Saturday, October 24, 2009
Gancho Friday October 23rd The Bubble Gets Bigger and Bigger and Bigger, and
Oh, for the times when problems were solved in one day. We seem to be getting more and more problems, with no solutions in sight. And Mau and Moni are completely oblivious, living a dream of immense joy. It’s almost like the stock market of 2008. And we all know what happened when that bubble burst. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. What could possibly have gone wrong (and right) tonight?
We start with a little truth. Katia is contrite about her role in lingerie/gate. Although Connie asked her to do it, she was wrong, was just mad at Aldo, and thinks she’s just as bad as her sister. Aldo doesn’t think so, but wants a little time to find a solution to the custody problem. Luisa enters, hears the truth, and is furious at Katia. But Aldo calms her down, pointing out that Connie’s actions don’t add up, and it would be better if they all work together, and act as if they’re NOT suspicious of Connie, so they can figure out what’s really motivating the Mómia.
Out on the bridge, Loriloca is waiting to be rescued by Sal when Oscar gets there first, hankering for a showdown of sexual come-ons. She wants to tie him up. He thinks she’s insatiable, he’ll give her what she deserves. She thinks he deserves to be punished. He’s been a naughty boy. Gonna whip me? he asks. She’ll use her imagination. He pretends he’s shaking with fear as she twists his tie. They growl at each other, and seal it with an evil kiss.
In contrast, we zip over to sun-kissed Mérida, Yucatán, as we see El Monumento de la Pátria. But look who’s here. Jerónimo is at the very hotel where Mau and Moni are staying. He bribes the man at the front desk that no matter who calls, don’t tell them Mau and Moni are here. Jerry seems to be having a mosquito problem, he bought some repellent, but it seems to be working backwards – attracting mosquitos (too bad, Jerry). Moni and Mau come in (as Jerry ducks out), ask the man if there are any messages for them. No, Señor. As they leave, Jerry congratulates the man on a job well done.
As Loriloca sees Sal approach, she quickly sticks her leg over the edge of the bridge as if she were going to jump.
(Time for me to learn a new vocabulary word, as they proceed to use the verb aventarse about twenty times. It means to hurl or throw oneself. Aventar means to hurl or throw something). Sal says don’t do it, and why did you stop taking your pills? Lori responds, they were the first things I threw off (aventé). The voices told her to. Sal says the voices are bad. The only good voice is his. And his voice is ordering her not to hurl herself off (no te avientes). She can’t figure out which voices to listen to. He repeats that his is the one, and she calms down a bit. He tries to make an analogy to all the voices and gossiping in the office, but doesn’t know when he’s ahead, and says why don’t they get divorced? Bad move. She starts screaming, sticks her leg over again. An innocent bystander, not an extra, walks right by, and amazingly our actors stay in character (but I thought it was funny). Lore then says you know what? I’m not going to throw myself off (no me aventar). Why, because I’m going to throw YOU off! (porque al que voy a aventar es a ti). I’ve now officially learned the word aventar.
In the cárcel, Paula has joined Estrella, and the two are happily keeping each other warm, huddled next to each other. After Cris kisses Pau through the bars, he’s called away for some emergency. Pau remarks how dedicated Cris is, and Estre says if all cops were like that, the country would be quite different (a little social commentary snuck in, I’d say). While the girls shiver on the prison bench, they glow with vicarious warmth, thinking of Moni’s happiness.
Cut to Moni, punching Mau, Mau punching Moni! But it’s all in fun, she’s teaching him, until Moni accidentally hits him in the solar plexus, and he’s temporarily down for the count. As he recovers, he wonders if he should be getting so involved in her life as to be taking boxing lessons from her. Moni replies that he IS her life, her whole world. Mau’s chest hurts a little, Moni goes to kiss away the hurt. She says he’s the best present she ever received. He wonders if she likes to unwrap her presents. She does (she does!), as the clothes fall off, her shoes, his shirt, and the kisses and caresses start anew. To the tune of Qué hago con mis labios, by Ha-Ash (What should I do with my lips?), he gently caresses her legs,
her beautiful hand (diamond ring sparkling) strokes his broad back,
and all’s right with the world (for now).
Jerry’s on the phone, itching to fill in Oscar with the latest news. Actually, he’s just itching, as the bloodsucking mosquitoes seem to have found a kindred soul. Jerry tells Oki that he has an eye on Moni and Mau, who seem to have no idea of what’s happening back home. Oki says Sal’s being taken out of commission, which Jerry finds hard to believe. When Oki hears Jerry’s yelps from the mosquito bites, he helpfully tells Jerry that at least someone wants to “eat” Jerry without his having to beg for it!
And Sal is, indeed, being taken out of commission, as Lori has him bent over the railing of the bridge. She demands to know, who’s the other woman?! He urges calm, they can talk about this at home. No way, she replies, there’s only one thing to do, yell for help. HEELLLPP!!! she yells, and two seconds later, here comes Cris (see above emergency, maybe the bystander called it in), and Lori promptly says her husband’s trying to kill her! Sal says she’s crazy. Lorenza says he’s got another woman, probably much younger, because he’s a cradle robber (rabo verde, see vocab for explanation). Cris and his partner don’t know whom to believe, and arrest them both.
Well, it turns out Connie can cook one dish – spaghetti. All the kids pretend to like it, since that’s part of their new plan to find out what Connie’s up to. Little Dani’s sleepy, so Luisa and Katia take her off to beddie-bye, leaving Connie and Aldo. Aldo acts nice, and Connie continues her nice act, too. Of course she can’t help being her high and mighty self, telling Aldo that he’s going to sleep on the couch in the living room, and he’d better bathe first, because she can smell from all the way over on her side of the table, all the places he’s been. Classy. By the way, she’s got things to do tomorrow, so could Aldo take care of getting the kids to school?
