to swear, but first he wants her to calm down. He tells her she has to have cold blood and stick to her original story, until some indefinite point in the future, when he will give her a different song to sing. He won't tell her what and he won't tell her when, but, hey, unless she's got a better plan…. Maura decides to "trust" him and says he'd better not let her down. Maura is an idiot, but then, we've known that for a while now. Bruno gets off the phone and gripes at Erick for staring at him. Then he makes Erick pack his suitcase. Erick looks a little dazed as he starts putting stuff in the suitcase.

Vicky comes upstairs with food for SandyJo. SandyJo asks who she is, but Vicky answers with "I brought you dinner. I hope you don't throw it at me like you did poor Ezequiel." SJ asks again and this time Vicky says she's Alex's stepmother and Bruno's mother. She also says that SJ knows Bruno as Damián. SJ refuses to sit down and eat. Vicky sits down to eat her own dinner. SJ sobs, asking why they did this to her. Vicky comes over to comfort her and tells her to cry it out, that life is screwing with her, but they really are her people. SJ accepts the comforting and keeps crying.

Roberto interrupts Raquel playing a solo game of Truth or Dare. I thought it was Spin the Bottle, but she's using Spin the Bottle Truth or Dare rules. She asks herself about her first love and is about to answer herself as Roberto walks in. He came to tell her that he's leaving in a few days. She doesn't care and apologizes to her imaginary guests for the interruption. You know, some girls just have tea parties, but whatever. Roberto wants to say goodbye to Alex, but Raquel says he's busy with MJ. Roberto is surprised to hear it. Raquel says that Maura thought it was the twin, so there's some confusion. Raquel returns to talking to the empty room about her first love.

Alex fumes downstairs while Paula keeps crying. Alex thinks Bruno will be there tomorrow. Fernando doesn't think he'll dare. Paula runs to Roberto for comforting as soon as he walks in. They explain to him that Sandra is the one who was in a coma and now she's dead. Paula will explain the rest to Roberto, but he has to promise not to tell anyone.

SandyJo wakes up to Alex sitting in a chair staring at her. She's still upset. She feels like her life has been stolen just when she was figuring out what her life was. Alex tries to explain that he's her husband, they have a baby. He wants to take her to see the baby, but she freaks out. Alex talks about how upset he was when she disappeared, but she refuses to let him call her María José. She's Sandra! Alex tells her that Sandra died of a drug overdose and MJ has never had drugs, so she needs to get it into her head that she's not Sandra. He leaves and MJ sobs. I know she's upset, but come one…on the one hand there are two bitchy people who seem to hate you and keep telling you that you're a whore and a druggie and a supposed ex-boyfriend who gives you bad vibes and keeps trying to get you to sleep with him. On the other, you have a whole bunch of people who seem happy to see you and they're telling you that you're basically a decent person married to a hot guy and with a cute little baby and none of them are trying to make you feel bad about yourself. And still, you'd rather be the whoring druggie?

Vicky gets an update from Alex. She's sad about what's going on. Alex is afraid they've lost her. Felipa comes over to ask how MJ is doing. She asks if she can have a chance. Alex says he's going to the office. Vicky gives him a blessing.

Felipa comes in with Cuco and a balloon. SandyJo digs Cuco. Felipa says "see, he recognizes you…and dogs don't lie." SJ is cheerful as she says maybe Cuco's just like that with everybody. Ha, ha…"he knows who his friends are." Felipa wants to show SJ something. She agrees, reluctantly, and lets Felipa lead her out of the room. Felipa tells her the story of rescuing Cuco as they walk downstairs, SJ holding Cuco. Felipa explains that the house is half Vicky's and was half Alex's, but Alex gave his half to her because he loves her. SandyJo is impressed by the size of the house. Felipa leads SJ outside, where the babies are on the lawn. Felipa talks about how much staff they have to maintain the house and grounds. When they get down the stairs, SJ lets Cuco down to walk on his leash. Rosie comes over with the baby, happy to se MJ. SJ coos over the baby and Felipa says it's her son. SJ can't decide whether to hold him or not. She eventually gives in, cause babies suck you in like that. Just as she takes the baby Raquel walks up, getting Cuco all agitated. Felipa basically says, "I told you so." SJ explains she isn't greeting Raquel because she doesn't know her. Raquel says "I can't tell if you're Maria Jose, who seduced my brother to get him to marry her or if you're that Sandra chick." SJ gets upset and gives the baby back to Rosie. She goes back to the house. Felipa tells Raquel that MJ lost her memory. Raquel reminds Felipa to keep to her place and Felipa, I think, calls Raquel a whore. There was bleeping involved.

Pedro mops the floor as Paula walks in. He's apparently mopping with his own tears. Paula heard that Pedro didn't want to go to work. She nags him. Pedro is just feeling toooo sad about Sandra's death. Even though he didn't spend time with her, or see her grow up, or call the frickin' cops to report that her mother had abducted her, he still feels the pain. Some of that I embellished. And on top of that they don't know what's up with MJ. Pedro has already decided they'll never see her again, but Paula reassures him things will be like they were before. Pedro has resigned himself to being left only with Paula. Paula keeps trying to cheer him up, saying that MJ will be back before they know it.

At work, Alex and Fernando review Dr. Jorge's web page. Nothing on the web page talks about how to restore the memories after they've been wiped. Alex is sick of MJ looking at him with hate and fear. He's sick of looking at medical textbooks to figure out how the brain works and not being able to understand half of it. He just keeps feeling more trapped. What if MJ never gets her memory back and keeps thinking he's a kidnapper? Fernando says if she loved him before, she can love him again. Alex is down and Fernando is waving the pom-poms for all he's worth. He suggests getting MJ to go have lunch with him, Vicky, and Emiliano. Alex gives the ok, if Vicky can talk her into it.

Maura walks in, all smiles and swishy hips. Alex will not let himself be cheered up by her. He refuses to give her any additional details about what's going on. Maura's good cheer evaporates.

Vicky gets the call from Fernando and goes to talk to MJ. MJ is looking at the photo album. She tells Vicky she saw the baby, but she doesn't remember having a baby. She says she was excited to see him, and she also felt tenderness for the other baby, but…she just doesn't know. MJ felt a lot of things with Tony, but she figures that's what she would feel for any baby. Vicky thinks it's a good sign that MJ dreamt about breast feeding, but now SJ says she's not even sure she was the one breast feeding. Vicky says she knows it's all confusing, but they're not lying to her. Vicky invites MJ to go out with her, Fernando, and Emiliano, but SJ is scared to go out in a strange place. SJ gets stuck on not having clothes, but Vicky points her in the direction of the closet. After Vicky leaves, MJ goes into the closet to find a nice burlap sack to wear.

