Friday, September 28, 2012
Amor Bravío #34 (Uni 29) Thu 9/27/12 Amor Enfermo
Camila hangs out in bed remembering the infamous kiss…in the rain…with the leather coat…and the wet hair. Yeah, Camila, I agree, that was hawt!
D'Andres gets back to his room and doesn't unbutton nearly enough buttons on his shirt as he remembers the steaminess in the rain. Come on, man, throw us a bone!
Rafa gets back to Viv's later with the address and a map. Rafa's worried about his brother, and D'Andres, and with what he's going to try with Cam tomorrrow. Rafa's worried about keeping to the golden rule…bros before totally hawt married chicks who might already be in love with their cousins. Viv tells him to finish up with the plan with D'Andres and then get to confessin' his luuuuurve already.
Camila really wants to find her cousin. The detective says it could be complicated. Alonso insists he's there…not that he has any evidence…just that it would make sense. Camila wants the detective's help to make sure Daniel knows that she's not interested in turning him in.
Isadora goes snooping in Camila's cabin. She's rude to Maja. I'm not even a dog person and I'm not ok with that. She steals Camila's ID.
Rafa drives up as the detective is taking his leave. Camila introduces them. Isadora gives a too-loud hello to Rafa and Cam on her way back into the house. Rafa's a bit skeeved by that. He and Cam go to the cabin for coffee.
Vivi hops into a taxi, observed by Bruno (was that the ex's name?). He misses his chance to follow the cab.
Rafa tells Cam that Vivi went out of town on personal business. Camila feels bad that her relationship with Viv lately has been all about her own problems, and here Viv has stuff going on and she hasn't even asked about it. Rafa confesses to Camila that Vivi accidentally let slip that the ranch isn't hers.
Ximena calls Alonso on not telling her that his marriage was failing. She reminds him that yesterday he gave her the usual line married guys give about there being nothing going on between him and his wife. "You should have also warned me that your wife is a witch!" Ximena goes on to tell him that Camila is a horrible, manipulative person who hides behind her angelic face. Alonso is relieved to find someone else who sees her that way.
Rafael asks about Daniel and wants to know what Camila really thinks of him. Raf can imagine someone getting thrown into jail who didn't actually do anything wrong. Camila has a hard time believing that her uncle's son is some kind of a villain. Rafa pretends to put 2 and 2 together, saying he happens to know a Daniel Diaz in Chile, but he doesn't know if the last name is Acosta. When he met him, his mother was sick, he's in his 30's…Camila says it could be the same guy. The go to look at the picture Alonso has of "Daniel."
Agustina tells D'Andres that she heard he was going to be kind of a bodyguard in addition to a driver. D'Andres is glad she feels safer with him. Dionisio also told Agustina that D'Andres would be learning to shoot and she heartily approves and wants him to practice every day. She sends him off to Dionisio's house, since Dionisio asked to see him.
Rafael looks at the picture of "Daniel" and says he knows the guy and he's an excellent guy, not a murderer.
Bruno breaks into Viviana's house (ugh!).
Rafa says three years ago he was writing a book about social networks. He met him in Chile. Alonso is surprised Rafael would trust him so much. Rafa says that he and Daniel worked together to gather information to shut down a sex trafficking operation and when Rafa's life was threatened, Daniel stuck by him the entire time. Camila is thrilled--this is exactly the sort of guy she was sure her cousin would be. Alonso tries to argue that people can change.
Bruno is making himself at home at Vivi's. Pouring himself some win and sniffing her pillows. Ew…and clothes! He finds a box with baby toys.
Rafa remembers Daniel converting to Judaism for his wife because he loved her so much. "Her family didn't like him because he was poor, but he refused to take any money from them to prove that he wasn't after her money." Alonso tries to say he must have killed his wife for his money. "Oh, right…except that not all men are after their wives' money. Some of them marry for love." Camila: 1, Dumbass: 0. Rafa agrees some people will do anything for money, but he wonders if it wasn't Daniel who was the victim…someone wanted him out of the way to steal his inheritance.
D'Andres gets a call from Amanda about the pills she found on the floor. He agrees it's strange and makes plans to see her later.
Alonso accuses Rafa of accusing Camila. Camila says Padre Baldy suspected the same thing. Rafa supposes if two people can come to the same conclusion, maybe it's possible. Yeah, Alonso doesn't look guilty at all, with his ratty little face half hidden behind his hand as he chews his fingernails off.