As Can’tstandha strides out, heels clicking, Aldo flashes back to sweet Estrella, so tender and understanding at the music academy. Aldo breathes deep, tells himself he’ll never stop loving Estrella. And over in the jail, a wistful Estre’s thinking the same thing, lovingly recalling Aldo’s powerful words when he poured out his soul to the unseen hooker, not realizing Estrella was right there. One can’t help rooting for these two.
Sal and Lore are brought into the jail, and Lorenza’s overjoyed to see her buddy Paula is already there. She wonders why she hasn’t seen Pau in the office lately, she feels abandoned. Estrella makes the crazy sign (finger around ear).
And it was evening, and it was morning, and a new day dawns for some more fun. The kids are ready, but Aldo finds out (apparently from Jerry) that Estre’s still locked up, and wants to visit her. He goes off, leaving the girls to fend for themselves (and once again, Katia’s suffering from jealousy).
Over in Mérida, Mau and Moni are both wearing white (actually he has a light purple shirt and almost peach colored pants under his crisp white jacket), and they walk hand in hand, smiling. Mau actually has his meeting today (remember, this was a business trip!!), so Moni can shop for her wedding gown. Across the way, Jerry sees them kiss, and when they split up, he says into the phone, okay, whom should I follow? Kukla and Ollie (sorry, I mean Connie and Oki) have him on speaker, Oki says follow him, Con says follow her. No, him. No, her. Jerry lurches back and forth, all the time vainly trying to stop those pesky mosquitoes. Ouch!
The girls haven’t left for school yet, but Teresa has called them on the phone, and Luisa tells her they didn’t sleep too well, but they’re putting up with staying at Connie’s as well as possible. Neither Terry nor the kids have heard from Mauricio, and they haven’t heard from Ivan, either. Terry feels very guilty and worried about Ivan, and all of a sudden, she gasps for breath. Luisa wonders if she’s okay, and Terry pulls herself together, reassuring Lu, saying she has to hang up, she’s got something on the stove (en la lumbre). Luisa tells the girls they’re not going to school, either, and they’re off with a plan of their own.
Gabi arrives at the jail as Sal’s getting fingerprinted, and wonders if he was really trying to kill Lore. Of course not, he was just trying to stop her from throwing herself off (yo traté que impedir que se aventara – there’s that word again, this time in the imperfect subjunctive). He tells Gabi he told Lore of the divorce, and this really set Lore off. Gabi begs Cris to let Sal go, based on the love he has for Paula, Gabi’s friend. Negativo, responds Cris. Fine, says Gabi, I’ll just tell Paula, how about that! Cris says Pau’s locked up, too, which causes Gabi to tell Sal his case is hopeless. If Cris won’t even let his own NOVIA out, Sal might as well forget it. Cris advises a lawyer, Gabi suggests Oscar, Sal says no way, so I guess they’ll try to find another lawyer. Sal also inquires about Mau, and Gabi hasn’t been able to find him in any hotel. His phone doesn’t answer, and Moni’s goes to voice mail. Sal is frustrated, and when Gabi tells him the kids are with Connie, Sal’s even more upset. But there’s nothing he can do at this point, and Gabi tries to calm him with soothing words and soft hands.
On the other side of the bars, Paula the Philosopher tells Lorenza divorce isn’t so bad, it’s like going to the dentist. It hurts at first, but then you get the pain out. Lore wants the truth. Does Paula know who Salvador’s girlfriend is? No way, responds Pau. As you know, she adds, I keep to myself at work, I NEVER gossip. (Hmmm.)
Aldo rushes in, Estrella jumps up and gives her little puppy a kiss through the bars. He tells her all the stuff about Connie and the custody.
Mau’s waiting for his meeting, asks the secretary if he can use the phone, he lost his cell, and wants to call home. No problem, and he dials the number. Back home, Terry’s slicing canteloupe, but looking a bit green in the gills. The phone rings, she turns, struggles to breathe, and collapses on the kitchen floor. Nooooo! This is Terryble!
On a brighter note, it’s time for Moni to pick out her bridal gown. Jerry’s outside, trying to peek through the window, still getting devoured by his little compadres. Moni tries a simple off the shoulder gown, and she looks lovely, her hair up, pretty but elegant. Hopeful piano chords accompany her slow-motion dress fitting. She radiates happiness and tranquility. But then she tries another gown, even nicer looking, a satiny, high waisted strapless gown, and I think this is the one. She looks amazing.
(Ahhh, to be 30 years younger, not married, fluent in Spanish, and as good-looking as Mau. Oh well). She even puts on the veil, and we see in her eyes that she’s made her choice.
Back at Connies, the kids are out, so Connie and Beto have the place all to themselves. He backs her up against the wall, stretches out her arms, and moves in for the kill. However, her phone rings, and being a telenovela character, she can't let it go unanswered. It’s Jerry, saying guess who’s buying a wedding dress? Both Connie and Beto are impactados about this, and Connie commands Jerry to stop the wedding, or at least find out exactly what the plans are. But Jerry’s tired of being ordered around (and being bitten by bugs), so he says he’s returning to the D.F., Connie’ll have to handle things, and he hangs up. Beto tells Connie he knows what they have to do. What? Have sex, of course, it’ll relax them, and then they can take a plane to Mérida and stop the wedding. Connie doesn’t want to act impulsively, they have to think clearly about what to do, there’s a lot in play. Beto decides this still means they can have sex.
Lorenza sees Aldo and Estrella flirting, and remarks to Paula that he seems a little young for her. But Paula says love has no age, and the two ladies look on approvingly as Aldo and Estrella do very little to hide their affections. Sal walks over, though, on the way back from his fingerprinting, tells Aldo to go to school, Estre concurs, so Aldo goes. Sal starts to speak to Estre, when Lore jumps up, don’t you remember the promise you made 20 years ago? Until DEATH do us part! she yells gleefully, arms thrust in the air. Sal starts to tell Estrella to stay away from Aldo, but Estrella decides not to cooperate, she AGREES with Lorenza, she hugs Lore and Paula in sisterhood togetherness, and asks who is Sal to give moral lectures when he’s cheating on his wife! Lorenza jumps up, and Sal quickly scurries back over to the men’s side, where he’s safe behind those nice little bars.
