Caray, Caray!

Friends, we're in a predicament. The Gancho team is true to their show (yeah team!) and will follow it to its new afternoon time period. But this leaves us with a new novela in primetime with nobody to review it!!! This has never happened before. Curse you, Univision! So - does anybody want to step up and do even a sketchy job on this novela? Email me at jane@mappamundi.com. Thanks!

This title echoes the marriage ceremony closer "Until Death Do Us Part" - should we call it "Until money do us part?"

It took me 3.5 hours to get it off my computer! It's called "Internet Security 2010" so beware!!!

Anyway, on with the synopsis, translated from the Univision site:

This is the story of Rafael Medina, a very ?lighthearted? (alivianado) guy who almost does the impossible to live through the day: he sells all kinds of things, like perfumes, lingerie, wine, smuggled goods, everything. Altogether it's barely enough to support him, his mother Leonor, and his sister, whose college bills he's paying. He's always running against the clock and for that reason, sooner or later it was written that he'd have an accident. Just his bad luck, this mishap occurs with our leading lady, Alejandra Álvarez Del Castillo, an executive with an automobile dealership who's at the point of marrying Marco Valenzuela. And what's the result of this bad luck? Instant emnity.

That's how it goes, things happen, so Rafael has to confront them. His future is in Alejandra's hands. He'll fall prey to her lack of control and thirst for vengeance as she forces him to sell his life and mortgage his spirit in order to pay for his mistake.

In order to get out from under, it occurs to him to ask for help from the father of Vicky, a girl he's been with for some time. The problem is he wasn't in love with her, and the two brothers-in-law and the father-in-law have him in check all the time.

Doors close one after another and he can't see any other solution than to turn to that very same Alejandra. When he shows up, she thinks he's fooling with her and puts him in his place, but after analyzing the situation she decides to let him work off his debt. Rafael accepts the challenge and thus begins his ordeal.

After a few months of working together, united by previously unanticipated circumstances, they realize they've developed a mutual attraction and strong emotional dependence. Marco and Vicky try at all costs to keep their respective mates.

"Until money separates us" is a story emphasizing humor and love. There are no villains nor crimes, only misunderstandings that lead us into surprising situations. It's a telenovela with a parade of beautiful women and comical characters, giving it a fresh and innovative tone which is sure to captivate you.

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