Caray, Caray!

Max and Coral dance into the house, he decides to serve drinks and compliments her. He lets slip a comment about a ‘muchacha’ and Coral’s ears perk up, “oh is there some girl Emilioooo likes here?” Max falls back into standard guy who is about to score mode and tells her “uh no no whatever forget about that, focus on the drinks here.”

Emilioooo finds Alina at the fair, this exchange (ending with Emiliooo forcing a kiss on Alina) was at the end of yesterday’s recap, I’ll spare you a rehash. After the kiss, Alina pushes him away and tries to pretend like she didn’t care about it. She does look nice in this dress, amazing how well Gaspar figured out her size. Emilioooo says they will spend walk and have fun together, she disagrees and yells for help. Nobody helps her and Emilioooo the ass laughs at her about it.

Coral is telling Max how she became a dancer and how Emiliooo found her there and he’s so great etc etc. Whatever. Then she tells Max that she knows she is just a good time for Emiliooo and she doesn’t ask for anything more from him.

OH for crying out loud, friggin Don Loco sneaks into Soledad’s room in the dark AGAIN. She tells him she isn’t afraid of death, he says no, death would be rest and she won’t be allowed to rest. They have the same conversation as always, he accuses her of the DNA test to turn him in and run off with her lover. I swear to God and I just don’t want to take the time right now to go back and read the recaps, but didn’t this scene happen already? Are they just replaying this conversation in the dark in Soledad’s room once a day or what? Jeez give me a break already. He makes threats, she whimpers, he leaves, etc, same as always.

Emilioooo tells Alina, in about 500 words, “ok come with me and have fun, quit giving me a hard time, let’s go dance.”

Angel is running through the forest holding his chest, he sits down and has a wonderful coughing fit and says he can’t run any further. But wait! He has to save his Florecita and finds strength to get up and run some more. He’s just like a superhero, or a pro wrestler. Just when you think he is done, the crowd chanting “hulk hulk hulk” gets him up again.

Max tries to get into Coral’s room when he walks her up there, she shuts him down. He says Emiliooo is lucky. She asks “why, because I love him?” He says “no, because of HOW you love him.” What he really means, I think, is “That kid is so lucky because he gets to just use you for sex and you accept it.” Outside the door Max twirls his moustache and walks away, seemingly not too upset that he got denied. Hey wait – isn’t this house full of hookers? Can’t he find some action somewhere?

Rosita and Santos look for Flor at the fair.

Gaspar walks into a tent where a play is being performed.

Emilioooo tries to get Alina to drink but she won’t. She isn’t talking because he told her to stop insulting him and she has nothing else to say. He wants to toast, she says no way. He says she hasn’t seen that he is capable of hitting her in the head. What? Drink with me or I’ll hit you in the head? What the hell? I don’t even know what else to say about that so we’ll move on.

Apparently this threat worked because when we come back from commercial, she’s doing a shot of tequila. She coughs like she never tasted it before and says it’s awful. He says the first one is always bad, have another! Wow it’s just like parties in college. She says no. Ok, so it’s not like parties in college. Emilioooo’s friends show up and I notice that sun is shining in, wasn’t it night time? They want to sit down but Emiliooo says no, he wants to be alone with her. They leave and he forces her to get up and dance with him. Some locals (do we know who this couple is?) see the crowd and start talking to each other. The husband says that it’s shameful how they brought all the hookers here and look how that guy is treating our Florecita! He wants to do something but his wife stops him. Emilioooo has a (not orange) flashback of dancing with Alina way back when. Back in the present day they both look miserable. Alina has a flashback of the same thing, hers is a little more orange. This all illustrates that much more how messed up these two are.

Back in the locked room Orlando finally wakes up. He tries to get out but of course he can’t. He yells for someone to open the door.

The newly sexually aware Gaspar is still in the front row but the play has ended and now some hot chick is dancing on stage. I’m not sure what kind of show it is supposed to be, she is wearing a regular evening dress and is dancing like someone would dance at a bar with their friends. It isn’t some stripper show or anything, just some woman on stage dancing. Gaspar of course loves it, he takes big swigs from his bottle of booze. He gets up on stage, saying “Munequita!” He grabs the woman and she screams for help. A bouncer comes after Gaspar but he uses some Lucha Libre moves on him and throws him into the crowd. Finally a second bouncer comes to help and they are able to subdue Gaspar and drag him off. The lady was wearing a reddish/orange dress, a similar color to Thelma’s dress from that day at the whorehouse, so perhaps that is why Gaspar got confused. Personally, I think he is just insanely horny.

Alina and Emilioooo are sitting down again, he is putting down shots while she looks bored. She takes his glass away, he is drunk as hell. He wants to dance again, she tries to resist but can’t. The local guy stands up, he won’t let his woman stop him from doing something this time. I thought he was going to say something to Emilioooo, but instead they just leave. Maybe he is going to go report what is going on to Don Loco.

The two bouncers have hats that look like police, maybe they were more official ‘security’ than just bouncers. They are bringing Gaspar into jail and throwing him into a cell. He is passed out drunk so they just call him an idiot and lock him up.

Angel arrives at the part of the fair where they have the carnival games that are a ripoff. The guy who has the rifle shooting stall tells him that Emilioooo was forcing Florecita to dance with him and that made the locals angry. Just then a posse of locals passes by and Angel asks what they are up to. The carnie tells him that they are going to get their guns and rid this place of those who bring scandals to their little place. Angel is a bit impactado, he looks stressed. He doesn’t cough, however. Maybe he is getting better.

Gaspar wakes up and complains that his head hurt and cries out “where am I?” A cop comes up and tells him, “jail, stupid.” Cop #2 comes by and says they are all taking up arms to go defend Florecita, come on! Boy, for being trapped in a cave, Alina has managed to make friends with the whole surrounding area.

Orlando sits on a bed and swears vengeance on Emiliooo for locking him up. He throws a little temper tantrum.

More locals run around the fair getting ready to fight, Angel walks over behind some bales of hay and takes something out of his pocket. I think he is going to set the hay on fire to protect his brother. Why would he be carrying matches around? I’m sure he doesn’t smoke, what with his cough that has suddenly, mysteriously, disappeared.

Alina has had enough and wants to sit down. Emiliooo tries to kiss up on her a bit and hold his face close. Just then the posse comes into the bar tent. This is the poorest excuse for a posse I’ve ever seen. For all the guys that have been running around, we get this small band of losers to come defend Flor’s honor. Emiliooo’s friends try to say they don’t want a problem. Posse leader says they should have thought of that before they bothered ‘their’ Flor. Emilio, who is apparently drunk now because he is sporting the official drunk guy shirt-tail hanging out look, tells the guys “ok then your problem is just with me.” Lots of guys puffing their chests out. The friends say they will leave, Emiliooo says no way, we are going to stay. This reminds me just a bit of when Fernando was drunk at the bar on La Fea a couple weeks ago. I haven’t been watching that much any more, but I did see that there was an ENTIRE EPISODE devoted to Fernando being drunk at a bar. They are dragging that show along as slowly as possible these days.

I was right, Angel is starting a fire. Luckily for him, the hay was apparently completely soaked in gasoline or something because the match he was using would barely stay lit, but the pile of hay went up in an instant. There was even some blue flame, showing that there were some highly combustible chemicals involved. Angel is apparently new to this crime thing, since he stands there looking at the fire for a second instead of just getting out of there. Everyone inside the tent next to the pile of hay starts screaming “Fire Fire!” even though the fire is OUTSIDE the tent they are all sitting in and they haven’t seen it yet.

Angel runs into the bar tent and announces that there is a fire, everyone runs out. Emiliooo asks him “what are you doing here?” They both run out in search of Flor. They both find her at the same time and both try to take her away from the other one. Lots of arm pulling. Angel is oblivious to the fact that he is the third wheel, he keeps saying that he will go with them while Emiliooo tells him that he and Alina are going somewhere else, not the hacienda, Angel keeps insisting that he come along to take care of drunk Emilioooo. Emilioooo is impactado, “You? Take care of ME?” He punches Angel in the face and leaves him on the ground, while he is admiring his punch Flor runs off.

Back at the fair, there is a big fire and people run around a lot. The cops run into the jail, which is filled with smoke, to let Gaspar out of his cell. Outside, it still looks like only the pile of hay is on fire, but everyone is acting like it is the great Chicago fire. How did smoke end up in the jail from this little fire? A lot doesn’t quite make sense here. Also, why did everyone run from the bar tent when the fire wasn’t near that place?

Flor/Alina runs into the cave screaming for Luba, who is sitting right there. Luba sits her down. Flor tells Luba about what happened with Emilioooo. Flor immediately starts making excuses for Emiliooo, “he must have a wound on his heart” or whatever. Hey Flor, maybe he’s just an ass and was so nice to you before because you’re hot and he wanted to get you naked. Just a thought. It might not be ‘true love’ because a man is nice to a pretty girl. I’m just saying. Luba sends her to her room, wondering where Gaspar is.

Emiliooo staggers into his room, moaning about Flor. He falls on his face on the bed.

Gaspar staggers in, Luba goes off on him for not being home. He says he was in “La Carpa,” which as far as I can tell means he was in a fish. Is that a slang term for jail that some online resources aren’t familiar with? I’d ask my wife, but she gave up on this show long ago and isn’t even home right now. She tells him to go find Angel and see if he is ok.

Alina begs the dog for forgiveness. She mumbles to herself a bunch of worthless stuff, including whining about Emiliooo and about how she is in love with him. How do you inspire that kind of loyalty in a woman for real? If I didn’t treat my wife well, she wouldn’t be sitting in a cave thinking how much she still loves me, she would be calling me asking where this month’s alimony check is.

Ominous music means something bad is happening, oh yes, there is a snake sneaking up on Angel, who is still laying on the ground unconscious. Emiliooo must be able to kill with a single punch when he’s sober, if he can knock somebody out for over an hour even when he’s drunk. Man this snake is HUGE. It slinks up towards Angel’s face.

We get to see Alfonsina getting doused again coming out of the commercial, I’m ok with that.

Gaspar arrives in time to pull the snake off of Angel and throw it into the woods. Whew. He tries to wake up Angel but can’t, so he just picks him up and throws him over his shoulder.

Flor is pacing in her cave, in a nice little nightshirt. Where did she get that, I thought she just had jeans and a t-shirt and now that dress? She must have a closet we don’t know about. She talks to herself some more about Emiliooo. I can’t bring myself to try and write the details here, believe me you didn’t miss anything. She has a memory of him being manly or something. At the end she says if Emiliooo can’t accept her the way she is now, then she won’t tell him that she is really Alina Montellano. Ok, fine.

Gaspar brings Angel into his room, Max shows up and is freaked out and says to call a doctor. Emiliooo must really have quite a punch!

Emiliooo wakes up for a minute to complain about his head hurting. Orlando pounds on his door and tells him to open up. He tells Emilioo that he owes him something, our hero says he doesn’t understand anything, what are you talking about? Orlando wants to know who locked him up, Emiliooo just tells him to quit talking so loud. Orlando then says he knows it was Emiliooo who locked him up, so he could go to the fair with Flor. Ok then genius, then why did you ask who did it? Emiliooo looks at Orlando in shock, perhaps he is amazed that his complex plan was discovered so easily.

