Tuesday, August 31, 2010

La Verdad Oculta EP 01 08/31/2010 - Let's get this party started

See Comments sections for individual episode links on You Tube


* cemetery
A lonely man (Fausto Guillén - Hector Ortega) brings flowers to a tomb. In the meantime a huge funeral is happening; judging from the expensive cars and the elegant mourners the deceased must've belonged to a filthy rich family. When one of the old guys (Mario Genovés - Hector Ortega again) notices the man at the tomb he freaks out a bit and orders his companion (Asunción Limón - Lalo) to follow him. Mario offers condolences to his nieces, Alejandra (Alejanda Barros) and Bertha Balmori Genovés (Margarita Magana) then he runs after the mysterious man as well. He reads the writing on the tomb: Marta 1959-1986. (Hey, that's my name. And she was 27 years old just like me. Creepy.) He almost gets a heart attack then whispers loudly and painfully: "Marta".



* prison
The guards call the roll on the prison yard. Juan José Victorio Ocampo (Big Ed presente!) espies that the other prisoners are passing a letter secretly to his pal, Marcos Rivera Muñoz (Bobby Larios). In the workshop he asks him what the fuss is about. Marcos tells him he found a good lawyer who could get him out of the jail. And how do you plan to pay that superlawyer? Marcos says he has a sister. Juan José explodes: your sister is a good girl, don't dare ask money from her! Marcos laughs at his friends, just take it easy, man! The guard shouts that they have visitors.

* street
Asunción follows Fausto to his door.

* prison
A young girl (Elsa Rivera Muñoz - Silvia Ramírez) falls into the arms of Marcos then coyly greets Juan José. Hey, it looks like somebody has a crush on the big guy.



Marcos leads his sister away and tries to charm the money out of her. JJ looks pissed off. But he cheers up when his tiny and lovely grandma arrives and hugs him. She's sad because he's been imprisoned innocently and 11 years were robbed from him. And he has to spend 8 more years in jail, Dios mío. He's all optimistic, I'm absolutely fine, I'll be released sooner due to good behaviour. Elsa is nervous and rejects her brother but Marcos tries guilt trip her: please, hermanita, I have to get out of here. Grandma and Elsa leave, JJ warns her not to let Marcos talk her into anything stupid.



* Genovés residence
Mario and the Genovés girls (Alejandra the Grownup and Bertha the Spoiled Brat) arrive to the huge house. Uncle Mario tells the girls that before their mommy (his sole sister) died she asked him to take care of them. He mentions that their dad invested their money unwisely (wow, another Woody Montes de Loca?) and he invites the girls to live with him. Ale demures, they really don't want to be a burden of his, but Mario loves them very much and he's stubborn like a mule. Asunción arrives and Mario leaves the room. Elsa is absolutely thrilled and runs around their new luxurious home.

* elegant restaurant
Sr. Lopez, a horny slimebag tries to hit on a waitress called Gabriela Guillén (Galilea Montijo). If you behave well I'll give you mucho dinero, baby. Obviously it's not the first time and she's completely fed up with her boss. He grabs her arm, she storms out of the restaurant. At the entrance she meets three young wealthy playboys. One of them (Roberto Zárate - Fabián Robles) tries to untie her corset out of fun. The furious girl turns around, shouts majadero! (idiot - one of Regina Montes de Loca's favourite words), and slaps hard the nearest and incidentally most innocent man (David Genovés - Gabriel Soto with extremely blonde hair) and runs away. David is shocked, romantic music starts playing in the background. Lopez humbly greets the boyz and ask their forgiveness for the girl's rudeness. Wow, he almost kisses their feet. Carlos Ávila (Marco Mendez) mentions that to their knowledge the restaurant is for sale and they're interested in it.



* Genovés residence
Mario and Asunción enter Mario's study, there's a huge photo of David on the desk. Did you follow him? - asks Mario. Yes, I did. He orders Asunción to return to his house tomorrow. They must find out the truth about this man. Btw, his real name is Santiago Guzmán, but he surely have changed it. He probably lives with two girls. Mario sends Asunción out and starts coughing badly. Asunción looks worried.

