Caray, Caray!

DB reacts badly to the verdict. She screams that Marisela can't win anything. She slaps her lawyer when he tells her to sit down. She accuses Santos of buying the verdict. The judge orders the guards to arrest DB. She screams at guards not to touch her, that no one touches Doña Bárbara. The guards start to drag her out. Melquíades goes to her assistance and is knocked out by a guard. The guards finally succeed in dragging DB out while the people in courtroom sit stunned.

In the hall, DB, still being held by the guards, says that Santos must be happy that he has killed three birds with one stone: he has her hacienda; he can get it on with Marisela and now he has gotten rid of her as well. Santos asks her to calm down but she curses him and Marisela as she is led off to jail.

A guard wakes Melquíades up. He asks what they did with his Doña. The guard says that she might be detained for some time. He staggers off and Fausto slinks in. Fausto offers the guard a wad of money and asks for a copy of the book that all the witnesses signed. While he is waiting, he spots the volume of Danger's diary that Andrés carelessly left on the plaintiff's table. He puts it into his bag.

DB fiercely resists being locked up but eventually the guards get her into a cell. She says that the guards will pay for what they have done. She calls for Melquíades, for Eustaquia for Balbino but they aren't there. Then softly she calls for Santos, her Santos and starts to cry.

Marisela says that is was terrifying to see DB that way. She never thought the litigation over the hacienda would end that way. Santos says that he doesn't have any words for what happened. He tells Andrés to get Danger's diary while he puts their stuff in the car. Santos tells Marisela not to be so upset. She couldn't do anything for DB. These are the consequences of her actions. She will return as the legitimate owner of La Barquereña and it will never be called El Miedo again. Marisela says nothing.

Fausto tells El Sapo that he got the Danger's diary back. El Sapo approves. He says that he may need it in the future. He asks if Fausto got what he wanted. Fausto says that he got a copy of Santos Luzardo's signature. El Sapo says that he will get an artist to reproduce the signature. Having Santos' signature will be very useful.

In the restaurant, Santos and Marisela sit silently each with different flashbacks. Santos flashes back to DB destroying the fence and fighting with the guards in court. Meanwhile Marisela is flashing back to DB trying to save her when Meléndez was going to rape her. They are interrupted by Andrés who tells them that apparently someone stole the diary of the gringo.

Melquíades burst into the office of DB's lawyer and tells him that he is going to get her out of jail right this minute. The lawyer says that he can't. Someone has to pay her bail. Melquíades tells him to pay it and DB will reimburse him. If he doesn't, Melquíades will kill him.

Pajarote and María Nieves bring Bartolo to see the terneras. MN tells Bartolo that they want him to talk. Talking is his great talent. MN tells Bartolo to talk to Altagracia all day long. Altagracia gives MN the look. At that moment, Carmelito bursts in to say that Marisela won the case and is back in town. There will be a party at Altamira.

DB gets let out of jail. She gives her lawyer the look. He says that thank to his efforts, she is free. DB says that he is a disaster, a good for nothing. She says that it is his fault that she lost the case. The lawyer says that DB will pay for hitting him in public and she will pay with interest the sum that he paid as her bail. DB says that he is a bigger fool than she thought. She isn't going to waste her time with him.

Marisela wants to go to Cecilia's house in Progresso but Santos says that Cecilia and everyone else is at Altamira to celebrate her victory. Cecilia offers a toast to Andrés and tells Marisela that Lorenzo must be very content in heaven right now. She congratulates Marisela. Marisela says that she has nothing to say. "I have nothing to celebrate," says Marisela, "DB has just had her home taken away. Should I be happy? No, I'm not happy."

DB comes to see the judge. "How much were you paid to make that decision?" asks DB. The judge tells her to leave immediately if she doesn't want to go back to jail. DB says that she won't do anything to him. She just wants to know who paid him. She asks if it was Santos or Marisela. She says that she won't tell anyone and will give more money than Santos did. At that moment, a guard comes in and says that the lawyers for the next case are waiting. The judge makes his escape. DB tells Melquíades that she is sure that the judge was bought but she doesn't know by whom.

El Sapo is reading Danger's diary. He says that DB is dangerous. She would rot in jail for the rest of her life for half the things that are described in the diary. Fausto agrees. He says that he is in danger and may not be of much use to El Sapo in Progresso anymore. DB suspects him and may end up killing him. El Sapo asks if Fausto is afraid. Fausto says that with what DB knows about him, he has reason to be afraid. She has threatened him. El Sapo tells him not to worry. He will get someone else to divert all the suspicion that DB has about him. Fausto says that is good but who will he get? El Sapo says that he has a candidate.

Cut to Pernalete [One would assume that the next scene would indicate who the person El Sapo has in mind is but Pernalete?] As translated by Federica, Pernalete complains that his life has no dignity and he wants to die. Then he insults his daughter and Josefa. Josefa angrily replies that she and Federica are earning more in their line of work that he did as police chief. She tells him to relax and enjoy life.

Still in San Fernando, DB says that no one will take El Miedo away from her.

Santos comes to see Marisela. He says that everyone has come to celebrate. Marisela replies that she doesn't want to celebrate. She has fulfilled her father's last wishes but they weren't her wishes. Santos says that she has recovered the land of her father and grandfather. That is very important. Marisela says that it isn't important to her. She has been very unhappy because of that land. Santos replies that it wasn't the land; it was her, it was DB that made Marisela suffer. Santos tells Marisela that there is oil at La Chusmita and probably in their other lands. She can't give that up. She asks why he didn't tell her before. He said that there was a lot going on and he didn't get around to it. But he is telling her now. She is going to be very rich. "You too, right?" asks Marisela. Santos replies that he is worried about the oil. She might not believe it but he doesn't like it. If the oil deposits are exploited, this place will never be the same and he likes his land the way it is: green, fertile and clean. "Don't you like it this way?" he asks.

Antonio comes to the party to congratulate Marisela but Cecilia tells him that Marisela needs to be alone now. Cecilia asks about Lucía and Antonio says that she is fine. Antonio says to Cecilia that he feels very guilty.

Santos tells Marisela that if the oilfield is developed, all this would disappear. He is sure that DB wanted to exploit the oil deposit. He says that all the haciendas would disappear, one by one and be replaced by a lot of people and trucks. Nothing would remain of what their ancestors built. He asks if she understands the importance of what would happen. He asks if she is interested in what he is saying. Marisela says that she wants to be alone. She doesn't want him to bother or confuse her anymore.

María Nieves comes into the kitchen where Altagracia is about to start washing the dishes. He congratulates her on the fantastic fiancé she has won. "Everyone speaks well of him," says MN. Altagracia says that she is sure he is happy that she is marrying someone else. MN grabs Altagracia and and says that he will be happy when Bartolo holds Altagracia like this and kisses her like this. "Make the most of it," says MN and walks away.

Santos tells Antonio that he doesn't know what to say to him about his situation. Antonio says that the worst thing is that there isn't anything he can do except pray that nothing happens to his wife and child. "You love Lucía, right?" asks Santos. "It's difficult not to like her, Santos ," replies Antonio, "She is good and caring. She adores Toñito. She adores me. I will do everything possible to support her, to make her happy but love continues to be embedded in my heart." "Cecilia" says Santos. "Yes, Cecilia, always Cecilia," replies Antonio. Antonio offers a toast to the love that never dies.

