Monday, July 20, 2009
Gancho Monday July 20, '09 Bare Bones Recap
Hi folks. Gotta get this done before I pass out. Had to try the new painkiller tonight, and that plus a killer sore throat...well, I'm just downright incoherent. So here's what I THINK happened tonight. Counting on your sharpies to correct any glaring errors.
We open with the fetching view of Beto, desnudo, artfully covered by plants. He scares some kids, gets called a degenerate, covers himself up with a box and arrives home to the concern of Nieves (did they take advantage of you?) and the ire of Estrella (I'm gonna kill ya for losing that expensive Zorro costume!) He's in big trouble but being Beto, doesn't really cop to it.
At the office, Monita, in incredibly short shorts, is trying to ascertain if Mauricio is limping (thereby proving he's her secret Zorro lover). She thinks she knows after seeing him stagger with pain, but he makes up a story about playing soccer with Ivan and Aldo and overdoing it. Seems the lies go both ways with this couple.
Now the drama: Bernarda arrives at the office to tell him someone's denounced him for being an unfit father. Everybody's worried. Teresa, Monita both are fretting, but even so Ivan, thanks to frantic hand signals from Mauricio, is backing up his fib about playing soccer the other day. Let's get our lies straight before handling the custody problem!
Skullduggery at the park. While Luisa and Aldo are distracted, Constanza makes off with Dany, (but not before Dany calls her "Mostranza"! good one, Dany)promising a celebration dinner with Mauricio because...uh...because they're back together! Of course that doesn't work out, she quickly tires of being a nanny; and after shopping she tries to bribe Dany with an ice cream but the little squirt takes off. Once she's found, the poor tired mite, sobbing away, manages to convince Connie to take her home.
And just in time. The nasty social worker, Gertrudis, is about to come to blows with both Monita and Mauricio, threatening to haul off the two older kids and denounce him to the judge and then initiate the search for Dany.
Saved by the bell. Connie arrives, Dany runs in, ecstatic to see Mauricio. Hugs all around, and the dreaded interview is put off until the next day. Social worker huffs out and Mauricio starts in on Connie, berating her for taking off with Dany without telling anyone. Not in front of the "personnel" (Monita) she protests!
Alright, let's lighten up a little with our beloved Ximena. She's gushing to bro' about the new Love of Her Life (to be named later, since they didn't quite get to formal introductions). She does her patented" I want to tell you three things: "1) the heart doesn't know from money 2) the heart doesn't know from the economy 3) my heart is bursting with happiness! Ah, who could get mad? Well, Jeronimo could. You heart beats with credit cards that I have to pay, he snarls. And after she flounces off, he muses "Why wasn't I born an only child?"
After the ads, we get to see Oscar the Creep oozing all over Gabriela. Salvador doesn't like it and neither do we, but our favorite gal pal seems to be eating it up with a spoon. Sample dialogue. Oscar...Miss me. Gabriela. Miss me too! Oscar, How can I miss you when I carry you in my heart always. Ugh. Later, Gaby almost gets a clue when she walks in on the conference with Jerry and overhears them talking about "the plan" and "the kids". She rightly smells a rat and thinks it might have to do with Mauricio's custody problems, but Oscar blows that right out of her mind by saying they were talking about Oscar's plans to marry Gaby and have children. She caves. Ay yi yi. Wise up, dear one.
The custody dispute is temporarily on hold. Gabriela remains clueless in spite of Salvador's efforts to make her see what a swine Oscar is. And Beto? He overhears Estrella talking about Mauricio's turn as the Zorro that kissed Monita and he's ready to tear the office and the head honcho to bits. He arrives in full macho mode, gets tackled by various personnel including, thank God, the security guards, and is ushered out before any harm gets done (other than the potted plant he kicked).
More fun with Ximena. She's now confessing to Rolu that he's a thing of the past. The new Love, the Real One, has shown up and she has to break it to him, even though she knows it will destroy him. Rolu, ever the gentleman, doesn't even pretend to be upset. "Me vale un reverendo pepino" (I could care less) he snarls and tells her to get out of his car. Dear Ximena, who clearly lives in an alternate universe, a very pleasant one, I might add, assures him compassionately that he'll get over it. (yeah, in a microsecond, Xime) and then concludes sadly "It's not good to break hearts." What a love. Not sure I want to see her reproduce but she's a sweetie.
