Caray, Caray!

(Apologies for the late posting.


Today’s capítulo begins with a replay of the scene in Pilar’s hospital room. She’s had a comb-out, retouched her make-up, and looks ready to hop out of bed, throw on something skimpy, and dance the night away in a pricey little antro. Bueno, Pilar rehashes her latest evil scheme and swears Kique to secrecy. Larry is out in the hall, listening at the door. The consummate actor, he delays his entrance until she says, “Larry will never know that Gaby is innocent!” Kique denies any involvement and high-tails it when Larry threatens to break his face. Once they’re alone, Larry confronts while Pilar lies and denies. He calls her “basura” and tells her that he wants her out of his life forever.

Out in the hall, Kique runs into Sandy and warns her that now might not be the best time to visit Pilar. Larry’s in there, he knows everything, and he’s a fiera. Sandy is glad to hear it. Kique raises his eyebrows as the String Quartet of Doom strikes an ominous chord. He thought she and Pilar were friends. Sandy’s no longer sure about that. Pili’s gone too far with this lie. Gaby deserves happiness, more than Kique or Pilar do. Close-up of Our Evil Studmuffin, unsure if he should be impactado.

At Casa Naco, Paola is pacing the living room like a caged fiera. She’s got a mean case of the Dopehead Blues. She sits down on the couch and calls Andrés. On the end table is a framed photo of Pancholón, arms folded, smirking at the camera as if to say, “I’m the hottest macho that ever swung cojones.” Cut to Andrés, in Mother Superior’s office. He tells Peyola that he can’t sell her any wacky dust today, he’s out of town. Tomorrow. He goes on to suggest that she could pay with something other than cash. After all, it’s not like she’s legally married, and she wouldn’t be calling him if Pancho really made her happy. Paola gets up indignantly and replies that she’s only interested in the wacky dust. “Maybe you’ll change your mind tomorrow,” he says with a leer. She hangs up on him and paces, uncertain how else to score. I’ll bet Kique has a connection, but this does not occur to our simple-minded fierita. She sits back down on the couch and huddles in a fetal position. Lala would not be happy if her sofa cushions were punctured by the four-inch spike heels on Peyola’s ankle-strap sandals. Cue Maudlin Flute Ensemble. It’s all Pancho’s fault. Why does he love Caramelo better than her? Why doesn’t he divorce her? Why can’t he be hers alone?

Over at Perfumes Gaviota, Emilio tries to placate Max, who is fuming over Alvaro, saying he should have fired that loser when he had the chance. Gaby is about to enter, but she hears Diana’s name and stops at the door. She gets the scoop on Alvaro’s real intentions towards la Señora Presidenta. This comes as a big surprise to Little Doormat, despite the fact that three-quarters of the men on this show have wanted to bed Our Heroine at one time or another. En fin, Max thinks it would be an excellent idea to call Diego to clue him in and Gaby decides to nip that idea in the bud. She bursts into the office crying out, “Don’t you dare!” Diana’s having enough problems with Diego, thanks to Max and that photo of the infamous makeout session. (Little Doormat just fails to appreciate how sublimely ridiculous tele-suerte can be.) She gives the boys a lecture on office etiquette. They should stop gossiping and get back to work. Exit la Señora Vicepresidenta. Max and Emilio try to look suitably chastised.

Meanwhile, Alvaro and Diana are having a nice lunch at a beachfront restaurant. As predicted by Our Hero, Alvaro is making the moves on Diana, who fends him off with her gauche, la-de-da impression of a Lady of Quality. She didn’t accept his lunch invitation to discuss her private life. If he and Max don’t stop fighting, she’ll have to fire one of them. Alvaro’s not taking her act seriously. Diana sternly warns him not to fall in love with her. She is, after all, a Married Woman. He’s not put off by her schoolgirl airs and graces. He’s willing to bide his time.

Meanwhile, Gaby is cracking the executive whip in Diana’s absence. She enters Max’s office to ask if he’s signed the orders yet. Ever the professional, Our Hero responds with a question of his own: “Has Diana returned from lunch with that cretino Alvaro Ferrer?” “No.” Close-up of Max rubbing his forehead.

Back at the hospital, Pilar tearfully tries to convince Lunkhead that he just misunderstood. He can ask Sandy if he wants. “I was an idiot to believe your lies” / “I’m not lying, it’s the truth.” We’ve all heard this argument before, although Larry gives it a twist by crediting God with his fortuitous discovery of Pilar’s latest intrigue. Pilar keeps going. She seems to think if she keeps accusing Gaby long enough, Larry will eventually cave. Instead he tells her that she’s basura. Enter Sandy. Pilar frantically begs Sandy to tell Larry the truth. “Nuestra verdad,” she says loudly and emphatically. Sandy lets her down by telling Lunkhead what really happened. Larry is impactado. If looks could kill, Pilar’s fiera glare would have Sandy leaving the room in a body-bag.

We return to Perfumes R Us. Little Doormat hands a batch of invoices to Beatriz, telling her to review them, enter them into the computer, and file the originals. Our Secretary-Spy takes the folder and inexplicably heads for the elevator being vacated by Diana and Alvaro. They part amicably and Gaby hurries over to Diana to get the scoop. There is none, Our Heroine declares. She is a Married Woman. It was a business lunch. Gaby is worried that Max will get jealous and try to take away Maxito. “Let him try,” is Our Heroine’s defiant response.

Inside her office, Diana gets down to business. She is rummaging through her little handbag when Max enters. He wants to know how lunch with that imbécil Alvaro was. Our Heroine puts on a fresh coat of lipstick, aiming for smart, sophisticated nonchalance as she tells Max what a swell guy Alvaro is. Max forces her to abandon that silly pose as he grills her about her indiscreet behavior. Again she plays the Married Woman card. “Exactly,” counters Max. “Diego doesn’t deserve this.” Diana can’t believe she just heard that and for a moment I can’t, either. Then Max asks if Alvaro kissed her. Because if he did, Max will break his face. Close-up of Diana, impactada. Commercial.

We are outside. In the foreground, a silver crucifix dangles from a rosary. In the background, a snowy white statue of the Virgin. Cue Orchestra of Doom. Dissolve to Bruna, sobbing and praying behind a lovely arrangement of white roses. She performs an eloquent hand ballet with her rosary, covering her face at the end. She holds that pose for a moment, then grips the iron railing before her and raises herself up. Eyes shifting dementedly from side to side, Bruna says she must tell the truth about her daughters, all of it, so that the Virgin will forgive her. She sinks down again. Dissolve back to the statue, looking down serenely, hands folded in prayer. Dissolve to Bruna, who gets to her feet again. “The guilt is driving me crazy!” she cries. “I’m going crazy!” She repeats this three more times, matching the Orchestra of Doom’s rising hysteria, then snatches up her purse and runs off as if pursued by the Furies. Pobre de Bruna.

Back in Diana’s office, Max continues the interrogation. He tells Diana that if she has an affair with Alvaro, he will use it against her to gain sole custody. She questions his chances of winning, considering what kind of family the Irascibles are. Since this is a dull exchange, let’s just ignore them for a moment and break that statement down. With los Irazabal, Mini Maxi gets a bankrupt, homeless father; an unhinged, sociopathic stepmother; a drugged-out aunt; a criminal “uncle”; and a homicidal grandmother. With the Garcés-Soriano-Suárez clan, he gets a dim-witted mother; an insanely jealous stepfather; a dim-witted aunt; a criminal uncle; and an alcoholic grandmother. No, either way the poor kid is screwed. En fin, Max declares his intention of divorcing Marfil. More bickering. Our Hero then tells Diana that the girl he loved was just a mirage. The Nueva Diana can have all the flings she wants, with anyone in the fábrica. At this point he’s just inside his office, and the doors close on him. “I hate him!” Diana says. “But I also love him.” Close-up of Our Heroine, confundida.

Over at Emilio’s, Yolanda is sitting on the couch in that fugly brown dress with pale turquoise trim. I’d really like to know just what the hell Ofelia Cano did to offend Grisel Torres, the fanciful but economy-minded fahionista who dresses the cast. Bueno, Yolanda is flashing back to the kiss on the beach. Why did René kiss her? He could be her son. But it was sweet madness. Her reverie is cut short by a phone call from Max. He wants to speak to Marfil. Yolanda calls Our Little Blonde Weasel, who comes prancing out of the bedroom. She’s perky and lovey-dovey when she takes the phone from Yolanda, but Max quickly bursts her little bubble. Cue String Quartet of Doom. He wants her to move out. Now. Close-up of Debora, impactada, moving her eyes from side to side. She gulps. Close-up of Max, sternly telling her he doesn’t want to see her when he gets home. Close-up of Debora, impactada, moving her eyes from side to side.

Time to check in with Larry. Sandy repeats that Gaby is innocent and Pilar tells her not to lie. Our Airhead Adonis is still in fiera mode. He turns on Pilar and says she no longer has a chance with him. She has no scruples, he doesn’t want to see or hear her, etc. He’s off to beg Gaby’s forgiveness. Pilar becomes hysterical, but her tears fail to detain him. Close-up of Pilar, weeping; the door shuts; the sob turns into a snarl of rage and she begins shrieking at Sandy the traitor. Sandy apologizes, but Our Scheming Sex Kitten isn’t having any. She throws her pillows at Sandy, screaming at her to get out. Alone, pillows gone, she stops, panting, sweating, hair hanging in her face. She’s gone from fiera to she-demon. “I can’t lose Larry! I won’t lose him!”

We return to Emilio’s. Debora’s in Chihuahua-on-crack mode. She still hasn’t figured out that this never gets her the desired results. It doesn’t work this time, either. Max explains that no judge will give him custody as long as he’s saddled with a violent, hysterical wife, so she’s got to go. Debora vows to make him pay. She’ll never let him be happy with Diana. She hangs up, refuses to answer Yolanda’s questions, grabs her purse, and storms out.

Back at Perfumes R Us, las hermanas Soriano are in Diana’s office. La Señora Presidenta is having second thoughts about her decision to hire Max. Ever the shrewd and prescient observer of human behavior, Little Doormat says she knew that lunch with Alvaro would have consequences. They quibble about our star-crossed lovers’ tortured relationship. Diana concludes that Max is a cretin. Gaby agrees, but he’s a cretin Diana loves madly. Our Heroine has no answer to that. Close-up of Diana, sulking.

Meanwhile, right next door, Max is at his desk, poking himself in the forehead with a pen. Maybe this is his way of trying to stimulate an idea. Enter Emilio. Max rehashes his phone call. Menacing chords from the Orchestra of Doom as Emilio warns Max to watch out for Marfil. She’s capable of anything. Close-up of Max, distracted.

