Saturday, July 26, 2008

Fuego en la Sangre, 07/25/08: “Bluer Than Blue and Sadder Than Sad…”



[Caution! Please remove all knives, belts and shoelaces from the premises before reading any further.]

It continues to go from maudlin to morose in the little town of Ciudad Serdán.

Maracuya thanks Augie for being so kind and understanding about this whole thing with Jimena and Oscar. Augie flirts and says she should take him instead. (Given half a chance I think the old guy would actually balk.) Mara is giggling at this when Rosario knocks at the door, ready to pick up Luisito. Mara opens the door for him and the two singing phenoms finally meet.

At the same time Sofia sits in her room at Casita de Reyes and sadly remembers her two traumatic assaults and the way she screamed and cowered in fear at Juan’s attempts to hold and comfort her. Out in the bakery Juan is literally sweating over--and into-- the next day’s rolls. As he toils (note the sweaty brow to the armpit) he remembers Sofia telling him how afraid she was at the thought of recurring traumatic memories that might make her unable to stand a man’s touch—his touch— and that she was certain it would cause her to lose him forever. Just then a despondent Oscar, followed by Franco, comes in to inform Juan that he’ll be leaving town with Mara the next day and says he doesn’t know when he might be returning. Juan is very negatively impactado.

Meanwhile, Jimena stands red-eyed and weeping in her darkened room staring out the balcony window and remembers that Mara told her she might lose Oscar to her forever if she refuses to forgive him.

Back at the bakery again Juan has had enough. He starts cursing and throwing bread dough everywhere, knocking trays onto the floor (which immediately gets me wondering if he’s going to pick them back up, blow them off and use them anyway). Juan has conveniently lost the patience Sofia supposedly has taught him. “Dammit all! Where did this come from? What do you mean you’re leaving??!! My guts are roiling as it is, and you come tell me you’re leaving?”

However, Juan gives in to the inevitable and says he can’t stop his brother, but Oscar needs to be sure about what he’s doing. Juan asks Oscar to think things over before he takes off with Mara. He doesn't want Oscar to be sorry afterwards, once he realizes he might have made a mistake, nor to suffer because of it. The family will support his decision and even if they can’t be there in the flesh with him, they’ll be with him in spirit. (Yada, yada.) Franco gives the Reyes' three muskecheer and it’s Reyes solidarity now and forever. Hmmp, hmmp, haw!
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At the cottage Rosario and Mara become… bosom buddies. Mara tells Rosario how the Bad Love was totally empty the whole time she was gone. Ofelia, at the same time, is in Rosario’s dressing room praying for guidance from the virgencita. Apparently she knows the whole truth about Rosario’s background and doesn’t want to steal away the joy Rosario felt upon learning she had a “family”.

Augie and Eva talk Rosario into leaving Luisito there at the cottage to stay with them because the cantina is not the kind of place to raise a little boy. (Do tell!)

Later that evening Juan is in tears as he tells Sofia about Oscar’s decision to leave town the next morning. Sofia struggles to put a comforting hand on his arm but grimaces at each failed attempt.

In their bedroom Oscar and Franco remember their childhood fun with their father as he taught them both to ride. Oscar says it’s hard for him to think back that far. Suddenly he remembers the tree and the swing. He tells Franco the tree with the swing had the same emblem carved on it as the one engraved on Juan’s old trunk.

The next morning Oscar says his good-byes to Quintina, Franco, Sofia and Juan. He gets hugs from Franco and Quintina. Sofia’s a lost cause because of her newly returned man-phobia and can’t hug him. Juan refuses to bear hug him good-bye and simply gives him a brusk “God bless you” before sitting on a bench in the corner of the living room to mope. Oscar, hurt by his rejection, heads out for the Tumbao to meet up with Mara.

While Eva feeds Luisito his breakfast she tells Augie that Jimena is still holed up in her room. Augie says he’s upset that both of his granddaughters are such cowards and are allowing love to get away.

Jimena sits alone in her bedroom clutching a little heart shaped pillow and crying that she’ll never see Oscar again.

Meanwhile, Pablito, who prefers Juan’s conchas to the nuns' oatmeal, finds the right moment and sneaks out of the orphanage.

Tall and Small Tweedle (Benito and Octavio) wish Mara future success. She encourages Small Tweedle to take a chance at happiness with Bruno. (Ay!) Octavio thinks it’s a bit too late for that. Oscar arrives with a drawstring pillowcase full of his personals and announces in front of the group that he’s ready to leave with her as she’d asked.

Back at the bakery Juan busies himself with the tasks at hand and wipes sweat from his brow onto his arm again. (Just how much of that sweat is now flavoring that concha dough I wonder?) Poor Juan should have just taken the day off; the first batch of conchas he takes out is scorched on the bottom and half raw on top. He sits down and begins to weep at his rotten luck. (Where’s that box of Kleenex I asked for?) First Pablito, then Sofia, now Oscar!

