Sunday, July 01, 2007
Zorro: Friday, June 29, 2007: Monty gets passed over, Mangle gets the boot and Esme wins the wrestling match
Okay my friends since this is my last recap until I get back I tried to make it a good one. Enjoy. Also, I figured out how to use my cell phone as a modem, so I’ll keep in touch when possible
Camba and SAM return and inform Esme of the Queen’s plans for Masquerade ball. She thinks it’s the perfect opportunity to return. SAM tells Esme the ball is by invitation only but Esme doesn’t see it as a big hurdle. Esme is grateful and SAM says it couldn’t be done without his friend ‘Tole. Camba is working on getting an ostrich neck looking at the Amazionans. Esme asks SAM to investigate into buying a noble title.
The Queen tells DJ that she has finished the invitations and they are ready for the stamping of the royal seal. The Queen still thinks the ball should be open to the public being that she probably isn’t coming back to LA but DJ disagrees for security reasons. Aparrently the only reason she came to LA was to throw a ball for the upper crust and to get dethroned. I wonder if this one a one or two luggage trip. DJ asks the Queen if she is sure about naming Alej Govr. She informs him that unless there is one good reason not to, she’ll consider anyone else ‘cept Monty. The Queen orders DJ to start paperwork naming Alej as Govr.
Leroy is on border patrol and questions some extras coming into LA as to who they are and where are they going. Leroy is satisifed with their answer and lets them go. His buddy asks him if he knows SK. Leroy says no but he’ll recognize her when he seers her (huh?). Has Leroy always been in LA for him to know every citizen?
Mangle tells Diego he can’t kick her out, she is his wife. Diego tells her he has no other choice, he doesn’t trust her. Diego tells her that the WB potion had poison in it. Mangle tries to pin the blame of Yumi and says its coincidence that there her love potion had the same poison. Diego tells Mangle that everybody trust Yumi and the evidence speaks for itself. Diego calls Mangle a danger to Dena and little Alej and orders her out of the house. Mangle is impactada but recovers and tells Diego she’ll leave with her son. Diego grabs her arm and sternly tells her she isn’t taking his son out of the house.
Esme repeats for the 10th time that she is going back and I say just go already. Reminds me of Duelo’s Alina escaping/not escaping a gazillion times. She is afraid because she doesn’t know how far she’ll go. She tells Vanya who looks like she’s wearing an Amazonian version of the miracle bra about everybody that hurt her and her impulse for vengeance. Vanya tells Esme she knows what she means (somehow I think that unless Vanya's dad locked her mom in a dungeon with an iron mask too, then she probably doesn't know) Vanya tells Esme that her thirst for revenge will lead to her destruction but Esme will not have any mercy.
Mangle is upset that Diego is treating her like that but Diego tells her that she’s crazy and and doesn’t want to her near his son. Mangle doesn’t think so. Diego reminds her he has proof that on at least two occasions she tried to harm someone. Mangle thinks he’s doing this out of revenge and believes it was a mistake to marry her. Diego says he loves his son and will do everything to protect him. Diego repeats to Mangle to leave tonight or suffer the consequences. Mangle tells Diego he’s making a mistake and he will pay for this humiliation.
Olmos looks and listens to the discussion through his giant hole in the wall. He tells the air that he will have Mangle all to himself (with toast?). He can barely contain himself while taking bites of the bread.
Cue Amor Gitano
Pito tells Tobi that SK must be the real queen else why would Piza want to kill him. Tobi asks what he can do but Pito tells him anything being that he’s Zorro. Tobi calls Piza names (invader of lives and beds). Pito tells Tobi that he must know Piza very well being that he’s been seen around his house frequently. Tobi gets angry and Pito just says he’s being shrewd keeping him close. Tobi likes that idea and goes with it. Tobi tells Pito that he’ll think about making Piza disappear and in the meantime Pito can hide out in his house.
Diego thanks Amelia (little Alej’s nanny) for taking care of the baby and orders her not to leave the room until Juan okays it. Diego then tells Juan that Mangle is leaving and to not let Mangle near the room with Amelia. Misael appears with the Queen’s invite to the ball. Diego tells Misael to tell the queen that they will be happy to attend. Diego says aloud (I imagine for the viewing audience benefit more than plot line) that the ball is the day after MP and Fonzie’s wedding. He gives the invite to Juan to give to MP for RSVP’ing.
Mangle is packing and enter Olmos and asks about what she’s doing. Mangle tells Olmos about her conversation with Diego. Olmos asks about their plans to take the de la Vega fortune. Mangle tells him that’s still going forward and its confirmed that Olmos put the poison in Dena’s medicine. Being that Diego’s days are numbered the only obstacles are Alej and MP. Mangle admits she doesn’t have any dirt on them but when Diego falls they too will live a nightmare.
MP tells Fonzie that the music was wonderful. Fonzie says he knew she would appreciate it because she has a sensitive soul. Fonzie tells MP that he knew he loved her from the minute she stepped into the inn. MP tells Fonzie that she has only known love through what she experienced with FS so hearing his flattery is weird for her. They share a kiss while FS looks on the background.
