Saturday, March 12, 2011
Triunfo del Amor #55-56 3/11/11 Trouble Ahead: Maria Finally Meets Her Doppleganger and Max Gets Clue’d In About Oz
Cap. #55
First the redux: Max now stands in the pouring rain (as a means of self-flagellation?) after Maria Desamparada, suffering from a broken heart, has just closed the door in his face. Maria, unable to fight the need to be near him, goes out to shoo him away and out of her life in hopes of putting an end to the pain seeing him brings. Max refuses to leave or to stay out of her life. It’s a matter of the heart commanding. They kiss, pulled together from the attraction of some major-sized misery magnet with a force that is much stronger than either of them can resist. Maria breaks it off finally and walks woefully back to her apartment as he tearfully watches.
It’s back to the Honeymoon-of-Heartbreak Hotel for Max and waiting for the Octo-lush, aka Jimena, to return home. Octo-lush however, having been spurned by Max, is currently enjoying another night of debauchery with the beguiling Guillermo.
At the same time, Juanjo is up in his apartment with Mama Milagros, Napo the Naco and Cousin Cruz, downing a few tragos of tequila to drown away the pain of Linda’s betrayal with the rich and famous actor, Osvaldo Sandovaaaal. Cruz tells JJ not to let it get him so down and then pulls out a couple of the “love letters” for Millie and Naco to read. They competitively swoon over their romantic missives. Eventually, Naco and Cruz decide to take JJ out for a bacchanalian beer fest at the corner bar to wash away the memory of the major dumping Linda just gave him. FF>>
In a swankier part of town, Oscar and Antonieta continue to enjoy their dinner date together. Oscar has taken her to his favorite restaurant, the place he goes when he feels lonely. (We gather he goes there often. The staff seem to know him, anyway.) He tells Toni he’s surprised they have their solitude in common, especially since he thought a woman as lovely as she would have her hands full of suitors. Oscar’s eyes have a twinkle in them as he tells her he’s now realized she’s single and available. Toni’s eyes subtly flirt back at him as she starts to read her menu.
A long while later, Octo-lush returns to the hotel room and stumbles onto Max now lying asleep on the couch. Jimmie is literally falling down drunk and Max complains about her irresponsible behavior as an expectant mother. He has to drag her into the bedroom and put her down. She complains that he’s not the fun and irresponsible Max she used to know; she misses that Max. He warns her that if she doesn’t get her act together and the baby suffers because of it, she’ll never ever see him again. Jimmie responds by summarily passing out on the bed.
Back at the restaurant, in between flattering comments, Oscar asks Toni why she’s never married before now. Toni avers and says it’s a long story and not to be told over dinner. He realizes, he says, that they’ve worked together all these many years but have never really gotten to know each other. They agree to hang out and make up for lost time. Toni is secretly thrilled.
Meanwhile, Cruz croons to the karaoki at the corner bar as Naco and JJ mumble drunken words of adulation; Max decides to go out for some much needed fresh air.
Oscar continues flirting with Toni; she continues to lap it up and mentally chalk up points. Oscar says he always set his sights on the wrong person so that now he thinks it might be too late for him to find love. (Not if Toni has anything to do with it!)
Max ends up at the same corner bar as Cruz ‘n Co., and obviously, TOCBIM. (No need to take a count of hands of those who are actually surprised by this coinkydink de telenovela.) He is roundly rejected by his former fireman friends for having dumped on Maria the way he did. Cruz says all the men in his family have a way of screwing with women in particular and with others’ lives in general. Max starts to explain, but nobody wants to hear his lousy excuses. JJ tells him to get lost and pushes him away from their table. More pushing and shoving and falling into other patrons persists till a barroom brawl breaks out. Sirens begin to wail and the four high-tail it out before being dragged away in a Mexican version of paddy-wagons.
The next morning, Ste. Bernarda stands in the office of the late Sor Clementina, telling her picture that she’s no doubt burning in the fires of Hell for being such a tattle-tale. “--See where your good works got you”? Burnie raises a finger to the persistently errant eyebrow and self-righteously thinks to herself that it was all because the busybody just had to run to tell My Son The Priest about his real daughter being Maria Desamparada and risk his staying in the priesthood! The second nun in charge comes in to greet Burnie; the two jointly lament Sor Clem’s untimely demise. “--She is undoubtedly sitting at the right hand of Dios now” adds our piously pompous Burnie.
It seems that Maria is having a slow start this morning at work due to the increasing nausea attacks.
Back at the orphanage, Burnie delights in giving 2nd Sister the news about Maria’s expecting a love-child without benefit of marriage. 2nd Sister is sorely dismayed.
Maria walks out of the dressing room and onto the platform to model. She’s feeling off and it shows. Unfortunately, the offensive Ophelia is the customer. She complains to the owner that the model didn’t have the flair necessary to show the dress to its best advantage and no, another dress wouldn’t do unless she changed the model also. “--The model is totally unprofessional and has no business modeling!” The Boutique's owner comes into the dressing room for a dressing down of Maria and warns her if she doesn’t start putting her all into the job, she’s history.
At Victoria Designs, Vick’s gotten angry at Oscar for not having sold off the entire lot of Oscar’s stock in the business and she asks him if he’s trying to spite Oz and/or to get her in another jam with the hubby. Oscar defends himself saying he was only trying to save the business she’s worked so hard to build up. She tells him she won’t stand for his insolence and to sell the whole shebang, pronto! Oscar refuses because it goes against his better judgment. She says she’s not asking his opinion; she’s demanding he do it. Oscar tells her she’s committing a major financial faux pas by giving Oz a toy to play with in order to maintain her control over him. That’s her business and not his is the angry reply. Oscar argues that it’s a fool’s errand and involves the livelihood of her employees as well, all are at risk simply to satisfy Ozzie’s giant ego. Vick tells him to shut-up. He will resign his position then, he says, as his experience is no longer valued.
Across the hall, Jimena struts her way into Max’s office and slumps down at his desk. She tells Fabian to go fetch him. “--Right away...er...Señora!” She sneers back just slightly, obviously liking the title and the newly acquired finger-snapping, employee-crushing potential the title confers. While Fab goes looking for Max, she shuffles through his papers looking for something. She finds a picture of Max and Maria kissing. “Maria Desamparada, you’re going to pay for this!”
Oscar starts packing his possessions and clearing off his desk. Toni walks in and asks what’s up. He says he’s just resigned.
Across the way, Max asks Victoria why Oscar’s leaving. She says it’s because he disobeyed an order. Max tries reasoning with her by saying if Ozzie was able to buy the theatre without selling all the stock, then what difference does it make? Vick says Max himself said they should sell the entire load of stock and find a new business partner. So, she gave the order and that’s enough. Well, says Max, we all know that nobody dares offer advice to the great Victoria, let alone could she ever be mistaken! “--What are we all, anyway? Puppets that you can maneuver however you like?” Vick says she wants the stock sold and that’s that. Since she can’t count on Oscar she wants Max to handle the sale. Max says nope, he won’t go along with her crazy notion to sell stock unnecessarily. If she insists, then he’s resigning from the company also.
Later that morning, Pepino and Toni end up at the boutique to buy a new youthful (and…er… more tasteful) wardrobe for Maria Magdalena. The owner goes to find a few things and prepare her model. Toni admonishes Pepi that they’re not there to copy designs from the competition, just to buy some things for Maria Desarreglada.
Back in Max and Fabian’s office, Fab informs Max that Jimmie was there looking for him but apparently had antsy pants and split. Max says if it was only her impatience that was the problem, but life seems to be punishing him for taking love too lightly. (Cue the violins.) They agree that his life’s changed. Max says he doesn’t know if they’ll end up hating each other or not; either way, he doesn’t know where he goes from here.
A bit later, Jimmie’s on the phone griping to Mama Rocks that she’s been married a week now and she’s fed up already. Mama tells her not to despair; once that baby’s in Max’s arms, he’ll change. While searching their hotel suite for her keys, Jimmie fills in Rocks on the daily nitty-gritty of her married life with Max. She complains at the rotten way she’s been treated. “--He even cancelled the honey-moon and told me that they were only for people who loved each other. But, since he doesn’t love me ….” Mama reminds her of their destitute situation and that nobody’s to know it. She asks her to get money out of Max because Rocks is feeling the pinch. Jimmie asks if it’s because of all the gambling, dinner parties and trips she’s got on the agenda; she’s sure that Max won’t give her a centavo for Mama to use. Roxy says she’s didn’t put all that effort into this marriage for nothing, and she’s not about to do without the life she’s been accustomed to! Jimmie could have hooked up with anybody with a high-powered family name and money, but she wanted Max Sandoval! So now Jimmie better put up or shut up cuz Mama needs a new pair of Manolo’s!
Jimmie eventually rummages through the bedside bureau and finds the envelope with Maria’s love letter and her returned engagement ring. She starts reading it and planning something else to get Maria’s goat.
At the boutique, said competition gets ready to model for a group of clients and does a major double-take when she realizes those clients include Pepi and Toni.
At Casa Scandal-val, Fernanda answers her daddy’s phone. “--It’s for you.” (No duh.) Oz answers and hears the parasitically erotic Linda on the other end of the line needing an Oz-fix. For Fer’s sake, Oz pretends it’s a business call and tries to beg off any “meeting”. Linda tells him she’s not going to leave him for the likes of Juanjo and no way will Oz ever get her out of his life. They make a date for a rendezvous at the love nest.
At the Casa de Modas, Vicki goes in to apologize to Oscar; she acknowledges that the business will crumble if he’s not there to give her his sage advice. He agrees to stay and then admits out of the blue that he’s in love with her!
Oz drives off for his tryst with lovely, leggy, Linda unbeknownst to him that the awful Ophelia just happens to be driving up as he drives out. She thinks it will be great fun to follow him apparently and does for a lark, all the way to the rendezvous site.
Meanwhile, Maria Desamparada models for Maria Desarreglada and the crew as the boutique owner looks on nervously. Pepi and Toni are delighted with the show and the choices. FF>>
Oscar thanks Max for supporting him in his decision to follow his better judgement and defying Vicki. He admires her but there are limits when it deals with his professional decision-making. Max agrees and says he’d do it again. Vicki’s phone rings. Ophelia fakes a voice and asks for Victoria; since Vicki’s not available; Max offers to take a message. Ophi tells him she’s a friend, a good friend, that wants to warn her that Vicki’s hubby’s been cheating on her and thus avoid Vicki’s continuing to be everybody’s laughing stock. If they go to the address she gives him now, they’ll find Oz with his lover in their love nest makin’ whoopi together.
Oz walks in to the love nest; the two forget about the open door. Linda asks why he refuses to kiss her hello. (You’re kidding, right? She can’t be that dense?) Oz tries reasoning with The Unreasonable One --a fool’s errand (especially with the over-sexed and single-minded Linda, who Viewerville suspects really does know the meaning of the word “no”, but simply refuses to admit it).
Oz begins lecturing again that neither one of them really wants to continue hurting others. (WRONG! Linda never agreed to that!) For that reason they’ve both agreed not to see each other again. (WRONG AGAIN! Linda never agreed to that, either!) Os keeps on yammering. (Linda’s really got the “dumb and innocent” scam down pat. If she ever tried out for a part in a Televisa telenovela there’d be a premio in her future for sure!) She turns on the ever-ready waterworks and begins begging on bended knee for Oz not to leave her like this. (Damn! Stuff a sock in it! I am so tired of the histrionics and Oz’s unending idiotic naiveté that sucks up this kind of ego-boost like a whole friggin’ roll of Bounty!) She lays a major lip lock on Oz just as Max shows up. He sees the two in a lovers’ embrace and braces himself against the pain of his father’s betrayal of his marriage vows.
Max slams the door. Oz and Linda pull apart and turn to see who’s at the door. Max looks at Oz and Oz looks at Max. Max is I-can’t-believe-what-I’m-seeing impactado. Oz is I’ve-been-caught-red-handed-impactado. Linda is...well....Linda.
Oz is shaken. “--Max! What are you doing here?” Max says that’s what he’d like to ask him--and the holier than thou Linda. “--You! What are you doing here, Linda? You, the one who gave me lectures and advice about Maria Desamparada! No, don’t worry about coming back to work. You’re fired! I never want to see your face again! I don’t want my mother to find out you’re my father’s lover, especially after I went to bat for you!!” He looks over at Oz. “--You and I have to talk right here and now! What you’ve done is contemptible!”
At the same time, Ophelia’s having coffee with Gui and giggling about the trick she just played on Oz. She gives Gui the details and says she was there at the right time and decided to follow him; as it turned out she ended up telling Max instead of Vicki since he happened to be the one who answered Vick’s phone at the time. Max should be giving Oz an earful about now, she says, with a self-satisfied smirk. Gui’s definitely happy that Oz finally got caught with his male appendage stuck outside his zipper. Ophi says yep, the guy definitely got what was coming to him. Gui says that’s not all that’s in store for Oz. The theater deal will also be a big surprise for him. Just wait and see!
Back at the “nidito-de-amor” [love nest], Linda slips out and leaves father and son to hash out the mess she’s caused. Max tells Oz that now his lover’s left, he wants to listen to what Oz has to say for himself.
Maria continues modeling the endless number of outfits Boutique Boss-lady has chosen for Maria-Ho. Toni buys the entire collection and of course, Boutique Boss-lady is thrilled. Maria-Ho is elated and tells Toni she’s going to go talk to the model because she knows Maria from the orphanage. FF>>
Linda is walking the streets (where Viewerville agrees she really belongs) and wonders what’s to become of her now that Oz and she have been caught. It’s certain Max will demand Oz never sees her again. She’s like the dog with two cakes she tells herself [a fable about a dog who got greedy and instead of having two cakes ended up with none]. Yep, she tells herself, she got too greedy and instead of having two guys on the string, now has neither one. Suddenly there’s a call on her cell. “-- It’s me, Guillermo, your one and only friend, calling to check up on you.” Oh, she tells him, he fell like manna from heaven. He wouldn’t believe what she just went through! (Oh, yes he would!) Gui offers his shoulder for her to cry on. She takes him up on it. “--Taxi!”