Alright, how are we going to solve the problem of Beto's jealousy? Our Estrella, who appears a little codependent in her zeal to fix all Monita's problems, has come up with the solution. Another gooney guy, clearly smitten by her charms, agrees to pose as Zorro so Beto will think he (Chubi) is the one who was smooching Monita at the party. Poor devil pays dearly for his good deed. Not only does Beto bust him but Monita punches him out as well. He takes off running and Beto is in hot pursuit. Later, our smelly galan returns with the cape he tore off the hapless Chubi and Estrella has another expensive rental to account for. Poor lady! She means well.
With the snippy social worker off to berate Mauricio another day, Constanza and he are having a heart to heart. She's bleating that she always does things wrong and that's why he hates her, right? No, I'm very fond of you, he answers. You came into my life at a really low point and helped me immensely. Well, that's what hurts, sniffles Connie. Now that you're feeling better, you want to toss me aside. (Can't disagree with that, Constanza. You're clearly "old news" in this guy's life.)
After our gal leaves, we see Mauricio having dinner with a very subdued group of kids. You know the kind of dinner I mean, right? No one talking and all you can hear are the clink of sad little dishes and plates. We've had a few of those at my house. Well, turns out Luisa is worried they'll be taken away from Mauricio. No way. You're my kids. No one is taking you. Luisa and Dany rush to hug him and lo! even Aldo melts and tentatively gets in on the group hug. It's a miracle!
Monita and Beto have made up, now that he thinks it was poor mangled Chubi who stole the kisses. But he still intends to go back to the office to "mark his territory" as regards Moni. Man, I can just about see Beto actually lifting a leg and whizzing on that potted plant he kicked. And Salvador is trying to mark his territory also...or at least warn Gabriela, who is clearly dolling herself up for a night of erstatz passion with slimy Oscar.
And the next day at the office, we see that Mauricio has not grown any brain cells overnight. Salvador tries to warn him that Cardenas is up to something with Jeronimo. After all, why now is he being denounced as an unfit father...just when he changed his will to benefit the kids? Maury chalks it up to Sal's jealousy about Oscar's attentions to Gaby. After all, Jerry PROMISED he'd change.
Does it worry you that this charming but empty-headed lug is head of an important company? Is it guys like this who are holding the Mexican economy back? Well, hey, we know it's a lot more complicated than that, but I tremble to think that a lot of paychecks are depending on Mauricio's empty head. On the other hand....his lips!....but that's for the previews.
previews:
Two sets:
First set: Connie's evidently decided the way to Mauricio's heart is through his stomach. Alas, she can't cook. She's made a meal that no one can stomach.
Aldo's back at Estrella's and he's looking like he's muy enamorado. She looks intrigued. Guess she's forgotten Hombre's dicho about the problems with sleeping with young 'uns.
Second set:
Connie's whining to Ximene that she's losing Mauricio. And Ximene's giving her love advice (do we blame her for the disastrous cuisine?)
And Monita and Mauricio are nose to nose, eyeball to eyeball and almost lip to lip in the coffee room, and she's saying that she'll never forget the feel, the taste of his lips (yum!) and were she ever to kiss those luscious lips again, why she'd know!.....
Tune in tomorrow to see if they actually smooch. I'm sure hoping they do.
No vocab or dichos tonight. Study on your own folks.
We open with the fetching view of Beto, desnudo, artfully covered by plants. He scares some kids, gets called a degenerate, covers himself up with a box and arrives home to the concern of Nieves (did they take advantage of you?) and the ire of Estrella (I'm gonna kill ya for losing that expensive Zorro costume!) He's in big trouble but being Beto, doesn't really cop to it.
At the office, Monita, in incredibly short shorts, is trying to ascertain if Mauricio is limping (thereby proving he's her secret Zorro lover). She thinks she knows after seeing him stagger with pain, but he makes up a story about playing soccer with Ivan and Aldo and overdoing it. Seems the lies go both ways with this couple.
Now the drama: Bernarda arrives at the office to tell him someone's denounced him for being an unfit father. Everybody's worried. Teresa, Monita both are fretting, but even so Ivan, thanks to frantic hand signals from Mauricio, is backing up his fib about playing soccer the other day. Let's get our lies straight before handling the custody problem!
Skullduggery at the park. While Luisa and Aldo are distracted, Constanza makes off with Dany, (but not before Dany calls her "Mostranza"! good one, Dany)promising a celebration dinner with Mauricio because...uh...because they're back together! Of course that doesn't work out, she quickly tires of being a nanny; and after shopping she tries to bribe Dany with an ice cream but the little squirt takes off. Once she's found, the poor tired mite, sobbing away, manages to convince Connie to take her home.
