Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Por ella soy Eva #45 9/18/12: It's time for the good guys to win one, please?
- Pluto puts the screws on Helena while Eva eavesdrops and comes barging in to interfere.
Rebeca apologizes to Pluto for her lousy attitude and says that since he doesn’t want to be around her now, they should break up. “Just forget all those games we have... the 5-star hotels, our corporate meetings in the jacuzzi...” This revs him up and they have sex on the desk, goodbye to disfunction.
Rebe crows to her black-haired friend: “Your advice worked perfectly. I’m a genius.” “I won’t congratulate you until you’re married.” Incidentally, when the boss told this friend to quit yakking on the phone, she quit her job.
- Helena to Eva: “When you’re a stockholder you won’t want to be a secretary any more.” “On the contrary! I know what, I’ll give the shares to you!” This earns her back the points she loses every time she butts into Helena’s private business. Helena smiles: “I’ve worked for everything I’ve had in this life and that’s how I’ll continue.” JC is smitten again. His stare makes Helena nervous.
They go off to have a talk with Helena’s mom, saying: “You need to talk about what happened when you lost your baby.” Silvia refuses to tell, saying “All that’s left to women like me is dignity.” Eva sends Helena off to pick up Lalo at school and coaxes mom out of her room: “Like you, I’m a woman who has suffered a lot.”
Eva tells a porky: “When I was six I saw my uncle shake and beat my aunt. We thought they were playing... and afterwards my aunt pretended nothing was wrong.” “One never imagines one’s spouse could do such things.” “My Aunt stayed with him to the last day of her life.” “I understand that.” “Nobody has the right to maltreat us in any way.”
- To quickly dispatch the tedious subplot of Marcela’s husband the orangutan: he’s forced her to accompany him as he sneaks around following their son. When the kid meets up with a guy, the parents sneak through the gate. Fernando grabs his son’s friend and smacks him. Turns out the guy is a music teacher and it’s band practice. The son is furious and embarrassed FF
- Helena tells her son he’ll be able to come live with her starting this weekend. Eduardo listens as Lalo protests: “No, gramps is still sick, you come here with us.”
Eduardo tries convincing Lalo not to go live with his mother. He protests that he loves his grands but he really really loves his mom: “She makes me laugh, she has soft hands, she tells me stories. I love her so much.”
Meanwhile Silvia finally tells her sad story to Helena: “I was young, you were young, I wanted to finish school, I dreamed of a career, but your dad didn’t want that. We fought until … I invented falling down the stairs so the police wouldn’t get involved.” “Why did you stay?” “For you! He protected us, and I thought my love would change him.” “One who’s violent never changes. He’s humiliated both of us for years. Now I see why he’s obsessed with Lalo.” This was a great conversation – I hope it helped any beaten wives who were watching it. Helena can’t believe her mom won’t leave.
- JC tells Mimi how lonely Adriano is. Mimi’s friend is going to give her a chance to meet Maxim Gurtzain on the radio. I dunno if that’s somebody real.
- Silvia tries to talk to her husband about the future. “The only future that interests me is my grandson’s. “Silvia, I want you to help me keep him here with us in this house. “ “I won’t help, his place is with his mother.”
- While Eva and Helena wonder if Silvia will ever see she’d be better off without Eduardo, and joke about some ball game that’s coming up, Silvia looks for her husband but instead finds a note: “I won’t lose my grandson! Helena won’t win this battle! Goodbye.” Silvia is locked in the house! Tomorrow Eduardo is going to steal Lalo from school.
- Helena, not hearing the sound of the anvil dropping, happily tells her co-workers that Playa Majagua phase two is ready. Eva is reminded she has to come up with her documents in order to be a shareholder. Adriano wants a party for their suppliers and associates.
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Where did Juan Carlos get al this perceptiveness?
(We did see a bit of it in that long ago scene when he found his mother who had wandered off & was in a theater thinking that she was performing. I remember the look on his face as he watched her. He was so loving and so understanding of her illness & delusions.)
So anyway -- Eva seems able to know exactly what to say to unlock the secret feelings of these troubled women, first Antonia now Silvia. And come to think of it he did the same when he talked Lalito out of the tree ages ago. The sensitivity is really that of Juan Carlos. He must have been deeper than the womanizing idiot that he appeared to be.
