Ramona                                Resúmenes Breves en el inglés y el español / Relatively Brief Summaries in English and Spanish

 

 

Mexico (Televisa) 2000.

USA (Univision) 2001.

 

 

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Sources/fuentes: Diario de Yucatán (www.sureste.com),  El Universal (www.el-universal.com.mx),

                   ESMAS (http://www.esmasestrellas.com/ramona/otros_html/ele_compl.html), (http://www.esmas.com/ramona/)

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SINOPSIS

 

     http://www.esmas.com/ramona/ramona_sin.html,  http://www.esmasestrellas.com/ramona/ramona_sin.html. Sinopsis: La historia épica-western, se desarrolla cuando California se une a Estados Unidos y los mexicanos que ahí se quedaron luchan por sus tierras. En este melodrama de tintes trágicos, Ramona (Kate del Castillo) se verá expuesta al rechazo de su propia familia y a la de la tribu del hombre que ama, Alejandro (Eduardo Palomo), dando pie a una estrujante historia de amor en condiciones del peor salvajismo y codicia. Importante será la presencia de doña Ramona (Helena Rojo), pues representará la autoridad represiva y prejuiciosa, pero de igual forma la fidelidad al romanticismo exarcerbado del siglo pasado, mientras que su hijo Felipe Moreno (René Strickler), saca a flote su amor fraternal, que pasará por el laberinto del incesto.

 

 

 

UNIVISION

http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=160671

Televisa

Kate Del Castillo y Eduardo Palomo en Ramona.

Univision Online

 

Sinopsis:

     Excelente adaptación de la novela pro-indigenista de Helen Hunt Jackson.  Lucy Orozco y su equipo trasladan la historia a mediados del siglo XIX y enfocan los  problemas raciales de la California de esa época. Estupendas actuaciones de parte de Helena Rojo y  Kate del Castillo como las Ramonas, madre e hija adoptiva.

     Esta historia comienza en un valle californiano poco después de la guerra de Secesión cuando Ramona Moreno Gonzaga de 18 años regresa a su casa. Siendo Ramona casi una  niña, su madre, Doña Ramona Gonzaga, la envió a un claustro.

     Ella nunca comprendió porque su  madre tomó esa decisión, puesto que ella nunca tuvo vocación religiosa. Tampoco entendió por qué su  madre ni su hermano Felipe vinieron a visitarla  al convento. Cuando los conventos son cerrados, Ramona vuelve a su amada hacienda y a su familia.

     Las cosas han cambiado en California. Un  hombre sin escrúpulos, llamado Jack Green ostenta ahora la estrella que simboliza la autoridad de  la comarca. Casi al llegar a la hacienda, Ramona se cruza en el camino con el indio Alejandro de Asís.

     Es un encuentro fugaz, pero que deja marcado para siempre a los dos. Sin embargo, en la hacienda espera otro amor a Ramona: su hermano Felipe que también la mirará con ojos  de hombre.

 

Basada en la novela de Helen Hunt Jackson

Escrita por Lucy Orozco, Humberto Robles y Francisco Sánchez

© Televisa S.A. 1999

 

 

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AVANCES/RESÚMENES

 

 

      USA 1/15-19/01. While Ramona prepares to leave the convent, two Americans find gold on doña Ramona’s land. One, Davies?, is captured by her men and is whipped (by Ramona and her capataz) before being freed. Rex changes his name to Jack Green and makes plans with Dr. Thomas to take the ranch and the gold. Marta and Felipe, Ramona’s brother, are excited by the news that Ramona will return but her mother isn’t. There is a secret; Padre Salvaterra tells doña Ramona that Ramona is not guilty of anything. On their way to the ranch, Ramona and the nuns pass through El Pueblo de los Santos which is shortly thereafter taken over by Green (as the new sheriff replacing the sheriff he killed) and has its name changed to Spurtown, a town that doesn’t want Mexicans or Indios. Meanwhile, the daughter of the bruja Maeta gives Alejandro a medal to wear when he goes to the shearing at Felipe’s hacienda. Doña Ramona married Alonso when she thought that Angus was dead but has never stopped loving him. Ramona is happy to leave the convent because she felt trapped there and she wonders why her mother has never visited. Felipe buys a horse for Ramona and Alejandro trains it. Alejandro runs into Ramona’s coach on her way but doesn’t recognize and is treated rudely by the drivers. Felipe greets Ramona warmly but her mother doesn’t and tells her that she must obey the rules and not leave the house. Nevertheless, Felipe takes her out riding and they play hide and seek as they did as children. Ramona finds Alejandro by the river and they are talking when Padre Salvaterra arrives and reprimands her for talking alone to a semi-naked man. Just then Felipe arrives. He tells Alejandro that he doesn’t want to lose his friendship. Doña Ramon finds Felipe’s diary in which he comments that if Ramona were not his sister..... In Spurtown, their father tells Ana Lupe and Fernando that they will have to leave Spurtown because of the attitude toward Mexicans. Felipe confesses to Padre Salvaterra his odd feelings for Ramona. The padre tells Doña Ramona that Ramona is not responsible for his feelings. On another outing, Ramona disobeys Felipe and leads her horse Rubi into the river. She is thrown and carried by the current. Alejandro arrives and rescues her. It turns out that Felipe has feared the water ever since he almost drowned as a child. Doña Ramona recalls how she was going to run away with her son and Angus until Marta told her that he was living with an Indian. Davies, Leopoldo and ? start to pull down the fences around the hacienda. Ramona tells Marta of her strange feelings for Alejandro. s

      El Universal, 4/3/00: Después de concluir sus estudios en un convento, Ramona regresa a su hogar, donde la espera doña Ramona. Y mientras se encuentra confesándose, el padre Salvatierra le hace recordar su pasado y los orígenes de Ramona. Lucio y Marcos liberan al forajido Davis y el los amenaza diciendo que los encontrará. El hermano de Ramona, Felipe, está a punto de descubrir a su madre cuando veía unos recuerdos. Cuando Alejandro monta una yegua que Felipe regalará a Ramona, el animal sale a todo galope y está a punto de chocar con el carruaje de Ramona.       

      Diario de Yucatan, 4/3/00: Ramona duda del cariño de su madre porque jamás ha recibido ternura de ella. Desde niña la tuvo aislada para impedir que alguien se le acercara. Sólo de Felipe, su hermano, recuerda los momentos felices de sus juegos. También evoca a Margarita, hija de su nana, quien fue su única amiga, y al indio Alejandro de Asís, un niño apache Yahí que cada año acompañaba a su tribu para la esquila en la hacienda y que compartía travesuras con Ramona y Felipe. Todos están felices en la hacienda al saber que regresa la niña Ramona. Felipe y los peones organizan una fiesta, pero Doña Ramona los mira con recelo, ya que no le parece nada bien tener otra vez a su hija en casa. Doña Ramona, valerosa y dominante, ha gobernado la hacienda desde que quedó viuda, combatiendo a los que intentan invadir su propiedad. Pero con el regreso de su hija se enfrenta a viejos fantasmas y dolorosos secretos que había procurado sepultar. En el camino, el carruaje de Ramona se cruza con el indio, pero no se reconocen, han crecido y cambiado. Sin embargo, nace entre los dos una gran simpatía y se sienten atraídos. El padre Salvatierra, confesor y confidente de Dona Ramona, llega de visita a la hacienda. Felipe le suplica que lo escuche en confesión. El joven le revela que tiene un sentimiento pecaminoso hacia su hermana y no puede evitarlo.- 5:30 de la tarde

     El Universal, 4/9/00: Felipe está desconcertado por la llegada de Ramona a la hacienda del pueblo de Todos los Santos. A Alejandro de Asís le pasa lo mismo desde que vio a Ramona. El padre Salvatierra ofrece una misa en memoria de Alfonso Moreno. Doña Ramona pide perdón en silencio por no haberlo amado. Jack Green insiste en cambiarle nombre al pueblo. Doña Ramona Moreno lee el diario de su hijo Felipe y pide a Dios lo aparte de malos pensamientos. El padre Salvatierra nota la amistad entre Ramona y el indio.

      Diario de Yucatan, 4/9/00: Doña Ramona pide al padre Salvatierra que rompa el secreto de confesión y le diga qué pasa en el corazón de Felipe, pero el sacerdote se niega. Felipe obliga a Ramona a pedirle perdón a su madre por habersele enfrentado. Doña Ramona le dice que no es el momento adecuado, ya que Felipe fue a hacerle frente a unos maleantes que están destruyendo su propiedad. Green encabeza a un grupo de racistas y derriba las cercas en la hacienda para que escapen los animales. Alejandro los descubre y avisa a su padre. Se desata casi una batalla campal. Doña Ramona reza por la vida de su hijo que va al frente de los mexicanos que se defienden.

    Telenovelas-Internet.com. Subject: Summary for Monday, January 15 Author: Laura Date: 01-15-2001 21:17 ----------------- January 15, 2001 Capitulo 1 ----------------- The story is set in 1867 in California (it was part of Mexico before the Mexican-American War in the 1840s). Ramona Moreno lives at a convent and has been there for many years. She is called into the Mother Superior's office and is told that the convent will be closing. At the ranch, Doña Ramona Gonzaga (Ramona's mother and a widow) has heard the same news via letter and is upset to learn that Ramona will be coming home to live. Felipe comes into the sala, where the Doña (his mother) tells him the "terrible" news. Instead, Felipe is happy to learn that Ramona is coming home. The Doña tries to explain that things are better for her at the convent (but she has no choice; it's closing). Felipe tries to console his mother and remains positive. He is confused, however, why Ramona's return makes the Doña so upset. Felipe and the Doña also discuss the situation regarding American gold prospectors in the area.

        In a nearby cabin, two gringos named Dr. Thomas and Rex share whisky and discuss their dislike for Mexicans (like the Morenos) living in California. At the same time, two gringo prospectors pan for gold in a part of the river that is on the Moreno's property. They have little respect for the Mexicans as well.

