Saturday, April 05, 2008
La Traición, April 4 - Hugo gets the kiss of life and Soledad knows those lips
The police open the cell and stand there like idiots while the lowlife almost gets away and Soledad comes in and says that Hugo is cold and not breathing.
Outside the prison, Marina tries to get Boris to wake up. She hides the dynamite.
Let's get the comic relief /irritation out of the way. Guillermo is overcome by the poison gas. Dr. Max has an early gas mask. Elena says that she will stay with Dr. Max if he saves Guillermo. Guillermo was faking it, Elena gets mad, they chase each other around and Guillermo leaves.
Dr. Pablo can't figure out who Beatriz is living with and almost knocks on the door of the House of Sadism but he decides that Beatriz has the right to live her own life and goes away.
At the prison, the police say that maybe they should call a doctor but the only thing they actually do is suggest that Soledad leave Hugo. She refuses and as a last resort locks lips with Hugo and gives him a couple of breaths. She knows those lips (flashback to her kissing Hugo) but no it can't be. At this point, Hugo opens his eyes and looks at her with such a sweet little smile. Meanwhile, the stupid locket has managed to work its way out of Soledad's cleavage! Will Hugo see it? Of course not. Also, Hugo is not wearing the jewelry he usually does around his neck so she doesn't see the ring.
Ester and Antonia come back from the police station. They have been told that Ursula and Enrico might be involved in Soledad's disappearance. Ester doesn't believe it but Antonia is sure it is true. They find Lucas drinking to forget what a miserable, spineless creature he is.
Ester gives him a tongue lashing and Antonia tells Ester that she should have more respect for her husband. Ester just fiddles with those little sausage-roll curls she has on her forehead.
At the police station, Soledad has withdrawn the charges against Alcides and Inspector Duarte reluctantly gives Hugo his letter of release. The locket is firmly back in her cleavage. Hugo asks Soledad if she withdrew the charges because he is the father of her baby and Soledad says that she did it for what Hugo did to save her baby. She will always be grateful to him for that.
Hugo says that he assumes Soledad left her parents' house because she was afraid she would be forced to return to him. She confirms this. Hugo says that he would never force her to go back to his house. Hugo offers to take the whole gang: Soledad, Ursula, Enrico and the baby back to her parents' house. They leave and Paquito comes out from the closet or wherever he has overheard what when on.
When they get back to the Obragon house, Hugo asks Soledad again to consider returning to his house. He does not want to seduce her or reclaim his marital rights. It is only to protect the baby from his (Hugo's that is) many enemies. Soledad responds that she would rather stay at her parents' house and she will make sure the baby isn't harmed.
At this point, a drunken Lucas appears, aiming a gun at Alcides/Hugo and saying that he won't allow Hugo to harm his family anymore even if the has to spend the rest of his life in jail. Hugo takes charge. He tells Lucas that no matter what happened in the past, he only wants to protect Soledad and the baby. Hugo convinces Lucas to give up his weapon. After Lucas is sent to sleep it off, Ester tell Ursula that she can return to work for Soledad. However, Antonia says that she won't permit it. Soledad leaves the decision up to Ursula and she chooses to say. Enrico tells Soledad that she should consider accepting Hugo's offer to stay at the Hacienda. He can't explain it but senses sincerity in Hugo's words and believes that Soledad and the baby will be safer there. He asks her to think about it.
At the Hacienda, Boris is nursing his head and asking Marina why she hit him. She says that she had to keep him from doing crazy things like blowing up the jail. Boris says that he is responsible for protecting Hugo and he will never abandon him. Marina does not want to play second fiddle to Hugo in Boris' life. She wants to do things correctly. Tomorrow, they can get a lawyer to get Hugo out of jail. Boris is exasperated and wants to leave the room but Marina has locked the door and won't give him the keys.
Hugo returns to the Hacienda and Boris tells him that he wanted to blow up the jail to get Hugo out but that Marina wouldn't let him. Marina chimes in and says that would have been crazy and would have made the situation worse. Boris asks how Hugo got released. Hugo says that Soledad came to the police station and dropped the charges. Marina has to rub Hugo's nose in his betrayal, "There's no doubt that Soledad loved Alcides very much to do that," she says. Boris gives her a dirty look.
