Caray, Caray!

Not a whole lot going on here. PJ/S is still on the point of death but he doesn't die. Everybody but Andrés and Walter are upset.

So besides the hospital shots with the ugly tubes up the nose, we don't see much of PJ/S except Simón has a dream about him and Valeria. Valeria tells Simón how much she loves him and the PJ/S staggers up apparently shot in the heart and bleeding.

On Wednesday, Rebeca's success in getting Salvador's hair and nail clippings came to naught when Gaetana interrupted Matilde's session with Rebeca and chaos ensued. Matilde never saw the picture of PJ/S.

On Thursday, Rebeca decided to go to Tio Felipe's house. She is horrified to learn that PJ/S is supposedly married to the rustic Cantalicia. She refuses to tell Cantalicia anything about PJ/S's whereabouts.

PJ/S wakes up in the hospital.

Antonio has taken to wandering around the house at night in his zombie state. Walter demonstrates his compassion for a person with mental problems and Antonio attacks him. After the attack, Isabel decides that Antonio will have to be institutionalized.

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JM has ambushed Mari in her neighborhood and says he has to talk to her. He tells her she betrayed him and he wanted to say so to her face. He thought all along she was a woman of pure feelings, noble, but now he sees she’s just the opposite. Testifying against him so that his child would be taken away was despicable, sez he. (Not very long ago he thought his sin against Mari was so vile that he didn’t deserve to ever love or be happy again, - and he knows that Mari had screaming nightmares because of it - but now apparently that same sin is so weensy that Mari would be very inconsiderate to even bring it up. Of course, we know she didn’t, but still…)

I understand you and Onelia are allies now, he adds with a flourish.

Isa, who as you will recall had just been asked by Ceci at the end of yesterday’s show how old Stef was, tells her 22. I’m surprised that you ask, says Isa. Ceci says there’s a good reason – she looks older than 22. Ceci just looks at her.

Back to JM and Mari. She is trying to walk away and he says I’m talking to you! Mari says when I was testifying, Onelia had already spilled the beans. JM says yes, but that you would heap it on too! He is talking at top speed and I didn’t catch the rest, maybe something about what if it had been a crooked judge… Anyway, he says that he’s glad she did that because it cured him of his fascination with her. And of his guilt. He announces that she’s worse than him – a thousand times worse. Mari rolls her eyes.

When I did what I did, says he, I was drunk and not myself. But you were sober - and calculating - when you testified against me.

Mari says if that’s what you think, fine. Leave. JM says you know what my daughter means to me. You were trying to hurt me the worst you could. Mari loses patience and says okay, if that’s what you want to hear, I did testify against you to get my revenge. Happy?

That’s great says JM because I’m cured of my love for you. I don’t love you any more (Mari tries to look defiant but doesn’t quite bring it off) which is just as well because you hate me. Mari takes off and JM looks tragic a little bit. During all this, the many people on the street didn’t pay a shred of attention to their spat.

Mari starts to head upstairs to the apartment, but instead goes back down and sits under the picturesque arch under the building and sobs. She thoughtbubbles that it’s just as well this way. She wishes she had Cuate to hold. She can’t tell Cande. I’m alone, she sobs to herself. But then she feels her belly and says no I’m not, I’ll have my own little baby.

Now we’re back with Ceci and Isa, who says she is surprised Ceci would make that comment about Stef. She says Stef has always looked older than her age, and besides, don’t forget that she has had a hard life, working since she was a child. What? says Ceci, shocked. Isa backpedals and says well, not work in the strictest sense of the word, but she did have to help with the financial situation. Ceci notices this gaping hole in the story and says but you told me you had helped Stef in every way.

Isa has many shortcomings, but she is not slow on her feet. She casts her eyes down and says well, the truth is that we both had to work in order to get ahead. This has the desired effect, and Ceci anguishes a bit. Isa says you’re not thinking that Stef isn’t yours? Ceci says no no, it’s not that, she just looks awfully mature for her age.

Sparkly stars and we’re in Grannyland. Mayita looks happy and asks Granny to tell her a new story. Granny tells the Aesop’s fable of the fox and the crow, the one where there’s a crow in a tree with a piece of cheese in its beak and the fox flatters it a bit and then says I bet you have a wonderful singing voice, and the crow opens her beak to demonstrate her voice and the cheese drops to the fox. Granny’s moral is that the crow is a preening fake, and hungry to boot. (The usual moral to this tale is flatterers are not to be trusted.) Anyway, Granny is making a point about how poseurs end up losers.

Speak of the devil(s)! In their room, Isa is telling Stef about Ceci’s question and her reply. Stef says well it is certainly true I’ve worked all my life. Isa says I’m worried Ceci may suspect something. If they discover us, what will we do? They both shake their heads and wonder.

Rocio is being unveiled! There she is with only slight scars and a bit of her eyebrow askew. Amazingly, after having been under those bandages so long, there’s no gooey or yucky stuff to see and her skin is dewey. She looks sweet-faced again and they hand her a mirror and we know she’ll be pleased, but they don’t show us that.

Mari comes home and Cande fakes that she was doing nothing. For her part, Mari fakes being cheery and says I hope you didn’t tell anybody about the acting thing, they’ll say it’s all made up. Cande says nobody has said anything. Mari tells about the shopping trip and says pretty soon they’re going to lifted out of poverty.

Cande says aren’t you afraid of Amador? Mari says, hey, he ought to be afraid to me. Cande says will you really be on TV? Mari thinks so. Cande says she will be so proud of Mari on TV, she will brag, and then she imagines an elegant party and her being Mari’s mom, signing autographs and giving interviews on what Mari likes to eat. This reminds Cande that she’s hungry.

When Cande’s back is turned, Mari thinks of JM saying he hated her now and tears well up.

Rocio is looking in the mirror. She’s shocked and cries and says she looks just the same. (And I thought she looked almost as good as new!) The doctor says there will be other surgeries and with each one she’ll look better and better.

Mari pedals over to Televisa and is filmed doing dialog with a tall, blonde actor. I don’t know the characters of Pygmalion, but the counterparts in My Fair Lady would be Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins. She is in the I’m a poor girl phase. He corrects a language error. (I’m not sure why this is being filmed, since she doesn’t seem to have been by hair and makeup.)

Cut! and Amador says terrific and the crew claps. The Henry Higgins actor says she’s a natural. Mari is happy and Amador goes to give her a congratulatory hug but she says hands off. He tells her she was great and she says really?

JM is walking down a hospital hall, doing his eyebrow touch thing. He sees Beatriz coming out and says Beatriz? He asks how she is and she says bad… destroyed. He says time to rebuild your life. She says you’re wasting your time. Not at all says JM and says let’s go to the cafeteria. Off they go.

In Madrid, beautifully attired Lety is lying on her bed and Viv, unseen by her but seen by us, has given up on measuring drops from the eyedropper and just squirts the whole contents into the glass of water. Viv asks how her headache is and Lety says she’s practically seeing stars. Viv hands her her medicine to drink.

Lety says did you notice when Gustavo came in last night? Viv says no. Lety says 3 in the morning – I’m going have an honest talk with him. Viv wonders if that’s a good idea, but Lety says he owes me that.

Beatriz is telling JM how depressed she is and he asks why and she says she’s pregnant. JM asks who the father is and she says Amador. JM rolls his eyes.

Back at Televisa Amador is assuring Mari that she did great and that that applause from the crew was sincere. He says there are humble people out there who have natural talent and he’s pleased that he was able to discover her. Others go through life never knowing they have the gift. Mari says so do I get to be in the show? Amador says the part is yours, there are just some details to work out.

He informs her that the show is going to film now. I think he said it’s going to be on next Sunday, and he needs her for ads now. That’s sure a short time frame to learn the whole part in Pygmalion! Why didn’t they have the actress months ago?? Anyway, Amador says see? Like you said, nothing is going to stop you now.

Viv is telling Lety to wait and be sure before she talks to Gustavo. Maybe it’s just some unimportant fling. Lety says after all these years of marriage, there is no such thing as an unimportant fling. Viv says you’re not sure anything is happening. Lety says but you told me. Viv says but you didn’t see for yourself. I’m sure he’ll get tired of her very soon. Wait. Lety, who is taking this turn of events relatively calmly says well, okay.

We’re in the hospital cafeteria again and JM is asking Beatriz if she’s told Amador. She says no and she can’t even imagine how he’d react. She says I wish I could just die. JM says let me psychoanalyze you, here’s my card. I can help you.

Amador and Mari are looking at the test tape and she is cringing to see herself, but she’s fascinated too. An assistant tells Amador someone is waiting and it’s urgent. He goes to the lobby and sees it’s Beatriz. No more Mr. Nicewolf: He says coldly ¿Que. haces. aqui? He can’t talk to her at work, and she says you’re never home and he says he has tons of work and that they can’t see each other like they did. She tells him she’s pregnant. Amador looks like hmmm. For the ad break, he is shown petting his wolf and the cellos buzz.

JM is visiting Rocio and is telling her that her attitude is ridiculous, she looks way better than before and besides the scars will get smaller and smaller with each surgery. He tells her she needs to be strong for Vicente, for everyone. Rocio smiles you’re right, and if I start whining, let me know. Oh I will, he says, laughing.

She asks after Mayita and JM says much better and he tells how Stef bought Cuate from Mari. Rocio says I can’t imagine she would sell Cuate, she loves that dog. JM says it seems her emotions are pretty changeable and that she doesn’t know how to love anyone, not even a dog.

Amador asks Beatriz whose kid it is. She says yours of course and he says he knows she had other men. She says of course not. He wants a blood test, then reproaches her for not protecting herself, and she says you should have used protection.

Amador says he’s not taking responsibility and she says you think I should get rid of it, huh? He says yes, you know what to do. The cellos go nuts. He leaves her standing there.

He’s back by the TV with Mari who says she’s embarrassed to see herself on TV and people will laugh. Amador says no they won’t and tells her she needs a stage name, but she says she already has a name. He starts thinking of names, hits on Alejandra Alba, then decides to name her after him, her discoverer, like they do a new species of fruit fly. Alejandra Robles! (Not only does that not have as nice a ring as Alejandra Alba, we know what’s going to happen when JM sees her on TV - which has gotta happen - going by that name.) That’s your name from now on he exults. Mari rolls her eyes and Amador laughs and tells her she can go change. (I thought those were here street clothes!) She takes off down the hall.

