Caray, Caray!

From Yesterday:
The doctor comes to work on Juan’s leg. They find they have common beliefs.

Rod and Leo are talking. Rod gives his take on love. Leo reminds him a little too eagerly that whatever he needs, all he has to do is ask.

Regina enters her room to find Aimee playing possum. She ponders who Renato could have confused with her.

Renato in his room. He remembers Regina’s words. He thinks she’s lying. Why? Why? Aimee is so different. He sits up suddenly.

Aimee is dreaming of Juan. This will be the last time. She sits up and says he’s gone, he abandoned me. Why?

Meanwhile Juan is in the Love Cave thinking about Aimee.

Aimee sits up and calls out his name. Renato calls out Aimee. Regina calls out Renato.

Tonight:
The maid brings Santos something to eat. She gets after him for exerting himself. He asks her to wait. Don’t leave. He’s got a present for her. She is excited about it but not sure she can accept it. He convinces her to take it. They make goo goo eyes at each other. Curly and the Parrot show up and interrupt the two love birds with a giggle. Pedro shows up and says get a move on we have stuff to do.

Aimee is making herself beautiful. Regina shows up and startles her. I’m surprised you are up so early since you were out running around until all hours of the night. Aimee says she likes to be alone. But after that? I looked for you everywhere and you could not be found. Aimee says the Finca is a prison for her. This “carcel” is your home (hogar). Aimee thinks she can convince Renato to move elsewhere. Regina says that Renato will never abandon the land. Why don’t you confide in me and tell me the truth. You went to look for this man Juan del Diablo. Dun, dun, dun!


Back at the Love Cave--Gabe thinks Juan should go back to the house. Juan says no way Jose. They are arguing about it when the gang shows up and fills him in on what’s going on. They say nothing has been said yet. Nobody suspects they were responsible. Juan thinks that is good.

Aimee is getting annoyed with Regina. Enough already! I broke it off with Juan. Are you satisfied? Regina says she is just concerned for her. Regina says when she was out looking for Aimee in the garden she ran into Renato. He was acting really strange. What was he doing? He was out walking on the beach looking for you. That gets her attention but she says it was you he saw you were the one walking on the beach. Of course it is your bad nerves. Now you don’t remember what you are doing. Regina says you are crazy… Rosie shows up with some towels. Aimee dismisses her and says thank you we don’t need you right now. But wait, Regina wants to ask her a question--Did you see me leave last night? You can see Rosenda pondering her answer but I’m pondering how does she keep her boobs from falling out of that blouse?

Leo walks in on Rod in the bathtub. Ack! Now I have to poke my eyes out! She is overcome with--something. (Viewerville is overcome with nausea.) He looks at her like “que the hell! “ She hurriedly leaves the towels and closes the door. She looks like she might swoon with delight at seeing her Hot Bod Rod sitting naked as a jaybird in the bathtub. Groan…

Rosenda answers that last night you entered the house and practically ran to your room. You didn’t talk to anybody. Aimee says see what did I tell you? Regina says it can’t be. You are mistaken. Aimee says now will you leave me in peace? Regina leaves crying. Rosenda looks at Aimee and you know she’s thinking that Aimee owes her a big time. Aimee thanks her “for telling the truth” with some perfume. Rosie assures her that she is at her service whenever she needs her. Which really means “soon I will have enough info to blackmail you with.” Aimee thinks to herself “Regina you are in my hands. Nobody imagines that it was me dressed like you going out. Not even Renato knows the difference.” Oh boy! That sounds like trouble.

Noel is talking to Renato. He’s telling him what went on at the dinner table. Noel says that Rod hauled off and smacked Regina. He goes on to say that Regina is so sensitive. Renato says back up Pops, I used to think that about Regina but she is not what she appears. He doesn’t want to say anything, and you can’t say anything to anybody, but last night he went to look for Aimee and saw Regina on the beach. Noel says no way that could happen Renato says oh but it did. When she returned to the house I was waiting for her. She didn’t see me. Are you sure it was her? (Now really Noel, how could you miss her she glows in the dark.) You can’t be right. It was Regina.

Leo walks in and startles Regina. Leo wants to know what is up. Regina wants to know if there has ever been any family history of madness?

Pedro and Santos are talking to the fisherfolk. They are showing them the money. If they discover it we will be up a creek without a paddle.

Rod is just finding out that his shipment went missing. How could there not be any sign. Well, we’ve never had this problem before. Perhaps they were PIRATES. Rod doesn’t believe it. Bandits maybe, but not PIRATES. Nobody knew about it. The soldier says they are not at fault. They have always been faithful. Remember when we took care of that little matter regarding Juan de Dios? Do you think that I am in your hands? Oh no, we just want to remind you of the “favors” we have done for you in the past. We don’t bite the hand that feeds us. FF>>

Leo confides in Regina that her sister was crazy. Oh no! Regina is shocked and looks with doe eyes at Leo-- Do you think that the madness can be passed from parents to children? Leo says oh, of course. Regina falls for it hook, line, and sinker. Ok, now I want to smack her. Regina has some things to do and wants permission to take Clemencia with her. Why does a grown woman need permission to do anything? Leo doesn’t want anything to upset His Royal Majesty. Leo warns Regina that If something happens to Rod it is all her fault. Leo dreamily remembers seeing her big hunk of man sitting naked, exposed and vulnerable in the tub. Ah, what could have been. Sigh…

Rod is questioning the crew. He wants to know what happened to the shipment. The poor guy said they were like ghosts. Like PIRATES. Rod tells the guys they are good for nothing. Get out of my sight. Damn bandits. (Hey, but they could have been PIRATES.)

Gossip is spreading through the town.

Juan is still in the Love Cave. Gabe brings him some water and food. He says the gossip is that PIRATES are afoot. Juan laughs. He tries to talk with his mouth full. Nice. He asks Gabe about Estrella. Gabe loves her. What will you do if she doesn’t exist? She does, I held her in my arms, I kissed her. My opinion is that you should look for Jimena and tell her the truth. It’s not possible. Go find her. Like Mr. I Love You--But Now Not So Much is the one to give love advice.

Regina is talking to Jimena and Clemencia. Jimena says she needs her freedom. I think Regina is worried about her going back to the camp. She wants Renato or her father to go with her. Jimena says no it’s ok. The girls decide they will go with her to just outside the camp.

The doctor is thinking about Juan and what they talked about. How strange. Renato shows up and the doctor tells him he’s been thinking about Regina. Renato asks him if he likes Regina. Duh! Renato says he’s not really the one to talk to. He needs to talk to Rodrigo. Pablo says if she accepts him he would love her for every. Renato says that Regina has changed a lot. I’m not sure what he says after that.

Regina and Jimena and Clemencia go back to the camp. Regina makes Jimena promise that she will find them if she needs help. Jimena runs back into the gypsy camp. Everyone is glad to see her. Especially Servando. He sneaks up behind her and grabs her. What a slime ball. The other men stand around and laugh. (don’t even get me started.) Gabe saves her. He gets in to a knife fight with Servando. Which might not have been the best idea considering he’s good with knives and all. Servando draws first blood but Gabe finishes it with a really nice take-down. Jimena pleads for him to not kill him. He’s not worth the trouble (no vale la pena). Gabe tells him that he was saved this time so he’d better leave her alone.

Gabe and Jimena go for a walk. She is grateful to him. I’ll always be your friend. Estrella is not important. He helps her over a log and gazes wistfully into her eyes. He tells her he loves her-- as a friend of course. Whatever. How much do you love her? More than you can know. Do you want to help me. Sure. She reads his palm.

Juan is still in the cave with his leg all bandaged up. He remembers the woman with the veil and can’t figure out why he is drawn to her. He remembers touching her. Why does she move me?

MdR is in her cell when the white dove flies in. She looks happy to see it. An Angel…she remembers touching Juan’s face. She says it is you. It is you coming for me. But I can’t go. I can’t abandon my son. I can’t. I can’t.

Aimee thinks it is a fine idea to dress like Regina to look for Juan. Let pobrecita’ Regina take the fall. She dons the habit and sneaks out the window. Looks like we are in for another episode of Everyone Hates Reggie.

Juan and Gabe are talking in the Love Cave. Gabe is worried about his leg but Juan says don’t worry about me. You need to get some rest. Juan says they can’t be seen together. If someone asks he should say that Juan will be back soon or whatever he wants.
I will obey your orders because you are right.

Regina is looking for Aimee. Again, she’s not here. Hey check your closet dumbass. A light bulb goes off in her little pea brain. It is Aimee they saw, not me! Ya think? Oh, no, that is seriously not going to happen. I will not permit it. Regina looks in somebody’s room. She searches the rest of the house. Where is everybody? She goes out on the grounds. She goes back into the house. She runs into Renato. He needs something but she is busy. He wants to ask Aimee something. She gets all jumpy. Regina runs into Clemencia. She tells her that Renato is looking for Aimee and she’s not here. Clemencia says what can we do?. I say rat her out and let her face the music. You know she would do that to you without batting an eye. Regina tells Renato that Aimee is indisposed. She’s resting. Tomorrow she will be better. Renato doesn’t want her to go. He wants to talk to her. Please. She looks pensive.

Leo wants to know why Clemencia is standing guard. She says Aimee has a bad headache. Oh, great, Leo will go get her herbs.

Renato wants to read a poem to Regina. (How can you resist those eyes.) She sits down as he begins to read. FF>>

Aimee enters the Love Cave to find a fire going and Juan is asleep on the floor. He thinks it is Regina. She says it’s me, Aimee. She says she used it to get out of the house and find him. She can’t live without his kisses, his hugs. He pushes her away. Get out. She doesn’t get it. Why are you saying this. I need to know if it is true that you are gong. Are you going to abandon me? Yes. I’m leaving and I will never come back. Why? Why? He tells her she is his worst enemy. Aimee looks shocked.

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We start where we left off yesterday: Jorge is getting nostalgic at the hacienda. “It’s been so long since I was here. So many memories!” Meanwhile, Chavez is making his way towards the hacienda in the company of two of his lady friends from the strip club. They are in the stripper version (or Halloween version) of a maid’s uniform and a cop uniform. Naughty Maid and Naughty Cop are tired of the strip club clients who treat them disrespectfully. Chavez plans to not only treat them with respect, he will treat them to a night of loving and passion in his Paraíso Erótico- the hacienda.

Back at Doña Dolores’ restaurant, the dance contest is about to get started. Dodo and con man Martín flirt with each other and are joined by….hey! Isn’t that Paula from Gancho?! Yes, it is. Looking quite fetching in a sexy black and silver mod dress, and missing her cute glasses. But I digress..

We get a look at some of the couples who will be competing:
-Dandy convinces Susana to be his dance partner by assuring her that her chakras will thank her and that she will emerge from it with a purer/cleaner spirit.
-Claudia is nervous because her partner, Rafa, is still missing. Dandy assures Claudia he will show, as Rafa loves to dance. He reminisces about the time he and Rafa practiced their dance moves at Autos Siglo and were busted by Ale.
-Marino has partnered with one of the sales floor models and is sporting a special wig for the dance contest. Both the wig and his dance moves are an homage to John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever-over the top and cheesy. He is sure HE is going to win. Where have we heard this before?
-The General and Bebe are teaming together, but she wants to be sure he is healthy enough for the competition. He does a few stretches to convince her, but ends up hurting himself instead.
-Rosaura looks down her nose at the dance competition, especially when she sees Trapito and his partner go dancing by, and brags about the oh so fancy and fabulous dance parties she attended in Miami. “There weren’t any Nacos there. All the best people attended like the Estefans…” (Now I see why she doesn’t have a partner.)
-Jimenez actually brings his wife Elvira! She wants them to dance till they drop, and they’d better win, or else. She decides she will lead.
-Marino spins his partner and himself right into the waiting arms of dance partners B&V, who don’t mind at all. Marino, however is very disturbed.
-Ovi and Pepeto are paired together, but for a moment, after Trapito and his partner (one of the sales floor models) bump into them, it looks like there will be a partner switch. Trapito eyes Ovi (obvio!) and Pepeto eyes the sales floor model.

