Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Triunfo del Amor #47-48 3/7/11 A Tale of Three Cities
Part one of two in which:
In Miami, Ximena plants a flag on Maxlandia; Max punches out Joaquin; and Victoria shows her claws to María.
In Mexico City, Bernie bamboozles two priests; Guillermo smacks around Ofelia; a fireman fights for his life; and Max finally sees his father with Linda.
In Acapulco, the full moon loses its charm.
Miami:
The hotel. The night after the triumphant fashion show and Max’s win in the kayaking competition.
A replay of my least favorite plot contrivance: Desperate woman tricks hero into boinking her thereby spoiling the fairy tale romance of the stars for at least the next 50 capítulos. [Feel free to skip the next 3 paragraphs.]
Max is sprawled out stinking drunk on the bed in his hotel room. Our hero! At the door left carelessly unlocked, a figure in a red dress and black wig appears. Is that you, my love? he asks. Yes, my love, it’s me. He mumbles apologies for acting like a jerk before.
Ximena – the wannabe María in the stolen red dress and wig – blindfolds Max with his skinny tie and gets to work unbuttoning and unzipping.
Max believes he’s with the woman of his dreams, not the stalker of his nightmares. María, mi cielo, mi amor, he says. He wants to remove the blindfold but Ximena won’t let him. She knows there’s not enough dark in the night sky to disguise her pale and desperate face.
In another room of the hotel María is lying in bed quietly pensive when she hears a knock at her door. It’s Victoria! The lady storms in looking like Elmer Fudd who’s just been had by that Wascally Wabbit. She is fed up (harta), she says. She rants that MD will never marry Max – she’s an intruder in their lives, a fortune hunter who’s only interested in her son’s money. A social climber (trepadora). Leave Max in peace!
Toni and Pipino agree the show was a big hit and Victoria must be pretty happy about it (or she would be if she did happy). But now Pip wants to know more about Vic’s lost daughter...
...Toni has told him the whole sad story. Ah, says Pip, that’s why Victoria looks so melancholy at times. But now there’s good news, says Toni. Victoria has finally found her daughter. The only problem is she’s staying with Bernarda, Padre Juan Pablo’s mother. Pip is puzzled. Toni explains: It’s because JP is the girl’s father!
And at that moment, Victoria’s actual lost daughter, María Desamparada (expósita), is still on the wrong end of her mother’s rant: MD tried flirting with Osvaldo first, says Victoria. Only when that effort failed (because he would never, ever be unfaithful) did she turn to Max. María hints that perhaps Victoria should rethink her assumptions about Osvaldo:
Le aconsejo que no esté tan segura.
(I advise you not to be so sure.)
Victoria seems momentarily taken aback but then plows on: You are not marrying Max. He’s marrying Ximena, like it or not! Victoria Fudd stamps her little trotter.
María won’t let Vic intimidate her. She holds out her ring as proof: Max and I are engaged. Vic says bitterly:
No cabe duda, ¡eres una mala mujer!(There’s no doubt about it – you’re a bad woman! caber, lit. to fit, so there is no room left for doubt)
Mexico City:
Speaking of bad women…Bernarda awakens with a start and sees Fausto standing beside her bed holding a pillow. Wisely, he chooses not to tell her he had been contemplating suffocating her. Instead he says he heard her scream, and came in to check on her. The pillow? It was on the floor.
St. Bernarda kneels before her personal altar and vows she will kill again if she has to. But no one will make JP stray from the path she herself chose for him so he could save her soul.
Padre Jerónimo, the same elderly priest who welcomed Juan Pablo back to the seminary and listened to his confession of carnal sin 20 years ago, now pops up on the scene once again. He has been transferred to the parish as the new asesor. (He would be what… like 90 years old now?) Domingo introduces himself to Jero as the sacristán (sexton). [So apparently Domingo is not the world’s oldest juvenile. Relax, Osvaldo, your title is safe.] JP is relieved to see his old mentor and anxious to speak to him in private.
After the brutal way she treated her, Bernie is trying to smoothe things over with María Magdalena. (Just because you’re a serial killer doesn’t mean you leave your manners at the abattoir door.) She concedes:
Quizas yo haya sido un poco dura contigo.(Maybe I have been a little hard on you)
But Bernarda has suffered so much because of Victoria. And now, she tells the girl, it’s important to etch this in your memory -- Your mother abandoned you because you got in her way (estorbabas). And I have proof that she was a bad woman!
In the church, Juan Pablo tells his mentor that he finds himself confronted with his past: He has a daughter named María Magdalena. Padre Jerónimo says that one’s deeds in life are what count. And he has been an exemplary priest.
Bernarda smugly presents her proof to María M – It’s that bastard … I mean bastion… of honor, Papa Padilla. He recites the horse hockey that Bernie concocted – he and Victoria were lovers, MM got in the way of Vic’s ambitions so she abandoned her in the street. Padilla was so outraged by Vic’s behavior that he left her. And that’s why Vic hates Padilla so much: he can bear witness to the terrible person she really is.
At the scene of the fire:
The badly injured bombero is lifted into an ambulance. His rescuer, JuanJo, will accompany him. Cruz encourages his buddy: Aguanta, he tells him. (hang on.)
At the hospital: Nathy, Milagros and Alma, the pregnant lady, wait anxiously. (No one seems to be looking at Nathy’s Scarlet Letter today.) The injured man is Israel, Alma’s husband. He tells them JuanJo risked his life trying to save him.
Back at Bernie’s: As soon as Eva takes María M out of the room, Bernarda applauds Padilla’s performance. He casually mentions that in his most recent run-in with the law, he met a guy who might be able to help with the Victoria problem. (He means the Scorpion. Won’t Padilla be surprised when he learns Bernarda and the Scorpion are already as good as kissin’ cousins, what with him being her fake daughter’s pimp and all)
He’s not expecting what happens next. He pulls out a cigar and casually clicks on his lighter. Bernie, seeing the flame, freaks out shouting: ¡no lo soporto, no lo soporto! (I can’t bear it.)
[And NovelaMaven Novelties sees the possibilities for a new retail line: t-shirts, sweats, beanies all bearing the logo: ¡No lo soporto! ¡No lo soporto! Wear it while you watch!]
Miami:
The other María, la desamparada, wakes up in her hotel room and feels bad about quarreling with Max. She has to see him right away. Nothing can come between us, she thinks.
And if she feels bad, imagine how Max feels! He wakes up and reaches for his María D and instead finds Ximena smiling out from a black wig. He is appalled. What the… what are you doing here, Ximena? Don’t you remember? she smiles maddeningly. We made love last night!
Max edges away from her, pulls on his pants and tells her to get out. All’s fair in love and war, she smirks. You made love to me and now we have to get married.
And there we have it, my friends -- the impeccable logic of a sociopath, a nineteenth century virgin or a lazy telenovela writer who is painting by the numbers.
Acapulco:
Osvaldo has recovered from the effects of the full, and I do mean full moon. When Linda pouts that the weekend is over, he reminds her that she knew the rules of the game from the start. And if she doesn’t like them, that’s fine. They can end it right now.
Miami:
Victoria’s phone call to Micaela, the Sandoval housekeeper, is interrupted when Ximena bounds in with great news!
¡Pasé la noche con tu hijo!(I spent the night with your son!)
Ewww! This is more than a little icky so let’s leave the two Women Without Boundaries and rejoin our now slightly tarnished hero –
Max stands in the steaming shower trying to get the Ximena off him. [Out, out, damn skank!] No puede ser, no puede ser, he repeats to himself. ¡Qué imbécil! he says. And we have to agree. Cuz blindfolded or not, drunk or not, how could he?
María D is standing dreamily in front of her mirror when she hears a knock on her door. She opens it to find a huge bouquet of roses with a note:
Con todo mi afecto y mi admiración.(With all my affection and love.)
There’s no signature. It must be from Max, she thinks, and calls him to thank him. (We know it’s not from Max – who’s always all ‘te amo con todo mi corazón’, and ‘mi cielo, mi vida’. So how come she doesn’t know?)
She’s puzzled when he says he didn’t send the flowers. But he has something to tell her. Thinking he’s feeling bad about last night’s spat, she tells him not to worry:
Te perdonaría absolutamente todo – bueno, menos un engaño.(I would forgive you anything – well, except cheating on me.)
Uh oh. Foreshadow City!
Max and María arrange to meet.
Joaquin thanks the bellhop for delivering the flowers to María.
Acapulco:
Linda realizes she has made a strategic blunder and in trying to fix it, appears to make matters worse. It’s just that it feels horrible knowing you’re going to abandon me, she tells Osvaldo. I’ll never abandon you, he answers, but I’ll never abandon my family either. And her chilling response, delivered while holding a butter knife blade over her wrist:
Yo soy capaz de cualquier cosa si me dejas.(I’m capable of anything if you leave me.)
And Os seems to register for the first time that he is in Bunny Boiling Territory.
Mexico City:
Juan Pablo introduces Padre Jerónimo to the guys and shows off the carpentry workshop to his mentor.
Back at the hospital: Israel’s doctor looks grim. Alma sobs on Millie’s shoulder while Cruz, Napo and Nathy stand by helplessly.
Two Back-to-Back Smack Scenes (BBSS):
BBSS 1: While Ximena is in Miami, Ofelia keeps Guillermo’s bed warm. Right now she is marvelling at Osvaldo’s shamelessness. How dare he appear in public with that whore! (Really, Ofelia? Really?) That’s why I wanted to blow his cover with Victoria but your hypocritical (santurrón) husband wouldn’t let me, says Gui.
Says Ofelia with a knowing smirk: You still haven’t forgiven Os for that thing with Leonela, right?
Whoa!!! She’s not prepared for Guillermo’s rage! He smacks her savagely and says: Never mention that woman again!
Miami:
BBSS 2: In the lobby of the hotel, Joaquin is trying to flirt with María. Max comes on the scene just in time to see him kiss her hand. Max says sweetly to María, give me a sec, darling, and then turns to Joaquin and punches him in the nose. Very hard. Hard enough to knock him down. Says Max:
¡Me tienes harto!(I’m fed up with you! Literally, you have me fed up. Which makes two fed-up Sandovals in Miami today.)
Ximena phones her ma to tell her the good news – She blindfolded Max when he was falling down drunk and had sex with him by pretending to be his girlfriend. Now she can force him to marry her! Good thing, says her ma, because we’re broke. What??? Ximena is impactada.
Victoria has seen Max’s knockout punch and she is mortified. She insists he apologize to Joaquin. Max refuses. For a moment it looks like she’s going to send him to his room without supper.
He knows why I did it, retorts Max stubbornly.
I thought Max was a gentleman, says Joaquin, but I was wrong. And next year you brawling bozos from Mexico can take it somewhere else, because you’ve worn out your welcome at this hotel!
Max is unconcerned:
No te preocupes, en esta ciudad lo que sobran son hoteles.
(Don’t worry, in this city there are plenty of hotels).
As soon as Joaquin walks away, Victoria tells Max that he’ll never again use violence to sort out problems in her business. Max sets the record straight:
No fue por tu Casa de Modas que lo puse en su lugar; fue porque le faltó el respeto a María Desamparada.(It wasn’t because of your fashion house that I put him in his place; it was because he didn’t show respect to María D.)
Ximena’s mother tells her their life style is just a facade. They don’t have a cent left. She has sold all her jewelry bit by bit and now every piece she owns is fake.
When the dust has cleared, Victoria follows María to her room and blames her for causing trouble by flirting with Joaquin. María sets her straight: She wasn’t flirting. Joaquin sent her flowers and thought that gave him the right to flirt with her. Max put him in his place. You may be mad, she tells Vic, but I’m proud that the man I love is willing to defend me.
Victoria is not amused. You’ll stay in your room until we leave Miami, she tells María. And remember, I have your passport. Just before she leaves, Victoria turns back and says:
Sabes que todo lo que hago es por tu bien.(You know that everything I’m doing is for your own good.)
Acapulco:
Adam and Eve, aka Os and LindaHo are checking out of the Garden of Eden. And now they – or he, at least, feels shame. A stranger asks him if he is Osvaldo Sandoval and he says no.
Miami:
María tells Max that Victoria won’t let her go out and play. Max is incensed. Does she think she owns people? he asks. Open your window, he tells her.
He makes his way through the service area of the hotel and back stairways to María’s room and climbs in through the window. They kiss and then escape together. When they reach the lobby, Max tries to tell her about last night but before he can do so, he is interrupted by a couple of girls who recognize him as the winner of the kayaking competition. Soon a small crowd of giggling women surrounds him and they want photos with their hero. María is happy to oblige them by taking the pictures.
