Simplemente Maria is a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Manuel Saval, Jaime Garza and Silvia Derbez. The telenovela, a production of Valentín Pimstein, premiered on October 16, 1989 and ended on May 11, 1990 on El Canal de las Estrellas.
Simplemente Maria (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1989-10-16
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María, 18 years old, decides to leave her town and try her luck in the city, where she gets a job as a domestic worker.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Air date: 1989-10-17
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Gustavo discovers that Juan Carlos has lost two years at the university and gives him an ultimatum. María, taken by her employer, goes to the doctor and he tells her that she is pregnant. María tells Juan Carlos the news.
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1989-10-18
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Juan Carlos refuses to show his face for the child he is expecting with María and she is disappointed by his cowardice. María's future looks cloudy, as the boss of the house tells his wife to fire her.
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1989-10-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Juan Carlos looks for María and she refuses to talk to him, assures that she will be able to get by without anything from him. Víctor looks for a maternity hospital for María. Rita is fired for being on the lookout for María.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1989-10-20
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María throws herself into happiness after the birth of José Ignacio, she swears that she will lack nothing. Maria’s new employers are tight-lipped and she doesn’t like baby squeals. María decides to take dressmaking classes to get ahead.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1989-10-23
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Matilde and Víctor offer María a room with them and the possibility of doing dressmaking. María's employers humiliate her one last time, after notifying her that she will stop working with them. Natalia falls in love with Juan Carlos.
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Air date: 1989-10-24
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: María is satisfied with her first home. Juan Carlos continues to have remorse for abandoning his beloved and he sets out to find her. María sees in Matilde a mother. Almira does not miss an opportunity to be insidious.
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1989-10-25
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Juan Carlos meets María again, tries to give his son his last name, but she refuses and refuses to continue seeing him. Natalia continues looking for Juan Carlos, but he warns her that he is not planning to marry anyone.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Air date: 1989-10-26
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Natalia continues to insist on conquering Juan Carlos, but her retrograde ideas are counterproductive. Matilde prepares a great celebration for the baptism of José Ignacio.
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Air date: 1989-10-27
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: After being run over, María had to have her leg put in a cast, José Ignacio did not suffer any scratches. Almira makes a scandal, due to her jealousy, and Víctor ends up admitting that he does love María. Natalia plans to go visit María.
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1989-10-30
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Natalia becomes a client of María to meet Juan Carlos’s baby and learn more about her. Alberto receives the news of the death of his parents, Lorena supports him while Brenda does not know how to comfort him. María worries about her baby.
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1989-10-31
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Juan Carlos thinks about taking legal action so that his son can be taken to a doctor. Rita quits her job so she can be with María. Tired of the contempt, Juan Carlos proposes to María and she accepts.
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Air date: 1989-11-01
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María and Juan Carlos reach an agreement for their wedding, although Renata and Matilde give María some advice. Alberto is harsh with Brenda. Víctor resents the decision of María's wedding.
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1989-11-02
Runtime: 36 min
Overview: Almira is excited after being invited by Víctor to the cinema, she is already thinking about a wedding. María and Juan Carlos have a difference and he swears he will never go back to her.
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1989-11-03
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Juan Carlos asks María to stop her friendship with Víctor, she refuses. Juan Carlos demands that Víctor stay away from María. Brenda demands that Alberto explain his disdain for her. Fernanda is excited about Juan Carlos.
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
Air date: 1989-11-06
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: The upcoming wedding of Alberto and Lorena has caused a stir; Gustavo refuses, but Florencia talks to him, on the other hand, Brenda goes to talk to Lorena and she is not willing to lose her man.
Episode 17 (Episode 17)
Air date: 1989-11-07
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Brenda threatens Lorena. María, through the newspaper, finds out about Lorena’s wedding to which Juan Carlos did not invite her. Natalia takes the opportunity to intrigue with Fernanda at Lorena’s wedding.
Episode 18 (Episode 18)
Air date: 1989-11-08
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Fernanda feels limited by her illness, but she loses hope of conquering the heart of Juan Carlos, Florencia encourages her to do so. María decides to move in with her cousin, but Juan Carlos doesn’t like the idea at all.
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Air date: 1989-11-09
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Víctor looks for Juan to talk man to man. Two years later, Juan Carlos is graduated as a doctor, but he does not intend to keep the promise he has made to María. Almira marries René. Rita is Roman’s girlfriend. María has a good clientele.
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
Air date: 1989-11-10
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Juan Carlos, despite Fernanda’s health problems, asks her to marry him. A lawyer visits María to allow Juan Carlos to see his son. Víctor confesses to María that he loves her, but she is not in a good moment.
