Caray, Caray!

They are both so in love with Leticia Padilla Solis. Dum dum dum dum! The cuartel look around at each other wondering if each of the other believes her. Lety continues that she knows that Fer is engaged to Mar and supposedly in love with her and on the other hand Aldo isn’t in a relationship…PM stops her telling her sarcastically, fine, it’s ok if you don’t want to tell us the truth but don’t take us for complete fools. Sara chimes in that it’s really low of her to tell them lies.

Ugh, ok tonight the cuartel p***d me off a bit. They don’t believe her story. What kind of friends are they? Loyalty? Tisk. Lety somewhat shocked, tells them that now she’s telling the truth and they don’t believe her, she doesn’t tell them and they don’t believe her. They go back and forth a little with this and she says ok fine, well, actually one is in love with her and one is only faking it, but there you have it. PM is still in disbelief, and says that Lety has no confidence in them, so that is why she isn’t telling them the truth. She is very offended and says they must no longer be her friends. Juana too, says she better go and they can say goodbye to Lety, no, better, Presidenta Leticia Padilla, the one who is so discreet. Lola, Sara, & PM get up to leave too. Irma (the only independent mind in the bunch) tries to stem the mutiny but to no avail, and Marta won’t leave as long as a crumb remains on the table. Lety is muy impactada. Poor Lety. That scene made my stomach sick.

In NY at the meeting, Fer, still acting like an imbecile juvenile at what would seem to be an incredibly important meeting, is representing Conceptos in fine stead I must say. NOT…. Frankly, Tomas in his goofy outfits of earlier days might make a better impression on these people than Fer at this point. Ok, what about paying back those millions of dollars in 3 months is he forgetting? Surprisingly, the NY folks are indulging him. Well of course, he’s Don Fer the Sexy, and this is telenovela-land. Duh.

A cell phone rings and Fer thinks it’s his, but it’s not, so the other guy gets up to take it. Carla asks him to continue, despite his absence, so he explains the project and Carla is thrilled; she says it sounds very interesting. She thinks they might even be able to do one for the American market and dub it into English. Fer just thinks that’s swell, so he deals out CDs of the promo, says they can work on the methods and he’ll prepare the contract, and gets up to leave. Carla stops him saying she still has some doubts, and asks if he is in a hurry. Our juvenile imbecile realizes he was a bit too quick to the draw and says no, of course not, we came all the way from Mexico for this, so of course I’ll stay and you may ask whatever questions you wish.

All ears, he picks up his phone and fiddles with it. Carla stops her question and asks if he is awaiting an urgent call, or if he suffers from chronic cellulitis. Ha! I’ve seen those people. The ones walking down the street with the phone to one ear, as they seem to talk to themselves, or step in dog doo, or trip over a curb. The ones driving with a phone to their head while weaving all over their lane, or the vulcans wearing their blinking bluetooth headset into the lavatory because it’s become permanently affixed to their skull. Don’t think he has it, so he says yes, a call from his colleague, and it’s a matter of life and death. He chuckles and sort of looks away.

Back at the restaurant the floozies Omar hired try their luck on Aldo asking him what he prefers to cook meat or fish. He of course says fish. Omar says he not only cooks it, he catches it himself. He then thinks they should talk about a different subject. The ladies ask how he would like to conquer a woman, he says by cooking for her. Omar chimes in that he does his best work after the dinner. They seem confused. He asks if they really don’t know what comes after the dinner, and they say no, and he flatly says, well of course, dessert. Omar chuckles again and says he makes a great flaming pear dessert. He then decides he needs to make a call and walks out, he asks some bystanders what happened to his phone memory. Just then it rings and someone asks to speak with Aldo. Omar is impactado and it turns out he grabbed Aldo’s phone. Back at the table Aldo mumbles to himself that Omar will pay for this as he already figured out he was duped. Aldo apologizes to the girls for being trite and explains to them how he was tricked. Just then, “his” phone rings and it’s Fer who promptly proceeds to ask him how the plan is going with that idiot Aldo and your little friends and tells him that he wants Aldo very very far away from Lety. Aldo hangs up on him!!

Omar walks back in and gives Aldo his phone, just as Fer calls back to yell at him. Omar sort of blows him off because he is still in the mixed company and Fer is mad because he had to interrupt his meeting to find out what’s up.

We go to Ali and Tomas eating their lunch in Tomas’ office when Lui walks in. Lui wonders what Alice is doing there and tells them he’s mad about something she said. He notices the food and begins to chow down too. Ali tells him the chicken’s leg is hers, and Tomas claims the breast. Lui begins to chat with her about how Aldo doesn’t care for her. He asks how it is that she knows he’s going to marry her. He asks her if she received a love letter or a bear, etc. she says she went to dinner with him. After analyzing it they realize that Aldo doesn’t favor either of them. Tomas giggles heartily. They look at him and he returns to the frown.

Back at the restaurant, Irma tells Lety to ignore them, and she tells everyone that of course they are her friends and that they matter more than anything else at Conceptos to her. Irma empathizes and Marta remains dedicated to stuffing her face. Sara begs for Irma and Marta to go too. Of course Marta isn’t done eating so she’s not going anywhere. PM tells them then if they want to stay with Lety who doesn’t want to be their friend anymore, then so be it. They are outta there. Lety asks where they would get such an idea that she doesn’t want them as friends. They don’t respond and instead formally tell her to enjoy her meal and leave.

Back at the inhouse chow fest Lui wants to know why life dealt him this horrible blow. Tomas consoles them by telling them at least they know now before it gets too late. Lui tells him lament it all you want but he wonders who will cure this horrible pain. Ali says hers too. They whine in unison. Tomas volunteers of course to help Ali get over it. Lui comments sarcastically that he ignores the circus ringleader but instead wants to console the clown. Then Ali recalls that he said before that Aldo is in love with another. All of a sudden they realize they need to get the information out of him.



The cuartel walk into Conceptos, Lety still begging them to believe her. Lola tells her that friends share everything, good or bad. They think there is some gossip tidbit that Lety knows and isn’t telling them. Ha! Estupidas. She gave them the gossip of the century and they dismissed it!!!! They don’t care what she says and go off to their desks, formally telling her if she needs something she can reach them. Irma tells her again to ignore them that they are crazy. Lety tells herself she’s upset at the way they are acting but she really doesn’t want them to know the truth anyway.

Ali and Lui continue trying to interrogate Tomas, first with sugar then with salt. He gets nervous and walks out saying he has to go to his office. Ali decides to get firm and Lui admires her performance, then Tom returns remembering it’s his office. It seems Ali and Lui will hatch a plan to get the scoop from Tommy.

Lety is now with Aldo in her office talking about how many moles there are and gazing at each other somewhat dreamily when Omar the imbecile walks in announcing that Aldo needs to go on a trip today to secure a signature for one of the contracts. He says he would go himself but he has to stay and monitor the rest of the unsigned contracts. Aldo agrees he’ll do it since it’s in the name of the gastronomy project and Omar walks out satisfied. Lety mocks him and doesn’t like his attitude. Aldo tells her not too worry about Omar because he already has him figured out. She tells him her mom was happy to hear that she’ll be helping and he happy to hear that and asks if he can come by to see her before he leaves. She says of course. She wishes Aldo a lovely trip to which he replies it would be lovely if she went with. She says ok, well have a good trip then and she smiles a silly smile.

Back at Casa Padilla Julieta awaits a call from Aldo regarding her role in the project. Man they are getting everyone into this. I’m waiting to see what Moty’s role is going to be. Official taster of the dishes? Mascot? Sanson’s love interest? Anyway….
Erasmo bears his fangs complaining that he doesn’t have his coffee that he asked for yet. She tells him she couldn’t make it until she gets an important call. He then remembers it must be Aldo and says those people are very important and busy and will probably forget you are even waiting. She doesn’t think Aldo is that way. He says he still doesn’t like that she is kept waiting like this, oh and he wants his coffee. She agrees with him and decides she’ll wait no more. But, not to make the coffee, instead she’ll go to him directly at Conceptos. He doesn’t agree with this and implies that she shouldn’t help out on the project. He also tells her that he won’t allow it. In her own “women are smarter” way she smooths the whole thing over with Erasmo by telling him she’s not asking for his permission and well, she’s off.


Aldo the 1st and Aldo the 2nd are bonding again and Aldo II tells Aldo I to pick a card, any card and he’ll guess what it is. Ja Ja…they are all pictures of Alibubis. Aldo agrees here is a man really in love. Aldo I discusses with II that he feels very uncomfortable and that O and F (Hmm, Oscar and Felix, same initials, Odd Couple indeed!) are trying everything to keep him away from Lety. Tommy wants to know how he knows. The photos in Lety’s office, and he tells him about the “working” dinner with the beautiful women….none can hold a candle to Lety though. He also tells Tom about the phone, and now the trip. But he decides he’s not going to let them know he knows what they are up to. Aldo II agrees they are best kept at a distance.

Back in NY Felix is pressing Oscar as to how his plan is going and Oscar is trying to cover. He tells Felix that Aldo is very astute and figured him out but he already devised another way to keep him away. There is a discussion about whether the Hawaiian girl is with them. He tells him about the trip. Fe mocks him and asks how long the trip is 2 or 3 years, and Oscar says no he’ll be back tomorrow and Fer says, yeah, well done there, Oscar. Patient Carla comes out and asks Fer again if they can continue the meeting and he tells her just one more secondito and he gets in his final "you better get this right, moron" admonishment at Omar before hanging up and rejoining the people he is trying to get to bail him out of his mess. On the sashay back, Carla pauses, turns to the camera, and gives us a Santa Claus finger on the nose knowing look. She’s got an idea.