Hernán takes Lisette to a clinic where people without means get cancer treatment. He points out another girl, Lety, who is Lisette's age and also had leukemia. Hernán says Lisette needs a friend right now. Lisette goes over and introduces herself.

Vicky and SandyJo join Emiliano and Fernando for lunch. She is happy to see Emiliano, and even Fernando, who she remembers from the party. Alex comes up, but he upsets SJ, who refuses to let him call her MJ. She also refuses a drink, but Emiliano and Alex suggest that this could be additional proof--she can try a drink and see if she feels the need for another. SJ agrees and orders a tequila. Emiliano starts talking about Chichen Itza. SJ and Alex get into another spat when SJ says she loves historical stuff and Alex says she can't know that if she's lost her memory and she says people know what they like, regardless. Dude, right now, she's not liking you very much, but at least this is more fire of any kind than she showed around Bruno. She ends up screaming at him and calling him the shameless guy who kidnapped her from her family. She gets up and tells the whole table that she was a promiscuous drug addict in Spain and she ended up in a coma from an overdose and Jorge was the one who brought her back, but in order to cure her addition he had to wipe her memory and now they're taking advantage of it. She storms off. Alex goes after her and insists she was never a promiscuous drug addict. SJ can't see any other explanation for her memory loss. Alex says it's what Elena and Jorge wanted her to believe so that they could swap her out for Sandra and get her to inherit her grandfather's money. SJ says maybe it's Alex who wants the money. She wants to go home to Toluca. Vicky comes up as Alex is grabbing MJ's arm and separates them. Vicky and SJ leave to go back home. Way to ruin a nice lunch, Alex. I vote they just lock her in somewhere and let her finish drug withdrawal. Preferably somewhere where Bruno and Co won't know where to look.

But alas, as we have seen from promos, that is not to be. And judging by the outfits, we don't have long to wait before Bruno comes to reclaim what was never rightfully his in the first place. Again.

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The kiddos, Aldo, Luisa. and Dani, have fled the evil castle controlled now by a misunderstood, misguided Coni. OK, OK, she has been a real pain in the butt here lately. She has unresolved issues but has not killed anyone... yet. They are with Moni and Mao at Moni's place. Moni reminds them of the first time they met. Yes, Aldo remembers, "You knocked out the thugs that were threatening us." "I will always protect you," but for now, they must return and stay with the cruel stepmother. Surprisingly, they understand.

Marcos is alone in his room with Isabel.They agree that Monita and Coni must not learn the truth. Isabel agrees to cooperate with Marcos... for now. Annoyed that he went to see Nieves and seeming to have plans for him herself, she grabs and kisses him. He resists , pushes her away, and is rescued by a knock at the door. He checks. He orders Isabel to hide. "It's my ex-wife!" Indeed, it's Jaqui, looking smart in a leather with a collar donated by a fox who is now shivering in the cold up north somewhere. I wonder if the PETA people have any more luck with their Emails than we do. They exchange pleasant greetings demonstrating their deep lingering affection for each other. She tells him that he is but a shadow of his former self. He counters that it is because he is not addicted to the placentas of mandrills as she is.They make a cute if volatile couple.

As Mao, Moni, and the kiddos walk bravely through the patio, Dani is still cradled in Mao's loving arms, wrapped in a blue blankee with pink bears, oblivious to all that has been going on around her. They encounter Teri, returning to the barrio. She of course is glad to see them, but relieved to hear that they are returning to the manor to face up to a wrathful Coni. She is proud of the maturity they are demonstrating. She predicts that they will all be reunited as a happy family soon. Huggies all around and Mauricio departs with the children. Teri reassures Moni that everything will workout. Moni looks... hopeful.

In their apartment (how many bedrooms does that place have?) Ximena, Rolu, Jero, and Arnie are seated around the table for dinner. They are awaiting Lalo who is invited but has not yet arrived. Tempers are a little frayed and bickering is the predominant mood. Jerónimo is looking forward to seeing Lalo who always lifts his spirits. He is bemoaning his recent turn of fortune and his betrayal by best bud Oscar. "After all we've been through. After that night together. It was a friendship strengthening thing," he hurries to add. I would guess so. "I don't deserve this!" Ximena asks, "May I tell you three things?" May I choke you three times?" he snaps back. Ignoring his surliness, Ximena observes a bright spot in all of this, "Im the only Sermeño left in the company! The company is now all about me." Rolu, counsels selling her part Jero sees this as an appropriate time to reveal his deep abiding affection, admiration, and devotion for his beloved sister and to remind her of his birthday coming up. Her shares would be a sweet gift. Arnie opines that the wise thing would be to hold on to her shares, her patrimony, but Rolu insists that she sell. Suddenly our dark-haired duena feels the pressure.

More fun with Jaqui and Marcos. These two seem evenly matched and the electricity veritably crackles between them. She wonders why he's in Mexico. "To be close to my daughters." He notes how lovely she is as a result of her collagen treatments. "Always trying to look younger for the youner men. They reminisce over her past husbands. They discuss her current relationship with Jero. He needles her that now that he has Jero's shares, he won't be able to pay for her BoTox. She wonders about his implying to Jero that he was responsible for the deaths of her subsequent four husbands. He asks pardon for taking advantage of her good fortune, "they all died." "Not such good luck... you're still alive," she observes. Well he has something for her. He takes a small box from a drawer and shows her... "Black pearls!" she's impressed. She admits that he's still an attractive man. They embrace. They kiss. The closet door concealing Jaqui cracks open. She peers out. What a sour expression.

The doorbell rings. Ximena is excited, "It's Lalo!" She insists that Arnie get it. He balks. Jero offers and gets up. "Sit!" Jemena orders, adding pleadingly, "porfis." She insists some more and Arnie reluctantly complies. Lalo dances gayly in, he has a bouquet which he enthusiastically offers to Arnie who hestates, then accepts. Jero, mumbling, grumbles, "You never brought me flowers." Ximena is delighted. Arnie prays for the earth to swallow him up.

Beto is suffering, but this time from his hangover. Moni seems to him to be shouting. He needs something to eat. "Nieves isn't here." He hurts. Moni notes his contusions and abrasions. "No, what hurts is my heart... well, OK my head, too." Moni gives him a hug and eases him into a chair at the patio table. She consoles. He announces, "I'm done with women." Moni's skeptical. I'm going to dedicate my life to el Señor. I'm going to become a priest." He gazes piously toward heaven. Moni is speechless. We are delighted . Padre Beto, who knew?

