Caray, Caray!

Jean, thanks so much. I am sorry we didn't get more of the cat fight between Cris and Malicia.

Jade is an idiot, doesn't she know that it takes money to live in Fez? She is like a butterfly flitting from one thing to the next.

The Chump is a fool, does he think that a few cheap flowers will do the trick with Clara after what he has done?

Rosemary
 

This was posted on the TW clon site yesterday and I thought it was amusing.

It's true, virtually all the young women on this show are backless or strapless or at least form fitting but poor Anita gets to wear the same blah-colored shapeless dress every day.


How i'd like to see the show end

Author: new impostor-free name (---)
Date: 10-27-10 05:09 PDT

Here goes:

Fernando - send him into the military.

Paula - just put her on a boat and send the boat into the ocean, where it lands is her new home.

Lucas/Said - should have to just fight. Have them both train with Alejandro and Pablo then put them in the octagon.

Albieri - shower/deodorant/jail!

Anita - she should be given a Macy's gift card and be allowed to buy some outfits.

Nati - send her to a convent.

Karla con K - send her to live with Tio Abdul.

Actually maybe Nati and Alicia should also be sent to live with Tio Abdul.

Clara - she should dump Rogelio and i get to marry her. But if she doesn't want to, i'll marry Vicki instead.

But if Vicki doesn't want to ... Nazira!?!?!
 

Jean, very funny comments regarding the show endings. Thanks for sharing.

Rosemary
 

Thanks, Jean, for yet another excellent recap of another far-from-excellent episode. What you said at the start of the recap is certainly true: the episode resolved very few of the many unresolved plot threads. I said yesterday that the writers seem totally unaware that this is the last week, and this episode did nothing to change my mind, except for the very disappointing confrontation between Cristina and Malicia. You're right: we wuz robbed!!

Jade's plan to flee to Fez with Jadiyah makes as little sense as almost all her other plans. And no, I strongly doubt that she has Jadiyah's passport. Even if Telenovela Airlines doesn't ask for it, Moroccan passport control will.

If Jade and Jadiyah somehow do manage to enter the country, perhaps they can get work as belly dancers. While I was there, I went to one restaurant that had a belly dancer, and she wasn't anywhere near as good as Jade (or even Jadiyah).

I was surprised to read what you said about the crack baby being a myth. I hadn't heard that. Of course, Wikipedia isn't exactly the most reliable source, but....

The posting you provided from TN World was terrific. The one place I disagreed with the suggestions was putting Tio Abdul in charge of sKanK Karla. The hypocritical Tio Abdul would probably be mesmerized by her. He's most effective in subduing timid women who fear him. I suspect Karla would just use her sex appeal to enthrall him.

So here we are, two days to go, and almost all the plot elements still unresolved. I wonder which ones will simply remain hanging at the end. Lots, I fear.
 

Oh, Jeanie, you're so right about so many things...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't see much resolution by the 4th day of the last week. What the heck...?

Regarding the "clash" of the titans that I waited so long for, we certainly were robbed/shortchanged. I'm still pouting, actually.

And Jade's current plan makes no sense at all. Could she have something up her sleeve?

So many characters, so little time!
 

Splendid job, as always, Jean! Thanks!

Am I the only one who loved this episode? Maybe we only got to see the first slap fired in the Clash of the Titans, but the set-up and Clara's (and Leo's) reactions were perfect.

I also loved seeing Villegas sticking a pin in Albieri's ego with his "So what?" reaction to the Great One's accomplishment.

And the courtroom scene with snippets of Albieri, Luisa and Rosa testifying -- did anyone else's mind stray to Perry Mason, circa 1957 and the stock cast of homely shifty characters who always seem to end up on the witness stand?

I found it hard to pay attention to the dialogue in the Latifa-Samira scene because I was so distracted by the huge, golden, amoebas hanging from Latifa's ears.

Crack babies a myth? Well, always hard to argue with Wikipedia, but if anyone wants to read about it, check out this list of references the American College of OBGYNs makes available to the public:

http://tinyurl.com/23lzzep
 

Jean, I like your recaps but you made a mistake when you said the Jade had gotten the money from Zein. No, she got the money from her uncle Ali who secretly put it into her the purse that Zoraida brought to her.

You also didn't put into the recap the full extent of the conversation Lucas had with Mama Rosa. She asked him if he was going to go after Jade and he answered that he wouldn't because he didn't want to make her promises that he then can't keep. It was an important scene because it gave the impression to the viewers that Lucas wasn't be critical to Jade's fate.
 

I'm just waiting for the social worker to visit Nati and suggest that Nati cannot be unsupervised with the baby.
 

Anonymous 12:21- I disagree. While Tío Alí did put money in the purse, it wasn't enough. Jade called Zein, went to meet him and later told Zoraida that he had given her the money for the tickets.

