Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Eva Luna #71 Mon 2/14/11 Eva's Assent; Marcela's Meltdown; and Debora's Discovery



In this episodio Eva takes the reins of the business, begins her reign at the manse, and then rains on the Villanueva-Arismendi parade.  It’s a chock full episodio, so kick off your shoes and grab a cup o’ joe.

We are in awe (Viewerville is not worthy, not worthy) as we take up right where we left off: Eva has just told Leonardo that since he was so kind to her she knows how to reward kindness and thus he can stay at the manse; Daniel has told her he can’t believe that she betrayed him like she did after he offered her all his love; with that outburst Eva has called him a fraud and a liar; Victoria has asked how Eva managed to get the charges dropped and doesn’t believe it when Eva tells her Marcela apparently dropped the charges; Tia Matilde and Alicia are there now with Pablito and Eva has given orders for Renata to get rooms ready for them as they’ll be living there from now on.  Bimbutt recognizes Alicia from the modeling business and wonders if now she’s Eva’s personal make-up artist and gets a shock at learning Ali’s really her sister; Leo has asked what about the baby and Dan is saucer-eyed and suck-it-in impactado when she looks him in the eye and says only he’s hers.

At Justa’s, Ricardo has brought the morning paper to let Justa read about Eva’s surprise from the big gala the night before.  Justa can’t fathom how Eva wound up becoming the new owner of Arismendi Publicity, Inc.  Ric is happy for Eva, but he’s just as curious as she why Julio’s children didn’t inherit the business.

Back at the former Arismendi mansion, Dan demands to know if the baby is his.  Eva tells him it’s none of his business.  The child is hers. Icky doesn’t miss a chance to sling mud at her newly returned rival and tells the others she’s sure even Eva doesn’t know who the father is.  Dan tells Icky to nix the insults, but Eva commandingly interjects that she doesn’t need him to defend her.  She kicks Vicki out and tells Dan to leave with her.  He insists he needs to know if that child is his. Eva avoids an explanation and simply says he’s got her last name.  He’s hers and that’s that.  They leave.

After Dim Dan and Icky storm out, Eva asks Renata if her relatives’ rooms are ready.  Ren is insolent and refuses to address her respectfully.  Eva chides her and instructs her to add “Sra.” whenever she addresses her from now on.  Ren understands the underlying threat and adds it reluctantly--even defiantly.   She takes Ali and Tilde to their new rooms to get settled in.  Ali holds back to go with Eva though and listens as Leo tells Eva he’s glad she’s back and that he wants to talk to her later.

Back at Justa’s, Marisol runs to answer the bang at the door.  She’s surprised to see it’s Francisco. They’re both upset that neither one bothered to come see the other this entire time.  He’s still interested in discussing “them”, but Mari says there is no “them” and they said all that needed to be said the night before at the gala so he should leave.   He refuses, but she says a bit sarcastically that now that he knows where she lives, to send his lawyers with the divorce papers so he will be free then to marry his new “special person.”    He has to know if that’s what she really wants.   Mari says she thinks it’s what he needs to do. Franc wooed her with lies and she went after him purely for the money; so the proper thing would be for them to separate from each other.

Franc admits to Mari that none of the lying really mattered to him, and he has missed her.  He hasn’t been able to forget her.  She asks if he really feels that way after seeing her dance that night at the club.  He assures her that none of that matters to him.  She tells him he’s sick in the head then and it’s best he forget her and find somebody that really deserves his love.  Besides she is getting married to somebody else, so thanks but no thanks, and Bye!  She finally manages to slam the door in his face and then takes a deep breath.  Justa has just witnessed this and can’t believe she would turn Franc down like that. “--Are you really going to get married soon?”  Mari tells her of course not, she just doesn’t think after the life she’s lived she deserves to have any man, and Franc deserves someone much better than her.

At the same time, Dr. Garcia and Don Julio discuss the morning papers so he can read the reviews of the gala and Eva’s triumph.  He tells D.J. that he’s been wondering if Julio doesn’t realize that his plan for vengeance will end up hurting his two children as well.  Julio says that’s why he gave them each a part of his fortune.  Neither of them then will do without.  Dr. G. though thinks giving the rest of his fortune to a stranger would have upset them and made them feel betrayed; seeing their mother suffer like she is makes it worse. That’s always been in the back of his mind, says Julio, but the bitter part of his story is that he never mattered much to either of them.  Leo stole cash from his company and Victoria since she was a child only came to him to show off some one or other of her indulgences [gracia] or to show off a fashion, but he never received a true demonstration of real affection from her.  Marcela controlled them from childhood, raised them however the heck she felt like it [regalada gana] and turned them against him.  So, now part of Marcela’s punishment is to be seen totally humiliated in front of them.

