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Episode 1220

During the storm, all the Capwells get ready for the party, Julia and Mason's marriage. Greg invites Missy to accompany him, but Megan asks Emily. Greg has no other choice than to call off Missy, who is very disappointed. Michael learns that Leo Mitchell avoided police surveillance. Sandra has a vision of a man becoming established in a hotel room. As she is worried about imminent danger, she runs up to Eden and Cruz to tell them. They show her the door immediately, even though Michael takes this vision seriously. Sophia does not understand why Mason agreed to invite Megan to his marriage. The party begins at Eden and Cruz's place, when the lights go out because of the storm. A man suddenly enters: it is Ric. Carmen embraces him briefly, but Ric leaves again immediately, not feeling welcome. Kelly finds him on the beach. The party continues, with a ritual of love around Adriana...

Episode 1221

Laura goes to see Michael and is worried to see him staying in Santa Barbara, while Leo Mitchell is indeed going to try to take revenge. She tells him that she does not want to lose him and both end up embracing each other. An old friend of Ric's, a well-known delinquent, comes to visit him in his hotel room. Ric wants to get rid of the last lot of diamonds which he has. In the Orient-Express, he meets Sandra. She entices him and both go down to his room at the Capwell Hotel and make love. Cruz, who has come to join his brother, discovers them together. Julia is thrown into a panic some hours before her marriage. She accepts a call from Augusta who tells her that she she must stay in New York, because Laken is about to give birth. Mason dreams about different possible evolutions of being a couple with Julia. Finally seeing things positively, he succeeds in reassuring her on his love...
The decor used for the room of the Capwell Hotel rented by Ric is the same that was used in the past for the living room of Victoria and Mason's apartment.

Episode 1222

Ric maintains to Cruz that he has the right to see whoever he wants, that being the trafficker Johnny Navarro or Sandra Mills. Learning that Leo Mitchell was spotted in Mexico City in the morning, Michael decides to stay to attend Julia and Mason's wedding. Julia gets ready with Wanda's help. Mason arrives at the chapel and resolves to become the man with one woman for the rest of his life. Gina comes with bridesmaid's dress, but Sophia locks her up in a cupboard of the church house. All guests arrive, among them Ric and Sandra. The ceremony begins, but Mason misplaced the note where he wrote his vows. It is Gina who reads it for herself, full of emotion, in the half-light of her cupboard. Mason clumsily reads his wishes, but they are enough for Julia. The priest joins them finally for the best and for the worst...
The opening credits theme is replaced by the song Love and Marriage, by Frank Sinatra.
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Episode 1223

Sandra and Ric invite each other to Julia and Mason's reception. Cruz loses his temper with his brother and takes Adriana from his arms, while Kelly had just given her to him. C.C. gives a present – a trip to South America to the newlyweds, but Mason already envisaged another honeymoon trip. The present is then given to Eden and Cruz, who decide to leave for Acapulco. Carmen does not understand why her son wants to go where his father, Rafael lives. C.C. asks Ted to be friendlier towards Greg. Ted then offers Greg to go surfing. Greg sees that everybody intervenes in his life, and argues with Emily. Julia is in a plane with Mason without knowing where they are going. Mason opens a case and pulls out two parachutes. He tells her that they have arrived at their destination and suddenly moves to jump off the plane. Julia has no other choice than to follow him...

Episode 1224

Michael trains for shooting looking forward to the return of Leo Mitchell. Laura, anxious to see Michael, asks Ethan to postpone the cruise which he booked for her. Next to Scott, Heather feels her baby move for the first time. Julia and Mason wake up on a nice morning on the desert island where Mason organised the necessary comfort for their honeymoon. But Julia is pricked by mosquitoes and catches a shiver shortly after. She falls to the ground. Ric is stopped by the police after diamonds are found on Johnny Navarro. Cruz releases Ric and asks him to reconsider the vision which he has of him. Ric finds Sandra at the Capwell Hotel. They begin making love, when suddenly Sandra calls him "Cruz". Eden explains to Carmen that she wishes that Cruz is reconciled with his father in Acapulco, and that he meets his grandchildren. The couple leaves, and Carmen hesitates to phone her husband who had left her...

Episode 1225

Laura confesses to Michael that during their short break, she went out with Leo Mitchell in the past. It was to take revenge due to the fact that she broke up with him that Leo kidnapped Jamie. Ethan surprises Laura and Michael together and Laura finds it very difficult to give him a credible explanation. Finally, Laura agrees to leave for the cruise with her husband, but the boat is blocked in the quay because of fog. Greg gets angry with C.C. who governs his timetable, by accident. Ric discovers that Sandra is capable of predicting the result of horse races. He offers her to join him in business. On the island, Mason accepts the visit of a mysterious woman with a veiled face. She organises a ceremonial around Julia who wakes up cured. After his departure, Mason finds a bottle on the beach where a letter is slipped in: it is signed from guardian angel, Mary. On board of a train, Leo Mitchell enters the railway station of Santa Barbara...