Episode 21 (Episode 21)
Air date: 1989-11-13
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Juan Carlos confesses to María that he cannot marry her, on the other hand, he offers to marry Fernanda. Due to her disappointment, María studies to improve herself every day.
Episode 22 (Episode 22)
Air date: 1989-11-14
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Out of curiosity about Natalia’s message, Fernanda looks for María to meet her, but she pretends to be a client. Armando, Perlita’s father returns for her. Natalia confronts María at her house.
Episode 23 (Episode 23)
Air date: 1989-11-15
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María looks for Fernanda to claim her, but at her house she also confronts Juan Carlos. Fernanda is happy about her pregnancy, but because of Natalia’s madness, she is facing one of the most tragic moments of her life.
Episode 24 (Episode 24)
Air date: 1989-11-16
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Juan Carlos reproaches Natalia for Fernanda’s death. Juan Carlos looks for María to tell her about Fernanda’s death and looking for an opportunity. They try to accuse Juan Carlos of the alleged murder of Natalia.
Episode 25 (Episode 25)
Air date: 1989-11-17
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Ignacio has grown up and finds out that his parents are not married. Juan Carlos’s father meets María and her grandson, encourages his son to look for María again. María rejects Juan Carlos, but he warns her that he will get his son back.
Episode 26 (Episode 26)
Air date: 1989-11-20
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: Juan Carlos insists on looking for Ignacio, but María is so opposed that she tells Juan Carlos that she will marry Víctor so that he will give his son his last name. Juan Carlos and Víctor fight to blows.
Episode 27 (Episode 27)
Air date: 1989-11-21
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: María finds out that Juan Carlos has taken her son, but later she finds Juan Carlos, there he threatens him with a gun, but Juan Carlos’s father intercedes to help María. Juan Carlos leaves his home because of his father’s disloyalty.
Episode 28 (Episode 28)
Air date: 1989-11-22
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Years have passed, Ignacio is already a man. Gustavo, Juan Carlos’s father, will have to undergo surgery, so the family asks Juan Carlos to return to Mexico to see him. Juan Carlos visits Ignacio, who receives him with resentment.
Episode 29 (Episode 29)
Air date: 1989-11-23
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Juan Carlos asks María to marry him again and she rejects him. María agrees to go to Juan Carlos’s house, where Gustavo gladly receives her and asks about his grandson.
Episode 30 (Episode 30)
Air date: 1989-11-24
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: María has bought the chain of stores. Ignacio and María visit Gustavo one day before his surgery. Ignacio realizes that Laura is also Gustavo’s granddaughter.
Episode 31 (Episode 31)
Air date: 1989-11-27
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María meets Arturo D’Angelle, talks with him about his expansion plans. Ignacio opposes Arturo conquering his mother. Almira tells María of her concern since her daughter Iris is in love with Víctor.
Episode 32 (Episode 32)
Air date: 1989-11-28
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Arturo continues to pretend to María. Given Lorena and Alberto’s bad relationship, he begins to fall in love with Silvia. Almira asks Víctor to put a stop to her daughter so as not to deceive her.
Episode 33 (Episode 33)
Air date: 1989-11-29
Runtime: 37 min
Overview: Despite María's rejection, Arturo insists on conquering her. Laura and Ivonne begin to have problems for the love of Ignacio. Amelia asks Julia for help to find out who her husband’s lover is. María and Ignacio fight because of Arturo.
Episode 34 (Episode 34)
Air date: 1989-11-30
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Carmen confesses to Almira her liking for Víctor. Lorena sees Silvia and Alberto in a compromising situation. Ivonne confesses to her uncle Arturo that she is only playing with Ignacio.
Episode 35 (Episode 35)
Air date: 1989-12-01
Runtime: 38 min
Overview: Faced with María's jealousy, Víctor and María kiss. Carmen and Víctor begin a closer relationship. At Víctor's house they introduce Carmen as his girlfriend, Iris leaves heartbroken. Ignacio finds out about Ivonne’s intentions.
Episode 36 (Episode 36)
Air date: 1989-12-04
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María sees Iris trying to kiss Víctor and making a jealous scene at him. Lorena believes that Alberto is trying to kill her. María faints and in the hospital she has an unfortunate encounter with Lorena.
Episode 37 (Episode 37)
Air date: 1989-12-05
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María organizes a dinner with important men, Víctor arrives without knowing about the meeting and feels offended by the abrupt invitation to stay for lunch. Benito and Julia begin to get closer.
