Saturday, August 22, 2009
MEPS, 08/21/09: Duped, Snooped, Dumped, and Pumped
Capítulo 133
First the video redux in brief: Santiago is back at the convent to apologize to Aurora for the way he dumped on her earlier that day and to get her side of the seduction story; Priscila is humiliated to tears and forced to admit to Vladimir and Anibal that the baby she’s expecting is really Vlad’s.
Santiago apologizes to Rory for his actions and says he knows his stepmother has tried to separate the two of them. He asks Aurora what kind of fraudulent argument she used to trick her into admitting her despicable slur of having slept with another man. “Did she promise to help you find your mother’s whereabouts?” Rory says it wasn’t a slur; that she doesn’t know how things happened, but she was with another man. Santi refuses to believe a word of it because he knows he was the first man in her life. (First, last and always, right? Puh-leese!) Dear Ah-wah-wah says she knows the pain she’s caused him and so, the only way to make amends is to spend the rest of her days in the convent doing penance. Santi has just been hit over the head with the same two-by-four and is down for the count. She wants him to forget her and says she will pray that God lets him find a good woman to settle down with. (Hubbie's all for that!) Santi is in shock. He leaves.
At Hacienda de los Elizalde meanwhile, Geezer Gonzo is reading a letter from Santi when Babs walks in. Gonzo is his usual puzzled self, but actually has a reason to be this time. Santi’s letter only says that he is leaving and relocating to Florence, Italy. It doesn’t say a thing about his wedding plans with Ah-wah-wah. Babs must oh-so-sadly explain that she found Ah-wah-wah in bed with another man and so Santi and the little slut broke it off.
Fernanda now arrives at the honeymoon luxury suite where an overly eager Damian has burning candles lit everywhere. (Viewerville waits expectantly for the smoke alarm, but is disappointed.) Dopey techno tunes are playing in the background. Fer walks in and smiles invitingly at him.
At Las Animas, The Hardy Boys are discussing Ed’s meeting with Artemio Bravo. Eduardo is reminding Estev that Bravo doesn’t dare suspect the deal he and Barbara have made or they’ll never get word of Liliana again. Estev wonders why the guy is so interested in keeping Lili. Ed says he isn’t clear on that yet, but it’s obvious Bravo is a man “surrounded by mystery and very powerful.” He obtains whatever he’s set his sights on, too, says Ed. What surprised him most of all, he tells Estev, was the way Artemio Bravo physically looks almost identical to Gonzalo Elizalde.
Over at the hacienda, Gonzo tells Babs that he finds it hard to believe of Rory who seemed so decent. They’re certain Santiago is heartbroken, but agree it was a good thing they found out what a whore she was beforehand. Babs convinces the ever-confused Gonzo to give Santi his space so that he has time to get over the girl. Gonzo nods.
Back across the way at Las Animas, Eddie explains to Estev about Ana Gregoria’s diary and how Lili had him read part of it. They are certain the answers to their questions are in that diary, especially why Barbara Greco relentlessly harassed his mother from the day she arrived at the Elizalde’s. They figure that from what little Ed was able to read of it, Ana fell in love with Don Jeronimo Elizalde, her patron, and that that’s the reason Artemio Bravo bears such a resemblance to Don Gonzo. Supposedly, Soledad, who was a little girl then, found out about the diary. Unfortunately, before Eddie managed to read anything more, Bravo came into the room. One way or another, the key is the diary and he’ll have to finish reading it.
Estev wonders again why Bravo has Lili under his control now. Ed says he doesn’t have a clue and it seems almost impossible that he’ll be able to get her away from there. At least, for some unknown reason, Bravo is happy to have him come visit her whenever he likes. Estev remarks that his meeting Bravo turned out to be rather beneficial in that sense. Ed mentions that since they’ve now gotten to know the man it doesn’t make sense to keep the security guards there any longer. He plans to cancel the service the next day. Just then Martina shows up. She has a meeting with him so he can fill her in on Lili, too.
At Hotel Honeymoon, Fer and Dam share a champagne toast to their relationship. Dam says it seems like a lie to him. Fer laughs slyly and says for her too. He gives her a negligee as a gift and she makes out like she loves it. He wants to help her put it on. She looks coyly over at him and asks what he sees. He says he sees a lovely goddess. Suddenly she turns on him and throws the negligee in his face. “NO! What you see is an idiot! That’s what it seems I’ve been to you, right? The most idiotic female on earth!” Dam knits his brows in a muddle of confusion and then smiles sheepishly. Fer jumps at him. “Ah! You’re smiling because I’m right!” “—No…it’s just that I’ve never heard you talk like this before.” “—I know! You’re smiling because perhaps that’s not the right word. Perhaps the right word is silly, or stupid or foolish?” Dam stutters out that it’s nothing like that. Fer says then would it be ‘trusting’, or ‘sweet,’ or ‘naïve.’ He keeps stuttering in the negative. She screams then that they all describe her to a T! He frowns again. This was obviously not in Mama’s playbook.
Back at Las Animas, Eddie explains to Martina that they know now where Lili is and that she won’t be coming back to live with them at the other house, at least for a while. Martina is relieved that at least Lili is all right.
Martina goes to check on Venus in her room. Venus is on the phone with Cad, who is still pretty miffed at her for leaving him high without the dry the night before (not to mention, the resulting nasty case of swollen gonads…..Ehh! Well, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy). He’s in bed, though, at the other end of the line, getting his jollies with Natasha. He lies to Nattie that his brother’s on the line and then conveniently lies to Venus/Loafly that the noise in the background is from the telelvision. (Sneaky jerkwad.) Venus tells him that they need to talk. He tells her he’s decided that he doesn’t want to see her again until they get married. Venus is negatively impactada. Nat walks back into the bedroom and Cad quickly tells Loafly he’ll call her tomorrow. Click. Nattie babies him with a snack “to regain his strength.” (Gag me!)
Martina walks in and wants to know why Venus is disobeying Estev’s orders. Venus drags her out the door with her and says she’s got to come with, but that she’ll explain on the way.
Back at Honeymoon Central, Fer tells Dam that she could be innocent, trusting, even in love, but never an idiot. She’s going to do them both a favor. “Look at me and imprint this in your memory so that whenever you look at me you remember that Fernanda Elizalde is no fool!” He continues to play dumb. “What’s going on? What is the matter with you?” She says the question is more like what’s the matter with him because this only has to do with him. He still continues to play dumb. (Well, maybe he’s not playing.) “What’s going on?” Fer tells him to search his memory. He wants an explanation. She says fine. How about the friendship you have with Barbara Greco? --And, with the swindle you pulled on Rubiel Villasana’s mother in which you stole her money from her and which, thanks to Barbara’s statement, you saved yourself from going to jail??!!” Dam is swallow-hard impactado. He stares at Fer like a little kid caught swiping cookies from the cookie-jar.
Meanwhile, Martina stops Venus for an immediate explanation why they are leaving the house that late at night. Venus angrily says she’s certain Cad is with another woman. Martina stops to remind her that Estev is in love with her. Venus says she’s crazy if she thinks that. “The only thing I am to him is his little puppet. The most important thing for him is for me not to ruin his plans! –And I swear that I am not going to do that because I wouldn’t hurt Don Franco. As for the gringo, I’m not nailed down to him!” Somebody like her, Venus says, would be off limits. Martina won’t argue with her about that, but asks that if all men are the same, then what’s the big deal if Camilo Elizalde’s with another woman? Venus says it’s got nothing to do with either Estev Norton or Franco Santoro. It’s a personal slight. Martina doesn’t argue further and the two leave together for Cad’s apartment.
At the same time, in another part of Las Animas, Ed and Estev are arguing over what Estev does or does not want to admit regarding his feelings for Venus and vice versa. Estev says the whole thing is ridiculous and wouldn’t go anywhere anyway since his life is in New York. Ed wonders if things were different and he did live and work in Mexico? Estev doesn’t answer. Ed says, well, all that aside, he still wonders if Estev is willing to let Venus marry somebody else? His friend is too flustered to answer him.
Santiago drives off from the convent and leaves a message on Fer’s voice-mail that it was a bust with Aurora, so he’s flying out and will call her once he’s gotten himself situated. He never wants to hear Aurora’s name again. He just wants to bury her memory.
Ah-wah-wah tearfully (what else?) prays to the virgencita, meanwhile, to thank her for one last chance to have spoken with Santiago. She is sorry for the way she disappointed him but knows it’s for the best since there could never have really been anything between them. (Geez, for being the spawn of Greco this gal is disappointingly lame!) She wants only the best for him and hopes the virgencita will bless him and console him in his time of need. (Is it my dinner or this scene? I need to speak to Ralph. Get me a couple of Alka-seltzers, puh-leese.) FF>>
Back with the inharmonious honeymooners again, Damian tries to lie his way out of it with Fer by saying he doesn’t know who Rubiel Villasana is. He tells Fer she’s mistaken and he can’t understand why this man would want to lie about him this way. “Poor you, Damian. It’s got to be rough always being slandered like this, right?” “—What do you mean, Fernanda?” “--What? Do I have to repeat it again? Such a coinkydink! Both in the embezzlement at Grupo and with the swindle with Sra. Villasana, that what freed you from all culpability was Barbara Greco’s testimony.” He still denies knowing Rubiel Villasana. Fer doesn’t back down. She’s like a dog with a bone. “Well, how strange this guy should come to me and the first thing he does is accuse you of being a swindler”. Damn stutters his inability to comprehend it all. She says she does understand. “It just has to be that the whole world is so envious of you. I just wonder which one of those envious people chased you down and shot you in the leg? Who would it be?”
Damian whines that Fer is being unfair. “--Really?” “--Yes!” He swallows nervously again. “Well, if you’re so convinced that all these lies are true, what are you thinking of doing?” “--Well, for starters, this is the last time that we two will be in the same place as husband and wife. If you like, remember it as the honeymoon we never had. You have two choices: one is to run away –as that’s your style--and you can disappear from my life completely.” He says she can’t be serious. “Two: refuse and I swear to you that you’ll pay for all your crimes rotting in a jail cell!” He shakes his head in disbelief. “Well, all right. Choose, Damian.” (What a rout. She is Woman; hear her roar! You go, girl!)
Damian looks at her and considers his options while she waits for an answer. Unbelievably, the weasel still tries to deny he knows Rubiel Villasana and says she’s wrong to believe whatever the man told her. (This guy has only one play in his playbook. Sheesh. I was hoping for more from this turkey. A beautiful bod, blue eyes to die for but, alas! No brains! Bummer.) Fer tells him it doesn’t matter. She’s not changing her mind because they are finished. (Oof! There went the meal ticket.) He hangs his head and gives her his best imitation of a wounded puppy. (I guess without the playbook from either BB or Mama, this guy is totally lost.) Fer is amazed that the guy just won’t give it up.
Martina and Venus now take a cab to Cad’s apartment. On the way Martina asks how Venus can be so sure he’s there. Venus thinks he is because of the strange way he acted on the phone. She’s determined to give the guy enough cord to hang himself.
Meanwhile, Ed and Estev are still in the middle of their heart-to-heart about Venus. Estev says she’s intelligent enough to eventually realize that a worm like Cad Elizalde is not an option. Ed says sure, but she’s beautiful and once the game with Elizalde is done, she’s going to have all sorts of guys interested in her. So, is Estev sure that he wants to risk losing such a special gal because he’s afraid of failing at romance? Estev thinks this is rich coming from a guy who is marrying one woman when he’s in love with another. Ed yells back that his situation is very different from Estev’s. (Let me count the ways.) Ed yells at Estev that his buddy is only being held back by prejudice and that he should only have that problem with Fernanda.
