Wednesday, December 20, 2006
La Fea Más Bella #170 12/19/06 Bellezas, Booze, and Bellyaching
At the office, Luigi is talking to Ricky Armstrong on the phone. Irmita is nearby, hoping that her mumbling, bumbling ex-husband Rafael has left her house. Luigi hangs up and complains that since all the executives are missing, he has to take care of all the business around here. Turns out Ricky wants another commercial; this time for a new lemon soda. But he says now it’s time to go home. Irma wants to keep working. Luigi sees through her and demands to know why she doesn’t want to leave.
Fernando is in a trendy looking bar, of which 90% is filled by bellezas in skimpy night-clubbing outfits. Of course, Fern is not interested in the bellezas. He’s consumed by his achy-breaky-heartbreak. He says aloud that he is living a nightmare. Music that sounds like a videogame soundtrack blares. Just then Omar walks in. He flirts with the bellezas as he makes his way to Fern. “Hello, my ex-president!” Fern tells him to shut up, he’s not in the mood for Omar’s teasing. Omar asks about Lety. Fern says he didn’t find her because she’s gone away.
The cuartel remarks that the office seems so empty without Lety. Irma and Luigi walk into the lobby, still quibbling about why Irma doesn’t want to leave. Luigi is suspicious.
Fern orders another drink. He says that Lety left specific instructions for her family to not say where she went. Omar exclaims that she “escaped.” Fern shoots back that she did not “escape,” she “disappeared.” Omar is suspicious of her intentions. Fern says that if Omar is insinuating that Lety left because she wants to take over the company, then he’s wrong, because she left paperwork surrendering both Conceptos and Filmo Imagen back to them. Omar is still suspicious. Behind Fern, two bellezas giggle (trying to get their attention, I think). Fern turns around and gives them an annoyed what-the-hell-is-your-problem look before turning back to his drink.
Lety is still looking unbearably unhappy. She asks Caro if she (Lety) can go. She’s having a very difficult time expressing herself, and finally says she wants to be alone to think. Caro agrees and gets up, gives the bellezas some instructions for tomorrow morning, tells them to go straight to bed, and forbids them from having dessert... The bellezas whine a bit. Lety whines a lot. She mumbles to herself, “this is not my world.”
Fern tells Omar what we’ve all known all along: It’s all Omar’s fault! Omar is astounded “Who, me?” [Yes you, that’s why you are Omar the Imbecile!] Fern points out that it was Omar who came up with the strategy of seducing Lety to prevent Tomas from stealing the company. Furthermore, it was Omar who wrote that cursedLetter. Omar points out what we’ve also known all along, but which we’ve [well, at least I have] been in denial about: Fern is the master of his own will, he made his own decisions, so it’s all his fault [Damn you, Omar! You pick now to start making sense?].
Alicia and Marcia arrive Marcia’s apartment, and Alicia immediately asks for a drink. Marcia is not in the mood to play the gracious hostess, so Alicia goes to serve herself. She says she’s steaming mad (presumably about Tomas and her car) and that after the day she’s had, she really needs a drink to be able to sleep. Marcia says that if Alicia needs a drink, then she (Marcia) needs a bottle.
Fern appraises his woman troubles. Lety has left and Marcia detests him. He thinks that it wouldn’t surprise him if Lety did want to keep the company; as a matter of fact, she should get to keep it, after what they’ve put her through. They go back and forth about who’s fault it is. Omar reiterates that Fern accepted this perverted game because he is as paranoid, if not more so, than Omar. What's more, Fern is an intelligent person and is solely responsible for his choices.
Marcia says she can just imagine what people will say. Alicia unhelpfully agrees. She gives thanks that she had not bough a wedding gift yet (Aha! She said earlier that she had already made payments on the gift.) She assumes that the wedding is postponed, not cancelled, and asks when the new date is. Marcia assures Alicia that the cancellation is final.
A poppy piano number plays at the club, and Omar tells Fern he’s drinking too much and acting weird. Omar suggests that it’s time to go home. Fern disagrees, he’s staying put. Omar invites Fern to go back to Omar’s place, but Fern says he’s going back to the office. Omar thinks that’s weird but Fern gets feisty, so Omar simply tells Fern to remember that they are friends, no matter what. He give Fern a manly pat on the back and leaves.
