Saturday, December 20, 2008
Fuego en la Sangre, 12/19/08: Everyone’s Got a Gripe – So Take a Number!
Capítulo 161
At the Double R (Hacienda de los Robles-Reyes) Tio Vicente tells Oscar and Franco that he has no doubt now that Gabi Elizondo hates her daughters. Franco says yeah, but she hates a Reyes more and managed to succeed in separating them from her daughters. Oscar is ready to make her start explaining herself. (Not without a couch and a professional he won’t—or maybe a gun, a whip and a chair.) There’s no way he’s going to write off Jimena because of that woman. Franco agrees with Tio V.O. (this guy always reminds me that I need a shot of that stuff to get through this). They’re to blame for ever bothering to listen to Doña Gabriela’s lies. Tio V.O. says well, now there’s such a gulf between the Elizondos and them that if they’re going to win Sarita and Jimena back they’ll have to double their efforts. Otherwise, get used to seeing them as Roman and Gonzalo’s permanent property.
Back at the Double E (Hacienda de las Elizondo y aún del Escandon) Augie manages to squeeze out of Rosendo who the owner of that infamous snake belt really is: Darth Rico! Gabi puts her listening ears on and manages to overhear Rosendo tell this to Augi and Santi (Oh, Lucy-y-y-y! Sorry, but that red hair just screams at me!) through the closed French doors of his bedroom (which might as well be open for all the privacy those things give them). She realizes her lie has been discovered. Ruh-roh! She starts to head over to Bungalow del Bruto to look for Darth and let him know what she just heard and that her father, courtesy of Rosendo, knows the truth about his belt. On her way out of the main house she runs into Fernando. He has to explain his whereabouts: checking on her granddaughter’s delicate condition. She refuses to consider the little girl her granddaughter. They go into the office to talk things over.
Gabi pours them each a couple of brandies. “She doesn’t carry my blood and I’m the only one who knows which of them is Sofia’s real daughter.” Feo wonders why Gabi’s never bothered to tell him which of them it is. He handed the little girl over to her after all. Gabi says it’s her one remaining weapon with which to defend herself and she’s not giving it away to him. She doesn’t want to give Feo anything more that he can use against her. Feo tells her, “The weapons we use to defend ourselves are often the same things that can destroy us.” (Let’s hope he’s being prophetic here.) Just then El Coyote arrives at the office door with an especially big grin for Gabi. Feo gets touchy and asks Coyote just what does he think he’s doing there coming to see HIS wife?
Coyote says he’s got Gabi’s permission. Gabi smiles back just as big and then tells Feo he’s been gone so much that he’s about to get thrown over for somebody else. She’s given Coyote her permission to come by any old time he likes. Coyote sneers over at Feo and asks if he’s got any objections. Feo shakes his head and walks out in a snit. Gabi offers Coyote a drink and Coyote winks at her. (Ewww!)
Across the hall in Augie’s room Santita and Augie discuss their plans for surprising Fernando and they giggle conspiratorially. (I love these two together. What a team!)
Fernando carries a couple of plastic bags into Root’s bedroom and smiles.
Back at the bungalow Darth tells Root he approves of getting back at somebody when they’ve pulled a humiliating fast one on you, but he tells her she’s playing with fire and the last thing he wants is for her to get hurt, especially over somebody like Juan Reyes. Root swears she’s got no intention of getting serious about Juan. It’s all in the plan to separate Sofia from him. Raqui comes back to the bungalow then and says she wants to speak with Root. Root hisses at her not to come near her and that she doesn’t want to ever see or speak to her again. She walks off and of course Raqui, one of the eternally confused, calls after her.
Raqui tells Darth she doesn’t understand why Root is upset with her because she hasn’t done a single thing to her. Darth says obviously Raqui has or the girl wouldn’t be rejecting her this way. She asks him why he’s always taking Root’s side and never supports her, his own wife. She complains to Darth (not a prudent thing to do) that because of the way he’s brought her up and has given her so much free rein that Root’s turned into a veritable monster.
Darth grabs Raqui by the throat and tells her never to talk like that about Root again. If she doesn’t like the way he raised the girl then get out. They don’t need her there. Raqui asks why he treats her this way and says it would seem he didn’t love her. (What was the first clue, Raqui?) Rico sneers, “Ah! Finally it dawns on her! You’re right! I never loved you! I only married you for your money! The only woman I ever loved is Gabriela Elizondo!” Rico picks up his hat. “Happy?” He walks out. Raqui of the double-digit I.Q. stands there drop-jaw impactada.
Root returns to the main house and Gabi introduces her to El Coyote. Root asks why they call him Coyote. “…because we hunt alone and we are always faithful to our mates.” He turns and smiles over at Gabi who mentions that Root is Ricardo Uribe’s daughter. He thinks to himself that Ricardo has finally come back. Gabi notices his interest-or maybe she’s a bit jealous because she seems to be disturbed that he is staring at Root.
Back in Augie’s bedroom, he and Santita are rushing to get some surprise ready for Fernando.
At the same time, Root enters her bedroom and finds a tray of fruit lying in the middle of her bed. Surpri-i-i-se! Fernando grabs Root from the back. We now get gratuitous and boring scenes of what’s supposed to pass for hawt, rough, illicit sex between the two of them while he feeds her grapes and she moans and pants. Yawn. FF>>
Meanwhile, El Coyote exits the main house. He thinks to himself that this must be his lucky day: Ricardo Uribe’s back in town and Root is the daughter that he loves so much. He plans to come back much more often to visit with Gabi. He can kill two birds with one stone. (Oh, Coyote! Why did we ever doubt you? You may be homely as hell, but there’s something sexy about a man with a plan!)