At Dano’s now, Vicky is on a tear.  She angrily tells Dan she can’t believe her mother would have dropped the charges against Eva.   Dan says she sure didn’t let him in on it either. (Any more than when she put his name on the complaint?)  So then the bimbutt bruja asks why he never mentioned anything about the make-up artist being Eva’s sister. He explains that he tried to get Leo to fire her but he couldn’t manage to convince him.  Well, Leo’s an idiot, says Icky.  (That’s touching, isn’t it?)  First he brings Eva into their house and then he hires her little sister at the firm!  Jackie manages to insert herself by bringing in coffee and then listens to the conversation for whatever juicy gossip she can grab onto--and she does get an earful!!

Icky tells Dan he should have insisted Leo fire her.  He insists he tried, but after all he couldn’t exactly force him to!  Anyway, he adds, he realized afterwards that it wouldn’t have been fair; he would have been taking out his anger towards Eva on her sister.  Well, says V-icky, she would have, but now they’re both living in her home and feeling like they own it all!!  Jackie listens from the kitchen, secretly grinning from ear to ear.

Next door, Leo slithers in to speak with Eva.  He tells her she’s really impressed him.  Eva -- in 5” spikes and towering over him--says that’s the idea.  He tells a bit of a white lie about looking for her: that he was so worried about her that he hired a detective but the guy never found her. “--You really knew how to hide yourself.” Eva replies she was very lucky.  Leo asks about the man the detective said she left the little town with.  Eva says he is a family friend who helped her pull through it all.  Leo says he could have done the same for her.  Eva says she felt he was too compromised and that it just wasn’t right.  So, she decided it was time she left.  She dismisses him and the interview is over.  As she walks out he asks for the truth about her child.  She stops him in mid-sentence.  “--That little boy is mine! Period.  There’s nothing more to say.”  She turns around and leaves him standing there, essentially like the employee he’s become.

Jackie makes a quick visit, meanwhile, to Laurita to tell her the great news: Eva is back and living next door--and as the millionaire owner of the mansion!  They are both excited over the news.

At the boarding house, Adrian joins Justa and Ricardo on the couch and they talk about Eva’s fantastic successes and revelations from the night before.  Justa, we note, is secretly sensitive whenever the Arismendi name is mentioned.   Tomas returns and starts giving Adrian grief for going with the others without his permission, tho’ he left Adrian with them.  He drags Adrian up to their room and gripes at the kid for no real reason.  When Adrian wonders why he’s acting so mad, the brute whips his belt off and beats Adrian with it.  

Back at the Villanueva’s, Laurita joins Dan on the couch with Chico.  Icky starts in with more of the Eva’s a Crook tirade.  She gripes to Dan that it seems he’s ready to forgive Eva and forget all about her “stealing” the $25,000.  He says to drop it.  If the police say Marci dropped the charges then it’s true.  Besides, he’d always had his doubts about whether it was the truth.  And, he adds, Icky knows full well he was never a party to signing that complaint against her.  “--It was your mother’s idea to put my name on that complaint, and without my consent!” (Viewerville is elated that Laurita is there on the couch hearing how things really went down!)   Icktoria yammers on that with all the proof against Eva how could he still have doubts? (Give. It. Up. Bimbutt!) Dan says her mother must have had the same doubts to withdraw the complaint and that seems to shut Icky up for a moment or two of blessed silence.  Laurita smiles pointedly at La Bruja de Bimbutt; Bruja de Bimbutt is definitely upset at losing control of this situation.  (Ask us if we care!)

Back at Eva’s, she’s now sitting at the dining room table and eating lunch.  In the background Marcela is yelling for Renata and screaming at the top of her lungs about why Renata didn’t bother to wake her up this morning.  Eva continues to eat calmly.  Suddenly Marci spies Eva eating in Marci’s former chair at the table.  Eva calmly invites her to eat with her.  Marci screams at her.  She calls her an upstart, a trashy social climber!  Eva’s sitting in her place, at her table in her house and eating her food!   Calmly Eva tells her that she’s starting out very badly and if she keeps it up she won’t be able to give Marci “refuge” in her house.  “My house” Eva repeats for emphasis.  Marci tells her not to play the Grande Dame in her house; they both know where she comes from!  Eva gets up and talks down to her as if to a misbehaving child. “--You don’t know how pitifully I feel about your lack of humility, because you know what you’re doing?  You’re pushing me to throw you out.”  Marci is flummoxed –well, that’s the tactful way of putting it.  Mad Marci yells back that she’s not throwing her out of anywhere, especially of her own house!  Eva chuckles arrogantly and asks if she wants to speak to Eva’s lawyers; she’ll call them but she’s sure that Marci knows by heart what the will stated.

Marci sneers back that Eva’s just a common whore, a maid, and she always will be! Eva sighs and ignores the insults,   as if Marci were a bad little child.  She returns to her place at the table and asks again if she wouldn’t like to eat something. “--It’s very good!”  Mental-case Marci sneaks behind Eva and grabs a heavy silver pitcher to brain Eva with.  Suddenly Leo grabs her arm and stops her. Marci fights him for it and starts another torrent of insults.  “Let me go!  I’m not going to allow this miserable wretch make off with my house and my things!”  Eva reminds her that none of this is hers now and she pointedly uses the informal “Tú” that one uses with staff and servants.   Marci "tutears" Eva right back.  She calls her an idiot and warns her not to challenge her.  “--Go on!  Put a servant’s uniform on and start screwing all the men in my household like you’re used to doing, you idiot!”  Leo fights to keep hold of his mother as Eva hisses back a warning: “Everything you say gets you closer to ending up on the street!”  Marci yells back that the one who’s going to be leaving this house is Eva, even if she has to kill her to do it!  With that, Eva says no, Marci’s leaving.  “--Out!  Get out of my house!!  Out.  Of. My. House!”