Pip and Toni come down to the lobby too. He is gotten up in a long-sleeved black and white striped Dr. Dentonesque jumpsuit (I can’t see if there’s a flap in back), and sports a black and white paisley print sun hat and oversized pinkish shades. His skin is very sensitive, he explains. And the sun ages one so.
They notice the girls swarming Max. While Pip happily inserts himself into the middle of the group and hams it up, Toni takes the opportunity to warn María that Vic will have a conniption if she sees her. Toni is right, María tells Max. He reluctantly agrees to postpone their talk until later; but before he leaves her he says:
Nada más quiero que sepas que pase lo que pase, te amo con toda mi vida y siempre te voy a amar.(I just want you to know that whatever happens, I love you with all my heart and I will always love you.)
Mexico:
Juan Pablo is surprised to hear that María M is in Bernie’s house. Mea culpa, mea culpa says Bernie beating her breast, I am guilty. I didn’t tell you the truth because I wanted to avoid a confrontation with Victoria. Besides, I thought it would be a good thing for María to stay here in this pious home under my protection. Bernie turns to Padre Jerónimo and asks his opinion.
The good padre doesn’t know the details, but he’s sure St. Bernarda must be right, especially considering the blood ties that bind her to the girl. Then Bernarda turns to Eva for support. Oh yes, says Eva, you treat the girl as if you were her own mother. (como si fuera su propia madre.) JP is happy to hear this but he’d still like to see MM.
Israel is in critical condition in the hospital. His wife, Alma, weeps at his bedside. In another room, JuanJo appears to be in fairly good condition. He has some burn dressings on his arm. He tells Nathy and Millie that he wants to see his friend. Nathy urges him to be patient.
In the waiting room, Napo remarks that it doesn’t look good for Israel. And Cruz says:
No se vale. A Israel se tiene que salvar.(It’s not right. They have to save Israel.)
Apparently María Magdalena has been allowed out of her cage for display in front of the padres. Bernarda stands behind her chair and rests her hands on MM’s shoulders. She only wants to teach her to respect and love God and lead her to the path of virtue, says Bernie. Juan Pablo asks Padre Jerónimo for his opinion. He backs Bernie. A thousand percent.
Bernarda looks satisfied. And why not? Another day, another priest bamboozled. She strokes MM’s hair. MM looks terrified.
Miami:
María Desamparada is also about to be allowed out of her cage. She is all packed and ready to leave for the airport. One more detail -- she puts Joaquin’s roses in the trash. Victoria comes to her door to tell her it’s time to go. She’s surprised to see the discarded flowers. María explains that although they’re beautiful, for Max’s sake she thought it was better not to keep them.
Now everyone is back in Mexico City.
Os has assumed his public persona. He and Linda stand several feet apart at the airport. A fan approaches Os and asks if he can take a picture with him. Os obliges. Linda looks miserable.
María and Max ride back to her place in a taxi. He says: In a few days, we’ll be married… or at least I hope so (o eso espero). María is concerned: Why did you say it like that? What’s the matter? Nothing, says Max. Don’t pay any attention to me.
In another airport taxi, LindaHo perches on Os’s lap. He explains to her that he has to spend the night with his family.
Max and María get to María’s place. He helps her out with her suitcase, kisses her and begins: Would you still love me if…
But once again he is cut off, this time by the sight of his father helping LindaHo out of the second taxi. He says:
Papá, ¿qué haces con Linda?(Pop, what are you doing with Linda?)
Os pulls off his shades to give himself a moment to think up a good lie.
Part two of two: Two pregnancies and a funeral
In which a hero dies; Bernarda learns María Magdalena is not her granddaughter; and Padre Jerónimo learns that St. Bernarda is a monster; LindaHo breaks JuanJo’s heart; and María’s pregnancy brings her great joy -- for about five minutes.
Victoria gets back to Casa Sandoval before Osvaldo does. How did Fernanda behave? she asks Micaela.
Back in the barrio, Os is where we left him – standing there on the sidewalk like a big dope, holding his shades in his hand. It’s Linda who comes up with the lie. She tells Max that they needed a make-up artist on location and Os offered her the job so she could earn a little extra money. And Os is such a gentleman, he offered her a ride home from the airport.
How convenient. Os and Max can share the same taxi back to Casa Sandoval. Os and Linda shake hands and say goodbye. Like colleagues. Max and María kiss and he leaves without telling her about last night and the Ximena problem. When the boys are gone, MD turns to Linda accusingly: ¿Qué hiciste? (What did you do?)
At Casa Sandoval, a thwarted interrogation:
Victoria asks Micaela why she hasn’t answered her question about Fer. Before she can reply, Max and Os walk in together. Vic asks why they arrived together. Before they can answer, Micaela tells Max some firemen have been calling him and he goes off to return the call.
Ximena tells her ma she’s pregnant. She’ll wait a few days and then tell Max it’s his child. Her ma drinks to that. Take care of your health, says ma. Xi will drink to that. Max will be their ticket back to the good life.
Max leaves in a hurry just as Oscar arrives at the house to tell them Fer was in an accident. She’s ok but they wrecked Padilla’s car. Scuzzy was driving although both kids were drunk. Vic is ready to rip the FerBeast a new one but Oscar skillfully talks her down. (He promised Fer he’d be her advocate, he explains.) Os is grateful. From this moment, consider me your friend, he tells Oscar, extending his hand.
Max gets to the hospital where the injured firemen were taken. He stops in to see JuanJo. Nathy comes in with the news that Israel is dying. Max rushes into Israel’s room where Alma, Napo, Cruz and Milagros are already gathered. Max promises the dying man that he’ll take care of his family. With Nathy’s help, JuanJo makes his painful way to see his dying friend, his brother. Nathy and JuanJo promise to be good godparents to the baby. Israel says a tearful goodbye and dies in Alma’s arms.
The FerBeast, cervical collar or no, is still a beast and still defending Scuzzy. At least now Os is on board with Victoria and agrees that Fer can’t see ScuzzBoy anymore. The FerBeast is defiant. But Os has had enough: ¡Basta de tonterías y berrinches! (enough foolishness and tantrums) shouts that pater familias, Osvaldo Sandoval (whom some of you may remember in his most recent role, Pimp Daddy of Acapulco).
The scene is cut short by Micaela’s announcement that señor Padilla is downstairs. (Los busca el señor Padilla.)
Padilla pretends he is a normal person and is there to find out how Fer is doing after the accident. But Vic shouts him down and tells him to get out. Padilla says rather snarkily that nothing happened and there’s no need to get hysterical.
Os defends Victoria from Padilla’s insults. Get out, he shouts, and keep your kid away too. Padilla insinuates that he knows something damaging, but Os won’t listen to another word. He punches him out and Padilla is left to scuttle away. It’s not over, he mutters menacingly. It’s just the beginning.
When they are alone, Os tells Vic they should have done that a long time ago. They would have avoided a lot of problems.
Bernarda refuses to let scorpion guy see María Magdalena. At her signal, Fausto picks him up and throws him out like the bag of human refuse he is. Bernie looks on and smiles with satisfaction.
A neighbor has told María and Linda about the injured firemen and now, both out of breath, they arrive at the hospital where Napo gives them the tragic news: Israel has died. They want to see JuanJo but Cruz says that wouldn’t be a good idea:
A JuanJo no le gustaría que su novia lo viera en este estado.
(JuanJo wouldn’t want his girlfriend to see him in the state he’s in.)
María catches sight of Max and runs to him.
Napo grabs LindaHo’s arm and tells her not to dare break up with JuanJo right now. She’ll have to do it at the right moment but they won’t let her hurt him.
Back at the fake rich-guy apartment, Padilla kicks his progeny (who is also wearing a cervical collar) for wrecking the car and his chances with Fer. But Padilla has too much invested in Project FerBeast to give up now. And he has a number of little surprises for the Sandoval family.
Millie does her best to comfort JuanJo. Even though he is still recovering from his own injuries and really shouldn't leave the hospital, he is determined to go to the funeral to say farewell to Israel. Napo and Cruz help him into a wheelchair.
The funeral: Milagros, JuanJo, Napo, Cruz, Nathy, María, Linda and Max are present. Alma is inconsolable. Max presents her with Israel’s helmet and she places it on his flag-draped coffin.
Bernarda’s house: Victoria has arrived to claim the wrong María. Toni pulls the girl by one arm and Pip by the other. But María Magdalena doesn’t want to leave with them. Vic tells Bernie she knows full well that she poisoned MM against her. Well no one is going to keep her from taking her daughter back.
So take her, says Bernie. She found peace and God here but hey. Take her. And they do. Even though MM keeps howling in protest. [So I guess it’s okay for rich, powerful people to hold poor people against their will. I mean -- as long as it’s for their own good.]
Eva delivers an envelope to Bernie. It’s the DNA results showing MM isn’t JP’s daughter. She was right, she says, as always.
The roomies are on their way out of the apartment when María D has a dizzy spell. Nathy fusses over her while Linda rushes out to the pharmacy. She comes back shortly, hands a small packet to María and sends her to the bathroom. And Nathy must be the only person on the planet who is surprised when María comes out of the bathroom and says: Estoy embarazada. (I’m pregnant.) All three are thrilled -- and they know Max will be too when he hears the news.
The church is packed with sinners so the two Padres do double duty taking confessions. Jerónimo finds Bernarda in his confessional. What sin could a saintly woman like you have to confess? he asks with an avuncular chuckle. It’s true, she says, she isn’t a sinner.
Her only mission is to do justice in God’s name.
Hearing these words, Jero is puzzled and a tad uneasy.
She goes on. Years ago she had to make JP’s real father pay for betraying her -- for seducing her and leaving her pregnant when he was already a married man with a child, she had to intervene in the name of divine justice.
She burned him alive, along with his wife and child. And no one suspected her.
Jero sits open-mouthed with horror.
…That’s why I say that it’s my mission to exact justice in God’s name and with his divine help.
JuanJo is back home and LindaHo tells him they need to talk. JuanJo, she says: No me voy a casar contigo. (I’m not going to marry you.)
At the Televisa building, Guillermo gives Osvaldo a warm welcome back. Os admits he had a great time with LindaHo. Still, he can’t help feeling guilty. After all, he loves his wife. Beelzebub… I mean Guillermo… eggs him on in his infidelity and minimizes the importance of his guilt.
LindaHo tells JuanJo they rushed into things too quickly. She wants to break off their engagement. He’s not hearing her. He thinks she just has a normal set of jitters. All well and good, but he’s not calling off the wedding.
Triunfo de maldad: Ximena walks up to Max in his office and announces with a smile: Estoy embarazada. Estoy esperando un hijo tuyo, Max. (I’m pregnant. I’m expecting your child, Max.)
[Although I’m wondering why he’s there at all. Didn’t he resign?]
Max is open-mouthed. No, no, esto no puede ser! Says Ximena: We have to get married right away!
Poor old Padre Jerónimo is still in the confessional with bloody St. B. So you killed your own husband and Tomasa, the woman who served you faithfully all those years??? You’re sick, Bernarda, you need medical help! That first betrayal must have driven you insane!
It’s a shame you don’t understand me, says B with maddening calm:
...pero los mismos santos fueron incomprendidos en su tiempo(but the saints themselves were misunderstood in their day)
And you think you’re a saint! exclaims Jerónimo. What you should do is repent for your sins and beg God for forgiveness! [And I’m starting to worry about the old guy. Can his heart take this confession? Can mine?]
And Her Craziness replies:
Yo no necesito pedirle perdón a Dios porque solamente cumplo sus mandatos.(I don’t need to ask God’s forgiveness because I’m only obeying his commands.)
That’s why years ago I tried to run over Victoria’s daughter.
Jero gasps and turns to her:
You dared to spill your own blood! Because that girl is your granddaughter! (Te atreviste a derramar tu propia sangre -- porque esta niña es tu nieta!) Because that girl is your granddaughter! Thank God you failed and now María Magdalena is safe with her mother and far from your reach!
B. is surprised at Jero’s innocence. MM isn’t really Vic’s daughter -- although Vic believes that she is.
And speaking of evil and crazy: Ximena repeats to Max that he has to marry her. And now he looks like the one who needs to run into the bathroom to puke. She’s nuts, he says, he’s marrying María D. That was then, this is now says canny Ximena.
