Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Llena de Amor #82 (Mex. 87) Tue 12/7/10 A wedding-day masquerade.
At the church for the Wedding of the Year, or Of the Century, or whatever Fedra is hyping it as (although she certainly didn’t dress elegantly enough for such a momentous occasion): Ilitia, trembling and traumatized, clings to her father as he obliviously escorts her down the aisle to the altar. After the chummy handover, Emanuel notices something is amiss with the hours-missing miss. “Are you okay?” he asks. “Perfect. How about we get married?” “Well, that’s what we’re here for.”
Over at the house, Gretel has made her way from the snakepit to the foxhole. She tells Don Máximo that she never went to Switzerland; Fedra kept her locked in the cellar all this time. She begs for help and he tries to soothe her.
Back at the church, Ilitia is still putting on a brave face and Emanuel is looking like he’d rather be anywhere else. The priest asks if there is anyone with a reason they shouldn’t marry. Eman tries not to look too hopeful. As he casts his eyes about, hoping someone might speak up, he notices movement in the back of the church. He and Ilitia both turn around and watch the lady in red stride down the aisle. Marianela pauses, looking dead-eyed, and thought bubbles that they should remember her face, because it will follow them the rest of their lives. She crosses herself and steps into the pew. The priest gets back to asking whether Eman accepts Ilitia as his wife, but Emanuel is totally distracted and can’t stop staring at the interesting interloper. Ilitia is on the verge of tears. She gets Eman’s attention and he accepts. The question is asked of Ilitia, as Mauricio slips into the church and throws taunting looks at her. She flashes back to the unspeakable horror and faints. Everyone jumps up to catch her and call for a doctor. “Poor thing, and on her wedding day!” Malicio sympasnides to Kristel. Eman carries Ilitia out of the church.
At the police station, Doris asks Oliver out. “What the heck? You’re the one who has changed. Before, you couldn’t stand me,” he says. Doris tells him she heard what a downward spiral he has taken, and she wants him to be happy and fun like he was before. He needs to get that snotty abusive Gretel out of his head, and she is going to help him.
Gretel asks Max for money so she can escape and go far, far away so that Fedra won’t kill her. Max doesn’t want to miss out on spending time with her. Besides, where would she go? Fedra is smart and will just hunt her down. Gretel says she has to at least try. The general wants to think up a smart strategy to protect her, but Gretel says there’s no time. Max gives her a big stack of cash but says he can’t let her leave before he finds out if he is… There is an angry knock at the door. The Spiderus has scuttled out of the cave. Gretel freaks out.
Doris holds Oliver’s hands and tells him to forget Gretel and fall in love with one of the millions of women who would appreciate him. He says he’s still in love with Gretel, despite what she did. Doris says they should go do something fun for a distraction. For example, he could teach her how to shoot. “But you’ve always been afraid of guns.” Doris says she’s changed. You only get one life, so you have to live intensely.
Gretel hides in the bathroom and Max opens the door with a gun in his hand. Spidey says he lost something and wants to look for it. Max won’t let him in. Benigno runs in for backup. Spiderus mocks the two of them and I don’t know why they don’t just shoot him. Oliver would certainly fudge the evidence and say it was an accident. They get rid of the leech. Benigno is thrilled to see Gretel and dismayed at her condition. The general charges him with getting Gretel out of the house without the serpent or her lackey noticing.
Oliver teaches Doris to shoot. He takes the hands-on approach. The groping works, because she manages a good shot and hugs and kisses Oliver in celebration.
The household staff direct the caterers and decorators to set up for the reception. Benigno pushes a huge cake box on a cart. Looks perfect for hiding someone in, so Spiderus insists on checking it out. He and Benigno tussle over the box, and Spidey goes sprawling with the cake smashed all over his head. Paula and Benigno laugh hysterically. Gretel sneaks past them with a duffel bag.
Doris fires another successful shot and whirls around, whooping with joy. Oliver ducks in panic and nervously takes the gun away from her. Doris just can’t keep her hands off him as she convinces him to come home for the party with dancing and everything. The dating scene in Los Angeles must have been awfully dismal.