As Jaqui admires the pearls, Marcos tells her to forget Jerónimo, she deserves better. "Jerónimo is my slave, my doggy, my pet, I want to keep him happy," she rationalizes. She asks why he wants Jero's shares in th company and he cautions her not to meddle in his business. A knock at the door. He checks ."You must hide!" He wrestles a complaining Jaqui into a closet. He answers the door. "Nieves, what a great, pleasant surprise!"Her proud, erect stance is only slightly diminished by the unicorn she is clutcing to her bosom. He inites her inside and she complies, turning to face him. She admits that yes, she still loves him. He seizes her and kisses her. She responds enthusiastically. The poor little unicorn is crushed between them, a victim of their passion. Through a crack in the bathroom door, Isabel looks on disapprovingly (though who can really tell what this sour old biddy is thinking?). Jaqui peeking out through a cracked open closet door seems bemused with a knowing smile,"Ummm."

Meintras Tanto, Moni has recovered her voice. Don't talk crazy. A priest." He's serious. Sure. She saw him getting drunk on sacramental wine and stealing from the alms box to play cards. He is adamant. He must still be drunk so she offers him coffee. No, he has a hangover but otherwise he's perfectly sober. Coni has wrecked his plans. Now he only wishes to see her and Mao happy and procreating. He cautions her not to laugh. She struggles to keep a straight face. He continues, he will become a priest, perform their wedding, baptize their children, preside at their first communions, perform their weddings. Once again, Moni is speechless.

Nieves recovers her composure and pulls away from Marcos. "You have your reply, now I'm going." He asserts his love and implores her to stay. Nope, she's got her life and a man who loves her and treats her well, and he's the king of boxing. "Do you love him?" She ignores the question and starts out but notices the black pearls. "Black marbles?" "No, black pearls. I got them for you." "They're extremely ugly." Jaqui seethes and scowls from the closet.

Coni's home. She is joined by Katia who greets her with the news that the kids have packed their bags an left. She is put out that Katia let them leave. "I'm not their nana." Coni figures that Mao must have taken and hidden them somewhere. She'll have him put in jail. Just then Mao appears with the wayward children. "No need, here are my children," Mao announces.

Moni's still trying to get her arms around Beto's career plans. She points out the responsibilities and the thing he will have to forego. Drinking, carousing, women. He ponders, then replies that if he can't have Constanza, he wants no other woman. Wow, I believe.

Mao tells Coni that he will fight to have the children, but he won't fight dirty. He reminds the kids of his love and sends them off to bed. Coni reminds him that this is no longer his house but he needs to stay and talk a bit. He warns her that Moni is an experienced boxer (exactly what I have said) and that there is no way she can compete at her level. She reminds him that her became a world class luchador overnight. Well yes, there's that. He then tells her that he knows that she's met with Isabel.

Nieves is not impressed. She prefers her own more colorful, happy beads, thank you very much. She extends her hand. He kisses it. "I have no place in my life for you," she says as she proudly sashays out. Jaqui erupts from the closet and administers a wickedly serious slap. Ouch! "Thanks for reminding me of all the reasons I detest you!" Ouch, again. "Now I know where my daughter gets her taste for these jackals. I'll take my pearls. You offered this exquisite necklace to that woman who would know fine herbs from epasote. She leaves as Isabel emerges from the bathroom. (Elna June, are you noting a similarity to Moliére here?) "Vaya, looks like all your women decided to visit you at the same time." She warns him to stay away from Valentina (Monita) and he tells her to stay away from Coni. She agrees but tells him to tell la momia to stay clear of her. She is sure that knowing that Isabel is alive, Coni will at sometime use it against Moni. Alas, I fear she is right. She is leaving but pauses and turns to remind him,"The ball is in your court."

Coni doesn't know if she feels sorry for, or despises Mau. They spar over Mao helping Isabel deceive Monita. Coni doubts that Moni will understand. "I did it for love," he objects, the sort of thing Coni couldn't understand. Sacrifice. "Yeah, tell your little monkey that.Maybe everything will be alright. But you and I know it won't be. She'll never forgive you." I'm afraid Coni won that round.

Mao pounds on Beto's door. Beto's head is still pounding itself. "Come in my son, welcome to my humble abode." He tells Mao that he woke up with a clear head and is through with women. Like Moni, Mao is trying not to laugh. Beto tells him of his noble plan. Mao smiles and says that he's glad Nieves isn't here for he needs to talk with Beto. As long as he speaks softly Beto pleads. Mao announces, "Isabel is back."

Rolu and Arnie are seated at the table as Ximena comes down, looking fetching in brown wool. "Arnie made you breakfast," Rolu announces. Ximy has other plans, sorry. Lalo has invited her for breakfast. "Any message for Lalo Arnie?" "No." "Fine, I'll invent something." Wait, Arnie utters some inanities. "Better I make up something," and off she goes. "You see, she's going to tell him that I'm in love with him. I'm not gay!" "Yeah, but what's important is what's happening to me. I'm losing her. What am I going to do?" Rolu hasn't strayed far from his self-centered roots.

Beto is sure that Isabel is up to no good. Mao says that she says she's here to help. He tells Beto that Isabel has told him of a man who has arrived to upset Monita's life. She has insisted that he take Moni away. Beto thinks that there is no man and that Isabel and Coni have joined forces to annoy Monita. Mao tell Beto that they must confront the truth. Beto has his own problems and a killer hangover, but OK.

Beto has recovered enough to confront Coni in her lair. He calls out for her and she comes running. She attempts a hug but he holds her at bay. She tells him that she is so sad that she lost her child. She feels empty. He lights into her. She is empty. She has no heart or soul. She hurts everyone around her. "I'm not going to let you hurt Moni anymore." He will be like a scorpion. "Are you threatening me?" "Yes."

Rolu is venting. Should he continue pretending he can't walk? "You're wasting your time, she's on to you." Rolu can't imagine why Arnie thinks Ximy is so smart, "She doesn't even know what to do with her partnership shares. " "You gave her bad advice." "Don't meddle in what is not your concern." This fraternal chat is interrupted by the doorbell. Arnie gets it. "Buenos días." It's Marcos. He's looking for Rolando Klunder. "Pase, por favor." He enters and smiles a carnivorous smile at Rolu.

