Caray, Caray!

Luciano informs Alejandro that the authorities now have bulletins out for both Cesar and Bertha and so they will not be able to leave the country. Alejandro is about to leave the office to catch up to Miranda and join her for the chocolate exhibition that is just about to begin when Liliana, angry as heck that she has just been given a severance check, demands to speak to him alone. He asks her to be brief because he has an event to get to. She complains that she left her last position specifically at his request and now she gets a check and the cold shoulder. She demands he sit down and listen to her and darned if she hasn't earned the right to take her damned time about it. He sits down, guiltily, and they take their time discussing Sofia's emotional needs as well as her own.

Miranda is being helped and supported by Fabricio, Pamela, Gabino, Arcadia and Nati. Fabricio points out a so-called inspector who is complaining that her chocolates don't meet his association's standards. He threatens her with closing her show down. She calls the "inspector's" bluff and says there is no such association; he only wants her recipes and he better leave now because she is calling security. She kicks him out.

Renata and Juan help celebrate with the rest of the Jiminez family during the going away party for Raul and Carola.

Cesar the Sleezer admits to Lucas that his life has gone to the dogs, just like Bertha's, but if Miranda and Alejandro think they are going to live a fairytale they have another think coming. He'll make sure their life is hell. In comes Bertha and he warns her never to leave him to babysit a dog again. He's depressed. He tells her that Luis Alberto is taking the fortune he made and creating charitable foundations for poor beggars to enjoy. Bertha tells him to cheer up because, since Miranda is not pregnant, in one month all Alfredo's money will be hers, and of course, then his too.

The exhibition seems to be a success and Miranda is toasting everyone and vice versa. HEr company receives numerous orders and offers. Someone suggests she go national. Miranda is thrilled, but the big disappointment is that Alejandro has not arrived. She is waiting for Alejandro before she begins the formal presentation but he does not appear.

Fabricio tells Pamela in confidence that he is determined to ask Miranda for a second chance. Pamela says she's still married and it does not seem proper and tells him she is against it.

Back at the office, Alejandro is telling Liliana that he is in love with his wife. Instead of saying good bye, Alejandro then takes Liliana home and continues the discussion. Although Liliiana begs him to continue to help her with Sofia's emotional needs and to pretend there is something more between them, he refuses saying he doesn't feel it benefits anybody, least- wise her daughter, to continue with a relationship based on lies. He tells her he does not want to get further wrapped up in anything like that. Then she tells him she is prepared to do anything to keep him because she is so hopelessly in love with him. She is happy simply to be his lover.

Back at the exhibition Miranda is extremely hurt that Alejandro has not arrived. Eventually Miranda confides in Pamela that she is certain her husband is still with Liliana. She makes a decision to leave him. Fabricio realizes Alejandro has hurt Miranda again and takes advantage of the situation to express his feelings for her. He takes her by surprise, kisses her and confesses that he wants to start up their relationship again. She tells him she loves him, but not that way. He answers they'll talk later about it and leaves.

Miranda eventually begins the presentation without Alejandro, who just cannot break himself away from Liliana. (His ego won't let him.) He admits to her that if he were free he would never let her go. She is both too beautiful and intelligent.

Miranda is angry and jealous and despondently tells Pamela what Fabricio did. She says she possibly will give Fabricio another chance. Alejandro has hurt her again, so she will hurt him. Pamela tells her she is foolish to act like this.

At Cesar's apartment Bertha confides in Lucas that El Guapo was right. She doesn't have a thing of her own, only Lucas. Cesar comes out of his room and says they're are turning into crazy fools who soliloquize to themselves because nobody but their dogs will listen. Suddenly Bertha remembers the account she put in Santiago's name decades ago and says he knows it's hers and will have to return it all to her. Cesar tells her not to expect it. Right then there is a faint knock on the door and Cesar suspects the cops. Bertha tells him the cops don't knock like that. It turns out to be Sanson, coughing and sweating with his face covered in sores now. He asks Cesar for his last month's salary and gas reimbursements. Cesars tells him he doesn't have it and again calls him names. Finally Bertha opens up her own wallet, takes money out, and hands it to him telling him they won't need him any longer and not to bother coming around there again. Sanson takes it at first. Then, apparently figuring he has nothing to lose, he begins to insult the two of them. He pities them and tells Cesar he got just what he deserved. He then tells them that his is a physical infection, but theirs is one of the soul and has rotted them both from the inside. He throws the bills in their faces and walks out the door. Bertha and Cesar scramble to pick up the bills.

Alejandro and Liliana are still involved in a heavy discussion. He ask Liliana who Sofia's father is and why she just doesn't let the girl know who he is. She says he was a great man but he still doesn't know Sofia even exists and she is not about to tell him. He says it is silly to look for another father for her daughter when she already has one and that it isn't right for her to continue this way. Finally he remembers again that he has to go meet Miranda, and that he has already taken far too long there. Liliana says good-bye and he leaves for the exhibition at the hotel.

Miranda is depressed and disappointed that Alejandro never made it to the exhibition but Nati assures her that tonight she will get her just reward.

Marisol gets snide and argues with Liliana. She tells Liliana that she handled the whole thing wrong with Alejandro and her daughter is going to end up as insignificant as Liliana. Liliana said she went as far as her principles and morals would allow her. Marisol says that is exactly what her problem is and she had better not teach the same to Sofia. Liliana finally has had enough of Marisol's attitude and hauls off and slaps her. She tells Marisol she will never forgive her for all the rotten advice and having convinced her to forget those principles.

Nati is sitting alone in the empty exhibition hall when Alejandro finally shows up. He sees her and asks what he needs to do get his wife back. She answers he should follow the track of tears, but not to speak. He must listen and understand she will complain in silence. He must steal her soul and her heart and then never forget it.

Back at the mansion that night Pamela is advising Miranda not to do anything foolish by using Fabricio to get back at Alejandro. Miranda comes out of the bathroom and gets dizzy and sick to her stomach. She tells Pamela that this has been happening quite a few times recently to her. Pamela smiles and says she wonders if Miranda could be pregnant. Miranda says it couldn't be because her mother said she would need fertility treatments. Then Renata comes in and apologizes for missing the exhibition, but they got tied up in traffic after finally seeing off Raul at the airport. Miranda asks her sister how she finally figured out she was pregnant, what were the symptoms. Renata tells her and says she found out at first by taking a home pregnancy kit, but since Juan is there, he could examine her instead. Then Renata runs into his study and searches a couple of cabinets looking for another home pregnancy kit. When she finds it she explains what she needs it for. He doesn't believe Miranda could possibly be pregnant because of her need for treatments and her irregular periods.

Impatiently Pamela and Renata wait for Miranda to get the results from the kit. Fabricio enters the bedroom just as the two are chatting about Miranda possibly being pregnant. Miranda comes out of the bathroom and Fabricio asks her she is pregnant. She simply stares back at him in silence.

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• Yet again, Carolina gives Lety the day off, because she has to make personal calls. Tonight: the beauty queens will dress in regional costumes. "Lety, do you know where Aldo is?" "He has a meeting with Humberto." Carolina points out this Freudian slip: that's Fern's father's name, not Aldo's...
  
• Fern badgers Alicia, who has said there are phone messages for the president of Conceptos, but none for him. He's very sarcastic. He points out that, by contract, he must work at Conceptos for six more months, and then he'll get back what's his, and the first thing he's going to do is fire "someone." "I'll give you hints so you can guess. Somebody without a moustache. Somebody without glasses. Somebody with dyed hair." Alicia is guessing all the other female employees, he says no no no. "A gossip with an empty head. An oxigenada who says she's studied 6 semesters someplace!" As usual, her affect is nil. Alicia may be voluptuous physically, but she's emotionally flatline. Her retort: "I wish you luck getting "yours" back, but it's going to be very hard, because the business has disappeared. And remember when I got here, you told me not to mess in your affairs, and now you want me to work." "I'm expecting a call from Lety, and from somebody you know very well: TOMAS MORA, you crafty little thing you, you tried to get his money..." He's quite nutty in this scene.
  
  Fern asks if the others have heard from Lety, no they haven't, Simon ostentatiously speaks English to "Don Ferrrni." Fern asks Simon to come into his office.
  
  Simon asks how Fern's doing and goes into an operatic effusion of support. Fern says "I hate this song! Please just go to my bar and get my car. Just go, I don't want to shout." They do a little "go-get-my car" dance.
  
• Teresita tells Marcia: "We two have to take care of business. Fern is useless, who knows what planet Omar is on, Humberto spends 24 hours a day dealing with the creditors, Ariel is with the lawyers trying to find a solution to the Lety problem." Marcia says she's working hard and Conceptos is getting good inquiries, but Teresita is very worried.
  
• Omar greets Fern with approval: "How nice to see you here on time, recently bathed, perfumed, in a clean shirt, true you have no tie, but - to be president, first you have to look like a president. Any news of Lety?" "No, I'm sitting here waiting for a call which might never come, and you're nattering on about my tie, it's stupid and superficial." Omar says "Queen Teresita" specially asked him to keep an eye on Fern, to rescue him from his life of drunkenness and remove Lety from his heart.
  
