Monday, May 25, 2009
Las tontas no van #118, Mon 5/25, On Memorial Day we remember fallen heroes. Let's hope Santiago's not among them.
Note, this cap is #118 by Mexican numbering, and #120 by US numbering. The series as 139 caps (MX), plus #140 which is almost an afterthought. As we're counting down to the end, I thought the Mexican cap numbers would be more useful.
Rocío brings her X-Box out to the treehouse for Chava to play with. That idea has a few minor problems:
A. It’s useless without a monitor.
B. It’s useless without electricity.
C. Girls, even rich girls, don’t usually have an X-Box. If Roc did have one, what games would she have for Chava? Hello Kitty’s Island Adventure?
They plan how to keep him hidden.
Santiago grabs his orange sweater and heads out of his room. We see his cell phone which Pau has hidden under his chair. This has to be a happy episode if he wears his orange sweater. It sure makes me happy!
Pat and Meño are at the police station (or possibly a neighborhood government office, like a courthouse extension office) to report Chava missing. Pat is at his wits’ end. The clerk tells him that if the boy doesn’t appear in 48 hours, they will start to investigate.
Candy goes to Santi’s house and talks to Isabel while Pau spies. Then Candy looks for Chava at school, but he didn’t show up today.
Santiago, looking fabulous in that orange sweater (I think I’ll thank Wardrobe with a box of See’s chocolates), has breakfast with Raúl. He’s astounded that Raúl is talking marriage already. But isn’t Santi getting married? “Yes,” he answers, “but if this were a TV show, Candy and I are at Capitulo 80, and you and Sol are at Cap 5.” By the way, about 80 cap’s ago, Candy told Santi, “I’m in love,” and Marissa burst into the room and said, “I’m pregnant.” Also about 80 cap’s ago, Santi was wearing my favorite sweater. Raúl and Soledad started their romance 18 cap’s ago.
Santiago waxes poetic with advice for Raúl. He says a woman is an exotic fruit whose texture should be enjoyed with every bite. Because if you don’t have a mouthful, you won’t understand anything. Okey-dokey. Raúl notes that Santi is quoting a Mauricio Garcés movie, and Santi confesses that he has the complete Arroz collection.. Then he realizes that his cell phone isn’t in his pocket.
Note, Mauricio Garcés, who looks like Clark Gable, was a very popular actor during a low-quality phase of Mexican cinema. He typically made six movies per year between 1959 and 1971. This picture indicates his style of film. According to Wikipedia, Angelica Vale’s grandmother, Angélica Ortiz, helped launch his career. Interestingly, while Tontas was filming last year, Jaime Camil announced that he was in talks with Sony to remake Garcés’ Arroz trilogy. I think that project never materialized, but I’m sure this scene with Raul was prompted by those talks. I rather wonder if it was just an invention of Tontas’ publicity department.
Sad violins play while Pau hustles Chava out of the treehouse because his mother might find him. Chava is starting to feel homesickness and regret for running away, so Paulina recharges his fear with another dose of propaganda.
Pat calls Candy and finds out there is no news. Art tells Pat this is the time to call favors from his good buddy Gabino who has powerful connections everywhere. And besides, this should strengthen Pat’s case for custody. Pat tells Art, “No way, no how.” Art insists. Pat forbids it.
Candy’s household and friends are searching the neighborhood for Chava and asking everyone they see.
Pau is at Gabino’s office, very satisfied with herself for being such a good mama. Gab isn’t sure about that, but he knows she’s a great mistress. A call comes on her cell, and Pau says it’s from Candy, but Gab sees it’s actually from Mario. He doesn’t let on. They start to get busy on the couch, but Gab stops suddenly and sends her home.
When she’s gone, Gabino tells his goon, Augustine, that Mario isn’t dead and that Pau lied to him to protect Mario. Augustine the goon actually answers and his face doesn’t crack, so I guess his face isn’t made of plastar. Gab is determined to find Mario and make him pay for killing his father. He won’t ask Pau because he doesn’t want to alert her to the kind of death that awaits her after he finds Mario. And how will he find Mario? He knows of someone who is sure to know his whereabouts.
Gabino shows up at Santiago’s office and asks where to find Mario. Santi looks nerveous. He clarifies – we quit being friends. Gab can’t believe that such a long, close friendship would suddenly end at the stroke of a pen (de un plumazo). Santi says Mario left without saying goodbye. Santi doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t care. He also suggests that Gabino not walk into his office as if he owns the place; it might disturb the patients. Gab suggests that he doesn't care what Santiago wants.
Candy meets Beto and Rocío coming out of school. In tears, she begs them for any info they have about Chava. Roc is nerveous about lying to Candy.
