Monday, February 09, 2009
Cuidado: Friday 2/6/09 - "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy!!"
Onelia comments to Balbina how quiet it is in the house. Balbina tells her that Rocío & Juan Miguel are out and Mayita is upstairs, playing with Cuate. Onelia comments about how much time Mayita spends upstairs and then she says that Juan Miguel must be at the jail visiting the murdering governess. Balbina is quick to inform her that JM is actually at the theatre with a his friend (amigo). Onelia is surprised to hear this--- since when has he had any interest in the theatre?, he never would go with my daughter--- and then Balbina tells her that Marichuy is the principal actress. Onelia sputters in shock.
Juanmi and Marichuy stare at each other in the corridor of the theatre. JM says--other than the casual passing they had on the street, it has been so long since they’ve seen each other. It seems as if years have been centuries, when compared to the little time they were actually together. At least for me, he adds. MC asks him what he’s doing there and he says he came to see her. MC launches into how no one should be allowed to see her and after her performance, she needs to rest. She heads into the dressing room and JM touches her on the shoulders as she attempts to walk away and asks her to wait. She says you know at times I’m “pelada y corriente” (specific meaning anyone?); to which he answers yes and then he lets her pass him to go to the dressing room.
MC slips into the dressing room, and Olga is there. She’s excited about the amount of flowers that people have sent to Marichuy. She gushes over all the attention that MC’s getting---the flowers, the applause, the standing ovation. MC can’t seem to enjoy it all because JM’s just outside her dressing room door. She tells Olga he’s there and they talked. Olga decides to go check if he’s still there, but he’s gone. She informs MC of this and then questions why MC is so affected and MC says the shock of it all. Then MC wonders how he knew where to find her. Olga reminds her that he knows her stage name, so it is logical he found out that way. MC starts to look at the flowers—she’s gotten some from Amador and a small bunch from Olga. She gives her friend a hug in thanks. There is a beautiful bouquet and MC reads the card and is very affected. Olga asks if the flowers are from JM, but MC reads the card aloud to answer that question “I wish you luck, your mother”.
JM comes home and speaks to himself so that the viewers are let in on what he's thinking....he says that she looked beautiful, but she’s changed. She’s more of a woman, more steady and harder. He thinks how she warmed to the applause and shouts of the crowd, but she was short with him. She’s now someone else, someone he barely recognizes.
Isabel and Estefania read the paper, which is full of praise for Marichuy. They discuss what Amador’s motive is, working with MC. Isa comments that he treats MC like she’s an angel, but that she, herself, just can’t see it in MC. The conversation switches to Ceci and her recovery and that Stefi doesn’t know how she’s doing. Isa prays that Ceci will succumb to her injuries. Stefi hopes she’ll then be the heir to the Velarde fortune. Dollar signs dance in front of Isa's eyes (well not really, but you get the point).
JM reads the paper and sees pictures of MC. He notices a telegram on the table and Balbina tells him it is for Leopardo/Omar.
Isa and Stefi discuss how they sent a telegram to Omar with information on how to find Marichuy.
Omar opens the telegram and is happy to see the info on how to find Lirio(MC). JM questions who sent it to him. Omar doesn’t care. JM wonders if it could be some sort of practical joke. Omar is sure that’s not the case, at least his heart is telling him it isn’t so. He wants to leave right now to find Lirio. He asks JM to accompany him.
Ceci wakes to find Stefi hovering over her bed in the hospital. They discuss how today Ceci is feeling much better and how the doctors have been astonished at her improvement. Ceci questions Stefi about MC’s theatre debut. Stefi tells her that it appears that MC was quite the success. Ceci’s delighted to hear it. Stefi can’t seem to fake enthusiasm as well, but she does tell Ceci that all she cares about is Ceci getting well.
Cande and MC pour over the papers. Cande’s happy to see that MC was received favorably. She tells MC she’s getting as much press as the stars, like Shakira and then does some chest adulations for emphasis. MC laughs. Cande is happy to think how green with jealousy Casilda will be when she sees the papers (she’s assuming that Casilda reads) and how MC’s success will bother Isa and Stefi too. They have a good laugh thinking over what might be their reaction.
Casilda (curlers and all) are at the news stand and she sees the papers, but comments to her friend that she won’t waste the money on buying them. She’s obviously jealous.
MC and Cande discuss the flowers she got from her mother. MC says is her mother thinks a gift of flowers is going to make her offer up forgiveness, well her mother is mistaken.
