Thursday, May 12, 2011

Triunfo del Amor #109 5/11/11 Max Has A New Identity Crisis


[This is a repost of last Wednesday's which was lost and then returned yesterday, but 
only as a draft.  Sorry the comments seem to have been lost during the repairs done to the system.  To avoid losing it again, would somebody who sees this please post to the feed/sidebar for me? Thanks! --ed.]

As we begin the nightly chagrin, Max has come to speak with Leonela at Guillermo’s place and has gallantly offered to cover her expenses and provide her a decent place to live rather than have her beholden to the man who feigned friendship for decades and then stole half-ownership in a theater and a fortune from his father. To make matters worse, his mama and Gui tell him that he’s their love-child. Duhn-duhn-duhnnnnn! --And y’all thought you had problems!    



Alonso has reappeared at Maria’s with a pink bouquet and a sea green scarf around his neck giving it the old college try again. Maria accepts the flowers and again tries to let Lonnie down easy. She is moving in and moving on with Max, fool! (Viewerville has joined Maria in thinking this guy just doesn’t know when it’s time to just let it go and learn to deal! Poor Lon is such a glutton for punishment you gotta wonder why he keeps knocking his head on this part of the vecindad’s wall.)  He claims that one suffers if s/he’s in love or else, it’s not love.  (Ugh. No wonder this dude got involved with the likes of Jimena!) Maria says she’s suffered enough, so it’s love and the one she loves and chooses to suffer with and over is Max!  M.A.X.  She hopes Lon can find somebody to love who’ll love him back this time.




Victoria, meanwhile, is still having it out with Papa Padre Juan Pablo, for getting a bit too chummy with Maria. Padre JP refuses to tell her why he's taken such a special interest (and she's too nearsighted to see the forest for the proverbial trees  despite the roadsigns all along the way).  He gives her priestly obscurities instead. She is stuck in the dark shroud of bitterness. When she finally allows Dios to rekindle the light of her soul, he says, then and only then will she find peace and understand. Until then, tough tootsie-pops! She gets frustrated and asks why the heck she even bothers with him any longer since all he does is give her grief. PPJP says she can go somewhere else if she cares to, but obviously she doesn’t and has chosen him as her spiritual guide. He answers with more pastoral ambiguous claptrap: sincerely love all those who surround you and then you’ll find peace. She can only complain about the tragedies that she’s suffered through. He quotes a very quotable quote from St. Augustine: “The measure of love is to love without measure.” Vic is all thanks for nothing, you pious jerk! And to think I could have gone to bed with a supercilious slug like you!



Back at Family Feud, Max is not only disgusted, but totally unwilling to believe a treacherous worm like Gui could ever be his big bad bio-dad. (Nobody can blame him there!) Loonie-ella confirms the illicit relationship between her and her hubby’s ex-BFF before passing out on the couch in a drunken stupor. Max looks for answers from Guillermo. His version is that he was just a young actor, not fully established and he joined the cast of a show his mother was working on. They had a fling, he fell hopelessly in love with her, but once Osvaldo came onto the scene, she dumped him and married Oz. Soon she learned she was pregnant, but it was Gui’s kid, not Oz’s. That baby was Max. He kept quiet all these years to give Max a better life than he could have offered him, especially with his mother in jail. Max needs time to process. He can’t get his lush of a mother to wake up and tells Gui he’ll be back for her the next morning.



Back in the bowels of the barrio, Juanjo has invited not only Nathy, but Napo, the jarochas and Don Joel to come to the dance club that night. (What kind of a date is that? Inviting, not just mama along to chaperon, but half the vecindad as well?) Milagros is not such a happy camper once she hears that the jarochas are coming also. FF>



Max comes over to tell Maria the unhappy news. He’s having a tough time absorbing it all. Bad enough learning that your mother was a cold-blooded murderer and an alcoholic to boot, but then to find out that your dad was a lying, thieving S.O.B.!  (Got to admit that's some gene-pool!)