The servant tells Max that she called a doctor. Max tells her to get Gaspar something to drink, she wants to give him breakfast, he deserves it, no? Max reluctantly agrees. He tells her to makes sure she tells Emiliooo about Angel.

Emiliooo admits it was him that locked up Orlando, “But don’t be mad, you would do it too, right?” Oh sure then it’s all ok. What is a little incarceration between friends, right? They have a little pissing contest, trying to make each other feel bad. The servent comes in to tell Emiliooo about Angel. He has the nerve to act surprised. I suppose we are supposed to believe that he doesn’t remember anything. After they leave, Olando says he is glad, he hopes Angel dies so Emiliooo will suffer.

Rutilio comes into Don Loco’s office, Don Loco tells him that word on the street is that Rutilio knows who is trying to help Alina escape. Rutilio looks like a kid in the principal’s office. He pleads innocence and ignorance. Don Loco says whatever, I know who it is, it’s you! He smacks Rutilio in the face with his riding crop.

Oh yeah now we’re talking – Some swimming pool somewhere with at least one bikini girl walking around. Blanca approaches Thelma, who is wearing way too much clothing to be sunbathing, though that is what she is supposedly doing. Blanca tells Thelma that Elias is back in Canada. Thelma says she is getting married soon, to Emiliooo Valtierra. Blanca is impactada. How do these two know each other, anyway? And although it looks like a warm day, Thelma is showing a little evidence of being cold. Maybe Emiliooo needs to show up with some jacket or her to wear or something, like he did when Alina had a similar problem back at the party, oh so long ago.

Flor is helping the manual laborers out in the field. She must provide medical help, she is telling one guy to go home and rest. They rehash Flor’s night with Emilioooo.

Rutilio and Don Loc are riding horses, Rutilio is still pleading innocence. Don Loco tells him to shut up. Have they been doing this the whole time since they were in his office? Don Loco says Rutilio will see what happens to those who disobey. He will take back land that he had given Rutilio for his family, and la familia Rutilio will have to leave. Rutilio finally admits that it was Santos that helped Flor and begs Don Loco to not hurt his family. Don Loco says you had the chance to tell me and you didn’t, tough noogies.

Emiliooo the doctor notices that Angel has a fever. He and Max act concerned. All this from getting punched in the face? Max thinks that Angel just got drunk. Emiliooo says he doesn’t drink, but Max says there is always a first time. Angel stirs and says “Don’t hit me Emiliooooo.” Max says “you hit your brother?” Emiliooo the loser says “I don’t know, I don’t remember anything!” He has an orange flashback where he DOES remember. “Oh yeah now I remember.” He acts contrite and tells Max what happened. He says if Angel dies he’ll never forgive himself. Then he has an orange flashback to forcing a kiss on Flor. He tells Max he was acting like a crazy man, what have I done?

We are back to the pool. Why isn’t Thelma wearing a swimsuit to catch sun? What a ripoff. She is telling Blanca that she has been with Emiliooo for a long time. Blanca says she has a goddaughter that also had something with him, but apparently it was nothing serious. Thelma says “apparently not.”

Don Loco tells Sergio to tell Santos that he wants to talk to him. He asks Sergio if he thinks Soledad is trying to escape, Sergio says she is sad and misses her daughter. Don Loco then goes on about how much he loves/loved Soledad. WHATEVER.

Marianita is playing with some other kids at the hospital. A little boy sings a song and she is mesmerized. They are playing some game, he takes his hat off and they realize they both lost hair and decide to be friends. Her mother is with the doctor about her treatment, I can’t really tell if things are going well or not. I think yes. Her chemo is going ok.

Emilioooo’s buddies are talking to Orlando about what a tool Emiliooo is and what happened the previous night. Orlando is pleased, again, that Angel is suffering. When buddy #1 asks him if he is happy about it, though, he pretends not to be and calls buddy #1 crazy.

Don Loco tells Soledad to get ready, they are leaving. To go see Alina. She is pleased. She doesn’t seem to suspect that he will find a way to make it uncomfortable for her, which I’m sure he is planning to do.

Alina whines to Rosita some more about Emilioooo. They make plans to go to the church together. They talk about Angel’s condition some more too.

Adela and Soledad discuss the trip to go see Alina. Soledad says she is sure that Don Loco is trying to make her suffer. But she doesn’t care, she gets to see Alina.

Orlando is pretending to be helpful to Emiliooo. Emiliooo sends Orlando to go find Gaspar so he can talk to him. Emiliooo begs Angel for forgiveness. He goes on and on and on about Flor and Thelma, a bunch of the same old thing.

Go Bears.

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Regina and Dolores are the best of friends again despite Dolores' making a statement to the police about the remote control being a detonator and claiming Demian used it in an attempt on Gabe's life (the one that blew up Gabe's chauffer instead). --Man, how hard up for friends can Regina be that she thinks she has to apologize for telling off Dolores about getting her husband in trouble with the police and accusing him of attempted murder? --Regina then gets a call from Pau that because JC must've gotten a serious case of food poisoning, Leo has suggested they cancel the trip. That call reminds Regina that Leo called a few minutes earlier looking for Dolores, but that he hadn't mentioned JC's being sick to her at the time. She says that she thinks it was strange and asks what he wanted with Dolores. Dolores says she has no idea and rushes out.

Karen comes over late to see J.C. to lend him emotional support. Of course, she totally forgets that Paulina, in her bathrobe, will be more than a bit "surprised" to see her there that late at night. Pau seems to accept the stupid excuse that Leo called her and told her JC was ill and leaves the two of them alone in the bedroom to chat while she goes to answer the doorbell for the medicine delivery. Karen says the obvious to JC, that Pau still doesn't suspect anything. JC says he's to the point of alienating his wife so that she'll turn to some other man for emotional support, one who will turn out to be a great father once he's pushing up daisies. Karen, who has seemingly turned over a new leaf, tells him that is not the way to handle things because it will only make his wife suffer more. (This Karen is definitely a bore now. She was a heck of a lot more fun when she was a diddling, drunk-as-a-skunk devil in Prada.)

At breakfast the next morning, Mayeya and the other maid, Nina, are feeding the two little boys together at the table at Gabe's request, so that they could grow up together as brothers should. Jos walks in and screams at them about feeding the boys breakfast together. She says she's the one who gives the orders there, tells them to separate the boys and has Nina take Luis Gabriel back up to his bedroom. She then finds herself fascinated by little Luis David. (So I guess one of these days they'll have to go by their middle names, right, 'cause this first name thing can get confusing in a hurry.) She picks the boy up and puts him into her lap. She has a tender moment with him and thinks to herself how he is her real son and she is pulled emotionally by him.

Regina comes by the apartment and is surprised to see her son going back to work so soon. JC tells his mother that he has a lot of work to do and couldn't stay home. She tells him she's worried for him and doesn't believe his excuses. He promises to take better care of himself.

Demian and Dolores are having words about the complaint she filed with the police over the remote control device. All the while as they talk, Demian is fiddling with a very sharp letter opener. Dolores mumbles that it was all Nic's idea, not hers, and that she thought they were doing the right thing. He threatens Dolores by saying that if something happens to him because of her and Nicolas' complaint to the police, Tiberio will not forgive her. He warns her that if he goes down Ti goes down with him. (I cannot believe she is still living under the same roof with them after this.)

Ti and El Mastin are certain that Rogelio had something to do with the nightclub's being shutdown.

Mariangela walks in to the dining room during breakfast, finds Jos holding Luis David, and asks just what she's doing with her son. Jos asks if she's afraid she'll harm him or something. Mariangela says if she even tries anything it will be the last move she ever makes. Not only is she ready to defend her own son from her but Jos's son as well. Jos taunts Mariangela about having finally turned into a true wild beast, and Mariangela says essentially, "You ain't seen nothin' yet! If you don't believe me just try something and find out!" Then she turns on her heel and walks out leaving Jos to think about having just held her real son in her arms.

Gabe tells Rog that he's pleased that his son has changed his attitude and he wants him to move into the apartment with him. He feels Miriam might try to do something against him as payback. Rog is all smiles and says Mariangela has become his protector there in the manse and he's glad to see she isn't as bad as he'd come to think.

Upstairs Jos gripes to Miriam about what just happened between her and Mariangela down in the dining room and how aggressive she's become, even over Luis Gabriel. Miriam says, well after all he really is Mariangela's, then asks Jos how she feels when she's near her real son and if there is any kind of pull.

El Mastin visits El Coyote at the jail and tells him about the club being shut down by the authorities. He says he is sure Rogelio had something to do with it. El Coyote chuckles and says he has no doubt he did. He tells Mastin that if he wants to stay buddies with the old Coyote-man, he will have to keep him up to date on all the things Ti and his daddy are planning. El Mastin tells him to count on it.

Demian yells at Tiberio about his careless management of the club and losing that cash cow. As if that weren't bad enough he gives him holy hell for being a major idiot by putting the remote control device somewhere it was certain his dopey dufus mother, Dolores, could find it. She nearly exposed him and all his dirty deeds. So Demian slaps the craps right outta him. (If ya' want a job done right ya' just got to do it yourself, Demian.....) Ti apologizes endlessly but Demian says he doesn't know whether to believe him or not. He thinks Ti wanted possibly to get him out of the way so he could be left with everything. Ti stammers that that wasn't it at all. So Demian warns him he never forgets nor forgives a betrayal, and he would not do it even for him, his own son.

Pau comes to the office to get JC to return home to rest. He refuses, saying he has quite a lot of work to catch up on. She finally gives in and leaves, but she is definitely confused and saddened by all of this.

Karen approaches the two maids, Mayeya and Nina, during playtime outside with with the idea of taking the two little boys for a while. (What?) Mayeya remarks to Karen she's surprised to see her take an interest. Karen takes both of the boys in her arms and has fun playing merry-go-round with the two of them.

Gabe and Mariangela are in his office again when he asks her to have dinner at his place that night. This time she accepts. He is in 7th heaven and wonders what he'll cook up for her tonight. I figured he must be thinking just what I was thinking: "Who cares? If she really does show up, it's a lead pipe cinch it won't be food that'll be cookin' in his apartment."

Ti accuses Rog of shutting down the club to get even with him for keeping the nightclub as his own. Rog tells him he's hallucinating and laughs at him. Tiberio says sooner or later he'll make him pay for that betrayal and he leaves disgusted. Rog smiles at himself and says he probably ought to find a way to get even with Miriam now that he's handled Tiberio so well. He'll need to find her weak spot, someone whom he can use to get information.

At Otilia's, she, Diana and Soraya are discussing how one of their clients heads the official women's help centers in the D. F. We get another P.S.A. for the abused/abandoned women's help centers that give legal, financial and emotional support to these women and we even get a phone number. Diana vouches for their worthwhile assistance. Right then Mariangela invites them for drinks at the manse.

Pau comes to get JC to join her for lunch but he refuses, saying he has somebody bringing him something and she better go without him. She again is disappointed and confused by his attitude.

