Saturday, April 07, 2012
La Que No Podía Amar #73 Friday 4/6/12 A Million Dollar Baby or Babycakes' Mistake Leads To Mini-Cupcake on the Bake
[First half only]
Capítulo 73
Lo del Passado:
Viewerville returns to the patio de los Galván to find Vanessa is still in a horrified state of disbelief as Elsa, aka Elsie La Vaca, suffers a Lady MacBeth moment. The old gal is exhibiting signs of mental decay. Elsie gloats maniacally about having done more than most mothers in protecting her daughter’s patronage from the hands of grabby bastard siblings. How? Why she intentionally kept the medicine Vanessa’s daddy, Federico, so grave-ly needed from him in the end. Vainessa should minimize the guilt associated with Mama’s premeditated murder most foul, scoffs Mama as she puts bug-eyed emphasis on the need to have Nessa chalk it up to necessity. However, Nessa (much to the b!tchy babe’s credit) is suck-it-in-OMG impactada and cannot handle the jolt to her somewhat questionable moral fiber. She rightly blames Feddy’s widowed crazy cow, for his death. [¿Qué dices? ¡Entonces, mi papa murió por tu culpa!] “--What do you mean/What are you saying? Then it’s your fault Daddy died!” [Kudos to La Dupeyrón for making her kind of crazy muy convincing!]
Lo del Nuevo:
Meanwhile, at the scene of another crime, i.e., Hacienda del Fuerte which, now that I see it in the light of day, could really use a couple of coats of quality whitewash--Ana Paula is in the office discussing the results of her talks with California cattleman, JR Ewing Williams. He, who, after seeing the sincerity in the little lady’s eyes and the determination in her dimpled countenance, took Pau at her word that Hubby Rogelio didn’t intentionally taint his stock by feeding them clenbuterol. (And BTW, I thought JR’s flat syllablization was rather convincing as a gringo bidnezman who’d spent enough time dealing in Mexico to have lost much, tho’ not all, of his accent. JMO.) Bruno chauvinistically compliments AP for her unimaginable prowess in minimizing the damage he and David Romo were intent on causing the Montero ranching enterprise. Paula explains how JR agreed not to sue or go to the police as long as she would put half of the million dollars’ worth of damages into his account after noon as her good faith gesture.
Bruno says he’s brought the check with him. Pau is smart enough to ask him to show her the bank’s payment receipt and then, how all the bookwork is organized so that she’ll know when something isn’t right –as in Bruno’s case, when the books are being cooked. Bruno raises his eyebrows in a momentary show of surprise and unanticipated street smarts on Pau’s part. The Cupcake is no SnoBal snow-job like Sinthia. Meanwhile, Hugo and Danielle can assemble the hacienda employees for a big staffers meet on the patio grounds. Bruno immediately tries laying the blame on Ro-Hell for supposedly being known to cut corners at times. Pau shuts Bruno down immediately, saying she knows it couldn’t be Rog, whom she trusts emphatically, particularly since Rog has discussed its use in cattle to her and explained how it’s a public health hazard. Ro-Hell, she insists, would never use it. Now, stop wasting time and teach her the hacienda books already!
Back at Nessa’s, Elsie swears Nessa’s daddy was already sick so it wasn’t her fault the disloyal dirt-wad kicked the bucket. Things are as they are now, she sneers, so Get. Over. It. Nessa is reeling-from-the-revelation impactata and remains unrelentingly unforgiving, even though Mama’s hysterical confession makes evident she’s legally non compos mentos--or, rather, that Mama’s mind is now compost. (In other words, to sum it up for the lesser literati of Viewerville: Elsie’s nutty as a Navidad fruitcake!)
Outside in the yard, as all the employees gather, Sin shrilly gripes to Efrain and Mercedes that she can’t believe her “idiot SIL” is organizing this. Rosaura hears Sin and immediately defends Pau. “—Don’t badmouth my niece! She’s no fool!” “—Oh no?” “—Yeah! She got the problem with the Americans resolved--and where were you, huh?” (Rosie is gaining a few points with me here.)
Pau walks commandingly through the crowd at that point. She tells everyone she’ll be brief. (Unfortunately, the espadrilles she’s sporting were a definite minus. Someone needs to drop a dime on Paula and let her know that Stilettos are the Power shoe.) Paula explains to the employees that somebody on the hacienda has fed the animals clenbuterol; she wants people to think back about whether they remember anything out of the norm then to tell her.
In the stalls, meantime, a stray doofus employee who didn’t get the word to be at the meeting tends to the cattle in the stall. Bruno appears out of nowhere. He tells the guy to go join the others. Once the ranch hand’s gone, Bruno pulls out another bottle of the illegal drug and secretly pours it into the cattle feed again.
Back outside the barn, Paula is of course, totally unaware of Skelator’s skulduggery while she instructs everybody to start working in pairs to keep better watch on what happens around the hacienda. Suddenly Sin tries pulling rank as sister of the hacendado and part owner; Pau offers to listen to any ideas and acknowledges that sin is part owner. No! None of this also stuff. Sin IS a land owner and Paula, as everyone there knows, doesn’t own a thing! Paula pulls even higher rank as La Sra. Montero and says she is taking control. All there seem to agree.
At los Galván, Vainessa still tries to reason with unreasoning Mama, saying that she’d have preferred to have handled her inheritance problems with Paula her way. (No doubt Feddy would have preferred it also. JMO.) At least Daddy would still be alive! Finally Nessa comes to the conclusion that her daddy’s death was all Mama’s fault and had nothing at all to with Paula. Bug-eyed Elsie pooh-pooh’s Ness’s concerns and goes on another rant. “—Don’t be such a drama queen! What’s the matter with you? You wanted it this way and now you regret it?”
Meanwhile at Hell-Fuerte, Paula politely suggests that if Sin wants to help with the strategery she’s free to. In the meantime there are schedules set up. (That’s the way to smack down the opposition with class!) Rosie starts griping at Bruno about what will happen if Rog is left without a thing to his name. Just then Pau’s ears prick up and asks what she wants to add to the discussion. MentiRosa says she was only wondering what she was doing out there since it’s none of her problem! (Diversion is MentiRosie’s strong point as we all know.) AP tells her everyone including La Suegra esa will have a shift.
Gus walks over to Pau and tells her they need to talk. He just came from the river and the water is way down. He then tells the crowd that La Negra’s workers are putting barriers in the river and blocking the flow so that now the harvest [la cosecha] is threatened. Bruno slips Sin a secret glance of success.
Elsie is still ranting back at los Galván. She’s accusing Nessa of having water in her veins rather than blood. “--Get with it! Fedrico died expressing his love for his bastard daughter! You haven’t done ANYTHING to get back at that bastard girl!!” (Ehh. Obviously, Mama was kept out of the loop like just about all the others.)
Once the big meet is over, Sin storms into Ro-Hells office (?) and gripes to Bruno about the way La Usurpadora esa is giving herself airs as grand mistress [ama y señora = lit. lord and master, i.e., señor] of the hacienda! Everybody knows, Sin says, that she and Bro-Hell are still the only owners of this place. No, corrects Bruno, Sin still is not. Sin yells back that it doesn’t matter whether the properties are formally in her name or not. They do belong to her! Bruno clarifies for her. “--If you’d ever bothered with the day-to-day around here you’d be the one in front of the employees today, and the one Rog would have to thank would be you.” Sin can’t argue with that kind of logic. So she angrily points her finger and to change the subject demands an explanation about his and Big Dave’s connection with the Clenbuterol poisoning of the cattle. Bruno (the rat-faced varlet) swallows hard and searches for a way to disengage his…er…tootsie-toes out of this particular mousetrap.
Back outside, once the workers have all left, Guscakes gives a jealous verbal jab to Paula in hopes of getting a little smidgen of hope. “—My, my! Who’d have thought you’d enjoy being the grand dam of the manse?” She takes offense and quickly corrects him. “—I’m the one in charge here while Rogelio’s gone, and I won’t allow the place to be brought down while he’s away.” “—Oh, it’s very clear to me how important it is for you to help him out.” Paula replies that he’s doing the same thing by his just telling the employees about the river problems. It’s just part of the job, he counters. On the other hand, she seems to have become enamored of the place. Cupcake smooths her frosting and says of course she has learned to love and to value the land here; and it’s the least she can do for Rogelio while he’s not around. Well, Gus chides, maybe she needs to decide whether what she’s doing is out of affection and gratefulness for what Rogelio Montero has done for her—or whether it is out of love. (Zingo.)