JJ, Nathy, Mili and the rest of the gang hot-foot it over to the dance club for a night of high-steppin’ hoofery. FF>>


While Max is still searching his bared soul, Lon walks in without knocking --something about having left his camera there. He stops in mid-sentence and grimaces as he stares over at Maria sitting all lovey-dovey on Max’s lap. The two ...er...boys start to squabble. Alonso says they’ve got a situation here since the two of them are both in love with Maria and BTW, why doesn’t he look for somebody like his parents or his wife to console him every time he’s got another problem, instead of poor Maria? Max says, well, FYI, Ji and he are divorced now so he and Maria are planning on getting married ASAP! He hopes that sinks in.


Roxy, meanwhile, comes to visit Jimena. The nurse lets her know that Ji got really upset after her friends, Max and Maria, came by to see her.  Aparrently, poor Roxy doesn't know what to do with that kind of information.




Max and Lon begin to argue like a couple of school-kids again till Maria finally tells them she’s had enough and kicks both their sorry backsides out onto the sidewalk.


Ji whines to her mother about how Maria and Max came by to make fun of her, and to tell her that they’re going to get even with her for all she did to them. Roxy says it can’t be since Max doesn’t know that the baby isn’t his. Ji insists that both he and his slut know about the baby and begs her mother to help her get loose.


Back at the dance club, after a wild time of it, Napo and Mili end up dancing together. Looks like luhhv is in the air for those two.....


Jimena whines and whines till she manages to persuade her addle-brained mother to unbuckle the leather straps --a big mistake! Ji threatens Rox and forces her to switch places with her so she can escape.


At the same time, JP is visiting Mama. Bernarda complains that Maria refused to accept her offer to model for her at the fashion house and then had the nerve to tell her off. JP saysthat after the terrible way she’s made Maria suffer and tried to feed her b.s. about her mother having abandoned her, not to mention avoiding giving her any real answers about her mother, it’s no wonder. What else did she expect? Burnie asks what she needs a mother for if she has her father now? JP takes the opportunity to confront her with killing his father.


Max and Alonso take it out to the street. Max tells him some guys need to know when it’s over and accept it, but that would take a bit of self-respect, something that Lonnie-boy seems to be lacking. Lon says back at you times two, dude. They’re just about to break into fisty-cuffs when JP shows up and tell them to nix the pissin’ contest.


Ji walks out of the hospital disguised with her mother’s brown scarf over her head while the nurse is distracted.  (Viewerville keeps its fingers crossed that Ji's first stop is Gui's place.)


Meanwhile, Maria metions to Papa PJP that Vic has offered her the job as lead model at Casa Victoria The Redux. PPJP suggests she take the offer unless she wants to be as stubborn and arrogant as Victoria. It’s like mana from heaven and her chance to show others how her humility has triumphed. Maria admits that making commercials doesn’t give her the rush that prancing down the runway during a show gives her. Must be in the blood, she says. JP advises her to give Victoria a chance to help her and at the same time she can help Victoria learn how to forgive.


Back at Casa Sandoval, Max spends a bit of quality time with Osguito (who, it would seem, is really his half-brother) and gives him an update on his papi’s situation. Osguito goos and gaws in all the right places.


At Gui’s place, Loonie-ella informs her host that he is in fact Max’s real bio-daddy, not that it should be any surprise, she says, since they continued seeing each other even after she and Oz were married. However, she opted not to tell him because she didn’t want to lose out on the chance to become internationally famous along with Oz. Besides, she knew that like her, Gui could care less about kids, and that they both considered them nothing more than a nuisance. Then why is she bothering with Max at all? Because nobody takes what’s Leonela’s! Well, Gui’s pretty proud of himself, having finally gotten one over on Osvaldo Sandoval, for real. Max really is his son! His son! The two celebrate the news by gettin’ busy.


The next morning the nurses at the psych hospital discover Roxy in Ji’s bed. Rox is no help at all when they ask where Ji’s gone. (Rox, you are such a waste of valuable oxygen!)