* street
A red car stops in front of an internet café. Roberto gets out of the car and asks Carlos to wait for him, but he's in a hurry and leaves him on the street. Roberto enters the internet café and meets one of the guests who gives him an envelope for a huge amount of money. He opens it and skims through the documents, says they're useless and they argue over the payment. Roberto warns the guy not to mess with him, but eventually they manage to compound. The guy gives him an other document.

Outside Roberto gets a phonecall from his girlfriend, *drumroll* Alejandra. He lies that he's in Los Angeles. Her voice is sad. What happened, mi amor? My mom died yesterday. We're going to live with our uncle. I didn't know you had an uncle, what's his name? Mario Genovés. Roberto's eyes almost pop out of his head. WHAT? The millionaire Roberto Genovés? Then this means that my friend David Genovés is your cousin! How small the world has become, says Ale. Roberto promises to return to her tomorrow.



* Guilléns' flat
Gabriela arrives to the humble, decent lower-class flat that I've seen in every single Larrosa telenovela, and I swear that even the furnitures look the same. Where are Angélica Vale and Daniela Romo? She kisses her daddy, the Mysterious Man from the cemetery and tells him that she has quit the job because the boss was a jerk. She wishes she had a job at her sister's workplace, but daddy almost explodes: forget it, darling, I don't want you to work at night, I'm already worried sick for your sister. Gaby tries to reason him by saying that if they were working at the same place they could take care of each other, and they need money.

* dress factory
Salomón Zárate (Alfredo Alonso) is arguing with somebody on phone. He desperately needs the money that he lended back. His son, Roberto arrives. Salomón is angry, where were you, you should've been here working. Roberto gives him the documents he acquired in the internet café and mentions that he plans to marry in one or two months. Oh, really? What's the hurry, asks daddy. Did you impregnant a girl? Nevermind, I don't care, get married, but you'll have to support her by yourself, understood? Now get the hell out of here and send in the girl who's waiting outside. Elsa is in the secretary's room. Roberto greets her, they talk about a dress and agree to meet next day. I don't like the look on Roberto's face. Salomón greets the girl warmly. Elsa needs a favor, she asks for a loan. He wants to know why she needs it and starts to touch the innocent kid's shoulder and hair. Like son like father. Elsa shyly confesses that her brother is in prison for homicide and needs a lawyer. And what will be the warrant for borrowing that money?



* Genovés residence
David arrives home, apologizes for missing the funeral and hugs the girls. Mario tells him that his cousins are going to live in their house. (Is there any more character in this telenovela who haven't heard yet that they're going to move into the palace?) David looks shocked. Again. The men retire to the study. Alejandra observes that David doesn't like the news.

In the study David and Mario argue. David confesses that he has a problem with their business associates, Carlos and his dad. He doesn't like how they run their business and he is against buying that restaurant. Mario advises him to be patient and not to get involved, fortunately their partnership with the Ávila family will end in six months. David doesn't calm down.

* Guilléns' flat
Julieta (Claudia Troyo) and Gabriela talk about Gaby's future job and their dad. He's very protective and sometimes very strange, but at least this time they didn't have to move to another flat or city. Gawd, what kind of childhood these girls had? Gaby thinks her father shouldn't work as a night-guard, he's so intelligent and educated, why couldn't he find a better job?

*prison
Hey, it is high time, we haven't seen big guy for twenty minutes. JJ and Marcos are rotting in their cell. Marcos shouts that he wants to leave. JJ tries to calm the primadonna down, we all want to get out of here, I've been imprisoned for 11 years, and I'm innocent, dammit, but I'd never ask my sister to borrow money. Your sister is a good and decent girl, and I won't let you to cause her trouble. The testosterone of the guys bubbles all around the cell. A guard appears and orders Marcos to move out, he'll live in another cell. JJ gets a new roommate: Sean Connery from The Rock... I mean, Eric del Castillo with an imposing wig. His name is Gregorio Pineda, and he has bloody bandages on his left arm. Juan tries to be friendly, but the old man is sullen as hell, and to top it all occupies his bed. JJ kicks him out of the bed. Gregorio whispers: You don't know who am I. Neither do we, btw. Then he wrinkles his nose and now he looks like Gandalf.



