Saturday, August 02, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre, 08/01/08: On Deathwatch, Hoping for a Miracle
[Warning! We are all still on suicide watch in Viewerville and in addition to last week’s precautions it will be necessary to bring a couple of extra boxes of Kleenex, but a large bottle or two of reposado Tequila is not out of the question either, in order to get through this episodio. –ed.]
It’s continuing to be a long and difficult night in the poorer parts of Ciudad Serdán with the Reyes’ and their friends on deathwatch for Rosario and Franco.
Juan is enraged with this latest family tragedy and, despite Padre Tadeo’s objections, he tells Oscar that they have got to take justice into their own hands. They must avenge what was done to Franco. (Okay. Just one question: wouldn’t it be nice to know who did it first?) Oscar swears that that's exactly what they'll do. Again Padre T objects, and Juan screams back that his patience has come to an end. (Does he always have to bellow like that? My head hurts already.) Oscar asks Tadeo how long they must remain patient, until all of the three of the Reyes’ are dead? Augie, trying to make them see reason, reminds them that violence only provokes more violence. Juan, though, says he won’t just stand around while his brother is lying there so badly burned and dying. He swears vengeance again and Oscar agrees, “Just like we did for our sister, for Libia!”
Sofia tries to reason with Juan next, for everyone's sake, including their baby. Juan replies in frustration that that is exactly what he IS doing, and why they have got to put an end to all of this. “If Franco dies, the one who is to blame will pay for it with his own life!” he swears to them.
Eva, meanwhile, is sitting at Rosario’s bedside down the hall. She prays for God not to take Rosario while back at the hacienda, Sarita, still in her wedding dress, weeps as she tears up her latest love letter to Franco. “Don’t die, Franco!” she cries.
In the front room Augie tells Tadeo that he’s sure it was just the emotion of the moment that caused the two Reyes brothers to swear vengeance like they did. He’s curious, though. What did they mean “like we did for our sister” he asks the priest. “What does she have to do with any of this?” Tadeo, looking again like a deer in the headlights, holds back with a mysterious and pregnant pause. “Someday you and all the rest of them will find out. You all will have to find out.”
In the little eating area, Sofia, Eva and Quintina wonder who could be so cruel to do something like this. Sofia’s answer is to pray for the victims and not to worry about the “who dunnit.” The three women cross themselves and begin to pray.
Gabi enters into Sarita’s bedroom for another subtle attempt at guilt-trip persuasion with her daughter. She tells Sarita that she’s terribly disappointed in her. Although she never told her before, she primes her, she has always loved Sarita the best, because she is the most like her. Sarita says she’s already asked her for forgiveness. What else can she do to take away the sorrowful shame she’s feeling? Mama quickly answers, “Marry Benito.” Sarita looks a bit confounded, as if she’s thinking “Again with Benito?” With crocodile tears Gabi pushes ahead but ends up pushing her luck. “You have to marry Benito. I’m so ill, and I don’t want to die before seeing you married. You have to do it for me, for yourself, and for the family who’s gone through so many misfortunes.”
Something begins to click in Sarita’s brain, like maybe it isn’t so great after all to be “just like Mama.” Sarita replies that she can’t believe that she would want her to sacrifice like that for the family even though she’d be wretchedly unhappy. Gabi answers in her best fragile whimper impression, “Oh no! Just the opposite: I want you happy. You’ll see in time that I was right. –Please don’t rebel. Don’t make me think you carry the same evil seed as your father.”
Sarita knits her brow in silent thought. (You don’t insult her daddy) Mama may have just crossed the line with the ever-patient and eager to please Sarita. Something like anger and mistrust flashes across Sarita’s face but Gabi whimpers on about not stabbing her in the heart again. “--…because then you’ll leave me to die and you will be the one responsible,” she finishes. Gabi then turns her face expectantly up towards Sarita and bats her bloodshot, bleary, teary eyes at her. Sarita knits her brow again and frowns down at Gabi. (Could it be those rusty cogs in her bratty brain have finally started turning?)
Back at the Reyes’ Ofelia enters Rosario’s room and cries at her bedside. She begs the unconscious Rosario to fight for life as Juan and Oscar meet in the bakery for a private confab. Oscar finally admits to Juan there that he married Jimena in a civil ceremony the day before. Juan, unsurprisingly, is furious because Oscar kept him out of the loop. Oscar explains that because he might tell Sofia, they felt it better not to say anything for fear that Crabiela would find out. Juan tells Oscar it’s just that he feels like he’s failed his promise to their mother a second time. Oscar tells him there’s no need. He’s fulfilled his promise to raise them and now the two of them are grown men, and good men, thanks to Juan’s care and attention. The two of them share a bear hug and Juan forgives him for going behind his back with Jimena and hiding their marriage from him.
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Sarita, who still hasn’t gotten out of her wedding dress (and who is giving me visions of jilted old Miss Havisham in “Great Expectations” about now), kisses the little angel her daddy gave her as a little girl and thinks back to all her romantic moments with Franco. She makes a decision then to leave the hacienda and her girlish naivety in the past and begins to pack as Jimena enters. Sarita tells her she’s leaving home. Life has denied her love, she explains, since Franco chose Rosario over her. In spite of it all, she cries to Jimena, she still loves him. Also, though, Mama still is insisting she marry Benito and she insists she is not going to do it. She is leaving to search for the peace she simply cannot find there at home. (I’m hoping Jimena will at least help her out of that wedding dress first. That thing looks like a bear to get in and out of.) The two sisters hug and say their good-byes.
Along the street outside the bakery the sombrero’d shadow of Death passes by. Inside the living quarters Juan is sitting next to Franco’s bed. Franco begins gasping for breath. Juan runs out and yells for the doctor. He tells Tadeo that Franco is dying. Tadeo goes into Franco’s room to dutifully deliver the last rites while Oscar weeps in the shadows. (Ok. Two used hankies later and two more shots of reposado down the hatch. ¡Salud!)
Around the corner Eva is in the church praying for mercy. Everyone is in tears and throughout the night they wait for what seems an eternity for the inevitable. Sofia tells Juan to remain strong for them all. He says she doesn’t understand at all. His brother is dying and it’s killing him. He asks her if she can’t see that Death is mocking them and tells her that they are all fated to lose those they love most. (I’m on my third shot of tequila and my third hankie now.) Sofia insists he’s got to stay strong for the family. She compares him to a huge (get your hardhats on for the symbolism here) oak tree [“roble”] and says he’s the pillar of the household. This of course grabs Juan and brings him back from the brink to reality.