Patricio goes to see Ceci in the hospital. Ceci tells him she’s feeling better, she heard the news about MC’s success. Pat is upset to think that Ceci is only getting well because of MC and not because of him (basically he's being a whiny baby, jealous of his own child).
Omar and Juanmi arrive at MC’s door. Cande opens up and Omar is delighted to see “La La”. JM is shocked to see it is Cande on the other side of the door. Omar sees MC and rushes to her, spouting out how he’s finally found Lirio. MC looks over Omar’s shoulder and sees JM standing there. After the commercial break, Omar shows MC the telegram and goes on about how he’s been going crazy looking for her everywhere because she left without talking to him, how he returned to the hacienda to find her gone. She left when they were supposed to get married. A pained look passes over JM’s face. Omar tells MC he needs an explanation, why did she leave that way, why did she run away. MC has tears running down her face and Omar continues to insist on finding out why she took off. He wants her to look him in the eyes and tell him the truth. She can’t get the words out, and Omar wants her to know his anguish. He pulls JM forward and says that his friend can attest to his looking everywhere in D.F. for her and how crazy he was to find her. MC can’t look him or JM in the eye. Cande offers physical comfort to MC and provides a barrier to the intense onslaught from Omar. Finally he slows down and questions if there is another man, is there someone between us? MC looks at JM.
Pat bemoans to Stefi about how he feels about Ceci wanting to live for MC. He tells Stefi how he’d prefer that she were his real daughter. He adds that MC has caused nothing but pain for Ceci since she’s entered their lives and as far as he’s concerned, he doesn’t want her back in their house ever again. He was happy to hear nothing of her and now she’s returned as some sort of actress. Stefi assures Pat that she has faith that MC will not return to interfere in their lives again.
MC can’t answer Omar’s demands and she leaves the room. Cande begs both men to leave, now is not the time for them to be there. They actually listen and leave, both with their heads hung in sadness.
Onelia reads the reviews in the paper, and throws out some insults about what passes as an actress today. She asks Balbina if JM read the paper yet. Balbina’s not sure, but she thinks he did. Onelia is upset to realize that JM now knows how to find MC.
Marichuy cries on Cande’s shoulder. She’s upset to realize that JM and Omar are friends, that Omar’s been saying in the castle.
Omar is mad at how Lirio received him. He wanted answers and things are worse than they were before he found her. He notices that JM is quiet and he questions his friend about it. JM says he had nothing to say.
Blanca wonders what’s going to happen in court today. She realizes that she’s got to have the charges dropped or they’ll go after Juanmi as well. She needs to save him. She feels the key to her success is finding someone from before who knew her as Ivette. She thinks of Omar and questions where he can be found. What meaning did he have for Ivette and why is he the only name she can remember. Her lawyer arrives and tells her that Balbina’s to be in court today to testify. He tells her that Juanmi hasn’t arrived for the hearing yet and every other day he’s been here. He wonders what’s going on and Blanca says he’ll probably arrive later.
Omar says that now he knows where to find Lirio, he’ll go back and talk to her. He speculates that Lirio might have been hesitant to talk because he’d brought a friend along. She was probably ashamed.
At the hair salon, Isa’s getting her hair colored. Stefi fills Isa in on Ceci’s improvement and the conversation she had with Patricio. Out the window she spots JM and Omar talking. She continues to spy on them and notices the anguished look on Juanmi’s face. They wonder what’s going on between them, did Omar get the telegram?
Marichuy laments that this is a terrible situation—that Omar and JM know each other. She wonders if Omar’s mentioned the baby to Juanmi and she questions what she should do. Juanmi can’t find out about the baby. Amador arrives with the wolf and ends up scaring Cande out of the room. MC comments on the dog (perro) and Amador says he’s no dog, he’s a wolf (lobo). MC picks up the baby protectively. Amador raves about how successful the performance was. He questions if she saw the papers and fails to notice that MC is upset. He reminds her that the actress is nothing without the director, so she’s nothing without him (he has the classic abusive personality).
Juanmi and Omar return to the castle. Omar questions who sent him the telegram. They had to know not only where to find Lirio, but that Omar was staying at Juanmi’s house. Omar asks JM what he thought of Lirio, isn’t she nice and pretty. JM thinks to himself that all that time MC was hiding out and she never mentioned his name to Omar. She hid, using another name. JM realizes that his friend is in love with the same woman he is and he vows to hid that information from Omar rather than let him find out. Just then a light bulb flashes, JM remembers Omar telling him that Lirio was pregnant (he conviently forgets the part about what Omar said about her husband and that relationship, if he did remember, he might be able to process things and discover that one and one do indeed equal two---but then we'd be at the end of our novela and I predict we've still got a bumpy road ahead).
