Caray, Caray!

LOL @ Gabriela being at the wedding in the form of a crow. At least that's why I think they focused on that crow perching at the church before the wedding.

Good googly moogly if Sarita had bent down she would have had a Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction in the church.

Didn't Eva catch a bouquet as well?

I guess we really will never know where Ruth's body is.

I see Fernando cleaned up in the afterlife.

Maybe old One Eye Gravedigger got tired of digging up Gabi and decided it would be more productive to take pot shots at Juan instead.

Who got the 500K pesos for Fernando's head? Was that the money donated to the children?

I think the curly headed baby is Juan and Sofia's because at the end she was the only one held by both of them at the same time.

Grampa! I wish he had expressed some sadness over losing his granddaughter Ruth.
 

Thanks for the recrap, Jardinera. You've done a great job throughout this groaner of a telenovela, and this viewer has appreciated your efforts and snark. :-D Thank you!

Sarita's cleavage was quite the eye-grabber. I know our menfolk here were enjoying that. (wink/grin) I kept thinking, "Finally! Wonderbras have arrived to the puebla" and wondering if she was going to fall out of it.

Coffin cam - I kept thinking Gabi reeeally needed to go pee and that's more the reason she was frantic to get outta that thing. Think about it, girls . . .

The images of Fernando in her eyes was kind of creepy. Um... what purpose did that serve?

Graveyard guy trying to shoot Juan: how lame. What purpose did that serve??

Nice wedding scene, and they'll all live happily ever after.

I bet the couple that draws the short straw gets to live in the cabaña. (ack) Give it a good Feng Shui treatment, first. Please.
 

Dios mio, give me a man that shaves for his wedding, like Oscar.

Sarita had on her new push up bra. I thought Jimena's dress was the best & nothing exposed for a change. Sofia's dress was a little much.

What was the point of the sepultero shooting at Juan? I guess they needed to fill in a little time, & show that Chief Chops could really catch a criminal.
 

What a loyal recapper you've been through this ghastly novela! I'm glad you got to shut it down. Thanks for all and see you on MEPS.
 

Warp speed and time has never been trully tested until the final. Ofelia and Margarita diosa de la cumbia were teleported to Libia's tomb in the cave. Sherlyn had the most famous cameo. People got to see more of her pic than Bernardo.

I wish they also remembered Ruth,Raquel and Coyote. Their passing was to recent though. I guess it had to be separated by some time first. What a tragedy.

I'm just sad that Ruth's body was never found and never got a decent burial. All victims of Serdan's greedy serial killer. Fernando Escandon.

I'm sure abuelo had a lot of sadness for Ruth. They always had a good relationship and she saved his life before he married Santita. It saved Santita from being a widow before she marries him. And he would have been another number in a long line of dead husbands. ;)

I wish i had the logistics people that Juan, Sofia and co. Had. From memorials to fundraising jaripeo to a 3 day wedding celebration. (If you notice, it went from day to night 3 times while they wore their wedding outfits)All this after being in an all nighter of a battle with the evil Fernando Escandon.

And Eva miraculously healed with no bandages. Why, she even healed faster than Padre Tadeo. Laff.

And yes ladies! Yes! I really really enjoyed Sarita's wedding dress. Love the cleavage. When I saw the crow in the church, I was thinking that something might happen there. Good thing it was a false alarm. The symbolism has gone on overdrive in the last week.

I was a little early in my prediction of Gabriela's fate, but same result nonetheless. She suffered more than Fernando did. I got the meaning of Fernando's face in her eyes at her death. More like now you join me. At first I thought it was a skull then I realized it was Fernando.
This version of Gabriela is the most ill fated one of them all.

The sepultero either did a lousy job trying to dig Gabi up or he intentionally waited the time it would take for her to croak before digging her up. It is not known if he succeeded in getting the money out or not. And I don't get him taking potshots at Juan at the rodeo.

An allstar cast were reunited except for Pedro Reyes and el Jefe Alejandro Reyes. Interestingly 3 brothers too. Juan Jose, Alejandro and Vicente Reyes. I never thought that I would see Rosario's erstwhile admirer and touring companion performing with Margarita. To bad no Maracuya. Though I think she would never return to that backwater town again. Same with Ruth's cousins Benito and Octavio with his Lover Bruno.

Now we can see the consolidation of the Robles-Reyes hacienda with the Hacienda San Agustin along with the Uribe fortune. They still get it because Sarita nad Jimena are related to Ruth.

Interesting to see Pablito as an acolyte. And Luisito is all grown up in the cord ceremony. No mariachi though.

The reason i said yesrterday that Unibrow baby might be Sofia's/Adela's is because she also has red hair and kind of looks like her except for the unibrow....


Ibarramedia
 

P.S. (Now that I'm fully awake!) I just want to say a big THANK YOU to all the readers, the regulars as well as the lurkers, whether they comment or not, for at least taking the time to return to the site, and my page, week after week to read what the others and I have taken the time to write up. As for me, the stuff I write (as well as the novelas) may not be a work of art, but it's all definitely been a labor of luhv. So, thanks to you, Melinama, too, for giving us this site to vent, to commingle and commiserate over these silly productions. --Now it's onward (and hopefully upward) to MEPS!
 

Thank you Jardinera for the 'cap, fine final effort. Not too much "gran" in this final, quite predictable. I thnk that the idiot writers threw in that superflous pointless stuff with One Eye at the gravsite, and the pot shot at our Juan at the jaripeo just to puntuate the episode, but it was really meaningless. The seventh grade symbolism of the crow at the church, and Feo's face relected in dead Crabi's eye. Are we to believe that the two of them are now united in hell?
To the wedding- quite the affair- the horses, carriages, the dresses, the cleavage ( where has Sarita been hiding all of that?!), the church on the hilltop (wow- and from me, a reformed catholic!) Quite the reception, too, fireworks, etc- over the top.
Ya know, as insipid as this has been, as much as we have struggled thru and laughed at this TN, it was still kinda sad to see all these faces together for the last time. I just wish that I could have seen Adela's legs, just once! We gotta move on- (Monday, 9 p.m. MEPS)
A hearty thanks to all the recappers, again. You guys really did the job!

Ibarramedia- thanks for yesterday's late post, clearing up/reminding me that Juan has suspected that Feo was Sofia's rapist. I forgot about that scene.
 

Jardinera, last night's episode was the icing on a verrrry long cake, and your lovely recap did it full justice.
I did not notice the reflection of Fernando in Gabi's glazed eyes, I just kept wondering why they were panning in so close...guess I was focusing on her nostrils which were the size of train tunnels.
So, so many loose ends. No point in belaboring that now I guess.
It was a great fun ride (except for the jungle filler weeks). Enjoyed it with you all for company, especially our dedicated recappers. It wouldn't have been the same without you!
Call me Molly!
"Creemelo"
 

Have we seen that church before? It looks mor elike a cathedral to me and even the Obispo was presiding too.

Since just about everyone was there, I wish we had to see Dra. Leonora'Hotlips' Castaneda and Nestor one last time. Don Clemente was present and so was Dr. Montez in a blue sport coat. The only loose ends were did they find Ruth off camera and who actually inherited or what happened to the Uribe fortune? My guess is Juan and Sofia consolidated it, but it is not clear.

Thank you Jardinera and everyone. great work. Dorado Dave, glad to be of assistance. All the action was in part 1. They should have just showed the 2 parter at the same time. Or replay yesterday's epidose and show both parts. That's what they did with Al diablo con los guapos.

Is the 9 pm time slot reserved for the best or prime novela? Is MEPS supposed to be the highest rated one now that Fuego is over?

Ibarramedia
 

One question, I was watching the final crdits, and they popped a "En Memoriam" caption, and a picture of a white haired guy. Any ideas who he was?
 

