Caray, Caray!

On this, my last night to recap CS, did I get an exciting episode filled with madness and mayhem? Death and destruction? No. I got about 5 minutes of good action and the rest is flashbacks and filler. But for all my readers in Viewerville I will do my best to make this enjoyable.

Disclaimer: Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am not responsible for how boring this episode was, for Leo’s ugly dress, or for the rat in the bucket.

Juan is chained to the ceiling and Rod is teasing him with the whip. Beat me Big Daddy! Come on! Too bad he just can’t get behind Rod and get him in a sleeper hold. He’s tall enough to do it. Me, I’d have to stand on a chair and that would kind of ruin the surprise. Rod leaves and locks him in his cell. He keeps trying to get loose.

Over at De Marin’s, JimAngela is so happy to think that she will be married to Gabe by tomorrow. They talk about everybody being happy. She’s sad when she thinks about Juan Mari reminds her that Gabe is suffering also.

Gabe is on the beach practicing his sword fighting and freaking out his horse. He stabs the sand. Tomorrow he gets married but his friend/father figure/boss is not at his side. He looks determined and pissed off.

Santos is on the beach looking out to sea. He looks very sad also. Jacinta sees him and tells him not to be sad because they are about to marry. He says yes but he is sad because Juan won’t be with them. He is always with us. His heart is always with us. Santos cries.

Juan is doing pull-ups in his cell. No wait, he’s trying to escape. My mistake. Somebody bellows his name. It’s Rod. He’s just checking to see if Juan’s accommodations are to his liking. No, that’s not it. He’s going to enjoy Juan’s suffering. You don’t know how much. Juan calls him a coward. Rod gets all warmed up. He uses that whip like a girlie-man. I’m so afraid. Gabriella from FELS makes Rod look like a girl scout.

Regina is sitting up in bed looking pretty in pink. She remembers back to when they were forced to get married. She remembers the wedding day. Flashbacks from the ship. She realizes that she has loved him all this time. She kisses her ring remembering her first kiss with Juan and all her other kisses after that. She says you can’t be dead. You can’t abandon me.

Back at the Finca Rod is finished with his flogging. Juan insults Rod and Rod insults his father. Juan gets all lathered up and says don’t insult my dad. Juan says you never accepted that my mom could love someone besides you. That I am their son. Rod hits him. That rat in the bucket disturbs me. Your daughter is expecting my child. Rod smacks him again. It will be a bastard. Regina will never return to you. Still the rat. Ewww!

It’s a dark and stormy night. Arcadio is still pacing at the finca. Where is that woman? Leo shows up and said she had to get the jewels. Arcadio tells her everything is ready for tomorrow. He escorts her to the dungeon.

Juan is still trying to get loose. He’s trying to pull the beam down to get his hands free. Good idea. He thinks of Regina and works harder to get himself free. He has flashbacks of Regina. The night she told him he could sleep with her. Their first night of passion. He thinks that she has to know that he is still alive.

Over at the doctors, Pablo doesn’t think it is wise for Regina to go to the weddings. She begs to go to the religious ceremony. She wants to be there since Juan can’t. She has faith that he will return. She says they should all be happy because that is what Juan would want.

Over at Renato’s he’s talking to himself. I can’t look at Regina because Juan is not back. I’m not convinced that Juan is dead. He flashes back to the sword fight on Penon del Diablo. Regina’s son will be a bastard.

Down in the dungeon Rod is trying to convince Juan that he loved MdR with all his heart. You don’t know love. I continue loving her. If you love my mother as much as you say then why are you such a pain in everyone’s ass? When your mother decided on another it changed my whole life. It made me what I am. For the first time I’m speaking the truth. Really? I love her more than my own life.

The next day everyone is gathering for the big event. Did I see Fully? Noel is going on about the ceremony and how great it was. Mari agrees. Colibri announces the novios are coming! The three couples appear in boats. Everyone looks so awesome. Pedro gives a toast to all the couples but especially to Juan who he knows is with them on this special day. Let’s start the music. There is a huge cheer for that. Music and dancing begins.

Over at Renato’s he drunk again. Leo comes home and blasts him for always being drunk. She makes him take a look at himself in the mirror. He sure looks like hell. But he did come back from the dead so maybe she should cut him some slack. If’s he’s going to redeem himself he better get a move-on. Only two more episodes to go. He starts to take a drink but pauses. Dramatic music plays in the background. He must have heard me. He turns and looks in the mirror again. He throws his drink at it. Do you know how many dumpster diving trips it would take me to find a mirror that awesome? Geez!

Back to the party. Snore FF>> Noel is singing FF>> for real. Everybody is laughing at him. Oh the horror! Make it stop! FF>>x2

Renato comes down fresh as a daisy. I hear the Rocky theme song playing in my head. He looks at himself in the mirror that he ruined and thinks that she will see him as the Renato he was before.

Back at the fiesta Eusabio and Pedro are acting like the 3 stooges minus one. Noel gets asked to dance. I’m not even going to comment on that. More FF>>

Back to Rod and Juan in the dungeon. (Thank Gawd!) I think Rod’s losing his mind. He just keeps talking but not really to Juan. He keeps talking about how beautiful MdR was and how rotten Juan’s father was. Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard it all before. Juan tries to get through to him. To tell Regina that he is still alive. She’s very fragile. She might lose our child. Oh yeah, I’m sure that’s going to happen. I think Rod is about one brick shy of a load at this point.

Back to the party. Man, I’m getting whiplash. Each new husband tells their new wife how much they love them. Each bride looks beautiful and each groom looks handsome. Except maybe for Santos who looks better but the jury is still out on that one. Smoochies all around.

Over at Pablo’s Regina is still trying to convice him that she feels great and wants to go to the party. He wants her to get back in bed and rest. Party pooper. The doc leaves. Regina says screw this, and gets out of bed and covers her head with a shawl. Because for sure nobody will recognize her.

Renato is riding his horse through the countryside.

Arcadio is pacing and thinking that he needs a bottle of something.

Pablo comes back to check on Regina and sees that the bird has flown the coop. What did you expect anyway? She left. She must have gone to the wedding party. Really? You don’t say? Duh!

Arcadio is doing what he does best--lurking. He sees Regina walk by. He sneaks up behind Regina and grabs her. Bastard! He throws her to the ground and yells at her about what a bad woman she is. He straddles her and holds her on the ground. He smacks her. Where did that come from?

Juan is still trying to have a rational conversation with Rod. He’s still trying to convince Rod that he needs to see Regina. He calls the finca the house of death. Rod pulls out a gun. He’s not going to be happy until Juan is dead.

Back to Arcadio who is trying to rape Regina. Where’s Renato?

Rod is still taunting Juan in the dungeon. He’s pondering if he should shoot him or leave him in is own hell.

Finally the Lone Ranger shows up and pops Arcadio a good one. Regina is a mess. Renato tells him to fight like a man. Arcadio pulls out a knife. Renato manages to get it away from him. He goes to Regina. Don’t turn your back, don’t turn your back! Arcadio has another knife, and who wouldn’t? I always carry a spare in my pantyhose. Arcadio grabs Renato and stabs him a couple of times. He’s down. End. See what I mean?

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Once more, a huge thanks to Julia for filling in for my and others' recap nights. Julia, you rock!

Last night we left Mari in bed terrorized by a snake. No, it’s nobody we know, it’s a real live snake meant to scare her out of the house. She screams for help, “Auxilio!!” and luckily the first one to arrive, ripping himself from Ilitia’s clutches, is her beloved Emanuel. The rest of the household follows and we wait friggin’ FOREVER for Eman to finally grab the snake which, by the way, magically disappears.

During the fracas Ilitia tries to steal Mari’s diary but Delicia the nice maid catches her and rescues the book. Curses, foiled again. The mean people scowl at Mari and the nice people (Alex, Gretel, Delicia, Eman and Emilio) try to soothe her. Delicia manages to snatch the diary from Eman’s prying hands and skedaddle out of the room with it before Ilitia can do any damage.

