Caray, Caray!

Awesome recap UA. So AP fainted from pressure and stress huh. Usually, in novelas when a woman faints, that means there's bun in oven. It hasn't been that long since she and Gus had relations though has it? If that is the case that she may be preggers how will she explain it to Rog?

Looks like Efrain is going to hit on Ulisses wife since she seems lonely for company. He is a horndog after all lol.
 

No, I don't think it's been long enough. And it would be too cliche at this point for Ana Paula to be embarazada.

Efrain will probably try; he is a horndog and Macaria deserves to have a secret she needs to keep from others. She needs a lesson on the evils of gossip.

Miguel is getting on my last nerve.
 

Thank you UA for this wonderful recap. Loved the Camelot reference, even though you scratched it out.

Ah, the Cupcake and Rohell. I like that Guscake was shocked. No time for explanations from either of them. They seem to talk at cross purposes all the time. Rohell was very solicitious of the Cupcake.
So Sin still doesn't know they were novios. I can't wait until she finds out.

Effer and Macaria are too funny. I don't think she will do it with Effer. Effer really has too much to lose there, I think.

The best part really was the Tia and Maria arguing. Everytime they start arguing they make me laugh. It is like one upmanship with the two of them, but Maria always wins. I love that.

I really hope the Chia Pet and Esteban are through. I don't like her. She seems obsessed with him. I like Ms Mercy and Esteban together better.
 

UA, thanks for the Camelot memories mixing in with the drama of Gus and AP concealing their agony. An excellent recap!

I saw Gus showing a cheek muscle when he clenched his jaw. And
Skeletor displayed some extreme bug eyes while watching Gus.

UA, you are right about AP's ears needing a little camouflage. At least we had a closer look at her dress while she was reclining on the bed.

So, Rohell still isn't aware of Gus' identity re AP? Lots of murky water ahead for the siblings and their presumptive love interests.


We don't need ChioPet. Efraim in the city--why?? And Miguel--so far beyond annoying he's in another galaxy.

La Paloma
 

UA:

Terrific recap. Well, AP still didn't spill the beans. Humprh!

Efrain is incorrigible—and Marcaria has been looking for a little adventure. Effrain is certainly a change from her nice (controlling) and conventional husband.

Can't abide Chio.

Thanks again for your Camelot themed recap, UA.

EJ
 

UA: Your words seemed to flow effortlessly coming together to weave a beautiful tapestry. The Lerner and Lowe theme was perfect. Honest yet heartfelt from beginning to end.

"Lady Daniela enters to find Miguel (the Village Idiot) embracing Consuelo, who certainly could do better" was my favorite line of many.

It seems as though Ana is edging away from both Gus and Rogelio with each passing night. I can't imagine where this is going as there is an ominous, obvious lack of trust from Gus to Ana and from Ana to Rogelio.

Baby booties? Sorry, I would be happy if Chio disappeared all together. It appears Mercedes may have convinced Esteban he was moving too quickly. Madelaine, I agree that I think Mercedes and Esteban will end up together - they are far more of a match.

So now there's at least an inkling as to why we've been treated to so many scenes with Efrain and Ulisses' family. Macaria seems to genuinely love Ulisses so would be surprised if something happens (but what do I know).

For the first time I felt badly for Gus. Still, as I said before, he's never trusted Ana and that has been the root of their problems. However, everyone in their orbit worked against them from the start. If they do end up together, it will be only through their sheer determination.

For William Levy fans, his debut on DWTS was stellar. As Carrie Ann said when she was judging "I love my job". He and Cheryl got the highest score of the night (up to that point). He danced divinely. No surprise.

Diana
 

Thanks, amigas. I don't know if I will be able to apologise to other authors every week with more than 100 episodes left to the story, but I will try. This one was so obvious to me as the theme of this episode.

The one difference is that Gustavo is a bit more volatile in his own emotions than Sir Lancelot was. However, Sir Gustavo did look a bit apprehensive when Lady Chatterley raised the issue of pregnancy so I guess that means that condoms don't exist in Boca del Cielo.