* elegant bar at night
Roberto and Carlos (who has a ridiculous moustache) are drinking in the bar and talking about Mario. They notice Gaby who's just arrived. Carlos looks enchanted, he says she's beautiful. Julieta tells Gaby that unfortunately there's no vacancy right now. Gaby's very sad. Carlos arrives and asks what the problem is. Julieta explains the situation, and Carlos's lower half happily gives her a job. Gaby also looks enchanted. Who's this guy? He's Carlos Ávila, the owner of this place.


* prison
Gandalf Connery nurses his bruised arm. Juan tries to befriend him again and gives him some delicious food. The old guy spent 30 years in the prison. And you? 11 years. What did you do? Nothing, says the big guy lightly. LOL, everyone claims to be innocent but they all lie. Not me! Someone killed a girl and put the blame on me. Gandalf confesses that he isn't an innocent dove and did kill two people, but he'll leave the prison in five months. And when he leaves he'll be rich, boy, very rich. Juan tries not to laugh at him loudly. Gregorio thanks JJ the food and starts to climb the bed. Juan stops him and says he can sleep on the lower bed. Gandalf smiles and says he likes him. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

* bar
Gaby started to work as a waitress. David arrives and rushes into the camera room where Carlos and Roberto are scrathing their arses. He's angry as usual. Carlos tries to calm him down, but David wants to talk to his dad about business, like it or not. He leaves the room and Carlos swears to punch him one day. Roberto taunts him, how do you know that you will win? In the bar David accidentally knocks Gaby down. They recognize each other and he asks what is she doing there. Gaby looks puzzled.


Aribeth

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Comments:
Thanks so much, Aribeth! Nice way to get started!

We still need two volunteers, if someone would like to write short summaries for discussion or recaps.
 

Good morning! :)

Thank you for posting it, Jeri. Disclaimer: neither Spanish, nor English are my mother languages, therefore grammar and translation errors may occur.

Big Ed scenes on youtube:
link

Another summary:
link
 

Aribeth- Great job on this first recap! I loved the pictures you chose, especially the ones of Gregorio's twins. :)

I stayed up late and just watched the show. I am assuming you are recapping from YouTube videos. I admit that the plot so far has me intrigued. They introduced a LOT of characters in the first night, but they also linked all of them quite nicely. Not easy to do. So, do we have another long lost brother situation (Fausto/Mario) like we had in MEPS with the same actor playing different characters who were half brothers who did not grow up together? That would make Gabi and David cousins, and they are going to be a couple. But the writers in MEPS did not have a problem with this either (Aurora and Santiago). Hmm....

I think Elsa's brother wanted her to sleep with the lawyer so that he would take his case. Instead she said she would borrow the money to pay him. That's why I think JJ was so ticked off and kept saying she's a chica decente (decent). Also I think the old lady is JJ's mom, not his grandma. She's just old. Maybe she's just an older mom, or perhaps poverty and worry have aged her?

Looks like I've been pulled in. I'll try to keep up with it, but may have to rely on watching my recorded episodes the next evening or catching up on the weekends. I'll try to comment when I can. This first week or so, I think I'll join the insomniacs club and stay up to watch in real time, or perhaps just find the links on YouTube.

Thanks again Aribeth!
 

You guys are quick. Youtube or not youtube. I also thought that they were imitating Sean Connery from the Rock. That was the very first thing on my mind. And I was laughing so hard after I saw the comparison pictures.



Ibarramedia
 

My husband is watching this novela with me and he laughed so hard when he saw the Gandalf Connery comparison. LOL Great job on the beginning!
 