Diego pleads with Bernie to recover telling him that they’ve been through worse times. He calls him by name, Bernardo de Segovoa engineer, inventor, sailor, friend, brother faithful companion. Bernie passes out and Dol asks if he’s going to die. The Shaman who was taking a break starts up again.
SM runs into Mangle who says she’s having problems with her husband. Mangle introduces SM to Olmos. Olmos thinks its weird especially considering the letter and trails off his conversation to yell at Juan to help him with the luggage. Mangle and Olmos share one of those hot for you looks. SM and Mangle agree to meet so that he can view the letter. She tells him she has a proposition that he would enjoy (I guess while the potion was to make Mangle hot for Olmos it didn’t say anything about being faithful).
Diego wakes up in the tavern and Raquel (the owner, of course now that the novela is in its ultimos capitulos I catch her name) offers him coffee. Diego wants to go home to find out about Bernie but Raquel gives him the novela staple of no news is good news. Diego thanks her for the coffee and Raquel promises to light a candle and pray for Bernie.
Monty sees Diego coming out of the tavern and considers it shameful that he’s leaving the tavern so early in the morning. He warns Diego that drinking so early in the morning is dangerous to his health Diego asks him why he cares and Monty tells him that he would regret it if something to him being that he wants the pleasure of killing him if he does something illegal. Diego tells him maybe he will kill him first which Monty takes as a threat. Diego’s just giving advice but it’s more like reminding him about karma.
Juan finds SM in the stable and tells him that breakfast is ready. SM questions Juan about Zorro and Juan tells him all about Zorro and what he does for the people of LA. SM grey flashbacks to his conversations with Mangle and Diego and puts two and two together, Diego is Zorro.
Dol tells Diego that Bernie still has not gotten better. The Shaman has been dancing and praying all night. Diego says that Bernie is still fighting. Dol thinks that PT should arrive to bless Bernie just in case. Diego doesn’t think so, as long as the Shaman doesn’t put a forehead on Bernie’s head there is still hope.
Monty tells Piza that he once thought Zorro was on of their men. Piza denies this because the men don’t have Zorro’s abilities. Monty tells Piza that’s he’s close to trapping Zorro but Piza informs him SK is more important. They rehash some more about being sure Pito knowing where she is and Piza promises to kill him when he finds him. Monty connects the dots, Esme, SK, the gypsies, Diego and Zorro. Piza thinks there is no connection as Diego was in the hacienda but Monty says it’s a lie, Diego is Zorro. Piza raises his eyebrow a smidge and Monty tells Piza about Diego’s great ability with a sword. Monty tells Piza a conspiracy is brewing and they are going to end up looking like idiots (well duh that IS the plan). Diego’s every movement will watched because many will fall before Monty does.
Diego tells PT about Bernie and Pito’s disappearance, the mapdallion and finding Esme’s clothes. A kid interrupts to say the parishoners are waiting for mass to begin. PT asks Diego to stay so they can talk.
Back to wreslting match between Esme and one of the Amazonians, with Amor Gitano in the background. Esme gets her in a reverse chokehold and before you know it, Amazonian is face down on the mat (1, 2, 3, ding, ding, ding.) I half expected to see a referee come in and hold up Esme’s hands and possibly hand her championship belt. Esme pulls her up while everyone claps.
SAM and Camba are in town sporting new suits. Camba looks nice in his black suit but it looks like the shoes are bothering him and SAM tells him he has to get used to walking around with them. Their conversations are funny I laugh like crazy. It appears they are going to buy the title from a Count Juan Marcial de Bracamonte. SAM knocks on the door and asks to speak to the Count. Before going in, he asks Camba to keep a look out.
Diego rides off and Monty’s men dressed in ponchos and giant sombreros make a note that he was with PT for a long time.
DJ informs Monty that with FS’s absence the Queen has named a new Govr. Monty of course thinks that the job’s his but alas the Queen has seen Monty’s resume and she is going in another direction, Alej de la Vega. Piza asks what’s up and Monty gives him the news. Monty thinks there is a conspiracy against him, yeah sure like your criminal record had nothing to do with it.
The Shaman puts a black feather on Bernie’s head. Nooooo, Bernie can’t die. Dol is crying and Alej (when did he get there?) poses and asks Diego what that meant. Hey shouldn’t Alej know this being that he is soooo familiar with Indian customs. Diego tells him that Bernie is almost crossing the great river. Dol thinks that it’s best that Bernie return to the hacienda. Alej tells Diego that he’ll find somebody (why he couldn’t say Yumi is beyond me) that may save his life. Dol guesses Yumi and instead of just going to get her noooo, he has to pose walk to Dol who is standing behind him and in his serious voice tells her that he will go get Yumi.
Dena is looking at the medicine Pito left her. She thought bubbles that she will get better for Alej and downs a hefty dose of the medicine (what happened to one teaspoonful daily). She tells the air/Alej that she loves him and she will live to give him another child.