DB has returned to El Miedo and she is as mad as a wet cat. Eustaquia asks what happened. DB says that Marisela won the case but she swears that she will never give up El Miedo. She says that the old DB is back. She tells Juan Primito to put food out for the rebullones. JP tells her that they died a long time ago. She tells him to revive them because this hacienda will return to the way it was before. This is the hacienda of fear.

Santos tells Antonio that Marisela doesn't want to love him because he lived with her mother for almost a year. She thinks that what he feels for her is a small reflection of what he felt for her mother. Antonio asks if that isn't true. Santos says no. Living with DB was a hell that he doesn't recommend to anyone. She was consuming him like she did with Lorenzo. He says that DB had a lot of traumas and hidden demons. Antonio asks if Santos doesn't love Marisela because she resembles her mother. Santos say no. Marsiela has some of DB's explosive temper and a few of her gestures are the same but in fundamentals, they are very different. Marisela is transparent, incapable of resentment. He isn't saying that sometimes he would like to strangle her for being so stubborn but he knows that he could live with her the rest of his life.

At this point Marisela comes up and says that she has thought about it and decided that she doesn't want El Miedo. She wants to return it to DB. Santos asks if she is crazy. They just spent a whole month fighting to get back what belongs to her, to fufill her father's wishes. Marisela says that the problem - it was her father's wish. She has never dreamed about the hacienda, the money, the cattle and not even the oil that has appeared. Antonio asks about the oil and Santos explains that oil has been found at La Chusmita. Marisela says that DB is suffering and she has caused it. "Santos," she says, "What's going on with you? Doesn't it hurt you to see DB like that?"

DB is telling herself that she will get revenge on everyone when she hears Lorenzo's voice saying that he is here to torment her day and night to get his revenge. Melquíades has armed DB's guys. DB tells BP that he has to decide whose side he is on. Melquíades tells the vaqueros that they are watchmen. Now, the war has started for real.

DB tells Eustaquia that she has lost everything - her hacienda and her one true love, Santos. Now Santos is her worse enemy. Eustaquia tells her not to talk that way. She should take time to think. DB says that there isn't anything to think about. Santos has left her for her daughter and now he has taken her hacienda, her lands, everything. Eustaquia urges DB to leave and start again somewhere else. DB replies that she won't leave her hacienda. She will wait for Santos here. She gets her gun out and says that before she has to hand everything over, she will kill him and herself.

Santos tells Marsisela that DB doesn't deserve her compassion. She has enough money to buy two haciendas like El Miedo. Marisela repeats that DB has lost everything - her hacienda and... Santos finishes her sentence by saying that she feels guilty because she is a sort of consolation prize for Santos after he left DB. Marisela denies that she is any kind of a prize and says that she hates Santos when he is so proud and insupportable. She turns to leave but Santos says that she has to stay until she understands that she has the right to claim what by law belongs to her - La Barquereña and his love. At this point Antonio leaves.

Pajarote tries to get Genoveva drunk again. She takes a glass but throws the contents on him and yells at him.

Marisela asks why Santos says that she has a right to his love. Santos starts to speak but Marisela interrupts and says that her final word is that she has the the right to give the hacienda to whomever she pleases.

Santos tells Antonio and Cecilia that Marisela has gone crazy. JP comes running up to report that DB has returned to El Miedo in a foul temper and is saying horrible things that have made JP run away. Santos leaves to prevent DB from doing something stupid.

Marisela interrupts Cecilia's prayers to ask where Santos went. Without Cecilia having to answer, Marisela figures out that he went to El Miedo.

DB, now dressed all in black, passes out cartidge boxes to her employees. She tells them to be vigilent. The war has started and she won't be taken from El Miedo alive.

BP starts to walk away and Melquíades jumps him with a knife asking where he is going. BP says that he is just to pee.

Marisela gets into the truck and says to herself that Santos thinks he can make decisions for her but he will find out who the real Marisela Barquero is.

Meanwhile Santos is sadddling his horse and saying to himself how stubborn and foolish Marisela is to reject the hacienda they just put so much effort into getting.

Fausto delivers an invitation for Pernalete to attend a gala party in San Fernando recognizing all he has done for Progresso. Both Josefa and Federica ask to accompany him and Fausto says that they both can go.

El Sapo tells the judge that Marisela needs a lot of help to recover what his hers. El Sapo says that he wants to send DB an eviction order requested by Santos. When the judge says that Santos hasn't requested any such order, El Sapo shows him a request signed by Santos and now we know why El Sapo wanted Santos' signature.

Santos rides to El Miedo. DB appears, shoots her gun into the air and asks what he is doing there. Santos says that they have to talk. DB points her gun at Santos and says that she doesn't have anything to to say to him. At this moment, Marisela is arriving in the pickup. DB fires and hits Santos who falls off his horse. Marisela jumps out the truck yelling Santos' name and saying the DB has killed Santos.

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From last night: There is a hubbub in the restaurant and slap-fest in the kitchen. Lulu thinks Eduardo is Don Juan Tenorio but Chayo's not impressed and gives him a purse whack. If he gets to see women when he wants then she can see guys when she wants!

It's the wedding day and everyone is present and dressed to the nines. The Abandonados are drinking, Jaime is nervous and it looks like his son (and a pal) showed up after all. The bride is lovely and her son his hot hot hot. Bigger-than-life size cut-outs of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band silently observe the festivities.

Hola mi amorrrrr! Alicia surprises Pato at the office. She shows him a necklace she'd like to have. "Yes, my little lice, whatever you want" he sighs. She bounds out of the office like a fiendish energizer bunny and he puts his face in his hands.

The rickety dude who's performing the wedding says the union is much more serious than what's on paper. They're going to celebrate a natural union, a zoological union (Que??? chimes the crowd), an animal union where the panther of the suburbs is marrying the dinosaur of Coyoacán. (Que?? chimes the recapper.) He sprinkles them with a wet flower and pronounces them marido y mujer.

Marissa pulls Candy and Santi aside to extract a promise from them, she wants them to forget each other for a bunch of good reasons. Santi wants to discuss it in private with Marissa but Candy pipes up "I promise!", so Santi promises too and they all three toast. Weird. When Mari goes to play with the kids Santi tells Candy he knows she had her fingers crossed.

The kids discuss grandparents and Chava wonders, if Beto's abuelo is Pat's dad then why isn't he Chava's abuelo too? Good question.

Rickety dude limps through the kitchen pretending to snoopervise but it's an excuse to drink all the booze, rub against Tina and stuff food in his pockets. Donato offers to pack him a lunch (itacate = packed lunch) but the dude prefers to cram his pockets and cheeks with food. Tina's pissed.

Santi tries to make a toast but rickety drunk dude gropes Isa and calles her his panther. He flashes the peace sign as Lalo leads our obligatory drunk wedding guest away.

Santi makes his toast and semi-graciously welcomes Jaime into the family.

Meanwhile Charly's new "friend" German heaves pebbles at Charly and lures him away from the crowd. He's got the goods and I think his plan is for Charly to buy the mota and then share the profits. Doesn't sound like the best plan to me. Good luck Charly.

Pato admits to his crabby mom that dad visited him for a couple of days and of course she thinks dad's got a lover. Whatever, she's here to visit Dr. Plastico and she heard Candy's alive. Pato confirms it and he manages to put a big smile on Crabby's face, she's got two grandsons!

The newlyweds kiss and celebrate and are ready to leave for their honeymoon. Isa is used to micro-managing the household and tries to give Santi detailed instructions on everything. She even thinks Marissa should stick around to help to see if she's up to running the household. Isa still doesn't think Mari's the one for Santi but it's too late for Candy.