Vicki, Antonieta and Pepino open Casa Victoria Redux and first thing we get is a shameless jarring plug for Sedal hair products!  FF>>


Back at Maria’s, Nathy is baby-sitting JPito when JJ shows up with a gift for Nat. It’s a soccer banner and cap. (A vision of things to come for Nat, I guess, and definitely not as romantic as a bouquet of roses or a box of chocolates.....)


Back at Casa Vic’s, Pepi introduces his new pick for a top model--a neoclassical classic, he effuses! (Oh, is that what they're calling it these days?)  Leonela turns around.  Vic is frown-down-to-the-ground-impactada. Pepi’s been taken in! He and Toni are shocked and stunned to find out she’s Oz’s ex-incarcerated ex, alive and in the flesh.


Meanwhile, Nathy gives Juanjo a Mr. Mom lesson (PSA#2319) on the proper care and feeding of a baby for the macho male. FF>>



Back at Casa Victoria Deux, Pepi tries to shoo Looni out, but she demands to see Max first. Vic is thoroughly disgusted with the b!tch. “--You say it as if you actually loved him!” Long-suffering mother, take 2: “--Of course I do! The only thing that kept me going all those years was the hope of seeing my son again!” Wash of hogs, yells Vic! The only thing Leonela’s come back for is to get even with Oz. Right, says Looniella! Oz took advantage of her to snatch her son away from her once she was falsely condemned and sentenced to life in prison! So, says Vicki, tell me if all that pent up rage and hatred caused you to try murdering him! Yes, admits Loonie! It did! “-- I tried to kill him and I will try it again because he deserves it!”


Apparently, Maria has decided to take PPJP up on his suggestion to return to Casa Victoria as a model, but she’s nervous about the whole thing. He’s going to go along with her for moral support.


Fernanda comes in on the tail end of the argument and demands to know who this woman is. Vicki explains she’s her daddy’s first wife and Max’s mother. Loonie corrects her and says FYI she’s his ONLY wife! She’s still married to Oz and that makes Victoria nothing more than Oz’s lover and Fer, uh, well....




Pepi and Toni try to throw her out, but Loonie’s waited too long to shout the truth from the rooftops. No way is she going to be run off so easily!  She refuses to leave.  Oz walks in at this point and demands to know what she’s talking about.  “--Something that’s sure to please you greatly, Osvaldo!”


At the same time, Lon is in the park doing what he does best, snapping candid photos of people, when he suddenly has an attack of some sort and passes out. --Viewerville was about to say it’s time to give up the ghost, but it looks like he just may have!





Both Vic and Oz futilely scream at Leonela to leave them all the heck alone. Both she and the horse she rode in on can just get the heck owdathere! She won’t leave yet cuz she’s not done yet! There’s more to tell. They don’t want to listen to any more of her lies, they scream back at her! No, she says, they aren’t lies. In fact, it’s what Max found out last night, she says. Oz is furious and ominously threatening. “--Get out now or I won’t be responsible for what happens here, Leonela!” She backs down finally and walks out the door. Fer asks Vic what the woman was talking about. Vic says she hasn’t a clue and they’ll just have to wait til Max shows up.


Max, though, is in Fabian’s office giving him the 411 about the news from the night before. Fab says that knowing the snake in the grass that Gui is, there’s no way he can believe him! Max says that if it weren’t that his mother corroborated what he told Max, he wouldn’t have!


Back across the hall, Oz is telling the happy group that he knew sooner or later his ex would show up and start to cause problems for everyone. It doesn’t matter to him what lies she tells, but.... Just then Max walks in on this happy little scene. It matters to Max. Oz still thinks Max is upset about the business with the theatre and how he pissed a pile of pesos down the drain. No, it’s got nothing to do with that. Fer asks him to tell them if he knows what “truth” his mother meant to tell them. Max says that his “biological mother” told him last night that Osvaldo was not his real father. Caras de consternation all ‘round!

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Will somebody please post this to the side for me? Thanks!
 

Whoo boy! a good one Jardinera.