Btw he said to tell you all why was that guy shoving a cigar up his nose? haha
 

Aribeth, you are amazing. I cannot believe that you have learned and mastered so many languages. You are remarkable. Your grammar was almost flawless. I can't imagine how your brain manages to translate your second language [Spanish] into a third language [English]. Most of us struggle to be understood in one language. Aribeth, you are a Renaissance woman. The grammar errors you made were tiny ones of subject/verb agreement and question formation . Forming quetions in English is always confusing to my students. If you give me an email address, I will give you a mini lesson if you'd like . I'll give you an easy formula for forming questions in English. You should be very proud of your language skills. The recap was superb and funny. My Hungarian student told me that after studying English for several months in the U.S. , her mother used to complain that her letters had mistakes in grammar in Hungarian. I'm glad that Big Ed is Juan again. That will make life easier, but it's going to take me awhile to sort out all these characters and plotlines. It seems that the first episode was a good start to a good novela. Thanks so much, Aribeth. P.S. I love Sean Connery .
 

Juan Jose is interesting; he loves his mother and is super nice to her; defends bad guys' sisters; and he can hang with murderers, too. A talented guy!

Vivi (or anybody), email me at jeri@tormenta.com for a list of download links. We will always be posting the episode number for those trying to follow it online.
 

Aribeth: This was amazing. Your command of English, as your third language is remarkable.

Thank you so very much for providing such an interesting, detailed recap. I was lost on 90% of the dialog and without this would only have an inkling of what is going on. It's particularly difficult for me when novelas begin so your efforts are greatly appreciated!

You had me laughing out loud at "Gandalf Connery" and my favorite line was "Carlos's lower half happily gives her a job." Excellent.

The pictures? Wonderful!

Like Vivi, I'm in! I love the cast although the 2 female leads are new to me.

Angela, I also thought that cigar was going to end up in a nostril. Too funny.

Jeri, as usual, we are in agreement about EY/Juan. All those amazing qualities and looking more handsome than ever to boot. That blazing smile he gave his mother made my heart melt.

Diana
 

Diana, so glad you made it. :-D It's wonderful to go on seeing EY every day, isn't it.

I agree that the first few days of a new show are a challenge.

Gawd, Aribeth, I don't know how you kept the names straight. Thank you so much.
 

Morning everyone! Great start Aribeth. I'll never keep all the new names straight! The first couple of weeks are always the hardest for me. I told Jeri I need a couple of weeks off and then I can probably pick up a recap night. Love Gandolf!
 

Loved the recap Aribeth. Well LVO is moving at a fast pace and it didn't take weeks before seeing EY on the screen. I like it already. LOL at the Sean Connery and Gandalf comments regarding Eric del Castillo's look. I thought of Anthony Hopkins shaggy hair in the movie Instinct. So Alex's BF looks to be a slim with roving eyes. I wonder how long will JJ be in jail before he's released. I agree that JJ and Gandalf are off to a beautiful bromance. Me thinks that his previous primadonna cellmate is going to be trouble. I couldn't believe we actually got previews last night. Has Uni been reading this blog LOL. Gandalf takes the hammer to the primadonna's hand. Looking forward to tonight's show.
 

"Btw he said to tell you all why was that guy shoving a cigar up his nose? haha" I wondered that too Angeldawnkris. Was Roberto trying to shove that cigar up his nose LMBO.
 

The most likely explanation is that he's an immature creep.

He hears suddenly that his girlfriend's uncle is immensely rich, and two minutes later he's planning a wedding.
 

Wow! Great job Aribeth! But then I had a feeling you'd be good at this! ;)

This looks like it's going to be a good show. EY is muy guapo, mmmmm, mmmmm! I love the beard.

I can already tell that poor young girl, Elsa, is going to need a protector. Even her rotten brother wants to barter her for something.
 

