Caray, Caray!

No need for an opening paragraph today – this episode was total action!

Last night, the table was set. Moni and Coni were getting ready to box. Moni figured she might have to take a dive to save Lobo, Coni was nervous, conflicting emotions racing through her mind. Aldo was not digging the digging he had to do, as Sal and Lori stood by blindfolded, Oscar calling the shots from behind his automatic pistol, a grave situation to be sure. Marcos and Nieves were awaiting the match, worried a tragedy might occur. Hissabel sat coiled like a snake, observing as Cesar put a white sports bottle in the ring near Moni’s corner. Jairo was guarding a gagged and beaten Lobo, telling him Moni had better take a dive in the third round, or else. There was a knock on the door, and Mau had burst in, punching out Jairo and his goon guards! That’s where we left off.

Lorenza doesn’t like what she doesn’t hear. Namely, voices. Weddings are supposed to have lots of talking, lots of laughing, but the only voice she hears is her own, what’s happening? Shut up! yells Oscar, I can’t stand you any more, THIS is what’s happening. He raises his gun, aims at her face, when Aldo SMASHES the shovel into his head from behind!

Mauricio unties Lobo, just as the bad guys are recovering from Mau’s punches. They jump up, guns in hand, but Lobo’s a champion fighter, and makes short work of two of them. Mau takes a punch to the jaw, but unleashes a furious right, flooring the third guy. Lobo’s appreciative, and before the thugs can recover, the police burst in and put ‘em under arrest. Not noticing that Mau’s red cellphone has fallen to the floor, he and Lobo rush off to the ring to stop Moni from throwing the fight to save the wolf’s hide.

Xime is flanked by her two beaus, Rolu and Arnie, ready for her three things. Una, watch Coni well when she goes up into the ring, that’s an image you’ll never see again, Dos, Moni’s going to give her such a thrashing that Coni’s plastic surgeons are gonna make a fortune (van a hacer su agosto), and Tres, this fight is not a hidden camera joke, ajá!

Higher up in the stands, Paula tells Cris they may not have had a wedding party, but this is so exciting, it feels as if all the people are there for them! Cris gives her a kiss. Gabi and Estre are sympathetic single sisters, having enjoyed the wedding, but missing their mates. What they’d give to know where Aldo is right now!

Well, here he is, taking off Lori’s blindfold. Oscar’s stirring, so Sal goes into attack mode, kicking the gun away, kicking Oscar, imploring Aldo to take Lori and run! Despite Lori’s protests, Aldo ushers her to safety, leaving Sal to confront the Odious Ogre. Said Ogre, remarking how Sal must have been faking his zombie-ness all this time, gets in a vicious hit, dropping Sal. Meanwhile, Aldo has gotten Lori to the highway, she still babbling about the boda, and begs her to sit tight (on a bench) while he goes back to help Sal. Sal’s still fighting, getting in a few good licks, despite Oscar’s age advantage. No sooner has Aldo left her side than Lori hails the first car that comes along, tells the nice guy she’s late for her wedding, but can he give her a ride? (he’s invited!), and off she goes.

Trading furious blows, Sal and Oscar batter each other until Oscar goes down. Sal grabs the shovel, pushing it down onto Oscar, but Oscar kicks him, and gains the upper hand. You’ve had it, grandpa, he chides. Just then, Aldo crashes in with a flurry of punches, but Oscar’s way bigger, and gets on top of him, ready to squeeze the life out of the youth. From behind though, Sal’s iron hand raises the shovel high, and brings it down onto Oscar’s head with all his might! Leaving Oscar bloodied and unconscious, our heroes head down the hill to rescue their lissome loony lass, unaware Loriloca’s loose!

Xime’s enchanted with the idea of two women, filled with rage, fighting for their man. Actually, it reminds her a bit of when she was in school, when the other girls wouldn’t let her copy their exams! Rolu would have let her copy HIS exams. Yeah, then you’d both fail, shoots back Arnie, you never were too good at studying. The two boys trade insults as Xime ignores both, there’s excitement in the air, every seat is packed. In the upper stands, Cris keeps kissing, he really likes this marriage thing. His phone rings, though, and it’s a police call. There’s a K-4 in progress, he has to go. Well, Paula isn’t letting him get away on their wedding day, she’ll assist at that K-4.

Off they go, arm in arm, partners in life, partners in crime prevention, giving each other total support.

Sal and Aldo, a bit tired, and also supporting each other, arrive at the bench next to the highway, but Lori’s not there. Sal suggests getting to a little town with a phone, and calling the cops. Aldo says we’re still close to the cabaña, why not go there and get Oscar’s car? They need the keys, though, and decide to walk back up the hill, take Oscar’s keys and cell, and then go to the cabaña, where they hope Lori is waiting.

Moni is praying in her dressing room at the ring, when Cesar comes in. He knows about the threats to Lobo, and advises Moni to cancel the fight. But she can’t, it’s too late. Enter a beaming Hissabel, saying she bets Moni will finish off La Momia in the first round. Let’s not talk about bets, says Moni, she’s just worried about Hissy’s health. Hissy says she’s fine and gives Moni a big hug (with the usual eye-rolling for the studio audience).

There’s a much more satisfying hug in the other dressing room, as Beto and Coni snuggle, she looking very fetching in her french braid, black robe with silver trim and silver-gold boxing gloves. He wants to find a place where they can really snuggle, who needs this silly fight? She promises it’ll be her last fight, but for now, she has a job to do. Beto thinks she has no chance, but Coni, remembering Hissabel’s words, feels pretty confident. Marcos comes in, demands to talk to Coni alone. She tells him nothing he says can change her mind. He’s just about to spill the beans, but he’s typically long-winded, and before he can get it out, the fight’s announced, and Coni marches off to her destiny.

And let’s get ready to rumble! It’s a 6 round exhibition match of the peso gallo (rooster weight, about 115-118 pounds). In the blue corner, weighing 52 kilos, 800 grams, from the D.F., Constanza la Momia Lerdo de Tejada! Coni, looking great with her black hood with shiny silver trim, thrusts her arms into the air.


Everyone boos. She sneaks a confident glance at Hissabel. In the red corner, at 53 kilos, 500 grams, also from the D.F., the current national champion, Valentina la Monita López! The crowd goes crazy as Moni, in her trademark red and pink, salutes them.


Sal and Aldo have finally made their way back up the hill, but it´s dark now, and Oscar´s not there. I guess he´s not dead then, remarks Aldo. Guess not. So much for the keys and the cell. Oh well, back down they go again.

You know the rules, fighters, no low blows, no headbutts or hitting the back of the neck (la nuca), touch gloves, go back to your corners, and may the best fighter win. They go to their corners, and Hissy tells Don Cesar she’s nervous, can she possibly stay right next to Moni’s corner? (and next to the sports water bottle). Sure, no prob. Over in Coni’s corner, Beto tells her she’s happy now, but soon she’ll probably be knocked down, seeing stars, and he swears he’ll throw in the towel. Do that, and I’ll CASTRATE you, she replies. That shuts him up, grabbing the family jewels. Both fighters put in their teethguards, and the bell rings for round One!

Coni, looking cute in her little black skirt and sleek spandex tank top with white stripes on the side, seems determined, and swings away, but isn’t really connecting. Moni’s just playing defense, circling backwards, not even trying to hit Coni.


We hear ominous music as Hissabel has snuck into the dressing room. She finds a water bottle just like the one at the ring, fills it mostly with water, adds a few drops of poison, then empties the entire bottle in.


Uh oh!

The crowd is on its feet, as the punches look great, but aren’t connecting. Nieves wonders, what’s up with Monita? If she doesn’t hit la Flauta, how’s she gonna win? Gabi thinks Moni looks noble, Coni clumsy (torpe), but Estre also thinks Moni’s not trying. Xime likes her pink shorts, though. All of a sudden Moni DOES connect, and Coni falls back against the ropes, disoriented. While she recovers, Moni goes back to her corner, just as Mauricio and Lobo rush in, Mau telling her she can win the fight now, Jairo’s been arrested. Lobo tells Moni that Mau saved his life. She’s muy impactada. Hissy takes this opportunity to switch the water bottles.


Coni glances over, appears to have seen this.

Cut to a crime scene, a “K-4”. It’s dark, police lights are spinning, there’s fog, yellow tape, and Paula’s really stoked – how cool! she says. We’re debuting (estrenando) as spouses and as cop partners the same day! Negativo, says Cris, this isn’t a job for such a tender and caring woman as you. Ah, you don’t really know me, she says slyly (we do, having seen her in action). One of the cops says we have a body here, mostly decomposed. Paula asks for the name of the victim (el occiso). His wallet says his name was Federico Arauco. Paula grabs the ID, that’s the lawyer of Don Salvador!

Well, Don Salvador is running out of steam, he and Aldo have been walking for a while, and the bruises from Oscar’s hits really hurt, but he feels they have to keep going. If only a car would come by. This being a novela, they immediately see a car’s headlights approaching. Hooray! The car stops, and they’re saved. Uh, well, maybe not, since this being a novela, the driver of the car is none other than Oscar! Here’s what the captions say “Quieren un rait” (Do you guys want a “ride”?). This may be a bit of a hitch in our hikers’ plans.

The boxedoras are in their corners, waiting for Round Two. Jimmy tells Coni that Moni’s not attacking, for some reason she’s helping you out. Cesar tells Moni that since there’s no danger now (the Lobo thing), you should attack. Hissy asks what danger? but Cesar’s not telling and gives an evasive answer. Moni assures him she’ll get it over with, with one knockout punch. After all, she’s fighting for the vecindad! Hissy hands her the water bottle, you must be parched, dear, why not take a drink? Moni’s just about to drink, when Coni approaches, and Moni doesn’t take a sip.

C: What’s up, Mona? When the second round starts, attack me, hit me, I don’t want you to give me any advantage, I don’t need it!
M: Now just cool it, cool down, I have no desire to hurt you, and yes, I’m going to beat you, but I’m not going to injure you.
C: Why, Mona? Do you pity me? Is that it?
M: Because I have no desire to kill you.
C: Because you know that you can’t.
M: No. Because I can’t kill my sister.

Whoa! We see the stunned faces of Coni, Isabel, Marcos, Mau, the determined face of Moni, and Coni again, speechless.

