Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Doña Bárbara - Tues., Apr. 28 - Bad stuff in the Arauca: Carmalito gets shot; Antonio gets the hospital bill and gets arrested; JP gets captured
I didn't have time to do my regular recap last night but so much happened that I can just do the highlights and we'll have plenty to discuss.
Our worst fears were realized: Leon shot Carmelito was shot in the chest. María Nieves was shot, too but apparently not too seriously. Now why on earth were these two riding back to Progresso on horseback when they could have just taken the bus on the nice new road that Santos has built? We know why, of course, they had to be someplace where Leon could ambush them.
Sapo's henchmen capture Juan Primito and are trying to force him to tell him where the people at El Miedo are. This really didn't make sense to me because why would Sapo have any reason to believe that everybody isn't in the big house at El Miedo? The writers made an unusual mistake - they had DB saying that she was sending the women to La Chusmita but when DB goes to see Eustaquia, it is clear that they are in Danger's house, not La Chusmita.
Antonio gets the bill for baby Lucia's care and he doesn't have the money to pay it. Cecilia offers to sell her house in Progresso to pay it but Antonio refuses. If that weren't bad enough, Gonzalo has Antonio arrested for embezzlement.
DB tells Eustaquia that she believes that her trip to the pozo has reunited her with her 'partner' ('socio'), i.e., the native gods. She tells Melquíades that she has a plan to force Sapo to leave his hideout by having Marisela get the pictures of the rapists from Gonzalo's desk and having them published.
Marisela sees Gonzalo come back from Sapo's with a briefcase that he doesn't want to show her. She finds it later under Gonzalo's bed and is horrified at the amount of money in it.
Marisela just misses overhearing Gonzalo order Antonio's arrest when she is summoned to talk to DB by Melquíades. Marisela agrees to get the photos from Gonzalo's desk.
Santos, Cecilia and Antonio are all confused and angry by Marisela's decision to marry Gonzalo. Marisela is upset because they are being mean to her and she can't tell them that she is trying to help them and Genoveva is upset because she sees how stupid it is for Marisela to not tell anyone what she is doing but Geno promised not to tell.
Pajarote tries to make up with Genoveva but a) she is distracted because of the Marisela thing and b) Pajarote still isn't going with the love word. When Cecilia offers to sell her house to pay the medical bills for baby Lucia, Geno points that out to Pajarote as an example of real love.
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Rats! We don't know if Carmelito is dead. I'm almost thinking he might live since they did such heavy foreshadowing, with Gervasia dreaming the funeral, etc. They might switch up and have him live, but it sure doesn't look good.
Re the Socio. In the book he doesn't exactly represent indigenous gods. Because of having read the parts of the book dealing with DB and the Socio, I interpreted DB's invocations in the pool as calling on both: the gods and goddesses of her mother AND the Socio. In the book, he's never referred to as representing indigenous gods; rather, he's described as a "presence", sometimes an actual tall dark shape. She communicates with him by lighting candles and invoking him. His wishes come into her mind as thoughts. Sometimes they're the same as her own wishes. In at least one case, he tells her something that surprises her and is somewhat counter to her desires.
Genoveva's continual refusal of every overture by Pajarote is starting to bore me. I know the point is that he's supposed to express the same sentiments as the other two guys to win her over, but it's getting repetitive.
Well, we certainly knew that Gonzalo was setting up Antonio by having him sign those documents earlier on. And here's the payback.
Re the Socio. In the book he doesn't exactly represent indigenous gods. Because of having read the parts of the book dealing with DB and the Socio, I interpreted DB's invocations in the pool as calling on both: the gods and goddesses of her mother AND the Socio. In the book, he's never referred to as representing indigenous gods; rather, he's described as a "presence", sometimes an actual tall dark shape. She communicates with him by lighting candles and invoking him. His wishes come into her mind as thoughts. Sometimes they're the same as her own wishes. In at least one case, he tells her something that surprises her and is somewhat counter to her desires.
Genoveva's continual refusal of every overture by Pajarote is starting to bore me. I know the point is that he's supposed to express the same sentiments as the other two guys to win her over, but it's getting repetitive.
Well, we certainly knew that Gonzalo was setting up Antonio by having him sign those documents earlier on. And here's the payback.
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: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 1:59:00 PM EDT
: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 1:59:00 PM EDT
Hi Novelera- I know you don't like to know about the scenes from tonight's episode but it seemed like Carmelito wasn't killed outright because we had Dr. Arias saying 'he probably won't live,' which leaves the way open for a medical miracle.
Very interesting about the Socio. If DB's relationship with her Socio had ever been referred to before in the telenovela, I missed it. I guess I thought that she wasn't invoking anyone/anything in particular in her cuarto oscuro.
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Very interesting about the Socio. If DB's relationship with her Socio had ever been referred to before in the telenovela, I missed it. I guess I thought that she wasn't invoking anyone/anything in particular in her cuarto oscuro.
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