Monday, March 12, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #229 3/12/07 in which Fern reveals he needs to get more exercise and the cuartel is dazzled by a stupid music video
The second half of the episode opens with Carla and Fern on a bridge. He's on the phone, he's yelling at Carvajal, she's suggesting he put away his phone, maybe throw it in the river, he's clutching it desperately. "You're obsessed, you can't enjoy anything." "I can't put it down, I have to know what's going on with Lety." "The world won't let you live." "The world will, it's just that Lety won't." "I'll show you the world is bigger than Lety."
She continues dragging Fern around the city - he's exhausted and complains they've been the length and breadth of the whole island and he has Central Park memorized now.
At Conceptos, that godawful cuartel is hungry for more gossip about Lety and hope to snag her on her way out of the office. However as she leaves she's flanked by her mom, dad, Aldo, and Tomas; she makes a brief goodbye in passing.
Julieta tells Lety, "I'm glad you'll get away and have some diversion." "It's business, ma."
Tomas suggests if there's no time for fun, she can at least tell Aldo jokes while he drives. Erasmo insists that Aldo get her back home as soon as their business is completed. As Aldo and Lety pull away in the little red car, Omar is following behind.
Tomas is so lonely he invites himself into bed with Julieta and Erasmo and all watch ice skating on tv. They miss Lety. Julieta and Tomas review how great Aldo is, Erasmo says they barely know him and that he mistrusts any man who gets near his daughter. "You distrust even your own shadow," says Tomas as he snuggles. "You're worse than the dog," mutters Erasmo.
On the road, Aldo says he feels flattered that Erasmo, such a mistrustful man, let Lety come away. However, he suggests: "You only came with me to bother Mendiola!" She admits she was ticked at Omar trying to keep them apart. Aldo says, "what's important is: what do YOU want?" "With you, I feel calm, protected, happy."
In NYC, Carla's enjoying the beautiful park but Fern's feet hurt. When she stands a few paces away he whips out his cellphone again and howls at it because Omar doesn't answer immediately.
When Omar picks up he asks if it's cold up there. "Yes, cold, and I've walked more than ever in my life, and I haven't gotten anything from you, a photo of Lety, nothing, what are you hiding from me? No lies! Go to her house and make a video of her, or get photos, right now!"
"You're sick, obsessed." [What's patina el coco?] "Hey, I'm in LOVE, something you'll never understand in your life." Carla looks sad and tells Fern as he hangs up, "Well I know what it's like... I've been very much in love..."
They keep walking and Carla says again, "You're tired, you're dying!" Fern feebly tries to deny it. She says he can ride horsie on her. He actually gives it a try and then says he's full of energy, zero fatigue. He starts a spastic dance to prove it, "I'm fresh as lettuce." She joins the lettuce dance, then pulls him along after her and he tries a nice meditative OMMM (a la the retreat center), and finally falls on her and she twists her ankle (or maybe she twisted her thigh, since she keeps trying to get him to feel her up or massage higher and higher on her splendid gam).
There is a general call for a doctor, and ice. She leans on Fern all the way to a clinic.
At the clinic Fern apologizes ("I'm not usually clumsy with women") and then immediately calls Omar again!
Omar, who's barreling down the highway behind the little red car, says he's parked in front of Lety's house. "Carvajal, I want my video." "Unfortunately she entered the house with her parents." "Well, tape her through the window!" [Isn't this WAY creepy???]
Omar: "Or maybe you want me to sneak into her bedroom and take pictures from inside her closet?" "That's not a bad idea!"
A cop pulls Omar over for speeding ("What's HAPPENING, Carvajal?" squeaks the cellphone) and says "SAN MIGUEL REGLA is a vacation destination and we have to be careful of our children and tourists."
We hear the cellphone scream: "SAN MIGUEL REGLA!!!!?? Tell the truth, Carvajal!" "I'm following Aldo because he's with Lety."
Fern collapses babbling about the intellectually challenged DomensaEEN "with the accent on the EE" and says he has to go, he can't leave Lety alone with that idiot. He calls Mexico Airways and demands an immediate flight to San Miguel Regla. "I don't know where it is, YOU'RE supposed to know, is this Mexico Airways or Holland Airways? It's a place in Mexico!" He's babbling and tics cross his face one after another, it's like watching Robin Williams, a complete scream.