MC tells Amador she’s got a problem and then fills Amador in on the visit she got from Omar and Juanmi. Amador assures her that those men aren’t the boss of her (subtext, I am), but hastily adds that her only boss is her art. He notices the pictures of himself that MC covered up and he questions what happened and that ends the discussion (because it is, after all, all about Amador).
Omar thinks that he’s got to go see Lirio now, without JM. He has to see her again. Juanmi asks Omar about his story with Lirio. Omar is only too happy to talk about it and he fills JM in on how they met and how at first she was timid and how soon they began to get along. He tells JM that she blossomed before his eyes. Omar remembers how scared she was the day he discovered she was pregnant. JM asks about this in more detail. Omar tells him that he was there when she gave birth, he delivered the baby. JM questions if the baby was alive and Omar says yes, a healthy baby boy. He goes on a bit about how MC/ Lirio took to motherhood.
Stefi and Isa are in the car and Stefi gets a call on her cell. It is Israel.
Cande comes in to talk to MC and she’s upset, too upset to get the words out. She finally tells MC that Juanmi is there to see her. MC says to tell him to go away and not come back. Cande goes out and tells him that Marichuy doesn’t want to see him. JM threatens to go look for her in the other rooms of the apartment, but then MC comes out and says she’ll give him a minute. Cande leaves them alone and JM questions who’s apartment this is? MC says it is Amador’s. This upsets JM and he wonders what significance Amador is to MC. She says he’s her director. JM laughs bitterly and says that she doesn’t need a director because she is a brilliant actress both on the stage and in real life. He says she’s always been a liar, but he didn’t come there to talk to her, he came there to see his son. END OF EPISODE (with no previews for Monday night).
Vocabulario
alabanza-praise
asombrar- to amaze, astonish
consagrar- to establish (artista/profesional)
escabullierse- to slip away
escenario- stage
susto-fright
Juanmi and Marichuy stare at each other in the corridor of the theatre. JM says--other than the casual passing they had on the street, it has been so long since they’ve seen each other. It seems as if years have been centuries, when compared to the little time they were actually together. At least for me, he adds. MC asks him what he’s doing there and he says he came to see her. MC launches into how no one should be allowed to see her and after her performance, she needs to rest. She heads into the dressing room and JM touches her on the shoulders as she attempts to walk away and asks her to wait. She says you know at times I’m “pelada y corriente” (specific meaning anyone?); to which he answers yes and then he lets her pass him to go to the dressing room.
MC slips into the dressing room, and Olga is there. She’s excited about the amount of flowers that people have sent to Marichuy. She gushes over all the attention that MC’s getting---the flowers, the applause, the standing ovation. MC can’t seem to enjoy it all because JM’s just outside her dressing room door. She tells Olga he’s there and they talked. Olga decides to go check if he’s still there, but he’s gone. She informs MC of this and then questions why MC is so affected and MC says the shock of it all. Then MC wonders how he knew where to find her. Olga reminds her that he knows her stage name, so it is logical he found out that way. MC starts to look at the flowers—she’s gotten some from Amador and a small bunch from Olga. She gives her friend a hug in thanks. There is a beautiful bouquet and MC reads the card and is very affected. Olga asks if the flowers are from JM, but MC reads the card aloud to answer that question “I wish you luck, your mother”.
JM comes home and speaks to himself so that the viewers are let in on what he's thinking....he says that she looked beautiful, but she’s changed. She’s more of a woman, more steady and harder. He thinks how she warmed to the applause and shouts of the crowd, but she was short with him. She’s now someone else, someone he barely recognizes.
Isabel and Estefania read the paper, which is full of praise for Marichuy. They discuss what Amador’s motive is, working with MC. Isa comments that he treats MC like she’s an angel, but that she, herself, just can’t see it in MC. The conversation switches to Ceci and her recovery and that Stefi doesn’t know how she’s doing. Isa prays that Ceci will succumb to her injuries. Stefi hopes she’ll then be the heir to the Velarde fortune. Dollar signs dance in front of Isa's eyes (well not really, but you get the point).
JM reads the paper and sees pictures of MC. He notices a telegram on the table and Balbina tells him it is for Leopardo/Omar.
Isa and Stefi discuss how they sent a telegram to Omar with information on how to find Marichuy.
