| The Final Episode |
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| How did it end ? The situation so far : Luna and the police are camped outside the gates of the Larios home, waiting for Suarez to emerge with a confession from Catalina. Meanwhile, inside, Catalina has outwitted Suarez and electrocuted him in the swimming pool. Dr. Mendiola has told Alejandro that Vilma's cancer is worse than all predictions and Alejandro is determined to get Vilma to Houston for treatment, but all the flights are booked out leaving him with little options. Jose Carlos, Leonora and el pequeno Edgar are in the Larios plane ready to fly to Chiapas. Unaware, that Catalina has put sugar in the fuel tank. |
| The final episode begins with Jose Carlos looking very pilotty in the front seat of the plane, ready to take off. Suddenly onto the runway screams an ambulance and a car. Leonora is sitting behind Jose Carlos wearing matching ( and rather large ) sunglasses. With her is el pequeno Edgar, and wearing a very ducky blouse and shorts. Leonora thinks that Alejandro has arrived to retrieve Edgar and tries to hold Edgar close to her, but he seems to be in a wandering mood. Meanwhile, back at the Larios mansion, Catalina and Curiel, the lawyer, are admiring Suarez's dead-man's float in the pool. Today she is wearing a grey jumper divided into cream, red and black triangles, and a black skirt which shows off her straight back. The eyepatch is black. Curiel makes the first understatement of the episode telling Catalina " you're quite unbalanced." He wonders why she escaped after the death of Suarez, and Catalina claims that she is quite innocent. Outside, Luna arrives, wondering where Suarez is. He decides that they have been waiting long enough and orders the police to break into the grounds. The men all charge the gates and beat them dramatically, or climb up and shake them. Inside the mansion, Curiel tells Catalina to give herself up. By this time, Luna and co. have (somehow, with thier feeble attempts) managed to reach the front door, and demand to be let in. Catalina then informs Curiel that she didnt escape before because she wasn't afraid, and she "cant indulge in such vulgar emotions." Luna is getting quite desperate to get in, and so Catalina storms off, telling Curiel to "find some way to get rid of that riffraff !" Back at the airport, Alejandro, in his usual calm way, requisitions the plane to take Vilma to Houston. Dr.Mendiola is with him. So now the situation is : Alejandro and Vilma are on the plane, and Leonora, Jose Carlos and Edgar are safe on the ground. Leonora and Edgar move inside the airport terminal, and we can now see Edgar's travel gear much better. A frilly white blouse and he is clutching a cardboard suitcase rather like a McHappy Meal box. Leonora dishes out a multicoloured lollipop to Edgar and asks Gudini about the safety of the plane ( to alert us to the fact that there is a problem ).Gudini tells her that she is just being a worrying female, and, to a background of threatening music, says the plane is completley safe. Outside, Alejandro and Jose Carlos part on unfriendly terms. Alejandro vowing to take Edgar back. Jose Carlos reprimands him, and the plane is shut up and streaks across the tarmac. Back at the house the threatening music is constantly playing. Curiel and now Luna are admiring Suarez's floatation skills. Luna gets into another fit of righteousness and is furious that the Larioses are trying to hire lawyers, and then he makes understatement number two : " Do you realise that woman is crazy ? She's a psycopath. She's completley derranged ! " Inside, in her bedroom we get a closeup of Catalina, minus the eyepatch and sombrero de pelo, brushing her hair rather violently, and with a mega-scowl. ( Brick red lipstick ). She is claiming to be tired, bored and completley fed up. As the camera zooms out we see a glass of orange juice in front of Catalina. She speaks right into the camera, telling us that she did her best for Alejandro, but " What has that got her ? Emptiness, abandonment and teason." The "impending doom" background music begins as she reminds us that Jose Carlos has been lined up to die. "Alejandro has rejected the crown. Someone must pay " Meanwhile, in mid air the plane begins to shake. In the front seat, Alejandro screams at the pilot that the engines are failing. In the screech of the nose dive he scrambles back to Vilma, who is looking decidedly seedy. The scene ends with them embracing. We cut to Gudini being told that the plane has gone ( again to the impending doom music ). Gudini hurries off as fast as his skin tight jeans will allow. Back at the house, Luna is waiting for Catalina to emerge when the phone rings. Luna prepares to pick it up, as Catalina answers. It's Gudini. In a bored monotone he tells Catalina that her plane has blown up. Catalina looks hopeful, and confirms that Leonora and Jose Carlos have been killed. But no ! They are safe. The plane was carrying Alejandro and Vilma, Gudini informs Catalina. A dramatic chord sounds, so that we know Catalina's look of horror is genuine. She almost looks worried as she puts down the telephone. At this moment, Curiel