Saturday, January 20, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #192 1/19/07 Rebounds a-plenty
In Acapulco
Aldo calls Caro and moans about wanting to go to the beach with Lety and see the sunset. Caro says he's a lost cause. He asks her to send him the photo she took of him and Lety. He says he's happy because he's in love with Lety.
Yes, all of this already happened last night. Nothing new happened today. I wonder if this scene was included only because... well, I'll finish this thought later in the recap.
At Casa Padilla
Lety tells Tomas she's sure her mother read her diary. He is shocked that she was so foolish as to write everything down, but Lety explains to him that that's why people have diaries, to write things in them for no one else to read. :-) She shows it to him, but doesn't let him read it - much to his disappointment. He says why not - it's too late now, since her mother's already read it. He asks why she didn't hide it more carefully. Lety said she didn't think it could happen right there in her own house, and she's going to throw it out along with anything else that gives her bad memories.
Tomas asks if she hates Fernando like he deserves. Lety says no, she's forgiven him, but it will take longer for her to feel kindly towards him. She doesn't ever want to see him again.
She resumes painting over the flowers on her wall that she drew after her and Fern's trip to Cuernavaca (that's why her bed is covered with plastic, to protect it from spatter). Tomas keeps trying to sneak a peek at the diary. She threatens to paint him too.
She takes a break from the painting and he makes himself comfortable on a nearby chair. His legs are crossed, man-style, causing his too-short pants to expose his white socks and a tiny bit of leg. I also notice that he's wearing his necktie short again, although he's still got that pompadour. They are discussing the debts of Conceptos. Lety is taking the situation lightly. She wonders why the Mendiolas and Villaroels (or Mendiroels, as I shall call them henceforth to save myself some typing) are in such a hurry to get her to sign the papers. Tomas thinks they must have found a way to pay off their debts. Lety doesn't much care - that's up to the Mendiroels now.
To clarify for those who are confused by all of this: if the Mendiroels own both Filmo-Imagen and Conceptos, their debts to FI will be canceled, but they will still owe more than $6 million (thanks to inflation, that's not enough to build a bionic man these days) because FI doesn't have nearly enough assets to cover Conceptos' debts. And now they will owe it all directly to the banks, with whom they do not have a good relationship - that's why they had to create FI in the first place, because banks wouldn't loan them money. In fact, without the protection of Filmo-Imagen's great credit rating, the debt of the Mendiroel Empire will be due immediately.
All of this is pretty clear to Tomas and Lety, as well as the lawyers, because they're all smart about money and can be objective about this because none of their own dinero is at stake. However, the Mendiroels are still too frothing-at-the-mouth-mad at Lety (and possibly financially ignorant) to see beyond their wounded pride.
Lety and Tomas agree that they will be happy tomorrow morning when all of this is over. Tomas asks what she will do after that. Lety says she'll keep working for Caro. Tomas says he's happy for her, but for his own part, he's going to hand out resumes, and when he's finished doing that, he'll do it some more.
Lety says (I think) that she just got lucky when Carolina helped her. She tells him to come over early tomorrow and they'll see what they can do. He happily agrees, but then remembers that RoboPop has banned him from returning to the house. He feels sorry for himself, not only being unemployed but also being unwelcome in the house because he hadn't told RoboPop about the problems with the Mendiroels. So RoboPop threw him out "like a dog," Tomas says (which is sorta funny when you think of how things turned out for little Moty). Erasmo couldn't throw Lety out since she's his daughter, but as for him... if Lety wants to see him again, they'll have to go out at night on a secret date.
"I'm not Alicia, Tomas," Lety says. "You're tellin' me," Tomas says. Lety doesn't think there will be a problem. He'll come over tomorrow and the whole thing will have blown over. Tomas says he hopes so, because he's already feeling a little hungry. All of his digestive organs will be grateful if Lety smoothes things over with RoboPop. Seriously, he says, he'd be really hurt if he wasn't allowed back in their house. Lety says they'd be even more hurt. And speaking of hurt, she says, how'd it end up with Alicia? Has he forgotten her luscious locks yet? He sadly says no - he still carries her photo next to his heart. He takes out the photo and kisses it.
He gets up to leave, still looking at the photo. "How pretty," he says. "I was talking to Alicia," he adds, waving the photo at Lety.
A while later, Mom comes up to Lety's room to talk. She asks how Lety is, and how her hand is. Lety says they're okay, but doesn't waste any more time on pleasantries. "Why'd you read my diary?" Lety's mom says she had to know what was going on with her. Lety says her diary was sacred to her. Mom says she understands that, but Lety's welfare is even more sacred to her. And it's a good thing she did, because now she understands Lety's rejection of Fernando, and her resignation. And she also understands her resolve, and her trip to Acapulco. She saw Lety suffering so much, and respected her silence, but it was very serious. And Lety has always confided in her before.
Lety reminds her mother that Fern was her boss, he was engaged, etc. - and she just couldn't face her mother with all that. She told a few things to Tomas, because for some reason, it wasn't as embarrassing.
Julieta says she's Lety's mother, not just though the happy parts of life, but also through its problems. She asks Lety not to deny her the right to comfort and advise her. Lety assures Julieta that she's learned her lesson!
Then, becoming more animated, Julieta asks Lety about her new attitude. She doesn't seem like the same Lety who left them. Lety agrees that it's strange, but before she went to Acapulco, she still felt like a little girl who liked her room decorated with dolls and flowers, but... but... "now I see that that is changing," her mother finishes for her, looking at the wall behind Lety. Lety has painted a new scene - the seashore. Lety says she wanted to bring with her the strength of the ocean the rescued her. And, Lety says, now she knows all of that strength was inside her. Lety admires her ring, but doesn't explain it to her mother (or maybe she explains it in between scenes).
Lety tells her mom about Aldo. (For some reason, Julieta giggles at his last name, Domensain. Dunno why.) Lety says he taught her how to dive, and he also taught her that fear doesn't exist - the only thing real is love. It's as powerful as anything in the universe. (Anyone else remember when she had that nightmare, and she said "if I feel fear, I can't feel love?") Julieta is very excited to hear about this, and wants to know when Lety is going to speak to him again. Lety gets nervous and squeaky and says no, he's in Acapulco and no human being would ever be able to leave there. She'll probably never see him again. Mom is disappointed, but Lety says it's okay because she's carrying him around inside - they're of the same spirit.
Gee. If only there were some way that people could communicate over long distances. Like some sort of device that would allow them to speak remotely, or an organization that could deliver written messages on paper, or perhaps a sophisticated, high-tech system for conveying words electronically.
Anyway, Lety continues, he will always be there on her wall - his strength, his intelligence, his wisdom (no mention of dexterity, constitution, or charisma... if you don't get my lame joke, never mind) as well as that of the sea. Julieta says Aldo must have done Lety some good - what a shame they can't see each other once in a while.
"Would you like me to help you with something?" Lety's mother asks. Lety gives her a strange look. (I'm not sure what she's thinking.) "I meant with your room," Julieta giggles. Lety asks her for a plastic bag to put away her stuffed animals. Mom happily agrees. Lety says the thing that makes her the happiest is that she won't have to see Fernando ever again. They share another happy giggle, but as Julieta leaves the room, Lety looks sad.
In the boardroom
Ariel is impatient. He wants Santamaria to spell it out for them: what is he proposing, exactly? Santamaria advises them to ask Lety to keep Filmo-Imagen and its lien on Conceptos. If she doesn't accept, Conceptos will disappear. But , he adds, the decision is theirs.
Humberto says that doesn't make any sense - the judge already ruled in favor of Filmo-Imagen seizing Conceptos. Santamaria points out that Lety could ask the judge for a six-month extension on the seizure.
"So we're still in Lety's hands?" Marcia asks bitterly. Santamaria confirms this. "It can't be," Marcia chuckles sardonically. Santamaria says he wouldn't want to get in the middle of whatever problems they've had with Lety, but she and her lawyers are in the better position, and Lety probably understands the consequences if FI should wind up in the Mendiroels' hands.
"In other words," Darth Teresita says incredulously, "we're going to have to beg her."
"We could say it that way," Santamaria says.
Humbo says he gets where their only way out is to keep the lien with Filmo Imagen, but it really bothers him that it means having to continue this game with all the creditors and banks.
Fern timidly raises his hand. He thinks it'll be okay because he and Lety had visited these banks together and explained that FI's loans were being extended to Conceptos. Santamaria explains that it will all be moot if FI's lien on Conceptos is cancelled. The banks have to protect themselves. Fern weakly protests that he had agreements with the banks. (I guess he doesn't understand that the agreements were based on the banks' high esteem of Lety.) Humbo says this is an embarrassment.
Santamaria says they need to decide amongst themselves, but make it quick, because either way, Lety has a date with the judge tomorrow. Just let him know what they decide. Humbo asks him to wait while they discuss it. Santamaria and Ariel's two useless lawyers file out of the room, and Humbo tells Ariel to shut the door.
Humbo lays it out for them: they can beg and plead with "that girl," or they can lose the business. What will it be?
Teresita, Marcia, Omar, and Ariel all look conflicted as they each mentally weigh their pride vs. all their earthly possessions. This doesn't take too long for Ariel, who doesn't have many possessions left since he's already sunk most of his assets into an apparently fruitless business deal. He says there's not much to discuss. They should liquidate Conceptos and split up what little remains and get on with their lives.
Humbo tells Ariel to stop being a jerk and sit down. He asks Ariel how he thinks he's going to get by on so little. Is he going to go out and look for little jobs to survive? How can he hold so little regard for what his parents left him? This business has given him life, and yet now, with the greatest coldness, he's saying "let's liquidate it." He's refusing to help pick up the pieces of 35 years' worth of work.
Ariel glares and sulks like a bratty little boy. "I remind you," he says self-righteously, "that I'm not the one who did this [literally, I didn't make those pieces]; your son is bringing them to you."
Impatiently, Fern points out that they are all trying to save their business, yet all Ariel can think about destroying it, as vengeance against Fern; and all because he didn't get to be president of Conceptos.
Teresita, the wonderful, loyal mommy, says that Ariel is just expressing his wishes.
Wow. I wonder if she's ever, even once, stood up for her own son the way she stands up for the Villaroels. Yes, it's sad that their parents died. But there's no way she can make up for that, and it's an insult to the senior Villaroels' memory that she's spoiled their kids.
She says that Ariel's wishes are not necessarily those of the committee; she proposes that they vote.
Ariel says they already know his vote: he wants to liquidate. And Humbo wants to try to stay afloat. Fern says he wants that too. Teresita says it's very complicated for her - her pride doesn't want to go with Lety, but she also wants to see her husband happy, and he doesn't deserve to see the death of his business. If there's any way to save it, she'll vote for that.