Rog seeks out Ingrid at Miriam's fashion house and invites her to dinner. He starts putting on the moves and when she accepts, he mentally pats himself on the back for successfully drawing her in, hook, line and sinker.

Leo comes home and hands over to his momma the prize winnings he got from winning the lottery. (Now maybe he can fix that door handle that keeps coming off in his hands everytime he enters the set.) Well, we know that Mayeya and Cortito were discussing their wedding; they will not have a honeymoon as they can scarcely afford the tiny reception they're planning. He tells his mother that she should keep the money for all she has done for him, and says that he is also thinking of giving some of his money to Cortito for the wedding.

Later that afternoon, Jos and Miriam arrive home to find Mariangela, Diana, Soraya, and Otilia chatting and laughing while waiting for Candy and a few of her friends to arrive, that is, a few dozen of their closest "mujeres engañadas" (deceived women) from the D.F. The two of them stomp up to Jos's room. Jos says that they have to get Mariangela out of their house and quick. Miriam says eventually they'll figure out a way, but until then they have to go down and eat with them all. Jos refuses to socialize with the likes of that group. Her mother warns her if she doesn't change her attitude Jos is going to prove to Mariangela that Jos cannot handle as much garbage as Mariangela. So they will have to go down and swallow it. Miriam remarks how things have changed in that house since Mariangela has returned and begun to appropriate more and more of the house. She says it seems Jos is the one who tries to escape by taking refuge in her bedroom while Mariangela rules the roost. Miriam's observation makes Jos think about the irony of what she's just said.

Pau goes home to eat by herself and worries because JC is acting so differently towards her. At his desk JC writes a bitter-sweet letter of explanation to his future child about why he is leaving their lives. He breaks into tears. (Well, heck if I didn't cry right along with him. It was definitely a 3-hanky scene for me. This golden adonis has been the most sincere and the best interpreted male character throughout this whole goofy "production". Ugh! I think I even have to congratulate the writer of this scene, because the letter JC writes to his unborn child really struck a nerve ..........Naw, it must've been the 3 glasses of Pinot I had to drink beforehand just to get through this episode.)

Otilia thanks Miriam and Jos for deciding to join the simple folk a while. When they say they own the house and are not joining them, Otilia sweetly suggests they'd feel more comfortable taking their food up then to their rooms and letting the rest of them eat and drink and be merry in the living room. They snidely decline and have Mayeya set up two places in the dining room for a more formal meal for themselves.

A bit later Leo returns to his mom's place and takes great joy in presenting Mayeya and Cortito an envelope full of cash as a wedding present. Candy sits down and tells Leo how proud she is of what he's done and how she only wishes he could find a decent woman to love and marry him. (She had better be a nurse on roller skates is all I can say......) Leo bemoans the fact that he seems destined to remain single and loveless.

At an intimate dinner Rog tells Ingrid that now he's free, he can respond to the inner yearnings towards her that he previously had to hide. She (another lonely, insecure female of near middle-age) falls for his load of garbage and they start making out at the restaurant.

That night Mariangela does actually arrive at Gabe's. Over a bottle of champagne he tells her they deserve their happiness and they should begin again from where they left off. They shouldn't continue to fight or stay apart from one another for something he didn't knowingly do. (All I could think of at this point was that they had dyed handsome César's greying temples and eyebrows -even waxed them- in a painfully obvious and futile attempt to make him look 20 years younger.) Mariangela isn't sure she can really trust Gabe, but he promises her he'll never hurt her again. She gives in and they kiss. Gabe and Mariangela start undressing each other, their clothes falling to their feet, in a not-to-original scene that is very reminiscent of the one in La Madrastra. (Well, how many ways can you do a scene like this, anyway? --At least the female lead was much nearer César's age in that one...... Ay! César, how could you have let them humiliate you this way?) The two of them end up in bed and make love. It goes from grotesque to ridiculous here, with some fruit-cake direction that has them smiling broadly at each other while continually dragging the same red rose down each other's back. --All I could think of while I was wincing and watching this scene was: "Ooch! Ouch! Watch out for the thorns on that stem already!" and then, "That has to be a fake rose 'cause there is no way those petals could have stayed in place like that....." --Finally, mercifully, this fruit-cake fantasy ends and the two smile in each other's arms while I have gone for another glass of Pinot. I figured I could use a big drag on a cigarette about then, too, but not because that bed scene was anything to write home about..........

Paulina waits for JC to come to bed. When he crawls in he turns his back on her. She is again saddened and confused by his change in attitude and his coldness towards her.

Late that night Regina tells Dolores that she is feeling strange. She has a distinct impression that something very wrong is going on with her son. She is anxiety ridden at this point and fairly screams at Dolores that she is going to find out just exactly what that might be.

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Aldo is barely tolerating Luigi's vapid flirtation when Marcia screeches for Luigi, who runs out to pacify Marcia. Aldo looks grim as he remembers Lety telling him that Marcia was always rude to her, humiliated her and wanted to fire her.

Luigi brings Marcia into Aldo's office to introduce Aldo. She greets him politely, and Aldo tells her she has pretty eyes the color of the sea. (Luigi bites his fist with envy.) He adds that there is sadness in her eyes. She says he is a perceptive man. Luigi says his friend is a barrel of laughs. He explains that he got Aldo the room so they can work more closely together.

Marcia wants to talk to Luigi. Aldo excuses himself, leaving Luigi and Marcia alone in his office. Marcia enthusiastically says that Luigi has found one very handsome friend! (Wow - this is the most animated I've seen Marcia in many months!) She adds that he's also very charming. "I know that," Luigi agrees happily. He warns Marcia that Aldo is going to fall for him, because he saw Aldo first. He says something like it will happen faster than someone who wants to get out of the closet. Marcia laughs - an unfamiliar sight - which causes her to squeeze her eyes shut. Very tiny vertical lines appear on her forehead around her eyebrows. (Good, the botox is finally starting to wear off! Thank goodness!)

At the Hall O' Justice

At Judges 'R' Us, Fern tells Lety that they share the blame for what happened, but it was mostly his fault, because he caused the company's initial crisis. (Black suit with pale yellow shirt and it looks like a red and orange striped tie. Clearly, this is a man who is not afraid to wear colors.) She says okay, but now the responsibility is hers as president, and she wants to get it over with and never see him again. She'll wait for him at the meeting. Fern excuses himself and leaves.

Save your ice cream for another night. That's all the Fern you're getting for now.

Lety looks sad. RoboPop doesn't notice. He goes to get the car and tells Tomas to look out for Lety. Tomas asks Lety what Fern wanted. She says she'll tell him later, but says she's finding it difficult to be as cold with Fern as she would like.

He asks about the gift she's holding. "It's for the airhead," she giggles. He asks how she likes his tie (it's tied properly today). Lety says that "she" will find it charming. Tomas wonders if "she" will strangle him with it. Lety sighs and says she has to make a decision about the airhead's future.

"Lety, what are you thinking of doing to her?" Tomas cries, pulling out the laminated magazine photo. Lety sighs again.

Meanwhile, back at Conceptos

The cuartel arrives in the main lobby. (Scratch what I said yesterday about PM being dressed slightly more modestly than usual; it was an optical illusion caused by buttoning her jacket.) Despite the fact that they are very late, they hang around the lobby to try to piece the Conceptos situation together. Martha, who seems to be eating a Fudgesicle, asks PM what Lety told her when the lawyers visited Conceptos to size it up for the lien or seizure (I think this happened a long time ago in an episode I didn't see). PM says she was told that she didn't hear or see anything. Irma complains, but PM has no more information to share.

Lola says she doesn't like to gossip, but she thought there was something weird going on between Fern and Lety. Everyone gasps. "Financially," Lola adds. Juana says that Lety seemed not to even want to talk to him last night. Martha mischievously suggests that perhaps there was a romance between them. The others scoff. Noticing the time, Irma scolds them and says they'll be fired for being late. Martha boldly asks who's going to fire them. They all laugh and get on the elevator.

(Meanwhile, down the road apiece, Alicia gets off the bus, hurling insults over her shoulder at the driver and the other passengers, who jeer at her. Disoriented, she complains that she's not cut out to be a poor person. As she finds her way back to Conceptos, we notice a huge run in her stocking.)

In the executive lobby, Lopez is questioning Saimon about the cuartel's whereabouts, when the elevator dings behind them. Seeing that it's the cuartel, Saimon rushes to close the elevator doors and press the Up button before Lopez notices. Saimon says they arrived a long time ago and are having a Code Red in the bathroom. Then he babbles about his name. Marcia comes jiggling by, and Saimon nervously tells her that they've arrived and are in the bathroom.

The elevator door dings a second time. This time, Saimon is not able to protect the cuartel, who push past him impatiently. They don't see Lopez and Marcia. Lola is still bragging that they won't be fired because they're friends of the president. That's when she catches sight of Marcia and says that they were talking about someone in a telenovela who looks just like her. Marcia just wants to know why they're late. They scramble for an explanation and Martha shoves Saimon in front of Marcia. All Saimon can say is "I got here early" and he scurries away.

PM says that they were about to promise that they'd never be late again. Marcia says she's especially tired of PM's promises. Lopez points out that each of them has had two warnings (sanctions, demerits) already, and now he has no choice but to fire them.

Martha chokes on her Fudgesicle and begins to explain about their breakfast with the handsome man, but Irma interrupts and says they were out late last night celebrating Lety's big promotion. Sara says maybe Lety could explain better. Marcia angrily says that Lety can't justify their lateness. Lety being president doesn't make any difference, whether they're VPs or shareholders. This company has rules, and not even the president is above them. (I don't know if Fern ever read that memo.) They whine, and she says she won't tolerate their excuses, their attitudes, their tardiness.

The elevator dings again. It's Alicia, yelling and drawing attention to herself. She asks the cuartel if they're looking for the beauty they've lost. Marcia says that they're going to be fired. This thrills Alicia, until Marcia says it's for extreme tardiness. Alicia then slithers quietly to her desk.

Irma says they realize it's their own fault that they're late, but isn't firing them a rather extreme punishment? Marcia yells some more about Lety's presidency being temporary, and very loudly adds that friendship won't save them. (Alicia hears this and starts poking frantically at her keyboard.) Marcia shouts that it's a company rule and it won't change before, during, or after Lety's presidency, and is that clear, princesses?

Sara asks if this applies to "eeeeeeveryone?", pointing at Alicia, who is now pretending to answer the phone. Marcia says yes. Alicia ditches the phone and comes running over to protest. Marcia jiggles back to her office in disgust.

Alicia begins her verbal abuse - resentful wretches, toads... even she can't be bothered to run through the whole list and says "etc., etc., etc." She asks why can't they keep their tragedies to themselves. She claims that she's never been late before (which might actually be true). She also claims that Lopez sometimes comes in late. She goes on and on. Lopez tries to silence her, with no luck. Sara suggests that they wait till Lety shows up, and then they'll see who gets fired. Lopez does the housefly-grooming routine and says he'll be waiting for all of them in his office.