Omar opens the telegram and is happy to see the info on how to find Lirio(MC). JM questions who sent it to him. Omar doesn’t care. JM wonders if it could be some sort of practical joke. Omar is sure that’s not the case, at least his heart is telling him it isn’t so. He wants to leave right now to find Lirio. He asks JM to accompany him.
Ceci wakes to find Stefi hovering over her bed in the hospital. They discuss how today Ceci is feeling much better and how the doctors have been astonished at her improvement. Ceci questions Stefi about MC’s theatre debut. Stefi tells her that it appears that MC was quite the success. Ceci’s delighted to hear it. Stefi can’t seem to fake enthusiasm as well, but she does tell Ceci that all she cares about is Ceci getting well.
Cande and MC pour over the papers. Cande’s happy to see that MC was received favorably. She tells MC she’s getting as much press as the stars, like Shakira and then does some chest adulations for emphasis. MC laughs. Cande is happy to think how green with jealousy Casilda will be when she sees the papers (she’s assuming that Casilda reads) and how MC’s success will bother Isa and Stefi too. They have a good laugh thinking over what might be their reaction.
Casilda (curlers and all) are at the news stand and she sees the papers, but comments to her friend that she won’t waste the money on buying them. She’s obviously jealous.
MC and Cande discuss the flowers she got from her mother. MC says is her mother thinks a gift of flowers is going to make her offer up forgiveness, well her mother is mistaken.
Patricio goes to see Ceci in the hospital. Ceci tells him she’s feeling better, she heard the news about MC’s success. Pat is upset to think that Ceci is only getting well because of MC and not because of him (basically he's being a whiny baby, jealous of his own child).
Omar and Juanmi arrive at MC’s door. Cande opens up and Omar is delighted to see “La La”. JM is shocked to see it is Cande on the other side of the door. Omar sees MC and rushes to her, spouting out how he’s finally found Lirio. MC looks over Omar’s shoulder and sees JM standing there. After the commercial break, Omar shows MC the telegram and goes on about how he’s been going crazy looking for her everywhere because she left without talking to him, how he returned to the hacienda to find her gone. She left when they were supposed to get married. A pained look passes over JM’s face. Omar tells MC he needs an explanation, why did she leave that way, why did she run away. MC has tears running down her face and Omar continues to insist on finding out why she took off. He wants her to look him in the eyes and tell him the truth. She can’t get the words out, and Omar wants her to know his anguish. He pulls JM forward and says that his friend can attest to his looking everywhere in D.F. for her and how crazy he was to find her. MC can’t look him or JM in the eye. Cande offers physical comfort to MC and provides a barrier to the intense onslaught from Omar. Finally he slows down and questions if there is another man, is there someone between us? MC looks at JM.
Pat bemoans to Stefi about how he feels about Ceci wanting to live for MC. He tells Stefi how he’d prefer that she were his real daughter. He adds that MC has caused nothing but pain for Ceci since she’s entered their lives and as far as he’s concerned, he doesn’t want her back in their house ever again. He was happy to hear nothing of her and now she’s returned as some sort of actress. Stefi assures Pat that she has faith that MC will not return to interfere in their lives again.
MC can’t answer Omar’s demands and she leaves the room. Cande begs both men to leave, now is not the time for them to be there. They actually listen and leave, both with their heads hung in sadness.
Onelia reads the reviews in the paper, and throws out some insults about what passes as an actress today. She asks Balbina if JM read the paper yet. Balbina’s not sure, but she thinks he did. Onelia is upset to realize that JM now knows how to find MC.
Marichuy cries on Cande’s shoulder. She’s upset to realize that JM and Omar are friends, that Omar’s been saying in the castle.
Omar is mad at how Lirio received him. He wanted answers and things are worse than they were before he found her. He notices that JM is quiet and he questions his friend about it. JM says he had nothing to say.
Blanca wonders what’s going to happen in court today. She realizes that she’s got to have the charges dropped or they’ll go after Juanmi as well. She needs to save him. She feels the key to her success is finding someone from before who knew her as Ivette. She thinks of Omar and questions where he can be found. What meaning did he have for Ivette and why is he the only name she can remember. Her lawyer arrives and tells her that Balbina’s to be in court today to testify. He tells her that Juanmi hasn’t arrived for the hearing yet and every other day he’s been here. He wonders what’s going on and Blanca says he’ll probably arrive later.
Omar says that now he knows where to find Lirio, he’ll go back and talk to her. He speculates that Lirio might have been hesitant to talk because he’d brought a friend along. She was probably ashamed.
