Thursday, April 12, 2007
Zorro - April 12, 2007
* Pizza watches Montero speak to the townsfolk about his plan to smoke Zorro out into the open - Garcia offers up his own opinion of the plan to get Zorro - Montero orders Garcia and his soldiers to guard the family house and be on the look out for Zorro.
* Fernando sleeping in bed, having a bad dream - he calls out "MP" and "Regina" - he dreams about his first introduction to Regina and then skips right to the indian raid and dreams that he sees Regina die - he wakes up with a start, convinces himself he killed her by accident, wonders how or if he should confide this to MP.
* Sor. Loca faints in town, men carry her to cart.
* Zorro and Esmeralda sneak out to the gate - they discuss the plan; she is scared for his safety - he asks if she trusts him; she does, it's just Montero she's worried about; he says don't worry, they have a lot riding on this - their happiness together and their child.
* Olmos still in bed - he wakes and thinks he is dreaming because MA has wandered into his room, wearing only her underwear and robe - she is flirting seductively with him - he's curious and surprised she's there - she lays on his bed and starts to ask him for information about Esmeralda's mother.
(Opening credits start)
*Olmos hugs his blankets tightly and stutters his answers to MA's pressing questions about Esmeralda's mother. He wonders why she is interested - she explains briefly and vaguely - he isn't sure her dad will approve of telling her anything - she stands up disappointed that he won't tell her - she sits on the bed and tells him she knows Esmeralda's mom is still alive - he's shocked - MA tells him that if he gives her the information she wants, she will complete his greatest fantasy.
* Alej finds Dolores out on the terrace - he asks her where Diego was all night, he wasn't in his room with his wife. Dolores tries her best to cover for Diego but Alej doesn't buy it.
* MA rubs her toe on Olmos' cheek and tries to seduce the information from him - he stutters and is infatuated by the sensation. He starts to tell her about Esmeralda's mom. She presses for where the mother is now, he changes the subject and tells MA about his fantasy - for her to take his breath away. She laughs at him as she stands up. She says that will never happen with her (keep dreaming). She feels nothing for him. She laughs as she leaves his room. He cries with humiliation.
* Dena is asleep in bed. Alej enters (cue music) and as he kneels by her side of the bed, he thinks up his apology for leaving her on their wedding night and that he loves her so much.
* Yumi enters her own room with a huge smile on her face. She sits on the trunk at the end of her bed and dreams about her kiss with Alej last night. She thinks that she will be his woman even though he is married to Dena.
* Zorro on his horse, riding through town getting all the townsfolk to help with his planned street fight.
* Soldiers are surprised as they enter the bedroom and find Esmeralda gagged and tied up on her bed. They take off the gag and untie her; Esmeralda scolds them for their ineptness at protecting her in her own home. She demands they bring her husband to her; she wants the bandits found and justice brought against them.
* Montero and guards hold family in front of townsfolk - they will execute one family every hour that Esmeralda hasn't been returned. Garcia pipes up with his comments against it. Montero is disgusted by the commentary. Soldier runs up and tells Montero that Esmeralda has just been returned and is home now. Montero tells him to keep quiet about that - soldier leaves - Montero and Garcia stage an argument over whether to execute the family - they start a fight; the townsfolk join in and fight the soldiers - Zorro appears.
* Esmeralda stands at her window listening to the fight on the street, and thinks that this street fight will lead her and Diego to be together with their baby.
* Tobias tries to convince the guards to unlock the door and let him out - however, there's no one on the other side of the door. He finally thinks that there must be another one; a false one; and the letter from Spain may have really come from Mexico.
* Papa discusses with Cata about the Zorro stuff Tobias is into with his Maestro - she hates the two of them spending so much time together and wants her father's help in getting Maestro to leave the house.
* Padre Tom and other friars meeting in the secret cave - Zorro approaches and asks to address the meeting.
* Montero and Esmeralda discuss her kidnapping and the bandits who did it. Pizarro enters with news about the search. Montero orders Pizarro to arrest Garcia for the plaza rebellion. Pizarro is shocked but complies with the order and leaves. Esmeralda tells Montero that Diego is an idiot before leaving herself.
* Zorro tells PT and the friars about SK and the plan to free her. PT and the friars vote by white balls - all agree to participate in the plan.
* Montero sits at his desk; Pizarro enters to say that Olmos is there to see him - Montero isn't interest in seeing Olmos - Pizarro tells Montero that right now he is meeting with Esmeralda. Montero is very curious to see him now.