One question, I was watching the final crdits, and they popped a "En Memoriam" caption, and a picture of a white haired guy. Any ideas who he was?
 

Praise the Lord & pass the peanuts, it's over.

HUGE thanks to:
Jardinera who had to recap a lousy finale but did it with grace, humor, panache & snark.

The stalwart gang of recappers who kept me afloat despite the stoopidity of the script.

Blog Mom Mel for creating an outlet for all of us.

See you at MEPS!

Maggarita
:-)
 

Bravo Jardinera! Wow, your recap was awesome. I wish that the writers of the novela would of tied up all the loose ends. It could of filled in the time that the one eyed grave digger took to take aim and finally shoot. And Sarita, well, she certainly blossomed! It has been so much fun reading the recaps and comments. It is something I look forward to every day.
Liena, FL
 

Dorado Dave, that white haired guy might be the priest in Ciudado con el angel. the same one who caught Marichuy putting stolen flowers in a vase. I only saw the first week and I think his name is Padre Anselmo. When i'm getting ready to tune in for Fuego on the last minutes of Cuidado, I sometimes see a priest they refer to as Padre Anselmo. I always wanted to ask that but this is a Fuego forum and I don't read the cuidado forum. So if I asked there, the answer might be buried if I check again. I have a good memory so i remember a few details.

anyone with more intel can surely let us know...


Ibarramedia
 

"And Sarita, well, she certainly blossomed! It has been so much fun reading the recaps and comments. It is something I look forward to every day."
Liena, FL

Agreed. Sarita has blossomed alright. She is the hottest girl in Serdan, Puebla and Xochitlan. She is hotter than a supernova.


Ibarramedia
 

Brava Jardinera! Thanks for taking care of this not so stellar gran final; you went out in grand style. I confess I fell asleep for the return of the Abuelo, but woke up in time to see endless shots of the gowns. I felt completely let down by this episode. But Sarita's generous cleavage was a surprise indeed. And Sofia got to chew on a white braided chinstrap for a change. And the coffin-cam thoroughly explored Gabriela's not-so-pretty dental work.

Dorado Dave: I was surprised to see the "in memoriam" on FELS. It was for the original Padre Anselmo on Cuidado who dropped dead in the middle of filming. He was replaced midstream one episode and there were some jarring continuity problems until we all realized the poor actor had died (no doubt worked to death by Televisa's relentless production schedule.)
 

Jardinera: Great job on this groaner.

I thought the purpose of the sepultario shooting at Juan was so that he could get caught. El comisario arrested him finally. So, none of the bad guys got away with anything.

I didn't notice Ferd's reflection in Gabi's eyes - I thought they were showing dilated pupils. Just dead, you know.

Thanks again. See you on Manana is Para Siempre.
 

Jardinera, WOW! What an absolutely superb recap. I truly enjoyed reading your recap even more than I enjoyed watching the actual episode (OK I'm not sure that statement strengthens my accolades). I looked forward to your recap with anticipation and and you certainly did not disappoint. It also looks like you get the last and perhaps most important kill, Gabriella. Congratulations! (Sorry Julie.)

One observation about the rodeo, some of the horses looked like they could have benefited by being fed.

One last offer of a category for an award for this show, and I'll leave it to you to make the nomination:

Best Reason to Skip the Pan Dulce:

Thanks to all of you recappers, all of you commentators, all of you lurkers, and especially Melinama, for making this a fun place to come and hang out for a bit every day. As Susanlynn said, "it's a chance to hang out with the cool kids". I'm looking forward to MEPS where no telephone, cellular or otherwise, will be safe.

Carlos
 

Pathetic, really pathetic. Of course why should the ending be any different than those miserable long, long days of FELS. Abuelo didn't mention Root because the writers can only focus on a plot line for one week max. They forgot all about the relationship me thinks. And if someone fired into a fiesta filled with la gente, wouldn't they scramble, yell, panic perhaps? Maybe shootings are just so common in Mexico that it was just a ho-hum. I think there might have been the inkling of an idea at some point that Gabi would be dug up alive thus the gravedigger's gravedigging, but did they run out of time?

Well having said all that I watched religiously (to better my Spanish of course) but I probably would have tuned out long ago if I couldn't have read the great recaps. The wit, humor, writing ... thanks for all the laugh out louds!
 

Thanks, all, for hanging in there. I think this show wins the award for the highest ratio of great recaps and comments to an incredibly lousy show. Now let's roll on over to MEPS and see what THEY get wrong! Remember, the good shows are not as much fun to recap!
 

Gabi's final moment was gruesome! Blech!

Wow on Sarita! Franco must be a very happy boy.

Really, I would have liked one more shower scene. The towels were nice, but after such a long dry spell, well, there was enough filler, it could have at least been with good eye candy.

Creemelo, I'm going to try to keep up on MEPS, but I may be dropping cable. But I have you in my cell, Here is mine. 709-0184. I think we have at least two tournaments in your town.
 

Thanks, Jardinera, for hangin' in to the end! Thanks, also, to all the recappers who saved me from having to actually watch all of FELS in the last few months! Muchisimas gracias.

Oh yeah, Gabi and Fer will be meeting up in Hades. His reflection her her eye was a great creepy touch.

I'm taking a cell phone with me when I'm buried - just in case.....

I loved all the wedding costumes, and was so glad Juan finally buttoned his shirt. Of course, playing the rube to the end, he didn't take off his sombrero until he was at the altar.
Why didn't Sofia have some attendants holding the train of her dress when she walked to the church? Can you imagine how dirty that cobblestone street was?
Sarita - yowsa - who knew what she'd been hiding?? No need for a tiara on her head - no one was looking there!
Jimena and Oscar (omg - those dimples!)looked the best.

All I really care about in Gran Finales is the wedding attire- lol.

On to MEPS, with a little prayer that it doesn't last beyond its time.
 

Maria Libia and El Jefe are the Reyes.

JuanJo and Vicente are Robles...Juan and 'em are actually Robles, not Reyes.

Whose hacienda was it? Was it the Elizondo hacienda or the Acevedo hacienda? Grampa owned a portion of it (and sold it to Juan) so I'm wondering was it

a) The Elizondo family hacienda and Grampa just bought a portion of it? (which would make the most sense as Bernardo willed it to Sofia)

b) The Acevedo family hacienda (hence the name Hacienda San Agustin) that maybe Bernardo bought into but Grampa retained a portion?

c) a random hacienda that Bernardo & Gabriela bought with Grampa's help in exchange for a portion of the estate?
 

Jardinera, Thanks for the masterful ride to the pedictable end. You did a great job all these months, it was a pleasure being on the FELSnark team with you. I too am disappointed that they didn't bring back Luisito, celebrate a mass for Ruth and Coyote or explain how the haciendas will be divided up. Also it is more typical to have all the childbearing age women pregnant at the last episode.

The pictures of Feonando were sideways when Gabi turned her head to the right for the camera. I must admit that I kept wondering if they shot her from above would the pictures right themselves horizontally like they would in an iPod. But I was frustrated on that front too.

Hector Gomez, the first Padre Anselmo did die while making Cuidado. I checked IMDB and he was never in FELS so I think the editors are the laziest bunch of bums to plant his picture in the ending of FELS. Maybe they don't want to upset us over on Cuidado with death, but they have killed a few characters there already, so I don't get it. Remember pretty Elvis from Destilando who gets killed as a playboy by Viviana early on in Cuidado. I know, not a real death but

Back to this silliness, it was nice to see Abuelo Agustin show up for the end. And now on to Fernando Colunga. See you all next week.

I have pictures of the Cholula cathedral used for the wedding as well as the cathedral called Nuestra Señora de los Remedios which sits atop the largest based pyramid in all of Mexico which we saw during the jarepeo and the wedding procession. Now I need to get my little show finished.
 

