Caray, Caray!

Fermin just told Pamela that her father is dead. She says that can’t be! When they guy claiming to be her father came back, he looked just like the photos she and her mother had, but now with white hair and a beard. She kept reassuring her mother that it was really him. Fermin says whatever, I needed to tell you, I need someone to back me up to say that I’m not the one committing fraud here, that we didn’t know he was using false identification. She says she will help him. Then she wonders why this guy is pretending to be her father, what, to get the money and then kill her and her mother? Fermin says I hope not, “I have a wife and kids, I don’t want to be involved in something like that.” Apparently he doesn’t care what happens to Pamela and her mother, just his own family. Pamela says that the first thing to do is confront her ‘father’ and find out who he really is. Did he do something to her real father?

Fernanda is praying at Santiago’s church and crying. She tells him that she has lost her daughters and it’s Bertha’s fault. She then goes on and on about a pain in her chest. I know that the feeling of loss would account for this but there was such an emphasis on her chest pain – is this a hint at some health problem in the future? Probably not, it’s just some extra drama. He tries to compare her situation to the Virgin, how must she have felt when she lost her son but still survived it? Fern says “but she is the Virgin, I’m not.” He says they are both mothers and that’s what is important. She tells him that all three daughters know who she really is now. “Great! The hard part is over, everything forward will be in your favor.” Fern explains that now they hate her, especially Renata, and Miranda now despises her. Santiago says to not worry about Miranda, she’ll come around. And what about Florencia? Fern feels sorry for herself some more “Flor doesn’t want to know anything about what happened.” Santiago says if she keeps trying to communicate with them they’ll come around and lose their hate.

Bertha is trying to play innocent with Alejandro, asking “what else do you want to know? I’ll explain everything!” Al still has the drunk signal/untucked shirt tail going. He tells her that he doesn’t want any of her explanations, and furthermore, she never meant ANYTHING to his father. “He never loved you. He only spoke of you once or twice, and when he did, he spoke as if he despised you, like I’m talking to you now.” Bertha tries to look hurt. I don’t know if she’s putting that on for him or if she’s stupid and thought Alfredo loved her. It might be the second one, she has this strange idea that men like her when they don’t. Hell, the only regular action she was getting for a long time had to get drunk first to face her. Daira and Luciano are watching from the other room, Daira says “I’m not sure he’s in the best state to be negotiating with Bertha.” Luciano says “with her, there is no negotiating.” Daira agrees. Bertha whines to Al, “why are you treating me this way, like garbage? You don’t have the right and that’s not what I am.” She says she only ever offered him love and he misunderstood her. “No Bertha, you only offer pain but I’m looking for happiness. And that happiness can only be given to me by Miranda.” Bertha starts crying and calling Al names. She goes on about their love causing wounds or something, at this point she’s just being like one of those people that get unhinged when they get dumped. The only appropriate response is “whatever.” Al says something about the wounds being “heridas de amor” and she doesn’t understand. I thought with that being the name of the show I should put that in. Bertha cries some more and swears that Al will regret this, he should take that as an open declaration of war!

Fern explains to Santiago what happened when they tried to confront Bertha. He says that’s how it is with the devil, he/she can twist words around. He says next time someone has to be in charge, to keep order and keep Bertha quiet. But who, says Fern, who can keep Bertha quiet? Santiago says someone with knowledge of the law to run things like a trial or something like that, to keep order. Fern says “well what then, I’m sure we’re not going to have a policeman there?” Santiago says of course not. He thinks he knows the perfect person but doesn’t say who. He asks her if she looked at the papers from Tomasa. She says yes, nothing more. Ominous music.

Daira and Luciano tell Al he should have been more diplomatic. He says no way. The other two are a bit afraid of her declaration of war. Al says he isn’t afraid, because that’s what she wants. She wants her victims to feel fear so she has them in the palm of her hand. Daira says they need to be alert for her first strike. Al says yes, and when that comes, then they’ll know what they are dealing with. Then he flops down on the sofa to finish sleeping off his hangover.

Pamela and Fermin continue talking about her ‘father.’ She says she’ll talk to Alejandro Luque, he can help us! Like he’s Underdog or something. “Crap we have some random problem, who can help? I know – Alejandro Luque. He can fix anything.” Like the old Life cereal commercials – Alejandro is Mikey. This shows that Pamela hasn’t been brought up to speed by Miranda that today they hate Al. I wonder if she gets a daily report on whether Al and Miranda are on or off. “Today’s forecast – Al is ok but don’t get too close. Tomorrow – We hate Al.” Fermin’s phone rings and he answers it. His secretary tells him that the government agents who came about the false IDs before are back, can they come in or should they wait until Pamela leaves? Extra-ominous music. Time to go to the old conversation style –
Fermin: When I’m done here I’ll come out for them.
Secretary: They said it’s urgent.
F: Tell them I am with a CLIENT and they’ll have to wait. If they have a court order they can come in, otherwise they have to wait.
S: They said they’ll wait.
Pamela confides in him that she and her mother don’t know where the money came from, basically they don’t know anything. Fermin says they might be in quite a situation here, Pamela says further “I don’t have the slightest idea what may have really happened.” She is afraid because now this guy is in her house and she doesn’t even know if it is her father or not. Fermin says he’ll investigate and help when they find out more. She thanks him profusely and he says no problem, now he has to figure out how to put off the agents waiting for him, she says she doesn’t want to deal with them either. They thank each other and Fermin goes off to distract the agents so Pamela can leave.

Florencia tells Fab that she’s going to die, so she doesn’t want to spend time learning details about stupid things from the past, she wants to use her time to try and do something. Fab says “You’re totally right, tell me what you’re going to do.” Flor says it is sooo important that Bertha doesn’t know what they are going to do or she will finish them off. Flor is also sure that Bertha killed the doctors in Germany, there is no limit to what she will do to reach her objectives. Renata arrives. Flor says she’s fine, but how are YOU Renata? Renata cries. Some more.

Miranda is doing some math, wearing her work clothes. One of the other ladies brings in Gabino, turns out he and some of the others want Naty to leave. It takes forever to get out of him why, he finally says that the things that she does with the chocolate make them think she’s some sort of witch. This whole scene is funny since the lady who brings Gabino in keeps hitting him in the back of the head to get him to talk. Miranda is stunned, like everyone else is all the time about everything.

Fern says that the stuff from Tomasa doesn’t mean anything since they don’t mention Bertha by name. She thinks Bertha got away with the perfect crime. Santiago says no, the devil makes mistakes, he knows who her granddaughter is and who has her.

Al says that he needs to talk to Gonzalo and tell him what he suspects, to say that his father was shot in the back. I have to mention that Al looks good as new here, cleaned up and in clean clothes, though it appears that about five minutes have passed. Luciano says they should go talk to him right away. Luciano gets a call and after listening says “are you sure? Maybe we’ll fly to Italy today.” Al says please for the love of God Luciano, no more bad news. They all looked concerned and look around at each other for what feels like five minutes.

Santiago says he can’t tell her but he knows the truth, it was confirmed by Mother Superior. He also knows that someone else is investigating and finding out the same thing. Fern knows that it must be Bertha and that the perfect way to disguise it is to register the girl as her own daughter. He says that Nuria’s birth name was Norma. They don’t know how to prove anything, though, so they aren’t sure what to do. Santiago says that because they can’t prove anything, the can’t tell Nuria yet. Fern thinks that they can get Bertha to confess, but of course not she’s crazy. Fern thinks that Miranda is the only one that can help but she won’t talk to her right now.

Luciano tells Al and Daira that Bertha’s lawyer called and said that Bertha took over all of Al’s businesses and investments, he only has left what is in his checking account. Luciano runs off to get his laptop, maybe he can transfer some funds out before it’s too late. Al rants and raves.

Miranda tells Gabino that he’s crazy, Naty isn’t some witch, she just prepares the chocolate with love and that’s why the other women are so inspired to work. Then she asks if any of the men have tried the chocolate. Gabino says no. Miranda gives him a look that says “Well then?”

Flor tells Renata to imagine one day in their mother’s life, Renata says no that’s dirty! She ran off with another man! Flor says no, she didn’t. Flor remembers everything about ‘that night’ perfectly now. She tells about how Fern was crying and Bertha came in and took Flor and insulted Fern. Then she heard Gonz from the other room say “tell her I’ll kill her daughters too” (that part is new, we haven’t seen that before). Flor tells Renata that she thinks Fern is being honest with them. Renata still thinks Bertha is a saint, she’s so wrong. Flor says that she is dying so she has no reason to not seek the truth, it’s all she has left. Renata swears to not ever give Fern a chance, never ever.

