Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Cuidado Con El Ángel Tues 10 February. El Leopardo Is On the Hunt.
Repeating from Friday: Cande, in the defaced Amadork shrine (aka the bedroom), gasps and sputters to Marichuy that Juan Miguel is waiting in the living room. Marichuy, always the gracious hostess, sobs as she tells Cande to tell him to leave and never return. BabyJM voices his objections.
Out in the parlor, Juan Miguel is not to be put off so easily. He refuses to leave, so Mari comes out to talk to him. He is not pleased to hear that she’s living in Amador’s place, but mostly he’s there to berate her. He is appalled at the way she treated Omar, taking advantage of his hospitality and letting him fall in love with her, while lying to him the whole time and then leaving without notice. Oh, wait, that’s not really why he’s paid a visit either. He wants to see his son. Marichuy is her twitchy-faced, thinking-up-a-quick-lie version of impactada.
Fresh new scenes (but made with lots of leftovers): The defense attorney visits Blanca at the jail. Balbina is testifying today, and he thinks her testimony will be very helpful. Blanca is concerned because Juan Miguel is not in the building to helpfully sit in the hallway.
Israel calls Stef from New York, where he is wearing a suit and looking smug and swanky. He tells her he went there to earn lots of money, which he has now done, so he can return to México all successful, and he did it all for her. I thought he was still in school. What the heck kind of job can you just walk into like that and make so much money so fast? Probably I don’t want to know. I am thinking Nuevo Israel is not an improvement.
Juan Miguel tells Marichuy that Omar told him that she had a baby. Mari feels that the important thing here is to clarify that, no, Omar does not know about JM and Mari’s history. JM furiously tells her that one day Omar will find out everything, and it would be better if he heard it from her. But, back to business, he wants to see his son. “…um…why?,” asks Marichuy. “What kind of stupid question is that?! Because he’s my son!!,” says JM with a great deal of frustration. Marichuy tells him that’s impossible, because their son died. Oh, that is LOW, Marichuy. Are we sure she’s not one of the villains?
Over at Castle San Roman, Onelia is inexplicably still in residence and demanding to know why Balbina is dressed nicely. It is because of her appointment at the tribunal. Onelia’s mood-o-meter is stuck on “blind fury” so of course she rages at Balbina for intending to tell the truth about what she saw and heard.
Israel is telling Stef that he remembers what she said about not wanting him because he didn’t have money, so now he has money, and he’s going to give her everything she wants. Oh, gag. He says he loves her. Like, “amo,” not “quiero.” He asks her if he’ll have a chance with her, and, ever the romantic, she says that depends on whether he really has enough money. Israel, please spend a few of those hard-earned dollars to buy a clue. It’s the wisest investment you’ll ever make; you’ll thank me later.
At first Juan Miguel is shocked and sad to hear of the baby’s death, but then it occurs to him that the lying liar who lies may be lying, so he asks for details. Marichuy says the baby got sick, and Omar wasn’t at the hacienda, so she brought the baby to the city. “Why didn’t you look for me?,” asks JM. She says it all happened so fast, and she doesn’t want to talk about it because it’s sad, but maybe it’s better this way for her to not have anything to remind her of JM. I can’t really believe any mother would say that, and if JM was any good as a shrink he probably wouldn’t either. He asks why she agreed to marry Omar.
Isabela is downright peeved that Stef is considering that nothing chofer; that would just be dangerous and complicate their little scheme. I’m not sure how. Stef says he’s studying medicine and making lots of money (I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I’ve always had the impression that it took some time to transition from “studying medicine” to “making lots of money”), so Isa concedes that he might be acceptable, but only if he’s a millionaire. In what currency, Isa? You need to be clear when you’re setting restrictions on other people’s lust lives.
Marichuy declines to discuss her feelings about Omar with Juan Miguel. JM is furrowing his brow like he’s trying to prove to someone a mile away that he hasn’t had Botox. Marichuy tells him to get lost, and he flounces out. Yet another tearful encounter in which no one took the opportunity to say anything clarifying or helpful. Someday I’m going to write a telenovela in which everyone finds out what’s going on immediately. There will still be conflict.
Cande chews Mari out for saying BabyJM had died. She thinks it’s bad luck. Marichuy thinks she had no choice, because JM might take the kiddo away if he knew he was still alive.
JM and the defense lawyer whose name I can never remember talk about the day’s trial proceedings, in which Balbina discussed the differences between Blanca and Ivette. This is the longest trial ever. I don’t think OJ Simpson’s went on this long (the murder one, I mean), and it had way more evidence. Omar passes through and says he’s going to see Lirio. JM looks pained but of course doesn’t say anything.
Marichuy returns to her dressing room after a ragingly successful first act. Olga tells her she’s a natural artist. Another big flower arrangement has arrived.
Ceci is still in the hospital, but she’s sitting up and eating now while she talks with Patricio. Blah, blah, platitudes about how he was so worried but now that she’s doing so much better he can finally sleep. She asks him to bring her some newspapers so she can read about Marichuy. From the look on his face, the mere thought of Marichuy’s success is more than enough to cancel out his happiness about his wife’s recovery.
The flowers are from Marichuy’s costar, and she’s sad that they aren’t from her mother again. Olga asks if she isn’t curious to know who her mother is. If Marichuy wasn’t so obstinately refusing to think about it, she would already know. Padre Anselmo has told her that they are people she knows (well, he strongly implied that) and that they are fairly wealthy. Throw in the fact that they would have to be in a certain age range, and that narrows it right down.