I actually thought Alonso said he was quoting St. Augustine when he preached those pieties about love and suffering to Maria yaNoD. But when I looked it up, all I could find was Woody Allen “To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. etc."

"as he stares over at Maria sitting all lovey-dovey on Max’s lap."—The look on Max's face here was priceless. WL is a master at the eyelid putdown. It was a "Dude" moment indeed.

"JP takes the opportunity to confront her with killing his father"—Mejia drives me nuts with these critical scenes involving life & death bombshells and no followup. I mean all Dementa did was flatten the wrinkle once or twice.

"Lon is in the park doing what he does best, snapping candid photos of people, "—Uh, these are children, and in this country at least you could be arrested for that. Where are the parents? Obviously he's never heard of obtaining a release, or even just asking permission.
 

Thanks, Jardinera! Great job!

LXV, I also heard Alonso say he was quoting St. Augustine. ¡A fuego! We've switched up the Pedantometer a bit since everyone was intoning portentously about playing with fire and getting burned. :-)
 

Great recap, thanks.

There is not a lot to say about last night it was so over the top - if we could harness all of the BS we could power the world for at least a century.

Tonight we should see BSCX in action hope at Gui's place.

Rosemary
 

Such a fun and witty recap. Thanks.

Interesting hospitals in Mexico....staff never checks on patients, at least in the case of Ox and now XI. You may be escorted in, but once you are in, you are on your own.

Pity Naty and all the soccer games ahead of her!!
 

There ought to be a limit to how many crises a person should be put through in one telenovela day. Poor William and Maria seem to get it in doubles and triples.

And don't you just want to punch the padre for withholding the names from Victoria and Maria?
 

Thanks for this, Jardinera.

Was anyone else wondering whether Ximeana murdered her mother? She is certainly capable of it and I think the writers are somewhat behind in terms of body count.

She might be the one to murder Leonela -- which would make some logical sense -- and Gui tries to frame Osvaldo for the crime. However, we're not close enough to the end for that because Gui would then murder Xi. I'm wondering why he doesn't propose a menage a trois.

Since Leonela is a consummate liar I'm still not buying the idea that Gui is the progenitor of Max.

Having JP talk about the murder of his father without a rejoinder from Dona Dementa didn't make sense either. It would not surprise me if she would decide somewhere prior to the finale that he should die for failing to bring her salvation. If the writers allowed that to happen I'd spit fire.
 

Another great recap, Jar.

You FF>> in the same places I would have--but since I was watching in real time, I couldn't--even though the first time the barrio folks lined up at the dance hall I tried desperately.

Semi-OT. I turned to the Jon Stewart, Daily Show after TDA, and I was surprised to read that the HD version is brought to us by---Kayak!! Where is TDA's kayak, anyway? Don't they know we watch the whole hour just to see Wm in the kayak?

Poor Lon. He hasn't done anything except make a nuisance of himself, spend loads of money on flowers, take hundreds of pictures of M no longer D, took over the care and feeding of a pregnant MD, fight with Max, get Maria a terrific job in a successful commercial and this is his reward?

Passed out in the park? In our town, most people would step over him as a hopeless drunk--and steal his camera first. I hope someone cares enough to call an ambulance.
Newbie-One
 

Jardinera: I always love your recaps and this is no exception. So many wonderful lines including: "Duhn-duhn-duhnnnnn! --And y’all thought you had problems!" and "Poor Lon is such a glutton for punishment you gotta wonder why he keeps knocking his head on this part of the vecindad’s wall.)" Excellent!

No morals, no scruples and murderers to boot! Gui and Lonnie -ain't love grand. Sigh.

Diana
 

Interesting hospitals in Mexico....staff never checks on patients, at least in the case of Ox and now XI. You may be escorted in, but once you are in, you are on your own.

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Over on Teresa, Paolo was in intensive care, just flatlined, Aida was screaming and going crazy and nary a doctor to be seen...until Aida busted out of the intensive care doors into the hallway and started screaming.
 

