Tuesday, February 01, 2011
La Fea Más Bella #193-194 2/1/11 Humberto could sell mittens to pythons.
Read Chapel Hill Fiddler’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Sanchez calls Lety to cancel the meeting to sign over FI to Conceptos. Lety says Fern doesn’t want to talk to her, no way. Mama doesn’t quite believe that. Alone, Lety that says if she just thinks of Fern talking to her, all her courage disappears. She wishes Aldo were there to give her strength.
2. Fern tells Omar that the only thing he’s wanted since the meeting is to talk to Lety. Yesterday he knew where she was and couldn’t go because he was with Marcia, and because she hates him. They need her help and he didn’t want to aggrevate her. Not to get back the presidency! It’s for his father.
3. Humberto calls Lety and sets up a meeting. He begs, yes begs her. MamaT is horrified that she’s coming to the office. Humb tells them all to swallow their pride and accommodate Lety if they want her help. Marcia runs from the room like a twelve year old girl.
4. The board remembers how they humiliated Lety and now they need her help. Fernando says if she refuses to help, it’s not just for how they acted the last day. He covers himself by saying they were always harsh to her.
5. Lety meets Caro for coffee before her meeting. Aldo calls and Lety feels better. Caro helps Lety buy clothes for a new image.
6. Fern is a bundle of nerves because he’s going to see Lety. Omar suggests that he never really loved her, and he’ll realize it when he sees her.
Capitulo 194.
Read Amanda’s original recap, then come back here to discuss it.
1. Lola meets with Efren and their lawyers. Paula throws a fit because Saimon gave Ali a ride home. Celso has to detain Lety at the gate because Marcia ordered him to never let her step foot in Conceptos. When she enters, the cuartel gushes and Marcia peers down her nose.
2. Lety tells Humberto that she wants to turn over FI as soon as possible. He says that if she does, Conceptos will be destroyed. The only solution is for her to keep FI. Lety says to herself, “I’d have to be together with Fernando again.”
3. She tells him, “Don’t ask this of me. I know I did wrong and I’m paying with my life. Since I walked into Conceptos they’ve humiliated me. Fernando yelled at my parents that I robbed the company, and my family is sacred to me. I’ve had big conflicts with Ariel, Marcia, and Fernando.”
4. Humberto says they all know this is the only solution, and they hope she’ll accept. He reminds her that she accepts responsibility for the crisis; is she going to abandon them now? She can’t disappoint her father like that. She agrees. Then he tells her to come into the board meeting, and she panics again, so again he invokes her father’s name.
5. Aldo tells Caro that he’s crazy about Lety and plans to tell her that he loves her. He even loves her defects. He identified with her pain of having been betrayed, and his pain transformed into love for Lety. I think Caro wishes that Aldo had fallen for her instead of for Lety.
6. The HaHA’s resign from Efren’s case because he lied to them about his salary. Sanchez tells Lola to persue a different divorce so the judge will dictate child support.
7. Lety goes to the cave and remembers when Fernando hugged her goodbye, when she left the cave, and when Marcia called her a criminal in front of the cuartel.
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Did anyone find any "one step forward's" in Fernando today?
Güera
Ok - back to today's ep's. I really was laughing with the scenes of Lety in that crazy pink jogging suit. HILARIOUS... They also brought back her mustache in full effect for Ep. 193. I thought maybe this along with the typical Lety uniform she initially put on for her meeting symbolized a sort of reversion back to the Lety pre-Acapulco. It took a pep talk from Caro & Aldo to get her back into the more brave space.
Humb walking in and catching Fern & Omar both times was really funny. Fern's over-reaction each time always makes me just shake my head and wonder how his father EVER trusted giving the presidency to him. He's such a clown at heart.
I think Humb is a manipulator...he knew which buttons to push to get Lety on board with his plans. That line he gave her about her accepting responsibility for your part in this matter and invoking her father was pure manipulation imho. BUT that said - he didn't become a powerful businessman by not using a little manipulation when necessary. He did what he had to do in my opinion, even if it will cause so many others pain (Lety, Fern, Marcia). I realize he doesn't know how deep the pain will be since he doesn't know the full story, but he still knows what buttons to push.
I loved Alicia prancing through the office - HILARIOUS again...
I really can't stand the whole Lola divorce storyline, but it was amusing to see the HaHa's as her hubby's legal team. Anytime we can get them on screen is comic gold as far as I'm concerned.
It didn't take Marcia long to return to her usual sour self did it? From the promos it doesn't look like they'll delay in making this meeting happen. Can't wait to see everyone's reaction to Lety. Can't wait to see the interaction between Marcia and Fern in front of Lety either...I fully expect fireworks.