She rages, she coos, she shows Max how loony she is. Don’t you care about your child? Of course he does, he says. But please, for now, be discreet, okay?
Bernarda pulls out the DNA results and shows Jero that MM is unrelated genetically to Vic and JP. She’s no liar!
Bernarda has to tell JP the truth immediately, says Jero, so he can keep looking for his real child. Not gonna do it, says B.
No quiero que vuelva a exponer su misión como sacerdote.(I don’t want his mission as a priest to be at risk, once again.)
Jero can’t give B absolution until she repents and makes amends for her sins. No importa. She don’t need no stinkin’ absolution. God forgives her; He understands her. Oh… just a little reminder -- he is bound by the Seal of the Confessional. He can’t reveal a word of the atrocities she has just told him:
God be with you Padre! Have a nice day!
Napo joins JuanJo and Linda in Millie’s apartment and finds the atmosphere a little tense. Linda says she just told JuanJo that she doesn’t want to marry him. Not yet. And JuanJo says he told Linda not to worry, to take her time and wait until she’s ready. But they’re not going to cancel (suspender) the wedding.
María is on her way to tell Max her news but Toni waylays her. She needs her right away for a private show.
Ximena hasn’t wasted any time spreading her news. (So much for discretion, Max.) Vic is overjoyed to hear that Xi is expecting Max’s child. And best of all, says Vic: Max will marry Ximena and they can get rid of that María Desamparada once and for all! Toni joins them and Vic shares the glad tidings. Toni smiles uneasily.
LindaHo complains to Nathy that she tried to break up with JuanJo but he can’t seem to get it. What can she do to make him understand that she’s not interested in him?
Ximena walks the runway in the private show. Then it’s María’s turn. She makes it down to the end, turns back and is almost off-stage when she appears to have a dizzy spell. She manages to stay on her feet and makes it to the dressing room. Pip, concerned, follows her. She tells him she’s fine. Max comes in and Pip leaves the two alone. Each has something important to tell the other. María will change and they’ll go someplace where they can talk.
Back in the barrio: Milagros is on the warpath. She pounds on the door and then storms in to the little apartment, pushing right past Nathy to confront Linda: Listen brat, JuanJo loves you. Where do come off telling him that you don’t want to marry him? I’m warning you, she tells her, I can be fierce (una fiera, a wild beast) when someone makes my kid (cachorro, cub) suffer. First you tell him yes, then you tell him no. She goes on:
Escuincla babosa, de los sentimientos de mi hijo, nadie se burle, eh!(Slimy brat, nobody makes fun of my son’s feelings!)
Linda says she feels so confused!
Milagros mocks her ‘confusion’ and her lame attempts to justify herself.
Ay, ¡la manga que! (You’re a liar! You’re full of it!)
Here Milagros spits out a mouthful of threats involving Linda’s premature loss of both her big ass and her beauty (which I realize is redundant) and growing a big hairy wart on her nose. It sounds pretty scary to me, but Linda laughs scornfully and says:
¡Usted siempre con sus jaladas!(You and your exaggerations!)
Milagros’s final words, delivered darkly:
¡Quedas advertida! (You’ve been warned!)
She and Linda glare at one another.
JuanJo tries to drown his sorrows with tequila.
At the Casa de Modas, Ximena goes looking for María. Pip says she left with Max – oh, but that makes you jealous, doesn’t it? Me? rejoins Ximena. I’m not jealous of anyone. And his relationship with MD ends today, I betcha anything.
Ximena’s cell phone rings. It’s Guillermo and he wants to know how their baby is doing. She tells him she doesn’t need him anymore. She and Max are getting back together. If he agreed to that, says Gui, you must have blackmailed him into it and told him the baby was his.
Max and María are in a charming restaurant and their song plays in the background. María tries to tell him about the pregnancy but he insists there’s something he has to say first:
Espero que puedas perdonarme porque yo no puedo. Mi amor...Ximena ... Ximena está esperando un hijo... mio.(I hope you can forgive me because I can’t. My love … Ximena is expecting a child. My child.)
Cue the kayak. And give that man a lifevest.
In Miami, Ximena plants a flag on Maxlandia; Max punches out Joaquin; and Victoria shows her claws to María.
In Mexico City, Bernie bamboozles two priests; Guillermo smacks around Ofelia; a fireman fights for his life; and Max finally sees his father with Linda.
In Acapulco, the full moon loses its charm.
Miami:
The hotel. The night after the triumphant fashion show and Max’s win in the kayaking competition.
A replay of my least favorite plot contrivance: Desperate woman tricks hero into boinking her thereby spoiling the fairy tale romance of the stars for at least the next 50 capítulos. [Feel free to skip the next 3 paragraphs.]
Max is sprawled out stinking drunk on the bed in his hotel room. Our hero! At the door left carelessly unlocked, a figure in a red dress and black wig appears. Is that you, my love? he asks. Yes, my love, it’s me. He mumbles apologies for acting like a jerk before.
Ximena – the wannabe María in the stolen red dress and wig – blindfolds Max with his skinny tie and gets to work unbuttoning and unzipping.
Max believes he’s with the woman of his dreams, not the stalker of his nightmares. María, mi cielo, mi amor, he says. He wants to remove the blindfold but Ximena won’t let him. She knows there’s not enough dark in the night sky to disguise her pale and desperate face.
In another room of the hotel María is lying in bed quietly pensive when she hears a knock at her door. It’s Victoria! The lady storms in looking like Elmer Fudd who’s just been had by that Wascally Wabbit. She is fed up (harta), she says. She rants that MD will never marry Max – she’s an intruder in their lives, a fortune hunter who’s only interested in her son’s money. A social climber (trepadora). Leave Max in peace!
Toni and Pipino agree the show was a big hit and Victoria must be pretty happy about it (or she would be if she did happy). But now Pip wants to know more about Vic’s lost daughter...
...Toni has told him the whole sad story. Ah, says Pip, that’s why Victoria looks so melancholy at times. But now there’s good news, says Toni. Victoria has finally found her daughter. The only problem is she’s staying with Bernarda, Padre Juan Pablo’s mother. Pip is puzzled. Toni explains: It’s because JP is the girl’s father!
And at that moment, Victoria’s actual lost daughter, María Desamparada (expósita), is still on the wrong end of her mother’s rant: MD tried flirting with Osvaldo first, says Victoria. Only when that effort failed (because he would never, ever be unfaithful) did she turn to Max. María hints that perhaps Victoria should rethink her assumptions about Osvaldo:
Le aconsejo que no esté tan segura.
(I advise you not to be so sure.)
Victoria seems momentarily taken aback but then plows on: You are not marrying Max. He’s marrying Ximena, like it or not! Victoria Fudd stamps her little trotter.
María won’t let Vic intimidate her. She holds out her ring as proof: Max and I are engaged. Vic says bitterly:
No cabe duda, ¡eres una mala mujer!(There’s no doubt about it – you’re a bad woman! caber, lit. to fit, so there is no room left for doubt)
Mexico City:
Speaking of bad women…Bernarda awakens with a start and sees Fausto standing beside her bed holding a pillow. Wisely, he chooses not to tell her he had been contemplating suffocating her. Instead he says he heard her scream, and came in to check on her. The pillow? It was on the floor.
St. Bernarda kneels before her personal altar and vows she will kill again if she has to. But no one will make JP stray from the path she herself chose for him so he could save her soul.
Padre Jerónimo, the same elderly priest who welcomed Juan Pablo back to the seminary and listened to his confession of carnal sin 20 years ago, now pops up on the scene once again. He has been transferred to the parish as the new asesor. (He would be what… like 90 years old now?) Domingo introduces himself to Jero as the sacristán (sexton). [So apparently Domingo is not the world’s oldest juvenile. Relax, Osvaldo, your title is safe.] JP is relieved to see his old mentor and anxious to speak to him in private.
After the brutal way she treated her, Bernie is trying to smoothe things over with María Magdalena. (Just because you’re a serial killer doesn’t mean you leave your manners at the abattoir door.) She concedes:
Quizas yo haya sido un poco dura contigo.(Maybe I have been a little hard on you)
But Bernarda has suffered so much because of Victoria. And now, she tells the girl, it’s important to etch this in your memory -- Your mother abandoned you because you got in her way (estorbabas). And I have proof that she was a bad woman!
In the church, Juan Pablo tells his mentor that he finds himself confronted with his past: He has a daughter named María Magdalena. Padre Jerónimo says that one’s deeds in life are what count. And he has been an exemplary priest.
Bernarda smugly presents her proof to María M – It’s that bastard … I mean bastion… of honor, Papa Padilla. He recites the horse hockey that Bernie concocted – he and Victoria were lovers, MM got in the way of Vic’s ambitions so she abandoned her in the street. Padilla was so outraged by Vic’s behavior that he left her. And that’s why Vic hates Padilla so much: he can bear witness to the terrible person she really is.
At the scene of the fire:
The badly injured bombero is lifted into an ambulance. His rescuer, JuanJo, will accompany him. Cruz encourages his buddy: Aguanta, he tells him. (hang on.)
At the hospital: Nathy, Milagros and Alma, the pregnant lady, wait anxiously. (No one seems to be looking at Nathy’s Scarlet Letter today.) The injured man is Israel, Alma’s husband. He tells them JuanJo risked his life trying to save him.
Back at Bernie’s: As soon as Eva takes María M out of the room, Bernarda applauds Padilla’s performance. He casually mentions that in his most recent run-in with the law, he met a guy who might be able to help with the Victoria problem. (He means the Scorpion. Won’t Padilla be surprised when he learns Bernarda and the Scorpion are already as good as kissin’ cousins, what with him being her fake daughter’s pimp and all)
He’s not expecting what happens next. He pulls out a cigar and casually clicks on his lighter. Bernie, seeing the flame, freaks out shouting: ¡no lo soporto, no lo soporto! (I can’t bear it.)
[And NovelaMaven Novelties sees the possibilities for a new retail line: t-shirts, sweats, beanies all bearing the logo: ¡No lo soporto! ¡No lo soporto! Wear it while you watch!]
Miami:
The other María, la desamparada, wakes up in her hotel room and feels bad about quarreling with Max. She has to see him right away. Nothing can come between us, she thinks.
And if she feels bad, imagine how Max feels! He wakes up and reaches for his María D and instead finds Ximena smiling out from a black wig. He is appalled. What the… what are you doing here, Ximena? Don’t you remember? she smiles maddeningly. We made love last night!
Max edges away from her, pulls on his pants and tells her to get out. All’s fair in love and war, she smirks. You made love to me and now we have to get married.
And there we have it, my friends -- the impeccable logic of a sociopath, a nineteenth century virgin or a lazy telenovela writer who is painting by the numbers.
Acapulco:
Osvaldo has recovered from the effects of the full, and I do mean full moon. When Linda pouts that the weekend is over, he reminds her that she knew the rules of the game from the start. And if she doesn’t like them, that’s fine. They can end it right now.
Miami:
Victoria’s phone call to Micaela, the Sandoval housekeeper, is interrupted when Ximena bounds in with great news!
¡Pasé la noche con tu hijo!(I spent the night with your son!)
Ewww! This is more than a little icky so let’s leave the two Women Without Boundaries and rejoin our now slightly tarnished hero –
Max stands in the steaming shower trying to get the Ximena off him. [Out, out, damn skank!] No puede ser, no puede ser, he repeats to himself. ¡Qué imbécil! he says. And we have to agree. Cuz blindfolded or not, drunk or not, how could he?
María D is standing dreamily in front of her mirror when she hears a knock on her door. She opens it to find a huge bouquet of roses with a note:
Con todo mi afecto y mi admiración.(With all my affection and love.)
There’s no signature. It must be from Max, she thinks, and calls him to thank him. (We know it’s not from Max – who’s always all ‘te amo con todo mi corazón’, and ‘mi cielo, mi vida’. So how come she doesn’t know?)
She’s puzzled when he says he didn’t send the flowers. But he has something to tell her. Thinking he’s feeling bad about last night’s spat, she tells him not to worry:
Te perdonaría absolutamente todo – bueno, menos un engaño.(I would forgive you anything – well, except cheating on me.)
Uh oh. Foreshadow City!
Max and María arrange to meet.
Joaquin thanks the bellhop for delivering the flowers to María.
Acapulco:
Linda realizes she has made a strategic blunder and in trying to fix it, appears to make matters worse. It’s just that it feels horrible knowing you’re going to abandon me, she tells Osvaldo. I’ll never abandon you, he answers, but I’ll never abandon my family either. And her chilling response, delivered while holding a butter knife blade over her wrist:
Yo soy capaz de cualquier cosa si me dejas.(I’m capable of anything if you leave me.)
