Thursday, April 05, 2007

Destilando Amor 04/05/07 "All that is left is a Band of Gold"

Wow..we open again with that rather uncomfortable proposal of marriage between Rod and Isadora better known as TWB (Trophy Whore Barbie), he tells her, "Hey wanna get married?", she is all coy & confused "Moi", he plants a rather awkward kiss on her. He apologizes, I am not sure, if it is for taking "liberties" with her or for the lameness of the kiss. Rod tells her they can be married with two conditions, one) they get married March 21 at the ranch and two) that they are married in name only, no sex. Friends but no benefits. TWB, says that is swell cause she loves him....
****Now I just gotta throw in a PSA here****First we, the audience know Rod is not gay, cause of the Agave Amor, but comeon..TWB what the hell are you thinking? I so want to force her to get the DVD of "Will and Grace..the College Years subtitled: The real reason we never...".

Okay the wedding is on, it will be at the end of the week.
Rod leaves, Nuria Toledo de Duarte; mother of TWB pops in. TWB tells ma the good news, hey I'm getting married in like a couple of days to Rod Montalvo. Her mother is agast, she looks down at TWB stomache area, I can see she has been checking for signs since her over eager daughter turned twelve...No No No, TWB beams at ma, we's in love. Her mother thinks it is bad that they are having a cheesy ranch wedding at the end of the week, after all TWB, Daddy Duarte is stroking out in Mexico DF, what with totally screwing up the business. Oh well, wink, wink, nod, nod the in-laws are loaded.

Meanwhile back at the ranch that little cutie Hilario has just had a figurative and a literal roll in the hay, with (I don't know her name) the oversexed busty girl that comes to visit him. Roman starts calling his name and we have a couple of comical moments as the girl helps him get dressed. Well Roman sees the straw in his son's hair and excuses him of sleeping in the barn...Oh pops, get with it. He chastises his lazy son and hands him his lunch.

Rod is talking to Granny Pilar and Sofie, he tells them he will marry TWB, very shortly, they are just totally gleeful at the thought, she is their kind of people, or rich and vapid. Daniela is on the phone and Rod gives her the news he is marrying TWB, "Que?", questions Daniela, how can that be? Rod is very short with her and hangs up.

Aaron is in Mexico DF, just taking in his good fortune and the fact that he is head honcho, at the company, you can tell he just wants to run his hands over every little thing in the office, absorbing the richness...Here comes Minnnnnnnnerrrrrrrrrva & Aaron is muy impacted, he actually looks at his watch and says, "What are you doing here?". I expect him to scream, it's mine all mine, don't touch anything. Minnie tells him the news Isadora & Rod are getting married. Aaron is now doble impacted.

Now all the family is at the ranch, standing beneath the Tequila tree of grave shade, the Padre is saying a mass for the year anniversary of the death of Amador...Pilar turns her back and looks off into the sky and there, yeah right there is Amador's giant smiling head floating in the clouds, gazing down on his magnificent family.

The family is all crowded around the living room, discussing the nupitals, Fedra has that nasty little smirk on her face. I think everyone in the family is aware of Rod's "problems with the ladies". Well that is the elephant in the room. Someone slyly queries about the luna de miel, Rod says something about a couple of days in Puerto Vallerto (at least I think that is what he said), this receives a guffaw, like shouldn't they be doing a two month tour of the capitals of Europe? Rod gets angry, he is a bit testy throughout this whole episode. I gotta comment about Sofie, is she just not the biggest buzz kill? I realize she grew up with more money than God, but I don't think she had enough to buy the cool kids and now she so thinks TWB is gonna be her bestest evah friend. Hey, Sofie look at that gum on the bottom of your shoe...it has been used too.

Now back to Gavi in London, she comes in to see Felicity and "Surprise", it is a surprise going away party for Gavi, with cake and balloons and everything. Time for Gavi to pack up & finagle a free flight back to Mexico. She and Felicity are standing out on the side walk, Felicity wishes her the best, Gavi is yammering on about how she and Rod are going to marry and she'll send the Nun a picture. You can see an anvil falling, the Nun has one of those, you're so cute, but good luck with that marriage thing, looks on her face. They hail a cab and Gavi is off.