Back at the Connie and Beto show, she’s tried calling Jerry 10 times, but he’s not answering. Beto warns her she’d better not be seeing Jerry, if she’s unfaithful, he’ll kill her. Connie gives it right back, if he’s unfaithful, he doesn’t know WHAT she’s capable of. Oh, really? he replies. I’m macho, and I can go with all the dames I want. But you can’t. And how could you play with Jerry after what he did to you? Because I feel like it, I need him as an ally, and why should I explain anything to you, you of limited intelligence? You know, she adds, men are only good for one thing – pleasure. Beto wants clarification. Connie spells it out. If Jerry lays a finger on her, she’ll get a big scissors, and cut things off at the pass, so to speak. And the same applies to you, too, Beto, so watch out. And now, why don’t you go talk to those naco amigas of La Monita, and find out what’s going on. Beto barks twice, rolls over and obeys his Mistress (figuratively, of course).
Looks as if Luisa and Katia dropped Dani off at school, and picked up Ivan (how did they even know where he was? Oh, I think they found him at the university where he goes to school, he’s wearing a tee-shirt that says “University”). Anyway, they’re walking home. Ivan doesn’t exactly approve of their ditching school, but Luisa says it’s for a good cause, to check out the college where Katia might go, and to get Terry and Ivan back together. Ivan’s also mad at Katia for not speaking up sooner about the photos, but Lu says Kat’s sorry, and Ivan forgives her, but could he possibly see those photos again? Just kidding, he says. Our three friends are smiling, all is forgiven, as they press the buzzer to the house.
Mauricio leaves a message for Sal on his cell. Moni arrives with a big box. Mau can’t see the dress, but she’ll describe it to him. The skirt has lots of frills (olánes), and many, many ribbons (listónes), red, purple and yellow, and on the waist in the back, a huge green bun (moño), and the whole thing glows in the dark, it’s fluorescent, so even if the lights go out, we’re all set! Mau’s a little taken aback, wants to see the dress, but Moni says Gotcha! It was a joke (broma). Isn’t she cute? He picks her up, spins her around, puts her down, kisses her deeply. But she has to be punished for her little joke. With tickling!
Aldo arrives at Connie’s, and she knows he wasn’t at school. In fact, she knows perfectly well where he was, with that cabaret dancer. Aldo says she’s not a cabaret dancer, and adds that he loves her. Connie laughs, so you love her? And you were with her? I AM with her, he replies. No, Aldo, you WERE with her. Because if I find out you get back with her, I’ll make sure she stays in prison FOREVER, for corrupting the morals of a minor. Get it?
And our happy teens aren’t happy for long, as Ivan opens the door with his key, and they find Terry lying on the kitchen floor, unconscious! Katia calls for an ambulance, Ivan says Granny, can you hear me? and Luisa begs Terry, say something, please!!
Previews of Monday’s show: Do we have a wedding?!!
Vocabulario:
Aventarse – to throw oneself (off of something). Similar to arrojarse, or tirarse. Aventarse can also mean to dare. Aventar means to throw (something)
Rabo verde – a cradle robber, a much older man fooling around with a young woman. Literally, it means green tail, and refers to the green tail of an onion, which has white hairs (the old guy)
Lumbre – fire, en la lumbre means on the stove, ¿tienes lumbre? means “Do you have a light?” for a cigarette
Olánes – frills, flounces
Listónes – ribbons
Moño – a bun, as with hair. Interestingly, agarrarse del moño means to go at each others’ throats
Cosquillas - tickling
We start with a little truth. Katia is contrite about her role in lingerie/gate. Although Connie asked her to do it, she was wrong, was just mad at Aldo, and thinks she’s just as bad as her sister. Aldo doesn’t think so, but wants a little time to find a solution to the custody problem. Luisa enters, hears the truth, and is furious at Katia. But Aldo calms her down, pointing out that Connie’s actions don’t add up, and it would be better if they all work together, and act as if they’re NOT suspicious of Connie, so they can figure out what’s really motivating the Mómia.
Out on the bridge, Loriloca is waiting to be rescued by Sal when Oscar gets there first, hankering for a showdown of sexual come-ons. She wants to tie him up. He thinks she’s insatiable, he’ll give her what she deserves. She thinks he deserves to be punished. He’s been a naughty boy. Gonna whip me? he asks. She’ll use her imagination. He pretends he’s shaking with fear as she twists his tie. They growl at each other, and seal it with an evil kiss.
In contrast, we zip over to sun-kissed Mérida, Yucatán, as we see El Monumento de la Pátria. But look who’s here. Jerónimo is at the very hotel where Mau and Moni are staying. He bribes the man at the front desk that no matter who calls, don’t tell them Mau and Moni are here. Jerry seems to be having a mosquito problem, he bought some repellent, but it seems to be working backwards – attracting mosquitos (too bad, Jerry). Moni and Mau come in (as Jerry ducks out), ask the man if there are any messages for them. No, Señor. As they leave, Jerry congratulates the man on a job well done.
As Loriloca sees Sal approach, she quickly sticks her leg over the edge of the bridge as if she were going to jump.
(Time for me to learn a new vocabulary word, as they proceed to use the verb aventarse about twenty times. It means to hurl or throw oneself. Aventar means to hurl or throw something). Sal says don’t do it, and why did you stop taking your pills? Lori responds, they were the first things I threw off (aventé). The voices told her to. Sal says the voices are bad. The only good voice is his. And his voice is ordering her not to hurl herself off (no te avientes). She can’t figure out which voices to listen to. He repeats that his is the one, and she calms down a bit. He tries to make an analogy to all the voices and gossiping in the office, but doesn’t know when he’s ahead, and says why don’t they get divorced? Bad move. She starts screaming, sticks her leg over again. An innocent bystander, not an extra, walks right by, and amazingly our actors stay in character (but I thought it was funny). Lore then says you know what? I’m not going to throw myself off (no me aventar). Why, because I’m going to throw YOU off! (porque al que voy a aventar es a ti). I’ve now officially learned the word aventar.In the cárcel, Paula has joined Estrella, and the two are happily keeping each other warm, huddled next to each other. After Cris kisses Pau through the bars, he’s called away for some emergency. Pau remarks how dedicated Cris is, and Estre says if all cops were like that, the country would be quite different (a little social commentary snuck in, I’d say). While the girls shiver on the prison bench, they glow with vicarious warmth, thinking of Moni’s happiness.