Episode 38 (Episode 38)
Air date: 1989-12-06
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Víctor decides to get to know Carmen better in order to forget María. Lorena refuses to give Alberto a divorce and makes him confess to his daughter about his lover.
Episode 39 (Episode 39)
Air date: 1989-12-07
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Doctor Valadez informs Silvia that she will have to stop working at the hospital due to her relationship with Alberto. María asks Víctor not to leave and to continue working at the company, but he refuses.
Episode 40 (Episode 40)
Air date: 1989-12-08
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María cannot get Víctor to stay in the company and reproaches him for going with Carmen, later she goes to console herself in the doctor’s arms. Laura complains to her father for having stopped loving her mother.
Episode 41 (Episode 41)
Air date: 1989-12-11
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: After Víctor's resignation, Román is chosen as the new administrator. Carmen, with the help of Víctor, thinks about setting up her sewing workshop with clients and seamstresses of María. Lorena returns home after a comment from Ivonne.
Episode 42 (Episode 42)
Air date: 1989-12-12
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Lorena tries to humiliate José Ignacio. Lorena looks for María and is slapped by her after trying to insult her son. Román is willing to undergo fertility treatment. María does not look favorably on Víctor and Carmen’s plan.
Episode 43 (Episode 43)
Air date: 1989-12-13
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Víctor steals a kiss from María, they both talk but they do not solve anything and María forbids them to mention Víctor's name in front of her. Fernando confesses his love to María. Grandfather Nacho begins to have a strange cough.
Episode 44 (Episode 44)
Air date: 1989-12-14
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: José Ignacio does not intend to give up his love, but he asks Laura for a while. Rita is hurt by Maria’s words. Cruz visits María to intercede for Fernando. Marcos has to start chemotherapy. Carmen and Víctor start their workshop.
Episode 45 (Episode 45)
Air date: 1989-12-15
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Lorena takes Mauricio to her house, creating a scandal especially with Alberto. Don Nacho’s health becomes precarious, so María and Nachito go to town. Arturo is determined and clinging to the idea that Maria should marry him.
Episode 46 (Episode 46)
Air date: 1989-12-18
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Don Nacho scares the family, especially María. María finds out what has happened with the family and is surprised by the attitude of one of her brothers. Pedro, with the help of Ivonne, tries to rape Laura.
Episode 47 (Episode 47)
Air date: 1989-12-19
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Fernando takes a plane to meet with María and put himself at her service. Ivonne puts tares in María with Cruz. Gabriel and Alberto talk about Lorena’s radical change, including her lover. Arturo begins to see Fernando as a traitor.
Episode 48 (Episode 48)
Air date: 1989-12-20
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María calms down the fight between Fernando and Arturo. Don Nacho questions María about her feelings towards her suitors. Gustavo forcibly takes Lorena out of a restaurant, after seeing her making out with Mauricio.
Episode 49 (Episode 49)
Air date: 1989-12-21
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Víctor, after visiting Don Nacho, treats María with disdain. Lorena breaks into the hospital and creates an upset in Don Nacho, after making a scandal, and he faints. An aneurysm is detected in Don Nacho.
Episode 50 (Episode 50)
Air date: 1989-12-22
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Fernando puts his efforts into Don Nacho’s operation, but does not regain consciousness. Lorena does not show any remorse after her actions. Don Nacho reacts only to say goodbye to his loved ones, his wife calls him.
Episode 51 (Episode 51)
Air date: 1989-12-25
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Don Nacho's death serves to unite María and Víctor, apparently it is time to forgive and forget. Florencia visits Lorena to tell her what happened. María thinks about having Víctor return to his old position, but he dismisses it.
Episode 52 (Episode 52)
Air date: 1989-12-26
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Víctor refuses to be an employee of María, he seeks to improve himself for love and win the admiration, once again, of his beloved. Pedro, in the company of his guards, beat José Ignacio. Arturo proposes to María.
Episode 53 (Episode 53)
Air date: 1989-12-27
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Iris tries to commit suicide out of love for Víctor. Arturo questions Fernando's good intentions. Ivonne questions José Ignacio about his feelings towards Laura. Carmen discovers María and Víctor kissing.
Episode 54 (Episode 54)
Air date: 1989-12-28
Runtime: 36 min
Overview: Iris is invited to live at María's house to improve herself. Víctor gets jealous because of a call from Arturo. María decides to end her friendship with Arturo, he does not make the decision well. José Ignacio is kind to Iris.
Episode 55 (Episode 55)
Air date: 1989-12-29
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Gustavo reprimands Lorena for her attitude and does not give her asylum. Arturo does not stop insisting with María, he sends her expensive gifts.