After Enrico leaves, Ursula says how strange it is that Enrico should suggest that she go back to Alcides. Soledad says that it is not that strange. Alcides has changed. His behavior is different - look at how he handled the gun-toting Lucas. Ursula agrees. Alcides behaved like a gentlemen with Lucas; the old Alcides would have knocked him down with a punch. Soledad tells Ursula that she gave Alcides mouth to mouth resuscitation when she found him unconscious in the prison cell. Ursula is impactada and Soledad goes on to say that for a second she thought she was touching Hugo's lips as if she was kissing Hugo, not Alcides. Ursula suggests that since Hugo and Alcides were identical twins, confusion was possible. "No," says Soledad, "it wasn't physical; it was spiritual. Maybe Alcides has suffered so much he is starting to act like Hugo." Ursula asks if that is the case, could Soledad fall in love with Alcides? Soledad says no. There was only one Hugo and he was the love of her life. Besides, she doesn't trust Alcides; he is a very troubled person. Ursula agrees. "People don't change overnight," she says, "or do they?" Soledad doesn't respond.
Antonia tells Lucas that it wasn't very smart to threaten Alcides with a gun. Lucas repeats all of his grievances against Alcides. Antonia says that was true but it is obvious that Alcides has changed. Lucas says that he still doesn't trust him. Antonia goes on to tell Lucas that his behavior has been so bad that she can't even find any words to defend him to Ester.
At the Hacienda, Hugo has told Boris and Marina about his attack of catalepsy at the police station and that his cellmate tried to kill him. He believes the would-be assassin was hired by Arturo. With a little fancy gun play complete with sound effects, Hugo and Boris go out to confront Arturo. Marina tells Boris that he doesn't have to fight Hugo's battles. Boris tells Marina to butt out. He's doing this because he wants to, not because he has to.
Arturo and Eloisa are attending the Mysterious Lady show at the tavern. Arturo is on cloud 9. Eloisa asks why and he tells her that his arch enemy, Alcides de Medina, has been arrested. At that moment Paquito comes hurtling in to pass on the latest news that Alcides has been released. Arturo is impactado. Arturo runs over to Hercu-less and asks what the story is with the guy he hired to kill Alcides. Hercu-less says that the lowlife Arturo hired was a useless f*ckup and now he's being held in the police station. Hercu-less offers to take care of him for good. Arturo agrees.
While Arturo is off ordering a murder, Paquito asks why Eloisa is making nice with Arturo. She explains how she had to deflect his suspicions and deal with the fact that Hercu-less was following her. Paquito thinks it is amusing that Alcides is Arturo's arch enemy but he doesn't even know that Alcides is Arturo's rival for Eloisa. In Paquito's opinon, Alicides' days are numbered.
Lucas asks for Ester's forgiveness. He says that she and Soledad are the most important things to him. Ester has a good comeback: If that were true, you wouldn't have gotten drunk. Ester says that she no longer cares about his affairs with women but his behavior has become so irresponsible, such as threatening Alcides, that she no longer wants Lucas around. She tells him to leave.
Antonia has been listening outside the door. Having just told Lucas all that had happened was his fault, she now tells Ester that it is all her fault. "If you had been a good wife and mother, none of this would have happened," she says. One can hardly fault Ester for making the obvious response, "What do you know about being a wife or mother? All you ever do is criticize people. You don't know what I've been through you dried up old spinster!" Soledad hears this last part and chastises her mother for speaking to her aunt that way. Ester goes off in a huff and Soledad tries to comfort Antonia.
Lucas leaves feeling sorry for himself. He goes right to Rebeca's dressing room at the Tavern and makes a pitiful exhibition of himself. Rebeca pack him off to her house so that he doesn't disrupt her show.
Ester tells Soledad that she was wrong to speak to Antonia that way but she is tired of being judged by her and Ester says that she thinks Antonia is watching her. Soledad pooh pooh's her concerns and says that Antonia is just defending her brother. Soledad asks if Ester is still having problems with Lucas. Ester says that she doesn't want to talk about it. Then Ester makes the pitch for Soledad to go back to Alcides. Changing the subject, Ester says that they should plan Aurora' baptism. Soledad is excited. Then Antonia shows up like the corpse at a feast and asks if Ester has told Soledad that she threw Lucas out of the house. Soledad is impactada. Antonia explains that it is all Ester's fault that Lucas was driven to take a lover. "A lover?" Soledad doesn't believe it. She runs off to find out where the coachman took Lucas.
Arturo tells Eloisa that they should leave the tavern. She is just starting to have fun and doesn't want to leave. Arturo is concerned that with Alcides on the loose, it's not safe. Eloisa thinks it is ridiculous to run and hide. If Arturo wants to go, fine but she's not going and she thinks maybe it wasn't such a good idea to start going out with Arturo again. Arturo deploys his men to guard them in the tavern and Eloisa is annoyed again.