Sanson is telling Cesar at his place that Nuria got a call from Miranda saying that Miranda is going to the hacienda and returning later. Cesar asks how he knows that? Did he find a way to tap her phone? No, he just listened at the window. Cesar is proud of Sanson, they have some conversation about who will pay somebody, or if Sanson will get paid, it sounded like Cesar told him that the experience itself was his payment. I didn’t quite understand it all. Somebody knocks on the door. Sanson opens the door to find Bertha, she wants to speak with Cesar. Cesar laughs at her, he knows that she’s mad about Miranda and Al getting married.

Fern and Santiago are still walking and talking, they discuss how evil Bertha is. Fern vows to make her pay for all the trouble she has caused. Fern flashes back to when Bertha swore to ruin the daughters’ lives if Fern gave her trouble. Now she is worried about the other two, she already caused Miranda and Al to break up. What next? Santiago preaches his usual sermon – patience.

Luciano is having good luck getting the money out of Alejandro’s accounts. He is transferring everything into his own accounts in Nassau. Al says he feels like he’s stealing from himself. Luciano says it’s more like Luciano is stealing from Al, now everything is in his accounts. Al jokes that he’ll have to treat him differently now so Luciano doesn’t take off with his money. Luciano laughs. Al says he needs to de-diversify his portfolio to keep it under control. He might lose everything, but he says that’s better than Bertha getting her hands on one single peso. Maybe I didn’t understand quite right – now Luciano says everything is locked up and he hopes that Al and Miranda have a baby because that child is the only one who can touch the money.

Cesar and Bertha agree to help each other in exchange for a cut of each other’s monetary gain. They have a drink to celebrate declaring war on Al. Bertha says they will start with Lasagna and Daira. Then she says she wants to make Miranda hurt even more than Alejandro. Cesar looks uncomfortable about this, Bertha tells him that Miranda teased him for all these years, married someone else, etc. Cesar gets into the plan.

Another scene at the hacienda, Naty says she puts the spirits of the gods into the chocolate, she’s going to show Miranda how.

Flor reminds Renata that she discovered Bertha lying about going to Germany too, Bertha told Renata that she was buying her houses when she got caught. Renata says that the doctors dying was a coincidence. Juan and Fab enter the room. In spite of this, Renata wants to know what’s going on. I sense her being the weak link here. Flor begs her to not say a word to anyone, to go get Miranda at the hacienda and tell her to come talk to Flor. Renata is supposed to go somewhere with Bertha, so they ask her to be careful and not make her suspicious. She leaves. Fern walks down the hall and she and Renata stop and look at each other. Renata asks Fern, do you know why I always hated school? She was the best speaker in her class and every mother’s day she had to get up and welcome all the other mothers and keep her eyes closed, hoping that when she opened them that her own mother would be there. Fern begs forgiveness. Renata goes on some more about bad things at school because she had no mother. She storms off and Fern cries.

Cesar is crying about Miranda. It’s pitiful. Bertha is crying with him. What a couple of losers. He says that if Miranda suffers, Al has to suffer just as much. She says of course, because his father was so bad to her. Cesar asks, is that why she tried to kill him? She says no, she was trying to kill Fernanda, but I missed! Bertha gets up and goes to the back room; the doorbell rings. It’s Lasagna, bitching that Cesar won’t answer his phone. She tells him that Al and Luciano found a way to take everything away from Bertha. Everyone is impactado.

Naty shows Miranda how to make the magic chocolate. Gabino runs in and gives Miranda a gun and tells her to go straight to her room and lock the door.

Cesar tells Lasagna to leave, it’s not a good time. She says fine, she doesn’t like him when he’s drunk anyway. Bertha says wait – my queen, you can’t leave until you explain what you just said. Cesar says another day, and pushed Lasagna to the door. Bertha grabs one of the swords and threatens to hurt Lasagna unless she explains NOW. Lasagna tells Bertha about the clause in her father’s will. If Al’s wife gets pregnant in less than a year, all the money is protected and will go to the baby when it is born. The important thing is that Al and Miranda have a kid. Bertha flips out at the thought and leaves. Cesar calls her stupid and she should have never said anything to Bertha. He takes off his belt and swings it at her….. I guess we’ll find out Monday if she really likes getting hit.

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Karen recognizes Dolores at the mausoleum as the nun that she met at the hospital and demands to know why she tricked them all.

Demian, Tiberio and Juan Cristobal are going to eat together in order to celebrate him eventually coming to work at his father’s business. They make a toast to JC and Tiberio jealously thinks to himself what a big farce this all is. He knows Demian too well and figures he is up to something. JC, for his part, is just trying to fit in somehow and please his momma.

Mariangela tells Jos she feels like she’ll become another wild animal if she continues working there, but if so she warns Jos that she would be ready to do whatever it takes to protect herself. Gabe walks in a bit after and says Jos just told him she’s planning to stay after all. Mariangela says she is only because Little Lui needs her; she promised in order not to abandon him.

Jos is talking with Miriam at the fashion house. Miriam has put somebody on Dolores to keep her under control but it would only upset Jos she says if she told her who that somebody was.. Jos says she’s done everything as Miriam asked and hopes to God that things work out as they hope. Miriam assures her daughter that things will turn out. She then suggests that Jos go back to her dance classes to take her mind off things. (I still think some calmantes are a better choice.)

Dolores tells Sister Remedios about the day that her brother died. How surprised she was to find an urn full of “his” ashes when she knows full well they never found Edgar’s body. She went looking for help in the boat and when she got back with the authorities, they immediately thought that it had been planned, and they blamed her for the murder since she didn’t have a good enough alibi.

Demian is thinking to himself that he’ll have to get close to Delores to keep her under control. He muses that she never realized he was the mastermind of the plot to kill her brother. At that point Dolores pays a surprise visit to Demian’s office dressed in a fashionable black suit rather than her nun’s habit. Demian still thinks he’s got her in the palm of his hand. Delores explains she’s still determined to win Tiberio’s affections, but Demian taunts her about Tiberio not appreciating it when he finds out she’s a convicted murderer and of her own brother. She then insists he recognize his oldest son officially. Demian responds that Tiberio has lacked for nothing all this time. Then he makes a pass at her, grabbing at her (Roman hands and Russian lips...or something). She looks like a deer in the headlights, but manages to gain control of herself. She tells him whatever there was between them no longer exists and she breaks free. He laughs that loud, wicked laugh of his at her discomfort as she races out of the room.

Jos goes to the dance studio and meets Dider, a new dance instructor whose specialty is Carribean choreography. We get to see the two of them later doing a duet in the class. --Nice, simple choreography and performance, except what is it with the gratuitous doggy-style bump and grind everybody simply has to add into dance routines these days? Fred and Ginger never did that!

Demian finds out from Tiberio that he’s overheard Gabe has bought the adjacent land to one of his real estate developments and plans to build public housing on it. This infuriates Demian because it will cause upset wealthy investors to run out on him. No one will want to put venture capital into something like that and he’ll lose his investment.

Gabe gets a call from the doctor’s office telling him that Luisito’s tests have come back and they’ll be able to operate right away. Gabe is relieved and excited to get home and tell his little boy the good news.

A bit later Mariangela is leaving the mansion and about to shut the gate when Demian with his entourage of bodyguards accost her. He demands to know who she is. Mariangela is shocked to see a Gabe look-alike with a patch on his eye yelling at her. She introduces herself and tells him that Gabe isn’t in right now. Demian leers at her and gives her the once-over at least twice or thrice and keeps remarking ad nauseum about her beauty. Just then Gabe drives up and the two brothers argue over Gabe’sproposed public housing project. Demian threatens and demands his brother halt the construction; they sneer and shout insults back and forth and then Demian leaves.

Gabe tells Mariangela, Paulina and little Lui that he is going to be operated on since the tests came out alright.

Otilia and her husband argue. She warns him not to threaten her. She’s off to buy a bit of property for the little business she’s told him about earlier. Thanks to Miriam’s huge check to silence her that she waves in front of his nose, she now has sufficient for it to work. She walks out the door and tells him he looks handsomer than ever and puts a bony finger peck on his lips from hers (a really irritating gesture). He looks bewildered and is speechless.

Regina confronts Juan about Paulina and tells him she spoke to her and told her he is still madly in love with her.

Dider asks Jos back to his place after class, not to see his etchings, but to taste some of his homemade Carribean coolers. (Now that is a new one.) They drink and flirt and he turns the lights low and flips on his CD player for some Carribean tunes. (I half thought he was going to dance a solo for her in the living room the way he was girating while making his moves on her.) Dider takes his shirt off while Jos leers lasciviously. Then there’s an unexpectedly tasteful, if corny, fade to black. When Jos arrives home, she’s drunk as a skunk and lies to Gabe about having been out with a couple of old girlfriends she hadn’t seen in a while.

Rogelio finds a jeweler to buy the necklace off him for quite a nice sum. He tells the guy that it was inherited from his mother and that things are tight financially so he needs to sell it. The jeweler says if Rogelio has any more where that came from he’ll buy them as well. Afterwards, the sly dog shows a picture of the original to a back-room counterfeiter to make him an exact duplicate.

