Saturday, October 13, 2012

Amor Bravío #44 (Uni 39) Fri 10/12/12 Wanted: One Trustworthy Right Hand Man For My Dirty Work. Tats Optional.



capítulo 44    

With a shout out to the memory of his poor, supposedly dead, preggers, and exotically Jewish Miriam, for whom—lest we forget--our galán had converted to Judaism, we j.i.p. (join in progress) the Mexican mishigas of the meshugges at Hacienda La Malquerida.  Ximena has told la metiche de mama, Agustina, that she’s siding with Team Alonso over blood; and as Dan has now given his heart to the very much alive and present Camila, he and Cami have thrown caution to the winds by pledging their bocas to besos from none but each other forever and always, though celebrating said pledge with a round of the horizontal Hora must needs wait till Cami’s finalized divorce papers are firmly in her possession.  L’chaim! 

Across the way at La Buenaventura, Yago (who definitely needs a wash and style about now) finds Eliana still up and gives her a hard time about agreeing to stick around there at the hacienda when she knows that Pablo’s going off to school soon to the United States.  Illy accuses him of dreaming up stuff for no good reason and walks off in a huff.  ( I hope this means we don’t have to FF through any more of her scenes this episodio.)

At the same time, Luz Maria is taking a moonlight stroll in the woods  near her and Pablo’s usual meeting place.  Pablo (¡Qué coinkydink!) is walking through the woods near there and sees her.  He asks her to stay a moment to explain things to him; she tells him tearfully that she has nothing more to say.  Pablo asks her why she left school and gave up her hopes and dreams, and why she’s no longer interested in her friends.  She tells him to leave it alone.  He tells her that he’ll never be able to live without her or to forget her.  He doesn’t recognize this Luzma; he’s certain something has happened to change her.  She swears nothing has happened.  She’s just fallen in love with another man…er…with Dios…and is going to become a nun now.   Pobre de Pablito is a bit too smart to swallow that one whole, thank gawd, but doesn’t argue (good boy) as she storms away back to the hacienda.

In town, Amanda and Natalia get ready to make dinner for Rodolfo.  Amanda is fishing to find out if Nat has any special interest in the young ranch hand.  He must be a good guy from all the things Nat’s told her about him and she hopes it might turn into a romantic relationship that ends up at the altar and gives her a couple of grand kids.  Nat swears they’re just good friends who happen to work together and she’s only trying to repay his attentions with a little of her own.

At the same time, Isadora and Dionisio are discussing the strange circumstances surrounding Julan’s death and the need to get hold of his personal things, i.e., his cell phone, the gun and his wallet/I.D., before the cops get hold of them and find out Dio’s connected to him.  No way can he give them a decent reason as to why they know each other.  Yeah, says Isssa, it would be quite inconvenient for you to be linked to a murdered man!”  “--No, the operative word here is “we” and don’t you forget it!  We’re both connected to all of this!” 

Apparently Cami and Dan have been canoodling all evening and she’s now asleep in his arms.  He lays her carefully onto her easy chair, lovingly covers her up with a blanket, and takes an hysterical call from Dio asking what he’s found out about Julian.  Nothing, lies Dan.  Dio shouts orders to start looking for the car, the phone and the gun and then to get back to him.   Click!  Dan caresses Cami’s shoulders while she sleeps and thinks to himself how sorry he is for having to hide his true identity, but that it’s been necessary.  (Rocky road ahead alert!!)  He then whispers to her while she sleeps to never ever doubt his love for her.

Outside in the drive, Alonso and Meana are flirting and flinging themselves at each other.  He’s soon to be divorced and she gets to enjoy his charming self freely.  Would she be ready to be seen in public with him as the ex-BIL?  She likes him fine, but unless they continue to live the good life together it’s a no-go.  In between slobbery smooches, Lousy Lon tells her she’ll live like a queen if she sticks with him.  (We figure the wimpy bastard’s counting on his Mamadora successfully bumping off Cami during the festivities at the hacienda that weekend when, as “the grieving widower”, he comes into all those ill-gotten gains from the illegitimate will.  Yeah, he might as well let Mama do all the dirty work since she enjoys it so much.)  A moment later Dan is tiptoeing out of Cami’s guesthouse and accidentally catches a glimpse of Xi and Lon in mid-amante flagrante while the shlump gets a pump of his bump, and the two of them sneak up the stairs to one or another’s bedroom for a bit of a bedtime hump. 

The next morning the bulls (Salud!) are being herded into the corral for the day’s festivities as Cami wakes up.  She takes a whiff of D’Andres’s aftershave still clinging to her shirt collar and tells herself she’s in luhhhhhv.  As she gets ready for her morning ablutions, she draws her bath water and relives her passionate lip locks of the previous night (much to Viewerville’s vicarious delight) with D’Andres--the only alpha-male worth his salt on the hacienda and worthy of the title.  At the same time, Dan is in the shower pumping up soaping up and giving us another fine spectacle:  a set of spectacular pectorals on display.  (¡Ay, yai, yai!)  From the look on his face, he’s remembering her the same way.…..