SM confirms that the letter from Marianela is a forgery. Mangle wonders who could have sent it and SM assumes somebody who wanted her to forget about him. (I would think considering her high powers of deduction and reasoning she would have figured it out but nope I guess it was a one shot deal). Mangle wants to know about Diego and the Military Academy. SM thinks that she should know this. Mangle tells SM that it would benefit him financially and that it would save her marriage that is being hurt by lies (more from her end but I guess that’s splitting hairs) if she were to surprise Diego while he’s working as Zorro.
AC and Renzo thank MP for getting them the invitation but MP considers it an obligation to Esme and gitanos. MP thinks that PT and Alej should know about their plan so they can help and lend their support. Renzo and AC think is a great idea, which means this whole story will get repeated again later.
Alej goes to find Yumi and tells her he wouldn’t be there unless it was necessary. Yumi doesn’t want to go back because Dena wouldn’t agree. Alej pleads with her to return and administer the WB potion. Yumi wonders why if that’s what almost killed Dena and Alej repeats he trusts her and doesn’t think she poisoned Dena, Bernie will die she doesn’t come back.
AC and Renzo pay the forger to prepare various copies of the invitation. The forger is hesitant being that he’ll get executed but Renzo gives him a bag of money and it’s a different story. He’ll make the copies, it’ll be a major challenge to do the work.
MP asks Diego what happenend and before he can come up with a good execuse, he’s saved by the bell. Alej and Yumi show up. Dol is happy that’s she’s there and begs her to save Bernie. MP asks Alej if Dena knows Yumi is at the house. Dol apparently heard that Dena’s been in the room all day and Alej tells everybody that he’ll go tell her.
Alej walks in to an unconscious Dena. He calls her name and asks her to wake up. He touches her and she’s cold. Alej picks up her head and begs her to wake up.
The Queen tells DJ that she has finished the invitations and they are ready for the stamping of the royal seal. The Queen still thinks the ball should be open to the public being that she probably isn’t coming back to LA but DJ disagrees for security reasons. Aparrently the only reason she came to LA was to throw a ball for the upper crust and to get dethroned. I wonder if this one a one or two luggage trip. DJ asks the Queen if she is sure about naming Alej Govr. She informs him that unless there is one good reason not to, she’ll consider anyone else ‘cept Monty. The Queen orders DJ to start paperwork naming Alej as Govr.
Leroy is on border patrol and questions some extras coming into LA as to who they are and where are they going. Leroy is satisifed with their answer and lets them go. His buddy asks him if he knows SK. Leroy says no but he’ll recognize her when he seers her (huh?). Has Leroy always been in LA for him to know every citizen?
Mangle tells Diego he can’t kick her out, she is his wife. Diego tells her he has no other choice, he doesn’t trust her. Diego tells her that the WB potion had poison in it. Mangle tries to pin the blame of Yumi and says its coincidence that there her love potion had the same poison. Diego tells Mangle that everybody trust Yumi and the evidence speaks for itself. Diego calls Mangle a danger to Dena and little Alej and orders her out of the house. Mangle is impactada but recovers and tells Diego she’ll leave with her son. Diego grabs her arm and sternly tells her she isn’t taking his son out of the house.
Esme repeats for the 10th time that she is going back and I say just go already. Reminds me of Duelo’s Alina escaping/not escaping a gazillion times. She is afraid because she doesn’t know how far she’ll go. She tells Vanya who looks like she’s wearing an Amazonian version of the miracle bra about everybody that hurt her and her impulse for vengeance. Vanya tells Esme she knows what she means (somehow I think that unless Vanya's dad locked her mom in a dungeon with an iron mask too, then she probably doesn't know) Vanya tells Esme that her thirst for revenge will lead to her destruction but Esme will not have any mercy.
Mangle is upset that Diego is treating her like that but Diego tells her that she’s crazy and and doesn’t want to her near his son. Mangle doesn’t think so. Diego reminds her he has proof that on at least two occasions she tried to harm someone. Mangle thinks he’s doing this out of revenge and believes it was a mistake to marry her. Diego says he loves his son and will do everything to protect him. Diego repeats to Mangle to leave tonight or suffer the consequences. Mangle tells Diego he’s making a mistake and he will pay for this humiliation.
Olmos looks and listens to the discussion through his giant hole in the wall. He tells the air that he will have Mangle all to himself (with toast?). He can barely contain himself while taking bites of the bread.
Cue Amor Gitano
Pito tells Tobi that SK must be the real queen else why would Piza want to kill him. Tobi asks what he can do but Pito tells him anything being that he’s Zorro. Tobi calls Piza names (invader of lives and beds). Pito tells Tobi that he must know Piza very well being that he’s been seen around his house frequently. Tobi gets angry and Pito just says he’s being shrewd keeping him close. Tobi likes that idea and goes with it. Tobi tells Pito that he’ll think about making Piza disappear and in the meantime Pito can hide out in his house.
Diego thanks Amelia (little Alej’s nanny) for taking care of the baby and orders her not to leave the room until Juan okays it. Diego then tells Juan that Mangle is leaving and to not let Mangle near the room with Amelia. Misael appears with the Queen’s invite to the ball. Diego tells Misael to tell the queen that they will be happy to attend. Diego says aloud (I imagine for the viewing audience benefit more than plot line) that the ball is the day after MP and Fonzie’s wedding. He gives the invite to Juan to give to MP for RSVP’ing.