Wow this happened sooner than I expected: Mayita is watching TV with Cuate while Stef reads. Mari’s ad comes on and Mayita exclaims. Stef looks at the TV astonished and JM appears and looks too. All are impactados, Mayita is excited.

In Madrid, Viv asks Lety if she’s talked to Gustavo. Lety says no, she took Viv’s advice. Viv says how about next time he goes out, I’ll follow and tell you what happens. Lety says okay, only this time I’m coming along. Viv bobbles a bit then says that’ll be great.

Zip we’re in Mayita’s bedroom again, looking at them looking at TV. JM seems slightly amused and Mayita is going nuts with excitement. She wants to know why Mari is using that name. She runs off saying she wants to tell everybody. Stef looks disgusted and says I don’t believe it. JM half smiles and says asi que sera eso, which I’m not sure what it means. Maybe “so that’s what it was”? (This seems important, help!)

We see Olga in her humble kitchen, humbly cooking. Her daughter Purita comes in dragging Adrian. Olga swears she saw Mari on TV under the name of Robles. Purita is all excited and realizes that Adrian seems to already know. He says yes, that’s her.

JM tells Stef about going to Televisa (how do you get in just like that, anyway?) and seeing Mari in Amador’s embrace, looking like they were about to kiss. Stef wants to know why he went looking for her. JM tells her he’d seen her earlier with Amador and wanted to tell her to knock it off. Anyway, says JM, it looks like maybe I could have misinterpreted things.

Stef says it’s ridiculous for somebody like Mari to turn overnight into an actress. JM seems pleased and says well we just saw it. Mari didn’t cheat on me with Amador, he says smiling.

Olga is exclaiming over Mari being an actress and wonders how she learned it. Adrian says she seems to know how and she has the lead. Olga is thrilled and Purita too. Olga goes upstairs and Purita notes that Adrian doesn’t seem happy about Mari. He says no, did you ask her what I wanted you to? Purita says not yet. Adrian says I’m losing her more every day. Purita says maybe she’ll do this one program and that’s all. Adrian says no, her life is going to change.

The neighborhood gossips are in full bloom, including they lady with the rollers in her hair, Casilda. They are having fun with the news of Mari, suggesting that her figure got her into TV and that well, you know what happens in that world… They spot Cande coming and they loudly say here comes Candelaria, queen of the neighborhood. She’s going to have lots of money, made off of nudity. Cande ignores them. They make other taunting remarks about folks in the entertainment industry.

A lady is knocking on Cande’s window and Cande who’s just coming home says here I am Clemencia, so we know her name. Clemencia is all excited about having seen Mari on TV. Cande didn’t know about the ad, in fact she says so it’s real, I wasn’t sure if it was all true. They decide to go to Olga’s to watch on her TV.

They arrive and the ad seems to be playing almost continuously, probably because almost nobody is buying ad time in this recession. Cande is thrilled and says to Damien it’s true and Damien says unfortunately yes. Seems like love has left him in the dust of the road and he knows it. But everyone else is excited and they plan a big TV party with munchies on Sunday. Cande wonders if it’s shot live and Damien says no it’s taped ahead of time.

Mari is shooting the scene where the Henry Higgins-equivalent character is telling Liza he accepts the job of improving her speaking and he tells his housekeeper to take Liza upstairs and give her a bath, and Liza says I bathe myself and I don’t need money or anything from you. (hey! Is My Fair Lady called Pygmalion in Spanish? These lines seem awfully familiar.)

Amador is watching with the crew and he says she’s a marvel, she will be the envy of seasoned actresses. He says he’ll fill his coffers with money and his heart with….

At the judge’s house, Isa and Stef are standing by that inside water wall and clucking over Mari’s debut. They decide it’s no reach for her to play a naca, but what is she going to do when the character gets refined? (Stef’s hair ribbons are just too much tonight – long and red.) Isa wants to know if JM knows and Stef says yup.

Back on the soundstage, Mari is now in a short dressy dress and her hair has been done up a bit. They cut and her co-star congratulates her and so does Amador. People are calling her Alejandra and it’s a bit odd for her. Amador says that Sunday they are going to be swamped by the press. (What does farandula mean, anyway? I can’t find it in my on-line dictionary but I see it a lot.) Amador says you will be famous and you’ll be working non-stop. Mari feels her still-flat tummy and says I hope I can. Oblivious, Amador says of course you can.

She asks if there are pregnant roles. He says sure, he’ll write her one. He tells her never to forget that he created her and she belongs to him. She says as an artist, but not as a woman. I’ll go along with that, he says. You know, Sunday some guy is going to see you on TV and realize what he let slip through his fingers.

The artist group is meeting at some tables, maybe at the theater, and they say Amador has been very mysterious and hasn’t even been around to direct their play. Nelson says I’m his best friend and he didn’t even tell me anything. But they comment that Amador has given Mari his last name and it’s a good thing he didn’t give her his first one too. Beatriz says she went to see him at his job and he was unkind to her. Elsa tells her to forget him. Beatriz says she can’t. Elsa tells her you were in love with him, but we can all see how he’s chasing Mari.

They say they may never see him again, but Elsa says she can’t stop seeing him, not now. She tells them she’s pregnant by him.

Ceci and the judge are sitting down to eat outside their mansion. She tells him about Mari being the new face on TV this Sunday and that she’s acting under another name. The judge says I sure hope she doesn’t have a speaking part. Ceci tells him she’s the lead. He can’t believe it and she is a little unsure. Here comes Stef and they tell her about it. She fakes not knowing. She says what fun they will have watching Mari make a fool of herself Sunday. Ceci looks at her disapprovingly, but Stef doesn’t notice. One good thing: She’s wearing barrettes and not ribbons.

Cande’s friends are outside in the street talking and here comes the padre. He wants to know about Mari and they say how they’re all going to watch together. He is amazed he didn’t know about it, but they say Mari wanted to surprise everyone. Here comes Cande and he wants to know how Mari got into TV and she says Amador. He says that guy who assaulted her? Why didn’t you forbid it? Cande says ah, you know! The padre wants to see her and they says she’s down at the studio. They all (except the padre) can’t wait for Sunday.

Eduardo pops in on JM at this office and they discuss Mari’s being on TV, and her name change. Eduardo says do you think Amador has hidden motives and JM says they’re hardly hidden! Eduardo says Amador is really taking a chance. If she’s a flop, the critics will have a heyday. JM says Amador will do anything to get what he wants. Eduardo says he’s probably convinced her that she’s a great actress. JM asks if he’s going to watch and Ed says probably and JM says he’s not sure yet if he will.

Mari comes home late at night and Cande springs out from behind the pillar and congratulates her. She says she found out Mari’s surprise. She is all enthusiasm but after a while notices Mari isn’t equally excited. Mari says it’s all true about the acting, but maybe it’s not for her. She’s still not happy.

Avances: Sunday night! Stef and Isa watch and scoff, Mari’s whole neighborhood streams indoors in to watch Mari on TV, there’s a big neighborhood party, Mari is exultant, fireworks go off, and guess who shows up but JM who smiles at Mari.

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From yesterday: Santiago tells Sara and Bruno he knows they killed Fafy. Sara tells him he's LOCO and she wants him to disappear from her life. Santi calls them murderers. Over at Televisa studios the supposed dumb blonde grabs Jimena's phone, calls the texter and hears Greta reveal that Jimena concocted the plot to make Lorena think Ernesto is still a womanizer.


Lorena, hearing Greta, immediately comprehends that Jimena has been tricking both her and Ernesto. She tells Jimena she can't believe she sank so low as to pretend to be her friend to try to steal Ernesto away from her. Jimena reasons since Lorena had the doctor she didn't need Ernesto. Interesting logic but Lor doesn't buy it, "my love life isn't your business". As the star of this show she gets to have as many men as she wants and Jimena gets nothing, neener neener neener. (OK, I paraphrased.) Lorena points out that Ernesto's not going to be happy to hear about Jimena's trickery and she orders Jimena to get out.

In a random scene Zuly scolds Matilde for forgetting the peppers. Matilde says she was distracted because she's so happy at the prospect of seeing Zulema cook. She rushes out to the store while Zulema gets ready to watch Lorena's show. Uh, OK.

The very bad Private Investigator tries to talk his way into the Televisa studios to watch Ernesto, it's for his work, uh, it's private business, but the receptionist who has heard it all soon wearies of him and tells him to leave. Remember how Juan Querendón could always talk his way into the Televisa studios? Well this guy's no Juan.

Ern and Lor get ready for their show by discussing Fafy's demise and the pair of wretches who no doubt helped him get there. Lorena tells him that Snorty mentioned Santiago was Fafy Cuenca's dear friend and Ern says he's suffering and he hopes he keeps his silence about Ernesto's involvement. Lor wants to talk to him about Jimena but they are interrupted by the director's countdown. These two are pretty cool about being on camera. If it were my show I would be a nervous wreck checking ingredients and psyching myself up instead of talking.

Omar watches the show while stuffing a fast food burger in his mouth. Oh how the well-fed have fallen. Another neener.

Over at casa pobre Zulema snacks on product-placed Bimbo colchones while Ernesto welcomes the audience to their second season and Lor thanks God that her mother came out of the coma. She wants to dedicate this first show to her. Zuly happily eats her colchones and remarks that Lor is cooking a dish that Zuly taught her. In his lonely room Omar is sad, heh.

Sara yells at Santi some more, he was nothing more than a toady to Fafy. Her mouth is a perfect claymation square (thanks Susanlynn). She bares all her teeth and spits insults at him. He gives it right back, calls her a harpy and a cursed witch; Fafy's message proves he trusted Santiago! Sara yells at him to leave. Santiago tearfully scrunches up his face.