Back at Conceptos, Tom comes in to tell Lety he has a dilemma. If it’s about Oxi she doesn’t want to hear it. He says no. They are friends right? Lety says of course why. He continues well I’m friends with Aldo too. He pauses, and then after making an important discovery to himself confirms that his friendship with her weighs more than his with Aldo. She applauds this since after all he only just met Aldo and he’s known her all his life. She’s very glad to hear this. He tells her that O & F want to separate her from Aldo. He then rehashes all of their efforts. This makes Lety determined. She decides to give them a surprise.

Back in NY Felix finally rejoins the meeting. They continue discussing the project. Carla says that here there is no culture of indigenous cuisine, that it all comes from somewhere else and that the Americans really love Mexican food. Most of the cooks in NY are Mexican as a matter of fact. He notes that a lot are from Puebla and launches into a mariachi “jingle” about Puebla, and it’s food, and it’s women. He’s not sure though if he likes it better in a rock version or opera. Carla notes that he must be very tired from the trip and that chronic stress like his can cause his energy to run out, because the adrenaline is flowing constantly; that stress causes us not to think clearly. He tells her he’s fine, and not to worry about his stress. She laughs and says they’ll adjourn until tomorrow am at 9:00. OK, I guess she’s found a polite way to address his antics. They all say good-byes, but then she asks him to remain, and says that stress is connected to fear and wonders if he is afraid of his female boss as she rubs him affectionately. Ok, now I’m not too fond of her. He awkwardly balks and asks if she is a publicist or a psychologist. She says both. He leaves. She hands him his phone that he forgot.

Lety walks into Oscar’s office and he is finishing up a call with the guy who needs to sign the contract. He hands it to Lety with pencil and says everything is ready here for Aldo to take for signature. She says, with a pencil. He puts it away. She tells him that she decided she’s going with. He is impactado. He tells her she has a lot to do here and well, ok, then he’ll go instead. But she reminds him he already said he had to stay to mind the other contracts. He remembers unfortunately he said that. Besides Aldo doesn’t have the authority to negotiate anything on behalf of Conceptos and it would look bad sending a rep that had no power. She then emphatically says as she puts down his toy car that she will then go with Aldo. And she’ll take the contract so it can be signed. With a pen!

We go back to NY where Carla and Fer are exiting the building and she asks where he’s going. He says he needs to go back to the hotel to listen to messages and check e-mail etc. She says how boring, you are in NY and you are going to stay locked up in your hotel? She asks him to let her tend to him since they are working together. This from the woman who ended the meeting because he’s so tired. She asks if he would rather take a cab, walk, or the subway. He doesn’t feel safe with the subway so they decide to walk. Hmm….


The Padilla’s show up at Conceptos and Lety invites them in to her office. While Erasmo admires her nameplate, they discuss that Aldo unfortunately can’t talk to Juli right now because he’s getting ready for a trip. Oh and by the way, I’m going with him. Erasmo is impactado, and Juli smiles.


Irma tells the cuartel how awful they treated Lety, their friend. Just then Lui walks up and tells the cuartel to remove their masks because Halloween is over already. He wants to know where the dancers are that he needs them right away and he sends Irma off for them. Ali interrupts and he says he will tend her in a minute. He then walks over to her and they are discussing that she has to be the one to find out from Tommy who is Aldo’s love interest. She asks if he is insinuating the she get together again, er she means ever, with him to acquire the info. Lui seemed to miss her slip up.

Omar decides he has to stop Lety from going on the trip, he barges into Aldo’s office, where Aldo has just finished saying how much better the trip would go if Lety came. He rushes in and tells Aldo that he better hurry up and leave because he doesn’t have much time. Aldo says he’s on his way after he says goodbye to Lety. Oscar grabs every reason he can, traffic, etc. to keep Aldo from talking to Lety.

Back in Lety’s office she begins to try to comfort Erasmo about the trip when Omar bursts in and says he’d like to let her know that Aldo has just left. She gets a very angry face and cut to the pool water….

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"I hope you won't make my brother suffer. Don't you dare Diana, because if you do, I swear I'll kill you."

We begin today's episode with these menacing words from our favorite stolen jewelry ring leader, Pancholon. Diana promises to take good care of Diego and reassures Lala.

Then the scene changes to an irate Octavia who is stolling along a pier with her less-intimidating sister Yolanda. They are discussing their most recent encounter with Fedora/Gaviota. Octavia reprimands Yolanda for being "una estupida" in reference to her immense fear of F/G. Yolanda fears F/G's revenge and wonders what she has in store for Max and Larry for having humiliated Diana and Gabby (aka Little Doormat). To which Octavia responds that Gaviota thinks of Gaby and Diana as her daughters that she lost long ago. Y then asks Octavia what she did with Gaviota's daughters, Octavia sent them to live with a "crazy old lady". She even goes as far as to hypothesize they may have died. Wishful thinking my dear Octavia, wishful thinking. If only she knew how close those two girls are.

Sad music infiltrates the background as we switch to a pensive Gaviota, wondering where and to whom Octavia gave her daughters away to. She revels in the possibility that Diana and Gaby might be hers, but she also comtemplates the possibility she may never reunite with her precious daughters.

Now we're in Diego's room where Diana walks in. He's quite optimistic he'll walk one day and is looking forward to his future with Diana and "his" baby. Diana remarks she'd prefer to have a boy, because in her opinion women suffer too much in life, and she tells Diego she even has a name picked out: Maximilliano. To this fact Diego reacts quiite poorly and spirals into a hissy fit. "Why must it be his name?! Can't we name him Diego?" Quite narcissistic if you ask me.
She then launches into a diatribe about how naming her son Max, he will suffer doubts about his paternity and her revenge will be underway.

Diana then runs out to the yard, Diego screaming after her, and D explains her plans to a curious Lala. Lala goes to console her son and he threatens that his love for Diana may easily turn into hatred toward her and her child.

A woman is lifting what can't be heavier than 5 pound weights from a wheelchair. Who may she be? If you guessed "The Real Marfil," you guessed right. She contemplates the moment she can expose her evil sister Deborah and the moment she recuperates her Max. Then her assitant lady walks in the door and has good news, they have tickets to Houston.

Next were in the Irazabal living room where Fake Marfil complains to Octavia about how Max would not have sex with her. Bruna the servant, chimes in she always advised Octavia to "correr" (kick out) Diana. (Since when does the hired help in novelas speak without permission?)
Oct. FM and Bruna complain about how horrible Diana and Gaby are, but Yolanda comes to their defense saying "their not all that bad." FM threatens Yolanda if she tells Max Diana is pregnant.

Pancholon snuck into Paola's house like Spiderman and launches into make-out mode. Paola remarks how Octave wants her to marry that dude Rene. Pancho says her cannot stop thinking about Diana, "She's a bad woman" he says. Paola says she does not seem so bad. Pancho declares his loyalty to Paola, claiming he has no memory of a "Caramelo"

In F/G's dressing room Caramelo discusses Diana's situation. She feels bad for her and is happy her Pancholon would "never cheat on her" and that he has "eyes only for her." Poor, poor naive Caramelito.

In Diego's room Diana watches him and trys to get him to eat. He expresses his great fear of losing her, and she asks him to have faith in her. She promises not to hurt him.

Back at Real Marfil's place Bruna is shocked that RM is gone. Bruna is visibly worried.

Back at Diana's place Fake Marfil arrives to cause trouble. She warns Diana to stay away from Max. FM wants to have a little vis-a-vis with Diego to warn him of Diana's questionable nature.
Diana defiantly yanks her across the room and tells her "Vete!" As FM moves to find Diego's "recamara" the new defiant Diana grabs a sharp pair of scissors and jabs them, stopping only inches from FM's neck. Defiant Diana is successful in repeling FM. Hooray!

Cut scene to good-for-nothing playboy Larry scantily clad laying next to the pool at the mansion. I just wonder why he cannot get a real job... He is on the phone. Apparently his depression is over and he's free to film more commercials. Oh joy >.> The world was just in desperate need of his grandiose acting skills!!! Not. Lala brings Sylvita, the nutcase that likes dressing up in wigs to the pool ,where she drools over Larry. And begs him to let her suntan with him.

Next we see Diana talking on the phone with Max, where she quite unconvincingly proclaim she loves Diego more than she ever loved Max. Cut to commercial break.

Now were in FM's room where she is hysteric after her encounter with Diana, only to find out Real Marfil has escaped.

Next more of Sylvita's comedic antics. She feared the sharks and pirahnas that lurk in the Irazabal pool.

Max proclaims his definitive goodbye to Diana and FM is still hysteric about RM's escape to Houston. And she tell Bruna she'll kill RM before she exposes her as a fake.

Sylvita and her cousin are in their apartment and she is sad her love-job with Estrella Cosmica didn't work.

FM enters Max's room and she takes advantage of him to rip his shirt open and ask "Do you love me?" only to realize he was asleep all along.

Now we see a shot saying "Meses Despues" (Months later) It seems we're near the birth of Diana and Max's baby.

Diana's belly his huge and her grandma warns her against overexerting herself. Diana admits to grandma that the months have not dulled her feelings of love for Max.

Octavia meets with Dr. Reynosa and tells him she wants to avoid him ridiculing himself by defending Fedora Garces, the grand ex-convict. Then the scene cuts to Diana having a heartfelt chat with granny. Diana tells granny she loves Max just as much as she did the very first day.
Granny had a feeling she did. Diana restates her conviction to staying beside her stalkerish husband Diego. Diana contemplates that Max may have forgetten her and fallen in love with Marfil again.

Yolanda and Max watch over an ailing granny (Max's granny) and Y leaves for help.
Max comforts his granny and she moans "Dianita....el bebe" but Max does not seem to pay her babbling any mind. Dr. Reynosa resolves to clear Gaviota's name and promises to return to F/G her belongings, those being the Irazabal mansion, their fortune, and Fedora's perfume company.
Dr. Evil groans at the idea of having to treat Dona Santa, as he had plans to lift some iron at a gym.