Santi is consulting with a new patient and, putting on a gringo accent (note the drawn-out vowels), he asks where she’s from. Las Vegas. He gets a phone call from Gregoria and first learns that Chava disappeared. He tears down the road, chiding himself for not having his cell phone whan Candy needs him most. Looking in the mirror, he realizes he’s being followed. He pulls some evasive maneuvers. (Note, early in the series, Pat was taking anti-kidnapping driving lessons. I suppose it’s a wise precaution for those with money in Mexico.) Despite Santiago’s evasive driving, they box him in. It’s just like Jaime Camil’s scene from “7 Dias.” I hope this one turns out better for him. Gabino’s goons, all guns drawn, throw Santiago into their car.
They take him, blindfolded, into a smokey concrete cellar with bright naked lights, and force him to his knees. When they saw Santi tear down the street, they assumed he was trying to hide from Gabino. Santi still says he doesn’t know where Mario is, and Gabino still is sure he does. His boys will help Santi’s memory. They strap him into a chair in another room with bars on the door. Gabino rolls up his sleeves to start to work.
Another of Gab’s boys comes in and says Arturo Lizarraga wants to talk to him. Gab steps out to talk to Art, but first he gives the still-blindfolded Santiago a surprise whack in the face to help him decide to cooperate. That was hard to watch. Santi is stunned to realize that Pat’s dad has mafia ties, as he overhears Art tell Gab he owes him a favor for all the work Art did for the family all those years.
In what feels like the other side of the world, Raúl walks into Santi’s waiting room with a bounce in his step like a man in love. Hortensia reports that Santi left quickly when Greg called, and he’s not answering his cell. Another patient shows up. Horti tries again to locate Santi, this time by calling Isabel. Isabel assumes he’s with Candy. She’ll ask Santi to call the office when she talks to him.
Candy is back at the house, devastated. She goes back out to look for him. Isabel calls and is surprised to hear that Santi isn’t with Candy.
Art goes to Family Court and informs the judge that Candy is a bad mother, as evidenced by the fact that her son disappeared.
Raúl and Ed are at Bar Bonker. (What a name! I guess their motto is, “Liquor’s Quicker.”) They are talking about their women. Ed’s getting nowhere with Chayo. Raúl tells him to be romantic. Ed says that’s not his style.
Roc and Beto bring Chava some food. They say his mom was looking for him. Chava intends to live in the treehouse forever. Isabel asks if Don knows where Santi is. She’s starting to be concerned. As she should be.
Back in the cellar, Gab can’t get any info out of Santi so he tells his goons to work on him. You see the first punch in the gut, and you hear the sounds of spitting blood. Gabino returns and tells Santi this is his last chance to fess up. Gabino picks up his pistol and cocks it. Santi, still blindfolded, looks desperate at the sound. Gabino puts the gun to his head and Santi pulls away as much as his bound wrists permit. Gab gives him five seconds to answer. The camera shifts to the goons in the other room of the cellar, and we hear the gunshot.
Lucía wonders why Isabel looks so worried. Isa explains that Candy can’t find Chava, and now nobody knows where Santiago is. Luc suggests that she is exaggerating (exegerar) the situation.
Back in the cellar, Santi is still alive. Gab tells him the games are over. The next bullet has Santi’s name on it. Gun at the temple, he demands to know where Mario is. Just then Gabino’s phone rings. It’s the governor! Gab says, “Sorry, wrong number” and hangs up. Oops! Wrong movie.
Gabino decides to take the call before terminating Santiago. He finishes the call and says, “Doctor, I need you. Release him.” In the car, Gabino tells the caller to meet them at Santiago’s clinic. With Augustine’s gun still at his neck, Santi asks Gab why his clinic. Gab tells him to shut up. But Gab does address him as “usted.” Nice to know he’s a polite murderer.
In the treehouse, the kids have a globe and they’re looking for a place for Chava to live. How about the Yucatan Peninsula. No, that might take five hours to walk there. Chava decides he can only walk that long if he’s kicking a soccer ball.
Ed calls Horti from his kitchen. He’s trying to make a dinner for Chayo, but he can’t read the recipe, he doesn’t know which knife to use, and he doesn’t even know what to do with a carrot.
Horti hangs up. Santi staggers in, holding his side in pain. He tells her to prepare an operating room for emergency surgery. Two orderlies bring in Gabino’s daughter on a stretcher, surrounded by his goons. Gab grabs Santi and says, “Save her. Please. She’s just a child.” Now it’s Gabino’s turn to look scared and helpless. Santi stumbles down the hall to his surgery, cringing in pain with every step.
Ed gets the table ready for his romantic dinner, when Horti calls. He needs to return to the office for an emergency surgery.
