Sunday, August 22, 2010
El Clon, Fri., August 20 - Summary for Discussion
Well, live and learn. Today's lesson is that eblogger does not automatically save your post when you are editing a post the way it does when you create a new post. It's too bad. I had a very detailed recap, full of Spanish and there is no way I'm doing it all again. Short and sweet is what we are going for now.
Lucas has Cristina call Jade to tell her that he still loves her and their plan is still on. He just can't abandon his daughter right now. Jade refuses to speak to Cristina.
Once again Jade goes through all the things she risked for Lucas while he is happy with his family. Zoraida helpfully points out that while Jade has lost her house and her daughter, she could have been cursed by her whole family, too so she should be grateful that she still has Zoraida and Latifa.
Said can't stop talking about Jade to Mohamed who urges his brother to forget about her. Mohamed tells Said that Jade is going back to Morocco with Ali. Said says that he treated Jade like a queen but she never loved him.
Lucas goes to see Zein. Bottom line: Zein is not going to walk away from Jade and of course Lucas isn't either.
Said tells Mohamed that knew about Lucas from the beginning. He can't help it. When he looks at a woman, he sees Jade including when he was unfaithful to her with Marisa.
Said tells Jadiya that she can't go to Mohamed's house.
Lucas seems to be a lot more preoccupied with Jade than his daughter. Marisa tells him that Rosa brought Nati home the previous evening and she was paranoid and hallucinating. Marisa tells Lucas that she doesn't know what to do about Nati.
Nati wakes up with Rosa at her bedside. She doesn't remember anything that happened the previous evening and is nasty to Rosa when she asks about the missing stereo.
Pablo tells Alej that he can't deny the fact that Nati is a drug addict any more. A neighbor saw Nati carrying the stereo out of the apartment and someone Pablo knows has seen Nati buying drugs in the worst part of town.
Enrique's PSA tells us that drug addicts know they are doing wrong but can't stop themselves.
Fernando shows up at work and lies to Clara about where he has been.
To help Clara out, Roberto goes to see Malicia with documents for her to sign to transfer ownership of the apartment to Fernando. Malicia says that she can't sign papers that she doesn't understand but rejects Roberto's offer to explain them to her or talk to her lawyer.
Fernando promises Carolina that he will be a model employee from now on. She gives him another chance for Clara's sake.
Roberto tells Clara that Malicia has no intention of transferring ownership of the apartment.
Nati tries to get money from Leo but he sticks with the plan. Nati tries Rosa but Marisa interferes. Nati steals Marisa's phone.
Lucas lurks outside Latifa's house. 
Skank Hilda and sKank Karla walk by. Hilda tells Karla that a shady lawyer is making a list of Roberto's assets. Amin watches from behind the gate.
Skank Hilda and sKank Karla walk by. Hilda tells Karla that a shady lawyer is making a list of Roberto's assets. Amin watches from behind the gate.Zamira and Zumaya are with Carlos. Carlos thinks Zumaya looks very strange in her veil. Zamira asks if Carlos could fall in love with someone who wore a veil. Carlos isn't sure but he doesn't think so. He just likes Zamira. Carlos makes himself scarce when Zamira tells him that the approaching Amin is Zumaya's big bad brother.
Luisa smothers Albieri with solicitousness. Albieri is going to Leo's to tell him the truth about Daniel.
Lucas accosts Jade and Latifa outside their house. He says that if she would listen to him, she would understand everything. Of course, she won't listen. When Lucas says that his daughter is ill, she starts to listen but Latifa drags her away. In the cab, Jade says that Lucas probably made up the story about his daughter just like he lied to her before.
Dora comes to see Leo to demand that he tell Cristina that he never had any relationship with her. Leo tells her that he just wants to see Daniel and Dora agrees to take him to her house. Then she can come with him to confront Albieri.
When Leo has no time to speak to Enrique on his way out of the office with Dora, Enrique does his extremely boring self pity shtick.
Jade isn't enjoying shopping with Latifa. She tells Latifa that she doesn't want to return to Morocco. She wants to start her life all over again alone in the US. Apparently, it is forbidden by Islam for a woman to live independently. Latifa tells her that she will be cursed. Latifa seems to think that Mohamed would be happy to have Jade move in with them.
Marisa can't find her phone.
Of course, Mohamed does not want Jade at his house. He says that Said is his brother and wouldn't like that. He tells Latifa in private that he doesn't want her going out alone with Jade.
Jade tells Zamira that she is sad. Even though the house is full of people, she feels alone. She is different from everyone else. Zamira replies that she feels the same way. Jade warns Zamira against falling in love with a Westerner and fighting against her own luck.
Cristina calls Zein a Judas for firing her while she was at his wedding. Zein replies that she took the job to amuse herself and forget her problems. Neither she nor he wants to have to stay at the club all day. Cristina acknowledges the truth of this but she can't understand how things got messed up when she was away. Malicia is listening. Cristina says that Zein hurt her by not having the decency to tell her in person. Zein apologizes and offers the excuse that he has been depressed. Jade divorced him and he doesn't know what to do when he is with her. Being in love has destroyed all his abilities with women.
Roberto tells the Chump about his meeting with Malicia. The Chump calls Malicia and she says that since he doesn't trust her, she isn't going to sign anything. The Chump tells Roberto that he doesn't understand why Malicia has changed so much. "Probably because now she has an apartment in her name in Coral Gables," replies Roberto.
Leo comes to Dora's house. Daniel comes in. "It's him, it's my son," says Leo and embraces a confused Daniel.