A bit later, Padre Tadeo walks Eva to the main house. He tells her not to force things between her and Root and then leaves. Eva, another one of the eternally confused, is more perplexed than ever, especially after the curious things that he and Raqui have told her. (Query 1: Why does this not surprise us? Query 2: Why does everybody always have to talk in riddles?) Across the way at Bungalow del Bruto, Raqui remembers the despicable way her husband and daughter have just treated her. She tells herself she deserves it for having switched those babies way back when. Her revenge will be that Gabi never will know that Root is really her child.
Eva heads upstairs and decides to stop to speak with Root, and she hopes Root will at least listen to what she has to say. She starts for Root’s room and the door is open. She sees that Root is in her bedroom doorway, in a hawt, passionate lip lock with Fernando. Eva freezes in place. (¡Qué horror!) Eva then hears something down below and realizes that Gabi is about to come up the stairs. She doesn’t know what to do because Gabi is obviously going to discover Root with Fer the minute she gets to the landing. Gabi is thinking to herself that she needs to explain to Root who El Coyote is. (Why???) She starts up the stairs. In a panic Eva suddenly yells down to Gabi that she needs to speak with her about something. Gabi yells back that they’ve got nothing to say to each other, especially since Eva’s there against Gabi’s will and her patience is pretty frayed where Eva’s concerned.
Gabi is just loud enough so that Feo and Root hear her. Eva says she wants to discuss her granddaughter’s condition, but Gabi says the girl isn’t her granddaughter. Eva wonders how she can say that with such certainty, unless perhaps she knows which one of the three really is Sofia’s daughter. (Think fast, Gabi!) Gabi says she put it that way because Sofia refuses to find out for herself who the real daughter is.
Feo is afraid he and Root will be found out so he wants to leave, but Root loves the heightened sense of danger at the possibility of what Gabi will say if she does find out they’ve been together. Feo likes this game and gives in just a bit longer. Gabi is just about to open the bedroom doors when Sofia starts yelling for her downstairs. Sofia and her two sisters demand an explanation about the reason she made up the lie about their dear dead daddy owning that snake belt. They tell her they are now aware that he was not the murderer she’d claimed he was.
Meanwhile, the Posibles, Roman and Gonzalo, are driving into town. Roman says he doesn’t believe Jimena is ever really going to get that divorce from Oscar Reyes. Gonzalo says he suspects Sarita still has the hots for Franco, too. Roman devises a plan to deal with the situation.
Feo finally sneaks out of Root’s room when he’s certain the coast is clear. Root thinks to herself that all men are cowards--all men except her daddy, that is. He’s a man’s man. (Big Ruh-roh! I don’t even want to go there.)
While all of this is taking place, Darth is sneaking around the Double R, even though it’s broad daylight, and trying to find a weak spot to enter the house. (I thought he found one already the night he caught his daughter jumping Juan in the kitchen.) He takes out a giant gutting knife (emphasizing he’s one mean dude) and says he’s determined to get back in and recover what he’s still got hidden in that house.
Back across the way at the Double E, Mama tells Sofia and her two sisters that she didn’t make up anything, but the three hound her about it until she loses patience. “All right! Yes! I did do it--to get you away from the Reyes. Why? Because I hate them!” Sofia asks her if the resentment she felt because of Juanjo Reyes’s rejection was so great that she had to muddy his name and reputation and then that of his sons? Jimena asks Mama if her resentment was so great that she would rather see her daughters miserable. Sarita, master of the obvious, says well if Mama wanted to keep them apart, she succeeded. Mama asks how dare they speak to her this way? Sofia says proudly, because they are Elizondos. The three of them walk out. Gabi gulps her brandy down and mistakenly thinks to herself, “Poor you, Sofia. You’re no Elizondo-- because Bernardo Elizondo was not your father. You’re Ricardo Uribe’s daughter.”
Back at the Double R, Darth decides that he’ll come back there when it’s dark.
In town, Roman and Gonzalo sweet talk the Gossip Sisters into hiring Franco to serenade Jimena and Sarita for them. Apparently Roman’s set certain conditions if Franco agrees to do the serenade. (Practical jokes with the competition. This is definitely #1 of the top ten ways to win friends and influence your would-be fiancés.)
Now Darth spies on Franco, Oscar and Rigo taking a break in the back forty. Oscar and Franco agree that Tio V.O. is right about this whole Elizondo business. It’s gonna be difficult to do without their women. Oscar says he’s going to visit Jimena one more time and ask her if she loves him. If she says no, it’s over, period. He won’t see her again. Franco notices that Rigo’s in a snit too, but Rigo won’t open up to them. The three start back to work and Darth reminds himself that Juan’s weak spot is his brothers.
Root walks into the little girls’ room and begins to play with Sofia’s daughters while Eva waits to ambush Fernando in his and Gabi’s bedroom about what she just witnessed a bit ago. Feo walks in from the dressing room and Eva lights into him. It might be his wife’s house, she crabs, but he has no qualms about kissing her daughter. He plays ignorant but she tells him to stop pretending because she saw the two of them kissing and even had to distract Gabi to stop her from walking in on them. He has no morals, she tells him, and HER daughter is in danger being around a man like him. Feo mocks: “Your daughter!! When she was little you didn’t have a bit of strength to defend her then! Stop dreaming already, Eva! She despises you. Anyway, she’s nothing more than a slut, a minx!” Eva starts to slap him. “I won’t let you talk about her that way!”
