Caray, Caray!

Vivi, in yesterday's recap you said, "Why is everyone still trying to get the truth out of Juana? ... No way will she fess up."

I think we can thank the intervention of the telenovela gods. We might be tempted to think that Juana isn't all that bad - now that she's seen the destruction she caused, she has repented, especially when she knows she'll soon meet her maker. We want to believe that she'd make things right, if only given a chance. So the TN gods gave her the perfect opportunity - Luis knows the truth, he has the evidence, he's speaking to her calmly in private. But STILL she refuses to yield. Still she tries to figure out a way to supress the truth. Kill the geezer? Maybe so. And so, given the perfect opportunity, she still refuses to repent, proof that she has earned her piecart of scorpions.

It's a very common TN device, giving a character one last perfect chance. The character chooses the wrong path, and almost immediately that choice brings tragedy and destruction into his life. Although it's a common device, it's one I really like.
 

Julie, in yesterday's recap you asked, "Is this duel supposed to be a typical first-blood deal, or are they seriously considering a fight to the death?"

At some point yesterday, I don't remember the details, but Antonio said something about, "Solo uno sobra (only one is left)." The equivalent to the old Western line, "This town ain't big enough for the both of us."

So I think he intends the duel to be to the death. Whereas duels were typically for honor (e.g. in response to an insult), this one isn't. It's really to see who ends up with Hipo. As such, one must die.

Is Tony a fool to fight Luis to the death? No. If he wins, his rival is gone. (And he thinks that he can then win Hipo's love, after he has killed her One True Love???) But if he loses, he also wins. Tony's compelling goal is to prove that he really is a man. That shadow has plagued his life ever since his childhood. It's why he won't divorce Hipo - not because of scandal, but because people will think he's not a real man. He knows that while they both live, he can never win Hipo's love and prove them all wrong. But if he dies in a duel because of his love for a woman, he will have "died like a man." He will finally gain what has eluded him his whole life - recognition that Antonio es todo hombre.
 

Paula and Carlos, Thanks once again as we slide toward the inevitable end of this favorite telenovela. It still holds its magic for me. I have had trouble making the 7AM shift but haivng coffee in my nightgown with Luis in front of me each morning isn't such a bad thing.
 

So, Antonio seriously plans to kill Luis. He must not be aware of his position as a telenovela character.

In fact, I DO think Antonio is a fool to think that killing his rival will do him any good with Hip. I think she'd leave him outright rather than stay with him; or if he tried to imprison her, she'd find some fun passive-aggressive way to make him miserable.

So I hope that proving his manliness to himself will be enough to not only make him feel better about having killed someone, but being emphatically rejected by his wife.

(Not that I'm especially worried he'll be able to kill Luis anyway.)

Speaking of foolish, what the heck is Perla trying to do? Is she hedging her bets by encouraging Marcos? I really wish we could fix him up with someone who DIDN'T hatch the scheme that ended up with Hipolyta kidnapped and almost raped, and Martin dead.

I'd rather Luis spared Antonio's life and Antonio go away with Perla. Marcos can then find someone else. (Anyone else, really.)
 

Of course I love the TBLMOE photo!

As for Han and Chewie, something about the way they're posed makes them look like a pair of morning show co-hosts.
 

OK! I finally figured it out! TBLMOE means "The Best Looking Man On Earth". That one had me stumped for months, but I never got around to asking. Good puzzle that one!

Audrey
 

LOL Audrey! Looking forward to seeing the cap when I get home.

Paula- I love the explanation of the one last chance for redemption for Juana.
 

Audrey:

BINGO!

The best looking man on earth. Así es, y así será.
 

I am really proud of Andrés, he got over his estupidez & he is a nice man.

Got my TV y novelas today. There is an interview with Cristina, she says FC has had the same novia since colegio. She's blond & looks like a model.

Carlos is being so nice to the ladies. Tks Carlos & Paula.

Variopinta
 

Did we lose access to the original recaps now that Delicious has stopped working?
 

Vivi, if you go back to a recap posted last week you can access the old recaps. To find the current cap go to the list "above the elephant" on the right side. This is the only way I have been able to access the recaps. Everything posted this week is in cyberspace, I guess.

Rosemary
 

Thanks, Paula and Carlos. I appreciate the photo of a pensive Luis in his laboratory. Caption for photo #1 ~ ''I think that this might be my finest batch of Margaritas yet.'' ....word ID : ''auship'' ...as in ''Auship, this telenovela is nearing the end.''
 

