Thursday, September 03, 2009
Un Gancho Wed. 9/2 - Hurricane Ximena is locked and reloaded, shooting Star falls and rearranges the DF
Ahoy all, Gancho de Dedos (aka Fuego) and I are swapping nights tonight. (And regarding the title, I don't wish to make light of the real hurricane Jimena but I couldn't resist.) Also, You will note that everyone and everything gets interrupted tonight.
Redux, thank you Judy:
Estre and Pau are trying to get Ximena to fill her empty brain with something besides romantic mush. Like maybe work? Heavens no! Well, anyway, think of yourself. Forget Rolu. They tell her not to be such an airhead (cerebro hueco = hollow brain).
Moni arrives in her robe. Xime is entranced with the new hotel "look" but then backtracks. Nope, gonna rise above mere fashion sense. Take a good look at me, she adds. This is the last time you'll see the old Xime. From now on I'm gonna change. She's slightly tipsy and asks if there was an earthquake, grabs the booze and besitos!
Beto sees Moni in her "hotel look" and asks why is she dressed like that in the streets? He looks really pissed.
Mau gets home, what's up? Nada sez Coni and she blames the gotta-come-home drama on Gabi. Besides, his cellular wasn't working and what's up with that? Dani interrupts this pleasant conversation by asking Mau why is he mad? Coni asks why is he wet? She wants to celebrate Aldo's success that's all, harrumph. Aldo is awesome; he tells Coni he doesn't want to celebrate because she's just using him to get his dad. Everybody glares and Coni looks the other way and pats Dani on the head.
Moni's first lie of the night is she was taking swimming lessons and someone stole her clothes. Beto is mollified and thinks she looks quite fetching in her bata (dressing gown). Enough bickering, he has a surprise for her it's his ID card (and no he's not wearing his luchador mask). "We can get married now!"
Mau scolds Aldo, what's wrong with him? Aldo sez nada wrong with him and I can't believe he didn't spill the beans about Coni's little therapy session with her cell phone. Maybe he wants more evidence.
Over at work Oscar is still working on Gabi's sympathies. Something tells me he's not used to female rejection. He asks is she jealous of what's her name the new employee? Gabi sez let's get back to work. He tries sweet ear kisses and romantic words and ick, she lets him kiss her. Sal watches them through the window and fumes.
Hah, I knew it. Our spies Aldo and Ivan are stalking Coni with a camera, but who should sneak up behind them but Beto. Today his shirt says Simple and Charismatic. The boys admit they are spying on Coni because she's putting the horns on Mau and what's Beto doing there? He sez he came to inspect the plumbing (heh, good one horn dog), didn't they know el Fantasma Vengador is also a plumber? Meanwhile he sees Coni and makes eye and body contact telling her to beat it. She escapes by stealing some poor woman's taxi while Beto takes his pic with the boys. Ivan cleverly notes Beto didn't go to his plumbing job, could he be Coni's lover? Aldo can't fathom it, Beto is stupid and smells rotten.
Moni tels Mau not to ask her anything. He sez he doesn't need to ask anything, he knows what she's hiding. She's invented a novio to protect herself. He knows the promise she made to herself, that she'll remain a virgin until matrimony. He tells her he'll wait until the last day of his life if necessary. Moni wisely zips it up and gives him a kiss. Our handsome schmuck is entranced.
Moni and Pau giggle over Mau's innocence and Pau notes that Moni is an expert liar. Moni points out she didn't lie about the virginity, Mau is the one who said it. Pau warns Moni if she keeps up the lies she'll lose Mau forever.
Gabi answers the phone for Sal and is told that La Loca Lorenza has escaped from the manicomio. Cut to Anastasia caressing and kissing Sal with Localocks spying on them from behind a tree. Sal steps away and Loca sneaks up behind Ana and starts strangling her. And...cut to commercial.
Back in the barrio Beto calls Coni to remind her they have a dinner date. Coni snottily tells him she can't make it, she has therapy, click. She bites her lip at the thought of Beto's masculinity and Beto, well, I'm sure Beto is not discouraged.
Sal assists a sobbing Ana out of the Sermeño Group elevator while Gabi keeps trying to tell him something. Sal yells call the clinic to make sure Lorenza is still there and hasn't escaped. "Your wife has escaped," Gabi informs him. Sal is impactado and Ana whimpers. Gabi gets her digs in and Mau tells her to call the cops. Instead she gloats over Ana's bruised throat.
Ana busts in on the odd couple (Oscar and Jeri) and tells them she quits!
