Caray, Caray!

Okay tonite is the night Mili goes in search of the Rat Bastard who spawned her. That would be Consti to we viewers in the know. Yes Uncle Gloves gave Mili what I assume to be an anonymous letter with the directions to the ole homestead, or house in Mexico City where her mother and Uncle Gloves were raised.

She is sobbing about the letter to happy cheerful Padre, she tells him is going to confront her ever evil father.

Meanwhile, Val is kicking the ever persistent Bobby to the curb. It was all a joke, he is dumbfounded, I mean even dumber than normal. When did things change? In her endearing and empathic manner, she laughs and blows him off. While sitting on the lawn in the newest Lowe's Lawn and Garden display, Bobby wanders off in a uber fit of dashed dreams. Rocky comes along and taunts her, I think he meant, yeah Bobby didn’t stand a chance cause you are hawt for me. Val does the eyeroll.

Mili is telling the girls all about the letter of Baby Daddy, only she is the baby. She is going to go see the Rat Bastard who spawned her. Man this girl has some serious issues, I mean isn’t it possible that her mom could have been a two peso hooker? I mean we know she was good and true and her very life was crushed out by the evil Consti deciding to marry Luci, mother of Al the Bastard, rather than marry the girl who sleep in his bed and then washed the sheets. But to be fair, Mili doesn’t know that.

Oh yeah I almost forgot about Consti or big swingin sperminator. He is in the den, in comes Brau or Gloves. He started the whole thing by writing the anonymous letter to Mili. However, he did cover the eyes of the puppet he had sitting on his weird and creepy forty year old lap as he wrote the letter. Thank Gawd, think how awful it would be if his puppet child was forced to give testimony against him in court.
Const says he is gonna murder him, he gets ready to wail on Gloves, when in comes Padre. Oh Consti, Dude you are so going to hell, you were gonna wail on someone in front of a priest, not to mention the swearing to kill him. The Padre gets between them and the more intelligent Gloves hides behind the man tries to carry on in the footsteps of Christ. Consti this does you no favor.

Over at the office, Andrea who is sporting her fine red polyester pants, say Andrea are those not the pair, Mary Richards wore the time she almost talked back to Mr. Grant? Fortunately unlike yourself, she could make it on her own. Anyway the Spanish version of Tony Soprano and lil Meadow, have stopped by to visit, Al. The father I don’t know his name, so hey I’ll just call him Tony, puts the thumbscrews to Al. He wants to know when they have set a date for the Wedding? Al looks surprised. Flor is all going along with Daddy. Al says they are just friends. Pa says well I need a date, it can be for your Wedding or your Funeral, your choice. Flor says Pa has a black sense of humor. I gotta say after years of watching the Sopranos, Tony would have never tried to force just a big can of Cheez Whiz off on his lil girl. He would have either made him leave town or had him whacked.


I really don’t get this whole thing, I mean for once Al hasn’t even looked for a place to stash the salami, I mean at least the other girls, he slept with, well not Mili; but this chick just got out of a divorce and she looking at Al like a thirteen year old boy at a blackmarket copy of Grand Theft Auto IV.

Padre tells Consti that he should just suck it up and claim, Mili, no Consti can do no such thing the time isn’t right. Right for him that is.

Oh yeah while all this drama is going on, Karla is vacuuming up Damien’s room. She pulls on the bedspread and finds a note….A suicide note, rather than die little by little, Damien has decided to end it all. When you find my cold dead body, bury me next to next to my cold dead wife. Egads, Karla runs out, ooops I guess she forgot to tell him Consti was just joking around.

Mili goes to tell Granny she is going to see the house where Ma grew-up and encounter her Rat Bastard father. Granny tells her to take it easy, but Mili is not going to give an inch. Apparently her bad taste in clothing and manners is somehow all this poor Rat Bastard’s fault.

Mili is in dorm room she is putting on make-up and is wearing a nice dress. Consti comes in and tells her she looks nice. He looks nervous as she gets ready to go see her father. Hee Hee Hee, it is almost ironic except, I don’t think Miss Sanchez’s class has studied irony yet.

Damien is talking the long slow walk around the cemetery, he is thinking back on his sorry ass life, hey wait, I’ve seen all these memories, his son hates him cause he cause the death of Ma & Hugo’s ex-slut novia who was a cuzin boinker, how he pinned Mili up against a wall and tried to cop a feel, how he lied to poor Grammy Regina and made her believe her grandkid was alive, how he screwed his own sister over by making her think she was crazy instead of just a drunk hallucinating menopausal rich woman.
Damien pulls out a gun, & I realize I am supposed to be tense and on edge during this, but I am Bwwwwahhhaaaaing all over this scene. Cause I keep thinking the bullet will go through like his nasal canal and kill a bird who will fall on his head. Crap here comes better late than never Karla, crap that would have been a perfect Damien scene. Karla tells Damien it was a joke, Consti was just jerking his chain. Damien is furious and vows vengeance. Well so much for lamenting his past sins, unlike old whores, Damien did not seem to get religion.

Luci steps out of her room and sees Granny carting her breakfast tray down hall, she asks why Granny is doing that when they have servants. Granny says she gave Mili time off. Luci asks why and Granny says she is going to find her Father. Egads……..
Luci turns a Whiter Shade of Pale.

She picks up the phone and calls the newpaper, Extra Extra Read all about it…Consti Belmonte has a Bastard Daughter who is a Servant. Oh Snap…

Meanwhile the lil Bastard Hija gets off a bus, and it is kind of weird cause we have seen her wearing heels before, but it looks like she is going to fall off her little kitten heels. She is standing in front of the orange house that Ma & Gloves grew up in. Suddenly she feels a hand on her shoulder, we see her snarl like a feral animal and she turns around and spits right into Consti’s face.
----Have I explained before I hate this girl? Who in the hell does something like that? Spit now and ask questions later? Like it couldn’t have been some poor crippled person wanting directions? So Consti is wiping slobber off his face and she is apologizing and asks what he is doing here. Well, he just wanted to protect her and help her out and wanted to make sure everything turned out okay.
---Seriously this girl does not know this guy is her very own Rat Bastard, so how come she isn’t totally creeped out by all the attention old guy gives her. Hello, Damien is only looking out for Karla. But she thanks him and gives him a kiss on his cheek, he of course touches his cheek lingering on the place she kissed it a moment too long. She must do this alone, she sends Pa on his way.

Gloves comes in to see, Luci and she confesses she called the newspaper, Gloves is thrilled and they get into a I’ll see your bastard and raise you a bastard argument.

Nestor calls Luci, she says, she is so glad he called, she is leaving her husband.

Consti returns to the office and hey this would be a great time to cop a feel off Andrea and her bright red pants, I'm sure those pants had the same effect on Mike Brady everytime Mrs. Brady wore them, I know they had that effect on Gregg.

Hey AssHat no time for that, the newspapers have called, someone outted your bastard daughter. Now viewers if you didn’t see this think “Ricky Ricardo at his angriest spitting out Luci got some splain to do”. Andrea agrees, it must be Luci. Really Andrea, I may be giving you far too much credit considering your prior behavior, but you are way too smart for these people.

Bobby is Al’s office, whining about Val. Al always the supportive friend says I told you, she was screwing you around. Now in comes the Mafia princesses, Flor and her blonde side kick sister. The girls want to go to the Rodeo tonight. Are we seriously supposed to believe all the rich kids want to hang out at the Rodeo and get some awesome eats at the Taco Naco?

Some old lady who has apparently had a stroke sees Mili, Mili has rang the door bell of the orange house. There is no answer. The lady tells her that she has lived there forever and knows everybody. Mili asks about her mother and the old lady remembers that her daughters had a little friend who lived there and she had an older brother. However, due to the ravages of time, a stroke, a bad writing by Miss Sanchez’s class, the woman can not recall the names. She takes Mili to seem some crotchity old man, who rents the orange house, but unless she wants to buy it he won’t show it too her.

Mili goes home, happier than before at least she feels like she is closer to her family, yeah like living with them.

Anyhow she tells Granny about the old lady and that she has an Uncle. I don’t know how many of you watch Fuego, but in a Juan feeling a disturbance in the force moment Granny clutches her heart. Poor poor Granny she feels she will never see her grandchild.
Guess I was wrong---Granny’s pumping iron, but our eighth grade writers are pumping irony---
That’s okay cause Granny will always have Mili.

Mili and chiclets are going to the Rodeo.

Consti comes home and he is furious, he asks Gloves where Luci is? Gloves sends him off in the wrong direction and Gloves runs upstairs to tell Luci that Ricky is home and it’s not a 50’s sitcom, he really is going to kill her. Luci jumps up, there is screaming, yelling, Gloves is caught in the middle, Consti says he is gonna kill her. Karla comes running in clutching a suicide note…Damien is going to end it all. Okay change plots.

They are all screaming and yelling downstairs, Luci make-up is running all over her face. Nestor comes in. Luci blames Consti for killing Damien with his little joke. Consti promises to give him an awesome funeral. Nestor looks like he would like to go back to Europe. Luci calls Hugo. Pilar the needy and Hugo are me amoring over breakfast. The phone rings, Hugo says don’t answer it, it is my father and I don’t want to talk to him. Of course Pilar must answer it, it is Luci and she is crying. Hugo takes the phone and we see one of the Hitchcock Miss Sanchez moments, crazy color and camera angle, oh I get it…Hugo has been shocked into reality. Flashbacks of hating Pa, wearing the bum clothes, loving Mili, helping out in the fake losing the baby on the staircase thing with Andrea. I have to go back to Mexico is all Hugo will say.

On a lighter note over at the Rodeo, it is big dance night and there is a trip to CanCun as the prize. Lina runs off to find Rocky, Gloria goes to get her boyfiend who is helping out in Taco Naco and like a bad episode of Zena the Warrior Princess, Mili stakes a claim on Al. Flor tries to argue with her, but we all know where that is going..at least Mili doesn’t spit on her. She drags Al out on the dance floor, he looks back with a “What’s a guy to do look?”