Speaking of mean, the Queen of it, Fedra, has slithered over to Netty’s to pay a little visit. She insults Netty’s house by calling it a pigsty and Brandon makes an empty threat that he’ll teach her a lesson. All the others jump in but Fedra isn’t dissuaded by their anemic posturing. While the others shake their fists Netty tells Fedra to spill her guts. If she’s not there to accuse Brandon of attempting to murder her son what is she there for?

Meanwhile Señora Muñeca sits alone at the dinner table sighing and facing her husband’s empty chair. Suddenly he bursts into the house exclaiming about the great aroma. He’s starving! “Whazzup? It’s cold,” he tells his stern-faced wife and her dissaproving maid. The maid points out that dinner was served an hour ago, about the same amount of time his wife has been waiting. I guess we know whose side she’s on. Muñeca wants to know where he’s been and don’t lie that he was at the office because Carmen said he left more than an hour ago. He gets very loud and defensive as guilty people do but Muñeca won’t play along. She tells him to calm down while his meal gets heated up and she’ll be in the bedroom if he’s interested in heating up their marriage. Wow. Lorenzo is impactado and the point goes to Muñeca.

Back at Hell House Emanuel forces Ilitia to make nice with Mari and apologize for spilling her soup. Ilitia acts sincere, Mari falls for it and somehow expects that they will be friends. Ilitia has a little surprise for Mari. I’ll bet.

Muñeca thumbs through a picture album longing for the days when Lorenzo was dedicated to her. “Remember how happy we were?” she asks her fake-exhausted husband. He sits next to her, sees a pic of Kristen as a baby and recalls his most recently revealed baby-mama, gah!!

Grandpa waves his gun around and tells Benigno he knows it was Fedra who put the snake in Mari’s bed. He’s going to kill her like a rat which he should have done the first day she set foot in the house! Sadly (for us) Beni wrestles the gun away from him but gramps swears if Fedra annoys Mari anymore he’ll kill her. Maybe, but it’s gonna be a while.

Back at Netty’s the expected conversation takes place...
F: “Your sis was a drunk.”
N: “Don’t insult her memory. I will protect my niece!”
F: smirks
N: “Mari will get her inheritance and kick your butt out of HER house.”
F: “You don’t know the truth about her inheritance. Just wait until you find out and in the meantime stay out of my way or else.”
Honestly, I don’t know why they let that witch walk all over them except that maybe Netty is paralyzed by Fedra’s butt-ugly Medusa head.

Oliver tells Brandon that he’s totally got the hots for Axel’s sister.

Gretel warns Axel about fighting with the homophobic Chris Cooper-guy dirtbag and Axel wants to know if that policeman tried to take advantage of her. Gretel freaks us all out, especially Axel, by smiling. She denies it and he asks her why doesn’t she obsess about love like other girls her age. She sez she could ask him the same thing. She’ll guard his secrets; is it true what they say about him? That he doesn’t like women?

Eman’s model friend Andre and his squeeze du jour Rebecca show up; Delicia the nice maid scolds Eman for getting out of bed. Eman doesn’t know Rebecca’s name so we know she’s just a fling and can easily get tossed for a more meaningful relationship with Doris later on down the line.

Mauricio and Kristel have villain foreplay, i.e. smooching while planning tortures for La Gorda. They are interrupted by Ilitia and Mari knocking at the door. Maricio is not happy about being given the bum’s rush but since Mari is practically a nun Kristel pushes said bum into the closet. Mau peeks through the closet while Mari’s two “pals” surprise her with some new clothing. Thank Goodness!! Oh wait, consider the source. Mari doesn’t like the look and tells them she’d rather look like a nun than pregnant. “You already look pregnant,” they giggle. Bitches. They grab some scissors and begin cutting her uniform off while Mau gapes from his hiding place. And gapes. And gapes some more.

Andre and Eman yuck it up while the squeeze is in the baño. Heh heh Eman almost called her Raquel, that was Andre’s last fling. OK WE GET IT, Andre is a player just dying to be converted by the love of a good woman. Yeah, that always works out.

Doris kisses a magazine cover of Andre and tells it she knows he probably has lots of women after him but she’s determined to have him in her arms. “Come to me Andre,” she swoons, smothering a teddy bear.

Fedra comes home and bitches out Eman for being out of bed and having a drink. He jumps in with a preemptive strike, “We found a snake in Mari’s bed and I know you put it there. Don’t lie.” Andre and Rebecca beat feet out of Casa Cuckoo so Eman can continue his accusations and Fedra can predictably lie her way out of it.

Did I miss something? All of a sudden Lorenzo and Muñeca are talking about Eman getting hit by a car. I guess Ilitia called them. They are still fully clothed so we see Lorenzo was saved yet again from making hot bad boy Luv to his wife. Muñeca plaintively asks him what’s up with him? He’s saved by the bell. Uh oh, it’s his baby-mama on the phone and she's very insistent. Muñeca hands the phone over, “it’s a woman, she says it’s your lover.” Busted!

The three maids gossip and argue about Fedra vs. Marianela. Nereida sees the diary and grabs it but Delicia snatches it back. Oh my, the suspense surrounding this diary is simply killing me. I hope it lasts forever. Oh right, it will.

Lorenzo grabs the phone and tries the “This is a decent house and quit making these prank calls!” act. Muñeca pleads with him to promise her he’s not cheating, “Promise me everything is OK!” She has to ask? Really? And he keeps denying he’s a cheat? Really?

Over at Netty’s happy house of well-adjusted but manless buttinskies her pals are telling her she needs a man. Netty insists her life is perfectly fine sin hombres. They somehow think a man will help her protect Mari. Suddenly the lights go out and the ladies gasp. Oh what a fright, see how handy a man would be? Does anyone know how to say “oh gag me” in Spanish?

Shoot, aren’t we done with Lorenzo and Muñeca yet? In short: Deny. Accuse. Promise. Plead. Lie. “Don’t touch me! You’ll be sorry!” Then the maid jumps in with “What do you expect Dude? You really screwed up this time.” I love how the maids are incredibly cheeky in this show.

Cut to Muñeca insulting herself in the mirror and putting lipstick all over her face. Ah jeez. She pulls out a pair of scissors. Lorenzo bashes the door down and they find her sprawled on the floor.

Benigno is tying off Gramps’s vein. I wonder what’s up with that? Sick I guess. Gramps insists Fedra is guilty and he’s going to prove it. I hope I get this right: Luis-Felipe told gramps he was going to kick Fedra out of the house because he discovered something. He promised he was going to get rid of her but died before he could fulfill his promise. Now Gramps wants to out Fedra before she can harm Mariela. Benigno aks his Imperial Falcon to tell him what he can do to help. “The Silver Iris” mutters Gramps. (Please feel to add or correct anything about this very important clue. Thank you.)

The two harpies have finished their work on Mari and they snicker and insist she looks awesomely beautiful. They leave and our poor heroine sees her over madeup face in the mirror. Truly not a good look. She begins to wipe her face when the towel-clad cad slips out of the closet.

Netty’s house is still dark but is happily filled with the entire family. But their cheerful dinner is interrupted by creepy music and the appearance of a strange, dark-haired woman who ominously asks if this is the place that rents rooms.

Mauricio taunts Mari by grabbing her, kissing her, and throwing her on the bed. He says he’s hot to know what a body like hers feels like. Watching her change made his mouth water. OK, I am now thoroughly creeped out by this horn dog and so is Mari. She tries to break free but he locks the door and says he’s the one who’s going to give her a little gift. Yep, he definitely said little, heh, and I’m sure he's not lying either.

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Capítulo 136: Family Secrets
-- Honey, there’s something you need to know – your father has a clone.
-- (Yawn) …and they say I’m the one on drugs.


Marisa is gazing idly out the window when she sees something that defies belief. She calls out to Rosa: Is that Lucas? It’s him, it’s Diego, Rosa tells her triumphantly and she rushes down to invite Daniel inside.

Across town, Alejandro and Natalia continue to sing their same sad song. She promises it will never, ever happen again, cross my heart and hope to die. He tells her it is her absolute pinkie-swear last chance.

Once inside Casa Ferrer, Daniel is formally introduced to Marisa. They stare at one another and she backs away. Daniel asks Rosa why everyone is afraid of him. She babbles happily as if she were talking to Diego: Do you remember how you crawled in the livingroom when you were a toddler? See that vase – you broke it twice! Come have some of your favorite cake!

