Thursday, March 08, 2007

Wed March 7 - Duelo - Gaspar gets some Action

Dr Z and Don Loco talk after Dr. Z’s examination of Soledad. Dr Z tells Don Loco that Soledad isn’t crazy. Don Loco pretends that he had figured that out some time ago. He starts in on all of Soledad’s other lies, the corporal etc. Dr. Z explains that Soledad asked him to not tell Loco and to help keep up the charade. Dr. Z, all of a sudden all full of self importance, tells Loco he feels like this isn’t correct to do. Don Loco tells him he still wants a certificate of craziness. Dr. Z hesitates and Loco comes in for the kill. He starts to goad Dr. Z on his past mistake; a young man killed himself because of a mistake by Dr. Z. Don Loco tortures Dr Z with the details of his mistake. He taunts that Z’s attorney saved him from jail. He doesn’t have anymore professional ethics. Dr Z takes Locos words hard. He rants about his mistake and what he should have done. Don Loco rolls his eyes as he listens. He offers Dr. Z a stack of cash for the fake certificate. Don Loco runs this thumb through the money telling Z that he must be needing money after years of not working. Dr Z looks at the cash.
Angel and Nurse Suzy chat. He whines about how Alina deceived him, the worst deception of his life. Suzy asks Angel questions, offering a comforting ear. Angel admits that its time to give up on Alina. He cant save her. Boo Hoo.

Emilio is at the army work site not really paying attention. He talks to himself about Alina.

Elias is at home nervously pacing his floor. The phone rings and he answers expecting Blanca. Its not, it’s a neighbor. He asks if the neighbor has seen her. No. He runs off talking to himself about where could she be.

Nora in the RED dress stands by the river arguing with Sergio. He pushes her into the water and rides off. As Sylvia noted, poor Nora just doesn’t fill out that dress like Thelma did. Even wet. Nora gets out of the water and walks off cursing Sergio.

Luba smokes in her rocking chair talking to herself that Nora wont come. She worries that Gaspar will never find a woman that loves him. Is she high? Gaspar meanwhile looks like an angel sitting in a corner of the cave.

Alina cries to Coral about her heart necklace that Thelma was wearing. She cries that she saw it on Thelma. Worse yet that Emilio told Thelma the same words that he told her when he gave it to her! Boo Hoo. Coral quickly figures out that this hasn’t happened like Alina is saying. She questions Alina if she is sure that Emilio said these things. Ahhh you think? Alina talks in a baby voice about these injustices. Coral goes on to say that Emilio doesn’t even like one bit of that woman. Coral is sure Thelma lied! Alina is slow to take this in. Coral continues that Thelma must of stolen the necklace or something…. Alina, not crying now, whines a last time about how much Emilio has hurt her. She doesn’t want to see him again.

Emilio goes to visit Angel and finds him wheezing for air on his bed. Angel tells him that he doesn’t want to take his medicine. He is upset about Alina. Why would she want to be in that place! Emilio answers that Alina wants to be there. The men act clueless about why Alina would prefer to be there than with them. Emilio goes to find the doctor so they can give more or better medicine to Angel. Angel, in a coughing fit, claims he wants to die, nothing more. Suzy comes in to comfort Angel. She tells him he will get cured and he will find a new love. Angel is stunned. What new love! Who! Suzy kneels by his bedside and tells him that she loves him.

Dr. Z signs the crazy certificate. Don Loco is happy. He tells Dr. Z that now no one will doubt Soledad’s insanity. She will learn not to play with him. Dr Z wonders if that is the only intention Loco has for the certificate.

Blanca arrives at the work cabin of Elias with a police detective. Elias is not there. The detective says that they need to arrive early to the hacienda to detain Don Loco, they cant wait for Elias. Blanca argues that Elias is another witness. The detective says they can find him later. What’s important is to see Don Loco. They leave for the Montellano hacienda.

Angel compares Suzy’s affection for him to a pet. She claims she has had feelings for him the whole time she has been taking care of him. She begs him to take his medicine, to get better. He agrees to take his medicine. Cough Cough.