Cut to Moni, punching Mau, Mau punching Moni! But it’s all in fun, she’s teaching him, until Moni accidentally hits him in the solar plexus, and he’s temporarily down for the count. As he recovers, he wonders if he should be getting so involved in her life as to be taking boxing lessons from her. Moni replies that he IS her life, her whole world. Mau’s chest hurts a little, Moni goes to kiss away the hurt. She says he’s the best present she ever received. He wonders if she likes to unwrap her presents. She does (she does!), as the clothes fall off, her shoes, his shirt, and the kisses and caresses start anew. To the tune of Qué hago con mis labios, by Ha-Ash (What should I do with my lips?), he gently caresses her legs,
her beautiful hand (diamond ring sparkling) strokes his broad back,
and all’s right with the world (for now).Jerry’s on the phone, itching to fill in Oscar with the latest news. Actually, he’s just itching, as the bloodsucking mosquitoes seem to have found a kindred soul. Jerry tells Oki that he has an eye on Moni and Mau, who seem to have no idea of what’s happening back home. Oki says Sal’s being taken out of commission, which Jerry finds hard to believe. When Oki hears Jerry’s yelps from the mosquito bites, he helpfully tells Jerry that at least someone wants to “eat” Jerry without his having to beg for it!
And Sal is, indeed, being taken out of commission, as Lori has him bent over the railing of the bridge. She demands to know, who’s the other woman?! He urges calm, they can talk about this at home. No way, she replies, there’s only one thing to do, yell for help. HEELLLPP!!! she yells, and two seconds later, here comes Cris (see above emergency, maybe the bystander called it in), and Lori promptly says her husband’s trying to kill her! Sal says she’s crazy. Lorenza says he’s got another woman, probably much younger, because he’s a cradle robber (rabo verde, see vocab for explanation). Cris and his partner don’t know whom to believe, and arrest them both.
Well, it turns out Connie can cook one dish – spaghetti. All the kids pretend to like it, since that’s part of their new plan to find out what Connie’s up to. Little Dani’s sleepy, so Luisa and Katia take her off to beddie-bye, leaving Connie and Aldo. Aldo acts nice, and Connie continues her nice act, too. Of course she can’t help being her high and mighty self, telling Aldo that he’s going to sleep on the couch in the living room, and he’d better bathe first, because she can smell from all the way over on her side of the table, all the places he’s been. Classy. By the way, she’s got things to do tomorrow, so could Aldo take care of getting the kids to school?
As Can’tstandha strides out, heels clicking, Aldo flashes back to sweet Estrella, so tender and understanding at the music academy. Aldo breathes deep, tells himself he’ll never stop loving Estrella. And over in the jail, a wistful Estre’s thinking the same thing, lovingly recalling Aldo’s powerful words when he poured out his soul to the unseen hooker, not realizing Estrella was right there. One can’t help rooting for these two.
Sal and Lore are brought into the jail, and Lorenza’s overjoyed to see her buddy Paula is already there. She wonders why she hasn’t seen Pau in the office lately, she feels abandoned. Estrella makes the crazy sign (finger around ear).
And it was evening, and it was morning, and a new day dawns for some more fun. The kids are ready, but Aldo finds out (apparently from Jerry) that Estre’s still locked up, and wants to visit her. He goes off, leaving the girls to fend for themselves (and once again, Katia’s suffering from jealousy).
Over in Mérida, Mau and Moni are both wearing white (actually he has a light purple shirt and almost peach colored pants under his crisp white jacket), and they walk hand in hand, smiling. Mau actually has his meeting today (remember, this was a business trip!!), so Moni can shop for her wedding gown. Across the way, Jerry sees them kiss, and when they split up, he says into the phone, okay, whom should I follow? Kukla and Ollie (sorry, I mean Connie and Oki) have him on speaker, Oki says follow him, Con says follow her. No, him. No, her. Jerry lurches back and forth, all the time vainly trying to stop those pesky mosquitoes. Ouch!
The girls haven’t left for school yet, but Teresa has called them on the phone, and Luisa tells her they didn’t sleep too well, but they’re putting up with staying at Connie’s as well as possible. Neither Terry nor the kids have heard from Mauricio, and they haven’t heard from Ivan, either. Terry feels very guilty and worried about Ivan, and all of a sudden, she gasps for breath. Luisa wonders if she’s okay, and Terry pulls herself together, reassuring Lu, saying she has to hang up, she’s got something on the stove (en la lumbre). Luisa tells the girls they’re not going to school, either, and they’re off with a plan of their own.
Gabi arrives at the jail as Sal’s getting fingerprinted, and wonders if he was really trying to kill Lore. Of course not, he was just trying to stop her from throwing herself off (yo traté que impedir que se aventara – there’s that word again, this time in the imperfect subjunctive). He tells Gabi he told Lore of the divorce, and this really set Lore off. Gabi begs Cris to let Sal go, based on the love he has for Paula, Gabi’s friend. Negativo, responds Cris. Fine, says Gabi, I’ll just tell Paula, how about that! Cris says Pau’s locked up, too, which causes Gabi to tell Sal his case is hopeless. If Cris won’t even let his own NOVIA out, Sal might as well forget it. Cris advises a lawyer, Gabi suggests Oscar, Sal says no way, so I guess they’ll try to find another lawyer. Sal also inquires about Mau, and Gabi hasn’t been able to find him in any hotel. His phone doesn’t answer, and Moni’s goes to voice mail. Sal is frustrated, and when Gabi tells him the kids are with Connie, Sal’s even more upset. But there’s nothing he can do at this point, and Gabi tries to calm him with soothing words and soft hands.
