Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Eva Luna #28 Mon 12/13/10 Slumber Party For Two?


Daniel returns to his orange convertible and gets ready to start the car. Eva races over with an envelope of dollar bills in her hands and throws them all over Dan and the parking lot. That's at least what's she's worth, she says. Here's what you bet on me! She angrily explains and gives Leo's version of the wager and lets it be known she doesn’t trust him any further than she can throw him. Dan doesn't catch on very quickly –till he sees Leo walk up. (Did Leo plan this with Eva?) Leo “dares” him to deny it, especially “to his face”. Dan is confused because he realizes Eva’s version of the bet is backwards. (Dano, you need to find a new gang to hang with.)

At the boarding house, Tomas is holding Adrian and threatening Don Ricardo with a gun pointed at him gangsta' style and threatening to kill him. (--‘course, I wouldn’t worry unless he’s standing a couple feet away. The bullet’s more likely to hit the wall with the gun held like that.) Don Ricky threatens to go to court and get custody of Adrian from him. Tomas says they’ll see about that! He’s taking Adrian with him right now! Adrian is whining he doesn't want to go with his daddy (presumably to that rat-hole he was held at before). It’s total chaos.

Back at the parking lot, Leo continues the act in front of Eva. He tells Dan he knows he feels like killing Leo, but Leo “just couldn't deal with it anymore and had to tell her.” Dano, who not only has been thrown under the bus but has had it back up over him a couple of times for good measure, now tries to give Eva the true version. She refuses to listen to him. Leo steamrolls over Dan and continues talking about how guilty he felt “having toyed with Eva’s feelings like that”. Eva thanks Leo for demonstrating that at least "HE has a conscience, unlike this other Señor!" She turns around in a huff and storms away. Dan yells at the smugly smiling Leo and angrily asks Leo to explain the point of the dirty trick he'd just played on him and Eva. (Like the old saw says, with friends like this who needs enemies?)

By this time at the boarding house, Tomas has drug Adrian down the stairs. Justa notices the ruckus and sneaks up behind and conks him over the head. He drops his gun and then Tony grabs him and pulls his jack-knife on him.

At the parking lot meanwhile, Dan gets all over Leo's case for lying to Eva and playing dirty. (It’s really taken Dan five years to realize Leo's a backstabbing skunk?) Leo tells him to back off or the next person that hears the story will be Victoria. “My business is Eva and your’s is my sister!” If he doesn’t lay off Eva Leo will also tell Icky about the big smooch-fest in the study the day of Laurita's party! It's a fisty-cuffin' free-for-all after that till Ictoria breaks them up. She screams at them to tell her what this fight is all about.

At Justa's, Don Ricky threatens to go to court to get legal custody of Adrian after the way Tomas has put his son's life in danger. Tomas says “nun-uh-“and elbows Tony and then goes for his gun he just dropped. Tomas gets hold of it again and tells them all not to consider telling the police or he'll take it out on Adrian. Tony warns Tomas about El Gallo and Tomas threatens Alicia if he thinks of letting El Gallo know he's back. "The streets are dangerous things. Your little girlfriend could get hurt!" Tomas then races out the door and everyone finally takes a breath.

Back at the parking lot, Leo sneaks away when Icky demands an explanation form Dan. Dan tells her it's just guy stuff and that he’s in no mood for the third degree. He's going home. She says fine that she’ll meet meet him there. (I don't think that's what Dan had in mind.) Ugh! This woman is as irritating as fly-paper, and just as clinging! Dan speeds out of the parking lot.

A bit later, the police talk with Don Ricardo about a description of the intruder, but Don Ricky lies and says he can't really remember. (So why bother calling the police in the first place if you’re not going to file a complaint or give a description? Must have been the C-team writing this scene. )

Eva returns to work. Renata smarts off at her for taking part of the afternoon off and having to fill in for Eva. Eva tells her she had Don Julio’s permission to take care of some personal business. Renata sniffs and accuses her of putting on an act so she can get to do whatever she wants whenever she wants. Eva offers to take him his meal, but Ren refuses.