Gui takes a sip of his spirits as he waits for Linda and thinks to himself that Oz never imagined he’d be the one to console his lover. Well, fine with Gui cuz Ozzie’s about to pay one by one for every little infraction, imagined or otherwise, that he’s committed against Gui lo these twenty plus years.
Back at the Casa de Modas, Oscar thanks Vicki for reconsidering. Vicki gets a call from reception informing her that Padre Juan Pablo is there to speak with her. She tells Oscar they’ll catch up later and goes immediately to deal with JP. Oscar realizes what a stupid oaf he was to admit his feelings to Vicki the way he did. FF>>
Vicki is curt with JP and asks what he needs with her. JP tells her she was totally unfair in firing Maria Desamparada. Vicki can’t believe his impudence in daring to question her actions.
Returning to the nadito-de-amor, Oz wonders what he can say that Max doesn’t already know? Max, he reasons, is the living example of the life Oz has lived, marrying a woman he didn’t love. Max corrects him and says no, he was forced into marrying Jimena, and was trying to take responsibility like a man. Oz, however, cheated on Victoria. Call it what you will, says Oz, it’s the same thing. He’s living a life with a woman who has to control everything. It’s produced an immeasurable amount of sadness and emptiness in his soul that nothing can fill. For as much as he loves Victoria, she gives him none of her time--not as a wife and much less as a lover. One of these days the business will be Max’s and he’ll have to learn what his papa has had to suffer through to keep the family intact. Max says well, maybe Vicki is overly demanding, but she’s given them so much and instead of thanking her for making their lives easy, they all complain and tend to judge her. Max would love to meet a woman like her: strong, a winner who, although she cries at times because of a pain stuck deep in her soul, doesn’t give in to flings or to heartbreaks. She doesn’t deserve what Oz did to her, no matter how he’s tried to justify it! There’s no pardoning this. Max, obviously describing his torture, tells Oz: “--I only pray to Dios that he might forgive you, but I doubt even he will ever forgive you. You deserve to lose her, to lose her forever: thinking about having to spend a second, a minute, or an hour without her! That’s what you deserve! With that, Max gives his father the once over and turns his back on him. Oz takes a teary-eyed moment to process.
Linda gets to Gui’s bachelor digs and sizes up the situation: that is to say, the depth of Gui’s pockets. Gui pours her a drink and tells her not to get her pretty panties in such a wad over Oz. Linda says she doesn’t understand how he can say that considering the way his son now despises her. She’s sure she’s lost Oz for good. Gui says she should have considered that before getting involved with a lowly fireman who couldn’t give her the kind of life she desires, or with Oz: a man who wouldn’t give her the respect and position she merits in his life as long as he’s stuck on a woman, like Victoria, who continually spurns him. Linda embraces Gui, nuzzling like a helpless babe (double entendre intended) and tells him she simply doesn’t know what she’s going to do; she’s at a crossroads in her life and Gui’s arrived just at the moment she needs him most! Gui offers his shoulder and tells Linda he’d never have dared to approach her before --out of respect for Oz--but considering the way things are, she should begin to see an advantage here..... Linda looks up into his eyes and bats her lashes at him. “--What kind of advantage?” “--Me for example.” Guillermo goes in for The Kiss and Linda obliges with a major lip-licking lip-lock. Suddenly she breaks away and acts like this is all wrong. He smiles expectantly, calculatingly. She pretends to give in, as if she’s unable to fight the urge, and begins kissing him passionately: another gold-digger down for him; another easy and willing mark for her.
Meanwhile, Vicki tells JP to stick his nose out of her business. She wouldn’t dare to tell him how to run his mass. He says she’ll have to listen to him. She begs to disagree. He tells her she seemed to think differently when she came to the church looking to him for some bit of consolation for her misery. He tells her then that he didn’t come just to discuss Maria, but to talk about herself as well. Her? What about her? “--I’m here to suggest you think back over your life.” Vicki objects and says there’s nothing to think about, especially now that she’s found her daughter, Max has married according to his station in life, and Osvaldo continues to nip at her heels. Yes, all’s right with the world. JP tells her that fate has a way of taking us down roads and making us feel safe and secure when the truth is, it’s nothing of the sort. Vick doesn’t understand. He tells her he expects her to figure it out on her own.
Back in the dressing room of the boutique, Maria-Ho walks in and introduces herself to Maria D. She explains that they knew each other at the orphanage and were both found on the same day. Maria says she does remember her. Why is she there with Victoria Sandoval’s crew? One thing leads to another and Maria-Ho tells her she’s just learned that she is Victoria Sandoval’s long-lost daughter, though, nobody is supposed to know. Maria D. is saucer-eyed impactada.
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Part 2: The Fallout and Oz’s Farewell to His Leading Ladies’ Arms
Cap. #56
Our Bridge: We get a double dose of Maria Desamparada as she has just learned that Maria Magdalena is Victoria Sandoval’s daughter that no one is supposed to know about. Duhn-duhn-duhn-dunnnnn! (I’m more inclined to think it may be just that Viewerville is now seeing double after being forced to sit through two hours nightly of Tears de Amores for an entire week)
Padre Juan Pablo drones on, lecturing Vicki about fooling one’s self into thinking you’ve done everything perfectly when really it’s been a major S.N.A.F.U. We need the love of others and their help to avoid going down the wrong path, he instructs, to ensure we are on the winning side with Dios. (If this is the real JP, it’s a wonder Vick didn’t start snoring that time she ended up in bed with the pontificating boor!) “--Nobody ever truly wins without love winning over first.” Vicki says she still has no idea what JP’s trying to tell her and she’s starting to become exasperated. (That’s ok, Vick, cuz nobody in Viewervile can follow the guy’s logic either. But, Lordy! JP sure is easier on the eyes since he shaved and stopped with the jeri-curls.) Vicki haughtily reminds JP that she despaired at first and then she eventually willed herself to succeed. She needed no one --and nobody helped her achieve her success!! (Viewerville thinks she might want to check with Antonieta about that--and maybe Oscar while she’s at it.) JP chides her arrogance and reminds her that pride is a sin; that we all need the love of others; and that the love we receive from others sustains us, propels us and strengthens us. “--That is the only truth; that is love’s triumph. We can only learn of our mistakes through that love and from that love we are able to correct those mistakes. It’s never ever too late to mend our ways as long as we permit love to triumph.”
Meanwhile, back at the Boutique de Normal, Maria D. comes out to chat with Pepino and Toni on her way out the door. Hugs and kisses for all. Maria explains that she’s there due to Toni’s welcome recommendations. It may not be the high-toned fashion house that Designs de Victoria was, but it’s decent work and nobody there mocks her or insults her. She’s happy for the job. Once Maria D. leaves, Toni asks Maria-Ho about the orphanage. Maria-Ho explains that they were both found the same day, both named Maria, and both brought to the orphanage at the same time. Ruh-roh! Two Maria’s were found and brought in on the same day? Could it be that she and Vicki jumped too soon to claim this Maria as their Maria? Will they have to eat double do-do pie for refusing to confirm it through a simple DNA test? (If Burnie could sneak a test past the two Maria’s, I’m sure Vicki could have figured a way around Maria Re-arregalada’s delicate sensibilities.)
Maria stops at a nearby park to consider what she just learned from Maria Magdalena. “-- So Victoria Sandoval has another daughter that no one knows about. Why would she have abandoned her in the orphanage? I guess she’s not the woman she appears to be. To think I wanted to be her daughter once. That’s in the past now. I despise her the same way she despises me. Sra. Bernarda was right. Victoria Sandoval is an evil woman!”
At the same time, Vicki is thinking back to JP’s lecture and trying to make some sense of it while Oscar is in his office fretting over having been such a revoltingly doting dolt where Vicki’s concerned. He decides that he’s been wasting his time waiting on her to see him as the man of her dreams; he’s better off trying to find somebody else to set his sights on, somebody exacty like Toni. Yep, Toni could just very well be the woman in his life! (Ok. It took the old boy a while to get there, but we’ll give him his props. He’s seen the light and it’s now green.)
While Oscar is getting his emotional act together, Vicki is telling Pepi she had no idea about how Oscar felt about her; and she was embarrassed for the poor guy. Pepi says they all knew about it from the beginning. Oscar himself told them he had it bad for Vick. –And, yes, Toni knows. “--She suffers in silence waiting for him to notice her.” Vicki is embarrassed as well to learn that BFF Toni has been in love with Oscar all this time but that she knew nothing about it. She wonders where Toni is now. Pepi explains they went to a boutique to buy MM some clothes and then went to the apartment to drop them off. Max enters the office just as Pepi mentions that it turns out to be the same boutique that Maria D is now working for.
We cut briefly (tho’ not briefly enough) to Gui’s batch pad as he and busty Lusty Linda start rolling around on the floor gettin’ busy.
At Design de Victoria, Oscar’s staying so Max and Vicki make their peace as Pepi looks on approvingly. Come what may, Max will always be on Mama’s side and she can always count on him.
Back in the barrio, Juanjo continues to whine over the way Linda lied to and cheated on him. (Oy vey!) Naco and Cruz lend a sympathetic ear. Naw, it’s not easy being two-timed and chucked on the ash-heap of luhhhv by a smokin’ hot babe the likes of leggy, luscious-lipped, Linda. Naw, she wasn’t worth it, they commiserate. She’s a wicked slut. Ohh! The pain, Bro!! The pain! Naco asks JJ if he has thought about what he’ll do if she comes back to him, repentant and begging to be taken back. (JJ apparently hasn’t, ‘though, considering how our oversexed sinner is currently spending her time making time with guiley Gui, Viewerville doubts JJ’s got much to worry about from that end.)
Maria D arrives at work the next morning and Boutique Boss-lady tells her she’s expecting a gentleman who called wanting to purchase an entire trousseau for his new wife. Maria gets ready for it.
Back at JJ’s, Millie tells the gang she’s so distraught over the lousy way Linda treated her little boy that somebody’s got to defend him. She’s going to find Linda and let her know just who she’s dealing with.
Back at Boutique de Normal, Maria walks out to model the first outfit without noticing her surroundings. Boutique Boss-lady introduces her model to Sr. Sandoval. Maria turns around to see Max in all his glory, waiting to see her model Jimmie’s new trousseau. She manages to pull it off, despite the pain and the humiliation. Max tells Boss lady he’ll take the entire collection. She thanks him and adds fawningly that there’s nothing like love, especially between newly-weds [recien-casados]. Max agrees and says love and, definitely honesty. Those two must go together. He turns to Maria and asks if she wouldn’t agree. Maria sniffs at him and walks off to change.
Millie sees Linda sunning herself against the apartment building and signals for her to come down. Linda walks over and snidely asks what she wants now? Millie hauls off and smacks her a satisfyingly good one up-side the head. “--What were you thinking? That none of it was going to be discovered?” Linda gripes that now she’s become the villain in the story and adds that JJ was just as much to blame! He was the one who wanted a wedding and all that stupidity! Millie says well, so what did you want from him? To be taken into my house and treated like the whore you are? Linda hisses back that she tried telling him she didn’t want to get married and he, the empty-head fool, thought he could just wait for her instead.
Ok, reasons Millie, her boy never fell in love before. He was busy working and studying instead. Then suddenly a Little Red Riding Hood appears and the sun shines for him. “--You! What did you want? You took the wedding dress and the engagement ring fast enough!” Oh, wimpers Linda, changing strategies, I never dreamed somebody could fall so much in love. “--Really, I’m not such a wicked person. Really I’m not!” (Ok, her screwing Guillermo aside, I don’t see her exactly rushing to hand back that rock of a ring or the dress. I guess it all depends on what the definition of “wicked” is?) Millie tells her she could have told him there was somebody else, but she didn’t. So, she should pray that Dios forgives her because Millie won’t. Linda? She’ll pay for what she’s done. Here on terra firma.
Boutique Boss-lady tells Maria that the customer has asked to speak with her model privately since they apparently knew each other from before and she has agreed. Maria says fine. Once the shop-owner leaves, Max let’s Maria know that the trousseau purchase was just an excuse to get a chance to talk to her. “--Oh, yeah? And to humiliate me this way?” Max asks how else he should react after finding out the way she played him for a fool, not telling him what was going on between her friend and his father? She continued to protect Linda while putting his family’s emotional stability at risk! “--And don’t deny it because I found out your friend, Linda, is my father’s lover! You knew and you kept quiet. You didn’t even have the decency to tell me about it!” Maria says it’s clear to her that they are never going to have a relationship, “--especially when you come here to accuse me without asking me first for an explanation!”
Max asks her how he’s supposed handle things when he finds out her friend nearly forced his father? Maria interrupts to give him a major life lesson. “--Wait just a minute! Nobody but nobody ever forces a man to accept what a woman offers--and your parents are old enough to be responsible for their own actions! Besides, your mother only loves her business! And, no she doesn’t love it for the money it produces, but for the control it gives her over other peoples’ lives. It doesn’t make me happy, but she deserved it, the same way your father deserves a woman to love him, to care for him and to show a little affection. If he hadn’t gotten it from Linda, he would have found it with some other woman, because your mother has always denied that to him!” (Whoa! 100 bonus points to Maria Embarassada, the little engine that could, would and did whop his ass!) She picks up her bag and walks past him. On the way out, she throws one of the dresses he bought at Max and tells him not to forget that dress. “--It’s sure to please your wife!“ She struts out the door leaving Max’s manhood thoroughly trounced and lying in shreds on the dressing-room floor. He bangs his fists on the wall and grumbles to himself. “--My gawd! How I’d love to hate this woman!”