Cami is in a cheerful mood the next morning at breakfast and Xi asks what’s caused the change in her.  Lon asks if it’s cuz he’s moving out.   Cami takes a bite of her bun and says caustically, “—You’re not that important, Alonso.”  With an unusual spring in her step she goes for the keys to the townhouse.  Xi asks her again what’s up.  Oh, says Cam, it’s the day of her uncle’s tribute is all. Hissadora says a bit too sweetly that unfortunately she and Al won’t be attending since they’ll be moving into the townhouse she’s so graciously given them to live in.  Cam plunks down the keys in front of her soon-to-be ex-hubby and tells him to stay there as long as necessary.    Komodo Dodo--the wimpy, reptilian freak--assures her he’ll be returning them in no time at all.  Piedad comes in to fetch Cami then to speak to the police who’ve come back.

In the kitchen Luzma “confesses” to Piedad that the reason she didn’t get married is that she’s decided to become a nun.  Piedad is in seventh heaven. “That way you won’t have to live like I did and no man can ever lay a hand on you or hurt you ever!” (Viewerville winces along with Luzma at that belated sentiment.)

Meanwhile, Dan breaks into Leoncio’s room. 

El licencioso de Leoncio, degenerado social y sexual desviado extraordinario, aka el pervertido de Leo, shuffles in and demands to know why the police are back.  Uh, cuz there's  been a dead guy found there?  Piedad gives him the “news” about Luzma and he immediately nixes the whole idea.  No way he’s ever heard anything so ridiculous!!  Luzma’s not leaving to become some nun!  In fact, she’s not leaving that ranch, period.  He shuffles back out the way he came.  Piedad tells Luzma not to worry; she’ll support her in this even though her brother might be against it.

Dan starts tearing Leo’s room apart till he finds the cell and the gun under the mattress.  The gun’s still wrapped in one of Leo’s scuzzy scarves. Leo walks in on him at that point and demands to know what D’Andres is doing there and what he’s looking for!  Dan shows him.  “—This!”  Leo lunges towards him and the two fight for the gun in Dan’s hand.  Luzma walks in on them and yells at Leo to stop it and to leave D’Andres alone.  (Personally, I’d have walked away and let D’Andres make mince-meat of the sub-human debris, but that’s just me.)  Leo lets go and covers up his bloody lip. “--That gun’s not yours!”  “-- it’s not yours, either!”  “—Well that’s my problem now, isn’t it!!”  He threatens Dan that he’d better watch out or he’ll be sorry he was ever born.  Dan sneers back at the bullying bastard.  “—I told you to be careful around me, Leoncio!!  You don’t know what you’re mixed up in!  We’ll just see who’s going to be the sorry one!”  “—Naw, the one who doesn’t know is you! I’m going to kill you, Gringo!  You’re a dead man walking!”   Dan ignores the blowhard and walks out of the room, alpha pheromones steaming through every sexy pore in his lovely body and causing an epidemic of female swoons throughout all of Viewerville.  ¡Ay, yai, yai!  

The comandante of the investigation into Julian’s murder has taken command of the big leather chair in the ranch office.  (Why is it cops always like to intimidate by taking ownership of the power seat in a room?)  He now informs Camila and Al that it seems the dead man had 2 bullets, a .38 and a .45 caliber, lodged in his body.  No, there were not two separate killers.  One bullet was received during a physical struggle and the other seemed to be from a final death shot [coup de grace = death blow] to the head.  There are 53 registered old/vintage .45 caliber revolvers in the area, he continues. The bullet that killed the deceased man, came from a .45 and one of them is in her tío's, Daniel Diaz’s, name.  Al remembers Leo asking for a pistol from Don Daniel a few days before his wedding, and Don Daniel loaning Leo his old .45 till Al bought him one after he returned from his honeymoon.  The comandante tells them he knows that three of them belonged to her deceased uncle.  Could she tell him where they all are?  Cami asks Al to show them to him for her.  Al takes a big gulp and stares over at the officer. 

Dan now limps off with Luzma who is worried he might have been hurt.  Naw, says D’Andres, just a little fisty-cuffing. “--I think your uncle got the worst of it.”  Good, says Luzma.  This surprises Dan who tells her he knows she didn’t exactly care for the jerk, but he didn’t think it would make her so happy, either.  She asks why they were fighting.  “—Let’s say he took something that wasn’t his.”  She says she thinks it might have had something to do with the dead guy.  Dan asks how she made that connection [relacionar].  “—cuz the dead man was my uncle, or rather, the brother of my father, the guy who abandoned my mom at the altar.  They were talking about it last night.”  No, nobody but Dan knows she overheard them or realizes who he really was.

Dan asks if this has made her sad.  No, she says, her dad is just a stranger, a guy who made her mother suffer.  “—Between you and me it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if he were mixed up in this somehow.”  “—Why do you say that?”  Because, she answers, he told her mom to keep quiet about it and not to tell a soul that she knew the man.    “--When she asked my uncle if he was the one who killed him, he got really mean.  Seems he wouldn’t have responded like that if he had nothing to do with it! “  “--So, you think your uncle is capable of murder?”  “—I think he’s capable of anything!  He is the wickedest and cruelest man that I’ve ever known in my whole life!”  Dan, much better at adding two and two than Luzma’s Tío Leo, quickly adds same and gets four.  He asks her if her uncle has ever done anything bad to her.  “—You need to tell me if so.” Luzma bristles momentarily, but refuses to answer his question.  “—Don’t get involved with my uncle, and don’t go telling anybody what I just told you!”  “—We’re not talking about me; we are discussing you.  What did Leoncio do to you?”  Luzma’s eyes say one thing but her mouth says something else.  “—Nothing!  Nothing!  My mom is waiting for me!”  She races away.  Dan looks certain he was on to something.