Yes, Jardinera, a final, masterful, snarky recap. Thank you.

I sort of think they shot the Granpa Augustin scene months before anything else. Note: They never said what happened, he just said Rosendo told him everything. And they weren't in any location that had anything to do with any hacienda, pretending to be at the end of the driveway, but wouldn't he have been at the wedding. So of course there was no Santita if they shot it before she was even in the plot.

Anyway, I wasn't too concerned about all the other loose ends and plot holes as soon as I saw Sarita's gown. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I've been watching Destilando Amor on DVD, and after watching Rodrigo (Eduardo Yañez) play an intelligent, mature guy, I actually think he did a great job in FELS in playing the bumpkin. His language, accent, everything was totally different, and I give him credit for a pretty good job. And of course he helped make FELS the nutty, guilty pleasure it was.
 

Yeah! Por Fin is right. I watched with a celebretory berry margarita in hand and a tear in the eye!

Loved all the flamante wedding outfits, and though I don't have a particular thing for girl cleavage, if ya know what I mean, I loved Sarita's dress and thought it symbolized the developement of her character, from prim and repressed liberated hotness. My favorite look though, was Ximena's Empire Style dress and hair, be-utiful.

These boys clean up well, Juan is better with stubble, and Oscar without, love those dimples, when do we get to see Jorge as the lead again?? He's got such a great expressive face.

Loved the guy's songs...is there, will there be an album, it could be a double CD with Franco, Maria, Rosario, and everyone, we could skip Quintina's song though.

All the horses and parades etc. were amazing, it was like the Charles and Diana X3 Mexican style!

It's been fun slogging through this with you all. Thanks again, we'll see you next week same time same, same channel!
 

Hi all, here I am still in Mexico with my in-laws. ´Im sorry for all the confusion with the capitulos, it was hard to decifer what stupidvision was going to air, but i tried to do my best. I still haven´t seen the fin, but will enjoy it when i get home on Tuesday. Like I said, I tried to figure out what was going to air on Thursday night, but obviously I was wrong. I didn´t want to bail out on my commitment to recap during the final week.

But I´m looking forward to my recaps on Tuesday nights for MEPS.

Also, sorry for so many typos, i´m not used to the Mexican keyboard.

Gotta run, I need to go get ready for the big quinceanera tonight. They´re expecting 1,000 guests! No, that´s not a typo - 1,000 guests.

Hasta pronto mis amigos de Cary! Caray!

Melissa
 

Dorado Dave,the white haired guy who appeared after the fin was one of the original directors of FELS (can't remember his name but will lokk it up). He directed countless novelas and was very well known in Mexico. He died during FELS production.
Dee2
 

That is the famous Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios that the Spanish built on top of a pyramid in Cholula.

Despite the swiss cheesy script and the awful production values, I could not stop watching this telenovela.

Here's what should have happened in last night's episodio: The gravedigger should have successfully dug up Gabby, and found her dead with a look of terror fixed on her face. He steals all the money from her coffin and absonds. There is the ultimate revenge, is it not?

One other note: they had their honeymoon before, the wedding...
 

Dorado Dave, I looked up the director's name it was Miguel Corcega and he died last September (at age 79). In addition to directing a number of novelas he also had small roles in many.Dee2
 

Excellent recap. The one eyed gravedigger decided to try to bust a cap on Juan instead of digging up the money from the grave and he still missed LOL. The coffin cam scene of Gabi taking her last breath and seeing Feo in her lifeless eyes was creepy. I guess he did come for her afterall in the afterlife. Sarita outdid Ruth and Rosario in the cleavage department in her bridal gown but I was afraid that she would have a wardrobe malfunction. The crow at the wedding was odd. Who was that supposed to be? Libia or someone else. The grooms singing to their brides in the glowing light was different. It was a long ride in this strange town and I bid Juan, Sofia, Jimena, Oscar, Franco, Sarita and all the others farewell. On with MEPS and the TBLMOE.
 

As for the name/s of that hilltop church, I didn't mean to cause confusion. I plead innocent to using the name given in the Esmas script's outlines and I had/have no idea what it's really called or where it is located. Hope you all don't mind if I just leave it with its make-believe Esamas name.
98 ? }
 

Here's a link to more info re: the church on top of the pyramid in Cholula:

http://www.mexonline.com/cholula-pyramid.htm
 

Jardinera, thanks for all your wonderful recaps; this one was no exception. The episode was pretty tame, however. The three-couple relationships were so predictable, but the wedding ceremony had a great backdrop in that iglesia.
Props to prancing Capricho and to Sarita for bustin' out some cleavage at the end.
So, at her gruesome finish, Crabi only had eyes for Feo. I suppose Crabi had her fair measure of suffering. I wanted Feo to be dragged by the train and then staked on an anthill for about 72 hours as he slowly died of thirst (while his victims' ghosts appeared, each chanting Fernando Escadon is NOT smarter than anyone.)
I also wanted to know what Feo did with Ruth's body. Some things we'll never find out, I guess.
Thanks again to all for making this mess rewarding. I'll check out MEPS in order to see TBLMOE and Sergio the phone flinger.
La Paloma
 

Perhaps the crow was the raven haired Root?
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Speaking of getting that cam's eye-view of Gabi's dental work, I almost thought she was going to sprout fangs and somehow rise from that coffin on her own.
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"One observation about the rodeo, some of the horses looked like they could have benefited by being fed." --Yep. I remember thinking at the time that those bony broncs were possibly being fed that healthy-horsey garbage feed some places sell. Whenever I've seen a horse on it, it always makes me wonder who's really getting healthy, the horse or the feed manufacturer. Just sayin'.....
 

Thanks to both you, Cheryl, and Anon. 4:10 pm for the info and the link on Cholula. It is one darned impressive place, no doubt about it.
 

I for one really appreciated the recap skills of all of you. This blog has been such a hoot. and in these time, bien tristes, this has been a great place for a snarky laugh. Thanks to you all.

I am with Anon 4:48 -- I think the beautiful black bird was Libia. I have come to the conclusion after watching 4 of these TN suckers that the final show is incredibly anticlimatic. Then, comes the tan-tan.
V.V. who is thinking maybe just one more TN though she is glad to be rid of the fabulous sweaty baker boys. . .
 

I agree about the skinny horses, especially one gray one, his ribs were showing. Obvious this wasn't filmed in the US, SPCA would have been all over that.
 

Couldn't the raven be an homage to Edgar Allen Poe? Poe did a series of buried alive stories stories, as well as revenge stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Premature_Burial

Also, given that the finale coincided with Mexico's Day of the Dead, Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, my educated guess is that the bird is the Raven! And we shall see FELS nevermore!
 

"I'm taking a cell phone with me when I'm buried - just in case.....’"
Wasn't there a time in history when bells were rigged up to strings inside coffins, in case the believed-dead could ring in case the came out of their coma and woke up?

"No need for a tiara on her head - no one was looking there! Anya"
Tiara??? What tiara??? (LOL)

doris (who is not signed in )
 

Hombre, Don Agustin made it to the wedding Final. I saw him a few times during the show. Here are a few pics I found posted on Telenovela forum.


http://foro.telenovela-world.com/n4/read-t.php?f=483&i=3674&t=3673#reply_3674

And i'm reposting pics of the girls there since I can't do it here.

http://foro.telenovela-world.com/n4/read-t.php?f=483&i=3680&t=3680#reply_3680

In the wedding pics, Don agustin is in the front.