Team Al watches the show and compliments Lorena's talent while Al sighs "how lovely she is". Tori comments that he loved eating Lorena's cooking and knew she'd be a chef. Paula tells Al he'd better get on the stick or Chef Ernesto will make him eat swine, i.e. steal a march on him. (This was an idiom that Paula used with the verb comer, a play on words referencing Ern's career, "comerle a alguien el mandado" = to spoil someone's plans and get an advantage over them by doing something sooner or better than them). Betina agrees that Al is too slow, it's time to do something drastic. Tori calls him a chicken and tells him to hurry up and take the bull by the horns.

Ern and Lor finish another successful show. He wants to know what's up with Jimena but they are interrupted by a call from Santiago who tells Ern that the autopsy came back...apparently Fafy died of natural causes. Ern is impactado. He and Lor are about to talk when Celeste tells Ern he has an interview right now with a gourmet magazine. Lorena invites him to stop by her house later tonight. Excellent idea.

Julian pays another visit to Toño the forger and this time Toño's at home. Julian tries to get Toño to help him get the goods on Sara but Toño refuses. It's not his problem and his business has taught him to be discreet. Sorry but he can't do something like that without implicating himself.

Sara and Bruno celebrate Fafy's demise with a drink and it doesn't take long for this greedy pair to start bickering. Sara says things are finally going her way. Bruno reminds her things are going their way. Sara keeps commenting about "her" money and Bruno keeps reminding her they're in this together, it's "their" money. He suggests opening a joint account where they can't spend the money without the other's consent. Sara hates this idea and informs him from now on she doesn't want to be stuck with him. He replies that he was thinking they would get married. She makes a sour face and he asks "don't you want to be Mrs. De Palma?" She thinks he's crazy. He says he's decided that's how it will be and can she think of a better plan? She looks at him with ominous loathing. I would say yes, she's thinking of a better plan.

After the commercial he tells her end of discussion, he wants her, then he calls her "gatita" which truly irritates her. He says he'll call her whatever he wants because she's his woman. Oh and he wants her to wear a negligee, now! As he swaggers upstairs he turns and tells his ga-ti-ta to pour him another class of wine. She glares daggers at him and her cogs and sprockets start turning...wine, yes!

Jimena shows up at Ern's house and learns that Lor hasn't spilled the beans on her yet. She tells Ern they need to talk.

Over at Moth-Eaten Estates Catalina misses her grandkids and gets mad when Icky says he wants to call Valeria tomorrow and borrow money from her. Of course he's lost all their money and wants to go sniveling back to Val. Cat doesn't like the idea because she's convinced Valeria will revel in their misfortune. He hopes Val will forgive him for forgetting the children. Cat snarls that he couldn't call them, that's different from forgetting, but she wonders what excuse he'll give Val for not calling. She also thinks he needs to be careful of Sara. Icky pines over Val and says it would be very lucky if she gave him another chance. Dude, she is so over you. Neener.

Tori's at the clinic looking for Al. He comments he probably knows where Al is but he wisely does not reveal it to Val. They say tact skips a generation. He ends up chatting to Val and she mentions she and the kids are very happy and she hasn't heard a thing from Icky. No she doesn't think it's weird because they are used to his absence. She lets slip that her kids think Al is the best man in the world. Tori chuckles knowingly and Val looks busted.

Ern is irate at Jimena. He tells her he doesn't hate her but he feels very disappointed. She admits it was love for him that drove her to play dirty. However she has some advice for him, judging by Lorena's reaction she still loves Ernesto. He should go and find her now, don't waste any more time. She tells him that a woman in love cannot be just a friend, goodbye forever. Eavesdroppers kids and Fanny rush out and urge him to go to Lorena.

Over at the jewelry store Al is busy picking out an engagement ring for the most wonderful, noble and real woman in the world. She's not his girlfriend but she's the woman he loves. The clerk pretends to care.

When Lor gets home Snorty compliments her on her show and Zuly is on cloud nine because of Lor's on-air message to her. Lor tells them she invited Ernesto over for dinner which Zuly thinks is a great idea but she gets all in a flutter, whatever will she cook for this great chef?

Snorty asks Lor if she invited Ernesto because she's decided on him? Lor smiles shyly and tells her abuela that he's coming over to discuss the death of Fafy Cuenca, they need to develop a new strategy to trap Sara. However, she admits she has revised her opinion of Ernesto. Snorty advises Lor to use her heart to choose between Al and Ern. Lorena says it's hard to decide...same old.

Back at the only joyería in the DF Al's got his rings lined up. Who should walk in but Ern who wants a special ring for a special woman. The two rivals size each other up as the kooky music plays.

Sara tells the wine bottle that if Bruno wants a glass of wine he'll get it. At first I thought we might be seeing some product placement but she pours white wine out of a bottle of Louis Latour Beaujolais-Village Chameroy. Eh? Isn't the Beaujolais-Village a red wine? Oh never mind. She pours a glass for Bruto, hides the bottle, then pours herself a glass from another bottle. He calls to his gatita and asks about his wine. She gleefuly hands him his glass, calls him her little beast and toasts to their brilliant future swimming in gold. He flashes his most odious grin and she smirks affectionately. Bruto's about to be 86ed as they say in the kitchen.

Lorena tells Snorty it's hard to listen to her heart. Snorty tells her to imagine the rest of her life, who is it she wants to spend every day of her life with? Lorena gets a funny smile. Is it love mixed with hunger I hope I hope?

Sara wants to toast their partnership, a toast to Sara and Bruno...until death parts them. They chug their wine and she smiles, working her jaw oddly like a mantis who has just bitten the head off her mate. Bruto gives her a funny look, does he suspect?

No, after drinking through the commercial all he can think about is rolling in dough. Sara strokes his ego by saying she looks forward to having a real name instead of an orphanage name. He wants to travel to Paris. "Whatever you decide my love," she coos. He says it's the best day of his life because today he stops being a loser starts being be a millionaire. He kisses Sara goodbye and says he's off to help with Fafy's arrangements. Sara happily mutters, "What's stopping is your existence, you said yourself the poison is slow but sure."

Bruto gets in his car, surveys the house and congratulates himself on the power that all his millions will bring.

Ern shows the kids his ring. They think he'll win Lorena for sure and Ern seems confident by the look he saw in Lorena's eyes. Just then Bad Hair Jorge strolls in and pulls a bunch of food out of the refrigerator without even saying hi. What a leech. Ern scolds him and tells him to have respect, even his nephews ask permission first. "Fine, eat your popcorn," Jorge sasses, putting the popcorn and lemonade on the table. (May I say he at least has good taste in snacks? As a kid I regularly made myself sick by injesting too much popcorn and lemonade, one of my favorite combinations to this day.)

Ivan decides to go get the snacks himself and stupidly leaves his laptop open. A message pops up, "We need to talk", presumably from Betina. Jorge takes over and composes a quick response, "I'm not interested". He smiles nastily.

On the receiving end Betina is very upset. She tells Pau that Ivan deleted her from his contacts and wants nothing to do with her. She cries on mom's shoulder and Paula reassures her that Ivan is immature, maybe one day they will recognize their mistakes and reconnect, eh?

Ivan comes back with the snacks and tells Jorge he was rude for grabbing the food, all he had to do is ask permission, duh, get a clue and some manners. Jorge accuses Ivan of being a child. Ivan notices that Betina's no longer one of his contacts. Jorge pretends to look and cheerfully notes she must have deleted Ivan. For a young kid he's pretty smarmy.

Stupid Al happily shows Val the ring he bought for Lorena.

Over at the lesser house there's lots more Bimbo product placement, apparently that's all Zuly and Lor want to eat because they're really macking on a mountain of colchones. Both Lor and Diana want to help Zuly cook but they're relegated to setting the table. Lor tells Diana that someone else will join them, Ernesto's stopping by. Diana gets super excited, he's a part of the family, hooray! but Lor says they have a lot to talk about. Diana stuffs a colchone in her mouth. OK, they're yummy, we get it, I'm going to buy a bag tomorrow to see what the big deal is. I'll report back. Zuly asks if Al is coming over. Lor looks incredulous, having them both there would be a time bomb!

Bruto starts to feel the effects of the poison. His hands get numb. He thinks back in horror...he poisoned the wine, then he drank some wine. The poison! Damn that Sara!! He pulls out his cell phone but he's fading fast. Gasping for breath he calls an ambulance.

Sara calls the PI and tells him his services are no longer needed. Now that Fafy has died she cares about nothing. She caresses the poison bottle and cackles at Bruto, he should be feeling the effects by now. Bwaahaahaahaaa. She grabs the poison bottle and glass, time to get rid of the evidence.

Zuly has made platters of colchones appetizers and she's on cloud 9. She woke from her coma, she's not fat, and now Rosy and Julian are back together. Diana says it's too bad papa's not with them, maybe they can invite him? Zuly's not on board with this. Diana can't stop her mouth, dad's really remorseful and he's not with that woman any more, can't Zuly consider forgiving him? Nope. Mom leaves the room and Lor gives Diana The Look.

Snorty asks Vasco why he insists on being with Paty, he obviously doesn't love her. He admits it but he's fond of her. Better to be with Paty who loves him that wait around for Diana all his life. Snorty asks what would he say if she told him she knows Diana still loves him?

Felipe shows up with a present for the baby. Diana tries ten different ways to get rid of him but he won't take a hint. He even tries to invite himself to the party. What a pest. She finally tells him to quit insisting, she's not interested. But she does take the present.

Bruto has made it to clinic 23, he gasps out an order that Al inject him with 10 cc's of fluoverax, an antidote to the poison Sara gave him. He admits he used the stuff to try to poison Fafy but the old guy died on his own. Whether they save him or not he'll renounce Sara right now. He hears himself flatlining, a fantastically macabre touch there. A nurse runs in, there's no antidote! What??? Horrified, Bruno remembers this is one of the medications that he himself sold off on the cheap. Ahhh, it's divine justice of the most twisted sort. Al tells the nurse to get some from another clinic or pharmacy, quickly! Bruto, amazingly clear headed considering his dire situation, announces there's no time to write his admission so they'll have to record it, he instructs Val to use his cell phone which has video. Val's no cinematographer since all we can see in the phone are his nostrils. Bruto admits that he and Sara planned to kill Fafy, he injected some wine bottles (yes he said bottles..with an "s") with neuropandol, they poisoined the Armendariz guests and he sabotaged Zulema's operation so she'd go in a coma. Al was innocent, he did it because he always envied him. He gasps "tell Diana..." His head flops back, we hear heavenly singing and it looks like Bruto kicks the bucket. Val's got it all on the cell phone. Awesome scene! Somebody give that bad boy an Oscar.