The families have brought Ilitia back to the house. Muñeca mentions that the priest didn’t even have a chance to finish the wedding. They all ask Ilitia what happened and she says nothing, just a bad moment. She wants to get out to the party.
Benigno takes Gretel to a nice hotel. She worries that it’s too expensive and she’ll run out of money. He tells her not to worry. He’ll bring her whatever she needs. For now, she just needs to rest while they figure out what to do. By “rest” I think he means “take a shower.” He leaves and Gretel looks at herself in the mirror.
At the pensión, everyone is eating their tasty dinner in the living room. Doris tries to coax Oliver into party spirits. Consuelo and Brandon zing flirty looks back and forth. Gladiola offers Brandon more pozole and Consuelo insists on fetching it. She and Glad fight over his bowl while Netty stares. Finally Gladiola cottons that this isn’t about soup. “What’s going on between you two?” she asks. They are all wide-eyed innocence. Gladiola still looks suspicious. Netty says she wishes Marianela were there to enjoy the reunion with them, but she’s far away and will never come back, since she has to forget her One True Love.
At the wedding reception, musicians play while Axel stares at them, entranced. Delicia walks up and offers him champagne. She teases that he may only have one, because as smoochy as he is sober, she’d hate to see him drunk. He just says he’d give anything to be in the musicians’ place.
Bernardo whines to Fedra that Gretel hit him on the head. “What do you want me to do, give you a massage to make it all better? Just up her drugs,” Fedra says snidely. “No, you don’t understand. She escaped.”
Kristel and the rapey snake are in the office. He’s got a briefcase full of money which he says is to do with his “business.” “What kind of business is it that you do? Is it legal? Are you mixed up in something dirty?” Kristel finally asks after all these years. He’s insulted that she doubts him when he’s been slaving away, saving for their future. Kristel apologizes profusely. Someone is knocking at the door through the whole scene but they don’t seem to notice.
Wedding socializing. Emanuel again asks Ilitia whether she’s okay. She insists she is and offers a toast for the start of the beginning of her marriage to the love of her life. Everyone raises their glasses, salud. Marianela marches in and also toasts, to the happiness of the newlyweds and the whole Ruiz y de Teresa family. Everyone looks confused.
“Who the hell are you? Who invited you?” Fedra asks Mari. “No one. I invited myself.” Well, that’s the limit. Mari introduces herself as Victoria de la Garza, a friend of the owner of this house. “You’re crazy. I’ve never seen you before in my life,” Fedra sneers. “No, I mean Marianela Ruiz y de Teresa,” Mari says, and even with that fresh reminder they don’t notice that she still has the same face and voice. Emanuel is thrilled that she is a friend of Mari’s and happily introduces himself and asks if there is any news from Mari. “She just asked me to deliver this,” Mari says, dumping bundles of the letters he sent into his arms.
Gretel is clean and her hair is brushed! Oh happy day. She remembers Bernardo telling her that the last they heard of Oliver, he had married and moved away, and he and his wife were expecting a child. Of course he’s forgotten about Gretel.
Emanuel sadly notices that all the letters are unopened. Fedra and Lorenzo remind him that he’s supposed to be caring about Ilitia, not Marianela. He tries to get any information about Mari anyway, but she ignores him. Emiliano introduces himself and Mari/Victoria tells him that Mari found the peace she was looking for, and kisses him on the cheek “from Marianela.” Emanuel continues staring at her.
Spidey creeps in and tells Fedra that some ladies want to leave their handbags in the office. Fedra tells him to keep an eye on the new lady.
Kristel and Malicio continue making out in the office. Kristel mentions that sometimes she wonders about the baby they lost, and imagines him with Mau’s eyes and smile. Somehow this doesn’t seem to give her nightmares. Malicio is disgusted and says he’ll leave her if she ever mentions it. Bernie breaks in and some women put their purses on the desk. He tells the puerile pair to find a more appropriate place for their grossness.
