
The story begins in a small town in rural Mexico, home to Maria López—a humble, dreamy young woman of indigenous descent—who decides to leave her village for Mexico City…
Soap, Drama • Series • 1989 • 1 season
Starring: Victoria Ruffo, Adriana Parra, Sergio Acosta
Created by: Valentín Pimstein

S1 E1 - Episode 1
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.
Oct 16, 1989 • 43m

S1 E2 - Episode 2
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.
Oct 17, 1989 • 40m
S1 E3 - Episode 3
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.
Oct 18, 1989 • 39m
S1 E4 - Episode 4
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.
Oct 19, 1989 • 43m
S1 E5 - Episode 5
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.
Oct 20, 1989 • 41m
S1 E6 - Episode 6
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.
Oct 23, 1989 • 42m
S1 E7 - Episode 7
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.
Oct 24, 1989 • 42m
S1 E8 - Episode 8
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.
Oct 25, 1989 • 43m
S1 E9 - Episode 9
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.
Oct 26, 1989 • 41m
S1 E10 - Episode 10
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.
Oct 27, 1989 • 41m
S1 E11 - Episode 11
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.
Oct 30, 1989 • 42m
S1 E12 - Episode 12
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.
Oct 31, 1989 • 41m
S1 E13 - Episode 13
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.
Nov 1, 1989 • 41m
S1 E14 - Episode 14
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.
Nov 2, 1989 • 36m
S1 E15 - Episode 15
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.
Nov 3, 1989 • 40m
S1 E16 - Episode 16
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.
Nov 6, 1989 • 41m
S1 E17 - Episode 17
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.
Nov 7, 1989 • 41m
S1 E18 - Episode 18
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.
Nov 8, 1989 • 40m
S1 E19 - Episode 19
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.
Nov 9, 1989 • 41m
S1 E20 - Episode 20
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.
Nov 10, 1989 • 41m
S1 E21 - Episode 21
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.
Nov 13, 1989 • 39m
S1 E22 - Episode 22
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.
Nov 14, 1989 • 41m
S1 E23 - Episode 23
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.
Nov 15, 1989 • 40m
S1 E24 - Episode 24
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.
Nov 16, 1989 • 40m
S1 E25 - Episode 25
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.
Nov 17, 1989 • 41m
S1 E26 - Episode 26
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.
Nov 20, 1989 • 38m
S1 E27 - Episode 27
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.
Nov 21, 1989 • 39m
S1 E28 - Episode 28
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.
Nov 22, 1989 • 41m
S1 E29 - Episode 29
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.
Nov 23, 1989 • 41m
S1 E30 - Episode 30
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.
Nov 24, 1989 • 42m
S1 E31 - Episode 31
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.
Nov 27, 1989 • 40m
S1 E32 - Episode 32
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.
Nov 28, 1989 • 40m
S1 E33 - Episode 33
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.
Nov 29, 1989 • 37m
S1 E34 - Episode 34
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.
Nov 30, 1989 • 40m
S1 E35 - Episode 35
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.
Dec 1, 1989 • 38m
S1 E36 - Episode 36
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.
Dec 4, 1989 • 40m
S1 E37 - Episode 37
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.
Dec 5, 1989 • 41m
S1 E38 - Episode 38
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.
Dec 6, 1989 • 40m
S1 E39 - Episode 39
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.
Dec 7, 1989 • 40m
S1 E40 - Episode 40
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.
Dec 8, 1989 • 41m
S1 E41 - Episode 41
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.
Dec 11, 1989 • 40m
S1 E42 - Episode 42
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.
Dec 12, 1989 • 40m
S1 E43 - Episode 43
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.
Dec 13, 1989 • 40m
S1 E44 - Episode 44
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.
Dec 14, 1989 • 39m
S1 E45 - Episode 45
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.
Dec 15, 1989 • 41m
S1 E46 - Episode 46
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.
Dec 18, 1989 • 40m
S1 E47 - Episode 47
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.
Dec 19, 1989 • 40m
S1 E48 - Episode 48
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.
Dec 20, 1989 • 40m
S1 E49 - Episode 49
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.
Dec 21, 1989 • 41m
S1 E50 - Episode 50
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.
Dec 22, 1989 • 40m
S1 E51 - Episode 51
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.
Dec 25, 1989 • 42m
S1 E52 - Episode 52
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.