At the hair salon, Isa’s getting her hair colored. Stefi fills Isa in on Ceci’s improvement and the conversation she had with Patricio. Out the window she spots JM and Omar talking. She continues to spy on them and notices the anguished look on Juanmi’s face. They wonder what’s going on between them, did Omar get the telegram?
Marichuy laments that this is a terrible situation—that Omar and JM know each other. She wonders if Omar’s mentioned the baby to Juanmi and she questions what she should do. Juanmi can’t find out about the baby. Amador arrives with the wolf and ends up scaring Cande out of the room. MC comments on the dog (perro) and Amador says he’s no dog, he’s a wolf (lobo). MC picks up the baby protectively. Amador raves about how successful the performance was. He questions if she saw the papers and fails to notice that MC is upset. He reminds her that the actress is nothing without the director, so she’s nothing without him (he has the classic abusive personality).
Juanmi and Omar return to the castle. Omar questions who sent him the telegram. They had to know not only where to find Lirio, but that Omar was staying at Juanmi’s house. Omar asks JM what he thought of Lirio, isn’t she nice and pretty. JM thinks to himself that all that time MC was hiding out and she never mentioned his name to Omar. She hid, using another name. JM realizes that his friend is in love with the same woman he is and he vows to hid that information from Omar rather than let him find out. Just then a light bulb flashes, JM remembers Omar telling him that Lirio was pregnant (he conviently forgets the part about what Omar said about her husband and that relationship, if he did remember, he might be able to process things and discover that one and one do indeed equal two---but then we'd be at the end of our novela and I predict we've still got a bumpy road ahead).
MC tells Amador she’s got a problem and then fills Amador in on the visit she got from Omar and Juanmi. Amador assures her that those men aren’t the boss of her (subtext, I am), but hastily adds that her only boss is her art. He notices the pictures of himself that MC covered up and he questions what happened and that ends the discussion (because it is, after all, all about Amador).
Omar thinks that he’s got to go see Lirio now, without JM. He has to see her again. Juanmi asks Omar about his story with Lirio. Omar is only too happy to talk about it and he fills JM in on how they met and how at first she was timid and how soon they began to get along. He tells JM that she blossomed before his eyes. Omar remembers how scared she was the day he discovered she was pregnant. JM asks about this in more detail. Omar tells him that he was there when she gave birth, he delivered the baby. JM questions if the baby was alive and Omar says yes, a healthy baby boy. He goes on a bit about how MC/ Lirio took to motherhood.
Stefi and Isa are in the car and Stefi gets a call on her cell. It is Israel.
Cande comes in to talk to MC and she’s upset, too upset to get the words out. She finally tells MC that Juanmi is there to see her. MC says to tell him to go away and not come back. Cande goes out and tells him that Marichuy doesn’t want to see him. JM threatens to go look for her in the other rooms of the apartment, but then MC comes out and says she’ll give him a minute. Cande leaves them alone and JM questions who’s apartment this is? MC says it is Amador’s. This upsets JM and he wonders what significance Amador is to MC. She says he’s her director. JM laughs bitterly and says that she doesn’t need a director because she is a brilliant actress both on the stage and in real life. He says she’s always been a liar, but he didn’t come there to talk to her, he came there to see his son. END OF EPISODE (with no previews for Monday night).
Vocabulario
alabanza-praise
asombrar- to amaze, astonish
consagrar- to establish (artista/profesional)
escabullierse- to slip away
escenario- stage
susto-fright
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I was so hopeful with the previews at the end of Thursday's show of JM and MC meeting each other in the alley. Could this finally be the night they have a civil conversation and maybe more.....??! Guess not. Thanks a lot writers. This is getting frustrating. MC is acting like a diva, she needs to rest after that performance? Oh, pul-eeeeze. I'm not really liking her character right now. Thank you, Cathy, for telling me what they said to each other as I had no clue, as usual.
Violet, I agree that MC is one of the most unlovable heroines that I have seen in my 3 years of viewing telenovelas. She lies and uses people then walks out on them without an explanation (Omar) but if anyone treats her that way, watch out. She is a coward and the way she treats JM and Ceci is beyond unbearable. This storyline is growing tiresome and I actually want MC to fail.
I also can't believe that Pigtricio (the judge's rightful nickname from the TW Phorum) wishes that Estefe could be his real daughter? This woman is a complete stranger up until a few years ago and yet he allows her to call him Papa not to mention supporting her and her aunt. I don't understand this plot line at all.
The only good actor in this TN is the adorable baby. His coos and laughs are right on cue as well as his little gasp in that scene between Hamador(with his wolf)and MC. Perfecto!! I think they have changed baby actors as this one has big brown eyes and in earlier scenes, the baby had blue eyes. But both of them have been scene stealers, IMO.
