Saturday, July 07, 2007
Destilando Amor: 07/06/07 "And Baby Makes Three..."
At their meeting Dani and the ever more letigiously distinguished legal eagle, Videgaray, look through the finance records. He determines that Mariana never cashed that severance check of hers, let alone any payoff of 5 million pesos. In fact there is a corresponding check instead that Oñate seems to have cashed. "Who? That shyster lawyer of Aaron's?" she asks in disbelief (in the best line of the whole show). Videgaray says yes, the very same, and adds that probably Mariana was run off without a receiving a penny. Dani reasons that her cousin exposed Mariana and slandered her in front of the family with corrupt and avaricious designs.
Aaron has decided to travel back to Mexico City before Minerva gets the notice of their divorce. During breakfast Pammy says she doesn't want Aaron to return to Mexico. She has the funny feeling that if he leaves this time he won't be coming back to her. About then he receives the disturbing news from his wife about Dani possibly looking into Mariana Franco's severance payments. Aaron sits down to eat and tells Pamela not to be foolish. It's only that there are still a few things pending at the home office, but when he returns that next week they'll go on a cruise to what ever locale Pammy wants.
Pammy persists till Aaron rather gently (for him) pushes back, but she instinctively knows when to demur (most unlike the current Mrs. Aaron Montalvo) and sweetly answers that she simply wonders why this is his tactic. Aaron responds that since Minerva knows various things of a compromising nature about him and his business dealings he has to let her down very gently or she could-- and definitely would -- try to destroy him. She's certain their wedding is just a false hope. As for Minerva, Aaron assures Pamela that at most it will be only a couple of months till till he finalizes the divorce settlement. He'll return to her; they can be married and then will await the arrival of little Aaron, Jr. Pam replies, "--but what if I don't really want any children?" Aaron stares at her. "--What? Are you joking? A child is the crowning touch to our happiness!"
Videgaray, meanwhile, says Quintana will have the signed receipt of any cashed severance check and Dani will have to be the one to ask him for it. So Dani returns to the corporate offices. As she is signing in she asks Margarita again if she has spoken with Mariana yet, but Margarita nervously denies it. Dani notes that she's acting a bit uptight. She smiles and, in an attempt to put the skittish receptionist at ease, tells Margarita as she leaves to just call her Dani.
Since Aaron won't be returning till noon the next day, he makes a call to Quintana with strict orders to deny his cousin any further assistance. Dani goes up to speak with Quintana, who has just received the orders from Aaron not to give her a single additional document till he gets there and can deal with the situation personally. When Dani asks for the cashed receipt of Mariana's severance check, Quintana says he has been told by Aaron that he cannot give her anything further. She demands he call back her cousin so that she can speak to him, but when he does, it appears Aaron has already turned off his cell.
Mariana has had a difficult time setting up appointments with her list of potential customers (Oh, fond memories of those good ol' days of cold-calling and surviving on 100% commission minus expenses!! Been there, done that, got the tee shirt, and thankfully threw it back after successfully beating the odds, but I digress.) The old geezer who is now Mariana's sales manager at that dirty, hole-in-the-wall encyclopedia publishing house appropriately named La Mancha (the stain), comes in to check on her progress.
Gavi's a bit frustrated with only 2 appointments set for the next day. The manager offers to show her a few tricks of the trade over lunch. He knows just the place, somewhere "quiet and out of the way" where they can, you know, discuss... techniques. Mariana's antennae go right up since she learned her lesson about deceitful, dirty old men. She pretends to accept and manages to quickly sneak out the door while the old coot is gone to get his jacket. "Ha! Techniques! He can go teach those techniques to some other stupid female, but not me!"
Back in Tequila-ville, James, Crispin and Rod are painting the walls of the new Tequila Tourism Office. Crispin is relating the story of Adam and Eve, with the twist being if Eve hadn't been such a damn fine woman, he'd have never been thrown out a paradise for putting up with every demand she made on him. Rod says Adam and he have something in common: to go on "loving their beautiful women despite their great sins." He laughs, then. "No, they are an evil necessity for a man."
Gavi goes home to finish her calls and to study a bit more for her presentations the next day. She tells Clarita over lunch about the incident with her suggestive manager. "It would have been a paradise if God had created women first and stopped there. As it is, all men are the same and Rodrigo Montalvo is the worst of the lot with his big mouth!!" Again we get the litany of all his lies. When Clarita takes exception to this, "Oh! Stop. You've only known one!" Gavi backs up and corrects herself. "You're right. They are not all the same. Some are worse! And God just happened to get mangy with me by sending me the most despicable bungler of the bunch! " (--and in spades, Gavi girl!)
Our grand gigolo, Frankie, is in top form this morning. He is hanging out at Pilar's after taking Sofia to the airport. He is having a great time sweet-talking the old lady, flattering the heck out of her. He offers to take her to pick up some exotic orchid that her nurseryman has just received, and he suggests they stop at a nice tea house along the way. She is thrilled and accepts as our rapacious rapscallion thinks to himself how he'd love to get hold of the old gal's will.
Dani returns to Grammy Pilar's "casa grande" (mansion house) in the beautiful 'burbs. After a quick roll of her eyes behind the back of her sister's brown-nosing boyfriend, she complains to Pilar that Aaron has ordered that nobody is to hand over a single corporation document to her. Dani feels Grammy should intercede on her part, but Grammy asks what exactly she wants. Dani says once she has it then she'll be happy to explain that to them. Grammy says she'll just have to wait then till Aaron arrives home from the States to ask him.
"Princesa" manages that miraculous visit with Daddy at the other "big house" across town and tells him with a huge, sh!t-eatin' grin and without batting an eye that she's now going to have Rod's baby. "I'm arranging for Rod to pay your bail!" "--Then you're reconciled?" "--Not yet, but soon. A little bit more than a month ago I got the insemination done and it was a success!" Whoa! Ricardo is one happy pappy after hearing this! He smiles, practically slobbering all over himself 'cuz he knows that this means salvation is nigh.