Omar says something like he represents the minor shareholders, and on their behalf, he votes that they talk to Lety. And Marcia says that as much as she would love to have Lety far away, she, like Humberto, feels that this company is her life. And he's like a father to her. She couldn't stand to see the company liquidated - for the sakes of Humberto and her own parents. That's much more important than any resentment she feels. Even if Ariel doesn't feel any moral obligation to their parents, and even if he lacks the integrity to put his hand on his heart for them (the committee), she'll do it herself. Even if she has to beg "that woman," she'll do it.
Ariel tells them to do what they want with Conceptos, but he's going to look out for what little capital is his. He's not going to be like the jerk that used to be in that office (referring to Fern's presidential office). He's going to expect results. (Of course, all that tough talk is just an effort to save face as he backs down.)
Humberto tells Ariel that's his right. (This halfhearted validation seems to take some of the wind out of Ariel's indignant sails.) He tells Marcia to go get Santamaria. She brings him back, along with the two useless lawyers. Humbo gives them the good news, and Santamaria says great, he's going to cancel his own meeting with Lety and her lawyers.
Teresita says why? How are we going to communicate with her?
Santamaria says he'll conduct the meeting if that's what they really want, but with all due respect, he thinks that would be incorrect. (Marcia bristles.) The situation is too delicate for her to discuss with a lawyer she doesn't even know. He reminds them that Lety would be doing them a favor. (Marcia bristles some more.) Omar voices his agreement with Santamaria, however; they are depending on Lety's goodwill.
There is some question as to which of them would be the best choice to speak with Lety. He, Omar, would love to do it, except Lety hates him - he doesn't know why. ;-)
Ariel says that he and Lety are natural enemies. Teresita says she's had very little contact with Lety herself, and isn't kindly disposed towards her anyway. Marcia says don't look at her - every time she and Lety talk, they insult one another.
All heads turn toward Fernando, who glances around defensively and says don't look at him either. He says they all know about the bad feelings between them. Ariel (more cheerfully now, after a commercial break) mischievously says he certainly remembers the moment when Lety gave him up to the committee, but he doesn't understand why. Everyone glares at him except Humbo, who ignores him and says fine, he'll speak with Lety himself. (Humberto is clearly the only adult among the shareholders.) She did ask his pardon when she resigned, so at least she has some respect for him. He tells Santamaria to also line up some plans for them with the banks, just in case they can't come to an agreement with "this girl."
Fern asks his father if he really wants the banks to know what's going on. Humbo says the banks are already aware of how things were before; so yes, he'd like for them to hear it from him. At least he will maintain that one shred of dignity. Humberto ends the meeting, saying he's tired.
Fern and Marcia wait for everyone else to leave, then exit the room together. Marcia notices that Alicia has already left, and wonders how she got home. Fern thanks Santamaria for the way he handled the case. Santamaria says nah, it's just his job. The lawyers leave. Marcia asks Fern if he will go home with her, or if he'd rather be alone to ponder the return of Leticia. She asks if he will go looking for her. He says he doesn't want to talk to Lety at all, and anyway, she hates him. (He doesn't say that he hates her.) He tells Marcia to go get her things.
He waits until she is out of sight, then retreats into his office to stare at a picture of Lety on his computer. So much for his reconciliation with Marcia.
He murmurs "Lety, my Lety." (Listen, Ferni - for the time being, she's not your Lety either.) Before long, Marcia screeches from the lobby that it's time to go. Fumbling with his mouse and keyboard, he closes the picture and leaves. (He does exactly what I do. He does a Ctrl-W to close it, then he realizes that the file he's trying to close isn't the active window, so he clicks with the mouse to select it, then does the Ctrl-W again to close it. This is silly - if you are going to reach for the mouse, you might as well use the mouse to close the file. But if you're a keyboard person, like I am and apparently Jaime is, you never think of that. Um, anyway... back to the recap.)
In the executive lobby
Alicia yawns at her desk while the cuartel chats excitedly about tomorrow - it will be a big day for Lola. She will be finalizing her divorce.
Meanwhile, El Cheque is on the phone at his office, upset about the divorce. Yazmin whines that he'll be giving Lola whatever she wants. (Something like that.) He sits her down - she cannot even take a seat without cheesecaking it up - and some bystander hands her a coffee. EC promises her that he won't give Lola anything except what's strictly necessary. And he wants her to go get her severence from Conceptos. She claims they won't talk to her, but he wants her to go there in person and pressure them to give it to her. She accuses him of making her go there because he wants Lola to be mean to her.
Noticing that they now have several male onlookers, he takes Yazmin aside and tells her that "we" need that money because he's short on cash. (They are now standing directly in front of someone's desk; Yazmin has her back to El Cheque, so the woman at the desk can see Yazmin rolling her eyes as he speaks!) He says it looks to him like she doesn't want to help him. He says he's going to leave, and stomps off. Immediately, the male onlookers start offering her water, coffee, etc... El Cheque rushes back in and ushers her out, saying they'll talk more at home.
Back at Conceptos, Lola says she'll bring down the full weight of the law on him. They head towards the elevator, where they are intercepted by Alicia. She tells them they can't leave, because the meeting hasn't ended yet. (They've had this conversation before.) Roller Derby Sara says that only applies to Alicia, because she's the waitress. The rest of them can leave because it's 8 o'clock. There is some foolishness as the whole group of feas keep walking in and out of the elevator to taunt Alicia about not being able to go home.
Martha comes back for a final insult (it's just a sarcastic "have a nice night"). "What did you say, fat lady?" Alicia demands. Martha turns to the elevator only to discover that the doors have closed and the rest of the cuartel has left.
"I'll take the stairs for the exercise," Martha says, running away in terror.
Luigi shows up. Alicia tattles to him that Irma has already escaped. Luigi is bummed because he wanted to do the proofs (or whatever "protecciones" are) for the lemon soda commercial. He needs a stand-in model for that. Alicia gets very enthusiastic and it sounds as though she will offer her services, but then she backs off, saying the job probably doesn't pay well, right? Luigi says he's sorry that "filthy" Yazmin got fired, because she had a good body for that sort of thing. Offended, Alicia points out that she has a good body, too. "Oh my God," Luigi says impatiently (in English). He says something about people making decisions in the boardroom without him, and him making decisions about something else, and something about a doll turning into a cheap hotel (obviously I've missed something).
Alicia offers him some gossip in exchange for a ride home, but he says he can't, because his dear Rulli is coming to pick him up. Then he says something about a guy named Alex and says it's tough to have a boyfriend these days. (Not that Alicia would know what that's like. ;-) Alicia says "tell me about it." So he tells her again. And Alicia says "tell me about it" again. Luigi retorts, "I just told you!"
Fortunately, the elevator arrives, and Luigi is whisked away from Alicia's vortex of stupidity. "Oh, now I get it," he says as the doors close between them. (I got the sneaking suspicion that this scene was ad-libbed.)
Alicia is counting her pocket-change when Santamaria and the two less useful lawyers step out of the boardroom to wait for Humbo and his gang to make a decision. She doesn't have enough money for a taxi, and there's no way she'll take a bus. One of the useless lawyers goes on an errand; another sits and looks through some papers. Santamaria approaches Alicia and asks if it's too late for a coffee. Motivated by poverty, Alicia graciously offers to find some for him, and perhaps a cookie as well. Santamaria strains to admire the view as she disappears around the corner.
Alicia pauses in the stairwell for a little prayer. (What, you can't pray and walk at the same time?) She is hoping to bum a ride home with the lawyer. She tells Jesus she needs a boyfriend now more than ever. If he gives her a miracle, she promises to talk less on her cell phone. (No doubt Jesus is tempted by this offer.) Wait, no - she reconsiders and says she'll offer something else instead, later. And, she asks, if possible, someone really rich, and with a car. An excellent car. New.
She comes back with coffee and a cookie. Pretending to make small talk, she says it's getting late and she is afraid to take a taxi home at this late hour - it might be dangerous. She is just about to come right out and ask Santamaria for a ride, when he interrupts and is just about to offer, when Marcia comes out to ask him back into the boardroom. Al complains about Marcia's bad timing, but Marcia is not in the mood to hear about it. (Again, I point out that their strange friendship is based on Alicia's seemingly endless emotional support of Marcia; in exchange, Marcia offers only material support, never emotional. I guess it works for them.)
Santamaria tells Alicia he'll finish the coffee later and leaves them. Al asks Marcia how much longer is this meeting going to go on, because it's getting late and she's tired. Marcia sarcastically tells her to go home, then. Alicia mimics her and prays some more for a boyfriend with money and a car. She says it's not so much to ask. She drinks Santamaria's coffee and eats his cookie.
Her prayers are promptly answered with the arrival of Saimon, singing. She tells the ceiling that she asked for a man with a car, not a motorcycle. A man with the wages of a president, not those of a messenger-boy. He tells her he's about to leave, but then flirts with her in his very wordy way. She tells him she's waiting for Marcia to take her home. He wishes her goodnight in several languages and then pantomimes skiing (?) to the elevator. She calls him back and he skis back to listen to her. He says he's going to his computer class. She asks him for a ride. He's only too happy to say yes.
He jubilantly breath-sprays his mouth. He says he hasn't used it in three months. (Last time I can remember was Patty Manterola, which was more than three months ago - or maybe it was with Christina Rivapalacios, but that was more than three months ago too.) Alicia complains about the smell and asks why. He says you never know who you might run into. She tells him to give up on his delusions - he's only dropping her off at her place.
In the parking garage, Saimon and Celso try to get Alicia to put on the helmet. (She is already wearing the yellow safety coat.) She says the helmet will ruin her "look." (Sanson, Celso's dog, sniffs her playfully.) Saimon says that's too bad, because it's the law - he can't take her if she won't put it on. (The dog starts snapping at the helmet in her hand, and it doesn't look so playful to me.) Saimon says the cops will easily notice her bleached hair and pull them over. Alicia protests that her hair color is natural. And perhaps it is, because if a nouveau-pobre like Alicia couldn't afford to go to the salon, her hair would either be showing some serious roots by now, or else some serious damage, because it is not so easy to keep up the maintenance on very long bleached hair all by yourself.
But I'm joking, of course. There's no way it's natural. I just think it's funny that her hair isn't a mess yet.
She also says the helmet stinks. Saimon babbles some more while Alicia coughs in disgust. Just then, Ariel steps outside, complaining to someone on the phone how things didn't work out the way he wanted them to.
Alicia is shoving the helmet at Celso, trying to get him to smell it and saying "gross" when she notices Ariel. Suddenly, she is all about the helmet. "He can't see me like this," she says. She puts it on and tells Saimon to go. She gets on the bike (the dog keeps snapping at her bag) and is desperate to leave. She nearly chokes Saimon in a death-grip. She won't put her hands where she's supposed to, and Saimon is babbling a lot about nothing and honking the horn while she continues to adjust her grip on him. She warns Saimon and Celso that no one must know about this! Flustered, Saimon yells very loudly that his word is like gold.