And Os seems to register for the first time that he is in Bunny Boiling Territory.
Mexico City:
Juan Pablo introduces Padre Jerónimo to the guys and shows off the carpentry workshop to his mentor.
Back at the hospital: Israel’s doctor looks grim. Alma sobs on Millie’s shoulder while Cruz, Napo and Nathy stand by helplessly.
Two Back-to-Back Smack Scenes (BBSS):
BBSS 1: While Ximena is in Miami, Ofelia keeps Guillermo’s bed warm. Right now she is marvelling at Osvaldo’s shamelessness. How dare he appear in public with that whore! (Really, Ofelia? Really?) That’s why I wanted to blow his cover with Victoria but your hypocritical (santurrón) husband wouldn’t let me, says Gui.
Says Ofelia with a knowing smirk: You still haven’t forgiven Os for that thing with Leonela, right?
Whoa!!! She’s not prepared for Guillermo’s rage! He smacks her savagely and says: Never mention that woman again!
Miami:
BBSS 2: In the lobby of the hotel, Joaquin is trying to flirt with María. Max comes on the scene just in time to see him kiss her hand. Max says sweetly to María, give me a sec, darling, and then turns to Joaquin and punches him in the nose. Very hard. Hard enough to knock him down. Says Max:
¡Me tienes harto!(I’m fed up with you! Literally, you have me fed up. Which makes two fed-up Sandovals in Miami today.)
Ximena phones her ma to tell her the good news – She blindfolded Max when he was falling down drunk and had sex with him by pretending to be his girlfriend. Now she can force him to marry her! Good thing, says her ma, because we’re broke. What??? Ximena is impactada.
Victoria has seen Max’s knockout punch and she is mortified. She insists he apologize to Joaquin. Max refuses. For a moment it looks like she’s going to send him to his room without supper.
He knows why I did it, retorts Max stubbornly.
I thought Max was a gentleman, says Joaquin, but I was wrong. And next year you brawling bozos from Mexico can take it somewhere else, because you’ve worn out your welcome at this hotel!
Max is unconcerned:
No te preocupes, en esta ciudad lo que sobran son hoteles.
(Don’t worry, in this city there are plenty of hotels).
As soon as Joaquin walks away, Victoria tells Max that he’ll never again use violence to sort out problems in her business. Max sets the record straight:
No fue por tu Casa de Modas que lo puse en su lugar; fue porque le faltó el respeto a María Desamparada.(It wasn’t because of your fashion house that I put him in his place; it was because he didn’t show respect to María D.)
Ximena’s mother tells her their life style is just a facade. They don’t have a cent left. She has sold all her jewelry bit by bit and now every piece she owns is fake.
When the dust has cleared, Victoria follows María to her room and blames her for causing trouble by flirting with Joaquin. María sets her straight: She wasn’t flirting. Joaquin sent her flowers and thought that gave him the right to flirt with her. Max put him in his place. You may be mad, she tells Vic, but I’m proud that the man I love is willing to defend me.
Victoria is not amused. You’ll stay in your room until we leave Miami, she tells María. And remember, I have your passport. Just before she leaves, Victoria turns back and says:
Sabes que todo lo que hago es por tu bien.(You know that everything I’m doing is for your own good.)
Acapulco:
Adam and Eve, aka Os and LindaHo are checking out of the Garden of Eden. And now they – or he, at least, feels shame. A stranger asks him if he is Osvaldo Sandoval and he says no.
Miami:
María tells Max that Victoria won’t let her go out and play. Max is incensed. Does she think she owns people? he asks. Open your window, he tells her.
He makes his way through the service area of the hotel and back stairways to María’s room and climbs in through the window. They kiss and then escape together. When they reach the lobby, Max tries to tell her about last night but before he can do so, he is interrupted by a couple of girls who recognize him as the winner of the kayaking competition. Soon a small crowd of giggling women surrounds him and they want photos with their hero. María is happy to oblige them by taking the pictures.
Pip and Toni come down to the lobby too. He is gotten up in a long-sleeved black and white striped Dr. Dentonesque jumpsuit (I can’t see if there’s a flap in back), and sports a black and white paisley print sun hat and oversized pinkish shades. His skin is very sensitive, he explains. And the sun ages one so.
They notice the girls swarming Max. While Pip happily inserts himself into the middle of the group and hams it up, Toni takes the opportunity to warn María that Vic will have a conniption if she sees her. Toni is right, María tells Max. He reluctantly agrees to postpone their talk until later; but before he leaves her he says:
Nada más quiero que sepas que pase lo que pase, te amo con toda mi vida y siempre te voy a amar.(I just want you to know that whatever happens, I love you with all my heart and I will always love you.)
Mexico:
Juan Pablo is surprised to hear that María M is in Bernie’s house. Mea culpa, mea culpa says Bernie beating her breast, I am guilty. I didn’t tell you the truth because I wanted to avoid a confrontation with Victoria. Besides, I thought it would be a good thing for María to stay here in this pious home under my protection. Bernie turns to Padre Jerónimo and asks his opinion.
The good padre doesn’t know the details, but he’s sure St. Bernarda must be right, especially considering the blood ties that bind her to the girl. Then Bernarda turns to Eva for support. Oh yes, says Eva, you treat the girl as if you were her own mother. (como si fuera su propia madre.) JP is happy to hear this but he’d still like to see MM.
Israel is in critical condition in the hospital. His wife, Alma, weeps at his bedside. In another room, JuanJo appears to be in fairly good condition. He has some burn dressings on his arm. He tells Nathy and Millie that he wants to see his friend. Nathy urges him to be patient.
In the waiting room, Napo remarks that it doesn’t look good for Israel. And Cruz says:
No se vale. A Israel se tiene que salvar.(It’s not right. They have to save Israel.)
Apparently María Magdalena has been allowed out of her cage for display in front of the padres. Bernarda stands behind her chair and rests her hands on MM’s shoulders. She only wants to teach her to respect and love God and lead her to the path of virtue, says Bernie. Juan Pablo asks Padre Jerónimo for his opinion. He backs Bernie. A thousand percent.
Bernarda looks satisfied. And why not? Another day, another priest bamboozled. She strokes MM’s hair. MM looks terrified.
Miami:
María Desamparada is also about to be allowed out of her cage. She is all packed and ready to leave for the airport. One more detail -- she puts Joaquin’s roses in the trash. Victoria comes to her door to tell her it’s time to go. She’s surprised to see the discarded flowers. María explains that although they’re beautiful, for Max’s sake she thought it was better not to keep them.
Now everyone is back in Mexico City.
Os has assumed his public persona. He and Linda stand several feet apart at the airport. A fan approaches Os and asks if he can take a picture with him. Os obliges. Linda looks miserable.
María and Max ride back to her place in a taxi. He says: In a few days, we’ll be married… or at least I hope so (o eso espero). María is concerned: Why did you say it like that? What’s the matter? Nothing, says Max. Don’t pay any attention to me.
In another airport taxi, LindaHo perches on Os’s lap. He explains to her that he has to spend the night with his family.
Max and María get to María’s place. He helps her out with her suitcase, kisses her and begins: Would you still love me if…
But once again he is cut off, this time by the sight of his father helping LindaHo out of the second taxi. He says:
Papá, ¿qué haces con Linda?(Pop, what are you doing with Linda?)
Os pulls off his shades to give himself a moment to think up a good lie.
Part two of two: Two pregnancies and a funeral
In which a hero dies; Bernarda learns María Magdalena is not her granddaughter; and Padre Jerónimo learns that St. Bernarda is a monster; LindaHo breaks JuanJo’s heart; and María’s pregnancy brings her great joy -- for about five minutes.
Victoria gets back to Casa Sandoval before Osvaldo does. How did Fernanda behave? she asks Micaela.
Back in the barrio, Os is where we left him – standing there on the sidewalk like a big dope, holding his shades in his hand. It’s Linda who comes up with the lie. She tells Max that they needed a make-up artist on location and Os offered her the job so she could earn a little extra money. And Os is such a gentleman, he offered her a ride home from the airport.
How convenient. Os and Max can share the same taxi back to Casa Sandoval. Os and Linda shake hands and say goodbye. Like colleagues. Max and María kiss and he leaves without telling her about last night and the Ximena problem. When the boys are gone, MD turns to Linda accusingly: ¿Qué hiciste? (What did you do?)
At Casa Sandoval, a thwarted interrogation:
Victoria asks Micaela why she hasn’t answered her question about Fer. Before she can reply, Max and Os walk in together. Vic asks why they arrived together. Before they can answer, Micaela tells Max some firemen have been calling him and he goes off to return the call.
Ximena tells her ma she’s pregnant. She’ll wait a few days and then tell Max it’s his child. Her ma drinks to that. Take care of your health, says ma. Xi will drink to that. Max will be their ticket back to the good life.
Max leaves in a hurry just as Oscar arrives at the house to tell them Fer was in an accident. She’s ok but they wrecked Padilla’s car. Scuzzy was driving although both kids were drunk. Vic is ready to rip the FerBeast a new one but Oscar skillfully talks her down. (He promised Fer he’d be her advocate, he explains.) Os is grateful. From this moment, consider me your friend, he tells Oscar, extending his hand.
Max gets to the hospital where the injured firemen were taken. He stops in to see JuanJo. Nathy comes in with the news that Israel is dying. Max rushes into Israel’s room where Alma, Napo, Cruz and Milagros are already gathered. Max promises the dying man that he’ll take care of his family. With Nathy’s help, JuanJo makes his painful way to see his dying friend, his brother. Nathy and JuanJo promise to be good godparents to the baby. Israel says a tearful goodbye and dies in Alma’s arms.
The FerBeast, cervical collar or no, is still a beast and still defending Scuzzy. At least now Os is on board with Victoria and agrees that Fer can’t see ScuzzBoy anymore. The FerBeast is defiant. But Os has had enough: ¡Basta de tonterías y berrinches! (enough foolishness and tantrums) shouts that pater familias, Osvaldo Sandoval (whom some of you may remember in his most recent role, Pimp Daddy of Acapulco).
The scene is cut short by Micaela’s announcement that señor Padilla is downstairs. (Los busca el señor Padilla.)
Padilla pretends he is a normal person and is there to find out how Fer is doing after the accident. But Vic shouts him down and tells him to get out. Padilla says rather snarkily that nothing happened and there’s no need to get hysterical.
Os defends Victoria from Padilla’s insults. Get out, he shouts, and keep your kid away too. Padilla insinuates that he knows something damaging, but Os won’t listen to another word. He punches him out and Padilla is left to scuttle away. It’s not over, he mutters menacingly. It’s just the beginning.
When they are alone, Os tells Vic they should have done that a long time ago. They would have avoided a lot of problems.
Bernarda refuses to let scorpion guy see María Magdalena. At her signal, Fausto picks him up and throws him out like the bag of human refuse he is. Bernie looks on and smiles with satisfaction.
A neighbor has told María and Linda about the injured firemen and now, both out of breath, they arrive at the hospital where Napo gives them the tragic news: Israel has died. They want to see JuanJo but Cruz says that wouldn’t be a good idea:
A JuanJo no le gustaría que su novia lo viera en este estado.
(JuanJo wouldn’t want his girlfriend to see him in the state he’s in.)
María catches sight of Max and runs to him.
Napo grabs LindaHo’s arm and tells her not to dare break up with JuanJo right now. She’ll have to do it at the right moment but they won’t let her hurt him.
Back at the fake rich-guy apartment, Padilla kicks his progeny (who is also wearing a cervical collar) for wrecking the car and his chances with Fer. But Padilla has too much invested in Project FerBeast to give up now. And he has a number of little surprises for the Sandoval family.
Millie does her best to comfort JuanJo. Even though he is still recovering from his own injuries and really shouldn't leave the hospital, he is determined to go to the funeral to say farewell to Israel. Napo and Cruz help him into a wheelchair.
The funeral: Milagros, JuanJo, Napo, Cruz, Nathy, María, Linda and Max are present. Alma is inconsolable. Max presents her with Israel’s helmet and she places it on his flag-draped coffin.
Bernarda’s house: Victoria has arrived to claim the wrong María. Toni pulls the girl by one arm and Pip by the other. But María Magdalena doesn’t want to leave with them. Vic tells Bernie she knows full well that she poisoned MM against her. Well no one is going to keep her from taking her daughter back.
