Caray, Caray!

Santos apparently cannot find his way out of the maze of a basement he’s found himself in. (Ask the rat that invited himself to your dinner last night. I’m sure he knows the way.) When JAntos hears voices he hides and, peeking around the corner of the wall, sees Giuliano El Gusano there.


Back at El Coloso’s apartment, Elvira asks Coloso (while Sr. Cock-a-doodle-do is enjoying the petting he’s getting) if El Col had had somebody get JAntos out of the way for him. He says that would’ve been a nice touch, but no such luck and anyway, he would rather do the deed himself, macho a macho.


Maria is getting sicker; her family worries and watches over her as she cries and frets in her sleep. Oscar pays a visit to Maria a bit later and Amalia allows him to sit by her bed. He confesses to Maria he’d dreamt of this moment—chatting with her in between the sheets--for years, but this is not exactly the way he’d imagined it. Maria innocently ignores him and moans that JA must be dead and that she wants to join him in the más allá [great beyond/afterlife]. He tries to convince her that she needs a man who won’t cause her so much grief and uncertainty. (No, she needs a jealous macho country loaf like you to drive her crazy instead.) But she tells him what she needs right now is a big brother. He’s okay with that until El Pochito shows up again.


JAntos is still lost in the maze when one of the thugs grabs him and ties him up again.


Back in El Lay, Derecho and Curtis’s captain demands convincing [contundente] proof and closure to the Santos Marinez de la Garza case ASAP. He gives them two weeks to close the case or it goes into the cold case files.


Justo admits to AltaGracia that Giulio is a mercenary of the worst kind cuz he killed his own cousin. Unfortunately, they have no tangible proof and cannot counter sue the S.O.B. What’s worse is that all the police have managed to do is to slow things down [entorpecer] and stall out.


Olmo loses patience with his hired goofs guns and threatens that if they don’t finish off JAntos immediately then one of them is going to get the axe—literally.


Regino and his own set of goons follow Mil Amores figuring that Fernando will eventually lead them to his runaway punching bag of a bride.


Team DnC visit Justo to tell him they think his son had Bruno offed. Justo tells him he hasn’t the proof but he knows it was Giuli since the guy confessed during a phone call. Derecho notes they saw him traveling to Mexico City and has a sudden bit of insight. “—Either it was Giuliano and he’s a murderer, or it was Santos and he hired him, or the two of them are in cahoots together!” If that’s the case, then Giuli the Gem’s going to Mexico means his son’s life could be in danger, warns Justo! Something has to be done to protect him! (Viewerville has a beanie moment as reality slips in. It struggles to believe Justo would ever trust a pair of keystone coppers like Team DnC with his only son’s life.)


Mil goes to the Cyber Café and sends Altagracia an email that Santos has gone missing. While he’s there he surfs the news and sees the report on Bruno’s murder up in El Lay.


JAntos figures this is his last day on earth and thinks Olmo invited Giuliano down to watch the execution. He worries about Maria and what must be going through her head right now. “—Hopefully, with Fernando’s help she’ll overcome this pain and get on with her life.”


Amalia has a chat with Oscar about the cruelty of abandoning a child. He gets the message loud and clear. He asks isn’t it just as rotten of Gloria to have waited sixteen years to tell him he had a son? Amalia asks if he’d looked for her at all during this time. Sure, but her father sent her out of the country to separate the two of them and all the letters he wrote her were “bounced back” to him, he answers. Amalia suggests he get to know his kid. He’d be surprised the blessing he’d see as a parent sharing Rodri’s joys and sorrows or his little romances --not to mention many semi-adult tantrums….(Remind him to stock up on Just For Men. It’s designed with parenting in mind.) Oscar starts to consider the possibility…..


Mil runs into Rodrigo in the colonia and learns that Gloria’s gone for cancer treatments. He feels so alone, Rodri tells Fernando, especially with JAntos gone missing. Fer tries to convince Rodri that his daddy really is a melty marshmallow under all that burnt crust. Rodri refuses to have anything to do with him. Ok, says Fer. Well, for now you’ve got my friendly shoulder to lean on!


JAntos and Maria continue pining away for each other. Ruben’s goofy goons throw him into the SUV and head for the killing fields.


Fer doesn’t know he’s being watched when he gets a text from Roxy. (Viewerville wonders what the subtext is.)


Giuli and Ruben sign a business contract of some sort, but Giuli tells him that he needs 10 million deposited first before their business dealings can begin. Ruben isn’t the rube he appears to be to Giuli and asks why the pressure for so much cash up front. Giuli tells him he has lots of palms to grease [aceitar]. “--Ahmmme. I let you know when the money might be available.” Giuli doesn’t like the sound of that. Ruben decides he’ll have to think about it for a while and smiles broadly. (Viewerville quickly thinks of shark teeth now whenever Ruben grins.) Giuli plays it cool, but he’s not a happy camper. “—Sure. Take all the time you need. Sr. del Olmo.”