Carla is dumbstruck by his insanity and reminds him: the meeting tomorrow is very important to his company. "Maybe Lety's worth all this trouble, but she went with another guy, right? What are you going to do, beg?" "CLARO!" (of course) "CLARO ... ... ... que no." (of course not) He spouts more complaints about Aldo and Omar, his eyes rolling wildly. "Aldo is taking advantage of the situation, I can't defend myself from so far away..." Carla is so bored she's playing Tetris on her own cellphone.
Now we have the most venal, absurd product placement I have ever seen on TV. The cuartel sits down to watch, oh my god, the new Rebelde music video! And then we are forced to watch the whole dang video - intercut with shots of Irma et al dancing in their seats with looks of dazed delight. They are acting like muppets. I am so embarrassed for them that they had to do this.
On the steps at Don Lauro's place, Lety discovers he isn't there - he suddenly realized it's his wedding anniversary and he's out to celebrate, dinner with his wife. He can't sign till morning. In the car, as they sit trying to decide what to do, Aldo proposes that they, too, have a celebratory dinner - to celebrate meeting, "and rescuing me from the sea," and becoming like brother and sister, "and restoring me to life." He's delighted they've gotten this chance to be alone.
Lety's a bit nervous. "I'm not sure this is proper, is this proper?" "Are you worried by my love for you or your love for Mendiola?" "I'm struggling not to love a man who doesn't love me back - I'm trying to love you - because your love is sincere and disinterested... maybe someday I'll succeed." He says they should enjoy the moment. He kisses her hand.
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Literally translated=is your coconut skating? Means are you nuts, crazy, etc.
I don't think he hung up with Omar either before he started calling the airport.
He sooooo needs anger management classes and some therapy to reduce his need to control what he absolutely cannot control I know, I know, it's only a telenovela, but his behavior gets a little too extreme, even for a telenovela. I still love him, of course, but probably would be too scared of him to marry him. When he's being tender and loving- WOW! But should he annoyed with someone or something-WATCH OUT! Too unstable for marriage.
The video scene was stupid and absolutely pointless. What a way to get a commercial in!
Aldo is scary and obsessive toward Lety. If I were her I would back far away from him.
Omar is getting better and better. He's a good comedian and actor now that he is getting so many scenes. I thought he was cute trying to follow Lety for crazy Fern.
Carla is obnoxious and I agree, "a blinking Marica".
The writers must have been out to lunch on this episode. I don't even remember what happened in the first half so I doubt if you missed anything important Melinama!
Carrie L.
ALSO...why are these women sooooo lacking in pride, clamoring to get attention/love/caring from men who are clearly not showing interest. I don't think I know anyone like that--obsessive women, yes, but the "totally not getting it" women--no.
I can't believe someone (Anonymous 9:13) is annoyed with Lety for trying to do the right thing with Aldo (i.e. not make another big mistake) after what happened with Fern. No one denies she made mistakes before, but that doesn't mean she must now eagerly accept Aldo's advances. At least she was in love with Fern.
I think she's made herself very clear to Aldo and it really bothers me that he keeps pushing her for romance when she's not ready. I realize this doesn't look so sinister to everyone else, but to me it's very upsetting when someone takes my "no" to mean "ask me again in an hour."
Fern is acting like a lunatic but it makes me like him more. Carla has to go, I don't care where but don't like her.
The cuartel swooning made me think of the cartoons where the chickens fell to the floor at the Sinatra style rooster (or whatever it was) at the mic. I know Aldo loves that that's why he does it always.
Shameless commercial plug for RBD group (maybe they were new when that first debuted?). Bleh.
That's all my brain remembers right now.
Poor Omar - he must be kicking himself for ever telling Fern that Lety was going on the trip with Aldo. Then he lied and said she was working in her office and of course Fern told him to take a picture of her to prove it setting up the command to go to her house. And judging from the previews he will be in ever deeper doodoo when the two of them go to the same hotel room.
I loved those scene on the bridge with Fern on the phone telling Omar that he loved Lety, that he was profoundly in love with her. Karla looked sick and wiped away a tear and all I could think is here is another idiot l falling in live at first glance. I will say with all the running around they were doing it was the first time I'd heard Fern really laugh in a long time. When they fell down I also noticed how quickly he distanced himself from her. I also wondered if she was faking her leg injury - if so it didn't have the effect she obviously wanted.