Eduardo lets it all hang out. “If I’d had all the information I succeeded in getting today, I would have arrived the day of her wedding and told her ‘Here is Eduardo Juarez! The Eduardo Juarez that never stopped loving you for an instant and who came back in order to marry you!’ –But for an abundance of reasons as you well know, Eduardo Juarez had to be killed in order to give life to Franco Santoro!! Franco Santoro is the one in charge of completing a mission, and at the completion of this mission do you know what is going to happen? He has to leave here, giving up that love! --Because I am sure Fernanda will never forgive me for having deceived her. –And you? What about you? You are shutting the doors to happiness and why? Why are you shutting them? ”
Estev finally finds his voice. “I swear it’s not for cowardice, Eduardo! The fact is that Venus is in love with her…Pygmalion! That idealized teacher. She doesn’t know the real Steve! That disaster of a man who is a total misfit! That man who is…who is afraid of love.” He walks off leaving Ed ashamed and shocked at having emotionally disrobed himself as well as his best friend that way. (Hey, it works for me.)
Fer now hands back the bracelet to Damian. “--But I bought that especially for you.” “—With what? With which company credit card?” (My thoughts, exactly! --What a girl! What a gal! What an Amazon!) He tells her he’s offended. She tells him that it wasn’t her intention to offend him, much less to keep it and BTW, regarding his things, not to worry because first thing in the morning she’s sending them to his mother’s place (ouch!) along with the divorce papers for him to sign. (Ruh-roh!!) “Don’t bother delivering them to me in person. I’ll send somebody over to pick them up from you. OK?” (Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!) “Something else, Damian. When I say disappear, I mean disappear from everything that has anything to do with my life, including my family, too. Don’t try to come anywhere near me because I swear I will throw you in jail! Get it straight!! I am giving you your freedom in exchange for never seeing you again. Good riddance, Damian!” He tries to stop her but she tells him not another word. She throws her wedding rings at him and exits stage left. (Viewerville is on its feet with a standing “O.”) Damian is genuinely flat on his ass-ets now.
With her spare key to Cad’s pad, Venus and Martina let themselves in. Sexy music is playing loudly on the stereo. Martina stops Venus and tries to get her to leave before they do something they’ll be sorry for. Venus tells her if she wants she can wait for her in the taxi, but Martina isn’t about to leave her friend alone in there. Venus whispers that she’s got a little bit of business to take care of with this miserable jerkwad and she’s going to cause a ruckus that the entire building will hear about. Cad, meanwhile, is batching it up in a bubble bath with his number one bubble head, Nattie. Natasha is cooing. “Do you like this, Baby?” “--Yup. Lots.” Nattie starts to massage his shoulders. “¡Ay! Don’t stop. Don’t stop!”
Venus walks into the bedroom next and sees the bedcovers all messed up and a woman’s slip carelessly flung onto the floor. She frowns and then hears bawdy laughter coming from the bathroom. She quietly opens the door to it and hears Cad moan and tell Natasha that she’s tremendous. Venus sees the two of them in mid…er…corporeal embrace and says to herself under her breath, “So now [conque] it’s Natasha!” Martina’s arm swoops in just in the nick of time and pulls her friend out of there. Venus hisses at Martina that she told her to stay the heck out of this, but Martina grabs her arm firmly again and refuses to let go. “You listen to me first and I give my word afterwards you can do whatever you have a mind to without me lifting a finger!” “—What then?!!” “—Let’s speak outside!” They go back into the living room.
Martina asks Venus if she’s having a sudden attack of jealousy or what. Venus sneers and says she’s got to be kidding. Martina wonders then if she’s intending to have some big scandalous chat with Camilo just for grins or what. “You’re going to regret it for the rest of your life, Venus, if you do!” “--How so?” Martina explains she’d essentially be kicking both Don Estev and Don Franco in the essentials. Venus has second thoughts now. She asks if that means “that pig of an Elizalde would start malicious gossip” about them. (Hell yeah! That would be the least of it, probably!) Martina says of course, because he would discover she’s not the ‘refined Loafly Norton.’ Venus still wants her pound of flesh, but Martina makes her see that if she really wants to get even she doesn’t do it by causing a scandal in the guy’s own apartment. Venus finally gets it. “You’re right! That idle slacker deserves more than a scandal, something more that he should remember the whole of his totally measley life!”
Fer has now returned to the hacienda and is returning Santi’s phone call. She tells him she’s really sorry things didn’t work out for Rory and him but that he can count on her support for whatever comes up. Santi says no use talking about it any longer. He left a note for Gonzo telling him he’d be in Florence for a while and tells her the jeep is in the parking garage at Lactos. He changes the subject to her and Damian and wants to know how she left it. Fer says she did what he suggested the day that she got married. There’s a flashback to him telling her to promise him that if in the future she realizes she made a mistake to have the courage to recognize it and to have the courage to correct that mistake. “I corrected the mistake and I’m divorcing Damian.”
The next morning Eduardo is wishing he had the courage --or good sense-- to do the same and break it off with Errorika. She’s there at Las Animas with him going over the wedding invitations. Err wants him to put his parents’ names on the invitation along with hers but, knowing that that’s impossible, he suggests that they break with tradition and just put their names on it. She kisses him and says fine. She’ll do anything he wants. (She’s so excited at the chance to hook this yummy Alpha-male. I can’t exactly say that I blame her, either!) She’s all giggles. (Yeesh.) “Only one month till we are husband and wife!” (Yippee-skippee!) He smiles back sheepishly. (Yeah. Yip-yip. Yahoo.) Err giggles again, totally blinded by luhhv and desire. (Oy vey.)
At the same time, Florecita is shooting with both barrels at Margarita and Jacinto for keeping Eduardo’s true identity from her. Cinto is sure it was Gardenia who let the cat out of the bag and Flor says it sure was and good on her for doing it, too. Margie tries to explain they couldn’t exactly go broadcasting something like that especially when they were asked not to say anything. Flor claims self-righteously that she now knows why Fernanda told her she couldn’t trust a single soul around there, and why she had her swear that she would stand by Fer and deal straight with her. She looks scornfully over at the two of them. “—Not like the others around here! –And that’s exactly what I’m going to do! I’m not going to give myself over to lies and deception. The truth is above all else with me!” Marge and Cinto want to know what she means to do. Flor says she is going to tell Fernanda the truth about Eduardo Juarez.
Jacinto angrily tells Florecita that she’s got no right getting involved in this fuss. She insists that loyalty is topmost and she will get involved in it because she owes so much to Fernanda that she feels she must. It’s the right thing to do and the only thing to do. Margarita tries to make her see that they owe much more to the man who has been like a brother to them. Flor doesn’t see it that way. “No way! A boy that left here years ago and that we never heard from again?!!” “—But what about his sainted mother, Soledad?” “—If you want to talk about being thankful, then remember that the sin that hurts our Lord most is being ungrateful. You have been spewing lies and deceit. You’ve been dishonest and disloyal! You are betraying the trust Sra. Fernanda has shown you her entire life. You’re a couple of ingrates!”
Jacinto tells Flor that she doesn’t understand. (Why should she? She’s been kept out of it the loop. –On the other hand, maybe Ms. Goodie Two-Shoes might stop long enough to ask why the two of them were told not to say anything; or maybe she should have learned something from being wrongly accused herself a couple of weeks back, hmmm????) “No! What I don’t understand is why you two are behaving like a couple of low-lives! Flor stands on top of the moral pedestal she’s climbed onto. “--But there you are; you and your conscience.” Cinto has had enough. “Well, you can’t get blood from a turnip trying to get a donkey to see reason! [pedirle peras al olmo] “—You’re calling me a donkey?” Cinto tells her to take it any way she likes and stomps off to the bedroom. (Yeah. I say if the shoe fits, wear it.) Marge turns her back on her cousin and refuses to speak to her any further.
Back in the city, Dam is on the phone in the lobby screaming at Vlad to be let upstairs to the apartment. “What are you thinking, Vladimir? What do you mean you’re not going to see me?” Seems that Vlad now has grown back that shrunken little pair of his own. “Just what I said, Damian. Don’t insist because I’ve told the concierge not to let you come up.” Dam threatens him with telling Anibal the truth. Vlad sneers at him to do whatever the heck he feels like! Click. (Whoosh! A free throw and two points Team Vladimir!) Dam picks up the nearest thing he can find (Oops! Oh? It’s not his cellphone? Crap!) and pitches it against the elevator door. (Guess it’s back to Mama’s for Damian: Heaven for her; shear Hell on Earth for him.)
We beam over for breakfast time at the Elizalde’s. Nanda smiles over at Babs as she explains to her papi she’s split from Dam. “So Damian is no longer in my life, nor in Lactos, in the house, nor in the family. Gonzo wakes from his senile stupor long enough to tell her he simply can’t understand what could have happened between them. Babs innocently turns around to face her and asks what is it they don’t know about the two of them. Nanda explains that they never consummated their marriage and says that under those conditions it was useless to continue together. “I’d rather not go into detail about it.” Gonzo, still under the starry-eyed misperception that the two must love each other, tries to suggest that all couples have their problems but eventually get over them. (Just what does this dunderheaded dairyman not understand about “no sex” between newlyweds during six weeks of a marriage????? Viewerville strains in an effort to uncross its eyes.) Babs chimes in sweetly. "You’re father is right. Is there anything we can do to help?”
Fernanda turns around and says, “Yes! I’d appreciate no more questions.” Daddy, though, must be counting the thousands of dollars he just spent to insure her matrimonial send-off was such a social success. He tells her he and Babs are worried that she’s ending her marriage without a solid reason. (Excuse me?? Can we say annulment, class? Earth to Gonzo!) Nanda says it doesn’t matter. Her mind is made up. (Gonzo is humanity’s reason for sterilizing the entire Elizalede gene pool. --Speaking of a sterile gene pool…..) Anyballs and Pris appear in the dining room. AB is starving. Pris meekly asks for fruit. Everyone is imapactado at AB’s cheery attitude and overt demonstration of affection for his wife. He says they’re very happy to tell them they now know the sex of the baby. It’s a boy! “Want to know what we’re going to name him?” Everybody of course is excited and wants to know. “--Vladimir! Vladimir Elizalde! Don’t you like the way it sounds?” Smiles turn to confused grimaces. The spotlight is on Pris. Her humiliation is complete –or maybe not quite—as the family waits for some sort of a meaningful explanation.
First the video redux in brief: Santiago is back at the convent to apologize to Aurora for the way he dumped on her earlier that day and to get her side of the seduction story; Priscila is humiliated to tears and forced to admit to Vladimir and Anibal that the baby she’s expecting is really Vlad’s.
Santiago apologizes to Rory for his actions and says he knows his stepmother has tried to separate the two of them. He asks Aurora what kind of fraudulent argument she used to trick her into admitting her despicable slur of having slept with another man. “Did she promise to help you find your mother’s whereabouts?” Rory says it wasn’t a slur; that she doesn’t know how things happened, but she was with another man. Santi refuses to believe a word of it because he knows he was the first man in her life. (First, last and always, right? Puh-leese!) Dear Ah-wah-wah says she knows the pain she’s caused him and so, the only way to make amends is to spend the rest of her days in the convent doing penance. Santi has just been hit over the head with the same two-by-four and is down for the count. She wants him to forget her and says she will pray that God lets him find a good woman to settle down with. (Hubbie's all for that!) Santi is in shock. He leaves.
At Hacienda de los Elizalde meanwhile, Geezer Gonzo is reading a letter from Santi when Babs walks in. Gonzo is his usual puzzled self, but actually has a reason to be this time. Santi’s letter only says that he is leaving and relocating to Florence, Italy. It doesn’t say a thing about his wedding plans with Ah-wah-wah. Babs must oh-so-sadly explain that she found Ah-wah-wah in bed with another man and so Santi and the little slut broke it off.