Inside Rog’s office (which nobody is supposed to be in but which everyone invades continually) Bruno agrees he might hate Ro-Hell for having taken possession of his daddy’s rancho; but plainly he fought to protect her interests when she agreed to damming up the river--but that doesn’t mean he’d be stupid enough to put Clenbuterol into the cattle feed!! Sin grabs him by the collar and pushes him around a bit. (Good goin’, Sin. Ugh! This kind of vermin makes me yearn for the Terminix Man!) “—Yeah? Isn’t it convenient that this happens to hit just when Rogelio’s not around? And just who else could it be since it had to be somebody coming on and off the property without a problem?”
Bruno says doesn’t know, but Rog has plenty of enemies. (Hisssssss! Snake in the grass alert!) It could be David! If she wants, he’ll investigate Big Dave. Perhaps he managed to get back in somehow, but he doubts it (big CYA here) since Rog banned him from ever coming back onto the hacienda grounds again! “—It better not be either one of you, because this does affect my financial interests; and I only agreed to the water business because it was temporary! However, the clenbuterol would finish off the cattle business permanently!”
Bruno tries throwing the blame to Effer now since recently Rog fired him. Sin discards that idea because he got his job back and Sin—for reasons only Effer and she know—says absolutely not, period! Bruno then suggests Sin would be better off offering her SIL support at this point. No way, José! She’ll never accept orders from that social-climbing, money-grubbing gold-digger! No, Sin has her own means of getting rid of that wench!
Outside, Gus is still pleading his case to Ana Paula. “—Perhaps if you’d have said you love Rogelio I could have stepped aside; but knowing that you still feel something for me and that you are still in doubt, I simply will not give up [rendirse= give up/accept]. AP insists he doesn’t truly understand what’s going on right now and he has no idea how much it pains her to hurt him. He says no matter; it’ll all be fixed eventually. She’ll get her divorce; they’ll get back together and get married; they’ll have a family. “—I am not marrying Sinthia. I cannot marry her because I am in love …with you! I know that you’ll get it together [reaccionar= get yourself together, react, wake up and smell the coffee] because I love you and I know …that you love me.” He moves in for an embrace and The Kiss but….she recoils from his touch and then tries to explain that “first I’ve got to know—“. She stops herself in mid-sentence and walks away, claiming she refuses to be pushed any further! Cara de blue-balled frustration de Guscakes.
Sin has called Nessa. They’re discussing Elsie’s break with reality during and after her murdering papi—though who knows since the editing here sucks again. The doctor wants to commit her [internar] says Nessa. Oh, that’s not so bad, says Sin. (Excuuuuuse me? The woman is criminally insane!) Nessa knows and admits that Mama is sick, really sick. “--Otherwise how could she have done what she did to Papi?” Sin reminds Nessa that she’s talking about her mama here and to be respectful. (Say what? We’re not exactly discussing the latest case of the flu or the measles! The old broad has just admitted to murder!!) Nessa tells Sin she’ll never ever forgive her mama for it, either.
In another part of the hacienda, Dani (whose wardrobe budget has apparently increased a good percentage along with her taste since she’s been working for Bruno) listens to Pau and tries bucking her up. Pau feels she’s failed at becoming the strong woman she’d hoped to be. Dani misinterprets and says Pau has succeeded in being exactly that, especially after how she handled the cattle problem with the Americans and the hacienda employees. No, says Pau, she meant Gustavo! Gus is after her again to get married and have a family. Dani says then it’s time to face the inevitable and take the pregnancy test she’s been avoiding. What if it’s positive, asks Pau? Dani suggests running away since things have been resolved. (Not the river, dearie?) Cupcake wouldn’t dream of running away from the hacienda at this point, she says.
Marciel races in to Pau’s bedroom to report that there was barely enough water to fill the watering troughs and that there’s now not enough to water the grounds.
In San Gabriel, Effer stops in to visit with Macaria. She refuses his company. Consuelo shows up and Effer explains he’s trying to get Macaria out of there to help her forget her grief. (We can imagine what he’s got in mind…..) Macaria’s in no mood to see anybody and tells them both to go home. She heads off and leaves them standing there. Effer mentions that Michael gets out of jail that morning since there’s not enough proof to arrest him. Connie is irate.
Sin is apparently unloading to a commiserating Vainie about Paula now, and how El Gusto Was Mío backed out of marrying her and the whole relationship. Yep. Sin admits she was boiling mad and would have loved to go running to Bro-Hell with the news right then, but obviously she couldn’t. Nessa asks if she isn’t worried what Rog would do to Gus. Naw, the idiot earned it by refusing to marry me! Well, advises Vainessa, tell him as soon as he returns. I’ll be grateful to you if you can separate him from that broad by doing it, too! “Count on it!” says Sin. As for Elsie, says Nessa, she’s still in a drugged sleep and Vainessa isn’t in the mood to confront her again. She can’t stand the thought of having to deal with Mama anymore she’s so disgusted and angry. (Time to call in the men in white coats, dontcha think, Nessa?)
Big Dave gives Nessa a call. She tells him the cattle deal with the Americans fell through for her. He gives her his best imitation of sympathy. Nessa has sense enough to ask if he had anything to do with the Clenbuterol. Dave lies shamelessly–a man who really does have no shame. He tries throwing the blame back on Rog, suggesting Rog could have been interested in ruining her reputation. Nessa says don’t be ridiculous cuz his reputation and prestige would be at risk as well. “--Oh, yeah, I guess so. (Snake in the grass alert!) But, I swear on my love for Sinthia, whom I love most in this world, that I didn’t harm a single animal.” That’s enough of Naïve Nessa. He hangs up and chuckles to himself that he really didn’t lie to her since it was Bruno who did the actual poisoning.
Just then Pau storms into his office to yell at him about damming up the river water. (Oy vey! Enough with the espadrilles, already!) He tells her he doesn’t know what she’s talking about; she says he darned well does and it’s the dike he’s built. Now there is no water flowing through!! Dave imitates feigned concern. “--Oh! Hubby will have to do something!” He chuckles, dripping with male chauvinist insolence. How sweet of the little ingénue coming here trying her best to handle a problem while her hubby is away gawd knows where and entertaining himself with gawd knows who. (The women in Viewerville are clawing at their t.v. screens in living rooms everywhere to get at the slug!! Trust me when I say this guy would be wise not to be caught asleep alone in my part of town, or he risks being hog-tied, force-fed green beer and later being sent home with his nether-regions Naired!!) No, she trusts Rog.
Good for her, Dave says snidely, but eventually Rog’ll go looking for somebody who thinks he’s worth their time and doesn’t have any doubts. Pau isn’t put off by this attempt at trash talk and warns him the Water Commission will have something to say about this business, as well as the authorities. What he’s doing is a crime. He had better think twice or he could end up in [ir a dar] jail! She turns on her espadrille and plods back out the way she came: cool, collected and sure of herself—either that or she’s a natural-born poker player.~~~~~
[end of first half]
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[Second half]
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[Second half]
Sin runs into Maria outside and tries avoiding her. Maria grabs hold of her and gets that the gal is hopping mad inside thanks to presumptuous Paula. Maria wants to give her a bit of friendly woman to woman advice like in the old days, but Sin ungraciously declares Maria unable to, being nothing more than a simple servant doncha know (which has Viewerville fervently wishing ol’ Sin would suddenly slip on the nearest fresh manure pile on her bony ass). “—I’m furious. How couldn’t I be after being dumped by Gustavo because he prefers Paula!” Maria shows no emotion, says nothing, and makes it pretty clear to Sin that Maria already knew the scoop.
A bit later, Mikey gets out of jail. Happy, happy. Joy, joy. Paula and Dani are there to give him an all-in-the-family hug. Suddenly Ulises races in demanding justice and warning him that if the cops don’t do it the townspeople just may (I think he means that. Can’t tell really. Jarocha, call your office!) Mikey still insists that it wasn’t him, that he misses her as much as anybody.
Gus calls Esteban to tell him about his angst over Ana Paula’s emotional misgivings. He’s worried that the longer she’s with Rog, the more likely she’ll decide to dump Gus. It’s almost too much to bear and he doesn’t think he can continue working on Rog’s water project. Steve reminds him he’s got to separate his personal feelings from his professional duties. Gus says he’s trying to, and that despite it all, he admires Rogelio as a man’s man. However, it’s inevitable that once the two of them confront each other over Ana, the two of them will never be able to see or meet with [verse nunca más] one another afterward. Steve, disgusted big time by Big Dave’s conceited scoff-law attitude, decides to come down there himself to check things out. First thing Gus asks him to check out, tho’, is whose name is really on the deed to La Negra, and whether Dave is acting on his own or doing somebody else’s dirty work.