Back to the boring reception, Emanuel and Ilitia dance and everyone else sits around. Mari thinks he’s a hypocrite, dancing with his new wife while pretending to be worried about his old fiancée. Kristel and her parasite wander out of the office and he ogles Mari/Victoria. Kristel forbids this behavior, and he forbids her to make jealous scenes. He slimes over and introduces himself smarmily to MariVicky. He greasily suggests they get to know each other better, and she leads him to the dance floor. Kristel can’t have this, so she frantically announces it’s time to change partners, pulls Ilitia away from Emanuel, and shoves her at Mauricio, simultaneously pushing MariVicky at Emanuel. Ilitia is not thrilled, to say the least.
Bernardo tells a herd of women that the Lirio de Plata has been pilfering from these types of events, but their purses are safe locked up here in the office. They drop their bags and leave. “Ooh, what expensive things these emperifolladas ladies have. I wonder what I would do with so much money,” Nerieda sighs. “You’d better not try to find out,” Bernardo warns. She reluctantly agrees.
Emanuel and MariVicky dance closely. He tells her that not a day goes by that he doesn’t think of his precious gordita. He heard she married and moved to Paris. Is this true?
Malicio coerces Ilitia to dance with him, although she’s crying and looking like she may vomit. She calls him a pig and says she should denounce him. He says she’ll keep her mouth shut and not cause a scandal. She pushes him away and runs to daddy. Low and Muñeca ask what’s wrong and she pretends she’s just upset because Eman keeps dancing with La Gorda’s friend. Low digs himself into a little hole ogling the lady in red in response.
Emanuel holds MariVicky very close and desperately begs for information on his beloved gordita.
The pensión denizens are having a way better party, dancing up a storm. Oliver is perking up and Brandon and Consuelo are…whatever.
Mari has wandered off into a quiet corridor. She tells her dead parents that this house has only bad memories for her, but she’s here for them, to get the proof she needs about Fedra’s dastardly deeds. She’s at the office door when Emanuel comes along, thinking she’s looking for the bathroom. She says she wants to talk to him, because he asked about Marianela. Well, Mari is living very happily in Paris with her husband. Con permiso. Eman tearily holds her back and says he just needs to know one other thing: has Mari forgotten about him? He doesn’t understand. They were so in love, and then she just left with no explanation. WHY? He cries as Mari stares stonily at him, thinking about his tumble into bed with Ilitia and the poisoned chocolates. “I am the one who doesn’t understand. If you’re not over Marianela, why did you just marry this other woman?” MariVicky asks. His answer to that is too lame to believe. He says he married Ilitia because they have an understanding about his lingering feelings for Mari. Well, that sounds like a solid basis for a happy life together. After he sadly leaves, Mari sneaks into the office.
Doris and Oliver head out to the sidewalk for a change of air. She’s thrilled that he seems happy again. He says what she’s doing for him is invaluable. Doris says maybe so, but he can have it for a cheap price. She suggests he hit on her again, the way he used to. He’s out of practice, but gives it a try: “Know what the most beautiful thing is, in my eyes? The reflection of yours.” They laugh and flirt, and I swear Oliver is blushing furiously. They start to kiss, right exactly as Gretel wanders up the street and sees them.
Mari rifles through the office, looking for evidence. She wonders how to open the safe. She hears something and looks behind the curtains. A figure clad all in black, hood, gloves, mask, everything, creeps up behind her and grabs her, covering her mouth. You’d almost swear this guy was totally recognizable as Emanuel, but then again, you can’t possibly recognize Victoria as Marianela, so who knows? He tells her to hold still and stay quiet. He’s polite enough to introduce himself, though, as el Lirio de Plata.
Gretel runs away right before Oliver thinks better of kissing Doris. Oliver and Doris both apologize to the other for getting carried away. Gladiola comes out to fetch them and Oliver heads back inside. “Mamá, what would you say if Oliver and I were novios?” Doris asks. “Are you crazy? That’s the last thing I need!” Gladiola says. She thinks Oliver is a hopeless case and a waste of time for her beloved daughter.
