Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Una Familia Con Suerte #34 Tue 11/22/11 In which Pancho takes pity on Pina and Lupe weeps again.

Arnoldo, Vince, Sandra, and Enzo grump about their failure to crush Pancho like a cockroach - also, Sandra wants to crush Candy and Enzo wants to crush Pepe. Vince complains: Pina is clucking at home and Sandra is clucking at work, his life is a henhouse.

Arnoldo says they have to try something with more punch. Assassination? Not that much punch. His big plan: accuse Pancho of rape! This time they'll need proof. "There are a lot of models milling around today and they'll do anything to get hired."

Pina mopes about her show. Candy says she needs advertisers and publicity: "I have a lot of friends in the market, I'll talk to them. They'll want a return on their investment; you'll need higher ratings. Let's do it together - Pina y Candy! Massage and message!" Pina quotes Marshall McLuhan.

Lupe: "Boo hoo boo hoo!" She tells all to daddy. He says Tomas is "just that way, a bit ... disoriented ... while you are generous, an angel ... and just think, if you HAD put out for him, now you'd be really peeved!"

Elena moons over her Freddy screensaver (& flashbacks running out of his ultra-suave seduction hotel room). Tomas shows up at her chat room and whines that he loves Lupe. "What a great way you have of showing it!" sneers Elena.

Tomas sees her "imbecil de Freddy" screensaver and is indignant: "He's an intolerable rich boy." "No, he's so sexy. And anyway, who are you to judge me? If you were an honest guy I might pay attention."

Arnoldo puts an "I Spy" tv camera together and hides it in Pancho's office. Ana - almost - catches him. Perhaps as a distraction, Arnold tells her she's very photogenic and sends her to get some test pics made.

Candy's cozy on the couch with Pina, who slurps the Bach Flowers potion formulated to combat desperation. "Candela, I have one question: I know my husband has a lover, and I think his lover lives next door! Tell me the truth! Who seduced him, you - or Chela?" Luckily...

... Pancho shows up. He's surprised to see Pina and Candy say they are amiguisimas. He's come to tell Pina he'll put her show back on the air, but she has to find sponsors, make money, and sign proper contracts.

Pina's not too happy to hear Candy shoe-horn herself into co-hosting the show and neither is Pancho: "You haven't even tried your job with Arnold, Candela, how can you have time to be on the radio?" Pina's spin: "You can be my secretary and work in production and help find investors, you can even have a special spot on the show." Later Pina tells Adoracion: "I need to keep Candy close so she'll think twice before bonking Vince."

Alex came to see Lupe but she would rather boo hoo. While he waits, he plays football with Temo, becoming his cuate instantly. Chela comes out to say Lupe feels bad, she has mal de amores. Alex is glad Chela's furious with Tomas. Chela counsels him to give Lupe time.

Nico and Chacho enter Pancho's office complaining about their junk food: "Everything at the cafeteria is light and insipid." Pancho yells at them about the photos - "Now things with Iracheta are escalating, it's cold war with missiles, adios to planet earth."

Enzo and Vince grumble about their non-compliant children: "Their marriage was supposed to be part of our financial alliance." Vince: "It's the fault of Pepe, that infamous barbarian." "Oh, and you think your Freddy is a paragon of virtue?"

Arnold demonstrates his I Spy camera, Vince and Enzo do a happy dance with him. Cute.

Tomas gets the door slammed on him by Candy: "you're not welcome here!" In high dudgeon he goes to see Freddy and sees Pina first (cue seductive music). Then, to nauseating Freddy: "I'll break your snout if you mess with my sister any more."

A model slithers into Pancho's office. She takes off her clothes! What an awful bra! He ogles her instead of running for the door! She grabs him. "Iracheta sent you!"

And here come Chela and Temo to bring Pancho his lunch! "Why is the door locked!?"

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Comments:
Thanks so much! I'm amazed at how well you can condense all the action into a brief recap, and still get everything pertinent AND make it funny.

Since I'm watching this for the vocab (ha), here are a few words I wrote down:

apabullante - overwhelming
gafar - to jinx
engarrotarse - to stiffen
¡Ahuélcale! - Scram!
te rompo el hocico - I'll break your snout
garañon - stud horse, brothel keeper

Amazing how Tomás spent the whole episode trying to give everyone else lectures on morality. Save your tears, Lupita, he ain't worth it.

I'm disappointed we didn't get any Pepe and Monica. A random chica in hoochie lingerie is a poor substitute for real romance.
 

Thanks Melinama for the funny recap. And thanks Julia for the vocab!

Pancho should learn by now. If an attractive woman, who is not Rebe or a member of his family, comes into his office, he should automatically be suspicious AND keep the door open at all times.

I was also sad that there was no Pepe last night. I want Tomas far away from Lupita, but he and Pina need to meet more often. He called her senorita and she appreciated it very much.
 

Yes, Julia, many thanks for the vocab. If you keep collecting them, at some point let's post them!

My thought about this delicious telenovela: "Una familia con suerte" will refer in the end not just to Los Lopez, but also Vince's and Enzo's family. I believe they will all become entwined and all the bad guys will be reconciled and that will make them all lucky!
 

Great recap, great vocab (thanks Julie) and great interpretation of the title, Melinama...I like that idea. Looks like it will take a loooong while to get there...but doesn't it always...
 

Thanks for the recap. My favorite line: "What an awful bra!"

Set Pancho up for a rape rap? What an insult to women and models everywhere. Surely if this model is silly enough to set up a rape charge for pay, it won't take much for Pancho to turn the tables on her.

I didn't realize Enzo knew Freddy was a cheater. What a crappy father.
 

Thank you for the terrific recap. And bonus, we get some great vocabulary too! I don't think I have heard the term "nel" before this telenovela. At least I don't remember it. I guess it means something like No Way or just No.

Candy matched Pina's furniture! Her one-sleeved outfit was the same color as the background chair and a perfect accent for the sofa pillows.

What? Pina quoted Marshall McLuhan? Frankly I'm flabbergasted. I would love to see this character get a bit more development and learn some more about her background. Glad to see that there is instant chemistry (cue seductive music) between Pina and Tomas. Maybe she will spring a nice haircut.

Thanks Melinama and thanks Julie for the vocab.
 

Oops, typo there, I meant thanks JuliA. Heh.
 

Boy, is Freddy going to be pithed when he discovers his mom is playing Twister with his second-least-favorite hoodrat (I assume this will happen at some point).

How are the Three Pesketeers going to use that video? Was it just so they could spy? I hope Ana remembers there was something fishy going on and finds the camera. Maybe they can use it to prove Pancho was set up.
 

Tks mucho CHF, & to Julia for the vocab, ALL new to me.

The greatest thing about this novela, the bad guys aren't so bad they need to die. They will come out of this redeemed & everyone is going to be fine & live happily para siempre.

Too bad it's before Fuerza (where a few need drastic punishment) instead of after.

Variopinta
 

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