At the House of Sadism, things are a lot calmer. Whatever else Beatriz is doing to Alcides, she is taking good care of that long hair. It's all clean, combed and shiny, not a matted rat's nest like you would expect for someone who has been chained up for days. With that hurt puppy-dog expression that amnesiac Alcides has, he begs Beatriz to tell him something about his past, just one little thing. She's going to kill him slowly anyway - she has nothing to lose. Beatriz toys with him by finally agreeing and then starting by saying that the most important thing is that he is the worst human being she has ever met. But she goes on to say that he has committed many crimes, killed people and he even tried to kill his brother. "I have a brother?" says Alcides, all happy to have this one piece of information. "Yes," says Beatriz. "Your brother is the most marvelous and good man in the world. When I'm finished with you, I'll go find him and he'll be mine, only mine." Beatriz leaves and Alcides repeats over and over, "I have a brother!"
In his carriage, Alcides' brother asks Boris how the search for Alcides is going. Boris says that he has men investigating. Boris asks Hugo how he feels. Hugo tells Boris that it was Soledad who was able to rouse him at the prison. Boris says, "the love you have for Soledad is much stronger than your hate for her." Hugo says that you can't believe an ungrateful woman. "Soledad resuscitated Alcides in the prison, not me." Once again, Hugo claims that he is doing all this for the baby, not Soledad. (Right.)
They go into the Tavern. Hugo and Boris demonstrate to Arturo's men that they are armed. Arturo's men do likewise. Hugo tells Arturo that they have a pending matter to settle. "I'm ready when you are," says Arturo. "Then we'll do it outside, now," responds Hugo. At this point Soledad comes into the Tavern looking for Lucas.
Monday- Hugo challenges Arturo to a duel and Soledad asks Hugo not to fight with Arturo.
Hugo says that he assumes Soledad left her parents' house because she was afraid she would be forced to return to him. She confirms this. Hugo says that he would never force her to go back to his house. Hugo offers to take the whole gang: Soledad, Ursula, Enrico and the baby back to her parents' house. They leave and Paquito comes out from the closet or wherever he has overheard what when on.
When they get back to the Obragon house, Hugo asks Soledad again to consider returning to his house. He does not want to seduce her or reclaim his marital rights. It is only to protect the baby from his (Hugo's that is) many enemies. Soledad responds that she would rather stay at her parents' house and she will make sure the baby isn't harmed.
At this point, a drunken Lucas appears, aiming a gun at Alcides/Hugo and saying that he won't allow Hugo to harm his family anymore even if the has to spend the rest of his life in jail. Hugo takes charge. He tells Lucas that no matter what happened in the past, he only wants to protect Soledad and the baby. Hugo convinces Lucas to give up his weapon. After Lucas is sent to sleep it off, Ester tell Ursula that she can return to work for Soledad. However, Antonia says that she won't permit it. Soledad leaves the decision up to Ursula and she chooses to say. Enrico tells Soledad that she should consider accepting Hugo's offer to stay at the Hacienda. He can't explain it but senses sincerity in Hugo's words and believes that Soledad and the baby will be safer there. He asks her to think about it.
At the Hacienda, Boris is nursing his head and asking Marina why she hit him. She says that she had to keep him from doing crazy things like blowing up the jail. Boris says that he is responsible for protecting Hugo and he will never abandon him. Marina does not want to play second fiddle to Hugo in Boris' life. She wants to do things correctly. Tomorrow, they can get a lawyer to get Hugo out of jail. Boris is exasperated and wants to leave the room but Marina has locked the door and won't give him the keys.
Hugo returns to the Hacienda and Boris tells him that he wanted to blow up the jail to get Hugo out but that Marina wouldn't let him. Marina chimes in and says that would have been crazy and would have made the situation worse. Boris asks how Hugo got released. Hugo says that Soledad came to the police station and dropped the charges. Marina has to rub Hugo's nose in his betrayal, "There's no doubt that Soledad loved Alcides very much to do that," she says. Boris gives her a dirty look.
