New World Zorro - Don Alejandro de la Vega (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.)

Don Alejandro (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.)
Don Alejandro is a respected citizen of the pueblo. He takes an active role in the local politics and never hesitates to speak his mind whenever an injustice has been committed. He is a friend to the poor and tries to help the poor whenever he can. Don Alejandro clearly loves his son, Diego. He sees his son as a kind man who likes to keep to himself and prefers not to become involved in the local politics.
	While Diego is not the kind of son most men would want, Don Alejandro appears to accept Diego the way that he is. Sometimes Diego does try his patience, but he never shows anger toward his son.
From the episode "Honor Thy Father". . .
	"I have to rush my recovery. I certainly can't count on you to run my affairs." "Oh, perhaps someday I'll learn." Don Alejandro laughs, "I live and hope."
	"You know, I had the most amazing dream while I was lying in there. Must have been a hallucination. Someone, I can't remember who, but someone said that you, my son Diego, were Zorro," Don Alejandro laughs. "Imagine that! You were Zorro!"
	Diego laughs softly, "Imagine that!" "Of course having Zorro for a son wouldn't be bad, but I love the son I have."
From the episode "The Best Man". . . Don Alejandro has no problem with Diego's lack of interest in the pueblo's current events.
	"What is it, Felipe? Trouble in town...soldiers?" Diego asks. "Soldiers. I should go," comments Don Alejandro.
	"I'm going with you," adds Diego's cousin Rafael. "Oh, so am I!" exclaims Rafael's fiancée, Margarita, excitedly.
	Alejandro responds, "The pueblo is under martial law. It's no place for a woman." "Oh, nonsense! This would be a perfect time to see Los Angeles," responds Marguerita.
	She then addresses Diego, "Besides, you'll be there to help protect us, won't you?" "Actually I have some reading to catch up on."
	"Reading, Diego?" questions Rafael. "Diego has his own interests, nephew," states Don Alejandro.
	"You would let your father go alone?" asks Marguerita. Diego explains, "Well, these things always have a way of working themselves out."
From the episode "Dead Men Tell No Tales". . . Don Alejandro informs Diego that Victoria has been accused of murder and will be executed the next morning. He adds, "The Alcalde is up to something. Victoria needs our help."
	"You're right. I'll take a basket of food to the jail for her." "And that's all?"
	"What else can we do? There's no evidence against the Alcalde."
	While Don Alejandro is certainly annoyed at Diego's answer and unwillingness to try to truly help Victoria, he says nothing and only his manner shows that he is irritated.
From the episode "The Unhappy Medium". . .
Don Alejandro still very much misses his wife, Felicidad, and wishes he could see her again. A medium who is staying at the tavern claims to be able to speak for the dead. "But it isn't true that Mother would need this Mayatana woman to do her talking for her. She was never at a loss for words, remember?"
	"I think that what Mother would tell us is that you've mourned enough, and it's time for us to go on with our lives." "You may be right, Diego. But I wish that she had the chance to tell me herself."
	"I know how badly you'd like to talk to my dear mother." "If there's the slightest possiblity."
	The de la Vegas later discover that the fortuneteller was being helped by the Alcalde. "She was an extraordinary woman, I can assure you," states Alcalde Ramone.
	"That's obvious," responds Mayatana. "Direct bloodlines to the Spanish nobility. Well-educated. A devoted patron of the arts." This information is all that is ever revealed about la Señora de la Vega.