It's now late in the afternoon and a big thunderstorm comes up. The guys are getting ready to head back to Montalveña. It's raining cats and dogs and lightening like crazy. James says thunderstorms always frighten him. Rod explains to Crispin that James figures that they always bring bad luck.
Back at the Dry Gulch, Acacia is cooking in the kitchen for her Uncle Meliton. She complains to him about his drinking and asks him not to hit the bottle. After all, he's the only living relative she has. He laughs at her and says he's got to die of something.
Sofia arrives at the hacienda. She greets Rod while barely batting an eyelash at James. She asks to speak to her brother alone while James is left to ponder the possibilities of a quest of reconquest of "lovely" Sofia. Well, chances with Acacia these days have been narrowed down to slim and none. Randy thoughts will randomly run don't ya' know.
Now that Sr. Sofia has Rod alone she proceeds to give the esteemed agricultural engineer his second life lesson in Newton's third law of motion. You remember, that niggly little thing called the law of reciprocal actions, which says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? --Or, perhaps you'd rather consider chaos theory or the butterfly effect. Your choice, as the result here is nearly the same. Sofia delicately informs her brother that Isadora got pregnant a few weeks back during an unauthorized mini-me turkey-basting session that he so kindly donated for at Dr. T's fertility clinic a couple months back.
When Rod hears this gem of a news nugget he suddenly looks like Ofelia has just slammed him in the face with a frying pan. "Without my consent? I told her I wasn't ready to be a father!" (Does Rod's naivete know no bounds? Do you really need to ask?) Sofia continues that Isa is sorry for it now, but yes, she got the insemination done without his consent, fearing for her marriage, and yes, despite knowing at the time he was not ready to be a parent. The doctor has confirmed her pregnancy. "That miserable jerk! That miserable jerk!" "--The poor girl was even so distraught she threatened to get rid of the baby and not have it at all!" she adds. Rod really swallows hard when he hears that.
Of course, Isa didn't want Sofia to tell him, she explains, because she didn't want to pressure him and she says she'll have it now and raise it with or without him. "By the way," Sofia adds, "the poor girl is suffering with this in addition to the fact that her father has been put in prison. Imagine, carrying the baby of the man who is divorcing her and then that. She has a huge heart because despite your cheating on her with Gaviota, she has never stopped loving you."
As for our rural rube, describing the credulous dolt as simply impactado after his self-serving sister is done with him, hardly does the Rodster justice. Try thinking of a cornered bucking bronco or an angry bull inside a rodeo pen once the rider has just gotten on and the gate is opened. Rod might as well be a beast of burden all tied and trussed, literally being spurred on to exhaustion until eventually it's subdued and becomes submissive.
Finally he takes a deep breath and reacts. "This is her way of reconciling with me!! I never want to hear her name again! I know her and I know she's taking advantage of me, and blackmailing me with this child!" He downs a double shot of tequila and throws the glass against the wall as he storms out of the room. ("Love and marriage ...go together like a horse and carriage.....")
Isa crows to her mother about how well her plan must be working about now. "You should have seen Sofia's face when I told her I might get rid of it! She wants that baby to insure they receive the Montalvo fortune in its entirety. Rod? He'll probably even hate me for it, but eventually he'll come to appreciate 'fatherhood.' "
Jilted by Acacia, James temporarily has a new-found interest in Sofia. He accidentally meets her in the hallway and stutters as he tries for some sort of rapprochement between the two of them. Oh, but Sofia has just had a sweet time relaying Isadora's whole sob story and she's on a roll. Having just heard from Roman that Acacia thoroughly rejected James after the amnesia attack, she shoots him down like the Red Baron himself, by telling him she's no longer interested since meeting the "man of her dreams." Besides, James still has the randy little ranch girl, right? (Badda-boom.) Sofia enters through the doorway to Rod's office and slams said door in her ex's face.
When Daniela hears that Sofia has flown back to the hacienda to visit with Rod, she senses there is something going on that Grammy and the rest are keeping from her. So she calls the house but unfortunately Sofia answers. Dani asks to speak to Rod. Sofia lies and says he's gone out partying with James. Dani, frustrated and certain her sister is hiding something from her, hangs up on her sister in frustration.
Rod is reeling and he staggers onto the balcony in the pouring rain; exasperated, despairing, disillusioned and tearful. Twice now Rod has childishly reacted out of spite to one-up Gavi in an emotional game of chicken, first by marrying Isa and then by consenting to donate his cache of mini-me's for the broad. Slowly it is dawning on him that, unfortunately, neither time did he get past the immediate act of spite to consider the "what if's" which have now bounced back around and again have bitten him squarely on his posh posterior. Repeatedly Rod moans to himself, incredulous at the realization that he's having his child with Isa! With Isa! With Isa and not with Gaviota!
Back in her little hotel room in Mexico City, Gavi falls asleep over her books thinking of Rod and calling out his name.
Rod slumps into the nearest chair and cries from the depths of his soul again. He seems to be wondering how much worse it could get and how in the world it could ever have gotten this bad. (Hubby has no sympathy for the botch-job that is the rash Rodrigo, this uber-masculine, miserable, mental midget of a Montalvo. Can't say as I blame him about now, either, 'cause dude, neither have I. -- Talk about sleeping in the bed you've made, fella.)
Isa looks admiringly at her belly and remarks that this baby will bring Rodrigo back to her.
Later that night Meliton is drunk out of his mind again. The depraved old sot decides he wants Acacia to heat the sheets up for him just like she used to do. "You're mine, Acacia! You're mine!" Acacia is first confused, then frightened and as he pulls her back to him, she tries to fight him off; she remembers the first time he raped her and then the beating that led to her amnesia. At last, she manages to escape and spends the night in the Montalvo's stables (which are still clean enough to eat off the floor and definitely unlike any I've ever shoveled sheise from).