Once the police are gone at Dona Justa's, the group discuss Adrian's situation and Ricardo's plans to get custody of him. Ricardo tells them the kid will never have a decent upbringing living with his father. They all agree that no responsible parent threatens a kid with a loaded gun. (Another Univision PSA?) Tony suggests that assuming the care of a child is a big responsibility; Alicia wonders where he'll get the money for a lawyer to fight in court; Marisol gives Ricky a big hug tells him what a gem he is to do this for Adrian (much to Justa's bug-eyed dismay). Mari offers the services of a lawer "friend" of hers who can give them a discounted price. Suddenly Adrian reappears on the doorway of the living room and surprises them all by asking why they don't consider his opinion first.

A bit later, Francisco brings Laurita home from school. Jackie is in the kitchen and picks up her cell. She pretends she's talking to a guy she's really interested in. All the while Franc gets more and more upset. He complains he wants his food and that this is the patron’s phone and it’s not to be abused. Turnos out that Jackie is really hamming it up with Laurita on the other end, trying to make Franc jealous. (Laurita has really got it goin’ on. The girl has got to have been switched at birth cuz she seems so much more with it and intelligent than Daddy Dufus.) Jackie finally hangs up. Franco razzes Jackie about the phone call. She razzes him back. "--Since when does it matter to you whether I have a guy interested in me???" He yells back that of course it doesn't matter, but then he stops a minute wondering why he is so agitated all of a sudden. Maybe it just might.

Over at Justa's again, Don Ricardo explains to Adrian why he thinks it's best for him to stay with him instead of his daddy. Adrian tells him he's torn between the two of them. Although his daddy treats him bad a lot, he still loves him. Don Ricky tells him it's best to wait till his father's solved his other problems before living with him again. Adrian wishes the three of them could live in peace together there. He asks Don Ricky to try to convince his father to return to live at the boarding house. Don't quite think Don Ricky or any of the others would exactly be overjoyed to have the barrio’s Menace Numero Uno living back under the same roof with them again. FF>>

Back at the manse, Eva is stuck in her little servants' quarters crying over the incident at the parking lot and Dan's supposed philandering ways. Don Julio comes in to ask why's she's crying. He thinks she's got to be in love with somebody and asks his name and whether he’s told her he loves her. At first Eva tries to deny there’s a man problem, but she eventually admits he is right and that it's gone badly from the start. He tells her things could change at any time and for the better and if not, well time has a way of erasing the hurt. Ok, pops.

At Justa's again, Ali and Mari are dusting and cleaning their rooms. Ali tells her about the fight over Eva finding her kissing Tony earlier. She complains that she's tired of taking orders from her big sister but realizes she will have to as long as her sister is supporting her financially. Alicia decides she needs a high paying job and fast. She asks Marisol again to take her where she works and perhaps she could get on there. Marisol does a two-step backwards and finally talks her out of it. She tells her that there's no easy fix. As long as Ali doesn't have a degree there's very little she can do that has a big salary attached to it.

Meanwhile, Dan arrives back home with Bimbutt hot on his tail…er…trail. The harangue picks up from where it left off. She accuses him of the fight being about another woman since only a woman would throw around dollar bills like that in a fit of anger. “It’s such a feminine thing to do. So don’t try to fool me! I know what I’m talking about.” He is worn down and worn out. He admits it was a woman and just as he's about to tell her the truth about Eva, Franc runs out to save his hide with a whopper about some girl Franc's been dating and gotten preggers but refuses to acknowledge. Ick-toria acts like she believes him and eventually leaves. Dan thanks Franc who tells him it was obvious he was having a hard time of it because everyone could hear the ruckus from one end of the house to the other.

Across the way in the Arismendi's kitchen, Eva pours herself a glass of water while she remembers Leo's telling her about the bet Dan made with him over her. She feels the humiliation all over again.

Leo, successfully adhering to the "all is fair in love and war” Machiavellian method of dealing with friendly adversaries, comes in to the kitchen to sprinkles a little more salt into Eva's emotional wound. He twists the facts again telling her how Daniel got mad at him after she left because Leo told her the truth; and that now he couldn't continue the bet weeks of strategic planning were totally wasted now. Eva couldn't be any lower if she were six feet under and digging up. (How about giving him a knuckle sandwich for lunch, Eva?)

