Friday, November 21, 2008
11-20-08 Fuego "Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" Juan dreams of things that never were and says, "Why not?"
We begin with Juan crying.
Juan tells Pablito that they will be a family one big family.
Sofie discovers the empty cribs and she starts yelling at the Nun. She questions the Nun repeatedly about the whereabouts of the three cuter than button orphans. Finally the Nun breaks her twenty year long vow of silence and tells Sofie that the buttons where adopted by a young couple. What young couple? Who knows?
Well fool me once…Looks like the young couple adopting the little rays of sunshine are Yeh Yeh..Oscar and Jimena. Gosh Darn, I was like two seconds away from passing out. I had been holding my breath during this tense segment. PSA…Smokers I’m sure you came to sometime after the papers were signed and the happy parents, (Jimena & Oscar) were carrying the kidlets as well as the beloved parish priest who was carting the spare.
Meanwhile Fer is hanging around the outside of the orphanage, he is trying to help childless young couples fulfill their hearts desire by directing them to the one-stop shop for human trafficking. The young couple that was intended to be the loving parents of the button triplets, walk past Fer. They are carrying a young boy. Fernando is upset as he carefully screened the couple and by the information gleaned they were perfect candidates to adopt three girls.
Oscar & Ximena adopt the daughters.
Fernando sees the intended parents and they have a boy.
Padre Tad who witnessed the Oscar/Jimena adoption; sends the couple and the newly adopted little boy on their way. He tells Fernando that suspects Fernando was up to no good. Fernando says the priest always thinks the worst of him.
Sofie runs and tells Juan that someone else has adopted the beloved daughters.
Oscar & Ximena take the daughters home. Gabi can’t believe they adopted the children after all they are divorced. No they are not they respond as it is do-overs if you sign divorce papers while in a coma.
The adoption lady runs into Quitana and tells Quitana that Oscar & Jimena adopted the kids. Quitana says that is impossible they are divorced and live in two separate homes.
Juan and Sofie come in and see the kids. It is a very happy scene of good clean family unity.
Later Adoption lady comes by and tells Ximena that they have to give the kids back as they lied about their marital status. Sofie begs and cries that the one baby is hers, but alas they have fallen love with all the babies. Ximena says fine, that Oscar will move into the Hacienda. Gabi says no way. Adoption lady agrees to allow one week for the families to straighten this out. Wow, I would have thought maybe they would have all moved to the Reyes Ranch. Ooooopppss sorry there I go questioning the TelVista Authority. Forget what I said, it was crazy talk..questioning authority? As if, I mean that is why they are the Authority Right? I mean they know best and they will guide us though this tale.
Fernando comes in and Gabi is rather cold with him. Basically he is worthless and good for nothing. The look on poor Fer face is heartbreaking, no matter how many moral transgressions he commits it is never enough for Gabi. Without the support of a caring spouse a man can only commit so many crimes, before he just gives up and turns to a life of obeying the law. Gabi will have no one to blame, but herself when this happens.
Meanwhile the well meaning Padre and the scrappy abuelo (hey kids that means grandfather in Spanish) discuss the near miss of strangers adopting the three orphans. Hmmmm the wise elder concludes, it must have to do with money.
Oscar and Frankie as Juan why Juan and Sofie broke up.
Juan does not want to tell. The would endanger the idealistic relationships the others are engaged in.
Oddly enough Sofie is having the exact same conversation with her sisters.
Juan finally tells the brothers that the infamous Ber is the true killer of Ma & Pa Reyes. No Puede Ser.
The brothers are crushed. Just when their relationships where going so well with the girls. Oh Capulets and Montagues. A curse on both your haciendas. *This translates to Oh Hatfields and McCoys a curse on both your shacks.
Sofie gets out the belt and shows her sisters. Oh the horrors, how can it be. Pa was the best Pa in the world. In fact many young girls referred to him as Daddy. Ximena and Sarita are crushed as they see the ship of happy dreams sail off the edge of the earth with the sisters still standing alone on the pier.
The adorable Grandfather has built a mock-up of the hacienda and with his trusty magnifying glass he looks from one room to another. Questioning what was in it for Gabi & Fer, think, think, think he thinks.
Finally Eureka, the land…Scarlett the land.