A haggard but still menacing Oscar orders Sal and Aldo into the car. Aldo points out he doesn’t have the gun anymore. How do you know? says Oscar, raising his hand, as Sal goes into a fighting stance, and Aldo jumps back. But it’s just Oscar’s hand in the shape of a gun, which he pretends to shoot, chuckling ominously. He points out that they’re afraid, and that’s his best weapon. So let’s go back to the cabaña. Or do you want to abandon Lorenza? Wouldn’t you like to know what I did with her? Suddenly, Aldo goes berserk, he violently grabs Oscar, punches him, knocks him to the ground, yelling you’ll pay, damn you! Sal and Al jump into the car and burn rubber! Oscar, bloody and clutching his chest, can’t stop them.

Connie’s distraught, this is the worst thing imaginable, what are you talking about? Moni’s no happier, she hates it, and she’s been carrying around this secret for two weeks, but it’s the truth. This wretch (pointing at Marcos) is my father as well as yours. Deny it! shrieks Coni, I demand you deny it, Daddy! Marcos can’t. It’s true. What united him in the past with Isabel was Valentina – she is your half-sister, she’s my daughter. Coni’s jaw quivers, she’s shocked out of her mind.

Back at Cris and Paula’s crime scene, the medics take away the body, as Paula tells Cris she knows it was Sal’s lawyer, he came to the office, but one day he disappeared. And she’s sure it was OSCAR who did it. The ambulance takes off, and Cris remarks they’re taking the body to SMF. What’s that? asks Pau. El Servicio Médico Forense, the wife of a police officer has to know these things. Pau cuddles up to Cris, she wants to learn all the cop things, he can teach her every day, every night…she starts to caress him, Cris backs off, I´m on duty, they could sanction me. Paula reminds him it´s also his duty to wait on his wife and give her kisses, or she´ll sanction HIM.

Everyone at the ring is amazed at the revelation about Moni and Coni. Xime doesn´t think they resemble each other, except maybe their fingernails. Rolu thinks it´s terrible that sisters could fight. Arnie wonders if he´s ever heard of siblings fighting before, hint, hint, such as over a woman. Xime thinks women fighting over a man is ¨super vanguardista¨.

Cris and Pau have suspicions about who killed the man, and Pau says these suspicions are reliable (fidedignas, probably another copspeak type word). Cris asks to be in charge of the case, and the other cop says that’s fine. Pau is all ready to solve the case with her partner. Affirmativo, adds Cris.

Nieves, Estrella and Beto are also discussing the bombshell. Beto thinks this’ll make Coni feel sorry, Estre says no way. Nieves thinks Isabel’s coming to town has been a bad omen (aguëro). Gabi also can hardly believe it, but one thing she knows for sure is that Oscar is guilty of the murder of Salvador, and has to pay.

Back in the dressing room, Coni is almost crying, upset with her Dad’s affair all those years ago. Coni yells at Moni, Moni yells back, Marcos begs them to be civil. Isabel wants Marcos and Coni to leave. Oh yeah, says Coni, well you were tricking me too, Isabel, all this time, why didn’t you say anything? Huh? says Moni to her Mom, you had a deal with her?

Lobo thanks Mauricio, but Mau didn’t do it for him, he did it for Moni, and he’s hopping mad that Lobo put Moni’s life at risk. He tells Lobo if he has any dignity, he’ll leave now, and not put Moni’s life in any further danger. Lobo knows his fight is over, and leaves with dignity.

Hissabel thinks quickly, explains to Moni that when she was staying at Coni’s apartment, she knew she couldn’t trust her, that’s why I didn’t tell her about my past, or about your being my daughter. Oh, don’t be a hypocrite! spits out Coni disdainfully. Hissy turns to her, reminding her that when this match is over, things will be “very different”. Coni hears Hissy’s previous words in her head “With or without your help, Valentina will die”. She decides not to push things further.

Riding through the night towards home, Aldo’s ebullient, we did it, we escaped, did you see how I punched him! Sal, driving, is a bit worried about Lori, hope she’s okay. Aldo notices that Sal’s looking a bit peaked, is everything all right? Apparently not, as Sal’s eyes close, his head lolls back, he slumps over towards Aldo, takes his hands off the wheel, and the car careens off the road at top speed, crashing head-on into a tree!!!!!!


Marcos figures now that the girls know they’re sisters, the fight is off. But no, Moni’s ready to get back in the ring, and Coni’s not backing down, either. If Moni wants her mangy neighborhood back, she’ll have to fight for it!

Paula has become an unofficial member of CSI-Mexico, having donned a white coat, surgical gloves and a blue mask. She’s with the other investigators, picking through the debris at the murder site of that lawyer, when another agent finds a plastic bag, conveniently filled with “evidence”. Cris shows Paula the bag, containing ladies’ clothes, covered with blood, a cell phone and a handy little note. It says “Constanza Lerdo de Tejada killed this man and Salvador Ulloa”. Paula’s surprised, it was La Momia!

At the ring, Estrella and Nieves are distressed to find that the fight’s going to resume. Nieves has a bad premonition, and crosses herself. Xime goes over to Coni’s corner, tells a seated Coni her three things. Una, having a sister like La Monu must be maraviguau. Dos, I wouldn’t want to be in your place, because your sister’s gonna blot you out (opacar, to make opaque) totally, and Tres, although she’s prettier than you, and better in every way, do your best (échale ganas), because you don’t have a chance (she looks at Beto, holds her nose), train her well, Robi, please.

The two boxeadoras sit opposite each other in their corners, awaiting the restart, grim, determined looks on their faces. Mau asks Moni if she’s okay, she thanks him for saving Lobo, but doesn’t want to talk now. He does, anyway. He did it for her. If you knew how much I love you…….. he tells her earnestly. This appears to affect her, once again, she’s wavering.

Paula knew Coni was gossipy, shady, poisonous personality, but a killer? Cris says the proof doesn’t lie (yeah, right). And look what else is in the bag! Pictures of Salvador, dead!


Their eyes grow wide, and that’s all we have time for tonight.

But this Monday, we’re back with ROUND TWO! Will Moni take a hit of that sports drink? Will Lorenza hit back for Oscar’s ruining her wedding? And will Coni be hit with the long arm of the law? Don’t change that dial, as our show’s ready to EXPLODE!!!!!

Vocabulario:

Hacer su agosto – to make a fortune, make a killing
Torpe – clumsy
Estrenando – debuting, the first episode of a show is El Gran Estreno
El occiso – the murder victim, in formal copspeak
Fidedigno(a) – reliable, another formal, cop type term
Aguëro – an omen, such as a good or bad omen, or luck
Opacar – to darken, to make opaque, to mar, to blot out
Échale ganas – do your best, give it all you’ve got

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Back at the prison, Remigio comes to visit Juan, but Juan, who is acting more and more like his loony mama every time anyone shows up, irately throws hay at him and tells him to get lost. “You should have killed me when I asked you to!!” Remi asks how he could kill him since he was the one who saved his life and brought him up from infancy. They’re brothers, after all. He’s there to beg Juan to give up his lunatic ideas of blood and vengeance. Juan says he can’t because he’s too eaten up with rage at the thought of Aimee in the arms of another man. It’s the only reason he wants to get out of there; he must find the two of them and exact his revenge.

While Juan suffers alongside various and sundry fat ‘n happy rats, our newlyweds walk along the boardwalk of Vera Cruz and enjoy the salt air. They run into the gossipy Eloisa who immediately tells them that a prisoner attacked Juan last night. (News travels fast in that place. Don’t ask me how she knows or who told whom.) This upsets Aimee who immediately asks if he was hurt. Renato notices her somewhat misplaced concern and asks her about it. She lies about simply being concerned “for the poor man” and quickly changes the subject to how beautiful the ocean looks. (A-hem.)

Back in his cell, Juan tells Remi that he feels as if he’s suffocating because of what Aimee did to him. Remi tells him to give it up and resign himself to having lost her. He refuses. Besides, he tells Remi, he’s got to get out of there. He’s got a curse over him, the same one that his father suffered from there in that very same cell years ago. The same thing that happened to his father is happening to him: everything he loved has been snatched away from him in life. That’s why he’s got to get out and take his revenge, to be able to die with his soul at peace. Juan begins to weep and says he won’t allow Remi to touch him out of fear that something will happen to him also. Remi tries to console the poor, afflicted Juan. “Not everything is lost.” No. Juan has him and the love and respect of all the fishermen who are all on his side. “We would give our very lives for you.” (Big whoop. Unless you’re gonna break him outta there, who gives a fat rat’s patoot?) Eventually the guards come and yell that Remi’s time is up. They drag him off still yelling about solidarity with his brother. Juan cries out pitifully and begs him not to leave him. (Like the guy has a choice?) Juan suffers a breakdown. (Thank. You. Aimee. You’ve just succeeded in making a grown man cry again. You can add another notch on your bustier.)

Jimena runs into Eloisa and offers to read her fortune. Eloisa says she doesn’t believe in such things, but then she changes her mind and lets curiosity get the better of her. Mena reads her palm and tells her that she’s married to an older man who loves her, but who she needs to be careful of. Eloisa laughs at that. “Fulgencio is a defenseless old man!” Mena says nope, things are not what they seem so she better be ware. “The man will be part of your misfortune.” Eloisa stops smiling.

Federico pays a visit to Fully who complains to him that gun sales are rotten. They haven’t sold a thing in a month. Feddy says he is aware of that and suggests that they should sell their guns in the north of the country where he’s sure they’ll have very willing buyers. Just then Eloisa returns home and behind Fully’s back makes googly-eyes at an uncomfortable Feddy. She tells Fully she is late in getting back because she ran into the newlyweds who were buying her something for her birthday party, and then coquettishly asks if he’s not going to permit her to have that party. Fully smiles indulgently.

Back to our newlyweds: Renato has noticed the change in Aimee since she heard about what happened to Juan. She skillfully turns the situation back on him and says she’s noticed that he seems especially interested in “that man”. Ren admits that he does like him and feels some pity towards him. He has the feeling that Juan has suffered quite a bit. She suggests that then they should see Noel about him. Just then Noel walks over and greets them. After exchanging pleasantries, Aimee mentions they were coming to see him because Ren was worried about what was going to happen to “the man whose life he saved.” Noel explains that he’s just come from seeing him at the prison and says he’s taking the case because there are so many anomalies in it. Apparently, he wounded that other prisoner in self-defense. Aimee asks if he found out who Juan was looking for at the wedding. Noel explains it was a woman who had been playing with his affections. Ruh-roh! Ren pricks his ears up at that, too. Aimee starts thinking of a way to explain the otherwise inexplicable “who” in that equation.