  "How will you do that?" "On the computer there's a list of wonderful women [sketches curves in air] who'd die for a chance to go out with a couple guys like us (especially me), with divine legs, lips as sensuous as your own ..." "You think that will make me forget? And are you suggesting Lety is not a woman?" There is a review of Omar's ugly nicknames for Lety, and Fern says Omar is a poor emissary because he has misunderstood his mission - he's actually supposed to be getting Fern back into Marcia's arms, but nobody is going to get Lety out of his heart. "Anyway, I'm desperate, because mother suggested Lety might be going out with somebody new." Omar laughs, "Your mother is hallucinating. That's absurd! Lety will never get another miracle... that's an advantage of your falling for a fea." Omar derides Fern for thinking a fairy-tale prince, handsome, faithful, with a horse, will ride up and take Lety away, will share his dreams with her, etc etc, in order to make her his woman -
  
• Omar's sarcastic comments are in fact intercut with shots of Aldo being exactly that kind of prince: he shows up with a calandria (horse-drawn carriage) festooned with balloons and takes Lety off to see a barely-begun building on the beach - "my broken dream" - it was to have been the first of his chain of restaurants, "The Taste of Life." He shows her where the traditional fireplace would have been, the kitchen... She doesn't like that he's using the past tense, as if it were all a dream. Did he give it up because of what happened with his spouse? Is he showing her this now because the upcoming meeting with his father is bringing up old memories? He kisses her hand ardently, she looks upset. He says, "Maybe I can resolve things with my dad, but with Leonora I can't, she's dead." He gets upset and hustles her back in the wagon.
  
• Fern tries to throw Omar out, saying he needs to be alone. Omar's parting words: "When are you going to realize she doesn't want to talk to you? She just wants to destroy us." Fern says she's a good person and he believes in her blindly. Talk to her mother, Omar advises. Fern again tries to throw him out, saying, "We're not married, you're not my guard dog."
  
• Julieta puts a nice chile in front of Tomas. Erasmo complains about this "digestive tube in human form who is here three meals a day, he'll leave us in ruin." The phone rings: it's Fern calling Julieta! "Lety hasn't called me, has she called you or Tomas?" "Yes, she talked to Tomas, do you want to talk to him?" "NO NO NO - but she needs to know, the business has such bad problems, she has to talk to me." "Tomas says she doesn't want to." "Beg her to give me another chance."
  
  She passes the phone along and Tomas tells Fern: Lety now owns the whole shooting gallery. Fern goes wild, blames it all on Tomas (because he believes Lety and her parents are honorable people), and after hanging up starts drinking straight from the whiskey bottle. He forces Omar to do the same. I must say, as the daughter of an alcoholic, that I do not find Fern's drinking funny at all. It's bothering me quite a bit. Omar proposes that, rather than he and Fern conning Lety, perhaps she had been conning the both of them from the very beginning! Fern remembers Psychic Guy saying, "Lety is happy."
  
  Omar and Fern take it into the hallway - Omar complains: "You feel betrayed, you're a victim, you have the face of a wet dog, begging for compassion." Teresita and Marcia are in the background as he continues. "I lost money too, Fern." Fern mocks him - Omar only owned one percent - and says again, he'll get it all back. Escaping, Fern says, "I'm going to church to get an exorcism."
  
• In Acapulco Renata, one of the beauty girls, wants to drop out of the contest because her parents can't be there. Carolina sends Lety to talk to her. The girl bluffs at first but then admits that her parents decided to go on a vacation to Alaska rather than come see her. "I'm not important to them, so what difference does it make if I'm pretty?"
  
• Julieta peeks in Lety's diary. She pretends to be dusting when Erasmo startles her from the doorway, saying he's going out to answer some help-wanted ads and hopefully find work. He leaves, and she opens the book, asking pardon of God and Lety. "I have to know."
  
  She begins to read: "Nobody gives me a chance to show how much I can love - the driving force of my life and sentiments must be my work. It's the only thing that will save me: to be the shadow and the breath (or encouragement) of Don Fernando..."

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Thank you Melinama for doing my recaps....You did an outstanding job...

Hola back from Mx....Wow, I didn't see Demian...except on TV....another missed chance for my real destiny. Yes Mx is ahead of here and without giving away any spoilers...I gotta say "MUY GRAVE", remember that, yes it will come up later. There seems to be like a year or year and half or two year time jump...but pretty much everyone is the same lame tard they were before...the only spoiler I'll let out is this....the Chunky Chick hasn't had gastric bypass or even attempted to cut back to 8 squares a day...she apparently has not tried Herbalife.

Meanwhile I have been reading the recaps....Yes a special thanks to God and all 365 of the calendar saints that I missed the Gabe/MA makeout fest...I feel so dirty just thinking about it.
Soooo Now on to tonites exciting episode...

Well replay ol MA in the hospital next to Gabe resting comfortably in the land of Coma....Seriously how can you tell the difference...I always thought he was in a coma.
MA tells him she is preggers and a single meaningful tear escapes the right eye.

On to MA praying in front of flowers...yadda yadda yadda please help Gabe....
Eeeeeek she wheels around to Candleabra standing directly behind her....Hola, come on back to Naco Acres & fill me in on your lovely glow. Thus MA returns with Candleabra, where she tells Candy her great news...she is pregnant by Gabe & the whole coma thing is just a small bump in the road. ****Side bar****MA is certainly dressing much hipper than when she was the poor schoolteacher. Candy is thrilled and can hardly wait for a "Grandchild"...yeah I'm thinking if you are waitin for Leo to produce one....Well Honey we need to talk.

Now Leo is praying in front of same flowers to the Virgen Mary....and I am glad to see he still wears his bedazzeled Virgen Mary Jacket....You Go Guey!!!!
Anyway MA comes up behind him and speaks and he gets this OMG it is a miracle look....he then wheels around and is all shades of thrilled to see MA....She is thrilled to see him also only not in the same way....Yep she tells Leo she is PG by Gabe, Leo tears up and brings up the uncomfortable topic of the coma, he vows to be father to the child, no strings attached.
****Side Bar....I have only witnessed this A)on the hallmark hall of fame sunday nite movie
b) with gay co-workers that swear they love the pregnant girl****
MA is happy for the support, but you can tell she isn't gonna let a pesky lil thing like a coma, kill the good feeling buzz she has going. I'm not really sure if Leo is upset that she is preggers by another man or simply because she lost her virginity before he did.

Meanwhile Miriam goes to see Demian and tells him that it is not normal for Regina to take so much interest in Gabe....Demian laughs her off and says how can you be jealous of a vegetable?
****Now that's what I'm talkin about Demian, Gabe has always a bit of a photosynthetic lifeform to me***

Juan Cristobal & Paulina are in the mall and he starts talking to some little kid....you can just see the expression of pain on Paulina's face...Okay now I get it, she lost the kid while I was in MX....

Paulina stops in to see dear old Dad at the hospital and MA is in the room....
****At this point I notice his head is now rolled to the opposite side...Is MA moving his head like "For the love of God, Gabe will you at least act like you hear me?"****
Anyway, MA blurts out she is PG, I guess in case Paulina missed the 6 o'clock news...
Paulina is happy for her and the fact that she is going to have another brother/sister.
You can tell this whole thing tugs at Paulina's lil heart & her mother hormones are in full raging mode.

Joselyn goes to see Miriam and Joselyn looks ill, of course she always looks drugged or ill, but more so than normal....Cha-Ching.....yeah I'm gonna put a bet in here that she too is pregnant.

On the lighter side....the Naco comic relief have a scene where the chunky chick is pretending on the phone she is talking to herlover, to make the lil Naco chauffer jealous, then he calls Silvester and pretends he is talking to his lady love....No not exactly side splitting humor.

For even more good Naco fun, Silvester goes to visit Elsa who goes to the door in her nitey and tells him to leave her alone, he knows she has been drinking and when he leaves she pulls out a bottle from under the sofa cushion and starts drinking out of the bottle.

Joselyn shows up at the hospital and she and MA get into it...I'm thinking cat fight, but the ever present TeleNovela nurse shows up and says knock off the noise and boots Joselyn out.

Later Joselyn is stepping out of Lab, with a manila envelope and smiling the cat who just swallowed the canary smile.

Lil Tiny Tim shows up and the kid is moving around pretty good on those crutches....he and MA do some seriously praying for Pa. Thankfully MA does not blurt out her maternity status to the kid.

Paulina does an EPT at home & dang y'all it is negative....She goes to JC's office and laments her lack of pregnancy....Well just try harder.

We get to visit the Dark Mansion during dinner....Awkward....Dolores says, "Honey how was your day." to Tiberto, like your Mom used to say what did you learn in school. Tiberto answers the same as everyday.....uncomfortable silence and Demian is like, to the wood shed boy.
He takes Tiberto to his office and tells him, he better act nicer to Dolores, at least in front of Regina. Chastised Tiberto hangs his head in shame....you gotta feel for a 45 year old guy is threatened with a whuppin by his 47 year old father.

Later that evening in bed, Regina and Demian are talking, she mentions spending time with him and his already baritone voice drops about 5 octaves...she leans in for a tender kiss and the Demianator is all over her...he reaches over and turns out the lights....Cue the "When a Man loves a Woman Music"
Demian you are my hero.

Candleabra is trying to console Leo who once again is crying to his mama, he is the best man in the world and she so hates to see him suffer.....I personally just hate to see him, suffering or not I just hate to see him.

