Saturday, August 09, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre, 08/08/08: Revolting Revelations and the Hunt for the Hallowed Homestead
[There is something to be said for the old adage that you can pick your pals but not your parents, your friends but not your family.]
As we begin Augie rolls himself into the front hallway of the hacienda yelling at Gabriela about why she is enjoying tormenting Sofia about her origin. “Just what are you after?” he asks her. She avoids answering by saying she’s not after anything but the truth. (Huh? Chalk this up to crappy writing cuz I’m as confused as Augie is. She’s not after the truth; she’s hinting at the truth to vex the two of them.) Augie wants to know what ‘truth’ she’s babbling about. Gabi throws out another irksome riddle, “--One that’s very painful and which neither of you wants to know." Just then Raquel, the White Witch, appears at the doorway and says she has an urgent need to speak with her. Augie turns around and tells Raquel that if she came to rat on him for coming over to her place she can speak freely in front of him and then the three of them can clear up just what service she performed for Gabi that she would pay her for it with valuable Robles property. Both women raise their eyebrows.
Raqui begs off and tells Gabi that she of course told Augie it was too delicate a topic and that Gabriela should be the one to tell him if she wanted. Gabi tells her dad it’s none of his business, but Augie says it darned well is since he’s the owner of the property. Gabi deflects and parries by saying then perhaps he might be grateful for the way his fortune has increased and stop annoying her because right now she and Raqui have more important things to discuss. As she and Raquel walk off and leave him to stew he pulls out a piece of paper and a pen that he’s hidden and begins to write something down.
Once they’re in her office, Gabi gripes at Raqui for having such a big mouth but Raqui says she never said a thing to her father about this and doesn’t know how he got wind of it. Gabi should check it out herself if she wants to know. Gabi says she plans to investigate the whole thing and then she immediately changes the subject. The cat claws come out. “So why’d you come here? To look for Fernando?” Raqui denies anything is going on with her and Fernando. She’s a married woman after all. “Besides it wasn’t I who was in the restaurant in downtown Puebla and who was smooching him without a shred of decency in front of everybody.”
Gabi’s got no choice and decides she’ll tell Raquel the truth –the way she sees it at least. Raqui’s raccoon eyes get even rounder as Gabi reveals she’s got a thing for her son-in-law. “Oh don’t be shocked! You know very well that despite still being Sofia’s husband, nothing ever happened between Sofia and him. She always despised him and she caused him so much grief and pain.”
Raqui, who is about as ready for a good shower as the rest of us about now, wisely keeps mum about said suffering SIL hitting on her lonely rich self just a couple of days ago. Gabi prattles on about how they have a right to be happy, that she’s protected him (yep, he’s been her “protegé” all right) and he has dedicated himself to caring for her. She drones on about how she’s given him a lot and now he’s obligated to respect her and to be faithful. (What, like a dog or maybe her sex slave?) That was why when Raqui approached them the other day at the table she immediately thought there was something between the two of them. Raqui denies again that there is or was anything between them and emphasizes that there never will be. She reminds Gabi that she is a married woman and they both know her husband’s personality. She would be crazy to cheat on him (and to get caught, as she conveniently leaves out). He’d kill her.
Raqui takes out her own claws now. Anyway, the only reason she approached Gabi and Fernando, she says, was because she was so shocked to see Gabi acting like some kind of… floozy. Gabi tells Raquel to shut up and just forget what she saw. She has explained what is going on and the two of them have agreed to join the two families, so now they’ve got to force Benito and Sarita to marry each other. Raqui laughs a little and says well, she’d love to pacify her husband that way especially after that nasty fiasco, but she is not sure he’d be interested in being related to a woman who is fooling around with her son-in-law!” (Meeooowww! R-r-ro-o-ow-w-w-l!)) Gabi hauls off and smacks Raqui up the side of the head. “Shut up you damned b!tch!”
Raqui is smarting from the pain but only gives Gabriela a verbal warning never to hit her again. She goes for the raw threat instead: “You and I have a secret and if I tell it to your father it would be your everlasting hell!” (White Witch has spoken.) Raquel turns on her heel and races out. Crabi is oblivious to this threat and thinks only about how Fernando had been telling her the truth all along and that she misjudged him. She worries about what she can do to repair the rift.
As for Fernando, he is sitting in his chair in the office of the Bad Love Bar puffing away on his cheroot, telling himself that he cannot allow Anselmo to take his golden goose, Rosario, with him to parts unknown. He gets up and starts for the door as Gabi enters. He is impactado to think she’d deign to show her face let alone come looking for him there. She takes one look around the room, sniffs and asks him why he’s still involved in this business. Fer gets a kick playing the offended lover. “Again with the explanations! You think the whole world is your property! Ok. I’ll tell you once more.” Armando, he lies, has been putting him up for a bit because she kicked him out of the hacienda, duh. Gabi grovels and forces herself to stammer out her need to be forgiven.
Feo is really enjoying this little scene; he knows exactly which of her buttons to push. He now feigns frustration, saying that she wouldn’t believe him unless it came from Raquel. He says he considers themselves like “husband and wife”, but he’s been too offended by her actions. She begs him repeatedly to come back and to forget everything she told him. He refuses and rubs her face in it. “I could have made you very happy, but you prefer living life full of bitterness.” No, he has his dignity. So, their little relationship is caput. “Go away. Get out and don’t ever bother to come looking for me again!” He pushes her toward the door –and, for once the b!tch is actually speechless. In fact, it’s all she can do to drag herself forlornly through it. As she leaves he snickers to himself that he told her she was going to suffer and suffer she will. “She’ll come crawling to my feet begging for me to come back. Ha!” His thoughts then return to the business at hand: getting rid of that nuisance, Anselmo, once and for all.
Speaking of which, across town in the little clinic Rosario wakes up to find Anselmo staring at her from the foot of the bed. “It can’t be! You’re dead! You’re supposed to be dead!” No, Anselmo tells her, he is alive and he’s escaped and come back to be with her and their little boy. (Now, just how that is supposed to work with the authorities hot on his trail, I don’t think Anselmo, who has got a bit of a short in his chandelier, has quite figured out.) Rosario, though, wants no part of it or him. She yells at him for taking advantage of her innocence and gullibility by tricking her into doing bad things that have cost her dearly ever since, especially suffering over her son. He tells her he is sorry and that he really wants to make it up to her, but she refuses and says she doesn’t love him any longer. He begs her again in the name of their son. “Forgive me and give me another chance. Do it for our son.”
Rosario has moved on. She tells Anselmo that it’s time he knows the truth: Luisito is not his son. He is Fernando’s! Even a half-wit like Anselmo, whose cabeza [head] is minus more than just his cabello [hair] knows what this means. Rosario quickly and tearfully explains that the night they took him off to prison Fernando raped her and she got pregnant. Anselmo’s eyes suddenly are shining yellow like he just might be related to Rosemary’s devil baby and 'murder most foul' is the only thing that the enraged and brainless brute can think about.
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Across town at the bakery, Quintina’s sister, Hortensia, is still suffering from hoof-in-mouth disease. She has quickly run in to return the repaired picture of Libia to Juan. She tells him that Quntina had been hiding it from Sofia. On cue Sofia shows up asking to see what it is they’re hiding from her. Hortensia, after removing her foot from her mouth, slinks out leaving Juan in the lurch. Juan tells Sofia that it’s better if he shows her something first and they head out for Libia’s grave site.
When Juan and Sofia arrive at the grave she tells him she remembers the place from the night she ran in there to get out of the storm. It was when they first met and she never quite understood why he became so furious with her when he found her there. He explains that it is his sister’s grave and they come there whenever they’re troubled because they believe somehow that she will be able to help them solve their problems. He was upset that night because at the time he still thought she was his enemy. Sofia wants him to explain what he means, but he refuses repeatedly because he says he will surely lose her forever if he does. She tries to assure him she won’t (which can only mean their relationship is certainly doomed). She says she’s told him a thousand times she will love him forever and always and that he will never lose her. Juan, she says, has got to trust her enough to confide in her about what is behind all this secrecy.
Oscar shows up about then and stops just outside the entrance to the cave when he sees Sofia there. He listens off to the side while Juan tells Sofia his reasons. In another two hanky scene Juan tells Sofia that as children they were constantly running, in fear for their lives, from their parents’ murderers. He carries that fear with him still and that’s why he’s been so protective of them all. He says he’d gladly give his life without a single complaint to save any one of them. He remembers chasing after his two younger brothers who were so exhausting running around like little devils everywhere; but his little sister was as special as they come, and as delicate. She stole their hearts from the moment she began to crawl. He breaks down and tearfully says he can’t understand why God took her from them. Anyway, the night he learned she’d died he became filled with hate at life.