Mangle is packing and enter Olmos and asks about what she’s doing. Mangle tells Olmos about her conversation with Diego. Olmos asks about their plans to take the de la Vega fortune. Mangle tells him that’s still going forward and its confirmed that Olmos put the poison in Dena’s medicine. Being that Diego’s days are numbered the only obstacles are Alej and MP. Mangle admits she doesn’t have any dirt on them but when Diego falls they too will live a nightmare.
MP tells Fonzie that the music was wonderful. Fonzie says he knew she would appreciate it because she has a sensitive soul. Fonzie tells MP that he knew he loved her from the minute she stepped into the inn. MP tells Fonzie that she has only known love through what she experienced with FS so hearing his flattery is weird for her. They share a kiss while FS looks on the background.
Diego pleads with Bernie to recover telling him that they’ve been through worse times. He calls him by name, Bernardo de Segovoa engineer, inventor, sailor, friend, brother faithful companion. Bernie passes out and Dol asks if he’s going to die. The Shaman who was taking a break starts up again.
SM runs into Mangle who says she’s having problems with her husband. Mangle introduces SM to Olmos. Olmos thinks its weird especially considering the letter and trails off his conversation to yell at Juan to help him with the luggage. Mangle and Olmos share one of those hot for you looks. SM and Mangle agree to meet so that he can view the letter. She tells him she has a proposition that he would enjoy (I guess while the potion was to make Mangle hot for Olmos it didn’t say anything about being faithful).
Diego wakes up in the tavern and Raquel (the owner, of course now that the novela is in its ultimos capitulos I catch her name) offers him coffee. Diego wants to go home to find out about Bernie but Raquel gives him the novela staple of no news is good news. Diego thanks her for the coffee and Raquel promises to light a candle and pray for Bernie.
Monty sees Diego coming out of the tavern and considers it shameful that he’s leaving the tavern so early in the morning. He warns Diego that drinking so early in the morning is dangerous to his health Diego asks him why he cares and Monty tells him that he would regret it if something to him being that he wants the pleasure of killing him if he does something illegal. Diego tells him maybe he will kill him first which Monty takes as a threat. Diego’s just giving advice but it’s more like reminding him about karma.
Juan finds SM in the stable and tells him that breakfast is ready. SM questions Juan about Zorro and Juan tells him all about Zorro and what he does for the people of LA. SM grey flashbacks to his conversations with Mangle and Diego and puts two and two together, Diego is Zorro.
Dol tells Diego that Bernie still has not gotten better. The Shaman has been dancing and praying all night. Diego says that Bernie is still fighting. Dol thinks that PT should arrive to bless Bernie just in case. Diego doesn’t think so, as long as the Shaman doesn’t put a forehead on Bernie’s head there is still hope.
Monty tells Piza that he once thought Zorro was on of their men. Piza denies this because the men don’t have Zorro’s abilities. Monty tells Piza that’s he’s close to trapping Zorro but Piza informs him SK is more important. They rehash some more about being sure Pito knowing where she is and Piza promises to kill him when he finds him. Monty connects the dots, Esme, SK, the gypsies, Diego and Zorro. Piza thinks there is no connection as Diego was in the hacienda but Monty says it’s a lie, Diego is Zorro. Piza raises his eyebrow a smidge and Monty tells Piza about Diego’s great ability with a sword. Monty tells Piza a conspiracy is brewing and they are going to end up looking like idiots (well duh that IS the plan). Diego’s every movement will watched because many will fall before Monty does.
Diego tells PT about Bernie and Pito’s disappearance, the mapdallion and finding Esme’s clothes. A kid interrupts to say the parishoners are waiting for mass to begin. PT asks Diego to stay so they can talk.
Back to wreslting match between Esme and one of the Amazonians, with Amor Gitano in the background. Esme gets her in a reverse chokehold and before you know it, Amazonian is face down on the mat (1, 2, 3, ding, ding, ding.) I half expected to see a referee come in and hold up Esme’s hands and possibly hand her championship belt. Esme pulls her up while everyone claps.
SAM and Camba are in town sporting new suits. Camba looks nice in his black suit but it looks like the shoes are bothering him and SAM tells him he has to get used to walking around with them. Their conversations are funny I laugh like crazy. It appears they are going to buy the title from a Count Juan Marcial de Bracamonte. SAM knocks on the door and asks to speak to the Count. Before going in, he asks Camba to keep a look out.
Diego rides off and Monty’s men dressed in ponchos and giant sombreros make a note that he was with PT for a long time.
DJ informs Monty that with FS’s absence the Queen has named a new Govr. Monty of course thinks that the job’s his but alas the Queen has seen Monty’s resume and she is going in another direction, Alej de la Vega. Piza asks what’s up and Monty gives him the news. Monty thinks there is a conspiracy against him, yeah sure like your criminal record had nothing to do with it.
