Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Zorro, 7/17 - Esme is reunited with her baby, Zorro goes boating and all of the bad guys are still alive (a couple, just barely)
Well folks, this is my last Zorro recap. I will take credit for starting the whole thing when I posted a Report on Zorro on the blog right after the novela started. Our super crew of bloggers took it from there. It's been a lot of fun recapping and sharing all the silliness.
Diego and Esme try to get the information on where Mangle, Montero and the baby [and the Queen of Spain, of course] are from Olmos. Olmos tells them that they are in his secret love-nest house but he doesn't say where it is. Then Olmos appears to die – but these villians are tough. He's probably not dead yet.
At the secret love-nest house, Mangle,who has changed her gown [did Olmos stock the love nest with clothes for her or was she carrying a change of clothes when she ran out of town with Montero?] is arguing with Montero. He wants to kill the baby and get money by ransoming the Queen. Mangle is convinced this is a suicidal idea. She wants to use the baby to get money from Diego so that they can get new identities and live in another country. Montero ends up slapping Mangle and says that he doesn't want to live in hiding. He's a great soldier and he has political aspirations. Mangle laughs and says that Montero is a nobody – a vulgar man whose only talent is that he 's good in bed. Montero says that they are going to do this his way and kill the baby right now. Mangle screams, “No!” They struggle.
Back in the woods, WIB and Zorro stand over Olmos who, sure enough, isn't dead yet. Our masked avengers look pretty silly – especially Esme with that crossbow. Olmos hacks out the fact that he told Mangle about the baby switch. Our heroes don't seem to be too upset about finding out that their guarantee of the baby's safety just went south. Olmos manages to tell them where the secret love nest is – with a roof camouflaged with bushes, no less. The masked avengers go off and leave Olmos who will doubtless stagger onto the scene again at some point.
Montero continues to slap Mangle around. He says that they are going to do things his way. If his baby, his son, died then so will Diego's. He tells Mangle that they will leave with the Queen right away. He will take care of the baby. Mangle tells Montero that he is making a big mistake and she won't allow it but he knocks her down and leaves.
In Tobias' kitchen, Agapito is caring for Pizarro. Pizarro wakes up and is surprised to see Agapito and doesn't know where he is [so I guess it was just good luck that after he was shot, Pizarro stumbled into the very kitchen where Agapito was hiding.] Pizarro is alarmed when he finds out where he is but Agapito tells him to be quiet and not worry about it. Agapito tells Pizarro that he shouldn't have blamed him for saving SK's life – that's his job as a surgeon while Pizarro's job is the opposite. Pizarro tells Agapito that he needs to get to the port to flee the City. Agapito tells him that is impossible – he would certainly die. Pizarro passes out and in comes Tobias [dressed as a man again, too bad] and Catalina. Tobias is ready to finish Pizarro off with his sword but Agapito protects his patient.
FS is striding through the country. MP runs after him and asks why he left. He tells her that he has thought about it and he doesn't deserve to be by her side. He has done so much harm to people that he isn't worthy of her. MP responds that she has forgiven him. FS says what about her brother and her nephew? MP says that she will try to get them to forgive him too but if they don't, she will live with it. Her place is by his side. They profess their love for one another, kiss passionately and their song comes on. MP asks FS to stay with her at least until Diego's baby is found. FS is confused. MP tells him that a lot has happened in the last few hours that he doesn't know about.
Montero comes to get the baby from the wet nurse. Mangle comes after him with a knife. He knocks it out of her hand and hits her so hard that she is unconscious on the floor. He leaves with the baby in a basket.
After the opening credits, Montero, carrying the baby, goes outside [I didn't see any bushes on the roof of the house] and calls his men. Some of them should take the Queen towards the port. He gives the baby to two other men, tells them to take care of it and deliver the body to the de la Vega's. The men don't seem to too happy about killing a baby but they agree to do it. Suddenly, Zorro appears and orders them to let go of the baby. Montero is impactado.
The Queen is saying her prayers [no new gown for her] and telling God that she will accept any punishment for not knowing what was going on behind her back but she implores God not to abandon her town. Montero's henchmen come in and tell her that they are leaving. She tells the men not to touch her. She won't do anything stupid and she expects that they won't either when the royal army captures them. She offers her wrists to be bound with queenly dignity [one thinks of Marie Antoinette on the scaffold.]
As Al and his men ride through the same canyon where MP found FS, who should appear but FS, out of his monks robe, with a big floppy hat and on a horse with his men. [Have his men just been hanging around patiently waiting for him to come back from being a monk?] FS wants to join Al's army. He expresses a fatherly obligation to find Mangle and correct her bad behavior.
Montero orders his men to kill Zorro. Fighting ensues. While Zorro is dealing with a henchman, Montero appears to get hit by something or someone in his most sensitive area. I watched it several times. It wasn't Zorro. Montero was behind him. Esme appears with her crossbow but if she shot him with a crossbow bolt, he wouldn't just be clutching his privates, he'd be bleeding.