Somewhere and sometime a bit later on in the evening Juan rides off on Capricho, out into a huge thunderstorm (which, come to think of it, never fails to arrive when anything tragic hits this crowd). As the thunder and lightning boom and crackle dangerously around him (and the horse) he screams to the heavens and selflessly begs God to take him to the hereafter instead. (That wet saddle, though, is going to be one mell of a slippery hess to stay on for the ride back home!) He gets on his knees and bellows through his tears.
At the Uribe estate, Gabriela and Raqui are not exactly seeing eye-to-eye over the fiasco of this double-marriage they cooked up. Raquel warns Gabi that her husband will not forgive Sarita’s snub. Gabi asks what he’s got to complain about, it’s not as if Octavio didn’t leave Jimena jilted at the altar also. Both families got hit with the same whammy stick she says. Raqui replies, well say what you will, her husband, Ricardo, will not take this sitting down and Gabi knows what the guy is like.
Gabi warns Raqui not to even think about threatening her because they both know who she can get to put the screws to her. Then Raqui warns Gabi not to dare challenge her since she can be a wild animal when it comes to defending her own. Gabi says Raquel is afraid she might reveal that huge 25 year old secret they both share. Raqui tells Gabi that it would be inconvenient for her to reveal said secret since she also is involved and has a lot to lose. Raqui reminds her that Gabi paid her very well for the favor she did her back then and to make sure that no one found out. (The one bright spot tonight: finding out there is a white witch who can handle whatever Brujariela throws at her.) Raquel queries her. “So now do you want it yelled to the four winds? What would your daughters and everyone who knows you think of you? What would they consider you? Have you thought it through, Gabriela? Have you really thought it through?” Game, set, match, Uribe.
At the bakery Oscar holds onto Franco’s guitar and watches over Franco. Juan comes in and they wait it out together a while longer. Across the plaza, Eva is still praying and telling God she was a coward to let her newborn be taken from her. She asks for forgiveness. Ofelia comes into the church and joins Eva at the altar then to pray for Rosario. Eva thanks Ofelia for giving Rosario love and for caring for her all these years. The two share a tender moment crying together.
Sofia sits up reading her bible next to Rosario’s bed as Oscar and Juan, sitting at Franco’s bedside, talk over their suspicions. Oscar says this is all because of Rosario. He can’t get it out of his mind that if Rosario left the bar, men won’t go and drink there. The owner, he says, Armando, would stand to lose if Rosario ran off. It had to be Armando.
Speaking of the Rugged One, Armando is sitting in his office at the Bad Love, reading (of all things) a newspaper and laughing at the article. “Ha! Luck is on our side it seems! Let’s see what Fernando says about this!” He starts out the door but is stopped by Juan and Oscar who push him back inside. Armando races under the desk then goes for his pistol in the drawer, but Oscar is ready for him and raises his rifle. “Drop it!” Armando drops his gun and sits in his chair to whine that it wasn’t him that did the deed to Rosario; but he knows who it was! He points over to the article in the newspaper and tells the lie he and Feo agreed to use to throw the blame for the attempted murder off the two of them. “It was him! The dangerous criminal! Her boyfriend, the father of her child, who just escaped from jail to settle accounts with her! She got involved with him and it was her fault he went to jail. Meanwhile Rosario was in jail too. Surely he got out to settle the score and to kill her!” Juan and Oscar read the headline: “Anselmo Cruz, a Dangerous Criminal, Escaped from Jail.”
Eva returns to the Reyes’ house and finds Sofia in Rosario’s room. She tells Sofia that the moment to clarify all has arrived. She confesses that she didn't give her daughter in adoption, but rather, Gabi stole her from her arms and gave her away. Gabriela convinced her that the baby girl would have a better life living with somebody else. Sofia is impactada at the shocking story and still, naively wonders how her Mama could do such a thing. (Yes. How?) Eva tells her that she feels God is punishing her for abandoning her child by taking Rosario from her again. She says sorrowfully that Gabriela Elizondo is to blame for all the pain and grief in her tragic life.
Sofia asks Eva why she never asked for help from anybody, her father even. Eva reminds her that he didn’t know a thing about her loving him let alone that she’d seduced him and gotten pregnant because of it. “No when you make serious mistakes and cause harm to another person, you live with your punishment and don’t complain,” Eva tells her. Sofia tries to comfort her and tells her that this is not a punishment from God (no, just from the writer and director).
Armando swears he’s not lying and the proof is in the newspaper. He figures that Anselmo Cruz came after Rosario looking for revenge and that he must have run into Franco with her; and they both paid the consequences. Juan tells Oscar that something still doesn’t square with the rat’s story and warns Armando that if he finds out he’s been lying, he will kill Armando himself.
Back at Bruja Central, Gabi sits alone in her bed reading her bible. She thinks about Eva and how she’ll let her suffer and cry tears of blood for her betrayal with Bernardo. Only when Eva is bordering on lunacy will she tell her the truth.
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Juan and Oscar return home and tell Eva that they have some bad news for her: Rosario was in jail at one time. Eva says it cannot be true. Ofelia walks in after overhearing the discussion and says that in fact it is true. Eva says she feels guilty but Ofelia tells her there’s no reason to; it was an evil character that put her there. He got her involved in some pretty bad stuff and she made mistakes she’s been paying very dearly for ever since. “That man died in jail, though, from a bad illness,” she adds. Juan jumps in and says no he did not die. In fact he just escaped from jail. Ofelia tells them that Rosario had always thought he was dead. Juan says that Armando himself showed them the news article in the paper. Ofelia thinks to herself then that Feo (shock!) lied to them about Anselmo’s death and he made Rosario think he had died. Juan tells them that he does not want Sofia to know any of this as he’s afraid she’ll worry.
Juan tells Eva, then, that they’ve had their differences, but they share her sorrow in learning this. Eva tells Juan that she now understands his need for vengeance and that she doesn’t know what she might do if she came face to face with the man responsible. “God forgive me I don’t know what I’d do."
Although it’s late, Augie has come to talk to Gabriela and yells at her to listen to him. Gabi turns around on the staircase and says she has no reason to listen to him since he encouraged the rebellion in Sofia, then in Jimena and now in Sarita, the purest of all of them. Augie asks her what is really bugging her: the fact that the girls are loved or that she bought Bernardo and bought love, or at least what she believed was love. Gabi objects. “That filthy bricklayer does not love Sarita.” Augie assures her he does, though Franco is a bit confused about it. Gabi gets upset that he’s contradicting her again. She tells him that the last thing she needs from him now is to hear that Jimena might also be in love with the other filthy bricklayer, “that …Oscar!”