Dec 26, 1989 • 39m
S1 E53 - Episode 53
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.
Dec 27, 1989 • 41m
S1 E54 - Episode 54
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.
Dec 28, 1989 • 36m
S1 E55 - Episode 55
Gustavo reprimands Lorena for her attitude and does not give her asylum. Arturo does not stop insisting with María, he sends her expensive gifts.
Dec 29, 1989 • 40m
S1 E56 - Episode 56
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.
Jan 1, 1990 • 40m
S1 E57 - Episode 57
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.
Jan 2, 1990 • 39m
S1 E58 - Episode 58
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.
Jan 3, 1990 • 41m
S1 E59 - Episode 59
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.
Jan 4, 1990 • 40m
S1 E60 - Episode 60
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.
Jan 5, 1990 • 40m
S1 E61 - Episode 61
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.
Jan 8, 1990 • 40m
S1 E62 - Episode 62
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.
Jan 9, 1990 • 39m
S1 E63 - Episode 63
Laura has escaped and Lorena is desperately looking for her. Lorena reports the disappearance to the police, so they begin their official search.
Jan 10, 1990 • 41m
S1 E64 - Episode 64
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.
Jan 11, 1990 • 32m
S1 E65 - Episode 65
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.
Jan 12, 1990 • 39m
S1 E66 - Episode 66
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.
Jan 15, 1990 • 40m
S1 E67 - Episode 67
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.
Jan 16, 1990 • 40m
S1 E68 - Episode 68
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.
Jan 17, 1990 • 40m
S1 E69 - Episode 69
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.
Jan 18, 1990 • 42m
S1 E70 - Episode 70
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.
Jan 19, 1990 • 43m
S1 E71 - Episode 71
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.
Jan 22, 1990 • 40m
S1 E72 - Episode 72
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.
Jan 23, 1990 • 42m
S1 E73 - Episode 73
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.
Jan 24, 1990 • 40m
S1 E74 - Episode 74
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.
Jan 25, 1990 • 43m
S1 E75 - Episode 75
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.
Jan 26, 1990 • 43m
S1 E76 - Episode 76
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.
Jan 29, 1990 • 41m
S1 E77 - Episode 77
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.
Jan 30, 1990 • 39m
S1 E78 - Episode 78
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.
Jan 31, 1990 • 44m
S1 E79 - Episode 79
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.
Feb 1, 1990 • 35m
S1 E80 - Episode 80
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.
Feb 2, 1990 • 41m
S1 E81 - Episode 81
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.
Feb 5, 1990 • 43m
S1 E82 - Episode 82
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.
Feb 6, 1990 • 42m
S1 E83 - Episode 83
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.
Feb 7, 1990 • 42m
S1 E84 - Episode 84
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.
Feb 8, 1990 • 41m
S1 E85 - Episode 85
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.
Feb 9, 1990 • 40m
S1 E86 - Episode 86
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.
Feb 12, 1990 • 43m
S1 E87 - Episode 87
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.
Feb 13, 1990 • 42m
S1 E88 - Episode 88
Ivonne makes José Ignacio believe that they spent the night together. María accepts Rodrigo and Jean Claude's proposal.
Feb 14, 1990 • 43m
S1 E89 - Episode 89
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.
Feb 15, 1990 • 43m
S1 E90 - Episode 90
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.
Feb 16, 1990 • 43m
S1 E91 - Episode 91
María tells Víctor that she is going to get married too, unleashing the teacher's jealousy. Rita asks María to forget about Víctor Carreño.
Feb 19, 1990 • 43m
S1 E92 - Episode 92
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.
Feb 20, 1990 • 39m
S1 E93 - Episode 93
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.
Feb 21, 1990 • 44m
S1 E94 - Episode 94
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.
Feb 22, 1990 • 42m
S1 E95 - Episode 95
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.
Feb 23, 1990 • 44m
S1 E96 - Episode 96
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.
Feb 26, 1990 • 40m
S1 E97 - Episode 97
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.
Feb 27, 1990 • 40m
S1 E98 - Episode 98
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.
Feb 28, 1990 • 42m
S1 E99 - Episode 99
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.
Mar 1, 1990 • 39m
S1 E100 - Episode 100
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.
Mar 2, 1990 • 42m
S1 E101 - Episode 101
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.
Mar 5, 1990 • 39m
S1 E102 - Episode 102
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.