Anyway, thanks for letting me rant and rave!! Maybe tonight I can spare my hubby and stop yelling at the telly. LOL
I also can't believe that Pigtricio (the judge's rightful nickname from the TW Phorum) wishes that Estefe could be his real daughter? This woman is a complete stranger up until a few years ago and yet he allows her to call him Papa not to mention supporting her and her aunt. I don't understand this plot line at all.
The only good actor in this TN is the adorable baby. His coos and laughs are right on cue as well as his little gasp in that scene between Hamador(with his wolf)and MC. Perfecto!! I think they have changed baby actors as this one has big brown eyes and in earlier scenes, the baby had blue eyes. But both of them have been scene stealers, IMO.
Anyway, thanks for letting me rant and rave!! Maybe tonight I can spare my hubby and stop yelling at the telly. LOL
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: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:56:00 AM EST
: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:56:00 AM EST
PS. I am confused about the relationship between Estefe and the Velardes. Did they formally adopt her as their daughter?
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 9, 2009 at 12:02:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 12:02:00 PM EST
Jan, It could be the same baby. Remember some baby's eyes change from blue to brown as they get older. He is a sweetie though. Why does he always have a hat on though? I have to say that MC does play the role of mother well. She seems to really enjoy the baby.
Stef's aunt was Ceci's friend and knew she was looking for her daughter that she gave up, and Stef came a knocking at auntie's door out of the blue one day and Isa devised the devious plot to have Stefi pose as Ceci's long lost daughter, even though Stef looks about 35 and not in her early 20's as Ceci's daughter would be! I don't know if they formally adopted her. I cannot stand Patricio. He has hated MC since the beginning and it just digusts him to think that this street urchin is his flesh and blood. I do like Ceci though. Her love for MC is so genuine. I don't understand how MC cannot forgive her. It's not like she didn't want her baby, she thought she was dying and wanted her to be taken care of. We'll see what happens tonight.
Stef's aunt was Ceci's friend and knew she was looking for her daughter that she gave up, and Stef came a knocking at auntie's door out of the blue one day and Isa devised the devious plot to have Stefi pose as Ceci's long lost daughter, even though Stef looks about 35 and not in her early 20's as Ceci's daughter would be! I don't know if they formally adopted her. I cannot stand Patricio. He has hated MC since the beginning and it just digusts him to think that this street urchin is his flesh and blood. I do like Ceci though. Her love for MC is so genuine. I don't understand how MC cannot forgive her. It's not like she didn't want her baby, she thought she was dying and wanted her to be taken care of. We'll see what happens tonight.
The Velardes did not formally adopt Stef (and how would you formally adopt someone in her 30s?), and in fact Ceci wanted to throw her out when they found out she wasn't their daughter, but Stef managed to convince them that Isa was the only con artist and that Stef was an innocent victim, and she wheedled her way into staying on with them. I think it's creepy how she keeps acting all daddy's-little-girl with Patricio; it's not like she grew up with him as her dad or anything.
Marichuy is a brat but at least some of the big secrets are starting to come out. I thought Juan Miguel looked really seriously wounded when he saw her; that was good acting.
Cathy, thank you for the recap and vocab.
Marichuy is a brat but at least some of the big secrets are starting to come out. I thought Juan Miguel looked really seriously wounded when he saw her; that was good acting.
Cathy, thank you for the recap and vocab.
I was surprised when Patricio went to visit Isa. He has been told she was the one who set up the con, but he had no problem visiting with her. How did this guy ever become a judge?! I don't understand why Stefi is still at his home and driving that neat car. I laughed at the hearing when they addressed her as Senorita Velarde. No, she's not!
Cathy, thank you for the recap and the vocab is always so helpful.
How come the people (namely JM & Mari) on this telenov don't speak up when they're hurt.
I think we're suppose to think that MC is stubborn and very unforgiving and that she takes after her very stubborn and very unforgiving father, Juez Velarde. But then I don't see how he forgave Stef & Isa so quickly.
Also I think MC is so mean to JM because she is very hurt with JM choosing to marry someone else instead of keeping himself available for her. She probably remembers that everytime she comes running back to him, she is turned away or she doesn't want her.
Also she has been abandoned and most likely did not receive any guidance regarding forgiving or articulating herself when she is leaving someone at the altar (so to speak).
Her meanness to Ceci? I can only attribute to how she must have felt she was treated at the Velardes when she lived there. She felt the Ceci did not stand up for her.