Back in Pedro’s hut, Colibri begins to pace and cry because he’s afraid something bad will happen to Juan now that he’s in jail. He doesn’t want to be left alone again. Pedro says he’s just as frightened as Colibri because he’s worried Juan will suffer the same fate as JD Sr. did. Santos says he hadn’t thought about it before but now that he mentions it…..

Juan sits in a corner of his daddy’s old cell and looks around. He sees the manacles hanging from the ceiling and thinks about the way his father and mother suffered at the hands of Rodrigo Montes de Oca. He thinks back to Clemencia telling him that this was the same cell they kept his father in and that she brought his mother there to tell him she was expecting Juan. He moves a rat infested bale of hay, disturbing an otherwise happily chirping rat, and discovers “Maria del Rosario” carved into the wall. There are more tears and self-loathing from Juan who can’t stop thinking about what his parents must have suffered till their dying day at the hands of Rodrigo Montes de Oca.

At the same time, his very much alive mama (if you can call it living), talks to her make-shift rag-baby and remembers when she told JD Sr. in the jail cell that she was expecting his child. She cries over the fact that neither of them ever got to know their child.

Meanwhile, the field hands are literally dropping over from some illness that seems to be spreading through the group. One of the workers tells Remi that Arcadio has been sticking the sick in the old abandoned granary and leaving them there to die. The Orca won’t lift a finger to help any of them and says that Doña Leonarda has ordered him not to. Just then Orca rides up and orders Remi and the other shirkers [haragan = shirker, lay-about] back to work. Remi yells at Orca and asks if what he just heard is true. “Somebody has to take pity on those people!” “—And who is going to do that? You?” Remigio answers in the affirmative and rides off to get word to Regina while Orca keeps ordering the men back to work.

Back at Juan’s hilltop casota, Jimena and Gabriel exchange googly-eyed glances at each other while Gabe and she forge false ID papers for Juan. Gabe puts the name Juan San Román on them. Mena asks why they can’t use his real name. Gabe explains it’s not the right time yet to reveal his true identity and that he’s not at liberty to discuss any of the details with her.

Aimee is still very upset over the news about Juan being in prison. Ren notices and asks her why it’s bothering her so much. She makes Ren believe that she’s upset to find out that Juan made trouble at her wedding because her sister is the woman he must have come looking for. She brings up the time Ren saw “Regina” sneaking off to the caves and says she must have been going for a rendezvous with Juan.

Remi finds Regi at the finca’s main house and tells her what he just found out about sick and dead workers being kept at the abandoned granary. Regi decides she can’t bother Ren about it or take the time to find her father to tell him. So it’s Ste. Regina to the rescue. She dresses in some of Ren’s clothes for the long and arduous ride to the cane fields and leaves with Remi to take charge of the sick herself in order to avoid a possible epidemic.

Meanwhile, Aimee pretends to be ashamed and embarrassed over her sister’s possible loose morals and behavior. (That’s rich.) She reminds Ren of the way Regi was always bringing up a secret love and cleverly asks if it could be Juan that Regi meant. Ren seems a little worried at that and doesn’t think it too likely, but he doesn’t totally disagree. Aimee suggests that her affair could be why Regi must have been acting so oddly once they got back from Europe. She can’t believe her sister would have ever been capable of something like that! Oh, the shame!

In town Gabe hands Noel over Juan’s falsified ID papers. When Noel sees the name he is wide-eyed impactado. Gabe asks why Noel seems so surprised. Noel explains the name is the same as a man he knew many years back. Gabe assures him that it must be only a coincidence. “Sr. San Román isn’t from around here and doesn’t know a soul.” Noel agrees it must be a coincidence. But the name, he says, still brings back some very painful memories for him.

Regi attends to the sick and sends Remi to find Dr. Pablo. Orca runs in to see what’s going on. He races around insulting the sick field hands and tells them if they don’t go back to work they won’t get paid. Regi asks Orca if he intends on bringing the dead back to life to make them work, too? Orca tries to kick Regi out of the place. “Clear out of here! I’m the one who’s in charge of these field hands!” Regi tells him she doesn’t need his permission to be there and she doesn’t need Leona’s either. She refuses to leave while everyone around her is sick or dying. Doesn’t Orca have a heart or a conscience? (A rhetorical question, certainly.) As far as she’s concerned only Renato has the final say and she is certain he’d agree with her if he was there. If Orca won’t help her transport the people to the clinic at Paradise, then he might as well get the heck out and leave her alone. Orca says fine! He’s leaving and will tell Leona that Regi’s going against her orders! Regi can suffer the consequences. Regi ignores him and rolls up her sleeves. Orca storms out.

An incensed Orca runs straight to Leona and angrily tells her that Regi defied him in front of all the field hands and refused to obey Leona’s orders. Leona gripes about Regi being the same rebellious girl she always has been and insists that that doesn’t mean it gives her the right to interfere in her affairs. Orca gripes that Regi also had the audacity to rub his nose [restregar] in the fact that the only one with real control over the finca was Renato and that she was certain Ren would go along with whatever she did. Leona says well, Regi was definitely right about that. Noel walks in just then. He hears Orca griping about Regi transferring all the sick from the old granary to the clinic at Paradise despite it all and hears Leona say she won’t permit it. Noel asks what sick people they’re talking about. Leona tells Noel to stick his nose out of it, but he insists on getting an answer. Orca explains that there’s an epidemic spreading in the properties behind the sugar-cane fields.

Leona exclaims shock at how Regi went dressed like a man to help them all. Noel says it doesn’t surprise him because she’s always been charitable and that apparently Leona has forgotten that the field hands are human beings, too. Leona tells Noel it’s none of his business and orders Orca to do what she’s told him. Noel yells at Orca to stay put. He adds that if Leona tries to contradict him then he’ll immediately send for Ren and have him come back so that she can face him. Ren will finally see what a cruel and inhumane woman his mother really is. This does the trick for Leona. (Maybe Noel is growing a pair to match the ones his wife has.)

Meanwhile, Aimee works her charms on Ren. She explains that her little whims and mischievous ways are the way she shows him love. The more she upsets him and makes demands on him the more she shows her love. Ren seems to understand this convoluted interpretation of luhhhv (much more than Viewerville does or even cares to) and turns to putty in her hands. He says she drives him crazy [Me vuelves loco]. She says that’s why she adores him. Viewerville fights a communal gag reflex as more newlywed love-making ensues….. FF>>

Back at the finca, Leona tells Orca to leave things the way they are for the time being and that Regi can continue there at the granary doing whatever she has a mind to. Noel isn’t done, though. He fires Orca. “You’re no longer the foreman for the Montes de Oca’s finca. So pick up your things and get out. I don’t want to see you around here ever again.” When Leona says nothing in his defense, Orca says before he leaves he’s going to tell him about a few things he’s not aware of that might surprise him and the rest of the Montes de Oca’s quite a lot. Leona tells him to shut up. “Arcadio be quiet! D-d-d-don’t put your future at any greater risk!” She turns to Noel and tells him that only Ren can fire him. Orca, satisfied his threat has hit home, says he will leave them alone to see if they can come to some kind of agreement.

When Orca leaves, Noel asks Leona why she’s always so eager to defend the man. Leona says it’s only because he’s been a terrific employee for her all these years. He reminds her that the man stays fired and she’d better not let Orca back. She defies him and says he doesn’t have the right to interfere in her affairs, period and then storms out. In an adult ADHD moment, Noel immediately turns his thoughts to Regina’s great heart and generosity in helping the sick field hands. (Viewerville is left scratching its head.)

Meanwhile, Regi and Remi continue to take all the sick from the granary and transfer them to them to the clinic at Paradise with the help of the other field hands.

Leonarda finds Orca in the basement and tells him to give her time to fix things with Noel. Orca is fit to be tied. He’s followed her orders blindly for years, he complains. So she’d better get him back his job or he’ll let MdR loose. “We’ll see what explanation you’ll give Don Rodrigo then!”

Upstairs, Rod finds Noel in the study and begs him for the honor of the family not to defend the savage that caused such a scandal at their children’s wedding. Noel says nothing Rod says will change his mind. As a lawyer, his personal and professional lives remain separate. Juan is simply another client who requires his services. Anyway, none of what Rod’s mentioned merits a man being put away for so long. Rod angrily disagrees and Noel angrily reminds Rod that he was witness to a similar injustice committed years ago and says he will not be a party to another injustice like that ever again! Noel calms down and then asks Rod to think things through because this man is the representative of the majority shareholder in their business, after all. That man could show up at any time and this would ruin their partnership. It’s nothing personal for Noel, but “injustice has neither face nor name.” Noel excuses himself saying he must leave to speak with the constable. Rod is left to swallow his rage whole.

Pablo and Remi finally talk Regi into going home and leaving them to take care of things at the clinic. As she leaves Pablo expresses his undying admiration for her. Remi says the difference between her and her sister is plain as day. Pablo’s silence speaks volumes on that topic.

That night Aimee entices Ren again with a sensual and seductive candlelight bubble bath. Ren makes love to Aimee, but is she making love to him or to Juan?

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Permalink posted by Jardinera654 @ 10:50 AM 49 comments

Hey, all. Sorry if this one is a little long. There were a lot of great moments that needed a good set up to make sense and the ending was so strong I had to make sure it was detailed enough. Anyway...

Rafa finishes his song just in time to see Ale “flirting” with a nameless hunk. The crowd chants for Rafa to sing another song but he pulls Ale away from the beefcake and says it’s time to leave.

Back at the hotel, Ale wants to discuss with Rafa what they should tell the receptionist.

She reminds Rafa the whole purpose of the trip is the sales deal but, since everyone in the hotel thinks they’re married, Ale does not want to be known as the wife of an idiot who stays out half the night doing who knows what.

Ale drags Rafa to the receptionist’s desk, where they make a show of being pleasant and sweet to each other. Rafa says he was out having a cocktail with some executives and there were no women around; he’s a decent man. He explains how Ale’s jealousies make her forgetful and that’s why she left her key card behind. Ale is not pleased with his explanation and Rafa gets kicked for telling the receptionist Ale needs to take her medication.