        At the convent Ramona packs up her few belongings because she will be leaving the next day. She admits to the Mother Superior that a religious vocation isn't for her, anyway, although she loves the convent and the nuns, etc. The Mother understands, and the two discuss how life will be outside the safe walls of the convent. Ramona is a bit scared but the Mother comforts her. Ramona asks the Mother Superior about her mother, the Doña. Ramona is very sad that the Doña never has come to visit her at the convent, etc. The Mother Superior defends the Doña and tells Ramona that the Doña is a widow with the ranch to think about, as well as other obligations. The Mother also reminds Ramona that it's not always safe for children to be living on the ranches during this time. Felipe goes into the kitchen and is thrilled to tell Martha that Ramona is coming home. At first she's excited along with him, but she quiets down when Felipe mentions his mother (the Doña). Martha knows the Doña doesn't like Ramona very much and right away knows there could be trouble.

        The ranch hands work on a fence and hear the gold prospectors, who have found a large nugget in the river. The ranch hands ride over to the river and with guns drawn, tell the prospectors they are on private property. One of the prospectors escapes, but the other is lassoed and captured. Felipe and the Doña eat lunch and discuss Padre Salvatierra, whom they are expecting. During the meal Martha comes in to serve them and mentions how nice it is that Ramona is coming home. The Doña is mad that she knows, and Felipe explains that he told her. It doesn't matter; the Doña becomes upset anyway and leaves the room in a huff. Martha apologizes to Felipe, who isn't mad at all. He tells her that he just doesn't understand his mother. He also tries to get Martha to tell him anything that would explain the Doña's behavior. Martha doesn't offer much. Meanwhile Padre Salvatierra is trying to get to the Moreno's ranch but his horse won't obey him. At that moment a gringo puts a gun to his head and within seconds steals the Padre's horse. At the Indian village Alejandro speaks with his father and others about going to the Doña's ranch the following day. That night, Ramona is spending her last night at the convent and dreams that she is a little girl again. In her dream she overhears two servants discussing "pobre Ramona" and the situation involving her parents. Ramona wakes up from the dream all of a sudden, confused.

        Felipe is in his study writing in his journal. He continues to not understand his mother and her attitude towards Ramona. While he is writing Juan comes in and tells Felipe about the gringo they caught at the river. Padre Salvatierra has arrived, and Martha and Felipe welcome him with food and drink (the Doña has already gone to bed). They talk about gringos, and Felipe tells the Padre that Ramona is coming home from the convent. Because he knows the Doña's secrets, the Padre is immediately worried but tries not to let his concern show. The next day, Alejandro and his father get their horses ready to leave. A female Indian, Manuela, likes Alejando and gives him an amulet for good luck on his journey. In return she wants the cross around his neck, but he explains that it was his mother's. After Manuela leaves Alejandro's father sees the amulet and gets mad, reminding Alejando they are now Christians. They saddle up and leave. Dr. Thomas and Rex sit in their cabin/shack and consult a map, making plans. In the ranch kitchen Martha tells Margarita, her daughter, that Ramona is coming home. Margarita seems pleased but wonders why Ramona is returning. Martha doesn't really know. Later Martha and Juan discuss Ramona's return. The more that Martha thinks about it, the more worried she gets. Felipe and the ranch hands have the gringo in a barn strung up by his hands. They want to know what the gringos were doing on the Moreno's property, and where the other guy is. The prospector, his hands and arms in pain, offers as little information as possible. At that moment the Doña comes in the barn to look the gringo over. She whips him once, then lets Lucio continue the lashings. Ramona is dressed and ready to leave the convent for good. She and the Mother Superior cry, knowing they will miss each other. Later Ramona is in a stagecoach for the ride back to the ranch. She is accompanied by two nuns who don't appreciate the scenery and wide open spaces as much as Ramona does. Cliffhanger: The Doña and Padre Salvatierra are alone, and she is (still) upset about Ramona's imminent return to the ranch. The Padre has a hard time understanding why the Doña harbors ill feelings after all these years. The Doña exclaims, ¡No la quiero! ¡No la quiero! The Padre responds that no matter what has occurred, none of it is Ramona's fault. Fin del capitulo

     Subject: ***Summary #2 for Tuesday 1/16/01 *** Author: Juan Date: 01-17-2001 23:55 Previously on Ramona: The Doña and Padre Salvatierra are alone, and she is (still) upset about Ramona's imminent return to the ranch. The Padre has a hard time understanding why the Doña harbors ill feelings after all these years. The Doña exclaims, ¡No la quiero! ¡No la quiero! The Padre responds that no matter what has occurred, none of it is Ramona's fault. ----------------- January 16, 2001 Capitulo 2 ----------------- Ramona and the nuns take a break from the ride and sit eating lunch by the side of a tree. Ramona tells them how she can’t she wait to get to the hacienda. She reminisces about how she can’t wait to go horse-backing riding, bathe in the river, and how she can’t wait to see her Nana and Margarita. And also ,of course, her brother Felipe. One of the nuns asks her if she can’t wait to see her mother also. Ramona answers of course. Ramona gets up and asks if there’s still a lot of land to travel they arrive. One of the nuns says that by the evening they’ll arrive to Todos Los Santos and by morning will continue the last part of the trip, and God willing, they’ll arrive at the hacienda by afternoon. One of the nuns (what are their names?? Hehe) is worried that these lands are becoming more and more populated by Americans who have no regard for foreigners. Ramona argues that they’re not foreigners and explains how her great-grandparents established theses lands for hundreds of years ago. But since the Mexicans lost the war, the nun responses, they’ll have to adapt. Meanwhile, the ranch hands leave the captured gringo Davis on the side of some road without untying his hands and without his horse. He tells them that some day they’ll get their comeuppance. The Mexicans respond that they’re ready and waiting for anything.

        Back in Todos Los Santos Jack is still with Doc Johnson, but now Maris has joined them. They’re all playing poker. Jack is angrily asking him how could he let them take Davis. Maris covers up by saying that there were like 50 Mexicans that took him. Jack tells him that he better hope that Davis doesn’t talk that he was the one who sent him up there, or else he [Maris] will see what’s coming to him. He doesn’t want his reputation ruined. Back in the town a drunkard by the name of Nepo goes to the sheriff’s office and tells him that Jack Green sent some men to the Moreno-Gonzaga property to search for gold. The Sheriff decides to go have a little chat with Jack Green. The sheriff arrives at Jack Green’s house and confronts him about sending men to the Moreno-Gonzaga ranch to search for gold and tells him that if it’s true he’ll have to arrest him. Jack Green tells him that’s it’s true but tells him there will be no arrest. He pulls out a gun and points it to the sheriff. He tells them that this lands belong to America now, he puts the gun to the sheriff’s forehead and pulls the trigger. Killing the sheriff instantly. Jack convinces the doctor to help him cover up the murder. Back at the hacienda Alejandro and the Yahi Indian tribe arrive to the ranch and they are greeted with open arms. Felipe tells them to get settled in and to get ready for the blessing that the Padre Salvatierra is going to have for the good-fortune of this hunting season.

        Meanwhile Doña Ramona is in her room on her bead with a small case remembering a lost love. She takes out a photo and calls out his name, Angus. She wonders how could she forget him, today of all days, and especially since his daughter is arriving soon. Felipe interrupts her reminiscing by knocking on the door. She quickly hides the case in her closet and tells him to come in. He came to inform her that the Indians have arrived and to ask if she would like to come to greet them and to attend the blessing that Padre Salvatierra is gonna have later. She’s reluctant and gives no answer. Meanwhile the ranch-hands Juan and (????) and tying wooden fences and notice Padre Salvatierra praying near a tree. (???) wonders if the rumor is true that somebody is buried there. Juan tells him to stop gossiping and to his job better, since his knots are very loose. Back in the house near the courtyard Martha is on her way to take a statue of the virgin to Ramona’s room, but Doña Ramona stops her in the courtyard. She asks her where is she taking the statue. Martha tells her that Felipe told her to put in Ramona’s room for her arrival. Doña Ramona is annoyed that Felipe’s making too many considerations for Ramona. Martha tells her that what does she expect, she’s his only sister. Doña Ramona allows her to take it to the room. Doña Ramona asks her if she knows where Padre Salvatierra is. Martha tells her that he’s praying by the tree.

        Back in Todos Los Santos Ramona and the nuns arrive to El Pueblo de Todos Los Santos. Ramona is mesmerized by seeing how the town has changed from when she was a child. The next morning Doc Johnson is telling the American’s in the town that the sheriff was found murdered, and that the responsible was a group of Mexican bandits. He tells them that they got to get rid of all the Mexicanisms in the town and they can start by appointing a new sheriff, an American. He tells them that he has the perfect candidate, Jack Green. Ramona and the nuns hear all this when they’re on their way to continue the voyage. Ramona wants to go see what’s happening since they mentioned Mexicans but the nuns convince it that it’s better that they go on their way. The townspeople are convinced by Doc Johnson and cheer Green on. Later on, at the saloon, Jack Green is telling the patrons that they’re first step towards progress is by changing the town name, he proposes Spur Town. Most of the saloon agrees and cheers the approval of the new name, although one of ladies in the saloon is not at all pleased by these changes and by this new sheriff. Jack Green orders a round of drinks for everyone, on him. Meanwhile, the stagecoach is on the path to the Gonzaga-Moreno hacienda when they see a man slowly going through the path. Its Davis, he begs the nuns to give him some water. The nun tells one the drivers to give him some water and bread. Back at the hacienda Felipe shows Alejandro the horse that he’s gonna give to Ramona. Alejandro asks him if he can test-drive it, Felipe tells him, of course. Meanwhile Doña Ramona and Padre Salvatierra are near the tree talking about Angus. Doña Ramona wishes she had seen him buried in the chapel, like he deserved. Doña Ramona has flashbacks of the night where Angus asks her why didn’t she wait for him. Younger Ramona tries to explain that after many long cold nights and months she thought he had been killed in battle. Her parents arranged a marriage between her and Alonso Moreno. Angus tries to convince her to run away with him, but she refuses. She’s expecting a child. He tells her that that doesn’t matter to him, that he’ll give the child his name. She tells him that she loves him but that she can’t do that to her family. She walks away…back to the present: Doña Ramona tells Padre Salvatierra that she never forgot Angus and the sinful love that has stayed with her through all these years. Meanwhile, in Ramona’s room Martha, Margarita and Delgadina are arranging Ramona’s room and bed, supervised by Felipe. He wants the room to be perfect for her arrival. Meanwhile, the stagecoach is approaching the Moreno-Gonzaga hacienda but Alejandro and the horse get in the way of the road. One of the drivers yells at him to get out of the way. Ramona tries to peek through the window to see what is happening. Alejandro rides by Ramona’s window and they see each other. He stops behind the stagecoach and looks back. Ramona lifts her veil to look back at Alejandro.