JAntos demands to speak with Giuliano to tell him he’s a coward and that if he’s planned this then it should be doing Giuli murdering him with his own hands! The goons tell him too bad, but they’re the ones who’ll be doing the honors, y punto. JAntos thinks his final farewell to Maria.


Back in El Lay, Wendy visits Michael in prison and confesses that Bruno was the guilty one after all. He snookered them both, she says. She asks in Bruno’s name to forgive him for having betrayed him. Michael hugs her and apparently does forgive all. (What a royal S.A.P.) She then tells him that she’s having Bruno’s baby. (Wendy may be a brat, but she’s nobody’s fool. With Mike free she has a ready-made daddy in the wings for Bronzo, Jr.)


Derecho phones his MC counterpart, Com. Malo, with a ‘tope sacret meesion.’ “--The other suspect we were following’s life is in danger. Keep an eye on Giuliano Rina.”

El Celoso and El Aventurero hop in the mariachimobile, driving to…somewhere. They nearly have an accident with Ruben’s goofy goons’ SUV. Col and the other driver get out and start screaming at each other about what backwater swamp they both learned to drive in, or some such. Santo’s hears El Col’s voice. He kicks at the door and begins yelling. Col hears the noise but has no idea what it could be. “—What have you got inside there? Mules?” Aventurero says he smells a rat and they threaten the others with calling the police. The other driver backs down and drives away. Col misses his chance to be the “heroe de la historia” for now but at least he decides it might be a good idea to take down the SUV’s license plate number. He keys it into his cell phone.

A few minutes later, Santos gets a chance to knock out the goon in the back seat with him, and to throw himself out of the SUV. He rolls into a huge garbage pile and loses consciousness. The two goons in the front realize he’s escaped and want to go back to pick him up but, there’s a patrol car up ahead. They freak and beat it.

Rodri and Mil join forces to first check around for JA and then they figure to stop by Ana’s place.

Wendy tells Mama about her good deed for the day and says she’s going to go visit Michael more often. Mama is muy pleased.

Comandante Malo and Officer Camel-o are tailing Giuli and Arny. They watch as Ruben and the others arrive together at the hotel. Mal and Cam ask for an introduction. Ruben greets the two and introduces them all. Afterwards, the comandante notes it’s a strange thing seeing their suspect and del Olmo hobnobbing there in Mexico City.

On the other side of town, Fernando notices that Roxy’s hubby, Regino’s, SUV is parked outside Ana’s apartment. He calls to warn her. Before she can get out, though, Regino and the boys invite themselves in and demand to know where Roxy has gone. They are destroying her apartment when Mil arrives and quickly drags her out. She and he manage to shut the door and lock Roxy’s hubby and goons in the apartment.

JAntos regains consciousness, uses a broken bottle neck to cut the wrist and leg ties, brushes himself off and finds a way back home. He’s a mess when Doña Pru and her sister greet him at the entrance to the colonia. They give him the rundown on Maria and her emotional breakdown once she found out he was missing. They suggest he get cleaned up before going over to see her now that he’s back. Otherwise he’ll upset and frighten her more than she already is.

Ana tells Fernando she’s had it up to her eyeballs and more with him and his little adventures. For all she cares he can take a flying leap at the moon! She storms off down the street and Fer feeds Rodri some senseless macho-babble about not needing to understand women, just needing love them…..

Outside on the steps to Maria’s apartment, Oscar tells the other mariachis that he owes his singing career to her. We get a musical flashback to the successful audition at Concho’s bar.

Amalia leaves a few more requests on the virgencita’s voice-mail. Seems she’s been a bit behind in answering lately.

The whole group is there waiting for Maria to give up the ghost when JAntos reappears, obviously a bit worse for wear, and enters her bedroom. He wakes her up with a kiss and words to the song “La Vida No Vale Nada Sin Ti” [Life’s Not Worth Living Without You].

v Back at the bar in the uptown hotel, Ruben says he’ll finalize the deals of the contract soon; Fabian adds they’ll see how the 10 million is spent; and then, continues Ruben, they’ll all travel to someplace full of gorgeous women. Fabian surprises everyone in the group saying he’s got a special surprise for them all.

Fer warns El Celoso off making a scene in Maria’s bedroom now and he reluctantly agrees. Actually everyone vanishes once they see that Maria realizes JAntos is back and at her bedside. She grabs his hand and caresses his bruised and cut face. “—I wanted to die. What have they done to you?” “—They tried separating me from you.” He admits he should probably never have fallen in love with her, but he couldn’t help it. From the first night they met he was in love. Ditto for her, she says. He rocked her world. “—Tell me now, who hurt you? Tell me who wanted to kill you?” Cara de how could she know de JAntos.

