Friday, October 29, 2010
El Clon - Gran Final, Fri, Oct. 29
One daughter found:
The family watches nervously as Mohamed paces and mutters terrible threats against Samira. Then the door opens: Tío Alí has brought Samira home. All – Latifa, the Naz, Zoraida, Amin and especially Mohamed – rush to kiss her and welcome her back.
And one daughter lost:
A servant brings Said the shocking news: Jadiya is missing! Even though she was driven right to the door of the school, she never went in. Said’s nostrils flare and he breathes heavily.
Rania and Amina exchange mean little smiles.
And one son still in limbo:
Enrique is in court presenting Lucas’s argument to the judge. You can’t equate genetic identity with parentage, he says. Daniel was cloned from a cell taken from Lucas. No parental link exists between Daniel and Leo. And if Leo is not Daniel’s father, then Lucas isn’t his brother.
In fact, Daniel does have a family, continues Enrique: his mother is Dora; and his father, en el sentido socio-afectivo del término, is Dr. Albieri. Albieri created him and has always been a father figure for him.
Daniel turns accusingly to Albieri: You said they weren’t going to mention that I was a clone!
A servant brings a bouquet of flowers to Said along with a note from Jade asking his forgiveness. But it isn’t fair, she writes, to keep her from seeing her own daughter.
So Jade took his daughter! Said is beside himself with rage. I’ll kill her, he roars. This time I’ll give the lashes myself and no one will be able to save her!
Luisa follows Albieri in her car. [She seems more adept at it than she was when she thought he was cheating on her with Dora.] She sees him join Amalia at an outdoor café. 
Albieri is still being cagy with Amalia, but she cajoles him with just the right amount of flattery mixed with honesty into acknowledging that he created a clone. She knows he is brilliant – and vain! And they both laugh. But Luisa’s not laughing: Ya verás, Albieri! she says. (You’ll see!)
The second courtroom of the evening:
The judge gives Fernando a choice of standing trial and most likely doing jail time or entering rehab. He chooses rehab, much to the relief of Clara and Escobar. And it is very nice to see the smirk finally wiped off Fernando’s face.
Enrique is nervously preparing himself for a more personal trial. He is going to see his children. Carolina offers to go with him but he prefers to do this on his own.
He takes a taxi to his family’s house. Unfortunately he loses his nerve when he gets there. He tells the man who comes to the window that he was just checking an address.
The story moves to Fez:
Jade reassures Jadiya that they are safe in the medina: discovering them there would be like finding a needle in a haystack (aguja en pajar). And then they spot Tío Abdul tormenting… I mean educating little Zumaya.
They run back to their lodging.
Back in Miami, Said questions Zoraida and Alí but they don’t know anything. Besides, says Alí:
¡Yo nunca apoyaría una fechoría como eso, Said!
(I would never support villainy like that, Said!)
Said figures they must be in Fez because it’s the only place Jade really knows well. He’s going to track her down and when he does, he’ll show no her mercy. And Rania, now happier than a pig in potatoes, has to work extra hard to hide her smirk.
Enrique has taken refuge in a bar. Whiskey doble!
Carolina tells Clara how excited Enrique was about seeing his kids and how good he felt about his decision.
The man Enrique spoke to earlier (stepfather, employee?) now tells a young man and woman (his children?) about his brief visit. The girl asks him to call her if he comes back.
Caro is trying to call Enrique but he doesn’t pick up.
The mood is gloomy at the Del Valle home. The second DNA test came up positive and Lucía is left with the inescapable conclusion that her Roberto did indeed father a child with another woman.
But change is in the air at Casa Ferrer. Marisa gives Lucas permission to go on with his life and make the changes he needs to be happy. She tells him not to feel guilty about Natalia: they both tried, they gave her their best.
I’ve suffered so much in my life, she tells him. And to shield herself from pain, she invented a story, she says. But the truth is this: her mother didn’t die: she was lost to drugs and alcohol when Marisa was very young. And she never even knew her father. She blamed herself for her mother’s problem, the same problem Natalia has now…
This confession is cut short when Rosa rushes in: Natalia is having a crisis! Lucas finds his daughter distraught, restless and craving drugs. Take the baby, she pleads. She wants to be left alone. She doesn’t want anyone to see her like this. She is frighteningly out of control.