Well well well, remember the cute but tortured and homicidal Chalo from QE? He is reincarnated here as police officer Christian Bermudez and he seems to have the hots for Paula. He has invaded Pau's space to request a glass of water for Gabi. Pau gushes over his uniform, physique and bullet proof vest. She even gives him a hug under Gabi's approving gaze. That's our Pau, man hungry as always; and that's our Gabi, always titillated by amor.
Enter the new and improved Ximena looking a bit like Audrey Hepburn in glasses. She loves the office and plays at answering the phone. Sal is surprised to see her and even more surprised to hear that she has abandoned the old, superficial Xime and has become the new, "reloaded" version. She is ready to be an executive. Sal asks what can she do? Well, she can more or less count to a hundred, approximately. Sal escorts her to his office (to wait for Mau I guess) while our local Loca skulks around the hallway spying, twitching and looking extremely suspicious.
The full moon rises. Wake up all ye werewolves.
Coni complains to Dr. Meño about Aldo constantly persecuting her but he is more interested in exploring her deep feelings about getting that Aborigine out of her life. Let the writhing begin. Coni describes Beto, he is gross, awkward, rustic, he is a macho lout, and dirty (sigh). She doesn't care if he bathes or not she likes him. Enter the obsession that is Beto and poor Coni looks about to burst. Beto kisses her forehead and suggests couples therapy. The glass is always half full with this guy.
Moni goes to Mau's office to clarify things and ends up clarifying nothing. She needs two days to figure out how to tell him the truth. (Is that weird or what?) Anyway, yet another conversation is interrupted tonight as Gabi runs in to tell Mau that La Loca has entered the building. The lights go out and everyone screams.
Lots of scrambling, confusion and scared hugging ensues. Of course Moni accidentally punches someone out, turns out it's Sal. Christian shows up blinding himself with his flashlight and informs them the subject is trapped on their very floor.
Cut to the headshrinkers couch which is now fully occupied by a horizontal Beto and Coni. "See how he follows me and puts his hands all over me?" she, er, well not exactly complains and not exactly brags. Beto's had enough yackety yack and leaps onto Coni, "This is the only therapy she needs!" Dr. Meño pulls Beto off as Coni gasps and sighs, le pant le heave.
Back at the psycho horror film of Sermeño Group, Oscar and Jeri quiver and quake by the lights of their cell phones. The new and improved Ximena frightens them and giddily introduces her new self to them, she's looking for a job. Oscar, thinking she's too loud tells her to shut it. Jeri sugests Oscar strangle the old Xime and he'll strangle the new.
It looks like Coni has managed to break free from Beto's charms. He's following her out of the office and telling her if it's one thing he learned from the doc it's to extract the desires (sacar las ganas) that they are holding deep within. She feebly resists and he says fine, if she wants him to leave he'll go forever. He walks and Coni runs after him and sez OK. OK what? OK, let's extract our desires. That's all our odiferous caveman needs to hear and he drags Coni down the street.
Can you believe it? He's brought Coni to Moni's room! He throws her onto the bed and assumes the position. Before she takes her clothes off she has to remove her necklace which, naturally, falls to the floor becoming future evidence. They roll and pant, yes, no, yes, no, yes, call me Constancia!
"Basura!! And in Moni's own bed!" yells Estrella who has inconveniently arrived to interrupt the gymnastics. Coni hides behind a curtain while Beto makes excuses, he's doing his abdominals.
The unwilling participants of the Sermeño Witch Project don't seem too reassured by our hunky policeman's presence. For our, the viewer's benefit, Mau shines the flashlight in the face of whoever is talking. In real life somebody would tell him this is very rude. Suddenly his phone rings and the mystery caller is La Loca. She wants Mau to tell Sal he can rest in peace, but she's just calling to say goodbye. "You taking a trip?" Mau hopefully asks. Nope, they are all taking a one way trip to hell, one by one.
Mau is impactada as he reveals the content of the call to the others. He asks Christian to gather the others in the building. Affirmative! responds our man in uniform.
Estrella demands to know who Beto's friend is but Beto refuses to let Estrella "meet" the mujerzuela. While Estrella shouts at the top of her lungs Coni makes her escape unseen. Except by Nieves, that is, who urges her to run. Estrella consoles herself by taking a bite out of Beto's arm.
Estrella chases Beto outside and rips him a new one and Nieves too for protecting her son! Oooh, somebody's mama looks guilty.
Christian announces that reinforcements will arrive in a half hour. Mau tries to get the cavalry there sooner but no dice. Sal tries to reassure Gabi who scolds him because it's his amorous flings (deslices amorosos) that got them in this mess. While the others whine Paula gets to work. "Are you single?" she asks the cop. Affirmativo! She presses close and says she doesn't want La Loca to kill him or her either. "What would you like to do before going to the other world," he asks. Paula doesn't know but Chris certainly does and he lays a big kiss on her.