Gabino asks, “How is she?” Santi says she’s okay. She has cuts to the face and embedded glass shards. She probably went through the window. Gab wants him to hurry, but Santi explains that she lost a lot of blood. They have to stabilize her before they can operate. Gabino is used to getting his way. He orders Santi to save her life, or Gabino will kill him.
Gabino was god back in his cellar, but they are not in his kingdom anymore. Santi the victim is replaced by Santi the doctor, responsible for the fate of his patient, and he isn’t going to let Gabino interfere with that. Santi asks Gab, “Are you threatening me?” He is. Santi continues, “I don’t think you are in any position to threaten me. I’m a father too. I understand the pain you’re going through. Don’t fear.”
Pat finds Candy at the soccer field. He ponders, “Where is our Chava? Why is this happening? Don’t you think you did something wrong?” This does not endear him to Candy. She goes to the police station, cuts in front of the people waiting in line, and demands that they start looking for her son now instead of waiting 48 hours. This does not endear her to the clerk. He tells her to wait her turn like everyone else. He apparantly doesn’t know that Candy is Miss Centro Universo.
Pat gets home and asks Ali if anyone came to the house. She wouldn’t know; she went to the salon. This makes an impression on Pat, but not a positive one.
In surgery, Ed asks what’s going on? Why don’t they have nurses? Who is this patient? Santi says it’s better if he doesn’t know. When they finish surgery, Ed should try to leave and take Hortensia with him. Santi’s nerves, and several blows to the gut, are making his hand shake as he fixes the girl’s face. He takes a breath, stretches his hand, and reassures the unconscious girl that she will be fine and she won’t have any scars (cicatriz) from the surgery. You get the feeling that he’s talking to himself as much as to her.
After surgery, Santiago drags himself down the hallway to talk to Gabino, with all the burdens of his sleepless night and horrendous day pressing on his shoulders. He starts to give the anxious Gabino a report: “The reconstruction went well, the injuries were major, it could take months to heal..”
Gab cuts him off. ”HOW IS MY DAUGHTER?”
Santi carefully begins, “There are times..”
Gab grabs him by the collar and yells in his face, ”¿CÓMO ESTÁ?”
Santi finally answers, “She went into a coma. She had a reaction to the anesthesia.”
Rocío brings her X-Box out to the treehouse for Chava to play with. That idea has a few minor problems:
A. It’s useless without a monitor.
B. It’s useless without electricity.
C. Girls, even rich girls, don’t usually have an X-Box. If Roc did have one, what games would she have for Chava? Hello Kitty’s Island Adventure?
They plan how to keep him hidden.
Santiago grabs his orange sweater and heads out of his room. We see his cell phone which Pau has hidden under his chair. This has to be a happy episode if he wears his orange sweater. It sure makes me happy!
Pat and Meño are at the police station (or possibly a neighborhood government office, like a courthouse extension office) to report Chava missing. Pat is at his wits’ end. The clerk tells him that if the boy doesn’t appear in 48 hours, they will start to investigate.
Candy goes to Santi’s house and talks to Isabel while Pau spies. Then Candy looks for Chava at school, but he didn’t show up today.
Santiago, looking fabulous in that orange sweater (I think I’ll thank Wardrobe with a box of See’s chocolates), has breakfast with Raúl. He’s astounded that Raúl is talking marriage already. But isn’t Santi getting married? “Yes,” he answers, “but if this were a TV show, Candy and I are at Capitulo 80, and you and Sol are at Cap 5.” By the way, about 80 cap’s ago, Candy told Santi, “I’m in love,” and Marissa burst into the room and said, “I’m pregnant.” Also about 80 cap’s ago, Santi was wearing my favorite sweater. Raúl and Soledad started their romance 18 cap’s ago.
Santiago waxes poetic with advice for Raúl. He says a woman is an exotic fruit whose texture should be enjoyed with every bite. Because if you don’t have a mouthful, you won’t understand anything. Okey-dokey. Raúl notes that Santi is quoting a Mauricio Garcés movie, and Santi confesses that he has the complete Arroz collection.. Then he realizes that his cell phone isn’t in his pocket.
Note, Mauricio Garcés, who looks like Clark Gable, was a very popular actor during a low-quality phase of Mexican cinema. He typically made six movies per year between 1959 and 1971. This picture indicates his style of film. According to Wikipedia, Angelica Vale’s grandmother, Angélica Ortiz, helped launch his career. Interestingly, while Tontas was filming last year, Jaime Camil announced that he was in talks with Sony to remake Garcés’ Arroz trilogy. I think that project never materialized, but I’m sure this scene with Raul was prompted by those talks. I rather wonder if it was just an invention of Tontas’ publicity department.