Regina makes a call to Gabe to tell him that JC is hopelessly in love with Paulina and she’s worried that the two will be reliving the same bitter tale as theirs. He says Paulina seems to be well over JC and the two of them shouldn’t interfere. It is JC and Pau’s business and they’ll have to work it through.

Miriam tells Karen that she’s opening a branch and she must call the realtor to go ahead to buy it. However, Otilia has found out about the property and she buys it on the spot with a huge check. When Karen calls the realtor says they waited a bit too long to decide and it is sold. Miriam gets on the phone and begins to complain so when Otilia hears her name she gets on the phone and mocks and insults Miriam. Otilia warns her that she has scarcely begun, the property negotiation is just the first of a number of little surprises she has for Miriam. Otilia is going to counter every step Miriam takes from here on out. For once Miriam is speechless! (I think she has finally met her match in Otelia!)

Tiberio takes Belen to another bar for cocktails after work, while Simona worries that her daughter still hasn’t arrived home. (Momma, the girl’s got a job, so she can afford a cell now, or at least a pre-paid phone-card for emergencies, don’t ya think?) Belen complains she doesn’t like the alchohol but she doesn’t want to be discourteous so she drinks it. --Apparently Tiberio is one of those guys that figures “candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker” so he keeps pushing them at her. While they are there, Tiberio turns around and sees Rogelio walk in at the far entrance with two women on his arm. Tiberio sees Rogelio meet a guy at the bar (the mobster Rog owes), take out a fat wad of bills and hand them over to the mobster who then leaves the bar with his goon squad. Tiberio smiles knowingly, wondering what he might do with this bit of tid.

Gabe though, does try to discuss JC with Paulina but she pretends it just doesn’t matter anymore and says that JC perhaps never really loved her anyway.

Paulina takes Little Lui to her office to see where she works. JC walks in and meets him, thinking that the little tyke has got to be his brother.

Miriam complains to Clemente about seeming to prefer Mariangela over Joselin. He defends his actions saying she needs him more right now. At that moment, in the middle of their discussion, Miriam receives a threatening phonecall from Otilia blackmailing her, “If you get this way about a business site, what do you think will happen when Clemente learns that Joselin isn’t his daughter?” She hangs up.

Leo tells Mariangela that he realizes although he loves and adores only her, he’ll have to suit himself with seeing her happy though it might be with another man. He wants to make sure she doesn’t fall for the wrong man. At the same time Gabe is telling himself he has nothing to offer Mariangela because he is not free.

Juan explains to his mother the new problem about the adjacent development properties of Demian and Gabe’s. She remarks that this will only extend the confrontations between the two. She wonders aloud why Demian hates his twin so much. Juan is amazed at such a question and impulsively yells back at her, “Are you sure you don’t know why?” Regina naively asks him where that question came from. He says well she told him herself she still loves Gabriel and she swears then that it is a chaste love and always has been.

Dider comes to see Jos at the offices of Miriam’s fashion house. She thinks he’s come to tell her of the wonderful memories he has of the night before. Dider assures her that he dreamt about her all night long, but his memories aren’t recorded in his head. He pulls out a DVD and says, “No, they were all recorded on this DVD.” Ruh-ro!

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I was very upset seeing that little girl, Youngest Lety, cry last night. Her crying was so convincing that I was concerned that the actress was too young to realize that it was make-believe. After rewatching that scene tonight, though, I think she is older than she looks, and probably really is acting rather than having a genuine traumatic experience beyond her understanding. Whew! Good thing, too, because I'm almost out of ice cream.

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Lety's day

Lety heads to her office after exchanging insults with Alicia, but first the feas want to talk about yesterday. Sara says something about not seeing Lety's face. "It's the only thing I have," Lety says, and excuses herself. She stares at Fernando's chair for a moment, then goes into her cubbyhole.

She looks at some of the keepsakes in her office and has a flashback to the very first "gift" Fern ever gave her. She was crying in his car (I don't know why - it's from before I started watching) and he gave her a clean red rag from the glove box. She was worried about getting it dirty. He said don't worry, I wash my car with this, and he told her to keep it.

After the flashback, Lety spies a small photo of Fern on the floor where she dropped it two or three episodes ago. She stomps it futilely with her big chunky shoe. She tears the rag and drops it on her desk. She wipes her eyes with her hands and calls Lola and asks her to have Juana bring in a trash bag. She wants to tidy up her office and get rid of some junk.

As Juana passes through the executive lobby with a trash bag, we hear Lola on the phone with a lawyer. She is explaining that Marcia Villaroel recommended him to her. She needs his help in keeping her house away from her ex-husband and his girlfriend.

Carolina shows up, and Lety is glad to see her. She says she's happy Lety decided to come back to work. They talk about the long, bad night and Lety tells Carolina that her mom gave her a dog. She starts explaining about Moty, the mascot on all of her knicknacks, when Juana appears with the bag. Juana offers to help out (I think she wants to know what's going on) but Lety says she'll let her know when she's done. As soon as Juana is gone, Hurricane Lety whirls into action, stuffing things into that bag as fast as she can. Stuffed animals, cards, etc. She explains that she's cleaning up and throwing away all of this trash.

Carolina says they don't look like trash to her. They look like little gifts and keepsakes. Lety says they were at one time, but now they're trash and must be removed. Carolina says that it's a good exorcism, but it won't solve her problem. There are wounds and hard feelings, and you can't just stuff those into a bag and throw them away. Lety agrees, but says she's getting burned by all the things she has to keep (referring to her secrets, I think).

Carolina asks if she's sure if that's what she wants. Lety says no, she's not sure of anything. Carolina says, "When someone decides to throw away their memories, it's because they've already admitted defeat. Because they have definitively broken off their love. Are you sure that your love is broken beyond repair?"

Lety's guard goes back up and she resumes "Operation Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Carolina continues, "It's obvious you're suffering from a broken heart, I could tell by your reaction, the way you were crying. I think this is spite. That's why I'm asking if you're sure that you're sure, because if you throw this stuff out, you'll never, ever get it back."

Lety says she knows what she's doing, but she doesn't sound so sure. Caro asks if "he" knows about this, and what she's going through. Lety says no. Caro is aghast that Lety is breaking it off without even talking to the guy, but Lety says she doesn't matter to him. To him, she is nothing.

Carolina admits she doesn't know what's going on between them and that love can be complicated and full of tricks and lies. She urges Lety to consider motives and speak to him. Maybe there will be an explanation. Lety says she doesn't want to.

As if on cue, the clueless ox bellows "buenos dias" from beyond Lety's door. Caro asks Lety again to speak to "him," give him a chance to explain himself, before throwing out all of their memories. (Just to clarify - Carolina has no idea who "he" is.) Carolina leaves, and Lety shakes her head in exasperation. "An explanation?" she mutters to herself disbelievingly.

Fern greets Carolina and tells her how fine she looks. She says she wants to review the schedule of events for the Cannes film festival later on, and leaves. As she leaves, Fern mumbles that it's a shame she's his friend, because she's so fine. Then he calls for Lety again. She takes a deep breath and leaves her office. She greets him nonchalantly and stands on the other side of his desk, but he gets up to give her a kiss over by her ear. It's a longish kiss and instead of closing her eyes, she just slits them and glares at him sideways until he finishes.

She smiles cheerfully at him when he's looking and glares at him some more when he looks away. Today's order of business is to meet with the folks from rodaje.com. (There's nothing at this website. Boo.) Lety says that Jackie Palacios (I don't think we know her) isn't coming, and Rosy Orozco is coming instead. He says "Rosy Ocampo?" and Lety says again, "Rosy Orozco." (Rosy Ocampo is the woman who produces this show, and Orozco is the last name of the woman who played the original Betty La Fea.) She also says she's arranged something about a presentation and Bank of the Americas.

Next, Lety says "By the way, I read Don Omar Stinkypants's stupid letter and I hate you both. What do you say to that, douchebag? Is there anything you'd like to tell me?" Fernando sighs, then calls Marcia and puts her on speakerphone. He explains everything to both of them, and I mean EVERYTHING. Marcia is angry, but relieved to finally know the truth. Lety says she needs to think about it for a while. Eventually they sort it all out, and there's a happy ending.

Yeah, well, Lety has daydreams all the time, and I thought I'd add one of my own. But you can see the flaw here. If people just spoke frankly to one another on TV, there'd be no way to sell soap. In fact, we'd have been deprived of eight seasons of Three's Company. That's just insane. That's no way for people to live. I'll just stay out of it and let the experts tell the story their way.

Fernando asks Lety if she found a yellow envelope from Omar with his name on it. She nervously says yes. He says "And you didn't tell me you found this envelope?" She hangs her head in shame. He laughs and asks if she read it. She says yes she did and what the hell was that, anyway? He laughs some more and says it was a trick and she fell for it. She gets mad and he explains that he planted that letter there because he knew she would snoop through his stuff. He cackles again with glee. He says of course that letter was a joke, a lie. She smiles and he takes her face in his hands.