Even after they found refuge with that charitable woman who taught them about bread, Juan continues, he realized his parents’ murderers were still looking for them and they had to flee again. He provided for them all by doing odd jobs here and there. He was charged with protecting them. However, he feels in the end he failed. He failed with his sister and now with Franco. He blames himself for what has happened to them. Oscar can’t stand it anymore (neither can I after hearing it for the umpteenth time). He runs into the cave (Hel-lo?) and tells Juan he’s not to blame, not at all. (Note: Libia must agree since just then the flower starts glowing above them.) Oscar says nobody should dare reproach Juan. He’s given his all and the best of himself. Life will reward him for it and he should be happy here with the woman he loves and the child they’re expecting together.
Sofia and the two of them begin to pray to their “sainted” sister to help Franco and to protect them all. The little flower glows and tinkles again. Libia is definitely on board with this and will no doubt give it her all from the great beyond
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Back at the Bad Love, meanwhile, in the hallway Armando unexpectedly runs into Anselmo who is on his way to pay his murderous respects to Fernando. Addle-brained Anselmo realizes instinctively that Armando has been Fer’s accomplice in the abusive treatment of Rosario all these long years and he attacks him. He begins to choke Manny, who manages eventually, to squeeze out enough of an accusation against Fernando to make Anselmo stop and pay attention. Manny swears to Anselmo that Feo was never his friend; he betrayed him and was the one that got him sent away to prison.
Back at the sainted Libia’s graveside Juan, Sofia and Oscar finish praying and Oscar tells them he was on his way to talk to Juan after “discussing” things with little sis here. He’s a bit embarrassed to mention it in front of Sofia but has no choice and says it’s his MIL. Gabi has been constantly humiliating him and the latest was because he didn’t know anything about growing chile peppers. Quite conveniently both Juan and Sofia know how to raise a proper crop of chiles and they hike over to the hacienda to check out the field and begin teaching him what they know.
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Back in town at the Bad Love Anselmo barges into Fer’s office and finds Fernando chomping on another cheroot. He gives Fer a (most satisfying and long overdue) beating for the way he lied, betrayed him to the cops, and continually raped Rosario. He tells Fer he also found out that Luisito is not his son at all but Fernando’s! Anselmo then pulls a gun on him and is ready to shoot him dead. Alas our joy at seeing Fernando get another bloody bruising is short-lived as, unfortunately, Anselmo hesitates and Fer is able to wrestle the gun out of his hands. Fernando immediately shoots Anselmo in the heart –or close enough-- and after taking a few too many labored and (according to the hubster, unrealistic) additional seconds to stumble around the office and curse Feo, he drops to the floor and breathes his last.
Fernando smirks triumphantly as he looks over at his handiwork. A second later Eva barges in looking for somebody and realizes Anselmo is lying on the floor there near her feet and has assumed room temperature. She screams at Fernando, “Murderer! Murderer!” Fer stares over at her and then looks away, apparently rather blasé about it all.
Meanwhile, Juan, Oscar and Sofia have made it over to the chile fields. Juan looks around and suddenly spies an old oak tree with initials carved into it. It’s their old oak tree, the one with the same FR emblem carved into it. He calls Oscar over and whispers to him it’s the old tree with the same emblem as the one on their old trunk. Their father carved it out years ago when they were boys. Juan wonders what their land is doing inside of Elizondo land. Sofia sees the fuss and he rather awkwardly accuses her father of being their parents’ murderer.
Sofia warns him not to make such accusations without a single bit of proof because even if it were so and he were capable of such a thing –which she clearly states he was not—that would change their relationship completely. Any slander against her daddy is slander against her and her family. Oscar then insists there has to be some other explanation so Juan apologizes, Sofia accepts and they’re off to find Augie since he’s the only one they can trust who would have an explanation.
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Back again in Fernando’s office, Fer shed’s crocodile tears and swears to Eva that it was a matter of self-defense. He was defending (sniff) Rosario (sniff) and her little boy from being carried off with this dangerous escaped criminal! Armando rushes in just then and sees Anselmo laid out on the floor. He tells Fernando that he will have to turn himself in to the authorities. Fernando swears again he killed him in self-defense when he attacked him. Eva doesn’t say another word, just grabs her purse and races out of the office. When she’s gone Armando asks what really happened in there. Feo tells Manny that Anselmo was like a crazy man and all over him, accusing him of taking advantage of Rosario and even of (Gasp!) persecuting her. Then Feo turns and looks directly at Manny and in an accusatory voice says, “He also accused me of betraying him and said I was to blame for him being in jail….” Armando gets a sheepish look on his face and says it wasn’t him. He never even spoke to the guy. “M-m-maybe it was Rosario!” he stutters. “Whoever it was,” Fernando threatens, “I’m going to find out and they will pay for it!”
Then, on a lighter note, Fernando figures that the one good thing to come out of all of this is there is one less hassle now that they’re shed of the sorry SOB. “Anyway, nobody will be able to accuse me of anything. The guy’s a fugitive. Oh, though, one thing he told me did get me thinking.” “—Yeah, what?” “—Anselmo told me Rosario’s little boy wasn’t his.” “—Whose then?” Fernando steps over the body and sinks into the couch and in a deliberate show of contempt, he puts his boots on Anselmo's lifeless torso like a footrest. “He assured me that he’s mine! The boy is mine!” Armando is slack-jaw impactado from this little bombshell.
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Oscar, Juan and Sofia are now at Augie’s. They are at the table and he is showing them the two maps he has of the property lines. One is Juan’s of the original under the Robles’ ownership. The other is the last one Augie and Bernardo had ordered done so they could determine boundary lines. Neither one, he says, shows the area of land that the tree lies in. That land was acquired without either his or Bernardo’s knowledge. Augie had investigated its origin and found it belonged to a family named “Robles.” Oscar asks him if he is sure about this, and Aguie replies that he is very certain. Juan admits to Sofia and her granddad then that they are those Robles’ and that their true name is Robles-Reyes. Confused, Augie says he thought their name was Reyes. Juan explains that Reyes is his mother’s family’s name and they used it so their parents’ murderers couldn’t track them and kill them too.
Oscar asks then if their land wasn’t part of the Hacienda San Augustin’s property, how does it happen that it really is? Augie answers that ownership went from the Robles-Reyes to the Uribe’s, and then to the Elizondo’s. It’s something that apparently Gabi acquired in exchange for something else that she hasn’t wanted to explain to him. Juan’s first idea is to rush off and demand answers from her, but Sofia tells him to wait. It would be better if she and Augie do the asking. Augie agrees saying that you don’t win a war without strategic planning. Impulsiveness will get them nowhere fast and, knowing Gabriela, she is never going to tell the two of them anything. Just let him and Sofia investigate and determine Gabi’s role in all of this. In the meantime they need to question Raquel Uribe. Given the circumstances, she’s got no justification at all for hiding the truth.
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Along the way, while galloping to the Uribe estate, Juan tells Oscar that it seems Widow Elizondo again is the enemy and Bernardo as well. Oscar isn’t so sure about Bernardo because he feels the old guy really did love Libia. Juan disagrees because Bernardo lied and never told them he was married. Oscar answers that they’ve lied to his three daughters too, but it doesn’t necessarily mean they might not love them. Juan admits he has a point and that then once more love must be put ahead of vengeance. He worries, though, that this could cause a huge rift between him and Sofia. Oscar says it would now be God’s doing and reminds him he’s always told them they’re marked by Fate. Juan, resolute, answers that first they will get answers from Raquel Uribe and afterwards from Gabriela Elizondo!
As for Gabi, she’s in her bedroom weeping and wailing for her Fernando to come back to her. It is going to be a while, though, if he ever does, since at that very instant he is being hauled away in handcuffs by the local constable, aka, sheriff. Fernando tells the sheriff that it was self-defense against a fugitive of the law. He can check at the prison himself. The sheriff says he intends to, but in the meantime Fernando is going to be behind bars. As they head out the door Fernando throws a meaningful look over at Armando. Once they’re gone, though, Manny shuts the office door and breaks out laughing. “You really screwed the pooch this time, Fernando! Me? I’m the one left in charge of all of this. Now I’m the patron and you will pay for all the humiliation you’ve caused me. Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!”
