Tuesday, January 18, 2011
La Fea Más Bella #173-174 1/18/11 Swamped on a yacht.
Read Julie's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Irmita is reluctant to tell her children that Rafael came home to die because it will just awaken their old pain, but Luigi says they have a right to know.
2. Lety tells Caro that she told her whole life to a fisherman she just met because she felt totally comfortable with him. She’s obviously enchanted with him.
3. Fern calls MamaJ and says they need Lety for a meeting with the lawyers. He begs for her phone number so he can explain it himself. All she can do is pass the message. She says, “Confie en mi.”
4. In Lety’s fantasy, Fernando walks across the lawn and says, “Lety, finally I found you. I miss you. I can’t live without you.” He almost kisses her, but then he transforms into Aldo and Lety is pleasantly surprised, and then he disappears. The bellas teach Lety how to walk.
5. Luigi and Marcia met with Ricky without Fern, and Ricky is surprised Fern didn’t attend. Fern says, “Our executive producer and director held the meeting without informing me.” Luigi acts like he and Marcia humiliated Fern. Fern rebukes Marcia privately and says she’s not playing by the rules. Marcia says he changed the rules when he slept with Lety.
6. MamaJ tells Lety what Fern said. Lety says she can’t leave and she sends Tomás in her place. Caro glows when she gets a surprise call from an old friend. Caro pushes Lety to wear one of Caro’s dresses. They meet Caro’s friend, who is Aldo. Lety and Aldo are again charmed, and Caro looks a smidge jealous.
7. Marcia asks Fern if Lety is coming to tomorrow’s meeting. She uses the opportunity to remind him that Lety delivered his head to the board and maybe she wants to disappear with their company. He returns to his one bright spot, gazing at Lety’s picture. MamaJ tells him Tom is going to the meeting. Fern shouts, “Is your daughter nuts?” Then he calms down and says, “Tell Lety not to hide. I need her.”
8. Caro asks Aldo, “Did you invite me so I’d bring Lety? You’re interested in her!” He only chuckles.
Capitulo 174.
Read Amanda's original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Aldo admits to Caro that he’s drawn to Lety because she’s so innocent and so injured. Caro has known him 1-1/2 years and he’s always been a loner.
2. Marcia again speculates that Lety disappeared because she’s taking Conceptos for revenge. Fern says Lety is incapable of such a thing. She goads him with her favorite taunt, that he’s defending someone who betrayed him. She asks if he fell in love with Lety, and he doesn’t want to talk about it. Marcia demands and answer and finally he admits that yes, he loves Lety.
3. They’re enjoying dinner on the yacht (although Caro’s feeling left out) until the wine loosens Lety’s emotions and her great pain pummels her again. “He lied to me!” Soon she’s gushing about how happy she is here. Caro says they’re three loners. Caro says her house is empty because her obsession with work destroyed her three marriages.
4. Irmita says her son still refuses to talk to his father, but Luigi says she needs him now. The topic strikes a nerve for Luigi. He calls Jorge and implores him to come for his mother’s sake.
5. Aldo talks about his two “sons,” his book and his restaurant. Lety fishes in her purse and a photo falls out. Aldo picks it up and says, “So this is Fernando?” Lety wants her picture back RIGHT NOW and she says she doesn’t feel well; she wants to leave.
6. Lety tells Caro that her pain is too much to bear and she will never be free of it. She tells her whole story off camera. Caro tells her to stop thinking about that and enjoy the here and now, like their night on the yacht. Lety says that was a dream and she woke up, the same fea as always. Caro says yes, she’s the same Lety who is unwilling to change. Her insecurity is in the way she sees herself
7. Aldo tells Lety that her body reflects her soul and vice-versa. Lety runs down the beach in her dress. He shows her where the fresh and saltwater meet in an eternal kiss, and she gazes at him. He talks about the harmony of nature, and she says, “With you I feel harmony and peace.”
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In the past I talked about Camil's rampant curls. I found the most delightful YouTube clip. Way back in 2003 (long before Fea), Jaime came onto the Cristina show and sang to Angelica for her birthday. His curls are at their most untamed. BTW, take heart, he sings pop MUCH better than mariachi.
HEY! JANE! (Or was it Barbara?) What do you think now? Pride and Prejudice or Jane Eyre?
Diann
Blechhhh. That music used to be special, not anymore.