The brothers Reyes descend on the Gabi house to confront her over the murder of their much missed, much loved parents. The brothers are dressed in traditional Mexican costumes. Oscar and Frankie as handsome Charros, while Juan sports more of a beach cabana boy look, sometime spotted in the famous bath houses. Adding even more thrilling cultural charm to our tale. Gabi tells a tale as old as the earth itself or roughly about 4500 years, love, betrayal, jealousy, snakes, murder. JJ Robles-Reyes, was enamoured with the fiesty young vixen Gabi. Ber found out and was crazed by the thought. She describes the murder scene, saying Poor What’sHerName Ma Reyes was shot a la drive-by, wrong place, wrong time. Juan replays the beta-tape in his head. Gabi has been mournful tears in her eyes. The boys leave and Gabi’s face turns from horror to a shudder and then a happy face. I guess she must have had a happy thought of unicorns right there at the end. Thoughts of magical single horned creatures are often known to cause a woman to shudder.
Gramps visits Ber’s Lawyer. Our neighbors to the South do not have the same legal system that we have. I guess it is okay for lawyers to discuss wills with anyone who stops by. The lawyer tells Gramps that Ber left everything to Sofie, if she divorced Fer and then bore a child by someone else. The lawyer seems surprised that this is not common knowledge as Fer & Gabi were quite aware of the conditions.
Fer goes to see Gabi’s lawyer. Gabi’s lawyer tells Fer that he has been disinherited. Fer is no longer in Gabi’s will. See Fer no good deed goes unpunished.
Fer later talks to some gentlemen who used to do odd jobs for him. I believe he just paid them a huge sum of money to disappear the other day, but it seems they are back and he has another job for them. Yes, Mexican men are crazy romantics and I just bet Fer, realizing how much he loves Gabi will try to win her love again. What could it be? Candy, flowers, maybe a pony?
Now to the Reyes Hacienda. Just like the Brady house, the three brothers share a room. This is very common in Mexico. People live in huge Haciendas, but the Latin Blood is blood of the Family and much warmer than ours. Grown men often sleep in the same room with their brothers, well into their twilight years. In fact 72% of adult males do not actually sleep in the same room with their wives, but continue to room with their brothers. In rural parts of Mexico, this is partially due to a myth dating to Aztec times that women will steal a man’s Mojo during the night and sell it to a demon for earthly goods, in times past it was for gold and precious stones and peyote, now it is for a dishwasher and satellite dish, oh and still peyote.
Juan is dreaming…he dreams of the death of his parents. In his dream he sees the belt buckle, he hears the rough language of the assassins. He sees the face of his poor mother silently begging him to remain quiet.
Suddenly the face of the shooter becomes the face of Ber, mocking him.
Juan screams out in his sleep. Oscar and Frankie leap from their beds and jump on Juan.
This behavior in America would seem odd, but lest we forget this is a different culture and it is in no way threatening for an adult sleeping male to be leapt upon by two other men dressed only small briefs. It is a common occurrence. Juan is sleep addled and fears he is being attacked by Ber. When he is finally roused from sleep. He tells Oscar and Frankie that he saw the scene of the murder and indeed it was Ber who killed their parents.
Wow…mystery solved.
Next day…Gabi is going to town with the ranch lackey, he forgot to give her a telegram. Gabi reads it and she is very distressed. Ricardo Uribe has taken a turn for the better.
She gets out of the SUV and is standing in the street. We see a pickup truck with the men Fer gave the job to the evening before. They rev the engine and aim straight for Gabi. Her eyes open to an enormous size.
I believe these low day labours that Fer hired in good conscious probably spent the night drinking and playing cards. They probably forgot all about the 1-800-flowers and in a rush to do their jobs have now endangered the chance of Fer and Gabi making up.
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Somebody should smack Quintina for running her mouth too much. Loose lips sink ships. Telling the social worker that Oscar and Jimena are divorded was not too smart. Don Agustin may yet show her his wrath.
With that telegram, we will probably see ruth and Ricardo enter the hacienda.
I asked this before and I will ask again, Is that Sarita singing the song in the store scene with Franco? If that is her, she has a nice voice.
Ibarramedia
Changing character...
Now, about your intro--so right!
Though, I must say; Public schools are a lot like prison--the food sucks, they tell you what to do and how to do it, and if someone tries to make you their bitch, you stick 'em with a shiv in the shower.
Sorry to say - well not really - that I missed this chapter last night. Your recap does it all for me - especially the anecdotes about Mexican men. So, they don't sleep with their wives - but, with their brothers. Who'd have thought that. Where, or where, do all the babies come from.