Back at the hacienda, Chavez and Naughty Cop and Naughty Maid are enjoying a drink at the bar in the pool house. The skirt on the cop is cut so high, and her thong undies are so small, that Univision feels the need to blur her derriere, and for once I am in agreement with the censors. Naughty Maid freaks herself out a bit talking about ghosts, as she’s always imagined that places like the hacienda have lots of ghosts wandering around.

Upstairs, Jorge’s in his jammies and tucked into his bed. Rosario calls his cell and wakes him up, wanting to know why he decided to spend the night at the hacienda. Jorge’s reply (like any good teenager): “Because I wanted to. What’s the problem? See ya tomorrow.” As he hangs up, he hears some party music. Could it be his imagination? Ghosts?

Well, I don’t think Jorge has EVER imagined the scene that is happening right then downstairs in the pool house. And ghosts don’t tend to wear sexy costumes and writhe suggestively on couches. Chavez has a lot of love to give, and he’s decided to give it to his amigitas one at a time. He takes Naughty Cop to another part of the house where she can “take his statement.” Naughty Maid decides to amuse herself by taking a dip in the pool while they are away. She takes off her stockings, then her dress (And I am horrified to see that not only do her bra and panties not match her costume, they don’t match each other! Striped cotton panties with a satin fringe bra. Que?), but she leaves her maid’s cap on, and jumps into the pool. She turns around mid swim to find a very confused Jorge staring at her. “Señorita, who are you?” Naughty Maid thinks her worst nightmares have come true. She calls him a ghost and then lets go a pretty impressive, blood curdling scream.

Back at the dance competition, Lorena Enriquez (she’ll forever be Gancho Paula to me) is announcing the start of the competition and introducing herself. Not only is she some famous tv show host, she’s Martin’s cousin. Claudia jumps on stage to try to stall the start of the competition as her partner has not yet arrived. Just then Rafa runs in and hops on stage. He and Lorena look each other over, and they both like what they see. She calls him guapo and starts some heavy duty flirting. Looks like Claudia has decided to play the role of Vicky tonight, as she jealously puts an end to this and cuts between Rafa and Lorena.

When we transport back to the hacienda, we see that Jorge and Naughty Maid have become fast friends. She introduces herself, “Yadira, mi amor!” Jorge thinks Miamor is an odd last name. Lol! He then introduces himself with his full name and as owner of the hacienda. He thinks she’s the maid- the real one. This whole time Jorge is sitting in a patio chair next to the pool, while Yadira shows off her cleavage and flashes her other goodies while cavorting near the edge of the pool. Sweet, innocent Jorge is just tickled that he found such a nice, amusing young lady to hang out with. Chavez’s time with Naughty Cop is not quite so wholesome, and he catches sight of Jorge and Yadira from the balcony above the pool. He motions to Yadira to keep quiet about his presence, and he and Naughty Cop try to sneak by Jorge.

Chavez manages to scurry quickly behind the bar, but Jorge sees Naughty Cop. “Ah, you must be the other employee (empleada)! And from the looks of your uniform, you’re part of the security team.” Lol! Chavez peeks from behind the bar wondering how he’s going to get out of this mess.

The dance competition begins and we learn the prize is 15 days of eating and drinking free at Dodo’s. (Univision had some strangely long commercial break and we came back mid scene, so some other prize might have been missed by me.) Commence the dancing!

Dodo’s tiny dance floor is so packed that almost as soon as everyone begins dancing, they all start bumping into each other. Eventually they all go tumbling down like dominoes. Dodo has a fit and yells that none of them are doing it right. (Most times things are much better in our imaginations than they turn out to be in reality.) Super Rafa saves the day (of course), by suggesting they do the competition the way they do on Canal de las Estrellas. Each couple dances one at a time and are judged one at a time (like Dancing With the Stars). Lorena is impressed. Not only is Rafa handsome, he’s also wise! Claudia puts on her Vicky hat and jumps in to cool Lorena’s jets.

While Rosario is worrying about Jorge and all the painful memories he must be encountering at the hacienda, we see Jorge drinking and laughing with the Naughties, while they dance on the table and couch and kiss him on his cheeks. He asks them how long they have worked at the hacienda, who hired them, how do they get paid? They stall and fudge their answers until the sleeping pills they slipped him take effect. Once he’s asleep, Chavez enlists the help of Chucho and another hacienda worker to carry Jorge upstairs and tuck him back into bed. Chavez is sure when he wakes tomorrow, he will think it was all a dream. He then warns Chucho to not say a word. “Nothing happened. You saw nothing.”

The dance competition at Dodo’s is in high gear. Each couple takes their turn and is judged on a scale of 1 to 10 by Lorena.
- Maicol Yakson takes the floor solo. He does a perfect impersonation of Michael Jackson, moonwalk and all, and leaves the crowed impressed. Score: 9
- Ovi and Pepeto do a merengue. There’s plenty of heat, but it’s all really coming from Ovi. Score: 7
- Marino and Yadira (sales floor model, not Naughty Maid) dance the Saturday Night Fever hustle to “I Will Survive.” They’re doing pretty well and he almost succeeds doing the lift-spin, but then spins himself and Yadira right into the crowd. Score: 9
- Buga and Amador (hey, now we know their names!) have a lot of fun doing their dance, whatever it is, and are a crowd favorite. But they only score a 5.
- Jimenez and Elvira dance a slow one to “Besame, Besame Mucho.” I don’t think they do badly, although they struggle with the lifts. Score: 5. (Mrs. Jimenez is NOT pleased.)
- Susana and Dandy take a blast from the past and bring out some fun vintage dances (the Watusy, the Swim, the Mash Potato, etc.) to “”Wooly Bully.” Score: 9. Susanna is so excited that she hugs Dandy (hmmmm…)
- The General and Bebe dance to a slow tempo cha cha. The crowd loves them, but they only score a 7.
- Trapito and Noemi dance to the “Lion Sleeps Tonight”, but apparently Trapito lands more like an elephant each time he leaps from one end of the dance floor to the other. Noemi and Lorena seem to appreciate his efforts and they score a 9!
- Dodo and Martin look like they’re square dancing, but it gives them a chance to flirt some more. Score: 9
- Ramirez and Tally seem to be dancing to two different songs. She’s doing some sultry Latin moves, and he’s pulled out some vintage hip hop moves. Score: 8

Rafa and Claudia hit the dance floor and they are dancing to one of my favorite Celia Cruz salsa songs, “La Vida es Carnaval” Claudia is a sexy salsera, and Rafa…well, Rafa is being himself. He is dancing with energy and enthusiasm, if not with much rhythm or coordination. He even throws in a few break-dancing moves. He has a huge, infectious smile on his face. And, as usual, the crowd loves him! And Lorena really loves him. Score: 10! They’re the winners. The crowd cheers and picks Rafa up on their shoulders. He and Claudia mount the stage and Lorena gives Rafa a lingering hug. Rafa thanks everyone, but then announces he has to leave to go meet his pajarita. Both Lorena and Claudia are bitterly disappointed. Rafa rips off his dance jersey and hands it to Claudia as he runs off. She complains that it’s just like a fairytale where the prince runs off and leaves something behind, but instead, she didn’t even get a shoe in the deal.

We finally get a glimpse of Ale and Marco this episode. She is waiting impatiently for him at the hotel’s restaurant. He finally arrives, wearing not only a full suit, but a thick scarf! Ale is concerned and wants to know if he’s sick. She takes a closer look at him, notes that he’s tense and wonders if the cost of the hotel room is worrying him, given their money woes. He assures her that’s not the case and that he’s ready for their evening of romance and lovemaking. Ale looks more than ready and almost skips to their room.

The room is decked out in flowers and other romantic details that Ale really appreciates. Lots of mi amors are exchanged and the kissing begins. Marco suddenly reaches for the lights and turns them off. He and Ale then bicker about why he wants to turn the light off, and so soon. (It’s not going to be that easy Marco.) Ale seductively excuses herself to the bathroom, while Marco feigns a few sneezes and coughs and frantically searches for some candles which will give him the perfect excuse to turn off the lights. The front desk informs him they are a prohibited fire hazard when he calls. Think Marco, think!

Ale beckons him to the bathroom. He’s managed to take off his jacket, but the rest of his clothes and his scarf are still in place. (I actually thought he could tell Ale he had some sort of kinky scarf fetish and leave it, and only it, on as they made love. It’s an idea at least.) Ale, however, has shed all her clothes, and all her inhibitions, and climbed into a bubble bath. She’s eating some delicious looking strawberries that are placed on the edge of the tub, and she wants Marco to join her. Well, you can’t really take a bubble bath with a scarf on, or in the dark. What’s Marco going to do? Ale gives him some come hither looks, she coos, she beckons with her finger, she even pouts. Marco stalls, he hems, he haws, he stutters. Ale finally has had it. She says she knew this idea wouldn’t work and looks sad and dejected. Marco turns his head as he tries to come up with a good lie and Ale catches a glimpse of THE HICKEY. “Mi amor, what’s that?” Uh, oh!

Tomorrow: Vicky tries to make Rafa’s last night with the Panther unforgettable, by making a baby in the back seat.

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#198 Happy April Fool's Day!

Ahoy all, pardon the hasty post, I have a play tonight and must dash. I will fix any errors later tonight. If any of you see a glaring mistake or omission please let me know. Thanks.

Family...it's hard to define family in Gancholandia. Is family defined by blood or by upbringing? Are hermanos de alma any closer than hermanos de sangre? Who's your mama, your daddy, your sister, your kids? These questions are not easy to answer in our little telenovela, are they? Still, they all bear consideration, now and especially in the weeks to come. Let's join our friends as they attempt to find their own definitions of family and self...

As Moni weeps in the gym Estre also tearfully avers that she and Moni's prince never did anything. Please trust her, she swears on her unborn hijo. Too late for lies, says Moni, Estre broke that bond of friendship today. (Romper ese lazo = to break that bond) Great, Moni's on a screaming rant worthy of a four year old (as Mike pointed out), she doesn't want to even be near someone like Estrella!

Coni interrupts Jacqui who is getting a "magic finger" massage by Costi. Hey, those were her words, not mine! I like how Costi pretty much ignores Coni when she's around. Jacqui tells Coni that she's not in the mood for stress so she and Costi retire to the bedroom for some, ahem, relaxation techniques.

Framed by the carved tusks (very savage!) Jero taunts Sal while Aldo watches. Jero asks Aldo why he's pining over some dame like Estrella, they're not worth it. He knows how it feels, Coni's mother, Aldo's grandmother (ha, he can't even say her name) used Jero and threw him in the trash. But she'll regret it, he'll return with a great fortune and stand in front of her and have vengeance. Aldo asks what's Jero going to do about it, is he like his partner? No no no, Jero's not a murderer like Oscar, he has his limits. But he's not saying what he has in store for her. Aldo and Sal share a discreet look.