Gavi is making her way thru Heathrow airport, she finally finds the immigration officer and basically says "Hi, I'm Mexican, hook me up". Not so fast little missy, we need to verify your passport & identity before we proceed any farther. Gavi sees the immigration officers leading some Mexicans to cages for detainment. Gavi keeps looking at her watch. I gotta say, once again we are dealing with people who in the real world, would be considered "Special", maybe arriving a couple of days before "Your Tiger Beat Teen Magazine" very Special Prom date on March 21st would have been a prudent idea. Anyway, they put Gavi in a cage, she falls asleep, when they come to awaken her, they tell her that her passport is in order, now I'm surprised I was sure it would be under the name of some international hooker wanted for spreading STD's throughout the civilized world, but nope it is good. Gavi thinks this means she is gonna be leaning back, with a headset on watching "Y Tu Mama Tambien" in flight in no time....but no she can't go until there is an open seat. Wow is that all it takes? Cause book me a one-way to London.

Back to Mexico..it is the big Day of the Wedding. Aaron & Rod are tossing back tequilas, Rod quite a few more than Aaron...Aaron says not to drink too much cause of the Wedding Night, whatever. Rod is pretty looped. Well the wedding begins, and now has AssHat Rod not only asked TWB to marry, but to marry in the church, well not literally in a church, but by a priest. Good luck with that divorce later, oh wait there will be no consumation.

Okay the ceremony happens, TWB is wearing a light gold wedding dress, she is really big on gold, which highlights her spray-on tan. Rod thinks of Gavi and marries TWB...Things are really awkward, finally the priest is like, Dude kiss her. Another really off center kiss, TWB kinda does the ha ha ha, like you do when you are really embarassed, but playing it off.

Meanwhile, Gavi is winging her way across the skies, on her way back to Mexico City...Seriously I really want to see the world with one-way tickets and deportations.

Gavi's mother Clara is standing on a sidewalk, she faints to the ground.

Now the reception is going on, people are politely sitting around the table. I keep forgetting Jan, "Patricio Iturbe" is in all these scenes cause he never says anything. He is Fedra nephew, and was adopted by Bruno..I like this guy.
Anyway Rod is just kinda hyper and bopping around when here comes Mister James and he has brought a Banda Band with him and all the low class hacienda employees, Roman and his family, plus the colorful busty girl and lots of field hands just ready to throw back the tequila. James and Rod want to sing with the band and drink with the poor folks, who are all up dancing.
The rest of the family has this total OMG, expression, what are those people doing here?

Meanwhile Granny Pilar takes, TWB upstairs to the bedroom she has donated for the night of passion, it is the room that Amador died in and there is a picture of him in it. TWB seems at a lost for words, damn Pilar is creepy, Minnie and TWB then discuss the wedding nite. TWB will be pulling out the heavy artillary to make sure her friend, Rod gives her some benefits.

Gavi finally arrives in Mexico City and seeks some transport to Jalisco.

Clara has been diagnosed with Typhoid, ewwwww & must be given antibotics.

Now back at the reception, Pilar is really upset, she can't believe Rod brought all these people to the Wedding. TWB drags Rod back to the rich folk tables for a toast her father makes, I think he quoted Leon Tolstoy, Senor Duarte is rather pretenious. Fedra does an awesome eyeroll, I barely caught cause I was in mid roll myself.

To wrap this whole thing up...Sofie and James have words, he still loves her (oh James you dolt), she is done with him cause he wants to live in Pueblo, he says he wants to be a Master Tequila guy, I think he is well on way, cause he is doing a fine job of drinking it. She says no she wants someone who is distinguished, and she says this with her little wrinkled brow, and her pinched face..She flounces off, this snotty little girl really annoys me.

Daniela expresses her disappointment in her brother cause he did not marry for love, he say Gavi betrayed him...Oh Rod you are so screwed.

