Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sortilegio #9, 10/16/09: Finders Keepers
[Better take your shoes off and get comfy with the brew of your choice. This one is full of fine moments and Hubby wanted the complete rundown. –ed.]
First the redux from the night before: The dark and brooding Bruno, aka Broodo, has barged into Mary Jo’s bedroom while she was getting changed and gives her the third degree about what she and Alex were talking about earlier. Bruno’s pissed cuz she ignored him the entire day and spent it with Alex. She finishes putting her bathrobe on and sasses back with a “why not?” since Alex is tons better company. Bruno asks if Alex is wise yet and if he went to Saqui to investigate. MJ plays dumb. Bruno warns her again not to fool around with Alex because he’ll tell AJ the whole story then, and it won’t matter to Bruno what happens to her once the feces hits the proverbial fan. Just then Papi Pedro walks into her room with those stupid flowers for MJ (giving some of us in Viewerville a weird and totally unwanted Henry Gibson goes Latin moment). Bruno takes one look at him and yells “What’s HE doing here?” This time Alex actually hears the commotion and heads for MJ’s room. MJ and Bruno go out through the balcony window just as Alex walks in. When Alex asks Pedro where they were going Pedro plays dumb. When Alex catches Pedro in a lie about not knowing Bruno from before, Pedro blames his faulty memory on being an old codger. Alex smiles and invites the old guy for a drink.
Outside, Broodo and Mary Jo –in her bathrobe and sans “foundations” -- discuss their next steps. (Ok. Ok. It’s either very risqué or very déclassé. Either way, she’s walking around an estate like that with her supposed B-I-L in just a bathrobe and pants. I choose option #2 –totally trashy. MJ’s humbler roots are definitely peeking through.) Mary Jo tells Bruno he can blame himself for the miserable situation they find themselves in, but she allows that it is what it is and suggests they find a plausible way to get themselves away from there ASAP. Bruno asks what she thinks is “plausible.” MJ says she wishes she’d been courageous enough to have explained things from the start and then there might be more options, and, as it is the last thing she wants is for her daddy to spend the rest of his days in jail. Unfortunately, they are up to their necks in it now. She adds he knows Alex well enough to realize that they won’t get anywhere by forcing things with him. Anyway, Alex has now accepted the idea of a divorce.
Bruno wants her to tell Alex tomorrow morning to start getting the paperwork ready. She says they can’t pressure him and besides, Alex has been very good to her and to her father. Bruno says it’s only because the only thing that Alex wants now is to sleep with her because he’s hot for her bod. “Or hasn’t he suggested it by now?” (Eh! There could be worse things in life --and having to sleep with a creep like Bruno would definitely be leading my top 10.) He gets rough with her when she won’t answer him directly. MJ gets in his face and says sure he has, but adds that at least Alex was decent enough to let her be when she refused. Ruh-Roh! Bruno’s machismo has just been called into question. “Decent! Ha! He’s a hypocrite,” he tells her. He praises women, gives them jewels and gifts just to win them over, and once he has them he sends them packing! That’s what he’s doing with her. Sure he’s going to give her a divorce, but only after Alex has succeeded in getting his way.
Inside, meanwhile, AJ loosens up Pedro’s tongue with a few, well-timed, tragos [drinks/literally, swallows]. Pete eagerly tells him about his merchandise biz. Alex hints about some of it possibly being illegal, but P-I-L Pedro, with both sets of his fingers and toes secretly crossed, swears that none of it is illegit [chueco]. AJ smiles and offers him another hit o’ hooch.
Back outside again, Mary Jo says this is all Bruno’s doing. He listens attentively and pretends again to be sorry for getting her into this mess, then agrees it’s best if she does leave there ASAP. MJ shakes her head wearily and says things are getting more and more complicated for her there. He’s made things so difficult for them all. He promises again to get her out of it without hurting any of them. For that reason, he says, he hopes she doesn’t do anything “naughty” [with AJ] because he wouldn’t be able to endure it. MJ, now properly primed, asks Bruno why he did this to her since they could have been so happy together otherwise. She tears up. “I loved you so much!” Bruno caresses her cheek and asks if she doesn’t still love him. After a few wavering seconds, Mary Jo comes to her senses and refuses to answer that one. Instead she tells him she never imagined he could do such a horrible thing to her and then asks him to swear he had nothing to do with the semi-trailer that nearly killed Alex.
Bruno swears on his mama’s life (a ready stack of bibles being currently inaccessible) that he didn’t. He tries stringing her along then with the same cockamamie story about so many other attempts on Alex’s life and that sooner or later somebody would have succeeded in killing him anyway. MJ says he can’t possibly think she could believe something so absurd, because what it would mean is that Bruno planned this deception thinking about Alex’s probable death. “How many years were you willing to wait? Ten? Twenty?” But then, too, she says, it would mean that he knows who these people are and if that’s true, he has to stop them or else, by keeping quiet, he becomes their accomplice! Duhn-duhn-n-n! Bruno pretends to see her side of things and says he’ll agree to tell, but only after MJ’s gotten divorced.
Back inside, Pau comes downstairs and finds her papi still flapping his jaws with Alex and reminiscing about the good ol’ days when he still had two good legs to chase his women with. Vicki walks in and tells them supper’s ready. Mary Jo comes back inside and says she hasn’t been with Bruno. Alex stays back a minute with her to ask why she fibbed to the others about being with Bruno. MJ fibs again and says that Bruno only wanted to know why they had brought back her father. Alex thinks to himself that in order to lie well, one has to have a good memory. He’ll see how well she does.
Just then Alex notices Bruno coming back inside the house and, feeling the need to mark his territory a bit better, AJ immediately lays a major lip-lock on Mary Jo while pretending not to notice Bruno’s there and forced to watch the two of them. (Interesting how this feral display of canine-infused machismo immediately grabs one’s semi-snoozing hubster’s attention and produces a tribal guffaw. It’s something akin to a pack of howling wolves under a full moon.) Bruno takes one sour look at the way MJ seems to be enjoying herself and leaves with his tail dragging between his legs. Once the door slams shut, AJ shakes his hind leg and beams. He’s still top dog, so it’s back to Mary Jo and mojo.
Somewhere in town, at the club perhaps, Maura and her kid sister are having dinner together. Mau is complaining to her that about now Mary Jo is thinking she’s the lady of the house and probably sitting down to dinner with Alex. Kid Sis says, well, even though it’s got to be rough for Raquel and Vicki, she’s married to him now and if Alex is in love with her, it’s got to be expected. Mau can’t believe he’s in love and anyway, everybody knew Mau and he were romantically involved [tener que ver]. All things considered, she’s feeling like a fool and it’s as if he’d slapped her in the face.
Kid Sis tries to offer some sisterly advice like turning the page and finding somebody new. Mau isn’t having any. She thinks MJ is just a rustic novelty for Alex and that eventually he’ll get bored, “just like Roberto said.” Kid Sis wonders what she means. Mau offers that Bobo seems to think that Bruno and MJ knew each other from before and for some reason have not told anyone. Kid Sis laughs and says Bobo’s got nothing to do all day so he goes around making up things out of boredom. Mau wants her sister to make friends with MJ so that the two of them might find out something juicy about her. Kid Sis says bad idea; it wouldn’t work, especially since she is Mau’s sister.
After dinner Vicki finds Alex in the study. She tells him she has the feeling people are hiding things from her. She wants to know if he really married MJ or not. Alex says of course he did and then tells her not to worry, that he’s begun to remember some things, though the wedding isn’t one of them. She wonders why he and Mary Jo still aren’t sleeping together. He explains MJ’s not wanting to rush things since he still has his doubts. Vicki says she doesn’t believe him then asks if he got married on the sly because he was ashamed of MJ’s humble family situation. Alex says she knows he’s not prejudiced about people’s humble beginnings and gives Fernando as the perfect example: he had nothing, but his scholarships and his tenacity got him where he is today. Vicki reminds him she was talking about Mary Jo and not ‘Nando. Alex says it was something that happened and he surprised them is all. She still doesn’t believe him but won’t force it. After Vicki leaves, Alex tells himself he knows he should tell her the truth, but he won’t since he knows it would only hurt her. (Ever heard of “tough love,” Alex?)
Back at the restaurant Mau gives her sister the 411 about the “Mrs. Robinson-Graduate” thing ‘Nando and Vicki apparently had going on the night before. The two giggle and figure if Bruno and Raquel found out they’d have a heart attack. (That means the t-n gods have given it their stamp of approval then. Sorry, but a close college buddy of one’s son is a bit too incestuous for me. Let her carouse through Cougar Heights if she wants, but not with her son’s best bud. Double Ewwww!)
A bit later Pau, Pedro and MJ are taking a walk on the grounds. Pedro tells them both about his flub-up with Alex over knowing Broodo from before. He doesn’t think Alex suspects anything but he warns Mary Jo to be careful around Bruno because Alex saw them leave together; and Pedro didn’t like the look Alex had on his face one bit. MJ wonders what was said after. Pedro fills her in on the lie he told and MJ is at a loss what to say if he asks her about it. Pau offers something inane but MJ says she’s already told so many lies it is getting hard to keep them all straight. She doesn’t need to add another one. They go inside and start up the stairs for bed.
Bruno stops MJ and tells her they need to talk. She says no, she’s going to bed. He won’t let her. Alex walks in on them at that point and tells her to go on up. Broodo starts up behind them but Alex calls him back. (Here’s where the CC cuts out, so I’m flying without a net.) Alex says he wants Bruno to tell him everything that’s gone on between Bruno and MJ up to now. He warns his stepbrother not to try lying to him either. Bruno says there’s nothing to tell, but Alex says there darned well is. “You met her three months ago; you set yourself up in an apartment that you rented in my name; you bought a judge who, by the way, supposedly disappeared--as have others involved in this, and you obtained a marriage certificate in mine and Mary Jo’s names. Afterwards, you arranged a semi-trailer accident from which I was saved but which killed an innocent man!”
