Caray, Caray!

Capítulo 138

[This is a long and complicated one, folks. So get yourself a copa and kick off your shoes…..]

While Sofia and her sisters are upstairs with the little girls from the orphanage, Gabi is in the office downstairs giving Fernando the run-down on Root’s visit. She explains that Root came to complain about not having helped her mother keep their hacienda out of the Reyes brothers’ hands and mentions that Root and Eva have already run into each other. The good thing is that she’s leaving because she just received a telegram telling her that her daddy had an accident. The bad thing is that before Root leaves, she comes in to the office to say good-bye and drops a small bombshell aimed specially at Gabi: “Oh, didn’t your hubby tell you how we met? He walked into the bathroom and saw me…just the way God brought me into the world. Oops!! Well, bye! See you all when I get back!” Root’s out the door like a flash.

Wehehehelll! Gabi turns around fit to be tied. Fernando does some quick mea culpas over not realizing Root was in “his room” and … yada, yada even though the lying pervert actually stood there and leered at her. (Good thing about Root is she was not intimidated and at least gave as good as she got.) Gabi shuts him down in 2 seconds flat. She reminds him not to forget they’re married and emphasizes that he has a bedroom—and it’s THEIR bedroom. He tries to smooch her out of her bad mood, but no need ‘cause they got bigger fish to fry: Juan Reyes is investigating the backgrounds of the three little girls from the orphanage who are now upstairs in Sarita’s room. Sofia got permission to have them stay for a sleep-over. “Do you realize the danger we are in now?” Feo is impactado and needs a moment to absorb this little tidbit.

Upstairs, meanwhile, both Augie and Sofia are cooing over the little girls. Sofia says she plans to have them over as often as the mother superior will let them. Augie goes to get some of his age-appropriate toys for them.

Across the way at the Double R (Hacienda de los Robles-Reyes), Juan is in the kitchen with Eva telling her that although he hasn’t said anything to Sofia yet, he feels that each time he’s nearer to finding his daughter. Something inside of him tells him he’s getting closer and closer to the truth and that one of the three little girls he and Sofia have been visiting at the orphanage is his. The dates of their delivery to the orphanage and their ages all point to one of them being theirs. He says he’s going to be like white on rice with Fernando and pressure him till he makes a mistake and that’s when he’ll stomp on that sack o’ s—t (rhymes with spit).

Eva says she saw the three earlier in the day when Sofia brought them home and they’re all adorable. Juan says they’ve become so attached to all three of them that he wonders what will happen to the other two when they determine which is actually theirs. “Who will take care of them?” Juan gets a big smile on his face and we assume he’s thinking they’ll adopt the other two and keep all three of them. (Oh Lord, FELS: The Next Generation? Say it ain’t so!)

Fer wonders how Gabi could think so little of him as to think he wouldn’t have a plan to cover themselves with. She wants the skinny on it but he says, no all in good time. First thing is to get control over the little girls because that’s going to be their only weapon against Juan and Sofia when everything comes to light. Gabi gets a gleam in her eyes and says they should adopt them as soon as possible.

Back in town the Gossip sisters have gone to see Padre Tadeo specifically to give the 411 on Gabi and Dr. Matasanos’ (Gomez) and that heated discussion they overheard on the street earlier. “It was like she was scolding him. We didn’t understand a lot of it, but we did hear one word: “Crime”. Pad Tad says he’ll take it from there and thank you very much.

In the kitchen at the Double R the whole crew is snacking. Oscar wonders if Juan realized that the Bad Love Bar had been dismantled already and stripped of everything. Franco says it all happened in a single day, so fast it’s like they were trying to get rid of something. Juan figures it might be they were trying to hide something. Oscar says more like they were trying to avoid having somebody go snooping around and investigating something, something important. They’ve gotten Juan curious and he goes off to find out what that “something” is.

Over at the Double E (Hacienda de las Elizondo y del Escandon) it’s supper time. Augie starts giving “Fernandito” a hard time asking him about his trip and why he came back so soon. He lays it on thick about how much they all missed him, and then razzes him about first being his grandson and then his son-in-law. “But then, you know how much I love you,” Augie smiles with a sarcastic twinkle in his eye. “There is no doubt that you adore us. You want to be a part of this family, whatever it takes, right? But here, between us, is it that you love us or is it out of self-interest?” Fernandito answers back sarcastically that he enjoys the old man’s very entertaining commentaries and isn’t it nice that he’s back living in his old room with them.

Augie tells Feo that he’s come back to protect his granddaughters and even Gabi because of all the unexpected tragic incidents that occur, like what happened to Rosario and Armando. Gabi says speaking of them, the sheriff told her that they found both Rosario and Armando’s fingerprints on Feo’s safe. “Seems those two swindlers got what they deserved when they were assaulted and murdered.” Sofia asks Mama to change the subject, especially since she’s so excited to have the little girls upstairs. Gabi says she’s fine with that because she finds them sooooo adoooorable. Augie says he’s glad to hear it because that means they’ll have some peace around the place. Jimena says no. There’s peace around the place now since Root decided to leave. When Gabi takes offense, Jimena defends herself. “She’s nothing but a schemer, a jealous female and a faker. Didn’t you see how fast that foot of hers got better?”

Mama forces a chortle and says oh, Root’s just a practical joker and she likes her. “Why there was nothing wrong with her. She just wanted to get Juan Reyes to carry her in his arms, and she got him to! Did you hear that Sofia?” Gabi gives another forced smile and then a frown comes. “There are just some women who like everything so …common. Right, Sofia?” Sofia refuses to acknowledge the dig and leaves the table to look in on the little girls. Augie gets after Gabi for the way she always loves to rub it in with Sofia. Gabi says too bad if people in this family can’t stand to hear the truth. (Instead of ice, can we substitute a little broken glass in the hag’s next refill?) Augie says, “Speaking of the truth, I could tell you a few things.” Gabi says well she has plenty of her own to tell. “Or did you forget how you killed my mother?”

Augie turns beet red with anger and calls Gabi a liar. “That’s the lie you use to cover up the real culprit. YOU were the one driving! Did you forget that? YOU were the one who killed her!” Gabi looks around the table at everyone and then remembers the accident and how she got out of the driver’s side, saw her dad unconscious on the ground and slid him behind the wheel to make it look like he’d done the deed.

Meanwhile, upstairs Sofia helps get the little girls ready for bed and thinks to herself that even if she found that one of them was really her daughter, she would not be willing to give up the other two.

Back in town, Padre pays a late night visit to Dr. Matasanos (Gomez) and says he urgently needs to speak with him.

Juan is walking towards the cantina across town when Feo drives up and calls over to him. “Isn’t there any way I don’t cross paths with you?” “—I’m doing exactly what I told you I would. I’m keeping my eye on you.” “—And I’m telling you I had nothing to do with your daughter’s disappearance.” “—That’s exactly what I want to prove.” “—You’re wasting your time.” “—That’s life.” Juan is still smiling through his clenched teeth as Feo gives up and drives off a little too easily. The two bartenders come out from the cantina just then and give Juan an unexpected fright. They tell Juan they were there counting what’s left of the liquor inventory.

Feo drives on, thinking to himself that it won’t be long till Juan finds what he left there and that then he’ll avoid being suspected of the kidnapping. He plans to kill two birds with one stone and thinks something about refusing to let himself be used to adopt “those three brats.”

Juan has asked the two ex-bartenders to help him with something but they say they can’t. Juan sneaks around back of the building by himself then.

Back again at the Double E, Sofia and Sarita continue to play with the little girls. Sarita is loaning out her room to the nuns and the little girls and will be sleeping with Jimena tonight.

Across the hall in Jimena’s room, Oscar comes in through the balcony for a little bit of late-night delight. Jimena tells him that she can’t tonight because Sarita’s sleeping in there with her. He romantically asks her to leave and take a walk in the countryside and to look up at the night sky with him hinting they should of course let one thing lead to another, but Jimena refuses him again. He begs her to give him some time and not be so selfish with him, but she gets angry and she says he’ll just have to come back some other night. (I guess the …uh… lust-er of this relationship has worn off for Jimena.) Oscar finally loses his patience with her and they fight. “Some other night????” Oscar raises his voice and she tells him to be quiet because Mama might hear and come up and find them together. He says let her because any love-making she’d see in there would be what married people do. They are still married and maybe the old broad ought to find out.