Back at the police station Uli attacks Mike again, forcing the captain/comandante to intervene. He tells Uli to get hold of himself or he’ll be the one in jail next! Uli is uber-pissed and warns Mikey that the long arm of the law may have pulled his chestnuts out of the fire this time, but his day with Devine Justice is coming due very soon.
The employees are standing around again in the front of the hacienda as Mikey, Dani, Bruno, and Paula walk past the staring, indignant crowd towards the entrance to the main house. Mike tells Pau it seems they all believe he murdered Maripaz. He stops a minute to ask if Connie really believes he did it. She says all of them there, including her, believe he did it. He addresses them and says he may be an alcoholic, but Maripaz didn’t die because of that. It. wasn’t. him! Dani and Pau drag Mikey into the main house, still screaming about his innocence.
That night Uli swears to Macaria that if he didn’t love her as much as he does that he’d have already made Mikey pay for what he did to their daughter. She wants it to end now and there. It won’t bring their daughter back. If he won’t let it die and goes after revenge, she threatens to leave him!
At Hell-Fuerte, Mike tells Pau he’s uncomfortable the way the people are treating him now. Let people talk; it doesn’t matter cuz you’re innocent, she tells him. He suggests that they should take the fact that her hubby is absent to absent themselves and make their getaway. She refuses. She has to speak with Rog and resolve things –and there’s that pregnancy test to take as she now knows she can’t keep putting it off. Mike asks her if things were not so grim, who she’d choose to stay with. (Note: neither he nor we get an answer to that one!)
Back in town at Uli’s plop ‘n shop, Effer tells Uli that it’s not going to be comfortable for Rog’s BIL after what he’s done. Uli admits he’s so enraged that he’d have killed Michael himself if the police commissioner hadn’t stopped him. But, then there’s Macaria, the bestest, most loving and faithfulest of wives—and Effer, of course, supporting him the way he has, is the bestest and most faithfulest of friendses…..
Mikey is sober and is starting to see through his mental haze enough to begin to reason through a few things. He tells Pau he knows he’s the reason she’s in such a bind emotionally, but there’s something he still doesn’t understand. Yeah, he’s slim pickin’s when it comes to marriage material, but still and all, Dani hasn’t stopped loving him. Dani’s in it for the long haul. On the other hand, both Gus and Rog have lots going for them. Pau laments. “—Gustavo and Rogeliio are both important to me and I only make them suffer.” Mikey continues. “—A person loves another for who they are. They recognize when they’re in love. It’s something ones just feels. How could you not comprehend whether you’re in love with Rogelio or still in love with Gustavo? I think you are refusing to recognize how you truly feel about things.” Could be, she agrees. Mikey figures it’s due to the possibility of the baby that she doesn’t know whether she’s coming or going right now. (Could be….)
Rosie barges in on Pau and Mikey, eagerly filling the room with her own special brand of cheer…..”Free at last! Free at last! (hug) Ana Paula’s getting herself together now, taking to being La Sra. Montero! Certainly that’s why you’re free now!” Mikey fights back, tho’ and insists again he’s not guilty of murdering Maripaz! What will they do if even she doesn’t believe he’s innocent? “-- It’s the truth, tho’, knowing your parentage and the way you repeatedly fall back into drinking all the time! Who can deal with you?” Besides, she adds, how could he know if he was drunk out of his mind like that and can’t remember anything?
In town, Esteban is waiting to speak with Vainessa. No, he’s not there as the ex-hubby, just as a government official investigating La Negra and the diversion of river water. “—I got a report and in investigating it, I’ve discovered the land is yours and that you’re the one diverting water from Rogelio Montero’s land! (Damn! Considering Bruno’s involved, Steve better have his life insurance paid up!) “--It’s in your father’s business’s name! Don’t deny it either, because you know I know all about your father’s business dealings!” She admits it and Steve accuses her of getting evenism: because she couldn’t get Rog back she planned to get even by denying the water to his ranch. She lies that she only bought the land because she wanted to invest in the cattle market...little by little. Esteban doesn’t know whether to believe her or not and loses patience. “—Why did you ever get involved in a mess like this, really? Sheesh!” (Snake in the grass alarm #3!) Cara de inocencia de Vainessa. She throws the blame onto Dave who is “simply remodeling the place” for her. She had no idea! How awful! Steve believes her--for now. (Rats!) “—I hope what you’re saying is true, Vainessa, because what David is doing is a crime!!” (That extra male appendage is such a mind-number!)
Meanwhile, Maria and Mersnottys make nice. Maria’s thankful to Ms. Mercy’s main squeeze—Ernesto--for coming so quickly to take care of Margarito. They decide to make a late night snack of enchiladas and make girly talk over Sin and Gus and gawd knows what else while we get another shameless plug for some food sponsor. (No! I will not give them free advertising on this blog!) FF>>
Back in town, the more Nessa lies, the more Esteban seems to believe in her naivete rather than in her ability to plan and plot—that appendage thingy, remember? Nessa says tho’ she had no idea it seems believable because David and Rog are fighting. “—And that’s the reason you went into business with him! I told you not to do it!” Nessa still plays innocent. Doesn’t matter whether she knew or not, she’s still in it up to her neck, says Esteban. “—You are in really.serious.legal.trouble, Vanessa!” “—Wh-h-hat do you mean?” “—That even you could go to jail for what your business partner did!” Nessa is wide-eyed-gulpified impactada. (Yeah, swallow hard, you do-do of female dogs!)
Vainie continues to drip with honey and syrup, swearing she had no idea what was going on there. (Thwack! --Er… That was my sandal hitting the tv screen.) How could she not know what her partner was doing asks the… er…incredulous male appendage. After all, she was the one who sent David there and put him in charge of the things he’s been doing at the ranch! Vainessa’s eyelashes bat in mock female confusion. “--Oh, then it’s not so bad! If it’s that Rogelio isn’t getting water, then I’ll go ask David what to do to insure that that doesn’t happen, ok?” No. Steve says he will go and speak to the guy himself. (Man, can’t you just imagine what life must have been like for this dude all these years? And this putz put up with it???? Still does! Chauvinistic fool!) She agrees, but asks Steve NOT to say a word of any of this to Rog.
Steve gets pissed and says he can’t believe that she still is worried what Rog might think of her! “No, it’s just that we’re business partners, you know? Why complicate things?” He shakes his head in utter disbelief. She begs him to remember all their years together and to comply with her request. She needs his help out of this jam, really she does since she’s totally innocent. He says he can’t promise her anything cuz he’s got to act fairly--in his awfully offal official capacity, that is….. “--CU L8-er!” He leaves. She stews.
Next day at lunch in town, Bruno advises Dave to play it cool around Pau. She’s got a temper, he says, and not only does she want that river channel [cauce] opened back up, but she’ll send Big Dave to the Big House if need be! Dave just scoffs. “--Ah, what can she really do about it?” “--Hey, she keeps looking to get the name of Gus’s superior.” “--Oh! The return of Esteban, eh.” Snicker. Bruno sees there’s a call from Nessa coming in on his cell, but he ignores it thinking she’s only calling to complain about him and Dave possibly having something to do with the Clenbuterol mess. The two toast to their ingenious and flawless plotting on that account. Bruno laments how Pau’s come down hard. “—Unfortunately, we can’t manage it again because Paula’s posted guards all around the cattle feeding area.” Dave doesn’t think Rog’s little missus will keep the interest up for long, tho’. Bruno doesn’t look so sure.
Back at Hell-Fuerte, Paula finally takes out the pregnancy test. She makes a quick prayer for guidance just as Rosie rushes into her room. Paula chides her for seemingly having no faith in Mikey’s innocence. Before she can finish her response (totally ignore-worthy) Rosie notices the test pack in Pau’s hand. Time to face the music and to have a while to make plans calmly, says Rosie as encouragingly as she can. (The winch above squeaks as the anvil is raised.)
There’s a call from Ro-Hell for Maria. When’s he coming home? “What--??”
AP comes out of the bathroom with the results plainly written on her face: the pregnancy test came out a positive pink. The next anvil falls. Cara de angst on both of them.
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I hate being wrong, but WTH is AP going to do now? She can't leave the ranch, she won't be able to hide a pregnancy for long, and there is no way she can pass the baby off as Rogelio's without his active participation.
Oh, wait; I know what's going to happen: As soon as he knows, Skelator will arrange for her to be attacked and she will have a miscarriage.
Sinthia is making a total fool of herself in front of the rest of the hacienda and she will be the one to rat AP out to Rogelio as soon as she gets the chance. She may soon outrank Vainessa on the villana food chain (with Tia MentiRosa at the top).
Speaking of Vainessa, she surprised me last night when reproaching her mother. I think Elsa is off to the nuthouse.
Oh, wait; I know what's going to happen: As soon as he knows, Skelator will arrange for her to be attacked and she will have a miscarriage.
