COLOR OF PASSION....EPISODE #73

TUESDAY 13TH FEBRUARY, 2018....UPDATE ON COLOR OF PASSION (El Color de la Pasión)

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EPISODE #73 

 Knife, Pistol, Scissors—Players, Choose Your Weapon!

The Old:

 Rodrigo refuses to help Nora on her quest to break up Lucia and Marcelo. Alonso confronts Ricardo in his apartment about blackmailing Rebeca, and gets an earful about how Ric revealed the truth to Adriana, and then mysteriously and conveniently (for Rebeca) she had her accident the same day. Alonso refuses to believe it (but he really does), and tries to strangle the real truth out of Ric.

The New:

Ricardo sticks to his story, and adds more details. He tells Al that on the day he told Adriana the truth, she had somehow found him in his no-tell-motel. After learning the truth about her trifling sister, she started having baby pains, and he took her to the hospital. They examined her, and then sent her home with Rebeca. And later that day, Adriana had her “accident”.  Al stays firm, and orders Ric to stay the hell away from and not approach ANY of his women—Rebeca, Magdalena, Nora, Lucia, Sara, and Leticia! “If you do, you’ll regret ever being born.” Ric rubs his aching neck. Al barely makes it outside Ric’s door, then collapses in the hallway and pops a heart pill. He tries to convince himself that Ric lied.

Hallelujah! Lucia has finally gotten a new cell phone! She shares her number with Marcelo as she walks with him through the fabrica. She regrets not attending the mass for his brother later that evening, but Marcelo knows it’s best not to provoke the Momster. He thinks he can best handle her and her interrogations about THAT woman who “killed” Federico. Lucia comments on how much Marcelo loved his brother, and that she would have liked to have known him. She points out the irony of her actually having a living sister, but not being able to enjoy her company. They agree to meet up after the mass in Marcelo’s apartment, and smooch a bunch without getting caught by any of the other employees.

Nora, meanwhile, is taxing her little devious brain, trying to come up with a new way to annoy the heck out of Lucia and Marcelo, without that stupid Rod’s help. A light bulb goes on over her head, and she ransacks Lucia’s room until she finds a set of keys in a drawer. Tere interrupts, and wants to know why Nora is in Lucia’s room, and why she locked (poner segura) the door? Nora is her usual rude, haughty self, but Tere is suspicious.

Amador saunters into the fabrica, and we know it’s time for another showdown. We also know some lovely talavera is going to get hurt in the process. Marcelo, Nazario, Lalo, and all the other employees stare Amador down. He returns their glares, then picks up an innocent piece of talavera, and smashes it to the ground! He picks up another, and another, and another, and does the same.

Marcelo finally grabs him and orders him to stop. Amador slips out of his grasp, grabs a large pair of SCISSORS, and threatens to use them on Marcelo and/or Naz. He curses the fabrica to fail/sink (hundir), and blames everything on Marcelo, accusing him of fooling Al and seducing his daughters and wife. Lalo takes the opportunity to whack the scissors out of Amador’s hand with a plank, Marcelo punches him in the gut, and three employees grab him and drag him away. Marcelo orders him to get out! Amador huffs and puffs, and kicks shards of talavera as he stumbles out.

Al confronts Rebeca at home about Ricardo. Thinking Lucia ratted her out about her and Ric’s lunch date, she’s ready to badmouth her niece/stepdaughter. Nope. Al heard nothing from Lucia, but from Ric himself! And he learned some interesting things…He recounts how Ric revealed the truth to Adriana about Rebeca, just shortly before Adriana had her accident. “What did you do? What did you do to Adriana?!” Al grabs Rebeca’s arms and starts to shake her. Rebeca denies, denies, denies. She has no idea why Ric is making all this crap up about her! Al isn’t buying it anymore. Ric must have some reason to only be attacking her. He starts clutching at his arm, and sits down to take a breath. Rebeca takes the opportunity to continue to spin the tale of how Ric is persecuting her, precisely to cause trouble in their marriage. She tries to escape, claiming she’s going to call his cardiologist, but Al pulls her back. “I don’t need a doctor! I’m not planning on dying, before I know the truth. I swear, I’m going to find out.” With that, he leaves the room, still clutching his arm. Alone, Rebeca curses Ricardo. “Damn you, Ricardo Marquez!” She pops a headache pill.