Episode 56 (Episode 56)
Air date: 1990-01-01
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Víctor and Arturo come to blows and María banishes him from her life forever. Julia abandons Pablo and seeks forgiveness from her family, but Víctor treats her harshly. Ivonne complains to José Ignacio for his lack of love and attention.
Episode 57 (Episode 57)
Air date: 1990-01-02
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Víctor does not accept that María is Fernando's friend, jealousy consumes him but María does not care. Marcos and Perla make peace. Laura has strange symptoms and Ivonne wonders if she is pregnant.
Episode 58 (Episode 58)
Air date: 1990-01-03
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Laura confesses to Gustavo that she is pregnant and they both look for a solution. Cruz does not lose hope that Fernando wins over María. Germán asks María for help in treating Marcos. José Ignacio looks for Laura.
Episode 59 (Episode 59)
Air date: 1990-01-04
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: José Ignacio confesses to María that Laura is expecting his child. Almira is a bit wary of the life Iris leads. Given his dizziness, Alberto gives himself the task of checking Laura.
Episode 60 (Episode 60)
Air date: 1990-01-05
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Laura and José Ignacio's upcoming wedding has woven different comments and reactions; María continues to oppose; Alberto supports the marriage; Ivonne feels cornered and breaks the news of Laura's pregnancy to Lorena, who explodes.
Episode 61 (Episode 61)
Air date: 1990-01-08
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Lorena and María oppose Ignacio and Laura getting married. Laura asks her grandfather for asylum. Ignacio and Laura have the support of Gustavo. María and Víctor's relationship begins to deteriorate.
Episode 62 (Episode 62)
Air date: 1990-01-09
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Lorena takes Laura from her grandfather's house by force. Gustavo confesses to Florencia that Lorena is not his biological daughter. Laura manages to escape from her house again and plans to run away with Ignacio.
Episode 63 (Episode 63)
Air date: 1990-01-10
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Laura has escaped and Lorena is desperately looking for her. Lorena reports the disappearance to the police, so they begin their official search.
Episode 64 (Episode 64)
Air date: 1990-01-11
Runtime: 32 min
Overview: Gustavo looks for María so that together they can help Ignacio and Laura. A graduate friend of Gustavo's talks to Ignacio to help him, he tells him about a marriage option between minors. Juan Carlos returns to Mexico.
Episode 65 (Episode 65)
Air date: 1990-01-12
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Juan Carlos arrives in Mexico and talks to María to help Ignacio. Ignacio talks to Laura about the possibility of getting married with the help of the lawyer Hidalgo. Ivonne betrays Laura with Lorena.
Episode 66 (Episode 66)
Air date: 1990-01-15
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María is furious with Víctor when she finds out that he was hiding Laura in his house. Learning that they are looking for her and that she has put many people at risk, Laura decides to escape.
Episode 67 (Episode 67)
Air date: 1990-01-16
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: When escaping, Laura decides to go to a town, but the impression makes her faint in that place, a man assists her and decides to put her up with his family. María hires a private detective to look for Laura.
Episode 68 (Episode 68)
Air date: 1990-01-17
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Ivonne tries to discredit Laura with María. The sending of some flowers to María by Juan Carlos unleashes Víctor's fury and an innate fight in a restaurant.
Episode 69 (Episode 69)
Air date: 1990-01-18
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: It is discovered that the family Laura is staying with are María's brothers. Lorena gets money to look for her daughter. The detective finds a woman with the same characteristics as Laura, Ignacio and María go to recognize the body.
Episode 70 (Episode 70)
Air date: 1990-01-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Víctor sees Juan Carlos kissing María, for which he is enraged and undoes his engagement with her. Diego insists on trying to make Laura fall in love. It is discovered that the deceased woman is not Laura.
Episode 71 (Episode 71)
Air date: 1990-01-22
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Now that he knows about the breakup with Víctor, Juan Carlos asks his son and María for another chance. Iris and Germán begin a relationship. Detective Zepeda informs María that he has clues to Laura's whereabouts.
Episode 72 (Episode 72)
Air date: 1990-01-23
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Detective Zepeda informs María that Laura is at her brothers' house, but when she speaks to them they deny her, Román helps María and goes to find out if Laura is there.
Episode 73 (Episode 73)
Air date: 1990-01-24
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Laura manages to convince Román not to take her until her baby is born. María and Rita run Lorena out of her house when they see her lousy attitude. Estela has dinner with Laura and Federico and at the end of dinner they kiss.