    Subject: **SUMMARY- Wednesday 1/17/01** Author: Anna Rosa Date: 01-17-2001 22:11 Episode 3  Jack Green interrogates the man who confesses to having told the Sheriff that his men were panning for gold on the Moreno’s land. He says he can work for him. He’s got the best ears in all of California. He tells him he’ll think about it. When he leaves he says he’s a rat but he may be useful. Dona Ramona gives the priest a donation for the San Juan Capestrano mission for converting the Indians to Christianity. Father Salvatierra’s says with the influx of so many foreigners there are less and less Catholics. They don’t value their culture or values. Dona Ramona says they don’t value their land either. The interloper they just had was just one example. They bend the rules to suit themselves. We hear the rider coming. He’s crying out “Ahi viene la nina Ramona.” The churchbells sound and all the people on the ranch rush out to greet her. Felipe is the first to welcom Ramona. Dona Ramona doesn’t go out, she doesn’t want to see her. She’s afraid because she doesn’t come alone—she brings her memories. The workers gather around Ramona, Felipe says he can’t believe how pretty she’s gotten. First Marta hugs her, then Margarita. A little girl comes forward. Her name is Delgadina. She says Ramona is the prettiest one of all. She gives her flowers and Ramona gives her a pin (probably religious).  Felipe is introduced to the nuns. Dona Ramona comes out. Ramona embraces her and says she’s missed her very much. Her mother says she has to, although her expression belies her statement. The nuns, priest and the family are seated for dinner. Felipe wants to toast Ramona but her mother says it’s impolite since the nuns and priest don’t drink. They said they’d make an exception so the mother makes a simple toast “To Ramona.” Ramona toasts them and the happiness she has in seeing them again. It’s been so many years she could hardly recognize them. Felipe says she’s so pretty he would recognize her anywhere. Dona Ramona will put the nuns up for the night. They say she’s been very generous. Ramona says she’s going to miss them. The nuns say Ramona behaved very well, she was exemplary in her behavior. Dona Ramona says that’s why she sent her, so that she would temper her spirit. They gave her a rigid discipline to mold her character. Felipe says he’s proud of her and knows she had to follow the strict rules. He says he has a surprise for her and wants to take her outside to show her. Dona Ramona objects but is convinced to let her go. Alejandro rides up on Ruby. Felipe tells her that the horse is her surprise. He asks if she remembers Alejandro. She tells him she saw him on the road yesterday. She didn’t speak to him because she didn’t know who he was. Felipe says not to be so formal, she can speak to him as “tu.” He says they should all go for a horseback ride tomorrow. When Alejandro says Ruby might not be ready yet, Ramona says she’ll dominate her. Dona Ramona is praying to the virgin. She says “she’s back. I can’t help but see Angus in her gestures, in her look. I must accept her”. Felipe shows Ramona around the house. She says he must be a very good manager because everything looks beautiful. He can’t help it—there’s nothing else to do. Ramona asks if he’s got lots of girlfriends. He says no, mother’s so alone he doesn’t go out much. Ramona says she was afraid to see her mother again. Maybe it was because she never knew why she was sent away. Felipe thinks its because she’s old fashioned and thought she’d receive the best upbringing in the convent. Fortunately for her, Ramona says, the convent closed and she’s not going back. He says she’ll find lots to do. She says she’s missed him very much. Ramona goes to say goodnight to her mother who objects to her using “tu” and says she prefers “Ud” like Felipe. Ramona says she’s forgotten. Dona Ramona says she must behave like a decent young woman. She shouldn’t get familiar with the servants and there are a lot of strangers around. Ramona wonders if she wants to lock her up again? Her mother says that in a way she does. Ramona was looking forward to some freedom—horseback riding, swimming in the river. Being locked in between four walls wasn’t easy. Her mother wants to know if she’s faulting her? She says no, but it was like being a prisoner. Her mother says that the house has rules. She can’t go out without getting permission. A young lady can’t be running about. She must obey—didn’t they show her that? Dona Ramona says she’ s tired and Ramona asks her what she has to do to make her love her? She says she must obey her. Ramona is crying and asks Marta why her mother doesn’t love her. Marta tries to tell her she does.

        Felipe is in his room writing in his diary. He says it’s been so many years waiting for her. He never thought he would feel this way. She’s so pretty. Things would be so different if she weren’t his sister. He shouldn't allow these feelings to fester in him. Alejandro is shown playing a horn and thinking about when he saw Ramona. At the Indian village the Manuela asks her mother if she can tell what Alejandro is thinking. She’s looking into a bowl filled with water and some rocks. She says she sees him thinking of an Indian girl from around there. The next day there’s a mass in honor of Alonso Moreno. Ramona tries to take her mother’s hand but she recoils. The priest said he was a good father, husband, peacemaker and soldier. Dona Ramona thinks back to her husband’s sick bed. He says she knew she never really loved him. She loved the Irishman, but even so she was a loyal companion and Christian. Above all a good mother for his son. She asks for forgiveness. She wanted to love him, to be the best wife. He appreciates that she never abandoned him. Alejandro goes to the stable and tells Eugenio he’s not going with Felipe and Ramona on their ride. Ramona says goodbye to the nuns. They were like family to her. They gave her love and happiness. The sister says she was meant for something bigger. Dona Ramona gives them something for the mother superior. The nuns said Ramona made herself be loved right from the beginning and they are going to miss her. Back at Jack Greens office the guy who was caught at the Moren’s ranch returns. He tells Jack that the Moreno’s ranch is very well guarded. They have about 100 men. Ramona and Felipe go riding. She says that which you learn well is never forgotten. It’s like yesterday that she rode last. Too bad Alexander couldn’t be with them. She remembers him and his penetrating stare. She says it’s too bad he’s an Indian and Felipe asks her not to be like mother. She doesn’t mean to say it that way. She says maybe it would be best for him to marry and fill the house with grandchildren for mother. He says there’s no one around, unless he marries Margarita. They both laugh at their mother’s reaction to that. Ramona asks about some old friends of the family, Ana Lupe Coronado and Fernando, but he says he hasn’t seen them in years. There aren’t many women around, but now there’s Ramona. Analupe’s father comes home and tells her that the name of the town has changed to Spurtown. The American’s killed the sheriff and put one of their own in. They want to take over everything. His son comes in. He says he heard Ramona is back and she’s prettier than ever. Her mother was the prettiest woman in all of California and the richest too. The father says he would like to see her again but it’s just too far. He tells his son in private that it might be necessary for them to leave Spurtown. Dona Ramona is looking for Felipe. She’s annoyed that he went riding with Ramona when he should have been supervising the Indians at work. Ramona wants to play hide and seek. Felipe thinks she wont’ remember the area but she points out major landmarks. Dona Ramona is at her desk and finds Felipe’s diary. Marta comes in with tea but she tells her to close the door and not disturb her. Once she’s gone she opens it and reads how Felipe feels about Ramona!! Ramona meets Alejandro. He senses she’s approaching even though his back is to her. She says they waited for him to go riding. He says it wouldn’t be seemly because he came there to work. People would look at it poorly. Ramona says not if she asked him to. He says Indians are not treated like people. She remembers him as a child when they played hide and seek. The priest comes over and asks what she’s doing in a hidden place with a half naked man?

     Subject: Summary #4, Thursday, 10/18/01 Author: Lechelle Date: 01-18-2001 22:23 Forgive any messups on names... I'm still trying to figure out the gringos, and the hacienda servants. And my knowledge of el español is hit and miss, so if I misunderstood anything, feel free to add corrections-additions. Recap: Doña Ramona (DR) is reading Felipe's(F) diary entry about his changing and confusing feelings for Ramona (R). Ramona y Alejandro are talking about the way he can tell when someone is approaching or nearby. He tells her someone else is coming... she can't see or hear anyone and thinks he's teasing. She asks why he didn't go riding with her and Felipe. A. says that other people wouldn't approve of her friendship with a "redskin". Ramona frowns but then tells him she was remembering him last night... the way they played together when they were kids. Padre Salvatierra walks up, and rather accusingly asks what she is doing alone with A. (he makes a point of A.'s shirtlessness). Felipe rides up and jokes that he and Ramona are playing hide-and-seek the way they did when they were little. Padre S. says she shouldn't be alone, and A. says he told her that too, and he rides off, offended. Padre S. says perhaps he was unfair. F. tells Ramona to go back to the house w/the padre. In la cocina, Margarita (?) and el Norteño are talking... he wants to see her, but doesn´t want to tell her dad. He doesn´t want any "compromisos". She is a little offended, and her mom walks in and rebukes her for neglecting her duties. DR is still reading Felipe´s diary. She utters what we all know as the fateful telenovela phrase... "No Puede Ser". Padre S. wants to talk to Ramona. He tells her that she should be careful of being around Indians... uses the (old and ridiculous) analogy about each bird keeping to its own kind... she is mexicana and should stay with her own people. Ramona says... but before God, we are all equal. Are you saying that nature tells us to see things differently than the Lord does? he has no answer. Felipe and Alejandro talk about their friendship and F. convinces him they should be friends regardless of what people say.