On the other side of the bars, Paula the Philosopher tells Lorenza divorce isn’t so bad, it’s like going to the dentist. It hurts at first, but then you get the pain out. Lore wants the truth. Does Paula know who Salvador’s girlfriend is? No way, responds Pau. As you know, she adds, I keep to myself at work, I NEVER gossip. (Hmmm.)
Aldo rushes in, Estrella jumps up and gives her little puppy a kiss through the bars. He tells her all the stuff about Connie and the custody.
Mau’s waiting for his meeting, asks the secretary if he can use the phone, he lost his cell, and wants to call home. No problem, and he dials the number. Back home, Terry’s slicing canteloupe, but looking a bit green in the gills. The phone rings, she turns, struggles to breathe, and collapses on the kitchen floor. Nooooo! This is Terryble!
On a brighter note, it’s time for Moni to pick out her bridal gown. Jerry’s outside, trying to peek through the window, still getting devoured by his little compadres. Moni tries a simple off the shoulder gown, and she looks lovely, her hair up, pretty but elegant. Hopeful piano chords accompany her slow-motion dress fitting. She radiates happiness and tranquility. But then she tries another gown, even nicer looking, a satiny, high waisted strapless gown, and I think this is the one. She looks amazing.
(Ahhh, to be 30 years younger, not married, fluent in Spanish, and as good-looking as Mau. Oh well). She even puts on the veil, and we see in her eyes that she’s made her choice.Back at Connies, the kids are out, so Connie and Beto have the place all to themselves. He backs her up against the wall, stretches out her arms, and moves in for the kill. However, her phone rings, and being a telenovela character, she can't let it go unanswered. It’s Jerry, saying guess who’s buying a wedding dress? Both Connie and Beto are impactados about this, and Connie commands Jerry to stop the wedding, or at least find out exactly what the plans are. But Jerry’s tired of being ordered around (and being bitten by bugs), so he says he’s returning to the D.F., Connie’ll have to handle things, and he hangs up. Beto tells Connie he knows what they have to do. What? Have sex, of course, it’ll relax them, and then they can take a plane to Mérida and stop the wedding. Connie doesn’t want to act impulsively, they have to think clearly about what to do, there’s a lot in play. Beto decides this still means they can have sex.
Lorenza sees Aldo and Estrella flirting, and remarks to Paula that he seems a little young for her. But Paula says love has no age, and the two ladies look on approvingly as Aldo and Estrella do very little to hide their affections. Sal walks over, though, on the way back from his fingerprinting, tells Aldo to go to school, Estre concurs, so Aldo goes. Sal starts to speak to Estre, when Lore jumps up, don’t you remember the promise you made 20 years ago? Until DEATH do us part! she yells gleefully, arms thrust in the air. Sal starts to tell Estrella to stay away from Aldo, but Estrella decides not to cooperate, she AGREES with Lorenza, she hugs Lore and Paula in sisterhood togetherness, and asks who is Sal to give moral lectures when he’s cheating on his wife! Lorenza jumps up, and Sal quickly scurries back over to the men’s side, where he’s safe behind those nice little bars.
Back at the Connie and Beto show, she’s tried calling Jerry 10 times, but he’s not answering. Beto warns her she’d better not be seeing Jerry, if she’s unfaithful, he’ll kill her. Connie gives it right back, if he’s unfaithful, he doesn’t know WHAT she’s capable of. Oh, really? he replies. I’m macho, and I can go with all the dames I want. But you can’t. And how could you play with Jerry after what he did to you? Because I feel like it, I need him as an ally, and why should I explain anything to you, you of limited intelligence? You know, she adds, men are only good for one thing – pleasure. Beto wants clarification. Connie spells it out. If Jerry lays a finger on her, she’ll get a big scissors, and cut things off at the pass, so to speak. And the same applies to you, too, Beto, so watch out. And now, why don’t you go talk to those naco amigas of La Monita, and find out what’s going on. Beto barks twice, rolls over and obeys his Mistress (figuratively, of course).
Looks as if Luisa and Katia dropped Dani off at school, and picked up Ivan (how did they even know where he was? Oh, I think they found him at the university where he goes to school, he’s wearing a tee-shirt that says “University”). Anyway, they’re walking home. Ivan doesn’t exactly approve of their ditching school, but Luisa says it’s for a good cause, to check out the college where Katia might go, and to get Terry and Ivan back together. Ivan’s also mad at Katia for not speaking up sooner about the photos, but Lu says Kat’s sorry, and Ivan forgives her, but could he possibly see those photos again? Just kidding, he says. Our three friends are smiling, all is forgiven, as they press the buzzer to the house.
Mauricio leaves a message for Sal on his cell. Moni arrives with a big box. Mau can’t see the dress, but she’ll describe it to him. The skirt has lots of frills (olánes), and many, many ribbons (listónes), red, purple and yellow, and on the waist in the back, a huge green bun (moño), and the whole thing glows in the dark, it’s fluorescent, so even if the lights go out, we’re all set! Mau’s a little taken aback, wants to see the dress, but Moni says Gotcha! It was a joke (broma). Isn’t she cute? He picks her up, spins her around, puts her down, kisses her deeply. But she has to be punished for her little joke. With tickling!
Aldo arrives at Connie’s, and she knows he wasn’t at school. In fact, she knows perfectly well where he was, with that cabaret dancer. Aldo says she’s not a cabaret dancer, and adds that he loves her. Connie laughs, so you love her? And you were with her? I AM with her, he replies. No, Aldo, you WERE with her. Because if I find out you get back with her, I’ll make sure she stays in prison FOREVER, for corrupting the morals of a minor. Get it?
And our happy teens aren’t happy for long, as Ivan opens the door with his key, and they find Terry lying on the kitchen floor, unconscious! Katia calls for an ambulance, Ivan says Granny, can you hear me? and Luisa begs Terry, say something, please!!