Rafa marvels at the massive hotel room. He loves the huge, luxurious bed but Ale says the bed is hers and hers alone. Ale tells Rafa to sleep in the living room but changes her mind when she thinks he might sneak back out to the party. He can sleep in her room on the couch.

Ale tells Rafa they have to be awake at 7 the next morning so he hastens to the bathroom. He checks everything out with pure excitement. Ale says if he likes it so much, he’s welcome to sleep there. Rafa can’t believe the size of the bathtub and the shower. “You could fit three people in here! This bathroom is bigger than my house!” Ale stops trying to correct him and just laughs. Rafa then discovers the mini-bar in the bedroom but Ale makes him leave it alone.

When Ale heads into the bathroom to change, Rafa sneaks over to the bed and gleefully jumps up and down on it. Once he gets comfortable on the bed, Rafa flips through the channels and either comes across Cinemax After Dark or the naughty pay-per-view channel. (Either way, Univision felt the need to censor the sound, which only makes it more hilarious.) Ale calls from the other room about the noise; Rafa makes excuses and quickly changes the channel.

Once Ale goes to bed, Rafa clicks back to the naughty channel (again the sound cuts out) but the noise wakes Ale. After turning off the TV, Rafa prays for his mother and sister and accidentally scares Ale when he tiptoes near the bed.

Early the next morning, Rafa wakes up before Ale and looks out in awe at the ocean “Mi jefa y el mar. I can’t believe it.”

Susana rallies the less-than-enthused Siglo crew to tell them that the new Salesman of the Month has to have the motivation to raise sales and complete all the sales reports. Picking a winner is going to be difficult because none of them fit the bill this month. Nelson limps into work and everyone teases him. Susana informs the crew about Ale and Rafa staying at La Playa a little longer to get the deal closed.

Marino passes a note to Ramirez, middle school style. He thinks something strange is going on with Ale and Rafa.

Ale wakes abruptly upon hearing Rafa’s boisterous singing in the shower. She’s in a rush after sleeping in and bangs on the bathroom door. Rafa walks out in a towel and Ale “hides” her eyes.

The Siglo crew wants details from Dandy about his date with Susana. He moans about having to pay for an expensive vegetarian dinner and for having to foot the bill for a massage that nearly broke all his bones. The crew is ready to give up but Dandy is sure he can lure Susana. They offer him a bet: win over Susana and get all of their commissions or fail and pay all of them his commission.

Just as Dandy is about to agree, Don Ismael overhears and is incensed at the immaturity of the crew. They pout, plead, and eventually persuade him not to turn them in.

Ale and Rafa meet for breakfast and play sweet, charming spouses whenever anyone comes within earshot. Rafa says they need to get their story straight in case the Refri Representatives ask about their “marriage”.

Ale is such a romantic: “We met at work. I was your boss, you fell head over heals for me, we got married in a civil registration that lasted two seconds, the end.” Rafa agrees to the story and adds a honeymoon in Cancun to the story. Ale nixes the idea of a honeymoon altogether. They keep arguing until a Refri Rep, Lic. Ledezma, comes to collect them for the yacht outing.

Beltran’s blood pressure skyrockets upon finding out that Ale and Rafa haven’t returned. He takes his worries out Susana by bugging her as usual.

Ale and Rafa meet the Refri Reps on the dock and are introduced to the bikini-clad, much younger Reps wives. Rafa, much like on the airplane, asks several questions about the yacht that Ale laughs off as though jokes. The Reps and wives get on the yacht while Rafa shakes nervously over the thought of getting on the boat. Ale tries to convince him it’s safe but Rafa doesn’t buy it. “That’s what the passengers on the Titanic said and look what happened to them.” After much prodding and pulling, Ale manages to get Rafa on the yacht.

We’re treated to a montage of several short scenes of Rafa’s antics on the yacht. He soaks up sun on the deck, inadvertently bugs the yacht captain, tries to climb in a hot tub, turns green with seasickness, and even gets a chance to steer the boat. Ale is on hand the whole time to keep Rafa from getting in too much trouble.

Dandy is trying desperately to get Susana’s attention. He asks for her help in figuring out his future and she suggests a “carta astral”. She invites him to her apartment to talk about it.

The yacht docks and the group heads off for the beach house. Ledezma and his wife welcome and tell them to relax and enjoy themselves. Ale wants to get straight to business but agrees to wait a little longer. Ledezma introduces his itsy-bitsy bikini-wearing niece Monica. She flirts very obviously with Rafa, which earns them both some sour looks from Ale

Once they get a second alone, Ale warns Rafa to stay away from Ledezma’s niece; it could ruin their business. As more incentive, Ale tells Rafa about the brand new car as a prize for the Salesman of the Month.

Ale overhears Rafa explaining their “love story” and is annoyed by his creative additions to their earlier story. “She had her eye on me from the moment I got there. I ignored her at first but she was so insistent and starting making me love letters. She even started calling me at all hours of the morning to get me to come to work early.”

Ale finally enters the room and adds her own flair to the story. “You begged on your knees for me to marry you.” Rafa isn’t put off and continues his tale tail. “The worse she treats me at work, all the more she’s telling me that she loves me.” Ale is very uncomfortable and Rafa hears all about it when everyone else leaves the room.

At last, Ale and Rafa get to talk business with two of the Refri representatives. The reps already have a preliminary agreement written up; all Ale and Rafa need to do is read and sign it. Ale peruses it first and says the agreement is perfect. She signs it immediately and hands the paperwork over to Rafa, who does the same. The deal is sealed! Both groups are thrilled to be doing business with the other.

Ale and Rafa slip away into the living room. Rafa is ecstatic! He’s finally closed the deal and will finally be left debt-free and in peace. Ale (who is visibly misty-eyed) says what a relief it must be to have the nightmare over with; now they will never see each other again.

Rafa forlornly agrees. Once they get back to Mexico, Ale offers to have Susana arrange the paperwork for Rafa to leave the Siglo. Rafa asks how they’ll sign the official contract if he quits. Ale says since they both signed the preliminary agreement, they don’t have to be together to sign the contract.

Rafa opens up to Ale. He was afraid he couldn’t achieve such a big business deal or be able earn as much money. Ale tells Rafa he is a wonderful worker. She shakes his hand and says she has never known a salesman who could pull off a deal of such magnitude.

Their handshake lingers a little longer than a normal one as Ale continues to congratulate Rafa. He’s going to be left well taken care of with lots of money to spare. “Even a new car. Your new Panther.”

Rafa isn’t the only one who is going to be better off. Ale will receive an excellent commission and much-deserved recognition from the company. Rafa says this achievement between the two of them shows what a good team they made. Ale’s tears flow freely as she reminds Rafa they only have a few hours left to celebrate and enjoy the ocean. She hurries away and Rafa, contract in hand, sorrowfully watches her go.

Avances: Vicky sobs over not hearing from Rafa. Meanwhile, Rafa is far less preoccupied as he and Ale play volleyball on the beach.

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Dora is devastated as her mother drags Daniel into the airport. She says that she was only doing it for his best interests.

Mohamed, Latifa, the baby and Nariza head back to Miami. Latifa is concerned that Allah will punish her for playing the trick (bromeando) on Nazira by taking away her happiness. Zoraida replies that nothing will take away her happiness and Jade apologizes for playing the trick on Nariza.

Marisa is upset that Natalia claims to have seen Daniel again. Marisa reports that the psychologist says that she invented an imaginary friend because she is lonely. However, it is clear to Rosa that the spirit of Diego is trying to communicate with them. "Don't start with that foolishness (babosada, from babosear, to drool)," says Marisa.

Albieri can't understand why Dora would take Daniel away from him. He treated the child like his own son. Luisa suggests that might have been the problem. Cristina is comforting Dora when Luisa calls to see if she knows how to contact Dora's mother. Cristina lies and says that she doesn't have a phone number or address. When Luisa tells Albi this and says not to worry, they have each other, Albieri looks like he's about to hurl and walks out saying that he needs to be alone. He goes to the playground and says to himself that Daniel let him feel that he was defeating death. All his lost affection was concentrated in Daniel.

On the plane, Daniel repeats that he doesn't want to be with Estela. He wants to be with his dad.

Nazira is overjoyed to return to the US. She says that it is a blessed country and she is blessed. Mohamed reminds her about what she said earlier about hating the US and never returning. "It's all different, now," she burbles, "I want to stay forever!" Latifa is able to restrain her joy at hearing this. Mohamed has decided to rent the store in the same building in which they live so he can be closer to his family. Nariza rereads the false Osvaldo letter. It doesn't have a return address but she knows that she can find him at the dance club.

Jade and Latifa decide to enjoy their break from Nariza. They expect her back when she finds out the letter was a lie.

Nariza throws cold water on Mohamed and Latifa's evening plan for a video and cookies. She feigns extreme sleepiness (tengo mucho sueño) and suggests that unless Mohamed and Latifa go to bed, too, Latifa's milk will dry up. She warns them not to disturb her. She sleeps like a piece of marble (una piedra de mármol) [Does Latifa's baby sleep through the night? That is more likely to wake her.] Obediently, Mohamed and Latifa go to bed, too.

Nariza changes her clothes and heads out to the club. Seeing the scantily dressed women going in, she calls the club hell itself but she doesn't hesitate to go in. She finds Osvaldo inside dancing. She cuts in and he is very surprised to see her. He is willing to dance with her. She won't let him touch her while they dance saying that is a sin but her demonstration of how dancing is done in Morocco entrances Osvaldo and the patrons at the club.

Estela invites Daniel to help her scrape the kernels off (desgranar) some corn. She is going to make some tamales to die for (como pa' cuparse los dedos, literally, 'make you suck your fingers). The kid isn't interested and says that he wants to call his dad. Estela claims that she doesn't have a phone.

Albieri sits in Daniel's room in his house playing with the kid's toys. He swears that he will find Daniel if he has to go to the ends of the earth (aunque tenga que junta los cielos y la tierra,' literally, 'even if I have to make heaven and earth come together'.)