After Enrico leaves, Ursula says how strange it is that Enrico should suggest that she go back to Alcides. Soledad says that it is not that strange. Alcides has changed. His behavior is different - look at how he handled the gun-toting Lucas. Ursula agrees. Alcides behaved like a gentlemen with Lucas; the old Alcides would have knocked him down with a punch. Soledad tells Ursula that she gave Alcides mouth to mouth resuscitation when she found him unconscious in the prison cell. Ursula is impactada and Soledad goes on to say that for a second she thought she was touching Hugo's lips as if she was kissing Hugo, not Alcides. Ursula suggests that since Hugo and Alcides were identical twins, confusion was possible. "No," says Soledad, "it wasn't physical; it was spiritual. Maybe Alcides has suffered so much he is starting to act like Hugo." Ursula asks if that is the case, could Soledad fall in love with Alcides? Soledad says no. There was only one Hugo and he was the love of her life. Besides, she doesn't trust Alcides; he is a very troubled person. Ursula agrees. "People don't change overnight," she says, "or do they?" Soledad doesn't respond.
Antonia tells Lucas that it wasn't very smart to threaten Alcides with a gun. Lucas repeats all of his grievances against Alcides. Antonia says that was true but it is obvious that Alcides has changed. Lucas says that he still doesn't trust him. Antonia goes on to tell Lucas that his behavior has been so bad that she can't even find any words to defend him to Ester.
At the Hacienda, Hugo has told Boris and Marina about his attack of catalepsy at the police station and that his cellmate tried to kill him. He believes the would-be assassin was hired by Arturo. With a little fancy gun play complete with sound effects, Hugo and Boris go out to confront Arturo. Marina tells Boris that he doesn't have to fight Hugo's battles. Boris tells Marina to butt out. He's doing this because he wants to, not because he has to.
Arturo and Eloisa are attending the Mysterious Lady show at the tavern. Arturo is on cloud 9. Eloisa asks why and he tells her that his arch enemy, Alcides de Medina, has been arrested. At that moment Paquito comes hurtling in to pass on the latest news that Alcides has been released. Arturo is impactado. Arturo runs over to Hercu-less and asks what the story is with the guy he hired to kill Alcides. Hercu-less says that the lowlife Arturo hired was a useless f*ckup and now he's being held in the police station. Hercu-less offers to take care of him for good. Arturo agrees.
While Arturo is off ordering a murder, Paquito asks why Eloisa is making nice with Arturo. She explains how she had to deflect his suspicions and deal with the fact that Hercu-less was following her. Paquito thinks it is amusing that Alcides is Arturo's arch enemy but he doesn't even know that Alcides is Arturo's rival for Eloisa. In Paquito's opinon, Alicides' days are numbered.
Lucas asks for Ester's forgiveness. He says that she and Soledad are the most important things to him. Ester has a good comeback: If that were true, you wouldn't have gotten drunk. Ester says that she no longer cares about his affairs with women but his behavior has become so irresponsible, such as threatening Alcides, that she no longer wants Lucas around. She tells him to leave.
Antonia has been listening outside the door. Having just told Lucas all that had happened was his fault, she now tells Ester that it is all her fault. "If you had been a good wife and mother, none of this would have happened," she says. One can hardly fault Ester for making the obvious response, "What do you know about being a wife or mother? All you ever do is criticize people. You don't know what I've been through you dried up old spinster!" Soledad hears this last part and chastises her mother for speaking to her aunt that way. Ester goes off in a huff and Soledad tries to comfort Antonia.
Lucas leaves feeling sorry for himself. He goes right to Rebeca's dressing room at the Tavern and makes a pitiful exhibition of himself. Rebeca pack him off to her house so that he doesn't disrupt her show.
Ester tells Soledad that she was wrong to speak to Antonia that way but she is tired of being judged by her and Ester says that she thinks Antonia is watching her. Soledad pooh pooh's her concerns and says that Antonia is just defending her brother. Soledad asks if Ester is still having problems with Lucas. Ester says that she doesn't want to talk about it. Then Ester makes the pitch for Soledad to go back to Alcides. Changing the subject, Ester says that they should plan Aurora' baptism. Soledad is excited. Then Antonia shows up like the corpse at a feast and asks if Ester has told Soledad that she threw Lucas out of the house. Soledad is impactada. Antonia explains that it is all Ester's fault that Lucas was driven to take a lover. "A lover?" Soledad doesn't believe it. She runs off to find out where the coachman took Lucas.
Arturo tells Eloisa that they should leave the tavern. She is just starting to have fun and doesn't want to leave. Arturo is concerned that with Alcides on the loose, it's not safe. Eloisa thinks it is ridiculous to run and hide. If Arturo wants to go, fine but she's not going and she thinks maybe it wasn't such a good idea to start going out with Arturo again. Arturo deploys his men to guard them in the tavern and Eloisa is annoyed again.