Drunk rickety dude stumbles through their goodbyes, "make love not war, stop the war in Vietnam." I think I just figured out where Charly could get better drugs.

Santi tucks Lucia into bed VERY TIGHTLY. She has a question, has he ever (pretends to hold a joint and puffs)? He freaks until she assures him she's not smoking, but he knows how it is, right? This gives him the opportunity to give her a long PSA against drugs and peer pressure. Meanwhile Rocio's in a pipi holding pattern on the pot waiting for papa to provide the missing papel.

Charly meets German to receive the goods. He tells the guy he doesn't smoke pot he just wants to make some money, but before he knows it Charly's going to German's house to meet some girls and German's got some good s**t too.


Candy lolls around on her bed stuffing her face with popcorn and thinking she can't forget either Santi or Pato. Deja vu anyone? Mom in a flannel nightgown and cap joins her and has something to say that she's been wanting to share for some time now. She wants Candy to forgive her sister; Al is very unstable and will try to kill herself if Pato leaves her. I'm not sure what that has to do with Candy forgiving Al but Greg seems certain.

Several quick scenes at the Instituto, Candy's apple computer, Ceci wistfully watches Candy, Barb gets into an elevator and some guy, one of the Abandonados I think, joins her. He flirts but she cuts him short, she's been married twice, had lots of guys and he's not her type. Suddenly the elevator lurches and the lights go out. Barb freaks and the guy tries to calm her, somehow they both end up with flashlights. When the lights go back on her shirt is unbuttoned and his is off so he can fan her with it. "Thank you" she cries as she hugs him. The elevator doors open and Lulu gets an eyeful of Barb hugging the half naked guy. He hands Barb his card and quickly exits for his appointment with Dr. Plastico.

Lulu is impressed, she wants to be just like Barb. "What, claustrophobic?" asks Barb. "No, liberated" gushes Lulu as Barb quickly zips up her blouse.

Gregoria is mopping the floor at home when she receives a surprise guest, Pato's mom Margarita. Arturo told her everything (Greg gasps), that Candy is alive (Greg is relieved) and she has a grandkid. Margarita kisses Chava's photograph.

Isa calls Santi from her honeymoon to say she absolutely knows she is needed at home. I gather this isn't the first time she has called. Some honeymoon.

Charly and German talk about the best place for him to sell his mota, and that would be school of course. German comments how much the little blonde liked Charly, he used a condom, right? Because last year she got pregnant and it cost German some dough to get rid of the kid. Charly's impactado, she was his girlfriend? The friend keeps pressing, "were you careful, you were careful, right?" Charly reluctantly lies that he was. Oh dear.

Chava meets his new abuela and happily gives her a kiss and calls her Abi. Abi comments how much Chava looks like Arturo, he's got his eyes, doesn't he? Greg lies and says she hasn't seen Art's eyes. She needs a cup of tea.

Abi makes Chava sit on her lap and they discuss Soccer teams. Greg keeps pulling Chava away from abuela Abi and Abi pulls him away from abuela Gogo.

Santi is in consultation with his pal when a sobbing Hortensia tells him his novia called to summon him to the church so they can discuss the final details of their wedding, boo hoo. Santi's friend tries to console Horty by calling her baby baby baby and saying "Call me" in English. Then, in a sort of Spanglish he reminds Santi he doesn't love Marissa and it's a mistake to marry her.

Ceci fears that Candy is working too hard and Candy admits she's doing it to keep her mind off Santi. "You're anesthetizing yourself," Ceci observes.

Now we have a romantic Kany Garcia song (Hoy ya me voy amor) and some romantic flashbacks of Santi and Candy...he wipes dog crap in her hand, she wipes it on his face, they argue, they kiss, she cries, he consoles her, she tells him she's in love, Marissa announces she's very pregnant, Santi shows her the pendant. Back in the present she drops said pendant on the ground and vows she doesn't love him. Pato must have followed he because he picks it up a little later.

Meño waits for the elevator and Lulu joins him. She still wants to cure him even though he insists he's not sick. He escapes into the elevator not realizing he has just entered Lulu's most recent fantasy, love in the elevator a la Barb. Que barbara!

Candy's in the church praying again, she's confused and needs help getting Santi out of her head. She hears the wedding march play and Oh Crap she's in the same church where Santi and Mari are rehearsing! She quickly hides but Santi glimpses her. Mari hugs Santi as Candy and Santi gaze sadly at each other.

Charly's hangin with the homeys when Lucia strolls by. She loves him but she doesn't like him being around German and his bad business. Surprisingly she puts her foot down, if he sells drugs they're quits; she doesn't want to visit him in jail.

Instead of leaving the church Candy stands in her little corner praying loudly to the virgin, woman to woman.

Meño and Lulu burst out of the elevator. He tells her once and for all He Is Gay. Does she know what that is? She says it's a sickness, like alcoholism, and she's going to cure him. How many times are we going to beat this dead horse? Enough already!

Later on Lucia catches Charly flirting with her friends. "Charly!" she shrieks and boy howdy does he jump. One girl Daniela butts in, they're only buying a little pot, silly. This sets Lucia off, she says the silly people use drugs, the smart ones say no. She screams at Charly not to touch her, not to call her, he's dead to her!

Isa sneaks around her honeymoon hotel room with the phone. Jaimes sneaks behind her holding something. She doesn't see him so she tries to call home. Aha! Guess who's holding the unplugged phone? He scolds her for calling 17 times in the morning and 11 times after breakfast. OK fine, call home if you want to! And she does. At this rate they're going to beat Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney's short wedding record.

Lalo and Raul are practicing their hip moves again and frankly they are hilarious. Their ties are especially fetching.

Chayo tells her gal pals that Eduardo has promised to never see his girlfriend again. Ever. Candy advises her not to make up with him until she's sure. The telephone rings. Whoever do we suppose it is? Chayo's face falls, "You're a cynic!" she blurts into the phone. It was Eduardo's lover and she told Chayo to prepare herself because Eduardo is going to divorce Chayo and marry her. Candy does an about-face and advises Chayo that it could be a trick. "And what if it's not?" asks Chayo.

Lucia visits Meño at the restaurant. She needs to talk, she's not a gossip or a traitor but she's worried about Charly and Meño should know that Charly's bad. He wants to buy that damn moto so he's selling mota.

Tomorrow: Candy tells Santiago goodbye and they both cry. Lulu warns Candy to watch out for Marissa.

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I've moved a seat-of-the-pants recap Ibarramedia kindly left us in the comments) to the bottom of this post. Thanks, Ibarramedia!

Feo is hiding in front of the Doble E, but starts shooting and Juan and Oscar. Rosendo breaks down the door of the cabana, and the Doc, Rosendo and the three sisters find Gabriela lying on the floor in front of the coffin with her eyes open – they think she’s dead. The girls are screaming and crying for their Mamita, who hated. The shoot-out at the Not-So-OK Corral continues. Feo has a gun with never-ending bullets – the boys use rifles. Rosendo tells the boys the vieja (old lady) is dead.

Sarita and Jimena are inconsolable, Sofia tells Gabriela Acevedo to rest in peace. Sarita starts blaming the three of them for killing their mother. More crying.

Feo shoots a few more bullets then starts running down the path – Juan and Capricho run after him.

In the kitchen at the Doble R, Eva is catching Horty, Quinto and Eugenia up on how Sofia knows that she’s her mother. Fatima comes running in crying, and tells them Crabs is dead. Fatima was treated so poorly, could they be tears of joy?