Now this is definitely a beanie tightening moment. Leo has the unmitigated gall to lecture Lucas and Marisa about being good parents, about not thinking about how Natalia must feel about their separation and about being selfish. I guess you'd know about that, Leo. Do what I say, not what I do. Then Leo looks to Rosa for support and she says that Lucas and Marisa should take Natalia to a spiritualist. "Qué sesión espiritista ní que ocho cuartos?" meaning something like, 'spiritualist session, my fat foot!' Then Lucas and Marisa announce that they will try to get along again for Natalia's sake. Leo is pleased.

Dora tells Vicki that she is going to move back to NY and live with Daniel and her mother.

Cristina is out front hawking the club to passersby. Leo drives up and remarks on what a trashy place it is and how much he would like to have Cristina in his arms. When she sees him, he drives off. Norma asks why Leo took off like a bat out of hell. Because he is afraid is how the English subtitles translated her reply. In Spanish she said, "Porque mata al tigre y se asusta con el cuero," literally, 'because he killed the tiger and is afraid of the skin.' She is sure that now that he knows where the bar is, he will come and watch in secret every day.


Dora leaves for NYC. Albeiri won't eat and wonders where his boy is.

Dora arrives in at her mother's place but Daniel is rude and says that he doesn't care about her. He only wants his 'father.' Dora regrets that she let things get so far out of hand. She will get her son back here. Estela says, "Cuando nuestros hijos salen de nuestros vientres, ya no nos pertinecen." (When our children leave our bellies, they are no longer our children)

In the same vein, Ali reads a passage from Khalil Gibran's, The Prophet about children during a photomontage indicating that some time, maybe two years, passes. [I counted 6 candles on Natalia's birthday cake. Thanks for the transcription and translation, Novelamaven!]

Your children are not your children; they are life's children.
They come through you but they are not of you.
You can give them your love, but not your thoughts
You can protect their bodies but not their souls
Because their souls live in the mansion of tomorrow that you can't visit, not even in dreams.
You can try to be like them, but you can't try to make them like you.
Because in life there's no turning back
and there's no stopping with the passing of days.
We are the bows from which our children are launched into life like living arrows.

Vuestros hijos no son vuestros hijos; son los hijos de la vida.
Ellos vienen a través de vosotros pero no son de vosotros.
Podeís darles vuestro amor, pero no vuestros pensamientos.
Podeís abrigar sus cuerpos pero no sus almas.
Porque sus almas viven en la mansión del mañana que vosotros no podeís visitar ni en el mismo sueño.
Podeís procurar ser como ellos, pero no procureis hacerlos como vosotros
Porque la vida no camina hacia atrás
y no se detiene con los días pasados.
Nosotros somos los arcos de los cuales nuestros hijos son arrojados a la vida como flechas vivas



From poetry to our story: Said has bought some expensive fabric for his business. Jade comes and says that she was visiting the university. Abdul and Said have a low opinion of education for women. Said says that the only thing a woman needs to learn is the Koran so she can teach it to her children. He dumps the fabric on Jade and tells her to organize it. "If I'm such a pest, why don't you just divorce me?" Jade yells. Then she has an idea.

She throws the fabric out the window as a gift from Allah for the passers by. Said is furious. Jade runs to Ali's house. Said follows. He says that he repudiates Jade three times in front of Ali and Zoraida. "I'm divorced?" asks Jade hopefully.

Ali asks what is going on. Said says that Jade is the devil incarnate. She is ruining his life. She doesn't take care of the house, puts salt in his food, she doesn't take of his stuff, she hasn't given him any children. Jade is looking way too happy about this and Zoraida hustles her away. Said tells Ali that Jade doesn't care about him. He says formally that he is returning Ali's niece to him.

Jade can't believe that she is finally divorced. Zoraida hopes that she won't regret what she did. She accuses Jade of wanting to after Lucas. Jade denies it. When Zoraida tells Jade that her romance with Lucas is all in the past, Jade reminds her of the two coffee ground readings that indicated that they would meet again, 'when the future meets the past.' Jade decides that it means that she and Lucas will be together in the future the way they were in the past. Zoraida regrets reading the coffee grounds for Jade. Jade says that she is ecstatic that she won't have to spend another night in Said's house. Zoraida informs her that Said can recant his repudiation. Jade is impactada.

Ali tries to convince Said to take back his repudiation but Said is firm. He says that he repeats the repudiation. Ali calls Jade and tells her that Said doesn't repent and she is divorced. When Jade asks if she can go get her stuff from Said's house, Ali says no. She will follow the requirements of the Koran and live with her husband for three of her menstrual cycles to make sure that she isn't pregnant.

[And at this moment, we know exactly what is going to happen.] Ali says that if there is a pregnancy, the couple can cancel the divorce if they want to. Adbul states that in Islam, men and women are created equal except that men have a higher level of rights (un grado mas de derechos) than women. Jade demands to know why that is so. Abdul replies that rights come with obligations. Since men have the obligation to provide for their families, they have more rights [I guess the obligation to risk your life to produce a baby and spend years caring for it doesn't count for anything. Let's see a man do that.] Ali tells Said and Jade to go home and live in harmony until the divorce is final.

The news of the divorce reaches Miami. Latifa is upset. Nariza is happy to be proved right. She doubts that Latifa, who is pregnant again, will produce the male heir to carry on the family name and reminds Mohamed that Latifa is from the same bad family as Jade. Mohamed says that he is happy with Latfia and she has done nothing wrong. "Not yet (todavia, no)," warns Nariza. She says that she raised cowards, not men.

Mohamed goes to Latifa who is crying. He swears three times that he will never divorce her.

When Said and Jade get home, Said says that he will sleep in Nazira's room until the house is cleansed of her presence. Jade tells herself that if she has made it this far, what are 3 months before she can be happy together with Lucas forever.

Cristina tells Vicki that Leo drives by the bar every night but won't get out of his car. She is sure that he wants to. Vicki is doubtful. She says that she can't imagine Leo dancing to reggaeton. Albieri shows up asking for news of Daniel and Cristina says that they don't have any news. He asks them to let him know if they hear anything. He leaves. Cristina says that it is tearing her up (se me rompen los medias, literally tearing her stockings) to see him like that. Vicki reminds her that Dora asked them not to give Albieri any information and they have to respect that.

Lucas and Marisa are going to a benefit concert (concierto altruista). Leo tells them that he is concerned that Natalia is too introverted, always quiet and hiding away in the corners of the house. Marisa says that is Natalia's personality. Lucas points out that he was like that as a child. Leo isn't convinced and thinks that Marisa and Lucas are crummy parents.

Jade tells Zoraida that Said won't look her in the face. Zoraida replies that Said put up with a lot and he has had enough but that they have three month to decide to repent the divorce. Jade says that she will never repent when she is so close to getting her freedom.

Abdul tells Said that many parents of marriageable daughters are asking if he is interested in marrying again. Said says that he wants to marry again in grand form to show Jade what she has lost. He says this time he won't fall for a pretty face the way he did with Jade. Abdul says that one family with daughters will be at Mustafá's restaurant this evening. Said says that he will go.

Ali tells Jade that he isn't obliged to take her back into his family. He could curse her and throw her out because she acted badly. He says that he is partly to blame because he didn't make sure that she learned the ways of their religion. He has decided to send her to the States and pay for her to go to school and then she can do whatever she wants. Jade is ecstatic.

When she gets home, Said says that during the waiting period for their divorce, she is forbidden to go out or even show her face in the living room.

Zoraida passes on the gossip from the Medina to Ali. Everyone knows about the divorce petition and families with daughters are going to the restaurant Mustafá tonight to show them off to Said. Ali says that he will dine at the restaurant, too. Zoraida is disappointed. She is cooking camel for him the way he likes it. "I have to prop up the roof of my house (afianzar el techo de mi casa)," says Ali, "I can eat camel meat tomorrow but if the roof of the house falls tonight, there won't be anyone to raise it."

Abdul tells Said that he can't make the restaurant scene but all Said has to do is pick a girl and he'll take care of the rest. Jade overhears.

Ali comes to the restaurant and sits down with Said.

A servant from Said's comes to Ali's house and tells Zoraida that Jade is very ill and she should come immediately. She sends the servant for a doctor and goes to Jade. Jade says that she fainted. She is afraid because the same thing happened to her mother before she died. The doctor arrives.

In a cute scene, Ali asks Allah's pardon and then carefully criticizes the woman Said is interested in. She is too skinny to fill up a bed and won't have healthy children and she is an exhibitionist because she smiles too much. Said says that he doesn't want to make the same mistake twice ('No pienso tropezar dos veces con la misma piedra,' literally, 'I don't want to trip over the same stone twice') and rejects that candidate.

As we knew it was going to happen, the doctor tells Jade that she is pregnant. Jade is impactada.

The credits roll.

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Tonight, Karyme Lozano and Elsa Pataky are "Ana y Paula, Ultrajadas" (Ana and Paula, outraged).

People are arriving to some kind of event. Gerardo and Det. Capellan are attending. Poor Gerardo in his tie. So uncomfortable compared to scrubs. He comments to Capellan that he can tell you exactly when, how, and where someone died, just by looking, "but don't ask me to wear a suit!" It's a damn ugly tie, too, orange striped. Dude needs to spend more time around live people. In the background, Ana and Paula are greeting people. Capellan says everyone's there. Aranda and Moran show up, arm in arm. Aranda's looking hot in a green satin-y number, with her curls all bouncy. Can I hate her now? Moran blames their lateness on a problem with "manifestos" (the tickets?). Aranda and Moran are upstairs, Capellan and Gerardo, downstairs. Everyone goes to their seats.

A tenor delivers an aria. An older guy smoking a cigar climbs a ladder to the catwalk. He's followed by Paula's shoes, if I recognize them correctly. The aria continues. The cigar guy is enjoying it. Capellan looks like she's falling asleep. Gerardo just looks like he can't see the appeal. Cigar guy drops from the catwalk onto the stage at the end of a rope. No, not like Tarzan. The rope is around his neck. Most of the audience goes running, but Capellan and Gerardo don't. The tenor just stands there gaping at the body. Sounds like DIEM's kind of night at the opera.

Nope, Gloria, no open wounds this time around, but let the crazy drama flow, fo' sho'!