Fuego En La sangre finished airing in Mexico on November 2. Day of the dead. Las dias de la muerto. So it was fitting to have the memorial tributes. I still wanted Ruth Raquel and Coyote remembered. They were not saints, but neither are we.... They were human beings too. I'm sure the girls will remember Gabi in the future. They stood by her till the very end despite the way they were treated so I don't see them fall out of character. Of course she does not count there. because she just died.


Ibarramedia
 

I like Anon 6:36's idea about the Raven being an homage to Poe.

Can't say the final knocked me out, but I did enjoy the jaripeo.

It really made no sense that the sepultero is digging like mad and then decides to shoot Juan instead. That guy was pretty dinero-oriented and it seems he'd have finished the job and gotten the cash instead of taking potshots at Juan. And, of course, veteran novela watchers never even gasp when the main galán or actriz seem to be shot. They NEVER die.

The sideways Feos in Crabi's eyes were muy, pero muy escalofriante (creepy).

I hadn't thought of Abuelo's return having been shot before the arrival of Santa, but it makes sense. Didn't make any sense that she didn't come to the wedding otherwise.

On to Colunga!!
 

Thanks so much to Jardinera and all the recappers for their wonderful, funny, insightful recaps of this wild and crazy novela. Now here's my stream-of-consciousness 2 cents~~ This show started out so promising...the 3 strapping , shirtless guys baking and showering and skinnydipping...the 3 beautiful sisters with the evil mama....and then they the dragged and dragged the life out of it and no one seemed concerned with having it maske sense or keeping track of what had happened in earlier episodes as they threw in and threw various and sundry characters. Oh well, a few more comments---Fernando's smirking face reflected in Crabby's dead eyes was a unique turn---Sarita is a very healthy girl and naturally so it appears [Eat your heart out Pam Andersen. That chick was blessed by nature and did not have to pay for those babies.] I don't think I've ever seen a bride show that much cleavage. No looks at your face [or anything else when you wear a gown cut down to your bellybutton]. Oh well. I always love the weddings and we got three for the price of one in this finale. I love the guys in there white suits. A few years ago one of my students from Mexico brought in her wedding outfit...it was a white suit just like the guys wore except it had a skirt. Well, I'm looking forward to being united with my numero uno telenovio Fernando Colunga and also to seeing the cast of Fuego on Cristina. I think Monday night calls for a winecooler. It's been a fun ride with all of you cool kids. P.S. For all of you who watched ''Duelo de Pasiones'', I think the gravedigger was the actor who played Alina's friend's father ...only in this show he had silly putty on one eye. And Fels is filled with familiar faces including Jimena from ''Pasion,'' I think.
 

The black bird was indeed a Raven. As a nod to Edgar Allan Poe, The writers had Gabi read his novels. they were positioned subliminally in her hands while she was on her bed.

Wasn't there a time in history when bells were rigged up to strings inside coffins, in case the believed-dead could ring in case the came out of their coma and woke up? That is correct indeed Doris. Kindly peruse the link please.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/buried.asp

BTW will someone be recapping or discussing the Cristina episode on Fuego?


Ibarramedia
 

Libia was the glowing flowers at the end. Libia was always the glowing flower.

Gabriela was the crow, in the last weeks of the show you always saw crows around Gabriela.
 

Check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial

I think Gabriela was at one time reading Edgar Allan Poe's short story “The Cask of Amontillado”

Ibarramedia
 

Eva didn't even have a little bandaid on her chest where she got shot. You would have seen it under that plunging neckline.
Another miracle: we didn't have to listen to Franco sing Ave Maria at the wedding. Too bad they couldn't revive Mariachi and bring back Eeyore for an encore instead of Quntina's strippers.
"Creemelo"
 

Thanks Jardinera for the excellent recap! And thanks to all of the wonderful recappers! It looks like a great recapper lineup scheduled for MEPS.

I think my wife and I may be in a minority, we did like FELS. Sure it was campy, but still good.

I think the only reason they had one-eye taking a shot at Juan was to make us think that perhaps Gabi was still alive. Gabi was definitely creepy with those Fernando Eyes. She ended up getting what was hinted at a long time ago, buried alive.
Those horses definitely needed to be fed, what was the deal with them?
I thought good old Eva even looked pretty good with her hair down. :-)
How come Juan and Franco could not shave for the wedding, just not right. LOL
I think Sarita did not want Franco looking at any more Rosario's. ;-)

Jeff in MN
 

Jeff in MN, I too am in the minority here who liked FELS. This is my first and only (so far) Telenovela that I watched beginning to end. The only exceptions were The week of may 24-30 when I was at the beach house in the outerbanks in North Carolina. And December 22-28 when i was at the Snowshoe condo in West Virginia for Christmas. Only missed 2 episodes here because of X-mas and saw the missing ones ahead in youtube.

Ibarramedia
 

I am among those who would probably not have hung in with this TN if I hadn't stumbled upon this group. Thanks for being out there to be found!

I know it's the rule that the show has to end with the weddings, but I do wish they could give us a little more wrap-up. It doesn't seem right that no one mourned any of the Uribes - Raquel, Ruth or Coyote (except his mom). Also given how close Coyote was to El Jefe, you would think we would have seen him again, at least some reaction to the death of Coyote from him.

I actually couldn't tell during the dialogue who had been caught for taking the pot shot, so I appreciated the clarification of that in the recap. But of course it was ridiculous. And I really hope someone increases funding for continuity because the passage of days and nights while Gabi was screaming and while the gravedigger was getting ready to dig up the money or maybe night and while they were having weddings and what not was also ridiculous. Another reason Grandpa may not have said anything about losing Ruth is I don't think we ever saw Sofia tell anyone that Fernando told her he killed Ruth, did we?

I also thought at the Dia de los Muertos tomb ceremony it was icky for Sofia to remind them that Libia and Bernardo were probably together in heaven. Could you imagine if they were alive, and the girls' father had married the boys' sister, who was younger than the Elizondo sisters themselves?

Anyway, I don't think I've ever seen the Gran Estreno of a new telenovela, so I'm going to start MEPS with everyone. I'm looking forward to it!
 

Good point, Franco is definitely a boob man, so that is probably the best thinking in this TN

I agree, Eva looked terrific, as young as her daughter & with plumped up lips.
 

Thanks, Ibarramedia for the pictures, and other links. I stand corrected about Grandpa.

I also liked this show overall, although not as much as some others. Still, I watched just about every night for all these long months, so that tells you something!
 

Forgot to say: Muchísimas gracias to all the clever and witty recappers who kept me coming back. Would have given up on the novela itself were it not for the excellent snark served up here.

And, of course, bouquets for melinama, whose great idea this was!
 

Thanks for the recap, Jardinera, and thanks to all the recappers for making FELS so enjoyable.. Your talent for writing far surpasses anything the paid Televisa staff was able to achieve.

The villains weren't much smarter than the heroes. Old One Eye could have had a good life with all that dinero. I wonder if he actually dug up Gabi to retrieve her stash. In that case, he's even stupider. And like everyone else in Serdan, he's a lousy shot.

The wedding seemed anticlimactic though the brides and grooms were beautiful in their finery. Thanks to the commentors for the info about the pyramid as I wondering if that was what I saw....very fascinating.

I have to admit, I had a tad feeling of sadness at the final scene of FELS but it soon passed. If MEPS, is logical it will certainly be less frustrating to watch than FELS but will it be as fun to recap. Oh, who cares, it has Colunga and Sendel. GinCA
 

I got at least one belly laugh in every episode of FELS. For example, during that beautiful garden scene last week when Sophia and Eva were balling their eyes out after Sophia fianlly learned the truth about Eva, they were plagued by a swarm of gants.
 

To all the recappers, a very simple but heartfelt thank you. You not only helped improve my Spanish but I had so much fun reading your take on all the action (or lack thereof)!! Seriously, thank you all. Dee2
 

I was going to comment on the gnats but I was too focused on the storyline.