Montero's henchmen take the Queen, now gagged and bound, to the incredibly conspicuous royal coach.
Ah, now it's clear. Esme shot Montero in the wrist with her crossbow. The way he was clutching it made me think he had been hit elsewhere. But now Esme should be unarmed. A crossbow only fires one bolt at a time and it's not simple to reload it. Mangle has recovered consciousness and now joins the fray. Montero apparently has not figured out that the WIB is Esme. Our heroes stand around like nitwits allowing Montero to grab the baby and threaten it with a knife. Now Montero has the upper hand. He orders Zorro and Esme to put down their weapons and then to unmask.
The Onion brothers [remember them?] encounter what appears to be an old man leading a mule. They rip off his sombrero and false beard and it's SM. The brothers start to kick him promising a memorable death that will be an example to everyone else.
Back at Olmos' love nest, Zorro reveals himself to be Diego. Mangle and Montero congratulate him on how he fooled everyone with his disguise. Mangle asks how someone with his intelligence and abilities could fall in love with someone as common as Esme. Esme isn't taking that. She pulls down her mask and says that the 'common' woman Mangle is referring to is right here. Mangle is impactada.
Somehow, SM has gotten the upper hand on the Onion brothers. They are tied up and gagged in their cart. SM tells them that they might be bad guys but he is desperate and desperate men do crazy things. He warns them not to follow him and rides off. Unfortunately, he leave the horse harnessed to the cart.
Agapito finally convinces Tobias not to attack Pizarro. Tobias tells Agapito to get Pizarro out of his house as soon as he is any better.
Fortunately for our heroes, Mangle and Montero don't seem to have any desire to personally witness the deaths of their enemies. With Esme and Diego tied up, Montero puts the baby in a cart and spooks the horse sending the baby to an unknown fate. Then Montero sets fire to the straw or whatever flammable thing is in the little alcove where Esme and Diego are tied up. Then Montero and Mangle leave. The flames rise around Diego and Esme.
SM spies the runaway baby cart and leaps aboard it daringly but the Onion brothers are in hot pursuit.
Garcia goes to the hacienda for news. Dolores and Almudena are there. He passes on the information that the missing baby is Esme's, not Mangle's. Almudena and Dolores are happy impactadas.
As the flames crackle around them, Diego uses a piece of glass to cut his bonds.
Montero asks the Queen to do a deal with him that will benefit them both. In a few minutes, Zorro will be dead and no one will protect these lands. The Queen is gagged so she can't actually answer but her look of proud disdain indicates that she rejects Montero's proposition. Montero tells him men that they are going to the port by river. Al will think that they are going by the land route.
Al & FS and their men have found no trace of anyone. FS, who is a little behind in the news, doesn't believe Mangle is with Montero but Al sets him straight. Al is sure that Mangle & Montero are heading for the port but how are they getting there? FS has to remind Al that a branch of the river goes directly to the port. Al decides to split up their forces. He will go to the river and FS will go to the port.
Diego and Esme escape from the fire and go after the baby. [Esme does ride a horse here.]
At one of those big rivers near LA, Montero commandeers a boat. The boatman says that the current is too strong but Montero doesn't care. Once again he offers to release the Queen for a safe conduct and some gold. She refuses.
Zorro spies the overturned cart and hears a baby. He calls, “Alejandro!” He is looking under the cart when SM appears holding the baby. SM has redeemed himself. [What happened to the Onion brothers?]
Agapito tells Catalina and Tobias that Pizarro wants to talk to them. It's his dying wish. Cat and Tobias don't want to do it. Agapito asks Tobias to do it for pity or because of who he is [Zorro]. Tobias tells Agapito that he lied to him about being Zorro to try and catch the real Zorro and get the reward. Agapito is impressed that Tobias went after Pizarro on a suicidal mission. Tobias says that it was his duty to protect the honor of his beloved Catalina.
Zorro demands the baby from SM. SM says that he will only give the baby to its father, Diego. Zorro maintains the fiction that he isn't Diego. SM says that he wouldn't hurt the baby. Zorro says that he doesn't know if that is true. SM says that he made a mistake but he is a good guy. He likes wine, women and gambling but at least he doesn't run around in a disguise like Zorro. He gives Zorro the baby and leaves. Esme comes running up, “My baby!” she cries, “my little Tisha.”
FS and his men encounter SK and the gypsies. SK confronts FS and says that in spite of everything, she is still alive and has returned. SK, Jonas, Hermes and Azucena give FS long defiant looks.
Zorro sends Esme back to the hacienda with the baby. She will be safer there. She makes Zorro promise that he will return.
When Agapito, Catalina and Tobias go to the kitchen, Pizarro and Tobias' horse are gone.