At the Padilla house, Tomas is surprised about the dog. He asks Mom if Mr. Sweetie agreed to it. Just then, RoboPop comes down the stairs and wants to know if the dog is in the bathroom. (Mom confides to Tomas that RoboPop is afraid of dogs.) He reminds her that he doesn't want that dog around his house. Mom and Tomas exchange nervous looks.

Lety tells Fern the joke was in very poor taste, and he says don't be annoyed, you very well know how much I love you. She says she's relieved, she thought she was dying, she thought her soul was leaving her body. He kisses her and says how could she think he would do something like that for real. He's incapable of making her sad. It was just a joke. A bad joke, but nothing more, and she has to admit that he pulled it off, she believed it... Lety snaps out of it and realizes that this conversation was a daydream.

That was weird. It's very strange to interject a non-daydream scene (Tomas, the Padillas, and Moty) into the middle of a daydream scene. I wonder if that was an editing error.

Fern is telling Lety it wants to see her looking cheerful because they have lots of work to do. She says she's a little tired but it's okay. She retires to her office. He is frustrated by her apparent aloofness, but tells himself it's better this way because she doesn't have any assurance that he is going to break his engagement with Marcia. Unfortunately Lety does not happen to be listening at the door when he says this out loud. She just sighs to herself that he didn't have an explanation. (This would be a valid complaint if she'd actually requested an explanation.)

The senior Mendiolas call. Lety says "hello, Doña Teresita" and then they both wait courteously while we look at some gratuitous footage of London. (It's okay that we see it, I just think it's odd that they can't continue their conversation while we sitesee.) Lety apologizes for not sending the DVD yet, but Mrs. Fernando's Mother says "Oh, but we have it here. How can you not know you sent it?" Lety is confused. Humberto asks if Fernando found out about their surprise (they rehash that it's a househunting DVD so they can buy a house for Fernando and Marcia). Lety fibs and says Fern's been too busy thinking about the wedding, so don't worry about that. She says she doesn't want to be rude, but she has a lot of work on her mind and has to go. She hangs up on him. Obviously the bad manners of everyone else in that place are starting to rub off on her. Next thing you know she'll be saying "hombre" every other sentence and ripping the tags off of mattresses.

Humberto stares at the phone in shock. Teresita doesn't care - she wants to watch the DVD.

Lety remembers that Fern said he'd put the postal code on the envelope. And of course he did, Lety realizes angrily - because he has every intention of marrying Marcia and he wants the house too. This is just more proof of his real plan in this dirty game.

Juana comes back for the trash bag, but Lety says she doesn't want to throw it out just yet. Juana is confused. Lety says it's papers and stuff and she might still need them. They say something about cuckoo and Juana leaves. Lety tells Fern the people from rodaje.com are here. He asks her to go find Luigi and ask him if he can take some time out to join them at the meeting.

Alone at his desk, Fern reviews one of the cards Omar has written for him ("Last night I dreamt of you, etc etc.") but isn't happy with it. He pens one on his own - or tries to. The words do not come easily. He gives up and stuffs the Omargram into its envelope. Did I say Omargram? I meant Carvahalmark. He brings it and the newest gift - a stuffed animal of some sort - in her office. He looks for a good place to put the envelope. He looks all around her office and fails to notice that all of his previous gifts are gone. All that remains are her Moty things, a few other personal items from home, and Eduardo's tomtom and drawing. He props the envelope up against a couple of Moty mugs and says "there it is, Lety... my Lety." He makes a cute, sort of timid little sweep of his hand and leaves for the meeting.

Lety gets to Luigi's studio and sees Marcia's wedding dress. She sadly remembers how she naively used to worry about Marcia being hurt by Lety's relationship with Fern. Now Marcia will marry Fern, and Lety will suffer.

Irma shows up and promises to give Lety's message to Luigi when he comes back from wherever he is. Lety goes back to her desk to find her CarvaHallmark Card. It's exactly as Omar wrote it. She is disgusted. Fern busts in and asks if she's ready to go to the meeting. He sees her crying and she pretends that it's because the card was so nice. She says his writing is precious, and that he is so talented at it. He says honestly (ha), he would have preferred to write something else. Much better. She deserves it. She says thanks. He says he's glad she likes it though, now let's go to the meeting.

He steps forward, perhaps for a kiss, and she gives him a right hook that knocks him off his feet. This precious moment has been immortalized on YouTube.
She snaps out of her daydream and shoves the card and stuffed animal into the bag. (She handles the stuffed animal like it's a dirty diaper.)

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Alicia's day

Rewind to first thing this morning: In reply to Alicia's taunting, Lety says she'd rather be an old maid than a failure at marriage, career, and life. Alicia's day goes downhill from there.

Shortly after Lety's phone call from Fernando's parents, the people from rodaje.com show up. It's that Rosy Orozco woman and two men. Alicia greets this trio and immediately starts flirting with the men. Rosy is in a hurry to get this meeting over with because she has somewhere else to be. She tells Alicia she needs to see Fernando and Lety. Al has them sit down in the lobby and she calls Lety to say that the rodaje.com people are here. Lety is surprised by Alicia's pleasant manner (Al is sometimes polite when trying to impress others).

Lety comes out to greet them and says Fernando will be out soon. Rosy is worried that he might be running late. Alicia swoops in and offers to take care of the guests. Lety is still confused and says "how agreeable, Alicia, like always." Alicia pats her shoulder fondly and leads the rodaje.com people into the boardroom. The younger man checks her out as she walks.

Alicia sits in Fernando's chair and tries to impress them. She calls Sara at her desk (calls her "giraffe" by mistake in her fake-sweet voice) and pompously orders her to the boardroom. She introduces herself to the rodaje.com people and starts telling them how important she is. She manages the image of Conceptos, and public relations...

Rosy interrupts, saying "you're right, we haven't formally introduced ourselves." The younger man is Nestor. (He is still checking Alicia out.) Alicia strokes her hair at him. The older man is Marco Gaitan. Okay now I know something is up with all these names - Gaitan is the name of the guy who created the original Colombian series. I wonder if these actors are from the original show too? I wouldn't recognize most of them but they seem to be having so much fun in this scene I think there's an in-joke going on.

Alicia starts her speech about her six semesters of finance at a prestigious university. Sara arrives, and Alicia asks the guests if they want anything to drink. Alicia tells Sara to bring a soda for her as well. Sara shakes her fist at Alicia behind the guests' backs. This prompts Alicia to ask her for ice, too. And napkins. And then she tells Sara to hold her calls!!

Sara tells Lola and Martha about this strange event and how Alicia was flirting with the two men (who are supposedly papacitos, but I don't want to see them wrestle in their underwear). She sits down at her desk and says she's not bringing them anything.

In the boardroom, Alicia is ranting and raving about... I'm not even sure what, really. Something about employees wanting a lot of money, I think, and being lazy. Rosy is trying not to laugh at her. "You don't say," she says politely. Alicia goes on to say that poor people are so envious, and then she steers (no pun intended) the monologue to the subject of her beloved car. She says she has a convertible Mercedes; surely they saw it parked outside.

While she is describing it to them, we get to see it. Strangely, the little logo thingy in the front has been changed to look like a squiggle in a circle. Even more strangely, I can still see the regular Mercedes logo underneath. I wonder why they tried to obscure it. It'd be one thing if they didn't want to reveal that it was a Mercedes, which would make sense since it's been BMWs, BMWs, BMWs lately, but she just said "Mercedes" so it's not exactly a secret!

Alicia has to pause for a moment, because talking about her beloved car always gets her choked up. We are still in the parking lot, however, and as the camera pans to the right, we see that a tow truck has arrived, along with several men in suits. One of them gloats about how luxurious Alicia Ferreira's car is. Another urges him to hurry up and get on with the seizure. Celso interrupts and says they can't take Alicia's car without her authorization. Mr. Gloatyface says yeah, sure, we'd love to talk to her, go get her. Celso goes, and Mr. Gloatyface says to the truck guy, "okay, seize the car."

I just looked up rodaje. It means "filming," but it also means (pun drum roll please) automotive break-in. Ahahahaha.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Celso is telling Saimon about the tow truck. Celso tells Saimon that he wants to tell Alicia privately, so the cuartel doesn't find out. It's going to be rough enough on her as it is. Paula Maria wants to know what they're talking about.

Fern gets to the meeting and asks Alicia why she hasn't brought drinks for their guests. She is still sitting in his chair. He waves her out of it, but she thinks he's fanning her because it's hot in there! He says don't worry, Lichita; he'll go get the drinks. She says don't be that way; she'll get them. He asks if she minds if he sits in her chair. She says no, please, Fernando! She opens the door and calls to Sara at her desk to go get those drinks. We hear Sara reply "why don't you do that yourself, airhead?" Alicia explains, "it's the same as always, Fernando; another disobedient employee."