That same morning, JP comes to read his mother the riot act as well. How can she sit there and mention Dios after the things she told him in confession? Maria Desamparada is expecting a child and yet Mama refuses to tell Victoria that Maria M is not her real daughter, or that Maria Desamparada is? “--Maria Desamparada is expecting a child now and needs the support and love of her mother more than ever!” He begs her not to deny Maria that right. However, Burnie insists that if Dios wanted Vicki to know Maria D was her real daughter, he’d have found some holy means of getting the message to her. If he’s not done so yet, then who is she to usurp Dios’s heavenly will? Besides, from what she understands, something said in confession isn’t supposed to be discussed outside of the confessional. JP says she’s correct, but since she’s not truly repentent, she’s not truly absolved of her sins.
Mama arrogantly informs Her Son The Priest that she doesn’t need a priest’s absolution, not even JP’s. Dios has already absolved her and if He chooses to keep silent about Victoria’s secret, then it is because she doesn’t deserve to learn the truth! JP begs her to tell as his daughter and he are both suffering because she won’t. Mama yells at him to be quiet and never to speak such blasphemy in her presence again! She is fearful that Dios will punish him for it! JP replies that it terrifies him how Dios is punishing her with nightmares of Hellfire and damnation --to think of all those screams of hers in the middle of the night..... This strategy shuts Mama’s pious pie hole tight and tidy in two seconds flat.
Later that day Maria gets an unexpected visit from Mrs. Max. Her Xi-ness, sans the usual pleasantries, struts in and asks Maria just how far what she and her hubby have has gotten. Maria snaps back with a quick 1-2 punch: “--If you’re so interested why don’t you ask your husband?” Jimmie decides to stretch the truth a bit—in fact, to lie-- and tells Maria that from what little he’s cared to discuss with her, it was nothing more than a run of the mill affair to wile away the time while she was out of the country. “--It’s a man’s way to seek a means of letting off steam with women like you who are used to sharing themselves.” Nathy jumps in to defend Maria’s honor. “--Maria doesn’t have to put up with your insults! Get out!” Jimmie flicks her off like so much dirt on the tip of one of her expensive CFM heels. (I’d have gone for a good kick in the shin, myself, and a bit of good old-fashioned hair-pulling--but that’s just me.) “--Since when is telling the truth an insult?” Her Xi-ness warns Maria off Max in the future and to avoid any of those “little calls or letters.” That leads her to bring up the letter she found of Maria’s. She gets it out and laughs over the “juicier parts.” We really enjoyed laughing together at that last bit, says uber-Bitch: ‘I’ll miss your kisses and carresses as I know I’ll never get to share them with you again.’”
Maria has had enough and Jimena’s made her point. Nat escorts her to the door but then Jimena pulls out the engagement ring and waives it around. “--This is just to show you that you mean absolutely nothing to Max. You sure you don’t want it? Well, I’m sure you don’t. Bye-Bye!” Nathy finally shuts the door on the obnoxious slut and Maria breaks down in tears, obviously believing every word Mrs. Max has told her.
The next morning, Nathy runs into Juanjo outside the apartment building. She tries to apologize for not telling him the truth early on about Linda. He claims she’s just as bad as Linda for trying to cover for her. Nat tries to explain that she did it to prevent him from getting hurt. He doesn’t see it that way and wants to know why she would ever have tried to protect him of all people. Nat finally blurts out that it was because she loves him. Juanjo doesn’t know what to say. No need to since Nat runs away a second or two after she realizes what she’d just said. JJ is left speechless (Thanks, Nat! It’s a nice change from the whining he’s been doing 24/7 since he found out about Linda!)
At the Casa de Moda’s, Pepi and Toni are supposedly collaborating on some new designs, but Toni is lost in thought. She mentions that she was thinking about what Maria Magdalena said about the orphanage taking two Maria’s in that day, her and Maria Desamparada. Oh, so they’re both now Victoria’s daughters? No, says Toni. Pepi suggests that there are lots of Maria’s in orphanages and it doesn’t necessarily mean that they all would be Victoria’s daughters. Toni gives in and pretends she thinks it’s just a meaningless oddity since they’ve already found their Maria. FF>>
Back at Casa de los Scandalval, Max pulls up just as Ozzie is loading the trunk up with his bags. Oz tells Max he’s leaving. He’ll find some other place to live because he knows now that he doesn’t deserve to live there under the same roof as Vicki nor to enjoy being near his family. Cruz watches from the distance and thinks to himself that with the Sr. leaving with his bags packed, could it be that Max has finally found out about Linda? He’d sure love to know what the two of them were talking about just then.
At Televisa, Pedro and Ofelia chat with Gui about the end of the telenovela they’ve been working on. Gui massages Pete’s ego by saying how interesting it’s been to work with him; and he’s certainly learned a number of new and valuable tricks under Pete’s tutelage.....Ofi suggests they all go out to celebrate. Pete says great and he’ll get hold of Vick and Ozzie to invite them along.
Oz stops at JP’s church to let him know he’s decided to leave and to go on retreat with the hope of putting his life back in order. He’s tired of all the lies and deceit where his family is concerned. He needs a change and a long time at a retreat will fill the bill. JP agrees.
Maria starts to leave for work and there’s Max getting ready to knock on her door. What do you want? He wants her explanation about why she never told him about his father and Linda, why she kept it a secret and why she continued to lie to him. Maria tells him it wasn’t a secret and she tried staying out of it. Anyway, she tried to get his father to reconsider and she told Linda thousands of times to stop the little game she was playing, but they both refused to pay any attention to her. But Max is insistent about why she lied to him. Maria says she never lied to him about that. “--Keeping quiet is the same as lying, Maria! I told you about Jimena being pregnant from the start.” Maria puts her foot down at that. “--I won’t allow you to accuse me!” “--Circumstances accuse you, Maria!” “--Hey, I’m not involved in this. If you don’t believe me then there’s no reason to give you any explanations! You’ve got to know I never ever lied to you.”
Max changes the subject and tells her he received her letter. Yeah, she says, it was useful to give his wife a few good yuks. He asks what she’s talking about. She tells him he doesn’t have to pretend. Max says he’s not pretending and he still doesn’t understand what she’s talking about. His wife was by to tell her how she’d read it and really thought it was funny, she explains. “--I know enough so that what love we had has turned bitter! You don’t deserve my tears!” “--Where did you get that from?” Max suddenly turns tender. He starts to caress Maria’s hair but she yells at him not to touch her. “--Just get lost. Leave and don’t ever talk to me again because I’m considering doing just that!” She slams the door in his face and begins to weep. He slams his fist in the door and walks off in a lover’s huff.
Back at the Casa de Modas, Vicki walks in on Pepi, Oscar and Toni huddling together over something. Vicki looks at Toni and Oscar and tells them with a big smile on her face that they make a handsome couple. The two of them ought get to know each other and maybe date for a while.
In the meantime, Linda returns to the apartment and Maria has told her about Max’s visit. Linda claims she is ashamed at having caused her even more problems with Max. Maria angrily explains that it wasn’t just his visit there, but he came to her work to get even with her for not telling him about her and his father by humiliating her. Despite telling him that she’d told her continually she didn’t agree with what she was doing, he simply wouldn’t believe her. Linda apologizes, but is quick to add that Max isn’t exactly as pure as the wind-driven snow himself. Maria agrees he did a lot by cheating on her and disappointing her, but that still doesn’t free Linda from blame. And it’s not just that she kept two men on the hook at the same time, but she’s angry also because it made her and Nat look guilty when they weren’t really at all. They were made to feel guilty and ashamed when they didn’t need to have. “--We told you a thousand times not to go doing what you did but you wouldn’t listen!”
Linda mentions then how and why Max fired her. Maria says she deserved it and that if she does anything else improper [indebido] she will not overlook it the next time; she’ll kick her out of the apartment. Linda cannot continue to play loose and fast with people’s feelings and reputations. “--I’m telling you again: if you do anything improper, you’ll have to leave.” (Anybody want to take bets on how long before the word on her and Gui gets out?)
Max is standing at the window in his office and moping now. Fabian suggests they get a breath of air and then maybe Max can unload a bit [desahogarse]. Max takes him up on it. Big mistake.
Linda apologizes and tells Maria it won’t happen again. Besides, she has nowhere else to go, she says. Maria warns her not to always go looking for the easy way out of things. Just then Nat comes in and has a fit. She can’t believe what she just did with Juanjo! “Give!” say the other two. She tells them she admitted her feelings for JJ and told him she loved him. Linda congratulates her and says she hopes she gets married. It would take care of her problems with the guy. Maria looks at her and tells her that her problems will end when she begins to act properly. Linda agrees and tells them she’s leaving. The two think she’s threatening to leave them in the lurch like last time. She says no, she’s only going out to clear her mind [despejarse] and then she’s got to pick up a paper and look for a new job now that Max fired her.
Linda enters the hallway and hears Cruz and Naco coming towards her. She quickly hides around the corner, then overhears Cruz tell Naco that Oz has finally packed his bags and left his wife and family. Linda congratulates herself on a job well-done and considers her new options.
Back in Millie’s place, Naco says it’s better that JJ found out about Linda cuz it would have only been worse if he’d married her and then found out. Cruz agrees and says that’s why he feels so bad for not coming out with it sooner. He also worries now about what Max is feeling and the lousy way they treated him at the bar the other night. It’s not like he was a bad sort. Max was always decent towards them. He shouldn’t be blamed for what his father did. (No, but he hasn’t got a leg to stand on for what he did to Maria! How soon you forget, Cruz!)
Max learns that just about everybody but he knew his father was having an affair. Fab tells him no way was he going to tell his BFF, “--Oh, BTW, your dad is boinking your girlfriend’s roomie!” and that to be fair, he only knew because Naty told him how upset she was about it and about having to cover for Linda all the time. “--But then you knew that Maria knew and didn’t want to tell me anything about it! Good lord! Do you have any idea how distraught I was when I found out my father had a lover? He even set her up in an apartment!”
Speaking of said chippy, she goes back to the nadito de amor and asks the landlord why she can’t get in. He tells her that Sr. Sandoval had his attorney cancel the lease and so now it’s for rent again. He asks her to hand him over her key. She does and realizes things weren’t going her way after all.
Max tells Fabian that his father has left them and that the worst part of it all is that he hasn’t been able to tell his mother the news.
Maria has a touching heart to heart with Nat over her true feelings for JJ vs. Fab. Fab may have given her her first real kiss, Nat says, but she doesn’t love him. Besides, she adds, he’s in love with Fernanda. No, the attraction is all about Juanjo. Maria tells her then she’s got to fight for him. “--Go after him!”
Max and Fab return to the office. Fab asks when he plans to tell his mother. Max admits he hasn’t got the courage to tell her. Fab says, well, see! Now you know why the rest of us stayed mum about your father’s affair. How could you expect us to tell you when you can’t tell your own mother? And, you know what? Maria Desamparada didn’t deserve the way you humiliated her. ”--All right already! You’re right. You’ve made your point. Though I never expected that Maria would be so disloyal!” Fab insists she wasn’t. “--She simply kept quiet to protect you, like all the rest of us who love and care about you. Nat told me that she as well as Maria tried thousands of times to insist that Linda stop what she was doing, but she wouldn’t listen!” Max says well now it’s time he speaks to his mother and he can’t imagine what kind of damage telling her will cause. He starts to rush out the door, but Fab stops him. “--How about checking to see if she has time to see you first?” Max agrees, that makes more sense.
Fab goes in to speak to Lucy about setting up a time for Max to speak to Vicki. Lucy is caught crying at her desk. Fabian asks what the problem is. She tries denying that anything’s wrong. (Excuse me, but she’s got tears dripping uncontrollably from both cheeks, is sniffling to beat the band, and she sits there denying the obvious. That sort of thing just drives me BSC!) Anywho, Lucy eventually tells Fabian she set her sights on the wrong man is all. Fab lends her an ear and the two share a tender moment together. (Signs of a latent and budding new relationship for Fabulous Fabian?)
Maria D. pays an unexpected visit to Burnie and breaks down in tears. Burnie accepts her with open arms and tells her to let it all out. The scheming witch then tells Maria that Maria knows she loves her as if she were Maria’s own mother, and that she will do anything she can to help her. (OMG, with family like that who needs enemies?)
Back at Toni’s, Maria Re-arregalada is excited about her new wardrobe. “-- Isn’t that Victoria really a nice woman? I wasn’t going to forgive her for abandoning me, but now I really do love her so.” (I’m beginning to think that Maria-Ho is too dim-witted to survive at anything but hooking for a living. Maybe she’ll come out of this thing with a cut of the pie for unnecessary emotional pain and suffering or some such once the truth is known.
Back at the office, Vick informs Toni that she’s decided to take Maria-Ho home with her to introduce her to the rest of the family. “--It’s time they got to know her. I don’t want to have to continue to hide her away.”
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Part 2: The Fallout and Oz’s Farewell to His Leading Ladies’ Arms
Cap. #56
Our Bridge: We get a double dose of Maria Desamparada as she has just learned that Maria Magdalena is Victoria Sandoval’s daughter that no one is supposed to know about. Duhn-duhn-duhn-dunnnnn! (I’m more inclined to think it may be just that Viewerville is now seeing double after being forced to sit through two hours nightly of Tears de Amores for an entire week)
Padre Juan Pablo drones on, lecturing Vicki about fooling one’s self into thinking you’ve done everything perfectly when really it’s been a major S.N.A.F.U. We need the love of others and their help to avoid going down the wrong path, he instructs, to ensure we are on the winning side with Dios. (If this is the real JP, it’s a wonder Vick didn’t start snoring that time she ended up in bed with the pontificating boor!) “--Nobody ever truly wins without love winning over first.” Vicki says she still has no idea what JP’s trying to tell her and she’s starting to become exasperated. (That’s ok, Vick, cuz nobody in Viewervile can follow the guy’s logic either. But, Lordy! JP sure is easier on the eyes since he shaved and stopped with the jeri-curls.) Vicki haughtily reminds JP that she despaired at first and then she eventually willed herself to succeed. She needed no one --and nobody helped her achieve her success!! (Viewerville thinks she might want to check with Antonieta about that--and maybe Oscar while she’s at it.) JP chides her arrogance and reminds her that pride is a sin; that we all need the love of others; and that the love we receive from others sustains us, propels us and strengthens us. “--That is the only truth; that is love’s triumph. We can only learn of our mistakes through that love and from that love we are able to correct those mistakes. It’s never ever too late to mend our ways as long as we permit love to triumph.”