From there we go to Dr. Evil’s Lair. Someone’s at the door. With Andrés gone, Ignacio has to open the door himself. And what do you know, it’s Debora. She starts right in to crabbing about her latest problem. Dr. Evil is perfectly willing to put her up, but she’ll have to share his bed and tolerate Camila and Silvia. Debora’s not feelin’ it. She taps her little foot, waiting for a better offer. Iggy tries again. He’ll kick the girls out, but in return…She vigorously rebuffs his advances, then fusses and whines about Max going back to Diana. If “Marfil” can’t have him, nobody can. Okay, fine. Dr. Evil will help. After all, what’s one more crime on his rap sheet? He’ll give her something that will destroy Maximiliano’s life forever. Debora smiles. Commercial.

Back in Diana’s office, the girls are still jawing on about Our Heroine’s love-hate relationship with Max. After a while Gaby asks if they can’t work it out somehow. Of course not; Max doubted her innocence, blah, blah, blah. (Get over it already!) Anyway, Little Doormat reminds her that Max is the father of her child. Diana replies that Diego is the only father her child has. Pobre de Maxito.

Cut to reception where Larry gets off the elevator. We get a few bars of “Acorralada” before Gaby appears and asks what he’s doing there. Cue Gaby-Larry theme song. Lunkhead rattles off his apology, but Little Doormat isn’t interested. She has work to do. She starts to walk away, but Larry stops her. He begs her to listen. Close-up of Gaby, sighing.

Time to see what Debora and Dr. Evil are up to. He saunters over to Our Little Blonde Weasel holding up a travel shampoo bottle of lemon-yellow liquid. If she throws this in Maximiliano’s eyes, he will never be happy again. Close-up of Debora, clueless as to what’s actually in the bottle, but digging the sales pitch. A splash of this will avenge her. She takes the bottle, thinking “This is so totally freakin’ cool!”

Back at Perfumes Gaviota, we see Max at his desk. He’s finally signing those orders Gaby asked him about. Enter Diana, asking for those very orders. He gives them to her, grabs her hand, and tries to make her admit that when she’s near him she goes all a-tremble. Cue theme song. She denies it, pulls her hand free, and turns her back. Instead of leaving, she sits on the edge of his desk. He tells her that she makes him nervous. She suggests they seal the communicating doors between their offices and conduct all future business by phone. Max disagrees. He comes around the desk and suggests, at some length, that they knock down the wall, wipe away all the rancor between them with a kiss. Diana stares blankly at him, occasionally blinking her eyes, then asks if he really believes his kisses have that much power. “Let’s try it.” Diana continues to stare blankly at him until commercial.

We return to Paco’s love-nest, where everyone’s favorite víbora, Lady O, is grumbling that she’s bored. All her prestigious, high-society friends have turned their backs on her. Not that she wouldn’t have done the same had this happened to one of them, but still. “I must be reborn like the phoenix. I must rise from the ashes.” Again, a great opportunity for an over-the-top, melodramatic gesture wasted. Bruna enters, still weeping. “My daughter doesn’t love me,” she moans. “She hates me.” How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child, etc. Cue Orchestra of Doom. Octavia stares uncomprehendingly as Bruna shifts into madwoman mode. Speaking in a hoarse whisper, her black-ringed eyes darting about, she says her daughter is evil. She’s going to have to tell the whole truth about Marfil and Debora. What truth? And who’s Debora? Bruna sinks down to the couch in tears. She reverts back to her usual voice and repeats that her daughter doesn’t love her, Debora is evil, etc., etc. Lady Octopus is oddly agitated by all this. Bruna recovers herself and claims not to know who Debora is. She’s upset, confused. She’s going to her room. She grabs her purse and keys and hurries away. Octavia stares after her. “What’s wrong with Bruna? Could she be going crazy?” If Octavia’s face had any mobility left, she would have looked impactada.

Over at the fábrica, Larry and Gaby are having the “Please forgive me” / “Never” conversation. Little Doormat ends it by telling Lunkhead to forgive Pilar yet again and go back to her. Close-up of Larry, completely out of ideas.

Cut to Max and Diana. More blather about his super-besos. He moves in to plant one on her, but she pulls away. He may enjoy this game, but she thinks it’s “sumamente estúpido.” Exit Diana.

Meanwhile, Debora has returned to Emilio’s. She calls Max and says she’d like to have one last chat before she leaves. Max unquestioningly gets his keys and leaves the office. Cut to Debora, who waves her bottle says that Max will never be happy with her, Diana, or anyone else when she gets through with him. Close-up of the sinister bottle of liquid, followed by a close-up of Debora with a smug, evil little smile. Commercial.

We return to the reception area of the fábrica, where Alvaro is conducting some legitimate business with Beatriz. Max approaches and confronts Alvaro, warning him off Diana. Alvaro responds with “You’re not the boss of me.” Beatriz watches and listens, no doubt taking mental notes for her daily call to Octavia. After Max leaves, she tells Alvaro that they’re both wasting their time. Diana is a Married Woman. Besides, she will never leave her invalid husband. Exit Beatriz. Close-up of Alvaro as he tells us it would interesting if Diego were to find out that Max was working at the fábrica.

Hablando del rey de Roma, the Suárez brothers are out behind the villa, having a clandestine physical therapy session. Once again Pancho wants to tell Mamá, but Diego nixes that idea. Lala will tell Diana, who will divorce him, and then he’ll no longer be a millstone around her neck. His only remaining ambition is to make Diana’s life miserable. The phone rings. It’s Alvaro. He tells Diego that Our Heroine has given Max a job at Perfumes R Us. Diego sputters in disbelief.

Back at Emilio’s, Yolanda is sitting on the couch, sipping an espresso and thinking of René. Enter Max. He asks where Marfil is. Cut to the bedroom, where Debora gleefully pours the evil yellow mystery fluid into a bowl. Cut back to Max, who tells Yolanda what’s going on. He then goes into the bedroom. So, does Debora want money or what? He has to get back to work. She’s toying with him. She tells him he’ll never see Diana again. Max isn’t following this. What does she mean? “What do I mean?” She looks up, taps her upper lip with her index finger and turns away. She sashays over to the nightstand, mockingly repeating “What do I mean?” three or four times. She picks up the bowl, whirls around, and throws the mystery fluid in Max’s face. Our Hero covers his eyes and howls with pain. Debora watches, laughing with satanic glee as Max falls back against the dresser, screaming “My eyes! My eyes!” “No one makes a fool out of me!” says Our Little Blonde Weasel as she grabs her suitcase. She makes it as far as the living room, where Yolanda demands to know what’s going on, why is Maxi yelping like that, what did Marfil do to him? She threatens to call the police, but Debora slaps her down and bolts out of the apartment. Yolanda gets up and runs into the bedroom, where Max is still thrashing around and screaming. Rather than call 911, she tries to find out what happened. Max is not very forthcoming. He cries out, “My eyes are burning!” several times and finally Yolanda runs for the phone.

Roll credits

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In the lioness’s den, er Aldo’s office, Carmaniac and her stooge listen to Aldo philosophizing again about culinary ethnic delights. He proceeds, “Every dish has it’s own identity, that represents each region, each area. Let me put it this way. The palate is the true heritage of a man. Wherever an individual travels in whatever part of the world he brings his palate with the flavors of his childhood his whole life, his mom’s cooking and grandma’s deserts."

Stooge agrees, that no one makes the chiles de nogada like my Abue. He says that’s it, exactly! He asks what comes to mind if he says white rice and raw fish, and Carmaniac very proudly thinks of Japan, and he says yes, the Orient. He says imagine this scene, we come upon a man in the middle of the Salar de Uyuni “One to Savor” (so clever), and he is longing for the flavor of a good maté, a corte, coming out of the boca juniors soccer field to buy a choripan.


They think that’s beautiful and finally understand that he wants to fuse where one is living with culinary culture. He confirms that’s what he’s refering to. In the case of Oaxaca, food made with many spices and hundreds of ingredients. And all those are going to reflect our southwest of Mexico. He leaves to see the editor. Carmaniac tells her friend she loves him and would give her life for him. Stooge tells her to keep her life until after we finish this book, eh?

The cuartel also can’t believe Fer is going to act. Lola pipes in that that is no news because men are always good actors. They wonder about their dinner with Fer Colunga. PM calls Juan José Origel (Pepillo) at the La Oreja show to find out, she mispronounced his name at first but pretends that she is his best friend. He knows nothing yet and tells them not to worry though.

Fer tells Lety he’s nervous because Luigi made him doubt himself. Lety doesn’t know if Luigi will let him do it, but if he really wants to do it, well then she admires him for that. He says Really? L- Really. He proclaims that is enough for him then.

He asks her what she is doing and she says that besides Retromode they still need more biz so she’s going to make some client calls. He wanders over to her side of the desk to check out her work and she looks up at him just as he looks down and again they are close enough to invoke the spring sound. They back up quickly and Fer begs her pardon and leaves. Lety makes her funky pout face as she appears to contemplate what just happened. Maybe she’s finally breaking under his heat. She has to verbally remind herself to work.

Fer peeks in to Luigi’s office where all the others are reading the script. He asks if they are done and what they thought. Luigi first acts like it’s no good, then says it’s genius. Everyone agrees that it is wonderful, and they want to know where he found such an excellent writer. Fer starts to think of something to say then busts out that he wrote it. Everyone laughs and Luigi mocks, ha, "just like when Lety said she was Aurora." Fer is befuddled. Luigi asks everyone to leave so he can be alone to concentrate. Fer double checks that Lui really likes it. He kicks Fer out.


Here at Conceptos where we have this giant building and presumably quite a number of people working in it…have you noticed the randoms that wander through the vortex periodically…and we have the president doing marketing? Anyway, Lety is on the phone pitching Conceptos to additional prospective clients for work besides the Retromode campaign. She promises to send them a proposal for their review.

Then she whips out her best baby voice and calls Aldo. He asks if something's wrong because he thinks it's strange that she called when they just saw each other in the morning. She said she’s fine she just wanted to hear his voice. He says that makes him happy. She asks if they can eat together and he says unfortunately he’s very busy with the book and can’t get away. She asks if he’s with the editora and he says yes. She asks herself what she should do because that woman wants to steal her boyfriend!!

Just then, commercial break that doesn’t make sense, and then we come back to her telling Aldo she’s not jealous. She’ll await him later when he’s unoccupied.

Marcia comes in to her office mocking that Fer would have such multi-talents. She looks at her computer and it’s an e-mail photo of Ali and Tomy on their Luna de Miel, eating of course. Ali tells Mar not to be jealous of how queenly she’s being treated, and that they are eating incredible banquets like this one all day long.

Lety in her office is looking at a similar e-mail and Tomy tells her they are having fun, but they have no money and can only eat during the hotel's free breakfast so they fill up on this for the whole day. Lety wonders what he got himself into with this marriage.The cuartel miraculously appears and is surrounding Lety. PM says she and Saimon would have had more fun because they wouldn’t have come out of the room!!

