Nadia becomes much more open with her feelings for Guzmán and is evidently worried about him when he turns to drugs and alcohol as a way of escaping the pain of his sister's death. In Season 2, Nadia and Guzmán's relationship continues to blossom. However, when he returns to school his anger resurfaces and he behaves violently towards Samuel and anyone who is seen to be fraternizing with him. It is revealed that he spent the summer away with his grandparents and with Lu who was by his side trying to help him grieve. Throughout Season 2, Guzmán struggles with his grief over the death of his sister.
After Marina's death, he drunkenly tries to commit suicide by falling off of a bridge, but Lu convinces him not to and the two resume their relationship. After Yusef forbids Nadia from seeing Guzmán and from continuing her education at Las Encinas, he makes a deal with Yusef: he will end his friendship with Nadia so that she can stay at Las Encinas. He confesses to Lu that he has fallen in love with Nadia, and she walks off in disbelief. His friendship with Nadia grows increasingly steady, much to Lucrecia and Yusef (Nadia's father)'s dismay. Feeling repentant, Guzmán apologizes to Nadia and even visits her parents to ask their forgiveness, but Nadia stops him, but eventually decides to forgive him. When given the chance to take advantage of Nadia while she is drugged, Guzmán refuses to go through with it. Guzmán's hatred towards the scholarship students is largely due to his belief that they are all similar to Pablo.Īlthough Guzmán goes along with the plan to seduce Nadia, his affection towards Nadia gradually becomes genuine. His sister Marina is HIV+, who was infected by Pablo, a former scholarship student at Las Encinas.
The first episode also reveals the strain in Guzmán's family life. Lu suggests that they publicly humiliate Nadia by making her fall in love with Guzmán and then exposing her to the whole school. Although this saves Samuel from expulsion it also puts Nadia in Guzmán's direct line of vision and both him and Lu decide to get revenge. However, Nadia threatens him, saying that should he do so, she will expose both himself and Lucrecia to the Principal for their promiscuous behavior. When Nano arrives and shouts angrily about the inequality and unfairness in society Guzmán reacts strongly and threatens to have Samuel expelled for the outburst. At Marina's party later that evening Guzmán continues to slag off the new students. Worried that Nadia will use this against them Guzmán and Lu attempt to befriend Nadia and Guzmán even attempts to seduce her to ensure that she stays quiet. At the beginning of Season 1 Guzmán has a friends with benefits relationship with Lucrecia and the two of them are caught having sex in the school showers by Nadia. He is derogatory towards Samuel referring to him as a waiter, and aggressively rude towards Christian who he finds particularly irritating. When Nadia, Christian and Samuel arrive at Las Encinas, Guzmán is the primary culprit in trying to belittle them and make them feel small. Guzmán is a supportive and protective brother and constantly looks out for Marina. Prior to the pilot episode, Guzmán's sister, Marina, was infected with HIV from a fellow classmate, Pablo. He is regarded as the leader of this group and is loyal and supportive of his friends, but his actions can lean towards controlling at times. Since he was a child, Guzmán has been best friends with Ander and Polo. His biological parents died ten years ago from drug overdoses. Guzmán is the adopted son of Laura and wealthy businessman Ventura Nunier.
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