Lucia visits Leti, who’s taken the rest of the day off from work. Lucia’s concerned her BFF is ill because of the upcoming nuptials between her aunt and Mario, but Leti says she’s actually happy for them now. She’s ticked off that Sergio is going to the wedding with Gloria, and despite denying that she has more than friendly feelings for him, she admits she’s jealous. Lucia is just happy that Leti is crushing on a guy her own age! Plus, Sergio is a great guy, hard-working, AND handsome! Lucia tells her amiga to go for it, and tell Sergio how she feels about him. Leti would rather die! She’s sure Sergio has her firmly in the friend-zone, and sees this as part of her pattern of always choosing to crush on the wrong guy. Lucia gives her bestie a consoling kiss on the cheek.

Mario and Sergio discuss work and Leti. Sergio lets Mario know that Leti turned down attending the wedding with him, while Mario lets Sergio know that Leti seems to have a problem with Sergio too. Sergio can’t think of what he could have done to offend her. Mario tells him to find out.

Amador’s taken the drinking and sulking home. Brigida’s not having it. It’s bad enough having him there, but him being drunk makes it even worse. Amador tells her that she can get the hell out, if she doesn’t like it. “That’s what I should do. Get out of here, and DIVORCE you. Just like Al is doing with Rebeca.” Amador doesn’t appreciate being compared with his EX-BFF, the marvelous Alonso Gaxiola, and smashes his half-full whiskey glass to the floor. He tells Brigida to divorce him if she wants, because he won’t have a penny to give her in alimony, thanks to the wonderful Alonso screwing him out of the money he should rightfully get from the dissolution of their partnership.

Al, meanwhile, has gone to Adriana’s grave to ask for her help in discovering the truth about her wretched sister and the despicable Ric.

Rebeca has decided to get rid of Ricardo before that can happen. She tries to pressure the police detectives to arrest Ric for the fraud he committed up north. She’s annoyed to learn that they can’t do anything because, 1) it’s out of their jurisdiction, and 2) the company that brought the charges went out of business and no longer exists. Or does she have another crime to accuse Ric of that they can make a case with?...Rebeca mumbles that she has lots to accuse him of, then storms out. The detective rolls his eyes. “Women!”

Lalo checks in with Marcelo about Amador’s renewed accusations. Marcelo assures him that Amador is history in the fabrica, since Al is in the process of dissolving their partnership. “It’s about time!” Marcelo excuses himself to head off to this brother’s 5-month death mass. Lalo smacks himself for being so insensitive. On his way out, Marcelo asks Normita for Al, since he hasn’t shown up to the fabrica all day. No one knows where he’s been—except the cemetery caretaker, who kicks him out when it’s closing time.

Nora waits for Rafaela to leave Marcelo’s apartment, then makes her way upstairs and lets herself in with the keys she pilfered from Lucia’s room.  She then goes into full stalker mode, and proceeds to spray her perfume all over Marcelo’s bed and pillows, caress his clothing, roll around in his bed, kiss his photo, and search through his nightstand drawer, where she finds THE SUICIDE PISTOL. She seems almost hypnotized by it, as she examines and then loads it with the bullet cartridge she also finds in the drawer. She aims at the audience, and obviously enjoys the sensation of power the gun gives her.

Lucia takes leave of her bestie, and explains why she’s not going to the mass for Marcelo’s brother—his Momster can’t stand her. She knows Momster prefers Daniela, and she’s sure Dani will be at the mass. Leti says she met Dani at her cousin’s funeral. “She not ugly in the least, but she’s super arrogant (presumidita). She’s got nothing on you! I don’t know why Marcelo’s mom can’t see that you’re the best option for him.” Lucia throws the compliment right back at Leti. SHE’S the best option for Sergio. Go get your man, girl! Forget Gloria! Lucia reminds Leti she can call her on her new cell phone. Leti teases that it’s about time Lucia emerged from the Stone Age (la Edad de Piedra)!

Dani claims to be sick to get out of going to Fede’s depressing mass. Milagros lets her off the hook with only a minimal guilt trip--- after all, Fede was NOTHING to Dani… Dani ignores the dig, and calls Ric to set up a date.

Rebeca storms past Mario’s new secretary, Felicia, who tries desperately and unsuccessfully to stop her. Rebeca reads Mario the riot act for deceiving her. The info he gave her on Ricardo was useless and out of date! Why didn’t he tell her?! “Because I didn’t know!” Rebeca is sure he did it on purpose so that she couldn’t get rid of Ric, and now he’s making up yet another lie about her! Mario looks like he’s getting tired of all of Rebeca’s drama, and tells her he told Alonso everything about how she came to him for help because Ric was blackmailing her. Al isn’t just his client, but also his friend. Rebeca is LIVID. She knocks the documents off Mario’s desk, and calls him a traitor (traidor), before storming out.