Pilar is trapped at a table with some guy who pulls out the family tree (but instead of a tree it is a labeled drawing of an agave plant), he says they are related thru their taterabuelos (great-great grandparent). Why Pilar is thrilled and welcomes him to the family, NOT, she looks like she just smelled something bad, oh yeah the great unwashed masses. This is one snotty family.

Rod is about to throw done another Tequila with some workers, when his blushing bride chides him and tries to get him to go upstairs...He rudely tells her no. Sweet gentle Rod has been rather rude to everyone this episode...I think it is that crazy hawt love for Gavi.

Now flash to TWB, we see her from behind fastening a black bra, then slipping a black negligee over it, I'm thinking she wears a bra under her negligee? Oh okay so she can have stunning cleavage, now she is putting perfume on her cleaveage and thighs. I tell the image on the screen, "Honey you could tape solid gold nuggets to your thighs, but the boy ain't minin that". Now the camera fades to her wedding band lying on the dressing table...

Tune the band up do they know "Band of Gold"?
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms

Previews for tommorrow...Gavi is back...Rod finds out...He runs toward her shanty

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Comments:
Excellent recap! I was quite impressed with this episode, like it was actually good tv, well shot, well directed, well acted. How'd that happen?

I like the way they're drawing Rod - with "the heart of a ranchero" - he's really happy getting down with the homeys while the rest of his family is so snotty. This gives credence to his love for Gaviota and makes TWB (think Gabor in Green Acres, but not so accommodating) an extremely poor choice for wifey. The whole impulsive thing was done in the vein of classic tragedy (in junior high school they told us it's Greek Tragedy when "something terrible happens which COULD HAVE BEEN AVERTED") we all see 1,000 ways this bad marriage could have been stopped... but the mom gets typhoid, Gav waits till a few hours before her date to try getting on a plane (has she been too busy folding towels to go earlier?), etc.

I'm so drawn to this show. It's a relief to have a good one for once. Hope it stays good.

I also like that Trophy Whore Barbie didn't come on the scene spitting and clawing like Jocelyn. Maybe she even could have been a nice person. But she's going to get bitter mighty quickly when perfumed boobs don't get her the benefits she desires.
 

Would someone be kind enough to tell me the reason Rod married Isadora (TWB) particularly on 03/21 on the day he was to marry Gavi?
I love this show..The location scenes are soooo beautiful..Thank you..
 

Veddy, veddy guuud.....--Hilario's roll in the hay was done courtesy of Sanjuana, or as I like to think of her, "Sayinyawanna?"
 

Dear Anon 8:07 --I believe we'd all like to know the answer to that question, but as for me I figure it was due to a naive, petulant and spoiled chauvinistic male ego mixed in with an equal amount of spite. (I am no super-feminist, but this is written as this is written.)
 

Thank you Jardinera654..Regards..Mo
 

Melinama~~Ah, yes, Greek tragedy---the whole junior high experience is pretty much a classic tragedy, n'est-ce pas??. I think that Rod's impulsive decision to marry TWB and the whole lack of direct communication thing was very Greek tragedy, very junior high, very Dawson's Creek , very Joanie Loves Chachi. It's like when your beau starts flirting with Judy to make you jealous because he saw you talking to Bobby at the sock hop. That old ''I'll show you attitude.'' Rodrigooo is no longer a 36-46 year-old virgin...now he's 14 and getting even with his first girlfriend for [supposedly] betraying him . Rodrigooo is going for the revenge card. I expected better from him , but then, this is a telenovela. Love hurts, love scars....love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot..ooohoooh ...love hurts. Rodrigooo is a good old boy, but he just made one very big booboo that everyone will be paying for . I wonder what will happen next. By the way, who is Jan [the actor who was in Heridas and Alborada] supposed to be? Is he AAron's brother? I was watching ''Amor Real'' last night , and I was thinking how small Fernando seemed after watching Rodrigooo for a couple weeks!!! Everything is relative. ^^^susanlynn
 