At Gloria’s, that very lady is speaking for us all. She reminds Alejandro that any addict who wants to get better has to do something active towards recovery, has to ask for professional help. And that’s something Natalia is not willing to do. Alejandro is not a nurse or doctor or therapist. He can’t help Nati, but Nati can destroy his dreams. And the next time Gloria sees Natalia doing drugs, she’s going to hand her over to her own mother, la cabeza de fósforo (the match head).

We see Natalia alone in the apartment, moving languidly, maybe cleaning up.

Alejandro walks sadly down the street.

Daniel is still inside Casa Ferrer, now alone with Marisa. She touches his arm, then his face; the two are drawn to one another. Eres tan bonita, says Daniel. They begin to kiss when a scandalized Rosa enters and cries out: You can’t kiss her! She’s your sister-in-law! Daniel doesn’t understand. He knows he had a brother named Diego and that he died. Now he learns that Diego has a surviving twin, Lucas, and he will soon meet him. Rosa wants to get Enrique, the reincarnation specialist, there for the meeting.

For his part, Enrique, at Empresas Ferrer, is still burned because Leo asked for Roberto’s help instead of his in arranging to adopt Daniel. So he tells Carolina to call Casa Ferrer and tell them he can’t make it.

Anita catches sight of Pablo and Malicia kissing at a beach club.

At Albieri’s Clinic, Escobar is calling Malicia and getting no answer. Mostró los garros, verdad? (She showed her claws, huh?) remarks Julio. He tells Escobar that even though Malicia acted like a good person when she worked at the clinic, the truth is that none of them, not even Luisa, really knew her.

Dora is home with Daniel when she takes a call from Dra Silvia. The women agree that they need to talk.

Silvia is shown calling from Albieri’s house in his and Luisa’s presence. Silvia declares her intention of informing the FDA about Albieri. Luisa does her mother tigress act on Albi’s behalf. But what finally deters Silvia is the thought of the terrible invasion of Dora’s and Daniel’s privacy that such exposure would entail. She says she will give the information to Dora and let her decide what to do about it. As soon as Silvia leaves, Albieri rants about the absurdity of weighing the happiness of someone like Dora against the greatness of his accomplishment.

At Casa Ferrer, Marisa tells Lucas: Te vi, Lucas, vi a tu clon. (I saw you, Lucas, I saw your clone!) It was very strange – he’s twenty years younger, but it’s you, it’s your clone!

It seems that Zoraida has a new magical coffee cup and is in Latifa’s kitchen reading the grounds for Jade. She tells her she’ll have to decide whether to follow him (Lucas) or the shadow. But what will happen? Jade wants to know. Alas, Zoraida has no answers. Latifa interrupts their conversation to announce that Jade has a visitor. It is everyone’s favorite blue-eyed Arab, Zein, come to ask her to reconsider. He would like her to give him the six-months they agreed upon. If it doesn’t work out, she’s a free woman. Tío Alí asks Zein to let Jade have 24 hours to think about it.

After Zein leaves, Alí does his best to convince Jade to accept Zein’s offer. While Alí would gladly take her back, he knows she’d be unhappy in his house. Nor would she be happy as the third or fourth wife of an elderly widower.

Said finds a gold-colored veil that Jade left behind at his house and Jadiya sees him clutching it sadly. She tells him again that since her mother doesn’t love her, she doesn’t love her mother.

Mohamed, Latifa and Samira are at home talking about Jade. Latifa reminds them that she and Jade are like sisters. Mohamed angrily declares that he doesn’t even want to hear her name mentioned in his house.

Cristina shows up in Leonardo’s office. I heard you wanted to talk to me, she says. Yes, he says. Here’s the truth: Albieri made a clone of Lucas. Cristina can’t believe her ears. She is convinced it is just another one of Leo’s lies and she storms out angrily.

Dora arrives at Albieri’s house where he, Silvia and Luisa are awaiting her. She demands an explanation. How dare you say my son isn’t a person!
Albi says calmly: Es una persona y es un clon. (He’s a person and he’s a clone.)
And Silvia echoes: Es cierto, Dora. Daniel es un clon. (It’s true, Dora, Daniel is a clone.)
Silvia tries to explain how it all happened, but Dora won’t allow her to speak. She runs out of the house, away from the “estupideces y mentiras” that Silvia is spinning.

Dora takes refuge with her friend Vicky in Cristina’s bar. Dora thinks Albieri and Silvia must have used some kind of brujería (witchcraft) to make Daniel look exactly like Lucas but the idea of cloning is beyond her. Dora is still upset about her ruptured friendship with Cristina, and Vicky promises to talk to Cris. Then Miguel asks Dora to dance. And this time, for no particular reason, she is moving more like her old self.

At home at Dora’s apartment, Daniel confides to his grandmother that he is anxious to meet his brother, Lucas.

The conversation between Lucas and Marisa about Daniel continues at the Casa Ferrer. Lucas is amazed that Marisa has joined the ‘Clone Believers.’ You’re the most practical person I know, he says. But Lucas, says Marisa, you have to see him. When she saw his twenty-year-old self, she felt the desire to start her life again…

Natalia arrives at Casa Ferrer and is greeted by her mother with some startling news. I wanted you to know what has been happening around here, says Marisa. It seems your father has a clone. Natalia laughs cynically and says: And they say I’m the one on drugs…
And then she adds: Me vas a dar dinero? (You going to give me money?)

Marisa says no and then becomes distracted, looking for her phone. She and Rosa walk out of the room, thinking the phone might be in the kitchen. They leave Natalia alone in the livingroom, with Marisa’s purse. When they come back, the purse is open, $100 is missing and Natalia is gone. The conclusion is inescapable: !Natalia sacó dinero de mi billetera! (Natalia took money from my wallet!)

In the final scene, Malicia opens the door to ‘her’ apartment and finds herself facing Escobar.

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Except When It's Not....

And it certainly wasn't tonight. Rafa's in an anguished rage over seeing Ale in Marco's arms. Jaime is still an unshaven mess, half-starved and unloved ,as Julieta refuses to forgive him. Dandy is equally bereft, even though Susana seems to like his present (she retrieved it from the trash after all). Pepeto is being blamed for Rosaura's marital woes ,even though he can't decide whether she likes him or hates him. And Jimenez? well, he can't even get a civil word from his wife's picture, much less the lady herself.

So the question for tonight is: Who Do Women Treat Us So Badly? (Male readers, you're welcome to offer opinions. We promise to listen.)

Now, back to our episode as it unfolded tonight. Rafa and Ale have been exchanging wounds. Every time he offers to give her a ride she says no thanks, MI ESPOSO (flash the wedding ring) is picking me up.

Rafa: But, do you love your husband?
Ale: What do you care?
Rafa: Are you happy with him?
Ale: What do you care?

Just as our galan is about to answer that question, Marco busts in, claims his territory with a macho hug and kiss (Ale grimacing) and then he and Rafa start circling each other like street dogs. Ale whisks her "esposo" off to the airport before an actual fight can break out, but Marco exits snarling that Rafa is a "naquete de medio pelo" (half-a$ed naco).

Ugh. Let's switch to the flamboyantly pink and pretty office of the flamboyantly pink and pretty Marian. She's burrowing into Julieta, establishing a" let's tell each other everything" friendship which even Julieta is finding a bit odd. Marian wants her to keep up with her studies so Rafa won't be mad, do her job in public relations as well, but FIRST, check in with her every day and let her know how things are going at home. Hmmmm. Furthermore she nudges Julieta to forgive Jaime since, after all, he kept Rafa from making the mistake of marrying Miss Vickie. Julieta says Nevah nevah!

Back at Auto Siglo, Jimenez is talking to his picture, arguing with his wife and mother-in-law and scaring the bejesus out of Claudia who thinks he's nuts. She advises him not only to see a therapist but also to have the guts to actually talk like that to his woman. Then maybe his wife would respect him. We shall see.