Switch to the strip club....Rog, Tib & Joselyn are drinking and laughing and having a good ole time. Elsa is dancing and looks totally out of it, meanwhile Joselyn is taunting them with some big surprise and how she will have her revenge.

Miriam and Ingrid (yes I am glad to see Ingrid is still among the living), are discussing the business needing money, Miriam states she can sell some of Joselyn's jewelry and Ingrid remarks Joselyn will go BSC over that. Miriam agrees

MA is maintaining her vigilance by Gabe's bed, Joselyn comes in....MA tells her she is pregnant by Gabe, Check----nah-nah-nah-nah...Ooooops
Not so fast Amiga....Joselyn counters....I too am pregnant by Gabe, she has the lab test in her hands....Ewwww CheckMate

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According to my local TV listings, the cast of Heridas de Amor will be on the Cristina show at 9:00 Central Time on Univision. Duelo de Pasiones debuts that night at 6:00 CT as well. With Univision being a national network, I think it's safe to say that 10:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific will be when that Cristina episode airs.

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Thank you Susanlynn for pointing out my mistake on the date! It is JANUARY 5. Duh.

Cesar throwing his sword down the hall to stick into the wall was really cool. The way they showed it with the dramatic effect, it had to be on purpose I think. I wonder how many tries it took. Regardless, pretty cool. Cesar proceeds to try and drink an entire decanter of booze in one gulp, then try not to hurl. Though we all know he’s ok with barfing in his living room. What is it with everyone having all their booze in glass bottles anyway, do you actually know anyone who does that? I think I’ll take my booze out of their perfectly good bottles and put them in label-less bottles instead, give a little more risk to my drinking.

Fab, holding the baby, asks Julio how he feels. Something about now not being a good time for the operation. Fab says he doesn’t know how to call Julio to his son, he wants to call him papa, not Julio. Julio is touched and pleased. Fab says the baby will call him grandpa. Julio says he always doubted Cesar a bit. (Then why did you get involved in all this, genius?) He tells Fab that he should stay far away from Cesar and that he (Fab) is a good noble man and son. Fab hands the baby to Julio and says “go to your grandpa, and love him, because he is my dad.” Ok we get it. Very touching. Let’s move on.

At the hacienda, Nati shuffles in with the Gabinos in tow. Nati says Gonz is already present. They hear some noises, mrs. Gabino says it sounds “like fear.”

Vicente and Luciano finish up with whatever it is they are doing that will put Cesar in jail. They talk about Babe Lawyer and if she likes Al or not, like a couple of teenagers.

Gabino wants to shut the door to keep the wind out, Nati says keep it open, before Gabino can say “close it” again, Bertha walks in. Bertha says it can be easy or tough, Nati, you decide. Nati says no, Bertha, YOU will be the one to make that decision.

Amparito is telling Roman how sad she will be when Raul and Carola leave. She’s happy for them but she will miss Raul terribly. They plan the going away party for tomorrow, Roman promises to help and Amparito likes the idea. He gets a call from Luis Alberto. LA and Nuria have apparently started their trip to Brazil, Roman wishes them well. I agree, though, shouldn’t some of that money those two idiots are running away with be returned to SLI, or even some to Mophead (even though I hate her) since some of it was stolen from her? Why doesn’t anybody speak up for their cut? Al was right there in their room with them, he knows what’s going on, he should have straightened that out. I guess he’s too busy being ‘noble’ and selling all of his own stuff to help the others. Bah.

Bertha pours herself a drink to try and be melodramatic. She says “Gabino, you are the one who hurt Chocolate, right?” He says yes, on Bertha’s orders. Bertha says he needs a better answer than that. She tells Nati that she wants to end this once and for all, give me the gun! Nati says “I don’t have it, Miranda does!” Bertha puts her hand to her forehead, a momentary lapse of composure. She says to herself, but loud enough for people in the hall to hear apparently, “how long am I going to have to wait for those imbeciles?” Miranda’s voice says “you don’t have to wait any longer, here we are” as she, Al, and Fern walk into the room. This is the part in a Scooby-Doo episode where somebody gets their face torn off to reveal it was just a mask. Bertha tries to act cool and sip her drink, saying “ok, let’s get started.” She tells the Gabinos and Nati to leave, but Miranda says that Nati should stay. Gabino says they’ll wait outside if she needs anything. Bertha says that Gabino has something very very important to confess. Gabino looks like what I imagine I looked like when I was a kid and got busted stealing a candy bar. The Gabinos step outside. Miranda walks to the desk and takes the gun out of the desk drawer, it was there the whole time! Ah Nati, you clever witch. Miranda wants to know what went on ‘that night’ and with ‘this gun’, because everything since has its origin in ‘that night.’ Bertha gets bugeyed. She says the gun was the end, not the beginning, things started way before that. “Right Fern? When you, Sophia, and I were all in love with Alfredo Luque!” I have always had a hard time believing that Alfredo was sooo great for all these ladies to be in love with him, since Alfredo is played by Arturo Peniche, who was the glorious fop Antonio de Guzman in Alborada. There was nothing manly about him. He flipped his hair around like Alicia on La Fea. So when I hear the name Alfredo Luque, I think of sexually ambiguous Antonio. Not a ladies man by any stretch. Anyone else have this problem?

Cesar stares out the window and smokes. He swears things won’t end this way. Nobody gets over on Cesar Beltran like this. This is not how I roll. I ain’t gonna go out like that. His phone rings, it’s Roman on the other end. Cesar is pleased to hear from him, he wants to hire him. “To find LA and Nuria, riiiiiiight?” Cesar turns ugly fast. “What do you know about them, infeliz?” Roman tells Cesar that they left the country. Roman says he just called to tell him that God will thank him for his help. With the money LA and Nuria took, they are going to help orphans. They will name the orphanages after him. Something like that. Cesar is impactado. People will bless the name of Cesar Beltran, Roman continues. Cesar hangs up and mumbles to himself. He can’t believe his money is in a stranger’s hands. He tries to guzzle a whole bottle of booze again. I think LA/Nuria’s plan is stupid, all Cesar has to do (providing he’s still alive) is find where things are being done in his name and he’ll find those two dimwits.

Bertha continues. She told Sophia (Al’s mom) that Fern and Alfredo were lovers. This and bad medication brought on Sophia’s death. Santiago was off studying for the priesthood, or in the priesthood, or something else sufficiently priestly, that Sophia never saw him again before her death. Al is furious at the flippant talk about his mother’s death and lets Bertha know about it, grabbing her by the neck. Bertha gets off on it. Perhaps she and Lasagna could have gone to some of the same underground fetish clubs in a different situation? Anyway, Miranda gets Al to let Bertha loose. Fern says well, then what happened next? Bertha says she thought she had a clear road at Alfredo, but Alfredo told her no, he was in love with Fernanda. He had spoken with Sophia before she died and Sophia gave her blessing for Alfredo to go back to Fern and start up again. Fern is impactada. This is why she told lies to their father and had her married off to Gonzalo? Bertha says yes. After Gonz and Fern married, she started to see Alfredo but it was always the same, he talked about Fernanda. Finally she got the message and decided to stay away from him forever. It was earlier ‘that night’, I think she said. She acts like her story is over. Nati speaks up and calls her serpent tongue, and what about the part where Bertha told Alfredo that Fern wanted to run away with him? Bertha says, “how do you know that?” Nati just says to tell the story. Bertha has a green flashback of telling Alfredo that Fern wants to run away with him, if she doesn’t want to go, convince her! Back in the present, Bertha laments how she loved Alfredo since the first day. Bertha says something about them both being men of just one woman, but I’m not sure to whom she was referring. Alfredo for one, the other Alejandro? Or Gonzalo? I couldn’t quite figure it out.

After the commercial, the story continues. Nati says Bertha speaks true, she (Nati) and Tomasa heard the whole thing outside the library door. Fern says “who were you trying to shoot, Bertha?” Bertha says “You, Fern. I loved Alfredo with all my soul, but with you in the middle there was nothing I could do. When I came in the room, Alfredo was on the floor. Gonzalo didn’t kill him, it was me.” Throughout this portion, we are seeing green flashbacks to ‘that night’ that illustrate the action. In the flashback, she thinks “I’m so sorry Alfredo, I was going to shoot Fern and then Gonzalo, not you!” Back to the present – Bertha sniffles and refills her drink, then guzzles it down. She says that was the only time she ever asked anyone for forgiveness, she thought he was dead! That’s why she ran away, if she knew he was alive, she would have taken care of him! Sniffle sniffle. Al steps forward and says he doesn’t know if she deserves prison or the nuthouse, she’s bad in the head! Bertha says she had it all perfectly planned out. She didn’t permit Gonzalo near the body to see the shot was in the back, since Alfredo and Gonzalo had been face to face. Fern says, then why did Gonz run me out of the hacienda? Bertha says she had him do it. She told Gonz that if Fern was close to the girls she might kill them. At this, Miranda tries to attack Bertha. She says she’s going to take her out but Al holds her back. We are treated to a full 30 seconds of dramatic stares from each person.