Sinthia is making a total fool of herself in front of the rest of the hacienda and she will be the one to rat AP out to Rogelio as soon as she gets the chance. She may soon outrank Vainessa on the villana food chain (with Tia MentiRosa at the top).
Speaking of Vainessa, she surprised me last night when reproaching her mother. I think Elsa is off to the nuthouse.
I know a bunch of y'all (how's that for a southernism) are going to be disappointed in the mini-cupcake in the oven. My husband was convinced of the opposite, and was quite gleeful last night when the outcome was revealed. Um, I might have mentioned to him earlier that the Caray crowd was strongly leaning the other way.
Even though hubby is not a TN veteran, he was going by aphorism that a TN virgin always gets pregnant when she does it the first and only time with the man she loves, and I think "thinks she loves" is good enough in this case.
Wow - Vainessa is starting to get it that she's in deep doodle on several fronts. Well, at least AP and hacienda aren't the only ones getting tons of bad heaped on top
Ah, so Efrain finally learns that Clenbuterol was found in the cattle? Why else would he yell out "but that's illegal!" at the "meeting". It was like he hadn't heard a thing yet. Too busy running into to town to harass Macaria I suppose.
Audrey
Even though hubby is not a TN veteran, he was going by aphorism that a TN virgin always gets pregnant when she does it the first and only time with the man she loves, and I think "thinks she loves" is good enough in this case.
Wow - Vainessa is starting to get it that she's in deep doodle on several fronts. Well, at least AP and hacienda aren't the only ones getting tons of bad heaped on top
Ah, so Efrain finally learns that Clenbuterol was found in the cattle? Why else would he yell out "but that's illegal!" at the "meeting". It was like he hadn't heard a thing yet. Too busy running into to town to harass Macaria I suppose.
Audrey
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: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 9:13:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 9:13:00 AM EDT
Ha! auto-spell-correct changed deep doo doo to deep doodle above. LOL! Works for me!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 9:18:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 9:18:00 AM EDT
Looking forward to the recap, Jardinera!
Interesting development, with the mini Cupcake in the oven, isn't it? I predict some agitated, rapid-fire Spanish being uttered by many parties when this little fact is revealed to certain male characters (in particular, the Gustavito and our Angry Man in the Black Cowboy Hat).
Interesting times ahead! :D
Interesting development, with the mini Cupcake in the oven, isn't it? I predict some agitated, rapid-fire Spanish being uttered by many parties when this little fact is revealed to certain male characters (in particular, the Gustavito and our Angry Man in the Black Cowboy Hat).
Interesting times ahead! :D
And we also find out that Sinthia's mother ignored her. Could it be that she and Rogelio didn't have the same mother after all? From the look on her face I'd say that Maria might be the only person who knows this.
UA agree with you about Sin's Mom.
I don't think Rohell's Mom was Sin's either. Sin is seriously starting to unravel.
I don't think Rohell's Mom was Sin's either. Sin is seriously starting to unravel.
I really don't want to see Rogelio referring to Cupcake as "mi mujer" while Cupcake, Gustavo, and practically everybody else in the hacienda exchange knowing glances. Cupcake, just hide the fuete and come clean with Rogelio. At least we didn't have to wait till Monday for the mini-cupcake news.
UA, I too hate being wrong, and I think you've summed up the situation very well. I'm still clinging to a slight bit of hope that the test turns out to have given a false positive, or that AP in her agitated state misinterpreted the way it signals YES and NO. If she IS pregnant, I can only hope for a quick miscarriage, hopefully brought on "merely" by stress or accident rather than arranged by Skelator. Hmmm...perhaps Elsa could attack her more successfully on a return visit? Elsa is clearly out of her mind and out of control. And Sinthia isn't far behind.
Well, es el colmo, and cállame boca!
AP is having Gus's baby. Ugh. Now we'll get to see her looking like Joan of Ark about to be thrown to the fire for (how many???) episodes while Gus tries to talk some sense into her. She needs to straighten out the problems with the water muy pronto, help out Rohell and then get the heck out of Dodge with Gus ASAP, before Rohell gets back from whatever they are going to say he's doing.
AP is having Gus's baby. Ugh. Now we'll get to see her looking like Joan of Ark about to be thrown to the fire for (how many???) episodes while Gus tries to talk some sense into her. She needs to straighten out the problems with the water muy pronto, help out Rohell and then get the heck out of Dodge with Gus ASAP, before Rohell gets back from whatever they are going to say he's doing.
This Ana Paula is one dumb chick who is getting dumber and dumber.
Rogelio deserves a woman not a dummy. AP is a most unsatisfying character. Which is worse? Her or her idiot unibrow brother?
This soap is getting harder to stomach.
Rogelio deserves a woman not a dummy. AP is a most unsatisfying character. Which is worse? Her or her idiot unibrow brother?
This soap is getting harder to stomach.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:58:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 10:58:00 AM EDT
Well, AP cannnot approach the pregnancy like she does her men. She is in love with both and can't make a decision. It looks like she's going to have to make a choice and get it over with.
With Miguel out of jail, I hope we see less and less of him. He's a spinless jerk.
With Miguel out of jail, I hope we see less and less of him. He's a spinless jerk.
Well, I was expecting this. At first, I thought it was just a red herring. But then they kept talking on and on about the pregnancy and I thought either the writers are sadistic, giving us emotions or she is indeed pregnant. Turned out to be the second one. I thought it was very cruel how they made Rogelio put his head on her tummy the day he leaves, when she is wearing that green dress and is about to kiss him. Then, on the episode I recapped on Wednesday, Gustavo also puts his hands on her tummy, after which she touches it herself. There were some obvious signals there.
The curious thing about this is that an insider once said that they pretended to give up the pregnancy angle because of JS inability to film due to his illness, but they didn't after all. I don't think they always had in mind to get her pregnant with Gustavo; after all, their first sexual encounter was short, emotionless and dull - not what you would expect from a main pair.
I remember back then when all the Rogelianas were nervous about this. We feared that it would go like in the other version, Te Sigo Amando, where she also escapes the hacienda, makes love to the Gus character and becomes pregnant with his child. This is the only part I wanted it to be different from the previous telenovela and it wasn't. Major disappointment.
I can imagine now Gus walking around the hacienda being happy-go-lucky and sure that with this baby, Ana Paula should have no more doubts regarding her feelings. Now he's definitely not going to marry Cinthia. Unless, she turns out to be pregnant too, since I doubt he used any condoms with her.
But...but of course Ana Paula will still be in doubt...we are talking about Mr. HotWheels Rogelio. How sad...she loves his husband and is pregnant with her ex. I can only imagine how much will Rogelio suffer when he'll find out all this.
Oh and btw, the Rogelianas knew 1 day before that Ana Paula will say she is pregnant. Auntie Rosy accidentally let this information slip on her Twitter account, where she wrote in character pretty much all the time. Imagine how sad that night was for us.
The curious thing about this is that an insider once said that they pretended to give up the pregnancy angle because of JS inability to film due to his illness, but they didn't after all. I don't think they always had in mind to get her pregnant with Gustavo; after all, their first sexual encounter was short, emotionless and dull - not what you would expect from a main pair.
I remember back then when all the Rogelianas were nervous about this. We feared that it would go like in the other version, Te Sigo Amando, where she also escapes the hacienda, makes love to the Gus character and becomes pregnant with his child. This is the only part I wanted it to be different from the previous telenovela and it wasn't. Major disappointment.
I can imagine now Gus walking around the hacienda being happy-go-lucky and sure that with this baby, Ana Paula should have no more doubts regarding her feelings. Now he's definitely not going to marry Cinthia. Unless, she turns out to be pregnant too, since I doubt he used any condoms with her.
But...but of course Ana Paula will still be in doubt...we are talking about Mr. HotWheels Rogelio. How sad...she loves his husband and is pregnant with her ex. I can only imagine how much will Rogelio suffer when he'll find out all this.
Oh and btw, the Rogelianas knew 1 day before that Ana Paula will say she is pregnant. Auntie Rosy accidentally let this information slip on her Twitter account, where she wrote in character pretty much all the time. Imagine how sad that night was for us.
The Rogeliana in me wondered how they'd "resolve" the Mini-Cupcake issue. I didn't know about Te Sigo Amando and the pregnancy in that storyline at the time, but found out about it later, and realized that this was the reason why the pregnancy was written in in the first place.
Suffice it to say that I wouldn't expect everything in Te Sigo Amando to be echoed in LQNPA, since the Angry Man in the Cowboy Hat is obviously not a villain, like the wheelchaired husband in Te Sigo Amando was. So at some point the storylines must differ. We'll see how that develops, and see how he reacts to this shocking news!
