Saturday, May 05, 2007
La Fea Más Bella #268 5/4/07 Tequila sunrise
That's #266 by Univision's count; 268 hours of beautiful ugliness.
Gossip, by La Troupe
(That's French for "the cuartel." Just tryin' to keep them interesting!)
Martha is eating outdoors when Mr. Martha drives up, excited. Martha fears he's going to ask her for a divorce. Nope, he's decided it's time for them to buy a house. He explains that they have many financing options. (I'm sure this was a product placement ad, but the name of the lender must have been edited out... how sad. Not!) He wants to start looking at houses right now. Martha isn't happy to leave her taco behind, but he promises to buy her a sandwich on the way.
Back at Conceptos, when Tomas says he won't give Alicia the kind of wedding she wants, she accuses him of putting money above her happiness. He gets on his knees and offers to negotiate, but she ignores him.
The cuartel waits for Luigi so they can find out what he knows about Aurora. To kill time, they taunt Alicia for looking sad. She reveals that she canceled the wedding, and that desgraciado Tomas is going to suffer, now that he knows what it's like to have had her, and then to have lost her.
Luigi arrives, and they chase him into his studio to ask about Aurora. Alone, Alicia asks herself - did he lose her? Or did she lose him? She frowns thoughtfully. (Hey, that's some pretty deep thoughts, coming from our Oxi!)
Luigi stands next to the poster of himself in his office and strikes the same pose, trying to get the cuartel to talk to the hand. It doesn't work. Irmita (does she look different to anyone else?) explains that they need info on Aurora. He can't help them. He says he shouldn't have gotten up that morning - he should have stayed in bed with his Ruli. (He turns to the photo of his real-life girlfriend Isabella Camil - Jamie Camil's half- or step-sister - and prays for help!)
Don't cry over spilt tequila or you'll spill the beans too
It's night time. The houses on Lety's street are decorated for Christmas. Tomas is pacing on the sidewalk, talking to Alicia's photo. What's he going to do without her, how sad, etc., he hopes Lety's at home to cheer him up. He's so absorbed by the photo that he doesn't see Lety come out of house and get into her car - he's not aware of her until she's already speeding away. "I need you to console me!" he cries. He flags down a taxi and tells the driver to chase her. The driver almost takes off without him. "Hey - wait for me!"
Lety gets to the restaurant where she's to meet Jackson Reynolds, the RetroMod guy, and dashes to the bathroom to change her clothes, face, body, voice, posture, attitude, name, personality, etc. Tomas arrives a moment later and asks a waiter if he's seen a woman with glasses, whiskers, eyebrows, a little bit ugly. "A little?" the waiter replies, making a face. He tells Tomas she's in the restroom. Tomas orders a tequila and says he'll wait. He tells the Alicia photo that he'll drown his sorrows in tequila. He starts to cry and says his heart is destroyed.
Aurora comes out of the bathroom in a peach-colored dress with a gold capelet. (Are you telling me that Manuel has no emerald- or sapphire-colored dresses? Not one? Maybe amethyst? No?) She stands around waits for Jackson to show up. Tomas stares at Aurora and weighs his options. At first he thinks she's too much woman for him, but he entertains his other points of view as well.
Finally, he decides to approach Aurora. He takes off his glasses, trips over his feet either accidentally or on purpose - it's hard to tell - and lands in the seat opposite Aurora. Fortunately, with his glasses off, he can't make out the flustered look on her face. He flirts and squints. He tells her he's a single guy looking for love. His friends are the clouds, the sun, and the sea.
He turns to call for the "garçon." Luckily, he's so loud, he can't hear Lety's tittering. He whispers into the waiter's ear and sends him away. He says he'd like to tell her about his "millions." He says he feels like they've met in a previous life, as soulmates, and slyly asks if she senses it too.
Aurora's face starts twitching. Tomas tells her that he was going to say she looked like some actress, but with that parpadeo (blinking) she reminds him of someone else... except she's beautiful, not like... oh, good, the drinks are here, that was quick! He tells her that the drink is his invitation. Why don't they share a toast? He'd love to hear her voice again. (I think the only words he's heard her say so far were "Your millions? How interesting.")
"Thanks, but I don't drink." (Too bad he didn't order her an orange juice - that would have been a dead giveaway!) He wants to toast anyway and shoves the drink into her hand. "Ready? Salúd!" Aurora throws her drink at him, or maybe she just misses - it's not clear - but the drink winds up all over his face. Tomas jumps up in alarm. Aurora yells, "I'm sorry!" Lety-style. Tomas looks around for Lety, puts on his glasses, and peers at her suspiciously. Then he tells her no, it can't be, because his friend is horribly ugly! In her whiniest voice, she confirms his suspicions and tells him to stop telling people she's ugly.
Elated, Tomas jumps up and announces to everyone in the restaurant that she's his friend Lety - she's la fea más bella! People applaud, and she tells him to cool it. He sits down next to her and starts pawing and drooling! She freezes him in mid-slobber by simply saying "Alicia."
Jackson Reynolds shows up for their meeting and kisses her hand. She introduces Tomas as her agent, but Jackson quickly loses interest in him. Jackson is sure now that she's the woman he wants - no other will do - but she refuses, and tells him not to waste his time. He appreciates her honesty and asks her to let him know if she changes her mind. He adds that if she doesn't sign up, he'll go with a more professional place, because Conceptos tricked him. Sucks to be them, because they'll have to indemnify him big time.
He kisses her hand again and leaves, ignoring Tomas's outstretched hand (I think he was only expecting a handshake). Aurora makes a Lety-face.
They go back to Lety's place and Tomas watches Lety draw her eyebrows back on. They rehash her Aurora routine. Tomas agrees that Erasmo would kill her if he knew. Lety says he even ran into her once, but didn't recognize her. She swears him to secrecy. He says she's pretty, and she says she never dreamed anyone would say that to her. "Much less me," Tomas laughs.
He asks if she had plastic surgery. The answer is no. They rehash some more about the troubles with RetroMod. Lety says they'll discuss the details later, but now she wants to sleep.
Birds of a feather
Tomasa is on the couch with some pastry, laughing like a hyena at the TV. Alicia knocks on the door with her pathetic bandaged paws. Tomasa assumes it's her son, calls him a dog's ear, scolds him for losing his keys, and tells him to wait for a commercial, but Alibubis keeps knocking. Tomasa opens the door and doesn't even look at her - her eyes are glued to the TV and she immediately returns to the couch. Ali brings in all of her bags and notices the TV show. She starts laughing too. Tomasa still doesn't notice anything strange.
Alicia brings in the last bag and makes herself at home. She pulls Tomasa's legs off the couch and sits down, still laughing at the TV herself, and starts hitting Tomasa with a throw pillow. Tomasa makes a face like she just found half a worm in her apple.
You know... I think I see a future for these two. Laughing at the TV and yelling at Tomas is a lot of work, but if Alicia and his mom work in shifts, they can get it done in half the time!
The dog's ear finally gets home and trips over Alicia's bags in the dark. Alicia is snoring loudly on the couch. At first, he thinks it's his mother, and tries to shake her awake. Alicia rolls over and snores in her face. Apparently, he recognizes her by smell. He turns on the lights to confirm the diagnosis, thus waking her up. She screams in outrage. Happily, Tomas says "We don't have to get married because now you sleep here!" Tomasa comes out, snaps her fingers at him, says his teddy bear is all alone, and orders him to his room. She makes that half-worm apple face at Alicia again.