        En el pueblo, an old black man is trying to sell a snakebite remedy. Prescott (the eyepatch guy) hits him, says we don't want you around here, and says he will see about the snake bite, and takes the snake the old man has, apparently meaning to let it bite him. Green and an old man (Nepo?) are talking... he wants to know how many people are on the ranch... does the old lady have another son? el viejo says she has a daughter, and Green says women don't count, how many men are there and what kind of weapons do they have. DR gets on Felipe's case, says Ramona is "spoiling" him. Then separately she goes to Ramona, and says she is not to distract her brother. Ramona sits down alone and says... this is worse than the convent, I can't even see my brother... "No Puede Ser!" Felipe is talking to Juan about the shearing, etc. F. locks the drawer (too late, buddy!). The Indian shepherds/shearers are sitting around their fires, and someone is playing the violin. We see Ramona walk slowly around the corner of the house, as if drawn by the music. Alejandro gets up from beside his father, and walks towards her slowly... their eyes meet... Felipe is standing outside Ramona's door knocking... no answer, so he too follows the music. Ramona turns away from Alejandro, and walks back towards the house, into Felipe's arms. They embrace, and he tenderly kisses her forehead. (In all this time, no one has said a word.) A's dad tells him he saw how A was looking at Ramona, and those are not the eyes with which one should watch the señorita... he ought not to think of Ramona, they are of different races... DR and the older lady, Juan's wife, are talking... DR says Angus's ghost has returned with Ramona. The servant says it's because she loves him, and that sometimes one loves those that have died even more, but it's best to leave them in peace. DR says people thing she is strong, but inside she trembles like the flame of one of her candles. Felipe comes upon the Padre praying in the chapel and asks if he can confess... "It's Ramona.. I don't love her as one loves a sister. I've always loved her but never this way... she's so beautiful. The padre tells him he has a pure heart... it's just that he hasn't been around many young women, and the presence of Ramona, his sister, has reminded him that he doesn't have a woman in his life. The padre advises that he look for a wife. In a room I don't recognize, Ramona corners Felipe..."you're rejecting me...it's almost like you're hiding from me" he claims he has been too busy, because of the shearing and his ranch duties. She wants to go riding, because she's been shut up in the house too long. He doesn't want to at first... they discuss the fiesta that DR is planning to celebrate Ramona's return. She finally manages to sweet-talk him into taking her riding anyway. (Good acting on Strickler's part... Felipe's emotions were glass-clear). DR and the padre talk about her real reason for la fiesta... a girl for Felipe.

        Green and some other guys are talking in el pueblo... they want someone called Douglas, apparently a lawyer or sbth, to help them turn la gente del pueblo against los mexicanos. In the countryside, the old black man and an indian are talking (the snake wasn't actually poisinous, luckily for him) and they discuss how the whites don't see them as people. Ramona and Felipe are riding. (I could swear that the horse she is riding is too brown-colored to be the mare F. chose for her, but maybe it was just the light.) They get off and walk. She says her mom doesn't want her there, and she hugs Felipe, asking him not to abandon her again. "You're the best brother in the world!" El pueblo: Green wants to get cattle into the country, and the heck with the law. He wants to get sheep raisers out of his way. La Cocina: Delgadina and Margarita come into the kitchen and says they saw DR sitting under the old tree near the house. Delgadina asks if someone really is buried there. Her mom reproves Marg. for telling stories, and reassures the little girl. Outside, beneath the tree, DR wonders if she should tell Ramona "the truth". There is a flashback to her past, baby Felipe sitting on the bed (dressed in a bonnet and one of those dreadful white ruffly baby outfits they used to put both boy and girl babies in.) and her packing her clothes. She explains to la criada that though her husband is a good man, Angus is her true love, and she will take Felipe with her. The criada says don't go, you know he's a heavy drinker now.. and more than that, he lives with a Yaqui woman. DR comes back to the present... "We live together now... with you, beneath this tree here on my hacienda".  Back to Felipe and Ramona riding... he tells her it's too dangerous to cross the river there, and of course she has to try to prove that she can do it... but once she is out into the current, the horse spooks and Ramona falls off. She is caught by the current and pulled towards the rocks. Felipe is trying to get off his horse and run towards her, but Alejandro, riding on the other side of the stream, has seen everything, and dives into the water after her. With some difficulty, he carries her to shore... they look deep into eachothers eyes, and he hands her into Felipe's arms. Alejandro says something (I couldn't understand his words because of the sound of the stream) and turns away. Felipe closes his eyes and embraces Ramona tightly. Nothing new in the promos.

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      USA 1/22-26/01. Alejandro successfully treats Felipe’s wound. Ramona meets Alejandro again. Sheriff Green kiss a drunk who recognized him as Rex, the most wanted murderer in Texas. Then he shoots one of the hacienda’s hands, Lucio, in both knees; but he is saved by a “free” Indio who makes Alejandro doubt the way of his father. Felipe tells Ramona he must be alone for a while. Doña Ramona plans a party to introduce her children to future partners: Beatriz for Felipe and Fernando for Ramona. Mother and daughter fight, make up, fight, etc. Manuela and two other Indian girls are raped at the river by Green’s deputies.

      El Universal, 4/16/00: Alejandro de Asís está en la hacienda mientras Felipe se desangra, y pese a la voluntad de doña Ramona ayuda a extraerle la bala a Felipe. Alejandro de Asís siente remordimientos por haber matado a uno de los hombres de Green. Ramona está feliz por la flor que le regaló Alejandro. Jack Green planea vengar la muerte de sus hombres. Alejandro y su padre descubren el cadáver enterrado en el árbol de la hacienda.

      Diario de Yucatan, 4/16/00: Ramona sufre porque desea ver a Alejandro y no puede. Piensa que su madre no la quiere y desea casarla con urgencia. Ramona aumenta las inquietudes de Felipe al decirle que si no fuera su hermano sería su pretendiente. Doña Ramona, aterrada, lee el diario de Felipe en el que dice que ama a su hermana. Felipe preferiría morir antes que albergar esa pasión prohibida. Ramona se enfrenta a su madre. Green investiga cuántos indios hay en la aldea y si tienen armas, pues planea apropiarse de esas tierras también. Finalmente ataca a los lugareños cruel y cobardemente. Felipe vive atormentado por el amor que siente hacia su hermana, pero decide ir a pelear contra los estadounidenses. El misterio que envuelve a Ramona es revelado. De modo fraternal, Ramona y Felipe se dicen cuánto se quieren, en eso entra doña Ramona y se escandaliza al verlos abrazados. Doña Ramona organiza un baile. Felipe y Ramona saben que lo hace para elegirles pareja: Fernando Coronado para Ramona y Beatriz de Echague para Felipe. Margarita, hija de Juan Canito, descubre el secreto que él ha protegido por años. Felipe confiesa al padre Salvatierra que ha pensado suicidarse. El sacerdote le aconseja casarse con otra mujer y olvidarse de Ramona

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      USA 1/29-2/2/01. The gringo who shot ? accidentally kills Padre Salvatierra. Rubén, the father of Ana Lupe and Fernando, tells Doña he would like Fernando to marry Ramona. Felipe is jealous of Fernando. Doña tells Felipe that he won’t give Ramona any land for her dowry. El Norteño, drunk, interrupts the fiesta and declares his love for Margarita. Doña has him punished. When he wakes, he doesn’t remember what he said and denies to Margarita that he has any feelings for her. Juan Canito, shot in the leg by the man who killed the padre, kills him in turn. Ramona tells her mother she won’t marry without love. Felipe and Alejandro talk about Ramona. Padre Salvatierra’s body is found. Fernando sees Alejandro comforting Ramona after she hears the news. All are sad about the padre’s death. Ana Lupe and Ernando talk about Ramona and Alejandro. Ana Lupe senses something odd in the family. Manuela attempts suicide because of the rape but a padre stops her. Ramona tells Felipe of her feelings for Alejandro and asks his help for El Norteño. Ana Lupe kisses Felipe, the first for both. He is disconcerted by her boldness. Alejandro tells Ramona he is returning to his people where he will marry one of his own; she tells him that’s fine because she will be marrying Fernando. Don César tells Doña he will be having to have his daughter Beatriz marry Felipe. Ana Lupe and her father leave the ranch; Fernando stays. Alejandro refuses to accept the position of capataz while Juan Canito recovers from his wound. Alejandro’s father tells him the story of the Irlandes, how on leaving the bar, he was attacked, his wife killed and he himself shot. The father doesn’t know what happened to the baby but the Irlandes died at the ranch.

      USA 2/5-9/01. Manuela is ritually cleanses. One of the girls who was raped is pregnant. Alejandro wonders about the son of the Irlandes. Ramona tells Marta about her nightmare “to lose both parents in one night” and Marta says she must have meant that her mother died inside when her husband died. Felipe tells Beatriz he loves the hacienda and would never leave it. Fernando kisses Ramona and she tells Beatriz about it but says that she doesn’t feel toward him as she thinks a person in love should feel. Alejandro refuses Doña’s offer to be capataz and takes the money for his men. Doña tells Felipe she wants him to marry Beatriz. Green hires more men and gives them masks to terrorize the “inferiors”. Ramona begs Alejandro to stay and he changes his mind. Marcos is almost killed by the men Green hired but then Green, as planned, arrives to save his life. Fernando asks Doña for Ramona’s hand and is accepted. Her mother tells her and she later accuses Fernando of hiding behind a woman’s skirts, getting the consent of her mother before getting hers. Meanwhile, Felipe, Beatriz and her aunt got caught in a bad storm and were rescued by Alejandro. Green proceeds against the Chinese. Ramona asks Felipe to intercede with their mother about the wedding and Felipe tries but fails. Alejandro tells Margarita that he can’t stop loving Ramona. When El Norteño refuses to accept Alejandro’s orders, Ramona steps in and tells him he must. Afterwards, Alejandro tells her that she shamed him in front of the others. Fernando tells Ramona he is sorry about the way he went about the proposal, that he really cares for her. He also tells Felipe that he loves her and wants her to love him. Doña begins to have doubts about the marriage, wonders if Ramona will be as unhappy as she was with her husband. But Marta assures her that it is the right thing to do. Felipe visits the sick Beatriz and tells her about his fear of water. She is understanding. Fernando leaves the ranch. The wedding is set for the autumn. When Ramona seeks something for her mother, she finds a stack of letters and discovers that they are from an Angus, not her father. She quickly hides them when her mother appears. Ramona runs into Alejandro. He kisses her.