I'm just wondering, does Carla Estrada have a much bigger budget than Salvador Mejia?

I guess there are few things everyone can make fun of in Manana es para siempre. Lucero is about Sofia and Rosario's age, but she plays an much older person to Fernando colunga who is actually older than her. should be interesting.

I wish I had started watching telenovelas when Amor Real,Alborada,Pasion,Pasion de Gavilanes and La Traicion started. That way I get to see the entire episodes. I have the dvds and have seen the condensed version on it. I wish they made dvds for Las aguas mansas and La traicion....

Since Betty La Fea had a sequel, do you think they will make one for fuego? lol. I could think of storylines that can be intriguing. Hehe. We can start by having a wealthy industrialist like carlos Slim go to Serdan from DF to expand his operations and want to buy out/take the Robles-Reyes hacienda and Hacienda San Agustin by force when they refuse to sell... :) Wishful thinking.


Ibarramedia
 

" We can start by having a wealthy industrialist like carlos Slim go to Serdan from DF to expand his operations and want to buy out/take the Robles-Reyes hacienda and Hacienda San Agustin by force when they refuse to sell... :) Wishful thinking."
Hmm, not to say anything bad about Rosario's son, but I can see him as the wealthy industrialist. He, Fernando Escandon, Jr., comes back to seek revenge for the death of his father, Fernando Escandon, Sr.
Bwahaahaa

Jeff in MN
 

I loved FELS. I came upon it by accident and stayed with it because it was fun. Of course, I would have done with more showering and swimming. At least, unlike American soaps, it came to and end. When I show runs 30 years pretty much everyone has done something to someone. It gets to be a bit much.

My daughter thinks Juan looks best unshaven. She thinks EY has a huge head and some facial hair helps. He's very cute, but the camera does add pounds and he is often in close up poor thing. LOL!
 

"(Oh! There’s Hortensia in the crowd, smiling. Hmm. Maybe if she’s lucky next Mother’s Day, Rigo and his brother will go in on a little cosmetic dentistry for Horty, maybe pay for a veneer for that hideous tooth of hers.) "
Forgot about Hortensia, one comment I made last night while watching the wedding, they showed Juan's and Sofia's big smiles. I said at least they get good dental work there. I guess they have a better dental plan than Hortensia. :-)

And another thought on the sequel, Fernando Jr brings along his pet Raven, Gabi.

Jeff in MN
 

Unfortunately, Fernando jr.is Luisito Montez. Feuego en la sangre sure had a miz of every genre in it. Drama,action,comedy,musical,soft-porn,sports, Suspense thriller and a little horror mixed into it.

Be careful what you wish for eager Manana fans. If you thought Fuego en la sangre was long with 207 episodes, This telenovela is 330 episodes long and it won't conclude until June of 2010. Don't say I didn't warn you. ;) :)


Ibarramedia
 

"I also thought at the Dia de los Muertos tomb ceremony it was icky for Sofia to remind them that Libia and Bernardo were probably together in heaven. Could you imagine if they were alive, and the girls' father had married the boys' sister, who was younger than the Elizondo sisters themselves? "

Renee, That is nothing. The Bold and The beautiful hookups are bordering on incestous if not incestous. And everybody there has hooked up with everybody else. They are all related. LOL.



Ibarramedia
 

Did they discuss which haciendas the R/R couples would live in...all in one or spread apart. Sorry, no CCs and my Spanish isn't fluent. GinCA
 

GinCA:Before the death of Gabi, I thought the girls discussed having the Bros come to live at their house. Of course that would leave the Uribe/Reyes Manor empty...but maybe they could use that one for overflow, homeless friends, etc etc.
Will one of the recappers start a new post on Monday so we can discuss the Cristina show without scrolling down into a new zip code?
:oD
"Creemelo"
 

330 episodes? OH NOES!!!!!!!!!
 

330 episodi-OH's!! Didn't their mama's ever warn them about having too much of a good thing? With Colunga and Sendel....hmm....it's going to be like O.D.-ing on sweets.
 

Creemelo: I just set up a spot for you to discuss the FELS Christina show that airs tomorrow night. Maybe somebody else can take a few notes on it and post inside it. I won't be able to even see it where I'll be.
 

Phew!! Catching up... I didn't see this till late last night.

Loved the image of Feo in Gabi's eyes. Cheesy, but what do you expect. The two of them are probaly blackmailing Satan in hell at this moment.

I loved the shots of the hacienda on the hill. I did't realize until Monday night (when the lynch mob approached) that the hacienda was so high up on the hill.

I loved that they had a public parade for fans before the "wedding." Everybody looked so gorgeous in their wedding outfits.

I thought Pad Tad would drop dead right after the wedding. After all, he was given an "extension" on his lifespan supposedly to complete his mission... now his work here is done.

I lived how the lily in the bouquet sparkled to symbolize Libia. I liked the crow symbolism which could have been Root, Feo, Gabi, or Brandon Lee. But yeah, I think it was mostly a hat-tip to Poe with all the tell-tale heart and live entombment action.

I noticed the social worker did make it to the jaripeo. I didn't recognize her at first and would rather have seen Pedro. :...(

As for the Uribe fortune, I assume it went to Octavio and Benito since it was originally willed to them in the first place.

Anya - I wondered why someone wasn't carrying that long train too! Surely some little orphans could have carried it! ;-D

Someone asked about ownership of the hacienda - according to the Esmas synopsis that was posted many eons ago, it was first owned by Grandpa (Acevedo) who gave it to Bernardo (Elizondo). Since Grandpa had 20% ownership when Bern died, I'm not sure if he had retained that 20% or if Bern gave it to him in the will.

Jardinera, extra-LOL at the thought of Gabriela growing fangs and bursting out of the coffin.

I wonder what are the odds of someday seeing a vampire or other supernatural type of telenovela. (I prefer zombies, myself, but I'm in the minority.) I think some hardcore Catholic fans might find it sacrilegious, so maybe that wouldn't fly in Mexico. (I seem to recall that Catholicism officially forbids interest in the occult, but not all Catholics agree that this prohibition should extend to fiction.)

Well, what can I say? I enjoyed the scenery and music in FELS. Not so much the goofy, meandering plot, but that's what drew us all together. I'll miss that way more than I'll miss FELS.
 

we have a family of crows living in one of the evergreens [one of our former Xmas trees from some years ago that Hub planted ] in the backyard . Now , every time I see them , I'll think of Crabby and this weird, wacky novela... ''Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore.' ''
 

That's right Melinama. Here you go:



Mañana Es Para Siempre

Format Telenovela, Drama, Romance/Drama
Created by Televisa
Starring Silvia Navarro
Fernando Colunga
Lucero
Sergio Sendel
Opening theme "Mañana Es Para Siempre"
Country of origin Mexico
Language(s) Spanish
No. of episodes 330
Production
Executive
producer(s) Nicandro Diaz Gonzalez
Running time 30 minutes. Starting November 3rd: 60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Televisa/Univision
Picture format 480i SDTV
1080i HDTV
Original airing Mexico
October 20, 2008 - February 2010
United States February 23, 2009 - June 2010
Chronology
Preceded by Fuego En La Sangre
Followed by Sortilegio (Titulo Tentativo)



Ibarramedia
 

OMG! Julie, you are so funny with your comment,

"Loved the image of Feo in Gabi's eyes. Cheesy, but what do you expect. The two of them are probaly blackmailing Satan in hell at this moment."

Thank you I needed a laugh. I will miss this group and hopefully everyone will stay for MEPS.
Liena, FL
 

Wonderful recap Jardinera and right on target with the asides and witty observations.

