Caray, Caray!

Wow, Jardinera...I'm no longer watching this one but the recaps are dynamite....can't complain about lack of action and excitement. Thanks for keeping us posted.

Judy B.
 

Lord no wonder none of the men have the nerve to enter the breakfast room with that coven of witches sitting around.

James becomes more tooth grindingly annoying every day, First he wanders into the room telling Acacia they they are going to separate and then finally noticing her on the floor gets over come with emotion and caring. And, doesn't everyone keep their clothes in a night stand?

I've watched a number of Sergio Sendal novelas and never seen him tear up before. No wonder, with those light eyes of his he gets all red rimmed and not nearly as appealing as the who will not be named.

So now we are going to get the mexican version of the saber dance. Thank the Lord for once neither one of them has been taking gigantic swigs of tequilla .
 

Thanks for the great recap Jardinera. Loved your unbraiding of James because he so deserves it. Acacia has had to go through so much and James constantly abandoning her is not helping.

Loved the reference to harpie and coven. Its so appropriate for the women at the breakfast table. Well Minnie almost has Aaron back, so now I can just imagine the wonderful ways she'll meet her end (perhaps she and Aaron will take one another out or she and Isa). I really hope the writers do not deprive us of seeing when Minnie learns about Isa's roll with Aaron. It should happen on the same day Sophie learns about Isa's child.

I agree with you decie girl, I'm glad our leads are sober and taking a break from the tequilla.

Karen
 

Gee, I'm thinking that the Aaron and Minerva reunion will eventually turn into "The War of the Roses" with their tempers being so uncontrollable. I also think these two are the best actors of this telenovela without doubt.
Hey, has anyone seen Granny blink yet?
 

As much as I enjoyed seeing Aaron on his knees, my favorite part of this episode was watching Frankie react to the smell of the cows.
 

Thank you, Jardinera. My cable went out because of the weather and I felt as if I saw it because of your wonderful recap. Monday should be exciting. How was the honeymoon couple after their big night? Anything good?
Barbara from Mass.
 

Good recap. I'm glad to see that TWB's belly is sickening for all of us to look at. I imagine she must really stink down below where the sun don't shine. No child on earth should ever have to nurse on her disgusting breasts. God I hate that woman with a passion. Let's all pray that the baby either dies or is born deformed.
 

My opinion of this episodio is --AND I HOPE YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION, UNI: too much small talk and not enough action, leastwise till the end; totally stilted dialogue (symptomatic of bad American melodramas, if not just a bad turn at translating) and too forced and formulaic a plot progression; the camera angles were rotten during the major confrontation between the two leads in the plaza, so that very little sexual tension that could have been, was actually conveyed between the two main characters, so a sexy lecture on labor-relations turned into a "laboring" sexual relationship.

AND, one more thing. It made no sense for costuming to put EY's Hot Rod into a heavy leather jacket in what was obviously 100+ degree desert heat and with hot camera lights to boot, while everyone else stayed cool in light cotton. It was hard for me to concentrate on the dialogue since I was more involved with looking at the actor sweating and wondering if the production crew had to be sipping ice-cold Gatorade under shaded umbrellas ala "Survivor".....
--OK. I think I'm done now.
 

It is going to be tension/enjoyment when minnie finds out that the woman (esa) who gives her support has had sex with her husband. Also for Sofia. This will be exciting. But what about Rod? When he finds out that he tried to be the perfect dad for his child and to be there, that the child was one of three other persons? and not him?
 

anon 11:03, Whoa I am no fan of Isa..except the girl can wear taupe...but nothing she has done has led us to believe she does not practice good personal hygiene. As a matter of fact in the early days of her marriage she was so enamoured with bathing that she often sought to share Rod's. Good point nothing shows a parent the err of their ways like a deformed baby, yeah that will teach them a lesson.

Anon 12:37..If this show ends without Minnie finding out about the Aaron/Isa boink fest..I'm gonna be more pissed than I was when Aldo was an angel. I am giving serious 3 to 1 odds on Minnie in a slap down..she will seriously Wail on Isa. It will be wicked fierce.
Now about the Varon, Frankie is the father..Hil was like a year in the past & Aaron was too early also...besides, she had a FrankieVision flash back when she found out she was 5weeks preg., it happened the same time Gavi/Rod were playing Gilligan & MaryAnn.

Thanks for the AweSome RECAP...oh Mister James, when you think of the rock pile think of jello..there is always room for more.
 

Thanks so much Jardinera!