So take her, says Bernie. She found peace and God here but hey. Take her. And they do. Even though MM keeps howling in protest. [So I guess it’s okay for rich, powerful people to hold poor people against their will. I mean -- as long as it’s for their own good.]
Eva delivers an envelope to Bernie. It’s the DNA results showing MM isn’t JP’s daughter. She was right, she says, as always.
The roomies are on their way out of the apartment when María D has a dizzy spell. Nathy fusses over her while Linda rushes out to the pharmacy. She comes back shortly, hands a small packet to María and sends her to the bathroom. And Nathy must be the only person on the planet who is surprised when María comes out of the bathroom and says: Estoy embarazada. (I’m pregnant.) All three are thrilled -- and they know Max will be too when he hears the news.
The church is packed with sinners so the two Padres do double duty taking confessions. Jerónimo finds Bernarda in his confessional. What sin could a saintly woman like you have to confess? he asks with an avuncular chuckle. It’s true, she says, she isn’t a sinner.
Her only mission is to do justice in God’s name.
Hearing these words, Jero is puzzled and a tad uneasy.
She goes on. Years ago she had to make JP’s real father pay for betraying her -- for seducing her and leaving her pregnant when he was already a married man with a child, she had to intervene in the name of divine justice.
She burned him alive, along with his wife and child. And no one suspected her.
Jero sits open-mouthed with horror.
…That’s why I say that it’s my mission to exact justice in God’s name and with his divine help.
JuanJo is back home and LindaHo tells him they need to talk. JuanJo, she says: No me voy a casar contigo. (I’m not going to marry you.)
At the Televisa building, Guillermo gives Osvaldo a warm welcome back. Os admits he had a great time with LindaHo. Still, he can’t help feeling guilty. After all, he loves his wife. Beelzebub… I mean Guillermo… eggs him on in his infidelity and minimizes the importance of his guilt.
LindaHo tells JuanJo they rushed into things too quickly. She wants to break off their engagement. He’s not hearing her. He thinks she just has a normal set of jitters. All well and good, but he’s not calling off the wedding.
Triunfo de maldad: Ximena walks up to Max in his office and announces with a smile: Estoy embarazada. Estoy esperando un hijo tuyo, Max. (I’m pregnant. I’m expecting your child, Max.)
[Although I’m wondering why he’s there at all. Didn’t he resign?]
Max is open-mouthed. No, no, esto no puede ser! Says Ximena: We have to get married right away!
Poor old Padre Jerónimo is still in the confessional with bloody St. B. So you killed your own husband and Tomasa, the woman who served you faithfully all those years??? You’re sick, Bernarda, you need medical help! That first betrayal must have driven you insane!
It’s a shame you don’t understand me, says B with maddening calm:
...pero los mismos santos fueron incomprendidos en su tiempo(but the saints themselves were misunderstood in their day)
And you think you’re a saint! exclaims Jerónimo. What you should do is repent for your sins and beg God for forgiveness! [And I’m starting to worry about the old guy. Can his heart take this confession? Can mine?]
And Her Craziness replies:
Yo no necesito pedirle perdón a Dios porque solamente cumplo sus mandatos.(I don’t need to ask God’s forgiveness because I’m only obeying his commands.)
That’s why years ago I tried to run over Victoria’s daughter.
Jero gasps and turns to her:
You dared to spill your own blood! Because that girl is your granddaughter! (Te atreviste a derramar tu propia sangre -- porque esta niña es tu nieta!) Because that girl is your granddaughter! Thank God you failed and now María Magdalena is safe with her mother and far from your reach!
B. is surprised at Jero’s innocence. MM isn’t really Vic’s daughter -- although Vic believes that she is.
And speaking of evil and crazy: Ximena repeats to Max that he has to marry her. And now he looks like the one who needs to run into the bathroom to puke. She’s nuts, he says, he’s marrying María D. That was then, this is now says canny Ximena.
She rages, she coos, she shows Max how loony she is. Don’t you care about your child? Of course he does, he says. But please, for now, be discreet, okay?
Bernarda pulls out the DNA results and shows Jero that MM is unrelated genetically to Vic and JP. She’s no liar!
Bernarda has to tell JP the truth immediately, says Jero, so he can keep looking for his real child. Not gonna do it, says B.
No quiero que vuelva a exponer su misión como sacerdote.(I don’t want his mission as a priest to be at risk, once again.)
Jero can’t give B absolution until she repents and makes amends for her sins. No importa. She don’t need no stinkin’ absolution. God forgives her; He understands her. Oh… just a little reminder -- he is bound by the Seal of the Confessional. He can’t reveal a word of the atrocities she has just told him:
God be with you Padre! Have a nice day!
Napo joins JuanJo and Linda in Millie’s apartment and finds the atmosphere a little tense. Linda says she just told JuanJo that she doesn’t want to marry him. Not yet. And JuanJo says he told Linda not to worry, to take her time and wait until she’s ready. But they’re not going to cancel (suspender) the wedding.
María is on her way to tell Max her news but Toni waylays her. She needs her right away for a private show.
Ximena hasn’t wasted any time spreading her news. (So much for discretion, Max.) Vic is overjoyed to hear that Xi is expecting Max’s child. And best of all, says Vic: Max will marry Ximena and they can get rid of that María Desamparada once and for all! Toni joins them and Vic shares the glad tidings. Toni smiles uneasily.
LindaHo complains to Nathy that she tried to break up with JuanJo but he can’t seem to get it. What can she do to make him understand that she’s not interested in him?
Ximena walks the runway in the private show. Then it’s María’s turn. She makes it down to the end, turns back and is almost off-stage when she appears to have a dizzy spell. She manages to stay on her feet and makes it to the dressing room. Pip, concerned, follows her. She tells him she’s fine. Max comes in and Pip leaves the two alone. Each has something important to tell the other. María will change and they’ll go someplace where they can talk.
Back in the barrio: Milagros is on the warpath. She pounds on the door and then storms in to the little apartment, pushing right past Nathy to confront Linda: Listen brat, JuanJo loves you. Where do come off telling him that you don’t want to marry him? I’m warning you, she tells her, I can be fierce (una fiera, a wild beast) when someone makes my kid (cachorro, cub) suffer. First you tell him yes, then you tell him no. She goes on:
Escuincla babosa, de los sentimientos de mi hijo, nadie se burle, eh!(Slimy brat, nobody makes fun of my son’s feelings!)
Linda says she feels so confused!
Milagros mocks her ‘confusion’ and her lame attempts to justify herself.
Ay, ¡la manga que! (You’re a liar! You’re full of it!)
Here Milagros spits out a mouthful of threats involving Linda’s premature loss of both her big ass and her beauty (which I realize is redundant) and growing a big hairy wart on her nose. It sounds pretty scary to me, but Linda laughs scornfully and says:
¡Usted siempre con sus jaladas!(You and your exaggerations!)
Milagros’s final words, delivered darkly:
¡Quedas advertida! (You’ve been warned!)
She and Linda glare at one another.
JuanJo tries to drown his sorrows with tequila.
At the Casa de Modas, Ximena goes looking for María. Pip says she left with Max – oh, but that makes you jealous, doesn’t it? Me? rejoins Ximena. I’m not jealous of anyone. And his relationship with MD ends today, I betcha anything.
Ximena’s cell phone rings. It’s Guillermo and he wants to know how their baby is doing. She tells him she doesn’t need him anymore. She and Max are getting back together. If he agreed to that, says Gui, you must have blackmailed him into it and told him the baby was his.
Max and María are in a charming restaurant and their song plays in the background. María tries to tell him about the pregnancy but he insists there’s something he has to say first:
Espero que puedas perdonarme porque yo no puedo. Mi amor...Ximena ... Ximena está esperando un hijo... mio.(I hope you can forgive me because I can’t. My love … Ximena is expecting a child. My child.)
Cue the kayak. And give that man a lifevest.
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Victoria Fudd ...lol
I am also wondering why Toni told Pepino, Victoria's secret. I thought noone was to ever know it. Did Vic tell Toni to do this & I missed it?
Did Bernarda threaten Padre Jer with anything else, other than the Seal of the Confessional?
I'm impressed with how quickly you posted this recap. I expected all the recaps to be later this week with two hours each night.
I am also wondering why Toni told Pepino, Victoria's secret. I thought noone was to ever know it. Did Vic tell Toni to do this & I missed it?
Did Bernarda threaten Padre Jer with anything else, other than the Seal of the Confessional?
I'm impressed with how quickly you posted this recap. I expected all the recaps to be later this week with two hours each night.
Permalink posted by 
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:24:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:24:00 AM EST
Great recap!!! Honestly, the writing you guys crank out is amazing. The highlights for me include the titulo of part II, the Macbeth reference, and the comment about Max needing a lifevest. You said it sister!
Regarding the episode...What a good one! Finally things are moving along. Ximena the rapist is gross. Can you say restraining order.....
And Vic! She is getting worse by the minute. I really hope Bernie gives it to her good before this is all over. At this point I'm feeling like she's one of the bad ones.
Regarding the episode...What a good one! Finally things are moving along. Ximena the rapist is gross. Can you say restraining order.....
And Vic! She is getting worse by the minute. I really hope Bernie gives it to her good before this is all over. At this point I'm feeling like she's one of the bad ones.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:48:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:48:00 AM EST
Thanks for the recap! It was very entertaining to read!
Vic just keeps bothering me more and more. She practically dragged MM out of Bernie's house, even when MM refused. I have a feeling that she will turn out better, but I hope everything she is doing will punch her in the face before that happens.
And ewww, why would you ever feel the need to tell the parent of the person you slept with that you spent the night with their child? If I ever have kids, I never want to know if they had sex the night before.
Vic just keeps bothering me more and more. She practically dragged MM out of Bernie's house, even when MM refused. I have a feeling that she will turn out better, but I hope everything she is doing will punch her in the face before that happens.
And ewww, why would you ever feel the need to tell the parent of the person you slept with that you spent the night with their child? If I ever have kids, I never want to know if they had sex the night before.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:48:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:48:00 AM EST
O.M.G "Boiling Bunny Territory". LMAO. Seriously. I've only read the recap of the first hour, but this is primo stuff NovelaMaven. When will the No lo soporto beanies be made available? I would like to order one please.
I thought it was a great two hour ride. The plot is certainly moving along now!
Vic is dead to me. Dead. To paraphrase Max Me tiene harta.
I thought it was a great two hour ride. The plot is certainly moving along now!
Vic is dead to me. Dead. To paraphrase Max Me tiene harta.
Wow, stuff actually happened last night, and our plot is propelling forward.
NovelaMaven - Thanks for the recap. It was a marathon, and once again Comcra...Comcast let me down with their online TVListings schedule. I saw most of it in real time, though.
LindaHo with a butter knife to her wrists. Seriously? Oh yeah, she's "winning."
Here is the curse of big screen TVs and HD: Padre Jero's nose hairs. Aaaaaack.
NovelaMaven - Thanks for the recap. It was a marathon, and once again Comcra...Comcast let me down with their online TVListings schedule. I saw most of it in real time, though.
LindaHo with a butter knife to her wrists. Seriously? Oh yeah, she's "winning."
Here is the curse of big screen TVs and HD: Padre Jero's nose hairs. Aaaaaack.
NovelaMaven, I am certainly impressed to find this so early in the AM. Not to mention how great this one is. My cable system had a problem in the middle of Bernardracula's "confession", so thanks for filling in the blank.
Both Osvaldo and Max are in Bunny Boiler territory, but Max is in greater danger. LindaHo is a manipulator but Ximena is mental. She belongs in a padded room. Per a previous post, just telling Victoria that she spent the night with Max is adequate proof of this. Her mother has no class at all and a major sense of entitlement. Why the hell isn't she working?
When is anyone going to think of using birth control?
I feel very bad for Padre Jeronimo. He doesn't deserve the anguish he will experience over the next 50 episodes.
Of course the next plot twist will be the discovery that MD is JP and Victoria's hija.
I don't know why Toni told Pepino the Big Secret. He isn't the most discreet person in the world and he will leak this to somebody.
Poor JuanJo. The less said about his state of denial the better. He definitely isn't ready to be on his own, away from Mama Milagros.
Major pet peeve of mine is the willingness of so many characters to believe the rantings of a pathological liar. Somebody important is going to believe Padilla's lies eventually and Victoria's drama-queen behavior is going to irritate rather than convince.