(Rosy, Nestor, and Marco look very amused.)

"Sara?" Fernando asks. Alicia nods, oblivious to the irony. Fern tells their guests that "she" is just about to get fired for insubordination. "The poor thing is a social misfit," Alicia explains knowingly.

Lety shows up and Alicia orders her to fetch the drinks. Fern tells Alicia to do it. He invites Lety to sit at the head of the table with him. Celso comes in and wants to speak with Alicia. She complains again about "the employees" and tries to get him to go get the drinks. She insists that Celso tell her whatever he's going to say. He warns that it's private. She says "I don't need to have private conversations with a porter."

That does it. He gets everyone's attention and announces that some men are here and something about her house and a tow truck...

OH!! Now I get it. This is about her condo. I wondered how someone could suddenly have a $46,000 debt on a car. I don't think they wait long enough for you to get that far behind on your payments. No, she owes this money on her dwelling. Foreclosure is much more complicated, so they are seizing her car to satisfy her debt instead. I bet that's it.

But Alicia doesn't catch on right away that Celso is referring to her car. She thinks it's Fernando's car. Celso says no, it's YOUR car. Everyone laughs at her! She is mortified. Rosy doesn't understand, so Celso explains that Alicia is a bad debtor and now they're taking away her car. She rushes out in a panic as Luigi comes in. Celso leaves and Fern asks him to shut the door so they can finally start their meeting.

Luigi says "you must be Rosy" and Rosy says "you must be Luigi." Luigi says how much he loves it that everyone recognizes him. Rosy introduces Nestor, and Luigi's theme music bubbles up... I can only assume this means Luigi is hot for him. Actually, not exactly... he says who are these handsome men, and Rosy says "you already know them?" Luigi says yes, but Nestor has changed - he's cut his hair. He wants to have a conversation, but remembers he's in a meeting. Nestor smirks at Luigi.

Saimon and PM argue about the big secret and he gives in and tells her about the seizure of Alicia's car. He runs out to help Alicia. A small crowd has gathered to watch. PM watches discreetly as Saimon gets on the tow truck in protest. The repo man reads Alicia the riot act. He explains that she owes a lot of money on credit cards and such and was ordered to pay up. There may also have been some hearings she was supposed to go to - I'm not sure. She admits that she did recieve the notices and ignored them. She tells them they can take her car away - over her dead body. She accuses them of abusing her (she says this while strangling one man with his necktie). She says they are sullying her image. She says she works for a production company. She's not just some nobody. She's had six semesters of finance... Saimon says this isn't helping. She tells them they can't take her car because she needs it. It's a fundamental part of her life.

Meanwhile, PM is on the phone telling the entire cuartel what is going on. Sara wants to go out and watch the show, but PM says please don't, she promised Saimon she wouldn't tell them. (PM, I just thought of an alternative way you could have handled this. You could have kept your promise.)

Alicia has crawled into her car (on the tow truck) to continue the argument from a higher position. She suggests that maybe they could all just consider this a warning. This doesn't help, and I have to say these are the most patient repo men I've ever heard of. As I understand it, typically they just show up and take the car, and don't engage in conversation. The head repo man tells her she got plenty of advance notice. He says he called her a thousand times, and she yelled at him, she insulted him, and something about his saint's mother. He asks how many times did she hang up on him?

She tries to come up with more excuses, but he says the only way to stop this seizure is to cough up 500,000 pesos right now. And it'd have to be a business check, not a personal one. She admits that she doesn't have the money. (Duh.) The repo man yells to the tow truck driver, okay, let's go! She runs into the building. Saimon gets underneath the wheels and says if leave, you'll run over my beautiful body.

Is anyone else reminded of Arthur Dent and the bulldozer? No? It's just me? Never mind.

Back in the boardroom, Luigi is educating his guests as to how great he is. Fernando agrees to rent the special equipment that he wants for the Bella Life jewelry commercial. Luigi claps his hands and squeals with delight.

Lety excuses herself to go get a calculator. Alicia comes in crying and begs Fern for help. Yes, in the middle of the meeting, she asks him for a business check for 500,000 pesos. He shows her to the door, but she hasn't made enough of a fool of herself yet. She explains that if he doesn't give her the money right now, they'll seize her car and then it'll cost even more to get it back.

Fern gasps. "It's an emergency, then?" She nods. He says "Wait in my office and I'll get you a check," he says. He leads her to the door and slams it behind her. There's a knock, which Fern attributes to rats. Because let's face it, five rats aren't nearly as embarrassing as one Alicia.

The feas call PM to tell her the upstairs portion of Alicia's drama.

Alicia comes back to the boardroom, complaining that Fern's taking too long. He admits that he's not giving her a check. He tells her to leave, shut the door, and go get some coffees. She explains that they're going to take her car. He slams the door behind her again. The door pops open and he slams it again. The door pops open and he slams it again. A timid voice says, "Don Fernando?" He's actually been slamming the door on Lety.

Alicia goes outside and tells the repo man that she thought she'd be able to get the money, but she couldn't. The repo man says that's good - he likes the truth. He yells "vamonos" and Saimon hurriedly gets out of the way. He has to pry her off the back of the tow truck to prevent her from being dragged away. It reminds me of that time when the government people were dragging ET away and Elliott screams "no! ET!" and ET's all "Elliott! Elliott!!" so sad. Except the car isn't crying. Or from another planet. But the pathos of that scene is definitely there. It's a real Spielberg moment.

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Next time:
Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that the healing has been delayed.

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Jocelyn confronts Gabriel and Luisito interrupts. Jos gives him a look that is less than maternal. She reminds everyone that Luisito terrible accident is all his dad’s fault…and no one else’s. L looks perplexed, Gabe just seems vexed. Gabe suggests that Jos gets some professional help.

Leo is sitting in the dark on the sofa, pining after Mari.

Out in the courtyard, Rogelio & Diana are frolicking & happy. Pedro looks on miserably.

Dolores is considering Tiberio & Karen.

Regina & Demian are discussing Demian’s intentions re: his renewed interest with JC.

Mari tells Candelaria she’s not sure she can deal with the current situation. She suggests leaving.

Leo’s shares with his taxi driving friend that he pines for Mari. Wahh…

Dolores shows up (without her habit) at Gabe’s house…surprised that he looks identical to Demian. They are chatting on the sofa, when Dolores hears Miriam’s voice. All the ladies get their hackles up. The family tree is briefly discussed and as Gabe leaves for work, Jos tries to mark her territory.

Karen (wearing a really ugly outfit) visits JC at his office. JC is pretty frank that he’s not interested in her…despite her very attractive habit of hair-twirling. She could care less and leans in for a well-timed kiss—just as Paulina walks in (and then walks right back out). Karen sees Paulina crying outside and heads over to ‘comfort’ her as only she can. Paulina tells her, halfheartedly, that JC is free so, like, whatever. When she heads back up to the office, she cattily lets JC know that she saw his little ‘buenos dias’ with Karen.

Rogelio is getting ready for work and is back to his old self. Diana is telling him how great it was to spend time with him and he brushes her off like some old dandruff.

Dolores, Miriam & Jos have a little chat about Dolores getting to know Karen a little better. On a side note…apparently Karen’s hair-twirling is so contagious that just talking about her makes Jocelyn take up the habit as well. It goes about as well as a Middle East peace conference and just as Dolores is getting thrown out, Karen shows up. Dolores spills the beans, telling her that they were talking about her father…that she had always felt for him as if they were siblings. Jos tries to maintain that he died in an accident…Miriam chimes in that we should just let the dead rest…in the family crypt. Dolores learning where that resting place is, does not seem too happy about it but wants to go visit, with Karen.

Regina goes to church and tells the priest that her problems with her husband are continuing. She also indicates she has a secret to tell…but first we have to hear about how much she was willing to suffer for her son.

At the office, Paulina continues the cold shoulder with JC. She puts her foot down and lets him know that they’re not

Ugh…Mari & Luisito are having their lesson and Mari promises that she’ll never leave him. Luisito doles out some dating advice….go for Leo.

Meanwhile Leo is washing his taxi and all the other drivers are standing around thinking of ways to cheer him up…despite his best efforts to be gloomy, he quickly cheers up.

Tiberio is flashing back again to schoolgirls in uniform. JC shows up looking for Demian.

Jos & Miriam are complaining about Dolores. Then Jos has a breakdown, saying she doesn’t want to go to jail. Then you better shut up, Miriam tells her. Jos says ‘This is all your fault, I didn’t do anything.”

Regina shows up at the architect office and tells Paulina that JC loves her with all his heart.

Tiberio tells JC that Rogelio is Gabe’s eldest son…and that Demian is fighting to the death with Gabriel & his family.

Gabe & Rogelio discuss JC, with Gabe saying he’s a good guy, despite his father. Rogelio gives a little pursed lip petulant pout.