The Shaman puts a black feather on Bernie’s head. Nooooo, Bernie can’t die. Dol is crying and Alej (when did he get there?) poses and asks Diego what that meant. Hey shouldn’t Alej know this being that he is soooo familiar with Indian customs. Diego tells him that Bernie is almost crossing the great river. Dol thinks that it’s best that Bernie return to the hacienda. Alej tells Diego that he’ll find somebody (why he couldn’t say Yumi is beyond me) that may save his life. Dol guesses Yumi and instead of just going to get her noooo, he has to pose walk to Dol who is standing behind him and in his serious voice tells her that he will go get Yumi.
Dena is looking at the medicine Pito left her. She thought bubbles that she will get better for Alej and downs a hefty dose of the medicine (what happened to one teaspoonful daily). She tells the air/Alej that she loves him and she will live to give him another child.
SM confirms that the letter from Marianela is a forgery. Mangle wonders who could have sent it and SM assumes somebody who wanted her to forget about him. (I would think considering her high powers of deduction and reasoning she would have figured it out but nope I guess it was a one shot deal). Mangle wants to know about Diego and the Military Academy. SM thinks that she should know this. Mangle tells SM that it would benefit him financially and that it would save her marriage that is being hurt by lies (more from her end but I guess that’s splitting hairs) if she were to surprise Diego while he’s working as Zorro.
AC and Renzo thank MP for getting them the invitation but MP considers it an obligation to Esme and gitanos. MP thinks that PT and Alej should know about their plan so they can help and lend their support. Renzo and AC think is a great idea, which means this whole story will get repeated again later.
Alej goes to find Yumi and tells her he wouldn’t be there unless it was necessary. Yumi doesn’t want to go back because Dena wouldn’t agree. Alej pleads with her to return and administer the WB potion. Yumi wonders why if that’s what almost killed Dena and Alej repeats he trusts her and doesn’t think she poisoned Dena, Bernie will die she doesn’t come back.
AC and Renzo pay the forger to prepare various copies of the invitation. The forger is hesitant being that he’ll get executed but Renzo gives him a bag of money and it’s a different story. He’ll make the copies, it’ll be a major challenge to do the work.
MP asks Diego what happenend and before he can come up with a good execuse, he’s saved by the bell. Alej and Yumi show up. Dol is happy that’s she’s there and begs her to save Bernie. MP asks Alej if Dena knows Yumi is at the house. Dol apparently heard that Dena’s been in the room all day and Alej tells everybody that he’ll go tell her.
Alej walks in to an unconscious Dena. He calls her name and asks her to wake up. He touches her and she’s cold. Alej picks up her head and begs her to wake up.
END OF EPISODE
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Thank you! At last, someone else has noticed this:
"Dol is crying and Alej (when did he get there?) poses and asks Diego what that meant." The man walks around in a perpetual pose! I know he's former military and all, but you'd think he'd learn to be less stiff...
"Esme gets her in a reverse chokehold and before you know it, Amazonian is face down on the mat (1, 2, 3, ding, ding, ding.)" - ROTFL!!!
Agapito should be a very rich man - there doesn't seem to be ANYONE around to help Almudena or Bernardo now!
Santiago's a pretty smart guy...but I wonder why he hasn't asked about Esmeralda since he got to town. Wasn't she the one he dumped Mangle for?
Marycelis - enjoy your vay-kay, and I'll take care of the three Friday recaps for you!
"Dol is crying and Alej (when did he get there?) poses and asks Diego what that meant." The man walks around in a perpetual pose! I know he's former military and all, but you'd think he'd learn to be less stiff...
"Esme gets her in a reverse chokehold and before you know it, Amazonian is face down on the mat (1, 2, 3, ding, ding, ding.)" - ROTFL!!!
Agapito should be a very rich man - there doesn't seem to be ANYONE around to help Almudena or Bernardo now!
Santiago's a pretty smart guy...but I wonder why he hasn't asked about Esmeralda since he got to town. Wasn't she the one he dumped Mangle for?
Marycelis - enjoy your vay-kay, and I'll take care of the three Friday recaps for you!
Hello one and all =)
I've been running around too much to read these posts and was seriously missing them =(
It's been a while, but a few days ago, Marie from Mas asked some questions. The others were answered, but as for SM asking Diego "Hey, why are you all covered in mud?" I'm pretty sure he did comment, but I don't think he got a real explanation.
I too keep wandering how Esme was able to get the electricity to flat iron her hair now that she's in the jungle. I'm also not 100% sure that the sword she's wielding is particularly right for Amazons in this time period. I would think knives and axes would be more practical, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not like they've been terribly concerned with things like accuracy. Her sword swinging did remind me a little of "Conan the Barbarian."
I was able to buy Diego recognizing Esme's clothes (he has every image of her etched in his mind, down to the shoes she was wearing that time he saw her at such and such a place) but not the fact that neither Esme nor Mangle has lactated!!!! I could have used Esme complaining of the pain after they took little Tisha, or Mangle complaining it was getting her dress dirty. One could argue that Mangle's milk-producing abilities were damaged by the poison drinking, but Esme should at least have had that problem once or twice. Just saying.