* Olmos is meeting with Esmeralda - he gives her the news that the friars have agreed to help with their plan to free her mom. Esmeralda is happy.
* Alej sits, shirt off, on the side of the bed - Dena wakes up and sits up. She missed him last night - he tells her how beautiful she looks and then they kiss.
* In the kitchen, Dolores sees that Yumi is dressed in her native mexican dress and scolds her for it - Yumi refuses to conform to the dress code of the rest of the household. Dolores scolds her for trying to copy Regina.
* Diego talks with PT about Esmeralda and that he knows the baby is really his - Esmeralda told him so - PT is shocked - Diego tells him not to worry, she's back at home with Montero and no one will suspect anything. PT is worried about MP being with Fer - Diego is shocked - PT explains MP's rationale for being with Fer and what possible intentions Don Fer may have.
* Fer enters the room where Doctor and MP are carrying for Sor. laying in bed. Doctor tells MP that he will check on Sor. Carola and leaves. MP thanks Fer for letting the Sisters stay there - he is delighted that she has considered to give him another opportunity.
* Olmos tells Esmeralda about MA's sudden interest in her mother (SK) - Esmeralda wonders who told her; how she knows). They change the subject back to the plan to rescue her mom - Olmos says they will make their move after the Viceroy leaves town; and he knows the perfect place where she and her mom can hide.
* Montero meets with the Viceroy at the prison office. They discuss Zorro and Montero and his men's inability to catch the cunning desperado. Viceroy isn't convince Montero and his men are able to do the job duties. One of Viceroy's men enters with news about a mystery female prisoner. Viceroy laughs as he tells Montero, see there are no secrets around here with me - now he will learn who this mystery prisoner is when he finds her. Montero is silent.
* MP tells Fer that Dena told her not to marry him. Fer is aghast that his own sister would say that - Fer begs MP not to listen to his sister and continue to give him a chance to prove he has changed for the better; he asks MP to marry him. MP hesitates for a moment and then says Yes I will marry you. Fer is thrilled and starts to kiss him. She stops him and asks that she be the one to tell Dena. He agrees.
* SK and her cellmate discuss what she thinks Fer's reason for locking her in a mask and in the cell all these years. She can't wait to be free and reunite with her daughter. They hear loud noises from outside the cell block - they get scared of who could be outside making the noise.
* Fer and Dena argue over his intent to marry MP - she is totally against it - she thinks his intentions are dishonorable and he will drag her into his hell-hole of a life.
* Olmos and Esmeralda continue to discuss details of their rescue plan - about the friars involvement as well as Zorro/Diego's.
* MA lays in bed, still in her undies and robe. Diego finally enters with flowers. She wonders where he's been all this time - Diego comes up with the explanation that he needed to go away by himself and think. He realizes that she is his wife and he is ready to complete their marriage and make her the happiest wife on earth.
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Thanks so much JR for posting this so quickly. You must type like a madwoman!!! I just wanted to add a few things:
Way to go Dolores! She doesn't actually cover for Diego. Rather, she asks Al where he slept last night (he says he got caught in the rain and couldn't make it back) and she comments on the fact that it's a shame that neither of the men in the house spent the night with their newly married brides! He tells her she's taking too many liberties. I'm not liking this new side of him.
Olmos tells MA that his greatest wish is that she not blackmail him with promises, but rather that she sighs when she touches him and means it. She laughs at him and tells him that for now she got what she wanted, but eventually he will tell her everything she wants. I really hope they do the rescuing soon, lest she pulls it off and Olmos spills the beans.
I don't think Olmos has any ties with the "friar's club." Rather, I think he was talking about arrangements that he's made with his own group of loyalist types. PTs club didn't know who SK was until Zorro told them. There was a continuity error here - Diego later tells PT about the conversation he overheard between FS and the VCR. It was actually FS and Monty - guess the continuity guy fell asleep at the wheel =) Anyway after Olmos tells Esme about Mangle, he tries to ascertain who spilled the beans and suspects it was Diego, being her hubby and all. Esme says she trusts Diego even more than herself. She now wants to tell Diego about their moving up the timetable (which is actually the same as before - get SK out as soon as VCR leaves) and then getting the gypsies at the ready. Olmos tells her not too trust anyone, even Diego. Guess he figures Mangle used her powers of persuasion on Diego.