Bruno of course denies it all but in the next breath says Alex has no proof with which to accuse him. Alex agrees that he hasn’t yet because the judge’s record-book with his signature is gone; but he’s sure that the signature in it was faked. Bruno shoots back that AJ’s lost his memory along with his sanity and insists Alex is trying to persecute him now because he hates him. It’s just a way for Alex to get rid of him, he says. (Infantile, but effective.) Alex yells back at Bruno: “You did it to kill me!” “—I wish!” [Ojalá=would to God] Yeah, I wish to God you had died! Nothing would give me more pleasure than to see you dead for real!”
Vicki races back down the stairs from the ruckus. She wants to know why they’re arguing. Alex warns his mother not to believe a word he says. Bruno lies to her and says that Alex has gone crazy, that MJ won’t pay attention to him and so he’s blaming him, thinking they’ve got something going on. (It’s like a couple of jr. high kids fighting. Happy Days in reverse. Ugh! Unpleasant flashbacks of fraternal fracases with my two who, at least, finally grew up! Viewerville commiserates with Victoria and appreciates the reason she’s cornered the market on brown hair dye.) Broodo turns around then to Alex and tells him it’s not his fault if Alex rubs his wife the wrong way [caer mal] and then races off up the stairs. (Nanny-nanny-boo-boo!) Vicki asks Alex if that’s really what they were arguing about. “Are you really jealous of him?” Alex pauses, then turns around with all the wrath of Cain for Abel in his eyes. “I want Bruno out of this house!” Vicki is maternally impactada.
At the same time, Bruno knocks furiously on MJ’s door. When she answers, he tells her that if Alex comes upstairs asking about him to tell him that they only met after she arrived there; and no matter how much he insists not to tell him otherwise or anything about the rest of it. She wonders if Alex found them out. Bruno says Alex suspects but doesn’t have any proof. “Tomorrow morning you get those divorce papers started! If you don’t want to end up in jail with your father and sister, you have to do what I tell you to! Understood? He might try to pressure you by saying he won’t do anything against you, but don’t you believe a word!”
Downstairs Vicki wonders if MJ suggested something. Alex, still fit to be tied, tells her it was nothing like that. “It’s just better this way and that all there is to it. I want him out of here! Period. End of discussion!” That’s not good enough for her. Alex tries to explain and says he can’t stand being around him right now and if Bruno stays, something terrible could happen. She’s got to understand that they’ll never get along and things have gotten to the point that it’s best he cuts the cord right then and there. Bruno should leave for a while; and he should even leave the country. (The CC reappears here.)
Vicki’s in tears and says Bruno’s bitterness is getting worse by the day and she’s afraid that he’ll start hanging with a bad crowd and that it could destroy him if he’s left alone to his own devices. (OMG! Cut the damned apron strings already, woman! He’s freaking 32 years old!!) Alex states the obvous: Bruno’s a grown man and can get along by himself now. AJ can’t deal with him anymore and he shouldn’t have to. After all, he’s not the guy’s father. Anyway, it’s not his fault that Bruno’s the way he is. Vicki says no, it’s hers. She made too many mistakes along the way. (Cue the violins.) He never accepted her marrying Alex’s dad and then giving Baby Alex her attentions afterwards.
Vicki tearfully admits to being a failure as a mother. Alex, the Good Son, tells her she’s all wrong about that. She says maybe not with him, but she was definitely a failure with Raquel and Bruno. He says she shouldn’t blame herself for them because they have their own personalities. Anyway, he knows she loved his dad and she says, yes, he was the love of her life. Vicki stands up then and tells him to think through kicking out his brother like this because the idea of breaking up the family will be extremely hard on her. He nods, but we all know a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do; and Bruno better not let the door hit him where the good Lord split him.
It starts pouring outside now. MJ’s staring out the window waiting for the next shoe to drop. Alex walks in on her and asks, “According to you, what works best with a woman? Kindness or force? Or rather, what would work best with you?” MJ doesn’t understand what he’s getting at. “Getting you to tell me the truth,” he says. He corners her at the window. “Surely Bruno already gave you a heads-up. Wasn’t he just here?” “—No.” “—Don’t lie. Don’t. Lie. He did come and he told you I am aware of everything. And you know what? I can put you in jail for the rest of your life --and not just you, but your father and your little sister, too! (Guess AJ decided on option #2.) If you tell me everything from the beginning, then perhaps, perhaps I might decide to be generous with you.” He starts the inquisiton. “When did Bruno suggest the plan to you? How did he convince you to pass as my wife? How did he do it, Mary Jo? HOW???”
MJ manages to get out from under and runs out onto the balcony and into the rain. Alex chases after her. She slips in a mud puddle by the lake. Alex has a sudden change of heart. “What are you trying to do? Catch pneumonia and die?” She breaks into tears and says yes, that’s exactly what she wants to do. She wishes she could die. “—Don’t say that! Don’t!” He pulls her out of the mud and hugs her closely. “I can’t let you die on account of that miserable jerk!” They stare into each other’s eyes for a long, rain-drenched, romantic moment before he carries her back into the house and up into his room.
Mary Jo is sobbing inconsolably. “Calm down. Calm down now.” He sits her on the bed and tells her to get her clothes off. She says no. He tells her either she takes them off or he’ll take them off for her. She has a modestly drenched tank top on over her bra. He hands her his robe and a towel to dry her hair. He takes off his muddy sweater. (YUMMY! Unfortunately for female Viewerville, he stops there.) He sneaks a peek. “Go on, start talking.” She starts her wearied tale of woe. (Viewerville gets a peek at him changing on the other side his bed.) “—I married Bruno thinking he was named Alejandro Lombardo. We all knew him as that. He never wanted us to introduce him to our friends.” AJ tells her to keep going. “—After a civil ceremony we went to eat at his apartment. A drunk hit the car and then he got a call from his work telling him he had to return to Merida to take care of some business for some clients. The next day [al otro día] Sra. Victoria called me saying they’d found the receipt from the marriage license and that Alex had died. The next day I arrived here, but Bruno didn’t come home until that evening.”
AJ asks her why she didn’t say anything to him once she realized what was going on. MJ explains how Bruno had threatened the three of them with jail, and that she felt it was totally unfair. Alex wants to know why she came back. She tells him how she couldn’t stand deceiving everybody and went home, how Bruno threatened and frightened her and made her return. AJ sits down next to her, looks her in the eye, and asks her if Bruno is in love with her. She says that’s what he tells her, but if you love somebody –AJ interrupts and wants to know how she feels about Bruno. MJ admits that she used to love him, but she is emphatic that now she does not. He asks if they’ve ever slept together. She says never, neither before nor after the wedding. He wonders why not. She explains she’d always believed in waiting till after the wedding, but well, she’s already explained the rest.
Alex then asks her what Bruno told her about the accident. Mary Jo gives him Bruno’s bull sh!t explanation about the many murder attempts on Alex’s life and how she tried to get him to warn Alex. AJ’s angry that she could have believed this claptrap, but she defends herself saying how could she have known otherwise? Besides, he got her so involved in such a tangled mess that she was desperate to know what else she could have done. Alex asks how Bruno got her father to go along with it. “Did he find something out about him?” MJ nods and asks if he’s going to go to the police now. “I’m begging you. Please don’t put my sister and dad in jail. I was the coward, it’s all my fault. Please!”
Alex says he won’t, provided she does what he asks. Mary Jo says she’ll do anything at all. “Then get undressed. We’ll take a shower together since we both need one. Afterwards we’ll go to bed together.” She pauses a couple of seconds and then refuses. He hugs her again and kisses her forehead. “Don’t worry. I only wanted to test you.” (¡Ay! Enough of this torturing her already!) He tells her he’s not that despicable and only wants her to keep mum about it all. She’s not to tell a soul. Not her father, her sister, Bruno and least of all, Victoria. He’ll try to figure something out in the meantime. MJ promises and then cries out the rest of it as he continues to hold her in his arms and comfort her. (I’m on hanky box #2 by now.) She says he’s got to think the worst of her after all this. He’s surprised by her comment and asks if it really matters to her. She looks pathetically up at him and says it matters a lot. He’s speechless. She finally picks up her things from the floor and pads away. He sits down to mull it all over as Uni allows us a much needed bio break while they take care of insuring a payroll.
The next morning, Bruno is sleeping in. Vicki walks in and opens the curtains. “—What the Hell?” Vicki wants a chat with #1 Son. She tells him Alex wants him to leave and wants to send him out of the country. This gets him going with a start. “Why?” (As if he didn’t know already.) AJ thinks he’s rude, intolerant, whatever. They just have never gotten along. Mama advises a little begging for mercy by promising to behave. (Get real, Ma!) He refuses to humiliate himself like that. (No duh, Vicki!) Bruno says that he’s already decided to split, but it’ll be him who decides and not Alex! Mama cautions him to be careful since the clause in his daddy’s will may say Alex has to take care of him till the day he dies, but it doesn’t specify how much he has to give him. All he has to do is give him just enough to keep a roof over his head and food to eat and Bruno’s obviously been used to getting quite a bit more than the bare minimum around there.
Bruno tries a sympathy ploy here. “I’m your son and you wouldn’t let me go without, now would you?” She’s ready to smack him. “--If you’d just try getting along better with others!” She warns him if he doesn’t mend his ways not only will he be locked out, but everyone will eventually shun him. “Now get dressed and go down for breakfast!”
Vicki heads downstairs to her office and begins a conversation with Felipa. She gripes to Felipa about the same ol’ same ol’ and then tells her about Alex’s decision. Felipa says it’s about time Bruno goes off on his own anyway. He’s old enough to have a family and yada, yada… (Why are the poor and humble always the clearest thinkers in these things?) Of course, Felipa still thinks it’s best to come out with the truth about their being siblings and see if it doesn’t change things for the better. Vicki is afraid Bruno will only get even angrier and doesn’t dare try it. Anyway, it’s her fault for falling in love like mad with Alex’s father, she says. And what would she tell them: I cheated on your father, you were born and my lover was Alex’s daddy? It would end up like a Greek Tragedy. (Vicki, I’d say you were living through one already. You just don’t know it yet, lady.)