Inside the main house, Cam and Al have been unable to locate one of the pistols.  The cops leave and ask them to keep in touch.   Once they’re gone Cam lays into Al.  “—How could you not know where that pistol is?  You’re supposed to have been my uncle’s right hand man, the administrator of his rancho, right?”  Al stops biting his nails long enough to spit out an answer along with some shredded nail.  “—Yeah, but I wasn’t his nanny, Camilla!!  His personal possessions were his business!”  “—Look, he was a very cautious and carefully detailed man.  It has to be among his things in his office and you were in charge of his office.”  “—It could have been stolen.  He could have sold it or thrown it out.  What do I know?  Puh-leeeez, Camilia!”  “—Yeah, but If he’d have given it away he would have registered it under that person’s name; if it had been stolen he’d have reported it, right?”  “--Then we have to look for it.  Maybe it’s in his bedroom.” No, she and her mom cleaned his room right after he died and there was no gun in there, she insists.  “—That gun has to show up.”  Right, he says, but don’t go mixing the two thing like its disappearance and me knowing something about that.  “--I never saw the thing in my life.  I swear I’ve never seen it!” (Beware of Pinocchio nose, Alonso!)   “—It’s most likely that the bullet that killed the man they found on this rancho came from that pistol, Alonso!”  She  storms out of the room, no doubt thinking to herself she might as well be talking to a blank wall rather than to this specimen of useless zeta-male!  Al yells at Piedad to send her brother into his office like yesterday, already!

Outside by the drive, D’Andres hands Cam another flower the two begin flirting and smooching.  He tells her he wants to eat her up with kisses.  She nervously reminds him they agreed to be discreet for now.  He apologizes.  More smoochies.  She wants him at the fiesta with the rest of the workers.  He tells her he needs to go into town to get a few things, but will be back for the fiesta like she’s told him to be.  They kiss on it.

Al demands Leo give him back Don Daniel’s pistol or he’ll report him to the police.  Leo has to finally admit he has it.  Al accuses him of being the one who killed the guy they found on the rancho.  Leo says yep, it was me.  Al is I-knew-it-was-you-impactado.  (Honestly, Al’s got to get out more and meet a few people!  Look who he’s been hangin’ with these days!)  Al is incredulous as he stares into the eyes of another stone killer like his mama and Dio. 

Cam tells the workers to get dressed up since they’re also invited to the festivities.  Rodolfo asks if Nat’s coming.  Cam tells him yep, and he even gets to go pick up her and her mother for her.  Cam sees Piedad and Luzma on their way back into the house and tells Luzma to get dressed in her prettiest.  Nope, she’s going to be a nun now and these sorts of things aren’t of interest to her anymore.  “--You’ve got to be joking, right?  Luzma doesn’t have the right temperament to be a nun.  She hasn’t ever shown the slightest inclination for becoming a nun!  No, I won’t hear of it.  You will dress up and come to the fiesta and that’s an order!”  Cam races off and Piedad says well, she’s got to do what the owner tells her to.   Finally, Piedad thinks to ask Luzman what’s bugging her.

Leo lies to Al that the dead man threatened him with the pistol and said he was taking his niece.  So he shot the dude.  Al says it seems strange that this guy would want to run off with his niece.  Whatever, the cops want the gun and Leo’s going to be in a deep heap of bull puckey if they find out.  Oh, well says Leo, you won't tell anybody I have the pistol.  Where I hide it, right?   “See, you stay quiet about me.”  “—What?”  “—I keep quiet about the priest and you keep quiet about the dead man.  A draw.”  [empate=a tie; a draw; stalemate] Al agrees.  “A draw: you don’t say a word about Padre Baldomero and my mother; I won’t say a word about you and that guy.”  Leo swears by all that’s holy (not that he’s had much truck with anything of that sort) and then mentions to Al that D’Andres got into his room and stole the pistol Leo got off the dead guy. 

Al wonders if D’Andres knows he killed the guy, or saw him do the deed. Leo says maybe, he thinks so, and may be that he also was the wise ass who called the police.  “--Anyway, he forced his way in and fought me for the pistol, took it and the little phone.” Al doesn’t think so.  Leo offers to kill him.  Al says no, leave him be. Don’t worry about him.  He doesn’t know anything.”  “—What, now you trust him more than me?” “—Just don’t start making demands.  You’re not exactly in any position to demand anything!  And don’t start an argument with Andres!  Just get rid of that pistol already!”  “--Duh, okay.” 

Across the way at La Buenaventura, Mariano insists that Pablo has to go to the fiesta with the rest of the family, no matter what.  He doesn’t want to see Luzma.  What’s the problem?  “--She says she’s going to become a nun.”  Mariano says beautiful girls like Luzma don’t usually get “the calling” from one day to the next like that.  If she said that, it’s got to be cuz she’s running away from something.  Mariano knows how much she loves Pablo cuz he saw it in her eyes that day she came looking for him.  Pablo, he advises, needs to find out what she’s possibly running away from.  Pablo says that makes sense and agrees to play sleuth and join the rest of them.