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Juan and Oscar arrive at the Uribe estate. Juan takes one look around at the main house and his surroundings and knows immediately that it is their old hacienda and their lost land. The two swear to get it all back because “The Reyes’ have returned and no one will be able to grab their land from them this time!”
Inside the hacienda the two demand answers from Raquel, who hems and haws and says she doesn’t know a thing about any of it. Her husband bought the property from the old owners, but sadly, she never found out who they were. When her husband gets back into the country from his business trip she’ll let him know they want to speak with him. This is not what Juan wants to hear. Oscar asks Raqui then what she knows about the deal made with Gabriela Elizondo and what was given in exchange for that property? She’s rattled for only a second before becoming enraged to hear such impertinent questions in her own house. (Now I’ve never understood why it matters where an impertinent question is asked, inside or out. Rude is rude and a question is still a question.) She yells at them that they have no right to interrogate her this way, but Juan objects and says they have every right. All this land was Robles property and they are the Robles.
Raqui’s raccoon eyes are like saucers now. This little revelation has her impactada and gasping for breath. (Wow! Two body slammers all in the same day!) Oscar adds, “Yeah, what do you know? Our parents were murdered for that land. So, you’re wrong and yes, we have EVERY right.” Raqui plays dumb and insists they’ll just have to wait for her husband to return from his trip. “Get out of my house now! Just leave already!” she screams at them. Juan tells her they’re leaving but rest assured they’ll be back because the estate and all this land belong to them. They are going to get it back whatever the cost!
Meanwhile, Sofia and Augie have Gabi cornered in her office at the hacienda. Gabi tries to deflect their questions by insulting Sofia. She tells her she is dead to her. “Your presence sullies the honor of this sacred home. (That’s rich.) Get out and never come back because I cannot stand to even look at you, nor (with a look at Augie) at you either.” Augie tells her not to think it’s any great shakes having to see her mug either, but they’re there bothering her because they have to clarify just what deal she struck with Raquel Uribe in exchange for the lands at the back end of the property, those that border along the Uribe’s land. Gabi tries shooing them away again and says she’s got no reason to say a thing to them, so get out and do not come back there again.
Sofia shows a little backbone and demands an answer from her mother. “You will have to tell us first why the lands that belong to the Robles are now part of this estate, and above all, because the Reyes’ parents were murdered in order to strip them of it! Their name is actually Robles-Reyes!” Gabi knits her brow betraying just a bit of unease at this new revelation. It would seem that life has suddenly become somewhat more complicated for the Widow Elizondo.
As we begin Augie rolls himself into the front hallway of the hacienda yelling at Gabriela about why she is enjoying tormenting Sofia about her origin. “Just what are you after?” he asks her. She avoids answering by saying she’s not after anything but the truth. (Huh? Chalk this up to crappy writing cuz I’m as confused as Augie is. She’s not after the truth; she’s hinting at the truth to vex the two of them.) Augie wants to know what ‘truth’ she’s babbling about. Gabi throws out another irksome riddle, “--One that’s very painful and which neither of you wants to know." Just then Raquel, the White Witch, appears at the doorway and says she has an urgent need to speak with her. Augie turns around and tells Raquel that if she came to rat on him for coming over to her place she can speak freely in front of him and then the three of them can clear up just what service she performed for Gabi that she would pay her for it with valuable Robles property. Both women raise their eyebrows.
Raqui begs off and tells Gabi that she of course told Augie it was too delicate a topic and that Gabriela should be the one to tell him if she wanted. Gabi tells her dad it’s none of his business, but Augie says it darned well is since he’s the owner of the property. Gabi deflects and parries by saying then perhaps he might be grateful for the way his fortune has increased and stop annoying her because right now she and Raqui have more important things to discuss. As she and Raquel walk off and leave him to stew he pulls out a piece of paper and a pen that he’s hidden and begins to write something down.
Once they’re in her office, Gabi gripes at Raqui for having such a big mouth but Raqui says she never said a thing to her father about this and doesn’t know how he got wind of it. Gabi should check it out herself if she wants to know. Gabi says she plans to investigate the whole thing and then she immediately changes the subject. The cat claws come out. “So why’d you come here? To look for Fernando?” Raqui denies anything is going on with her and Fernando. She’s a married woman after all. “Besides it wasn’t I who was in the restaurant in downtown Puebla and who was smooching him without a shred of decency in front of everybody.”
Gabi’s got no choice and decides she’ll tell Raquel the truth –the way she sees it at least. Raqui’s raccoon eyes get even rounder as Gabi reveals she’s got a thing for her son-in-law. “Oh don’t be shocked! You know very well that despite still being Sofia’s husband, nothing ever happened between Sofia and him. She always despised him and she caused him so much grief and pain.”
Raqui, who is about as ready for a good shower as the rest of us about now, wisely keeps mum about said suffering SIL hitting on her lonely rich self just a couple of days ago. Gabi prattles on about how they have a right to be happy, that she’s protected him (yep, he’s been her “protegé” all right) and he has dedicated himself to caring for her. She drones on about how she’s given him a lot and now he’s obligated to respect her and to be faithful. (What, like a dog or maybe her sex slave?) That was why when Raqui approached them the other day at the table she immediately thought there was something between the two of them. Raqui denies again that there is or was anything between them and emphasizes that there never will be. She reminds Gabi that she is a married woman and they both know her husband’s personality. She would be crazy to cheat on him (and to get caught, as she conveniently leaves out). He’d kill her.
Raqui takes out her own claws now. Anyway, the only reason she approached Gabi and Fernando, she says, was because she was so shocked to see Gabi acting like some kind of… floozy. Gabi tells Raquel to shut up and just forget what she saw. She has explained what is going on and the two of them have agreed to join the two families, so now they’ve got to force Benito and Sarita to marry each other. Raqui laughs a little and says well, she’d love to pacify her husband that way especially after that nasty fiasco, but she is not sure he’d be interested in being related to a woman who is fooling around with her son-in-law!” (Meeooowww! R-r-ro-o-ow-w-w-l!)) Gabi hauls off and smacks Raqui up the side of the head. “Shut up you damned b!tch!”
Raqui is smarting from the pain but only gives Gabriela a verbal warning never to hit her again. She goes for the raw threat instead: “You and I have a secret and if I tell it to your father it would be your everlasting hell!” (White Witch has spoken.) Raquel turns on her heel and races out. Crabi is oblivious to this threat and thinks only about how Fernando had been telling her the truth all along and that she misjudged him. She worries about what she can do to repair the rift.
As for Fernando, he is sitting in his chair in the office of the Bad Love Bar puffing away on his cheroot, telling himself that he cannot allow Anselmo to take his golden goose, Rosario, with him to parts unknown. He gets up and starts for the door as Gabi enters. He is impactado to think she’d deign to show her face let alone come looking for him there. She takes one look around the room, sniffs and asks him why he’s still involved in this business. Fer gets a kick playing the offended lover. “Again with the explanations! You think the whole world is your property! Ok. I’ll tell you once more.” Armando, he lies, has been putting him up for a bit because she kicked him out of the hacienda, duh. Gabi grovels and forces herself to stammer out her need to be forgiven.
Feo is really enjoying this little scene; he knows exactly which of her buttons to push. He now feigns frustration, saying that she wouldn’t believe him unless it came from Raquel. He says he considers themselves like “husband and wife”, but he’s been too offended by her actions. She begs him repeatedly to come back and to forget everything she told him. He refuses and rubs her face in it. “I could have made you very happy, but you prefer living life full of bitterness.” No, he has his dignity. So, their little relationship is caput. “Go away. Get out and don’t ever bother to come looking for me again!” He pushes her toward the door –and, for once the b!tch is actually speechless. In fact, it’s all she can do to drag herself forlornly through it. As she leaves he snickers to himself that he told her she was going to suffer and suffer she will. “She’ll come crawling to my feet begging for me to come back. Ha!” His thoughts then return to the business at hand: getting rid of that nuisance, Anselmo, once and for all.
Speaking of which, across town in the little clinic Rosario wakes up to find Anselmo staring at her from the foot of the bed. “It can’t be! You’re dead! You’re supposed to be dead!” No, Anselmo tells her, he is alive and he’s escaped and come back to be with her and their little boy. (Now, just how that is supposed to work with the authorities hot on his trail, I don’t think Anselmo, who has got a bit of a short in his chandelier, has quite figured out.) Rosario, though, wants no part of it or him. She yells at him for taking advantage of her innocence and gullibility by tricking her into doing bad things that have cost her dearly ever since, especially suffering over her son. He tells her he is sorry and that he really wants to make it up to her, but she refuses and says she doesn’t love him any longer. He begs her again in the name of their son. “Forgive me and give me another chance. Do it for our son.”