The cuartel subjects Saimon to some physical and verbal abuse. Sara wants him to go talk to Lopez and Marcia and somehow talk them out of the firing. I can't imagine how he would do that. Lola continues to insist that they won't be fired.

Alicia tells them they're all sick and crazy. The elevator dings yet again, and as the doors slide open behind Alicia, revealing Lety, RoboPop, and Tomas, Alicia continues like a train doing 90 miles an hour.

Alicia: Didn't you hear Marcia? You can't break Marcia's orders. And neither can the tlacoyo - what are you thinking? (Alicia doesn't notice that some of the cuartel are gesturing towards Lety and her posse.) She's no more than a climber who got lucky, you bunch of witches. She's had more luck than you, you poor tlacoyos.

Sara: Airhead, excuse me, are you talking about our friend?

Alicia: Of course.

Sara: The one you called the tlacoyo?

Alicia: Sure, yes, that's the tlacoyo, who else would I be referring to?

Sara: And what else do you call her?

Alicia: She's the tlacoyo bigotón (corncake with a mustache), garnacha (used up old woman, a thick type of tortilla, or a grape - depending on who you ask), sope (a fried tortilla topped with refried beans, onions, and hot sauce), cotorra de circo (circus parrot?), estropajo desparramado (mop?), sapo de charco (puddle-toad), rana de estanque (pond-frog), lombriz de agua prieta (swamp-worm), auto de... what?

Alicia finally realizes that they are pointing behind her. She turns around and sees Lety and her peeps. "Good day, Alicia," Lety greets her. "Ha ha," the cuartel chants. Lety smiles faintly. Alicia is speechless.

"I don't understand," RoboPop says. He asks what's up with the rude woman. She doesn't seem like someone who would be Lety's employee. She seems like an enemy. He tells Lety he wouldn't have to think twice about it - she should be fired immediately. The cuartel agrees. Alicia calls him "Don Erasmo" - impressive how she remembers people's names when the stakes are high - and says that the cuartel provokes her into saying things that she doesn't really feel.

Then she notices Tomas and gets all nasty again. "What are you doing here??" she demands, pointing. Lety, Tomas, and RoboPop all turn, pretending to look around for the person she's pointing at. "That jerk!!"

"Oh, you mean Tomas," RoboPop says. "Don't help me," Tomas asks. Lety introduces Tomas and says he's going to be the new VP of finance. (The feas all start hissing at Alicia, like the sound of air escaping from her head.) Sara taunts Alicia about Lety having authority. There is some more bickering, and then Lola points out that it's very strange for the president's secretary to be wearing torn stockings. Everyone stares at Alicia's overexposed legs. Sara thinks that's going to be the last straw in getting Alicia fired. Alicia runs off crying to Marcia's office.

Lety wants to know what's going on. They all sing in unison, "they fired us, Lety!" For some reason, this makes Lety smile.

The cuartel fill her in on the altercation with Marcia, and tell her that Marcia was challenging her authority. They tell Lety she has to show Marcia she can't treat her like a secretary. (They all address Tomas as "young man." Ouch.)

Lopez and Saimon come out of Lopez's office. Lopez tells Saimon to forget it and don't get involved. Then he tells the cuartel he's waiting for them in his office. They all crowd behind Lety, RoboPop, and Tomas and beg Lety to protect them. Lety tells Lopez that he can't make this decision without asking her opinion. (The cuartel applauds.) Lopez explains that rules are rules, and they apply to Lety's friends too. And Marcia -

Lety interrupts and repeats that before he decides, he must consult her. (He bows slightly. No housefly business.) Lety says she'll discuss this with Marcia.

Then she introduces Tomas to Lopez. Lopez does his scalp thing, but this time he raises his hand over his head higher than usual, perhaps in admiration of Tomas's tall hair. :-) "Welcome, Don Tomas," he says.

She introduces her father. Saimon gets his name wrong, as usual. RoboPop gives his full name (Erasmo Padilla Galarza!) and I notice that they're looping his voice again - it's really obvious. José José must not have had any wind that day. Yikes. They explain that he's going to be in charge of accounting. Lopez shakes his hand for a long time.

Lety tells the cuartel she wants to know why they arrived so late. They drag her into the restroom and tell her about the handsome man they had breakfast with. They go on and on about how fine he was. She asks why they think he's gay. They say it's because Luigi had to "rescue" him from them.

Martha is particularly impressed with his enthusiasm about food. Lety says that reminds her of a friend. They want to hear all about him, but Lety deflects and asks how it was. They talk about how the flesh was weak and therefore they gave in and had breakfast with him, until Irma flipped out and made them go to the office.

In Marcia's office

Alicia complains that it's a dark day for her - that desgraciado Tomas Mora is the new VP of finance. Imagine that, she exclaims. "They just said that to bother me, right?" Marcia, who looks like she might actually be in the middle of doing some work, says no, it's true - they talked about it at the meeting. Alicia says Marcia needs to do something about this, because these people are taking over the company. She also describes how RoboPop's first words were that Alicia should be fired. She urges Marcia to pull some strings so they don't all get fired. Marcia just narrows her big, sad eyes at Alicia.

"You're listening to me, right, Marcia?" She tells Marcia not to be manipulated by them. Marcia says that Alicia deserves it. How many times did she call her and tell her to hurry up? And what time did she arrive?

Alicia says she doesn't know the great drama she's been through today. She warns Marcia to hold onto her seat: she had to RIDE THE BUS!

Marcia spins her chair a little and gazes at the ceiling.

"You're listening to me, right?? Today I had to TAKE THE BUS to Conceptos."

"Oh, how awful for you," Marcia answers with tired sarcasm. Alicia chides her for making fun and asks "when have you ever TAKEN THE BUS?" "Never," Marcia answers cheerfully, "and I hope I never have to." Alicia complains about the naco driver and the fare of MX$2.50 which is about 23 cents in US money. And how it was smelly and crowded like sardines. Alicia says Marcia doesn't know what it's like to get up without breakfast, without food. It's very sad.

She notices that Marcia's eyes are closed. (I think Elizabeth Alvarez is getting her revenge on us for all those blinking jokes. Um, Chris started it!) She says it's rude to sleep when someone is speaking. She complains some more about being hungry. She says there were guys staring at her with lustful eyes, thinking about raping her. She begs Marcia (who is now making all kinds of faces) to keep it a secret just between them. How awful it would be if people were saying "Alicia Ferreira, ex-wife of Mauricio Birmann, who studied six semesters of finance in a distinguished, prestigious university, one day GOT ON A BUS."

Marcia yawns and asks Alicia if she thinks today is an exception. Does she think tomorrow will be any different? Alicia says yes, of course! Everything will be changed by then. It has to be different. She doesn't think she can ever GET ON A BUS again.

Marcia asks what Alicia is going to do that will change things. Alicia says she doesn't know, but what about Marcia? Marcia says she doesn't have the solution. Alicia tells Marcia that it would be bad for Marcia's image if her best friend (I would say her only friend), the spectacularly beautiful, nice, intelligent blonde... RODE THE BUS! Wouldn't Marcia be embarrassed? If people were saying that Alicia's stockings got torn, her best friend, the secretary to the president of Conceptos... She shows Marcia the torn stocking. "Do you see? Do you see this here?" Marcia peeks from the hand covering her face, trying to hide a smile. "It's not fair!!" Alicia whines.

Marcia says she's sorry, but she can't do anything about it. Her fairy godmother (her profit dividends from Conceptos) has disappeared, and now she has to depend on her salary. All because of Lety's lien, she adds. And now it's all up to Lety.

Alicia is sure that Lety will fire her. She says the cuartel is telling Lety that Marcia's orders don't matter any more, and that Marcia is a nobody. Well, not that, Alicia corrects herself, but a Doña Nobody.

Marcia says she's going to show Lety and the cuartel that this business has rules, and the rules must be kept.

Luigi calls. He's not finished with his storyboards, or his script, or something yet for the commercial. Marcia accuses him of hanging around with his "friend" Aldo. (Alicia's ears perk up.) Marcia warns him to get his work done and slams the phone down. (Do they make padded phones?)

Alicia asks who Aldo is. Marcia says he's been the only good thing about her day so far. She doesn't know where Luigi found him, but he's really handsome. Alicia gets excited about this and asks if he's married. Is he financially solvent? Marcia says why don't you ask me if he's gay like Luigi? Alicia shrugs and says that doesn't matter to her.

In Aldo's new office

Aldo is unpacking his things and telling Luigi that he'd like to meet Lety, the new president. Luigi impatiently asks why he'd want to speak with her. Aldo says it'd be nice to let her know that he's occupying this space, at least. Luigi informs him that this space is part of Luigi's domain, and he doesn't need to tell anyone how he's using it, least of all the platypus. Aldo gently reminds Luigi not to make these kinds of remarks about people. Abashed, Luigi is silenced. Aldo says he prefers and needs to tell Lety that he's using this space.

Later, more furniture arrives. Luigi says he wants to get Aldo a little picture of flowers to give the place a feminine touch. Aldo chuckles tolerantly. (You know who can draw flowers? Lety. I'm just sayin'.) Luigi flutters away and Aldo's phone rings. (No phone call jokes this time, I promise.) It's Carolina. He tells her he's excited to have this office because it will let him work on his two big projects: his book and restaurant (apparently those only count as one together), and more important, being near Lety to help her solve all of her problems which are also his problems. Heh, good luck with that, Aldo. He invites Caro to come visit him any time and says goodbye.

I've noticed that Aldo usually refers to Lety as Leticia. (I'm too lazy to type it that way.) I like that he doesn't call her by her nickname.

Later, Aldo is on the phone again with a pal in Acapulco. There's more talk about the floors, and the paint he picked out for the walls is called "tierra" (soil; earth). He wants his pal to find it so the restaurant will open on time. He says what would you do if you wanted to secure a woman's love? Open a restaurant.

Alicia peeks into the office during this fascinating conversation and jumps for joy in the hallway. She claps her hands and thanks God for sending her such a beautiful man. She peeks again and bites her lip.

Luigi walks in on the phone call, then backs out to check on Alicia. Aldo follows too, takes one look at Alicia's starry eyes, and goes back into the office to continue the conversation.

Luigi demands to know what Alicia is doing in his "territory." She says at first, today everything was dark and gloomy. But now a miracle has happened - that guy in there is rich, charming, nice, and single.

Luigi tells her that she can't touch him. He's Luigi's friend. Annoyed, Alicia reminds him that he already has a boyfriend, and not to be greedy. Luigi says first, his relationship with Ruli has been deteriorating. Not that he owes her an explanation. And second, he wants Aldo for himself. Now! He goes into Aldo's office.

Alicia looks disgusted and says to herself, "Luigi, you can't do this to me."

Aldo finishes up his call. Luigi says "Aldo, since you like the sea, look at what I brought you." (You know who can draw the sea? Lety. I'm just sayin'.) He's holding a small framed picture, the kind you would buy at Target, but Alicia drapes herself against the doorframe and says "me!"