Episode 74 (Episode 74)
Air date: 1990-01-25
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Ignacio and Laura are finally together. María tells Laura's family that they have found her, except her mother. Diego confesses his love for Laura to Ignacio and confronts him.
Episode 75 (Episode 75)
Air date: 1990-01-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Rafael confesses to María his liking for her. Ignacio and Laura's wedding takes place. Germán manages to get Iris's father to accept their relationship.
Episode 76 (Episode 76)
Air date: 1990-01-29
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María asks Víctor to undo his partnership with Carmen in order to resume their relationship. Estela and Federico confess their commitment to María. Víctor undoes his partnership with Carmen and resumes teaching.
Episode 77 (Episode 77)
Air date: 1990-01-30
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Víctor has changed, María is happy and they plan to resume their relationship. Perlita is still suspicious about Marcos' trips. Marcos' son is baptized. Benito and Julia start a relationship.
Episode 78 (Episode 78)
Air date: 1990-01-31
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: There is a risk that Laura will lose her baby so she has to be admitted to the hospital, but Lorena finds out and looks for her causing a scandal.
Episode 79 (Episode 79)
Air date: 1990-02-01
Runtime: 35 min
Overview: Ignacio is seriously injured and has lost a lot of blood, his blood type is very rare and no one has been able to donate. Juan Carlos arrives from the United States and offers to donate blood for his son.
Episode 80 (Episode 80)
Air date: 1990-02-02
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: The operation and the blood donation for Ignacio have been a success. Gustavo visits Lorena in the hospital and, faced with her madness, he confesses that she is not his biological daughter.
Episode 81 (Episode 81)
Air date: 1990-02-05
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Lorena makes an attempt on the life of José Ignacio. Laura dies giving birth to a beautiful girl. José Ignacio is desperate when he hasn't heard from his wife.
Episode 82 (Episode 82)
Air date: 1990-02-06
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Lorena accepts having shot José Ignacio, during the interrogation María introduces herself and tells him that Laura, her daughter, has died. Juan Carlos and Víctor argue at the hospital. José Ignacio rejects his daughter.
Episode 83 (Episode 83)
Air date: 1990-02-07
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: José Ignacio, full of pain for Laura's death, tries to end his life to be by her side. María is desperate not to hear from her son. Víctor complains to María and asks her to decide between him and his son. María argues with her son.
Episode 84 (Episode 84)
Air date: 1990-02-08
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: José Ignacio argues unfairly with his mother over her daughter's baptism, Rita asks María to allow her to put him in his place for judging her so harshly. Víctor tells his mother that José Ignacio makes him desperate.
Episode 85 (Episode 85)
Air date: 1990-02-09
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María makes the decision to make the trip with José Ignacio, provoking the anger of Víctor who decides to end their relationship. Víctor spends the afternoon with Gabriela. Zulema asks Víctor to tell her about María.
Episode 86 (Episode 86)
Air date: 1990-02-12
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María visits Jean Claude's boutique and meets Rodrigo de Peñalvert, who is impressed with María López. Alberto tells Silvia that he misses his daughter. Gabriela tells Víctor that he cannot give her the love that she needs.
Episode 87 (Episode 87)
Air date: 1990-02-13
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Víctor tries to convince Gabriela to give them a chance. Alberto tells Silvia that Lorena was transferred to a psychiatric hospital and will soon be free. Rita meets Víctor and Zulema. José Ignacio spends the night with Ivonne.
Episode 88 (Episode 88)
Air date: 1990-02-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Ivonne makes José Ignacio believe that they spent the night together. María accepts Rodrigo and Jean Claude's proposal.
Episode 89 (Episode 89)
Air date: 1990-02-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Víctor tells María that Gabriela is not a diversion and soon he will marry her. María meets Zulema and Reynaldo tells her that she will be the model for his brand's exclusive catalogue.
Episode 90 (Episode 90)
Air date: 1990-02-16
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Matilde visits María and confesses that Víctor will marry Gabriela next week. María visits Víctor and tells him that for her and her daughter, he has been a guide in her life.
Episode 91 (Episode 91)
Air date: 1990-02-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María tells Víctor that she is going to get married too, unleashing the teacher's jealousy. Rita asks María to forget about Víctor Carreño.
Episode 92 (Episode 92)
Air date: 1990-02-20
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: María is upset because José Ignacio arrives drunk at her house in the company of Víctor and Zulema. Gabriela visits María and tells her that she is getting married soon.
Episode 93 (Episode 93)
Air date: 1990-02-21
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: María tells Rita that she agreed to marry Rafael. Román and José Ignacio decide to attend Víctor and Gabriela's wedding. Matilde suffers from the decision her son made to marry Gabriela.