Jimena gets snitty about that being his doing because he never bothered to discuss it first, and that everything always has to be Oscar’s way. (Seems to me he’s been a saint because it’s actually been the other way ‘round.) Oscar says they’re a bit too big to continue playing cat and mouse games like this and he’s getting tired of it all already. He draws a line in the sand. They love each other, but if she’s tired of being his wife, then tomorrow morning she can find herself a lawyer. As he leaves he tells her that this is the last time that he will ever again come in to the house through the balcony.

In town again at Dr. M’s, Padre Tadeo asks Matasanos (Gomez) to show a bit of compassion for a suffering mother who cannot cope any longer. The doctor plays dumb but, thanks to the Gossip sisters, he doesn’t fool Tadeo. Padre Tadeo tells Matasanos that if he knows something about the whereabouts of Sofia’s child, then he must tell; and even if at some moment he was on the Dark Side, there is still time to repent and avoid a tragedy. He should know that Juan is the type of man who would give his life to get his daughter back. So, if Dr. M repents, God will know it and pardon him, provided he gives up the guilty parties and clears his conscience. It looks like Dr. M. is about to break when Fernando slithers in and rattles his tail at the two of them. Feo asks the padre, “What are you doing here?” The doctor gives Tadeo a warning glance just as the ominous music swells and the screen shunts us back to of the mundane world of the commercial.

After Uni has paid its bills, we beam back to Dr. Matasanos’ office. He has to think fast, but it’s not fast enough. He says something about the padre consulting him for a health problem and writes Tadeo out a fake prescription. As Tadeo starts to leave, Feo starts emphatically gushing over the padre’s health. He grabs the padre’s hand and kisses it. Suddenly everything around the two of them glows red (like a scene from a bad Ghostbusters or Exorcist sequel ‘cause all that’s missing here is for Feo’s head to do a 360 and shoot pea soup out of its mouth). Yes, Tadeo has been kissed –and threatened-- by The Devil incarnate and he knows it. (All of Viewerville wonders if Matasanos knows it too and suspects what’s coming next.)

Once Padre Tadeo leaves the doctor’s office Feo turns to him and says, “What? Did you think I was an idiot?” He insists on knowing what the doc and Tadeo were really talking about. Feo throws the doctor back against the wall and into his chair and then screams at Dr. M. to answer. Matasanos is literally scared speechless.

Sofia is in her room reading her bible or some such but can’t stop thinking about her latest roll in the hay with Juan. She’s definitely got the hots for him again and apparently is hoping to hear his spurs jingle-jangling on her balcony once more. She looks out her window at the moon and sighs VERRRRY deeply. She says to herself that he is absolutely her one true love.

Speaking of Juan, he has now sneaked into the back of the cantina just the way Feo wanted him to and found his way into the locker room. He turns on the lights and takes a look around.

Back at Dr. M’s office it seems that the doctor has regained a bit of his composure. He stands up and shakes his finger at Fernando (never a smart thing to do) who is now in the opposite chair puffing on his cheroot. Matasanos threatens Feo with going to the police and turning Gabi and him in for the kidnapping if Fernando doesn’t stop threatening him. Feo just stares at Matasanos.

At the same time, Gabi takes a turn for show upstairs with the little girls. She thinks to herself that she is the only one who knows which of the three girls is really Sofia’s and that she will never tell her which one it is. (Ok. Ok. Shouldn’t something like the same goofy grin as Juan’s or the same funny ears as Augie’s have given the kid away long before now?) Gabi fawns over the girls a minute or two and then abruptly leaves with a very perverse and satisfied grin on her face.

Upstairs in her bed, Jimena is crying to Sarita over the way things ended with Oscar and that he says he never wants to see her again. Jimena whines that Sarita just doesn’t understand her predicament. Sarita asks what’s to understand. First Jimena is upset because the divorce went through and then when she finds out that Oscar got the divorce annulled, she’s upset because he didn’t have the courtesy to tell her first? Jimena tells her to stop criticizing and asks what she would do if Franco told her he never wanted to see her again? (Can’t say as I understand it either, ‘cause either I missed the point here, or Jimena did.) Sarita doesn’t have a comeback. (Maybe she is just as confused as the rest of us.)

Speaking of the King of Rome, Franco pays Sarita a midnight visit through the balcony, obviously hoping for a repeat of the night before. However, when he enters her moonlit room he sees the nuns and little girls are sleeping there instead and bolts before someone wakes up and he gets found out.

Across the hallway Gabi is painting one of those crazy Night Gallery things again when Fernando returns. She asks him where he’s been. “Taking care of a few unresolved matters with Dr. Gomez and Juan Reyes,” he answers. He tells her they don’t have to worry about Gomez bothering them anymore and now all that’s left to take care of is Juan Reyes. The camera cuts to a shot of Matasanos lying dead on his desk with his eyes open and glasses half off.

In the locker area of the Bad Love Juan is kicking and banging open a locker –the right locker apparently, since it’s the only one there with a latched-on padlock. He breaks the latch and inside it he finds a shirt and a red poncho just like his. He thinks back to the horseback race to the falls with the other shadowy figure while trying to save his little newborn daughter from being kidnapped. Next he finds an old photo of Fernando and another guy, but he can’t remember who the other guy in the photo is. He rummages around further and finds the baby blanket. “My daughter! My daughter!” He turns back around and finds the plastic bag with all sorts of papers and things and takes out Armando’s letter.

“If you want to see Juan Reyes’ and Sofia Elizondo’s daughter alive again, you’ll have to pay the ransom I’m asking for. For the time being, don’t advise the authorities because if you do then I will abandon her and you’ll never ever see her again. If something happens to me, I make Dr. Gomez (Matasanos), who was my accomplice and who placed her in an orphanage while we waited for the ransom, responsible.“

Juan is beside-himself-with-happiness-impactado over what he’s just read in the letter. In a one-hankie scene Juan exclaims out loud, “Dear God! I was right! One of the little girls in the orphanage is my daughter! I’ve found my daughter!” Tears of joy trickle down his cheeks as the realization sets in. “Dear God, thank you so much! Now I will be able to take her to her mother. I am going to hand her over to her also like I promised her.”

Viewerville dries its eyes as Juan puts the letter he found into his pocket and throws the rest of the stuff, except for the baby blanket, carelessly back into the locker and then turns out the lights. Just before he leaves, though, he asks himself why all the things he found seemed to be put into the locker on purpose. Why, it was “Dr. Gomez. Dr. Gomez.” Juan, never aiming to be the brightest bulb in any given chandelier, races off to Dr. Matasanos’ office while the locker is left wide open with all the rest of the contents hanging out for anybody and everybody to scavenge through. The camera pans down to the floor where the plastic bag full of all the other things apparently Rosario had with her is forgotten on the ground.

Back in their bedroom, Gabi wants an explanation from Feo about what he meant by saying Dr. Gomez wouldn’t bother them again. Feo says he only meant that the guy was very mistaken in thinking that Feo and she wouldn’t have a plan to cover themselves if the truth about Sofia’s baby was discovered and either Juan or Sofia found their daughter. “And what was that plan?” Feo says he gave Armando a lot of money before he was dispatched to that Big Cantina in the Sky. She wants to know why. Feo tells her to sit down and listen. He shades the truth a bit and says it was to get him to write a letter declaring he was Gomez’s accomplice in the kidnapping, leaving out the small little detail about Feo’s murdering him immediately after. “Later I hid the letter in Armando’s locker and as tonight I ran into Juan Reyes prowling around the cantina, and because I’m certain he’s already found that letter, he will go straight to Dr. Gomez to complain.” Gabi isn’t following where all of this is leading. Feo fills in the holes. “--Well, Juan Reyes is going to get a big surprise!”