Among the programs Ric watches on the television in the hotel room, can be heard the original Santa Barbara ending credits.
The decor used for Laura and Ethan's boat is exactly the same that was used in the past for Cain's boat.

Episode 1226

Gina is thrilled at the idea that a famous audience of talents are coming to listen to her sing at The Lair. But Cassie, the true voice, announces to her of her desire to make a solo career. Eden and Cruz arrive at the Miramar hotel in Acapulco. Cruz finds Isabella, one of his 18 cousins. Eden investigates the search for Rafael, supposed to be working in the establishment. In spite of his mask, Eden guesses that he is the magician of the hotel thanks to his behaviour in clairvoyant Cruz. But the man denies being Rafael Castillo. Celeste and Scott find Leo Mitchell in search of sedatives at the health centre. Hurt by a bullet in the chest, Leo runs away before Scott calls the police. He goes to The Lair where he asks Bunny how to get Michael. He pays for his drink with money containing bloodstains. Witnessing this event, Heather is worried for her brother and goes home. Ethan finds him, persuaded that Laura, who once again left their boat, has gone there to join Michael. Both are in fact on the beach, where Leo followed Laura. Leo asks Laura to throw Michael's weapon into the ocean, and check the couple off with his revolver...

First appearance in the series of Rafael Castillo.
The decor used for Eden and Cruz's hotel room in Acapulco is the same that was used in the past for Major Phillip Hamilton's house.

Episode 1227

Julia and Mason are back in Santa Barbara. Kelly immediately sends for them at their office, having discovered a concern with the finances of the Capwell Firm with the Japanese branch which Mason took care of. She fears that they are trying to take possession of the group. Mason decides to go to Tokyo the following day. After their departure, Lisa, who listened to all their discussions, phones a mysterious person. Ric proves to be distant with Sandra, and has gone to find Kelly on the beach. Gina is persuaded by Bunny to meet Cassie and Sydney Laskin, the agents who had come to hire her. In Acapulco, Eden persuades Rafael to meet Cruz and his grandchildren. She goes back to the table and announces her surprise to Cruz, who is hardly delighted. In his lodge where he gets ready, Rafael is suddenly surprised by a presence. On the beach, Michael and Leo begin fighting with their fists. Michael manages to stun Leo, but he hesitates to deliver him to the police. He fears that Ethan could discover the whole truth on Laura's past. He then decides to deliver Leo to the Mexican authorities, by whom he is also sought-after. With Laura, he leaves him on border. Put into prison, Leo tries to escape by removing the bars of his window...

Episode 1228

Cruz searches his father's lodge at the hotel, but finds only fancy dresses, press articles concerning him and a hungry cat. Eden questions the personnel of the hotel and learns that Rafael was seen leaving the hotel the night before with another magician, a professor Mephisto. Cruz goes to the castle belonging to Mephisto, but Mephisto tells him that he was at home the day before and puts him outside. Carmen informs Ric that Eden and Cruz are in Acapulco in search of Rafael. Ric decides to go there. Laura wakes up with Michael in his car. Back in Santa Barbara, she comes back home and swears to Ethan that she did not deceive him with Michael. Celeste finds a letter written by Michael to be read only in the case of his death, where he speaks about Leo Mitchell. She asks him for an explanation, just as Heather and Julia do. Michael refuses to speak, but Julia conducts her own research on Leo. Ethan goes to see Michael and hits him to the face. In Mexico, Leo manages to escape from his cell...

Episode 1229

Kelly organises a small family gathering in The Lair for Sophia's birthday. Wanda organises the continuation of one of the films in a cinema of the district. C.C., who had forgotten the event, gives her the bracelet with diamonds which he had bought for Megan. But Sophia guesses this and refuses his present. As Megan does not want the gift, C.C. gives the jewel to Sabrina, her white female cat! Ted is forced to take Greg surfing at the beach. As he does not want to take care of him, he entrusts him in Bone's hands. Greg comes out again from the water slightly hurt to his face. C.C. blames Ted for not having taken care of Greg. In Acapulco, Ric makes his arrival at the hotel. Cruz uses Mephisto's visit to the restaurant of the establishment to go to his castle in search of indications of his father. After various secret passages and traps, he finds himself a prisoner between two walls which suddenly start to get dangerously closer...