Loved reading all the comments when I got back from visiting grandchildren. I fear Melinama may be right, though...recapping stupid novelas is more fun than dealing with well-written ones. More opportunity for sarcasm and snide remarks.

At any rate, misery loves company and FELS drew together a wonderful group of baffled, frustrated, bemused recappers and viewers. You're a great group and it will be fun to see how you handle the next looooonnng ride.

Now must go and check to see if my son recorded this one...the numerous remarks about the wedding cleavage have me intrigued.
 

"This telenovela is 330 episodes long and it won't conclude until June of 2010. Don't say I didn't warn you."
OH NOES, indeed! Do I even want to get involved? Hopefully Comcast will give us Telefutura, soon, and on a package I can afford.

doris (who can't seem to stay signed in...)
 

Please, please can someone please clarify/explain, why Franco didn't stop Sarita's wedding to Benito and instead chose to run off with Rosario, if after his coma he couldn't remember doing so? This has bothered me for so long, I didn't know if my lack of fluent Spanish prevented me from understanding that whole shebang. Thanks in advance to anyone who can put me out of my misery!!!!
 

Hi, I just posted...and re-read. I know this happened a LONG time ago (around episodes 70-80s) but it has always bothered me. These episodes aren't on youtube so haven't been able to re-watch with my trustee Eng-Span dictionary at my side. Thanks again.
 

They never explained the snake tatoo on Feo's back.
:o(
Here's what should have happened to Gabi:
Sepultero digs her up; she is still alive but her hair has gone white and she is totally insane. Spends the rest of her days in the manicomio where she tried to have Granpa locked up, eating pablum and drooling onto her bib.
:o)
"Creemelo"
 

I think that Ruth is buried in the grave that Gabi thought was Feo's in #194. In #198-#199 he is hiding in the tool shed of the grave yard and thinks about all of the people he has killed that are buried there so he and the sepulterero have probably been acquainted for a long, long time.

Somewhere I read that crows abandon their young hence part of the evil symbolism. Sound familiar like in Gabi?

rsk
 

"I think that Ruth is buried in the grave that Gabi thought was Feo's in #194. In #198-#199 he is hiding in the tool shed of the grave yard and thinks about all of the people he has killed that are buried there so he and the sepulterero have probably been acquainted for a long, long time."

Interesitng insight RSK. I wish there something more definitive though.

Question for Melinama:
alborada has 90 episodes, why are there only 36 recaps? I was just checking it out since I'm re-watching Alborada on dvd. Fell asleep the first time I saw it in Nov. Since I watched it in bed at a late night.



Ibarramedia
 

Ibarramedia, I did two or three episodes at a time when I did Alborada. That was the first one, and I did it alone, so I did not go into excruciating detail.
 

Thanks for clearing that up Melinama.

Gasca looks like a feaking bird with that hairstyle. And the man needed a wardrobe instead wearing the same old black outfit.

Ibarramedia
 

Crows are getting a bad rap, probably because of Poe & the movie "the Birds" but they are beautiful & intelligent birds being so black they give a blue cast Some even speak.
 

Creemelo -- I like the idea of the manicomio but I think a stroke would be best. She would be confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak! No one deserves to listen to her diatribes. She had been insane for a very long time.

RSK
 

Where can I get DVDs of Destilando Amor (still my all-time favorite) with Spanish captions?
 

Amazon.com has it for $21.99

rsk
 

I haven't watched my D A Video for awhile but though it always states that D A comes with English and Spanish captions, I think they have left out the Spanish captions on the dvd available in the U S, at least when the dvd first came out. I looked for the Spanish captions and couldn't find them on my dvd. Maybe the newer dvd's have Spanish CCs included? Who knows? GinCA
 

RSK: that would be the definition of H3LL for Gabi--she has a stroke and can't slap anyone, can't yell at anyone, can't set anyone on fire.
:o)
"Creemelo"
 

Well. It's all ooooov-vah.

Thanks, Jardinera, for your recrap, my dear. Thanks also to all the dedicated recrappers who worked tirelessly on this thing, and really helped me out. And thanks to all my fellow commenters for every bit of flavor they added, as well. You're all just wonderful! :D

(Doris, I've missed you too, and the laughs you gave me with your snarky self. :) Ditto to you too, CherylNewMex, dah-link.)

Let's see, now:

The Good: Three shirtless Reyes-Robles! * That wedding. Wonderfully festive, with our three white knights and our three brides dressed perfectly as befit their personalities--Sofia as the royal princess, Sarita as the Hollywood starlet, and Jimena as the nobleman's daughter. Nice. * Seeing many past faces come back for the festivities. * Eva, with her hair all loose and wind-blown. I'd like to think Rosendo took a shine to that a little later on, after Fade To Black. Heh. * Crabby the Crow made the wedding! LOL How did she manage to find the time, with her and Feo trying to find a hacienda in Hell? (Lucifer's gonna be busy for a while)

The Bad: The whole "Who's gonna shoot Juan or Sofia at the rodeo?" subplot, complete with bad editing. They could have done it better than that, surely. In fact, the whole Gravedigger thing was bad, with him flip-flopping between digging OR shooting OR digging OR shooting. I would have been going after the money in Crabby's casket, to hell with shooting Juan and going to the Big House. Whatever.

The Ugly: Crabby's final breaths, which I enjoyed immensely. I loved Feo coming to get her as well and being reflected in her eyes (though he really was taking a chance because, as one commenter already pointed out, those train-tunnel nostrils of hers could have pretty much sucked his spirit right in). * Feo's losing the back of his head. Perfect. He was so good at killing everyone else in Mexiloon, why shouldn't he have to off himself? He deserved to be KILLED, not just happen to perish in some bad accident. And no one else in the town would have the balls to do it, right? The bastid deserved to take his own bullet. My story. Sticking to it. (Cantu, no one could have played Fernando like you. You are Da Man.)

The Irritating: All the time spent on the brides after the wedding reception at H.E. I mean, after the individual serenading, that should have been it. There were other things that needed to be addressed, like y'all said, Coyote, Root, Pedro, Unibrow Boss, etc. More than enough of the R-R/E love had been expressed already, what with the newlyweds having nearly boinked themselves to death the night before, anyway.

The Sad: The "en memoriam" at the very end to our poor first Padre Anselmo over on CUIDADO. I wasn't expecting his picture to pop up. And I took a moment to remember him.

Ibarramedia, you are RIGHT about the Bold and the Beautiful. I checked out of that mess back when Ridge was wanting to get sexually involved with Bridget, even after he'd delivered her with his own two hands when she was born. Freakin' nasty.

330 episodes? *gak* Looking at Colunga will carry me part of the way, but too many bad subplots might send me on hiatus again.

Although I must say, watching EY and Capricho in all their deliciousness carried me through this show like a charm. I am looking forward to Christina's show.