Alexandra, what a bummer for the Rogelianas to be spoiled ahead of time, inadvertantly, by Tia's Twitter! Bummer!
Suffice it to say that I wouldn't expect everything in Te Sigo Amando to be echoed in LQNPA, since the Angry Man in the Cowboy Hat is obviously not a villain, like the wheelchaired husband in Te Sigo Amando was. So at some point the storylines must differ. We'll see how that develops, and see how he reacts to this shocking news!
Alexandra, what a bummer for the Rogelianas to be spoiled ahead of time, inadvertantly, by Tia's Twitter! Bummer!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 11:32:00 AM EDT
Alexandra, I'm intrigued by the possibility you mentioned: what if both AP and Cinthia are pregnant? Now that would be interesting!
Is it possible that the test kit was flawed or beyond its expiration date? After all Tia did steal it from the bottom drawer of a village store which can't have that much turnover in pregnancy test kits. Let's hope she is not pregnant. I just don't see Rohell taking this well at all. Get the whip out!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 1:16:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 1:16:00 PM EDT
Talk about getting the whip out! He needs to have a line waiting for his return: Bruno,David,Vanessa, Tia MentiRosa,Cynthia,Efrain,Gustavo, and last, but not least,our "Soiled Dove",aka Cupcake.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 1:27:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 1:27:00 PM EDT
Loved this title Jardinera and can't wait for the recap. So it's true. AP is expecting a baby wit Gus. From the looks of it, he didn't practice safe sex with Cinthia either. He really should learn to use protection.
I'm in agreement with UA. Once the news breaks that AP is pregnant and Rog obviously isn't the father, Bruno could arrange for an accident to occur so that AP miscarries.
Loved Estaban confronting Vainessa about cutting off the water supply to Rog's hacienda and the legal repercussions.
So all the crap is about to hit the fan when Rog returns. Hide the whip lol.
I'm in agreement with UA. Once the news breaks that AP is pregnant and Rog obviously isn't the father, Bruno could arrange for an accident to occur so that AP miscarries.
Loved Estaban confronting Vainessa about cutting off the water supply to Rog's hacienda and the legal repercussions.
So all the crap is about to hit the fan when Rog returns. Hide the whip lol.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 3:44:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 3:44:00 PM EDT
What was with Maria suggesting that if AP is pregnant she find a way to make Rogelio think it's his? That was just silly. Even if he is capable, SHE wouldn't be. That's too much to ask of someone who still blushes at the thought of her husband butt-neked.
Also silly was the whole "Dona Maria super quick and easy enchilada" nonsense. Opening a box is one thing but this was a whole commercial inside the story. And does anyone consider enchiladas a late night snack anyway? Have some Tostitos instead.
I'm sorry to see Cinthia go down this path. I had hopes for her but it sure seems that she and Vanessa are trading places on the Scale of Evilness. (Bruno and the rapist guy are still waaaay at the bottom).
Kelly
Also silly was the whole "Dona Maria super quick and easy enchilada" nonsense. Opening a box is one thing but this was a whole commercial inside the story. And does anyone consider enchiladas a late night snack anyway? Have some Tostitos instead.
I'm sorry to see Cinthia go down this path. I had hopes for her but it sure seems that she and Vanessa are trading places on the Scale of Evilness. (Bruno and the rapist guy are still waaaay at the bottom).
Kelly
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 6:59:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 6:59:00 PM EDT
We currently have five loose cannons in this story (Rutilio, Elsa, Sinthia, Miguel, and Tia MentiRosa) so anything can happen. I'm getting started in a little while on Monday's episode.
Kelly, Maria suggested that AP never tell Rog that the ex boyfriend and the father of babycake is Gustavito because of the possible tragedy that'll provoke.
I kind agree with Maria there for one minute -- not only Rog will feel betrayed by his "innocent" wife that she kept her lover/baby's daddy under his roof -- eating his food -- getting paid his money -- also, Rog had accepted Gustavito with open arms and no hipocrisy as Cinthia's boyfriend (granted I think Cinthia is a bad person and bad sister) but she doesn't deserve Gus' betrayal and especially after he pursued her and slept with her; he should have put a stop to their relationship the minute he realized who was AP's husband.
Also, not only Cupcake betrays Rog but Maria from the time she found out who Gus was and also all AP's relatives; and not to mention little Margarito who is being told to lie about the situation.
I feel so bad for Rog right now; these moments in the TN is so painful and frustrated for a ROGELIana.
Myo-
I kind agree with Maria there for one minute -- not only Rog will feel betrayed by his "innocent" wife that she kept her lover/baby's daddy under his roof -- eating his food -- getting paid his money -- also, Rog had accepted Gustavito with open arms and no hipocrisy as Cinthia's boyfriend (granted I think Cinthia is a bad person and bad sister) but she doesn't deserve Gus' betrayal and especially after he pursued her and slept with her; he should have put a stop to their relationship the minute he realized who was AP's husband.
Also, not only Cupcake betrays Rog but Maria from the time she found out who Gus was and also all AP's relatives; and not to mention little Margarito who is being told to lie about the situation.
I feel so bad for Rog right now; these moments in the TN is so painful and frustrated for a ROGELIana.
Myo-
My problem with Maria is that she always said she'll protect Rogelio and Cinthia and that for them, she is capable of anything, yet she sides with AP and even understands her when she finds out that she slept with her ex. She is a hypocrite. If she truly loved Rogelio like a mother, she wouldn't allow AP to hurt him, being the first in line to tell him that AP's ex is Cinthia's ex.
I really feel for Rogelio, especially since he left the Hacienda FOR AP and he'll be terribly disappointed. Not to mention that he'll be the fool of the village. I am sure Bruno would try to ruin his image telling everyone that the child that AP is expecting isn't his.
Rog should be happy with a woman who deserves him. I hope he will make AP suffer with his indifference, the moment he'll find out the truth. She'll have a tough time convincing him that the child wasn't conceived during his absence.
I really feel for Rogelio, especially since he left the Hacienda FOR AP and he'll be terribly disappointed. Not to mention that he'll be the fool of the village. I am sure Bruno would try to ruin his image telling everyone that the child that AP is expecting isn't his.
Rog should be happy with a woman who deserves him. I hope he will make AP suffer with his indifference, the moment he'll find out the truth. She'll have a tough time convincing him that the child wasn't conceived during his absence.
Alexandra, I totally agree with you about Maria (don't get me wrong, I understand why she told AP to withhold some of the truth from Rog) but what Maria and all the others are doing is imperdonable.
I wish Rog would kick every single one out of their poor butt when he comes home. He doesn't deserve such betrayal by the very people who proclaimed to love and protect him -- Maria and poor Margarito (what they're doing with Margaro is unfair.
Not only Bruno will have a field day on poor Rog but Vainessa and David.
Myo-
I wish Rog would kick every single one out of their poor butt when he comes home. He doesn't deserve such betrayal by the very people who proclaimed to love and protect him -- Maria and poor Margarito (what they're doing with Margaro is unfair.
Not only Bruno will have a field day on poor Rog but Vainessa and David.
Myo-
The problem I have is, does anyone seriously think that Rohell is capable of cold-blooded murder? He is a violent douchebag with the whip, but he gets angry and he has access to a rifle, yet he's never been tempted to use it. He just uses the whip.
I don't know why someone didn't persuade Gus to leave the Hacienda (temporarily at least) and then AP could tell Rohell who Gus was. All she had to do is say, "Remember when I looked all nervous when you mentioned that Sin's novio was named 'Gustavo' and you got all mad about it? Well, guess what..." Then let the chips fall where they may. If she'd told Rohell that right from the start (and if Gus was not in the building so no whip use could be applied) then how bad could it be? Rohell knows she has an ex-novio and that his name is Gus. So it's a freaky novela coincidence, happens all the time, right?
But nooooooo . . . they have to drag it all out on some fictional, over-dramatic fear that Rohell would go off half-cocked and kill Gus. Now granted, I think it would be wiser if Gus were elsewhere when Rohell is told, but if Rohell were told immediately then he can't think that anyone was hiding something from him, thus making him a gullible chump.
Rohell has hope now, which is why he has been behaving like a love-addled puppydog. But when he finds out that his lady-love, the ever-honest AP has not been honest, then he may lose hope, and Rohell without hope is a DOUCHEBAG. This has been established again and again in the novela. (Remember right at the start, how Rohell was starting to reform because his cute nurse seemed to like him? And how he immediately reverted to DOUCHEBAG when she made that comment about how she felt "useless" in her crutches, and he assumed she felt he was "useless" too, in his chair?) And then when Cupcake ran off after she thought he was a murderer, same thing.