Previews of Monday’s show: Do we have a wedding?!!
Vocabulario:
Aventarse – to throw oneself (off of something). Similar to arrojarse, or tirarse. Aventarse can also mean to dare. Aventar means to throw (something)
Rabo verde – a cradle robber, a much older man fooling around with a young woman. Literally, it means green tail, and refers to the green tail of an onion, which has white hairs (the old guy)
Lumbre – fire, en la lumbre means on the stove, ¿tienes lumbre? means “Do you have a light?” for a cigarette
Olánes – frills, flounces
Listónes – ribbons
Moño – a bun, as with hair. Interestingly, agarrarse del moño means to go at each others’ throats
Cosquillas - tickling
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Ahoy Hombre! Thanks so much for the scintillating recap. "Terryble"...heh, that made me wince and laugh out loud at the same time.
I am really rooting for Estrella and Aldo these days, they are so obviously smitten with each other they simply have to get together. I hope Tano doesn't get all evil and nasty and try to split them apart. Poor guy, he's a just a brown paper bag sort of chap and doesn't emit the sparks that Aldo does.
I LOVE the scenes in the Yucatan. They are absolutely gorgeous. I wonder if mosquitoes really are a problem there or if Jerry has some other issue going on. Whatever, it's fun seeing him so miserable.
By the way, when I was in Mexico I caught about 30 minutes of the new Corazon Salvaje. Our own Ivan, Felipe Sanchez, plays the young Juan el Diablo. He does just fine with this nice, meaty role.
Hombre and others, I caught up on reading all your recaps and comments. They were all excellent and I'm enjoying how this show just zips right along. We've really lucked into a winner with this one!
Great recap and vocab words Hombre. Rabo verde is one of my faves but I had forgotten its exact meaning. Thanks! Well, it's time for me to me avento from this couch and get out for a bicycle ride. Later...
I am really rooting for Estrella and Aldo these days, they are so obviously smitten with each other they simply have to get together. I hope Tano doesn't get all evil and nasty and try to split them apart. Poor guy, he's a just a brown paper bag sort of chap and doesn't emit the sparks that Aldo does.
I LOVE the scenes in the Yucatan. They are absolutely gorgeous. I wonder if mosquitoes really are a problem there or if Jerry has some other issue going on. Whatever, it's fun seeing him so miserable.
By the way, when I was in Mexico I caught about 30 minutes of the new Corazon Salvaje. Our own Ivan, Felipe Sanchez, plays the young Juan el Diablo. He does just fine with this nice, meaty role.
Hombre and others, I caught up on reading all your recaps and comments. They were all excellent and I'm enjoying how this show just zips right along. We've really lucked into a winner with this one!
Great recap and vocab words Hombre. Rabo verde is one of my faves but I had forgotten its exact meaning. Thanks! Well, it's time for me to me avento from this couch and get out for a bicycle ride. Later...
Great job Hombre. I really enjoy relaxing with your recaps on Sat. The pics are well-chosen and excellent. I agree with Sylvia, this is a winner of a show. Lat night it was nice to hear ¿Qué Hago Yo?.The first time I heard it was on LFMB. It made a nice backdrop for a very romantic scene. It seems like instead of Estrella getting out of jail, the rest of the cast are joining her in jail.
Sylvia, so good to have you back. We missed you.
Carlos
Sylvia, so good to have you back. We missed you.
Carlos
Wow...wha a recap, Hombre. Funny name twists...Can'tstanha for Constanza. i love it. And the pictures...muy caliente. And Lord have mercy, not only links but pointing out the "imperfect subjunctive". Jeez. You're ready to graduate summa cum laude from recapping school, Hombre.
Really appreciated the vocabulary. "aventarse" reminds me of our word, defenestration, although nobody I know uses it. And I didnt' catch "en la lumbre". Although I knew "rabo verde" I didn't know the green onion explanation. Awesome.
Top scores on this one Hombre. And the Buckeyes won. I'd be watching the Michigan/Penn State game right now but that dang tv coverage is giving us Clemson/Miami instead. Grrrrrrr.
Really appreciated the vocabulary. "aventarse" reminds me of our word, defenestration, although nobody I know uses it. And I didnt' catch "en la lumbre". Although I knew "rabo verde" I didn't know the green onion explanation. Awesome.
Top scores on this one Hombre. And the Buckeyes won. I'd be watching the Michigan/Penn State game right now but that dang tv coverage is giving us Clemson/Miami instead. Grrrrrrr.
Carlos...missed your last comment yesterday. And got to thinking, now who would I want on a barstool next to me?
Well, NOT Beto. Given the odor factor... plus he'd be an equal-opportunity groper. After a couple of drinks, age would make no difference.
Man-wise, I'd say....you on one side, Mike on the other, and Hombre up front playing the guitar and singing...in any language!
And poor "brown bag" Tano (you're cruel Sylvia!) well, he'd no doubt be lamenting his bad luck with women, and I'd be using my well-honed listening skills...but it wouldn't be much fun. So back to my very funny and talented cuates.
Well, NOT Beto. Given the odor factor... plus he'd be an equal-opportunity groper. After a couple of drinks, age would make no difference.
Man-wise, I'd say....you on one side, Mike on the other, and Hombre up front playing the guitar and singing...in any language!
And poor "brown bag" Tano (you're cruel Sylvia!) well, he'd no doubt be lamenting his bad luck with women, and I'd be using my well-honed listening skills...but it wouldn't be much fun. So back to my very funny and talented cuates.
And hooray...finally found the Penn State/ Michigan game...just not on high def. How quickly we are spoiled, eh?
Judy, I never even heard of the English word defenestration, so thank you for teaching me. I can see it has something to do with the French word fênetre and the German word Fenster, which both mean window. So of course defenestration means throw someone out a window. Cool!
Whoops, I meant fenêtre. Took me ten minutes to figure out how to do the accent, and then I put it in the wrong place!
And of course, it just hit me. Una ventana is a window, so that's where aventarse comes from. Sometimes I think my brain on standby. Thanks Judy, brilliant observation!
