Wednesday, August 12, 2009
MEPS - Wednesday, Aug. 12 - Franco makes a deal with the devil's associate; more from Ana Gregoria's diary; Aurora stuns Santi
* Damian wakes up and sits on the side of the bed. Fey enters with a breakfast tray for him. He questions why she didn't sleep with him at all last night. She lies and explains that she stayed up working all night in the office - she didn't want to disturb him. She sits on the bed and tells him that she wants to try to work on their marriage. He's content. He then asks her if they can really live as husband and wife now?
* Franco and Barbie have a harsh discussion about their private arrangement - she asks him to agree to her conditions in exchange for Lily. He's not sold on the idea - she wants his word that he'll listen to her conditions and agree to them. He scoffs that this deal is one with the devil. She says the man who has Lily is the devil himself. He's intrigued. She continues to explain that this man, the devil, is the evil shadow that has cursed her and the Elizalde family for years.
* Tomasa informs Gonzo that Barbie left the house really early this morning.
* Santi arrives at Colegio Buena Esperanza. He tells the nun that he is there to see Aurora.
* Franco and Barbie continue their negotiations. She's desperate for an agreement. He demands she tell him the devil's name.
* Mother Superior meets with Santi in her office. She tells him that Aurora is sick and hasn't been eating well. He wants to see her. Mother Superior says Aurora won't see any visitors. He begs. She repeats Aurora's wish. Santi writes a note for Mother S. to give to Aurora. She promises to give it to her. As Santi opens the door to leave, a smiling Aurora appears in the doorway. Santi's in shock.
* Franco wants the name. Barbie explains how her life's been a complete hell, taking orders from the man, she then repeats the danger that she and the family have had to endure. Franco again demands the man's name. She finally spouts, "Don Artemio Bravo!" Franco and Barbie have a staredown.
* Don Artemio looks at the diary page where Lily (and Ciro) stopped reading. Lily wakes up. She stares across the room (at Ciro). AB suspects that Lily has an invisible friend in the room - possibly a product of her years at the sanitarium. He starts to read from his mother's diary. Now Dona Altamira has changed Ana Gregoria's(AG's) position from kitchen staff to laundry - she stays in the back laundry room, ironing Don Geromino's shirts all day long. On her breaks, she sneaks her diary out and starts to write in it. As she starts to write about Don Geronimo's latest visit to her, Cristeta storms in and catches her. Cristeta is mean and has an extreme ego problem. She yells at AG for becoming Don Geronimo's pregnant lover and threatens to tell Altagracia. She fights with AG over the diary, and then starts to celebrate swiping the diary away from AG when Dona Altagracia enters and asks what's going on in here?
* AB is now sitting in a chair in the room as he continues to read that Dona Altagracia took the diary and pen away from AG - and read the diary. She applauds AG for writing such as wonderful love story, then demands to know who gave the diary and pen to her. Don Geronimo confesses that he gave AG the gifts. Dona Altagracia accepts the answer, then hands the diary and pen back to AG. Altagracia orders her to continue writing, all the truth and nothing but the truth, in her diary. She threatens AG that if she writes one single lie in her diary, she will have her thrown off the hacienda quickly and permanently.
* Alone in the convent office, Santi and Aurora kiss. Santi asks Aurora what happened? why'd she disappear like that? Aurora explains that when she tells him, he won't want to see her again.
* Franco and Barbie discuss her relationship with AB and why she stays there? She mentions that right now what's important is rescuing Lily. He wants to know why she's turning against AB. She reveals that AB wants to take Gonzo's entire estate and ruin the family at the same time.
* Santi asks Aurora again, what happened to make her leave like she did. Aurora has a flashback to Barbie finding Camilo and her in bed together. Santi asks again. She panics and asks Santi to tell Barbie she needs to talk with her. She promises Santi that she will run away with him, far away, but first she needs to talk with Barbie. Santi is dumb-founded and impactado.
* Fey tells Priscilla how excited she is about the preparations for the upcoming cheese fair (feria de queso). Priscilla is happy for her, and leaves for her exercise class. Tomasa finds Fey and tells her that daddy Gonzo is in the study alone - apparently Barbie is being rude and obnoxious towards him.
* Damian is shaving and calls Vladimir. Vladimir isn't happy with the message and hangs up. Vladimir turns around and calls Priscilla. Priscilla, driving her car, notes the call from Vladimir and refuses to answer, which really frustrates Vladimir.