Feo grabs Eva by the throat though and starts to choke. “Don’t dare touch me again, because the one who is going to get the worst of it will be your daughter! Understand?” Eva tells him to let her go or she’ll tell Gabi about the two of them. Seems she wins this round because he lets loose of her then.
Meanwhile, Gabi is waiting for DV back at Bungalow del Bruto. She is holding Darth Rico’s picture in her hand and is thinking to herself that there’s still a chance that he and she can find happiness together; that’s why she’s got to warn him that Rosendo told Augie about him being the real owner of that snake belt and that he’s the actual murderer of the Robles-Reyes’. Darth Rico walks into the bungalow and before Gabi can get a word out edgewise he cuts her off. He’s not interested so get out already! Gabi warns him not to treat her like Raquel, because they’re two very different women. “Oh really?” He tries to grab her roughly by the jaw but Gabi’s too quick for him and stares him down. “All right then, I’ll leave without telling you.” “—Now! I’m fed up with both of you! Git!” She hurls his picture onto the floor, storms out, and it smashes to pieces. Darth figures he’ll make up with her later. Right now he’s only interested in getting back what he’s still got hidden at the Double R and then getting back at Juan Reyes where it hurts the most.
Back at the main house Fernando is dragging Eva kicking and screaming over to the top of the stairs. He tries to push her down them a la Augie a few days ago. Sofia runs up to try to stop him and he turns on her. “I’m fed up with you, too, and now you’re going to pay once and for all!” He tries to push Sofia over the railing. Suddenly Jimena and Sarita are racing up the stairs to try to pull Fernando off Sofia. (Four women in this scene and all they can do is pull at his coat??? I’d have been jumping him and biting his neck or bashing him in the back of his head with the back of my arm or the nearest vase!) Gabi walks into the main hall just then and yells at them to tell her what’s going on.
Suddenly there’s a big BOOM! Augie has let loose with a shot from his ancient blunderbuss and knocks a 2 foot hole in a nearby vase. THAT gets their attention! Augie yells at Feo, “The next time you try to attack Sofia I swear I will kill you, Fernando! I swear I will!” Santita calls Feo a coward and tells him his time is coming and fast. Gabi demands an explanation. Feo shrugs in feigned surprise. “They just went mad and attacked me! It was all Eva’s fault. She was in our bedroom insulting me and she attacked me.” Eva denies it and says she was only there to tell him what she thought. Gabi says nothing Eva thinks interests her and she didn’t have the right to go into her bedroom –unless, perhaps, she wanted to sleep with this husband the way she did with Bernardo. Santita raises her eyebrows. Sofia and her two sisters follow Eva back toward the little girls’ room.
Sofia comes in to the girl’s room and sees Root with her daughters. She kicks Root out and tells her she doesn’t want to see her in there ever again. Ever!! Root shrugs her off and leaves. Back on the landing, Feo tells Gabi that Eva just went nuts. Augie says, “So that was why you tried to kill Sofia? To commit another one of your crimes?” Gabi yells at Augie to stop already. She doesn’t want him accusing her husband of being a murderer! Santita says, “Well as always, Gabi, you defend everybody but never your own daughters.” Root walks past and says sorry, but family tiffs like this bore her and make her queasy. She excuses herself and saunters out.
Augie looks downstairs at Root leaving and says the house is filling up with poisonous brutes. So fortunately, he and Santita are getting married and getting the heck away from there. Gabi screams that Augie and she can’t get married. Santi says oh yeah? Watch us! We’re getting married both civilly and by the Church! Gabi says it would be showing disrespect towards her dear dead mother. Santi says, nope. “We’re both widowers now and nobody can stop us.” Gabi tries to lay the old guilt trip on Augie again about killing her mother in that car wreck but Augie yells at her to remember Gabi herself was the one driving that night, not him! Gabi, he says, killed her mother in the same heartless way she would kill her three daughters if she could! Santita’s look hardens but perverted Feo looks over at Gabi with renewed interest and admiration.
Back in Puebla City, Juan is in his daughter’s room “attempting” to rock his little daughter in the giant hospital bed. (Don’t they have hospital cribs around there? The kid looks like she could crawl over that stumpy rail and fall out any minute—if Juan doesn’t shake, rattle and roll her over it first!) He’s all excited and tells Maria Jose that now her parents can get married and she and her little sisters can all live together with them in one big happy family. Juan stops suddenly then and thinks back to what Rosendo told him about the true owner of that snake belt. His constipated brain finally connects the dots and he says to himself that since Gabi was able to describe the murder of his parents exactly the way he remembers seeing it and dreamt about it his entire life, then the real murderer must have been the one to tell her about it. He’s going to make her tell him who that was. He’ll get the truth out of her no matter what. (I vote for the “no matter what” option.)
Back in the little girls’ room at the hacienda, Sofia begs Eva to let her in on whatever it was that caused her to go at it with Feo that way. Eva gives in and says, well, it’s hard because every day she realizes that Root is more headstrong and rebellious than she could have ever imagined. “Uh… er … I discovered her and Fernando kissing each other.” Sofia stands up, drop-jaw impactada. “What???”
Across the hall in their bedroom Crabi gives Feo the third degree over what he and Eva were arguing about. He gripes that Eva is just an old busybody who insists on spying on his every move. Gabi wonders if it’s because he might be hiding something from her. He of course denies it. He says Eva is just so frustrated about wanting to tell Root the truth that she’s capable of anything now. He begins pacing and Crabi wonders what he’s afraid of. He says he’s afraid of Sofia going ahead with her threat to send him to jail. So, if Gabi ever loved him she should avoid any further friction between her and Sofia because it would be to their mutual benefit if she would. He begins to seduce Gabi to make sure she sees things his way.