Alex is on his way out and headed for work when Mary Jo comes down the stairs and says “Hi.” MJ is off to visit her dad. AJ reminds her to keep mum. She says of course she will, and then asks Alex what is going to happen to her now, how long is he going to let her stay there? Alex tells her that they’ll just have to wait and see, then invites her to dinner that night. He warns her not to try to skip out on him because he’s given orders not to let her go out. She says she had no intention of skipping out on him, but with that attitude--! He interrupts her and says she’s not in a position to make demands on him. “Don’t take my decisions as a show of weakness towards a pretty woman.” She gives in and he sends her off to visit with her dad.
Broodo races down the stairs and tries avoiding a confrontation with AJ. Alex, though, is anxious to grind him down a bit more, no doubt making up for all that bullying back in the day. “Hey, Bruno. I really want to thank you!” Bruno asks what he means. Alex smiles a little too disingenuously. “—That I really like the wife you chose for me and I’m thinking I’m gonna keep her.” He winks and struts out the door. Zingo! Broodo is now seething.
Mary Jo has a chat with her papi over coffee and donuts. He wonders how things went last night with her and Sr. Alex. She says fine and that she’s decided to give it up to God. That, of course, makes Pedro feel much better. Pete struggles to discuss things he says would be better for a mother and daughter chat, but bottom line, he doesn’t want her to feel obligated to stick it out with Alex if she’s against it. He suggests a divorce. She says they’ve already discussed it and they’re getting one. She figures they’ll discuss the details at dinner tonight since they’re going out to eat.
On her way back to the main house Mary Jo runs into Bruno. He’s hoping she kept mum with Alex when he questioned her. She lies that he didn’t say a word to her about it. Bruno runs on about how Alex is probably waiting to tell her after he’s gone to bed with her. He says this time though, Alex isn’t going to get his own way. Tonight, Bruno says, he’s arranged for them all to leave for the U.S. MJ says they haven’t got passports and such. He says they’ll stop in the capital first to get them and it will be easy to do. The main thing is to disappear without Alex knowing where they’ve gone to. She refuses to go like that. She wants to leave in a more respectable way and reminds Bruno that Alex has already agreed to the divorce. Bruno says she’s crazy if she thinks AJ’s really going to give her one, especially now that he suspects the truth. She refuses. He demands she does what he tells her but before MJ can refuse again, Vicki comes outside looking for him. MJ escapes into the house.
Vicki wonders what’s going on between the two of them. Bruno lies and says he’s only trying to mingle and asked MJ out for a walk. Vicki says he’s lost his mind. That’s all he needs after getting into it with Alex over her the night before. He insists it was all innocent and walks off.
Meanwhile, at the office, Fernando tells AJ that the photo of him and Mary Jo is indeed a fake. Alex says he suspected as much and when he discussed things with Bruno last night he, of course, denied everything. “---What do you mean?” “—That Bruno showed up claiming to be me, falsified documents, etc., etc.” Afterwards, though, AJ explains further, he spoke to Mary Jo and she told him the truth, all of it. ‘Nando asks if he’s going to turn them into the police. AJ says no, he isn’t. ‘Nando thinks that’s a bad idea and that MJ’s dazzled him. Alex gets upset and says no she hasn’t, that Mary Jo is only a victim in all of this and that the one who should be reported to the police is Bruno! Fernando tells him he’s got to think about his mother. This sets off Alex even more.
“The only thing that matters to you is my mother, right?” ‘Nando takes a quick step back and says AJ’s family matters, too.” (Fernando, you’ve turned into such a disappointment. What a waste of blonde chromosomes. Sheesh.) AJ yells back at him that MJ also has a family: a family who is poor and desperate and that has been forced by circumstances to lie and to carry on a charade!” (Viewerville is on its feet and cheering! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! You go, guy! You handsome hunk o’ he-man!) Fernando backs off just as the phone rings but warns his friend he might be falling for a woman with the face of an angel who is very much of the flesh. AJ gives him a dismissive “We’ll see about that” as Bruno saunters in.
Bruno says his mother told him AJ wants him out of the country. Alex says yep, he does. Bruno surprises him by saying he’s fine with that. There’s one hitch though. He wants a million bucks before he goes. They dicker a bit and Alex agrees to $500,000 American. Take it or leave it. Bruno says fine. He leaves to get his check cut. Alex stops him first to give the knife an extra twist. “What about Mary Jo? Are you leaving her to me without a fight?” Bruno doesn’t take the bait, but does slam the door on his way out.
Fernando tells Alex he’s being too provocative. AJ says that’s exactly his intention. Let him fume! [¡Que reviente!] Alex says he’s set up his security to insure that Bruno doesn’t take MJ away. Fernando reminds him he’s got one month from the time of his supposed marriage to annul it, unless he’s had sexual relations with Mary Jo. “You should think about that because you only have a few days left.” Question is, will Alex be up to the challenge?
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Jardinera: Wow, what an episode and you chronicled it expertly. Thanks so much for giving so much of your time.
I am really surprised with WL acting in the TN, he is doing a fine job. He pretty much put everyone in their place last night, what a guy.
rsk
I am really surprised with WL acting in the TN, he is doing a fine job. He pretty much put everyone in their place last night, what a guy.
rsk
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: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:29:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 4:29:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks for the recap. You always create great ones and I'm glad your hubby wanted a lot of detail. Getting the specific details was illuminating (parts like MJ saying that Alex must think the worst of her).
Your comments on Vicki's delusions about Bruno were hilarious (cut the apron strings and the cord already, please). It's unfortunate she doesn't realize Bruno is completely homicidal now.
I know we'll all lived through amusing plot devices but tonight's closing: "Will Alex be up for the challenge of bedding MJ?" is a riot! He's been trying to congress with her and now with a deadline I look forward to see what new tactics he'll bring. This is an instance where having a somewhat mischievous galan is definitely a plus.
Your comments on Vicki's delusions about Bruno were hilarious (cut the apron strings and the cord already, please). It's unfortunate she doesn't realize Bruno is completely homicidal now.
I know we'll all lived through amusing plot devices but tonight's closing: "Will Alex be up for the challenge of bedding MJ?" is a riot! He's been trying to congress with her and now with a deadline I look forward to see what new tactics he'll bring. This is an instance where having a somewhat mischievous galan is definitely a plus.
Oh my gosh...what an episode and what a recap. Jardinera, I can't let some of your comments go with out notice...
“this feral display of canine-infused machismo.....He’s still top dog” You know, you are completely right, I never thought about it that way!
“Let her carouse through Cougar Heights if she wants, but not with her son’s best bud” REAAALLLLY, kinda unpleasant flirting. I keep thinking about Iberramedia’s comment.. ..your mom gives a great back rub, ugh !!!
“Viewerville....appreciates the reason she’s cornered the market on brown hair dye” What is it with her hair...it is a wig? This has nothing to do with teeth, which are hard to change, but that hair do has never been in style, except for maybe on the Monkeys in the 70s!!
Jardineria...you ROCK!
Welcome Chavala and Don Felipe del Real del Monte (?!?) and everyone else who I haven’t said hello to because I travel so much and have to work on a phone!!
Sandy in TN
“this feral display of canine-infused machismo.....He’s still top dog” You know, you are completely right, I never thought about it that way!
“Let her carouse through Cougar Heights if she wants, but not with her son’s best bud” REAAALLLLY, kinda unpleasant flirting. I keep thinking about Iberramedia’s comment.. ..your mom gives a great back rub, ugh !!!
“Viewerville....appreciates the reason she’s cornered the market on brown hair dye” What is it with her hair...it is a wig? This has nothing to do with teeth, which are hard to change, but that hair do has never been in style, except for maybe on the Monkeys in the 70s!!
Jardineria...you ROCK!
Welcome Chavala and Don Felipe del Real del Monte (?!?) and everyone else who I haven’t said hello to because I travel so much and have to work on a phone!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 5:16:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 5:16:00 PM EDT
Thanks for an excellent work Jardinera. One of your best. The cat is out of the bag and things are moving along so smoothly. that it leaves you wanting for more since all that would have to be revealed has been revealed. But wait. Maria Jose is in a quandry of sorts. She is pretending that Alex does not know to Bruno and Pretending to Bruno that Alex does not know that he knows.
A cat and mouse game of spy vs spy.
last man with the clue wins. The challenge now for the remaining episodes is how to prove that Bruno actually orchestrated all that with facts and not just hearsay.
What will they encounter along the way to the truth? The suspense is building here.
On a side note, OT: I read somewhere that MEPS and AMOR had their finales on the same night. One after the other. So Mexicans had a 5 hour double feature. Interesting.
Ibarramedia
A cat and mouse game of spy vs spy.
last man with the clue wins. The challenge now for the remaining episodes is how to prove that Bruno actually orchestrated all that with facts and not just hearsay.
What will they encounter along the way to the truth? The suspense is building here.
On a side note, OT: I read somewhere that MEPS and AMOR had their finales on the same night. One after the other. So Mexicans had a 5 hour double feature. Interesting.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 5:25:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 5:25:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Jardinera, for another weekend treat! This detailed recap was wonderfully entertaining, starting with the Latin Henry Gibson comment about Pedro and the flowers and continuing to the end. Complete, funny, excellent.
So glad MJ finally came clean with Alex (and so hoping their upcoming dinner together is just the opportunity Alex needs to end the chance of an annulment). The confession scene with the bedraggled and muddy MJ sobbing was really well done and quite touching; indeed it was a 2-hanky box one.
Am always sorry I can't watch on the weekends, but at least it makes me anticipate Monday more.