Dionisio's henchman gets paid a fat wad of cash for his assist on the murder of the Padre. He actually tries to turn it down, saying he didn't do anything, but Dionisio believes in rewarding those who stick with him. Dionisio promises an even fatter wad of cash if he gets Daniel this time. The dude's so pissed about Daniel getting away from him in Chile, he's taking this one personally. Dionisio orders him to go stay at Amanda's and keeps his eyes and ears open.
Camila isn't offended by Rafael's suggestion, but Alonso is. Camila wonders if maybe Daniel also thinks the same thing--that she was trying to get him out of the game. Alonso is salivating at the idea that Rafael might be able to get hold of Daniel. Natalia's pulling all kinds of faces behind Alonso at the idea. Rafael figures that if he sends Daniel an email, him being a computer expert and all, he'll be able to get it wherever he is.
Bruno's making out with Vivi's picture while he has carnal relations with her clothes. Eww! Eww! Eww!
Camila gives Rafa a big fat hug for sending that email. She feels stupid for not telling him earlier. Rafa and Camila leave and Alonso kicks Natalia out. Heh.
Rafa walks himself out as Piedad tells Camila that Mariano is calling from next door. Mariano says they only have 3 infected bulls and one death, but it's contained. Camila didn't find an outbreak in her bulls, so it's all good.
Agustina is pissed that Rafael knows Daniel. Isadora's not too happy about it either. Ximena wants an update. Camila says Daniel is a friend of someone she knows. Ximena is firmly on team "Sell the Ranch" and as proof of their team's right-ness points out that Camila's the only one not on the team. "We can't all be wrong while you're the only one who's right!" Camila goes back to doing some actual work while the rest of them, mostly Ximena, complain about how horrible she is.
Natalia runs into Rodolfo in Camila's cabin. She's looking for Andres and asks Rodolfo to let him know she's looking for him. She insists he's not the guy for her and she knows it, so Rodolfo asks "what if" he (Rodolfo) were to ask her out? Natalia gets flustered and says she can't even think about that with all the craziness at the ranch. She goes on muttering as she leaves the cabin. 1: If you want to ask her out, just ask her out! Don't ask her what would happen if you did, you dumbass! 2: In about a half hour it's going to hit her that he was more-or-less asking her out and she's going to feel stupid for answering the way she did and spend way too long agonizing over how to get him to ask her out again.
Rafael lets D'Andres know that their plan worked perfectly. He figures soon Dionisio will be asking D'Andres to keep an eye on him (Rafael) too, as a way of getting to Daniel. He's glad that he gets to spend more time with Camila and convince her that Daniel is a good guy. But he warns him that they have to watch out for the PI Camila hired.
Alonso does, in fact, tell Dioniso about Rafael right away. Dionisio plans to use Rafael to track down Daniel, although he agrees with Isadora that maybe Rafael was sent by Daniel as a spy (well, sure, but not in the way you think). He finds it suspicious that he went from writing a book on social networks to a book about bulls. After they hang up, Alonso complains to Isadora that there are too many people they're having to watch out for…first Leoncio and now Rafael. Isadora adds Ximena to the list. She's seen the looks and she knows something's going on between her nail-biting progeny and his sister-in-law. She warns him not to try to hide things from her.
Leoncio's doing a crappy job this morning, and he's in a bad mood. So, what else is new? He complains that he's feeling sick and Rodolfo says, "Well, sure, we all are! We're tired, but we've got to keep going, so suck it up!" Leoncio turns on him saying he'd better remember that only Leoncio knows how to run things around here. I highly doubt that. He asks Camila, since she's the doctor, what he's sick with. This, completely inexplicably, triggers a reverie about D'Andres and their steamy moments. She sticks herself with a needle and ends her daydreaming telling the guys it was nothing and get back to work.
Isadora and Alonso ask Natalia to find out how long Rafael and Vivana have been in town. They tell her it's because they want to protect Camila from these new friends, in case they're not good for her. Natalia pretends to go along with this explanation (at least I hope that enthusiasm was faked) and leaves. Isadora warns Alonso that Ximena could turn out to be a useful ally, but he has to keep his eyes on the prize…La Malquerida. Alonso, as obvious as a grade-schooler with a face full of crumbs, says Ximena's ok, but, pfft, whatever…he's not interested. I don't think Mama's buying that load of bull either.
