Near Border Flats, Don Coyote and his friend Sancho are interrupted on their way to the fiesta by a fight. A quick intervention on their part prompts ranch owner Maggie Riley to hire them. Coyote and Sancho meet her surly, younger brother Ted who is wanting Maggie to sell their cattle herd to pay off a bank loan before they lose the ranch. But when they try to drive a herd to market, a gang led by Big Foot Ferguson drives off their cowhands.
Juan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the governor who is about to hand California over to the Russians. Since the governor also happens to be Elena's father, this puts him in quite a fix.
Celeste is a huge star of the Latin music world. Her songs are a global phenomenon, and her concerts pack out stadiums. But this series is not about her. The real star of Celeste is Sara Santano, a Tax inspector who has spent her life collecting taxes. Having dedicated more than thirty years to inland revenue, and on the point of retiring, she receives the most important assignment of her career: to demonstrate that Celeste must pay tax in Spain.
