Thursday, April 07, 2011

Eva Luna #107 Wed 4/6/11 leapin' Leos and lying Lillies, eyes are bugging out tonight!!

Dan is in Eva’s office asking about Alicia. She is ignoring him and putting away things in the office as she rudely answers “She is much better thanks. Now if you could just leave, I have a lot of things to do.”

Clueless Dan asks her “What’s the matter, why are you so short all of a sudden?” Eva turns to face him and says “Your seriously asking me this?” Eva walks over to him and angrily says “Every time I start trusting you I end up being hugely disappointed!!” Dan still clueless tells her he doesn’t know what she is talking about. Eva walks away from him and tells him not to act so innocent. He tells her he doesn’t know what she is talking about. Eva asks “Who did you sleep with last night?” Dan says “What are you saying?” Eva replies “Are you going to deny that you slept with Lilly?” Dan tells her he doesn’t know where she got that idea and yes there is something I want to explain to you.” Eva cuts him off and says “I know exactly what I saw.” Dan asks her what did she see.. Eva tells him “Your dear Lilly called me last night and asked me to come over to talk.” Dan says “Talk about what.” Eva “A topic very important, woman to woman. And when I got there Jacky sent me to her room and I saw you in her bed” Dan is bugged eyed.


Jacky is chewing Fran out for telling the gardener that she had a dark secret past and that the men who go out with her suddenly disappear and if he goes out with her he will also disappear. Fran tries to deny this and Jacky calls him a liar.

Oh I forgot about this part, Leo is choking the life out of Lilly. She manages to free herself and tells him to never put a hand on her again. Tempers are flaring as Leo says waving his finger angrily in her face “Do you think you are looking at the face of an idiot? Nobody betrays me Lilly!!!!” (This looks like an angry idiot’s face to me.)


Lilly pushing his hand aside tells him she had nothing to do with what crazy Vicky did. Leo walks away from her as Lilly continues to say that Vicky is out of her mind and is talking pure nonsense . He asks her where did Vicky come up with the story about the place Lilly had her hid out at. Lilly overacting denies this and tells Leo she is incapable of doing such a thing. Then she tells Leo that Vicky is worse off than she thought. Leo tells her he doesn’t believe her one bit.

Fran is apologizing to Jacky and tells her he didn’t think she really wanted to go out with that guy. Jacky tells him he is really dumb and she’s not upset because of that. She is upset because he will never mature. Then she says how could she ever forget that he was an expert in lying and starts to walk away. Fran tells her not to leave. She asks if he wants her to stay so he can keep lying to her? He tells her the only thing he wants to do is beg her forgiveness. He tells her she was right he told the guy all that stuff.

Renata tells Justa that she has something very serious to tell her. Justa doing the suffering women bit tells her she hopes she didn’t come over to talk about Julio again. She tells Renata that story is over with for good. She doesn’t want to even talk about the subject. Renata tells her she understands she doesn’t want to know anything about Julio but she is wrong. The story between her and Julio is not over. Justa shaking her head tells Renata the person who is wrong is her. Their story is in the past. She tells she is living happily in the present with Ricardo and Adrian. Then she tells Renata not to take it the wrong way but it would be best if she leaves. Poor Renata tells her it has already been 20 years in the making and it is now time for her to know the truth.

Dan must have told Eva what happened the night before to his understanding. He tells her he doesn’t know how he ended up in Lilly’s bed. Eva looks at him and asks if he thinks she is so stupid as to believe such an outrageous thing. Dan tells her it may sound crazy but it is the truth. He tells her he has been trying to figure it out and the only thing he can think of is the drink was stronger than he thought and since he was so tired he lost consciousness. Eva smarts back “ Oh and for certain she put you in her bed and took advantage of you? You poor thing.” Than she slams her hand down on the table and says “Look Dan you don’t even believe that!!” Dan tells her he’s not saying that is what happened but he doesn’t know what happened. Eva now standing and very ticked off says “I saw you two together and no one can tell me differently, and later Lilly told me that you two were in a relationship.” Dan tells her she was lying and he doesn’t know why she would say that and he is going to go ask her right now. He storms out looking for Lilly and we can almost see dragon fire flaming out of Eva’s nose.


Lilly now acting all hurt approaches Leo and sweetly asks him how he could think such awful things about her. She attempts to touch his face and Leo pulls away with anger and tells her he doesn’t trust anyone. She calls him unjust and from the start she has done nothing that would cause him to distrust her. He tells her he believed that but once he talked to Vicky, and Lilly interrupts him telling him Vicky is a liar and a manipulator. And that he is all confused because of her crazy antics. The only thing Vicky is doing is looking for justification for all the crazy stuff she has done so everyone will forgive her and continue to believe her. Leo pauses for a moment to think this over. He tells her he doesn’t know which one of the two of them is trying to justify their actions.