The credits roll. (No El Clon tonight)
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Thanks, Jean! You did well with this one despite the missing original recap. Frustrating, I know--from experience. : > [
Well, reality just bit off a huge chunk of the Chumpster's backside it would seem. Reality bites, as they say in Jollywood. Roberto's discussion at the end was a must see momentito. Poor Clara!
Well, reality just bit off a huge chunk of the Chumpster's backside it would seem. Reality bites, as they say in Jollywood. Roberto's discussion at the end was a must see momentito. Poor Clara!
Thanks so much Jean. Of course you've done a great job, but I'm so sorry it cost you 'un ojo de la cara'.
I was glad to hear that Jade changed her mind about going back to Fez. I think that conversation she had with Zein just before they divorced was meant to be a key to understanding her: They compare upbringing and he says he is 100% westerner; she says she is half western, half Moslem and is always torn between the two worlds. So I think that even though the choice to stay in Miami and make a new life is an obvious one (to us), it's a tough, conflicted decision for Jade because it means relinquishing some of her identity as a Moslem.
I was glad to hear that Jade changed her mind about going back to Fez. I think that conversation she had with Zein just before they divorced was meant to be a key to understanding her: They compare upbringing and he says he is 100% westerner; she says she is half western, half Moslem and is always torn between the two worlds. So I think that even though the choice to stay in Miami and make a new life is an obvious one (to us), it's a tough, conflicted decision for Jade because it means relinquishing some of her identity as a Moslem.
Thanks all for the sympathy and suggestions. It was one of those perfect storm moments. I would never normally write a recap as an edit from a posted one. I have Lazarus on Firefox but Firefox has been giving me trouble so I was using Safari. I wish I had a TiVo for life where you could just go back 5 seconds.
I loved Roberto's scenes with Malicia and the Chump. Poor Clara but we know that there is an anvil hanging over Malicia. Clara has Rogelio and the satisfaction of saying 'I told you so' to the Chump.
I guess it would offend Jade's principles but I don't see why she can't go back to Zein. As we know, he can 'undivorce' her. They can go back to their agreement.
I loved Roberto's scenes with Malicia and the Chump. Poor Clara but we know that there is an anvil hanging over Malicia. Clara has Rogelio and the satisfaction of saying 'I told you so' to the Chump.
I guess it would offend Jade's principles but I don't see why she can't go back to Zein. As we know, he can 'undivorce' her. They can go back to their agreement.
The problem Jade has between choosing Zein and Said is that there's a different dynamic between the two men. It's easy for her to be Said because there's history there (20 years and child). Whereas with Zein, there is no history and there are expectations the he desires. Jade can't simply be with Zein in a casual way, she would have to make a commitment of establishing a life with him. Because of this, it's hard for her because no matter how angry she is with Lucas, internally she still has hopes, albiet faint ones, that she would be with him. Leaving with Zein would essentially signal to Lucas that she's done with him forever and she's not ready to do that yet.
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: Monday, August 23, 2010 at 2:04:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 23, 2010 at 2:04:00 PM EDT
Jean,
Thank you X 2!
I realize after reading your recap that I didn't just nod off a couple times on Friday--I missed big chunks of the episode. So thank you!!!
Joan
Thank you X 2!
I realize after reading your recap that I didn't just nod off a couple times on Friday--I missed big chunks of the episode. So thank you!!!
Joan
Permalink posted by : Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:11:00 PM EDT
: Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:11:00 PM EDT
Jean, thank you so much for the recap.
I am glad that Cris and Zein can still be friends and talk about problems, no just rush off in a huff of misunderstandings. They are only real adults in this TN.
I feel really torn about Leo and Daniel. I can see Leo wanting Daniel to be a reincarnation of his favorite child! But we all know that it is just no so. Poor Daniel, I bet he wishes he had stayed in Cancun.
Rosemary
I am glad that Cris and Zein can still be friends and talk about problems, no just rush off in a huff of misunderstandings. They are only real adults in this TN.
I feel really torn about Leo and Daniel. I can see Leo wanting Daniel to be a reincarnation of his favorite child! But we all know that it is just no so. Poor Daniel, I bet he wishes he had stayed in Cancun.
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 1:19:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 1:19:00 PM EDT
Jean, you deserve a medal for doing a recap twice! And it was a really good one.
I felt like smacking Leoncito during this episode. Dora should not have given in and taken him to see Daniel without his first telling Cris the truth: they've never been lovers and hardly know each other. As usual, he wants what he wants when he wants it, and the devil take anyone who's in the way.
The Jade rejection of Lucas is, of course, meant to prolong the novela. But it was ridiculous she wouldn't let him get out two sentences. Even when he shouted after her that his daughter was ill, she didn't give a rat's patootie. I'm now officially a part of the anti-Jade brigade.
Jardinera, loved "biting off a huge chunk of the Chumpster's backside". It sure is taking him a very long time to wake up. We can only hope Clara breaks down in tears soon and tells Rogelio what a snake Malicia is.
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I felt like smacking Leoncito during this episode. Dora should not have given in and taken him to see Daniel without his first telling Cris the truth: they've never been lovers and hardly know each other. As usual, he wants what he wants when he wants it, and the devil take anyone who's in the way.
The Jade rejection of Lucas is, of course, meant to prolong the novela. But it was ridiculous she wouldn't let him get out two sentences. Even when he shouted after her that his daughter was ill, she didn't give a rat's patootie. I'm now officially a part of the anti-Jade brigade.
Jardinera, loved "biting off a huge chunk of the Chumpster's backside". It sure is taking him a very long time to wake up. We can only hope Clara breaks down in tears soon and tells Rogelio what a snake Malicia is.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 3:23:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 3:23:00 PM EDT
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