Meanwhile, back at the Boutique de Normal, Maria D. comes out to chat with Pepino and Toni on her way out the door. Hugs and kisses for all. Maria explains that she’s there due to Toni’s welcome recommendations. It may not be the high-toned fashion house that Designs de Victoria was, but it’s decent work and nobody there mocks her or insults her. She’s happy for the job. Once Maria D. leaves, Toni asks Maria-Ho about the orphanage. Maria-Ho explains that they were both found the same day, both named Maria, and both brought to the orphanage at the same time. Ruh-roh! Two Maria’s were found and brought in on the same day? Could it be that she and Vicki jumped too soon to claim this Maria as their Maria? Will they have to eat double do-do pie for refusing to confirm it through a simple DNA test? (If Burnie could sneak a test past the two Maria’s, I’m sure Vicki could have figured a way around Maria Re-arregalada’s delicate sensibilities.)
Maria stops at a nearby park to consider what she just learned from Maria Magdalena. “-- So Victoria Sandoval has another daughter that no one knows about. Why would she have abandoned her in the orphanage? I guess she’s not the woman she appears to be. To think I wanted to be her daughter once. That’s in the past now. I despise her the same way she despises me. Sra. Bernarda was right. Victoria Sandoval is an evil woman!”
At the same time, Vicki is thinking back to JP’s lecture and trying to make some sense of it while Oscar is in his office fretting over having been such a revoltingly doting dolt where Vicki’s concerned. He decides that he’s been wasting his time waiting on her to see him as the man of her dreams; he’s better off trying to find somebody else to set his sights on, somebody exacty like Toni. Yep, Toni could just very well be the woman in his life! (Ok. It took the old boy a while to get there, but we’ll give him his props. He’s seen the light and it’s now green.)
While Oscar is getting his emotional act together, Vicki is telling Pepi she had no idea about how Oscar felt about her; and she was embarrassed for the poor guy. Pepi says they all knew about it from the beginning. Oscar himself told them he had it bad for Vick. –And, yes, Toni knows. “--She suffers in silence waiting for him to notice her.” Vicki is embarrassed as well to learn that BFF Toni has been in love with Oscar all this time but that she knew nothing about it. She wonders where Toni is now. Pepi explains they went to a boutique to buy MM some clothes and then went to the apartment to drop them off. Max enters the office just as Pepi mentions that it turns out to be the same boutique that Maria D is now working for.
We cut briefly (tho’ not briefly enough) to Gui’s batch pad as he and busty Lusty Linda start rolling around on the floor gettin’ busy.
At Design de Victoria, Oscar’s staying so Max and Vicki make their peace as Pepi looks on approvingly. Come what may, Max will always be on Mama’s side and she can always count on him.
Back in the barrio, Juanjo continues to whine over the way Linda lied to and cheated on him. (Oy vey!) Naco and Cruz lend a sympathetic ear. Naw, it’s not easy being two-timed and chucked on the ash-heap of luhhhv by a smokin’ hot babe the likes of leggy, luscious-lipped, Linda. Naw, she wasn’t worth it, they commiserate. She’s a wicked slut. Ohh! The pain, Bro!! The pain! Naco asks JJ if he has thought about what he’ll do if she comes back to him, repentant and begging to be taken back. (JJ apparently hasn’t, ‘though, considering how our oversexed sinner is currently spending her time making time with guiley Gui, Viewerville doubts JJ’s got much to worry about from that end.)
Maria D arrives at work the next morning and Boutique Boss-lady tells her she’s expecting a gentleman who called wanting to purchase an entire trousseau for his new wife. Maria gets ready for it.
Back at JJ’s, Millie tells the gang she’s so distraught over the lousy way Linda treated her little boy that somebody’s got to defend him. She’s going to find Linda and let her know just who she’s dealing with.
Back at Boutique de Normal, Maria walks out to model the first outfit without noticing her surroundings. Boutique Boss-lady introduces her model to Sr. Sandoval. Maria turns around to see Max in all his glory, waiting to see her model Jimmie’s new trousseau. She manages to pull it off, despite the pain and the humiliation. Max tells Boss lady he’ll take the entire collection. She thanks him and adds fawningly that there’s nothing like love, especially between newly-weds [recien-casados]. Max agrees and says love and, definitely honesty. Those two must go together. He turns to Maria and asks if she wouldn’t agree. Maria sniffs at him and walks off to change.
Millie sees Linda sunning herself against the apartment building and signals for her to come down. Linda walks over and snidely asks what she wants now? Millie hauls off and smacks her a satisfyingly good one up-side the head. “--What were you thinking? That none of it was going to be discovered?” Linda gripes that now she’s become the villain in the story and adds that JJ was just as much to blame! He was the one who wanted a wedding and all that stupidity! Millie says well, so what did you want from him? To be taken into my house and treated like the whore you are? Linda hisses back that she tried telling him she didn’t want to get married and he, the empty-head fool, thought he could just wait for her instead.
Ok, reasons Millie, her boy never fell in love before. He was busy working and studying instead. Then suddenly a Little Red Riding Hood appears and the sun shines for him. “--You! What did you want? You took the wedding dress and the engagement ring fast enough!” Oh, wimpers Linda, changing strategies, I never dreamed somebody could fall so much in love. “--Really, I’m not such a wicked person. Really I’m not!” (Ok, her screwing Guillermo aside, I don’t see her exactly rushing to hand back that rock of a ring or the dress. I guess it all depends on what the definition of “wicked” is?) Millie tells her she could have told him there was somebody else, but she didn’t. So, she should pray that Dios forgives her because Millie won’t. Linda? She’ll pay for what she’s done. Here on terra firma.
Boutique Boss-lady tells Maria that the customer has asked to speak with her model privately since they apparently knew each other from before and she has agreed. Maria says fine. Once the shop-owner leaves, Max let’s Maria know that the trousseau purchase was just an excuse to get a chance to talk to her. “--Oh, yeah? And to humiliate me this way?” Max asks how else he should react after finding out the way she played him for a fool, not telling him what was going on between her friend and his father? She continued to protect Linda while putting his family’s emotional stability at risk! “--And don’t deny it because I found out your friend, Linda, is my father’s lover! You knew and you kept quiet. You didn’t even have the decency to tell me about it!” Maria says it’s clear to her that they are never going to have a relationship, “--especially when you come here to accuse me without asking me first for an explanation!”
Max asks her how he’s supposed handle things when he finds out her friend nearly forced his father? Maria interrupts to give him a major life lesson. “--Wait just a minute! Nobody but nobody ever forces a man to accept what a woman offers--and your parents are old enough to be responsible for their own actions! Besides, your mother only loves her business! And, no she doesn’t love it for the money it produces, but for the control it gives her over other peoples’ lives. It doesn’t make me happy, but she deserved it, the same way your father deserves a woman to love him, to care for him and to show a little affection. If he hadn’t gotten it from Linda, he would have found it with some other woman, because your mother has always denied that to him!” (Whoa! 100 bonus points to Maria Embarassada, the little engine that could, would and did whop his ass!) She picks up her bag and walks past him. On the way out, she throws one of the dresses he bought at Max and tells him not to forget that dress. “--It’s sure to please your wife!“ She struts out the door leaving Max’s manhood thoroughly trounced and lying in shreds on the dressing-room floor. He bangs his fists on the wall and grumbles to himself. “--My gawd! How I’d love to hate this woman!”
That same morning, JP comes to read his mother the riot act as well. How can she sit there and mention Dios after the things she told him in confession? Maria Desamparada is expecting a child and yet Mama refuses to tell Victoria that Maria M is not her real daughter, or that Maria Desamparada is? “--Maria Desamparada is expecting a child now and needs the support and love of her mother more than ever!” He begs her not to deny Maria that right. However, Burnie insists that if Dios wanted Vicki to know Maria D was her real daughter, he’d have found some holy means of getting the message to her. If he’s not done so yet, then who is she to usurp Dios’s heavenly will? Besides, from what she understands, something said in confession isn’t supposed to be discussed outside of the confessional. JP says she’s correct, but since she’s not truly repentent, she’s not truly absolved of her sins.
Mama arrogantly informs Her Son The Priest that she doesn’t need a priest’s absolution, not even JP’s. Dios has already absolved her and if He chooses to keep silent about Victoria’s secret, then it is because she doesn’t deserve to learn the truth! JP begs her to tell as his daughter and he are both suffering because she won’t. Mama yells at him to be quiet and never to speak such blasphemy in her presence again! She is fearful that Dios will punish him for it! JP replies that it terrifies him how Dios is punishing her with nightmares of Hellfire and damnation --to think of all those screams of hers in the middle of the night..... This strategy shuts Mama’s pious pie hole tight and tidy in two seconds flat.
Later that day Maria gets an unexpected visit from Mrs. Max. Her Xi-ness, sans the usual pleasantries, struts in and asks Maria just how far what she and her hubby have has gotten. Maria snaps back with a quick 1-2 punch: “--If you’re so interested why don’t you ask your husband?” Jimmie decides to stretch the truth a bit—in fact, to lie-- and tells Maria that from what little he’s cared to discuss with her, it was nothing more than a run of the mill affair to wile away the time while she was out of the country. “--It’s a man’s way to seek a means of letting off steam with women like you who are used to sharing themselves.” Nathy jumps in to defend Maria’s honor. “--Maria doesn’t have to put up with your insults! Get out!” Jimmie flicks her off like so much dirt on the tip of one of her expensive CFM heels. (I’d have gone for a good kick in the shin, myself, and a bit of good old-fashioned hair-pulling--but that’s just me.) “--Since when is telling the truth an insult?” Her Xi-ness warns Maria off Max in the future and to avoid any of those “little calls or letters.” That leads her to bring up the letter she found of Maria’s. She gets it out and laughs over the “juicier parts.” We really enjoyed laughing together at that last bit, says uber-Bitch: ‘I’ll miss your kisses and carresses as I know I’ll never get to share them with you again.’”
Maria has had enough and Jimena’s made her point. Nat escorts her to the door but then Jimena pulls out the engagement ring and waives it around. “--This is just to show you that you mean absolutely nothing to Max. You sure you don’t want it? Well, I’m sure you don’t. Bye-Bye!” Nathy finally shuts the door on the obnoxious slut and Maria breaks down in tears, obviously believing every word Mrs. Max has told her.
The next morning, Nathy runs into Juanjo outside the apartment building. She tries to apologize for not telling him the truth early on about Linda. He claims she’s just as bad as Linda for trying to cover for her. Nat tries to explain that she did it to prevent him from getting hurt. He doesn’t see it that way and wants to know why she would ever have tried to protect him of all people. Nat finally blurts out that it was because she loves him. Juanjo doesn’t know what to say. No need to since Nat runs away a second or two after she realizes what she’d just said. JJ is left speechless (Thanks, Nat! It’s a nice change from the whining he’s been doing 24/7 since he found out about Linda!)
At the Casa de Moda’s, Pepi and Toni are supposedly collaborating on some new designs, but Toni is lost in thought. She mentions that she was thinking about what Maria Magdalena said about the orphanage taking two Maria’s in that day, her and Maria Desamparada. Oh, so they’re both now Victoria’s daughters? No, says Toni. Pepi suggests that there are lots of Maria’s in orphanages and it doesn’t necessarily mean that they all would be Victoria’s daughters. Toni gives in and pretends she thinks it’s just a meaningless oddity since they’ve already found their Maria. FF>>
Back at Casa de los Scandalval, Max pulls up just as Ozzie is loading the trunk up with his bags. Oz tells Max he’s leaving. He’ll find some other place to live because he knows now that he doesn’t deserve to live there under the same roof as Vicki nor to enjoy being near his family. Cruz watches from the distance and thinks to himself that with the Sr. leaving with his bags packed, could it be that Max has finally found out about Linda? He’d sure love to know what the two of them were talking about just then.
At Televisa, Pedro and Ofelia chat with Gui about the end of the telenovela they’ve been working on. Gui massages Pete’s ego by saying how interesting it’s been to work with him; and he’s certainly learned a number of new and valuable tricks under Pete’s tutelage.....Ofi suggests they all go out to celebrate. Pete says great and he’ll get hold of Vick and Ozzie to invite them along.
Oz stops at JP’s church to let him know he’s decided to leave and to go on retreat with the hope of putting his life back in order. He’s tired of all the lies and deceit where his family is concerned. He needs a change and a long time at a retreat will fill the bill. JP agrees.
Maria starts to leave for work and there’s Max getting ready to knock on her door. What do you want? He wants her explanation about why she never told him about his father and Linda, why she kept it a secret and why she continued to lie to him. Maria tells him it wasn’t a secret and she tried staying out of it. Anyway, she tried to get his father to reconsider and she told Linda thousands of times to stop the little game she was playing, but they both refused to pay any attention to her. But Max is insistent about why she lied to him. Maria says she never lied to him about that. “--Keeping quiet is the same as lying, Maria! I told you about Jimena being pregnant from the start.” Maria puts her foot down at that. “--I won’t allow you to accuse me!” “--Circumstances accuse you, Maria!” “--Hey, I’m not involved in this. If you don’t believe me then there’s no reason to give you any explanations! You’ve got to know I never ever lied to you.”