The three couples are in the office at the Doble E (minus the 2 E’s). The boys still want justice for Feo. The girls say that Crabs lost her mind at the end. Sarita tells them that Fatima told her that Crabs left the big house with suitcases, but didn’t take any of her personal things. Sarita wonders out loud, what could possibly be in those suitcases? It’s so mysterious and weird. Jimena says it’s almost like Gabs planned her own death.

Out on the road, Feo attacks some random guy and takes off on his horse; translation: Mexican carjacking.

Eva shows up to console the girls – more crying. Eva tells the girls she loves them and that all three of them are her daughters. Doc Too Little Too Late comes in and says Sofia found a letter inside the coffin. Franco pulls Oscar aside and says he’s worried about Juan, out there alone chasing Feo.

Back at the Barranca of Libia’s death, Feo calls out for Juan, but when Juan sees him Feo pulls a gun on him. Feo says isn’t it curious how they’ve met up in Libia’s favorite place, the exact place where he killed Libia? Juan goes after him, but Feo shoots him in the arm. Feo kicks Juan and tells him how he’s killed everyone that’s ever gotten in his way. He tells Juan to prepare to die, and holds the pistol to Juan’s head – he pulls the trigger and nothing! No more bullets! The fight is on! Punching, choking, etc. Juan finally gets the better of Feo and like a crazy man holds Feo’s head under the water repeatedly until he thinks Feo is dead. Mighty Joe Juan Screams like a wounded animal! Libia! Libia! Out of nowhere Feo’s one-eyed helper shows up and hits Juan over the head – Juan falls unconscious. The guy helps Feo out of the water, Feo loves his new BFF for saving him. Feo picks up a shovel and brings it high over his head to finally deliver one last blow to kill Juan. The trumpets blare! Do doo dooooo! Officer Mutton Chops has arrived!!! He shoots at Feo but the bullet ricochets off the scoop of the shovel! Feo turns and sees the all the men, including Oscar, with their guns pointed at them – he says they’ll never find him and runs off into the night. Why didn’t they just shoot him????

Sofia starts reading the letter containing Gabi’s last wishes. Gabi wants no wake, and wants to be buried this very same night in the cemetery in the pueblo. She doesn’t want any changes to anything. It has to be just the way she’s written. The all agree to comply with her wishes, including Pad Tad. Jimena and Sarita are still crying.

Oscar, Juan and Mutton Chops come into the kitchen. They tell Franco that Feo got away, Juan has a superficial bullet wound, but his head hurts (Oh that Juan, he must’ve been thinking again!) Mutton Chops says all roads are being watched.

Feo’s changing into some spiffy new Mariachi duds that One-Eyed BFF has brought him. Feo tells him that if the damn gun hadn’t run out of bullets everything would have been different. BFF hands him a new coat and tells him if he hadn’t shown up in time Feo would have been dead. He also gives Feo a new gun with lots of extra ammo. Feo is so happy with his BFF I think he might want to kiss him. Feo tells him he’ll be very well compensated, but he has one more thing to take care of – Gabriela Acevedo’s last wishes.

We’re at the funeral in the church. Eva thinks to herself she’s forgiven Gabriela even though Gabi never forgave her, and hopes that G-d forgives Gabriela also. The girls continue to cry. Juan shows up and stands over the coffin. He says he and Gabi always hated each other, but once he and his brothers met her daughters they forgot about vengeance, but they still hated Gabriela more and more each day. He says she was responsible for the deaths of his parents and sister, Gabi never loved anyone, not even her daughters and that’s why she died alone and despised by everyone. He tells her he doesn’t hope she rests in peace, he says he’ll leave it up to G-d to give her what she deserves.

At the cemetery the black crow caws. They lower the coffin into the ground. Sarita and Jimena continue to cry. Feo watches from afar. They each throw a handful of dirt onto the coffin. Pad thinks to himself how Gabriela went without reconciling with G-d or her daughters. He asks G-d to forgive him for not being able to help Crabs. Feo’s BFF and the black crow watch from afar also. Pad prays.

Daybreak in Ciduad Serdan, and Sofia and Eva are walking through the Hacienda Minus Doble E. Sofia says she wants to go see her daughters, but Eva tells her there’s no rush, they’re well taken care of. By now the nuns are probably thinking they should’ve just gotten married and had sex if they were going to get stuck taking care of three rugrats all the time anyway! Sofia tells Eva she doesn’t ever want to be separated from Eva again. Ruh Roh. This is a bad sign. They get in the black SUV and Rosendo is taking them to the Hacienda Doble R, but there’s some sheep in the way. Rosendo gets out of the truck to shoo away the sheep when Feo comes up with a gun and konks Rosendo over the head, knocking him out. Feo comes over to the SUV with his gun and pulls Slofia and Eva out of the truck. Stupidfia, who should’ve locked the doors and jumped into the driver’s seat, offers Feo her bag, if it’s the money he wants. He says he doesn’t want her stupid money, he wants her! Eva says, “Yeah, over my dead body!” and Feo says, “Oh yeah!” and he shoots Eva in what looks like her heart, but she’s still alive. Sofia is holding her while Feo watches. Feo grabs Slofia and she tries to pull away but Feo konks her over the head and knocks her out also, while Eva screams don’t take her. Cut to Telepathic Juan, who tells Capricho that Sofia is in danger. Rosendo finally wakes up and rushes to Eva, she tells him what happened. Juan rides up, finds out what happened, and rides off to chase down the SUV. Capricho is going for the Triple Crown.

Feo is putting Sofia in the back of a wagon covered in black cloth. Juan continues the chase. Feo has taken Sofia to his little hideaway and she wakes up and remembers what happened. Feo restrains her. He tells her she’ll never see her mother again, she’s dead.

Cut to Eva in the dispensario. Rosendo says it’s all his fault. Doc says they’ll try to save her. Pad asks the statue of Jesus when will Feo stop hurting people, when?

Feo tells Sofia that everything is her fault. If she hadn’t despised him, none of this would have happened. He says he loved her. She says he doesn’t know how to love, only to hurt. She says she never felt anything for him, this really pisses him off. He says he knows how to love, and tonight he’s going to show her. She says no way, Juan will come and save her before that. Feo says Juan will never come between them again. – he tries to kiss her. Yuck.

Back in the Doble R kitchen, Juan is frustrated because he can’t find Sofia. Everyone gives him a pep talk and out the door they go again to search. Quinti is going to go and pray. Juan tells them about Eva.

Sarita and Jimena have come to see Eva. They tell her they need her, especially now. She has to be strong and recover.

Nightime. The Coffin Cam shows Crabs still resting peacefully, hands folded across her chest.

So anyway - I turned on the tv about 9:50 and saw:

• Juan had Fern (who had a very white bristly stubble all over his face) cornered under a tree and he aimed his gun at him, but Fern shot himself. Juan shot in the air many times in frustration. His brothers came. They discussed that fact that Fern was, yes, say it in unison, "bien muerto."
  
• Gabriela woke up in her coffin. She did not beat on the lid as I hoped, but she gasped a lot and called for Fern, but Fern did not come to let her out because he was "bien muerto." She gasped and gasped.
  
• Eva is fine, in her hospital bed, there was a love fest around her bed.
  
• Then the happy couples all promised each other that they would be happy forever. How anybody can ever say that with a straight face I dunno.

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Omar is awakened from his stupor by Blanca/Ivette and runs away scared.

JM goes to visit Onelia who Balbina says was sick earlier on in the day.

Omar runs to see Lirio/Marichuy and is saying that only she can save her. He thinks he is going crazy and that Ivette is perusing him.