Sad violins play while Pau hustles Chava out of the treehouse because his mother might find him. Chava is starting to feel homesickness and regret for running away, so Paulina recharges his fear with another dose of propaganda.
Pat calls Candy and finds out there is no news. Art tells Pat this is the time to call favors from his good buddy Gabino who has powerful connections everywhere. And besides, this should strengthen Pat’s case for custody. Pat tells Art, “No way, no how.” Art insists. Pat forbids it.
Candy’s household and friends are searching the neighborhood for Chava and asking everyone they see.
Pau is at Gabino’s office, very satisfied with herself for being such a good mama. Gab isn’t sure about that, but he knows she’s a great mistress. A call comes on her cell, and Pau says it’s from Candy, but Gab sees it’s actually from Mario. He doesn’t let on. They start to get busy on the couch, but Gab stops suddenly and sends her home.
When she’s gone, Gabino tells his goon, Augustine, that Mario isn’t dead and that Pau lied to him to protect Mario. Augustine the goon actually answers and his face doesn’t crack, so I guess his face isn’t made of plastar. Gab is determined to find Mario and make him pay for killing his father. He won’t ask Pau because he doesn’t want to alert her to the kind of death that awaits her after he finds Mario. And how will he find Mario? He knows of someone who is sure to know his whereabouts.
Gabino shows up at Santiago’s office and asks where to find Mario. Santi looks nerveous. He clarifies – we quit being friends. Gab can’t believe that such a long, close friendship would suddenly end at the stroke of a pen (de un plumazo). Santi says Mario left without saying goodbye. Santi doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t care. He also suggests that Gabino not walk into his office as if he owns the place; it might disturb the patients. Gab suggests that he doesn't care what Santiago wants.
Candy meets Beto and Rocío coming out of school. In tears, she begs them for any info they have about Chava. Roc is nerveous about lying to Candy.
Santi is consulting with a new patient and, putting on a gringo accent (note the drawn-out vowels), he asks where she’s from. Las Vegas. He gets a phone call from Gregoria and first learns that Chava disappeared. He tears down the road, chiding himself for not having his cell phone whan Candy needs him most. Looking in the mirror, he realizes he’s being followed. He pulls some evasive maneuvers. (Note, early in the series, Pat was taking anti-kidnapping driving lessons. I suppose it’s a wise precaution for those with money in Mexico.) Despite Santiago’s evasive driving, they box him in. It’s just like Jaime Camil’s scene from “7 Dias.” I hope this one turns out better for him. Gabino’s goons, all guns drawn, throw Santiago into their car.
They take him, blindfolded, into a smokey concrete cellar with bright naked lights, and force him to his knees. When they saw Santi tear down the street, they assumed he was trying to hide from Gabino. Santi still says he doesn’t know where Mario is, and Gabino still is sure he does. His boys will help Santi’s memory. They strap him into a chair in another room with bars on the door. Gabino rolls up his sleeves to start to work.
Another of Gab’s boys comes in and says Arturo Lizarraga wants to talk to him. Gab steps out to talk to Art, but first he gives the still-blindfolded Santiago a surprise whack in the face to help him decide to cooperate. That was hard to watch. Santi is stunned to realize that Pat’s dad has mafia ties, as he overhears Art tell Gab he owes him a favor for all the work Art did for the family all those years.
In what feels like the other side of the world, Raúl walks into Santi’s waiting room with a bounce in his step like a man in love. Hortensia reports that Santi left quickly when Greg called, and he’s not answering his cell. Another patient shows up. Horti tries again to locate Santi, this time by calling Isabel. Isabel assumes he’s with Candy. She’ll ask Santi to call the office when she talks to him.
Candy is back at the house, devastated. She goes back out to look for him. Isabel calls and is surprised to hear that Santi isn’t with Candy.
Art goes to Family Court and informs the judge that Candy is a bad mother, as evidenced by the fact that her son disappeared.
Raúl and Ed are at Bar Bonker. (What a name! I guess their motto is, “Liquor’s Quicker.”) They are talking about their women. Ed’s getting nowhere with Chayo. Raúl tells him to be romantic. Ed says that’s not his style.
Roc and Beto bring Chava some food. They say his mom was looking for him. Chava intends to live in the treehouse forever. Isabel asks if Don knows where Santi is. She’s starting to be concerned. As she should be.
Back in the cellar, Gab can’t get any info out of Santi so he tells his goons to work on him. You see the first punch in the gut, and you hear the sounds of spitting blood. Gabino returns and tells Santi this is his last chance to fess up. Gabino picks up his pistol and cocks it. Santi, still blindfolded, looks desperate at the sound. Gabino puts the gun to his head and Santi pulls away as much as his bound wrists permit. Gab gives him five seconds to answer. The camera shifts to the goons in the other room of the cellar, and we hear the gunshot.