So glad MJ finally came clean with Alex (and so hoping their upcoming dinner together is just the opportunity Alex needs to end the chance of an annulment). The confession scene with the bedraggled and muddy MJ sobbing was really well done and quite touching; indeed it was a 2-hanky box one.
Am always sorry I can't watch on the weekends, but at least it makes me anticipate Monday more.
Jardinera, thanks for the recap. I thought when Alex invited Pedro for a drink, "Hey, you're not going to be able to drink this guy under the table like you did MJ." :)
Alex seems to like MJ, but doesn't mind using her to get Broodo's goat. It doesn't seem to bother him too much to use her. Then again, most of the time he is using her, he is kissing her, so... probably why it's not too hard to do it. :)
Alex seems to like MJ, but doesn't mind using her to get Broodo's goat. It doesn't seem to bother him too much to use her. Then again, most of the time he is using her, he is kissing her, so... probably why it's not too hard to do it. :)
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 6:44:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 6:44:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, a terific recap!! Just loved all your hilarious and witty remarks!!
AJ hit me the wrong way when he asked that they both take off their clothes and shower together. When she refused, he said he was testing her. I didn't like that about him. I think he's a love 'em and leave 'em sort of guy. Altho I know they'll end up together. But I like him despite it, dammit!!
Ann-NYC
AJ hit me the wrong way when he asked that they both take off their clothes and shower together. When she refused, he said he was testing her. I didn't like that about him. I think he's a love 'em and leave 'em sort of guy. Altho I know they'll end up together. But I like him despite it, dammit!!
Ann-NYC
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 7:17:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 7:17:00 PM EDT
Wow, Jardinera, That was great. I took your advice, poured myself a Shiner Bock, settled into my wicker easy chair (more like the throne of an oriental potentate) on the patio amidst the most beautiful,bright and glorious days that we've had in a long time, the gorgeous red-headed bitch, Bonnie Belle lazing at my feet, and leisurely savored your tasty, well-crafted masterpiece of a recap of an extremely satisfying episode. Thanks for such a thorough, delicious diversion from the real world. I can't think of a thing you left out.
I love the way writers of these TNs toss off profound yet simple truths an ironies with such abandon. My favorite tonight which you chronicled beautifully was Alec thought-bubbling,
"Para mentir necesitas buena memoria."
How true.
It's taking a bit of getting used to, having a galan with math skills. Not only has he added things up, he seems to have a coherent plan to go on the offensive. Bruto definitely has no one to blame but himself for coming up with such a hare-brained scheme in the first place. Somehow, I don't see him getting any smarter.
Carlos
I love the way writers of these TNs toss off profound yet simple truths an ironies with such abandon. My favorite tonight which you chronicled beautifully was Alec thought-bubbling,
"Para mentir necesitas buena memoria."
How true.
It's taking a bit of getting used to, having a galan with math skills. Not only has he added things up, he seems to have a coherent plan to go on the offensive. Bruto definitely has no one to blame but himself for coming up with such a hare-brained scheme in the first place. Somehow, I don't see him getting any smarter.
Carlos
Thanks, Jardinera. Your recap was my dessert after dinner at our favorite restaurant. So glad that you are recapping this novela. Carlos ~ I'm glad that you're having good weather. Today is our third day of rainy, gray, damp weather. Bleccchhh. I'm starting TO feel soggy. I have some VERY GOOD NEWS~ Not only is this novela turning [Monica Miguel is doing a great job of directing] out to be good ], but Corazon Salvaje started in Mexico on Monday , and I've peeked at a few episodes. IT LOOKS GREAT !!!!....And I'm talking Alborada/Amor Real/ Pasion great, so we have another good ride ahead of us after this novela wraps up. One more thing OT : I'm considering buying a Pilates thingie. Does anyone have any advice ? I've never done Pilates.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:13:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:13:00 PM EDT
Comadre Jardinera, such an excellent recap! Loved all the juicy details, and comments along the way. I too poured myself a drink and savored the deliciously fun recap.
I really like that the actors are actually close to the age of the characters they are playing. Less beanie foil extensions required...
jb
I really like that the actors are actually close to the age of the characters they are playing. Less beanie foil extensions required...
jb
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:29:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:29:00 PM EDT
jb,
"I really like that the actors are actually close to the age of the characters they are playing. Less beanie foil extensions required..."
That is, of course, if you exclude the first episode.
You are right, however. The actors do match their ages which is a refreshing change from stretches of the imagination we have been compelled to accept in many previous (many even very good) TNs.
Carlos
"I really like that the actors are actually close to the age of the characters they are playing. Less beanie foil extensions required..."
That is, of course, if you exclude the first episode.
You are right, however. The actors do match their ages which is a refreshing change from stretches of the imagination we have been compelled to accept in many previous (many even very good) TNs.
Carlos
Ibarramedia - yes the suspense is building. It will be interesting to see what counter strategies Alex employs to get documentation on Bruno's nefarious schemes.
Jeff - Regarding your comment on Alex and his using MJ through kissing, has there been a galan like this before? I can't remember having a galan that actually knew and used his attractiveness to get women. I guess Alex will have to give up his womanizing ways and that will be part of his character arch.
Susanlynn - the pilates machine on QVC today look pretty good. I consider myself somewhat coordinated and when I tried pilates a while back it was a disaster.
Jeff - Regarding your comment on Alex and his using MJ through kissing, has there been a galan like this before? I can't remember having a galan that actually knew and used his attractiveness to get women. I guess Alex will have to give up his womanizing ways and that will be part of his character arch.
Susanlynn - the pilates machine on QVC today look pretty good. I consider myself somewhat coordinated and when I tried pilates a while back it was a disaster.
Karen,
" I guess Alex will have to give up his womanizing ways and that will be part of his character arch."
I wouldn't ever want to over analyze a telenovela, it might cause a severe headache, BUT can a "womanizing" man ever give up that habit. Is womanizing curable?
Just wondering!!
Sandy in TN
" I guess Alex will have to give up his womanizing ways and that will be part of his character arch."
I wouldn't ever want to over analyze a telenovela, it might cause a severe headache, BUT can a "womanizing" man ever give up that habit. Is womanizing curable?
Just wondering!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:06:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:06:00 PM EDT
Carlos,
Your guess on the subject, derived from observation only I'm sure, would be my guess!!
Sandy in TN
Your guess on the subject, derived from observation only I'm sure, would be my guess!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:30:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:30:00 PM EDT
In Querida Enemiga, Chef Hawt was a womanizer (with a fine bod and a naughty twinkle in his eye) who changed his ways for the heroine. She went from being virginal (although her first love was Dumb Doc- Fernando in this novela), to succumbing to the charms of Chef Hawt and his bed fairly quickly. He stayed true to her throughout, even though he had an ex-lover hot on his trail like Alex.
Now, in real life...not so sure that's how things work out.
-Vivi in DC
Now, in real life...not so sure that's how things work out.
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:46:00 PM EDT
Vivi,
On Querida Enemiga, that is good to hear. When we get frustrated with the telenovela gods, we just need to remember that they have cured some galans from their bad habits and made family men out of them despite their former wandering ways! This is easy for them, no problem, a piece of cake, just write the transformation into el fin.
Sandy in TN
On Querida Enemiga, that is good to hear. When we get frustrated with the telenovela gods, we just need to remember that they have cured some galans from their bad habits and made family men out of them despite their former wandering ways! This is easy for them, no problem, a piece of cake, just write the transformation into el fin.
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:09:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:09:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, what a fine and detailed recap. Thanks so much. Also thanks to all the recappers for this week's coverage.
The plot device of an arranged or forced marriage is such a classic in romance novels. Always the growing attraction which the couple struggles against, always the drama when the resistance breaks. Our couple here is fun to watch, especially the scene in the rain and mud.
La Paloma
The plot device of an arranged or forced marriage is such a classic in romance novels. Always the growing attraction which the couple struggles against, always the drama when the resistance breaks. Our couple here is fun to watch, especially the scene in the rain and mud.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:38:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:38:00 AM EDT
Thanks for your excellent recap Jardinera, what a great episode we had... this story moves so quickly I love it. Regarding Alex's womanazing ways i'm sure he'll change for MJ, we've seen it with other galanes like you mentioned in Querida Enemiga, and in LFMB Fernando was also quite the womanizer before falling in love with Lety, he remained true to her throught the whole novela, I think Ric from Pasion was one too, til Camila. So in novela land womanizer galanes usually change once they really fall in love.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:58:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:58:00 AM EDT
Ay! This is getting interesting, and I thought I might not watch this one,,,hooked again??
The witty recap helps of course. Thanks!
Who ever heard of a galan with so many brains, I was loving the sherlock holmes scene with Alex and Fernando in the office: "suppose" this, "suppose" that, and the other...it's amazing. And it seems it's all been figured out. So early, they know, they all know so now I have to watch to see what comes next instead of banging my foil beanie covered head against the wall because of what I know that they don't know.
Wm. L. isn't hard to watch though and Gabriel Soto- I'm thinking the beard worrks...definately works. Not sure if I want to see the april-septmeber love scene however. (that's the expression right?, I don't want to say "cougar")
I have a special place for Daniela Romo though. She was huge in Formosa Argentina in 84. She had long hair like Crystal Gayle back then. The landlords of the pension where I was staying played her records nonstop through the siesta every day. I think I used to have a bootlegged casette that came from across the river in Paraguay. This is the first time I've seen her as an actress!
Jaqui B. is not quite as annoying as in this role as she was as Candi, she looks like a Barbie though, so skinny but with the big breasteses. Is that sexy?
The witty recap helps of course. Thanks!
Who ever heard of a galan with so many brains, I was loving the sherlock holmes scene with Alex and Fernando in the office: "suppose" this, "suppose" that, and the other...it's amazing. And it seems it's all been figured out. So early, they know, they all know so now I have to watch to see what comes next instead of banging my foil beanie covered head against the wall because of what I know that they don't know.
