Caray, Caray!

Great photo selections as always, Jean.

Juan & Dinora get down & dirty!! Even when slowly dying, Dinora is still shockingly nasty. Juan, even up to his eyebrows in pond scum, is still shockingly cute. ;-)

More irony: Juan & Gabriela come to Dinora’s defense as a human being when Fernando wants to leave her behind to die. Dinora then proves their goodwill misplaced, turning on Fernando & nearly choking him. Tough as nails, even as she's fading fast.

The silly policeman provides us a nice blackboard drawing of the swamp forest, complete with very artful labeling. Again the mention of this stupid geologist that everyone is waiting for to show them the way through the forest. (If I hear this person mentioned one more time, I’m going to hit someone.) This character is obviously being set up to make an entrance "de impacto" at this point in the story, since there are so few episodes left. I wonder if it will be a very high-profile actor?!?!?

Cracks me up everytime Fernando calls Juan “gran desgraciado” or “grand imbecil”. It just sounds like is such a formal way to call someone a big scumbag.

I’m getting a little tired of all the daughters’ emotional outbursts, wringing of hands & self-castigating. Just get on with cleaning up the house & get your keesters back to Hacienda Reyes already.

Ditto goes for Dinora’s tirades against men. I can appreciate the inclusion of her tirade against her emotionally inaccessible father, but Good Lord, woman, just die already. However, not only doesn’t she die, but she actually bounces back to the point that she can get on her feet?

Dinora's attempted kiss of Juan was well played, I thought. I appreciated Mario’s stoic yet not completely unfeeling expression. When he got to the point of yelling at her to let him go, why the heck didn’t Gabriela just come over & pull her away? Odd moment.

Once Fern shot Dinora, it seemed to me that now Juan & Gab really had something to worry about as Fernando would have no choice but to kill them as well to hide the murder.

Call me sappy, but I LOVED the scene with Franco, Rosario & Sara in the hospital; I actually couldn’t stop crying. I thought Zharick León earned her paycheck in this scene alone, and she was even covered up to her neck! (Note: I'm pretty sure my reaction to this particular scene was hormonally-enhanced. It reminded me of the time I was a sobbing heap while watching the "Happy Days" episode where Ritchie moved out of the house. Such drama! ;-p) I have a feeling there'll be a nice turn for Rosario before the show ends. Maybe one of Armando's blueblood family members will turn up to help her through his death, say a handsome brother, cousin, whatever. Could be interesting...

Best BIG IRONY moment: Gabriela chews out Fern for not listening to Juan & never having been a real man like Juan is. I hope Gab doesn't see the light in too big a way, fall in love with Juan, and beget yet another Weird Triangle. ;-)
 

In the scene a few episodes back when they first return to the empty Elizondo place, I forgot to ask if anyone caught the phrase pronounced by Martín, in what seemed to me a nod to the original series: "Líbrame, Dios, de las aguas mansas, porque de las bravas me libro yo." Maybe someone has a more poetic translation, but I hear it as, "Save me, Lord, from the still waters because from the rough ones, I'll save myself." A nice touch, I thought.
 

Thanks for the shots and summary Jean ;)

I think I finally got where the original title came from during yesterday's epi ("Las Aguas Mansas" = The Still Waters). As grandpa exited the ghost town the Elizondo place had become, he said, in reference to Feonando: "well goes the saying - 'Lord, protect us from the still waters, of the turbulent ones we can protect ourselves.'" So, it was a reference to Feo and his hypocrisy.

Anywhoo, now we know that Dino became a criminal 'cause daddy wanted a boy. That explains the attitude, but certainly doesn't excuse all the killings.

I sure hope Eva doesn't loose her newly acquired fortune in Benito's restaurant. As the boys pointed out, there's always the risk he'll eat all the profits! Seriously though, he might not be a great businessman, but he knows about food ;)

So it comes down to Feo. Rosario looks like she's headed for redemption (and never actually tried to kill anyone), and Memo's probably in jail, as are Malcolm and Carmela. Since Dino got bit by a poisonous critter, and both Oscar & Franco (and the dead Dino) ended up in the quick sand, how about Feo getting eaten by an alligator? Not sure they have any, I'd just like a little variety, and he deserves to go in a horrible, painful way.
 

Ha, Marie Celeste, it looks like we both had the same thought about the "aguas mansas" line, and wrote about it at the same time ;)
 

Hi Marie Celeste: The scene with Franco, Sarita and Rosario will be in tomorrow's episode. I'll get my hanky ready ;-)

Yes, Dínorah was like those people in operas who, although dying, manage to sing long arias.

Whatever dirt repellent is on Juan's clothes is worth a fortune. Juan has a slightly grubby face but the long hair, even after days in the swamp and rolling around in the mud was perfect.

I did notice the Aguas Mansas line from Don Martín in Monday's episode but then I forgot about it. We have the expression, 'Still waters run deep,' but that doesn't mean the same thing. It's not really an expression but sometimes people say, 'its the quiet ones you have to watch out for.' The English titles translated it as: Watch out for wolves dressed in sheep's clothing,' which is good too.

BTW: I just caught a few seconds of Sin Senos, No Hay Paraiso tonight, and there was the actor who played Camba in Zorro and Dínorah's tropical boy toy in PdG speaking perfect Spanish. So that's one mystery solved.
 

Ooops.. didn't mean to slip about the Rosario scene. Looks like editing differences might come into play again here. I thought I was safe because in the YouTube episodes, this scene comes BEFORE some of the events mentioned in your original post, Jean.

Anyway, don't expect too much from said scene. I rewatched it tonight & sort of wondered why it hit me so hard last night. It's a good scene, but perhaps not really hanky-worthy by objective standards. For whatever reason, it just really hit a chord in me last night.
 

Thanks for the screen shots, Jean. I have no self control so I watched the remaining episodes. Since I'm not sure exactly where the Telemundo broadcasts are breaking off, I'll wait until the end to comment. I just wanted to add my support to your faithful discussion posts!
 

Loved the comments, ladies--your insights are great. So are the pictures and recaps, Jean.

I have no self-control either, Rhonda, and watched my DVD set to the end quite awhile ago (I can't get YouTube with dialup.) That's okay, though--I'm still enjoying seeing it every day, and they include sooo much that isn't in the DVD.
 

I know what you mean about the DVD set, Cindy - I also have it and checked several times for help (since it has captions) in understanding exactly what was said when I was watching YouTube - and it's amazing how much is cut out. It never had the parts I needed help with! The one positive I can say about the DVDs is that the digital picture clarity is very impressive, especially compared to YouTube. It was nice to see Juan's lovely features so crisp!
 

Here I thought I was the one with no self-control!!!! I also have the official DVD set, but wouldn’t allow myself to watch the last disc till after the gran final aired, not wanting to spoil the lead up to it. You’re right, Rhonda; it is frustrating to see how much is left out but it’s also lovely to see such clear pictures. Sometimes they’re a little too high-def, actually. When I see pores I tend to wish the camera would back off a little! ;-)