At the House of Sadism, things are a lot calmer. Whatever else Beatriz is doing to Alcides, she is taking good care of that long hair. It's all clean, combed and shiny, not a matted rat's nest like you would expect for someone who has been chained up for days. With that hurt puppy-dog expression that amnesiac Alcides has, he begs Beatriz to tell him something about his past, just one little thing. She's going to kill him slowly anyway - she has nothing to lose. Beatriz toys with him by finally agreeing and then starting by saying that the most important thing is that he is the worst human being she has ever met. But she goes on to say that he has committed many crimes, killed people and he even tried to kill his brother. "I have a brother?" says Alcides, all happy to have this one piece of information. "Yes," says Beatriz. "Your brother is the most marvelous and good man in the world. When I'm finished with you, I'll go find him and he'll be mine, only mine." Beatriz leaves and Alcides repeats over and over, "I have a brother!"
In his carriage, Alcides' brother asks Boris how the search for Alcides is going. Boris says that he has men investigating. Boris asks Hugo how he feels. Hugo tells Boris that it was Soledad who was able to rouse him at the prison. Boris says, "the love you have for Soledad is much stronger than your hate for her." Hugo says that you can't believe an ungrateful woman. "Soledad resuscitated Alcides in the prison, not me." Once again, Hugo claims that he is doing all this for the baby, not Soledad. (Right.)
They go into the Tavern. Hugo and Boris demonstrate to Arturo's men that they are armed. Arturo's men do likewise. Hugo tells Arturo that they have a pending matter to settle. "I'm ready when you are," says Arturo. "Then we'll do it outside, now," responds Hugo. At this point Soledad comes into the Tavern looking for Lucas.
Monday- Hugo challenges Arturo to a duel and Soledad asks Hugo not to fight with Arturo.
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Every time Ester pushes up those sausage curls I want to slap her upside the head. I'm glad you made a comment about that. Where was the director when the actress was repeatedly performing this nervous gesture?
Also, it seems to me that there is no continuity concerning night and day. In certain scenes it will be daytime and then the story switches to somewhere else (supposedly taking place at the same time) and it will be night. I have noticed this several times. As with all soap operas, I guess I have to suspend disbelief, not get too picky, and just enjoy the storyline (which, by the way, is riveting).
You said that LaTraicion won't be shown next Thursday because of the Billboard show. Will Telemundo air the LT show meant for Thursday on Friday or will we just miss it totally? If so, I wonder if they will have the video available on the Telemundo web site to review. LaTraicion moves so quickly and even though there are mini recaps at the beginning of each show, you miss so much if an episode is missed.
Once again, thank you so much for your recaps and I am so glad I found your site!
Nancy (a/k/a nk)
(I decided that nk looked too impersonal)
Also, it seems to me that there is no continuity concerning night and day. In certain scenes it will be daytime and then the story switches to somewhere else (supposedly taking place at the same time) and it will be night. I have noticed this several times. As with all soap operas, I guess I have to suspend disbelief, not get too picky, and just enjoy the storyline (which, by the way, is riveting).
You said that LaTraicion won't be shown next Thursday because of the Billboard show. Will Telemundo air the LT show meant for Thursday on Friday or will we just miss it totally? If so, I wonder if they will have the video available on the Telemundo web site to review. LaTraicion moves so quickly and even though there are mini recaps at the beginning of each show, you miss so much if an episode is missed.
Once again, thank you so much for your recaps and I am so glad I found your site!
Nancy (a/k/a nk)
(I decided that nk looked too impersonal)
Permalink posted by 
: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 12:14:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 12:14:00 AM EDT
Nancy -- we won't completely lose any episodes. They pick up where they left off when something like the Billboard awards intervenes.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 9:44:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 9:44:00 AM EDT
Thanks Jean, your recaps are oh, so good. I look forward to them everyday!
Maybe I missed something, but why is Boris listening to Marina? After her last outburst about how she wanted things done her way and she wouldn't give him the keys--Boris should give her the boot. And while I'm at it, who gave Antonia a vote?! Why does she get to step in and run the family?
Loved Hugo's fancy gun flipping, along with the sound effects. That man sure knows how to handle his gun...
jb
Maybe I missed something, but why is Boris listening to Marina? After her last outburst about how she wanted things done her way and she wouldn't give him the keys--Boris should give her the boot. And while I'm at it, who gave Antonia a vote?! Why does she get to step in and run the family?
Loved Hugo's fancy gun flipping, along with the sound effects. That man sure knows how to handle his gun...
jb
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 11:12:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 11:12:00 AM EDT
I think the Latin Billboard Awards are a Telemundo production, as opposed to a local station thing. I think this is true of most cable stations. As such, they would program accordingly so there's no "missing" episode and the show will just continue on Friday from where it left off on Wednesday.