No hope = douchebag. Will we see this pattern repeat itself again when he learns of this truth? Sooner or later he's got to learn how to not be a douchebag, even when he's feeling hopeless.
I don't know why someone didn't persuade Gus to leave the Hacienda (temporarily at least) and then AP could tell Rohell who Gus was. All she had to do is say, "Remember when I looked all nervous when you mentioned that Sin's novio was named 'Gustavo' and you got all mad about it? Well, guess what..." Then let the chips fall where they may. If she'd told Rohell that right from the start (and if Gus was not in the building so no whip use could be applied) then how bad could it be? Rohell knows she has an ex-novio and that his name is Gus. So it's a freaky novela coincidence, happens all the time, right?
But nooooooo . . . they have to drag it all out on some fictional, over-dramatic fear that Rohell would go off half-cocked and kill Gus. Now granted, I think it would be wiser if Gus were elsewhere when Rohell is told, but if Rohell were told immediately then he can't think that anyone was hiding something from him, thus making him a gullible chump.
Rohell has hope now, which is why he has been behaving like a love-addled puppydog. But when he finds out that his lady-love, the ever-honest AP has not been honest, then he may lose hope, and Rohell without hope is a DOUCHEBAG. This has been established again and again in the novela. (Remember right at the start, how Rohell was starting to reform because his cute nurse seemed to like him? And how he immediately reverted to DOUCHEBAG when she made that comment about how she felt "useless" in her crutches, and he assumed she felt he was "useless" too, in his chair?) And then when Cupcake ran off after she thought he was a murderer, same thing.
No hope = douchebag. Will we see this pattern repeat itself again when he learns of this truth? Sooner or later he's got to learn how to not be a douchebag, even when he's feeling hopeless.
Good point, Elvira. Remember also that he prefers to be feared than to be pitied or mocked. Sounds pretty normal to me.
However, we've still got a long way to go.
However, we've still got a long way to go.
I think I might be better at holding a grudge than most of you. I forgive AP for sleeping with he love of her life since she thought he had been killed by her husband and found out otherwise. At the time, they were going to live happily ever after in their castle in the sky with unicorns and talking woodland creatures, etc. Plus, when he went to Boca to take her back, he was in in full "I have a whip and I own you" mode. And since this whole marriage was a farce from the start, I don't think Rogelio has cause to get too possessive of his wife.
I'm afraid I'd be Vanessa in this little drama, albeit a poorer, chubbier version.
Hopefully Rogelio is off getting therapy from Elvira (see above).
Kelly
I'm afraid I'd be Vanessa in this little drama, albeit a poorer, chubbier version.
Hopefully Rogelio is off getting therapy from Elvira (see above).
Kelly
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 12:07:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 12:07:00 AM EDT
I have a different take on Maria. I wonder if Maria's life when she was young was somewhat like the Cupcake's and this is why she is saying to make Rohell think the little mini cake is his. Just my own humble opinion. That would be the only way to justify how she isn't telling Rohell who she loves like a son.
We can't fault AP for sleeping with the "love of her life" at the time—she thought she was "done" with Rohell, whom she assumed was a murderer. Her frame of mind was that way, and Rohell knows that. He now knows (or should know) that things have changed and she realizes he isn't a murderer and is warming to him, big time. So he really has no cause to punish her for the Cupcake in the Oven IF she were to come clean right away, instead of all this dicking around and hemming and hawing and everyone on the gol-darn PLANET knowing except for him. That is what is going to trip her up. Him not knowing when everyone else did. He may lose hope, lose trust, and if he reacts the way he has in the past, then watch out—the douchebag returneth! LOL
These are all good points.
Everyone in the hacienda must know that AP and Gus used to have a thing since they have spoken openly in front of every peon in sight. And yet you know they will have Rohell in the dark for several episodes once he gets back. "You're getting a little thick through the middle, Paula. Maybe you had too many Doña Maria enchiladas!" I'm sorry but it will drive me nuts.
Everyone in the hacienda must know that AP and Gus used to have a thing since they have spoken openly in front of every peon in sight. And yet you know they will have Rohell in the dark for several episodes once he gets back. "You're getting a little thick through the middle, Paula. Maybe you had too many Doña Maria enchiladas!" I'm sorry but it will drive me nuts.
Yes, I suspect this time she IS going to lose his good opinion, and since she has fallen in love with him, it's going to be devastating.
I don't blame anyone living at the hacienda for being terrified of Rogelio's temper. We've all seen how explosive it can be, he really loses it. Last time - Gustavo grabbing his wrist when Rogelio was ready to beat up his desk with the fuete. If Gustavo had been the object of his fury, it would have been quite different. I don't think he could hurt Gustavo physically himself, but how long would it take for Rogelio to simmer down and what would he do in the meantime? Remember that he was angry enough at AP for not believing him (which he thought was just an excuse for ditching him) and running away that he insisted that David bring up the horrible fake charges against Miguel.
And Rogelio would be livid on several fronts - not the least of which would be Gustavo maintaining a relationship with his sister under the circumstances. The idiot even slept with Cinthia in Rogelio's house as his guest, for gosh sakes, and instead of leaving, hangs around to still "watch over" AP. The whole household deception, and AP's family's deception, will absolutely make Rogelio blow his top, particularly Gustavo being there at all. It's really a horrible situation. Why wouldn't he think the absolute worst of Gustavo being there?
Gosh, Ana Paula is dumb!!!!! It still amazes me that Rogelio is drawn to her so strongly given the empty attic. This poor kid doesn't begin to understand her own feelings, and just seems to be caught up in the emotional drama of it all, buffetted this way and that, reacting without being able to figure a darn thing out.
Audrey
I don't blame anyone living at the hacienda for being terrified of Rogelio's temper. We've all seen how explosive it can be, he really loses it. Last time - Gustavo grabbing his wrist when Rogelio was ready to beat up his desk with the fuete. If Gustavo had been the object of his fury, it would have been quite different. I don't think he could hurt Gustavo physically himself, but how long would it take for Rogelio to simmer down and what would he do in the meantime? Remember that he was angry enough at AP for not believing him (which he thought was just an excuse for ditching him) and running away that he insisted that David bring up the horrible fake charges against Miguel.
And Rogelio would be livid on several fronts - not the least of which would be Gustavo maintaining a relationship with his sister under the circumstances. The idiot even slept with Cinthia in Rogelio's house as his guest, for gosh sakes, and instead of leaving, hangs around to still "watch over" AP. The whole household deception, and AP's family's deception, will absolutely make Rogelio blow his top, particularly Gustavo being there at all. It's really a horrible situation. Why wouldn't he think the absolute worst of Gustavo being there?
Gosh, Ana Paula is dumb!!!!! It still amazes me that Rogelio is drawn to her so strongly given the empty attic. This poor kid doesn't begin to understand her own feelings, and just seems to be caught up in the emotional drama of it all, buffetted this way and that, reacting without being able to figure a darn thing out.
Audrey
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:15:00 AM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:15:00 AM EDT
Gracias Jardinera. What a nice Easter morning present.
Lots of action to follow in this episode. I came late to the party last night, so your recap filled in the AP/Bruno convo for me.
"non compos mentos--or, rather, that Mama’s mind is now compost." Now, I'm spitting my coffee!!! that was f-u-unn-ny.
"Bruno (the rat-faced varlet)" still laughing.
Looking forward to part II.
Lots of action to follow in this episode. I came late to the party last night, so your recap filled in the AP/Bruno convo for me.
"non compos mentos--or, rather, that Mama’s mind is now compost." Now, I'm spitting my coffee!!! that was f-u-unn-ny.
"Bruno (the rat-faced varlet)" still laughing.
Looking forward to part II.
Good stuff, Jardinera. I do have one issue, though: Rats are a lot cuter than Skelator.
It is entirely possible to be business-savvy without knowing beans about private relationships. Ana Paula is your typically inexperienced ingenue caught between two men, one naive and one jaded and bitter. That's quite a roller coaster ride.
It is entirely possible to be business-savvy without knowing beans about private relationships. Ana Paula is your typically inexperienced ingenue caught between two men, one naive and one jaded and bitter. That's quite a roller coaster ride.
Oh, Jardinera you never disappoint. Loved what you said about Nairing old Lord Shady Deals. I was laughing so hard.
Love how the Cupcake is taking charge and overrunning old Shady Deal, Bruno and Sin. I think all three underestimated her. Good for her.
Guscakes either needs to just do his job and leave her alone, or just leave. He is on my last nerve too.
I don't understand why Nessa just doesn't commit her Mama to the manicomio already! I am glad she knows the truth.
Love how the Cupcake is taking charge and overrunning old Shady Deal, Bruno and Sin. I think all three underestimated her. Good for her.