Alina cries with Granillo about Emilio. Granillo tells her that all men are bad blah blah blah. Alina cries into her pillow as Granillo tries to impart his wisdom. His words aren’t making her feel better. She tells him that she hopes that Emilio never comes to see her again. She is not going to let him make fun of her ever again!

Sergio spots Blanca and the detective arriving at the hacienda by coach. Inside the coach Blanca gets more and more nervous as the coach crosses into Don Locos property. The detective tells her that she can’t accompany him in her nervous condition. He tells her that she will have to wait in the cabin. The coach turns around to return Blanca to the cabin.

Alina has straightened herself out and is dressed for the evenings festivities. She talks with Coral about the Emilio situation again. Coral is still disbelieving that Emilio is as bad as Alina says. Coral relents saying its all too bad because Emilio was Alina’s last hope. Alina claims she has one more hope, her godmother Blanca.

Thelma and the singing aunt laugh about what Thelma did to Alina. They laugh and laugh at Thelma’s cruel trick. Thelma even told Alina that Alina could trust her and to count on her to be her friend! Ha Ha! Thelma announces that now she can await the birth of her child without any fears. Plus she is going to work on winning over Emilio. She is going to fight for him!

The tall good doctor tells Emilio that Angel is sensitive. They could give him all the medicine in the world but it wont do him any good if his emotions aren’t taken care of. He tells Emilio that they need to take care of not only Angels body but his heart. Emilio agrees with the doctors conclusions. He tells the doctor how Angel wanted to marry Alina. The doctor tells Emilio well then they should let Angel marry Alina.

Don Loco goes into Soledad’s room. She gets up to greet him with a smile on her face. She quickly looses it when Don Loco starts ranting about how she isn’t crazy. The doctor told him so! Don Loco gives a backhand swing to Soledad’s face. She falls to the floor crying why did you hit me! He yells at her that she is a liar! Gosh I dislike this!

The good doctor tells Emilio that the best medicine for Angel is Alina Montellano. Emilio tells him that he will never give Angel that remedy.

Luba and Gaspar sit down for dinner. They talk over their worries about Flor and Gaspar’s broken heart. Gaspar knows that Luba’s herbs cant cure him. Luba tells him to pray to the Virgencita to cure him. Gaspar likes the idea. He will pray that the Virgin help him and that she help Flor too. Mother and son hug below the picture of the Virgin.

Don Loco shows Soledad the crazy certificate. She is shocked. Don Loco taunts that now the whole world will believe that she is just a poor lunatic. Sergio enters with news of Blanca’s return. He tells Loco that Blanca has arrived with a man whose face looks like a policeman.

Orlando and Edelmira discuss business. The business of Flor. Orlando argues that he has given her a lot of money and he wants to take Flor out of there. Edelmira yells that no the boss would kill her! But so that they will still get along she will get Flor ready for Orlando tonight. She will let Orlando be the first one to deflower (pick) Flor. Orlando gets a creepy look on his face.

Castulo and the other smart guard Ingenio talk about Gaspar. Castulo admits that Luba and Gaspar are good people even if the boss gave an order to shoot them. Castulo also admits that he owes a debt to Gaspar. He then thinks in his mind that once he is presented with an opportunity he will take Thelma to Gaspar’s cave. Don Max comes outside yelling to the men to stop talking and for Ingenio to move to another area. Don Max grunts asking if Castulo is still seeing Thelma. Castulo denies it. He tells Don Max that he wants to show he is trying to do right by Don Max. He has something interesting to tell him….. He has heard that Santos has left the sierra and that he and Rosita have broken up. Don Max laughs his little gross little laugh. This is good news. He he he.

Emilio, army cap in hand, comes to see Alina. Some of the working girls heckle him. Coral comes out and grabs him to go chat. Edelmira yells at the others to get back to work.

Rosita cries to her father that she misses Santos. Her father tells her to go fight for him. Go to San Mateo and fight for him. Rosita smiles through her tears.

Santos and his sister/mother discuss Rosita. He is suffering for her. His hot mami tries to talk sense into him about how the two of them are made for each other. Santos gets mad. He is trying to forget her!