As far as the CCs, I didn't know Telemundo had Spanish captions. I know when I turned on the Caption option on my TV, they automatically came out in English. I used these during Zorro trying to get my hubby to watch it with me. We have very different tastes in TV, so we hardly ever snuggle in front of it =( Anywhoo, you can just turn your captions on for Telemundo using your remote, then turn them back off when you move back to English TV. I used them recently on a particularly quiet episode of "Pasion" to catch some spelling (Univision does the CCs in Spanish) of some words I wasn't sure of.
I too am surprised Boris is still with Marina after she tried to talk him into letting Hugo die (and in such a horrible way). I think he may be genuinely falling for her (or letting his little Boris do some of the thinking for him) and now finds himself torn between the two. He will always choose Hugo, but Marina's starting to get more creative in ways to stop him. You know, there was a very brief moment when she believed Soledad's love for Hugo. Now she won't even give her the benefit of the doubt and making her seem even worse than they think she is. She's just being plain evil!
I also wonder why Ester hasn't sent Antonia packing. It's possible she knows Antonia has nowhere else to go (can't remember if she made Lucas promise not to tell the family 'cause we know she too cares much about appearances) but you would think she'd use the old: "You don't like how I run my house you know where the door is you meddling..." Just a thought.
I wish Beatriz had done some of her torture on Alcides when Dr. Pablo was outside. Then he could have screamed and the Dr. might have been able to rescue him. Wonder how long they'll have this one going on. It's interesting. The muscle stuff Beatriz is giving Alcides is slowly paralyzing him, starting at the legs and working it's way up. In a way, she's making Alcides suffer what Hugo suffers, but on a more permanent basis. Wonder if this will wake up his dormant catalepsy gene.
Re the gun flipping: Cimarro is actually a pretty decent fighter. I was very impressed with the knife fight he had with Fabio as Alcides. Then I was disappointed with the fist fight the same two actors had with Cimarro as Hugo, but for the most part he's pretty good. I myself study stage combat, and one of the things we occasionally like to work on are "stupid sword tricks" which can obviously be translated to other weapons. When you can actually get them right, they look pretty cool. The sound effects would have been added in post for extra umph.
As far as the CCs, I didn't know Telemundo had Spanish captions. I know when I turned on the Caption option on my TV, they automatically came out in English. I used these during Zorro trying to get my hubby to watch it with me. We have very different tastes in TV, so we hardly ever snuggle in front of it =( Anywhoo, you can just turn your captions on for Telemundo using your remote, then turn them back off when you move back to English TV. I used them recently on a particularly quiet episode of "Pasion" to catch some spelling (Univision does the CCs in Spanish) of some words I wasn't sure of.
I too am surprised Boris is still with Marina after she tried to talk him into letting Hugo die (and in such a horrible way). I think he may be genuinely falling for her (or letting his little Boris do some of the thinking for him) and now finds himself torn between the two. He will always choose Hugo, but Marina's starting to get more creative in ways to stop him. You know, there was a very brief moment when she believed Soledad's love for Hugo. Now she won't even give her the benefit of the doubt and making her seem even worse than they think she is. She's just being plain evil!
I also wonder why Ester hasn't sent Antonia packing. It's possible she knows Antonia has nowhere else to go (can't remember if she made Lucas promise not to tell the family 'cause we know she too cares much about appearances) but you would think she'd use the old: "You don't like how I run my house you know where the door is you meddling..." Just a thought.
I wish Beatriz had done some of her torture on Alcides when Dr. Pablo was outside. Then he could have screamed and the Dr. might have been able to rescue him. Wonder how long they'll have this one going on. It's interesting. The muscle stuff Beatriz is giving Alcides is slowly paralyzing him, starting at the legs and working it's way up. In a way, she's making Alcides suffer what Hugo suffers, but on a more permanent basis. Wonder if this will wake up his dormant catalepsy gene.
Re the gun flipping: Cimarro is actually a pretty decent fighter. I was very impressed with the knife fight he had with Fabio as Alcides. Then I was disappointed with the fist fight the same two actors had with Cimarro as Hugo, but for the most part he's pretty good. I myself study stage combat, and one of the things we occasionally like to work on are "stupid sword tricks" which can obviously be translated to other weapons. When you can actually get them right, they look pretty cool. The sound effects would have been added in post for extra umph.
Margarita, Telemundo has Spanish captions on CC1 and English captions on CC3 (which not all TVs have). Zorro was an exception, where they flipped it--English on CC1 and Spanish on CC3.