Rolu jumps back into his chair just before Xime enters, then Arni enters right after her. Rolu accuses her of being out with Arni since they arrived home within seconds of each other. She laughs and says he it was a coincidence and she's tired, goodnighty! She runs upstairs (looking stunning) and Rolu grouses.

Sucks to live in a small neighborhood. Mau waits for Moni outside her vecindad, stands in her way, maintains his innocence and tells her to hit him or kiss him. Guess which she chooses? He slumps to the ground, unconscious. She kneels down crying his name and he smiles, "mi amor". She pushes him away and sez he's not her love, harrumph! Too late little monkey, I think he knows how you still feel about him.

Ultimas semanas!!

Inside the house Moni tells mami why she's so ticked off. Isa milks it for all it's worth...Mau and Estre are complete low-lifes, what they did was unpardonable. Have dignity daughter! Believe it or not Moni tells her to give it a rest. Isa get's all weepy and pathetic, don't take it out on me boo hoo! She hates Mau for Moni's sake. Moni gives her the 411, she will never stop loving Mau. Isabel continues hissing doubts and nastiness into Moni's ears. Moni says she's going to concentrate on her training and doesn't want to think of Mau any more. Isa won't shut it. Moni's had enough of this endless venom and tells her mami she's not into vengeance. Folks, this is is getting old, let's FF>>.

Moni ends by telling Isa that this thing hasn't touched her essence, she's still who she is and "life doesn't end just because of this." Isa does her pale-wan-hands-upon-the-coverlet thing, "sniff sniff, you're right, it doesn't end...for YOU."

Over at Grupo Sermeño (GS) Pau is teaching the new receptionist how to serve cappuchinos to Beto and Marcos and laughing at the tale of Beto's unfortunate antics of the previous night. Beto's put out because the whole company knows he was handcuffed to the park bench in his boxers. Marcos chuckles in pride at the resourcefulness of his daughters. I notice Beto's got darts on his desk. I was wondering what he does in the office all day.

Today at the gym Don Cesar is wearing an attractive green jacket with light yellow shirt to contrast. Very tasteful and understated for him. He tells Moni that Mau is a good guy, he's sure of it. Moni doesn't want to hear it so they discuss her upcoming fight with La Momia. Don Cesar is certain she'll win but Moni's not as confident. She wants to win and reclaim the neighborhood so let's practice!

Marcos is a little tongue-tied because his love for Nieves is serious. Beto cautions him not to take adantage of mom because she has a macho son who will defend her honor. Beto practically blows his capucchino out his nose when Marcos requests his Mom's hand in marriage. Beto puts his feet up on the desk and begins negotiating his mother's dowry (dote). He gives a little squeak of satisfaction and asks how much money is on the table? Marcos looks about as surprised as I have ever seen him.

At Gym Jimmy Coni is training and her hands hurt. She gets so mad she pushes the bag and then comes back swinging when it hits her in the butt. Her trainer rolls his eyes, there is still a lot of work to be done.

Over at Creep Acres Oski and Jero discuss their funds. Oski suggests they remind Coni her time is about up for raising their money. And just in case she hasn't he'll give her a little reminder of what's at stake, i.e. she'll go to jail for murder. Right here my tv went all wonky and I have no idea what they discussed, but I suspect that Oski says something about getting rid of Sal, Lorenza and Aldo just to be safe. (Can anyone help out here?) When Oski leaves Jero says, "No Oski, you're not going to be able to kill anyone, it's you who will end up in jail and I will have it all."

Chris is at GS and Mau thanks him for what he just installed in his office, some sort of security camera hooked up to the computer. Julia, I think your wish has been granted! Chris is ready to start interrogating but Mau just wants his discretion. Chris comments on how Pau looks quite the executive these days and he brings up Tano. Mau tells him to forget Pau, she's interested in Tano and Tano's interested in her. Negativo, sez Chris, no way, just like Mau and Beto he intends to fight for the woman he loves.

Gabi, Xime and Pau gossip about seeing Chris, why is he there? Pau wants to hide and Xime says no problem amiga, she'll keep an eye on the cat and the other on the hook (eyes in the back of her head). Gabi is excited about the upcoming fiesta, it will have lots of millionaires.

Gabi answers the phone, it's Jero and he know where Oscar is, how much will she pay for the info?

Rolu is giving Arni the third degree, last night he and Xime came home at the same time. Just a coincidence sez Arni. Rolu tells him not to hide things. Arni tells his bro he's hallucinating. Oh yeah, well why does Arni let her touch him? Some fraternal pushing ensues and the subject of the letters comes up, some more yelling, and Arni admits he's in love with her. Finally!

Isa shows up at GS and Mau thanks her for coming. OK so this is the set up, cool. The viper says she has come to laugh in his face and gloat that her plan worked perfectly up to the last detail. She tells Mau that she injected both him and Estrella, undressed them, put them in bed and took pictures. Mau asks how could she do that to her daughter? Isa laughs and says why ask what he already knows, that she has hated Valentina since the day she knew she was pregnant. She never wants Monita to be happy because due to her Isabel was never happy either. I don't get the logic but whatever. He offers to cut a deal to prevent Monita from getting hurt. Isa tells him there is no deal possible, since Moni can't give Isa her life back she no longer has any use for her. She leaves, satisfied with her victory. Mau goes directly to his computer and sees that he has captured the entire conversation. I've got you, he says. Let's hope so!

Marcos comes in and Mau tells Marcos that Hissy was back again to gloat but he recorded the whole thing. Marcos is impressed. The big party is tomorrow and he wanted Valentina to be there since GS is part of her inheritence. Mau's all for it because he wants to unmask Isa in front of the whole world and prove she she trapped them. Marcos hopes that Mau can get Moni there and that she will finally accept Marcos as her father.

Get out! Rolu orders his brother to grab his things and leave. Arni's defense is Rolu treats her like crap. "But she's MINE" Rolu insists. Arni's defense, she's not happy with you, you treat her badly, cheat on her. Arni refuses to leave the house or leave Xime alone with Rolu. She deserves better. The gloves are off. Rolu sez he lied to keep her around, Xime changed his life. Arni sez well too bad, she changed mine too and she deserves better than you.

Gabi grabs her purse and runs out of GS. Her gal pals are worried, what was that telephone call about? Pau stresses, she's on her own and Chris is around. Xime teaches her some relaxing exercises. (Heh, Paula almost falls over.) The hot new receptionis joins in. Ohm....

Beto plays darts while Chris pouts that Pau no longer loves him. Beto wants to help and since he's the Director General he can. He offer Chris a temporary gig (chamba temporal) as a security cop. Will Chris accept or not? Acepto!! Chris hugs Beto a little more emphatically than Beto likes but hey, Chris is a man in love.

Xime visits her favorite primis Mau, she's excited about tomorrow's mega party. She's bummed for Mau but she can't believe he would do it with Moni's best friend! Mau tries to tell her that nothing happened. Basically she doesn't believe and describes a variety of scenarios where such a thing could happen and why can't he tell her the circumstances. There is always a logical explanation, say for example they were held up by laser ray guns and ordered to remove their clothes. She babbles on until he finally tells her it was an Isabel trap, she injected them, took off their clothes, put them in bed and took pictures. Poor Xime can't quite wrap her mind around that one, ray guns make more sense, but no matter, she agrees to bring Moni to tomorrow's party.

Back at the gym our little hothead recalls Mau's romantic words from happier times and punches the bag like crazy. I hate you I hate you boo hoo!

Tomorrow: Looks like one of Moni's old flames is in town. Coni also runs into him, literally, and they have some crazy hawt eye contact.


Estar aqui con un ojo al gato y con otro al garabato. = To have eyes in the back of one's head (Lit. An eye kept on the cat, the other eye on the hook, because in olden Mexican kitchens -without refrigerators- they hung the meat on a hook called a "garabato", so they had to keep an eye on the cat and the other on the meat. Also a clever allusion to our telenovela because another word for garabato is, you guessed it, gancho.)

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We start out with Ale and Rafa. Ale is beside herself when she realizes Rafas’ car is the one that caused all her problems. She threatens to have Marco confiscate it. Rafa tells her that the car was not part of the deal. Ales’ not buying into that and says she’s going to call Marco. Rafa says go ahead, see what a great guy he is.

Ale wants to know what he is talking about. Rafa bites his tongue but it is too late. Ale wants to know why he would talk about her fiancé like that. She wants to know what he knows about Marco. Rafa is trying really hard not to spill the beans.

Rafa tells her that she knows he doesn’t have a very good relationship with Marco. He says you tell me one thing he tells me something else. Ale is relentless and wants to know what Rafa knows. Ale has gotten herself so upset she becomes nauseous starts gagging and suddenly leaves.

The Siglo crew now approaches Rafa and wants to know about his “semi-new” car. Marino makes fun of it and Rafa defends it telling him the attributes of his Grand Marquis. It even has air conditioning.

Rosaura tells him if he were in the United States he would be considered poor for driving around in that car. Marino tells him he has a buyer for the car. Bebe, because it would be nostalgic for him since when
this car was new it would have around the time of Bebes’ first communion.

Claudia tells him he should have a car more appropriate with his salary. One that he could take her out for the weekend. (Claudia give it a rest.)

Susana enters Ales’ office and finds her not looking so good. Ale looks as if she is about to hurl. The gagging goes on for a while. Susana wants to know what’s up? Ale says Rafa has assaulted her once more by bringing that car to Siglo. She says she is sick to her stomach.

Susana has just the remedy for that and pulls out one of her homeopathic oils. She tells her she has to do a memory regression so that she can rationally deal with the subject of her accident. She gives Ale a drink of something pink. Ale makes a face and downs it. Susana chides her and tells her that it isn’t that bad. Ale than informs Susana that Beltran has given her a mission. Susana seems a little alarmed.

Rafa has arrived at his new hunting ground Refri Transportation. He lies to get his way past the guard. He tells him he has a check he needs to get inside to deposit. The guard is a little suspicious but Rafa has learned how to spin a good lie. The guard lets him in, as Rafa turns and tells him to park his car.

Rafa encounters Magda the receptionist. She tells him that Mr. Zarate is busy and cant attend to him. Rafa asks her if it is okay if he takes a seat and waits for him. He wants to know if they have a catalogue he could look at to familiarize himself with the business. She points him to a place and Rafa begins his studies.

Back at Siglo, Susana has started her new mission. Do Ales’ dirty work. It is now her job to light the fire under the lazy bums called Siglo vendors. Marino wants to come up with an arrangement with Susana that will make not only her job easier but theirs as well. Susana isn’t buying that and tells Marino to get rid of the toothpick and walks away

The crew is now complaining that it is like working in a maximum security prison. Claudia isn’t as dumb as she looks and suggests that Ale has put Susana in charge of making there lives miserable. They delegate Bow-tie guy to go and talk to Beltran. He is none to agreeable about this and they end up dragging him off to face Beltran.

Back at Refri, Magda is asking Rafa how long he plans on waiting. Our little lion hunter tells her he will wait as long as necessary. She wants to know what exactly his business is. He starts talking with her. She tells him not to waste his time as there have been many before him and none have been successful. Zarate only works with Mountain trucks. (Camiones de Montana). Rafa insists he has a better offer for him. Magda tells him he just won’t listen to any one else.