Unfortunately, she’s exiting the building just as Magda is arriving. SLAP! “Leave my fiancé alone! Don’t come near him again! Or what? Are you thinking of messing with him too and sleeping with MY man?! Get it through your head—he doesn’t want to help you!” Rebeca smugly says that remains to be seen, then tries to sashay away, but Magda’s not having it. She yanks her back by the arm and lets her sister know she knows her latest dirt, about how she got involved with Marcelo’s brother. But nothing surprises her about Rebeca anymore. It’s only just confirmed what she knew long ago. “You respect NOTHING and NO ONE! Not even yourself. But your days are numbered, Rebequita, and you know why? Because you’re about to drown in your own venom.” And with that final word, Magda shoves her sister aside, like the trash she is, and strides into her fiancé’s office building.

Inside, Felicia, who learns fast, greets Magda very differently from the last time, and with the deference her boss’ fiancé deserves. Magda notes the difference to Mario, then asks what her sister wanted. Mario says he doesn’t want to argue again, and Magda takes a deep breath and calms herself down. That’s not why she came to see him. She just came from the gynecologist…Despite her age, her eggs and uterus are in perfect shape and ready for business! Woohoo!!! Mario’s ready to get down to business right now, and Magda doesn’t object! He closes and locks his office doors with a big smile on his face.

Padre Samuel says the mass for Federico. After the mass, Mili and Marcelo go down to the tombs to visit Fede. She takes the opportunity to make him swear on his brother’s grave that he will one day tell her that woman’s name. Marcelo tearily says that day is coming soon.

Little Red Riding Dani is just about to change her mind and run out of the restaurant, when the Big Bad Wolf arrives. She’s nervous about getting involved so soon after her heart was broken, and getting involved with a man so much older. Ric is all understanding and soulful looks. He says they can just let things flow between them—if it happens, it happens. He kisses her hand seductively. Dani blushes.

Almost as soon as Sara gets home, she gets a visitor—a very distraught looking Al (who’s still clutching his arm!). Sara wants to get him medication. “Sara, what I have can’t be fixed with medicine.”

Rebeca’s looking for different kind of medicine—the kind you find in a bar. She distractedly orders a martini from the bartender, then becomes captivated by the large KNIFE he uses to slice the lime wedges.

Al tells Sara everything Ric shared with him, including the detail about him taking Adriana to the hospital and Rebeca picking her up. Although Sara isn’t defending Rebeca, she knows the kind of man Ric is, and doesn’t think Al can blindly trust him. Al knows, but he’s determined to find the truth, and that’s why he’s asking for Sara’s help in finding proof. The doctor who treated Adriana has already passed away, but Sara could find the record of Adriana having been treated in the hospital that day. Sara agrees, but her priority right now is making sure Al gets home to rest. Al wisely knows that if he goes home, rest is the last thing he’ll get. Sara instead takes him to lie down in her room.

Leti works up the courage to go see Sergio, but instead runs into Rod, who’s taking out the trash. She’s actually civil to him, and gives him her condolences about Ligia. He tells her that Sergio is out on a date with Gloria, and Leti calls herself stupid and hurries out of the building. Meanwhile, Sergio picks up Gloria. She’d prefer to go to his place (hint, hint), instead of out. He tries to lower her expectations, first pointing out that Rod lives with him now, and then basically letting her know that he’s not as into her and she is into him. Gloria’s just happy to know that he’s not in love with Nora anymore, and is ready to give it her all and take the risk. She kisses him. He’s clearly not moved.

Lucia finishes making herself pretty before going to see Marcelo. She looks for the apartment keys, and internally questions where they could be. Nora stops her on the way out, and looks like the cat who ate the canary when she learns Lucia is on her way to Marcelo’s place.

Ric has returned home from his date with Dani. As he goes to open his front gate, he hears a woman approaching and turns to face her. It’s Rebeca, and her right hand is suspiciously behind her back.

Rebeca: Curse the hour you appeared!
Ric: Didn’t you tell me that I came back to ruin (deshacer) your life?
Rebeca: Yes. And now I’m going to ruin yours!

Rebeca brings her hand from behind her back and reveals a large carving knife. Ric stops smiling. Rebeca doesn’t hesitate, and plunges the knife deep into Ric’s left shoulder, pinning him against the doorframe. He cries out in pain and shock, and grabs hold of the handle of the knife as he curses Rebeca and slides down the wall.