Meanwhile, Al calls Dio and tells him it was Leo who offed Julian, not Daniel like he thought; that it was for personal reasons.  He had Julian’s gun and cell phone, but D’Andres stole them out of his room; he supposed he was just following Dio’s orders.  Yeah, says Dio, the guy’s efficient, but I had no idea how efficient!  Al also informs Dio that it was Cam who cancelled the search for Daniel with the P.I.  Dio blows his stack cuz here she is doing things behind their back and they’ve got no control over her whatsoever now.  They are going to have to keep a close eye on her, he says, and decides then that there’s nobody better than D’Andres to do it. 

Back at the M.Q., Isssadora says her good-byes.  She’ll stay in touch and they won’t give up their close friendship.  (Gag.)  Xi hopes to go with Issa to help her unpack instead of having to go to that boring bull thingy for an old guy she really never knew.  Nothin’ doin’, says Gussie.  They are both going to help her sister celebrate this great occasion! 

At the same time, Cami gets hold of Rafael to see if he got hold of Daniel for her and explained things.  Yes, he did and they’re all set to meet the next morning at the same time and the same place as before.  She says thanks and she’ll be there no matter what!!

Dan arrives at Dio’s and hands him over the cellphone.  Dio is pleased and wants to know how he happened to think to look in Leonicio’s room.  Oh, he looked in everybody’s room.  After all, he was ordered to look under every rock.  Does he have something else for Dio?  Dan hands him the wrapped up pistol.  Dio confirms it was Julian’s.  Julian, he explains, was his right hand man and if D’Andres continues the way he has, he could become his replacement.  (Now that Hench has been rendered a gourmet meal for the M.Q.’s worm population the position is once again open).  “—That would be an honor, señor!”  In the meantime, Dio says, he’s got two more jobs for him.  One is to find DDA and the other is to keep him informed of everything Camila Monterde says and does, and who she sees.  Secret cara de Ruh-roh de Dan.

Gussie and Xi, meanwhile, are shopping for shoes in town, but Xi doesn’t like anything she’s tried on.  She walks outside to look in the window at a pair she might like better.  As she starts to go back inside the store she bumps into El Bruto de Bruno.  “--If it isn’t Ximena!  Ximena Diaz!  My, what your friend Herminia—the girl who stole for you--wouldn’t give, or the police in Monterrey, to know where you are!!”  Ximeana is saucer-eyed impactada with what this jerkwad is threatening.  (Hmmm.  Knowing Xi, it could be that Bruto’s days are numbered too, now.  ¡Ójalá!)   

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Looking forward to it Jardinera. I love it when Dan gets one over on Dionisio. I am really enjoying that the good guys are constanly in step, or one step ahead of the scheming bad guys.

The previews look worrying though, as Isa puts her plan to kill Camila into action. Yikes!

While we wait, check out some of the Livestream Twitcam conversations the AB cast has with fans around the world. This one is particularly cute and funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64viipJickM&feature=relmfu

 

Vivi
I checked out the Livestream Twitcam. It is awesome!
I hope everyone including my TNF Nanette gets a chance to see it too.
Thanks.
 

Just watched the episode. I was hoping that Dan would give the gun to the police so that they would arrest Leo, but I guess that wouldn't sit well with Dion. But I'm still holding out hope that Leo will get arrested for it somehow.
 

Hola Vecino Vivi and others!

I loved this twitter feed! Is Vivianna a famous singer in Mexico? They all seem as nice in real life as in the show.

ITA with all the comments about AB and how much better it is than Abismo (although I must confess I like that too!). It's so nice to watch a show where it's not bad guys: 10, good guys: 1! This one seems so much more credible than others and all the hype about Sylvia Navarro is totally deserved. She can act circles around the other leading ladies I've seen.

I really hope Leoncio gets some Karmageddon soon. Maybe Luzma will try to frame him via her newfound alliance with Daniel? Is she saying she wants to be a nun?

Katy (in Arlington!)

 

Luzma is telling everyone she wants to go to the convent & be a nun so she can get away from everyone:

Pablo doesn't understand, but Mariano told him that Luzma truly loves Pablo and if she's running to the convent it's because she's running away from something;

Camila knows that being a nun is a calling...you just don't have plans to marry and go to school and the next day want to be a nun;

Piedad thinks it's a great idea because in the nunnery no man will ever hurt Luzma;

Leoncio is against it because he wouldn't have easy access to rape Luzma.

Dan can take a shower on my screen anytime.
 

Anon 207, I like your list, at least it's kind of like a list. Especially the last item that doesn't go with the rest of the items.
 

ITA Anon207...especially your last sentence. ;-)

Katy, mi vecina, Fernanda (Vivi) sings/stars in a ton of musicals in Mexico. As you can see, she has a very lovely voice. Alex Sirvent (Rafael) is a singer, song writer, and composer. You can currently hear him (and his wife) singing the beautiful love theme in Abismo de Pasion, "Junto a Ti". A very talented group of folks in this telenovela.