Rosario and Jorge are out on the patio. Rosario wants to know what’s wrong. Jorge says he has a restless soul. He has a bad feeling about the hacienda . Rosario tells him to not be so negative. She reminds him he was just there a while ago with his buddies. Jorge tells her he didn‘t get to see anything. He suggests the two of them go check it out now. Rosario doesn’t want to go and suggests he asks Marco to take him.

Quintana has come to visit Jorge. What luck. Now he has a chauffer to take him to the Hacienda. Rosario kisses him goodbye and says to herself, she hopes he doesn’t run into any surprises (Oh oh).

Beltran and Bow-tie guy are now having a little talk. Beltran wants to know all the gossip in particular anything about Claudia. Bow-tie guy says he wants to talk business. He is complaining that Susan wants details about their business plans, bla bla bla. He says now that Ale is a treasure to work with, they have to put up with Susana who is contradicting her. (Making them work).

Beltran double talks him and tells him to go ahead and give their reports to Susana. Bow-tie guy has just figured out Beltran is not what he seems to be, and leaves the office slightly confused but without a single concession. Once he has left Beltran calls them swine, vagrants parasites and opportunists and sucks on his oxygen.

Jorge has arrived at the Hacienda with Quintana and is greeted by Chucho . Chucho seems a little nervous about the visit.

Dona Delores has entered our favorite salon and has invited everyone to participate in the dance contest at Trancazo. Poor Ovi doesn’t have a partner. Well that problem is easily solved. In walks Pepito. It is love (or lust) at first sight.

Bow-tie gives the bad news to the Siglo crew. He says all the power now is in the hands of Susana. And now their destiny lies in the hands of Dandy. The General wants to know if he is up to it. Dandy says it is Susana, it will be a piece of cake or wheat cake. (Actually the dicho was talking about bread or pan, but I think that is what it means.)

Susana and Ale are discussing their role changes at Siglo. Then Ale casually asks about Rafa and we get a juicy sarcastic line “ oh right he is out looking for the mega-client that will solve their problems.”

Rafa has just witnessed a dressing down of the poor Magda by the assistant of Zarate . Rafa wants to know what that was all about. Magda confesses she use to be in charge of sales until the owner retired and Zarate took over. (Or soemthing like that. I got a little lost.) She was demoted and is just waiting out her pension. In the Meantime Zarate hired some young thing to take her place.

Rafa then suggests since she use to be in charge of sales that perhaps she could help him out. She doesn’t think this is the best idea. Rafa gets a Vicky call. She doesn’t believe he is working. Rafa tells her where he is and hangs up. Magdas’ phone rings. She tells Rafa he has a call. Crazy Vicky has called checking up on him.

Ale gets a call from Marco. He turns on the charm and she turns on the sarcasm. He tells her that Urdiales has loaned him the money for the wedding. How great and is Urdiales going to let him come to the wedding or will he have to work? She blows him off and tells him she has to work and hangs up

Marco is very frustrated and tells Chavez she is worse than ever, and goes off on Chavez blaming him for making him hang out with him last night.

Chavez tells him not to blame him for the problems he has with Ale. He’s worried that things aren’t going well between the two of them. He inquires if Marco has had his wild night of sex, or even any sex with Ale. Marco says no. Chavez continues to be worried. Things aren’t going the way they planned. He tells him to call Ale and arrange a romantic eve. Marco thinks a hotel is the best place. Chavez thinks this might be a bit expensive. Marco wants him to work with him here if he is planning all this the least he can do is come up with the money.

Chavez suggests that for Ale the place isn’t what is important as much as the thought, but then agrees to come up with the money.

Ale and Susana are discussing if her bad mood is from lack of sex. Susana says why not give Trapito a try. Then she says her bad mood is with the entire world. She tells her it might help however if she did resolve her intimacy problems with Marco. Then she tells her a women that isn’t caressed will turn sour. And leaves.

Rafa finally gets his chance with Zarate. This is a fleeting moment and Zarate is not interested . He then tells him to leave and not come back. Zarate then goes off on Magda for letting him in. Rafa comes to her defense and says she had no idea that he was waiting for him. He apologizes to Magda and leaves.

Rafa leaves semi-defeated but is not going to give up. Marco is also not going to give up. He calls Ale back suggests a passionate night. Ale wants to know if he has been drinking. She is suspicious that he will cancel at the last moment . Marco assures her that tonight that won’t happen. She warns him it better not and then agrees to meet him. He gives her the directions of the hotel and Ale seems impressed and more than ready.

Chavez returns with the money for Marcos hot night. He tells Marco not to blow it and seems worried about the money they are spending. Marco tells him it will be worth the outcome. He goes to take a shower and Chavez heads for a drink. We hear a loud scream coming from Marco.

Marco runs out of the bathroom screaming and it seems his little night of fun has left a huge mark. Chavez wants to know what the heck it is. (If anyone missed this tonight it was honestly the funniest scene). Marco wants Chavez to tell him want it is, pointing to a very large hickey on his neck. Chavez has a look of disbelief on his face.

Chavez wants to know how he got it He wants to know if he was bit by a vampire or a donkey. Marco is very angry and says it was from the friend he introduced him to last night. He is so angry and if things weren’t bad enough he has to get naked with Ale tonight.

Chavez tells him to tell Ale he was attacked by a bat. Marco calls him an idiot and says only someone like you would believe that. (These two together are so funny and I am so glad they made-up)

Our boys are in big problems now. Chavez tells Marco he has to cancel and Marco knows that is not an option. Ale will kill him or even do something worse if he cancels.

Ale is excited about her night out and Susana seems pleased. Ale is out to do the wild thing. She encounters the Siglo crew and sweetly tells them all good night and to come to work tomorrow when ever they feel like it. They all look very concerned.

Ramirez tells everyone that Ale has washed her hands of them and has left them to the hands of Susana. He looks very worried. Dandy and Claudia have come up with a plan as they scoot over to their desk. Dandy is rubbing an oil on Claudias’ temples as Susana rounds the corner.

Susana wants to know what he is doing. Dandy mentions some type of oil used to relieve stress. Susana is quite impressed and want to know where he got it. (Oh Dandy you are so smooth.) Dandy babbles on and Susana tells him they need to talk more about this.

Dandy suggest they go out. (we see Claudia in the chair rubbing the oil on her face.) He suggests they meet at Trancazo for the dance competition. He cant leave now because Claudia is waiting for him to finish his treatment. It is a date.

This is another funny little scene. Dandy is backing up and accidentally steps on Claudias’ feet. The crew all rush over to see if he had any luck and he tells them she fell for it. Claudia wants to know where he got the oil. He tells her it is motor oil.

Now the gang is off . Bebe shows up with the two floor models and says he is ready for the dance contest. (Way to go Bebe).

Back to our favorite couple. Chavez is trying to cover up Marco’s hickey with some make-up powder. Marco tells him to be more careful. He wants to know if it is working. Chavez complains about the make-up and says he doesn’t like the texture, its all clumpy, and he wants to know where he got it. He says from an old girlfriend. Marco takes a look in the mirror and is freaking out. It is not working.

He tells him Ale is a women and knows all about these things. She’s going know what it is. Poor Chavez is sitting in a chair looking as if he just lost his best friend. Marco asks him what should they do now. Chavez suggests putting tomatoes and a little piece of meat on it. (This is so funny).

Marco Is beside him self and is screaming at Chavez telling him tomatoes and meat aren’t going to fix it. They only have a half an hour before he has to meet Ale.

Chavez tells him he can put a scarf on and tell her he has a cold. Marco says and yea when I am all nude except for the scarf? So then Chavez says don’t women think it is romantic to have it dark. Turn the lights off and don’t turn them back on for anything.

Then Chavez goes off on his little Ale lust rant, and says unless she is an exhibitionist and starts getting himself all worked up at the thought of Ale in the nude. Marco screams at him to shut up. Then Chavez says well turn the lights off, unless of course you need some light. Marco is offended and tells Chavez he knows his way around in the dark.

We are back at the Hacienda and Jorge is asking Chucho how many head of cattle (I think that was the question) they have gained. Chucho tells him that he doesn’t have that information. Only Chavez knows those things.

Jorge decides he wants to spend the night. Quintana tells him he can’t stay but will Come back for him tomorrow. He says he will let Rosario know he is staying at the Hacienda and Jorge tells him that he will do it. Jorge is content to be at his hacienda

Our final little scene is Chavez in the car with two young women. They are all excited about their plans. Chavez promises them a good time at a great place, the Hacienda. We see Jorge fast asleep at the Hacienda.

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Ok so we open with the damn pictures. Grrr, evil Mami Vibora!!! Yeah, what is with Mona's funky 60's feel, well we can always tell the wedding isn't going to work if the dress is out of character...this one defintiely was, though I do like it.

So then we go to said wedding not happening and Pau and Tano are making goo goo eyes sort of, Pau apologizes for that Beso and says she knows he only wants to be friends but she was thinking maybe more was there, Tano says not so fast, friends is good but I haven't closed the door on more. Hmmm....Cris kvetches to Don Cesar in the background about her.

So now we go to the Loony bin where Loriloca is cleaning Aldo's elbow and attempts to practice singing opera and manages to scare off Oski and Jero, she doesn't look bad in jeans but then sorry ass Sal makes a moan. Aldo takes that as a sign and ushers Lore to go find the nurse. Aldo rushes over to Sal. He asks Aldo about Mau and Estre and if it's true. He assures Aldo there must be an explanation.

Back at the wedding Ali is now chatting with Gabi about her situation, the little girls wonder where Mau is, and Ivan jokes about he and Lu doing that someday, but Tere quashes that for the moment. Estre and Mau chat about wishing Aldo was here. And the anvil drops as Mau tells how he's got that Vibora Issy under control and she can do nothing after today. Hrmph.

Sal continues his pep talk to Aldo, and promises his help if Aldo helps him, i.e. drop the drugs dude...now is the time to grow up and act like a man. Overcome your challenges and move forward, Sal needs to rely on Aldo...HELP SAL you strung out child.

Beautiful pics of everyone so lovely coming into the church....jeepers, here comes Mona walking by herself super fast...she throws the pics at Mau and Bodas Interruptus, again...commercial.

Ok, so Mau picks them up with no clue, looks at them, and doesn't say much while she screams at him. He tries to get in a word between her whines. He finally says this all was a trick, but her response is, this is over. She runs out with Estre in tow trying to convince her it's not true. Cries and complaining for the next few minutes...it's a lie, I don't believe you....so on, until Mau runs out and explains Issy took these to harm us.

Inside Xime and others all say no way did this happen...Nieves knows and screams this is the work of Isabel the Vibora, Ali bugs Issy, then Marc does too, but Issy stomps out defiant...and tells Mona not to listen to any of these folks. They all start asking her to think about it logically, someone took the photos and so forth. They all see it, but of course she wants Mami love so bad she's dumified and goes off with her Ma. Marcos tells everyone to calm down, it'll get sorted out and they will avenge Issy.

Beto and Coni discuss the non-Boda, him upset, her happy at the happenings. Coni says it's destiny. Beto knows it's Issy. They argue about this. He's sure nothing happened, she bets something did.

At the gym/reception site, Mau sits alone when Cesar walks up and offers his companionship. Cesar wants to confirm that nothing happened between Estre and him, Mau tells him how they woke up nekkid and that's all he knows, and he's sure Issy is behind this. He insists Issy will eventually fall into his trap and he goes to see his kids.