Onelia tells JM that she feels dizzy and that her head hurts. She still cannot believe that Viv was capable of murdering someone. JM feels her pain, but it is what happened. He tells her to go see her doctor tomorrow. Onelia reminds him that she will leave his house on Sunday.

Omar awakens and Marichuy asks him if he feels better. He does and hopes that he caused her no problems with Amador because he stayed the night. She tells him not to worry about it; he did not see him come in. Omar asks did he not sleep here last night. Marichuy informs Omar that he never stays the night.

Eduardo and Beatrice are talking about Amador showing up at the baby’s baptism. Eduardo thinks that he wants her, but she tells him that he just wanted to cause problems. He doesn’t care for her or the baby. She wishes that he would just leave them alone. Eduardo tells her that there is only one way that he will leave her alone and that is to marry him.

Elsa is talking to Nelson who appears to be sleeping. She’s rambling on about Blanca and JM. When Nelson does not respond, she asks him if he is bored with her conversation. When he still does not reply she tries frantically to wake him up.

Beatrice tells him no that she cannot accept. She tells him that once Elsa is free… but all of a sudden Elsa runs up crying and asks Eduardo to help her because Nelson is not responding. Beatrice hugs her.

Marichuy thinks with Omar so drunk last night, he must have dreamt her up. Omar tells her that he remembers seeing Ivette in the garden earlier on that night. And he was not drinking then. Although she is far away in Europe somewhere. Maybe she died and that is why she appeared to me, but it seemed so real. I think I am going crazy and you are at fault.

Rocio goes to talk with Blanca and wants to know what is wrong. Blanca tells her that JM talked to her last night and she thinks that things are going to end with her and JM.

Marichuy says you blame me for what is going on with you? Omar says yes, for leaving me and making me live again all the pain of abandonment. Only you can save me. Only you can help me forget Ivette.

JM goes to check on Onelia again and she tells him that she still feels the same. He tells her that she must go see a doctor. Then dumbass JM tells her that if she needs a couple more days she can have it. Onelia smiles smugly.

Rocio wants to know why Blanca is saying that. Blanca tells her that JM found Marichuy again and now there is a baby. Rocio says what baby? “Did you not know that they have a baby together”, asks Blanca. Rocio is shocked and cannot believe it.

Ceci is looking for Marichuy’s apartment. She rings the doorbell and waits.

JM finally tells Rocio the complicated triangle involving himself, Marichuy and Omar. Suddenly Omar comes in and informs JM that he spent the night at Lirio’s/Marichuy’s.

Olga finally answers the door for Ceci with the baby in her arms. Ceci just stares at the baby.

Omar happily tells JM that there is nothing going on between Amador and Lirio/Marichuy. Rocio interrupts and tells JM that it is time for him to leave for Blanca’s therapy. JM tells Rocio to tell Blanca that he will be with her in a moment; he just needs to talk to Omar for a second. After Rocio leaves, JM asks Omar what he was doing at Lirio’s/Marichuy’s.

Marichuy rides her bike to Wal-Mart and starts buying toys for the orphans. She and a store clerk fill up a shopping cart full. (How is she going to get all that stuff in her little basket on her bike?)

Omar instead of answering JM’s question starts talking about Blanca. JM says that is not what I asked you. What I’m telling you has to do with your question responds Omar. I am suffering from hallucinations. I keep remembering a woman who I thought I had forgotten. I think I have told you about all this. Because of her I was late in helping a woman deliver her baby and they died. That’s why I moved to the hacienda. And it was Lirio who saved me. Did I tell you that I helped bring her baby into this world? (I wonder what in the world was in that coffee that he drank at Marichuy’s because he is bouncing from one thing to another)

Ceci asks Olga who the baby belongs to. Olga tells her that it’s Marichuy’s. Ceci becomes breathless and asks her to let her hold the baby since she knows that she is the grandmother.

Marichuy rides her bike down the sidewalk with a trailer thing at the end hauling all the toys she brought for the orphans behind her. She also brings fruit. The orphans are so happy along with the nuns.

Omar recounts the story of how he helped save Lirio/Marichuy and the baby’s life when she went into labor. He says God gave him another chance to save a life. Do you understand how she came to save my life? That is why I cannot lose her. That is why I keep seeking her out and why I want to be with her for the rest of my life. You don’t know her, but to know her is to love her.

Ceci is so happy to be holding Marichuy’s and JM’s baby. She asks Cande why she was not informed of the baby’s birth. Cande tells her that Marichuy did not want anyone to know about the baby. Olga is nervous and asks Ceci for the baby back, but Ceci begs her to let her hold him a bit longer. Cande tells Ceci that she needs to leave before Marichuy comes home.

Onelia tells Isa that she left the house so that JM thinks she went to the doctor. He’s falling into my trap so that I can stay at the house. Onelia wants to slowly destroy Blanca for murdering her daughter.

JM starts questioning Blanca about her childhood. Was it a happy one? Blanca tells him that her parents were good to her and they died when she was 16. JM asks her how her attitude was after they died. Did she ignore her studies, your interests or activities? No, she had to take care of her little sister who was 13. She was very innocent and very dependent on my mother. So I dedicated my life to her. JM asks her how her sister died. Blanca opens her eyes and does not want to answer the question. JM insists that she tell him so that he can help her. He again asks her how she died. Was she sick or did she die because of something you did? He keeps pressing and finally she yells out that her sister committed suicide and says no more. JM finally says the session is over and he wants her to rest, he will stay with her. He says to himself that she wants to be with Marichuy and their son.

Onelia pretends to be ill coming into the house and Mayita asks her what is wrong. Onelia tells her that the doctor she went to says that her blood pressure is high and gave her some pills to take. She tells Mayita that the reason she’s sick is because she does not want to leave the house and her. Mayita promises to visit her all the time wherever she’s at. Onelia reminds her that she sees her everyday at the castle.

Ceci comes in the living room excited and wanting to tell Patricio where she was just at. He rudely tells her that he knows where she was. He hopes that she was treated better then he was. Ceci tells him that they have a grandbaby. Patricio actually smiles while Estephania is pissed.

JM goes to visit Mayita in her room to say goodnight. She tells him that she cannot sleep without a kiss from him. He gives her one and she asks him why Onelia has to leave. She wants her to stay.

Marichuy and another guy are practicing another play. She misspeaks a word and Amador gets onto her. They continue, but Amador again stops them. He gives them pointers and tells them to start again. Marichuy asks him if they can stop because she wants to go home quickly. She has a funny feeling, but Amador tells her no. They have to finish practicing.

Cande begs the baby to go to sleep. She touches his cheeks and notices that he is burning up.

Eduardo tells Elsa’s parents that Nelson is not doing to good. Elsa’s parents worry about her.

Cande is crying and praying. She decides that Eduardo is the one to call and remembers that he usually hangs out with Elsa so she looks for the number in Marichuy’s address book. She calls and finds out Eduardo has just left. She then decides to call Omar. Balbina takes the message and goes to find Omar but comes across JM and tells him about the phone call regarding a very sick baby.

Marichuy is in the theater and gets a standing ovation. She walks into her dressing room with Olga talking about how Amador refused to let her go see her son before the performance.

JM storms into the apartment looking for his son.

Ceci talks to Patricio all about the baby and how wonderful she feels. Patricio brings her down with his dumb comments.

JM tells Cande that they have to give the baby a bath to bring down the tempeture.
JM has the baby on the bed and tells Cande that the bath seems to have helped bring down the tempeture.