Sofia comes into the bakery to check on Juan and sees what a funk he’s in. She makes another effort to lay a comforting hand on his shoulder, but once again she cringes at the thought of touching a man, even her Juan. Juan notices her now and tries to discuss his feelings with her. Eventually the pain and misery he feels overcomes him. “First my sister, then Oscar, and you,” he weeps. He tells her he is afraid of losing her as he tries to hug her looking for a little comfort and consolation in her loving arms. She can only hiss at him about not touching her ever again. (This whole rejection thing is getting really old for my money. I’ve already gone through two hankies. I need another.) After realizing what she’s just done she begs for his forgiveness once again. He looks down at the floor and says through his tears that she has nothing to be forgiven for. Again she tries to make physical contact with him, but realizes she cannot and rushes out of the room. Juan stands there, alone in his wretchedness.
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In the little cottage Augie lets Jimena cry on his shoulder over losing Oscar as Oscar is following on horseback through the little country back-roads behind Mara’s van. (Note: besides all modern means of communication, this little town has never heard of a quaint little invention called the horse trailer.) In the back seat of her van Mara is all grins and giggles at her little triumph with Oscar.

Sarita runs into the cottage looking for her sister. She tells Jimena that there is still time to stop Oscar leaving with Mara if she really loves him. As they race off who should come running into the cottage but Pablito, crying and begging Augie to hide him. Augie tries to comfort him.

We follow Mara’s little caravan procession as Jimena and Sarita race on horseback to catch up with Oscar. Jimena yells for him to stop. They halt the horses in front of the little entourage and Oscar gets off his horse. Jimena jumps off hers as Oscar begs for forgiveness. They hug and she says she’s already forgiven him. Her love is much greater than any show of disrespect. She asks him never to do this again and he says gratefully that he only wants to make her the happiest woman in the world. Mara has her driver take out Oscar’s drawstring bag and cries tearfully as she drives off leaving the two lovers to their fate. Sarita smiles secretly at this. Jimena and Oscar share a bittersweet kiss.

In the little casita Sofia finishes writing Juan a note of farewell, stands up and then looks around the little bedroom. She weeps as she remembers the passion she has shared with him there. “Adios, Juan. Adios. I am not going to make you suffer any longer.” (Of course she will. Who is she kidding?) “You don’t deserve it. Adios.” She grabs her own little pillowcase full o' personals and altruistically leaves Juan to wallow in his own sorrows. (What happened to ‘the kid needs to know its father and should grow up with his father in the same household’?) ......In short, she deserts the sorry SOB.

Back in the forest dark and dim, Jimena asks Oscar to promise he will never cheat on her again. It was terribly painful for her. Oscar says he realizes this and swears on the Reyes’ name not to, never ever to, again. Not ever! He wants to know why the sudden change of heart, and so Jimena explains the reason that she forgave him was that Mara spoke with her and admitted she’d set a trap for him; that then Sarita encouraged her to come after him. When Oscar tries to thank Sarita for what she's done for him, admitting they’ve never really connected well, the old Sneerita comes out. She snidely tells him what she did was for Jimena only. Their family had already suffered enough trouble and what with Sofia’s latest affliction, there is more than enough to go around. Besides, she’s already regretting it because on Sunday they're both getting married and will be miserable wretches.

Speaking of which, at Casa de Uribe, Tall Tweedle is suggesting that Small Tweedle go off with Bruno and leave him there to marry Sarita, manage the business, and send Small Tweedle his portion of the profits. Even though Octavio will miss out on the inheritance Benito will make sure he has all he needs in life. (Got to admit Tall Tweedle is really growing on me.)

Back at the cottage, through his tears, Pablito reminds Augie how he hid Augie and even fed him way back when. Aguie realizes that he owes Pablito. Augie gives in and decides they’ll devise a good strategy to confront whatever problems they face with the authorities. They’ll even include Mariachi (Yay!) in the deal.

Speaking of Mariachi, it’s turned into the dog days at the bakery. Franco complains that even Mariachi misses Pablito, so much so that he won’t touch his food. Juan says, yeah, the same way they already miss Oscar. (Dunno, maybe Mariachi just has more sense than to eat Reyes brand dog biscuits.) Franco says he is worried about Juan. He wonders what’s happening between him and Sofia. Juan says he can only be patient. He’ll stick by her. (Too bad she doesn’t have the same kind of dumb loyalty.) “What if even after all this she still rejects you?” asks Franco. Juan says his duty is to stand by Sofia. Franco pats Juan on the shoulder and tells him he admires his brother more every day and that Juan is the most conscientious man he knows. Juan simply says he’s got to go in to check on her now and see if she needs anything. Franco mentions he’ll be going to visit Pablito with Quintina in the meantime.

Juan goes into the living quarters looking for Sofia and finds a “Dear Juan” letter instead:

“Dear Juan, I can’t continue watching you suffer any longer. I’m sure that you love me, and I know that you’d wait the time needed for me to get well; but because of this very love that I hold for you I can no longer bear watching as the angst and pain consumes you because of me, because of my rejection. I’m never going to be happy now, but you, you really can be and therefore I’m freeing you from your loving promise. You are free. You are free to find your happiness [with somebody else].
Loving you,
Sofia”


So after telling Juan good-bye, have a happy life, and hope you will find love some other way and with somebody else, Sofia has returned to the convent. The Mother Superior asks if Sofia is sure of what she is doing. Sofia replies tearfully that she is doing it out of love for Juan. She cannot condemn him to live with her under these circumstances. Therefore, she’d rather let him go free so that he could be [truly] happy. The Mother Superior reminds her that love is between two people and says she oughtn't to have decided on her own to abandon him like that. However, she should feel free to use the tranquil grounds to think through what she feels would be best for her and Juan.