Finally Saimon and Alicia speed away on his wicked cool Vespa. Ariel ends his phone call just in time to hear Alicia's screams of outrage. He also recognizes her legs. He gloats, "ah, how to forget those legs, Alicia Ferreira."
In Acapulco
Aldo is talking to himself on his sofa, swooning over Lety. "What am I going to do with you, Leticia?" He chuckles to himself.
And... that's it for Aldo tonight.
There were only two Aldo scenes in this episode. I wonder if (as I started to say before) they're contractually obligated to give Juan Soler two scenes per episode. If so, it'd be nice if something would happen during those scenes... on second thought... perhaps not. ;-D
At Marcia's place
Fern and Marcia get to Marcia's place. He is still telling her that he doesn't in any way want to see Lety. Marcia is skeptical and is particularly worried that their need for Lety's cooperation will be a new chance for him to be with Lety again. Fern says no, she should know better than everyone just how finished that relationship is. He doesn't want any of that. He wants to forget it all - with Marcia's help.
Little does Marcia know that in an ironic twist of fate, she's become the rebound girlfriend!
Next week
Humberto makes Lety an offer she can't refuse.
Aldo proclaims his love from a variety of conveyances.
He wanders around without a shirt and decides to make a surprise visit to the city.
Aldo calls Caro and moans about wanting to go to the beach with Lety and see the sunset. Caro says he's a lost cause. He asks her to send him the photo she took of him and Lety. He says he's happy because he's in love with Lety.
Yes, all of this already happened last night. Nothing new happened today. I wonder if this scene was included only because... well, I'll finish this thought later in the recap.
At Casa Padilla
Lety tells Tomas she's sure her mother read her diary. He is shocked that she was so foolish as to write everything down, but Lety explains to him that that's why people have diaries, to write things in them for no one else to read. :-) She shows it to him, but doesn't let him read it - much to his disappointment. He says why not - it's too late now, since her mother's already read it. He asks why she didn't hide it more carefully. Lety said she didn't think it could happen right there in her own house, and she's going to throw it out along with anything else that gives her bad memories.
Tomas asks if she hates Fernando like he deserves. Lety says no, she's forgiven him, but it will take longer for her to feel kindly towards him. She doesn't ever want to see him again.
She resumes painting over the flowers on her wall that she drew after her and Fern's trip to Cuernavaca (that's why her bed is covered with plastic, to protect it from spatter). Tomas keeps trying to sneak a peek at the diary. She threatens to paint him too.
She takes a break from the painting and he makes himself comfortable on a nearby chair. His legs are crossed, man-style, causing his too-short pants to expose his white socks and a tiny bit of leg. I also notice that he's wearing his necktie short again, although he's still got that pompadour. They are discussing the debts of Conceptos. Lety is taking the situation lightly. She wonders why the Mendiolas and Villaroels (or Mendiroels, as I shall call them henceforth to save myself some typing) are in such a hurry to get her to sign the papers. Tomas thinks they must have found a way to pay off their debts. Lety doesn't much care - that's up to the Mendiroels now.
To clarify for those who are confused by all of this: if the Mendiroels own both Filmo-Imagen and Conceptos, their debts to FI will be canceled, but they will still owe more than $6 million (thanks to inflation, that's not enough to build a bionic man these days) because FI doesn't have nearly enough assets to cover Conceptos' debts. And now they will owe it all directly to the banks, with whom they do not have a good relationship - that's why they had to create FI in the first place, because banks wouldn't loan them money. In fact, without the protection of Filmo-Imagen's great credit rating, the debt of the Mendiroel Empire will be due immediately.
All of this is pretty clear to Tomas and Lety, as well as the lawyers, because they're all smart about money and can be objective about this because none of their own dinero is at stake. However, the Mendiroels are still too frothing-at-the-mouth-mad at Lety (and possibly financially ignorant) to see beyond their wounded pride.
Lety and Tomas agree that they will be happy tomorrow morning when all of this is over. Tomas asks what she will do after that. Lety says she'll keep working for Caro. Tomas says he's happy for her, but for his own part, he's going to hand out resumes, and when he's finished doing that, he'll do it some more.
Lety says (I think) that she just got lucky when Carolina helped her. She tells him to come over early tomorrow and they'll see what they can do. He happily agrees, but then remembers that RoboPop has banned him from returning to the house. He feels sorry for himself, not only being unemployed but also being unwelcome in the house because he hadn't told RoboPop about the problems with the Mendiroels. So RoboPop threw him out "like a dog," Tomas says (which is sorta funny when you think of how things turned out for little Moty). Erasmo couldn't throw Lety out since she's his daughter, but as for him... if Lety wants to see him again, they'll have to go out at night on a secret date.
"I'm not Alicia, Tomas," Lety says. "You're tellin' me," Tomas says. Lety doesn't think there will be a problem. He'll come over tomorrow and the whole thing will have blown over. Tomas says he hopes so, because he's already feeling a little hungry. All of his digestive organs will be grateful if Lety smoothes things over with RoboPop. Seriously, he says, he'd be really hurt if he wasn't allowed back in their house. Lety says they'd be even more hurt. And speaking of hurt, she says, how'd it end up with Alicia? Has he forgotten her luscious locks yet? He sadly says no - he still carries her photo next to his heart. He takes out the photo and kisses it.
He gets up to leave, still looking at the photo. "How pretty," he says. "I was talking to Alicia," he adds, waving the photo at Lety.
A while later, Mom comes up to Lety's room to talk. She asks how Lety is, and how her hand is. Lety says they're okay, but doesn't waste any more time on pleasantries. "Why'd you read my diary?" Lety's mom says she had to know what was going on with her. Lety says her diary was sacred to her. Mom says she understands that, but Lety's welfare is even more sacred to her. And it's a good thing she did, because now she understands Lety's rejection of Fernando, and her resignation. And she also understands her resolve, and her trip to Acapulco. She saw Lety suffering so much, and respected her silence, but it was very serious. And Lety has always confided in her before.
Lety reminds her mother that Fern was her boss, he was engaged, etc. - and she just couldn't face her mother with all that. She told a few things to Tomas, because for some reason, it wasn't as embarrassing.
Julieta says she's Lety's mother, not just though the happy parts of life, but also through its problems. She asks Lety not to deny her the right to comfort and advise her. Lety assures Julieta that she's learned her lesson!
Then, becoming more animated, Julieta asks Lety about her new attitude. She doesn't seem like the same Lety who left them. Lety agrees that it's strange, but before she went to Acapulco, she still felt like a little girl who liked her room decorated with dolls and flowers, but... but... "now I see that that is changing," her mother finishes for her, looking at the wall behind Lety. Lety has painted a new scene - the seashore. Lety says she wanted to bring with her the strength of the ocean the rescued her. And, Lety says, now she knows all of that strength was inside her. Lety admires her ring, but doesn't explain it to her mother (or maybe she explains it in between scenes).
Lety tells her mom about Aldo. (For some reason, Julieta giggles at his last name, Domensain. Dunno why.) Lety says he taught her how to dive, and he also taught her that fear doesn't exist - the only thing real is love. It's as powerful as anything in the universe. (Anyone else remember when she had that nightmare, and she said "if I feel fear, I can't feel love?") Julieta is very excited to hear about this, and wants to know when Lety is going to speak to him again. Lety gets nervous and squeaky and says no, he's in Acapulco and no human being would ever be able to leave there. She'll probably never see him again. Mom is disappointed, but Lety says it's okay because she's carrying him around inside - they're of the same spirit.
Gee. If only there were some way that people could communicate over long distances. Like some sort of device that would allow them to speak remotely, or an organization that could deliver written messages on paper, or perhaps a sophisticated, high-tech system for conveying words electronically.
Anyway, Lety continues, he will always be there on her wall - his strength, his intelligence, his wisdom (no mention of dexterity, constitution, or charisma... if you don't get my lame joke, never mind) as well as that of the sea. Julieta says Aldo must have done Lety some good - what a shame they can't see each other once in a while.
"Would you like me to help you with something?" Lety's mother asks. Lety gives her a strange look. (I'm not sure what she's thinking.) "I meant with your room," Julieta giggles. Lety asks her for a plastic bag to put away her stuffed animals. Mom happily agrees. Lety says the thing that makes her the happiest is that she won't have to see Fernando ever again. They share another happy giggle, but as Julieta leaves the room, Lety looks sad.
In the boardroom
Ariel is impatient. He wants Santamaria to spell it out for them: what is he proposing, exactly? Santamaria advises them to ask Lety to keep Filmo-Imagen and its lien on Conceptos. If she doesn't accept, Conceptos will disappear. But , he adds, the decision is theirs.
Humberto says that doesn't make any sense - the judge already ruled in favor of Filmo-Imagen seizing Conceptos. Santamaria points out that Lety could ask the judge for a six-month extension on the seizure.
"So we're still in Lety's hands?" Marcia asks bitterly. Santamaria confirms this. "It can't be," Marcia chuckles sardonically. Santamaria says he wouldn't want to get in the middle of whatever problems they've had with Lety, but she and her lawyers are in the better position, and Lety probably understands the consequences if FI should wind up in the Mendiroels' hands.
"In other words," Darth Teresita says incredulously, "we're going to have to beg her."
"We could say it that way," Santamaria says.
Humbo says he gets where their only way out is to keep the lien with Filmo Imagen, but it really bothers him that it means having to continue this game with all the creditors and banks.
Fern timidly raises his hand. He thinks it'll be okay because he and Lety had visited these banks together and explained that FI's loans were being extended to Conceptos. Santamaria explains that it will all be moot if FI's lien on Conceptos is cancelled. The banks have to protect themselves. Fern weakly protests that he had agreements with the banks. (I guess he doesn't understand that the agreements were based on the banks' high esteem of Lety.) Humbo says this is an embarrassment.
Santamaria says they need to decide amongst themselves, but make it quick, because either way, Lety has a date with the judge tomorrow. Just let him know what they decide. Humbo asks him to wait while they discuss it. Santamaria and Ariel's two useless lawyers file out of the room, and Humbo tells Ariel to shut the door.
Humbo lays it out for them: they can beg and plead with "that girl," or they can lose the business. What will it be?
Teresita, Marcia, Omar, and Ariel all look conflicted as they each mentally weigh their pride vs. all their earthly possessions. This doesn't take too long for Ariel, who doesn't have many possessions left since he's already sunk most of his assets into an apparently fruitless business deal. He says there's not much to discuss. They should liquidate Conceptos and split up what little remains and get on with their lives.