Tomorrow: Olga tells Marichuy that the baby is sick and Omar finally finds out the truth.

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We open with Marissa not amused in the least bit at the face book shot Ali gave her, Ali offers to send them to her computer.


Candi and Santi finish their conversation, basically the same thing as usual, he’s getting married and going to have a boy and he says he’ll be th best pa ever, but the one he wants is her.

Gregi is cooking for Meno, he likes the food and gives her a job. He still wants to know who her boyfriend is.


Mari has flames coming out of her ears as she wonders what these two fakers are going to do when they see this.


Pau fights with Santi about getting to see Roci, she wants to get back the time she lost. HA! Santi reminds her she abandoned her. She says I’m still her Ma, she’s forgiven me so you should too. He says fine as long as she stops putting these things in her head about pa not loving her and she needs to go to NY and all that, it’s really bad. She agrees, thanks him and goes out.


Horty nearly knocks him out to hand him the photo his girlfriend left. You can guess what it is….

Mari now presents the same one to Candi and makes her feel bad for doing the same thing to her that her sister did, yeah it feels the same, remember it? Our “perfect princess” can say nothing and runs out sobbing. The sobbing continues for quite a while. She decides Mari is right and that she has to leave Mari alone to be with Santi. Mari on the other hand recharges her armaments to now deal with Santi.


While Candi is cleaning herself up in the bathroom, she notices the baby clothes in the trash. Of course Barbara comes in and wonders what she is doing with the gift she gave to Mari. Candi is perplexed. Now I would have ratted her out right then and there, but Candi lies (again, though this time it’s probably not to hurt Barb) and says Mari was showing them to her. I’m thinking, why would you throw them away in the common bathroom of your mutual workplace? Bizarre.

OK, so now it’s Santi’s turn to get chewed out and he tries to calm Mari down and tell her she matters. She gets faint and rejects him wanting to help her but he wants to check her out. She makes a face like maybe she’s ok after all, hard to tell.


Charly and Lu are at the mall with some buddies, the boys are making fun of Lu for being so serious about school, saying it doesn’t really help. Lu gets mad because Charly agrees. She stomps off with her girlfriends. One of the guys asks Charly if he really wants his moto, because if so he has a good business he’ll share. Ok, here we go, yes, it’s the wonder herb, definitely not above board. Ay yay yay, Charly is starting that slippery slide I fear.

Now Ali tortures Pato with the photo. She wants him to know Candi isn’t the same person he fell in love with. He says fine, well you’ve hurt me so there. She says she didn’t want that, despite how much she’s been hurt, she’s already lost all her dignity and she doesn’t even care if he sleeps with Candi, she only wants him not to leave her.

Zamora and Tono discuss that Lulu is going to be the fat armed one. Ton takes it literally, but Zam says that just means she’s going to flip out when she sees Greg in the kitchen. He also says that the school won’t accept him with the makeover Candi is doing. They whisper some stuff, so I guess a surprise is coming.


Ok this was weird. Candi finally goes into to talk to Mari and says she didn’t mean to hurt her, but Mari says eh, don’t worry. Santi is irresistible, it’ll change when we are married. I’m over it already. Huh? Ok, whatever. Candi busts her on the baby clothes, but Mari acts like she didn’t know where she left them and thanks Candi for saving them for her. Candi is perplexed.


We have a random scene in the kitchen to learn that tomorrow will be Izzy’s wedding. She gets a stiff neck, so must be she is nervous - seems to happen after Donato remarks she'll soon be going to live with Jaime.


Of course Lulu arrives and wants to know what Gregi is doing there. This breaks down into insults and a standoff with a knife, Lulu being called at fatty from Tlaquepaque, and Greg getting called something, maybe pulpista from the Plaza de Liberacion. I wasn’t able to record, so this part is from you tube without captions. If you did get it, feel free to let me know. The plaza is the big one we always see, here’s a great pic I took, and it’s a very public place so there's some sort of put down of street peddler or lurker or pidgeon, or something you might find in such a place. Anyway, Greg informs her this is not her kitchen now, so go, and persuades her with the knife. Lulu scampers off.





Mari is at Raul’s and wants him to read an article about how a woman was drugged woke up naked and the next thing she knew she was pregnant. He figures that she is suggesting he do the same thing to Candi and tells her she’s nuts. She responds that she thinks Candi needs some love and maybe he could be it. He says no way and shuts her up, but he might be thinking about this.
Everyone is outside of Izzy’s room including Jaime and it appears she really is having a nervous breakdown. She passes a note to her son that she suspends the wedding.

At home Candi and Ma are talking about the tossed baby clothes how strange it all is, and how upset Lulu was. Charly suggests that he wants a moto and no one likes that idea. The doorbell rings and it turns out to be Ali. It also turns out that Pato was there too and comes running down just then with Chava and playing lucha libre masks. Ali remarks how great that the whole family is there. She decides to tell Candi that Pato is innocent and that he was practically unconscious from drink. Candi doesn’t buy this though and Pato wants to leave, but Ali wants her family back. Candi says no. Pato escorts her out and Candi goes up to bed leaving whatever was on the table before pending.

Next we see Jaime freaking out , they call for a doc but Santi asks what he is , a firefighter? Jaime decides he doesn’t need that kind of doc help, and he’s fine. He wanders off and Santi goes in to see his crying ma. She loves Jaime but turns out she doesn’t want to leave her house and her family. Santi tells her he wasn’t for it at first, but if Jaime makes her happy then they should come to live in this house. They hug and he calls her his darling little old lady. She takes offense at this and he blames it on the Argentinos having a saying, but she says they aren’t Argentino so she wants him punished and kicks him out for being rude.

Ed and Raul are doing very nice hip moves to the tele and Raul suggests that maybe Chayo isn’t really putting the horns on, but instead is sending herself flowers to fool him. I liked watching them move their hips.

Jaime and Izzy make up and Mari shows up not wanting to sleep by herself, so she wants to sleep with Santi. He of course, standing in front of his daughters tells her she will sleep in the guest room and like it. She’s a little slow on the uptake, but eventually gets that they can sneak later.

Chava notes to Candi how long it’s been since he’s wet the bed. Hmmm, the Pato effect perhaps? Everyone says good night, and Candi asks for them to take Chava to school because she has her test very early. They talk about going to the wedding.

Chayo is happy she finally slept in the same bed with her husband for a change. Turns out he’s on the phone, but Candi tells her to keep playing the game and to tell him she’s occupied. She fears it may be too much, but goes for it.

Lalo tells Santi he was happy to spend the night with his wife. This happiness is forgotten quickly as he gets a call and gives a kiss, was it from his wife or lover? I think it was his lover because he makes an excuse of working a lot and that’s why he hasn’t called. He thinks maybe he’ll see her tonight, but Santi reminds him, no, he’s coming to his Ma’s wedding.

Mari goes into Candi’s office and sees that she is writing a diary on her computer and sits down to read it. Lulu comes upon this and decides to fake she heard Mari calling her. Mari says no, she was only turning off Candi’s computer because she left it on. Neither one believes the other and they give each other stink eye.

Lalo goes to the office to take Chayo out to lunch but he falls into a trap. I don’t get this, she was worried about not talking to him on the phone, but instead she fakes making out with a man and driving off to a restaurant making him follow her? Big leap there, sort of deserving of what happens next. She goes to Meno’s restaurant and of course Lalo follows and rushes in wanting to know where his wife is. He grabs Charly and fakes that he has a gun in his pocket. Meno tries to talk sense into him and learns his gun is the two finger barrel type and wonders what’s wrong. Chayo, who is boiling over at this point, comes out and proclaims that she’ll leave her guy if he leaves his girl. And the writers leave us until tomorrow.