It seems that everything that happens is because of poor communicatin or lack of communicatin. Vic may become closer to Oz now that he is the victim of Leonela and she will feel sorry for him. Oz and max had made up after finding out that dad failed to mention that mom was alive; however, there is one more deception between Oz vic and Max. They have known that the baby is not Maxes and when he finds out that "again" he has been lied to or deceived, he will be really upst.
 

Thanks Jardinera. Excellent!

Well, I guess I'm supposed to feel guilty now that Alonzo has conked out. Actually... I don't. It is fascinating, however. I can't think of a medical condition that causes obsessive stalking and blackouts. Hmmm...

Wow, that JuanJo is certainly the charmer. Surely they won't have Naty ending up with him. I'd prefer seeing him paired up with one of the ladies from Veracruz.

Leonela... hey crazy lady, may I buy you a drink?

Carlols
 

Jardinera, some great writing and lines. I had fun reading your recap. Keep up your good writing, just love it.

Yeah! folks, I just love some of your comments and agree with them. I too don't think Guillermo is Max's real father. I think Leonela is totally lying to benefit herself. I don't think she really loves Guillermo - she is just using him. Her whole motivation to reappearing in Max and Osvaldo's life is revenage.

Leonela - everything that happened to her is her own fault. She seem to not have been faithful to Osvaldo. We know she cheated him with two men, for one of them is Guillermo and the other is the lover she killed. She is stupid - what did she expected of Osvaldo when she cheated on him. Lots of people would just do as Osvaldo did let her stay in jail. She is delusional if she thinks differently.

All of you are right - these people don't talk to each other about the important stuff and let the evil people get away with lots of stuff or pull another one over them. they need to use your brains. And total for sure, the hospitals in Mexico seem to not pay attentions to their patients and check on their patients.

Let's see what transpires tonight with these crazy people and sociopaths. We will all be shaking our heads.

Genevieve
 

however, there is one more deception between Oz vic and Max. They have known that the baby is not Maxes and when he finds out that "again" he has been lied to or deceived, he will be really upst.

And what about Maria-ya-no-D. She hasn't thought for a second about repeating what crazy Ji said about lil Os really being lil Gui? Aaagh these writers drive me nuts. This TN is a runaway train.
 

Hi All, I'm not sure if you guys have heard this or not yet, but Alborada is going to be repeated on Telefutura "MUY PRONTO"!!! It's my favorite novela of all time and I know some of you feel the same so I wanted to share the good news. I'm not sure when it will start or in what time slot, though. Hopefully we will find out soon. My DVR will be working overtime!

Also, for those of you that are fans of historical novelas, the one that just started this week on Telefutura, "La Pola" is really, really, good.

I've been nothing more than a lurker lately here on CarayCaray, but I wanted to say thanks to all the recappers and to tell you all how much I enjoy reading the comments. I never fail to have a LOL moment at my desk every morning thanks to all of you!

Melissa
 

thanks jardinera.....your recaps r alway great to read.....O.k. now we have the cruifix left by pjp at maria's that we have not seen...the picture of pjp with maria...his total love and interest in her and baby...all the clues he has been giving Victoria and the dummy still can't put 2 and 2 together...wow....i am beginning to feel stupid....who the hell on this earth could tolerate this much crap without jumping off a building....please people..try sitting down and figure this mess out....they are all together so much u think they would start to ask questions.....well lets see if more shit happens tonight....hopefully by friday someone starts to get smart...
BNinCA
 

by the way..alonso is a total ass
he so does not belong in this novela. such a bothersome kind of guy and that is not a turn on for me...too bad he passed out...but he needs to stay out.....
 

Great Jar, gracias. Double duty this wk?

One way to get Leonela out of their lives is to call the police & report her for attempted murder. But alas, that is never done in a Mejia novela. The police must have a lot of doughnut time in Mex, since no one ever calls them.

DNA, DNA, DNA

If Leonela was screwing around with 3 men, how does she know who the father is, call Maury Povich.
 

