Saturday, August 16, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre, 0815/08: It’s Intensive Scare for Sophia As Oscar and Feo Do Separate Variations of the Hacienda Hustle
As we begin Hortensia has made it to the hospital and Eva tells her that Sofia has them worried she’ll lose her baby. It looks to be another nail biter in Ciudad Serdán.
As for Sofia, from the moment she was taken to the clinic to rest she has had nothing but one visitor after another upsetting her about one thing or another. Now she has Augie looking glum and Sarita sighing and pacing the room all the while telling her to relax and that the baby is going to be fine. Sofia (I wonder how) senses they’re lying and says they must know something they’ve been trying to hide from her. She wants the truth about what the specialist has told them. Augie tells her “Don’t worry. Calm yourself. Be strong. You will probably lose your baby--but calm down and things should be fine.” Sofia of course is now anything but calm and relaxed. She immediately begins to thrash from side to side, wailing and moaning and pleading desperately for God and the virgencita to save her child. So much for all the lip service about rest and repose.
In Franco’s room across the hall the doctor tells Juan, Oscar and Pedro that he’s leaving them alone with Franco as long as they remember not to disturb or upset Franco. (Dunno, does this include shaking his bed so hard Franco nearly falls off the mattress? Juan wasn’t quite clear on that the last time he was in there with the comatose Franco.) Juan and the other two are excited at the fact he’s beginning to come out of his coma bit by bit. They act like the rubes they are, monkeying around, laughing and shaking Franco’s oxygen tent trying to get him to wake up and finally start speaking again. (I guess Juan gave up on shaking the bed.) Franco raises all his fingers and half of his hand in a subconscious response. They cheer.
Meanwhile, Sofia bravely asks Sarita and Augie not to tell Juan she now knows the baby is in danger of being lost. She thinks he feels bad enough and she doesn’t want to destroy his hope of being strong and encouraging for her sake. (I’ve stocked up on Kleenex cuz it’s obviously going to be another one of those episodios.) Sarita and Augie promise not to say a word to him about it.
Padre Tadeo returns and Quintina tells him that the specialist has confirmed Sofia may lose the baby. She adds that the one bright spot in the middle of this dark tragedy is that Franco is beginning to regain consciousness.
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Speaking of dark tragedies, Jimena returns to the hacienda with Fernando and Mama. Mama tells her she’s glad she chose her over Oscar because she, the presumptuous self-centered witch, needs her more than he does. Jimena looks anything but happy with her decision. Just then Fatima hands Fernando an envelope. It has the results of Gabi’s medical tests. Fernando tells Gabi that it seems she is worse off than they thought. Gabi is impactada and has to lean against the railing. He hugs and comforts his shocked MIL and turns to Jimena, asking her if she realizes how right her choice to return was since now her mother needs her more than ever. Jimena guiltily runs over to Gabi to give her a big hug, but her mama’s only thought is for Feo. Gabi holds out her free hand behind Jimena’s back and stares at him like a doomed lover.
Back at the clinic in Rosario’s room, Rosario and Eva are discussing Gabi’s last conversation with Eva. Rosario finds out that Gabi told Eva she really wasn’t Rosario’s mother. Rosario mentions that Ofelia never thought she was either. The two decide they feel like mother and daughter and that’s enough for them. They hug. “Mami.” “Little Daughter.”
In Gabriela’s bedroom, Jimena is plumping up Gabi’s pillow. Gabi is complaining that she can’t possibly be as sick as the tests say she is (but we can certainly all hope). Jimena tries to calm her down by saying she’ll be fine with the proper treatment. Our favorite harpy can only scream at Jimena that no, all she needs is to be left to live in peace! Immediately, though, she changes her tone and begins to whimper. She says she is surprised that Jimena, as rebellious as Sofia, actually chose her over that Oscar. Not to worry, though, Jimena will soon forget that filthy vulgar person. Jimena stares at her, helpless to do anything but listen to cruel and selfish outbursts.
Meanwhile at the clinic, Oscar tells Juan that Jimena preferred her mother over him and he’s moving back home. He is upset that he couldn’t please the old bag but he’d had his fill of her humiliating him constantly. To think , he says, he used to dream of being a hacienda owner. How idiotic! The most painful thing though, he adds, is that he’s had to leave his Jimena because in the end she refused to leave with him. They agree that love can really hurt at times.
Finally Sofia gets a little down-time. Alone in her hospital room she remembers her mother’s shocking confession that Sofia was actually Eva’s daughter; then Gabi’s bedside retraction and her begging Sofia to be forgiven. “I only told you that because of your rebelliousness; it was just the first thing that entered my mind to say. Please, please forgive me, Sofia! I really am your mother!” Sofia wonders which is the lie and which is the truth. (I’m secretly hoping there is a special place in Hell for people like Gabriela.)
Out in the patio area Pedro and Sarita discuss Franco’s progress. He asks her if now that he’s regaining consciousness she will be leaving the convent. Sarita’s expression suddenly turns stern and the prude in her sourly says she is determined to enter the novitiate. Nobody and nothing will ever get her to change her mind. (Sounds like she’s trying to convince herself right alongside everybody else, God included.) Pedro, still hoping for a chance to dazzle her with his own charismatic self, is bummed to hear it.
Now Padre Tadeo is visiting with Sofia. He tells her that it pains him to hear that Gabriela has lost her sense of morality. (By now this should not be quite such a revelation, Tadeo.) Sofia says she doesn’t know what to believe about who her actual mother is. Tadeo says he’s a witness to her having followed the commandment about honoring one’s parents, so right now all she must do is worry about the baby.
Back at the Hacienda de los Horrible, Gabi is in her room painting another one of her “Night Gallery” entries ( http://www.nightgallery.net/episodes.html ) while gloating to Feo over her little staged scene of “repentance” at Sofia’s bedside. She oh-so-gleefully describes how she begged Sofia to forgive her and the way the overly-gullible Sofia naturally bought it hook, line and sinker. Fernando holds back a minute then asks her when she is going to tell him who Eva’s daughter really is. She only giggles and teases with, “at the right moment,” before girlishly flitting back to her aghast-erpiece. (Ok. Ok. I’m making a special effort here not to throw my shoe at my TV. I’m biting my tongue and squeezing back a scrrreeam of gutter frustration with my couch pillow. --I need a shot of reposado and fast!) Fer decides to take a different tack and tries his own brand of emotional blackmail on the Widow Elizondo.
Fernando grabs Gabi in a big show of sexual desire (all done in silhouette behind the canvas) and then suddenly breaks away from her with impeccable timing. He complains she still doesn’t trust him and he is so upset at her that he feels like leaving immediately and never coming back. Gabi is negatively impactada and begins her signature mewling and whimpering. She begs him never to go. She covers his two faces with incessant kisses and says she doesn’t care if everybody else leaves her but not him. Please, not him! Just then they’re interrupted by a knock at the door. It’s Fatima with the news that there’s a visitor downstairs who says he’s a friend of Don Fernando’s. Fatima seems rather nervous and uncomfortable when she enters and looks at the two of them together there, but it’s not clear if it’s because she notices the collar of Gabi’s blouse is untied.