Omar, ever the polite visitor, barges through the apartment looking for Lirio. Cande says she’s out, dondeabouts unknown. Omar doesn’t buy that.
Pat is still blaming Marichuy for Ceci’s accident, and graciously and considerately orders Ceci to forget about that brat. I think he’s lucky Ceci is still incapacitated. If looks could kill, he’d have been sailing the Styx right then.
Marichuy still says she doesn’t want to know who her mother is. Olga gently encourages her to reconsider. Time for the second act.
Omar demands information from Cande, but she refuses to give him any. She thinks he should hear things from Marichuy. He thinks so, too, which is why he is looking for her! He’ll wait until she returns. Cande begs and pleads for him to leave.
JM is at home, relaxing in a suit and tie, as one does. Wait, no, he isn’t relaxing, he’s looking saggy-eyed and worrying, which causes Rocío to worry about him. Omar returns and says he only saw Cande and she wouldn’t tell him anything, not even about the baby. JM tries to think. It looks like it hurts.
Marichuy arrives home and Cande reports that El Leopardo! dropped by. Mari can’t believe it. Did she really think he wouldn’t? Cande says she didn’t tell him anything, but he’s going to come back, for sure.
Omar tells JM that Cande wouldn’t tell him where Marichuy had gone, and you can tell JM is just itching to say something, but he doesn’t. Omar says he’s going to find out what’s going on.
Vicente and Rocío stroll through the park being all lovey-dovey. Rocío has converted Vicente to her weird neckwear ways. Muchas smooches; nothing really to report but at least someone is happy.
Juan Miguel sits at a table in his fabulous garden and frets more handsomely than he was fretting the night before. The horizontal forehead wrinkles are more fetching than the vertical pinch between the eyebrows. He still doesn’t know what to do, or what would happen if Omar found out that Mari and JM were married. Just a guess, I’m thinking one thing that would happen is that he’d be angry with them both for not saying anything. Let’s find out soon.
Ivette has taken over and is screaming and shaking the flimsy jail bars. She is losing it even more than usual and yelling that the walls are closing in on her and she wants to be free and she isn’t dead. She screams for Omar to save her. The guards decide they have to shut her up. They grab her and she says she’ll kill them.
Marichuy nightmarishly remembers her talk with Ceci at the theater. She imagines Ceci’s accident, which in her gory mind happened on a dark cliff and involved a huge explosion.
Ivette somehow overpowers two guards, but a third comes along and gets hold of her.
The lawyer calls Juan Miguel and tells him about Blanca’s episode while Omar eavesdrops from about two feet away. Omar really isn’t the most well-mannered man, is he? Onelia gives another performance of her usual rant. JM leaves to see Blanca, and Onelia continues screeching at Omar about how EVERYONE is on Blanca’s side. The whole family, the servants, Padre Anselmo Vidal, everyone. The only part of that Omar heard was “Padre Anselmo Vidal.” He looks thoughtful. Thought doesn’t seem to hurt him as much as it hurts JM. He asks Onelia whether she knows the priest.
Blanca’s now in a straightjacket and subdued. JM comes along and is brave enough to go into her cell. She gets to take the straightjacket off. She cries, and he promises to cure her and get her out of there. She says he’s the only one she has. Gee, now he HAS to marry her.
Ornerylia tells Omar that PA is corrupt and has sold his soul to the devil for money. Omar puts up with her diatribe long enough to find out that PA knows JM’s wife, Marichuy. More thinking.
Marichuy cries to Cande about her nightmare and how guilty she feels about Ceci’s accident. She thinks her dream might have been a premonition about Ceci dying.
Clemencia receives a letter from Adrian, which she doesn’t even have to read because his ghostlike face appears on the paper and speaks to her. He apologizes for the way he left and forgives her for what she did to Purita, and says he loves her. She’s thrilled. Where did he go, Hogwarts?
Omar goes to the church and tells PA that he already found Lirio, and Juan Miguel went with him to see her. PA is muy impactado.
Marichuy calls the hospital and is mucho relieved to hear that Ceci is out of danger.
The doctor tells Ceci she can go home soon.
The doorbell rings at the casa de liars. Mari says if it’s Omar to let him in. “Y si es mulcas?,” asks Cande, and I don’t know what that means exactly but she’s asking about JM. No, don’t let him in. Either way, don’t let the baby cry. The mystery guest is Omar. He looks sad and says, “Why, Lirio? Why?”
JM tells Rocío what happened with Blanca. They don’t know who the man is for whom she was yelling.
Omar tells Mari that he had pinned all his hopes on her, and she made him so happy. He reminds her of the time when he said she was like a bird that had taken refuge in a storm and would someday fly away, and she promised she would never leave him. Then she just left without even saying goodbye. “WHY?” She says she has her reasons. He wants to know what they are.
Stefi visits Ceci and cheers her up by reminding her that Marichuy is the root of all evil and Patricio will never accept her. Ceci tells her to stop, because the accident was not Marichuy’s fault and she will never stop trying with her daughter even if she is rejected a thousand times, and not even Pat can stop her. “What if you have to choose between Patricio and Marichuy?,” asks Stef. Ceci glares at her but doesn’t point out that a husband like that is hardly worth having, which is just as well because Stef wouldn’t understand anyway, seeing as how she thinks husbands are just bank accounts. Stef is wearing a completely indecent dress; it covers nothing.