"No, I brought you a picture," Luigi says. Alicia dodges around him and introduces herself to Aldo with a hug and kiss. "I'm charmed by your charm," he says politely. "But that's not all," Alicia tells him. "Besides being nice and charming, a natural blonde and of the highest quality, I'm very capable. I work here at Conceptos, I stuidied six semesters of finance at a university of great prestige, and at Conceptos I am the... well, I can't say exactly what my function is but today I am going to be promoted." I keep expecting her to ask him to examine her teeth.

Luigi holds up the painting and asks Aldo if he likes it.

"I'm charmed," Aldo answers. Alicia is flattered. "Not you, dummy," Luigi corrects her. Aldo says it's very nice and thanks Aldo for trying to make him feel at home. Alicia asks Aldo what he'll be doing here, Luigi says she's wasting his time and tells her go away. Aldo says it's not a waste of time to get to know someone - in fact, it's nice. But, he tells Alicia, he does have a lot to do.

As she turns to leave, Luigi notices the tear in her stockings and makes a big deal out of it. She says she caught her ring on it. She says something about costume jewelry. Luigi says it's more likely that she got a bottlecap stuck on her heel. Embarrassed, Alicia excuses herself and slowly backs out of the room.

"Ah, women," Luigi sighs to Aldo. "They were the great error of divine creation."

Aldo tells Luigi to please not let him waste any more of his time. Deflated, Luigi says he could go and work on his commercial. But what will Aldo do? Aldo says he'll occupy himself with his own stuff.

After Luigi leaves, Aldo says the first thing he wants to occupy himself with is Leticia. "Bunch of crazies," he mutters as he sits at his desk.

The phone rings again. It's Ma Bell. She wants Aldo to stop doing so many phone scenes because I can't stop making these stupid phone call jokes.

The cliffhanger

After interviewing the cuartel in the restroom, Lety returns to the lobby and tells Lopez that she wants to ask Luigi's new friend about the incident.

Just then, Alicia backs into the executive lobby, and Saimon draws attention to her torn stocking. He says her golden legs are a good complement to her bleached blond head. She thanks him sarcastically and returns to her desk.

Lopez says that Luigi's friend can't possibly justify their being late. Lety says she'll discuss it with Lopez later. She tells the cuartel to get to work, and later she'll tell them what she and Marcia decide. She reminds Lopez to show her, Tomas, and RoboPop to their offices. He asks them to follow him.

Half a second later, Aldo enters the lobby and asks to meet with the president. "Does she know you want to see her?" Lola asks. "No, she doesn't know that I'm here," he answers.

"She's busy, but if you want to, you can wait," Sara informs him breathlessly from a distance of about four inches.

"Okay, thanks," Aldo says. And with that, the Golden Ring of Goodbye closes around them.

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Next week
Lety and Aldo are reunited. Wheeeee!

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I thought it's been a while since we got some Fernando fix. Colunga that is, not Mendiola. So I stumbled upon these videos sent from a friend and I just died, so I have to share them with you. Hope you all have good weekend, and if it's not so good, well, you've got these to fall back on for entertainment:

Oh and if you are at work you might want to turn down the volume on the first one! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI2YUMe2uJE&NR


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj4TLSSUpC8&NR

Enjoy!!!

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I put this together quick on the spot, to help out our poor "torpe" (who needn't worry because we all are here for each other and happy to get one another's backs in times just like these) so hope it helps!

Aldo watched the dawn come up again, maybe in the park, and comments how wonderful it is to see; he’s still in his same clothes. But as we see later, he must do coke or speed because he seems quite fine and awake if he stayed up all night. Sara meets Juana before work and they talk about an event but Juana is concerned about not being dressed up enough.

Lety shows her mom the picture of she and Aldo. Mom thinks he’s gorgeous and don’t show Dad because he’ll wonder what you did in Aca. Mom picks up Lety's diary that was on the bed and tells her she better take it with her or else her Papa might find it and read just like she did and that would be horrible...

Fer leaves Mar’s telling her he’s going to the judge, she is mad because “she” will be there. Fer tells her so will the lawyers etc. they won’t be alone. She smirks, sorry it’s still stuck.

Tomas is there to pick up Lety and tells Erasmo he should be dressed better for the hearing because “his employees” should look their best. Erasmo says he’s not his employee only Don Humb. Lety gets into that discussion too worrying her employees are fighting. T doesn’t want him at Conceptos all the time, but he says he’ll go there whenever he wants and if he’s mad then he’ll have to go in the bus and not in the car with him. L & T joke about being the heads of Conceptos, and having the right look and they bond. Very cute. T is worried about seeing the Oxi again.

Everyone is at the hearing except Lety’s home team, and her lawyers tell Fer that the judge is a good friend of theirs and they found out that he thinks they are abusing the judicial system because first they want to get rid of FI and now they want to keep it, so the judge is not looking favorably on them.

Alicia is trying to avoid taking the microbus to work to no avail. She has to go to a bus stop with the dregs of society blowing cig smoke in her face. She reminds herself that “naconess” or to be trashy or commonplace isn’t contagious. She pities herself for having to sink so low as to have to ride it.

Lety gets to the hearing room and Fer rushes to tell her the judge’s concern and that they might have problems. They go in. The judge essentially tells them he’s mad. L & F explain they’ve come to an agreement and they are sure this is what they want. The judge wants to teach them to respect the judicial system so instead of 6 months to pay the debts he only gives them 3 months and emphasizes that is 2166666.66 dollars per month, which Fer thinks is impossible but the judge won’t budge. They sign the agreement. Just like signing a marriage license and the judge plays with that declaring them "debtor and creditor" by the power vested in him. They are sort of feeling awkward about this as they turn to walk out of his office. The HHAs try to butter the judge up again as friends, but he’s too busy for their brown nosing.

Alicia gets on the microbus and manages to insult all the passengers thinking they are disgusting, etc.

Aldo arrives at Conceptos looking for Luigi and tell Celso he’d rather wait outside in the fresh air than go inside to wait. The cuartel arrive and are impactados at Aldo’s beauty. They all essentially fight to see what they can do for him, even Irma. He jokes that he wants ranchero eggs etc. Marta is excited about that. He tells them he was kidding, but they end up taking him for breakfast. Celso is wondering what he should tell Luigi and they say whatever he wants.

Back at the justice hall, the HHAs remind Lety and Fern the reconciliation is the way things should be done in this modern age and that they need to do this in order to make things work out well, he says they even need to reconcile physically and he makes them hug. Fer definitely wants more and has a hard time letting go of Lety. HHA 1 wants to make sure that he’ll still be on retainer by Lety even though this transaction is finished.

At the lunch, Aldo is sharing his food philosophy with the cuartel. Sara and Juana show up and are similarly impactadas at Aldo’s beauty. Sara greets him and hugs and kisses him just when Luigi comes in and he tells Aldo to be careful because these gals aren't vaccinated and he could catch something. Aldo assures him he’s fine.

Back at the justice hall HHA2 gives Lety a gift and begs her to bring it to the Oxi for him. During this conversation all the rest of the men are lined up at the back of the room and Fer is trying hard to hear what this guy might be saying to her. There are some fun visuals here for sure!

We go back to Alicia not enjoying at all the microbus ride and M calls her on the cell and wonders where the hell she is and that she better not be late to give Lety a reason to fire her. A tells her she's on her way. A looks around the bus and asks if there aren’t any gentleman anymore and one guy gets up and says yes there are gentleman but they are all sitting!

Back at the justice hall the HHAs decide they need to celebrate this great occasion with some tequila etc. so they have to go somewhere because one of the HHAs stash is empty.

Fern asks Lety if they can talk. He says she was very clear last night, but this is about the business and he tells her that he knows she doesn’t want to see him around there but now that they are on such a tight schedule she has to let him work with her at Conceptos, just like before in order to help pay the debts. Lety looks impactada.

Luigi is showing Aldo in to his office. Aldo once again tells him in disgust that he sees that Lui descriminates people based only on their appearance. Lui says is there any other way? Aldo says yes, many. "Well, have you ever been discriminated against?" Lui tells him he's giving him goosebumps. They look around as if some covert discovery is going to happen. He says of course not, he’s charming and a person with good taste, then he says or are you saying that because I’m gay? Aldo just looks at him and smiles mysteriously and sort of nods no. Lui decides it’s hot in there and that they need to get going and he starts talking about the office he's going to show him.

Marcia sees Simon coming in and questions him ala Fern style where the cuartel is and why they aren’t here yet. She’s surprised he doesn’t know where his girlfriend is and he starts trying to cover for them as Lopez flies up frothing at the mouth for this opportunity to punish the curtel. Apparently he never remembers Simon’s name and that bothers him.

The cuartel walks back from breakfast and they gossip about Aldo, and the fact that he must be in Luigi’s “club” and they are bummed out that Luigi gets all the hot men.

Fern begs her to let him be there, he doesn’t want an office, just a space to work and to borrow a secretary and maybe he’ll share Omar’s office. She says he’s going to be there too? Fer tells her yes, because he’s a minor shareholder so he kind of has to be, and he can probably help anyway. He promises her they will only talk about necessary work. She tells him she has some strategies that she wants to talk over with the committee and she didn’t imagine that the judge would be so strict, and she is concerned they might have problems.

The cuartel finally reach the building talking about something that is weird about the lawyers connecting them to FI and then wondering how they are now Lety's lawyers (the wheels are spinning for them it seems) when the micro pulls up. Alicia is pushing the stop button multiple times and is mad because the guy isn’t stopping right when she wants. She insults the riders further calling them stinky, trash, disgusting, etc. She tells the driver he’s lucky she doesn’t report him because the officer is a friend of hers. She gets off the bus and sees the cuartel and cries to him get back on and keep going. She apologizes to everyone and begs the driver to keep going further. She tells everyone they are the finest people, and she tells the driver to please keep going because those women out there are waiting to assassinate her. They end up working it out for some promises that she’ll ride everyday and sit right behind him and be good, and he proceeds forward and the bus riders say goodbye to the cuartel. This is some great stuff, and was so funny!!

In Aldo’s new office, Luigi is showing him the new space praising it’s charms and promises he's ordering furniture and it will be divine. Aldo who lives on the cliff overlooking the bay in Acapulco, surely is hiding how unimpressed he really is. Aldo tells him that his passion for what he does is so great that it doesn't really matter where he does it. He asks Lui if he didn't know that some of the greatest works in the world were created in strange places. For example, in jail full of men that are violent, aggressive etc. He says he'll do fine in this place with this view that is so, so, so. So? Lui tells him he deserves the view since he’s so nice and attractive. We hear Mar's voice calling Lui. Lui tells Aldo he wants him to meet her. Aldo remembers Lety telling him how mean Mar was to her and he gets that mad face again.

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Friends, I want to apologize to you profusely, as I have failed you tonight. I am feeling muy torpe (dumb), as my VCR did not record tonight's episode as expected, and I missed it completely. Below is a translation of the episode summary I found on the official esmas.com. Please feel free to comment with additional details and/or corrections.


Fernando begs Lety not to hate him, even though he knows he made too many mistakes-- for which he is now paying dearly. Lety tells Fern she forgives him but wants him to stay away from her. She warns Fern not to spill the beans to Marcia that they were actually in the same room together, since this would drive Marcia over the edge. Fernando confesses to Lety that he still loves her with all his heart.