Simon in the F&O office says to Fer even though you are only an assistant now, you are still my hero. Simon says he’ll follow his orders because they are brothers and that now they are at the same level at the firm. Simon tells him he’s now earning 1 % of what he was earning when he first started. Don Omi makes fun until Simon tells him he has no compensation, because he is on commission as a freelancer and gets paid only when he brings in clients. Simon leaves. Omar whines. They discuss that he should be happy to have what he has and Fer admits he hasn’t lost hope with Lety.

The cuartel beg Lety to eat with them. She says ok, how about we go to a great restaurant. They get excited. We then flash to O and F counting their pennies to try and get lunch. Fer says they can go to the Comidilla, and he’ll buy if they want. Marcia interjects can you imagine the Mendiola-Villaroels eating at almost the same table as the cuartel? Omar can’t stomach that (pun intended). Fer essentially says they have two choices, they either die of hunger or they go to the Comidilla. Omar wants Marcia to invite them to Le Noir.

The cuartel is discussing restaurants when Omar goes out to find out if they are going to the Comidilla. He finds out they are going elsewhere and that makes him happy. They ask where he’s going and he says probably Le Noir because they like the finer things. Martha says maybe you’ll invite us then. Omar says yes, then no.

Lety then asks if they decided and of course they couldn’t agree. Just then Saimon comes up and says he knows the menu for the Comidilla. He tells them the delicious foods and they get really hungry for it.

The trio continue discussing whether or not they should got to the Comidilla. Fer tells him each time he looks more like his ex girlfriend Alicia. Omar bawks. Fer continues to tell Omar "don’t act like that, you have your past."

They then decide to play Chin Chan Pu to decide if they should go to the Comidilla. Marcia grows impatient and tells them just let’s go.

So then we are there. They are enjoying the food, Mar thinks it’s good but a little greasy, but the boys are fine. Of course the cuartel shows up. They discuss how life can turn it’s tables and how they ought to handle running into them. Juana says very casually lets walk by. She then screams for them and runs over to the table. Fer asks them all to join them for lunch. He smiles a very cute smile.

We suddenly leave this great opportunity for funnies and go to the studios where Luigi is walking through the script on the set, [Notice the logo and initials of the agent FEO, again clever..] and he decides that something is missing and that maybe a few things need to be changed.

The trio shows up asking if Lui is ready. He says yes and that he’s just making the final changes to the script and waiting for the actress. Fer gets mad and asked who authorized him to make changes to his masterpiece. Luigi mocks that he is challenging the director’s right to modify the script to make it more ingenious. Fer looks at it and mocks that changing a comma or one word makes it so much more ingenius? Luigi says yes, that lastima is not the same as lastima (with accent- one is pity or shame and the other is hurt)

Fer begins to berate him. Uh oh…Fer begins to tell Luigi to come back down to earth, that he is common and ordinary, and nothing special or extra ordinary. And you know who drives you mad, Ruly, you know why he’s not answering the phone, because he’s left you!! At this, Lui loses it and B-slaps Fer right across the face!! Mar jumps in and pulls them apart.

We come back from the commercial to chaos. Mar checks his face and says there is only a small scratch. Omar holds back Fer as he lounges toward Lui. He tells Omar he’s not going to hit an old lady. Fer complains it won’t stay this way, and Lui says of course not, it’s going to swell.

Luigi apologizes to the whole studio, but says that Fer brought out the beast that lives within him and noone has said such horrible things to me before. Fer says that’s because no one has told you the truth. He complains about being scratched and that he can’t film this way and that he’s not in sequence, as the phrase says. Luigi tells him not to worry because the only thing in sequence is wardrobe. Lui tells him he shouldn’t have messed with him and anyway he’s going to be in character and besides make up will hide it.

Omar restrains him again and Fer tells him, look I’m not going to hit him Carvajal. Fer calls him a little girl among other things and Mar tells him to quit.

They discuss that he is going to be in character as a super seducer, but it’s a secret. If Reynard accepts the program then you concede that we’ll have to get a real actor right? Mar reminds them of their debt and that they should get to work. Fer says he works and doesn’t scratch people.

Mar asks for them to each extend their hands. Reluctantly they both agree, finally Luigi grabs Fers and shakes it but then leans in for a kiss. Fer freaks saying only the hand.

In the vortex Irma calls for a code red and describes the bloodshed when a playboy bunny type shows up looking for Luigi. They lead her back.

The make up woman is touching Fer up. Fer asks Omar how it looks, and O says it looks like it’s starting to swell. Fer screams for a mirror fast to look at his face. Mar teases that he’s more vain than Aurora. Fer tells her, I’m not vain, it’s just that actors have to….and he cuts himself off and gives back the mirror.

They get ready for Fer to start. He does his “acting calisthenics” and reminds himself to enunciate. He then launches into a sensational description about the pilot.

"We present a program based on a very special personality, different. The person is a secret agent a spy and dynamic visionary of the federation of expert operatives of the ultra secret international agency. Your lead character does come with certain defects, yes he is an interesting, adventurous, and valiant man, but, and there is a big but….Woman don’t pay him any mind why you ask? You will see when the show continues with the Federation of Expert Operatives, FEO secret agent."

Omar runs up and wants his autograph. Luigi is muy impactado and pleased. They all think he did a great job.

Aldo and Lety are together and she is saying that right about now they are making up Don Fer. Aldo laughs that he is going to be dressed up as character. Aldo says he misses Lety. She says she misses him to. More baby talk about how she is the reason for his existence etc.

We go back to the studio where now on stage is a steel fermentation barrel. Luigi knocks on it to ask if Fer is ready, and he doesn’t want to come out.

Luigi runs around to the back and tells him he has to be ready. The suspense mounts. The barrel spins. Fireworks light up. Through the smoke we start at the floor and follow some light colored sort of striped pants up to the very nice buttocks, and we get a glimpse of an arm holding a large black weapon.

We flash to a surprised audience and then a muy, pero muy, impactado Lety!!! and cut!

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We get a second look at the deliciously disgraceful scene Rodrigo made at the reception where Gav/Mariana wore her strapless plum dress (such an improvement over Clarita's previous creations). He'd made a scene with Señor Trejo and his wife. Why didn't Rod's family notice he was suffering baying spasms of jealousy and screaming?

Trejo (who's about to have his Hawaii shipments adulterated by Aaron's crooked henchmen) lets Rod know he is quite offended by this behavior; he and his wife leave as Rod mutters this lame excuse: "I've had a bit to drink." Rod glugs out of the bottle watching everybody, including Mariana/Gav, leave.

The valet outside the reception rolls up in Gaviota's new car. After a quick entreaty to San Sebastian she gets in (surely she doesn't have a driver's license?????) and drives away with jerks and squeaks. Right behind, our dear drunken Rod drives Sofia and Isa in car #2. This is not modeling of good behavior. There should be a sober person behind the wheel.

Anyway, car #2 doesn't get far down the road when car #1 is encountered, stopped dead at the roundabout at the foot of that famous statue (they've scraped many a telenovela villain off those very pavers). Gaviota has managed to stall out her car and can't get it started. "THIS is how you repay my affection?" she scolds it.

Sofia says let's help her! so Rod gets out and goes over to help. Mariana/Gaviota tells him to leave. "I can't leave you here, it's dangerous." "Not as dangerous as being by your side. This city has been more dangerous since you showed up." "No, this city is more dangerous cause there are people driving around who, like you, don't know what they're doing."

Sofia suggests Rod could drive Mariana home. He gets the car started and tells her to get in, she says she won't ("I'd rather go in an ambulance"), he makes her.

Their inane elementary school squabble continues as she says he's driving her crazy and he says she should just be quiet till he gets her home. "You're not the boss of me and anyway, I quit as of this very minute." "You can't quit, you signed a contract." "Well I don't have to put up with your asedios (badgering/stalking)."

They fight over the radio on/off button. "I'll complain if I want." "I deserve this for leaving my beloved hacienda to be at your side - to live for you - now I have all these problems - for this I betrayed the memory of gramps and pops and myself?" She tries to get out while the car barrels along - he, drunk, says he'll drive as fast as he can to get her home ASAP - "The less time we're together, the better" - "You got THAT right!" - "Finally we agree on something!"

I imagine the car is swaying back and forth and Gav starts to think Rod actually wants to cause a scene that will be noticed from car #2. "Do you want to reveal our secret?" "You're playing with me." "I'm laughing, ha. ha. ha." "This is the most hellish night of my life." "No, mine is more hellish than yours."

Meanwhile, Sofia cheerfully tells Isa she likes Mariana despite her odd and evasive (esquiva) tendencies. She asks Isa: "Do you distrust her as Minerva does?" "No, and anyway I don't want to repeat Minerva's mistake and pull jealous tantrums. I only have to worry about Gaviota."

They get a little bit lost and don't notice Gav and Rod parked...

... continuing their battle. "Hell is sweet compared to this! It's a good thing we DIDN'T meet last March 21, what a huge mistake that would have been." "Monday I quit." "Tell it to Aaron, cause I'm leaving for the hacienda and I'm not coming back EVER EVER."

Her huge eyes fill with quiet tears. He calms a bit. "It was beautiful to see you again, even though it just proved my efforts have been futile. You're not the same Gaviota. Those times we shared are just precious memories, the happiest times I ever lived. You made me a man. I'd be lying if I said I'm at peace going back without you, but at least I know now I can't hope for anything from you. I'm glad you're doing well and have overcome so much..." (he's just inches away) "... I don't want to hold you back with my stupid, sick jealousy ... I don't want to keep you from flying..." they are nanoseconds from a kiss but her phone rings and she answers it and it's Trejo, "my wife and I didn't get to say goodbye, come meet us at the bar," and Rod gets all jealous again and bolts out of the car saying ADIOS MARIANA FRANCO and car #2 rolls up and he gets in yelling LET'S GO and Gav cries in her car. (Moral: don't let your cellphone be the boss of you.)

Gav wakes up her mom as she enters the apartment weeping. "Ay, you left so dolled up and gorgeous and this is how the world returns you to me!" "Rod sent me to the devil - for him, Gaviota is a dream that's over." Clarita made more sense tonight than she ever has before: "He's in love with you and wounded by your desplantes (insolence, acts of defiance) and he's dying of jealousy." Gav says quitting is now more complicated because, with Rod leaving for the hacienda and Aaron leaving for Miami, she's really needed - she'll quit but it can't be just now.

"If I've lived without him this long I can live without him for the rest of my life." "You lived without him but you were obsessed, thinking about him all the time, don't deceive yourself." They give the car keys to St Sebastian for the night and Clarita goes to bed leaving Gav to drink and cry.

Rod is drinking and sulking (he appeared to pour one whole glass of tequila into his own lap) when Isa wanders in wearing her usual red satin shortie. "You're gonna keep drinking?" He continues with his infantile conversation style: "If you don't like it don't watch." "You have an early flight, haven't you had enough?" "Aren't you meddling? I need more booze." "How long is it going to be this way, when are you going to forgive me for wanting to bear your child?"