Jeri tells Mau he doesn't want to be an alarmist but the only person missing is Ximena. Everyone is in a panic as they wonder about la Loca's first victim. Wait a minute, what about Mau's office?!? They try the door and it's locked, surely Xime is a captive or worse. Sal yells for Loca to open the door and thankfully they hear Ximena respond: One, she mistook me for Anastasia and said horrible things to me while she tried to hang me. Two, I told her I was also crazy in love with Rolu. Three, I told her my sad story of love and she ended up crying. Now the poor dear is inconsolable. Whew! The crowd enters and sees that all is well, except for Lorenza who sits weeping on the floor. I just love how this show resolves its disasters in one night.
Wow, Estrella is still giving Beto and Nieves a major dressing down. Who is worse? Beto for putting the horns on Moni or Nieves for supporting him? Nieves tries to give that bull story about "it's OK for guys" crap but our Estre won't fall for it. What's good for the gander is good for the goose. Estre sez when Moni finds out she'll eat Beto alive. He begs her not to tell and she agrees. Thank God! She agrees only because it is Beto who will tell her the truth. His other choice is to abandon the wedding. Nieves scurries into Moni's room to straighten up.
Lorenza gets escorted back to the funny farm and all is well. Sal feels guilty and Mau consoles him with a man hug. Enough of the boring stuff.
Officer Bermudez and Paula are in a clinch in the darkened coffee closet thankful that they didn't die before experiencing true love, and he's still got that damn light on. Yet ANOTHER interruption and this time by Moni and Gabi. Moni scolds and Gabi jumps in saying that's no way for a woman to act who's going to get married. NOooooooo. Christian jumps back like he's been burned. This is too much for his proper and official ethics. He escapes and Gabi our incurable romantic sez she'll try to explain the inexplainable to him. Pau lets Moni have it, once again her lies her lies her lies have screwed things up! Mau overhears this last bit.
Coni runs home and Xime tells her she's acting weirder than Sal's wife. What's up? Xime sniffs the air and announces that Coni was with Robi. Don't lie, Coni's libido is in the air and her skin shines like a brilliant medal. Suddenly Coni remembers the incriminating necklace she left behind. Quelle surprise as they say in France.
Mau wants Moni to explain why Pau was calling her a liar. She evades his glance and reminds him she needs two days to arrange things before she tells him the truth. Puhleeeze! He agrees to this ridiculous arrangement and insists on driving her home. "OK but no questions," she commands. Meowwww...whip whip!
They are in her room safe and sound and now he can go home to his kids. Not so fast he sez. They get close and romantic and are guess what? INTERRUPTED by Beto and Estrella. Estre tells Mau to stay put while Beto tells Moni a little something in private. Mau looks confounded.
Beto tells Moni he's been thinking a lot. He's been thinking about their wedding. He wants to see if they can take a little time to think about it. In fact, maybe they need to wait a bit.
Tomorrow. Mau catches Coni leaving Moni's house after retrieving her necklace. Mau vehemently tells Moni that she is the love of his life, he loves her like he never thought he could love anyone.
Redux, thank you Judy:
Estre and Pau are trying to get Ximena to fill her empty brain with something besides romantic mush. Like maybe work? Heavens no! Well, anyway, think of yourself. Forget Rolu. They tell her not to be such an airhead (cerebro hueco = hollow brain).
Moni arrives in her robe. Xime is entranced with the new hotel "look" but then backtracks. Nope, gonna rise above mere fashion sense. Take a good look at me, she adds. This is the last time you'll see the old Xime. From now on I'm gonna change. She's slightly tipsy and asks if there was an earthquake, grabs the booze and besitos!
Beto sees Moni in her "hotel look" and asks why is she dressed like that in the streets? He looks really pissed.
Mau gets home, what's up? Nada sez Coni and she blames the gotta-come-home drama on Gabi. Besides, his cellular wasn't working and what's up with that? Dani interrupts this pleasant conversation by asking Mau why is he mad? Coni asks why is he wet? She wants to celebrate Aldo's success that's all, harrumph. Aldo is awesome; he tells Coni he doesn't want to celebrate because she's just using him to get his dad. Everybody glares and Coni looks the other way and pats Dani on the head.
Moni's first lie of the night is she was taking swimming lessons and someone stole her clothes. Beto is mollified and thinks she looks quite fetching in her bata (dressing gown). Enough bickering, he has a surprise for her it's his ID card (and no he's not wearing his luchador mask). "We can get married now!"