The next morning Gavi tells Clarita they'll have to pawn the electronics to make the payments this next month. Clarita balks at giving up her flat screen t.v., but makes do in the end.
Dani relays to Videgaray the stone wall she ran into when asking for a copy of Mariana's severance check. She agrees to try again when Aaron returns. She tells him that what bothers her most is how Sofia kept her from warning Rod about their suspicions. Videgaray suggests they wait until they have conclusive evidence before telling Rod anything.
Early that morning Sofia comes in to check on how well her brother is doing. Rod assures Sofia that he will never forgive Isadora. She covers all her bases and slyly adds that Isa was afraid he might think it might not be his child. Rod replies that obviously infidelity has not been Isa's problem where he is concerned. So, no need to question the baby's paternity at all but why so resentful then? He figures he probably needs to talk to Isadora about this situation.
Sofia makes the call. With Mommy Dearest seated inches away from her on the bed, Isa tells Sofia that she doesn't want anything more to do with her brother, she doesn't even want him to give the kid his name. Mommy Dearest can hardly keep quiet. She gasps in disbelief at everything her daughter is saying, and this last comment makes her really suck in her breath.
Just then Hilario comes in knocking to tell Rod that he found Acacia asleep in the barn. Before racing out he tells Sofia to make the arrangements and she'll have to wait to talk to him till after he solves the problem in the barn.
When he's gone Sofia tells Isa that he didn't sleep a wink the night before thinking about her and the baby. Isa finally relents and says alright, but she won't be coming to him at the hacienda. She'll get back to them when she decides where she wants to meet him. Isa hangs up then and tells her mother next time to keep quiet; she doesn't appreciate her "coaching" when she is on the phone like that. Mommy Dearest complains that Isa is going too far and is risking everything with her attitude. Isa tells her she knows her husband and she knows exactly what she is doing will get the response she needs. She has planned it all out. (Too bad her hubby doesn't have the same amount of gray matter that his wife does.)
James wakes Acacia up. She is startled and pulls away, then a minute later she recognizes him and grabs and hugs and kisses him, calling his name and crying. She tells him what happened the night before and then describes it all as she remembers the beating her uncle gave her months ago. Hilario, James and Rod try to persuade her to turn her uncle into the police, but she refuses.
Gavi pawns what she can but it is not going to cover all of her expenses as she had hoped. She says she'll make do. Clarita, meanwhile, negotiates for a nice little apartment at a discounted rate.
Rod wants Acacia to go with them and report Meliton to the police. James yells the ingrate needs to pay for what he's done to her. Frantic, she refuses, saying she doesn't want them to lock him up. It would be useless to do that. She races out of the barn and James runs after her. James catches up to her outside and begs her not to return to her uncle's ranch. He even offers to talk to Meliton himself for her. Acacia stops suddenly and turns to ask him if he truly loves her. He answers that she is his whole life.
Isa pays a visit to Minnie and is shocked to see huge numbers of balloons and all sorts of toddler and baby things decorating the walls. "Are you pregnant, Minerva?" "--Well, the past three weeks I've had bouts of nausea and sickness, but I'm seeing the doctor on Monday." "--Ah, how many days late are you?" "--Only one." "--Ha! Only one!" "--Yes! Hey, I already know what it feels like and I am pregnant!" "--Well, I am expecting Rod's baby!" Minnie is impactada after hearing those five words from her, now, ex-best friend.
Aaron has decided to travel back to Mexico City before Minerva gets the notice of their divorce. During breakfast Pammy says she doesn't want Aaron to return to Mexico. She has the funny feeling that if he leaves this time he won't be coming back to her. About then he receives the disturbing news from his wife about Dani possibly looking into Mariana Franco's severance payments. Aaron sits down to eat and tells Pamela not to be foolish. It's only that there are still a few things pending at the home office, but when he returns that next week they'll go on a cruise to what ever locale Pammy wants.
Pammy persists till Aaron rather gently (for him) pushes back, but she instinctively knows when to demur (most unlike the current Mrs. Aaron Montalvo) and sweetly answers that she simply wonders why this is his tactic. Aaron responds that since Minerva knows various things of a compromising nature about him and his business dealings he has to let her down very gently or she could-- and definitely would -- try to destroy him. She's certain their wedding is just a false hope. As for Minerva, Aaron assures Pamela that at most it will be only a couple of months till till he finalizes the divorce settlement. He'll return to her; they can be married and then will await the arrival of little Aaron, Jr. Pam replies, "--but what if I don't really want any children?" Aaron stares at her. "--What? Are you joking? A child is the crowning touch to our happiness!"
Videgaray, meanwhile, says Quintana will have the signed receipt of any cashed severance check and Dani will have to be the one to ask him for it. So Dani returns to the corporate offices. As she is signing in she asks Margarita again if she has spoken with Mariana yet, but Margarita nervously denies it. Dani notes that she's acting a bit uptight. She smiles and, in an attempt to put the skittish receptionist at ease, tells Margarita as she leaves to just call her Dani.
Since Aaron won't be returning till noon the next day, he makes a call to Quintana with strict orders to deny his cousin any further assistance. Dani goes up to speak with Quintana, who has just received the orders from Aaron not to give her a single additional document till he gets there and can deal with the situation personally. When Dani asks for the cashed receipt of Mariana's severance check, Quintana says he has been told by Aaron that he cannot give her anything further. She demands he call back her cousin so that she can speak to him, but when he does, it appears Aaron has already turned off his cell.