Both Osvaldo and Max are in Bunny Boiler territory, but Max is in greater danger. LindaHo is a manipulator but Ximena is mental. She belongs in a padded room. Per a previous post, just telling Victoria that she spent the night with Max is adequate proof of this. Her mother has no class at all and a major sense of entitlement. Why the hell isn't she working?
When is anyone going to think of using birth control?
I feel very bad for Padre Jeronimo. He doesn't deserve the anguish he will experience over the next 50 episodes.
Of course the next plot twist will be the discovery that MD is JP and Victoria's hija.
I don't know why Toni told Pepino the Big Secret. He isn't the most discreet person in the world and he will leak this to somebody.
Poor JuanJo. The less said about his state of denial the better. He definitely isn't ready to be on his own, away from Mama Milagros.
Major pet peeve of mine is the willingness of so many characters to believe the rantings of a pathological liar. Somebody important is going to believe Padilla's lies eventually and Victoria's drama-queen behavior is going to irritate rather than convince.
hysterical stuff NM, tks for a great recap.
All I can say is, !good grief!. Jimena's black wig wasn't even messed up. Max is believing this mierda when he suspected her of cheating on him when they were an item before & now they aren't even going together. DNA, DNA, DNA
I guess we know how Bernarda is going to meet her comeuppance, sth to do with conflagración. Is she going to join Barbara Greco?
All I can say is, !good grief!. Jimena's black wig wasn't even messed up. Max is believing this mierda when he suspected her of cheating on him when they were an item before & now they aren't even going together. DNA, DNA, DNA
I guess we know how Bernarda is going to meet her comeuppance, sth to do with conflagración. Is she going to join Barbara Greco?
Good morning, everyone! Thanks for the nice words. And since confession is in the air, let me tell you that I watched ahead online so I could write this on Sunday. Otherwise I would have been up all night!
Mariquita -- Welcome! I hope to see you here more often! So:
Why did Toni tell Pipino about Vic's secret?
Actually, Vic herself told him the other day when the three of them were talking and Toni let slip something about 'your daughter'. Pip asked: 'Fer?' And Vic corrected him: 'No, my first daughter. I had a daughter before I married Os but I lost her.' Then the three have to rush to get ready for a show and the conversation is left hanging. So what we saw last night was Toni and Pip picking up the thread from the revelation that Vic began.
And about threats to Padre Jer -- Bernarda didn't have to threaten anything else. She's sure he's bound to secrecy. [Although I hope, unrealistically, that he's not!]
Mariquita -- Welcome! I hope to see you here more often! So:
Why did Toni tell Pipino about Vic's secret?
Actually, Vic herself told him the other day when the three of them were talking and Toni let slip something about 'your daughter'. Pip asked: 'Fer?' And Vic corrected him: 'No, my first daughter. I had a daughter before I married Os but I lost her.' Then the three have to rush to get ready for a show and the conversation is left hanging. So what we saw last night was Toni and Pip picking up the thread from the revelation that Vic began.
And about threats to Padre Jer -- Bernarda didn't have to threaten anything else. She's sure he's bound to secrecy. [Although I hope, unrealistically, that he's not!]
Alicia Sophia and Arinayed -- great to have you here!
And I agree completely about Victoria's behavior right now. She is behaving like an ogre. How long will it be -- and how much pain is she going to inflict? -- before she's the one beating her breast and howling 'mea culpa, mea culpa'? Except her regret and guilt will be real, unlike St. Bernarda theatre of the absurd.
And I agree completely about Victoria's behavior right now. She is behaving like an ogre. How long will it be -- and how much pain is she going to inflict? -- before she's the one beating her breast and howling 'mea culpa, mea culpa'? Except her regret and guilt will be real, unlike St. Bernarda theatre of the absurd.
Sara, I'm embroidering as fast as I can! [Lined beanies may cost more but they'd be cheap at twice the price.]
Doris, So true about the curse of the big screen TV. Too Much (Visual) Information. I'm still trying to get used to my new HDTV which tends to turn every close-up into a medical training film. I'm sure some enterprising dermatologist will get around to publishing a study based on a tele-data!
Doris, So true about the curse of the big screen TV. Too Much (Visual) Information. I'm still trying to get used to my new HDTV which tends to turn every close-up into a medical training film. I'm sure some enterprising dermatologist will get around to publishing a study based on a tele-data!
Urban,
Yup, Max has also got himself a Bunny Boiler and maybe even a scarier one than Osvaldo's.
Birth control? Awareness of STD's? That's would be a genre-changer, wouldn't it? [Even so, contraception doesn't always work and these young women have had numerous 'exposures'.]
In the real world I've always thought there was a kind of Murphy's Law at work here: the more you want to get pregnant, the harder it is; the more you hope to avoid pregnancy, the more likely it is for the bunny to die -- since we're talking bunnies :)
Variopinta, gracias amiga! Maybe if we chant DNA DNA DNA loud enough, Max will hear us. :)
And definitely, for Bernarda there is some sort of conflagración out there with her name on it. But her villainy is so central to the story that I doubt we'll get to see it until the very end.
Yup, Max has also got himself a Bunny Boiler and maybe even a scarier one than Osvaldo's.
Birth control? Awareness of STD's? That's would be a genre-changer, wouldn't it? [Even so, contraception doesn't always work and these young women have had numerous 'exposures'.]
In the real world I've always thought there was a kind of Murphy's Law at work here: the more you want to get pregnant, the harder it is; the more you hope to avoid pregnancy, the more likely it is for the bunny to die -- since we're talking bunnies :)
Variopinta, gracias amiga! Maybe if we chant DNA DNA DNA loud enough, Max will hear us. :)
And definitely, for Bernarda there is some sort of conflagración out there with her name on it. But her villainy is so central to the story that I doubt we'll get to see it until the very end.
NovelaMaven!! Amiga! Que puedo decir?! WOWSERS!!! This was a huge, huge 2 hours and you got every little detail (and we got Padre Jer's nose hairs!) Perfecto...pero perfecto! (Sorry...I don't have the correct accents and punctuation marks. Vario gave me the link to add them, but I, once again, failed to bookmark it.) GRACIAS!
I don't even know where to start, but some of the things I enjoyed:
St. Bernard: excellent scene when she is enumerating all of her crimes against humanity in the confessional! For a moment there, I thought the poor Padre Jer was going to have an infarct! True to my yearning for believability...Romo made this scene very believable. Excellent!
Pimp Daddy Oz: when he FINALLY became a man and and father and a) put Fony Fer in her place and b) when he really gave it to Padilla. He was a MAN again and just the person being used by LindaHO
Max: I'm still not sure of the time gap between when he was raped by Xi/Ji-mena and when said tramp told him she was pregnant. No matter...at least he was ready to tell Maria E the situation. I am still baffled that he doesn't know his own amorcita well enough to know when he is kissing the Tramp in Perpetual Stupor or Maria E.
Back later, but will say that I am ITA with Sara: me tiene harta (re Victoria).
I really, really would love a beanie or a shirt with either "no puede ser" or "mi, hija" (only because I HATE the sounds of the words) or "no lo soporto".
I can't stop laughing! Can't you see it now?!
Susanita
I don't even know where to start, but some of the things I enjoyed:
St. Bernard: excellent scene when she is enumerating all of her crimes against humanity in the confessional! For a moment there, I thought the poor Padre Jer was going to have an infarct! True to my yearning for believability...Romo made this scene very believable. Excellent!
Pimp Daddy Oz: when he FINALLY became a man and and father and a) put Fony Fer in her place and b) when he really gave it to Padilla. He was a MAN again and just the person being used by LindaHO
Max: I'm still not sure of the time gap between when he was raped by Xi/Ji-mena and when said tramp told him she was pregnant. No matter...at least he was ready to tell Maria E the situation. I am still baffled that he doesn't know his own amorcita well enough to know when he is kissing the Tramp in Perpetual Stupor or Maria E.
Back later, but will say that I am ITA with Sara: me tiene harta (re Victoria).
I really, really would love a beanie or a shirt with either "no puede ser" or "mi, hija" (only because I HATE the sounds of the words) or "no lo soporto".
I can't stop laughing! Can't you see it now?!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:06:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:06:00 AM EST
Well those little sperm surely can swim fast if Max and co. are to believe Xi.
Thank you .. agree. How do you recappers do it, whether you looked ahead or not.
Thank you .. agree. How do you recappers do it, whether you looked ahead or not.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:12:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:12:00 AM EST
thanks, anon 11:12! Yup, those little guys swim fast! But home tests can sometimes detect a pregnancy less than two weeks after the deed, that is, even before a woman has missed her period. The writers tells us vaguely that it is now "days later". So it would have been possible for Ximena to get pregnant in Miami less than two weeks ago and have a positive test result. (Although we all know it wasn't Max's boys who made it to that rotten egg.)
Susanita, I think we have some kind of mindmeld, you and I, because we love the same scenes. A lot of our ensemble cast got to show their acting chops last night, didn't they? Gracias por todas las flores, amiga!
Thanks for the link, Varipinta!
Susanita, I think we have some kind of mindmeld, you and I, because we love the same scenes. A lot of our ensemble cast got to show their acting chops last night, didn't they? Gracias por todas las flores, amiga!
Thanks for the link, Varipinta!
NovelaMaven: De nada, Amiga! It was a good night for all, I think!
Vario: Thanks AGAIN and this time, I WILL book mark it! Gracias, amiga!!
Susanita (who is desperately in need of something with 'no lo suporto' plastered all over it!!) I've decided that's the phrase I like the best. :))
Vario: Thanks AGAIN and this time, I WILL book mark it! Gracias, amiga!!
Susanita (who is desperately in need of something with 'no lo suporto' plastered all over it!!) I've decided that's the phrase I like the best. :))
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:49:00 AM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:49:00 AM EST
Novela Maven, as I've said before, I love your style and the double duty hasn't dented the liveliness of your recaps. You fired off some great zingers, especially in Ximena's, Linda's, and Bernarda's directions. Some of my favorites:
"Ximena plants a flag on Maxlandia"
"She knows there’s not enough dark in the night sky to disguise her pale and desperate face."
"[Out, out, damn skank!]"
"And Os seems to register for the first time that he is in Bunny Boiling Territory."
and my favorite,
"(Just because you’re a serial killer doesn’t mean you leave your manners at the abattoir door.)"
Such funny stuff.
I wanted to gag as Ximy and Vicky celebrated Ximy's conquest. What kind of mother are you, Victoria?
Over at LldA we are experiencing a similar phenomenon to that you are experiencing here. 2 episodes in one night, only squeezed into 1 hr., a technique that could improve this TN.
Carlos
"Ximena plants a flag on Maxlandia"
"She knows there’s not enough dark in the night sky to disguise her pale and desperate face."
"[Out, out, damn skank!]"
"And Os seems to register for the first time that he is in Bunny Boiling Territory."
and my favorite,
"(Just because you’re a serial killer doesn’t mean you leave your manners at the abattoir door.)"
Such funny stuff.
I wanted to gag as Ximy and Vicky celebrated Ximy's conquest. What kind of mother are you, Victoria?
Over at LldA we are experiencing a similar phenomenon to that you are experiencing here. 2 episodes in one night, only squeezed into 1 hr., a technique that could improve this TN.
Carlos
"All’s fair in love and war," she smirks. "You made love to me and now we have to get married."
And there we have it, my friends -- the impeccable logic of a sociopath, a nineteenth century virgin or a lazy telenovela writer who is painting by the numbers."
NovelaMaven- Magical recap! Your logic masterfully "outs" all the nonsensical drivel that powers this story. Bravo! (Bow to the master.)
Lady Lisa de Saint Helena
P.S. My word verification was funny too- "digwurdi."
And there we have it, my friends -- the impeccable logic of a sociopath, a nineteenth century virgin or a lazy telenovela writer who is painting by the numbers."
NovelaMaven- Magical recap! Your logic masterfully "outs" all the nonsensical drivel that powers this story. Bravo! (Bow to the master.)
Lady Lisa de Saint Helena
P.S. My word verification was funny too- "digwurdi."
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 12:14:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 12:14:00 PM EST
Carlos and Lady Lisa,
Wow! Thank you both. It's fun to write this stuff but it's even better knowing that you folks are getting a chuckle or two out of what I write.
We were definitely in This is So Bad it's Good territory last night!
Hey Sara, I meant to tell you --
On the list of things I like about this blog: Sara's lists!
Lady Lisa -- Digwurdi??? Let's keep that one on hold. It's got to come in handy sooner or later!