Back at the house of screaming Luci is hissing out Murderer at Consti and Nestor is looking like man I should of just picked up a hooker in the bar.

The door opens and everyone looks like they’ve just seen a ghost…they have it is Damien just like a nagging STD, he is back.

I didn’t see the previews cause the phone rang…but I am sure once the family realizes it is really Damien, they can get back to the which Bastard is a bigger Bastard argument.

Well Consti…I teetered on your rating tonight, I’m giving you a 9 cause you didn’t beat Mili when she spit in your face, but trying to cop a feel right after that was not a point in your favor.`

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Mili catches Alejandro with Florencia at the restaurant. Ever the mature girl, she dumps a glass of water over Al's head and a plate of pasta over Flo's. There's a lot of yelling and Al tells her she's making a scene. Mili and Al exchange words and she let's him know that she knows that he's been hooking up with Flo. Flo calls for a waiter, who finally arrives and throws Mili out. Al looks upset about the whole deal.

Nestor proposes a business deal with Constancio. Connie decides to make this guy his new best friend, and invites him to stay for dinner. When Connie leaves the room for a short bit, Luci and Nestor sneak a kiss.

Valeria tells Rocky that she doesn't want their night to end and has him promise that it won't end. They kiss. Val says something, to the effect, that there will probably be only one night for them.

Nestor sets out to get Connie drunk again. It is obvious he slipped another mickey into Connie's champagne. When Connie excuses himself to the bathroom, Nestor tells Luci they should spend the night together. She's worried about Connie catching her sneaking out. Nestor tells her he'll take care of everything.

Braulio, hugging his creepy dummy, swears that his niece is going to know that she has a family.

Al takes Flo home. She asks him to stay and goes in for a kiss. He tells her it is best not to force things and he'll see her tomorrow.

Mili returns to the dorm, crying. Lina and Gloria are there to comfort her.

Nestor goes to leave, but his car isn't starting. Connie invites him to stay the night. He accepts.

Karla tells Damian he needs to leave his room. He tells her he did some internet research and his condition is only going to get worse. She encourages him to fight against it. He says he feels alone. She reminds him that she's there for him. He laments about Hugo being gone and not knowing that his father is sick. Karla urges Damian to tell his son, he says he's tried to contact him, but hasn't been able.

Val and Rocky return home. The find the champagne that Connie, Luci and Nestor were drinking. They polish off the bottle and Val invites Rocky to come up to her room.

We are treated to a series of near misses between Val & Rocky and Luci & Nestor running in the halls. To avoid Val catching her with Nestor, Luci drags him into her room. Connie starts to stir and Nestor ducks into the bathroom. Connie bellows for Luci to get him some pain relief and he heads into the shower. Of course Nestor is able to go undiscovered and he and Luci sneak off to be together.

Rocky ends up passed out for the the night in Val's bed. In the morning, she implies that they did the deed, but Rocky can't remember.

Val later meets with her witchy friends. They talk about Rocky and one of them warns her not to end up falling in love with him.

Braulio announces the mechanic has "fixed" Nestor's car---it started on the first try. Nestor says funny it wasn't working last night. Connie tells him it must have been because they were drinking.

Nestor sneaks back into the house after he made his exit. He ends up in Luci's room, he wanted to tell her goodbye.

Rocky tells Horacio that he doesn't remember what happened with Val.

Mili takes pills into Connie and she wants to spill her guts to him. He's not in the mood and she pouts because he's said that he'd always be there for her.

Rocky tells Bobby that Val is going to end it with him. Val and her friends arrive and she acts like she has no idea where Rocky is coming from. Rocky urges her to tell Bobby that she's in love with him, Rocky!

Brau brings Mili a letter. She reads it in front of Connie. It is a letter about her parents. It tells where her mother grew up and mentions that her father is near and she'll be finding out who he is soon. Connie sends looks that kill in Brau's direction. Connie warns Mili that the person who sent it could have malintentions. Mili says she's got no one and nothing, so why would anyone do something bad to her.

Val tells Rocky that nothing happened between them. Rocky is crushed, he told her his hopes and dreams. He says they spent the night together. The girls all laugh and Rocky can't understand why Val would laugh at him. Rocky leaves and Bobby urges Val to have Rocky fired. Val says he's harmless.

Brau notices an ashtray in Luci's bedroom. He tells Luci she's glowing and that he knows that neither she or Connie smoke. Luci looks worried, but Brau assures her that he's not going to say a thing to Connie about Nestor.

Damian apologizes to Karla for treating her bad. He also tells Connie he wishes him well and asks him to say good-bye to his sister. Connie is impatient with all of this, he's on a mission to find Braulio. Damian leaves and Karla tells Connie she's worried about Damian. Connie tells her to tell him it was all a joke----Connie's payback to Damian for faking his cancer in the first place.

Mili meets with Padre Manuel and tells him about the letter. She's going to go find out where her mother grew up. END OF EPISODE

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Hugo and Soledad continue the conversation they started on Friday's episode.
H: (with his hair done as Alcides) I would like to believe you. I would like to believe you.
S: It’s not me that is speaking to you, it's my soul. It hurts me so much to look in your eyes. Because my feelings are as confused as my own heart.
She runs out of the room. Hugo follows.

Marina tells Eloisa that she must have meant that her boss is Alcides. Eloisa replies that she knows perfectly well that Hugo is pretending to be his twin brother Alcides. She says, from now on let’s take off our masks because I only want to hire you and the only thing you have to do to make yourself rich is to answer a few questions.

Paquito tells Rebeca that he would bet anything that there is no gold in the cursed mine and the whole thing is nothing but a lie. Rebeca says if that is so, they will end up in the street. What’s going to happen in San Marino is very bad, but you have to outsmart them. I’ll beat Hugo to it. Rebeca asks what he means. He says that before the mine is revealed to be a fraud, he will take a big chunk of it. Hugo will have to pay for his silence. Hugo de Medina will have to pay.

Lucas asks why Ester doesn’t answer. He assumes that his accusations are correct – Soledad is Jeremias’ daughter. Ester says that she know he doesn’t believe her words but she assures him that Soledad is his daughter. Lucas calls her a liar. She begs him to believe her. He asks how he could believe her when Jeremias gave her this big house. He screams at her to tell him the truth. He loves Soledad more than everything in the world but Ester has to tell him whether Soledad is Jeremias’ daughter or not.

Michelle wants to visit Alcides and Andres says that he will take her there after fencing practice. She asks Dr. Dan to be the judge.

The scene in the rain (Hugo waited to put up his hair in Hugo’s style before he ran outside and is wearing the rings he was buried in.)
S: Let me go. You don’t realize what I’ve suffered. I shiver when I’m near you. I get goose bumps because I feel like I’m kissing Hugo. I feel that Hugo didn’t die when I’m near you.
H: Then believe that Hugo didn’t die. I am Hugo.
They kiss again.

Ester tells Lucas that she thought her daughter would be better off if Jeremias thought she was his daughter. Lucas says that Ester was always greedy. He worked all day but that wasn’t enough for her (Ester said before that he was drunk all the time, not working). She only cared about appearances, about how she appeared to society. Ester tries again to get Lucas to listen to her. She says that they had nothing and if Jeremias thought Soledad was his daughter, he would give Ester a house so that the child would be in a financially stable environment. Lucas doesn’t believe her. He calls her an evil being, a shameless prostitute. She slaps him and he slaps her back. Ester says that is the first time he has hit her. (She told Rebeca yesterday that when Lucas was drunk, he mistreated her – sloppy writing or lies?). She tells him to get out of the house. Lucas says that of course he’ll get out of Jeremias’ house. He warns her to say nothing to Soledad about this. Lucas remembers Soledad as a little girl.

More kissing in the rain.
H: You’ve always slapped me when I kissed you. Do it if it makes you feel better.
S: No, I only want to do this. (she kisses him again and pulls away.)
H: Hold on. Don’t leave. I don’t want you to leave.
S: I have to leave, Alcides. I have to clear my thoughts. Let me go.
H: Tell me something before you leave. If you loved Hugo that much, why were you unfaithful to him? Why did you have a baby with me? With Alcides. Why?
S: I was never unfaithful to Hugo, not even in my thoughts. Aurora is Hugo’s daughter.
She leaves Hugo standing there like he was hit by a ton of bricks.

Soledad goes to the cemetery and when she gets there she’s all dry and her hair is combed. She kneels at Hugo’s tomb. Hugo follows her and listens from behind a tree.
She speaks to dead Hugo –
S: I kissed your brother today. I never thought I would betray your memory. But I did. Please forgive me. I let you down. Forgive me. Your brother Alcides has been very good to your daughter and to me. Oh god, please help me because I don’t know what to do. The truth is that for the first time since you left, my heart is filled with love again. Even if I wanted to turn back time and even if I wanted to have you here. I know you’re not coming back.
Hugo looks like he finally realizes what he has done to Soledad by not telling her he was alive all this time.
Soledad flashes back to her courtship with Hugo including the gift of the locket, his death and burial.
S: Forgive me, my love but I can’t continue to live in a lie – awaiting your return when I know that you’ll never come back. That’s why I have made a decision but I want you to know that whatever happens, you will be in my heart, always. She takes the locket and leaves it on Hugo’s grave and leaves.
Hugo takes the locket. (He is no longer wearing the rings he was buried in.)
H: Soledad always loved me. Always.

Michelle and Andres fence while Dr. Dan watches. Arturo sees her too. He asks a hotel employee for the name of the guest. The guy tells him that her name is Michelle Phillips, a very rich woman from a northern city. Arturo asks if either of the guys with her are her husband. The guy doesn’t think so; they have separate rooms. Arturo says to himself that the celebration for Soledad will be perfect opportunity to meet Michelle Phillips.