Omar and Fern tip the movers
Fern watches the movers take his stuff out of the house. Omar is keeping him company by complaining. Fern says he feels proud. Omar says he feels like an fool, because they sold all their stuff, but now the RetroMod campaign is going to save everything, they didn't have to sell anything! Fern disagrees. He says thanks to Omar's stupidity, now they'll owe a big fat indemnity too. He mocks Omar for being too lazy to read the fine print and predicts that Omar will end up in prison. Don't worry, Fern will bring him ajedreces (chess pieces?) and cigarettes, and once a month he'll get to visit with one of his little lady friends, and if not one of them, then maybe Luigi or someone. Also in prison, they like to play house. Omar can be the mommy.
Omar doesn't think so. At least, he hopes not. Fern says he's going to have to cough up $200,000, then (that's dollars, not pesos!). All Omar can really say is that he doesn't smoke, so Fern can skip the cigarettes. Fern stabs at something on the fireplace floor.
Hmm. Omar must have lived a very sheltered life if he doesn't know what the cigarettes are for. I guess with all the womanizing, he hasn't had time to watch much TV.
Later, the boys look around the new place as their stuff gets moved in. (Fern's tie matches the walls, terra-cotta and gold.) Omar complains that it's a hovel, it's worse than Fern's little office. Fern says no, it's much bigger and it has a window.
Fern says something about lighting and entertaining women. Omar says he doesn't want anyone, much less a woman, to find out that he lives here.
Fern verbally spits on the bedroom that has the bathroom, to claim it. Omar whines. One of the movers says the sofa won't fit through door. It's Omar's. It really won't fit. Fern tells them to keep it. They're happy, Omar not so much, he bought it on credit and hasn't finished paying for it yet! He says that's where he puts his feet up at night to watch TV (but obviously not prison shows).
Sunrise... Dawn... Aurora... BREAKFAST!
It's breakfast at the Padillas'. Aldo's there. Moty is cute. They rehash the Aurora problem for the parents' benefit. Nothing to see here, move along. Okay, one detail that might be important - Lety says that Aurora left for Europe early that morning.
Omar meets Carolina at a restaurant for breakfast. He's already drinking and she doesn't have good news. "I can't believe you're doing this to me!" he tells her. "ME??" She tells him Aurora went to Europe a few days ago and won't return. (If people start comparing notes, they might be confused by the discrepancy, but I think it's a red herring.) Omar says if Aurora doesn't show up, he'll end up in prison. He orders another whiskey. Caro puts her hand on his and assures him he won't go to jail.
He says he hoped it wouldn't come to this, but he's going to have to do something desperate, and everyone will be sorry. He looks at her intently and leaves. Caro says to herself, "Poor thing, he really is in love."
Meanwhile, at the Mora home, Alicia acts grateful for the honor of sleeping on Tomasa's couch. Tomasa tells Alicia she's still got one more test (right now she's working on test #2, ironing all of Tomas's shirts). Alicia whines about her poor hands.
Tomas comes in and greets his "family." Tomasa tells him to lose the smile. "We're going to have a serious talk later." Mom says if Alicia has no home and she's going to keep sleeping there, they need to get married. Tomas happily agrees.
It can't possibly get worse.
It's worse
The HaHas are in the Conceptos boardroom with Lety, Aldo, Marcia, and Fern, reviewing the RetroMod paperwork for loopholes. (Ha2 is Crispin on Destilando Amor.) Ha1 tells Marcia he can't see anything. Ha2 tells him to put on his glasses. Hahahahaha. Fern jokes to Marcia and Aldo that these guys are great - you'll only end up in jail if you're innocent. They don't see any loopholes at all. The contract is very well constructed and clear: indemnity and penalty.
Omar is in his office. A bedazzled Luigi shows up. They chat about Luigi's pashmina. Omar talks about wanting to try something out with Jackson. (Yes, they talk for a long time, but nothing substantive is revealed.)
Aldo says "so there's nothing we can do?" Ha1 says there's maybe one thing: they could pay the indemnity. (D'oh!) It's a lot of money, but 200,000 is less than what they'd have to pay otherwise - they might get sued.
Fern asks if they don't have any good news. Ha1 has some: he hasn't had a drink in two days. I think he adds. Hmm... you know, I think he was smarter when he was drinking, so maybe someone should start pouring! Fern again sarcastically remarks on their high-quality counsel. Ha1 starts kissing Marcia's fingers until she protests in disgust. The HaHas leave. Marcia wipes her hand on Fern.
Aldo begins to say "and it's all the fault of this..." pointing to Fern. Fern takes over with "...imbecile!" pointing to the door as Omar enters. "You called?" Fern and Aldo usher him to a chair. Fern asks how they should kill him. Aldo proposes removing Omar's eyebrows without anesthesia. (Aldo, you're so lame!) Fern says no, let's just cut his head off, it doesn't do anything anyway. But Omar says he has a great idea. He's spoken to JR and he has an idea that will save the company. Everyone groans, and Omar steps out to prepare his brilliant solution.
Lety, Aldo, Fern, and Marcia worry amongst themselves. Aldo says he hopes Omar's not creating false expectations.
Meanwhile, in Luigi's office, Omar and Luigi speak cryptically of their plan. Luigi tells Omar not to worry, and just enjoy his creations. (Oh boy this does not sound good, not good at all!)
JR and a white-haired man have joined the others in the boardroom. JR is saying that he had his doubts about Conceptos, but they hope they'll change his mind. Just in time, in comes Omar to announce that the moment has arrived to present the beautiful Aurora.
Someone comes in who's dressed and made up like Aurora... sort of. She's pretty, but not elegant. Her "fur" coat is obviously synthetic (and not the expensive kind of synthetic). She's about Luigi's size, and for a moment I think... but no. It's not Luigi.
Lety is momentarily confused too, but it's not her either.
Marcia asks the fake Aurora how she got interested in retro fashion. "I don't know," is the fake Aurora's high-pitched answer. Fern remarks on her pretty voice, and they all grin stupidly.
Omar ruefully thought-bubbles that this woman doesn't hold a candle to Aurora. JR says the same thing out loud, but more bluntly. "This woman is not Aurora!" Lety puts her head down. Aldo says they've only ever seen her in photos, so perhaps JR is wrong. JR says no, he met the real one last night, and this one is a terrible imitation. Omar says that can't be - JR must have met with the fake one.
Lety asks for another chance, but JR's patience has run out. He wants back the 2 million dollars he's already advanced them, plus the 200,000 dollars indemnity. Shell Man suggests that they negotiate, but JR cuts him off. "Pay up or I'll sue!"
Lety follows the RetroMod guys into the Vortex, begging some more. She tells them that this wasn't everybody's fault. Omar was trying to help, but he made a mistake and hired the wrong woman. JR says he doesn't care - Omar's an employee of Conceptos, and Conceptos will have to pay the consequences of his error. Bye.
Out in the Vortex, the Cuartel is attempting to calculate a launch window for the gossip satellite they've just built. Whoops, I misunderstood - they're discussing nothing as usual. Tomas and Alicia come in together, the happy couple. Tomas is humming the wedding march, and Alicia proudly has her hand on his arm and her nose in the air. Behind them, Juana throws imaginary confetti.
Tomas says they've announced a date, and Alicia says it's much sooner than they would have thought. Sara asks if she's pregnant. Alicia says she's not that sort of woman.
He's wearing the shirt she ironed for him. There's an iron-shaped patch on it. In a very tattletalish voice, Sara calls attention to it. Tomas says it's the mark of love. He airily tells Alicia that the youngsters (mozuelas) just don't understand. He throws his jacket down on the floor for Alicia to step across.
Luigi breezes through and asks Irmita for some valerian. (In reality I'm describing this scene slightly out of order; at this point, he's about to begin creating the fake Aurora.)
Saimon and Celso show up. Saimon says something about a half-dozen margaritas. Hmm, that sounds good right now, and technically it is cinco de mayo now... hmm... anyway... the cuartel has summoned them for a favor. They want the guys to put on a show for a bachelorette party. It doesn't have to be like "Solo Para Mujeres," but Saimon and Celso will be their strippers. Celso whips out his nightstick (that's not a euphemism) and pretends it's a stripper's pole. He begins practicing his dance.