He says that's not it, he just vants to be alonnne. "You haven't said if you want me to go with you to the hacienda tomorrow." "That's because I DON'T want you to go with me. I vant to be alonnne."

She knows there's more wrong than usual and thinks it's that Gaviota didn't show up for the harvest. "No, I have a lot of problems, I'm worried. Just go to bed." "For a moment forget I'm your wife, treat me as you did when we first knew each other, when we were good friends. [pause] OK, I'll respect your silence, I just want you to know I love you profoundly and will always be at your side." Kisses his hand and thoughtbubbles that he will soon let her have a baby by artificial insemination.

Next day, a clot of jimadores are getting stirred by a union agitator. They are waving their paddles and shouting as he chants his talking points: "We must fight for our rights. We want a raise. If there is no raise there will be no harvest." Some mutter that the patron has always been good to them but they are afraid to speak against the majority.

Rod arrives from the airport and Roman warns gravely: "That agitator Liborio is putting ideas in their heads." "I'll go talk to them." "You'd better be armed." "Armed? They say the best weapon is the force of the word."

Roman tries to give an update on the unsuccessful Gaviota hunt but Rod, rubbing his hungover head, says he never wants to hear another word about it." "You forgot her already?" "No, but I'm trying, and I don't wanna see anything around here that reminds me of her. So use that little house of hers, or destroy it."

That morning Gav complains that: "The driving instructor said I'm a danger to the city. He filled my buche con piedritas (he filled my maw with pebbles??), no me pique la cresta [don't peck at my cockscomb?]." Clarita is clever again when she says: "Rotten girl, you're used to succeeding at everything, you have to be patient in life."

The phone rings, it's Pilar inviting Mariana to tea! Gav's afraid she's been found out, but it turns out that Pilar had asked Bruno (Aaron's father) to come back from NYC because of her worries about what's been going on, and now Pilar and Bruno have decided to trust Mariana and take her into their confidence: "There are things you need to know about the family..."

Rodrigo drives up to the clot of workers, Liborio recites the talking points: "we get a 25% raise or you lose your agave." "That's abuse!" shouts Rod and he addresses the group: "You know I pay better than any of the other owners. This plantation is all I have and if you don't harvest, we all lose. I can't get more workers this late, and you'll find that the other plantations already have the workers they need." "But you can afford to give us a raise." "Don't you think I would have if I could? Now we're all in a bad place - you'll lose a season's work but I'll lose everything."

Suddenly he edges a little closer to madness. "The devil take it, I don't care. Hilario, Roman, bring me gasoline! Here you see a man who's ready to lose everything, to die! I'll burn these lousy agaves! I don't want you to leave empty handed. Ponganle precio a la quema (??) and bring bottles of tequila too, we'll toast the ruin of this hacienda!"

Hilario and Roman obediently trundle back to the hacienda to get gas. Ofelia wrings her hands (she's like Lassie's Timmy's mother in this scene) as she watches them heave tanks of gasoline into the truck. SanJuana shows up - she tried to call Isa but no answer - Roman says they shouldn't alarm the family but SanJuana disagrees: "They should know Rod's behaving like a rabid dog." Hilario tells her not to meddle but she bundles herself into the back of the truck and off they go.

Back in the City, Isa is blabbing languidly with Minerva ("thank goodness Gaviota didn't show up - at least this year") when Aaron makes an appearance. Minerva says Isa's staying to dinner, Aaron says he has business and leaves. Min says she's going to Miami with Aaron and will see some specialist who'll help her get pregnant again ASAP. Isa cheerfully says she'll soon convince Rod to have (hmm, my friends in the gay community used to call these "turkey-baster babies" but I'm sure somebody will jump down my throat if I use the term so I won't) and maybe she'll get preg before Minerva does. Minerva's smile at this news is less than convincing.

It turns out Aaron's meeting is with Patricio, whom he's trying to convince to rehire some dirty employee (or maybe more than one). "I have to make irregular exports in order to realize immediate gains. You have to help me." "Forget it!" "Hey, you and I will look clean, just set some guy up to sign the papers, I'll take care of the rest." "You'll be found out and ruined." "Not if you help me. It's your chance to escape a life as a mediocre salaryman, we could do great things together." Patricio says no and walks out.

Back in the agave fields, Rod has ripped off his shirt and is making like the fountains of Versailles with his gasoline. He continues to yell: "I NEEDED YOU TO HARVEST THE AGAVES, BUT I CAN BURN THEM UP ALL BY MYSELF! HILARIO, GIVE ME FIRE!"

"Patron, don't do something you'll regret." "HERE LIES THE END OF EVERYONE'S DREAMS. YOU NEEDED THIS WORK AND I NEEDED YOU." Agitator mutters: "He's making fun of us. He doesn't appreciate us." "WHO SAID THAT?" Rod shouts more - he's always valued the workers, it's their place as well as his, it's been their life as it's been his. Agitator sneers: "All YOU care about is the jimadoras. How many have you gotten pregnant?"

Things deteriorate, the testosterone level mounts, soon it's a fight "TO THE HOSPITAL - OR TO THE TOMB!" The two of them roll in the dirt and Rod has his hands around Liborio's throat and Liborio's eyes are bugging out and it's - the circle of goodbye.

Labels: Destilando

The judge tries to serve the arrest warrant or whatever it is on Alej. Alej contests the authority of the judge to issue the order. Meanwhile, Montero is watching the proceedings through his telescope. Pizarro tries to get Alej to go inside. He keeps looking back at Montero. Alej notices that Pizarro is agitated. Montero wonders why Pizarro doesn’t shoot. It’s the perfect moment to rid the world of Don Alej and then Pizarro can die gloriously at the hands of Alej’s men.

Diego tells Mangle that he wants to separate. He cannot be with someone that he doesn’t love and she wouldn’t want to be with someone who is tied to a memory. Mangle tries to convince Diego that she does love him but he isn’t moved. He believes a separation would be the best for the three of them – Mangle, Diego and their child.

Poor Pizarro is trying to convince Alej to go inside to discuss the judge’s business but Alej won’t play. Up on the hill, Montero wonders what Pizarro is playing at and says that Pizarro had better not be betraying him.

Diego joins his father and asks what is going on. Alej tells him that the judge has brought a decree ordering he and Diego to come in for questioning. Diego is suspicious. It’s not Montero’s style to send an order in writing. He believes something else is going on. Up on the hill, Montero is saying that Pizarro will never again have an opportunity like this and he should shoot Alej and Diego in the head and kill them.

Dolores has brought some food to Almudena and is urging her to eat. She tries but immediately becomes nauseous. [Pregnancy is looking good as the cause of her illness.]

Back at the standoff, Pizarro continues to try and speak to Alej alone. Alej refuses. All of a sudden, who should appear but the Marquesa! Montero is very annoyed that she has turned up again to interfere in his business. He vows that he won’t let her push him around again and if necessary, he will kill her himself.

The Marquesa says that she got word in Mexico that Alej and Diego were in danger. Diego asks how she found out so quickly and she says that gossip travels faster than official communications. She asks what Alej is doing with the judge and the soldiers. She thinks that he should not permit armed men to approach him. But, she says, that she has come to protect Alej & Diego and cut off a few heads if necessary.

Now we get to see MP in her nun’s outfit. She seems to have a white veil and a giant bib over her blue nun wannabee dress with the weird flared sleeves. MP and PT discuss the lack of news from NN and Camba and they have the suspicion that they fell into the hands of the soulless slave hunters. Up rides Prudencio in his giant floppy hat with the news that FS is taking back the land that mission is on and the nuns and PT have to vacate the premises immediately. They are impactados.

Brother Aaron has been brought to the Governor’s house. FS says that Aaron didn’t take advantage of him but gave him friendship when Aaron found him completely devastated on the road. FS tells Aaron that he even thought of following him and saving his soul. Aaron says that FS gave that up without even trying and FS says that there is an evil in his heart that will never go away. He fears for MP, the woman he loves. He wants Aaron to convince MP that becoming a religious was a mistake. FS will do anything to get her back.

PT tells Prudencio that FS gave this land to the mission long ago and he can’t just take it back. Prudencio says that he is just following orders. MP asks him to tell FS that she will continue on the path she has chosen to help the poor even if she has to do it in a field. PT tells Prudencio to tell FS that they won’t be turned out of the mission and they will fight to the end to stay there.

Aaron tells FS that he is about to commit a sacrilege and God is going to punish him. FS tells Aaron that he knows that MP still loves him. They love each other. He has held her and can feel it. Aaron tells FS that he is at the gates of hell. He can give in to this useless passion but he will die. FS begs Aaron in the name of their friendship to convince MP that she should give up her ‘nun’s rags’ and come back to him. Aaron is looking at FS like he is possessed by the devil. He tells FS that he had dedicated his life to fighting the devil and he isn’t going to be his accomplice. He leaves.

Back at the hacienda, Pizarro wants to end the confrontation and leave. Alej rips up the judge's document and throws the pieces on the ground. Pizarro and the judge leave. Alej tells the Marquesa that he has problems and she says that is why she has returned. Montero didn’t heed her warnings and now he is going to pay dearly for his disobedience.

A drunken Olmos tells the barmaid the sad story of his life. His mother died, he was taken in by an aunt who found him disgusting and made him sleep in the stables. Then she died and he took care of the animals for a neighbor. Olmos demonstrates how he ran after the chickens on the table in the bar much to the amusement of the other patrons. Olmos tells the barmaid that his life got better until ‘she’ appeared. 'She' is the woman who reminds him that he came into the world solely to suffer. The barmaid asks who ‘she’ is but Olmos doesn’t say. She is the woman who hurts him whenever he looks at her but he can’t stop looking at her. He will end up burned in the fires of her passion but he accepts that death.

Montero curses the inopportune arrival of the Marquesa to Pizarro. Then Montero asks Pizarro why he didn’t carry out his orders. He could have killed the de la Vegas and he didn’t do it. Pizarro tells Montero that he was about to do it when the unexpected arrival of the Marquesa occurred. Montero says that he is lying. He was watching Pizarro’s every movement and he had many opportunities to kill Alej and Diego and didn’t do it. Montero calls Pizarro a coward. Pizarro denies it saying that he would only get one shot [this is true unless he had more than one pistol. They are not using revolvers, which hadn’t been invented yet.] Pizarro tells Montero that he was waiting for an opportunity to kill both de la Vegas with one shot. Pizarro tells Montero that Alej tore up the judge’s order and Montero says that of course, now the de la Vegas think that the Marquesa will protect them. Montero says that he won’t let the Marquesa humiliate him again and no one will take away the power that he has over the city.