Humbo tells Ariel to stop being a jerk and sit down. He asks Ariel how he thinks he's going to get by on so little. Is he going to go out and look for little jobs to survive? How can he hold so little regard for what his parents left him? This business has given him life, and yet now, with the greatest coldness, he's saying "let's liquidate it." He's refusing to help pick up the pieces of 35 years' worth of work.
Ariel glares and sulks like a bratty little boy. "I remind you," he says self-righteously, "that I'm not the one who did this [literally, I didn't make those pieces]; your son is bringing them to you."
Impatiently, Fern points out that they are all trying to save their business, yet all Ariel can think about destroying it, as vengeance against Fern; and all because he didn't get to be president of Conceptos.
Teresita, the wonderful, loyal mommy, says that Ariel is just expressing his wishes.
Wow. I wonder if she's ever, even once, stood up for her own son the way she stands up for the Villaroels. Yes, it's sad that their parents died. But there's no way she can make up for that, and it's an insult to the senior Villaroels' memory that she's spoiled their kids.
She says that Ariel's wishes are not necessarily those of the committee; she proposes that they vote.
Ariel says they already know his vote: he wants to liquidate. And Humbo wants to try to stay afloat. Fern says he wants that too. Teresita says it's very complicated for her - her pride doesn't want to go with Lety, but she also wants to see her husband happy, and he doesn't deserve to see the death of his business. If there's any way to save it, she'll vote for that.
Omar says something like he represents the minor shareholders, and on their behalf, he votes that they talk to Lety. And Marcia says that as much as she would love to have Lety far away, she, like Humberto, feels that this company is her life. And he's like a father to her. She couldn't stand to see the company liquidated - for the sakes of Humberto and her own parents. That's much more important than any resentment she feels. Even if Ariel doesn't feel any moral obligation to their parents, and even if he lacks the integrity to put his hand on his heart for them (the committee), she'll do it herself. Even if she has to beg "that woman," she'll do it.
Ariel tells them to do what they want with Conceptos, but he's going to look out for what little capital is his. He's not going to be like the jerk that used to be in that office (referring to Fern's presidential office). He's going to expect results. (Of course, all that tough talk is just an effort to save face as he backs down.)
Humberto tells Ariel that's his right. (This halfhearted validation seems to take some of the wind out of Ariel's indignant sails.) He tells Marcia to go get Santamaria. She brings him back, along with the two useless lawyers. Humbo gives them the good news, and Santamaria says great, he's going to cancel his own meeting with Lety and her lawyers.
Teresita says why? How are we going to communicate with her?
Santamaria says he'll conduct the meeting if that's what they really want, but with all due respect, he thinks that would be incorrect. (Marcia bristles.) The situation is too delicate for her to discuss with a lawyer she doesn't even know. He reminds them that Lety would be doing them a favor. (Marcia bristles some more.) Omar voices his agreement with Santamaria, however; they are depending on Lety's goodwill.
There is some question as to which of them would be the best choice to speak with Lety. He, Omar, would love to do it, except Lety hates him - he doesn't know why. ;-)
Ariel says that he and Lety are natural enemies. Teresita says she's had very little contact with Lety herself, and isn't kindly disposed towards her anyway. Marcia says don't look at her - every time she and Lety talk, they insult one another.
All heads turn toward Fernando, who glances around defensively and says don't look at him either. He says they all know about the bad feelings between them. Ariel (more cheerfully now, after a commercial break) mischievously says he certainly remembers the moment when Lety gave him up to the committee, but he doesn't understand why. Everyone glares at him except Humbo, who ignores him and says fine, he'll speak with Lety himself. (Humberto is clearly the only adult among the shareholders.) She did ask his pardon when she resigned, so at least she has some respect for him. He tells Santamaria to also line up some plans for them with the banks, just in case they can't come to an agreement with "this girl."
Fern asks his father if he really wants the banks to know what's going on. Humbo says the banks are already aware of how things were before; so yes, he'd like for them to hear it from him. At least he will maintain that one shred of dignity. Humberto ends the meeting, saying he's tired.
Fern and Marcia wait for everyone else to leave, then exit the room together. Marcia notices that Alicia has already left, and wonders how she got home. Fern thanks Santamaria for the way he handled the case. Santamaria says nah, it's just his job. The lawyers leave. Marcia asks Fern if he will go home with her, or if he'd rather be alone to ponder the return of Leticia. She asks if he will go looking for her. He says he doesn't want to talk to Lety at all, and anyway, she hates him. (He doesn't say that he hates her.) He tells Marcia to go get her things.
He waits until she is out of sight, then retreats into his office to stare at a picture of Lety on his computer. So much for his reconciliation with Marcia.
He murmurs "Lety, my Lety." (Listen, Ferni - for the time being, she's not your Lety either.) Before long, Marcia screeches from the lobby that it's time to go. Fumbling with his mouse and keyboard, he closes the picture and leaves. (He does exactly what I do. He does a Ctrl-W to close it, then he realizes that the file he's trying to close isn't the active window, so he clicks with the mouse to select it, then does the Ctrl-W again to close it. This is silly - if you are going to reach for the mouse, you might as well use the mouse to close the file. But if you're a keyboard person, like I am and apparently Jaime is, you never think of that. Um, anyway... back to the recap.)
In the executive lobby
Alicia yawns at her desk while the cuartel chats excitedly about tomorrow - it will be a big day for Lola. She will be finalizing her divorce.
Meanwhile, El Cheque is on the phone at his office, upset about the divorce. Yazmin whines that he'll be giving Lola whatever she wants. (Something like that.) He sits her down - she cannot even take a seat without cheesecaking it up - and some bystander hands her a coffee. EC promises her that he won't give Lola anything except what's strictly necessary. And he wants her to go get her severence from Conceptos. She claims they won't talk to her, but he wants her to go there in person and pressure them to give it to her. She accuses him of making her go there because he wants Lola to be mean to her.
Noticing that they now have several male onlookers, he takes Yazmin aside and tells her that "we" need that money because he's short on cash. (They are now standing directly in front of someone's desk; Yazmin has her back to El Cheque, so the woman at the desk can see Yazmin rolling her eyes as he speaks!) He says it looks to him like she doesn't want to help him. He says he's going to leave, and stomps off. Immediately, the male onlookers start offering her water, coffee, etc... El Cheque rushes back in and ushers her out, saying they'll talk more at home.
Back at Conceptos, Lola says she'll bring down the full weight of the law on him. They head towards the elevator, where they are intercepted by Alicia. She tells them they can't leave, because the meeting hasn't ended yet. (They've had this conversation before.) Roller Derby Sara says that only applies to Alicia, because she's the waitress. The rest of them can leave because it's 8 o'clock. There is some foolishness as the whole group of feas keep walking in and out of the elevator to taunt Alicia about not being able to go home.
Martha comes back for a final insult (it's just a sarcastic "have a nice night"). "What did you say, fat lady?" Alicia demands. Martha turns to the elevator only to discover that the doors have closed and the rest of the cuartel has left.
"I'll take the stairs for the exercise," Martha says, running away in terror.
Luigi shows up. Alicia tattles to him that Irma has already escaped. Luigi is bummed because he wanted to do the proofs (or whatever "protecciones" are) for the lemon soda commercial. He needs a stand-in model for that. Alicia gets very enthusiastic and it sounds as though she will offer her services, but then she backs off, saying the job probably doesn't pay well, right? Luigi says he's sorry that "filthy" Yazmin got fired, because she had a good body for that sort of thing. Offended, Alicia points out that she has a good body, too. "Oh my God," Luigi says impatiently (in English). He says something about people making decisions in the boardroom without him, and him making decisions about something else, and something about a doll turning into a cheap hotel (obviously I've missed something).
Alicia offers him some gossip in exchange for a ride home, but he says he can't, because his dear Rulli is coming to pick him up. Then he says something about a guy named Alex and says it's tough to have a boyfriend these days. (Not that Alicia would know what that's like. ;-) Alicia says "tell me about it." So he tells her again. And Alicia says "tell me about it" again. Luigi retorts, "I just told you!"
Fortunately, the elevator arrives, and Luigi is whisked away from Alicia's vortex of stupidity. "Oh, now I get it," he says as the doors close between them. (I got the sneaking suspicion that this scene was ad-libbed.)
Alicia is counting her pocket-change when Santamaria and the two less useful lawyers step out of the boardroom to wait for Humbo and his gang to make a decision. She doesn't have enough money for a taxi, and there's no way she'll take a bus. One of the useless lawyers goes on an errand; another sits and looks through some papers. Santamaria approaches Alicia and asks if it's too late for a coffee. Motivated by poverty, Alicia graciously offers to find some for him, and perhaps a cookie as well. Santamaria strains to admire the view as she disappears around the corner.
Alicia pauses in the stairwell for a little prayer. (What, you can't pray and walk at the same time?) She is hoping to bum a ride home with the lawyer. She tells Jesus she needs a boyfriend now more than ever. If he gives her a miracle, she promises to talk less on her cell phone. (No doubt Jesus is tempted by this offer.) Wait, no - she reconsiders and says she'll offer something else instead, later. And, she asks, if possible, someone really rich, and with a car. An excellent car. New.
She comes back with coffee and a cookie. Pretending to make small talk, she says it's getting late and she is afraid to take a taxi home at this late hour - it might be dangerous. She is just about to come right out and ask Santamaria for a ride, when he interrupts and is just about to offer, when Marcia comes out to ask him back into the boardroom. Al complains about Marcia's bad timing, but Marcia is not in the mood to hear about it. (Again, I point out that their strange friendship is based on Alicia's seemingly endless emotional support of Marcia; in exchange, Marcia offers only material support, never emotional. I guess it works for them.)
Santamaria tells Alicia he'll finish the coffee later and leaves them. Al asks Marcia how much longer is this meeting going to go on, because it's getting late and she's tired. Marcia sarcastically tells her to go home, then. Alicia mimics her and prays some more for a boyfriend with money and a car. She says it's not so much to ask. She drinks Santamaria's coffee and eats his cookie.
Her prayers are promptly answered with the arrival of Saimon, singing. She tells the ceiling that she asked for a man with a car, not a motorcycle. A man with the wages of a president, not those of a messenger-boy. He tells her he's about to leave, but then flirts with her in his very wordy way. She tells him she's waiting for Marcia to take her home. He wishes her goodnight in several languages and then pantomimes skiing (?) to the elevator. She calls him back and he skis back to listen to her. He says he's going to his computer class. She asks him for a ride. He's only too happy to say yes.
He jubilantly breath-sprays his mouth. He says he hasn't used it in three months. (Last time I can remember was Patty Manterola, which was more than three months ago - or maybe it was with Christina Rivapalacios, but that was more than three months ago too.) Alicia complains about the smell and asks why. He says you never know who you might run into. She tells him to give up on his delusions - he's only dropping her off at her place.