“El Lirio de Plata?! Where did you get that name?” Mari asks. “If you want to get out of here, don’t ask and don’t investigate,” threatens Darth Lirio. He pushes her to the sofa and ties her hands and gags her.
Out at the party proper (that is, the party that is too proper to be any fun), Muñeca notices that Ilitia has lost an earring. Ilitia just takes the other one off. She is not going to let anything bother her and ruin her wedding. Lowrenzo reminds them and us that this is the event of the year. Dismal year, yikes. Malicio worms his way into the conversation and Ilitia tells him to scram. Lowrenzo remarks that ever since Mau became a mafiosito, he’s been more intolerable than ever. “Excuse me! Mi puchunguito is zero Mafioso!” Kristel objects. Low scoffs. Mau decides it’s time Lowrenzo slithered off into the sunset, and he punches him to the floor. Thus begins the traditional wedding fistfight.
Gretel stands on the sidewalk, crying that Oliver has forgotten her, and it’s all her fault. She broke his heart. Oh, well, it’s for the best. He never could have been happy with her.
André and Axel pull Lowrenzo and Malicio apart. They continue to exchange words, and Fedra and Emiliano join in the yelling. Ilitia begs them all to behave, for her sake. Fedra frantically tries to pretend that everything’s rosy and urges the band to kick it up. She grabs Nereida and asks her to check on Bernardo and the bag-watching, because the last thing they need after all this is for the Lirio de Plata to strike this shindig.
Darth Lirio tells Mari he won’t hurt her. He rifles through the purses and stuffs loot into a black bag. Anyone’s guess why all those ladies would bring valuables to leave in their handbags. Mari objects to abetting a thief and tries to get away. Lirio grabs her and pulls her behind the door as Nereida comes in. Nereida does not notice them. El Lirio manhandles Mari muchly.
Tomorrow: Kristel and Ilitia gripe about the nubile newcomer; a crowd gathers outside the office where Mari is still tied up.
Despistar – to confuse, to throw off the trail
Me tratabas de nabo – you treated me as an idiot
Baba de conejo – rabbit drool? Which somehow works as a term of endearment, because Oliver said it.
Chiquibú – another of Kristel’s pet names for Agent Orange
Desfachatez -- audacity
Emperifollada – gussied-up, titivated
La vida es una fiesta y el que no baile se entume – Life is a party, and he who doesn’t dance gets stiff
Piropo – pick-up line; flirtatious comment
Chascarillo – a joke
Chacoteo – joking around; silliness
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"sympasnides", brilliant! If it wasn't a word before it most certainly is now."Usage determines" as they said in my linguistics class.
"By 'rest' I think he means 'take a shower'", helluva good point. Poor kid must smell like a pig pen. At best.
"Rapey snake" is perfect. Where do you get these great name? Do they just pop into your head?
"You’d almost swear this guy was totally recognizable as Emanuel," well yeah, if there was any doubt I'd say it was out the window.
I'll just bet that earring shows up somewhere!
Excellent point about the ladies leaving valuables in their purses. I kow I don't do such things (fingers crossed). Nothing like tempting fate. Other than that it looks like or heroes and heroines are almost fully occupied.
"By 'rest' I think he means 'take a shower'", helluva good point. Poor kid must smell like a pig pen. At best.
"Rapey snake" is perfect. Where do you get these great name? Do they just pop into your head?
"You’d almost swear this guy was totally recognizable as Emanuel," well yeah, if there was any doubt I'd say it was out the window.
I'll just bet that earring shows up somewhere!
Excellent point about the ladies leaving valuables in their purses. I kow I don't do such things (fingers crossed). Nothing like tempting fate. Other than that it looks like or heroes and heroines are almost fully occupied.
Julia, this is splendid, and so fast! Yet you still had time to give us a great vocab list. I’m in awe. My favorite line: “the traditional wedding fistfight.” Good one! I also thought that “dead eyed” was a brilliant description of Mari’s look. I know she’s mad and all, but she’s so pinch-faced that I find her a bit off-putting.
A lot of questions popped into my mind when I was watching.