The "Good" doctor arrives at the mansion. FM tells Bruna she'd rather go shopping than to watch "the antique" keel over. Paola, Larry, Max and Yolanda watch over Santa. Deborah aka Fake Marfil tells the lowly chauffer (sp?) to move the doctor's car out of the driveway. Andres recognizes FM as Deborah and the credits roll.


This is my first recap. I hope I did a good job and I can only hope to improve my recap-writing skills in the future.

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I am posting this in a hurry, so I apologize for any and all typos. Since I'm a little OCD and can edit this, I'll try to clean it up later on, but for now here it is....

The show starts off where yesterday’s episode ended, Cmdr. Ricardo Montero and Governor Fernando Sanchez in the midst of a duel. Well-choreographed swords are being brandished, until Fernando plays dirty and cuts Montero on the site of his old wound (on yesterday’s show he kicked him in the same spot right when the duel began). Montero collapses to the ground in pain and tells Fernando to go ahead and kill him, that obviously he (FS) wants Montero dead because Montero knows that Fernando killed the Viceroy’s inspector.****Little history, the Viceroy sent an inspector to check out Montero’s prison, he was looking for a woman prisoner, who is very important to the crown. He was unable to find this prisoner because Fernando shot him dead, right in front of Pizarro and Montero. Fernando told the two that they were now a party to the crime and therefore they must work together. The prisoner of which we are speaking about is Sara Kali, Esmerelda’s mother and Fernando’s wife, presumed to be dead, but oh very much alive. Sara Kali we know is a gypsy queen and is forced to wear a paper mache mask and act like it is really made of iron. Her gypsy friends know that she is in the prison and send a white rodent w/ a small tail into the prison, carrying notes back and forth to her. Esme now knows that her mother is in the prison, she had a chance to snoop around one day and miraculously found her, but more on that later.**** OK, back to the duel, Fernando tells RM that he doesn’t want him dead, and that RM has committed some crimes himself, so Fer isn’t too worried. In fact, Fer tells him that he wants RM quite alive that the two of them can do great things together. They can maintain order in the city through fear and to accomplish this they need to support each other. Fer tells RM to forget about the foolish marriage to Esme, that they have bigger fish to fry and Esme really isn’t deserving of RM. The two men shake hands and agree to be a team. However, Fernando tells Montero that there will be no retribution against either Diego or Esme. Montero agrees, as if he is trustworthy.

Fer is quite happy that he has met his obligation for stopping the duel and now it is up to Maria Pia to fulfill her part of the agreement.

Back in town there is a funeral, the Mother Superior of the almost convent has died. Nutty Nun (Sister Suplicios) and Maria Pia are going to the burial. Nutty Nun tells MP that she is the perfect person to succeed the Mother Superior. MP says she’s not worthy, and this causes Nutty Nun to spout out all of Maria Pia’s saint like virtues. Maria Pia just walks away, and from the look on Nutty Nun’s face, she isn’t happy.


Later that evening, at la casa de de la Vega (Diego and Alejandro’s home) we have a meeting between the two newly engaged couples (Alejandro and Almudena & Diego and Esme). Fernando is there filling them in on what happened with Montero, but leaving out some very incriminating parts. Fer asks for Diego’s forgiveness and offers him his daughter for marriage. They all toast the two couples and the idea for a double wedding is born. While Yumali, Alejandro’s Indian servant, watches in the wings. Fer then hightails it out of there, he’s got a date. While the remaining group of people begin to discuss all that Maria Pia has done to help them and they talk about how she should be a saint. The next scene shows Maria Pia sneaking out of the convent, dressed in regular non-nunlike clothing and a black cape to better blend into the night.

Montero and Mariangel are now together bemoaning their thwarted “romances” respectively with Esme and Diego. Montero blames Mariangel for getting Fernando to change his mind and stop the duel. He starts to rough her up as he yells at her. MA logically tries to tell him that the broken engagement isn’t in her best interest and she tells Montero that Maria Pia intervened. The two begin to speculate about what power this meddling nun has over Fernando. Montero thinks she blackmailed him, but then remembers that the two used to be engaged. Montero’s sick mind figures out that Maria Pia most likely offered herself as the deal maker, that she is offering to Fernando now what she denied him in their youth (as this is something that Montero would probably do himself, I suspect that he is impressed by Fernando’s actions). Mariangel swears that Diego and Esme will never marry.

Cut to the next scene with Al & Al and Diego& Esme. They are discussing how Maria Pia was able to convince Fernando. How noble Fernando is to listen to Maria Pia’s pleas and grant her request all the while asking for nothing in return (HA!!).

Maria Pia arrives at the cabin, and romantically Fernando has it all candle lit, oh wait candle light is all they pretty much had back then. Anyway, he’s got the stage set for seduction. Fer is really nervous, and I can’t help but thinking that he might really love her, that perhaps he isn’t just obsessed with her, but I digress. MP says she is ready to fulfill her part of the deal. Fer tells her that she is more beautiful than ever (note, she does look pretty nice and it appears that she even had her hair done for the occasion). Fer leans into kiss her and she is unresponsive. All of this is being witnessed by Nutty Nun, who is peaking through a window (? or some opening in the wall). Fer starts to undress Maria Pia and she begins to cry. Fer thinks that this is her first time and decides to ask her if it is (smooth). He is really happy with the thought that he will be her first and only (perhaps he is assuming to much to think she’ll never do this again). Nutty Nun freaks, I mean FREAKS out. She goes running away from the cabin cursing Satan. He’s possessed Maria Pia and he’s doing this to punish Nutty Nun. She’s officially turned into Sister Psycho now. Sister Psycho has flipped and rages that the devil has turned Maria Pia’s purity into garbage. Then she starts laughing (I think).

Back in town the priest, Padre Tomas, gets a surprise visit from the Cardinal. He’s come all the way from Rome and apparently the letter informing Padre of the visit got lost in the mail (it was an excuse even back then). The Cardinal is here to tell the Mother Superior that the Pope has decided to let their almost convent really become a convent and an official Order of Nuns. Padre Tomas tells the man in red that unfortunately in a strange twist of fate, they buried the Mother Superior just that day. The Cardinal says they need to find a successor and Padre Tomas has just the person in mind---Maria Pia. The Cardinal asks some questions and then decides that he wants to meet her right away, since the convent is right next door to the church. Padre Tomas tries to stall and the Cardinal suspects that the nuns are able to come and go freely from the convent at night. By Padre Tomas’s reaction, I’m beginning to think he might know what’s going on between Fernando and Maria Pia, but I don’t recall seeing any scene where that was revealed to him. Anyway, the Cardinal is a little put out that he cannot meet Maria Pia. Padre Tomas tells him that he’ll arrange a meeting tomorrow. The Cardinal states that MP better be a suitable replacement for the Mother Superior. He is going to be watching her closely, looking for any fault.

Back to the de la Vega home, the two couples have split up so they can have their respective conversations. Diego and Esme discuss their upcoming marriage and Esme mentions that she has always been unlucky , so she has a little fear that something may go wrong. Diego tells her not to worry and they start to talk about the wedding. Esme wants to give Diego a happy wedding, to have a gypsy wedding. Diego tells Esme that Zorro is going to get her mother out of prison (as a wedding gift?). Esme begs him not to do it, that it would be too dangerous. She’s been in the prison and knows that it won’t be easy to get her mother out (yet she just found her when she was sneaking around the prison and apparently found a way to get through locked doors, too). She is even more fearful because she knows that Montero wants to catch Zorro and find him guilty of killing the Viceroy’s inspector. Esme says that the gypsies are working on a plan to get Sara Kali out of prison, why doesn’t Diego just leave it to them. Diego doesn’t want to risk others and says he can go it alone, that Esme should have faith in him. He knows he has resources that Montero won’t be able to defeat. He wants to do this to express his love for Esme and also to give meaning to what Maria Pia has done for them.

In another part of the house, Alejandro(aka Al) and Almudena (aka Dena) are together and Yumali (aka Yumi) is watching from a distance. Dena calls out to Yumi, but greets her with her “white” name, Guadalupe. Dena can sense with her female intuition that Yumi is a threat to her and Al. She tries to make nice, and calls Yumi by her Indian name. She says that she wants to be Yumi’s friend (that’s right, keep your friends close and your enemies closer). Some talk is made about Yumi not wearing shoes and Dena wanting to be Yumi’s godmother. Dena tells Yumi that she can help her learn to be a Spanish lady. Yumi doesn’t want any part of it and walks away. Al tries to make excuses for Yumi’s behavior, but I don’t think that Dena buys it. Yumi goes to the kitchen and starts pumping Dolores for info about Al’s dead wife, Regina. Yumi finds out that she’s Regina’s spitting image and she decides that she can use Al’s love for his first wife to her advantage. Looking in a mirror Yumi decides that she can become a proper lady, and pulls her hair up to admire how she’d look.

The two couples get back together and discuss what it will be like for them all to live at the hacienda together. The women decide that they should have Maria Pia be their maid of honor for the double wedding, after all she is responsible for getting Fer to allow Diego and Esme to marry. It has started to rain, and the men decide to get the ladies home before the weather gets any worse. Diego “signs” to Bernardo to get the carriage ready for them to leave.

At the governor’s mansion, Mariangel returns drunk. She wakes up Olmos, who is dressed in his Wee Willy Winky pajama set, including the long cap. She demands that Olmos obtain a love potion for her to use on Diego. Olmos tells her that he knows nothing of brujerías (witchcraft) and hechiceras (sorceresses). Mariangel threatens him and Olmos tells her that she doesn’t need to threaten him, he’d gladly do anything for her from his heart. She mocks him and calls him a monster, asks him if monster’s have hearts. MA tells Olmos that he is pathetic, laughs at him cruelly and leaves. To the mirror, Olmos says that MA has stolen his heart, but he’s going to help her. “No good will come to Diego”.