In the parking garage, Saimon and Celso try to get Alicia to put on the helmet. (She is already wearing the yellow safety coat.) She says the helmet will ruin her "look." (Sanson, Celso's dog, sniffs her playfully.) Saimon says that's too bad, because it's the law - he can't take her if she won't put it on. (The dog starts snapping at the helmet in her hand, and it doesn't look so playful to me.) Saimon says the cops will easily notice her bleached hair and pull them over. Alicia protests that her hair color is natural. And perhaps it is, because if a nouveau-pobre like Alicia couldn't afford to go to the salon, her hair would either be showing some serious roots by now, or else some serious damage, because it is not so easy to keep up the maintenance on very long bleached hair all by yourself.
But I'm joking, of course. There's no way it's natural. I just think it's funny that her hair isn't a mess yet.
She also says the helmet stinks. Saimon babbles some more while Alicia coughs in disgust. Just then, Ariel steps outside, complaining to someone on the phone how things didn't work out the way he wanted them to.
Alicia is shoving the helmet at Celso, trying to get him to smell it and saying "gross" when she notices Ariel. Suddenly, she is all about the helmet. "He can't see me like this," she says. She puts it on and tells Saimon to go. She gets on the bike (the dog keeps snapping at her bag) and is desperate to leave. She nearly chokes Saimon in a death-grip. She won't put her hands where she's supposed to, and Saimon is babbling a lot about nothing and honking the horn while she continues to adjust her grip on him. She warns Saimon and Celso that no one must know about this! Flustered, Saimon yells very loudly that his word is like gold.
Finally Saimon and Alicia speed away on his wicked cool Vespa. Ariel ends his phone call just in time to hear Alicia's screams of outrage. He also recognizes her legs. He gloats, "ah, how to forget those legs, Alicia Ferreira."
In Acapulco
Aldo is talking to himself on his sofa, swooning over Lety. "What am I going to do with you, Leticia?" He chuckles to himself.
And... that's it for Aldo tonight.
There were only two Aldo scenes in this episode. I wonder if (as I started to say before) they're contractually obligated to give Juan Soler two scenes per episode. If so, it'd be nice if something would happen during those scenes... on second thought... perhaps not. ;-D
At Marcia's place
Fern and Marcia get to Marcia's place. He is still telling her that he doesn't in any way want to see Lety. Marcia is skeptical and is particularly worried that their need for Lety's cooperation will be a new chance for him to be with Lety again. Fern says no, she should know better than everyone just how finished that relationship is. He doesn't want any of that. He wants to forget it all - with Marcia's help.
Little does Marcia know that in an ironic twist of fate, she's become the rebound girlfriend!
Next week
Humberto makes Lety an offer she can't refuse.
Aldo proclaims his love from a variety of conveyances.
He wanders around without a shirt and decides to make a surprise visit to the city.
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Julie--thanks for the great recap. As always, your sense of humor is appreciated :-) I love your editorials, but I didn't get your 'lame' joke. So now I'm curious, so please explain.
Also thanks for clearing up some of the business dialogue. It can get a little difficult for us Spanish newbies to sort out. I finally think I have a grasp on this whole FI/Conceptos thing. Again, thanks to you.
I, too, think the scene between Luigi and Alicia was mostly ad-libbed. I read some where that Sergio Mayer (Luigi) said his scenes with Paty Navidad (Alicia) are a riot to film, IMOW, and I think it definitely shows. Even though these two are not the most likeable characters, I can't help it, I do like them. Ariel is the only one on this show I absolutely cannot stand, everyone else has some redeeming qualities (you might have to really search for them, but they are there).
Vacation fling= someone you mess around with just because you are away from home because the sun, sea, and sand require romance. You come home, and the fling ends. That's something both of you know --that's all it was and ever will be, a fling, nothing more. So I think that's where Lety is at......she'll never see him again, as he happily remains in Acapulco. BUT NO, now Aldo is going to come to MC to track her down. Obviously he hasn't kept up on the vacation fling rules. Someone send him the handbook, before he makes things worse for our Lety and Fer.
Also, if Juan Soler has a contract stipulating two scenes per episode, they should stick to that and not give him anymore. Just my humble opinion, as I am starting to like Aldo less and less each episode (and I didn't like him all that much in the first place).
Also thanks for clearing up some of the business dialogue. It can get a little difficult for us Spanish newbies to sort out. I finally think I have a grasp on this whole FI/Conceptos thing. Again, thanks to you.
I, too, think the scene between Luigi and Alicia was mostly ad-libbed. I read some where that Sergio Mayer (Luigi) said his scenes with Paty Navidad (Alicia) are a riot to film, IMOW, and I think it definitely shows. Even though these two are not the most likeable characters, I can't help it, I do like them. Ariel is the only one on this show I absolutely cannot stand, everyone else has some redeeming qualities (you might have to really search for them, but they are there).
Vacation fling= someone you mess around with just because you are away from home because the sun, sea, and sand require romance. You come home, and the fling ends. That's something both of you know --that's all it was and ever will be, a fling, nothing more. So I think that's where Lety is at......she'll never see him again, as he happily remains in Acapulco. BUT NO, now Aldo is going to come to MC to track her down. Obviously he hasn't kept up on the vacation fling rules. Someone send him the handbook, before he makes things worse for our Lety and Fer.
Also, if Juan Soler has a contract stipulating two scenes per episode, they should stick to that and not give him anymore. Just my humble opinion, as I am starting to like Aldo less and less each episode (and I didn't like him all that much in the first place).
I cant understand how Fer can go from one woman to another in a few short weeks. He does not want to be alone? he needs a woman at his side at all times? Also, he already broke lety's heart and acknowledges he did it; yet he is deliberately doing it to Marcia now. He knows she doesn't have a chance with him; yet he leads her on. Also food for thought. It appears that fern and lety are together in the end, due to the way soaps go; wouldn't it be nice if it finishes with them doing that water scene (ie. kissing and bobbling up and down in the water). I enjoyed watching that scene each evening at the end of the show. Any thoughts. Ret
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: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:38:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:38:00 PM EST
Great recap for a basically useless episode. I found myself mentally scoring the players after the show.
Let's see everyone at the meeting gets one point for however grudgingly agreeing to talk to Lety. Everyone except Humb loses their point for their whining excuses why they can't talk to the girl/woman/Lety. Humb gets 3 points for his curtesy and agreeing to take on the job. Useless Omar gets a point for keeping his trap shut and not ragging on Fern about Lety.
Meeting over so Alicia gets one point for having the guts to get on the moto with that minuscule skirt.
Fern loses one point for agreeing to go to Marcia's place but gains 2 points for swooning over the picture of Lety and whispering her name. Fern arrives with Marica at her place and immediately loses two points for saying there is no chance he would go back to Lety and then loses 5 big points for the idiotic suggestion that she help him get over her. For her part Marcia loses 10 points for being such an idiot that she would even think of it, not heave his stuff in the hall and tell him to get lost.
Back at the Padilla/Solis place Lety gets 2 points for taking the bull by the horns and confronting her mother about the diary. Julieta gets point just for being a caring mom. Lety loses her points for lying to her mother about not wanting to see Fern but gets one back because her face tells us she does.
Let's see everyone at the meeting gets one point for however grudgingly agreeing to talk to Lety. Everyone except Humb loses their point for their whining excuses why they can't talk to the girl/woman/Lety. Humb gets 3 points for his curtesy and agreeing to take on the job. Useless Omar gets a point for keeping his trap shut and not ragging on Fern about Lety.
Meeting over so Alicia gets one point for having the guts to get on the moto with that minuscule skirt.
Fern loses one point for agreeing to go to Marcia's place but gains 2 points for swooning over the picture of Lety and whispering her name. Fern arrives with Marica at her place and immediately loses two points for saying there is no chance he would go back to Lety and then loses 5 big points for the idiotic suggestion that she help him get over her. For her part Marcia loses 10 points for being such an idiot that she would even think of it, not heave his stuff in the hall and tell him to get lost.
Back at the Padilla/Solis place Lety gets 2 points for taking the bull by the horns and confronting her mother about the diary. Julieta gets point just for being a caring mom. Lety loses her points for lying to her mother about not wanting to see Fern but gets one back because her face tells us she does.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:44:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:44:00 PM EST
Ret,
I'm a writer and if I were scripting this one when all the angst is over I would have Fern and Lety seperately decide to go the spa and go through the cleansing rituals, while continually missing each other and finally end up in the pool together. I just think that would be so romantic and right for them and then we could cut to the obligatory big wedding, families getting along, Aldo, Tomas, Omar, Caro, Alicia etal with the loves of their lives.
I'm a writer and if I were scripting this one when all the angst is over I would have Fern and Lety seperately decide to go the spa and go through the cleansing rituals, while continually missing each other and finally end up in the pool together. I just think that would be so romantic and right for them and then we could cut to the obligatory big wedding, families getting along, Aldo, Tomas, Omar, Caro, Alicia etal with the loves of their lives.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:48:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 3:48:00 PM EST
I totally agree, it was a totally useless episode. I am getting a little anxious with LFMB. I stopped watching a novela on another channel to get more into LFMB, but I want things to speed along a little bit. Maybe I am spoiled because I saw original version (Betty La Fea) but I am just counting the days until the new Lety appears and everyone's jaws drop.
I don't necessarily think that Fern is jumping from one woman to another so much as he simply can not face himself and what he has done. It is easier for him to hang with Marcia because she isn't likely to get on him too hard for fear of losing him. If he goes back to his own apartment he'll remember being content and happy when Lety was with him and how he has to all intents and purposes thrown away something he thought beautiful. He hasn't learned to face himself yet, which Psycic Guy told him he must.
On the other hand he might be one of those men who think all cats are grey in the dark. :-(
On the other hand he might be one of those men who think all cats are grey in the dark. :-(
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 4:25:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 4:25:00 PM EST
The joke: in Dungeons & Dragons, you have to create a character to play with. Each character has six ability scores which measure how well the character will perform different tasks. The six abilities are strength, intelligence, wisdom, dexterity, constitution, and charisma. When Lety was talking about Aldo's strength, intelligence, and wisdom (or whatever they were), my mind added "dexterity, constitution, and charisma."