      El Universal, 4/23/00: Ruy Coronado, don César y demás invitados disfrutan en la hacienda de la gran fiesta que doña Ramona organizó para que Felipe y Ramona convivan con jóvenes de su edad y encuentren con quien casarse. Fernando no deja de cortejar a Ramona quien sin embargo, no hace otra cosa que pensar en Alejandro. Felipe corteja a Beatriz, aunque lo único que siente por ella es amistad. El norteño entra borracho al salón and declares his love for Margarita. Dos disparos se escuchan después, y Juan Canito casi muere en manos de Kid.

      Diario de Yucatan, 4/23/00: Alejandro dice a Ramona que se irá a su tribu y se casará con una mujer de su raza. Ella contesta que también se casará con Fernando. Carmen pide al padre Sarria que no le diga a nadie que la ultrajaron. Perpetua dice a Beatriz que como Analupe se irá, ella tendrá el campo libre con Felipe. Fernando confía a Ramona que le gustaría irse de ahí a una ciudad grande como México. Analupe besa a Felipe y le dice que adivina en él un amor secreto. Beatriz, Analupe y Ramona hablan del amor y Felipe dice que el amor es un infierno. Marta cuenta a doña Ramona que El Norteño dirá todo lo que sabe del muerto que está en el árbol si continúan castigándolo. Ruy y César están por irse de la hacienda y Felipe manda una denuncia por la muerte del sacerdote. Ramona dice a Felipe que si él está enamorado de alguien ella lo apoyará. Green cuenta a Davis sus planes para acabar con los mexicanos, los eliminará con un grupo de encapuchados. Doña Ramona pide a Felipe que ofrezca a Alejandro que se quede como caporal. En el campo, Delgadina dice a Ramona que debajo de ese árbol está escondido un muertito. Felipe ofrece a Alejandro el puesto de caporal, pero éste lo rechaza. Ambos saben que es por Ramona. Doña Ramona ordena al Norteño que pida a Juan la mano de Margarita. Perpetua se alegra de que Fernando corteje a Ramona. Pablo cuenta a Alejandro cómo conoció al irlandés y como éste y su mujer fueron baleados. La mujer murió ahí, el irlandés herido fue a morir a la hacienda de doña Ramona y del niño que llevaba la mujer nunca se volvió a saber nada. Pablo da Alejandro el hacha que lo convierte en el jefe de la tribu. Ramona pregunta a Marta por qué en sus sueños escucha una voz que le dice que ha perdido a su padre y a su madre. Marta inventa que cuando el general murió, fue como si muriera también doña Ramona, por eso la niña se quedó sin padre y sin madre. Alejandro se disculpa cuando doña Ramona le ofrece el puesto de caporal. Green está formando un grupo para defenderse de "esas razas inferiores". Con el pretexto de enseñarle a tirar, Fernando le planta un beso a Ramónas

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     USA 2/12-16/01. Ramona and Alejandro kiss. Her mother continues with plans for the wedding: attendees, dresses, etc. Don Ruy, Fernando’s father, is having money problems, waiting to get a mortgage. Mexicans are forbidden entrance to some businesses in Spurtown. El Norteño finds Alejandro and Ramona by the river, tells Doña that they were very close. Ramona seeks out the letters again and her mother finds her with them. Doña destroys the letters. She decides to advance the wedding and sends a letter with Marcos to Roy. Felipe proposes a change in their relationship to Beatriz; she is happy. Ramona again confronts her mother about her coldness toward her. They end up embracing. The sheriff asks Billy to investigate the Coronados and he tries to become acquainted with Ana Lupe. Carmen, one of the Indian girls raped by Green’s men, and Pepe (Alejandro’s friend) plan their marriage. Juan Canito has almost recovered, almost beats his daughter Margarita when he thinks she did something improper with Alejandro. El Norteño later explains that it wasn’t what it seemed. Alejandro and Ramona meet in the chapel; he suggests they run away and she, finally agrees. Perpertua suggests a double wedding to Doña but she insists that Felipe’s wedding must be very special. However, later when Felipe tells his mother he is disposed to marry Beatriz, she tells him that there is no hurry. He doesn’t understand her response. Doña offers Ramona her choice of jewels given to her by her mother. Ramona refuses but does accept a ring. Ruy gets the letter and tells Fernando they must go to the hacienda but somebody needs to be there when word of the mortgage arrives. Ana Lupe gets them to agree to leave her behind. Billy gives Green back his money, says the Coronados are good people who have lived there a long time. He again tries to talk with her but she refuses because he is a professional gunslinger. Felipe finds Ramona and Alejandro kissing in the stables and agrees to help them flee. Later, Alejandro thanks him and promises him that Ramona will be well cared for. Doña finds Ramona and Alejandro together. He escapes successfully and she locks Ramona in her room. The wedding is scheduled for August. Felipe tells Ramona to pretend to accept it until they can think of a way out.

      El Universal, 4/30/00: Alejandro decide quedarse en la hacienda y propone a Ramona fugarse y disfrutar de su amor. Pepe y Carmen saben de los amoríos de Ramona y Alejandro. Felipe le reclama a Alejandro que siga viendo a Ramona. Doña Ramona reprende a Ramona por los atrevimientos que tiene con Alejandro. Green le pide a Billy se acerque a los Coronado. Ramona sospecha que su madre tuvo otro amor y se lo cuenta a Felipe. Doña Ramona envía una misiva a los Coronado, pidiendo adelantar la boda. Ramona y Alejandro siguen encontrándose en la capilla. Ramona recibe un castigo.

      Diario de Yucatan, 4/30/00: Alejandro decide quedarse en la hacienda y propone a Ramona fugarse con él. Pablo externa al padre Sarria su preocupación porque Alejandro se quedó en la hacienda, no sólo para ayudar a Felipe, sino también porque ama a Ramona.  Pepe y Carmen ocultan a Manuel el cariño entre Ramona y Alejandro. Felipe reclama a Alejandro que siga viendo a Ramona pese a sus exigencias y le reprocha que la haya besado.  Doña Ramona reprende y exige recato a Ramona por los atrevimientos que tiene con Alejandro. Green pide a Billy se acerque a los Coronado por medio de la hija Analupe.  Ramona suplica a Martha que le diga quién fue Angus O'Phail y por qué le escribía cartas a su madre; al no conseguir respuesta, decide, en complicidad con Margarita, entrar a la recámara de su madre y averiguar lo que necesita saber.  Ramona sospecha que su madre tuvo otro amor y se lo comenta a Felipe, quien considera que hablar de esa forma sobre la intimidad de su madre es una falta de respeto.  Ramona y Alejandro platican en la capilla. Ramona cuenta a Felipe las intenciones de huir con el indio. Felipe pide consejo a su madre, pues desea casarse con Beatriz. Ramona y Alejandro siguen encontrándose en la capilla, una noche quieren huir y los encuentra doña Ramona, quien ordena soltar los perros para que acaben con Alejandro.  Felipe evita que los perros alcancen a Alejandro y Ramona recibe un castigo. Sin embargo, pese al encierro, Ramona aún alberga la esperanza de huir con Alejandro.  Doña Ramona asegura que Alejandro huyó de la hacienda porque lo encontraron robando

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      USA 2/10-23/01. Ramona’s mother finds Alejandro’s note in the bible and hires El Norteño to find him and kill him. Doña Ramona explains Alejandro’s departure by saying that he stole from the hacienda but Purita tells Beatriz there is something strange going on in house: Alejandro’s departure, Ramona’s being “sick”, Felipe’s attitude toward his sister. Alejandro returns to his camp and tells Manuela he loves another. Carmen wants to tell Pepe about the rape of her, Manuela and Yahele but Manuela threatens her with severe burns if she does. Pepe buys a horse but is set up and accused of being a horse thief. He is hung. The sheriff arrests and jails Don Pablo, padre de Alejandro. Felipe tells his mother that the dowry is unfair and promises that when he inherits he will give Ramona her rightful part. Don Ruy admits to Doña Ramona the state of his finances and offers to withdraw his son’s marriage offer but DR refuses the offer. La bruja tells Manuela she can get rid of Ramona but Yahele’s drugged cry interrupts the spell. Ramona’s host throws her, Fernando takes her back to the hacienda. She enters a coma but does not die. Felipe tells his mother he couldn’t live if she died and offers his life to God to save her. In a delirium, Felipe and Fernando hear her say “te amo, Alejandro”. Ramona wakes up to find Felipe by her side.

      El Universal, 5/7/00: Matea está preocupada, pues augura infortunio para el pueblo. Alejandro tiene la intención de integrarse nuevamente a la tribu y don Pablo le suplica meditar y alejar sus pensamientos de Ramona. Fernando invita a Ramona a montar a caballo y ella sufre una caída. Ramona está inconsciente y en sus delirios llama al indio Alejandro. Manuela le hace jurar nuevamente a Carmen que no le dirá a Alejandro que “El Tuerto” la violó a ella y a Yahale.