Mariana has had a difficult time setting up appointments with her list of potential customers (Oh, fond memories of those good ol' days of cold-calling and surviving on 100% commission minus expenses!! Been there, done that, got the tee shirt, and thankfully threw it back after successfully beating the odds, but I digress.) The old geezer who is now Mariana's sales manager at that dirty, hole-in-the-wall encyclopedia publishing house appropriately named La Mancha (the stain), comes in to check on her progress.
Gavi's a bit frustrated with only 2 appointments set for the next day. The manager offers to show her a few tricks of the trade over lunch. He knows just the place, somewhere "quiet and out of the way" where they can, you know, discuss... techniques. Mariana's antennae go right up since she learned her lesson about deceitful, dirty old men. She pretends to accept and manages to quickly sneak out the door while the old coot is gone to get his jacket. "Ha! Techniques! He can go teach those techniques to some other stupid female, but not me!"
Back in Tequila-ville, James, Crispin and Rod are painting the walls of the new Tequila Tourism Office. Crispin is relating the story of Adam and Eve, with the twist being if Eve hadn't been such a damn fine woman, he'd have never been thrown out a paradise for putting up with every demand she made on him. Rod says Adam and he have something in common: to go on "loving their beautiful women despite their great sins." He laughs, then. "No, they are an evil necessity for a man."
Gavi goes home to finish her calls and to study a bit more for her presentations the next day. She tells Clarita over lunch about the incident with her suggestive manager. "It would have been a paradise if God had created women first and stopped there. As it is, all men are the same and Rodrigo Montalvo is the worst of the lot with his big mouth!!" Again we get the litany of all his lies. When Clarita takes exception to this, "Oh! Stop. You've only known one!" Gavi backs up and corrects herself. "You're right. They are not all the same. Some are worse! And God just happened to get mangy with me by sending me the most despicable bungler of the bunch! " (--and in spades, Gavi girl!)
Our grand gigolo, Frankie, is in top form this morning. He is hanging out at Pilar's after taking Sofia to the airport. He is having a great time sweet-talking the old lady, flattering the heck out of her. He offers to take her to pick up some exotic orchid that her nurseryman has just received, and he suggests they stop at a nice tea house along the way. She is thrilled and accepts as our rapacious rapscallion thinks to himself how he'd love to get hold of the old gal's will.
Dani returns to Grammy Pilar's "casa grande" (mansion house) in the beautiful 'burbs. After a quick roll of her eyes behind the back of her sister's brown-nosing boyfriend, she complains to Pilar that Aaron has ordered that nobody is to hand over a single corporation document to her. Dani feels Grammy should intercede on her part, but Grammy asks what exactly she wants. Dani says once she has it then she'll be happy to explain that to them. Grammy says she'll just have to wait then till Aaron arrives home from the States to ask him.
"Princesa" manages that miraculous visit with Daddy at the other "big house" across town and tells him with a huge, sh!t-eatin' grin and without batting an eye that she's now going to have Rod's baby. "I'm arranging for Rod to pay your bail!" "--Then you're reconciled?" "--Not yet, but soon. A little bit more than a month ago I got the insemination done and it was a success!" Whoa! Ricardo is one happy pappy after hearing this! He smiles, practically slobbering all over himself 'cuz he knows that this means salvation is nigh.
It's now late in the afternoon and a big thunderstorm comes up. The guys are getting ready to head back to Montalveña. It's raining cats and dogs and lightening like crazy. James says thunderstorms always frighten him. Rod explains to Crispin that James figures that they always bring bad luck.
Back at the Dry Gulch, Acacia is cooking in the kitchen for her Uncle Meliton. She complains to him about his drinking and asks him not to hit the bottle. After all, he's the only living relative she has. He laughs at her and says he's got to die of something.
Sofia arrives at the hacienda. She greets Rod while barely batting an eyelash at James. She asks to speak to her brother alone while James is left to ponder the possibilities of a quest of reconquest of "lovely" Sofia. Well, chances with Acacia these days have been narrowed down to slim and none. Randy thoughts will randomly run don't ya' know.
Now that Sr. Sofia has Rod alone she proceeds to give the esteemed agricultural engineer his second life lesson in Newton's third law of motion. You remember, that niggly little thing called the law of reciprocal actions, which says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction? --Or, perhaps you'd rather consider chaos theory or the butterfly effect. Your choice, as the result here is nearly the same. Sofia delicately informs her brother that Isadora got pregnant a few weeks back during an unauthorized mini-me turkey-basting session that he so kindly donated for at Dr. T's fertility clinic a couple months back.
When Rod hears this gem of a news nugget he suddenly looks like Ofelia has just slammed him in the face with a frying pan. "Without my consent? I told her I wasn't ready to be a father!" (Does Rod's naivete know no bounds? Do you really need to ask?) Sofia continues that Isa is sorry for it now, but yes, she got the insemination done without his consent, fearing for her marriage, and yes, despite knowing at the time he was not ready to be a parent. The doctor has confirmed her pregnancy. "That miserable jerk! That miserable jerk!" "--The poor girl was even so distraught she threatened to get rid of the baby and not have it at all!" she adds. Rod really swallows hard when he hears that.
Of course, Isa didn't want Sofia to tell him, she explains, because she didn't want to pressure him and she says she'll have it now and raise it with or without him. "By the way," Sofia adds, "the poor girl is suffering with this in addition to the fact that her father has been put in prison. Imagine, carrying the baby of the man who is divorcing her and then that. She has a huge heart because despite your cheating on her with Gaviota, she has never stopped loving you."
As for our rural rube, describing the credulous dolt as simply impactado after his self-serving sister is done with him, hardly does the Rodster justice. Try thinking of a cornered bucking bronco or an angry bull inside a rodeo pen once the rider has just gotten on and the gate is opened. Rod might as well be a beast of burden all tied and trussed, literally being spurred on to exhaustion until eventually it's subdued and becomes submissive.
