La Promesa returns to La 1 schedule after sports disruptions; palace turmoil intensifies with secret parentage and a stolen kiss

Program stability restored

La 1 confirmed that no major sporting event occupies the afternoon window on Monday, July 27, allowing the daily fiction to reclaim its regular slot. Last week, RTVE altered its afternoon lineup several times to prioritise cycling and other sports broadcasts, triggering last-minute changes that left viewers uncertain about the airing of both 'La Promesa' and 'Valle Salvaje'. The star-driven series, led by Ana Garcés, now returns without interruption.

Romance and secrets at the palace

Martina and Adriano, free of Jacobo's presence, consolidate their love story and take it to an intimate nighttime encounter. Their attempts at discretion fail when Petra discovers the secret, introducing a blackmail element into an atmosphere already charged by Tomasa's tyrannical conduct and kitchen clashes. Meanwhile, Samuel kisses María Fernández and she returns the gesture, a moment witnessed by Carlo, who will try to sabotage plans for Jana's baptism by fabricating family excuses.

Power plays and a hidden parentage

Ángela overhears Máximo discussing her future and learns that the duke is her real father, a revelation that precedes her sudden disappearance from the palace. Leocadia and Curro raise the alarm, their suspicions turning toward Captain Lorenzo in a climate of mutual accusations. In a related scheme, Ciro and Lorenzo toast to the launch of their plan, with the captain agreeing to help Ciro seize control. Ciro, unusually amiable, proposes that Julieta and Manuel create a breakdown manual, a project that later escalates into a bitter monetary conflict and a dangerous verbal and physical confrontation with Julieta.

Kitchen warfare and crumbling authority

Downstairs, the cooks revenge themselves on Julio, who hates vegetables, by boiling cabbage and stinking up the kitchens, generating fresh complaints. Tomasa's authority grows tyrannical, prompting trickery from the cooks that Cristóbal tries to mitigate. Petra laments her sister Tomasa's dirty trick, while Pía and Ricardo find their lives made impossible without knowing why. Alonso fears that Máximo will succeed in driving the youngsters away.

A conspiratorial undercurrent

Ciro and Lorenzo's economic conspiracy begins to show its darker edges. Ciro, while pretending to collaborate with Manuel and Julieta on a technical manual, raises his level of demand and aggression. The once-unthinkable kiss between Samuel and María sets Carlo on a path to disrupt domestic life, while Ángela's vanishing triggers a frantic search that implicates the captain. The palace, in both noble and service quarters, slides toward humiliation, physical aggression, and tangled intrigues that complicate every attempt at resolution.