Alicia tells Marcia that she can’t let Fern go, because guys like him aren’t waiting around every corner. He’s handsome, he’s from a good family, and her has *mucho dinero*; not like some people who are vividores [interesting word, my dictionary says it means resourceful/enterprising but also sponger/parasite], of which she has been a victim. She advises Marcia to wait a few days, then forgive Fern and set a new date. Marcia looks distraught.
Good thing Omar left, because it’s Cherry Garcia and Kleenex time. A band, Angels [which the singer pronounces in English; I wonder if they did that as a nod to Saimon Joseph, who insists on pronouncing his name in English] comes onstage at the club and plays one of the theme songs, Dueña De Mi Vida [Owner Of My Life… I thought someone had translated it but I can’t seem to find it…. help!] In any case, the song is very poignant and Fern, looking a little tipsy, thought-bubbles a collage of good times and bad times with Lety, and tears fall from his luscious eyelashes.
Marcia tells Alicia that today’s events at the meeting were like a miracle for Fern. He avoided the drama of having to cancel the wedding himself. In that case, Alicia suggests plan B: if he does not want to get back together with her, she should beg and plead, otherwise, in a very short time Marcia will begin to look like an old maid. Marcia says she will never beg him to marry her, and she will not make him marry her against his will.
Luigi takes Irmita home. She doesn’t want to let him in but he insists on finding out what’s bugging her. She confesses that there is a ghost in her house. Luigi gets scared and wants to take her home to his place instead. He asks for something to calm his nerves. She goes to the darkened kitchen to get it, but upon walking in finds Rafael sprawled on the kitchen floor. She cries for Luigi, which spooks him even more. Luigi rushes in and turns on the light, “So this is your ghost?”
Fern is now back at the office [Celso is still standing guard outside; poor guy never gets to go home!]. Fern looks at Lety on his Mac screen. He touches her image, “Lety, I miss you. I need you so much, Lety.”
Alicia asks if Fern is with his other woman right now. Marcia doubts it. Alicia wants to know who it is. Marcia has trouble getting the words out, “The miserable woman is Leticia Padilla Solis.” Alicia is impactada. She can’t believe it. Marcia assures her it’s true. Alicia says she feels nauseous. She asks if this means that Fern kissed Lety. Marcia says if only that were all.
Caro and Lety return to their cabanas. Lety lights her candle and remembers Caro’s advise that fire purifies the soul.
Another candle glows in a another dark room and a phone rings. The answering machine greeting says that Aldo Gomenzain is unavailable. The fisherman walks in but doesn’t answer the phone. The caller leaves a message saying that they are waiting for Aldo at the bar. It’s been two years since he honored them with his presence.
Alicia still can’t believe it Lety is Fern's othe woman. To convince her, Marcia shows Alicia The Letter.
Irma and Luigi have carried Rafael to the couch. Irmita can’t wake him up. Luigi doesn’t know what to do. Rafael mumbles something about medicine. They look for his meds. Luigi finds them in Ralfy’s pocket, just as Irma finds a letter in his bag. It’s a letter with lab results stating that the patient has terminal kidney failure. She is impactada.
Alicia reads The Letter and says that the guys are pigs. Then she rethinks that maybe Lety wrote The Letter herself to make Marcia’s life miserable. Then Alicia realizes that Fern must have slept with Lety and at the same time with Marcia. Marcia says that it’s been a while since she she’s gotten any boinking action from Fern, and she’s sure that’s when he must have started boinking Lety instead.
Fern sighs, “Where are you, my Lety?”
Alicia wonders if Fern stopped bothering with Marcia in bed because he fell in love with Lety. Marcia agrees. She says that when she realized Fern had another woman, she got the distinct impression that the other woman was very important to Fern, not someone who he would have to kiss with horror (as the letter says). Nevertheless, Alicia thinks that Marcia must win Fern back. Marcia says she wants to be alone.
Lety leaves her cabana and wanders the resort. There are many walkways and lit waterfalls. In spite of everything, she still loves Fern. But she is determined to forget him, because she can’t allow him to keep hurting her. She will get him out of her heart and mind. But it’s hard because everything reminds her of him.
Marcia, alone in her apartment, looks at a photo album and also curses Fernando. She thought-bubbles that she gave him all her love and her whole life. She wishes this were all a dream and that everything would go back to the way it was before.
Next to a waterfall, Lety remembers a conversation with Fern at their Cuernavaca getaway. Lety - Our love is so pure, it illuminates. Fern – See? That’s exactly why I love you more than ever; because you’re willing to sacrifice physical passion in favor of spiritual happiness. Lety - My love for you is eternal. It’s bigger than me. Fern – Yes, our love is very big, and with you I feel loved in a special and sincere way. Lety snaps out of the memory. She cries that it was all a lie! A damned lie!