Renata finally appears and stands next to Leo.  Marci heads back to her bedroom (off camera).  Ali and Tilde come out because of all the commotion.  Ali is frightened by the woman’s furious attitude.  Eva says Marci’s got to learn that this is her house now and that there is only ONE owner.  Apparently, Leo has gotten Eva to reconsider. He thanks her for showing his mother compassion and letting her stay.  Eva tells him she did it this time as a favor to him, but she will not continue to permit his mother to continue to act out like this.  So, next time, she really is gone.  End of discussion. 

After Leo leaves, Eva orders Ren to set two places at the table for her family.  Ren hesitates and Eva asks if there’s a problem.  Ren looks shocked that her trashy relatives would be allowed to join her at the table, but she answers in the negative.  Then, before she sets off to the kitchen, Eva asks why Aurelia isn’t working there any longer.  Ren says Doña Marcela fired her a few months back.  Why?  “--Because she was no good any more!”  Eva says she doubts that was the real reason.  Ren gives Tilde and Ali a snide look and goes to back to the kitchen.

At Debora’s, she and Vanessa are discussing the article in the paper about Eva too. Deb points out that that’s the same Eva that V-icky and Marci were telling her about.  It’s funny, she says, but Eva has the same look as her little girl had.  They both wonder if it really could be her Eva.  Deb says something tells her it’s pretty likely, and she won’t stop till she finds out for sure.

After lunch, Ali and Tilde discuss what a fantastic place it is and how it’s hard to believe that they’re there to enjoy it all. Tilde then urges Ali to be loyal to Eva at all costs because she can see how Eva is surrounded by enemies.  Ali agrees and says Marci terrifies everyone. Eva comes in with the news that Pablito’s crib has finally come. 

Bimbutt is still talking to herself about how Eva could have wrangled all of this and gotten the charges dropped.  She is going to see if there’s some way she can still put Eva behind bars.

Ali guesses right that Julio was the one who took care of her all this time.  Eva reminds her that absolutely nobody can know he’s alive.  Ren comes in at that point and Eva reprimands her for not knocking.  Ren tells her that there’s a visitor, but refuses to say who.  Her rudeness is not lost on Eva.

Eva goes out and sees that it’s Laurita.  They share a big hug and Eva apologizes for not staying in touch.  Laurita says she understands it was because the police were after her.  Eva assures her that nothing they said about her was true.  Laurita says she never believed it for a moment, and she knows that her father never really believed it either.  Eva corrects her and says he did because he put his name on the complaint as well.  Laurita tells her that’s not true, but before she can explain it all to Eva, Bimbutt races in to fetch her.

Next door, Franc tells Jackie that Mari still wants a divorce and that it leaves him free to fall in love again.  Jackie says it’s a good idea and he has to.  He moves in close and it’s obvious he’s got her in mind.  (I say Jackie better be prepared since this guy’s got wandering eye syndrome.)

Back at Eva’s, Ick-toria storms in and demands to know what Laurita’s doing there without permission.  Eva says   speaking of permission, who let you in without it?  Doesn’t she remember she threw her out of her house a little bit earlier?  Icky says she came to see her mother, unless she’s going to prohibit her from that also.  Eva says she has the right to, but won’t.  Icky says, well, her mother can wait but for now the girl goes with her!  Laurita objects till Icky threaten that her father will not be happy about her disobeying her.  Laurita gives in and goes with Icky.  “--Her father will be very upset to learn that his daughter’s been speaking to a criminal!”   Laurita objects to calling Eva a criminal.  Icky shuts her up with a threat about her father and drags her off.

Meanwhile, Marci sulks in her bedroom and, with the bottle of poison drops in her gloved hand, swears she’ll kill Eva the same way she killed Julio.

In another part of the house, Renata brings in Deb and presents her to Eva. Eva gives her the once-over.

Back at Justa’s, Justa suggests to Ric that the real reason Tomas gets mad is that he’s jealous of them and of Adrian’s preference for them. Then, after Tomas leaves to deliver his “merchandise”, Adrian races down to the kitchen to the willing arms of Justa and Ric. Ric wants the truth, no more “it’s nothing”.  Adrian cries bitterly as he finally admits to them his father beat him really hard and says that he’s tired of getting hit any more.  Justa and Ricardo are incensed.