Fernanda now arrives at the honeymoon luxury suite where an overly eager Damian has burning candles lit everywhere. (Viewerville waits expectantly for the smoke alarm, but is disappointed.) Dopey techno tunes are playing in the background. Fer walks in and smiles invitingly at him.
At Las Animas, The Hardy Boys are discussing Ed’s meeting with Artemio Bravo. Eduardo is reminding Estev that Bravo doesn’t dare suspect the deal he and Barbara have made or they’ll never get word of Liliana again. Estev wonders why the guy is so interested in keeping Lili. Ed says he isn’t clear on that yet, but it’s obvious Bravo is a man “surrounded by mystery and very powerful.” He obtains whatever he’s set his sights on, too, says Ed. What surprised him most of all, he tells Estev, was the way Artemio Bravo physically looks almost identical to Gonzalo Elizalde.
Over at the hacienda, Gonzo tells Babs that he finds it hard to believe of Rory who seemed so decent. They’re certain Santiago is heartbroken, but agree it was a good thing they found out what a whore she was beforehand. Babs convinces the ever-confused Gonzo to give Santi his space so that he has time to get over the girl. Gonzo nods.
Back across the way at Las Animas, Eddie explains to Estev about Ana Gregoria’s diary and how Lili had him read part of it. They are certain the answers to their questions are in that diary, especially why Barbara Greco relentlessly harassed his mother from the day she arrived at the Elizalde’s. They figure that from what little Ed was able to read of it, Ana fell in love with Don Jeronimo Elizalde, her patron, and that that’s the reason Artemio Bravo bears such a resemblance to Don Gonzo. Supposedly, Soledad, who was a little girl then, found out about the diary. Unfortunately, before Eddie managed to read anything more, Bravo came into the room. One way or another, the key is the diary and he’ll have to finish reading it.
Estev wonders again why Bravo has Lili under his control now. Ed says he doesn’t have a clue and it seems almost impossible that he’ll be able to get her away from there. At least, for some unknown reason, Bravo is happy to have him come visit her whenever he likes. Estev remarks that his meeting Bravo turned out to be rather beneficial in that sense. Ed mentions that since they’ve now gotten to know the man it doesn’t make sense to keep the security guards there any longer. He plans to cancel the service the next day. Just then Martina shows up. She has a meeting with him so he can fill her in on Lili, too.
At Hotel Honeymoon, Fer and Dam share a champagne toast to their relationship. Dam says it seems like a lie to him. Fer laughs slyly and says for her too. He gives her a negligee as a gift and she makes out like she loves it. He wants to help her put it on. She looks coyly over at him and asks what he sees. He says he sees a lovely goddess. Suddenly she turns on him and throws the negligee in his face. “NO! What you see is an idiot! That’s what it seems I’ve been to you, right? The most idiotic female on earth!” Dam knits his brows in a muddle of confusion and then smiles sheepishly. Fer jumps at him. “Ah! You’re smiling because I’m right!” “—No…it’s just that I’ve never heard you talk like this before.” “—I know! You’re smiling because perhaps that’s not the right word. Perhaps the right word is silly, or stupid or foolish?” Dam stutters out that it’s nothing like that. Fer says then would it be ‘trusting’, or ‘sweet,’ or ‘naïve.’ He keeps stuttering in the negative. She screams then that they all describe her to a T! He frowns again. This was obviously not in Mama’s playbook.
Back at Las Animas, Eddie explains to Martina that they know now where Lili is and that she won’t be coming back to live with them at the other house, at least for a while. Martina is relieved that at least Lili is all right.
Martina goes to check on Venus in her room. Venus is on the phone with Cad, who is still pretty miffed at her for leaving him high without the dry the night before (not to mention, the resulting nasty case of swollen gonads…..Ehh! Well, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy). He’s in bed, though, at the other end of the line, getting his jollies with Natasha. He lies to Nattie that his brother’s on the line and then conveniently lies to Venus/Loafly that the noise in the background is from the telelvision. (Sneaky jerkwad.) Venus tells him that they need to talk. He tells her he’s decided that he doesn’t want to see her again until they get married. Venus is negatively impactada. Nat walks back into the bedroom and Cad quickly tells Loafly he’ll call her tomorrow. Click. Nattie babies him with a snack “to regain his strength.” (Gag me!)
Martina walks in and wants to know why Venus is disobeying Estev’s orders. Venus drags her out the door with her and says she’s got to come with, but that she’ll explain on the way.
Back at Honeymoon Central, Fer tells Dam that she could be innocent, trusting, even in love, but never an idiot. She’s going to do them both a favor. “Look at me and imprint this in your memory so that whenever you look at me you remember that Fernanda Elizalde is no fool!” He continues to play dumb. “What’s going on? What is the matter with you?” She says the question is more like what’s the matter with him because this only has to do with him. He still continues to play dumb. (Well, maybe he’s not playing.) “What’s going on?” Fer tells him to search his memory. He wants an explanation. She says fine. How about the friendship you have with Barbara Greco? --And, with the swindle you pulled on Rubiel Villasana’s mother in which you stole her money from her and which, thanks to Barbara’s statement, you saved yourself from going to jail??!!” Dam is swallow-hard impactado. He stares at Fer like a little kid caught swiping cookies from the cookie-jar.
Meanwhile, Martina stops Venus for an immediate explanation why they are leaving the house that late at night. Venus angrily says she’s certain Cad is with another woman. Martina stops to remind her that Estev is in love with her. Venus says she’s crazy if she thinks that. “The only thing I am to him is his little puppet. The most important thing for him is for me not to ruin his plans! –And I swear that I am not going to do that because I wouldn’t hurt Don Franco. As for the gringo, I’m not nailed down to him!” Somebody like her, Venus says, would be off limits. Martina won’t argue with her about that, but asks that if all men are the same, then what’s the big deal if Camilo Elizalde’s with another woman? Venus says it’s got nothing to do with either Estev Norton or Franco Santoro. It’s a personal slight. Martina doesn’t argue further and the two leave together for Cad’s apartment.
At the same time, in another part of Las Animas, Ed and Estev are arguing over what Estev does or does not want to admit regarding his feelings for Venus and vice versa. Estev says the whole thing is ridiculous and wouldn’t go anywhere anyway since his life is in New York. Ed wonders if things were different and he did live and work in Mexico? Estev doesn’t answer. Ed says, well, all that aside, he still wonders if Estev is willing to let Venus marry somebody else? His friend is too flustered to answer him.
Santiago drives off from the convent and leaves a message on Fer’s voice-mail that it was a bust with Aurora, so he’s flying out and will call her once he’s gotten himself situated. He never wants to hear Aurora’s name again. He just wants to bury her memory.
Ah-wah-wah tearfully (what else?) prays to the virgencita, meanwhile, to thank her for one last chance to have spoken with Santiago. She is sorry for the way she disappointed him but knows it’s for the best since there could never have really been anything between them. (Geez, for being the spawn of Greco this gal is disappointingly lame!) She wants only the best for him and hopes the virgencita will bless him and console him in his time of need. (Is it my dinner or this scene? I need to speak to Ralph. Get me a couple of Alka-seltzers, puh-leese.) FF>>
Back with the inharmonious honeymooners again, Damian tries to lie his way out of it with Fer by saying he doesn’t know who Rubiel Villasana is. He tells Fer she’s mistaken and he can’t understand why this man would want to lie about him this way. “Poor you, Damian. It’s got to be rough always being slandered like this, right?” “—What do you mean, Fernanda?” “--What? Do I have to repeat it again? Such a coinkydink! Both in the embezzlement at Grupo and with the swindle with Sra. Villasana, that what freed you from all culpability was Barbara Greco’s testimony.” He still denies knowing Rubiel Villasana. Fer doesn’t back down. She’s like a dog with a bone. “Well, how strange this guy should come to me and the first thing he does is accuse you of being a swindler”. Damn stutters his inability to comprehend it all. She says she does understand. “It just has to be that the whole world is so envious of you. I just wonder which one of those envious people chased you down and shot you in the leg? Who would it be?”
Damian whines that Fer is being unfair. “--Really?” “--Yes!” He swallows nervously again. “Well, if you’re so convinced that all these lies are true, what are you thinking of doing?” “--Well, for starters, this is the last time that we two will be in the same place as husband and wife. If you like, remember it as the honeymoon we never had. You have two choices: one is to run away –as that’s your style--and you can disappear from my life completely.” He says she can’t be serious. “Two: refuse and I swear to you that you’ll pay for all your crimes rotting in a jail cell!” He shakes his head in disbelief. “Well, all right. Choose, Damian.” (What a rout. She is Woman; hear her roar! You go, girl!)
Damian looks at her and considers his options while she waits for an answer. Unbelievably, the weasel still tries to deny he knows Rubiel Villasana and says she’s wrong to believe whatever the man told her. (This guy has only one play in his playbook. Sheesh. I was hoping for more from this turkey. A beautiful bod, blue eyes to die for but, alas! No brains! Bummer.) Fer tells him it doesn’t matter. She’s not changing her mind because they are finished. (Oof! There went the meal ticket.) He hangs his head and gives her his best imitation of a wounded puppy. (I guess without the playbook from either BB or Mama, this guy is totally lost.) Fer is amazed that the guy just won’t give it up.
Martina and Venus now take a cab to Cad’s apartment. On the way Martina asks how Venus can be so sure he’s there. Venus thinks he is because of the strange way he acted on the phone. She’s determined to give the guy enough cord to hang himself.
Meanwhile, Ed and Estev are still in the middle of their heart-to-heart about Venus. Estev says she’s intelligent enough to eventually realize that a worm like Cad Elizalde is not an option. Ed says sure, but she’s beautiful and once the game with Elizalde is done, she’s going to have all sorts of guys interested in her. So, is Estev sure that he wants to risk losing such a special gal because he’s afraid of failing at romance? Estev thinks this is rich coming from a guy who is marrying one woman when he’s in love with another. Ed yells back that his situation is very different from Estev’s. (Let me count the ways.) Ed yells at Estev that his buddy is only being held back by prejudice and that he should only have that problem with Fernanda.
Eduardo lets it all hang out. “If I’d had all the information I succeeded in getting today, I would have arrived the day of her wedding and told her ‘Here is Eduardo Juarez! The Eduardo Juarez that never stopped loving you for an instant and who came back in order to marry you!’ –But for an abundance of reasons as you well know, Eduardo Juarez had to be killed in order to give life to Franco Santoro!! Franco Santoro is the one in charge of completing a mission, and at the completion of this mission do you know what is going to happen? He has to leave here, giving up that love! --Because I am sure Fernanda will never forgive me for having deceived her. –And you? What about you? You are shutting the doors to happiness and why? Why are you shutting them? ”
Estev finally finds his voice. “I swear it’s not for cowardice, Eduardo! The fact is that Venus is in love with her…Pygmalion! That idealized teacher. She doesn’t know the real Steve! That disaster of a man who is a total misfit! That man who is…who is afraid of love.” He walks off leaving Ed ashamed and shocked at having emotionally disrobed himself as well as his best friend that way. (Hey, it works for me.)
Fer now hands back the bracelet to Damian. “--But I bought that especially for you.” “—With what? With which company credit card?” (My thoughts, exactly! --What a girl! What a gal! What an Amazon!) He tells her he’s offended. She tells him that it wasn’t her intention to offend him, much less to keep it and BTW, regarding his things, not to worry because first thing in the morning she’s sending them to his mother’s place (ouch!) along with the divorce papers for him to sign. (Ruh-roh!!) “Don’t bother delivering them to me in person. I’ll send somebody over to pick them up from you. OK?” (Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!) “Something else, Damian. When I say disappear, I mean disappear from everything that has anything to do with my life, including my family, too. Don’t try to come anywhere near me because I swear I will throw you in jail! Get it straight!! I am giving you your freedom in exchange for never seeing you again. Good riddance, Damian!” He tries to stop her but she tells him not another word. She throws her wedding rings at him and exits stage left. (Viewerville is on its feet with a standing “O.”) Damian is genuinely flat on his ass-ets now.