The easiest way to get to the original Alborada recap is to just click the link on the new (Paula) recap. Those have nothing to do with Delicious. They link directly to Melinama's Pratie Place blog. Once you're there, you can browse through the other recaps by clicking the links "above the elephant" as Rosemary described.

Until the Delicious thing is sorted out, use this link ( http://caraycaray.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/Alborada?max-results=300 ) to locate the "new" (Paula/Carlos) recaps.
 

Susanlynn - ah, so that's a batch of margaritas? Excellent!
 

PHOOEY!!!

Don't blame Delicious. Blame su servidor recapper. I had an error in the link code (veteran recappers, I'll bet you can guess what error I made), and I didn't test the link after I posted it. It was just coincidence that the two problems popped up on the same day. Please forgive my sloppy work.

I have fixed the link in today's post, and I'm about to check the other days' posts. I didn't realize there was a problem until Vivi spoke up. I know that the microculture here on Caray is to never complain about recappers, and that keeps things pleasantly civil. But if something's not working (like the links to old recaps), or I make a clear error (like posting the wrong day's YouTube link), please at least let me know about it. I admit, doing this five days a week, I'm not as careful as I should be. If I make a mistake, someone please give me a nudge so I can fix it.

I wholeheartedly apologize for depriving you of the old recaps, especially during these exciting final caps. I wish I had realized my error so I could've fixed it sooner.
 

Oh! I didn't even realize the old recap links were broken. (I can't guess what your mistake was, but I most often neglected to add the slash on the closing /a tag.)

Anyway, it appears the Delicious thing has been worked out too, since all the recaps are there now. I noticed their tech blog says there was a password reset bug, plus they're in the process of a big technical transition, so it could have been a lot worse!
 

Paula- Glad to know I wasn't crazy and that it was an easy fix. Still watching my recording right now.
 

Okay, I think I've fixed everything. Including the YouTube links that weren't working. If you find a link that's still broken, send up a flare and I'll fix it.

My error was in the quotation marks. I wrote them correctly, but Word, as usual, decided that it knows what I want better than I do. As Strongbad says, "My computer has too much computer in it. Not enough typewriter."
 

OK. Just finished watching. You know, if Hip can't live with Antonio, then she needs to leave her conscience behind and let Luis kill him, so that she can live without him. I'm just saying. Which one is harder? And if they are equally hard, then which one is better? I'd say a dead Antonio and a Luis in her bed every night is the best option.

I do not like where the writers are going with Marcos and Perla. He deserves better than Luis' and Antonio's leftovers, who's also not the most trustworthy person. So the opposite of him.
 

Oh! I had that problem (with the quotation marks) once. ONLY once, because I stopped using Word after that! Notepad isn't such a big smarty-pants.

Also, I haven't tested this (I keep forgetting), but I think maybe you don't have to use the quotation marks at all. Let's test without quotes: RSS feed for new Alborada recaps

HA! It works!! Quotes not needed!!
 

Vivi, if every telenovela heroine were as pragmatic as you, these things would only be two weeks long!

And I agree about Marcos and Perla... I hope that's just a red herring to upset us.
 

Links with no quotes? Cómo puede serrrrr? I've been writing tags like that for twelve years! I won't know how to act! It'll be like when I got married and changed my name, but my hand kept trying to write my maiden name.
 

Hasn't Antonio proved that he's a man,by the standards of those days, by having a mistress who's expecting?
Get over yourself, Antonio!

Count me in as not wanting Marcos to end up with Perla.

What is Luis concocting in his laboratory all the time? I've never seen any results.
 

LOL, Paula! I'm sure you'll find a way to cope... with time. (At least it's one less thing to go wrong!)

I haven't the faintest idea what Luis has been working on in the lab, but maybe it's something he can make a big bucket of money off of. You know, just in case something goes wrong with that Count stuff.
 

Gee...maybe I'm wrong about the Margaritas...although I was fantasizing a little bit about Luis as my Happy Hour bartender. He might be working on a special formula called Tall, Dark, and Guaypo. If he could bottle that, he'd make billions...ha...in your face Facebook guy. p.s. Julie~~~I'm bummed about Mad Men stalling. Do you when it will start again ?
 

Susanlynn, I haven't had cable for a couple of years now, so I have no idea what's going on with Mad Men. Sorry :(

I could use a nice tall margarita right now.
 

susanlynn
FC is an experienced bartender, so we are in.
Variopinta
 

Finally I posted today's post. I can't post it to the sidebar because I'm not home. Can someone put it up for me? Thanks. Sorry for the long, long wait.

Paula H