See, it's the kind of joke that isn't funny unless you aready get it. And even then, not so funny. :)
See, it's the kind of joke that isn't funny unless you aready get it. And even then, not so funny. :)
To the writer. That sounds excelent. Actually I had thought that they both might go back to the spa just to reminince about their lovely weekend together and suddenly see that both had the same idea at the same time. Regarding an answer to my question on why Fernando jumps from woman to woman, I guess your right. He can't face his misery and being alone only makes it worse. I just get so scared when I see him with Marcia. Even though I have seen short clips in You Tube of future episodes, which are promising, I worry anyway that him being with Marcia is only enforcing Lety's belief that he loves marcia He was with her before lety left and he is with her when lety returns.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:07:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:07:00 PM EST
to the writer
How does alicia and aldo, Marcia and Omar sound. Alicia wants someone with money and Marcia cried to Omar the entire time they were in Germany?. However, your idea on the Spa for Fern and Lety was definitely romantic. I saw a romantic part on the You tube where he is getting in his car and she calls his name. Thats all i will say, in case others don't look at the you tube. But the kiss was just soooo romantic I click on it all the time ROTF Ret
How does alicia and aldo, Marcia and Omar sound. Alicia wants someone with money and Marcia cried to Omar the entire time they were in Germany?. However, your idea on the Spa for Fern and Lety was definitely romantic. I saw a romantic part on the You tube where he is getting in his car and she calls his name. Thats all i will say, in case others don't look at the you tube. But the kiss was just soooo romantic I click on it all the time ROTF Ret
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:12:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:12:00 PM EST
The business dialog - it is very difficult, and I confess that I had to do some guessing based on what I know about finance and general principles of bankruptcy (not much, but enough).
As for the score-keeping - ah, I can't bring myself to do math while watching a novela. But I was really pleased with Lety's attitude, even if it's probably going to evaporate the moment she gets back into the real world. And I was even more pleased with Julieta's supportiveness, although that wasn't a surprise. She didn't dwell on Lety's mistakes with "what a fool you are" or "what a bad thing you did." Instead, she wanted to help Lety move on.
I really did think that Humberto was the only intelligent shareholder in the boardroom last night, but that's not exactly unusual for that group, is it? He was the only person whose approach was more pragmatic than emotional. (Well, there was Omar, but I think he was just trying to keep his job.)
Now I am sorta' wondering why the other two lawyers were even there. They did not contribute anything to the discussion. I assume they were getting paid handsomely for their time, and Conceptos is on a tight budget these days...
Ariel was a complete ass as usual, but you expect that from him. However, for Teresita to excuse Ariel's outburst as "just expressing his wishes" rather than defend Fern just once - not just decline to insult him, but actually stand up for him - I thought was hideous. Like that damn hairdo.
Alicia continues to be an idiot, but she is a total riot. And I was glad to see the Yazmin/El Cheque/Lola plot finally inching forward again. I can't figure out exactly where it's going, but I didn't like how it just got abandoned for a while. I'd like to see some teeth-gnashing on Yazmin's part soon.
As for the score-keeping - ah, I can't bring myself to do math while watching a novela. But I was really pleased with Lety's attitude, even if it's probably going to evaporate the moment she gets back into the real world. And I was even more pleased with Julieta's supportiveness, although that wasn't a surprise. She didn't dwell on Lety's mistakes with "what a fool you are" or "what a bad thing you did." Instead, she wanted to help Lety move on.
I really did think that Humberto was the only intelligent shareholder in the boardroom last night, but that's not exactly unusual for that group, is it? He was the only person whose approach was more pragmatic than emotional. (Well, there was Omar, but I think he was just trying to keep his job.)
Now I am sorta' wondering why the other two lawyers were even there. They did not contribute anything to the discussion. I assume they were getting paid handsomely for their time, and Conceptos is on a tight budget these days...
Ariel was a complete ass as usual, but you expect that from him. However, for Teresita to excuse Ariel's outburst as "just expressing his wishes" rather than defend Fern just once - not just decline to insult him, but actually stand up for him - I thought was hideous. Like that damn hairdo.
Alicia continues to be an idiot, but she is a total riot. And I was glad to see the Yazmin/El Cheque/Lola plot finally inching forward again. I can't figure out exactly where it's going, but I didn't like how it just got abandoned for a while. I'd like to see some teeth-gnashing on Yazmin's part soon.
Thanks Julie! Ugh, I was bummed to see Yasblech again. Oh and for Melinama, notice the donning of the yellow raincoat on Alicia so she could "sit" on the motorbike in her skirt! He He!!!
It was a useless episode. If it continues, I will stop watching it.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 8:46:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 8:46:00 PM EST
I agree on some of the shows appearing useless, like so much time spent on aldo and lety on the beach. It gets unnerving. I wait all day to see the one hour show and it is taken up with nonsence. I thought we would get the final this month and I was living for this, only to find out that it is Mexicos La Fea that ends this week and we are three months behind, which means we have until at least may. That is a long time, when you watch this day by day.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 9:27:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 9:27:00 PM EST
La Vale's health
When Lety cut her hand by breaking the glass around fern's photograph—Did Angelica really cut her hand?--- It is possible that Angelica (not lety) cut her hand before the filming so they added it to the move but I read that Angelica received a hand injury while filming ‘la Fea’.
When Lety cut her hand by breaking the glass around fern's photograph—Did Angelica really cut her hand?--- It is possible that Angelica (not lety) cut her hand before the filming so they added it to the move but I read that Angelica received a hand injury while filming ‘la Fea’.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 10:07:00 PM EST
: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 10:07:00 PM EST
Yes, Angelica really did cut her hand. I discussed it on one of the Wed nights in Dec or Nov...if you want to take a look. I'm supposed to post a translation of her interview regarding same, but I haven't finished it yet. I'll try to do it soon and post for you.
Oh and when Saimon was giving his word to Alicia, I thought he said that the word "of Simon Jose vale de oro," that is, "has the value of gold." Isn't Gold Bond some kind of itch medicine? That's a chuckler for sure!!
Oh and when Saimon was giving his word to Alicia, I thought he said that the word "of Simon Jose vale de oro," that is, "has the value of gold." Isn't Gold Bond some kind of itch medicine? That's a chuckler for sure!!
Julie, this was a delightful recap, as always! Thanks so much! Thanks for the business explanation as that one eluded me totally (due to my lack of knowledge about such stuff). Your editorials are fabulous, as someone else noted.
I grow more and more weary of Teresita and her petty whining, her materialism, elitism, and non-support of her only child. Is it any wonder Ariel is like he is? He learned it all from his adoptive mother. He's just refined it to perfection.
Alicia is annoying but hilarious. The cuartel isn't the least bit phased and that interaction is really nifty, too. (Well, they aren't as long as they're glued together. When Martha ended up alone with Al, Martha really looked nervous).
Aldo has to appear at least once in a while to remind us that Lety has two potential beaus. Pretty darn good for a fea! Someone predicted she'd be painting a seascape; good call, that.
I can't imagine having the conversation with my mother. Nope, couldn't happen. Mom would be looking so disappointed and upset I couldn't look her in the eye....for the rest of my life......
A thought on Fern trying to close his computer--if he's not a Mac user, and he uses the alt-whatever keys, he might not have the Shut Down routine right. (I'm a mac user, and I always get confused on PCs these days. I haven't used one since 1995).
Maybe the writers are filling with useless episodes to get us used to the emotionally-new Lety. She showing more maturity, strength, and not giggling quite so often. She is even standing up straighter. It's more believable if we see it more than once???
Jeanne
I grow more and more weary of Teresita and her petty whining, her materialism, elitism, and non-support of her only child. Is it any wonder Ariel is like he is? He learned it all from his adoptive mother. He's just refined it to perfection.
Alicia is annoying but hilarious. The cuartel isn't the least bit phased and that interaction is really nifty, too. (Well, they aren't as long as they're glued together. When Martha ended up alone with Al, Martha really looked nervous).
Aldo has to appear at least once in a while to remind us that Lety has two potential beaus. Pretty darn good for a fea! Someone predicted she'd be painting a seascape; good call, that.
I can't imagine having the conversation with my mother. Nope, couldn't happen. Mom would be looking so disappointed and upset I couldn't look her in the eye....for the rest of my life......
A thought on Fern trying to close his computer--if he's not a Mac user, and he uses the alt-whatever keys, he might not have the Shut Down routine right. (I'm a mac user, and I always get confused on PCs these days. I haven't used one since 1995).
Maybe the writers are filling with useless episodes to get us used to the emotionally-new Lety. She showing more maturity, strength, and not giggling quite so often. She is even standing up straighter. It's more believable if we see it more than once???
Jeanne
It's amazing how a trip to Acapulco can totally transform Lety.She leaves Mexico City so in love with Fernando,then miraculously meets up with a man hanging around on the beach with more insight and wisdom than Dr. Phil/Dr. Laura,and the articulation of Ernest Hemingway all in one human body..On top of that, he's wearing a dog collar and frayed jeans.
After a few days of therapy sessions that have given her sooooo much enlightment from the "Man of the Sea",she return to Mexico City out of love with Fernando with stars in her eyes caressing a seashell and mooning over Aldo..If only finding love was that easy,there would be far fewer single people looking for love.
Will there be a new president of Conceptos with the new transformation of our Lety? Mo
After a few days of therapy sessions that have given her sooooo much enlightment from the "Man of the Sea",she return to Mexico City out of love with Fernando with stars in her eyes caressing a seashell and mooning over Aldo..If only finding love was that easy,there would be far fewer single people looking for love.
Will there be a new president of Conceptos with the new transformation of our Lety? Mo
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 8:53:00 AM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 8:53:00 AM EST
Someone mentioned Marcia with Fernando in the end..I think you're right.Lety will continue to punish Fernando,as this it seems has become her mission in this story using whatever means, including the man with the bleached teeth,ironed on hair,who appears to have more insight to people than sand in the Gulf of Mexico.Better known as Aldo..
Lety and Aldo belong together.I wanted it to be Fern & Lety,but not now..It's becoming so ridiculous with the ongoing saga of now into a year of the show we love,but it's gone on way too long.The show has been stretched so stupidly,it makes my hair hurt.Maureen
Lety and Aldo belong together.I wanted it to be Fern & Lety,but not now..It's becoming so ridiculous with the ongoing saga of now into a year of the show we love,but it's gone on way too long.The show has been stretched so stupidly,it makes my hair hurt.Maureen
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 9:13:00 AM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 9:13:00 AM EST
Lety seems to have grown as a person, becoming more confident and self-assured. How about her skills as a painter? It is amazing how she can quickly paint a beach scene on the wall next to her bed. What's missing is the chair she sat on while she was with the psychic on the beach. Isn't that when she received the courage to return to Mexico?
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 9:51:00 AM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 9:51:00 AM EST
The pace of these episodes are driving me crazy as well. I feel like I am watching 24.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 10:39:00 AM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 10:39:00 AM EST
I would say no mas to Lety & Aldo,but since he's a filler or maybe not, he'll not be too far behind to Mexico City passing out his famous wisdom and chasing after Lety. Way too much of viewing time spent on these two. .What about the cheating soon to be ex-husband of Lola(or is it Lola)? Let's see what's going on there..Does she take him back for the kids or does he ride of into the sunset with that harpy Jasmin (the one that tried to be a model and Ligui fired her).? Just a thought to move this story along to conclusion..
