Episodio 33: Helenio (Lagrimas)
1979. La Chiva obedece las ordenes de Victoria que suba la dosis de los sedantes del Sr. Aguirre. Un día deja de respirar el viejo y Victoria le echa la culpa a la pobrecita enfermera. Chantajeándola, entierran su marido en el jardín. La única persona que sabe la verdad es Pato pero es matado a golpes en la víspera de Año nuevo, la noche en que La Chiva es detenida por la policía. En su lugar, Victoria contrata a Delia. Esto se lo cuenta La Chiva misma a Paulina y a María José quienes la visitan en la cárcel. Después de enterarse de la verdad, Paulina y María José van directamente a la mansión para confrontar a su abuela la cual ya está por hacer lo mismo a Delia. Debido a un apagón, la vieja se cae por las escaleras y encuentra su muerte. Diego les declara a sus padres de una vez por todas que es gay. En el cabaret mientras que luchan Ernesto y Poncho por la afección de Carmelita, Elena entra en trabajo de parto. Rodeada por casi toda la familia, amigos y las drag queens, parece que ella va a dar a luz a su hijo en la Casa de las Flores.
Episode 33: Elfdock (Tears)
1979. La Chiva obeys Victoria’s orders to ramp up the dosage of Mr. Aguirre’s sedatives. One day, the old man stops breathing and Victoria puts the blame on the poor nurse. Blackmailing her, they bury her husband at the garden. The only person who knows about the truth is Pato, but he is beaten to death on New Year’s Eve, the night when La Chiva is detained by the police. In her place, Victoria hires Delia. La Chiva herself narrates all this to Paulina and María José who visits her in jail. After learning about the truth, Paulina and María José go straight to the mansion to confront her grandmother, who is about to do the same thing to Delia. Due to a power outage, the old woman falls down the stairs and meets her death. Diego declares to his parents once and for all that he is gay. At the cabaret while Ernesto and Poncho duke it our for Carmelita’s affection, Elena goes into labor. Surrounded by almost all of the family, friends, and drag queens, it seems she is going to give birth to her child at the House of Flowers.
Well, here are the answers, even though they seem more like a confirmation of what we already know. That concludes the mysteries of the past. It’s already sure that Virginia and Ernesto are going to get married but at least we now know why their relationship had been the way it was. Perhaps they can now dig up the grandpa at the garden and give him a proper burial. I am not happy with old Victoria’s subplot, though. If anything she seemed to me like a caricature, the necessary evil to embody a villain that this season needs. Come to think of it, she was necessary to highlight the real albeit abstract villains of the story: the truth and society. Had they introduced her earlier, they could have had the opportunity to better flesh out her role. Perhaps it’s nothing more but wishful thinking now given the mess that the second season was. At this point, it seems like Carmela has been the character that will end up having the best character development in this series, and that says a lot for starting out as the mere gossipy neighbor.
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