* Barbie gets to her office and sends Flor away. She then calls Santi on her cell phone for an update on Aurora. Santi tells her that Aurora wants to see her. Barbie acts surprised and intrigued. Santi is curious. Barbie agrees to go right away. She tells Santi not to wait for her and not to tell his dad anything about this yet.
* Fey and Gonzo are talking in the home office how distant he feels from his wife Barbie. Fey wonders what Gonzo plans to do. He asks Fey to take the tape to Franco for analysis. Fey agrees. Gonzo gives her the tape in an envelope and leaves.
* Fey walks into her bedroom and puts the envelope in her purse. She is pleasantly surprised to see Damian walk from the bathroom, fully dressed in a suit and tie and ready to go to work. He plans to go to the plant, and wants Fey to go with him. Fey says she can't, she has to run an errand for her dad - to take the tape to Franco. Damian is upset by this continuing show of loyalty by her and her family towards Franco Santoro. Fey has to assure him she's committed to working on their marriage.
* Santi drives around town, pondering why Aurora insisted on talking to Barbie? What's up with that? Why Barbie? They are in love and should share all their secrets, so what secrets does she have with Barbie?
* Mother S. and Aurora discuss Aurora's problems dealing with Santi, Barbie and telling the truth. Mother S. suggests that Aurora speak with their Father to find some peace, confidence and direction.
* In the office at Las Animas, Franco meets with Gardenia. Gardenia is crying and frustrated. She is determined to resign from her position with him and move out. Franco tries to convince not to go - she's upset and he tries to console her and convince her not to do it. Steve knocks and interrupts. Fey enters. Franco smiles and welcomes her in. Fey is cold and professional when she sees Franco and Gardenia together. Steve and Gardenia leave. Fey skips the small talk and hands the envelope to Franco to have the tape analyzed, per her dad's request.
* Vladimir stops Anibal in the Grupo Lactos lobby. Anibal asks Flor twice to call security. Vladimir begs him for 5 minutes in his office.
* Fey turns to leave. Franco tries to talk with her, and steps forward. Fey steps backward away from Franco. Franco backs off, suspects something happened to make Fey turn cold towards him. He then mentions the young man and his message for Fey. Fey demands to know the message. Franco blasts, "That your husband is a thief!" Fey storms out.
* In the office, Vladimir runs down the situation around his being hired and fired from the company. Anibal says they have very valid, solid reasons in firing him. Vladimir then stuns Anibal by asking him if he is truly certain that he is the father of Priscilla's baby?
* Outside in the driveway, Gardenia stops Fey. She asks Fey if there are any jobs available with the family business.
* Anibal has had enough of Vladimir's insinuations and tries to throw him out of the company offices. Vladimir tells Anibal to go check his fertility test again, if he has doubts.
* Fey wonders why Gardenia wants to leave her job with Franco Santoro? Gardenia tells her she's not happy, that she really wants to go to school and needs to find a new, decent paying job to do so. Fey is surprised by Gardenia's interest in going to school and wonders what job Gardenia is thinking about doing? Gardenia says anything at the office or plant. Fey says that first they need to talk with Franco.
* Barbie meets with Mother S in the convent school office. Mother S tells her the ground rules for the meeting. Barbie understands and agrees. Aurora enters. Mother S leaves. Barbie starts to cry.
* Fey and Gardenia are back in the office. Fey blasts away at Franco about professional courtesy in this meeting; Franco accepts the courtesy and is professional and calm. She then grumbles her questions about Gardenia's position as his assistant at the ranch. Franco smiles and nods his head as Gardenia responds to the question. Fey blasts if he has a problem with Gardenia leaving. Franco says, No, none. Fey is stunned.
* Barbie and Aurora sit down and talk. Aurora wants to know what Barbie wants from her? Barbie stands up and responds to Franco's text message about receiving the tape from Gonzo for analysis. Then Barbie sits back down and explains to Aurora how guilty she feels about how she ran Aurora off the hacienda. Aurora wonders about her sincerity. Barbie asks for forgiveness.
ADVANCE: Barbie and Aurora continue their heart-to-heart conversation; AB tells Lily, I am your uncle; Gardenia starts work as the office barista (coffee girl).
Labels: manana
The frustration!! So many things seem close to truth time, but never quite make it.
I SO hope that the teaser they showed in the avances clarifies that Fr/Ed hasn't been sexually harassing Gardenia. That latest roadblock between the protagonists is driving me nuts. Blast Gardenia anyway! We got a teensy passionate moment between Fr/Ed and Fer, but now Fer is cozying back up to the loathsome Damnian after seeing that kiss. And biting Fr/Ed's head off. And refusing to pay any attention to the valuable message from Rubiel Villasana about Damn being an estafador.