Max changes the subject and tells her he received her letter. Yeah, she says, it was useful to give his wife a few good yuks. He asks what she’s talking about. She tells him he doesn’t have to pretend. Max says he’s not pretending and he still doesn’t understand what she’s talking about. His wife was by to tell her how she’d read it and really thought it was funny, she explains. “--I know enough so that what love we had has turned bitter! You don’t deserve my tears!” “--Where did you get that from?” Max suddenly turns tender. He starts to caress Maria’s hair but she yells at him not to touch her. “--Just get lost. Leave and don’t ever talk to me again because I’m considering doing just that!” She slams the door in his face and begins to weep. He slams his fist in the door and walks off in a lover’s huff.
Back at the Casa de Modas, Vicki walks in on Pepi, Oscar and Toni huddling together over something. Vicki looks at Toni and Oscar and tells them with a big smile on her face that they make a handsome couple. The two of them ought get to know each other and maybe date for a while.
In the meantime, Linda returns to the apartment and Maria has told her about Max’s visit. Linda claims she is ashamed at having caused her even more problems with Max. Maria angrily explains that it wasn’t just his visit there, but he came to her work to get even with her for not telling him about her and his father by humiliating her. Despite telling him that she’d told her continually she didn’t agree with what she was doing, he simply wouldn’t believe her. Linda apologizes, but is quick to add that Max isn’t exactly as pure as the wind-driven snow himself. Maria agrees he did a lot by cheating on her and disappointing her, but that still doesn’t free Linda from blame. And it’s not just that she kept two men on the hook at the same time, but she’s angry also because it made her and Nat look guilty when they weren’t really at all. They were made to feel guilty and ashamed when they didn’t need to have. “--We told you a thousand times not to go doing what you did but you wouldn’t listen!”
Linda mentions then how and why Max fired her. Maria says she deserved it and that if she does anything else improper [indebido] she will not overlook it the next time; she’ll kick her out of the apartment. Linda cannot continue to play loose and fast with people’s feelings and reputations. “--I’m telling you again: if you do anything improper, you’ll have to leave.” (Anybody want to take bets on how long before the word on her and Gui gets out?)
Max is standing at the window in his office and moping now. Fabian suggests they get a breath of air and then maybe Max can unload a bit [desahogarse]. Max takes him up on it. Big mistake.
Linda apologizes and tells Maria it won’t happen again. Besides, she has nowhere else to go, she says. Maria warns her not to always go looking for the easy way out of things. Just then Nat comes in and has a fit. She can’t believe what she just did with Juanjo! “Give!” say the other two. She tells them she admitted her feelings for JJ and told him she loved him. Linda congratulates her and says she hopes she gets married. It would take care of her problems with the guy. Maria looks at her and tells her that her problems will end when she begins to act properly. Linda agrees and tells them she’s leaving. The two think she’s threatening to leave them in the lurch like last time. She says no, she’s only going out to clear her mind [despejarse] and then she’s got to pick up a paper and look for a new job now that Max fired her.
Linda enters the hallway and hears Cruz and Naco coming towards her. She quickly hides around the corner, then overhears Cruz tell Naco that Oz has finally packed his bags and left his wife and family. Linda congratulates herself on a job well-done and considers her new options.
Back in Millie’s place, Naco says it’s better that JJ found out about Linda cuz it would have only been worse if he’d married her and then found out. Cruz agrees and says that’s why he feels so bad for not coming out with it sooner. He also worries now about what Max is feeling and the lousy way they treated him at the bar the other night. It’s not like he was a bad sort. Max was always decent towards them. He shouldn’t be blamed for what his father did. (No, but he hasn’t got a leg to stand on for what he did to Maria! How soon you forget, Cruz!)
Max learns that just about everybody but he knew his father was having an affair. Fab tells him no way was he going to tell his BFF, “--Oh, BTW, your dad is boinking your girlfriend’s roomie!” and that to be fair, he only knew because Naty told him how upset she was about it and about having to cover for Linda all the time. “--But then you knew that Maria knew and didn’t want to tell me anything about it! Good lord! Do you have any idea how distraught I was when I found out my father had a lover? He even set her up in an apartment!”
Speaking of said chippy, she goes back to the nadito de amor and asks the landlord why she can’t get in. He tells her that Sr. Sandoval had his attorney cancel the lease and so now it’s for rent again. He asks her to hand him over her key. She does and realizes things weren’t going her way after all.
Max tells Fabian that his father has left them and that the worst part of it all is that he hasn’t been able to tell his mother the news.
Maria has a touching heart to heart with Nat over her true feelings for JJ vs. Fab. Fab may have given her her first real kiss, Nat says, but she doesn’t love him. Besides, she adds, he’s in love with Fernanda. No, the attraction is all about Juanjo. Maria tells her then she’s got to fight for him. “--Go after him!”
Max and Fab return to the office. Fab asks when he plans to tell his mother. Max admits he hasn’t got the courage to tell her. Fab says, well, see! Now you know why the rest of us stayed mum about your father’s affair. How could you expect us to tell you when you can’t tell your own mother? And, you know what? Maria Desamparada didn’t deserve the way you humiliated her. ”--All right already! You’re right. You’ve made your point. Though I never expected that Maria would be so disloyal!” Fab insists she wasn’t. “--She simply kept quiet to protect you, like all the rest of us who love and care about you. Nat told me that she as well as Maria tried thousands of times to insist that Linda stop what she was doing, but she wouldn’t listen!” Max says well now it’s time he speaks to his mother and he can’t imagine what kind of damage telling her will cause. He starts to rush out the door, but Fab stops him. “--How about checking to see if she has time to see you first?” Max agrees, that makes more sense.
Fab goes in to speak to Lucy about setting up a time for Max to speak to Vicki. Lucy is caught crying at her desk. Fabian asks what the problem is. She tries denying that anything’s wrong. (Excuse me, but she’s got tears dripping uncontrollably from both cheeks, is sniffling to beat the band, and she sits there denying the obvious. That sort of thing just drives me BSC!) Anywho, Lucy eventually tells Fabian she set her sights on the wrong man is all. Fab lends her an ear and the two share a tender moment together. (Signs of a latent and budding new relationship for Fabulous Fabian?)
Maria D. pays an unexpected visit to Burnie and breaks down in tears. Burnie accepts her with open arms and tells her to let it all out. The scheming witch then tells Maria that Maria knows she loves her as if she were Maria’s own mother, and that she will do anything she can to help her. (OMG, with family like that who needs enemies?)
Back at Toni’s, Maria Re-arregalada is excited about her new wardrobe. “-- Isn’t that Victoria really a nice woman? I wasn’t going to forgive her for abandoning me, but now I really do love her so.” (I’m beginning to think that Maria-Ho is too dim-witted to survive at anything but hooking for a living. Maybe she’ll come out of this thing with a cut of the pie for unnecessary emotional pain and suffering or some such once the truth is known.
Back at the office, Vick informs Toni that she’s decided to take Maria-Ho home with her to introduce her to the rest of the family. “--It’s time they got to know her. I don’t want to have to continue to hide her away.”
~~Fin parte 2~~
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Again, I'm rooting for Gui to take Oz down. How dare he tell Max "Oh I did it cuz I'm in a loveless marriage...you know how it is."
Fool, YOU were the one to force Max into marrying a woman he didn't love, just to keep up appearances!
Linda is a slimy ho. She was ready to jump in Oz's bed and a couple of hours later jumping in Gui's bed.
Instead of asking for money for new shoes or gambling, Roxana should be asking Max for White Strips!
How did Victoria get to the top of business, when she insists on doing fool moves like selling off a major chunk of stock just so Oz could buy a theatre?
Max was mad @ Fabian cuz he knew about Oz/Linda.
Basically the only characters that don't know about Linda/Oz are:
Victoria
Fernanda
Padilla
Federico
Sor Rocio
Burnie
Eva
Fausto
Lucy
Basically everyone else knows. LOL
Fool, YOU were the one to force Max into marrying a woman he didn't love, just to keep up appearances!
Linda is a slimy ho. She was ready to jump in Oz's bed and a couple of hours later jumping in Gui's bed.
Instead of asking for money for new shoes or gambling, Roxana should be asking Max for White Strips!
How did Victoria get to the top of business, when she insists on doing fool moves like selling off a major chunk of stock just so Oz could buy a theatre?
Max was mad @ Fabian cuz he knew about Oz/Linda.
Basically the only characters that don't know about Linda/Oz are:
Victoria
Fernanda
Padilla
Federico
Sor Rocio
Burnie
Eva
Fausto
Lucy
Basically everyone else knows. LOL
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: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 4:50:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 4:50:00 PM EST
muchisimas gracias Jar, fantastico
Max is resigning, when was he rehired? Think I missed that one, or probably just a Mejiaism.
Wow, Linda can chg horses at the drop of a hat. I would like to hear her background, must be triste.
I really don't understand buying ropa from the competition, but oh well, another Mejiaism.
I noticed that Cruz got Max out of the bar brawl quickly.
Max is resigning, when was he rehired? Think I missed that one, or probably just a Mejiaism.
Wow, Linda can chg horses at the drop of a hat. I would like to hear her background, must be triste.
I really don't understand buying ropa from the competition, but oh well, another Mejiaism.
I noticed that Cruz got Max out of the bar brawl quickly.
Great part one Jardinera.
Os is he for real? Lets see your staying in a loveless marriage and let Victoria run roughshod over you and the whole family lives. Then you force your son to marry a skank he doesn't love just for the sake of the child. So if you get LindaHo' pregnant does this mean you divorce Victoria and marry her?
Well it seems this selling of the stock is going to come back bite both parties involved Victoria's business which Oscar strongly advised her not to do it for the sake of the company. Then there is Os with the theater Gui has something set up maybe for him to lose his money in buying it?
Victoria really did she say to JP she doesn't have anything to reflect upon? This heifer is in deep denial i'm rooting for Burnie to take her down.
Os is he for real? Lets see your staying in a loveless marriage and let Victoria run roughshod over you and the whole family lives. Then you force your son to marry a skank he doesn't love just for the sake of the child. So if you get LindaHo' pregnant does this mean you divorce Victoria and marry her?
Well it seems this selling of the stock is going to come back bite both parties involved Victoria's business which Oscar strongly advised her not to do it for the sake of the company. Then there is Os with the theater Gui has something set up maybe for him to lose his money in buying it?
Victoria really did she say to JP she doesn't have anything to reflect upon? This heifer is in deep denial i'm rooting for Burnie to take her down.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 5:45:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 5:45:00 PM EST
Great Recap Jardinera! Thank you! But what does TOCBIM mean?
"persistently errant eyebrow" LOL...I've been noticing this all week!
"parasitically erotic" that is the perfect description for Linda.
When Max walked in to the karaoke bar I thought for sure that drunk Cruz was gonna spill the frijoles about Maria and the baby. I don't know whether to be disappointed or happy
I feel so bad for Maria. It seems that everyone is coming to Norma's to make her life a living hell. It's odd that Pip and Toni would want to shop at the competition's store (Esencia Española... interesting shop name), BUT I was glad they bought a bunch of stuff after the Ofelia incident. I kind of wish they had gone on and on and on about how wonderful the model was.
Jimena and Rox are a piece of work. They make Ivana look good.
While JuanJo would win the "Constipated Tears-Male" award, Dorismar would be a shoo in for "Constipated Tears-Female." She is not a believable cry-er.
"persistently errant eyebrow" LOL...I've been noticing this all week!
"parasitically erotic" that is the perfect description for Linda.
When Max walked in to the karaoke bar I thought for sure that drunk Cruz was gonna spill the frijoles about Maria and the baby. I don't know whether to be disappointed or happy
I feel so bad for Maria. It seems that everyone is coming to Norma's to make her life a living hell. It's odd that Pip and Toni would want to shop at the competition's store (Esencia Española... interesting shop name), BUT I was glad they bought a bunch of stuff after the Ofelia incident. I kind of wish they had gone on and on and on about how wonderful the model was.
Jimena and Rox are a piece of work. They make Ivana look good.
While JuanJo would win the "Constipated Tears-Male" award, Dorismar would be a shoo in for "Constipated Tears-Female." She is not a believable cry-er.
I thought that was all Victoria did, reflect, reflect, reflect, mi hija, mi hija, mi hija but of course now she has found her phony hija.
Sara haha i'm still waiting for JJ's tears to come pouring out any day now or at least by a eye drop bottle and put some in his eyes?
TOBIM i think means The Only Corner Bar in Mexico.
TOBIM i think means The Only Corner Bar in Mexico.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:05:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:05:00 PM EST
Simply fantastic first half recap Jar. Can't wait for the rest.
I don’t think what Victoria has done up till now is reflect. It’s more like lament, lament, lament. She keeps reliving her pain, but hasn’t done any real introspection. I’m sure that will come later when her world finally begins to crumble. She and Os are both hypocrites and deserve each other. I am sad that now that Max feels sorry for her because of Os, he’s stroking her ego again and telling her how wonderful she is. I want him to go back to being ticked at her.
I was hoping that the boutique lady would fall in love with Maria and be an ally for her, especially when she eventually has to reveal she’s pregnant. But that woman was so quick to throw her under the bus as soon as one bitch made a baseless complaint, that now I don’t hold out much hope for unconditional support for Maria Embarazada. If I was Maria, I would be going to work each day with dread of who would be popping up today to make my life hell. These people need to get a life and leave her alone. I couldn’t even figure out why Ofelia was there! What’s her beef with Maria? She should be supporting Maria, since she doesn’t like Xi and anything that helps Maria would tick off Xi.
I am disappointed that Toni didn’t follow-up with some real questions after finding out that Maria D and Maria M were both found wandering around on the same day as little tykes. Hello! You haven’t even done a DNA test yet. This would be a sign that you should. And if we’re talking about “the call of the blood” that she and Vicky think is so infallible, then she should remember that both she and Vicky felt a special draw to Maria D from the first moment they met her.
I don’t think what Victoria has done up till now is reflect. It’s more like lament, lament, lament. She keeps reliving her pain, but hasn’t done any real introspection. I’m sure that will come later when her world finally begins to crumble. She and Os are both hypocrites and deserve each other. I am sad that now that Max feels sorry for her because of Os, he’s stroking her ego again and telling her how wonderful she is. I want him to go back to being ticked at her.