Back in the waiting room of the clinic Juan is encouraging Oscar to stay and fight for Jimena. He shouldn’t give up on their love, he tells Oscar. They tried to break up Sofia and him, he says, but they couldn’t do it because they had a real love.
At the hacienda it turns out that El Coyote is the unexpected visitor. He’s come to Gabi’s home with the intention of convincing her hacienda to participate in the Chili Pepper Festival, a longtime tradition, he explains (which Gabi, having lived there for the last two and a half decades, should know about by now); he is inviting them to try for the cash prize at the rodeo at his boss’s hacienda.
As El Coyote drives off he’s thinking Fernando will manage to convince Doña Gabriela to agree to the contest since Fernando is drawn by the smell of the money he could win there, and Gabi does promise Feo to think seriously about their entering.
At the little clinic Oscar is still talking to Juan about his problems living with Jimena’s mama (definitely a barking bitch desperately needing a muzzle). He tells Juan that he saw Gabriela and Fernando kissing. He knows they are lovers because he saw them kissing each other with his own eyes. They’ve been trying to hide it but it was obvious from their movements and their [beady] little eyes. Juan is impactado from this smarmy revelation and he advises Oscar that they shouldn’t tell anybody that they know about this. Oscar says for sure he’ll keep quiet about it, particularly when it concerns Jimena or her sisters. Juan smiles as he mulls over the possibilities. “This is a powerful weapon we can use if they meddle with any of the Reyes’s. We are going to put them in their place!” (High five for Oscar!)
Juan returns to Sofia’s room a bit later and urges her to cheer up. He assures her he will always be there for her and together they will overcome whatever happens. She thanks him for his love (sensual bread-making lessons being the added bonus here) and his support. She reminds him (and us for the umpteenth time) that it is only with him that she feels wholly protected and loved. He mentions then that the good news is that Franco is beginning to recover, and they both agree everything will be just as great as before, if not better, while both purposely avoid discussing any possibility of her losing the baby.
While Crabiela goes off for her beauty rest, Feo sneaks over to Raquel’s place to do some fast talking about why he felt he was forced to return to live with Gabriela as her lap-dance dog. Fer has the gigolo’s jig down to perfection; he swears to Raqui that he only went back to live with Gabi because he has no money to live on his own. Raqui calls his bluff and offers him whatever amount he feels he needs to make himself financially “independent” of her rival. She takes out her checkbook and says she will write him a check on the spot, but being a betting man he doesn’t accept it. It would seem he feels his odds are better off with his mitts on the Widow Elizondo’s fortune rather than messing around with a rich man’s wife, and he leaves.
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At the same time Oscar has returned to the hacienda and is in Jimena’s room stuffing his things into his drawstring bag. He sniffs at her heart pillow and tearfully draws in her essence, thinking of the way it could have and should have been between them. Suddenly Jimena comes in. She is surprised and overjoyed that he has returned to her. No, he says, he’s leaving her forever and doesn’t want to burden her any longer. She begs for him not to leave her. She loves him soooo much. He cannot leave her. Please don’t leave her. They hug. He breaks down and begs her to leave with him and to come live with him at Juan’s cozy, love-filled digs. She cannot, alas, because today the results came back from her mama’s tests and they confirm she’s very ill.
Oscar tells Jimena that he loves her too, but he doesn’t want to pressure her so he’s giving her back her freedom and says she should stay there with her mother. He picks up his bag and gets ready to leave. Suddenly Jimena decides she’ll leave with him. He’s elated to hear this and says they can go anywhere she wants, his place or anywhere. Let’s go! Just then Mama appears out of nowhere and angrily demands to know just where they think they are going.
Mama immediately marches Oscar downstairs to her office (Bad Boy! Baaad Boy!) She shuts the door and unloads with a slap upside his head. Oscar takes the first blow and stays quiet. “If you decided to leave then do it alone! Jimena’s not moving from here!” she screams at him. She tries for a second swipe at him but he blocks her. “Jimena is my wife and she is leaving with me! Got it?” He throws her off him and she regains her balance. “We’ll see about that!” she yells back at him and goes to her desk, grabs her gun out of the drawer, and points it at him. “If you’re going, do it alone. Otherwise they’ll be taking you out of here feet first!” It is a momentary checkmate for Oscar.
Back at the hospital Sofia begins getting strong pains in her belly. After taking what seems forever for Juan to figure out he’s got to go for the doctor he leaves. Sofia begs the virgencita to save her baby.
We beam back to Gabi and Oscar in the office at the hacienda. Oscar dares Gabriela to pull the trigger. “Come on, right here in the heart. Just realize that even dead I won’t stop loving your daughter.” Feo enters after hearing the commotion and asks what’s going on. “This damned loser wants to take Jimena off with him, but I’m not going to allow it!” Gabi explains. Fernando tells her not to involve herself. “This trash isn’t worth you dirtying your hands over.” Oscar answers the insult. “There is just no doubt you are just alike. The perversity you share makes you find each other and… to mate with each other.” Fernando growls and sneers, “What are you talking about, you miserable bastard?” “—Just what you heard, ‘Boss’, so don’t pretend.” Still aiming the gun at him Gabi snipes back, “Don’t you talk about Fernando that way. You don’t compare with him. Next to him you are worthless!”
Oscar agrees he does not then says anyway, he does understand. She has to defend him, since, well, it can’t be otherwise. “You have to defend a son-in-law,” he says, “or rather, a better way of putting it, your lover.” Both are impactado because they know they’ve just been BUSTED! Fernando starts to lunge at Oscar, but thinks better of it. Oscar looks at him with fained innocence and there is now a twinkle in his eye. “Sorry, ‘Boss’, but well, I saw you two kissing in a way…well, that just wasn’t the way a mother-in-law and a son-in-law do. So, well then, how do you talk to me about morality if YOU are trash, ‘Boss’? You are lovers. You …are… lovers.“
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Meanwhile, back in town at the clinic, the doctor examines Sofia. We suffer another time warp disorientation as the doctor checks the readings off his monitoring equipment and tells them the obvious, one more time, only this time it’s with feeling: the baby’s life is in danger, serious danger. Sofia and Juan share a look of extreme angst as the doctor’s words literally boomerang around the room. “It’s most likely that she’ll lose it,” he adds. Sofia urgently needs to be transferred to Puebla City to the hospital there where they can operate. The two of them begin to wail and moan, panicked, that they can’t lose the baby, not their baby! They look toward the statue of the virgencita (which looks ominously black and from this angle like it’s got its back to them and is not currently receiving prayers). Despite the fact that all that they can do is to wait for nature to take its course, Juan encourages her not to give in. “Fight for him!” says Juan. “Fight and don’t give in!”