The Marquesa apologizes to Alej for being in a bad mood but she says that he and Diego are the only ones she can trust. Dolores tells Alej that Almudena is in a bad way and can’t eat. Dolores recommends calling the doctor but Alej asks her to continue to try and help Almudena get better.

Prudencio tells FS that PT and the nuns intend to defend their right to the mission. FS reacts badly when Prudencio refers to MP as ‘madre.’ FS tells Prudencio to round up his men. They will attack the mission.

At the mission, MP tells the sisters that they have to defend the mission by making barricades of furniture. PT tells the nuns that they FS will have to kill them all to get the mission. PT and the nuns start stacking up furniture outside the mission. [This seems like a stupid idea. If the mission is like ones I have seen in the southwest, the adobe walls are about 3’ thick. PT and the nuns would be much smarter to stay inside and barricade the entrances to the mission.]

NN and Renzo running from the slave hunters find Camba in the woods. Renzo is dubious but NN wants to help him.

MP feels guilty for dragging all the nuns and PT into FS’s obsession with her. PT says that MP gave FS a chance and he didn’t take it. He says that before he dares to touch MP, FS will have to kill all of them. [Since FS is wacko enough to do just that, that’s not a very comforting thought.]

Montero comes to see FS. He wants FS to go with him to make peace with the de la Vegas. FS says why should he? Montero says that the situation with Esme and SK is partly his fault. FS believes Montero is hiding something. Montero didn’t hesitate to disobey FS’s orders and do what he pleased. Why this sudden change? FS warns Montero that if this is one of his tricks, he will regret it.

Diego asks the Marquesa if the woman who was held in the Callao prison is really the true Queen of Spain. The Marquesa confirms that this is true and that her real name is Mercedes Mayorga de Aragon. The Marquesa knew her mother many years ago. Alej asks what happened back then that no one helped her. The Marquesa says that times were difficult back then – people were crazy with ambition. Mercedes had to leave or she would have been killed. A law was passed that only males could govern. At this time, the Marquesa says, FS appeared from nowhere and somehow trapped Mercedes. 'He married her', says Alej. 'Later he betrayed her', says the Marquesa. 'He was always very ambitious.' Alej asks for clarificatrion on one point. Does the current Queen of Spain know about how she got the throne? The Marquesa says that she is unaware of the plot. 'Then', says Alej, 'Mercedes could reclaim her title at any time?' 'Not without the shedding of blood,' says the Marquesa. 'That is why we have to keep the secret very well. Those who have seen or know Mercedes are condemned.'

Pizarro comes to check on SK. Agapito tells him that SK is still alive but he doesn’t know for how much longer. He can’t get her to swallow anything and she’s very weak. Pizarro clarifies to Agapito that his continued existence depends on SK staying alive. He locks Agapito in the barn with SK.

Aguirre brings Esme some tea. She is still shivering but seems somewhat better. She asks if Olmos delivered her letter to Diego. Aguirre says that he doesn’t know. Esme asks Aguirre to bring Olmos. She has to know whether Diego got the letter. Aguirre tells her not to worry. When he is gone, Esme tells her baby not to worry – very soon his father will come for them.

The Marquesa tells Diego that he has changed. There is pain in his face. He says that it must be because of Esme’s death. The Marquesa says that she is very sorry about what happened. Had she known what would happen, she would have taken Esme with her to protect her. Diego says that she did all she could. The Marquesa asks Diego to tell her how Esme died. Diego recaps the prison escape story and mentions that a bandit called ‘Zorro’ was involved. The Marquesa says that she has heard of Zorro. Diego says, 'really?' Obviously his is pleased that his fame has spread. The Marquesa asks where Esme is buried. She would like to visit her grave. Diego tells her that Esme supposedly fell down a cliff and her body was never found. The Marquesa says that Montero will pay for what he did.

FS tells Montero that he is in trouble since the Marquesa has returned. Montero says that FS is involved too since doubtless the Marquesa knows about him locking SK up. Montero urges FS to ally with him since they could both end up on the gallows.'Fine,' says FS, 'let’s wait for the Marquesa to summon us. Meanwhile, I have something to do.' Montero offers to replace FS’s bandit army with his soldiers. FS refuses saying that they are allies only out of necessity. He finds Montero to be repulsive. Montero counters that FS is just as bad.' Maybe worse,' says FS, 'but I never stepped on your turf.' He goes on to tell Montero that he abused his power and let things get out of control and the price he will pay for that will be very high. [FS has a nerve here. He didn't 'tred on Montero's turf' but he abandoned the citizens of LA to Montero while he chased after MP and he about to go attack a convent.]

Olmos is staggering drunk through town. He meets Aguirre. Aguirre tells Olmos that Esme’s health is declining. She believes that Olmos gave Diego her letter. Olmos says he would never do that. If I tell her that, says Aguirre, she will lose all her confidence in me.'Lie to her,' says Olmos, 'deceive her.'

Renzo and NN escape from the slave catchers by getting on a raft on one of the large bodies of water around LA. Camba gets on the raft too.

FS and his men ride up to the barricade around the mission. We see Sister Carola sighting up a rifle. MP and PT refuse to abandon the mission and vow to defend it with their lives. FS says that if that is how the Mother Superior wants it, that’s how it will be.

Aguirre tells Esme that Diego doesn’t want anything to do with her. She is impactada.
The credits roll.

Labels: Zorro

* At Montalvo Corp. offices, Rod pleads his case with Gavi in her office. Nestor enters and interrupts; he asks Mari to get him some important papers from her files. Aaron enters and orders Mari to leave the papers alone. Nestor and Aaron get into heated argument in front of Rod and Mari. Nestor shouts his resignation over the disrespectful attitude of Aaron. Aaron shouts his acceptance of the resignation. Before Nestor leaves, Aaron demands Nestor give him control of the business according to the will; Nestor tells him so be it - spoiled little boy - and Nestor feels a twinge of pity for Aaron. This angers Aaron, and he grumbles for Nestor to leave immediately, you're no longer employed as a lawyer here. Nestor reminds him that he is still the family lawyer and will always be watching and leaves. Aaron catches his breath and thoughts - Rod approaches Aaron, he tries to clear up his bewilderment over what just happened and get Aaron to change his mind over letting Nestor walk out of the business like that. Aaron reasons that he sees Nestor as old and out-dated and the business needs someone with new fresh ideas and approaches. Rod still baffled leaves. Mari tries her luck with changing Aaron's mind about Nestor, but Aaron won't listen; his mind is made up. Aaron leaves. Mari sits down and feels sorry for Nestor Vidagaray.

* At the ranch, in Isa's bedroom, Hilario is up on a ladder taking down the curtains to be cleaned. TWB Jr. (SanJuana) is sitting on the bed and bothering Hilario with the notion that she wants to go to the movies with him - there's a hot romantic one playing at the town theater. Hilario tells her no to the idea, and tells her to stop bothering him, he has lots of work to do. She gets upset with his rejection. Phone rings. TWB Jr. answers it - it's Isa to tell them that she and Rod will return to the ranch first thing tomorrow, and to have everything ready when they get there. Before hanging up, Isa asks TWB Jr. to keep watch for any signs that Gavi has returned - like a good little soldier, TWB Jr. agrees. Hilario asks who it was. TWB Jr. tells him Isa to say the she and Rod will return tomorrow. Hilario wants more details - TWB Jr. makes like a stubborn clam - TWB Jr. throws her suspicions of his love interest in Isa. Hilario tosses the curtain at TWB Jr. and climbs back up the ladder. She gives him an evil scowl.

* At the condo, Sofia tries to cheer Isa up - Isa is still worried about Gavi showing up and returning to Rod's life. Door bell rings. Isa goes to answer it. Sofia checks out the photo album. She flips through the pages and stops on a photo of her, Rod and James - she remembers her dreams of reconciling with him and his dashing those hopes; she's still heartbroken over his choosing Acacia the farm girl over her. Minnie enters, with Isa following. Minnie greets Sofia and invites both to go shopping with her for dresses for tonight cocktail party for the closing of the ag. convention. Isa isn't interested, besides Rod doesn't really want her to go. Minnie and Sofia use their debate skills to convince her to join them and the family for the party at least. Isa grumbles her jealousy over Gavi and Rod.

* Rod sits and talks with Nestor has he cleans out his desk. Rod tries to get Nestor to reconsider and stay at the company. Nestor says no way, Aaron disrespected him and he can't stay because of him and Aaron's new associate friend. Nestor gives Rod a warning to be careful of those two - there could be real trouble. Nestor leaves.

* Aaron and associate in Aaron's office talking - associate mentions his other clients. Aaron brings up the subject of their business deal.

* As Mariana is in a hurry leaving her office, Margarita stops her outside in the hall and tells her that Rod has been asking lots of questions about her. Mariana asks what kinds of questions? Margarita responds, about all the flowers on the reception desk; don't worry, I told him the truth, that we have no idea who sent them. As the two are about to leave, Rod exits his office and stops them. Margarita leaves - Rod tries desperately to talk with Mariana but gets frustrated when Mari only wants to leave. Aaron approaches and walks Rod back to his office to talk. Mari leaves.

* At the apartment, Clara and Dona Jose are chopping up vegetables in the kitchen and talking about Gavi and her new boss, Rod. Clara has to remind Dona Jose that her daughter's name is Mariana now, not Gaviota.

* Aaron explains to Rod his reasons for hiring a new corporate lawyer to replace Nestor Vidagaray. Rod doesn't like it but will go along with Aaron's decision, after all Aaron is in charge. Aaron continues with his explanation. Rod gets him to stop and warns Aaron to be prepared for the onslaught of arguments from the family when they discovered what happened. Rod excuses himself - he has to get ready for the convention closing meeting/dinner party. Aaron wishes him well, and asks if Isa is going - Rod says no. Rod asks about Mariana attending - Aaron responds about how mysterious and unattached Mariana is. Rod is very curious and intrigued. Rod has to do some fancy work to cover up his curious interest in Mariana Franco. Aaron suspects something is up, but goes along with Rod's explanation. Rod leaves quickly.

* Outside the door, Rod takes a breath and mutters to himself about Gaviota, how he's waited a whole year to be with her and she keeps rejecting him. He's frustrated. Elvira walks up and asks Rod what's the matter. Rod says "nothing, nothing" and walks away.

* Gavi is in her new white car with the driving instructor in the passenger seat shouting for her to use the clutch, her mom's hyperventilating in the back seat, especially when she grinds the shifts and jerks the car to stop in the spot right in front of their building. As they climb out of the car, Clara tries to catch her breath and calm down. The instructor can't believe what a lousy driver Gavi is - Gavi defends her driving style. Instructor asks Gavi if she is going to park in the parking lot. Gavi says no, it is perfectly find right where it is. Instructor holds up his hands and walks away. Gavi and Clara go to the door of the apartment; Gavi is in a hurry to get ready for tonight's convention party. Clara is still recovering from almost having a heart attack during the car drive home.