And just in time. The nasty social worker, Gertrudis, is about to come to blows with both Monita and Mauricio, threatening to haul off the two older kids and denounce him to the judge and then initiate the search for Dany.
Saved by the bell. Connie arrives, Dany runs in, ecstatic to see Mauricio. Hugs all around, and the dreaded interview is put off until the next day. Social worker huffs out and Mauricio starts in on Connie, berating her for taking off with Dany without telling anyone. Not in front of the "personnel" (Monita) she protests!
Alright, let's lighten up a little with our beloved Ximena. She's gushing to bro' about the new Love of Her Life (to be named later, since they didn't quite get to formal introductions). She does her patented" I want to tell you three things: "1) the heart doesn't know from money 2) the heart doesn't know from the economy 3) my heart is bursting with happiness! Ah, who could get mad? Well, Jeronimo could. You heart beats with credit cards that I have to pay, he snarls. And after she flounces off, he muses "Why wasn't I born an only child?"
After the ads, we get to see Oscar the Creep oozing all over Gabriela. Salvador doesn't like it and neither do we, but our favorite gal pal seems to be eating it up with a spoon. Sample dialogue. Oscar...Miss me. Gabriela. Miss me too! Oscar, How can I miss you when I carry you in my heart always. Ugh. Later, Gaby almost gets a clue when she walks in on the conference with Jerry and overhears them talking about "the plan" and "the kids". She rightly smells a rat and thinks it might have to do with Mauricio's custody problems, but Oscar blows that right out of her mind by saying they were talking about Oscar's plans to marry Gaby and have children. She caves. Ay yi yi. Wise up, dear one.
The custody dispute is temporarily on hold. Gabriela remains clueless in spite of Salvador's efforts to make her see what a swine Oscar is. And Beto? He overhears Estrella talking about Mauricio's turn as the Zorro that kissed Monita and he's ready to tear the office and the head honcho to bits. He arrives in full macho mode, gets tackled by various personnel including, thank God, the security guards, and is ushered out before any harm gets done (other than the potted plant he kicked).
More fun with Ximena. She's now confessing to Rolu that he's a thing of the past. The new Love, the Real One, has shown up and she has to break it to him, even though she knows it will destroy him. Rolu, ever the gentleman, doesn't even pretend to be upset. "Me vale un reverendo pepino" (I could care less) he snarls and tells her to get out of his car. Dear Ximena, who clearly lives in an alternate universe, a very pleasant one, I might add, assures him compassionately that he'll get over it. (yeah, in a microsecond, Xime) and then concludes sadly "It's not good to break hearts." What a love. Not sure I want to see her reproduce but she's a sweetie.
Alright, how are we going to solve the problem of Beto's jealousy? Our Estrella, who appears a little codependent in her zeal to fix all Monita's problems, has come up with the solution. Another gooney guy, clearly smitten by her charms, agrees to pose as Zorro so Beto will think he (Chubi) is the one who was smooching Monita at the party. Poor devil pays dearly for his good deed. Not only does Beto bust him but Monita punches him out as well. He takes off running and Beto is in hot pursuit. Later, our smelly galan returns with the cape he tore off the hapless Chubi and Estrella has another expensive rental to account for. Poor lady! She means well.
With the snippy social worker off to berate Mauricio another day, Constanza and he are having a heart to heart. She's bleating that she always does things wrong and that's why he hates her, right? No, I'm very fond of you, he answers. You came into my life at a really low point and helped me immensely. Well, that's what hurts, sniffles Connie. Now that you're feeling better, you want to toss me aside. (Can't disagree with that, Constanza. You're clearly "old news" in this guy's life.)
After our gal leaves, we see Mauricio having dinner with a very subdued group of kids. You know the kind of dinner I mean, right? No one talking and all you can hear are the clink of sad little dishes and plates. We've had a few of those at my house. Well, turns out Luisa is worried they'll be taken away from Mauricio. No way. You're my kids. No one is taking you. Luisa and Dany rush to hug him and lo! even Aldo melts and tentatively gets in on the group hug. It's a miracle!
Monita and Beto have made up, now that he thinks it was poor mangled Chubi who stole the kisses. But he still intends to go back to the office to "mark his territory" as regards Moni. Man, I can just about see Beto actually lifting a leg and whizzing on that potted plant he kicked. And Salvador is trying to mark his territory also...or at least warn Gabriela, who is clearly dolling herself up for a night of erstatz passion with slimy Oscar.
