The Last Bastion
The Robles family, born and raised in the Americas, experiences the highs and lows of the revolutionary drive to Peru's independence.
Episodes
Runtime: 45m
It's 19th-century Peru. Lorenzo Robles, a Spanish loyalist, comes home in defeat and finds his brother Paco, an independentist, is stirring up trouble.
Runtime: 47m
As independence fever grows, Lorenzo confronts Paco. A reluctant Rosa María agrees to please her family and marry the older but rich Adolfo.
Runtime: 47m
The liberating forces inch closer as Paco continues his anti-imperialist work. Lorenzo's pay is withheld, and his family helps him and his new wife.
Runtime: 50m
Family circumstances force Paco to become head of household, but he still helps out a friend. Meanwhile, Rosa María and Adolfo's marriage grows tense.
Runtime: 50m
Blas runs away to San Martín's camp while Miguel, still smitten with Rosa María, tries to decide whether to join his father and the patriot forces.
Runtime: 42m
As the New Year dawns and San Martín's forces grow, Francisco, the Robles patriarch, makes an important decision. Lorenzo recovers at his family's home.
Runtime: 48m
Antonia's mother returns, threatening to reveal family secrets. Meanwhile, San Martín's blockade of Lima causes hunger in all social classes.
Runtime: 49m
Paco grows disillusioned after he and Catalina are assaulted by men claiming to be patriots. Adolfo pivots opportunistically.
Runtime: 44m
Paco's parents refuse to accept Catalina, a mixed-race puppeteer. His mother, Josefa, tries to bribe María Mazombé to take Antonia away.
Runtime: 50m
Paco and Lorenzo are appalled to learn the truth about their father. Meanwhile, Doña Constanza overhears a secret from a feverish and delirious Adolfo.
Runtime: 47m
San Martín and the Spanish viceroy try to come to an agreement while Adolfo plots how to avoid going to Spain, where his past could be revealed.
Runtime: 43m
The liberating army enters an empty and starved Lima, where Paco confronts the bandits who attacked him and Catalina. Blas comes home to La Magdalena.
Runtime: 52m
San Martín deliberates how best to proceed with independence, while Blas and Tadea struggle with their personal liberation from slavery.
Runtime: 49m
María Mazombé confesses her secret, forcing Paco to confront his mother. Furious that women can't sign the Act of Independence, Antonia finds a way.
Runtime: 48m
Francisco is incensed to learn he's been denounced, and inadvertently crosses Blas. Meanwhile, Teresa steps in to save Rosa María.
Runtime: 46m
Catalina is beseeched by Monteagudo's advances while Paco recovers. Meanwhile, Lorenzo contends with Germán's continued tantrums against the patriots.
Runtime: 51m
Francisco comes up with a scheme to pay what he considers an unfair fine. Lorenzo must make a decision to determine his fate.
Runtime: 48m
Miguel takes dangerous risks to save Francisco, Rosa María's father. Paco considers an offer from San Martín, while Adolfo gossips about family.
Runtime: 43m
Teresa gives birth, bringing joy to the Robles family, except for Rosa María. When Evaristo goes to Justina's, he's shocked by what Miguel has done.
Runtime: 42m
Monteagudo grows increasingly obsessed, threatening Paco's political possibilities. Paco's own doubts grow so intensely, he asks to talk to San Martín.
Runtime: 47m
San Martín must travel to conference with Simón Bolívar, but he's reluctant to leave Peru in Monteagudo's hands. Lorenzo has a strange encounter.
Runtime: 50m
Monteagudo wants to tighten the screws on Lorenzo, while Paco's campaign takes off. Isabel decides to take her revenge, with catastrophic results.
Runtime: 45m
Monteagudo tells Paco what really happened with Isabel, forcing his hand. San Martín decides to break with tradition when bestowing medals.
Runtime: 41m
Shattered, Lorenzo confronts Teresa, who tells him the truth. Torre Tagle, left to govern Peru while San Martín is away, plots against Monteagudo.
Runtime: 43m
Torre Tagle confronts Monteagudo and the standoff sparks a confession from Rosa. Lorenzo is beside himself and Josefa puts two and two together.
Runtime: 46m
San Martín prepares to leave Peru. Adolfo considers a move too, now that he's a deputy, while Rosa María agonizes about the future of her unborn child.
Runtime: 41m
Josefa and Rosa María devise a plot to hide the truth from Adolfo. But Adolfo has his own realization — about none other than Doña Constanza.
Runtime: 44m
When Rosa María's moment of truth comes, she sees her mother, Teresa, Paco and Tadea all have her back. But how long can they keep Adolfo in the dark?
Runtime: 39m
Adolfo learns the truth and plots revenge. In the meantime, the royalist forces have fought their way back and the new government has collapsed.
Runtime: 45m
Adolfo pivots once more, hoping that being a mediator between royalists and patriots will give him an advantage. Lorenzo is tortured by doubts.
Runtime: 50m
After searching fruitlessly for Rosa María, Paco and Miguel find María Mazombé instead and bring her home. Doña Constanza brings Rosa María a package.
Runtime: 47m
As Simón Bolívar becomes Peru's new liberator, Paco has to decide where he stands politically. He and Catalina must also determine how to proceed.
Runtime: 47m
Francisco makes a catastrophic mistake, and Miguel suggests a solution that, unknown to the Robleses, will bring further troubles. Paco visits Bolívar.
Runtime: 49m
Monteagudo returns to Peru and everyone is miserable but Bolívar. As Lorenzo begins to consider a life outside the military, he suffers a terrible blow.
Runtime: 52m
In the end, the Robles family endures deaths and births, as well as reconciliations and separations, and adapts to life in a free and sovereign Peru.