Mau scolds Aldo, what's wrong with him? Aldo sez nada wrong with him and I can't believe he didn't spill the beans about Coni's little therapy session with her cell phone. Maybe he wants more evidence.
Over at work Oscar is still working on Gabi's sympathies. Something tells me he's not used to female rejection. He asks is she jealous of what's her name the new employee? Gabi sez let's get back to work. He tries sweet ear kisses and romantic words and ick, she lets him kiss her. Sal watches them through the window and fumes.
Hah, I knew it. Our spies Aldo and Ivan are stalking Coni with a camera, but who should sneak up behind them but Beto. Today his shirt says Simple and Charismatic. The boys admit they are spying on Coni because she's putting the horns on Mau and what's Beto doing there? He sez he came to inspect the plumbing (heh, good one horn dog), didn't they know el Fantasma Vengador is also a plumber? Meanwhile he sees Coni and makes eye and body contact telling her to beat it. She escapes by stealing some poor woman's taxi while Beto takes his pic with the boys. Ivan cleverly notes Beto didn't go to his plumbing job, could he be Coni's lover? Aldo can't fathom it, Beto is stupid and smells rotten.
Moni tels Mau not to ask her anything. He sez he doesn't need to ask anything, he knows what she's hiding. She's invented a novio to protect herself. He knows the promise she made to herself, that she'll remain a virgin until matrimony. He tells her he'll wait until the last day of his life if necessary. Moni wisely zips it up and gives him a kiss. Our handsome schmuck is entranced.
Moni and Pau giggle over Mau's innocence and Pau notes that Moni is an expert liar. Moni points out she didn't lie about the virginity, Mau is the one who said it. Pau warns Moni if she keeps up the lies she'll lose Mau forever.
Gabi answers the phone for Sal and is told that La Loca Lorenza has escaped from the manicomio. Cut to Anastasia caressing and kissing Sal with Localocks spying on them from behind a tree. Sal steps away and Loca sneaks up behind Ana and starts strangling her. And...cut to commercial.
Back in the barrio Beto calls Coni to remind her they have a dinner date. Coni snottily tells him she can't make it, she has therapy, click. She bites her lip at the thought of Beto's masculinity and Beto, well, I'm sure Beto is not discouraged.
Sal assists a sobbing Ana out of the Sermeño Group elevator while Gabi keeps trying to tell him something. Sal yells call the clinic to make sure Lorenza is still there and hasn't escaped. "Your wife has escaped," Gabi informs him. Sal is impactado and Ana whimpers. Gabi gets her digs in and Mau tells her to call the cops. Instead she gloats over Ana's bruised throat.
Ana busts in on the odd couple (Oscar and Jeri) and tells them she quits!
Well well well, remember the cute but tortured and homicidal Chalo from QE? He is reincarnated here as police officer Christian Bermudez and he seems to have the hots for Paula. He has invaded Pau's space to request a glass of water for Gabi. Pau gushes over his uniform, physique and bullet proof vest. She even gives him a hug under Gabi's approving gaze. That's our Pau, man hungry as always; and that's our Gabi, always titillated by amor.
Enter the new and improved Ximena looking a bit like Audrey Hepburn in glasses. She loves the office and plays at answering the phone. Sal is surprised to see her and even more surprised to hear that she has abandoned the old, superficial Xime and has become the new, "reloaded" version. She is ready to be an executive. Sal asks what can she do? Well, she can more or less count to a hundred, approximately. Sal escorts her to his office (to wait for Mau I guess) while our local Loca skulks around the hallway spying, twitching and looking extremely suspicious.
The full moon rises. Wake up all ye werewolves.
Coni complains to Dr. Meño about Aldo constantly persecuting her but he is more interested in exploring her deep feelings about getting that Aborigine out of her life. Let the writhing begin. Coni describes Beto, he is gross, awkward, rustic, he is a macho lout, and dirty (sigh). She doesn't care if he bathes or not she likes him. Enter the obsession that is Beto and poor Coni looks about to burst. Beto kisses her forehead and suggests couples therapy. The glass is always half full with this guy.
Moni goes to Mau's office to clarify things and ends up clarifying nothing. She needs two days to figure out how to tell him the truth. (Is that weird or what?) Anyway, yet another conversation is interrupted tonight as Gabi runs in to tell Mau that La Loca has entered the building. The lights go out and everyone screams.
Lots of scrambling, confusion and scared hugging ensues. Of course Moni accidentally punches someone out, turns out it's Sal. Christian shows up blinding himself with his flashlight and informs them the subject is trapped on their very floor.