Caro suggests to Aldo that he tell Lety about Luigi offering him an office in the Conceptos building.

Lety tells the cuartel that her relationship with Fern ended on a very sour note.

Aldo is ecstatic that he will be so close to Lety now that he will have an office in the building.

Lety tells Julieta that Fernando claims to still love her, but she believes he is still trying to B.S. her in order to manipulate her. Despite this, Lety admits that she is still hopelessly in love with him.

Fernando assures Marcia that nothing could ever happen again between Lety and him.

Lety is determined to be strong to get through this big mess and wants Aldo to help her.

Lety resolves to stay away from Fern, not just for Marcia’s sake, but also for her own.

Lety shows her mom the photo that Caro took of her with Aldo in Acapulco.

Fern leaves to go the meeting with the judge. This leaves Marcia very uneasy, since she knows Lety will be there too.

Marcia warns Alicia to be punctual so as not to give the new boss Lety any reason to fire her and throw her out on her big bulging booty.

The HaHAs are sure that the judge will think Fern and Lety are playing games with the judicial system. Sure enough, the judge grants our dynamic duo only three months to clean out Conceptos’ debts.

Aldo makes a fine impression on the cuartel and they offer to take him out for breakfast.

Fern tells Lety that even if she doesn’t want him around, they will have to work closely together, just as before, to get the job done.


Again, sorry for the mini-recap tonight. I promise to be back next time, armed with a DVR and ready to redeem myself.

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We begin tonight’s episode with a quick recap of last night’s whinging…Demian is whining about being accused by Nic & Dolores, Tiberio is belly-aching to the police officer about his business being closed (um…a bribe might work better) and Mariangela is ruining her walk on the catwalk by CONSTANTLY looking over poutily at Joselyn who is working it!! Go Jos. (I was trying to remember where I’d seen the emcee of the fashion show…he hosts Vas o No Vas—Deal or No Deal).

Otilia wins and before Miriam slinks backstage to sharpen her claws she delivers the thank you speech. Otilia gives it right back, congratulating her on coming in second place and telling the audience that she admires her because she’s a woman who know how to lose, particularly since she’s never won. Cat fight! The parade of thank yous, etc. continues until Otilia calls out MA and announces that the name of the dress is Joselyn because it reflects capriciousness, vanity and ambition.

At the after party Regina (who’s wearing enough dead animals to keep a small Eskimo village warm---where’s PETA when you need ‘em?) gets in Dolores’ face about accusing Demian of trying to blow up Gabe.

Speaking of Gabe, he runs after MA to try and explain away Joselyn’s mid-fashion show kiss. He says it was a surprise. She retorts, of course, that’s the game. She surprises you and you let yourself be surprised. He invites her to dinner, she says no. Like a very old, but crafty and lecherous spider, he invites her to his web, saying he’ll cook dinner in his apartment and wait for her. She says don’t wait for me, I won’t come. He says I’ll be waiting.

The nacos are chatting about the fashion show. Silvestre says yeah yeah yeah, enough about them, let’s talk about us. He gets down on one knee and proposes to Elsa. You would have thought he asked Leo to get married because he’s over the moon. Elsa is grimacing but after some heavy arm-twisting by Silvestre and her family she says…yes.

Paulina (wearing the Easter bunny) and JC come home giddy in love. JC rubs Paulina’s belly and scares her by talking about death (again). Later, they are preparing their bags for their trip and JC passes out. Paulina is like, what do I do? While JC’s eyes are rolling back in his head.

Otilia and her gal pals are going to celebrate their win.

At the big house, the coven is meeting in Joselyn’s bedroom and moaning about their loss. Karen goes off to bed, and the other two speculate about her recent behavior.

Gabe puts the finishing touches on his fancypants dinner. The candles burn down to help us figure out that he’s waiting a long, long, long time. MA is outside the door wondering what to do. Gabe tells himself he can’t let her rejections bother him.

Regina & Demian are discussing Nic & Lola (Dolores is just too long to type for such a secondary character). D says to be severe with her, because this accusation is really disrespectful. Regina’s like yeah, but I have to forgive her because she’s a really good friend and Tiberio’s mom. I’m sure she didn’t mean anything bad.

Meanwhile, Nic & Lola are discussing the very same thing. They don’t believe D’s claim that it was used in some old construction project but Lola’s worried that Tiberio was involved.

Back at home and back on the bed with Luis David, MA is telling him all sorts of stuff he really doesn’t care about. He’s just trying to eat his book…probably because he’s used to shoving lollipops and other candy in his mouth whenever he’s on camera…actually they probably just glued some candy inside the book. She kisses him and he pushes her away (probably not scripted). Gabe calls, he wants to talk right away. They meet downstairs in the study (with the candlestick and Colonel Mustard). They have a little argument…that sounds exactly like every other argument they’ve had since MA came back from Europe (just look at the old recaps if you want a refresher). At the end that she does admit that she loves him, but that she wouldn’t be able to fulfill her desire for vengeance if she were with him.

At Cande’s house everyone’s psyched about the wedding….everyone except for Elsa. She looks like death warmed over. Everyone finally leaves and Cande goes off to bed. Elsa takes her little bottle out of her bag for a swig, when a loud knock at the door interrupts her…it’s pesky Silvestre telling her good night and how happy he is she said yes.

Paulina finally figured out to take JC to the hospital. Leo helps her. Later, he calls D’s house looking for Lola, but Regina answers and gets a bad feeling. JC is stable but weak. He asks Leo to keep lying to everyone. He also asks if he’s going to live to see his baby. Leo doesn’t really give a straight answer.

Employing the always economical flashback (twice the show, half the work!) we see MA and Gabe mulling over their earlier chit chat.

Karen’s leaving for the hospital and Joselyn, getting drunk on the couch, asks where she’s going and why she’s been so damn moody lately. Karen asks Jos if she loved Edgar, her father. Jos says, in the beginning yes, but then he just became a nuisance.

Leonardo finishes up with his second patient (JC) of the day by tucking him into bed…in his own house. He tells him to rest and that they probably shouldn’t go on that second honeymoon.

Regina was waiting up to apologize to Dolores. They make up and they’re friends again. Regina tells Lola that Leo called and then Pau calls to tell her they won’t be going because JC was in the hospital and has to wait. Regina, slowly starting to put two and two together, asks Lola why Leo called her.

Karen shows up at the apartment of love. Pau is like how did you know JC was sick? Oh, Leo told me. Pau tries to put two and two together but she only comes up with one and a half. She goes to answer the door, leaving Karen and JC alone in the bedroom. JC tells her how awful things are and Karen tells him that Paulina really loves him and actually seems to be sincere in her answers.

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Alina met Orlando in the woods and he invited her to go to the fair with him. Luba arrived and yelled at Alina to go take her bath in the river. Orlando asked Alina, "Do you accept my invitation?" Luba said, "This girl can't go with you anywhere," but Alina said, "Yes, I accept," and headed off for her bath.

Orlando then just "happened" to ride his horse over to the river, where of course he saw Alina swimming naked. She called to Gaspar to turn his back while she got dressed. Orlando smirked, didn't make his presence known and didn't turn his back. As Alina (now fully clothed) and Gaspar walked away, Orlando gawked after them.

Soledad somehow showed up at Maximo's house(!!) and asked to speak to Emilio. Maximo said Emilio wasn't there, but, "I'm happy we can talk alone. I know what is happening, and I can help you. I can free you from Alvaro, denounce him, say that he kidnapped you. That way I can save you and your daughter."

Soledad looked unimpressed. Maximo tried to take her arm and Soledad said, "Don't touch me." Maximo asked, "Why are you so cold with me? You know you're beautiful. I've always liked you," and grabbed her, saying, "You had a daughter with an overseer, why not with me?"

Soledad slapped him and ran away yelling, "Idiot!" Maximo rubbed his jaw as if he'd lost a few teeth and growled in a dramatically pained voice, "Soledad, I will make you pay for this with tears of blood!" He's so over-the-top. Definitely my favorite character on this show.

Emilio went to Coral's room, where she was again wearing her favorite towel, and told her, "There's nothing between you and me." Coral cried and said to herself, "I've lost him forever."

Rosita told Santos and Vera she had been summoned to clean Maximo's office. Vera said, "That old man wants you for something else," and volunteered to clean the office herself.

Later Maximo slithered into his office and grabbed Vera, but released her when he realized she wasn't Rosita. She said Rosita was sick and had sent Vera to clean his office instead. Maximo retreated to his desk in defeat.

Blanca found Elias daydreaming about his past infatuation with Soledad and asked what he was thinking. Elias said it was nothing important.

Arcadio convinced Jose to agree to help out the drug dealers by doing little jobs around camp that wouldn't hurt anybody. Jose said he would keep watching for his chance to escape.

Soledad visited the cave, waking up Luba, who was having a nightmare about a man telling her she would die for what she did. Soledad gave Luba some money, saying she'd received it from Adela, and asked Luba to buy whatever Alina needed.

Alina showed up, greeted Soledad, and had a sudden brainstorm (probably the first one of her life). She said urgently, "This is the moment for us to go! Let's go, Mama! We are going to escape!"

Soledad seemed bewildered, as if the thought of escaping had never crossed her mind. She said, "No, it is impossible for us to reach Puebla alone." She seemed to be searching for excuses, finally coming up with the idea that Alvaro might kill Adela if she escaped. She suggested that Alina escape alone, but Alina said no because if she did, Alvaro might kill Soledad. So they agreed to DO NOTHING, AS USUAL. IDIOTAS!!! For about thirty seconds there, I thought Alina had grown a brain. Oh well.

Soledad then went home and assured Adela that she would never, ever try to escape. I suppose Alvaro might as well throw away his guns and keys because he won't be needing them.

Emilio received a letter from his general telling him to marry Thelma because she was pregnant with his child. He tore it up and told Orlando, "I never received this letter," adding that Thelma's baby wasn't his, "It's a lie to trap me!"

Angel learned about the letter and asked Emilio what he was going to do about Thelma's pregnancy. As usual, Emilio insisted he wouldn't marry Thelma. (Meanwhile Thelma spent the episode, as usual, sitting in her apartment whining to her aunt.)

Orlando returned to the hacienda, very drunk, and told Emilio, "Tonight, Captain, I'm going to be the most envied man" because he would be accompanied to the fair by the beautiful Flor. He added that everyone knew Flor was "the most beautiful flower in Sierra Escondida," even Emilio. For some reason Emilio took this as a grave insult. He said, "Look, if you weren't in such a lamentable state, I would make you swallow your words." Orlando laughed and said, "Do it." Emilio said (I think) that he wouldn't fight Orlando but didn't want him to treat Flor the way he treated other women.

Orlando laughed and said, "Look who's talking, the person who invited her to a party to make fun of her," then went to sleep on the couch. Emilio locked him into the room. Before leaving, Angel put a flower on Orlando's chest, saying, "Here is your little flower."