Wm. L. isn't hard to watch though and Gabriel Soto- I'm thinking the beard worrks...definately works. Not sure if I want to see the april-septmeber love scene however. (that's the expression right?, I don't want to say "cougar")
I have a special place for Daniela Romo though. She was huge in Formosa Argentina in 84. She had long hair like Crystal Gayle back then. The landlords of the pension where I was staying played her records nonstop through the siesta every day. I think I used to have a bootlegged casette that came from across the river in Paraguay. This is the first time I've seen her as an actress!
Jaqui B. is not quite as annoying as in this role as she was as Candi, she looks like a Barbie though, so skinny but with the big breasteses. Is that sexy?
I'm so glad someone else recognise how Fernando is not really a good friend to Alex. He so concern about hooking up with Alex's step mother than being there to support his friend who was nearly killed by his step brother. Victoria get a clue if i was Alex as soon as that will was read after Antonio death i would thrown Bruno out of the house. All you're concern about is your reputation. Yes you were an terrible mother with Bruno and Raquel telling them the truth about your affair with Antonio when both of you were married to other people should of have been done when they were young. I would have sent both of them to counseling also, especially Bruno. Bravo to William Levy i keep saying the more novelas he's in the more he improves. Yeah I'm a Levy fan but I being honest in my assessment of his acting since I seen all of his novelas with the exception of Passion. He has improved.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:01:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:01:00 AM EDT
Jardinera...I'm in awe of the work you put into this recap. Wonderfully detailed and beautifully written. Always love your humor and your way with words..."rustic novelty" the comparison of Cain and Abel, "better not hit him where the good Lord split him" (haven't heard that one before!) but my favorite.....
"long, rain-drenched romantic moment".
Ooooh yes, Our Carla Estrada sure knows how to to provide some dessert in every episode. And what a great female fantasy, chased through the pouring rain (symbolism, symbolism!), swept up in the arms of a strong galan, who can carry you up the freakin' stairs no less!) then deposited on the bed, discreetly undressed, desired....and yet, respected. Oh my. Our little virgin has landed in Paradise for sure.
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Randy, your Barbie doll characterization of J Bracamontes is right on. Her arms are painfully thin, as is the rest of her, and her bosom seems a lot larger than it was in Heridas, so perhaps it's been siliconized.
I don't find her sexy but you'd have to get the guys' opinion. She is, though, very appealing as a frightened, loyal, principled (and very pretty) person, trapped in a terrible situation and needing rescue. And who better than hunkalicious Wm Levy? Bring it on!
"long, rain-drenched romantic moment".
Ooooh yes, Our Carla Estrada sure knows how to to provide some dessert in every episode. And what a great female fantasy, chased through the pouring rain (symbolism, symbolism!), swept up in the arms of a strong galan, who can carry you up the freakin' stairs no less!) then deposited on the bed, discreetly undressed, desired....and yet, respected. Oh my. Our little virgin has landed in Paradise for sure.
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Randy, your Barbie doll characterization of J Bracamontes is right on. Her arms are painfully thin, as is the rest of her, and her bosom seems a lot larger than it was in Heridas, so perhaps it's been siliconized.
I don't find her sexy but you'd have to get the guys' opinion. She is, though, very appealing as a frightened, loyal, principled (and very pretty) person, trapped in a terrible situation and needing rescue. And who better than hunkalicious Wm Levy? Bring it on!
Henry Gibson goes Latin? Cougar Heights?? LOL!
Back inside, Pau comes downstairs and finds her papi still flapping his jaws with Alex and reminiscing about the good ol’ days when he still had two good legs to chase his women with.
Bruno better not let the door hit him where the good lord split him.
Bruno takes one sour look at the way MJ seems to be enjoying herself and leaves with his tail dragging between his legs. Once the door slams shut, AJ shakes his hind leg and beams.
And et cetera.
Jardinera, you are Da Woman. Your snarkitude knows no bounds. Great stuff! And your recap was really well-written and fun to read. Take a bow.
You mean finally someone heard the ruckus coming from MJ's room? For real? :/ *deep, DEEP sarcasm*
You know, Maura's kid sister seems pretty smart!
Bruno says it’s only because the only thing that Alex wants now is to sleep with her because he’s hot for her bod. Same as YOU, douche.
And by the way, "Broodo" must have been having some out of body experience, the way he was promising to solve everything without hurting any of them, and caressing MJ's cheek instead of slapping it. Heck, she was so shocked, she shed a tear for him. But came back to herself quickly, Praise Peter.
I tell y'all, I am really enjoying the dialogue and back and forth banter in this thing. It seems almost intelligent and thought out compared to what I'm used to!
I honestly don't know what to think about myself. As a diehard fictional drama lover, I am giddy with forbidden glee that Vicky and Nando have messed up and fallen for each other. But then I think about my 26-year-old son, myself, and whoever his best friend might be, and... triple ewwwwwwwww! Blech. Gag me with a wire hanger! *cleaning my mouth out*
Mud scene--thumbs up. Drying off scene--thumbs up. Alex putting the screws to Bruno all night, any way he can--thumbs up. Let's just see how this 'leaving the country' business pans out, shall we? I'm not putting money on it.
Okay... *clearing throat, looking around sheepishly* You all know I follow blog rules and strive to be a good blogfriend, and always will. So I'm just going to say this and not repeat it, and never do it again, and hope that you will overlook this one time. I must do it, or I will simply go insane. Here goes. *clears throat again* Do NOT under any circumstances miss any episodes this week, or you will curse yourself to high heaven. Thank you. That is all.
Oh, and have a sweet Sunday. :D
Back inside, Pau comes downstairs and finds her papi still flapping his jaws with Alex and reminiscing about the good ol’ days when he still had two good legs to chase his women with.
Bruno better not let the door hit him where the good lord split him.
Bruno takes one sour look at the way MJ seems to be enjoying herself and leaves with his tail dragging between his legs. Once the door slams shut, AJ shakes his hind leg and beams.
And et cetera.
Jardinera, you are Da Woman. Your snarkitude knows no bounds. Great stuff! And your recap was really well-written and fun to read. Take a bow.
You mean finally someone heard the ruckus coming from MJ's room? For real? :/ *deep, DEEP sarcasm*
You know, Maura's kid sister seems pretty smart!
Bruno says it’s only because the only thing that Alex wants now is to sleep with her because he’s hot for her bod. Same as YOU, douche.
And by the way, "Broodo" must have been having some out of body experience, the way he was promising to solve everything without hurting any of them, and caressing MJ's cheek instead of slapping it. Heck, she was so shocked, she shed a tear for him. But came back to herself quickly, Praise Peter.
I tell y'all, I am really enjoying the dialogue and back and forth banter in this thing. It seems almost intelligent and thought out compared to what I'm used to!
I honestly don't know what to think about myself. As a diehard fictional drama lover, I am giddy with forbidden glee that Vicky and Nando have messed up and fallen for each other. But then I think about my 26-year-old son, myself, and whoever his best friend might be, and... triple ewwwwwwwww! Blech. Gag me with a wire hanger! *cleaning my mouth out*
Mud scene--thumbs up. Drying off scene--thumbs up. Alex putting the screws to Bruno all night, any way he can--thumbs up. Let's just see how this 'leaving the country' business pans out, shall we? I'm not putting money on it.
Okay... *clearing throat, looking around sheepishly* You all know I follow blog rules and strive to be a good blogfriend, and always will. So I'm just going to say this and not repeat it, and never do it again, and hope that you will overlook this one time. I must do it, or I will simply go insane. Here goes. *clears throat again* Do NOT under any circumstances miss any episodes this week, or you will curse yourself to high heaven. Thank you. That is all.
Oh, and have a sweet Sunday. :D
Hello everyone...yes, have a great relaxed Sunday! For me, I will fixin' Sunday supper for my son, DIL and dos nietos!
But before I get started, I want to enter mis dos centavos on the JB weight conversation....thank goodness Jackie is thin or William's knees and back would be toast after all the times he's carried her up those stairs. out into the ocean and in from the rain. I think she has a "European" build, we are so accustomed to larger gals here in the US and in the novelas, that someone with a smaller frame looks "too thin" to us. If you notice her rear in her blue jeans, she looks nice, I don't see anorexia I see "just right" on the thin side. I'd guess she weighs 115 to 118.
JudyB "She is, though, very appealing as a frightened, loyal, principled (and very pretty) person, trapped in a terrible situation and needing rescue." I completely agree, she really looks the part and I think that is why we are enjoying Sortilego so much.
Stephe. I'm with you on the Victoria, Nando thing. It's like someone said earlier, it isn't so much the May-December thing, it is the family relationship thing. I'm also with you on having a Does Equis at 8 am on Sunday morning!!!
Sandy in TN
But before I get started, I want to enter mis dos centavos on the JB weight conversation....thank goodness Jackie is thin or William's knees and back would be toast after all the times he's carried her up those stairs. out into the ocean and in from the rain. I think she has a "European" build, we are so accustomed to larger gals here in the US and in the novelas, that someone with a smaller frame looks "too thin" to us. If you notice her rear in her blue jeans, she looks nice, I don't see anorexia I see "just right" on the thin side. I'd guess she weighs 115 to 118.
JudyB "She is, though, very appealing as a frightened, loyal, principled (and very pretty) person, trapped in a terrible situation and needing rescue." I completely agree, she really looks the part and I think that is why we are enjoying Sortilego so much.
Stephe. I'm with you on the Victoria, Nando thing. It's like someone said earlier, it isn't so much the May-December thing, it is the family relationship thing. I'm also with you on having a Does Equis at 8 am on Sunday morning!!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:28:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:28:00 AM EDT
Good to hear that, Sandy. Haha! It's Jardinera's fault, actually--I just watched Friday's episode, and her recap specifically says to get comfy with the brew of my choice. ;)
Stephe,
Hey, you are just a loyal Caray Caray blogger doing what you were told to do...YES!