Wow. Conceptos is a hell of a place to work.
The cuartel witnesses Lety's unhappy plea to JR. They're concerned, but she doesn't want to talk about it. They ask if they can take pictures with the Mystery Woman in the boardroom. Lety says sure, go ahead, take all the pictures they want. They cheer and hug Lety.
Lety goes back into the boardroom, where an impromptu birthday party is being held. Well... it's not exactly a party. And I don't think it's anyone's birthday. But there is a piñata. His name is Omar. :-( Fern yells at him for his new, even stupider idea to remedy the stupid mistake he made before. If he entered an idiot contest, he'd lose. It's a domino effect of idiocy. Marcia also scolds him for trying to pass off this model as Aurora. (The poor model is starting to look awfully glum.) Fern BEGS him not to try to fix the situation any further. Aldo adds that Omar's services - his BAD services - will no longer be needed.
"You're firing me?"
"It's great that he's so intuitive," Fern tells Aldo. Omar is impactado.
Next week
Fern is about to get a close-up look at Aurora in a kelly green dress. Oh well, it's better than peach.
Gossip, by La Troupe
(That's French for "the cuartel." Just tryin' to keep them interesting!)
Martha is eating outdoors when Mr. Martha drives up, excited. Martha fears he's going to ask her for a divorce. Nope, he's decided it's time for them to buy a house. He explains that they have many financing options. (I'm sure this was a product placement ad, but the name of the lender must have been edited out... how sad. Not!) He wants to start looking at houses right now. Martha isn't happy to leave her taco behind, but he promises to buy her a sandwich on the way.
Back at Conceptos, when Tomas says he won't give Alicia the kind of wedding she wants, she accuses him of putting money above her happiness. He gets on his knees and offers to negotiate, but she ignores him.
The cuartel waits for Luigi so they can find out what he knows about Aurora. To kill time, they taunt Alicia for looking sad. She reveals that she canceled the wedding, and that desgraciado Tomas is going to suffer, now that he knows what it's like to have had her, and then to have lost her.
Luigi arrives, and they chase him into his studio to ask about Aurora. Alone, Alicia asks herself - did he lose her? Or did she lose him? She frowns thoughtfully. (Hey, that's some pretty deep thoughts, coming from our Oxi!)
Luigi stands next to the poster of himself in his office and strikes the same pose, trying to get the cuartel to talk to the hand. It doesn't work. Irmita (does she look different to anyone else?) explains that they need info on Aurora. He can't help them. He says he shouldn't have gotten up that morning - he should have stayed in bed with his Ruli. (He turns to the photo of his real-life girlfriend Isabella Camil - Jamie Camil's half- or step-sister - and prays for help!)
Don't cry over spilt tequila or you'll spill the beans too
It's night time. The houses on Lety's street are decorated for Christmas. Tomas is pacing on the sidewalk, talking to Alicia's photo. What's he going to do without her, how sad, etc., he hopes Lety's at home to cheer him up. He's so absorbed by the photo that he doesn't see Lety come out of house and get into her car - he's not aware of her until she's already speeding away. "I need you to console me!" he cries. He flags down a taxi and tells the driver to chase her. The driver almost takes off without him. "Hey - wait for me!"
Lety gets to the restaurant where she's to meet Jackson Reynolds, the RetroMod guy, and dashes to the bathroom to change her clothes, face, body, voice, posture, attitude, name, personality, etc. Tomas arrives a moment later and asks a waiter if he's seen a woman with glasses, whiskers, eyebrows, a little bit ugly. "A little?" the waiter replies, making a face. He tells Tomas she's in the restroom. Tomas orders a tequila and says he'll wait. He tells the Alicia photo that he'll drown his sorrows in tequila. He starts to cry and says his heart is destroyed.
Aurora comes out of the bathroom in a peach-colored dress with a gold capelet. (Are you telling me that Manuel has no emerald- or sapphire-colored dresses? Not one? Maybe amethyst? No?) She stands around waits for Jackson to show up. Tomas stares at Aurora and weighs his options. At first he thinks she's too much woman for him, but he entertains his other points of view as well.
Finally, he decides to approach Aurora. He takes off his glasses, trips over his feet either accidentally or on purpose - it's hard to tell - and lands in the seat opposite Aurora. Fortunately, with his glasses off, he can't make out the flustered look on her face. He flirts and squints. He tells her he's a single guy looking for love. His friends are the clouds, the sun, and the sea.
He turns to call for the "garçon." Luckily, he's so loud, he can't hear Lety's tittering. He whispers into the waiter's ear and sends him away. He says he'd like to tell her about his "millions." He says he feels like they've met in a previous life, as soulmates, and slyly asks if she senses it too.
Aurora's face starts twitching. Tomas tells her that he was going to say she looked like some actress, but with that parpadeo (blinking) she reminds him of someone else... except she's beautiful, not like... oh, good, the drinks are here, that was quick! He tells her that the drink is his invitation. Why don't they share a toast? He'd love to hear her voice again. (I think the only words he's heard her say so far were "Your millions? How interesting.")
"Thanks, but I don't drink." (Too bad he didn't order her an orange juice - that would have been a dead giveaway!) He wants to toast anyway and shoves the drink into her hand. "Ready? Salúd!" Aurora throws her drink at him, or maybe she just misses - it's not clear - but the drink winds up all over his face. Tomas jumps up in alarm. Aurora yells, "I'm sorry!" Lety-style. Tomas looks around for Lety, puts on his glasses, and peers at her suspiciously. Then he tells her no, it can't be, because his friend is horribly ugly! In her whiniest voice, she confirms his suspicions and tells him to stop telling people she's ugly.
Elated, Tomas jumps up and announces to everyone in the restaurant that she's his friend Lety - she's la fea más bella! People applaud, and she tells him to cool it. He sits down next to her and starts pawing and drooling! She freezes him in mid-slobber by simply saying "Alicia."
Jackson Reynolds shows up for their meeting and kisses her hand. She introduces Tomas as her agent, but Jackson quickly loses interest in him. Jackson is sure now that she's the woman he wants - no other will do - but she refuses, and tells him not to waste his time. He appreciates her honesty and asks her to let him know if she changes her mind. He adds that if she doesn't sign up, he'll go with a more professional place, because Conceptos tricked him. Sucks to be them, because they'll have to indemnify him big time.
He kisses her hand again and leaves, ignoring Tomas's outstretched hand (I think he was only expecting a handshake). Aurora makes a Lety-face.
They go back to Lety's place and Tomas watches Lety draw her eyebrows back on. They rehash her Aurora routine. Tomas agrees that Erasmo would kill her if he knew. Lety says he even ran into her once, but didn't recognize her. She swears him to secrecy. He says she's pretty, and she says she never dreamed anyone would say that to her. "Much less me," Tomas laughs.
He asks if she had plastic surgery. The answer is no. They rehash some more about the troubles with RetroMod. Lety says they'll discuss the details later, but now she wants to sleep.
Birds of a feather
Tomasa is on the couch with some pastry, laughing like a hyena at the TV. Alicia knocks on the door with her pathetic bandaged paws. Tomasa assumes it's her son, calls him a dog's ear, scolds him for losing his keys, and tells him to wait for a commercial, but Alibubis keeps knocking. Tomasa opens the door and doesn't even look at her - her eyes are glued to the TV and she immediately returns to the couch. Ali brings in all of her bags and notices the TV show. She starts laughing too. Tomasa still doesn't notice anything strange.
Alicia brings in the last bag and makes herself at home. She pulls Tomasa's legs off the couch and sits down, still laughing at the TV herself, and starts hitting Tomasa with a throw pillow. Tomasa makes a face like she just found half a worm in her apple.