Soledad, Ursula and the baby come to the Obragon house. Soledad tells Ester that she wants to be alone. Ester asks Ursula what’s going on. Ursula says that the only thing she knows is that Soledad is having problems with Alcides. Ursula asks where Lucas is. She doesn’t get an answer.

Lucas comes to Rebeca’s dressing room. She asks if he has received an invitation to Alcides’ party for Soledad. She thinks it will be a great party. Finally, she notices that Lucas is upset. Lucas says that she was right. Soledad isn’t his daughter. Rebeca is impactada.

In the cemetery, Hugo remembers a whole lot of happy times with Soledad when he was pretending to be Alcides.
H: I let rage and jealousy take me over and I made one mistake after another, one mistake after another. For what? I just realized that Soledad always loved me. I was stupid, so stupid. I have to put an end to this vengeance plan because Soledad thinks she is falling in love with Alcides. She doesn’t suspect that I’m Hugo, that I’m still alive and I never stopped loving her. My God, Aurora is my daughter. She’s our daughter.
Hugo pushes over his tombstone.
H: No more lies. I’m alive. Hugo is alive.

Paquito comes to see Alcides. Marina tells him that he isn’t home. Paquito says that he will verify that for himself. Boris tells him to get out and Paquito responds that he knows that Alcides is really Hugo. “Tell him to come see me,” he says to Boris and leaves.

Hugo has gotten dressed. He comes into his bedroom (with his hair in the Alcides style) and finds Eloisa there. He asks what she is doing there and who gave her permission to come in. She says that she came in by the secret passage. She has come to speak to him about Arturo and the investors in the mine. She notices that he looks like he has been crying. Hugo tells her to leave. He says that he is not in the mood to talk to anyone. He starts to forcibly make her leave and she calls him Hugo and says that she knows perfectly well that he is Hugo. She explains how Paquito had a drawing made of the skull that was in his grave and it was the skull of Miguel, the gravedigger. Hugo tells her to leave again. “Aren’t you afraid that Soledad will find out that you have been lying to her all this time?” asks Eloisa. Hugo replies, “Soledad will find out I am Hugo because I will tell her myself.”

Soledad is with her baby.
S: I love you and you are the most important person to me. I want you to have a family, a father who loves you and makes you happy like I had when I was a little girl. That’s why I have made a decision today. I promise you that I will always, always tell you about your father but Alcides will raise you as your father. I hope you’ll forgive me one day. I just want the best for you and I promise you that from now forward I will only think about you, your future and your happiness. It’s the only thing that matters. I love you.

Eloisa tells Hugo that Soledad will hate him for lying to her. “ If she does, I deserve it,” replies Hugo. (Get her out of your bedroom!!!) Eloisa says that she doesn’t know why Hugo impersonated Alcides but no one can find out about it. There would be scandal. Hugo would go to jail; people would hate him. Hugo gives her one more chance to leave voluntarily and then he drags her out. (Get that secret passage sealed up!)

In the ML’s dressing room, Lucas has fallen off the wagon. What a completely useless human being he is. Rebeca says that Ester doesn’t deserve him. He should leave her house and divorce her, no matter the scandal. She urges him to punish Ester. Have her thrown out of the house since it isn’t even hers. Lucas says that maybe she is right. He passes out and Rebeca says to herself that the house has to be hers. She will tear it down brick by brick until she finds the treasure.

Michelle and Andres call on Alcides. Boris asks who she is. Michelle gives her name and says that she has come to the city about a cure for catalepsy. Hugo comes into the hall (with his hair now in the Hugo style) dragging Eloisa. He is impactado on seeing Michelle (gag – this witch has her own song?). Eloisa leaves. Boris tells Hugo that Michelle wants to speak with him. Hugo apologizes to her for his rudeness but he isn’t able to see anyone now. He excuses himself. She says that she was a patient of old Dr. Chirac and like his daughter, she had catalepsy. “Let me guess,” says Hugo, “he cured you and now you want to give me a miracle cure for a large sum of money.” He excuses himself and tells Boris to follow him.

Paquito is waiting for Eloisa. He says that he knew she wouldn’t fulfill their deal. What was she doing in Hugo’s house? Paquito guesses that Hugo threw Eloisa out and Eloisa guesses that Hugo refused to be blackmailed by Paquito. They start fighting with one another.

Ursula tells Soledad that she has been very quiet since she got to the house and asks if she is ok. She says that her heart is at peace. Finally, she is able to go on with the rest of her life. She tells Ursula that she knows better than anyone that she hasn’t given herself the chance to love someone and she has been afraid all this time that Alcides would take Hugo’s place. But she has been thinking that doesn’t make any sense. She can’t be faithful to the memory of a man who is dead and will never return. Ursula says that she is sure that wherever Hugo is, he knows that Soledad loved him and he wants her to go on with her life. Ursula urges her to go ahead and do it, be the joyful person she used to be. Her daughter has the right to see that side of her. Soledad agrees. She says that from this day forward, her life will change. She will give Alcides a chance and who knows she might be happy with him. Ursula says that she won’t regret it. Alcides has changed a lot and is a good man and here is the latest evidence of it. She shows Soledad the invitation to the celebration. Soledad is excited that Alcides would do something like that and asks Ursula to find her best dress. She wants Alcides to be proud when she stands by his side at the celebration. She says that everything will change. From now on, she will be the wife of Alcides.

Marina flashes back to Eloisa’s offer of money for info on Hugo. She slithers up to Michelle and apologizes for Hugo’s behavior. If they tell her what they came for, maybe she can get Hugo to meet with them. Michelle tells her to tell Hugo that, strange as is it may sound, she has the cure for the disease that his daughter suffers. She leaves. Marina says to herself that with a cure for catalepsy, the woman could cure Hugo. Eloisa will be pay well for that information.

Paquito doesn’t kill Eloisa, which is what I was hoping for. Eloisa tells Paquito that she has a source of information about Hugo but she won’t tell him who it is. She says that with the information this person gets, she is sure that they will find a way to blackmail Hugo.

Hugo (with his hair done like Alcides) is in his study with Boris:
B: Are you sure that you want to tell them that you are Hugo de Medina? If you tell the truth, everyone will know that you have been lying and you may have trouble with the authorities.
H: I have to accept the consequences of my actions. I have to accept that the Plan of Vengeance was a stupid idea. I ended up harming the people I love.
B: Soledad is a woman of strong character. If you tell her the truth, she’ll never forgive you.
H: I know but I don’t have an alternative. She loves me anyway. I’ll find her tonight and tell her the absolute truth. I’m sure she will forgive me.
Marina comes in with the invitation to the celebration. Hugo reads it.
H: Alcides de Medina is throwing a party in honor of Soledad.
B: That’s impossible
H: It means that Alcides has returned. My brother Alcides has returned. He’s back.

Soledad is in the bath. Ursula says that she looks lovely. Alcides will be happy to see her. Soledad says that as of today, she only belongs to Alcides, the man who loves her so much.

Everybody’s getting ready for the celebration in scenes mostly without any dialog. Yeah!

Hugo is getting ready too (his hair is in the Hugo style). He tells Boris that he has to get there before his brother. He is sure it is a trap.

Everyone is at the celebration. Arturo is looking for Michelle and he tells Hercu-less (first time we’ve seen him ages) that it will be good day for him. Eloisa warns Paquito not to use this occasion to reveal Hugo’s identity. Paquito says that his instincts tell him something interesting will happen here. Michelle tells Dr. Dan that since they’ve struck out with Alcides, they will make contact with Soledad. Michelle wants to meet her and tell her that her purpose in being in town is to cure her daughter’s catalepsy. Antonia tells Dr. Max that he is unrecognizable. He says that he got dressed up at her request and it feels very strange.

Soledad arrives in a beautiful blue and green gown. Paquito announces to everyone that Soledad has arrived and calls for applause. Michelle introduces herself to Soledad. She introduces Dr. Dan who is very gallant. Michelle says that she needs to speak to Soledad. At that moment, Soledad excuses herself; her husband has arrived. Hugo gets out of the carriage and comes up to Soledad. He says, “Where is he?” “Who?” asks Soledad. “Where is he?” repeats Hugo. Eloisa tells Hugo that it is a nice idea for him to give a celebration for his wife. Paquito announces another arrival. Hugo stands there like he is bracing himself for a blow. Out of the carriage steps Alcides in an outfit that reminds me of what John Travolta wore in Saturday Night Live. The credits roll.

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Willa trying her new sombrero look


This is going to be unbelievably brief my friends. I don't know which is more exhausted: the plot lines of this program or me after a two day art show. Feel free to add any details. Therefore, we resume with Juan dreaming about a night of passion with Paula. We get to see once more how much more handsome he is with shorter hair. They present a pretty picture of a pretty couple.

But on to the quest for employees and employment. This episode had just two main threads. While the army of potential vice presidents swarms the lizard lounge at Farrell, the vegetable market will never be the same after Angarita installs the latest Cachon family member.

Juan seems really excited to complete his function as president and sits proudly beside Paula. Notice that they are in her office not his (power struggle mistake number one). Paula is loaded for bear with her best cocktail office dress and with her soft luscious curls, we see the only scintilla of softness. Juan sets up offerings of marshmallows and bottled water. The first victim, errr make that candidate is Fernando. He comes in excited and hopeful, but in a few minutes of Paula is tearing down his confidence about his lack of knowledge of international business, he can't tell the difference between Micronesia and Indonesia. He walks out bowed over to be consoled by ever sweet and supportive Marely who tries to put Humpty Dumpty together again. Paula licks her lips with the first taste of blood. Juan would like her to be more gentle but she defends her aggressive behavior as a sign of her superior management talent necessary to find the adequate candidate for the vice presidency.

Somewhere in here we get the scene of Cesar Luis letting Sandro know that he will be the one to show up for the interview in his new hair color and self assured swagger that should be a dead give away but he is convinced that these idiots won't be any the wiser and he can ace the interview with his brilliance. He looks forward to the next steps of his master vengeance plan.