Eva wants to know what Sofia’s about to do now that she knows. Sofia tells Eva that she’s off to do something she should have done a while ago.
Gabi breaks away from Fernando. She’s flustered and wonders why he’s kissing her like that after everything he’s done. He says because he luuuhhvs her but she stopped believing him, and they’ve both hurt each other, but now it’s to their mutual benefit if they begin to support each other again. “Don’t you realize that we neeeeed each other again?” “—You’re right. I need you and you need me.” “--Together again we’ll be invicible,” he wheedles. She only wishes she could be sure that he really does love her. He says of course he does, and like no other women he’s ever loved –well, others have given him a perverse pleasure, but with HER it’s different. They share the same interests, the same hatred, and the same loves. She swoons and asks weakly if he really does love her like he says. (So what’s Darth, now? Swiss cheese?) “You must not doubt it again!” Gabi continues to swoon. “I’m a strong woman, but I need to be loved.” “--Just like me,” says Feo. “—I need for you all to love me.” “—I love you.” “—I need it so much…” she demures. “—Ye-s-s-s. You must trust me. The only thing that I ask is that you trust me. Don’t lack confidence in me again.” He continues the seduction.
In town the sheriff tells Sofia that she’s making a very serious accusation and he wonders if she really wants to go ahead with things. Sofia says absolutely. “Fernando Escandon has to pay back everything he owes us.”
Meanwhile, Fernando swears he’ll love Gabi his entire life and he leaves her alone to think things over.
Back at the hospital in Puebla City, Juan decides that the only way to deal with things is to confront his enemies. Sofia walks into the hospital room. She tells Juan she’s got a surprise waiting for Fernando and he says that he’s got another one, too, but he’ll tell her about it later. He kisses her good-bye and leaves.
That night, Darth sneaks into the field behind the Double R and cuts the tractor’s brake lines with his giant gutting knife. “The Reyes’ will pay dearly for having messed with me!”
At the Double E, Feo finds Raqui walking into the main house and grabs her. He demands his money but she tells him to back off and leave her alone. She gets loose from him and storms back out again. He shakes his head and apparently is going to think of something better to try with her when Juan shows up in the foyer and calls him out. “I came to warn you not to get into it again with Sofia! Not with her nor with my daughters –and especially not with my brothers! You lied to me, you pig! (Nooo!) You went behind Sofia’s back and claimed it was her decision to let those cattle eat our crops, but it was your idea!” Feo sneers back. “He-yeah! And you fell for it, completely!” “--Yes!” Juan slugs him. Feo snarls from the floor while he clears his head and we wait for the scum bug’s next move.
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Many thanks for the recap -- a fun read without the pain of watching a dull episode. I only watch for Sarita & Franco and if they're not on, I erase the tivo episode.
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: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 5:34:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 5:34:00 PM EST
Especially loved the title and your description of Juan's "constipated" thought processes. Score!
Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season Jardinera...sounds like Ruthless is continuing to liven up things a little bit.
Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season Jardinera...sounds like Ruthless is continuing to liven up things a little bit.
Cakes - thank you for the recrap. You're a dear to soldier on and do this for us.
So Gabi thought bubbles that Sofi is daughter of Ricky U, too. Oh my! Could Gabi have had twins by Darth and Eva's baby died? Maybe there was no baby switch, after all, but fraternal twins, divided. This plot is soo twisted . . .
doris
So Gabi thought bubbles that Sofi is daughter of Ricky U, too. Oh my! Could Gabi have had twins by Darth and Eva's baby died? Maybe there was no baby switch, after all, but fraternal twins, divided. This plot is soo twisted . . .
doris
Permalink posted by : Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 6:28:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 6:28:00 PM EST
Hey Jardinera, this was one exciting episode! At least the recap version was.
I totally agree that Coyote winking at Gabi rates a big "Ewwwww....".
I feel really bad for Raqui; the physical and emotional abuse makes me queasy to watch.
"Creemelo"
I totally agree that Coyote winking at Gabi rates a big "Ewwwww....".
I feel really bad for Raqui; the physical and emotional abuse makes me queasy to watch.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 6:30:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 6:30:00 PM EST
Thought I'd repost the TV y Novelas list of what they consider the best 10 telenovelas of 2008. I posted it so late yesterday for those of you on East Coast time (I'm in California) that I don't know if the people who asked for the list saw it.
1. Pasión
2. Victoria
3. Querida Enemiga
4. Doña Bárbara
5. Lola ... érase una vez
6. La Traición
7. Al Diablo con Los Guapos
8. Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
9. Fuego en la Sangre
10. Palabra de Mujer
1. Pasión
2. Victoria
3. Querida Enemiga
4. Doña Bárbara
5. Lola ... érase una vez
6. La Traición
7. Al Diablo con Los Guapos
8. Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
9. Fuego en la Sangre
10. Palabra de Mujer
Permalink posted by : Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:32:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:32:00 PM EST
Jardinera: Muchas gracias for the recap. I missed this chapter completely, and I didn't record it on purpose.
You have a great descriptive writing style so I was able to imagine how this all played out on the screen.
The intrigue goes on. Coyote is still a big question mark. He's playing Gabi, but, we really don't know why. We still think he's working for El Jefe, don't we? He may be the key to this whole disaster that I keep watching in spite of the fact that most of the chapters are technicolor nonsense.
You have a great descriptive writing style so I was able to imagine how this all played out on the screen.