Roman and Amparito are laughing and planning the partyand Francisco comes in, surprised to see Roman! He says he’ll be around more regularly, if Amparito wants and Francisco permits. Francisco says give me a break already, my sister likes you, jeez. He says “there’s just one thing I want from you sister,…” “what?” “coffee.” Ha ha ha laughs, she goes to get coffee. Francisco gives Roman a hard time about not being stable. They talk on about some stuff that doesn’t quite make sense. In the end he says it’s all fine for the two of them. Lots of hugs.

Bertha says now you know everything, I killed Tomasa, but not Gonzalo. Miranda points out that she was involved with that even if she weren’t the actual killer, just as much an accomplice as Cesar. “depends on what mirror you look at” Bertha says. What? Then she says “I did it all for love, you all wouldn’t understand.” She goes on some more about love, not having love, how they all love, “like me and you Miranda. And you Al. And you sister.” She says it’s the sweetest love. None of this made any more sense watching it than what it sounds like now reading it, sorry everyone. Surprisingly, though, the term “heridas de amor” was NOT said in all this. Al says she can’t leave, he’s going to call the authorities. Miranda says, basically, “yeah.” Bertha grabs the gun and holds it under her chin. “Like you said Miranda, the eyes of God will never see me. Bertha de Aragon will be free! Not in some jail and much less not in a nuthouse!” She starts running away with the gun still held up to her own chin. Everyone starts yelling to put down the gun. Fern says let the others go, it’s between us. Bertha says it’s all different now. Nati says to let her do it. Go Nati! Al says no, she has to face justice. Bertha says yes, she has a date with her destiny. She leaves and everyone just lets her walk out. Al starts yelling that they can’t just let her leave! Nati says they have to let her do whatever she’s going to do. The Gabinos come running in saying that a man was with Bertha when she left. Not possible, she left alone! Gabino says no, someone was with her. Nati says, don’t ask!

The next morning, I guess, Al is drinking coffee and Miranda comes in to talk to him. They discuss their lack of sleep for Al, Miranda slept like a baby now that she knows everything. Al is all worked up but Miranda, making sense for the first time ever, says they have the lawsuits all started against Bertha and Cesar already, it’s all in the works, so whatever. Fern comes in and is ready to go back to Mexico too. She says she feels free. Miranda also feels better now that the secrets have all come out. Al admits that they are right. Fern says she finally saw who Bertha really is, she doesn’t need jail, she needs to be locked up with herself. Miranda says the worst part is that Bertha never loved anybody, she just like to make trouble. I think that’s what she said. As the are leaving, Al says “aren’t you going to invite me to your chocolate thing?” Miranda says she would never forgive him for not being there at something so important to her. Al leaves, Miranda satisfies her contractual obligation to cry. She looks at Gonz’s old desk and cries some more. “Rest in peace, papa.” She pours a few drops of her bottle of Olde English out for him before slamming back the rest…. Oops not really, she just cries some more and finally leaves the room. Wait she pauses at the door…ok NOW she left, finally. The door closes behind her, seemingly on its own. The ghost of Gonzalo!

Back to Luciano and Vicente. Again, all the papers are in order. Vicente is a little worried, one of his contacts told him that one of the proofs against Cesar might also implicate Julio, but he doesn’t want to raise a false alarm and give Julio his fifteenth heart attack. They decide to talk to Fab and see what they can do. Al arrives and tells them that Bertha confessed to everything. She got away, he doesn’t want to talk about it. They tell him about Julio and talking to Fab. Al gets on the phone.

Renata and Slutty are helping Amparito set for dinner. They are talking about how great Spain is. She hopes Raul finds a woman, Slutty says don’t you think he and Carola, you know? Hey, can I still call her Slutty now that she’s all rehabilitated? I think I will continue to do so. Juan, Francisco and Roman arrive with food, they all talk at the same time and eat. Carola and Raul arrive, hugs all around. Carola is wearing some really strange furry shoulder pads thing. She has on very flattering jeans and some short tight tank top, but then furry shoulder pads that belong on an ancient Viking. What the hell. Joel sends his best, he couldn’t make it. More hugs. They sing a bon voyage song.

Al and Vicente make plans to talk to Fab. Luciano gets off the phone and says the airports and everything else have been alerted, Bertha and Cesar won’t get out of the country. Al says great, he has just enough time to get to Miranda’s chocolate event. Oh Vicente, did you make out a check to Babe Lawyer? Yes Al, it’s on her desk. Speak of the devil, Babe Lawyer walks in. Looking good in a red suit today, waaaaaaay better than that disaster of a dress I remember from last week. She asks to speak alone with Al. She starts all pissy saying she has a lot to talk to him about, he says “sorry, keep it short, I have somewhere to be.” She looks like she can’t believe he just said that! Like, oh my god! She says she came in, all her files on Gonzalo are gone, then she overhears about him leaving her a check, what the hell is going on? She sits down and demands an explanation. Hello you dumb hottie, you’re getting dumped. Al looks like he’d rather be anywhere else but here, which is true. Babe Lawyer fights back her tears.

This was about the talkiest episode ever. I can only imagine what next week’s finale will have. Maybe Duelo will have lots of car chases and fights and stuff.

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Dr. Arias is operating on Gabe who is now hovering between life and death because Jos has managed to nick his liver and part of his intestine in her failed attempt to shoot him to death. Nicolas arrives with Demian just after Jos calls Rogelio and lets him know his father's serious situation. Miriam whispers that she likes the idea of keeping Rogelio as their ally. As soon as the two men walk up to Miriam and her, Jos switches to her pained expression and continues to pretend she's the grieving ex-wife, totally concerned about Gabe's serious condition. Nicolas asks who could have possibly shot Gabe like this. He suggests in front of their little group that the only person capable of this act is Jos since she had obviously attempted to shoot him before, when Gabe tried to leave after asking for the divorce. Miriam protects her daughter and yells the obligatory, "How dare you!" to Nicolas. Demian is smirking in the background observing.

At the construction company offices, Rogelio tells Tiberio the news. Rogelio is bitter about his dad and says he could care less and Ti laughs. Ti suggests Rogelio play the part of the grieving son so that he might be able to take advantage of the situation to gain back some of his shares in the business. Otherwise he could find himself left out and no more than a simple employee or "servant" at best. On the otherhand, Ti adds, he might find himself left out on the street with nothing. Rogelio frowns and rushes over to the hospital to wait with the others and play the grieving son at Jos and Miriam's side.

Cortito comes into the kitchen to tell Mayeya the news about Gabe. She and Lil Lui have been playing cards so she and Cortito distract him from finding out the truth about his father.

Jos calls Juan Christobal and he takes Paulina with him to the hospital and explains along the way.
Leo races to the hospital to see if he can help his maestro with the surgery.

As the surgery progresses, Gabe's subconscious begins to think about each of his children and of Mariangela. Then, Dr. Arias screams that he is losing the pulse and pressure just as Leo enters and takes the crash cart and begins trying to rescuscitate Gabe by applying electric shock to Gabe's chest. Gabe is approaching the brilliant white light of the vast unknown and Great Beyond. Leo screams at Gabe in between shocks to listen to him and to fight to return to them all. Suddenly, during the flight, Mariangela is awakened from a nap with a tug at her chest just as in the operating room Gabe's heart monitor's lines all go flat. He's flatlining! He's dead! (He's flatlining and secretly I am wondering if and hoping that they are really writing him out of the show so they can introduce somebody much more Mariangela's age and more appealing at this point. Heck! Demian and Regina's middle-aged antics are much more amusing and enjoyable than this silly storyline! --Alas, no luck.) Gabe is eventually rescuscitated and his heartbeat begins to register on the monitor again. Leo has managed to bring Gabe back to the world of the living. (Did we ever doubt he could and would, really?)

Leo returns to the waiting area and informs everyone there that Gabe has survived but is in a coma. He might be there a few hours, or days, or weeks or even months. Dr. Arias adds that some people never come out of their comas. (Thanks for public service announcement #999.)

Elsa is apparently going through changes since her rape the night before. She comes on a surprise visit to see Candy at home. She is sad and withdrawn. Her clothes and hair are plain and simple this time, and she is wearing no make-up at all. She tells Candy she simply wanted to see her and Elsa does not argue or act snide with her mother for once.

Regina confides in Demian that she is worried for Paulina since losing her baby, and she is in particular upset with Tiberio for continuing to reject Dolores' attempts to reconcile with him. Demian promises to speak to Ti about this and rectify the situation. She kisses him (again to strains of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman") and thanks him .

Paulina goes in to sit by her father's side and ask him to fight for his life. His children need his strength, his fatherly advice and his love.

In the hospital waiting room Nic takes advantage of the time to ask Dolores to allow him to stick with her. He doesn't want her to become distant. He explains he's talked about his intentions to Tiberio. Dolores admits that her son has a heart of stone. She says she tried also, but he is not moved by anything she has done to express her love as a mother to him. However, as a mother, she has not lost all hope of reaching him some day somehow.

Regina takes her turn sitting at her old beau's side, asking him to fight for his life and not to worry about the kids or the business. She tells him she'll take care of everything for him. While Regina is inside alone with unconscious Gabe, outside in the hallway, next to his door, a bating Jos tries to enrage Demian about Regina's being alone with Gabe. Demian laughs at her. He knows the game she's playing. "You think I'll be jealous? Ha! You're trying to upset me because I wouldn't loan your mother money." Jos mumbles her response. (In fact, all during the first half of this episode Edith was mumbling her lines. Perhaps the prima dona thought it made her sound more sexy and sultry, or maybe she was just hoarse from yelling petulantly on set in between takes, but all it did was impair the production.) "I didn't want you to be surprised later is all..." she answers. Demian just smiles knowingly.