At that very moment Juan enters Dr. Gomez’s office and finds him bent over his desk, dead. Just then the two male nurses enter looking for their boss and find Juan bent over his body. The one checks his pulse and says he’s dead. The other asks Juan what he did to the good doctor. Juan yells at him and says not to be a stupid jerk, he only came to speak with him and there he was already dead and gone. They accuse him of killing Dr. Gomez anyway.

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Due to this being...NOVEMBER & if it is November it must be sweeps month.
Thus being sweeps month the TeleNovelas are pre-empted for more advertising bang for your bucks. Capitalism at it's very best.

Briefly your inside red carpet look at the Grammy's

The hosts were Damien de Fuego & Babe Shrink de Destillando.
If life was perfect..or my version of life these two would be banging like the back up drummer in a Cuban band & laughing over Juan & Sofie.

Speaking of Juan...
Juanes...Wow all this time I thought the name meant everyone in the band had the first name Juan...Live and learn. Anyway this guy is hawt. He set records for winning a lot of Grammy's for having the most Juans in Juan band.

Some kind of FolkDance thing. There was some kind of Folkloria/o type dance thing. I've seen it before at Hispanic festivals, but the dancers were kids. Anyway Fans of Fuego, the best part of this was that the dancers (the ones who danced with the guys in white peasant clothes) were wearing the same gingham dresses that the "Hey Sista go Sista's" wear at the Old Settler's Day Festivities in Mexidoom. The only thing is that these dancer's will have the good sense to remove their costumes at the end of their number and not make the ruffles, bows and endless yards of rick-rack part of their signature line.

El Tigres de Norte-a norteno group did an old song that I have heard like 20mil veces. I perked right up when I heard the word gringos & the audience was on their feet cheering. As poor as my spanish is..I did catch the part about indios con spanish, we are the real Americans & out numbering the Gringos. Egads don't be makin me feel guilty about snarking at Lou Dobbs. Give somebody a green card and they go all Che Guevera on your ass.
Seems in honor of the Grammy's they rewrote the lyrics.
This was okay as it doesn't take much to make me get the ol beret out.

My favorite part was Alejandra Guzman, she is alway decent entertainment. She always seems to be running to the shelter of a Mother's little helper. Anyway kids this is a PSA.
Root (except Root is really older than Guzman), Root this is what happens to nasty little girls..they start looking sad in leather, they end up on an awards shows singing in a thirty year voice of two packs a day unfiltered PallMalls, chased by a couple of quarts of Jack. Alejandra is often seen on Don Francisco's Wed nite show or Christina after a bout in rehap.

Gloria Estafan Latin Recording Academy Person of the year did a song with Jose Feliciano & Carlos Santana..I saw Cesar Evora sitting behind Gloria's family. Geez these Cubans stick together. Also Andy Garcia introduced her and Andy Garcia is always welcome on my television.
I love Andy Garcia cause he is so multidimensional, he makes an great Italian Mobster as well as Cuban Mobster and he is pretty too.

This is all I remember..
I must add I was wicked pissed last night when I went to watch Dirty, Sexy Money on ABC and it was pre-empted by Country Grammy's....As if!!!!

So I pass the baton to Jardinera.
Do you realize with all the interruptions, Fuego now has a longer life span than the Polor Bear Specie.

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Marisela gives a blood donation to her mother.
Sleazy BP says that if DB dies and Marisela inherits El Miedo, she'll need a right hand man.

Cecilia and Antonio reconcile.

Sleazy PB tells Leon and Tigre that if DB dies, he will take over.

DB wakes up and says that she feels dirty and can't believe this happened to her again. She is also upset because all the respect based on fear that she has built up over the years will disappear when everyone knows that she was a victim.

The rebullones come back and that means, according to Juan Primito, that the DB will recover.

Santos tells DB that he loves her; he wants to start over. She says that she will stay alive only because of his love.

In a scene that I couldn't capture with a picture because they never showed DB and Marisela on screen together, Marisela tells her mother that the fact that she donated blood to save DB's life does not mean that she feels any differently than before. She says that she didn't want DB to die because of Santos. She didn't want to have Santos choose her only because she reminded him of DB. When DB asks how Marisela plans to take Santos away from her, Marisela replies that she won't do that. Santos will affirmatively choose her over DB.

When he thinks DB might be dying, Lorenzo goes to town to try and get a drink. Josefa won't serve him. He overhears Pernalete and Mujiquita talking about the search for the rapist and he sees the picture of Chepo. He goes back to Altamira and tells Antonio that he has to speak to Santos. He tells Santos that he recognizes the picture and he knows the name - Chepo Maduro but he can't remember from where.

Eustachia shoos sleazy BP away from Marisela.

Santos insists on knowing what happened with DB and Chepo. She truthfully tells him the story of her first rape but when it comes to why she ran out of the church, DB starts to lie. She says that she couldn't let Chepo escape but when she found him, she wasn't able to kill him. She conveniently leaves out the part about torturing him and killing the other two rapists she has found. She also doesn't tell him that she has sent Melquiades to kill Chepo and is working on a trap to get the 4th rapist, the one in the army who has now befriended Chepo, into her power.

Carmelito tries to cheer Gervasia up and is about to kiss her when Genoveva runs out and calls her a shameless slut. You'd think Genoveva would want a nice guy to marry Gervasia.

Marisela and Lorenzo waste their breath trying to tell Santos not to take DB back.

Federica comes to the schoolhouse to teach her catechism class and Cecilia loses it. She drags Federica to see Dr. Arias for another pregnancy test. Braced to have her deceit revealed, Federica faints away when Dr. Arias announces that she is in fact pregnant. Cecilia is impactada. Hopefully, Dr. Arias will examine Federica because he could certainly tell that she isn't three months pregnant.

Santos overrules BP concerning the movement of cattle at El Miedo and BP complains to DB. DB has all the employees come in and much to BP's disgust, she says that at El Miedo, Santos' word is law.

Marisela is devastated when Santos tells her not to make him choose between her and DB. He says that DB is his woman and Marisela and Lorenzo will just have to accept that.

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Ah, thank you CherylNewMex. It’s worth mentioning that I just got back from a six-hour dress rehearsal and what do I do? Talk with my parents, make a trip to the fridge, hit the sack? Nope, I run for my laptop and warm up my DVR. Let this be a testament to my undying dedication to my beloved friends, assumed family and loyal readers. This recap, containing whatever is left in me, is dedicated to you.

I don’t want to steal Cheryl’s thunder, but I just have to comment on the “caught-in-the-rain” sex scene. What really turned me on wasn’t the wet Sofia, or the spooky environment, but Juan trying to lighten the mood by sneaking up on her. I haven’t seen and adult male hurdle hay ever since the former Juan tried to, pardon the expression, roll around in the hay with Sofia. All in all, I’m just glad that little pieces of hay were there to cover Juan’s nether regions. And I must say, the cocks pecking around behind Juan were certainly suggestive, if not offensive to our more conservative audience—you know who you are. Of course, my pilot light went dim when Juan mistook Sofia’s face for the Sofia bread and practically annihilated her face in an attempt to satisfy his hunger, confusing desires of the flesh with desires of the food.

Ah, the ever-mentioned Root. Should have known she was a bitch. But you know our Eva, Prima Donnas are her thing. Don’t touch her, don’t touch her! But I’m your mother. I don’t know you from Adam, Eva. Now get out of here. Ah, my Root. It’s that tender moment when a mother discovers her daughter for the first, I mean second time. Let’s just hope Eva hasn’t refocused her love for Rosario on the illusive Root, talk about setting yourself up for defeat.

I just want to say that if someone had turned on Univision during this experiment in natural love, I am sure that they could have mistaken it for an adult film, as in the types that you can only get behind the curtain at blockbuster. Anyway, speaking from experience, lying on hay is not comfortable, must less when it makes direct contact with your skin and other external organs. One stray piece and, well, let’s save that for cable.