Fern continues to cry and tells Lety’s picture that he misses her.
Marcia slams shut the photo album. She recalls the consueling session with Mama Tere. She thinks about Alicia’s advice. She says she needs to get Fern back, and she tearlfully decides that she will forgive him.
Fern pulls into a parking spot and over his shoulder we see Jorge Flores, a.k.a. Psychic Guy, in the car next to him [that was kind of creepy]. He tells Fern that there is a woman who is willing to forgive him. Fern exclaims “Lety?!” PG says it’s someone who he has greatly hurt. Fern says that it’s got to be his Lety. He’s suddenly happy and excited. He climbs over to the passenger side to get closer to PG. PG asks him if he lost everything. Fern says he didn’t lose it, he ruined it all: his company, his parents’ confidence, and he ruined Lety. He made her do illegal things and now he doesn’t even know where she is. He takes full blame. PG says sometimes one needs to reach the bottom before starting to set things straight. Fern begs PG to help him find Lety so he can explain everything to her. PG says in order to find her, he must first find himself, even though that’s the most complicated and painful mission. With that, PG takes off. Fern recites the mission back to himself. He sounds confused.
Lety’s whining session continues. She wants to go home. It’s too lonely here. She wants to go back to her little world, where life is still painful but at least she can be with her parents.
Tomas arrives at Lety’s house. The neighborhood bullies are sitting on Robopop’s car. Tomas asks them to get off the car. They tease him about his missing car. Tomas knocks on the door. Robopo opens the door and scares the bullies away. He tells Tomas that it serves him right for pretending to have more than he does.
Lety calls and feigns happiness with Robopop, but when they hand the phone to Mom, Lety begins to cry and tells Mom she is homesick and depressed and is coming home first thing tomorrow.
Next:
Has Caro has finally had it up to here with Lety's whining?
Lety needs a lifeguard, and all she got was a lousy fisherman in daisy dukes.
Fern feels that Lety is in trouble. Is the PG rubbing off on him?
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I dread seeing Caro blow up at Lety, even if she kind of deserves it. She is just soooooo fragile right now, and I think that's understandable...nonetheless, it would take nothing less than a saint or AT LEAST someone who fully understood the situation to put up with her. Pobrecita de Lety, pobrecita de Caro.
Since its taken over 2 months on the infamous big meeting to come about,it may not be until the end of the series for the braces to come off..Why couldn't the writing have been to concentrate on the evolvement of the ugly ducking into a beautiful swan,a successful business woman balanced with husband and children,if desired? Instead, I believe, the next few months will the same tear jerking episodes keeping us on the edge of our sofas for the braces,white stockings & orthopedic shoes to slowly disappear.
No one speculates on what may happen to Omar & Ferns relationship? How could that be a lasting friendship considering the antics of his so-called friend? Will it dissolve in the end? I think it must..Mo
When Fern was in the bar, he wrote something on a napkin. Was it "God only knows how much I love you" (lety)?
I *swear* Alicia said last Friday that she had already bought the gift and made payments on it! Maybe I misunderstood, and she was talking about a dress or something else.
I, for one, do not feel like being too hard for Lety. I'll admit she is being annoying, but I understand why she's feeling so defensive; and she must be exhausted, too. First the nightmare, then the Big Meeting, then the confrontation with Marcia, then packing up quickly, then hurting her hand and go to the hopsital, then the scary airplane ride... no wonder she's pooped and cranky.
Nevertheless, while I would prefer that Caro NOT bite Lety's head off, I think that the time has come for some "tough love" on Caro's part. If Lety goes home to her parents now, she'll NEVER grow up. And that would be sad.
And yes, Anonymous, I'm going through it now, and the pain is unbearable some days - you hear a song or see something ... that reminds you. That's why watching Fern and Lety's pain right now might not be very smart, but what can I say, I'm hooked.
I wish Ben and Jerry would bring back Dastardly Mash.
In that scene in the bar it finally looked like Fern was actually beginning to grow a little backbone, both when he snapped at Omar for calling Lety names and reminded him her name is Lety, Lety and when he owned up in a small way to his own errors. Small steps but he has to start somewhere. And when that song made him cry it also got to me.
Not to be cruel but die already Rodrigo so we can get rid of that pointless storyline.
