Episodio 24: Petunia (Picardia)
1979. Victoria Aguirre (Rebecca Jones) arma una fiesta para su hija Virginia (Isabel Burr) cuya amistad con Ernesto de la Mora (Tiago Correa) desaprueba. Se celebra la fiesta en la Casa de las Flores donde conocen por primera vez a la joven vecina Carmela Villalobos (Ximena Sariñana). Aburrida en casa, Virginia sale a hurtadillas con amigos, entre ellos Salomón Cohen (Javier Jattin), por una escapada a Acapulco. 40 años después, una vieja Victoria (Isela Vega) regresa a la Casa de las Flores para salvar la florería la cual fue originalmente suya. Elena está en coma en el hospital y se da a conocer por el médico su embarazo a la familia entera la cual aún no sabe que sea el hijo de Diego. Paulina va a la cárcel y acaba por compartir la celda con Jenny quien la amenaza y le echa la culpa por su encarcelación. Casi atrapada por Jenny, está salvada temporalmente por una anciana que se llama La Chiva (Luisa Huertas) quien quiere vengarse de su abuela Victoria. Desesperada, pide ayuda a María José quien está de vuelta en Madrid.
Episode 24: Petunia (Cunning)
1979. Victoria Aguirre (Rebecca Jones) throws a party for daughter Virginia (Isabel Burr), whose friendship with Ernesto de la Mora (Tiago Correa) she disapproves of. The party is celebrated at the House of Flowers, where they meet a young Carmela Villalobos (Ximena Sariñana) for the first time. Bored at home, Virginia sneaks out with her friends, among them Salomón Cohen (Javier Jattin), for an escapade to Acapulco. 40 years later, an old Victoria (Isela Vega) returns to the House of Flowers to salvage the flower shop, which was originally hers. Elena is in a coma at the hospital and her pregnancy is made known by the doctor to the whole family, who are not yet aware that it’s Diego’s child. Paulina goes to prison and ends up sharing the same jail cell with Jenny, who threatens and blames her for her incarceration. Almost cornered by Jenny, she is temporarily saved by an old woman named La Chiva (Luisa Huerta) who wants revenge on her grandma Victoria. Desperate, she asks for María José’s help, who is back in Madrid.
The truth is I no longer wanted to see the third season, but the decision to go back to the past proves to be rather convenient to pique curiosity once again. With two simultaneously narrated storylines set 40 years apart, there are plenty of opportunities to develop subplots regarding characters that we already know, but from a different time of their lives. This way, we get to know them better and the possibility of redeeming them from whatever misstep from the part of the screenwriters during the second season now exists. In that way they can also buy time to come up with new ideas for the characters at present, in particular on how to further elaborate their stories without seeming contrived. Let’s see if this type of strategy will work or not. I still miss Virginia. At least she has now returned to the scene, albeit much younger but as rebellious as ever. I also like how the world of the characters now seem to be smaller than how I imagined it to be, by virtue of their links to their predecessors.
“La vida da muchas vueltas. Unas, a favor y otras, en contra.” -Roberta
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