There is chaos in the town. Pizarro stops a soldier. The soldier tells him that he is running away. The town has turned against them and wants Montero's head for all his abuses. Pizarro tries to rally the troops but they won't listen. Pizarro says that a bunch of cowards won't stop him but it looks like his wound might stop him. [I like Pizarro. If I had to rank hunky guys on Zorro, it would be Diego, of course, Renzo and Pizarro. Neither Montero, FS or Al do anything for me.]
Montero, Mangle, the Queen, a couple of henchmen and the boatman are in the boat on the river. Suddenly, we see Zorro, who has fashioned a grapple thingy from a tree trunk [with his sword, maybe? I guess Montero left Zorro's sword, mask and hat lying around for Zorro to find when he escaped from the burning house]. Zorro ties one end of a rope to a tree and the other to the grapple and tosses it into the boat. Nobody notices it land in the boat. The grapple thingy stops the boat. Instead of just tossing the grapple thingy out of the boat, Montero orders his men to shoot Zorro.
Esme is in the fox cave with the baby. Bernardo finds her and is muy impactado to find out that she is alive. Esme asks his help to get into the hacienda without revealing her identity as the WIB.
The henchmen and the boatman jump out of the boat to attack Zorro. One particularly bright lad throws down his gun to fight Zorro with his fists. While Zorro is busy with these guys, Montero throws the grapple thingy out of the boat and poles it back into the river. Montero, the Queen and Mangle are the only ones in the boat now. The Queen makes her move and attacks Mangle.
That Bernardo is a wizard. Esme appears in a gown [is it one of Almudena's? Esme doesn't have any stuff at the hacienda. She never lived there] and she's had her hair done too. Garcia, Almudena & Dolores are so happy to see her and the baby that they don't ask any questions like how she got there. MP joins them. Dolores wants to get her hands on the baby so bad she is twitching like a drug addict. Esme and Almudena finally get to embrace.
Back at the river, Mangle and the Queen are still going at it while Montero poles the boat. Suddenly, Zorro appears and jumps into the boat. The Queen manages to push Mangle out of the boat and she jumps into the river after her. Zorro looks completely befuddled by this development and appears to forget about his obligation to protect the Queen when given the opportunity to have an exciting sword fight with Montero in a tippy boat. Mangle screams for Montero from the water. Zorro and Montero are fighting in the boat and Zorro is disarmed when all of a sudden he and Montero see that they are heading for a giant waterfall! [Nobody knew that there was a giant waterfall on the river that leads to the port?]
The credits roll.
From the scenes from tomorrow's episode, it looks like you were so right, Sylvia: the cannibals are back and Mangle's on the menu!!!
Diego and Esme try to get the information on where Mangle, Montero and the baby [and the Queen of Spain, of course] are from Olmos. Olmos tells them that they are in his secret love-nest house but he doesn't say where it is. Then Olmos appears to die – but these villians are tough. He's probably not dead yet.
At the secret love-nest house, Mangle,who has changed her gown [did Olmos stock the love nest with clothes for her or was she carrying a change of clothes when she ran out of town with Montero?] is arguing with Montero. He wants to kill the baby and get money by ransoming the Queen. Mangle is convinced this is a suicidal idea. She wants to use the baby to get money from Diego so that they can get new identities and live in another country. Montero ends up slapping Mangle and says that he doesn't want to live in hiding. He's a great soldier and he has political aspirations. Mangle laughs and says that Montero is a nobody – a vulgar man whose only talent is that he 's good in bed. Montero says that they are going to do this his way and kill the baby right now. Mangle screams, “No!” They struggle.
Back in the woods, WIB and Zorro stand over Olmos who, sure enough, isn't dead yet. Our masked avengers look pretty silly – especially Esme with that crossbow. Olmos hacks out the fact that he told Mangle about the baby switch. Our heroes don't seem to be too upset about finding out that their guarantee of the baby's safety just went south. Olmos manages to tell them where the secret love nest is – with a roof camouflaged with bushes, no less. The masked avengers go off and leave Olmos who will doubtless stagger onto the scene again at some point.
Montero continues to slap Mangle around. He says that they are going to do things his way. If his baby, his son, died then so will Diego's. He tells Mangle that they will leave with the Queen right away. He will take care of the baby. Mangle tells Montero that he is making a big mistake and she won't allow it but he knocks her down and leaves.
In Tobias' kitchen, Agapito is caring for Pizarro. Pizarro wakes up and is surprised to see Agapito and doesn't know where he is [so I guess it was just good luck that after he was shot, Pizarro stumbled into the very kitchen where Agapito was hiding.] Pizarro is alarmed when he finds out where he is but Agapito tells him to be quiet and not worry about it. Agapito tells Pizarro that he shouldn't have blamed him for saving SK's life – that's his job as a surgeon while Pizarro's job is the opposite. Pizarro tells Agapito that he needs to get to the port to flee the City. Agapito tells him that is impossible – he would certainly die. Pizarro passes out and in comes Tobias [dressed as a man again, too bad] and Catalina. Tobias is ready to finish Pizarro off with his sword but Agapito protects his patient.