Lady Chatterley won't like it at all when she finds out that AP got there first with Gustavo. However, if she's still interested in him it would not be in her interests to tell her big bro. That would be the biggest setback ever. Which is why he has to find out one way or another.

Esteban needs a makeover. He needs to darken his hair and get some alpha-male clothes. Have we seen his bachelor pad yet?

Mercedes could end up with him because Ernesto's daughter will only continue to make life hell for her. She is her mother's daughter with all the immaturity of a child.
 

UA, a great recap of some very intense scenes. Love your Camelot cross-out.
Of course AP is pregnant, and it has been enough time.
Ovulate + intercourse-two weeks later you miss your cycle. And these girls never use protection. (Well, except Teresa who had a pregnancy allergy.)

Consuelo, that is a novel way of treating alcoholism. It takes a Village to stop an idiot from drinking.

OK AP, we all understand your need to leave and marry Gustavo, and give up the potentially most interesting relationship you’ll ever have for a mediocre life with a hard working but sterlingly honest and self righteous engineer.
 

Wow! Camelot! Terrific parody. Thanks! I'm glad somebody in Hell-Fuerte other than Skeletor now knows about Raimundo's property being up for sale. Something tells me that Vainie's little outburst in front of Abel will make Abe convince Raimundo not to sign and seal the deal with her after all.
 

Emarie, that was a great line about It Takes a Village.

Gustavo is too immature for a serious relationship. He doesn't understand trust. I would also tell him that anything he could have with Ana Paula would be ruined by Tia MentiRosa. Ana Paula herself hasn't seen through her aunt yet and it will take something extraordinary to change that.

Rogelio, on the other hand, desperately needs and wants a woman. He has relationship experience he hasn't used in seven years. He does know how to treat women; his problem is that his relationship with Ana Paula didn't begin within a healthy context.

But he does have Tia MentiRosa's number and he will ultimately have the full upper hand on her.
 

Another great recap, UA. Muchas gracias. There were so many lines I liked. One of my favorite remarks was "And why did you come here to see me? [Perhaps she is more Vainessa's sister than anyone knows.]"

I keep wondering whether this novela will defy tradition by having AP's fainting NOT be because she's pregnant. Actually, I hope so, but I'm not optimistic.

Emarie, I too loved your line about "it takes a Village."
 

UA - I'm not watching this one, but while scrolling down for the AdP recap, I noticed your font. Very easy to read!
 

I had to stop reading to tell you how correct you were about Ana being more Vainy's sister than anyone knows. Juanita beat me to it lol. Talk about ego.

I'll be watching the episode tonight but is it just me or is Cin just a little too tall for Gus?
 

Great recap and reference to Camelot. It seems to fit.

Not gonna miss Chio. I hope she goes so we don't have to listen to that whine. And, what woman in her right mind would present a boyfriend with a pair of baby booties?

I'm on the side that Ana Paula is embarazada. It looked like the light shone in Gustavo's eyes at the end of the chapter. He is hermoso, but Sin towers over him, not that that matters. The eyelashes win.
 

Thanks for a wonderful recap, UA. I really appreciated your translating the dialogue between AP and Rogelio. I wasn't sure I got it right.

Well I was right about Effer and Macario --although I thought he might go after Maripaz.I am wondering whether Ulises will offer him a job in the store so that he can come back to the town and be near Sinthia again.

Someone made a good point abut Gus. He--and his sister-- are so self-righteous and he doesn't listen to AP when she speaks. He knows everything and is not interested in even hearing her pov. Bad! On the other hand, Rogelio and she really communicate and did. When she's not in a snit, I have really enjoyed the way they talk to one another --adult, honest about feelings, with humor.

Like eveyrone else, I don't like Chio, who is aggressive enough to almost qualify as a stalker. I still think that Ernesto and Mercedes will wind up together; they really do love each other, even though she is again acting like a self-righteous prig in rejecting him because his daughter doesn't like her. If most people were like her, there would never be any second marriages in this world! I would like to see Esteban wind up with Dani. I really like Dani and hope she winds up with someone better than the Village idiot. (By the way, is anyone --including Rohell- ever going to figure out that it's Bruno who is supplying the booze to Miguel? Maybe Margarito will see and spill the beans.

