Saturday, November 24, 2012

Por ella soy Eva #90 11/23/12: Helena Goes To The Beach, Guess Who Joins Her? Carmen Tells The Truth!; We Find Out What Rebe Is Really Up To!

 

We get some answers to questions we have been having about a couple of things we have been wondering about. What things you ask? Please read on to find out.

We start this epi with our introduction Juan Perez, which I will nickname J.P. he looks like a paunchy older version of JC but with a bizarre mustache sort of like an Albert Finney one, in a Poirot movie, jus' sayin'. Mimi is worried about his going to New York and what if Adri comes by, what should she say??? He says bascially tell Adri I had a family problem I had to take care of and he hugs Mimi and he goes.

Meanwhile, Genie has confronted Claudia about the scissored dress, saying she knows Claudia did this, she's a little wretch, and Claudia tries to infer that Genie is crazy. While this little fight is going on, an agent has come to visit Genie about going back to work, he doesn't like what he sees, and tells Genie, fogetboutit, she isn't fit to work, and goes. Genie is very upset and Claudia laughs in her face. Genie is beggin' that guy to come back, to no avail. So Genie is mad and tells Chepina to inform the chauffer she is going out, Chepina takes the ruined outfit, and Claudia claims her conscience is clear, Chepina gives her the death ray. I wish Genie had pimp slapped her jus' sayin.




Next we go to G.I. where there is a meeting between Adri, Fern, and Santi. Santi and Fern inform Adri that Renato is sooo NOT gay. They even make the hand movements and there were some bleeps, I guess for the bad gay word. Adri is happy to hear that Renato is not gay, and just then Renato comes in and they pretend they are meeting about some other thingy. Adri wants to know if Renato has heard from Eva? No nothing. Just about this time, Eva calls, it's funny cause J.P. is at the bus station calling Adri with the Eva voice, and says she has something of a family emergency in Sinaloa, and kinda hangs up on him. Two people passing by at the bus station give J.P. a funny look and he tips his hat to them. He pulls his bus tickets out and has a pic of Helena and Lalito and looks at it while in front of the bus for Tijuana. He says I love you Helena and thought bubbles about their time on the beach, the bus driver is saying it's time to go, and J.P. is undecided. Does he go to New York? Read on to find out.

So you'll never guess where Genie went! She got tired of waiting for sitting on his hands Modesto and demands he does something right now about Claudia. He's too busy. She has had enough of his two families deal, she didn't sign up for that, and she is going to handle it, handle it. She goes out of the office, goes to the secretary's desk, opens her planner and gets the phone number and address of Carmen in Puebla. Next stop Puebla for Genie, Chepina and the chauffer!

Helena and Lalito are in Playa Majahua on the beach. They are having a great time, and Lalito says this is about remembering J.C., she says yes it is, all the good memories, but it is time to lay him to rest so to speak. Lalito seems to understand.

At the pension, Mimi is with a client for Avon, when ole Adri comes thru the door lookin' for Eva of course. He thinks she is still there.

Meanwhile, Pluti, in his never ending shark suit, how many of them are there anyway, is his closet full of them?, Anyhoo, he brought a bunch of flowers for Helena and finds out from Silvia, she has fled the shark infested waters, so to speak. Well, he isn't down with that and lets his anger show! She had the nerve to get out of the water without telling him! He is pressing Silvia about why she went with Lalito to the Playa, tell him already, Note to Pluti: I would have kicked your butt out already, jus' sayin'. Silvia is kinda nervous, and is having trouble telling him why Helena went. She went, Silvia tells him, to put JC to rest so to speak. Well Pluti's face is priceless!!!! Sucking any lemons dude?

Back to Mimi's pension, and she is giving Adri what for, for acting like a bull in a china shop, so to speak with his bluster and no respect for Mimi. He apologizes. So in a very funny scene, he throws the pillows off the sofa, gets into a sort of patient mode, and Mimi is the therapist, and lets all his woes out about Eva, he needs his Eva, can't function without her, she's the love of his life and why didn't she tell him before now she had a family problem? Poor Mimi. He has been tryin' to call Eva on the cellphone, she isn't answering what is goin' on???? Mimi tells him to breath in, breath out, her favorite exercise to get him to calm down. Mimi tells him about some problems in Sinaloa with Eva's family and something about Eva's mother, and Mimi is on a roll. Now Adri wants directions to the place Eva is from in Sinaloa, and a phone number. Mimi stalls. Now Adri is yelling at Mimi, well when is Eva comin' back, don't know she says. Adri is all kinds of verklempt.