Guscakes either needs to just do his job and leave her alone, or just leave. He is on my last nerve too.
I don't understand why Nessa just doesn't commit her Mama to the manicomio already! I am glad she knows the truth.
What fabulous stuff! I particularly enjoyed:
Someone needs to drop a dime on Paula and let her know that Stilettos are the Power shoe.
cara de blue-balled frustration
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Oy vey enough with the espadrilles already
I guess I need to go actually watch the episode. It's a good show, but I just never seem to watch it.
Someone needs to drop a dime on Paula and let her know that Stilettos are the Power shoe.
cara de blue-balled frustration
and
Oy vey enough with the espadrilles already
I guess I need to go actually watch the episode. It's a good show, but I just never seem to watch it.
Jardinera A Big WoW to you. Great reading. Thanks for the long, detailed recap.
Haven't finished yet, but...viewervill should note that:
Stilettos don't work well cow patties. They'll sink right through the middle of the patty and up around your heels. You'll have to extricate yourself before taking another step.
Espadrilles, with their flatter base, will keep you on top of the patty and give you time to move the other foot forward.
The wardrobe dept. got it right. Hang the power trip on this round.
Anita
One of my wd ver. is bedimpl. Gee, I really miss Rogelio.
Haven't finished yet, but...viewervill should note that:
Stilettos don't work well cow patties. They'll sink right through the middle of the patty and up around your heels. You'll have to extricate yourself before taking another step.
Espadrilles, with their flatter base, will keep you on top of the patty and give you time to move the other foot forward.
The wardrobe dept. got it right. Hang the power trip on this round.
Anita
One of my wd ver. is bedimpl. Gee, I really miss Rogelio.
"Espadrilles, with their flatter base, will keep you on top of the patty and give you time to move the other foot forward."
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LOL! So funny.
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LOL! So funny.
I vote for the espadrilles.
Why should she look like a dumb, stupid tramp in stilettos? Ana Paula is acting dumb enough as it is. At least she doesn't waffle about shoes.
Why should she look like a dumb, stupid tramp in stilettos? Ana Paula is acting dumb enough as it is. At least she doesn't waffle about shoes.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 12:39:00 PM EDT
Oh and UA- I agree that rats are cuter than Skelator. He is really turning out to be the número uno baddie. Vainy I can eventually forgive. Bruno and David not so much.
Great recap Jardinera, well worth waiting for! I, too, just about bowled over at Nairing David's nether regions! ROTFLOL! Great snark! Gosh, I am SO sick of him and Bruno. But at least AP does seem to get them worried now and then.
Audrey
Audrey
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 1:39:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 1:39:00 PM EDT
Wow. I'm watching the ep right now. I see what everyone meant about the enchilada product placement. Oh brother.
Muchas gracias, Jardinera, for this wonderful recap. I always love your witty style, as in "Mama’s hysterical confession makes evident she’s legally non compos mentos--or, rather, that Mama’s mind is now compost," "El Gusto was mio," "Cupcake smooths her frosting" and "That extra male appendage is such a mind-number!"
Thanks too for all the detail about what was said. I apparently missed a lot more of the discussion than I realized. Sigh.
Thanks too for all the detail about what was said. I apparently missed a lot more of the discussion than I realized. Sigh.
Thanks for the recap Jardinera.
I think Gustavo is just making everything more difficult for Ana Paula. He is clearly thinking of himself and his feelings (and needs!) first.
I can't help but pity Vanesa for having to deal with her mother and her actions. That's such a nightmare for a daughter.
Mersnotty and Ernesto were probably having dinner. Dinner in Mexico is usually between 8 and 10 pm or later if you are busy at those hours.
About Ulises, I think he was serious about getting the whole town agains Miguel. It happens sometimes in rural areas that the people of the towns tend to try to make justice for themselves when the authorities fail to do so. That's usually more heard of in poorer states like Chiapas, Guerrero or Oaxaca. It's something that has become less and less common with the years although we just had a lynching of two kidnappers in a small poor town of the State of Mexico a few months ago, that was a bit shocking but people are lately getting very agitated and distrustful of the abilities of the government to keep them safe due to the war on drugs.
Jarocha
I think Gustavo is just making everything more difficult for Ana Paula. He is clearly thinking of himself and his feelings (and needs!) first.
I can't help but pity Vanesa for having to deal with her mother and her actions. That's such a nightmare for a daughter.
Mersnotty and Ernesto were probably having dinner. Dinner in Mexico is usually between 8 and 10 pm or later if you are busy at those hours.
About Ulises, I think he was serious about getting the whole town agains Miguel. It happens sometimes in rural areas that the people of the towns tend to try to make justice for themselves when the authorities fail to do so. That's usually more heard of in poorer states like Chiapas, Guerrero or Oaxaca. It's something that has become less and less common with the years although we just had a lynching of two kidnappers in a small poor town of the State of Mexico a few months ago, that was a bit shocking but people are lately getting very agitated and distrustful of the abilities of the government to keep them safe due to the war on drugs.
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 5:16:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 5:16:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Jardinera. I haven't been watching this novela lately, but I appreciated your recap which allowed me to catch up. Hmmm...a mini cupcake in the EasyBake oven. I am reminded of Alborada. Luis impregnated Hippolita for a second time , but her husband Antonio convinced Luis that it was not Luis's bebe, but Antonio's. In Amor Real, Manuel thought that Matilde's first Onetruelove was the father of her baby and threw her out of the casa. Well have to see what happens in this TN. Have Cupcake and Oh-hell ever had sex ?
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 5:35:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 5:35:00 PM EDT
After this episide, I will for sure be putting on my most assertive espadrilles if I get a job interview. Power to the pink!
Susanlynn- They haven't. They've made it sound like Rogelio can't, but I'm not sure he's really tried. Doubt he's had a reason until now.
Kelly
Susanlynn- They haven't. They've made it sound like Rogelio can't, but I'm not sure he's really tried. Doubt he's had a reason until now.
Kelly
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 6:21:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 6:21:00 PM EDT
Hey, all! So much talking and plot detail to cover in this tn and the bummer is that it's mostly necessary to keep track of things properly. This one is much more involved than Eva Luna ever was!
Anyway, I am really feeling poor Guscake's pain. Things aren't going to be any easier once he finds out the love of his life is having his baby and might give him the bum's rush.
Anyone wonder what may have happened to Mgrito's mama? Maybe she and Rog should look each other up.
Maria's background is still a mystery. Perhaps there's some undiscovered truth about her we'd find very interesting, also.
Anyway, I am really feeling poor Guscake's pain. Things aren't going to be any easier once he finds out the love of his life is having his baby and might give him the bum's rush.
Anyone wonder what may have happened to Mgrito's mama? Maybe she and Rog should look each other up.
Maria's background is still a mystery. Perhaps there's some undiscovered truth about her we'd find very interesting, also.
Susanlynn, the unfortunate answer to that question is "No." That is most likely to be because he has convinced himself it's not possible and because their agreement doesn't include sex of any kind.
I was picturing what their first sexual encounter should be, but it hasn't happened.
I was picturing what their first sexual encounter should be, but it hasn't happened.
I think I'll wait to see if Ernesto can work miracles and make Rogelio whole again before we can think of him as "sexual". If we are nearly halfway through the show I figure this has got to figure into Rog and ERnesto's AWOL plotline. Why not fix Mgrito and Rog at the same time? Two for the price of one.....I realize they had to work around JS's absence, but still, the fact that Ernie is incognito along with Rog is goofy.
Thank you Jardinera, this was an incredible recap. I was feeling so impactada myself, but your funny running commentary puts everything right.
Yes, I wonder also how Esteven put up with it all those years. I too worry about his safety, now.
Was it my fevered imagination, or didn't AP find Bruno in the barn feeding the cattle the clembutacide crap and he just sort of hid the container behind his back a little. HELLO AP! Wake up.
Yes, I wonder also how Esteven put up with it all those years. I too worry about his safety, now.
Was it my fevered imagination, or didn't AP find Bruno in the barn feeding the cattle the clembutacide crap and he just sort of hid the container behind his back a little. HELLO AP! Wake up.
The best part was that she asked him: "BRUNO, what are you doing?" and he replied: "I was looking for you!"
Riiight, he was looking for her in the barn because he mistook her for a cow. WARNING WARNING: NEURONS ON FIRE
Riiight, he was looking for her in the barn because he mistook her for a cow. WARNING WARNING: NEURONS ON FIRE
Other novelas where the leading girl has had a baby not from the main guy:
Some old ones I remember:
-In "Simplemente María" (1993) the heroine falls in love with the young rich playboy Juan Carlos and she gets pregnant but she ends up with humble, hard working Víctor in the end and they raise her daughter together while Juan Carlos dissapears from her life. The characters were played by Victoria Ruffo, Jaime Garza and Manuel Zaval) .