Finally he takes a deep breath and reacts. "This is her way of reconciling with me!! I never want to hear her name again! I know her and I know she's taking advantage of me, and blackmailing me with this child!" He downs a double shot of tequila and throws the glass against the wall as he storms out of the room. ("Love and marriage ...go together like a horse and carriage.....")
Isa crows to her mother about how well her plan must be working about now. "You should have seen Sofia's face when I told her I might get rid of it! She wants that baby to insure they receive the Montalvo fortune in its entirety. Rod? He'll probably even hate me for it, but eventually he'll come to appreciate 'fatherhood.' "
Jilted by Acacia, James temporarily has a new-found interest in Sofia. He accidentally meets her in the hallway and stutters as he tries for some sort of rapprochement between the two of them. Oh, but Sofia has just had a sweet time relaying Isadora's whole sob story and she's on a roll. Having just heard from Roman that Acacia thoroughly rejected James after the amnesia attack, she shoots him down like the Red Baron himself, by telling him she's no longer interested since meeting the "man of her dreams." Besides, James still has the randy little ranch girl, right? (Badda-boom.) Sofia enters through the doorway to Rod's office and slams said door in her ex's face.
When Daniela hears that Sofia has flown back to the hacienda to visit with Rod, she senses there is something going on that Grammy and the rest are keeping from her. So she calls the house but unfortunately Sofia answers. Dani asks to speak to Rod. Sofia lies and says he's gone out partying with James. Dani, frustrated and certain her sister is hiding something from her, hangs up on her sister in frustration.
Rod is reeling and he staggers onto the balcony in the pouring rain; exasperated, despairing, disillusioned and tearful. Twice now Rod has childishly reacted out of spite to one-up Gavi in an emotional game of chicken, first by marrying Isa and then by consenting to donate his cache of mini-me's for the broad. Slowly it is dawning on him that, unfortunately, neither time did he get past the immediate act of spite to consider the "what if's" which have now bounced back around and again have bitten him squarely on his posh posterior. Repeatedly Rod moans to himself, incredulous at the realization that he's having his child with Isa! With Isa! With Isa and not with Gaviota!
Back in her little hotel room in Mexico City, Gavi falls asleep over her books thinking of Rod and calling out his name.
Rod slumps into the nearest chair and cries from the depths of his soul again. He seems to be wondering how much worse it could get and how in the world it could ever have gotten this bad. (Hubby has no sympathy for the botch-job that is the rash Rodrigo, this uber-masculine, miserable, mental midget of a Montalvo. Can't say as I blame him about now, either, 'cause dude, neither have I. -- Talk about sleeping in the bed you've made, fella.)
Isa looks admiringly at her belly and remarks that this baby will bring Rodrigo back to her.
Later that night Meliton is drunk out of his mind again. The depraved old sot decides he wants Acacia to heat the sheets up for him just like she used to do. "You're mine, Acacia! You're mine!" Acacia is first confused, then frightened and as he pulls her back to him, she tries to fight him off; she remembers the first time he raped her and then the beating that led to her amnesia. At last, she manages to escape and spends the night in the Montalvo's stables (which are still clean enough to eat off the floor and definitely unlike any I've ever shoveled sheise from).
The next morning Gavi tells Clarita they'll have to pawn the electronics to make the payments this next month. Clarita balks at giving up her flat screen t.v., but makes do in the end.
Dani relays to Videgaray the stone wall she ran into when asking for a copy of Mariana's severance check. She agrees to try again when Aaron returns. She tells him that what bothers her most is how Sofia kept her from warning Rod about their suspicions. Videgaray suggests they wait until they have conclusive evidence before telling Rod anything.
Early that morning Sofia comes in to check on how well her brother is doing. Rod assures Sofia that he will never forgive Isadora. She covers all her bases and slyly adds that Isa was afraid he might think it might not be his child. Rod replies that obviously infidelity has not been Isa's problem where he is concerned. So, no need to question the baby's paternity at all but why so resentful then? He figures he probably needs to talk to Isadora about this situation.
Sofia makes the call. With Mommy Dearest seated inches away from her on the bed, Isa tells Sofia that she doesn't want anything more to do with her brother, she doesn't even want him to give the kid his name. Mommy Dearest can hardly keep quiet. She gasps in disbelief at everything her daughter is saying, and this last comment makes her really suck in her breath.
Just then Hilario comes in knocking to tell Rod that he found Acacia asleep in the barn. Before racing out he tells Sofia to make the arrangements and she'll have to wait to talk to him till after he solves the problem in the barn.
When he's gone Sofia tells Isa that he didn't sleep a wink the night before thinking about her and the baby. Isa finally relents and says alright, but she won't be coming to him at the hacienda. She'll get back to them when she decides where she wants to meet him. Isa hangs up then and tells her mother next time to keep quiet; she doesn't appreciate her "coaching" when she is on the phone like that. Mommy Dearest complains that Isa is going too far and is risking everything with her attitude. Isa tells her she knows her husband and she knows exactly what she is doing will get the response she needs. She has planned it all out. (Too bad her hubby doesn't have the same amount of gray matter that his wife does.)
James wakes Acacia up. She is startled and pulls away, then a minute later she recognizes him and grabs and hugs and kisses him, calling his name and crying. She tells him what happened the night before and then describes it all as she remembers the beating her uncle gave her months ago. Hilario, James and Rod try to persuade her to turn her uncle into the police, but she refuses.
Gavi pawns what she can but it is not going to cover all of her expenses as she had hoped. She says she'll make do. Clarita, meanwhile, negotiates for a nice little apartment at a discounted rate.