In the waiting room, Leo suggests Paulina and JC say nothing to Mariangela about Gabe. He wants Mariangela to take full advantage of her designing course to better herself since she cannot do a thing for him in his present situation. In a corner on the other side of the room, Jos, Rogelio, and Miriam agree they want Mariangela out of the picture for as long as possible. Miriam tells Rog that Karen is advising them of all Mariangela's movements.

Back later that day, at the company offices, Rogelio suggests with his dad out and gravely ill, this is the time to recover a strong position in the business. Ti says he'll be happy to put in a good word with Demian for him --when it is advantagious to him and Demian of course, and for a price, as nothing in life is free.

That night at Demian's Nic, Dolores, Demian, Regina, Pau and JC sit and chat over Gabe's condition. Dolores tells them all, as a nurse, that coma patients may not lose their ability to hear. Regina suggests they all keep Gabe's mind stimulated by talking to him during their visits there. (PSA #1000). Regina tells the others then that she will think up some excuse to keep from letting Mariangela find out the truth for now and says she hopes that Mariangela believes it. (For the second time I find myself saying that this should be Mariangela's decision to make and nobody else's. Treat her like the adult she is, people!) Rog and Ti show up and Demian explains that he and Nic had planned this get together to facilitate a meeting to discuss the management of Gabe's construction company during his abscence. Ti suggests Rog handle things, but Regina tells Rogelio and Tiberio that she will be taking charge of the day-to-day management of Gabe's construction company. She had promised this to Gabe and that is that. Demian is a bit miffed and unpleasantly surprised at this because this throws a wrench into his plan to secretly substitute second-rate materials in Gabe's construction projects while pocketing the difference in cost when switching the quality materials into his own projects, but he says nothing. Ti is left with his mouth open and Wiley Coyote Rogelio again has steam coming out of his ears.

Jos looks in at unconscious Gabe and thinks, "Well Gabe, you see what happens to people who defy me. Too bad you won't be joining Mariangela in Paris. You are going to be in that bed forever. You are going to be mine again." (Crazy, sick, malicious broad.)

That night Candy tells Leo about her visit earlier in the day and how happy she is that her daughter (the real Elsa) will be coming back to her soon.

Elsa is back at the club dancing for now, though. She goes through the motions with her pole dance, but there is no excitement. After every move she stops to take a drink. She is pretty drunk and when she finally finishes the performance, El Mastín (who's secondary job is pimping out the club's dancers) says she can get as drunk as she wants now that she is obliging with his customers' "extracurricular activities". Elsa lets him walk her over then to another big, fat, ugly palooka's table. He sits her down and Elsa let's the huge hog slobber all over her neck.

The next day Paulina tells Little Luis what's gone on with their dad. Regina calls Mariangela up and tells her that Gabe had something unexpected come up with the business and would be postponing the trip over. She had no idea when he'd be reachable even. Regina has also asked Otilia to let Diana and Saroya know not to tell Mariangela anything about Gabe.

During the next two weeks Nic hires a private investigator and is frustrated to hear from him that not a single clue has turned up to suggest who might have shot Gabe. There are no witnesses and no one has made any statements to the police in the two weeks since the shooting.

Joss continues her exotic dancing at Ti and Rogelio's club. All the pigs there, including El Mastíf and Tiberio, are mesmerized by her beauty and her ...charms.

This lying thing works with Mariangela for a couple of weeks but then Mariangela calls up Regina and asks her for the truth about Gabe. She is tired of evasive answers. Regina has no choice but to tell Mariangela the truth and asks her to return to Mexico as soon as possible.

Karen calls up Jos the next morning and informs her mother that Mariangela now has the truth about Gabe from Regina and has just left on a flight to Mexico that very morning. Jos says it doesn't matter as Gabe is probably going to be in a coma the rest of his life anyway.

When Mariangela gets back to Mexico the morning after, Regina takes her to the hospital.
That same morning Jos is feeling sick and refuses her breakfast. Miriam wonders where her daughter has been and why she's been coming home so late each and every night. Jos pretty much tells her mother to mind her own business.

Mariangela enters Gabe's room, takes his hand and tells him how much she loves him. She also tells him that she is pregnant. A tear drop falls from the corner of an unconscious Gabe's eye.

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This one opens at La Comidilla where the cuartel is closing their lunch and the table looks as if these eight people didn’t eat. Irma's children are going back to EEUU, but lucky for Luigi, Irma will be staying. Irma asks for the afternoon off to spend with her kids before they go, Luigi agrees as long as they don’t try to change her mind. Jorge acknowledges this is the best place for Irma, so not to worry. PM says it’s late, so they better get back to Conceptos or else they will be killed! Martha says it’s ok because they are with Don Lui and Sara says he’ll defend them. Luigi is impactado, [impactada? ;)] and says, “who do you think I am Calemano? or Super Wanda to protect the Feas? Aye no, let’s go!” Simon agrees now is the time to say goodbye in ten languages.

Back at the Vicky Form oDiosa Contest, Caro asks the llenita timida how she is doing. She says fine thanks to Lety’s advice and attitude. Caro tells Lety the event organizers sent some unexpected printed acknowledgements for the contestants to downtown Acapulco, but we need them now, and they haven’t arrived, so Lety offers to go down and pick them up. She wishes the contestant luck and fun.

[I thought it was funny that Vicky Form had named this contest as such and even copyrighted the term Odiosa, (which we know was used on la Oxy last week thanks to Melinama). For those who aren’t aware, Vicky Form is somewhat (ironically named several decades ago) the Mexican Victoria’s Secret, and for the last couple years they have held this contest open to the public to promote their idea that beauty is an attitude, and it comes in all shapes, such that every woman should feel feminine and sexy. (Dove has a similar campaign here in the US.) They have used “ordinary women” in several of their ads. So I suppose it’s kind of neat that they are featured in this telenovela…..]

Back at Conceptos, Fer is wishing that the Psychic Guy would appear again because he really needs him. He actually complains that this guy never shows up when he really needs him. Poor Fer, so used to getting his way, sorry the world and its people aren’t at your command. Or maybe they are? Omar the Imbec barges in to tell Fer something and Fer says tomorrow because he has to go. Omar notes that he came in late and now he’s leaving early? He starts to tell him about T’s admonition, but Fer will have none of it and stomps out. Omar isn’t sure what would be worse, dying from a scolding by T or being strangled by Fer. He decides Fer should go where he wants because no one should touch his little neck, not his precious neck.

Marcia and Abicia are discussing that Lety will not return. La Oxy has some new jewelry on, earrings that are like masterlock size keys. They look pretty funny, but must go with the heart around her neck that hangs just above her well, you know. Marcia doesn’t want to talk about it anymore. Abitchita wants to know what Marcia knows because she needs to know if she still needs to kiss up to Tomas. She said the last time she saw Lety she wanted to kill that rat. Just then Fer walks out, and Oxy tells him not to take it personally that she was talking about another rat (feminine). Nice… Fer says he’s leaving and to call his cell if you need anything. She wonders why he’s leaving and he won’t say. Oxy snickers let’s see if tomorrow you’ll have changed clothes and bathed.
Oxy comments that he still seems out of sorts and wonders if he’s hoping that Lety returns. A says to herself, of course he does, because Lety needs to return the business. Alicia says they’d better pray to a saint then for her return. Maybe the Saint of Ugliness. Marci says if Lety came back it would be the best for the business, but it would be hell for her and she walks away. Alicia surmises that Marcia knows something she hasn’t revealed and starts chasing her down.

In Acapulco Aldo finds Lety, saying he was looking for her, and she’s glad he found her because she needs to go downtown, and Caro even gave her a cell to communicate. He says that’s great he’ll take her, he has a luxurious mode of transport. She speculates if it will be his bicycle. He says no, close, think of a racetrack…

Alicia gets Marcia in her office and wants to know what is so horrible about Lety. She says Lety actually did her a favor by exposing everything. Marcia ends up telling her Fer’s sad face is not about the business, or the colleagues or anything, it’s about Lety. She tells Alicia that he confessed to her that he’s in love with Lety. A says that not possible.

Turns out Aldo’s luxury transport is a motorcycle. How fun to ride around the coast in Acapulco on a bike holding on to Juan Soler. Ahhhh. Anyway, they chat about the port, all the tourists and how they come to enjoy themselves, the good food, and how great a motorcycle is for touring.