Diego gets the ladies home and while he is saying his goodbyes to Esme, Mariangel comes downstairs scantily clad. MA wants to talk about what happened with the duel and Esme tells her that there is some good news, their father has agreed to their marriage. Esme is smug as she says this (and she turns Diego away, getting MA from his line of sight). There is no love loss between these two sisters, that’s for sure. After Diego leaves, the two women exchange words. MA speaks in veiled threats and figuratively throws down the glove. She tells Esme that she didn’t get dragged to this undesirable city for nothing. She is going to marry the best man in town, end of story. Esme wants her to clarify what she means, but MA does not follow that request and leaves the room. Come on Esme, you cannot be dumb enough to not figure out what MA meant.

Al and Diego are both at home and they rehash. Al is worried and wants Diego to be on guard for Montero’s vengeance. Diego tells his father that he is aware of Montero’s hate.

Switch to Montero and Pizarro back at the prison. Montero vows to get revenge. He decides that he’s going to start by messing with Esme’s mother---he’ll find out her secrets and then kill her. He doesn’t trust Fernando and figures that whatever Sara Kali knows will be very valuable to use against Fernando. Then when he’s done with Sara Kali, he’s going to wipe the superior look off of Diego’s face once and for all. With Diego out of the picture, Esme will be his next victim. He will make her his, then beat her and return her to Fernando as damaged goods. He doesn’t stop there, he’s decided to get revenge on the entire town. He intends to run the city through terror and fear.

In the gypsy camp, a woman sees lightening flash from the storm and reads it as a bad omen. She spouts out some doom and gloom and ends with “someone is digging a grave.” Gypsy woman reads Tarot cards when gypsy man arrives. He discovered that the rodent has returned from prison (what a weird sentence to type!). The rodent still carries the message they sent to Sara Kali. The gypsy woman fears what the cards are telling her, she worries that they are going to kill Sara Kali.

In the prison dungeon, Hermes, who appears to be the lifer inmate, tells Sara Kali that he hears a lot of movement from the soldiers. He also smells a scent that provokes bad memories. Memories of when they burned a prisoner alive about 15 years ago.

Fer continues to kiss Maria Pia, while removing her clothes. He is quite impressed with her feminine attributes. He continues to kiss her, but she doesn’t respond and he wants to know why. She tells him that she is just keeping her word. He can have her body, but her mind is elsewhere. Fern is ticked. He wants her to be an active participant, to show her love like he wants to show his. Maria Pia tells him that she is just doing as he ordered. She is not there because she wants to be, she is there because Fernando gave her no other choice.

Nutty Nun, I mean Sister Psycho is out crying and screaming in the rain (she’s not laughing). It looks like there are some dark clouds gathering around her, to represent an evil presence? Sister Psycho is very angry with Maria Pia and calls her a hypocrite.

Fer tells Maria Pia to go. She hesitates because she is afraid that he’s going to go back on his word. He tells her that he cannot stand her coldness and indifference, that she should just go. He blames God for taking her away so many years ago. Maria Pia flees and cries. Outside the cabin, away from Fernando, she says to herself that she doesn’t know what to feel. She says she still loves Fernando, but why did he do such terrible things. It wasn’t God that took her away from him, but Fernando’s own actions. Back in the cabin, Fernando curses himself. He feels bad that he put Maria Pia in such a position, to all but force her to sleep with him. He thought it was something they both wanted, but from her response he knows that isn’t true. Fernando doesn’t know what he can do about his damn love. He says that Maria Pia’s God , if he is a God of love, should make him free of her. He’s turned into a monster and he’s afraid that he will only cause Maria Pia more pain. (Ed. Note, I have to say that after this scene I’m beginning to think that there is a much softer side to Fernando. I was honestly shocked he didn’t take complete advantage of the situation. Fernando obviously has more shades of gray than the typical B&W novela characters.)

Maria Pia, rubbing her lips, is amazed that Fernando let her go, that he didn’t follow through with his plan, that he didn’t touch her (can we say euphamism). She is amazed that he was incapable of shaming her. She tells herself that he still loves her, like she’s figuring it out for the first time.

Diego and Al continue to rehash (they are almost as bad as Fernando and Omar from La Fea). Al remembers how upset Maria Pia was when she heard that Fernando was returning to Los Angeles. Al is amazed that she would have even approached Fernando to ask him to bring an end to the duel. The only slightly significant thing said is that Al is worried (big surprise there) and suspects that Maria Pia might still be in love with Fernando.

Fernando goes to the bar and drinks. Maria Pia arrives back in her room at the convent. She flashes back to Fernando kissing her and removing her clothes. It appears that she is thinking of it fondly. She pulls back her bed covers and discovers an inverted cross on her pillow.

Flash to Sister Psycho laughing (oh, so now she’s laughing) and creepy music is playing.

Montero has Sara Kali removed from her prison cell. He wants her to give him info on Fernando. She refuses and tells him that she knows he can’t hurt her. He calls her bluff and tells her that he’ll have her burned at the stake. We then see Sara Kali tied up to a wood pile outside and Montero holds a torch, demanding that she tell him why she is important to the crown.
The next day, Diego and Esme are meeting outside (by a river?). They are kissing and declaring their love when a group of gypsies (or is it a band of gypsies?) approach. Diego asks Esme to introduce him to her family, but now is not the time, they apparently come with bad news. END OF THE EPISODE

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Hello everyone. My name is George. I came across this website looking for Duelo de Passiones recaps. I really liked what I saw and decided to ask blog mom Melinama if I could join the Accoralada recap group. She graciously allowed me to join and here I am. I started watching Accoralada three weeks ago and got caught up to date here. I hope to do a good job.

A little about me, I'm 18 years old and I lived in Puerto Rico for 5 years during which I learned spanish. I currently reside in New Jersey where I go to college. I guess that's all for now.

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Cande is spilling the beans to Mayeya that Miriam is Leo’s real mom and he hears it all and starts to hyperventilate. He goes to church to have a mini-breakdown. He prays to la virgencita about having such a crappy mom, “What’s a boy to do?” He tells the priest, who already knew but whose lips were sealed vis a vis the confession defense. Leo whines that he was much happier without knowing the truth and now has tons of questions.

Dolores goes to D’s house to get some stuff for Tiberio, but D is in a grand funk. She tries to talk him out of it, to no avail.

Gabriel is missing MA and feeling sorry for himself and how lonely he is.

MA is remembering happier moments that didn’t involve bondage by duct tape and old smelly bandanas. What a great opportunity for a flashback! She starts praying, and even the kidnapper is impressed with her strength of character.

Leo goes to confront Miriam and looks none too happy about it. Miriam’s not too pleased either, but finally blurts out the truth, she’s his mom. Wondering why she never said anything or didn’t look for him, she says that when Cande started working there, she didn’t know for awhile that he was her son and she never looked for him because she wanted to leave the past in the past. She tells him that she was too poor when she had him, and that if she kept him, she never would have gotten to where she is today. He calls her on it, saying that she traded her son for money. She tells him to stuff it, hasn’t he been happy with Cande in that neighborhood. He says, yes, I have been happy, because in that neighborhood we have something better than money, something that she will never have (since you can’t buy it in a store), values, feelings and heart. Leo’s not done yet though, then he tells Miriam that Thanks be to God, that she abandoned him, so that he could find out what a real mother acts like. Then he compares himself with Joselyn and how much better his life turned out. As he leaves, he asks who his father is…but she doesn’t tell him. He leaves and she cries.

Otilia visits Cande to see how Leo is doing, and (oops!) ends up spilling the beans about Elsa not working for her anymore. Cande goes to ask Elsa about it. Elsa has a little fit that Cande prefers everyone else to her and doesn’t support her, her real daughter. Wah wah wah.

Pau tells JC that she wants to find out who her real mom is.

Gabe is flashing back again (apparently he doesn’t believe in Miriam’s philosophy of leaving the past in the past) and whining how much he loves MA, and how much he misses her.

Safari Prey Joselyn (kind of like Malibu Barbie) comes in to find out how Miriam is, but really just wants to make sure she doesn’t anything stupid…like share anything with Leo. Jossie tells her mom that she doesn’t have any feelings, so this shouldn’t be a problem.

Cande’s worried about Leo, who arrives and tells her that he knows the truth about Miriam. He tells her all about it and they cry and hold each other. He tells her that she’s his real, only mom and that Miriam is just an old selfish bitch. (well okay, he didn’t say that, but he wanted to.)

Gabe, JC & Pau are chatting about the recent arson that affected Leo. JC thinks it was probably his dad. JC visits Leo (who is now limping around like House) and Leo tells him all about his mommy and how confused he is. JC offers his help & support and they give each other a big ole hug.

Delores and Tiberio are having coffee. Tiberio forgot to take his medication that morning and is acting very paranoid. Dude, maybe coffee’s not such a good idea.

Cande goes to confront Miriam. Actually she just went to pour some salt into Miriam’s wounds, telling her that Leo loves her more. It kind of sounded like a playground fight there for awhile (nyah nyah nyah nyah nahhhhh), Miriam probably just wanted to stick her tongue out at Cande as she walked out the door.

Continuing in the family reunion theme, Leo goes to chat with sissy, who doesn’t really know what to do or say. He offers to be her big brother and she opens the door for him to get the heck out. My tivo ended there.

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Marcia calls Fern in N.Y. to demand an explanation of why his picture is in Lety’s office. She says she knows he ordered Omar to do it. She is especially ticked off that Omar cut her out of the picture. Fern swears that did not tell Omar to cut Marcia out of his life. Marcia calls them both infantile. She says she knows he still loves Lety. She slams the phone down, which leaves him so aggravated that he is tempted to throw his cell phone into the water behind him. He regains his composure and kisses the phone, apparently remembering that it is his only link to Lety while he is in N.Y.

