Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Una Familia Con Suerte #68 Wed 1/4/12 Plans are made, but little is done

Candi reiterates her brilliant plan to solve all of Wince's problems: go back to the exact same plan as before (pretend they're not seeing each other, but actually see each other).

Pina is in hysterics over Candi's popularity, and chews out her producer.

Fernanda is, surprisingly, not surprised to hear that Pancho and Rebe are becoming a unit.

Wince tells Candi he's going to tell her a huge secret (which, as we know, will soon become known to half of Mexico): through some strange "misstep," which he won't reveal, the house and everything else are in Pina's name. If Pina finds out about his no doubted insufficiently clandestine affair-in-the-making, she'll squash him like a cockroach. He is in bad shape (despite Candi's brilliantly simple plan) and describes his situation as a dark, damp hole.

Beto is still in his own, protracted crisis (seriously, how is this guy not exploding with ulcers), and once again tries to get it into Pancho's head that stuff is terrible, and terrible is terrible no matter how you look at it. Pancho informs him to think outside the box, which Beto doesn't really get until Pancho repeats it in English. The lightbulb clicks on, and he runs off in delight. I wonder how many episodes till we find out the idea.

Pina gazes through her telescope at Tomas primping and dancing after a shower. Adoracion (Pina has started calling her ignoracion) yelps that the dog is having contractions! much ado. Pina demands that Igno gather Abeja's birthing outfit, and then she gets on the line to the vet and books the biggest suite they've got.

Conveniently, Pina happens to run into Tomas just as she's leaving to take Abeja to the hospital. He tells her she's in no state to drive and enters from the driver's side. His hand rests on her calf (suggestively draped over the gear-shift lever), and they have what is probably the sexiest moment ever shared in a car while driving a pomeranian to a delivery ward.

Pancho and Rebe are still smooching like goons, but this time Rebe is telling him how to raise his kids. Clearly her judgment of what's feminine is a little off (look at what she's wearing), but Rebe thinks that Ana lacks a feminine side.

Chela has a terrible fever, and I hate to say it, but this is better than watching her sobbing over Pancho. Candi wants her to come back to live with the family, but she refuses, so Candi takes the opportunity to plot with Ana. Apparently, the plot is to bring in a cute kid and guilt-trip the deathly-ill Chela. A bit below the belt. Candi calls Pancho and informs him that Chela needs to spend more time at his house. No sooner does he put down the phone than Rebe walks in and tells him that, with Chela out of the house, maybe *she* should spend more time at Pancho's house with his kids. Pancho looks like his head is going to explode.

Alex gets a kiss from Lupita... he loves her essence and integrity.

Pina and Tomas at the clinic: The vet complains that he can't hear anything through his stethoscope, which is understandable because Pina (still in her pink multi-tiered bag thing and matching pumps) is in total hysterics. Tomas looks a little embarrassed to be there, but he hangs tight. Apparently, the pooch is still suffering from stress. Pina reveals to Tomas that, really, this dog is her only love and her only true friend and company. They hug and, surprisingly, Tomas looks moved. Ado looks on from upstairs and basically flips her lid.

One more awesome scene with Wins and the gang. They've dragged him to Dr. Silva, a kooky psychiatrist who supposedly helped Enzo (but Enzo's still a mess, really). The office is filled entirely with creepy bong-ing and ticking clocks of all sorts, and Dr. Silva appears to be trying to convince Wince that he's actually insane.

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Hah Hah Hah! Good ones, Ez! That crazy doctor was obviously channeling Groucho Marx. I wanted Tomas to plant a smacker on Pina. I wanted to smack Ana. And rip that stupid satin bow-tie off Rebe.
 

I totally agree, Chela with a fever is much better than Chela wasting tears over Pancho.
 

Thank you for the wonderful recap Ezra, so funny and I loved your title. I finally got to watch tonight. Candy and Vins just cannot stay away from each other.