      Diario de Yucatan, 5/7/00: Matea está preocupada, pues vislumbra infortunios para el pueblo. Asegura que antes de la luna llena correrá sangre. Alejandro tiene la intención de integrarse nuevamente a la tribu y don Pablo le suplica meditar y alejar de sus pensamientos a Ramona.  Fernando invita a Ramona a montar a caballo, pero ella sufre una caída cuando el animal se asusta. Ramona está inconsciente y en su delirio llama al indio Alejandro. Manuel le hace jurar nuevamente a Carmen que no le dirá a Alejandro que el tuerto la violó a ella y a Yahale.  Los Coronado llegan a la hacienda y doña Ramona inventa que anticipó la boda por superstición y ordena al Norteño que mate a Alejandro para que no llegue en la luna de agosto.  Ramona confiesa a Fernando que no lo ama. El le pide una oportunidad para ganarse su corazón.  Alejandro confiesa a Manuela que se enamoró de una mexicana y que la hará su mujer.

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      USA 2/26-3/2/01. Green kills Pablo in front of Alejandro and ?. Doña Ramona tells Ruy about Ramona’s infatuation with Alejandro but begs him not to let it change things. The bruja tells Antonio that he must rescue Alejandro. Ruy tells DR that Fernando can’t accept Ramona under these conditions. DR decides to take Ramona to a convent for life. Don César tells Ana Lupe about the death of an old Indian in the jail. Fernando admits to DR he could marry Ramona if Alejandro were dead and she admits she has already ordered his death. Billy visits Ana Lupe. Green shoots Alejandro in the cell. Felipe admits to Beatriz that Ramona loves Alejandro and he supports her. Alejandro escapes but is badly wounded. Ramona waits for the night of their escape. El Norteño, on orders of DR, tells Ramona he saw Alejandro at the camp, happily walking with a woman. Ramona waits for Alejandro but he doesn’t come. Felipe assures her that something must have happened but others tells her it means he didn’t love her. Antonio rescues Alejandro. Green’s deputy cuts out Sebastian’s tongue.

      El Universal, 5/14/00: Felipe confiesa a Beatriz lo que sucede entre Fernando y Ramona. Analupe cuenta a Doña Ramona la aventura que pasó en su casa. Felipe, en complicidad con Beatriz, ayuda a Ramona a planear la huida con Alejandro. Doña Ramona se siente mal. Felipe pide a Ramona se quede un momento para acompañar a su madre. Matea dice a Alejandro de las heridas que le hicieron los americanos. Margarita quiere confesar a Ramona el secreto de doña Ramona.

      Diario de Yucatan, 5/14/00: Doña Ramona habla con Ruy y le confiesa que quería anticipar la boda porque su hija tiene "una malsana obsesión" por un indio piel roja. Ruy dice a Fernando que tendrá que casarse con Ramona para salvar la honra de la muchacha. Matea dice a Antonio que sabe que Pablo está muerto y ahora él está obligado a rescatar a Alejandro.  "El Norteño" llega al pueblo y se entera que Pablo está muerto y otros indios están presos. Ruy dice a doña Ramona que no pudo convencer a Fernando de que se case con Ramona. Ella decide irse del pueblo al día siguiente y meter a Ramona a un convento.  Green se burla de Alejandro y le dice que pronto pagará su crimen. Posteriormente, Green comunica a Douglas que esa noche actuará con los encapuchados para terminar con "ese indio orgulloso".  En la hacienda, todos se alarman porque Fernando salió desde temprano y no regresa. Salen a buscarlo y se dan cuenta de que se perdió. En su celda, Alejandro recuerda bellos momentos junto a Ramona. Fernando dice que perdonaría a Ramona si Alejandro muriera.  Doña Ramona le dice que no debe preocuparse, porque ya mandó matarlo.

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      USA 3/5-9/01. La bruja Mateo tells one of the ranch peons that Alejandro is going to marry Manuela and tells the ailing Alejandro that she sent a message to the Ramona explaining why she can’t keep the date. Ramona waits but Alejandro doesn’t appear. Felipe tells her there must be a reason, but the others tell her that he doesn’t care for her and plans for the wedding proceed. The wedding of Felipe and Beatriz is announced. Alejandro runs into El Norteño who, finally, tells him the truth. He arrives at the church in time and, with Felipe’s help, successfully makes off with Ramona. Together, they swear their love for each other and, somehow or other, the subject of Angus comes up and Alejandro tells Ramona what his father told him. She assumes that she is the illegitimate child of her mother and Angus. Don Ruy and his family leave the ranch; he tells DR he is sorry, but their friendship must end. DR says that Ramona is no longer her daughter. When Felipe learns that she ordered the murder of Alejandro, he is shocked. And when he sees her whipping El Norteño, he accuses her of confusing courage with cruelty, gives her a gun to kill El Norteño but Margarita arrives and begs, successfully, for his life. Alejandro takes Ramona to his camp. They are almost attacked by Matea and the other Indios, take refuge in the church and marry. In her anger, Matea tells all about the rape of Manuela and the others, shaming them.

      El Universal, 5/21/00: Ramona tiene el apoyo de su hermano para huir con Alejandro. Beatriz tiene que confesarle a doña Perpetua que sabía del amorío entre Ramona y Alejandro. Fernando reclama a su padre don Ruy no haberle informado que Alejandro estaba vivo. Analupe y la familia de Fernando están molestos con Felipe, porque permitió que Alejandro se llevara a su hermana. Ramona dice a Alejandro haber sentido miedo de perderlo. Alejandro le cuenta a Ramona lo que sucedió con su padre.

      El Universal, 5/28/00: Felipe está molesto con su madre porque desprecia a Ramona y la ha llama bastarda. Alejandro se reencuentra con Ramona y aclaran sus malentendidos. Alejandro siente rencor por los americanos porque asesinaron a su padre. Matea la rechaza y acusa a los blancos de la desgracia de Yahale y otra india. Yahale advierte a Alejandro que si Ramona no se va dejará de ser el jefe de la tribu. Oviedo le dice a Felipe que doña Ramona sigue mal y le reclama no haber matado a Alejandro. Matea va a ver a Ramona y le pide una explicación.

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      El Universal, 6/4/00: Billy “El Elegante” continúa cortejando a Analupe. Ramona sortea como puede las amenazas de las mujeres yahí. Ramona se siente inquieta por lo que le dijo Matea. Alejandro le pide al padre Sarría que los case. Felipe está dispuesto a casarse con Beatriz. Manuela se enoja porque fracasa en su intento de envenenar a Ramona. Green tiene un enfrentamiento en la hacienda. Los Coronado se sienten heridos por los desplantes de Ramona. Ramona sospecha que puede ser hija de la india Tewa.

      Diario de Yucatan, 6/4/00: Billy "El Elegante" corteja a Analupe y ella parece ceder un poco a la sinceridad del joven. Ramona sortea como puede las amenazas de las mujeres yahí. Además, la joven está inquieta por lo que le dijo Matea de que lleva sangre india en las venas. Esto hace que crezca en Ramona una duda: si en verdad es hija de doña Ramona. El padre Sarría está dispuesto a velar por el bienestar de Ramona en el pueblo yahí. Alejandro le pide al padre Sarría que los case, él no tiene más remedio que hacerlo. Felipe está verdaderamente dispuesto a casarse con Beatriz y se lo propone. Manuela se enoja porque fracasa en su intento de envenenar a Ramona. Jack Green y sus hombres quieren posicionarse de las tierras de la región y empiezan por las de Felipe y doña Ramona. Green tiene un enfrentamiento en la hacienda. Los Coronado se sienten heridos por los desplantes de Ramona, también están preocupados porque la dote de la muchacha los hubiera salvado de la ruina. En la hacienda sufren la pérdida de Juan Canito. , Margarita y Martha desean morir también. Carmen es la única en el pueblo que intenta un acercamiento con Ramona. Felipe nombra al norteño nuevo capataz de la hacienda. Ramona se entera de que en la "casa grande" velan a un hombre, y se asusta al pensar que se trata de Felipe. Ramona sospecha que puede ser hija de la india Tewa

      USA 3/12-16/01: A new law is passed in Sacramento: Indians and Mexicans who don’t register their property will lose it. Green and Thomas and ? conspire to keep the news secret. Manuela tries to poison Ramona, but a goat dies instead. Alejandro confronts Matea and Manuela, tells them he knows about the lie that almost cost him Ramona and the poison and he will kick them out if either tries anything again. Marcos tells Felipe that Ramona and Alejandro are married. Alejandro asks Carmen to help Ramona (with clothes, lessons on being a Yaqui wife). Carmen says she has nothing against Ramona but fears Matea and Manuela. Felipe gets letter from Ramona. Green and Dr. Tomas visit Ramona’s ranch searching for Alejandro. Matea finds Ramona by the river and tells her that she isn’t Mexican. The padre tells Ramona that the Yaquis continue to remember the story of Tewa, the woman who left the tribe for a foreigner. The padre was very young then, doesn’t remember much of the story, tells her that Matea knows the story well. Ramona tells Alejandro what Matea said. DR prays for Ramona’s safety. That night, Green kills Juan Canito. Alejandro gets a copy of the new law in Sacramento and Ramona insists that she take word to the hacienda. They take a copy of the law to the padre and make plans to go to the hacienda to warn Felipe. Meanwhile Felipe has heard of the law and makes plans to go to Sacramento. He gets his mother to agree to put El Norteño in charge and arrange for his marriage to Margarita. Felipe digs up the papers and finds a grave, leaves the bones there and later asks Marta whose they are. She refuses to say and tells him not to mention the matter to his mother. Billy talks again with Ana Lupe in town and gets her to agree to their becoming friends. On the way to the ranch, Alejandro and Ramona are found by Nepomucen who realizes that he is the Indian who is supposed to be dead and she is the daughter of DR. Alejandro and Ramona go to the spot where the papers should be buried, find they are gone but also discover the bones. Alejandro tells her that Matea thinks she may be the daughter of Tewa and Angus. Alejandro finds a ring and shows it to Ramona who decides to take it to her mother. Ramona confronts her mother and finally learns the truth, promising to keep it a secret. Angus helped her mother after a fall from a horse. They fell in love. Then she heard he had been killed by an American regiment, married. When he returned, she lacked the courage to go off with him; later, she was offended when she discovered he was living with Tewa. Since then she has hated Indians.