Roberto is unhappy to hear that Enrique is away. And when he sees that Lucía has packed up his belongings and sent them to his office, he looks like he could use a whiskey doble too.
Alí and Zoraida are greeted by Zumaya and Abdul upon their arrival in Fez. Zoraida tells Zumaya that Said is on the warpath and she’s afraid she’ll be blamed for Jade’s sins too.
Jade and Jadiya are in their room in Fez. Jadiya misses her father. Jade understands but says that if he finds them right now, she and Jadiya will never see each other again.
The glowering Said stalks the medina with Amina, Rania and Munir trailing behind. Jade’s not going to escape this time, he vows.
In Miami, news of The Kiss has gotten around. At the gym, Vicki asks Pablo if he is falling in love with the Naz. It was just a kiss, he says. But it was a kiss so… one more kiss like that and I’d be in love!
Then Vicki congratulates him. For what? he asks. He got the job in Morocco!
Enrique, now falling-down drunk, shows up outside his family’s house. 
The two young people decide to follow him.
Rogelio hasn’t fired Malicia yet but as she stands before him, he looks as if he is smelling something very unpleasant. Diana comes in to say that a friend of Malicia’s is looking for her. And in walks Aurelio.
Malicia turns away from Rogelio and hisses to Aurelio: ¿Qué diablos haces aquí? (What the hell are you doing here?) And we know that her past has come back to bite her en el trasero.
And back to Enrique – now so drunk that he is ill. Seeking help, he taps on the window of a patrol car and the officers drive him away. The two young people are watching him; they hail a cab and follow the police car.
Amalia shows up at Albieri’s house and teasingly warns him not to run away from her this time. Oh, no, he says, he’s ready to tell her everything – how he made a human clone. And he proudly shows her photos of Lucas and Daniel. ¡Dios mío! say Amalia softly, muy impactada.
The boy and girl – his children! -- have followed Enrique to a hospital. He lies on a narrow bed, barely conscious. The go up to him and say: Papa? Papito! Why did you abandon us. We missed you so much! 
Monica, his daughter says: In spite of everything, he’s our father. But Ricardo, his son, is unyielding: Oh yeah, why didn’t he remember that fact all the time he was gone? Forget it. For me, my father is dead.
Alí and Zoraida are settling back into the house in Fez, but it feels oddly empty to Alí:
Me siento como un barco viejo abandonado en medio mar.
(I feel like an old boat abandoned in the middle of the sea.)
Zoraida reminds him of his three wives and his children but he tells her they are no comfort to him. Why did Allah ever permit him to marry those tres vendavales (three gale winds)?
Sólo tú me haces reír de mis tristezas, Zoraida.
(Only you make me laugh at my sorrows, Zoraida.)
Zoraida goes into the kitchen to make sure that the lamb is being prepared the way Alí likes it. One of the servants, Karima, splashes drippings on Zoraida’s veil. She removes the veil so she can replace it with a clean one. At that moment, Alí opens the kitchen door and catches a glimpse of Zoraida with her lovely long dark hair free of the veil. And from his expression, it is clear Alí está flechado! (He’s in love, that is, struck by Cupid’s arrow).
Another kind of love story is playing out at Casa Ferrer:
Who packed my suitcase? asks Lucas. I did, Marisa tells him. It’s time for you to go to Jade. Don’t use Natalia as an excuse. Let’s give her a good example by the way we live our lives:
Te amé. Te amo. No te voy a culpar porque no me hayas amado. Ve por ella y se feliz.
(I loved you. I love you. I’m not going to blame you because you didn’t love me. Go to her and be happy.)
The final verdict in Leo’s paternity case is in: The judge finds in Leo’s favor. 
Based on the DNA evidence, Leo is Daniel’s father. The cloning will be investigated separately by the medical authorities. And the appropriate action will be taken against Albieri. He may go to jail.
Dora’s cries out at the injustice of the ruling – ¡El juez es un desalmado! (The judge is heartless, literally ‘soul-less’) -- and her lawyer has to escort her out of the courtroom. She promises Dora they will appeal the ruling.