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DB is concerned about the delay in proceedings. She asks her lawyer if the judge is buyable [methinks that if DB were up on her game, she would have explored this option earlier]. The lawyer says that the judge's reputation is that he can be bought. DB tells her lawyer to do it whatever it costs.
Marisela tells Genoveva that she can't see herself as the owner of El Miedo. Just thinking about it gives her the shivers (escalofrío). Genoveva tells her that she should think about what she can do to make staying there nicer - planting flowers and painting the rooms with pretty colors like birds. Marisela says that she isn't sure. The place has bad vibes after all the horrible things DB has done there. Genoveva says that soap and water and a blessing from the priest will get rid of that. Marisela says that it isn't only that. She continues to feel bad about putting DB out in the street. Losing El Miedo will be a big blow to her after losing Santos. Marisela says that DB is crazy about Santos. "Just like you," replies Genoveva. Marisela says that she has renounced Santos. Genoveva tells her not to follow Cecilia's example and give up her true love. "Besides," she says, "Santos is crazy about you." At that moment, Marisela receives her daily rose and love note from Santos.

DB's lawyer goes to the judge and offers him a bribe. The judge says that his decision isn't for sale.

DB's lawyer tells her that something strange is going on. The judge can't be bought.

The judge calls for the parties to make their closing arguments.


DB's lawyer gives his closing argument. He says that Marisela refused the gift of the hacienda when it was offered to her and there is no evidence that she was pressured to make that decision. Therefore, the property transfer document should be declared null and void.

MN tells his buddies that Bartolo is going to asks Altagracia to marry him and then he will lose her forever.


Andrés makes his closing argument. He says that DB is known throughout the Arauca for her sleazy business dealings. Then he points out the the property transfer deed signed by DB has no expiration date and this means than it is valid when Marisela signs even if it is a year later. He asks the court to declare that Marisela is the rightful owner of La Barquereña. The judge calls a recess before giving his decision. DB is furious with her lawyer because he didn't raise the Melénedez issue. The lawyer says that wouldn't have made any difference. Out in the hall, DB tells Marisela to withdraw the claim for the hacienda or she will accuse Marisela of killing Meléndez. Marisela tells DB that she won't withdraw the claim and she won't let DB blackmail her anymore. Marisela goes on to tell DB that she already gave a written statement to the judge about how Meléndez died so DB's blackmail won't work. DB tells her lawyer to do something. He says that there is nothing to do. They have to wait for the judge's decision.

Pajarote tells the despondent MN that it is two weeks since his pineapple (Genoveva) has been in San Fernando and he misses fighting with her. Carmelito tells MN that he has some interesting gossip about Altagracia. MN is all ears.

Bartolo manages to offend Melesio while asking for Altagracia's hand in marriage. Melesio tells Altagracia that marriage is a serious matter and she had better not come crying back to him. Once the priest gives his blessing, he won't accept returns of used merchandise. The vaqueros turn the tables on Altagracia. Instead of being angry with Bartolo for getting engaged to Altagracia, they congratulate him and tell him to never stop talking to Altagracia. That is what she likes.

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Oy. Not only do I have no captions tonight, I’m also getting a weird echo effect such that every scene sounds like it’s taking place in a crowded party. I guess this is my chance to find out how I do without training wheels. Even more than usual, everyone please offer any corrections or clarifications.

Again: Juan Miguel is at the apartment and wants to see Marichuy. Cande tells him she isn’t at home and she was very clear that there is nothing between her and JM anymore. JM says there most certainly is; there is a child. Cande is impactada.

Onelia returns to the castle and pretends to be civil to Balbina. I think she asks her to take her suitcase to her room because she isn’t going to go stay with her sister. Balbina says she’ll get to it, and goes back to her dusting. You can tell Onelia is just dying to scream at her for not hopping to do her bidding immediately, but for some reason her current evil plot requires that she act nice so she bites her tongue. Then she fakes some medical emergency so that Balbina will rush to her aid.

Juan Miguel waits in Marichuy’s dressing room to surprise her. He asks why she lied to him and said the baby was Amador’s, and why she ran away and hid from him. She says she did it because of love.

New: Marichuy says some stuff to Juan Miguel about why she left. This is hopeless; I can barely understand Marichuy when there isn’t an echo. Based on the words I picked out of that garble, I’m going to guess that she tells him what we already know about why she left, which is that with Viv back they couldn’t be together so she wanted to forget about him. At any rate, she doesn’t look like she’s lying or angry; maybe a bit melancholy and like she still loves him. Glycerine tears of pure dolor run down Juan Miguel’s cheeks.

Balbina and the manservant, whoever he is, help Onelia onto the sofa, where she stages a woe-is-me display and whines breathlessly about all the stress she’s had lately. They help her stagger to her room.

Rocío visits Ceci and tells her she’s managed to find Marichuy’s address. Ceci is delighted.

Finally, Marichuy has slowed down a bit so I can understand her. She tells JM that she wanted to reconcile with him, and that she went to his house to do that and to tell him about the baby, but before she could say anything he just announced that they didn’t need a divorce and told her to leave, because Viv was alive. JM looks sad at the memory, and bats his pretty eyelashes.

Elsa plays with Beatriz’s baby while Nelson looks on and once again laments that they didn’t have a child together. He’s sad that he’s dying and leaving her with nothing except memories. Elsa is comforting and tells him not to keep thinking like that; they had some beautiful times together. He asks her forgiveness for having been so egotistical. The bee alarm alerts them to Amador’s presence. He’s lurking behind the window waving and grinning obnoxiously. The baby immediately commences crying.

Blanca is sitting on the front steps at the castle, waiting for Rocío to come and take her shopping. Balbina brings her a refreshing beverage, which she accepts very graciously, with an excess of thanks and compliments on its deliciousness, so we can’t miss how sweet and kind Blanca is. A car drives up, but it is Omar, not Rocío, so Blanca freaks out and decides to wait elsewhere. Omar brilliantly deduces that he makes Blanca nervous, but Balbina says no, she’s always timid around strangers.

In her room, Blanca thinks about why she’s so stricken by him, and realizes why the fact that his name is Omar is significant.

Marichuy says that JM just wanted to be rid of her, etc. He says she should have been honest with him and told him everything. Oh, that’s rich. “Why?,” she asks. “You had your family all back together; what would you have done about me?” I think she mentions that Viv was pregnant, so they must have been back together for real.

Amador torments poor sick Nelson and bugs Elsa and tries to stop her from taking the baby for his nap. He wants to look at his son. The baby giggles, and Amador probably thinks the kid likes him, but I’m pretty sure BabyEd is just laughing at Amador’s stupid hairdo. Amador asks what the baby’s name is, and Elsa says Eduardo. Amador is impactado, as though he didn’t really believe that Beatriz would do that.

Juan Miguel tries to tell Marichuy how things really were with Viv, but she doesn’t want to hear it. He says he kept trying to find her, but she points out that when she called, he didn’t tell her that Viv was dead (and for real this time); she read it in the newspaper. Even so she wanted to return to him and introduce him to his son and fight for them to be together again, but when she saw him he was already engaged again. Juan Miguel looks bewitchingly sad. And also like he’d be up for a passionate makeout session. However, Marichuy leaves.

Back at the castle, Blanca is pulling new purchases out of shopping bags. Things with colors and shininess. From the balcony, she sees Juan Miguel drive up. Wait, Blanca’s room has a balcony? I always thought it was a terrace where Ivett was sneaking in and out.