1. Why are the rich folks such terrible dancers, while the poor folks have the moves?
2. If the Litio de Plata is around, why didn’t they hire a security guard to sit with the purses?
3. Somebody refresh me on why Ilitia can’t denounce Mauricio as a rapist
4. Why did Eman leave out the part about his accident when he was saying that Ilitia stayed by his side?
5. Where did Benigno put Gretel? It looked like somebody’s apartment, but it wasn’t decorated like you’d imagine Benigno would.
6. Why would he go off and leave her alone?
7. Why did Gretel go wandering the streets when she knows Fedra and Bernardo want to kill her?
Oh, and I just thought of another one! That mask of Lirio's looked like it was made out of solid black leather. How does he breathe?
A lot of questions popped into my mind when I was watching.
1. Why are the rich folks such terrible dancers, while the poor folks have the moves?
2. If the Litio de Plata is around, why didn’t they hire a security guard to sit with the purses?
3. Somebody refresh me on why Ilitia can’t denounce Mauricio as a rapist
4. Why did Eman leave out the part about his accident when he was saying that Ilitia stayed by his side?
5. Where did Benigno put Gretel? It looked like somebody’s apartment, but it wasn’t decorated like you’d imagine Benigno would.
6. Why would he go off and leave her alone?
7. Why did Gretel go wandering the streets when she knows Fedra and Bernardo want to kill her?
Oh, and I just thought of another one! That mask of Lirio's looked like it was made out of solid black leather. How does he breathe?
The whole Brandon/Consuelo thing and now the Oliver/Doris thing makes me uncomfortable. I know they're not related, but somehow their all living in a house together for years makes them seem like family. It just feels a bit incestuous, though I realize that's not rational.
Julia, wonderful recap. Question: Are we supposed to believe that' no one can see the lady in red is Mari, including Em? Really?
Baffling.
Dona Felipa
Baffling.
Dona Felipa
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: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 4:39:00 AM EST
: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 4:39:00 AM EST
Wow, super-awesome vocabulary this time, Julia. And ditto to all the favorite phrases Sylvia and Maggie pointed out. Plus, let me add "from the snakepit to the foxhole". Good one.
Didn't it seem strange that Paula and Benigno just laughed when the humongous wedding cake was ruined. Surely they would come under sniper fire from Fedra and Lowrenzo for ruining Ilitia's reception that way. No matter that Bernardo was involved.
Oh well, since we're suspending reality about anyone recognizing Marianela, let's just relax and go with the flow.
Since the earring fell off during the struggle with Malicio, I suppose he'll keep it as blackmail material, claiming Ilitia came of her own volition to have a pre-wedding jump in the hay. Double ugh.
Or maybe Kristel will find it and finally wake up to what a slimeball her lover is.
Didn't it seem strange that Paula and Benigno just laughed when the humongous wedding cake was ruined. Surely they would come under sniper fire from Fedra and Lowrenzo for ruining Ilitia's reception that way. No matter that Bernardo was involved.
Oh well, since we're suspending reality about anyone recognizing Marianela, let's just relax and go with the flow.
Since the earring fell off during the struggle with Malicio, I suppose he'll keep it as blackmail material, claiming Ilitia came of her own volition to have a pre-wedding jump in the hay. Double ugh.
Or maybe Kristel will find it and finally wake up to what a slimeball her lover is.
Julia, so many wonderful snarky lines. Sylvia hit on many of them. I love how you echoed so much of what was going thru my head too.
The only thing I will slightly concede to is everyone not picking up on Mari really being Mari. To all of them, she is gordita and they would never believe that was her. Face it, none of them really changed, why would they think she did? haha. I think Emi may have suspected something, but being they were also told she is in Paris, they're choosing to go along with Mari's charade.
The minute the Man in Black showed up I knew it was Eman - those eyes- and I cracked up at the Darth Vader mask. (Good one Julia for noting that too). So he's really sticking it to Fedra by stealing at his own reception - good one Eman.