Early on in this novela, Andrea seemed to be a Miami version of a Valley Girl. It turns out, she’s actually Nancy Drew, Girl Detective.
It’s funny that you know those two sKanks, I mean, women, she says to Consuelo. Oh no, they’re just conocidas del barrio (acquaintances from the neighborhood), answers Consuelo. Well then it’s really weird that you brought these ‘acquaintances’ here to meet my mother – as if my mother were some kind of celebrity!
While Rosario and Andrea are conferring about the situation – A mi esa historia no me encaja en la cabeza (this story doesn’t make sense, lit. it doesn’t fit in my head), says Rosario – Consuelo sneaks out with her suitcase. Rosario sounds the alarm and Andrea rushes out in pursuit. We have to catch that woman!
Mohamed and Samira are sparring over the boyfriend issue, when sweet Carlos shows up wearing tradition Muslim garb. 
He tells them:
Fui donde el Sheik como me dijo el tío Alí, él me convirtió y me pidió que le dijera que me enseñara leer el Koran.
(That sentence has more verbs than any sentence should: I went to the Sheik just as tío Alí told me to; he converted me and asked me to tell you to teach me to read the Koran.)
Andrea has captured the sKank! Single-handedly! She returns in triumph dragging Consuelo by the arm. Talk or I’ll call the police, says Andrea. And Consuelo talks. Hilda forced her to take used condoms from the trash… 
And now Planet Lucía is back in its orbit and harmony is restored to the Del Valle family.
Malicia’s blast from the past, Aurelio, turns out to be a very bitter, not quite ex-, husband. He shows up at the apartment with a list of everything she owns. Since they never legally separated, he has a right to half of it.
Jade and Jadiya are in the medina selling jewelry. 
Said’s men see them and they run away to the ruins. 
Alí announces to his family that he has decided to get married again. ¿Con quién? (with whom?) He answers enigmatically: Ya lo sabrán. (You’ll find out.) Zoraida’s eyes well up with tears.
One father found and one daughter find each other:
Enrique’s daughter, Monica, comes looking for him. He asks her forgiveness and they hug.
Natalia says what everyone has been waiting to hear: I need help! She wants to enter rehab. And when she gets there, she sees a familiar face: Fernando.
It’s time for Marisa to leave Casa Ferrer and start a new chapter in her life. As she is saying her goodbyes to Rosa and Cristina, Cristina excuses herself. She doesn’t feel well.
The family is gathered at Alí’s house in Fez. He tells them that he is getting married and this time, he’s marrying the right woman. Who? asks Zoraida. He answers:
Eres tú, Zoraida, me quiero casarme contigo. ¿Te gustaría?
(It’s you, Zoraida, I want to marry you. Would you like to?)
Zoraida’s response: She faints.
Things are getting complicated for Albieri. He tells Julio that he feels good about entrusting his story to Amalia. Her book will present his actions in the best possible light. But Albieri panics when he hears that Luisa will be spilling his story to reporters before Amalia’s book comes out.
And Luisa has, in fact, arranged a press conference (una rueda de prensa) with the clear intention of doing as much damage to Albieri as she can.
Now Albieri is scared. For all his bluster, he doesn’t want to go to jail. He decides he’ll escape to Morocco.
Daniel, in full clone identity crisis, shows up on Albieri’s doorstep. If Albieri is going on a trip, Daniel is going with him:
Yo no voy a separarme de ti hasta que tú construyas un mundo para mí.
(I’m not going to part from you until you build a world for me.)
Hilda sKank and Karla sKank are basking in the sun and dreaming about how they will spend Roberto’s money (Hilda wants a leopard-skin themed décor – so chic!) when Consuelo sKank bursts on the scene with tragic news: We’re done for! They know everything!
And unfortunately, Jade and Jadiya are done for as well. Said’s thugs close in on them and they have nowhere to run. Said glowers.
End Part I.