Back at Conceptos, Marcia says no it's true Fer confessed to my face. Alicia says no way, he said that about Lety to upset you. M says he has nothing to gain by that. A still can’t believe it and thinks maybe there is some witchcraft going on then. M doesn’t know what’s with that woman, but she knows he’s in love with her and he is desperate. Alicia asks what she’s going to do about it. M screams what would you have me do with a man who confessed he’s in love with another woman? You tell me what to do. A says it’s not like we are talking about a poor imbecile like Tomas Mora, with his silly outfits and no place to even fall dead. We are talking about Fer who has a good lineage, from a good family and has money. Besides he’ll get back the company, and well, even if he’s not president again he still has his shares, no? You have to fight to the death for a man like that. Marcia says she’s fought many years for him and she’s had enough. A- But you are in love with him, no? M- I wish not, but yes, I am. A-Well there you have it. The other woman that disappeared from Fer has no red hot coals (she’s not burning for him anymore?) Besides surely she doesn’t want to see him ever again, on the contrary you have him at hand, don’t just let him go. M- How do you suggest that I make him stop loving her? A- Love her, I think that’s an exaggeration. Maybe he found her exotic side and he liked her braces or her mustaches. Men are weird. I once had a man who liked me only for my…. Marcia is annoyed and doesn’t want to hear her stories. Guess we won't either then. A continues that M’s lack of self-esteem is offensive. That it’s not like she’s up against an amazing grand woman, “you are beautiful, have class, elegance, money, and intelligence; you have everything you need to get rid of her just like that.” She continues,“If that woman was like me then maybe you’d have to worry.” [Yikes!] She reads off the litany of adjectives to describe herself: natural blond, sensual body, classy, nice, sexy, attractive, seductive, charismatic, intelligent, and more, "then I’d tell you to give up, you lost, and to stay away." But with Lety, please. M thanks her for her concern and advice. She says, I’m your friend, it’s nothing, count on me. Remember your dignity. She gets up to leave and while her back is turned Marcia makes an air machine gun and shoots her multiple times. I loved this part! Finally the long-winded witch leaves, and I can recap more easily.

Back in Acapulco Lety laments that they don’t have more time right now as she would love to see all of Acapulco on the bike. Aldo says he would love to go eat some quesadillas de cazon, like the ones made in the little dive restaurants. He tells her how delicious they are. She tells him surely he would make them better himself, no? He tells her yes, but Aca. has many types of restaurants, normal, fine, romantic, etc. but there’s nothing like the quesadillas de cazon (baby shark, ouch, that doesn’t sound good for the environment) from the smaller “fondita” restaurants. She agrees she’d like to do that because it would remind her of home cooking. Aldo wants her to drive the motorcycle, she’s says no, he tells her that she can do it and to imagine the speed, etc. she pretends she’s doing it but then reminds him that she can’t because of her hand. She says she’ll run from downtown behind him on his moto if he calls his Dad. Suddenly the happy mood turns sour. Aldo wants to know why she does this to him. She tells him that after all of their conversations she has reflected a lot and has come to the conclusion that he should do this, what does Aldo have to be afraid of? He tells her very seriously that he’s afraid his father will reject him, and won’t accept him the way he is. [What way is he?] She shuts up and apologizes for meddling in something that shouldn’t matter to her. He changes his tune and says alright, he’ll do it, but on two conditions. One that she comes with him, because he needs her support and the second is that she won’t run behind him, because they are in a hurry need to get back asap. She agrees remembering that Caro is waiting for them.

We see scenes setting up for the event and a very worried Caro wondering where Lety is.

Then, out of nowhere, Fern is in an incredibly luxurious modern home. And guess who he is talking to. Jorge Flores, aka psychic guy. So much for easy recapping :) . I wonder if that is his real life house! I wouldn’t have placed his character in such a home, personally, especially not in Lety’s colonia. Anyhow, because this is telenovela land apparently Fer went looking for him and found him on the street in front of his house and was invited in. Even he is surprised at the coincidence (yeah Fer, remember you are not real).
He asks if there is no whiskey, Jorge shakes his head as a water is handed to him. Fer agrees it’s healthier, anyway. Fer is thankful he found PG, he tells him that Lety is still missing. PG asks if he wants him to tell Fer where she is, is that why you came to see me? He feigns that’s not why. PG says he wouldn’t say even if he knew. Fer says he only wants to know if she’s ok, it’s just that he’s worried about her, etc. PG says she’s better than you are imagining, she’s happy. F- Happy, he seems mad, how can she be happy when I’m so upset, living in hell, etc. PG- Look, she is going through her process and you are going through yours. Each in his own way. Are you looking for more from me? F- says it’s just that you know I’m in love with her but she sees me as a criminal, as if I’m crazy, he stops, do you want to meet her? PG approaches and Fer takes out a picture of her so proudly (ok he’s cute when he does this all the time, because photos are not really her strong suit) and shows PG. PG remembers the time he gave Lety the figure of St. Jude and tells Fer he knows her from that time.

Now we are in another luxury home on the bay and Lety is impacatada at Aldo's home and the view. Aldo tells her it’s her house too and she’s welcome anytime. Wish he'd tell me that! He says they have to get ready for approaching the difficult task of calling his Dad. He wants to know if she’d like anything to eat or drink or music, or to dance, or would like her hand wrapped. She doesn’t want it wrapped up because it’s too hot, but maybe before she leaves. She admits that she would like to know how Caro is doing, that because of Aldo they had to drop the package and then leave right away. I don't follow that, because if she is the assistant, why would she have to leave?

Back in the PG’s elaborate living room, Fer says he’s in love with Lety, he’s really in love with her, isn’t he? PG says, you don’t know? Fer tells him she’s not exactly his type, he’s been lucky to be used to beautiful and sexy spectacular women, and well… PG interrupts and says Lety isn’t spectacular? Fer says yes, she is, but in a different way. PG says she’s divine? Fer says yes, that’s it. PG tells him to sit and listen. PG -We are wrong to think that a beautiful face and a well-sculpted body will bring us love. F- says it’s easier to fall in love with someone beautiful. You can’t tell me that you don’t see someone and think you love him or her. PG says, no, true love is born from what a person is in totality. It’s like a complete package. The physical counts, of course, but also their feelings, how they act, how they live their life, how they think, how they behave, everything. Fer agrees he is right, he loves Lety for all that she is.

Now for the male viewers, a glimpse of the lingerie models in thongs at the contest.

Back at Aldo’s, Lety and he are sharing some wine (Lety became a drinker I guess) and the phone rings. Aldo thinks it’s his Dad, Lety says we call him, he’s not going to call us. They let it go and find out it’s Caro on the machine. She tells Lety that the show went wonderfully and that the girl she coached won in her category for full figureds! Lety is happy. She tells Caro she’s on a mission of sorts.

Back at Jorge’s Fer is rudely taking a call from Omar and won’t tell him where he is. PG says that he is ashamed to tell his friend he’s with a soothsayer. Fer denies this and the phone rings again. Fer turns the ringer off. PG says what if it’s someone important? F says Lety?

Irma is saying goodbye to her kids and tells them that she hopes they don’t wait for her to die until they return. Luci says she’ll call every night.

Fer realizes he’ll check his missed calls because if it was Lety he wouldn’t want to not answer because of that animal. PG says it’s not Lety. Fer asks how he knows. PG says he feels her energy very close. Fer says he feels the opposite, that her energy is far, very far.

Now we go to Casa Padilla where Tomas is trying to reach Lety to tell her what the lawyers said. Julieta wants to know what the problem is. Tomas finally tells her that Lety now owns everything. Julieta is impactada and before she can speak Erasmo comes home. She tells him what she has cooked and Tomas says how delicious. Erasmo then tells Tomas that he ran into his mom and that she is looking for him. Turns out he was kidding to try to get rid of him so Tomas wouldn’t eat everything. Julieta begs for protection for Lety.


Back at Casa Flores, Fer is saying goodbye to PG. He tells him that he feels much better after conversing with him. PG says when you want, but only if you cover yourself too because I’m very busy. F- I have your phone numbers so you can’t escape now. They shake hands and PG has a sensation. He turns very serious. He tells Fer now that they are going out he sees something that he needs to tell him. He says that Fer is so mad at himself that he is looking for the way to destroy himself. PG -Go to your house now and tomorrow you must occupy yourself with what you need to do, nothing else. Don’t let yourself stray, because your thoughts may talk to you and make you do something crazy. Go to your house now. Fer confusedly says he's going home.

Aldo is sitting staring at the phone and thinking about his conversation with Lety when she jumped in the ocean to dive. He picks up the phone. Lety tells him it will be ok. Aldo notes that no one answers and is about to hang up. Lety grabs the phone and leaves a message telling the Dad that his son would like to speak with him and to please call back at this number. Aldo is mad that she left the message and tells her that she shouldn’t have done it, maybe he was watching TV and didn’t want to get up. Aldo thinks he’s so proud that he’ll never call back. The phone rings and it’s his papa, Aldo asks how he is. Another famous guest actor! The father says he’s waited many years for this call. Aldo is freaked.

Marcia is lying in bed staring at her wedding dress, sadly. That' it, except that she looks freshly made up, complete with fresh hairspray. Don't know about you, but I always spray my hair before I go to bed at night...
uh, yeah right!

Back in Aca, Aldo drops off Lety with her revolving bandage and sling appearing again, and he tells her he would like her to come with him tomorrow when he speaks with his Dad in person. She declines, that they have much to talk about alone, but he insists, so she agrees, and he thanks her for everything.

Julieta talks to the icons praying for her daughter’s well being.

Lety is in bed and dreaming about talking to her self-portrait on the beach. She asks if it would like to be part of the ocean, given to God, liberated. She takes the portrait and says she gives it to the sea and rescues it. She is wearing a very nice white dress. Lety wakes up happy realizing that she rescued herself and is getting better, like she was a plane ? and could fly.