Back to Pluti and Silvia who tells him exactly where Helena and Lalito went, how Helena is trying to put JC to rest, in her mind, and it's all good. Pluti is pithed and it shows, he thinks its foolish and way stupid. Well, Silvia doesn't agree. It is for Helena's piece of mind. She asks why he is so angry. Pluti sort of, kind of aplogizes, tells Silvia to tell Helena about the flowers, and goes back out into the shark infested waters, well you know, he goes. Silvia is very verklempt after he leaves, seeing shades of Bad Dad, Silvia?

Fern and Santi are in their office, and Fern is yapping about how he's in the money, he's in the money, and Santi goes on about his money woes, every credit card he has is maxed out, doncha know. Well, Fern, being the big cheese, er, big macho, macho man, tells Santi you need money, just ask, I can help you, we are like bros after all. Bro hug. Santi wants Angie to find a job, I think, but Fern says it just causes problems in the marriage, when an older guy comes by the office and says Santi, and gives the thumbs up signal and goes. Santi thinks it has something to do with Fern,lol.

Back to the pension, where Mimi is still trying to calm Adri down, but nothing doin'. He is still pithed Eva left him, in other words, where oh where, are you tonight, why did you leave me here all alone? Mimi is trying to tell Adri, well if Eva doesn't come back, give me a call, not really but she does tell him, maybe he ought to find some other woman, well, he isn't havin' that, no siree bob, Eva owns him body and soul,and just about this time, in comes a guy with a guitar, slung on his back and bags that he promptly hands to Adri. He is huggin' Mimi, calling her his paesana, she has to think who the heck this guy is. Adri is giving him the stink eye, like he is a weee bit jealous, but we find out this guy is Chilo Mendoza from Culican, Sinaloa, ( I have to say when I heard this guy's name, I had that song from La Reina del Sur in my head about Teresa Mendoza, jus'sayin'). Anyhoo, he is lookin for a room at the pension, and then when Adri is talkin about Eva, Chilo knows her, doncha know, and she has a, wait for it, a past, gasp!!!!! Mimi is trying to head the guy off to stop revealing things about the "real Eva" and he finally gets the hint, and kinda stops with the past thingy. Seems Chilo plays guitar and performs a number for Adri and Mimi. They are still talking about Eva, I couldn't catch most of it cause of the accent, but seems she is a strong person, and something else, and in Sinaloa that is normal? Chilo wants to play another number for Adri but Mimi is trying to get Adri to go. She also tells Adri that Chilo has not seen Eva in some time and people change, when Chilo starts up again, and Mimi is trying to shut him up, already. He finally tells Chilo to chill, that he is Eva's finace and finally Chilo seems to get the message better than when Mimi was making those faces at him, lol. Adri demands respect for his Eva Maria, he is having none of what Chilo has been saying. So Mimi finally tells them to stop already, aplogize to each other. They aplogize, bro hug, and Mimi tells Adri G.I. needs him, and the pension needs her and finally he goes. She gets Chilo to gather his things, after kissing her cheek, to get a room upstairs.

Fern and Marcela in the office and she is ready to go. He is stalling, and I swear, picture a rooster pecking a keyboard with his beak, and you get the pic of what Fern is doing. He is stalling, hemming and hawwing, faking like he's working and tells Marcela just to go. She's mad cause Daniel is coming for dinner and he should be there. He says go on without him and she finally does. He does a happy dance.

Santi and Lucia in the hallway, and he is teasing her about Renato. They pass that same guy that gave Santi the thumbs up signal and now there is another guy doing the same thing. Santi wants to know what is goin' on. They tell him something about pics on the internet, I think, and Santi is all what???? Lucia plays dumb, cause she knew about Angie and some pics. So now Lucia and Santi go on the internet and find that pic those guys were talking about. It is an advertisment for Neumatx, and the slogan is tires, bikini's and more. It is a pic of Angie in front of some tires, she is in a come hither pose, but what she has on, looks like a shorty nighty, nothing really showing here. Hey, Marilyn Monroe started out this way, but she was on a calender nude, jus' sayin'. Anyhoo, Santi is pithed.