With her spare key to Cad’s pad, Venus and Martina let themselves in. Sexy music is playing loudly on the stereo. Martina stops Venus and tries to get her to leave before they do something they’ll be sorry for. Venus tells her if she wants she can wait for her in the taxi, but Martina isn’t about to leave her friend alone in there. Venus whispers that she’s got a little bit of business to take care of with this miserable jerkwad and she’s going to cause a ruckus that the entire building will hear about. Cad, meanwhile, is batching it up in a bubble bath with his number one bubble head, Nattie. Natasha is cooing. “Do you like this, Baby?” “--Yup. Lots.” Nattie starts to massage his shoulders. “¡Ay! Don’t stop. Don’t stop!”
Venus walks into the bedroom next and sees the bedcovers all messed up and a woman’s slip carelessly flung onto the floor. She frowns and then hears bawdy laughter coming from the bathroom. She quietly opens the door to it and hears Cad moan and tell Natasha that she’s tremendous. Venus sees the two of them in mid…er…corporeal embrace and says to herself under her breath, “So now [conque] it’s Natasha!” Martina’s arm swoops in just in the nick of time and pulls her friend out of there. Venus hisses at Martina that she told her to stay the heck out of this, but Martina grabs her arm firmly again and refuses to let go. “You listen to me first and I give my word afterwards you can do whatever you have a mind to without me lifting a finger!” “—What then?!!” “—Let’s speak outside!” They go back into the living room.
Martina asks Venus if she’s having a sudden attack of jealousy or what. Venus sneers and says she’s got to be kidding. Martina wonders then if she’s intending to have some big scandalous chat with Camilo just for grins or what. “You’re going to regret it for the rest of your life, Venus, if you do!” “--How so?” Martina explains she’d essentially be kicking both Don Estev and Don Franco in the essentials. Venus has second thoughts now. She asks if that means “that pig of an Elizalde would start malicious gossip” about them. (Hell yeah! That would be the least of it, probably!) Martina says of course, because he would discover she’s not the ‘refined Loafly Norton.’ Venus still wants her pound of flesh, but Martina makes her see that if she really wants to get even she doesn’t do it by causing a scandal in the guy’s own apartment. Venus finally gets it. “You’re right! That idle slacker deserves more than a scandal, something more that he should remember the whole of his totally measley life!”
Fer has now returned to the hacienda and is returning Santi’s phone call. She tells him she’s really sorry things didn’t work out for Rory and him but that he can count on her support for whatever comes up. Santi says no use talking about it any longer. He left a note for Gonzo telling him he’d be in Florence for a while and tells her the jeep is in the parking garage at Lactos. He changes the subject to her and Damian and wants to know how she left it. Fer says she did what he suggested the day that she got married. There’s a flashback to him telling her to promise him that if in the future she realizes she made a mistake to have the courage to recognize it and to have the courage to correct that mistake. “I corrected the mistake and I’m divorcing Damian.”
The next morning Eduardo is wishing he had the courage --or good sense-- to do the same and break it off with Errorika. She’s there at Las Animas with him going over the wedding invitations. Err wants him to put his parents’ names on the invitation along with hers but, knowing that that’s impossible, he suggests that they break with tradition and just put their names on it. She kisses him and says fine. She’ll do anything he wants. (She’s so excited at the chance to hook this yummy Alpha-male. I can’t exactly say that I blame her, either!) She’s all giggles. (Yeesh.) “Only one month till we are husband and wife!” (Yippee-skippee!) He smiles back sheepishly. (Yeah. Yip-yip. Yahoo.) Err giggles again, totally blinded by luhhv and desire. (Oy vey.)
At the same time, Florecita is shooting with both barrels at Margarita and Jacinto for keeping Eduardo’s true identity from her. Cinto is sure it was Gardenia who let the cat out of the bag and Flor says it sure was and good on her for doing it, too. Margie tries to explain they couldn’t exactly go broadcasting something like that especially when they were asked not to say anything. Flor claims self-righteously that she now knows why Fernanda told her she couldn’t trust a single soul around there, and why she had her swear that she would stand by Fer and deal straight with her. She looks scornfully over at the two of them. “—Not like the others around here! –And that’s exactly what I’m going to do! I’m not going to give myself over to lies and deception. The truth is above all else with me!” Marge and Cinto want to know what she means to do. Flor says she is going to tell Fernanda the truth about Eduardo Juarez.
Jacinto angrily tells Florecita that she’s got no right getting involved in this fuss. She insists that loyalty is topmost and she will get involved in it because she owes so much to Fernanda that she feels she must. It’s the right thing to do and the only thing to do. Margarita tries to make her see that they owe much more to the man who has been like a brother to them. Flor doesn’t see it that way. “No way! A boy that left here years ago and that we never heard from again?!!” “—But what about his sainted mother, Soledad?” “—If you want to talk about being thankful, then remember that the sin that hurts our Lord most is being ungrateful. You have been spewing lies and deceit. You’ve been dishonest and disloyal! You are betraying the trust Sra. Fernanda has shown you her entire life. You’re a couple of ingrates!”
Jacinto tells Flor that she doesn’t understand. (Why should she? She’s been kept out of it the loop. –On the other hand, maybe Ms. Goodie Two-Shoes might stop long enough to ask why the two of them were told not to say anything; or maybe she should have learned something from being wrongly accused herself a couple of weeks back, hmmm????) “No! What I don’t understand is why you two are behaving like a couple of low-lives! Flor stands on top of the moral pedestal she’s climbed onto. “--But there you are; you and your conscience.” Cinto has had enough. “Well, you can’t get blood from a turnip trying to get a donkey to see reason! [pedirle peras al olmo] “—You’re calling me a donkey?” Cinto tells her to take it any way she likes and stomps off to the bedroom. (Yeah. I say if the shoe fits, wear it.) Marge turns her back on her cousin and refuses to speak to her any further.
Back in the city, Dam is on the phone in the lobby screaming at Vlad to be let upstairs to the apartment. “What are you thinking, Vladimir? What do you mean you’re not going to see me?” Seems that Vlad now has grown back that shrunken little pair of his own. “Just what I said, Damian. Don’t insist because I’ve told the concierge not to let you come up.” Dam threatens him with telling Anibal the truth. Vlad sneers at him to do whatever the heck he feels like! Click. (Whoosh! A free throw and two points Team Vladimir!) Dam picks up the nearest thing he can find (Oops! Oh? It’s not his cellphone? Crap!) and pitches it against the elevator door. (Guess it’s back to Mama’s for Damian: Heaven for her; shear Hell on Earth for him.)
We beam over for breakfast time at the Elizalde’s. Nanda smiles over at Babs as she explains to her papi she’s split from Dam. “So Damian is no longer in my life, nor in Lactos, in the house, nor in the family. Gonzo wakes from his senile stupor long enough to tell her he simply can’t understand what could have happened between them. Babs innocently turns around to face her and asks what is it they don’t know about the two of them. Nanda explains that they never consummated their marriage and says that under those conditions it was useless to continue together. “I’d rather not go into detail about it.” Gonzo, still under the starry-eyed misperception that the two must love each other, tries to suggest that all couples have their problems but eventually get over them. (Just what does this dunderheaded dairyman not understand about “no sex” between newlyweds during six weeks of a marriage????? Viewerville strains in an effort to uncross its eyes.) Babs chimes in sweetly. "You’re father is right. Is there anything we can do to help?”
Fernanda turns around and says, “Yes! I’d appreciate no more questions.” Daddy, though, must be counting the thousands of dollars he just spent to insure her matrimonial send-off was such a social success. He tells her he and Babs are worried that she’s ending her marriage without a solid reason. (Excuse me?? Can we say annulment, class? Earth to Gonzo!) Nanda says it doesn’t matter. Her mind is made up. (Gonzo is humanity’s reason for sterilizing the entire Elizalede gene pool. --Speaking of a sterile gene pool…..) Anyballs and Pris appear in the dining room. AB is starving. Pris meekly asks for fruit. Everyone is imapactado at AB’s cheery attitude and overt demonstration of affection for his wife. He says they’re very happy to tell them they now know the sex of the baby. It’s a boy! “Want to know what we’re going to name him?” Everybody of course is excited and wants to know. “--Vladimir! Vladimir Elizalde! Don’t you like the way it sounds?” Smiles turn to confused grimaces. The spotlight is on Pris. Her humiliation is complete –or maybe not quite—as the family waits for some sort of a meaningful explanation.
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An exciting episode, with an equally exciting recap. Thanks, Jardinera. I missed the first 15 minutes, glad I didn't actually see AhWahWah being such a ninny. It's too bad she can't stand up for herself like Fer did. I loved Fer being so strong and getting rid of Damian in such a definite way. Thanks, Vladi, for giving him the cold shoulder as well. (Also cheered for Fer telling Barb and Gonzo to MYOB.)
Ok, Esteve. You've been able to admit that you're afraid of love. Good job. Now man up and tell Venus the truth.
La Paloma
Ok, Esteve. You've been able to admit that you're afraid of love. Good job. Now man up and tell Venus the truth.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 3:42:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 3:42:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Fernanda, for finally putting your Manolo Blahniks down and yelling BASTA! Vladi also had enough with Bebe and said no to his ex-roomie. Hmmm, seems like all the avenues are closing for Damian and it can't happen soon enough to suit me.
Can't wait 'til Monday....
MEPS in AZ
Can't wait 'til Monday....
MEPS in AZ
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 4:05:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 4:05:00 PM EDT
FABULOUS recap, Jardinera!!!!
A 10 on the snark-o-meter.
Hardly know where to start with this one. I was just REVELING in Damnian's comeuppance. You go girl is right! And there's an end to soaking up Vladi's booze and pushing him around. Can't see that Damn really has any cards left to play at all, now that the true father of Pris' baby is out in the open. Well, maybe not to all the Elizaldes, but to the one really concerned.
If his next move is to threaten to expose Barbwire, his life expectancy drops considerably.
Hope Santi really gets on the plane. And there's no more convent scenes with the sniveler. I know, I know, too much to hope for.
A 10 on the snark-o-meter.
Hardly know where to start with this one. I was just REVELING in Damnian's comeuppance. You go girl is right! And there's an end to soaking up Vladi's booze and pushing him around. Can't see that Damn really has any cards left to play at all, now that the true father of Pris' baby is out in the open. Well, maybe not to all the Elizaldes, but to the one really concerned.
If his next move is to threaten to expose Barbwire, his life expectancy drops considerably.
Hope Santi really gets on the plane. And there's no more convent scenes with the sniveler. I know, I know, too much to hope for.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 4:12:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 4:12:00 PM EDT
Thanks Jardinera for a great recap! Now we're really moving forward with this TN. I loved Fer pulling the rug out from under Damian. The only thing missing was a spiked heel thrown at the back of his head.
And what has Evil Barbie been putting in her lipstick? She kisses Gonzo and I swear he loses IQ points.... he can't get much dumber or they're going to have to put a pointy hat on him and use him as a garden gnome.
I officially HATE Anyballs. That last scene about the baby's name was just cruel humiliation for Pris. AB needs to come to a bad end.
And what has Evil Barbie been putting in her lipstick? She kisses Gonzo and I swear he loses IQ points.... he can't get much dumber or they're going to have to put a pointy hat on him and use him as a garden gnome.