Marichuy asks Omar to forgive her. She couldn’t love him the way he deserved, and she couldn’t “jugarte chueco” (chueco means twisted; she couldn’t play dirty or deceive him). He asks who the other man is. Amador walks in just then. Omar, of course, is horrified.
Avances: Omar beats Amador to a pulp?!!?!!:)! Omar tells JM he thinks Amador is the father of Lirio’s baby, who of course is still alive. JM is thrilled to hear that the baby is alive and gets himself into the apartment and sees the little darling.
**HELP WANTED: I’m going on vacation and won’t be able to recap. I’ll be here next week, but then will need substitutes on February 24 and March 3 and 10. Want to do one or more of those days? **
Out in the parlor, Juan Miguel is not to be put off so easily. He refuses to leave, so Mari comes out to talk to him. He is not pleased to hear that she’s living in Amador’s place, but mostly he’s there to berate her. He is appalled at the way she treated Omar, taking advantage of his hospitality and letting him fall in love with her, while lying to him the whole time and then leaving without notice. Oh, wait, that’s not really why he’s paid a visit either. He wants to see his son. Marichuy is her twitchy-faced, thinking-up-a-quick-lie version of impactada.
Fresh new scenes (but made with lots of leftovers): The defense attorney visits Blanca at the jail. Balbina is testifying today, and he thinks her testimony will be very helpful. Blanca is concerned because Juan Miguel is not in the building to helpfully sit in the hallway.
Israel calls Stef from New York, where he is wearing a suit and looking smug and swanky. He tells her he went there to earn lots of money, which he has now done, so he can return to México all successful, and he did it all for her. I thought he was still in school. What the heck kind of job can you just walk into like that and make so much money so fast? Probably I don’t want to know. I am thinking Nuevo Israel is not an improvement.
Juan Miguel tells Marichuy that Omar told him that she had a baby. Mari feels that the important thing here is to clarify that, no, Omar does not know about JM and Mari’s history. JM furiously tells her that one day Omar will find out everything, and it would be better if he heard it from her. But, back to business, he wants to see his son. “…um…why?,” asks Marichuy. “What kind of stupid question is that?! Because he’s my son!!,” says JM with a great deal of frustration. Marichuy tells him that’s impossible, because their son died. Oh, that is LOW, Marichuy. Are we sure she’s not one of the villains?
Over at Castle San Roman, Onelia is inexplicably still in residence and demanding to know why Balbina is dressed nicely. It is because of her appointment at the tribunal. Onelia’s mood-o-meter is stuck on “blind fury” so of course she rages at Balbina for intending to tell the truth about what she saw and heard.
Israel is telling Stef that he remembers what she said about not wanting him because he didn’t have money, so now he has money, and he’s going to give her everything she wants. Oh, gag. He says he loves her. Like, “amo,” not “quiero.” He asks her if he’ll have a chance with her, and, ever the romantic, she says that depends on whether he really has enough money. Israel, please spend a few of those hard-earned dollars to buy a clue. It’s the wisest investment you’ll ever make; you’ll thank me later.
At first Juan Miguel is shocked and sad to hear of the baby’s death, but then it occurs to him that the lying liar who lies may be lying, so he asks for details. Marichuy says the baby got sick, and Omar wasn’t at the hacienda, so she brought the baby to the city. “Why didn’t you look for me?,” asks JM. She says it all happened so fast, and she doesn’t want to talk about it because it’s sad, but maybe it’s better this way for her to not have anything to remind her of JM. I can’t really believe any mother would say that, and if JM was any good as a shrink he probably wouldn’t either. He asks why she agreed to marry Omar.
Isabela is downright peeved that Stef is considering that nothing chofer; that would just be dangerous and complicate their little scheme. I’m not sure how. Stef says he’s studying medicine and making lots of money (I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV, but I’ve always had the impression that it took some time to transition from “studying medicine” to “making lots of money”), so Isa concedes that he might be acceptable, but only if he’s a millionaire. In what currency, Isa? You need to be clear when you’re setting restrictions on other people’s lust lives.
Marichuy declines to discuss her feelings about Omar with Juan Miguel. JM is furrowing his brow like he’s trying to prove to someone a mile away that he hasn’t had Botox. Marichuy tells him to get lost, and he flounces out. Yet another tearful encounter in which no one took the opportunity to say anything clarifying or helpful. Someday I’m going to write a telenovela in which everyone finds out what’s going on immediately. There will still be conflict.
Cande chews Mari out for saying BabyJM had died. She thinks it’s bad luck. Marichuy thinks she had no choice, because JM might take the kiddo away if he knew he was still alive.
JM and the defense lawyer whose name I can never remember talk about the day’s trial proceedings, in which Balbina discussed the differences between Blanca and Ivette. This is the longest trial ever. I don’t think OJ Simpson’s went on this long (the murder one, I mean), and it had way more evidence. Omar passes through and says he’s going to see Lirio. JM looks pained but of course doesn’t say anything.
Marichuy returns to her dressing room after a ragingly successful first act. Olga tells her she’s a natural artist. Another big flower arrangement has arrived.
Ceci is still in the hospital, but she’s sitting up and eating now while she talks with Patricio. Blah, blah, platitudes about how he was so worried but now that she’s doing so much better he can finally sleep. She asks him to bring her some newspapers so she can read about Marichuy. From the look on his face, the mere thought of Marichuy’s success is more than enough to cancel out his happiness about his wife’s recovery.