I was a little disappointed Mari wasn't affected a bit by Eman's confession/confusion to "Vicky" as to why Mari left him. Why would he tell a stranger that, crying? She needs to get that light bulb working that begins to suspect there was something rotten in denmark that led to her being fooled.
Oliver and Gretel need to get back together now!!! Quit screwing with us writers, that is one couple I don't want still apart.
The only thing I will slightly concede to is everyone not picking up on Mari really being Mari. To all of them, she is gordita and they would never believe that was her. Face it, none of them really changed, why would they think she did? haha. I think Emi may have suspected something, but being they were also told she is in Paris, they're choosing to go along with Mari's charade.
The minute the Man in Black showed up I knew it was Eman - those eyes- and I cracked up at the Darth Vader mask. (Good one Julia for noting that too). So he's really sticking it to Fedra by stealing at his own reception - good one Eman.
I was a little disappointed Mari wasn't affected a bit by Eman's confession/confusion to "Vicky" as to why Mari left him. Why would he tell a stranger that, crying? She needs to get that light bulb working that begins to suspect there was something rotten in denmark that led to her being fooled.
Oliver and Gretel need to get back together now!!! Quit screwing with us writers, that is one couple I don't want still apart.
Maggie, your questions are all excellent. I felt sorry for Valentino Lanus when he was dancing; is he really that dreadful of a dancer or was he faking it? No rhythm at all.
Gretel is in some hotel somewhere and why she was wandering the streets is beyond me. Did she not think that the first place people would do a stakeout for her is Oliver's pad?
Oh well, I'm not going to make myself crazy by getting frustrated by all the loose ends.
Judy, I figured Paula and Beni were laughing at the ruined cake because they could blame Bernardo. It looked like Beni deliberately baited Bernardo into tipping over the cake in order to cause a ruckus so Gretel could escape.
Yes, snake pit to foxhole was excellent!
Gretel is in some hotel somewhere and why she was wandering the streets is beyond me. Did she not think that the first place people would do a stakeout for her is Oliver's pad?
Oh well, I'm not going to make myself crazy by getting frustrated by all the loose ends.
Judy, I figured Paula and Beni were laughing at the ruined cake because they could blame Bernardo. It looked like Beni deliberately baited Bernardo into tipping over the cake in order to cause a ruckus so Gretel could escape.
Yes, snake pit to foxhole was excellent!
Marvelous Julia.
I agre with Judy and Sylvia that snakepit to foxhole was fabulous. I also especially enjoyed "interesting interloper" and "puerile pair".
Seeing the true identify of El Lirio just made me smile. Having Gretel see Oliver and Doris made me frown.
I'm sad but not surprised Ilitia hasn't reported Mauricio. Her silence is consistent with her failure to report him when he first starting menacing her. Despite her flawed character, my heart goes out to her.
Diana
I agre with Judy and Sylvia that snakepit to foxhole was fabulous. I also especially enjoyed "interesting interloper" and "puerile pair".
Seeing the true identify of El Lirio just made me smile. Having Gretel see Oliver and Doris made me frown.
I'm sad but not surprised Ilitia hasn't reported Mauricio. Her silence is consistent with her failure to report him when he first starting menacing her. Despite her flawed character, my heart goes out to her.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 10:33:00 AM EST
: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 10:33:00 AM EST
Julia, super recap. Very funny. My favorite line today:
"Finally Gladiola cottons that this isn’t about soup."
That scene had cracked me up already.
And here I thought I was going to dazzle everyone with my keen power of observation by revealing the identity of el Lirio Plata. I guess he may as well have been wearing one of those tags, Hello My Name Is...
I loved Doris' shooting lesson. A lot like Paula with Cristian in Gancho. I guess she has a thing for cops.
Maggie, of your questions, the one that troubles me the most:
"3. Somebody refresh me on why Ilitia can’t denounce Mauricio as a rapist"
That would have given some real meaning to the traditional wedding fistfight.
Carlos
"Finally Gladiola cottons that this isn’t about soup."
That scene had cracked me up already.
And here I thought I was going to dazzle everyone with my keen power of observation by revealing the identity of el Lirio Plata. I guess he may as well have been wearing one of those tags, Hello My Name Is...
