Monday, April 12, 2010

El Clon, Mon., April 12 - Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the witchiest (yes, and the b***iest) of them all?

Marisa follows Jade into the Ladies room. Jade is impactada to see Marisa.

[I couldn't remember where Jade had seen Marisa before until I remembered all the newspaper articles that Jade has seen with pictures of Marisa.] Jade leaves the bathroom but Marisa is prevented momentarily from following by a cleaning person. Jade tells Said she has a headache and they leave the restaurant before Marisa returns. Outside, Said is trying to bargain with the cabdriver like they do in Morocco when up drives Lucas. He doesn't see Jade but she sees him.

Jade flashes back to when she told Lucas that they would never be apart.

In the restaurant, Lucas, Adriana and Enrique are discussing Leo and Cristina. Adriana says that Leo loves Cristina and they ought to get together. Lucas replies that there are things about Cristina that his father can never deal with. Meanwhile, the witch has concluded that Jade being in the restaurant can't be a coincidence - she must have told Lucas she would be there. Marisa just comes out and asks Lucas if Jade is in Miami. Lucas is surprised, of course. When Lucas wants to know why she asking that out of the blue, Marisa claims that she has an intuition. Lucas' answer doesn't satisfy her and she is sure that he is lying.

Daniel runs to Albieri when he comes out of school, tells his buddies that Al is his father and pretends his mother isn't there. Nice kid. Dora tells Cristina and Vicki that she is afraid that Daniel doesn't love her anymore. She says that even though Albieri seems to be stealing her child's affection from her she can't deny Daniel the happiness that Albieiri's money brings him. When she leaves the room, Vicki tells Cristina that if Dora's mother were here, she would have scratched Albieri's eyes out.

Leo tells Enrique that he is going to lend Cristina money to pay her bills and start a business. Leo says that he is paying for peace. Cristina will start her own business and leave him alone. Enrique see it differently. He says that Leo is paying to control Cristina's life so that he can keep in contact with her.

Jade is distracted while Said talks to her. She claims that she is thinking about her mother and what would have happened if she hadn't died. Said says that she wouldn't have come to Morocco and met him, Ali and Zoraida. And Lucas, Jade says to herself. Said says that he would do anything for her if she would let him. She asks him to take her to visit Cristina who knows the name of the fertility doctor.

Jade comes to see Cristina and tells her what happened with Lucas in Morocco. Cristina calls Jade, 'mi bella genio,' which the English subtitles translate as 'Jeanne' in 'I dream of Jeanne.' Cristina assumes that Jade wants to meet Lucas but she says that she just wants to see him from afar. Cristina says that is like eating the orange with the peel. She says that she knows when Lucas plays tennis. She and Jade go to the tennis place. Jade sees Lucas and he sees her. She runs away and Lucas decides he was seeing things.

Lucas asks Marisa why she asked him if Jade was in Miami at the restaurant. Marisa refuses to give a straight answer and Lucas leaves the room in disgust. Marisa is sure that he and Jade have been together.

In spite of what Jade asked, Cristina thinks that Lucas should know that Jade is in Miami. She says that Jade will regret it later if she doesn't get to see Lucas. She calls Lucas' house, gets Marisa and hangs up without saying anything. Marisa asks Lucas if her voice causes people to hang up when they call. He just gets up and leaves the room. [Her dress is one of the ugliest broccoli rubber bands that she has.]

Said asks Jade if she called the fertility doctor. She replies that he just went on vacation and she can't remember his name. She asks Said to take her to New York or back to Morocco. Said tells Jade that this has been a test. He knows that she doesn't know the name of any doctors and that she isn't interested in getting pregnant. But not to worry, he has found out the name of a fertility doctor in Miami and she has an appointment with him tomorrow.

Latifa is reading the Koran out loud so that her baby will know the word of the Lord while he is being formed. Latifa tells Zoraida that she feels nauseous and doesn't want anything to eat.

The rest of the family are downstairs, eating. Nariza starts to put the moves on Ali. When Ali says that he always follows the Koran, Nariza says not so much because the Prophet abhors single women. Ali looks at her like a scorpion crawled out from under a rock.

Said asks Jade why the sudden change of mind. First, she was desperate to go to the States, now she wants to go to Morocco. Is she hiding something? She replies that coming to the states was a mistake and she wants to go back. Said says that they are in no rush and as long as they are here, she can see the fertility doctor.

Cristina finally gets Lucas on the phone. She says that Jade is in town and staying at a hotel in South Beach but she doesn't know which one. Lucas tells Marisa that he has to go to the office and scoots out. Marisa asks Rosa what Jade looks like but Rosa has never seen her. [Marisa does not find out who called by using the memory on the cordless phone. I guess the Ferrer's cordless phones don't record the numbers of the calls it receives like all the rest of them do.]