But Nati tells him that she doesn't want him to sacrifice his happiness for her anymore. Lucas replies that the fact that he isn't happy isn't her fault. Nati asks him to do her a favor, 'Sé feliz... y así yo tambien voy a ser feliz.. y me quitas ese peso de encima, ¿Sí?' Be happy, and then I will be happy and you will take that burden off me. Ok?
[Clearly, this is not happening at Alí's house in the medina.] He asks if she wants to go with him. She does, of course, and off they go while her family cheers or curses according to their opinions.
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La Fea Más Bella #67-68 10/29/10 Two partying styles.
Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 65 to 69. Then come back here to discuss it.
1. In the parking lot, Lety wants a kiss but Fernando says they can’t because Celso might see them. Veterans, remember that scene? Alicia is a stowaway in Omar’s car. She begs, and he throws her out. He alternates between calling her “mi amor” and “lichita.”
2. Fernando drops off Lety at Megatron (MT). She calls home to tell Pop she’ll be late and Fernando will bring her home. He doesn’t like that one bit. She says, “It’s because we’re novios.” He doesn’t like her joke either. After she hangs up, Lety says, “You can’t say I never told you.”
3. Fernando tells Omar that in 20 minutes, he’ll greet and be seen at IdeaStock (IS), go back to Lety and kiss her, and then this awful night will be over. Lety is bored and uncomfortable at MT.
4. Marcia goes to IS. She knows he went there to escape her, and he knows she went to spy on him. She insists that he’s there with one of the honeys, so he marches her over to the two honeys and asks them, “Which of you did Omar arrange be with me tonight?” This does not improve Marcia’s mood. He asks her if she’s finished spying or if he should ask every woman there.
5. Jorge, the accomplice, wants to know who Fern is ducking out to see. See the transcript. Jorge insists that Fern introduce him sometime so he (Jorge) can die with envy. Fern answers, “Yeah, you’d die alright.” Omar says, “You seem more worried about Lety than Marcia.” Fern completely agrees – Lety doesn’t deserve to be stuck at a place like that. Omar is stunned.
6. Erasmo fumes. Julieta says he’s acting like he did when his best friend tried to take her (Julieta) from him. She assures him, nobody is trying to take Lety from him, much less her boss.
7. Fern is really having fun in the conga line. See the transcript. He says he practically lives at Marcia’s because otherwise she obsesses. Lety says that if he’s engaged, it’s reasonable that Marcia thinks he’s in love. Fernando says that his commitment isn’t for love, but for family, business, etc. He makes her swear that she’s his, all his. She does, and he needs the Paty photo so he can kiss her.8. Again Sanchez asks Tom why Lety isn’t proceeding with the demand, and why Conceptos’ attorney isn’t fighting it.
9. Lety wraps around Fernando like a python and catches every kiss she can, while Fernando looks very uncomfortable. Marcia is mad that he turned off his phone, so she tries to call Omar.
10. Fernando apologizes for taking Lety to such a dive. Her response is beautiful. “It’s not important to me. I understand. Besides, for me any place is marvelous if I'm with you. I will always remember this club however ugly or beautiful or average it is. For me, it's a very special night. I’ll go with you anywhere. I'll never feel uncomfortable because .. What I want is for you to be calm, that nothing bothers you, that nothing makes you nervous. What I want, is that when you are with me, you’re at peace.” After a declaration like that, I won’t say he wants to kiss her, but this time he doesn’t need the Paty photo either.
Capitulo 68.
Read Julie’s original recap which covers Cap’s 65 to 69. Then come back here to discuss it.
1. As Fernando kisses Lety, Omar Chaparro, the MC, selects them as the No. 1 in-love couple of the night. So much for a discreet place! All Fern wants to do is get out of the spotlight. He fumbles for a false name and says “Fernando Colunga.” The MC forces them to sing. Lety sings so badly that Fernando takes the mic from her and sings beautifully. Can you hear the laughter in his singing voice, especially in the first bars?
2. Tomas doesn’t want to go out with the HaHAs but Sanchez says “Te invito” (which means he’ll pay), so Tom agrees. Once they have him drunk and bring on the honeys, Sanchez say that Tom is the one doing the inviting, and by then he’s too far gone to protest. One of the honeys borrows Tom’s cell and leaves with it.
