Caray, Caray!

The lake was smooth and silken this morning. I took my morning coffee out onto the water in my kayak. There wasn't a sound except a loon in the distance.

And now I have this recap to read --though I'm losing bars & don't know how long this wifi connection will hold out.

Great recap, Jules. Your title tells it all. This is turning into quite a ride.

Don't know where things are going with the Kari, Lazaro, Sina, Zede, Dr. yucky story -- but something is about to pop. So glad that Lazaro found her!!!

Are we still doing Mr. Inappropriate? Cause Auggie sure gets my vote today. What is he thinking being so pushy with Nata so soon?

So much going on -- my head is reeling. Think I'll go back on the lake.
 

I'll be first to comment.

Julia: Loved the recap. Favorite line: "Matias looks very uncomfortable with Roberta grooping him,(as would any man)."

This is some TN. Something big may not happen every ep, but it pretty nearly does. Loving it.

Robey
 

Hey, Guera, you snuck in the first coment while I was writing.

The lake sounds lovely. I live near the Pacific Ocean, but have always been more of a river, lake person--having grown up in the country near a creek.

Robey
 

Great job on this recap. Things are really happening on all fronts! Will Dr. Creepy finally get his comeupance? Probably not yet, unfortunately, he makes pushy Augustin look like a good guy in comparison!! Thanks and keep up the good work. I really enjoy all the recaps even though I speak Spanish, it's always fun and entertaining to see what others in viewerville are thinking! Barbara
 

Great job Jules!

The last bit you missed after Kari and Laz walk out on a weeping Alfie, is Matias walking and talking to Berta. Jero's insistance on the paternity test is now giving Matias doubts. He now thinks that the dates she was supposedly with Jero are really close to when they did the deed, and asks how can she be so sure the baby is Jero's and not his. She insists a woman knows. He insists that they all go take that paternity test tomorrow so that HE can be sure too if the baby is his or Jero's. Uh oh face from Berta as we fade into into sepia tones.

In the preview Berta is asking for Fina's help since both Jero and Matias are demanding a paternity test. Then we see Berta and Nata arguing loudly as Nata tries to force Berta to go take the test.

I was so glad that Nata is thinking reasonably and 1) didn't get mad at Adri, and 2) demanded the test to get rid of any doubt. Of course we know that Berta and Fina will think of something to thwart them all.

Wow, Augie is one pushy dude! The woman has even filed the divorce papers yet and he's forcing himself on her.

Loved Connie confronting Fina, but I think that only puts her in danger of being put high on Fina's hit list.

The guy following Gina is not a PI. He's the Moterrubio family lawyer and Fina's lackey. I like that Gina told Tony that if he can't treat her like a grown woman capable of making her own decisions, then he can take a hike. You tell him Gina!

Jules, I also did not see Hon's arrest coming. I think he used the automatic, child proof locks to keep her in the car. It was a bold move, but also rash and stupid.
 

Great job, Jules. Nicely done. My favorite line:

(what baby are they doing the test on exactly?) Roberta looks a little nervous..."

Exactly.

Honorio... I love that he's a man of action, but I don't think his plan was well thought out. He really needs to enlist his daughter's help. So far, she's been a pretty smart cookie.

Matilde & Carlos... awwww.

Could Lazaro be anymore awesome?

My heart is breaking for Alfonsina.

Augie may be ever bit as crazy as Jerry... just smoother.

This show is so much fun to watch.

Carlos
 

Thank for the recap Jules.

Dr. Creepy is very sick and twisted he actually had Kari tied up and hidden under their bed. Thank goodness Alfosina's son him with her and went for help.

Is Lazaro great or what he learns from Matilde about Alfosina and how she feels what she did and how Karia is still missing. He puts two and two together and saves her and then probably saves Ezeke from jail time because it did look like he was going to beat Dr. drink so much to death.

Just after chastising Hon to get his head out of his behind and act on Batty Blanca he did the right thing trying to take her to see a Dr.. His only mistake was not putting Miss BSC in the trunk of his car. No way she could have hailed down the cops from there.

Vivi didn't Matias also question Roberta about who is the father of her baby? I think he said if he finds out neither he or Jerko are the father she is going to pay for her deceit.Anyway loved that she had that frighten and panicked look upon her face.