Sandy in TN
Hey, you are just a loyal Caray Caray blogger doing what you were told to do...YES!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:50:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 8:50:00 AM EDT
¡Buenos Días a todos! Where do I start? Glad to have you all checking in with me this weekend. I suppose the muse brought her best bud to help and sit on the other shoulder this time. Thanks for all the terrific praise! Considering the gardening season is almost kaput up here, the next best thing to "mindlessly" pulling weeds is doing a recap for y'all. This isn't mindless, but it's amazing how the hours fly when you become so involved in something hobby-like that you enjoy outside of the regular 9-5.
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rsk: "He pretty much put everyone in their place last night, what a guy." ITA!
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Karen: "He's been trying to congress with her and now with a deadline I look forward to see what new tactics he'll bring. This is an instance where having a somewhat mischievous galan is definitely a plus." Signature Carla Estrada production and why I always give her stuff a try even when it looks iffy. I kept thinking that exact thing about having "congress" while I was writing the paragraph. You and I were having a Spock mind-meld there, amiga!
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SandyTN: Just like Rock City, ya gotta see this one. I'm lovin' it. --p.s. My ex-Navy son was born in East Ridge and I lived in Chattanooga 5 very pleasant years.
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Ibarramedia: "She is pretending that Alex does not know to Bruno and Pretending to Bruno that Alex does not know that he knows. ...A cat and mouse game of spy vs spy.
...last man with the clue wins."
Leave it to you to bring in another angle to these things!
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HGR: "so hoping their upcoming dinner together is just the opportunity Alex needs to end the chance of an annulment" We're tracking together on this one.
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JeffMN: "Hey, you're not going to be able to drink this guy under the table like you did MJ" --something I'd wished I had thought of and definitely would have added it to the snark list.
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Ann-NYC: "[Alex] was testing her. I didn't like that about him." ITA. The girl had gone through so much emotionally and there he was trying to trick her one time too many in my book. Ya, ¡basta! Enough already!!
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rsk: "He pretty much put everyone in their place last night, what a guy." ITA!
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Karen: "He's been trying to congress with her and now with a deadline I look forward to see what new tactics he'll bring. This is an instance where having a somewhat mischievous galan is definitely a plus." Signature Carla Estrada production and why I always give her stuff a try even when it looks iffy. I kept thinking that exact thing about having "congress" while I was writing the paragraph. You and I were having a Spock mind-meld there, amiga!
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SandyTN: Just like Rock City, ya gotta see this one. I'm lovin' it. --p.s. My ex-Navy son was born in East Ridge and I lived in Chattanooga 5 very pleasant years.
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Ibarramedia: "She is pretending that Alex does not know to Bruno and Pretending to Bruno that Alex does not know that he knows. ...A cat and mouse game of spy vs spy.
...last man with the clue wins."
Leave it to you to bring in another angle to these things!
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HGR: "so hoping their upcoming dinner together is just the opportunity Alex needs to end the chance of an annulment" We're tracking together on this one.
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JeffMN: "Hey, you're not going to be able to drink this guy under the table like you did MJ" --something I'd wished I had thought of and definitely would have added it to the snark list.
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Ann-NYC: "[Alex] was testing her. I didn't like that about him." ITA. The girl had gone through so much emotionally and there he was trying to trick her one time too many in my book. Ya, ¡basta! Enough already!!
Carlos: Got to find me a Shiner if I can up here. Not sure where I can, but always love a good Bavarian Bock when offered. Where the heck is Shiner, TX, anyway?
"I love the way writers of these TNs toss off profound yet simple truths an ironies with such abandon." Wonderfully put. The incongruity of their general output does not compute, ¿verdad? The individuals who are put to the task of grinding this stuff out on a daily basis surely are dying to show they do have a little sparkle of philosophical brain-matter they've been forced to hide under the proverbial t-n bushel of b.s....
"...having a galan with math skills. Not only has he added things up..." LOL! Another 10 on the snark-o-meter!
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Susanlynn/JudyB: It can't be better than an after-dinner taste of chocolate, but the seratonin levels in Sortilegio can definitely be harmful to one's emotional diet. Sra. Estrada does feed us some very rich material in every bite!!
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jb (not to be confused with JB) You're right, whether it's a double jolt of caffein or a darned fine adult beverage, the effect is the same. Watching this kind of excitingly romantic novela/reading the recaps with one in hand is a must. I agree with you and Carlos that after the first night flub in choosing NOT to use age-appropriate aspiring actors, the show's got an age-appropriate cast this time. I did lower the tension on my beanie controls afterwards.
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La Paloma: The scene in the rain was a great one. I had hoped they'd kiss right then and there, but the sexual tension had to be maintained I suppose. Saving and savoring here for the really big beso that's sure to come. Hope it's on Monday's!
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RandySeattle: Glad you're along for the ride this time! For the record, JB's figure is an oxymoron to me. I remember her in Ruby and thought she was healthy and beautiful in that one. Don't know why she's changed. I will say that she needs to probably back off the use of plumping lipstick and that would de-emphasize her mouth for many of us now that she has lost so much weight. Costuming could nix the 6" platforms also because she's already so tall she looks like she was adopted with the short stature of the actors they've got playing her family. Also, I'm more comfortable having the female lead look up into her galan's eyes instead instead of directly into them. JMHO. ;>)
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"I love the way writers of these TNs toss off profound yet simple truths an ironies with such abandon." Wonderfully put. The incongruity of their general output does not compute, ¿verdad? The individuals who are put to the task of grinding this stuff out on a daily basis surely are dying to show they do have a little sparkle of philosophical brain-matter they've been forced to hide under the proverbial t-n bushel of b.s....
"...having a galan with math skills. Not only has he added things up..." LOL! Another 10 on the snark-o-meter!
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Susanlynn/JudyB: It can't be better than an after-dinner taste of chocolate, but the seratonin levels in Sortilegio can definitely be harmful to one's emotional diet. Sra. Estrada does feed us some very rich material in every bite!!
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jb (not to be confused with JB) You're right, whether it's a double jolt of caffein or a darned fine adult beverage, the effect is the same. Watching this kind of excitingly romantic novela/reading the recaps with one in hand is a must. I agree with you and Carlos that after the first night flub in choosing NOT to use age-appropriate aspiring actors, the show's got an age-appropriate cast this time. I did lower the tension on my beanie controls afterwards.
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La Paloma: The scene in the rain was a great one. I had hoped they'd kiss right then and there, but the sexual tension had to be maintained I suppose. Saving and savoring here for the really big beso that's sure to come. Hope it's on Monday's!
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RandySeattle: Glad you're along for the ride this time! For the record, JB's figure is an oxymoron to me. I remember her in Ruby and thought she was healthy and beautiful in that one. Don't know why she's changed. I will say that she needs to probably back off the use of plumping lipstick and that would de-emphasize her mouth for many of us now that she has lost so much weight. Costuming could nix the 6" platforms also because she's already so tall she looks like she was adopted with the short stature of the actors they've got playing her family. Also, I'm more comfortable having the female lead look up into her galan's eyes instead instead of directly into them. JMHO. ;>)
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Stephe: You being our resident writer here, muchas gracias, de verdad. My freshman writing skills prof from college days, Mrs. Miller, would be shocked, I'm sure!
Before this thing is over, and we finish dragging through Cougar Heights with Nando and Vicki, I'll probably see your triple ewww and up it to a quadruple if not more. Note to hairdresser: Could you nix the mousse on Nando? He looked like a reject from a Bazooka Jo bubblegum wrapper! (What was the name of that character with the original buzz cut?) I couldn't stop laughing or staring!
Before this thing is over, and we finish dragging through Cougar Heights with Nando and Vicki, I'll probably see your triple ewww and up it to a quadruple if not more. Note to hairdresser: Could you nix the mousse on Nando? He looked like a reject from a Bazooka Jo bubblegum wrapper! (What was the name of that character with the original buzz cut?) I couldn't stop laughing or staring!
Sandy, I'm going to go in a different direction regarding JB- Maria Jose's weight. In the real world USA,you are correct people are bigger. In fact, to be blunt majority are obese now. In the Hollywood world of TV and Movies, Sadly, she is the standard. At 5'7' 110-115 pounds, she is very thin. Her face looks ok not drawn in. But I would prefer a more fit look. The pendulum always swings to both extremes of very heavy and very thin. Hollywood should promote the fitter look instead. But that is my humble opinion.
I have said it a few times before that I like the Mexican actresses because they are fuller and heavier than most American actresses. JB is a deviation from the norm which is why I commented that meybe she has hollywood aspirations. Some of the colombian actresses are also thinner than their Mexican counterparts. Of course, I don't know for sure since the only Colombian shows I watch are Betty la fea and Vecinos. Not enough to make a conclusive statement. I'm just thinking aloud on that one.
Ibarramedia
I have said it a few times before that I like the Mexican actresses because they are fuller and heavier than most American actresses. JB is a deviation from the norm which is why I commented that meybe she has hollywood aspirations. Some of the colombian actresses are also thinner than their Mexican counterparts. Of course, I don't know for sure since the only Colombian shows I watch are Betty la fea and Vecinos. Not enough to make a conclusive statement. I'm just thinking aloud on that one.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 12:50:00 PM EDT
Iberramedia,
Actually, I agree with most that you say and I'm glad that there are men out there that like a gal with a little meat on their bones! The point that I was making is that, while JB is thin, I personally don't think that she has anorexia. I wonder if she was encouraged to keep her weight low because of all the times that William Levy needed to lift her, could that be part of the reason? Your Hollywood theory could be right on as well.
Now that I have gone out on a limb on this I guess we'll
soon hear that JB has checked into a clinic for exaustion and anorexia!!!
Sandy in TN
Actually, I agree with most that you say and I'm glad that there are men out there that like a gal with a little meat on their bones! The point that I was making is that, while JB is thin, I personally don't think that she has anorexia. I wonder if she was encouraged to keep her weight low because of all the times that William Levy needed to lift her, could that be part of the reason? Your Hollywood theory could be right on as well.