The intrigue goes on. Coyote is still a big question mark. He's playing Gabi, but, we really don't know why. We still think he's working for El Jefe, don't we? He may be the key to this whole disaster that I keep watching in spite of the fact that most of the chapters are technicolor nonsense.
Doris: "Gabi thought bubbles that Sofi is daughter of Ricky U, too. Oh my! Could Gabi have had twins by Darth and Eva's baby died?"
I don't think so. Gabi still doesn't know about the swap, so she mistakenly believes that Sofia is the child of herself and Ricardo, and that Ruth is the daughter of Eva and Bernardo.
Nothing new here - just hammering us again with the irony that Gabi doesn't suspect the obvious, because she doesn't think Raquel has a deceitful bone in her body (even though Raquel apparently managed to fool her own husband with a fake pregnancy).
Well, OK, it IS new that Gabi finally explicitly reveals that Ricardo was her baby's father. But we'd already guessed that, right?
It is terribly confusing, trying to sort out who people are referring to when it's so hard to keep track of who knows what.
- As far as I know, the only people who know about the swap so far are Raquel and the padre, although I wonder if Eva is getting suspicious.
- Almost everyone thinks that Sofia is the child of Gabi and Bernardo. Only Gabi knows that she made a baby with Ricardo at all, but she doesn't know they were switched.
- Most people, including Ricardo, still think that Root is the child of Ricardo and Raquel.
- Gabi "knows" that Root is really the child of Eva and Bernardo.
- Root "knows" that she is the child of Eva and some unknown guy.
- Raquel "knows" that Root is really the child of Gabriela and Bernardo.
In other words, not one person knows the whole story about Ruth yet - that Raquel unknowingly stole her husband's own daughter. In order for this to come out, either Gabi needs to find out about the swap, or Raquel needs to discover that Gabi's firstborn was fathered by Ricardo.
Just trying to clear things up... I hope I didn't make things more confusing!
I don't think so. Gabi still doesn't know about the swap, so she mistakenly believes that Sofia is the child of herself and Ricardo, and that Ruth is the daughter of Eva and Bernardo.
Nothing new here - just hammering us again with the irony that Gabi doesn't suspect the obvious, because she doesn't think Raquel has a deceitful bone in her body (even though Raquel apparently managed to fool her own husband with a fake pregnancy).
Well, OK, it IS new that Gabi finally explicitly reveals that Ricardo was her baby's father. But we'd already guessed that, right?
It is terribly confusing, trying to sort out who people are referring to when it's so hard to keep track of who knows what.
- As far as I know, the only people who know about the swap so far are Raquel and the padre, although I wonder if Eva is getting suspicious.
- Almost everyone thinks that Sofia is the child of Gabi and Bernardo. Only Gabi knows that she made a baby with Ricardo at all, but she doesn't know they were switched.
- Most people, including Ricardo, still think that Root is the child of Ricardo and Raquel.
- Gabi "knows" that Root is really the child of Eva and Bernardo.
- Root "knows" that she is the child of Eva and some unknown guy.
- Raquel "knows" that Root is really the child of Gabriela and Bernardo.
In other words, not one person knows the whole story about Ruth yet - that Raquel unknowingly stole her husband's own daughter. In order for this to come out, either Gabi needs to find out about the swap, or Raquel needs to discover that Gabi's firstborn was fathered by Ricardo.
Just trying to clear things up... I hope I didn't make things more confusing!
Thanks Jardinera for the re-cap, and to Julie for outlining this twisted geneology.
My favorite moment was the stair scene. Just when the action was descending into a chaos, even more absurd than usual...POW with the blunderbuss! Too bad he didn't take out some of these ninnies with that shot!
It's also nice having Tio Vicente back on the scene to be the adult talking sense to the Reyes boys. I know it's been said before but a lot these things really would make more sense with a much younger cast.
I'm not complaining. I like these guys, or at least I did months and months ago....
My favorite moment was the stair scene. Just when the action was descending into a chaos, even more absurd than usual...POW with the blunderbuss! Too bad he didn't take out some of these ninnies with that shot!
It's also nice having Tio Vicente back on the scene to be the adult talking sense to the Reyes boys. I know it's been said before but a lot these things really would make more sense with a much younger cast.
I'm not complaining. I like these guys, or at least I did months and months ago....
Anon 5:34pm --You're welcome! After a while I get to feeling like the sin-eater who does the suffering for all those who can't bear to watch this thing any longer. >; ? )
JudyB: Ha! Tks! Juan's brain reminds me of a computer drive always on the verge of crashing. --BTW I plan to be a snow and cold hermit till Jan. 5th. I only like to ice skate on ponds/rinks and while wearing skates, not on roads for darn sure.... > ; ? ))
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doris: you've got to stop thinking so hard and loosen that beanie of yours! Click your ruby shoes together three times and say, "I don't care if it's twisted...."
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Creemelo: ITA about seeing Raqui getting the snot beaten out of her both mentally and physically, and the scene with her and Root this time was extremely painful to watch. Raqui's not exactly been a sympathetic character to this point, but I am quickly changing my mind about her.
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Pasofino --Tks for the kudo's. "Technicolor nonsense" is a keeper.
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doris: you've got to stop thinking so hard and loosen that beanie of yours! Click your ruby shoes together three times and say, "I don't care if it's twisted...."
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Creemelo: ITA about seeing Raqui getting the snot beaten out of her both mentally and physically, and the scene with her and Root this time was extremely painful to watch. Raqui's not exactly been a sympathetic character to this point, but I am quickly changing my mind about her.