Great, funny recap, Beckster. Freida Payne!!! Thanks for the explanation of who Jan is playing. He's one of those one-name acors, like Intocable [Gaspar]. I am impactada by the whole episode. I like Gavi's little jogging suits. What else?? I loved your comments, especially : ''Friends with no benefits'' and ''we's in love.'' TWB does really look like a giant Barbie doll come to life. I have no words. She is amazingly unreal in her plasticness. Do you think that her feet are permanently arched just like Barbie's? And her mama has probably bought up Jos's supply of industrial strength mascara at Gabe's last yard sale because ...Jossy won't be needing it...anymore. I always look forward to your clever recaps. I think this show will be providing lots of fodder for your wit.^^^Susanlynn
 

I'm glad Rodrigoo partied with the field hands. At last it started looking like the kind of weddings I used to go to.
By the By, Hilario was in Albarada, too.
He was the young goofball who finally married Caray, Caray's ward. He's matured and much handsomer. Ooooooooohhhhh.
 

susanlynn:, I feel we can be certain that alon with TWB's other surgical enhancements, she has probably had "the not yet approved north of Nuevo Larado", foot arch enhancement. yes I am sure her tiny feet are perfectly arched just like her role model...the real Mattel Barbie
 

I think it's cute that TWB thinks she can seduce a man who specifically told her there wasn't going to be any hanky-panky. Um, not cute, it's... what's the word... PATHETIC.

Who's the guy who plays Don Crispin? I think he's one of the lawyers from LFMB. Or am I crazy?
 

Yes, one & the same Filmo Imagen lawyer from LFMB.
 

So Rod is bitter and makes sure that he is married by the date in question, so that he will not be left alone!

So what does everyone think about Gavi's daddy? After last night, I was starting to think maybe she is Don Amador's nieta and that Rod is adopted, switched at birth, etc. Cause he kept saying during the reception "these are my people" while the familia looked on mortified. What do you think?

I'm really loving this novela!
 

thanks for the recap beckster!

yes, rod is an impulsive 14 year old acting out of anger and trying to get back at his lost love...it sucks that everyone will have to suffer, but at the end i think rodrigo will suffer the most from this... cuz gaviota is not quite the shyest girl, and i'm sure she'll give him hell for what he did... can't wait to see tonight's eposide...yeah, slap him hard gavi!

on the other side i sheepishly admit i liked how he kissed isa hard ... my corazon jumps a little for ficticious protagonists who are strong and impulsive like that :)...
 

hmm... i don't think he's adopted, cuz he has don amador's love for the rancho...i thought he inherited that passion for land, but hey, everything is possible in the world of telenovelas! :) me too i wonder what is up for gavi's dad... why does clarita not want to talk about it...
 

You just gotta love Rod doncha? I mean maybe he was in a coma for thirty years and missed puberty...but he is just such a kid...but he is so cute when he smiles and so good hearted...I love the middle school mad at the girlfriend...of course when you are fourteen you can't marry the skank down the street..
 

i was just thinking about it, and I think that I have to amend my junior high analogy of this novela. It is actually more like Rodrigooo thinks thst his girlfriend has been under the bleechers with the entire football team....not just Bobby at the hop. The lovers in all these novelas all act like they are 14-16. They never confront each other directly and talk things out. They assume the worst of the person who is supposed to be their soulmate. I found my diary from when I was 15-16, and I am appalled to read how horribly intolerant and judgemental I was at minor things that happened with my then boyfriend. And, when something happened, we never talked about it. In fact, we didn't talk at all for a couple days , and then he'd say something and we'd get back together. I also believed everything anyone told me about him. Sound familiar?? I was living in my own telenovela and didn't speak a word of Spanish.Oh.My.God. I was Rodrigoooo.^^^^Susanlynn
 

Can I just add that I am fascinated by Pilar's eyes? They are so wide and unlike anything human. :)
 

Apparently, in soaps (and telenovelas) the only alternative to acting the way Susanlynn describes is to talk everything to death. I'm not sure which I find more exasperating. More talking means more recapping, but the other ways means that a lot of people scratch their heads and say "did I miss something? What just happened?"
 

am addicted to this show.. from what I understand this is an extremely popular novella in Mexico... in fact there is a CD of the music.. A friend of mine (from Mexico) has told me a little about future episodes and no it hasn't ruined it for me at all. until tonight..
 

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