Karla did seem awfully ready to give advice - of the self interest kind- like Aldo so in my mind she is now Aldoette.
Apparently Tomas now has a key to Casa Solis and freedom to roam the house at will. Very odd that he just walks into the bedroom to watch TV.
And where did Karla take him when Fern had his airport blow up? I never saw a medical clinic like that - it looked like the lobby of a business. Thank heaven she had the sense to remind him that he had an important meting to attend.I mean what did he expect to do when he got to San Miguel - get in another slap fest with Aldo? Get a grip Fern and get the job done and then go fight for Lety.
One nice touch as far as I was concerned Lety pretty much cut them dead which is what they deserved and as dumb as they are most of them caught on to the fact that she was upset with them. But yet again they think she'll eventually crack and spill what ever gossip she is hiding. And these women are how old? 14 or 40?
Janet
I felt sorry for Omar when Lety and the gang (mama,papa,Aldo,Tomas)were so chummy and she was cutting him down. Sometimes Omar seems to be the only breath of fresh air in the whole group.
Aldo or Karla?? Probably Karla, she would ignore me and focus on the male riders.
Aldo is scary with his up close hypnotic gazes and psycho-babble. I'm not really sure why but I must have known someone like him in my distant past. He gives me the creeps!
Carrie L.
I don't know what Lety can do to appease the cuartel. She already tried telling them the truth, and that wasn't good enough for them.
Yes I think Karla was faking her injury. She was looking at Fern in a very calculating way when he was looking at her leg. Then when he turned to face her she quickly closed her eyes and leaned her head against his shoulder. Fakey fake fake!!
I was so sickened by Aldo's goodbye caresses to the cuartel last night. It felt like a condescending gesture from him, and made them all look even more pathetic than they already are.
The video was terrible and the cuartel so deserved to have to sit through the whole thing. I, on the other hand, had the luxury of fast forwarding thru it. Sucks to be them, great to be me.
My first time yelling at the tv (since Alborada) was last nite during the preview of tonite when they went into the hotel together: NOOoooo.
/mab
Irma warned the cuartel that Lety could be angry with them due to their nasty behavior towards her. It appeared that she was right, because Lety certainly was a little "frosty" with her farewells. Maybe she is developing a spine and has had it with everybody's manipulations!???
I was also wondering why they had to GO to Sr. Lauro's place in San Miguel, in the first place? They don't have Fax machines or DHL???--just strange copy machines that Omar can't manage, and indispensable CELL PHONES.....right....
The only redeeming part of the show was Omar. He must have a serious man-crush on Fern to put up with this BS.
Carla, get in line honey. You can't compete with Lety and Marcia will eat you for breakfast. Bye-bye!
Love Fern, but he needs to grow up. His behavior in the meetings reflects none of the sophisticated upbringing he is suppose to have. Of course, he has always been lacking on the professional side.
Tomas in the bedroom watching ice skating with J&E. Priceless…
Omar is my favorite cause he is really harmless, he just says crap...he doesn't really mean it..he is a live in the moment kind guy...He is self-centered and shallow...things I admire in a person.
You've got me there, I enjoy rbd's music but I saw a show about them during their backstage selection of ropa/outfits from the various hangars and I wouldn't have realized the stuff was clothing except it was on a hangar and considered worthy of consideration to wear for performing on tv. It never occurred to me to wonder what it looked like on a hangar without somebody in it.
/mab
While we are on the subject of bus trips, Yazmin or Carla? Now that's a hard choice. I think I would take Yazmin although I hate them both.
Somehow it was always a thought about the past, not the future -- so -- If there was a machine here, mixed in with the public internet terminals, in the library of congress that said --"time limit is 15 minutes when others are waiting" but it didn't look different from the other terminals, and then those of us with research cards were told:
by the way - you can see bits and pieces of your own future if you sit at that one over in the corner
would I really go over, sit down, and look?????
/mab
THOUGHTS ON FER: He is so immature and has such anger management issues that he sometimes (only sometimes) looses his appeal. But when his puppy-dog eyes start tearing a little and his voice gets real calm, I'm back in a love with him in 2 seconds.