Val hands a stunned Al the phone, she recorded the whole thing. Al can't believe there's such evil in the world.

Over at the bitch house Greta whines some more to Jimena. She still singing the same song, Omar only left her because he feels sorry for the fatty. Jimena tells her to give it a rest, her tricks didn't work. Anyway, she only came to say goodbye because she's off to Florence. (Ha! Did we call this one or what?) Greta is shocked, Jimena her only friend is leaving her? Greta wants to know are they really friends or was Jimena just using her? Jimena tells her they are friends of circumstance, Greta lost her true friends when she decided to live with Omar. Double neener for the nasty girls.

Cut to sad Omar, he calls the lesser house. Zuly answers but Omar says nothing. She hands the phone to Lorena, still no response from Omar. Lorena inadequately "hangs up" the phone and the receiver slips off unnoticed to the ladies. In anguish Omar listens to their happy chatter, Zuly looks wonderful in her new dress, she's beautiful and happy, blah blah blah. Today her whole family will be with her, reunited. Omar sighs, this was, and could have been, his life but due to his weak character he lost it. Julian and Diana arrive and they all hug and laugh because Zulema is beautiful and once again the queen of her house! Omar's eyes tear up and he bites his lip. He's the Ebenezer Scrooge of the DF.

Later the other guests have arrived and they clap at Zulema's grand entrance. The doorbell rings, it must be Vasco. But no, it's Ernesto hiding behind two huge bouquets, one for Lorena and the other for her mama. He's pleased to have been invited to their family gathering and to the first time that Zulema cooks for her family since her coma.

Vasco and Patty get ready for the party. She says he's acting odd. He says he's been thinking about them. Of course, she says, we're novios so we're always thinking about "us". Just yesterday she was thinking about having children. He's somber and tries to speak but she keeps interrupting him with forced pratter. He insists they have to speak. She doesn't want to keep her future family waiting.

Ernesto quickly fills Lorena in on how he got proof of Sara's perfidy and Lorena compliments Ernesto on his detective skills.

Zulema has an announcement. Today is her dream, to be able to cook for her family again, now eat up! But wait, Ernesto is happy to see the family together because has an announcement, he reaches into his pocket. But wait, the doorbell rings and it's proponus interruptus for poor Ernesto...a somber Al has arrived and sees a party to which he was not invited. The galans glare at each other momentarily until Al speaks, "Sorry I didn't know there was a party but I have bad news. Bruno arrived at the clinic, Sara poisoned him." Caras Impactadas spread through the gathering and Zulema rushes to Diana. The camera rests on Ernesto's grim face.

No preview for tomorrow, darn!

Labels: enemiga

Survey says….Vanilla is the most popular flavor ice-cream in the world, white bread is the most popular bread in America. In an effort to please the masses, this episode will be scrubbed squeaky clean of any possible subversive comments. Let the youngins join in the fun, they probably need a break from studying for that Spelling Bee, Old Testament Prophets…Those spellings confuse me to this day. Actually I never got to be HomeSchooled. My parents were no happier to pay taxes than any other American, but Public School, YowZa to them that was a bargain the big yellow bus picked us up each day and returned us each night, for free and until the age of eighteen. At last taxes they actually benefited from. So Parents whip up a big batch of Jiffy pop and settle down for some fine family viewing of our neighbors south of the border. You will get to experience Sunny Mexico, much the same way Americans do who take those wonderful trips to Cabo and come back remarking how wonderful it is that all the Mexicans speak English and are so happy and how you can get such great bargains at the those malls the tour buses take you to. It’s just like San Antonio only everyone speaks English and the drinks are better.

We begin with Juan crying.
Juan tells Pablito that they will be a family one big family.
Sofie discovers the empty cribs and she starts yelling at the Nun. She questions the Nun repeatedly about the whereabouts of the three cuter than button orphans. Finally the Nun breaks her twenty year long vow of silence and tells Sofie that the buttons where adopted by a young couple. What young couple? Who knows?

Well fool me once…Looks like the young couple adopting the little rays of sunshine are Yeh Yeh..Oscar and Jimena. Gosh Darn, I was like two seconds away from passing out. I had been holding my breath during this tense segment. PSA…Smokers I’m sure you came to sometime after the papers were signed and the happy parents, (Jimena & Oscar) were carrying the kidlets as well as the beloved parish priest who was carting the spare.

Meanwhile Fer is hanging around the outside of the orphanage, he is trying to help childless young couples fulfill their hearts desire by directing them to the one-stop shop for human trafficking. The young couple that was intended to be the loving parents of the button triplets, walk past Fer. They are carrying a young boy. Fernando is upset as he carefully screened the couple and by the information gleaned they were perfect candidates to adopt three girls.

Oscar & Ximena adopt the daughters.
Fernando sees the intended parents and they have a boy.
Padre Tad who witnessed the Oscar/Jimena adoption; sends the couple and the newly adopted little boy on their way. He tells Fernando that suspects Fernando was up to no good. Fernando says the priest always thinks the worst of him.

Sofie runs and tells Juan that someone else has adopted the beloved daughters.

Oscar & Ximena take the daughters home. Gabi can’t believe they adopted the children after all they are divorced. No they are not they respond as it is do-overs if you sign divorce papers while in a coma.

The adoption lady runs into Quitana and tells Quitana that Oscar & Jimena adopted the kids. Quitana says that is impossible they are divorced and live in two separate homes.

Juan and Sofie come in and see the kids. It is a very happy scene of good clean family unity.

Later Adoption lady comes by and tells Ximena that they have to give the kids back as they lied about their marital status. Sofie begs and cries that the one baby is hers, but alas they have fallen love with all the babies. Ximena says fine, that Oscar will move into the Hacienda. Gabi says no way. Adoption lady agrees to allow one week for the families to straighten this out. Wow, I would have thought maybe they would have all moved to the Reyes Ranch. Ooooopppss sorry there I go questioning the TelVista Authority. Forget what I said, it was crazy talk..questioning authority? As if, I mean that is why they are the Authority Right? I mean they know best and they will guide us though this tale.


Fernando comes in and Gabi is rather cold with him. Basically he is worthless and good for nothing. The look on poor Fer face is heartbreaking, no matter how many moral transgressions he commits it is never enough for Gabi. Without the support of a caring spouse a man can only commit so many crimes, before he just gives up and turns to a life of obeying the law. Gabi will have no one to blame, but herself when this happens.

Meanwhile the well meaning Padre and the scrappy abuelo (hey kids that means grandfather in Spanish) discuss the near miss of strangers adopting the three orphans. Hmmmm the wise elder concludes, it must have to do with money.

Oscar and Frankie as Juan why Juan and Sofie broke up.
Juan does not want to tell. The would endanger the idealistic relationships the others are engaged in.

Oddly enough Sofie is having the exact same conversation with her sisters.

Juan finally tells the brothers that the infamous Ber is the true killer of Ma & Pa Reyes. No Puede Ser.
The brothers are crushed. Just when their relationships where going so well with the girls. Oh Capulets and Montagues. A curse on both your haciendas. *This translates to Oh Hatfields and McCoys a curse on both your shacks.

Sofie gets out the belt and shows her sisters. Oh the horrors, how can it be. Pa was the best Pa in the world. In fact many young girls referred to him as Daddy. Ximena and Sarita are crushed as they see the ship of happy dreams sail off the edge of the earth with the sisters still standing alone on the pier.

The adorable Grandfather has built a mock-up of the hacienda and with his trusty magnifying glass he looks from one room to another. Questioning what was in it for Gabi & Fer, think, think, think he thinks.
Finally Eureka, the land…Scarlett the land.

The brothers Reyes descend on the Gabi house to confront her over the murder of their much missed, much loved parents. The brothers are dressed in traditional Mexican costumes. Oscar and Frankie as handsome Charros, while Juan sports more of a beach cabana boy look, sometime spotted in the famous bath houses. Adding even more thrilling cultural charm to our tale. Gabi tells a tale as old as the earth itself or roughly about 4500 years, love, betrayal, jealousy, snakes, murder. JJ Robles-Reyes, was enamoured with the fiesty young vixen Gabi. Ber found out and was crazed by the thought. She describes the murder scene, saying Poor What’sHerName Ma Reyes was shot a la drive-by, wrong place, wrong time. Juan replays the beta-tape in his head. Gabi has been mournful tears in her eyes. The boys leave and Gabi’s face turns from horror to a shudder and then a happy face. I guess she must have had a happy thought of unicorns right there at the end. Thoughts of magical single horned creatures are often known to cause a woman to shudder.

Gramps visits Ber’s Lawyer. Our neighbors to the South do not have the same legal system that we have. I guess it is okay for lawyers to discuss wills with anyone who stops by. The lawyer tells Gramps that Ber left everything to Sofie, if she divorced Fer and then bore a child by someone else. The lawyer seems surprised that this is not common knowledge as Fer & Gabi were quite aware of the conditions.

Fer goes to see Gabi’s lawyer. Gabi’s lawyer tells Fer that he has been disinherited. Fer is no longer in Gabi’s will. See Fer no good deed goes unpunished.

Fer later talks to some gentlemen who used to do odd jobs for him. I believe he just paid them a huge sum of money to disappear the other day, but it seems they are back and he has another job for them. Yes, Mexican men are crazy romantics and I just bet Fer, realizing how much he loves Gabi will try to win her love again. What could it be? Candy, flowers, maybe a pony?

Now to the Reyes Hacienda. Just like the Brady house, the three brothers share a room. This is very common in Mexico. People live in huge Haciendas, but the Latin Blood is blood of the Family and much warmer than ours. Grown men often sleep in the same room with their brothers, well into their twilight years. In fact 72% of adult males do not actually sleep in the same room with their wives, but continue to room with their brothers. In rural parts of Mexico, this is partially due to a myth dating to Aztec times that women will steal a man’s Mojo during the night and sell it to a demon for earthly goods, in times past it was for gold and precious stones and peyote, now it is for a dishwasher and satellite dish, oh and still peyote.