The flowers are from Marichuy’s costar, and she’s sad that they aren’t from her mother again. Olga asks if she isn’t curious to know who her mother is. If Marichuy wasn’t so obstinately refusing to think about it, she would already know. Padre Anselmo has told her that they are people she knows (well, he strongly implied that) and that they are fairly wealthy. Throw in the fact that they would have to be in a certain age range, and that narrows it right down.
Omar, ever the polite visitor, barges through the apartment looking for Lirio. Cande says she’s out, dondeabouts unknown. Omar doesn’t buy that.
Pat is still blaming Marichuy for Ceci’s accident, and graciously and considerately orders Ceci to forget about that brat. I think he’s lucky Ceci is still incapacitated. If looks could kill, he’d have been sailing the Styx right then.
Marichuy still says she doesn’t want to know who her mother is. Olga gently encourages her to reconsider. Time for the second act.
Omar demands information from Cande, but she refuses to give him any. She thinks he should hear things from Marichuy. He thinks so, too, which is why he is looking for her! He’ll wait until she returns. Cande begs and pleads for him to leave.
JM is at home, relaxing in a suit and tie, as one does. Wait, no, he isn’t relaxing, he’s looking saggy-eyed and worrying, which causes Rocío to worry about him. Omar returns and says he only saw Cande and she wouldn’t tell him anything, not even about the baby. JM tries to think. It looks like it hurts.
Marichuy arrives home and Cande reports that El Leopardo! dropped by. Mari can’t believe it. Did she really think he wouldn’t? Cande says she didn’t tell him anything, but he’s going to come back, for sure.
Omar tells JM that Cande wouldn’t tell him where Marichuy had gone, and you can tell JM is just itching to say something, but he doesn’t. Omar says he’s going to find out what’s going on.
Vicente and Rocío stroll through the park being all lovey-dovey. Rocío has converted Vicente to her weird neckwear ways. Muchas smooches; nothing really to report but at least someone is happy.
Juan Miguel sits at a table in his fabulous garden and frets more handsomely than he was fretting the night before. The horizontal forehead wrinkles are more fetching than the vertical pinch between the eyebrows. He still doesn’t know what to do, or what would happen if Omar found out that Mari and JM were married. Just a guess, I’m thinking one thing that would happen is that he’d be angry with them both for not saying anything. Let’s find out soon.
Ivette has taken over and is screaming and shaking the flimsy jail bars. She is losing it even more than usual and yelling that the walls are closing in on her and she wants to be free and she isn’t dead. She screams for Omar to save her. The guards decide they have to shut her up. They grab her and she says she’ll kill them.
Marichuy nightmarishly remembers her talk with Ceci at the theater. She imagines Ceci’s accident, which in her gory mind happened on a dark cliff and involved a huge explosion.
Ivette somehow overpowers two guards, but a third comes along and gets hold of her.
The lawyer calls Juan Miguel and tells him about Blanca’s episode while Omar eavesdrops from about two feet away. Omar really isn’t the most well-mannered man, is he? Onelia gives another performance of her usual rant. JM leaves to see Blanca, and Onelia continues screeching at Omar about how EVERYONE is on Blanca’s side. The whole family, the servants, Padre Anselmo Vidal, everyone. The only part of that Omar heard was “Padre Anselmo Vidal.” He looks thoughtful. Thought doesn’t seem to hurt him as much as it hurts JM. He asks Onelia whether she knows the priest.
Blanca’s now in a straightjacket and subdued. JM comes along and is brave enough to go into her cell. She gets to take the straightjacket off. She cries, and he promises to cure her and get her out of there. She says he’s the only one she has. Gee, now he HAS to marry her.
Ornerylia tells Omar that PA is corrupt and has sold his soul to the devil for money. Omar puts up with her diatribe long enough to find out that PA knows JM’s wife, Marichuy. More thinking.
Marichuy cries to Cande about her nightmare and how guilty she feels about Ceci’s accident. She thinks her dream might have been a premonition about Ceci dying.
Clemencia receives a letter from Adrian, which she doesn’t even have to read because his ghostlike face appears on the paper and speaks to her. He apologizes for the way he left and forgives her for what she did to Purita, and says he loves her. She’s thrilled. Where did he go, Hogwarts?
Omar goes to the church and tells PA that he already found Lirio, and Juan Miguel went with him to see her. PA is muy impactado.
Marichuy calls the hospital and is mucho relieved to hear that Ceci is out of danger.
The doctor tells Ceci she can go home soon.
The doorbell rings at the casa de liars. Mari says if it’s Omar to let him in. “Y si es mulcas?,” asks Cande, and I don’t know what that means exactly but she’s asking about JM. No, don’t let him in. Either way, don’t let the baby cry. The mystery guest is Omar. He looks sad and says, “Why, Lirio? Why?”
JM tells Rocío what happened with Blanca. They don’t know who the man is for whom she was yelling.
Omar tells Mari that he had pinned all his hopes on her, and she made him so happy. He reminds her of the time when he said she was like a bird that had taken refuge in a storm and would someday fly away, and she promised she would never leave him. Then she just left without even saying goodbye. “WHY?” She says she has her reasons. He wants to know what they are.
Stefi visits Ceci and cheers her up by reminding her that Marichuy is the root of all evil and Patricio will never accept her. Ceci tells her to stop, because the accident was not Marichuy’s fault and she will never stop trying with her daughter even if she is rejected a thousand times, and not even Pat can stop her. “What if you have to choose between Patricio and Marichuy?,” asks Stef. Ceci glares at her but doesn’t point out that a husband like that is hardly worth having, which is just as well because Stef wouldn’t understand anyway, seeing as how she thinks husbands are just bank accounts. Stef is wearing a completely indecent dress; it covers nothing.