He immediately calls Omar [did you marvel at how easily he was able to dial the number even with his leather gloves on? I did!] Fern yells at him over the dumb plan, and moreover for getting caught by Marcia. Omar says he only agreed to take part in this idiotic scheme because he is worried about Aldo’s intentions with the company. Besides, what did Fern expect when he gave Omar his instructions at 5 in the morning? Fern tells Omar that he has a fancy new phone, and for the benefit of us who don’t know how advanced these new-fangled contraptions are, he explains that he can receive emails, pictures, etc. on it. He orders Omar to send him a picture of Lety. Omar agrees to do so but hopes Fern has purchased anti-gargoyle-virus software for the phone.

Omar sneaks into conference room with his camera. He listens at Lety’s door but doesn’t hear her comment to herself about how stupid he is for planting Fern’s picture there. Aldo stops by to visit Lety. As he walks in, Lety suavely places the fruit basket he gave her earlier on top of Fern’s photocopied picture on her desk. As they chat, Omar reaches over the doorframe with his camera and takes picture from above the door [I guess that’s supposed to be a window above the door between the presidential office and the conference]. Aldo presents an oral dissertation on mole. He pitches idea of asking Julieta to help with mole preparation. Lety loves the idea. They continue to talk and Aldo picks up basket to ask why she hasn’t eaten the fruit. He sees the photo under the basket and mutters “Fern Mendiola… Fernando Mendiola…Grrr…” Lety explains Omar the Imbeciles’ practical joke. Aldo wonders why on earth Omar would do that.

We get scenes of N.Y. Fern walks along thinking that when he gets back he will definitely show Lety how much he loves her. He thinks they should be walking here hand--in-hand, enjoying N.Y. together. He sits on some steps and thinks that he should get her a gift that will show her how he feels -- something spiritual, or perhaps he should write her a letter… no, he decides a letter is a bad, bad, bad idea. In any case, he is determined that seguramente (surely; without a doubt) he will prove his love when he returns.

A weird scene follows where he walks through a small crowd of people. One of the women remarks that he is a beautiful man. The rest of the group laughs at this and he walks away anxiously. Huh? What the heck was that about?

He hails a cab, and so does a new mysterious woman. She’s beautiful and wears a trendy cap. They argue about who needs the cab more. They discover they are both Mexican and switch their arguing from English to Spanish. He explains that he must get to a meeting and the future of his company depends on it, etc., etc. The cabbie yells at them to get in. A double-decker bus with a big colorful “MEXICO” sign which I recognize from the Mexico tourism ads passes by [what a coincidence… NOT!]. Anyway, the new girl wants to share the cab with him. Fern looks at her like a recovering alcoholic might look at a big bottle of whiskey just sitting on the shelf and no one around to stop him from taking a swig… in other words, he knows better stay away from her. He politely walks her over to another cab and directs her into it. As he walks back to his own cab, she calls him neurotic. He yells back “Yeah, welcome to N.Y.!” The girl marvels at his lusciousness and prays, “Oh please God give me that man, I want him for me. He’s neurotic but he’s so cute! Oh well I’ll never see him again.”

Omar emails Fern a picture of Lety looking very uncomfortable.

Lety tells Aldo she thinks Omar just planted the picture just to bug her, and he succeeded.

Omar talks to a client, who can not meet with him because he is at a golf tournament. Omar says he will find a solution and call him back. He hangs up and ponders whether Fern would kill him if he went to left the office to go waaaay over to wherever the tournament is to get the contract signed.

Aldo continues to flirt with Lety in her office and Omar sneaks in. They are standing too close for Omar’s comfort and he interrupts them. He tells Aldo he would like to Aldo to go with him right now to meet some clients. Aldo accepts. After Omar leaves Aldo tell Lety he only agreed to go because he wants to figure out what’s going on in Aldo’s puny little mind.

In the cab, Fern receives Lety’s picture via his cool new phone. He shows the picture to the cabbie. The cabbie remarks that she is beautiful, he can tell she has a beautiful soul. Fern, who is not used to this kind of reaction he shows Lety’s picture to others, is visibly pleased. He exclaims “Man I like you already!” [inEnglish!!] The cabbie warns Fern that she’s going to drive him crazy. Fern replies that actually, he’s already crazy-- crazy for her! [Okay, stop and rewind to enjoy Fern speaking English in his irresistable Mexican accent again; stop; rewind; stop; rewind... sigh!]

Tomas gives Marcia the tickets and stuff she needs for the trip. Marcia scolds him and says that because of him she had a nasty run-in with Lety. Not realizing Tomas is already in Marcia’s office, Alicia walks in to tell Marcia that he is back. Tomas excuses himself. Alicia begs again for Marcia’s car. After much dramatic griping, Marcia agrees and hands over the keys. She says she is lending Alicia the car on the condition that she keep her informed of Lety’s activities, especially if she (Lety) leaves the country. Marcia walks out and Alicia kisses Tomas’s phone and Marcia’s keys. She begs God to never let her be poor again.

Fern is on the phone with Omar again. He sits at a fountain and thanks Omar for sending the picture. He is very pleased with it. Omar remarks that he knows love is blind, but never he knew just how much! He reports that he walked in on Lety and Aldo in her office, and that he had to “throw water on them to separate them.” [His choice of imagery gets more and more repulsive, what a talent!] He says he plans to become friends with Aldo in order to find out his intentions.

Aldo walks into the vortex and everyone jumps at the chance to fawn all over him. Luigi invites him to lunch, and so does Alicia. Aldo says he would love to go with both of them, but he has a business lunch to go to. He walks away with Omar and everyone waves goodbye and throw kisses at him.

Tomas sneaks up on Alicia to invite her to lunch. Alicia agrees but suddenly remembers she’s having lunch with her dad. Tomas senses that she is lying to him.

Lety calls mom to tell her about Aldo’s mole idea. She’s honored and excited. The cuartel walks in and yells greetings into the phone. Lety hangs up and agrees to lunch with her friends. Meanwhile, at home, Erasmo is ticked that Julieta accepted the job without consulting with him.

In the downstairs lobby, Alicia asks Saimon if he has any snacks. Tomas walks in and asks if she’s reconsidered his lunch offer. Alicia admits that she lied because she does not want to be seen in public with him. Celso walks by with Sanson and a box of dog biscuits. Alicia’s mouth waters. Tomas tells her that if she eats with him, she will get a better lunch than dog biscuits. He offers to order food to be delivered so they can eat there at the office.

Lety and the cuartel go to an open air restaurant. They ask for the gossip about the fight between Aldo and Fern. They guess that the second man that the PG was talking about is Aldo and demand that Lety confirm this.

Fern sits in an empty meeting room and looks at Lety’s picture. He talks into his phone, pretending to do a talk show, and rehashes to himself, “Here I am in N.Y.. I met a gorgeous woman, and promptly put her in another cab. I don’t need the temptation… Well my friends, until next time…” Impressed with himself, he remarks that he should have been a deejay.

Aldo and Omar sit down at a restaurant and share a toast. Aldo savors his wine while Omar gulps his down. Omar starts to question Aldo about his taste in women… does he like them blonde or dark? Aldo says he’d rather talk about business. Omar says he forgot the business documents. He tells Aldo he seems very nice and intelligent, and that they could be excellent friends. He complains about his friendship with Fern, and all the stuff he’s had to do for Fern since they were kids. He says Fern is unstable. Aldo asks Omar to honest, he knows the business meeting was a pretext to get him here, and ask what Omar really wants. Just then two women walk in and recognize Omar.

Fern tells people at the meeting that he was late because of the argument with the woman over the cab. Just then the same woman walks into the meeting room. His jaw drops. They introduce her as Karla, the publicity agent who has been assigned to his account. He smiles uncomfortably [be strong, Fern!]. She asks him to explain his project. He gets excited and says they are going to love this idea. He begins to pull out papers haphazardly from his case and makes a big mess on the table.

The two pretty women join Omar and Aldo at their table. They try to converse with Aldo, but he gets a call and walks away to answer it. The women tell Omar that he was right, Aldo is guapisimo. Omar tells them he had to use the pretext of a business meeting with clients to get him to come. Aldo returns and says they should order because in a hurry to return to work.

The cuartel is relentlessly trying to get some juicy gossip from , Lety, but she refuses. Irmita defends Lety’s right to keep it to herself. They ask to know just one thing-- what did Fern and Aldo came to blows about. She says it was about work. They don’t believe it. Lety finally agrees to tell them. She says, “They fought over me. They are both in love with me, Leticia Padilla Solis!”

Will the cuartel believe Lety?
Will Fernando keep away from Karla, or will he fall off the wagon?
Will Alicia eat lunch and bust out of her outfit? ... And if that happens, will Tomas be lucky enough to be around to see it?

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OK--I've volunteered to do Zorro recaps. I don't know how often they'll be done, but I'll at least get a weekly recap done. If anyone else would like to help recap this novela, I'm willing to work on a team. I recapped Wed. episode, just to give it a trial run and to see how long it takes me. I cannot promise that future recaps will be this long. I'm going to try to condense, in terms of words and time. Of course, I've been known to take a short story and make it long---I'll try to overcome that tendency. So hopefully I'll get better at all of this. Anyway, on with the show....

Esmerelda faints at the news that tomorrow she'll be wed to Cmdr. Montero (weasel face-as coined by someone else in an earlier post) and that Montero's duel with Diego (aka Zorro) will convene at dawn.

Meanwhile back at the ranch....Alejandro and Diego de la Vega are visited by Maria Pia who informs them that there will be no duel and that Diego and Esme will be getting Fernando’s approval to marry once she fixes some things. Alejandro is worried that Montero won’t take the news very well. He reminds Diego and MP that although Fernando is the governor, Montero is the head of the military and with the army behind him Montero could cause a lot of problems. Diego is quite happy that he’s going to be able to marry Esme, but worries that Maria Pia looks sad. She assures him not to worry and that she has fixed things with Fernando because there is no one she cares for more than her sobrino, Diego.