Back again in Gabriela’s office, Oscar apologizes for offending Feo and her, but well, the two of them are always criticizing and offending others and it just seems to him that it’s a bit of the kettle calling the pot black. He quotes (appropriately enough, from Matthew) “You see straw in another’s eye but not the stick in your own,” then makes it clear to them that Jimena is his wife and that nobody will prevent him from taking her with him. He guarantees them that although he knows the truth he will not tell Jimena to avoid seeing her suffer and because he loves her.
“So do we have an understanding?” Oscar asks them. Gabriela has no other option but to resign herself to the situation. She puts down the gun and they follow Oscar out into the hallway where Jimena appears with her suitcase. She tells them she’s leaving with her husband. Gabi want’s to know if she is sure about this, but Jimena says it’s her obligation to follow the man she loves. Mama warns her she’ll regret going off to live in a pigsty and abandoning all the luxuries she’s accustomed to, and besides, she doesn’t do “work”. Oscar corrects Gabi and says that Jimena is not going to work. Gabi says well, she is used to living like decent people.
Finally Gabi has had enough and shoos the two of them off saying she’s certain Jimena will be back in no time. When Jimena comes to give her mama a kiss good-bye, Gabi (I guess the writers were still in the Easter Story mode here) screams “Judas” at her. (Could they be any more conspicuous with this script?)
Back in town, as the ambulance arrives for Sofia, everyone there is suffering a crisis of faith. As the attendants rush to wheel her out, despite its being an emergency, everybody but everybody stops her and wishes her well, and she is listening to and thanking each and every single solitary one of them. She even takes time to have Padre Tadeo say a blessing over her. Finally Juan and the doctor appear and scream for everybody to let them get rolling already.
As the ambulance races off with Sofia, Sarita turns to the image of the virgencita in the garden and silently prays. Pedro taps her on the shoulder, crosses himself, and prays alongside her.
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Across town, Oscar carries Jimena over the threshold to his overly humble abode. He promises that here she will find happiness and love despite the small size. (I say sure, until she wrecks her nails the first time she does dishes and gets blisters on her hands from scrubbing the floors. Dunno, maybe he figures that Sofia and Quintina are there and will do it for her.) They end up in Oscar’s bedroom doing what newlyweds normally do.
In Puebla City Sofia’s doctor has to literally block and tackle dufus Juan to keep him from pushing all the way through to the operating room just to be with his Sofia. Eventually he finds his way to the waiting room and paces seemingly hours, waiting for word on Sofia and the baby.
Back at Reyes Central, Quintina and Pablito accidentally barge in on Jimena and Oscar still nekkid in bed. Quintina asks why he didn’t put a “Do not disturb” sign on the door or, “Oscar Working” or even, “Danger, High Temperatures.” (I figure a simple lock on the door would do.) He tells them it’s his house and his room, so knock next time. (Is that a sock and a boot-top I see on the otherwise nekkid Oscar in that scene? Damn, what kind of contortion act was it to get out of those tight jeans with his boots still on? On the other hand, maybe Jimena likes it with his boots and socks on –just sayin’.) Before popping back out, Quintina informs Oscar that Sofia was rushed to the hospital in Puebla City in an ambulance.
Jimena and Oscar now race off to the hospital where Juan is still pacing. Juan tells them about possibly losing the baby and says he’s frightened he may lose both the baby and Sofia. Oscar encourages him to stay strong for Sofia’s sake.
Gabi and Fernando are back in her office mulling over what happened earlier in the day. Feo tells her to stop moping around about Jimena’s having left. “Remember that before all this we were thinking that it was better to stay here alone.” Gabi says that she needs someone there to take care of her now that she is sick. (Ever heard of a live-in nurse?) Feo gallantly says he will be there for her but Gabi says nothin’ doin’. That’s impossible after what Oscar told them now, that he knows about their relationship. Gabi figures that Fernando will have to leave the hacienda since people will gossip about them. Fernando wonders if she’s throwing him out again, but Gabi says no. However he cannot stay there any longer. Feo says, well then, if she is worried what people will say, then they will just keep people’s mouths shut the best way possible. They’ll get married. (I think that means that Sofia will finally get her divorce, if not a full out annulment, by default.) Gabi is thrilled to hear him say the magic words: “Do you want to marry me, Gabriela?”
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Wow! A real ambulance in this town. How did they call for the ambulance, smoke signals?
And I was just wondering, how did Sofia get from the bakery to the Hacienda when she fell down the stairs? Seems like she got there so fast. Did she drive or ride a horse or what?
And I was just wondering, how did Sofia get from the bakery to the Hacienda when she fell down the stairs? Seems like she got there so fast. Did she drive or ride a horse or what?
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 9:38:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 9:38:00 PM EDT
Ha very good recap.
Thanks...
So what the hell is Crabi really sick? Maybe it is just like Alien..sooner or later some evil spawn will pop out of her stomache..Now then Crabi in Hell, I dare say she could give Satan a run for his money.
Okay now about the medical thing..I mean hasn't Sofie been in labor for like a day? I mean I never birthed no baby, but I do watch television. When you are in premature labor aren't they supposed to try & stop the labor? I mean why didn't they transport her to a hospital before? This guy is a specialist?
Ella Enchanted is on now..Did Sofie study this before the TeleNovela?
Thanks...
So what the hell is Crabi really sick? Maybe it is just like Alien..sooner or later some evil spawn will pop out of her stomache..Now then Crabi in Hell, I dare say she could give Satan a run for his money.
Okay now about the medical thing..I mean hasn't Sofie been in labor for like a day? I mean I never birthed no baby, but I do watch television. When you are in premature labor aren't they supposed to try & stop the labor? I mean why didn't they transport her to a hospital before? This guy is a specialist?
Ella Enchanted is on now..Did Sofie study this before the TeleNovela?
Thank you Cakes! You caught all the little details! Oscar's Boot in Bed, Quintana's joke about the "Do Not Disturb, Oscar Working", etc.
I repeat my comment from yesterday's posting: Why wasn't Juan following the ambulance on Capricho?
Also, 3 cheers for Jimena chosing Oscar over her mother (again). The good thing is, when she packs all her little clothes, they fit in a very small suitcase.
"Creemelo"
I repeat my comment from yesterday's posting: Why wasn't Juan following the ambulance on Capricho?
Also, 3 cheers for Jimena chosing Oscar over her mother (again). The good thing is, when she packs all her little clothes, they fit in a very small suitcase.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:01:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:01:00 PM EDT
Thorough recap! thank you...