Said tranquility is short-lived as one of the sisters comes running over, yelling that Pablito has run away. Sofia seems to be impactada.

Inside the orphanage Quintina and Franco commiserate and worry if poor Juan will withstand this additional blow without uttering a complaint.

Juan returns home after a galloping whirl around the outskirts of town on Capricho to let off steam. He enters the house and goes to the little shrine in the corner of the living room to ask the virgencita for help. “I know I shouldn’t go looking for her. I have to wait for her to calm down, to wait for her soul to find the peace she seeks. I have to wait. I have to learn to wait. Even though I might be going around here totally miserable and with a broken heart, I have to respect her decisions. I can’t force her into anything. If she decides I have to leave her, I will do it. I love her, Virgencita, and I don’t want to watch her suffer, much less on my account. I love her, and because I love her I’m going to let her free.”

Speaking of…lovers… Bruno is about to drive off when Small Tweedle stops him. Octavio tells him he’s leaving with Bruno. Bruno gets out of the car and smiles. (Oh. Gawd. Tell me he isn’t going to express his man-love in this scene!) “I knew you would reconsider.” Octavio says they’ll be together, but he wants time to confront his aunt with the truth. (Whew! That was close.) He doesn’t want to remain a coward and promises to speak with her that day.

JImena and Oscar come to visit with Augie and give him the good news that they’re back together again. Pablito remains hidden from view. Augie is happy and says they’ve made the correct decision. “There are some battles that are won more through love than by hate,” he tells them. After a bit of chitchat Oscar starts to go. Augie asks him about Sofia. He says since this last assault she is the same. Jimena worries that Juan might desert her but Oscar says Juan would never do that to someone that he loves. Rosario walks in at that moment and the four exchange pleasantries about her unexpected return. Sneerita comes in at that point and is angry to see Rosario in her granddad’s cottage.

Back at the Uribe’s, Raqui is asking Octavio what excuse he’s got for not wanting to marry Jimena. He admits, while shooting puppy dog eyes at Bruno, that he is in love with another person. “Who? Who?” asks the unsuspecting Raquel. Bruno steps forward. Raquel still doesn’t get it. Octavio explains. “Bruno is the reason I don’t want to, nor can I, marry Jimena.” Wide-eyed impactada, Raqui asks why he never told her this before. She says she’s fine with the idea, but his uncle will definitely not be. Is he sure, she asks, that he wants to give up his inheritance? Octavio answers her that he’s sure and he places “Luhv” above all else. Raqui giggles to think that Gabriela Elizondo is going to surely kill her now.

Back inside the cottage things have heated up quite a bit. Augie reminds Sarita that Rosario is his guest and can come as often as she wants. Sneerita says she never thought he would take the side of her worst enemy. Rosario pleads with Sarita to realize she is not her enemy. She does not want them to always be on the outs with each other and has no intention of hurting her. Sneerita doesn’t buy it. “How should I treat you? Perhaps I should speak to you as if you were one of my sisters?” she says haughtily and then stomps out and back to the house.

Meanwhile, Gabi and Fernando --who has recently been getting some from Mama-- are talking together in Gabriela’s office. Nonefer, now Somefer, Nando says he’s got to go out and buy a few things for the ranch. He broadly hints that it would be a good excuse to get away from there and to be alone with each other. Gabi is too busy, but Somefer wants some nooky now. He suggests they could plan a little trip to the state capital and spend a few days alone together (Gag alert!) and he emphasizes this with lots of stolen kisses. She can take advantage of the time to take those tests she needs, he adds.

Gabi giggles girlishly and says she can’t because of the girls’ weddings next Sunday. Somefer Nando grabs her and pulls her back. He says he worries about her because of that arrhythmia thing Dr. Mentiroso Matasanos mentioned the other day. Gabi doesn’t want anybody to know about this and says she’ll get the tests done in her own time. Somefer cannot wait and the two of them become passionately entwined. They are interrupted and panicked when they hear Sarita and Jimena enter the house arguing over Sarita’s attitude towards Rosario. Sarita gets an accidental glimpse of her BIL and Mama standing a bit too close to each other and looking a bit uncomfortable. She notices Mama smoothing her hair and adjusting her necklace.

Back at the Reyes’ meanwhile, Franco and Quintina give Juan the bad news about Pablito running away from the orphanage. Juan is beside himself and asks just when life is going to draw the line on their hard luck. None of them knows where Pablito has gone nor even where to look. Just then the front door opens. They all look expectantly over at the hallway entrance as Sofia returns with her pillowcase. She smiles sweetly over at Juan. Juan is overjoyed to see her back and standing there. He smiles broadly back.

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Comments:
Cakes - thanks for the great recap. I haven't had a chance to watch my recording of this episode. (company all weekend) I'm glad Octavio and Bruno came 'out' and that Raquel was okay with it. I was getting ticked off with Octavio's choosing the money inheritance over his true love.