Anyway I'm not saying MC is right; she is being a brat and she should grow up if she wants to avoid a whole lot of future hurt.
JM, instead of looking hurt all the time, why don't you fight and speak up for what you want?! MC, why didn't you just tell Omar that the guy in between the 2 of you is his good ol' pal, JM? I guess everyone is keeping the "#7 secret" so we can look forward to 500 more painful episodes. Oh well, more Spanish practice, I guess...
JT
How come the people (namely JM & Mari) on this telenov don't speak up when they're hurt.
I think we're suppose to think that MC is stubborn and very unforgiving and that she takes after her very stubborn and very unforgiving father, Juez Velarde. But then I don't see how he forgave Stef & Isa so quickly.
Also I think MC is so mean to JM because she is very hurt with JM choosing to marry someone else instead of keeping himself available for her. She probably remembers that everytime she comes running back to him, she is turned away or she doesn't want her.
Also she has been abandoned and most likely did not receive any guidance regarding forgiving or articulating herself when she is leaving someone at the altar (so to speak).
Her meanness to Ceci? I can only attribute to how she must have felt she was treated at the Velardes when she lived there. She felt the Ceci did not stand up for her.
Anyway I'm not saying MC is right; she is being a brat and she should grow up if she wants to avoid a whole lot of future hurt.
JM, instead of looking hurt all the time, why don't you fight and speak up for what you want?! MC, why didn't you just tell Omar that the guy in between the 2 of you is his good ol' pal, JM? I guess everyone is keeping the "#7 secret" so we can look forward to 500 more painful episodes. Oh well, more Spanish practice, I guess...
JT
Thank you, Cathy, for your recap and for taking the time to do a vocabulary list for us. Muy amable.
I will continute reading the delightful recaps but am bowing out of watching this frustrating novela every day. I do want to see when Marichuy and Ceci are finally reunited. But for now,it's the writers not the actors that are driving me nutzzzz.
I am one of those who find Marichuy increasingly annoying. I don't see the maturity all the other characters are attributing to her. She's still acts like a teenager.
But what had me yelling out the television was that the wolf and the baby were in the same room. Why didn't Mari send the baby with Cande? I did notice that the baby seemed quite entranced with the wolf dog but me, not so much.
I will continute reading the delightful recaps but am bowing out of watching this frustrating novela every day. I do want to see when Marichuy and Ceci are finally reunited. But for now,it's the writers not the actors that are driving me nutzzzz.
I am one of those who find Marichuy increasingly annoying. I don't see the maturity all the other characters are attributing to her. She's still acts like a teenager.
But what had me yelling out the television was that the wolf and the baby were in the same room. Why didn't Mari send the baby with Cande? I did notice that the baby seemed quite entranced with the wolf dog but me, not so much.
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 9, 2009 at 4:04:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 4:04:00 PM EST
Thank you for the great recap, Cathy! Lots of good detail and love the vocab list as always.
Thanks for joining in JanZ! Keep those comments rolling in.
It’s sooo frustrating how the writers don’t think of anything more clever than just having people not communicate. Yes, I know that’s a telenovela convention, but this one takes it to the max. Here’s JM looking at an article in the paper about his heartthrob Mari and he doesn’t show his pal Omar her photo? And then when he finds out Mari is Lirio, he says nothing? Sheesh.
Omar didn’t seem as upset after seeing Mari as you’d think he would be. Later he was all glowing and happy telling JM how fabulous she is.
I was biting my nails when Stef was alone in the hospital with Ceci. I was afraid she was going to pull a plug or a tube or something. Whew.
I think Mari is rude to JM because she thinks he’s a womanizer who romances whoever comes along, and asks everyone to marry him. At least the second part of that is true.
Thanks for joining in JanZ! Keep those comments rolling in.
It’s sooo frustrating how the writers don’t think of anything more clever than just having people not communicate. Yes, I know that’s a telenovela convention, but this one takes it to the max. Here’s JM looking at an article in the paper about his heartthrob Mari and he doesn’t show his pal Omar her photo? And then when he finds out Mari is Lirio, he says nothing? Sheesh.
Omar didn’t seem as upset after seeing Mari as you’d think he would be. Later he was all glowing and happy telling JM how fabulous she is.
I was biting my nails when Stef was alone in the hospital with Ceci. I was afraid she was going to pull a plug or a tube or something. Whew.
I think Mari is rude to JM because she thinks he’s a womanizer who romances whoever comes along, and asks everyone to marry him. At least the second part of that is true.
Thanks so much for the recap Cathy and the vocab list.