Leo says he and Dan fought and they're no longer friends--but he'd rather lose a friend than be a part of something like this. "--You don't deserve it. Who would have thought it of Daniel?" Eva quickly reminds him through her gritted teeth that he was as much a part of the whole thing as Daniel. "--True enough, but I sure hope you haven't fallen in love with him." He starts to go on about flowers and the notes Dan sent, but she cuts him off at the knees and tells him she won't speak about it any further. He leaves, but stops a minute to insist that if Dan treated her badly he doesn't deserve her forgiveness.

At the same time, Dan is putting ice on his lip and thinking to himself that he has got to do something after the dirty trick Leo played on him.

Back at the boarding house, Marisol points out an administrative assistant job in the want ads for Alicia.

Meanwhile, Ick-toria returns to Dan's and ambushes Franc in the drive. She tells Franc she didn't believe his story earlier and whips out a checkbook. She’s ready to pay him whatever amount he wants if he'll tell her the truth about what's up with Dan. “Everyone has a price for their loyalty. What’s yours?” Franco thinks about it a couple minutes, says no, he didn't tell her the truth. "--Fifty thousand will be fine." Icky smiles and says, well hey, we all have a price. I even have mine--tho' it's much higher than this, of course." He talks her into handing over the check first before giving her the “real version”. Once the check's in his hands he makes up another story about the pregnant girl actually being involved with Dan. Icky's ready to be driven over there so she can claw her eyes out or something. Franco does more fast-talking and tells her that's a lie also. He tears the check up and tells her his daddy taught him that his loyalty isn't for sale. "Not everything is for sale in life. Now, if you'll be so kind as to take your hand off the car since I've just finished washing it? Have a good afternoon." He leaves Ick-toria standing there hyperventilating more determined than ever to get to the truth.

That evening at the casino, Tony tells El Gallo that he's got a favor to ask; he needs him to get a friend of his girlfriend's out of jail. El Gallo tells Tony he thought he'd be a bit more possessive with "his personal belongings." He asks Tony if he's sure he wants the guy out of jail if he's a friend of his girl's. Tony admits he'd just as soon the guy rot in there till Hell freezes but.... El Gallo chuckles over the fact that that is what he'd feel also. He says he might be able to do something for Tony about it. --Speaking of which, Carlos is hunkered down in his cell and covering his ears from the noise his fellow inmates are making. He whimpers pathetically about Alicia's not coming to visit him there yet. He gets up then and yells through the bars and snotty tears that he has done nothing wrong. (Ugh!Time for Carlos to get in touch with his "Y" chromosome. Wimp-dom is so unattractive.....) He whines with the rest of the monkeys in the cage now that he’s done nothing wrong. (Excuse me, but since when is breaking and entering and falsifying documents not a crime?)

Eva arrives home and goes to her room. Alicia’s there and still angry with her. "--Are you in a better mood or do I need my boxing gloves?" Eva is ready to apologize to Ali for hitting her, but Alicia's not ready to forgive her.

At the casino, El Gallo tells Tony that the next little operation of theirs will pay him double. Loyalty there is always well paid. Tony says, well speaking of the disloyal, guess who showed up: Tomas! El Gallo wants to know the next time when and where Tomas is. El Gallo says he still prefers a dead Tomas to a live Tomas. (Yeah, that would make it easier for everybody involved for sure!) He gives Tony the contract on Tomas. Ruh-roh!! Tony may be a tough guy and wily as a fox, but he knows he is no assassin.

In their room again, Alicia tells Eva she's tired of taking orders from her. They must live their lives as they both see fit. After all they’re both grownups now, though she'll never be what Eva wants her to be because they're two different people! Ali grabs her things then, and tells Eva that tonight she's sleeping in Marisol's room. She emphasizes that she’s NOT sleeping in Tony’s bed, but not because of Eva, but because she chooses not to.

Meanwhile, Mad Marcy looks like she is getting ready for a dinner date. Bruno sends her a toasty-warm text about how he's dying to get with her. He's getting ready himself and stops to read some sort of racy text himself. He smiles.

Alicia has dug into Marisol’s drawers and now plays dress-up with a number of Marisol's personal things.