Flashback: Paula packs books into a box while drinking some red, red wine. Ana comes in. She has some news, but Paula asks her to wait so she can go get another glass for the wine. Paula clinks the glasses and toasts to Madrid. Ana announces that she got offered the job--national director of theaters. She hasn't answered yet, but it's a great opportunity for her. Paula makes a fuss about it being a bureaucratic job and about Ana not liking Juan Enrique. Ana agrees neither one likes the other, but she doesn't have another option. Ana tries to convince Paula it's a good move. "You can work here too, you can keep designing. Half a day of work, half a day for our projects!" Paula says "their" project was supposed to be going to Madrid. Ana goes back to it being a good opportunity. There seems to be some discontentment because Paula has some good stuff waiting for her in Madrid, but all of Ana's clout is in Mexico. Paula wonders if they're breaking up. Ana gulps down some wine.

Present: The body's still hanging around. Capellan is offering her help to the other cops who have shown up. Gerardo's reputation precedes him and Capitan Guerrero is impressed. Aranda and Moran join everyone on stage. Ana comes over and introduces herself as the set designer and the person in charge. Capitan Guerrero asks her to help them get the body down. He directs them where to lower it.

Capellan goes over and introduces herself to the tenor, James Kendall, and Paula. Kendall and Paula are talking in English, but he assures Capellan that he speaks Spanish perfectly. Paula, sporting a cut lip, introduces herself as the costume designer and asks if Mr. Kendall can be excused. Capellan is practically giddy as she says he can't leave, it's going to be a long night, but he's free to rest in his dressing room. He leaves and Paula asks what's next. "The medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death." My guess--a broken neck from hanging. Too obvious? Paula asks if people can go rest. Capellan asks Paula if she thinks it was an accidental death. Ana comes over and says she thought DIEM only worked on cases to do with women. "Well, sometimes we have to help out our peeps." She walks off and Ana and Paula look nervously at each other. Ana shushes Paula when she starts to say something. She hugs her. Capellan's radar goes off and she turns around to look at them.

Flashback: Ana is discussing the set design as some techs work on building it. Paula is sitting down in the audience sketching. The future deceased, Juan Enrique, comes up to Paula and gooses her from behind. She seems happy to see him and shows him what she's working on--a costume in the Baroque style, but with a modern touch. He loves it, but he reminds her that James Kendall is really short, like all tenors. "Countertenor," she corrects him. Juan Enrique jokes, "are you sure he doesn't have his hm hm cut off?" Paula says that's a castrato, silly. Juan Enrique says you never know. Ana comes up to say hi. She and Juan Enrique can't stand each other. Know how I know? Because their smiles get about 10 times bigger. Ana comments they're behind. Juan Enrique says it's no big, it'll be a few days before they need it to be ready. He goes to check out the stage and calls back that they'll talk later. Ana gripes that she can't stand the guy. Paula reminds her she's the one who wants to take the job. Ana is pissed off that Paula even likes him, but Paula says she more than likes him, she respects and admires him. Ana indirectly insults Paula's work by saying Juan Enrique is just a wasted old guy with a beer belly. Paula goes over to kiss him and tells him he gets more handsome every day. Looks like he took that seriously.

Paula and Juan Enrique talk colors and fabrics. Paula has worked with Kendall before, in London and Barcelona. JE asks how it's going with Ana. "I heard you're not too happy with her new job." "Well, it's what's best for her." She tries to show him some other drawings, but he brushes that off and says that sometimes life surprises you and you have to seize opportunities. Paula says "we had other plans." This cracks JE up. "You can't spend your life making plans. If you make plans you don't see what's in front of you. You ignore feelings." He's getting a bit handsy. Ana comes knocking and tells Paula she needs her. The gals leave and JE frowns.

Present: Gerardo says he needs to get the body back to the lab, but he's going to say the guy died from two stab wounds to the liver, and he definitely didn't die from asphyxia. Oh, I was mistaken about no blood this time around.

Flashback: JE reviews a list with a tech. Guys are moving in set decorations. Paula is on her way to take the fabrics to someone, but JE convinces her he needs to show her something. He takes her up onto the catwalk and tells her the best place to see a show is up there. He apologizes for the other day. Paula says she doesn't know what's happening with her lately. She starts crying and JE hugs her. He starts to kiss her, but she backs off. JE tells her that from up there, he feels like God, like he's bringing the actors to life, but then after the show it's all over. JE tells her he's really into her, he can't help himself. Paula hugs him.

Ana and the tech guy work on the lights. They're looking up and they see Paula and JE on the catwalk. It looks ambiguous, like they could be kissing, but she doesn't seem upset, even though the tech ribs her about it. Ana calls Paula to come down because James Kendall has arrived.

Ana and Paula greet James. JE comes up and does some bad Shakespeare, in English. Ana gripes at Paula. JE insinuates that after the hugs from Ana and Paula, James will be singing with hm, hm. James agrees he will be doing so, and offers his arm to Paula. I think the joke here is that JE didn't realize that James is bilingual and understood his crappy innuendo. Ana goes back to keep working on the set. JE announces it's "whisky time!"

Present: Guerrero, Gerardo, and Moran are up on the catwalk. Guerrero assures Gerardo that it's the safest place in the theater. Um, sure, if you're not a dirty old man who hits on lesbians. Guerrero thinks whoever did this was good with knots. And also good with the stage mechanics. They knew where to attach the rope so the whole set wouldn't come crashing down. Gerardo points out the cigar to Moran, who picks it up. They notice the lipstick and Moran surmises that even if it is JE's cigar, he wasn’t the only one who smoked it.

Flashback: Paula does a fitting with James. She tells James that JE smokes his cigars up on the catwalk on opening night. James finds this "curious." He asks how it's going with Ana. Paula says it's fine. James likes the costume. It's only missing a collar, which Paula adds.

Ana sees JE at an outdoor café, having a whisky. He asks her to sit down. He talked to the Secretary of Culture yesterday and he's in agreement with Ana's nomination. Ana says she respects him as an artist and all that, and she hates to say it, but "don't mess with Paula." JE says Paula's old enough to take care of herself, and besides, "What she really needs, according to nature, is a man." He tells her to get that look off her face, they have to work together. "What for," she asks, " so I can do all the work while you get drunk and take all the credit?" She tells him to shove it.

James asks Paula when they're going to Madrid. "The production starts in two months, doesn't it?" Paula says Ana's had another offer, so they'll see. Paula's pretty close to him, since she was standing behind him tying his cape on. She tells him he can wear the costume for the rehearsal if he wants to. JE comes in. James puts on his helmet and asks JE what he thinks. He goes off to rehearse. JE tells Paula he thinks he made a mistake. He wonders if Ana deserves the sacrifice Paula is making. Paula tells him it's not important. "Your artistic future isn't important?" JE tells her he's been in this situation before. "You know what, let's toast!" Paula tries to beg off, but he talks her into it. Before she walks out, she fusses with her hair.

They drink to friends. He insists she drink it all and refills her glass. They toast to Madrid. She chugs the whisky. He pours her a third. They toast to him, to making her laugh. He toasts to her eyes. He toasts to people who come to the opera. They keep getting blurrier. She giggles and says she's drunk. He spouts some poetic crap about ships or something. They end up on a couch. She finally says she needs to go back to work. He convinces her to stay and rest. He kisses her and she pushes him off. He ends up hitting her. She knocks over a costume trying to get away from him, but I think we are to assume that he rapes her.

Back at her place, she runs a shower. Her face is pretty well bloodied up. She gets into the shower and cries. She ends up huddled in the tub. Ana finds her there. She asks who hit her, what happened. Paula lies and says she didn't see who did it. It was in the parking lot. They took her wallet. Paula doesn't want to go to the cops. Ana tries to insist, but Paula is too upset. Ana relents. She helps Paula out of the tub.

James can't believe it when Ana tells him. Ana says she's here to protect Paula, but James points out that she's been very angry with Paula lately. Ana insists she's just worried, that's all. James says she should take care of Paula, then, because Paula's scared.

Paula lies on the couch and lets her phone ring. Ana comes in and asks why Paula hasn't been there in two days. Ana asks how Paula is doing, if she wants someone to help her finish the costumes. Paula says she wants to go to Madrid, I think. Ana says she's been thinking and she doesn't think taking the job is an option. Paula wants to leave now, but Ana says it's only another week to the opening. Paula's phone starts ringing again. Ana asks her if she's eaten, if she should fix her something. "I understand you're scared because of the assault, but you can't stay locked up in here your whole life. Why won't you tell me who it was." Ana tells her to answer her phone. She goes to fish the phone out of Paula's purse, but she finds Paula's wallet. "Didn't you tell me they took your wallet in the parking lot? It wasn't a robbery, right? Talk. What's going on?" Paula tells her it was JE. "He hit you?" Paula says he came into the studio and tried to…. Paula finally says he raped her. Ana is shocked. Paula repeats it. Ana hugs her.

Rehearsal. Chaos. James looks like a girl with those curls, even with his package on prominent display in tights. JE shows up at rehearsal. James comments to the accompanist that things like this don't happen in England. I suppose he means the chaos. JE starts giving orders. James tells JE that he doesn't know where he's going in his scene. "We haven't even talked about my character." "Your character's a fool who repeats the same phrases. Just trust me, I'm the director." JE announces that he's been named Director of the National Theater Company and he's been asked to choose an assistant director. He's chosen a woman with the talent to do it--Paula Moncada. Paula and Ana are both shocked. Ana whispers to Paula, "He raped you. Say something. Let him know you know what kind of monster he is. Oh, but that wouldn't be convenient, would it?" Ana walks off and people start coming up to congratulate Paula.

Present: In one of the boxes, Aranda interviews James. "You do understand that I was either on stage singing or I killed someone?" Aranda says that's clear. What she wants to know is if he saw anything odd in the last few days. James looks down. He finally says he did hear something that maybe he ought to tell her.

Aranda uses her cell phone walkie to tell Capellan that James just gave some important information.

Gerardo and Guerrero come down from the catwalk. Capellan announces to them that Juan Enrique raped Paula, according to James' testimony. Gerardo remembers her as the costumer. He reminds them that there were two stabs directly to the liver. "Do you think it could be…?" "Dressmakers' shears?" finishes Capellan.

Moran takes pictures in Paula's studio. He finds a pair of scissors.

Aranda runs some fingerprints.

Moran swabs the scissors.