I understand her not wanting Gavi on the family property, but I can't believe Isa has the nerve to question Rod about their relationship. Regardless of who has done what in the past, it should be painfully, clearly obvious what he feels, for whom he feels it, and why he's still with Isa. Her baby isn't going to magically change things.

My husband and I spent several hours yesterday at the Hispanic Festival here - I was breathlessly awaiting the machete dance, but alas there was none.
 

As we ride off here in the next few months into novela heaven,have no fear,as all "the dirty laundry" will be exposed. I say starting with the exposure or Issy and Frankie to Sofia..Issy & Frankie,in my opinion, will meet a demise of their own making,and Rod & Gavi will raise that kid. I'm just guessing..


Rod will get very attached to the baby,and he'll probably be the last to know that he's not the biological father,as his elevator somehow doesn't seem to go to the top..This is a man who was working on his doctorate at Cambridge with brain sense,but got back to the hacienda and became clueless..
 

Thanks for the recap, you should be on the production crew, Jardinera.

Gavi had several opportunities to save herself from further humilitation and apologize/correct the strike situation she caused. But, no, it's all about Gavi and she starts a fight about how he's a Montalvo and they're not. What a cheap shot, she attacks him for who he was born to into and not for what he does. I guess the writers like to promote class warfare...
 

I forgot to sign off...
jb
 

Barb from MA: there were no honeymoon scenes which sort of surprised me, this being based around another doomed marriage --3 so far and all headed for or on the rocks.

Speaking of which, I kept thinking Gaspar may have other ideas for his ex-future son-in-law once Pammy goes running to him with the awful news she's been dumped with the rest of the refuse.
 

Hmmm. Now I'd like to see Isa and Minnie do the machete dueling dance thing once Aaron's romp with her BFE is exposed. --In fact, I'd like to see Gavi be present and able to look each and every one of her malicious, vicious accusers in the face when Isadora's affairs, and particularly the one with Aaron, are exposed. It should be like an old Charlie Chan movie where all the suspects are gathered in the same room, all the various goings on are linked and the guilty one is humiliated or frightened into confessing........
 

Julie: I think I would agree with you. Those barnyard scenes give a whole nother meaning to "potty humor". On the other hand, it was the cleverest attempt at highbrow humor I've seen from this group. It could only have been improved if they had panned to a rooster and a bull for the barn scenes, or did I miss those? ====

Anon 11:03 pm - Isa's personal hygiene aside, I'd just as soon not think of a baby being born deformed. Miscarriages do happen on these things, but if it is born, I'd hope it's a girl. If it's a boy, I think Minnie should put her paranoia to good use for once and declare it illegitimate. After all, Aaron has suggested this to Fedra, why not to his amorcito? I cannot believe that Aaron would give up on the family fortune that easily. We still have 3 1/2 months of scheming to go.
 

I thought it was cruel and unjust to comment on hopes the baby dies or is deformed and the bit about smell. Ese, as much as I can't stand her, looks like the epitamy of good hygiene. In regards to rod and gav raising the child. Sounds almost like Amor de fieras or something like that. A recent telenovia. The woman who drugged her xhusband to have sex and then got pregnant, the same time his girlfriend got preg. Then the woman switches them in the hospital because hers had medical problems. Later on she commits suicide and the xhusband and his girlfriend take the baby, only later to find out it was his girlfriend's to start with and the other one that had medical problems, was his and his x-wife's (complicated)I think something happens with the isa's baby and rod has to give blood and that is when he finds out it is not his. With Pammy. didn't her father make some type of threat about him not hurting their daughter?

What about Francisco's mother? No one mentions her. What are the chances that she goes to the Estate to see her son and his new bride and that is how Ms. Piller and everyone else finds out that she is the mom and not the other people. AAANNNDDD that he is a phoney.
 

anon 01:25:00
Well being a type 1 diabetic since childhood...I do believe it was genetics rather than a godly slapdown directed at my parents. TeleNovelas are famous for 1) two babies born same night..then switched...by evil wife, after she comes to a gruesome ending..children are raised by true-luv couple. If this stays with true form..they will end up with Franki/Isa kid & raising it as their own, however I could be wrong cause Isa hasn't killed anyone or done that bad of stuff, besides run of the mill hating the girlfriend and screwing around. Frankie is a grifter man-whore, but he hasn't whacked anyone or anything, so maybe they will get to keep their kid.
 