Juan is dreaming…he dreams of the death of his parents. In his dream he sees the belt buckle, he hears the rough language of the assassins. He sees the face of his poor mother silently begging him to remain quiet.
Suddenly the face of the shooter becomes the face of Ber, mocking him.
Juan screams out in his sleep. Oscar and Frankie leap from their beds and jump on Juan.

This behavior in America would seem odd, but lest we forget this is a different culture and it is in no way threatening for an adult sleeping male to be leapt upon by two other men dressed only small briefs. It is a common occurrence. Juan is sleep addled and fears he is being attacked by Ber. When he is finally roused from sleep. He tells Oscar and Frankie that he saw the scene of the murder and indeed it was Ber who killed their parents.

Wow…mystery solved.

Next day…Gabi is going to town with the ranch lackey, he forgot to give her a telegram. Gabi reads it and she is very distressed. Ricardo Uribe has taken a turn for the better.

She gets out of the SUV and is standing in the street. We see a pickup truck with the men Fer gave the job to the evening before. They rev the engine and aim straight for Gabi. Her eyes open to an enormous size.

I believe these low day labours that Fer hired in good conscious probably spent the night drinking and playing cards. They probably forgot all about the 1-800-flowers and in a rush to do their jobs have now endangered the chance of Fer and Gabi making up.

Labels: Fuego

Alt titles:
Why wait for a grave when you can dance on the corpse?
OH MY GOD! They killed Fafy! You bastards!!
Everyone Gropes Ernesto (except Lorena)

What do you mean, you've never heard of Fafy Cuenca? Let me tell you about my good friend Fafy Cuenca. He was the king of the jet set... the world-famous playboy. He once climbed Mt. Everest with nothing but a sweater and a pair of nail clippers. He invented sliced bread.

Ever have chocolate and peanut butter mixed together? That was Fafy Cuenca's idea. Donald Trump lost most of his hair in a bet with Fafy Cuenca - that's why he combs his hair over now. Fafy Cuenca taught Captain Kirk how to beat the Kobayashi Maru. He blew up the Death Star with a well-aimed spitball. He gave martial arts advice to Chuck Norris.

Fafy Cuenca will be missed.

Sara wakes and tells Fafy she has an idea about how they can use the bodyguards. Fafy stubbornly keeps his eyes shut. His hands are folded neatly over his chest, and there's a faint smirk on his face. She reaches for his face and recoils. "He's dead! But I didn't do anything, he died all by himself!"

She calls Bruno with the news. She's still freaked out that she spent the night with a corpse. (Complain, complain.) Bruno's happy that they lucked out. She agrees, and tells him to get ready to put on a show.

She runs into the hallway, shrieking for Bruno. "Something happened to Fafy!" Bruno and two guards show up. Bruno briefly examines the patient. Yep, he's been dead for a few hours! Sara swoons dramatically (comically), then goes into hysterics, to be soothed in Bruno's arms. Bruno glances nervously at Fafy, who is still smirking with his eyes shut. But we just know it's a trick; he'll open those eyes any minute now and laugh in all their stupid faces.

Lorena fills Julian in on last night's meeting with the lawyer. Fafy had told Ern he wanted to entrap Sara, but she didn't know what he had in mind. Meanwhile, they'll keep looking for evidence. Julian's willing to try to get some help from Toño, the forger, but he doesn't want to do it in a sneaky way because the guy was nice to him. Lorena wonders if he might have kept any records, or maybe even original documents. Julian doubts that he would have kept any incriminating evidence; Lorena agrees and dismisses the idea. (Not so fast, kids! Toño took a lot of pride in the work that he did; I wouldn't be at all surprised if he kept a portfolio.) Still, he thinks maybe something could come of it.

Diana weeps to her baby about what a shame it is that he can't get to know his father. She doesn't know how she ever could have loved him! And she can never forgive herself for rejecting Vasco. He would have been a great dad. But she'll have to resign herself...

"Why are you so sure?" asks Hortensia, walking in. She says their separation was her fault, not Diana's, and she thinks Vasco's still in love with her. Diana thinks he seems pretty happy with Paty. "Because that dingbat (atolondrada) is saying how much they love each other at the top of her lungs (a voz en cuello), but I know Vasco," Hortensia says. But he's probably afraid to hear her say no again. Would she reject him again? Diana says of course not! Snorty says that the next time he comes by, she'd better grab him and not let him go. Snorty knows what he'll say! (Meanwhile, poor little Saulito is coughing his head off!)

Meanwhile, Sara is crawling all over her dead sweetie and crying "you can't leave me alone, I love you." Her theatrics are so over-the-top that Bruno threatens to give her a shot. "How can I calm down when my reason for living is dead?" The bodyguards ask if there's anyone they should call. Bruno says no, he didn't have any family; they'd just like some privacy. He sends them out. "No, I love you Fafy! Why did you leave?!" Sara hollers for good measure.

Alone at last, just the two of them and the dead guy, Bruno wants to know how long the mourning period is, because he's ready to party now. She says the party can begin when they read his will. "Now I believe in God!" she laughs.

Downstairs, one of the bodyguards says they should find out what really happened. The other is doubtful - if she killed him, then what would she do to them? The first guy says they need to stay there and find out who's going to pay them.

Sara's in a hurry for Bruno to sign the death certificate so they can get this "lump" (bulto) out of here. He teases her, "he's not even finished cooling off yet and you want to get rid of him?" He can sign the certificate, but a judge still has to validate it. He asks if they shouldn't notify someone, to make their little play look more convincing. The only person she can think of is that nosy Santiago, and she'd rather not tell him until Fafy's nothing but ashes. Bruno says they still have to keep up the act. They should shut down the company for a couple of days in mourning.

Sara loves this idea. She calls Ernesto and tells him her Fafy died in his sleep. "What a shame," is all Ernesto can say, stunned. He invites himself to the house. "No, that's not necessary," Sara says, rolling her eyes desperately at Bruno, but Ern wants to be supportive.

After the call, Sara and Bruno stifle giggles. Does Fafy wake up and grab them by their necks and choke the life out of them? Sadly, no.

Julian goes to see Toño, but a bystander says he left. Sometimes he disappears for many days at a time.

Zulema and Lorena go to the clinic for Z's checkup. Alonso invites Lorena out to eat after the checkup. Of course he doesn't notice the disappointed look on Valeria's face. Valeria offers to see Zulema home afterwards. Lorena suggests that 'Slow do the checkup first, and then they can talk about lunch.

Santiago enters his one-room apartment with a styrofoam coffee cup and a paper bag. He sits down at a tiny little table to tuck into whatever luxurious meal might be in that bag. We'll never know, because he can't stop looking at his phone. He decides to listen to his message.

Hopefully it's not that you don't want to answer me,

says the voice of a dead man. "How well you know me, Fafy Cuenca," Santiago sighs.

Maybe I made too much of a fuss about the golf clubs...

"Obviously!"

...but today more than ever I've realized that if anyone's ever really liked me, it's you, my great friend.

"Wha? I wasn't expecting to hear that."

You are the only person in whom I can trust. I need to tell you something right away.

(Obviously, Fafy went to the Lorena School of Communication.)

Santi dashes to the door. He doesn't even take his coffee with him.

Zulema's checkup is fine. She can't wait to make a big dinner for her whole family. Alonso says that when people talk about their desires, it's usually travel or some fun thing. She says her great dream is to see her family together and happy around the table, enjoying the food she's made for them.

She asks if she's going to get fat again. He says if she doesn't control her diet, she will, but if she eats a balanced diet, she can be thin forever. She resolves to be careful.

Ernesto arrives at the Big House of Horrors. The smarter bodyguard tells him that the old man went to sleep with his wife and woke up dead. They didn't see anything; they couldn't be in the room. (The dumber bodyguard asks Ernesto who's going to pay them.) Ern reminds the smarter one to be discreet and not let on that they've already met.

Sara comes downstairs clutching a hanky. Of course, she is clad in a black suit, which she probably bought the very morning after she slept with Fafy for the first time. Ern acts very sympathetic and says gee, who would have thought... Fafy seemed so healthy! "This is the most awful thing that could have happened to me," Sara sobs. She throws herself into his arms, just in time for Santiago to walk in and see.

Vasco comes to the Casserole Cooperative to wait for Paty, who is out shopping with Felipe. He asks Diana, who is alone, if she minds if he waits there. He asks about the meeting with Joel. She tells him about the video - not only do they have a confession from Sara, but Bruno was her accomplice. And they're also the ones who poisoned all the guests at Snorty's last gig.

Diana says Bruno was the greatest mistake of her life, and letting him take her away from Vasco. She never should have done that; she was a fool.

"Why, Diana? I begged you, I waited for you. I love your child as if he were my own; I saw him grow in your belly, I wanted to be his father." Diana says the only consolation left is that maybe her child will be like him, a sincere and honest man.

He is about to kiss her when Paty and Felipe come in. Felipe scowls, but Paty doesn't seem to realize what she's walked in on. Di and Vasco look awkward and guilty.

Santi doesn't take the news of Fafy's death well. (Indeed, I'm still thinking that this is a trick, and that Fafy is being revived right now.) He plays back the phone message for Sara, Ernesto, and the bodyguards to hear. He feels that it is irrefutable (fehaciente) evidence that Fafy felt endangered. His friend didn't die of natural causes - they killed him! He says he's accusing all of them. They're all under suspicion until they prove otherwise! He says all these security people are proof that Fafy couldn't trust anyone but him.

Ernesto tells Santi he's taking things too far. Sara protests being accused amidst all her pain. Santi vows not to let this crime go unpunished. He runs up the stairs calling Fafy's name. "Poor Santiago, he truly was his friend," Sara sniffs.

Ern says the phone message really is very odd. Sara says the only strange thing she noticed yesterday was the security, but Fafy was so eccentric, he said he was trying them out on a friend's recommendation. As for the message, maybe he sensed that he was going to die and called Santi to say goodbye.