You know... I think I see a future for these two. Laughing at the TV and yelling at Tomas is a lot of work, but if Alicia and his mom work in shifts, they can get it done in half the time!
The dog's ear finally gets home and trips over Alicia's bags in the dark. Alicia is snoring loudly on the couch. At first, he thinks it's his mother, and tries to shake her awake. Alicia rolls over and snores in her face. Apparently, he recognizes her by smell. He turns on the lights to confirm the diagnosis, thus waking her up. She screams in outrage. Happily, Tomas says "We don't have to get married because now you sleep here!" Tomasa comes out, snaps her fingers at him, says his teddy bear is all alone, and orders him to his room. She makes that half-worm apple face at Alicia again.
Omar and Fern tip the movers
Fern watches the movers take his stuff out of the house. Omar is keeping him company by complaining. Fern says he feels proud. Omar says he feels like an fool, because they sold all their stuff, but now the RetroMod campaign is going to save everything, they didn't have to sell anything! Fern disagrees. He says thanks to Omar's stupidity, now they'll owe a big fat indemnity too. He mocks Omar for being too lazy to read the fine print and predicts that Omar will end up in prison. Don't worry, Fern will bring him ajedreces (chess pieces?) and cigarettes, and once a month he'll get to visit with one of his little lady friends, and if not one of them, then maybe Luigi or someone. Also in prison, they like to play house. Omar can be the mommy.
Omar doesn't think so. At least, he hopes not. Fern says he's going to have to cough up $200,000, then (that's dollars, not pesos!). All Omar can really say is that he doesn't smoke, so Fern can skip the cigarettes. Fern stabs at something on the fireplace floor.
Hmm. Omar must have lived a very sheltered life if he doesn't know what the cigarettes are for. I guess with all the womanizing, he hasn't had time to watch much TV.
Later, the boys look around the new place as their stuff gets moved in. (Fern's tie matches the walls, terra-cotta and gold.) Omar complains that it's a hovel, it's worse than Fern's little office. Fern says no, it's much bigger and it has a window.
Fern says something about lighting and entertaining women. Omar says he doesn't want anyone, much less a woman, to find out that he lives here.
Fern verbally spits on the bedroom that has the bathroom, to claim it. Omar whines. One of the movers says the sofa won't fit through door. It's Omar's. It really won't fit. Fern tells them to keep it. They're happy, Omar not so much, he bought it on credit and hasn't finished paying for it yet! He says that's where he puts his feet up at night to watch TV (but obviously not prison shows).
Sunrise... Dawn... Aurora... BREAKFAST!
It's breakfast at the Padillas'. Aldo's there. Moty is cute. They rehash the Aurora problem for the parents' benefit. Nothing to see here, move along. Okay, one detail that might be important - Lety says that Aurora left for Europe early that morning.
Omar meets Carolina at a restaurant for breakfast. He's already drinking and she doesn't have good news. "I can't believe you're doing this to me!" he tells her. "ME??" She tells him Aurora went to Europe a few days ago and won't return. (If people start comparing notes, they might be confused by the discrepancy, but I think it's a red herring.) Omar says if Aurora doesn't show up, he'll end up in prison. He orders another whiskey. Caro puts her hand on his and assures him he won't go to jail.
He says he hoped it wouldn't come to this, but he's going to have to do something desperate, and everyone will be sorry. He looks at her intently and leaves. Caro says to herself, "Poor thing, he really is in love."
Meanwhile, at the Mora home, Alicia acts grateful for the honor of sleeping on Tomasa's couch. Tomasa tells Alicia she's still got one more test (right now she's working on test #2, ironing all of Tomas's shirts). Alicia whines about her poor hands.
Tomas comes in and greets his "family." Tomasa tells him to lose the smile. "We're going to have a serious talk later." Mom says if Alicia has no home and she's going to keep sleeping there, they need to get married. Tomas happily agrees.
It can't possibly get worse.
It's worse
The HaHas are in the Conceptos boardroom with Lety, Aldo, Marcia, and Fern, reviewing the RetroMod paperwork for loopholes. (Ha2 is Crispin on Destilando Amor.) Ha1 tells Marcia he can't see anything. Ha2 tells him to put on his glasses. Hahahahaha. Fern jokes to Marcia and Aldo that these guys are great - you'll only end up in jail if you're innocent. They don't see any loopholes at all. The contract is very well constructed and clear: indemnity and penalty.
Omar is in his office. A bedazzled Luigi shows up. They chat about Luigi's pashmina. Omar talks about wanting to try something out with Jackson. (Yes, they talk for a long time, but nothing substantive is revealed.)
Aldo says "so there's nothing we can do?" Ha1 says there's maybe one thing: they could pay the indemnity. (D'oh!) It's a lot of money, but 200,000 is less than what they'd have to pay otherwise - they might get sued.
Fern asks if they don't have any good news. Ha1 has some: he hasn't had a drink in two days. I think he adds. Hmm... you know, I think he was smarter when he was drinking, so maybe someone should start pouring! Fern again sarcastically remarks on their high-quality counsel. Ha1 starts kissing Marcia's fingers until she protests in disgust. The HaHas leave. Marcia wipes her hand on Fern.
Aldo begins to say "and it's all the fault of this..." pointing to Fern. Fern takes over with "...imbecile!" pointing to the door as Omar enters. "You called?" Fern and Aldo usher him to a chair. Fern asks how they should kill him. Aldo proposes removing Omar's eyebrows without anesthesia. (Aldo, you're so lame!) Fern says no, let's just cut his head off, it doesn't do anything anyway. But Omar says he has a great idea. He's spoken to JR and he has an idea that will save the company. Everyone groans, and Omar steps out to prepare his brilliant solution.
Lety, Aldo, Fern, and Marcia worry amongst themselves. Aldo says he hopes Omar's not creating false expectations.
Meanwhile, in Luigi's office, Omar and Luigi speak cryptically of their plan. Luigi tells Omar not to worry, and just enjoy his creations. (Oh boy this does not sound good, not good at all!)
JR and a white-haired man have joined the others in the boardroom. JR is saying that he had his doubts about Conceptos, but they hope they'll change his mind. Just in time, in comes Omar to announce that the moment has arrived to present the beautiful Aurora.
Someone comes in who's dressed and made up like Aurora... sort of. She's pretty, but not elegant. Her "fur" coat is obviously synthetic (and not the expensive kind of synthetic). She's about Luigi's size, and for a moment I think... but no. It's not Luigi.
Lety is momentarily confused too, but it's not her either.
Marcia asks the fake Aurora how she got interested in retro fashion. "I don't know," is the fake Aurora's high-pitched answer. Fern remarks on her pretty voice, and they all grin stupidly.
Omar ruefully thought-bubbles that this woman doesn't hold a candle to Aurora. JR says the same thing out loud, but more bluntly. "This woman is not Aurora!" Lety puts her head down. Aldo says they've only ever seen her in photos, so perhaps JR is wrong. JR says no, he met the real one last night, and this one is a terrible imitation. Omar says that can't be - JR must have met with the fake one.
Lety asks for another chance, but JR's patience has run out. He wants back the 2 million dollars he's already advanced them, plus the 200,000 dollars indemnity. Shell Man suggests that they negotiate, but JR cuts him off. "Pay up or I'll sue!"
Lety follows the RetroMod guys into the Vortex, begging some more. She tells them that this wasn't everybody's fault. Omar was trying to help, but he made a mistake and hired the wrong woman. JR says he doesn't care - Omar's an employee of Conceptos, and Conceptos will have to pay the consequences of his error. Bye.