Yes the writers are tormenting us. The exchange b/t JM and MC could be interesting if she does let him see his son. I wonder how she is going to justify not telling JM about his son?
Welcome JanZ and thanks Maggie for your explanation of MC's behavior toward JM (and he does ask ANYONE to marry him).
Yes the writers are tormenting us. The exchange b/t JM and MC could be interesting if she does let him see his son. I wonder how she is going to justify not telling JM about his son?
Welcome JanZ and thanks Maggie for your explanation of MC's behavior toward JM (and he does ask ANYONE to marry him).
It's true, JM is like Ross on Friends (although better looking, fortunately for us). "Get married?! That's your solution to EVERYTHING!" or however that line went.
Well, I hope Marichuy and JM at least have a conversation of longer that six seconds tonight, although I'm sure it will take a few more months before anything substantial really happens.
Well, I hope Marichuy and JM at least have a conversation of longer that six seconds tonight, although I'm sure it will take a few more months before anything substantial really happens.
I agree with JanZ's comments, MC is increasingly annoying in the novela she's too immature. In real life nobody would take that from a girl like her. For someone coming from a 'hard life on the streets' she sure is thankless and unphased by other people's MAJOR good deeds that they go out of their way to do for her especially Omar. JM going out of his way to get MC out of jail even though he barely knew her and she was a disgraceful orphan girl from the streets, Omar delivering her baby and saving her life... JM may want to marry everybody but MC is a serial liar, if she had told the truth this whole mess wouldn't have happened. I'm glad it's JM's turn to be mad at MC for keeping his son away from him.
Permalink posted by : Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:06:00 PM EST
: Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:06:00 PM EST
Thanks for another wonderful recap Cathy ;)
Violet – I don’t think Mari was trying to be a diva when she sent JM away, she just made up an excuse to get away from him. God forbid she tell him the truth in a moment of weakness! We’d be spared a few dozen more episodes.
JanZ - not only has Patricio had very little contact with Estafa (I think he’s now known her for about 2 years) but in the last few episodes he seemed to be finally realizing that her concept of the truth is at best nebulous. We were all hoping he’d be kicking her to the curb soon, but it looks like his renewed hate of Mari (and again, he’s not even considering the fact that Mari would behave differently if HE had been nice to her) has just brought him closer to his fake daughter. By the by, there is no reference to them ever adopting her. They did get the ball rolling on declaring her their legitimate daughter back when they thought she was, but the process took so long that they were actually able to halt it once they found out the truth before they ever got the final papers.
Maggie, I had the exact same thought about Stef and Ceci, except in my mind, she tried to smother her with a pillow. Goes to show how evil her character is that we’re predicting murder when she hasn’t even done it yet!
Violet – I don’t think Mari was trying to be a diva when she sent JM away, she just made up an excuse to get away from him. God forbid she tell him the truth in a moment of weakness! We’d be spared a few dozen more episodes.
JanZ - not only has Patricio had very little contact with Estafa (I think he’s now known her for about 2 years) but in the last few episodes he seemed to be finally realizing that her concept of the truth is at best nebulous. We were all hoping he’d be kicking her to the curb soon, but it looks like his renewed hate of Mari (and again, he’s not even considering the fact that Mari would behave differently if HE had been nice to her) has just brought him closer to his fake daughter. By the by, there is no reference to them ever adopting her. They did get the ball rolling on declaring her their legitimate daughter back when they thought she was, but the process took so long that they were actually able to halt it once they found out the truth before they ever got the final papers.
Maggie, I had the exact same thought about Stef and Ceci, except in my mind, she tried to smother her with a pillow. Goes to show how evil her character is that we’re predicting murder when she hasn’t even done it yet!
For anyone who is curious why I haven't posted my 'speedy' recap of Monday's night episode. It is because Univision pre-empted Monday night's episode for President Obama's first televised presidential press conference.
Jody :)
Jody :)
Thank you Cathy for your wonderful recaps.
Mayte -- according to my notes, which I try to coincide with the esmas.com summaries. Friday's episode should be #90.
Jody :)
Mayte -- according to my notes, which I try to coincide with the esmas.com summaries. Friday's episode should be #90.
Jody :)
Jody - whew! I thought maybe that happened only on the west coast. We had Tontas at 8 and then Fuego came on.
However, Betty La Fea was on at midnight - that was a surprise, since it's being shown on a another channel. Anyway, it was fun to watch.
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However, Betty La Fea was on at midnight - that was a surprise, since it's being shown on a another channel. Anyway, it was fun to watch.
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