Ick-toria barges into Leo's bedroom after a hard day of gritch and grind. She demands to know the name of the woman he and Daniel were fighting over this afternoon.

Back at the boarding house, Eva's gone to bed early. She is feeling low and she feels especially guilty over being so harsh with her sister, an tells herself that she hopes eventually Ali will realize it was only for her own good. Well, lights out. There's a knock at Eva's bedroom door. She thinks it's Alicia and tells her to come in, adding that she's sorry for being so harsh earlier today. Instead, Dano walks in and shuts the door, ready for a little pillow talk and a surprise slumber party for two. He tells her he’s the one who needs to ask for forgiveness from her for what happened earlier today. Eva's jaw drops to the floor. Will Eva’s moods turn out to be as mercurial as her ditzy sister's now that she’s facing the man of her dreams once more in her p.j.’s? Stay tuned!

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Comments:
great recap, jardinera! especially loved the snarts...
fisty-cuffin' free-for-all
couldn't be any lower if she were six feet under and digging up.
How about giving him a knuckle sandwich for lunch?
I swear, these two, the slapper and the puncher... i wonder what kind of future they will have... sort of reminded me of Veronica and Demetrio from la Mentira...
 

at least Eva goes to clear things up with Dano and Dano does same when there is some misunderstanding or twisted storytelling by third parties... that is actually refreshing.
 

LOVED francisco bailing out Dano last night... and Dano's face like 'what are you up to now... but THANK YOU!!...'
 

Jardinera this was some recapp great job.

Daniel makes me so mad he had the perfect time to tell Ick-toria to take her wedding and herself off. But NOOOOOOO he doesn't do that.
Love Francisco coming to his (Dano) rescue though. I was LOL at the story he was telling Ick-toria about the crazy women and her being pregnant. Don Julio and Eva's little talk was sweet until the end when he told her it would erase the hurt( I didn't like that), since we know that it didn't erase his or Jusata hurt. I'm thinking LEO needs to GO and quickly but I know his character in this TN is needed, but GOODNESS I HATE HIM.
Martaivett I had also notice and was wondering when someone was going to point out that we have our leading lady who's a slapper and our leading man who's a puncher, goodness me !!!! Also ITA about these two going to each other to figure out what went wrong, or to clear the air. Jackie and Laurita on the phone to make francisco jealous was to funny. Michele in PA
 

Thanks for the recap Jardinera. Let's hope it's a slumber party or at least talk instead of fist-a-cuffs.

Martaivett- I like your description of Eva and Dan (the slapper and the puncher).

Michele - ITA about Don Julio's advise not being the best but it was another one of their nice scenes together. And w/Dan, if Vicky is acting this stupid now (or is this pattern) why or why would you even pretend to marry her? She is wretched and Dan doesn't even know the half of it!
 

Such fussin' and fightin' last night. Thanks for a great recap Jardinera that put it all out there again.

Poor little Adrian just breaks my heart. But that Tomas needs to go, not sure Tony is the man for the job. Though, I give him half a thumbs up for getting in there and shielding the crew at the house. I guess we have to be thrown a bone of decency from him once in awhile if he's redeemable. (At least the balsted lollipops have been waylaid).

My award for the night does to Fran. Rescuing Dan, wonderful. Faking out Icky for the check, brava. Tearing check up and telling off Icky - Priceless. Go show your boss how it's done.

Blew me away seeing Dan walk in the bedroom - now, get this blasted mis-understanding cleared up!
 

daisy, i like your awards... we can keep that going ep by ep...
ITA that Fran tearing the check and faking Vicky into believing she had 'bought' him out was priceless...
 

Daisynjay and Martaivett, though I agree with you both that Fran ripping the check up was priceless, I wanted him to keep it so he could show Dan what a psyco he's going to marry and then rip it up.
 

Excellent recap, Jardinera! First class. In addition to the lines already mentioned, I loved "she's hot on his tail...er, trail."

Jacky and Laurita are the best. I love their little plots. Now they just need to work harder on getting rid of Vicky.

I'm guessing the administrative assistant job Alicia is applying for will be at the Arismendi agency. L.A. is such a small town, obviously.
 