Lilly calls him obstinate (terco/ obstinate or stubborn) and says his sister is sick in the head and all she wants to do is hurt every one and nothing has been going right for her. For some reason (I might have missed something) Leo jumps up and grabs Lilly by the throat and tells her if she dare put a finger to Eva she will pay for it. Lilly pulls away again and tells him she would never do anything against Eva because she knows how significant Eva is for him. She tells him “And to prove it you need to know I achieved what I promised I would do.” Leo asks her what? She tells him she made Daniel think they made love. Leo seems impressed by this and asks her how she accomplished that. She tells him the same way he made Eva believe she slept with him in the cabin. “I learn fast.”

Jacky wants to know why Fran lied. What did he get out of lying and making sure the gardener took off. Fran shuffles a bit and says So that he would leave and not ask her out again. Jacky tells him she didn’t know it mattered so much to him that she was going to go out with some one else. He tells her it does matter to him. She asks him how come? Fran gets very close and touches her face and tells her “Even though you don’t believe this I worry about you and don’t want you to go out with just any old gardener type.” Jacky scoffs and sarcastically tells him “Thanks, but I can take care of myself.” Fran tells her the only thing that guy was looking for was “Well you know” and this sends Jacky off the edge as she tells him to stop interfering in her life and angrily storms off.

Fran is left scratching at his head saying “I sure put my foot in that one.” as Adrian and Laurita come out from hiding and Laurita says “Ya think?” Fran asks if they heard everything. They both stand their looking quite guilty as Fran calls them little gossips.



Fran turns from them and still scratching his head says “Now what do I do? How do I fix this?”


Leo is asking Lilly if Eva saw them. She tells him everything was perfect. Eva opened the door and saw her in bed with Dan and he should have seen her face. Leo looks very pleased. He now gets closer and has changed his tone as he sweetly asks her to tell him more. Lilly continues and tells him she acted really embarrassed and went after Eva and told her that her and Dan were in a relationship. Leo now kisses her sweetly and asks if Eva believed her. (I am gagging bile her) Lilly tells him of course. She swears that Eva left convinced that Daniel cared for her (Lily). Leo congratulates her and tells her that her plan went great even better than his plan at the cabin. He kisses her again and tells her that anyone that ever saw the pictures from the cabin would believe that they made love. He tells her it was a great plan but she is much braver than him She asks him now if he has any doubts in her. He tells her now that she has achieved her goal not to let any thing go wrong. They have to play their cards smartly now. She tells him that he can count on the fact that her and Dan will get married. Even if she has to ask him. He tells her the only thing that matters is that Dan marries her.

Renata and Justa are now sitting down as Renata turns to her and tells her she is responsible for her misfortune (desdicha .) She is responsible for all her pain and nightmares. Justa looks very confused and asks “My nightmares what are you trying to tell me?” Renata says “You were right. Your child wasn’t stillborn like I made you believe. Your child was born alive.” Justa’s eyes bug out as her jaw drops.


Lily goes to Dan’s office. She asks him if he has remembered the wonderful night that they had together yesterday. She slinks over to sit beside him and Dan quickly gets up and tells her no. She tells him she hopes it gets through his cloudy mind soon because for her it was a great night. Dan tells her he thinks she doesn’t have it very clear about what happened last night either. Lilly looks puzzled and asks why he would say that. He tells her he just talked to Eva and she told him that she (lily) called and asked her to come over to the house so she could see them together.

Renata tells Justa that she did hear her baby cry when she was born and that she lied to her telling her she was stillborn. Justa having a difficult time with this news asks her why she would do such a thing. Renata tells her so she could steal her baby. Justa quickly stands and moves away from Renata. She tells her she took her to that clinic to help Marcella with her plan. She tells her that neither one of them wanted her to have Julio’s baby. And they teamed up to take it away from her. Poor Justa is stumbling around in disbelief. She turns and asks her how she could do something like that to her, her sister. She tells her it was because she was jealous of her and hated her because she had Julio’s love and wanted to hurt her. Justa now in full out rage asks “Where is my daughter!”

Said daughter is visiting the family Mafioso. She is asking for his help. She needs a fake ID and a car so she can go visit her murderous mama in prison. He smiles and tells her to sit on down.

Lilly tells Dan it is true. Eva came to the house and saw them together in bed. Dan looks dumbified as he asks her why she never told him any of that. Lily tells him she forgot. Dan says “For gods sake Lily, you left the bed and went to talk to Eva, and even told her we were in a relationship.” Lily with a straight face tells him “Yes I told her that, and do you know why? Because we just finished making love. And that’s what I believed.” Dan now trying to sort this out says “ Did you plan all this out for her to see us together in bed.” Lilly acting all offended says “Of course not!!” Dan then says “How could you forget to tell me something that important?” She tells him it was because she was so upset that he didn’t remember anything that happened the night before and she was very disillusioned and hurt she goes to say “Excuse me for not thinking to tell you about Eva at that moment.” She says “If you really think I could do something like that than maybe it’s best if you kick me out of your house. You shouldn’t have any problems in doing that.” and she leaves acting all the injured party. Dan isn’t looking any smarter at this moment as he watches her leave.