Oscar meanwhile has ridden to the hacienda and has sneaked through the balcony window into Jimena’s bedroom again for a little consolation over Franco’s condition. Jimena hugs him and says she’s certain the virgencita will protect and care for Rosario and Franco. Oscar tells her after that he was unaware that Gabi had forcibly dragged her and Sarita back home again till Sofia told him about it. She says that Mama is just like that and that she is more interested in Franco. Oscar then says he feels guilty about not letting Franco and Juan know they were getting married. Perhaps then Franco would have joined them there and none of this would have happened. Jimena wonders how Juan took the news about their marrying. He says well Juan is angry at life in general right now, but yes, he feels offended at not being told, especially on top of this business with Franco.
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Alone in their living room now, Sofia and Juan cuddle. (Darn! What’s with those sheets still hanging on the line like trophies? How long does it take to air dry those things, anyway?) She says it’s amazing the capacity her mama has for causing such suffering (not really) and it scares her. Juan wants to know why Gabi is so bitter. Why couldn’t she ever accept that Sofia’s father never loved her? “Didn’t you say the only one he ever loved was the young girl who was expecting his child?” Sofia says Mama never cared to understand him and persisted in making his life a living Hell as well as her daughters’ lives. Juan thinks to himself then that Libia must have suffered terribly because of Gabriela.
Upstairs in said bruja’s bedroom, Somefer Nando and she are both in their silk jammies holding hands. Gabi smirks and tells Feo that she’s overjoyed that those two wretches got burned. “God always punishes the unfaithful and sinners with fire,” she self-righteously adds. (Word up, Gabriela!) Fernando agrees and says that Rosario is being punished for her bad behavior. Gabi asks what he’s talking about and Feo starts giving her the same story Armando gave Juan and Oscar: that she was a jailbird and he suspects her boyfriend, who just escaped from jail and, as the gossip goes, who is her little boy’s father. He must’ve wanted to settle accounts with her. So when she and Franco tried to flee, they caught up to them and tried to kill them. He adds for emphasis that Franco is as bad, or worse, than Rosario. “Sarita was lucky to have been saved from the likes of him.”
Gabi agrees and swears that Sarita will never ever see that wretched bricklayer again. “Not ever!” Somefer says perhaps it would be good to send her daughters off for a good while, even a very long while, so that he and she could have a bit of free time for more than a little lovin’. (Anybody else wondering how loud those bedsprings are?) He rolls on top of her and it’s fade to black as there is definitely some fer Nando tonight.
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Morning comes to the hacienda FINALLY. Eva is leaving with her suitcase in hand and pauses a moment to look around the big open entrance to the house when a more youthful looking, pony-tailed, Gabi flits down the stairs and smiles maliciously. “Good morning, Eva!” (Why do I keep thinking “spider woman"?) In a cloying voice Gabi mocks her ex-employee. “Well it would seem your daughter has quite a rap sheet. She was even in jail. What could one expect though, you being a whore and your daughter couldn’t be any different.” Eva turns and faces her. “You are very wicked and relentless.” “—Yes yes, but I’m no liar. Everything I’ve just finished saying to you is the truth.” Eva looks at Gabi and warns her off Rosario. “Say what you will about me but don’t mess with my daughter, because I’m ready and willing to defend her to the death if need be.” Gabi replies with honeyed venom in her words that whores like the two of them have no salvation and no way of defending themselves.
The sadistic witch starts in with another insult when out of the blue Eva hauls off and slaps her. Gabi slaps Eva then but Eva gets off another good one and stops Gabi from jumping her right then and there. She pushes Gabi back and warns her off her, then advises her to be very careful “...because at times the dead don’t rest and they cry out for vengeance. You’ve wronged a lot of people and perhaps the time has come for you to pay for all you have done,” she says. Gabi asks her what dead person she’s talking about. “Libia, the young girl you had killed,” says Eva.
At the Reyes’ the burn specialist arrives to tell Juan and Oscar that the special equipment has arrived and Rosario and Franco will have to be moved to the clinic. Juan asks the question on everyone’s mind: are they really going to die? The doctor says Rosario is still in a delicate state, but Franco is in very serious condition considering he’s in a coma because of the amount of smoke he inhaled and the wallop to his head. “We must hope for a miracle,” he tells Juan.
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Thanks Jardinera for this funny and very readable recap. Especially enjoyed your observation that something was "not a punishment from God (but rather from the writer and director)".
Perhaps that's why, now that I'm finally watching this one, that I find it so restful. I can't take any of these shenanigans seriously and so I don't get upset. (Wish I had that detachment with Enemiga! it's giving me heartburn).
Thanks as always.....
Perhaps that's why, now that I'm finally watching this one, that I find it so restful. I can't take any of these shenanigans seriously and so I don't get upset. (Wish I had that detachment with Enemiga! it's giving me heartburn).
Thanks as always.....
"there is definitely some fer Nando tonight.."
Heh heh. Good one.
Very amusing recap, Jardinera. I may have to tune in on Monday.
Heh heh. Good one.
Very amusing recap, Jardinera. I may have to tune in on Monday.
Thanks Jardinera for filling in all the gaps, and providing some humor in a really sad episode! I kept looking at the clock because it just seemed like the hour would never end!
I have been tired of all the slapping, but Eva finally giving Gabby some of her own was great.
Can't wait to find out who the new Reyes is in the preview...intriguing.
I have been tired of all the slapping, but Eva finally giving Gabby some of her own was great.
Can't wait to find out who the new Reyes is in the preview...intriguing.
Hee Hee...too good a recap.
Yes thank you God, that morning has broken, for a moment I had LFMB flashbacks, where time never moves and each and every character rehash every conversation.
Now then didn't the doctor say something about a hyperbaric chamber? A guy we knew worked a forklift that was putting out to much Carbon Monoxide and he had to be put in the chamber..full recovery. Hey maybe Franco having a head wound has brain swelling (although, he probably had more empty space than the normal person), head boring to relieve pressure..let's see there is evidence for this back to cromagnan man..40,000 years. But hey they probably didn't have a priest to come and give last rights.
Now no matter what what happens, and I speak from watching numerous TeleNovelas, done by the Tool that is doing this one, there will be NO justice until the last hour, many many many more terrible things will happen. Endless break-ups, misunderstandings, baby switches, and listening to the most evil characters for sound advice...These are not spoilers..He does it in TeleNovela.
Yes thank you God, that morning has broken, for a moment I had LFMB flashbacks, where time never moves and each and every character rehash every conversation.