-In "Triángulo" (1992), our heroine Sara falls inlove with unstable David and she gets pregnant with his son but he supposedly dies during a trip to Brazil while he was pondering wether to marry her or not. After several difficulties she falls in love with his responsible and honorable brother Iván who helps her go through it all and takes responsability for helping her raise her son but David returns alive and ready to marry her. Then the triangle starts and in the end Sara chooses Iván. The novela was starred by Daniela Castro, Eduardo Palomo and Guillermo García Cantú.
Some recent ones:
-In Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, Candy gets pregnant with her fiancé's baby but he cheats on her the night before their wedding and she pretends to be dead. During this time she meets and falls in love with Santiago, a plastic surgeon, and they end up together in the end while Patricio (her ex) is still a prominent figure in her son's life. The triangle was played by Jaqueline Bracamontes, Jaime Camil and Valentino Lanús.
-In LFDD, the one before this one, Perlita, the daughter of the leading lady turned out to be a product of rape instead of the daughter of Iván, the leading guy, who also had a son with her sister. In the end they get married and raise their children together. Sandra Echeverría and David Zepeda were the leads, the character of Ferdinando Valencia was the rapist.
Jarocha
Some old ones I remember:
-In "Simplemente María" (1993) the heroine falls in love with the young rich playboy Juan Carlos and she gets pregnant but she ends up with humble, hard working Víctor in the end and they raise her daughter together while Juan Carlos dissapears from her life. The characters were played by Victoria Ruffo, Jaime Garza and Manuel Zaval) .
-In "Triángulo" (1992), our heroine Sara falls inlove with unstable David and she gets pregnant with his son but he supposedly dies during a trip to Brazil while he was pondering wether to marry her or not. After several difficulties she falls in love with his responsible and honorable brother Iván who helps her go through it all and takes responsability for helping her raise her son but David returns alive and ready to marry her. Then the triangle starts and in the end Sara chooses Iván. The novela was starred by Daniela Castro, Eduardo Palomo and Guillermo García Cantú.
Some recent ones:
-In Las Tontas No Van al Cielo, Candy gets pregnant with her fiancé's baby but he cheats on her the night before their wedding and she pretends to be dead. During this time she meets and falls in love with Santiago, a plastic surgeon, and they end up together in the end while Patricio (her ex) is still a prominent figure in her son's life. The triangle was played by Jaqueline Bracamontes, Jaime Camil and Valentino Lanús.
-In LFDD, the one before this one, Perlita, the daughter of the leading lady turned out to be a product of rape instead of the daughter of Iván, the leading guy, who also had a son with her sister. In the end they get married and raise their children together. Sandra Echeverría and David Zepeda were the leads, the character of Ferdinando Valencia was the rapist.
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:41:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 8:41:00 PM EDT
It will occur to that ranch hand that Bruno was in an unlikely place. I can't wait for his downfall.
The point being, Jarocha, that it only happens with unreliable men. And the heroine must end up with the reliable man.
Jarocha, you watched Triangulo?? OMG I envy you, you have no idea how much I've been looking for it everywhere, since it was with my beloved Eduardo Palomo.
Alexandra: I watched it during a rerun back in 1995. I was 10 and I can barely remember it now, it hasn't been shown again for some reason. I don't know why, my memories feel it was good lol. And Eduardo looked cute in it, it was pre-Juan del Diablo but I think his hair was slightly longer than in Alcanzar una Estrella. Claudia Ramírez, who played Yulissa in Te Sigo Amando was also in it.
Jarocha
Jarocha
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 9:56:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 9:56:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thank you for the weekend recap on a holiday weekend.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:21:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 10:21:00 PM EDT
Jardinera, thanks for a great recap.
Hope Mersnotty packs up to leave her guest room in the hacienda soon so she'll finally notice Ernesto's letter on the floor.
Hope Mersnotty packs up to leave her guest room in the hacienda soon so she'll finally notice Ernesto's letter on the floor.
Thank you Jardinera for the recap! I haven't read it yet, because I haven't seen the episode yet! LOL. I am a little behind right now!
Re: Rohell and what he is "capable" of doing and if he should be regarded as "sexual" yet. Yes, I think he should. No spoilers here, but he's been bursting at the seams to Consume the Cupcake for quite some time now. He expects her to stay married to him forever, he says. He can deliver something more than just watered-down, chaste passion, and he's been ready to deliver since the git-go.
He's been too down, too ashamed, too much feeling like "half a man" before meeting Cupcake to do much in this area of his life. But with the Cupcake, he's motivated to go for it. The main thing holding him back is the Cupcake's hesitation. That's my take on it.
Re: Rohell and what he is "capable" of doing and if he should be regarded as "sexual" yet. Yes, I think he should. No spoilers here, but he's been bursting at the seams to Consume the Cupcake for quite some time now. He expects her to stay married to him forever, he says. He can deliver something more than just watered-down, chaste passion, and he's been ready to deliver since the git-go.
He's been too down, too ashamed, too much feeling like "half a man" before meeting Cupcake to do much in this area of his life. But with the Cupcake, he's motivated to go for it. The main thing holding him back is the Cupcake's hesitation. That's my take on it.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:41:00 AM EDT
: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:41:00 AM EDT
Elvira, I agree.
Had there been a bathing scene I think it would have happened there. I have the scene written in my head, but I don't want to violate any rules I don't know about by posting it.
Had there been a bathing scene I think it would have happened there. I have the scene written in my head, but I don't want to violate any rules I don't know about by posting it.
Are you saying that you've written some LQNPA fan fiction, UA?
Because that would be awesome. :D
Because that would be awesome. :D
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 9, 2012 at 7:49:00 AM EDT
: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 7:49:00 AM EDT
No; I don't have the time for stuff like that.
Once upon a time I wrote a sketch that should have been done at a Dark Shadows convention, but it would have required 13 actors. Since it wasn't possible to assemble that many who could have pulled it off the script is still on my hard drive.
Unfortunately the time for it to be staged has passed. The title says why: Hex and the City.
Once upon a time I wrote a sketch that should have been done at a Dark Shadows convention, but it would have required 13 actors. Since it wasn't possible to assemble that many who could have pulled it off the script is still on my hard drive.
Unfortunately the time for it to be staged has passed. The title says why: Hex and the City.
Jardinera---you are beyond awesome. What an exhaustive but brilliant recap! What I want to know is why you aren't writing your own novelas?
Don't want Elsa La Vaca to go to the manicomio. Just want her eyes to pop out of her head and roll around on the floor.
En fin, let's not insult snakes by calling Bruno one. He is another species of vermin.
Don't want Elsa La Vaca to go to the manicomio. Just want her eyes to pop out of her head and roll around on the floor.
En fin, let's not insult snakes by calling Bruno one. He is another species of vermin.
Permalink posted by : Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:17:00 PM EDT
: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:17:00 PM EDT
Eyes pop out... ah, like the Stygian Witches!
But I have no doubt that Vainessa would be far better off with Elsa out of her hair. Who knows what else she might do?
BTW, have some Kleenex handy.
But I have no doubt that Vainessa would be far better off with Elsa out of her hair. Who knows what else she might do?
BTW, have some Kleenex handy.
UA: Dark Shadows? My mind will explode with so much awesomeness! Hex and the City? Brilliant!! Did it involve any Barnabas-Angie Angry Wall Sex, just like in the movie adaptation? Funny you mention DS, I am hooked with the show right now, anticipating the movie. Even on FB, Josette is in my profile pic. I am saving money to go to the premiere, should be exciting.
Jarocha: Lucky you! I've only seen a few clips of very bad quality on Youtube. Too bad it's nowhere to be found, just like Yo Compro Esa Mujer. YCEM was available in Italian on youtube, but now they deleted even those episodes. Eduardo was adorable, indeed the hair was longer than in Alcanzar una Estrella II, but shorter than in CS.
Jarocha: Lucky you! I've only seen a few clips of very bad quality on Youtube. Too bad it's nowhere to be found, just like Yo Compro Esa Mujer. YCEM was available in Italian on youtube, but now they deleted even those episodes. Eduardo was adorable, indeed the hair was longer than in Alcanzar una Estrella II, but shorter than in CS.
The sketch had four of the DS women as the Sex & the City characters with various DS men as their lovers or obsessions. For example, Nicholas Blair was a combination of Mr P**sy and F**k Buddy for Angelique, while Barnabas was her Mr Big. There were various jokes about witchcraft as well as about sex.
My best friend and I had an idea for another one called Queer Eye for the Undead Guy but we never got around to writing it.
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