Capellan asks Paula what happened between her and Juan Enrique. Before she can answer, Moran walks in and announces that they've gotten results from the lab. That was quick! "The blood on the scissors is the victim's." He leaves. Guerrero is sitting in on the interview. Capellan asks who hit her in the mouth. Was it Juan Enrique? What happened? Paula says they were drinking and he misunderstood. "I told him I didn't want to, to stop, but he kept going. I didn't want to, but I had to." Capellan says she couldn't have done it alone. "Why?" Gerardo says that JE weighs twice what she does. "Or could you have thrown him?" "But he fell." Guerrero asks her if she knows how to knot a rope. She admits she doesn't. "Then you couldn't have done it alone," says Capellan, "Who helped you?" Paula just repeats the she killed him.

The tech guy tells Aranda that yeah, he didn't like JE, and he did like Paula. He says he could have carried him, he's carried heavier stuff, but sorry, he didn't kill him. Aranda asks if he can prove it. He says during the production he directs everything from his radio, but he has to be on ground level. We see a brief flashback to JE's untimely exit, er, entrance, whichever, and the tech guy was in the wings talking to somebody. "Then could it have been a scene shifter?" The guy says they don't have any changes of set. "The catwalk was empty, except for Elizondo, who went up there to smoke." He's pretty sure of it.

Guerrero and Capellan go over a list of names. Guerrero says he's sure someone was up there. "Someone Paula is trying to cover for," says Capellan as she underlines Ana's name. Flashback to Ana saying DIEM only does cases to do with women and then hugging Paula.

Flashback: JE is writing a check. Ana wants to talk to him, but he says the decision has been made. "What did you do to Paula?" They get into a fight. He decides to answer the question by giving her a demonstration. She manages to knee him in the groin and get away.

Ana comes home and finds Paula in bed. She holds her and asks her to forgive her. The both cry. Paula sees Ana's face and starts getting upset, but Ana tells her nothing happened. Ana apologizes again. Paula asks what they're going to do. Ana says she knows.

Present: Capellan confronts Paula and Ana. "If Paula didn't want to make a report, despite your insistence, why didn't you do it? Why did you do this?" Ana says her only responsibility is to the person she loves. The rest doesn't exist. Paula says they were tired of being victims.

James stands on stage and takes a deep breath before beginning his aria. JE climbs the ladder with his cigar. James starts singing. JE lights up. Paula climbs the ladder. Ana prepares the noose. James sings on. Paula sneaks up on JE with scissors in hand. Ana comes from the other side of the catwalk. JE doesn't even notice. Paula approaches. She takes the cigar and takes a puff. She grabs JE and whispers to him that she can't get him out of her mind. He takes this the wrong way. She stabs him in the back with the scissors and Ana puts the noose around his neck. They manage to shove him off the catwalk. The butterfly flies away and Ana walks Paula off to the end of the catwalk.

"Ana Beltran and Paula Moncada were tried for murder in conspiracy with premeditation and gain. The rape suffered by Paula and the attempted rape of Ana were not elements that could be taken into account as extenuating circumstances because as there was no report, the events could not be proved. Both were condemned to 20 years in prison."

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Juan is in jail telling himself he is Juan del Diablo. I’m not sure who he is trying to convince.

Aimee and Renato are heading off to bed. She is overcome with wonder at the effort he made to make it romantic. They drink champagne. He lays her down on the bed with red roses shaped like a heart. He undresses her slowly. Looks like they are about to get their freak on. She sure doesn’t act like the blushing bride.

Back at the jail. Gabe shows up the next day to see Juan. Apparently Juan has been a naughty boy and got into a fight so now he is in a time out. Well if you don’t let me see him our boss is going to be pretty PO’d about it and will intervene. Well, just who is your boss? He is a very important business man around here. He is none other than Juan Aldama De la Cruz. He also does business with Rodrigo Montes De Oca. Well that shuts his pie hole. He will move heaven and earth to get Juan out. Well, ok, in that case you can see him for a few minutes. Just a few minutes.

Griselda is abusing Jimena like always. Mina wants to know why she hates her so. Gris says something I’m not sure what and Mina says I’ll leave so you won’t have to bother about me again. Gris wants to know what is going on with the young man. He doesn’t love me. What would he want with a gypsy like me.

Meanwhile, Juan, looking a little worse for wear, is hunched up in the corner with his new rat friends. Gabe shows up and Juan rushes over to greet him. What happened? Are you ok? Look what I made in arts and crafts. It’s a knife. It’s a fine looking knife but Gabe is worried it will get him into trouble. He convinces Juan to give it to him and he sticks it in his coat. Gabe tells him he’s working on getting him out. Juan says that nobody can defend him. Nobody does crazy like Big Ed.

Gris is still quizzing Jimena who the young man is. She tries to convince her she loves her. You are blood of my blood. What do you want? I love you really. No, really, I do. Whatever. She gives her puppy dog eyes. Please forgive me. I implore you. Jimena says ok. I forgive you. It makes me so happy. Gag! FF>>

The Judge (?) comes to see Juan and says can we talk in peace? As he points a gun at Juan. Juan is scampering around and pokes him in the head babbling on about a judge or justice. Or is it because of Rodrigo Montes de Oca? I don’t know what you mean. He says something about the damn fishermen. Juan takes exception to that and says they are his friends. I am suspicious of your friendship with the fisher people. You are a fine gentleman. I came from a very humble background. Well just accuse me then. Judge looks uncomfortable. (I say let Juan’s new rat friends chew the judge’s face off.)

Ful is talking to some guy. It sounds like he wants him to spy on his wife. FF>>

Juan is visited by Regina. What is that horrible thing she is wearing? It looks like she has wings.--Break--Damn! You know this is going to be good.

Juan is surprised as are we are to see her. He wants to know what she is doing there by herself. She says Clemencia came with her. Do you need something from me. You have robbed the soul of my sister. Aimee wants everything.

Aimee is waking up to a beautiful day. Renato looks very proud of himself. He brought her fruit and café. I should rephrase that, the cook put the fruit and café on the tray and Renato took it upstairs and got all the credit for it. He looks outside and says it is the light of your eyes.( I keep expecting little birdies to sit on his shoulder whistling a happy tune.) I only have one desire. She kisses him with a rose petal in her mouth and they go at it again. Oh you little minx! Well at least she will have a good reason to be pregnant. Poor sap!

Regina is talking about Renato and Juan has had enough. It’s always Renato, Have you heard nothing I’ve said? Aimee has Renato. You had to hide and keep it a secret. I beg you in the name of your mother--Juan loses it and says nobody has the right to mention his mother. Do you understand me?

MdR is talking to her rag baby as the white dove flies in. Here you are. You have come to see me. She remembers her time with Juan. I don’t want to die. My son lives. I feel that he is alive. I need to see him again. Then I can die in peace.

Regina is trying to convince Juan about their story. Why do you hate Montes de Oca? Renato is innocent. Renato, Renato, why do you speak of him. Is it because he is rich? Ah, you love him. She slaps him. You’re not here because you care for your sister. You are here because you want Renato. He smiles his quirky little smile. Sigh….

The fisher folk are in town plying their wares. They have to sell everything so they can help Juan.

Gabe has gone to see Noel to see about getting some help. Now let’s see, you want me to help the man who caused a scene at my son’s wedding? Well, uh, that was the plan. Just come and talk to him. Is he innocent? Completely. He’s not a killer.

MdR is talking to her rag baby. We flash back to the time she told Juan dD that she was expecting his child. She cries.

Juan is curled up in the corner again. Clemencia is calling his name through the bars. He scuttles over to the door. She brought him food. She tells him this is the same cell his dad was kept in. she begs him to let there be peace with Renato. He is all Hell-bent on revenge. She doesn’t want the story repeating itself. I will never forget it. He pouts.

Rod is in his office doing some work thinking about his wood shipment. In walks Rosenda with some refreshments. She gives him an eyefull of her refreshments and he has a flashback to Magda flashing her wares at him. Rosie wants to know if everything was ok. He said he was remembering a woman that used to work here. He looks thoughtful.

Speaking of Magda, she enters with new dresses for the girls. They are overjoyed. You are like a mother to us. She cries. Why are you so sad. It is a long, sad story.

Rod is still looking at her boobs. He asks her about her mom. She doesn’t want to hear her name. She gives him a glass and touches his hand.

The girls feel the need to share about their lives FF>> I will be a mother for you always. I will take care of you always. They all cry. FF>

Fed and Eloisa are at it again. Ack! He wants to know why passion is so important to women. Pasion is the engine that moves the world. FF>>

Aimee and Renato are still in bed--still. He loves her eyes. Yes, I believe you already said that. You are my Aimee forever--or at least until Juan gets out of jail. There they go again.

Orca rides up to the house. He tells Leo that he needs the doctor and some medicine for the people. She doesn’t give a rat’s a$$. Put them in a different place and give them some food and water. That’s all. He says as you wish. He wants a little something tonight for his troubles, grin, grin, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more! She says she’ll give him some money. He doesn’t want money he wants her. Leo thinks that Arcadio wants too much.

The guard is talking to Rod. He explains that Juan Aldama will not be happy. He also tells him that Noel Vidal will be representing him. Rod is muy impactada.

Juan is working on a rope that is tied to a chest. I don’t know why he didn’t just have his little rat buddies chew it off. He finally gets it off and when he hears the guards he crouches in the corner waiting. It is Noel paying him a visit. Juan frisks him. What are you looking for. Why are you here? Gabriel asked me to come. He believes in your innocence. I’m not innocent. First what is your real name? Second my son wants me to help you. Why did you do this? Who were you looking for? Do you really want to know? I was looking for a woman. Noel holds his stare.

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We have a quick little recap of Vickys’ surprise welcome home party for Rafa. At our business diner Ale is wanting to talk business but Grabby tells them he feels bad for the manner in which they were treated. Ale reminds them their plane leaves in an hour and really wants to get down to business.

The stooges insist they stay. There is no way they can finalize the deal yet tonight. Why not stay until Sunday. Ale and Rafa come up with all kinds of family excuses. You know which ones, baptisms, communions, birthdays and such. Grabby says then stay at least until Saturday. Why not go yachting with them. They can talk business there.

Ale turns to Rafa for help in getting out of this. Rafa turns the tables on her and calls her his gorditta (chubby or fatty, but is used as a term of endearment but Ale does not find this very endearing) and says you decide. We hear Ales’ inner voice of disappointment at having to spend another night with Rafa. We hear Rafas’ inner voice of spending another night with Ale and it sounds more wistful.