Aaaaaaand... that's a wrap! (Unless I think of something else. :)
 

Okay, so I thought of something else. LOL! Something important. Our very last Histerical Gramps list. So, without further ado:

Grandpa Augie’s Hilarious Costumes & Personalities
1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Emperor Napoleon
3. Pancho Villa
4. Greek hoplite
5. charro/gaucho/vaquero
6. St. Emiliano Zapata
7. The Devil (the point of whose tail always manages to be touching a woman's forehead or her breast
8. Fernando de Salamanca (Pasion)
9. The Muffin Man [pasofino]
10. Hans Christian Andersen [pasofino]
11. Cupid [connie]
12. El Matador (complete with sequins and red cape)
13. Bob the Builder (by the way, keep your hands off Gramps’ hard hat, you Crabby bitch)
14. Daddy Warbucks (with a wad of cash big enough to buy TWO cars and give one away, plus gold coins galore)
15. The Red Baron–Don Quixote combo (straight off our Augie wish list! Hoorayyy!)
16. Marcus Welby, M.D
17. Hugh Hefner
18. Five-Star General
19. Elementary school student (and… porque was that? Anyone know?)
20. Mr. Green Grocer (selling veggies)
21. Rip Van Winkle
22. Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus
23. Casper the Friendly Ghost
24. Hangman (the stick figure you draw on paper, damn you, Feo)

Augie's Hilarious Toys
1. spy telescope
2. war board and tin soldiers
3. semi-pornographic postcards
4. toilet plunger arrow and coat hanger bow
5. Sherlock's pipe
6. technicolor dream serape
7. big brass magnifying glass
8. money sock in a box
9. Bat-cycle with Robin-sidecar (minus the superhero logos)
10. space ray gun (instead of a revolver)
11. plastic red dragon with roaring action
12. plastic red T-Rex (we have yet to see any animation from the dino)
13. stuffed primates hanging inside his jungle-themed cabana (a lemur, a massive black gorilla that reminds me of General Orko of The Planet of the Apes, and a cool hand-Muppet with aviator glasses)
14. ear horn (for listening to conversations in other rooms)
15. the sword Excalibur
16. working submarine periscope (in his cabana, painted like a tree)
17. collection of brass bugles (small, medium, and large)
18. classic newspaper soldier hat
19. blue elf sleeping cap
20. crime scene model of Hacienda Elizondo, to scale, with Elizondo action figures

What we would like to have seen Augie costumed as:
1.Genghis Khan
2. an Egyptian pharaoh
3. Zeus
4. a vestal virgin
5. an astronaut
6. Frankenstein
7. a masked lucha libre wrestler (preferably the late, great El Santo)
8. the Red Baron
9. Torquemada (the Grand Inquisitor, throwing Mean Mad Furd into a Pit of Doom)
10. The Orkin Man (DDT bug exterminator spraying Crabby and Furd) [ninak]
11. in drag [susanlynn]

What we would NOT like to see Augie as, EV-VAH:
Hitler
A Bombon Assassin

FIN!
 

I was very disappointed in Feo's suicide and Gab's final gasp. The writers should have considered the following story line.

Feo goes to the graveyard to dig up Gabs with the intention of pretending to save her while planning to kill her. Old acid eye shows up just as coffin is opened, knocks Feo over the head and throws him into the coffin on top of Gabs. He then proceeds to grab the money and closes the coffin while Gabs screams in terror and covers it with dirt. Feo and Gabs spend the last minutes of life in terror as all their past deeds haunt them. They see visions of hell as they run out of air.

Pad should have paid honor to all those murdered by Feo and Uribe.
 

Jardinera: Thanks for the great finale (and for all of your hard work throughout).

The gowns were beautiful, grandfather was back, the weddings proceeded without a hitch and all is right with the world. I do love EY and agree with Hombre that he does have acting talent - I'd love to see what he could do with a good script. I hope he has the opportunity in the near future. Thanks to all the commenters who added so much to this long (and sometimes less than stellar) ride. Diana in MA
 

RE: Santa at the wedding. There was some discussion here about the Abuelo parts being filmed ahead of time. Wellll.,,,, I may be getting senile but while watching Friday night (and I deleted the episode immediately... I mean, why keep it? eh?) I swore I saw Santa in the wedding audience, on the left side of the church/screen, a few pews back from front. Perhaps she was just our Silvia Pinal persona and not in character....
Gosh, this whole telenovela was like a dragged episode of M:CDLVR.
Ack.
 

Jason, I like your idea better than what we ended up with. I really wasn't happy that Feo ended up suffering less than Gabi.

I don't think that they would have been terrorized by memories of all the bad things they've done, though. Gabi had plenty of time to think about that in the coffin, and she didn't.

If she'd had Feo with her, they would have spent their dying breaths giggling together about all their misdeeds.
 

330 episodes!! Yikes, at that rate, it'll probably still be in progress by the time I get my cable back (which isn't gone yet - I'm turning it off right after the Pobre Millonaria final on 3/9)

Any chance those 330 episodes were half-hours?
 

Someone asked why Franco didn't try to stop Sarita's wedding to Benito. As I recall (it's been a while), she had harshly rejected him multiple times. Meanwhile, the willing and pleasing Rosario not only wanted him, but also needed his help. It was kind of a no-brainer.
 

"Any chance those 330 episodes were half-hours?"
One can only hope!
 

I think the last costume Don Agustin had was believe it or not, Fernando Escandon.

He was wearing a hat similar to Fernando's and Smoking a cigar with santita. This was a few days beore Ruth saved him in the elevator.

Sarita and Jimena really did not want to marry Benito and Octavio. and Franco and Rosario got hurt in the barn fire. When they heard that , They ran out of the church to go to the dispensario.





Ibarramedia
 

I finally have a chance to check in. I thought Feo's death was a serious copout. I would have liked to see him suffer just a little bit more. On the other hand, Crabi's was perfect.

Thanks to all the recappers that took time out of their busy schedules to make learning Spanish fun and interesting. I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow on the MEPS recap.
 

Updated Death count score:

Ricardo Uribe's victims are:

1) Juan Jose Reyes
2) Maria Libia Robles-Reyes
3) Raquel Uribe
4) Ricardo 'Coyote' Uribe JR.

Death by Snakebite:
1) Ricardo Uribe SR.

Fernando Escandon's Victims are:

1)Bernardo Elizondo
2)Libia Reyes
3)Petra the old hag
5)Anselmo Cruz
4)Mapache
6)Right Armando Navarro
7)Rosario Montez
8)Doctor 'Matanasos' Gomez
9)Ruth 'Root' Uribe
10) Unknown man
11) Gabriela Acevedo Elizondo De Escandon indirectly through failed attempt to dig her out.
12) Fernando Escandon - by suicide.

Death by Natural causes and illness:

1) Pablito's abuelo
2) Skinny Bones Apolinar-Dictator of the Jungle through disease/non occulation
3) Julianna- Don Clemente's daughter due to Leukemia(Don Clemente was present at the wedding)
4) Margarita's baby girl


Ibarramedia
 

Octavio left town before the wedding, he couldn't bear being married to Jimena. He ran off with his boyfriend. Jimena showed up at the church alone and Gabi was mad @ Raquel for the humilliation. I want to say that Jimena knew that Octavio was making a run for it. Benito said his vows to Sarita with Eugenia looking on but Sarita couldn't say them back to him and when Quintina busted up in the church screaming about Franco that's when Sarita made a run for it.
 

Gabriela Acevedo Elizondo Escandon's victims:

(and how come nobody ever referred to her as Gabriela ESCANDON?)

1)hit job: Juanjo and Maria Libia Robles

2)attempted murder: Soledad and Ricardo "El Coyote" Uribe Jr. via burning

3)Sofia and her hija at the bakery

4) Soledad, again, via burning

5) Sarita

6) Mama Acevedo

I saw one of the gossip sisters at the wedding but not the other (the one with the ponytail on the side of her head). Did Nabor get tired of the other one? Maybe Tio Vicente should hook up with Eva.


Fuego sequel:

Luisito Escandon is contemplating joining the priesthood after learning of his father's crimes, including killing his mother. But he meets and is attracted to Maria Guadulepe Robles-Reyes. When her father Juan Reyes finds out who Luisito is, he hits the roof and her mother Sofia faints.

Meanwhile Benita has come to town to reclaim her family fortune and is captivated by Juan Diego, the son of Eugenia and the late Rigo. When Eugenia throws Juan Diego and Benita an engagement party, old feelings come back as she meets Benita's father, Benito Uribe!
 