Next in the firing line is Pastor Gaytan. He is sure he is the candidate of choice but after she points out that he has nothing in his curriculum vitae to demonstrate appropriate preparation or prior experience for this post, Paula crushes him with the remembrance that he was responsible for arranging to buy the pirated software and he was also the one who betrayed the firm and plotted to aid his brother Angarita in competition with Farrell during his brief absence from the firm. His head is so low it's a miracle his toupee doesn't fall off as he slinks past Marely.

Heriberto comes in all ranchero con gusto only to stumble through his pathetic attempt to make an animal joke. He actually seems to think that his farming experience with cattle, and chickens will make him an effective vice president. Paula spares no feelings and goes straight for the jugular once again. Heriberto complains that Juan intimated this was a slam dunk for him. Juan looks like his collar suddenly got too tight. It's hard to deflate this big boy but he too leaves crest fallen. He and Pastor commiserate in Pastor's office. Pastor offers a conciliatory drink in an elegant tiny snifter, but Heri grabs the bottle and gulps until he nearly chokes on the hot burning liquid courage.

Some other candidates that look like unsuspecting innocents go through to the office and back out again as if there were a turnstile to rush them through by centrifugal force. Laura shows up demanding to be seen right away insinuating that ladies should go first. She doesn't get anywhere fast but a seat in the Liz-Lounge with the other wannabees. Laura and Paula are finally face to face in an almost funny scene with Juan hoping he doesn't have to do physical referee work to separate these two. Paula does maintain the same line of referring to the CV which has none of the right qualifications. Laura has more chutzpah than all the men combined and faces off not only the looks that could kill from Paula but has the nerve to say she was assured by Juan this was all but hers. Laura is furious with Juan afterwards for not defending her but he counters with surprise that she led him to believe she knew much more about business practices. She leaves furious still and I don't know how CL/Sandro hid well enough that she didn't take notice of him.

But the biggest swagger of the day belongs to Cesar Luis. He forgets his Sandro characteristics so frequently he draws astounded looks from everyone but he was right, no one has the brains or the nerve to confront him. Marely sweetly let him know that he invited her just yesterday to use tu with him when he strikes out nastily at her for her familiarity. He recovers but just barely to try to act nervous and excuse his aggressions. However, when he enters Paula's office to face the two headed interview machine, he sweeps Paula off her game by brilliantly spouting plans and a sweeping knowledge of the international market that only CL could know. She bats her eyes and tells him how much she agrees with his views. Juan thought sweats that he can't even follow most of the discussion and continues to look at Sandro with rightful suspicion.

Meanwhile interspersed with these scenes we see Nidia make the following first day impressions: She comes in very late, but with plenty of attitude even trying to kiss up to Angarita. When he asserts command of his own business, she mocks him and acts disinterested and superior about the explanation of her duties which are simply limited to answering the phone, taking messages, coordinating the deliveries arriving and shipments out and all the activities of the other employees AND taking care of baby Nidia Michaela. And what does she do as soon as Angarita disappoint her by taking Yadira out for a round of visiting suppliers? She chats with Ana blocking the company phone so long that Kike has to go find a pay phone to do any business. Then she cleans up at the poker table (her desk instantly converts) with Remolacho and several innocents, using fruit for poker chips until Remolacho says he owes her half of his semi-monthly pay already and the game ends but near the end of the day. She barely pays attention to the baby. She take the phone off the hook to avoid interrupting the hot poker game. Then she calls poor old Lorenzo and sweet talks him for further distraction. All of this outrageous behavior on Angarita's dime or peso.

Back at the end of the day and the end of the episode, Paula assures Juan that Sandro is the only one with the correct CV, experience and self confidence to assume this vice president's role. Juan looks worried about all the other candidates hoping for his support and proclaims that he can't make this huge decision so fast. Next time: surely we will enjoy a showdown on whose choice will prevail. Want to take any bets?

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Juan, still scruffy, sweaty, and covered with enough mud to make even Pig-Pen blush is visiting Libia’s grave. He still thinks of her as his baby sister and he’s brought her a toy burro that he shakes like a rattle for her. A single yellow flower is beginning to bloom on the thorn bush they planted on her grave and fertilized with their blood. (Nice touch, though a bit gruesome when you think about it.) He weeps as he tells her that even though time has passed none of her brothers can forget her and they miss her more and more. He swears to her again that they will avenge her death.

At the hacienda Eva and Grampa Augie are talking in his bedroom. He accuses her of knowing more about the new bricklayers building that cottage than she lets on. Gramps says he saw her giving those plans to Juan and wants to know why she is protecting them and just who they really are. Eva stutters out some excuse about having something else to do and races out of the room. Old Augie is left yelling in his wheelchair for her to come back and tell him.

We beam back to town and we’re back in the “boys’” squalid little bedroom getting to gawk at Franco in his bulging skivvies. Oscar is sprawled out on his bed. (At this point, I’d say Oscar’s only saving grace is that he’s the one brother who apparently knows what to do with a razor.) He looks over at Juan who’s ruminating again. “Why so pensive, bro?” Juan says he’s been tying up loose ends and adding up the facts. He thinks he’s found a way to carry through their oath of revenge. He’s been thinking back to Augie mentioning that what Bernardo loved most was his daughters and says they will be the target of their revenge.

Franco doesn’t quite get it. Oscar explains to him that Juan is thinking of making Bernardo’s daughters fall in love with them, then playing them along and abandoning them afterward. Juan says they’ll devastate them just like Elizondo did to their sister. Franco objects. “He loved our sister!” Juan argues with him. “That’s what that Eva woman says, but we don’t know that! Besides the old guy lied to her and didn’t tell her he was married. That’s our plan. We’ll pay the old man back in the same way. We’ll seduce them, win their hearts, and then chuck them out like they are…..” Juan doesn’t finish the sentence (but you can fill in the blank). “Yes, that’s what we’re going to do.”

Back at the hacienda that night Gramps is merrily singing to himself and playing dress-up with a vaquero bow-tie. Crabiela flies in on her broomstick to see what all the commotion is about. Augie excitedly tells her he’s laying out his traditional gaucho garb (charro) so he can show off in front of the girls at the rodeo tomorrow. Crabiela whooshes around on that broom and grabs the shirt and tie away from him. She tells him he’s not going anywhere. (Gabriela’s inner b!tch is in her element and this potboiler is now cooking with propane!) Poor old Augie deflates. “You can’t do this to me! Why can’t I go? What’s so bad about it?” He complains that he never gets to go out anywhere. (What a tug at the heart-strings.)

Crabiela yells back at Augie that it’s because he doesn’t know how to behave himself and he’s always doing something embarrassing in public. She says she thinks he’s putting on this crazy act just to annoy her. It’s mostly though, she says, because of him taking her daughters down to meet those bricklayers. “My daughters have no reason to socialize with those bricklayers, much less with them being servants! They’re a different class and brought up differently.” Augie objects and says her daughters are grown decent girls. He warns her that if she continues to treat them this way they’ll end up running off with the first man that suggests it. Gabbi is adamant that that will never happen since she is going to be in charge of finding them a proper husband. Augie scoffs and says yeah, just like the one she chose for Sofia. Gabbi instantly sticks up for that south-end-of-a-northbound-horse son-in-law of hers.

Augie, who likely still has most of his wits about him, lays the hard…bottomed truth on her. “She doesn’t love him! For Gawd’s sake, you bought Sofia’s husband to cover up her disgrace. Like always, the only thing that worries you is keeping up appearances.” Augie pleads for her to let the other two girls choose their own husbands and be happy, but she says she knows what’s best for them. Augie sneers and says Gabbi never knew what was best even for herself. She didn’t know how to keep her husband and so he went looking for another woman to find what she wouldn’t give him. (Good one, Pops!) Gabbi accuses him of taking pleasure in hurting her. He insists she’s mistaken, that he’s only trying to take the blinders off her. “Because you were so unhappy shouldn’t mean you should be so persistent as to make them miserable too!” Gabbi doesn’t want to hear any more and says she is not letting him corrupt her daughters with his evil tricks and then locks him inside his bedroom. He screams for her not to lock in him like that. (Class, can you say “parental abuse”?)

The scene shifts to Sarita and Jimena’s bedroom. Sarita can’t stop thinking about her first encounter with Franco. Jimena comes in and is definitely in hormone heaven. She says she wants to talk about those bricklayers again, but Sarita balks at that says she’s got no interest in discussing them. Jimena accuses her of having a crush on Franco. Sarita denies is and says she hardly even got a good look at him. Jimena asks who’s she kidding, and tells her to imagine what it would feel like to have one of them hold them tightly in their strong arms. Sarita covers her ears at all the “naughty” speculation but deep down is just as curious as Jimena.

Back in the Reye’s brothers’ itty-bitty bedroom Franco wonders what that cottage is to be used for and by whom. Juan says he doesn’t know and doesn’t care. All of a sudden we’re face to face with the aforementioned “who”, that being Fernando now looking smugly around Sofia’s bedroom while she turns down her covers and gets ready for bed. He gets his digs in by telling her he can’t wait for the cottage to be completed; that it’s going to be their little lo-o-o-ve nest. Sofia with the perfect pained expression says there’s no way she’s going to live there with him and blurts out that she wants a divorce. Feo emphatically answers “Never!” No! They’re going to be together for the rest of their lives, a fate worse than death for Sofia. He paws at her face. “So you better learn to love me.” She yells at him in frustration that “Love is felt, not learned!” “--Well you’re going to be mine with or without it.”

Back at the Reyes’ again Franco is now dressed and going to the cantina. Juan tells him to be careful since girls like that singer usually have an “owner”. Franco says she’s only working there as a singer, just trying to make a living and should be respected for it. Juan tells him to be careful anyway. Oscar goes out right after and says he’ll be late.
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That night in bed Sofia finds it difficult to get to sleep because all she can think about it Juan’s big smile. Juan is exhausted from all that planning of his. They both are restless and end up looking up at the moon on a split screen simultaneously. (Well, it worked in Desti.)