Upstairs at the governor’s house, Esme has been taken there after she fainted. Her aunt (cannot remember her name), Mariangel (her sister) , and Montero are all hovering around her bed. Esme’s tia sends the other two away as she takes care of Esme. When Esme revives she and her tia discuss what happened with Maria Pia. They both were sure that she would be able to convince Fernando to stop the duel and allow Diego and Esme to marry. Esme wants to know why her father hates her so.

Meanwhile, downstairs Fernando (eye patch man/governor) is busy getting drunk and moaning that if he cannot be happy no one should be happy. Montero comes down from Esme’s room and Fernando starts rehashing things with Cmdr. Montero. Right now, Fernando doesn’t think that Maria Pia will live up to her end of the bargain, so tomorrow’s wedding is still on in his mind. He tells Montero that once he is married to Esme she will be his problem, yadda, yadda, yadda. Montero says he’ll tame Esme and she’ll be a most dutiful wife (he’s a pig). He changes subjects and tells Fernando that we will soon know the true identity of Zorro, but doesn’t give too many details on his plans.

Cut to Maria Pia praying to God, asking for forgiveness for what she is about to do. She tells God that Fernando can have her body, but that her soul will always belong to God. I’m not quite sure what God thinks about this. Immediately after her prayer we get a scene w/ MP and Fernando getting it on. That was quite quick, but wait it is a dream. And the sick thing is, it wasn’t either Fernando’s or Maria Pia’s dream, it was Sister Suplicious (sp?), the psycho sister or nutty nun—take your pick. She wakes up with a start and feels guilty for thinking of MP that way. Nutty Nun goes to find MP and confesses to her about her dream. MP is a little freaked out considering the conversation she just had with God. Nutty Nun tells MP that there has been some chisme in the convent about the fact that Maria Pia and Fernando used to be engaged a long time ago. She also tells MP that the voice she heard the other night in the convent was Fernando’s voice. Maria Pia tells Nutty Nun that she’s going out for the evening to take care of family business. She needs to go see her hermano, Alejandro.

Back to Fernando. He’s still drinking and moaning that he feels nothing without Maria Pia. He pulls out his pistol stating that he would give his life for her, but then doesn’t follow through.

Meanwhile, back at casa de los de la Vega, Alejandro and Diego are visited by Montero’s lieutenant Pizzaro (truly an evil man, IMO). He brings news of the duel that it will begin tomorrow at dawn outside the city. Brilliantly, Diego and Alejandro deduce that MP was unable to convince Fernando to bring an end to the whole thing. Diego isn’t concerned the whole thing can go as planned, after all he’s got a secret weapon---he is really El Zorro.

In the local bar, the hunchback Olmos meets with the prissy Tobias. He knows that Tobi is going to contact some people back in Spain to see if he can get a lead on Zorro’s identity (apparently Zorro’s style of swordplay is very distinct and there is only one teacher who teaches that style). Olmos tells Tobi that he’s there for the governor, that Fernando wants to know Zorro’s identity and is willing to pay handsomely for the information. Tobi likes the idea of being a private dick (he’s got the second part of that down pat already). He and Olmos, after agreeing on a sum, toast their new friendship.

Maria Pia doesn’t go to see Alejandro, instead she goes to Fernando’s. She tells him that she’s willing to sleep with him in order to save Diego. At first Fernando tells her that it will no longer be easy to call off the duel, that it will cause a lot of problems---he is unwilling to have Montero as an enemy and that’s what would happen if Fernando takes back his permission for Montero to marry Esmerelda. However, the idea of having a booty call with Maria Pia is too much to resist. So he agrees to stop the duel and allow Esme and Diego to marry. He and MP agree to meet at their old meeting place, some cabin in the woods, the next evening at 8. As MP leaves Fernando’s house, we see the Nutty Nun hiding behind a tree. She is distressed that MP lied to her and that she is meeting with Fernando.

There is some conversation between Olmos and Fernando. Fer tells Olmos that everything has changed and Olmos waxes poetic about love (our little hunchback has a big time crush on Fer’s other daughter,Mariangel---so me-thinks he’s referring to her during his ode).

Flash to Tobias and his horny wife, Catalina. Tobias is busy writing his letters to Spain and completely misses his wife’s overtures for them to get busy. This man is so prissy and completely oblivious to his wife.

Back at los de la Vega, Yumali (the whitest looking Indian I’ve ever seen) is praying for Alejandro. She is indebted to him because he saved her from being caught by Fernando and he helped her recover from her gunshot wound.***A little back story, she attempted to kill Fernando, the governor and Alejandro’s best friend, because he used to practice genocide on the local Indian population. Fer is responsible for killing Yumali’s sister and brother. Her sister, is Diego’s mother. Back then, Fer lost his eye during this encounter. So his hatred for Indians grew even stronger. He doesn’t understand why Alejandro protects them, but hasn’t figured out that the woman that Alejandro recently had baptized is the same one who tried to kill him recently***Anyway, Yumali is concerned because she knows that Alejandro is planning on marrying Esme’s aunt (who’s name I cannot remember). She doesn’t like the fact that Alejandro’s fiancée is Fernando’s sister. Also, she’s got the hots for Alejandro, so there’s some jealousy there.

Outside the house a black-caped figure sneaks inside, climbing over the side of the balcony. The figure goes into Diego’s room where he is sleeping, and brandishes a sword. Diego wakes up and takes on the intruder, only to find that it is Esme. The two play kissy face and rehash what’s happening/not happening with the duel. They get interrupted by Dolores, Diego’s former nanny and current housekeeper, she had heard from Yumali that Diego and Montero’s duel was to go ahead as scheduled. She is very concerned about how well Diego will perform in the duel, but now she wants to know what’s going on between Diego and Esme. Although she’s never met Esme, she knows who she is just by the look in Diego’s eyes (and she’s obviously bothered that Esme is in Diego’s bedroom). Dolores tells them she wants to know everything and orders them downstairs for tea and food. The three of them rehash the duel status---which I can no longer remember where it stands for all of them, but I think they think Maria Pia will be able to convince Fernando to stop the duel and allow the D&E nuptials to take place (MP already has convince Fernando, but I’m not sure if they know that yet).

Elsewhere in the house, Yumali has decided that she needs to see Alejandro, so she sneaks into his room and starts to caress him as he sleeps. He wakes up and the two get busy. Alejandro calls Yumali “Regina”, the name of his dead wife-mother of Diego. Startled, he pushes Yumali away and tells her this isn’t right. He’ s her godfather and also her employer. He also reminds her that he is an engaged man, he is going to marry Esme’s aunt (I don’t remember her name---IDRHN). Yumali warns him that IDRHN has bad blood, since she is the governor’s sister. Al sends Yumi out and she tells him that his mouth says “no”, but his body says “yes” (or perhaps that’s what I thought she should say, I no longer remember, but none-the-less the comment is fitting for this scene).

So whilst all of this is going on, Mariangel (Esme’s redheaded half sister) sneaks out of the governor’s house to go have a romp with Montero. These two have tangled in the sheets before and during this episode they are getting busy on the desk in Montero’s office at the prison. MA wants to talk about the duel, hoping she can get Montero to call the whole thing off. He’s a little ticked that she’s bringing up Diego’s name in the middle of their love making session.***Side note, Mariangel wants to marry Diego because he is rich and attractive. I also think a side benefit is that her sister loves Diego, so it would be a way to hurt Esme because Mariangel hates her.****MA asks Montero to be noble and call off the duel, but Montero says no. So MA makes a veiled threat….that if something were to happen to Diego, then something might just happen to Esme too.

So, back at the governor’s house with both daughters having sneaked out, drunk Fernando is tucked into bed by his sister, IDRHN. She goes on about how he used to be more carefree and less vile. That they had such a wonderful childhood. Even though he has changed, she still loves him.

Now it is morning and Montero is waiting for Diego at the duel site. Fernando shows up and tells Montero that there will be no duel, as dueling is against the law. He says he has also dispatched men to Diego’s home to keep him from breaking the law. Fernando tells Montero that Esme isn’t worth it and that Fernando has decided to allow Diego and Esme to marry. This really ticks Montero off and since Fernando has gone back on his word, Montero starts waving his sword at Fernando. Fernando, not one to play it clean, kicks Montero in his wounded arm and their duel begins. END OF SHOW

Just a couple of things to know about this show:
1. Diego has a servant Bernardo, who is mute and plays deaf so he can gather info
2. So far the priest, Bernardo and Esme are the only ones who know that Diego is really Zorro
3. Alejandro thinks that Diego is a bit of a wimp, because Diego really plays that up in order to keep his daytime identity even more removed from Zorro
4. Mariangel was rescued by Zorro and she’s got her eye on him, not for marriage but for other recreational activities
5. Esme’s mother is being held prisoner in Montero’s prison. She is a gypsy queen and currently is wearing what is supposed to be an iron mask, but it looks like it’s made out of paper mache
6. Yumali has a special gift with animals, and helped cure Alejandro’s sick horse Quixote
7. Maria Pia broke her engagement to Fernando because she knows he killed Diego's mother, Regina...Dolores is the only other person who knows this (I think)

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Agent Ruiz asked Alina, "Is it true that Alvaro Montellano abused you physically and mentally, forcing you to be in this place?"

Alvaro, aka Don Loco, glared at Alina, then took her hands and told her to answer the senor, adding to Alina's surprise that her mother had been certified insane.

After musing that Don Loco would carry out his threats against her mother if she told the truth, Alina said, "I am here because I like it." Agent Ruiz asked why Blanca had accused Don Loco. Alvaro laughed and said Blanca was after revenge because Elias had always loved Soledad. He told Agent Ruiz he'd go with him to see Blanca.