FS is striding through the country. MP runs after him and asks why he left. He tells her that he has thought about it and he doesn't deserve to be by her side. He has done so much harm to people that he isn't worthy of her. MP responds that she has forgiven him. FS says what about her brother and her nephew? MP says that she will try to get them to forgive him too but if they don't, she will live with it. Her place is by his side. They profess their love for one another, kiss passionately and their song comes on. MP asks FS to stay with her at least until Diego's baby is found. FS is confused. MP tells him that a lot has happened in the last few hours that he doesn't know about.
Montero comes to get the baby from the wet nurse. Mangle comes after him with a knife. He knocks it out of her hand and hits her so hard that she is unconscious on the floor. He leaves with the baby in a basket.
After the opening credits, Montero, carrying the baby, goes outside [I didn't see any bushes on the roof of the house] and calls his men. Some of them should take the Queen towards the port. He gives the baby to two other men, tells them to take care of it and deliver the body to the de la Vega's. The men don't seem to too happy about killing a baby but they agree to do it. Suddenly, Zorro appears and orders them to let go of the baby. Montero is impactado.
The Queen is saying her prayers [no new gown for her] and telling God that she will accept any punishment for not knowing what was going on behind her back but she implores God not to abandon her town. Montero's henchmen come in and tell her that they are leaving. She tells the men not to touch her. She won't do anything stupid and she expects that they won't either when the royal army captures them. She offers her wrists to be bound with queenly dignity [one thinks of Marie Antoinette on the scaffold.]
As Al and his men ride through the same canyon where MP found FS, who should appear but FS, out of his monks robe, with a big floppy hat and on a horse with his men. [Have his men just been hanging around patiently waiting for him to come back from being a monk?] FS wants to join Al's army. He expresses a fatherly obligation to find Mangle and correct her bad behavior.
Montero orders his men to kill Zorro. Fighting ensues. While Zorro is dealing with a henchman, Montero appears to get hit by something or someone in his most sensitive area. I watched it several times. It wasn't Zorro. Montero was behind him. Esme appears with her crossbow but if she shot him with a crossbow bolt, he wouldn't just be clutching his privates, he'd be bleeding.
Montero's henchmen take the Queen, now gagged and bound, to the incredibly conspicuous royal coach.
Ah, now it's clear. Esme shot Montero in the wrist with her crossbow. The way he was clutching it made me think he had been hit elsewhere. But now Esme should be unarmed. A crossbow only fires one bolt at a time and it's not simple to reload it. Mangle has recovered consciousness and now joins the fray. Montero apparently has not figured out that the WIB is Esme. Our heroes stand around like nitwits allowing Montero to grab the baby and threaten it with a knife. Now Montero has the upper hand. He orders Zorro and Esme to put down their weapons and then to unmask.
The Onion brothers [remember them?] encounter what appears to be an old man leading a mule. They rip off his sombrero and false beard and it's SM. The brothers start to kick him promising a memorable death that will be an example to everyone else.
Back at Olmos' love nest, Zorro reveals himself to be Diego. Mangle and Montero congratulate him on how he fooled everyone with his disguise. Mangle asks how someone with his intelligence and abilities could fall in love with someone as common as Esme. Esme isn't taking that. She pulls down her mask and says that the 'common' woman Mangle is referring to is right here. Mangle is impactada.
Somehow, SM has gotten the upper hand on the Onion brothers. They are tied up and gagged in their cart. SM tells them that they might be bad guys but he is desperate and desperate men do crazy things. He warns them not to follow him and rides off. Unfortunately, he leave the horse harnessed to the cart.
Agapito finally convinces Tobias not to attack Pizarro. Tobias tells Agapito to get Pizarro out of his house as soon as he is any better.
Fortunately for our heroes, Mangle and Montero don't seem to have any desire to personally witness the deaths of their enemies. With Esme and Diego tied up, Montero puts the baby in a cart and spooks the horse sending the baby to an unknown fate. Then Montero sets fire to the straw or whatever flammable thing is in the little alcove where Esme and Diego are tied up. Then Montero and Mangle leave. The flames rise around Diego and Esme.
SM spies the runaway baby cart and leaps aboard it daringly but the Onion brothers are in hot pursuit.
Garcia goes to the hacienda for news. Dolores and Almudena are there. He passes on the information that the missing baby is Esme's, not Mangle's. Almudena and Dolores are happy impactadas.
As the flames crackle around them, Diego uses a piece of glass to cut his bonds.
Montero asks the Queen to do a deal with him that will benefit them both. In a few minutes, Zorro will be dead and no one will protect these lands. The Queen is gagged so she can't actually answer but her look of proud disdain indicates that she rejects Montero's proposition. Montero tells him men that they are going to the port by river. Al will think that they are going by the land route.