From yesterday

We are at Valentina’s school with Vero salivating over Jesus and here comes Elias, bad mouthing Jesus.  Vero tells Elias to grow up and Jesus reminds everyone of the purpose of their visit, Valentina.

In Acapulco- Rogue gets his family jewels caught up in the zipper for a minute of good-bye pleasure, while Alma is waiting for him at the bar.  Thank you, Ms. Karma.  (Does this mean that Rogue was not wearing his boxers??) Rogue turns, as a red as a beet and stupid Paty doesn’t know what to do. He doesn’t want her help.  How about calling for a doctor????

Rogue calls Alma and he tells her that he needs her he had an accident.

 New business

At the school- the teacher understands that Val is undergoing a difficult time and she shows the family, her drawing of two adults fighting.  Elias.  Elias flips out (he needs a lobotomy) and Jesus tells him that Val wants to live with him because there is just too much fighting.  The teacher agrees that maybe Val should stay with Jesus for a spell.  Elias is uncontrollable and very unreasonable.  Their problems are affecting Val’s emotional development.

Back at the hotel, Alma is trying to help a screaming Rogue.  He wants Alma to return back to Monterrey.  He wants his own doctor.  Huh??? When you're in pain any doctor will do.  My head is hurting from the whining and screaming. It hurts if he moves, so stay still. Alma calls for an ambulance- finally!!!!!  There is blood everywhere!!!

Panfilo tries to gives Marisela some fatherly advice about Elias.  Panfilo is worried about the age difference, he is under 40.  Elias is married and married couples fight.  He doesn’t want Marisela to get hurt.

St. Ferny is thinking about Discua.  Alex, the escort gives up. Ferny wondering if she is hot or cold in India.  What an idiot.  He checks the temperature on the intent.

Rogue’s little jewels are wrapped up against infection.  It looks like he is wearing a diaper.  Hmmmm- Karma!!!!

Elias speaks to Val- the only mature person and tells Elias that she loves him and hopes that he is not angry with her.  Vero in her neon green skirt that matches her cell phone handle. Jesus reminds her that Elias is a good man who doesn’t deserve this.

''We might not look perfect for each other

Amores Verdaderos Cap 150—6-11-13—Finally, a glimpse of a shirtless Salsa-Dude

You can tell that my priorities are all screwed up. Or not. I admit that Salsa is my guilty pleasure.

And he doesn't look that bad! I had always assumed he had a Jorge Salinas body (my fave actor, but best seen with a shirt on) but I guess I was wrong!

PUT A FORK IN IT, THE RECAP IS DONE!

Not listed in order; scenes are consolidated for my sanity. 

* We do a refrito of The Little Ape and Nikki all happy happy happy in his bed, talking about B.S. Pillow fight.

* Now that Carlos has been kindly given the heave-ho by Vikki, he apparently is deciding to explore the obvious chemistry he has with Adri. He tries to plant another smooch on her, but she's not going for it. She says that she just wants their relationship to be professional. She would feel wrong doing this to Vicki. (Why doesn't Carlos clear the air there? Maybe because it makes him look like he has the attention span of a hummingbird or something?) Anyway, Carlos plays the "you're a woman, I'm a man" card, but it doesn't work. Adri leaves. It doesn't look like Carlos is quite ready to give up, though.

Adri worries about her sister's feelings regarding Carlos. She needn't have bothered.

Carlos accepts this. For now . . .

* Beatriz and Salsa-Dude are alone at her place, happy happy happy once again. They talk about various things, including how Salsa-Dude has a genuine affection for Guillo now. (He admits that at first he was trying to make good with the kid to get in good with the mom. Which is pretty much standard procedure.) And, they talk about how now that Leo the Low is moldering in the ground, the boda is ON! He tells her he never took off the engagement ring. She shows him that she wore his ring around her neck on a necklace. She unstrings the ring and asks him to put it on her finger. He does so. Besos and hugs.

Happy happy happy, joy joy joy. Is that an anvil I see poised over Salsa-Dude's head?

Capitulo 62.2-63: The Gauntlet Is Cast

JNTR: Maria demands to know what is in the envelope. Rubén tells his PI to wait. The Mexican police hang out, waiting.

JNTR Office: Don Concho is pleased at the idea of Oscar and Jorge Alfredo competing for the position of top dog. Fernando tells him he has to keep his word.

JNTR Club Room: Bruno arrives and is shown to a seat as Derecho and Curtis show up. The waiter takes their order before Bruno approaches their table [idiota].