Rosario has moved on. She tells Anselmo that it’s time he knows the truth: Luisito is not his son. He is Fernando’s! Even a half-wit like Anselmo, whose cabeza [head] is minus more than just his cabello [hair] knows what this means. Rosario quickly and tearfully explains that the night they took him off to prison Fernando raped her and she got pregnant. Anselmo’s eyes suddenly are shining yellow like he just might be related to Rosemary’s devil baby and 'murder most foul' is the only thing that the enraged and brainless brute can think about.
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Across town at the bakery, Quintina’s sister, Hortensia, is still suffering from hoof-in-mouth disease. She has quickly run in to return the repaired picture of Libia to Juan. She tells him that Quntina had been hiding it from Sofia. On cue Sofia shows up asking to see what it is they’re hiding from her. Hortensia, after removing her foot from her mouth, slinks out leaving Juan in the lurch. Juan tells Sofia that it’s better if he shows her something first and they head out for Libia’s grave site.
When Juan and Sofia arrive at the grave she tells him she remembers the place from the night she ran in there to get out of the storm. It was when they first met and she never quite understood why he became so furious with her when he found her there. He explains that it is his sister’s grave and they come there whenever they’re troubled because they believe somehow that she will be able to help them solve their problems. He was upset that night because at the time he still thought she was his enemy. Sofia wants him to explain what he means, but he refuses repeatedly because he says he will surely lose her forever if he does. She tries to assure him she won’t (which can only mean their relationship is certainly doomed). She says she’s told him a thousand times she will love him forever and always and that he will never lose her. Juan, she says, has got to trust her enough to confide in her about what is behind all this secrecy.
Oscar shows up about then and stops just outside the entrance to the cave when he sees Sofia there. He listens off to the side while Juan tells Sofia his reasons. In another two hanky scene Juan tells Sofia that as children they were constantly running, in fear for their lives, from their parents’ murderers. He carries that fear with him still and that’s why he’s been so protective of them all. He says he’d gladly give his life without a single complaint to save any one of them. He remembers chasing after his two younger brothers who were so exhausting running around like little devils everywhere; but his little sister was as special as they come, and as delicate. She stole their hearts from the moment she began to crawl. He breaks down and tearfully says he can’t understand why God took her from them. Anyway, the night he learned she’d died he became filled with hate at life.
Even after they found refuge with that charitable woman who taught them about bread, Juan continues, he realized his parents’ murderers were still looking for them and they had to flee again. He provided for them all by doing odd jobs here and there. He was charged with protecting them. However, he feels in the end he failed. He failed with his sister and now with Franco. He blames himself for what has happened to them. Oscar can’t stand it anymore (neither can I after hearing it for the umpteenth time). He runs into the cave (Hel-lo?) and tells Juan he’s not to blame, not at all. (Note: Libia must agree since just then the flower starts glowing above them.) Oscar says nobody should dare reproach Juan. He’s given his all and the best of himself. Life will reward him for it and he should be happy here with the woman he loves and the child they’re expecting together.
Sofia and the two of them begin to pray to their “sainted” sister to help Franco and to protect them all. The little flower glows and tinkles again. Libia is definitely on board with this and will no doubt give it her all from the great beyond
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Back at the Bad Love, meanwhile, in the hallway Armando unexpectedly runs into Anselmo who is on his way to pay his murderous respects to Fernando. Addle-brained Anselmo realizes instinctively that Armando has been Fer’s accomplice in the abusive treatment of Rosario all these long years and he attacks him. He begins to choke Manny, who manages eventually, to squeeze out enough of an accusation against Fernando to make Anselmo stop and pay attention. Manny swears to Anselmo that Feo was never his friend; he betrayed him and was the one that got him sent away to prison.
Back at the sainted Libia’s graveside Juan, Sofia and Oscar finish praying and Oscar tells them he was on his way to talk to Juan after “discussing” things with little sis here. He’s a bit embarrassed to mention it in front of Sofia but has no choice and says it’s his MIL. Gabi has been constantly humiliating him and the latest was because he didn’t know anything about growing chile peppers. Quite conveniently both Juan and Sofia know how to raise a proper crop of chiles and they hike over to the hacienda to check out the field and begin teaching him what they know.
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Back in town at the Bad Love Anselmo barges into Fer’s office and finds Fernando chomping on another cheroot. He gives Fer a (most satisfying and long overdue) beating for the way he lied, betrayed him to the cops, and continually raped Rosario. He tells Fer he also found out that Luisito is not his son at all but Fernando’s! Anselmo then pulls a gun on him and is ready to shoot him dead. Alas our joy at seeing Fernando get another bloody bruising is short-lived as, unfortunately, Anselmo hesitates and Fer is able to wrestle the gun out of his hands. Fernando immediately shoots Anselmo in the heart –or close enough-- and after taking a few too many labored and (according to the hubster, unrealistic) additional seconds to stumble around the office and curse Feo, he drops to the floor and breathes his last.
Fernando smirks triumphantly as he looks over at his handiwork. A second later Eva barges in looking for somebody and realizes Anselmo is lying on the floor there near her feet and has assumed room temperature. She screams at Fernando, “Murderer! Murderer!” Fer stares over at her and then looks away, apparently rather blasé about it all.
Meanwhile, Juan, Oscar and Sofia have made it over to the chile fields. Juan looks around and suddenly spies an old oak tree with initials carved into it. It’s their old oak tree, the one with the same FR emblem carved into it. He calls Oscar over and whispers to him it’s the old tree with the same emblem as the one on their old trunk. Their father carved it out years ago when they were boys. Juan wonders what their land is doing inside of Elizondo land. Sofia sees the fuss and he rather awkwardly accuses her father of being their parents’ murderer.
Sofia warns him not to make such accusations without a single bit of proof because even if it were so and he were capable of such a thing –which she clearly states he was not—that would change their relationship completely. Any slander against her daddy is slander against her and her family. Oscar then insists there has to be some other explanation so Juan apologizes, Sofia accepts and they’re off to find Augie since he’s the only one they can trust who would have an explanation.
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Back again in Fernando’s office, Fer shed’s crocodile tears and swears to Eva that it was a matter of self-defense. He was defending (sniff) Rosario (sniff) and her little boy from being carried off with this dangerous escaped criminal! Armando rushes in just then and sees Anselmo laid out on the floor. He tells Fernando that he will have to turn himself in to the authorities. Fernando swears again he killed him in self-defense when he attacked him. Eva doesn’t say another word, just grabs her purse and races out of the office. When she’s gone Armando asks what really happened in there. Feo tells Manny that Anselmo was like a crazy man and all over him, accusing him of taking advantage of Rosario and even of (Gasp!) persecuting her. Then Feo turns and looks directly at Manny and in an accusatory voice says, “He also accused me of betraying him and said I was to blame for him being in jail….” Armando gets a sheepish look on his face and says it wasn’t him. He never even spoke to the guy. “M-m-maybe it was Rosario!” he stutters. “Whoever it was,” Fernando threatens, “I’m going to find out and they will pay for it!”
Then, on a lighter note, Fernando figures that the one good thing to come out of all of this is there is one less hassle now that they’re shed of the sorry SOB. “Anyway, nobody will be able to accuse me of anything. The guy’s a fugitive. Oh, though, one thing he told me did get me thinking.” “—Yeah, what?” “—Anselmo told me Rosario’s little boy wasn’t his.” “—Whose then?” Fernando steps over the body and sinks into the couch and in a deliberate show of contempt, he puts his boots on Anselmo's lifeless torso like a footrest. “He assured me that he’s mine! The boy is mine!” Armando is slack-jaw impactado from this little bombshell.
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Oscar, Juan and Sofia are now at Augie’s. They are at the table and he is showing them the two maps he has of the property lines. One is Juan’s of the original under the Robles’ ownership. The other is the last one Augie and Bernardo had ordered done so they could determine boundary lines. Neither one, he says, shows the area of land that the tree lies in. That land was acquired without either his or Bernardo’s knowledge. Augie had investigated its origin and found it belonged to a family named “Robles.” Oscar asks him if he is sure about this, and Aguie replies that he is very certain. Juan admits to Sofia and her granddad then that they are those Robles’ and that their true name is Robles-Reyes. Confused, Augie says he thought their name was Reyes. Juan explains that Reyes is his mother’s family’s name and they used it so their parents’ murderers couldn’t track them and kill them too.