Junto a Ti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtF8Ge9fl0
 

Anon 207, thank you for that clarification! Got it! And ITA re the shower scene. what a hunk!

Vivi, thank you for the link! Can't wait to watch after I'm out of the glare at my daughters soccer game.

I, too, was hoping that D'Andres would turn the cell phone over to the police but as it turns out, it's probably good he didn't since Al told Dio he had both. Daniel ensured Dios confidence and hopefully he can bust him or frame him on something bigger.

Thanks again for the clarification Amigas!

Katy

 

Thanks, Vivi, for info about Fernanda and Alex.

There are two guns. Which one did Leo have? When Andres gave the gun to Dio, it didn't look like the gun in Alonso's memory sequence. I am sure that the double gun issue will play out some way, just not sure how.
 

I'm sure this will be in Jardinera's recap, but here's the deal with the guns-- The police reported to Cami and Al that Julian was shot with two different guns. Based on forensics, one shot appeared to happen during a tussle, the other shot with another gun seems to have happened after he was dead-- just to make sure he was good and dead.

I seem to remember that Leon made Julian toss his gun, as he held his own gun (really Don Daniel's) to his head. They then fought over this gun, so it's the one that went off as they struggled. Once Leon stood up, he then took the Julian's gun and shot Julian again to make sure he was dead.

The police told Cami and Al the type of guns that were used. Can't remember what they said about the more modern gun (Julian's gun), but the other gun (an older type) was rare and there were very few registered to owners in the region. One of the owners of such a gun was Don Daniel. That's when Cami promised to find the gun for the police, and Al remembered Don Daniel giving it to Leon to protect the property.

Hopefully, Jardinera will detail what they said about Julian's gun. In any case, it seems like Don Daniel's gun was the one that actually killed Julian. And that actually could be considered an accident and in self defense. Leo could actually get off for the shooting. The real question the police would have for him is why shoot the man again? Why bury him? And why not report what happened? That's the only part that doesn't make sense and would open all kinds of questions about Leon's connection (dead brother) to Julian.
 

Rafael sings the AdeP Juntos song?
 

RlaO- Yep. Pretty cool, huh? Alex Sirvent (Rafael) wrote it, composed it, sings it, and got his wife (who's an actress and hasn't really sung before) to harmonize with him on the song.
 

Thanks Vivi for sending that link of Alex Sirvent singing "Junto a ti". Wow, what a beautiful voice. I googled the lyrics and discovered that the song is as beautiful as his voice. Those of you that are "Spanish language challenged" as I am can find the lyrics here :-)

http://www.dicelacancion.com/letra-junto-a-ti-feat-ximena-herrera-alex-sirvent
 

While awaitng the recap, could someone please tell me if any of the dialogue among the bad guys was about framing D'Andres for the murder. When I heard his name mentioned I didn't understand enough of the dialogue to understand the context. Thanks
 

Vivi -- Yes, your great account about the gun is as I remember it. No doubt Jardinera will have more.

My question at this point is whether the gun that Andres recovered for Dio really is the older gun that they are searching for. The gun that Dio was embracing at the end seemed like a more modern looking one (not out of a Western, as the one that Alonso handed Leo). I figure that crafty Leo would want to have the gun associated with whatever Julian was up to (along with the phone) for future blackmailing use.

Anyway, I may be wrong and the gun that has been recovered is Don Daniel's. If I'm right, Don Daniel's gun is still at large, and trouble for someone.

I'm pretty sure that the police didn't say that they had recovered the more modern gun, only that the older, unusual one was what did 'em in. Unfortunately, I just erased the episode before I could go back and check.

I guess we'll see! Love the intricacies of this novela.
 

The police don't have either of the guns. The gun Dan foud and gave to Dio was Julian's gun. I think that Leon told Al that he buried Don Daniel's gun or hid it somewhere no one will find it. I'm sure Jardinera will have the details of that conversation. I tend to tune out Leon when he's on screen, so I didn't pay close attention.
 

Hi, y'all. It's now up. AFter reading the comments, I went back to clarify the conversation between Al and Leo re: the old .45. Wasn't sure about some of what Leo said and had to go over it a few times and corrected what I'd written. It's hard enough with regular conversation, but when you've got a hick from the sticks and he slurs and speaks their special inbred kind o' slang, it's a bit harder. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 

Oh, to clarify about the two types of guns. Julian's is a .38 semi-automatic pistol I believe, and Don Daniel's was an older, pearl-handled .45 revolver. Maybe gun experts could identify better the manufacturer, but I don't know them that well.
 

Thanks Jardinera! You cleared up a lot. The recap was wonderful.

I am so glad that the people around Luzma are aware that something has happened to her. Everyone, except her mother that is. Actually, I think Piedad knows on some level, but doesn't want to admit it to herself. In any case, I'm happy that Pablo hasn't turned into some crazy jerk (as would happen in most other tns in these circumstances) and now is determined to figure out what happened to his "niña", as he called Luzma. I thought it was sweet and sad when he said to her that someone has taken away his niña's smile. :(

Oh how I would like to fall asleep curled up in Dan's strong arms like Camila! *sigh*


 

Love the new pic Jardinera.
 

Awesome recap, Jardinera! Loved "the schlump puts a pump in his bump"! So many funny lines!