Lola, you know how there are flying scenes of Cd. Serdan and Puebla city and Cuetzalan and Xochitlan? Well if you go onto Google Earth or look at a map of Puebla state online --
http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/puebla-state-mexico/puebla-state-mexico-map-main.shtml
--you will discover that all these places where everyone goes running off to -- are ALL far apart, like far apart!
So the only possibility is that all that flying scenery -- is really Them flying from one place to another! Think of the way Peter Pan and Wendy and the Lost Boys used to fly, with their arms straight out, 2nd star to the left and straight on til morning!
PanQue
Lola, you know how there are flying scenes of Cd. Serdan and Puebla city and Cuetzalan and Xochitlan? Well if you go onto Google Earth or look at a map of Puebla state online --
http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/puebla-state-mexico/puebla-state-mexico-map-main.shtml
--you will discover that all these places where everyone goes running off to -- are ALL far apart, like far apart!
So the only possibility is that all that flying scenery -- is really Them flying from one place to another! Think of the way Peter Pan and Wendy and the Lost Boys used to fly, with their arms straight out, 2nd star to the left and straight on til morning!
PanQue
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:26:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:26:00 PM EDT
Thank you Jardinera, you recaptured the episode.
The whole miscarriage thing was bothering me. Why would Juan allow the vicious beotch mother in to be alone with Princess Sofia and the endangered Hijo, in the first place?Then last night, more folks to stir her up. Last but not least, why was Juan holding her up in bed in practically a birthgiving position. I kept expecting him to say "Push Push". Then comically, the crowd had to each have one more word with her on the way to the ambulance.The scenes in the hospital show her head elevated. Does that special specialist know something about gravity that we women don't know?
Good for Oscar for keeping his cool.mhm
The whole miscarriage thing was bothering me. Why would Juan allow the vicious beotch mother in to be alone with Princess Sofia and the endangered Hijo, in the first place?Then last night, more folks to stir her up. Last but not least, why was Juan holding her up in bed in practically a birthgiving position. I kept expecting him to say "Push Push". Then comically, the crowd had to each have one more word with her on the way to the ambulance.The scenes in the hospital show her head elevated. Does that special specialist know something about gravity that we women don't know?
Good for Oscar for keeping his cool.mhm
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:30:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 10:30:00 PM EDT
Best moment in this novela so far, IMHO, was Oscar letting those two nasty hacendados have it. Well done. I need a few more scenes light that to survive the many months ahead.
Great recap!
Great recap!
Traveling Lady, you said "many months ahead". Can we endure this for that long?
Since the Reyes bros. built Gramps' house, maybe they can build another room onto their house for Oscar & Jimena. Ya Think...
Since the Reyes bros. built Gramps' house, maybe they can build another room onto their house for Oscar & Jimena. Ya Think...
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:44:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:44:00 PM EDT
Maybe they can live above the stables. Those Reyes have to house those beautiful horses somewhere.mhm
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:55:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 11:55:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the wonderful details in your recap, Calamity Cakes. I was out of range of a TV Friday night trying to drive in front of the storm running across Colorado so didn't get to see any of it. You made me feel like I was there.
Wonderful recap, thank you!
I thought I saw Oscar with his shoes on in bad too, what is up with that? And what good does it do to hide Jimena's face? Do they then get to pretend no one can see her?
There is no way we will ever see that baby and if we do, it will be profoundly ill and metally disabled. There is no way it can be anything else after all of the falls, cloroform and everything else! So sad but I wish they would just get it over with.
Lastly Crabi and the hitting!! What is wrong with that woman???
I thought I saw Oscar with his shoes on in bad too, what is up with that? And what good does it do to hide Jimena's face? Do they then get to pretend no one can see her?
There is no way we will ever see that baby and if we do, it will be profoundly ill and metally disabled. There is no way it can be anything else after all of the falls, cloroform and everything else! So sad but I wish they would just get it over with.
Lastly Crabi and the hitting!! What is wrong with that woman???
I am trying so hard but am unable to find any empathy for Slofia and Juan. For the baby, yes, because he will be saddled with such witless boobs for parents.
Oscar has become my new hero. He is thinking for all of the Reyeses.
Thank you for the enjoyable recap, Jardinera.
Oscar has become my new hero. He is thinking for all of the Reyeses.
Thank you for the enjoyable recap, Jardinera.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 4:39:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 4:39:00 AM EDT
Sorry this got posted so late, but I simply had to enjoy one of the last Saturday mornings of the summer. I simply could not make myself stay cooped up inside in front of my little computer screen in my "tiny little corner of the universe from which I post" to the rest of the ginormous worldwide web yesterday. The sun was too bright and too yellow and the sky just too blue. Darn, I love summertime, katydids and crickets and kids screaming and giggling across the neighborhood in between the coos of the morning doves. Nope, couldn't exactly strap myself down yesterday. --So Melinama, if you're distracted once in a while with all the balls you juggle maintaining this website, well, "ni modo." ; > ))
BTW, guys, I didn't get to read Thursday's comments till this AM, so any similarities in the recap to those very discerning comments is purely accidental. And, thanks, Julie, for picking up the ball for Melinama on Thursday, short but sweet!
BTW, guys, I didn't get to read Thursday's comments till this AM, so any similarities in the recap to those very discerning comments is purely accidental. And, thanks, Julie, for picking up the ball for Melinama on Thursday, short but sweet!
Lola: Good catch on getting hold of an ambulance by smoke signal. I guess they might have used the same payphone Jimena did to order that Mexican version of Victoria's Secret lingerie for Oscar on their wedding night.
Beckster: I think Crabi definitely could give the Devil his due and then some. I figure the only reason he hasn't taken her yet is because doesn't want to have to listen to her harpy harangues anymore than the rest of us. What a better way to torment humanity than leaving her here on earth with us? And I couldn't agree more about keeping Sofia in that two-bit puebla for a full day before sending her off to a REAL hospital; and if the idea was to keep her relaxed and resting, ala intensive care, or what could pass for same in that clinic, why not put a tacky little sign on the door there? What a frickin' bunch of lazy writing, even for the B Team.
AS for Crabi getting into torment Sofia in the ER(?) I think after Juan chased her out she simply came in the back door and walked right back inside the clinic while Juan strutted around in the garden patting himself on the back. No other explanation.
Beckster: I think Crabi definitely could give the Devil his due and then some. I figure the only reason he hasn't taken her yet is because doesn't want to have to listen to her harpy harangues anymore than the rest of us. What a better way to torment humanity than leaving her here on earth with us? And I couldn't agree more about keeping Sofia in that two-bit puebla for a full day before sending her off to a REAL hospital; and if the idea was to keep her relaxed and resting, ala intensive care, or what could pass for same in that clinic, why not put a tacky little sign on the door there? What a frickin' bunch of lazy writing, even for the B Team.
