Caray, Caray!

Marta!

You caught every detail of this nonsensical, confused, stupid episode. Great job, amiga. Thank you.

How did they make "nothing" last an hour? And ITA with this comment of yours: "I have a question for you CamEEla, why do you always believe ANYONE BUT Pedro??. Ok, Pedro might be a klutz and slow brained, but he loves you."

I love Tracy, too. And I loved your shout out about Pancho and the nose pick. Yes, he did pick his nose on camera for all to see. Why? Are we really supposed to hope that Tracy hooks up with this nose-picking oaf?

Meester Renato is so slimy he slides around the screen. The actor literally makes me shiver with this performance. Ewwwww!

Thanks again.
 

Fantastic job Marta! What a fun recap starting with your title. It's one of my favorite sayings and absolutely perfect.

Favorite quote: "man, PI, I wish you were as smart as you are a hopeless romantic". Poor doofus, ITA that he and Cameela are perfect for each, doomed to a life of confused misunderstanding. So be it.

Ah geez, did Armani say he was starting to fall for both the F Girls? Good grief he's a gomer.

What was with the Mad Max type music tonight? And I mean the original movie, the one from 1979. Novela Maven mentioned yesterday about the 50's melodrama-style sound effects. Tonight the music sounded even cheesier.

Why did Panchito have to go and pick his nose on camera? Yuck. I don't want Tracy and her bodacious empenadas to end up with him.

Tony is acting more and more like Daddy Dearest.

Marta, it looks like you get next Wednesday night off thanks to the futbol match.

EJ, I just read your comment. I get the same reaction from Meester Renato. What a creep, ripping off his own employee to whom he owes money. Oh well, Tracy should know better than to keep cash around that destitute Don Juan.
 

Oh Marta! What a hoot of a recap! PI is a slow-brained imbecile for sure!!!

"I have a question for you CamEEla, why do you always believe ANYONE BUT Pedro??. Ok, Pedro might be a klutz and slow brained, but he loves you."
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So true. And we get a reconciliation/ misunderstanding/ break-up practically every night. Bo-ring.

Now I have a question. They are always talking about PI's "grano" but every time we've got a scene where they are investigating plague or "working in the fields" they are surrounded by trees. Does roni grow on trees?

Next non sequitur: Costuming, hair and make-up are doing no favors for El Viral. She is an attractive woman, but that hairband and 'do are just so plain. Can't they do any better? I'm having a hard time seeing El Viral and La Vamp when she looks so frumpy. Didn't she go to the salon de belleza to get "the works"? She came out looking the exact same.
 

Hello Marta!

I'm haven't been watching this but am trying to read the recaps and comments when I can. This is such a marvelous group of recappers and commenters.

Marta, I thoroughly enjoyed your recap. Fun from beginning to the end.

Elna June, Sylvia and Sara are right on target with their favorite lines. Kindly add: " (there must be an airborn virus at that airport, either you are a member of the villains team or you are confused out of your mind, or both, in the case of Elviral).

I do peek occasionally and see that Aaron Diaz is continuing to perfect his angry, dark, brooding stare.

Thanks again Marta!

Diana
 

Jajá -- I think it's a Salon de Brainwashing. (A lavacerebros?) They charge you lots of money, and when you come out you look exactly the same -- except you'll believe anything anyone tells you while you're sitting in the chair. ("Your niece? I'm beautiful? You're rich? You want to have coffee? Call me tú!")
 

LMAO lavacerebros! Now I'm off to look up brainwash in Spanish.
 

Ok. A comecocos is one who tries to brainwash and has been included in our conversation. According to wordreference brainwash is lavarle el cerebro but I like Blue Lass' word better.
 

Great recap, I did not watch last night. It's the same ole thing isn't it - just a bit longer than Eva Luna for our handsome hero to find out about the "evil" woman. Geez, I've just been through this at Telemundo (Alguien Te Mira and La Casa al Lado) a recycled plot from the same writers, just change the names and location. I guess our hero will snap out of it in about 10 more episodes. It appears that there is too much crying, and running to the wrong person. Amazing.

But I liked how you described Mommy Dearest getting hers, ended up on the floor, how hilarous is that, she's been down, now she has hit rock bottom. I think I'll begin taping to see scenes like these.
 