Miss Vicky, meanwhile, is on a rampage, Still disheveled and dragging her veil, she charges into the beauty shop and vows vengeance upon the babe and two gay guys for helping disguise Jaime and busting up her wedding. Prepare for sleepless nights, she shrieks, because you never know when your moment will come. They look suitably distressed. The fun part of this scene was hearing "bipolar" in Spanish and hearing Vicky described as "la Llorona" and the curse from "The Woman in the White Veil". Clearly our Vicky has already achieved legendary status. And so young!

Meanwhile, Rafa has reported in to Beltran. He's sold ten more trucks and he's deposited the money from the previous sale in the bank. Beltran's so happy he's ready to throw away his pills. But one more question: How are things with Ale? Is his star sales duo getting along? Rafa says they are...for now. Beltran then laments that he'll be all alone in the showroom when Doña Arcadio gives her big birthday party. He can't go because an auto dealership should never close. I think Rafa agreed to keep him company and skip the party. But I couldn't swear to it.

Maybe I was dipping into the tequila. Because the Queen and Jimenez certainly were. She gives him the great news that his architectural plans for the new business site have been approved and that he's a better architect than salesman. But don't quit your sales job yet. There are a lot of regulations and procedures to go through before all is said and done. Still, it looks great and I'm even thinking of opening up yet another business site, using your plans. They toast to this....repeatedly...while the doggies slurp up champagne and liver pâté from their bowls. Yep, another drunk scene. And there'll be more.

We segue to a bar where Rosario's swain and his lawyer buddy are discussing Jorge's trip, the possible inheritance and the future of the hacienda. But lo, what is this? Our scoundrel admits he's actually falling a little for Rosario. She's sweet, attractive and yes, she's winning him over. I'm still interested in the hacienda, he continues, but for good reasons now, not bad. But double-lo, again...as they discuss the headless horseman scheme, there's one headless horseman unaccounted for. Horrors! Could the place genuinely be haunted. We leave them looking as terrified as our trio in the beauty parlor. Zounds!

Back at the palace, Jimenez is truly in his cups, blubbering that the Queen's dogs are more affectionate than his wife. Doña Arcadio recognizes the value of affection but she also expects
loyalty, work, commitment and respect. Jimenez gets the message and drunkenly thanks her for having confidence in him. Next order of business: Get him some tacos with plenty of sauce and onions to cover up his tequila breath, or Beltran and his wife will be put out indeed!
Best part of this scene? When Jimenez wants to give her a kiss.
D.A. (making a face) Do I have a choice?
J: No.
D.A. Alright, then, but on my glove.

And kiss it, he does. Very regal.

Not so regal, an unshaved half-starved Jaime, wailing and weeping outside the house, while Leonor looks on worriedly. She finally comes out and hands him some food, eyes averted. Well, could he have a little drink to go with that? Yep. But first, he gets some advice. Quit sacrificing yourself and declaring you're ready to die. Do something positive. Win Julieta back with deeds not self-immolation. Well said, mamita.

Not so well said, is the phone message. A friend has called Rosaura to tell her Gabe has been seen with another woman. Don't you just love these gals? The General and Claudia rush to console and man-bash and when Pepeto comes lurking, they blame him for the whole mess. Rosaura doesn't want to talk to anyone, so Pepeto slinks off, another guy in trouble with his gal. Tough night for the menfolk!

Rafa's still seething. Dandy is moping. Pepeto's in dutch, and Jimenez is just plain soused. He does briefly draw Dandy and Susana together, declaring that love is a glorious thing and they're so sweet together, but the moment turns sour as our four co-conspirators decide to drown their sorrows in more drink and Susana pitches Dandy's present in the trash. You're all pigs, she snarls, as our guys beat a hasty exit. Even Trapito comes in for a dirty look.

Jorge, on the other hand, is welcomed home with shouts of joy, multiple hugs and many questions. Like: Where's Manrique and Rubi? What did the bank want to see you about? Not much info gleaned from this interrogation. Rubi, Manrique...still there. Switzerland, Sweden, whatever..... And do you know there are no "enchiladas suizas" in Switzerland!? What's up with that? Azucena is dispatched to make him some, while he questions who she is and do we owe her any money? As for the bank account, they wanted a lot of information, including a lot of numbers he couldn't remember. Nor can he remember how much money he had in said account. Oh well. Welcome home. Dinner will soon be served.

And our guys have been served. And they are all now well and royally soused. I prefer Dandy's hair when he's drunk. The pompadour disappears and he looks sexily disheveled. Meanwhile, Rafa is being encouraged to sing his blues away and he does. The refrain of his song is "no pain is eternal and I'll get over it" He doesn't look convinced. Nor does anyone else. But the bartender is so entranced he gives everyone tequilas on the house.

Aha. Vicky is seeing a regular therapist, not the sexologist. That's a relief. He's encouraging her to get over her obsession. What obsession? Her wedding was simply "delayed". Rafa is her novio, he's going to be her husband and he's going to be the father of her children. And she's going to keep on wearing the veil, thank you very much.

Therapists advice: Look around at all the men in your environs. You need to realize that Rafa is not the only man on earth. And then come back and see me.

Vicky: Do I have to?
Therapist: Yes.

Exit Vicky to reluctantly make another appointment. But clever bipolar lass that she is, she gets the receptionist to tell her when Marco's next appointment with the sexologist is, and then makes hers for the same day. So you want me to know other men! she gloats. Fine, I'll get to know Marco and this guy will help me avenge myself on Ms. Alejandra. And on that perilous note, we end.

Previews:
Looks like Vicky's planning to seduce Marco with a flame-red Victoria's Secret ensemble. Have fun with this recap, Hombre!

Vocabulary:
solo y mi alma = all by myself
naquete de medio pelo = half-a$ed naco (vulgar low-class person)
vamos al grano = let's get to the point
clavando con = getting hooked on (lawyer friend talking to Rosario's swain)
disco rallado = "broken record"
convenio = agreement (part of the business language when Ale and Marco were questioning Jorge about the banking situation)
se me va a pasar = I'll get over it
tubos de drenaje = drainage pipes or tubes (Jimenez describing the outsize rollers eternally in his wife's hair)

Dicho of the Day

No hay que morder la mano que se da a comer One shouldn't bite the hand that feeds one.
Jimenez musing on life, loyalty and pets with Doña Arcadio

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This is a gap week, so the recap is DIY.

The basics:

Fedra is a harpy shrew. She blames Marianela for Emanuel's accident. Also, she insists on getting Emanuel out of that filthy gross poor people hospital and takes him home, against medical advice. Marianela goes home with Emiliano.

Pretty much the whole gang has showed up either inside the hospital waiting room or out on the sidewalk. We get a clear view of Ilitia's asymmetrical haircut. Doris tries to get friendly with André but is disappointed when he doesn't really remember her and then leaves with his latest fling.

Oliver gives the fight club a hard time and puts them all in jail, but lets them out before long. He flirts a lot with Gretel but she hits him and drenches him.

Bernardo seems to have been having an affair with Nereida, but she doesn't like being his second choice. Fedra catches them kissing in the laundry room.

Emanuel rests in bed at home, with Ilitia snuggling all over him. Axel and Gretel show up and roll their eyes at Ilitia's ramblings about the marriage and children she and Emanuel will have. Emanuel doesn't seem at all into the idea himself.

Marianela makes chicken soup for Emanuel. It is, of course, muy muy rico (but did she use KNORR?!???!) She takes it to him and Ilitia "accidentally" dumps it all over Marianela instead. Emanuel sees through this ruse and gets really mad at Ilitia.

I think some other stuff happened but I don't remember what.

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Episode #132

On the quay, Noel sits alone, endless blue sea and sky behind him, grieving over his son lost off Devil's Rock. He clutches a remnant of Renato's clothing to his heart and remembers the sweet moments he shared of his son's life: as a boy, as a man. "My son...Renato, Renato..." Noel repeats.

Lulu packs her valise at Raúl's, counting it a shame she's leaving things up in the air with Remigio, when Angela rushes in breathless with the news of Juan and Renato's loss at sea. Lulu realizes she can't abandon Remigio, and Angela hopefully wonders if perhaps Lulu will miss her boat?