3. Fernando takes Lety home, and it sounds like he says, “I liked it. I’ve never had a night this good.” Can that be right? He completely enjoyed being with Lety tonight, except for the fear of being discovered, and having to kiss her. He drives home singing.
4. Erasmo yells at Lety for working late again. He warns that she’ll have trouble with Fernando’s fiancé if she’s out with him (for meetings) at night. Lety says she won’t have any problems with Marcia (Liar, liar, pants on fire.)
5. Lety recounts the day to her diary. Fernando being jealous about Tomas, the card and candy, and the fact that he ditched Marcia to be with her. She’s afraid of what the future holds, but she’s not willing to walk away from her dream.
6. Marcia tells Alicia that Fernando is going out with someONE, and she is robbing him from Marcia. She’s got a feeling about it. Marcia is determined to find her and deal with her. Marcia tells Ali to call IdeaStock and ask what time Fernando left so she can catch him in a lie. Marta overhears.
7. Fernando rehashes with Omar. Omar notes that he doesn’t seem as horrified by the kisses. Fernando says it’s like a boxer. After a few rounds he doesn’t feel anything anymore. Lety puts a love poem on Fernando’s desk.
8. Marta reports to Lety that Marcia knows Fernando has an amante. Lety is disturbed by the word. She insists, since Fernando isn’t married, it would be “la otra” instead.
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El Clon Thursday October 28: Summary for Discussion
Before the new episode begins, we get one more chance to enjoy the incredibly satisfying bofetada: Slap! Again, we imagine Cris’s hand print on that rodent face.
Now to the business of the evening:
Faced with the prospect of living in Fez at Tío Abdul’s mercy, Samira does what any sane person would do: she runs away. The Naz blames Mohamed for threatening Samira with such a hellish fate. Abdul takes umbrage at the idea that living with him is an infierno. Then, to his family’s immense relief, he scuttles off to catch his plane.
The Naz turns to Latifa next and blames her for supporting Mohamed’s plan. But Mohamed, surprisingly, assumes responsibility for what has happened.
Things are looking grim at the Del Valle home. Lucía’s not buying Roberto’s protestation of innocence. Andrea suspects that Consuelo is mixed up in all this, but she doesn't know how. Roberto is having the DNA test repeated: he’s sure the positive result was an error or a scam.
Let him repeat the DNA test as often as he likes, crows UbersKank. It will turn out the same. Still, Karla is worried about all the money her mother is spending in anticipation of their windfall.
Alí and the Naz take to the streets in search of Samira.
Gloria tells Alí that when a girl runs away, it’s always because of a boyfriend. While Alí is explaining that in his culture there are no novios, just esposos, Ramón comes along and tells them just by chance he saw Samira tiptoeing out of her house, carrying a suitcase early this morning. He just happened to see her meet up with a boy.
Here's how the Naz searches: She walks along the water screaming Samira’s name, and growing ever more frantic. By an amazing coincidence, Pablo is in that same spot. The second bofetada of the evening: Pablo slaps the hysterical Naz to bring her to her senses. Ay, me pegaste, Pablo! (Oh, you hit me, Pablo!) The shock on her face turns to a delirious smile and she gives Pablo a long, passionate kiss, while Diana and Pedro look on in amusement.
The unpleasant Albieri’s finally confront one another. He can’t understand why she turned on him. His only sin was giving a reporter an interview. But according to Luisa:
¡Me excluiste! Eso es lo que no perdono!
(You excluded me! That’s what I can’t forgive!)
He doesn't understand why she's so mad. He isn’t in love with Amalia, although he does love her admiration, her interest, her questions.
And finally, Luisa storms out with her suitcase and her rage in tow. [And given her wardrobe, for once we can believe that everything she owns is in that one bag.]
At Dora’s apartment, Daniel vows to follow Jade wherever she may go. Not if Dora can help it!
She implores Jade to stop putting ideas in Daniel’s head and accuses her of trying to get from Daniel what Lucas owes her. (Tú quieres cobrarte con todo lo que te debe el otro). Besides, what are you going to live on when Daniel can’t even support himself?