I will never tire of this compound-word game. Of course I have a very loooooong attention span.

MartaIvett, how in the world do you do this so fast? It's amazing! Here are my favorites yet unmentioned:

“Is there a massive mandatory evacuation notice that EVERYONE we know is AT THE AIRPORT?”

“…confused AND coo-coo? Not a good mix…”

“Lookrazia hugging a palm tree in a perverted kind’o’way” (that abrazapalmas!)

Does anybody else find that whole “one nail gets out another nail” thing to be creepily Freudian, coming from one’s mother? Of course the EEEEUW factor in this TN is pretty high…
 

Blue Lass-- abrazapalmas is hilarious! I can't just hear Piña now "inmunda abrazapalmas!"
 

Oh and has anyone noticed that one of the cut to commercial shots with Blanca looks like a blooper? Like she almost falls off the horse or something behind her distracts her?
 

[Blue Lass runs off to look up "inmunda"...oh, SNAP! Yeah!]
 

La Bleu:
"Does anybody else find that whole “one nail gets out another nail” thing to be creepily Freudian, coming from one’s mother?"

Yes, I do. Freudian and cinico. El Viral is a bitter pill to swalllow and she leaves a BAD taste in the mouth. Plus she has clearly been to the school of over-the-top acting since CME.

Dumb question of the day, "Why, oh, why would you not wear gloves when performing a dastardly deed like poisoning someone's medication?".

Armani-the-unwashed is such a Stepford son. What a waste of space!

EJ

EJ
 

Marta, thanks for perpetuating the festive mood here with this sly recap.

"He will borrow money from Tracy who has plenty of cash…"

I'm beginning to wonder what in the heck Tracy is putting in those empanadas... She can afford to support Mister Renato by selling homemade empanadss and even have "plenty of cash" left over? Wow.

So far it looks to me that Pedro is able to get by with just two expressions:

The puzzled look of of someone who is trying to figure out a New Yorker cartoon and the irritated look of someone who has actually managed to figure out a New Yorker cartoon.

I simply cannot get enough of Lucrezia. She has such an incredibly devious slutty sweetness about her.

And Antonio seems to revel in striking seductive poses with facial expressions that inform us that he is clearly in on the joke.

Still my favorite couple. I so hope there is some way that they can end up together.

Carlos
 

Carlos, loved your depiction of Pedro's two NY cartoon expressions!
 

Ah Carlos, so funny your 2-expression description. Well at least our hero has doubled his expression inventory since the first week.

Tony and Loo do indeed seem to be getting closer, especially now that they seem to have a common goal. I notice Tony is drinking a bit less these days. Poor kid just needed a project.
 

Great recap, great comments....never tire of reading this blog line. Thanks Marta, for another knock-it-out-the-park recap and extra fast as well.
 

Maybe Tony can't drink and wear the sunglasses at the same time.
 

Thank you, Marta! You are amazing -- I can't fathom how you captured all of this in record time with witty asides and a healthy helping of snark.

Add me to the list of admirers of:

"Is there a massive mandatory evacuation notice ..." accounting for the whole cast showing up at the airport.

"...these two DO belong together" based on their hopeless idiocy and willingness to believe people who might as well have MENTIROS@ tattooed on their foreheads.

Yes, Marta, Panchito WAS picking his nose. Well at least that eliminates the bother of una prueba de ADN -- we know what gene pool he was swimming in, the son of a pig!

NM plot wish:
Renato and El Viral wed, each believing the other is loaded. After the nuptials, Renato reveals the check made out to El Víbora. But it turns out that it is no longer valid because so much time has elapsed; the money has been remitted to Mariana's account. So when saintly Mariana reappears, she will have her money AND her marbles.

Renato and El Véneno will have each other. Perhaps they can adopt Rita.

Oh please, let the Businessman's Gala Event happen on Friday -- I SO want to see Pigorio in his traje de pinguino, Doris the Horis on his arm; and Renato flanked by Rita and El Viral. Will Pedro be invited. One can but hope ...
 

I raise a glass of avocado juice to you Marta--hilarious recap. I'm sure it took you at least an hour to come up with this gem.

Panchito el Bastardo--it looks like he's trying hard to play I Claudius without the limp, so no one will notice him. My prediction is that he and Tracy end up with El 'Trash, since everyone else in the Negrete family will either be dead or in jail. Well, I forgot our almost twin sisters--maybe they both turn out to be someone else's grandchildren.