In answer to WHAT HAPPENED TO FAX MACHINES? That is the way it is in Mexico and the rest of latin america...everything has to stamped and signed with OFFICIAL this and OFFICIAL that--raised, etc. it's a cultural thing.
You are right about the "official" papers thing in Latin America. I got married in Mexico to an American citizen. We spent a whole day running around from immigration to an attorney to the judge that married us. We had rafts of paper and then the wedding license having to be signed, entered, in ink, into a huge ledger and we had to sign and enter our fingerprints. It was totally insane and when we got home both of us went to lawyers to see if the marriage was even legal. I swear the stamp and ink manufacturers of the world are making a mint in Latin America.
Omar is now stalking Lety for Fernando and I think that's scary. If I found out that a former lover had someone following me, I would never go back into a relationship with him. I don't think Fernando has recovered from losing the company and perhaps that is why he is so obsessed with Lety. He wants to win both back. He is cute but lately his behavior is bizarre. I think Carla noticed it also.
Rina
I couldn't help laughing that Omar is busily following Aldo and Lety and neither one of them noticed him especially since he had the top down on the car. Geez if you are going to play spy at least TRY to be inconspicuous because if Lety spots him there will be hell to pay some for him but mostly for Fern as he is now her favorite punching bag.
I wonder if they will have another music interlude tonight..? ;)
Where is the School Marm (Jeanne) today? Good to see you back, Barb! Thought you had given up on the site, due to all of the Aldo bashing! lol. Hey, I still maintain that a guy that COOKS can't be all bad! LOL!
Seriously, as much as I love Fernando, he is acting way BIZARRE and that has to be weird to Carla, right? I mean she just met him (and doesn't KNOW him like WE do:), so WHY would she even want to hang around an obviously disturbed guy with serious..."issues"!? That makes me wonder about HER!
moments. The close talking thing is creepy also. Did he bring the apples? Haha, Beckster. Aldo is annoying enough to be a spokesman/nag for eating right.
I love that Fern wanted to go to Lety. I am a sucker for this romance. I would not be watching a show in a language I don’t understand if it was the Aldo and Lety story I had channel surfed by months ago.
Teresa
I thought it looked like Carla and Fern were in a hotel or office lobby vs. a clinic. Were these two "Lost in NY" or did Carla knowingly lead Fern on a detoured route back to the hotel?
The "Aldoette" nickname for Carla cracked me up. There are indeed similarities here! "Alda" would be less to type though!
Carla vs. Adlo - I'd pick Carla. She seems like a sensible woman to talk with - except of course for going after a guapo guy obviously in love with someone else. Aldo would get too personal too quickly for my taste.
LAURA
Man we sure are leaving a lot of people behind on this bus trip. We've left El Cheque, Ariel, Jazmin and Alicia.
I am thinking maybe Carla I guess. Aldo is kinda creepy how he gets too close to people and I don't want to be hypnotized by his teeth and the necklace.
Also I forgot to add that I too thought the video "product placement" commercial insert was about the stupidest thing I've seen here. Ranks right up there with the product-placement commercials for the hotel in Acapulco, the cell phone service (with the "other" Alicia), the car commercials, need I go on? I guess it's a sure fire way to enhance the profits for the show in Mexico but it sets my teeth on edge...
LAURA
Carrie L.
Missed a good deal of the story did ya? Lety was no virgin..she gave it up years ago to a guy who did her on a bet. Roman and the gang set her up. Fernando beat Roman up when he found out, she told him after she & Fernando slept together.
Everyone’s comments were fun to read tonight, too. The differences of opinion are interesting based on perspective….I don’t think Aldo is possessive. I think he really cares deeply for Lety and is feeling protective because Fern used her and was such a jerk. I know when people have been mean to my beloved hubby, I have felt very protective and wanted to put them into their places. Aldo wants Lety to put Fern into his place and is frustrated because she can’t. Neither he nor Lety realizes how much Fern really does love her---and why would they? He can’t admit it openly and he keeps giving mixed messages. All that said, I still think Fern and Lety belong together.
Bus trip? Aldo, definitely. His gentle, soothing voice with all the philosophy would make for a lovely series of naps.
Tomas, in the bedroom, snuggling with the padres while they watch ice skating? Sounds spooky to me. I guess you had to be there.
Lola—Yazmin or Carla on the bus trip? I’m walking.
Jeanne
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