Out in the Vortex, the Cuartel is attempting to calculate a launch window for the gossip satellite they've just built. Whoops, I misunderstood - they're discussing nothing as usual. Tomas and Alicia come in together, the happy couple. Tomas is humming the wedding march, and Alicia proudly has her hand on his arm and her nose in the air. Behind them, Juana throws imaginary confetti.
Tomas says they've announced a date, and Alicia says it's much sooner than they would have thought. Sara asks if she's pregnant. Alicia says she's not that sort of woman.
He's wearing the shirt she ironed for him. There's an iron-shaped patch on it. In a very tattletalish voice, Sara calls attention to it. Tomas says it's the mark of love. He airily tells Alicia that the youngsters (mozuelas) just don't understand. He throws his jacket down on the floor for Alicia to step across.
Luigi breezes through and asks Irmita for some valerian. (In reality I'm describing this scene slightly out of order; at this point, he's about to begin creating the fake Aurora.)
Saimon and Celso show up. Saimon says something about a half-dozen margaritas. Hmm, that sounds good right now, and technically it is cinco de mayo now... hmm... anyway... the cuartel has summoned them for a favor. They want the guys to put on a show for a bachelorette party. It doesn't have to be like "Solo Para Mujeres," but Saimon and Celso will be their strippers. Celso whips out his nightstick (that's not a euphemism) and pretends it's a stripper's pole. He begins practicing his dance.
Wow. Conceptos is a hell of a place to work.
The cuartel witnesses Lety's unhappy plea to JR. They're concerned, but she doesn't want to talk about it. They ask if they can take pictures with the Mystery Woman in the boardroom. Lety says sure, go ahead, take all the pictures they want. They cheer and hug Lety.
Lety goes back into the boardroom, where an impromptu birthday party is being held. Well... it's not exactly a party. And I don't think it's anyone's birthday. But there is a piñata. His name is Omar. :-( Fern yells at him for his new, even stupider idea to remedy the stupid mistake he made before. If he entered an idiot contest, he'd lose. It's a domino effect of idiocy. Marcia also scolds him for trying to pass off this model as Aurora. (The poor model is starting to look awfully glum.) Fern BEGS him not to try to fix the situation any further. Aldo adds that Omar's services - his BAD services - will no longer be needed.
"You're firing me?"
"It's great that he's so intuitive," Fern tells Aldo. Omar is impactado.
Next week
Fern is about to get a close-up look at Aurora in a kelly green dress. Oh well, it's better than peach.
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Thanks so much for the recap Julie. Wow! Its really coming to a close (I saw the "ultimos capitulose" sign during the preview). Sigh. I'm going to miss the boys (Fern & Omar). I hope if Fern & Lety end up together they give us more than a few seconds of happiness in their reunion.
I hope Omar can figure how to get his job back. I also agree with one of the threads that wants Omar and Caro to get together. I noticed how she held his hand when they met for breakfast.
My question is why did Lety let Conceptos get in such trouble with JR? Having to pay $200K isn't going to help in her quest to get the company solvent. What is her logic?
Karen
I hope Omar can figure how to get his job back. I also agree with one of the threads that wants Omar and Caro to get together. I noticed how she held his hand when they met for breakfast.
My question is why did Lety let Conceptos get in such trouble with JR? Having to pay $200K isn't going to help in her quest to get the company solvent. What is her logic?
Karen
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: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 3:21:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 3:21:00 AM EDT
Great recap! I almost woke up the whole house when I read the comment about the nightstick comment not being a euphemism!
Karen:
Lety did not let Conceptos get into this mess. Omar did. I just don't get it though! All Lety has to do is do the campaign! I think Aldo was right when he said that Lety is trying to sabatoge their life together by not wanting to get Aurora to do the campaign. I think now, Lety is too afraid to be found out. She is sure that if she is found out, Aldo would be right and she would have to actually make a decision!
Michaelle
Karen:
Lety did not let Conceptos get into this mess. Omar did. I just don't get it though! All Lety has to do is do the campaign! I think Aldo was right when he said that Lety is trying to sabatoge their life together by not wanting to get Aurora to do the campaign. I think now, Lety is too afraid to be found out. She is sure that if she is found out, Aldo would be right and she would have to actually make a decision!
Michaelle
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 5:57:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 5:57:00 AM EDT
Yes, Julie...you outdid yourself with the "whips out his nightstick (not a euphemism)" remark. AND that was my favorite scene...Celso had some very good pole-dancing moves (who knew?)
I find myself getting so impatient with Lety's whining reluctance to step up and be Aurora again...I know the writers have to string this out and keep us on the edge of our seats, but damnit I'm getting cranky.
Wish we could just have a recap show of all the marvelous love scenes between Lety and Fernando (couldn't one of them be dreaming and reminiscing for an entire show?)...anyway, thanks again for a great recap and all the advice you give us bloggers when we're flummoxed by computer skills (or lack thereof)
Judy B.
I find myself getting so impatient with Lety's whining reluctance to step up and be Aurora again...I know the writers have to string this out and keep us on the edge of our seats, but damnit I'm getting cranky.
Wish we could just have a recap show of all the marvelous love scenes between Lety and Fernando (couldn't one of them be dreaming and reminiscing for an entire show?)...anyway, thanks again for a great recap and all the advice you give us bloggers when we're flummoxed by computer skills (or lack thereof)
Judy B.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 9:00:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 9:00:00 AM EDT
Thanks so much Julie!!!
I am feeling sorry for poor Omar. He has definitely become the punching bag. He seems pretty pitiful right now.
Poor Tomas! Not only does he have mama to boss him around but now Alicia as her junior!!!
I am enjoying the show a lot more lately. Celso was one of my favorite parts.
I didn't understand Martha taking off with her husband at lunchtime and then suddenly it was night??? Did I miss something????
Gee, it seems like I am always saying that with La Fea.
Carrie L.
I am feeling sorry for poor Omar. He has definitely become the punching bag. He seems pretty pitiful right now.
Poor Tomas! Not only does he have mama to boss him around but now Alicia as her junior!!!
I am enjoying the show a lot more lately. Celso was one of my favorite parts.
I didn't understand Martha taking off with her husband at lunchtime and then suddenly it was night??? Did I miss something????
Gee, it seems like I am always saying that with La Fea.
Carrie L.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:04:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:04:00 AM EDT
Judy I had the episode taped where lety and fern kiss outside conceptos then ride to the country and sit on something while talking of their love for each other and fern proposing, up to them kissing in the car - and then that day she goes into conceptos and they are no longer together???? I too hope that if they are together in the end, that it gets dragged out so we can get all the romance we can from the two of them. All the hours that we were starved from watching them together, should be put together and played for us
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:19:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:19:00 AM EDT
Lety and her gowns, can't they find a color that really looks good on her? She's very pretty but other than black or white (in my opinion), I don't see a color as looking very complimentary.
Carrie L.
Carrie L.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:29:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 10:29:00 AM EDT
Thank you for the funny recap, Julie.
Irmita looked different to me, too. I noticed her bangs - I think that's the difference.
It was a fun episode - I crack up when the lawyers are on.
Omar is really getting beaten up these days, isn't he? Poor guy.
LFMB is still a good novela, but like Judy B., I'm getting cranky over the lack of Fer/Lety romance.
Sadly, I have to admit, it is time for Ultimas Semanas.
The sweetness and poignancy of Lety and Fer has been lost. I hope something of it comes back.
Irmita looked different to me, too. I noticed her bangs - I think that's the difference.
It was a fun episode - I crack up when the lawyers are on.
Omar is really getting beaten up these days, isn't he? Poor guy.
LFMB is still a good novela, but like Judy B., I'm getting cranky over the lack of Fer/Lety romance.
Sadly, I have to admit, it is time for Ultimas Semanas.