Cut to the headshrinkers couch which is now fully occupied by a horizontal Beto and Coni. "See how he follows me and puts his hands all over me?" she, er, well not exactly complains and not exactly brags. Beto's had enough yackety yack and leaps onto Coni, "This is the only therapy she needs!" Dr. Meño pulls Beto off as Coni gasps and sighs, le pant le heave.
Back at the psycho horror film of Sermeño Group, Oscar and Jeri quiver and quake by the lights of their cell phones. The new and improved Ximena frightens them and giddily introduces her new self to them, she's looking for a job. Oscar, thinking she's too loud tells her to shut it. Jeri sugests Oscar strangle the old Xime and he'll strangle the new.
It looks like Coni has managed to break free from Beto's charms. He's following her out of the office and telling her if it's one thing he learned from the doc it's to extract the desires (sacar las ganas) that they are holding deep within. She feebly resists and he says fine, if she wants him to leave he'll go forever. He walks and Coni runs after him and sez OK. OK what? OK, let's extract our desires. That's all our odiferous caveman needs to hear and he drags Coni down the street.
Can you believe it? He's brought Coni to Moni's room! He throws her onto the bed and assumes the position. Before she takes her clothes off she has to remove her necklace which, naturally, falls to the floor becoming future evidence. They roll and pant, yes, no, yes, no, yes, call me Constancia!
"Basura!! And in Moni's own bed!" yells Estrella who has inconveniently arrived to interrupt the gymnastics. Coni hides behind a curtain while Beto makes excuses, he's doing his abdominals.
The unwilling participants of the Sermeño Witch Project don't seem too reassured by our hunky policeman's presence. For our, the viewer's benefit, Mau shines the flashlight in the face of whoever is talking. In real life somebody would tell him this is very rude. Suddenly his phone rings and the mystery caller is La Loca. She wants Mau to tell Sal he can rest in peace, but she's just calling to say goodbye. "You taking a trip?" Mau hopefully asks. Nope, they are all taking a one way trip to hell, one by one.
Mau is impactada as he reveals the content of the call to the others. He asks Christian to gather the others in the building. Affirmative! responds our man in uniform.
Estrella demands to know who Beto's friend is but Beto refuses to let Estrella "meet" the mujerzuela. While Estrella shouts at the top of her lungs Coni makes her escape unseen. Except by Nieves, that is, who urges her to run. Estrella consoles herself by taking a bite out of Beto's arm.
Estrella chases Beto outside and rips him a new one and Nieves too for protecting her son! Oooh, somebody's mama looks guilty.
Christian announces that reinforcements will arrive in a half hour. Mau tries to get the cavalry there sooner but no dice. Sal tries to reassure Gabi who scolds him because it's his amorous flings (deslices amorosos) that got them in this mess. While the others whine Paula gets to work. "Are you single?" she asks the cop. Affirmativo! She presses close and says she doesn't want La Loca to kill him or her either. "What would you like to do before going to the other world," he asks. Paula doesn't know but Chris certainly does and he lays a big kiss on her.
Jeri tells Mau he doesn't want to be an alarmist but the only person missing is Ximena. Everyone is in a panic as they wonder about la Loca's first victim. Wait a minute, what about Mau's office?!? They try the door and it's locked, surely Xime is a captive or worse. Sal yells for Loca to open the door and thankfully they hear Ximena respond: One, she mistook me for Anastasia and said horrible things to me while she tried to hang me. Two, I told her I was also crazy in love with Rolu. Three, I told her my sad story of love and she ended up crying. Now the poor dear is inconsolable. Whew! The crowd enters and sees that all is well, except for Lorenza who sits weeping on the floor. I just love how this show resolves its disasters in one night.
Wow, Estrella is still giving Beto and Nieves a major dressing down. Who is worse? Beto for putting the horns on Moni or Nieves for supporting him? Nieves tries to give that bull story about "it's OK for guys" crap but our Estre won't fall for it. What's good for the gander is good for the goose. Estre sez when Moni finds out she'll eat Beto alive. He begs her not to tell and she agrees. Thank God! She agrees only because it is Beto who will tell her the truth. His other choice is to abandon the wedding. Nieves scurries into Moni's room to straighten up.
Lorenza gets escorted back to the funny farm and all is well. Sal feels guilty and Mau consoles him with a man hug. Enough of the boring stuff.
Officer Bermudez and Paula are in a clinch in the darkened coffee closet thankful that they didn't die before experiencing true love, and he's still got that damn light on. Yet ANOTHER interruption and this time by Moni and Gabi. Moni scolds and Gabi jumps in saying that's no way for a woman to act who's going to get married. NOooooooo. Christian jumps back like he's been burned. This is too much for his proper and official ethics. He escapes and Gabi our incurable romantic sez she'll try to explain the inexplainable to him. Pau lets Moni have it, once again her lies her lies her lies have screwed things up! Mau overhears this last bit.