More Beto and Coni. This is painful for me. He tells her of his plans to give up women and become a priest. She doesnot want to lose him. Nor he, her. He has a huge heart. He wants her to be the mother of his children. He is willing to forgive her for everything she has done, but she must choose, "Our love or your vengeance."

Isabel is in her room, there is a knock at the door. "Qué haces aquí, Mauricio?" Mao is here to take her to see Valentina. Time to come clean.

Carlos

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It's dog eat dog at Auto Siglo. Moustache man, jealous that Don Carlos Lopez is sealing a deal tomorrow to sell ten trucks, watches Claudia moaning to said Carlos as she thrusts her breasts up his nose and moans: "Alexandra is going to fire me, I am three or four commissions short of my quota, and my whole family depends on me, even my poor old aunt in the hospital!" She cries unconvincingly and asks the sucker Lopez to accompany her to the bathroom; she waves her butt in his direction and he decides to give her three - then four - of his truck commissions, and she wraps herself around him.

Moustache spies on them and then rats them out to the big boss Beltran. The two rush through the hall and Beltran busts into the bathroom, where he sees the couple against the wall - Claudia's blouse is open.

And Moustache says "In addition, Lopez is neglecting clients in favor of canoodling!"

Elsewhere Susanna is giving Ale a massage. Ale's "nobody can disturb my peaceful moment" sigh is Beltran's cue to rush in and tell her to deal with her people.

She calls in the lovebirds, she yells and waves her crutch. Claudia says she had a fever and therefore loosened her blouse, Lopez says they're novios. Ale says, that is against the regulations - they say they're just friends - she says "intimate bathroom friends are not ok." One has to go: Ale chooses Claudia!

However, Claudia flounces to the boss, pulls her tricks, and he hyperventilates and then tells Ale she has to fire Lopez instead of Claudia.

Big drooling boss is not impressed by the 10 trucks that Lopez has virtually sold - and says, further, that Claudia's miniskirts and open blouses are good for biz. "So you have to fire Lopez, he's the pervert. Now you have to find a new salesman!" "Where will I find another salesman?" she asks herself...

Cut to Rafa, grimly telling ma and sis that he'll marry Vicki. They are skeptical and rather negative. He defends the decision - he and Vicki have been going together for years and he feels for her tenderness, solidarity... His sis mocks him and his mom worries that he's marrying "por interes" (for money).

At Auto Siglo, the salesforce is yakking about romance vs. capitalism. Ale stumps in and gripes that Beltran is keeping "the miniskirt" on the payroll -- and firing Lopez instead.

Ale asks Susanna to prepare Lopez's liquidation papers. In comes Marino, her most detested and pushy salesman, asking who's going to nab the 10-truck deal. "Can't we bury the dead first?" she asks.

Rafa's jailmates are out. I think they run some kind of beauty parlor. In comes a bombshell. They think she's their first customer but actually she's "Ovidia," their new associate.

Poor Lopez packs his stuff as Claudia hangs all over him, squeezing him for his database of clients and, especially, his big buyer. He's called away to Ale, however, and makes a deal: he'll submit his list of clients in exchange for a good letter of recommendation. Ale agrees and has Susanna lock his list in her desk.

Marco comes for her and she yells about her whole day and especially the nerve of Rafa asking for a job. After hearing her out, Marco says he thinks she SHOULD hire Rafa!

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Hi: This is Jean, one of Melinama's first recappers who has been resting since Dona Barbara ended last year. I'm wondering if anybody out there is Caray land who gets Telemundo is interested in blogging/discussing El Clon - the novela that starts on Feb. 12? This is a remake of a famous Brazilian novela from 2001. It sounds interesting and the lead (playing 3 parts, apparently) is Mauricio Ochmann, who is muuuuy guapo.
The wikipedia entry for the novela is below:

El Clon is a working title of a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and Rede Globo^[1]. It is a remake of O Clone, a Brazilian series that originally aired on Globo in 2001 and on Telemundo in 2002^[2]. This limited run melodrama, which stars Mauricio Ochmann and Sandra Echeverria^[3], deals with topics such as drug trafficking, cloning and Islam^[4].

Telemundo executive Mark Santana called El Clon "the most ambitious telenovela in the history of television."^[5] This melodrama features a love triangle featuring Lucas, a handsome hero, challenging his clone for the love of an enticing, exotic woman. Lucas is young when he falls for a young Arab girl named Jade. She is caught between modern values and her Islamic upbringing. They separate and two decades pass. Then a strange turn of luck brings the pair together. Then Jade meets the clone, who is just like Lucas, but twenty years younger. She must choose between the man she loved and the memory she cherishes.

The remake is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2010^[6]. It will be filmed in Morocco, with some scenes shot on location in the Middle East, as well as Colombia and Miami,^[7] although the main setting is Los Angeles^[8]. It includes several members of the original production team, including screenwriter Glória Perez and director Jayme Monjardim^[9].

Telemundo will likely air the serial from Monday to Friday over about 26 weeks. As with most of its other soap operas, the network will broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.. As part of the production deal, Globo agreed to embargo distribution of the original Portuguese version for five years.

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Rafael again explains his brilliant proposition to Jaime; he’s going to meet Alejanda and ask her to give him a job in the Siglo so he can pay her back. He even has a bargaining chip: Ale’s alligator pump.

Jamie tells him that would only work in Cinderella. (Or Novelaland.) Rafa says everything’s going to go well but asks Jamie to pray for him before he rushes out the door to his doom.

Alejandra’s on the phone with Marco in her office and is thrilled that all of her problems are solved: the lender is gone and her padre and tia don’t suspect a thing. She’s so grateful for all Marco’s done for her. (Susana tries not to roll her eyes)

Susana rains on the parade and tells Ale that the insurer found a problem with her car. It wasn’t insured and she needs a different one. (?) Ale tells Susana to write a letter demanding an answer about her car and deliver it immediately.

Susana hesitates because she was supposed to run an errand for Lic. Beltran. Ale gives him a call. He’s happy Ale is back at work and tells her to meet him in his office. He tells Ale he wants Susana to talk to his wife and calm her fears about rumors of his infidelity. Susana sets off and promises Ale that she’ll deliver the letter while she’s out.

Rafael arrives at the Siglo and says a quick prayer before heading inside. He just manages to avoid being seen by Susana as she walks out.

Claudia spots Rafa and zeros in. He asks to see Ale and is rescued from having to give his name when Claudia spots Ale coming out of her office. She rushes over to tell Ale that a man is looking for her. Ale has no interest but Claudia talks her into agreeing to meet with him after she goes to see her boss.