At the home of Fern and Marcela, Jennifer, Kevin, Marcela and Daniel are setting the table and Marcela hears a sound she doesn't like out on the street. Daniel goes to look, and says to Marcela, come see. They all run out to the driveway, and of course it is Macho, Macho Man, I Wanna Be a Macho Man, Fern on a motorcycle. Kevin is so squeeing thinking it's for him, but no, it is Fern's new ride and he wants Marcela to go on a ride with him, on the back of the bike of course. She is giving him the death ray.

Now we are in Puebla. Carmen is sitting in her house, and what a pretty house it is, sipping tea, as she is sitting in her rocking chair, when all of a sudden she is racked by an enormous pain, she is almost doubled over. She drops her tea cup. She is trying to breath and her eyes show the pain clearly. The doorbell rings and she has to get up to answer it. She does this slowly in great pain. Carmen answers the door and it is Chepina and Genie of course. Genie tells Carmen she needs to have a serious chat with her, can she come in or are they talkin' in the doorway? Carmen invites her in and Genie tells Chepina to wait in the car with the chauffer. So Genie comes in they both sit on the sofa, Carmen offered coffee, but Genie didn't want any. Anyhoo, Genie tells Carmen she has come about Claudia of course. Carmen gives her the song and dance about Claudia running away to be with her papa, but Genie isn't buying that. So, Carmen admits the truth, she sent Claudia there, but there was a good reason. Genie is sorry that Claudia is bothering Genie, but she needs to be with her Papa right now. Genie isn't having it. Claudia is a handful. Carmen tells Genie if there were any other way, she would have took it, but sadly there wasn't. Genie doesn't want to hear it. Genie wants Claudia gone and like yesterday. Genie has gotten up to leave, but Carmen tells her to please sit back down. There is more. Genie does so. Carmen says there is a very good reason that Claudia can't be with her right now, and she didn't mean to burden Genie with her presence. Carmen finally comes out with it and tells Genie she has cancer!

Ok, now a lunch scene I think, with Rebe and Angie, and Angie is eating like Fern, it's a burger, sauce on her face, Rebe is pointing it out for Angie to wipe, she ignores Rebe, and Rebe finally wipes it off her face. She is chewing and talking at the same time, yuk. Ok, so now we get the answer to what Rebe is planning with Fern, it is to bring down Pluti, number one, and number two Marcela as his accomplice. Angie doesn't like the Marcela bit, cause well she likes her and thinks she is very smart. Rebe doesn't care, as long as Pluti pays.

Lalito is sitting with a lady by the side of the pool, and Helena comes and asks if Lalito can stay with the lady while Helena walks on the beach alone. The lady says no worries, and Lalito is fine with that. Helena goes on her solitary walk on the beach. As Helena walks she has memories of her time with JC on this same beach. She says aloud she is saying goodbye to her honey man, er, JC and now it's at an end, and she has JC's ring in her hand. Helena is walking to the water's edge with that ring in her hand. Helena talks aloud again and says she has to let JC go. It is the only way she will have some peace. She says it is better for her and Pluti if she lets JC go. Also she is starting to cry and says that she can't beleive anymore if he is alive and near to her. She can't think about this anymore, it's the only way she'll get her life back, it is necessary for her peace of mind. She has that ring in her hand, and says it's over now, forever. As she is about to fling that ring into the water, she, wait for it, gets the shock of her life!!!!! It is JC telling her not to say goodbye yet. She turns around, she can't move, and sees JC standing there, as himself, and says he came there to be with her!!!!! Shocked Helena, can't say a thing!!!!! And this is where we end this epi.

Advances:

We get a repeat of JC telling Helena he came to the Playa to be with her.

Pluti shows up and is yelling for Helena!!!!!

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The recap is up y'all. I think I got some info wrong on the Mimi, Adri, and Chilo convo, and maybe Rebe is involving Fern in the fraud against Pluti Rebe has cooked up to frame Pluti. Enjoy the recap!
 