Episode 94 (Episode 94)
Air date: 1990-02-22
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Víctor asks María to forgive him, she accepts and they decide to give themselves a chance. Alberto confesses to Silvia that Lorena escaped from the psychiatric hospital.
Episode 95 (Episode 95)
Air date: 1990-02-23
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Lorena escapes from the hospital and arrives in town pretending to be a teacher. Federico meets her and tells her his name is Pilar Dávila.
Episode 96 (Episode 96)
Air date: 1990-02-26
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: José Ignacio finds out that Lorena del Villar escaped and decides to look for her and kill her. Benito asks Julia to start a family but she refuses.
Episode 97 (Episode 97)
Air date: 1990-02-27
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: José Ignacio tells his mother that he is ready to face Lorena. Víctor asks the doctor who treats Marcos and finds out that María pays the medical expenses. Lorena plans her revenge. María talks with José Ignacio.
Episode 98 (Episode 98)
Air date: 1990-02-28
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: José Ignacio tells his mother that he returned the gun so as not to worry her any more. Lorena listens to Anita arguing with Diego. Rita cries with happiness when she sees María's wedding dress. Finally, María and Víctor get married.
Episode 99 (Episode 99)
Air date: 1990-03-01
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: María and Víctor finally unite their lives. Lorena manages to steal little María to carry out her revenge. Anita doesn't understand why little Maria got sick.
Episode 100 (Episode 100)
Air date: 1990-03-02
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: José Ignacio arrives in La Esperanza ready to take his daughter with him. Diego claims him and prevents him from doing so, facing blows. Lorena manages to escape after being injured by José Ignacio.
Episode 101 (Episode 101)
Air date: 1990-03-05
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: Ana and Diego ask Doña Raquel for help to give them asylum and protect Ignacio's daughter. Ignacio and Diego fight with blows again. Detective Zepeda is about to find little María, but when Diego and Ana find out, they flee to the city.
Episode 102 (Episode 102)
Air date: 1990-03-06
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: A clue, gives false hope of having found little Maria. Ignacio changes his attitude again and seems not to care about his daughter's whereabouts, he returns to the city and decides to leave home. Lorena begins to react.
Episode 103 (Episode 103)
Air date: 1990-03-07
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María is saddened to learn that her son has left home, at the same time, she investigates with Doña Raquel the whereabouts of her granddaughter and siblings. Ignacio returns to work at the office.
Episode 104 (Episode 104)
Air date: 1990-03-08
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Lorena has recovered her memory and plans to continue with her revenge, but her caretakers want to enslave her. Ivonne approaches Ignacio again.
Episode 105 (Episode 105)
Air date: 1990-03-09
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: María discovers Ignacio at a party in her new apartment and gets upset with him.
Episode 106 (Episode 106)
Air date: 1990-03-12
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Ignacio gets upset with María for defending her siblings and paying Ana's bail. Paulina visits Ignacio, but Ivonne arrives and causes a scandal.
Episode 107 (Episode 107)
Air date: 1990-03-13
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: María is very depressed because of the confrontation she had with Ignacio for defending her sister.
Episode 108 (Episode 108)
Air date: 1990-03-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Abel visits María's house to find out if the story Diego told him is true. Ivonne comes to live with Ignacio, but he rejects her and goes back to live with her mother.
Episode 109 (Episode 109)
Air date: 1990-03-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Don Abel manages to convince Diego to return the little girl and together they take her to María. María's joy is transformed when Diego is taken into custody. Faced with his depression, Diego pleads guilty and refuses to have a defense.
Episode 110 (Episode 110)
Air date: 1990-03-16
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Ignacio declares in favor of Diego. Maria visits Abel and thanks him for his help. Juan Carlos is run over and his life is at risk.
Episode 111 (Episode 111)
Air date: 1990-03-19
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Despite being dangerous for his health, Gustavo travels to Miami to see his son. Víctor continues to deny María a trip to see Juan Carlos. Ignacio and María travel to see Juan Carlos.
Episode 112 (Episode 112)
Air date: 1990-03-20
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After talking with Ignacio, María convinces Ignacio who goes in to see his father and forgives him. Víctor falls into Zulema's trap and makes her believe that they spent the night together.
Episode 113 (Episode 113)
Air date: 1990-03-21
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Rita realizes that Víctor spent the night with Zulema and goes to her house to verify it. Ignacio accepts his father and his family. Despite medical efforts, Juan Carlos dies.