Rod wants Acacia to go with them and report Meliton to the police. James yells the ingrate needs to pay for what he's done to her. Frantic, she refuses, saying she doesn't want them to lock him up. It would be useless to do that. She races out of the barn and James runs after her. James catches up to her outside and begs her not to return to her uncle's ranch. He even offers to talk to Meliton himself for her. Acacia stops suddenly and turns to ask him if he truly loves her. He answers that she is his whole life.
Isa pays a visit to Minnie and is shocked to see huge numbers of balloons and all sorts of toddler and baby things decorating the walls. "Are you pregnant, Minerva?" "--Well, the past three weeks I've had bouts of nausea and sickness, but I'm seeing the doctor on Monday." "--Ah, how many days late are you?" "--Only one." "--Ha! Only one!" "--Yes! Hey, I already know what it feels like and I am pregnant!" "--Well, I am expecting Rod's baby!" Minnie is impactada after hearing those five words from her, now, ex-best friend.
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I had no idea La Mancha meant "the stain"! I thought it was a reference to people chasing after lost causes (like selling encyclopedias)!
You know, I think I've figured out where James got all those sad little Little Lord Fauntleroy ties... I bet they were all gifts from Sofia. Now just think how Frankie will look when she starts picking out his clothes too. ;-)
You know, I think I've figured out where James got all those sad little Little Lord Fauntleroy ties... I bet they were all gifts from Sofia. Now just think how Frankie will look when she starts picking out his clothes too. ;-)
Absolutely loved you recap Jardinera, and completely agree with you on this synopsis. Rod ( the mental midget) ha! ha!, deserves this can of worms that he opened. I do experience moments of feeling sorry for him, but he is too naive for words! I hope before destilando ends, his mind catches up with that beautiful body of his. Isadora is truly in her glory. Her close ups show an eerie evilness every time she talks about the benefits of this "Montalvo pregnancy." The one I feel sorry for now is Pamela. You can just feel it in every pore that Aaron is going to screw her over. She sees a side of him that no one else does, and really loves him. Maybe, hopefully, she'll be the one to finally put him in his place. What do you think will happen with Acacia? Something is definitely brewing there, and Acacia can't be even remotely normal after all the abuse she's suffered. I think she should of stayed in her safe amnesiac world. I really don't understand what James fell in love with, and I think soon we'll see the real Acacia, and it won't be pretty!
Those ties of James are rather strange. Maybe they hark back to earlier traditional garb and are part of his "costume" as a tequila scholar and guide.
Acacia's flashback to her original rape by Meliton was very disturbing. I thought maybe she would use the shotgun on him, but I guess we have to hold off a while for payback. Of course, the previews of Monday showed another Minerva hysteria scene to come.
Thanks for the recaps, especially the snark. I have enough little and big problems in my daily life that I love escaping to this alternate reality.
Acacia's flashback to her original rape by Meliton was very disturbing. I thought maybe she would use the shotgun on him, but I guess we have to hold off a while for payback. Of course, the previews of Monday showed another Minerva hysteria scene to come.
Thanks for the recaps, especially the snark. I have enough little and big problems in my daily life that I love escaping to this alternate reality.
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: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 2:18:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 2:18:00 PM EDT
Julie: great catch! I totally forgot the publishing company's logo. Hah! As a trained librarian >; ? 6
I totally missed the literary reference!! I guess I went for the more literal, visceral sensations I maintain, being a sales rep of 29 years to think I'd have to sink to such a level as to sell for such a dishonest dirtbag for a sales manager, in such a miserable dump. (I'm tempted to wonder what the company is really a front for.)
I totally missed the literary reference!! I guess I went for the more literal, visceral sensations I maintain, being a sales rep of 29 years to think I'd have to sink to such a level as to sell for such a dishonest dirtbag for a sales manager, in such a miserable dump. (I'm tempted to wonder what the company is really a front for.)
Carmella and Anon 2:18 pm, so glad you're along for the ride! I agree, this sort of thing is a terrific escape from the daily grind.
What a terrific recap. Thanks for making me laugh. Plus I missed the first part of the show so your recap fit the spot. I caught just the latter part. My favorite moment was when Sophia asked Rod whether he doubted that the Isa-baby be his. He says that he has never doubted her fidelity... Rich coming from her. If only you two knew..... maybe there should be such a thing as pendejo music, as in the vein of the sexy sax..
Permalink posted by : Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 2:51:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 2:51:00 PM EDT
Great recap...my DVR didn't record..Why do I feel that Dani is probably the only female on this show that uses BC? Or maybe Elvis..the rest of these people just don't have a clue..
And Rod, seriously what a total dumbass!!Everything always comes back and bites him...the cup of jizz!
Did he think it was like donating blood? Some poor Mexican girl needed Montalvo DNA? Well we know it wasn't his kid, but now at least she has him thinking it was...& even if they order a test, well Isa would say the lab messed up and she got the wrong stuff...just like a episode of dateline.
& Pamela, yep another dumbass..I mean Aaron married Minnie, was Pam unable to be reached? she is high profile, she couldn't have been that hard to find.
Now James & his lil lord Fauntleroy ties...seriously there are places he be beat up for wearing those. Maybe he caught bad fashion from Sophie
And Rod, seriously what a total dumbass!!Everything always comes back and bites him...the cup of jizz!
Did he think it was like donating blood? Some poor Mexican girl needed Montalvo DNA? Well we know it wasn't his kid, but now at least she has him thinking it was...& even if they order a test, well Isa would say the lab messed up and she got the wrong stuff...just like a episode of dateline.
& Pamela, yep another dumbass..I mean Aaron married Minnie, was Pam unable to be reached? she is high profile, she couldn't have been that hard to find.
Now James & his lil lord Fauntleroy ties...seriously there are places he be beat up for wearing those. Maybe he caught bad fashion from Sophie
Thanks for the recap Jardinera. Loved your comment on Minnie, how TWB is now her ex-best friend. Monday looks like so much fun. Minnie is going to lose it because TWB is pregnant. And if Aaron divorces her....all I can say is bring on the crazy.