Leonarda accosts Noel on the quay, crying "No!" He offers her the clothing, explaining it's all they found of their son. She grasps it like a life line, shaking it and declaring that Renato cannot be dead! Suddenly Leonarda looks up at Noel and accuses him of Renato's death, smacking him across the face.

She beats on his chest and screams that he's a murderer; and Noel can only catch her flailing arms, exclaiming "For God's sake!" Leonarda presses the clothing to her face and whimpers that he killed his own son, while Noel looks distant and miserable. A bell tolls, and Noel looks heavenward, speaking his son's name.

Remigio sits on the rocks at the beach, contemplating the loss of his "brother" Juan when suddenly Lulu appears. Rising, he speaks her name and gulps before mentioning he thought she'd already gone. But no; and she says if Remigio asks, she'll remain. She'll stay with him forever, Lulu says.

When he wonders if it could be true, Lulu pulls out her passage ticket and while Remigio watches tears it into small pieces. Lulu opens her hand to let the sea breeze flutter the pieces away, and Remigio clasps it, murmuring "My love." He places a tender kiss on her lips and nuzzling her face wishes she'd stay with him forever.

Gabriel and the boyz visit Regina, recuperating at Dr. Pablo's, where they give her the tragic news. Regina erupts into tearful denial, quoting María del Rosario and the sea's returning power and assuring them her heart knows Juan is alive. Juan is not dead! she insists. But the boyz remain doubtful.

At Fulgencio's, he pays the dressmaker her due; but when he mentions he's grateful despite the fact his wife and her lover escaped, she nevertheless guesses privately that Fulgencio has murdered them both -- and Servando, too. Canny Fulgencio retrieves the coin purse and advises her to keep quiet about any doubts.

He has nothing against her, but she could suffer a terrible accident, Fulgencio warns. The dressmaker shivers imagining it and assures him she doesn't care and with that money he'll never see her again. He returns the purse, she exits and Fulgencio brandishes his cane sword, contemplating the blade.

Captain Breton visits Phillip at the notary office about the coast guard efforts to recover Juan and Renato at Devil's Rock; but Phillip has important news, too: he reports having seen Arcadio back in town being chased by Juan. Breton wants badly to find Arcadio, he says, who knows the whole truth about the Montes de Oca.

Meanwhile at the finca, Arcadio smokes up Renato's cigars and quaffs his cognac, pacing and convincing himself he is going to wind up with everything. At the beach shack, Dr. Pablo has given Jacinta a tranquilizer, and she sleeps while Santos curses Arcadio and tearfully blesses the doctor for saving her from rape in time.

Pablo insists someone must denounce Arcadio so that he be locked up. By now Breton and his troops have reached the finca, and they enter the catacombs, which are dangerously dilapidated. They decide to search upstairs instead; but the noise of falling timbers tipped Arcadio off, and he has escaped when they arrive.

Noel visits Regina at Dr. Pablo's to commiserate over the tragedy; but Regina repeats that Juan is not dead -- neither Juan nor Renato, she says. Noel fiercely encourages Regina to retain her own hope and own faith; but they only found a piece of Renato's clothing -- so for himself, he can't manage it.

Alone in her bedroom, Leonarda clutches Renato's clothing to her heart and agonizes that he's dead; nothing keeps her there, she says. She has her jewels and plans to leave with Arcadio; but first, Leonarda swears bitterly, she's going to even the score with Rodrigo.

Mariela joins Noel at Dr. Pablo's to embrace Regina and express her sympathy. She's there for both of them and understands their sorrow, she says. Mariela suggests that Regina should rest; and before they exit, Noel reminds Regina that she can always count on him, even as she would a father.

That evening everyone gathers at the church, with Regina kneeling at the altar, when Leonarda bursts in and bitterly accuses Regina of sharing in murdering Renato. She doesn't know what weapons Regina mustered to make her son lose his reason, Leonarda begins furiously; she just prays to God that Regina loses her child, too!

With the astounded crowd collectively on its feet, Regina objects, horrified. Noel censures Leonarda for blasphemy and points out roughly that her hatred has brought her nothing but loneliness! When Leonarda tells him to shut up, he demands she explain where would be Rodrigo, her greatest and unconditional ally! Where!

Everyone is riveted on the violent exchange when suddenly a shadow appears in the aisle; then a pair of bare feet. Regina looks as though she has seen a ghost as Noel turns and does, too. Soon everyone's mouths have dropped open as an exhausted figure shuffles inexorably forward. And it's Renato.

When Regina rushes to him and pleads to know where Juan is, he announces loudly that Juan is dead! Regina screams and faints in his arms, dropping to the floor. Juan's friends are frozen in shock. And at that moment out on the beach a fleeing Arcadio has come across a prostrate body that he calls "the bastard."

Before Dr. Pablo carries Regina away, Remigio demands Renato leave her alone, ruefully pronouncing that he used to believe in Renato's goodness and honor and once would have given his life for him. But now may God forgive Renato for the harm he's done to Juan and Regina! Remigio shouts.

Leonarda blubbers endlessly into her son's shoulder and hyperventilates her relief at his safe return while long-suffering Noel must stand back and wait, finally begging for a chance to embrace his son. Renato and Noel joyfully embrace, and Noel expresses gratitude and relief to God and their friends at his son's safe return.

Outside in the plaza all the engaged couples wonder if they should postpone their weddings, but Pedro angrily insists that as sad as Juan's death is, he is with his parents. They should all continue on and think about Juan's baby and Regina, whether she can even make it through this shock.

Later in the notary office, Regina expresses her thoughts in a letter to Juan. Resignedly she realizes everyone thinks he's dead; but her heart says he's alive, that soon he'll return to her. She's writing to tell him how much she loves him and that he's made her the happiest woman in the world, especially now she's having his child.

She wants him to know so there will be no doubt that she never asked for the annulment; that she never stopped loving him. She belongs to him and always will, and she prays that the sea will return him to her so she can go on loving him and being happy -- the three of them, forever.

Arcadio has brought Rodrigo to the catacombs, and Rodrigo is just enthusing over Juan lying dead at the bottom of the sea, when Arcadio points out that's just the reason he's brought him here. Rodrigo doesn't like visiting María del Rosario's old cell again, until he sees who Arcadio has swinging from the rafters.

It's an unconscious Juan. Arcadio explains how he found Juan and that he brought him here so Rodrigo could do as he likes with him. For Rodrigo, it's the best surprise he's had in years, he says. And in his bedroom in town, Renato dreams fitfully that in spite of everything, Juan tried to save his life.

There's a knock at the door, and Leonarda enters to express once again how happy she is he's alive. Renato's the most valuable thing she has, she says; the only thing that makes her happy. She begs him to consider again going far away from there, but Renato can still only think of Regina.

He can't live without her and must have her, he says. He needs her like the air he breathes; without her nothing makes any sense. Leonarda seems to understand, finally relents and agrees if that's his decision, she will respect it and exits.

Back at the catacombs, Rodrigo uses the time while Juan is unconscious to finalize his plans. He heads for the crumbling, dilapidated ruins that nearly fell in on Captain Breton earlier while searching for Arcadio; and the ruins will serve his vengeance plans perfectly, he says.

While Rodrigo is away, Leonarda visits the townhouse on pretense of bringing him a gift. She ingratiates herself with the servant and slips upstairs. Remembering her ire at Rodrigo's unfaithfulness and the death of Brigitte, Leonarda cracks his bedroom safe and empties it of treasure, which she carries off without being seen.

At the finca, Arcadio paces and is so sick of that place! he says. But soon he's going to be rich; immensely rich, he consoles himself. He has to be careful; those two rats, Leonarda and Rodrigo, might betray him any moment. But first, he picks up a pen and paper; after this letter is read, Rodrigo will be locked away forever, he says.

Next morning, Rodrigo splashes a bucket of water on Juan to awaken him. He hopes he's comfortable in his new home, Rodrigo sneers menacingly. When Juan asks why he's been brought there and how Renato is, Rodrigo jeers that Renato wouldn't be the least bit interested in him, so why bother.

What should interest Juan is that he's in the exact same jail cell as his mother all those years, Rodrigo adds. What a small world, eh? So many coincidences life brings. Destiny always works out and so Juan is now in Rodrigo's hands, at his mercy! he says. Nobody will stop him wreaking vengeance for all the humiliation Juan caused!

