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The finale of the first season of 'Now and Then' does convincingly develop the twist it threw at us at the end of the seventh episode. At the same time, this is a plot that should've been limited to a miniseries. So the cliffhanger ending is a terribly poor choice for a show whose mystery plot was too drawn out anyway. The flashback to the night of the accident is shown finally in the most coherent fashion since the first episode. But what it ends up reiterating is how unnecessary these repeated flashbacks are as the extended scene reveals information that is of no consequence. While Marcos and Sofia prepare to leave for Bogota in the wake of her having robbed Arturo, she shows him the tape she found in Arturo's locker, that being tape no. 35. Marcos is shocked but doesn't believe his father is capable of murder. Marwen takes Sofia to meet Brady, now the mayor-elect. Brady offers her a job in his office, stating that Marwen's praise about her shrewdness is the cause behind the offer. He wishes to be governor one day and believes someone as intelligent as her will be a valuable aid. She leaves without taking his offer but doesn't outright refuse either. Back home, Pedro is a despondent mess in the aftermath of his loss. Ernesto informs him that now that he has lost, he will expose Pedro's embezzlement. On returning home, Ana and Pedro have a major fight. She tells him that they never were a team and about Brady's offer. They both realize they have to go their own ways when Marcos and Sofia pay them a visit with the tape. Keeping their quarrel aside, the four watch the tape which is a recording of their beach party right before Alejandro's death. The new information we get from it is that Alejandro got into a fight with Marcos where he was going to forward Marcos's messages to Alejandro, thanking him for saving him from being arrested for drug possession, to Marcos's father. After Alejandro's collapse, they weren't rushing to the hospital but just returning home when Alejandro's state sent them into a state of panic, causing the accident. And also, Marcos was the first person to check up on Jessica Thompson, mistaking her for dead, before Pedro accidentally caused it. A quarrel regarding the intentions behind Arturo having the tape breaks out between the four but they realize that their best course of action is to destroy this final piece of evidence. So they do that. Belinda's body is eventually recovered while Arturo is arrested.