Mona bawls at home with Ma, how could her sister/bff do such a thing. Mama says maybe he's not the guy destined for you. Mama wants her to cheer up. Oh yeah, that'll work. Just tell her and it is so. Uh oh, the neurons start firing, and Mona wonders if Ma really did take the photos. Hmmm, ok, well, when Issy sees she's cornered, she admits she took them.

Over at Xime's the Estre consolation party is going on. She swears she wouldn't do this to her best friend, but one by one the other girls remember all the guys that Estre kind of turned her direction who were others' beaus. Whoops.

Ma now explains how it came about that she took the photos; she didn't want to wake Mona about the discovery, so took the photos. The neurons are still firing and Val asks then why did she stay so quiet and let her go through with the wedding prep and all. She says she wanted to spare her the pain of seeing the photos, she continues that Mau and Estre don't deserve her love and friendship.

Gabi suggests Estre has a sex addiction and needs therapy. Estre knows nothing happened. Xime says well you have to convince Mona and that will be hard. Whoops.

Coni has apparently been walking around chained to Beto for a while and wants to go home now and be uncuffed. She's even sick of his smell. She then quickly changes her tune and wants some lovin' here, now, in the park.

Tere and Mau are now hashing over the non-Boda happening. Lu comes down and assures her Pa he's great and all will be ok. Mau feels better and is happy to have them with him.

Back at the park, Coni wants to play a game with Beto. His clothes are thrown over the bush; she begs him to follow her, he does and she leaves him handcuffed to the park bench. Not really a fair game, eh?

Nieves' and Marcos' turn to rehash everything, he is happy to see her smiling, and explains this is why he fell in love with her. I must admit, Nieves looks gorgeous. She thanks Marcos for caring about her daughter Mona so much.

Mona goes to the gym and sees it all pretty and sad music plays hum di dum, she starts destroying all the tables and climbs into the ring, crying, to destroy more...yep, she loses it, and we get flashbacks to the Xochimilco fireworks. Well, at least we know she still loves him despite this, she makes this remark. Mau concurrently flashes back to Issy being a snot threatening to destroy their love.

Beto sees an adorable black and white dog and begs him to bring his pants to him. Of course the dog doesn't listen and runs off with the pants in the other direction.

Next, we go to Costeno giving Jacqui a very personal massage with a few bite kisses thrown in. I must say, the fact that he is shirtless is interesting, and very nice!!! Jacqui keeps chirping about Marcos and other silly crap.

Nieves is enjoying a walk with Marcos and is pleased that it is making her feel better. He is walking with her heart handbag, super cute. He throws more flattery her way, and she melts at his words until she notices her son handcuffed to the bench. Of course Marcos thinks the worst until Beto explains that Coni did this to him. Marcos laughs.

Estre looks for Mona at the gym. Mona wants nothing to do with her and tells her to leave because she is pregnant. Estre swears that she wouldn't do such a thing and that she is totally in love with her cachorro. There is nothing between her and the prince, Mona has to believe her!!

Will she???

Feliz Cesar Chavez day!!!!

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Lucas promises Marisa to give their baby a family, love and a home. For her, he promises to try again. Talk about an awkward embrace!

It appears that two months have gone by. Marisa has a little baby bump and Ali wants Zoraida to come home. Nariza has been asked to go back with Latifa but she refuses. She give her usual speech about sacrificing herself for her brothers and wanting to live her own life. Latifa gives her usual speech about wanting a baby and being afraid that if she doesn't conceive, Mohamed will send her back. Zoriada promises to make a 'special petition' for Latifa to conceive. It involves a lot of incense. They go to Mohamed's shop. Latifa gives her usual speech about the scandalous behavior of Westerners and, as usual, is jealous when Mohamed serves a woman customer.

At the store, Zoriada sees a society page picture of Lucas and the pregnant Marisa.

Zoraida and Latifa do the fertility-enhancing ritual, which involves Latifa stepping over the burning incense and praying.

Dora is still living at Cristina's. For how long did she sublet her place? As usual, her mother, who we find out is named, Estela, is inveighing against Albieri and warning Dora that he will try and take Danielito from her. As usual, Dora doesn't think Albieri would do such a thing. "Piensa mal y acertarás," replies her mother, literally, "think the worst and it will be correct," translated in the English titles as, "trust no one." When Dora tells Cristina and Vicki how ridiculous her mother's suspicions are, Vicki says that Osvaldo thinks that Albieri is the baby's father. Cristina asks if Dora knows whose sperm Albieri used to fertilize her eggs?

Albieri refers to the clone as Diego, in Luisa's presence.

Lucas sits around crying thinking about how Jade betrayed him. He tells Rosa that he just wants to forget her but that doesn't seem very likely.

Zoraida returns to Morocco and Jade is overjoyed to see her until she sees the newspaper clipping about Lucas and Marisa that Zoriada brought. Jade calculates that Marisa must have been pregnant when Lucas came to Morocco and told her that his marriage was over. Zoraida gives her usual speech about the perfidy of Westerners and urges Jade to learn to love Said. Jade says that Said isn't in love with her. She is just an object that he bought. If Lucas has betrayed her, she will never believe in love again. She thinks of all the crazy things she did for Lucas and look at him now. What hurts the most she says is that he didn't suffer for her. [We're all suffering here, Jade.]

Lucas tells Rosa that he idealized Jade and he should have learned from Diego not to do that. He doesn't feel any of the same crazy passion for Marisa that he did for Jade but Marisa has been nice to him and she's having his baby. He thinks of all the crazy things he did for Jade and feels a lot of anger.

We keep picking at this scab. Lucas gets Jade's pendant out. He has flashbacks. He says that he will do all he can to forget her. [Let it be so!] Rosa tells him to get rid of the pendant. Lucas says that he will keep it to remember never to fall into such a trap again.

Jade wanders around like a lost soul, goes to the ruins and cries.

Dora and her mother come to Albieri's to fetch Daniel. Estela is pretty rude. She asks Luisa why, if she and Albieri love Daniel so much, they don't have children of their own. Meanwhile Albieri is tempting Dora to move to LA with promises of dance lessons. She appears to be interested but her mother barges in, accuses Albieri of making Daniel think that he is rich, drags him out of the house and Dora has no choice but to follow.

Dora and her mother return to Cristina's apartment. In the most amazing scene, Dora puts her two-year old child down to sleep in less than 10 seconds! Estela warns Dora that when Daniel is older, he may ask to live with Albieri. She says that kids are opportunists and go with the best deal.

As usual, Luisa is deluded about her relationship with Albieri. She tells Albieri that she thinks it would be good for them to move to LA, start over and leave Daniel behind. Albieri replies that he's going to LA with Daniel or not at all.

Rosa goes on and on to Lucas about the supposedly photoshopped picture of Albieri and Diego. Lucas doesn't really understand what she is talking about and neither do we.

Said comes home for lunch but Jade airily tells him that she forgot about lunch and there's no food in the house. Said is angry. He accuses Jade of wanting to go after Lucas. He finds Jade's newspaper clipping about Lucas. She won't tell him where she got it, which makes him angrier. He produces a lot more newspaper clippings and tells Jade that he spent a fortune on a detective to follow Lucas. The clippings tell the same story Jade already knows - that according to the society pages, Lucas and Marisa are happily married. Said reminds Jade of all he's risked to protect her. When Said runs into Abdul, who assumes that Said's glum expression is Jade's fault. His recommendation is to leave a whip lying around the house where Jade can see it.

Jade burns the clippings asking, as usual, why Lucas lied to her.

Nariza is out with Osvaldo. He sees a watch in a jewelry store that he likes. He says that there is a woman who is crazy about him in the barrio who would buy it for him. Nariza says that her millionaire boyfriend would buy her a gold necklace in the store if she asked for it. Nariza asks if Osvaldo has thought about marrying. She boldly invites him to meet her family and propose to her. All he needs to do is become a Muslim. "I'll convert to whatever you want, doll," says Osvaldo.

Nariza returns to Latifa's house and announces that she is engaged to a convert to Islam. Meanwhile, at the club, Osvaldo tells his friends that he is getting married to a millionaire in Arabia. This information is passed on to Dora who is disappointed. She hoped that she and Osvaldo would get back together. To cheer her up, Cristina proposes to have a birthday party for Daniel at her house and invite Leo and Lucas.

Rosa is going out shopping and to Albieri's . She asks Leo why he is on the outs with Albieri.

Cristina invites Enrique to the birthday party for Daniel and asks him to bring Leo as well. Leo says that he won't go. He says that Cristina is like drugs were to Enrique. If he is with her, he would get tangled in her snares.

Cristina barges into Albieri's office. With Luisa overhearing, she asks if Albieri is Daniel's father. He asks where she got such a crazy idea. She replies that everyone is saying it. Then we get to the real purpose of the visit as far as the plot goes. She invites Albieri to the birthday party for Daniel and drops the bombshell that Leo is coming.

Dora drops Daniel off at Luisa's house.

Lucas is moping around his office.

Said comes home and finds that Jade has burnt the newspaper articles about Marisa and Lucas.

The credits roll.

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Preview/Review: Aimee learns that Juan will go to Spain, which ruins her appetite. She dons Regina’s nun’s habit and except for the ruby red lips which Renato doesn’t seem to notice, he is so blinded by the white so Aimee is able to slip out of the house to search for Juan’s vanishing kisses before they sail off to Spain. But Renato decides to follow Regina, or so he thinks. Oh those twins, oh for a cape of invisibility.

Juan has a fit with the maid that the paint it black mystery lady and her mute maid have disappeared. Gabriel tries to reason that it is not the maid’s fault. Why can’t the maid write if she can’t speak. He clasps Rosario’s rosary with questions and strange feelings in his heart.

The fisherman meet to argue about the embargo, Juan finds out he cannot commission any boat to slip out to Spain. Raul de Marin comes in to Juan’s house.

Clemencia happily tells Jimena that the bearded one is still disgusting but very much alive. Regina is happy with her completed dream with Renato Paradise to be built but not a night in paradise like she really wants with Renato.

Juan threatens de Marin that he still has to repay his debt or be exposed for fraud.

Noel announces at the homey dinner that Juan is leaving for Spain. Emotions and dinner plates vibrate with agitation. Aimee runs from the dining table, Regina tries to run off to help Aimee as does Renato. Papa Bear Rodrigo waves her off and says Juan Aldama was nothing more than a rat in knight’s clothing. Good riddance he is a cad anyway. Regina ignores the big problem of Juan while she waxes poetic on the Paradise building today on her big trip with Renato to establish the Paradise village.

Juan and Gabriel and the fishermen plan revenge and justice.

Rodrigo cannot believe that money has been spent on the dirt bags that pass for peasants.. Regina is happy in her own little humanitarian daydream, Noel tries to reason with Rodrigo, this is part of the promise by the Associates to improve the lives of the unwashed, I mean deserving peasants. Noel says his son has taken this to heart as his noble purpose. Rod repeats that only business and profits (ganancias) count, in a moment of utter truthfulness.

Aimee tells Renato she is in a snit, he want s to call for the snit doctor but she only wants to be left in peace. She is beginning to show her true self-centered nature in her ire. She cries in silence that the only thing she wants to do is find Juan.

The fight starts. on the ship lots of swords and Juan and his men in masks.

Speaking of costumes, Aimee finds a spare nun’s garb in Regina’s side of the closet.

The sword fight ensues on the fake boat. Ed.Note: Sorry folks, I just noticed the boat tonight, it looks like a floating shoe box, and probably is.