Wow! Thank you both. It's fun to write this stuff but it's even better knowing that you folks are getting a chuckle or two out of what I write.
We were definitely in This is So Bad it's Good territory last night!
Hey Sara, I meant to tell you --
On the list of things I like about this blog: Sara's lists!
Lady Lisa -- Digwurdi??? Let's keep that one on hold. It's got to come in handy sooner or later!
Carlos: I, too, loved the planting of the flag on Maxlandia! It was straight out of the Marx brothers. Bravo, NovelaMaven.
Seriously, though, there are times I try to imagine of I could ever re-cap. I think I still have a ways to go as you re-cappers capture every nuance in English and Spanish...a HUGE feat! You all do really amaze me.
Gracias!
Susanita
Seriously, though, there are times I try to imagine of I could ever re-cap. I think I still have a ways to go as you re-cappers capture every nuance in English and Spanish...a HUGE feat! You all do really amaze me.
Gracias!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 12:49:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 12:49:00 PM EST
Well, Victoria practically told Ximena to seduce Max by any means necessary, so why wouldn't Ximena reveal to Victoria that she had done just that?
I wanted to jump into the confessional with a nose hair trimmer for Jerry.
Roxana told Ximena that Max was their ticket back to the good life. And the first thing Max needs to do is buy Roxana some jewel encrusted White Strips.
Millie is just so glad that Juanjo isn't gay that she'll force Linda to marry Juanjo. This slimy ho dresses like she raided Maria Magdaho's closet, always looks ready to barf when Juanjo comes near her, always has an excuse as to why she can't come to his functions or be near him. Can't she look in her cards or call a psychic friend to find out that Linda's just not that into Juanjo?
I think Millie's afraid Linda is Juanjo's last shot.
I wanted to jump into the confessional with a nose hair trimmer for Jerry.
Roxana told Ximena that Max was their ticket back to the good life. And the first thing Max needs to do is buy Roxana some jewel encrusted White Strips.
Millie is just so glad that Juanjo isn't gay that she'll force Linda to marry Juanjo. This slimy ho dresses like she raided Maria Magdaho's closet, always looks ready to barf when Juanjo comes near her, always has an excuse as to why she can't come to his functions or be near him. Can't she look in her cards or call a psychic friend to find out that Linda's just not that into Juanjo?
I think Millie's afraid Linda is Juanjo's last shot.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:01:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:01:00 PM EST
Susanita,
Every time I read one of your literate, and witty comments, I think to myself that you'd be great at recapping. I haven't suggested it because I don't want to seem like an overbearing army recruiter. These things are fun but they eat up your time. But just say the word... [Or should I say, 'the SECRET word'???] ;)
By the way, don't tell anyone but I miss plenty of things!
Every time I read one of your literate, and witty comments, I think to myself that you'd be great at recapping. I haven't suggested it because I don't want to seem like an overbearing army recruiter. These things are fun but they eat up your time. But just say the word... [Or should I say, 'the SECRET word'???] ;)
By the way, don't tell anyone but I miss plenty of things!
Aw shucks, Miss NovelaMaven...(as Susanita shuffles her feet)you are TOO kind.
I wouldn't be able to give good Spanish lessons and would be lucky to get most of the dialogue, but the nuance would be missing for a long time, I'm afraid.
I will ponder it, though and let you know!
Gracias, amiga!
Susanita
I wouldn't be able to give good Spanish lessons and would be lucky to get most of the dialogue, but the nuance would be missing for a long time, I'm afraid.
I will ponder it, though and let you know!
Gracias, amiga!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:12:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 1:12:00 PM EST
Bueno pues, Susanita, piénsalo...maybe try it out some time when someone's looking for a sub. (I have a hunch you'd be terrific though.)
Hello, hello.......BNinCA here have been visiting the caray site love to read the recaps but this novela is not a Colunga fest so i am half into it.......Is this novela coming to an end sooner then expected? i understand it will be 2 hours all this week or did i miss understand the noticias on tv?
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:02:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:02:00 PM EST
NovelaMaven, thank you for the recap, I always enjoy your witty comments.
I didn't care for fire related death in this episode. Having a brother-in-law that is a fireman with four little one, it was hard to watch. Thankfully, he has moved up the ladder and is now in management and doesn't have to go out and risk his life.
I wanted to throw something at Ximena when she and her mother were drinking. Obviously, she doesn't care about her unborn child.
Burnie sure plays evil well, she even frightened the priest. She is as bad as Fernando in FELS. In many ways she is just like him. Fernando thought he was smarter than anyone else also.
Thanks again.
Rosemary
I didn't care for fire related death in this episode. Having a brother-in-law that is a fireman with four little one, it was hard to watch. Thankfully, he has moved up the ladder and is now in management and doesn't have to go out and risk his life.
I wanted to throw something at Ximena when she and her mother were drinking. Obviously, she doesn't care about her unborn child.
Burnie sure plays evil well, she even frightened the priest. She is as bad as Fernando in FELS. In many ways she is just like him. Fernando thought he was smarter than anyone else also.
Thanks again.
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:31:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:31:00 PM EST
Thank you so much NovelaMaven! Your recaps and the all the comments are so much fun and gratifying for me to read, as well as brilliant and incredibly SNARKY. Could someone tell me what that means? I see it used elsewhere, and being a Baby Boomer, I am a little out of it!
I have two questions. Why are they showing two hour episodes this week? Also, what kind of fight did María and Max have? Somehow, my TV did not show the second hour on Friday, nor inform me of it, and it cut out even before the first one was over. So I missed alot. Ooops! A third query: does anyone know when the Premios de las telenovelas will be broadcasted, the one that will include STUD?
Speaking of STUD, I do see alot of "borrowed" plot lines...like when Rosendo confessed to the Padre (les SUPLICO disculpas a TODOS por olvidárseme su nombre
(and HE couldn't say anything either but was muy impactado), and including the scene when Ivana did the same thing to JS that Ximena did with Max (sort of) when he was SOOO borracho after his night out with Horacio and Felipe, and also Victoria's plan about Ximena and Max and Leonora's plan about JM and Ivana. Are these typical TN themes?
ITA with why birth control is not only ever used, but never even on the radar screen, it seems. Is it a PSA about abstinence or a religious tenet that the writers to not want to negate or suggest to go against it?
And also, the women who get preganat out of wedlock are ecstatic about it? Maybe I'm just too old to feel comfortable with that.
Linda disgusts me and so does Victoria. And how do her lips stay so glossy when all she does is cry?
I hate the way they show Fer mistreating and throwing things at Micaela and Micaela never complains or fights back. That is so sad and unfair. (The same with Icky Vicky on her treatment of Jackie in Eva Luna or Ivana and Leonora with the way they treated Iluminada or Teresa). Is this also PSA to show how harmful it is to mistreat people who working for you?
ITA also about the nose hairs, but at least it portrays humanness. On one scene last night on EVA LUNA, Eva had a spot on her lip, as if she just eatem a poppy seed bagel! That was weird!
Well, I might as well reveal my name. Since I'm not stuck on Stud anymore and now love Pepino, Cruz and Guy Eckert, I am Sharon. Hi everyone and thank you all for really really adding so much to my TN watching experience! Can't wait for tonight and the recaps and everyone's comments!
I have two questions. Why are they showing two hour episodes this week? Also, what kind of fight did María and Max have? Somehow, my TV did not show the second hour on Friday, nor inform me of it, and it cut out even before the first one was over. So I missed alot. Ooops! A third query: does anyone know when the Premios de las telenovelas will be broadcasted, the one that will include STUD?
Speaking of STUD, I do see alot of "borrowed" plot lines...like when Rosendo confessed to the Padre (les SUPLICO disculpas a TODOS por olvidárseme su nombre
(and HE couldn't say anything either but was muy impactado), and including the scene when Ivana did the same thing to JS that Ximena did with Max (sort of) when he was SOOO borracho after his night out with Horacio and Felipe, and also Victoria's plan about Ximena and Max and Leonora's plan about JM and Ivana. Are these typical TN themes?
ITA with why birth control is not only ever used, but never even on the radar screen, it seems. Is it a PSA about abstinence or a religious tenet that the writers to not want to negate or suggest to go against it?
And also, the women who get preganat out of wedlock are ecstatic about it? Maybe I'm just too old to feel comfortable with that.
Linda disgusts me and so does Victoria. And how do her lips stay so glossy when all she does is cry?
I hate the way they show Fer mistreating and throwing things at Micaela and Micaela never complains or fights back. That is so sad and unfair. (The same with Icky Vicky on her treatment of Jackie in Eva Luna or Ivana and Leonora with the way they treated Iluminada or Teresa). Is this also PSA to show how harmful it is to mistreat people who working for you?
ITA also about the nose hairs, but at least it portrays humanness. On one scene last night on EVA LUNA, Eva had a spot on her lip, as if she just eatem a poppy seed bagel! That was weird!
Well, I might as well reveal my name. Since I'm not stuck on Stud anymore and now love Pepino, Cruz and Guy Eckert, I am Sharon. Hi everyone and thank you all for really really adding so much to my TN watching experience! Can't wait for tonight and the recaps and everyone's comments!
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:47:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 2:47:00 PM EST
NovelaMaven: Good idea! I could try it as a sub first y lo voy a pensar. Ok...now I have the site to get the accents,but I don't always know where they go! Ack! This is what happens when you get a beginner in Spanish. :))
Susanita
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:05:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:05:00 PM EST
Hola BninCA! It’s nice to have you here! And yes, it looks like the show will run for 2 hours every day this week. I assume it goes back to its one-hour slot next week. I don’t know how long it will run.
Some of us have speculated that the two-hour business is a competitive strategy to keep viewers from switching to Telemundo during the second hour. They have a new novela – La Reina del Sur – which is pretty amazing.
Some of us have speculated that the two-hour business is a competitive strategy to keep viewers from switching to Telemundo during the second hour. They have a new novela – La Reina del Sur – which is pretty amazing.
Susanita, just make the chg to your keyboard. Follow the instructions for the system you are running. Simple, it's not sth you have to do every time you want to type an accent.
UA brought this up, but I forgot to comment. I had to laugh when Millie came upstairs to give LindaHO the business about the way she was treating Juanjo. Hallo!! This is a grown man who has his mother do his 'work' for him?! I also had to laugh at the look that could kill that LindaHO threw right back at Millie.
Thanks for noticing this, UA!
Susanita
Thanks for noticing this, UA!
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:09:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:09:00 PM EST
Vario: Gracias! I will do that!
Susanita
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:11:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 3:11:00 PM EST
Rosemary, I didn’t realize you were following this show! Good to see you here, amiga!
The fireman’s death WAS disturbing and I’m sure it was even more so for anyone close to a firefighter in real life. You know, the whole fire motif in the novela is striking – the evil woman who uses fire to kill, the suggestion that the fires of hell await her, the brave men that we see in action rescuing people from fire, the ceremonies to honor them, their camaraderie at the kermés or at Milagros’s apartment. Even the language: Napo’s favorite exclamation – A fuego! Or the catchphrase that seems to be handed around from one cast member to another: If you play with fire, you’ll get burned.
Does anyone know if the fire motif was part of EPDA?
The fireman’s death WAS disturbing and I’m sure it was even more so for anyone close to a firefighter in real life. You know, the whole fire motif in the novela is striking – the evil woman who uses fire to kill, the suggestion that the fires of hell await her, the brave men that we see in action rescuing people from fire, the ceremonies to honor them, their camaraderie at the kermés or at Milagros’s apartment. Even the language: Napo’s favorite exclamation – A fuego! Or the catchphrase that seems to be handed around from one cast member to another: If you play with fire, you’ll get burned.
Does anyone know if the fire motif was part of EPDA?
Sharon,
Welcome! And thanks for your great comment!
What’s snarky? Well I’m old and out of it too, but I think it means kind of sarcastic and clever at the same time (probably not a quality we should aspire to in real life, but here, hey, why not?)
As for your other questions:
About the two-hour episodes, see above. It’s probably to compete with Telemundo’s new show at 10pm eastern time.
What kind of fight did María and Max have?
We didn’t see it last night – it was in Friday’s show. As I recall (and someone please correct me if I’m wrong), Max got jealous because Joaquin was flirting with María and he had too much to drink. María was annoyed with both the jealousy and the boorish drunkenish. (Of course getting drunk made Max vulnerable to Ximena, but that came later.)
I don’t know about the Premios but I’d guess we won’t see them here for several months since the big winners haven’t even started their run on American tv. Does anyone know?