Lucas has said so many things about Jade and done so few, I admit that I omitted that part of his conversation with Rosa.
 

Jean thank you so much for recapping this Are You Kidding Me? Episode i just shaking my head over this nonsense.

Not only is the continuity horrible but the writing makes me think if they recruited a bunch of monkeys we have more logical plots resolved and told much more better than this crap they're trying to shove down our throats.

Granted it's make believe and a novela and you have to suspend a little logic but this?

Jade wants to kidnap her own daughter to Fez no job, her family has disown her and the one guy who is rich and wants to marry her she says no? Ok i no she doesn't love Zein but what has she ever done in this whole novela that makes any type of sense?

The three drugged out zombies are running amok still and are going to rob more people minus the one who gave birth. Yet in still all three still need to be locked up for a long time.

The clone story that what Albieri wasn't exactly illegal but yet and still without consent from Lucas he stole his DNA cells and then put them into Dora without her consent? He gets off scott free?

The skanks illegally stealing Roberto's sperm so are they going to get away with this nonsense?

This is enough to drive anyone to drink, maybe that's why they had so much of a strong drug references throughout this novela. Either the writers were taking some serious stuff to produce this nonsense and they knew if was going to drive the audience to drink watching this.

Finally i'm with NovelaMaven i did get enjoyment from Cris slapping Malicia and the looks of glee on Clara face and Leo barely containing his and it seem he was a little exited that his woman was dishing out a serious beat down to the rat skank. But i also agree with others they could have showed us more of the fight though. Here's hoping that next time we see Malicia she's sporting two raccoon like black eyes, a couple of missing teeth upfront and her neck in a neck brace.That will at least confirm to me that Cris put a hurting on the resident skank maybe she think twice before she ever calls Leo up again.
 

Anon 12:21,

Rosa asked Lucas if he HAD gotten back together with Jade (¿Volviste con Jade?) and not if he was GOING TO get back with her (Vas a volver/volverás/vuelvas con Jade?)

His answer: no, he doesn't want to make promises he can't keep. But as soon as the trial is over, he's leaving.

There's a bit of ambiguity in his answer: He just says he's going away (me voy), not that he's going to pursue Jade. But I understood it to mean he would then be completely free to go after the love of his life.

Blu,

Even though just about everything you say is true, for some reason my Crapometer is hardly registering. Maybe I've tightened my beanie too much and it has finally interfered with the blood flow to my brain. hahaha
 

oops, I meant to say "vuelves", not "vuelvas"
 

Thanks Jean. I share your frustration, bafflement, and indifference. I wouldn't say there was no progress in this episode; there was much more than usual. It's just that none of it was dramatically satisfying. It's hard to see it as doing anything but failing to live up to the expectations it had set.

"Who cares" about Enrique's kids? Exactly. It could only be interesting if it turns out it's someone we already know, like Paula.

I also found it amusing that Rosa is happily serving Cristina. They're both pretty mercurial.

Why would Jade go to Fez? That's exactly what we were wondering here. It's a typical Jade plan: 1. leap, 2. look, 3. blame Lucas.

"We wuz robbed!!" Totally. This is supposed to pay off several storylines. No poetic justice? No cartoon violence? Oh well. Can't say I'm surprised the ending is rushed.

And why was it revealed now that cloning wasn't illegal when Albieri did it? That contradicts what we were led to believe for the whole show.

On Nati's health: I was also thinking she was malnourished. She never used to eat. Anyway, she also drank and did who knows what else to harm the kid. Scot free?

By the way, further proof that Rania can't do anything right: the special party she threw Jadiyah was just her cousins and her two pals dancing with Tía Nazira.

I was a bit surprised the DNA test for Roberto came out positive. Now part of the last two episodes will be wasted on that storyline.

One thing I liked, a little, was Karla in court. Her cartoonish qualities are funny in a serious context, much like when Daniel was asking her serious questions about cloning.
 

NovelaMaven there's not enough duck or crazy glue to keep my beanie intact to swallow this nonsense were being fed. I'll just have to make do with a strong beverage beside me for these last three hours.


As LukeM has said it's hard seeing them trying to live up to expectations it had set.

Are we sure this novela wasn't meant to be shown on Univision instead of Telemundo? Think about it seriously it does fit what they usually produce on that channel doesn't it?

The previews that we saw from last night's episodes look interesting but i'm sure once we see the full episode we'll be saying what in the world were they thinking when they wrote this?
 

I'm with you NovelaMaven. I still enjoy the novela and I certainly don't think the plot continuity is any worse than what Univision dishes out.

In fact, I cut my sleep short last night because I DON'T miss Spanish class ever because it's such fun. But when I got home at 9:45 I still had to watch my DVR of the last four innings of the Giants/Rangers and I STILL watched El Clon. GO GIANTS!!!