I was hoping that the boutique lady would fall in love with Maria and be an ally for her, especially when she eventually has to reveal she’s pregnant. But that woman was so quick to throw her under the bus as soon as one bitch made a baseless complaint, that now I don’t hold out much hope for unconditional support for Maria Embarazada. If I was Maria, I would be going to work each day with dread of who would be popping up today to make my life hell. These people need to get a life and leave her alone. I couldn’t even figure out why Ofelia was there! What’s her beef with Maria? She should be supporting Maria, since she doesn’t like Xi and anything that helps Maria would tick off Xi.
I am disappointed that Toni didn’t follow-up with some real questions after finding out that Maria D and Maria M were both found wandering around on the same day as little tykes. Hello! You haven’t even done a DNA test yet. This would be a sign that you should. And if we’re talking about “the call of the blood” that she and Vicky think is so infallible, then she should remember that both she and Vicky felt a special draw to Maria D from the first moment they met her.
Vivi ita Vic and Os do deserve each other perhaps instead of getting married after one week of meeting reach other. Maybe if Os put on the time to really get to know her and what she was about he would have never married her.
I also agree i don't like how Max so easily forgave her now he knows about Pimp Daddy Os is cheating on her.
I didn't get why Ofelia gave Maria E such a hard time either? What exactly does she do other than going around stalking Os and sexing up Gui?
Toni isn't too bright either she had mentioned before when Maria E. started to model how much she reminded her of Victoria at that age. Now she hears from MM that both were found on the same day and at the same orphanage. Don't forget she really didn't think MM was Victoria's daughter either until she heard MM talk about being abandon but all of that was told to her by Burnie.
I also agree i don't like how Max so easily forgave her now he knows about Pimp Daddy Os is cheating on her.
I didn't get why Ofelia gave Maria E such a hard time either? What exactly does she do other than going around stalking Os and sexing up Gui?
Toni isn't too bright either she had mentioned before when Maria E. started to model how much she reminded her of Victoria at that age. Now she hears from MM that both were found on the same day and at the same orphanage. Don't forget she really didn't think MM was Victoria's daughter either until she heard MM talk about being abandon but all of that was told to her by Burnie.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:35:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:35:00 PM EST
Yeah Pepino did mention that but Toni quickly dismissed that theory, after all she has seen how cruel Victoria has been to Maria E. and now she thinks from the fed story MM is saying that MM truly is Victoria's daughter. Rude awakening for both of the twits. This is what happens when you don't get a DNA test done.
Victoria got emotionally invested in believing this young woman is her long lost daughter so she pretty much set her own self up for the pain and discovery of finding out she is not her daughter.
Victoria got emotionally invested in believing this young woman is her long lost daughter so she pretty much set her own self up for the pain and discovery of finding out she is not her daughter.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:38:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:38:00 PM EST
Great recap, full of fun and snarky commentary.
I am glad to see that JP is finally getting a bead on his insane mother, although he's not quite there yet!
Mejia must have some serious kind of a mother obsession. His novelas are full of insane, cruel mothers (think Gabriela in FELS, Burnie here, Edith Gonzalez in Mundo de Fieras (yes, I actually watched that mess)) and cloying, obsessive mothers (Milagros is the poster child for that one - Carmen Salinas played basically the same character in MdF) and missing mothers (La Madrastra and Victoria yet again in this one). I know that these are standard novela characterizations, but geez they are so exaggerated in his hands!
Maite doing well, IMHO, in this time of sadness and desperation. She's not a typical-looking model, but looks great modeling the close at Norma's. And her moments of spunk, as in telling off Max about why she didn't tell him about Os and LindaHO, are a welcome change from the tears.
I am glad to see that JP is finally getting a bead on his insane mother, although he's not quite there yet!
Mejia must have some serious kind of a mother obsession. His novelas are full of insane, cruel mothers (think Gabriela in FELS, Burnie here, Edith Gonzalez in Mundo de Fieras (yes, I actually watched that mess)) and cloying, obsessive mothers (Milagros is the poster child for that one - Carmen Salinas played basically the same character in MdF) and missing mothers (La Madrastra and Victoria yet again in this one). I know that these are standard novela characterizations, but geez they are so exaggerated in his hands!
Maite doing well, IMHO, in this time of sadness and desperation. She's not a typical-looking model, but looks great modeling the close at Norma's. And her moments of spunk, as in telling off Max about why she didn't tell him about Os and LindaHO, are a welcome change from the tears.
Jar: You are too much, Amiga!!! Loved every bit! There has been huge amounts of detail in these two hour episodes. Our recappers have gone above and beyond to provide the stories for us! Gracias!!!
Sara: To answer you from the thread from Thursday (which we have all been adding to today, Saturday), yes, that new TN looks to be slightly goofy. I generally don't go in for 'goofy', but I am just dying to see Sendel in a part that is so un-Sendel.
If "Teresa" is a remake of Rubi...and having read the synopsis of Rubi...I don't think that one is going to interest me, either.
I am still puzzled as to why Uni is rushing TdA through.
Like Vivi, I am really wondering why that low life Ofelia did what she did to Maria E. I was HUGELY disappointed that the store owner was so quick to listen to Ofelia. Why didn't she come to Maria E's defence? She's her own employee, for gosh sakes! I think we see what is coming once Maria E's pregnancy becomes obvious.
I've been thinking about this pregnancy: since Marie E refuses to tell Max, is he going to think she has been with another man and then we have to deal with that nonsense?!
And...why in the world is Max so suddenly supportive of the woman who FORCED him to marry the X-Factor? In the blink of an eye, he has suddenly forgotten everything Victoria has done to drive him into this loveless marriage?!
I so very much hope that someone will find X-Factor with Gui (who really looks nasty and mean the more I see him) and 'report' her to Max.
Dirty Teeth Rox was despicable...this woman is nothing more than trash. I hope Max doesn't cave and give her any money.
Loved JPs 'speech' to Victoria. It all went right over her head, but I did like the way he used 'triunfo' in his little talk with her. In fact, now that he has that clean shaven look...he's looking rather attractive!
Susanita
Sara: To answer you from the thread from Thursday (which we have all been adding to today, Saturday), yes, that new TN looks to be slightly goofy. I generally don't go in for 'goofy', but I am just dying to see Sendel in a part that is so un-Sendel.
If "Teresa" is a remake of Rubi...and having read the synopsis of Rubi...I don't think that one is going to interest me, either.
I am still puzzled as to why Uni is rushing TdA through.
Like Vivi, I am really wondering why that low life Ofelia did what she did to Maria E. I was HUGELY disappointed that the store owner was so quick to listen to Ofelia. Why didn't she come to Maria E's defence? She's her own employee, for gosh sakes! I think we see what is coming once Maria E's pregnancy becomes obvious.
I've been thinking about this pregnancy: since Marie E refuses to tell Max, is he going to think she has been with another man and then we have to deal with that nonsense?!
And...why in the world is Max so suddenly supportive of the woman who FORCED him to marry the X-Factor? In the blink of an eye, he has suddenly forgotten everything Victoria has done to drive him into this loveless marriage?!
I so very much hope that someone will find X-Factor with Gui (who really looks nasty and mean the more I see him) and 'report' her to Max.
Dirty Teeth Rox was despicable...this woman is nothing more than trash. I hope Max doesn't cave and give her any money.
Loved JPs 'speech' to Victoria. It all went right over her head, but I did like the way he used 'triunfo' in his little talk with her. In fact, now that he has that clean shaven look...he's looking rather attractive!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:07:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:07:00 PM EST
Traveling Lady: ITA re Mundo...that one...was something else.
Susanita
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:11:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:11:00 PM EST
When Gui & Linda were beginning their mash-up, I really had to laugh at those conveniently place pillows, just on the floor, in a perfect place to support Linda's head, next to the bar!
Burnie is so mean!!!!! I couldn't believe she is comforting MD one moment, then "telling on her" to the Sor the next. She's really isolating MD ...what are her plans for MD?
I still think Burnie is going to have something to do with the shares that Vic is so determined to sell. You really have to wonder why Vic is so obsessed with selling off her business. I'd say Padilla will take over just to spite, her, but he doesn't have that kind of money.
It must be hard to be a priest - trying to steer someone (Vic) to the truth (about MD), but not being able to tell her directly. How long until this is revealed?
When Gui took X away from the bar, did he bring her directly to his apt or to the hotel? Or is that left intentionally ambiguous. (These old guys (Os, Gui) have a lot of staying power. They've been getting paying attention to multiple women in just a few hours)
Burnie is so mean!!!!! I couldn't believe she is comforting MD one moment, then "telling on her" to the Sor the next. She's really isolating MD ...what are her plans for MD?
I still think Burnie is going to have something to do with the shares that Vic is so determined to sell. You really have to wonder why Vic is so obsessed with selling off her business. I'd say Padilla will take over just to spite, her, but he doesn't have that kind of money.
It must be hard to be a priest - trying to steer someone (Vic) to the truth (about MD), but not being able to tell her directly. How long until this is revealed?
When Gui took X away from the bar, did he bring her directly to his apt or to the hotel? Or is that left intentionally ambiguous. (These old guys (Os, Gui) have a lot of staying power. They've been getting paying attention to multiple women in just a few hours)
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:22:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 10:22:00 PM EST
Susanita- Teresa and Rubi are two different stories that have both been re-done a few times. The original Teresa is older than the original Rubi. The last Teresa was done in the 1989 and starred Salma Hayek. It was a big hit. The similarity between the two novelas is that the protagonist is ambitious and does whatever it takes to get ahead, no matter the cost. Everything I've heard about it sounds good. It is apparently very well done.
On The Soup this week, Joel's Clipos Magnificos (which is his TDA segment basically) highlighted Max's utter stupidity in allowing himself to be seduced by Xi. His advice-- lock the door, make love with your eyes open, and don't allow yourself to be cheered on to kiss women by a band of orphans. LOL! Last week he made fun of Max and Maria's chattiness (not!) when on the phone with each other. That one was hilarious. Keep it coming Joel.
Vivi: I do appreciate that clarification re the two TN. I thought I had seen written somewhere here that 'Teresa' was a remake of 'Rubi' which is why I read the 'Rubi' synopsis. After reading that, it didn't sound like something I wanted to see.
However....maybe I will now give it a try!
Susanita
However....maybe I will now give it a try!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11:04:00 PM EST
: Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 11:04:00 PM EST
Jardinera - Thanks for the great recap. So far, my favorite line was "max/impactado, oz/impactada, and Linda was...well...Linda." I had to LOL over that one.
Susanita - Looneyvision isn't rushing TdA. They're trying to keep their viewers from watching Reina del Sur. In fact, on Thursday night I noticed there was NO commercial break at the end of the first hour (9 p.m. here at CST) nor was there one until 20 or 25 minutes into the second hour during which RdS is on over at Telemundo. Never mind that RdS is repeated again a couple hours later into the night....
My take on Pipi & Toni buying the clothes at the other store, beyond being a plot device/plot propeller, is that particular store was probably more age-appropriate than Vic's stuff. Vic's line is more likely high end couture/designer for an older age group. Just speculating though . . . Anything will be better than M. Desarreglada's current wardrobe.
Susanita - Looneyvision isn't rushing TdA. They're trying to keep their viewers from watching Reina del Sur. In fact, on Thursday night I noticed there was NO commercial break at the end of the first hour (9 p.m. here at CST) nor was there one until 20 or 25 minutes into the second hour during which RdS is on over at Telemundo. Never mind that RdS is repeated again a couple hours later into the night....
My take on Pipi & Toni buying the clothes at the other store, beyond being a plot device/plot propeller, is that particular store was probably more age-appropriate than Vic's stuff. Vic's line is more likely high end couture/designer for an older age group. Just speculating though . . . Anything will be better than M. Desarreglada's current wardrobe.
Jardinera, thanks for all the laughs and details. Vicki, Oz, Linda, Gui, X-factor and Old Yeller (Roxana) all despicable idiots. Maria, Max, JJ, Fer, Toni all pitiful idiots. Cruz,
Nathi, Padre JP, well-meaning but hands are tied. Bernie & crew, a fuse waiting for the match. Two hours a night is, as my grandma said, too much of a good thing.
Help--I'm on TN overload and can't keep up. I usually have one main TN and one subsidiary. TDA is my main one, and now have La Fea as subsidiary, Llena and Mar de Amor as lightly viewed subsidiaries. Can't even think about the new midnight one or the other new ones coming. Don't have access to Reina and probably wouldn't watch it anyway.
Don't know about Teresa. I watched Rubi and enjoyed it, liked Angelique Boyer and Ana Brenda in previous TNs. Not ready for another evil heroine. Funny that S. Rulli was in Rubi and is in Teresa. I might try it.
I love Sergio Sendel and might enjoy the comedy. He always has a spark and shows some cocky attitude, even as a villain.
What to do, what to do? TNs are supposed to be my diversion, not my total devotion!
La Paloma
Nathi, Padre JP, well-meaning but hands are tied. Bernie & crew, a fuse waiting for the match. Two hours a night is, as my grandma said, too much of a good thing.
Help--I'm on TN overload and can't keep up. I usually have one main TN and one subsidiary. TDA is my main one, and now have La Fea as subsidiary, Llena and Mar de Amor as lightly viewed subsidiaries. Can't even think about the new midnight one or the other new ones coming. Don't have access to Reina and probably wouldn't watch it anyway.
Don't know about Teresa. I watched Rubi and enjoyed it, liked Angelique Boyer and Ana Brenda in previous TNs. Not ready for another evil heroine. Funny that S. Rulli was in Rubi and is in Teresa. I might try it.
I love Sergio Sendel and might enjoy the comedy. He always has a spark and shows some cocky attitude, even as a villain.
What to do, what to do? TNs are supposed to be my diversion, not my total devotion!