Madelaine - Muchas gracias. Great recap. Loved "she has fled shark infested waters." I sure do hope Silvia did see shades of Bastardo in Pluti.

Adri being upset about Chilo going on about Eva's past was a hoot. I had forgotten there had been a real Eva.

I'm thinking Helena seeing the real JC is just a mirage, but that JP will show up.
 

Thank you, Madelaine, for a thorough recap. Like Niecie I enjoyed your description of shark infested waters and also hope that Silvia sees shades of Bastardo in Pluto. It's what we do if we're not paying attention- marry our parents.

I haven't watched yet. I realize the suspense in this show is discovering Eva's secret identity, but I'm ready for someone to do. Antonia did it and they killed her. Rebeca did it but they talked her out of it. Either one of those team-ups would have made for some fun stories. Eugenia did it but she won't have anything to do with JC/Eva. Of course, If this is real Helena will reject JC despite months of having moaned over him and wishing him alive. Melinama is right- Viewerville needs a couple of small wins here.
 

Thanks for the fun recap! I was so glad that Eugenia finally went out to talk to Carmen. At least there is some action in that subplot. It was so sad too bad that Helena couldn't even trust her own mom not to give anyone any info about her whereabouts. I guess we couldn't expect anything more from Silvia than caving in to Plutarco. As long as it is JC--even if it be in one of his disguises--and not Plutarco that gets to Helena first, I won't complain too much.

Jarifa
 

Thanks so much Madelaine. I loved the shark infesed waters.

I was upset with Helena when she was ready to throw the ring into the sea. That ring is a family heirloom which Eugenia offered to JC -- and Helena knows it because she got the ring from Eugenia. Give it back if you want -- but toss someone else's family heritage into the sea. No way.

So do we think that it is really JC on the beach -- or an image in Helena's head????

Didn't Helena specifically tell Silvia that she was not to tell anyone -- including Plutarco == where she was? We knew that Lucia would cave - but her mother?

The scenes at the pension were funny - though I did miss some of the dialog. I think that the new guy has a gig tonight in some "naco" joint and that he invited Adri to come hear him. Mimi tried to discourage him because it's not his kind of place but Adri said he would go anywhere - even to Hell == to find out more about his Eva. I predict a fun filled evening of music and tequilla and heavy breathing over Mimi's charms .

I don't understand what Rebecca's scam is -- but at least now we know the target. She could be quite an ally if she worked together with JC/Eva and Onesimo instead of setting up her own nefarious schemes.

Güera
 

Superb recap Madelaine!

I am putting myself in Helena's zapatos (and besides getting a nosebleed because it's really, really high up here), I'm thinking I'm on the edge of madness. So I think JC goes to NY and she *thinks* she sees him at the beach. And if he actually does show up at the beach, she won't believe her eyes. She'll run away or something like that and think it is 'another' fantasma. This brilliant supermom has been through so much. But as one of you astutely noted in the early eps, she manages to wake up early the next morning looking as beautiful as ever!

On the Eugenia front, think she manages to show compassion for Claudia's mom and keep the punk, er, daughter at her house but after Genie pimpslaps the kid, Chepina has my permission to drop kick her, too.Tough love baby. Now forgive your son and help him out!
 

I'll go on the record predicting this is not a drill, this is the real thing. If this were Lety, we'd know it was her imagination, no question about it. But Helena is firmly grounded in the real world. Every time she thought she saw Juan, she actually did (the hospital, the restaurant, when she fell asleep on her couch, and even yesterday's phone call).

Además, I think we're in a transiton overall (and it's about time, already!!!).
A. The Eugenia/Claudia issue took a sudden turn.
B. Marcela has hit her limit, while Fern's situation is revealed to be worse than we thought.
C. Santiago just maybe has been pushed far enough to actually stand up to his wife, instead of taking it lying down (which is how she always gets him to not stand up to her). He has also made Lucia his confidant, which further changes the dynamic with Angelica.
D. Chilo showed up. I think he defined himself as Mimi's "amor pasado" o algo así, and he has connected with Adri, so this might prompt Adri to jealousy.
E. Juan started to take drastic action, intending to sneak across the border without papers.
F. Plutarco let his dark side slip through, with Silvia. She didn't really notice. But it means his facáde has developed its first crack. More will follow.
G. Most of all, Pluto and Helena almost did the deed. Isn't this the TN norm? The Sweet Young Thing gets that close to the cliff with the Second Banana, then gets interrupted or pulls away, and that marks the point when the Second Banana starts losing ground with her. She GRADUALLY pulls farther away from him and starts questioning whether she wants to be with him. And they never again get that close to intimacy.