Debora explains to Eva that although she’s there to visit Marci, she wanted to comment on the wonderful way she looked and then won over the crowd the night before.  She also wanted to welcome her into Arismendi Publicity.  Eva warms to her and invites her to sit and chat.  Deb explains she’s been a client of the agency for years and is also a friend of Marci’s, though she realizes that Eva and Marci are anything but.  Eva then remembers the account and says she’s was anxious to have a meeting to discuss some new ideas with Deb.   Deb says she’s anxious to hear them and then excuses herself to speak to Marci.  In the hallways Deb wonders if Eva could possibly be her daughter.

Outside by the pool, meanwhile, Ali catches up with Leo.  She swears she had no idea about any of this and only found out about it the moment Eva asked her to do her make up for the gala.  She wants to know if he’s staying or leaving.  Leo says he’s staying for now.  Ali says great, it means they’ll be there together and it will be easier to get together with him.  He says not any longer.  They’ll have to be much more discreet because if either his mother or Eva found out about them all Hell would break loose and he’d be thrown out.  Ali can’t believe that would bother him.  She wants the truth about his feelings for Eva, but he puts her off.  She gets upset and asks if that’s why he was constantly asking so many questions about her sister all the time.  He warns her that if she keeps it up then he will definitely leave.  He walks off.

Deb can’t get Marci to let her come into the room and talk.  Marci yells through the door that she doesn’t want to see or talk to anybody!  Tilde hears the commotion as she walks through the hallway and she and Deb exchange glances.  Ruh-roh! They recognize each other immediately and Tilde races off to hide in her room.  Deb realizes then that Eva is her daughter.  She races after Tilde for some answers. 

Dano is sitting alone in his office thinking to himself that Eva always was full of surprises, in happy times or in sad.  He has his back to the door when there’s a knock.  He sighs.  “--What now, Victoria??”  “--It’s me, Daniel.”  At the sound of Eva’s voice he turns around and his jaw drops to the floor.  “--Did I surprise you?”  “--Of course you surprised me!  I wasn’t expecting you in my house, either, and I wasn’t expecting this attitude of yours.”  She says she didn’t mean to bother him, she just meant to drop off her instructions.  He says she could have left any instructions of hers at the office for him.  She says that since it had to do with work she wanted to discuss them with him directly.   She wanted him to have them before Monday to determine how he would speak with the employees and tell them about her coming to the agency.   He shakes his head in disbelief.  “--Your arrogance is really something!  What do you want?”  She wants to take her proper place at the agency, she says with a smile. He snickers.  “--You’re thinking of taking possession, sitting in front of a desk and taking phone calls?”  She shakes her head.  “--That’s what you’re thinking, eh Daniel?   Well, circumstances are otherwise, and I’m going to show you.”

Tilde, meanwhile, opens her bedroom door and Deb is standing there with tears in her eyes.  Deb explains she’s a friend of Marci’s. Tilde thinks what a coincidence and tells her to leave; she’s got no business there any longer.  Deb says she’s mistaken, because now that she’s seen Tilde there she‘s got no doubts that Eva is her daughter and that the two of them should talk long and hard about Eva and Alicia.     

Back at Dano’s, Eva continues that in the notebook she’s got plenty of ideas for both the ad agency and the modeling agency.  She didn’t want to take him by surprise Monday and so he should read them over.  Also there’s a certified copy of the certificate stating she is the owner as she now holds 51%of the stock.  “--That makes me your new boss now.”  Dan is taking some bitter medicine here and he scoffs at the observation and then throws the notebook onto the desk.  “--So you think a mountain of paperwork gets you this?  What’s happened to you?  Where’s the Eva I knew?”   “--You mean the Eva that you destroyed, Daniel?  She’s in the past.  Thanks to you, this is the “new” Eva.”  He stands there trying to assimilate it all.

Tilde, meanwhile, tells Deb to stop asking questions; Deb now wonders where Ismael is.  Tilde tells her he died nearly two years ago, and blames her.  She orders her to get out before Eva returns.

Eva may be a while.  She’s explaining to Dan that she has already gotten in touch with Olga, Marci’s assistant, who is   getting things ready for her arrival on Monday at the office. Eva’s hoping to have a small meeting with all the employees and management and would like him to introduce her. He asks what he’s supposed to tell them: that she inherited the thing; and that it’s a posthumous gift from Don Julio?  Eva gets tough now and says listen, she’s taking over and she’s going to see the place grow, period.  Dan shakes his head at her in amazement.  “--You are so changed!”  She admits it’s a problem that they’ll unfortunately have to be working together.  He’ll have to learn to deal.  He asks her if she really thinks that will be possible, especially after what she did to him?  She looks at him --what she did to him???  She warns him not to start spouting off because he’ll come out on the losing end.  He asks her what did he do?  All he did was to love her.  Eva angrily says whatever she is accused of can’t compare with all that he dragged her through!  Again he is surprised at her attitude.  She angrily tells him not to be such a cynic; to leave that to his mother-in-law and little wife!  He changes the subject.  “--Tell me just one thing.  The boy.  Is that child mine?”  For just a moment there’s a guilty-as-charged look in her eyes, but before they can discuss it any further, Ick-toria walks in on them.  “-Am I interrupting?”