Renata is continuing her sage with Justa. She tells her she gave her baby to Marcella. Justa just about has a stroke as she says “That woman? What did she do with my baby? If she hurt her I am capable of..” and Renata stops her and says “No she raised her as if she were hers.” She tells her Victoria is her daughter.
Justa says “Your telling me my daughter is Victoria Arismendi?” Renata confirms this as the melodrama gets very thick. Then she tells her she is the only one responsible for how things turned out. Because she took her from her and permitted Marcella to raise her in her likeness. (criara a su semejanza)

Back to Fran and his cohorts. Adrian asks if his face hurts from Jacky slapping him. Laurita says Jacky is mad at him. Adrian says she is really mad. Fran tells him he can’t give up now and the kids urge him on and their little plan continues. He has to let her know he cares for her and he hopes she doesn’t turn him down. (This was a cute little scene with the kids trying to build up his confidence to go after Jacky.)


Vicky gets in her new car and is off to see mama. In the meantime. Justa is justifiably going off on Renata. She says “You destroyed my life and that of my child and all for hate and for spite and hate that I don’t deserve.” Renata says “I know and I understood it the day they told us you died in the earthquake. The guilt I had to endure with all I had done but I didn’t have any other choice. And Julio loved Victoria as if she were his daughter so I decided to keep quiet for ever. Until the day I saw you alive than all my regrets returned and since than I haven’t been able to sleep in peace.” Justa turns to her and asks her pleadingly “Where is my daughter now? I want to see her. I want her to know that I am her mother.” Renata tells her she was at Julio’s place but she left.

Cue Victoria who is on her own road towards the truth.


(I know I am one of the few Tony fans out there, but I thought this was the best part of the night. “sweet” bad boy Tony versus “monster” bad boy Leo. You know who I am rooting for.) Tony enters Leo’s office.
He says he was told that Leo wanted to talk to him. He tells him to close the door. Tony asks him what he wanted. Leo tells him he wants to talk about his future. Tony says “My future?” Leo tells him he is going to tell him what he needs to do if he wants to keep on living. Tony gives him the look.


Vicky is escorted to the visitors room at the prison and timidly sits down at Marcella’s table. She doesn’t seem all that excited to see Vicky as she says “I knew it was you. It is about time you showed up.” She says “Even though I knew Claudia Jimenez was dead, only you could come up with taking that name to hide under.” Vicky tells her that El Gallo helped come up with the fake identity.” Marcella asks her why she came.

She tells her to clear up something. Leo told her she was adopted and she wants her to tell her that it isn’t true. Marcella looks at her with disdain as she says “ And here I thought you came to help me and to offer understanding.” Vicky is crying and says “tell me it isn’t true. Tell me I am your daughter” Marcella looks smug as she says to her “Leo was right . You are not my daughter.’

Vicky is still crying as she says she can’t be adopted. “I know I am your daughter and you are my mother.” Marcella stares at her with the eyes of a cold hearted murderer (Oh yea she is one)


She continues “I am not and I don’t care that you know.” Vicky is weeping and says “You are only saying this because you are mad at me. You can’t forgive me because I stepped out on Dan and now he wants a divorce. Right?” Marcela tells her she is right “I will never forgive you for that stupid act for two reasons. First, you messed up our plan to get all of Dan’s money and secondly because you had no right to mess around with Bruno.” Vicky looks truly shocked and a bit frightened as Marcella continues “Do you know why? Because he was my lover.’ Vicky’s eyes bug out at hearing this.


Marcella says “ He betrayed me with you!! And you have disappointed me over and over again.!!” Vicky is begging her not to say that to her. Marcella tells her if she were her true daughter she would have been able to carry out her plan. She would have been able to do exactly what she was told to do. What ever was necessary to finish off Eva the enemy. She would never had a trembling hand when it came time to pull the trigger. She would never have messed up so many times. Victoria is sobbing at hearing this.

Tony asks Leo what all the threats are about now. Leo tells him he knows what they are. He says “I know you went to talk to Eva. And asked her to forgive you for the stuff you did to her in the past and you told her you love Alicia.” We have a stare down as Tony says “ Yes I did. All of that is true. So what?”
Leo tells him he better not tell her about the little job he had him do for him because he will finish him off if he does. He bumps him insolently as he walks away. Tony says “Now that you called on me to talk about all this Leo I will take advantage of the little trip.” Leo says “talk” Tony starts talking about how Leo drugged Eva and put her in bed nude and took photos of her and does he think he is still afraid of him? Leo says and why aren’t you. Tony tells him it is because he is now the one making the threats. Leo looks at him and says You against me? Tony tells him “Yes, Me against you. And Now I will be very direct and clear!!”

