Caray, Caray!

Thanks for the pics, especially of Juan! Since I didn't see the beginning weeks (or months) of this show, the flashback was a thrill for me.

Speaking of early episodes, in the DVD set, in the extras section, there is a "slapping montage" which looks like Juan slapped Libia. It happens so quick I'm not sure, but if this is true, Jean could you or somebody else who has seen the show from the beginning shed some light on this? I was kinda shocked because I didn't think Juan would hit a woman, except for Dinorah and the kidnapping scene. Was there any explanation as to why he slapped Libia? From what I could tell, in the chapters section of the DVD it looked like this scene was shown just after the slap, and I gather they did not even know Libia was pregnant yet? Were they just really upset that she hooked up with somebody, and why? And why would this warrant such a violent act? I just didn't think Juan would do that, especially since he seemed so close to and protective of Libia, and I thought he was against hitting a woman.

But you're right, not much happened on Friday's episode--it was rather boring! That's one where I wish I had recorded it and zipped through it later, rather than sitting through every scene and commercial.

Like the anonymous poster earlier, my Chicago area TV listing says PdG at 11 a.m. for one hour, and then Cuerpo at 2 p.m. for one hour. So there seems to be some discrepancy. We'll have to check to make sure.
 

What network and when is this telenovela shown ??
 

Thanks for the lovely shots and summary Jean. That pretty much covers the whole episode. Sigh =( I'm sure it will pick up soon!

Cindybin - Alas, Juan does indeed slap his baby sis in the first episode. In his defense, not only was she sleeping with a man twice her age, but he had given her money (he wasn't paying her for the sex, but simply giving her money because he figured she needed it) and our hero thought his sister was prostituting herself. He always saw himself as the parent of this siblings, and much of Latin America is of the opinion "spare the rod, spoil the child." Not saying I agree with this practice, just that it exists.

Susalynn, welcome to our little group =) This airs on Telemundo at 12:00 PM EST for two hours (though TV listings in various areas have conflicting times lately). This is down to about episode 160 or so, so we're in the home stretch. If you want to look at previous episodes on YouTube, they are listed in order (pdg 1.1, etc). There are no subtitles, but the quality is pretty decent.
 

Thanks for the insight, Margarita. I suppose Juan had good reason to be upset, and I have heard about the Latin "spare the rod, spoil the child" mentality. Still, I wish he hadn't done that. Oh well, at least there was an explanation. The DVD cuts out so much it was kinda hard to understand.

I think I'm going to rewrite this novela and eliminate all the slapping, fighting, punching, drinking and spitting. I will play Norma (I hear they do wonders with makeup these days). Now I just need to get Mario to re-enact it with me...
 

Counter to the advertised listings in the Chicago area, PdG was on for its usual 2 hours today, and ECDD was nowhere to be found. So much for that. But I'm going to tape for several hours this week, just to make sure they don't pull a fast one and start ECDD early at a different time. I really don't trust these people.