And I'm not knockin the shower scene cuz DDA is smokin hot but WOW they have nice showers in the servants quarters! It looked like D'Andres was showering at the W hotel. But whatever! It worked for me!

Gracias, Jardinera!

Katy

 

Jardinera,

Thanks so much for the wonderfully witty recap. Komodo dodo is my favorite among many good ones.
Your references to "viewerville" always make me smile.

The tats -- sorry, out of character for Daniel. Just IMHO. But they look great, otherwise.
 

Jardinera,

Forgot to say thank you for clearing up the matter of the gun.


 

Thanks Jardinera! That was a superb blog! I missed part of the show but I feel like I saw the entire thing after reading your recap. Mena
 

Thanks Jardinera for this nicely detailed recap. Is meshuggenes Spanish or the Yiddish plural of meshugge (sp?)?

Vivi - I watched both of those YouTubes. I am still amazed Alex is the one singing Junto a ti. It is so beatiful. That is one thing we have to say about The Pit...the music is wonderful.

I still haven't watched this episode, but I am looking forward to the shower scene.

Was Piedad insinuating that she, too, had been abused by a man, and could that man have been Leo?

I hope it's sooner than later that Luzma tells all to either Camila or Daniel. How sweet if it is to Daniel.
 

Kat - your nicknames for Leo from the previous recap were so much fun! Thanks.
 

Thanks for your recap Jardinera.

Add me to the list of those who appreciate Dan's shower and this show. It's as if the writers created a show where they believe their audience is intelligent and the good guys are too. People realize Luzma has been traumatized (except her mother though I agree w/Vivi Piedad is in denial; consider her disturbing statement about it being good Luzma was going to the convent). Typically when a relationship fails there are a series of misunderstandings but Dan (he kisses, he adds, he kisses), Cam, Mariano, and now Pablo know something is amiss.

Amanda and Natalia handled Julian until his death with the former getting his passport info. And then there is team Vivi w/Aaron and Rafa, though he is a weak link.

My only concern w/all the excellence is that it might go away and the writing falter; how many of us have seen a good TN that drifted into mediocrity?
 

Great stuff, Jardinera.

Alonssso missed an opportunity to be ride of Leoncio and his future demands for money. Ni modo; that would have taken this pig out of circulation too early in the story.

It's good that everyone knows that something bad is up with Luzma. Everyone except Piedad, and that part is upsetting. It's too bad the good guys aren't allowed to get revenge.

The avances show that I'm getting an interesting episode.
 

Howdy! Thanks for your patience, all. Glad you liked it. Well, RlO, I don't know if I spelled the Yiddish words correctly or not; I spelled them phonetically (the way I learned my few words of the lingo growing up, and I perhaps used their forms incorrectly, grammatically speaking. <= ? }

Anyway, the idea was to pay tribute to Miriam, Daniel's first wife and first true love, who is apparently now a bittersweet memory, dulled only by Camila's electrifyingly here-and-now-here-and-how! kisses and caresses.

IMHO Miriam, if still alive, was kept alive on life support as long as it took for her baby to be born. If that's the case, then Daniel would have some reward from the first half of his life for having avenged her death so valiantly.
 

Yep, ITA that Piedad is in denial and has been physically and emotionally brutalized by El Pervertido de Tío Leo. I wouldn't go as far as her being sexually abused all these years, but considering Luzma's predicament, I'd say it is a definite possibility none of us wanted to consider; and now that Luzma's of age, Leo may have thrown Piedad over for "fresher meat" so to speak. Anyone still have an apetite after reading this post?
 

Jardinera, you come up with the best names and sayings. I had to start righting them down after I read about a third because there were so many, I wouldn't remember them all.

-The Horizontal Hora
-Lousy Lon
-Mid-Amante Flagrante
-The shlump gets a pump of his bump
degenerado social y sexual desviado -extraordinario, aka el pervertido de Leo
-alpha pheromones steaming through every sexy pore in his lovely body(my personal favorite)
-a gourmet meal for the M.Q.’s worm population


A small correction, I think Rolando's name at the beginning is meant to be Ruldolfo.

It's interesting that Bruto knows Ximena. What a small world TN are.
 

Thanks, Cathyx for the correction. Will take care of it.
 

Wow, did I have a lot of typos in my last comment. My favorite is righting for writing.
 

Cathy- It's interesting to see how the writers will connect all the characters together somehow. This team of producer/director/writers are very good at this. Neither Julian nor Bruno could just be allowed to be superfluous characters with no connection to anyone. I'm happy to see Bruno torturing Xi instead of Vivi.
 

ViviDC: ITA that this is the best team of writers/editors whose work we've had the pleasure to view in quite a long while, especially because there are no poorly accounted for primary, secondary or tertiary characters and they've allowed that the majority of their audience does indeed have a functioning set of cerebral-based neurons. IMNSHO the multi-faceted mystery aspect of this telenovela has kept us guessing and on our toes, and it's been moving quickly from one riveting circumstance to another. This group needs to take a bow or three.
 

Thnks for the twitcam; I admit to not understanding much of what they said till they got into the little cubicle. They reminded me of the good old days when I had fewer wrinkles and much more spunk. LOL!
 