Marcella tells Victoria she is nothing to her. She is nothing but a bastard product from one of her fathers little adventures with a common office assistant. Vicky asks her what is she talking about. Marcella tells her not to even think about asking who it is because she will never tell her. She continues “The name of this woman repulses me and now I hate you as much as I hate her.” Poor Vicky is now mumbling between sobs as she says “ Mama you are killing me.” Marcella tells her she is just as fragile and insignificant as her (Justa,) she says “I don’t love you. You are stupid” She gets up to leave rudely as poor Vick is left to suffer one more disastrous rejection. (I’m felling pretty sorry for her right now and think she’s almost more than paid up for the whole acid in the face incident.)

Leo is now wrestling with Tony and tells him not to dare threaten him. Tony tells him “For Alicia I am capable of doing that and much more!!” Leo says “All of this has to do with her?” Tony screams in his face “Yes because I love Alicia. I am warning you Leo don’t you dare get close to her and don’t you dare try to hurt her unborn child.” Leo screams back “You don’t scare me with your threats. You got that!!!” Tony says “If you do anything to hurt her or anything to hurt her baby, Daniel will find out that it was me who he was going to see that day for the auto part because you paid me to do it.” Leo backs down a bit at hearing this. Tony says “Do you know what will happen with Eva? She will receive those pictures that you took of her in bed when you drugged her and took all her clothes off. I swear that this time I am not playing around!!” Leo is really giving all this some deep thought. Now it is Tony’s turn to put the finger to the face as he tells Leo to watch out as he begs his leave.


The next scene is really cute but I am going to condense it. Adrian and Laurita are trying to convince Jacky to take them out to some cool new restaurant. We see Fran occasionally peaking around the corner in hopes that she will agree. She waivers back and forth.

Julio is talking to Dr. Garcia awaiting news about Vicky. In walks Renata with Justa right behind. Julio is quite startled to see Justa there.

So we were all on pins and needles to hear what Giorgio was going to reveal to Eva. What a let down. It was nothing more than how he has figured out that Marcella was more than likely responsible for the deaths of Bruno and what’s her name. FF>>>>

Justa is begging Julio to help her find Vicky. Julio tells her that he only just found out that Victoria was their daughter. Renata tells Julio that Justa knows everything. That she has kept this secret for many years and that she needs to tell them both something. She tells them that she is ready to pay for what she has done. She tells them to call the police and charge her with this crime. Julio says “You can’t pay for all the damage that you caused us with just that. And for me I think God should be in charge of your punishment” as he snarls at her. Justa turns to Renata and says acidly “Me too.” Julio now totally fed up with Renata asks Dr. Garcia to take her home.

Leo is having a flashback about the whole “Drug Eva, take off her clothes, get in bed and do some self portraits. He also is remembering giving Tony the memory card and asking him to get the pictures but don’t look at them. He also is remembering his prior little discussion with Tony threatening him about showing Eva the pictures. None of this is sitting very well with Leo as he takes a drink from his glass and hurls it across the room saying “I swear I will kill you Tony.”

Giorgio is still going on about his theory about Marcella . They even figure out how she could get back and forth from LA to Miami. FF>>

Adrian and Laurita are still trying to convince Jacky to take them out. I think she is about to bite. Fran is still hanging around the corner and is almost caught a couple of times. The kids have worn her out telling her if she goes she will be very happy. She finally gives in and agrees. We see a very elated Fran in the background as the kids are about to whisk her off.


We get a silly little happy dance from Fran once they have all left to get ready.


Julio and Justa alone at last. Julio says “ Who would have had thought that at the end of our story of love we would bear fruit.” Justa smiles and says “yes and it is the most precious. And you at least got to be close to her.” Julio tells her that he wouldn’t deny he was very fortunate to be so close to her. But truthfully he would rather have had it been with her beside him. Justa says well of course that would have been the best, but now what is important is that God is giving them the chance to rescue her. To help her. Face all her mistakes and start her life a new.

Deb is talking with Alicia and tells her she is happy to see her feeling better. We have some Mother daughter bonding. Deb is all excited that she is about to be a grandmother.

Julio is calling the police station to see if they have any news about Victoria. They have nothing to tell him.
Justa is about to leave and tells Julio she will go to Eva and Daniel and ask them to drop the charges against Victoria. Julio says he was thinking about that as well and that they should go together. Justa is now remembering when she first saw Vicky at the pension. She tells him she felt a great unexplainable emotion. But now she understands what it was. Julio says :It was “the voice of the blood.”

Justa says that is what it was. Julio tells her that from the first moment that Marcella brought her to the house and he had this tiny baby in his arms he felt a great love for her. And he soon forgot that she was adopted and always felt like she was his own daughter. At that moment we hear a sharp shrill “Papa”. Justa drops her purse as Victoria comes running to Julio.

She is crying and asking him to tell her who her real mother is. Dramatic music ensues as Victoria suddenly notices Justa standing behind her.