Maybe if a man's touch continues to repulse Sofia, she could bat for the other team, also, and start a support group with Octavio & Bruno.

doris
 

C.Cakes--thanks for a great recap! But omigosh, the worst scare of all was when the bakeryboyz were looking down at Mariachi, laid out on the floor, and remarked "poor dog"...I thought he was a goner for sure! Oh no! But turns out he was just depressed and missing Paolito. Then they try to get him to eat by offering him BREAD. Dogs can't live on bread alone. Pregnant women can't live on bread alone. Sheesh! Is there no food pyramid poster in this town?
"Creemelo"
 

What a terrific --and funny- recap.But I would argue that when both Oscar and Sofia left, they didn't put their stuff in duffle bags, but in what looked like pillow cases, or maybe even flour sacks. I guess in Brigadoon, nobody ever heard of a suitcase --especially one on wheels.

I am amazed at what a good actor little Pablito is. He's even better than the kid in Pasion. His concentration is fierce and he can break your heart when he cries. No glycerine tears for him.

Now that Octavio has come out, does this mean that Jimena and Oscar can elope or get together in some way? Probably not, as it would be over Crabi's arythmia and dead body. (Notice that her arythmia is not affected by having torrid sex with her SIL).

I think that Maracuya redeemed herself and in the end was a mensch, which is what I thought at the beginning --talons and hair notwithdtanding.
NJ Sue
 

Jardinera -- (Of course she will. Who is she kidding?) Boy you got that right! What a sad episode. What was Mura in a minivan, what an odd choice? And was Oscar really going to ride all the way to who knows where on the back of his horse? This show is really crazy.

I have to say, everyone is much happier when they shower, or take a nice refreshing did in the swimming hole...I'm still waiting!

I was glad Auntie took it so well, that was very nice. Gabby would of beat the poor guy and kicked him out. Nice to know there are some civil caring parents in this show.
 

I'm still giggling at the reminder of poor Mariachi looking down at the sweat-drenched Reye bread. The dog has better taste than many people in the town.

I'm still bothered by the way that they use rape in this story to change Sophia's mood and posture toward Juan. We don't want her to reject Juan, but geez, sexual violence turn people off.

It's only a novela, and one slated to run for how many more months?
 

NJ Sue--I think you are right, Oscar and Sofe were toting their undies and toothbrushes in a pillowcase. There are apparently no suitcases in this town. However, on the bright side, it eliminates the need for a "Dear John" letter; just leave a bare pillow on the bed and your loved one will get the message.
"Creemelo"
 

CalamCakes - Wonderful recap, I admire the justified text, so neat to display this list of sad events... Sofia is so annoying in this episode. She gets a hunk like Juan to accept that he isn't going to get any for an impossibly long time then makes it worse by abandoning him all together. Elizondos seem to specialize in self-centered myopia.

Hurray for auntie Raquel and her open mind and heart and a few points to Oscar for letting his greed of the inheritance slip away long enough to declare his true heart's desire.

Willa begs for someone to feed Mariachi something more nutritious than mere bread. I hope they are feeding the horses better.

Why did no one talk about the baby in this entire episode. Sofia seems to have forgotten she is pregnant. As someone else pointed out - so much for declaring the child's right to grow up near his father...

And this is the longest week in history as we wait for this sorry excuse of a wedding. I hope it is ridiculously full of mockable moments.
 

Hey Jardinera..thanks for the "large print" recap...I've noticed it the last few weeks and really appreciate it. Probably need to pick a bigger font when I recap.

Loved your...bosom buddies... wisecrack. It was actually a bit frightening to see those two super-sized bosoms squaring off at each other. Battle of the Titans!!!!

Also got a laugh out of the "Dear Juan" letter. You slip those little witticisms in so quietly.

Although the love scenes between Fernando and Gabriela are icky, I love the new happy look on her face. Most of the time, Diana Bracho is playing such evil people, you forget that she's quite a lovely lady. So I'm enjoying the "afterglow" even if the preceding scene is gag-worthy.

Muchas gracias!
 

Great recap Jardinera. Thanks.

Since Juan is a professional baker (hah, hah) don't you think he'd have a timer to check on his bread? And this modern convenience doesn't need electricity to run.

I was surprised to see Sofia back so soon. I was sure there'd be many sad flashbacks for a week at least.

Even though Mariachi is a telenovela dog, I hope they show him eating better food and off his short little leash.

G in CA
 

Hi, Jardinera, gracias por recap buena!

That was really a hoot seeing all those buns in Mariachi's dish -- and Cheryl NM might have a point -- they must feed all their animals the bread that Juan tosses all over the kitchen during his explosive fits. I was wondering what they did with all those buns they can't sell! Mariachi had about 4 or 5 Big Buns in his dish, maybe they were the ones that were half burned, half raw?

Have been wondering what this story reminds me of -- and I think it's a composite -- the smashing together of Little Women and The Three Musketeers!

And at one point it was mentioned that Maracuya was the latest hot act to come out of Mexico City -- do we really believe that she was driving back to DF with Oscar riding his horse behind her big car? ha ha ha, imagine them arriving in town, clouds of dust all around them, Oscar on horse prancing behind....

PanQue
 

Sofia waits about 18 hours to see if she has overcome her PTSD and gives up.Why doesn't she just pick up a phone and make a few calls to see if she can find a counselor?Oh yeah, now I remember.I'm getting to the point where I realize Juan and Sofia are a couple who should not procreate.Too late? Not if Sofia keeps making her "Red Light, Green Light" decisions. The woman has no in between thoughts..mhm
 

great recap, hah! thanks.
 