Marichuy asks Omar to forgive her. She couldn’t love him the way he deserved, and she couldn’t “jugarte chueco” (chueco means twisted; she couldn’t play dirty or deceive him). He asks who the other man is. Amador walks in just then. Omar, of course, is horrified.
Avances: Omar beats Amador to a pulp?!!?!!:)! Omar tells JM he thinks Amador is the father of Lirio’s baby, who of course is still alive. JM is thrilled to hear that the baby is alive and gets himself into the apartment and sees the little darling.
**HELP WANTED: I’m going on vacation and won’t be able to recap. I’ll be here next week, but then will need substitutes on February 24 and March 3 and 10. Want to do one or more of those days? **
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Wow, Julia, you stay up late! Thanks for the funny recap. I love the "it looks like it hurts for JM to think". Oh but he is so handsome when he is hurting, isn't he?
By the way, doesn't Omar know that Lirio named her baby Juan Miguel? I'm not sure how common that name is but why doesn't Omar say, "hey JM buddy, you know it's a coinsidence that Lirio's baby has the same name as you". Hello, 2+2=4. Maybe JM's brain-cell challenge is rubbing off on Omar?
Israel, if you are stupid enough to go after Stefi, you deserve her and I hope you guys live sadly ever after.
JT
By the way, doesn't Omar know that Lirio named her baby Juan Miguel? I'm not sure how common that name is but why doesn't Omar say, "hey JM buddy, you know it's a coinsidence that Lirio's baby has the same name as you". Hello, 2+2=4. Maybe JM's brain-cell challenge is rubbing off on Omar?
Israel, if you are stupid enough to go after Stefi, you deserve her and I hope you guys live sadly ever after.
JT
Julia I really enjoyed reading your recap this morning. I laughed out loud at Adrain's letter and ,"Where did he go, Hogwarts?" Your references to JM's horizontal forehead wrinkles vs the vertical pinch between the eyebrows are so funnny. I can hardly watch this novela because it is so frustrating! The recaps and comments make it so enjoyable. Thank you.
Liena, FL
Liena, FL
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: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 7:20:00 AM EST
: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 7:20:00 AM EST
Yep, you were on another tear last night, Julia. Very funny. I, like Liena, loved the Hogwarts? gag, as well as "fresh new scenes (but made with lots of leftovers) and Onelia's mood-o-meter stuck on "blind fury"...."sailing over the Styx" and just the ironic "more thinking".
I'll keep checking the recaps to see if I ever want to watch this again! I usually tune in on Friday nights regardless but oh my, it's frustrating (and there's enough of that in real life, no?).
A soundtrack plays in my mind, pretty much continuously, and when Juan Miguel appears all I hear is the Scarecrow's song from Wizard of Oz..."If I only had a brain...". I forgive him though, as long as he keeps wearing those well-tailored slacks.
I'll keep checking the recaps to see if I ever want to watch this again! I usually tune in on Friday nights regardless but oh my, it's frustrating (and there's enough of that in real life, no?).
A soundtrack plays in my mind, pretty much continuously, and when Juan Miguel appears all I hear is the Scarecrow's song from Wizard of Oz..."If I only had a brain...". I forgive him though, as long as he keeps wearing those well-tailored slacks.
Tried watching once again and almost broke TV when Marichuy told JM that the baby had died. Come on!!!!
Vicente and Rocio looked very cute, though.
Vicente and Rocio looked very cute, though.
PS Have a wonderful vacation Julia! When you come back, I doubt very much that anything will have changed.
So what are you watching these days Nina? The Virgen of Guadalupe one? That's on too late for me. If I'm up then, it's only for basketball.
I was shocked by the lie MC told JM. What a horrible thing to tell someone. I don't get this girl. She has this guy who loves her, she has to know this, (I do)! and yet she has it in her mind that he will take her baby away from her. I don't get that feeling at all. I see him as a kind man who loves his daughter, even Cuate! and his sister, is trying to help Blanca (Okay, I know, the idea of marrying her is a little crazy), but I don't think he would ever take the baby away from MC. I can't watch scenes with Leo, his teeth are blinding me, and that hair is annoying. Maybe Stef should let him borrow one of her hair bows to keep the hair out of his eyes. Also, when Stef and Isa are on, CLICK! Cannot take those two wenches. That Isa is one mean bi**h!
Wasn't Israel working in JM's office, was a medical student, and as the chauffeur for Pat? Please, please tell me Israel how you made your fortune. I could use some of that!
Has Adrian joined the priesthood? Where is he? I couldn't understand what he was saying in his letter.
Julia, as usual, a great recap. I hope you are a writer in your working life, a comedy writer maybe? You have a talent, that's for sure.
Okay, I've vented enough...
Wasn't Israel working in JM's office, was a medical student, and as the chauffeur for Pat? Please, please tell me Israel how you made your fortune. I could use some of that!
Has Adrian joined the priesthood? Where is he? I couldn't understand what he was saying in his letter.
Julia, as usual, a great recap. I hope you are a writer in your working life, a comedy writer maybe? You have a talent, that's for sure.
Okay, I've vented enough...
Thanks for a hilarious recap of an awfully frustrating show. I thought it was bad enough when she told JM on the phone that she didn't love him anymore, but telling him that their kid died??!! Ugh. At least it looks like that lie won't last long with JM seeing the baby in tonight's episode (of will it? Maybe MC will lie again and say that she's babysitting a friend's kid).