Episode 114 (Episode 114)
Air date: 1990-03-22
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: María and Ignacio are back and tell everyone about the death of Juan Carlos. Luis takes Nazaria home to meet his parents. Víctor confesses to María what happened with Zulema, she without hesitation and hurt runs him out of her house.
Episode 115 (Episode 115)
Air date: 1990-03-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Zulema is beaten by Víctor's mother and by María when she goes to look for them. María decides to run to Zulema before her insults and her betrayal. With the support of one of her kidnappers, Lorena manages to escape.
Episode 116 (Episode 116)
Air date: 1990-03-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Víctor refuses to give María a divorce. Lorena asks lawyer Hidalgo for support for her divorce. Víctor roundly despises Zulema.
Episode 117 (Episode 117)
Air date: 1990-03-27
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Arturo finds Lorena and before her supposed misfortune he decides to protect her. The count partners with Maria and will help her stay for a while in Paris.
Episode 118 (Episode 118)
Air date: 1990-03-28
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: María gets annoyed with Víctor's serenade, talks to him, but decides not to forgive him. Lorena and Arturo plan to take revenge on María and her family, he helps her have a makeover.
Episode 119 (Episode 119)
Air date: 1990-03-29
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Víctor demands that the count undo the contract, but the count apart from denying it, confirms his interest in his wife. Lorena looks for Silvia and fulfills her revenge.
Episode 120 (Episode 120)
Air date: 1990-03-30
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Víctor and María talk before the date that Román and Ignacio planned without being able to solve their problems. Due to Lorena's attack, Silvia loses her baby.
Episode 121 (Episode 121)
Air date: 1990-04-02
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Lorena shows up at her father's house and threatens him with death. After her divorce, Maria decides to go to Paris to start a new life with her son.
Episode 122 (Episode 122)
Air date: 1990-04-03
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María talks to the doctor and confirms that she is expecting a child. Arturo tells Lorena that they will travel to Paris. Silvia finds out that Lorena was the one who hurt Don Gustavo.
Episode 123 (Episode 123)
Air date: 1990-04-04
Runtime: 39 min
Overview: María breaks the news to José Ignacio that she will be a mother again. María asks José Ignacio not to tell Víctor anything about the baby. Arturo and Lorena plan their revenge against María.
Episode 124 (Episode 124)
Air date: 1990-04-05
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María confesses to Rodrigo that she is expecting a child from Víctor Carreño. María tells José Ignacio that Marcos is dying due to the leukemia he suffers from. Rodrigo invites María to dinner to toast the success of the exhibition.
Episode 125 (Episode 125)
Air date: 1990-04-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Rodrigo de Peñalvert asks María to marry him so that the son he is expecting will grow up as his own. María tells José Ignacio that Víctor shouldn't find out about her condition. Rodrigo asks María about Víctor Carreño.
Episode 126 (Episode 126)
Air date: 1990-04-09
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Rodrigo proposes to María to give his son a last name. Zulema looks for Víctor to ask for his forgiveness. Marcos loses the battle and dies in Victor's arms. María and Rodrigo go to the fashion house and get an unpleasant surprise.
Episode 127 (Episode 127)
Air date: 1990-04-10
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María realizes that the designs from her exhibition have disappeared. Arturo and Lorena carry out the theft of María's designs to destroy her. Rodrigo asks María to trust him. The exhibition of Maria's designs is a success.
Episode 128 (Episode 128)
Air date: 1990-04-11
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Lorena and Angelo decide to retire due to the resounding success of María López. Rita calls the doctor to visit Víctor. Rodrigo tells Isabela that he is sure that José Ignacio loves her.
Episode 129 (Episode 129)
Air date: 1990-04-12
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Rodrigo asks María not to confront Angelo for the love of her children. Víctor arrives unexpectedly in Paris and finds out that María is pregnant. In her rush to go after Víctor, María suffers an accident. Lorena carries out her revenge.
Episode 130 (Episode 130)
Air date: 1990-04-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María suffers a blow to the head and loses her memory. Lorena and Angelo take advantage of her amnesia to make her believe that he is her husband and sister and carry out their revenge.
Episode 131 (Episode 131)
Air date: 1990-04-16
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: José Ignacio returns to Mexico and tells his family that his mother has died. María asks Andrés to help her recover her memory. At Maria's house, everyone mourns her death. Angelo is willing to do everything for María to love him.
Episode 132 (Episode 132)
Air date: 1990-04-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Angelo makes María believe that the name of the son she remembers died at birth. José Ignacio suffers a snake bite. Clemente tells Estela that he is in love with her.