Anyway, Gabi gets it in her pretty little head that Fernie killed Libia. I’m impressed; I was so betting on never, but wow. So Gabi is off to find proof, but Root interrupts. I should have known; like bitch mother, like bitch daughter.

Eva is a basket case and cries to Pad Tad that there was a Root party in town and she wasn’t invited. No, you will not blame yourself, if anybody is to blame, it is I. We love Pad Tad for his selfless, obsequious ways. God must have wanted it to be like this. Regardless, Eva tells him how elegant, and nice, and beautiful Root is. Yes, Eva has a stigmatism and hearing problems. Sure Root’s a little rude, but who isn’t? The important thing is that she’s my daughter, and now I can worry/complain about someone to others again.

So Juan Reyes, P.I. takes old Capricho into the forest in a desperate attempt to remember who attacked him and why. I’d say he has better chances at asking his bread pan to lead the way, but hey, I’ve seen enough of this show to shut up and watch. Anyway, I’m having Budweiser commercial flashbacks when they show Capricho running aside Juan in a Rocky-esque sort of way. What I like about this show is that it gives character to our mammal friends and develops their intricate and fascinating personalities before our very eyes. I wonder; will this horse be in Maybelline commercials, why else would the camera pan to his voluminous, long, and beautiful eyelashes? Well, for whatever reason, Capricho stomps his left foot three times and that means feeding time. Err, well, to Juan that means; “this is where Fernando and his cronies came that night to attack you.” Good boy, Capricho. I always knew this horse would be the first full-bred president.

Gabi explains to Root that Fernie is the hottest hottie around, yet Sofia wasn’t woman enough to handle him. Root doesn’t understand how anyone could resist such luscious love handles and excellently-installed hair plugs. Gabi reasons that he loved her [Gabi], and that’s why they shacked-up all those times. I mean, how could she resist his caring touch. Isn’t it scandalous? Nope, nothing is scandalous to me, because I’m a badass, says Root. You can pretty much tell that this one has been around the block a time or two. I just knew the leather gloves meant she was Tijuana Cartel material. Gee, I sure wish my mommy were like you, reflects a pensive Root.

Inventory looks a little high over at the Goodwill Shelter for Elizondo’s Resold Shit. That can only mean that it really is shit that no one wants. Anyway, the girls remark that Sofia went to the “special place” and giggle. Sofia enters and is practically a new woman in old clothes. She wants to show them exactly where and how Juan touched her. The girls jump at a chance to fulfill their sexual desires vicariously through their sister. It’s a sad day when the only chick in town getting any is Sofia. But, it just goes to show you, there is someone for everyone. When in doubt, hit up your local Goodwill or great-great grandmother’s closet and start dressing like Sofia.

Eva doesn’t have the balls to talk to Gabi alone so she takes Pad Tad with her. So Gabi’s been harboring Root from Eva all this time and Eva wants answers. Dr. Gabi believes Eva is unfit for motherhood, and Gabi figures that a fourth time’s a charm, so what the hell? Pad Tad is just here for the coffee and some basic intermediation, so why should he tell her what to do? The point is, I now understand why anyone and everyone related to these three people in any way are in such unstable positions. Gabi then convinces Eva that Root has been happy heretofore, so why disappoint her by letting her in on the secret? As you know, Eva can win her affection. Eva wouldn’t know charm if it smacked her in the face, and believe me, she’s taken some pretty serious blows. Pad Tad feels like he should say something, so he reminds us how to pronounce “Ruth” and feeds us the “it’s Root’s choice, not yours” line. Well, God, Eva, you’re not only naïve, but you’re also an idiot. How dare you think love could conquer all? I’m just glad that Pad Tad is still backing Eva. They threaten that one day Root may not want Gabi to be her mommy. Gabi might have a cow.

The girls make a visit to the orphanage. Sarita looks upon the nuns with tenderness and yearning. To know that she, too, might have been a nun brings tears to her very eyes. Of course, Sofia still doesn’t know why she has a seemingly natural attraction to the baby who in so many ways resembles Juan. This brings new meanings to turning a blind eye to the writing on the wall.
Bad Ass Root sits with her feet on the bed. She can’t get over Sofia shacking up with Juan. It doesn’t matter, look at all the times she humped his legs and grinded her body on his. Sure she’s dominant and a little risqué, but it pays the bills. In fact, she likes a little competition, but in the end she knows that winning over Juan will be easier than taking away Sofia’s baby. Remember; you poke Sofia and she puts herself in intensive care for three months; tell her she was cheated on, she goes ape shit on us.

Gramps spies on Root, and she likes the attention; hey, she’ll do anything. So she goes to his room and does a little flirting. Putting her boots on his bed was the kicker. Honey, he’s over age and in a wheel chair. Gramps explains his spying tactics and Root puts herself at his feet and promises to be his first and only General. She knows how to please a man. Oh my God. Root positions her voluptuous body so that Gramps can check out her…assets. Talk about tacky and desperate. You can take the girl out of a Tijuana brothel, but you can’t take the brothel out of the girl. Gramps doesn’t really know what’s going on, and asks himself why Root doesn’t like her aunt.

Eva bumps into Root, pretty little midriff and all. Pad Tad makes a go at an introduction but Root doesn’t touch, remember? That’s not what she was suggesting earlier with the little dances. Anyway, Taddy goes off on some rant about priestly matters and Root stops him to mention her “I only believe in what I see” religion. That’s funny; I only believe half of what I see. Something tells me we wouldn’t get along well. Pad Tad is deeply troubled by her atheism, and asks her how she would react to an ever-loving father in heaven. She yawns and tells the guy to shut up already. Suddenly I like her even more. Sofia comes in with all the orphans and consequently ruins the tender moment Gabi was having with her pretend daughter Root. Sofia takes the kids upstairs, but Root hates kids, so that won’t work. Then Root gets a letter saying her father is ill. Pad Tad doesn’t understand the incestuous relationship between Root and her father, and Gabi explains that if he knew Ricardo he would understand.

I’m gonna say this so as not to offend anyone: Regarding the boxing scene—WTF?

All the nuns are more than happy to get the kids out of their able hands. Gabi is about to go drown them all. Sofia talks to Pad Tad and Eva about breaking the news about Root. Everyone agrees that her father has been a bad influence, and that’s why she hates Eva. Seeing that Root’s father is ill, she wants to tell her that she’s her mother before she never comes back.

Sarita and Jimena are practicing being Franco’s and Oscar’s wives, respectively. It is so much fun to pretend with other people’s kids. My question is, if you have so much fun with these orphans, why not adopt them. I mean, you already feel like their mothers.

Who walked in on whom? Well, the point is, Root is naked and in the shower, and Fernie is checking her out. Two words: fresh meat. And from the looks of things, nothing on that woman is fresh, or ever remotely so. He ponders her existence and background. After seeing Root naked, Fernie feels a special connection to her. Root feels the need to tell Gabi about Fernie seeing her as “God brought her into the world.” That’s funny; I didn’t think she believed in God. Anyway, Gabi is jealous, but not really. Gabi tells Fernie how Sofia’s real daughter is upstairs in Sofia’s lap; what trouble! Not really, seeing the kid won’t know her mother for another thirty years or 100 episodes—whichever comes first.

Tomorrow: The blood calls. Juan is investigating the backgrounds of all the orphans. Something very curious is about to happen. I feel like I got the shitty episode of the week. Oh yeah, I’m sorry if any of this is vague, but they are all over the place tonight on this show. Well, Beckster, you can take it all. I don’t want any more.

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On the left we have Iron Chef Mexico, Ernesto Mendiola, representing Sólo Gourmet. To the right is his challenger, the young but scrappy Lorena de la Cruz, representing Cooperativa las Cazuelas (Casserole Cooperative).

Who takes it? Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

Sara and Lorena snarl at one another while they wait for the client. Lorena says, "last I heard, you never finished school." Snorty whispers to Jaime that she's tempted to strangle Sara right now. She's confident they'll win, though; Jaime's not as sure.