Lucía wonders why Isabel looks so worried. Isa explains that Candy can’t find Chava, and now nobody knows where Santiago is. Luc suggests that she is exaggerating (exegerar) the situation.
Back in the cellar, Santi is still alive. Gab tells him the games are over. The next bullet has Santi’s name on it. Gun at the temple, he demands to know where Mario is. Just then Gabino’s phone rings. It’s the governor! Gab says, “Sorry, wrong number” and hangs up. Oops! Wrong movie.
Gabino decides to take the call before terminating Santiago. He finishes the call and says, “Doctor, I need you. Release him.” In the car, Gabino tells the caller to meet them at Santiago’s clinic. With Augustine’s gun still at his neck, Santi asks Gab why his clinic. Gab tells him to shut up. But Gab does address him as “usted.” Nice to know he’s a polite murderer.
In the treehouse, the kids have a globe and they’re looking for a place for Chava to live. How about the Yucatan Peninsula. No, that might take five hours to walk there. Chava decides he can only walk that long if he’s kicking a soccer ball.
Ed calls Horti from his kitchen. He’s trying to make a dinner for Chayo, but he can’t read the recipe, he doesn’t know which knife to use, and he doesn’t even know what to do with a carrot.
Horti hangs up. Santi staggers in, holding his side in pain. He tells her to prepare an operating room for emergency surgery. Two orderlies bring in Gabino’s daughter on a stretcher, surrounded by his goons. Gab grabs Santi and says, “Save her. Please. She’s just a child.” Now it’s Gabino’s turn to look scared and helpless. Santi stumbles down the hall to his surgery, cringing in pain with every step.
Ed gets the table ready for his romantic dinner, when Horti calls. He needs to return to the office for an emergency surgery.
Gabino asks, “How is she?” Santi says she’s okay. She has cuts to the face and embedded glass shards. She probably went through the window. Gab wants him to hurry, but Santi explains that she lost a lot of blood. They have to stabilize her before they can operate. Gabino is used to getting his way. He orders Santi to save her life, or Gabino will kill him.
Gabino was god back in his cellar, but they are not in his kingdom anymore. Santi the victim is replaced by Santi the doctor, responsible for the fate of his patient, and he isn’t going to let Gabino interfere with that. Santi asks Gab, “Are you threatening me?” He is. Santi continues, “I don’t think you are in any position to threaten me. I’m a father too. I understand the pain you’re going through. Don’t fear.”
Pat finds Candy at the soccer field. He ponders, “Where is our Chava? Why is this happening? Don’t you think you did something wrong?” This does not endear him to Candy. She goes to the police station, cuts in front of the people waiting in line, and demands that they start looking for her son now instead of waiting 48 hours. This does not endear her to the clerk. He tells her to wait her turn like everyone else. He apparantly doesn’t know that Candy is Miss Centro Universo.
Pat gets home and asks Ali if anyone came to the house. She wouldn’t know; she went to the salon. This makes an impression on Pat, but not a positive one.
In surgery, Ed asks what’s going on? Why don’t they have nurses? Who is this patient? Santi says it’s better if he doesn’t know. When they finish surgery, Ed should try to leave and take Hortensia with him. Santi’s nerves, and several blows to the gut, are making his hand shake as he fixes the girl’s face. He takes a breath, stretches his hand, and reassures the unconscious girl that she will be fine and she won’t have any scars (cicatriz) from the surgery. You get the feeling that he’s talking to himself as much as to her.
After surgery, Santiago drags himself down the hallway to talk to Gabino, with all the burdens of his sleepless night and horrendous day pressing on his shoulders. He starts to give the anxious Gabino a report: “The reconstruction went well, the injuries were major, it could take months to heal..”
Gab cuts him off. ”HOW IS MY DAUGHTER?”
Santi carefully begins, “There are times..”
Gab grabs him by the collar and yells in his face, ”¿CÓMO ESTÁ?”
Santi finally answers, “She went into a coma. She had a reaction to the anesthesia.”
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Tú vs. usted. Santiago addressed Gabino as “tú” in the cellar, but “usted” after they strapped him into the hotseat. I guess it’s hard to feel close companionship with someone who is about to kill you. On the other hand, Gabino flips back and forth. He addresses Santi as usted in the office, and tú when they arrive in the cellar. After he returns from talking with Art and he tells his goons to work on Santi, he switches to usted. When Gab returns to finish the interrogation with the pistol, it’s tú. Then, after Gab gets the phone call about his daughter and says, “Doctor, I need you,” it’s usted.