Jean, I have been meaning to say thanks for all these recaps. I am just amazed that you can keep up recapping every day!
Pascal
Jean, I have been meaning to say thanks for all these recaps. I am just amazed that you can keep up recapping every day!
Pascal
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3:50:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 3:50:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the nice words about my recaps. I am so besotted with this novela, I enjoy writing them even if I sometimes do some of it at work!
I think we are going to get a big Boris and Marina blowup in the near future. There were too many other things going on right now.
I have no idea why Ester doesn't throw Antonia out. Maybe she just doesn't have any energy after dealing with Lucas. Here's a challenge. Has Antonia ever said anything nice about anyone? She did sort of say some nice things about Alcides but who could say bad things about Hugo/Alcides.
That's an interesting thought about what Beatriz is doing to Alcides, Margarita. I wondered why she has lost interest in hurting him. It seems like she is making him end up paralyzed like Hugo when he has a catalepsy attack. One breathes by using muscles, of course, and if Alcides' muscles become totally paralyzed, he won't be able to breathe. A just punishment for what he did to Hugo. I'm assuming Alcides will regain his memory eventually - I wonder if he will remember what Beatriz did to him or just from when he and Hugo went into the river.
I think we are going to get a big Boris and Marina blowup in the near future. There were too many other things going on right now.
I have no idea why Ester doesn't throw Antonia out. Maybe she just doesn't have any energy after dealing with Lucas. Here's a challenge. Has Antonia ever said anything nice about anyone? She did sort of say some nice things about Alcides but who could say bad things about Hugo/Alcides.
That's an interesting thought about what Beatriz is doing to Alcides, Margarita. I wondered why she has lost interest in hurting him. It seems like she is making him end up paralyzed like Hugo when he has a catalepsy attack. One breathes by using muscles, of course, and if Alcides' muscles become totally paralyzed, he won't be able to breathe. A just punishment for what he did to Hugo. I'm assuming Alcides will regain his memory eventually - I wonder if he will remember what Beatriz did to him or just from when he and Hugo went into the river.
I'm so impressed with the expertise and knowledge base on this blog. And now we can add stage combat to our list! So interesting Margarita, your thoughts about the dormant catalepsy gene and the torture puts a whole new spin on the possibilities...
jb
aka - Iron Jack Cash
jb
aka - Iron Jack Cash
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:54:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 1:54:00 PM EDT
Great recap, Jean. I was was really disappointed that Ester didn't send Antonia packing along with her brother. But I suppose she didn't because she realizes she will be virtually alone trying to protect Soledad and the baby. Maybe that's why she wants Ursula to come back, and why she suggests to Soledad that she go live with Alcides. If that happens, I think the hacienda may be a very crowded place -- Hugo/Alcides, Boris, Marina, Soledad and baby, Ester, Antonia (although maybe Ester would not let her join them since she will now have plenty of protection), Ursula, and maybe even Lucas if they manage to talk Ester into taking him back. Oh, and Enrico prowling the hidden passageways along with the ghost of what's his name.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 7, 2008 at 2:34:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 2:34:00 PM EDT
Jeremias, that's his name. The first time I typed Timeteo, then realized he was the old geezer in Pasion. .
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:03:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 7, 2008 at 3:03:00 PM EDT
This comment was posted on the La Traición site on Telenovela World by someone who teaches literature:
"Has anyone else noticed how Shakesperean the relationship between Hugo and Boris is? In Shakespeare's plays, the hero always has a faithful servant with whom he has grown together since childhood and who is his true confidant. They are loyal to each other beyond all other relationships, and they often even masquerade as each other. They are upstairs/downstairs parallels of each other and often even go through parallel expriences. In La Traición, each man has saved the other man's life. While Hugo is avenging his own betrayal, Boris himself is being betrayed by the woman he loves. Both are struggling with their feelings toward the woman who betrays (in Hugo's case it's not really true, of course) them and, I believe, in the end both will discover true love -- Hugo by realizing his beloved never betrayed him and Boris by finding a woman who truly does love him (Ursula, if I were writing this.)"
The poster continued in a follow up post:
"...the parallel master/servant duo is considered a particularly Shakesperean device. They're most obvious in his comedies -- think Lucentio and Tranio, and Petruchio and Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew."
So there you go - La Traición is the Shakespeare of novelas!