Coral and Emilio walk through a coffee field. Strange I didn’t know their were fields so close to town and the fine establishment of Edelmiras. Coral asks if he gave the heart necklace to Thelma. Emilio yells that no Thelma stole it! Emilio is angry to learn that Thelma told Flor it was hers. Coral tells him that Thelma hates Flor. Duh really. Seems like this is new news for Emilio. He has never thought that Thelma might not like Flor before. Emilio wants to talk to Flor but Coral advises that now is not the time. Emilio starts yelling that he cant permit Flor to stay there! They begin to argue about the circumstances. C - Well why don’t you take her out? E - Cause she wants to be there! C - Oh please Emilio! She is terribly afraid of Alvaro Montellano. E - Oh! Emilio looks as if a light has been turned on in his thick skull. He tells Coral to look after Flor. He doesn’t want anyone to hurt Flor while he is trying to figure out how to save her. Coral tells him not to worry. She will watch over Flor.

Luba is chopping wood when Nora arrives. I’m sure Gaspar should be doing this but…. Luba is glad to see that Nora finally come to visit Gaspar. (Nora has lost the red dress and is in a green traditional Mexican dress.) Luba tells Nora that she will give them a few pesos so that she and Gaspar can buy a drink during their visit together. Luba tells her that she hopes she understands that Gaspar isn’t right in the head. Nora tells Luba not to worry about that, even though Gaspar was hit on the head, it didn’t hurt his cuteness. Nora still thinks he is hot. Luba is encouraged claiming he takes after her. She calls Gaspar.

Back at the work cabin the detective tells Blanca to not worry. He knows how to handle the type of people like Alvaro.

Emilio flounces through Thelma’s door demanding to know what she said to Alina and where is the heart necklace that she stole! Thelma tells Emilio to calm down, she will tell him what happened. Emilio snaps. He calls her a hypocrite for stealing the necklace and making him look bad with Alina. Thelma tells him she only did it to help him out. Doesn’t he understand what danger he will be in with Alina’s father if he doesn’t stop messing with her?! Doesn’t he understand that he cant have a relationship with Alina? He is a married man. He cant offer Alina a dignified relationship. Is he going to make her his lover? Who is more cruel? Her father or him?! Emilio seems to be listening to her advice.

Blanca reads a note she has written to Elias. She asks him for his forgiveness for doubting him. She knows he has always loved her and respected her. His love has given her strength to confront Alvaro. She has reported Alvaro to the police and if everything goes right Alvaro will end up in jail within a few hours. She expects Alvaro’s revenge and she fears for her life. She finishes reading the note and looks up afraid.

Emilio asks Thelma if she is sick in the head. Alina is in danger in that place and she doesn’t know what she is doing. He warns her to not to continue messing with his life. He tells her to give him the necklace that belongs to him. Thelma turns around and asks for Emilio to help her take the necklace off. Emilio rips it off her neck and leaves the room slamming the door behind him.

Tonki/Donky/skinny little doggie comes to visit Alina. Alina hides him next to her bed.

The detective arrives to investigate the charges against Alvaro. Alvaro is shocked. The detective tells him that he is being charged with keeping his wife locked in her room, and for keeping his daughter in a house of ill repute. Alvaro tells the detective to follow him to Soledad’s prison.

Gaspar and Nora sit on a hill overlooking the sierra. Gaspar asks Nora if she would like to see his fairy. Nora does a good job of sitting close to Gaspar and acting like she is interested in him, rubbing his arms. She asks him about his fairy. Gaspar tells Nora that his fairy doesn’t like him anymore. Nora asks if he would be interested in another woman as she rubs his face. Gaspar claims he wants his munequita. Nora tells him that he only imagined her, let Nora show him what a real woman is like. She leans in to kiss Gaspar and before you know if they are making out. Nora is seen rolling on top of Gaspar.

Don Loco takes the detective to Soledad’s room. He tells the detective that his wife is not well, she is sick. The detective tells Alvaro not to escape from the sierra as he enters Soledad’s room.

Downstairs Loco and Sergio talk about where could Blanca be. Blanca is what has Loco worried and mad. Loco is going to find Blanca and asks Sergio to distract the detective while he goes to look for Blanca.