Dionisio presents D'Andres with the gun he's supposed to shoot himself with, if he catches himself trespassing on La Malquerida. D'Andres vows that if he sees himself on the grounds, he'll be sorry. Dionisio gives him an advance for the anticipated assasination.
Ximena fantasizes to her mother about Daniel showing up, falling in love with her, and her becoming the owner of La Malquerida. She thinks it's perfectly fair that Camila should end up the poor veterinarian while Ximena gets to be the lady of the hacienda (at least Camila would be able to get a job to support herself, you worthless twit). She figures it's about time she enjoyed some of Daniel Sr.'s wealth, since he's the man her mother abandoned her for. Say what?
Camila starts wondering where D'Andres is. Rodolfo says Agustina sent him on an errand. Leoncio starts to complain that all D'Andres does is "women's stuff" and he's never around to do his actual job, therefore he should be fired and his salary given to the other two guys there who are picking up the slack. Ok, first of all, "women's stuff?" Let me just add that to the list of reasons I'll be cheering when this dumbass dies a prolonged and messy death. Second, it's not his job and Camila didn't even want him doing it in the first place. How stupid is this guy? Are there no depths to his stupidity? Why wasn't he fired years ago? Why did Daniel Sr., who by all accounts was a decent guy, never notice that his ranch foreman was a drunken blowhard who beats his sister and niece when he's not busy demanding his niece scrub floors (and don't even try to tell me that wasn't about him wanting to watch)? Camila takes issue with "women's stuff" as well and tells Leoncio it's too damn bad he doesn't like D'Andres, because D'Andres isn't going anywhere.
Viviana makes it to the village in Chiapas where the potential love of her life is living. Only I think Aaron looks about 12 years old, so I'm having a little trouble with that. He seems willing to help…her…or his brother…or whoever. Not that he knows what's going on yet.
Amanda has filled D'Andres in about the pills, which he agrees is suspicious since the Padre couldn't have knocked them over himself. However, since she swears no one went in or out until Camila found him dead…. Dionisio's hench rings the bell on the desk. As he's pondering how long he plans to stay, we get an excellent view of the tattoo on his neck. He tells Amanda he's staying indefinitely and at the full-service rate.
Aaron remembers when Rafael met Daniel. He figures if Daniel needed to use his picture, he must have needed to. Vivi thinks what they're asking of him is nuts. Aaron says he came to Chiapas to live in peace. He can't be away form there for too long. Plus someone has to stay there in his place if he leaves.
Isadora visits some guy named Salomon. She asks him to draft her daughter-in-law's will, but without her knowing that she's made a will. She's going to fake Camila's signature on a will granting everything to Alonso. "Why are you so surprised? You're an expert at that, aren't you?" Salomon looks uncomfortable.
D'Andres catches sight of the tattoed guy from across the dining room and flashes back to the night Miriam was killed. Dun, dun, dun!
Tomorrow: D'Andres tells Natalia he saw the guy who killed his wife; Isadora screams at Salomon that she's not Alonso's mother (doh!); D'Andres and Camila breathe on each other.
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RL update: The Flagstaff show will be October 20 at 2 and 7:30 pm at Coconino High School. Did I even tell y'all about the play? American Dreamer: The Life and Times of Raul H. Castro. He's the only Hispanic governor Arizona has ever had. I get to play his mom from ages 20-something to 78.
Between rehearsals in the evenings and chocolatiering during the days, I can't even say I'm burning the candle at both ends. My candle no longer has ends! So if the recap is completely incomprehensible, that's why!
I'll have more to say later about this episode but once again, Rafa runs through the public streets shouting DANIEL! DANIEL!
Isn't the guy who plays slimy Bruno the same guy who played slimy Lucio on MEPS?
I'm sure that Hissadora's home repairs are a ruse she is maintaining. We haven't seen her place since Alonssso forced her on the other residents of La Malquerida and for all we know she could have fooled him because she can't trust him to not screw up. It was her next scene with Dionisio after that which makes me think this.
I wonder whether the crooked lawyer in the avances will go along with this scheme or tell Hissadora to stuff it. Another dead body if he does.
The plot is getting really complicated, and I love that.
Both Isa and Dio are conning Alonso, and they are also connign each other.
Dio told Alonso that he needed the money to pay off the developers and keep them off their backs for another few months. But we saw him give the money to his henchman.