However if Aaron postpones divorcing Minnie (b/c she's way too crazy), TWB better watch out because her ex best friend will be the first to start to investigate TWB's pregnancy. We have already seen how determined Minnie can be when she was investigating Rod and Gavi. How much more determined will she be with TWB's sudden pregnancy?
Though the evil characters appear to have more intelligence than the others (say Dani), watching them turn on each other will be a blast.
Karen
However if Aaron postpones divorcing Minnie (b/c she's way too crazy), TWB better watch out because her ex best friend will be the first to start to investigate TWB's pregnancy. We have already seen how determined Minnie can be when she was investigating Rod and Gavi. How much more determined will she be with TWB's sudden pregnancy?
Though the evil characters appear to have more intelligence than the others (say Dani), watching them turn on each other will be a blast.
Karen
Permalink posted by : Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 4:55:00 PM EDT
Great recap as usual. Yes, despite Rod's big crocodile tears, I have very little sympathy for him having to sleep in the bed that he made. Isa has the upper hand now and looks like she's going to play it for all it's worth. Once Rod decided that he wasn't ready to be a father, why didn't he have the sample destroyed? I also have very little sympathy for Gavi's plight. From the time she belted out that song that gave her away, up to the time she threw the car keys and cell phone at Aaron she was "making her bed". Now, let her sleep in it. Notice how niether one of them ever try to figure out if they may have been wrong, or could have done things differently. Instead, they babble endlessly negative things about each other. Thank heavens for Dani. It's good to have one sane person in that impulsive chaotic bunch of characters.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 5:07:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 5:07:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the wonderful recap, jardinera! Loved it... Wow, I loved Minnie's face when she heard the news. Priceless...
I'm not sure La Mancha is a front for anything. I think the sleazy boss simply signed on with the wrong company. Earlier in the week, I got the feeling that he was in almost as much trouble as Gaviota. He said something like if she couldn't sell any encyclopedias, he was going to have to swim back to his homeland. (I may have misunderstood, but if so it's unfortunately immortalized in my recap.)
Julie: Naw, I remember it the same way you do. Life experience is coloring my responses. Guess we'll see if the old geezer actually redeems himself in the long run then and Mariana manages to not only save this place but turns it into a publishing empire or some other novela land marvel, huh. -/8 > )
Thanks for the excellent recap, Jardinera^^^Wow...you should be a romance writer!!!...''[Rod is]a cornered bucking bronco or an angry bull inside a rodeo pen once the rider has gotten on and the gate is opened. Rod might as well be a beast of burden all tied and trussed , literally being spirred on to exhaustion until eventually it's subdued and becomes submissive.'' Caray ! Caray ! I think I blacked out for a few seconds after reading that...then, I thought about having a cigarette...but I don't smoke ! I really think that you have a future writing those bodice rippers. [I taught with a history teacher who wrote some really steamy historical fiction after she retired from teaching. I didn't think Elinor had it in her !!! Well, you know what they say about those still waters running deep ! Chantal has finally met her match in the BSC department. AAron was really throwing Minervaa around in the previews for Monday...just like he did to Gavi. The shaking and shoving this guy does seems very real to me. I wonder how the actresses he works with feel about that.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 9:02:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 9:02:00 PM EDT
Hey if I got paid to mock the good, make fun of them and make their good life a living hell..rather than just doing it out of the goodness of my heart..Aaron could shake me too...Being able to play bad characters is so much more fun than the good but alas rather dull characters...You get to have all the fun...til the Gran Fin when you fall off the church steeple.
Thanks, y'all. This one was almost too much fun to write, like shooting fish in a barrel. I kept getting visions of Gabe and the gang.....
Great recap! I have had one of those weeks where I have been pulled in all directions with work and home and didn't even have time to watch what I have taped these past few days. Thank you recappers!!! You have done a super job of keeping me up to date! Hopefully, next week I will have more time for me and actually watch these shows! What alot has gone on! Caray caray!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 11:44:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 11:44:00 PM EDT
Becky T: No matter how busy I get, I am literally afraid to miss an episode of Destilando. I never know what kind of crazy ridiculous thing will happen. Sure I can read about it in the recap later, but some of this stuff I have to see with my own eyes!
Loved the recap. Beckster, I'd stand in line right behind you for an Aaron shaking. That's much more entertaining than what the good guys are doing. OK, I know I have a warped sense of humor but I even loved the upcoming attractions when he was giving Minerva a dose of his nastiness.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM EDT
Enjoyed your recap Jardinera, with lots of clever wording!
Rod is a grown man, (however young they are pretending he is) and should be learning somethings. Instead he just keeps repeating his stupidity--isn't that insanity?? Diane said it well; take some responsibility for your actions already.
The good folks are dull only because the writers aren't too sharp...
jb
Rod is a grown man, (however young they are pretending he is) and should be learning somethings. Instead he just keeps repeating his stupidity--isn't that insanity?? Diane said it well; take some responsibility for your actions already.
The good folks are dull only because the writers aren't too sharp...
jb
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 11:46:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 11:46:00 AM EDT
Someone made the comment on the Caray Caray vocabulary blob that "Revenge, like dessert is best served cold". Rod married that Jezebel on the rebound and made both of their lives a living hell. Isa, TWB, Jezebel is about to show Rod that "Hell has no fury like a woman scorned". That should liven up the next few episodes.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM EDT
I like the way you soap opera pros can look at these novelas realistically such as Rod getting what he deservices, Esa's fury and revenge. I watch it and get soo upset cause I know that esa being preg is going to distance gavi from rod even more for the time being, because she hears half of everything and rod hears half of everything and neither know what is actually happening. Even though I am told that in the end, the two stars always get back together, my anxiety level still rises as if they weren't going to do this. I am actually sick in the stomach wondering what effect this preg will have on gavi, who will surely find out. And how long will it take Dani to let rod know that it is most likely that all the bad things said about gavi are wrong. I am afraid that rod will go to esa, since he can't find gavi (which he did the first time around) and that would be a catastrophy. Look what James is doing. Because Acasia was brain dead and did not know him, all of a sudden he thought Sophia was attractive again. In other words as soon as they feel rejected, they grad hold of another woman and then the situation becomes worse.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 6:00:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 6:00:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the great recap, Jardinera! Even though my spanish is improving, I still miss so much.