Jade remembers the young Lucas promising to go away with her. Then she hears the present-day Daniel say:
Yo voy a estar contigo siempre; yo no te voy a dejar nunca.
(I’m always going to be with you; I’ll never leave you.)
Responds a saddened Jade: I waited all my life to hear those words. And now it’s too late.
With no explanation, Daniel hurries out of the house.
Once he’s gone, Jade tells Dora not to worry; she’s going to a place where Daniel won’t find her. But she takes off her jade pendant and gives it to Dora. Please give him this and tell him I lived the most beautiful time of my life with him.
She explains that through Daniel, she came to realize that her experience with Lucas was real and beautiful; that she didn’t throw her life away.
She gives Dora a parting gift, a filmy orange veil [clearly, the Naz gives better presents], and leaves, pulling her magic telenovela maleta behind her [because unlike Luisa, Jade, even in exile, maintains an impressive closet].
So that’s where he was going!
Daniel shows up at Casa Ferrer. You said I could ask you for anything, he tells Leo. Well, I’d like a ticket to Morocco. Leo is amused that his sons are so attracted to the place. He promises Daniel his ticket.
And Jade shows up at Zein’s place – he said she could ask him for anything -- requesting shelter (posada) for the night.
Natalia and her baby come home to Casa Ferrer. Leo and Lucas have gone to the hearing and Daniel has just left. When Nati takes the baby upstairs, Marisa confides to Rosa that even though Nati is abstinent now, she’s on shaky ground.
Because Marisa is also on her way out, she asks Rosa to call Gloria to come to visit Natalia and the baby.
I guess Marisa is truly changed, broccoli band dress notwithstanding. She is in a support group for parents of addicts. She listens respectfully to the other parents and speaks with some humility of her own problems, her losses and her failures.
Back in Casa Ferrer, Nati looks very depressed. She seems uninterested in the baby, doesn’t even want to look at him. Marina comes in with a breast pump: Natalia has to empty her milk or she’ll have problems.
Gloria arrives and fills the room with her energy. As she holds mega-baby (He looks just like her baby, she says), she announces she’s there to take Nati and her grandson back to her place. She’s the one to supervise his care. Rosa defends the home team: The baby looks like both parents, she says stoutly; and she and Marisa raised Natalia – they can surely take care of little Alejandro. And Nati assures her suegra that she’s going to take very good care of her grandson.
In the courtroom, Roberto is advocating on Leo's behalf. The DNA results show clearly that Leo and Isabel Ferrer are Daniel’s biological parents. And furthermore, both Lucas and Daniel share a genetically transmitted trait, the famous mancha, that they could only have inherited from Isabel. Both men are called up to show their manchas to the judge.
At Empresas Ferrer, Clara gets another bouquet of flowers from Escobar. Caro thinks his courtship efforts are kind of sweet, but Clara says he’s the same clueless idiot as always.
Enrique breezes in looking happier than we’ve ever seen him (well, except when he’s making fun of Roberto). He has made up him mind, he tells Caro. Tomorrow he’s going to look for his family. Now that he has Carolina at his side, he’s ready to face his past.
Mohamed’s house is still in turmoil. Samira’s friends haven’t seen her. Mohamed refuses to believe Ramón’s story about seeing his daughter with a boy. And he thinks the circumstances are too shameful to involve the police. Suddenly Alí realizes the Naz is missing. She went out looking for Samira, says Zoraida, and she never came back.
Apparently the Naz has spent the day with Pablo. Maybe they were looking for Samira together? Now he has brought her home and before saying goodbye, he tries to kiss her. She refuses. Kissing is for married couples. The earlier kiss? That was in the heat of the moment. Say, she says, why don’t we get married and live in Morocco? Think about it! And off she goes leaving Pablo with a silly grin on his face.
Diana, who has just witnessed this exchange, can’t believe it. Neither can I, says Pablo. But did you see the powerful chemistry between us?
Once upstairs, the Naz announces blissfully:
¡No encontré a tu hija pero encontré a mi marido!
(I didn’t find your daughter but I found my husband!)