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Pasofino --Tks for the kudo's. "Technicolor nonsense" is a keeper.
Julie: Thanks for writing out the baby swap logistics. My mind is not that ordered, but I am definitely glad your is.
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Randy in Seatle: ITA, the blunderbuss was definitely the hi-lite of this episodio. I was only passively watching before that happened. That finally got the juices flowing again. As for the actors' ages, I have the same thought just about every time I watch. Just like rain and taxes, though, there's nothing to be done about it.
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Randy in Seatle: ITA, the blunderbuss was definitely the hi-lite of this episodio. I was only passively watching before that happened. That finally got the juices flowing again. As for the actors' ages, I have the same thought just about every time I watch. Just like rain and taxes, though, there's nothing to be done about it.
Cakes: sorry if I forgot to say "thanks for the great recrap!"
By the way, I was staring at Coyote last night (with a string of drool hanging off my lip), and thinking I'm sooo relieved that he is not actually ga-ga over Gabi. That would be so wrong. Revenge would be much more suitable a motive for his attentions.
"Creemelo"
By the way, I was staring at Coyote last night (with a string of drool hanging off my lip), and thinking I'm sooo relieved that he is not actually ga-ga over Gabi. That would be so wrong. Revenge would be much more suitable a motive for his attentions.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:38:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:38:00 PM EST
Thank you very much, Jardinera, for the very complete and detailed recap which I needed to fully understand the episode.
Now we know what happens when the three nuns take a day off. The two toddlers were left on the bed by themselves and were free to suffer broken bones and head injuries so they could lose some precious IQ points. Where is a social worker when you need one.
E Y owes us big time with his next novela.
GinCA
Now we know what happens when the three nuns take a day off. The two toddlers were left on the bed by themselves and were free to suffer broken bones and head injuries so they could lose some precious IQ points. Where is a social worker when you need one.
E Y owes us big time with his next novela.
GinCA
Permalink posted by : Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:47:00 PM EST
: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:47:00 PM EST
Thanks, Cakes, for another great recap. I remember an episode of Highlander about a sin-eater. I forget the Indian name they actually called him....he was the hiyoki or something like that ..he drew the sad/bad feelings of others into himself to help them. He finally overloaded on evil and turned evil himself. Duncan killed him , and he, in turn, became evil....thus, we had the deliciously drasardly Evil Duncan for a couple episodes. So...beware, Cakes...but then silliness is what you might overload on with this show. I, too, noticed that the two little girls were all alone in that room ...and not in cribs...que the hell? Who decided that was a good idea. Were the nuns on a coffee break? Couldn't thdey have taken turns ? Well, we all know that the girls had to be alone so that Rotten Root could slither in an terrorize them, but they should have been in cribs. And, Julie, you are so analytical and logical. Are you a computer programmer ? Thanks for the baby sawp scorecard. You answered several questions for me. Randy, in your photo, is that a window or a painting behind you??? It's beautiful. I love the colors. So, if Coyote is keeping an eye on Crabby and company for Jeje ...Jeje must hold the key to this whole mess which is why the writers put him in prison so that they could stretch this thing out over many months. Let's see, Jeje was the brother of Mamacita Robles Reyes. What does he know that will unravel this twisted scenario that this novela has become???
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 11:39:00 AM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 11:39:00 AM EST
Julie - ohh,, right, the swap. Aaaaacccccck! I'm tightening my beanie hat, going touse the chin strap, and will add yet another layer of aluminum foil, and am going to let my brain float in the jello. I give up on trying to figure this whole thing out.
I wonder if El Jefe will be the one to knock off Ricky Uribe. Surely this character will serve a purpose.(?) Oh, wait, this is FELS.... nothing makes sense except turning off the TV.
doris (It's going down to 12° here tonight. Yikes.)
I wonder if El Jefe will be the one to knock off Ricky Uribe. Surely this character will serve a purpose.(?) Oh, wait, this is FELS.... nothing makes sense except turning off the TV.
doris (It's going down to 12° here tonight. Yikes.)
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 1:08:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 1:08:00 PM EST
The Jefe and Coyote thing is pretty mysterious still. Will cousin Pedro ever return? There are a lot of dead end characters and storylines, but I think your right..this one is on hold. Jefe knows what is going on and he doesn't have to worry about the damned secreto de confesion.
Speaking of which, I get that it's a popular plot device in these stories and that it's somewhat reality based, but when there are multiple murders involved it's straining my credultiy that preists would be obligated to keep mum in this situation. Does it depend on the country, and the laws?
The nursery situation is truly idiotic. Even in some nether misty historic Mexico they wouldn't treat the ninas so strangely. Okay, maybe, and I'm being charitable, if I put on my literary beanie, having the ninas encerradas all the time reinforces the image of the Haceinda San Agustin as a Prison.
Susanlynn, it's a painting in my pic, (which I painted btw) glad you like the colors!
Speaking of which, I get that it's a popular plot device in these stories and that it's somewhat reality based, but when there are multiple murders involved it's straining my credultiy that preists would be obligated to keep mum in this situation. Does it depend on the country, and the laws?
The nursery situation is truly idiotic. Even in some nether misty historic Mexico they wouldn't treat the ninas so strangely. Okay, maybe, and I'm being charitable, if I put on my literary beanie, having the ninas encerradas all the time reinforces the image of the Haceinda San Agustin as a Prison.
Susanlynn, it's a painting in my pic, (which I painted btw) glad you like the colors!
Randy, I like your painting very much also.
And don't forget, when putting on beanie, put the chin strap right up under your lower lip, so you look cool.