Oscar asks then if their land wasn’t part of the Hacienda San Augustin’s property, how does it happen that it really is? Augie answers that ownership went from the Robles-Reyes to the Uribe’s, and then to the Elizondo’s. It’s something that apparently Gabi acquired in exchange for something else that she hasn’t wanted to explain to him. Juan’s first idea is to rush off and demand answers from her, but Sofia tells him to wait. It would be better if she and Augie do the asking. Augie agrees saying that you don’t win a war without strategic planning. Impulsiveness will get them nowhere fast and, knowing Gabriela, she is never going to tell the two of them anything. Just let him and Sofia investigate and determine Gabi’s role in all of this. In the meantime they need to question Raquel Uribe. Given the circumstances, she’s got no justification at all for hiding the truth.
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Along the way, while galloping to the Uribe estate, Juan tells Oscar that it seems Widow Elizondo again is the enemy and Bernardo as well. Oscar isn’t so sure about Bernardo because he feels the old guy really did love Libia. Juan disagrees because Bernardo lied and never told them he was married. Oscar answers that they’ve lied to his three daughters too, but it doesn’t necessarily mean they might not love them. Juan admits he has a point and that then once more love must be put ahead of vengeance. He worries, though, that this could cause a huge rift between him and Sofia. Oscar says it would now be God’s doing and reminds him he’s always told them they’re marked by Fate. Juan, resolute, answers that first they will get answers from Raquel Uribe and afterwards from Gabriela Elizondo!
As for Gabi, she’s in her bedroom weeping and wailing for her Fernando to come back to her. It is going to be a while, though, if he ever does, since at that very instant he is being hauled away in handcuffs by the local constable, aka, sheriff. Fernando tells the sheriff that it was self-defense against a fugitive of the law. He can check at the prison himself. The sheriff says he intends to, but in the meantime Fernando is going to be behind bars. As they head out the door Fernando throws a meaningful look over at Armando. Once they’re gone, though, Manny shuts the office door and breaks out laughing. “You really screwed the pooch this time, Fernando! Me? I’m the one left in charge of all of this. Now I’m the patron and you will pay for all the humiliation you’ve caused me. Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!”
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Juan and Oscar arrive at the Uribe estate. Juan takes one look around at the main house and his surroundings and knows immediately that it is their old hacienda and their lost land. The two swear to get it all back because “The Reyes’ have returned and no one will be able to grab their land from them this time!”
Inside the hacienda the two demand answers from Raquel, who hems and haws and says she doesn’t know a thing about any of it. Her husband bought the property from the old owners, but sadly, she never found out who they were. When her husband gets back into the country from his business trip she’ll let him know they want to speak with him. This is not what Juan wants to hear. Oscar asks Raqui then what she knows about the deal made with Gabriela Elizondo and what was given in exchange for that property? She’s rattled for only a second before becoming enraged to hear such impertinent questions in her own house. (Now I’ve never understood why it matters where an impertinent question is asked, inside or out. Rude is rude and a question is still a question.) She yells at them that they have no right to interrogate her this way, but Juan objects and says they have every right. All this land was Robles property and they are the Robles.
Raqui’s raccoon eyes are like saucers now. This little revelation has her impactada and gasping for breath. (Wow! Two body slammers all in the same day!) Oscar adds, “Yeah, what do you know? Our parents were murdered for that land. So, you’re wrong and yes, we have EVERY right.” Raqui plays dumb and insists they’ll just have to wait for her husband to return from his trip. “Get out of my house now! Just leave already!” she screams at them. Juan tells her they’re leaving but rest assured they’ll be back because the estate and all this land belong to them. They are going to get it back whatever the cost!
Meanwhile, Sofia and Augie have Gabi cornered in her office at the hacienda. Gabi tries to deflect their questions by insulting Sofia. She tells her she is dead to her. “Your presence sullies the honor of this sacred home. (That’s rich.) Get out and never come back because I cannot stand to even look at you, nor (with a look at Augie) at you either.” Augie tells her not to think it’s any great shakes having to see her mug either, but they’re there bothering her because they have to clarify just what deal she struck with Raquel Uribe in exchange for the lands at the back end of the property, those that border along the Uribe’s land. Gabi tries shooing them away again and says she’s got no reason to say a thing to them, so get out and do not come back there again.
Sofia shows a little backbone and demands an answer from her mother. “You will have to tell us first why the lands that belong to the Robles are now part of this estate, and above all, because the Reyes’ parents were murdered in order to strip them of it! Their name is actually Robles-Reyes!” Gabi knits her brow betraying just a bit of unease at this new revelation. It would seem that life has suddenly become somewhat more complicated for the Widow Elizondo.
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Excellent recap. I liked the Fuego en los Ojos bit , just in case we didn't realize the guy was miffed. Anyone else starting to realize that Oscar is the smart Reyes?( Kind of like realizing that Kevin Federline is the better parent.) A sad day. There went Juan jumping into the proverbial deep end without his floaties. "Bernardo Elizondo is the muderer of my parents!!" Not a shred of evidence.Doh.mhm
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: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 5:38:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 5:38:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the excellent recap, Jardinera. OVerall it seemed like the usual blah blah blah episode, but a lot of stuff really happened that was impactante.
Gosh, poor Anselmo only lasted two episodes. I despise Fer for putting his feet on that guy's chest after he killed him. Welp, I despise Fer no matter what. I'm still hoping for a slow, painful death for him.
Looks like Pedro had the night off, last night. I've decided his last name must be Luche, as in P. Luche. ;-)
Rosario really looks pretty without all that makeup. I'm still hoping she'll hook up with Pedro and leave town with him, for her own good.
Why aren't these people suffering from dehydration due to all that crying??? Puffs and/or Kleenex have missed a wonderful(!) product placement opportunity.
It was nice to see Libia's little flower blink-glow a couple of times, as if it was saying "hey, y'all" The batteries are definitely running low, though, since it doesn't glow as much.
doris
Gosh, poor Anselmo only lasted two episodes. I despise Fer for putting his feet on that guy's chest after he killed him. Welp, I despise Fer no matter what. I'm still hoping for a slow, painful death for him.
Looks like Pedro had the night off, last night. I've decided his last name must be Luche, as in P. Luche. ;-)
Rosario really looks pretty without all that makeup. I'm still hoping she'll hook up with Pedro and leave town with him, for her own good.
Why aren't these people suffering from dehydration due to all that crying??? Puffs and/or Kleenex have missed a wonderful(!) product placement opportunity.
It was nice to see Libia's little flower blink-glow a couple of times, as if it was saying "hey, y'all" The batteries are definitely running low, though, since it doesn't glow as much.
doris
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:27:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:27:00 PM EDT
Thanks for excellent recap, Cakes! I will try to savor it at length over the weekend while awaiting Monday nite episode.
Was hoping that Anselmo would be around for awhile, he was an interesting character and had lots of potential for the "villain with a heart of gold", one of my favorite types. Too bad he's gone.
Has anyone noticed those goofy flying silver spurs they have started using to segue from one scene to another? Woo-hoooo!
"Creemelo"
Was hoping that Anselmo would be around for awhile, he was an interesting character and had lots of potential for the "villain with a heart of gold", one of my favorite types. Too bad he's gone.
Has anyone noticed those goofy flying silver spurs they have started using to segue from one scene to another? Woo-hoooo!
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:39:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:39:00 PM EDT
Anyone notice that when Armando put on Feonando's black hat, he did the same little showy twisting of the hat before putting it on his head. Pretty funny. God, just to think we have to wait MONTHS to see Feo get his just desserts.
While surfing earlier today I found supposedly Yanez' web site which said something about the Fuego en La Sangre gira beginning in Hidalgo, Texas the 29th and 30th, as I remember of August.
And, I agree, way too little Anselmo. LOVE the huge Rosario on his arm and I agree with, I think, Beckster, who was also taken with his bad boy, prison charisma!
While surfing earlier today I found supposedly Yanez' web site which said something about the Fuego en La Sangre gira beginning in Hidalgo, Texas the 29th and 30th, as I remember of August.
And, I agree, way too little Anselmo. LOVE the huge Rosario on his arm and I agree with, I think, Beckster, who was also taken with his bad boy, prison charisma!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:46:00 PM EDT
Beckster was indeed taken with the bad boy, I have seen this guy in numerous TNovelas, he could be reformed and while he was not that bright, he had me at radioactive eyes. Sung to the tune of "Bette Davis Eyes".