The silky slut dress is hidden under the bed while Aimee hides her flaming red hair under the wimple and she’s off to high adventure.

With only a few sword swipes, Juan and his agile fishermen turned pirates are able to conquer the shoe box, errr boat, they flash the torch toward the shore to signal that the boat has been conquered.

Smoking on the balcony, Renato sees Regina/Aimee take off out of the hacienda dressed in white, She forgot it kind of glows in the dark. He follows with more curiosity than he has shown before..

Juan’s band of merry men find treasure and celebrate while a couple of energizer sailors left over, come back to life to attack. One is beaten down and falls, but has enough strength and hidden knives to stab Juan. Oh good, lots of blood flows.

Back in the agitated dining room, Regina defends her work with the poor, Rodrigo rewards her with a huge smack in the face for her insolence in being uppity. Noel pulls off Rodrigo and Regina gets to make a feminist speech about women not getting to express their opinions. Rodrigo regrets that his money paid for such a fancy European education and she is still a rebel! Leonarda tells Rodrigo to be calmer. Noel says no one knows the mind of Regina. Leonarda swoops to comfort Rodrigo with Noel looking right at Rod’s eyes. Leonarda has lost the will to hide her true passion since she and Noel had that little talk last night.

Regina cries to Clemencia and Jimena. She is so sad that her father is a scum-sucking capitalist brute (Ed’s word choice), Clemencia says don’t provoke him so. Jimena supports her concern and noble desires to help the poor. She begins to read Regina’s palm this time. She will meet a man with the same values and goals as her. Is it to be Renato? asks Regina hopefully. Jimena says, no it is someone else to come into your life. hmmmm, no one can imagine who it could be if not Renato.
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The men bring Juan wounded to the cave. Juan insists they take out the knife point lodged in his leg. He bites a rag and they remove a large piece of knife point. Gabriel insists he will go for Doctor Miranda who can fix the severe wound. Juan wants them to all get away form them so they won’t be implicated in the fight. Somehow he convinces them to leave him alone and badly wounded to recover on his own. What a man!

Meanwhile at the brothel. The lovely blonde teases Federico but Fulgencio tells him that tomorrow early they will go to the cave to get the arms to move them out (so the boats were embargoed for this). Juan winces alone in the cave while Aimee approaches, Renato follows, she notices him but hides while close behind Federico and Fulgencio follow along and see REnato too., Rats, their plans are foiled for the moment, What ever is Renato doing in a scuzzy place like this? Fulgencio wants Fed to capture Gabriel’s confidence (that’s not an easy task since Fed is such a Fop to even the young impressionable Gab) so he must convince him to work for me, avows, Fulgencio.

Juan writhes and hallucinates in the cave remembering nights of passion and his later angry reproach of Aimee. He says he has to do something to forget about Aimee, he’s just got to. Boy this cave is getting crowded with menacing memories and arms dealers.
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Nun in white appears, let’s see oh yes, it is the real Regina, who can’t find sister girl in the room so she sneaks out of the house. Lots of people out on the dunes in white, but no , Aimee sneaks back in but Rosenda sees her. And wonder what the novitiate is doing out being so interesting and mysterious in the night. Hmmm, perhaps another opportunity to gain power for our smooth shouldered Rose.

Renato returns and sees the innocent nun, What are you doing here? I should ask the same, quips Regina. Where have you been? barks the possessive even when he has no reason to be Renato. Why I was just walking in the garden. You are lying you were on the beach! I saw you hiding when I came behind you, It seems like you were afraid you would be discovered. Regina realizes it was Aimee. (Thankfully one character seems to be able to think clearly)

Aimee hides the nun stuff back in the closet and sighs relief that she did not get discovered. Meanwhile Renato goes wild on Regina whom he cannot now trust and note he once again cannot restrain his anger. She isn’t the white nun he always thought she was but is a lying beach stalker. Leaving Regina in that corner of the world so hard for a nun called by the rest of us, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
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Again in the cave, the once spotless straw where he made love to Aimee so recently with bleached white sheets is grimy and bloody, cold and dark. The good Dr. Miranda returns with Gabriel. Juan worries about trusting the Docs’s discretion. who assures him it is part of of his profession as he cuts away the pant leg while Juan groans in pain. He talks of the woman who disappeared while the doctor stitches the long wound. The doctor doesn’t know who Paint it Black could be, seems like lots of crazy folks are out and about these days.

Leonarda tenderly turns down Rod’s bed while she defends her son and his generous if silly ways, but says Noel is a fool, implying that only the mighty Rod has good judgement. Rod wants to know why she married Noel. She reveals, After the death of my sister and you took off for Europa I was so lonely and felt well you know, he was better than nothing.

The Doc ties off the stitches and says the rabble rousers should be stopped , Juan insists that they only are fighting for justice, The doctor shakes his hand and pledges his support.
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Rodrigo says love is a dream that one day will turn into a nightmare. Leonarda pledges to do absolutely anything for him. He doesn’t quite get her drift. She professes her undying love. He looks somewhere between surprised, amused and mostly bored silly.

Aimee fakes sleep, Regina rushes in and then wonders who Renato is confusing her with if Aimee is playing sleeping dog. Renato takes off his tie and wonders why Regina lied to him and then wonders if Aimee will lie too. Aimee wakes from the dream of Juan’s rejections .crying why why?

Juan says he has to rid himself of this passion that is consuming him. He has to forget her , So we fade out with our lovelies in their respective luxurious beds or squalid caves lost in unrequited love and lust:
Juan calls out, Aimee,
Aimee calls out, Juan,
Renato calls out, Aimee
Regina call out, Renato

An eerie parody of the Walton’s good night refrains but each talking only to themselves.

Coming up next: Looks like Aimee isn’t ready to give up her bad habits after all. Juan queries Gabriel, what would he do if Estrella doesn’t exist and councils him to see Jimena and tell her the truth.

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Poor Said. Lucas sees Jade and Said very close to each other, so Lucas leaves. Jade tells Said that she’s sad because it makes her think of her mother. She learned to dance to it for the man she would love. Said asks if she’ll dance to it for him. She looks up and sees that Lucas has left, so she can quit being nice to Said. “No, I won’t dance it for anyone.”

Zoraida arrives in Miami. Latifa is thrilled to see her. Two beach babes walk by and bat their eyes at Mohamed, making Latifa jealous. She’s afraid he’ll ditch her and take another wife. Nariza greets Zoraida and she’s walking on air. She’s glad her brothers are happy, she wants the whole world to be happy, and now it’s her turn too. Zoraida speculates that she has a love interest. Nariza doesn’t deny it. She even tells Z to sit and rest while she makes tea for her. Zoraida is convinced that the pod people came to Miami and replaced Nariza.

Cristina is unpacking her beauty merchandise. She calls Leo to thank him, at least that’s her pretexto, but he hangs up on her.

Lucas gets home. Rosa tells him the “marvelous” news - Marisa came back, and Leo convinced her to stay. Since Lucas can’t stand up to his dad nor Marisa, Lucas leaves and checks into a hotel. Rosa reports that Lucas left when he found out Marisa was here. Leo throws his usual tantrum. He shouts, “I won’t allow it!” He starts to have chest pains, but he continues his tantrum between gasps for breath. “He never showed me any consideration. Never.” Translation: He doesn’t make me the center of his universe like he should. Rosa tells the maid to call Enrique and tell him Leo feels bad. He’s about to keel over, and Rosa is walking him around the room rather than sitting him down. Finally LEO has the sense to tell them to call a doctor. The doctor wasn’t in, so the maid suggests calling 911, but Rosa says no way. If Leo saw an ambulance it would kill him. Okey-dokey.

Lucas, in his hotel room, ponders Jade. Jade, at the ruins, ponders Lucas.

Marisa arrives, but Rosa doesn’t tell her about Leo’s heart attack or whatever. She tells the maid not to tell her that Lucas came and left. Lucas calls, and Rosa tells him she thinks pop had a heart attack. Some people go to the hospital for those. Rosa tells Leo that she called Albieri, and Leo is mad (again). Leo refuses to see him.

Nariza sees Osvaldo outside. First she tries to send Latifa and Zoraida to Mohamed’s store. They don’t want to go, so she makes the excuse of going out to water the plants. Osvaldo flatters her, saying it’s a shame to cover her beauty. She tells him she has a millionaire suitor, and since she hasn’t told him no yet, she can’t be seen with anyone else. They will have to do everything in secret. Osvaldo likes adventures.

Lucas rushes in to see his dad, and Leo milks it. “I don’t need a doctor to tell me that my heart can’t endure what my son is doing to me.” Que cursi! “Cursi” doesn’t have a good translation in English. The closest equivalent is “sappy sentimentalism.” Leo’s line is a poster child for “cursi.” Leo says that if you don’t care about your father, at least care for the child you created. Marisa walks up behind them and announces, “I’m pregnant, Lucas.” Lucas’ face says, “Oh, crap.” Marisa, with all her usual charm, says, “I should’ve known not to expect anything from you.” She walks away. Leo tells Lucas he won’t allow Lucas to endanger the life of his grandchild. That comes first, even if it means losing his only remaining son. Oh, that Leo, bless his heart. Leo tells Lucas it’s time to grow up. He can’t be the irresponsible child he’s always been.

Marisa tells Rosa that if Lucas doesn’t want the baby, neither does she. He can just go have a baby with Jade! Rosa tells her that Jade sent him packing. So things can be just like they were before Lucas went to the hotel. With that, Marisa realizes that Lucas moved out when he knew Marisa was staying there.

In Morocco, Jade arrives home and Said wonders where she’s been. He orders her to iron his clothes. Tio Abdul tells Said that he needs to teach his wife better, and that she ought to dress more modestly. Jade gets a fiendish, impudent smile and intentionally scorches Said’s shirt. She presents it to Said and says, “I told you I don’t know how to iron.” Abdul comments, “In this house the camel rides the Bedouin.” Said drags her off to their room. He accuses her of doing it to torment him, so that he would lose his temper. She tells him he knew what he was getting into when he married her (that is QUITE a stretch!). She begs him to reject her and marry someone else who will take good care of him. Then it dawns on him. He realizes that she wants to get him so mad that he will divorce her. He says he might marry other women, but he will never, ever give her her freedom.

Ugly scene. Lucas returns from the hotel. Marisa insists on talking to him right now. She tells him, “Do you think I’ve always wanted to be married to a man who tells me I’m just a result of confusion in his life”? Well, considering how much she tried to confuse him back then, I’d say she got the dessert she ordered. He says, “If I returned, it’s because I felt like I should. Satisfied?” She replies, “Don’t look at me as if I planned all this to trap you. Did someone force you to sleep with me?” Well, remembering when she delayed him from meeting Jade at the beach, I’d say she tried pretty hard to force him! She tells him he has to decide whether to ask her to stay, but it has to be with full rights as his wife, his only woman. It’s up to him whether or not this child gets born.

Jade goes to visit Ali, all sweetness and light. She asks, “What happens if a man doesn’t pay the bride price? Is that cause for divorce?” Ali reminds her that Said has paid almost the entire dowry, and he’ll finish payments in a couple months. Jade insists, “What if he doesn’t?” I don’t want to think about how Jade would assure that he couldn’t pay the dowry. Ali agrees, in that case the woman could get a divorce. Jade is delighted. But then Ali inserts one other point. If she divorces him, she has to pay back all of the dowry and the gold that he has paid so far. Now Jade’s not so happy. If Jade would spend half as much energy getting along with her husband, as she spends trying to get away from him, their marriage would look like something from 1950’s TV.