When Juan points out Rodrigo's such a coward he wouldn't dare try it without Juan chained up, Rodrigo gives him a smack and grabs him by the hair. Juan's going to be begging him on bended knee! he grits out. Never! Juan vows. Well, they'll just see, Rodrigo says, turning to pick up a cat o' nine tails.

Labels: salvaje

We last saw our star-crossed lovers tenderly kissing one another. Sadly what we had witnessed and had to wait 24 hours to find out, was none other than a cheap telenovela trick. Ale is brought back to reality from her daydream by Rafa’s voice asking her how she is. She inquires about Monterrey. He asks her if she got married and informs her that he didn‘t get married. (well that reality bites.) He wants to know if she is happy and we get a fake little smile and she tells him of course she is happy. Rafa asks her about the honeymoon and Ale not wanting to get into details changes the subject and tells him they need to go to the meeting. We hear Ale think to herself “If you only knew how much I love you and missed you.”

Chespis is also curious how things went in Monterrey. Marian tells her things were great and we get a music travelogue sang by none other than Rafa. Great song and great scenes of Monterrey. (Could have been better if Ale had been there instead of Marian. ) When the song ends Marian tells Chespis that everything was perfect until Daniel showed up and they couldn’t get rid of him. Chespis tells Marian that Daniel is not so bad and very handsome. Marian says if you like him so much I will give him to you. She continues that she does like Daniel but her heart is with Rafa. Chespis wants to know if she is sure she is in love with Rafa.

Ale is telling Susana to get everyone ready for the meeting when the “disappeared finally appears” . It is Zetina. We get some more antics by the Siglo crew. They wonder how they are suppose to remember his name if he doesn’t work there anymore. We also have Marino giving Ramiro a bad time. Dandy tries to talk with his Nonincita and is quickly reprimanded by Susana who tells him it is “Susana” to him. She walks away cutting off his attempts to talk, telling him she has to get to the meeting. A dejected Dandy is left alone saying “I will never give up because I love you.” (strike one)

Rafa is telling Zetina he is very disappointed in him. Zetina gives a sad story about his dog being sick and he had to take him to the vet. Rafa chides him about this and Zetina goes on to say his dog is the only thing he has. He tells Rafa he won’t let him down. Rafa gives him another chance and tells him he wants him to follow Marco and take pictures of where he goes and who he goes with. Zetina says “even with his wife?” Rafa answers even with his wife. Zetina wants to know if Rafa knows his wife. Rafa tells him of course he knows who it is. It is Ale.

Ale is leading our Siglo meeting. She is telling everyone they have to work harder to meet their sales quotas. She is ready to end the meeting with the traditional Siglo Anthem. The crew is not as anxious to leave without a little gossip about her wedding. Bebe tells them it is none of their business. Ale tells them it was just a civil ceremony. They did not take a honeymoon because they did not have enough money. Rosaura perceptively tells her she doesn’t exactly look like a happy bride. Ale is saved from all their questions when Doña Arcadia arrives and invites everyone to a fiesta at her place in Cuernavaca.

Chavez and Marco are having a get together. Chavez seems quite surprised to find out that Marco did not spend his wedding night with his new (flamate/ brand new or brilliant) wife. Marco grabs him by the lapel and tells him to shut up. And to not talk in that tone as if he has committed a crime. Chavez said it wasn’t an act of crime but more like an act of a coward. Marco asks him what he would want him to do “ Sleep with her and at any moment see that jerk Medina kissing her and hugging her?” Marco is all worked up and Chavez tries to calm him down. He tells Marco “if your wife doesn’t protest this than why should I?” Marco tells Chavez that is what bothers him the most that Ale isn’t very insistent about the whole thing. Chavez tells him “who could blame her, who wants to spend the night with a lunatic” (orate). Chavez giggles a bit to Marcos dismay and tells him that he finds it all a bit entertaining.

Chavez than asks if this means the honeymoon was postponed. Marco does a “Duh ya think?” He had to leave the tickets to Brazil “open” as they haven’t set a date yet to leave. Chavez asks him if his “wife agreed with this. Marco says she was in such agreement that she returned to work at Siglo. Chavez drops his coffee cup and spills it all over Marco at hearing this. He says “are you telling me that Medina will be able to try and invade your territory again?” Marco wiping himself off tells Chavez he has nothing to worry about. Ale has assured him that he has nothing to worry about. She is his wife and she will respect him. Chavez is not so certain. Marco says “look imbecile I trust her.” Chavez tells him he doesn’t doubt Ale. He just doesn’t trust Rafa. He tells him “you leave a chicken alone in the chicken coop with a fox and tell him not to eat the chicken . Like that would happen Right?“ Marco looks justifiably worried.

Rosario has made a scarf for Quintana. He actually looks touched at her thoughtfulness. Rosario is filled with worries. She tells them they don’t know anything about Jorge. She is also very worried about Ale. She is married to one man but in love with another. Quintana takes all of this in. The talk turns to Chavez and the hatred she has for him. She tells Quintana if she sees him she will have him thrown in jail.

Creepy scene with Daniel and Marian. He has brought her flowers. She wonders if he is now interested in her again because he has competition since she hadn’t seen him for a while and now all of a sudden he is everywhere. He tells her that the car salesman is no competition for him. She tells him sadly the worse part is that Rafa isn’t interested in being competition for her. Sleazy Daniel reaches over to touch Marian’s hand and asks her if she is interested in Rafa . She tells him “yes. A lot.”

Marco is telling Chavez to stop with his stupid commentaries, he is not in the mood for his bad jokes. He tells Marco he understands, if he was in his shoes he wouldn‘t be in the mood for bad jokes neither. Marco tells Chavez what he needs to do is take Ale away. In order to do this he has to sell the hacienda. Chavez reminds him that he also needs money to pay off Carmen or she will cut his head off.

Marco tells Chavez they need someone they trust to pretend to buy the hacienda. Unfortunately the only one he knows that is more dishonest than himself is Chavez. Chavez sarcastically thanks him for that remark. He tells him he would love to be able to buy the hacienda but he doesn’t think he would be the best candidate. they have to find someone else. Marco tells them they need to find some one decent and not like that Frank guy. He asks Chavez if he doesn’t have any friends that look decent? Chavez doesn’t understand why they would need someone like that. Marco tells him they can’t present a ruffian to Jorge. It has to be someone that would not arouse any suspicion. Chavez gives this some thought and tells Marco he has the perfect person.

Rafa is giving Zetina his instructions, and Zetina assures him he wont let him down. He will be this guys shadow. Ale walks buy and trips over Zetina. He attempts to apologize and is met with Ale’s snootiness. As Zetina leaves Rafa calls after him to not forget what he is suppose to do. Ale than chides Rafa for wasting his time and not being at the meeting. Rafa tells her that Zetina is doing something very important for him. Ale continues her scolding when Pepito shows up and tells Rafa he needs to see him and the happy amigos whisk Rafa off for a little conference. Dandy stays behind to take another shot at talking to Susana but is quickly stopped by Ale who tells him to leave Susana alone. (strike two)

Susana and Ale are left alone to ponder what Zetina might want with Rafa. She tells Susana no matter how hard she tries to look at Rafa with good intentions she can’t because he always seems to be up to something. That’s why she can’t trust him again. Than she tells Susana to take care of her cold (gripa).


More Daniel and Marian. He can’t believe if he is interested in her he has to compete with the car salesman. Marian tells him he is only interested in her now, because she is interested in someone else. (More talk, not interested.)

Back at the boys club, Ramiro is telling Rafa about his encounter with Marco at the sex therapist office. Our boys wonder if Marco might be having some troubles in that area. In the meantime Doña Arcadia is trying to convince Beltran into coming to her birthday party. She informs him that she has invited all the Siglo crew. This worries Beltran. If everyone is at the party who will be left at Siglo. She tells him she thought they could just close up shop. Beltran is reduced to sucking on his oxygen mask at the thought of closing the store.