Deb is begging Alicia to tell her who the father of her child is. Alicia is crying and tells Deb if she tells her she can’t tell anyone. She is just about to spit it out when Eva comes waltzing in. Well that will have to wait till later.

Julio is asking Victoria how she found out. Who told her the truth. She tells him Leo told her she was adopted and later Marcella told her she was certainly not her daughter. Julio asks her if she went to see Marcella? Vicky tells him that Marcella told her she was his daughter with another woman. She wants to know if this is true. Julio tells her it is true but he didn’t know any thing about it until Renata told him what she had done. Victoria wants to know what Renata had to do with any of this. Julio tells her she will find out soon enough. He turns her to face Justa. Victoria stares for a few seconds and tells her she thinks she knows her. She has seen her before. Justa tells her “yes we met once at the pension when Eva introduced us. Victoria is trying to think this all through and has the little flashback of when she met Justa at the pension. Now Vicky freaks a bit and asks if Eva is there as well. Julio assures her she isn’t there. She asks him “Then why is this woman here?” Julio finally tells her that Justa is her real mother. We have exchanged looks. Victoria still very confused and Justa very hopeful.

And that’s where we end with my last Eva recap. It has been a great pleasure to be your Wednesday evening recapper.

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Thank you Pata for recapping so well, and getting the dialogue for us, all these months.
ITA that Tony is looking better.
I keep wondering why these characters put themselves in harm's way by confronting these mobsters with no insurance? I would have said to Leo, "and in case you decide to try to off me, I have arranged for a letter to go to the police describing all that you have done if something happens to me." But that's just me. I can't wait to see what will happen with Tony, I hope he gets mad enough at Leo to reveal all soon.
Again, what is with Dan? Even if he halfway believes Leach, knowing he doesn't want a relationship with her, why is he not asking her to get out of his house?
Now that Vicky is found, there will be no reason for him to have Leach in his house, but he will probably not ask her to leave. I can't wait to see her get the boot!!!
I agree with Karens's remark yesterday that poor Pablito better not have inherited the fusion of Eva's and Dan's brain DNA...
 

Great job!

I could have sworn I heard Renata say that Marcie made her help kidnap baby Icky. Not that Julio would excuse it, though.

Tony probably just signed his own death warrant.

Marcela isn't even human. Does anyone else think that she might bust out of there to make a last stand?
 

great recap, Pata! thank you so much! Loved the '... self portraits' picture in words... lol!
I too loved Tony's engagement with Leo... This might get him killed but I think Leo is too much of a coward to do it himself and we know he won't get Gallo to do it.
COuldn't Gallo find another more original fake name for Vicky than Claudia Jimenez? LOL!
Re: Fran and Jackie... go ahead, get on a date, marry and live happily ever after... FF>
and yes, it was a big letdown that giorgio did not tell Eva about Leo and her dad, but at least she knows now that Marce also killed Bruno an Rosaura... she will tell the cop and they will add that to Marce's sentence I am sure.
Now I am beginning to believe that Leo will die at the hands of Gallo and Marce will rot in jail...
haven't heard anything else about Marisol... and thats a good thing.
 

Is Claudia Jimenez the Claudia that Leo had killed?
 

Thanks for the recap. I'm glad you did it so early. Almost every day I'm last person who was reading it.
Last night when Alicia almost said "My baby's father is Leo’s” Eva came in and interrupt that moment. I hated it.
I like Tony too. He wasn't positive character but he wasn't 100% negative either. I believe he want change his behavior. He will become good person.
I'm only one who is sorry for Vicky. She was very sweet with Eva until she found out she is her rival. Every woman will fight to keep her man with her except Eva. Vicky was acting badly for trying to keep Dan but I think she did it because she was absorbing bad influence from Marcela. I think Vicky can become good person. Her real mom and her father with their love will help her. I will love to see Vicky happy with them.
Dan and Eva are still stupid. I'm scared how in future they will have too much problem between them. I don't think they are so smart to realize who are bad and who good people are.
jjablan
 

Many thanks, Pata, for all your great recaps, including of course this one. I realized how much of the dialogue I had missed when I read your very helpful account. I also loved your snark, such as your comment about Leo, with the perfect accompanying photo: "(This looks like an angry idiot’s face to me.)"

I have not been a Tony fan, but of course it's hard not to like him now. His confrontation with Leo was very gutsy. I wonder whether he realizes how gutsy it was. As UrbanA observed, his threatening Leo is like signing his own death warrant. I agree with Emarie that Tony should have had a backup plan to threaten Leo with. OTOH, it's not clear how Leo will accomplish this, since Gallo has indicated that he values Tony and doesn't want Leo to harm him. I agree with Marta that Leo is probably too much of a coward to off Tony himself.

The writers were certainly playing with us last night. First, Giorgio fails to tell Eva about Leo's role in her father's death. And then Alicia fails to tell Deborah who the baby's father is. I wonder whether any of this will finally come to light tonight.