Right on schedule Paula. Thanks for the recap, took a quick look. You're setting high standards, expecting you to have the recap available within minutes of the show ending. :)
At the end, the daughter had a bad reaction to some of the medicine, I think maybe he said medicamento.
Not sure how much time Pau has left. Could be "ka-pau" for her very soon. Avances showing Gabino pointing a gun at her. Gabino appears to have a bit of a soft spot for her. Decided to beat the crap out of Santi instead of getting information from her. Have to assume the hija comes out of her coma and he owes Santi, so then he has to go after Pau again.
I hope they find Chava soon as I can stand seeing Candy and Pato scrunching up their faces all the time. LOL
JeffMN
At the end, the daughter had a bad reaction to some of the medicine, I think maybe he said medicamento.
Not sure how much time Pau has left. Could be "ka-pau" for her very soon. Avances showing Gabino pointing a gun at her. Gabino appears to have a bit of a soft spot for her. Decided to beat the crap out of Santi instead of getting information from her. Have to assume the hija comes out of her coma and he owes Santi, so then he has to go after Pau again.
I hope they find Chava soon as I can stand seeing Candy and Pato scrunching up their faces all the time. LOL
JeffMN
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: Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:07:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:07:00 PM EDT
Oops, "Can't" stand seeing the scrunched faces.
Also, FrankNStein/Augustin talked! He doesn't look near as bad as at the beginning.
And Art is really trying to look bad... Snitching to the judge(?), looking for help from Gabino.
Things didn't look good for Santi for awhile there. Now he'll probably have to find a doctor to fix him up.
JeffMN
Also, FrankNStein/Augustin talked! He doesn't look near as bad as at the beginning.
And Art is really trying to look bad... Snitching to the judge(?), looking for help from Gabino.
Things didn't look good for Santi for awhile there. Now he'll probably have to find a doctor to fix him up.
JeffMN
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:57:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 25, 2009 at 10:57:00 PM EDT
Yes, Frankenstein talked. But did you see his brow ridge in profile (as they were leaving Santi's office)? It looked like he was wearing a baseball cap!
Good morning Paula. Great recap. Loved the links (you're amazing) and the painful description of Santiago's interrogation was so detailed, you really brought the scene to life. You must have been suffering watching that, even knowing it was fake.
Loved the "which doesn't endear him/her...." transitions. Clever.
Our Frankenstein had the same hoarse voice that another rather monstrous fellow in Guapos had. Is that part of the medical condition Carlos described? On that ridge brow, my overly macho former brother-in-law had that same Neanderthal brow. Fortunately none of their three boys took after him.
Loved the "which doesn't endear him/her...." transitions. Clever.
Our Frankenstein had the same hoarse voice that another rather monstrous fellow in Guapos had. Is that part of the medical condition Carlos described? On that ridge brow, my overly macho former brother-in-law had that same Neanderthal brow. Fortunately none of their three boys took after him.
Frist, thank you Hombre for your wonderful recap of Friday's episode. It was very well written, simply superb. Thank you.
Paula, your title echoed last night's theme perfectly. This was a hard episode to watch. Thank you for the links and the humor in your excellant recap.
Santiago was indeed: "looking fabulous in that orange sweater". He looked beyond handsome.
Interesting that even with her son missing, under the most dire circumstances, Candy still doesn't elicit much sympathy. She demands and whines. "Miss Centro Universo" - perfect!
Jeff, it appeared Art never liked Candy but why he's picking this inopportune time to make things even worse for her is puzzling.
Hoping Gamb and goons disappear pronto!
Diana in MA
Paula, your title echoed last night's theme perfectly. This was a hard episode to watch. Thank you for the links and the humor in your excellant recap.
Santiago was indeed: "looking fabulous in that orange sweater". He looked beyond handsome.
Interesting that even with her son missing, under the most dire circumstances, Candy still doesn't elicit much sympathy. She demands and whines. "Miss Centro Universo" - perfect!
Jeff, it appeared Art never liked Candy but why he's picking this inopportune time to make things even worse for her is puzzling.
Hoping Gamb and goons disappear pronto!
Diana in MA
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 7:07:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 7:07:00 AM EDT
What an episode, this TN really took a side street to the dark side.
Paula, thanks so much for the recap, your links, and analysis of "tu" vs "usted". The latter is an important subtlety that I completely missed. It says much about the shifting formalities and power between Gabino and Santiago.
Did anyone notice those funny little vignettes with Sven and Ole (and Meno) at the beginning of a couple of commercials? I wonder what those were about. Were they outtakes or maybe scenes that were cut?
Paula, what is the story behind your photo?