Grabby says his boss will be very displeased if they do not accept their invitation. They finally relent and agree to stay until Saturday afternoon. He wants to know where they are staying. Rafa begins to tell them but Ale tries to stop him. Good thing Rafa spoke up . He tells them they had to leave in such a hurry that their secretary wasn’t able to get them a hotel up to their standards. Say no more. Grabby makes a call, and Bobs’ your uncle and they are staying in a 5 star hotel compliments of Refri. Ale gives Rafa the ole thumbs up.

Flores, one of the stooges, escorts them back to the Fleabag motel to collect their things. As Ale and Rafa ascend the “stairwell of lust” Flores looks on in disgust wondering how anyone could stay at such a disgusting place.

Once in the room Ale starts ragging on poor Rafa and blames him for the mess they are in. She has to suffer at being Mrs. Medina. Rafa tells her to calm down. The nightmare will be over tomorrow. Ale reminds him it is his nightmare too, which Rafa responds "no mine is still in Mexico" and starts to call Vicky. Ale full of self importance insists on calling Marco first. After all she too has a Parajarito. She tells Rafa to be quiet and behave while she makes her call.

Marco answers his phone very nervously. He is worried that she has already arrived at the airport and he is late. Once he finds out that Ale is still in Puerto Vallarta and won’t be coming back until tomorrow, he gets really ticked. Especially when he had to give up his hot night with Claudia. He hangs up screaming that he hates Ale with all his soul.

Now it is Rafas’ turn. Of course we have Ale pestering him the entire time. (She is obviously one of those “do as I say not as I do” people) Rafa makes the sign of the cross ( sorry that sure isn’t going to help) and dials. Vicky is all sweet and accommodating until she realizes Rafa is not returning tonight. We have a little balloon abuse and she calls Rafa a bad boyfriend and off she storms to her room. Her unfortunate guests are left shivering in terror. Poor Don Gaston is mortified at his daughters’ poor manners.

Rafa is asking Ale about playa Bonita. He seems a little anxious about having to go out on the yacht. He starts packing his suitcase taking random objects from the shelf including a large seashell. Ale takes the shell, but lets him keep the soap. Then she wants to know why he’s packing. Did he think she was going to let him stay at that 5 star hotel with her? Oh honey that’s not in her plan. He will go back with her check in then come back to the fleabag motel. She has it all planned including her explanation as to why they will have only one suitcase. The wife knows how to pack efficiently. (That’s the Ale we all know and love.)

Remember that massage Susana promised Dandy? Well it didn’t turn out like Dandy planned. We see them entering the Taj ma -hal (Susanas’ apartment). Susana tells a very eager Dandy to pick out an oil. So far so good. Then the door bell rings and in walks a brick of a man. Dandy looks very confused and a little frightened. Susana doesn’t understand his confusion. She thought she was very clear that they were both going to get separate massages from a professional. Susana excuses herself and goes to her room to read and meditate to allow him to disrobe in privacy, leaving poor Dandy to get parts of his body cracked he probably never knew could be cracked. We see Susana giggling to herself as Dandy yells out in pain.

Ale and Rafa have been safely escorted back to the Grand Hotel by Flores. Once he leaves Ale explains how it is going to be. She gives him money for a taxi and breakfast and expects change. She warns him not to go out and party. Rafa is offended that she would think he would go out and party. She tells him to be back at 0800. She reminds him they have to appear like a loving couple. Rafa proceeds to call her mamita. Ale is offended by this. She doesn’t approve of gordita either, so Rafa settles for just calling her the wife. They wander up to the receptionist posing as the perfect couple.

They sign in and Ale takes the key card from Rafa who seems a little confused that it isn’t actually a key. They continue their little charade as a loving couple and Ale excuses herself for more important thinks like the boutique. Rafa charmingly calls her is gordita and instantly corrects himself as Ale shoots him daggers. Rafa is left to finish registering . Rafa signs and the receptionist wants to know if the Mrs. will be signing as well. Rafa thinks it is best if Ale doesn’t sign . She gives Rafa a key as well to the room. He goes to leave and the receptionist tells him he is going the wrong way. Rafa tells her he just needs to go get some air . Unfortunately for Ale after Rafa leaves a new receptionist takes over.

Ale enters the room quite impressed. She calls Susana to give her updates. She tells her they will be staying another night but at least she will be in a hotel equal to her standing and by herself. She tells her she had to register as the wife of Medina. Susana seems confused and Ale tells her she will explain it all tomorrow. We hear poor Dandy screaming in pain in the background. When Ale wants to know what the racket is, Susana lies and tells her it is the tele.


Susana fills Ale in on Beltrans’ offer of a new car for the salesman of the month. She tells Ale he is a nervous wreck. Ale tells Susana to make sure everyone works while she is gone. After she fills Susan in on the plans for tomorrow including having to fraternize with the Refri guys on some yacht. But Ale will do anything just to make sure they sign the contract. She hangs up and leaves the room. Guess what she forgot? Her keycard.


We have out ritual salon scene. They are discussing the poor quality of television programming. There is not enough comedies or romantic stories. It is all blood guts and gore. Or something like that. Poor V. wasn’t even able to sleep last night. He saw some horror show about a woman butcher cutting up her poor husband into pieces (does that sound like our Vicky?) B. prefers the comic strips. Ovi complains that there are no decent people left. V. assures her there is and refers to Rafa (the sandwitchita from when they were all in Jail together). B & V both agree that Rafa is a great man and not some clown.

Said clown is now back at the fleabag motel getting all jazzed up from the street music. He is really getting into it when he remembers Ales’ warning about not partying. He wrestles with himself about responsibility. Oh the heck with responsibility and off he goes to join the fun. Of course instantly some young thing joins him.

Ale has finished all her transactions with the copier/fax machine. She realizes she forgot her keycard and ID in the room. Oh oh, now we have a little problem. The new receptionist does not remember her and Ale has not signed the register. How could she possibly just let anyone into the room. The receptionist suggests she find her husband. After all he has a keycard as well.

Ale is ticked and goes to call Rafa. Well that isn’t going to do her much good. Our responsible young Rafa has better things to concern himself with. He is oblivious to the ringing phone in his pants pocket as he dances like a wild man with our sweet young thing in a very short skirt.

This does not go over very well with a very enraged Ale. She knew he would be out partying. The receptionist tells her not to worry. She will have someone escort her to the room and get her key. Ale is too ticked at Rafa and redials his number. She says he is off in another dimension. Now it has become a mission for Ale to get Rafa to answer his phone. The poor receptionist continues to inform Ale that it isn’t a problem. Ale tells the receptionist not to worry it isn’t the hotels’ problem. It is going to be Rafas’ problem. She storms off saying he is going to hear me!!!!



Rocky has finished with Dandy. Dandy looks wrecked. Susana returns to the room and now it is her turn. She tells Dandy he can wait in her bedroom. After all she isn’t going to disrobe in front of him. Well this confuses our Dandy. Why would she disrobe in front of Rocky and not him. Silly, he is her massage therapist, Dandy is just her work mate. Our poor drained Dandy, barely able to walk, reluctantly retreats to Susanas’ bedroom; but not before attempting to sneak a peak. He can barely get to her bed. Once there we see him slumped over the bed in agony as he listens to Susana thoroughly enjoying her massage. His facial expressions are priceless.

Ale has made it back to Fleabag motel and asks the clerk if he has seen Rafa. No luck. She is now out on the street looking for him. She calls again but still no answer. She finally spies our little charmer with his new found friend dancing his little heart out. Ale does not look pleased.

Rocky is packing up his things and we see a very invigorated Susana thanking him for the great massage. She tells Dandy he can come back in. Dandy (I think) is under the impression that he still might get lucky to night. First Rocky has to get paid. It was only 1000 pesos. Dandy volunteers to pay. He goes to give Rocky the money but is short 1000 pesos. Oh yea 1000 pesos a piece. And don’t forget the tip.

Dandy goes to shake Rockys’ hand goodnight to the sound of cracking bones. (You can bet they are not Rockys’ bones that are cracking.) As Rocky goes to leave Susana has a great idea. Why not share a taxi. After all they live in the same neighborhood. Dandy can’t believe that Susana wants him to leave. Well what was he thinking?

Rafa is doing his little chicken dance and gets busted by a very angry Ale. She screams at him that she knew he would be out partying. He tells her it’s not what she thinks. He had to come down, the music was so loud what else was he to do. Then he has an idea. Why doesn’t she stay there and he will go up to the room that way she can be sure he will stay put.

Ale isn’t buying this. She’s not going to be his guard. She tells him to go get his things, he is going to go back with her so she can keep an eye on him. She left her key in the room and needs his. Rafa asks her why she didn’t just call him. (Wrong thing to say). Ale blasts at him because he was out doing the wild thing and couldn’t hear his phone ringing. She continues to rag on him and tells him to get going. Rafa rushes off to collect his things like the obedient little puppy he is.

That does not set well with our young thing. She wants to know if Ale is the wife or owner or girlfriend of our sweet Rafa. Ale sets her straight and tells her she is none of the three. Sweet young thing than wants to know what right she has to take him away. Ale tells her they are here on business and if he stays here and parties all night he will never show up for his meeting in the morning. Young thing pleads with Ale to let him stay just a little longer. She will return him good as new. Ale is outraged at this idea. Then the whole crowd starts chanting to let him stay.

Rafa has returned with luggage in hand and Ale informs him that his friends insist he stay a little longer. Rafa goes on the defense and says they are not his fiends he just met them.

Now young thing has the best idea of the night. Why doesn’t he sing? Now we hear chants of Sing!! Sing!!. Ale informs everyone that the king, after a couple of drinks will sing what ever and even vomit.

Okay well then just have a couple of drinks, sing for a while than leave. Two drinks are instantly brought over. Rafa is contemplating his and Ale downs hers like a pro and grabs Rafas’ as well and shouts at him to sing. Now we have a young stud offering to keep Ale company while Rafa sings. Rafa is not too keen on this idea. But Ale leads young stud away and chants with the crowd for Rafa to sing.


Rafa begins to sing and through the whole song we see Ale with her young stud. He is putting the moves on her. She is pretending to not be bothered by this when ever Rafa looks her way. When Rafa isn’t looking you can tell Ale is not liking his attentions one bit. The song ends as Rafa looks out to see Ale seemingly enjoying her young mans company. Rafa doesn’t look happy.

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