Friday, January 06, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #69 Thu 1/5/12 Vins is bugged and Pina’s watching Tomás.
Vins is still at the Cuckoo Curaloco’s office. Doc tells him a fable: A beetle (escarabajo) and a cicada (cigarra) are walking together in the hot sun. The cicada stops in the shade of an oak. The beetle keeps going, but eventually is too hot and digs a hole to get out of the sun. At night there is a storm and the hole fills with water and the beetle drowns. The cicada opens a dragonfly (libélula) factory and lives happily ever after. What’s the moral? Oops, time’s up.
At the taller, Pepe tries to talk to Tomás about Champi but Tom is lost in thought. He tells Pepe that Pina is nice to him and says he wants to change and be the honest gentleman she thinks he is. Pina calls and asks Tomás to meet her somewhere for a surprise. His eyes bug out. Pepe teases him.
Chela malaises in bed in the big house and Pancho dotes on her and settles in to keep watch for the night. Eventually he’s exhausted in the chair and he collapses in the bed, snuggled around her and dead asleep. Downstairs, the insufferable brats are thrilled that Chela is back. They decided to leave her alone with Pancho so the not-so-inevitable might ensue. Lupita thinks they’re setting their hopes too high.
Tomás meets Pina in a restaurant, late because it took a lot of buses to get there. “Vino?,” she asks. “No vino, se quedó allá,” he jokes. Pina thinks he’s funny. He says the only wine he’s ever drunk was communion wine, and that was only because he swiped the priest’s flask. She gives him a fancy watch to show her gratitude for his attentiveness. He says it’s too much. They eat the best dead cow Tom has ever had and he has to leave to catch the bus. They fight over whether he will accept the watch.
Adoración catches Vins and Candy together in the garage. Vins orders her not to say anything to Pina, or she’ll break poor Pina’s heart. Ado throws the blame back where it belongs.
Ana doesn’t want the band to break up. She hates all the awkwardness. Manuel says he’s got a brilliant plan to make her fall in love with him. I guess that will solve everything. Screw Fernando. Or, rather, don’t.
Next morning: Chela wakes up face to face with Pancho and puckers up. He wakes up and jumps away and hurries out. Chela thinks maybe she still has a chance with him. Out in the hall, Pancho is nervously evasive with Lupita and she tells him Rebe’s waiting downstairs.
Lupita goes in for a talk with Chela. Topic: Alex and how fast and how far Lupita wants things to go. The insufferable brats eavesdrop, and Candy joins them. Lupita catches them.
Rebeca asks Pancho what the family emergency was. He tells her Chela is very sick. She gets all snitty and says she loves his kids but she doesn’t want to deal with Chela. I don’t think anyone was asking her to. Pancho says she’s being unfair.
Rebe rants to Barb. They think Chela is faking the flu to get close to Pancho. Yeah, nothing like flu germs to make someone you’ve lived with for years want to smooch you finally. Barb thinks Rebe’s jealousy is unwarranted and will drive Pancho away if she doesn’t rein it in. Rebe has a fantasy that she and Chela are boxing and Pancho is the ref. They both knock him out and hug each other.
At Casa Iramal, it’s Blech-fest Breakfast time again. Vins does horrible things to his foodstuffs and Freddy gets all attentive to Pina, probably just to avoid looking at Vins. They finally ask Vins what’s wrong with him and he rambles about beetles and cicadas. Loco.
Chela’s cooking again at the big house, and everyone’s thrilled and they toast to her.
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Thanks Julia. I feel asleep halfway through and then was on and off after that.
It was weird for Tom to disavow any previous wine experience (other than communion wine) last night. Must have been a script screwup. He'd already told Pina that story several weeks ago when he had dinner at her house... and then they had wine... and he liked it.
I thought Rebe and Bar were crazy to think Chela would fake the flu as a way to get Pancho's attention, but it was equally crazy of Chela to try to give Pancho a gross flu-y kiss while he was asleep.
What did she hope to accomplish by that except to gross him out and possibly give him the flu? She would have been better off kissing Rebeca. People can DIE of the flu!
It was weird for Tom to disavow any previous wine experience (other than communion wine) last night. Must have been a script screwup. He'd already told Pina that story several weeks ago when he had dinner at her house... and then they had wine... and he liked it.
I thought Rebe and Bar were crazy to think Chela would fake the flu as a way to get Pancho's attention, but it was equally crazy of Chela to try to give Pancho a gross flu-y kiss while he was asleep.
What did she hope to accomplish by that except to gross him out and possibly give him the flu? She would have been better off kissing Rebeca. People can DIE of the flu!
LOL Julie! Yes, that would have been a better plan. I did like the boxing fantasy though, where it was Pancho who got knocked out.
Julia- Many thanks for this snappy recap.