AS for Crabi getting into torment Sofia in the ER(?) I think after Juan chased her out she simply came in the back door and walked right back inside the clinic while Juan strutted around in the garden patting himself on the back. No other explanation.
Great recap, Jardinera, and great snarky aside comments. Thank you!
PanQue - I swear, these people are being teletransported or beamed up via Starship Enterprise.
I love it that Feo and Gabi are busted.
I have to FFWD thru all the Sofia-gonna-lose-the-baby scenes. They're too ridiculous for me. (rolls eyes) Even a tightly fitted Telenovela Beanie Hat can't get me through them.
My perfect FELS ending: The Reyes get their lands back and Gabi has to work for them, scrubbing floors on her hands & knees and Feo has to muck out the horse stalls.
doris
PanQue - I swear, these people are being teletransported or beamed up via Starship Enterprise.
I love it that Feo and Gabi are busted.
I have to FFWD thru all the Sofia-gonna-lose-the-baby scenes. They're too ridiculous for me. (rolls eyes) Even a tightly fitted Telenovela Beanie Hat can't get me through them.
My perfect FELS ending: The Reyes get their lands back and Gabi has to work for them, scrubbing floors on her hands & knees and Feo has to muck out the horse stalls.
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 11:28:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 11:28:00 AM EDT
!!Bravo pa' Oscar!! Someone fianlly, really stood up to the old battle axe... Since nobody but Feo read the lab reports, I'll bet they say she ahs a clean bill-o-health....A quick question- does anyone remember a time when someone has beseeched, or prayed, or suplicado to the virigin, Jesus, or the The Big Guy himslef, that they are failed to attain what they have been asking for? Can't recall, it seems like a foolproof method...help, anyone?
Dunno, dorado dave, good question, but I suspect Crabi may have a difficult time gettin' through to anybody but the guy downstairs.
Cakes- first, thanks for the 'cap. Crabi has a hotline for the bad boy below. Of course, we'll watch for the outcome of the hijo, I'm gonna start keeping track of the pleads with dieties....
dorado dave said, "....does anyone remember a time when someone has beseeched, or prayed, or suplicado to the virigin, Jesus, or the The Big Guy himslef, that they are failed to attain what they have been asking for?"
No, and I have a serious problem with that. I was raised Catholic (have since left and am recovering ;-) ) and was taught to pray the same way, with my Santa Clause wish/shopping list. I think a show like this gives people the wrong idea and false hope, because life has its tragedies and the poor person who has prayed their heart out thinks they are being punished for some unrecognized sin, or are not worthy of having that prayer answered, or worse yet, that the tragedy is God's will. JMO
doris
No, and I have a serious problem with that. I was raised Catholic (have since left and am recovering ;-) ) and was taught to pray the same way, with my Santa Clause wish/shopping list. I think a show like this gives people the wrong idea and false hope, because life has its tragedies and the poor person who has prayed their heart out thinks they are being punished for some unrecognized sin, or are not worthy of having that prayer answered, or worse yet, that the tragedy is God's will. JMO
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 12:52:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 12:52:00 PM EDT
"Gabi (I guess the writers were still in the Easter Story mode here) screams “Judas” at her. (Could they be any more conspicuous with this script?) "
Judas is synonymous to traitor. Gabi feels betrayed by Ximena.
Raul Cervantes
Judas is synonymous to traitor. Gabi feels betrayed by Ximena.
Raul Cervantes
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 1:22:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 1:22:00 PM EDT
Raul Cervantes, I think that you have described the curse that Gabriela lives under. She feels that everyone has betrayed her. The great irony being that Fernando is the only one there who is betraying her, and he is doing it with more than a kiss.mhm
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
mhm: wow, you put your finger right on it!
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Raul Cervantes: Welcome! Yes, definitely so. From a purely mechanical standpoint, though, as a literary tool, IMNSHO since this was presented in Mexico during the Easter season, the ad nauseum references to the story by ubermelodramatic Sr. Mejia's writers (chiefly Liliana Abud and Ms. Ortega) are so many and so obvious that while it delights many viewers it insults the intelligence of just as many others --and drives me BSC! Again, that is JMO. % ; ? ))
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Raul Cervantes: Welcome! Yes, definitely so. From a purely mechanical standpoint, though, as a literary tool, IMNSHO since this was presented in Mexico during the Easter season, the ad nauseum references to the story by ubermelodramatic Sr. Mejia's writers (chiefly Liliana Abud and Ms. Ortega) are so many and so obvious that while it delights many viewers it insults the intelligence of just as many others --and drives me BSC! Again, that is JMO. % ; ? ))
If Jimena had been feeling any doubt or guilt about leaving Mom in favor of Dimples, Gabi's "Judas kiss" reference was just the right thing to cheer J up.
I was going to suggest that people must be flying from one place to another, Superman-style, but Panque beat me to it. :)
And Calamity Cakes beat me to the wisecrack I was thinking about using the Bra & Panty Emergency Hotline for the frivolous purpose of summoning an ambulance...
So, how does Feo plan to clear the way to marry Gabi? A divorce would be enough to marry her in a civil ceremony, but she will probably want a church wedding.
Will he go back to Tadeo and say "you know, I'd like that annulment after all"? Or will he try again to kill Sofia?
Are we going to meet the Boss at the chili pepper festival? Why are he and/or Coyote so interested in getting the Elizondo hacienda involved? Are they planning to off Feo in some "accident"? Given the amount of money he brings in to the Boss's organization vs. his slowness in paying his debts, is Feo the Boss's best customer or his worse?
I was going to suggest that people must be flying from one place to another, Superman-style, but Panque beat me to it. :)
And Calamity Cakes beat me to the wisecrack I was thinking about using the Bra & Panty Emergency Hotline for the frivolous purpose of summoning an ambulance...
So, how does Feo plan to clear the way to marry Gabi? A divorce would be enough to marry her in a civil ceremony, but she will probably want a church wedding.
Will he go back to Tadeo and say "you know, I'd like that annulment after all"? Or will he try again to kill Sofia?
Are we going to meet the Boss at the chili pepper festival? Why are he and/or Coyote so interested in getting the Elizondo hacienda involved? Are they planning to off Feo in some "accident"? Given the amount of money he brings in to the Boss's organization vs. his slowness in paying his debts, is Feo the Boss's best customer or his worse?
I am dying to meet The Boss as well. If he has a hacienda around those parts, he should be someone well known (except to the out of the loop Reyes Bros) and with a running hacienda (cattle, crops maybe chiles.) And he should have a squad of black SUVs parked in the front driveway or somewhere nearby.