Now that I have gone out on a limb on this I guess we'll
soon hear that JB has checked into a clinic for exaustion and anorexia!!!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
I'm thinking about where Vicki went wrong with Bruno. Maybe once she learned how he as a kid was bullying Alex, everytime Alex came home with a smack or a bruise or a bloody nose she should have grounded him or taken away a priviledge until he got to the point he'd actually protect Alex to avoid a punishment. Dunno. I assume he'd have figured away around it he is so sneeky and conniving. Some kids and adults are just that way, IMHO.
Just to chime in again, I have seen anorexics and worked with one on a home-based fitness program.... and Jackie is not, repeat, not anorexic. Anorectic women develop a skull like look around the jaw. She does not have this. But she is very thin, much thinner than when she first started out. This was obvious in Tontas and Jaime Camil only had to lift her once, briefly, over the threshold of a room. No problem. Anyway, kudos to Wm Levy for carrying anybody up those stairs. I only weigh 117, could I be next in line, puh-leeze!
RandySeattle: Daniela Romo still has hair a la Crystal Gayle. She is wearing a wig, I would think.
Jardinera: Always enjoy your fab recaps and this was exceptional, amiga. Thanks.
Sortilegio in AZ
Jardinera: Always enjoy your fab recaps and this was exceptional, amiga. Thanks.
Sortilegio in AZ
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:55:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:55:00 PM EDT
Random comment- I really love how Filipa, the head housekeeper/ladies maid, is not some timid, simple country woman. She's a pretty glamorous older woman (great makeup and clothes) and Viki seems to treat her as an equal. If someone just walked into that household they would think Filipa is Viki's mom or aunt, not her maid.
-Vivi in DC
-Vivi in DC
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:26:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 2:26:00 PM EDT
SortilegioAZ: Wow! I didn't realize it was a wig. Whoever donated had good hair. No wonder no gray in it from all those problems with #1 Son.
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Vivi in DC: Neat observation. Usually we see Indígenas playing those roles.
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Vivi in DC: Neat observation. Usually we see Indígenas playing those roles.
Jardinera, great recap! Tons of snark, and very detailed.
Advice to lonely guys: Wait for a rainstorm. It worked for Alex to get MJ to tell the truth, in Tontas, it's how Lorena met Alonso (although in a rare switch, they didn't end up together), and in Gancho, Mauricio also met Moni in the rain. I went to a wedding this weekend, and guess what? The young couple's first date was pouring rain. He held the umbrella just over her, and later, in the restaurant, didn't complain at all, even though he was probably shivering in wet clothes. So that's my advice for a first date: pouring rain (and we've had a lot of that this week where I live. Should be a lot of weddings soon). :)
Advice to lonely guys: Wait for a rainstorm. It worked for Alex to get MJ to tell the truth, in Tontas, it's how Lorena met Alonso (although in a rare switch, they didn't end up together), and in Gancho, Mauricio also met Moni in the rain. I went to a wedding this weekend, and guess what? The young couple's first date was pouring rain. He held the umbrella just over her, and later, in the restaurant, didn't complain at all, even though he was probably shivering in wet clothes. So that's my advice for a first date: pouring rain (and we've had a lot of that this week where I live. Should be a lot of weddings soon). :)
I agree there, Vivi. Felipa is different than most head housekeepers/ladies maids I've seen... so much so that I kept thinking she was an older relation to Vicky at first. She is glamorous with her personal upkeep, extremely calm, and has a wise air about her. Quite refreshing. (of course, I haven't seen her in a full-blow crisis yet, so...)
JudyB, I hear what you're saying. I've known anorexics, and JB is just really thin right now. And human beings run all the way to both ends of the spectrum--I have a good friend who is tall and no matter how much she eats and eats and eats, she cannot gain weight. One of the things that drives Jen crazy is people assuming by looking at her that she's starving herself on purpose when that's her natural weight and she is healthy as a horse. Some people have even said cutting remarks to her face and made her cry. I'm not in JB's head or house, so I'm not making any assumptions.
Wow, we did see some of those scenes, Jardinera, when young Bruno would do something to young Alex and Vicky would just stand there and act disappointed. And we knew all of that was coming, because little Bruno didn't even want to stand with baby Alex and the family when Vicky and Baby Daddy got married.
JudyB, I hear what you're saying. I've known anorexics, and JB is just really thin right now. And human beings run all the way to both ends of the spectrum--I have a good friend who is tall and no matter how much she eats and eats and eats, she cannot gain weight. One of the things that drives Jen crazy is people assuming by looking at her that she's starving herself on purpose when that's her natural weight and she is healthy as a horse. Some people have even said cutting remarks to her face and made her cry. I'm not in JB's head or house, so I'm not making any assumptions.
Wow, we did see some of those scenes, Jardinera, when young Bruno would do something to young Alex and Vicky would just stand there and act disappointed. And we knew all of that was coming, because little Bruno didn't even want to stand with baby Alex and the family when Vicky and Baby Daddy got married.
Hombre, LOL! That is brilliant. :)
(yep, when Mauricio and Moni met and smiled at each other in that storm *swell violin music for a moment of starcrossed falling in love*... the rain suddenly stopped LOL!)
Rain does seem to make you more frisky. At least in my experience. ;)
(yep, when Mauricio and Moni met and smiled at each other in that storm *swell violin music for a moment of starcrossed falling in love*... the rain suddenly stopped LOL!)
Rain does seem to make you more frisky. At least in my experience. ;)
Sandy - Glad Vivi and Anon 12:58 made the point that the mark of the womanizing galan really falling in love is that he stops womanizing. Yes, novela-fantasy but I'm going to enjoy this ride.
Vivi - Thanks for bring up the situation with Vicki and Filipa. Filipa's character seems a kindred spirit to the character Monica Miguel played with Daniela Romo in Alborada but the women in Alborada were not good. Poor Vicki should have listened to Filipa long ago and told her kids the truth. However, Bruno and Rachel are so bad it just would have propelled them to therapy that much sooner.
Vivi - Thanks for bring up the situation with Vicki and Filipa. Filipa's character seems a kindred spirit to the character Monica Miguel played with Daniela Romo in Alborada but the women in Alborada were not good. Poor Vicki should have listened to Filipa long ago and told her kids the truth. However, Bruno and Rachel are so bad it just would have propelled them to therapy that much sooner.
Karen, I've noticed similarities to Alborada. Once again, Daniela has a maid who acts as her confident as Modesta did for Dona Juana. In Alborada, she was caught between her nasty, worthless son and her charming, intelligent, honorable nephew. In this novela, Daniela is caught between her pathetic, lazy, jealous son and her superhero stepson. As for JB's size, I don't think she's anorexic. Maybe she's a smoker. My sister became very skinny when she smoked . When she stopped smoking , she gained weight. Or maybe JB's just very busy and burning as lot of calories. The year before I got married I had just started teaching , and between the stress of my first year teaching and running around planning a wedding, I dropped about 10 pounds off my pretty small frame. One doctor told me that I was too thin and the other seemed to think I was fine. I think that Adela Noriego lost a lot of weight while filming Amor Real .I'm surprised to find out that JB is only 5'7''. She seems much taller to my eye. P.S. WL striding up the stairs carrying MJ made me think of Rhett Butler charging up that grand staricase with Scarlett in his arms on his way to trying to get Ashley Wilkes out of her head once and for all. Sigh..Gone with the Wind is one of my fav movies. I've heard Amor Real referred to as the Mexican version.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:51:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:51:00 PM EDT
Hombre: There was a great rainstorm scene in Amarte Es Mi Pecado also (one of my personal favs). Don't know what it is but JudyB's right about that symbolism thing. Makes for great romance in these things.
Susanlynn: I read Gone with the Wind twice and saw the movie three or four times. The movie follows the novel pretty well. Obviously, it's one of my favs, too! Famous line to live by: "There's always tomorrow."
Stephe: What do you think is the best formula for a great romance? Normally for me the idea of breaking down a book to it's formula for me is like watching sausage being made --not appetizing at all. But, you've sparked my curiosity. ; > )
Nice enjoyable recap and I'm so happy to see from the personal examples provided, all of you with grown sons who have done a perfect job of raising them. You are doubly blessed that they are so darn good looking. It's no wonder you perfect moms would want to burn Vickie at the stake for doing such a lousy job of raising her children. Seriously though, what mom would admit that she didn't do a perfect job raising her kids? Bet the school teachers and neighbors or the police report that he never told you about would tell a different story.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 10:30:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 10:30:00 PM EDT
Hombre, I think you meant Querida Enemiga instead of tontas. Lorena and Alonso met in the rain and even shared a cab. I watched the first and the last week, but I remember those.
Now about JB being very skinny. Well all we are doing now is speculating why... She does have a decent backside and someone even said that her chest was bigger. I don't think it is bigger. It is just regular to me. And I never said she was anorexic.
In my opinion, if someone needs to gain weight, eat lots of protein and weight train.
Ibarramedia
Now about JB being very skinny. Well all we are doing now is speculating why... She does have a decent backside and someone even said that her chest was bigger. I don't think it is bigger. It is just regular to me. And I never said she was anorexic.
In my opinion, if someone needs to gain weight, eat lots of protein and weight train.
Ibarramedia
Permalink posted by : Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 10:46:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 10:46:00 PM EDT
Just to set the record straight, I never was and am not a perfect mom. There is no such thing. I had to pick my battles, so there were things my issue-riddled son did get away with. Plenty. The important battles I did chose, I did not back down from because I was a woman alone trying to raise a man and the consequences would have been disasterous. As a viewer, I do blame Vicky for being an enabler because that's what she was. As a mother, I sympathize and understand where she's coming from, because we've all at one time or another done the same thing. Including me.