Back to Tilde and Deb.  Tilde assures Deb that Eva was falsely accused and that she hasn’t a bad bone in her body.  Deb says she believes her and is relieved to hear her say it. She asks Tilde where she can find Ali.

Next door at Dan’s again, Icky swears she’ll fire Jackie the next time she lets Eva in without her permission!  Eva takes charge of the situation once more and chuckles.  She says mockingly, “--Ah, you see how bothersome it is entering a house without permission?  Icky reacts just like Eva knew she would and then demands to know what she’s doing there with her husband.  Eva replies disarmingly. “--Oh, it’s just about business, right Daniel? That’s the only thing we’ve got in common now.”  Eva (who is at least a foot taller than Bimbutt in those 5” CMF boots) then turns to Dan and let’s Icky have it right between the eyes!   She says, with honey dripping from every pore, “--I see that your little wife supervises all your visitors.” Icky goes ballistic!  “--You are such a fool!  Get out of my house!!”  Dan moves in to block her. “—Enough, Victoria!”  Eva smiles openly at Icky’s loss of self control.

Tilde now warns Deb off both Eva and Ali.   They hate her, she says, because Deb abandoned them.  Deb swears that’s a lie.  She tells Tilde how Ismael lied to her that he had forgiven her affair with another man, and then absconded with them and took them out of Mexico while she was away on a business trip.  Tilde angrily disagrees.  She believes her brother’s side of the story, she screams back and refuses to believe a word of what Deb has just told her.



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Yay, thanks for the recap!! Great episode last night. Eva did have a "guilty as charged" look on her face when Dano asked about Pablito again. She's got to get a better poker face. But I think she's going to have a problem with this, especially around Dano.

Darn, Laurita hasn't seen her little brother yet. Eva needs to fire Renata and hire Aurelia back.

Don't know why Eva is letting Marci live with them. She knows the woman poisoned her husband, which means she is liable to do anything. I wouldn't want my family members subjected to her.

Excited about tonight's episode when Eva goes to the office. She looks fantastic in the previews.
 

Wow; Eva is really kicking butt now. However, how is it she is allowing Marcie to stay when she knows that Marcie was poisoning Don Julio? Keeping your enemies in sight is only good if there is no risk to your safety (or to that of those you love).

As usual, the smartest person in this episode is Laurita.

Having Leo stay is also a bad thing but it might expose him to Ali. She needs a wake-up call about this slimeball.

I need a Don Julio.
 

Thank you for the wonderful recap. I wanted to catch up before tonights new episode. It was as though i didn't miss it! Thank you.
 

Hey, UrbanA: IMHO Aurelia will be hired back and act as her confidant and oversee the cooking/meals so that nobody gets poisoned. Just a wild guess?
 

Jardinera, I only see a few minutes of this here and there but your title intrigued me. This was an amazing recap - what wonderful detail! You drew the characters, their words and personalities perfectly!

Eva looks beautiful and regal - a true ice queen (with a heart of gold).

Excellent! Diana
 

Anon.: normally it doesn't take long to recap this tn, but last night was so chock full of great dialogue, it took me a bit longer. Anyway, nice to know you were eager to read it!
 

Jaradinera,

Thank you for this great recap, I got lost at the last conversation between Dano and Eva in his house.

OK to start with Eva needs to get rid of Reneta and Marcella ASAP. Those two in the house with her(Eva) family and especially little Pablito is dang dangerous to everyones health. She needs to let Don Julio know what she's done by letting Marci and Leo stay. And she's now given Vicky free reign to come and go as she pleases, by that stupid move with Marcella and Leo.
Laurita now knows that her dad didn't sign the warrent on Eva, so she needs to tell her (Eva) the conversation Daddy and Vicky had. Oh and she (Eva) needs to introduce Laurita to her brother, I thought for sure it was going to be last nite. I liked how when Leo asked about the baby she shut him down, but when Daniel asked she doesn't answer. HUM so Debra now knows that Eva's her daughter wonder what that will do to her and Marci's relationship. Daniel was such a big fat jerk to her when she brought the paper work over. telling her (Eva) that what was she going to do answer phones etc... I wanted her to smack him for being belittling to her. Also i like Eva's right bwt the eyes comment to Vicky. Michele in PA
 

Jardinera, thanks for the great recap. There was so much going on last night and you got it all with your usual flair.

I worry that Alicia is going to open her big mouth or get jealous of Eva and Leo and cause problems.

I am glad that Deb found Eva and Matilda set her straight about Marcella's lies.

Loved the scene with Dan and Laurita and chico, with Victoria ragging on and those two basically ignoring her.
 

Jardinera, you gave us a real page turner, even though it was all on the same page.

I'll probably comment again before tonight's episode, but this has got to be a (future) classic: in Don Julio's conversation with the good Dr. Garcia, he called him "El Doctor Matasantos." It was in jest--Dr. Saintkiller.