Al & FS and their men have found no trace of anyone. FS, who is a little behind in the news, doesn't believe Mangle is with Montero but Al sets him straight. Al is sure that Mangle & Montero are heading for the port but how are they getting there? FS has to remind Al that a branch of the river goes directly to the port. Al decides to split up their forces. He will go to the river and FS will go to the port.
Diego and Esme escape from the fire and go after the baby. [Esme does ride a horse here.]
At one of those big rivers near LA, Montero commandeers a boat. The boatman says that the current is too strong but Montero doesn't care. Once again he offers to release the Queen for a safe conduct and some gold. She refuses.
Zorro spies the overturned cart and hears a baby. He calls, “Alejandro!” He is looking under the cart when SM appears holding the baby. SM has redeemed himself. [What happened to the Onion brothers?]
Agapito tells Catalina and Tobias that Pizarro wants to talk to them. It's his dying wish. Cat and Tobias don't want to do it. Agapito asks Tobias to do it for pity or because of who he is [Zorro]. Tobias tells Agapito that he lied to him about being Zorro to try and catch the real Zorro and get the reward. Agapito is impressed that Tobias went after Pizarro on a suicidal mission. Tobias says that it was his duty to protect the honor of his beloved Catalina.
Zorro demands the baby from SM. SM says that he will only give the baby to its father, Diego. Zorro maintains the fiction that he isn't Diego. SM says that he wouldn't hurt the baby. Zorro says that he doesn't know if that is true. SM says that he made a mistake but he is a good guy. He likes wine, women and gambling but at least he doesn't run around in a disguise like Zorro. He gives Zorro the baby and leaves. Esme comes running up, “My baby!” she cries, “my little Tisha.”
FS and his men encounter SK and the gypsies. SK confronts FS and says that in spite of everything, she is still alive and has returned. SK, Jonas, Hermes and Azucena give FS long defiant looks.
Zorro sends Esme back to the hacienda with the baby. She will be safer there. She makes Zorro promise that he will return.
When Agapito, Catalina and Tobias go to the kitchen, Pizarro and Tobias' horse are gone.
There is chaos in the town. Pizarro stops a soldier. The soldier tells him that he is running away. The town has turned against them and wants Montero's head for all his abuses. Pizarro tries to rally the troops but they won't listen. Pizarro says that a bunch of cowards won't stop him but it looks like his wound might stop him. [I like Pizarro. If I had to rank hunky guys on Zorro, it would be Diego, of course, Renzo and Pizarro. Neither Montero, FS or Al do anything for me.]
Montero, Mangle, the Queen, a couple of henchmen and the boatman are in the boat on the river. Suddenly, we see Zorro, who has fashioned a grapple thingy from a tree trunk [with his sword, maybe? I guess Montero left Zorro's sword, mask and hat lying around for Zorro to find when he escaped from the burning house]. Zorro ties one end of a rope to a tree and the other to the grapple and tosses it into the boat. Nobody notices it land in the boat. The grapple thingy stops the boat. Instead of just tossing the grapple thingy out of the boat, Montero orders his men to shoot Zorro.
Esme is in the fox cave with the baby. Bernardo finds her and is muy impactado to find out that she is alive. Esme asks his help to get into the hacienda without revealing her identity as the WIB.
The henchmen and the boatman jump out of the boat to attack Zorro. One particularly bright lad throws down his gun to fight Zorro with his fists. While Zorro is busy with these guys, Montero throws the grapple thingy out of the boat and poles it back into the river. Montero, the Queen and Mangle are the only ones in the boat now. The Queen makes her move and attacks Mangle.
That Bernardo is a wizard. Esme appears in a gown [is it one of Almudena's? Esme doesn't have any stuff at the hacienda. She never lived there] and she's had her hair done too. Garcia, Almudena & Dolores are so happy to see her and the baby that they don't ask any questions like how she got there. MP joins them. Dolores wants to get her hands on the baby so bad she is twitching like a drug addict. Esme and Almudena finally get to embrace.
Back at the river, Mangle and the Queen are still going at it while Montero poles the boat. Suddenly, Zorro appears and jumps into the boat. The Queen manages to push Mangle out of the boat and she jumps into the river after her. Zorro looks completely befuddled by this development and appears to forget about his obligation to protect the Queen when given the opportunity to have an exciting sword fight with Montero in a tippy boat. Mangle screams for Montero from the water. Zorro and Montero are fighting in the boat and Zorro is disarmed when all of a sudden he and Montero see that they are heading for a giant waterfall! [Nobody knew that there was a giant waterfall on the river that leads to the port?]
The credits roll.
From the scenes from tomorrow's episode, it looks like you were so right, Sylvia: the cannibals are back and Mangle's on the menu!!!
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Jean --
thanks for the wonderful recap.
i'm just curious about one thing though. If this is episode 107, and there are 122 episodes to this entire telenovela drama, then how did you come up with this being your last recap?
J.R.
thanks for the wonderful recap.
i'm just curious about one thing though. If this is episode 107, and there are 122 episodes to this entire telenovela drama, then how did you come up with this being your last recap?