BTW--Miguel SHOULD come over from LQNPA. He has the requisite UniBrow and could get in line for inheriting the hacienda. Poor Panchito didn't get his daddy's brows.

'Nuff said about PI and CamEEla. May they live happily ever after next to Panchito and Tracy. Mariana can live in the cabaña, where she can be taken good care of.

More later. I'm off to enjoy some unusually warm weather here in the Mid-Atlantic.
Anita
 

Sylvia,

"I notice Tony is drinking a bit less these days. Poor kid just needed a project."

Yes! Don't know why but your throwaway line conjured up "Throw Momma From the Train". (snort!)
 

Anita, I LOVE your arrangements for future occupants of 'Traz and ElTal... love it!!

NM, that is also my prediction with Rennie and Elviral and Rita... those SHOULD end up living together and eating mac and cheese 3 meals a day, Tracy should stay at 'traz away, very far away, after all they can't pay her.
 

Panchito WAS picking his nose. Well at least that eliminates the bother of una prueba de ADN -- we know what gene pool he was swimming in, the son of a pig!

ewwwwww! but oh so true! LOL!
 

"Throw Momma From the Train".
absolutely, NM!! CamEEla and Armani should look for another mother... this one is just too coo-coo and selfish... let alone she switches sides (Antonio or Pedro for CamEEla) as if they were outfits.
 

Thank you, Marta! If not for your excellent recap, I'm not sure I would have remembered anything that happened* last night, even though I always enjoy watching this buffoonery.

I loved how amused Antonio was by Look-at-me-I'm-crazy's latest lie. So if she's the "surrogate", no test tubes required, that makes her the Hagar, right? And we can call her "Hag" for short? I wonder if she knows what happened to Hagar in that story. Hope you like eating bugs, sweetie.

I think we all know what Tracy is putting in those profitable empanadas. She's been raiding Pedro's favorite crop. No, not the Rice-a-Roni. The other one.
 

Can anyone explain to me the appeal of those bathing suits that are like a bikini but attached with a strip down the middle, like Loocrazy was wearing? It's like all the nakedness of a skimpy bikini, except that it looks like you're desperate to cover your belly button for some reason, plus all the inconvenience of a one-piece suit. Plus weird tan lines.
 

Maybe when you dive in the pool, your pants don't come off? Although why Lucrazy would care about that is beyond me.
 

Julia, I was wondering about those weird bathing suits too. Chela in UFCS was wearing one of them as well. Are there any fashion police out there who can enlighten us?

Yikes, memories of Hagar and scary bible stories. Funny, I don't remember learning that one in Sunday School.

I guess I could bear the thought of Tracy and Panchito if Pancho the Picker ends up setting Tracy up in a life of leisure at El Trash. Hey, maybe she could hire El Viral to help with the housekeeping...nah, not sure that would work out. Fun thought though.

Like Anita I'm off to enjoy the lovely day. More later.
 

Just read Chica Azul's comment. Bwahahaha! I think LooKrazy would be just find with a meltable bikini should such a thing exist.
 

so funny that Val and Pigorio used 'alberca' to refer to the pool... in Colombia it is 'piscina' so i wonder if we heard Pedro refer to 'piscina'
 

Do you need to worry about your swimsuit pants coming off when you dive if you wear the tiny kind that are wedged in your crack? This is something I have no plans to ever find out.

I love how our would-be villains are so incompetent at villainy. Well, aside from the Ogre. Where is Mariana?!?!
 

Gracias Marta. I can only check in once in a while & your recaps are always so thorough that I feel as if I've seen the episode. We're having fun over at La familia but I miss your recaps & the comments of this whole community. Just need to drop by now & then to catch up with you all.

Güera from (Hey we squeaked out another win!) Syracuse
 

Marta:

Pool is piscina in Spain, too. What is it in Argentina? Isn't Lola from A.?

EJ
 

Julia:

WHERE'S MARIANA? Echo Julia. She is not in Sonoma County, I have looked.

EJ
 

Guess it's not to cover your belly button:

http://www.top-models.com/1343/lola-ponce-picture-48007
 

Good Heavens, Ms Blue:

What a photo! What a body! Is it just me or does the hemp suit look somewhat, erhm...binding?