Julia,

ITA with you on the job Alicia is applying for. which will put her in Leo's eye. serves her right that he'll be prowling her. Michele in PA
 

Jardinera, That was great. Last night really had a lot going on and you got it all.

When Fran took the check from Victoria I was just screaming at the TV. But when he tore it up I thought that so the best.

Also really loved the Jacky Laurita team up on the phone.

I said this before, I really wasn't planning on getting hooked on this Novela but I really am enjoying it. Even thug-o-tony stepped up to the plate to protect Adrian.
 

Hi, guys! Yeah, I am really wondering how Dano managed to sneak into her room undetected, but he's had plenty of practice by now I guess. ; ? )
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ITSA that the way Icky always jumps on Daniel it's about time to say get off my back and out of my life already! No way I can handle marrying a suffocatingly jealous b!tch like you!!
 

Is Daniel even deluding himself into thinking he wants to marry Vicky even a little anymore, or is he just afraid of the wrath of her and her mother if he breaks it off?

You wouldn't think you'd need a PSA to say that parents shouldn't threaten their kids with loaded guns, but what do I know? Maybe you do.
 

Thanks, Jardinera, for another great recap. I loved your snark, most of which others have already commented on. But there was also your comment re Carlos: "Time for Carlos to get in touch with his "Y" chromosome." Yes! I wasn't a Carlos fan even before last night, but the scene with him whining and crying in jail cemented my dislike.

I too loved the scene with Jackie on the phone with her "galán," and the one where Francisco comes up with a whopper to save Dan.

The scene with Tomas threatening everyone with the gun makes it increasingly likely that Tony will be redeemed at the end. Ugh!

BTW, I can't remember whether it was in the last scene of last night's episode or in the advances, but I thought I saw Dan say he was cancelling his boda. Did I misunderstand?
 

Daniel is more afraid of Marcela than he ever was in love with Icktoria. Did I miss anything or has there been any revelation about why Marcela wears that black glove? This is making me think of Octavio in En Carne Propia.

Still trying to decide about whether I'm going to hang in for this one. It's really bugging me that Guy Ecker is old enough to be Blanca Soto's father and that is not a story point.
 

Well, it seems the older actors get away at playing younger dudes all the time in these. NOT FAIR! However, I'm such a fan of Guy Ecker that I could see myself being enthralled by him no matter the age.
 

Thanks again everyone for all the nice comments. We may be a small group but this nutty show is somehow capturing us despite the need for beenies. We must be die hards, huh?
 

Great recap, lots of wonderful snark, and your comments were spot-on! Thank you!

So much to talk about in this episode . . . first off, Francisco is the man. He totally stole the show here. Francisco, you are awesome. Now we see a little better why Danny puts up with Francisco's antics. Francisco saves Danny, Danny saves Francisco. What a pair! LOL.

I too had hoped that Francisco would save the check that Icky gave him and show it to Danny. Then he could tell Danny, "THIS is what your girlfriend thinks of you! She'll pay others to betray you!"

I was disappointed with Carlos. They started out making him not a wimp. (Remember the knife fight with Tony, where Carlos got the upper hand? He was no wimp there!) Shame, shame.

I was gobsmacked that they actually had Danny go INTO EVA'S ROOM at the end! So straightfoward! So untelenovela-like! LOL. But this TN does seem to move right along. I look forward to them getting things cleared up.

I almost cheered when I heard Danny say that he was canceling the boda. Will he really DO IT? That is the question. I am getting tired of him dithering around on that point.

Ah yes, Guy Ecker's age. It's weird, because it was only about 4 years ago that he was in Heridas de Amor and he played a 35-year-old, and it seemed okay. What has changed in a mere four years? I think he's lost a little weight in his face—that's the main difference that I can see. Plus the lighting in this TN is not always favorable. But I agree with Jardinera, I'm entranced with him and can see why Eva would be too.
 

Guy Ecker is 51 now and I think Jacqueline Bracamontes is older than Blanca Soto. I loved him in Salome with Edith Gonzales.

What did Marcela say to Bruno about the glove?
 

Jackie Braccamontes is only just 30, and Blanca Soto is mid-30s.

Both are too young for him, but he is a handsome man.
 

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