Caray, Caray!

Please feel free to add and or correct. I really like Ale and MJ.

I hope this is not too disjointed. I am behind and have not caught up with the last few shows. WoW!

dpd
 

DPD- Thanks for the great, fast recap. I had a super busy day yesterday (only got to leave one comment in the morning) and only got home just in time for the start of Sorti. It was nice that it was an evening with a romantic love scene. :) But I did hear that tell-tale skip in the music towards the end of the scene and knew that the US censors had struck again. So I had to go look for it on YouTube to see what could have been so offensive.

Turns out it was just a clear shot of MJ and Alex, post love making, with their legs wrapped around each others' waists (as opposed to the partially obscured by candles and roses shot a bit later). What's annoying is that it cuts out a little peice of actually dialogue, and if they can show Bruto and Katia all nekid on a floor after sex, not sure why they couldn't show this.

Anyway, here is the YouTube link to the whole love scene (with all other scenes in between cut out) and the offending tiny portion is at minute 7:06: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GiU_jv_a4A&feature=fvw

-Vivi in DC
 

Just had to see the Glee episode last night, and of course recorder decides to not work, I was trying to go back and forth during commercial breaks. Thanks for filling in the detail. I guess I caught most of the good stuff, Maura's confession and our hero, sigh, getting in Bruno's twisted face. If Bruno hadn't already been wet, those could have been beads of sweat. That boy looked just a tad upset that all his schemes just went up in smoke.
But hey, this is Bruno and the wheels of his bus just keep going round and round. Looks like he'll be back to no good tonight with little delay.
 

So now to comment on the actual episode (now that I've aired my annoyance with the US censors). :)

Wow! Maura really pleasantly surprised me with her decision to tell Alex all. She looked at all her options and went with the least bad option. So logical...so un-telenovela like! But it doesn't seem that Alex told MJ. Huh?

Part of the dinner conversation that I caught with Paula and Bobo was Bobo saying to Paula that she doesn't seem like a woman to him, more like a little girl because she's so cute and tiny. She then (just like a young girl) insists that she is indeed a woman, in fact, more woman than her older sis (yeah, right!). I don't think Bobo bought that. Hmmm..Still fascinated by these two, but it does seem more and more to me that he only sees her as a friend. One thing is for sure, Paula, Bobo and Raquel living in the same household is not a good thing. Pedro better pray hard to the Virgincita.

And again, I really thought the love scene between MJ and Alex was sweet. This time they showed them talking during lovemaking, just as much as the physical stuff. There has been a real evolution in their relationship and it shows in the way they depict their lovemaking. Alex (a man who has had many women in bed) thanking MJ for teaching him how to make LOVE was icing on an already lovely cake. ;)

-Vivi in DC
 

Thank you for the recap, dipity. Not disjointed at all to me. Succinct and to the point with good snark. I can't wait to watch my recording, to see the rose petals scene. ;o)

”Roberto comes to save us from her.(Raqi)” LOL My fav line from the recap.
 

Can someone clarify what Bruno was talking about with the board members. Something about the company shares and them being able to buy more shares on the cheap? Whatever it was, it was how he was convincing them to support his bid for the presidencia.

For those who did not feel that MJ was sad enough the first time she and Alex separated, well here you have it. The poor girl could barely pull herself together this time at the thought of living separately from him indefinitley. Her sobbing on the stairs and on his lap beat his moping on the floor, in bed, in the office, etc. when he kicked her out, for sure! :)

-Vivi in DC
 

Great recap Dipity. I didn't even get to read any of yesterdays discussion. Laid up with a migraine so I might be a little behind. My Univision was out last night (along with all my cinemax channels) so I didn't get to record this. Darn. I did like the scene with Bruno and Alex in the hotel room but I was distracted by the hammocks they kept going around and under.
 

It must have been hot as heck when they filmed the scene in Bruno's hotel room. You could the sweat stains on the back of Alex's shirt.

Those two board members are idiots and deserve to lose all their money, if Bruno gets to run the company.How are you going to say Alex is better and has more experience than you.

Then turn around and say we'll support you because our shares will be more cheaper under you. He's going to run the company into the ground then your shares will be worthless. Idiots.

The avances for tonight show Vicki talking to Bruno over the phone and then mad dog bum rushes thru the front door pass Tomas the guard at the gate and Ezeke.

I think to confirm that Alex is not staying there anymore.
 

Love Alex's reaction after finding out the truth behind the Mario Aguirre plot.