Anyway, I'm sure Jimena and Oscar will clear up the marriage/divorce/marriage situation. She can put on a pair of red sequined shoes, stomp her pretty little foot and make it happen. No - that was Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Juan need some serious head shrinking. Maybe he should go over a set or two at Televisa and hire JuanMi from Cuidado. JuanMi needs the business since he's handing out calling cards in the hospital cafeteria.
fluthur
As for the Will thing, here in Maryland (and probably most of the U.S.), wills are private while the person is alive (so the lawyer who told Fer he was disinherited was breaking the attorney-client privilege). But once someone dies and the will is probated (filed and proven valid), they're public record. And notices are sent to all interested parties that they can inspect the will, etc. So the lawyer Gramps went to wasn't doing anything wrong by telling Gramps what was in dead Bernardo's will. Actually, he should have contacted Sofia to tell her about he conditions.
Of course, we're not in the U.S. (or even Mexico), we're in TeleMexiDoom, so all bets are off.
I don't think Gabi is likely to be killed, but how about another coma? Amnesia? Coyote's truck saves her? Should be fun!
Fuego in AZ
No the good person is still here..
No bad words...
No sexual overtones...
No thinking people are idiots...
No thinking at all as a matter of fact...simply thinking the powers that be know best, cause they really do...
You betcha..
Gosh darn..
Well, well, well...things are cookin' now, aren't they? We can only hope (dream, pray) that Crabi finally gets what she deserves but in Mexidoom, the viewers are more tortured than Juan & Sofia's ill fated love.
Do we have a countdown on the # of shows left? Please tell me it's less than 100.
Maggarita
:->
Poor vanilla. Everyone makes fun of vanilla because of its pasty complexion and soothing scent, but they still love it.
This is no spoiler but just a thought. When she finally realizes that Feo is really trying to kill her maybe she will turn on the Coyote-signal and he will come to her rescue and they will both set up Feo. (ie, Murder, Death, Kill.)
But of course this being Mexidoom that would be too easy.
Jimena, just move in with your husband. For God's sake. You love him, he loves you, and you just adopted 3 babies. Please!!!!!
Wow...gotta switch to E-bay I am bidding on a set of Thomas Kincaide cottage air freshners.
Guess what, you plug them in and the little cabins lit up and yes..the scent of vanilla.
I particularly enjoyed seeing Franco apply the half-Nelson to Juan to restrain him after that nightmare.
I laughed so hard at Gabriela's face when she saw the truck and JUST STOOD THERE!!
I can't wait for tonight's episodio.
Please eat something spicy before it's too late!!
Cynically (and maybe biologically) yours,
Nickster/Former Nicolas/Former eater of vanilla ice cream
ROTFLOL
Thanks for the great recap. :-)
Molly that wheel chair joust between Don Agustin and Gabriela would be interesting.
If Gabriella survives the hit and run do you think Fernando kills those two ex- bad love bar employees?
Ibarramedia
You found me out...
I was going to the mattresses, trying to hide out like during the McCarty hearings. I really don't collect figures, magnets, & I am quite proud of all the awesome stuff that the WPA built in the thirties. I really do think all the people on Fuego are stupid to the point of carrying battery back-ups in case they forget to breathe. I really don't want to type words like Cupid cause it rhymes with stupid and won't offend anyone or type St*p*d. I really do think some people watch TeleNovelas as a cultural learning experience. Just like I learned all about the oil business from watching Dallas. I really do agree with that thing about opiate of the masses, only I would really prefer morphine.
Nickster..I came out cause I just can't deny you and they rewrote that law in Nebraska so I can't dump your snarky ass there.
And we won't be having none of those "vanilla" or "marble" cakes--strictly chocolate.
I have a slot-car set that is grandmas in wheel chairs instead of plain old sports cars. Now when I play I will call them Gabi and Augi!
We all know what the color white at a wedding stands for and no child of mine will carry that stigma.
Otherwise anything goes.
So my suggestion to take your old refrigerator out to the front yard and make a smoker out of it...no go?
"Creeemelo"
As a Mexican who lived in Northern Mexico in rural areas like this novela and big cities for many years, with a large extended family still there, I don't agree with the assertion that Mexican men do not sleep with their wives in the same room, same bed. I have never known of anyone that didn't. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, neighbors--if there is only one bedroom, one bed, the couple get it, married or not. The young and unmarried get tossed on the floor very often. If there's a second bedroom it often has two beds, girls in one, boys in the other.
The very rich, I'm sure don't have to share room or bed.
I really enjoy your recaps. Thank you and the other recappers for all your hard work.
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