PS--Julia, I'll volunteer to do a recap while you're gone, although I've never done one before and so would need instructions on posting, etc. You can reach me at dthompson4635@gmail.com.
Oh, I'm sure Marichuy won't let everything be cleared up that quickly. She'll make up some lie. Or else run away again, or something. It is weird that Omar hasn't mentioned to Juan Miguel that Lirio's baby has his same name; don't normal people like to point out "coincidences" like that?
Violet, thank you for the compliment; I'm actually an engineer. The writing I get paid for is mostly seismic evaluations of historic buildings and the like, and no one will let me make jokes in it!
Violet, thank you for the compliment; I'm actually an engineer. The writing I get paid for is mostly seismic evaluations of historic buildings and the like, and no one will let me make jokes in it!
Debbie, thanks for volunteering! Just say which day you want so we know which ones are unclaimed, and email Melinama (caray@mappamundi.com) to let her know you'll be doing it so she can send you the invite that will let you post.
Well, Julia, you're obviously extremely intelligent to do that job. I'm taking a course in microbiology this semester and I thought that was hard, can't ever imagine taking an engineering class!
Julia, I really enjoyed your recap and your great comments. Favs were: "Marichuy tells him that’s impossible, because their son died. Oh, that is LOW, Marichuy. Are we sure she’s not one of the villains?". I'm starting to wonder myself. Mari's lie was ridiculous and am relieved to see JM finds out the truth right away.
"I am thinking Nuevo Israel is not an improvement." Really! Must be a glutton for punishment. It's just a question of how quickly his misguided perception of her comes crashing down.
jtorres, "...why doesn't Omar say, "hey JM buddy, you know it's a coinsidence that Lirio's baby has the same name as you". Wasn't that frustrating? I was yelling at the TV, telling it to say the baby's name for heaven's sake.
Agree that a happy scene of Rocio and Vincente was most welcome. At least one ray of sunshine in this madness.
Poor Omar. It's painful to see him so upset over someone who obviously wants to forget he even exists. Diana in MA
"I am thinking Nuevo Israel is not an improvement." Really! Must be a glutton for punishment. It's just a question of how quickly his misguided perception of her comes crashing down.
jtorres, "...why doesn't Omar say, "hey JM buddy, you know it's a coinsidence that Lirio's baby has the same name as you". Wasn't that frustrating? I was yelling at the TV, telling it to say the baby's name for heaven's sake.
Agree that a happy scene of Rocio and Vincente was most welcome. At least one ray of sunshine in this madness.
Poor Omar. It's painful to see him so upset over someone who obviously wants to forget he even exists. Diana in MA
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:56:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:56:00 PM EST
Julia, you had me laughing all the way through. It’s hard to pick out faves and Judy B and others have mentioned some great ones, so I’ll just say hear hear, and add my compliments for another hilarious recap.
That was really something, Israel suddenly having a lot of dough, like he just swept up all the gold lying around on the streets of NY. I too wonder how he came by all that. Plus I still don’t get how he went from being disgusted by Stef way back to later being in love with her. Go figure. Maybe being verbally abused by a high-class girl was a turn-on for him.
And Adrian suddenly forgiving his mama. What she said to Purita really was unforgivable, but I guess it’s a telenovela crime to be mad at your mama and hurt her, so that had to be resolved. I was startled by his face appearing in the letter, and your take on it totally cracked me up.
That was really something, Israel suddenly having a lot of dough, like he just swept up all the gold lying around on the streets of NY. I too wonder how he came by all that. Plus I still don’t get how he went from being disgusted by Stef way back to later being in love with her. Go figure. Maybe being verbally abused by a high-class girl was a turn-on for him.
And Adrian suddenly forgiving his mama. What she said to Purita really was unforgivable, but I guess it’s a telenovela crime to be mad at your mama and hurt her, so that had to be resolved. I was startled by his face appearing in the letter, and your take on it totally cracked me up.
Julia--I'll do the 24th (I can do more if no one else is able to do the others, but I thought I should see if I can even get thru one recap first!).
Debbie. Kudos to you for volunteering. The first recap is the hardest. After that, it gets progresively easier.
And we will all be cheering you on because we still remember our first recap.
When Melinama first started this site, she was recapping Alborada EVERY NIGHT. (This was before my time, but I still shudder thinking of it). Still, she has a great, very efficient style of hitting the highlights and letting details go. Just don't kill yourself.
And we will all be cheering you on because we still remember our first recap.
When Melinama first started this site, she was recapping Alborada EVERY NIGHT. (This was before my time, but I still shudder thinking of it). Still, she has a great, very efficient style of hitting the highlights and letting details go. Just don't kill yourself.
I agree; the hardest thing for me when I started recapping was knowing where to stop. Don't feel like you have to translate everything or include every detail; just get the important stuff and anything you find interesting.
I tried looking up "mulcas" but no luck. After a bunch of translators and dictionaries failed me, I tried just Googling "mulcas" and "mulca" and one of the first-page results was my own recap. Other than that it seems to be a surname.
I tried looking up "mulcas" but no luck. After a bunch of translators and dictionaries failed me, I tried just Googling "mulcas" and "mulca" and one of the first-page results was my own recap. Other than that it seems to be a surname.
Hello there! folks. I got a kick out of the funny recap you did last night, thanks!, Julia.