Mayita is in the living room doing homework when JM enters. He admires his beloved daughter and gets all emotional about how much he loves her and now he has a son to love, too. He kisses her and hugs her as she laughs and squeaks. Blanca comes in and Mayita leaves. Blanca tells JM he seems worried, but he says it’s nothing. She asks how his arm is (you know, where SHE SHOT HIM) and he says it’s fine. Then timid Blanca tries to get a little affectionate with her husband-to-be…in the form of gingerly brushing his cheek with her fingers, reaching over from where she’s sitting WAY on the other side of the couch. Onelia walks into the foyer behind them and is shocked by this outrageous display of passion. She thought bubbles that they MUST have plotted to kill Viv and once again vows revenge. Even her hair doesn’t want her here, though; it’s trying to form wings and fly her away. The hair stylist on this show is perhaps a little too enamored of the sticking-up styling gel. Maybe Televisa bought a truckload of it after they ran out of the “Televisa Red” hair dye that everyone used to use. Blanca asks Juan Miguel if he’ll be home for dinner. She hopes he’ll like the new clothes Rocío picked out for her. He says he’s sure he will and smiles sadly. He leaves. Isn’t he supposed to be giving her therapy?

Marichuy sits at home thinking about her chat with JM. Padre Anselmo drops by for a visit. She asks him why he didn’t tell her the gossip about Juan Miguel (I think).

Our brilliant shrink has blown off therapy with the part-time homicidal maniac living in his home in favor of going out for coffee with Dr. Ed. I love Eduardo as much as the next person (or much more, probably), but come on, JM, priorities. JM blathers about how he doesn’t know what to do; he wants to be with Marichuy and their baby but it would be mean to throw out Blanca, who is so nice and good with Mayita. Ed reminds him that he promised to cure Blanca, but neglects to point out that JM doesn’t have to marry her in order to be her shrink. Heh, maybe JM really believes that being married to him is the cure for all that ails a woman. Not that it worked for Viv.

Onelia is pacing furiously in her bedroom, but remembers to act sick when sweet Mayita comes in to ask how she is. Onelia says she’s really sad that she’s going to have to leave (at first I mistyped that as “she’s really sad that she’s going to LIVE”…Freudian-slip projecting on my part, maybe), and she’s going to miss Mayita so, so much. She’s all she has left of Viv, and of course she really loves her granddaughter. Just because she’s been an abusive witch to her for the poor child’s entire life doesn’t mean she doesn’t love her. Onelia didn’t phrase it quite like that.

Omar and Blanca cross paths in the foyer and Omar asks Blanca why she’s so scared of him. She squeaks like a mouse and runs away. Omar looks at her like, “what a weirdo.”

Padre Anselmo tells Marichuy that JM wants to marry her and be a good father to the baby. She argues that he said he’s going to marry another woman. PA is all, “saying and doing are not the same.” They argue about the seriousness of her lies, and PA isn’t going to put up with them anymore. Go, Padre! He tells her she needs to adjust her attitudes about a lot of things, not just JM and the baby, but also her parents, because other people have feelings, too. She doesn’t look like she believes it. Marichuy tells him that she knows Ceci is her mother. PA is impactado.

Ceci clutches the paper with Marichuy’s address and is blissful that she’s going to go see her daughter tomorrow.

Mayita visits Granny Mariana in Twinkleland and tells her that she’s sad that her grandmother is leaving, because she loves Onelia in spite of everything. GM says she’s proud of her for being so generous, and surely she’ll get to see Onelia again.

JM is still carrying on to Ed about how he doesn’t know what to do about Blanca. Ed’s like, well, you have to treat her. I think he also tells his dim buddy that he can’t stay engaged to her and he has to tell her about Marichuy and the baby. I think he also asks something about how Marichuy feels about Blanca but I couldn’t make out exactly what he said over the background noise. JM cannot process this much thought, so he just looks handsomely tormented. His hair looks scared.

Marichuy tells PA that she saw Juez Velarde and he confirmed that she is their daughter. PA asks how that chat went and she says he’s the same as always, hard on her and proud and stubborn. Sound like anyone else you know, Marichuy? She insists that she doesn’t need them, and she wants JM to leave them alone, too. PA sighs like he’s going to have to ask for another priest to cover the rest of his duties because straightening out Marichuy is going to be a full-time gig.

Blanca is wearing a new purple dress and admiring herself in the mirror. Oh, goodness, Rocío has worked her hem curse on it. The thing is way too short. She debates wearing the glasses, and ends up taking them off. She revels in her freedom and tries to reassure herself that she’s safe there and nothing will happen to her.

Omar loiters looking out the window and dreaming of Lirio. He sees Blanca on her balcony and, without the magic Clark Kent glasses, immediately recognizes her as Ivett. Impossible!, he says, and looks alarmed. JM sees him and asks what’s wrong, and he says he’s seen a ghost. JM looks at Blanca preening. He walks around to her room and tells her they need to talk…about the two of them. His hair is freshly shocked for the occasion.

Stefi and Isa sit in a bar with fruity drinks and whine about the misfortunes that have befallen their wicked plans. Their one bright hope is that Onelia is plotting to get rid of the institutriz (but also JM, so I don’t know how that helps them.) They’re boring, but the bartender is kind of cute.

JM tells Blanca that he has found his Marichuy and they have a son. Blanca asks whether he still loves her. He twitches.

Omar goes to the apartment and tells Cande he wants to see Lirio. He wants to know why she’s always out with Amador when he comes by in the evening, and why she leaves her baby alone. Cande objects to the “alone.” He gives Cande the phone number for the castle, where he may be reached. I think he says he’s going to go find Amador and do something to him. Or maybe he’s going to get drunk. Maybe both. He storms out, and Cande is all aflutter that it’s like a Mexican film.

Blanca is very understanding about the whole situation, and says that of course JM wants to be with Marichuy, because he loves her more than he loves Blanca and they have a son. JM goes to great lengths to reassure her that it’s not a matter of loving her more; they’re very different kinds of love, etc., etc. Blanca is like, I get it.

Omar sits in a bar getting drunk and worked up. He flashes back to past arguments with Amador to fuel his anger. He drinks more.

JM tells Blanca that it’s not as easy as she thinks, because Marichuy tried to hide the baby from him and wants to keep him to herself. He says that he is going to be a good father to the baby…I think he implies or says something about not necessarily getting back together with Marichuy and that he and Blanca can stay together. Did I get that right? Blasted slurry echoing sound problems and no captions are making this very difficult. Get it together, Univision! After JM leaves, Blanca says to herself that he’s going to leave her.

Omar staggers drunk into the castle. I hope he took a taxi. He falls asleep in a chair. Ivett’s bejeweled-sandaled feet slither in, accompanied by the rest of her tarty self. She caresses his face and kisses him and speaks French, and when he awakens with a start he has flashbacks and freaks out and runs away. Ivett looks smug.

Onelia once again has to jump into bed and act faint when she hears a knock at her door. It is JM. He says something but I can’t tell you what it is.

Marichuy is awakened by incessant doorbell ringing. When she opens the door, Omar flings himself at her and says she’s the only one who can save him. He thinks he’s going crazy, because Ivett is after him.

Avances: Omar returns to the castle and tells JM he slept over at Lirio’s place. JM is absolutely delighted to hear that. Well, maybe the opposite.

Sorry, no vocabulary tonight; it was all I could do to decipher the words I know.

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