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:59:00 AM EST
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:59:00 AM EST
La Paloma,
Diversion vs. devotion. Love it! The two hours are putting me over the edge when it comes to novela time. Two one-hour ones is all I can handle; the extra hour has me moving seriously into devotion territory.
An embarrassment of riches suddenly? Wouldn't go quite that far but some good or interesting options lately.
Diversion vs. devotion. Love it! The two hours are putting me over the edge when it comes to novela time. Two one-hour ones is all I can handle; the extra hour has me moving seriously into devotion territory.
An embarrassment of riches suddenly? Wouldn't go quite that far but some good or interesting options lately.
I just read the full sinopsis for Una Familia...doesn't seem so bad now. It may be a good change of pace for me.
Gracias, Jardinera.
I am also mystified by Ofelia's attitude. It's not as though she knows that Maria E is Victoria's daughter.
Ximeana just keeps sinking lower and lower and Max won't be able to do a thing about it.
I think he's defending Victoria because she had been a good mother to him. There will be very serious trouble when he finds out his birth mother is alive and not dead, as Osvaldo told him earlier. I wonder who the actress will be.
I am also mystified by Ofelia's attitude. It's not as though she knows that Maria E is Victoria's daughter.
Ximeana just keeps sinking lower and lower and Max won't be able to do a thing about it.
I think he's defending Victoria because she had been a good mother to him. There will be very serious trouble when he finds out his birth mother is alive and not dead, as Osvaldo told him earlier. I wonder who the actress will be.
Jar: Really can't thank you enough for this excellent recap. There was really a huge amount happening here. Frankly, I was stunned that we got so much all week long, but I really think that Friday's was chock full of infos.
The biggest disappointment for me was that the FOOL Nathi divulged her feelings to that worthless JuanJo of the flattened affect. Really...she wants to be with a man whose mother still fights his battles for him? She wants to be with a man how spoke to her the way he did in that little scene. Did you see how angry he looked in spite of his flattened affect?! This guy can't show true feelings, but he is good at showing his anger. Remember back to the time when he kicked in the door to the girls' apt when he thought Linda was up to no good.
No...I have not liked this JuanJo from the beginning, but the way he spoke to Nathi in that little scene was the final straw. If this is the person that is going to take up Nathi's feelings and energies, then she can have him. I will have no sympathy for the character.
As for Max...what he did in humiliating Marie E was a stunner to me. I was literally stunned tat his behaviour. His Pimp Daddy Father made his own choices. It was NOT Maria E's place to tell him about his father's bad choices. Thank heaven that Fabian told him the truth.
I really had to give Maria E credit for handling that humiliating moment. Max has lost MAJOR points with me (Ha! Like anyone cares, right?)
Those two scenes (Max humiliating Maria E and Idiot JuanJo talking to Nathi in that manner) almost defined the whole two hours for me.
...and then...CLUELESS and self absorbed Victoria is going to bring Maria R home to an unsuspecting family! My word, woman...just who do you think you are?!
Do you really think Fabian is going to start something with Lucy? She has been an incidental character...I just can't see it, but who knows.
As for Max...he deserves the X-Factor and then some.
Gracias, Jar!!
Susanita
The biggest disappointment for me was that the FOOL Nathi divulged her feelings to that worthless JuanJo of the flattened affect. Really...she wants to be with a man whose mother still fights his battles for him? She wants to be with a man how spoke to her the way he did in that little scene. Did you see how angry he looked in spite of his flattened affect?! This guy can't show true feelings, but he is good at showing his anger. Remember back to the time when he kicked in the door to the girls' apt when he thought Linda was up to no good.
No...I have not liked this JuanJo from the beginning, but the way he spoke to Nathi in that little scene was the final straw. If this is the person that is going to take up Nathi's feelings and energies, then she can have him. I will have no sympathy for the character.
As for Max...what he did in humiliating Marie E was a stunner to me. I was literally stunned tat his behaviour. His Pimp Daddy Father made his own choices. It was NOT Maria E's place to tell him about his father's bad choices. Thank heaven that Fabian told him the truth.
I really had to give Maria E credit for handling that humiliating moment. Max has lost MAJOR points with me (Ha! Like anyone cares, right?)
Those two scenes (Max humiliating Maria E and Idiot JuanJo talking to Nathi in that manner) almost defined the whole two hours for me.
...and then...CLUELESS and self absorbed Victoria is going to bring Maria R home to an unsuspecting family! My word, woman...just who do you think you are?!
Do you really think Fabian is going to start something with Lucy? She has been an incidental character...I just can't see it, but who knows.
As for Max...he deserves the X-Factor and then some.
Gracias, Jar!!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 12:57:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 12:57:00 PM EDT
Jardinera - Just finished reading Part 2 and LOL'd over an old friend "SNAFU". wow,,,, hadn't heard that one in years, and it immediately brought to mine another oldie but goodie: FUBAR which is also appropriate for some of these refritos.
Thanks for the recap, because I was confused over the Oscar:Vic Oscar/Toni thing, but apparently I am not. Looks like Oscar is going to change direction of his affections toward Toni? (or am I still confused?.... beanie hat is probably too tight?....)
Thanks for the recap, because I was confused over the Oscar:Vic Oscar/Toni thing, but apparently I am not. Looks like Oscar is going to change direction of his affections toward Toni? (or am I still confused?.... beanie hat is probably too tight?....)
UA: I, too, am wondering who the actriz will be who plays Max' mother. I hope she is a stunner!
Do you have any ideas as to this might be?
Also...apologise for all of my typos on the previous post. You know how it goes. :))
Susanita
Do you have any ideas as to this might be?
Also...apologise for all of my typos on the previous post. You know how it goes. :))
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:00:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:00:00 PM EDT
Oscar is turning his attentions to Toni because he realizes Victoria is a lost cause. We'll see if he truly has changed once Victoria finds out the truth about Oz.
Oz is a coward. Instead of telling Victoria what happened, he's just going to pack his bags and run away. So she can come home and find out what happened from some letter or 3rd party? Meanwhile Oz will be far away when the crap hits the fan?
I would bet Ozzie's cowardice is part of why he married Vicky so quickly.
And again, if Ximeana's marriage to Max were all that, she wouldn't need to come to Maria D's house and taunt her. Unfortunately, I think Ximeana is just getting started.
Oz is a coward. Instead of telling Victoria what happened, he's just going to pack his bags and run away. So she can come home and find out what happened from some letter or 3rd party? Meanwhile Oz will be far away when the crap hits the fan?
I would bet Ozzie's cowardice is part of why he married Vicky so quickly.
And again, if Ximeana's marriage to Max were all that, she wouldn't need to come to Maria D's house and taunt her. Unfortunately, I think Ximeana is just getting started.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:38:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 1:38:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thank you once again for taking the time to do this recap, you are the best.
Max has dug a hole sooooo deep, I hope he never gets out. What he did to Maria (purchasing the clothing for his new bride, having Maria model them, etc.) was just WRONG. I hope some wonderful new man comes into her life and she never, ever gives Max another thought. Yes, Max and BSCX deserve each other.
I along with many others hope that Burnie does get control of the fashion house and that sorry bunch of Sandovals are out on the street.
Nati, wake up. There is no way you can ever have an intelligent conversation that with bird brain JJ. I just cannot see you married to him.
Yes, Linda is surely lusty. I can hardly wait for Ofelia to find out about the new duo. I do not think it will sit well with her.
Rosemary
Max has dug a hole sooooo deep, I hope he never gets out. What he did to Maria (purchasing the clothing for his new bride, having Maria model them, etc.) was just WRONG. I hope some wonderful new man comes into her life and she never, ever gives Max another thought. Yes, Max and BSCX deserve each other.
I along with many others hope that Burnie does get control of the fashion house and that sorry bunch of Sandovals are out on the street.
Nati, wake up. There is no way you can ever have an intelligent conversation that with bird brain JJ. I just cannot see you married to him.
Yes, Linda is surely lusty. I can hardly wait for Ofelia to find out about the new duo. I do not think it will sit well with her.
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:00:00 PM EDT
I am still fuming over Nati telling JuanJo she loves him and the hint that Fab and Luci will end up together. So.mad.
Max is a grade A A$$. Maria did not deserve what he did/said to her.
Now, I just can't see Burnie getting part of the business. It doesn't make sense to me.
With Oz skipping out, how does that affect Gui's theatre scheme?
I would like to see Max quit for some reason and decide to make it on his own... which drops his monetary value and thus screw over Jim and her mom.
Max is a grade A A$$. Maria did not deserve what he did/said to her.
Now, I just can't see Burnie getting part of the business. It doesn't make sense to me.
With Oz skipping out, how does that affect Gui's theatre scheme?
I would like to see Max quit for some reason and decide to make it on his own... which drops his monetary value and thus screw over Jim and her mom.
Sara and Rosemary: I'm glad to see that I was not the only one upset by Max and his actions. He has dropped so low that I don't even know what to say. It was beyond juvenile, it was hurtful and just plain wrong.
Maybe that Joaquin (was that his name...the hotel guy in Florida) will come back into Maria E's life. Unfortunately, Maria E is going to be in a position soon (when her pregnancy starts to show) where some men might not want to have a relationship with her.
Max needs to be brought down more than a few notches.
I wonder how Fer is going to react to the news of her father and Linda and Maria R.
Does anyone else see fireworks in the future?
Susanita
Maybe that Joaquin (was that his name...the hotel guy in Florida) will come back into Maria E's life. Unfortunately, Maria E is going to be in a position soon (when her pregnancy starts to show) where some men might not want to have a relationship with her.
Max needs to be brought down more than a few notches.
I wonder how Fer is going to react to the news of her father and Linda and Maria R.
Does anyone else see fireworks in the future?
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 2:44:00 PM EDT
Thanks for this splendid job, Jardinera!
Wow, I looked ahead so I could get tomorrow's recap out of the way and now I can't keep straight what happened Friday from what will happen Monday -- I'll just say, it keeps up the pace! Any more than that would be a spoiler!
Wow, I looked ahead so I could get tomorrow's recap out of the way and now I can't keep straight what happened Friday from what will happen Monday -- I'll just say, it keeps up the pace! Any more than that would be a spoiler!
Gracias por parte dos, Jar
Sara, that's exactly what we want, fireworks, Mejia redeem yourself!
I doubt Max will give those clothes to Jimena, more likely throw them in the trash. For sure María doesn't want them.
Sara, that's exactly what we want, fireworks, Mejia redeem yourself!
I doubt Max will give those clothes to Jimena, more likely throw them in the trash. For sure María doesn't want them.
Thank you everyone! Can somebody post this to the feed for me? Can't do it from here.
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Maybe Nat should read up on the fifty ways to put out a fire. Then she and JuanJo might have something to talk about. After the glow of the afterglow wears off I don't exactly see them having impassioned discussions about Latin literary masterpieces or El Greco's greatest paintings.
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Maybe Nat should read up on the fifty ways to put out a fire. Then she and JuanJo might have something to talk about. After the glow of the afterglow wears off I don't exactly see them having impassioned discussions about Latin literary masterpieces or El Greco's greatest paintings.
Yeah, I've also thought about Burnie being the one to buy Oz's shares of stock in Vick's design business, perhaps using Padilla as her agent.
Perhaps it's been discussed before, but I've been incognito-- Max had not considered a paternity test before jumping into a forced marriage with Jimeana. He does deserve to feel the wretched way he does. I see Maria Embarassada going places without La Victoria's influence. She'll succeed somehow without her help and then Max can beg for forgiveness for screwing with her life like he has by not considering that Maria might also be preggers.
Perhaps it's been discussed before, but I've been incognito-- Max had not considered a paternity test before jumping into a forced marriage with Jimeana. He does deserve to feel the wretched way he does. I see Maria Embarassada going places without La Victoria's influence. She'll succeed somehow without her help and then Max can beg for forgiveness for screwing with her life like he has by not considering that Maria might also be preggers.
Jardinera thanks for part two just as great as part one.
Max you really did something low no matter how upset you are with Pimp Daddy Os the last person to take your anger out on is Maria E. plus she's not the only one who knows about your father and LindaHo'.
Try the three little stooges that work for your mother too. Bravo to Maria E. for telling him off and telling him that his step mother deserved it. Like she said Victoria is on a serious power trip and uses that power to destroy and humiliate people and control their lives. He should know this firsthand considering who he was forced to marry.
I don't believe this 2 hour TDA will last long if it does we might just catch up to where they're at in Mexico. I did notice a lot less commercial breaks during the two hour showing. I seem to recall the Hasta Dinero novela did this also for about 2-3 weeks doing two hours.Until STUD was ready because CS was taken off of the primetime slot.
Max you really did something low no matter how upset you are with Pimp Daddy Os the last person to take your anger out on is Maria E. plus she's not the only one who knows about your father and LindaHo'.
Try the three little stooges that work for your mother too. Bravo to Maria E. for telling him off and telling him that his step mother deserved it. Like she said Victoria is on a serious power trip and uses that power to destroy and humiliate people and control their lives. He should know this firsthand considering who he was forced to marry.
I don't believe this 2 hour TDA will last long if it does we might just catch up to where they're at in Mexico. I did notice a lot less commercial breaks during the two hour showing. I seem to recall the Hasta Dinero novela did this also for about 2-3 weeks doing two hours.Until STUD was ready because CS was taken off of the primetime slot.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 6:10:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 6:10:00 PM EDT
Jardinerita: "After the glow of the afterglow wears off I don't exactly see them having impassioned discussions about Latin literary masterpieces or El Greco's greatest paintings." Wasn't there a scene not long ago when Nathy and Fab were raving over passages in a book they had both read? Despite the muddy waters here (Juanjo, Lucy), I still see them together at the end.