Now then didn't the doctor say something about a hyperbaric chamber? A guy we knew worked a forklift that was putting out to much Carbon Monoxide and he had to be put in the chamber..full recovery. Hey maybe Franco having a head wound has brain swelling (although, he probably had more empty space than the normal person), head boring to relieve pressure..let's see there is evidence for this back to cromagnan man..40,000 years. But hey they probably didn't have a priest to come and give last rights.
Now no matter what what happens, and I speak from watching numerous TeleNovelas, done by the Tool that is doing this one, there will be NO justice until the last hour, many many many more terrible things will happen. Endless break-ups, misunderstandings, baby switches, and listening to the most evil characters for sound advice...These are not spoilers..He does it in TeleNovela.
Thanks for the amusing recap, Jardinera.
I was using tissues, too, crying from the boredom and tedium of seeing Juan bellowing again, indoors and outdoors. Oscar too. Even though I luv Eduardo, I couldn't take it any more.
Monday seems more promising with the appearance of another Reyes and maybe more info on the mysterious Ruth, though the hints from Crabi give us an idea who she is.
G from CA
I was using tissues, too, crying from the boredom and tedium of seeing Juan bellowing again, indoors and outdoors. Oscar too. Even though I luv Eduardo, I couldn't take it any more.
Monday seems more promising with the appearance of another Reyes and maybe more info on the mysterious Ruth, though the hints from Crabi give us an idea who she is.
G from CA
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: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 9:41:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 9:41:00 PM EDT
or who Ruth might be, as I don't know. NO SPOILER.
G from CA
G from CA
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 9:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 9:46:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap Jardinera. Now I can look only at the happy parts and the Eva/Crabi beatdown. It does make me sad that the producer of this TN has done and will do all the things (and probably worse) that Beckster has mentioned. At least as JudyB mentioned you just can't take this TN seriously so these bad plot devises are just tedious.
He He Funny. TU for the great recap. I swear that Juan's horse was thought bubbling "Hey p*^d#*o, You have me out here in a lightening storm using some kind of steel chain-link bit and bridle!"
I found the last rites oddly touching. I think the actor who does Pad Tad does a good job. I'd like to see him in a completely different role sometime.
I almost choked when Gabby talked about G-d punishing the wicked while lying in bed with her s-i-l. mhm
I found the last rites oddly touching. I think the actor who does Pad Tad does a good job. I'd like to see him in a completely different role sometime.
I almost choked when Gabby talked about G-d punishing the wicked while lying in bed with her s-i-l. mhm
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 11:19:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 11:19:00 PM EDT
Whooeee! What an oppressively sloooowww funereal slog this one was! I kept looking at the clock and thinking it should have been over already and they hadn't even cut to the first commercial yet! I was literally suffocating from all the gloom and doom trying to write this thing. I kept thinking no action tonight, no problem. This will be a snap. Wrong! Ugh! But then the melancholy and melodrama was sooo over the top it sort of wrote itself in the end.
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Yep. I think the hyperbaric chamber thingy has got to be an oxygen tent type contraption. I couldn't get a good description for hyperbaric anything and settled for generic.// The catfight was worth the wait, but didn't last nearly long enough. I really wanted to see Eva dig her claws into Gabi and tear her to pieces, and I will be very disappointed if she doesn't get her chance by the end of this thing. By my reckoning we are only about 1/3 of the way through it. So, I am thrilled we are finally getting some new blood with the arrival of the new Reyes and Anselmo's escape and certain arrival in CS. And you know we eventually have got to meet Raqui's family, Ruthie and Rico.
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Yep. I think the hyperbaric chamber thingy has got to be an oxygen tent type contraption. I couldn't get a good description for hyperbaric anything and settled for generic.// The catfight was worth the wait, but didn't last nearly long enough. I really wanted to see Eva dig her claws into Gabi and tear her to pieces, and I will be very disappointed if she doesn't get her chance by the end of this thing. By my reckoning we are only about 1/3 of the way through it. So, I am thrilled we are finally getting some new blood with the arrival of the new Reyes and Anselmo's escape and certain arrival in CS. And you know we eventually have got to meet Raqui's family, Ruthie and Rico.
Pedro Reyes was well cast. He looks a little like Juan and a little like Franco.
Sadly, he looks nothing like Oscar, but he's not bad. :-) I wonder if he can sing?
Sadly, he looks nothing like Oscar, but he's not bad. :-) I wonder if he can sing?
Jarindera, Thanks for a really amusing recap.
JudyB, I have to agree with you. This novela is so ridiculous that at least it produces a couple of (non-intentional) belly laughs per episode.I can't stand watching QUERIDA when Sara is in full mode. Somehow Crabiela makes me less upset, even when she is in full mode. And I must say I am annoyed at the QUERIDA tease --which was introducing the hot culinary prof., making him unlikeable, and not showing any interaction with him and Lorena for the past week.
I am really looking forward to getting away this week (going to iceland) and escaping my obsessional watching of these awful telenovelas. However, I will read all the recaps upon my return, as they and the comments never fail to be enjoyable and fun.
Are there any new telenovelas on the evening horizon soon? How much longer do we have to suffer through these?
NJ Sue
JudyB, I have to agree with you. This novela is so ridiculous that at least it produces a couple of (non-intentional) belly laughs per episode.I can't stand watching QUERIDA when Sara is in full mode. Somehow Crabiela makes me less upset, even when she is in full mode. And I must say I am annoyed at the QUERIDA tease --which was introducing the hot culinary prof., making him unlikeable, and not showing any interaction with him and Lorena for the past week.
I am really looking forward to getting away this week (going to iceland) and escaping my obsessional watching of these awful telenovelas. However, I will read all the recaps upon my return, as they and the comments never fail to be enjoyable and fun.
Are there any new telenovelas on the evening horizon soon? How much longer do we have to suffer through these?
NJ Sue
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 11:42:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 11:42:00 PM EDT
Hey! Am I the only one who didn't see the "new Reyes Bro" in the coming attractions? How did I miss that?
Thanks, by the way Cakes, for the great recap. It was an evening of down, down and downer. Juan's angst-filled thunderstorm-and-yelling scene was pretty intense out there in the pouring rain...(yes Capricho did look rather cranky) but I couldn't help noticing that when Juan arrived back at Franco's bedside, his hair and shirt were all miraculously dry and fluffy. And who says there were no miracles in Cd Serdan?
"Creemelo"
Thanks, by the way Cakes, for the great recap. It was an evening of down, down and downer. Juan's angst-filled thunderstorm-and-yelling scene was pretty intense out there in the pouring rain...(yes Capricho did look rather cranky) but I couldn't help noticing that when Juan arrived back at Franco's bedside, his hair and shirt were all miraculously dry and fluffy. And who says there were no miracles in Cd Serdan?