On a continuity note, I seem to recall that Mangle broke the love poison (I mean, potion) bottle when Diego confronted her with it. How did that same bottle get put back together so D could give it to Aga? Especially with it's liquid still in it.
On the WB dead or alive, I think Yumi mentioned that she died just before Yumi returned with the Dena remedy. Apparently, WB knew her time was coming and that's why she put all her wisdom in this potion (though I had gotten the impression she hadn't been able to give Yumi the recipe, but I guess we're supposed to think she did). Dolly had told Dena that they'd gone to WB's "place," but not that they were seeing her. There is this weird expression that they've used a lot in this telenovela that I have never heard in Mexico (but apparently is still used in South America) "a donde -insert name here-" which roughly means "where -insert name here- is" or where -insert name here- lives." It does make it confusing since in this case it made it sound like WB was still living there, but they actually meant her lands, hut, etc.
Am I the only one that wondered why when Diego went to seek a Shaman he didn't go see Eagle Feather? She's already appeared three times (to give Mangle the love potion, to tell Esme she's pregnant, and to almost cure Nutty) and been spoken of at least twice more (when they were looking for her to cure Al when Yumi hit him with an arrow, and when Mangle told Olmos she needed more of the stuff EF made - which is what she gave Dena). One would think she'd be the one Diego went for.
On the FS facial hair issue: I think it makes him look too young for the role. My guess is they had to shave him to fix his nose, and didn't have time to let it grow back, or maybe it was growing funny where they did the stitching. Still, they could have used something fake. Diego's mustache was a fake one after all. I hope he gets it back.
I was pretty bummed when BA died and my first thought was: "now who's gonna take that demon out of Kamba." Then again, it hasn't reared it's ugly head in a few episodes, so they may have forgotten about it for a while.
I too think it's rather silly of Diego (and subsequently of Dolly) not to start telling people that Mangle's been doing the poisoning - especially when he told Juan and Amelia not to let Mangle near the baby. I guess they've all been a little too worried for Bernie to think straight and Diego probably figured it was enough to get her out of the house to eliminate the immediate danger. The rest could wait.
I suspect that Dena won't make it from the latest poisoning, and I too believe that Monty, Mangle, Piza, and SM will now have to die since they know Zorro's civilian identity. As for SM not asking about Esme, I also thought it was weird, but maybe he's trying to stay on Mangle's good side. Perhaps he will ask Dena (if she lives!) about Esme. I do hope Bernie makes it though, Zorro needs an inventive sidekick.
I've been running around too much to read these posts and was seriously missing them =(
It's been a while, but a few days ago, Marie from Mas asked some questions. The others were answered, but as for SM asking Diego "Hey, why are you all covered in mud?" I'm pretty sure he did comment, but I don't think he got a real explanation.
I too keep wandering how Esme was able to get the electricity to flat iron her hair now that she's in the jungle. I'm also not 100% sure that the sword she's wielding is particularly right for Amazons in this time period. I would think knives and axes would be more practical, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not like they've been terribly concerned with things like accuracy. Her sword swinging did remind me a little of "Conan the Barbarian."
I was able to buy Diego recognizing Esme's clothes (he has every image of her etched in his mind, down to the shoes she was wearing that time he saw her at such and such a place) but not the fact that neither Esme nor Mangle has lactated!!!! I could have used Esme complaining of the pain after they took little Tisha, or Mangle complaining it was getting her dress dirty. One could argue that Mangle's milk-producing abilities were damaged by the poison drinking, but Esme should at least have had that problem once or twice. Just saying.
On a continuity note, I seem to recall that Mangle broke the love poison (I mean, potion) bottle when Diego confronted her with it. How did that same bottle get put back together so D could give it to Aga? Especially with it's liquid still in it.
On the WB dead or alive, I think Yumi mentioned that she died just before Yumi returned with the Dena remedy. Apparently, WB knew her time was coming and that's why she put all her wisdom in this potion (though I had gotten the impression she hadn't been able to give Yumi the recipe, but I guess we're supposed to think she did). Dolly had told Dena that they'd gone to WB's "place," but not that they were seeing her. There is this weird expression that they've used a lot in this telenovela that I have never heard in Mexico (but apparently is still used in South America) "a donde -insert name here-" which roughly means "where -insert name here- is" or where -insert name here- lives." It does make it confusing since in this case it made it sound like WB was still living there, but they actually meant her lands, hut, etc.
Am I the only one that wondered why when Diego went to seek a Shaman he didn't go see Eagle Feather? She's already appeared three times (to give Mangle the love potion, to tell Esme she's pregnant, and to almost cure Nutty) and been spoken of at least twice more (when they were looking for her to cure Al when Yumi hit him with an arrow, and when Mangle told Olmos she needed more of the stuff EF made - which is what she gave Dena). One would think she'd be the one Diego went for.
On the FS facial hair issue: I think it makes him look too young for the role. My guess is they had to shave him to fix his nose, and didn't have time to let it grow back, or maybe it was growing funny where they did the stitching. Still, they could have used something fake. Diego's mustache was a fake one after all. I hope he gets it back.