Meanwhile Oscar goes to visit Libia’s grave and lays a little boy’s sombrero that was to have been her little boy’s. He blames himself for never taking as good care of her as he should have. He feels he should be the one lying dead in that grave and not her. He falls face down onto her grave and cries.

Over at the cantina Franco is watching Rosario’s act. Once it’s over Armando and his goons grab Franco. Armando tells him he warned him not to come around there again, but Franco says it’s a business and he’s a customer. Franco admits he’s there because he is in love with her but insists they aren’t going to separate the two of them. Armando laughs and says he’s in charge of throwing out the rubbish and the butch women (meaning Franco). Armando’s goon squad drags him outside. Inside her dressing room Rosario tells Ofelia she’s worried about Franco after the look she saw on Armando’s face tonight. Ofelia asks her if she’s in love with him but Rosario says with a look at her child’s picture that she cannot fall in love with him, nor anybody, and she shouldn’t!! Ofelia will have to keep him from coming to see her.

Outside the cantina, Armando and the boys throw Franco down onto a hay bale. Armando warns him that next time there won’t be any warning; he will be a dead man. He aims his gun and shoots it off to the side just to emphasize the seriousness of his threat. The goons snicker and yuk it up with Armando and walk off. Franco swears to himself that nothing and nobody is going to separate him from Rosario.

The next morning Oscar, Juan and Franco are at work at the hacienda. Oscar teases Franco about being in love with Rosario. Juan reminds them that no one is allowed to fall in love. The only women that should interest them right now are Bernardo’s daughters because they are the way they plan to get even with Bernardo.

Inside the hacienda Sofia, Jimena and Sarita are ready for the fiesta and identically dressed in red and white traditional costumes that make them look like iced gingerbread cookies. Big Momma comes down the staircase to make an entrance and reminds them they are to stick to her like Elmer’s. Jimena and Sarita tell Momma that there are numerous guests and they cannot be rude; they’ll have to meet and greet them like proper hostesses. Gabbi says fine, just keep in sight. Angelic Sofia is excited and pipes up that the charity event will probably raise twice the cash as last year’s did.

Just then Juan barges in and says he’s needing cash for more materials. Gabbi tells him in no uncertain terms he and the others are not allowed to enter her home again, especially unless authorized to do so. She has him follow her into her office. Juan gets off a quick smile to Sofia and she can’t help but smile back at him. Outside Franco and Oscar ask one of the ranch hands what the hubbub is all about. He tells him that there’s a huge party which all the ranchers around have come for and a rodeo with a cash prize.

Juan gets back and tells his brothers that the old biddy got angry because no men are allowed to enter the house it seems. Oscar tells him about the rodeo and asks if he’s interested in riding in it. They watch a couple of the Elizondo girls walking then notice Fernando there talking to the guests. They wonder who he really is since he’s so close to the widow and seems to have a lot of authority. Oscar thinks he’s maybe a nephew or something.

Padre Tadeo comes over to see what the Reyes brothers are doing there and they explain they’re the bricklayers for the cottage. Tadeo warms to them immediately and says he’s aware of the project. He wonders, of course, why he’s never seen them in Church and Juan answers there’s no time for that sort of thing. Tadeo replies there is always time for God. He asks why they aren’t inside at the horse show and they snicker like who’s going to let them go to a big shindig like that. Tadeo says it’s for everyone and gives them red armbands that will allow them to come in and participate as designated members of the Hacienda San Augustin. Once Tadeo leaves Juan says if they hurry and get some of their work done they’ll still have time to get in on the festivities.

Before the rodeo begins, there’s entertainment and Rosario, all basketball bulges and boas, sings for the crowd. She gets off to a good start but freezes when she sees nasty ol’ Nando sitting up in the stands though she eventually gets over the initial shock and finishes her song. Nando sees it’s her and is angry with Armando for bringing her to the hacienda to perform, but Armando says he didn’t hire her for it and didn’t know the first thing about it.

Outside Oscar returns and tells Juan he’s heard that old Don Augustin has been locked in his room by the nasty Elizondo widow and won’t be allowed to come down for the festivities. They both feel it’s unfair. They go around to his window and throw pebbles up at the balcony and try to think of a way to get him down since they aren’t allowed inside. Augie is fully dressed and hoping for a miracle. He begs them to let him out. While Rosario entertains the crowd Juan climbs up the balcony with a rope and they lower Augie down in his wheelchair. Augie is elated.

Meanwhile, Rosario’s set is finished and she’s introduced to the Elizondo’s. She is impactada to find out that Feo Nando is Sofia’s husband. Sofia kindly invites her to stay for the show but Rosario declines. Feo walks her out by way of the stables to slap her around first. Then he throws her out. He looks around and sees Bernardo’s horse tied up in the stall. Just for spite he goes into its stall and whips it mercilessly. (This guy definitely deserves to be put in one of the circles of Hell with a wild horse trampling him for all eternity.)

The rodeo festivities begin. Eventually two of the Reyes’ arrive, dressed in what passes for their best shirts and breeches, to see the rodeo. Oscar tips his sombrero at Jimena. Gramps has rolled himself to the center of the arena and begins to sing (horribly off-key we note). Sofia and Gabbi are shocked to see him there. Sofia seems to find the humor in it eventually, but Gabbi is ready to spit horseshoe nails. Sofia happens to glance over her shoulder during the commotion and sees Juan, who flirtatiously tips his sombrero at her. (Darn those sombreros are huge! Doesn’t it make ya wonder if the size of this particular accessory is a sort of macho implication about the size of the wearer's other male accessories?)

Meanwhile, outside the arena Rosario is racing to her car. Franco notices and runs after her trying to get her attention but she ignores him, or doesn’t see him. Ofelia arrives a couple seconds later behind her and warns off Franco for everyone’s sake. They drive off. He’s puzzled.

Back at the rodeo Gramps is literally tipping the bottle and continues to bellow and neigh his heart out till Padre Tadeo gets a couple of men to take him away. He makes a good save by introducing Sofia to the crowd. She gives her little welcome speech while Juan looks on completely mesmerized. Again she glances over at him and smiles. You could knock Juan over with a feather.

The competition begins. The announcer eventually comes to tell the crowd that so far nobody has been able to win the death pass competition. Franco arrives about then and nods to Sarita.

Armando starts looking for Fernando who is somewhere on the grounds of the hacienda with his poker pals, the ones he owes money. ‘Nando offers them double or nothing for the money he has brought to pay them and a game gets going.

A while later there is still no one who has won the death pass competition; so they’ve doubled the purse. Juan decides to try for it and Sofia is enthralled by his daring. Juan wins the competition. (Kudos to the stunt riders, by the way.) There are plenty of cheers. Mariachi music blares. Children come out into the arena to walk a victory lap with him. Someone comes out riding Bernardo’s horse. It frantically rears and then starts to trample one of the children. Juan lies down and covers the child with his body taking the blows from the horse’s hooves. The boy is saved but Juan is injured, so his brothers carry him off to the stable to rest. Against her mother’s objections Sofia races over to the stable to check on him while Tadeo blocks Gabbi’s tackle by telling her that as the hostess of the event it is Sofia’s duty to see about the rider.

Franco and Oscar leave Juan on a hay bale while they go for medicine to clean his head wound. Juan, starts to doze off. Sofia comes over. She is inexplicably drawn to him and dares herself to touch his face. As she pulls her hand back from his lips he suddenly wakes and grabs her arm, startling her. “You?” he says in disbelief. She explains she was worried for him after what the horse had done to him. He sits up, “Really?” She just stares into his eyes. He’s helpless and goes with the moment. He looks at her mouth and says, “Really? I interest you?” He leans in and they are about to kiss but the moment is lost when nasty ‘Nando comes in yelling for her from the other end of the stable.

When Fernando finds her with Juan, now standing up and tucking in his shirt, she explains to him that Juan was banged around and that she came to look in on him. Fernando feigns compassion and patronizingly says, “Well, but we have servants for this. Your duty is to remain next to me, next to your… husband.” Juan stops in his tracks, wide-eyed and sucker-punched impactado. Sofia looks over at Juan visibly ashamed of her earlier behavior. He looks back over at her and scowls.

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Hi everybody, I’m substituting once more for Jeanne, I’m sorry for the delay. As always we start with a little rehash from last Thursday. This has been copied from Sylvia’s recap.

Nidia and Lorenzo are still on their stupid date when Nidia remembers she has to go home right away, it's time to eat and nobody knows where she is. Lorenzo gives her his phone number and kisses her hand. (Oh my, do we suppose that this number will be discovered at an inopportune moment?)Fer goes to Juan's office and divulges that none other than Marely was asking for details on Juan's mystery woman. Juan is impressed. His little rose garden is jealous!No no no, Fernando corrects him. Marely is neither jealous nor a gossip. Fer suspects that someone is behind Marely pulling the strings and that someone is Paula. Juan smiles broadly, aha!!Juan goes to Paula's office and he's holding a red folder. He preens and tells her he had an absolutely delicious lunch. The snails were exquisite and the company divine. Paula snaps back that she's busy, what does he want?Juan reveals that he has another applicant for the VP job. She is a Very Dear Friend so will Paula accept the resume? Paula opens the folder and is muy impactada at the name. "Laura Berrocal is your friend?" she asks, dismayed and put-out.

Today’s show

Paula is very upset; she can’t believe Juan could be helping Laura after all she did to her. Juan asks her to calm down and explain to him what happened. Paula tells him that Laura befriended her mother just to spy on her. Juan asks her if maybe she is confusing her with somebody else. Paula yells that she is sure it is the same one and adds that she won’t accept her application. This makes Juan mad; they fight about Sandro and Laura’s application. –You accepted CL twin’s application “por tus pistolas” (just because you wanted to. Lit for your guns), and now I’m accepting Laura’s application “por mis pistolas” –Are you challenging me? --No you are challenging me (This sounds so much like the arguments mi kids have “you touched me. –No you touched me. –No you touched me first…”) Finally Juan tries to reason with Paula. –If I take Laura’s application is not to upset you, is because I owe her a favor, can you understand that? –Is Laura the mysterious woman? Juan just looks mysterious and doesn’t answer.