I'm going to cut Rebe a little slack. She did admit to being jealous and appologized for making it seem that she doesn't trust Pancho. But I wouldn't want some woman who has openly declared war on me, and wants to take my man, living with him either. No matter what the relationship with the kids. It's like your boyfriend's ex-wife, who wants him back, living with him! No woman would be ok with that.
Julia- Many thanks for this snappy recap.
I'm going to cut Rebe a little slack. She did admit to being jealous and appologized for making it seem that she doesn't trust Pancho. But I wouldn't want some woman who has openly declared war on me, and wants to take my man, living with him either. No matter what the relationship with the kids. It's like your boyfriend's ex-wife, who wants him back, living with him! No woman would be ok with that.
Thank you Julia for the great recap. Loved the boxing fantasy too. And both knocked out Pancho lol.
Loved the Pina and Tomas dinner. I am liking Tomas more, it seems he is on his way to changing his ways a bit.
I couldn't beleive that Pancho fell asleep in bed with Chela. This is going to give her all kinds of false hope. Especially when he woke up and fled the room. This should be her first clue he doesn't love her that way. He has told her over and over she is like a sister to him.
ITA with you Vivi about Rebe. I wouldn't want Chela living there either.
Loved the Pina and Tomas dinner. I am liking Tomas more, it seems he is on his way to changing his ways a bit.
I couldn't beleive that Pancho fell asleep in bed with Chela. This is going to give her all kinds of false hope. Especially when he woke up and fled the room. This should be her first clue he doesn't love her that way. He has told her over and over she is like a sister to him.
ITA with you Vivi about Rebe. I wouldn't want Chela living there either.
Permalink posted by 
: Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:01:00 AM EST
: Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:01:00 AM EST
The Pina and Tomas dinner was great, both are becoming quite likeable characters. We got to see a touching side to both of them.
Rebe can be so annoying. She's an adult but so insecure about Pancho.
Rebe can be so annoying. She's an adult but so insecure about Pancho.
Permalink posted by : Friday, January 6, 2012 at 12:38:00 PM EST
: Friday, January 6, 2012 at 12:38:00 PM EST
I thought Tomás's wine joke was oddly familiar. Either a script screwup, or he's one of those people who tells the same story over and over. Funny that Pina likes Tomás and wants to show her appreciation to him, but she doesn't listen enough to discern what his real needs are. He talks about how long it took to get there with all the buses, she wants to give him a fancy watch that's probably not great to wear in a poor neighborhood. I wonder if it occurred to her to offer him a ride home.
I thought Rebeca was annoying. Maybe her concerns are valid but I don't like her whininess. Also I don't think it's quite like having an ex-wife in the house...Pancho has NEVER been in love with Chela. Why would he start now?
I thought Rebeca was annoying. Maybe her concerns are valid but I don't like her whininess. Also I don't think it's quite like having an ex-wife in the house...Pancho has NEVER been in love with Chela. Why would he start now?
Vocab from Wednesday:
advenediza - social climber
caireles - teardrops
tener la vara alta - to have a lot of influence
dedazo - nepotism
poza - puddle, pool
chuza - strike
From Thursday:
escarabajo - beetle
cigarra - cicada
libélula - dragonfly
cal - lime (white chemical)
anforita - flask
tregua - truce
desbarajuste - mess, chaos
comerse el mandado - to have premarital intercourse
zancos - stilts
advenediza - social climber
caireles - teardrops
tener la vara alta - to have a lot of influence
dedazo - nepotism
poza - puddle, pool
chuza - strike
From Thursday:
escarabajo - beetle
cigarra - cicada
libélula - dragonfly
cal - lime (white chemical)
anforita - flask
tregua - truce
desbarajuste - mess, chaos
comerse el mandado - to have premarital intercourse
zancos - stilts
Tks Julia,
hmmmm, Pancho in bed with Chela.
Pina, next stop Tomás the barber to get that hair fixed & Dillards mens dept.
hmmmm, Pancho in bed with Chela.
Pina, next stop Tomás the barber to get that hair fixed & Dillards mens dept.
Permalink posted by : Friday, January 6, 2012 at 2:25:00 PM EST
: Friday, January 6, 2012 at 2:25:00 PM EST
Julia, thanks. "Blech-fest Breakfast" - totally captures that nasty breakfast scene.
I am so ready for Chela to try dating someone else. Rebe and Pancho should test Chela's supposed truce by setting up a double date with Chacho.
I am so ready for Chela to try dating someone else. Rebe and Pancho should test Chela's supposed truce by setting up a double date with Chacho.
Julia, thank you for the terrific recap. Pancho and Chela in bed = just weird. Love your vocabulary list for this episode. A lot of those words are very challenging to pronounce. No wonder I have a big question mark over my head when I watch. Kudos to you for catching all those words and phrases.
I am so waiting for the day when Tomas changes his hairstyle.
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I am so waiting for the day when Tomas changes his hairstyle.
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