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 12:00:00 AM EDT
Julie: I can't find the actor's name right now who plays Pedro Reyes, but he does sing. He sang the title song for Bajo la Misma Piel I remember, in the final scene, and he has a really great voice. I think he's a cutie, but he's only a fair actor, though that already puts him levels above Pablo.
As much as I enjoy this strange telenovela, it's okay with me if the new guy isn't a great actor. I figure there must be something else out there that's a better use of superior talent.
All I ask of this guy is to take a curtainless shower once in a while, have fun with his material, and try to keep the crumbs out of his beard.
All I ask of this guy is to take a curtainless shower once in a while, have fun with his material, and try to keep the crumbs out of his beard.
Eduardo Capetillo plays Pedro Reyes
Google photos --
http://images.google.com/images?rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Eduardo+Capetillo&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
According to Wikipedia he comes from a famous bullfighting family. The latest novela they listed for him was Peregrina. I don't know that I've ever seen him play any steamy roles which might lend themselves to bathtime bubble viewing, but hey, there is always a first time!
Google photos --
http://images.google.com/images?rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Eduardo+Capetillo&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title
According to Wikipedia he comes from a famous bullfighting family. The latest novela they listed for him was Peregrina. I don't know that I've ever seen him play any steamy roles which might lend themselves to bathtime bubble viewing, but hey, there is always a first time!
One more crazy thought: Armando and Feo just got their golden goose back and the first thing Armando does and Feo sanctions is killing off that golden goose. Just grand for business, don't ya think?
I'm with Melinama, great recap, glad I missed the show. I would have liked to see the Eva/Crabi slapdown, but it sounds as if Eva didn't give it to her the way that she has it coming...And Jardinera, that last thought of yours wasn't crazy at all, but Feo and Armando's attempt at killing the golden goose was. They already know what the nites are like at the BadLove w/o Rosario- why didn't Feo offer her a lucrative contract, to entice her to stay, make lotsa legit pesos, and everyone is happy. Or even just let her go, live up to the phony signed agreement and cash in on her "inheritance" (tho, at this point it seems that Ruth is the rightful heir, but Feo doesn't know this, right?). But no, the evil, twisted Feo/mandos have to get an extra twist of flesh, involve themselves in yet another diabolical, incriminating, senseless plot to wipe out Rosario and Franco to stir the pot (or plot) some more. I hope that manana's episode is a good one, there is plenty of tension building, and really looking forward to the hyperbaric chamber, i'm sure that it will have extra-special power in the superfundsiteserdan....Thanks for the 'cap, Jardinera
Franco rescued from a fire, chest unscathed and in a coma. Rosario rescued from the fire and she looks like sleeping beauty.
A friend came back from Mexico. I am getting info.. Will not ruin it for you
A friend came back from Mexico. I am getting info.. Will not ruin it for you
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 10:52:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 10:52:00 AM EDT
I think if Franco get better they should invite the new Reyes to their swimming hole for a dip! Really this show is just getting to sad. Please someone take a shower...
Has sweet Jeri returned from her trip? I think she said she was going on one. I'm not too interested in bubble bath time with the new Reyes but I know if we are offered another shower or desnudo scene with Juan, Jeri knows how to capture those lovely screencaps of juan.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 2:46:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 2:46:00 PM EDT
Sara on QE is scarier because her treachery is the mundane, realistic kind that we've all either experienced or read about in the newspaper. Gabriela is more like a fantasy crazy person who could only exist in a place like Magical Serdan.
I think the reasoning behind having Rosario whacked is that she knows too much about Feo. That was fine when she was afraid of him; but now that she's friends with Sofia and is also showing signs of rebellion, I guess they can't afford to keep her around.
I think the reasoning behind having Rosario whacked is that she knows too much about Feo. That was fine when she was afraid of him; but now that she's friends with Sofia and is also showing signs of rebellion, I guess they can't afford to keep her around.
Thank you Jardinera for recapping the dragging-est episode yet. Though it did have a couple of OK spots -- the boohooboohoo spot of Franco and Padre Tadeo with the last rites was ok, and Oscar very emotional in a realistic way.
When Juan goes out bellowing at the sky I always kind of expect to see him sprout a long snout and fur all over and come back as a werewolf.
But as everyone has noted, the big scene was the Eva/Crabi slapdown. Word to Producer -- it was too civilized! We wanted to see Eva's hand pull out a huge chunk of Crabi's hair! A couple black eyes for Crabi would have been good, too, something that could last another episode visually.
PanQue
When Juan goes out bellowing at the sky I always kind of expect to see him sprout a long snout and fur all over and come back as a werewolf.
But as everyone has noted, the big scene was the Eva/Crabi slapdown. Word to Producer -- it was too civilized! We wanted to see Eva's hand pull out a huge chunk of Crabi's hair! A couple black eyes for Crabi would have been good, too, something that could last another episode visually.
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 3:59:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 3:59:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap, Jardinera. I loved the parenthetical asides-LOL. All I can say about this episode is thank God for the FFWD button.
Do y'all really think Feo hired the hit on Rosario? I was starting to think Anselmo Cruz was behind it.
Capricio looked like he was rather worried about Juan, in that rain. Like, erm, Juan, are you OK and are we ever going to go home?
Gabi & Eva catfight .... not long enough, and I think my first for two older women and not young bimbos. ;o)
doris
Do y'all really think Feo hired the hit on Rosario? I was starting to think Anselmo Cruz was behind it.
Capricio looked like he was rather worried about Juan, in that rain. Like, erm, Juan, are you OK and are we ever going to go home?
Gabi & Eva catfight .... not long enough, and I think my first for two older women and not young bimbos. ;o)
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 4:07:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 4:07:00 PM EDT
Doris: no one really ordered a hit, it was left to the thugs that if Rosario did something, that they should deal with her "sin piedad" that is, w/o pity or mercy, and when she was riding off w/Franco, they made the executive decision to whack them. They really screwed up by not making sure that the deed was done. Julie: you are absolutely right about Rosario knowing too much, and that far outweighs her usefulness to Feo. She's expendable, but that only works if she's dead, right? I bet that we see anpther attempt on her before long. I'm certain that they won't kill her off yet, too much more mileage to be had from her.