"Creemelo"
And don't forget, when putting on beanie, put the chin strap right up under your lower lip, so you look cool.
"Creemelo"
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 1:59:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 1:59:00 PM EST
I've never heard the term "sin-eater" before, but it does feel that way sometimes.
To answer Susanlynn's seemingly unrelated question, no I am not a computer programmer, but I do work with them. My job is to write instructions on how to use software. Usually, my source of information is the document that the analyst writes (which tells the programmers what they should make the new software do). These documents are very technical, and it's not always easy to pick out the facts that would be helpful to the user. Then I have to convert this info into something that's meaningful to the people who are going to use the software.
I never really thought of recapping as being similar to technical writing until just this moment, but both jobs require you to interpret something that's confusing, and then explain it in a less confusing way. And it helps if the source material makes sense!
To answer Susanlynn's seemingly unrelated question, no I am not a computer programmer, but I do work with them. My job is to write instructions on how to use software. Usually, my source of information is the document that the analyst writes (which tells the programmers what they should make the new software do). These documents are very technical, and it's not always easy to pick out the facts that would be helpful to the user. Then I have to convert this info into something that's meaningful to the people who are going to use the software.
I never really thought of recapping as being similar to technical writing until just this moment, but both jobs require you to interpret something that's confusing, and then explain it in a less confusing way. And it helps if the source material makes sense!
Randy*** I am very impressed. Your painting reminds me of a modern stained glass window. I love color, and I love art . I took several art electives in college. I took a couple drawing classes from an art teacher friend and did sketches of my daughters and nephew years ago. Do you read Blogmom Melinama's blog??? She is an artist and often posts her latest creation. I go to Freerice.com . and do the art questions. Have you tried that ?
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:18:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:18:00 PM EST
Julie***Ahhhh...now I understand your excellent analytical skills. This explains your logical and methodical interpretation of the plot. My boss used to teach technical writing to Chinese chemists over the summer break. I guess it has to do with deconstruting so that you explain how something works. Even though I don't consider myself a math person , I think that's what I do when I teach grammar to my foreign students. I have to take words and sentences apart to show them how and why they work. I have the type of brain that has to see the whole in order to understand the parts. That's why I was never good at writing outlines BEFORE i wrote a research paper. If an outline was required, I had to write the paper first. I'm always impressed by the way you can figure out what is probably going to happen and remember details from past episodes and plot them into a probable conclusion.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:28:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 2:28:00 PM EST
JULIE - "I never really thought of recapping as being similar to technical writing until just this moment, but both jobs require you to interpret something that's confusing, and then explain it in a less confusing way." Absolutely!
There is a member in our quilt guild who is wonderful when she teaches a new quilting technique. Her secret: she taught the seriously delayed special ed. (retarded) kids for years and knows how to keep things simple.
doris
There is a member in our quilt guild who is wonderful when she teaches a new quilting technique. Her secret: she taught the seriously delayed special ed. (retarded) kids for years and knows how to keep things simple.
doris
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:21:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:21:00 PM EST
A friend from Mexico sent the last 2 hour episode..... But he edited the commercials out... Damn Mexican commercials are fun.
I ain't telling.. but it will be nice that I don't feel compelled into seeing every episode now... espicially during the holidays.. but I will read about every episode here
I ain't telling.. but it will be nice that I don't feel compelled into seeing every episode now... espicially during the holidays.. but I will read about every episode here
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:34:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 4:34:00 PM EST
Susanlynn: We share the outline/research paper thing in common. Because of Julie's excellent skills at delving out the facts and getting the answers to questions people ask, I believe we should give her an honorary librarian degree.
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Randy in Sea: I wondered about the background painting, too, and was impressed. As for art, I can't draw a straight line, but I can certainly appreciate it and the Masters. The hubster though, and our kids, and his family all are great at that stuff and my daughter majored in it. Maybe in the next life.....
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Julie: The "sin-eater" sticks in my brain as a remnant of the Rod Serling "Night Gallery" series. There was a medieval painting supposedly of one that led into an episode about one. For some reason that episode stuck in my mind.
For anybody who's interested here are a couple of links to definitions/history:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-sin-eater.htm
http://www.logoi.com/notes/sin-eaters.html
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Randy in Sea: I wondered about the background painting, too, and was impressed. As for art, I can't draw a straight line, but I can certainly appreciate it and the Masters. The hubster though, and our kids, and his family all are great at that stuff and my daughter majored in it. Maybe in the next life.....
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Julie: The "sin-eater" sticks in my brain as a remnant of the Rod Serling "Night Gallery" series. There was a medieval painting supposedly of one that led into an episode about one. For some reason that episode stuck in my mind.
For anybody who's interested here are a couple of links to definitions/history:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-sin-eater.htm
http://www.logoi.com/notes/sin-eaters.html
GinCA: EY will make up fully only if he has sense enough not to sing in the next one! Talk about wrecking an image.....
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Doris: I think you're on to something with this El Jefe/Rico thing. I bet he gets out of prison on good behavior just in time to get the goods on Darth through El Coyote's sweet-talking something/the whole thing out of Crabiela.
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Creemelo: No problemo, and I have to wonder about El Coyote's real relationship to El Jefe. I'd love for there to be something more than just friendship or loyalty to his bossman, like his being related somehow so in the end he could become one of the respected hacendado types like the Reyes brothers or Pedro.
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Doris: I think you're on to something with this El Jefe/Rico thing. I bet he gets out of prison on good behavior just in time to get the goods on Darth through El Coyote's sweet-talking something/the whole thing out of Crabiela.