I am thinking that Paula is embarazada. After the scene with Abel and Vainny, she took to her bed and said she wasn't feeling well, and I was wondering whether it was an excuse to get out of there or because she was pregnant. Now with this second episode, I think she's embarazada.

Not only do I mind that Sin is taller than Gustavo, but she looks much older, and I dont think there's any chemistry between them.

One question UA: Sinthia announced their "noviazgo." Doesn'tthat mean they're going together, rather than their engagement? Gus made it really clear to her that he wanted to give their relationship a try, but wasn't sure what it would lead to. She's acting like they're going to get married.
 

ITA with the others on how nice your recap reads, so fluid, Urban.
I figure AP must be pregnant. The story made a big deal to say AP is a virgin, and showed her and Gus in bed together. Now she faints. The TN math = pregnancy.
 

LOVED the recap, UA, and thank you for so much detail with the dialog! This is very much appreciated. Love your Camelot theme. Very appropriate.

Yes, Gus is sooooo sure of himself, and sooooo self-righteous. Rohell may be a douche, but he values what he's got with the Cupcake, and isn't as hasty to throw it away. He knows that women like her don't grow on trees (having witnessed Vainessa, he's acutely aware of this).

I'm glad it's not just me who has had it with Chio. The baby booty thing was just embarrassing. What possessed her to think of doing that? Too weird.

Ulissis is too trusting with Effer. He shouldn't be.
 

Great recap UA.

Lady Ana Paula is feeling the pressure of her own mistakes. Gustavo's presence at the hacienda should make for some interesting episodes.

Efraín wouldn't go for Marypaz, too easy a target. He needs someone forbidden to pass time after Cinthia. Macaria is like a nicotine patch.

Jarocha
 

I think they are using the Ullises, Macaria and Maripaz story to lighten up this TN a little, sort of like the Beauty Shop scenes in Dinero, but with no humor. I think it is a way for them to lighten the angst of things going on right now.
 

Dear Urban:

My compliments and complete agreement on your analysis of Gus' relationship readiness. With a basis of distrust, everything he sees or hears that doesn't fit with his rigid worldview will rock his world. He doesn't even have the maturity to get through an emotional experience without acting out in some major way.

Sigh. Telenovela characters are so much easier to figure out than real live humans. (Smile.)

EJ
 

Efrain rescued Maripaz from Rutilio (someone compared that scene to Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf) and I'm going to guess that he knows her since she was a child. That should be enough to nix the possibility of any romance between them.

Anyone have any thoughts on whether he was Sinthia's first? Macaria is a different kind of forbidden fruit. Either way, he's got it bad and that ain't good.

It shouldn't take too long for anyone in that house to figure out where Miguel gets the booze. Rogelio can easily check the supply in his study, Maria probably locks up the rest. And remember that Rogelio caught him with booze two weeks ago after a visit from Skelator.
 

Thank you UA for a great recap.

I really hope AP isn't pregnant. That could end her relationship with Rog.

Agree with everyone about Chio. Can't stand her. Esteban would look a lot better without the fashion beard. He's too gray for it. It just looks dirty on him.

Effer will want Marcaria and not Maripaz. He wants an experienced woman who won't pressure him for a serious relationship. Plus she has big boobs. And he likes living dangerously.

I'm so done with Miguel too. I just hope when he gets drunk, he'll spill the beans to Rogelio.
 

Great recap, UA. Rogelio removes his Crown, er, hat - perfect!

If Jorge S. were playing the Gus role, and Jose Ron the Rogelio role, would I be rooting for Rogelio?
Nope. No offense, but Jose Ron's kisses are like the legendary bass mouth kisses. (does anyone remember the novela and actor we all made of fun of for bass mouth kisses?).