Do any other Fern lovers out there just want to kiss those quivering lips when he is crying?
I feel sorry for him, Lety, even Marcia because of their pain. I guess we've all been through it and can identify.
Part of me wants Lety to run back home to the safety of her family (and nearer to Fernando!), but I understand she has a lot of learning to do first. Sigh.
Carrie L.
I was horrified also by Marcia's decision. It's a mystery to me why Marcia would want Fern back, since 1) she was never happy with him and 2) he barely loved her to begin with. Alicia is the last person on earth you want to be taking relationship advice from, anyway.
Speaking of people that are poor and nobody loves, didn't Ariel say at the Big Meeting that if he didn't sell his shares to put more money into his new venture, he'd lose everything? I'd like to see that. :-)
Lety, Fern and everyone are getting their footing again. It'll be muy interesante to see how it all shakes out. I'm glad Caro had the sense to see Lety needed to get away. I hope Caro isn't sorry she offered the way out.
Re: the note on the napkin, I did a freeze frame and it said "only God knows how much I love you, only God knows" as nearly as I could tell. I'm glad he snapped at Omar for mocking Lety, too. It's about time.
Marcia is misguided. She and Fern bring out the very worst in each other, sadly. But this is a dream she has held since she was a little girl. Last week she said she defended him, etc. I don't recall seeing a single frame where she defended him either to his parents when they were favoring Ariel, or defended him when Ariel was being mean. The scenes we saw were Fern's memories, granted....but I think he would have remembered if one person had really stood up for him. To Marcia, he was the beloved older brother figure and that's what she is remembering. It's not the greatest basis for a marriage, with all the other factors taken into account (how his parents favored Ariel so much. She saw that first hand and it probably has influenced the way she thinks of him, nevertheless.
Re: Alicia's comment on "vividores" all I can say is it takes one to know one.
Jeanne
Yes Ariel did say he would lose everything if he didn't sell the shares. I wonder what he will do now that Humb is in charge until Conceptos gets out of the red. Will he sell his shares or hang around hoping to finally end up in charge Hissssssssss
Jeanne
I had a horrible thought re Irma - I hope it's not a storyline where she gives Rafael (or as I call him, the aged Horshack) a kidney or liver or whatever internal organ he needs. eeeeuuuuwwww. Sandy
I totally wanted to reach through my tv and give Fer a big hug. The way he looked during the Angels song just broke mi corazon. Oh well, as I've said before, he needs to grow in order to be deserving of Lety. And of course, the pain is necessary for him to atone for his past misdeeds and the atonement should (hopefully) lead to personal growth for Fernando.
Whiny Lety is a little hard to stomach, but many of you had valid points as to the reason she is acting this way. I know that when I travel, I get cranky. So I'll have to make allowances for all that she has been through in less than 24 hours.
I have been wondering all along if some of the cards were in Omar's handwriting or if he was giving Fer the words and the cards but Fer rewrote the words inside the cards. Obviously, some of them were Fer's words and handwriting. I don't think they are that stupid, are they?
And Fern didn't even know about the ring until Marcia told him about it, so there's no way he handwrote that card.
Really the only way this can work is if the two of them have similar handwriting. Perhaps it is easier to tell them apart when you have a stack of samples and compare them side-by-side, which is something Lety probably never did.
It was so adorable when Luigi was freaked out by the "ghost" in the house! ^-^
Fernando wrote on the napkin (i think) "Lety,
only God knows how much I love you. Only God knows.
-Fernando."(I don't know if anyone answered that question yet... heh heh.)
I was about to cry when I read that. I had to hold my face between my hands to stop the tears. His face just gets to me.
OMG, out of all the people Marcia could take advice from, she decides to listen to Alicia?!?
If Fern keeps this up, I'm going to have to go buy more Kleenex boxes.
-Jen
Also, maybe Marcia will find that note that Fernando put in his pocket. I hope so. Then she will know tha he really does love Lety.
I hope that the napkin gets found by Marcia. It would serve her right for snooping and it would concretely establish, for her, that Fer is in love with Lety. Of course, she'd probably still take him back.
And what about Rafael? Jeez. That guy has cried a river and he's only been on a few times.
New rule: We only want to see guys cry who are devastatingly handsome. ha ha
Jeanne
One good thing about all of Fern's tears is that we get to see these amazing close-ups of his gorgeous face!
Sorry, the new love interest just doesn't come close. To be fair, he does seem very nice though.
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