One thing that doesn't make sense to me is that Rogelio told Malicia that Escobar's name was on the escrituras (deed). If he put the apartment in her name, as they've been saying all along, why wouldn't her name be on the deed?

I never, never liked Luisa. Remember way back when she moved into Albieri's apartment while he was in Morocco, trying to snare him? Then she's coddled and spoiled him this whole time. But, one suspicion of another woman and she goes postal. Of course, that's what such an obsessive character WOULD do. Just saying ... never liked her.

I was stunned that the sKanKs plan seems to have worked. I simply can't believe you could smuggle out day-old semen and impregnate someone with it. Probably the cousin (forget her name) will confess, or maybe even Karla.

Yes, we wuz robbed!! I wanted many more slaps from Cris.

Whoops, I almost forgot to thank you so much, Jean, for your excellent and very accurate recap.
 

Thanks for the recap, Jean.

But, really, can such a thing be done as to collect sperm by a lay person and inseminate one...???? To me it seems an impossible feat. Even doctors many times don't have success inseminating their patients.

I hope we haven't seen the end of Malicia getting her comeuppance.

I had to laugh at Nati wanting to breast feed her baby. She's flat as a board. Also, how can she consider such a thing after the way she's been carrying on. But anything goes in TNs. Ha! Ha!

As for Jade, she is a lost cause. She's a dreamer and has absolutely no sense.

Ann-NYC
 

Thanks everyone for the nice words.

I hope we're not finished with Cristina v Malicia. Somehow, she has to be made to return the apartment to the Chump or Clara. (I would think.)

I was also very surprised that the sKanks' scheme worked. We don't have much time for that story to develop.

Is this the happy ending of the Nati/Alej story? If so, why did we have to go through months of agony only to see a miracle happy ending - healthy baby/Nati off drugs.

Whatever, we're almost there. Just to let everyone know, NovelaMaven and I are double teaming the Gran Final. She is recapping the first hour. I'm doing the second with pictures for both.
 

Boy oh boy!! A double-team grand finale. This is going to be such fun!
 

Novelera: I assumed the documents Rogelio got from Clara and Escobar were the documents Escobar wanted Alicia to sign. Legally it's not worth anything, but I guess we're supposed to think that he was convinced by the story, presumably told to him off camera by Clara. There were definitely some gaps in the storytelling.

The thing that bugs me about the Malicia story is that after months of her lies working perfectly, suddenly exactly the same strategy doesn't work at all, and with no great revelations explaining the loss of trust.

Well, I'm looking forward to the final episodes anyway, if only for the discussion here!
 

I was a little curious too when Rogelio said that the Chump's name was on the 'deed'. Of course, the presentation of legal issues in this novela is so sloppy as it is in most novelas and other entertainment media.

The word Rogelio used was 'escritura,' which literally means a 'writing' but does mean a 'deed' in legal terms. There is an 'escritura de propriedad,' a property deed and an 'escritura de traspaso,' a transfer deed.

Maybe Rogelio saw the deed where the Chump transferred the title of the property to Malicia.
 

Ann-NYC,
Do-it-yourself artificial inseminations can work pretty well and aren't all that rare. What is hard to believe here is that the... um... specimen was still usable by the time it reached the sKank. It suggests an even ickier scenario than we thought -- namely that Consuelo hovered outside the bedroom and reclaimed her prize almost instantly. ¡Guácala!
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Even if Roberto is vindicated because Consuelo rats on the sKanks or Karla confesses, I wonder what will happen to Roberto, Jr...

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As others have already said, I expect Malicia to take a few more lumps before we're done.
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Novelera, I can't stand Luisa either. She's so awful, she almost -- but not quite -- makes you feel sorry for Albieri.
 

Jean, this was one of those episodes that, instead of inspiring excitement and anticipation, just seemed to increase the frustration. The most excitement I've had is reading some of the what-if comments by our commenters (for example Luke's theory that Paula might turn out to be Enrique's daughter...wow! Now why can't the writer's come up with even half as much interesting stuff as we do?)
N.M.--I hear you about the big golden amoeba earrings. What has been bugging me all along is that sometimes Latifah wears them facing one way, sometimes the other way. Guess my mind is wandering...
Joan
 

Before you all scattter, can someone tell me the meaning of the word "muktar" or "maktur" - something like that. Jade and Lucas use it (remember I'm way back on capitulo 27) occasionally and it seems to be very significant. It sounds more Arabic than Spanish. Entonces, muchas gracias para los "recaps" - saben que los estaré leyendo hasta el año nuevo - al menos. Muchas, muchas gracias. Tracy
 

TraceCadet,

Maktub: Arabic, "It is written", it's destined to be.
 

Thank you NovelaMaven! Don't know what I'm going to do without all you guys. Tracy