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Creemelo: No problemo, and I have to wonder about El Coyote's real relationship to El Jefe. I'd love for there to be something more than just friendship or loyalty to his bossman, like his being related somehow so in the end he could become one of the respected hacendado types like the Reyes brothers or Pedro.
Jardinera*** Are you still battling ice wherever uou are ? The sun came out today and made it slushy around here. I'm waiting to hear from my daughter who is driving from Toronto to Nova Scotia with her hub and dog for the holidays . Last night, she called from Quebec. She kept saying it was like a winter wonderland and that I had to go there some day. For any of you who don't read Melinama's blog at Pratie Place, she proveided links to 2 excellent sites that I keep going back to in between holiday preparations: FreeRice.com [quizzes on vocab, art, grammar, geography] and http://www.happiness-project.com/
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 5:07:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 5:07:00 PM EST
Susanlynn: The ice has finally melted with a day of much missed sun here. More garbage weather is due this week. The winds have been so bad that the DSL keeps going out. I didn't know if I'd be able to post the recap. The wind chill is so bad you'd think you were in Toronto, though! Pretty nice for your daughter to be able to make a holiday trip like that. Don't know the first thing about Nova Scotia, but anywhere out of the country sounds like an exotic way to spend the Christmas holidays.// Melinama is one talented cookie, and I loved that postcard she drew a couple months back.
Oh yes, great idea... El Coyote as a long lost cousin. I'm sure there's room for him in the Reyes Hacienda although he is a bit more sophisticated the the bros. I wonder if he can sing with that great deep voice of his since that seems to be a requirement for a relative. Better than Juan, for certain. GinCA
Permalink posted by : Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 7:59:00 PM EST
: Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 7:59:00 PM EST
Ohboy! I went to the Freerice site and it is fun! The dictionary game is great --amazingly, the Spanish I've learned actually came in handy, too. I racked up 4000 points in very little time. It's addictive!
Hey, I liked the freerice thing too! Thanks Susanlynn. I was good at the art history. A time-eater...but I'm snowed in here so it's all good.
Jardinera and Randy Sea~~~Freerice IS addictive. I like the art history best. I'm truly amazed at how many paintings I remember from art classes in college and that I can recognize different artists' styles in paintings that I haven't seen before. If I could live in a museum , it would be heaven. My high school Latin helps with the vocabulary. Now, I'm becoming addicted to the interesting articles at the happiness project site. However, I have lots of things to do to get ready for Christmas, so I must limit my time on these fun sites.
Permalink posted by : Monday, December 22, 2008 at 7:44:00 AM EST
: Monday, December 22, 2008 at 7:44:00 AM EST
Susanlynn - I have the same problem with outlines. Once I'm done, the outline is easy. But I can't organize my thoughts until I've already thought them and put them on paper. Only then can I move the stuff around into an outline. And at that point, yes the paper is pretty much finished.
I had a few teachers who were maniacs for pre-outlining, and that really hurt my grade!
I had a few teachers who were maniacs for pre-outlining, and that really hurt my grade!
Jardinera: tante grazie for the excellent recrap! My beanie is suffering from intermittent breakdowns so I can only watch once or twice a week...besides, I'd much rather read the recrappers' version any way. Much more entertaining & WAY funnier!
Julie: thanks for trying to unravel the ludicrous baby swap scenarios. Yeesh. If this is the best they can come up with for intrigue, no wonder we're all going batty watching this sh!t show.
Hang in there, everyone! This will eventually end some day, right??
Maggarita
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Julie: thanks for trying to unravel the ludicrous baby swap scenarios. Yeesh. If this is the best they can come up with for intrigue, no wonder we're all going batty watching this sh!t show.
Hang in there, everyone! This will eventually end some day, right??
Maggarita
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Permalink posted by : Monday, December 22, 2008 at 12:17:00 PM EST
: Monday, December 22, 2008 at 12:17:00 PM EST
Julie~~~I guess it has to do with being either a deductive thinker or an inductive thinker. Nowadays there is a big stress on teachers teaching to different types of thinkers. I've had a couple classes where you take tests to see how your brain works and determines what kind of thinker you are. I also watched a PBS show by Dr. Daniel Amen who does imaging of the brain. The textbook I use for reading class has a chapter on child prodigies . The photo imaging has shown that students with gifted in math have brains that light up like Xmas trees. Fascinating stuff.
Permalink posted by : Monday, December 22, 2008 at 1:35:00 PM EST
: Monday, December 22, 2008 at 1:35:00 PM EST
I thought the scene between Root and Feo was a little choppy (you could tell where they chopped because they didn't re-edit the music).
After looking online, I see we didn't miss much, just a few more seconds of rough stuff here and there from Feo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtlBzawFFpM
(Sex scene interrupted briefly by Coyote talking to himself - much more interesting, IMO.)
It's not that I ever think I'm missing much when they cut something; it's just that they do such a sloppy job that every time it happens, I say to myself, "wow, that must have been really something to get them to cut it out so hastily." And then it always turns out to be something really trivial.
What's remarkable is that they both kept their pants on.
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After looking online, I see we didn't miss much, just a few more seconds of rough stuff here and there from Feo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtlBzawFFpM
(Sex scene interrupted briefly by Coyote talking to himself - much more interesting, IMO.)
It's not that I ever think I'm missing much when they cut something; it's just that they do such a sloppy job that every time it happens, I say to myself, "wow, that must have been really something to get them to cut it out so hastily." And then it always turns out to be something really trivial.
What's remarkable is that they both kept their pants on.
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