Caray, Caray!

Greetings all – I have missed you this week, we fell behind on watching episodes at my house so I didn’t read anything here until everyone had moved on to the next day already. I can’t make myself read the recaps ahead of watching the show, it feels like spoilers. Hopefully this week that won’t happen and I can get in on all the fun conversations in the comments. On with the show -

The nun looks feverishly through the file cabinet, she doesn’t understand because Mother Superior (QDEP) was meticulous, but Sara’s and Lorena’s files are both missing. Outside the door that was conveniently left cracked open, Chalo listens in to the whole thing.

At the poor people house, Zulema is starving and dying for a snack. Diana enters the kitchen and is her usual weepy, grouchy self. She finally caves in and tells Zulema that she’s pregnant and Bruno wanted her to get an abortion. Much crying, but not more than is tolerable. This show is setting records left and right for not going overboard on the crying. How refreshing.

At the orphanage, Alonso is doctoring all the little girl orphans, who are all in love with him. So is the short nun. The tall nun thinks he’s nice, but the short one has a thing for him it appears. I can’t imagine the celibate life they have to lead.

Zulema wants to confront Bruno but Diana doesn’t want her to. Diana confesses that she still loves Bruno (Why? We have yet to see one redeeming quality of this guy. He doesn’t even care about his patients at the clinic. And you ladies can tell me if I’m right or not, but he doesn’t appear to be tan guapo either). Zulema comforts her and says she’ll always be there to help and support her. Diana asks her to not say anything to Julian and Omar, she wants to find the time herself to tell them. Then we can get a scene with them saying “why didn’t you tell us?” to Zulema. I can’t wait. (sarcasm alert)

Chalo fills in Sara via cell phone of the goings-on at the orphanage. He wants to come to Mexico to get some lovin’ but she tells him to stay there and keep up on things. She’ll give him some nookie later.

Lots of goodbyes at the orphanage. Alonso leans over and says “what, no hug?” to the little girls, the short nun that’s horny for him says “oh of course!” and runs up and latches onto him. It was pretty funny. She detaches herself and lets the girls say goodbye. Chalo shows up and gives Lorena a quite inappropriate hug, hip to hip. Alonso refrains from beating the crap out of him, not sure how he held back. After Lorena and Alonso leave, the nuns start in on Chalo for acting so weird.

Paula is dressed up to go out, Toribio is there to babysit Betina. I have to say that Paula has the potential to be much hotter, she obviously has a great body, she is a good actress to act so psycho and make herself completely unattractive. Great acting job by her so far. She is a very convincing crazy as hell ex. I can’t believe she doesn’t even work, she is devoted to obsessing about her ex-husband full time. Poor Betina. Even her dad’s new girlfriend is a total wench.

Alonso appears to be brooding in the car, I expect a fight about Chalo. I am wrong. He says he was thinking about what a nice place she grew up in, how everyone obviously loves her, etc. He then tells her that he loves her. He looks deeply in her eyes to tell her this. While he’s driving. Smooooth. The car starts acting up, it’s overheated. I suspected Chalo again, maybe he messed with the car, but that never appears to be the case. They are far from any town so Alonso says they’ll call a mechanic. Side note – my sister-in-law’s transmission gave out halfway between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta last summer, we spent FIVE HOURS waiting for the tow truck. As soon as Alonso said they weren’t close to a town, I had a horrible flashback.

Jackie is being a huge bitch and Dario is being a macho ass and they fight, both of them being kind of selfish, though I’d have to take Dario’s side if I were forced to pick. She is basically yelling at him for not giving her a solution to her problem at work, he says just forget it and quit, he’ll maintain her. That’s not very sensitive of him, but what does she expect him to say about her problem? Ugh she thinks just getting more and more bitchy is the solution and he does what I would do and leaves for a while.

I guess Alonso and Lorena didn’t have to wait as long as I did, they are already in a motel room somewhere while it rains outside. The mechanic won’t fix the car until tomorrow, so here they are, together in the rain again. Alonso puts his best mack on Lorena with the whole fate/rain thing and moves in for the kill. She backs him off but he is determined. He’s very pushy I’ve noticed. She says she’s not ready, she was raised to do the right thing. He says they can get married right away then it would be ok. She says no, first she wants to study and begin her career. Then they can talk about getting married. Then, to show us how naïve and gullible she is, she says they can share the bed, she trusts him. Later he’s still awake, probably in pain from his blue balls, while she sleeps. He moves touch her but stops himself. Also, he is wearing a T-shirt fresh out of the package, it still has the fold line down the front of the shirt. They couldn’t iron that before filming?

