Caray, Caray!

Madelaine took the day off but will be back tomorrow. I wasn't really planning to do such a long-winded recap, and I could say I was inspired, but the truth is there is something else I was supposed to do but didn't really want to do so I did the recap instead. Make sense? Anyway, I forgot how fun it is to recap El Tal.
 

Thanks, Sylvia! Haven't seen the episode yet, but I needed a little perking up. I do so enjoy your recaps, especially of this circo.

The only way I ever get anything done is by using it to put off doing something worse.
 

Thanks Sylvia. What a great recap and I agree, most of what happened today is just gross!

El Viral is BSC. What did F1 and F2 have to do with what happened her? That poor girl is going to be scared for life and probably pregnant on top of everything. There is just not something right about Army, such a momma's boy. He needs to get a job and move on out this TN.

El Viral needs to return those expensive creams, they are not working. El Viral is another one that needs to get a job and moved on out of this TN.

I think Tia Maria is much more interesting. She needs more screen time.

What line of BS will Tony feed pobre Mariana? Dr. B looks befuddled most of the time, so I don't think he is going to be of any help.

Rosemary Primera
 

Thanks, Sylvia,
I hate to admit it, but I'm really enjoying ElTal, disjointed and repetitive as it is. Especially with the recappers 'splaining what is really going on.
Elvira is such a piece of work, and Armando is a wimp, doing whatever Mommy says. Grow some avocados, dude!
 

Thank you Sylvia. I went to the Spanish website to read today's episode and was sort of surprised at their snarky comments about this TN. I said to myself too bad they don't have the wonderful reappears of Cary to give it justice.
 

I'm glad there are a few of us who can't resist this train wreck. Thank goodness the writing has improved.

Rosemary P, I truly feel sorry for the Negrete girls. They are innocents and very immature for their ages, whatever those ages are. Yes, they drive me nuts with their giggling and stupid behavior, but they haven't hurt anyone. They are remarkably unscathed considering their environment.
 

Nellie, that is a very nice thing to say. I hope Madelaine reads your comment, and Anita too since she kept the ball rolling at the toughest time.
 

"Smooching under the anvils" -- priceless!
 

Ummm... OK... a Sylvia recap of El Talismán posted by Blue Lass...

Unusual... but wonderful.

Thanks guys. My favorite line:

"and NOOOOOOO, Army jumps out of bed."

I didn't think anyone could look more befuddled than Pedro, but... TADA!... meet Dr. Bermúdez...

I was saddened by Fabiola and Armando. I think that is the most furtive, uncalled for coupling I've ever seen in a TN. Yuck... Ick... Yikes. Why couldn't Elvira have arrived about three minutes sooner?

I'm going out on a limb and predict that Dr. B will believe anything that Tony tells him. I hope that isn't a spoiler.

Is there room in that little car for... ummm... you know?

Cat suit and all?

Carlos
 

I have to admit that the one-two punch of ET and Peinados Abominables, er, Corazón Apasionado is a surprisingly fun way to blow a couple of hours. Double the circos, double the eyecandy, double the death glares...

Semi-serious question: when did Genoveva get herself a man? How did I miss this?

I'm kind of wondering if, once Mariana does regain her memory, she'll end up coupled with Doc Benitez. I mean, it's not like she could end up with Margarito--right?

And then there's Elvira...oh, boy. Obviously the lady's cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, but how far are they going to let her run before the karma chain yanks her back like a crazed pit bull?
 

Bill C,

Your comments about Elvira are too funny. I would like for the karma chain to break and have her run right off a cliff. Do they have cliffs in Fresno?

Rosemary Primera
 

If anyone can twist herself into a position to fit in that car, it'll be Sarita.

And Armando may be finding his inner cojones. He said something to Angel about how he wished he could be like his sister and stand up to their mother. Hear hear Armando.

It still seems that the doc thinks of Mariana as a daughter. They may be saving him for one of the Tias, who both deserve a little happiness and peace and sexy car time given all the crap they've put up with. I was a little concerned with him ignoring Pedro. Glad they're going to Fresno because I was questioning his qualifications. Then again, Pedro should've given him the name and number of the police or the Fresno do who treated Mariana. That'd clear up whatever nonsense Antonio is going to come up with.

Usually the evil scheme lasts for most of the show and then gets solved at the end. It's refreshing to have some bad guys who so completely suck at being bad that none of their plotting last much more than a week. Keeps things fun. Whatever will they do next?

Kelly
 

Carlos, I drove a VW bug during my college years. So, ummm, yep.

I kinda half-watched Corazon Apasionado today because I heard there was an island marooning. That's one of my favorite themes and it didn't disappoint. Too bad I'm too busy to get addicted to another telenovela.

Kelly, I missed that Armando said that. Thank you for sharing. He still needs avocados (Thank you Emilia!) but at least it's a step in the right direction.
 

We should be over halfway through the show by now, so Mariana's abduction lasting this long isn't too bad in the greater scheme of things. That said, that and Lucrecia's BSC plan to get close to Pedro by faking (well...) assault are the only two plans that seem to have succeeded in the course of the entire show; so, yeah, in the broader sense the antagonists do pretty much suck...

And now courtesy of Rosemary Primera I give you all the mental image of Elvira running headlong off some outcropping at Lost Lake (the closest place I could find to Fresno that might have a cliff) while screaming "Donde esta mi dinero?!? Gregorioooooo...!"

[A floral-print hairband flutters in the breeze. Faintly, in the distance, a voice shouts "Largate!"]