Auggie so not appropriate you can't even wait for Renata to filed for divorce and her annulment.

It's about time Regina you told your own jerk where to get off and that you have your own mind too.

It look like Renata and Roberta were arguing at the top of the staircase as Renata tries to drag Roberta to get the paternity test.Roberta told Malafina the latest confrontation with Jerko and both look scared. So it does look if she falls or throws her own self down the stairs Renata will be blamed.

Martaivett said she saw the whole weeks preview and looks like Rafael's autopsy proves it wasn't suicide as Carlos tells Jerko he was murdered.The noose is tightening on Malafina and her evil spawn.
 

Carlos! Auggie is smoother, but I have to vote for Jero he has more passion, Auggie is smooth, but smooth can be boring! I am so curious how Berta is going to get out if this one, no baby to fake a test on!!
 

Great recap, Jules. I'd like to expand the confrontation at the stables. It is interesting.

Jules said: Roberta is still trying to keep her story straight when Jero asks her where and when they were together, she can’t answer and when he asks for a DNA test she refuses....

The amplification has to do with Jero wanting to know how far along she is. She deflects the question. Jero points out that they were together in his apartment only once and Carlos was there so he can pinpoint the date for her. So Berta lies with a straight face (and she learned from the best) and says, how can you say that, we were together another time alone in your apartment. Boy does Jero get disconcerted by the lie that he can't puncture (he said/she said and who ya gonna believe) it.

I think that's why Jero is going to insist on the test. As we all know from Sortilegio, there IS a danger to the fetus before a certain number of weeks. Is that correct, oh wise Dr. Carlos I?

My guess is that Fina and Berta come up with some reason why she can't go take the test OR, if the previews are true, she falls down the stairs.

Oh how I wish we were playing the BINGO game right now. About the only thing we are missing is for Jer or Nata to actually be hospitalized (does making love in the shower count as a water body?).
NOK
 

NOK-

Thanks for expanding on that conversation, because it was a good one, and Nata was looking at both of their faces throughout. I think Berta does say something about putting her baby in danger and Jero says well he'll wait till the baby's born and demand a test then. That's when Nata jumps in and says she'll do it now, in exchange for you leaving forever and not bugging us.

The conversation between Fina and Berta in the living room was also interesting. Berta is looking at Fina in amazement at how she's able to lie so well, and Funa instructs her that she must always maintain control of the situation and have the upper hand. For a while it looked like Berta was on the cusp of redemption after losing the baby and seeing how far Fina would go to get her way. I sense that she has lost all trust in her mother, but she is choosing to learn from Fina and perhaps best her at her own game.
 

Blusamurai,

"His only mistake was not putting Miss BSC in the trunk of his car..."

Hey, I really like how you think.

NOK, there's more risk to chorionic villous sampling (which would have to be done for early testing) than to amniocentesis (which can be done farther along in the pregnancy).

Actually fetal DNA can be extracted from maternal blood for testing but I don't know how readily available this testing is. If it is available, and this is the testing procedure used, at this point there would probably still be enough fetal DNA circulating in Roberta's blood to pinpoint the daddy as Jerry's 1/2 brother. She wouldn't even have to admit to the abortion.

Carlos
 

Blu,
It look like Renata and Roberta were arguing at the top of the staircase
i noticed that too, but i noticed that the one giving her back to the staircase was Nata, not Berta.
 

Thanks, Carlos. This gives Renata and Roberta several options to discover or obfuscate.

Oh, goodie--if Renata lands in the hospital, then someone, somewhere can yell bingo.
NOK
 

Vivi, yes, thank you--We all need each other. With some of us concentrating on one thing while others on another, we get a fuller picture of what's going on. That's what makes this comment page so great, not to say useful as well.

NOK (takes less time to type and you all know who I am by now)
 

If everything were left up to Adriana and Matilde (with a little Lazaro for good luck), this whole novela would have been wrapped up weeks ago. Not as much fun for us, of course, but still.

At least Renata is hesitant about Agustin. You think he'd pick up on the funny looks she gives. At least let her get divorced first. Sheesh. Would've pegged her for getting kidnapped by him, but that's been done, so what now? Rape? Nope. Been done too. Poor Kari, on both counts. Augustin better hurry up with something before he runs out of options.
 

What's this BINGO thing you guys are talking about?