Yeah Chela finally stopped crying. I can't believe it. I feel bad she is sick but I don't know about her going back to Pancho's.

Pina and Tomas, oh my. I am starting to like Tomas, even though I still don't like what he did to Lupita. I thought that they would kiss too. I loved how he refused to take her money, and that she gave him a hug. I thought she would sob on his shoulder, it is so sad this poor woman has noone to vent to except Adoracion.
Tomas was so tender with her, he even had tears in his eyes, he felt bad for her.

Vins and the clocks, now that was really funny! Did the doctor ask him to make a decision and when the clocks all bonged, did he tell him time's up? I'm not sure if I heard that right.

I didn't know that the actor that plays Pancho can sing. He is really good.
 

Thanks, Ezra. I laughed at "they have what is probably the sexiest moment ever shared in a car while driving a pomeranian to a delivery ward." Indubitably. Even if there is any competition in this category.

I am really liking Pina's and Tomás's relationship. I think he is the ONLY one who sees that she is sad and lonely despite her snarky humor. And he does cheer her up...who knew he was practicing to be a Chippendale, in case the plomero thing and the mecánico thing don't work out?

QTH is up with Rebe trying to step in as a mother figure and deciding Ana doesn't have enough of a feminine side?! Let the poor kid be who she is (aside from the rudeness thing, which her father should be quashing). Not every young lady needs to trot about in silly neckbows and belt-length skirts, Rebe.
 

Thanks so much Ezra for the fun recap.

I was surprised by how moved I was by the Pina-Tomas scenes. I like him so much better with her than with Lupita. I want to see Pina and Tomas together more. It could be an interesting friendship, if not exactly a romance.

Glad to see Alex and Lupita finally reach the smooching stage.

I laughed out loud many times during the scenes in the crazy psychiatrist's office-- first with the Threee Stooges, and then with the coo-coo clock obsessesed doctor himself.
 

Ezra, thanks. My favorite line: “Pina demands that Igno gather Abeja's birthing outfit…” Maybe I misunderstood but I thought Chela was saying that Ana had self-esteem issues because she didn't feel attractive. I see Rebe trying to help her but this is a minefield as Ana can't stand her and Chela will go nuts.

The clock psych session was sheer madness - loved it.
 

I think maybe Chela is projecting. Maybe SHE has self-esteem issues because she doesn't feel attractive. Ana doesn't seem to much care, and if she did want to change how she looks, she has people in her life who would be happy to help her with that. Not a good project for Rebe to jump in on; it will just make Ana think that Rebe is judging and disapproving of her.

Pancho was telling Rebe that Ana is annoyed because she thinks he likes Lupita better than her, but Rebe is demented if she thinks the answer is to make Ana more feminine like Lupita. If Pancho wants to show that he cares as much about Ana, he should put more effort into praising her good traits, like her music skills, and maybe spend some one-on-one time with her.
 

Pithy as usual, Ez!

I agree with everyone that offering to "help" Ana with her look would be the absolute worst approach Rebe could possibly take with Ana... if Ana were a real person in the real world.

But Ana-The-Fictitious-Character seemed to enjoy her photo session/new dress/makeup with Arnold. Maybe she'd be more open to beauty tips/makeover than one would think. I could suspend disbelief that far.

But it'd be too much for me to believe that Ana would accept that kind of advice from Rebeca, specifically.

Yay for Lupita and Alex. I think they are a perfectly matched couple.

As for Dr. Silva of the thousand clocks, that whole thing gave me the creeps. I think anyone would feel seriously cuckoo after meeting with him.
 

Thanks Ez. Great job on the recap.

Pina and her El Plomero really do make a cute couple. They are sweet around each other and nicer to each other than they are to anyone else.

I agree that Alex and Lupita are perfect for each other. They are not terribly exciting but it seems they do not want excitement.

I loved the Marx-like doctor. He and Vince were absolutely hilarious.
 

By Wince you mean Vince right?
 

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