Coni runs home and Xime tells her she's acting weirder than Sal's wife. What's up? Xime sniffs the air and announces that Coni was with Robi. Don't lie, Coni's libido is in the air and her skin shines like a brilliant medal. Suddenly Coni remembers the incriminating necklace she left behind. Quelle surprise as they say in France.
Mau wants Moni to explain why Pau was calling her a liar. She evades his glance and reminds him she needs two days to arrange things before she tells him the truth. Puhleeeze! He agrees to this ridiculous arrangement and insists on driving her home. "OK but no questions," she commands. Meowwww...whip whip!
They are in her room safe and sound and now he can go home to his kids. Not so fast he sez. They get close and romantic and are guess what? INTERRUPTED by Beto and Estrella. Estre tells Mau to stay put while Beto tells Moni a little something in private. Mau looks confounded.
Beto tells Moni he's been thinking a lot. He's been thinking about their wedding. He wants to see if they can take a little time to think about it. In fact, maybe they need to wait a bit.
Tomorrow. Mau catches Coni leaving Moni's house after retrieving her necklace. Mau vehemently tells Moni that she is the love of his life, he loves her like he never thought he could love anyone.
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Meowwww....whip whip! Sneaky girl! wonderful way to express that thought without offending anybody.
Yes, Ximene is a cross between Audrey Hepburn and Olive Oyl in her new persona. I couldn't be sure if Lorenza was crying from empathy or boredom after Xime's endless recounting of her Rolu romance woes.
And the scene of Beto barging into the psych's office and wrapping himeself around Connie on the couch was a riot. This telenovela is really breaking new comedy ground for me. Great stuff.
Love your style, Sylvia..."le pant le heave" always crack me up. And love your picture with Mike and Emilia...you look like the mischievous little kid who's always pulling stunts in school...but the teacher can never stay mad at her.
Yes, Ximene is a cross between Audrey Hepburn and Olive Oyl in her new persona. I couldn't be sure if Lorenza was crying from empathy or boredom after Xime's endless recounting of her Rolu romance woes.
And the scene of Beto barging into the psych's office and wrapping himeself around Connie on the couch was a riot. This telenovela is really breaking new comedy ground for me. Great stuff.
Love your style, Sylvia..."le pant le heave" always crack me up. And love your picture with Mike and Emilia...you look like the mischievous little kid who's always pulling stunts in school...but the teacher can never stay mad at her.
Sylvia: Who needs breakfast? You served up a delicious concoction, witty, wry and wonderful! Another fabulous title. Best lines: "Odiferous caveman", "psycho horror film of Sermeño Group", and my favorite "Coni's libido is in the air and her skin shines like a brilliant medal." Wow!
Sylvia, I think Beto's shirt "simple and charismatic" really says it all doesn't it?
Judy your "I couldn't be sure if Lorenza was crying from empathy or boredom after Xime's endless recounting of her Rolu romance woes" really had me chuckling.
Highlight? Seeing Chalo! (Love Mike Biaggio). Karen, hope you are watching! I remember he was a favorite of yours too.
Who would have thought Estrella would be the one making Beto examine his conscience? But do Beto and Connie really care for each other or is it simply chemistry? Whatever it is, can't wait to find out.
Out tomorrow so will look forward to reading Kris' and Hombre's recaps on Tuesday.
Diana in MA
Sylvia, I think Beto's shirt "simple and charismatic" really says it all doesn't it?
Judy your "I couldn't be sure if Lorenza was crying from empathy or boredom after Xime's endless recounting of her Rolu romance woes" really had me chuckling.
Highlight? Seeing Chalo! (Love Mike Biaggio). Karen, hope you are watching! I remember he was a favorite of yours too.
Who would have thought Estrella would be the one making Beto examine his conscience? But do Beto and Connie really care for each other or is it simply chemistry? Whatever it is, can't wait to find out.
Out tomorrow so will look forward to reading Kris' and Hombre's recaps on Tuesday.
Diana in MA
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: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:44:00 AM EDT
: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:44:00 AM EDT
Heh, good point about Lorenza crying. Maybe it was boredom, eh?
What a surprise having Mike Biaggio in this! He was one of the shining stars of QE and I'm guessing he will have the opportunity to shine even more brightly in Gancho. I hope he sticks around because so far he and Paula have good chemistry.
This TN has many of the cliches but it is also filled with surprises, namely Estrella giving Beto the ultimatum. That caught me off guard but makes total sense. Man, she was hopping mad!