I was pretty bummed when BA died and my first thought was: "now who's gonna take that demon out of Kamba." Then again, it hasn't reared it's ugly head in a few episodes, so they may have forgotten about it for a while.
I too think it's rather silly of Diego (and subsequently of Dolly) not to start telling people that Mangle's been doing the poisoning - especially when he told Juan and Amelia not to let Mangle near the baby. I guess they've all been a little too worried for Bernie to think straight and Diego probably figured it was enough to get her out of the house to eliminate the immediate danger. The rest could wait.
I suspect that Dena won't make it from the latest poisoning, and I too believe that Monty, Mangle, Piza, and SM will now have to die since they know Zorro's civilian identity. As for SM not asking about Esme, I also thought it was weird, but maybe he's trying to stay on Mangle's good side. Perhaps he will ask Dena (if she lives!) about Esme. I do hope Bernie makes it though, Zorro needs an inventive sidekick.
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: Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 3:39:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 3:39:00 AM EDT
Marycelis, what a great job of recapping on the eve of a big trip! Thanks!
“Aparrently the only reason she came to LA was to throw a ball for the upper crust and to get dethroned. I wonder if this one a one or two luggage trip.” ROTFL!
“I half expected to see a referee come in and hold up Esme’s hands and possibly hand her championship belt.” LOL! She certainly has picked up her warrior skills fast, hasn’t she?
Santiago just crossed over the line to the “dangerous” group. Now that he knows Diego must be Zorro, he’s a liability. With Bernie going, or at least out of commission for the present, it’s even more dangerous because only Tobi will throw others off the scent and he’s a disaster when he plays Z.
I can see it now: Yumi shows up just at the very moment that Dena goes into a serious decline due to a more powerful dose of that arsenic. So guess who’s going to get the blame?
Maybe Mangle misunderstood Santiago in the first place and he never had a thing for her kid sister. Mangle’s not quite right in the head, anyway…..
Jeanne
“Aparrently the only reason she came to LA was to throw a ball for the upper crust and to get dethroned. I wonder if this one a one or two luggage trip.” ROTFL!
“I half expected to see a referee come in and hold up Esme’s hands and possibly hand her championship belt.” LOL! She certainly has picked up her warrior skills fast, hasn’t she?
Santiago just crossed over the line to the “dangerous” group. Now that he knows Diego must be Zorro, he’s a liability. With Bernie going, or at least out of commission for the present, it’s even more dangerous because only Tobi will throw others off the scent and he’s a disaster when he plays Z.
I can see it now: Yumi shows up just at the very moment that Dena goes into a serious decline due to a more powerful dose of that arsenic. So guess who’s going to get the blame?
Maybe Mangle misunderstood Santiago in the first place and he never had a thing for her kid sister. Mangle’s not quite right in the head, anyway…..
Jeanne
I don't know, folks. I think if Almudena's skin feels cold to Al, that means she's dead. I was rooting for Almudena in the Almudena/Yumi contest. I figured Yumi could die saving Al in the coming battle.
Yeah, Eagle Feather seems to have dropped out of the picture. Maybe the native healers moved to greener pastures when Agapito became so competent.
I agree that it's time for Esme to get a move on. She's learned all the Amazon skills in about 2 days so she's good to go. My thought about the Amazon weapons is that what good are swords if the Amazons are going to be fighting against people with firearms?
Yeah, Eagle Feather seems to have dropped out of the picture. Maybe the native healers moved to greener pastures when Agapito became so competent.
I agree that it's time for Esme to get a move on. She's learned all the Amazon skills in about 2 days so she's good to go. My thought about the Amazon weapons is that what good are swords if the Amazons are going to be fighting against people with firearms?
Judging by the last scene I assumed Dena was a goner. Too bad, she had potential. With her there was a chance for a smack-down on Alejandro's pomposity, but Yumi worships the guy/owes him/whatever so I fear he'll be striking poses all over the state. Oh yeah, and he'll be governor...NOT what his mega-ego needs.
Yumi dying to save Alejandro, I like it!
I think Santiago's probably deliberately not asking Mangle about Esme because he's hoping to get a handout from her. He doesn't want to make her mad.
Margarita, I had totally forgotten about Eagle Feather. Good point, WHY would they go for Yumi, supposedly a warrior, instead of Eagle Feather? Unless of course it just the Poseur's (Alej) excuse to get the president of his fan club back to the hacienda.
Does it sound like I'm bitter toward Alejandro? Well I am. I'm really mad at him right now.
Garcia and Camba were adorable in their suits.
Marycelis, have a great vacation! This was a super recap, even funnier than your usual funny self.
Yumi dying to save Alejandro, I like it!
I think Santiago's probably deliberately not asking Mangle about Esme because he's hoping to get a handout from her. He doesn't want to make her mad.
Margarita, I had totally forgotten about Eagle Feather. Good point, WHY would they go for Yumi, supposedly a warrior, instead of Eagle Feather? Unless of course it just the Poseur's (Alej) excuse to get the president of his fan club back to the hacienda.