Jardinera... hmm. That's a loaded question, what makes the perfect romance. :D *ramble alert, ramble alert* Well, in fiction, I feel it is when two opposites or near-opposites with similar strengths and beliefs come together and find that spark. There's nothing wrong with fire and fire getting together, water and water, or oil and oil, but mix fire with oil or water... and watch the sparks fly. LOL And they have to work to deserve their reward; in real life, having no obstacles to your love is GREAT, but in make-believe, smooth sailing is as boring as crap. (Just watch 100 capitulos straight of "I love you, oh I love you more, no I love YOU more" only, and see how quickly you bail out of there.) A final requirement, I think, is that each person successfully fight their own personal issues and grow from where they were to form a really dynamic couple.
Those are my views from an emotional standpoint. When it gets down to the technical side of it, the perfect romance formula is determined by what TYPE of fiction you're talking about, and things get kind of crazy and unpredictable. One of these days, we should have a good ol' sit-down and talk about it, yeah?
Jardinera... hmm. That's a loaded question, what makes the perfect romance. :D *ramble alert, ramble alert* Well, in fiction, I feel it is when two opposites or near-opposites with similar strengths and beliefs come together and find that spark. There's nothing wrong with fire and fire getting together, water and water, or oil and oil, but mix fire with oil or water... and watch the sparks fly. LOL And they have to work to deserve their reward; in real life, having no obstacles to your love is GREAT, but in make-believe, smooth sailing is as boring as crap. (Just watch 100 capitulos straight of "I love you, oh I love you more, no I love YOU more" only, and see how quickly you bail out of there.) A final requirement, I think, is that each person successfully fight their own personal issues and grow from where they were to form a really dynamic couple.
Those are my views from an emotional standpoint. When it gets down to the technical side of it, the perfect romance formula is determined by what TYPE of fiction you're talking about, and things get kind of crazy and unpredictable. One of these days, we should have a good ol' sit-down and talk about it, yeah?
I think the irritation with Victoria is she ignored the signs of how Bruno acted towards Alejandro from when they were kids to adults. She was always consoling Alejandro with excuses about Bruno's bad behaviour but it did not seem she would discipline Bruno at all. It seems the story is conveying that Victoria overlooked at lot with Bruno and Raquel because they concieved by an affair she was ashamed to admit having with Antonio while both were married. I believe thats why people are knocking her parenting. She use that as an excuse and crutch and now several years later. She has an homicidal, woman beater on her hands. All she cares about is the family reputation. Some mother.
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 1:28:00 AM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 1:28:00 AM EDT
Ruh-roh! I left something off my Romance list. Each person should have something the other person needs. (no, not that, haha) For instance, Alex needs MJ's simplicity and naive independence to make him better. He's been jaded and indulged by the rich world he lives in for so long, that he loses sight of simple joys. He's a nice guy in a cutthroat world; MJ will remind him that there's nothing wrong with pulling out the checkbook to be happy but you don't HAVE to pull out the checkbook to be happy. Simple love, with a woman who isn't following on your heels every minute. (If she couldn't have her designer dresses and expensive lunches, even with his hot body Maura would be so out of there. Which is why he hasn't made a move to be anything more than her lover.)
MJ needs Alex's compassionate nature and worldly view. Alex will show her that a rich guy in a cutthroat world can be different and give her the respect she deserves regardless of her station in life. He can also show her ways to spot the snakes of the world before having to fight her way out of their dens. Bruno really reeled her in--she never should have never married a guy who put up as many Red Flags as Bruno did, much less in three months. The way Alex is acting now--testing her--is teaching her that being in love still means you must ask questions and you must use caution.
Of course, these things and the stuff in my previous rambling post all come together and make for mind-blowing sex. And then we're all happy bunnies.
MJ needs Alex's compassionate nature and worldly view. Alex will show her that a rich guy in a cutthroat world can be different and give her the respect she deserves regardless of her station in life. He can also show her ways to spot the snakes of the world before having to fight her way out of their dens. Bruno really reeled her in--she never should have never married a guy who put up as many Red Flags as Bruno did, much less in three months. The way Alex is acting now--testing her--is teaching her that being in love still means you must ask questions and you must use caution.
Of course, these things and the stuff in my previous rambling post all come together and make for mind-blowing sex. And then we're all happy bunnies.
Wow...thanks for asking the question, Jardinera, and Stephe...thanks for the wonderful, thoughtful answer. Very interesting reading. Great stuff. Muchas gracias.
Gosh, I sure hope Alejandro knows what he's doing in provoking Broono. I'm worried that bad brother and the guy with the red underwear might kidnap sweet MJ and spirit her out of the country. And while AJ is off searching for her, Vicki will consumate her tryst with Fernando. But since Vicki is actually AJ's STEP-mother, that might be ok. meow
donfelipe
PS to Sandy in TN: Real del Monte is a little town less than an hour from Merida in the province of Televisa. (wink)
donfelipe
PS to Sandy in TN: Real del Monte is a little town less than an hour from Merida in the province of Televisa. (wink)
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 8:47:00 AM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 8:47:00 AM EDT
Good point about the mother. Have we heard anything about AJ's mother?
Steph - thanks for your comments.
Lynne
Steph - thanks for your comments.
Lynne
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:45:00 AM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 11:45:00 AM EDT
Jardinera: Thanks for the shout out to “Nooga”, we lived there in 1970 to 1971 (gosh I’m old) My husband is from Chattanooga.
Vivi: “Yes, novela-fantasy but I'm going to enjoy this ride.” Got any seats in you ride? I am ready for the fun too!
donfelipe: “Real del Monte is a little town less than an hour from Merida in the province of Televisa” Is everyone in Real del Monte as clever and funny as you are? If so, it might be a great place to visit.
I think collectively we have figured out the problem with Bruno. Nature AND Nurture He was most likely born a bad egg and then was coddled and not disciplined by Vickie because of her feelings of guilt. There were no consequences when he beat his brother Alex. Carla Estrada has given us a good peg to hang our hats with this family background information. Speaking of Vickie, what has she got??Antonio, Samuel and now Nando....wow!
Sandy in TN
Vivi: “Yes, novela-fantasy but I'm going to enjoy this ride.” Got any seats in you ride? I am ready for the fun too!
donfelipe: “Real del Monte is a little town less than an hour from Merida in the province of Televisa” Is everyone in Real del Monte as clever and funny as you are? If so, it might be a great place to visit.
I think collectively we have figured out the problem with Bruno. Nature AND Nurture He was most likely born a bad egg and then was coddled and not disciplined by Vickie because of her feelings of guilt. There were no consequences when he beat his brother Alex. Carla Estrada has given us a good peg to hang our hats with this family background information. Speaking of Vickie, what has she got??Antonio, Samuel and now Nando....wow!
Sandy in TN
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM EDT
Lynne - I'm pretty sure Alejandro's mother died in childbirth. And a few years later, when Bruno and Raquel's father Samuel died, that left the field open for Antonio and Victoria to rebuild their (previously secret) relationship.
Oops - got the name wrong - I meant the mother of the heroine. Is her name MJ? I got confused between AJ and MJ. In other words I wondering about Pedro's wife. Well I mean the mother of the heroine :). At my age one doesn't take the time to be accurate about the names of telenovela characters.
Lynne
Lynne
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:30:00 PM EDT
Hi Stephe i remember some of your post from CCEA. I enjoy reading what you have to say. Since you're a big Levy fan like myself how do you feel about the chemistry between Jackie B. and William? To me it's like when the fire is dying out but you still feel a little heat. The chemistry he had with Maite was like red hot. It was just coming through the screen. Plue their kisses look like to me the real deal. Just my opinion. Also i have an new obsession for korean dramas, it's just that i never considered the language romantic like spanish.
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:41:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:41:00 PM EDT
WoW!! Thank you so much for the great recap!. Haven't watched a Mexican soap since Fuego En la Sangre which is when I discovered Caray Caray. Just started watching Sortilegio and remembered lurking here before and was happy to discover you're covering Sorti!! I LOVE the chemistry between the actors playing Alex & MJ and this soap moves much more quickly than FELS so I'm expecting quite a ride. Thanks to Caray Caray, I'm sure it'll be even more of a thrill!!!
CubsFan
CubsFan
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 12:55:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks for the recap! Some great zingers in there, though they've already been mentioned since I'm so late!
I am really amazed that we're not dragging out the lying too much, but now I'm concerned about what's going to keep the plot going. I hope they don't let us down!
I am really amazed that we're not dragging out the lying too much, but now I'm concerned about what's going to keep the plot going. I hope they don't let us down!
Jardina: An amazing, informative recap. You always do a wonderful job but this was exceptional.
Great comments. Such talented recappers and bloggers.
Diana in MA
Great comments. Such talented recappers and bloggers.
Diana in MA
Permalink posted by : Monday, October 19, 2009 at 2:50:00 PM EDT
: Monday, October 19, 2009 at 2:50:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap Jardinera. You are so darned funny! I can only hope to aspire to your level of snark.
Hi, Anon 12:41! I have to agree with you--Levy and Maite (CCEA) were red-hot, and up to now, he and Jackie are smoldering like charcoal brickets on a heated grill. Nice and tittilating.
But don't blink. Levy and Jackie may be poised to take the championship.
Yeah, Korean is definitely not one of the Romance languages of the world. My ears that find the romance in it, that's all. :) Thanks for the compliment. You are very kind.
But don't blink. Levy and Jackie may be poised to take the championship.
Yeah, Korean is definitely not one of the Romance languages of the world. My ears that find the romance in it, that's all. :) Thanks for the compliment. You are very kind.
I don't think MJ and Paula's mom has ever been mentioned, has she? I wouldn't mind knowing something about the woman, at least. It was brief, but we did get to see Alex's mom going through infertility problems, and were told she finally got pregnant with him, and died from complications.
There could be pictures in Papi Pedro's house that we just haven't noticed...
There could be pictures in Papi Pedro's house that we just haven't noticed...
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