Thank you, Cakes for a great recap of an episode that was hard to watch...so much angst and tragedy. I agree that we need some curtainless shower scenes to lift us from the morass that this novela has become. What is up with Oscar not rescuing Jimena from the Wicked Witch and her lover, The Dragon. Afterall, they're married now. The Reyes's household is bursting at the seams now with the addition of not only Sofia, but also Pablito and the burn victims . [Wouldn't the dispensario have been a notch better than the tiny Reyes's casa for their recovery ??? And who in the world is Pedro Reyes and where in the world has he been ??? And does he wear tighty whities and does he like to skinnydip and take showers???? Will he hold the key to the mystery of the Reyes's land and fortune ??? And..,\Does he know where the mysterious Ruth is ???? For me, I still enjoy looking at Eduardo , but I must admit that I prefer seeing him riding that gorgeous Capricio, putting the moves on Sofia, skinnydipping , and showering. The bellowing and crying is hard to bear.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 5:11:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 5:11:00 PM EDT
Madbunsbess -- I have been pondering the boxer/briefs discussion and why we don't get EY in those moments. I have decided he must prefer to go commando! Maybe that is the source of Juans rage, chafing... :-)
Juan going commando...all I can say is....OUCH !
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 8:45:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 8:45:00 PM EDT
re: Juan going commando... all I can say is I hope uses a good fabric softener.
I wonder what he'd look like in a kilt. Hhhmmmm........
doris
I wonder what he'd look like in a kilt. Hhhmmmm........
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:01:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:01:00 PM EDT
Doris***I can't thank you enough for the mental image I just got of Juan-in-a-Kilt. Hub and I go to a Celtic festival every fall , and there are lots and lots of lads in kilts. Juan would look spectacular , and I bet The Mighty One would do great at the Highland games event, too. As a Highlander the TV Series fan, I like the thought of Juan MACReyes...There can be only ONE...or is that There can be only ..JUAN ????
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:40:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 9:40:00 PM EDT
Julie***I'd like to see Juan experience a quickening....ooooooooh.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 10:00:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 10:00:00 PM EDT
Totally agree with JudyB and NJSue that while Querida Enemiga gets me upset, I'm sort of laughing at the plots in this one, because they're Sooo over the top!
I liked when Gabi said that sinners die by fire. I can just picture it happening to her, and she flashes back, and screams, "but I'm not a sinner, you're making a mistaaaaake!"
And what is Sarita going to do? Okay, I know it's unlikely, but what if she took dance lessons, and sexiness lessons, and tried to out-Rosario Rosario? Oh wait, I can think of two reasons that won't work. :):)
I liked when Gabi said that sinners die by fire. I can just picture it happening to her, and she flashes back, and screams, "but I'm not a sinner, you're making a mistaaaaake!"
And what is Sarita going to do? Okay, I know it's unlikely, but what if she took dance lessons, and sexiness lessons, and tried to out-Rosario Rosario? Oh wait, I can think of two reasons that won't work. :):)
Juan is a boxer guy, in this one and in DA. Thank you GAWD.
I can't believe you all are questioning Fer's plans, hello are you not listening and reading the same closed captions I am?
Fer said NO ONE is smarter than Fer. At this point seems like he has some basis for this point. Let's see he has 1) Killed Ber
2) Killed Libia 3) Raped Sofie once and had a near miss a second time 4)Gramps just signed over the land 5)Has forced sex with the biggest set of Hooters that side of the Rio Bravo 6)Slaps Armando around like three times a day.
7)Killed foaming jail guy
8)Had the crap beaten out of Franco twice 9)Shot Juan and I think hit Sofie in the head.
10)Has sex with Gabi (and I seriously bet she is wicked nasty with all that pent up hate)
Jeez, give him time, He'll invade Poland (well he can't leave Brigadoon, but if he could...oh yes if he could).
About the boxer/brief thing..very few American actors would be caught dead in briefs, but with the older (Jorge is 40, that whole tighty thing was big, think bikinis in the 80's). My husband said he even wore boxers as a little kid (yes he was macho even then), because someone at the ranch made their underwear, back then you didn't travel out of that area and I think someone came around selling cloth.
I can't believe you all are questioning Fer's plans, hello are you not listening and reading the same closed captions I am?
Fer said NO ONE is smarter than Fer. At this point seems like he has some basis for this point. Let's see he has 1) Killed Ber
2) Killed Libia 3) Raped Sofie once and had a near miss a second time 4)Gramps just signed over the land 5)Has forced sex with the biggest set of Hooters that side of the Rio Bravo 6)Slaps Armando around like three times a day.
7)Killed foaming jail guy
8)Had the crap beaten out of Franco twice 9)Shot Juan and I think hit Sofie in the head.
10)Has sex with Gabi (and I seriously bet she is wicked nasty with all that pent up hate)
Jeez, give him time, He'll invade Poland (well he can't leave Brigadoon, but if he could...oh yes if he could).
About the boxer/brief thing..very few American actors would be caught dead in briefs, but with the older (Jorge is 40, that whole tighty thing was big, think bikinis in the 80's). My husband said he even wore boxers as a little kid (yes he was macho even then), because someone at the ranch made their underwear, back then you didn't travel out of that area and I think someone came around selling cloth.
Thanks for the great recap, Cakes. I appreciate your efforts. Tough episode to watch though, I went between bored and really sad. And so many pie carts rumbling in the distance but not before lots more damage is done I fear given the doomsday predictions by Beckster who knows many more TN's than I do, but I agree it makes sense from the ones I have seen.
I like Eduardo Capetillo, I saw him as a sweet guitar playing teacher in Viven los Ninos and in some other TN. He tends to sing sweetly and although he can be tempted by evil women, he will go for a really good one in the end. But who could that be in this whacky story?? No one I can think of deserves a sweet guitar playing, love song singing regular guy.
I like Eduardo Capetillo, I saw him as a sweet guitar playing teacher in Viven los Ninos and in some other TN. He tends to sing sweetly and although he can be tempted by evil women, he will go for a really good one in the end. But who could that be in this whacky story?? No one I can think of deserves a sweet guitar playing, love song singing regular guy.
Hi everyone, I am really upset. I was browsing on YouTube and got caught up in watching the Fuego videos. You know they are addicting. Well I found out something that I really didn't want to know yet. That's it, I am not watching any more YouTube videos. This is just to warn everyone. You watch one episode and you just keep going.
Can't wait for tonight's episode.
Can't wait for tonight's episode.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:25:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:25:00 AM EDT
Cheryl: I felt just like you, first bored (like when you went as a kid to some unknown grownup's funeral and had to stick it out watching all those crazy sad adults crying and such), then bored to tears (tears can be catchy), then suffocatingly depressed and trapped --I wanted out of that Hotel California atmosphere. --Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken" was a great reference, beckster! 180 degree opposite of Hot'l CA.