Fafy is looking at some financial papers in his home office, and Santiago is babbling uselessly. He mentions that Fafy made two million dollars yesterday. Fafy's not worried about whether Sara wins today or not, because he makes enough money with his other investments to make up the difference. All he wants out of Sara's company is for it to keep her happy. (Lost cause, Fafy.) Santiago teases him again about being in love. Fafy tells him not to repeat that. Santi locks his mouth with an invisible (and may I say very defective) key.

The clients have arrived - a couple of company officers, plus the union steward. One of the company officers makes a beeline for Hortensia and tells her what a fan he is. Snorty introduces Lorena as her granddaughter. Sara doesn't look happy.

The rest of the Amendariz gang anxiously waits for news. Maruja has to remind Rosy and Paty to finish up another client's order.

The tasting commences. The union guy is impressed with Ern's main dish of sole marinated in cilantro oil and grilled with tarragon, green pepper, shallots, garlic, and rosemary. We don't get to see the rest of his dishes.

Team Lorena gives them a palate-cleansing sorbet, followed by numerous dishes that are not discussed. I see something like mini-tacos and a rice pudding.

The clients talk things over amongst themselves, praise both chefs, and say it's un empate (tie). Sara says they offer high cuisine. Snorty says that high cuisine isn't strictly foreign; Ernesto's fancy fish dish didn't use more ingredients than their chili sauce.

Sara replies, "you made Mexican food because your chef doesn't know any other kind." Lorena says they came up with their menu with the expectation that the workers will want to eat the kind of food they get at home. For many of them, the workplace is like a second home. The shop steward agrees - he gets something like Ern's fish dinner only once a month.

Sara hurriedly interjects that they can do Mexican food too, if that's what they want. Lorena eagerly offers to do another test.

Sara says there are other areas in which Lorena and her peeps cannot beat her. "Who would trust a company that poisoned more than 100 people?" Snorty explains that not one thing went wrong at her company for over 40 years, and if she hadn't been at death's door at the time, that one poisoning incident would not have happened. In any case, they didn't shirk their responsibility, they compensated everyone, and even though it wiped her out financially, her conscience is clear. Otherwise, she couldn't serve so much as a bowl of soup.

That does it - the clients are impressed. Team Lorena is hired on the spot! Lorena calls the office and tells them that Snorty put Sara in her place. There is much rejoicing.

Alonso asks Valeria to review something for him. Noting her chilly manner, he asks what's wrong. She reminds him that they had plans last night. He apologizes - he had a chance to meet with Sara and let Lorena know what she's been up to. This explanation doesn't make Valeria any happier, but she pretends to be a good sport. He asks how he can make it up to her. She tells him not to worry about it.

Sara complains to Ernesto that she asked them to give her another chance. He suggests that she not be a sore loser and adds, "who would have thought we we'd be in the hands of a guy who likes tacos?" Knowing that Lorena is watching, Sara gives Ernesto a big, very uncomfortable-looking hug. Lorena's eyes pop as he shoots a pained look at her over Sara's shoulder. Sara says she doesn't blame him for this.

Sara turns and claps sarcastically for Lorena. "Tell them to call us when they get poisoned." Lorena taunts that Sara can't stand that they beat her in a clean fight. Sara accuses Lorena of doing some favor for one of the guys. Lorena takes Sara to task for throwing her grandmother "to the ground." (I believe on the face of it, this is supposed to mean something like "throwing her under the bus," but obviously it's also a reference to actually tossing her down the stairs.) Lorena calls her a grifter, impostor, and murderer. "Someday you're going to pay for all you've done."

Sara takes a big dramatic swing at her, which Lorena has plenty of time to block. "This is just the beginning," Lorena warns. She turns to walk away, and Sarah grabs her from behind. Ernesto pulls Sara away. Lorena and Sara both want to fight, but Ern reminds Sara not to put Fafy in a bad position. "Revenge is a dish best served cold," he tells her privately. Great, now he's giving her free cooking advice too.

Sara goes off on her sob story about how she's always been in Lorena's shadow, always watching her win, always watching everything go well for her. (Lorena can see and/or hear them.) Ern says he's felt the same way about Lorena, both on the cooking show and today, but they can't settle it with blows. They'll need to find another way. Sara thanks him for his support.

Fafy calls, but Sara doesn't pick up because she's not eager to tell Fafy of her defeat.

Ern sneaks off to talk to Lorena. She is chilly with him. She says he only tried to send his sample menu because she didn't think she could do it on her own. He says he didn't mean it that way. Lorena says Sara's cheating ways have rubbed off on him in the few days he's been working for her.

Ernesto is bewildered by her attitude and says she's the only reason he's even doing this. Lorena remarks that he looks pretty happy with Sara. Ern asks her not to go off on some tontería. She admits she's pretty mad ("tengo la cabeza echa humo" = head filled with steam; steam coming out of her ears; fuming). She says thanks for the help, but she's not comfortable with his tactics. She leaves without saying goodbye.

The nurse is helping Zulema walk around her bedroom. Z says she lost 30 pounds. She had worried a lot about Omar rejecting her because she was fat, thus the operation. But Z doesn't want to talk about that. She wants some help with her clothes, because they're all too big for her now. One of these days her husband is going to show up, and she wants to look really nice for him.

Hysterical, Greta tells Jimena that Omar took off, even though she threatened to kill herself. Jimena thinks Greta probably overdid it, that's why he didn't believe her. She tries to talk her down, don't worry his wife won't take him back, but Greta's hopped up on whatever crazy chemicals are in the makeup she's been snorting, and she says she's going to take drastic measures.

Vasco accompanies Omar to the place where he and his mom are already renting a room (and where Jaime had been staying before). Conchita, the flaky landlady, is thrilled to have yet another Amendariz as a tenant. She's very nosy about Omar's situation and offers to do a tarot reading for him to find out whether he'll reconcile or not. She says she knew as soon as she saw them that he was going to ask for a room. "I am so perceptive," she boasts.

Lorena calls Zulema to say she won the contract.

Vasco tells Omar he did right to leave Greta. Omar wants to "think" before he talks to Zulema, but Vasco says every day that Omar waits will be another day of deceiving her. Vasco says his cousins can't go on lying to protect him.

Betina shows Paula a photo album she made as an anniversary gift to Ivan. Paula asks if he's getting her a present too; she says men become very forgetful about these things later on. Beti says she asked him for a letter explaining how he feels about her.

Beti asks her mother if she and Raimundo are an item. Paula says no and asks if Beti doesn't like him. Beti is neutral, but she knows Paula likes him. Paula says Beti's approval matters to her. Beti says whatever makes Paula happy...

Ivan is with his boyfriend Jorge, trying to decide what to write. Jorge says love letters are lame and that she probably asked him for the letter so she could show it to everyone and make fun of him. That's how all women are. He should just buy her something and speak his mushy words. They'll be carried away with the wind, unlike the corny stuff in a letter. (Will Ivan take romantic advice from a kid who clearly doesn't have a girlfriend?)

Sara goes to the clinic to cry on Alonso's lapels. She says Lorena's messin' with her. Sara's about to lose her job because of her! She stole a contract right out of her hands - bribed the judges. Alonso points out that Lorena has no money. Sara says she must have fixed it up somehow. She cries that she'll never be able to get anything in her life. She thought she could live in peace, but she's being attacked.

Alonso tries to reason with her and tells her to trust in her talent. If she was cheated, then no one will blame her for losing. If it had been a rule-abiding fight, she would have won.

Sara says his words were very helpful and that she loves him. Her life is complicated, but some day she'll be able seek him freely. He asks her to clarify - is she not free right now? Is she engaged or something? "My heart is with you," she answers dramatically, and kisses him.

After Sara leaves, Alonso performs my favorite telenovela maneuver in the entire world - wiping an unwanted kiss off of his face. I think Juan's spitting last night was more impressive, but this was one of Alonso's finer moments. "She's crazy!"

Lorena, Jaime, and Snorty return to the office amid cheers and balloons. They celebrate winning the contract. (I think there's some joking about Barbara's contribution to the buffet.)