Miriam & Demian are discussing Dolores’ visit and the possibilities of her becoming suspicious…even of Demian. Demian says he’ll be fine since he has such a way with the ladies. Ick.

Rogelio is on the phone with what must be his mistress, since he’s talking to her with such endearments and niceness, it certainly can’t be his wife, Diana. His gambling buddies surround him and demand payment. He says he’ll pay double, mustache-man gives him until tomorrow and then his henchman socks him in the stomach.

Back to Luisito & Mari…they are reviewing Mari’s earlier promise not to leave. Jos sneaks in and lets the bomb drop…Luisito gets a big surprise---a little brother or sister.

JC & Paulina are remembering their time together.
In an effort to get some fast cash…Rogelio has gone to the local ATM machine…Miriam’s safe…and has set up a camera aimed to record the combination. After Miriam leaves, he opens the safe and gets some jewelry to pay off his debts.

It’s time for the big family dinner. Luisito breathily asks if Mari is going to eat with them again. Jos freaks out when she finds out that she’s eaten there before and sat in her place. Jos demands that she get kicked out. Gabe counters that the only people who are leaving are he and Luisito. Mari shows up in the background and says she’ll leave, she doesn’t want to cause problems….Jos goes apesh!t and Clemente has to restrain her from attacking Mari. Luisito whines that she can’t go because she promised him. This sets Jos off again and now Clemente’s had enough…he’s going with them. Paulina walks in and asks what’s going on here…Gabe explains…she’s going with them. Now Miriam walks in, gets the update and Jos gets riled up again. Miriam prevents Clemente from telling everyone the truth about Mariangela.

JC is ironing out the details about working with Demian. Tiberio invites him to share his office, but looks hurt at the prospect of being a ‘third wheel’.

Jos is still complaining (this time just to Miriam) about Mari having sat in her place at the dining room table. Miriam tells her she’s an idiot because with her crazy behavior, she’s thrown Mari and Gabe together.

Mari’s whining to Candelaria about the mess she’s made.

Dolores & Karen visits Edgar’s grave. She is having a big old thought bubble ‘talking’ to Edgar. Karen is watching curiously. Finally she realizes that Dolores is the nun and asks why she tried to trick her.

In the kitchen, Jos is trying to intimidate Mari, letting her know that she’s not going to allow Mari’s presence to change anything about her family. Mari (props to her!) says, bring it on, bring it all on.

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Tomas asks Lety if she really thought Fernando would cancel his wedding for her. He asks if she was with him this weekend. She replies that the guilt that she felt kept her from “being” with him. She couldn’t do it. Tomas tells her that she should have known that a many like Fernando would never marry someone like her. “Never,” she replies. How could you not see that it was a lie; a deception? Lety says that she was in love. Love “unglues” you from reality. Tomas says that he can’t say anything about love because he does not know much about it. She tells Tomas that Fernando seemed so sincere. Lety remembers the night that she and Fernando made love the last time in Omar’s apartment. “I was walking in the clouds.” Now I’ve woken up and it’s really a nightmare. Tomas confirms that it is a horrible nightmare. “You know what, Tomas? It was my fault.” He was an engaged man. It was logical that I would end up being the one who would lose. It was logical that he would marry her, since he was always going to marry her from the beginning.

Erasmo stands outside with the ladies and some men from the neighborhood. Julieta runs out and greets everyone. She asks Erasmo about what he’s doing. He says that everyone told him that there are no dogs in the neighborhood. He tells Julieta to tell them that they’ve heard a dog all night long. Everyone begins to talk. Julieta confirms that they’ve heard a dog, but she says it’s not very loud. Julieta convinces Erasmo to go back to the house. She tells everyone that Erasmo has very sensitive hearing. They return home.

Tomas asks Lety how she found everything out. She shows him the letter, and explains that Omar left it for Fernando when he left for Germany. She explains that Omar even left cards for Fernando to give her. He cannot believe that Omar directed everything. She begins to read the letter to Tomas. “For them, I’m a monster. I’m a monster.”

Julieta yells at Erasmo for inciting the neighborhood. She does not want him to make everyone mad. What was he thinking going out there at this hour of the night? He focuses on the dog and tries to sit at the table. She tries to convince him to go upstairs to bed. Moty cries. Erasmo figures out that the dog is not only in the house, but in the bathroom. Julieta denies and then confirms it. She tells Erasmo that he’s going to leave it in the bathroom.

Lety continues to read the letter to Tomas. He keeps calling the men scoundrels. Lety does not understand how they could do this to her. The whole letter is written like they were laughing about her. Tomas asks if Fernando has seen the letter. Lety explains that the one that she has is a copy of the original in his briefcase. Tomas asks what she said to Fernando about the letter: nothing. What could she say? She explains that she could not believe or understand it when she first found it. She’s read it many times and still can not understand it. She does not understand how Fernando could have deceived her so when she was always so helpful to him. How could he doubt her? She explains to Tomas that Fernando and Omar thought that she and Tomas were a couple and that they wanted to take the company. They guess about the plan. She thinks that they were going to wait until all of the debts were paid and then Fernando would end the relationship with her. Lety begins to read the letter again. Tomas basically says that he and Lety are idiots. Lety says that it is clear that Fernando will marry Marcia while continuing the illusion with her so she will fake the balance. Tomas asks her what she’s going to do.

Julieta has Moty out of the bathroom. She’s going to keep him and take care of him. Erasmo says no, he looked like a fool yelling at the neighbors. Julieta says that she told him not to go out there. “That dog is going out to the street!” He’s going. He’s staying. This is my house too. You can have anything you want here, but not a dog! Julieta changes tactics and tries the baby voice. How can she put the dog in the street with an injured foot? Just a couple of days to let it heal? No, put it outside. Julieta says that she bathed it; it’s very clean. She tries to take it over to Erasmo, but he doesn’t want it near him. Julieta asks if the dog frightens him.

Lety doesn’t know what to do; she’s full of fear. She does not want to return to Conceptos, but Tomas reminds her that if she leaves Conceptos she’ll be renouncing Filmo Imagen. Lety does not know how to confront this problem.

Fernando sits in his red chair, remembering a different night – their last night in Cuernavaca. He thinks about the peace Lety gives him in his soul. He suddenly remembers that Lety said she had something to tell him, but changed her mind. He wonders what it could have been. Why was she acting so strange?

Julieta laughs at Erasmo. She’s figured it out. Erasmo is scared of dogs. She does not understand how such a little dog could frighten him. He has a story to tell her. When he was a little boy a little Chihuahua bit him in the butt. (I really could have done without the butt shot.) The whole neighborhood made fun of him. Julieta does the same. “It’s really funny!” she tells him. Now that Julieta knows why he doesn’t like dogs, he asks her to take it outside. Julieta begs some more to keep it. She will keep it far away from him, but asks for him to allow her to have it for a couple days. Erasmo weakens.

Tomas has an idea. He pulls out another envelope. Don Fernando has to pay! Tomas points out all the things that Fernando has done wrong. The worst of these was that he gave Lety his company. Oooh, intense musica. All of the papers are completely legal. They show that you have an embargo on Conceptos and you are the only legal owner. You’re the owner of the Villaroel family and the Mendiola family. He hands her the envelope. In your hands you have Fernando Mendiola. Tomas is very scary in this scene. Don’t piss off an ugly man and don’t mess with his girl!

Tomas wants revenge. They can bring Fernando to his knees. He asks Lety what she wants to do. She doesn’t know; she’s in too much pain. She cannot think clearly. She asks him to put the papers away. She can’t think in this moment. He says they’ll talk tomorrow. Tomas puts the papers in her chest. Tomas says that no matter what, Lety will have all of his support. She lets him know how much she needs him. She can only talk to him like this. He jokes that he’s her boyfriend. It’s his time to be here for him when she needs him. Lety smiles through her tears.

The dog is back in the bathroom. Erasmo makes Julieta promise that they’ll do something about the situation tomorrow. She says okay. Erasmo wants to go to Lety’s room and check on Lety and Tomas. Julieta knocks on Lety’s door and enters the room. She sees Tomas holding Lety’s face, but she’s not too sure what’s going on. Tomas makes a joke. Julieta separates the two, saying that its time to sleep. Tomas says he’ll see Lety tomorrow to talk business. “Tu eres la fea mas bella” and Tomas leaves. Julieta asks Lety what’s wrong. Nothing. Julieta says that she could tell that something was wrong from the moment Lety walked into the house. Lety says it’s the same as always, problems with people in the office. Julieta thinks that Lety is suffering just like she did with Miguel. She asks if the same thing happened. “No, Mamita.” Julieta lets Lety know that she can always tell her anything. Julieta says good-night. Lety cries on her mom’s shoulder and then says good-night. Julieta leaves the room and Lety cries.

Julieta goes into her bedroom. She tells Erasmo that Tomas left and that everything is okay with Lety. Erasmo asks if the dog is well enclosed in its room. Julieta pensively thinks about her Lety.