I definitely agree that Isa and Frankie could be together someday. She's already in love with him even though he's poor. She doesn't even know that his father is an actual rich guy of some sort (according to his mom). You never know, he could inherit money or something and then she'd have even more rea$on to love him.
 

All right!! Just think --if de la Vega doesn't have other kids for whatever reason, kicks the bucket and leaves the whole fortune to fortunate Frankie, then Frankie can back Daddy Duarte's loans and latest gambling debts once Sofia and Rod wash their hands of these two. Frankie will lose it all and then can pimp out Isa for a few years and make it all back......
 

Is there any advantage to joining the cary cary, other than my user name coming up instead of anonymous. Are there any obligations or fees?
 

I thought that no program would compare to the LaFea, even though the fillers were unbearable. It was Fernando that I hung in there on that telenovia; however, this Destilando is so intense and for the total hour every hour, whereas there was usually only about 10 minutes of good stuff in La fea. there also seems to be as much if not more sometimes, of feedback in this chat sessions on Destilando.
 

Is there a reason for Mr. James and Acacia being in this novela. I see no reason at all and it was a sick relationship she had with the tio anyway. What purpose do they fulfill?
 

Anon 7:53pm, this site is free, and to join simply register for an e-mail address at Google g-mail on its home page. Use that g-mail address to formally sign in at http://www2.blogger.com/home

Then your identity should show under the Comment box. The only big advantage is that if you want to erase a comment, you can. I usually like to be able to address a person formally rather than have them remain as some anonymous ethernet entity. ?; > ))
 

thank you jardinera. I prefer to know who i am talking to also. that is why frequently I just put Ret at the end. Or kraftyret, which is my screen name.
 

Maybe Roman could get Frankie to operate the manure spreader...I've seen him spread a lot of manure figurativley, so maybe he could be trained to do it literally and actually perform a real and necessary job at the ranch. Frankie, I think that you've finally found your true calling...spreading manure.
 

I like the way you think, Susanlynn. :)
 

Jardinera - thanks for the great recap!
Anon- Sun 7:55 - I agree - Destilando may drag on forever, but there is passionate interaction, at least verbally, between Gavi & Rod. Not so in La Fea.

The coven at the breakfast table - lol. What pitiful women they are.

I'm enjoying Minerva's vengeance plan against Aron and can't wait to see it played out. He so deserves it!
 

Thanks Jardinera!! Brilliant recap :)

Me too I wonder what the purpose of Acacia is in the novela. James has had a role since the beginning being Rod's personal therapist and Sofie's boyfried. I must say I liked the beginning episodes when these 2 were dating, before Sofie became an obvious bitter ball. The way things are going, it seems to me like sofie and James are ending up together after all. But Acacia and the whole meliton story...was that really necessary??

Minnie better find out about Isa and Aron; otherwise I will be very dissappointed.
 

I'm sure by the time we're done there will be no secrets left.

Personally, I am looking forward to seeing the look on Frankie's face when he discovers that his enchanting "Jennifer" is none other than the legendary Gaviota.

OTOH, when Gaviota sees Frankie with the Montalvos I think she will just laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh...
 

"I like the way you think, Susanlynn. :)" --apparently so do Bossie and Flossie (8 ? P)
 

Susanlynn: I couldn't help but think about you having grown up on the farm, and what you were thinking during those seens with the cows..... I'm sure you were thinking some very choice thoughts.
 

There is always comic relief in these things and I was thinking James was supposed to be it what with the crazy halting accent and the silly string and bowties. Once he hooked up with a teenybopper though, that cooled it for me.
 

Jardinera^^^Yes, I did get a big kick out of Frankie getting up close and personal with the cows. My dad got rid of our cows before I was born. When I was growing up , he raised steer, pigs, and chickens along with growing corn and potatoes. However, many of my friends lived on dairy farms, so I had cows named after me . [Thanks, Sport, you are muy romantico.] My friend Judy used to raise a Black Angus steer every year for 4-H. She named each one and cared for it each year. Then, at the county fair in September , it would be auctioned off. The boys in my class would go to the fair and sleep in the barns with the animals they were showing. City slicker Frankie is not a farm boy, but I think Rodrigooo could fit the part of one. ...and I'll bet that his Black Angus and Herefords would always win the most ribbons . I'd even be willing to keep him company when he slept with them at the fair.
 

I'm learning so much from all of you in so many ways--thanks!

Susanlynn, is the difference between a steer and a cow--that you eat a steer, but milk a cow? Inquisitive mind...
jb