J.R.
Hi J.R. The novela ends on Monday, July 23. Since I recap on Tues., I'm figuring this is the last recap. Don't know about the # of episodes.
J.R., from what I understand, because some of the episodes were "supersized" - either shown without commercials, or shown in 1 1/2 hour blocks - we often had more than one episode in a viewing. (Actually, of all people - that was explained by Christian Meier, in a message to his somewhat official forum. A forista posted it on Telenovela World)
Jean, thanks for this great recap, and for starting this section at Caray, Caray. It's been soooo much fun, and you do such great work!
"[I like Pizarro. If I had to rank hunky guys on Zorro, it would be Diego, of course, Renzo and Pizarro. Neither Montero, FS or Al do anything for me.]"
Yes, Pizarro definitely is hunky. My #1 love of the actors is Diego/Zorro (more Z than D), and I'm a big fan. I've loved Montero in this - not hunky, but kind of a dirty sexy that makes me laugh at the same time. Al is attractive, but I think he could crush me if he squeezed to hard. Renzo's never been my fave, until he saved Ana Camila (big Suplicios fan). Yep, I have to admit it, my heart in this novela belongs to FS. I'm guessing I like the tortured anti-hero with the tremendous failings. And he had such good chemistry with MP. I also loved FS' costumes as governor (deep colors, vests, high boots, the beard) and Arturo Peniche's deep voice. I'll be sad at the death scene I expect for him. I'm guessing, though, he'll live on in a baby with MP.
"Zorro looks completely befuddled by this development and appears to forget about his obligation to protect the Queen when given the opportunity to have an exciting sword fight with Montero in a tippy boat."
That's too funny!
Can't wait to hear Mangle scream tonight with the cannibals!
Also looking forward to the FS-Sara Kali convo
Jean, thanks for this great recap, and for starting this section at Caray, Caray. It's been soooo much fun, and you do such great work!
"[I like Pizarro. If I had to rank hunky guys on Zorro, it would be Diego, of course, Renzo and Pizarro. Neither Montero, FS or Al do anything for me.]"
Yes, Pizarro definitely is hunky. My #1 love of the actors is Diego/Zorro (more Z than D), and I'm a big fan. I've loved Montero in this - not hunky, but kind of a dirty sexy that makes me laugh at the same time. Al is attractive, but I think he could crush me if he squeezed to hard. Renzo's never been my fave, until he saved Ana Camila (big Suplicios fan). Yep, I have to admit it, my heart in this novela belongs to FS. I'm guessing I like the tortured anti-hero with the tremendous failings. And he had such good chemistry with MP. I also loved FS' costumes as governor (deep colors, vests, high boots, the beard) and Arturo Peniche's deep voice. I'll be sad at the death scene I expect for him. I'm guessing, though, he'll live on in a baby with MP.
"Zorro looks completely befuddled by this development and appears to forget about his obligation to protect the Queen when given the opportunity to have an exciting sword fight with Montero in a tippy boat."
That's too funny!
Can't wait to hear Mangle scream tonight with the cannibals!
Also looking forward to the FS-Sara Kali convo
Jean, thanks for this and the other great recaps!
Last night's episode had full-on classic Zorro melodrama. Baby Zorro saved from a runaway wagon, Zorro and Xenameralda bound hand and foot in a burning building, Mangle and Montero posing at their evilest - and, straight out of the movie serial cliffhangers, the main hero and main villain fighting to the death on a boat rushing toward a humongous waterfall. Cool!
(That giant waterfall must be somewhere in the middle of the City of Los Angeles now, right?)
Mangle's evil intentions are still being screwed up by her incompetence at anything but seducing men. Her wrestling with La Reina in the boat was fun to see. And La Reina beat her, of course. Whether she can also swim in that bulky royal dress remains to be seen.
It seems that Pizarro may have finally conquered his asthma.
And did I see on the previews Mercedes knighting Fernando with the sharp end of a dagger?
As long as we're picking personal favorites, for me it's Selenia, no contest. With Yumalai a strong second. Of course, if we'd gotten to know some of those Amazons a little better...
Last night's episode had full-on classic Zorro melodrama. Baby Zorro saved from a runaway wagon, Zorro and Xenameralda bound hand and foot in a burning building, Mangle and Montero posing at their evilest - and, straight out of the movie serial cliffhangers, the main hero and main villain fighting to the death on a boat rushing toward a humongous waterfall. Cool!
(That giant waterfall must be somewhere in the middle of the City of Los Angeles now, right?)
Mangle's evil intentions are still being screwed up by her incompetence at anything but seducing men. Her wrestling with La Reina in the boat was fun to see. And La Reina beat her, of course. Whether she can also swim in that bulky royal dress remains to be seen.
It seems that Pizarro may have finally conquered his asthma.
And did I see on the previews Mercedes knighting Fernando with the sharp end of a dagger?