The sweetness and poignancy of Lety and Fer has been lost. I hope something of it comes back.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 12:17:00 PM EDT
Julie, you are so very funny. Thanks for all the giggles, snorts, and belly laughs in that recap. Lots of good little moments in this episode.
Aurora's dress was definitely not the best choice. Looked like it came from the "Bridesmaid Hell" catalog, end-of-season sale edition.
Tomas with Aurora, being Aldo II by telling her his friends were the clouds, sun, and sea. "Froze him in mid-slobber" was funny and true. I also liked the concept of Tomasa and Alicia working in shifts on Tomas.
Pobre Omar, everyone's punching bag and even being tag-teamed by Fern and Aldo. The apartment moving scene was great.
The lawyer kissing Marcia's fingers one by one? And how she wiped off her hand. That was a wonderful piece of stage business.
Aurora's dress was definitely not the best choice. Looked like it came from the "Bridesmaid Hell" catalog, end-of-season sale edition.
Tomas with Aurora, being Aldo II by telling her his friends were the clouds, sun, and sea. "Froze him in mid-slobber" was funny and true. I also liked the concept of Tomasa and Alicia working in shifts on Tomas.
Pobre Omar, everyone's punching bag and even being tag-teamed by Fern and Aldo. The apartment moving scene was great.
The lawyer kissing Marcia's fingers one by one? And how she wiped off her hand. That was a wonderful piece of stage business.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM EDT
Poor Lety (NOT) yet another mess she could solve but refuses to do it. All she has to do is pose for a few damn pictures not offer up her non-existant virginity. If I were Fern and Aldo, when the truth comes out I'd be major league p***ed off with her. In Aldo's case her lack of action is playing with his "investment" not to say getting her the heck out of Conceptos. For Fern she is playing around with the future of his family business and he has now also sold his stuff to save it. By delaying telling the truth she has really stepped into it. I won't even go into the cruelty of playing with Omar's feelings and now getting him fired. Excellent piece of revenge but it sure doesn't make her a nice person.
Yes I Iknow Omar screwed up by not reading the fine print which I might add was very astute of Jacks. He certainly runs an efficient company in getting that iron clad contract drawn up in one day while over at Conceptos they'd probably still be arguing over and having a massive junta to decide the paper color.
Interesting Fern called him Mr. Reyard which is French for fox and he is sly as one. My Question now is what is his name, Mr Jackson, Mr Reynolds or Mr. Reynard and then again why to I care
Yes I Iknow Omar screwed up by not reading the fine print which I might add was very astute of Jacks. He certainly runs an efficient company in getting that iron clad contract drawn up in one day while over at Conceptos they'd probably still be arguing over and having a massive junta to decide the paper color.
Interesting Fern called him Mr. Reyard which is French for fox and he is sly as one. My Question now is what is his name, Mr Jackson, Mr Reynolds or Mr. Reynard and then again why to I care
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:46:00 PM EDT
Omar didn't get the company in the fix it is in but he did contribute to the problem Lety got it in the fix first by saying she was a model when she first came out as Aurora and now by her idiotic refusal to just do the campaign. Yes it would be hard for her to pull it off but IF and the is a big IF she really loved Aldo or Fern she would do it but no she prefers to whine and sit on her behind doing nothing. She is so totally unlikable I wonder how they can redeem her in 7 weeks. It will never work with me. Bring on Caro and Omar and forget miss fea.
Diane
Diane
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:50:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:50:00 PM EDT
Lucky Lety once again Aldo rides to the rescue and fires Omar. She'd never do it when it so much more fun to torture him with Aurora. How tiresome is this getting.
I can hardly believe the relationship developing between Alicia and her suegra. For the first time I'm getting the feeling that Alicia may care about Tomas a little bit. Yes I know she is probably afraid if she lets him slip through her fingers she will end up on the street and her ironing was hilarious. What will be next window washing or mopping the floors?
I too am ready for this show to end and have been ever since they moved the romance between Fern and Lety to back burner.
I can hardly believe the relationship developing between Alicia and her suegra. For the first time I'm getting the feeling that Alicia may care about Tomas a little bit. Yes I know she is probably afraid if she lets him slip through her fingers she will end up on the street and her ironing was hilarious. What will be next window washing or mopping the floors?
I too am ready for this show to end and have been ever since they moved the romance between Fern and Lety to back burner.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:58:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 1:58:00 PM EDT
Thanks for helping me understand what is going on at Conceptos, Michaelle.
And ITA with all of you who long for the days of old. Its a reminder that if you don't have a plan for your extension for the sake of your fans DON'T DO IT. The filler (the cuartel and other pointless diversion) and changing people's (read Lety) personalities for painful plot twists makes you long for the early days. This is why I hope in efforts to compensate the fans, the show gives us more than a few minutes of Lety/Fern at the end(my hope not a spoiler).
Karen
And ITA with all of you who long for the days of old. Its a reminder that if you don't have a plan for your extension for the sake of your fans DON'T DO IT. The filler (the cuartel and other pointless diversion) and changing people's (read Lety) personalities for painful plot twists makes you long for the early days. This is why I hope in efforts to compensate the fans, the show gives us more than a few minutes of Lety/Fern at the end(my hope not a spoiler).
Karen
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 2:13:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 2:13:00 PM EDT
I honestly don't know what JR's name is. I'm pretty sure the "Reynolds" is correct, but the captions have said Jack and Jackson, when it sounds like the people are calling him Jacks most of the time. That's why I switched to JR later on. :)
As for the fine print in the contract - perhaps that's not something JR brilliantly came up with just this once. I bet he puts similar fine print in all of his contracts. He's willing to pay big bucks for a good campaign, but including a hefty penalty ensures that he doesn't get involved with incompetent companies too often. Just a thought.
As for the fine print in the contract - perhaps that's not something JR brilliantly came up with just this once. I bet he puts similar fine print in all of his contracts. He's willing to pay big bucks for a good campaign, but including a hefty penalty ensures that he doesn't get involved with incompetent companies too often. Just a thought.
I thought that Omar asked the clients (JR + ?) to put that fine print in the contract to ensure that Conceptos (Letty) would have to hire Aurora for the job.
Ann
Ann
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 3:04:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 3:04:00 PM EDT
I'll be so disappointed if we don't get to watch the actual Saimon and Celso show. Whips out his nightstick, indeed :D
Today while taking my SATs I started doing my "random thought time" (my friends call it spacing out) since I finished the section early. (SAT rules are stupid you cant go to any other section except the one your already on) Anywho I started thinking about Monday. So my finale went like this....Fern mets Aurora and started liking her. They start to date and Fern forgets about Lety. Mind you Lety is still with Al-Blow. One Day Fern goes to Lety house (didnt really work out why) and catches her changing into Aurora. Everything blows up and both Fern And Al-Blow leaves her. Fern leaves Mexico (idk were) and meets a beautifull woman and falls in love with her. Who just happens to look like me. Then it ended because the next section was up.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 4:07:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 4:07:00 PM EDT
When Tomas was outside Lety's house looking at what must be by now his ever so dog-eared photo of Alicia, he quoted some famous lines from a famous poem by Pablo Neruda: "Es tan corto al amor y tan largo el olvido," which means "Love is so short and forgetting takes so long."
Dara
Dara
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 5:22:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 5:22:00 PM EDT
Dara - thanks for the attribution to Neruda. I'd heard the lines before, but didn't know the author.
It's lovely and painful.
Ah, such is love.
It's lovely and painful.
Ah, such is love.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:27:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:27:00 PM EDT
I hope that if fern and lety are together in the end it is dragged out romatically. The one we recently saw where fern asked her to marry him, they are in the woods, writing on green plants and in the solar system, etc; however, it was done rapidly, during one small part of one night's episode, so it appeared fake. Too many things going on. they go from kissing at conceptos, getting in his car, going someplace to sit and talk, then another place to sit and talk, he asks her to marry him, they kiss in front of her house, all in one episode. I want something that appears more real and less fake and to be slow.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:44:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 6:44:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap, Julie. I thought it was funny when you referred to Aldo as Shell Man. I thought this episode was pretty dull. I do feel bad for Omar, but I think he will be alright. That was a pretty intense look he gave Caro when he got up to leave.