Now the real fun begins. Rosario and Quintana have entered the same restaurant as Chavez and Marco. A very anxious Marco spies them and suddenly grabs a perplexed Chavez by the lapels and tosses him into the chefs station. We hear all kinds of ruckus as plates drop and brake and everyone looks on in surprise.
Marco has managed to squelch his nerves somewhat and approaches Rosario. She asks him what he is doing there. He graciously invites them to sit down. Quintana asks him if he would like to join them. Marco tells him no. He was there having coffee with a friend, when he accidentally says Chavez he quickly corrects himself and says Urdiales. Not quick enough however as Quintana seems a little suspicious. We have a funny shot of Chavez on the other side of the divider all disheveled with a piece of fruit in is mouth. Rosario seems surprised to hear he was with Urdiales. Isn’t Urdiales away on a trip. Marco quickly states he just got back last night and hurriedly leaves to check up on Chavez. Rosario is puzzled and asks Quintana why Marco would leave through the kitchen.

Chavez is asking Marco why he had to resort to violence. Marco explains that Rosario and Quintana couldn’t see them together. They are interrupted by one of the cooks wanting to know who is going to pay for all the damages. Marco assures the young man that Chavez will take care of everything. A protesting Chavez is left to deal with the mess. He wants to know how much the plates were. The cook informs him he has to pay for the salad as well, as we see Chavez removing a piece of lettuce from his head, giving it a taste test and complaining it lacks oil.

Rafa is asking Ramiro why Marco would be seeing a sex therapist. Dandy explains that one would go see a sex therapist for only one reason. Because they don’t “function like a man.” Ramiro protests this and states this isn’t the case with him. Dandy wants to know if that isn’t his case why he would be there. Ramiro is spitting and stuttering when Rafa points out that they aren’t there to discuss Ramiro’s life. He wants to know “Why would Ale’s husband go see a sex therapist?’ Ramiro giggles as he fiddles with his tie and says “ Maybe he has problems there.” as he looks down. Rafa pointing downward repeats “por ahi” and they all start giggling. Then Rafa suddenly gives Ramiro a very pleased hug saying it would be just great that he hasn’t touched (tocado) his licenciada. Pepito tells Rafa there is more to tell. Ramiro informs him that Vicky was also there to see a psychologist. Rafa isn’t quite as happy to hear this news.

Rosario is telling Quintana that she doesn’t like the idea that Ale isn’t with Marco. Quintana tells her that this is an issue that Marco and Ale have to resolve themselves. Rosario tells him she isn’t trying to butt in , but she feels like Ale is a daughter to her. She only wants to see her happy. Quintana , half listening, tries to get a strangely disguised waiter to stop and get him a glass of water. The strangely disguised waiter is none other than Chavez trying to make a quick get away as he ignores the order and quickly walks past them. Rosario remarks that she doesn’t like this place. It has a strange vibe. “There is some strange things going on. Marco left through the kitchen, and the waiters are in costumes and don’t even pay attention to the clients.” Quintana gives this some thought and asks Rosario who did Marco say he was with? Rosario answers Urdiales. Quintana ponders this for a while.

Rafa has entered the office to find Ale busy at work. He asks if he can interrupt. Sarcastically Ale asks him if he has finished with his private meeting. Rafa gives an enthusiastic yes. Then he tells Ale that as long as they will be working together they should try really hard to get along. Rafa tells her he realizes she is a married women and he has no right to get close to her, but he would at least like to be her friend. Ale says in her “Ale” tone “You just want to be my friend?” She tells him she doesn’t believe him. Now it is Rafa’s turn to get a tone and sarcastically tells her he understands that she is very happy with her husband. Ale assures him she is, then asks “Do you doubt that?” He tells her he doesn’t doubt it, but he doesn’t see a happy face of a women who just got married. Ale tells him she is working and doesn’t have to have any kind of face.

Rafa continues on his little journey of questions and asks Ale if she is living with Marco. Ale chides him and tells him it is none of his business. He tells her it was just a simple question. He starts to leave than tells her he sold some trucks. Ale shoots back “Really? I thought you were going on this trip just to seduce women.” Rafa tells her he believes he will be able to give her quite a bit towards the debt he owes her.
Ale tells him she can’t wait. Than she won’t have to see him any more. Rafa seems offended by this and tells her he knows she is a married women. He stops for a moment than tells her wistfully he still has hope.
Pensive and thoughtful glances are interrupted by a phone call. There is someone there to see her.

Our carpenter enters the office to tell them he is there to take care of their office. Ale is elated. She wants to have it so she doesn’t have to hear anything. The carpenter informs Ale Doña Arcadia wants him to put some type of glass containing wall between the two offices. (Un muro y una puerta de crista abatable/ I don‘t have a clue what that is). Rafa cheerfully tells him he has no problems with this, after all if that is what Beltran wants, as he looks at Ale smiling telling her at least they will still be able to see one another. Ale is not quite as happy as Rafa is.

Dandy makes another attempt to approach Susana. He is stopped before he can get close. He wants to know how she knew he was there. She tells him she could smell his disgusting aroma. Dandy gives himself a quick smell test. She asks him what he wants. He tells her he bought her a book and hands her a sweetly wrapped gift. It is a book about temple teachings and Buddhist reflections. (I think) Susana continues working paying no attention to Dandy. He tells her it was really hard to find it but he bought it with love just for her. She continues to ignore him and Dandy sets it on her desk and tells her he hopes she likes it. He leaves and Susana slowly raises her head, picks up the gift and smiles sweetly. We see Dandy peeking behind the glass patrician doing the funky eye thing and smiling. (Line drive to first base, and the crowd goes wild!!!)

We change scenes to another love sick puppy who has camped out in front of Juliette’s house. He is plastering “Te amo” posters every where. This attempt at reconciliation doesn’t go as smoothly as Dandy’s, as Juliette leaves her house only to trip over one of Jaimies camping chairs. Jaimie hears her fall and attempts to help her up. Juliette rushes off angrily, leaving Jaimie behind begging for her forgiveness.

Ale gets a phone call from Jorge. She is excited to hear from him. She asks him how he is. He tells her he is fine but he has a little problem. He is in Mexico but has landed at the wrong airport. He isn’t really certain where he is as he sniffs the air and says it smells like pork sausage (chorizo) he must be in Toluca. Ale smiling gives him instructions on how to make connections to get to Mexico City.

A veiled Vicky is pouring coffee for her papa. He wants to know how long she is going to continue to wear the veil. He tells her she needs to forget about Rafa and find something else to distract her. He asks her what the Dr. said. Vicky says “what Dr?’ He tells her the psychologist. She answers “I don’t know I wasn’t paying attention.” Then he tells her he thought it was quite strange to find Marco there. Vicky agrees. She says it can’t be easy to not be able to “function.” Don Gaston pities the poor women who would be his mate. Vicky says to herself this would be none other than Ale. This should be very interesting.

Ale has called Marco to let him know Jorge has arrived in Mexico. She asks him if he will go with her to the airport to get him. Marco happily agrees. As he hangs up he says to himself “The old man has returned. It would be great to see if he brings good news and tells me I will inherited a huge fortune.”
Marco says “life is Perfect.” Then looking down at himself, shaking his head adds “Well almost. But I will fix this little problem.”

Ale is packing her purse to leave when Rafa enters the office. He asks her if she is leaving. He asks if there are any problems and offers to take her where she needs to go. Ale smugly says no thank you. My husband is coming, as she waves her wedding band finger at him. Rafa is taken a back and tells her this was the first time he heard her say “her husband”. Again Ale waves her finger and coyly says, “Well that’s what he is. My Husband” Rafa tells her it is hard for him to accept that she is now married. Ale retorts “Well it wasn’t much work for you to take a trip with Marian.” Rafa explains to her that he went to Monterrey to sell some trucks. Ale tells him he doesn’t need to explain anything to her. Rafa replies well you asked. Ale tells him again she is married and he needs to respect her husband. She tells him he is a free man and he can do what ever he wants. Rafa sadly tells her he might be single but his heart belongs, and before he can finish his sentence is cut off by Ale. Again Rafa wants to know why they can’t be friends.