Mar 6, 1990 • 41m
S1 E103 - Episode 103
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.
Mar 7, 1990 • 41m
S1 E104 - Episode 104
Lorena has recovered her memory and plans to continue with her revenge, but her caretakers want to enslave her. Ivonne approaches Ignacio again.
Mar 8, 1990 • 43m
S1 E105 - Episode 105
María discovers Ignacio at a party in her new apartment and gets upset with him.
Mar 9, 1990 • 39m
S1 E106 - Episode 106
Ignacio gets upset with María for defending her siblings and paying Ana's bail. Paulina visits Ignacio, but Ivonne arrives and causes a scandal.
Mar 12, 1990 • 41m
S1 E107 - Episode 107
María is very depressed because of the confrontation she had with Ignacio for defending her sister.
Mar 13, 1990 • 42m
S1 E108 - Episode 108
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.
Mar 14, 1990 • 43m
S1 E109 - Episode 109
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.
Mar 15, 1990 • 43m
S1 E110 - Episode 110
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.
Mar 16, 1990 • 41m
S1 E111 - Episode 111
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.
Mar 19, 1990 • 44m
S1 E112 - Episode 112
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.
Mar 20, 1990 • 44m
S1 E113 - Episode 113
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.
Mar 21, 1990 • 44m
S1 E114 - Episode 114
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.
Mar 22, 1990 • 44m
S1 E115 - Episode 115
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.
Mar 23, 1990 • 43m
S1 E116 - Episode 116
Víctor refuses to give María a divorce. Lorena asks lawyer Hidalgo for support for her divorce. Víctor roundly despises Zulema.
Mar 26, 1990 • 43m
S1 E117 - Episode 117
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.
Mar 27, 1990 • 43m
S1 E118 - Episode 118
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.
Mar 28, 1990 • 40m
S1 E119 - Episode 119
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.
Mar 29, 1990 • 44m
S1 E120 - Episode 120
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.
Mar 30, 1990 • 44m
S1 E121 - Episode 121
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.
Apr 2, 1990 • 43m
S1 E122 - Episode 122
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.
Apr 3, 1990 • 41m
S1 E123 - Episode 123
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.
Apr 4, 1990 • 39m
S1 E124 - Episode 124
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.
Apr 5, 1990 • 41m
S1 E125 - Episode 125
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.
Apr 6, 1990 • 45m
S1 E126 - Episode 126
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.
Apr 9, 1990 • 41m
S1 E127 - Episode 127
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.
Apr 10, 1990 • 41m
S1 E128 - Episode 128
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.
Apr 11, 1990 • 41m
S1 E129 - Episode 129
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.
Apr 12, 1990 • 41m
S1 E130 - Episode 130
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.
Apr 13, 1990 • 43m
S1 E131 - Episode 131
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.
Apr 16, 1990 • 42m
S1 E132 - Episode 132
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.
Apr 17, 1990 • 43m
S1 E133 - Episode 133
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.
Apr 18, 1990 • 42m
S1 E134 - Episode 134
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.
Apr 19, 1990 • 43m
S1 E135 - Episode 135
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.
Apr 20, 1990 • 42m
S1 E136 - Episode 136
Lorena and Arturo burn down María's factory and soon after, the former uses the trap to kill her buddy.
Apr 23, 1990 • 40m
S1 E137 - Episode 137
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.
Apr 24, 1990 • 42m
S1 E138 - Episode 138
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.
Apr 25, 1990 • 44m
S1 E139 - Episode 139
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.
Apr 26, 1990 • 41m
S1 E140 - Episode 140
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.
Apr 27, 1990 • 41m
S1 E141 - Episode 141
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.
Apr 30, 1990 • 43m
S1 E142 - Episode 142
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.
May 1, 1990 • 43m
S1 E143 - Episode 143
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.
May 2, 1990 • 43m
S1 E144 - Episode 144
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.
May 3, 1990 • 44m
S1 E145 - Episode 145
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.
May 4, 1990 • 40m
S1 E146 - Episode 146
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.
May 7, 1990 • 41m
S1 E147 - Episode 147
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.
May 8, 1990 • 42m
S1 E148 - Episode 148
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.
May 9, 1990 • 43m
S1 E149 - Episode 149
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.
May 10, 1990 • 41m
S1 E150 - Episode 150
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.
May 11, 1990 • 41m
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