Catalina and Sebastian

Catherine and Sebastián

The setting of this telenovela is more rural than urban. There is the widowed rich ranch owner Don Guadalupe Mendoza who has two lovely children, Sebastian and Martina and another Carmelo who believed rumours that he is his son. Carmelo is the foreman in the ranch but strut around like the heir because Lupe loves and treat him like a son.
We find a reflection of a society where the divide between the haves and the haves not is really wide. The have not are always called low-life, imbeciles and scumbags. The difference of social classes in Mexico is always obvious and that is why Adela, the mother of Catalina who was by chance opportuned to live in a mansion never wanted to go back to being a common poor person. Claudia Islands, the actress plays Adela Negrete, the greedy schemer and Catalina's mother. Adela has two other children and is married to Gustavo the weakling who she wraps round her little finger. Gustavo allowed her to run the home and take charge of everything to the extent of bankruptcy. Adela is only interested in giving a good image of a rich family to the society not minding the income of her husband. In the process, Rodrigo became an opportunist while her husband and other children became pawns in her hands.
In desperation, and faking an heart ailment by Adela, Catalina agreed to marry Sebastian the rich heir to the rancher. But she and her family were surprised when on arrival at the farm for the wedding of the century, they find out that Sebastián is not owner of the farm, but the foreman. Although this was done to determine the extent of love Catalina has for Sebastian but it turns out she accepted the marriage just for his supposed financial statue. She immediately asked for divorce and Sebastián in revenge denies her the divorce and forces her to live in a hut with him as the wife of a foreman. With time Catherine discovers that she is falling in love with Sebastián and it does not matter if he is poor.
This upsets Adela so much that she calls her daughter a complete disaster and a failure. Unfortunately, Sebastián did not believe Catalina. He says she is a good actress and is faking loving him. Eventually, Emilia spills the bean and Sebastian confesses that he is the rich heir but despite loving Catalina, will give her the divorce.
But Carmelo, the foreman who took the place of Sebastian in the role exchange, refused to hand over but plotted with Jessica and Marcelo to ensue the role exchange stays. Carmelo believes he is the bastard son of Don Lupe the father of Sebastian.
The first episode of Catalina y Sebastian showed where the Negrete family were discussing their terrible financial situation and how to get out of it. This terrible financial situation arose from the fact that Adela the wife of Gustavo is a spendrift. The debt has mounted and Gustavo was heading for the prison if the creditors descend on him. They have to look for a way out and that is for their daughter to marry a rich man. Where to find the rich man became a problem as they do not grow on trees.
Gustavo then remembered his business partner, Don Guadalupe Mendoza. Of course, Adela the greedy and reckless spender set in motion the process of trading off her daughter to an old man with money. Unfortunately, Catalina was in cloud nine with love for Eduardo. But Eduardo too was scheming to marry a wealthy older lady. Eduardo betrayed Cata's love because he too wanted to marry for money.