Angarita goes to the Chachon residence. He finds Nidia just outside of the house. He tells Nidia that he wants to talk to her. Nidia says that she doesn’t want to talk to him. Anga says he is trying to help her and she is being rude. Nidia says that she doesn’t need his help –aren’t you looking for a job? Nidia says yes. –Well I’m coming to offer you a job. Cara impactada de Nidia.

Juan is back in his office talking to Fer. Fer wants to know what happened because he looks really bad. Juan explains that Paula got very upset when he asked her to take Laura’s application, because Paula hates her and he didn’t know. Fer tells Juan that he is concerned that Juan has another candidate for the Job. Juan tells him no to worry, Fer has all the advantages, because he knows the company and he is young. Fer is not too sure.

Nidia has recovered nicely from her initial surprise. She tells Anga that she is very upset and she won’t forgive him just because he is offering a job. Anga reminds her that she needs the money and he is not going to beg her to work for him. Nidia takes a softer line and asks him what she would be doing. Anga tells her that he needs a secretary. –Isn’t Yadira doing that? Anga tells her that Yadira helps by visiting the clients and doing the accounting. Kike does the delivery and remolacha is not efficient at answering the phones. He needs somebody to helping with the phones and taking care of the warehouse. Nidia gets excited and accepts. Right then Delirio shows up, he is very upset. Nidia tells him to go inside the house. Delirio refuses and calls Angarita names. Nidia explains to him that Anga came to offer her a job and that she has accepted. As of tomorrow she is working in the Market Place.

Paula is talking to Marely in her office; she is fuming and tells her that Juan is always trying to impose his will. Marely tells her to calm down, what could be so bad that she is in such a state. Paula tells her that Juan had the gall to ask her to consider his lover’s application for the most important job in Farrell. Marely is impactada, and tells Paula that they (Marely and Paula) can’t allow it. Paula tells her that Juan doesn’t care and he said that he was going to call her any way. Marely wants to know who the mysterious woman is. Paula tells her that is Laura, Monica’s cousin, the one that spied on Ana and her.

Delirio and Nidia are still arguing. Delirio tells her that his decision of not letting her work at the Market is irrevocable. He won’t let her work with that “vedulero” (This is a term that means person that sells vegetables, but is also used as an insult meaning that you are somebody without an education) Anga answers that he rather be a “verdulero” that a “mantenido” (This is one of the worst insults a Mexican man can receive, it means a man whose wife works and supports him, it is up there with “mandilon” a man that does everything his wife tells him including cooking and taking care of the kids). They keep on insulting each other. Finally Delirio tells him that he is Nidia’s husband and Nidia doesn’t take decisions on her own “no se manda sola” (she is not her own master). Anga tells him that he doesn’t have to talk to Delirio anymore. He talks to Nidia and tells her that if she wants the job, she knows where to find him and leaves. Delirio promises that Nidia will never take Anga’s job; however, Nidia tells Delirio in no uncertain terms that she is taking the job.

At Farrell, Juan calls Laura. Laura asks if he was able to turn in her curriculum. Juan tells her that yes; she has an interview for tomorrow morning. Laura is very excited and tells him that she is going to study because she wants to make him proud. Juan tells her that Paula was very upset when he asked her to accept the curriculum. Laura says that she knows because they had a problem long time ago, but she says she doesn’t care. They say goodbye with the promise that they’ll see each other tomorrow in the interview.

Pastor arrives at Ana’s house and talks to Yvonne. He asks how is Yvonne doing and Yvonne tells him all about Fernando’s proposal. Pastor tells her to take care and make her decision soon or she might lose him. Yvonne wants Pastor to stay a little longer but he says that he wants to go home to study for the interview. Yvonne tells him not to compete against Fernando. Pastor tells her that he is sorry but that’s the position he has been waiting for and he is the best one for the job and this might be his last chance.

Juanito comes out of Juan’s office and goes straight to Marely’s desk. He pushes Paula out of the way says excuse me and then ignores her. He shows Marely a drawing that he made. It is the drawing of Juan, Juanito and Marely and their house. He asks sweetly if she wants to come home with them. Marely tells him that his Daddy hasn’t asked her. Juanito turns around and asks his dad to ask her. Juan asks and she accepts. They all leave. Paula and Juan just look at each other.

I think some how they stopped at Lorenzo’s house but I don’t know what they did to Marely. Anyway, Juanito tells Lorenzo that they miss him at school and that they are misbehaving to provoke the other teacher’s resignation. Lorenzo tells him to stop it; he should be a good kid and concentrate in his studies. Juanito tells him not to lose hope. They’ll drive the other teacher out. Lorenzo tells them that he is already looking for another job. Juanito says that he’ll go to the car (I guess Marely stayed there). When they are alone Juan asks if Doña Pepita is back. Lorenzo says that she is not and he is not going to beg her to come back.

At the Cachon residence Delirio has been trying to rope the rest of the clan’s help to stop Nidia. Yadira doesn’t understand what the problem is. Finally Delirio tells them that Nidia has accepted a job with “el verdulero” Yadira is very impactada and goes straight to Nidia’s room. Yadira asks Nidia if it is true that she is going to work with Anga. She says yes and Anga is going to pay her very handsomely. Yadira tells her that of course he is paying her a lot because he is in love with her. Nidia says that he offered her a deal that she couldn’t resist. Yadira tells her to think about it because it is affecting Delirio. Nidia tells her that she knows what she is doing and she won’t change her mind.

Juan, Marely and Juanito arrive at the Cachon residence and join Delirio’s pity party. Delirio tells them that Nidia took the job. Marely goes to Nidia’s room and asks her about it. Nidia tells her that she is afraid, but Marely tells her not to be afraid, working is not hard and the first thing she has to do is to find out what is her job description. Nidia tells her that Anga told her that she was going to be answering the phones. Marely tells her that she is sure the position involves more that just answering the phone. She tells her a few more things that she might have to do. Nidia doesn’t like it and asks if she is going to get paid more for doing all of that. Marely doesn’t think so.

Pastor is coaching Anga in how to behave with Nidia. He tells him to be firm and to show her that he is in charge. Anga tells him that he’ll show her who is boss. Pastor’s phone rings, it is Heriberto, he is coming by tonight. Pastor is very excited.

At the Cachon residence, Juanito is telling Juan that Marely looked like she was very upset at Juan. Juanito tells him that he doesn’t like it when they are upset. Downstairs Marely asks Kike if the mysterious woman is in fact Laura. Kike tells her that he doesn’t know and Marely gets upset and leaves. Juan comes down the stairs and asks Kike what is the problem with Marely. Kike tells him that Marely was asking about Laura.

Heriberto arrives at Anga’s house. Pastor is very excited and opens the door. Heriberto thanks Pastor for receiving him so late and for helping him study for the interview. Anga shows up and tells Pastor that his house is not a “congal” (according to the urban dictionary Congal can mean a house or a strip club or a whore house) Pastor looks offended.

Yvonne is trying to help set the table. Paula tells her to sit down, she shouldn’t be up. Yvonnes says that she doesn’t like to just sit around and wait to be served. Ana and Willy arrive and Willy tells Paula that he invited himself to dinner; Paula’s says that there is no problem. Yvonne tells Paula that she didn’t know that Ana had a boyfriend. Paula just smiles.

At the Cachon residence, Juan enters Marely’s room without knocking. He is very upset and yells at her. He tells her to stop meddling in his life. Marely tells him that she doesn’t care what he does with his personal life and to leave her room. Juan tells her that he just wanted to tell her to stop asking questions about Laura and to stop snooping in behalf of other people. Marely is furious. Juan leaves the room and thought bubbles that he needed to put his Rosita Jardinera in her place.

Anga and Pastor are having a similar conversation. Pastor tells Anga that he offended them and Heriberto doesn’t deserve it because Heriberto is not his “amiguito” Little friend but his “amigo” friend and he came to the house to talk about work. Anga apologizes, but he tells him that the line between being friends and more than friends is a very thin one. Pastor asks him what would be the problem if he wants to cross that line, he has the same rights as Angarita to love and have relationships. Anga acknowledges this however he tells him that he wouldn’t like to find them playing “pipis y gañas” in the living room. (I know pipis y gañas is a popular game, but I don’t know how it is play; however in this case Anga used it as to say that he wouldn’t want to find his brother making out in their living room)
Pastor looks disgusted and can only call his brother a vulgar “verdulero”

At Ana’s house Paula asks Willy if he appreciates her mother. Ana almost chokes and tells Paula to stop talking and to eat. She asks if somebody else wants more chicken. Willy says he’ll have more. Yvonne complements Ana’s cooking skills; she calls her an artist of the kitchen.

Pastor is back with Heriberto. Heriberto tells him that he needs his help for tomorrow’s interview, because he doesn’t understand all the big words people uses in Farrell. Pastor tells him that he is conflicted, on the one side he wants to help him; on the other he wants the position for himself. Heriberto understands and tries to leave. Pastor tells him that they could make a pact of mutual help. They promise to help each other tonight and tomorrow if either one wins the other won’t have hard feelings.

Nidia goes to Juan’s room she asks his help in making Delirio understand. Juan tells her that Delirio will understand eventually. Nidia asks also about the mysterious woman. Juan doesn’t want to give too many details. Nidia tells him that she wants to meet her because she wants to make sure that she is a good girl. Juan says that he’ll bring her to the house one of these days. Nidia tells him that she would be very happy to meet her. She leaves the room and Juan wishes her good luck on her new job. Juan thought bubbles that Lorenzo and Pepita have a better chance of reconciliation if Nidia is busy.