EJ
 

I think what I love most about this group is observing the evolution of the comments. Lol
 

I'm not sure I dare look at any of Lola's modeling pix when my coworkers are around.

I've heard "alberca" a lot on Mexican telenovelas.
 

Does anyone know ---

>>How did the LA radio station find out about Mariana's story? Who had the brains to get them involved? Cuz that's probably how Mariana will be found ...

>>Are we supposed to see El Viral as post- or pre- beauty treatment? She was pulled out of François' chair by Antojo's summons. And to me, she looks pretty much the same as she did before.
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About Pedro maybe saying 'piscina' -- I didn't notice but it IS fun to listen for actors interjecting their own favorite expressions and especially terms of endearment. In TDA, I always got a kick out of sweet William cuddling a baby and calling him 'papi' or 'papito' which, at least to me, sounds muy cubano.

(But then, as you know, I'm easily amused.)
 

Martaivett--We said piscina in Uruguay, too. I wonder where the dividing line is. Maybe it's between CA and SA--somewhere around Panama?

It's like falda and pollera--faldas in CA and polleras in SA.

More on brainwashing and compound words. Couldn't find brainwashing in my old Cassell's (maybe it was compiled before the Korean War and the Red Scare).

I did find some cute tidbits, to pass on.

...to blow one's brain out = saltarse la tapa de los sesos. Pretty literal. We could have used this one when Estegone went.

...crack-brained = cabeza de chorlito (chorlito is some kind of bird).

...hare-brained = sin seso...what most of our characters are suffering from, especially our Walsung siblings

...brain-fever = fiebre cerebral...what most of our characters are suffering from.

Do you like Narizpicador for Panchito?
Anita
 

Marta - I have not had a chance to watch this yet, so when I just got 40 minutes to either watch the show or read your re-cap and the comments, I chose this. And did I ever choose right! Thank you for the great job.

Many great lines have already been highlighted and repeated, but if I may:
--the massive mandatory evacuation was brilliant!
--I loved your confused Elviral descriptions.
--"Once he recovers his skin color" lol

Thanks, also, for the heads-up about Panchito the nose picker. I will FF thru that. Who is his mom? Cheri Oteri nanny?

Sara - You are so funny about El Viral coming out of the salon looking the exact same. At least give her a quick up-do. I know you missed CME (and if you ever buy the dvd, please invite me over for an afternoon marathon viewing party), but this actress was so pretty and they had her looking like Sylvia Navarro's beautiful look-alike mother. I didn't even notice the chipmunk teeth during that whole tn.

And Blue Lass' comment about Elvira's response at the salon... call me tu'. lol Tu' funny! I am loving your compound words.

Wouldn't all this mendacity wear one down? How do they remember all their lies? No wonder Elvira had such a confused look on her face. You say she is now thinking of siding with her daughter? 'Bout time but for all the wrong reasons.

I'll be pulling a double El Tal viewing tomorrow morning to catch up. Looking forward to Sylvia's re-cap as usual, and to the Businessman's Gala. I heart telenovela parties!

Rosemary la Otra
 

Blue Lass, aye aye aye, that's quite a picture of Lola. I'm impressed, it's obvious the young lady is the sporty type. But I must agree, the suit doesn't look terribly comfortable. Ouch.

I can't wait for the gala. I'm with R la O, telenovela parties are always a hoot. So far we have Horis going with Il Pinguino, El Viral going with El Raton and his Noviasobrina, is Pedro going?

Anita, I think Narizpicador is just perfect for Panchito. If anything it makes him sound more high class than he really is.
 

R la O- I do indeed plan on buying the DVD for CME. Of course you're invited!

I'm looking forward to the Businessman's Gala, too. This should be fun.

NM-you understood William Levy during TdA? I'm impressed. Even when I watched the DVD with subtitles I was agog at how much both he and Maite mushmouth their lines.
 

Sara,

"NM-you understood William Levy during TdA? I'm impressed."

Hardly! But I did catch the murmured papi's! (I bet they didn't make the cut in the DVD though.)

I just realized you made the observation earlier (and more slyly) that El Viral looked the same AFTER as she did BEFORE. What I'm wondering is if she ever GOT "the works" or if Antojo's phone call pulled her out before she had done anything but put on "esas fachas".