Episode 133 (Episode 133)
Air date: 1990-04-18
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Lorena carries out her revenge and abandons María's daughter in an orphanage. Lorena and Angelo make María believe that her daughter died. Dulce tries to comfort María in the face of her loss.
Episode 134 (Episode 134)
Air date: 1990-04-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María asks Dulce to tell her the whole truth about what is happening in her house. Lorena asks Angelo to trust her, because his revenge against María is over. José Ignacio asks Isabela to marry him. María tries to run away.
Episode 135 (Episode 135)
Air date: 1990-04-20
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: María manages to escape and arrives at Dulce's house. Angelo loses patience with Lorena and tries to kill her. Angelo goes to Dulce's house in search of María and she confesses that Lorena wanted to kill María.
Episode 136 (Episode 136)
Air date: 1990-04-23
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Lorena and Arturo burn down María's factory and soon after, the former uses the trap to kill her buddy.
Episode 137 (Episode 137)
Air date: 1990-04-24
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: María is distressed to learn that Rita wants to adopt Lourdes. Rodrigo wants to help José Ignacio, who will soon marry Isabela, but Constanza does not see well these actions. María feels harassed by her presumed sister and escapes.
Episode 138 (Episode 138)
Air date: 1990-04-25
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: After her reunion with José Ignacio, who recognizes her as a mother, María is taken with her loved ones; she tells the stories she's been led to believe and doesn't remember anything from the past. Gustavo shows improvements in his health.
Episode 139 (Episode 139)
Air date: 1990-04-26
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: María discovers who her presumed husband and sister are. Constanza tries to humiliate María and she gets out of character. Yvonne hopes that she will be released from jail. Lorena looks for María and the nuns notify her, she is alarmed.
Episode 140 (Episode 140)
Air date: 1990-04-27
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Lorena looks for Luli in the convent, but her mother tells her that she has already been adopted. Constanza opposes the relationship between José Ignacio and Isabela, she even slaps Isabela.
Episode 141 (Episode 141)
Air date: 1990-04-30
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Lorena calls María and forces her to do what she asks if she wants Luli back. José Ignacio is jealous of some flowers that were sent to Isabela. Lorena, totally mad and full of hate, confesses to María that her daughter is still alive.
Episode 142 (Episode 142)
Air date: 1990-05-01
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María goes to the hospital, after the confrontation with Lorena, and is questioned by the police. Chucho reveals to María that he saw Luli in a room near where she lives.
Episode 143 (Episode 143)
Air date: 1990-05-02
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: María goes in search of Luli and confronts the girl who is taking care of her, she also asks for Lorena's whereabouts. Federico tells Clemente that Estela is pregnant.
Episode 144 (Episode 144)
Air date: 1990-05-03
Runtime: 44 min
Overview: Rafael and Fernando fight over the courtship of María, but she sets limits on them. Víctor thinks that María's love for him has faded. Rodrigo confesses his love to María. A medal can help Maria find her baby.
Episode 145 (Episode 145)
Air date: 1990-05-04
Runtime: 40 min
Overview: Rita demands that María stay away from Luli, José Ignacio thinks the same. Román demands that Rita apologize to María. Lorena becomes an informant to find out Maria's steps. Chucho finds Luli's medal.
Episode 146 (Episode 146)
Air date: 1990-05-07
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: With all the pain in her heart, Rita returns María to Luli, she is willing to go with Román, but María prevents it. Estela creates a drama for Margarita, after she saw her with Clemente. María does not want to marry Víctor.
Episode 147 (Episode 147)
Air date: 1990-05-08
Runtime: 42 min
Overview: Víctor makes a scene of jealousy when he sees her having dinner with Rodrigo. José Ignacio and María talk about their respective love conflicts. Víctor and Rodrigo have a confrontation. Constanza urges Ismael to continue courting Isabela.
Episode 148 (Episode 148)
Air date: 1990-05-09
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Víctor kisses María and she feels butterflies, he remains hopeful, however, the pleasure will not last long because María has summoned her four suitors to give them a notice.
Episode 149 (Episode 149)
Air date: 1990-05-10
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Maria decides to return to the workshop. Clemente insists on conquering Estela's love. Chucho wants a dad like Román. Constanza finally learns a lesson. Gustavo sees Lorena and follows her to try to stop her wickedness.
Episode 150 (Episode 150)
Air date: 1990-05-11
Runtime: 41 min
Overview: Lorena tries to kill María, outside the church, but the shot only serves to make her recover her memory. In the middle of the threshold of death, Clemente confesses to his father the slander against Estela.
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