Now then, I have another question...Young Juan was responsible for Juan plus the three younger sibs. Now Juan was like ten at the most, granted a big headed ten, but still. How did a ten year old kid support 3 sibs without adult help? In mexico someone might take in a kid, but four? Well okay in the land of Brigadoon I guess some Bonnie Couple might take four little plaid kids in, but they lead us to believe they were constantly on the move.
Seriously with the particle excelerated in France this summer we will have the answers to the Big Bang, well before we ever solve the problems of Brigadoon.
I did love Crabi and her lamenting bad love...jeez I hugged a pillow and cried the same way..yeah when I found out John liked another girl. However I pulled myself together and went on to the eighth grade...Jeez, as rich as she is, she could Cougar it up and get a guy who at least pretends like he likes her.
Now then, I have another question...Young Juan was responsible for Juan plus the three younger sibs. Now Juan was like ten at the most, granted a big headed ten, but still. How did a ten year old kid support 3 sibs without adult help? In mexico someone might take in a kid, but four? Well okay in the land of Brigadoon I guess some Bonnie Couple might take four little plaid kids in, but they lead us to believe they were constantly on the move.
Seriously with the particle excelerated in France this summer we will have the answers to the Big Bang, well before we ever solve the problems of Brigadoon.
I did love Crabi and her lamenting bad love...jeez I hugged a pillow and cried the same way..yeah when I found out John liked another girl. However I pulled myself together and went on to the eighth grade...Jeez, as rich as she is, she could Cougar it up and get a guy who at least pretends like he likes her.
Little Juan certainly didn't manage too flee very far with his sibs. Isn't he still in the same community after 20 years?
Also Doris is right, they do not sell tissues or hankies in this remote region of Mexico. We know hygiene is not on the top of the list for the FELS makers.
Funny recap and thanks, Jardinera and loved mhm's Kevin Federline comment.
G in CA
Also Doris is right, they do not sell tissues or hankies in this remote region of Mexico. We know hygiene is not on the top of the list for the FELS makers.
Funny recap and thanks, Jardinera and loved mhm's Kevin Federline comment.
G in CA
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 7:45:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 7:45:00 PM EDT
I had a feeling that Anselmo would not last but did not think he would only last 2 episodes.
Gabriela treats no one with respect. Even her fellow haciendera Raquel. What a slap!
Oh and i kinda like the flying saucer spurs. ;)
Ibarramedia
Gabriela treats no one with respect. Even her fellow haciendera Raquel. What a slap!
Oh and i kinda like the flying saucer spurs. ;)
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 7:58:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 7:58:00 PM EDT
Armando is pretty funny, thinking he's finally defeated Ferd. As if. I thought this episode was great, several revelations, a murder, and Juan ALMOST told Sofia his secret. I can just see Sofia, after they get back home, saying, "what a long day, Juan, and we learned a lot about your family lands. But what about that picture Hortensia was hiding?".
So now that Ferd is Luisito's father, he's sort of Eva's son in law, and sort of Sofia's half-brother in law (and her husband). Or, if Eva is not Rosario's mother, maybe Gabi is. So he'd be sleeping with the grandmother of his child!
So now that Ferd is Luisito's father, he's sort of Eva's son in law, and sort of Sofia's half-brother in law (and her husband). Or, if Eva is not Rosario's mother, maybe Gabi is. So he'd be sleeping with the grandmother of his child!
hombre
That would indeed be squeeky in any other community but alas..
There is always room for one more..
That would indeed be squeeky in any other community but alas..
There is always room for one more..
Great 'cap, cakes, thank you. kinda wacky episode. New silly segue (those were spurs-huh?). and loved the fire in soon-to-be dead Anselmo's eyes. Juan's instsnt jump to judgement at seeing some initials ina tree's bark, and accusation of Sofia's father- sheesh-gimme a break hothead. He'd better come clean with her soon, or I'll lose patience with him myself...Where was the grim reaper's shadow when someone really was gonna die? Slacker..Why do suppose that they deliberately showed us Eva picking up her purse? At least Libia's Evereadys still have some juice, I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to guide juan anymore, and that he would fly off the handle or something and really screw something up.. And the puzzling over the maps- on Juan's it shows it this way, over on the newer one, it's like the land was just swallowed up by some force and doesn't exist anymore. Maybe that is the true answer to all the wierd stuff that happens around here- Serdanite in the soils,or something warps everything- personalities, space, time, distance, reality, common sense, uncommon sense. I'm gonna have to check this place out sometime when I need some answers, maybe visit Libia's tumb...
Thanks, Cakes *** I'm going to miss Anselmo [Manuel Landete who was on ''Bailando por la boda de su suenos [?] and is a sweetheart of a guy and a terrific dancer with great shoulders]...que lastima . Ferd has skillz : seduction, harrassment, deceit, murder. He is totally wicked sick ...putting his feet on poor dead Anselmo's chest. Now that's cold. I did enjoy watching him make Crabiella grovel and beg...geez pleaaassse , have a little dignity . I guess a few noches de amor with Ferd have made Crabby addicted to loooove. [I am feeling a little queasy just thinking about those two doing the nasty.] And Juan...here we go again ...you have some 'splaining to do to your princesa.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 9:32:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 9:32:00 PM EDT
I guess it was expecting too much to have two neat guys introduced the same week. I was hoping to see some more of Anselmo! I never even got a chance to recap the guy!
I hope Pedro lasts a little longer!
I hope Pedro lasts a little longer!
Hi, Novelera, yes the Esmas website says that the Hermanos Reyes singing show will start August 29 in McAllen Texas, quoted from Salvador Mejia.
Oooh it was sad to lose Anselmo Cruz immediately like that -- and that rathat Feo killed him so easily it was distressing -- after all, Anselmo was supposed to be a bigtime Bad Guy, right? Besides he had that HUGE R O S A R I O tattoo all down his A R M. Thought we would see more interaction with her too.
I was kind of hoping Anselmo would give Feo a run for his money and chase him around out into the field where the Coyote could pop up and help chase Feo around too.
PanQue
Oooh it was sad to lose Anselmo Cruz immediately like that -- and that rathat Feo killed him so easily it was distressing -- after all, Anselmo was supposed to be a bigtime Bad Guy, right? Besides he had that HUGE R O S A R I O tattoo all down his A R M. Thought we would see more interaction with her too.
I was kind of hoping Anselmo would give Feo a run for his money and chase him around out into the field where the Coyote could pop up and help chase Feo around too.
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:30:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:30:00 AM EDT
ps to Paula, yes the valle de Puebla is known for its veggies -- people say that "english" veggies are grown there -- they mean lettuce, broccoli, other vegs that we have here commonly. This kind of veg is still considered new.
But even with all that extensive agriculture, there are still those burros pulling the carts, amazing isn't it. and whenever there are those overpasses you can see burros with carts crossing over the freeway, such a juxtaposition of images.
Thanks for the comment to me about burros a couple days back. I really do like burros, they are so soft and calm usually, have liked them since I was a small child.
PanQue
But even with all that extensive agriculture, there are still those burros pulling the carts, amazing isn't it. and whenever there are those overpasses you can see burros with carts crossing over the freeway, such a juxtaposition of images.
Thanks for the comment to me about burros a couple days back. I really do like burros, they are so soft and calm usually, have liked them since I was a small child.
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:34:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 1:34:00 AM EDT
Manuel Landete was in Rubi and Barreras de Amor and probably a dozen other noveas. He's one of my favorites. His son is the young actor Imanol.
I, too,loved ref to Kevin Federline. Gosh, this blog surpasses the novela in the humor department. Also liked the P. Luche, although Pedro and much of the rest of the cast went missing on Friday. It was a weirdly edited episode.
The Reyes on tour. How do we get ourselves to that one? Who sings in this group: Ninel (always entertaining), Pablo Montero (mostly off key during the novela), Eduardo Capetillo (on-key with the orchestra) and Niurka. Could be interesting!
Thanks, all, for the great recaps and comments.
I, too,loved ref to Kevin Federline. Gosh, this blog surpasses the novela in the humor department. Also liked the P. Luche, although Pedro and much of the rest of the cast went missing on Friday. It was a weirdly edited episode.
The Reyes on tour. How do we get ourselves to that one? Who sings in this group: Ninel (always entertaining), Pablo Montero (mostly off key during the novela), Eduardo Capetillo (on-key with the orchestra) and Niurka. Could be interesting!
Thanks, all, for the great recaps and comments.
