Passion and tension go hand-in-hand, and with last night’s episode opening with an over-the-phone argument between Epifanio and Camila, we knew what we were in for. Last week’s events proved that Teresa is on the edge of trouble, more so than ever before. And it didn’t get any better for her throughout this episode.
Teresa, Maria, and Angel have reached the other side and men are waiting at the top of the trap door to grab their bags. One of them has a gun behind them, though: what’s to come can’t be freedom. Maria and Angel run up and hug Manny, Maria’s brother—who pulls his gun on Teresa. Maria and Angel don’t want him to shoot her because she has helped them. One of Manny’s men—heh-heh, Manny’s men sounds funny—grabs Teresa and slaps his hand over her mouth.
Next, Teresa slowly wakes up seated at a dining room table. Angel is drawing a picture of a woman wearing a cape who looks like her. Everyone that was at the Mexico-Texas trap door is now in the kitchen when Maria’s dad goes over to Teresa and demands to know who she works for.
She tells him “Camila Vargas,” and the music gets intense. His eyes widen as he asks “The Vargas Cartel?” She confirms, and Maria and her dad go outside to argue her fate. They killed Maria’s brother. It doesn’t look like there is a chance for Teresa. We’ve got a mad and bad grandpa on our hands. They come back inside and Maria grabs a knife—mama is not having it.
Teresa is escorted to the bathroom after asking permission to go, and once they arrive, she locks the door and immediately goes to the window, which is old enough that it feels like it is glued shut. All of a sudden, there’s Angel! He is outside helping her! Together they open the window and Teresa gets out. Angel really is an angel—or devil’s advocate.
Camila comes back to Mexico temporarily to sort things out with Epifanio. They greet each other and have obviously been apart for a while. There’s making love and then there’s the NSFW kind of sexual relations—this is the latter kind. The scene cuts to Epifanio’s mansion wait-staff below. They hear the banging upstairs before quickly putting in their earphones. All those angry phone calls and competition can really do a number on an estranged-now-reunited couple’s bedroom relationship, huh?
Some pillow talk consists of reminiscing on the day’s events, or on what just took place. Camila and Epifanio talk about what they stole from each other. Is this a form of couple’s therapy? Later, we find out Epifanio has never been complete without Camila, and he tries to convince her to come home again. Camila thinks it’s a political ploy, but Epifanio has been telling everyone how much he needs her. There’s just one thing: He wants Teresa. And Teresa happens to be something Camila has that Epifanio doesn’t.
Teresa is hopelessly lost after fleeing the farmhouse. She runs into a gas station and into the bathroom where she is attempting to find something in the ceiling of one of the stalls. Whether some disease from this bathroom kills her first or the family finds her, she doesn’t have a chance.
All of a sudden, a cowboy-looking man walks into the bathroom. He knows who Teresa is and how she was saved by Camila when Epifanio’s men wanted her. The next day a pipe burst in this bathroom and he found a journal – that must be what she was looking for. But it sounds like he wants to help her. He hands her the book. She must take it far away. Who is this mystery man? She leaves. He watches her go. It’s all so dramatic!
And it gets better. James has been on the hunt for Teresa the entire episode. He pulls up to Brenda’s motel and grabs his gun. He knocks on the meth-lab-motel-room-door and asks questions about Brenda to make sure he is at the right place. He gets his answers, kicks Brenda’s drug mules to the ground and demands to know where Brenda and Teresa are. They don’t know so he makes them call her.
Teresa is tied up and gagged in the trunk of Bad and Mad Grandpa’s car. He wants to avenge his son’s death, and he has been looking for revenge for years. Instead of killing Teresa, he knows God will help him find a better way. He tells her to get out, and she runs to the trap door and crawls in. She’s headed back to Texas.
James is sitting in the motel room with Tweedledee and Tweedledum, whose wrists are tied, teasing them with his gun. Teresa finally calls him and says “I’m not running. Look out the window.” She’s outside. Brenda and Tony run upstairs and check into a clean new motel room.
James hasn’t told Camila, and Teresa tells him the maid is gone. He looks at her and says “You just don’t get it, do you?” Ever since I found this YouTube video back in 2011, I just can’t take this phrase seriously. And, of course, Camila calls asking where the maid is. It’s now or never for James and Teresa. He tells Camila that the maid is dead and they are on their way back to the warehouse. Holy cow! James lied for Teresa. Wow. Friendship rules.
He says “It’s over,” and Teresa says “You’re wrong. It’s never going to end.” And it won’t—back at the club, Camila pours herself and James a couple glasses of fine liquor. Epifanio agreed to double their shipment but only if they stay away from Birdman. So, they’ll just have to kill him.
Only three episodes are left this season. Episode 11 airs 9 pm next Thursday, Sept. 1 on USA.