As long as we're picking personal favorites, for me it's Selenia, no contest. With Yumalai a strong second. Of course, if we'd gotten to know some of those Amazons a little better...
Thanks for the great recap and getting us started on this whole crazy ride of Zorro, Jean.
I chuckled a few times during your recap because you said things I was thinking. Like why did Monty leave Zorro's demise to chance and where did all the wardrobe changes take place. While we are at it, why does Fernando think wearing a sombrero is necessary in order to go kick some butt?
One thing that bugged me last night was Fernando telling Alej that Mangle took Diego and Esme's baby. How did he know that? because when Maria Pia got back to the hacienda and Esme (w/ her hair done) appeared w/ the baby, the women were all stunned that little Alejandro was Esme's. So obviously Maria Pia wasn't the one to tell Fernando, so what's up with that?
Also, have to say that the whole Santiago and the Onions had me confused. I thought I missed a scene---SM was getting beat up and in the next scene he's tying up the bros. Just poor editing. At the end of the show I had a thought last night, what if Diego retires as Zorro and Santiago takes over the role. He's got the skills and obviously can do things in the blink of an eye. Just a thought.
The scene w/ Esme and Bernie in the cave was really cute, I enjoyed that.
Loved the Queen biting Mangle's arm. True cat fight. AND I cannot wait for Mangle and the Cannibals to sit down to dinner.
I'm sure that Olmos isn't quite dead yet, we'll be treated to another appearance.
Ranking the men, let's see: Diego/Zorro, Renzo, Fernando (just something about him, I've said it all along), and then Pizarro (remember in the beginning I suspected he had latent tendencies toward Monty, I guess I've changed that opinion). Monty looks like a weasel, but does seem like he'd be good in bed (at least so Mangle tells us). Alej is too beefy and his posing gets on my nerves.
If Monday is the finale, then I get to do the last episode!!! (I was wondering how they were going to drag this thing out another two weeks). So with tonight's recap and Monday I've got two more to go.
I chuckled a few times during your recap because you said things I was thinking. Like why did Monty leave Zorro's demise to chance and where did all the wardrobe changes take place. While we are at it, why does Fernando think wearing a sombrero is necessary in order to go kick some butt?
One thing that bugged me last night was Fernando telling Alej that Mangle took Diego and Esme's baby. How did he know that? because when Maria Pia got back to the hacienda and Esme (w/ her hair done) appeared w/ the baby, the women were all stunned that little Alejandro was Esme's. So obviously Maria Pia wasn't the one to tell Fernando, so what's up with that?
Also, have to say that the whole Santiago and the Onions had me confused. I thought I missed a scene---SM was getting beat up and in the next scene he's tying up the bros. Just poor editing. At the end of the show I had a thought last night, what if Diego retires as Zorro and Santiago takes over the role. He's got the skills and obviously can do things in the blink of an eye. Just a thought.
The scene w/ Esme and Bernie in the cave was really cute, I enjoyed that.
Loved the Queen biting Mangle's arm. True cat fight. AND I cannot wait for Mangle and the Cannibals to sit down to dinner.
I'm sure that Olmos isn't quite dead yet, we'll be treated to another appearance.
Ranking the men, let's see: Diego/Zorro, Renzo, Fernando (just something about him, I've said it all along), and then Pizarro (remember in the beginning I suspected he had latent tendencies toward Monty, I guess I've changed that opinion). Monty looks like a weasel, but does seem like he'd be good in bed (at least so Mangle tells us). Alej is too beefy and his posing gets on my nerves.
If Monday is the finale, then I get to do the last episode!!! (I was wondering how they were going to drag this thing out another two weeks). So with tonight's recap and Monday I've got two more to go.
Jean, to mirror what's already been said, thank you very much for kick-starting the Zorro recaps.
Cathy, Fernando's telling Alejandro about baby Tisha bugged me too.
Bruce, good catch on the asthma. Somehow Pizarro managed to roll around in haystacks with Catalina all those times without wheezing to death.
About ranking the men. Just a thought about Alejandro. He's probably a really nice guy, but I could never date a man whose breasts are bigger than mine.
Bring on the cannibals!
Marie from Mass
P.S. Why isn't Deloles in hot water for abandoning her post with baby Tisha?
Cathy, Fernando's telling Alejandro about baby Tisha bugged me too.
Bruce, good catch on the asthma. Somehow Pizarro managed to roll around in haystacks with Catalina all those times without wheezing to death.
About ranking the men. Just a thought about Alejandro. He's probably a really nice guy, but I could never date a man whose breasts are bigger than mine.
Bring on the cannibals!
Marie from Mass
P.S. Why isn't Deloles in hot water for abandoning her post with baby Tisha?
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: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
As for handsome men, let us not forget the actors who play Jonas, King of the Gypsies, and Tobias.
You can see them out of character in
a youtube video, in which telenovela actors talk about their favorite places on earth.