(His version of the “Jason stare” maybe? A shout out to past & present GH fans.)
In the preview they showed it looked like Aurora is going to do the campaign. BTW I found the People Espanol at Borders. The Jaime pic is a profile. He has got a great profile, of course, but I would have preferred seeing all of his face and a nice smile. His hair looks nice, it’s not slicked back.
Teresa
(His version of the “Jason stare” maybe? A shout out to past & present GH fans.)
In the preview they showed it looked like Aurora is going to do the campaign. BTW I found the People Espanol at Borders. The Jaime pic is a profile. He has got a great profile, of course, but I would have preferred seeing all of his face and a nice smile. His hair looks nice, it’s not slicked back.
Teresa
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 7:47:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 7:47:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the poem info, Dara. I can barely deal with poetry in English... and I was an English major.
Recapper Kris is the one who came up with Shell Man, I think.
I like Jaime's hair slicked halfway back, just enough so it's off his face and not pouffed out to much, but still showing a lot of curl on the ends. Not that I've spent a lot of time contemplating this, or anything.
I didn't think Omar's stare was especially Jason Morganesque, but that's because when Jason makes that face, I can usually tell what he's thinking... whatever thing it is that he'd least like anyone to suspect. But with Omar, I have no idea what he's thinking, ever.
At first I thought it was because of the actor, but in retrospect I think the guy has no idea what Omar's thinking either ("boobies... boobies... boobies..."), because the character has been so one-dimensional up till now. The few times that he did get Omar to emote (like that day he spent listening to Marcia babble about Fern when they were in Germany), it made him look far more thoughtful and caring than he was actually supposed to be, I think. Because he was only too happy to continue lying to her face, big outrageous cruel lies without any hesitation or hint of regret.
Maybe I'm going too easy on this actor because I think he's hot. :) But I don't see how any actor can do himself justice in such a thankless role. And then all of a sudden, pow, he's supposed to have depth and motivation. Good luck with that.
Recapper Kris is the one who came up with Shell Man, I think.
I like Jaime's hair slicked halfway back, just enough so it's off his face and not pouffed out to much, but still showing a lot of curl on the ends. Not that I've spent a lot of time contemplating this, or anything.
I didn't think Omar's stare was especially Jason Morganesque, but that's because when Jason makes that face, I can usually tell what he's thinking... whatever thing it is that he'd least like anyone to suspect. But with Omar, I have no idea what he's thinking, ever.
At first I thought it was because of the actor, but in retrospect I think the guy has no idea what Omar's thinking either ("boobies... boobies... boobies..."), because the character has been so one-dimensional up till now. The few times that he did get Omar to emote (like that day he spent listening to Marcia babble about Fern when they were in Germany), it made him look far more thoughtful and caring than he was actually supposed to be, I think. Because he was only too happy to continue lying to her face, big outrageous cruel lies without any hesitation or hint of regret.
Maybe I'm going too easy on this actor because I think he's hot. :) But I don't see how any actor can do himself justice in such a thankless role. And then all of a sudden, pow, he's supposed to have depth and motivation. Good luck with that.
The latest word on Angelica Vale in Ugly Betty is that she will be in TWO episodes... in #22 as Lety, and in the "finale" as someone else (I won't say who - you can easily google if you want to know).
If that's true, that means Lety is this week - May 10 - and the other one is the week after.
But I don't know how reliable my info was. It was on multiple sites, but misinformation proliferates just as readily as the good stuff.
I think there are only two episodes left. That would mean she'd be in two in a row as two different chars, which strikes me as odd, but I guess we'll see. Whee! The good news is that you don't actually have to tune in - if she's in the episode, we'll tell you and then you can watch it on abc.com later. :)
If that's true, that means Lety is this week - May 10 - and the other one is the week after.
But I don't know how reliable my info was. It was on multiple sites, but misinformation proliferates just as readily as the good stuff.
I think there are only two episodes left. That would mean she'd be in two in a row as two different chars, which strikes me as odd, but I guess we'll see. Whee! The good news is that you don't actually have to tune in - if she's in the episode, we'll tell you and then you can watch it on abc.com later. :)
Omar is just very shallow and self centered...and well there is nothing wrong with that...If everyone was a Mother Teresa..then no one would be canonized a saint...
Trust me...I have been using this arguement for years..
Trust me...I have been using this arguement for years..
RE: Ugly Betty in Mexico
My local (DC) TV guide notes that Betty & fam will be going to Guadalajara on this week's episode (it doesn't say anything about going on to DF - but anything is possible). Just my dos centavos.
My local (DC) TV guide notes that Betty & fam will be going to Guadalajara on this week's episode (it doesn't say anything about going on to DF - but anything is possible). Just my dos centavos.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 11:08:00 AM EDT
Julie and Anya - The only reason I recognized that line of poetry was because my Spanish teacher dictated the poem to us a couple of years ago. She urged us to try to memorize it, saying it's a poem that many people in Latin America are familiar with, so if you're ever at a dinner party in Nicaragua or somewhere you can recite the poem and everyone will recognize it, or in my case, if you're ever watching a telenovela and someone quotes it you'll recognize it. Although I actually had it memorized at one point, just for the Spanish practice, it turned out that for me it's tan largo a la memoria y tan corto el olvido. I doubt I'll be declaiming poetry in Spanish at dinner parties any time soon in the history of the world!. The poem is called "Puedo Escribir Los Versos Mas Tristes Esta Noche," or "Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines." Dara
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 2:57:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 2:57:00 PM EDT
Love the Jason Morgan reference. To an extent the Omar character has been portrayed the same way one dimensional skirt chaser (not mob enforcer) but you always get the feeling there is something else behind it because both actors subtly show they have some smarts.
That look said a lot to me. Omar is still dumb to the fact that Caro is his true love, the only woman he actually talks to, and yes, he still puts the occasional move on her but more because it is his habitual behavior. I like the slow way this possible relationship is developing.
Just looked at the previews again and fail to see why Lety is upset that Jacks or whatever his name is has Fern overseeing the project (kind of role reversal from when Aldo had the job on the last one). Is she afraid he will see through the tons of make up or is she afraid that she still has some feelings for him.
Johanna
That look said a lot to me. Omar is still dumb to the fact that Caro is his true love, the only woman he actually talks to, and yes, he still puts the occasional move on her but more because it is his habitual behavior. I like the slow way this possible relationship is developing.
Just looked at the previews again and fail to see why Lety is upset that Jacks or whatever his name is has Fern overseeing the project (kind of role reversal from when Aldo had the job on the last one). Is she afraid he will see through the tons of make up or is she afraid that she still has some feelings for him.
Johanna
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 3:57:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 3:57:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap, Julie and all the other recappers. I just got back from a cruise to the Bahamas so I missed LFMB all week. I did tivo the last 5 episodes but the recaps really helped.
I was happy to see the "sunshine boys" again (the lawyers). They are funny. Poor Omar I feel bad for him. Now that Fernando is being a big boy Lety is being a baby.
I was happy to see the "sunshine boys" again (the lawyers). They are funny. Poor Omar I feel bad for him. Now that Fernando is being a big boy Lety is being a baby.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 8:38:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 8:38:00 PM EDT
LOL! am really tried of this novela already
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 8:53:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 8:53:00 PM EDT
Just wanted to say thanks to our Thursday recapper, Alma, for all the hard work and joy that you have brought us with your recaps in the past. Good luck and many thanks.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 12:00:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 12:00:00 PM EDT
Don't know how many people are checking in here today so I'll probably post this tomorrow as well.