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      El Universal, 6/11/00: Jack Green planea una gran masacre en el pueblo indio. Matea presiente sangre y mucho dolor entre su gente. El padre Sarría se opone a que los indios porten armas, porque Matea augura masacre. Ramona se arriesga y decide ir al pueblo sola. Jack Green logra cumplir su objetivo y herir a decenas de indios, pero no encuentra a Alejandro. Nepo le dice a Alejandro que Green ya se enteró que no está muerto. Davis se topa con Alejandro. Yahale yace herida en la aldea, mientras Matea se enfrenta con los agresores. Felipe se da cuenta que su madre hurgó entre sus cosas y tomó su diario.

      USA, 3/19-23/01. Green’s deputy steals the Spanish land grants for the Yaqui pueblo but doesn’t get the papers for Felipe’s ranch. He burns them. Billy wins money gambling and gives it to Ana Lupe as an advance on the money he will get by selling her jewels. Matea tells Ramona she is expecting a child.

     USA 3/26-30/01. Didn’t watch much. Green and his men attack the aldea and massacre the Indiana. Alejandro arrives to find them all dead. He and Ramona are arrested by Green’s men and he is put on trial. (Alejandro killed a deputy in self-defense; Ramona killed a man to save Matea but the latter was killed by another man afterwards.) Analupe’s father agrees to defend Ramona, who hides her Indian identity because Indians are not entitled to legal counsel. Alejandro is condemned and hung. Beatrice spits up blood and realizes she has TB. Ramona’s child will inherit the aldea. Beatrice overhears Margarita talking and learns the truth about Ramona. Felipe and Doña Ramona arrive in town after Alejandro is hung; visit Ramona and promise help.

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      Diario de Yucatan, 6/18/00: Beatriz dice a perpetua que ya se resignó a morir, pero quiere ver por última vez a Felipe. El padre Sarria avisa a Ramona que irá a la aldea india para ver si alguien quedó con vida. Manuela decide regresar a la tribu. Ruy no acepta dinero de Ramona. Los Moreno llegan a la hacienda. Perpetua pide a los indios que investiguen si Ramona realmente es de su raza. Doña Ramona dice a Perpetua y Beatriz que Ramona no es su hija, ni hermana de Felipe. Beatriz afirma que no romperá su compromiso con Felipe. Ramona insiste en ver a Manuela para informarle de la muerte de Matea. Doña Ramona pregunta a Margarita cómo supo que Ramona no es su hija. Fernando se opone a que Analupe tenga relaciones con Billy. Manuela se queda en la hacienda. Perpetua pide a Beatriz que suspenda su boda con Felipe, pero ésta le dice que no se inmiscuya entre ellos. César lleva un médico a la hacienda para que examine a Beatriz. Green es condenado a cadena perpetua. César habla con doña Ramona cuando aparece Perpetua y dice que Beatriz se está muriendo.

      USA 4/2-6/01. Ramona’s trial starts. Fernando is upset when he discovers that his father is defending Ramona. Doña Ramona gives Ruy Ramona’s baptism certificate for safe-keeping but one of Green’s deputies steals it. The prosecutor presents it to the judge as proof that Ramona, as an Indian, is not entitled to a defense. She announces that she will defend herself; but Ruy points out that that same document proves she is the daughter of an Irlandes and thus entitled to a defense. The judge agrees. During the trial Nepomucemo tells the truth and accuses Green of numerous crimes. During a recess, Felipe asks his mother how she could hide the truth from him, knowing how he felt. She tells him this isn’t the time for reclamations. Manuela appears, badly sunburned and dying of thirst. She escaped from the massacre and, on hearing of Alejandro’s death, blames it on his marriage to a white woman. Ramona is acquitted. Green is arrested and Billy is made the new sheriff. Fernando congratulates Ramona.

      http://www.esmasestrellas.com/ramona/otros_html/ele_compl.html: Lunes 19 de junio Fernando se indigna cuando se entera que su padre es el abogado defensor de Ramona. Analupe le dice que si Ramona estaba casada con un indio, ella está enamorada de un americano. Perpetua intrigada por algo que le dijo Margarita y quiere que le revele el secreto que sabe. En el juicio de Ramona, Douglas y Green tratan de inculparla de varios delitos. Ruy y el padre Sarriá la defienden y éste llama a declarar a Nepomucemo para confirmar sus acusaciones. Margarita dice al Norteño que Beatriz la escuchó decir que Ramona era india y eso puede traerles problemas. Nepo acusa a Green de varios cargos. Green está a punto de matarlo y el juez suspende el juicio. Felipe dice a Ramona que rescataron el cuerpo de Alejandro y lo mandaron a la hacienda para darle sepultura. Doña Ramona da a Ruy unos papeles para que se los guarde, pues son muy importantes. Al salir de ahí, unos secuaces de Green lo asaltan y se llevan lo que traía. Todo se lo dan a Green y ahí él ve el acta de nacimiento de Ramona como hija de irlandés y de la india Tewa. Martes 20 de junio Doña Ramona se alarma al saber que a Ruy le robaron los documentos que le dio. Al abrirse el juicio, Green descubre que Ramona no es de la familia Moreno, sino la hija de una india llamada Tewa. Felipe es el primer sorprendido al saber que Ramona no es su hermana. Los enviados de Felipe llegan a la hacienda con el cadáver de Alejandro. Doña Ramona alega que tal vez Ramona tenga sangre india pero también la tiene irlandesa y por ello merece un juicio justo. Ramona dice que si no tiene derecho a un abogado, ella misma se defenderá. El juicio de Ramona da un giro cuando el padre Sarria afirma que dos hombres de Green violaron a unas indias. Manuela llega a la hacienda con graves quemaduras cuando el Norteño está enterrando a Alejandro. Nepo vuelve a acusar a Green de haber causado la matanza en la aldea india. Perpetua se entera de la presencia de Manuela en la hacienda y pide que la lleven ante ella. Tom, uno de los hombres de Green, declara en su contra y Ruy pide que declaren inocente a Ramona. Ella presenta su argumento final pero agrega que no le importa si la matan, pues iría a reunirse con su esposo, el indio Alejandro. USA 4/5/01. Miércoles 21 de junio Felipe dice a su madre que si condenan a Ramona, él la rescataría por la fuerza. Green dice a Douglas que le preocupa el veredicto que vaya a dar el jurado. Perpetua dice que tienen que sacar de la hacienda a Manuela pues todos los indios son salvajes y sanguinarios. El jurado encuentra a Ramona inocente. Billy se aparece llevando un testigo y acusa a Green de violación y asesinato. Green es detenido y Billy es nombrado sheriff. Fernando vuelve a ilusionarse con Ramona, pero se entera que ella espera un hijo de Alejandro. Felipe dice a Ramona que para él siempre será siendo su querida hermana. Green trata de que Douglas lo ayude a escapar, pero éste se niega. Felipe reclama a su madre no haberle revelado el origen de Ramona. Tom dice a Billy que está arrepentido de haber recibido dinero por su testimonio. Fernando se refugia en la cantina y Billy le dice que él está enamorado de Analupe. Ramona pide a Felipe que se quede con ella pues es bueno tenerlo cerca. Fernando se emborracha, Billy lo lleva a su casa y ahí dice a Analupe que quiere casarse con ella. Felipe comenta a Ramona que Beatriz está enferma y es posible que tenga tuberculosis

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     USA 4/9-13/01. Perpetua, learning the truth about Ramona, is opposed to her marriage with Felipe. César arrives at the hacienda but Perpetua blurts out the truth before Doña Ramona has a chance to explain. A doctor evaluates Beatriz and confirms that she has TB and is dying. Ramona visits Manuela, tells her about the aldea and her mother, that she is Yaqui. Green is tried and condemned to life imprisonment for his crimes, including the rape and murder of a young girl in Texas where he was known as Rex. Perpetua can’t hide her hatred for Ramona and Felipe from Doña Ramona, blurts out the truth to César, even suggest that Felipe may not be her son. Ramona defends her mother for taking her in. The doctor tells them that Beatriz is dying. He doesn’t tell her but she has guessed. Felipe gives a ring to Beatriz. Ana Lupe and Billy are formally engaged. Green is resuced by Tomás; ? is shot in the arm (and must have it amputated) but shoots Tomás. Beatriz and her family go to Colorado for her treatment; Dr. Brown hasn’t much hope. Doña Ramona warns Ramona that she will be subject to much rejection because of her origins; Ramona is prepared. Manuela steals a doll from the child in the house and uses it against Ramona: pain in her vientre. Billy visits Ruy and tells him that Green has escaped. Tomás, in severe pain, asks Green to kill him. Green can’t at first but, finally, covers the face of Tomás and shoots him in the head. Ramona tells Felipe he looks unhappy, like a man who has lost the woman he loves, begs him to tell her who the woman is but Doña Ramona interrupts the conversation. Billy finds the dead Tomás. Time passes. El Norteño and Margarita are married. Ramona’s pregnancy is advanced. Beatriz writes to Felipe, tells him she misses him. He goes to Colorado and finds her much better. Doña Ramona asks Ramona if she has thought of remarriage but Ramona says she doubts that anybody would marry a half-Indian with a Indian child. She will be content to raise her child and stay with her mother. Ramona asks her mother about the woman Felipe loves; DR admits she knows who it is but says it isn’t her right to tell her. Ramona is bitten by a scorpion as a result of Manuela’s witcheries. After the bite, Manuela tries to give her a drink which will poison her but Ramona is too sick to drink much. Perpetua tells Beatriz that Dr. Brown loves her. The doctor Doña Ramona calls refuses to treat her because she is an Indian, but Doña Ramona threatens him with death if he doesn’t, so he tries. Green escapes with the help of ?. Ana Lupe sends out her wedding invitations. Felipe gets a telegram that Ramona is ill and returns home. Fernando visits Ramona, returns to the pueblo and learns about Lince Solitario, takes him to the hacienda. Perpetua tries to interest Beatriz in Dr. Brown, the doctor who is treating her TB. AnaLupe and Billy become engaged. Beatriz gets better. Perpetua tells her she believes, but cannot prove, that Felipe loves Ramona. Ramona goes into labor. Felipe forces the doctor, at gunpoint, to attend her. She gives birth to a baby boy, then becomes unconscious. Felipe admits to the Padre that he loves her and won’t be able to live without her. The doctor won’t accept payment and leaves. Fernando brings Lince Solitario.