Does it sound like I'm bitter toward Alejandro? Well I am. I'm really mad at him right now.
Garcia and Camba were adorable in their suits.
Marycelis, have a great vacation! This was a super recap, even funnier than your usual funny self.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 9:06:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, July 1, 2007 at 9:06:00 PM EDT
How about this: what if in the end, Alej loses them both? It could be his castigo for playing two ends against the middle. I'm just sayin.'
Jeanne
Jeanne
The Amazons may have cured Kamba of his demon problem. Maybe it wasn't a demon after all but just unrequited hormones.
I agree that Almudena's time on earth is short. She was still breathing in the cold-skin scene on Friday. But with two Indian dreams and a peace-pipe vision predicted a near-term death, she doesn't stand much of a chance. At least now Yumalai and Alejandro can have a proper Spanish marriage and she can become the First Lady of the town, now that the Queen's decided to make Alejandro el Gobernador.
On the Santiago/Xenameralda question, everyone that Santiago's been around in Los Ángeles so far thinks Xenameralda is dead.
I'm not clear on which Amazons are coming with Xenameralda to the masquerade ball. It's true we haven't seen them with any firearms. But they're pretty good with those arrows.
Benardo can't die. He's too central to the whole Zorro story. I think he's going to wind up married to Vanya the Amazon by the end.
The Amazon storyline is great just because it's so outrageous. But it also works to make Esmeralda into Xenameralda, which gives her a warrior-woman side just like Diego's mother Toypurnia. So now Baby Zorro can have a mother who's half-Spanish and half exotic native warrior, too. Plus, he'll hopefully have Auntie Yumalai around to help in his upbringing, too.
I notice that Montero's memory has been distracted by all the plots and murders and stuff. He apparently forgot that he tried to run this whole "destroy the De la Vegas by accusing Diego of being Zorro" routine before. It didn't work out so well for him the first time around. Also, Diego and Bernardo set it up for Bernardo to be seen in town dressed as Zorro while Diego was in the church messing up Montero's and Xenameralda's wedding. Plus, the soldiers were chasing Tobías in his first outing as Zorro at the same time.
I agree that Almudena's time on earth is short. She was still breathing in the cold-skin scene on Friday. But with two Indian dreams and a peace-pipe vision predicted a near-term death, she doesn't stand much of a chance. At least now Yumalai and Alejandro can have a proper Spanish marriage and she can become the First Lady of the town, now that the Queen's decided to make Alejandro el Gobernador.
On the Santiago/Xenameralda question, everyone that Santiago's been around in Los Ángeles so far thinks Xenameralda is dead.
I'm not clear on which Amazons are coming with Xenameralda to the masquerade ball. It's true we haven't seen them with any firearms. But they're pretty good with those arrows.
Benardo can't die. He's too central to the whole Zorro story. I think he's going to wind up married to Vanya the Amazon by the end.
The Amazon storyline is great just because it's so outrageous. But it also works to make Esmeralda into Xenameralda, which gives her a warrior-woman side just like Diego's mother Toypurnia. So now Baby Zorro can have a mother who's half-Spanish and half exotic native warrior, too. Plus, he'll hopefully have Auntie Yumalai around to help in his upbringing, too.
I notice that Montero's memory has been distracted by all the plots and murders and stuff. He apparently forgot that he tried to run this whole "destroy the De la Vegas by accusing Diego of being Zorro" routine before. It didn't work out so well for him the first time around. Also, Diego and Bernardo set it up for Bernardo to be seen in town dressed as Zorro while Diego was in the church messing up Montero's and Xenameralda's wedding. Plus, the soldiers were chasing Tobías in his first outing as Zorro at the same time.
I'm betting that Mangle will "deduce" that before she disappeared/died, Esme sent the fake letter to make MA forget Santiago.
Jeanne
Jeanne
Jeanne, I like your idea about Al losing both Dena & Yumi. That would be a just punishment for him.
Bernardo & Vanyu husband & wife!! Bruce, you are too, too funny! I enjoyed the laugh.
Y'all inspired me to check further into the history of the Zorro story which has resulted in buying the Isabel Allende novel on 13 hours of CD's. So far it's not as "riveting" as the Telemundo novela, but my husband & I are brushing up on a bit of history that she weaves into the story.
Have a great vacation, Marycelis. I thought you had already gone & returned. I'm confused...who went to Puerto Rico?
AliceC
Bernardo & Vanyu husband & wife!! Bruce, you are too, too funny! I enjoyed the laugh.
Y'all inspired me to check further into the history of the Zorro story which has resulted in buying the Isabel Allende novel on 13 hours of CD's. So far it's not as "riveting" as the Telemundo novela, but my husband & I are brushing up on a bit of history that she weaves into the story.
Have a great vacation, Marycelis. I thought you had already gone & returned. I'm confused...who went to Puerto Rico?
AliceC
Permalink posted by : Monday, July 2, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM EDT
: Monday, July 2, 2007 at 1:42:00 PM EDT
Marycelis is going to PR, but she hadn't left as of Friday night. She may have by now, though.
Jeanne
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