Claudia tells Rafa the good news, offers him a seat while he waits, and runs off to get him a glass of water. He admits Claudia is muy guapa but Ale is much more talented. He snaps out of it when a swarm of other employees try to sell him a car.

Lic. Beltran insists on helping Ale sit down in his office and does more harm than good in doing so. He asks how things are going but Ale refuses to be reminded about it. He asks how she’s been feeling and she explains what a hell her life has been.

Lic. Beltran interrupts her and laments how sharply sales have dropped recently. Ever the humble Ale says she’s returned early because sales are a disaster without her. He agrees and asks her to repeat what she was saying. Ale goes on again about how the doctor ordered her to not to go back to work for another month but she couldn’t stand it.

Licenciado has been paying her no attention and complains that Marino is the only employee who’s met the quota. Ale promises now that she’s back everything will return to normal. He stares at the computer screen and asks again what she was telling him.

Ale barely gets two words out before he kvetches the Siglo will have to make 2 million pesos that month in order to make up for their losses. Ale vows she and her employees will work tirelessly to succeed.

Ale stumbles and falls while trying to get up; Lic. Beltran is oblivious and says he’s glad she is healthy and working again. Ale is left to crawl up off the floor on her own.

Claudia returns to Rafa and shoos everyone else away. She asks if he’s sure there isn’t anything she can help him with. Rafa declines and sees Ale enter the lobby. She tells Claudia she doesn’t want to see anyone and shouts to the employees that she’s heard about the awful sales since she’s been gone. She wants to meet with all the employees in an hour to go over their sales.

An employee named Bulmaro Lopez tries to slink by but Ale notices and demands to talk to him in private, pronto. Claudia asks what to do about Rafa and Ale unwillingly agrees to meet him in her office when she’s finished tongue-lashing Bulmaro.

Rafael paces alone in Ale’s office and rehearses what to say to her. “Hola! I’m the guy who sent your car off a cliff and shattered it to pieces.” He and I both agree that’s not a very good opening line.

As expected, Ale is chewing Bulmaro out for his poor sales. Claudia interrupts and Bulmaro bolts. Claudia disproves of how Ale has been treating everyone and vows to prove that she’s a worthy employee.

Rafa overhears Ale screeching outside and gets even more nervous.

An employee named Ramirez tries to suck up to Ale but it backfires.

Ale enters her office and greets Rafa. She asks him to sit and corrects him when he sits on the couch instead of at the desk. Ale asks what brilliant business plan he has to offer that Claudia told her about. Rafa starts to speak but Ale answers her cell phone before he can say much.

Just Rafa’s luck, it’s Ale’s doctor calling which gives her a reason to curse the idiot who nearly killed her and left her in such pain. She hangs up, takes her medication, and tells Rafa all about the drunk jerk who caused her accident. Rafa balks at the world drunk but Ale says that’s what the police told her; she wouldn’t know because she was unconscious and it’s all that loser’s fault.

Rafa says maybe the man was desperate, had a problem with his novia, or was depressed because of a bad business deal. Ale shouldn’t judge him without knowing the man or giving him an opportunity to explain what happened. Alejandra isn’t hearing it and will have every cent paid for all the disasters he caused. The only way she wants to see that man again is hanging from a rope.

Rafa gulps and says Dios urges forgiveness in situations like hers. Alejandra scoffs and asks if Rafa could forgive someone who wrecked his car, broke his leg, ruined his wedding, etc. Rafa says of course he could! There are worse things: murder, kidnapping, genocide, a bad haircut, or staining a dress with a cocktail.

Ale agrees but says if Rafa were in her situation he would strangle the guy. Rafa disagrees and says when he looks in her eyes, he sees a peace-loving woman with a beautiful light inside. Ale is charmed. Rafa asks if she believes in God. In a roundabout way, she says she doubts it but wants to know why he asked.

Rafa says because she needs to pray and forgive the man who wrecked her car. The most important thing is that she is still alive. Ale wants to cut to the chase and asks Rafa his name. He hesitates, sets the high-heel on the desk, and says his name is Rafael Medina. Ale is speechless…for a minute anyway.

Ale chucks the shoe at Rafa’s head and screams “No puede ser!” (Well, you know someone had to say it eventually.) She chases him around the room and swings her crutches at him while Rafa hops over tables and scrambles under desks.

During this chase, Ale asks if Rafa has brought his payment and he says no because nobody would give him a job. Ale asks what kind of moron would hire him, anyway? “You?” asks Rafa. Ale swings at him again and Rafa explains he wants to work in the Siglo so he could pay her small amounts immediately instead of waiting each month. Ale shrieks for him to get out and Rafa makes a dash for it.

Rafa hotfoots it outside and Susana walks past him again. She can’t remember where she’s seen his face until she flashes back to one of the hospital scenes. I guess she didn’t recognize him without a bloody nose.

An employee cleans up Ale’s office and Susana rushes in to tell her what she just saw. Ale tells her all about her encounter with Rafa.

Claudia flirts with Bulmaro and asks if he’s jealous of Ale’s amigo she met with earlier. Bulmaro admits he likes Ale but doesn’t want to talk about it. He leaves to take care of a customer who ends up wanting to buy 10 cars for his company.

The other employees marvel at Bozo Bulmaro’s luck. Claudia overhears and starts to unbutton her blouse, presumably to set off to work.

Susana says Rafa seems different and interesting. Ale sets off on her usual tirade about how he ruined her life. In fact, she’s sure he had fleas. (corrucos? I couldn’t find a good translation but guessed fleas because of her scratching.)

Susana says fleas or no, he saved your life. Ale says it doesn’t matter; she hates him with all her soul. Susana calms Ale down and asks her what she thought of Rafa before she knew who he was. She says he looked nice and average but so did Hitler.

Rafa is back at home and is still not put off by Ale. “What a woman!” He tells Jaime. “If she is that pretty when she’s injured, imagine how gorgeous she is normally.” Rafa is just full of compliments about her. (A glutton for punishment if I ever saw one!)

Jaime still thinks it’s crazy for Rafa to deal with such a spiteful woman who hates him. It’s going to be impossible to get her to accept his proposition. Rafa says he has to do something or else it’s back to jail and his madre will lose the house.

Jaime asks what he plans to do. Rafael says he’s going to do something radical and suicidal: marry Vicky. Jamie’s jaw hits the floor.

Avances: The Siglo is a barrel of laughs and gossip when Claudia and Bulmaro get caught making out by Lic. Beltran. Rafa repeats that he’s going to marry Vicky.