DID ANYONE watch Don Francisco last night? If so, let's discuss. He had Marcela, Vicky, Leonardo and Don Julio on last night and in the first half they answered his questions in character.

In the second half he asked them questions about their lives and acting careers. Jorge's was particularly poignant. And Julian has a 24 year-old daughter and a 15year-old son. Susana just had her first grandchild and Vanessa has been in the business since she was 4 years old and is going with a really gorgeous guy.

Anyway, as Marcela, Susana and Jorge, as Don Julio were really hamming it up. They were not giving anything away, however. She finally admitted to Don Francisco's repeated questions about more murder and mayhem, that there was going to be "una muerte mas" then she refined it to "una muertesita mas."

Humm, any takers to guess who it might be?
Una Nte
 

Wonderful recap, as usual! Loved your comments about Eva's height. I found myself speculating when Marzilla almost beaned her with the silver chalice that Amazon Eva could probably take Marzilla.
Yes, por que, por que, por que, is Eva letting Marzilla go on living there???
And now Leo has no use for Alicia now that Eva has been found, how long will it take for Alicia to figure out he has lost interest?
 

Great recap Jardinera, of an action packed episode - Thanks so much!

Yes - amazing how Eva towers over everyone else - including Dan - LOL!

@Una Nte - that was Dr. Matasanos - "killer of healthy people". Slang for a doctor in MX - I've seen it before. Kind of like calling a doctor "old sawbones" or "leach".

Audrey
 

Julian Gil = Leonardo right? How does he have a 24 and 15 year old? He looks like he's in his 30s. Guy looks great as well, but I know he is like 50. Really surprised about Julian.

I say Renata kicks the bucket.
 

Julian Gil is 40 (born 1970). Pretty young to have a 24 year old! (but not impossible).

Audrey
 

Jardinera- This was a masterful recap full of details and important conversations and dialogue. This is a really fun phase with Eva kicking butt and taking names. I wondered if Marci being stuck in that house is part of Julio's plan to make her suffer, but surely he and Eva must realize how dangerous it is to have her that close to Eva, her fam, and especially her baby! It makes for great drama though, and I think that's the main reason why the writers did it. That, along with Dan's house being so close by.

I am firmly in the camp that Alicia's jealousy over Leo will cause her to betray her sister in some way. They even gave us the foreshadowing with tia asking her specifically to stay true to her big sis.

Since we heard Deb tell her confidant/assistant the same story about Ismael stealing the girls from her after pretending to forgive her for her infidelity, what does this say about Ismael? We saw him as a good guy and a victim, and now he's dead and can't tell his side of the story. But how do we reconcile this? I believe Deb's version of things. Will tia and the girls believe her?
 

Here is a magazine pic of Julian and his 24 year old daughter (yes, he started young): http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/tv/noticias/julian_gil_un_papasito_que_regresa_a_las_telenovelas/oci960824
 

Vivi

the "una Muerte mas" could be Vicky, that way Daniel is free again.

Michele in PA
 

Wonderful recap.Looks like a new era has arrived at the Biz.And I'm sure we'll see that potential Eva showed at the very start of this thing just go a'blazing and she'll be kicking butt. Be really hard for Marci to upend her if the clients are loving Eva.

I'll join the ranks that Alicia will be our little time bomb. Vivi, you're so right that that statement said to her to stand by her sister was Viewerville's red flag that Alicia will probably go in the opposite direction.

I'm baffled on having Leo stay. Marci, maybe she's gong to boot her but giving her a chance to get her act together. But she really made it sound like Leo can just permanently stick around. Seriously girl? Not exactly family - how does she explain that. And he's not poor - hr could get his own place. Very weird, but it is probably the writer's way to set up Alicia's getting the vibe of Leo wanting Eva.

And Eva.. just tell Dano that's his son. I mean really...she just about has done everything but say the actual words. I would love to have that hanging over Icky!(Though they better put a 24 hour guard on that poor child)
 

Also ITA about Alicia betraying Eva, and that's why Tia was telling her that she has to have Eva's "back". b/c she Alicia is going to let jealousy get the better of her. "The Picture"

Michele in PA
 

Great recap, Jardinera! love the snarks!
Vivi, I too believe Deborah, since Ismael had told Eva back in the apple farms that he did have something that some day he would have to ask her and Alicia forgiveness for (his taking them away from their mother, IMO).
'matasanos' a.k.a. kill-the-healthy

Julian said in DF that he had his daughter when he was 15. And that that took away a lot of his 'teenage' years but it was an experience that made him mature quickly. DF also said that his parents both had issues with alcohol and he ended up alone very young and had to build a life for himself all by himself, which was admirable.
SDA (Marcela) said there would be more deaths to come (not just one).
 

and congrats Jardinera on becoming a grandma! welcome to the ranks!
 

Thanks for the recap Jardinera. And thanks for taking the time to do this as you must be so excited with your new grandson.


ITA w/those of you who feel Alicia will drop the ball and betray her sister. I hope it's just over Leo and not the Don Julio issue.

Can't wait 'til tonight.
 