"Has anyone else noticed how Shakesperean the relationship between Hugo and Boris is? In Shakespeare's plays, the hero always has a faithful servant with whom he has grown together since childhood and who is his true confidant. They are loyal to each other beyond all other relationships, and they often even masquerade as each other. They are upstairs/downstairs parallels of each other and often even go through parallel expriences. In La Traición, each man has saved the other man's life. While Hugo is avenging his own betrayal, Boris himself is being betrayed by the woman he loves. Both are struggling with their feelings toward the woman who betrays (in Hugo's case it's not really true, of course) them and, I believe, in the end both will discover true love -- Hugo by realizing his beloved never betrayed him and Boris by finding a woman who truly does love him (Ursula, if I were writing this.)"
The poster continued in a follow up post:
"...the parallel master/servant duo is considered a particularly Shakesperean device. They're most obvious in his comedies -- think Lucentio and Tranio, and Petruchio and Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew."
So there you go - La Traición is the Shakespeare of novelas!
Oh no, I can't believe that Ester and Antonia would go to live at Hugo's Happy Hacienda. I know at one time Ester said that she and Lucas would live there with Soledad but that was after Alcides had supposedly died.
In the scenes from tonight's episode, it looks like Hugo challenges Arturo to a duel. I bet that Soledad goes back to Alcides as a result of what happens tonight - to keep Hugo from fighting Arturo or something like that.
In the scenes from tonight's episode, it looks like Hugo challenges Arturo to a duel. I bet that Soledad goes back to Alcides as a result of what happens tonight - to keep Hugo from fighting Arturo or something like that.
Oh my gosh, I can't thank you all enough for the good laughs I had on this blog today. To nk a/k/a Nancy, when I read your frustration with Esther & her "sausage curls" I almost burst. I had the
VERY same reaction! That hairdo is just the most ridiculous thing ever, and the "sausage" adjective just put me over the top. And jb, the "gun-flipping" was another side-splitter. I will say that Mario Cimarro honestly does a really fine job with the gun play, but to me the sound-effects were just over the top. I felt like I was watching "Juan Querendon" there for a minute. ;-) In fact, I kept replaying that section of the scene because I didn't want to stop laughing!!!!
I also agree with you, Margarita, re: the Boris/Marina dynamic. It boggles my mind as to why he wouldn't just give her money & tell her to go away, but I'm sure her beauty & "Little Boris" have more say in the whole situation than I will ever understand.
Thanks again everyone!
VERY same reaction! That hairdo is just the most ridiculous thing ever, and the "sausage" adjective just put me over the top. And jb, the "gun-flipping" was another side-splitter. I will say that Mario Cimarro honestly does a really fine job with the gun play, but to me the sound-effects were just over the top. I felt like I was watching "Juan Querendon" there for a minute. ;-) In fact, I kept replaying that section of the scene because I didn't want to stop laughing!!!!
I also agree with you, Margarita, re: the Boris/Marina dynamic. It boggles my mind as to why he wouldn't just give her money & tell her to go away, but I'm sure her beauty & "Little Boris" have more say in the whole situation than I will ever understand.
Thanks again everyone!
Marie Celeste, I need to give credit where it's due: Jean is the one who mentioned the "sausage roll curls" in her recap. I've seen sausage curls in old drawings but wouldn't have thought to give Ester's hairdo that name. She definitely needs to get a new stylist.
Kay and Margarita: Thanks for answering my query as to whether the Billboard Awards would cause us to totally miss a LaTraicion episosde.
Jean, thank you for including the interesting insight where someone compared LT to Shakespeare. I have seen some Shakespeare plays but didn't pick up on the parallels.
My first impression of LaTraicion was that it was patterned after an opera where often there are theme songs for major characters, ludicrous misunderstandings, lush costumes, comedic characters, and lightning and thunder for effect.
When I first started watching, it took me a week or so to figure out that therre wasn't always a thunderstorm, but it was just a theatrical vehicle to introduce Dr. Max. I think Antonia could use a little thunder herself.
Nancy
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Kay and Margarita: Thanks for answering my query as to whether the Billboard Awards would cause us to totally miss a LaTraicion episosde.
Jean, thank you for including the interesting insight where someone compared LT to Shakespeare. I have seen some Shakespeare plays but didn't pick up on the parallels.
My first impression of LaTraicion was that it was patterned after an opera where often there are theme songs for major characters, ludicrous misunderstandings, lush costumes, comedic characters, and lightning and thunder for effect.
When I first started watching, it took me a week or so to figure out that therre wasn't always a thunderstorm, but it was just a theatrical vehicle to introduce Dr. Max. I think Antonia could use a little thunder herself.
Nancy
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4:38:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 4:38:00 AM EDT
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