Maura it seems your lucky charms aren't all that irresistible after all.Alex was not a happy camper after realizing how innocent MJ was after all.

I wonder if this plan to be seen with Maura like before he met MJ will be changed after her telling him the truth.

I hate the FCC in the US it was not necessary to delete that little bit of scene. We saw far more with Bruno and Katia.
 

dpd, thanks for the wonderful recap. It sounds like you are REALLY busy, thanks again for making time for us!!

The Maura scene was beautiful, played very well by the actress and William. She had just the right amount of tears and true angst. Even through Alex's anger, he managed to understand Maura's reasons and in the end thanked her for her truthfulness, yes, a telenovela first.

What a wonderful lecture by Pedro to Maura on the Roberto thing. That is the first time Pedro has done something I have respected. He came alive! He was a real father. Both Chucho and Pedro were walking around the table double teaming Paula. Now we know why both MJ and Paula (we hope!) have values, very good scene indeed!

When MJ was crying on the staircase, I worried that she was too emotional, even clingy, I understand, she's pregnant and is giving up her husband for a while, but Alex began to love her while she was strong and resisted him. But in the end, during the bedroom scene, when she was strong again and realized the importance of the plan (in THEIR minds) she really came through. Their relationship is going to the next level, a strong, loving and sexy(!) partnership, nicely choreographed scene!

MJ has agreed to a lot, the "booty call" of all booty call relationships, "I don't know you during the day, I'll be my old playboy self, but we'll see each other on occasions at night",(while you stay at home with my mom, pregnant) only in a telenovela would this float as a legit plan.
 

This whole divorce thing makes no sense to me. I hope Alex has sth in mind that we don't know yet.
He has found out a lot of Bruno's misdeeds & I can't imagine him keeping his word to such a scumbag, unless it's to protect the money.

Tks so much dpd, I didn't have the recaps on last night. Missed a lot of dialog but I knew what was going on.
 

Variopinta- Bruno is trying to change the will to increase his (and Raquel’s) shares in the company to equal amount of shares as Alex- meaning Alex loses his controlling stake in the company and Bruno gains more influence in the company. If Alex’s shares are in other hands before the will is contested, then Bruno can’t ever get his hands on them (theoretically). So, the divorce needs to be final before Bruno makes his case to the court, and he couldn’t do that until the DNA results came through. Hence all the hurry on Alex’s part for the divorce to be finalized. That’s as much sense as it’s ever going to make, I’m afraid. 

I think I had an aha moment about what Bruno was discussing with the board members. Was he saying to them that when he has more shares he will sell them some of his shares at a low price, in exchange for them supporting his bid for the presidency?

-Vivi in DC
 

All that is to say that MJ basically will become Alex in the company. He trusts her, like he trusts himself, so I guess the plan is she would consult with him and vote the way he would vote on the board- the opposite of anything Bruno votes for.

-Vivi in DC
 

With Ale signing over his shares to MJ, I wonder if . . . whenever the alleged twin sister shows up, Bruno may convince her to impersonate MJ and sign her(MJ's) shares over to Bruno.

This is the only thing that makes sense about why the writers are having Ale sign over his ownership to MJ.
 

Dpd, thanks for the recap. I really enjoyed reading your descriptions. Well done!

I thought the scene with Raquel crashing the Il Divo dinner was hilarious. She was so ditzy, saying in English "Hi, I'm Rachel" and even throwing in some English as she was being carted out by Roberto. She really is a fun actress to watch, always in one extreme or another. I really hope to see her as the main villainess one day in some other telenovela.

I agree, Alex should at some point tell MJ that Maura confessed to the Mario Aquirre thing. He's not too anxious to do so, because he doesn't want MJ to think badly of Maura (more than she already does), and it also would remind MJ of how Alex mistrusted her. He probably feels that since he now totally trusts MJ, why rock the boat.

This was a generally positive, happy episode, which of course means there must be anvils ahead.
 