* Rod wanders in and around the ballroom where everyone is gathering for the pre-dinner convocation cocktail party. He's searching for someone who hasn't arrived yet.

* Clara irons as Gavi puts on her make-up at the dressing table mirror. Gavi tells Clara about Aaron and Nestor's argument and Nestor's resignation because of it. Clara says what a wonderful and kind man Nestor is. Gavi mentions that in the heat of the argument, Nestor mentioned something about a Montalvo having an affair with someone who died - Clara is intrigued - Gavi said he only mentioned that in the argument as well as on a specific date all will be arranged. (Que curiosa!) Clara finishes ironing and holds up the beautiful dark blue strapless evening gown that Gavi will be wearing to the party. Clara thinks that she will knock Rod's socks off with the dress. Gavi reminds her mom she is wearing it for the benefit of Montalvo Corporation's image, not for Rod. Gavi takes the gown and runs to the bathroom to change - she's so excited. Gavi shouts to mom about accompanying Artemio and his wife at the convocation party. Clara picks up Gavi's shoes, sits down and tells Gavi her comments. Gavi walks out of the bathroom. Clara is enchanted and tells her that Rod is going to be blown away, like all the flowers he's been sending her. Clara compares Gavi to a heroine in one of her favorite telenovelas, and that Rod is her charming prince. Gavi reminds Clara that dream had died when Rod got married to Isa. Clara tries to make her daughter keep an open mind because Rod still loves her; Clara reminds Gavi of all the problem areas of Rod and Isa's marriage. Gavi turns to her mom - the taxi cab horn honks outside. Gavi tells mom to give her a huge blessing for tonight - Clara blesses her and ends with a wish of forgiveness for Rod. Gavi leaves. Clara prays.

* Outside, Mariana walks over to cab - she looks at her car parked on street - she pays the cabbie and cabbie drives away. She crosses herself and climbs into her car. She drives herself to the event.

* Isa is camped out on the sofa in front of the television; she thinks about Rod's statement of no children between them. Isa grumbles.

* Hilario is deep in thought, seated outside on the adobe planter box, whittling a stick. He is thinking about Isa. TWB Jr. walks up behind him and asks him what he's thinking about. He tells her to buzz off. She leans on the box beside him and continues to antagonize him over his crush on Isa. He tells her to shut up and leave him alone. She refuses and threatens to tell Rod all about it; threatens to get him fired. Hilario is shocked. TWB Jr. gives him an ultimatum - her silence for him agreeing to marry her. She'll let him think about it overnight and will wait for his answer tomorrow. She leaves him in shock.

* At the cocktail party, the Televisa gossip patrol is mingling around talking with the party guests. Rod talks with Roberto, Aaron and Minnie (Minnie is wearing a off-the-shoulder bright red dress). Rod is nervous and excuses himself to walk away. Rod greets Sofia and Granny, who just arrived - he points them to Aaron and Minnie and Roberto - he continues to wander. After Sofia and Granny greet the others, Sofia leaves to find Rod. Rod is talking with Francisco, Artemio and wife. Sofia comes over and politely pulls Rod away to talk to him. She wants to know why he didn't bring Isa with him - he explains - she then casually on purpose brings up the subject of kids and the artificial insemination discussions - Rod is aghast that his own sister would bring that up then and there - she continues. Rod glances at the door, and goes into shock as Gaviota walks in wearing her glamorous blue dress. Everyone turns to stare at her. She locks gazes with Rod as she walks into the room. She walks away from him - he turns to the buffet table, shaking and looking like he needs oxygen - Sofia asks him if he's alright - he is, he assures her as he takes some deep breaths.

* Mariana walks over to Granny, Aaron, Minnie and Roberto at the sofa. Granny introduces Mariana to Roberto and explains to him what her position with the family company is. Rod and Sofia join the group. Mariana excuses herself to greet others. Rod wants so much to follow Mariana away, but Roberto stops him to toast his speech at the convocation dinner. Rod thanks him, toasts himself, drinks and leaves. Roberto leaves. Aaron sits beside Granny and mumbles to Granny about his argument with Nestor Vidagaray, and Nestor has resigned effective immediately. In fact Aaron has already replaced him. Granny is really upset and mortified by the news. Aaron mumbles his side of the story.

* Nestor is at home, in his pajamas and robe, drinking a glass of wine and talking to Grandpa Amador's photo.

* Granny scolds Aaron for replacing Nestor and she wants him to apologize and talk Nestor into returning. Aaron adamantly refuses to even consider it. He raises his voice to his granny that he will resign if Nestor returns. Minnie sits beside Aaron on the sofa - she and Sofia try to calm Aaron down before he causes a scandal in public. With the raised voice of Aaron, everyone stares at them. Aaron looks around and calms down to mumble again to Granny his disgust over her request and tries to force her to decide right there who is more important to the business - him or Nestor. She's won't choose on the spot - Aaron grumbles that he can't work with Nestor and doesn't want him at the company anymore.

* Mariana is having a wonderful conversation on the other side of the ballroom with Artemio and Eduardo. Rod, in a fit of rage and jealousy, comes over and interrupts the conversation to pull Mariana away. Alone, he grumbles about her always rejecting him at the office and in the ballroom. He is frustrated and angry. She tells him to stop being so ridiculous. He swigs a shot of tequila. Eduardo and Artemio are watching Mariana and Rod's exchange from across the room. Rod asks Gavi point blank if there's any hope for them or if that has completely died. Gavi can't believe he would even dare to ask her that; she tells him for the upteenth time that their relationship ended the day he married Isa. Right now, she sees him only as her boss. He is adamant, he won't let it go, he needs to know if there is anyone else in her life - she blurts out "well, there isn't anyone else, so what?" He's caught off guard, and takes a moment to respond - he desperately begs her to return to the ranch with him tomorrow. She is in disbelief with the request - then Isa appears and says "Hello, My Love!" Mariana looks at Rod and can only shake her head "no". Isa greets Mariana and Mariana quickly, politely excuses herself and leaves. Rod is upset by Isa's presence at the party. He wants to know why she came - she responds - he directs her over to where the rest of the family has gathered. Before they can go, Roberto introduces Rod to Don Francisco and wife - Don Francisco is old acquaintance and business associate of his dad and uncle (Don Francisco didn't even know who Rod's dad was, he had to ask). Roberto reminds Rod to introduce Isa, of which Isa had to give her own name. Rod excuses himself and Isa, and drags her away after she started to respond incorrectly to the question from Don Francisco's wife about children.

* Alone, Rod scolds Isa for her answer and reminds her of their marriage agreement includes NO SEX and NO CHILDREN!!! Isa can't believe his attitude and anger. He scowls and growls at her. She runs away as he gulps down some more tequila.

* Gaviota is hiding in the bathroom, fixing her make-up and giving herself a peptalk to not let Rod get to her tonight.

* Artemio and Granny talk together about Aaron's work at the company; Artemio compares Aaron to his father and grandpa.

* Minnie and Sofia talk with Isa about Rod and Mariana. Minnie advises Isa to stick like glue to her husband Rod; as well as keep an eye on Mariana, she's dangerous.

* Artemio leaves Granny; Aaron joins Minnie, Sofia and Isa. Aaron mentions Rod and Isa leaving for the ranch - Sofia says of course, she's going, they're married. Isa says that Gaviota hasn't appeared and probably won't. Aaron thinks that is reason enough for Isa to stay in town (Aaron want more loving from Isa).

* By the buffet table, Mariana pours herself a glass of water to drink. Artemio walks over and talks with her about dinner afterward with him and his wife at a mexican restaurant - Mariana laughs and would love to join them, especially if there's a mariachi band - Artemio will see about hiring one just for her. That's when Rod appears, and is angry and jealous. Mariana has to step in front of Rod and explains about the dinner invitation with Artemio and his wife. Rod is still angry and jealous. He thinks it is only a way of stealing her away from him. She tells him outright that she is the one who sought Artemio and asked for work. "I'm no one's property, least of all Montalvo Corp." (YIKES!)

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The 'A Continuacion...' at the beginning of the show is accompanied by the wedding march.

Cut to Duhmilio and Angel scampering away from outside Soledad's room and Don Loco roaming the halls with his pistol.

Luba tells a sleeping Gaspar that today is The Day. If Duhlina doesn't take the magic potion it will be their last day there. She tells sleeping Gaspar that they have to leave before he finds out his little cub was born. The baby will be handsome and have a big heart like his daddy. She begs Gaspar to forgive what she has to do. She has to save his life.

On the way home Duhmilio starts whining about loving Duhlina. Angel tells him to be quiet, he loved Duhlina too.

Thelma frets over Duhmilio's disappearance. Duhlina asks Orlando to look for Duhmilio. He asks her when she's going to start treating him like her husband. "Never never never," she answers back.

Emilio and Angel return from their mission of nothingness. Well, they tranquilized Sergio and that was funny.

We were wondering what happened to the hootchies that murdered Edelmira...they came back to El Meson, got the smirks slapped off their faces in the catfight, and now the cops are hauling them off to jail.

To celebrate, Coral counts all their lana and Grani says he's going to buy a divine new dress. Coral plans to give some money to Luba for protecting her the night she was afraid.

Thelma is a witch and a nag. With her puppet Orlando at her side she demands that Duhmilio tell her where he was. She makes Duhlina leave the room, she tells Angel he's a good for nothing, then she stomps out of the room. I know several ways to get a man to spill his guts and this isn't one of them.

Luba takes down her giant bottle of Green Potion and asks the Virgencita to forgive her and her aching back. She tells Gaspar v e r y c a r e f u l l y to take it to Duhlina who does not want to marry Orlando. Gaspar freaks, says it will kill her and lopes out of the cave.

WOW! Soledad looks hot!! She's wearing a pink-toned spaghetti strap dress that looks great on her. She and Don Loco are preparing to leave for the wedding. Alfonsina interrupts them to Don Loco's annoyance. Why is she still here, he asks? She should be gone by now. Alfonsina tells him she wants to stay a few more days but he tells her to get out today! She curses Soledad.

Maybe the dousing that she receives at the commercial break will cool her off.

Luba catches Gaspar outside. She manipulates him with guilt. If he doesn't give Duhlina the potion and she ends up marrying the ghastly Lieutenant it will be Gaspar's fault. She promises that what happened to the Cacique's son won't happen to Duhlina. Doesn't Gaspar want to help save Duhlina? "Si Mama!" he says and kisses her. OK I'm confused, I thought Duhlina already had some green potion. Why does she need more? Never mind.

Orlando tells Duhlina he wants to help her starting today. (So basically, "forget I drugged you and told you I raped you, we get to start fresh from today.") "Today is too late," she says, "Me das asco!!" He says he will make the effort to get her to feel something for him. She already feels it, she hates him with all her soul.

