Caray, Caray!

That was my first thought, too—-was Norma going to clean up all those feathers? Then I remembered that she had maids. In that case, making a mess would be fun!

Oh how I wish they didn’t show Juan taking a swig of booze and passing the bottle on to Franco! This is the second time I’ve seen him do that. And today I saw him SPIT, too! Sometimes he makes it really hard to stay in love with him. And to think I was crushed when I first saw him take a sip of wine.

Dinorah sure is tough. She makes a good man. As evil as she is, I still admire her for beating up those thugs who were about to attack Ruth during Juan’s kidnapping. (“You think you’re so macho?? Well take THIS!!”) If only we could all defend ourselves like that.
 

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Thanks for the shots and comments Jean =)

I too wondered who would clean up the feathers, and how they got the idea to sacrifice that poor pillow.

Things don't bode well for Grandpa. He'll make too much noise going up and has no easy way to come back down - they'll catch him for sure. I just hope Ruth's dream isn't too literal (not the walking, the shooting).

It's interesting that this storyline has always had some supernatural element. In Aguas Mansas, the bros moved to a haunted house (no evidence they did in this one); in FelS, we have Libia's glowing flower and Juan's fits every time Slowfia's in danger; and in this one, we have had some "feelings" from a number of characters (Gabi when the girls were getting shot at, Martin when Sarita got whipped, Franco when Rosario almost got shot, and probably a few I missed), but the main supernatural element comes from Ruth's psychic connection with the dead Libia and her dreams of foreshadowing.

I too wondered why our cabaret girls haven't considered going to Elizondo girls for help. They actually have the authority to take grandpa out, but then again, they'd probably be in serious danger if they ever set foot in that place again.

Fernando is a genuine first rate idiot. He actually had a bunch of shady characters come to his house while he's harboring a wanted criminal. Any of them could have caught her, especially now that he's welshing on his debts. The only explanation I can find for his dismantling of the hacienda is that he wants the cash ready (with the hacienda itself being the final item) so he and Dinora can run off once she's killed Juan and Norma (and maybe Martin and Gabi). Off course, the way he's spending it, there will be nothing left at that point.
 

I will say, much as I love Juan, sometimes he's a little sexist for my taste. He basically told the girls not to worry their pretty little heads about mom and grandpa, let the men take care of the important stuff. We know he thinks he's doing his duty, but he's actually being a jerk, regardless of his silly arrangement of them staying away from their own mom. I'll chuck it up to spending too much time around machista farmhands or by his lonesome baking.
 

The scene with Gabriela begging Martín to go to the Reyes place broke my heart. Jorge Cao does such amazing work in this show. I'd love to see him in other telenovelas.

Gabriela finally did some good by slapping Malcolm into next week. I must say I couldn’t help but cheer. Serves him right, the lippy imbecile. What will really be something to see is when/if Dinora turns on him.

I still can’t get over the fact that no one seems to use telephones very often in this show. Did I miss something with the phone situation here?? Even though Gabriela & Martín are now prisoners in their own house, it doesn’t appear there’s any reason they can’t call anyone when they’re alone. Why isn’t Gab calling the police? Did Fern take out all the telephones? Wouldn't anyone on the outside notice this if he had?

Although I was shocked to see Juan there, I did enjoy the little scene with our 3 couples waiting for their dinner guests at the Club. Everyone looked so sharp! Too bad Juan’s insecurity wouldn’t let him accept Sara and Norma’s compliments as sincere. Poor Juan; that chip on his shoulder will never quite go away, not even with a trophy wife and all the economic clout he could ever need.

The plot developments lately have people falling into the tried & true telenovela formula of making stupid mistakes that just get them in more trouble, more so that we’ve seen them do so in this show up to now. Horrible idea on Oscar’s part to not tell the girls about the rumors of trouble at the Elizondo ranch, re: selling off of everything. Also, Juan’s refusal to let the girls check in on Gab & Abuelo is well-intentioned but completely counter-productive. In the same vein, why wouldn’t Pepa run right to the daughters & tell them what’s going on after her visit with Martín?

I cannot believe Armando would recommend Herzog & Rubinski as bodyguards to Fernando & Dinora. What an idiot. I don’t recall him being so pleased with their performance when he hired them. One would think Rosario might be decent & tell the Reyes what trouble Gabriela & Martin were in, now that she’s seen for herself. Why don’t the daughters just go over there? Does the dumb agreement they made with Juan preclude this? It’s absurd to me that the girls made that agreement to start with, and even more so that they wouldn’t break it as evidence of trouble mounts up.

Why doesn’t Ruth take her dreams seriously yet? Oscar told her after the wedding dream how important her Livia dreams were. Why doesn’t she tell everyone when she has one?

I really don’t need to see a love scene between Fern & Dinora; ewwww…. As brave as Don Martin is, what did he think he was going to be able to do if he made it all the way upstairs? Pobrecito. I hope he doesn’t end up suffering too much for his folly.
 

Marie Celeste, I too enjoyed Malcolm getting slapped. I also thought it was much needed moment of comedy when Malcolm started telling off the gambler after Dino had already kicked his ass. The look of disgust on her face was priceless.

I think we're supposed to assume that Gabi is not allowed near a phone (and Martin won't report anything until he has his facts straight). She recently got a call from Raquel, but she had them say she was busy. This may prove to be something in the future.

I have no idea why Ruth is now dismissing her own dreams. I think it's tantamount to the people who refuse to go to the doctor because they're afraid of what the diagnosis will be. Silly girl! And shame on the rest of the household for not pressing her.
 

Oh by the by Marie Celeste, Jorge Cao was one of the leads in "El Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa" (the sword and the rose). It was a great TN with the very sexy Christian Meier as Zorro and Jorge Cao as the priest who trained him. Cao not only walks, but does a bit of swordfighting. Alas, Telemundo only showed highlights of the shows on their website in those days (and who knows how much is left) but I know it's available online for purchase.

Oh, and on another bit of useless trivia, the actor that played Camba in Zorro and Dino's island attendant in this one is currently playing a bodyguard (to the guy that played Garcia in Zorro and Burque in LT) in "Paraiso." I haven't heard him speak though (I only watch bits of it here and there), so the jury's still out as to whether he speaks Spanish.
 

Wow, Margarita: I watched (and loved) Zorro and I never made the connection with the priest on Zorro and Don Martín! It must have been the different hairdos ;-).

I think everyone is ignoring common sense so that we can get to a dramatic rescue of the Hacienda folks.