Paula, thanks so much for the recap, your links, and analysis of "tu" vs "usted". The latter is an important subtlety that I completely missed. It says much about the shifting formalities and power between Gabino and Santiago.
Did anyone notice those funny little vignettes with Sven and Ole (and Meno) at the beginning of a couple of commercials? I wonder what those were about. Were they outtakes or maybe scenes that were cut?
Paula, what is the story behind your photo?
Paula, thanks for another marvelous recap. Wow, that was just what Santi was needing, an anesthetic accident with a Mafia Don's young daughter. Sorta makes a malpractice suit look desirable. This better be a short coma. I don't think Gabino considers patience a virtue. I hope for her sake that Pau is very GIB.
Carlos
Carlos
Paula, thanks for the exciting and fun recap. From the X-box observations to the links, to the info about driving to avoid kidnappers, you really hit on all cylinders!
Once again the writers were making all the dominoes fall into place. I mean, just when Gabino's about to pull the trigger, his own phone rings, his daughter needs emergency plastic surgery, and Santi's conveniently right there!? Of course, that's what makes these things fun.
In the meantime, since both Santi and Chava are missing, you can be sure someone's going to jump to conclusions that Santi's involved in Chava's disappearance.
And it's amazing that Donato hasn't noticed Rocio sneaking things out of the house. He's been a very good sleuth in the past, such as with Lucia's dallyings with Charly. Of course, he doesn't even seem to know what's going on this time. Maybe once he's fully informed, he can bring those little kids to justice.
The show's really getting exciting!
Once again the writers were making all the dominoes fall into place. I mean, just when Gabino's about to pull the trigger, his own phone rings, his daughter needs emergency plastic surgery, and Santi's conveniently right there!? Of course, that's what makes these things fun.
In the meantime, since both Santi and Chava are missing, you can be sure someone's going to jump to conclusions that Santi's involved in Chava's disappearance.
And it's amazing that Donato hasn't noticed Rocio sneaking things out of the house. He's been a very good sleuth in the past, such as with Lucia's dallyings with Charly. Of course, he doesn't even seem to know what's going on this time. Maybe once he's fully informed, he can bring those little kids to justice.
The show's really getting exciting!
Hail, O Paula the Oracle!! So do you use Oracle, SAP, Access, Filemaker or what to track these shows??
Agustin, El Thug, speaks and I wonder if they ran his speech through some kind of synthesizer to give it that special something. I actually feel sorry for that guy if that's his real face.
Sylvia, yeah, I was also wondering what the deal was w/ Z & T before the commercials. In a word, Huh?
Did Candy choose the elegant bright white jogging suit because of the way she looks in it? I mean we must maintain appearances while searching for a missing child.
Paula, lastly, your profile photo? That's not San Angelo, is it? I don't remember temple mounds unless that's something to do with last year's FLDS Yearning for Zion compound being remodeled.
Agustin, El Thug, speaks and I wonder if they ran his speech through some kind of synthesizer to give it that special something. I actually feel sorry for that guy if that's his real face.
Sylvia, yeah, I was also wondering what the deal was w/ Z & T before the commercials. In a word, Huh?
Did Candy choose the elegant bright white jogging suit because of the way she looks in it? I mean we must maintain appearances while searching for a missing child.
Paula, lastly, your profile photo? That's not San Angelo, is it? I don't remember temple mounds unless that's something to do with last year's FLDS Yearning for Zion compound being remodeled.
Sylvia, about the photo, how much story do you want?
Last July I spent a week in Mexico with a friend. DF and Puebla because I wanted to touch the heart of Mex, not the tourist beaches. One morning my friend's friends, who live in DF, picked us up for what turned into an absolutely perfect day. I happened upon voladores, ate tlacoyos (remember our corncake discussions during LFMB?), had a discussion in Spanish with an Aztec dancer about revolutions in both our countries and the universal desire for human rights, and, best of all...
We saw the pyramids at Teotihuacan. It was a spectacle I shall never forget. I literally stood there with my mouth hanging open. And I shot that picture. I'm not a good photographer, but I got lucky. The day's lighting was perfect, the mountain framed the pyramid, and the clouds emphasized the grandeur. Every time I look at that picture, I remember the spectacular pyramids and the perfect day.
Here is a better version of that picture.
Last July I spent a week in Mexico with a friend. DF and Puebla because I wanted to touch the heart of Mex, not the tourist beaches. One morning my friend's friends, who live in DF, picked us up for what turned into an absolutely perfect day. I happened upon voladores, ate tlacoyos (remember our corncake discussions during LFMB?), had a discussion in Spanish with an Aztec dancer about revolutions in both our countries and the universal desire for human rights, and, best of all...