Hi y'all! What a Mejia circo! He never fails to come through for us, does he? He's doubled up on the number of murderous psychos this time I think.
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AgnesNJ: Woody Allen? Now that's deep!
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Newbie: "Passed out in the park? In our town, most people would step over him as a hopeless drunk--and steal his camera first." LOL!
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Genevieve and Melissa: Welcome!
 

Carlos: I'm going to chalk up your fascination with Looni-ella to havin' your Walter Mitty on!
 

jardinera - thanks for the Welcome, but I'm actually a Welcome Back - I'm Melissa the former recapper of FELS and MEPS. I might be a former recapper, but I always look forward to reading your Friday Night Lights recaps on Saturday morning no matter what novela we happen to be watching at the time! :)

Melissa
 

Obviously there is something in the water that makes all of these people so incredibly stupid. Max the mouth breather buys everything LL tells him without a question and then falls for Gui's BS as well. Any normal person would have gone to Os and told him what he heard and asked for a DNA test but apparently those are three letters that don't exist for these morons.

I am amazed that everyone is still hiding the truth about little Os from Max. As much as I dislike the character I wouldn't blame him in the least for being pissed when the truth will inevitably come out. I'm bored with the excuse that we are just protecting him/her that is being overused in TDA. We are talking about adults here not a bunch of preteens, even tho some of them do act like it.

I too was surprised that Bernie didn't rip into JP when he mentioned her killing his father. I also have to wonder what in the he*l kind of priest refuses to report her crimes to the police. This from the man who so sanctimoniously keeps the secret of the confessional from telling Vic about their child. Surely he didn't learn all of his mothers sins in the confessional. While he like to present himself as so upright he is actually a coward in much the same way as Os is.

Here's hoping loser Lon has bought the farm from some sudden incurable illness. God forbid that he is ill and we end up with some of those endless hospital scenes while Maria D hovers over him in pity and guilt for leading him on. I can almost feel it coming. LOL

Dani
 

Jardinera, thanks for your great recap. Most people have commented on the things that interest me. Does anyone know when this circus will start winding up?
 

why on earth doesn't any rush out to get a DNA kit????

I just really love William Levy. his facial expressions are just priceless. he is too good for this tn.
 

Karen: Last I read, 169 episodes. I recently met a couple from Mexico who told me they call telenovelas "the grand snake" (I don't recall what the phrase is en espanol) because the stories can be shortened or stretched. I viewed episode 139 online and the end isn't in sight
 

If Max gets a DNA test on Osquito and himself he'll see that he isn't the bio-dad and the medicos can tell him that he shares no DNA with the baby. No blood relationship to Osquito = Gui is not Max's father.

Os and Vic should pretend not to have known this but that would not occur to either of them. Except if Fer knows (I don't remember) that wouldn't work either.

Dona Dementa may have admitted to JP that she killed his father, but I'm sure she would deny it to the police. This is why Fausto and Eva are looking for material evidence.
 

Jardinera - you were busy last night - Mega recapping needs to go on your resume. What a skill!

"tough tootsie-pops!" I would like to restate that wonderful expression to just about everyone in this TN. I've never met a bigger bunch of dunce-heads. Thank goodness for the likes of Fer (now) and Fab. These two should end up together - only two with sense right now.

Even PJP, though so wonderful on the eyes, gets me steamed with all the platitudes. He should do the charade bit everytime these nut jobs copme close in guessing what's really going on. Finger to nose and point!!

Carlos - what is it with you and bad girls? Hmmmmm? Leo certainly isn't hiding the fact that she is a bitchy back-stabber. No way to win over your son my dear. Going to love to see who eventually does her in, how and why. She's got everyone after her now!

Alonso may have been a pest, but he was there for MD when she needed someone, so really don't want to see the guy kick the bucket. Maybe he'll meet a nice nurse? (If someone finds him).

And my favorite moment of the night - Nati hands little JP to JJ and that angel, who has been a trooper and NEVER cried for anyone, suddenly goes into lip-quiver mode and starts to fuss. My little hero. We agree with you totally.
 

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