Audrey--Thanks for the correction. Of course it makes more sense as Matasanos.

Jar--Here's a slight refinement of the Dan/Eva confrontation in the study:

D--(snickering) if you think all there is to take possession of a company is to sit behind a desk and answer phone calls...
E--that may be what you think, the reality is different, I will demonstrate..(better is I'll show you)

The rest of the dialogs are letter perfect. Kudos to you.

Now back to the comments--IA that Aurelia will be back, but Renata and Marcie have to stay--the house needs the mayhem, even with Vick and Dan next door.

Leo needs to stay to run interference between Eva and Marcela. That won't last long once the Eva/Leo/Alicia/Tony blow-up comes into play.

Tia Tilde has a lot of years of rancor built up against Deb. It's going to take a few episodes to straighten out. I wonder if Deb will go for the Tell Eva Now route or the Wait Until the Right Moment route.

Michele--Yes, Deb'll be in a quandry over what to do about Marcie, since she's declared a fight to the death and expects Deb to be an acomplice. Meanwhile, Deb has her business to think about and with Marcie out of the driver's seat and Eva in it, she ought to be able to see which side of her bread is buttered.

Poor Dano--Now twice since Eva's been back he's told her that he gave her all his love and this was how he was being repaid.

I hope he figures out the date of Pablo's conception. Most guys get confused caculating it, but in this case, Dan is certainly going to jump to the conclusion that he might be Leo's based on the pictures. He's going to want DNA tests. If it IS (yeah, vierville knows) Dan's child, then Marcela has one more victim to add to her list, after Dan and Laurita if she's going to get any part of the business back.

Laurita is going to be the one to see the resemblance, especially if she has any of her own baby pictures lying around.
Una Nte
 

Michele--wouldn't it be interesting twist if Marcela accidentally poisons Vick instead of Eva? Yes, Dan needs to be free to be with Eva, but I can't see Vick agreeing to a divorce very easily.
Una Nte
 

UnaN: Thanks, that makes it a bit clearer for sure. : ? )
 

I vote for Icky and Claw to get whacked, and eventually Marci, too.
 

Una Norteamericana,

Yup!!! that's good, I'll take it one step further and say that Vicky tries her hand at poison and instead of getting her target Eva, she accidentaly gets herself. b/c Renenta not knowing whats going on gives her (Vicky) the glass with the poison in it. That way no so goes to jail, and it looks like a sucide yet again.
Michele in PA
 

Michele--That's an even better solution. After all, we do have Vick's earlier attempt at "suicide," so no one will suspect it was an assassination attempt on someone else.

I only fear that Dan will feel so guilty about it that it will affect his relationship with Eva.

The only thing to do in that case is to somehow learn that it was Vick who prepared the poisoned drink.

By the way, Michele, if you want to stop being "Anonymous said..." in the heading, someone told me how to do it a few novelas back. When you have to Choose an identity, choose Name/URL and only fill out the Name box; leave URL empty; then hit Publish your comment.
Una Nte
 

I think Deb will back up her daughters. She was already backpeddling about her promise to help Marci once she thought Eva could be her daughter.

So, I'm thinking tonight Deb will see Alicia as well?

Loved how in the previews Icky was escorting her husband to work. She knows Dano doesn't love her and is going to be sticking to him "like white on rice" now that Eva is back.
 

I really cant see Deborah siding with Marcela after waiting years to find her kids and now she has a nieto

Im hoping that Deborah keeps her relation to the girls a secret that way she can spy on Marcela's actions and protect Eva.

I think Dan's huevoes are starting to show. He's finally starting to talk back to Vicky.
 

UnaNorte: I wouldn't count on anyone asking for a DNA test, there are some things that seem very rare in TN land, DNA tests, home pregnancy tests, and calls to the Board of Child Welfare.
Icky is a main villain and necessary to the story, if she gets it, I am guessing it will be on the next to the last episode.
If anyone gets it it will be Claw or Renata, and my money is on Renata, after she has some sort of redemption and befriends Eva in some way. I'm only guessing, though.
 

possible deaths Don Julio, Icky-Vicky, Reneta, Marcella, Claw, Tomas, Tony, Tia Tilda, Debra, Burno, Leo's Sexretary aka Burno's Cos., Alicia,and I sorry to say it but I have to add chico to the list since max gave his life for DJ. I think that's all the possibalities I have, feel free to add to the list.
Michele in PA
 

Thank you Una Nte
 

Vicky can only die after Justa and/or Julio find out she is their blood child.
 

Thanks for the recap. I'm watching Eva Luna with CC3 caption and I know how that is not so good as your recap is.Thanks to all of you who are writing all those recaps. That is big help for us who can't understand Spanish. Thanks again jjablan.
 