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Meanwhile, at Maura's Hello-there Pink Kitty kiddie pad of premeditated prostitution, various unsuspecting priviledged youth are enjoying the free booze 'n eats. Crotchya is now high on Spanish Fly which fake Mario Aguirre, alias Matteo, alias "El Güero" [Blonde-boy/White Boy]--now all platinum and curls-- has been slipping her in her drinks. Mau checks off another success on her list of schemes as she watches him walk the Crotchya into a back bedroom to be seduced/date-raped (take your pick) and Bruno's image fades from what remains of the lollipop-licking little lush's conscious.

Speaking of lushes, the next day Roberto and Raquel finalize their quickie, no-contest divorce. The only problem is custody of Victoriacita. Raqhell refuses to give her to him. The judge says Bobo has no parental rights as he's not the biological father. Bobo, fearful that his bro-mance with the AWOL Ulises will come out, refuses to officially contest Raqhell's custody.

In Toluca's back forty at Mengele Manor, "Pau-li-esther" [kudos, Susanlynn] finds Mary Jo/Sandra reading on the patio and invites her along for a helicopter trip to a shoot with "Nicolas" and her. MJ/S refuses because she's still angry at Nico for standing her up the other night. "He didn't even have the courtesy to let me know he wasn't going to be able to make it!" Pau apologizes and explains it must have been because they were called away to a very ill person's bedside at the last minute and that they didn't get back till late the night before. This softens MJ/S up a bit. She's even sympathetic when Pau mentions the person died and they went to the funeral after.

Pau then butters MJ up by mentioning that ever since Nicolas met her he can't stop talking about her. Flattered, MJ/S gives in and agrees to go with the two of them but first wants to tell her mother she's leaving. Pau talks her out of that wrong-headed notion, saying she knows the woman doesn't like her and Nico that much. Since it will only be a couple of hours, MJ/S can just go and explain when she gets back that they went on a walk together; no harm, no foul, no argument. MJ/S agrees that's better and the two of them race off to meet up with Nicolas.

Back at the rental house, Alex is giving Arturo instructions on paying the landlord and getting their stuff back to Mérida when Pau shows up with MJ. Pau mentions that MJ/S was angry at being stood up until Pau had explained what happened to them. Alex is confused and looks over at Arturo who swears he gave the message to her mother. Obviously, Mama didn't mention it to "Sandra". Nicolas's smile wins out and she takes off with him and "Esther" in the 'copter.

Back in mah-h-h-vellous Mérida, Fer and Emiliano are about to leave to pick up Vicki for their trip to Chichén Itzá. (Hubby and I note the vanilla couches in this 30-something male's living room and shake our heads listing various reasons his couches aren't done up in dark, seductive leather like any self-respecting horny male would generally have. 'Nuff said.) T.E. wonders if Katia might change her mind and want to go with them, but Fer says he doubts it. She got back late and when he went to discuss it with her she had locked the door to her room. T.E. offers to talk to her about it, but Fer says not to waste his time. "The more one scolds the more she rebels." He's hardpressed to know what to do with her at times.

After Fer and his Tío leave, Katia comes out of her room and walks downstairs. Lisett rings her on the phone. Lis asks why she hasn't come to visit. She's feeling lonely and left out. Katia tells her not to start since she's got a hangover from the party Mau had the night before. Lis feels even more left out than ever and whimpers a bit as she explains how lonely and scared she is that the doctor may come in to say that the transplant has failed. Lis is facing death while they just party on. Crotchya rolls her eyes, bored, and heartlessly refuses to sympathize with Lis. "--Life goes on. Don't blame me because you got sick!" As Dr. Hernan walks in and silently overhears the one-sided conversation, Lis answers back that she guesses she was wrong to think that Katia might care to share a bit of her precious time by keeping her company. Click! Hernan can't help but take pity on Lis. (Viewerville blows the old dude a kiss.)

Meanwhile, we are beamed back to Mengele Manor as Elena realizes MJ/S is gone and the gardener tells her that she left only twenty minutes before with Pau-li-esther.

At the Lombardo compound, Bobo returns from the divorce hearing with bad news. He tells Vicki he let Raqhell keep custody of the baby for fear of the gossip his aforementioned bro-mance with Uli would cause. She sympathizes and says she'll speak to Raqui about it ASAP. He says he's only there to pick up his things before moving into his new apartment. He asks for permission to visit the baby from time to time because he's worried that Raqhell will refuse him. Vicki says of course. Felipa adds that the state Raqhell's in all the time she'd hardly even notice. Once Bobo leaves, Vicki starts for the chalet to give Raqui a piece of her mind. Talk turns to Fernando's visit that lasted from 8-11 PM. They snicker over the significance and Felipa promises that mum's the word.

Across the way at the chalet, Vicki comes a callin'. She lets Raqhell have it straight betweeen the eyes. Vicki says she heard about the custody hearing but doubts rocky Raqui, drunk as a skunk 110% of the time, would be able to care for that little baby. In fact, she's certain Raqui did it just to irritate and frustrate Roberto. Raqhell replies, "Better a drunk than in the hands of a sexual pervert." Vicki seems to realize that neither is optimum and says she'll never let Raqui touch little Victoria as long as she's still drinking. In fact she's tired of feeling pity for her and hoping she'll eventually mend her ways. Raqui can only guffaw at the baby's name. "Victoria?" Vicki sneers back that Roberto named her that and she'd still be nameless if they'd waited on her to give the baby a name. Raqhell teeters a bit and then laughs. "Call her what you want. I could give a damn. Keep her if you want. Consider it a gift!" She stumbles away to swill down the rest of the glassful. Vicki (along with Viewerville) sighs a sigh of relief at that one. (Hmmm. This might solve the problem of Fer having a chance at fatherdom. --Echhh!)

Meanwhile, Fer and his tío arrive at the manse. Emiliano is amazed at the wealth of the estate. Fer states that "hard work and brilliant negotiating skills earned them this fortune." Vicki and Felipa arrive. There are introductions all around. They head off for the tourist ruins.

At the same time somewhere in the air over Mexico, Mary Jo is becoming anxious at being gone too long and not having told her mother so that she won't worry about her. Alex and Pau try to stall for time. He pretends his cell won't work in that area and guilts her into trusting him a little while longer, then promises to take her back as soon as the picture shoot is over. He also promises to explain things to her mother for her. This calms MJ/S down a bit finally. She's antsy but she gives in.