Paula goes to her mother’s room and comments that Willy is very nice and she is suspecting that the compliments that he gave to the food were more directed to the chef. Paula tells Ana to stop pretending that there is nothing between Willy and her. Ana finally recognizes that she is falling in love with Willy and that she is afraid. Paula tells her not to worry about it and kisses her good night.

At the Cachon residence, Juan, alone in his room is thinking about Sandro and his real motives for wanting to work at Farrell. He doesn’t understand why Sandro would want to work if he is rich now, but Juan decides he is not going to think about that right now, he wants to relax and tells to himself that he should think on something nice. Of course the images that come to his mind are of the times he spent with his Palomita. We hear the “Hay amor” theme in the background.

While he is dreaming of his Palomita, we are treated to a series of images of all the candidates and their respective background music theme and how they are getting ready for the interview. Fernando is studying, Laura is looking for the perfect power suit and Pastor is trying to teach Heriberto basic math.

The next day arrives and CL is transforming himself into Sandro. Sandro tells him not to blame him if people realize that he is CL. CL tells him not to worry, the people at Farrell are very dim and for them CL is dead. They won’t notice a thing, besides he is enjoying this too much and Sandro is ruining the moment with his worries. Sandro tells him that he hopes this moment doesn’t turn into a bad time. CL tells him again not to worry. He’ll enjoy being in the same room with the two that are responsible for his down fall.

The End.

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Don't know if this is is kosher on the blog (Melinama, I understand if you delete it) but since people have been mentioning it all week I thought I would provide a place to comment on it, in case people wanted to, like with the Cristina shows and so that it didn't muck up the comment threads for recaps.

My thoughts:

• Pasion wuz robbed! I only watched a few episode of Destillando and although I would admit that it was good as the typical novela goes, Pasion was was on a whole other level. I can see Angelica Rivera over Susana Gonzalez but Yanez over Colunga? Sergio Sendel over Jose Elias Moreno (LaFont)?? And the guion for Destillando? Wasn't it just adapted from Cafe con Aroma de Mujer? How is that even remotely fair when Pasion was a fully tricked out original romance novel? Que the hell?
• At least my girl Jimena (Marisol del Olmo) got a best supporting actress and German Robles, the guy that played Cami's first husband, who was in the novela for all of about 5 minutes got awards.
• Lots of nods to Fuego en la Sangre. Yanez, Montero and Salinas did a really nice mariachi number. Montero is supposed to be the singer but Salinas has a gorgeous voice and Yanez did a good job too with his booming voice. Joaquin Cordero who plays the crazy old granpa got some kind of lifetime achievement award and pretended to be his Fuego caracter which was amusing. I wonder if this means that Fuego is going to sweep next year's awards.
• Allisson Lozz is a younger, less stacked version of Maribel Guardia.

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The Reyes boys don’t know what to make of the old coot. Eva breaks in to tell them to come back the next morning and meantime they can get what they need to start building the cottage out back. The boys are still confused. Gramps breaks in and suddenly yells, "You aren’t allowed to enter the house!" Juan scowls at the old guy thinking WTF??? Gramps is just pulling their leg, “Least-wise not unless you bring a bottle of tequila, the good stuff!” Eva diffuses the scene again and the brothers agree to return the next morning ready for work. Eva takes a deep breath and Augie says she looks a little frazzled but Eva covers and says nothing is wrong.

In the very old and very traditional colonial capital of Puebla, Puebla (puebla.htm Mexico Travel Puebla, Mexico, Cuetzalan, Center ...), Sofia is begging her mother to let her get divorced from Fernando, cuz it’s the pits being hitched to a putz like Feo. Momma Crabiella though, is all tough love and tells her tough luck. The Church doesn’t do give-backs. Sofia’s stuck with Feo, at least in this lifetime.
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Back at the brothers’ buggy bakery, Juan is sweating profusely over a hot oven and giving his pecks and biceps a hell of a workout kneading bread dough. Oscar and Franco look on and Oscar mentions the only hitch to this plan is that the only one of them who knows anything about construction is (what a nifty coinkydink) Juan. (Wow, a baker and a bricklayer! What a prize for some lucky señorita some day.) Juan says not to worry since he’ll give them whatever instruction they’ll need as they go along.

Oscar and Franco say they’re not so keen on this vengeance thing now since the housekeeper told them that Bernardo was actually in love with their kid sister. Oscar says it doesn’t make sense to avenge Libia’s death if the offender is dead too, and if he really loved Libia anyway. Juan says that’s not the point. There is more there than meets the eye and only by working for the Elizondo’s can they eventually find out what really went down that night and who iced Libia. It’s not only that they took a blood oath to do so, but that he knows there’s a crime that’s been committed that needs to be brought to light.

In Puebla the next day, Fernando has found himself a corruptible attorney. (No! Say it ain’t so!) The lawyer is a bit skittish about writing up the transfer of power of attorney to Feo since he risks losing his license to practice. Feo persuades him that he’ll be paid very well as always and besides, it’s only a couple of points to sneak into the agreement. He just needs to write them in somehow so that Gabbi doesn’t realize he will be given full, unconditional control over the hacienda and all the family bank accounts permanently.

Meanwhile, Grampa Augie is enjoying breakfast at the Hacienda San Augustin while Eva chats with him. Augie likes the fact she’s hired the three brothers to build the cottage. It’s a good reward for Juan having saved him from a deadly fall down the staircase, but he figures his insufferably nasty daughter will run them off the minute she shows up.

Back in Puebla, Nonefer-Nando wants to see the sights with his Missus. Sofia though, isn’t up for it. She’s too depressed still over her father’s untimely death. It’s too soon for her to enjoy anything. He misses him too, but life goes on. Sofia starts to give ol' Nonefer a bit of the stink-eye herself and says, half-way thinking out loud, that he and her daddy were pretty good buds until the two of them got married. She plunks herself down on the couch to mope as well as mourn. Feo figures they can spend a little time enjoying the fresh air and a few of the tourist traps.

Nonefer-Nando is now exasperated. Sofia would rather be a stick in the mud even though he’s agreed to all her silly conditions and even went as far as to get himself a separate room. The least she can do is to make an effort so the two of them can get along amiably as a couple. Sofia, in a funk, gives him her best “You just don’t get it” stare then looks away wishing she were anywhere, anywhere, but there with the feo Fer.

Downstairs at the café Sarita and Jimena are eating breakfast with their momma. Jimena can’t stop flirting with the eye candy at the next table. Unfortunately for him he makes the mistake of trying to be sociable by coming over to introduce himself to them all. Big Momma shoots him down like The Red Baron himself and makes mincemeat of him in 2 seconds flat. The guy makes his way, ever so humbled, back to his table and doesn’t know what hit him. Jimena starts to whine at Gabbi about what was wrong with the young man coming over to them, but Sarita kicks her a good one in the shins under the table to keep quiet and to just let Momma be Momma for now.

Gabbi explains to her daughters that anyone not from their social strata is off bounds and when the time is right, she’ll pick the proper husband for each of them. Sarita shows her little sis how to play along and gives Gabbi her biggest and broadest “Momma knows best” smile.

Back at the buggie bakery, the two younger brothers (and I’d say younger is stretching it a bit since both Jorge and Eduardo, though well preserved—pun intended, are getting pretty long in the tooth these days to still be playing roles like this) are sampling some of Juan’s salsa and chips. Juan, for his part, is ruminating over the probability that old Elizondo’s widow had something directly to do with Libia’s death. He says he’s sure she has lots of answers for all their questions, so she’ll be the main target of their plan of vengeance. (Even a broken clock is right twice a day.)

Night falls on the old capital of the state of Puebla. And, there being none fer ‘Nando, he finds solace in another poker game where he immediately loses another pile of pesos. Drunk and ready to bunk, he stumbles along the hallway and sneaks into Sofia’s bedroom to try his luck at luhhhv. Nando crawls on top of her sleeping body and wakes her up with a soggy be-sotted kiss. Sofia wakes up to her worst nightmare and screams there’s not none for ‘Nando and there ain’t gonna be, not for him, not for any man. She’s all yesh! yesh! crawly flesh! and filled with repulsion. Nonefer whines that he’s fed up with her frigid attitude and threatens menacingly that once their house is built she’ll be living alone with him and he’ll have her then whether she likes it or not! Sofia screams at him to get out and stares daggers from the corner of her bed.

Eva, meanwhile, sits on her bed in her nightgown and stares sorrowfully at an old photo of two studs: a very young and virile Bernardo standing next to his horse. She remembers the fateful night of passion with him and we fast forward a year later as she and Gabbi are talking in a hallway. Eva gives her her baby daughter to hold. Gabbi shocks her by telling her that she will not permit Eva to raise the little girl (a bastard child, but does she know whose?) in her house. She says she’s taking the child and will provide for her. Eva is helpless to do anything about it. So Eva swears her own revenge against Gabriella for stealing her child so long ago.
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Next morning in Puebla, Gabbi and Nonefer are at the attorney’s office and she is skimming over the documents regarding control of the estate and bank accounts. She has the lawyer confirm the stipulation that ‘Nando will keep control of the properties and accounts for a brief period only and then full control returns back to her. ‘Nando offers to continue reading with her through the entire document but she declines and says she trusts him totally. The lawyer hands her a pen and the two men share a conspiratorial wink and a nod as a rattler hisses and shakes his tail in the background. Foreboding music plays to a crescendo as Gabriela signs away all her fortune to him.

The Reyes brothers return ready to begin building the brick cottage but Eva, with Augie taking mental notes from his balcony, tells the brothers that she’s changed her mind. She’s not going to let them go through with the plans for revenge because she does not want the family, not even her worst enemy, to be hurt by their actions. Juan and Franco say it’s a bit late for regrets. This was her idea, they agreed and she’s just going to have to suck it up. They’re staying. Juan argues that his sister didn’t deserve to die and more than ever they believe the goings on at this house that night played a role in her death. So it’s an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Eva is still objecting when Augie yells down to them and greets them with crazy talk about building huge forts and grand walls. Oscar says to Juan this guy is a nut job, but Franco says he thinks the old guy’s a hoot. Juan says naw, the old man is not as crazy as he pretends and most likely is keeping secrets about lots of things.