Julian shows up at Rosy’s house and they get to making out with a vengeance. She tells him that Maruja is gone, so….. he is all over it and rips his shirt off. She acts offended and says that isn’t what she meant…. she meant in her room, not here! They run off for some good fun.

Paula, Maruja, and the other friend (I’ll call her La Otra because I can’t remember her name) are out at a bar complaining about how to meet men. Hint – don’t spend all your time and energy thinking about your EX. Trust me on that one. Anyway Maruja is a total wet blanket whiner and finally gets up and leaves. Yeah good plan, that will bring the men running. In real life, Julian would already be finished back at the house so this wouldn’t be a problem, but being a TV show they are bound to be making sweet love all through the night, so they will get caught I’m sure. La Otra tells Paula to turn around and smile at this old guy at another table, she does and the guy gets up… and walks right past them. With all this turning around, they spot Dario at the bar tossing back shots. Addendum to the ‘one church, one hospital’ novela rule – one bar. Paula approaches him to gloat that he appears to be unhappy, he claims that all is well and leaves the bar.

Back at Paula’s house, Betina and grandpa Toribio dance to some pop music, he sits down before he has a heart attack. They eventually decide to get some ice cream. Betina says she likes having him there, it helps her forget the problems with her parents.

Julian and Rosy are under the covers have a grand old time when the front door opens and closes. They freak out and Julian ends up laying on the floor next to the bed to hide. Worst hiding job ever. Rosy turns out the light and pretends to be asleep, bare shoulders and all. This is a novela, nobody sleeps with any part of their body uncovered. It’s all long pants and long sleeves for pajamas. Maruja comes in to see what the noise was and sees Julian on the floor and starts freaking out. Rosy, even though Julian has no shirt and his pants are down, claims that they were watching TV. “This room doesn’t even have a TV!” screams Maruja. She drives Julian out and chases Rosy around the room, hitting her with her purse. It actually looks a bit abusive if you ask me. Out in the living room, Julian puts his clothes on and leaves.

In the morning, Jackie finds Dario on the couch and wakes him up and tries to act sweet. He isn’t having it. He reminds her that he divorced Paula precisely because he was sick and tired of these scenes, think about that! I think he makes a good point. I’m not deifying him, he cheated on his wife, but I think here he makes a good point.

Betina is going to school, Paula fidgets and finally asks Betina to find out from Dario how things are with Jackie, if they are fighting. Betina reluctantly agrees, she just wants to please her mom and her mom is totally taking advantage of her. I hate this woman. She is loathsome.

Lorena and Alonso finally arrive back home. She has that test to take later on that day, so they get kissy and say goodbye. Inside the house, Rosy has her bags packed and is leaving. Maruja comes into the room and yells about what happened to fill in Lorena. Rosy actually does leave, Maruja yells some more.

Zulema is looking at a picture of Diana when she was little and cries. Diana comes in and Zulema tells her to go ahead and go to work, she is going to go talk to Bruno.

Maruja claims to not care if Rosy comes home or not.

Zulema finds Bruno at the clinic and introduces herself as Diana’s mom, Bruno is a little freaked out.

At work, Maruja tells the chef to tell Rosy to cut the peppers smaller. Rosy is two feet away, so it is that childish “I’m not speaking to you” game she’s playing. Rosy says fine. Maruja says no, even smaller, tell her chef. Rosy says fine. Chef finally says why are you telling me to tell her? Maruja says Rosy doesn’t deserve to be called her daughter! Rosy’s jaw drops about a foot, it is quite impressive.

Zulema tells Bruno that Diana loves him and is suffering. He says he’s sorry but this doesn’t fit into his plans! She says that Diana is keeping the baby and she and the family will raise it. A baby is a blessing. Bruno says he doesn’t see it that way. Zulema tells him too bad, some guy later on will accept Diana even with her child and Bruno will miss out on the whole thing. She says goodbye and leaves.

Rosy and Maruja scream at each other in the kitchen. Maruja calls her shameful, Rosy says she is so old fashioned and acts like she has seen a ghost just to hear the word ‘Man.’ Maruja comes thisclose to hitting Rosy but then walks away, Rosy freaks out and starts stabbing a pepper to death with a very sharp knife. These two sure do play anger and frustration well.