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!!! Jaime Camil is single again. The article is from People en Español. Here's the link to the website...
http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1617661,00.html
A gal can daydream, right? :-)
- Michelle in Minnesota
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!!! Jaime Camil is single again. The article is from People en Español. Here's the link to the website...
http://www.peopleenespanol.com/pespanol/articles/0,22490,1617661,00.html
A gal can daydream, right? :-)
- Michelle in Minnesota
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 12:03:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 12:03:00 PM EDT
Hi Michelle. That's probably not such great news for Jaime Camil, poor guy, but this girl will sure daydream! Thanks for sharing the info.
Still not feeling the love for this whole Aurora thing. It's just too contrived (which is saying a LOT for a telenovela!) for my taste. I don't care how shy she is and how much she "wants" to stay fea, it would not have been that freaking hard for Lety to come clean to Fernando and Aldo and all have a laugh at Omar's expense (especially Fernando, who seems to have no problem at all making fun of Omar). But no, she has to keep saying no even to the point where it hurts the company. Puh-leez! I never thought I'd say this, but I'd almost rather watch the Tomas/Alicia storyline than the Aurora one. Well ok, I said ALMOST... at least the Aurora one has Fernando and Aldo in it (yes, still an Aldo fan, sorry all you Aldo-haters) so it's got the eye-candy appeal.
Ah well, this is what I get for getting hooked on a mexican soap opera... I couldn't stop watching now if I wanted to ;o)
I AM glad to see them giving Omar more story time, even if it is just so he can be the group punching bag. I really like that actor, he's adorable.
Kim P.
By the way, I just watch Mi Destino Eres Tu on DVD. I never saw it when it was on TV. Boy did they chop it up! I know they had to cut it down in the interest of keeping the dvd's short, but my gosh, whoever did the editing was terrible. One minute the couple is together, next they've split up and we just get a side comment that they each saw the other at some restaurant with someone else... what??? I hope when they release La Fea it won't be quite that badly edited. I want to get rid of all the filler crap (especially the cuartel), but please keep at least some of the important story lines...
Still not feeling the love for this whole Aurora thing. It's just too contrived (which is saying a LOT for a telenovela!) for my taste. I don't care how shy she is and how much she "wants" to stay fea, it would not have been that freaking hard for Lety to come clean to Fernando and Aldo and all have a laugh at Omar's expense (especially Fernando, who seems to have no problem at all making fun of Omar). But no, she has to keep saying no even to the point where it hurts the company. Puh-leez! I never thought I'd say this, but I'd almost rather watch the Tomas/Alicia storyline than the Aurora one. Well ok, I said ALMOST... at least the Aurora one has Fernando and Aldo in it (yes, still an Aldo fan, sorry all you Aldo-haters) so it's got the eye-candy appeal.
Ah well, this is what I get for getting hooked on a mexican soap opera... I couldn't stop watching now if I wanted to ;o)
I AM glad to see them giving Omar more story time, even if it is just so he can be the group punching bag. I really like that actor, he's adorable.
Kim P.
By the way, I just watch Mi Destino Eres Tu on DVD. I never saw it when it was on TV. Boy did they chop it up! I know they had to cut it down in the interest of keeping the dvd's short, but my gosh, whoever did the editing was terrible. One minute the couple is together, next they've split up and we just get a side comment that they each saw the other at some restaurant with someone else... what??? I hope when they release La Fea it won't be quite that badly edited. I want to get rid of all the filler crap (especially the cuartel), but please keep at least some of the important story lines...
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM EDT
I like Alicia and Tomasina together. They definitely are boids of a feather! HATED the creepy way that lawyer was all over marcia - really icky the way everyone else thought it was just 'funny' what kind of woman shaming place IS this???
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 2:46:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 2:46:00 PM EDT
Kim P -
After reading your comment I realised that I sounded kind of cold about Jaime Camil breaking off his relationship. Don't get me wrong, I feel badly for anyone who ends a long-term relationship. Its never an easy thing to do. I was just having a selfish moment when I left my comment. Its just so much easier to daydream about someone when you know that they are single too. :-)
- Michelle in Minnesota
After reading your comment I realised that I sounded kind of cold about Jaime Camil breaking off his relationship. Don't get me wrong, I feel badly for anyone who ends a long-term relationship. Its never an easy thing to do. I was just having a selfish moment when I left my comment. Its just so much easier to daydream about someone when you know that they are single too. :-)
- Michelle in Minnesota
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 4:33:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 4:33:00 PM EDT
M of M this is the best news i have read since the invention of Microsoft....JAIME CAMIL IS SINGLE fixin to celebrate this.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:09:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:09:00 PM EDT
I'm sorry M of M, I never meant to make you feel like that, it was only meant as a semi-humourous comment. I think there's a very large group of women out there celebrating as we speak, and I'd be happy to share a glass of champage along with them.
Trust me, I don't feel so sorry for him that I wouldn't jump all over his bones if the opportunity even remotely presented itself! I think the poor guy needs a little consoling ;o)
Kim P.
Trust me, I don't feel so sorry for him that I wouldn't jump all over his bones if the opportunity even remotely presented itself! I think the poor guy needs a little consoling ;o)
Kim P.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:29:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:29:00 PM EDT
Ummm...I guess this is a response to Anon 2:46. I made a comment that the lawyer's finger-kissing Marcia was a wonderful piece of stage business, thinking of it as a character revealing action. Not endorsing that behavior for lawyers or men in general. He was taking advantage of the hand-kissing custom of greeting or farewell. If I found it funny it was because it showed him as a semi-desgraciado.
What kind of woman-shaming place?? Not sure if you mean Conceptos or this blog? I've never lived in Mexico or Latin America, only studied and observed from a distance. I've seen other stuff on Univision (booty-shaking chicas on the variety shows)that seems woman-shaming to me, but I'm not part of the macho culture. Those who have lived inside the culture could speak more clearly.
What kind of woman-shaming place?? Not sure if you mean Conceptos or this blog? I've never lived in Mexico or Latin America, only studied and observed from a distance. I've seen other stuff on Univision (booty-shaking chicas on the variety shows)that seems woman-shaming to me, but I'm not part of the macho culture. Those who have lived inside the culture could speak more clearly.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
I have lived in both Spain and Mexico and they are macho societies which as an Irish American woman I found difficult to cope with. However one of the things I find sad in most novelas is the acceptance of violence against women even being used as entertainment. I'm fully aware that there are serious domestic violence problems in Latin countries as well as our own. The level of violence an abuse of women in Duelo is beyond appalling and I avoid it for the most part. Multiple rapes, attempted rape and slapping women around is not amusing.
What I sometimes find offensive about LFMB is that a female producer is in charge and portrays the cuatel as nosy gossips, allows Alicia and PM to dress like common street walkers, finds it amusing to have the two dippy lawyers slobbering over Marcia, Alicia and even Sarah, lets the writers create female characters who will sleep around solely to achieve social position and worst of all turned a bright young woman into a brainless twit allowing a man to do all her thinking for her.
That said I'm still watching and drooling over Omar and Fern which at least is harmless. Some of the rest of it isn't.
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What I sometimes find offensive about LFMB is that a female producer is in charge and portrays the cuatel as nosy gossips, allows Alicia and PM to dress like common street walkers, finds it amusing to have the two dippy lawyers slobbering over Marcia, Alicia and even Sarah, lets the writers create female characters who will sleep around solely to achieve social position and worst of all turned a bright young woman into a brainless twit allowing a man to do all her thinking for her.
That said I'm still watching and drooling over Omar and Fern which at least is harmless. Some of the rest of it isn't.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:21:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:21:00 PM EDT
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