Caray, Caray!

Loved this epi,but not Julio and Vins especially acting like Scrooge. Loved the food they showed. I would have loved to have gone to Pancho's party lol. They are always so much fun.

The Salome scene was a surprise. Maybe Pancho will hire her at Avon once she gets out of the carcel.
 

Madelaine, Thank you so much for this excellent and clear recap. I liked the party best and the food has been superb throughout this telenovela from Chela ruling the kitchen and seducing the whole family with her great cooking skills to the huge parties with food from all sorts of people.

Vins and Julio were silly in their bah-hum-bugness. It make no sense that Vins continues to hate Pancho or that Candy is so smitten with someone so self-deluded but then perhaps deep thinking isn't her strong suit. I do enjoy her imaginative seductress scenes. They are funny and cheery. Too bad she is wasting her talents on pity maestro Vice. One wonders what she will do if he ends up in jail especially after she wrote a check that I think was ALL of her money that she was given from Napo.
 

Oh and Ana is driving me nuts too. She is so shallow, I just can't get into her big indecisiveness. She isn't being kind to anyone.
 

Blue Lass......correction from last Thursday's Blog
Joe's Crab Shack is in the Fredericksburg, Park Central Mail, not Potomac Mills.......sorry for confusion.

Great recap, this TN has lost it's appeal......
How many more weeks?
 

Judy B, I see the Buckeyes are sending a couple of players to the NFL.......second and third round picks....cool.
 

Madelaine thanks for your recap. I too love the food in this TN. Your theme of bah humbug was so appropriate for Julio and Vice.

ITA w/you Cheryl. I'm not having any patience with Ana and her confusion. Though perhaps Adrian's stalking is akin to kidnapping so she's suffering from Stockholm syndrome.

Also I'm w/you on Candy too. Vince has yet to demonstrate more maturity in his life.
 

Cheryl ita with you about Ana. I think she really knows who she is in love with,Freddy, but I think Adrian put pressure on her with his girls, and now Ana feels guilty. She only has had one relationship, really, with Freddy. I think it will take her awhile to make up her mind.

If that was all Candy's money, she shouldn't have done that. Candy should have given him half. I have a feeling that Candy and Vins aren't going to be together for long because Vins is such a womanizer.
 

Madelaine- Muchas gracias. This was a wonderful recap.

I agree that Ana knows she loves Freddy and not Adrian. She does not get all giddy with Adrian's kisses like she does with Freddy's. As much as they have played up Adrian being more mature and secure than Freddy, I see just the opposite. Freddy has never put such a guilt trip on Ana and had such a tantrum. Adrian was acting like a pouty child. He and Julio totally ruined the mood of the party. Bah, humbug indeed!

Vince is just pathetic. If he can't see how he has isolated himself, out of sheer stupidity, then he deserves to be alone. Yes, that was ALL the money Napo left Candy that she gave him. (Hand meet forhead!)

I thought it was very sweet of Temo to visit Salome in jail and bring her drawings.
 

Thank you, Madelaine! I love your Feliz Navidad/Bah Humbug theme.

Vins is such a baby. Really, he can't hitch up his Huggies and go be civilized to his wife's nice family for a couple hours? Which is also HIS family? LOSER. I truly have no idea what Candy sees in him. Pina is so lucky to be free of him, she should be sending Candy luxe gift baskets every week for life for taking him off her hands.

It looked like that bullet only grazed Tom's arm, but Lupita will be even more of a basket case. I wonder how their story will be resolved. She'll have a miserable life if she's crying and freaking out every time Tom is at work, but she more than anyone deserves a happy ending.

I wonder if Elena found her Mr. Moneybags after all, just in different packaging than she'd hoped for. Orion seems to have no lack of funds for traipsing all over the planet saving it.

Vivi, I agree Adrian is less mature than Freddy. Using his daughters to manipulate Ana into a relationship with him is low, and his tantrums aren't helping his case, either. Ugh. I hope he's left for good.
 

Julia, your comments about Vins made me lol. He does need some Huggies lol.

I couldn't tell if the bullet hit Tomas or just grazed him. He was holding his arm as if he were trying to stop the flow of blood. Lupe will agonize about this for sure. I know just before this operativo she said the last time he went on one, she couldn't sleep all night.

I wondered about Orion myself. He never seems to be hurting for money, and as far as I know I don't think Pancho has given them any money. He just told them to call home once in a while. By the way I am liking Elena's new Luke. It is like Hippie Chic. I like the long peasent skirt and those nice cotton shirts. This Luke really suits her.
 

Maybe the bullet will injure Tom just enough that he isn't fit for these dangerous ops anymore and he has to do the less confrontational investigative work.
 

Hi Madeleine...great recap. Clear, fast-moving and with a great theme.

Favorite quote:

"Pity party for one"
and of course I always love it when recappers note that someone is "pithed off" (gracias originator
Carlos)
"stewed in his bahhumbugness" Another gem.

Just excellent. The episodes though were so sickly sweet for the most part I practically ended up in a diabetic coma.

Love the recaps but can't wait for this one to be over.

Anon#1...yes, especially glad to see that Herron will have a chance with the Bengals. If he does well, we'll have lots of opportunity to read about him in the Columbus paper.
 

Thanks Madelaine!

I'm getting really tired of Adrian. How many more times is he going to complain to Ana that she hasn't chosen him yet? What a big baby. I don't care for all his pouting, either.

I used to wish that someone would introduce him to Frida, but now I'm thinking Frida deserves better!

As for Ana, it's really tiresome the way she feels she has to update everyone with every new development in her so-called love life. I guess it's better than throwing up, but she needs to find a better way to support her ego.

Doc Oc telling people about his experimental drug therapy - is it just me, or is he starting to repeat himself? ;-)

How many parents would take their kids to prison to visit the woman who took him up on an unauthorized helicopter ride? And Pancho sure was quick to offer his help to Salome. That's nice of him, but shouldn't he check out her backstory first?

Last but not least, I've been wondering about Orion's financial situation too. All that travel is expensive. Of course, deep pockets won't really help Elena in the way she once dreamed of as long as they're living this lifestyle; but she likes the way they're living now, so it's all good either way.
 

Thank y'all for your great comments. I couldn't resist the bah humbug especially for Vins and Julio. This epi I think was mainly filler, except for Julio and Dona Rebe and Tomas. I enjoyed it though. It was lighter than most epi's.
 

Madelaine, fine storytelling. Gracias.

Now that Candy's given Vince all her Napo money, I sure hope Vince gets himself reformed for her sake. I wish they would show his parents. Might be a clue as to why he keeps chasing women and blames others for his own mistakes.

ITA that Ana is torn between Freddy and Adrian's daughters, not Freddy and Adrian. I don't even believe she thinks about Adrian when she kisses Freddy. A otro perro con ese hueso.
 

What do they do with all that wonderful food after finishing the episode?