"We're alone now - you don't have to pretend. Please get up," Santi coaxes his friend. (Only now does my hope begin to fade, but only a little.) He begs Fafy Cuenca to just be joking. He can't be dead - it's ludicrous! He's immortal! "Don't abandon me! Say you've gone on one of your trips... you have to come back, like always..."

Now Felipe and Diana are alone. He is not and never was Diana's boyfriend to begin with, but he's still mad about the kiss he knows he interrupted. He says he's not as dumb as Paty - he's tired of her not paying attention to him (no me peles = you don't peel me = you don't pay attention to me) and dying over some guy who's aiming at two targets (blancos).

Diana says if there's anyone in this world who has integrity, it's Vasco. She's not going to listen to Felipe - she's got things to do and he can leave. He insists that he loves her. "Nice way of showing it," she replies.

Outside, Paty is thanking Vasco for visiting her, and says it brightened her day to find him waiting for her. Finally she notices that he's quiet. He says he's been thinking about their relationship... "Me too!" Paty interrupts. "You don't know how many dreams I have and plans I've made for the two of us. I've been imagining waking at your side for the rest of my life!"

Maruja finds Rosy crying over a particularly stinky onion. Also, she really misses Julian. Maru says she was the one who wanted to be apart. Rosy still doesn't want to lose her willpower. She wants a man, not a child. Maruja says she's heard that from Rosy's mouth, but her heart is saying something else. Rosy says sometimes the heart is wrong. She wants her child to be proud of its father and she doesn't want to go through what Diana did.

Maruja doesn't think there's any comparison. Julian may act like a kid, but he's a good person. Rosy insists she wants him to be mature.

Santiago is still begging at Fafy's bedside. He's sick with guilt for not having taken that call. If only he had answered, if he'd come over yesterday, maybe Fafy would still be alive. He promises again that this death will not go unpunished. He knows Fafy felt threatened and that he wanted to tell him that those desgraciados wanted to kill him.

Fafy still doesn't open his eyes. Really, I find this whole thing very cruel. I wish he would put an end to this sick charade right now. Tell us you're okay! Please???

Sara, Bruno, and Ernesto come in. Santi asks which of them did it. Bruno says Fafy had a sudden heart attack. "'Natural causes,' my longjohns (polainas). I don't believe you - you killed Fafy Cuenca." Sara threatens to throw him out. He calls her a slut and says he won't be ordered around by her. He wonders whether Bruno or Ern or both helped her. He doesn't care about Bruno's stupid death certificate, either. He wants an autopsy.

Sara says she's been patient so far, but this is going too far. Santi is adamant. Ernesto tries to mediate, saying why not have the autopsy to settle any doubts. "Because NO!" is Sara's convincing reply. "I'm not going to let you destroy Fafy's body just to please a crazy little old man!" He says that if they don't do it, he'll accuse them of murder. Sara says he'll have to eat those words (literally, face up to that profanity), "because there is a God!" (second time she's said that today). And if the autopsy says it was a natural death, he can't attend Fafy's funeral.

She and Bruno leave to arrange the autopsy. Bruno is wondering who they can bribe for a negative autopsy. Sara insists she didn't do anything. Bruno asks, then why did she oppose the autopsy? She just didn't want Santi to have his way. She didn't kill Fafy - that was just lucky.

Santi stands guard over his friend. He's hostile to Ernesto, but Ernesto starts to tell him what he knows.

Sara pays the bodyguards generously and they leave. (Now the smart bodyguard has his answer... Sara knows she's not in danger, even though Fafy was afraid for his life. I bet he knows what that means.)

Bruno has arranged for the autopsy. Sara looks forward to never seeing Santiago's ugly face again. Bruno looks forward to flinging Fafy's ashes with a big spoon.

Apparently, Ernesto has told Santi everything. Santi is angrier than ever. He asks Ern to promise that they won't stop until Sara and Bruno pay. Ern says they've got a lot against them, because Fafy's not this woman's only victim. "But in time you'll know the whole story." Santi feels that he's heard enough already. Ern reminds him to keep all of this under his hat, for Fafy. "For the legend, Fafy Cuenca!" Santi sobs, and cries on Ernesto's shoulder.

Rosy goes shopping with Diana at the baby stuff store to cheer Diana up. When Rosy starts showing enthusiasm for different things, Diana teases her, "but what if you don't have any children?" Ha, ha, she knows all about the baby. Oh, what a bunch of jokers. Diana admits that Julian is the only person who doesn't know yet. They all respect her opinion, but she's depriving him of the right to his dreams. Rosy says she wishes it wasn't so hard, but she's started and now she's going to see it through. Meanwhile, she would like Diana's help in buying everything in the store.

Zulema and Lorena discuss mole poblano and other dishes for their big celebratory dinner. They wonder if Julian and Rosy will be back together in time to enjoy it together. Julian lurks outside the door and overhears that someone's having a baby. He bursts in and wants to hear all about Lorena's baby. Lorena wheezes with laughter. Nope, it's not Diana either. Zulema and Lorena just stare awkwardly. He figures it out. "I'm going to be a daddy! I'm going to be a daddy!"

At the babystuff store, Diana says it still hurts her to see Vasco with Paty. Rosy says she likes Paty, but that doesn't mean she doesn't like Diana too. Aw, big hug. Rosy buys another pair of baby shoes during the hug.

Sara is complaining that they're at the morgue thanks to Santiago, instead of at a funeral home. She's alone in the world. Ern says, surely Fafy left you something. "Oh, no, with Fafy it was living from day to day. We never spoke of the future, much less a future without him." She cries on his shoulder.

(Ahem, I know Ern is irresistible, but the death of a loved one is no excuse for copping a cheap feel.)

Bruno sees them. They'll find out the autopsy results first thing tomorrow. Santi says he won't leave until he has the report in his hands.

Ernesto borrows Ivan's cell phone to call Lorena. (No idea why he didn't do this sooner.) Lorena is at home with Zulema and Snorty, who are debating whether or not Rosy will let up on Julian. Ernesto tells her about Fafy's death. Everything points to Sara and Bruno killing him and trying to make it look like a natural death, but his friend ordered an autopsy. He's pretending to be supportive while they carry on with their little game. He and Lorena still have to meet at the set tomorrow, but they'll keep faking...

Lorena tells her mother and grandmother; Z is worried that Sara might hurt Ernesto, while Snorty thinks Sara will be satisfied and leave them alone now that she's got some money. Lorena doesn't want to leave Sara alone, though.

Diana is visiting with Barbara when Vasco comes home. Barbara insists that Diana stay for dinner. She won't take no for an answer, and assures Diana that she brought the dinner home from work. Don't worry, she didn't cook it herself! Ha, ha! She goes to heat it up, leaving Diana alone with Vasco again.

Diana asks how things are going with Paty and says the almost-kiss was not proper. "You're right, I'd better not lie..." and before he can finish, there's a big crash in the kitchen. Barb has dropped their dinner. (Sounds like the chicken was made out of metal and glass.)

Omar calls the lesser house just to remind us that he's still alive. He tells Lorena to take care. That's the whole phone call.

Julian is sitting outside Maruja's place, waiting, when Rosy comes home in a taxicab full of baby stuff. She tries to make up an excuse, but he tells her he knows about the baby. And he's the happiest man on earth.

Paula answers the door to find a very dejected Greta on her doorstep. Greta needs a friend; Paula firmly says they're finished. "You reap what you sow." She chews her out for being a homewrecker. Greta says she did it for love, and love justifies everything! Paula reminds her that she wasn't in love yet when she went after a married man. Greta continues to whine and beg, but Paula says she can't be friends with someone like her.

Rosy tells Julian she was going to tell him about the baby when he could show that he's a man that her child needs as a father. J says he's never going to be perfect, but he's responsible, will toil from dan till dusk until he can come up with a down payment on an apartment so they can live together with their baby. All this time, the only two things that have been on his mind have been his job, and her name. And her eyes, and her hands, and her legs... she says now her baby too.

He offers to leave. She says no, he can stick around - to help her carry her things into the house. After which he can leave. Ha, ha! A joke! Of course he can stay.

Back at The Place Formerly Known As Snorty Acres (I can't remember what we actually called it) Bruno is ready for a drink in Fafy's honor, and the rewards of patience. He asks Sara if she knows how much money she'll inherit. Sara's getting dizzy just thinking of all those zeros... hmmm... maybe that's all she's going to end up with. She saw her name on that will with her own eyes... the eyes that hypnotize Bruno... he says her mourning clothes must be very uncomfortable - he'll help her out of them!

More doorbells at Paula's house. It's Valeria and Maruja. She tells them about Greta's visit, showing neither dignity nor shame. And she hasn't forgotten that little trick Greta pulled on her with Raymundo, either. She reports that things are going well with him. Paula and Maruja want to know why Valeria doesn't have a love life yet. Val says, who would want a woman with two kids? They pooh-pooh her concerns and think surely there must be some nice doctor at the hospital. Val doesn't want to talk about any of this; she's ready to uncork the bottle and forget about her problems. "Your only problem is your ex, and I don't think he's coming back." Valeria finally cracks a smile.

Ickturo and his mom are back. She's thrilled that all of their stuff is still there in the house. Ickturo isn't nearly as cheerful. Apparently, all the money he stole from Sara is gone, blown away on some camel-related investment, and he has to start from scratch again. Mama's sure he'll bounce back. He's not so sure he can do much with the 300 dollars he has left.

Mama reminds him that he still has the hats (as if he could forget - they're surrounded by the boxes). This cheers him up, until he discovers that they've been eaten by moths.

Jaime and Maruja seem to be preparing for una noche de amor when Julian and Rosy arrive. "It's not what you think," Maruja claims. Rosy says they're together again.

Next morning, Alonso dashes off to work in a hurry without breakfast. Toribio tries to point out the irony of a doctor who tells his patients to eat right and get lots of sleep, yet he skips breakfast, etc. Tori opens his newspaper and is surprised by a big photo of his former classmate, and a big headline: "Famous Fafy Cuenca Dies." He shows it to Alonso. Alonso gapes.