Back in Puebla as Gabbi and the gang are getting ready to return to the hacienda Sofia tries again to make her mother reconsider. She begs her not to go through with the building of the cottage, but Gabbi says she’s doing it to save her marriage and one day she’ll be thanking her for it. Anyway, she’s given her word to Fernando and she cannot go back on it. Sofia complains that her mother seems to care more for Fernando than her, her own flesh and blood. Gabbi tells her to stop talking nonsense. Sofia is left alone to weep by her miserable lonesome.

At the hacienda Eva lies to the contractor that Gabbi originally hired that she has simply changed her mind and hired somebody else to do the cottage and the widow refuses to ever have her decisions questioned. Being that she’s on a trip the contractor has no choice but to accept he’s off the job and walks away disgusted. Outside in back Juan and Franco begin to take measurements while Oscar lazes on his back with his shirt unbuttoned, getting some rays. Juan finally sends him off with Franco to get some building materials and he continues working by himself.

In the hotel parking ramp Sofia’s two sisters kid around with ‘Nando and and tell him what a great guy he is and what a shame that Sofia can’t appreciate him like they do. He says, well, it’s no secret she doesn’t love him. They shake their heads in sympathy.

Back once more later in the morning at Hacienda San Augustin it’s gotten really hot. Juan decides to cool off with the bucket of water used for the mortar, so we get a fully gratuitous two minutes watching a shirtless Eduardo in tight riding breeches taking a sponge bath in the baking sun, cooling himself off, inch by inch, pecks, abdomen, biceps…… (Dunno about you, but a shirtless, sweaty guy with 3 days worth of stubble and a do-rag doesn’t do diddly for me. Naw, have EY ditch the do-rag and dig out a razor. Then we’ll talk.)

Finally Gabbi and the gang arrive back at the hacienda and Eva tells her that the construction crew is there and has started working on the cottage. Gabbi heads off to talk to them. As soon as she spies shirtless Juan she has a conniption fit. “Who raised you! What were you thinking, going around here all naked?” Juan just stares at her and asks sarcastically, “What? You’ve never seen a man without a shirt before?” (Loaded question, gAwd knows.) “Just who are you to scold me, anyway?” Eva races up just then and tells him this is the Widow Elizondo and she owns the place. Juan subconsciously squeezes the handle of his hammer at this revelation.

Just then Sofia walks up behind Gabbi to ask a question. One glance between them and it’s love at first sight. The camera blanches their images white on the screen as the two are locked in an endless, endless, endless and meaningful stare full of phenomenal pheromone excitation, and much exchanging of goofy grins. He gives her the hairy eyebrow. She smiles coyly back at him. Crabbiela turns around and scolds and sends her back to the house where they’ll talk privately afterwards, away from the view of shirtless, sexy, sweaty, stubble-faced muscle-man, Juan. He continues to make funny faces at her behind Gabbi’s back and gives her the come-on. Sofia is overcome with heart palpitations as she turns to leave, unable to resist one last look and a silent giggle over Juan’s antics.

Gabbi returns to the business at hand and asks why there are only three of them. Juan says a cottage that size doesn’t need more men to be built. Gabbi agrees to their doing the job and says she expects them to finish the job completely and to do it properly. Juan looks her straight in the eyes and assures her they’ve come to do their duty and, rife with double-meaning for those of us in Viewerville, assures her they will not leave until they’ve fulfilled their obligation.

Gramps, now in a Sherlock Holmes get-up, is watching this through his spyglass. “So starts the Holy Inquisition. The battle between the heroic construction workers and that embittered daughter of mine is going to be mighty entertaining.” He rolls over then to a toy mock up of the accident that killed Bernardo. He notes that the logistics and the “facts” don’t add up. It was impossible for Bernardo to have died the way Fernando says, particularly with Feo conveniently observing nearby. He writes in his journal, “Be careful with Fernando.”

Upstairs also, Sofia looks out her balcony window and daydreams of her odd meeting of Juan moments before, and at the same time Juan is remembering his odd meeting of Sofia. The theme song plays in the background: “True love is worth a thousand bags of gold….. True love is worth a thousand bags of gold. That is why you are my treasure…..” Sofia doesn’t know what’s come over her, why she cannot stop thinking of him, why she feels the crazy way she does. Love is flying through the air along with Cupid’s arrow. Outside Juan cannot stop thinking of her. The song continues, “I’m happy with you. You are very valuable to me. I am speaking from my heart. We’ll forget the past and what people are saying.” He smiles to himself remembering the encounter and her beautiful eyes. Again in the background we hear, “The truth is that I love you. You will love me forever.” Juan says her name aloud, “Sofia!”
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Inside Sofia serves lunch. Grampa Augie turns the conversation around to confront Feo with the facts of Bernardo’s death. He says according to the evidence he gave in his statement to the police, the facts just don’t square. Gabbi stops her father and this line of questioning before the impactado’d Fernando lets too many flies into his open mouth. Uh-oh! ‘Nando looks like he’s starting to think that maybe Augie could be on to him. Gabbi chides Augie and says poor Fernando is just as pained by Bernardo’s death as everyone. Gramps says well, Julius Caesar was like a father to Brutus too and look how he turned out: they stabbed him to death.

Table talk turns from quirky Grampa’s silly rantings to Gabbi’s displeasure with the construction man Eva hired. It’s not his work but the fact he seemed like a savage animal ready to attack her. Augie tells her not to speak ill of those workmen since the big, strong one, Juan saved his life the other day. Gabbi’s only thought after hearing that her father nearly died is that those men are not to be allowed inside the house and Augie says as much. Gabbi warns her daughters not to get near them.

Outside Oscar and Franco return with their supplies. They ask about the widow. Juan answers that she’s just like he imagined, a cold, old tyrannical bitch who probably abuses her servants. Oscar says all the better not having to feel a shred of guilt at taking out their revenge. Juan agrees and tells them a single look of her face was enough for him to realize what she’s capable of. He says he’s certain now she mistreated their sister some way and he will have no compunction about squashing her like a rat. (Nice visual here.)

Back upstairs the two younger sisters are watching the men work from their grampa’s balcony window and discussing the Reyes’ numerous physical attributes. Augie tells Sarita watch that she doesn’t turn into a cold fish like her mother. They ask Augie why he was hammering ‘Nando so hard at lunch. He just jokes about playacting like the great detective, Sherlock Holmes. They look down and watch as Fernando comes over to the men and bullies Juan about whether he even knows which end of the hammer to use. Juan defends their work so Fer then questions him to see the blueprints. Juan gets just a bit nervous at this, but Eva shows up on cue with the blueprints and makes a big deal about handing them over. Juan offers them to Nando, but we all know Nando wouldn’t know up from down on a set of blue-prints. ‘Nando gives Juan the evil eye and the two circle and sniff each other’s backsides a bit before ‘Nando finally gives up and walks away.

Gramps offers to take the girls down to meet the brothers over Sarita’s initial objections. Sofia is upstairs in the office meanwhile doing the books and cannot stop thinking about Juan.

Armando comes by the hacienda with a warning for Fernando that he’d better pay up on his gambling debts or they’ll be coming after him and it won’t be pretty. ‘Nando says to tell them there’s a horse show there at the hacienda the next day. Armando will invite them to it and he’ll have the money for them. Armando wonders where it’s coming from but Fer tells him to mind his own beeswax, then reminds him to keep a watch on Rosario’s comings and goings. It’s all fine to have admirers. They can look but they can’t touch. If he finds out that Armando’s been slacking and something gets by him, Armando will be the one to pay.

Upstairs Sofia shows her mother a number of financial irregularities in the books that seem to have occurred since Fernando took things over at the ranch. Gabbi refuses to believe this and accuses Sofia of trying to persuade her mother to give her that divorce. Sofia cannot believe she’s taking Fernando’s side over her own daughter's. She tries to tell her mother that she needs to keep some sort of administrative control, especially over the finances, since her husband has a bad gambling habit and is in debt over his eyeballs. Gabbi won’t even consider she’s had a lapse of judgment where Fernando is concerned and insists that ‘Nando is the greatest thing since sliced pan.

Down in the yard Grampa Augie’s wheelchair careens out of control and into the men. Oscar and Franco grab hold at the same time that Sarita and Jimena do. Jimena and Oscar and Sarita and Franco are immediately smitten with each other. Gramps has a gay old time with introductions then remarks to Juan and the boys that his granddaughters were Bernardo’s most valuable treasure. Borg-like the three brothers look up and over at each other simultaneously thinking the same thing and sharing knowing glances.

Gabbi notices the activity on the lawn and races down to shoo the two girls back inside the house. After the girls have gone, Gabbi threatens the men that if they dare to repeat what’s just gone on they’ll be fired on the spot. A bit later the three brothers discuss their options while Sarita and Jimena gossip together about the younger brothers’ finer physical attributes.
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That evening Franco comes to pay Rosario a visit and explains he’s been away because of the death of his sister. Rosario is touched by this confession and hugs him over the loss of his sister. Just then Armando walks in on the two of them in her dressing room and throws Franco out. Franco leaves and Rosario begs for mercy from Armando. She pleads with him not to tell Fernando about this because, as we finally are all impactado to learn, the evil Feo Nando has her child and has threatened to harm him if she does not do everything that he wants. Armando promises not to tell him about it THIS time, but there better never be a next time!

In her bedroom, Sofia brushes her hair and smiles to herself as she thinks back to Juan’s impishly grinning at her. At the same time, Juan is kneading more dough, making heart shaped cookies that magically show us video clips of her glancing over her shoulder at him. He smiles at himself and calls out her name, “Sofia."

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