Thanks, Cakes, for another great recap. Is Sofia back to stay , or did she just come back to let the bros know that Pablito has run away from the orphanage ??? I have a funny feeling that the big smile on Juan's handsome face is going to fade quickly when he realizes that Sofia is not back for good. Poor guy...I would like to comfort him....the manliness and sweatiness does not bother me.
 

Oh, about the corn field. My dad grew lots and lots of corn...and you don't go down very far to plant corn , so I'm not sure that bodies will be uncovered unless they are in very shallow graves. My dad did plow up arrowheads sometimes.
 

What if this cast, with all its talented artists, were transplanted into a Carla Estrada production?

I'm nearly finished viewing "Tu Eres Mi Destino" - a production which proves that Ms Estrada doesn't need an historical setting to elevate the telenovela world.

Does anyone know what she's working on now? And how long do we need to wait?

-- Mano Derecha
 

Thanks so much for the recap Jardinera. I have to agree that Sofia should really stop torturing Juan with her incredibly bad decisions. I'm hoping the wedding will be a spectacle. And I'm really hoping that Sarita actually catches her mom and BIL.
 

(CCC) Camarada Calamity Cakes, thanks for the heads up warning label and the fantastic recap. You have a way of making the words just flow! Like a glider ride.

Sofia: I'm not going to make you suffer any longer, Juan" --> biggest load of crud and completely selfish too.

We need to work hard and constantly use our imagination so that these folks are 20 years or so younger. So, it would be nice if Juan shaved or at least trimmed up his beard. All the grey hair is so distracting...
jb
 

Anyone watching Friday night's episodio needed to be on suicide watch! What a freaking downer. (I just couldn't get this late '70's refrain out of my head afterwards.)
---Key Refrain---
"But I'm bluer than blue
Sadder than sad
You're the only light
This empty room has ever had
Life without you is gonna be
Bluer than blue"

For a nifty little walk down a hokey memory lane with full lyrics-

http://www.geocities.com/bjaes.geo/lyrics/bluer.htm

or try:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25394992&postID=2865437620197700910
 

I enjoyed the brief moment with Ernesto Laguardia [?] as the Reyes boys' daddy. I love him. He was great as Cristobal in Alborada. Was the boys' mother the same actress who played the grumpy chainsmoking scientist's lover in Amar sin Limites ???
 

Cakes***That was a nice stroll dowm Memory Lane. I could just feel the teen angst lapping at my ankles as I read those lyrics.
 

Madbess/susanlynn:

Ha! Yeah, if only the 30 and 40 something actors could accurately portray and make us think of -teen-aged angst. As it is we're stuck with the "caricatures":

"2.) travesty: a ridiculously inappropriate or unsuccessful version of or attempt at something

Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007"
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Susanlynn:
Re your question on the Reyes boys' mother -- It's Lourdes Munguía. She was in ASL and you should remember her as Guy Ecker's mom in Heridas.
 

NJ Sue: Yes, Mara was a mensch in the end, but it struck me that throughout Niurka looked like she belonged on a Star Trek set playing the Klingon cabaret act.
 

Thanks, folks. Sorry for the "senior moment" and the mental slip. Ha! I guess I forgot that I actually used to call a pillowcase with a drawstring a "laundry bag". I used to take one to Girl Scout camp and then later I had one at college (ca. 1960-70). I've made the appropriate changes.
 

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY LUISITO HAS
NO DIALOGUE AT ALL...??? IS IT THAT HE IS ACTING A PART OF A MUCH YOUNGER CHILD THAN HE ACTUALLY IS...??? HE IS ADORABLE, THOUGH...!!!

ANNTONIGIRL
 

Welcome AnnTonigirl:

Luisito is a dollbaby, and has had a few bits of dialogue, but he is definitely not a natural at it, say, like Shirley Temple. He also happens to be the nephew (if I remember correctly) of Iran Castillo - Eduardo Laguardia's love interest in "Alborada".
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--and, Traveling Lady: Read 'em and weep. It seems that there are 190 total episodios in this telenovela. We are only through #63.
 

Jardinera, where do you find out how many chapters there are in a telenovela? Do they post it somewhere?

Thanks,
PanQue
 

Panque: Usually I read it posted on the other site (Telenovela-World) after others have read it in some Spanish-language gossip site and mention it. Once in a while I find it on a gossip page myself if I'm lucky enough to land on it when I am surfing in Spanish.
 

Wow, I am experimenting this afternoon and just was able to access caraycaray through Google Reader accessed through my new Kindle (ebook reader). I don't know if I can post a comment yet but I was able to get to the screen for the recap and this page of comments! Did I say WOW! This is all preliminary to being to at least read CarayCaray from Wyoming and Spain in the months to come.

Sounds like this Fuego saga will go on through most of the fall then?

On Eduardo LaGuardia, I didn't catch that he was Papa Reyes, I'll go back and Youtube him (egad don't you love new verbs caused by the internet activities). But, speaking of Eduardo L. I just saw "Novia Que Te Vea" with him as the uber-handsome novio from 1994. Also has Maya Mishalska, uber-sex kitten from Pasión but here playing a high neck sweatered prim Jewish girl but still outrageously sexy even as a teen. I love how I keep recognizing these CarayCaray telenovela stars in movies and other telenovela reruns.
 

Oops, pardon the Yáñez on the brain moment. I meant to say I have been seeing (not Eduardo) but Ernesto LaGuardia. I loved him in Alborada too. Thanks for that connect, SusanLynnQueenoftheMadBuns.
 