In a later scene, Lorena tells them how Snorty told Sara off in front of everyone, which turned out to be the deciding factor in their winning the contract. Snorty says she's recieved many plaudits in her life, but the one from Lorena just now was the best.

Now there is music and dancing. Paty gestures at Felipe to ask Diana to dance.

Greta barges into Zulema's house and demands that they speak in private. However, she doesn't wait for any privacy to announce that Omar's been lying about being on a trip. "He's my man and you're not going to take him away from me."

The nurse is not eager to leave Zulema alone with this viper, but Zulema sends her and Mathilde out of the room. Greta continues to tell her story in such a loud voice that I really don't know why she bothered to ask for a private talk. Zulema is somewhat protective of Omar - she says he gave up hope and didn't think she'd wake up. Greta corrects her: they started fooling around long before Z's coma. "Ask him! See if he has the gall to deny it." And Lorena knew, and lied about it. "Omar is sick of you."

Meanwhile, Vasco is urging Omar to let Zulema hear it from him. Omar agrees he needs to face the consequences. Vasco assures him that something good will come of it.

Omar rounds the corner and is surprised to see Greta's car parked in front. Greta is telling Zulema that Omar felt like the living dead when he was with her. Zulema expresses doubt that Omar could be in love with such a nasty-talking woman. "Ask him how much you were worth to him. Omar will come back to me because he loves me."

"Come back?" Greta explains that he left her, but the fact that he hasn't come to the Z's house yet shows that he doesn't really want her. If he does come back, it will only be out of guilt.

It has taken this long for Omar to get from the sidewalk to the front door. "Zulema! I didn't want you to find out this way!" All of his concern is directed at Zulema. Greta is... well, I thought she was in full psychobitch mode a minute ago, but was just warming up. She's crazy with rage because Omar is favoring Zulema.

Zulema says it would have been one thing if it had just been because he had given her up for dead, but if it was going on before that too...

Instead of letting Zulema chew Omar out, Greta demands that Omar say he loves her. "You are very mistaken," he answers. She was just a mirage! What little attraction he felt for her, it's all gone now! "You shouldn't have spoken that way to my wife. I curse the day I took up with you and deceived the only woman I've always loved!"

He throws her out. "Get out of here and you'd better not come back and bother the people I love!"

"You can't treat me this way!!"
"Yes I can! Get out of my house and get out of my life!"

Mathilde and the nurse notice that it's suddenly become quiet.

Omar is physically removing Greta from his house. "VANISH from my life!" Greta predicts that he'll come looking for her when he gets over his guilt. "I would rather be alone than have a woman like you!" "That's what you say now, but eventually you'll be begging me to come back to you." "I wouldn't go back to you if you were the last woman on earth. You're worse than a viper!"

She says he's afraid to be with a real woman, he'd rather be with that resuscitated mummy. He sends her away and goes back into the house. She staggers toward her car with pure crazy in her eyes.

The nurse is giving Zulema some medicine. Omar wants to talk alone. Zulema feels that Greta has already told her the whole story. He wants Zule to listen to his side of it. He made a mistake, but he loves her. It was just a fling, it meant nothing. "If you were with that woman and she's nothing, where does that leave me?" She says there's nothing to forgive; he just stopped loving her. He's only there now out of guilt. What really hurts her is that he let the kids lie rather than confront her. Omar says he wanted to tell her from the beginning, but it was their idea to spare her feelings.

"Where's the Omar I fell in love with and admired?" Omar says he's here, and he'll always be hers because he loves her. "All I see is a liar. How much longer to show your face if Greta hadn't shown up?" She mocks him for needing young Vasco to persuade him to act like a man. She wants him to stop talking because she's just getting more and more displeased with him. He thinks she's being too harsh. She tells him to get out.

"But you are the woman of my life! I swear it on our three children!"

She doesn't ever want to see him again. He leaves, and she cries the kind of sobbing that gives your face a cramp.

And I'll just mention here that I HATE this very cheesy sappy music that they play during these scenes.

Raimundo has brought Paula flowers and some new tequila. He says he can't pass a florist's without thinking of her. (Looks like red roses, the bright red kind, not the darker ones.)

Ding-dong, it's Ivan with a gift and no letter. Letters are totally corny!

"Writing what you feel for me is totally corny?"
"Sure, I just would have been writing drivel."

She wanted a card, not some present. She tells him she was really excited about the letter. "You women are so complicated. Jorge was right." Betina says fine, then why don't you go see Jorge. SLAM!

She is very grumpy with her mother and cries in her room over the photo album she made for Ivan.

Valeria's on call tonight, and her regular and backup babysitters aren't available. Alonso offers to watch the kids to make up for skipping out on her last night. "Why don't you give me your housekeys!" Valeria's eyes sparkle. Come on, V! This doesn't mean he's moving in!

Diana and Lorena come home. The nurse and the maid tell them about Omar's visit.

At Omar's place, Jaime offers to stay and keep him company because J thinks O isn't looking too good. Omar says no thank you, you have a family to go home to. Vasco says in that case, he'll stay. Omar rejects this too and says he's not going to do anything crazy. The worst thing that could happened to him has already happened. He thinks Zulema will never forgive him, and he agrees with her. He can't forgive himself either. "What I did was unspeakable!"

Zulema doesn't answer when Lore and Diana knock. They let themselves in. "We did it for your health," they say. She doesn't blame them. "The thread always breaks where it is thinnest."

Sadly, Greta has arrived home safely and is rehashing with Jimena. Jimena thinks Greta made a big mistake. That's the one thing you can't do to a guy, is to make a scene with his family. (But telling sneaky lies to his kids is totally okay, apparently.) Greta says Omar has to take her back, even if it takes witchcraft. Again, Jimena tries to talk her down, accept that it's over, but Greta says she's lost her dignity and she just wants him to come back and stay with her.

She's clutching at her own hair. Not a good sign. Jimena makes a sympathetic but worried face.

There's trouble at the office where Julian works. The guy who's supposed to cover the game is hoarse, and all the usual guys are unavailable. Julian volunteers.

Fafy doesn't want to go to some reunion party that Santiago set up for him. Instead, Fafy thinks he should cheer up Sara about the lost contract. Santi doesn't see why that's such a big deal. "You've had failed deals, haven't you? Oh... you haven't." "Not even one." He has to wait for Javivi to come over. They giggle about Javivi's "intentions" and agree that they must let the lovebirds have some privacy. The doorbell rings on cue. Santi scurries to answer it. I just realized Fafy doesn't have any visible servants.

Julian auditions by commentating a videotaped game. His boss is impressed. He's got the job. He won't be covering tonight's game, they'll give him some practice first. His coworkers tease him for calling his girlfriend.

Fafy tells Javivi that he and Santi are going to a party, so Bruno will have to keep Javivi company instead. (Why this silly charade, I have no idea.) Javivi is so excited that he needs to pee.

Bruno comes home. Santi explains that Fafy's the guest of honor at a party with some old friends, and Sara and Bruno aren't invited. Bruno thinks he has the night off, but no... here comes Javivi! He skips across the floor like a little girl to greet Bruno and flirts grotesquely. Fafy pats Bruno on the back and tells him to be a good host.

Alone at last! Javivi squeals with delight and offers flowers. Bruno stalks off without a word.

On the phone, Rosy congratulates Julian on his new opportunity, but pretty much says she'll believe it when she sees it. Maruja is more optimistic. Rosy wants deeds, not words. Maruja says you should help your spouse when he's having problems. Rosy says it's not easy to be away from the man she loves, but... Jaime comes in with glasses of champagne. Rosy stands there awkwardly as Maru and Jaime toast and smooch.

Javivi plays hide-and-seek with Bruno. He says he can smell Bruno's pheromones. He finds Bruno hiding under a desk. He thinks Bruno is merely playing hard-to-get. He tries to pinch Bruno's cheek. He thinks Bruno's just intimidated by him. He talks about how easy it is to open the door and come out of the closet. Bruno again tries to walk away. "You're in a bad mood." Bruno says he doesn't like to feel pursued. He's an old-school kind of guy.