Foxy: I'm not sure that we've answered your question about framing Daniel for Julian's death. The answer if I remember rightly is no. He's "connected" and under gangster Dio's "Godfather-like" protection.
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Katy (in Arlington): Welcome to the party! You can Google or do a YouTube search for Fernanda Castillo and see some of her sing'n dance acts. They are impressive. She's one of my favorites.
 

Jardinera- Glad you enjoyed the Twitcam video. I continue to be impressed by how accessible the telenovela stars make themselves to their fans, despite their grueling schedules. I mean, here they all were, just coming off of shooting scenes, and it was obviously nightime since their show was on tv. Yet, they took all this time to read and answer messages from their fans around the world, and to provide the treat of just being their silly selves with their fans. Just like the fans had just wandered into their dressing rooms to observe like flies on the wall. I know if I were them, I would just want to go to sleep or study my lines after such a long day.
 

Jardinera - please know I wasn't questioning *your* spelling, I was questioning mine. What I was wondering is if musheggenes is Spanish? Or is it still Yiddish, just the plural form of meshugge?

The actors must know that we, as fans, adore any glimpse of the real people they are, like when SN as Renata walked in a room singing that Christmas Carol with her fingers. Shoot, I can see it in my mind, but I can't recall which song. Vivi?
 

RlaO- It was "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Great moment.
 

Here are Fernanda (Vivi)and Alan (Aaron) performing on stage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M6BlFP8-bo&feature=related
 

Being hispanic I did notice the music played when Natalie was talking to her mother about Rodolfo. The music is very chunti or ghetto.
My brother and I could not stop laughing when they played it.
 

Can't add a thing to the recap, Jar. It was delicious. Thank you. Cathyx mentioned all the great zingers.

I'd have wished for some soap and bubbles on D'Andres, and the wall just a bit lower.

Thank you Vivi, for the twitcam link. Watched all four parts. That meant they were at it for almost an hour. They are real troopers. SN said she was touching up he make-up because she still had another scene to do, bless her heart. She looked a little worn out. That was funny that they could see themselves in an episode and Alex kept saying, that's me, that's me and it was a close-up shot of Cristian. So CdF speaks Portugese pretty well. He was getting complimented on his Chilean accent (by Chileans, no doubt) and they tried to make Silvia speak like him, too. She was game, it was funny.
Anita
 

Vivi! I knew you'd know which song. That was so endearing.

Flaco - How elitist of them to play ghetto music during a conversation about Rodolfo! I bet you guys were rolling. He has come across as nothing but a class act so far. I am definitely on Team Rodolfo for Natalia.
 

RlaO: "Musheggenes" is Yiddish, not Spanish. It's the plural of a word that I would spell as "meshuggena," which means a crazy person. There is no "correct" spelling using the alphabet we're used to, since Yiddish doesn't use that alphabet--it uses Hebrew letters and is read from right to left. (That's enough to drive anyone meshugge!) The word "meshugge" or "meshugga" is an adjective that means "crazy." So a meshuggena (a crazy person) is meshugge (crazy).
 

Jardinera, I loved your recap. It really helped me sort things out.

Others have already cited many of my favorite lines, so I'll just shout Brava!
 

Anita- Just watching the other Twitcam clips now. I hadn't watched the others. Yes, SN said she had just come from a scene where she cried herself into exhaustion. And she still had another scene to film after their Twitcam chat! No wonder she looked tired. I'm impressed.
 

Jardinera, I just chimed in to update myself on the comments and see that you responded to my inquiry about whether or not D'Andres was being framed for the murder.

Thanks a bunch!

What a relief to know that he's not (At least for now). Especially since he's already being accused of Miriam' murder which he didn't commit.


 

RlaO- I think they play the ghetto music because it is more aligned for the paper that he's playing: a ranch worker and also his friendship/courting with Natalia, which is a little comical on her part. Maybe that's why the comical music.

And I agree with, go team Rodolfo!

Another thing, I don't know if anyone has noticed,but for being ranch workers they're the best dressed I have ever seen, including mariachi style bow tie. Oh, except for Leoncio.
 

They are very well dressed ranch workers. I LOVE all the men in the beautiful charro suits. Dan and Rodolfo look particularly fetching in theirs. :) I guess Don Daniel wanted all the men who worked for him (except Leon) to look as good as he did. Even Al, who goes for the Eurpean slim cut suit, looks dapper every day.
 

Definitely Leoncio dresses bad for being the capataz de la Malquerida. He looks like a bandido and smells bad according to Alonso.
I remember that at least twice in previous chapters, Alonso has said to Leoncio “shower, will you!?"

Yeah, he really needs a good shower especially that sarape of his. They only way of getting it cleaned will be hand washed cause there's no washing machine out there for that kind of job.
You would have to lather that bad boy up with plenty of soap and then a good scrubbing by hand... HARD.
That's the only way for squeaky clean. Ja ja.

I'm sorry for being so explicit about this theme but I just had to.
 

Jardinera, another weekend and another great recap from you. Thanks.

The comments today have covered just about everything, so thanks all.

I am surprised that none of you have not had or seen Meshugga Nuts. The nuts are coated with a sugar, cinnamon mixture. You can buy them in the stores or there are a lot of recipes on the internet.