HdM, I really enjoyed this recap. Great phrases and great pictures.
Judy, I'm glad someone else uses the word "defenestration." I love to say it but usually people look at me blankly. I guess next time I get fed up and want to idly threaten to defenestrate myself or someone else I'll have to call you.
It's nice Mauricio and Valentina got to have a relaxing getaway. They let that bed scene go on for a really long time but they definitely cut some out of it to protect our delicate American eyes. Will Connie's shenanigans stop them from getting married? One of the problems Mau was having with the adoption was that the judge wanted him to marry, so it seems that would only help with getting the kids back. But there are too many episodes left.
Estrella's hair and makeup certainly are holding up well in the jail cell.
Judy, I'm glad someone else uses the word "defenestration." I love to say it but usually people look at me blankly. I guess next time I get fed up and want to idly threaten to defenestrate myself or someone else I'll have to call you.
It's nice Mauricio and Valentina got to have a relaxing getaway. They let that bed scene go on for a really long time but they definitely cut some out of it to protect our delicate American eyes. Will Connie's shenanigans stop them from getting married? One of the problems Mau was having with the adoption was that the judge wanted him to marry, so it seems that would only help with getting the kids back. But there are too many episodes left.
Estrella's hair and makeup certainly are holding up well in the jail cell.
Julia, as I understand it, Connie has now adopted the kids, which seems kinda strange because the judge wouldn't allow Mauricio adopt because he is single and of course Connie is single...sayyyyy...you don't think that judge might be crooked...do you? Don't forget, Mauricio saved this pedazo de inmundicia's little nieto. Some gratitude.
Judy, we watched OSU crunch poor Minn. My Baylor Bears were on TV at the same time but we don't get the Versus Channel so I pulled for OSU and they certainly didn't disappoint. Wow!
And Judy, I thought most of the ladies would side with Emelia and you on Tano. I'm even a little surprised in myself since I've a very dear friend who is Tano. One of his endearing characteristics is that he is a great listener; I mean this guy actually pays attention and I bet Tano does too.
Carlos
Judy, we watched OSU crunch poor Minn. My Baylor Bears were on TV at the same time but we don't get the Versus Channel so I pulled for OSU and they certainly didn't disappoint. Wow!
And Judy, I thought most of the ladies would side with Emelia and you on Tano. I'm even a little surprised in myself since I've a very dear friend who is Tano. One of his endearing characteristics is that he is a great listener; I mean this guy actually pays attention and I bet Tano does too.
Carlos
Hombre thanks for the great recap, vocab and lesson on tenses. Though things are getting more complicated in our novela, by and large the sweet silliness of it has been maintained (for now).
Though it happened on Thursday and mentioned by others, I just have to say Paula using the tazer on the cops was hilarious!
Welcome back Sylvia. I hope you had a pleasant trip.
Judy glad your Buckeye's won.
Though it happened on Thursday and mentioned by others, I just have to say Paula using the tazer on the cops was hilarious!
Welcome back Sylvia. I hope you had a pleasant trip.
Judy glad your Buckeye's won.
Hey guys, thanks for all that Buckeye support. Carlos, sorry you couldn't watch Baylor. That was our case a couple of years ago when we couldn't get the Big 10 network with our cable and missed a lot of games. And we need all the support we can get.
Karen, so sad that Indiana lost in the last millisecond to Northwestern. Really thought they were going to pull it off. Well...basketball starts soon.
Glad everybody's enjoying defenestration. Yes! Hombre, French, German, English, Spanish... Just shows you our Latin roots are still having their effect. Julia, by all means call me when you're having a "defenestration" moment...I hope I'll talk you out of it!
Karen, so sad that Indiana lost in the last millisecond to Northwestern. Really thought they were going to pull it off. Well...basketball starts soon.
Glad everybody's enjoying defenestration. Yes! Hombre, French, German, English, Spanish... Just shows you our Latin roots are still having their effect. Julia, by all means call me when you're having a "defenestration" moment...I hope I'll talk you out of it!
Carlos...interesting that you have a Tano friend. I thought a bit about it and realized the reason I like Tano is because he reminded me of a student in my class many years ago. A self-professed "just fell off the turnip truck" guy who came to Columbus, went to nursing school, and was a very nice, somewhat bashful, low-key type.
After the death of my father, I was really grieving and many students didn't know what to do or say although they were concerned. This guy just came up after class and handed me an apple...a beautiful, perfectly sweet Braeburn apple.
The gesture was so simple, so I-don't-have-the-words-but-I-care...that I just melted.
Now I know why I'm in Tano's corner. He reminds me of the Apple for the Teacher fella.
After the death of my father, I was really grieving and many students didn't know what to do or say although they were concerned. This guy just came up after class and handed me an apple...a beautiful, perfectly sweet Braeburn apple.
The gesture was so simple, so I-don't-have-the-words-but-I-care...that I just melted.
Now I know why I'm in Tano's corner. He reminds me of the Apple for the Teacher fella.
Judy, how neat. That sent a little shiver up my spine. And after thinking about it, it wouldn't be half-bad sitting next to Tano in a venerable bar. It's just that I'd be the entertainment and generally for me the reason to sit at a bar is to hear good stories, but I've never minded telling them.
Carlos
Carlos
Good morning everybody. Carlos, I have a wonderful picture in my mind of you sitting in a bar, with Bonnie Bell on one side and an accomplished raconteur on the other. You could trade stories 'till the cows came home.
Well here's a toast to your Tano and to mine, and all the real guys in our lives.
Well here's a toast to your Tano and to mine, and all the real guys in our lives.
So Mauricio is on a business trip, right? Jeronimo didn't want to go, so Mau went on behalf of the company. He's already misplaced or forgotten his cell phone. He doesn't seem to have brought a computer, and he hasn't asked if the hotel has one, so he can check email. Given that the last few times he was away for a day (through accidents), Jerry pretty much took over and fired everybody, shouldn't Mau be more concerned about the company? Of course, no one's going to fire Mau, and since Jerry seems to have bought out all the non-family shareholders, they're not going to complain. Is this any way to run a multi-million dollar company? Of course, we never did think Mau was that bright.