Montero, Pizarro, Bernardo, Jonas, Luigi are included, as is SELENIA, just for you, Bruce.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6036110558842059576&q=Luigi+Aycardi&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
You can see them out of character in
a youtube video, in which telenovela actors talk about their favorite places on earth.
Montero, Pizarro, Bernardo, Jonas, Luigi are included, as is SELENIA, just for you, Bruce.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6036110558842059576&q=Luigi+Aycardi&total=3&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 3:45:00 PM EDT
: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 3:45:00 PM EDT
Jean, thanks for the wonderful recap, as always! Your editorials are always so amusing!
Way back, I decided to watch Zorro. Then I saw your first recap/summary and was so pleased someone was going to do it. Jean thanks for getting us started. This has been a terrific group!
How on earth did Santiago get one over on those guys? He must have fighting skills we never saw.
How did Pizarro get up and get on a horse? How did Olmos survive everything so far? Suspending reality is getting to be a minute by minute thing here.
“From the scenes from tomorrow's episode, it looks like you were so right, Sylvia: the cannibals are back and Mangle's on the menu!!!” Wow, that’d be a great way for Mangle to get hers. Better than the waterfall (or a whirlpool, even). I hope the Queen doesn’t go over the waterfall and die or anything. SK would be the Queen then, but this Queen’s really got the right stuff, and it’d be a shame to see her go like that.
Jeanne
Way back, I decided to watch Zorro. Then I saw your first recap/summary and was so pleased someone was going to do it. Jean thanks for getting us started. This has been a terrific group!
How on earth did Santiago get one over on those guys? He must have fighting skills we never saw.
How did Pizarro get up and get on a horse? How did Olmos survive everything so far? Suspending reality is getting to be a minute by minute thing here.
“From the scenes from tomorrow's episode, it looks like you were so right, Sylvia: the cannibals are back and Mangle's on the menu!!!” Wow, that’d be a great way for Mangle to get hers. Better than the waterfall (or a whirlpool, even). I hope the Queen doesn’t go over the waterfall and die or anything. SK would be the Queen then, but this Queen’s really got the right stuff, and it’d be a shame to see her go like that.
Jeanne
I'm sort of disappointed that some of the Onion Brothers actions seems to have wound up on the cutting-room floor. Or, I guess it's digital limbo, these days. Maybe it'll be on the DVD as a "deleted scenes" extra.
I mean, Santiago is lying there one minute being kicked into unconsciousness prior to the brothers feeding him slowly to the sharks. Then in their next scene, he's overpowered and disarmed both of them and tied and gagged them in their wagon. Then they're chasing Santiago and Baby Zorro, then they're gone and Santiago's wagon is wrecked and Santiago and Baby Zorro are fine, calmly strolling through the forest.
Maybe he tricked them into crashing into the river and they got carried downstream to the waterfall. The footbridge where Santiago gave Baby Zorro to Old Man Zorro out there in the middle of the woods was a nice touch, too. (That's what it looked like to me, anyway.)
I'll definitely check the YouTube video, too, thanks for the tip.
I mean, Santiago is lying there one minute being kicked into unconsciousness prior to the brothers feeding him slowly to the sharks. Then in their next scene, he's overpowered and disarmed both of them and tied and gagged them in their wagon. Then they're chasing Santiago and Baby Zorro, then they're gone and Santiago's wagon is wrecked and Santiago and Baby Zorro are fine, calmly strolling through the forest.
Maybe he tricked them into crashing into the river and they got carried downstream to the waterfall. The footbridge where Santiago gave Baby Zorro to Old Man Zorro out there in the middle of the woods was a nice touch, too. (That's what it looked like to me, anyway.)
I'll definitely check the YouTube video, too, thanks for the tip.
Jean, fantastic recap of a fantastic episode. Thank you for starting the Zorro ball rolling. It's been a lot of fun reading your witty recaps once again.
Cathy, very interesting thought about SM becoming the new Zorro. Hmmmm... Of course if Alejandro is the new governor I'm sure Alta California will be so law-abiding that Zorro may no longer be needed.
This episode definitely had weird editing. I did the "Que the hell?" head shake more than once. The Onion brothers...their heads look like onions. What a perfect name for them.
Cathy, very interesting thought about SM becoming the new Zorro. Hmmmm... Of course if Alejandro is the new governor I'm sure Alta California will be so law-abiding that Zorro may no longer be needed.
This episode definitely had weird editing. I did the "Que the hell?" head shake more than once. The Onion brothers...their heads look like onions. What a perfect name for them.
Permalink posted by : Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 1:17:00 AM EDT
: Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 1:17:00 AM EDT
Thanks Jean! I didn't know you were the one who got this started. So glad, because I started watching Zorro by accident and surprisingly liked it lots. There have been some real oddities, but overall, the mix of humor, action, romance, drama and a bit of intrigue, have made it fun...
jb
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Permalink posted by : Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 7:02:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 7:02:00 PM EDT
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