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM EST
Although most people thought Friday's show was boring, I loved the fact that it was almost "Aldo free," except for the last couple of minutes. It was also good to see Lety at home, away from Mr. Chiclet Teeth. Unfortunately it does not take PG to see that we are going to be subjected to alot more of Aldo. I still hold out hope for L & f, since they still appear together in the closing credits. One other thought. She does seems to have matured and grown as an adult, but when she was around Aldo, she still had that same baby laugh and all her other annoying mannerisms. Mind you, I thought they were really cute when she was with Fern. Needless to say I can not tolerate A.
Question: How long was Lety actually in Acapulco?
Thank you re-cappers for the wonderful job you do.
Question: How long was Lety actually in Acapulco?
Thank you re-cappers for the wonderful job you do.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 12:13:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 12:13:00 PM EST
To anonymous who commented that she thinks it will be lety and aldo. I don't think the church guy would be spending his time talking to them, if lety was going to go to another person. What purpose would he have fulfilled, plus if you look at the you tube videos of mexico's "la fea, who are three months ahead of us, lety just goes through a period of confusion as to what she wants. In the end, it appears all is well. Plus the synopsis of La Fea says that Lety goes on to become more self confident in herself and fernando has to grow also, in order to be worthy of her. What I see is: The only love she ever had was Fernando. Fernando never loved anyone. He was a "mujeriego". He loved lety and she was always there waiting for him, crying for him, etc. Now she straightens herself out. She has choices and now wonders "do i love him or not". Meanwhile, Fernando finds out that she has choices, he is more jealous and now he fights for her. Now he sits and waits to see her and he sits and cries, like she did for him. In the end I think they get together and it is because they really love each other and they have both grown and they appreciate each other more, because both had other options. It is a more secure and appreciative love (ie. She picked me to spend the rest of her life with. What are your thoughts.
Ret
Ret
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:07:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:07:00 PM EST
Lety and Fern both have more growing to do, but they both have a good start. Aldo is finding he can care again; Lety is his rebound girlfriend, too. That doesn't mean they will end up together but it does mean they may end up very good friends. I see Aldo with Caro eventually, I think.
One puzzler for me is what on earth Jasmin can find attractive in El Cheque? It's clearer what he might find attractive in her, but as the story goes on it seems he's not going to get as much out of his divorce as she would like, so why is she hanging out? I must have missed something.
Jeanne
One puzzler for me is what on earth Jasmin can find attractive in El Cheque? It's clearer what he might find attractive in her, but as the story goes on it seems he's not going to get as much out of his divorce as she would like, so why is she hanging out? I must have missed something.
Jeanne
Lety and Fern both have more growing to do, but they both have a good start. Aldo is finding he can care again; Lety is his rebound girlfriend, too. That doesn't mean they will end up together but it does mean they may end up very good friends. I see Aldo with Caro eventually, I think.
One puzzler for me is what on earth Jasmin can find attractive in El Cheque? It's clearer what he might find attractive in her, but as the story goes on it seems he's not going to get as much out of his divorce as she would like, so why is she hanging out? I must have missed something.
Jeanne
One puzzler for me is what on earth Jasmin can find attractive in El Cheque? It's clearer what he might find attractive in her, but as the story goes on it seems he's not going to get as much out of his divorce as she would like, so why is she hanging out? I must have missed something.
Jeanne
Sorry about the double post and I'm not sure how to remove the second one. I don't know how that happened.
:-(
Jeanne
:-(
Jeanne
No way will Caro end up with Aldo. There are, unfortunately more new people to come and I suspect that one will be destined for Aldo. The cast list on Telenovela World has a fairly well known chica on the list and my feeling is that she will be part of a threeway triangle with Lety either for Fern or more likely for Aldo.
I just wish they would move things a little faster but much of the dragging may be more to the fact of Angelica's health problems. She was hospitalized twice for exhaustion and that hand injurgy didn't help and now with the typhoid on top of it all. She is a real trooper.
Cassie
I just wish they would move things a little faster but much of the dragging may be more to the fact of Angelica's health problems. She was hospitalized twice for exhaustion and that hand injurgy didn't help and now with the typhoid on top of it all. She is a real trooper.
Cassie
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:51:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:51:00 PM EST
Julie,
I didn't score keep during the show on Friday but couldn't get to sleep and so amused myself by running the show over in my head and came up with the scores for heck of it.
I believe Lety was in Acapulco for 4 or 5 days tops.
As for Humb being the only board memeber who knows anything about business I have to agree. Conceptos has to be the worse run business in the world. I know they are like an ad agency so the lack of professional behavior and clothing goes with the territory but the cartel and Omar never seem to be doing a lick of work. My company would have fired them all.
I didn't score keep during the show on Friday but couldn't get to sleep and so amused myself by running the show over in my head and came up with the scores for heck of it.
I believe Lety was in Acapulco for 4 or 5 days tops.
As for Humb being the only board memeber who knows anything about business I have to agree. Conceptos has to be the worse run business in the world. I know they are like an ad agency so the lack of professional behavior and clothing goes with the territory but the cartel and Omar never seem to be doing a lick of work. My company would have fired them all.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:57:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 3:57:00 PM EST
My dream for the Monday show is Humb talking to Lety and making her come back as the new president of Conceptos. Then we can have the obligatory board meeting where he makes the announcement making Marcia, Helmet head and Ariel impactado and forcing them to keep their mouths shut while a made over Lety walks in and has the same effect on Fern and Omar the Twit. Won't happen of course since the make over process will have to drag out for DAYS if the past is any indicator.
Dragging or not I still find this the only novela worth watching at the moment including Duelo which is off the walls, Mundo which has a death count of unbelievable proportions and Acorralada in the afternoon which is littered with a cast of the finest hunks in Venezuela (ok so I'm shallow).
Janet
Dragging or not I still find this the only novela worth watching at the moment including Duelo which is off the walls, Mundo which has a death count of unbelievable proportions and Acorralada in the afternoon which is littered with a cast of the finest hunks in Venezuela (ok so I'm shallow).
Janet
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 4:05:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 4:05:00 PM EST
What!! typhoid Fever?? If it is that. How did she get it??? In regards to Caro and Aldo. I think they wind up together. That was a good point that Lety taught Aldo that he can care again. Maybe that is why they are together for a short time. They helped each other with their hurts. Their relationship would not have worked anyway. He looks at her as something he has to take care of and protect and to be a guide and show her the world as if she was a child, instead of seeing her as an equal and have a mature love. Fernando loves lety for lety and he doesn't have to shower her with horses, bands, Yachts (however it is spelled rotf).
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 4:06:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 4:06:00 PM EST
I read an article that said she had typhoid. As to how she got it it didn't say. However, the last time I was in Acapulco I can tell you that the bay and a lot of the ocean were filthy. I wouldn't want to go into that water and since they did film there, around three different hurricanes which would have made things worse, it wouldn't be too hard to pick up typhoid which I think is caused by polluted water.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 5:42:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 5:42:00 PM EST
I would appreciate if people would stop making references to youtube videos that show future episodes. That spoils it for me. If you have seen videos from mexico version, don't give anything at all away! PLEASE. Thank you.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM EST
I liked your D&D joke...*giggle snort*
Tania
Tania
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 7:38:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 7:38:00 PM EST
Janet, I like your theoretic Monday scenario! Wouldn't that just frost Teresita, Marcia and Ariel!
Jeanne
Jeanne
I was under the impression that she was gone a month. That was the length of time caro had for the beauty pageant. That would be a shocker if lety was given the Conceptos. Everyone's teeth would fall out. I figure she gets to hold onto the other business she and tomas were handling, for a while. Something was said on the show friday to that effect.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 8:16:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 8:16:00 PM EST
Julie--
Thanks for explaining the your joke.....flash back to my teen years w/ my brothers and all their friends amassed in our basement, fighting out their D&D battles.
Just watched ET the other day w/ my nieces, so that explains the "zero charisma" insult in better detail. See all the things we learn on this blog. It is so educational, hence I can justify visiting the site while at work. ;-)
Thanks for explaining the your joke.....flash back to my teen years w/ my brothers and all their friends amassed in our basement, fighting out their D&D battles.
Just watched ET the other day w/ my nieces, so that explains the "zero charisma" insult in better detail. See all the things we learn on this blog. It is so educational, hence I can justify visiting the site while at work. ;-)
"If only there was some kind of communication device...". Oh, Lordy, you're cracking me up, Julie!
This a completely weird observation, but when Ariel said he just wants to sell and split the profits, it made me think of the Bible story of Solomon and the two women who were fighting over a baby, each claiming it as their own. Actually, Solomon's solution for sussing out the real mother was fairly disturbing, especially to an 8 year old, but, using Decie Girl's system, everyone but Ariel got a least a point because they wanted to try and save the company.
This a completely weird observation, but when Ariel said he just wants to sell and split the profits, it made me think of the Bible story of Solomon and the two women who were fighting over a baby, each claiming it as their own. Actually, Solomon's solution for sussing out the real mother was fairly disturbing, especially to an 8 year old, but, using Decie Girl's system, everyone but Ariel got a least a point because they wanted to try and save the company.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 10:47:00 PM EST
: Sunday, January 21, 2007 at 10:47:00 PM EST
Hey I'm with the person that asks for no references to you tube videos and the future etc. They ruin it for me too. I don't want to know who's coming or even that people are coming. Even if I don't know who they are. I know it's really hard to not want to talk about those things especially when Mexico is sooooooo far ahead of us, but please, let the rest of us be surprised, OK? Thanks!!!
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:29:00 AM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:29:00 AM EST
Re: You tubes: Very sooorrry about that. I am english. I have a spanish tutor. I wait for the translations here. I get so upset when I see lety with someone else that I lose sleep over it. I found the you tube by accident and I get obsessed with wanting to know what the outcome will be. For me, it would not be upsetting to know in advance. I would still be interested; but not knowing has been awful for me. If it werent for aldo coming into the pic, i may have been able to watch the soap day by day. when my kids were young, I watched General hospital an american soap and I had difficulty with it. I swore that never again would i get involved with soaps. Then i started learning spanish and thought that by watching a spanish soap (where they ususally speak slower), I would learn. In so doing, I am now a nut case. Please forgive me.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 8:09:00 AM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 8:09:00 AM EST
I understand, Anonymous 8:09. My kids are aghast that after I've read about a chapter of a suspenseful book, I ALWAYS turn to the end and read it to see how it'll turn out. And while I was watching the first season of "Lost" I demanded that my son tell me what was happening later.
But MANY PEOPLE on this blog hate to have their surprises wrecked and that's why I posted a big yellow NO SPOILERS notice on the top of the sidebar on the left!!!