Thanks, Serendipty~~~I fell asleep right after the Valentine's party and missed all the good loving. I know that Al thinks he's the man with the plan, but the whole divorce caper seems wacky to me. Will Al be like Juan in FELS and climb up the balcony each evening to visit MJ ? With all the talk by Useless about his former novia Sandra who looks ''just like MJ'', we know that the twin will show up very soon , and we'll be treated to the telenovela version of ''The Parent Trap.'' Will Useless introduce Sandra to Burno , and will Burno's wheels start aturnin' with a new and improved scheme to screw Al ? Roberto o o is, indeed, an enigma , as is his interest in Paula. We know he wants to get inside info from her, but will this develop into something more than ''friendship.'' Roberto o o seems to be getting a little bored with the Mexitrash lifestyle and Useless, and he obviously despises Raunchy Raq. However, I still have no idea where this storyline is headed. Likewise, Paula is sometimes a hateful, pouting, petulant child , and then , at other times, she acts as the voice of truth and reason. By the way, do the ladies who give guys massages usually climb on their backs in the bed ??? And, do hotel rooms usually have hammocks hanging all over the rooms ?
 

HELLOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Maggarita here, finally freed from the shackles of her MA thesis & ready to dive back into the TN pool. OMG, it's been too long.

Serendipity (or DPD...love it!): nice to meet you. I'm an old lurker from TNs past & now I have to get up to speed on Sortilegio pronto. Tbanks for the recap!

I'm guessing Bruno is the dude with the blue shirt painted on his manly bod, right? I only caught a little of last night's episode but that outfit...gack!

Hasta manana! It's great to be back...missed everyone.

Maggarita
(ready to warm up the blender)
:-D
 

Nice to see you back, Margarita.
 

With Alex having MJ in control of the money how will Bruno if he gets his way run the company? I like the plan other than what Doris said what happens if the twin shows up.

We all know Bruno would use her to act as MJ. Then again Sandra has money of her own from her grandfather.
 

Susanlynn,

On the hammocks, my husband and I spent a wonderful few days about 3 or 4 winters ago in Merida. On our tours we learned that years ago the Yucatan was the hemp capital of the world and Merida was a very wealthy city. All the rope used in shipping was made of hemp, before plastic. Still, they make those hammocks out of the hemp and they sell them in the markets along with the pocketbooks that MJ and Paula were selling in Saqui. If you remember, Meche and Gabriel were folding or doing something with the hammocks at one point.

When my husband and I went on a hacienda tour, we noticed big hooks in the walls in the bedrooms. It is so hot in the summer, that back in the day, people slept in hammocks, beds, sheets, etc. were too hot. I think Carla is just trying to invoke a sense of the real Merida, like when you think of Maine, you think of lobsters.
 

Can someone Please tell me if they show the soaps on the 24th & 25? Thank you
 

what happened to MJ's scar on her back? it's non-existent.

i'll say this 1000 veces... Ale/WL is sooo dang FINE!!
 

They will probably show a christmas film onthe birth of Christ. They usually do that when it falls` on a week day.
 

Thank you for the awesome recap Serendipty. It's raining anvils on our lovebirds. That love scene and declarations was so beautiful, you couldn't help but feel the foreboding looming that something will happen. Namely the appearance of MJ's doppleganger Sandra that is sure to but a wrench in the plans. But what a lovely scene indeed. I was surprised that Maura fessed up to Alex about Bruno trumping her Mario schemes. What is Roberto up to concerning Paula and isn't she happy about coming back to the big house after she pouted and acted ugly. For once, she should heed her father's advice about being friendly with a married man. Me thinks Paula has some major growing up to do but as least she isn't joined skanksville like Katia has. So buckle up folks, we're in for a bumpy ride.
 

"For those who did not feel that MJ was sad enough the first time she and Alex separated, well here you have it. The poor girl could barely pull herself together this time at the thought of living separately from him indefinitley. Her sobbing on the stairs and on his lap beat his moping on the floor, in bed, in the office, etc. when he kicked her out, for sure! :" ITA Vivi. MJ was beside herself at the thought of being separated from Alex.
 

Howin the world does MJ have braids in her hair in one scene. Then at night none at all. They should just leave her hair like that it was pretty.
 

Thanks, serendipitypb. Good recap.

When Alex was talking to Bruno, he threatened him with two things that could damage him, the revelation that he had paid Mario Aguirre to blacken MJs name and that he had paid Meche and Gabriel to falsely accuse Paula. Bruno wasn't so worried about Meche and Gabriel since he thinks they're dead, but Fake!Mario ought to be concerned about his life expectancy.

I didn't understand why Alex didn't tell MJ about Maura's confession. It's true they reconciled after those phone calls, but he had said at the time he loved her so much it didn't matter if it was true or not. She'd probably feel better if she knew all doubt about Fake!Mario had gone away.