We saw the pyramids at Teotihuacan. It was a spectacle I shall never forget. I literally stood there with my mouth hanging open. And I shot that picture. I'm not a good photographer, but I got lucky. The day's lighting was perfect, the mountain framed the pyramid, and the clouds emphasized the grandeur. Every time I look at that picture, I remember the spectacular pyramids and the perfect day.
Here is a better version of that picture.
Oh, and here is another set of photos from Teotihuacan that I found very interesting. Sorry for the ad at the beginning. But don't give up; it's worth the wait.
Mike, I do tend to see the world in terms of lists. And yes, you busted me, I do keep files about various things regarding novelas. That's how I knew about the cap #s.
Mike, I do tend to see the world in terms of lists. And yes, you busted me, I do keep files about various things regarding novelas. That's how I knew about the cap #s.
Wow...thanks for the large version of that marvelous picture, Paula. And for telling us a little bit about your excellent adventure...and kudos to Sylvia for asking! Much joy for all of us.
I'm the biggest snoop when it comes to trip photos. I don't care whose they are or where they've been I just love to look at the pics and hear the stories behind them. Paula, the big shot is awesome! What a great day for you. and thank you for sharing. I also really like the aztec dancer and the voladores.
Judy, did you look at the "set of pictures" that's in a series? Did'ya? Did'ya? Did'ya? Oh, I'm such a noodge!
A tip for anyone going to Mexico. Take a pocketful of state quarters. They make fabulous mementoes to give to people you form a connection with - I gave a NY one to the art student I met in the Belles Artes, who explained the historical context of the murals to me. And an Indy 500 quarter to the young professional who took our picture in the anthro. museum. And the Aztec dancer - I gave him a CT quarter with the Charter Oak, which started our discussion about the struggle for human rights. It's for situations where a tip would be an insult, but you want to recognize that you shared a connection. Because the quarters contains references to US culture, they are the perfect regalito.
A tip for anyone going to Mexico. Take a pocketful of state quarters. They make fabulous mementoes to give to people you form a connection with - I gave a NY one to the art student I met in the Belles Artes, who explained the historical context of the murals to me. And an Indy 500 quarter to the young professional who took our picture in the anthro. museum. And the Aztec dancer - I gave him a CT quarter with the Charter Oak, which started our discussion about the struggle for human rights. It's for situations where a tip would be an insult, but you want to recognize that you shared a connection. Because the quarters contains references to US culture, they are the perfect regalito.
Thank you Paula!
This was really hard to watch when Santi was getting punched in the cellar. I had to close my eyes.
Hooray, Pau may finally be at her end.
I keep wondering who will discover Chava. Last night I thought maybe Luc. Why hasn't anyone checked the tree house?
I think all three of the little ones need a good talking to for hiding Chava.
Pat wants to keep Chava away from Santi but he knows his own father has mob connections. He seems to think in his care Chava can't be touched. Ha.
Carrie L.
This was really hard to watch when Santi was getting punched in the cellar. I had to close my eyes.
Hooray, Pau may finally be at her end.
I keep wondering who will discover Chava. Last night I thought maybe Luc. Why hasn't anyone checked the tree house?
I think all three of the little ones need a good talking to for hiding Chava.
Pat wants to keep Chava away from Santi but he knows his own father has mob connections. He seems to think in his care Chava can't be touched. Ha.
Carrie L.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 4:04:00 PM EDT
Paula, I looked at your pictures. I first learned about the voladores when I read Azteca by Gary Jennings. They sounded incredible (as in unbelievable). The Aztec dancer looks a little bit like Vlad(MEPS). The guy in the heavy black beard on the pyramid looks a bit like Santi(OK alot like Santi).
Carlos
Carlos
Does anyone think that Chava's going missing will make Candy any more empathetic with Santiago and HIS missing son? Me, neither.
Has Donato taken the day off? And why hasn't Isabel wandered by the treehouse? Usually she does.
Has Donato taken the day off? And why hasn't Isabel wandered by the treehouse? Usually she does.
Gold star for Carlos! Yes, it is Jaime Camil in full natural beard. He and Javier Poza did a motorcycle travel show in March and April, and as part of the "guys' road trip" experience, both quit shaving. Apparantly he'll keep it for a while yet because he starts his next show (Los Exitos Pels, in Argentina) with a full beard.
BTW, notice that you don't see ANY tourists on the pyramids in the Camil/Poza pictures, and the shadows indicate it's mid-day? I realized it's because they finished their journey during the five days DF was shut down for swine flu. They essentially had the place to themselves.
Paula, I couldn't upload the esmas photos at work (don't know why) but I was finally able to do it at home. They are great shots. Santi looks funny with a barba.
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