Anyhow, can't stand those kisses, and can't imagine that AP doesn't secretly like Rogelio's kisses.

Please, novela gods, don't let AP be pregnant. I'm hoping that some doctor will find a miracle cure for Rogelio and he'll regain all function, and I mean all. ;)

Why doesn't Rogelio send Miguel away to a residential treatment program? Then we wouldn't have to see his sorry ass-ets.
 

Anya, I've said that, too. Miguel needs a residential treatment center where there is no temptation. Those places have to exist in Mexico.

I also hope that Ana Paula isn't pregnant. There were several hints in this episode and it occurred to me as I posted my previous comment that the doctor might not be telling anyone because of the possibility that Rogelio isn't able to make that happen.

If she is her best option would be to have an abortion, which would require a trip to D.F. That would probably be a first in a TN.
 

UA you are so right about the abortion. They haven't had a legal one. I know in LFDD they had one but it was a backdoor one and she died because of it.
 

No, I can't imagine an abortion. Not for Cupcake. She knows that the Virgen would not approve. There's no way.
 

Plus, I can't imagine most of the other interested parties in this novela wishing an abortion on the Cupcake. I don't see Dani or Miguel encouraging her to do it. Maria? NEVER. Gus? NEVER. Rogelio—he might wish violence on the novio, he might wash his hands of the Cupcake, but his douchebaggery isn't the kind that would want to pressure an unwanted abortion on any woman. As for Tia? What does everyone think of what her opinion might be? Or Bruno? All interesting points to consider, if it turns out that we do have a mini cupcake in the oven . . .
 

She would have to invent a story about having been raped and this story would come back to bite her on the tush. Remember Hugo talking about how dangerous that area is for a woman?

That would cause more trouble than she'd have to solve.
 

UrbanA--I had to miss this ep., so, thank you for the carefully worded and most excellent adventure romp through your recap.


As to a pregnancy in our future....Today's A Word A Day is so very appropriate.

enceinte---which apparently is used in English with 2 meanings; herein, I will only address the 1st.

Etymology of the word:
From French enceinte (pregnant); derived from Latin in- (not) + cincta (girded). Earliest documented use: 1708.

Can we say that Ana Paula was not girded with any protective amulets the night she lay with her champion Gustavito?

If she is pregnant, it puts Poor Pau in quite a dilemma, to the consternation of Aunti Rose and the Skelator, for surely Rog will go ballistic and maybe come close to throwing her out (but can't quite bring himself to do it).

Then there is the putative father and his novia. Her Imperial Vainess will be on her high horse and off to the zorra hunt, hoisting Rog on his own petard.

If Pau is Not not+girded, we continue with the same ole, same ole back and forth. Me thinks the producer wants to give us a little jolt with this delicious turn of events.

Just my musings,
Anita
 

UA, fantastic recap. Love it.
 

Elvira- I am with you. I just can't imagine Ana (or any protagonista) getting an abortion...legal or not.

Wow. Ana Brenda is a drippy crier. And who mentioned the ears? UA? She is gorgeous, but that hairstyle was not flattering.
 

I'm the one who mentioned her ears. Such a severely pulled-back style does nothing for her. She is better off leaving it loose (because most men prefer it that way anyway) or doing an upsweep with a little fullness. That shows earrings off better.

The question we face now is: If AP is pregnant, will Gustavo man up? We know from the avances that Rogelio will find out this week that he is the competition. This will have other negative consequences, as we already know.
 

NJ Sue, I apologise for overlooking your question earlier. I think that "noviazgo" is "engagement." Sinthia seems to be pushing this because she is desperate to get the inheritance that depends on her getting married.

I can't believe that's still permissible in Mexico.
 

U.A. Thanks for your reply that "noviazgo" can be an engagement. I guess I was thinking of another telenovela where the word for an official engagement (ring and all) was called "compromiso." But besides her inheritance,I think Sin is really taken with Gus.
 

Noviazgo is like going steady, compromiso is indeed engagement.

Jarocha
 

Sinthia hasn't even boinked him yet, so how can she be so sure?