The conversation with Bruno and the sleazy board members was confusing. I got the impression that Bruno felt that all the chaos concerning challenging the will and the shares being divided differently would cause the share prices to go down and that they could then buy some on the cheap. Not sure how this would work because I didn't think Lombardo Inc was publicly traded. Then he told them (ha, ha) that under his capable management the stock price would rise right back up and they could sell at a profit.
 

Novelera,

You can have shares in a company that is not a publicly traded company.

Also, I agreed with your comment yesterday about Caribbean Spanish, the hardest for me. It's funny though, I can mostly understand anyone in person, no matter which Spanish speaking country they come from, but novelas are the hardest, especially Sorti...the background noise, very discouraging.

Doris, you have the best idea on the MJ/Bruno/ /twin/shares angle, oh brother...noooooooooo.
 

Well it is a fine thing when work interferes with my time in Carayland!

Limited time today, but here are a few comments:

- Thank you Dipity for a very helpful recap

-Welcome back Maggarita ( I remember some of your comments on Manana)

- I 100% concur with all those who expect an MJ impersonation to throw a kink in Alex's plan. Doris probably has it right..."whenever the alleged twin sister shows up, Bruno may convince her to impersonate MJ and sign her(MJ's) shares over to Bruno"

- The love scene was very sweet

- I am with Hombre on liking Raquel in the Il Divo dinner scene. She was hysterical and made me laugh a la Lucille Ball. I think the actress is doing a great job with a very narrowly written part. Most of the time she is just despicable and then every once in a while she puts her tongue in her cheek and hams it for the audience. Interesting that her English was unaccented...

- On the fashion front I thought Bracamontes was a knockout in that yellow dress! Wow, it really suited her.

- Thanks Vivi for your explanation of Alex's plan. I must be thick, because I-STILL-DON'T-GET-IT. Beanie time....

- The whole Maura coming clean thing was a real surprise. I LOVE being surprised by the writers. Nice scene...
 

Listen up!!!!

Fernando Colunga & Carlos de la Mota & Mickey Mouse are going to be on Cristina's show Monday night.
 

Sandy ~~ Thanks for the info concerning the hammocks.
 

Variopinta ~~~Wow...That's an interesting combination of guests. I hope FC talks about his next novela.
 

The Bruno-board members tete-a-tete at lunch concerning the shares was preceded by a tit-for-tat offer by Bruno--IF you will say something under oath that brings into question Antonio's state of mind THEN you will profit when I take over the company. At first both were reluctant. Bruno says, you can say anything. They still hold back because they doubt Bruno's ability to run the company. Bruno then claims that that desgraciado Alex never gave him a chance and he is every bit as good as or better than Alex. (What happened to him as Vice President--maybe the board has forgotten). Well, anyway, he finally convinces them by sweetening the pot with the stock options.

I was also confused by the stock-swap, but I think it's a red-herring for us in viewerville. We needn't worry our little heads over it. The crisis for us will come when Sandra appears. I agree with Susan, Bruno is going to take charge of Sandra.

I felt sorry for Raquel because she wasn't invited to the meal with Il Divo, she would have been very entertaining company for them. Since Vic and Alex place such a high value on family, it would have made sense to invite both Raqui and Robo to enjoy such illustrious company.

Did anyone catch MJ's joining in during the toast to Il Divo? Maybe she was only going to taste a few drops, but she had quite a lot in her glass.

New words for me: acomplejado or maybe it was just complejado - complex, complicated (Alex says that of Bruno in their hotel room confrontation). I thought complicated was complicado. Is there a better definition?

aterrada - terrified (MJ says it of herself describing how she felt when she first laid eyes on Ale); but it can also mean destroyed or dumped on!

cursi - vulgar, shabby-genteel, pretentious (MJ says it about her decorating skills with hearts, candles and roses)
Newbie in Md
 

Thanks so much for the great recap, dpd. Loved that the DNA test proved that "Bruno was a bastard." LOL on that one.

Vivi in DC.-- Thx for the link to the unmangled love scene. It was so lovely. I can't for the life of me see what needed to be cut from that scene. Makes no sense. Is there a "standard" of US acceptability for love scenes like there was before the 50's (in which one leg always had to be on the floor or there always had to be twin beds)? Jeez, it's stupid.

Glad you're back, Maggarita. Can't wait for your take on some of this TN's estupideses and great plot lines as well.

Although Maura looked genuinely sorry during the confession, I can't help but think if she hadn't been in such a hiney-bind over Mateo's blackmail attempt, she probably wouldn't have said a thing to Alex. Let's see what she does when she thinks Alex is divorced.
 