When Blanca (being dead) didn't answer their knock at her door, Agent Ruiz told Alvaro he wouldn't pursue charges against him because he didn't have any proof.

Alvaro went home to Soledad and they accused each other of being insane. (Alvaro: "You are insane, insane, insane!" Soledad: "I know you are, but what am I?") Alvaro won the argument by calling Soledad a "damn traitor."

Elsewhere, hairy disgraced psychiatrist Dr. Z (I don't remember his full name) told Dr. Vasquez that Alvaro was sick with celotipia (jealousy) which made men aggressive against women "and often ends in death."

Meanwhile, Soledad cowered on her bed, crying, "Don't hit me, don't touch me!" Alvaro looked guilty and said, "It was my fault. Forgive me. I'm an animal." He said he didn't want to make her feel bad, adding, "Blanca deserved death."

Soledad asked what he'd done to Blanca. Don Loco said, "Me, nothing, but it's better you know your accomplice is dead." Soledad cried and told herself that he had killed Blanca and would kill her too.

At the club: Edelmira gave Alina a cup of tea, claiming it would calm her nerves. Alina went to her room, collapsed on her bed, and told Coral, "Edelmira gave me something." Coral said, "I have an idea," and started to whisper.

At the cave: Luba prayed for help for Flor. Gaspar arrived, beaming, and said he was hungry. Pleased, Luba asked if he liked Nora. Gaspar said, "I like her a lot. But I can't forget the child I'm expecting with my little doll."

Alina sneaked out of Edelmira's club while everyone was watching something else (that was Coral's big plan??) She reeled around the countryside, saying, "Ay, Tonqui, I feel very bad," then passed out.

Suddenly a jaguar showed up. (The same one that chased Gaspar? How did it know Alina passed out? It must be a psychic jaguar.) Tonqui started barking at it.

Emilio rode up, shouting Alina's name. (He must be psychic, too, because I didn't see anyone tell him Alina had left Edelmira's club.) Seeing the jaguar, he yelled, "Calm down, Tonqui!" and took off his jacket and shirt (revealing an undershirt), paused to put his jacket back on (because a hero has to look good while saving girls from jaguars), then somehow attached the shirt to a stick and set it on fire, creating a torch to fend off the jaguar. (Why didn't he just use his gun? Never mind.)

When the jaguar was gone, he cradled Alina in his arms and said, "Alina, wake up! It's me, Emilio!"

Orlando, disappointed not to find Alina drugged in her bed, went to Edelmira and said, "She escaped!" He set out on horseback to find her and encountered Emilio, also on horseback, with the unconscious Alina.

They yelled at each other, Orlando told Emilio that Flor didn't love him, Emilio rode off with Flor, Orlando looked after them and called Emilio an idiot. The usual.

Thelma went to Castulo's room. He greeted her, "Hola, preciosa," kissed her, then said it was too dangerous to stay there. He took her to Jose's cabin. They were in bed together when Emilio arrived with Alina (what a coincidence!)

Thelma escaped without being seen and Castulo greeted Emilio, who put Alina on the miraculously remade bed. Orlando asked what Castulo was doing there. Castulo claimed he came to the cabin when he wanted to be alone, adding that it used to belong to Jose Gomez. "They say he was Flor's father."

Like a shiny object, this information was enough to distract Emilio from his questions. Castulo left, caught up with Thelma outside, and said he would take her back to the hacienda.

Emilio kissed Alina, who woke up and asked, "What are you doing?" Emilio said, "I brought you here because you felt bad," kiss kiss, "forgive me." Alina asked, "You're making fun of me, right?" Kiss kiss. Emilio said, "This isn't right. It's better that I go." He paused long enough to tell her it was Jose's cabin, then left.

In Don Loco's office: Don Loco told Sergio that Blanca was dead. Sergio asked if Don Loco killed her. Alvaro said no, "I'm not a common murderer."

Orlando the Snake showed up to see Don Loco and announced, "Emilio Valtierra decided to save Flor. Who knows where he took her."

They had a drink together. Orlando said he would find out where Emilio had taken Alina, then tell Don Loco. Alvaro said, "There must be rivalry between you and the captain," and added that he wouldn't let Emilio or anyone else protect Alina.

At the cave: Gaspar told himself, "I like Nora's kisses," then remembered his encounter with Thelma at the Devil's Cave and thought, "But my little doll is having my child."

He told Luba, "I don't know what to do now. I have two women." When Luba tried to argue with him, he said, "You don't understand me, Mama!" Luba worried about how to make him forget Thelma and the child.

At Jose's cabin, Alina pondered, "This is where he wrote the letter that caused all the problems." She wondered who the letter was intended for, then searched the cabin for clues, but didn't find anything. She asked, "Where are you, Jose Gomez?" then spotted a statue of the Virgin Mary and prayed, "Make this man come back to Sierra Escondida and tell my father the whole truth."

Emilio went to see Luba and told her where to find Alina. Luba woke Gaspar up and said, "We're going for Flor," then fretted that they couldn't bring her back to the cave because if Alvaro found her there he would kill them.

Back at home, Emilio encountered Thelma, who told him she had felt the baby move for the first time. Reluctantly he touched her belly and said he felt it, too. Thelma said, "It makes me happy that you're begining to adjust." Emilio muttered to himself, "I'm going to be a father and I can't understand it."

Angel went to see Edelmira, who told him Emilio had rescued Flor.

Luba and Gaspar visited Alina at the cabin. Luba urged, "You have to escape!" Alina asked, "With what money?" Luba said, "I have the money the patron gave me for taking care of you!"

Alina said she was a coward and didn't dare confront her father. She asked Luba to take Tonqui back to the cave and feed him. Luba told her that Tonqui was loyal and could be trusted, unlike Emilio, then left with Tonqui and Gaspar.

Back at the cave, Luba told Gaspar to bring Alina breakfast in the morning and not let anyone see him. Gaspar said sulkily, "I'm angry with you, Mama," because she didn't understand that he was having a child with his munequita.

Luba said, "I only want you to forget this so nothing bad happens to you. I adore you, son. You are everything to me."

Orlando confronted Emilio and asked where he'd taken Alina. Emilio said angrily that he knew Orlando had paid to have Flor. Orlando claimed he only wanted to help Alina, that he was worried for Emilio. So Emilio told Orlando where Alina was (duh!!!)

Orlando advised Emilio to dedicate himself to Thelma and the baby. Just then Angel arrived and demanded, "What have you done with Alina?"

Emilio asked if Angel still wanted to marry Alina. Angel said it was what he wanted most. So Emilio told him where Alina was. Way to keep a secret, Captain! Emilio added that Luba was going to fetch Flor. Angel, showing the common sense his brother lacks, said it wasn't safe for Alina to return to Luba's cave.

Meanwhile, Soledad told Alvaro what a terrible person he was. Alvaro said, "I didn't kill anyone. You have to control your nerves. Take this pill."

Soledad tried to refuse, but he forced her, then said, "That's better, you obey me. It's better that you do what I say." After he left, Soledad cried, "What is this? What is this?

At the end of the episode, drunken old Jeremias decided to pay a visit to Jose's very popular cabin and found Alina there. He leered at her and said, "Look what's here! What a treasure I've found!"

Words from this episode:
celotipia = jealousy
vulgar = common
asesino = murderer

Labels: duelo

We begin today with a recap of yesterday's finale, in which Max, in a really ugly tight blue sweater of some sort, confronts the evil Octave, who is still in her "jaunty" nautical-themed Love Boat attire. "Did you steal F/G's fortune?" Octave wants to know how he could even conceive of such a hare-brained idea, deftly avoiding the question. Max tells her Diana's attorney told him.

Back to Luscious Lunkhead's room where Rene is asking him about "the servant" Larry's married to. Larry gets cranky and defends Little Doormat, saying her name is Gaby and she doesn't deserve the pain she's suffered. Rene, in his usual grandiose hand gestures, tells Luscious Lunkhead that LL is obviously in love with his wife and but too dense to even know it. Doe-eyed look from LL.

F/G, still in her red polka-dot dress, with the bizarre black velvet cabbage-sized flower around her neck, is turning down the bed for Dimwit Diana, who looks dazed as usual. F/G tells DD she needs to rest after her busy day. DD is going to need all her strength for tomorrow. F/G kisses Diana on the forehead. "Your kiss is like that of a mother," exclaims Diana. Heart-warming music plays in the background.

Now we're in Diego's room at the hospital where Pancho is at Diego's side. Diego-the-Stalker wants to know where Diana is. Pancho says she went home to rest. Diego asks, "Is it true I'll never walk again?" Alas, Pancho says it's true, "but don't worry, I will always be at your side." Heart-tugging violins play in the background as Diego says all he wants is Diana.

RM is back in her bed after dinner. She tells Isabel that the therapy is taking too long, to which Isabel replies therapy is a slow process. "Isn't there something else we can do?" I—"Well, there is a hospital in Houston that caters to people in similar conditions. They have special equipment that provides electrical currents and warmth, which expedites the healing process." ***Why on earth this hasn't been brought up before is beyond me. We've already established RM has a ton of money in the bank and could probably afford to buy the Houston clinic if she wanted.*** The good news is that there was no mewling in this scene. Yippee!

Max is still confronting Octave, with a busty red-acetate-robed FM in the background, arms folded in such a way as to offer maximum cleavage. Yolanda makes the mistake of walking into the room at this point. Octave tells Max to ask his aunt about the kind of trash F/G is. F/G even murdered her own husband! "Is it true? asks Max. Yolanda is impactada.