I was stunned by the story Eva told to unlock Silvia. The detail of the rattling each time the uncle hit the aunt and knocked her into the blinds was chilling. And Eva appears to have made up the story on the spot. It sure did the trick.
The other chilling moment was at the end when Silvia discovers that Eduardo has locked her in. And as you noted, CHF, the juxtaposition of that unfolding horror at home with the happy office meeting just accentuated our dread of what Eduardo was going to do.
Well written episode.
Güera
Thanks for the great recap.
The domestic abuse subject was difficult to watch in this episode. I hope this is a wake up call for Silvia and she leaves her sorry husband once and for all.
It also bothered me that both Bastardo and the Putz are trying to get Lalito. Little boys should live very happy lives and not be treated as a pawn. The poor little thing bonded with JC and then lost him. His good for nothing grandfather fakes heart attacks at the drop of hat and the Putz wants him to trap Eva.
Rosemary Primera
I'll say more tomorrow; time to get some zzz's. If I can due to no more Amor Bravio until Friday.
Hate, Hate, Hate, the Bastardo. Have I said how much I hate him. I really wish that Silvia would leave him and live with Helena and Lalito. So old Bastardo is an abuser. Paula called that one. She was right about the punches and fractures. And poor Helena witnessed the beating but doesn't remember it. How horrible to beat your wife in front of your child. And then to lose the baby. Silvia should have called the police. What protection did the Bastardo give, humiliation. He has never treated either Silvia or Helena well at all. It's always been his way or the highway. I hope this time he ends up in jail for kidnapping Lalito. If Lalito is smart, somewhere along the line he will call either Silvia or Helena and tell them where he is.
Loved Eva here too. For a guy, she sure thinks like a woman and what it is to be a woman. I agree with Guera how he understands women even though he's a guy. I like how he gets people to open up to him. He must have taken after his mother as far as the actress part goes. I also loved how he treated his mother in the beginning of this TN.
I hope Mimi comes up with those fake papers soon for Eva. I can't wait till she takes her position as a shareholder and really sticks it to Pluti. This should be fun.
Rosemary you are right about Bastardo and Pluti. Bastardo is trying to replace the child he caused Silvia to miscarry and Pluti is using Laltio as a means to an end. I really don't like that at all.
I liked Mimi's outfit tonight, the dress and the little boots, too cute. I was hoping we would have another Antonia haunting. I hope they keep happening.
I was surprised to see Helena's father responsible for the miscarriage. It had seemed to me that Silvia has been staying out of guilt, not fear, and I thought there would be a bigger story than simply that he's a monster. I don't see how Helena isn't more damaged than she is. I don't see how Silvia can say she stayed for Helena, to protect her. And now they subject Lalo to it. The whole thing is nasty business.
My favorite line was "Helena, not hearing the sound of an anvil dropping..." That says it all. Like your title. That's the beauty of your spare economical writing style.
Didn't see this as I was writing my Refugio recap. But after learning the subject matter, perhaps I'm glad I missed it. The gradual erosion of a woman's self-esteem in an abusive situation is very hard to watch....and to live.
Güera
Are we sure Eva made that story up? Maybe JC really did witness something like that as a kid - probably not his parents, but maybe a real aunt and uncle, or something at a friend's house.
Eduardo can fake heart attacks all he wants to. He'll end up like the boy who cried wolf. (Or maybe not. Did that boy get eaten? I don't remember!) In his scene with Silvia I kept looking around the room for things she could brain him with. There was a promising-looking lamp.
(Did my ears deceive me, or did he at some point say "Silvia, I never ask you for anything, but..."? Could he really be so irony-proof?)
Last but not least, how can someone be locked into their own house? Did he seriously rig all the doors and windows to need keys on the inside? Time to call the fire department.
Julie - I agree Eva was so convincing that maybe she mined that story from a true incident.
Thank goodness Bastardo Eduardo is plotting to kidnap Lalito. Now, Sylvia has no choice but to give up on him ever changing. But she needs psychiatric support after all those years taking his crap.
I actually liked seeing Fernando and Marcela together tailing Kevin. At least they were working together and Fernando was taking charge - though he was an idiot to just haul off and hit the music instructor without asking questions first. I enjoyed his pitiful attempt at face-saving in front of the class.