Thanks for the awesome recap Cakes, and for the warning lest we harm ourselves at all the sadness in this one. It's like our heroes have turned into Job!

Susalynn, according to the recap Slowfia (I like this one 'cause she hasn't been terribly bright lately) brings her pillowcase when she comes back, so maybe she plans to stay or at least talk things over with Juan.

Why is it that nobody's thought to put in an application or a petition somewhere to legally adopt Pablito? They say they want to bust him out, but they'd just be back to square one. His being raised by three guys and Juan's "mistress" is not exactly nuclear family material, but with Pad Tad as a reference (you know, before they transfer him) they might have a shot to do this the legal way.

Here's the last of my belated comments from two months worth of episodes!
I think Raquel is turning into a combination of two characters in PdG: herself, and her SIL Melissa. In PdG Raquel was quite the tyrant, whereas Melissa was super liberal and loved her gay son and her fat son. Raquel OTOH, was horrified about people gossiping about her nephews being “abnormal.” Re: is Julissa’s (Raquel) hair a wig? – I think that may be her actual hair (albeit, dyed and poorly styled). She’s had red hair for about as long as she’s been in the business (over 50 years) though it wasn’t always the current shade. For a bit of useless trivia, she was the original Monica in the very first TN of Corazon Salvaje back in 1966. Her Juan del Diablo was played by the late Enrique Lizalde (IMDB says he played a character named Gonazlo in Heridas). The 1977 version starred Angelica Maria (Lety’s mom in LFMB) and Julio Aleman (IMDB says he played Roberto in Destilando). Most of us have at least heard of the 1993 version with Eduardo Palomo and Edith Gonzalez. As for the rumor of sexy Coulunga being the next to yield Juan’s cutlass, I’m really hoping he’s doing the sequel that was being discussed right before Palomo died. Colunga has a good decade on all his predecessors (when they played the role obviously) so a sequel would make more sense to me.

Susalyn had asked about kissing your fingers when doing the sign of the cross, as well as swearing oaths, quite some time ago. The thumb and index finger are put together to form a cross (like the expression, “by the cross that I shall kiss”) and that’s what it’s symbolizing. I’ve also heard it symbolizing kissing the feet of Jesus on the cross.

Lest we panic about the time when Juan lifted Pablito by the head some time ago, it is actually a relatively safe technique with children and very small and thin women. Years ago, I had a teacher who had to stay under 102 pounds at all times because she got lifted in a show. I thought she was exaggerating (in those days I weighed in at 112 – I weigh a lot more now – and got carried all the time) until I saw the show and realized she was being lifted by the head. You can do this safely as long as the “victim” takes hold of the “attacker’s” arms to place their weight on them and to control the shaking – kind of like doing a pull-up on them. This isn’t safe for men or women past a certain weight because that posses too much strain on the head and you start risking spinal injuries.

Back on June 10th, one of our Anonymous commenters was kind enough to post the lyrics for “Estos celos” and even translated it, but got stumped on the following line: “al raz de tu estoto tu lunar” – I think it was a typo on the source and should have been “escote,” which means “neckline,” usually a plunging neckline which shows some cleavage. Thus, the line would be “on the edge of your neckline, your beauty mark.” – Thanks for those lyrics by the way ;)

I was thinking of the comments about Slowfia’s dress that made her look like she was “Alice in Wonderland” and comparing Cd Serdan with “Looking Glass.” Back on June 7th, one of our anonymous commenters posted the link to a very funny parody on YouTube entitled “Fuego en la Sangre Apesta” – literally, “fire in the blood stinks.” In it, a very fat Juan says “this anorexic thinks she’s Alice in Wonderland” and pulls out a picture of AN’s head on a tiny body wearing her blue and white dress. Guess we’re not alone in comparing FelS to Lewis Carrol.

Last but not least, regarding the bread on Libia’s grave, praying to the dead, etc. People don’t usually leave bread on graves outside the “Dia de Muertos,” but people will do just about anything out of grief. Although Mexico is not big on things like ancestor worship, many folks will talk and “pray” to their dead for intercession. Jesus and the saints and the Virgin Mary are very busy people, but your dead only have you, and since we assume they’ve gone to heaven, they can intercede for you ‘cause they’re closer than you are. Kind of like having a brokering agent ;)
 

Hi, Jardinera, thanks for the info on # of chapters. I don't usually read too many of the other sites. Just this nice one! that is a lot of fun!

I must admit that I am watching FELS from both ends, on tv for the chapters that are recapping here, and on YouTube for the chapters ahead that are being shown currently in Mexico. (You can sometimes tell that some of the other commenters are doing it too.)

But the program will be over in Mexico by the time I return there in Oct, and I didn't want to miss the ones we will be airing here while gone -- ay! a dilemma -- so have been watching ahead, and CAREFULLY NOT SAYING ANYTHING Spoilerish in my comments here. Really am being very very careful, cross my heart--if I can't avoid, I don't comment at all.

Am enjoying the all recaps and comments on this strange FELS telenovela. Did hear Luisito say something the other night, very quietly, he seems to be looking off camera at somebody who must be cue-ing him. He is a cute little boy who seems to be enjoying himself.