I loved Doris' shooting lesson. A lot like Paula with Cristian in Gancho. I guess she has a thing for cops.
Maggie, of your questions, the one that troubles me the most:
"3. Somebody refresh me on why Ilitia can’t denounce Mauricio as a rapist"
That would have given some real meaning to the traditional wedding fistfight.
Carlos
Julia thanks for the recap and great vocab list. Others have mentioned your fun lines but "rapey snake" is one I think I'll use from now on.
Maggie/Carlos - I don't understand why Ilitia continues to allow rapey snake to harass her. It completely disconcerting.
Unfortunately we knew that Gretel would see Oliver and Doris kissing. I do hope the writers stop toying with us and allow Gretel and Oliver and Axel and Delicia to get together since Mari and Eman won't be any time soon.
So the novios really aren't married. Will they still have to get the marriage annulled?
Maggie/Carlos - I don't understand why Ilitia continues to allow rapey snake to harass her. It completely disconcerting.
Unfortunately we knew that Gretel would see Oliver and Doris kissing. I do hope the writers stop toying with us and allow Gretel and Oliver and Axel and Delicia to get together since Mari and Eman won't be any time soon.
So the novios really aren't married. Will they still have to get the marriage annulled?
I think this handily solved a little telenovela problema... Emanuel and Ilitia aren't married in the church, so Ilitia has the option of living to the end. I assume they've already done the civil marriage? Ilitia didn't seem at all concerned about following through on the rest of the church wedding; maybe she wanted the pomp and aesthetics of a church wedding more than she actually cared whether the priest blessed the marriage and the church recorded it.
I know it would be safer for Gretel to stay holed up in the hotel, but I really can't blame her for going wandering. She's been locked in a small room for two years! I'd be dying to get outside, too. Plus she's had no information on people other than the lies Bernardo and Fedra have told her, so I can understand her need to try to see what's going on for herself. She needs to get Doris to disguise her so she can roam without the hellhounds catching her.
I don't like the new relationships in the pension, either. Oliver and Doris have had more of a brother-sister type relationship for years and years, so it's weird for them to now get all groping. Brandon and Consuelo...well, that's just odd. I think Netty and Gladiola feel the same way I do, as they're getting an inkling of what's going on.
Boy, was that wedding reception ever dullsville. Good thing they had a mysterious stranger show up, a fight, and a Lirio strike to spice things up; otherwise everyone would have fallen asleep.
I know it would be safer for Gretel to stay holed up in the hotel, but I really can't blame her for going wandering. She's been locked in a small room for two years! I'd be dying to get outside, too. Plus she's had no information on people other than the lies Bernardo and Fedra have told her, so I can understand her need to try to see what's going on for herself. She needs to get Doris to disguise her so she can roam without the hellhounds catching her.
I don't like the new relationships in the pension, either. Oliver and Doris have had more of a brother-sister type relationship for years and years, so it's weird for them to now get all groping. Brandon and Consuelo...well, that's just odd. I think Netty and Gladiola feel the same way I do, as they're getting an inkling of what's going on.
Boy, was that wedding reception ever dullsville. Good thing they had a mysterious stranger show up, a fight, and a Lirio strike to spice things up; otherwise everyone would have fallen asleep.
Thanks Judy for a swesome recap. Beanie moment. I can't believe that no one especially Eman didn't recognize Mari's voice. You'd think if they couldn't recognize her face which hasn't changed they'd at least recognize her voice.
I'm pretty sure El Lirio de Plata is our own Eman.
The name surely threw MariVictoria for a loop since that was the name her father said to her as he lay dying on the ground when she found him.
I'm pretty sure El Lirio de Plata is our own Eman.
The name surely threw MariVictoria for a loop since that was the name her father said to her as he lay dying on the ground when she found him.
I love that Emanuel has decided to play Robin Hood, but the outfit is just ridiculous. Doesn't that getup make him more likely to get caught? How does he change into that and sneak around at parties without attracting attention? Awesome that he's hitting his own wedding reception. I hope he'll head upstairs and take all Fedra's jewelry while he's at it.