Back to my outrage, the previews seem to show Diego getting it on with Mangle. I really hope he's just spiking her drink and then saying they did it. Maybe it's just a dream. All I can say is, I would be so crushed if he does this to Esme right after finding out about the baby. It just ain't right!
Things don't look good for SK. Hopefully this isn't her end. Then again, if she dies, the loyalists will have to find new proof to try to get Esme on the throne. Just a thought.
I too agree that Bernie's character deserves further exploring. In the Allende book the character was much bigger, but I guess it's a little harder to show as much when the character doesn't speak. One thing we have seen, is that he's Diego's conscience. He often gives Diego ideas and tries to reason with him when he's being all crazy and rash.
I suspect Mangle is far too careful to have gotten pregnant with Monty's demon spawn, but accidents happen and she might even consider doing just that to make Diego think it's his (from the the time she drugged him, not from this horrible night I refuse to accept).
If Yumi gets preggers, Al will have had 2 mestizo children from identical women. Maybe the new kid will look just like Diego. Then of course, there's the weirdness that Al's child will be younger than his grandchild (the one Esme's having). Then Al will have to gouge out his eyes and wander around the desert and...oh wait, that's Oedipus, never mind.
Thanks for "listening" to my rambling. It's great to have folks to share my telenovela addiction with. M
Al is some stud at his age if he can service both Yumalai and Almudena in one night.
The folks in the cave aren't friars. The novela hasn't made this clear at all but many versions of the Zorro story include a sort of Legion of Justice - a group of men who help Zorro do justice but hide their identities from each other.
Way to go Sgt. Garcia! - putting his life on the line to protect the innocent townspeople.
Another black mark against Fernando - either because of his obsession with MP or his deal with Montero, he is just letting Montero run amok in the town. Shouldn't Maria Pia be concerned that the so-called Governor of the town does nothing to keep Montero from killing innocent townspeople? Arturo Peniche is a great actor but Fernando isn't a tormented character - he's just bad. There is no excuse for what he has done and continues to do.
When Esme shot that parting remark at Montero, she told him that Diego had a message for him: “Montero is an idiot!” Montero was impactado because of the way she leaned over and beckoned him with her index finger. He thought he was getting juicy information. Well, I guess it really was juicy from our perspective, but he didn’t think so!
;-)
I keep wondering if Diego is ever going to remember that Fernando Sanchez was the one who killed his mother, and that his mother injured FS’s eye before he killed her. I wasn’t surprised that FS remembered killing Regina and getting his eye injured in his dream last night. I had thought some time ago it looked like that every time we saw this flashback. Maybe one day he’ll be the one to figure out who Toypurnia really is, too. After all, he was about seven at the time. He might be able to recover some of those memories even though it was such a trauma for him.
FS is just pond scum. MA is his female alter ego, pond scum. I hope Olmos will finally shake himself loose from his obsession with her and turn on her.
Yes, Garcia is a real hero. I’m glad he stood up to Montero, too. I hope he gets made the Comandante when Montero is gone, and I hope Montero is gone SOON. However, that would shorten the drama here….
Jeanne
Oh, I can't believe that Diego would get it on with MA, no no no no no. I refuse to believe it. It's got to be her fantasy or he's got some trick up his sleeve.
Diego remembering the details of his mother's death will probably be the nail in the coffin for FS but I'm guessing that won't happen for a while. In the meantime, I think FS is so obsessed with MP that he's not paying attention to anything anyone else is doing, including Montero.
If I were Esme I would be a touch more subtle about offending Monty. That guy is a loose cannon and not above serious damage to everyone who gets in his way.
I'm tired of seeing Sara Kali in her mask. I hope she and Hermes escape tonight.
Thanks JR!!
P.S. How do we use the accent symbols for spanish words without using an international typewriter configuration?
http://www.studyspanish.com/accents/typing.htm#winXP
I set up the international keyboard on my computer at work, which is a PC, and it is quite easy.
Anyway let's see if I remember:
WOW, Olmos showed major restraint. I thought he was going to spill the beans. I want him to use the portion on Mangle so desperately and and let her wind up pregnant. It's cruel I know but she deserves it.
I remember hearing Diego say that he was going to make MA regret marrying him, so I am sure he's got something up his sleeve.
I can't wait for the tonight's episode and I'm recapping, so I imagine it's going to get ineresting.
Mangle is relentless and so eeeeevil. I am loving this telenovela.
Marie from Mass
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