Lucas starts calling the hotels in South Beach.

At the doctor's office, Jade sees photos of Lucas and Marisa in a magazine and starts to cry. Said asks her what is wrong but she is called to see the doctor.

Marisa is ransacking Lucas' stuff. Rosa is present but not helping. Eventually, Marisa finds a photo of Jade and recognizes the woman in the restaurant. She says that she is sure that Jade is in Miami and that Lucas is seeing her.

Finally, Lucas finds the hotel where Said is staying. He heads for the door.

Said is ecstatic. The doctors have found no reason that Jade can't have children. He takes Jade back to the hotel and says that he wants to call Mohamed and everyone in Morocco. Jade asks to stay on the beach for a while. Up drives Lucas.

Lucas drags Jade onto the mysteriously empty beach. He asks why she pretended to be in love with him. Was it to escape her uncle or her marriage? He says that he was ready to leave his wife. He told Marisa that he loved Jade and Marisa will never forgive him for that. He says that he will never forgive Jade. She had him thrown out of her house like a dog. Jade tells him to forget her. Lucas says that he has but he is here to tell her the things that he didn't get a chance to say when she had him kicked out of the house in Morocco. Lucas and Jade get a little too close and lip magnetism grabs them and makes them kiss.

Nobody in Lucas' house knows where he is. Marisa is sure he is with Jade.

Post kiss, Lucas asks Jade why she lied, why she pretended that she loved him when she didn't.

Jade says that she doesn't love him. He asks why she went to the tennis club to find him. She says that it was a mistake. Lucas tells Jade that this is going to be the last time that he asks her. He gets on his knees and asks her to run away with him.

She replies that it wasn't written. It won't happen.

She gets up and leaves. She runs into Said's arms and begs him to take her away from here before she does something she doesn't want to.

Said calls Morocco and Ali tells Jade how happy he is about her ability to have children. Nariza tells Zoraida that Jade's body may be ok but Allah doesn't like her.

Albieri speaks to Daniel on the phone and then refers to him as Diego in front of Luisa. When Luisa asks why Albieri referred to Daniel as Diego, he changes the subject and asks about Julio, saying that he as been very distant for the last three years. Luisa denies it. She says that Albieri made one mistake but he is a very special man who overcame his mistake and that is why she loves him. Albieri ignores her declaration and asks her to get his stuff so they can go pick up Daniel.

Dora tells Daniel that he can't go out with Albieri. She has taken the day off to be with him. Daniel says that he doesn't want to go the mall with Dora because she doesn't ever have any money. Dora calls and cancels Albieri's visit. Albieri is upset. He says that he wanted to create the same physical conditions for Daniel that Diego had but he wonders if their spirits are the same.

Daniel refuses to eat what Dora made for him.

When she starts to cry, he comforts her. The phone rings. It's Leo calling for Cristina. Daniel says that Cristina isn't home. Leo tells his secretary that Daniel sounded just like his children when they were little.

Lucas comes home and Marisa says that she knows the truth - that he has been getting it on with Jade.

The credits roll.

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Comments:
So what the heck was that all about? Jade lies and cheats her way to get to Miami to see Lucas but when she gets alone with him, it's back to the 'I never loved you' song. I know that for plot purposes we can't have Jade and Lucas get together but this is kind of annoying. Jade has broken every promise she has ever made except the one to leave Lucas. And here in the US where there is virtually no chance that Said could harm Lucas and she would be able to escape, she chickens out. Oh well.
 

Jean, thanks for recap. I would call last night's episode a merry-go-round but there was nothing merry about it - it just keeps going around.

The witchy women (Marisa and Rosa) need something to do. I would even be happy with Marisa having an affair and Rosa keeping busy covering for her.

So I shouldn't be too long before Leo knows about Danny Boy. That should be interesting!

Have a great day.

Rosemary
 

Thanks so much, Jean, for the excellent recap. It even cleared up a vocabulary question I had: oranges with the peels. I misheard the word for peel and couldn't figure out what was being said.

I loved your description of Lucas and Jade kissing: "Lucas and Jade get a little too close and lip magnetism grabs them and makes them kiss." Ah yes, lip magnetism. I guess I must have been absent the day they covered that topic in my physics class!

I agree, it does seem rather strange that Jade goes to such lengths to get Said to take her to Miami and then begs him to take her away from there. My beanie definitely needed some tightening last night.