BTW, did anyone else notice that in Tuesday night's episode (I think) Marcela was wearing an orange glove on her left hand that matched her orange jumpsuit? Does the prison keep matching accessories on hand??
 

Wonderful recap, Pata.

But just how stupid is Dano??? He believes everybody. You can sell him the Taj Mahal!!!

I, too, feel kind of sorry for Icky. I know what she did to the other model was awful, she seems so beaten. What mother tells her daughter to get lost....unreal!!!

I think Dano and Eva belong together, she's another one, who can't figure any one out at all.

Ann-NYC
 

Pata: You've done a terrific job and I've enjoyed your technical prowess also, because it does add to the recap. I wish I could do the stuff you and Elvira have done.

"He storms out looking for Lilly and we can almost see dragon fire flaming out of Eva’s nose." Now THAT was some description! LOL! You can almost see the flames, too!

I hope we all have a chance to recap together again.
 

Jjablan: I think you have hit on what seems to be a basic premise in the few TNs I have watched, that if someone is truly good they can't possibly imagine that someone else could be evil. Good always seems to equal naive, which ends up translating into the story-line as estupido.
Por enjemplo:

Dan: "Lily, why didn't you tell me you thought I really made love to you last night, and you, being honest, had to call Eva and tell her right away, it's OK, (of course you can keep staying in my house indefinately), but you should have told me this before now."

Eva, "Leo was so nice he let me stay at his house when the police were looking for me (when everyone thought I stole that money that his own mother set up) that now I have to marry him even though I really love Dan."

Justa, "But you are my own sister, why would you steal my child and give her to a ravenous serial killer?"

Claudia,"thats really nice of you, Marcella, to accept that I am pregnant with Leo's child, and look, what a nice cup of tea you have made me!"
 

Thanks for a great recap that keeps me in the know.

Wish your last episode had been more exciting and interesting.

I guess no happy ending on Monday, just more garbage of disbelief and unhappiness floating in the air.
 

Last nights capitulo was frustrating in that there are only 3 remaining and there wasn't much resolution of the big items that stand in the way of Eva and Dano.

Certainly I can't expect a Juan getting shot by Fernando and falling over a water fall and ending up in the jungle where is horse Caprachio is smarter than he is every night but come on, give us something.

Many, many thanks for the really great detailed recaps. The recaps that have the action as well as the dialog always stand out.
 

Hey Pata,

Thank you for the wonderful recap's.
Tony threating Leo, takes lots of gust. Yeah for Tony, but I'm also of the mind that Tony might die.

I was wondering who Eva wanted too discuss the info with the JoJo gave her, she did ask him last nite if it was ok.

Well hopefully we will have a boda bwt Eva & Dan on Monday. I'm counting on it.

I thought the kids with Francisco was nice last nite. b/c after all they are smarter than the adults on this show.

Also ITA with whomever said that Daniel should have kicked Lililech butt to the curb last nite, he knew she lied.
 

Juanita: my eyes might be playing tricks on me, but Marcie's been wearing a bandanna tied around her left hand ever since Leo's first appearance at whatever jail she's being held in. Though, yes, it does match the jumpsuit...

Tony going in the space of one episode from "stud burglar"-nee-sidekick to the one man who can completely destroy Leonardo's plans--I'm not a fan of his, but I do like the overall progression such as it's been. Flip side, thanks to that I'm pretty much expecting him to take a bullet or get hit by a car in the next-to-last or last episode--but I don't think he's going to die at this point. I think that's now reserved for Renata.

And I rewatched the scene where Alicia almost told Deborah who her baby daddy is six times. It actually got funnier each time I watched it. :)
 

Thank you Pata! I enjoyed your recap more than I did the episode. I'll miss this trainwreck, but i'm a little frustrated to think that all the loose ends could fizzle out over the next three days. I want closure (& venganza, and just plain resolution).

I know someone once put up a list of Telenovela Laws (immutable precepts by which the plot lurches along, but which defy logic—hence the need for foil-lined beanies). I'm sure one of them was the "slip the Mickey to the guy and then pretend you actually had sex" ploy. I'd say 90% of all T-Ns use this at least once. But my question is: Is it really plausible? Without getting graphic, maybe some of the fellows could chime in. It seems to me that if a guy is dead drunk or drugged such that he borders on comatose, there's no way he could do the deed. And yet these duped dopes just wander around afterwards saying, "Oh, I guess now I have to be in this relationship because she says so. " I hope Daniel comes to and kicks that skanky Lili out of the house. They've done this to Max over on TdA and the whole plot revolves around it.
 

They sure got our hopes up with the previews! Thinking Liliana would get hers, and Giorgio would spill the beans on Leo. But of course Liliana weaseled out of her TWO tight spots caught lying, (by lying even more!) and Giorgio did not make the major reveal.