Emilio said he would leave instructions that no one should let Orlando out of the room, even if he yelled. Angel was pleased until Emilio told him he only did it so he could meet Flor at the fair himself. Angel said to himself, "You're not going out with her. This time I'm going to stop you."

Emilio told his men they were free to go to the fair but couldn't take their guns. He added that he would be taking HIS gun, "Because I am the captain."

Maximo chuckled about Orlando being locked up and assured Emilio no one would let him out because all the servants were going to the fair.

Mariana went to the hospital and learned that her daughter's friend Estrellita had died. She went home and told Malena. Marianita overheard and burst into tears. She asked if she would die, too, and Mariana said no. Later Marianita dreamed Estrellita's ghost visited her and said, "Don't be sad. Heaven is really terrific, and I'm going to be your guardian angel."

Alina put on her pink dress and told Luba she was going to the fair. She asked for her silver heart. At first Luba refused to give it to her, but Alina talked her into it. (Later, however, when Alina and Rosita left the cave together to go to the fair, Alina wasn't wearing the necklace.)

Soledad chatted about her past to Adela, who said Soledad's life was like a movie. Soledad said Alvaro had always been very jealous, but it was that "damn letter" that drove him insane. Adela again said she believed in Soledad's innocence.

Alvaro returned home and questioned Rutilio, who assured him Soledad hadn't gone anywhere in Alvaro's absence. Sergio warned Alvaro not to trust Rutilio.

Angel, coughing, went to the cave and found Luba outside, doing something or another with a basket and a knife. He asked to speak to Flor, saying it was urgent. Luba pointed out that Angel's brother was a cockroach. Angel said, "Emilio isn't bad. He has suffered a lot." They went into the cave and Luba was surprised to discover that Alina wasn't there. (Does the cave have a back exit??)

Angel set out for the fair on his horse, but some animal crossed his path. He was thrown from the horse and it ran off, so he continued toward the fair on foot.

Elsewhere in the woods, Coral was walking alone. She thought she heard an animal howl behind her, and she was right: It was Maximo. He said, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a coyote," then invited her home for drinks. She smilingly agreed.

At the fair, Emilio found Alina standing alone. He told her that Orlando was sick so he'd sent Emilio in his place. Alina said, "I don't want to keep talking to you." Emilio replied, "I can't stand when you look at me with those eyes." Alina said, "Let go of me! You're always holding me with force!" Emilio said, "I don't want to argue with you tonight" and something else I didn't catch, then kissed her. I'm thinking he has a lot in common with that uncle of his.

esquiva/esquivo = cold, aloof
fallecer = to pass away
embustero/embustera = lying or liar
pordiosera/pordiosero = beggar
coraje = anger or courage

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So we start out with Rog breaking the news to Gab that Joz drugged him (Gab) and it was all planned so she could seduce him.

Otilia gathers together her everyday models & friends for a night-long-sewing-fiesta to replace all the clothes that were stolen.

Gab invites MA over to his place to tell her the awesome news! He didn’t cheat on her; he now knows what happened that night and wants to tell her all about it. She says, “no thanks, don’t wanna hear about your sordid “night” with Joz.“ he stops her so she can’t leave… he tells her he was drugged, Rog just told him, Rog’d been keeping it secret and that’s why he couldn’t remember anything that happened. He seems very relieved and happy… now they can go back to the way it was before all this happened and be together and everything. MA is impactada, drugged? In her confusion she lets him steal a passionate (so to speak) kiss. She stops things, what about the babies? She worries about him abandoning Alex, he shouldn’t trust him to Joz, he says he’ll never abandon his kids. She starts to leave, teary, saying she has to think about it, he tells her to think all she wants but follow what her heart dictates, she leaves…

Dolores remembers her conversation with Karen; how Karen doesn’t believe her willingness to care for her and love her w/o anything in return. Dol, speaking to herself, promises to help Karen learn to love and be a better person. Karen, at the mansion, remembers the conversation, simultaneously. She cries and, speaking to herself, says she doesn’t know if she will give Dol the opportunity to show her love, she is not sure she can trust her.

Joz is perched on the side of her bed looking at a magazine when MA bursts into her room. MA tells Joz she knows everything about how Joz drugged Gab, Joz doesn’t deny it but says, how dare she accuse her of that. MA says there is nothing too low for Joz to do and the worst thing is she feels sorry for Alex. MA says Joz is a threat to her own child. Joz grabs her, pushing her in front of the mirror and says she’s nothing more than a poor nothing of a person dressed-up rich. Miriam hurries in wondering -- what the he!!. MA says she knows Joz drugged Gab to get him into bed with her. Then, coming from a mile away, winding up the whole time, is Joz who slaps MA (who really should have been able to stop that slap or at least duck or something) MA slaps her back, ferociously, Joz looks impactada! MA warns her she’s gonna watch her to make sure she doesn’t hurt Alex. Joz screams, Perra!, at her a few times as MA takes off. Joz is enraged, Mir give her hand signals to calm down.

Rog is telling Gab he’s sorry and admits to being Joz’s accomplice in the drugging (is this bad editing? Isn’t this an extension of the conversation they had earlier when Rog told him about being drugged, aw well, suspension of disbelief kicking into overdrive, or at least getting a shot of adrenaline cuz I think it’s already in overdrive) Gab is impactado. How could you? he asks and adds that he hopes God will forgive him. Rog looks almost regretful (He couldn't be turning to the good side could he???).

Mir & Joz run over the same ol’ dialog – will MA & Gab get back together? And Mir reminds her of the same ol’ thing – Alex is the tie to Gab – Gab will never leave Alex – they deduce that Rog told MA and Gab for revenge for putting him in the big house.

MA is tempted to return to Gab and wonders why she feels maternal toward Joz’s baby.

Joz is calmly looking at her magazine on the couch at the mansion when Gab burst in. He says, how could you do something so contemptible. She says, he lefts her no other choice (WHAT, a confession!!!) they argue about it and he says he and MA are gonna get back together; she says she’ll never allow that. He tells her it’s gonna happen and they are gonna be happy just like they planned all along and she can’t stop it.

At that moment MA comes down the stairs with both boys (Alex and LD). Joz asks what they are dong with her son? Gab says he’s taking them out so they will know they’re brothers. He thanks MA for letting him take LD for a while. MA says she’s sorry she couldn’t go but somebody (and she looks pointedly at Joz) robbed all of Otilias clothes for the fashion show! Gab looks impactado – Joz looks fake impactada. MA goes on to say that Mir is the one who would benefit from such a robbery. Joz tells her she’ll have to talk to Mir about that and then jets (slowly so everyone can see her sway her hips) upstairs.

Pau and JC have just broken the happy news to Dam and Reg about the pregnancy. (I don’t know why they are telling everyone NOW! You’d think after their last pregnancy experience they’d wait for a little while to make sure everything was ok, wait this is a novela, that explains everything of course.) Pau says she’s gonna take care of herself in this pregnancy and hopes the days go by fast. Pau says they’re gong to be happy, happy forever and hugs Dam and Reg… JC sways back and forth in slow motion looking a little sad.

Joz tells Mir that MA is accusing them of having something to do with the robbery – Mir says she can’t prove it. Joz thinks it’s weird that Otilia hasn’t cancelled her participation in the fashion show, Mir says there is no one on earth that can help Otil now! Mir looks forward to being 1st place in the fashion world like always – Joz just wants to see MA ruined.

** Various scenes of Gab playing with the boys. A maid is with him, maybe one of the kids' real mom? Some other lady is there, maybe the daycare/play area director (or the other kids real mom?) She does some weird thing with LD’s legs which looks like physical therapy. Then a bunch of other cute little kids come in and they all play.**

The scene segues into him talking with Nic in the office saying he’s going to raise the boys together, not separate like him and Dam which caused resentment on Dam’s part. Nic agrees it’s a good idea. Nic tells him about Dol finding the remote control detonator in Dam’s home office – he wants the authorities to look into it. Gab wants to know what he suspects Dam of doing (DUH!) but before Nic can tell him Pau and JC come in to give them the happy pregnancy news. Gab is happy.

Dol and Karen meet – Karen is upset because they’re meeting secretly. Dol says she’s her Dad’s sister and would never hurt her – her Dad was a great man. Karen asks/says – then she’s nothing like him… Dol reassures her she’s a good person and if her Dad could have been around she would be more like him.

Rog goes to see Coyote in jail and is pleased with the info Coy has given him. Coy tells him that’s barely any of what his uncle has done. There is a ton more and if Rog brings him more money he’ll give more info. Rog looks very pleased.

Otilia oversees her ladies as they re-sew all the clothes that were stolen – they are finally done and MA, Otil & Candy chat about working all night and they can’t wait for the fashion show.

Mir is in the back checking things out at the fashion show and bumps into Otilia. Otilia says Mir just won’t believe what happened to her! Some dirty stinking rats (I swear Otilia makes this show worth watching) broke into her casa de modas and stole all her clothes for the fashion show! But her and her pals worked like crazy and have an even better set of styles than before – Mir - looks a little sick but wishes her all the luck cuz she's gonna need it. Otilia tells her luck and clients is what she’s drowning in… oooh, take that Mir!

Meanwhile, a man has come to Dam’s house with some paperwork and lets him know that he’s suspected of the attempt on Gabs life and he has to come down to the police station to submit a statement.

Silvestre, dressed in a suit, comes to tell Leo that they’ve won the lotto! (Good grief and a groan, but anyway...) They are both impactados. Silvestre says with that money he can marry Elsa. Leo’s gonna give it to a good cause (ok, I love Leo, sorta, but he's so syrupy that he makes me wanna barf). They run to go find Candy (another thing that makes me wanna barf).

Karen and JC bump into each other at the fashion show. He tells her the good news about the baby saying it’s something for him to cling to. She tells him about her chat w/Dol and that she’s not sure about changing her ways. He tells her to follow her heart and they hug. (Yikes, is Karen changing to a good guy, too? The show must be ending soon then, right?)

Rogelio goes to Tib at the strip-club to do the obvious novela thing, inform him that he’s going to turn him in. He tells Tib that he has to pay him back for everything he took from him. Tib gives him the evil novel-guy routine of: you’re not going to say anything cuz I’ve got too much on you and you’re Dad will take away all your money, evil smirk. He tells him all of that as he’s making out with a stripper. Then, Rog starts his Rog-revenge and tells him, oh, btw, Coyote says hi. Tib stops in mid-makeout and says, Who? He then pushes away the stripper. Tib straightens his hair, carefully not to touch his toupee, and Rog says, yeah, Coyote told me some interesting stuff in the big house, now we’ll see who laughs last. Tib starts hyperventilating.

The fashion show commences. They had a presenter, Hector Sandarti – he introduces the judges for the show, Armando something, Dauria (sp?) Moreno and Luis Ignacio Macias (are these presenters/fashion people in the real world?). He then introduces Mir and Otil who come out onto the stage. He wishes them both luck and the competition officially begins. There are various scenes of the models, Candy and Mayaya strutting their stuff on the catwalk while Leo goes crazy from the sidelines.