But MANY PEOPLE on this blog hate to have their surprises wrecked and that's why I posted a big yellow NO SPOILERS notice on the top of the sidebar on the left!!!
Melinama--I thought I was the only person in the world who flips to the end of a novel, reads it, then proceeds to read from the front. My husband thinks it's ADD or just plain eccentric.
Jeanne
Jeanne
Jeanne,
I never could go to the end of a book to see how it ends but sometimes if a book is dragging I might flip through a couple of pages and see if there is progress. I am studiously avoiding YouTube and have kept silent about what I accidentally read on the Mexican discussion board at Teleanovela World when I had been looking for the US version. I will admit I am looking forward to what I saw but will not even hint.
I can only hope that the show follows the usual ending and doesn't pair up the wrong people.
I never could go to the end of a book to see how it ends but sometimes if a book is dragging I might flip through a couple of pages and see if there is progress. I am studiously avoiding YouTube and have kept silent about what I accidentally read on the Mexican discussion board at Teleanovela World when I had been looking for the US version. I will admit I am looking forward to what I saw but will not even hint.
I can only hope that the show follows the usual ending and doesn't pair up the wrong people.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 11:55:00 AM EST
To: Schoolmarm and Melinama
I've always tried to learn the endings of soaps, "when" it did not appear to be going the way I hoped. Like in this case. In america the homely woman gets the prince in the end, with struggles in between, which make the ending more romantic and intense. In the case of Lety, it can go either way, fernando or aldo. If we go by past novels and movies, Fernando wins; however, this suspense inbetween is so intense. I can't believe I am behaving like this. This program is on my mind at work, at home, while driving, while shopping. And that Fernando, when not actiing estupido, is soooooooo guapo. I like him acting serious and in control of himself. Ret
I've always tried to learn the endings of soaps, "when" it did not appear to be going the way I hoped. Like in this case. In america the homely woman gets the prince in the end, with struggles in between, which make the ending more romantic and intense. In the case of Lety, it can go either way, fernando or aldo. If we go by past novels and movies, Fernando wins; however, this suspense inbetween is so intense. I can't believe I am behaving like this. This program is on my mind at work, at home, while driving, while shopping. And that Fernando, when not actiing estupido, is soooooooo guapo. I like him acting serious and in control of himself. Ret
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 12:00:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 12:00:00 PM EST
I hope no one was accusing me of being a spoiler,as I don't have a clue the ending of the show we love..I speculate like so many others..There are some "things", of those who observe and know the complete indepth storyline of Conceptos & Filmo Imagen we can sorta put two and two together,but none of us here in USA know anything for sure. Ending for Mexico, could be different than here USA..Maureen
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:01:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:01:00 PM EST
To Decie
I try to avoid the you tube, but i obsess. Then i see something i don't like and i need to go through a few more videos till i see something more to my liking; yet in the end i see something i don't want to see and I am worse off afterwards. Can't win. I wish i could only see the la fea and these recaps and no access to anything else. That might help ROTf
I try to avoid the you tube, but i obsess. Then i see something i don't like and i need to go through a few more videos till i see something more to my liking; yet in the end i see something i don't want to see and I am worse off afterwards. Can't win. I wish i could only see the la fea and these recaps and no access to anything else. That might help ROTf
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:55:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 1:55:00 PM EST
I'm certainly happy to know I'm not the only one who is obsessing. I find myself wide awake at night wondering what is going to happen and becoming upset when poor Fern asks like an idiot. Then again, with all due appologies to our male viewers, Fern is just a man. The unfortunate thing is that I'm guessing Lety is going to fall into the revenge trap thereby exhibitng the worst of female traits. The sad thing is that in a few months it will all be over ;-( and we'll be miserable.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 2:40:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 2:40:00 PM EST
Thanks to all you recappers and bloggers for the discussions. Due to work and family pressures, I'm going to have to take a week off from my obsession with LFMB. (Also to get over my frustration with the slow pace of action.) I'm counting on this site to reward me with the daily drama.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:09:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:09:00 PM EST
To decie. I don't think lety has it in her to be nasty nasty; however,i think she will be confused as to whom she really loves. I too lose sleep. Just as i am starting to doze, this soap comes to mind and then i am awake. The sad thing is, I watch the program, I get bits and pieces, just enough to understand the jist and then wait till am to see the recap to reinforce what I thought I got out of it. 10 hours a week on spanish music, nightly La Fea and my spanish computer program and I just can't comprehned when they speak. Just words. When it is intense I could scream. I need to know what is being said, especially when they show at the end, something saId and Fernando looks impactado or Lety gives that look and it is the end. I say, "What did they say" rotf
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:17:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:17:00 PM EST
Yes, it was confirmed in some articles that Angelica has typhoid fever (and she denied any contract postering). She probably didn't have a recent enough, if any, vaccine against it. You can get this from a type of salmonella bacteria, that is spread mostly by people preparing food but not washing hands properly after defecating. Probably she got it from something she ate. I read an article on this stuff a little while back when I needed some vaccines. Even though Mexico is not listed as a country with a serious risk, half of the cases in the US each year originate in Mexico. Obviously that's because more US people go to Mexico than other high risk nations, and probably don't get vaccinated before going, etc., but anyway, it's clearly prevalent enough there. Bummer, that's got to suck for her!
I think she is a total pro and never did much more than ask for additional money when the show was extended. That would seem perfectly reasonable to me. Considering that her parents are in the business, her mother is a total professional I would find it hard to believe that Angelica Maria's daughter would be anything else.
I certainly hope she is feeling better and that they wrap the thing up soon to give her the rest she deserves.
I certainly hope she is feeling better and that they wrap the thing up soon to give her the rest she deserves.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:46:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 3:46:00 PM EST
And hopefully you all don't consider this in itself a spoiler, but I read that the final episode (which hasn't happened yet) in Mexico is supposedly going to be produced live and so no one knows yet how Lety will end up until then anyway. So, I was happy to note that because it means to me that any speculation from comments is just that. So hopefully this makes you feel better too, if you don't want to know what happens - as far as I understood, no one else really knows either.
But, especially in a few weeks from now, during our 3 or so month delay in the US finale, everyone needs to be super careful if they know anything that they don't talk about any hints whatsover!!! I, for one, am going to stay away from my usual visits to the Mexican sites, because I just don't want to know until the bitter end and I'm afraid it will be plastered everywhere. I suspect it's going to be hard not to hear something, since the show is such a big deal in Mexico, but I'm going to try really hard not to find out because for me the fun is truly in the suspense and watching what happens as it unfolds on our US schedule!
But, especially in a few weeks from now, during our 3 or so month delay in the US finale, everyone needs to be super careful if they know anything that they don't talk about any hints whatsover!!! I, for one, am going to stay away from my usual visits to the Mexican sites, because I just don't want to know until the bitter end and I'm afraid it will be plastered everywhere. I suspect it's going to be hard not to hear something, since the show is such a big deal in Mexico, but I'm going to try really hard not to find out because for me the fun is truly in the suspense and watching what happens as it unfolds on our US schedule!
I'm too burned out at the moment to really obsess. When I find myself worrying about the Aldo stuff, I just remind myself that Rosy Ocampo doesn't want to cause riots in the streets, and that calms me down... for a while. :-)
As for books - after a few pages, I always, always, always look at the last few sentences on the last page. Typically, there is not enough information there to really tell me anything. Then, as I work my way through the book, those last words are in the back of my mind, and I wonder how we'll get from wherever I am in the story to those last few cryptic words. And I pretty much never figure it out. :-)
And I'm far more likely to enjoy (and remember) amusing events in the story than the actual ending, anyway. So if someone tells me "the story ends when Lety marries Ariel," (that was a fictitious example), I'll just shrug and say okay. I'm more interested in all the strange little things that lead up to that moment. Five years later, I won't even remember who Lety ended up with. But I will remember the scene where she throws a toaster into the tub while Omar's taking a bath. (That was also a fictitious example.)
As for books - after a few pages, I always, always, always look at the last few sentences on the last page. Typically, there is not enough information there to really tell me anything. Then, as I work my way through the book, those last words are in the back of my mind, and I wonder how we'll get from wherever I am in the story to those last few cryptic words. And I pretty much never figure it out. :-)
And I'm far more likely to enjoy (and remember) amusing events in the story than the actual ending, anyway. So if someone tells me "the story ends when Lety marries Ariel," (that was a fictitious example), I'll just shrug and say okay. I'm more interested in all the strange little things that lead up to that moment. Five years later, I won't even remember who Lety ended up with. But I will remember the scene where she throws a toaster into the tub while Omar's taking a bath. (That was also a fictitious example.)
A live finale?? Oh, wow, Kris! Thanks for that tidbit! How exciting!
Now, if there actually ARE riots in the streets of Mexico the next day, we'll pretty much know how it ended!
Now, if there actually ARE riots in the streets of Mexico the next day, we'll pretty much know how it ended!
Ret, I just skip forward to the ends of books. I don't look at the ends of movies, etc. and then watch the beginning. It's just novels.
;-)
Jeanne
;-)
Jeanne
Yes, but unfortunately, unless we get to the Mexican broadcast, it won't be live for us-at least I don't think so! :(
It's a catch 22 because I would love to try to watch it live to share in the excitement of the moment with everyone in Mexico, you know like a sports match, but of course that might take away suspense from the last few months of episodes on Univision. I wish we weren't so far behind. Oh well!
It's a catch 22 because I would love to try to watch it live to share in the excitement of the moment with everyone in Mexico, you know like a sports match, but of course that might take away suspense from the last few months of episodes on Univision. I wish we weren't so far behind. Oh well!
Y'know, Kris, I've wondered if part of the reason we are so far behind is that it takes so much time to get the episodes captioned, etc. for US television. Other countries don't have caption laws as strict as ours. I'd like to have it at the same time as Mexico, too.
Jeanne
Jeanne
No matter how it is dragging, I know I will be sad when it's over and go through real Fern withdrawal!
I sometimes check out what's going to happen both here and in books, but I don't look far and don't want anyone else to tell me!
Right now I'm a little tired of Lety after all the Aldo play. I'm sure I'll like her more if and when she starts to show more interest in Fern.
Carrie L.
I sometimes check out what's going to happen both here and in books, but I don't look far and don't want anyone else to tell me!
Right now I'm a little tired of Lety after all the Aldo play. I'm sure I'll like her more if and when she starts to show more interest in Fern.
Carrie L.
Permalink posted by : Monday, January 22, 2007 at 10:11:00 PM EST
: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 10:11:00 PM EST
Angelica's father is dead. He died in a Houston,TX hospital of cancer some 4 years ago..Not exactly sure on the years since he passed, but I do know he died.Mo
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