Thanks for your brilliant work on this and all the other recaps. ¡Y felicidades por tu nieto! I've been lurking a while but had to jump back in. (Agnes in NJ aka LXV)
Thanks for your brilliant work on this and all the other recaps. ¡Y felicidades por tu nieto! I've been lurking a while but had to jump back in. (Agnes in NJ aka LXV)
I actually like the Fabian and Lucy paring i did think that Lucy was just going to be a minor role. As for Nati she deserves JJ and his mother. She actually chose him over Fabian? Perhaps she needs to get her prescription checked out on those new glasses of hers.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:09:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:09:00 PM EDT
I don't think that Nati ever considered Fab Fabian as a novio, she is jus another female lacking in any self-esteem. She thinks about social class which seems to be a running theme in this TN.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:16:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:16:00 PM EDT
Well...I'd certainly prefer that Nathi end up with Fabian, but she seems hell bent upon ending up with the fool JuanJo. With that kind of thinking, they deserve each other.
Not too crazy about Fabian and Lucy, but I have no say in what happens!!
Susanita
Not too crazy about Fabian and Lucy, but I have no say in what happens!!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:42:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:42:00 PM EDT
I want Fabian & Nathy to end up together, too. I agree - what do Nathy and JJ have in common?
Thanks for posting part 2. I can't believe there is another week of this! The only good thing is I can tell my listening skills have improved. I've been watching I Love Lucy & can understand most of what Ricky says!
I don't think Max was justified to go off on MD, but he's been under a lot of pressure lately. I do feel bad for him - stuck with Xi, no support from his family & he's lost his amor del vida!
Thanks for posting part 2. I can't believe there is another week of this! The only good thing is I can tell my listening skills have improved. I've been watching I Love Lucy & can understand most of what Ricky says!
I don't think Max was justified to go off on MD, but he's been under a lot of pressure lately. I do feel bad for him - stuck with Xi, no support from his family & he's lost his amor del vida!
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:58:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:58:00 PM EDT
Maybe i was sleeping, but it seems Lucy showed up out of nowhere. Kind of like the bombero that died & his widow.
I think they bring in these new characters in case they can use them later. They might decide the story should take a different turn. Also, they want to keep us guessing.
I think they bring in these new characters in case they can use them later. They might decide the story should take a different turn. Also, they want to keep us guessing.
Max should be lashed 50 times for his humiliation of Maria E. She didn't deserve that.
Pero no te preocupes; he will have his hands full with BSC Ximeana and her greedy mother for at least a year.
Nati is far too naive about men to have handled the JuanJo situation any better. And she would be bored silly with him in no time if he were interested in her. She needs somebody who can discuss El Greco and Federico Garcia Llorca.
JP is beginning to get wise to his mother and he's seeing Victoria's self-destructive tendencies. Unfortunately he will not know his mother's biggest secrets until the end of the series.
LindaHo is desperate. She was never really in love with Osvaldo and won't feel any differently about Gui. There will be much more grief in store for her before this is over.
It could be that Toni and Pepino will figure out that Maria E is Victoria's daughter. No secret ever stays buried in a Televisa story.
Pero no te preocupes; he will have his hands full with BSC Ximeana and her greedy mother for at least a year.
Nati is far too naive about men to have handled the JuanJo situation any better. And she would be bored silly with him in no time if he were interested in her. She needs somebody who can discuss El Greco and Federico Garcia Llorca.
JP is beginning to get wise to his mother and he's seeing Victoria's self-destructive tendencies. Unfortunately he will not know his mother's biggest secrets until the end of the series.
LindaHo is desperate. She was never really in love with Osvaldo and won't feel any differently about Gui. There will be much more grief in store for her before this is over.
It could be that Toni and Pepino will figure out that Maria E is Victoria's daughter. No secret ever stays buried in a Televisa story.
Thanks, Jardinera, for going above and beyond the call of duty and recapping 2 hours of angst. Since I have to get up at 5.45, I can only stay up for the first hour. It's nice to see that LindaHo has decided to give Gui immoral support. P.S. Has anyone heard anything about FC or Eduardo Yanez's next novelas ? I am missing those two hombres mucho. I could sure use a good historical novela right about now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~word verification : ''immated''...as in ''Lindaho and Gui immated last night. ''
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 8:38:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 8:38:00 PM EDT
Urban- "No secret ever stays buried in a Televisa story."
Actually, in La Verdad Oculta (the hidden truth) which just ended, three big secrets remained hidden! And we the audience felt that some of them should have been uncovered, as key characters had a right to know (it had to do with paternity and family ties).
But that is indeed very different for a telenovela.
As for Linda and Gui, she for sure will end up the hurt party in this. (Gui's going to drive her insane with those crazy drops I'm sure he's been using on Xi and Ofi.) But I don't see how her having a relationship with Gui should put her place in the apartment in danger. Neither one of them is married or in a committed relationship. Why should the rommies be mad at her if/when they find out she's got a thing going with him?
Actually, in La Verdad Oculta (the hidden truth) which just ended, three big secrets remained hidden! And we the audience felt that some of them should have been uncovered, as key characters had a right to know (it had to do with paternity and family ties).
But that is indeed very different for a telenovela.
As for Linda and Gui, she for sure will end up the hurt party in this. (Gui's going to drive her insane with those crazy drops I'm sure he's been using on Xi and Ofi.) But I don't see how her having a relationship with Gui should put her place in the apartment in danger. Neither one of them is married or in a committed relationship. Why should the rommies be mad at her if/when they find out she's got a thing going with him?
Ixy/AgnesNJ: Hey, girl! Glad you're still here and poppin' in even if from time to time. : ? )
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ViviDC: Thanks for posting!
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How do we know how long this TDA twin session doubles our pleasure and doubles our fun? Lord ha' mercy!
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Mariquita: Welcome to the Friday night write fest.
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ViviDC: Thanks for posting!
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How do we know how long this TDA twin session doubles our pleasure and doubles our fun? Lord ha' mercy!
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Mariquita: Welcome to the Friday night write fest.
Jar- It's Para Volvel a Amar- the novela that swept the recent telenovela awards. So far it's excellent. It's not a typical novela-- it's based in realism and follows a group of married couples from a number of different classes. Some of the relationships are physically and/or emotionally abusive, so this is not fairy tale material. But I'm enjoying it so far. They only showed four episodes this past week- M-Th.
Jardinera and everybody else, Glad to be back if only in bits & pieces. Lovin' this trainwreck of a novela especially at recent warp speed. Life's been a bit strenuous this past year: taking care of parents; dad passed away in November; then I had to go in for a hip replacement-6 weeks post-op. So now, i do a lot of sitting around and what's better than a good dose of Meh-jia. I've been away far too long and caraycaray has become a veritable juggernaut of talent and good fun. ¡Gracias à todos!
Marquita: I have tons of work to get done and I have been watching "I Love Lucy" marathon on Hallmark! ..and yes, I'm right there with you...I can now understand what Ricky says! How I love Ricky!
Vivi: I read the comments on LVO when it ended. Wowsers. The LVO Viewerville was really close and connected, weren't they? I enjoyed reading the comments even though I had not seen that TN.
I think you are strong to be watching PVaA. As I said last night to Sara...I like the actors, but the abuse of some of the women is not something I can see. It is too upsetting for me. Same thing with Mujeres Asesinas...too depressing and violent even though I'd like to see some of these people in different roles. I'm surprised Sergio Sendel has not shown up in an episode. He's perfect for that style of story.
I have to stick with the fairy tales for now.
On another note... I didn't realise Oz was from Puerto Rico. I thought he was from the D.F. (IRL).
Susanita...who should be doing work instead of watching "I Love Lucy"!!!!
Vivi: I read the comments on LVO when it ended. Wowsers. The LVO Viewerville was really close and connected, weren't they? I enjoyed reading the comments even though I had not seen that TN.
I think you are strong to be watching PVaA. As I said last night to Sara...I like the actors, but the abuse of some of the women is not something I can see. It is too upsetting for me. Same thing with Mujeres Asesinas...too depressing and violent even though I'd like to see some of these people in different roles. I'm surprised Sergio Sendel has not shown up in an episode. He's perfect for that style of story.
I have to stick with the fairy tales for now.
On another note... I didn't realise Oz was from Puerto Rico. I thought he was from the D.F. (IRL).
Susanita...who should be doing work instead of watching "I Love Lucy"!!!!
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:19:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:19:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks again for part two. These two-hour segments are a heavy load for our recappers! Gracias a todos.
I'm proud of Maria for maintaining her dignidad in the face of horrendous challenges. Way to go, girl. You can hold your head up and they'll all be sorry one day.
La Paloma
I'm proud of Maria for maintaining her dignidad in the face of horrendous challenges. Way to go, girl. You can hold your head up and they'll all be sorry one day.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:44:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 10:44:00 PM EDT
Susanita: I was amused at how Lucy's mom called Ricky, "Micky." Is that how Weird Al got the idea for his song, "Ricky" in place of Micky? You mentioned that Oz is from PR not DF. What is DF?
Jardinera: thanks
Jardinera: thanks
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 12:15:00 AM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 12:15:00 AM EDT
Kaye: No spoilers, please. I had to cut out part of your comments and repaste the rest because you were jumping ahead and Melinama's rules prevent that.
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KAYE said...
..ohhh....shame on Max!!!..hear-hear for Maria..(oh my!,,im using debate words, although, im not a debater!..hahhaha)...Max, wat did u do???..u yelled at Maria like that??..Maria did not even did that to u when u said Jemina is pregnant w/ "ur baby" which is obviously, painful...(what the!)...
u didnt even give maria time to explain..u just yelled at her..AND, UR EXCUSE TO TALK TO MARIA IS TO BUY DRESS FOR THAT MONSTER!,,SHAME!..U must've said, "for Fer or something"..duh!!!!..what a humiliation, Max!!!..down by 1000 points for me!!..(im doing point system,..jajajjaa...)
for Maria, great job!!!!!...TNX FOR THROWING THE RED DRESS ON MAX!!..1000 POINTS ADDED!!...jajajajja..good reasoning too...and TNX FOR SLAMMING THE DOOR AT MAX'S FACE!!..
keep that up!..but u said Max doesnt deserve ur tears..but y r u crying bcoz of him?? (irony there)...also, dont believe what the skinny monster is saying!!...
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KAYE said...
..ohhh....shame on Max!!!..hear-hear for Maria..(oh my!,,im using debate words, although, im not a debater!..hahhaha)...Max, wat did u do???..u yelled at Maria like that??..Maria did not even did that to u when u said Jemina is pregnant w/ "ur baby" which is obviously, painful...(what the!)...
u didnt even give maria time to explain..u just yelled at her..AND, UR EXCUSE TO TALK TO MARIA IS TO BUY DRESS FOR THAT MONSTER!,,SHAME!..U must've said, "for Fer or something"..duh!!!!..what a humiliation, Max!!!..down by 1000 points for me!!..(im doing point system,..jajajjaa...)
for Maria, great job!!!!!...TNX FOR THROWING THE RED DRESS ON MAX!!..1000 POINTS ADDED!!...jajajajja..good reasoning too...and TNX FOR SLAMMING THE DOOR AT MAX'S FACE!!..
keep that up!..but u said Max doesnt deserve ur tears..but y r u crying bcoz of him?? (irony there)...also, dont believe what the skinny monster is saying!!...
poor max hes so clueless. Im glad she through the dress at him. I can't believe she slept with that sick man oz friend, she must be depresset.
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 1:15:00 PM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 1:15:00 PM EDT
Mariquita: yes...Lucy's mom always called 'Ricky' 'Micky'. LOL!
Re Pimp Daddy Oz IRL being from Puerto Rico: DF stands for Mexico City (Federal District).
Kaye...please, please no spoilers. :)) I see you've done it twice now so please, be careful and follow the rules of the blog. Thanks! We all do appreciate it!
Susanita
Re Pimp Daddy Oz IRL being from Puerto Rico: DF stands for Mexico City (Federal District).
Kaye...please, please no spoilers. :)) I see you've done it twice now so please, be careful and follow the rules of the blog. Thanks! We all do appreciate it!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 1:49:00 PM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 1:49:00 PM EDT
Max is another mama's boy i think he should have stayed with his plan of leaving Victoria's company and marrying Maria E. right away when they had come back from Miami.I think that would have been more interesting Max married to Maria E. already making Victoria beyond angry and XXX-factor even more Looney than she already is. They both in turn conspire to destroy Max's marriage to Maria E. and they break up as a result of the two scheming. Max then marries pregnant XXX-factor and Maria E. turns bitter towards him and and resentful towards Victoria for her actions in destroying her marriage to Max.Vowing she will never forgive Victoria now that would have been more intersting.
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 2:52:00 PM EDT
Hi, I'm so happy I found this blog it's extremely entertaining. I just have one comment. I think Gui will somehow reneg on the theatre deal because he is the one that bought Vickie's shares!!!!!! The whole theatre thing was just an excuse to get Os to sell his shares.
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 3:05:00 PM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 3:05:00 PM EDT
Chuchi: Welcome! We're glad you found us also! I think you have an interesting theory about Gui and the theater. He just might buy Vickie's shares as well. That would prove interesting, but maybe there will be somebody totally unknown who buys them up who make make trouble. Maybe even Maria eventually if she becomes a famous model all on her own.
Welcome, Chuchi!
Wouldn't it be funny if the buyer turns out to be Oz' first wife?!
Honestly, I have no clue, but it would be funny.
Susanita
Wouldn't it be funny if the buyer turns out to be Oz' first wife?!
Honestly, I have no clue, but it would be funny.
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Monday, March 14, 2011 at 6:05:00 PM EDT
: Monday, March 14, 2011 at 6:05:00 PM EDT
IMDB didn't give the name of the actress who plays Osvaldo's ex, but since I agree with a previous post speculating that she'll be a blonde, for now my money is on Daniela Castro.
Who still won't outcrazy Daniela Romo.
Who still won't outcrazy Daniela Romo.
@Jardinera--ohhh..sorry..i didnt mean to...i still dont know the rules..sorry \./ peace...
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: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 6:42:00 AM EDT
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