Javivi promises to play by Bruno's rules. Bruno says again he doesn't like J's "mannerisms." He tells him to put on some leather and they'll meet later at the Pink Zone's most famous bar. Javivi's excited about the leather. He suggests that they go to his place and Bruno can pick out something he likes. Bruno would rather they meet and Javivi can surprise him. He reminds J, no "mannerisms." Agreed. They'll meet in one hour. J even gives Bruno a fist-bump to show how macho he is. "One hour!" he squeals with delight.

Later, on the phone from Sara's office: "Sorry, Javivi, I should have called, it's an emergency, gotta go to the hospital, no I am NOT giving you a kiss because I said no mannerisms, okay?"

Sara is still sulking in her office about how Alonso HAS to be with her. She doesn't even seem to notice Bruno at first. He's fed up with Javivi and the matchmaker and his crony. Sara says everyone has a cross to bear. She lost the autoworkers' contract.

He's shocked she lost the contract, but says that thanks to Sara's impulsiveness Lorena now knows what she's up to. He urges her to forget about Lorena. And it's been a while since he's gotten it on with Sara; he thinks now would be a good time.

Ernesto wanders in on Official Chef Business and sees them goin' at it. "That guy's not gay!"

(He must be invisible. Other people have to hide, but Ernesto can stand in plain sight and eavesdrop all he wants!)

Friday:
Ernesto overhears Sara and Bruno reminiscing about that time when they poisoned a bunch of people at one of Snorty's jobs.
And it's Ultimos Capitulos, baby! Yeah! It's the final countdown!

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*JM walks into his office and is met by Marichuy's divorce attorney. JM finds out that Adrian arranged it all.

*Rocio and Vicente are talking about their injuries. Rocio says there are so many other woman who are pretty with Vicente answering back that that there are many men that can walk. Rocio says how foolish they are and they kiss.

*Marichuy is making dough while listening to FELS on the radio and there's a knock on the door. She gets scared and prays that it is not JM. She is shocked to see whomever is at the door.

*Back in JM's office the attorney asks if he will be protesting the divorce. JM says whatever my wife wants, I will accept. When the attorney states that Marichuy does not want alimony, JM protests and says that she deserves one.

*Onelia is at the door and wants to talk with Marichuy about there mutual enemy, JM.

*Cande is in the street and suddenly grabs her arm and falls to the ground.

*The attorney asks JM if they cannot reconcile. JM tells him that he does not want a divorce, but will do as she asks since he cannot force her to stay with him. Eduardo walks in and interrupts the conversation. The attorney leaves and Eduardo asks JM what's up. JM informs him that was Marichuy's divorce attorney and that Adrian is the one that hired him. Adrian is counseling her and wants her to divorce quickly so that she can be with him. Eduardo says that maybe Marichuy will take him since she is cured and can fall in love now. (there idiots)

*Onelia tells Marichuy that she knows what happened to her and JM in the past.

*Mayita gets off the bus and Viv waves her over.

*Cande is still rubbing her arm and but that she feels better.

*Onelia tells Marichuy that JM is a despicable man without conscience. He is a man that is capable of doing bad things. Marichuy responds that he only hurt her once. Onelia asks if she hates him, then to tell her story to some people that she knows. Why asks Marichuy. Because I want to take his daughter away from him responds Onelia.

*Viv is sprouting more lies to Mayita about JM.

*JM asks Eduardo to go see Marichuy and ask her to forgive him.

*Onelia wants custody of Mayita and if Marichuy talks then this will be a way for her to get back at JM. When Marichuy protests Onelia offers her money.

*Viv asks Mayita about Marichuy and Rocio. When Mayita asks her when she will return, Viv says soon. Mayita gives her a hug which Viv does not return.

*Marichuy declines the money and throws Onelia out.

*Amador has just concluded rehearsals and Nelson starts to talk about Marichuy. Amador is still obsessed with her. He is confident that eventually she will fall for him.

*Padre pleads with Marichuy to go back with her husband. She informs him that she is divorcing JM.

*JM walks into the living room and asks Mayita how she is. She picks up her papers to leave the room and he stops her.

*When Padre asks who got the attorney for her, she tells him that it was Adrian. Padre is upset because he had told Adrian to wait a couple of days. Marichuy wanted to wait also, but since the attorney showed up she just went ahead and signed.

*JM asks Mayita why she is mishaving. When she does not answer he tells her that she is being disrespectful. He wants to know what he can do prove that everything being said about him is not true. JM tells her that he cares for her. She responds by saying that she no longer cares for him and to leave. He tells her not to say that. She goes nuts and tells him that if he does not leave then Onelia will take her away before her mother comes back home. Meanwhile Onelia and Estephania walk in during this.

*Mayita goes to Onelia for comfort and she starts in on JM. Onelia tells JM that he always makes her cry and causes her pain as well as everyone else. She tells him to leave.

*Purita sees Adrian in the streets and ask if he can help her find a job. He asks where Marichuy is and if she has had a visit from the divorce attorney yet. (in novela land this may represent love, but in real land this borders on obessive)

*JM and Estephania are talking and JM does not know what he will do if he loses the love of his daughter after all the things that have happened in his life. Estephania says that Onelia will take your daughter away from you. She can you know. Also that Onelia told me that Marichuy considers you her enemy and that she will testify you. JM does not believe that Marichuy would do that and is more concerned about Mayita and her feelings. Estephania offers to help in that regard but for a price. (oh, I wonder what she wants)

*Eduardo goes to visit Marichuy to give her a message from JM. Meanwhile Adrian and Marichuy are talking about Onelia's visit and what she did to her to make her leave. They start playing around and in walks Eduardo.

*JM asks Estephania how she can help with his daughter and she suggests he marry her. (did not see that coming!)

*Eduardo tells Marichuy that JM has received her request for a divorce and that he wants to give her alimony. Adrian says that Marichuy does not need alimony. Eduardo strongly states he was talking to Marichuy. Is there anything else that he told you to tell me responds Marichuy. That's all, but there is something else that I wish to say to you in private. For another time. Then he turns and walks away. Adrian says that if JM wants to give you alimony then its not so bad. Marichuy asks how long til the divorce is done with Adrian saying not too much longer.

*Estephania tries to persuade JM to marry her. JM answers back that he married Marichuy because he was in love with her and that she woke up his passion. Estephania says "And I didn't?" JM says that Estephania is pretty but Marichuy and never finishes his sentence. Estephania says that she excepts his decision.

*JM goes to Marichuy's old room and starts to remember when he was consoling her, talking with her and when she wrote his name down in a notebook 50 times. He cries and mutters Marichuy.

*Adrian spots Purita and says that she has an interview tomorrow. He also suggests that they go for coffee. Cande is walking down the street and she arrives at the house out of breath. Marichuy takes the bag from her and starts in on her. Cande falls to the ground. The doctor comes in to check on her and that her heart does not sound good. He tells Cande that she cannot do to much heavy work and writes a prescription. If she does not take care of herself she can die. Marichuy asks the doctor how much do I owe you. Doc responds with $200 pesos. Marichuy turns to leave to find the money, but her neighbor says that she will pay for it and that she will also buy the medicine. Marichuy starts crying and Amador comes in.

*Eduardo tells JM that he went to visit Marichuy. He tells JM to forget about her. Why responds JM. Because I found her with Adrian and he had his hands on her hips and she was laughing.

*Amador asks why Marichuy is crying. She tells him that Cande is sick and if she does not take care of herself she can die. Amador offers to give her money and that she does not need to pay it back. Marichuy declines it and says that she has to get a job. Amador asks what type of job. She says I don't know. Amador asks if she wants to be an actress.

*JM does not believe that Marichuy is not suffering as much as he is. Eduardo again tells him to forget her. You cured her and she can love another man. But she loved me, Eduardo. Eduardo asks how are things with Mayita.

*Amador tries to convince her to be an actress.