I see two possibilities for Ilitia's lost earring, if it's found at Malicio's place: either he tries to tell people she went there willingly for a roll in the hay, OR people think the earring went missing at the reception, and therefore Mau is fingered as the thief.
I see two possibilities for Ilitia's lost earring, if it's found at Malicio's place: either he tries to tell people she went there willingly for a roll in the hay, OR people think the earring went missing at the reception, and therefore Mau is fingered as the thief.
Julia, thank you for the terrific recap. My favorite scene was the cake. My least favorite was Gretel, how much more can that poor girl take? There should be at least one happy couple in this train wreck.
After Kristal saw OrangeBoy with the money, I bet that she fingers him as El Lirio. Maybe he will get sent back to the Big House.
Axel is beginning look like "Kramer". Don't they have any good barbers in Mexico? Maybe Doris could help him out with a new makeover.
Fedra needs to get over herself, she looked downright frumpy. I wonder if the Family could get a package deal from Doris on makeovers for the lot of them.
Rosemary
After Kristal saw OrangeBoy with the money, I bet that she fingers him as El Lirio. Maybe he will get sent back to the Big House.
Axel is beginning look like "Kramer". Don't they have any good barbers in Mexico? Maybe Doris could help him out with a new makeover.
Fedra needs to get over herself, she looked downright frumpy. I wonder if the Family could get a package deal from Doris on makeovers for the lot of them.
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:16:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 2:16:00 PM EST
They did all look pretty bad! Even Emanuel showed up for his own wedding looking unkempt.
Gretel needs to head straight to a salon for a radical hair change, then she needs to buy some clothes and makeup that are nothing like what she's always worn. I will be traumatized if Fedra or Bernardo grab her again.
Gretel needs to head straight to a salon for a radical hair change, then she needs to buy some clothes and makeup that are nothing like what she's always worn. I will be traumatized if Fedra or Bernardo grab her again.
There was a lot of handsy behavior in this episode. When Emanuel, oops, I mean El Lirio, was in the hood and mask and pawing MerryVictory, I was just thinking he'd better not let Fedra see him, because she'd steal that outfit and the hand-tie cords to add to her bag of tricks over at Lowrenzo's place.
I think you have to suspend any semblance of reality with this show. If you don't, your beanie will stay in a permanent twist. It is obvious, though, that Emanuel is attracted to Victoria and he doesn't understand why. He was holding her way too close in dancing for him not to have been attracted to her. I think this will be a dilemma for him and he won't understand the attraction. I suspect that it will be a very, very long time before Emanuel knows that Victoria and Marianela are one and the same.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 6:22:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 6:22:00 PM EST
Yes, the whole not knowing Victoria is Mari makes me nuts. Mari was literally holding a prosthetic nose when Doris was getting ready to make her up (if I'm remembering correctly.) At least one thing on her face to make her different. Even a stupid mole would have made me happy. Though, the poor actress was sweating in a fat suit for so long, it might have been some kind of cruelty to make her wear a prosthetic for a bunch of episodes, too.
I agree, this probably means that 'Victoria' will be around for a while. Oh well...
I like the idea that Mauricio might be fingered as the thief and have to go back to jail, as long as he is eventually mercilessly killed.
As for Ilitia not talking about the Mauricio rape, I can imagine that with everything going on between her and Emanuel—the fragility of their relationship—she might not want to. Plus, this is Ilitia. I’m sure she assumes that if the public found out her life would be over—like back with the airport incident with Brandon.
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I agree, this probably means that 'Victoria' will be around for a while. Oh well...
I like the idea that Mauricio might be fingered as the thief and have to go back to jail, as long as he is eventually mercilessly killed.
As for Ilitia not talking about the Mauricio rape, I can imagine that with everything going on between her and Emanuel—the fragility of their relationship—she might not want to. Plus, this is Ilitia. I’m sure she assumes that if the public found out her life would be over—like back with the airport incident with Brandon.
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