But Pablito, wow! That kid is a great actor, he's going to be formidable as an adult telenovela Star someday!! And you can tell that he'll be a handsome fellow then too, imagine he'll be at least as popular as EY or Fernando Colunga are now!

PanQue
 

Panque, thanks yesterday for recounting the entire flashback of the Robles-Reyes Great Escape! I think the bakery part was in an episode that I either didn't see or only half-saw. (Sometimes when I read something in a recap it doesn't stick... I have to see it.)

People who want to see bigger print on any page:

If you use Internet Explorer: Go to the Page menu, choose Text, choose Larger.

If you use Firefox, do Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (that might be Command+Shift+Plus sign on a Mac... not sure).
 

And if you have a Mac with Safari: go to view and choose Make Text Bigger. I do that a lot lately.

Panque, I think Pablito is going to beat them off with a stick later too... What a beautiful kid. And he is a superb actor already.
 

Okay...I dunno about La Brigadoona, but I know in Mexico on the 1st year since the person died, you and everyone else in the lil hamlet, pray the rosary and other prayers each day for like nine days, thus ending in a big dinner for all and everyone goes to the cemetary the next day. The praying was done at the family home..pictures where set up of the deceased, and pictures of Jesus and Mary..plus flowers and fruit..this is to pray them out of purgatory, I am guess everyone is expected to spend at least a year in purgatory...

Now then back to the story, I told you Oscar would never be allowed to leave La Brigadoona, I am sure if there is a Hotel it is no doubt named California.

From the moment of Sofie not hugging Oscar, my Sofie dislike has turned into a spinning downward sprial of STFU Sofie. I mean I get it that Sofie is traumatized, but hey WTH I am traumatized by her bad choices, and yes I am including fashion, pink wide eyes and rollicking stupidity.
 

" I am guess everyone is expected to spend at least a year in purgatory..."


Oh no. Does that mean all those litanies & stuff I said as a kid won't help? Ack. I thought that was supposed to cut down on the time in Purgatory. Gee whiz, I may never make it out since I bailed and an currently a Protestant. LOL

doris
 

Margarita--you are wondering why nobody puts in a petition to adopt Paolito...I seem to remember the nun telling Sofia and Juan that they aren't qualified to adopt Paolito...OR any other child. I guess 'cause they're not legally married (maybe the rules are stricter in Mexico). Darn!
"Creemelo"
 

I think that they can't adopt because 1.Sofia is married to someone else.2.She is pregnant by her not-husband, while still married to said husband.I can't think of any place that wouldn't find those two things a sticky wicket.Maybe the Widow Hortensia could take him in?
 

Thanks for clearing my questions re: Pablito. Anon 9:57 - I like your suggestion. She got them into the mess in the first place, so she should be the one to adopt Pablito ;)
 

Hi, Julie, you're welcome re: the RR great escape in the wagon. The bakery part Juan only talked about,they never showed it. Every so often Oscar refers to it, too, and tells about how Juan worked his tail off to keep them fed when they were kids. He tells about how Juan wasn't able to go to school much because he was working, Oscar went to school a little more because he was younger, and Franco went to school the most because he was youngest and that's apparently why Franco is into poetry and books the way Sneerita is too. This is the story Oscar told somewhere in the very beginning of when they began to work on the cabana at the Elizondo preserve, and was given as a reason for why Juan is much more campesino than the other 2 are, with subtle gradations for Oscar on to Franco.
PanQue
 

By the way, I am also glad that Octavio and Bruno were able to be open at last and not have people laugh at them,and that everyone understood that they love each other and need to be together, even if they can't stay in Mexico...
Octavio and Bruno and Benito turned out to be the most simpatico of all, and surprise of surprises so did Maracuya.
PanQue
 

I admit my eyes, or should I say my ears, tend to glaze over when the brothers are talking. :-( I should pay more attention.
 

I think Raquel is actually looking forward to telling Crabi there will be no wedding and why! ;) Is tonight when the actual wedding will take place?
 

PanQue, Thanks for the story of the Reyes Bros. education. I definitely didn't see that episode or I would have remembered it. It makes sense that they helped each other so there was an accumulation of parenting each other in a way. I am very moved by that aspect of their characters even if Juan can be stifling and act bossy. It seems that he had to be a parent figure so early that he doesn't know how to turn it down.
 

PanQue: I like your idea that this show is a melding of Little Women and The Three Musketeers. But sometimes it feels more like Little Women and the Three Stooges!

Can't wait for the wedding. I'm sure we'll have something fun. After that, maybe they'll do "6 months later" so that all of sudden Sofia is just about ready to give birth. These telenovelas rarely go through the whole 9 months without a little jump.
 

I agree about the 3 Stooges, Hombre.

I liked the way they did the dual pregnancies in Mundo de Fieras. Pregnancy test, then a song with montage, then delivery day.
 

Hi, Julie and Cheryl NM -- actually everyone probably saw the chapter where Oscar says this stuff about Juan and their childhood -- but he runs all his words together so it's hard to listen to him, I agree Julie. It was a dialogue in the pan kitchen between Oscar and Franco. And Juan told the story of their escape to Oscar & Franco in one of the early chapters post-Libia death. Sometimes everyone talks REAL FAST and a little slang-y and it's hard to keep up, but Oscar is particularly hard to understand.

PanQue
 

PanQue, it is good to know that you can't understand him either. I thought it was just me. I've said that from day one. Sometimes I have to replay it just to figure out what he is saying. It can be frustrating and then I miss something important.
 