Back in the boonies of the Tolucan outback Bruno is now complaining to Elena about letting MJ go off with that photographer and his sister. Elena says they'd never been gone so long before and didn't think it would matter. Anyway, she didn't "let" her daughter do anything. The girl didn't tell her. "She pretty much does what she has a mind to anyway." Bruno asks for a physical description of the brother and sister and smacks the wall when he realizes it fits Alex and Paula's description to a T. He tells Elena his suspicions. She tells them they rented a house nearby. He races off to the place to verify what he suspects.

At Chichén Itzá, it seems Fer and Company have the entire site to themselves. (Note: There's not another living soul around in a place that is always teeming with people.) We get a lecture on mesoamerican history and the area, as well as the ritualistic games and the architectural design and placement of the stones that always manage to catch the light of the biennial solstice. [http://www.mesoweb.com/chichen/features/tour/23.html] FF>>

Back in Toluca once more we see Bruno racing over to speak to the caretaker of the rental house Alex and Pau had occupied till that morning. He gets a physical description and knows for certain he just got duped by Alex.

Alex now has the helicopter land among some romantic ruins (a national park I think). MJ/S races ahead and asks nervously what story he planned to tell her. He follows with Paula and begins: "I met a rather humble man a while ago. He had two daughters. One was named Paula and the other Mary Jo." MJ/S stops in her tracks and listens intently. She flashes back to the time she walked in on Jorrible Jorge griping at Elena about some guy " not taking very long to realizethe girl is not Mary Jo" and her asking them who Mary Jo was. Alex continues: "A bit after the man told me he had another daughter also, but that his wife left him and took her along with her. That other daughter was Mary Jo's twin." MJ/S stops to process and frowns deeply as Viewerville teleports back to C.I. and a lecture about the ritualistic antecedent soccer fields. [http://chichenitza.com/listingview.php?listingID=9&name=Great+Ball+Court].

T.E. compliments Fer's choice in girlfriends. This embarrasses Vicki, but Emiliano smoothes right over it and says many men would give their all to have a wise, cultured and lovely girlfriend like her; they continue the tour arm in arm, all smiles. [Blech.] FF>>

Meanwhile, back at the other ruins, MJ/S continues processing the tale "Nicolas" is telling her. Instead of taking it in stride, she decides to scream and race through the place like a ninny. She is crying and yelling because she doesn't understand. Pau frantically tells her to trust them. MJ/S screams back that she wants to leave. She won't listen to this story. Alex tries reasoning with her. He says he understands the anxiety she must be feeling, but it's only because down deep she senses the story is true. MJ stops and stares at them like a scared, trapped little animal. Alex tells her she's one of the twins. She's Mary Jo. She refuses to believe him. "NO!" He continues. "--We have a son and you are my wife." In a one-hanky scene, she covers up her ears and refuses to listen to any more of it. She races away again and screams for help, then falls to the ground and cries. Alex trails after her and cries at her side.

Back at Mengele Manor, Jorrible Jorge scolds Elena for letting MJ out of her sight. "You were to take care of her. That's all I asked you to do, damn it!" She reminds him that it was his idea that she have a few friends and adds that MJ took off without letting her know. (What is it with the plaster of Paris rooster and chicken in country kitchens, anyway? Why are these things always presumed to add that touch of rustic authenticity? --I guess they are too damned big to be just your average salt and pepper shakers, though, huh.)

Jorge wonders if those two friends were possibly Alex Lombardo and her sister. Elena says that is what Bruno had thought. She has no idea. Just then Bruno races back in to tell them his suspicions were right and it was Alex and her daughter, Paula. They kidnapped her for sure! (That's "rescued", Bruno. R-E-S-C-U-E-D.) Jorge needs to be certain. Bruno calls Maura and tells her he needs her to investigate whether MJ has returned back home at the Lombardo compound. (Man, what Viewerville wouldn't give for a lillypond like Mau's.) Mau asks why and then how. He snaps at her to just do it and he'll explain later.

Jorge, meanwhile, asks Elena if she knows whether MJ took her pills but Elena has no clue. He yells at her to go find out. Bruno asks him what happens if she stops taking them. Jorge says the effect will wear off; she'll become irritable and unbalanced [descompensarse] and then she'll begin to recover her memory little by little. Bruno admits that will mean a trainwreck for their plans.

Elena returns and says the bottle is gone. Jorge wonders if it means Mary Jo was thinking to leave and not return.

We continue touring C.I. with Fer and Company (FF>>) while MJ continues screaming and yelling in the helicopter now that she just wants to go home. The pilot gets antsy. Alex winks and tells him she's just nervous. "You know where to take us now....Toluca." This buys them a little peace and quiet.

At the hospital back in Mérida, Hernan lends a sympathetic ear to lonely Lis as she explains how she's been kicked to the curb by everyone, including her big sis. When Maura does visit it's only for a minute or two. Hernan tells her he's got a place they'll visit together soon. She's dying to get out of that hospital room and says that's great.

In the C.I. ruins again, Fer and Co. have a late lunch. Emiliano is thrilled with the Yucatan. They join him in a toast to the birthday boy. He gets on a first name basis with Vicki. Finally he asks her and Fer if they know someone named "Damian Alebeniz." He explains about his old, sick friend, Porfirio and his wish to make his granddaughter, Sandra, his sole benefactor --but not until she marries. The guy who she's supposedly engaged to is this Damian and Porfi wants more information about him. Fer tells Vicki it's time to face up and 'fess up, painful as it might be. She does. "--Damian is my son's second name. He goes by Bruno Alebeniz or Bruno Lombardo." Emiliano wonders if this is the same Bruno Katia was supposedly engaged to. Fer clarifies that they were never engaged as they'd led him to believe, but yeah, that's the guy. Vicki says it may sound crazy, but the girl isn't Sandra. She's really Mary Jo. Tío E. is saucer-eyed-impactado and very confused.

The helicopter now lands back on the grounds of the Lombardo compound and MJ/S is on the warpath. She struggles with Alex all the way down the embankment. She calls Pau and him a couple of charlatans and threatens to have them put in jail. Alex tells her he'll give her the rest of the details back inside the house. He calls her "My love." Big mistake. She slaps him. Zeke then greets her as "Sra. Mary Jo." She screams at him that her name is Sandra and lets him have an earful, too.

Across the way from the porch at her chalet, Raqhell, soused and steadying herself on the railing, squints and blinks at the scene. She can't believe her pickled peepers. It seems that the nearly dearly departed Mary Jo has returned from the edge of her grave. She mutters to herself. "Has she been cured?"