I officially HATE Anyballs. That last scene about the baby's name was just cruel humiliation for Pris. AB needs to come to a bad end.
Thanks, Jardinera~~~Well, Fer has seen the light and heaved Dam under the bus. Even Vladi gave him the bum's rush. Dam is surely damned. I just red an article about adult children returning to live with their parents....art imitates life. Now, if only Fr'ed can get his deposit back on the reception hall. Did you notice the big urn that they cleverly placed in the shot of Er and Fr'ed to very effectively hide her belly. I loved Florence, Italy. Santi should just stay ther and visit the Uffizi everyday. With all that art surrounding him, his own work will improve. If the meek actually do inherit the earth, Abora will be first in line. What about the stupid...what do they inherit ?
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:14:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:14:00 PM EDT
Jardinera: Thanks for the great recap and for posting for me. I'm still trying to figure it out.
Anyway, I'm happy that Franco recognized the resemblance between Gonzo and Artemio. I was a little worried that only loony Lili noticed the similarities.
Franco now thinks that the secret to AB's actions lies hidden in the Diary. What about the note that Soledad left in Lili's room at Casa Crazy? Have we all forgotten about that?
Anyway, I'm happy that Franco recognized the resemblance between Gonzo and Artemio. I was a little worried that only loony Lili noticed the similarities.
Franco now thinks that the secret to AB's actions lies hidden in the Diary. What about the note that Soledad left in Lili's room at Casa Crazy? Have we all forgotten about that?
Thank you for the excellent recap, Jardinera.
Loved the Fer/Dam scene. Finally! A protagonista with a spine! And, I thought that was a cell phone that Dam threw.
I'm not feeling too sorry for Pris at Hacienda Hell-izalde dinner and Ani naming the baby Vlad. Heck, she committed adultery with a total eejit and was going to pass it off as Anibal's kid. Ani is making her pay; it's her consequences.
Loved the Fer/Dam scene. Finally! A protagonista with a spine! And, I thought that was a cell phone that Dam threw.
I'm not feeling too sorry for Pris at Hacienda Hell-izalde dinner and Ani naming the baby Vlad. Heck, she committed adultery with a total eejit and was going to pass it off as Anibal's kid. Ani is making her pay; it's her consequences.
Thanks, Jardinera; great job capturing this fast moving episode so thoroughly.
We were clapping and yelling when Fer finally, finally told Dam where to get off. Loved her throwing the rings because I had wondered why she wore them so long.
Also thought the scene between Estev and Fr/Ed discussing Venus was pretty touching when Estev choked up and looked away-- quite well acted on both their parts.
Now how long will Abora stay at the convent praying and repenting and how long will Santi stay in Italy? And how much of it will we have to watch? zzzzzz
We were clapping and yelling when Fer finally, finally told Dam where to get off. Loved her throwing the rings because I had wondered why she wore them so long.
Also thought the scene between Estev and Fr/Ed discussing Venus was pretty touching when Estev choked up and looked away-- quite well acted on both their parts.
Now how long will Abora stay at the convent praying and repenting and how long will Santi stay in Italy? And how much of it will we have to watch? zzzzzz
Jardinera, thanks for the great recap. I can hardly wait until Barb & Dam start ratting each other out, it will be interesting. Dam will not go down without a fight. Barb will need to keep him quite, her house of cards of starting to fall.
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Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:53:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 5:53:00 PM EDT
Duped,Snooped,Dumped and Pumped....Jardinera, that was so VERY good. I need to find a first grader MEPS blog....Caray Caray is for the pros!!!
What is wrong with me, I feel so very sorry for Pris! She made a horrible mistake in not going to the local fertility clinic, but she was desperate for un bebe. Her heart ached for a little criatura of her own. The Vlad/Pris/Anibal scenes have been tough to watch, I think I actually had a tear in my eye at the apartment showdown. With all the great guys in the world, Pris, why did you choose funky, weird Vlad for the "donation"? Why do you continue to love Anibal, who can't love you or ANY baby?
I'll just have to wait for the outcome on this storyline.....
Sandy in TN
What is wrong with me, I feel so very sorry for Pris! She made a horrible mistake in not going to the local fertility clinic, but she was desperate for un bebe. Her heart ached for a little criatura of her own. The Vlad/Pris/Anibal scenes have been tough to watch, I think I actually had a tear in my eye at the apartment showdown. With all the great guys in the world, Pris, why did you choose funky, weird Vlad for the "donation"? Why do you continue to love Anibal, who can't love you or ANY baby?
I'll just have to wait for the outcome on this storyline.....
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6:32:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Jardinera, great recap of a really rivetting episode. Outstanding snark, to boot.
I loved the Esteve/Eddy scene as much as the Fer/Dam scene. Everyone should be understanding the other quite well now.
Dam is now desperate- he is going to do something deserate to Babs. He has more than paid her back (in his mind, at least)for her favor to hime to testifyin his behalf. She has cheated him out of $3M that she promised AND shot him. He might try anything now.
Marge and Cinto didn't make enough effort to dissuade Flor. Their silence is fully understandable when you know the circumstances as we/they do. They made no effort to explain the consequences. Disappointing.
NoBalls, the blank shooter (Oh- that's right- he never tried),is truly dispicable, announcing the bebe's name, humiliating Pris like that. (I did laugh, however). That sure looks like a joyous remaining few days for that marriage. Now I understand his plan that I could not figure out when he and Vlad chatted under the tree.
I'm so glad this train wreck started moving again. Eager for 9 p.m. Pacific time Monday.
I loved the Esteve/Eddy scene as much as the Fer/Dam scene. Everyone should be understanding the other quite well now.
Dam is now desperate- he is going to do something deserate to Babs. He has more than paid her back (in his mind, at least)for her favor to hime to testifyin his behalf. She has cheated him out of $3M that she promised AND shot him. He might try anything now.
Marge and Cinto didn't make enough effort to dissuade Flor. Their silence is fully understandable when you know the circumstances as we/they do. They made no effort to explain the consequences. Disappointing.
NoBalls, the blank shooter (Oh- that's right- he never tried),is truly dispicable, announcing the bebe's name, humiliating Pris like that. (I did laugh, however). That sure looks like a joyous remaining few days for that marriage. Now I understand his plan that I could not figure out when he and Vlad chatted under the tree.
I'm so glad this train wreck started moving again. Eager for 9 p.m. Pacific time Monday.
Sandy, I agree, that scene at Vlad's departamento was gut wrneching, truly felt for her. Her decision to have a bebe by Vlad was stupid and unforgivable. A kid born in such circumstances would have a tough time. Biological parnets hating each other, and who knows what to follow. It's one of those situations that makes me wonder if the writers are trying to make a warning statement to other women in a similar situation. Dipwit NoBalls is making the bad situation even worse. But then, what else should we expect from the dweeb.
DDave,
De acuerdo, this is a little corny, but I relate to infertility because we HAD it. I did have a beautiful son and now two nietos, but I feel Pris' desperation. Where she has made her biggest mistake is accepting Anibal's iceman ways,and not getting the h-- out of Dodge when she realized she was in a loveless marriage.
You might be onto something, the writers may be making a statement with this storyline.
Sandy in TN
De acuerdo, this is a little corny, but I relate to infertility because we HAD it. I did have a beautiful son and now two nietos, but I feel Pris' desperation. Where she has made her biggest mistake is accepting Anibal's iceman ways,and not getting the h-- out of Dodge when she realized she was in a loveless marriage.
You might be onto something, the writers may be making a statement with this storyline.
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6:56:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 6:56:00 PM EDT
Jardinera you were on a roll ...excellent job!
I loved "Dam is flat on his ass-ets" Cami taking a "bubble bath with his #1 bubble head"
your description of the scene between Erika and Fr/Ed was right on..
"He smiles back sheepishly. (Yeah. Yip-yip. Yahoo.)"
How she could marry someone who is so not into her is amazing. When she kisses him I swear he has a little "grave chill" and looks sick.
It was a great night for Fer, she must feel fantastic now that she has a 180lb weight off her shoulders. She needs to get on the phone and tell Fr/Ed that she is free!
It's on at 6pm here in Oregon, can't wait
I loved "Dam is flat on his ass-ets" Cami taking a "bubble bath with his #1 bubble head"
your description of the scene between Erika and Fr/Ed was right on..
"He smiles back sheepishly. (Yeah. Yip-yip. Yahoo.)"
How she could marry someone who is so not into her is amazing. When she kisses him I swear he has a little "grave chill" and looks sick.
It was a great night for Fer, she must feel fantastic now that she has a 180lb weight off her shoulders. She needs to get on the phone and tell Fr/Ed that she is free!
It's on at 6pm here in Oregon, can't wait
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:25:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 7:25:00 PM EDT
Great recap, Jardinera, of a very fulfilling episode. Things are really starting to happen now. Each day we get a new revelation. Secrets are coming out, plans are starting to collapse. I especially liked Barbara's shocked look when Fer told them she was divorcing Damian. She knows that means trouble.
I also can't wait for Caaammmiii to get his just desserts.
Pasofino, I think we did all forget about the note Soledad left in Lili's room. But as much as I can remember, it was pretty cryptic, wasn't it? I think it had a lot of generalities about stopping the evil. Maybe there was more, but I can't really remember. (seems like ages ago).
Okay, let me ask a question. Is Fr/Ed allowed to tell Venus that Steve secretly loves her? Or is Martina allowed to tell Steve that Venus secretly loves him? Or how about Martina and Fr/Ed. Are they allowed to compare notes? It may not be that romantic, but it sure would save time.
I also can't wait for Caaammmiii to get his just desserts.
Pasofino, I think we did all forget about the note Soledad left in Lili's room. But as much as I can remember, it was pretty cryptic, wasn't it? I think it had a lot of generalities about stopping the evil. Maybe there was more, but I can't really remember. (seems like ages ago).
Okay, let me ask a question. Is Fr/Ed allowed to tell Venus that Steve secretly loves her? Or is Martina allowed to tell Steve that Venus secretly loves him? Or how about Martina and Fr/Ed. Are they allowed to compare notes? It may not be that romantic, but it sure would save time.
I loved Fer's scene with Dam and her red dress. Great color to wear when telling a man off. :)
I wonder how many clever ways they will find to cover Erika's (the actress's) pregnancy? Maybe we should make a drinking game out of it. I wonder if the writers originally wrote this role much differently, before they and the actress found out she was pregnant and they had to limit her role? It just seems like such a waste of a character, and from the opening credit scenes (obviously filmed before or early in filming the TN) it seems like they did picture her playing more of a key role.
-Vivi in DC
I wonder how many clever ways they will find to cover Erika's (the actress's) pregnancy? Maybe we should make a drinking game out of it. I wonder if the writers originally wrote this role much differently, before they and the actress found out she was pregnant and they had to limit her role? It just seems like such a waste of a character, and from the opening credit scenes (obviously filmed before or early in filming the TN) it seems like they did picture her playing more of a key role.
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:51:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 8:51:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks for another great recap of a very exciting episode. Your descriptions of the Fer/Dam smackdown were priceless!
Priscilla - I know she is an adulteress but I also felt sorry for her. As DDave and Sandy mentioned, why bring a child into a loveless marriage? And I never understood was why she didn't just divorce Ani?
As much as I too want Sniffles and Curls to go away, Sniffles is Barb's daughter. So unlike other annoying couple that sometime are married off and never return; that can't happen here.
But there could be a silver lining if the writers do this right: Santi will go ballastic when he finally finds out about Cam and as he's chocking the life out of Cam, he'll out Barb's role in this plot. Sniffles will probably be present and keep Santi from killing his brother. Santi will then fill her in on the parts of wickedness of Barb that he knows. When Sniffles learns this info and that Barb is her mother, she'll get a spine and reject her mother shortly before the latter's horrible death.