Alfonsina paces the empty room and says she's not leaving before she gives Don Loco a little surprise, a surprise that will leave him speechless. She pulls out the blackmail letter.

Soledad visits Flor to bring her a wedding dress. I wonder if it's the same one that got all bloody when Don Loco shot Duhmilio at Duhlina's first wedding attempt?

Don Max, Duhmilio and Angel say they never thought Don Loco would allow Duhlina to marry. Duhmilio says he doesn't want to attend the farce. Orlando strides in and says, "Oh come on, don't you want to see the woman you desire marry your best friend?" Is it any mystery that this guy is always walking around with black eyes and a split lip?

As Soledad brushes her daughter's hair she senses something is wrong. (Duhlina is wearing a different wedding dress for her second go at it thank goodness.) She asks does Duhlina really love Orlando or is she marrying him to forget Duhmilio? After Soledad leaves Duhlina stares at the green potion on her vanity.

Duhlina joins Soledad downstairs. Emilio sees her and notices she's wearing his heart necklace. It looks a little worse for wear to me. He asks her for one last kiss. He tries to lay a big sloppy one on her but she runs away. I would too.

Duhlina grabs the bottle, says "I can't live without him," drinks the green goo, and drops the bottle on the floor.

After the commercial Vera finds the bottle on the floor and gets a big question mark over her head.

Luba tells Gaspar that after they save Duhlina they will have to leave Sierra Escondida or the Cacique will kill them. One-track-mind Gaspar says he will kill the Cacique first, then wait around for his little cub to be born.

Coral arrives at the cave and asks what's with the funeral faces? She has a wad of cash to thank Luba for taking care of her the other night. Luba says all the money in the world can't help her problems, not the least of which Flor is getting married today. Coral is impactada.

Singing Auntie doesn't think Thelma should go to the wedding and gloat. Thelma tells auntie to stop being a drama queen, she wants to party down. Actually, they both want to go because there is nothing else to do in Escondidaville.

Vera comes into the room. She's dressed up and excited about going to Duhlina's wedding. Thelma, bitch queen of the galaxy, says "Where do you think you're going? You have to stay and take care of the baby!" When Vera suggests taking the baby with them Thelma says she doesn't want anyone in town to know the baby was born. Vera looks at her like "Hey crazy woman, last week you were carrying a watermelon under your shirt and this week you're not. Do you think people will be fooled?" Oh wait, it's Escondidaville so yes, they probably will be fooled.

Don Loco hangs around outside the church waiting for Sergio. Sergio, finally awake from his tranquilized sleep, is still a little shaky. Don Loco says he hopes Sergio has a steady hand when he pulls the trigger.

Luba fills Coral in on Duhlina "having" to marry Orlando and her plan to impede the marriage. She decides to recruit Coral for Team Luba, Coral agrees to help them carry out their plan.

Don Loco and Sergio talk about Duhmilio. So far nobody has found his body but at the same time nobody seems to be looking for him either. They are about to ask Orlando about Duhmilio when the bride arrives in a carriage.

Suddenly Duhmilio rides up on his horse. He looks at Don Loco and asks, "What's wrong Montellano? You look like you've seen a corpse."

Alfonsina puts the blackmail letter back on Don Loco's desk. I'm not sure exactly what happened. Either Hugo wrote the letter anonymously and she signed his name to it, or she wrote the letter herself. At any rate, she sticks the letter on Loco's desk and says he deserves it for betraying her. Now she'd better get back to Veracruz.

Don Loco is muy impactado to see Duhmilio because he thought he killed him with his own hands. They tussle over Duhlina. Duhmilio says Don Loco will pay dearly for what he did. Surprise, Don Loco pulls his gun and aims it at Duhmilio's head. Duhmilio asks Loco if he needs a gun to feel like a man. Ha, Loco falls for it and puts his gun away. Sucker!

Pandemonium ensues. First Soledad yells at Don Loco, then Orlando yells at Duhmilio, Loco yells at Duhmilio, then Don Max yells at Don Loco, Duhlina yells at Loco and Duhmilio. Finally the Padre comes out and yells at all of them to shut up or he'll cancel the wedding. "OK by me," snaps Duhmilio.

Thelma arrives with Auntie and we see she's wearing a hideous purple loose fluffy dress that makes her look kind of fat. It's her pregnant disguise.

The Cacique's henchman wants to leave Sierra Escondida right away but the Cacique doesn't want to go until he's completed his mission of vengeance.

Angel escorts Alina down the aisle to Pachelbel's Canon. (Based on the music they've played this week I think the producers splurged on the Greatest Hits of 1720 CD.) Many doleful looks pass between the wedding guests, bride too, but Orlando looks smug.

Hoorah! Malena, Mariana and Dr. Love have made it back to Mexico City. Mariana in her excitement manages to squeak out a word. Dr. Love and Malena are happily surprised.

Luba and Coral see Duhmilio outside the church. When Duhmilio asks about the letter Luba tells him some bad men burned it.

Gen. Ochoa receives a letter. He looks impactado and the creepy, chanting music plays.

Coral pipes up that Luba seemed so terrified of going to San Mateo that she (Coral) took the letter from Luba, carried to it San Mateo when she went, and mailed it herself. Way to go Coral! Luba's happy to have Coral on her team. They all tiptoe into the back of the church.

Sergio stands outside the window and aims his rifle at Orlando.

The Padre asks Orlando if he accepts Duhlina as his wife, he proudly accepts. The Padre asks Alina if she accepts Orlando as her husband. She teeters and faints. Everybody rushes around Duhlina. Sergio backs away and Orlando gets to live another day. As Jaime carries Duhlina out of the church everybody starts arguing again. This is truly the family from hell.

Well, well...guess who shows up at General Ochoa's office? It's an uncharacteristically sensible Elias. Ochoa has just read Duhmilio's letter and plans to go to Sierra Escondida. Does Elias have more information to add? You bet he does.

Jaime carried Duhlina out of the church but she has somehow ended up on Duhmilio's horse in his arms. She's unconscious and under the magic spell. I'm not sure why he took her from town, presumably where a doctor lives, into the woods or back to La Rinconada, but this is Stupidville so I guess that explains it.

Don Loco yells at Orlando for letting Duhmilio take off with his bride. He says when Duhlina recuperates Orlando had better act like a man and get Duhlina back to the church. Orlando snarls and gets that limp-weenie look on his face, you know, like when he tried to rape Duhlina and he couldn't get his soldier to salute.

Thelma is annoyed at Duhmilio for helping Duhlina. "You poor thing," says auntie snidely, "how humiliating to see your husband leave with another woman." She and Thelma glare at each other. This relationship is going down fast.

Don Max snickers at Rosita and Braulio. Castulo arrives and says he knows where Santos is. Max sends him off to do his dirty deed, he looks at the altar and says "Don't judge me harshly, you'd do the same," then crosses himself.

Gaspar is freaking out back in the cave. Coral and Luba try to calm him down. Luba convinces him to trust her and help them finish the plan to save Duhlina. She starts to mix the antidote and sends him out for water.

Luba gets a dreamy look and tells Coral that according to her plan Duhlina will live many years and have a life of tranquility and happiness. She sends Coral off to keep an eye on Gaspar.

Duhlina lays on a bed at La Rinconada. Duhmilio tries to wake her. He weeps and says he's going crazy. He hopes the doctor arrives soon.

Dr. Love gives Mariana some magic medicine that will help unblock her nervous system. She thought bubbles that she wants to go back to Sierra Escondida to tell the truth about Soledad and Duhlina. Concurrently, Dr. Love tells a shocked Malena that he and Mariana will return to SE when Mariana is better because she some things to say to her brother. I'm not sure this makes sense, couldn't she just write a letter?

Santos paces in the cabin while Carmen frets. Castulo busts in and tells Santos to go with him or he will kill Carmen.

Dr. Vasquez and Sexy Nurse Susi arrive at La Rinconada. He says Duhlina has a faint pulse. Duhmilio goes downstairs, sees the Locos and says Soledad can stay but Don Loco must leave. When Loco starts to sputter Duhmilio says "Have you had the nerve yet to tell your wife that you tried to kill me?"

Advance for tomorrow: The doctor says Duhlina is dead. Soledad slumps to the floor and Duhmilio practically gets a hemorrhoid trying to look anguished.



la carcel = jail
esforzarse = to make an effort
helado = frozen, but also speechless, dumbfounded
jalar el gatillo = to pull the trigger
mareado/a = dizzy
vinagrillo = sourpuss

Labels: duelo

I cannot believe it. Tomas and Alicia are married! Well, they are and Tomas feels the need to thank his father-in-law for paying for half of the wedding. Alicia looks horrified.

Marcia stands outside the reception, looking distraught. Luigi approaches her to find out what is wrong. He jokes that she must be bored of the horrible wedding and came outside to purify her soul. Marcia agrees that the wedding is a horror, but that’s not the problem. Alicia married a man who loved her. The wounds that were so easily covered shed their band-aid for a moment. Marcia points out that Tomas didn’t leave Alicia two days before the wedding. Luigi tries to comfort her. Marcia tells him that she’ll never forget it. They embrace.

Back at the wedding everyone seems to be having a good time, especially Alicia. She toasts herself. Tomas tries to slow her “roll”, but Alicia says he should be drinking too. He needs to prepare for his surprise. What surprise? Tomas and I are left clueless. Alicia changes the subject and takes Tomas to dance. The crowd cheers them while Alicia stumbles around the dance floor. Tomama pulls Alicia aside and asks for the ever absent father-in-law. Alicia says that he’ll not be much longer. She walks away to toast with some friends.

Tomas walks over to his mother and scolds her for the scare she gave him back at the church. Tomama explains that she was thinking of what Topapa would have thought of Tomas marrying a divorced woman. Tomas thinks his father would have liked to see Tomas happy. The pair reminisce about Topapa. They dance. Everyone on the floor cheers them.

Outside, Omar gives a strange toast to Aurora. (To the woman who scorned him and made him the must unhappy of men.) Omar may be good at Carvajalmarks but I have to hope he’s never anyone’s best man. The toast was a wee bit of a downer, no? Caro either doesn’t care about that or didn’t hear the toast. She approaches Omar with a smile. He calls her his shadow which doesn’t go over all that well with her. She takes his hand and has him touch her face so that he can see that she is real, not a shadow. Omar agrees that she’s real. He’s the one who has ceased to exist. Caro strokes his face and tells Omar that he is real. Omar says that he only appears to be real. Caro kisses him just to make sure. Good move, Caro; good move! Yay, Besos! She pulls away and asks if that too is just an appearance. Omar apologizes and tells Caro that he can’t. Before he leaves he grasps her and thanks her. She lightly touches her lips when he leaves.

Omar walks into the door, and then Caro follows a few moments later. Caro walks over to Lety and says that she’s leaving. Caro explains that she’s tired. They say good-night to each other. Caro politely takes her leave of the rest of the table. Omar watches from his table with Fernando.