Lety writes in her diary. She’s down-graded to a mere pencil. She says that history always repeats itself, but it’s more cruel each time. Julieta stands outside her door and hears her cry, but runs off when she hears Moty. Lety writes about her pain. It’s not worth it, because the man of her dreams became her executioner. It’s not worth it to live; the same thing will happen. It repeats itself over and over again from the day I was born. Being ugly made me so fragile; I fell from the first demonstration of affection. I knew he was engaged. Julieta knocks on the door. She gives Moty to Lety as a gift. She tells her how she found the dog. Lety smiles, and hugs the dog. Julieta says that Moty needs Lety’s care. Lety promises to take care of the dog. After her mom leaves, Lety tells Moty that she also needs his care. She’s in pain too, possibly more so than Moty.

Julieta prays. She can tell that her daughter is suffering. Saint Jude makes his cameo. Julieta wants to help her even though Lety does not want to tell her what happened.

Lety talks to Moty. She thinks that the dog was as sad as her, living in the street. Lety wants the dog to listen to her. She remembers kids dancing around her calling her very ugly. We see a very young Lety crying. Tomas watches from the sidelines. Lety screams out for them to stop calling her ugly She never had friends. She didn’t even dare ask for a favor. Young Lety is seen in the foreground, drawing hearts in her diary. (Guess this is the origins of the flashing pens) Lety remembers her quinceanera. Her parents look very proud. Lety looks like a pink marshmallow. Lety comes down the stairs to applause. The dancers give her a sword salute. Lety trips over her dress and falls. Erasmo comes to her rescue. He tells her to be happy because she’s now fifteen. Some people cheer, others shake their heads. Lety and Erasmo dance together. Tomas dances in the background, and he looks about fifty times better with a hat on his head and different glasses. Eventually, Tomas reluctantly dances with her with some encouragement from Julieta. They do an interesting lift. (I’m not sure why these two weren’t invited to Bailando por un Sueno). Tomas tells the rest of the men to dance with Lety too, but they turn around. Erasmo goes back onto the floor to dance with Lety. We see that Roman is one of the dancers. All of the dancers surround her. Four guys pick her up. Everyone applauses. She was very embarrassed and wanted to die, but something worse was about to happen. We flash back to the party. Erasmo makes an announcement. Erasmo calls her a flower – a girl who’s become a woman. She’s a very honorable woman. Tomas stands up and cheers. Erasmo calls Lety over to his side. She doesn’t want to go over because she thinks she’ll fall again. Roman makes a farting sound. Erasmo continues to talk while everyone else looks at their watches or sleeps. He finally presents her. She half bows. Julieta comes onto the stage. She cries. Lety asks her to stop crying. Julieta goes on how Lety has been a great example, good with her parents and such a great student. She’s been a light in our life. At that moment, the lights in the hall blink. Someone wrote a mustache and glasses all over her portrait and destroyed her cake; it was Roman of course. Lety runs out of the ballroom with her cake topper in her hands. Roman and his gang laugh. Lety runs into the rain. She dreamed of this moment! Why is always so hard for her to find happiness? She never wants to have a party again! Never again! Never again!

Back in Lety’s room we see present day Lety watching fifteen year old Lety coming into her bedroom and thanking her parents for the party. Erasmo reassures her and gives her kisses on her forehead. The two Letys cry in their bedroom. Younger Lety looks in the mirror forlornly. Older Lety tells Moty that nothing has changed. She remained the same ugly girl. Lety writes in her diary again. Tomorrow is a new day, but the same life is waiting for me. Every time I start to dream I wake up in hell. Tomas says that I have Fernando in my hands. It would be just revenge to give him back his company. The only thing that I want is to run away. I have to confront this, because I was wrong as well. I hope something appears tomorrow that will give me clarity. I have the illusion that tomorrow I’ll wake up and it will all have been a nightmare.

Lety barely gets off the elevator. Alicia greets her with her usual name calling. (Notice that Alicia said Buenas Noches?) Lety chides her. She’s not going to play her games. Yeah, bachelorettes are good for nothing. Sara supports Lety. She tells Sara to leave Lety alone. Juana insults Alicia’s intelligence. The two groups argue back and forth. Alicia makes fun of them for being bachelorettes. Lety looks on at the argument. When she finally speaks she tells Alicia that she would rather be a bachelorette than a woman with a broken marriage, a broken profession and a broken life.

Will Lety confront Fernando or will the games begin?
How is Fernando going to try to explain the engagement ring?
Will Alicia ever get a dose of reality?

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Berta tells Renata that Fernanda is her mother and not her. She doesn't want to believe it as she recalls the times she insulted her during Florencias wedding Alejandro comes over to consoles her and she tells everyone they are all liers. Gonzalo says he has a couple of things to explain but she does not want to hear it. Roman explains to Francisco that Amparo needs to live her life.. Fernanda orders Berta to tell them what happened that night.

She begins by saying Alfredo's name and everything comes out in the open. Gonzalo tells Alejandro that now he knows and he understands everything, the man he shot was Alfredo Luke and it was his father and he came to town to destroy him. Alejandro tries to explain things but Gonzo refuses to listen. Gonzo runs over to Ale and Fabricio comes between them, Gonzo tells him to move out of the way. All hell breaks loose at the San Llorente's. Nuria cries as Cesar tells her about Bertha's money. Both Miranda and Gonzalo don't want to listen to anything Fernanda or Alejandro have to say.

Miranda thinks Alejandro only used her as Gonzalo asks Fernanda if she knew Alfredo was alive. All the while Berta gloats over her victory and also tells them now they know who Florencia's father is. Gonzalo throws them out but Alejandro refuses to leave. Miranda does not want to listen to Alejandro and asks Ale and Fernanda what kind of monsters they are. Berta orders Renata not to let her mother get near her, and that to be carefull because she will pretend to be nice to her, she tells her she has something else to tell her that she did not hear, she starts telling her something but there is no sound.

Miranda tells Ale and her mother to leave as Gonzalo thinks Fabricio was also their accomplice. Alejandro tells Gonzo that he will be back, he tells Miranda that he loves her and that again Bertha turned things in her favor, Miranda tells her father she's filing for divorce from Alejandro as he tells her not to to do it because Alejandro was right on one thing: Berta was the one to blame for what just happened.

Miranda tells him all she did was opened their eyes. Miranda cries as she recalls her honeymoon and their wedding bows, (BTW they showed some of the missing scenes in the flashbacks) saying she lost Alejandro since the wounds they caused each other are too deep. She thinks he never loved her and only used her to get to Gonzo when Renata tells her she's going home and tells her how she feels she does not want to cry anymore but she will have to see Fernanda everyday.

She tells Renata to watch out for Bertha calls Berta a snake when Bertha enters to defend herself and tells them she did nothing it was everyone else that did wrong all she did was protect them.(that Bitch) Miranda throws her out and begins to cry as she begs Renata to stay the night with her she needs to be with her.

The next morning Alejandro drinks one after another he is blasted as he tells Daira what happened. Because of Bertha he lost Miranda and nothing else matters now. She tells him he can't let Berta win as he tells her nothing matter anymore. He says he wants to get so drunk that so that when he wakes up all will be gone, she gets him a cup of coffee to sober him up Gonzalo tells Miranda they'll meet at the ranch so they can talk. Alejandro apologizes to Daira and tells Luciano that without his wife he doesn't care about anything including his finances.

Daira tells him it's not over; someone's going to die, Luciano tells Daira, that all that stuff is nonsense, but Ale says that if Daira says so it will happen. Miranda arrives at the ranch much to the surprise of Arcadia but not Naty. Bertagoes to Alejandro's house and Daira insults her, Ale tells Daira to leave them alone. Arcadia and Miranda go into the kitchen Naty tells her that she needs to let it out, Miranda starts to stirr the chocolate and cries as she says she's lost Alejandro. Naty tells her to let it out and to heal her spirit, She tells Naty that she loves Ale with all her heart as she eats a piece of chocolate, she says it is food for the Gods. Is magical, is to fight good and evil between love and hate.

Gabino tells Miranda that everything is returning back to normal. Alejandro tells Berta off and calls her a monster, she pretends to be a miss goodie two shoes, he says she will not get him involved in her game, she is evil and she make sure to spit all her venom to him and Fernanda Florencia learns from Juan what Berta did as she says she needs to talk Gonzalo and begs him not to let Berta near her. Juan tells Fabricio that Florencia asked not to let Bertha in to see her tot ell her she is dying, she only wants to see her dad and sisters, Fabricio says he knows what his wife is planning to do.

Miranda is praying as she thinks of the honeymoon with Ale. Gabino tells Miranda not to be sad, that everything will be ok. he tells her that the Hacienda nearby is up for sale and someone is buying it to put a some sort of industrial plant, Miranda gets alarmed. Fermin tells Pamela that all the apapers they used to withdraw the money were fake that Leonardo Altamirano is dead.