Two of Edelmiras working girls confront Alina. They tell her she is not so pretty as they wave their brooms at her. Alina tries to avoid the fight and tries to leave for her room. The jealous girls wont let her. They tell her she should be working (cleaning the place and sleeping with men) like they are. They want to give her a beating.

Soledad tells the detective what has been gong on. She tells him that one way or another everyone depends on her husband for a living. The detective has a hard time believing this has gone on for two years. Soledad tells him its true. She thought he would get over his craziness. He has to detain her husband for his crimes she pleads. The detective doesn’t seem to be buying it.

The girls back Alina in a corner. One of the girls breaks a bottle by the neck and brandishes the broken end at Alina. Coral whips in and pushes the girl with the bottle away from Alina. Granillo floats in after Coral yelling at the girls and blocking the way to Alina. Coral is in a little workout gear from the eighties. She is a workout super hero. She manages to threaten and boss the girls away. Alina is scared and grateful for their rescue. Granillo whines that the girls called him names. He tells Alina this is what she gets for returning!

Blanca hears a window breaking in the cabin. She is freaked out. She goes to see what has happened in the bathroom, the place where she heard the breaking glass. She goes in to see a pair of boots under the shower curtain. She breathes heavily.

The detective goes downstairs and tells Sergio to call the patron. He is going to take Alvaro to Puebla. Sergio tells him that Alvaro is not there and the detective freaks. Sergio tells him not to worry, the patron didn’t leave the property. Follow Sergio, he will take the detective to Alvaro.

Blanca pulls back the shower curtain, scissors in hand, to find it is just a pair of empty boots. She exhales with relief. She runs out to the other room and looks for a pair of keys to lock the doors. She leans on the door exhaling heavily.

Alina safely in her room, is warned not to leave the room. Granillo and Coral leave to tell Edelmira what those girls were going to do to Alina.

Blanca talks out loud that her head hurts. She nervously stumbles through her cabin looking for a medicine bottle. She finds one, grabs some pills and a glass and goes to the bathroom to get water to take them. She drops the glass and turns around as we see Don Loco in the bathroom mirror behind her. She stumbles into the living area yelling Don’t hurt me! Loco taunts her saying you got a officer to detain me no? You are going to pay for meddling with me Blanca! She yells Don’t hurt me! Don’t hurt me! Loco tells her she can yell all she wants but no one will hear her. Everyone in the world is working. They are going to fix this, she and him. Plus he doesn’t have a lot of time. Blanca looks at Loco with crossed and panicked eyes. She starts to breath heavily as she stares at him. She falls to the ground with a slow thud. Loco calls Blancas name as he kneels down beside her, feeling for her pulse. She is dead. He gets up and takes the letter she had placed on a table for Elias. He pockets it and heads out toward the bathroom, shaking his head.

Sergio has the detective out in one of the coffee fields looking for the patron. The detective yells at Sergio for distracting him and misleading him. The detective yells that Sergio has done this on purpose! Alvaro rides up on horseback in the nick of time to save Sergio from the detectives wrath. The detective tells Alvaro that he thought he had escaped. His wife accused him of keeping her locked up and of torturing her. Loco has to go with him to town to answer her accusations. Loco smirks as he tells the detective that he is not going to take him anywhere. Don Loco claims his wife is imagining things. Here look at this certificate of her lunacy. The detective looks at the piece of paper Loco has just handed him. Sergio, in the background, tries to glance at the paper as Loco smirks some more. Ahh these people!

Emilio comforts Angel who is lying on a couch pouting. Emilio tells him that he shouldn’t let Alina affect his so much. Angel scoffs that maybe it doesn’t affect Emilio but it does him. Emilio answers that yes what is happening to Alina bothers him. He is trying to help Alina. Even though she says she is there by her desires lots of people are saying its because her father obligated her to be there. Emilio prefers to believe that. Angel sits up and tells Emilio to get her out of there for once and for all! Emilio agrees. He is going to try and do that tonight.

Loco walks the detective into the house talking about how Soledad has been ill for a long time, she has suffered mental disorders for years. She thinks that Alina is his daughter but Alina is the daughter of a poor corporal (crew chief). If the detective has doubts about the girl he should go and ask her.