knocks on the door and tells Catalina to hurry up. She says that she'll be with him in a minute, once she has changed her clothes and will then accompany him wherever he likes. We have a closeup of her face to see the possibility of some moisture around the eyes ( debatable ). Catalina, back still as straight as ever, glides over to the door and locks it, flings open the wardrobe and she carefully selects some outfits and flings them to the floor. Finally, she chooses the black coat, wig and sunglasses she used to kill the jeweller ( among others ). In the living room, Luna and Curiel are speculating about the possibility of a bomb on the plane. Luna concludes that the explosion must have something to do with Catalina's airport visit. Back in the bedroom, very ominous music is playing, and Catalina is holding a bottle of the indian poison ! into the orange juice it goes and she lifts the glass to her lips... At the airport, Gudini has told Jose Carlos and Leonora about the explosion. Even Edgar stops slurping his lollipop for long enough to look concerned. Jose Carlos is puzzled about the cause until Leonora reminds him that Catalina was at the airport yesterday. Meanwhile at the mansion , Suarez has been retrieved from the pool, looking very dead. Inside, Luna is getting impatient, and he storms off with Curiel to fetch Catalina. Inside the bedroom, the camera pans along a trail of clothes on the floor, leading to the bed where Catalina has collapsed, wearing the disguise with the black eyepatch lying next to her. Luna breaks the door open, and looks horrifed / downhearted. Jose Carlos and Leonora arrive home to find the place swarming with detectives. ( Where's Edgar ? ) Curiel comes out and tells Jose Carlos that Catalina murdered Suarez in the swimming pool. The ( very busy ) ambulance attendants wheel out a stretcher with a body under a sheet. Jose Carlos pulls the sheet back, and to more emphatic version of the opening theme, we see Catalina Creel ( still in disguise ) looking as dignified as ever. Luna tells him that it was suicide, and Jose Carlos responds by saying that "if she hadn't done it, I would have done it myself." Jose Carlos and Leonora embrace as the theme fades out. 5 Anos Despues ( Five Years Later.. ) The scene is a sunny day and two small boys are playing happily in the Larios pool. All is well ( No lawnmowers in sight ). Two women enter the scene calling them Braulio and Jose Carlos. The two women are Elvia, the housekeeper, ( looking as much like a funeral director as ever ) and Esperanza ( still in a tent like dress, but with now stylishly longer hair ) Elvia tells us that she visits the cemetery to put flowers on Vilma and Alejandro's graves, "Its as if it happened yesterday." Esperanza tells Elvia to forget about it and frets at the boys to hurry up. Inside its much the same, Leonora ( also with longer hair ) strolls in with a tray and says to a slightly greyer Jose Carlos : "Look what ive prepared for you, Your favorite martini" Jose Carlos : "Great. Theres nothing like an aperitif to sharpen the apetite." Leonora : "I'm not much of a drinker though." Both give a forced laugh We find that Lar-Creel is doing splendidly and they both seem happy enough We then cut to Catalina's dust-sheeted bedroom. A maid is cleaning. Elvia storms in and asks for an explanation, informing us that the room should always be shut up. The maid reminds us that she is new. In case we are in any doubt, Elvia tells us that something terrible happened in here and that its the only room in the house that's closed off. But as it turns out the room was left unlocked. Has Catalina died ? In the boys bedroom, Esperanza is talking to the boys ( they call her grandma ). Esperanza leaves and Braulio anounces that he has stolen Elvia's key to " that room we're not allowed in." We cut to Elvia finding that her key is missing Back in the dinning room, things are still well. Leonora has cooked a new recipe. Esperanza shows up and the three adults begin to have an informative discussion. It turns out that Edgar's name was changed to Braulio. Meanwhile, the boys are entering Catalina's room with standard nervous aprehension. Little Jose Carlos is worried about getting into trouble, but Braulio is un-afraid. The discussion in the dinning room continues. We find out that Braulio has no knowledge of the events of the past, nor who Catalina was and thinks that Jose Carlos is his father. Esperanza declares that they are growing up normally. "Just like Alejandro and I" says Jose Carlos. Back in Catalina's room we can see a photo of Alejandro and Vilma. Jose Carlos Jr. is looking through Catalina's briefcase whilst Braulio is sitting at the dressing table with his back to the camera. On the floor we can see a box of eyepatches lies spilt open as Braulio looks at the picture of Jose Carlos and Alejandro with thier Father. Little Jose Carlos says "Braulio, lets go to lunch." As Braulio turns we zoom in to see he is wearing an eyepatch !! ( scary music begins ) " I'm not Braulio. I am el pequeno Edgar. " The screen tint's to purple and black as the credits roll for the last time. ~ Fin ~ |
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