Thank you so much Aribeth for writing all that about last nights 1st episode of LVO and the laughs. Also thanks to Jeri for posting. I've stayed up two nights to get my Eduardo fix and wasn't disappointed. Even in his prison clothes and facial hair he was handsome. It looks to be a good show with "Big Ed" as eye candy. Thanks again everyone.
Caren
 

Thank you for the recap Aribeth! It was wonderful! You are truly brave in stepping up to the task of recapping a show in a different language than your own, especially a show that's also not in your native language or the language you are recapping! You are truly an inspiration.

Your comparison of Gregorio to Sean Connery in The Rock was spot on. Don Gregorio said he was coming from the Islas Marías, that's the Mexican version of Alcatraz.

I usually don't like Gabriel Soto at all but David is a good character for him. I do think a better actor would have made him much more atractive but Soto is adequate enough.

I was squirming in my seat with the scene between Elsa and Salomón, he is such a creep.

Marcos Méndez is one of my tv crushes. I find him to be SO handsome. I loved him in Los Exitosos Pérez and I like Carlos, I like grey characteres.

Ed Yañez was good. I loved his scenes with his mom. Very cute.

Luis Miguel usually bugs me nowadays but I like the theme song.

Jarocha
 

Hi, Aribeth: I just got an email from terrylee, who is having computer problems; and she asked me if I would post a message for her.

(terrylee)

"...I really appreciate the recap of the first LVO episode by
Aribeth. I tried to post a comment to let her know, but I am still
having computer problems. Hopefully my nephew will fix it(he thinks a
virus was at fault). If you could pass on my thanks to Aribeth I
would appreciate it..."

Hope she is back with us fast. :-)
 

Jarocha, I always enjoy what you have to say; thanks for the great info.

I thought they were saying Islas Marías, but had no idea what it was.

Also this is the first time I've liked Gabriel Soto and the first time I've seen Marcos Méndez. There are other people I'm not used to seeing that much, too; so it's kind of refreshing.

I can't get the Luis Miguel tune out of my head.
 

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Wonderful recap & loved the pics ! A few actors spoke so rapidly I couldn't understand , so thank you so much for the Translation!

This TN already Has me interested, great characters, intrigue and excellent direction. I'm still on the fence about llena de amor-pretty silly. But I'm with this for the entire ride with EY as the cherry on top !!!

Loved your Connery comment as I thought the same thing.
Thanks again!
 

For those following LVO online, here is a calendar of episode numbers for the month:

September
Date and Episode

08/31 001
09/01 002
09/02 003
09/03 004

09/06 005
09/07 006
09/08 007
09/09 008
90/10 009

09/13 010
09/14 011
09/15 012
09/16 013
09/17 014

09/20 015
09/21 016
09/22 017
09/23 018
09/24 019

09/27 020
09/28 021
09/29 022
09/30 023
 

Back to the show:
I think I'll like the two spoiled idiots, aka Carlos and Roberto. They seem to be somehow funny despite their antics.

EY looks awwwwwwesome. Period. :)

Soto is also nice, though that yellow chicken hair color bugs me. I first saw him in Amigas y rivales where he played an ugly, wretched but good-hearted young man who became a handsome, muscular, good-hearted demigod. He's not a great actor at all even by telenovela standards but he did that job well.

About the Mom/Grandma: I'm sure about it, but didn't JJ or Elsa call her "abuelita" once?

In my opinion Elsa is a typical loser. A kind, hardworking, lovely girl, but she's too naive, young, shy and the typical prey of the guys like Salomón. But I hope I'm wrong about her.

Jeri:
Gawd, Aribeth, I don't know how you kept the names straight.

They killed me. :) I spent Sunday afternoon trying to find out who's who. The characters photos you posted and imdb helped me much.

Gawd, Connie, thank you for your offer!!! :)
 

I can't get the Luis Miguel tune out of my head.

This TN has a kind of "007" vibe to the opening, although I found the characters faces in the rotating jewels pretty cheesy. ;p
 

OMG!!! you got me at Luis Miguel. He is the love of my life!!! hence my moniker. 'guess I'll have to check it out for the theme song.
 