Orlando and Thelma discuss Emilio’s plans to rescue Flor. Orlando states that in order for him (Orlando) to save Flor he has to be the first person to the meson tonight. Thelma thinks this is a good idea. If he is able to do this Flor will loose her affection for Emilio. Orlando thinks that not only that …. Emilio has always been fascinated with Flor for her innocence. If she looses those qualities then he thinks Emilio wont continue to be so interested in her! Thelma likes the idea. She wants to be able to win over Emilio again if that happens, but she knows it wont be easy. She feels so unattractive with her stupid pregnancy. Orlando advises that her pregnancy is her best weapon. She should use it to get what she wants!

Edelmira pulls Alina out of her room to talk to Don Loco and the detective. The detective tells her his name, Detective Ruiz, and why he is there. Being a very good investigator he allows Loco to sit at the table with them. Loco pipes up that her crazy mother told the senor that he brought her by force to this place. The detective requests that Alvaro be quiet but its too late. Alvaro is sitting there right next to Alina! The detective asks if it is true if that Alvaro Montello abused you physically and mentally, obligating you to be here in this place? Alina’s eyes shift from the detectives and Locos as she listens to the question. What will happen tomorrow?

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Wow what a super-detailed recap, awesome. I'll have to go back and watch the Gaspar/Nora thing, it sounds funny. Someone asked the other day how Blanca would die so Elias and Soledad could be together, I guess we have an answer to that now. And how fortunate that he got the crazy certificate five minutes before the cops came! How lucky! I'm aggravated already for tonight's show, because I know stupid f*&(*&(ing Alina is going to say "no, no, I want to be here." I can't believe she's the female lead for the show, aren't we supposed to root FOR the leads? She and Emilio both are so dumb, the servants and the cave dwellers are all the admirable people. Well, what can I say, at least it isn't boring.
 

Nice recap! Loved "ingenio" instead of "ifigenio." LOL I've never heard of that in the masculine form anyway.Ifigenia is female name from greek mythology (And the name of a Venezuelan novel).

I know what you mean, Ferro. Coral has really grown on me. She kind of reminds me a bit of the British actress Zoe Wannemaker, only with more curves. The writing for the leads is horrible. Usually there is a lot of overthetop acting called for the leads anyway but most of what these characters have been doing lately makes very little sense and makes me want to throw something at the TV set. We just KNEW that the red dress would never make it to the Cave. I am sure too that Alina won't spill the beans. But she'll have to give this detective a clue that something's going on. I hope this isn't just another plot dead end. The "detective" plot device has been used a lot in these plot devices and usually it is a dead end. The only one I've seen where that isn't so, the detective is a character and gets involved with one of the secondary characters, the heroine's best freind. (Sonar No Cuesta Nada) This guy may surprise me but he has Detective no name written all over him.
 

And so it continues ''Duelo de Locos.'' What have we learned from this episode??? 1] Florina has magical healing powers. Doctor to Angel : ''Take Alina and call me in the morning.''Everybody wants her. 2] That line about ''deflowering Flor [Flower]''..I am wondering how long it took the writers to come up with that clever little play on words..brilliant. Everybody wants to deflower the Flower. Priceless. 3] I think that Dr. Z could be rolling in cash if he were to write out certificates of crazy for all the people in this show who qualify. 4] Coral is a superhero. She reminds me a lot of my high school friend Mary Jane who was pretty, sexy, confident, and amazingly strong. I always made sure that Mary Jane was my spotter in gym class. I also saw her personally punch out several guys for some undisclosed transgression on their part. Coral is definitely a Mary Jane. 5] It has now been proven that Don Loco can kill people by boring them to death...case in point : Blanca keeling over at the mere sight of him in his hat. 6] A new and very original pickup line, Gaspar to Nora : ''Would you like to see my fairy????''~~~Susanlynn
 

Like you said...Ah, these people! They are driving me crazy. When you asked if Luba was high I started laughing so loudly that my co-worker asked me what was up. Poor Blanca, she sure met her demise quickly, a few gasps and THUD upon the floor. Hooray for Nurse Susi, she finally told joven Angel about her feelings. I wonder what our long-suffering artist will do about it, if anything? I think the most interesting development of the evening (besides Gaspar's kiss of course) is that Castulo says he intends to repay his debt to Gaspar. Will he really haul Thelma to the cave?