The autopsy results are ready. The medical examiner offers them to Sara and Bruno, but Santiago snatches them away. "Me first!" He doesn't look happy.

Rosy barges into the lesser house and demands to know who blabbed about the baby to Julian. Ha ha, she's kidding! They're happy! Yaaaay! Hortensia's happy too. She demands that Julian call her "Grandma" (or even "great-grandma") rather than "Miss Hortensia."

Lorena goes to the studio and finds a gift basket, which she assumes is for her. However, the card says "Thanks for the wonderful night you gave me, Ernesto. Camila." Jimena just happens to show up at that moment. "Oh, this isn't Ernesto's dressing room? Oops!" Annoyed, Lorena shows her the gift. Jimena's like, eh, what did I tell you? That woman's still hounding her about Ernesto. She shows Lorena the latest text message she sent: "Did Ernesto tell you about the night we had?"

Lorena, being a sucker and not even considering the kind of night Ernesto probably had after spending the day around a corpse and a couple of would-be murderers, gets so angry she takes the phone out of Jimena's hand and decides to call Ernesto's little chippie and give her a piece of her mind. She is shocked to hear, "How'd it go? Did the plan work? Please tell me that dumb bonde totally turned green!"

Instead, the alleged dumb blonde hangs up and turns purple. "You're going to tell me right now what plan that woman's talking about!" Jimena is speechless (for now).

Santiago finishes reading the autopsy report, which confirms that Fafy's death was of natural causes. He's still not convinced. "I know you two killed him. Desgraciados!" (I hope the fact that he didn't include Ernesto in the blame this time doesn't make them suspicious.)

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Yes, I swear, and yes, I criticize, and No, I don’t teach Spanish. Please don’t hate me because I’m sardonic, hate me because I’m beautiful. Now, if you people need a neon disclaimer, go to Las Vegas--I got a show to do!

Ah!!! Pray tell, why does Sofia have Juan’s daddy’s belt? It belonged to her “father.” I’m willing to bet her “father” is Juan’s daddy! Or maybe the same manufacturer of this built mad others. Remember, this is the belt that has followed Juan for as long as he can remember (maybe a day or two) and evokes all of those confusing feelings and remembrances of his childhood. Juan slams the belt down in a selfless act of honor for his family. For the one millionth time this month, Juan and Sofia must separate. I ask; is this because they are siblings, or because Sofia’s daddy killed Juan’s pops? Brace yourself: we’re about to enter the ultra-ubiquitous “I love you-I hate you” circle of deceit and misunderstanding. How could Juan possibly love someone whose father killed his parents? How could Juan’s parents not drown him at birth? How could Sofia, in all of her special-ed. glory, find Juan desirable? Regardless, Sofia makes a pretty good argument for the two to stay together; hey they've made it this far. Stop confusing me! yells Juan in his chair-throwing rage. Your father was a bastard who knocked-up my sister and then left her on the streets! Uh oh, Juan’s alter ego has overpowered the other personalities as he (they) breaks down and starts to cry. Stay the course, Juan, stay the course!

Oh my God. Our local fashionista sisters Jimena and Sarita are picking out the perfect wedding ensembles for our lovely fiancées. This post-disco, neon pink Grandma Suit will perfectly accentuate Sofia’s beautiful neck line and ear lobes. The macho fashionistas are keeping their eyes peeled for honeymoon jump suits, too. They simultaneously choose the same outfits on different racks, OMG! They’re like twins! (I told you that doing inventory in that store would be a nightmare). I think I saw Michael Jackson in something very similar. All the more reason for Juan to show it off.

Poor Sofia, she even unbuttoned the top button on her blouse. I think I saw a tinge of pink on her earring. This is going to be a huge setback for her social development. Poor girl has more deaths to mourn than her closet has black garbs. You know that saying about taking the bump in the road and making it a crater? Well, Juan has pretty much redefined that meaning. So here’s the rundown; he doesn’t really know why he has to hate Sofia, other than the fact that the shit-for-brains producers convinced him that Juan would be smart enough to link a belt to his parents’ slaughter. Sofia somehow gets under the wire on this little development and almost convinces Juan to come away with her, but Juan remembers that when all else fails, stay the course (I will not make any sort of political reference for fear of being hated by hundreds)! The whole thing goes down in flames when Juan beats it into Sofia’s head that their little thing is over. That simply means they’ll be back together tomorrow afternoon.

Juan hates Destiny now, and asks why his damn (I said damn!) memory had to come back. Don’t we all? Anyway, he promises to honor his wholly irrational, impulsive commitment to vengeance. Juan is the classic example of an unstable character whose multiple personalities have gotten the best of him. He’s sure to win a “best actor” for this performance. So Juan relates his entire life history, or what he remembers of it, to the solitary petunia, or whatever we call that bright little flower with it’s own personality.

Sofia goes to her confidant, too. What does it tell you when these people’s only friends are dead people and magical flowers? Interestingly enough, Sofia is convinced that her father did not kill Juan’s parents. It must be true because she looked the granite straight in the eye and repeated “you are not” until she forgot what she was thinking about. As experienced and informed viewers, we can discern that Gabi’s lurking presence is indicative of her killing Juan’s parents. Not a spoiler, I’m just calling it like it is.

Who better for advice than Pad Tad and Gramps—after they’ve both been heavily medicated, of course. Gramps points out that every other hillbilly in town wears a belt like Juan’s. Nope. Juan insists that he could pick this one out of a crowd of a million. Sofia, Juan couldn’t point to his pinky on his own hand. Now, she tells the guys that it’s all over because Juan didn’t want to marry the girl whose father killed his parents. Yes, that would make the wedding reception very uncomfortable. Knowing Sofia, she’s had the seating charts memorized for months. You know how she gets when she exerts her mental capacities for nothing.

Gramps wants the truth and Gabi’s gonna give it to him. How can he be so stupid; when you ask Gabi for the truth, you get the exact opposite story. Usually you learn those things with age, but it must have an opposite effect for elderly, handicapped individuals. (I know: you hate me for saying this.) So Gabi pretends that she’s daddy’s little princess, and pulls the “If you ever want me to be happy, you’ll believe me when I say Bernie killed Juan’s parents.” Sofia, who far surpasses Gramps in stupidity, happens in on this conversation and is torn between faking a stress-induced coma for the attention, or screaming for the effect. Gabi "admits" that she was the lover of Juan’s daddy, and that’s why Bernie knocked ‘em off. One more time, through tears: Bernie killed the Robles-Reyes. Sofia and Juan are half-siblings and their kid is destined to a life just as stupid and pathetic as theirs. He or she will be a true success story if he or she gets a job at WalMart.

You have to admire Fernie’s undying spirit of good will and altruism. Who else would wait for hours on end outside public orphanages for adopting parents? (I hear it's a great place to pick up after-hours nuns.) This lovely couple was just rejected an adoption. Not to worry, Fernie’s got a million other kids stashed away in the caves. Though, you’re gonna have to come to the next town over. Oddly enough, this reminds me of the time I took a leap of faith when I entered that small Panamanian taxi in search for the supposed Zegna store. Nice tie and everything, but I will never fly into foreign countries at 1:00 in the morning again. Back to the story... No, the man dressed all in black with the smoking cigar is not evil. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. God must have sent him, says the gullible, blinded-by-hope lady.

Ah, the wedding march sounds, the brothers present the Michael Jackson suit, and Juan regrettably rejects it. He’s not getting married. But I can’t say I’d be too excited about wearing that to my wedding either; I won’t even mention the bride. It’s starting to scare me how much time Juan spends by himself. Resorting to talking to the banister, staring at bricks; soon he’ll be trying to decipher the cryptic message in the mortar. It happens to the best of us, I mean, them.

Note; I fast forwarded all the memories/flashbacks for your sanity.

Poor Juan has lost it; he can’t bake bread, he can’t dress himself, he can’t knead 10-pound loaves. Actually, strike that, he never could do any of those things. It’s time for an intervention. Counselors Oscar and Franco can barely face the reality of their brother’s situation. Juan doesn’t want to talk about it. They’ve decided that talking to Sofia will be best. Six to one, half a dozen to the other. I'm talking brain cells...

I always knew that putting Sarah Palin on the international circuit would work wonders for Sarita; is it any coincidence that they share the same name? I think not. Now she just needs to tone the look more toward constipated spinster and less toward Madonna Blonde Ambition Tour. Seems that those Michael Jackson suits have swept the town and Sofia has even accessorized one of them with her long, flowing skirt. Hey, at least we have her dressing in white again. Now, if we can get her back in the twentieth century we’ll be fit for What Not to Wear. How tender; the whole family’s here, except no one knows it. So sad that we're the only one's who appreciate the irony. It’s a special moment in which Juan observes the mother of his child with his child. I’m sure it would mean more if mommy and daddy weren’t busy seeking vengeance on one another.

Ok, those people who are adopting through the Fernie Agency of “I’ve seen better days” are morons. Who would go to Sofia’s excuse of a handicraft store looking for clothes for their brand new black-market baby? That wouldn’t happen to be one of the three that came in on Friday’s shipment, would it? asks a concerned, but reserved Sarita. No, they don’t do names or questions at those sorts of places. Oh.

OMG. So many comments so little time. Why why why do three grown men who live in a mansion still sleep in three single iron beds in the same room? Second, why the hell would Jimena be embarrassed to see Franco in his boxers; we all know she’s ridden that AT LEAST a couple of times. And, anyway, what's there to see?

Hahahaha. First, I have no idea why Juan feels the need to knead 10 pounds of dough. Second, I laughed really hard when Pablito asked what was wrong and Juan almost crushed him and mixed him in with the dough. Juan regains a little consciousness and decides that Pablito is his son now and he is always going to take care of him. After all, Juan just wants to form a huge, gigantic family. Now, why would you want to indoctrinate so many innocent children with Juan’s thoughts and behaviors? I think he has a plan to take over the city with his offspring. I don’t even want to think about children with Juan and Sofia DNA.

Sofia has another breakdown when she sees that all the kids are gone. The clueless nun tells her that everyone was adopted. Shouldn’t she be happy that they found homes for all of those abandoned children? Some people are so vindictive and selfish.