I have not been really watching this novela. Like some of you, I get tired of all the nonsense. Now it seems that Israel got the stupidness that all the men seems to get when they get close or being around Juan Miguel. I am disenchanted with him. I am also losing faith with Omar.
Marichuy is letting all her pain and hurt out on everyone it seems. I could understand her angry and outburst at Cecilia. Omar has been nice and supportive to her. I think Omar will get to know the real Marichuy and not marry her after all. He will remember his love for Bianca-Ivett. Juan Miguel continues to be stupid.
At least Rocio and Vicente are happy again. I hope they stay that way.
Did someone finally tell Mayita the truth regarding her mom and that she is really is died.
I just use this show as background noise now. I am watching Las Tontas No Van Al Cielo more closely these days. It has Jaime Camil. I just love him and his comdial antics.
Genevieve
I have not been really watching this novela. Like some of you, I get tired of all the nonsense. Now it seems that Israel got the stupidness that all the men seems to get when they get close or being around Juan Miguel. I am disenchanted with him. I am also losing faith with Omar.
Marichuy is letting all her pain and hurt out on everyone it seems. I could understand her angry and outburst at Cecilia. Omar has been nice and supportive to her. I think Omar will get to know the real Marichuy and not marry her after all. He will remember his love for Bianca-Ivett. Juan Miguel continues to be stupid.
At least Rocio and Vicente are happy again. I hope they stay that way.
Did someone finally tell Mayita the truth regarding her mom and that she is really is died.
I just use this show as background noise now. I am watching Las Tontas No Van Al Cielo more closely these days. It has Jaime Camil. I just love him and his comdial antics.
Genevieve
Julia - thanks for a great recap of an awful episode -- I can't believe MC told JM their baby died. It does make you wonder if she is a villain.
Sad to see Israel back in his "new state" as well. As others have mentioned at least Rocio and Vicente are happy.
Sad to see Israel back in his "new state" as well. As others have mentioned at least Rocio and Vicente are happy.
hilarious recap of a frustrating episode. I'm in support of having you write a novela where everybody finds out everything, but there's still conflict.
MC is acting like too much of a villain, I wonder if she'll have karma? JM is still slow, but he's getting better at being rightfully angry at Marichuy.. she deserves it. and poor omar i can't wait for him to see her true colors.
And am I the only one who thinks Israel is probably a murderer? He seems like he's going to be one of those distraught men (he obviously can't think straight if he likes Stef). I think he's gonna end up killing Stef over that crazy-love type.
I LOL'd at Adrian's ghostlike appearance and "where'd he go, hogwarts?" very funny
MC is acting like too much of a villain, I wonder if she'll have karma? JM is still slow, but he's getting better at being rightfully angry at Marichuy.. she deserves it. and poor omar i can't wait for him to see her true colors.
And am I the only one who thinks Israel is probably a murderer? He seems like he's going to be one of those distraught men (he obviously can't think straight if he likes Stef). I think he's gonna end up killing Stef over that crazy-love type.
I LOL'd at Adrian's ghostlike appearance and "where'd he go, hogwarts?" very funny
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:43:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:43:00 PM EST
Hi, everyone. JudyB, I'm not watching anything else right now, and it's a shame, 'cause I really need to practice Spanish for my trip to Peru.
I'm going to Peru on March 6! My first time in a Spanish-speaking country since I started watching telenovelas and studying in earnest (and first time since 1992 visit to Mexico).
I'm going to Peru on March 6! My first time in a Spanish-speaking country since I started watching telenovelas and studying in earnest (and first time since 1992 visit to Mexico).
That does sound fun, Nina. I'm also interested in hearing about it.
I think part of Marichuy's problem is that she doesn't seem to have real friends anymore, except for Cande who is sweet but not exactly a source of great advice. The only people she sees are Amador, who is abusive, JM and Omar, with whom she has confusing and hurtful histories, and Olga, who is too timid to really say what she thinks. So she doesn't have anyone who is on her side in dealing with everything but not enabling her bad decisions. I wish she would reconnect with Vicente and Rocio. Especially Rocio; she was the perfect balance of both accepting Marichuy as she was but also wanting to help her learn new things.
I think part of Marichuy's problem is that she doesn't seem to have real friends anymore, except for Cande who is sweet but not exactly a source of great advice. The only people she sees are Amador, who is abusive, JM and Omar, with whom she has confusing and hurtful histories, and Olga, who is too timid to really say what she thinks. So she doesn't have anyone who is on her side in dealing with everything but not enabling her bad decisions. I wish she would reconnect with Vicente and Rocio. Especially Rocio; she was the perfect balance of both accepting Marichuy as she was but also wanting to help her learn new things.
Thanks for the hilarious recap Julia. Mari really does get harder and harder to like.
I was really hoping that Israel were coming back rich, but I was hoping he'd also be coming with a girl to rub Stef's face in it. Maybe he'll still come up with someone, or hook up with the remaining girl from the group.
NinaK - it's quite far along, but may I suggest Dona Barbara? It's over on Telemundo on the same time slot as Cuidado and Jean has been posting recaps on this side so you can catch up. Tontas isn't as far along and has started getting quite good if you want to switch to the 7:00 PM time slot. The leads are not terribly likeable, but the writing is quite fun. Or you can hold out a few weeks and start on Manana on the 9:00 PM slot.
I was really hoping that Israel were coming back rich, but I was hoping he'd also be coming with a girl to rub Stef's face in it. Maybe he'll still come up with someone, or hook up with the remaining girl from the group.