Robey
 

Such a crazy episode, and a fab recap to make sense of it all.

Loved, loved, loved seeing Dr. Demented getting the crap beat of him, but I started yelling at the screen for Zeke to stop finally because I didn't want that piece of scum to die and make one of the good guys land in jail.

Could we love Laz anymore? I swear he has a S for Superman tattooed somewhere under those tee shirts.
So sad for Sina, but I still want to look her in the eyes and ask "what could you have been thinking?"

I could not believe Augie. Even Nata had that wonderful incredulous look like "Are you kidding me bringing this up now?" I kept thinking of a line from an old movie " pushing.....pushing". Guess he doesn't know our girl very well to think she would just bed hop to the next available guy...what an ass.

And then we have our positive moment with Carlos and Mati and we got to go "aaaawwwwwww" for a few seconds until chaos hit again.

So what half-baked plan will Fina come up with this time. She's not exactly batting 1000 on some of her plans.
 

Robey- Julia created a TN BINGO game with all of the cliched tn situations. She created a bunch of different BINGO cards with the situations mixed up on the spaces, like numbers on a regular BINGO card. You pick a card and follow a tn with it to see how soon you can get BINGO.

Speaking of Julia, I haven't noticed her on the feeds lately. I hope it doesn't mean that she's swamped with work and stress, but instead out having a good time.
 

Martaivett that's true but i'm sure with Roberta yelling at the top of her lungs for Renata to let her go there's going to be a struggle or should i say a fake struggle and fall down the stairs.

Daisynjat haha you're on a roll i was thinking the same thing when i first saw Alfosina with Dr. Scuzzbucket girl what in the world are you thinking?

As for Renata's reaction to Auggie's proposal i think every normal woman was thinking the same thing too. WTF are you kidding me!!!!! I'm not even divorce yet you Putz!!!!!! So Very Inappropriate.

Finally what half-baked plan will Fina come up with next she isn't exactly batting a thousand on some of her plans. Good one this is true but she is just like Wily E. Coyote she'll keep trying as the noose tightens around her.

What is interesting how several characters are now jockeying for position to be her next murder victim.
 

Remember when Matias went with Roberta for a sonogram? He questioned at that time that he didn't think you could know the sex of a fetus as early in the pregnancy as she should have been -- if either Matias OR Jeronimo were the father. Maybe that's why he's asking her now how far along she is. One of these days that may be a thread tha will help weave a noose for Fina & Berta.

Oh, I do hope that Roberta doesn't go too far down the road of learning from Mama. I want her to wake up and see not only what a sleazy liar her mother is but how she ruined Roberta's life as well. I know we have to wait a long time -- but Berta, come back from the dark side. Come toward the light....the light.

I'll be checking out the VCR when I get home to see Carlos & Mathilde. I'm glad we have a little sweetness in all of this mess.

I so do not want either sister tumbling down the stairs. That is so-o-o cliche. (And it hurts too) But it would be the perfect scenario to have a staged miscarriage -- especially if Fina can subborn another doctor to lie for her.
 

Jules: Thank you SO much! I have now missed two capitulos of CME! Why oh why does work have to interfere?!

Plus...I've been in the doldrums with the wretched ending on TdA that I have not even come to this page of the blog.

Hopefully, tonight, I'll be able to catch this capitulo.

This is such an incredible TN...action packed each and every time. Also...some good surprises thrown in as well.

I caught the last 10 minutes of this capitulo and just loved the worried look on Berta's face.

What worries,me though, is that scene where Nata is forcing Berta to go take the test. I can see that they are near a staircase. My worry is that Berta will fall down that staircase and Nata will be blamed for the miscarriage.

I don't know who said this today, but so agree that it is hard to watch Malafina when she lies. It IS literally sickening. I hate her mouth...I just hate it. Berta's isn't much better, either.

I feel sad for Alfie...she has seen the error of her ways very early in the game. She is now paying a heavy price. I only hope that this child is not that of Dr. Scum Bucket.

Question is how Kari will forgive Alfie for even if the child is not that of Dr. Death, Alfie still had a roll in the hay with him. This will be interesting.

As for Matilde and Carlos. I'm glad they've finally gotten together so we can move that brat out of the way.

Gracias, Jules!