I think the part of this TN that bothers me most are the scenes with Danielito, especially now that he's older and can talk. The way he treats his mother makes me cringe. Let's raise some money and bring Dora's mother down from New York. I'd love to see her beat the cr*p out of Albieri.

Like Rosemary, I can't wait for Leo to see Danielito!
 

Thanks, Jean. I loved your "lip magnetism grabs them and makes them kiss."

Over the weekend, we were discussing what we'd like to see happen to Marisa. I'd like to play another what-if game.

What if Lucas and Jade would have succeeded in one of their runaway attempts? Here's what would've happened in real world, not TN world. They would've gotten married pronto so no one could force her to marry Said. Leo would cut the gravy train to Lucas. Jade and Lucas would have a very passionate start to their marriage.

But before long, things would unravel.
A. Lucas wouldn't be able to get a good-paying job, if any job at all.
B. Jade would discover how lazy and spineless Lucas is.
C. Lucas would discover how selfish Jade is, especially since they have to live on his low income.
D. She'd probably get pregnant w/i a month because they are way too passionate to think about precautions. And pregnancy makes Jade very crabby.
E. They would both discover that they didn't know each other at all, since all they ever said to each other was, "Jade?" "Lucas?"
F. And as they do get to know each other, they discover that they really don't like the other person very much.
G. That fiery passion is always short-lived. It holds people together long enough for them to develop true, enduring love. But in their case, that actual love (not lust) never develops.
H. Within a year, all the passion has dried up, the baby keeps them sleep-deprived, and deep down they hate each other.
 

Jean, I love the way you describe Ali's reaction when Nariza tries to cozy up to him -- "he looks at her like a scorpion crawled out from under a rock"!!
 

Thank you Jean. Congratulations NovelaMaven, excellent recapping. And Thank You Paula H for saying my mouth full!!!!!!!!!!! The 'what-if Jade and Lucas marriage' plot you weaved would have been more entertaining for me than the present story.
I still have hopes that Jade the Deciever will get lost in the desert.
 

Thanks, Jean. I'm trying to think why I even like this novela. For some reason, I look forward to it.

But it sure is a train wreck. How many times has Lucas asked Jade to run away with him, 500?

At least Dora came up with a reason for her spinelessness. She loves Danielito too much to deny him the things Albieri buys. Unless something changes dramatically, I can't see how the kid is going to grow up and be a good Clon, worthy of being the galan when more time elapses.

We're assuming, and I think she even said it, that Jade's main reason for going to Miami was to catch a glimpse of Lucas from afar. However, it could also have been to get away from Nariza and feel the sense of freedom in being in a country where women have rights. But does Jade take advantage of these rights? No, sir. She asks Said to take her away. Sheesh!

And I can't believe men in Morocco are so ignorant they haven't heard that it takes a decent sperm count for a woman to get pregnant and that infertility isn't always the woman's fault. They're dancing a jig because Jade is normal, as if the kid will now definitely appear in 9 months and four hours.
 

Luv the title. another annoying episode.
 

I'm like you Novelera, I look forward to watching the novela even though it certainly is annoying. Besides 'looking at Lucas from afar,' Jade told Zoraida that she was going to escape from Said, call a girlfriend for someplace to stay and start getting her life back. So what happened to that? She is never going to have a better opportunity.

Then there's the fertility clinic. I'm not sure what one visit could reveal but for Said to triumph the result as if the bun were in the oven is crazy. If there's no reason why Jade can't conceive, why hasn't she for the last four years? You are 100% right that someone ought to at least consider that the problem might be Said.
 

Thanks, Jean, I had forgotten that Jade said she was going to get away from Said, get a job and/or go to school, then build a life apart from him. The dozen monkeys writing the script apparently forgot they had her say that.

I assume the reason she isn't pregnant after, what, around four years of marriage would be the herbs she was taking. But it could be Said has slow swimmers.

Whatever happened to Albieri's fervent denials that his sperm got Dora pregnant? Now he tells the kid all the time that he's his father.
 

I should have been clearer. We know that Jade has been taking herbs to avoid pregnancy but Said doesn't. If the doc says there is no reason Jade can't conceive, wouldn't his first question be: 'then why hasn't she gotten pregant over the last four years?' and not, 'We're going to have a baby!'

I had also wondered about Albieri claiming to all and sundry that he was Daniel's father. Did we miss something? Why aren't Luisa and Dora more upset about this? Very strange.
 

Thanks, Jean! "Love magnetism" --who'd a thunk it, huh? LOL! I'm stuck on this merry go round myself and can't understand why. Irritating that here Jade is back in her home country and she just folds and goes skimpering away. Ugh! But then I remember she promised Allah never to approach Lucas again. So what was that kiss?
 

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