And the next day at the office, we see that Mauricio has not grown any brain cells overnight. Salvador tries to warn him that Cardenas is up to something with Jeronimo. After all, why now is he being denounced as an unfit father...just when he changed his will to benefit the kids? Maury chalks it up to Sal's jealousy about Oscar's attentions to Gaby. After all, Jerry PROMISED he'd change.
Does it worry you that this charming but empty-headed lug is head of an important company? Is it guys like this who are holding the Mexican economy back? Well, hey, we know it's a lot more complicated than that, but I tremble to think that a lot of paychecks are depending on Mauricio's empty head. On the other hand....his lips!....but that's for the previews.
previews:
Two sets:
First set: Connie's evidently decided the way to Mauricio's heart is through his stomach. Alas, she can't cook. She's made a meal that no one can stomach.
Aldo's back at Estrella's and he's looking like he's muy enamorado. She looks intrigued. Guess she's forgotten Hombre's dicho about the problems with sleeping with young 'uns.
Second set:
Connie's whining to Ximene that she's losing Mauricio. And Ximene's giving her love advice (do we blame her for the disastrous cuisine?)
And Monita and Mauricio are nose to nose, eyeball to eyeball and almost lip to lip in the coffee room, and she's saying that she'll never forget the feel, the taste of his lips (yum!) and were she ever to kiss those luscious lips again, why she'd know!.....
Tune in tomorrow to see if they actually smooch. I'm sure hoping they do.
No vocab or dichos tonight. Study on your own folks.
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Judy, awesome and done under the influence of drugs.What a fun rcap of a fun episode. However, are you sure your dentista didn't slip you some speed instead of downer?. Wow! Warp speed recap. Ximena's exchange with Rolando was delightful. She steals every scene she's in, though I must hand to Rollo, he really held his own. And does this mean more of Costeño? Let's hope. I only would like to add one little detail. I guess I watch Connie closely because...well, you know. While she was hunting for Dani, she asked a man if he'd seen a niña media corriente pero linda (rather common but pretty) . She's beginning to make the bruja in Hansel and Gretel look like a veritable wet nurse. Good luck with your drug trip, sueña con los angeles, chula. Carlos
Yes, that was a great line, Carlos. Do we condemn Connie for calling her media corriente or give her points for at least conceding she's pretty.
Another thing I left out was in the second previews. Beto appears to be now coaching Connie to be a luchadora...and Consteño was slamming her to the mat.
What is the power this strange, smelly guy has over women?
Another thing I left out was in the second previews. Beto appears to be now coaching Connie to be a luchadora...and Consteño was slamming her to the mat.
What is the power this strange, smelly guy has over women?
Judy: Despite a new painkiller and painful sore throat, your recap was simply stellar. You really went above and beyond - this was as far from a "bare bones" recap as you could get. It was witty, insightful and fun to read from start to finish.
Thank you for retelling Ximena and Rolu's conversation. Loved that she "...clearly lives in an alternate universe, a very pleasant one, I might add." Excellent!
You can't help but love Ximena, who leads with her heart. Even Jerry's mimicking her seemed somewhat gentle.
"Gabriela remains clueless in spite of Salvador's efforts to make her see what a swine Oscar is." She's such a strong, intelligent woman so it's hard to comprehend her being seemingly oblivious to Oscar's oily character.
I love how Gaby sashays in and out of everyone's office without so much as a knock.
I can't explain why but Beto does have good onscreen chemistry with Connie (and Estrella). Not quite sure what the attraction is but it's palbable with Connie.
Diana in MA
Thank you for retelling Ximena and Rolu's conversation. Loved that she "...clearly lives in an alternate universe, a very pleasant one, I might add." Excellent!
You can't help but love Ximena, who leads with her heart. Even Jerry's mimicking her seemed somewhat gentle.
"Gabriela remains clueless in spite of Salvador's efforts to make her see what a swine Oscar is." She's such a strong, intelligent woman so it's hard to comprehend her being seemingly oblivious to Oscar's oily character.
I love how Gaby sashays in and out of everyone's office without so much as a knock.
I can't explain why but Beto does have good onscreen chemistry with Connie (and Estrella). Not quite sure what the attraction is but it's palbable with Connie.
Diana in MA
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: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 7:10:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 7:10:00 AM EDT
Good morning Judy. I had to laugh at Carlos's statement that maybe your doc gave you speed. You did seem to whip this one out and you zipped right through doing a great job of capturing the salient moments.
I also like Jero's scene where he mimicked Ximena; he actually did a great job.