"007" - I like it!

Rotating diamond heads are pretty cheesy, LOL.

Luis Miguel is such a DIVA, but I can't help but like him. I loved the theme song he did for Apuesta Por Un Amor.
 

"This TN has a kind of "007" vibe to the opening, although I found the characters faces in the rotating jewels pretty cheesy. ;p"

LOL I thought the same thing that it had a 007 feel to it with the diamonds and silhouettes and especially with the Luis Miguel theme too.
 

Aribeth and Jeri, hey everyone, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my nephew fixed the computer so I can follow your comments and recaps of LVO. So far it sounds like a great TN especially when EY is on from day one. I was somewhat disappointed that it took a while for him to make a appearance in CS. The pics looked great! I wanted to express my appreciation to everyone for their recaps and comments. I try to follow the TN's but I usually rely on facial and body language to tell the story. I am so glad there is a site to go to that helps explain the verbal language that I have trouble translating. Thanks again, and see you tomorrow.
 

Aribeth: I also use google when I'm not sure of a word. Unfortunately I'm very impatient so there are many times when I just post without re-reading and making sure my words are correct.

Luis Miguel is a diva but that's not what made me stop liking him. I think he used to be a very lively person and he lost that at some point. Paulina Rubio is a BIG diva but she makes me laugh with her antics all the time, like her or not she is always fun to watch. Thalía is also a diva but she is always nice and before getting married she used to be so bold at times and she'll always have this in her favor.

Jarocha
 

That was really a great start Aribeth. I really don't have time to watch this regularly but I just had to watch to see what it was all about. It looks really good. I might have to replace llena de amor with this show. I will have to see. I at least will be checking in here and watching when I can and also commenting when I can.
 

Jarocha~~~I love Grease, and that was a very cute clip. Thalia was spot on with her rendition of John Olivia Newton Johns' part of that famous song. She looked so cute in the 50s outfit.
 

Boo hoo, I fell asleep and will have to watch on the links and YouTube. Thanks for the recap, Aribeth. I'll have a cup of coffee with dinner.

GinCA
 

Aribeth - thank you for the recap. I had to watch the episode while multi-tasking, and barely had time to read your recap quickly. I did like what I saw on the TV, and LVO seems to be off to a good start.

Gandolf Connery - ROFLOL!!! He reminded me of Cesar Evora as that crazy old guy in La Esposa Virgen.

Yañez did not annoy me, either. Big surprise there. This might be a good role for him.
 

Jarocha, I like Paulina Rubio and Thalia. I have Paulina's cd Border girl from 2002. Pretty girls. :)


Ibarramedia
 

terrylee, welcome back. :-) Hope your situation holds!
 

Susalynn: I'm glad you liked the clip. Thalía had her inner Olivia Newton-John on but the lyrics were very... mmm, spicy.

Ibarramedia: Border Girl is the album Paulina made in english?

Jarocha
 

Jarocha: sadly, yes, at 40, Luis Miguel is old before his time. He's been performing for almost 30years now; who wouldn't lose their pep? But when he flashes that beautiful smile of his, it just makes everything worthwhile; he can still move you when he sings.
 

Jarocha, that is correct. Bordergirl is her English album. It also has spanish versions of the songs there.




Ibarramedia
 

LVO You Tube links:

Here's links for parts 1 of the first 10 eps to get started.

If you start with Part 1 on You Tube, a link to Part 2 will pop up in the side bar to the right, part 3, part 4, etc.

So far, this uploader has always used five parts.


Episode 1 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IJuhvHT7Fo

Episode 2 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_7UXJRG44w

3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxZIdSdX2o

4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyI5TIFYSvM

5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyaiSh2lpk

6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FnPZdU_V8

7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BbxlhUxmc

8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZjsLo7-43E

9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXnQ2HfWhi4

10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r0LblXnhGo
 

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