Sara finds Lorena out on the street and says how was it? Lorena says what, the test? No, the trip to the orphanage! Instead of answering, Lorena asks Sara why she lied to the nuns, saying she was following Lorena to Mexico but not about finding her family. Sara talks her way out of it by saying it was a secret. She claims to be sorry about Lorena not being able to find the files. Then she drops the bomb – she is there to take the same entrance exam as Lorena, she is going to study restaurant management! Yay! Barf. Her fake nice act is so sickening. Which means of course that the actress is doing a good job. Outside of Alonso, there is a lot of great acting in this show. Sorry Alonso, you were obviously hired for your looks. Sara tells Lorena that she wants her to help her with the exam, as she doesn’t have any idea about all the food stuff.

Rosy and Maruja continue their fight, now including flour and other food. Someone yells that Jackie is coming.

Lorena says no way, but Sara insists that Lorena help her cheat.

Jackie gives Maruja a hard time about flour on her face, Maruja says she was making a cake. When asked to produce the cake, the chef sticks himself between them with a cake in his hand and says right here! Whew, chef saves the day. EDIT - I don't remember if it was before or after Jackie came in, but the chef asks Maruja if she's a lesbian, after what Rosy said about her freaking out from hearing the word 'man.' It was pretty funny, chef said "well that's what I understood." This of course sends Maruja into a further tizzy. I think it might have been what prompted the food fight.

Sara sits behind Lorena and does the pssst what’s number 12 thing, Lorena won’t answer her so Sara just leans forward and steals her paper, dropping her own blank paper on Lorena’s desk. I am actually appalled by this. Lorena has been blind to Sara’s two-facedness (is that a word?) but this has to open her eyes a bit. I hope. I can’t stand it if she turns into the standard dumbass main female who believes everything everyone tells her.

Dario and Betina have lunch, he gets a call from Jackie in the middle of it and is very short with her and hangs up quickly. Betina gets it out of him that they are fighting. From a safe location, she calls home where Paula has nothing better to do than pace and obsess about Dario. La Otra is there with her. Paula tells Betina to stay with Dario the whole day and find out more. La Otra can’t believe it and says basically “WTF Paula.” Paula asks La Otra about her friend the male stripper, she has some plan. Is she going to hire the guy to be her date to make Dario jealous? Maybe she’s going to send him to Jackie’s to screw with them? Who knows.

At Diana’s (and Vasco’s) workplace, Zulema tells Diana about her talk with Bruno. Diana cries. Vasco appears and meets Zulema for the first time, she introduces herself as “the wife of your uncle!” Vasco asks her some questions about his uncle and the past.

After the text, Lorena is mad (obviously) but Sara says nothing went wrong, don’t worry about it. Then she gets all schoolgirly and says it will be like so great! Like, they can study together! Awesome! Lorena is less than excited about that.

Zulema tells Vasco that Omar should explain what happened himself, so they go together to her house. Omar meets Vasco, they get along great. He tells Vasco that he was basically booted out of the family for falling in love with a woman who already had kids.

Oh for crying out loud, this has turned into Heridas de Amor, with the scenes changing every 25 seconds. I guess it’s fine when you are just watching, it really keeps things moving, but to recap it is torture. Anyway back at the house, Lorena suggests trying to find Rosy, Maruja says she must be with her good for nothing boyfriend and suggests changing the subject of conversation.

Omar tells Vasco about his baby with Zulema that ‘died’. Vasco is getting quite upset with his grandmother over all this, with good reason. Vasco is turning out to be a decent fellow. At first when he appeared I expected him to be a burnout, but he has turned out ok. I hate his wardrobe and hair but that’s just the surface.

Alonso comes over to see Lorena and asks where Rosy is. Lorena explains that she left and Alonso smartly changes the subject to ask about the exam. She says fine, and tells him about Sara being there, but not about the cheating. Alonso asks her to make a cake for a patient’s birthday, Lorena says of course. Awwww.

Julian comes home, Alonso says hey man what are you doing here? When he finds out it’s his ‘cousin’, he gives him a big hug. Zulema sets the table and says they are going to have dinner, as a family. We get it, happy family.

Later Vasco goes home, he asks Hortensia about Omar. She won’t tell him anything, finally Vasco says he was just with him. She immediately blames Vasco finding out on Jaime. Vasco says “He knew?” Now he’s even angrier, his dad knew the whole thing all along. Jaime arrives just in time for this part. Vasco says Omar sent a message – he is happy with his family. Hortensia says yeah happy, poor and with that vulgar woman. Vasco has had enough, he can’t believe this, he is leaving this house right now!

Tomorrow – Vasco must have meant it, because he is going to stay at Zulema’s house. Boy, if Rosy is there too, that house just got full. Also, Sara manages to make some trouble between Alonso and Lorena.

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