Zombies Paula and Fer are hanging out on their favorite ledge when Paula spots a police car and runs away. Fer, stretched out dopily, reacts too slowly. The police question him, find the gun he got from the Scary Drug Guy, and take him in to the station. Fer calls Clara and tells her he’s been arrested.
At Casa Ferrer, our third zombie’s recovery is wearing thin about now. Ahora comienza el infierno (now the hell begins) Natalia tells Rosa. She asks her to take care of the baby. And she says: Don’t let me go out -- even if I scream or kick or make a scene.
Gloria expresses her doubts about Nati’s recovery (Me cuesta creer en la rehabilitación de Natalia), but Alej believes in her. And he is on his way to visit his son.
In Said’s house, Jadiya is talking to Jade on the phone. They are planning the details of their escape. Jadiya has her suitcase packed. She diverted suspicion by telling everyone it was full of doll clothes she wants to bring to school to show her friend. As Jadiya talks, Rania is approaching ever so quietly. She catches Jadiya saying: But where are we running away to, Mommy? To Fez? Okay.
Rania can hardly contain her joy. She whispers the good news to Amina and swears her to secrecy.
Clara spends another miserable evening in the police station. Fernando was caught with a gun and he had drugs in his pocket and in his bloodstream. Clara has no money for bail, so he’ll have to spend the night in jail.
Lucas shows up at Salamandra. Why? Who knows. But Zein spots him in the crowd and we get to enjoy a few seconds staring at beautiful Zein staring intensely at Lucas.
When Daniel gets back to Dora’s apartment, he learns that Jade is gone. And once again, he rushes out without telling Dora where he’s going.
Just as before, he lands at Casa Ferrer. This time he is here to see Lucas. He prefers to wait outside.
As soon as Lucas drives up, Daniel asks him accusingly: Where’s Jade? Where did you take her? Lucas is puzzled: Isn’t she at your house? No, says Daniel, she left and she took her luggage.
We see Jade sitting in a yellow taxi.
Jadiya is ready for school. Said wants to know what’s in her suitcase. Doll clothes, says Jadiya. Said would like to see them. [Really? Said wants to see Jadiya’s doll clothes?]
To keep Said from discovering what is really in the suitcase, Rania tells him the doll clothes are carefully folded; he’ll get them all wrinkled if he opens the suitcase.
Then Rania can only watch in mute admiration as Jadiya gets Said to sign a paper for her by telling him it’s a permission slip for a school trip to the zoo. [I suspect it's a permission slip for a rather longer field trip.] When Jadiya finally leaves, Rania smiles and smiles and smiles.
She would probably break into her awkward emu dance, but it might arouse Said’s suspicions.
At Mohamed’s place, however, the Naz feels quite free to dance with joy. She looks about 15 years younger than she did the day before. She and Zoraida agree on one thing:
Es muy triste el destino de una mujer sin marido.
(The fate of a woman without a husband is a very sad one.)
Alí, unobserved, is listening to this conversation and seems surprised to hear Zoraida’s sadness at her life without husband or children or her own. [So maybe Zoraida will get a husband after all].
Amin rushes in with the latest: They found Samira. There’s a boy downstairs who wants to talk to Mohamed.
Mohamed finds Carlos standing at the front gate. He tells Mohamed that Samira is fine; she’s staying with a girlfriend. And he explains that he is Samira’s boyfriend and is prepared to convert to Islam for her. Mohamed says, as if in a trance state:
Tu… Carlos… occidental… musulman… novio de Samira…
And then he faints dead away.
Back at the clone trial, Dora’s lawyer gets her turn to speak. She tells the judge that not only is Leo’s paternity claim morally repugnant, there is no solid legal or scientific basis for it. Dora gave birth to Daniel, she raised him, gave him a home and a family.
Furthermore, if Daniel were shown to be a clone, why would the court assume that Leo is his father? Why not Lucas?
Mohamed has been helped up to bed and Zoraida now serves him a calming tea. He tells the family he had a terrible nightmare.
Carlos takes Alí to the house where Samira has been hiding. He convinces her it’s safe to come home.
In the final scene, Jade is still sitting in the yellow taxi. At last, Jadiya arrives at school. And when the coast is clear, she gets in the cab with her mother.
Credits roll.
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