G in CA
G in CA
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 5:30:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 5:30:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Cakes***Like you, I am trying to be outside as much as possible during these waning days of summer...swimming, gardening, hanging the laundry out, and reading and relaxing on the patio and eating our meals there. Wow ! Oscar got am eyeful of Ferd and Crabby , so now he has something to hold over their heads...if they don't kill him. Msybe Juan and Sofia and Ferd and Crabby can have a lovely double wedding ceremony like Crabby dreamed of for Jimena aqnd Sarita. I hope Sofia does not lose the baby. Even though this is fiction, miscarriage is very tragic. We need some sunshine in this dark tale.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:11:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:11:00 PM EDT
Thanks Calamity Cakes. Don't worry about posting late. Just glad to read it when it gets posted.
Doris, I was just thinking the same thing. A good punishment for Crabi would be having to work as the Reyes' maid. Now I would love to see that.
And Cakes, enjoy the rest of the summer. I'm trying too.
Doris, I was just thinking the same thing. A good punishment for Crabi would be having to work as the Reyes' maid. Now I would love to see that.
And Cakes, enjoy the rest of the summer. I'm trying too.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:50:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 7:50:00 PM EDT
"Gabi (I guess the writers were still in the Easter Story mode here) screams “Judas” at her. (Could they be any more conspicuous with this script?) "
"Judas is synonymous to traitor. Gabi feels betrayed by Ximena."
Raul Cervantes
Raul,you hit the nail on the head with that statement. My family and relatives have used that Judas label on more times than I remember when describing a traitor or a betrayal of trust. It can also involve quid pro quo situations.....
Ibarramedia
"Judas is synonymous to traitor. Gabi feels betrayed by Ximena."
Raul Cervantes
Raul,you hit the nail on the head with that statement. My family and relatives have used that Judas label on more times than I remember when describing a traitor or a betrayal of trust. It can also involve quid pro quo situations.....
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:01:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:01:00 PM EDT
cakes - JMO means 'just my opinion.' What does BSC mean?
doris
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:56:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 8:56:00 PM EDT
Doris, I would hope people don't put much store in the unreal world of this show, but I agree with you that always showing prayers being answered is not good. I am still a practicing Catholic and I am very careful about telling my children to pray for things. It was very hard when their uncle, my brother, died and people said it must be part of Gods plan. I don't think God planned on a relly good man getting a rare cancer and suffering horrible till he died. If I thought it was planned I wouldn't go to church anymore! Some people just say and do really ignorant things.
If there was a plan, Gabby would be roasting on spit in hell with Feo next to her. I haven't seen bad like them in a loooong time!
If there was a plan, Gabby would be roasting on spit in hell with Feo next to her. I haven't seen bad like them in a loooong time!
Molly: I sort of have to agree with you and Doris. I'm not Catholic, but I don't like people thinking they're being punished when things don't go the way they wanted/prayed for whatever the reason. I don't know if there is a grand design or not, I just have to hope there is and that it all is for something positive/ beneficent in the end.
?8 ? }
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Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroy’d,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivell’d in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another’s gain.
Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last–far off–at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.
From Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H.
Will be the final goal of ill,
To pangs of nature, sins of will,
Defects of doubt, and taints of blood;
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That not one life shall be destroy’d,
Or cast as rubbish to the void,
When God hath made the pile complete;
That not a worm is cloven in vain;
That not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivell’d in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another’s gain.
Behold, we know not anything;
I can but trust that good shall fall
At last–far off–at last, to all,
And every winter change to spring.
So runs my dream: but what am I?
An infant crying in the night:
An infant crying for the light:
And with no language but a cry.
From Tennyson's In Memoriam A.H.H.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:43:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:43:00 AM EDT
Thank you...very beautiful and touching and I have a relative newly diagnosed with cancer which has had me thinking about faith and hope quite a bit.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 1:21:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 1:21:00 AM EDT
Comadre Cakes, you're keeping me on this novela! I'm hanging on by my fingertips, just watching when I'm cooking, cleaning, etc. But, the recaps are so good, I always read them. Thanks for the fun - enjoy the hot days of summer as much as possible.
Dona Barbara has been good so far...
jb
Dona Barbara has been good so far...
jb
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 7:44:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 7:44:00 AM EDT
Little wonder that Feo wants to marry Crabi, if indeed the medical results are dire. It's a no-brainer to marry someone with buckets of $$ and one foot in the grave. (Anna Nicole Smith figured it out...I'm sure Feo did too)
Hive 5 for Oscar! And good morning, Jimena! Nice of you to FINALLY wake up.
Do we really care why Coyote wants Mr. & Mrs. Crabi Snake at the party? Sorry but the tantalizing bits of suspense are anything but.
Juan is an idiot. How EY plays this part is beyond me. Maybe he's sneaking hits of chlorform so he can't remember a thing when the taping stops. What an annoying character and Slofia isn't much better.
Thanks for the recaps for Thursday & Friday! You guys are the BEST!!!!!
Maggie
Hive 5 for Oscar! And good morning, Jimena! Nice of you to FINALLY wake up.
Do we really care why Coyote wants Mr. & Mrs. Crabi Snake at the party? Sorry but the tantalizing bits of suspense are anything but.
Juan is an idiot. How EY plays this part is beyond me. Maybe he's sneaking hits of chlorform so he can't remember a thing when the taping stops. What an annoying character and Slofia isn't much better.
Thanks for the recaps for Thursday & Friday! You guys are the BEST!!!!!
Maggie
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:39:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:39:00 AM EDT
How did Oscar and Jimena get to Puebla so fast? I don't think they have a black SUV so they must have used the transporter again. I'm trying to figure out also what The Boss has to do with Crabi... I think perhaps he is setting her up for something but what?
Connie: I'm thinking Samantha the Witch who wiggled her nose or Star Trek's "beam me aboard" or Tinkerbell's pixie dust.
Either that or the horses are really Pegasus with wings. (would the plural be Pegasi? I wouldn't want my Latin teacher embarassed)
Maggie
Either that or the horses are really Pegasus with wings. (would the plural be Pegasi? I wouldn't want my Latin teacher embarassed)
Maggie
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 9:22:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 9:22:00 AM EDT
Hi Cakes...Just getting back into things after a lovely (but strenuous) vacation with the grandkids.
Love the "intensive scare" and "hacienda hustle". You do have a way with words.
Enjoyed the blog discussions on faith and prayer as well. I'm Protestant but have attended two wonderful weekends with the Catholic faith...Cum Cristo and Marriage Encounter.
One thing we are always reminded of is God is NOT a vending machine. You don't put in your quarter, punch the button and necessarily get what you want.
I DO believe in the value of prayer however and would always want to lift up anyone I know who is suffering. Does that change things? I don't know. But it changes me. It takes my consciousness to a higher, more compassionate, less egocentric place.
And I would rather live in a world where people cared passionately about each other than one in which indifference and cynicism reigns.
Love the "intensive scare" and "hacienda hustle". You do have a way with words.