Pues, just because Helena discovers Juan is alive, she won't fall into his arms and begin their Happily Ever After. De ninguna manera! She will "hate" him even more because he let her suffer so badly, thinking he was dead. Regardless, the landscape has changed, and I'm grateful for any change. We were in the doldrums for too long.
 

Thanks, Madelaine, for a great recap.
Loved the shark-infested waters of Pluti.

Paula, I would agree with your list. This feels like a pivotal episode as people begin moving in new directions. I hope that's the case.

I've really enjoyed the way the various characters mirror each others' problems. This TN feels like it was written by actual people instead of the team of monkeys.

I gave a little cheer when Adri told the Sinaloan visitor and Mimi he would walk through hell for his Eva. That's devotion!
 

Although it would be an interesting twist if Heleana did see JC on the beach, I think she is only imagining it to be him because she is so deep in thought about him at this moment. A real person is walking toward her on the beach; I think it will end up to be Pluti. He can not and will not leave alone. Now that he knows where she is he will go there to regain his control over her and the situation. Juan Carlos may be there, also, in his paunchy-man costume, but I don't think he will be reunited with Heleana, yet.
 

Thanks y'all for the great comments.

Niece in MD- I am worried eventually the real Eva will show up and then what will happen to JC if he hasn't revealed himself?

Bill- I wish Eugenia and JC would join forces and go to town on G.I.There could be things Eugenia could do that JC couldn't. Especially with Adri, she is a great actress after all.

Jarifa- So agree with you about Silvia, I don't know why she told Pluti, but she did look intimidated by him, when he got all angry. I think it was a knee jerk reaction like dealing with Bad Dad.

Guera- I thought about the family heirloom ring too. How in the world could she do that? She should have given it back to Eugenia at the least, or just put it up somewhere. And not in her bedside table either. I think Rebe is embezzling money from somewhere at G.I., giving Fern the money, and implicating Pluti and Marcela. I'm not clear on it either and whether Fern will be caught up in this too. Rebe is giving him some type of "bonus". Thank you for what Chilo does. I couldn't understand most of that convo.

Anon 11:51- I too think Eugenia may show compassion to Claudia, but it will be a long haul with Claudia cause she is such a brat.

Paula- so agree with all your comments and I don't think that Helena will forgive JC right away either. She will be so very angry and it will take her awhile to forgive JC. The question is, will he tell her he is Eva?

Anon 2:20- I didn't catch what you and Guera caught about walking thru Hell to get to Eva, that is true devotion. So true. Adri is completely head over heels for her. I just hope he never finds out that Eva is really JC. That would be the end of him.

Anon 2:29- I agree with you about Pluti. He is such a stalker, and you are right, he won't ever leave Helena alone. He has too much invested in her already, especially that Playa Project, besides trying to dominate her. Can't stand him, hope his shennigans get exposed one by one.

And to all of you, I couldn't help it about the shark infested waters. Those suits of his have got to go, but so fit his character. I wonder if he even has sharky p.j's lol.
 

Thanks for the great recap, Madeline! I've been away for the holidays without access to either Univision nor Caray Caray, so it was great catching up and seeing that things are on the move again. Yay!

On a belated Thanksgiving note, THANKS to all the recappers and commenters who add so much to the enjoyment of this show. I would have given up on this show long ago without you!

Mil in NC
 

Thank you, Madelaine, and belated thanks to Bill.

I enjoyed the part where Adriano threw all the pillows off the sofa - reminded me of a similar running schtick in Una Familia con Suerte.

I do hope that's really Juan on the beach, but it still seems much too soon for that. Or maybe he calls out to Helena and she turns around, but Pluto shows up at almost exactly the same time and Juan has to hide before Helena even sees him.

Ugh, Pluto's on his way. Does that mean it's Shark Week at the Playa?
 

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