Isa tol Alsonso that she needed the money to pay off Leo, but then she neglects to tell him she used some of the money heself. She has given Alonso the same lie about her place flooding as she has told Cami and Gussy. We don't really know what she really used the money for.
Alonso tried to get money out of Camila for just himself via blackmail, and would have likely taken off with that money, leaving Isa and Dio in the dust.
Isa has taken Cami's id and is having a fake will made. Who wants to bet her next two moves would be to 1) bump off Cami; and 2) bump off Alonso so that SHE inherits everything. And I don't think she'd share anything with Dio.
Add Ximena to the mix, and we'll have yet another person with their own agenda.
And that's just the villains!
The good guys have all kinds of interesting things going on too. That office scene, for example, was hilarious. Nati's big eyes were darting back and forth between Cami-Rafa and Alonso. I kept thinking, it might have been a good idea for Dan to introduce his two teams to one another so that they are always on the same page. Team Nati-Amanda and Team Rafa-Vivi should be introduced at some point. But Nati held it together. And yes, I am sure she was just faking when she looked all concerned and agreeable to finding out everyting about Rafa and Vivi for Alonso and Isa.
I also hope that Aaron and Vivi hit it off. But if he needs someone to stay in his place to help in Chiapas while he goes to become part of Dan's plans, then I vote that Vivi stays in Chiapas. She'd be safer there away from creepy stalker Bruno.
If Aaron lived in a jungle without outside connections, couldn't they just not be able to find him and leave him alone? I doubt even a detective would have been able to find him with just a picture to go on.
Terrific summary, Vivi. I hadn't thought about Isa doing away with Alonso and Cami to get the inheritance. But I wouldn't put it past her. Poor Aaron, if he walks into this mess, he's going to have a very tough row to hoe.
Bruno was so creepy. Will Viv come home and see everything laid out on her bed? Will he be there still kissing her picture?
I would really like to see Vivi with Rafa. Aaron's okay, but I think there's something going on between Vivi and Rafa that they don't even realize.
Muchisimas gracias for the fabulous recap!
I'm not sure if this really did happen or I just thought it did, but did anyone notice when Alonso was talking to Isa and he started to chew his nails, Isa would slap his hand away from his mouth? I thought I saw her do that 2 or 3 times.
It's a difficult habit to break but not impossible. This illustration makes it obvious how awful it really is.
Another winning recap. It's always such fun to read your recaps.
So DAA is beginning to be fleshed out by his team as a nice guy with an interesting background. I thought Rafa's enthusiasm was a little excessive, but it was imperative for Cami to see him as non-threatening.
Marta in NY--I'm with you there. I'm glad I was alone when I read that paragraph. I'm still chuckling about Dio giving D'Andres the pistol to shoot himself with, etc. etc. This deserves SIDEBOARD listing. I'll send it in to Melinama and see what she does with it.
Anita
My favorite little scene from last episode, aside from Cam and Dan sneaking looks at each other while vaccinating bulls, was Cami coming in and wolfing down a HUGE piece of cake and taking a plate of cookies for herself, just after Ximena had turned down a piece of cake because she's on a "diet." I LOLed at that one. My kind of girl! SN is always eating in her telenovelas.
The Bruno scene with him in her room with her things was sooo over the top creepy. I wondered if he was going to reveal a fetish and end up stealing her undergarments and shoes and running off. Bruno reminds me of Bernardo from Westside Story (George Chakiris).
Other notes: I loved Camila's vest, the lacy thing over the regular shirt... very nice IMHO. And, the technical director better sharpen up (medical joke) the phlebotomy skills of this group. No wonder Camila got a needle stick. Lesson, do not daydream when you have syringes in your hand, OK?
Anon207 - yes Rafa does keep saying Daniel in public. He needs to be broken of that habit; his brother's life is now in danger and yet .... Yes creepy Bruno here was also Bruno in MEPS.
Bruno sure is creepy and over the top love making with the clothes.
Oh, and I'm still laughing at that line about Daniel shooting himself.
5ft, how can those of us out of state get to see "The American Dreamer....? I'd love to have a tape. I fell in love with Mayor Castro after hearing him speak. Is he an Actor?
Yes, George Chakiris! I kept thinking Bruno reminded me of someone, and I knew it was someone I liked. That's one for the second edition of "Separated at Birth."
If Rafa's brother is going to be Vivi's love interest, I'm seriously disappointed. Sure, looks aren't everything, but then why do the TNs present us with so many gorgeous women ending up with so-so men?
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