Ok, while I know the above may be too much to hope for (but Fer's drop kicking of Dam was so good), perhaps it will help me be less disgusted with those two weeping messes.
Priscilla - I know she is an adulteress but I also felt sorry for her. As DDave and Sandy mentioned, why bring a child into a loveless marriage? And I never understood was why she didn't just divorce Ani?
As much as I too want Sniffles and Curls to go away, Sniffles is Barb's daughter. So unlike other annoying couple that sometime are married off and never return; that can't happen here.
But there could be a silver lining if the writers do this right: Santi will go ballastic when he finally finds out about Cam and as he's chocking the life out of Cam, he'll out Barb's role in this plot. Sniffles will probably be present and keep Santi from killing his brother. Santi will then fill her in on the parts of wickedness of Barb that he knows. When Sniffles learns this info and that Barb is her mother, she'll get a spine and reject her mother shortly before the latter's horrible death.
Ok, while I know the above may be too much to hope for (but Fer's drop kicking of Dam was so good), perhaps it will help me be less disgusted with those two weeping messes.
Fer (Sylvia) was awesome! A great charcter being delivered by a great actress. Hopefully Damien feels he has nothing to lose and starts taking Babs down with him.
I hated what Vlad and AB did to Pris. How does Vlad expect to get her now when he so obviously set her up? And why would AB send the crib with the note right before the set up. Jerks all around. What she did wasn't right, but her pay back is worse. She seems like she really does love AB (who knows why) and was trying to find a way to be happy in an awful marriage.
The show just keeps moving along!
I hated what Vlad and AB did to Pris. How does Vlad expect to get her now when he so obviously set her up? And why would AB send the crib with the note right before the set up. Jerks all around. What she did wasn't right, but her pay back is worse. She seems like she really does love AB (who knows why) and was trying to find a way to be happy in an awful marriage.
The show just keeps moving along!
Did Venus leave her purse at Camilo's, when she and Martina snuck in? She laid it on the sofa and I don't remember seeing her pick it back up. It may be a ploy, so that he knows she was there, but I doubt that.
In my rush out the door this afternoon I forgot to thank you for another fabulous recap Jardinera! I just wanted Fer to know how proud I was of her for confronting her loser hubby....
MEPS in AZ
MEPS in AZ
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 9:50:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 9:50:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the awesome recap Jardinera. Very well done. I wish Priscilla would just cut her losses and go home to daddy. Surely he has enough money to take care of her and her hijo in the lifestyle she's accustomed to. Why stick around for more humiliation? That marriage is going nowhere. And I'm still hoping the little old man that was kicked down the hill shows up just as Barb is about to wiggle out from under all her misdeeds. Otherwise, what was the point? We already knew she was EVIL!
Marianne
Marianne
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 10:21:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 10:21:00 PM EDT
Thank you very much, Jardinera, for an awesome recap. I especially love your title -- definitely sums up the entire episode. :)
Everyone was so worried that Gardenia would spill the beans about Fr/Ed - well, nightmare #1 came true now Fr/Ed and company have ever-saintly stubborn Flor to contend with as well.
Jody :)
Everyone was so worried that Gardenia would spill the beans about Fr/Ed - well, nightmare #1 came true now Fr/Ed and company have ever-saintly stubborn Flor to contend with as well.
Jody :)
Thanks, everybody. Lots of gabbing between the characters this time. Almost too much! Loved the way Fernanda drop-kicked Damian, but I also found Priscila's abuse at the hands of both Vlad and Anibal extremely disturbing, despite the fact that she was guilty as charged. I could have expected something nasty out of her husband, but what was truly unnerving was the way Vlad seemed to thoroughly enjoy her misery after telling himself how rotten he felt tricking her to help AB get his divorce. Maybe he's finally gone crazy after all.
What an exciting episode and I'm enjoying the different feelings and opinions in the comments as well. Here are a few of mine. Although I didn't want Pris to get away with deceiving Anibal with the baby, I think his payback tactics represent revenge at its lowest. The scenes with Pris and Vlad were some of my favorites but IMHO showed her to be a cold calculating woman. Before I knew what a nut Vlad was, I thought she was unnecessarily mean to him. Although in retrospect I don't think that trying to reason with him would have worked, she never really tried. Once she got pregnant, she had no more use for him.
I'm glad the Fer is making an attempt to free herself from Damian. Although, with about 40 episodes left to go, I'm sure she hasn't seen the end of him.
Aurora had another chance to explain herself to Santi and blew it. Not to worry, Santi will find another excuse to go pounding on the door of the convent.
As annoying as Erika is, I get a big kick out of her interactions with Franco. He deserves it for going along with such a foolish plan. With the wedding just a month away, I wan't to see how he's going to wiggle out of it. She's bound to be devastated especially when she finds out who is is and who he is in love with. I almost forgot to say thanks Jardinera, I enjoyed the recap to the max.
I'm glad the Fer is making an attempt to free herself from Damian. Although, with about 40 episodes left to go, I'm sure she hasn't seen the end of him.
Aurora had another chance to explain herself to Santi and blew it. Not to worry, Santi will find another excuse to go pounding on the door of the convent.
As annoying as Erika is, I get a big kick out of her interactions with Franco. He deserves it for going along with such a foolish plan. With the wedding just a month away, I wan't to see how he's going to wiggle out of it. She's bound to be devastated especially when she finds out who is is and who he is in love with. I almost forgot to say thanks Jardinera, I enjoyed the recap to the max.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 11:54:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 11:54:00 PM EDT
I can't remember if it was explicit or not, but there's something more than just a ticking biological clock involved for Pris.
There have been allusions to, I think, the father of Pris and Rolando being dead set on there being a child of the two families that founded Prolasa and GrupoLactos. If I remember correctly, early in the novela Pris was saying something to that effect to Anibal, trying and trying to get him into bed at her fertile times.
Meanwhile, we didn't find out until way into the novela that Anibal was afraid to have children because he thought the insanity was hereditary.
So Pris had more than the usual desire to have a child. When she got the fertility results and found he couldn't father a child, she went for the already infatuated Vladimir. Actually, it kind of made sense. What backfired on her was Vladimir falling madly in obsession with her.
There have been allusions to, I think, the father of Pris and Rolando being dead set on there being a child of the two families that founded Prolasa and GrupoLactos. If I remember correctly, early in the novela Pris was saying something to that effect to Anibal, trying and trying to get him into bed at her fertile times.
Meanwhile, we didn't find out until way into the novela that Anibal was afraid to have children because he thought the insanity was hereditary.
So Pris had more than the usual desire to have a child. When she got the fertility results and found he couldn't father a child, she went for the already infatuated Vladimir. Actually, it kind of made sense. What backfired on her was Vladimir falling madly in obsession with her.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 12:13:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 12:13:00 AM EDT
Woweewow~~~I've just been surfing youtube and made 2 great discoveries 1] Guadalupe starring Eduardo Yanez and Adela Noriega when they were both 20 somethings ...wow--- what chemistry...those kisses looked really real ...I think he may tie for FC title of King of the Kiss 2] I saw part of the first episode [with English subtitles ] of his new version of Corazon Salvaje and some interviews about this new novela...Ed has long hair and it seems to be his own . I was very impressed with the first episode , and now I am so stoked to see this epoca.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 1:32:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 1:32:00 AM EDT
Jardinera....what an awesome recap. I haven't seen the episode yet, but it must have been inspirational because you were at the top of your game again from the title down to the final paragraph.
Some of my favorites (and there were a gazillion:
negatively impactado, swallow-hard impactado
batching it up in the bubble bath with his number one bubble-head
he continues to feel dumb (well, maybe he's not playing
stands on the top of her moral pedestal
now grown back that shrunken little pair of his own....
and your riff on Gonzalo being a argument for sterility for the
whole Elizalde clan!
Just a hoot. Looking forward to watching this sometime over the weekend.
Put me in the camp of those who felt awful watching Priscilla's cruel and calculated humiliation.
Yes, she was wrong to use Vladmimir. And wrong to treat him so cruely and to cooperate in the phony "industrial espionage" caper. STILL, I felt no joy in her cruel treatment. And the setup... Anibal pretending a change of heart so she believed her husband actually cared for her and the baby, and then shaming her like that. Simpy awful. He truly is a chip off the old narcissistic grandfather block.
Some of my favorites (and there were a gazillion:
negatively impactado, swallow-hard impactado
batching it up in the bubble bath with his number one bubble-head
he continues to feel dumb (well, maybe he's not playing
stands on the top of her moral pedestal
now grown back that shrunken little pair of his own....
and your riff on Gonzalo being a argument for sterility for the
whole Elizalde clan!
Just a hoot. Looking forward to watching this sometime over the weekend.
Put me in the camp of those who felt awful watching Priscilla's cruel and calculated humiliation.
Yes, she was wrong to use Vladmimir. And wrong to treat him so cruely and to cooperate in the phony "industrial espionage" caper. STILL, I felt no joy in her cruel treatment. And the setup... Anibal pretending a change of heart so she believed her husband actually cared for her and the baby, and then shaming her like that. Simpy awful. He truly is a chip off the old narcissistic grandfather block.
Novelera,
Great rundown on the Pris/Vlad/Anibal situation.
After she chose a nutty guy for the "donation", the next mistake Pris made was being sloppy with that paper that told of Anibal's sterility. Poor Vlad really loves her and WANTS "his" baby but he is so unappealing. I don't know if I'm just reaching because so many of the story lines seem convoluted in this TN, but this one has a slightly realistic touch. To bad Vlad is such a crazy, peculiar guy. I wonder how the writers will pull this one out. The novela "aura" around Pris makes me think it will end well for her, but I don't know how.
Susanlynn,
I want to like Corazon Salvaje but Edwardo Yanez was so goofy in Fuego, I don't know. Are we faced with a choice between William Levy and Edwardo Yanez? Hope not!
Sandy in TN
Great rundown on the Pris/Vlad/Anibal situation.
After she chose a nutty guy for the "donation", the next mistake Pris made was being sloppy with that paper that told of Anibal's sterility. Poor Vlad really loves her and WANTS "his" baby but he is so unappealing. I don't know if I'm just reaching because so many of the story lines seem convoluted in this TN, but this one has a slightly realistic touch. To bad Vlad is such a crazy, peculiar guy. I wonder how the writers will pull this one out. The novela "aura" around Pris makes me think it will end well for her, but I don't know how.
Susanlynn,
I want to like Corazon Salvaje but Edwardo Yanez was so goofy in Fuego, I don't know. Are we faced with a choice between William Levy and Edwardo Yanez? Hope not!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 7:37:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 7:37:00 AM EDT
JudyB,
I agree with all you are saying on the Pris/Vlad situation. Good take on all of it.
Pris is a fun, good hearted woman who has found herself, due to her natural desire for a baby, making unfortunate decisions and now, as they say, the chickens have come home to roost.
Will the TN gods let her be a single or divorced mom?
Sandy in TN
I agree with all you are saying on the Pris/Vlad situation. Good take on all of it.
Pris is a fun, good hearted woman who has found herself, due to her natural desire for a baby, making unfortunate decisions and now, as they say, the chickens have come home to roost.
Will the TN gods let her be a single or divorced mom?
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 7:58:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 7:58:00 AM EDT
Doris- I just watched the segment again on youtube. Venus did put the pruse on the sofa, and did not have it when we last see her, talking to Martina. We weren't shown the girls actually leaving, so- who knows? At least Martina was there so that Venus didn't cause a scene- what purpose would that serve since she doesn't give a hoot about the Cad, but it does allow her to dump his tang-colored ass.