NinaK - it's quite far along, but may I suggest Dona Barbara? It's over on Telemundo on the same time slot as Cuidado and Jean has been posting recaps on this side so you can catch up. Tontas isn't as far along and has started getting quite good if you want to switch to the 7:00 PM time slot. The leads are not terribly likeable, but the writing is quite fun. Or you can hold out a few weeks and start on Manana on the 9:00 PM slot.
That's it! I am done with Marichuy!.
What a self-centered little twit. No mother worth the title would open her mouth to say that her own child is dead just to serve her own childish, self-absorbed purposes. She deserves to have nothing good happen to her. MC is a liar and manipulator. She makes even a priest lie to suit her purposes. Cande is her simple- minded puppet who packs up and allows herself to be dragged all over the country at MC's most idiotic whim. MC treated CC horribly when she came to the theater to see her. CC has done nothing but try to love her and gave her a home and stood up for her when no one else would. MC never even treated MooSteffa, who hates her unabashedly,as badly as she treated CC just before the accident. The only thing that is likeable about her is that she loves her baby, but she is denying the child the love of a father who would delight in him, and that makes her despicable. No wonder MC has no friends. There is no reason for anyone to be her friend. She doesn't deserve the adorable Little Lord Fauntleroy (where DOES he get that very chic wardrobe? Have you ever seen a baby get so much screen time and be so wonderfully agreeable?) Anyway, his dad is a simpleton and his mom is evil. What is that baby to do?!
What a self-centered little twit. No mother worth the title would open her mouth to say that her own child is dead just to serve her own childish, self-absorbed purposes. She deserves to have nothing good happen to her. MC is a liar and manipulator. She makes even a priest lie to suit her purposes. Cande is her simple- minded puppet who packs up and allows herself to be dragged all over the country at MC's most idiotic whim. MC treated CC horribly when she came to the theater to see her. CC has done nothing but try to love her and gave her a home and stood up for her when no one else would. MC never even treated MooSteffa, who hates her unabashedly,as badly as she treated CC just before the accident. The only thing that is likeable about her is that she loves her baby, but she is denying the child the love of a father who would delight in him, and that makes her despicable. No wonder MC has no friends. There is no reason for anyone to be her friend. She doesn't deserve the adorable Little Lord Fauntleroy (where DOES he get that very chic wardrobe? Have you ever seen a baby get so much screen time and be so wonderfully agreeable?) Anyway, his dad is a simpleton and his mom is evil. What is that baby to do?!
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 9:52:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 9:52:00 PM EST
lol at marti's comment. i agree completely ;)
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:20:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:20:00 PM EST
Margarita: Just saw your post--too late--I've been watching Tontas on and off from the beginning (big Jaime fan), but I've become fed up with that too. Hoping that Manana Es Para Siempre (or MEPS) is good.
Thanks Julia for the wonderful recap. This show has become so frustrating. I officially can't stand Marichuy and I was a fan for the longest time but she has crossed several unforgivable lines in the sand of forgiveness. She is horrible to Cecilia and has no heart for forgiveness for anyone but herself. She is horrible to Omar who did nothing but help her and offer her sanctuary and love and she treats him like dirt. She is horrible to JuanMig who really loves her but she won't give him a chance to prove himself. Let's see, she is selfish with Cande and by the way, I hate that older women are always simpering dolts in these telenovelas unless they are harpish shrews like Onelia (or Gabriela over on FELS). I feel like making a poster and marching in front of Televisa's offices next time I go to Mexico. So There, I am glad I got that out!
NinaK, if you can get ahold of the audio tapes on Spanish by Pimsleur at your local library, they are the best I know of for feedback loop learning to actually speak and understand quickly. I have used them for Spanish, Italian, French and Russian. Have fun, I was there in 1973 and will never forget how wonderful Peru is. I bet you will love it.
NinaK, if you can get ahold of the audio tapes on Spanish by Pimsleur at your local library, they are the best I know of for feedback loop learning to actually speak and understand quickly. I have used them for Spanish, Italian, French and Russian. Have fun, I was there in 1973 and will never forget how wonderful Peru is. I bet you will love it.
This episode was MADNESS! So much non-telling of truths that would solve so many problems! Did Marichuy really tell Juan Miguel that the baby DIED???? I think I am more upset with her over that than how awful she was to Cecilia. It's like she is trying to make it harder for me to care whether she got her happy ending or not. Kudos to the writers for keeping JuanMi's character consistent in that he *would* actually be concerned about his kid, at least. If Julia ever writes that "telenovela in which everyone finds out what’s going on immediately" I'd love to see it. Maybe I wouldn't have to shout at the characters as much.
"Gee, now he HAS to marry her." - perfect comment on that sad, sad scene between JuanMi and Blanca, with Blanca looking quite pathetic and JuanMi looking rather doomed. "Ghostlike" was perfect too - I thought the Adrian voice/face-over was SO creepy! Nailed it with Stefi's cluelessness re how husbands work. Basically, all-around spot-on commentary making getting through this maddening yet entertaining TN a few years late that much more fun! Thanks!
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"Gee, now he HAS to marry her." - perfect comment on that sad, sad scene between JuanMi and Blanca, with Blanca looking quite pathetic and JuanMi looking rather doomed. "Ghostlike" was perfect too - I thought the Adrian voice/face-over was SO creepy! Nailed it with Stefi's cluelessness re how husbands work. Basically, all-around spot-on commentary making getting through this maddening yet entertaining TN a few years late that much more fun! Thanks!
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