Susanita whose word verification is: syphi...short for syphillis...can't you just see Dr. Death being a carrier of this?!
 

Susanita Dr. Scumbucket is sterile he had a flashback of another Dr. telling him this. He just lying to torture both Kari as if it's her fault he's sterile and Alfosina. trying to save face because he's a poor excuse for a man.

Guera good memory yes indeed Matias did question how she would know that soon the sex of the baby when had a sonogram done. He even thought it odd considering the timeline when they supposedly had sex he was thinking it wasn't possible.

I don't know because of his anger and finding out the reason why Jerko married Renata he may have forgotten this crucial piece of evidence. I think once he discovers the doctored up pre-nup he'll see how devious and what a liar she is.
 

Since he now knows Berta is La Bonita, Jero should be questioning if this baby could be Rafa's. He should have said it out loud to put some more doubt into Matia's mind. That would then make the connection about Berta's pregnancy being far enough along to tell the sex more clear in Matias', and everyone else's, mind.
 

Thanks Jules, I really enjoyed your recap and your valiant effort to keep upbeat with such a dreadful set of events. I know this has been a tough job this week for all of us recappers, but better that we hang together than sniff and weep alone.

Guera, You paint the most beautiful picture of your morning ritual on the lake. Thanks for the imagery. Yeah, at least Kari is saved even though others are sinking fast. I'd go back to the lake if I were you.

Yeah, I liked Jules, imagery of the groping Roberta, she can be so icky, no wonder the boys always preferred Renata, didn't anyone have the nerve to tell her? I also think Roberta told Renata that she (Renata) was an awful sister to have to bear, as if Renata need another down and dirty insult. Whew, Roberta's part has just been stripped of humanity and sisterly love here.

I am thinking Fina and Roberta will stage a miscarriage scene right away since the DNA test isn't really a possibility. Renata will be blamed for yelling at her and scaring her into contractions, just you wait we will see. I am guessing not sneaking peeks except for the yelling scene we saw in hte previews.
 

Blusam: ITA. Dr. Scum Bucket is a pathetic excuse for a man.

Guera: Thank you for bringing up that excellent point re Matias and his 'timing' questions. I think he is so angry now he can't see straight.

Susanita
 

I am so grateful for these discussions. Especially with this TN, where we have so many major events each episdode and each week that the facts of who knows what and when they knew it are so hard to keep track of. I so appreciate our collective memory banks each day.

I am feeling sorry for the really foolish people: Alfonsina and Honorio right now but not feeling sorry at all for Augie being Mr. inappropriate. I think he is like the groping Roberta, he is kind of groping Renata with words in stead of sticky hands.
 

Great work, Jules! We're headed into a period of doom and gloom and your recap helped keep things lighthearted.

So is it Blanca's goal to ruin Honorio? Her motivations still mystify me. I thought she was an "If I can't have you, no one can" kind of Bunny Boiler but her having Honorio sent to jail is puzzling.

I love that Constanza stood up to Fina. She has always seen right through Fina which, as Vivi mentioned, puts her right at the top of Fina's hit list. Let's hope Regina can give Coni some survival tips.

Agustin is Mr. Inappropriate for sure. What an arrogant piece of work.

Amy
 

Cheryl, I love your image of Auggie groping Renata with his words.
 

Wow i'm just loving this show even more each day. Jerko got his front row seat of how nasty Fina is to her supposed own daughter. Keep digging that hole for yourself Fina.

Martaivett i guessed you called it once Carlos finds out about Rafael's autopsy.I'm sure it's going to say he still probably could have survived but his operation was botched by Dr. Drunk.With the townspeople turning on Dr. Drunk he's going to need Auggie to bail him out. Probably by threatening him by blackmail to save him. He's not going down by himself.

This will give Auggie the incentive to kill him and probably either set up Ezeke or Lazaro. My guess is Lazaro or Lazaro will take the fall for his good friend Ezeke.
 

Hey Jules, thanks for the superb recap. I so enjoyed your light-hearted and humorous style. It definitely made watching the nasty bits bearable. What a great title.

Carlos and Mati - hooray!

Lazaro, our hero - hooray hooray!!

Augie is definitely Mr. Inappropriate.

Sorry for the late comment and bummer that I missed out on the great discussion.

Roberta? Stairs? Oh my, this does not sound good at all.