We ALL knew Alicia would be interrupted before she could drop a name. What an obvious tease - the writers sure like to tease us.

LOVED the confrontation between Tony and Leo. You go Tony! Awesome! This young actor is playing his role very well.

Thanks for the great recaps.

Audrey
 

Oh - and Dan being so dumb believing Liliana's ridiculous lies, and Eva being so dumb believing such an OBVIOUS setup. So painful to watch this - aaaargh!

Audrey
 

@Pata...I skimmed through this but even so, I'm in awe of how thoroughly you cover things and how beautifully you match the prose to the pictures. This is really a top flight job of recapping. Wonderful. Hope all your readers, commenters and lurkers appreciate the hard work you put into this. Awesome.
 

Pata, thank you for all of your hard work throughout this TN. I appreciate your time and talent.

Dan and Eva need to wake up, don't they know we are down to wire?

How will Icky take being Justa's daughter and they still need to tell Ricardo?

I hope Tony makes it, Alicia needs someone to help raise that child, she is obviously not capable of walking and chewing gum at the same time.

If they go after Marcie for the Fl. deaths, will she out Gallo? The bad turning on each other is alway fun.

Rosemary
 

Pata, gracias from me too. What a job to wallow through all the months of non-intrigue as well as the intrigue and the romance (where was it last--at the beach, I think).

Yeah, who cares about flight times to Miami and back. We all know Marcela used a broom.>>FF

So, Dano, Leo and Vicky are up against Lileach. She's a clever girl to keep all her stories straight. Wonder which one will collapse first.

So, Tony is up against Leo. We know Leo doesn't like to get his hands dirty. If he asks Gallo, will Gallo go along--Tony is dog meat for wanting to leave the organization. (I think Tony will be here until the end--they wouldn't have had him all over the talk shows if he weren't.)

So, Marcela is up against Leo, Vicky, Renata, Julio, Eva and Alicia and throw in Giorgio and Deb for good measure. She is behind bars in an orange jump suit. ITA that she will get busted out of there. What kind of disguise will she have--oh maybe a Rosendo-like peg-leg appearance at the wedding, hiding an AK-47 behind her back to get everyone in one fell swoop.

BillC--Tony can't die. Maybe seriously injured and in a coma for weeks (theirs, not ours). Alicia can't be left alone. It's Leo who must take the hit. Then there are no reminders for Eva, Dan, Alicia, Vicky and Tony for all the bad he did to them and they can live happily ever after.

Wonder if Tony will have time to tell his secrets before he's put in a coma.

Also, LOL, after the first two times Alicia couldn't come out with the baby daddy's name, I knew it wasn't to be, at least not last night.

Leo and Lileach can die and I don't care. They can be cremated and the ashes scattered in an aligator infested lagoon in the middle of LA.

lxv--the drugged up stud--was used in STuD on Fernando Colunga. He always plays a smart guy and he bought Ivana's story about the wonderful love-making they'd had.

Juanita--I saw a red bandana wrapped around Marcie's hand. I'm surprised they let her have that. She might strangle herself with it--note the slip-on sneakers with no laces and no accessorizing belts on the jump suit.
 

Thanks for the recap Pata.

Does anyone know what time slot Cuando Me Enamoro will be in? Same as Eva is now? I'm eager to see this one with Silvia Navarro (Fernanda in MEPS) and Juan Soler. Looks like much better quality than Eva has been.

I for one am getting very tired of the same old scenario where an evil woman drugs a man to get him in bed or poisons everything and everyone who even slightly disagrees with her. You'd think novela writers could get more creative.
 

Thanks, BillC and UnaNorteamericana, for letting me know it was a bandana wrapped around her hand. On my old, low-def TV and with my even older, low-def eyes, it looked like a glove. It also looked as if it was an excellent match, colorwise, for her orange prison jumpsuit.
 

Dona G--
That and stealing babies or switching babies or separating twins at birth.

In a way I feel sorry for writers. They have to keep churning out fleshed-out stories on a regular schedule. It must be hard to come up with something radically new that millions of people will watch, all with diverse ideas of what they consider good entertainment.

Maybe that's why we have so many "refritos," and by the time successful stories are remade for the third or fourth time, they are clearly reflecting moral standards from a couple of generations earlier.

Just my VHO.
 

Thanks for all the great comments today. This has been such a fun novela and has been really fun to recap with words and pictures. I must admit that some of the expressions on these characters have been outstanding. Especially bug eyed Vicky. And of course it was always a treat to capture pictures of Dan and Tony.

And thanks every one on this board for being such loyal commenters these past 6 months. And Jardinera, Elvira, Marta and Gloria it has been a pleasure sharing recapping privleges with all of you. Elvira I still marvel at your Picture quaility. Jardinera you are probably one of the hardest working recappers out there!! Always enjoyed your snarky recaps. Marta it was always great reading all your wonderful dialouge. I really envy your Spanish comprehension. And Gloria your sense of humor in retelling this novela has tickled my funny bone.
 