Enjoyed the blog discussions on faith and prayer as well. I'm Protestant but have attended two wonderful weekends with the Catholic faith...Cum Cristo and Marriage Encounter.
One thing we are always reminded of is God is NOT a vending machine. You don't put in your quarter, punch the button and necessarily get what you want.
I DO believe in the value of prayer however and would always want to lift up anyone I know who is suffering. Does that change things? I don't know. But it changes me. It takes my consciousness to a higher, more compassionate, less egocentric place.
And I would rather live in a world where people cared passionately about each other than one in which indifference and cynicism reigns.
Maggie: I forgot about Tinkerbell! Their trip to the "big city" must be awesome because there are phones and electricity, and cars...Don't you think they would say to themselves..."I've got to get me some of those. A phone could be pretty handy."
When the FFA (Future Farmers of America) used to come to Kansas City most of those kids had never been to a fast food restaurant or had ridden on an esclator. They would ride the things up and down, up and down. It was pretty annoying when you were trying to go to lunch. I'm guessing the folks in Brigadoon would have a similar experience. :P
When the FFA (Future Farmers of America) used to come to Kansas City most of those kids had never been to a fast food restaurant or had ridden on an esclator. They would ride the things up and down, up and down. It was pretty annoying when you were trying to go to lunch. I'm guessing the folks in Brigadoon would have a similar experience. :P
I was watching LFMB DVDs this weekend. Y'all, if you think Raquel's hair is bad now, you need to refresh your memories as to what it was like a couple of years ago! We were calling her Darth Helmet Head.
Unfortunately it's hard to find a photo because when you image-google "Julissa" you end up with a ton of fotos of the other Julissa...
Unfortunately it's hard to find a photo because when you image-google "Julissa" you end up with a ton of fotos of the other Julissa...
Dear Bloggers,
FYI:
My little supermarket mag "Tv Y Mas"
had an article in it about Franco,
Pable Montero. It said he was arrested in Miami for violation of a drug program and was sent to jail for 15 days and that's why he
"disappeared" from the telenovela.
Maybe he's served his time and that's why he's coming "back"to us.
Alice
FYI:
My little supermarket mag "Tv Y Mas"
had an article in it about Franco,
Pable Montero. It said he was arrested in Miami for violation of a drug program and was sent to jail for 15 days and that's why he
"disappeared" from the telenovela.
Maybe he's served his time and that's why he's coming "back"to us.
Alice
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 10:51:00 AM EDT
Now that you mention it it did look like they just kept showing the same footage of him in the bed. It didn't look different.
cakes -- BSC ..... ROFLOL!!! Funny thing is that's what I thought it might mean. Buahahaha Great minds thinking alike.
Maggie - if Feo does as Anna Nicole Smith, perhaps he'll end up as she did. I'm just saying .....
doris
Maggie - if Feo does as Anna Nicole Smith, perhaps he'll end up as she did. I'm just saying .....
doris
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 10:54:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 10:54:00 AM EDT
Doris: HA! Wouldn't that be rich...Feo dies OD'g on cough medicine, Tylenol, oxycontin, Ambien, Zantac, Pryolsec & any and every medicine he can get his slimy little mitts on while in the midst of the most outrageous sex change operation in the history of man/womankind.
Feo with boobs like Rosario's...I can see it now...he'd be in horn dog heaven, feeling himself up, saying to himself "why bother with women? I'm the smartest man alive & now I have it all!"
Maggie
:-)
Feo with boobs like Rosario's...I can see it now...he'd be in horn dog heaven, feeling himself up, saying to himself "why bother with women? I'm the smartest man alive & now I have it all!"
Maggie
:-)
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:43:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:43:00 AM EDT
p.s. Not that Anna was undergoing any sex change operation but I had to throw that in...seemed like we needed a little lunacy!
Maggie
Maggie
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:45:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:45:00 AM EDT
Hi, Alice, the mexican talk & radio shows have all been discussing Pablo Montero because he's looking at something like 10 years in prison, and it depends on what the judge in Miami says, in light of his violating parole and the 15 days they gave him. Original charge was possession of large amount of coke. See Esmas website for what Salvador Mejia has to say about it, and the changes they may make to the show if that happens.
http://www.esmas.com/fuego-en-la-sangre/noticias/
http://www.esmas.com/fuego-en-la-sangre/noticias/
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:49:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 12:49:00 PM EDT
Okay, that would be sad. He was kind of growing on me. I guess I thought since we were so far behind the show here in the states that this was all old news and not still going on. And he is a new dad, right? Sad!
Well, I think if Franco is out then we need to see some shower/skinny dipping/undie scenes with Pedro.
In case anyone's wondering, tonight's episode aired in Mexico on May 8. So we're about 14 weeks ahead. This means we have more than 14 weeks to go. :)
Connie: yup, time for some shower/swimming/skivvy scenes for Pedro. It's a Reyes tradition!
Julie: 14 weeks? OMG...give me strength. It will take all the magic in Brigadoon to stretch this story out for 3+ months.
maggie
Julie: 14 weeks? OMG...give me strength. It will take all the magic in Brigadoon to stretch this story out for 3+ months.
maggie
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 3:01:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 3:01:00 PM EDT
It does seem like it is progressing rapidly. We still have to live through the Chilie Festival. Will we meet El Jefe... And why is Coyote so interested in Crabi? It can't be her charming personality.
Thanks for a very efficient (i.e., thorough and funny)recap, Jardinera. Gracias to all you recappers and commenters. Right now, I'm spending more time in Beijing with Team Olympiad and less time in Cd. Serdan with Team Loco, so I like being able to catch up with Brigadoon. It looks a little like Beijing--clouds of sparkle dust or layers of air pollution obscuring the sky.
Loved seeing Oscar stick it to the two aging amantes.
La Paloma
Loved seeing Oscar stick it to the two aging amantes.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 3:42:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 3:42:00 PM EDT
Yes Molly, I do believe we are due. We really got ripped off in the scene with Juan in the waterfall. At least we have been spared seeing Feo in all his glory (Ewwwww). Although Crabi and Raquel might disagree with us on that one! :-P
okay, home from work on illicit lunch break, catching up on comments. But, help my aging brain: if we are watching what was filmed three months ago, Franco's burn/coma plot line couldn't be a result of his current tangles with the law, right? When did that occur?
Sign me Confused, or...
"Creemelo"
Sign me Confused, or...
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 4:23:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 4:23:00 PM EDT
Yeah, how come we never get good stuff with Juan? We get Oscar in the micro undies but no Juan, holy cow! There really needs to be a brotherly chat in the bathroom over shaving and broken shower curtain bathing! Its all just to depressing lately, that is not why I watch TV!
The stuff we're watching was AIRED 14+ weeks ago. It was shot earlier than that - and if they knew someone had an "appointment" that could result in an extended absense, they would take special pains to shoot as many of his scenes ahead of time as possible.