Inside the main house it's near bedlam. Pau tries to get Mary Jo to calm down. Zeke tells Alex where his mother's gone as MJ screams in the background that she's tired of all their lies and that she knows perfectly well who she is: she is SANDRA! Alex manages to keep her away from the phone and calling the police. She screams at him. "You're taking advantage of me! You're a couple of cunning cons!" She finally races upstairs to get away from them. Alex yells back as he runs up after her. "--Just like Jorge and Elena were when you met them a month ago!"

MJ/S tries shutting the bedroom door in his face but is unable to keep him out. She hides in a corner by the bed stand and cries. "What are you going to do with me now?" He takes the photo album off the nightstand and hands it to her. She refuses it, saying the pictures could have been photo-shopped. Besides, she has seen pictures of herself at the rancho in Toluca. In another one-hanky scene Alex explains those were of her twin. MJ demands to know then what happened to her twin. Alex says that unfortunately she died a couple of days ago. Mary Jo crawls away howling in frustration, fully confused, totally frightened and disoriented from what she's been told. Alex crawls towards her and grabs her. She asks what he wants from her. "I want you to listen to me and to be the same way you were before: tender, loving." She bawls even harder. He weeps beside her.

Back in C.I. Emiliano learns from Fer and Vicki that the real Sandra died from an overdose of drugs and that, in order to get hold of her inheritance, Jorge and Elena kidnapped her twin, Mary Jo, making her believe she was Sandra through a treatment of mind-altering and memory suppressing drugs Jorge developed. Tío E. is Tales-From-The-Crypt-impactado. He says he knew Jorge was reknowned for his research but had no idea that he would put it to such use. He asks them how they knew the girl dropped in front of the house wasn't MJ. Vicki explains about the robbery and stabbing that left MJ's back scarred. This girl didn't have that scar and her tattoos had been erased chemically, says Fer. Again Emiliano is drop-jawed impactado and says he will have to inform his friend about what he found out. (This is something the whole of Viewerville anticipates seeing. It'll be popcorn and pizza with obligatory ring-side seating for one and all!)

In Mérida, meanwhile, Mau pays a visit to Raqhell under the pretext of still considering them to be friends in spite of all that's gone on. Rocky Raqui is playing chess with an imaginary friend in between guzzles of white wine. Mau's disgusted. "--Still drinking I see." Raqhell tells her to save the sermons or leave, but of course Mau needs information. She says she came to find out how Raqhell was getting along. Raqhell thought she could care less about her anymore, but Mau says sure she cares, just like she cares about the family and Alex. Alex still matters to her. "How are Alex and Mary Jo, by the way?" Raquel steadies herself in her chair and giggles. "You won't believe it but Mary Jo is back! Alex brought her home!" Mau is sour-puss impactada. "Are you sure it was Mary Jo and not her twin? All the doctors said it was impossible to save her." "--She has a twin?" Raquel mentions then that Bobo told her once MJ had a twin, but she never believed him. "--Well, now you know he was telling the truth so she could very well be that twin." Mau's nervous smile is crooked as a dog's hind leg.

Inside the main house again, Alex is on the phone with Hernan explaining what's happened. Hernan gets angry because Alex didn't follow their plan. Alex says MJ was being stalked and so he had to take action. He then mentions that he brought back her bottle of pills with him for testing. He explains that she's fine but hysterical. Hernan is worried that without her medicine MJ could become irrational and have a complete breakdown. (I'd say we're there already, doc.) Alex says it's more important to find out what's in the compound so they can find something to counteract it. Hernan wants the bottle of pills ASAP so he can send them to the lab.

Pau mentions to Alex afterwards how badly it hurt seeing the hate in her sister's eyes. Alex says not to worry because Hernan will help them. Pau wonders if she should let Papi Pedro know MJ's back, but Alex says to hold off.

Zeke takes a tray of food up to MJ. She knocks it out of his hand and chases him out, telling him she's Sandra, not Mary Jo, and that they're all criminals who belong in jail.

Downstairs, Pau asks Alex what else they can do especially if she's refused to accept the photo album. He says it can't be helped because right now she only remembers the recent past.

Zeke returns to the kitchen. He tells Felipa and the housekeeper what a monster Mary Jo's become. Felipa says it's to be expected after being kidnapped by strangers and told that she's really somebody else. "She probably thinks she's gone crazy." [volver loco] The housekeeper asks if Sr. Alex might have made a mistake and the girl is really Sandra. Felipa doubts it and says that "a man so in love as Alex would recognize his love even with his eyes closed." She thinks that once she holds the baby in her arms the memories will come rushing back to her. Zeke is afraid that MJ's too violent and might hurt the baby.

Mau now struts into the living room of the main house and questions Pau whether MJ is really back home since according to the doctors recovery was out of the question. Pau is not up for sh!t from the likes of MJ's main competition. She sneers back. "Yes, though it pains you to know it, Mary Jo is back home." Mau asks if it isn't really her twin. Pau suddenly jumps Mau. It's catfight city. "Of course it isn't her twin!!!" Alex races back in after hearing the commotion. (Alex, move just a bit slower, can't you? Let The Pugster get in a few more shakes and hair-pulls, all right?) He breaks them up. Mau says Pau's gone nuts. Pau insisits she's not nuts and runs upstairs. Mau calls her an idiot. Pau spits back that Mau's the idiot. Mau ignores the reply and asks Alex if it's true that MJ is back and recovered. Alex half fibs. "Yes, it's true." "--How did you manage that?" "--It was a miracle. Even the doctors were surprised." Mau struggles to mask that sour-puss look of hers. Trying to cover her tracks --if not her nearly naked buttocks--when MJ or somebody else eventually blames her for her role in the kidnapping, she suggests that MJ will no doubt be confused about everything. Alex says they'll see, but he hasn't had a chance to talk much with her. (Get a clue, Alex! The woman is bad to the bone.) Mau gives him a sweet, sensual peck on the cheek and asks him to keep her informed. They're still friends, after all. She struts away. He frowns as she goes.

The housekeeper is now upstairs cleaning the room for Mary Jo as she comes out of the bathroom. She is greeted with another "Sra." MJ asks if the housekeeper recognizes her. The housekeeper says of course: she's Sr. Alex's wife and Baby Tony's mother. Mary Jo asks the baby's age and learns he's only 3 1/2 months old. The housekeeper leaves. Mary Jo sits on the side of the bed and begins leafing through the pictures of her and Tony. "This is the baby I painted!" She remembers breastfeeding a baby boy and painting his picture. Doubt takes over and she begins to wonder about what they've all been telling her. "Could they be right?"

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