So far, I've heard that Cuando Me Enamoro is taking the 7 pm time slot when Llena de Amor ends. But I haven't seen anything else advertised, so maybe you 8 o'clockers do get it. We shall see.
 

And now for the last nights episode. I was so upset with the whole Giergio Eva conversation. What a bunch of rehash!! and a huge let down. I also actually started cracking up when Eva walked in on Deb abd Alicia again putting a halt to any further forward movement.

I loved Tony's confrontation with Leo. I really want him to take Leo down!!!

The fun thing about this TN has been that even though we get frustrated with the story lines we are all in the same boat and no one really knows how this will end.
 

lxv, there is an episode of Law & Order SVU in 2005 ("Design") that covers your question. A female perp drugs guys with talent and/or high IQ's who the next day get sick and don't remember anything. However, her motive was to obtain their sperm to create high-IQ babies via IVF.
 

Pata great recap, as usual you made it better than the episode. I am getting a bit frustrated with the past few episodes, we've invested a lot of time with Eva and Dano, and the writers seem to want to leave their resolution to the last 10 minutes of Monday's episode. (I hope not).

On another note, did anyone else notice, or is it just my dirty mind that Leo's pants were too tight last night. I had to ask my nieces to go into another room and not watch last night's episode.

I wish there was at least 30minute straight talk between Eva and Dano, that is only after they find their brains. I don't want it to be mushy, I want it to be like the last speech Dano gave Eva after Tony's confession.
 

una norte americana, loved your "Yeah, who cares about flight times to Miami and back. We all know Marcela used a broom.>>FF" line.
 

Nellie,

Your right about Leo's pants I thought It was just me, or he was excited to see Lilicheeks. LOL
 

Thanks UA, I guess I don't watch enough TV to have learned the "facts of life". It always seemed like an impossibility to me, but if it happened on Law & Order, it's got to be true.

And Una Norte, your broomstick comment cracked me up. But how did they explain it? there was quite abit of dialogue but couldn't tell what they were saying.
 

Thank you so much, Pata, for your wonderful recaps. And thank you to all the recappers and commentors. It really got me through the next day knowing that I am not the only one frustrated and annoyed the gullibility and stupidity of the good people. ITA with the reoccurring plots, like the sexaul assaults by the women on the good men (José Miguel, Max, and now Daniel? And also all the pregnancies, and the lying and evil women and disgusting men....Padilla is disgusting, as was Rosendo, although I do like the actor SG, and Leo is horrible, too.)

I think the La Familia que tiene suerte is going on at 8pm. I was dreading the end of STuD, but am SOOO looking foward to the end of Eva Luna...it's just too over the top with side plots just not being very worthy. I think Teresa has some great sub plots as does Triunfo, real life issues that they are dealing with.
Maybe Eva Luna will have a 2hr finale on Monday? Does anyone know? I will post that info if I can find out.

It's so hard to see if Tony is telling the truth....I hope he is. Maybe we'll know more about him.
And I don't know how an intelligent, capable, beautiful young woman like
Jackie could be able to stand Francisco. He is such an immature adult...I know it's supposed to be comic relief, but he is really blowing it all.

I do feel badly at this point for Vicky...she is obvioulsy very insecure and screwed up, and probably was so desperate for someone to love her, that she just obeyed Marcela to the letter, even if she knew it was wroing, and then lost her ability to make up her own mind. What will happen to Ricardo? I am wondering the same thing. Does anyone fear for Julio's safety?

So, I am so looking forward to the finale of Eva Luna. I hope the writers give us our just desserts for hanging in!
Thank you, again, to everyone!

Sharon
 

Hello All. Pata, in a way I am sorry this TN is ending. The recaps have made all the difference for me. Thank you for all the time you have put into this show. The writers haven't appreciated your talent.If they had, they would ask for advice on how to really end a TN. Not leave us gasping for air because we are so mad. I know is a TN and therefore not to take it seriously.I also appreciate the fact that they [the writers] do this every day but it could be better. Bill C, don't worry about the bandana,it could be worse.I will miss all of you. When are Leo and Lil going to get their just rewards.Tony had better not fizz out like all the other big talkers. We only have a couple of episodes left.Grrrrrrr

Hanna
 

Gosh, I'm really somewhat surprised at how disappointed people are that there are so many issues left to be resolved. In my experience, this is often the path that telenovelas take. Indeed, often things look very bleak right before the last few days. Things have already started to fall into place on "Eva Luna": Marcela's deeds have been uncovered and she has been tried, found guilty, and is in jail. Don Julio and Justa have learned that Vicky is their daughter, and that Justa's baby was not stillborn. We know that Giorgio knows Leo is responsible for killing Eva's father, and Tony has revealed that he knows a LOT about Leo. So I think we're well on our way to the usual telenovela resolution and boda(s). At least I hope so!
 

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