Back at Conceptos, the cuartel returns and cackles on wondering about Lety. Simon has PM's skirt pulled up with his hand very high. Whoops. Celso tells them that Tere, Marcia, and Luigi are upstairs so they better get to work. Simon thinks they are up there cutting the veins of their beloved Fernie.
Actually, T and M are chastising Luigi for stalling on the lemon soda commercial for Ricky Armstrong. He tells them in English not to pressure him that he’s been very busy helping out Irma. Marcia yells at him, that she’s aware of all that but they still have to work. He tells her you shouldn’t yell because you made me design a dress and now you aren’t even getting married. He realizes his insensitivity and apologizes saying he’s glad she didn’t marry that beast. He then realizes that he didn’t mean to say that Tere has a beast for a son, and well Fer’s a beast, but not really a beast. Well each to his own. He says that he’s sure T and Humb gave him a good education but he didn’t take advantage of it and that’s something different. Irma keeps poking him as he digs himself deeper into a hole. He finally says ok, punish me for my terrible mouth, and so forth. They go out and Fer walks in the office. Fer asks him about the commercial too. Lui ignores him again in front of everyone. Tere tells him they were just talking about this and that he’ll get to work on it. Luigi asks Tere why she gave so much explanation. Fer explains because she at least has a minimum of courtesy and education. Luigi says that he will listen to Tere because she’s at the head of Conceptos and how wonderful it would be if there isn’t a single male executive! Fer says none? Luigi says well, yes, good point, well, no, well, excuse me and he leaves with Irma. Fer's Mom tells him that he needs to define himself and he should concern himself with his work so that the employees don’t ignore him. He says yes, he’s sick of the lack of courtesy around here. She tells him he at least looks better today than yesterday and maybe he should put on a little tie. He agrees reluctantly that he’ll put on a tie. .

To anyone looking this morning, sorry for the delay. After being out of town I was stuck at work extremely late on a project last night and didn't get to start on this until morning. Between la Oxy and PG it took me quite a few hours to get it all down, even. I think I'll have to break down and buy a captioned TV to increase my speed!!! Thanks for waiting!

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Ariel is gloating and insufferable, asking Fern when he'll be clearing out. Fern says he'll stay till there's a new elected president and his dad has stepped down from interim command, and will stay in his former office "even though it hurts you because YOU want it." Ariel says something about "Japanese ... honor" - and suggests "hara-kiri" (ritual suicide). He leaves in a huff, the lawyers follow, Fern and Omar bring up the rear.

The gossipy Monica calls Marcia: "Fern was so drunk last night the bartender had to put him in a cab." Mom finally starts to worry about Fern - "Maybe we shouldn't have left him so alone." "He isn't alone, he has his accomplice Omar, and if he's alone, it's because that's what he wants."

Omar complains to Fern: "How could you show up here like this? You look a sight and smell like a cheap distillery." "Don't talk to me -- after you set me up last night with that cheap clown!" "She told me you kissed her looking at a little photo of Lety. And then you didn't go home! Do you even know WHERE you went?" "To a pharmacy to buy hair gel [he probably buys the economy quart size]. Then I made friends with the taxi driver and he took me for a little ride through the city."

"Is your brain atrophied?" queries Omar, who then continues with the majority opinion: that Lety has deserted Fern and intends to steal the company.

Meanwhile, in Acapulco Lety is explaining the kiss Caro just witnessed: "Aldo is explaining life and the sea to me, I like him, he's beautiful, we went diving, he never left my side." As he looks on approvingly, she reviews his philosophical monologues for Caro, gives Aldo a kiss on the cheek saying "te quiero mucho," and rushes off.

Caro asks Aldo what's going on - there was one Lety in the morning, and now there's a powderkeg! "What did you do?" He shares his New Age speak with Caro but she is unreceptive and warns him to be careful with Lety and not break her heart. "Keep a little distance, you've already helped her enough."

Teresita asks Fern if he wants to go out to eat, but he isn't hungry, so she sits with him to talk. He assumes she wants to rag him some more, but she wants to talk as his mother (which actually means she wants to rag him some more), "I'm worried to see you like this! Drinking... instead of working..."

He says he has to work things out in his own way, he needs time to pick up the pieces. "I got into the problems myself and I'll get out myself. It's a process. As my friend learned in Buddhism: we have to lose ourselves to find ourselves. Maybe someday I'll be come the hero you want." She says he's ingenuous to think Lety will give the business back, since she hates him now and probably has somebody new. This idea shocks Fern. Mom urges him to reconcile with Marcia. He says he doesn't love her and can't marry her, and that "his" Lety wouldn't behave as Teresita fears.

Tomas rushes into Casa Padilla, anxious for the feed bag. He starts hoovering up his meal, mumbling to the anxious parents that things are bad at Conceptos. Lety calls and talks to Humberto who grumbles: "You haven't been drinking have you? I hope you've been staying far from the ocean! Don't play with it! There are big bad waves, sharks, whales..." She says she's very happy and in fact just went diving. "Very funny," he growls, "don't joke like that. And stay out of the sun, it will give you spots." She doesn't sound worried about freckles.

Tomas tells Lety: Conceptos is coming to a boil. She tells him not to worry, she doesn't want to come home because she's happy, he should talk to their lawyer, Sanchez. Reluctantly, Tomas agrees to keep holding Conceptos back - even though facing Alicia is like a horror movie. "I'll watch your back. But don't get into trouble, or your parents will strangle me, they'll cut off my meal ticket, and they better feed me cause I'm working for free." Mom keeps asking: "What could Fern have done that was so, so bad?"

When Lety tells Caro about the storm arising at Conceptos, Caro thinks she should go back. "No, no, no, when you brought me here I was a cadaver! Now I'm reviving. I have to stay longer so the improvement is permanent and I'm afraid Don -- will find me. And Aldo's wisdom is helping me."

Irmita decides to stay with her friends and work in Mexico, instead of going off with her daughter and son to be passed back and forth (like a ping pong ball, the cuartel comments). The home team cheers. It is promised that there will be visits.

Tomas visits the old bald lawyer, who sees the Elvis hairdo and says approvingly, "I used to wear my hair that way!" Tomas is impactado and asks, "and THEN?"

Tomas refuses a drink (ol' Sanchez doesn't, though) and explains the problem with the incorrectly-drafted letter of renunciation. Sanchez points out Tomas and Lety haven't exactly been contacting him, that the process of working through the embargo/seizure can't be stopped easily -- in fact the process is complete and Lety now owns Conceptos!

NOW Tomas takes a drink and says, "No, the company must stay in the hands of the Villaroels and Mendiolas!" "What you ask is very difficult. Rather, just tell Licenciada Padilla to come in to my office, we'll make a few little plans, have a few little drinks, then we'll go see the judge and see what can be done." "But she's out of town." "Well, then, things will stay as they are." "CHAOS!" "Calm down, you're both multi-millionaires!"

Omar is drooling over the Acapulco beauty contest again (he doesn't see Lety) when Teresita comes in. He switches off the screen, babbles about why he is still in his old office. She brushes that aside and orders him to take care of Fern. "You're his best friend, but you've also been his hangman. He didn't get into this alone, you helped him - you took him to the abyss and then abandoned him. Help him forget that woman."

Caro is arranging the beauty contest with four categories: Teens, Full-figured, Older Women, and "Sexies." One of the full-figured girls is nervous and wants to back out. Caro asks Lety to talk to her. Lety goes to the dressing room, doles out some of Aldo's advice, and when the girl says "I'm afraid of being laughing at me," Lety says: "I sure know what it's like. But perhaps instead of laughing AT you, people will want to laugh WITH you!" She raises her eyebrows happily as if she has a mischievous plan.

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Fabricio shows Renata the photo attached to the e-mail and says it's the woman suspected of killing a doctor and it's Berta. Nuria wonders why Berta took her away from Tomasa . Santiago tells her that they knew a while back but because she wa spregnant he did not think it was the right moment to tell her,he tells her he has her original documents as they are anxious to leave.

Renata tells Fabricio of what Berta told her why she traveled to Germany. He blames her for Florencia's death and says he doesn't know what he'll do if he has her in front of him. Veronica wonders if she can get to Berta through Lucas.(poor doggie).

Miranda arrives and tells Renata to go for their mother since they and Alejandro will travel to Tabasco that afternoon. Santiago bids farewell to Nuria and Luis Alberto. After he leaves there's a knock on the door believing it's Alejandro. LA answers the door to find Cesar. Cesar knocks him out and attacks Nuria.

Pamela tells Miranda to fight for Alejandro. She tells her he's never been hers and explains what's been more important to him than she has been, like his revenge, his business and now Sofia, Pamela tells her she also has put other priorities ahead of her husband including Enrique. She agrees but says she's going to let Alejandro be with Liliana for Sofia's sake. Pamela reminds her that her parents did the same thing and when they finally realized their mistake it was too late.

Luis Alberto awakens and defends Nuria but Cesar knocks him out again after he tells him to return his money or he will kill him. Alejandro arrives at that moment and he and Cesar get in a fist fight. Cesar punches Ale in the stomach, but he comes back with an upper cut and they roll on the bed and continue to fight. Raul gets ready for his trip to Spain as Amparo wishes him well as Carola tells them she also got a scholarship. Alejandro tells Cesar that he has all the proof he needs to send him to jail that Gonzalo found. He tells him he's lying and doesn't have any proof as he tells Nuria and LA to always look behind their back because he will be there when he least expects it. Nuria tells Alejandro she feels bad for what she did to him and he tells her to tell him everything he know.