     Jueves 22 de junio Beatriz dice a Perpetua que se ha resignado a morir pero antes quiere volver a ver a Felipe. El padre Sarria avisa a Ramona que irá a la aldea india para ver si quedó alguien con vida. Manuela, sin saber lo que pasó con su tribu, quiere ir a reunirse con los suyos. Ruy se niega a aceptar nada de doña Ramona. Los Moreno llegan a la hacienda y Perpetua dice que deben investigar si Ramona es o no una india. Doña Ramona aclara a Perpetua y a Beatriz que Ramona no es su hija ni hermana de Felipe. Por Margarita, Ramona se entera de la presencia de Manuela. Perpetua se alarma al saber que Ramona es hija de una piel roja. Beatriz dice que ella no romperá su compromiso con Felipe a no se que los exámenes médicos digan que está tuberculosa. Ramona insiste con Margarita en que quiere ver a Manuela. A ésta le cuenta que son los únicos sobrevivientes de la tribu y la forma como murió Matea, la madre de Manuela. Green es juzgado y acusado de terribles crímenes. Perpetua dice que ésa es una casa maldita, mientras Ramona pide a Manuela que olviden sus rencores, ahora que sólo quedan ellas y el hijo que lleva de Alejandro. Viernes 23 de junio Doña Ramona pregunta a Margarita cómo se enteró que Ramona no era su hija. Fernando se opone a que Analupe tenga relaciones con Billy y su padre trata de convencerlo de que deben ser consecuentes con eso. Doña Ramona acepta que Manuela se quede en la hacienda. Perpetua pide a Beatriz que no acepte casarse con Felipe. La muchacha le dice que no quiere que se interponga entre ellos. César llega a la hacienda con el médico que va a examinar a Beatriz. El juicio de Green acaba y es condenado a cadena perpetua. César habla con doña Ramona cuando aparece Perpetua diciendo que Beatriz se está muriendo. El médico dice que el estado de salud de Beatriz es delicado y habría que llevarla a una clínica en Colorado. Ella dice a Felipe que cree que ha llegado el momento de despedirse. Perpetua se pone a hablar en contra de los Moreno y doña Ramona le da una bofetada. Felipe trata de dar ánimos a Beatriz. César dice a ésta que él mismo la llevará a la clínica. Ruy autoriza que Analupe lleve relaciones con Billy. Green es trasladado a la cárcel del condado, en el camino aparece Thomas con unos hombres y pistola en mano lo liberan.

      Diario de Yucatan, 6/25/00: Fernando se molesta con Ruy porque apoya a Ramona. Perpetua sabe que Ramona reveló a Margarita todo sobre sunacimiento. Analupe confiesa que está enamorada de Billy. Nepo dice ante el jurado que Green no es un "sheriff" sino un forajido. Doris ofrece dinero a Tom para que declare contra Green. Asaltan a Ruy y se pierde el botín que guarda los documentos que revelan losorígenes de Ramona. Doña Ramona aclara que Ramona es hija de una india Yahí y un irlandés. Perpetua piensa que a César no le gustará emparentar con unapiel roja. Doña Ramona teme que Manuela guarde rencor a Ramona por quitarle a Alejandro. Yahi invoca a los espíritus para pedir la muerte deRamona. César dice a doña Ramona que los orígenes de su hija no afectarán su amistad. Beatriz padece tuberculosis y el médico que la atiendedice que el caso es grave. Perpetua dice a Doña Ramona que Felipe es un hipócrita porque se casará con Beatriz amando a Ramona. Felipe entrega a Beatriz un anillo de compromiso. Ruy acepta el noviazgo de Bill y Analupe. Green es condenado a cadena perpetua, peroThomas lo rescata cuando lo llevan a Sacramento

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      Diario de Yucatan, 7/2/00: Ramona exige al médico que salve a su hijo, aunque ella muera. El bebé esta muy débil y Ramona cada vez más grave. El médico dice que no puede hacer nada más por ellos y se va. Ramona ya no quiere vivir, aunque su madre le suplica que luche por sí misma. Felipe lleva a la hacienda a "Lince solitario", curandero piel roja, quien hace sus conjuros e invoca "a los buenos espíritus". El curandero advierte que Ramona sufre y no quiere vivir, porque murió el hombre que amaba. Lo que ahora necesita es otro aliento deamor, dice. Felipe besa a Ramona en la boca y le confiesa su gran amor.

      Diario de Yucatan, 7/9/00: Manuela huye. Felipe desea hacerle pagar sus maldades, pero Ramona le pide que no lo haga y argumenta que debe terminar el odio, pues por ese mismo sentimiento murió Alejandro. Green se cura él mismo la herida y se saca la bala, jura que se vengará.Mamá Ramona cree que han terminado las desgracias, llora ante la tumba de Augus, pero de pronto aparece Green apuntándole a la cabeza con una pistola. El pistolero le advierte que la matará en ese momento, ya que no ha podido lograr que se vaya de esas tierras que no le pertenecen a lo mexicanos, sino a ellos. Doña Ramona no se deja vencer por el miedo, mira retadora a Green, diciéndole que es un asesino desalmado y que las tierras siempre pertenecerán a los mexicanos porque son herencia de siglos. Nepo llega un poco después, pero lo detienen y lo acusan de un crimen que no cometió. Felipe sale de la hacienda diciendo a Ramona que debe encontrar a su madre, pues tiene un mal presentimiento.

      USA 4/13/01, 4/16-19/01. ULTIMA SEMANA. Perpetua tells Beatriz that she suspects Felipe is in love with Ramona. Beatriz refuses to believe it at first but then begins to doubt him; her illness appears to return but the doctor can find no signs of the TV. Manuela begs the padre to ask Doña Ramona to let her care for Ramona’s child, the last of her race, and he does. The baby is baptized. Beatriz tells Dr. Salvador Brown that her fiancée loves another. She decides to return to the ranch to confront Felipe. Fernando visits the hacienda. Ramona is still unconscious. Lince Solitario treats her, tells Fernando and Felipe that she can be saved only by the kiss of a man who loves her. Felipe kisses her. Fernando leaves the hacienda, is attacked by Green but saved by Nepo. Ramona recovers, tells Felipe she dreamed that he kissed her. He says nothing. Manuela insists on submitting the baby to a Yaqui ritual. Beatriz and her family return to the hacienda. Manuela tells Ramona that Felipe loves her. Green removes the bullet from his leg. Just as Beatriz is asking Felipe if he really loves her, he learns that Manuela has stolen Ramona’s baby. He and the others go after her. Felipe, in spite of his fear of water, enters the river to take the baby from Manuela. She runs away and is not seen again. Ramona tells Felipe she never before realized that he is handsome. Beatriz breaks her engagement with Felipe telling him that she is still sick. Green arrives at the ranch, sees Doña Ramona at the tree where Angus is buried, tells her he will kill her and all her family. She defies him, turns to go back to the house. He shoots her. Felipe and Ramona find her bleeding badly. The men capture Nepo, who was nearby, but before Felipe kills him he learns that it was Green. Fernando tells Ana Lupe that Felipe loves Ramona. He doesn’t know if she feels the same but is sure he has lost her forever. Doña Ramona tells Ramona to find Felipe’s diary. After she does, DR makes her promise to read it after her death.

     4/19/01. ULTIMO CAPÍTULO. Ramona takes the diary to her mother. Felipe and the men search for Green. Felipe insists on entering the barn alone. Green drops a lantern and a fire starts. Multiple shots are heard. Felipe has the chance to shoot Green when a burning timber falls on him. Outside, Ramona tries to enter the barn but the Norteño prevents her. She tells Beatriz that she loves Felipe more than anybody else in the world. Felipe leaves Green to burn to death. Ramona embraces him, calls him “mi amor”. The dying DR sees Angus, makes the nana promise to care for her children and grandchildren. She has the last rites. Felipe and Ramona attend her. She makes them promise to care for each other always, tells them the land isn’t important, they must go to Mexico. She asks to be buried next to Angus and dies with the name of Angus on her lips.  They bury her. Beatriz, César and Perpetua leave; Perpetua doesn’t understand why the family believes that Beatriz is still sick. Felipe tells Billy and Nepo that he will sell the ranch and move to México. The two take the body of Green. Ramona reads the diary and discovers the truth. Ramona and Felipe close up the house and ride away in a carriage.

     We hear Ramona’s voice saying how they left “your” grandparents, Doña Ramona and Angus, and your father Alejandro, came to Mexico and married. She doesn’t know what happened to Fernando but we see him marrying Doris. Ramona’s daughter was born in Mexico. We see Spur Town again. Ana Lupe is going into labor with her 7th child. Ramona tells her children, little Ramona and Alejandro’s son, that Beatriz went to Colorado and married Dr. Brown. Felipe enters the room. Ramona tells him she was telling the children the story of their lives. He asks if the story had a happy ending and she says yes. He picks her up and carries her into the bedroom. They kiss again. “Te amo”. “Yo a tí”.

 

 

 


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