In case you care; tomorrow: There was not one damn piece of new information; I kid you not. Damn Univision. A bunch of rotten cheapskates.

Note: This episode would make great material for Maury. These people desperately need a little intervention and a few DNA tests. Title: I've got two daddies; South-of-the-boarder style

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Marichuy walks down the corridor to visit Cande and faints. The doctor attending asks if she is married. Yes, but I am getting divorced responds Marichuy. He tells her that she can no longer get divorced because she is pregnant. She is about a month along and that she needs to take care of herself so that the child will be healthy.

Estephania wakes JM to show him her surprise. Mayita is in her room up and about playing with Cuarte. Abuela tells her that Marichuy brought her the dog not Estephania. JM is happy to see Mayita up and about. Estephania claims that she brought the dog for Mayita and that Marichuy testified against him. And dumbass JM believes her.

JM and Eduardo are talking and he tells Eduardo the lie that Estephania told him.

Leti and Viv are in her room and Viv tells her that she found Gustavo with another woman and it was not business related. It was his lover.

Amador comes to bring Marichuy the script. She is doing laudry and Amador says that she does not need to do that. She has a job. She responds by saying that when the money comes in then she will quit doing laudry. Until then her and Cande have to eat.

Patricio is interviewing for a chaueffer. He says that he looks familiar.

Amador blames JM for Marichuy being afraid of men and love. No, not anymore responds Marichuy. JM cured me of that with his hands, his mouth, his gazes and his love. Amador asks if she knows the story of Romeo and Juliet and when she shakes her head he tells her of the tragic love story. Maybe that will happen to me says Marichuy. No responds Amador you are destined for a more beautiful love that no other man can touch. (he refers to acting)

JM and Mayita are in her room and she asks where Onelia is. JM tells her that she is on vacation. Mayita informs JM that Marichuy brought her Cuarte. When he tries to correct her and tell her that Estephania did she insists it was Marichuy.

JM visits Rocio and she wonders when the doctor will take the bandages off. In a couple of days responds JM. Rocio wants to know if she can go home until the next time she has surgery because Vicente is leaving the hospital. Rocio says that Marichuy has not come to see her and asks him if he has seen her. JM says no and I don't want to see her. She testified against me, but Rocio tells him that she said she did not. JM tells Rocio that Marichuy lied to her.

Patricio and Estephania are walking to the front door and Patircio asks if JM and her are getting back together. Estephania says they are and not to protest if they get married. She walks him out the door and the new chauffer is none other then Israel. Estephania is dumbfounded.

Padre Anselmo runs into JM and he asks how the custody case went. JM tells him that it went well and that he gets to keep Mayita but no thanks to Marichuy's help since she testified against him. Padre tells him to forgive her she is an innocent and that he has always told her to tell the truth.

Leti is in bed recalling what Viv told her. Gustavo comes in and wants to know how she is doing. She flat out asks him what is going on.

JM tells Padre that Marichuy testified against him for revenge. When she thought that lying was convient for her it was okay. But now he is much more calmer and to tell her that because of her revenge he is liberated of her.

Marichuy walks in on Cande mopping the floor and she gives her hell. Cande protests but Marichuy is adament that she do nothing. Marichuy promises to bring her a television to occupy some of her time. Cande asks her how she is feeling and Marichuy says much better.

Padre tries to come in Marichuy's defense but JM ain't buying it. JM wants to forget about her and they are finished forever.

Marichuy recalls what the doctor tells her and she vows that she will never give up her child like her mother did to her.

Estephania thanks Patricio for letting her have the chauffer. She tells Israel that he will be taking her to were she wants to go. Estephania directs Israel to park the car and then attacks him by kissing him passionately.

Amador and Marichuy walk out of the a dress shop and into the path of Eduardo.

Estephania wonders outloud why Israel cannot be a millionare since she likes him alot. Israel asks her if that is really important. Yes, for her she responds. She starts talking to herself that she cannot live like before and what if they find out. Israel interrupts her rambling and asks what she is talking about.

Eduardo asks Marichuy what she is doing with Amador. Amador smarts back to Eduardo and Eduardo is about to grab Amador but Marichuy pushes him back. Eduardo asks Marichuy if she has forgotten what type of man she is keeping company with.

Estephania tells Israel to forget what she was saying and gets in the back seat. She tells him to drive on.

Eduardo again questions Marichuy why she is with Amador. Amador says that she does not have to answer him and no matter what he did to her in the past it does not compare to what JM did. He grabs Marichuy and they walk off. As they are walking down the street she thanks Amador for not telling Eduardo what she is really doing with him. Amador says that JM cannot forbide her to be with him since he is no longer in her life.

Eduardo goes to see JM in his office and tells him about his encounter with Amador and Marichuy.

Cande and Adrian are talking on the stairwell and she wonders were Marichuy is. She hopes that Marichuy is not getting into any trouble. Marichuy walks up and Adrian wants to know her secret.

JM is flabergasted that Marichuy was with Amador. Why is she with him? I asked her the same thing says Eduardo and she did not answer. When she saw me she got nervous. JM says she must have forgotten what he did to her. Eduardo tells JM that they were shopping. JM says that now she is cured she can love someone else.

Adrian again asks Marichuy what her secret is. Marichuy will not tell. Cande tells Adrian to follow her.

Eduardo asks JM if he is jealous. Jealous please she no longer is important to me responds JM. She is still my wife and she must respect me. If she thinks she can do whatever she wants then she is mistaken.

Adrian again asks what her secret is and sees a script laying on the table and takes it. They run around the table and he figures it out. She informs Adrian and Cande that she will be working with Amador.

Israel opens the door for Estephania and she tells him that she really likes him. Isa sees this and tells her that she is playing with fire. As long as Isa does not tell anyone then no one will find out.

Adrian and Cande are giving her the riot act for trusting Amador. Adrian tells Marichuy that you are not an actress and you will be looking like a fool. Marichuy ain't hearing it. She leaves and meets up with Amador to go over the script. She has her hand on Amador's chisled chest and JM walks in, claps and sarcastically says how beautiful. He apologizes for interrupting such a romantic moment. JM says that he knew this was happening. Marichuy says that she wanted this to be a surprise. JM starts saying things and accuses them that they were about to kiss.

Gustavo is in the living room when Viv brings him coffee. I hope you like asks Viv. Gustavo says you should not have done that. He begs Viv to stop. She kisses him.

Amador tells JM that he has no right to complain. JM informs Amador that Marichuy is still his wife and that he will not allow her to do things that offend him. Marichuy says that she is doing nothing wrong. Nothing wrong repeats JM, you almost kissed another man while still being married. Marichuy tells him to think whatever he wants, she will do what she wants. Amador says that JM is envious of him and JM responds back that he no longer cares about Marichuy. JM is about to punch Amador and Marichuy pushes him back and they have a moment when they are in each others arms. Please leave begs Marichuy. JM prohibits her to be with Amador while they are still married.

Gustavo pushes Viv off him and tells her to leave him alone. She calls him a coward and he tells her to leave the house or he will. She runs after him.

Amador is laughing at JM and Marichuy tells him to stop. Marichuy tells JM to leave her alone and let her live her own life.

Isa and Ceci are talking about Onelia and Estephania. Ceci asks Isa how old is Estephania.

Marichuy is informed by Padre that JM thinks that Marichuy testified against him. When she tries to tell him that she did not, Padre interrupts her. She tells him to forget about all this drama. She is walking home and is confronted by JM. He tells her finally he can finish what he wanted to tell her.

Tomorrow: The confrontation.

Labels: Cuidado

Sorry folks, I just do not have the time to do the DB recaps with the pictures. I will post brief text-only summaries to stimulate discussion. If anyone who doesn’t know Spanish has a specific question about what is going on, post it as a comment and we’ll help you out.

Santos can’t believe that Gonzalo (Comrade ??) is involved is in an armed group working against the government. He asks Gonzalo why he hasn’t tried to effect change by peaceful means. Gonzalo is scornful at Santos’ naiveté. Picking up from where they left off in San Fernando, Gonzalo asks Santos about Cecilia’s boyfriend and gets a “huh?” from Santos. Gonzalo also says he wants to propose to Marisela.

It turns out that Melendez knows about where Gonzalo and his gang are hiding out and an armed raid to kill the members of the group is planned.

DB has anemia. DB asks the doctor is she can have a baby and the doctor says that when she recovers, she certainly can.

Yippee! Mauricio is back! He is one who is buying Santos’ house to do some charitable work. He asks about everyone at Altamira. Once again, Santos’ doesn’t understand why he would ask about Cecilia’s love life. Mauricio is also disappointed to hear that Santos is involved with DB.

Back at Altamira, Antonio is desperate to reconcile with Cecilia but although she is tempted by his recollections of their lovemaking, she refuses to believe that he did not get Federica pregnant. She tells Lorenzo that she will marry him. She says that she loves Antonio but he is too young for her and would only stray again when she gets older.

Melquiades comes to see DB and they are working out their plan to take vengeance on Chepo and Melendez when Santos comes in. He is suspicious but DB claims that they were just talking about El Miedo business. Later, DB is asleep and Santos says that she looks so innocent but he has flashbacks to some of the bad things that DB did that Santos witnessed and he has doubts.

Federica has another quickie with Pajarote and she warns him not to say anything about their activities or she will say that he is the father of her baby and he’ll have to marry her. However, Marisela sees Federica and Pajarote come out of the hotel and she is instantly suspicious that something is going on.

The police attack Santos’ house. Most of the gang escape. Santos is arrested and one of the gang is killed by Chepo. It wasn’t clear to me whether this was Gonzalo or not. Melquiades witnesses the attack but can’t figure out what is going on.

Santos is being interrogated by Melendez and Chepo. He claims that he knows nothing about what was going on in his family’s house. Chepo’s voice seems familiar to Santos but the can’t pin it down until Melendez says Chepo’s name. Santos realizes this is one of the men who raped DB and he attacks him.

Meanwhile, DB is waiting impatiently for Santos to return to the hospital. There’s a knock on the door. DB tells Santos to come in but it’s Luisana. DB is impactada.

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