*Eduardo comes back to speak with JM after they have seen there patients. He asks JM if he will be going back with Estephania. Why are you asking? Are you interested in her? responds JM. No says Eduardo. JM thinks that maybe he will go back with Estephania.

*Ceci says tomorrow Rocio has surgery and I will be going to visit her. Patricio asks where Marichuy is. When she separated from JM she went back to live where she use to. Patricio sarcastically says that she will soon be in court. Isa agrees. Ceci says god will not let that happen.

*Rocio and Vicente are sleeping. JM and Vicente's mom look on and smile.

*Marichuy is finishing up the laudering. She informs Cande that after she takes the laundry to the owner she is going to visit Rocio. She has been neglecting her. Cande says that she will be doing some ironing while she is away. Marichuy says that she cannot. She will be doing it. But I will be bored responds Cande. Find something to do then, but not the washing and ironing. Also did you take your medication? Yes of course. Can I cook? Only a little. Do what the doctor tells you. Do you want to leave me alone in this world?

*Rocio is being prepped for surgery. Vicente's mom gives her a kiss. Vicente wants to be with Rocio right before she is wheeled away for surgery. Marichuy comes in to see him and they talk a little. She apologizes for not coming to visit more, but things are crazy. As she leaves his room she gets a little dizzy. She walks in Rocio's room and looks sad when she sees her face. Marichuy sits and holds her hand. Rocio wakes up sort of and says that the doctor gave her sleeping pills and will talk to her later. In walks JM and they stare at each other.

Friday: Isa and Estephania caught finally?

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PJ/S tries once again to tell Rebeca to leave him alone.

When he tells her that he knows she was trying to get a lock of his hairs, nail clippings, etc., Rebeca asks how he could possibly know that. "Common sense," replies PJ/S.

Isabel is jealous and she tells PJ/S how much she despises him for going after Angela. She's not really in a good moral position to make that argument and PJ/S points out that he only accepted her advances.

Valeria overhears part of this conversation and her illusion of PJ/S as a great guy is shattered. PJ/S now has problems with 5 women in the Donoso house: Isabel and Rebeca - jealousy & frustrated desire; Valeria - disillusionment; Angela and Abigail are having trouble with the 'just trust me, I'm on your side' explanations of his knowledge of all things PJ.

PJ/S comforts Angela.

Antonio and Simón see this and come to the wrong conclusion about their relationship.

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Hi! Substitute recapper today.

Starting from right after the credits, we see Vicente in the hospital bed talking to his mother. She seems to lie and tell him that Rocio left the hospital without seeing him, and he is devastated.

Cande goes to pick up the dog and the "tiliches" (stuff) of Marichuy at JM's house, and tells him the dog is the only thing worth seeing in that part of town. JM tries to get Cande to intercede with Mari so he can talk to her.

JM has a talk with Mayita. Compressing several cuts: Mayita accuses him of trying to kill her mother. He thinks Onelia said this, but she insists her own mother told him. He doesn't believe her, and she accuses him of being bad and said her mother predicted it. She then runs off, screaming.

JM confronts Onelia about this, and even she doesn't know what's going on. They both realize the body was never found, but they're still not sure that Viv is really alive.

Stefi and Isa gossip about the breakup of JM and Marichuy. Stefi says that Onelia indicated there was some connection in the past and something bad happened. Stefi gloats that she will get JM back for herself. (When pigs fly . . .) The deer grazes in the background.

Vicente's parents try to get him geared up for rehab, but he is too distraught. Someone brings in a wheelchair, and he goes nuts, shouting--take it out of here!

Back in the barrio, Marichuy is sittting at the breakfast table with Adrian, who wonders why she's not eating. She says the food won't go down her neck (pescuazo) and she's not hungry. Guess what this portends, students. Not hard if you have read the opening synopsis. Just then, Cande returns with the cute doggie, and everyone is happy.
She says that JM wants to get a divorce (liar!). Adrian is all over this and says he'll get a lawyer the next day. He'll even pay for it. He leaves. Mari looks dubious and has some of her flashbacks to good times. Adrian and Cande are winking at each other conspiratorially over MC's head.

Now, Candelaria tells Marichuy that since Adrian left, she'll tell the truth. She kind of let her mouth go over at JM's house. Marichuy says she was only supposed to go over there to get the dog. Cande apologizes for being a buttinsky, but she is still not apologetic about her feelings about JM and his horrible mother in law. Some of what she is talking about is not really clear to me, because I don't know how much she knows about Onelia. Marichuy says that Onelia will now be able to wipe the floor with JM, but I'm not sure why. If anyone could clarify, it would be helpful. At one point, Cande calls Onelia a "verdulera," or greengrocer. This must have some slang meaning. Help!

JM goes to the hospital to see Vicente. He decides to tell the truth about the Gift of the Magi situation. No, Rocio, didn't leave the hospital, and she only broke up with him because she's disfigured. And she doesn't know about Vince not walking. Vince cries.

Mayita goes to see Granny Mariana, and she is really tortured. She says that her mom told her that her dad was a killer, and Granny M says he'd never do it, and she shouldn't have told JM about it. Mayita says Granny M is only defending JM because he's her son, but Granny M says no. She tries to get the distraught child to sleep.

Over in the barrio, the lawyer hired by Adrian drives up in a really beat-up two-tone VW bug. He's been repairing this car with spit and Scotch tape since 1965. He knocks on the door, and Cande asks Marichuy if she should let him in. Marichuy runs upstairs to her little loft bed and flashbacks some more on her good times with Juan Miguel.

The lawyer wants to know how long they were married--just four days, and they only had one night together. There's some issue about how she didn't leave her husband from his house--would she still be entitled to some financial settlement? He wants to know why she left the husband, and she is reluctant to tell, and she and Cande look at each other. Finally, he asks her to sign a power of attorney so he could take care of all the paperwork for her. Marichuy hesitates. She wants to talk to Padre Anselmo. The lawyer is surprised, and Cande explains how important the Padre is, how MC was a foundling, etc.

Onelia and Stefi gossip briefly about JM and Mari. Stefi has new flower barettes that look particularly fetching.

Adrian arrives at Cande's, acting way too happy about the impending divorce. He encourages Mari to forget about seeking advice from Padre Anselmo. They lawyer reminds them about the financial settlement again, but Adrian says they should just forget about it--she doesn't want JM's money.

Vicente struggles to get into the wheelchair and falls down. He then pulls himself up and wheels himself to Rocio's room.

Over at the theater, Amador is arguing with everyone. I forget the name of his ex-girlfriend, but she looks upset. Elsa arrives late, and he yells at her, but she says she was at the hospital visiting her cousin and Vicente. Did she happen to see his rival, Juan Miguel? No, but he and Mari are breaking up. This gives Amador ideas, and ex-girlfriend looks jealous.

Marichuy signs the papers and looks sad.

Cande toasts pumpkins seeds and tries to cheer up Marichuy. MC resolves to go back to work. They do a happy dance. We then see Marichuy riding her bike downtown with a basket of pumpkins seeds. She proceeds to sell them to people in cars and makes friends with another girl who is selling candy to drivers. She makes a few pesos and thanks God with a salute. Then she buys flowers and visits Rosa de Guadalupe. She is proud to have paid for her flowers instead of stealing.

Amador confronts MC in the street and says he'll give her the happiness that idiot JM failed to provide. She tells him to bug off, but I imagine this is not the last we'll see of him.

Over at a hotel, Viv is lying in her bikini on the lawn, cackling madly while downing a Mojito. She will go back to Spain, since she can't access her jewelry, but first she must poison her daughter's mind further against JM!

The two neighborhood yentas (including curler lady) are gossiping about Purita, but then Marichuy shows up, so they switch to gossiping about her. They make fun of her by singsonging "cuidado con el angel," the angel has to come home. Ha ha.

Finally, we close on the emotional meeting of Rocio and Vicente. She tries to cover her face, and he says he loves her, if she only knew what work it took to get over to her room. My DVR cut out here.

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