On the censorship of "maricon," maybe it's because the TN airs early in the so-called "family hour" in the United States? I personally like hearing the authentic words that a character would actually use, even if the use is insulting and insensitive. But I can understand folks with young children wanting to be protected from it on a non-cable show that airs early.
The two most popular teams are Club America of Mexico City (DF) and Chivas of Guadalajara. Immigrants often display their emblems on cars, shirts, etc. - watch for it. America's emblem is a yellow soccer ball with a red "CA" in the middle. Chivas' emblem is a shield with red and white vertical stripes.
The two teams are huge rivals, and "El Classico" is their annual match, a big event akin to the Army-Navy game. It's indicative of Mexican culture. The norteños feel like the chilangos (people from DF) think they're superior because they're from the sophisticated big city. And the chilangos tend to think of norteños as uneducated barbarians. So the soccer rivalry is really a rivalry of the two cultures (even though Guadalajara isn't that far north - they'll root for anything that's not DF!).
Since Camil always plays a sophisticated son of DF (which he is), he is always portrayed as an America fan. His worst TN spotlighted the rivalry between his Club America and the costar's Chivas. (His costar, J Bracamontes, was the daughter of the long-time Chivas coach.) His best movie, "7 Días," starts with a big bet on El Classico (the America/Chivas game).
The funny part is, Camil isn't an America fan, he's a life-long Pumas fan. So in last night's show, Eva was all excited about the upcoming Pumas match and broke into the Puma cheer, "Goya! Goya!" He finally gets to play a Pumas fan!
A message also needed on Refugio.
Also, many women in these kinds of abusive relationships have their egoes and self-esteem so battered into non-existence that they truly fear their own ability to care for themselves. It sounds like Eduardo may have had a master plan for this from the outset, but we need more information. There are stats that say that women are more vulnerable to abuse while pregnant than at other times, so we have to wonder about this.
Sad for Lalito, who wants all his family to just get along and be together.
La Paloma
I agree with the other commenters that Ed's hatred for his daughter has not been adequately explained. Perhaps they were close before he attacked his mother, and after that she was afraid of him, thus reminding him of his dastardly deed.
Mil in NC
Great recap Melinama! Silvia's story was so sad, but hopefully by finally saying what happened to her out loud, it will be the first step towards freeing herself from Bastardo.
She didn't remember this and it doesn't sound as though she witnessed anything beyond verbal abuse since then. Not that verbal abuse isn't bad enough because one remembers that a lot longer.
UA, I'll disagree on men not being close to toddler girls. When one of my nieces was age about 1-2, my sister and her family lived with my parents for a year. My dad and his little granddaughter got on like hotcakes. They were like best buddies; it was so cute. She'd wait for him to come home from work and run to the door to greet him, and he'd play with her the whole evening and read her books and she'd "help" him brush his teeth. They were both DEVASTATED when my BIL found a new job and my sister's family moved away. But then, my dad is a nice guy who loves his family. I can't see Bastardo getting really attached to someone that way; he just uses people.
Do we know why Helena named her son after his awful grandfather? Is it one of those abuse victim things, like "maybe if I do everything right and make him happy he will change and everything will be better"? I hope Bastardo drops dead. I don't even care if he gets a just punishment, I don't want to watch him abuse people any longer.
Also Silvia says that the one thing she has is dignity and she struggles against Helena and Eva so she can hold on to her self image as a woman with dignity. But undoubtedly her neighbors know it is only an illusion.
She hides her feelings as well as her bruises and thinks it is the dignified way to carry on.
She thinks she super loves Helena but she let her be kicked out into the world with no place to stay. She lets her grandson be indoctrinated into Bastardo's ideas about women and his disrespect treatment of her but only tells Lalito that grandpa is mistaken but he's a good person.
Yep this is a great opportunity for these writers to give a message to women of abuse. I hope they do it without holding out false hope for Bastardo's overnight conversion.
I still love it when he can't seem to remember where his heels are and gets tangled up in office chair legs. Great slap-stick that this actor is pulling off.
Silvia is also afraid to be on her own. It's partly from toxic shame about divorce and the rest from change from the status quo.
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