Julia and Carlos: I agree about the judge's lack of consistency in his criteria for adoption. Mau is responsible, loving, has a live in housekeeper to help care for the kids. Connie works during the day, doesn't feel like taking them to school, and where are all the social workers investigating her? And of course, she's not married. She's already taking care of her sister Katia, so can she really care properly for 4 kids on her own?
Judyb~~~ My son-in-law [a Penn State grad] was muy happy with the results of that game !
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: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 7:31:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 7:31:00 PM EDT
Well I want Tano and Xime to end up together. I'm not exactly sure why, except that I don't think any other guy could appreciate Xime for being who she is more than Tano. And once Xime sets her eyes on someone they are quite clearly the prince of all princes. She does seem to go for the flashy guys but hey, a gal can change her style, especially after kissing a few frogs!
Hombre: Amazing recap - thought it was your best one yet. Loved the vocabulary - a treat from beginning to end.
So many witty sayings but you were in top form with your comments on Jero and his pesky friends: "Jerry’s outside..., still getting devoured by his little compadres" and the excellent "Actually, he’s just itching, as the bloodsucking mosquitoes seem to have found a kindred soul".
Sylvia, so happy you are back - you were greatly missed! Thanks for the info on Corazon Salvaje (EY is my favorite) and look forward to seeing Felipe as Juan. Perfect casting.
Carlos and Julia, agree that the cast seems to be flocking to the jail to see our Estrella, with nary a hair out of place.
Enjoying the beautiful scenery and glad Mau and Moni are enjoying themselves before the anvils fall.
Will"Can’tstandha" and Beto travel to Yucatán?
Hoping Teresa recovers quickly.
Diana in MA
So many witty sayings but you were in top form with your comments on Jero and his pesky friends: "Jerry’s outside..., still getting devoured by his little compadres" and the excellent "Actually, he’s just itching, as the bloodsucking mosquitoes seem to have found a kindred soul".
Sylvia, so happy you are back - you were greatly missed! Thanks for the info on Corazon Salvaje (EY is my favorite) and look forward to seeing Felipe as Juan. Perfect casting.
Carlos and Julia, agree that the cast seems to be flocking to the jail to see our Estrella, with nary a hair out of place.
Enjoying the beautiful scenery and glad Mau and Moni are enjoying themselves before the anvils fall.
Will"Can’tstandha" and Beto travel to Yucatán?
Hoping Teresa recovers quickly.
Diana in MA
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6:18:00 AM EDT
: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6:18:00 AM EDT
Diana: I also hope Terry recovers soon. It seems as if a lot of our characters have fainted, or were hospitalized for some reason, including Nieves, Moni, Mau, Connie, Beto, Jerry, Rolu, Isabel, Oscar and Sal, and I think Gabi. Estrella and Paula have had to provide friendship and support for quite a few of the "injured". And of course, now they're in jail. Can't wait to see those jail cells filled with the ones who really deserve them, like Connie, Oscar and Jeronimo.
Thank you for the recap Hombre. As always it was funny and smart.
I have now learned a new word: defenestration. Thank you Judy.
Hombre there's no doubt that the judge is corrupt. I bet Mau culd solve all his problems just by offering more money than Connie, he certainly could as he has more money, but as the good guy I bet the thought of buying the judge has never crossed his mind.
Today the news were reporting about a boxer winning a match here in Veracruz to defend his title or something, when I was coming back home the neighbors were gossiping on the store next to my house and it turned out that the boxer is my neighbor.
Jarocha
I have now learned a new word: defenestration. Thank you Judy.
Hombre there's no doubt that the judge is corrupt. I bet Mau culd solve all his problems just by offering more money than Connie, he certainly could as he has more money, but as the good guy I bet the thought of buying the judge has never crossed his mind.
Today the news were reporting about a boxer winning a match here in Veracruz to defend his title or something, when I was coming back home the neighbors were gossiping on the store next to my house and it turned out that the boxer is my neighbor.
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:23:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:23:00 PM EDT
Hey, all, we're back from WV and had a lovely time at someone's "something-th" high school reunion.
As always...
- Jarocha, this guy's called "Gusano"?? I thought that was the bug in the bottle of Mezcal.
- Carlos, what is your professional assessment of Teresa's illness (in the world of TN medicine, that is) and will a marrow transplant from Ivan be the ticket?
- How will Mauricio find out how much Can'tstanya (that is excellent, Hombre!!)paid the judge so he knows how to much bid for the esquincles?
- Sylvia, welcome home!! Would you consider posting a little travelogue here for us?
- Tano: why not Xime? But why he went to visit Estrella in jail is a mystery to me. What part of "Screw you, Jack, I prefer the young stuff" does he not understand?
- Judy, Wikipedia has a great item on defenestratio. Apparently it's not that uncommon a practice.
- Hombre, stellar recap! Thanks be unto you, Good Sir!
As always...
- Jarocha, this guy's called "Gusano"?? I thought that was the bug in the bottle of Mezcal.
- Carlos, what is your professional assessment of Teresa's illness (in the world of TN medicine, that is) and will a marrow transplant from Ivan be the ticket?
- How will Mauricio find out how much Can'tstanya (that is excellent, Hombre!!)paid the judge so he knows how to much bid for the esquincles?
- Sylvia, welcome home!! Would you consider posting a little travelogue here for us?
- Tano: why not Xime? But why he went to visit Estrella in jail is a mystery to me. What part of "Screw you, Jack, I prefer the young stuff" does he not understand?
- Judy, Wikipedia has a great item on defenestratio. Apparently it's not that uncommon a practice.
- Hombre, stellar recap! Thanks be unto you, Good Sir!
Wow Jarocha...you're in a celebrity neighborhood. That's exciting. And who knew "defenestration" would cause that much uproar. Much fun.
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