A thousand gracias for the recaps, gang! Never had a chance to see any episodes while I was away (we were too busy drinking margaritas on the porch & enjoying the sea breezes) and I must say, I'm o.k. with that. Sounds like the week was a disguised promo for Kleenex...I can only imagine the buckets o' tears that were shed by cast & crew alike.

So, Crabi & Feo consummated their squicky affair? And NiurYUCKa had her way with the hapless Oscar? And Snofia is channeling Linda Blair's acting skills from The Exorcist? And the E. Coli Bakery continues to churn out sweat-filled conchas? Man, I don't think my stomach could handle it...the mental images from the recaps were more than sufficient.

Hard to believe we're not even half way through FELS. I can't imagine how much more they can stretch out the paper-thin plot.

Mad Mag (rested & refreshed)
:-)
 

Was it my imagination or was Pablito wearing a rooster shirt? I told you he would get one eventually.
 

About telenovela pregnancies, my favorite was Matilde's in Amor Real. She does not appear pregnant at all. Then she is strolling through town with her maid, and as she is blocked from view for a nanosecond by a brick column, her belly grows ....and again..nd again. It was great. I loved it, and having had three children the really looong seven-month way , I couldn't help being a little jealous of Matilde's efficient, time-lapsed pregnancy. You're walkiing...you're walking...you're expanding...you're expanding....ZAP>>>>LABOR. ...from about month 2 to 9 in less than a minute....amazing.
 

Susanlynn...your commentary always cracks me up. Alas, my experience of pregnancy was different.

Well, that is to say, LOVED being pregnant, felt better and more energetic than usual...BAM, baby born, no sleep, lots of worries...35 years later, still worrying and still getting little sleep (they come back to live with you for periods of time and it's like being in a dormintory...music playing and toilets flushing all night. Or else, they're out and your ears are pricked, waiting for them to get home safely). Ay yi yi!
 

Hi, JudyB.***I didn't have terrible pregnancies , but they lasted for a loooong nine months and about seven of those were reaally long. In truth , I was always about two weeks early, so it was 8 and 1/2 long months with 6 and 1/2 being ultralong. My birdies flew the nest and have only returned for overnight visits, but one lives a few miles away while the other is an 8-hour drive away in toronto. The scene of Matilde strolling and growing...and growing...and growing was interesting....nine months telescoped into less than a minute of screentime !!! I wonder if we will ever see Sofia with a baby bump. I hope so because I'd love to see what kind of maternity clothes the wardrobe department chooses for her.
 

Did they at least give Matilde some good walkin' music?
 

Connie, I think Paolito WAS wearing a little rooster shirt, so cute!
Man of Mystery, I like the fusion of Little Women and the Three Stooges, but this novela has for weeks reminded me of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. She cooks, she sews, the little hardworking men go off to work and come home and share jolly stories about their day. And don't forget the Wicked Queen and her henchman, the Woodsman.
"Creemelo"
 

He was definitely wearing that kind of shirt. I looked closely but did not see roosters. I couldn't make out what the design was, though.

I'll look more carefully tonight in case we see it (I haven't watched yet).

I also only just now read the recap (I was sick most of the weekend and worked all day...) Anyway, I really liked "Somefer."

I don't know why Oscar didn't leave his horse behind. Perhaps he was following the van to protect it from attacks. Like from spitballs, birdpoop, whatever.

As for Sofia touching Juan, I realize this is way out there, but maybe she could have tried touching him indirectly at first. Like with a stick or something. I'm not kidding. And then a shorter and shorter stick. No? WOuld that be nuts? It was just a thought. Weirder things have probably happened in that house.
 

"Te ama" - I'll take a wild guess - "ama" is second person informal imperative - "love yourself"?
 

Ahhh, the irony of it all. Here's an hombre many women would like to touch , but Sofia...not so much right now. With all those episodes left to go, I hope that she touches him some time before the 189th episode. Juan is getting frustrated ...and so am I. Mind over matter, Sofia...mind over matter. I don't think that there is anyone in town qualified to cousel Sofia , so Juan might be sleeping on the floor next to her bed for a looong time. That could make Juan kill Ferd when he finds out that it was Ferd who attacked Sofia . By the way, before this all happened, were they sleeping together in that tiny twin bed ??? Seems improbable, doesn't it ????
 

If Juan had puked in that bakery, that would be it for me. I overlooked the sweat and the fact that they have never heard of using hair nets while cooking but vomiting near the bread would hae been the last straw.
Glad it was only a joke.
 

I don't think they've spent many nights together in that room. I know one night she spent pretty much on the floor, leaning against the bed, while Juan was "dying" from his whipping.

I guess those are roosters on Pablito's shirt. Funny - from a slight distance they do look like roosters. Up close they're a confusing jumble of embroidery.
 

(sigh)
Not roosters.
You get a good look in a scene with him and Grandpa. I don't know what they are, but they're not roosters. Maybe some kind of flowers or vines?
 

Those are eagles are in his shirt. Eagles like those on their flag.
 

Maybe they are "reagles", hahahaha-- it's the delirium of no FELS all weekend, finally reaching its crescendo...
"Creemelo"
 

where can i go to get an up to date translation of what is happening>
 

Cool article you got here. I'd like to read a bit more about this matter.
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