And just a reminder: Melinama usually deletes these celebrity real-life discussions when she sees them, which is why I only posted an URL to a story about this last week rather than explaining it in a comment.
And just a reminder: Melinama usually deletes these celebrity real-life discussions when she sees them, which is why I only posted an URL to a story about this last week rather than explaining it in a comment.
This is a stupid question but why do they show it there first and then show it here? You'd think they'd do it at the same time so you wouldn't be able to see what is coming up.
Connie, that is exactly how I accidentally saw some future stuff. Before I understood that we were not watching in real time, I search youtube because I came in a few weeks into the show and I wanted to see what I missed. Before I knew it, I saw stuff that had not come up yet. Luckily I think I am almost in the dark again.
I found some future stuff also but it was in Spanish. I understood maybe 75% of it and didn't realize it was future stuff until it was too late. I'm just trying not to think about it. :)
I think Crabi needs her own theme music. What is the one from Friday the 13th? Is that the one with Jason in the hockey mask? It could start as she's starting to slap somebody.
I think Crabi needs her own theme music. What is the one from Friday the 13th? Is that the one with Jason in the hockey mask? It could start as she's starting to slap somebody.
I think they should play the Psycho music when she shows up, because you never know when she is going to flip out!
Here's who I think the Boss is -- he is Raquel's husband -- you know, the husband who's always traveling and is seldom home. He must be a "businessman" whose work keeps him on the road alot. I think that he must be somehow involved with Gabriela because of the babies that were switched back in the day. You know: Gabriela had a baby girl (born in the city of Puebla, not in Cd. Serdan) How convenient to have none of the household staff was around when Sofia was born. Gabriela and Bernardo apparently had a "falling out" back then -- I forgot who told us that. Raquel switched her baby with Gabriela's baby (perhaps the baby was not Bernardo's daughter).
Gabriela kept Eva's baby (maybe she did know the baby was Bernardo's).
That means Raquel's grown daughter is Gabriela's. We have yet to see her in this TN.
But how do we account for Rosario not knowing her real mother??? Perhaps Gabriela had twin girls!!!
And Rosario's sister is Raquel's (now grown) daughter.
I also believe that the Boss is the person responsible for
killing Juan's parents and maybe even Benito's parents as well.
I'm getting carried away now so I'll leave you to your own thoughts. :)
Gabriela kept Eva's baby (maybe she did know the baby was Bernardo's).
That means Raquel's grown daughter is Gabriela's. We have yet to see her in this TN.
But how do we account for Rosario not knowing her real mother??? Perhaps Gabriela had twin girls!!!
And Rosario's sister is Raquel's (now grown) daughter.
I also believe that the Boss is the person responsible for
killing Juan's parents and maybe even Benito's parents as well.
I'm getting carried away now so I'll leave you to your own thoughts. :)
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 6:19:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 6:19:00 PM EDT
Julie: Thanks for the link...I don't know about Melinama but unless she overrides me, I left the info about Pablo/Franco in because I feel it legitimately discusses the possibility of character and plot changes and why.
I too caught quite an eyeful looking for the Esmas synopsis for tonight's episode (wrist was getting goofy, so I wanted to get a head start on the recap). I had to scroll through pages of one-liner summary intros because I didn't realize just how far behind we were.
I didn't get majorly spoiled, but I now have a vague idea of how we'll be kept busy for the next 14 weeks!
I don't know why Univision airs so far behind Mexico. I assume this is some kind of contractual agreement, but that's just a guess, and I don't know what the rationale would be.
I suppose that, for the people who live near the border who maybe have a choice of watching either the US or Mexico broadcast, you (as a Mexican media company) would want to strongly motivate them to watch the Mexican version first so that the Mexican sponsors get the advantage.
However, four weeks would be plenty of time for that. To be watching Easter stuff in July (and Christmas stuff in April) is just nuts, IMO!
I didn't get majorly spoiled, but I now have a vague idea of how we'll be kept busy for the next 14 weeks!
I don't know why Univision airs so far behind Mexico. I assume this is some kind of contractual agreement, but that's just a guess, and I don't know what the rationale would be.
I suppose that, for the people who live near the border who maybe have a choice of watching either the US or Mexico broadcast, you (as a Mexican media company) would want to strongly motivate them to watch the Mexican version first so that the Mexican sponsors get the advantage.
However, four weeks would be plenty of time for that. To be watching Easter stuff in July (and Christmas stuff in April) is just nuts, IMO!
No problem, Jardinera, I'm not criticizing or complaining - just raising the possibility that such a conversation could get terminated suddenly, because newcomers may not be aware of the policy.
Also, if Franco (or any main character who's expected to be around for the duration) gets written out of the story prematurely, I do think some people would consider it a spoiler to know about it beforehand. (After which they would definitely want to know what the hell happened!)
On the other hand, this situation is probably making headlines in Latino magazines. I'm pretty isolated from this where I live, so I can pretend that it's an obscure secret - but for people who live in the Miami area this stuff must be practically impossible to ignore.
Also, if Franco (or any main character who's expected to be around for the duration) gets written out of the story prematurely, I do think some people would consider it a spoiler to know about it beforehand. (After which they would definitely want to know what the hell happened!)
On the other hand, this situation is probably making headlines in Latino magazines. I'm pretty isolated from this where I live, so I can pretend that it's an obscure secret - but for people who live in the Miami area this stuff must be practically impossible to ignore.
Julie: Naw, I understand about the need to remind people here. I didn't know myself and I am one of those who would feel cheated not knowing why the character change happened ahead of time. Oh well! 8 ? ))
Tracking back to the correct esmas summary that happens to me quite a bit also. Considering it's FELS, I guess it's easier not to care and so sometimes I'm lucky enough to experience an automatic brain dump --could be old age, tho', dunno.
Tracking back to the correct esmas summary that happens to me quite a bit also. Considering it's FELS, I guess it's easier not to care and so sometimes I'm lucky enough to experience an automatic brain dump --could be old age, tho', dunno.
The theme music for Crabi could be the theme from "Jaws".
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: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:38:00 PM EDT
Most of what I saw while glancing through those summaries didn't "stick" and if anything, simply opened up more questions in my mind (did not answer any of them. That's the kind of spoiling I can live with. :)
Gabriela has that theme song -- have you noticed how her music sounds suspiciously like the wicked witch sound from the Wizard of Oz?
She rather reminds me of the nervous little anteaters that were part of the petting zoo that would show up in our city every year -- the poor little dudes would pace around the fence.
Terrific recap.
VV
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She rather reminds me of the nervous little anteaters that were part of the petting zoo that would show up in our city every year -- the poor little dudes would pace around the fence.
Terrific recap.
VV
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 18, 2008 at 11:50:00 PM EDT
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