Boy that Cristeta is one mean maid; sorta reminded me of a rabid dog! It's fairly ridiculous that Altagracia has her stay around to write in the diary. Maybe it's because she REALLY likes the way Ana Gregoria irons shirts.
I can't begin to guess how Babs is going to resolve things with Aurora. If Santi really finds out what happened, he'll go after Camilo, who won't hesitate to out Babs' role in that sordid little plot.
One thing that struck me this time...how wonderful that Ana Gregoria is literate. Many servants at that time did not have the benefit of learning to read and write. There are still many people world-wide who can't. But alas, it's that skill which is going to do her in (that and the nasty tattle-tale maid). Oh well, let's blame the real culprit, that scuzzball Don Jeronimo.
Cristeta definitely has to be one of Gardenia's ancestors.
At least Don J stepped up to the plate and said he gave AG the diary. That other maid was sure nasty (jealous?).
I feel that Vlad is about to explode.
The way Barb looks at Abora is just plain creepy. Maybe it is just me.
An observation and a question: What I think I see is Fernanda is preparing charges of sexual harassment on Gardenia's behalf. But EdFr is so giddy with pleasure (he's like a Snoopy dog) that - Gardenia is going to stop crying and be distracted by a new/part time/temp? job. Can he not see Fern's face!? Or am I misreading the situation?
"Cristeta definitely has to be one of Gardenia's ancestors." Doris that comment almost made me choke...funny.
Bonney - I think your speculation about Fer and the harassment is correct. The reason why Fr/Ed appears to have no clue about Fer's rage is b/c this is another plot devise (my guess) to keep them apart.
Thanks to el Pelón I'm still wrestling with the image of Mother Superior in a thong.
Carlos
good speculation there, Bonney. And yes, Karen, it is a plot device -- the writers are setting us up for all the upcoming chapters.
i'll be eager to hear from the male contingent what their impressions are on Gardenia's new blue uniform. :)
Susanlynn - "Whine and Cheese Fair" - ha-ha-ha. :)
Jody :)
I saw the snippet of Gardenia in the Lactos uniform and thought to myself, "she sure fills out that uniform differently than Flor or any of the other Lactos staff.."
-Vivi in DC
Carlos: Sorry about the thong/habit conflation. I guess I carried the spirit of ecumenism too far.
Speaking of wardrobes: Gardenia in a Lactos uniform? Well I'm all about that!
Language note: someone was wondering the Spanish word for slut--they used it in this TN the other night: ramera
--El Pelón
However, this IS just a theory.What do you think, menfolk?
Agree that Vlad is on the edge but he pulled back just in time by not revealing he is the baby daddy. He must be hoping Ani will simply dump Pris once he finds out he's not the father. Poor, deluded Vlad. I suppose no one told him the blood line (no matter who's blood), always comes first.
Diana in MA
Juanita: Bar and Artemio do appear a little more human to me at this point. But, they're going down nevertheless.
Jody: Thanks for the recap.
Grrr. Drives me nuts with frustration when the main love interests in a novela, in this case Fr/Ed and Fer, think the one they really love is "doin' them wrong," so they rush back to the one they DON'T love and get in a little deeper with that person. Couldn't they just once ask the main love what's going on here and clear up the whole misunderstanding? But, I guess if characters checked their facts, a six month TN would be two weeks.
Fr/Ed and Fer get so close and then... hgr
I don't think Gardenia is willfully suggesting Franco is sexually harrassing her but she is Gardenia of the speak before think loose lips.
Fr/Ed should have learned to stay out of arms reach of Gardenia after the 1st incident.
I agree, just ask
Fernanda---"I saw you kissing Gardenia"
Fr/Ed----"I wasn't kissing her, she kissed me, just ask her"
And continue from there, but this is a novela.
I was wondering why Lili had to get captured by Artemio, now I can see why. We needed some way to get the backstory of Artemio Bravo/Ana Gregorio out in the open and having Lili read the diary was the way to do that. :)
So, who is Altamira, is that Don Jeronimo's wife? Mother? I'm assuming wife... But then don't see why she would allow Ana to stick around? Unless... as someone mentioned the other day, perhaps Ana has twins. Altamira cannot have kids, decides to let Ana get pregnant by Don J and then takes one of the two kids as her own and kicks Ana out with the other one?