I'm sorry, but I find Aldo too goody two shoes. Not plausible. He's too weird, I'm worried he's an escaped mental patient and is in some kind of existential new age universe. Icky, Icky, Icky
Can't get passed those teeth. Or the wrinkles. Or the gray beard. Ewwwww
Diann
Torture, I tell you.
Will old man die already. Enough with Irmita!
Aldo is nauseating, especially since he talks with water running somewhere so as hard as it is to get through the Argentine accent, its also muffled by water. And Lety & Aldo have zero chemistry. He's like a big shaggy dog that you want to wash.
Torture, I tell you. How I'm going to get through 30 caps I don't know yet.
Waaaaa!!!
Diann
But I kinda like him he is the true naked chef sorry Jamie Oliver.
And boy Lety nothing like a next to get over an ex.
so finally Fern tells Marcia but after so much goading...
And Paula it was me with the P&P reference. I see it is more Jane Eyre though wished it stayed P&P because that was where the characters grow. With Jane Eyre it is more plot that drives them together and apart. bTW there will be a new film based on Jane Eyre. Personally I am partial to Timothy Dalton as rochester in the BBC series a while back.
Jenn
Paula thanks for the youtube clip I just love those wild curls.
Güera from (no longer undefeated) Syracuse
(The music in FELS was similarly obtrusive, but I didn't mind as much because I didn't really want to hear the dialog most of the time.)
La Paloma
I get a kick out of that one bit of music, with the kazoo. It just cracks me up.
Today the 4 disc set arrived and this weekend i plan on catching up to present shows. I have seen the first 10 episodes, and then ones from the past 2 weeks. I need to see the 'in-between' episodes!
Don't go past Disc 2 Lado 2 (Side 2).
Even going that far will put you ahead of where we are right now.
Plus the disc are extremely edited. Giant, whole sections have been left out (ie no Germany, no Cuarnavaca)
(Im referring to the 4Disc DVD from Amazon)
Diann
Im sorry, he is so blah, white bread, dirty, ugly, and I just want to FF when he is on screen.
I don't care if Lety has to "grow" and you all believe Aldo is "perfect" for that. He's a schmuk and so self-righteous, I can't stand it. Oh and by the way, they've made him RICH, did you see the terrace he was lounging on?
So utterly stupid. Why couldn't he been a REAL fisherman, huh?
I think this whole Aldo thing reeks like stinky seaweed.
And I'm sick that its going to take FOREVER for Lety to get back to DF.
Diann
Fern shouts at MamaJ, “Is your daughter nuts?” This is NOT a good way to treat your only ally in that household! Distressed, Fern is asking himself, “What is Lety doing???” Gee, maybe she’s trying to recover from you grinding her into itsy, bitsy pieces. Marcia recognizes it – she says, “Did you hurt Lety so much, that she...” As always, Fernando only thinks of his own needs, never hers.
But it's what Lety needs to hear, and it's a nice change of pace for her to be with someone who doesn't seem to want anything from her. I'd be happier if they could have more of their conversations off-camera, maybe. :) But I like that I can FF through the show faster when he's around!
Thanks for being on my side about Aldo.:)
So I'm to understand I won't miss much if I FF through Aldo scenes? (Not that I'm listening to them even if I don't FF.)
Paula,
The DVD set took about 2 weeks to arrive.
Yes, I'd say they were worth buying. The screen quality is okay, they recorded them on a wideangle shot so that's why they are grainer than they should have been if they wouldn't have tried to make it look like it was HD. (ie recorded them on "normal")
I'm glad I have all the scenes because so many good ones are missing from the "approved" Televisa DVD. And I have only seen the first 2 discs from the 4 pack and I already notice how greatly edited they are.
Diann
As for the condensed DVDs, what bothered me was that they cut out all the heart and left only the skeleton. I don't get the anguish caused by a crisis, so when it's resolved I also don't get the relief and satisfaction. Overall, I just can't CARE about the characters because all I have is a 5-pane comic strip version of the story.
Yeh, this is true (about the 4 disc). But I guess it serves as a quick outline of story. But you are right about no "soul". If you haven't seen the original, you'd be pretty lost on the condensed version.
Thats why I stopped on Disc 2, it only serves as a "refresher course" Cannot watch ahead. And at that, I got a little ahead of myself with Lado 2 :(
Diann
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