These weren't the most exciting episodes but I am so glad we are no longer in Acapulco. Thanks again Paula. And thanks Amanda and Melenama for the original recaps.
GP, I also thought that the big buildup to the Lety makeover was pretty funny. Then when we got to see her her wardrobe choice turned out to be practical & subtle. It's not exactly a power suit but it puts her in a different position vis-a-vis the others in the meeting.
BarbaraM, I don't agree at all that Fernando is a scumbag. He is benighted, yes. He's still self-centered, yes. He's confused, yes. But he has gone back to Marcia without lying to her. He asked if there was a chance to get back what they once had and he asked for her help to get there. She knows about his feelings for Lety and he hasn't denied them. He told her that his relationship with Lety was over because Lety hates him. He never said it was over because he had no feelings for Lety.
My vote for Fern's one step forward for today was when he told Omar that he wants to save the company but not to get back the presidency; he wants it for his father.
Güera
I love the scenes with Julieta and Lety--and knowing in real life they are mother/daughter makes it all the more touching.
The build-up and final Lety-cam was making me dizzy!
I noticed the moustache back, but no facial tics/odd giggling when Lety was at Conceptos.
@BarbaraM & @Guera re: Fern. I think he's ultimately a good person that keeps making stupid mistakes. Not sure that makes him a scumbag, just a weak man with shaky morals and values. I hope he eventually finds himself and redemption before the end of the show.
Thank goodness the facial ticks didn't return - I hope we see them less and less as the show goes on. They drive me nuts!
I love that it's gradual change because that's how humans are. Yes, there are the exceptions of the person who survives a plane crash and changes overnight. But in most cases, when you recognize you need to change, it's a gradual process. How many smokers do you know who successfully quit on their first try?
I love that it's gradual because we get to watch him wrestle through every step. That wrestling takes Fea beyond "guy pursues girl." In many cases, we'll see the crisis that prompts a certain change. For example, even though Fern is foolish to go back to Marcia, realize he wants to treat her right because she rescued him in Acapulco and he feels he owes her. Cause and effect.
I love that it's gradual because something has to keep the principals apart, and this is better than having Fernando be a rotten shnook until the final week, and better than Lety being kidnapped by wolves and being held captive in Chapultapec forest until the finale.
I love that it's gradual because Fea is the story of how a man falls in love. He doesn't look out his coach window, see Matilde, and have an overwhelming love from that moment forward. He falls in love step by step, and the more he loves her, the more of his sins he will shed.
I love that it's gradual because Fernando's epic struggle is against his old self, and to me that is tremendously gripping. Most of us don't have to struggle against nature nor against evil villains. But every one of us has to struggle against our lower nature trying to pull us down. You don't conquer that nature in one day. Even when God changes a person, it's gradual. Since I have my own struggles, I find it inspiring when Fernando wins his battles against his lower self, one by one. And even when he takes one step back, he still gets back up and works on taking another two steps forward.
I LOVE THIS SHOW!
BarbarM, I just hate the word scumbag, not your analysis.
Güera
I'm going to springboard from PatA's "one step forward" candidate. Fern wanted to go find Lety, but she didn’t want to see him, so he didn’t go. In the past it was always about his wants. Her wants never entered the picture.
I will see her... nah! I will not see her... I will FEEL her more beautiful than ever.
Btw, IN YSBLF it was slightly different. that whole conversation was pretty much identical word for word except Armando in the end said 'I will see her... as I feel her'.
Lety's growth isn't much in evidence with her wanting to have Aldo to prop her up. She is doing what a lot of people do "acting" like she is much stronger than she really is. It takes real courage to make that kind of change real and i don't think Lety has reached that point yet. I think she is still holding on to her outrage and the need to strike back. If she was as strong as she likes to think she now is she would relish going to Conceptors and giving them what for.
As for Aldo's feelings I don't believe they are real. In his way he is as emotionally needy as Lety and just as quick to think he is in love. My thought is that Lety is safe for Aldo. He can parade her around and never fear that she will leave him like his beautiful wife did. He reminds me of one of the men I worked for. He told my husband, who also worked with him that he always made moves on the weak and/or less attractive women because "they are always so grateful".
The Pic of Lety/Aldo : Lety did not look "good" next to Aldo. Facial expression, body language, it was not a good picture of her.
But if you look back to the pic of Lety/Fern (from the underwear commercial shoot) Lety looked pretty.
I think that was a subtle clue to how Lety truly feels inside as she is next to Aldo. Aldo is not Fernando. Period.
Diann
It's interesting to me that both Lety & Fern have the (wrong) perception that neither wants to speak to each other. This all could have been solved by a good heart to heart, but then we wouldn't have the drama. LOL.
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