Lola: I agree! Happened to me, too. It's very tempting to just keep on going. I'd also say, better not go searching for statistics about the show either or you'll end up reading headlines and intro paragraphs of articles that give away some of the story's secrets also. I have only myself to blame. I have done that twice now and that was enough! "Yo callo."
I have a hard time figuring out where this show is going. I guess Pedro has been introduced for a reason, and perhaps the elusive Ruth and Raq's hubby will play key roles in the drama. I suppose that the good guys won't catch a break until the last few episodes. We need something to break all this tension....showers, skinnydipping, some amor ???? Help. This is depressing.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:40:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:40:00 AM EDT
Oh...concerning Crabby's pronouncement about punishment of evildoers by fire, maybe she is in to zen because I just read this zen saying : ''Fire can't burn fire.'' Also, I discovered a great name for Crabby...Nastia [that's the real name of one of the Olympic gymnastic hopefuls].
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:45:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8:45:00 AM EDT
Beckster- you are right, why are we questioning Feo? No one is smarter than HE. (Why does the "Fipper" theme song come into my brain, with new lyrics?) Lola- I did the same, looking for the Crabi/Eva slapfest, and tried to guess the date that it would have been shown in Mexico, ended up watching a future episode. Thankfully, nothing really revealed, or spoiled, but it was tempting to watch some more. I had to tear myself away from the 'puter, and get back to my sunday chores. Never did find the slapfest, either.
It's time for at least one thing to happen to Crabi, like being caught in bed with Feo. I just want the girls, especially Sarita to catch them.
It's time for something to happen to Crabi. At least Feo has been beatne up a few times.
It's time for something to happen to Crabi. At least Feo has been beatne up a few times.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 9:31:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 9:31:00 AM EDT
I read a tiny article over a month ago that had some casting spoilers, and have been annoyed with myself ever since.
I can pretty much live with the spoilers themselves, which were very minor and frankly unsurprising, but now I have to bite my tongue every time the subject comes up in comments. :)
I can pretty much live with the spoilers themselves, which were very minor and frankly unsurprising, but now I have to bite my tongue every time the subject comes up in comments. :)
With the new Reyes guy on the scene, could it be that he is the real Franco and the babies were switched at birth? Perhaps Franco as we know him is not a true Reyes. Just wondering, since this novela could go in any direction, and they live in the land of nuclear waste.
doris
doris
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:55:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:55:00 AM EDT
When I first started watching, before I realized that we are months behind Mexico, I went looking on youtube to try and understand what I had missed and realized to late I was watching future happenings. So I try very hard to stay away from that now. Instead I went back and read these postings from the very beginning so I could catch up. But I still know something is coming and I wish is would just pass so I could be blissfully ignorant again!
The weird and illogical scene changes are driving me nuts! Also, Sarita packs and presumably leaves, but Crabi doesn't yet have a clue? AND, endless re-hashing with Feo and Crabi about how great it would be to have the girls married off so they could go at it like wild weasels. But there they are, tucked up in their silk jammies, then doing the horizontal bop with both girls somewhere in the hacienda (they think), but those worried conversations aren't even alluded to.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 4:12:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 4:12:00 PM EDT
I thought Sarita was going to the convent (although she didn't say that.) I thought that is where everyone when when they "ran away from home." :)
Connie, I kind of wondered if that was where Sarita might end up, although I don't think she is quiet and contemplative enough for a convent! And why didn't Oscar just spend the night when he went to get some love'n from the wife? It's not like he has a place to sleep at home. And considering what was going on down the hall, no one would have noticed!
I agree Molly. He should have just whisked Jimena away on his beautiful horse. I'm really beginning to dislike Sarita. I hope she goes away and never comes back.
When Juan was crying and braying like Eeyore my boyfriend took away the remote and said he couldn't take it any more--flip...futbol, flip...still crying...flip...commercial...flip...still crying--you get the picture ;) He called him a name that sounded really funny in Spanish!
When Juan was crying and braying like Eeyore my boyfriend took away the remote and said he couldn't take it any more--flip...futbol, flip...still crying...flip...commercial...flip...still crying--you get the picture ;) He called him a name that sounded really funny in Spanish!
Does anyone know when this ends? I just read where the "Tour" begins in McAllen Texas the 29th of Aug. I think it is going to be a different city each weekend...
Anyhow as popular as this is in Mexico, I am sure it has been extended at least once....OH NO, I still have flashbacks over the non-ending EEOYA and equally non ending LaFea....(Not that I don't like the boys and their ill fated string of bad-luck, but the longer the extension, the more unprobable, mishaps.
Anyhow as popular as this is in Mexico, I am sure it has been extended at least once....OH NO, I still have flashbacks over the non-ending EEOYA and equally non ending LaFea....(Not that I don't like the boys and their ill fated string of bad-luck, but the longer the extension, the more unprobable, mishaps.
I love the idea of a "tour" what a crack up. I saw on one site that it was going to start in Chicago, which made completely no sense to me! Have you seen the clip of them singing at the awards show? They have started to play that song on Fuego also. Pedro sounds very nice, Jorge is pleasant, EY is doing his best and is very emotive. Singing is definitely not his thing, but he gives it a shot!
I am so used to American soaps that drag on for 30+ years, that I am just excited to know this will come to an end. It seems like every time the ratings dip on One Life to Live, they shoot Vicki in the head again or give her another alter personality. So Fuego just doesn't seem to bad!
Of course I did finally give up my soap habit in 2002. But when ever I am home on a week day, I turn them on just to see who I can recognize and if I can figure out any of the story. Usually I can and I remember why I don't watch them!
As long as Fuego has those boys talking with broken shower curtains and stopping by the stream to strip and swim, I'm in!
I am so used to American soaps that drag on for 30+ years, that I am just excited to know this will come to an end. It seems like every time the ratings dip on One Life to Live, they shoot Vicki in the head again or give her another alter personality. So Fuego just doesn't seem to bad!
Of course I did finally give up my soap habit in 2002. But when ever I am home on a week day, I turn them on just to see who I can recognize and if I can figure out any of the story. Usually I can and I remember why I don't watch them!
As long as Fuego has those boys talking with broken shower curtains and stopping by the stream to strip and swim, I'm in!
Connie, the more I watch the Franco/Sarita romance the more I think of Taming of the Shrew. I think when they finally get down to it, it is going to be very physical and funny. Franco always manages to laugh at her in the middle of a tirade, like when she stromed off at the swimming hole during the picnic. So I guess I find them entertaining. Sarita seems more to fight her own feelings than Franco.