Annon 6:00 – I actually appreciate the show the most when it is the wildest and most ridiculous. Coming from a very correct and proper upbringing by my very Southern mother, I enjoy the passion that comes out of the rollercoaster ride these people go through. (OK, maybe it’s more about having been married for 15 years!) I like the fireworks! It’s a great escape, a side-trip to crazyville. And the great work of art that is Eduardo Yanez/Rodrigo Montalvo, is just a bonus!
Annon 6:00 – I actually appreciate the show the most when it is the wildest and most ridiculous. Coming from a very correct and proper upbringing by my very Southern mother, I enjoy the passion that comes out of the rollercoaster ride these people go through. (OK, maybe it’s more about having been married for 15 years!) I like the fireworks! It’s a great escape, a side-trip to crazyville. And the great work of art that is Eduardo Yanez/Rodrigo Montalvo, is just a bonus!
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 8:18:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 8:18:00 PM EDT
Anon 6:00 Your comment mirrored my feelings exactly. I'm working on adapting a tougher skin because I get too uptight and forget that this is all staged. For example, when Aaron told those lies to Rod and Gavi I was so angry and upset that I was on the verge of tears for days everytime I thought about it. My hairdresser even asked me if something was bothering me. I was too embarrased to tell her the source of my depression. So, in order to keep my sanity I had to take a different approach. I'm trying to convince myself that Gavi and Rod need to feel the heat for awhile for counterproductive decisions and choices they have made. But underneath it all I'm all bark and no bite.
Permalink posted by : Monday, July 9, 2007 at 12:02:00 AM EDT
: Monday, July 9, 2007 at 12:02:00 AM EDT
Looking forward to Minnie's meltdown tonight! I'm wondering if she's going to have a false pregnancy or steal with baby from Isa. At any rate, it will not be pretty. Go Chantal!
Permalink posted by : Monday, July 9, 2007 at 6:40:00 PM EDT
: Monday, July 9, 2007 at 6:40:00 PM EDT
FYI, Gang:
Here is a link to Jeri's webpage where she has a gallery of scene shots taken during the first dream sequence where Rod runs to Gavi under "their tree" in the agavi fields and wishes the two of them could return back to that first time together, and when the light turns golden. IMHO, If you look at EY's facial expressions you must appreciate the photogenic nuances in these close-ups as well as the cameraman's immense talents.
http://homepage.mac.com/wilmawildcat/PhotoAlbum45.html
Here is a link to Jeri's webpage where she has a gallery of scene shots taken during the first dream sequence where Rod runs to Gavi under "their tree" in the agavi fields and wishes the two of them could return back to that first time together, and when the light turns golden. IMHO, If you look at EY's facial expressions you must appreciate the photogenic nuances in these close-ups as well as the cameraman's immense talents.
http://homepage.mac.com/wilmawildcat/PhotoAlbum45.html
I would have bet anything on either a false pregnancy or blatant trickery... but it didn't occur to me that she might consider stealing Isa's baby.
Hey, there was a similar plot on General Hospital a few years ago and it made my skin crawl. I don't like Isa much, but I wouldn't wish something like that on anyone.
Well. You certainly can't complain that the show's dragging. :)
Hey, there was a similar plot on General Hospital a few years ago and it made my skin crawl. I don't like Isa much, but I wouldn't wish something like that on anyone.
Well. You certainly can't complain that the show's dragging. :)
Muchisimas gracias, Jardinera! Oh, and WOW.
Permalink posted by : Monday, July 9, 2007 at 8:10:00 PM EDT
: Monday, July 9, 2007 at 8:10:00 PM EDT
I'm not sure why, but I like Isa! I don't admire what she's doing, but I feel bad for her with the parents and marriage and best friend that she has. Maybe there is hope for her to be redeemed? Maybe not!
And James, I wonder if there is someone who could coach him in a diplomatic way about some of his wardrobe choices. For his own safety and well-being.
Susana: My husband sympathizes with Isa's situation also. However, he felt she should have been written as a sweeter, totally faithful wife as he felt that would have made her a much more sympathetic character this whole time. You'd think he'd know better by now after all the novelas he's sat through with me these last 4 years! Conflict is everything in these shows.
I understand your thinking here, and initially I couldn't blame her because she has physical needs also that he denied her. When I lost patience with the character was when she began to scheme and lie and refused to divorce him the first time (I think it was after she'd already gone to bed with Hilario).
I understand your thinking here, and initially I couldn't blame her because she has physical needs also that he denied her. When I lost patience with the character was when she began to scheme and lie and refused to divorce him the first time (I think it was after she'd already gone to bed with Hilario).
Jardinera^^^''after she'd already gone to bed with Hilario''....Did they really go to bed, or did they hit the hay ???? I think they got busy in the barn !!! Yes, Isa has needs , and she doesn't seem to care who takes care of them. I think that Isa cannot be a nice character whom we can feel sorry for because Rod is the hero , and if we feel sympathy for his wife, than he is the villain. Similarly, in Alborada, Luis's wife Esperanza had to be frigid and crazy to justify Luis's relationship with Perla and later his pursuit and seduction of Hippolita. Because of his spoiled, loony, sexually-repressed wife, we could forgive Luis's indescretions and not see him as a cad. JMHO
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