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someone had told me years ago that Guy remind them of Russell, I thought they were nuts but I came across this picture the other day and I can see it!!this was in 1996

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somehow I knew too much Guy showing was not going to go over too well with the other gender,so here are some of my fav ladies pics

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We open with Demian telling Regina that it is her fault and only her fault that JC has gone away from her.

Paulina and JC are in their office pretending to concentrate on business. Gabriel arrives. JC introduces himself. He has a thought bubble that Gabriel is his father, his real father.

Demian has told Tiberio to set up an office for JC in the company because he is going to ask JC to work for him. Tiberio wants to know why the sudden change in Demian’s desire to have JC around. Demian tells Tiberio to follow orders and not ask questions.

Demian has a thought bubble explaining that his motive for having JC around is to hurt Regina and Gabriel. Demian will make them pay by using JC, Regina’s bastard son.

Tiberio is writhing around in hatred and jealousy for JC. He has endured humiliation etc. from Demian with the promise (at least in his mind) that he would inherit Demian’s empire. Now JC has turned up and it looks like all the humiliation was for nothing.

Otilia has come for money from Federico. He says that he doesn’t have it now. Otilia suggests that Federico get it from Miriam. When Federico asks why Miriam would give him money, Otilia says that he and Miriam share a secret – the fact that Joselyn is their daughter. Federico is impactado.

At Miriam’s house of fashion, Joselyn is a happy employee. Miriam is worried that something will happen, Joselyn will have hysterics and blab all their secrets.

Rogelio is boasting to someone on the phone that he can make his wife do anything. Off the phone, he has a thought bubble about his concern about what Diana might tell Gabriel and ruin him.

Soraya advises Diana to tell Rogelio’s father everything. Diana says she needs time – she still loves Rogelio. Diana asks Soraya about her son, Jorge. Soraya says that just the other day she saw him from a distance. She asks Diana to help her find him.

Giorgio(Jorge) is sucking up to Joselyn at work by flattering her and she tells him that he has been a good boy and can take her out to have some fun.

Otilia threatens to tell Clemente that Joselyn isn’t his daughter if Federico and Miriam don’t cough up the dough.

JC meets Leo in a bar. He doesn’t have any friends in Mexico and would like to Leo as his friend. Leo accepts. Leo asks JC how he is doing. Not so good, says JC. His mother confessed that she still loves Gabriel and that has confirmed JC’s belief that Demian was right and Gabriel is his father. Leo gives JC good advice – why don’t you talk to your mother about your suspicions. [or get a DNA test] Of course, JC doesn’t agree to this sensible suggestion. What reason would Demian have for lying to him about this? [JC seems to show a pathetic lack of imagination here. He knows that Demian hates his mother. So wouldn’t alienating JC from his mother be just the kind of thing that Demian would do???]

Regina tells Simona that she is sure that Demian did something to turn JC against her. But what, what could he have told JC????

While giving JC good advice, Leo has a thought bubble – If he fathered a bastard, Gabriel is not the good guy that he appears to be - all the more reason to get MA away from him.

Gabriel tells Luisito that he will try and have dinner with his family as often as he can. Then he tells Luisito that a doctor who is a specialist in whatever is wrong with the kid is in Mexico and he has an appointment for L-ito to seem him. L-ito is ecstatic – maybe he could run and play without crutches like other children. [Jeez, nothing like getting the kid’s hopes up for something that might not be successful.]

Otilia is now making her blackmail request directly to Miriam. Joselyn comes in and they all make nice. Once again, Joselyn tells Federico how she feels so much more for him than for her father. Then Clemente comes in and asks what is going on.

Dolores is hanging around outside Demian’s office building in her nun’s outfit. Tiberio appears and she appears to be about to have a conversation with him when Demian appears and asks if she fancies Tiberio as a man. Tiberio is shocked and Dolores just lowers her eyes. [Maybe she has taken a vow of silence.] Tiberio asks her if it is true that she likes him as a man and finally she speaks. ‘It is an infamy, an infamy,’ she stammers and leaves. Demian and Tiberio are convulsed with laughter.

Gabriel, Paulina, Pedro, Diana and Luisito are having lunch. MA comes in with a pitcher of water. They intreat her to sit down with them and Luisito makes gag-making comments like, ‘we are all a family now.’

Demian offers JC a job in his company. JC says sorry he has a job right now – he has signed a contract. Demian says that his offer won’t be open forever. JC once again declines and Demian says that he will regret this.

With an extreme close-up of Dolores’ make-up free eyes, she tells the mother superior that she understands that to confront Demian, she cannot have any fear.

Tiberio is driving with Karen when he sees some young girls in their extremely short school uniforms. He can’t take his eyes off them and his thought bubble is spoken in a distorted low voice: he doesn’t want to go back to when he was attracted to young girls. He doesn’t want to feel that again.

After lunch, MA reproaches Gabriel for making her sit at the table. She is part of the help. Gabriel starts to tell her how important she is to the family when Nicolas comes in. He asks MA to have coffee with him. She is confused.

Karen asks Tiberio why it is so surprising that Demian is being nice to his son. Tiberio says that when JC was in Barcelona, they didn’t get along and now everything is changed. Karen suggests that since JC is Demian’s son, it is reasonable that would change his opinion when JC was with him. Tiberio says no, Demian never changes his opinion without a very good reason. Then Karen asks why the Demian/JC situation has Tiberio so upset and Tiberio confesses to her that Demian is playing with his future. Tiberio has invested too much time and effort to lose it all now. Karen advises him to lighten up and enjoy himself with her. They kiss.

Nicolas asks why Gabriel told him with such emphasis not to go out with MA. Gabriel doesn’t answer. When Nicolas encounters MA in the hall when he is leaving, he asks her out again and she accepts.

Karen and Tiberio tipsily exit the restaurant. Tiberio would like to continue the afternoon’s enjoyment with her but Karen says no. She is interested in someone else.

Gabriel notices that Diana was quiet at lunch. He gives her the opportunity to rat out her boorish husband but she won’t take it.

Continuing on his fatherly rounds, Gabriels chats up Pedro about his job as a freelance book editor and says he ought to go out and meet women.

Giorgio takes Joselyn to his love nest. [It looks like a third-rate motel.]

Rogelio sends Diana a valuable necklace. He calls her to see if she got the gift [and the message]. She tells him she cannot accept the necklace and by the way, she is going to tell his father everything and then leave the house. Rogelio gives her a line about how he has changed and is ashamed of what happened at the restaurant, etc. etc. I am sorry to say that Diana buys this pretty much. She agrees not to tell his father about what happened and to go out with Rogelio this evening. [Bad choice, Diana].

Luisito suggests that MA go with them to the doctor’s office. Gabriel is only too happy to agree. ‘What about mother?’ asks Luisito. ‘She is busy in Miriam’s fashion studio. We then see how busy she is – in bed with Giorgio.

At the doctor’s office, Luisito is examined and the doctor tells Gabriel that there is a good chance that Luisito will be able to walk again. L. hears this and there is much rejoicing.

Josleyn is having a post-coital talk with her wedding ring. She says that she has to find pleasure wherever and whenever she can find it. Giorgio overhears and says she seems to be a very liberal person. ‘Would she give her husband, the same opportunities she gives herself? ‘No,’ says Joselyn as the beasts snarl in the background, ‘how dare you ask me that? She then proceeds to tell Georgio that he is a nobody (our old friend, “Don Nadie”) and doesn’t merit a woman like her.

Rogelio talks tough to his buddies about the conditions he is imposing on his father concerning his job but his buddies mock him for still being dependant on his father. Rogelio’s cell phone rings. The guy he owes money to says that his wife’s performance last night was nice but it doesn’t satisfy his debt and he wants his money today (hoy mismo). Rogelio tries to get more time but the guy isn’t having any. ‘I want the money today and if you don’t pay, bad things will happen.’

Joselyn returns to work in a foul mood. She says that she is tired of playing the role of employee. Miriam asks if she is tired of working in the business or tired of Giorgio?

Rogelio takes Diana to a restaurant and tries to make nice. A horrible violinist plays for them.

Gabriel, Luisito and MA return from the doctor’s office all happy. Joselyn appears and asks where they have been.

JC comes to see his mother and she asks why he is so sad. ‘Is it because you broke up with Paulina?’ ‘No,’ says JC, ‘that was easy.’ He tells her that Demian offered him a job and explains why he couldn’t accept it. Regina says that he should reconsider. Nothing would make her happier than seeing them working side by side as father and son. ‘As father and son,’ repeats JC with heavy irony in his voice.

Mayeya, crying, tells Shorty about how her father paid for a guy to marry her and she had to leave her pueblo. She says she is happy in this neighborhood where everyone is nice to her and that is where the TiVo stopped recording but the rest will certainly open tomorrow’s episode.

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