I agree with Ferro, awesome recap Lynn!

Go Coral! Go Gaspar! Go Nurse Susi! Go Tonky!
 

Ha ha!!! I forgot to mention Gaspar's pick-up line. That was the funniest line in the whole show! I howled as I read it (gotta stop reading these at work). Thanks for reminding me Susanlynn. I'm going to add it to the vocab list.

¿Tienes gusto de ver a mi hada?
 

Lynn, thanks for the great recap and neat editorials! I think Nora is perfect for Gaspar. He’s gotta get with the new program. Maybe this will do the trick and he’ll obsess on a new muñequita.

I’ve been going nuts about why Don Loco is so obsessed by José being a corporal. So, I looked up “caporal” on a Spanish to English translation website and found this:

Caporal = crew chief (foreman)

I still don’t understand why he’d obsess on a crew chief, but I guess he throws that term around to show how much beneath a patrón the crew chief is. Pretty snooty, if you ask me. I hope some day soon he finds out that not only did his wife never have the affair he is accusing her of with the crew chief, but his SISTER DID. Some guys get pretty steamed about their sisters’ love lives.

Speaking of Don Loco, I’ve decided he’s pure evil. In a loco sort of way. It's too bad Blanca died. I bet she had a stroke. She didn't get to the aspirin quickly enough.

Thanks to whoever caught the pickup line. It's much funnier when you actually understand it!

Jeanne
 

Thanks everyone for the nice comments. Here are my forgotten vocab words:

Te Gustaria - "Would you like"
Te gustaria ver mi hada? - Would you like to see my fairy?

Ingenio - wit, talent, inventiveness

Corporal - Crew chief

Plus I forgot to mention this the other week when I said cualquiera meant floozy or a no body. It does but only for the slang side of the definition. So the real definition is...

cualquiera - any, or whatever
 

Also Im hoping one of the studs will show up to save Alina and let the detective know ... the real story.

Plus I think this makes Alvaro a murderer by proxy kind of like it did for Bertha in Heridas. "All I did was look at her sir." Might be a good line for Loco to use in his defense.

And lastly Susanlynn your comment of "Take Alina and call me in the morning" is great!
 

>>>Coral tells him not to worry. She will watch over Flor.

Question, wasn't Coral leaving? She was packing her bags right? or did she change her mind, I don't remember reading about that.
 

Si Coral was leaving. She said this like she will protect/watch over Flor (while she is there). Thats how I took it. I didnt take her saying that as she would stay there forever to watch Flor. And I guess she already did what she said since she protected Flor from being beaten up.

Ferro I think you will be able to see some of Gaspars make out scene tonight Thurs!
 

thanks lynn for clearing that up.

Can u believe that the esmas cite already has the last summary recap to this novela and naturally i read it.
 

Yes but the good thing is (Ive read it too!) is that they dont go into detail. So when Ive read their recaps and then I see the show I notice there is a bunch they've left out. It helps that way. You might know what is going to happen but you dont really know it all!
 

Last minute nit picky comment. Gaspar might have instead said "Quieres ver mi hada." Instead of the more polite way with Gustaria. Gustaria is the polite way to ask for things like say in a restaurant. Me gustaria un tequila antes que yo vaya ver la hada. I would like a tequila before I go to see the fairy. :)
 

true lynn, but i wanted to know how it ends. Of course this blog is way better, i mean where else am i going to get to see Emiliooo referred to as a tool? or Don and Dona Loco?
 

Thank you -- this was a helpful recap. I was very distracted during this episode, and I thought Blanca's letter said she was leaving Elias. I'm glad she had some nice words for him at the end.
 

The first half of the episode was extremely B-O-R-I-N-G... Especially the Emilio/Alina and Don/Doña Loco parts. It got pretty interesting right when Castulo said he'd bring Thelma to Gaspar in the cave.

Poor Blanca, so sad to see her go. I liked her because she looks a lot like my best friend, except that my best friend isn't tall like her.


 

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