"Octavio left town before the wedding, he couldn't bear being married to Jimena. He ran off with his boyfriend. Jimena showed up at the church alone and Gabi was mad @ Raquel for the humilliation. I want to say that Jimena knew that Octavio was making a run for it. Benito said his vows to Sarita with Eugenia looking on but Sarita couldn't say them back to him and when Quintina busted up in the church screaming about Franco that's when Sarita made a run for it."

That's right. Way to fill in the details. I've forgotten parts of it and got it confused. For some reason, I was thinking Octavio left town after the failed marriage. That's right Jimena was left waiting at the altar, though she knew he left and was happy for him. Interestingly, considering how cruel people are in that town, no one made fun of Octavio's sexuality.

Ibarramedia
 

In a small town that would really be hard to keep under wraps.
 

Works for me. There were about 2 weeks worth of episodes I missed right around that time.

25. Fernando Escandon

Gracias.
 

Connie, you really gave us some fun and chuckles with "Para Siempre!" It was a lot of work, you getting that all put together.

That's another thing I'll always remember when I think of FELS. :)
 

Stephe, I didn't get very far with it unfortuntately. I will add more if anyone is interested. I hope we'll be keeping a list of cell phone deaths for this one!
 

Actually, Julie is right and I think the 330 episodes of MEPS are 30 mins long, which makes it 175 hour-long episodes in total. They started showing half-hour episodes in Mexico originally and then switched to hour-long ones. It was supposed to be 150 episodes long, but the show apparently is such a success that Nicandro Diaz announced that they are adding 50 more (30 min long) episodes to it, which will bring it to 175 one hour long episodes.
 

IMHO they only went for 30 min. in the 2 weeks that fuego was 30 min. Basically sharing the original timeslot as Fuego.

I know that Wikipedia is not canon and has mistakes, but the sourse seemed reliable enough....


Ibarramedia
 

Gabi's mother death was as a result of a car accident. All 3 car occupants could easily be dead. I guess I have to add her to the death by natural causes.diseases,accidents category.

Ibarramedia
 

@ Ibarramedia - you may be very right about this. I guess I am just trying to hope it's not going to last for two years, even if it has Colunga in it :P But on the plus side, at least Fuego is done now...

Also, thanks so much for the wonderful (as always) recap, Jardinera. :)


~gabriela
 

I hope that when they decided to go back and add episodes of the new show it was all showering/swimming segments not stupid plots twists that do nothing for the story!
 

Some interesting links about Santa Muerte:


http://artworldmuse.blogspot.com/

Ibarramedia
 

Nicknames

Fuego En La Sangre/Pelo En La Sangre/Pelo En La Masa/Tools En La Sangre
Bread-making 101 with Juan & Sofi = Panography
Juan & Sofi version of Pilsbury Doughboy dough baby created during Panography 101 = Abominable Breadman


Dimples, Fuzzy, and Crumbs
Juan (alone) - Mighty Joe Juan
and may I suggest Juan Solo/Lassie/Juan the impaler/I Juan a Brain/Tarzjuan (in rainforest) / Juanny Weismuller (swimming)
Juan w/injuries & amnesia in rainforest = the Swamp Thing
Juan with amnesia = Juan Doe
Hermanos Reyes/Knights in White Satin

Spunky, Sneerita, and Lamb Chop-Rarita/Snarita/Hermanas Elizondo in matching dresses = Stepford Holly Hobby dolls
Sarita (alone) - Crabi Jr.
Snofia white/Slowfia
Little Bo Peep/La Llorona/No-fia/Sufria the Llorona/Sofie Ingalls Wilder/DOHfia/SobFia/Sloberfia
Sofia while being courted by Damian = Sofia Seconds

Ximensa/Catatonia

Father Bouffy / Pad Tad/Father Bouffy / Pad Taddy
Crabiela/Crabi/ Crabiela/Guanabana/Soursop/monster Mom/ CrabZilla
Feo/None Fer Nando/Some Fernando/Lots Fernando
Capricho
Mr.Ed
Right Armando/Whig/Bigote
BonBon/BomBon
The Tweedles/Big Tweedle/Short Tweedle
Benito (alone) - Bonito
{BRUNO is Octavio’s BF}
Hacienda de Agony / Hacienda de Horrors/Hacienda Double E/Battle of the Haciendas (Las Elizondo vs Los Reyes)
Abuelo’s Cabana = Magic Cabana
Hacienda de los Robles Reyes (formerly Hacienda Uribe) = the Double R
Hacienda de los Elizondo & Escandon = the Double E
Raquel-Raqi
Witch Doctor = Crocodile Shaman w/Keith Richards Doll / Diaper Dude
Dr. Mentiroso Matasanos/Dr. Quackquack
Platero the Donkey - Eeyore
Comisario -- Mutton Chops
Abuelo Don Agustin Acevedo- Don Quixote
Quintina- Lips

Sofia and Juan's daughters Maria Jose,Maria Guadalupe and MAria Jose are:
Unibrow Baby
Anvil head Girl
Curly haired girl

Dra. Hotlips/Lolly pop lips/Horny Hot Doc/Doctor Desperate/Dra. do-Me
Damian the dumb
Libia-Tinkerbell
Ruth-Root/The Root of all evil/Ruthless
Muttonchops boys-Dumb and Dumber
Univision-Looneyvision
Televisa-Telerisa
TV Azteca-TV Apesta
FELS Sequel starring Pablito as adult = Fuego en el Balcon (FEEB
Marayucka/Yuck/NiurYUCKa
Mara-Naca
Ciudad Serdan = Black Hole of Intelligence
Brigadoon/Mexiloon/Mexidoon
Defined area of Mexidoom = bubble dome over Mexidoom
Tio Vicente/Tio Elf
Ricardo Uribe jr-El Coyote/Yul Bryner
Skinny Bones Apolinar/Porn Jefe/Skeletor/Shrivelguy/Shrivelled Porn dude
Ricardo Uribe-Darth Uribe/Darth Rico
Alejandro Reyes-The Original Unibrow/Big Boss/El Jefe/Jeff/UniPa
Primo Pedro = the Gorilla/Fuzzy2 / Fuzzy Butt / Fuzzy II/ Franco’s Replacement
Pedro when baking = Bigfoot Bakes
Julianna/Latina?
Elena/Ellie Mae
Paulina/ La Pau
Roman-The Posibles
Gonzalo-The Posibles
Rigoberto-Rigo/Tumor-head guy

Scary Woods on Edge of Town = Rape Forest/Dry Ice Forest
Spinster sisters
Tienda-Crap from afar
Fuego's favorite snack-Efferdent sandwich

(Gracias a Hombre de Misterio)
Intelligence Scale of Characters: from top to bottom we have:
- Horses, burros, dogs
- children, such as Pablito
- all the villians
- Padre Tadeo and Don Agustin
- Quintina and family
- Eva and the girls
- Franco and Oscar
- our hero



Originally started by Pan Que

Ibarramedia
 

Murder attempts we have for Snofia:

1. rape
2. attempted rape
3. chloroform (sp?)
4. Mr. Ed and snake
5. Sleepytime tea
6. Beating/slapping
7. Shooting
8. Drowning
9. Fire
10. Stoning
11. Falling down the stairs

Murder attempts on Franco:

1. Beating him up in the woods, followed by henchmens' orders to drown Franco... Franco is buoyed to the lagoon's surface by Libia's ghost

2. Setting Franco on fire

3. Smothering him with a pillow

4. poisoning?

Ibarramedia
 

additions to Don Agustin's costumes and perdonalities:

26)Foam muscleman costume (Hans and Franz)
27) Hugh Heffner in a smoking jacket

Ibarramedia
 

I thought I called Maracuya "Maracaca" once, but a search says otherwise. Evidently, I only called her that in my head, and it never made it into a recap. :) (Sometimes I do censor myself, just a little bit! I don't know why!)
 

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