Miranda calls him and tells him to tell Sofia and Liliana he has to go becasue he has family matters to attend and he tells her he's with Nuria and Luis Alberto and tells him of his fight with Cesar. Miranda asks him if he is ok. and he says yes and for her and Fernanda to go to the hacienda without him, Miranda says no, she won't go without him and she will go where he is, he gives her the hotel address.

Renata looks for Amparo and tells Raul she needs to talk to Carola. Carola and Renata get into an argument Renata tells her they need to talk and Carola says she has noyhing to say to her, they argue over Juan and slap each other.

Luis Alberto gives Alejandro all the proof he has on Cesar. Miranda and Alejandro learn they were both Cesar's accomplices. Alejandro asks LA about Lizania and he tells him that she liked for Cesar to hit her and tells him exactly what Cesar told him about her death. He says if he would have knows he wouldn't have let him go and tells Miranda he can't go to the ranch because he doesn't know what he'll do if he sees Berta. Carola and Renata continue to argue when Juan arrives. Nuria tells Alejandro what happened aftr Lizania died as LA tells that Cesar threatened him. She tells them about finding the necklace and asks them for fogiveness. Fernanda tells Rebeca that Cesar doesn't deserve she shed any tears for him as Julio agrees. Charo puts her two cents in and says Cesar is a dirty pig. Miranda calls Fernanda and she learns about Nuria and Luis Alberto. Santiago is shocked to learn Cesar found the couple.

Liliana looks for Alejandro and tells Luciano and Vicente she's not going to represent Gonzalo's case anymore. Alejandro offers Luis Alberto and Nuria protection as they wonder what to do next. LA tells her they're leaving town. Santiago learns his name has been cleared and that he can help many families with the account Berta opened in his name. LA informs Santiago that he and Nuria are leaving town.

Rebeca cries as she learns Cesar almost killed the couple. Julio blames Rebeca and Fernanda agrees to a point saying Cesar is an adult and that she can't be blamed for everything. Juan tells Renata in front of Carola that to him it doesn't matter if the baby is his or not that the baby is hers and that's all he cares about. Carolawishes them well and tells her to make Juan happy or else. She tells her to leave as Juan tells her to stop fighting with her. Renata calls Miranda and tells her about the e-mail that Fabricio received. Juan then tells her that Florencia's medications were made of sugar. Renata cries and says her father spent a fortune on her sister's health and Berta was giving her candy. Fabricio tells his family about the e-mail.

Vicente and Luciano inform Miranda and Alejandro that Liliana isn't going to represent Gonzalo's case. Liliana arrives and tells Alejandro she needs to talk to him but she tells him he's leaving town. She insists but he tells her they'll talk when he returns. Miranda tells him she no longer wants to see her in her office. Cesar arrives home to find Lucas and a note from Berta telling him to take care of her dog. He locks the dog in a room and goes on a rampage breaking everything in his apartment knowing he's been put in a corner and the end is near.
I was barely watching this last scene, thinking he was going to beat up poor Lucas!!

What is with these women that although they know the men the've fallen in love with are married and in love with someone else, they insist in pursuing them!!!

The end is almost here!!

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Luisito is happy that MA is marrying Gabriel. They are all going to live happily together.

Elsa finds Silvestre beat up and groaning on the ground. She helps him.

Joselyn puts on an outfit with thigh-high boots, a short skirt and bare midriff, gets a lollipop and does a pole dance on the runway in the club.

Gabriel tells MA how happy he is that his children approve of his marriage. MA points out that Rogelio is not pleased. Gabriel says that he will come around. Gabriel and MA bid each other good night and stand on each side of the door each not wanting to leave the other.

Leo comes to the cab stand. Silvestre’s cab is there but he is nowhere to be found. Leo is concerned and calls the other cabbies to look for him.

Elsa brings Silvestre to her apartment but tells him that his problems don’t interest her. She just happened to find him in the street.

Otilia wants Candelaria to model a line of clothes that she has designed for the “Mexican woman.” Candelaria protests that she doesn’t have the body of a model, etc. etc. It’s all very humorous.

JC and Paulina return to work. Paulina believes that it will be the best therapy for her, that, and JC’s love.

Rogelio comes in. JC tells him that Paulina now has more responsibility as she is a partner in the firm just like he and Rogelio. Rogelio says, “No, he is only an employee now. His father sold his shares and now he just works here, he doesn’t participate in decisions.” Paulina very astutely comes to the conclusion that Rogelio doesn’t like her and that he is her enemy. JC tells her not to worry about it.

Karen tells the modeling agency that Otilia’s event is cancelled and that they won’t need the models. She laughs evilly thinking of what Otilia will do when her two top models don’t show up.

There is some little tiff or something between Mayeya and Cortito.

Well then we have the fashion show. Diana, Karen and (brace yourself) Candelaria appear on this runway. The only things that the ‘thin’ models show are evening dresses while Candelaria models a ghastly looking shiny black suit. She struts her stuff with brio though. Then Otilia announces her star model and it’s MA in a very simple wedding dress. The crowd goes ballistic and Miriam, Joselyn and Ingrid, who are in the audience, are impactadas. Well, I thought it was a wedding dress. It’s a white gown and MA carries a bunch of white lilies but apparently not because Otilia says that she will give MA the dress for her honeymoon.

Joselyn comes into tell MA to enjoy her success now because this will be her last moment of triumph. MA says that she doesn’t fear Joselyn and her future with Gabriel will be happy and full of love, etc. etc. Joselyn says if that is true why did Gabriel spend the night with her last night? MA says that she is lying. Josleyn says that it is true that she spend a night of passion with Gabriel. MA puts on a show of being tough and standing up to Joselyn but when she is alone, she has doubts. [It is quite a contrast to have MA, lightly made up and in a simple but extremely revealing, white dress next to Joselyn with all her make up, gigantic earrings and a bizarre lace gown with spiral modesty panels.]

After the fashion show, Otilia asks Miriam and Ingrid how they liked it. They say that it was vulgar and bad and that everyone is laughing at her for putting Candelaria in the show. Then some other person comes up and says how wonderful the show was especially Candelaria. Miriam and Ingrid are discomfited and they leave in a huff.

Back in the dressing room, MA has a flashback to what Joselyn said about her night of passion with Gabriel. She knows that Joselyn is trying to split up her and Gabriel and vows that she won’t succeed.

Leo finds Silvestre at Elsa’s apartment. Silvestre won’t tell him what happened. Leo patches him up.

Gabriel shows Regina and Paulina the plans for some socially responsible housing. They are all happy about it and Regina agrees to start construction right away.

Tiberio and Rogelio are complaining about being shut out of the management of the company by JC and Paulina. JC comes in and Rogelio remarks that he thought Paulina would take more time off to recover from the miscarriage. JC says that as her brother, Rogelio should know how devoted Paulina is to her work. ‘Paulina isn’t my sister,’ responds Rogelio. JC points out that Paulina was raised as Rogelio’s sister and as her husband, he will protect her from every threat. JC leaves. Rogelio and Tiberio agree that JC and Paulina are their enemies.

Otilia tells her staff what a great success the show was especially the clothing that Candelaria modeled. The only thing that she doesn’t understand is what happened with the models from the agency. Karen gives her lie again that the agency screwed up. Otilia tells Karen that she will let it pass this time but not to let it happen again. Otilia then tells her staff that she can send two of them to Paris for a month-long program in designing clothes. She has decided to send Karen and MA.

Leo quizzes Silvestre about what happened. He finally says that he got beaten up for interfering with some guys who were mistreating Elsa. Leo says that he should have known.

Rogelio asks Gabriel why he and MA have to get married so soon. Gabriel says that he loves MA and why should he wait. He asks for Rogelio’s understanding if not approval.

MA tells Regina what Joselyn said about being intimate with Gabriel. Regina tells her not to believe Joselyn’s lies. Gabriel is an honest man. He would not deceive her. MA is relieved and tells Regina that she has no reason to doubt Gabriel.

Rogelio is speaking to Joselyn and Miriam over the phone. He wants them to do something to prevent Gabriel from marrying MA. Miriam advises patience. Joselyn has sown the seeds of doubt in MA. Time will pass and MA and Gabriel will believe that nothing can prevent their happiness. Then the news will come that will separate them forever.

MA tells Gabriel that she is going to Paris tomorrow morning for this month-long program. [I guess she could get a passport and probably a visa in less than a day.] Gabriel says what about their plan to get married in two months. MA is concerned but it is clear that this opportunity is important to her. Gabriel has a brilliant idea. He will go to Paris with MA and they can get have a civil marriage there. MA is thrilled.

Desperate for money, Miriam gives Joselyn’s jewelry to some guy to sell.

MA tells Candelaria about her trip to Paris and Candelaria promises to take care of David.

Gabriel tells Luisito that he is going to Paris with MA. Luisito is excited but unfortunately for the course of true love, Joselyn is listening outside the door.

Tomorrow- Joselyn hides in the bushes with a gun while Gabriel loads up his car.

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