F/G has now returned to Paco's bar, still in her best wedding-guest attire. She tells Paco she can't perform after all the trauma of the day. "No hay problema" says Paco. F/G goes on to proudly state how she told Max what a low-life, scum-sucking, sea-hag his mother is. "I'm sure right now Max has a thousand questions for his mum. I'm sure she'll deny everything, but at least I've planted the seed of doubt." Paco is saddened by F/G's all-consuming hatred of Octave.

The scene among Max, Octave and Yolanda continues, with Octave laying it on thick and heavy to Max, and wanting Yolanda to back up her story. Yolanda hems and haws and finally, vaguely states that F/G was sent to prison for killing her husband. Octave tells Max that F/G was her best friend, but that F/G stole Octave's husband. Max orders Yolanda to tell him the truth, not what his mom is coercing her to say. Yolanda "ums, and ahs" to the point where Max FINALLY catches a clue as to what's happening. At this point the scene shifts to RM and Isabel.

RM is telling Isabel that they both need to go to Houston and rent an apartment. RM has more than enough money for them to stay there for an extended period and get all the therapy she needs. Isabel can be her personal slave—I mean assistant. Further, if Isabel goes with her, Isabel will get a healthy stipend for her efforts. Isabel seems to be digging this idea.

Little Doormat and Diana are having girl-talk in their room. Little Doormat tells Diana that Max came to the hospital but F/G prevented him from seeing Diana. Gaby goes on to tell Diana that F/G tore Max a new orifice about what a lying sack of. . . his mother is. Gaby mentioned F/G being in jail. Diana says, "speaking of jail, there something I've been meaning to tell you. Our mother is apparently in jail." A bucket of foreshadowing is introduced.

And we're back to a continuation of the scene between Max and Octave. Even FM finally walks off in disgust. Octave says she took over the perfume company when F/G went to jail. Max accuses her of stealing the company and Octave counters it's the perfume company that has made them rich. Max, as expected, states he'd rather be poor and how ashamed he is of his mother. After Max leaves Yolanda and Octave discuss Octave's confession. Octave smugly points out that Max only knows the partial truth; he has no idea F/G was innocent and that F/G's husband was killed by his father.

Gaby wants to know why Diana thinks their mother is in jail, since Granny M has always maintained their parents were dead. Diana tells Gaby she heard it from a neighbor. Gaby wants to know what mom did; Diana doesn't know. "When I asked Granny M, Granny M repeated our parents were dead, but acted really nervous." G—"Do you think Granny M is hiding something from us?" D—"I do."

FM is gossiping to Bruno about the confrontation between Max and Octave. "Octave is a thief! Imagine that!" FM apparently now thinks Octave is her hero. FM also thinks there's some other skeletons lurking in one of the thousands of closets at Psycho Mansion.

Octave and Yolanda show up in F/G's room at Paco's Bar. Lots of posturing. Fiera v. Fiera while poor Yolanda cowers behind Octave. Each tells the other "You're in BIG trouble now." Of course that's not exactly what is said, but you get the idea. F/G and Octave each tell the other to be afraid, and that the other one will be going to jail forever. F/G asks Yolanda if she's afraid; Yolanda is quaking in her boots. Octave, of course, can't be intimidated. Octave is clearly a Joselyn wanna-be.

We are treated to an airborne Rene launching himself at a leather sofa while Larry looks on. Larry has on his tight olive t-shirt, but has now added an extremely dorky-looking camouflage hat. Lunkhead is telling Rene that Pilar wants to get married and he should probably find an attorney to talk to Gaby. He can't face her after he's treated her so badly. He's "Oh so confused!" Rene, in his usual effusive way, thinks it would be a huge mistake to marry Pilar. Pilar is a liar. Despite replaying the scene several times, I can't tell if Rene thinks Larry should be with Gaby or not. Can anyone out there help me with this?

After Rene leaves, Lunkhead calls Little Doormat, who is curled up on the sofa, crying and looking completely forlorn. She's whispering Larry's name when the phone rings. Speak of the devil. . .Larry says "Soy yo, Larry." Little Doormat is impactada.

Lots of predatory circling in F/G's room, with Yolanda begging to leave. Yolanda wants no part of this cozy little scene. Enough said. . .

FM shows up in Max's room to stir the pot about his mother's admission. She wants to get a drink, a Screwdriver. Max looks surprised. "You've always detested vodka!" Oops!

Lunkhead and Little Doormat are on the phone. Gaby wants to know why he's calling. "Is it to talk about us?" L—"Yes. Pilar wants to get married." Gaby tells Larry that Pilar doesn't love him. In fact, the day he sent Gaby to get his cell phone, Gaby caught Pilar in bed with Kike. "Why didn't you tell me?" asks Larry. "Because I didn't want to see you hurt. However, if you love her and want to marry her despite all that has happened. I'll sign the divorce papers." Gaby hangs up on Lunkhead, and you can see the hamster running overtime on its little wheel in Larry's head. "Gaby? Gaby? " I guess Larry was in the "Hot Bods" line when the brains were passed out.

F/G v. Octave continues. Come on now, we get the idea. Let's move on.. . . Dramatic music reaches a crescendo!

Max continues to press FM about her sudden change in drink preferences. FM makes some lame excuse. Max says he's noticed something different about her, but he can't quite put a finger on what it is. She looks the same but she's different some how. She even kisses differently. FM tries to blame it on the two-year coma, but Max is having difficulty accepting that excuse. FM tries to seduce him, but he's suddenly developed a headache. He stands there with his bathrobe open showing part of his bare chest. More gratuitous chest shots of all our young nubile/studly actors. FM says she'll be in the Jacuzzi if he's interested. She heads to the bathroom and starts freaking out that Max is going to figure out she's an impostor.

Gaby goes into the bedroom crying. Diana asks why and Gaby tells her about Larry's phone call asking for a divorce. Diana says F/G is right. "We need to take revenge on these Irascible boys for wreaking such havoc on our lives." Diana convinces Gaby to join the "I Don't Heart the Irascibles" club.

Next day at the only hospital in TeleMiami. Lala is sitting at Diego's side and stating she wants to make his favorite flan. Diego doesn't want flan. Diego wants Diana. "Why didn't she stay the night with me?" Dang, this guys creeps me out! Right on cue Diana arrives and Lala heads home to take a bath and change clothes. Right as Diana is asking Diego how his night went, in walks Doc Evil. Diego wants to know why he's there. Doc Evil replies that Diego is his patient. Diego gets himself worked up into a lather and accuses Doc Evil of paralyzing him.

Isabel tells RM that she's obtained all the information about the hospital in Houston. All they need to do is call and RM will be admitted. RM wants the call placed yesterday. Isabel asks if they should tell Bruno and Debora about their leaving. Absolutely not! "They'll find out when I confront them after I'm healed!"

Diego continues to be mad that Doc Evil is his physician.

Pilar and Larry are hiding out somewhere with lots of shrubbery around them. Larry has his purple shirt unbuttoned half way down his chest. Thank heavens he has ditched that ridiculous hat. Pilar tries to kiss Larry but he pushes her away. Pilar is back on the marriage bandwagon and wants to know why they have to continue to sneak around. Larry points out they can't exactly hang out at Psycho Mansion, mother wouldn't like that. Pilar continues to protest saying he needs to tell mommy he is divorcing the servant and marrying her, at which time Larry uses the spine he was given and says "I'm not going to marry you." He tells her he found out about her getting caught in bed with Kike right before the wedding. Pilar is impactada.

See above. Diego continues to be mad that Doc Evil is his physician. "Get me out of here right now!"

Max is at the office telling Emili-Oh that Octave is a thief. She stole the mansion, the factory, everything from F/G. Now F/G is turning Diana against him. "Oh, woe is me!"

Larry and Pilar are arguing. Pilar asks how Larry can take the word of a servant over her. Gaby is manipulating him. "What about Peyote?" asks Larry. "She confirmed what Gaby told me." Pilar tells Larry that Peyote was mistaken. Larry says the only manipulator around here is Pilar. "Gaby wouldn't lie. Gaby is pure". . .blah blah blah. Glycerine Tears of True Dolor are running down Luscious' cheeks.

Back to the hospital. Will this ever end? I meant to point this out earlier, but Diego's squawking about not being able to provide for his family reminds me. How are they going to explain Diana's baby now? Diego was paralyzed before their wedding night. I suppose it will come up sooner or later. This question is far more interesting to me than the actual conversation between the two of them, in which Diana says she will work and provide for both Diego and the baby. "A job won't be a problem now that I have been declared innocent."

Emili-Oh is telling Max he should go to the hospital and see Diana. M—"What if the big, bad, scary F/G is there?" Emili-Oh tells Max not to be an idiot again.

After some discussion about Diego wanting to leave the hospital to get away from Doc Evil, Diana tells F/G she's ready to the join the Vengeance club.

Diego and Diana are outside. Diego wants to know who shot him. Could it be Max? Diana says Max isn't capable of shooting anyone. Diego, in stalker mode, is furious. "Why are you defending him? Do you still love him? You do, don't you. Answer me!" ***News flash…how many different ways has Diana told Diego she doesn't love him, she still loves Max. Is Diego just now hearing what Diana's been saying for months? What a narcicist!***

Max, in a lavender shirt and tie, goes to visit Granny DS, also head to toe in lavender. Even the dolls are in lavender. All the lavender is distracting. Max and Granny DS discuss Diana and how sad they are that Diana is no longer a part of their lives.

More dull conversation between Diana and Diego. Diego is going to be the only father that Diana's baby is going to know. B-O-R-I-N-G!

FM walks up behind Max and throws her arms around him. She asks him what he's thinking. FM says to herself Max will never know Diana is having his child.

Pancho joins the family soirée on the patio. He wants to know why Diego left the hospital. Lala says Diego wanted to leave. Diana joins in saying she's a nurse and can care for him. Pancho, with furrowed brow, tells Diana if she ever leaves Diego for Max, he will personally kill her. Lala is impactada! Diana has that usual dumbstruck look.

Credits roll!

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