Diana and others who are taking off early, have a great long weekend!
What a surprise having Mike Biaggio in this! He was one of the shining stars of QE and I'm guessing he will have the opportunity to shine even more brightly in Gancho. I hope he sticks around because so far he and Paula have good chemistry.
This TN has many of the cliches but it is also filled with surprises, namely Estrella giving Beto the ultimatum. That caught me off guard but makes total sense. Man, she was hopping mad!
Diana and others who are taking off early, have a great long weekend!
Judy, your comment about the picture...you know me too well! I was the kid who would instigate stunts but would rarely get caught. I could pull one over on the teachers but never my mother; she always knew when her "little angel" was stirring up trouble.
Sylvia, thanks for another excellent recap. I'm enjoying seeing old friends from previous TNs show up in our wacky little world of improbable, but for an hour each night very real, loonies. I too hope officer Bermudez sticks around for a while. The character reminds me of the Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance.
Last night's episode has me a bit confused over Monita's virginity or lack thereof. After her conversations with Mao and Pau, I'm thinking that maybe she's not after all.
Carlos
Last night's episode has me a bit confused over Monita's virginity or lack thereof. After her conversations with Mao and Pau, I'm thinking that maybe she's not after all.
Carlos
I was confused too. She never actually said she wasn't, but she didn't say she was either. It sounded like she's not, at least that's what Paula thinks. However Moni and Beto don't seem to have an active romance life. I dunno.
Hah Sylvia! I KNEW it. If I'd been your teacher, I would have suspected but probably would have liked you too much to get mad. I LOVE naughty people in aerobics class...makes it more fun.
Great recap, Sylvia. I also thought it was funny how Mau kept pointing the flashlight at whomever was talking. Also, the way Oscar and Jerry used their cellphones as flashlights (those things are handy. It's a clock, it's a flashlight, it's a camera, and oh, yes, you can even use it to make calls!)
There sure have been a lot of close calls for Mau to find out the truth. He's always just too late. And the previews seem to show him catching Coni exiting Beto's and once again, Mau's a little too late, so she can probably weasel out of it. Well, as long as they have action packed, funny episodes like last night's, they can keep having all the close calls they want.
There sure have been a lot of close calls for Mau to find out the truth. He's always just too late. And the previews seem to show him catching Coni exiting Beto's and once again, Mau's a little too late, so she can probably weasel out of it. Well, as long as they have action packed, funny episodes like last night's, they can keep having all the close calls they want.
Thanks, Sylvia. I recognized the police guy as Sara's accomplice from QE, but the name that popped into my mind was ''Chachi''...no...that was Joanie's boyfriend on Happy Days. The longhaired guy making Mau jealous is one of the guys who tried to pursue Sarita and Jimena in FELS. It's fun to see familiar faces. Judyb~~I'd really love to be in one of your aerobics classes. That would be a hoot. Could I choose my fav tunes ???
Permalink posted by : Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 1:31:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 1:31:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap Sylvia. What a great episode. I can't wait to view it.
Diana - thanks for the heads up. I look forward to seeing Chalo.
Interesting conversation here about Moni's purity. Isn't it novela law that the woman must be pure and only sleep with her one true love?
From yesterday, guilt not withstanding, I don't know how Moni thought about anything (as Judy and Julia mentioned) when Mau was kissing. He looked so intense I don't see how Moni didn't melt.
Diana - thanks for the heads up. I look forward to seeing Chalo.
Interesting conversation here about Moni's purity. Isn't it novela law that the woman must be pure and only sleep with her one true love?
From yesterday, guilt not withstanding, I don't know how Moni thought about anything (as Judy and Julia mentioned) when Mau was kissing. He looked so intense I don't see how Moni didn't melt.
On occasion the protagonista will not be virginal (Tontas, Amar Sin Limites) but I think it's pretty rigidly written that she must never sleep with another man after she's met the protagonist. So who knows about Moni? Although she avoids physical contact with Beto, and they've been together so long I don't know who else she would have been with.
I love Chalo/Cristian! I was really disappointed when he was killed on QE; I hope he sticks around for a long time on this one.
Great recap, Sylvia! I don't know how you manage to be more sizzling and saucy than the show but you do.
I love Chalo/Cristian! I was really disappointed when he was killed on QE; I hope he sticks around for a long time on this one.
Great recap, Sylvia! I don't know how you manage to be more sizzling and saucy than the show but you do.
Sizzling and saucy...good way to describe Sylvia. In fact that should be her new sobriquet!
Susanlynn...I would LOVE to have you in my aerobics class. You'd fit right in. I have lots of smart, funny women who say what they think and make us all laugh.