You know, as much of a buffoon as Beto is, in some ways he's a lot sharper than Mauricio. He's an odd mix of hyperactivity and laziness. Well, maybe not lazy but his energy seems always directed toward nothing, or giving himself a good time, or butting in, or trying to get Moni to support him. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, except to say that it was good writing and casting to pair these guys as counterparts. They are both very different guys but both have great appeal (as Diana noted).
Thank you Judy, I hope you feel better. We'll see you tonight.
I also like Jero's scene where he mimicked Ximena; he actually did a great job.
You know, as much of a buffoon as Beto is, in some ways he's a lot sharper than Mauricio. He's an odd mix of hyperactivity and laziness. Well, maybe not lazy but his energy seems always directed toward nothing, or giving himself a good time, or butting in, or trying to get Moni to support him. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, except to say that it was good writing and casting to pair these guys as counterparts. They are both very different guys but both have great appeal (as Diana noted).
Thank you Judy, I hope you feel better. We'll see you tonight.
Judy, if that recap was done under the influence of drugs, send me some! It was very complete, explained details I missed, and was fun to read. Thank you.
I'm sure there's little relation to real life, but if Mauricio is an example of a clueless guy running a Mexican company, what about Gonzalo on MEPS? Fortunately, in both cases, there's a young, smart woman (Monita and Fernanda) who can help fill in the clues for the clueless.
You're right about the lies going both ways with Mau and Moni, with Mau not revealing he was the besoing bandito. In fact, a big portion of the show's humor comes from how creative everyone can be to hide something. The rest of the humor is from the physical comedy (people getting choked, punched, stomped on, not too funny in real life, but in the Three Stooges type world of Gancho, it is).
I'm sure there's little relation to real life, but if Mauricio is an example of a clueless guy running a Mexican company, what about Gonzalo on MEPS? Fortunately, in both cases, there's a young, smart woman (Monita and Fernanda) who can help fill in the clues for the clueless.
You're right about the lies going both ways with Mau and Moni, with Mau not revealing he was the besoing bandito. In fact, a big portion of the show's humor comes from how creative everyone can be to hide something. The rest of the humor is from the physical comedy (people getting choked, punched, stomped on, not too funny in real life, but in the Three Stooges type world of Gancho, it is).
Judy, you're funny when you're on drugs! Well, you're always funny, but the painkillers don't take any edge off your wit.
I need to learn to be like Ximena. She seems so happy with her delusions. Also I think she's actually the smartest of the Sermeño cousins. Mauricio is just willfully ignorant, and Jeronimo tries to be a clever criminal but is totally incompetent.
I need to learn to be like Ximena. She seems so happy with her delusions. Also I think she's actually the smartest of the Sermeño cousins. Mauricio is just willfully ignorant, and Jeronimo tries to be a clever criminal but is totally incompetent.
Another thing I noticed last night, Moni looks almost as good as Soledad in Tontas. Do female office workers in Mexico wear shorts on a regular basis? And isn't Gabriella downright gorgeous? Was she wearing the scarf around her neck to cover a hickey? Surely not.
Carlos
Carlos
Thanks for the recap Judy. As others have noted the drugs did not impair your work at all. And, as Diana said, this was far from a bare bones recap.
I really like this show. It's light and funny. Unfortunately I can only barely tolerate Beto so I feel you Julia (regarding Ximena). I do hope our couple kisses again this evening.
Carlos - ITA with you regarding Gabi. She is quite lovely and her character is very funny. I too hope that Ximena's new love, Costeno, will become a larger part of the novela.
I really like this show. It's light and funny. Unfortunately I can only barely tolerate Beto so I feel you Julia (regarding Ximena). I do hope our couple kisses again this evening.
Carlos - ITA with you regarding Gabi. She is quite lovely and her character is very funny. I too hope that Ximena's new love, Costeno, will become a larger part of the novela.
incoherent? nonsense...I'd say you cohere quite well! :) Thansk for suffering though ailings to get this one in for us...such a trooper!!! Take it easy in the meantime!
Thanks one and all. This afternoon was a real horror show. Fever and a sore throat that was so painful I was ready to risk my life to swallow more Advil.
Tonight will be bare bones as well. I start typing after the first ad, and just go back to the computer with each subsequent ad and that way I can get it done quickly.
Better days are coming I'm sure.
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Tonight will be bare bones as well. I start typing after the first ad, and just go back to the computer with each subsequent ad and that way I can get it done quickly.
Better days are coming I'm sure.
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