I everybody! Just cecking in. Let's see...read the recap or go try to fix the washing machine?.... hmmm....that's a tough one! :P
Wow what a recap Jardinera! At least things are finally moving along. I felt so bad for Pris. I hope Vlad and Anyballs get what is coming to them for that humiliation.
Right on Fernanda! Finally!! Almost a phone throw but still not quite. Can't wait for Monday's episode.
I was waiting for Venus to catch the scumbag red handed and make a giant scene but no--not yet.
I don't know if it is just me but I'm really sick of Flor. No wonder they don't tell her anything. I understand her loyalty but come on.
Wow what a recap Jardinera! At least things are finally moving along. I felt so bad for Pris. I hope Vlad and Anyballs get what is coming to them for that humiliation.
Right on Fernanda! Finally!! Almost a phone throw but still not quite. Can't wait for Monday's episode.
I was waiting for Venus to catch the scumbag red handed and make a giant scene but no--not yet.
I don't know if it is just me but I'm really sick of Flor. No wonder they don't tell her anything. I understand her loyalty but come on.
Oh, my goodness! What an exciting last couple of days. And a great recap! It feels like we've just gotten to the top of the hill on the roller coaster. I know there's always another hill to come, an another slow climb, but for now I'm enjoying the action!
Thanks again, guys! Wow, I can't believe they've started putting pieces together so soon. That's what I liked about Pasión, except they did that most of the way through, but better late than totally at the end of a novela to my way of thinking.
Looks like we've got another loose end: Pris's papa. We've never seen him. Apparently he wanted to see an heir of his take over both dairy empires through Pris's son from Anibal. I'm sure that was a marriage of convenience rather than love. At least from the things that AB has said about his feelings about marriage. Why hasn't this guy ever fallen in love? He's so uber-concerned about the family business. Question is, if he didn't want kids then why else agree to marry Priscila?
Looks like we've got another loose end: Pris's papa. We've never seen him. Apparently he wanted to see an heir of his take over both dairy empires through Pris's son from Anibal. I'm sure that was a marriage of convenience rather than love. At least from the things that AB has said about his feelings about marriage. Why hasn't this guy ever fallen in love? He's so uber-concerned about the family business. Question is, if he didn't want kids then why else agree to marry Priscila?
Jardinera, you hit on a true inconsistency! Yes, if Anibal never wanted kids, why did he agree to marry Pris? I feel that he certainly knew about the plans of Pris' dad to unite the two dairies.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 4:47:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 4:47:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, absolutely great job. I always look forward to your recaps on the weekend. I was expecting to see more plaudits for Flor from our group of commenters. She's not buying into Eddie's and the others silly web of lies and childish games. I think that she will make a great confidant and source of support for Nanda. If there's any one accelerant for a TN it's a healthy dose of truth and she seems all too eager to release some cats from the bags. I say that she brings a much needed adult touch to the proceedings, and may be just the right influence for DDenia.
Carlos
Carlos
Fr/Ed is getting rid of the guards, probably not a good idea.
Vlad is just a stud, most guys would love to be in his position, sex with no ties. That was very cruel of Anibal, he must know that Pris doesn't give a hoot for Vladimir.
Vlad is just a stud, most guys would love to be in his position, sex with no ties. That was very cruel of Anibal, he must know that Pris doesn't give a hoot for Vladimir.
I'm a little antsy about the guards thing too. Eduardo may be underestimating his enemy and that is never a wise thing to do.
I wonder why Bravo is so happy to have Franco visit Lili. Maybe he has decided he likes Franco's style and maybe he sees Franco as some sort of natural heir, particularly if he can arrange a marriage between Lili and Franco? Farfetched, but a possibility.
As for Florecita's attitude, she may not like the lies but I do believe like somebody else suggested that if she was told how dangerous it would be for Eduardo and why he has had to remain incognito, she might not be so ready to tell all. In her defense, I believe she can keep quiet when it makes sense to. Maybe she needs to find out about Damian's affair with Barbara now so she can spill those beans first before she has a chance to out Eduardo.
I wonder why Bravo is so happy to have Franco visit Lili. Maybe he has decided he likes Franco's style and maybe he sees Franco as some sort of natural heir, particularly if he can arrange a marriage between Lili and Franco? Farfetched, but a possibility.
As for Florecita's attitude, she may not like the lies but I do believe like somebody else suggested that if she was told how dangerous it would be for Eduardo and why he has had to remain incognito, she might not be so ready to tell all. In her defense, I believe she can keep quiet when it makes sense to. Maybe she needs to find out about Damian's affair with Barbara now so she can spill those beans first before she has a chance to out Eduardo.
I don't think that I have ever seen any man as cold as Anibal, not even a fictional one. In the opening credits, he and Pris are having a cute laugh. What happened to that? Characters are more real if "viewerville" understands the why of their personality. Oh well, this isn't Anna Karenina is it!!
As many on this blog have said, she needs to cut her losses and move on. She is beautiful, young and fun loving, she can find someone else. Anyway, that is what I would do if SOMEHOW I found myself in her situation!
Sandy in TN
As many on this blog have said, she needs to cut her losses and move on. She is beautiful, young and fun loving, she can find someone else. Anyway, that is what I would do if SOMEHOW I found myself in her situation!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 8:01:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 8:01:00 PM EDT
AHHH...Anna Karenina...Talk about a tearjerkimg tragic love story...a real Russian telenovela. I love it...all the different adaptations. Perhaps , Vivian Leigh was my favorite Anna . I could definitely see some Scarlett in her Anna.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 11:20:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 11:20:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Jardinera, for an always fun reacap.
Yep, Carlos, something bad is go to happen at Las Animas without those guards but what and to whom?
GinCA
Yep, Carlos, something bad is go to happen at Las Animas without those guards but what and to whom?
GinCA
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:13:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:13:00 AM EDT
Sorry, Variopinta, as you are the one who indicated that Fr/Ed letting go of his guards was not a good move. Alas, my memory is not working.
GinCA
GinCA
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:10:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:10:00 AM EDT
Happy Monday everyone! Can't wait until tonight's episode. I'm surprised Fer hasn't gone over to talk to Abora. Everyone else has!
The lack of guards is obviuosly going to be a problem after Eddy made such a point of letting them go, at least that was mythought when he did it. I don't think that AB is the danger. The cad Cad is going to be pissed off, he's violent, and he's already invaded the place...
Cad has been in there a couple of times. I'm not sure what more he could find out. Unless he's just there to cause mischief and mayhem.
Thanks Jardinera for providing a great weekend sounding board for a great episode. I don't like either Aníbal or Vlad which for me is an indication that the characters are doing a fantastic job (especially Vlad). Pris is also doing a great job in acting out her distain for Vlad. The torture trap was just plain wrong and now niether Aníbal or Vlad is the right person for her. BUT, I fail to see how her fans in viewersvill can see her as fun loving. Due to her desperation for a heir, she reverted to scheming, lying and cheating to achieve her goal. Except in the lead tape, I don't believe I've ever seen her smile. Would someone please explain to me when she demonstrated that she was fun loving. My point is that for fear of condoning her tactics, I don't see how the novela gods can overlook her transgressions. Lacy (MN)
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 10:57:00 AM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 10:57:00 AM EDT
Priscila is guilty, but her transgression is not nearly as bad as many others on this show. She made one extremely bad mistake, and she's been paying for it ever since Vlad found out. Although we have not seen her as fun-loving, she's been warm and friendly with Fernanda, and is not mean to the servants as so many others are. Since I view her as just partially flawed, rather than truly evil, I'm hoping the powers that be don't punish her too much.
Pris's interactions with Fer and Santi, before she had Vlad’s, Dam’s and Anibal's blackmail over her head, and before she thought Fer knew her secret and might out her at any time, were fun-loving and sweet. Even with her back against the wall, she never believed the worst of Fer, tried to talk Dam out of his plans to hurt Fer, and only half heartedly spied on Fer (she always felt ashamed of it).
Like Hombre de M. said, she has also always been kind to the servants and everyone else. She also initially tried to be nice to Vlad when she was blowing him off. When that didn't work, she increasing became more aggravated and meaner to him. And even that has not worked! The only other person she has been nasty too is Anibal, and she only gave as good as she got. Remember, they have been married for a number of years, and it doesn't seem that he has ever shown her any love. We have seen her at the end of her rope of a long, loveless, childless marriage. They are not newlyweds. I think she has been really devastated to finally come to the realization that her husband doesn't love her, never loved her, and never will. But she has held out hope until the end. It was only a few episodes ago where she thought Anibal had finally come around when he started acting nice, and she really believed it!
Her desperation for a child, her desperation for someone to love and love her, her sense of honor and duty to her class and her family to stay in a marriage and produce an heir, has lead her to this. I feel very sorry for her and hope things somehow end well for her.
-Vivi in DC
Like Hombre de M. said, she has also always been kind to the servants and everyone else. She also initially tried to be nice to Vlad when she was blowing him off. When that didn't work, she increasing became more aggravated and meaner to him. And even that has not worked! The only other person she has been nasty too is Anibal, and she only gave as good as she got. Remember, they have been married for a number of years, and it doesn't seem that he has ever shown her any love. We have seen her at the end of her rope of a long, loveless, childless marriage. They are not newlyweds. I think she has been really devastated to finally come to the realization that her husband doesn't love her, never loved her, and never will. But she has held out hope until the end. It was only a few episodes ago where she thought Anibal had finally come around when he started acting nice, and she really believed it!
Her desperation for a child, her desperation for someone to love and love her, her sense of honor and duty to her class and her family to stay in a marriage and produce an heir, has lead her to this. I feel very sorry for her and hope things somehow end well for her.
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:36:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:36:00 PM EDT
Lacy and Hombre,
Both points well taken...I am the one who called her fun-loving and perhaps, that is not the right expression. I think Hombre's description is better. From time to time in the beginning of the novela during family meetings and the party, I saw flashes of a quick smile and even a playful demeanor, that is all gone with the mess she has gotten herself into. She has made a huge mistake, by lying to her husband, but I think what she has done isn't as bad as having an affair out of boredom or something else, less of a sin if that is possible.
Oh well, I wouldn't stake my reputation on any of the characters in this novela,except PERHAPS on Fernanda! But I'd have to think long and hard on that....
Sandy in TN
Both points well taken...I am the one who called her fun-loving and perhaps, that is not the right expression. I think Hombre's description is better. From time to time in the beginning of the novela during family meetings and the party, I saw flashes of a quick smile and even a playful demeanor, that is all gone with the mess she has gotten herself into. She has made a huge mistake, by lying to her husband, but I think what she has done isn't as bad as having an affair out of boredom or something else, less of a sin if that is possible.
Oh well, I wouldn't stake my reputation on any of the characters in this novela,except PERHAPS on Fernanda! But I'd have to think long and hard on that....
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:42:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:42:00 PM EDT
One more thing about Pris (in my defense of her), when she thought about having a heir to unite the two largest milk product families, she did not think of the money. Her thinking was first to how proud it would make her Papa, who had this grand vision of uniting the two. Her biggest fear now that Anibal knows is what her brother and Papa would think of her if they found out. It's clear that her family would take this kind of things seriously and see it as shameful. I don't think it's quite so easy for her to walk from this marriage as well all think. If her Papa disinherits her and Anibal kicks her to the streets, what money will she have and how will she live? It seems that she was educated to be a rich man's wife, not to have a profession of her own.
-Vivi in DC
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:45:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:45:00 PM EDT
Vivi,
Very well said! For some reason while watching this, I have grown to like Pris, and even to the point of understanding why she did what she did. But, why oh why didn't she just privately go to a sperm bank in Mexico City or even in Miami? If she had done that, her cute baby might have made her loveless marriage bearable and she wouldn't be in the mess she is in.