Fantastic recap, comadre cakes! LoL - 'assumed room temperature' and enjoyed seeing Crabi 'suffer' her loss.
Geez, I was disappointed that Anselmo didn't get a few more smacks in before he went yonder. He should have done more punching and then talked to Furd about it. His visit was way too short.
And, Crabi gets another smack in, while Raquel just stands there and takes it...
jb
Geez, I was disappointed that Anselmo didn't get a few more smacks in before he went yonder. He should have done more punching and then talked to Furd about it. His visit was way too short.
And, Crabi gets another smack in, while Raquel just stands there and takes it...
jb
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:53:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:53:00 AM EDT
Re. who killed juans parents- they showed how juan saw a snake on the lower back of the murderer. Fern has the same marking. Maybe he killed the parents. Maybe he was a teenage gangster and was robbing the house with his friends???
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:19:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:19:00 AM EDT
Re: the snake, Feo has a snake tattoo on his back which matches the belt buckle of the laughing murderer. Juan only remembers the belt buckle man and Sofia only remembers the tattoo. Neither one saw the faces of the rapist or the murderers.
The snake could be a family emblem. Fern's family is dead and its fortunes are gone ("casa muerte") and that is why he sought out Bernardo for a job of "position" and was later allowed to marry Sofia after her rape. --Or the snake could be a type of mob/syndicate emblem.
The snake could be a family emblem. Fern's family is dead and its fortunes are gone ("casa muerte") and that is why he sought out Bernardo for a job of "position" and was later allowed to marry Sofia after her rape. --Or the snake could be a type of mob/syndicate emblem.
Anon 11:19 Juan saw a snake belt buckle. There was a snake tattoo on the back of the rapist of Sofia. Who we now know is Fernando.As this is a novella there must be a connection.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:38:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:38:00 AM EDT
Shout out to Margarita! Thanks for the heads up on "Dona Barbara" which started last week. Just watched a few episodes and it looks good...
jb
jb
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:57:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 11:57:00 AM EDT
Does anyone know when this telenovela is going to end?
Seems like all of the threads are starting to come together and it shouldn't be much longer before the bad guys are taken down.
Seems like all of the threads are starting to come together and it shouldn't be much longer before the bad guys are taken down.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 12:03:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 12:03:00 PM EDT
Calamity Cakes...
Had Fer been a young Gangsta with a posse that whacked the rents..he would have no doubt posted a video of it on YouTube..I know this happened a while back, but lest we forget the time travel problem.
PanQue..
There are burros all over Mex City too, way out in the burbs going up the side of the mountains they use them to take the big jugs of water and other assorted things as those are some steep roads. You wake up in Mexico City to the call of Roosters..but while there is all this..there is also TV, Wireless, (I tried using my laptop in one of the neighborhoods way up the mountain..I figured I could piggyback and being that it is not a TeleNovela neighborhood, that no-one would have expensive security..I was wrong, there must have been 15 within the range but all were secure...They also have taxi's, and believe it or not telephones.
Had Fer been a young Gangsta with a posse that whacked the rents..he would have no doubt posted a video of it on YouTube..I know this happened a while back, but lest we forget the time travel problem.
PanQue..
There are burros all over Mex City too, way out in the burbs going up the side of the mountains they use them to take the big jugs of water and other assorted things as those are some steep roads. You wake up in Mexico City to the call of Roosters..but while there is all this..there is also TV, Wireless, (I tried using my laptop in one of the neighborhoods way up the mountain..I figured I could piggyback and being that it is not a TeleNovela neighborhood, that no-one would have expensive security..I was wrong, there must have been 15 within the range but all were secure...They also have taxi's, and believe it or not telephones.
I doubt Sofia saw the snake tattoo during the attack.Even if she and Fernando didn't consummate their marriage,they did share a room.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:08:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:08:00 PM EDT
anon11:38- Snofia has had at least one flashback of her rapist's tattoo, and I doubt that she would have seen Feo nekkid. I've suspected all along that Feo was the hit man on the Robles-Reyes, but it always puzzled me because of the age thing. Then, when I realized the effect of Serdanite and the time/age warp that it caused, I am certain that Feo did the deed when he was a young punk tough. i'll bet that we see some more of his nasty deeds from the past before we are rid of him
Dorado Dave, Don't forget that just because we see it in the flashback does not mean Sofia saw it.Time will tell.You don't have to see someone naked to see a tattoo on the small of the back.mhm
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:40:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:40:00 PM EDT
Re: The snake tattoo --I'm thinking Fer wasn't quite old enough to have headed up that attack on the Robles. I think it was an older relative and Fer might have been there, but I doubt he was the guy with the distinctive laugh or Juan would have recognized it after being around Fernando and listening to him snicker and talk during all this time. I think it was
Fernando's dad or uncle.
Whenever Sofia has had flashbacks of her rape she never sees the face, only the tattoo on the shirtless rapist's back. Then we saw it once after that when he was shirtless either before or after raping Rosario. That is why we/I knew Fer was the rapist right before he confessed to Padre T.
As for sleeping in the same room with Fer, for whatever purposes, to believe the storyline in this show because there was no intimacy with Fer there probably was no showing skin in the 18 months Sofia and he shared the bedroom either, considering their agreement and her skittishness near men; and there are always separate dressing rooms in these casotas; Fer always wears p.j.s to bed unless he takes them off doing the nasty with Gabi and always had them on in Sofia's presence, plus we now know there's a rule that a gentleman of the upperclasses never goes shirtless. So, that's why I don't believe she has seen the snake tattoo on his back. Sofia may not even have thought to tell Juan, I can't remember.
It could also be that she never told anyone this detail, definitely not Gabi, or Gabi would have put 2+2 together by now, I would think --whether she'd care at this point is doubtful since she hates Sofia so much.
Fernando's dad or uncle.
Whenever Sofia has had flashbacks of her rape she never sees the face, only the tattoo on the shirtless rapist's back. Then we saw it once after that when he was shirtless either before or after raping Rosario. That is why we/I knew Fer was the rapist right before he confessed to Padre T.
As for sleeping in the same room with Fer, for whatever purposes, to believe the storyline in this show because there was no intimacy with Fer there probably was no showing skin in the 18 months Sofia and he shared the bedroom either, considering their agreement and her skittishness near men; and there are always separate dressing rooms in these casotas; Fer always wears p.j.s to bed unless he takes them off doing the nasty with Gabi and always had them on in Sofia's presence, plus we now know there's a rule that a gentleman of the upperclasses never goes shirtless. So, that's why I don't believe she has seen the snake tattoo on his back. Sofia may not even have thought to tell Juan, I can't remember.
It could also be that she never told anyone this detail, definitely not Gabi, or Gabi would have put 2+2 together by now, I would think --whether she'd care at this point is doubtful since she hates Sofia so much.
didn't Juan make a comment about never forgetting that belt buckle AND that laugh? Seems to me that he did. That suggests that Feo didn't do it himself, as Jardinera just said...
ITA with dorado dave. Fer was probably one of the other two people there when the Robles were killed. There were three people in that room/scene/flashback. If Juan was 10 or 12, and Fer was maybe around 17, they are close enough in age and is entirely possible. We don't know how old anyone in this telenovela really is.
The only thing that bugs me is the snake on the belt buckle is not the same shape/style as the snake tattoo on Fer's back. But, hey, a snake is a snake and no doubt both types represented are poisonous.
Beckster - Wow! interesting about all the burros in Mex.City. I'll bet with the price of gas now, those burros are even more precious to their owners.
doris
The only thing that bugs me is the snake on the belt buckle is not the same shape/style as the snake tattoo on Fer's back. But, hey, a snake is a snake and no doubt both types represented are poisonous.
Beckster - Wow! interesting about all the burros in Mex.City. I'll bet with the price of gas now, those burros are even more precious to their owners.
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
Doris- I remembered reading an article in the NYTimes about gasoline prices not being nearly as high in Mexico. I googled "gasoline price Mexico", and it came up on the first page. At the time, $4 here, $2.66 there. Probably not quite so bad right now. Gotta run, date with a lawnmower...
Thanks Beckster, you always have great comments! ha ha piggybacking wireless up the mt & finding them secured.
I'd LOVE to have a burro - when I was a kid, they used to allow people to have burros in the unincorporated parts here in No CA - alas, no longer. Some kids down the road had a burro, oooh I was envious.
A burro would be a great gas saver wouldn't it. Have also seen people walking their cargo-llamas -- they take them shopping and have them carry their stuff home.