Albieri arrives at Leo’s house. Rosa tells him the doctor just left. Leo pretends to be sleeping. Albi says he’ll wait. He pages through the planner he’s carrying, and out falls a photo. Rosa picks it up and is delighted to see a childhood picture of Diego, but she can’t understand how Luisa can be in the picture. Albi says that he PhotoShopped the picture. (Even THAT is pretty creepy. This guy puts someone else’s child in a picture with him and his wife?) Rosa observes that Diego never had a shirt like that. Albi says he bought it one day when he took Diego to his house. Leo “wakes,” and Rosa can’t wait to show him the photo. But when she looks around, Albi has left. He goes to Cristina’s to see Daniel. When he realizes that Leo goes there and might one day see Daniel, he gets more flustered and leaves.

Ozzie and Dora have their usual scrap at the bar. She walks off. Vicky tells Ozzie that it’s obvious that he’s still wild about her. Osvaldo denies it and says he found out the truth - that Albieri is the baby’s father.

Albieri is at home, pondering how long he’ll be able to keep Daniel hidden. He suggests to Luisa that they move to LA. Luisa reminds him that he hates LA; how about London where Mary Brown and Sylvia are? No, Albi is fixated on LA. In that case, Luisa is fine with it. She’d like a chance at a new start with him. He says that if Daniel could go with them, he’d leave today. This worries Luisa. Then he says, “Do you think Dora would like to live in LA?” This worries Luisa a lot more. Albi explains, Dora wouldn’t want to be separated from Daniel. Oh, yeah. Then it all seems perfectly normal!

Lucas reports to Marisa. She gives the requirements if this child is going to be born.
1. That he returns to her.
2. That she has the full position she deserves in this house, and in his life.
Lucas says he wants this baby to be born, and he’ll do everything possible to give the baby a home. Marisa agrees that the baby will be born, and their marriage will continue. And then she goes in for the kill, with condition 3:
You will take back / renounce everything you told me that day in Morocco. Lucas the invertebrate agrees to everything.

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It's a fill-in-the-blank title/quiz. If you know the answer, then you know not to get too excited about tonight.

Noel tells Rodrigo that he's the least qualified person to talk about either love or Regina, being that he doesn't know diddly about either. In the name of their friendship and the love he has for Rod's daughters, he reminds Rod that he never properly confronted reality. He couldn't deal with MdR being in love with Juan de Dios and he destroyed their love, then when MdR died he couldn't get over it and he ran off. He ran away again when Constanza died. In fact, Rod has spent his whole life running away instead of facing the consequences of his actions. And now that someone responds to his insults, he decides to do away with him by his own hand. "You haven't done things right, Rod, and you know it."

Juan mixes some medicine in with water and dribbles it into Maria del Rosario's mouth. She wakes up a little and doesn't want to drink. She starts begging "don't hit me." Juan hugs her and tells her to calm down, she's with people who love her.

Noel hopes that Rod will think about what he's said. Rod asks if he's planning to go to the casino tonight. "Last time I saw you there, you were in good company." Noel admits that just thinking about that girl…he smiles, bids Rod good night, and leaves.

The Can Can girls are on again, but this time, they're partner dancing with some of the men. Fifi even pulls Fed up to dance with him. Lulu dances with Raul, and the blonde dances with Don Fulgencio. Fed wants to have a chat with Lulu and she agrees.

Eloisa is sick of being stuck at home all the time. She thinks it's time to find a little distraction. She pulls a satiny corset out of a drawer. She says Fed gets a 10 for body and a 10x10 in bed. Good thing she's not grading him on brains or slimy-tude or his score would go way down.

Raul apologizes to Lulu for his bad dancing. She says to just not step on her and go with the music. The blonde almost drops Don Fully and he says his old bones can't take any more dancing. He goes to sit down. Ha, ha. That's what he gets for pretending to need that cane, he won't get to dance with the hos. Fully, Fed, and Raul all sit down and Fully keeps complaining about his bones. Raul reminds Fully that his wife's birthday is coming up and he's got to throw a big party like he does every year. Fed supposes all the best people will be there and Raul says that's fo' sho'.

Servando is fuming that Jimena got away from him. Aunty says she hopes Jimena hasn't run off, especially now that two rich guys are after her. Servando doesn't care about that, but Aunty does--"que la plata, no se desprecia!" (you don't look down your nose at money!). Aunty twists the knife a little, saying the younger guy already paid an advance and the older one paid them to leave Jimena alone. "When he comes looking for her and we don't know where she's at, he's going to kick up a fuss." Servando agrees. He saw Juan get into a ruckus in front of the church and says he's "bastante fiero" (way fierce). Aunty says he'd better step with "pasos de plomo" (lead steps, heavy steps) and leave Jimena alone or one of these days, that man will kill him.

Juan fell asleep at Maria del Rosario's bedside, holding her hand. He checks her forehead for fever and kisses her hand. He doesn't know why he feels such tenderness for her and such desire to protect her. Gabriel comes in to check on them. Juan says she looks better, even if she hasn't opened her eyes. Gabriel wants Juan to rest, but Juan refuses. He asks Gabe to tell Jacinta to take care of the women until they return. He wants Gabriel to go down to the "naviera" (the fleet offices) and see what's the next boat leaving for Europe. Meanwhile, Juan will "cumplir con" (carry out) his "deber" (duty). Gabe leaves and Juan looks at MdR and smiles.

Down in hut land, Juan tells Remigio that he doesn't want to become a killer. Remigio is relieved. Juan wants Remigio to go with him to Europe. He doesn't want them to be separated again. Remigio would rather wait there for Juan to return. Juan dangles the good life in front of him, but Remi says he can't leave. His mother is buried here, his roots are here, and he'll die here. Remigio says this is his world and he doesn't want any other, and besides they're working on building Paraiso. He explains about the project. Juan starts out objecting to his use of "amo" (master) as a title for Renato, but then looks shocked and Remi keeps explaining.

Renato is busy working on the books and he drops a gold coin on the floor. He remembers his conversation with Juan as they planned to run away together and giving Juan all his coins before he fell. Renato wonders what became of Juan.

Remi tells Juan that Renato is a good guy. "Wow. Sounds like despite being a Montes de Oca, he turned out to be a good person." "I told you so!" Remigio says that Don Renato is good to his people. He's more like his dad, Noel Vidal.

Renato keeps wondering where Juan could be. Aimee, in a retina-burning blue dress comes in. Renato tells her he was thinking about someone he once promised to take care of like a brother. He tells her she looks lovelier than ever today. He invites her to come check out Paraiso with him today, but she refuses. She's very snippy with him as she tells him her savage lover dumped her yesterday, so she's really not in the mood for happy peasants. No, she just says she's feeling sick. As she walks out, Regina walks in. She's ready to go whenever he is. Renato takes her hand and sighs. Yeah, dumbass, you picked the wrong sister.

Juan says he knows Noel disapproves of his attitude, but it doesn't matter, he couldn't put up with any more insults from Rod. Noel says he doesn't disapprove, but he doesn't condone violence. "Then try to be more fair. You and I both know about the injustices Rod has committed against innocent people. Noel wants to know what Juan is referring to. Juan says he's not going to get into details, he's just warning Noel to pay more attention to Mr. Aldama's business affairs. Mr. Aldama doesn't like people to take advantage of him. Juan advises Noel not to put his hands in the fire for certain of his friends.

Rod tells the story to Raul. They both agree that Juan Aldama has tons of money. Rod doesn't know or care why Aldama bought up so many shares, but Raul thinks maybe he needs to care. As the majority shareholder, they're obligated to consult with him on all their business moves. Rod is sure that Aldama is ignorant and they can manipulate him. Raul disagrees. "We can't do anything without his rep knowing about it." Rod refuses to talk about Juan. Rod has been buying up wood for cheap and shipping it to Cuba. He tells Raul that even Noel doesn't know about it. "You know how he is, so upright and moral." Rod says one of his boats is coming back from Cuba tonight with his earnings and it's a big wad of dough.

Juan tells Noel that he's going back to Spain and warns him to keep an eye on what the partners are doing. Noel supposes that Juan and Mr. Aldama will be coming back together? Juan claims not to know. He says all will be revealed at the proper time. Juan thanks Noel and shakes his hand. "I never forget the bad, but I don't forget the good, either." He leaves and Noel has a hard time breathing. He collapses in his chair.

Gabriel finds out that due to the instability in the country, there are fewer companies docking in Mexico, so they won't be able to leave for Spain anytime soon. Gabriel hugs the guy and says "Thanks! Now I'll be able to find my love, my Estrella!" He skips out the door.

Juan tells Remi that he got those gold coins from Renato, the coins he gave Remi before he left. Remi tells him that he and mom used the money to send the younger kids to study in Puebla. He assures Juan that just coming back took Remi out of his misery. Juan grudgingly admits that Renato is a decent guy. He wants to find a way to give him back his money. He doesn't want to owe him anything.

Gabriel walks the beach, remembering Estrella. I love their theme song, so I looked it up, it's Mientes by Camila--I love those guys, they have such an 80's hair band make-out-music sound to their ballads. "You lie to me, you hurt me and then you're sorry, there's no more reason for you to keep trying, I don't want to keep feeling." Hm, well, that's kind of depressing for these two.

Jimena is going nuts being stuck in the room. She's sure that she did kill Servando and she'll be locked up forever and never see Gabriel again. Clemencia offers to go down to the camp and check things out. Clemencia asks if she really reads palms and Jimena swears that she was born with the gift and she can see the future, but she can't see everything that's going to happen. "For example, I see something here, a soul in pain, but I can't see who this is about, but it's someone you love a lot and who is suffering."

Arcadio goes into MdR's cell and finds it empty.

Jacinta and Mirta feed Maria del Rosario. Jacinta thinks it's good that she at least ate a little bit. She goes back to the kitchen. MdR is disoriented. She looks and sees the bad painting of Juan de Dios by the bed. "He came back for me! My love! My only love! Juan de Dios!"

MdR is agitated and screaming "Juan de Dios!" and for whatever reason, Mirta feels the need to drag her away from the painting and shush her.

Arcadio informs Leonarda that Maria and Mirta are gone. Leonarda wants them found or she and Arcadio are both in trouble. Arcadio thinks they should just let them be. "One's crazy and the other one's mute--who's going to listen to them?" Arcadio kind of hopes they drowned in the ocean. Leo says that if MdR doesn't show up, she won't need him to keep her secret anymore.

Mirta is trying to drag MdR back to her cell, but MdR demands to be left on the beach to wait for Juan de Dios. "I saw him!"

Renato and Regina head out with Regi's camera. Aimee snottily thought bubbles that Renato should have fallen in love with Regina, they're both so insipid and such dreamers. "Oh, I wonder where Juan is!" She does not, however, chew on anything. This time.

Juan tells Pedro and Santos that he's leaving, but first he wants to give them money. Santos refuses. Pedro says they'd rather have him around than have his money. Curly demands to go with Juan and cries. Juan agrees. "I'll do the same with him as Santiago Aldama did with me. He'll get a good education and then come back to help you." Pedro laughs. "When he gets back, things are going to be worse. We might not even be alive then. But ok, go and take the kid. Don’t worry about us." Santos agrees. "We'd rather know you're far away than that you turned into a murderer."