Just cked acomplejado, it means to have a complex, be full of complexes.
 

Variopinta-thanks, my dictionary is so old there probably weren't any complexes then!

Bruno is not threatened in the least by Alex's revelations that he knows about and names his schemes. Poor Alex still doesn't have any proof that connects Bruno to any of the deeds. I wonder if Fer is still out there looking for the judge.

I watched the un-edited version of the despedida love scene. It wasn't nearly as suggestive or disgusting as Bruno and Katia's post-dalliance. Maybe it has more to do with the position they are in, but lordy, you can't get any more missionary than Ale ontop of MJ and vica versa. I'm really tired of having to see the women in love scenes all trussed up in their teddy's and underwear in American soaps. Here they played it out as long as they could but finally gave viewerville more than is left to the imagination--my two cents, FWIW.
Newbie in Md
 

I agree. Maura's confession took me by surprise. She also said that she had finally realized that Alex was a lost cause for her. So she means to back off. But I'm sure that the news of the divorce will have her back in the hunt again.

As Melinama said recently, it's so refreshing to have a galan with an ounce of grey matter. Alex told Maura that, if she hadn't come up with Fake!Mario, MJ would not have gone to Saqui and been attacked. His mind works quickly.
 

Novelera:

No Mario Aguirre = no Saqui
No Saqui because Alex wouldn't have thrown her out of the house
No Saqui = no job in gift shop = no attack.

I wonder if Alex did not tell MJ about Maura's confession because he still has not dealt with his guilt in the matter of her stabbing. Plenty of guilt to go around there, though—Maura, Lissette, Uli, Roberto and we must include MJ for not coming clean with Alex about her various family peccadilloes.

Wait, I am confusing myself here; does MJ know about the Meche/Gabriel fake hit-and-run plot? Alex really has a lot to think about if he sorts out the full extent of Bruno's bad behavior.
 

Elna June remember when Papa Smurf was tripping over himself to get MJ to lie to Alex about Meche. He told her and Paula about Gabriel and Meche.

Alex must be feeling a lot of guilt towards MJ aboutthe fake Mario Aguirre plot.

The one who is the most to blame is Maura because she couldn't handle that Alex wanted MJ over her.
 

Thx, Anon:

You are right, of course. Maura does indeed bear the most responsibility. It really was a NASTY bit of mischief making that led to a terrible outcome. Just goes to show that we are all responsible for our actions. Karma and all that.

Do we really think Maura is repentant?
 

Maura started a plot that took on a life of it's own. The reason, MJ, pregnant, was kicked out of Casa Lombardo, was the set of keys that Bruno gave her. She "lied" on Alex's first ask, but then she told him that Bruno gave her the keys. Even though Alex really knows that Bruno tried to kill him, he couldn't shake his "Mario Guierre" doubts about MJ. The way I see it, Bruno has a huge responsibility in the whole thing!!

Last night was to sexy for any "conversations" about past stuff....Alex will let MJ in on the revelations soon, I'm sure of it!!
 

Newbie in MD (and others)- Thanks so much for the clarification on Bruno's discussion with the board members.

Cursi also means cheesy/corny more colloquially. There's nothing wrong with a bit of cheesiness in romance. :)

-Vivi in DC
 

There are some good online Span/Eng
dictionaries
here are 3 good ones

http://wordreference.com/

http://www.spanishdict.com/dictionary

http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/

Easier than picking up a heavy book
 

Thank you everyone!

It has been a long day and I have just poured myself a glass of wine to enjoy while I read the comments.

Salud!

dpd
 

Serendipity thanks for the recap.

Sandy i'm not absolving Bruno of his fault with the Mario Aguirre plot at all.

Little Miss Maura started the whole ball rolling because she was jealous that MJ got the position that she conceitedly thought was reserved for her. Alex's wife.

They continue to have first Useless and then they hired this Mateo guy to act as Mario. So she get's most of the blame.

I don't think for one minute that she is sorry,she just didn't want Alex to hear about the Mario plot from Bruno. Plus she didn't want to be blackmailed by Bruno either.

What team mexitrash never plan to happen was Bruno finding out about it and taking over their nasty scheme.


Maura's intent was to break up Alex and MJ at all cost. I believe if Bruno never found out about it. She would have kept on trying to get her desired results.
 

Anon, you're right, much blame to go around on all parts. I felt like the possibility of a meeting in a hotel room
excelerated it to another level. Really, it's splitting hairs trying to figure out who is most guilty!

Sandy in TN