ViVi

RATS!!!!! I forgot about the Justa, Julio thing with her.
 

ok, been thinking about Marcela and her glove and what is it that she hides...
facts: Dano said his parents died in a car crash, just like Ismael when Eva told him about her dad dying.
Marcela has mentioned several times the death of Dano's parents and each time she mentions it she looks at her glove and begins to curse at it... so definitely the glove hides a clue about Dano's parents death... could she had burned herself in such a way to tie her to the scene of Dano's parents death? like the car model logo would be on it? LOL!! (or maybe some shadow/print of something that belonged to Dano's parents... yeah that is far fetched, but definitely she has something to hide under that glove that would tie her to it.
 

Do any of you know how they decide which TNs get captioning or not? I also watch TDA, but that doesn't have captioning, which sucks but I always get the recap here. Is it because its filmed in Mexico vs Eva Luna which is filmed in Miami?
 

I agree that Eva does not have a great poker face...
But not sure if Dano would just assume its Leo's and move on with that.
 

I agree that Leo will keep Marce off Eva but why keep Marce there is beyond me... there is the 'keep your friends close and your enemies even closer... but this is bordering on suicide! watch your food and bring Aurelia there ASAP!!
it was funny that the 'dont drink coffee in front of Marce' came up even in the Don Francisco show.
 

Dong- I don't use captions, but from what I can tell, all novelas have captioning in Spanish, but it can sometimes be difficult to find (I have never been able to get mine to work, so I gave up very quickly). Someone here is bound to be able to help you if you have trouble. The novelas produced in the States, like Eva Luna, also tend to have better captions and have them available in English.
 

Eva Luna is being filmed in Miami and is intended for US AND international viewers... in mexico, I don't think the novelas dont get the translated captioning until later on.
 

I love that Eva Luna has English captioning. I think thats what got me back into watching novelas. The only other novela I watched was "mi pequena traviesa" back in high school. Didn't have captioning, but one of my spanish friends would "interpret" for me.

I guess most of the novelas wait until the DVD comes out to add the English subtitles. I'm on a little novela kick, I've seen this year alone (via DVD) La Mentira, Heridas de Amor, CCEA and will be watching Sortilegio soon. If you guys have any recommendations, please let me know.

I like TDA, but I would enjoy it much more if it had english captioning. Right now most of my time is spent ogling William Levy.
 

Ive noticed that if you watch Eva Luna on on-demand (comcast) the cc's are correct but in spanish
 

Dong: The easiest thing for CC is if you have a button for it on your remote. A menu should come up if it gives you a choice for CC3 and or Text (handicaps) They come up on CC1 in Spanish and CC3 in English. Otherwise, if you know your brand and model, you can find instruction manuals on the manufacturer's website and search through that under captioning. Hope that helps!
 

Jardinera, thanks once again.

I am afraid we have a very bumpy road ahead with a lot of mayhem.

I hope V-Icky is the first to go. I am very weary of the shrew. I just hope she does not harm Larita before it happens.

I bet Don Julio disowns Leo and V-Icky before this TN ends. They are really terrible people.

Dong, you must watch Alborada, it is my all time favorite and it has English subtitles.

Rosemary
 

Thanks everyone for all the great comments! We are really beginning to get what we've all been waiting for here. Can't wait for some more sock 'em, knock 'em, and rock 'em tonight! I've actually been cheering at the screen every time Eva pulls another sucker punch with Marcela and her brat-pack.
 

Jar: Gracias, amiga!!! There was just so much happening last night. How you recappers manage to get all of these little details is amazing and MOST appreciated.

Where to begin? Everyone has said it all and it is all fantastic!

My hope...is that I walk into the hotel lobby again tonight to find that I have control of the telly!!!

Susanita
 

Can't wait til Tuesday's recap is up....

Michele--I loved your list of possible victims. However much I'd like to see Tomas bite the dust, he has not to our knowledge had anything to do with Marcela. I seemed to me that Marcela's remarks on Don Francisco's show referred to someone she knows.

Susanita--I hope you got to watch the episode. It had some fireworks....but tonight's (Wed) looks even better.
Una Nte
 

I think that Vicky will use Tony to try to get pregnant so she can keep Daniel.

What was Tony's relationship with Jacky? I sure hope she doesn't get with Tony or Fransisco. Jacky is so sweet and beautiful much too good for either one of them.
 

ITA that Vicky will end up with a little tony in the oven and tack it to Dano.
Tony met jackie by chance, driving by he stopped when she was standing outside and ended up asking her out on a date but they never did go out.
 

I wonder what Bruno will do, if he will try to compete with Leo for Eva. I really hope Don Julio catches up with Leo trying to get Eva and tells her not to pay attention to Leo, but this is a TN so my guess is they will end up marrying or be very close to.
 

yes, Tomas has to top the list of 'please let them be struck by lightning and have them just go away'. Closely followed by Vicky.
 

Una Nte,

That list might have to be revised with Leo at the top, then Tomas UGH!!!! I HATE those two charcters more each day.

Susanita I also hope you got to watch last nite chapter. I prayed everyone in your hotel went to bed early, so the television would be free.
 

Patti & Marativett,

NOPE !!!! Icky - Vicky going to use Bruno as a sperm donor. Tony is just the driver she would never let him touch her.
 

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