You're welcome. :)
 

Bill C,

Your mental image of Elvira is wonderful especially the hairband. Dare we hope the writers read this and use your mental image?

Sylvia, so that was you rocking the little VW bug, who would have thought?

Rosemary Primera
 

ceeR la P & Bill C, this is ALTERNATE FRESNO -- OF COURSE there's a cliff! It's right behind the yogurt shop! Easy parking!
 

Thank you so much Blue Lass and Cap'n for covering for me. Thank you so much Nellie for what you said about these recaps. I hope Anita sees it too. Love doing them though, even though sometimes the storyline drives me crazy.

This recap rocks Cap'n. Loved it. I missed alot. I was really hoping Pedro would make more sense to Manuel. I too agree he should have told the doc about the investigation and El Capitain's name in Fresno that was investigating. I hope Tonio doesn't tell the doc that Pedro tried to kill Mariana.

Bill C and Rosemary Primera-loved the mental image of El Viral and the cliff with the headband and the yelling of largate! I laughed till I had tears in my eyes, it was too funny. It would be a great ending anvil for this woman who only wants money and tries to pimp out her son and daughter.

I really hope if Manuel was involved with one of them, It is Tia Maria he ends up with. El Viral doesn't deserve him. I hope it is Manuel they keep arguing over.

And Pigorio and Doris yuk and double yuk. I hope we don't see too many bedroom scenes.

I feel bad for Fabi too, poor thing to have that beyotch yelling at her. I hope "Jose" doesn't do this to Flor.
 

I just have to comment on something. Is it me or the Negretes walk into Pedro's house like walking into starbucks. Noone there has a saying. I was under the impression that Tighty pants could not leave fresno becuase he is out on bail? Also, how does he manage to get to Mariana first? I belive that Mariana is going to give Cameela a hard time and she is not divorcing Pedro.
 

Sylvia, thanks so much for this recap! Your procrastination is our gain!

Bill C - Semi-serious answer, Genoveva had been flirting with this co-worker and after a long absence on her part, the writers decided to have Camilla walk in on her and her man making out. I had hoped they would leave Fresno.
 

Thanks, Sylvia for the fun re-cap. I, too, breathed a sigh of relief that Armando had on undies. Poor F1 to be humiliated like that after her 1F.

Egads, I am missing something big. Panchito is supposed to bump off Carlito? Por que?
 

R la O, actually the bumping off of Claudio is a dangling plot line. Way back when Pigorio found out that Flo was hanging with Claudio and he ordered Valentin to kill him. Nothing ever came of it. I guess at this point there is a general instruction to all El Trash personnel to kill Claudio if he sets foot on Trashland.
 

Oh, and "Poor F1 to be humiliated like that after her 1F", snort! That's pretty darn funny R la O.
 

Cap'n good to see you back in form for El Tal trash talk. Gracias.

So, Elvira is good at acting while acting. We saw that in the hospital room with Maria and now with poor Armando. How on earth she could humiliate *him* as well as Fab and think nothing of it is beyond me.

Loved the NOOOOO--. It seems most couples in telenovelas make love with all their underthings on. It's only when you get to the movies that everything comes off.

I wish Tia Maria would just take Army and Angel and head for the hills and leave Elvira to her Cocoa Puffs and headbands.

I like Bill's idea of taking a flying leap off a cliff. Tell her to follow the dinero and sprinkle the path with dollars up to and over the edge.

Bill, you missed the coming together of Genoveva and Tomas because it was barely on screen long enough for us to figure it out, too. Tomas was sent as a replacement for Camila when she originally decided to leave the El Tal job. We saw a chaste kiss between them in the avocado fields and then Camila caught them in an almost compromising position (mercifullly, they still had their clothes on) when she returned unexpectedly to El Tal.

Good point, Kelly. Poor Pedro. The writers are still *not* putting the right things in his script. Instead of insisting he meet with Mariana, he should have spun the whole story to Dr. B, including the beating and the loss of the child being the reason she lost her memory.

OTOH, Pedro doesn't *really* know what Mariana and the good doc's relationship is--whether it is genuine--and Dr. B doesn't really know who Pedro is, after all, he just showed up. Margarito should have come with him and made the introductions. Dr. B knows Mgto.

This situation only puts Mariana in danger, especially if their *vacation* is back to Fresno and not Paris.
Anita
 

Carlos, ITA 1000% with most of your comments about Pedro/Manuel, Fab/Arm, and DrB listening to Tony prediction.

Also LOL about Sarita and what they plan to do in the cute little car. Practice for the clowns fit in the car circus act, what else?
except having more fun than most clowns.

Kelly, ITA with
doc thinks of Mariana as a daughter. They may be saving him for one of the Tias, who both deserve a little happiness and peace and sexy car time given all the crap they've put up with.

and LOL at
It's refreshing to have some bad guys who so completely suck at being bad that none of their plotting last much more than a week. Keeps things fun. Whatever will they do next?

makes me think of the Coyote in the Road Runner cartoon...

Bill C... ROFLOL about 'Peinados abominables' hysterical! I was on vac last week so got to peek at the beginning of that one and thought exactly the same thing! Even Guy with the reddish short hair looks nasty.

I like Bill's idea of taking a flying leap off a cliff. Tell her to follow the dinero and sprinkle the path with dollars up to and over the edge.
me too. i can help the set up. of course she is so out of it she won't tell the difference between monopoly money and real money.