The conversation changes and Rafa wants to know when she will be leaving for Brazil. She tells him when he has finished paying her everything he owes her and when she gets married in the church. Rafa informs her that it wouldn’t be very convenient for him to pay her than because than she will leave and he will never see her again. Ale yells at him and tells him not to be so brazen (cinico). “You will pay me!” Rafa tells her he never would think not to pay her. He just can’t stand the thought of not seeing her any more. Even though she is married. Ale threatens, if he continues talking like that she has to leave. Rafa stops her and tells her she needs to answer just one question and he won’t bother her any more. He walks behind her and asks “Do you love your husband?” Ale is left thinking pensively.

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When he gets home, Lucas gets a strange look from Marina, the maid, but all she says is that Leo is in the study with Albieri. Lucas replies that he will take a bath first and then come down.

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I bid you all a fond farewell, on this, the occasion of my last Corazon Salvaje recap. It's been a fun ride and I'm so glad I stuck it out despite the time change. Thank you all for hanging in there too. And now let us throw our hands up and shriek with delight as this crazy roller coaster finally (I hope!) coasts down the last long slope.

There is no cliffhanger here as both dumbass boys go over the edge and into the water. Frickin' everybody in the boat loses it.

Jime and Mariela are out walking around when they sense a disturbance in the force. They overhear that Juan and Renato were dueling on Peñon del Diablo. One of the guys gossiping says he's sure one of the two is going to die! Mariela is concerned about Noel and Jimangela says they out to get back to Raul's house.

Reggie is still asleep at Doc Miranda's. Clemencia worries about Juan, Renato, and the baby. Doc Miranda says some men have blood in their destiny, and he's afraid Juan is one of them. Clem strokes Reggie's hair and cries.

Back at the finca, Arcadio is still drinking. He says soon this will all be his, but in the meantime, he needs a woman. He goes off to find one.

Rodrigo sees Brigitte's glove in the drawer where the maid put it. The maid knocks and announces that Leo is there to see him. He leaves the glove and goes downstairs. They both make small talk while they smile a little too widely at each other. Leo hopes no one finds anything to point to them as murderers. Rod says her secret is safe with him and he'd never betray her. He knows he can trust her too. Blah, blah, blah. Leo thought bubbles that Rod's goin' down! They toast as Leo smiles and Rod looks at her suspiciously.

The guys in the boats keep shouting for Renato and Juan, but they can't see them. Noel begs them to keep looking. Pedro isn't worried--Juan's a good swimmer. Santos isn't optimistic about Renato's chances. They yell back to Noel that they'll keep looking and refuse Noel's offer of payment. Um, guys, you're pretty far out and the dumbass twins went in a lot closer to the rocks. Just saying.

Regina wakes up with a scream, freaking out about Juan. Clemencia begs her to calm down.

You motherfucking son of a bitch, don’t you dare! Sorry, I'm watching Arcadio checking out Jacinta as she stares out to see. He grabs at her as she screams at him to let her go. She tries to run, but stumbles and falls. She keeps screaming for help and Arcadio knocks her out and starts ripping her clothes off.

The search continues. Colibri is seriously traumatized. Noel looks like he's going to pass out.

Doc Miranda comes running down the beach and pulls a gun on Arcadio. Jacinta doesn't realize it's Doc Miranda asking if she's ok and screams as she comes to. Arcadio runs off and Doc says he got there in time and Arcadio won't hurt her. She tells him everybody went out looking for Juan and Renato.

The search continues. They agree to go back to port and search there. Pedro tells Eusebio about the reef and says they've got to search carefully.

Arcadio sees a little rowboat on another part of the beach. He curses the doctor for interrupting his fun. I'm just sorry he didn't get shot. He steals the rowboat to sail directly to the finca.

At the port, Noel asks for volunteers and offers to pay any price for help finding Juan and his son. The fishermen say he doesn't have to pay. It's time for them to pay him back for everything he's done for them in the past. They start searching.

Leonarda gets the bad news from Celia and cries. She refuses to believe that Renato could be dead and forbids Celia from saying that he might be. She goes running out of the house saying he must be alive.

Regina wakes up properly and asks Clemencia for news. Clem says she had an infection, the baby's fine, and Juan…well, he's probably going to be there soon. Reggie knows Clemencia is hiding something from her and demands to know what it is. Reggie remembers about the duel. Clem says they did duel, but they both fell in the sea and no one knows where they are. Reggie gets hysterical and insists they have to be out there somewhere.

Raul confirms that the news about the duel is accurate. The boys are still missing. Mariela is still worried about Noel. She insists on going to see him, but her father doesn't want her seeing a married man. Her mother joins in on her husband's objections. She's worried about the rumors. Mariela is angry that they seem to have forgotten everything Noel has done for the family and they're asking her to abandon Noel now. She pleads with her father to understand how Noel must feel, with his child missing. She insists that she can't fail Noel now. Jimangela tells him that she knows he's more concerned with what's real, then with appearances. She offers to go with Mariela, as does Grandma. Grandpa says they're all going to go and support Noel. Raul begs off and says he has personal business to attend to.

One last rallying cry and the fishermen go to start searching. Mariela comes up and hugs Noel. He says his son is lost at sea and maybe dead. Mariela tells him to have faith. He thanks her. Grandpa, Grandma, and Jimangela all express their solidarity. Noel is grateful to all of them. He asks them to pray that they find both boys alive. Mariela gives him a blessing and he takes off with the fishermen. Leo comes up crying that she wants her son back alive. "Quit flirting and go find him!" In the middle of all this serious shit that's going down, Noel has to tell her that he and Mariela are just friends. Priorities, people, priorities.

Rod gets the news from his maids. He figures Leo must be freaking out. He thought bubbles that Leo is paying for what she did to MdR and he's glad she's suffering.

Leo says "you must be happy about this." Mariela defends Noel, so Leo calls her Noel's "lover." He defends Mariela and tells her not to say Renato is dead. Now Leo accuses him of denying reality and blames him for Renato's death. This is his fault for bringing Juan around. Noel says it's her fault for pushing Juan away and feeding Renato's hate. Noel takes his leave of the family, ignoring Leo. He comes back again and tells Leo he's got to go keep searching. Leo wants to go with him, but Noel tells her to stay or she'll slow down the search. Noel leaves and Leo gives Mariela et al, a dirty look.

Pedro shows Noel a map and explains about the tricky currents. He proposes that maybe the guys washed into a cave. But if they didn't, they're dead, Jim. Pedro tells Noel where to search. They're going to take 2 teams to follow each of the major currents.

Leo goes to scream at the Virgen for punishing her. She says "you can't take my son from me! You're a mother too! You can't take my son!" The priest comes out and gripes her out for yelling at the Virgen that way. He tells her to have faith and to search her own soul before screaming at the Virgen. Leo is miraculously not struck by lightning when she says she has nothing to feel guilty for and has always been a good Christian, so she can't understand why she's being punished like this. "God has abandoned me! Everyone has abandoned me!" The priest looks at the Virgen and asks forgiveness for Leo.

One of the fishermen finds Renato's vest in the water. Pedro wonders if he was smashed on the rocks. He's convinced Renato is dead.

Another guy reports to Noel that there's no sign of either of the boys. Noel won't give up. He tells the guy to go get Captain Breton and demand the coast guard ship get involved in the search. Colibri's afraid they got caught in the current and drowned. Noel pulls himself together and tells Colibri not to lose faith. He makes Colibri promise. Colibri calls him "Captain" and promises.

Pedro brings the vest back to Noel. Noel still won't accept that Renato is dead. He tells Pedro and Santos his idea about Captain Breton. Colibri asks Pedro and Santos to tell him that the Captain isn't dead. Santos thinks they need to resign themselves to Juan and Renato being dead. Noel refuses. Santos tells them to let the coast guard take over the search. But first he wants them to have a moment of silence for Juan and Renato.

Noel stands on the dock holding Renato's vest and crying.

Regina prays to the Virgen to take care of Juan and Renato, despite all the harm Renato has done. Clemencia comes in with some soup and tells Regina to lie back down. She reminds her that she's eating for two to convince Reggie to eat something. Reggie doesn't know how to be calm if she's lost the love of her life. How can she find peace if Juan is dead.

Well, I feel cheated. Hopefully tomorrow will be more fulfilling.

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