JeffMN
Susanlynn, where'd you get those great balls of fire for our Clonlungagrams? He's so cute in his exercise shorts. Can we order wardrobes? I want Ric-Ric-Ric fighting outfits and that dove gray long suit with tall hat from Amor Real.
...Not convinced that anything about him is ever off topic.
After that, saw Pasion and was so amazed that whenever they ran into a problem, they talked to each other and straightened things out! Imagine that, talk to each other and things get better! That must have been part of the reason Pasion was so much shorter than other TNs, they didn't go off track for a couple of weeks. :)
Variopinta, " Fr/Ed----"I wasn't kissing her, she kissed me, just ask her" " Yeah, right, she kissed you... sure, you bet. Definitely take a lot more talking after that to still straighten it out. :)
But... at least a start. :)
JeffMN
The other tape, the one Obregon gave him of Lili saying Barbwire murdered her mother, is in the safe at Las Animas, I believe. Babs knows he has it. Obregon told her when he was tied up to the tree.
I agree completely with Juanita. They are definitely making the two main villains nicer and Damnian completely horrid. Barbara really does feel something for Aurora. She felt it the first time she saw her, then she believed AB when he insisted her child died and decided Aurora was an AB plant to spy on her or some such. Artemio Bravo is growing fond of Lili. I think he's probably a very lonely person.
It's already been established that Altamira has only given him one child (we assume Gonzo), but has failed in giving him more children. AnaG mentioned this through her diary a while ago.
-Vivi in DC
El Pelon: gracias for the Spanish word for slut. I really have to find a way to seperate the 2 languages in my feeble brain.
Susanlynn: poor Esteve with the wardrobe choices. I kept waiting for him to put on some slippers & start singing "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood..." ala Mr. Rogers.
I was enthralled with Altamira's eyebrows. Man, they had a life of their own! Don't f** with a woman with a set like that.
Fr/Ed's smile is
just
so
fine
but I agree...he wasn't picking up on the vibes from Nanda & DD. You don't grin like an idiot in a situation like that.
Maggarita
;-)
I can imagine that Don Disgusting's wife punished her husband by banishing the child and her child. Could be that maid is so angry because she used to get that attention from Don Disgusting.
JeffMN
Call me 'Hopelessly Preppy.'
:o)
novelera, I knew it was the tape Babs had Lili make, I just don't get why Fr/Ed would report to Babs that he has it & make a special effort to do it. Was that in a discussion that I missed? The less he tells her the better.
Isn't it Altagracia not Altamira?
Cristeta told Ana that she wasn't the first or last one that Don Jéronimo messed around with. So She was probably a previous victima. She was mocking Ana for her beauty so she definitely jealous.
for those who are wondering -- Gonzo and AB are half-brothers. Don Jeronimo is the father for both of them.
Jody :)
OT - Quickly thinking back I think I decided as a teen that style was about how you choose to present yourself, not about if others are wearing that. BUT I was a music major so we may always have been odd out.
Fernanda was in jeans last night. Much better look than that weird yellow thing she was wearing for awhile. What day are we on? Did we have 2 days in one episode?
Oh, I am so glad that someone else thought that Fr/Ed was acting completely GOOFY (that is the right word) especially since Fer was staring daggers at him. I thought he had lost his marbles acting like a giggling schoolboy.
Since Fer seems to be a strong modern woman you'd think she would not want to be in a sham marriage with Damian which is what Fr/Ed is planning with Giggles. An swift annulment should have crossed her mind by now.
Ana Gregoria and Altagracia are beautiful and seem to have similar facial features. I wonder if they are related in real life.
I wonder if they are editing the shows since, as Maggarita, mentioned the old dude is still down the hill...someone should have missed him by now, I hope.
GinCA
¡Ay caramba!, is that one hot scene or what?. I wish I was computer literate enough to take my favorite snipets of FC from each FC novela & make my own CD & watch, miro, veo, otra vez, otra vez, y otra vez
JeffMN
The issue was that Daffy Daddy wanted to call the police, but both Fer and Babs worked on him to hold off until Franco could get the tape analyzed.
So, I don't think it's odd that Barbara knows he has the tape. After all they've made their "devil's pact". Barbwire WANTS him to have the tape to back up her story that it's really Lili.
Didn't Babs have Lili record the tape to give to Gonzo saying that it is from Obregón? Then Gonzo gives it to Fernanda to give to Fr/Ed to give to a voice analyst to see if Lili was under duress?
JeffMN
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