Sigh. I wonder if I can train my kitty -- she's a big kitty -- maybe she can carry grocery bags!
PanQue
I'd LOVE to have a burro - when I was a kid, they used to allow people to have burros in the unincorporated parts here in No CA - alas, no longer. Some kids down the road had a burro, oooh I was envious.
A burro would be a great gas saver wouldn't it. Have also seen people walking their cargo-llamas -- they take them shopping and have them carry their stuff home.
Sigh. I wonder if I can train my kitty -- she's a big kitty -- maybe she can carry grocery bags!
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4:53:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 4:53:00 PM EDT
Pan Que: my sis in S. CA has always dreamed of having a burro too.
But I'm thinking if you have enough cats, you could do the mule-train thing and train them to haul a sledge or something? (I've had some luck training my cats to come running when I open the kibble bag!). I do love the little burro on FELS, only have seen him once but he's sure cute!
But I'm thinking if you have enough cats, you could do the mule-train thing and train them to haul a sledge or something? (I've had some luck training my cats to come running when I open the kibble bag!). I do love the little burro on FELS, only have seen him once but he's sure cute!
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 6:46:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 6:46:00 PM EDT
Please help - I saw Abuelo Auge sign papers for Fernando - then, here was trouble with one of his checks - Abuelo sent a servant to the bank to check, then Fernando took custody of the check . . . has the Abuelo lost his fortune? . . . I missed something after that
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 7:41:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 7:41:00 PM EDT
Re Abuelo Augie and the check -- Fer found out from Rosendo and took the check then paid the amount himself to keep suspicions away from him and what he'd done which was to take control of all of Augie's bank accounts. Augie doesn't know this because he was told he was just signing documents to correct misinformation in some of the records. He was so upset because of Franco and Rosario's being almost burned to death that he paid very little attention and didn't read anything beyond the first page, if that. He just kept signing and signing on every blank line indicated.
Gas in Mexico is subsidized by the government. That's why it's cheaper there.
There's no question that Sofia saw the tattoo during her rape. It was in a blurry POV shot representing her haziness after being chloroformed.
She's always been repulsed enough by the sight of Furd when his clothes are on, so she wouldn't have been checking him out when they were off - that's the only reason it's not weird that she never caught a glimpse of it in the bedroom.
I never considered that Furd was old enough to be in on the Robles murder, Doris, but you're right - in fact now it seems very likely that he was there. Good catch.
The fact that the snakes are different doesn't mean much. We've had a constrictor play a rattlesnake, and we've had a sweet little scarlet snake play a coral snake. Apparently, they're all totally interchangeable in Serdan. The one on the belt buckle is probably a garden snake with mutant fangs that shoot Kryptonite juice.
There's no question that Sofia saw the tattoo during her rape. It was in a blurry POV shot representing her haziness after being chloroformed.
She's always been repulsed enough by the sight of Furd when his clothes are on, so she wouldn't have been checking him out when they were off - that's the only reason it's not weird that she never caught a glimpse of it in the bedroom.
I never considered that Furd was old enough to be in on the Robles murder, Doris, but you're right - in fact now it seems very likely that he was there. Good catch.
The fact that the snakes are different doesn't mean much. We've had a constrictor play a rattlesnake, and we've had a sweet little scarlet snake play a coral snake. Apparently, they're all totally interchangeable in Serdan. The one on the belt buckle is probably a garden snake with mutant fangs that shoot Kryptonite juice.
Hi Julie let me chime in and say that the fact that Sofia never saw the snake tattoo on Feo while married is supposed to be further proof that they never consummated their marriage.
I don't think Feo was in on the Robles murder, I think he wasn't around at that point.
Yes there really is a snake theme in this show. ROFL that the present that Feo gave Crabi was a snake necklace that wrapped around her neck -- and she liked it at the moment it was given to her, until Raquel saw her with Feo and confronted them.
As far as all the incorrect snakes playing poisonous ones -- maybe the snake actors guild only had "extras" available?...or maybe it's like Pablo Montero playing the fake indian guy in the other show you all referred to?...
PanQue
I don't think Feo was in on the Robles murder, I think he wasn't around at that point.
Yes there really is a snake theme in this show. ROFL that the present that Feo gave Crabi was a snake necklace that wrapped around her neck -- and she liked it at the moment it was given to her, until Raquel saw her with Feo and confronted them.
As far as all the incorrect snakes playing poisonous ones -- maybe the snake actors guild only had "extras" available?...or maybe it's like Pablo Montero playing the fake indian guy in the other show you all referred to?...
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 11, 2008 at 3:35:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 11, 2008 at 3:35:00 AM EDT
Since this TN is not noted for its subtlety, the snakes are as important a plot device as the hairy bread.
Could Fer & Raqi' hubster have more in common that we know? Wouldn't it be a hoot if Raqi's hot headed (but up to now invisible) husband was Fer's older brother/cousin/father??
Again, no spoiler...just speculating.
Maggie
p.s. thanks for the recap, Cakes! I opted for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics instead and was awed by the whole thing...can't say the same for any episode of PELs!
;-)
Could Fer & Raqi' hubster have more in common that we know? Wouldn't it be a hoot if Raqi's hot headed (but up to now invisible) husband was Fer's older brother/cousin/father??
Again, no spoiler...just speculating.
Maggie
p.s. thanks for the recap, Cakes! I opted for the opening ceremonies of the Olympics instead and was awed by the whole thing...can't say the same for any episode of PELs!
;-)
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8:48:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8:48:00 AM EDT
I, too, was disappointed that Anselmo didn't last longer than 2 episodes. I was looking forward to him giving Feo a hard time. I thought he was kind of cool in a prison sort of way. I have a feeling that Raqui's husband has a major role to play in this Robles land situation. Perhaps he is the one that did the killing or ordered it done.
I can't wait for Ricardo to show up... whenever that happens... I anticipate a lot of impactado faces. I figure he's either The Boss or the guy who killed the Robles. Possibly both.
You have to be suspicious of a guy who's constantly traveling but is so out of touch with his family. Supposedly it was very important to him to marry off his nephews, yet none of his flunkies could find out about the wedding and send him a message? I sense that something is seriously amiss.
Maybe Ricardo is dead and Raquel either doesn't know it yet, or is pretending he's still alive for some weird psychological reason (like Alicia with her dad in LFMB).
You have to be suspicious of a guy who's constantly traveling but is so out of touch with his family. Supposedly it was very important to him to marry off his nephews, yet none of his flunkies could find out about the wedding and send him a message? I sense that something is seriously amiss.
Maybe Ricardo is dead and Raquel either doesn't know it yet, or is pretending he's still alive for some weird psychological reason (like Alicia with her dad in LFMB).
Or maybe he is circling in the mother ship keeping a watch over things...Nothing is impossible in this land of Brigadoon. (he, he, he)
Maybe ye ole Ricardo, doesn't wake up near the right spot in yon Glen to be able to cross over.
Remember the Glen is very hard to find, Bonnie Juan and brothers have wandered throughout the Glen for like twenty some odd years and didn't realize they had never actually left home.
Remember the Glen is very hard to find, Bonnie Juan and brothers have wandered throughout the Glen for like twenty some odd years and didn't realize they had never actually left home.
Connie, that Raqui/Ricardo idea is just plain sick.
I love it. :-) (And it's not too farfetched for FELS!)
I love it. :-) (And it's not too farfetched for FELS!)
Speaking of sick, someone please tell me that I didn't see what I think I just saw in an ad... one of Sofie's little granny-booted feet hitting a trip wire stretched across the stairs at the hacienda...
Am I the only one who has never watched Brigadoon? Do I need to?
Over the weekend I watched "Like Water for Chocolate". Spanish with subtitles. Mexico in the earlier 20th century. Magical Realism. Big rancho. A hateful domineering mother with a secret naughty past, ruining the lives of her three daughters. It all seemed strangely familiar somehow, except no chest hair.
"Creemelo"
Over the weekend I watched "Like Water for Chocolate". Spanish with subtitles. Mexico in the earlier 20th century. Magical Realism. Big rancho. A hateful domineering mother with a secret naughty past, ruining the lives of her three daughters. It all seemed strangely familiar somehow, except no chest hair.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 11, 2008 at 7:47:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 11, 2008 at 7:47:00 PM EDT
If you've made it this far without seeing Brigadoon, I daresay you can live without it.
But there's a good recap of it here.
But there's a good recap of it here.
Thanks Julie...I see the connection. Just look how this TN is broadening my horizons!
"Creemelo"
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: Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8:27:00 PM EDT
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