Friday, October 23rd, 2009 (3491)

When Ansgar sees Carla drifting in the moat, he hesitates for a moment and it looks like he is about go away, but then he changes his mind and runs into the moat to save her. He carries Carla out of the water and starts to resuscitate her.

While Ansgar is trying to save her, Carla has a near death experience. She is back in the castle, wearing a white dress and standing in the salon. All the furniture is covered with white cloth. She looks around and sees Stella in a white suit standing by the door. Stella is holding Sophia in her arms, who is also wearing a white dress. Carla calls for Stella, but Stella and Sophia just look at her and then seem to fade away.

That is the moment when Carla spits out the water she swallowed and starts to cough and breathe again.

Elisabeth and Maria are in the entrance hall when Ansgar pushes open the front door and carries Carla in. He asks them to call an ambulance and carries Carla into the living room. Elisabeth and Maria follow him.

In the living room, the emergency doctor examines Carla while Ansgar, Maria, Elisabeth and Justus wait impatiently. Eventually, the doctor says that Carla was lucky and only has a minor concussion.

Back at her apartment, Stella tells Louise that Carla is obsessed with getting back at Ansgar and does not care that their relationship suffers. Louise tries to comfort her, saying that Carla is probably suffering as much as Stella, but that she feels obliged to her father’s heritage. Stella is aware of that, but says that it does not justify throwing away their relationship. She starts to cry.

Louise tells Stella that Carla loves her and that she will most likely reconsider her decision, but Stella replies that Carla has already made a decision: for the Holding and against her.

After the emergency doctor has left, Maria and Elisabeth stay with Carla, who is still not responsive. When they try to talk to her, Carla starts to call for Stella. Maria tells Elisabeth that Stella has a few days off, but that she will try to get a hold of her.

Louise is still trying to comfort Stella when Stella’s cell phone starts to ring. Stella looks at the display and sees that someone from Königsbrunn is trying to reach her. Louise asks whether Stella is going to pick up, but Stella says that she can’t.

Maria holds Ansgar at fault for Carla’s accident, saying that without their constant fighting, it would not have happened. He denies her accusations, but she seems to have touched a nerve. Later, he goes to Carla’s room to look after her and sits down by her bed while she is sleeping. But when she gets restless and seems to wake up, he quickly leaves.

Maria is by Carla’s side when she wakes up the next morning. Carla wonders what Maria is doing there. Maria explains that Carla nearly drowned. She starts to cry and says that she wishes that she could reverse everything that happened, and tells Carla again that she meant well.

Carla tells Maria that she knows that, then adds that things like the Holding and Shanghai do not really matter, but that she had to fall into the moat to realize that. Maria is relieved and happy to hear those words from Carla. They talk about the accident, and Carla says that all she remembers is how she fell, but not who saved her.

Stella is sitting on the sofa in her apartment, crying. Her phone is ringing, but she does not react. Louise comes into the room. She asks whether it was Carla who called, but Stella answers that she does not know.

Louise sits down next to Stella and hugs her, then suggests that she will go make coffee while Stella checks her phone. The phone starts to ring again, and Stella reaches out for it, but then stops herself.

It is in fact Carla who calls Stella. She is in the park and slowly and carefully approaches the moat, then kneels down by the edge. When she reaches Stella’s voicemail, she leaves a message and asks Stella to call her because she has to tell her something.

Carla hangs up and looks at the moat, lost in thought, until she suddenly hears Ansgar’s voice behind her. He says that she should not dare to fall again, because he would not jump in after her a second time. Carla thanks him for saving her, then says that she would not have expected that of him. He looks hurt, then asks whether she thinks that he would just let her croak. Carla replies that it would not have surprised her, then admits that she is not sure what she would have done if she had seen him drifting in the water. He looks at her surprised.

Carla says that all their fighting is madness. When he replies that it was not only his fault, she admits that she has not changed for the better. She asks him if he sometimes wonders whether the Holding is worth it. When he does not answer, she reminds him that there was a time when they could work together without fighting, and that there should be a way to get back to that, because, after all, they are siblings and not enemies.

Carla tells Ansgar that it is time to make peace and offers her hand to him.

Full episodes of Verbotene Liebe are available through the show’s official website. Also, there’s a YouTube channel where you can find montages of the various storylines of this week’s episodes.

Pictures: Das Erste

After a bitter quarrel with Carla, Stella decides to take time out and leaves Carla and the castle. Devastated by losing Stella, Carla has an accident and nearly drowns.

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