Clemencia finds Aunty and asks where Jimena is. She says she wants a palm reading. Aunty offers to read her cards, but Clemencia says she'd rather wait for Jimena. Servando comes up and says it's time to practice the knife throwing act. Clemencia thought bubbles that this must be the guy. She says she'll come back to find Jimena another day. Servando and Griselda both look at her suspiciously as she leaves.

Renato shows Regina the houses that are being built. He says there will also be a school for both the adults and the kids. A couple of guys struggle with a big pole and Renato rushes over to help them. Remigio comes up to talk to them. Renato asks Remi to be Regina's photography assistant for the day. She takes pictures of the workers working on a house. She gets Remi in the pictures. She and Remi chat about what a great place this is going to be. Remigio says that Renato is a great man, a fair man. Regina says he's an idealistic man who will soon reach his dreams. She's glad that Remi is so respectful and nice to Renato and that makes her like him too. Remi gets all puffed up with pride.

Juan goes to MdR's grave to say goodbye. Clemencia hears him say that he's not going to be able to keep his promise. She says out of all the family, the only one who knew how to love or who was loved was his mother. He says he once asked his father what love was and daddy said that love was Maria del Rosario. Clemencia says the best thing for him to do is forget. He refuses to do that. He's tried for years to choke down his hate, but he won't forget. "Have you forgotten all the harm that was done to my parents? See. I can't forget either. I have the image of my father in my mind, the way he died, and that image never leaves me. That's why I'm leaving. So I don't turn into a killer. I don't want just people to pay for the sinners." Juan says that he will get revenge and Rodrigo will pay for all the harm he's done. Juan thanks Clemencia for helping him. Clemencia says it hurts her to see him hurting so much and not have a way to console him. They hug and cry.

Juan tells Clemencia there is no way to console him. He kisses Clemencia on the forehead and says goodbye. She says his name a couple of times and kneels at Maria de Rosario's grave. She prays that MdR will illuminate Juan and help him find peace.

MdR is insisting that only the sea can give Juan back. Arcadio finds them. He hits Mirta and drags Maria del Rosario back.

Renato tells Aimee she should have come with them, Regina was very happy. He asks if she doesn't care about the suffering of the poor. "Of course I do, but I'm so sensitive, that when I see poor people I cry." Oh, poor thing. He says he isn't going to stop asking her to come see the project. She says she'll go when she stops getting so upset. But now, she's in heat. It's been over 24 hours since her last dose of Juan and she's hoping some kisses from Renato might help her through her withdrawal symptoms. He obliges.

Arcadio drags and pushes Mirta and MdR back into the cell. MdR cries. She sees Leo and asks why Leo treats her like this. "Don't talk to me!" Leo leaves and tells Arcadio to lock them back in. She says if he has to, to chain them up. MdR screams after Leo "Where is my son? I need to see my son?" She cries and Mirta tries to comfort her.

Jacinta explains to Juan about the disappearance of the two women. He gets angry, but he sends Jacinta back to the kitchen. Gabriel says he tried looking for them, but he couldn't find them. Juan is obsessed with finding them and helping them. Juan can't understand the feelings the woman in the black veil has awakened in him. He clutches his mother's rosary.

Tomorrow: Noel tells the family that Juan left; Aimee cries; Aimee sneaks out to see Juan dressed in Regina's nun habit; Renato follows who he thinks is Regina.

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• Ale tells Beltran she quits: she saw her doll-self being destroyed in his group therapy. "If it had been as bad as you say, you wouldn't have had to quit, I would have fired you." He says he wants (after a good bank account) harmony in the workplace. "In how many businesses do the workers love their bosses, anyway? I trust you'll work it out."
  
  
• In his quest for the big sale that will free him from Ale, Rafa has found Refri Transport, a refrigerated trucks company. Pretending to be a buyer, rather than a seller, he finds out he has to make an appointment with a Mr. Zarate - by phone.
  
  He asks Susana for a phone book, she coldly hands it to him. He asks about Ale, whether she has quit. He protests he didn't participate in the mannequin massacre but Susana's having none of it: "I saw with my own eyes. I won't listen to any more, it is affecting my aura."
  
  
• Rafa calls Refri, but Zarate's secretary (sounding a lot like Vicki) tells Rafa (via the receptionist): such matters cannot be discussed by phone, he must make an appointment - for a person-to-person session - but no way. "Sorry, he's in a meeting." Rafa is not discouraged, he smells big possibilities.
  
  Ismael says: "If you can convince Refri, you'll never need another lottery ticket."
  
  
• Ale tells Susana she's staying. "Where's Medina? I'm desperate for him to pay me off and get out of here." She cries.
  
  Susana brings good news: she's made an appointment with a great lawyer named Pardo to get a second opinion on the hacienda embargo. "Great! Don't tell Marco!"
  
  
• Marco finally hunts Chavez down; predictably, he's in a smoky bar, surrounded by babes, with one of his excellent Saturday Night Fever shirts on.
  
  Chavez gives Marco the cold shoulder, huffily calls him "abogado" (lawyer), asks what he's doing here, and reproaches him: "I have my dignity. You beat and humiliated me."
  
  Marco defends himself, saying he had to look good in front of the family. "Well, I had the impression you weren't acting! You hit me with all your heart and soul! You detest me!" Like a wounded lover, Chavez asks: "What am I to you?"
  
  Oh, Marco is going to have to suck up if he wants Chavez back on his team. "Chavez, you are ... a big friend ... um, a lawyer... intelligent..." (he's stammering) "simpatico... you have a great sense of humor..." Chavez is still pouting. "Something is lacking - you need to say you're sorry." Marco sputters but capitulates: "OK, I'm sorry. Satisfied?"
  
  "Not yet." "Then what?" "Invite me to drink a bottle of whiskey with you, to prove your true friendship."
  
  Marco yields, of course. Chavez ("but you should call me Vicente") introduces him to some babes who he should "get to know profoundly."
  
  Marco says he has to go, Ale is waiting, but Chavez is indignant: "This is how you treat me? This is true reconciliation? Our friendship is not important enough?" "OK, I see. I'll stay a bit longer." Chavez ("call me Vicente") says he can get them a "private place and another bottle."
  
  
• Marco calls Ale and tells her Urdiales has suddenly called and forced him to go meet some business contacts at a bar. "I'll try to get an advance from him to pay some of your father's debts, since you haven't succeeded in getting an advance from Beltran." "Oh, yeah, right. OK, tomorrow then."
  
  
• That evening at 5:30, an embarrassed Ale passes by the sales team (as they prepare to leave early) on her way home. After that departure, Susana is mad at all of them and says she'll report them if they leave. "But we have to visit clients." "Show me the clients, then we'll see."
  
  After Susana walks away, the team chides Dandy for his failure to seduce Susana - he says he failed because she's from another planet. "I need to restructure my strategy and do something against my principles. Find me a vegetarian restaurant!" They are astonished.
  
  Later, Dandy adjusts his suit and asks Susana about a good vegetarian restaurant, she lights up about it, he invites her, she refuses: "I want to go - but not with you."
  
  
• Jimenez goes to see the sex therapist, begging her to be discreet - "my co-workers would make fun of me and my mother-in-law would kill me!" He says the problem is he gets no sex at all from his wife; she thinks he's a "disgusting fatty."
  
  "No, you aren't," says the therapist, massaging his shoulders. "Do you get excited by other women? If so, the problem is not a sex problem, but a relationship problem. You think she is like a mother."
  
  
• Rafa gets a call from Pepeta, who has found a buyer for Rafa's beloved "Panther" (the black car he ran Ale off the road with, the car that's been in the police impound ever since).
  
  Rafa is relieved, but also miserable - his love affair with his car is longer than any other he's had... Pepeto: "You're breaking my heart, should I cancel?" "No, no, I need the money." "Meet me at this bar..." (We know it's the bar where Marco is making out with babes.)
  
  Rafa arrives and says he won't part with his car till he sees the money - experience has taught him something. Pepeto is mildly indignant.
  
  A proposito, Pepeto says: "I hear you're saving the skin of Auto Siglo. You're the star. How's it going with your debt?" "It's hell, I can't do it, I'm looking for a huge sale so I can get out from under."
  
  Rafa gets a call from Vicki Vicki Vicki and while enduring her squeaky scolding ("don't send your brothers, I'll be there in 20 minutes") he sees - he sees - he sees - Marco macking with the red-hot mama! Marco is trying to leave but not without many more kisses.
  
  Pepeta asks Rafa why he looks like he's having a heart attack. "My boss's boyfriend, macking another mama -- and they're supposed to be getting married!"
  
  
• Next morning, Rafa answers the phone and Ale is more vitriolic than usual: "No, I didn't quit, I won't leave you in peace till you pay me to the last penny. GET IN HERE!"
  
  Rafa is almost out the door when Jaime shows up; Rafa asks for a favor. "But Rafa, I don't have any money." "Not that - here, take this money and liberate my car from the pound."
  
  Jaime is happy for him, knowing how much "The Panther" means to him, but Rafa corrects him: "I'm selling it to pay my debts." Now Jaime is dejected for him, and cautions: "Rafa, be careful with Pepeto - his businesses are shady..."
  
  Rafa tells Jaime what he saw at the bar. "I don't know what to do about it."
  
  
• Minutes later, at Auto Siglo the team is terrified of Ale's vengeance but she glides in all sugary smiles.
  
  In the sales meeting she tells Ramirez his voice always transports her to heaven; she speaks respectfully to Rosaura, asking if she should use "usted" with her. "Would a quota of two cars be satisfactory?" Rosaura would prefer a quota of one. "Susana, please put Doña Rosaura down for one. And Jimenez, would three be too many?" "Perhaps a bit high." "Put Jimenez down for two." He won't need his Pepto Bismol today. She calls Claudia sexy and demure.
  
  She offers to hold Medina's chair for him. "Please, be comfy." She massages his shoulders (giving his head an aggressive little crack from time to time).
  
  "In general, there will be no more torture, you are all responsible adults who do not need to be pressured for results. Susana, each may dictate his or her own quota. Have a marvellous day." She glides out.
  
  Ramirez is exultant: his method worked! [He is evidently impervious to the sarcasm with which Ale's performance was permeated.]
  
  Susana thinks this is ridiculous and will end in disaster; Ale points out it's what Beltran wanted, a "good atmosphere."
  
  Beltran comes in and says everyone is happy. He tells the sales force to go out and sell. He thanks Ale but starts to worry when she says "Let them work it out on their own, a democracy." "What? You'll ruin me." "It was your idea." "Can't Susana do it? She can release you from friction by harassing them for you."
  
  He tells her Medina, ace salesman, deserves preferential treatment. She seethes.
  
  
• Rafa gets his Panther back, all legal. "I need time for us to be alone together." Jaime says he'll leave them to enjoy their intimacy and falls over. (?) Rafa calls Pepeto: "I need 24 hours with my darling car."
  
  He is stroking and cooing over his Panther when Ale emerges from the showroom. She hits the car, remembering the accident, and faints. He scoops her up.
  
  She comes to and yells, "Why did you bring it here, to torture me? I'll get my fiance to get rid of it."
  
  She thinks Rafe should give her the money he gets from the sale, but he says the car is outside their agreement. She disagrees and again says she'll call Marco.
  
  Rafa: "Go ahead, if you can find him... if you believe in him so blindly..."
  
  Ale: "What do you know that you're not telling me?"

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