Rosemary Primera

 

Thanks, Juanita! I didn't know the plural for the word I often call mi esposo. He thinks I'm saying "my sugar".

 

Here's as close as you will get to Yiddish official spelling.

The only thing that will clean up Leoncio is a Hazmat team with disinfectant.
 

Je-je! I knew you all would appreciate the ethnic references. It's inspired an interesting thread, eh? I agree that Yiddish can never be spelled "correctly" but I had fun Googling the phonetic version and seeing all the options pop up, along with a Yiddish dictionary of sorts.

Thanks again for everyone's kind words. Glad to help make your weekends enjoyable to some extent. LOL!

I cannot believe how much I am enjoying this telenovela--and not because of the sex (or absence of same). It's just so well put together and well executed. (See my earlier fawning post to ViviDC.) I just would hope that eventually Uni will go back to 3 hrs. instead of 4!!




 

Flaco--What you described for Leoncio is what I'd rather do for D'Andres.
 

Thanks for all of the little extras. I enjoyed the twitcam, but it looked like they were watching a scene of themselves that we haven't seen yet. I only stopped because I didn't want to get sucked in to try to find out what will happen, especially given that we're behind other parts of the world who have seen it already.

I got caught up in Alex's song and wanted to learn more about him, so I goggled him: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1451325/. I like his Rafa character. He does "I'm so hurt" well, and I do hope that there is a woman for him coming up in the future (since I want Vivi with Aaron.)

Someone else (Katy in Arlington?) noticed the NICE "Ritz Carlton" showers ... yes, Dan looked good, but I also had my eyes on the length of that shower, the stones for the backsplash, etc. That was a NICE shower ... not some two-bit nozzle inside of an old tub. The workers at La Mal live well!

 

RlaO: I love your remark about "my sugar"!! I'm not sure I'll ever be able to say "meshugga" again without bursting out laughing.
 

Anita: Dan can share my rubber ducky any time.....
 

Go Anita!
 

Do you think that is all Fernanda / Vivi's real hair? It's massive!
 

Jardinera, Kat, Paquita, Mena and UA, I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to give you the thank-you that you each deserve. I appreciate each recap and all the work that it takes.

This week was great with all the smooching and Dan in the shower. I hope we get to enjoy the romance (and gratuitous shirtless Dan scenes) for a little while more. Por favor. But we know it won't last.
 

RlaO- I think Fer's hair is mostly extensions, although the actress has sported her own long hair in telenovelas before.

They gave SN brown hair for this tn (Jarocha shared the video when she goes to the salon and gets her new Garnier color for this tn), but it seems to me you can still see a lot of her red hair in certain light.
 

I like SN's curly hair better. With the cut she has now, it looks like it is naturally straight, but when it's curly, it looks naturally curly. She must have a good hairdresser, although this Plain Jane 'do isn't spectacular.

Finally off to watch the shower scene!
 

RlaO- They purposely gave her a plain jane look, because the character of Camila, who's a vet, dedicated to her work, and lives in the countryside would be a no-fuss kind of gal. Renata in CME was more of a free spirit, hence the curly wild hair.
 

Right, Vivi,funny how a hairdo can define a gal. Either way, her hair is so lustrous.

Just witnessed the shower scene. Thank you, TN Gods! Are those really his tats? I wonder what they are.

The good thing about watching last Friday's show with avances on Monday morning is that I only have the day, not the whole weekend, to worry if Camila will get gored tonight.
 

Rosemary, I'm hoping Dan runs to the rescue.
 

I'm hoping Dan runs to the rescue in the middle of another shower. Ole!
 

RLO--This time it was tea I was spitting. This is getting annoying!! (LOL, of course)
Anita
 

No AB tomorrow. Hope the avances scene with Cam and the bull isn't the last scene tonight!! Looks like she got tossed!!! (but hopefully not gored).

I have an issue with the whole fake will plot. I would think that someone would contest that will considering how Cam feels about Al. If Isa had that will dated for when they were first married, logically, Cam would have changed her will immediately given how she was quick to visit lawyers, etc. re: the running of the ranch and her divorce. Dan or fake Dan would contest it and Dio might even contest it, since Agustina would be her heir and if he married her, he would get his hands on her money. The signature should be easy to prove a fake. Of course, this is all moot, since our Cam is going to survive.

Nanette
 

I noticed Camila had on one of her headbands, which she was wearing when she was dating Luis.
 

Yeah, looks like after a night of snogging with Andres, the headbands came out. Perhaps it's to get the hair out of her face to make smooching more convenient? :)
 

I'm not sure what I think about Yago. He's kind of in a grey area for me.
 

Lol, sorry for your dehydration, Anita!

Good eye, 207, about the headband. Vivi, good one about the better to smooch with.

Even feeling indifference towards Iago, I do not want him with Iliana.
 

Since Yago spotted Natalia and dramatic music ensued, I don't think he'll end up with Iliana. She's a broke bama who laughed at Luzma for being a broke bama, so her fate is to either end up alone or with another broke bama.
 

Anon 207

What is a broke bama? Never heard the expression before.

Ann-NYC
 

LOL Ann-NYC, "bama" is a Southern saying for someone who is triflin', broke down, silly, ridiculous, country, not all that etc.
 





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