I listen to music suggstions and if it works it works, so I'll include something if I like it too or it's got a good beat.
Although musical taste is very individual, a teacher tries to include enough variety that there's something for everyone to love (and probably something that somebody hates! alas)
Susanlynn...I would LOVE to have you in my aerobics class. You'd fit right in. I have lots of smart, funny women who say what they think and make us all laugh.
I listen to music suggstions and if it works it works, so I'll include something if I like it too or it's got a good beat.
Although musical taste is very individual, a teacher tries to include enough variety that there's something for everyone to love (and probably something that somebody hates! alas)
The talk about "purity" makes me think of General Ripper in Dr. Strangelove and his obsession with "purity of essence." Most disturbing line was "I do not avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence."
Could this be what's going on with Monita? Denied essence?
Could this be what's going on with Monita? Denied essence?
Great recap Sylvia, I also like Mike Biaggio he is very cute, he used to be in a pop group of the 90's called "Mercurio" with Alex Sirvent (Rolando) and I've always found him dreamy.
My favorite part of this episode was Mau pointing the flashlinght to the faces of the people that were talking and also there was a part were he just pointed the flashlight to everybody to show us their reactions. I thought that was funny.
I think that Paula was just refering to the fact that Moni was lying about her virginity being the reason she didn't sleep with Mau, not the fact that she was engaged with Beto. I can't remember if Moni has stated if she is a virgin or not.
TV Azteca often has female protagonists that are not virgins and even sometimes has them sleeping with a different men after meeting the male lead. I always thought the virgin lead was a Televisa thing, but there is sometimes a novela here or there where that isn't the case. However, I don't think Moni has ever had other boyfriend besides Beto and we know there was never anything past kisses between them.
Jarocha
My favorite part of this episode was Mau pointing the flashlinght to the faces of the people that were talking and also there was a part were he just pointed the flashlight to everybody to show us their reactions. I thought that was funny.
I think that Paula was just refering to the fact that Moni was lying about her virginity being the reason she didn't sleep with Mau, not the fact that she was engaged with Beto. I can't remember if Moni has stated if she is a virgin or not.
TV Azteca often has female protagonists that are not virgins and even sometimes has them sleeping with a different men after meeting the male lead. I always thought the virgin lead was a Televisa thing, but there is sometimes a novela here or there where that isn't the case. However, I don't think Moni has ever had other boyfriend besides Beto and we know there was never anything past kisses between them.
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:19:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 7:19:00 PM EDT
Wow..TV Azteca must be pretty wild, Jarocha. As far as I can see, most Televisa heroines are like the Barbara Cartland heroines, feisty but virginal, pure and lovely enough to tame the more experienced macho males but for sure, saving themselves for the one true, everlasting love.
Thanks for the recall of Dr. Stangelove, Mike. Great movie.
Thanks for the recall of Dr. Stangelove, Mike. Great movie.
TV Azteca based its success in being different and almost the complete opposite of Televisa. While Televisa offered some kind of escapism to viewers with their fairy tale style novelas, TV Azteca decided to base its stories in the harsh reality. The style is very different, from the writing to the acting, they like things to be raw. But the quality in its productions is not the same anymore, they had have many troubles lately and their talents (writers, actors, producers, etc.) are leaving the network.
It is a shame though, because they were incredibly bold and had amazing stories.
Jarocha
It is a shame though, because they were incredibly bold and had amazing stories.
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 8:33:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 8:33:00 PM EDT
Hey everyone, thanks so much for all your great comments.
I have a feeling that Mike might have me beat in the instigator department!
Judy, one of my old spinning instructors used to take requests, then he would put them all together on a CD for the class. Since the classes were multicultural his CDs were very eclectic and quite fabulous. One of my classmates loved Bollywood tunes and we pedaled like crazy to her music.
I have heard that TV Azteca is quite good. I like bold. Unfortunately I cannot get that channel because it's not on my cable lineup. Maybe it's for the better, I don't think I need another channel tempting me with telenovelas!
I have a feeling that Mike might have me beat in the instigator department!
Judy, one of my old spinning instructors used to take requests, then he would put them all together on a CD for the class. Since the classes were multicultural his CDs were very eclectic and quite fabulous. One of my classmates loved Bollywood tunes and we pedaled like crazy to her music.
I have heard that TV Azteca is quite good. I like bold. Unfortunately I cannot get that channel because it's not on my cable lineup. Maybe it's for the better, I don't think I need another channel tempting me with telenovelas!
Susanlynn, thank you for identifying Sr. Vichy. I was going crazy trying to figure out where I had seen him before.
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