I puffy heart Eduardo Capetillo's hairy self. I don't what it is about him, but I could eat him up. I have to start watching this one more regularly now.
I missed something. Oscar is not legally married, is he? I thought they staged their own wedding
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 6:42:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 6:42:00 PM EDT
Anon -- no they were at like a justice of peace or some other official. They are legal. They have shown Jemina hugging the certificate.
In Mexico a marriage is not legal under the law unless you marry in a cival ceremony. You can marry in the church but it is not legal in the eyes of the law.
Lola and 'Cakes: I made the mistake going on the official FELS/Esmas website and clicked a link that looked like "innocent" photogallery of the cast. Before I knew it I was looking at photos of upcoming (for us) events on the show. Oh, how I wish I could do the memory eraser!!!
"Creemelo"
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 7:43:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 7:43:00 PM EDT
Good point about the daytime soaps, Molly. I've been suffering the insanity of General Hospital for nearly 6 years now; I'm not ready to quit yet, but I can feel it rotting my brain while I watch, waiting for the next miscarriage or breakup, wondering whose lives will get temporarily ruined next.
Having an finite run for a TV show means that you know certain things will happen soon (i.e. main couple marries, bad guys die); but having an infinitely-running show isn't much better, because then you still face predictability and plot recycling, except it's with the SAME people again and again, for years.
What's more annoying that watching Gaviota and Rodrigo split up ten times within nine months? Watching them and their friends split up ten times a year for ten years.
It's actually a relief to know that Feo and Crabi will be dead or otherwise unpleasantly out of commission within a few months. We still have the fun of wondering how it will happen. I don't need to know the exact date; just knowing it will happen within months rather than decades warms my heart.
Having an finite run for a TV show means that you know certain things will happen soon (i.e. main couple marries, bad guys die); but having an infinitely-running show isn't much better, because then you still face predictability and plot recycling, except it's with the SAME people again and again, for years.
What's more annoying that watching Gaviota and Rodrigo split up ten times within nine months? Watching them and their friends split up ten times a year for ten years.
It's actually a relief to know that Feo and Crabi will be dead or otherwise unpleasantly out of commission within a few months. We still have the fun of wondering how it will happen. I don't need to know the exact date; just knowing it will happen within months rather than decades warms my heart.
Julie, when I quit watching in 2002 I had been watching General Hospital and All My Children for over 24 years! If you ever want history, let me know!
Thanks for the recap Cakes ;)
I started with TNs and then tried American soaps. I watched General Hospital (and then Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara) for 2 years, starting when Luke and Laura got married, and gave up after 2 years of Laura not reappearing in GH (but in DOL instead). I just got tired of waiting for some resolution!
Thanks a bunch to Doris for the link to the "3 Naked Charritos." I especially liked the girl's names: Rarita (Weird one) Ximensa (Xi-stupid) and Nofia (which the annoncer said "no fia, regala.") It can have two meanings. "Fiar" means to trust, and we know it took Snowfia a while to trust anyone. It also refers to giving goods or services on credit, kind of like getting and IOU. Thus, the announcer's "she doesn't give on credit, she gives away."
So the baby of the Capetillos is in this one...I may have to tune in here and there. Dad Manuel and big bro Jr. did a lot of bullfighting. They also did a lot of acting (especially dad), and dad might have done some singing, but I can't remember. Middle brother Guillermo did very little bullfighting and quickly surpassed Manuel Jr in the acting scene. He recorded at least one record, he's ok. Eduardo started as a singer right before his voice changed (not pleasant back then) and thankfully became quite the crooner afterwards. For a bit of useless trivia, he spent some time with Timbiriche, replacing Benny Ibarra Jr, son of Julissa, who plays Raquel in this one, after Benny dropped out of Timbiriche. Benny dropped out to stay in the touring production (mommy produced) of the Jr. High edition of "Grease" (no clue what they did about Rizo's pregnancy) starring the members of Timbiriche in which Benny played Danny and Eddie played Roger. Kevin Bacon had nothing to do with this one ;)
I started with TNs and then tried American soaps. I watched General Hospital (and then Days of Our Lives and Santa Barbara) for 2 years, starting when Luke and Laura got married, and gave up after 2 years of Laura not reappearing in GH (but in DOL instead). I just got tired of waiting for some resolution!
Thanks a bunch to Doris for the link to the "3 Naked Charritos." I especially liked the girl's names: Rarita (Weird one) Ximensa (Xi-stupid) and Nofia (which the annoncer said "no fia, regala.") It can have two meanings. "Fiar" means to trust, and we know it took Snowfia a while to trust anyone. It also refers to giving goods or services on credit, kind of like getting and IOU. Thus, the announcer's "she doesn't give on credit, she gives away."
So the baby of the Capetillos is in this one...I may have to tune in here and there. Dad Manuel and big bro Jr. did a lot of bullfighting. They also did a lot of acting (especially dad), and dad might have done some singing, but I can't remember. Middle brother Guillermo did very little bullfighting and quickly surpassed Manuel Jr in the acting scene. He recorded at least one record, he's ok. Eduardo started as a singer right before his voice changed (not pleasant back then) and thankfully became quite the crooner afterwards. For a bit of useless trivia, he spent some time with Timbiriche, replacing Benny Ibarra Jr, son of Julissa, who plays Raquel in this one, after Benny dropped out of Timbiriche. Benny dropped out to stay in the touring production (mommy produced) of the Jr. High edition of "Grease" (no clue what they did about Rizo's pregnancy) starring the members of Timbiriche in which Benny played Danny and Eddie played Roger. Kevin Bacon had nothing to do with this one ;)
Hey check out this little film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVjLSZdqpg
If they're really in Cd. Serdan, you can get a teeny tiiiiny taaaaste of what it looks like there, sort of.
The Cd. Serdanians must have really enjoyed seeing them! Que orgullo!
PanQue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVjLSZdqpg
If they're really in Cd. Serdan, you can get a teeny tiiiiny taaaaste of what it looks like there, sort of.
The Cd. Serdanians must have really enjoyed seeing them! Que orgullo!
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 9:56:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 9:56:00 PM EDT
I started watching All My Children when I was pregnant with my daughter. She is now almost 31 years old. I stopped watcheing it for a long time but just recently started again this year.
How about Feo smooching on Raquel.Soon he will be A LotFernando!
Maybe will will see a knock dowm between Crabi & Raquel.
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How about Feo smooching on Raquel.Soon he will be A LotFernando!
Maybe will will see a knock dowm between Crabi & Raquel.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:36:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:36:00 PM EDT
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