Elsa backstage sees someone with a glass of wine and can’t help herself – she grabs a glass and gulps it down. Mayaya catches her and grabs the empty glass. Elsa wipes her mouth as Candy comes around the corner then wipes her hands over her hair – no one will smell it on her now (ugh!) – she gets Candy her next outfit, Candy rushes off (in an elderly lady way) and Mayaya lays into Elsa for drinking. Elsa makes some lame excuse about being tired… then looks guilty. Mayaya warns that she’ll be watching her.

Meanwhile, Dam is at the police station, (sin abogado!), and they quiz him about the remote. He says he only uses it for work at the constructoria, videos and stuff like that, he can prove it – they want to see that proof. He asks who denounced him – and they TELL HIM (!!!) Dol & Nic (Dam gives an evil look). The detectives bring out another denunciation, this one anonymous saying something about the table dance place – I didn’t catch exactly what or if they thought Dam had to do with it.

Back at the fashion show Pau models a high fashion dress.

The police raid the strip club then shut it down – Tib’s impactado.

Dam shows up at the fashion show and tells Reg about Dol and Nic denouncing him – Reg is impactada… (I guess the table dance denunciation doesn’t have anything to do with Dam at this point)

At the strip club, again, Tib is furious they’ve shut the place down. They tell him to let them do their job… they’re posting a notice on the door “Clausuar”

In the big fashion showdown, MA & Joz strut their designs on the cat walk… MA wearing a low plunging v-neckline (if that’s what you can call it) in hot pink and Joz wearing a bustier type dress (not really unusual for her) with a train and stripes. They come out again, this time Joz looks like the Ice Queen in a white fir necklined/Cinderella-like dress (sorry, I’m not a fashionista in the least so I have no idea what these particular types of dresses and accessories are really called) and MA is wearing a more moderate but stylish black/red form fitting dress. Joz gets off the stage, walks past the judges, around the crowd, (who are on their feet just bedazzled over the whole show) grabs Gab and starts kissing him furiously… MA is impactada…

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Present company excepted of course! On with the recap...

Don Loco paces Soledad's cell. Flor/Alina is hiding behind the wardrobe door. He asks Soledad "who is with you?" He sees two glasses. She says one is for water and one is for wine. He smells them. What an ass. He looks around and puts his hand on the wardrobe door. Soledad sees Flor's shoes under the wardrobe door!

Gaspar is praying in church. He's asking God to help him find his little doll. The padre smiles, thinking "how cute, the mentally challenged man has a little dollie." He says "your little doll?" and hold his hands 8" apart. Gaspar says, "Yes, I hold her in my arms and kiss kiss kiss." The padre is all "WTF?"

Adela enters Soledad's cell and tells Don Loco the food is ready. She's trying to run interference for Soledad. He leaves and locks the door. Flor is locked in.

Elias (Flor's godfather) thought bubbles "Soledad where are you?"

Alfonsina is splayed out on the floor pretending to wash it, she's showing a lot of shoulder and a lot of leg. She's one sultry momma. Hugo grabs her. She tells him he's a good man, not like the Patron who no longer pays attention to her. They make out under a portrait of the scowling Don Loco. Personally, I think Alfonsina is hotter (and scarier) than Thelma, but I'd like the gentlemen to weigh in on this one.

Jaime is getting Orlando's horse ready for a ride. Orlando asks about Flor. After he rides off Jaime remembers he forgot to warn him about the whirlpool!

Santos and Rosita are back in the sack for a little afternoon delight. Don Maximo rides up and Santos comes to the door. Don Maximo orders him back to work. He asks about Rosita and Santos wonders "what in the hell does that old fart want with her?" He tells Rosita to watch out for Maximo.

Orlando sees Gaspar by the river and yells "Where's the girl?" He rides into the whirlpool and falls off his horse. He's trapped in the remolino!! Gaspar saves him as an invisible choir sings its crescendo.

Emilio accuses Angel of being jealous. Angel denies it and says Emiliano treated Flor badly. Emilio promises not to bother Flor in the future. Right.

Flor says she has to get out of Soledad's room otherwise Luba and Gaspar will worry about her. She starts to tell Soledad about Emiliano AGAIN and gets all goopy. It's gross.

Don Loco asks Rutilo who is the stupid fool who helped Flor to escape? Rutilo says nobody at the haciendo would disobey the patron's orders. Sergio is skulking and eavesdropping. After Rutilo leaves he tells Don Loco that Rutilo is up to something. Don Loco tells Sergio the ratfink to keep an eye on Rutilo.

Coral's friends are getting restless. They're tired of being cooped up with only their CFM shoes, skimpy dresses, booze and each other.

Don Loco goes back to Soledad's prison (room) and Flor hides again. He tells Soledad he'll kill them both if Flor tries to escape again. Soledad tells him he gets crazier every time she sees him. After he leaves Flor asks her mom if he really meant it. Here's an idea, why don't you poison him just in case?

Don Loco hears Soledad's words in his head...loco...loco...loco...

Gaspar has taken Orlando back to the cave so Luba can help him. Orlando kind of insults the cave and Luba kind of insults him back. He asks if they live there alone. Flor walks in and says, "no sir, I live here too." Orlando is impactado.

He starts talking about Emilio and Luba gives a big, wide, obvious yawn. He changes the subject and tells Flor he hopes they can be friends. Luba is very funny in this scene.

Angel asks the housekeeper Vera to tell him more about Flor. He says he would like to help Flor. Vera gets very excited and jumps all over the offer, but Emilio enters and she leaves. He tells Angel he doesn't want to hear her name in the house. Angel looks at his portrait of Flor.

Orlando introduces himself to Flor, he is just a lowly lieutenant and at her service. She says her name is Flor, she is the daughter of a foreman. She was abandoned as a child and Luba and Gaspar adopted her so she lives in the cave. Orlando says not all men are like Emiliano Valtierra. (Luba rolls her eyes throughout this conversation) To him a woman is simply a woman and has his complete respect. He kisses Flor's hand, Flor smiles, Luba scowls.

Don Loco has flashbacks to the early, happy days of his marriage, then he convinces himself he was betrayed as was Soledad's father, blah blah blah. I wish he'd shoot himself and put himself out of our misery.

Luba tells Flor that all men are alike, they start out as gentlemen then remove their masks to reveal the cobra underneath. They are worse than dogs! In fact, dogs are good, intelligent, good-hearted. That's our Donkey all right!! She must be reading our comments! Luba tells Flor to beware of this new gentleman, he's like all the others. Gaspar pipes up, he doesn't like him either.

Orlando has returned to La Rinconada. He tells Emilio that even though he was caught in the whirlpool he's not hurt, in fact he's positively euphoric. The idiot Gaspar saved him and took him to his cave. Orlando is being the king of gloat and Emilio is getting irritated. Heh heh. Orlando says he saw a delicious and enchanting creature, Flor del Campo.

Flor recalls Don Loco's words and she asks Donkey what to do. Orlando! He wants to be her friend, he'll help her.

Emilio is once again dreaming of kissing Flor and he is once again sulking. Orlando walks in and does that thing that makes grumpy people grumpier, he tells him not to be in such a bad mood. He says Emilio must be thinking of...Thelma. Dohhh! Just when Emilio had forgotten. To twist the knife Orlando says he's very interested in the cave girl Flor. Emilio leaves in a huff and Orlando calls him an imbecile.

Flor is gathering herbs when Emilio, in uniform, runs up and forces her to kiss him. He's such a charmer. "So we meet again," he says. Charming and original. Five long seconds later she pushes him away. They have the stolen necklace versus stolen kiss argument again. She says she is trespassing on his land to pick herbs to treat her doggie that his Uncle Maximo tried to kill. She says he and Don Maximo are just rich guys who exploit their workers. He tries to hold her and she runs off.

Marianita visits Estrellita who is much worse. Estrellita's mother tells Mariana that Estrellita is dying. Marianita tries to cheer Estrellita up by telling her not to lose hope and giving her her hat. When the mothers come in they find Marianita laying next to Estrellita to comfort her. Marianita leaves her special hat for Estrellita to wear.

Central America - A hot, foxy guerilla chica sits down next to Jose. She says she is Felicia, sister to the head honcho. "Oh, great," says Jose, rolling his eyes. She says he is chained to the bed because he tries to escape. Jose says he doesn't want to join them. Felicia touches his chin and says she likes stubborn guys like him. She's trouble in tight pants.

Don Loco is riding around his coffee plantation whipping a poor, skinny peon in the face for not ratting out Rutilo. By comparison, Emilio rides his field expressing concern that his workers labor hard and earn little.

Back in the cave Flor is waxing romantic about Emilioooo's kiss. "Emilioooo, I love you when I should hate you for judging me badly."

Emilio tells Don Maximo he wants to go over the workers' wages. He's shocked at what he sees, they are so very low, at the poverty level! Starting tomorrow he will double their wages. Don Max chokes on his cigar, "Que que que?? Nephew, you're crazy!" "No tio, that's why they say you're robbing them," says Emilio. After he leaves Don Max tells Braulio to increase the wages by 30 percent, not 100 percent.

Emilio's buddies are drinking and talking about a fair tomorrow for the workers. There will be games and activities. Orlando says "she'll like that." "Who?" they all ask. Orlando says it will be a surprise.

Soledad and Adela are looking at pictures of little Alina. Soledad and Adela wonder if Jose will ever return and help clear Soledad's name. Soledad says her only hope now is Elias, Elias could help them.

Speaking of which, Elias asks Blanca if there is any news? He's been thinking of Soledad and Alina. "Ahhhh...thinking of Soledad?" she asks pointedly. "Aw shucks honey, she's just a friend, OUR friend," he says. Blanca says she hasn't forgotten he was in love with her. Elias says ever since she married Don Loco they have been Just Friends. He says his work is about finished and at the end of the week they can visit the plantation and investigate.

Flor tells Rosita that she ran into Emilianoooo again. She made him mad by telling him he was rich and he exploited his workers. They traded insults and spit.

Emilio dreams and rants.

Don Maximo tells Braulio to tell the workers it was he who increased their wages, not Emilio. He grabs a yellow rosebud and asks Braulio how is Rosita? "Tell her to come and clean my office tomorrow." He says to the rose, "Rosita, by luck, by money, or by misfortune you will be mine (kisses rose) all mine."

Don Loco, who has nothing better to do than whip his workers and watch Soledad, asks Soledad why she is crying. She's looking at pictures of better days. Surprise! He threatens her again.

Orlando, who loves to dig at everyone, tells Coral that their dear friend Emiliano, who has always been popular with the ladies, is interested in a little Flor. "Flor???" asks Coral. Remember, that's what he called her yesterday.

Don Loco, out riding and tormenting his peons, sees a couple kissing on the hillside. He thinks it's Soledad and Jose. He takes out his gun and aims. But it's not blonde Soledad, it's a dark-haired worker who pleads with him not to shoot her boyfriend. Don Loco hears Soledad's words, "Loco...loco...loco..."

Flor walks along a dusty path. Someone arrives on horseback but we cannot see who it is. She looks up and says "You??" ("Usted?")

Words from tonight's episode courtesy of Carmel (this really is a group effort!):
terco = obstinate
nomina (de pago) = payroll
sueldo = salary
teniente = lieutenant

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