Sandy in TN
Very well said! For some reason while watching this, I have grown to like Pris, and even to the point of understanding why she did what she did. But, why oh why didn't she just privately go to a sperm bank in Mexico City or even in Miami? If she had done that, her cute baby might have made her loveless marriage bearable and she wouldn't be in the mess she is in.
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:04:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:04:00 PM EDT
Thank you Jardinera for the wonderful recap. So many wonderful comments.
I'll echo what Hombre and Vivi said regarding Pris. A good person who made a mistake. I hope she has a good end while Ani does not.
Diana in MA
I'll echo what Hombre and Vivi said regarding Pris. A good person who made a mistake. I hope she has a good end while Ani does not.
Diana in MA
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:34:00 PM EDT
I like Pris because she knows what she wants & goes for it. Unfortunately it has backfired on her, who knew what a creep Vladimir would be? She should have used a sperm bank, I think they check the mental health of their donors.
Pris & Anibal probably married because of a family arrangement to cement the relations between the 2 leche companies & the baby is just to make it stronger & him an heir.
Gullible Gonzo thinks he's having a nieto, but it wont be a blood relative.
I think Camilo is the most likely to intrude on Las Animas. The reason might be Lofley. He's not going to be to happy when he finds out he's been duped. Then Esteve will save Venus & they will profess their love for each other & live happily para siempre.
I don't know why Artemio would, Franco comes right to him.
I wonder if Gonzo ever filed an insurance claim on his car?
Pris & Anibal probably married because of a family arrangement to cement the relations between the 2 leche companies & the baby is just to make it stronger & him an heir.
Gullible Gonzo thinks he's having a nieto, but it wont be a blood relative.
I think Camilo is the most likely to intrude on Las Animas. The reason might be Lofley. He's not going to be to happy when he finds out he's been duped. Then Esteve will save Venus & they will profess their love for each other & live happily para siempre.
I don't know why Artemio would, Franco comes right to him.
I wonder if Gonzo ever filed an insurance claim on his car?
Gonzalo is having a nieto, it's just that none of the Elizaldes know about it.
I know do not think Artemio is Aurora's father. I don't know why I think this, but I don't believe he is her dad.
Camilo will probably bust in to beat down Loafly, Steve will try to save her and catch a beatdown instead. Then Loafly will declare her love to Steve at the dispensario [/FELS flashback]. Not a spoiler just a speculation.
I know do not think Artemio is Aurora's father. I don't know why I think this, but I don't believe he is her dad.
Camilo will probably bust in to beat down Loafly, Steve will try to save her and catch a beatdown instead. Then Loafly will declare her love to Steve at the dispensario [/FELS flashback]. Not a spoiler just a speculation.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:47:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:47:00 PM EDT
Poor Pris, at the beginning of this TN she was always trying to get Anibal to demonstrate some warmth and love to her and she never achieved it despite how hard she tried. Not only did he not demonstrate any love, or caring attitude or concern for her, he seemed to become colder and colder, yet she kept on trying. If anyone is at fault here it would be Anibal who drove her to take such a drastic step. I don't see how she can come out clean now but I'm hoping she can remake her life with her child away from this dysfunctional family!
Just had to join the Pris discussion and put in my 2 cents worth.
MEPS in AZ
Just had to join the Pris discussion and put in my 2 cents worth.
MEPS in AZ
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:48:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 1:48:00 PM EDT
Anon 1;47
Yes, I can only recall 2 dispensario episodes, Silvestre & Ciro. We are way below the novela average with only 36 episodes to go.
My weekend viewing was X & La vida que te espera, both from Spain.
La vida took place in northern Spain,
Valle del Pas Cantábria.
The people are known as Pasiegos (highlander of Santander). It was quite well done & really fooled me.
Yes, I can only recall 2 dispensario episodes, Silvestre & Ciro. We are way below the novela average with only 36 episodes to go.
My weekend viewing was X & La vida que te espera, both from Spain.
La vida took place in northern Spain,
Valle del Pas Cantábria.
The people are known as Pasiegos (highlander of Santander). It was quite well done & really fooled me.
If it is possible for a person to have zero, personality that would be Anyballs. I can't stand him. I hope he comes to a very unfortunate end. The same for Cammiiii.
Of all the women in this novela, I think Priscila is the most beautiful and womanly. She is flawed, as has been said, but not evil, and her actions make sense within the context of her life. She genuinely likes the good Elizaldes, Fernanda & Santi, and had a very sweet scene with Aurora who was teaching her to knit baby clothes. She is vulnerable because she loves Anibal and apparently has not had a shred of warmth or love from him. I'm still hoping this will happen somehow because it would make her happy. The actress herself does not overact yet is able to convey a lot with just her facial expressions. I'm never bored when she's on screen. I have to agree with the person who said that the actors playing Vlad and Anibal are doing a great job, because we do not like them. Whatever they are like in real life, we believe in their characters.
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 2:36:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 2:36:00 PM EDT
Connie- If Barbara were teaching the course on how to marry a rich guy, the first lesson would be on how to bump off his first wife. Just how dedicated of a student would you be? ;-)
-Vivi in DC
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
1. Fernanda: Think up your many excuses for not having congress with him well ahead of time.
2. Pris: Have his virility checked and save a few swimmers in the sperm bank (in case of emergencies) before walking down the isle.
3. Erika: He’s just not that into you? Ignore and deny it. Eventually everyone, including him, will forget all about it.
-Vivi in DC
2. Pris: Have his virility checked and save a few swimmers in the sperm bank (in case of emergencies) before walking down the isle.
3. Erika: He’s just not that into you? Ignore and deny it. Eventually everyone, including him, will forget all about it.
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:21:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:21:00 PM EDT
Have rich parents. The rich marry the rich in most cases.
Another tip, find a much older man, which is difficult for me since I'm up there myself. And who wants some old geezer, even with dinero?
Another tip, find a much older man, which is difficult for me since I'm up there myself. And who wants some old geezer, even with dinero?
Yes, a personality test since the background check probably wouldn't have found anything bad on Anyballs. :)
-Vivi in DC
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:29:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:29:00 PM EDT
Of course if I had rich parents I wouldn't have to marry anybody! Then I could be like Erika and just run around giggling and acting stupid.
Variopinta, thanks a lot. You just ruined the day for us old geezers. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll go take a nap.
Carlos
Carlos
Carlos, ROFL I was thinking more in line with the old guy Anna Nicole Smith married, can't remember his name.
You're just a joven, & I am probably quite a bit older than you. Everything is relative.
You're just a joven, & I am probably quite a bit older than you. Everything is relative.
If I had to look for an old geezer, that is, a lot older than me, I'd have to look in the cemetery!
Carlos, at least you are a clever, funny old geezer. Woops, hope I didn't wake you from your nap!
Sandy in TN
Carlos, at least you are a clever, funny old geezer. Woops, hope I didn't wake you from your nap!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:55:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 3:55:00 PM EDT
Thank you Jardinera for your brillant writing and translation. I'm beginning to understand the spoken word - without CC's and dictionary. What a treat to read you and find I did get it right.
Humiliating Pris should have been enough in the meeting with Vlad. At the family dinner table it was just plain nasty. And that should motivate Pris to get gone. Her shame before her own family will be tough and not without consequences but at least it will enclude real love...even before they forgive her.
I was wishing ESwat will not be let go. There are still dangerous people out there: Camiiii for threatening to force Loafly because she owes him, Damian with those wedding rings - wish she hadn't given those to Damd, he could plant them at Franco's.
Humiliating Pris should have been enough in the meeting with Vlad. At the family dinner table it was just plain nasty. And that should motivate Pris to get gone. Her shame before her own family will be tough and not without consequences but at least it will enclude real love...even before they forgive her.
I was wishing ESwat will not be let go. There are still dangerous people out there: Camiiii for threatening to force Loafly because she owes him, Damian with those wedding rings - wish she hadn't given those to Damd, he could plant them at Franco's.
Anibal and Cammiii are just plain mean. I never thought of Cami breaking in to force Loafly. That could be really bad. Can you imagine what would happen if Fr/Ed came in to see Cami forcing himself on Loafly. He's much stronger than Cami. I'd like to have a front row seat for that one!
This is totally off topic:
Connie,
Wow, what a AWESOME picture of your son. Hope you had a good visit when he was back in the US. Speaking of age, didn't you have a picture of yourself earlier, sitting on the floor with a dog? You look way, way, way too young to have a grown son. Whatever you're drinking, I want some!!
Sandy in TN
Connie,
Wow, what a AWESOME picture of your son. Hope you had a good visit when he was back in the US. Speaking of age, didn't you have a picture of yourself earlier, sitting on the floor with a dog? You look way, way, way too young to have a grown son. Whatever you're drinking, I want some!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 24, 2009 at 4:09:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 4:09:00 PM EDT
Thanks Sandy--he's still here for another week :}. I'm surprised he is being as laid back as he is. That picture is from some articles that were written about him and his unit I guess. They are on the internet. http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/08/scanning-nuristan.html
Josh is my youngest. My oldest is 25.
Josh is my youngest. My oldest is 25.
That is just one article. This story is too funny...When he got into town he didn't call too many people right away so he crazy aunt in Texas called me on Monday and was getting all hysterical saying have you ever googled your son on the internet? I said not really. And she said, "There are pictures of him posing with a gun!"...Uh...Duh....He's in the army! What else could you say? :P
Okay, here's what I don't get: why does Aurora think she and her kid get to stay at the convent forever and ever? What did the nuns do to deserve that? Don't they have much better causes to spend their limited resources on than providing her whiny self with food and shelter?
It sounds like she intends to just take advantage of their hospitality forever, rather than just staying there temporarily while she gets a job and apartment or whatever.
It sounds like she intends to just take advantage of their hospitality forever, rather than just staying there temporarily while she gets a job and apartment or whatever.
I hope Pris does not suffer any more punishment beyond what we've already seen. She truly is one of the nicest MEPS characters and I really like her.
Telenovela rules require her to suffer consequences - at least what she already has via Vlad & Anibal because she committed adultery; se puso los cuernos a Anibal. Telenovelas always have strong moral undercurrents, and this is why Pris is taking such a hit for her transgression. The moral of the story (duh) is that viewers are supposed to think twice before they lie to their husband about a fertility report, hop in the sack with an unknown, esp. for for the purpose of getting pregnant, and this subplot is driving home the point.
That said, I am afraid she may have more penance ahead of her. Hopefully the writers will be distracted by other things.
Telenovela rules require her to suffer consequences - at least what she already has via Vlad & Anibal because she committed adultery; se puso los cuernos a Anibal. Telenovelas always have strong moral undercurrents, and this is why Pris is taking such a hit for her transgression. The moral of the story (duh) is that viewers are supposed to think twice before they lie to their husband about a fertility report, hop in the sack with an unknown, esp. for for the purpose of getting pregnant, and this subplot is driving home the point.
That said, I am afraid she may have more penance ahead of her. Hopefully the writers will be distracted by other things.
Connie: Glad to hear your son has a chance to come back for a visit. Hubby and I send our best to him and the guys he's fighting with.
Julia- I had the same thought about Abora staying at the convent, mooching off the monjas. I wasn't aware that convents allowed losers to just camp out there.
Of course, we know that she will eventually be reunited w/Santi, and they will happily ever after be. I'm going to very curious how this will come to pass, somehow Santi will have to know the truth about who was is his bed with his Miss Sniffles, and what he does at that time.
Of course, we know that she will eventually be reunited w/Santi, and they will happily ever after be. I'm going to very curious how this will come to pass, somehow Santi will have to know the truth about who was is his bed with his Miss Sniffles, and what he does at that time.
I keep hoping that Fer will go talk to her and Abora will tell her the truth about what happened. That is probably too much to ask considering Fer has her own problems to deal with.
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