The moment has come! The bride will throw her bouquet. It’s like a madhouse on the dance floor. The only single woman who doesn’t want to go is Lety. Julieta and Aldo convince Lety to go. Erasmo encourages Julieta to go try too. Before the bouquet is even tossed, there’s a push and pull going on between Luigi and Sara. Next comes the slow-motion-for-effect-bouquet-toss. Continuing with the classic tossing of the bouquet storyline, it’s the girl who doesn’t want it that catches it. Lety seems unsure, but Fernando and Aldo both look thrilled. Julieta comments to Erasmo that soon there will be another wedding.

The garter toss comes next. There’s a part of me that really hopes that Lopez catches it, but I have a feeling it’s going to be between two certain galanes. Tomas only pulls up the dress a little and very delicately removes the garter belt from Alicia’s leg. There’s another slow motion throw. The garter lands right in the hands of Fernando Mendiola, who did not go up to the dance floor. The men surround and cheer him. Fernando appears to be much more impressed with himself then Lety did when she caught the bouquet. He leaves the reception and runs into Lety outside.

Lety notices that Fernando has the garter. He tries to explain that he got it by accident. Fernando tells Lety that catching the bouquet means that she will be getting married very soon with Aldo. Lety tries to interrupt, but Fernando tells her that he hopes she’ll be happy. Lety tells him that there’s been no talk of a wedding. Fernando asks her what it would be like if he and Lety had stayed together. Sometimes I feel bad for Juan Soler; they really give Jaime Camil all the making the heart go pitter-pat lines. “You caught the bouquet, and I caught the garter. I would marry you tomorrow, Lety.” Sigh. Fernando places the garter around the flowers. No one says anything. They just stare at one another.

Inside, Tomas gets to crowd surf. Aldo sits at his table and begins to wonder about Lety. Marcia and Alicia watch Tomas get tossed about. Marcia thinks that Alicia should go help her husband, but Alicia won’t do it. It was sacrifice enough to have to marry Tomas in the first place. Marcia lashes out at Alicia saying that one should get married for love. Alicia says this only happens in soap operas.

Lety begs Fernando to stop. He says that dreaming about their wedding costs nothing. Lety reminds him that it hurts. Fernando replies that sometimes life only leaves the option to suffer. Lety says she wants to see Fernando happy; not because she feels at fault but because she loves him. Fernando tells Lety that he cannot lie; that isn’t sufficient for him. Lety responds that he has to resign himself and that she’s sure… Aldo interrupts. Fernando quickly excuses himself. Lety tries to explain, but Aldo makes some cutting remarks about Lety spending so much time with Fernando lately. He understandably says that it’s difficult watching his girlfriend with her ex. Aldo knows how important Fernando is for Lety. Lety says yes he is; he’s her friend and her assistant at work. Aldo reminds Lety that Fernando is still in love with her. Lety responds by saying that she’s in love with him, Aldo. There’s a very brief kiss that’s just long enough for Fernando to watch from the background. Aldo pulls away and remarks that wedding atmosphere is contagious. Yes, like a sickness, Lety replies. They kiss again. These two really need a class about kissing.

A bunch of men waive a bunch of pesos in front of Tomas. They place the bills in Tomas’s tux, ears, his hair and wherever else they’ll fit. Marcia tries once again to get Alicia to go to help her man. Alicia doesn’t budge until she realizes that Tomas is being stuffed with money. She alights from her “throne” and comes down to check out her new mini fortune. Alicia is not pleased with the amount and tells the people to be more generous. You know your manners are bad when the cuartel scolds you. Tomas announces that they’ll use the money for a honeymoon. Alicia would like to go to Hawaii or Bora-Bora but Tomas thinks that Acapulco would be a better location.

Aldo’s outside with Lety trying to get her to say that it’s possible that they may get married. Lety tells him that he’s making her nervous. Thankfully, they go back to the reception.

The newlyweds sit at a table and count their new funds. It’s 13,000 pesos. The cuartel cheers the good luck. The good mood cannot last. A man comes over to the table and asks who’s going to pay the balance. Alicia jokingly scolds him for interrupting the wedding in order to receive a payment. Tomas tells the manager that Alicia paid for the entire thing. The manager corrects Tomas and says that he’s only received half of the payment. The manager asks Tomas to accompany him. Tomas nervously takes his leave. Alicia drunkenly proclaims that she doesn’t understand. She tells the manager that her father deposited the money for his half. The manager asks for the receipt, but Alicia doesn’t have one. Tomas gets mad and makes Alicia cry.

Back at the table the cuartel gossips about the scandal about the money. Sara interrupts everyone to remind them that Alicia’s father has never helped Alicia. He let her lose her car and her apartment.

Tomas has no choice. He gives the manager all of the money he received during the reception. The manger tells Tomas that it’s not enough. We never get to hear the exact amount due, but by the look on Tomas’s face I’m guessing it’s pretty high. Tomas reluctantly turns over his credit card to the manager. Alicia cries about her lost honeymoon.

There’s more gossip among the cuartel. Now they’re talking about the honeymoon. Saimon and PM talk about their trip to Acapulco next weekend.

Caro enters her house. She’s still upset about Omar.

Tomama sees Alicia and Tomas enter the room. She rushes to them and asks about what just happened. Tomas doesn’t blame it on his new wife. He blames the whole thing on his wife’s father. Tomama doesn’t seem to buy it so Alicia drunkenly shoves her. Tomama uses the opportunity to lecture Alicia about treating Tomas well. Luigi pulls Tomama aside and warns her to be careful with Alicia. Fernando comes up behind Luigi and greets Tomas. He also warns Tomasa to beware of Alicia. Omar just offers condolences. Irma watches this and tries to calm Tomama. Tomama rushes over to the newlyweds and says that this marriage will be terrible. Tomas assures her that he has the most important thing in his life now. His life will be full of happiness. Alicia changes the subject and says that it’s bad luck to start out without a honeymoon. Right at that moment PM and Saimon enter the scene. They tell the newlyweds that they gave a big gift for them. PM and Saimon give their trip to Acapulco to Tomas and Alicia. The Moras are very impactados. Everyone applauses. (Hopefully, Saimon and PM remember in the morning that they gave their trip away.) The reception ends with lots of applause and some fireworks.

Alicia and Tomas enter their hotel. Alicia drunkenly stumbles around the desk while the receptionist checks for the reservation. Before Tomas can sign for the room, Alicia falls asleep in his arms. Tomas has to drag his wife to the elevator. Methinks Tomas will not be getting any bella lovin’ tonight!

I love how Tomas carries Alicia over the threshold. He does it exactly like a caveman bringing home the meat! Seductive music plays. Tomas strips. (and I pray that someone will interrupt this scene) Tomas proclaims himself a wild animal. He growls and Alicia snores right back at him. Tomas sweet talks Alicia and kisses her feet. She thanks him by kicking him away. He climbs onto the bed to get some love, but she snores him right off. He tries making noise and jumping on the bed but it’s all to no avail.

It’s the next day and things are as normal at Conceptos. Fernando asks for the news, and Luigi begins to recite the morning broadcast. Fernando doesn’t want that information. He wants to know about the project! Luigi confirms that everything is ready for today. The only thing not ready is the director. Fernando clutches the script for the pilot episode. Luigi tries to take it from Fernando but gets smacked away. Luigi explains that he needs to study the script in order to direct, but Fernando won’t give it up. He says he’ll give it to Luigi ten minutes before. Luigi says he needs to know the writer. Fernando says that the writer is…people. Fernando asks if Luigi’s gotten a leading man. Luigi says that he’s talking to a lot of important actors. They’re all dying to work with Luigi!

In the Vortex Saimon and PM are back in full relationship swing. Irma congratulates them for what they did the night before. PM can’t believe that Alicia will be enjoying her (PM’s) trip. Juan reminds the women that they still have their dinner with Fernando Colunga. PM immediately perks up. Saimon can’t believe that she really wants to eat with that man. Martha’s just looking forward to eating a lot of food.

Fernando enters the vortex and imitates Saimon’s bad English. He asks for Lety. PM says that she’s here and that she’s in her office with her boyfriend. Fernando smacks her with the script. He drops it, but Saimon picks it up and hands it to Fernando. Fernando warns Saimon not to touch the script or to read it. Saimon assures Fernando that he would never read it.

Aldo’s in Lety’s office and he’s once again complaining about the amount of time Lety spends with Fernando. Fernando leans in between the pair and announces that he has something. He rushes into his office and then comes back to interrupt. Fernando presents the receipt for the deposit made to Aldo’s account for $3,250,000. That’s half of the debt! Aldo thanks Fernando. Fernando announces that from this moment he and Aldo are partners. Lety congratulates Fernando and mentions the presentation of the show to Jacks. Aldo says that he would like to see it, but Fernando continues insisting that no one can see it. Aldo excuses himself to go to his editor.

Lety tells Fernando that he really doesn’t need to be afraid. He replies that he just doesn’t want anyone to know that he wrote the script. He has to prove that he can get the company out of trouble and this is the way to do it. They realize that they’re sitting in their old chairs and immediately rush away to the correct places. Lety tries to tell herself that everything is okay.

Fernando stands in his office and kisses the script. Lety peeks in to make sure that he’ll have the pilot ready for tomorrow. Fernando assures her that it’s under control. He says he has to go see Omar. Apparently, some of Omar’s stupidities inspired Fernando. They awkwardly pass each other. Lety remains in Fernando’s office and touches the drawer. Fernando opens the door and looks at her. She assures him that she’s just making sure no one touches the script.

For once, a character actually goes where he says he will. Don’t the writers know that doesn’t happen in novelaland? Fernando pops into Omar’s office. He wants to know about the money from selling everything. Both Marcia and Omar explain to Fernando that they’re nervous about the upcoming presentation. Marcia has Fernando sit and asks him about the writer of the script. He won’t answer and tells her to have faith in him. She tells him not to be a fool. He’s the only one who’s worked on the pre-production. Omar corrects Marcia. Lety helped Fernando. Marcia and Omar continue to rub the salt in the wound. They have faith in Fernando, but he’s never produced a television show. Fernando defiantly says that this is personal and he needs to do this his way. Marcia and Omar warn Fernando about Luigi.

Lety and Caro are also discussing Fernando’s seemingly infamous script. Caro asks if Aurora will be part of the program. Lety assures Caro that Aurora is completely done. She’s disappeared for forever.

Luigi alights into the vortex screaming for his lagartija (small lizard) Fernando. It’s a code read. Luigi utters an Omar worthy scream which makes everyone come running. Fernando asks Luigi what’s wrong. Luigi tells Fernando that since he didn’t give Luigi the script, no actor will do the show. No actor will accept to do a show when he doesn’t know what he will be doing. Fernando says they can’t cancel the pilot. He, Fernando, will be the protagonist in the show!

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