Welcome! And thanks for your great comment!
What’s snarky? Well I’m old and out of it too, but I think it means kind of sarcastic and clever at the same time (probably not a quality we should aspire to in real life, but here, hey, why not?)
As for your other questions:
About the two-hour episodes, see above. It’s probably to compete with Telemundo’s new show at 10pm eastern time.
What kind of fight did María and Max have?
We didn’t see it last night – it was in Friday’s show. As I recall (and someone please correct me if I’m wrong), Max got jealous because Joaquin was flirting with María and he had too much to drink. María was annoyed with both the jealousy and the boorish drunkenish. (Of course getting drunk made Max vulnerable to Ximena, but that came later.)
I don’t know about the Premios but I’d guess we won’t see them here for several months since the big winners haven’t even started their run on American tv. Does anyone know?
Susanita, I was going to encourage you to try your hand at recapping (you seem like a natural) but by the time I got back I see that now I just need to tell you that I'll be looking forward to your first recap. Here's a site that fairly well explains when to use accents... good luck with that. The CCs do a very good job of getting them right.
Sharon, welcome! I think it's in the Manual for Bad Boys (and Girls) that going to confession is a lot of fun and is a sure fire way to drive the priest (not to mention the viewers) nuts.
Carlos
Sharon, welcome! I think it's in the Manual for Bad Boys (and Girls) that going to confession is a lot of fun and is a sure fire way to drive the priest (not to mention the viewers) nuts.
Carlos
Max is going to marry Jimena the mother of his supposed child & NOT marry María the mother of his real child. I know she stupidly didn't tell him, buuut.
Jose Miguel had no intention of marrying Ivana, so unmejia.
Was Max's binge leftover from Mujeres asesinas?
Loved the look on his face when Jimena told him she was pregnant, now that was real.
Jose Miguel had no intention of marrying Ivana, so unmejia.
Was Max's binge leftover from Mujeres asesinas?
Loved the look on his face when Jimena told him she was pregnant, now that was real.
NovelaMaven, I have been a fence sitter on this one but...... yesterday I had lunch with someone that watched the whole enchilada online. She said I will not believe some of the things that are going to happen to Victoria, et al. She promised it was worth the time to watch so here I am. I am so grateful that people like you take the time to recap these TNs.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:32:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:32:00 PM EST
Carlos: That is so incredibly kind of you...and NovelaMaven to think I could re-cap! It's always so much easier to remember details when the burden isn't on me!!
Thank you both for your encouragement and support!!
Also thank you, Carlos, for the link to use of accents. That will help immensely!!!
NovelaMaven: Very interesting wrt the 'fire' theme in this TN. Now, there is an Idee Fixe if there ever was one! Excellent for pointing that out!!
I cannot wait for tonight's two hours!
I also hope that my DVR will get PVaA tonight at midnight.
I didn't follow LVO, but it was so enjoyable reading everyone's comments over there. I'm sure that everyone is sad to see it end. 6 months is a huge commitment! Was so glad to hear that 'my' Julio Aleman was fantastic! How I would love to meet that man. I hope I can be as productive as he is when I get to be his age. :))
Susanita
Thank you both for your encouragement and support!!
Also thank you, Carlos, for the link to use of accents. That will help immensely!!!
NovelaMaven: Very interesting wrt the 'fire' theme in this TN. Now, there is an Idee Fixe if there ever was one! Excellent for pointing that out!!
I cannot wait for tonight's two hours!
I also hope that my DVR will get PVaA tonight at midnight.
I didn't follow LVO, but it was so enjoyable reading everyone's comments over there. I'm sure that everyone is sad to see it end. 6 months is a huge commitment! Was so glad to hear that 'my' Julio Aleman was fantastic! How I would love to meet that man. I hope I can be as productive as he is when I get to be his age. :))
Susanita
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:42:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:42:00 PM EST
Oh Max, you got played by Ximena twice in the same week. You get the dunce cap.
I did like seeing Max jealous over Joaquin, although I think a lot of it was in his head.
I am eagerly anticipating Victoria's downfall. She has just been absolutely hateful to MD and most of it (if not all) is unwarranted. Can't wait to see MD give her the cold shoulder once its revealed that she's her real daughter.
I did like seeing Max jealous over Joaquin, although I think a lot of it was in his head.
I am eagerly anticipating Victoria's downfall. She has just been absolutely hateful to MD and most of it (if not all) is unwarranted. Can't wait to see MD give her the cold shoulder once its revealed that she's her real daughter.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:46:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 4:46:00 PM EST
NovelaMaven, that recap was thorough and hilarious at the gold star level.
I saw the good father's nose hairs, too. Had to watch them, since Bernie was almost too scary to look at. She really enjoyed running down her list of those times when she "assisted" with some divine justice.
I'm glad to hear from Rosemary that we have things to look forward to. Surely one of them will be Millie's effect on Linda's bodily assets. Look forward to the ugly wart on her nose, maybe some mysterious drooping and shriveling of essential parts.
Max, you broke my heart along with MariaD's. Hate to see one so purty act so stupid. Now we'll see what a miserable life really is.
La Paloma
I saw the good father's nose hairs, too. Had to watch them, since Bernie was almost too scary to look at. She really enjoyed running down her list of those times when she "assisted" with some divine justice.
I'm glad to hear from Rosemary that we have things to look forward to. Surely one of them will be Millie's effect on Linda's bodily assets. Look forward to the ugly wart on her nose, maybe some mysterious drooping and shriveling of essential parts.
Max, you broke my heart along with MariaD's. Hate to see one so purty act so stupid. Now we'll see what a miserable life really is.
La Paloma
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:09:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 6:09:00 PM EST
It occurred to me as I read the comments that perhaps "No lo soporto" should not be on a T-shirt. At my age and with my figure, I thing it would send the wrong message.
Still want the beanie, though.
I was really, really pleased with last night's episode. For me the highlight was Pip's beach attire. Padre Jer's nose hairs are a close second.
But on a serious note, there really was so much forward motion. So many things were set up. I can NOT wait for Vic to find out who her real daughter is, 'cause you *know* she's got some more mean in her reserved for Maria Embarazada.
Wait a minute...what's gonna happen once it's revealed Maria is pregnant? Obviously she can no longer model (unless there's a maternity line in the works.) Is she gonna split before anyone even knows about her condition?
Ji/Xi-mena hit Ivana levels of skanky ho manipulative crazy be-yotch last night...and Vic was cheering her on!!
Sharon-ITA about everyone's reaction to being pregnant out of wedlock...cuando tú vas, yo ya fui y vine (been there, done that), and it's no fun...at all...even with supportive family. And to think back in January Maria was a good little Catholic girl.
Vic's reaction to Ji/Xi-mena's pregnancy made me want to vomit. Or pull out the tazer we all wanted to use on Enshriek-ita during STuD.
Still want the beanie, though.
I was really, really pleased with last night's episode. For me the highlight was Pip's beach attire. Padre Jer's nose hairs are a close second.
But on a serious note, there really was so much forward motion. So many things were set up. I can NOT wait for Vic to find out who her real daughter is, 'cause you *know* she's got some more mean in her reserved for Maria Embarazada.
Wait a minute...what's gonna happen once it's revealed Maria is pregnant? Obviously she can no longer model (unless there's a maternity line in the works.) Is she gonna split before anyone even knows about her condition?
Ji/Xi-mena hit Ivana levels of skanky ho manipulative crazy be-yotch last night...and Vic was cheering her on!!
Sharon-ITA about everyone's reaction to being pregnant out of wedlock...cuando tú vas, yo ya fui y vine (been there, done that), and it's no fun...at all...even with supportive family. And to think back in January Maria was a good little Catholic girl.
Vic's reaction to Ji/Xi-mena's pregnancy made me want to vomit. Or pull out the tazer we all wanted to use on Enshriek-ita during STuD.
PS: NovelaMaven-I'm glad you like my lists ;-)
PPS: And Susanita- You totally need to think about recapping. I understand the fears, but everyone has made me feel very competent (boy, don't I have them fooled!)
PPS: And Susanita- You totally need to think about recapping. I understand the fears, but everyone has made me feel very competent (boy, don't I have them fooled!)
La Paloma, Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!
Sara, good point! Shutting down production right now on the t-shirts. Beanies and totebags it is! jajaja
Sara, good point! Shutting down production right now on the t-shirts. Beanies and totebags it is! jajaja
The online espanol-english translator tool I use indicated that "no lo soporto" meant "I cannot stand." That really confused me! (because she was standing up just fine!) I'm so glad NM wrote it out for us.
NM; I missed the part where Vic spilled the beans to Pepino. Thanks for clarifying that.
Urban Anthropologist: At the beginning of TdA series, Pepino was keeping lots of secrets for people, i.e., Toni's crush on Oscar, Oscar's crush on Vic, lending his apt to Max, etc.
I like the No lo soporto! tshirts. I wonder how many non-espanol speakers were wondering what we didn't support.
I also want them to show Milagros casting a spell on someone and spitting all over them, again! That was hilarious. Why did they stop that? And I wondered, is Israel her son. Juanjo kept calling him "brother" and Milagros called Alma, "hijita."
Thanks for the welcome.
NM; I missed the part where Vic spilled the beans to Pepino. Thanks for clarifying that.
Urban Anthropologist: At the beginning of TdA series, Pepino was keeping lots of secrets for people, i.e., Toni's crush on Oscar, Oscar's crush on Vic, lending his apt to Max, etc.
I like the No lo soporto! tshirts. I wonder how many non-espanol speakers were wondering what we didn't support.
I also want them to show Milagros casting a spell on someone and spitting all over them, again! That was hilarious. Why did they stop that? And I wondered, is Israel her son. Juanjo kept calling him "brother" and Milagros called Alma, "hijita."
Thanks for the welcome.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 7:15:00 PM EST
: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 7:15:00 PM EST
NovelaMaven- Fantastic recap!
I was as suprised as everyone that stuff actually moved forward last night. Great! I hope they keep it up.
As for the happily pregnant out of wedlock thing-- it's the good old Catholic message that all children are welcome. Same thing with the total lack of use of birth control. Back when Maria D started telling padre she was knocking boots with Max, he should have had a serious talk with her about birth control. But he didn't. I thought he said he would take on the role of her father, since she doesn't have one. Well, any dad would have either gone an broken that boys face, or had THE TALK with their daughter. He didn't do either.
I was as suprised as everyone that stuff actually moved forward last night. Great! I hope they keep it up.
As for the happily pregnant out of wedlock thing-- it's the good old Catholic message that all children are welcome. Same thing with the total lack of use of birth control. Back when Maria D started telling padre she was knocking boots with Max, he should have had a serious talk with her about birth control. But he didn't. I thought he said he would take on the role of her father, since she doesn't have one. Well, any dad would have either gone an broken that boys face, or had THE TALK with their daughter. He didn't do either.
Thanks, Vivi!
Mariquita,
Israel was JuanJo's friend. They called each other 'hermano' because of their great affection for each other. "He's like a brother to me."
Same thing with Milagros calling Alma "hijita" -- it's an expression of affection: "You're like a daughter to me."
Mariquita,
Israel was JuanJo's friend. They called each other 'hermano' because of their great affection for each other. "He's like a brother to me."
Same thing with Milagros calling Alma "hijita" -- it's an expression of affection: "You're like a daughter to me."
Ana Joaquina in EPDA had the same phobia about fire as Bernarda. However, what had happened was that she had stolen her husband when he was engaged to a friend... who was also pregnant. On Ana Joaquina and Raimundo's wedding day Rosalia (it was the same name) showed up at the church, doused herself with kerosene, and immolated herself. AJ's guilt over this drove her to drive her son into the priesthood.
She had the same hubris as Bernarda but was less histrionic. Her husband was the father of her son (also named Juan).
There probably was some dialogue with fire references, but I don't remember.
BTW I suspect that Padre Jeronimo senses that Bernarda's murderous ways will continue.
She had the same hubris as Bernarda but was less histrionic. Her husband was the father of her son (also named Juan).
There probably was some dialogue with fire references, but I don't remember.
BTW I suspect that Padre Jeronimo senses that Bernarda's murderous ways will continue.
I would just like to say that as much fun as it is to hate Linda, can ya really blame the gal for not wanting to marry Juanjo? If I ever broke up with a boy and he sent his mom after me, he would forever become a laughingstock in my eyes. I mean, come on! The guy is LAME.
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: Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at 11:34:00 PM EST
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