Caray, Caray!

Gracias tanto, tanto, tanto a Vivi for covering for me last week! There were concerts and chocolate and things were just crazy! I finally caught up on watching all the episodes about an hour before tonight's started!

No big performing news...all my concerts are done for the year and I won't be back onstage until, oh...the second week in January :D That's what I get for wanting to stay busy!
 

I've had to watch ahead since I'll be with family for the holiday and let me just say this: Cancel Christmas!

Ok, maybe don't cancel Xmas but make darn sure the vcr (or whatever you have that is more 21st century) is set properly. Given the history of this show, I don't think it's a spoiler to say that Stuff is Happening.

Happy Holidays to all, whatever holiday you chose to celebrate, and if you chose not to celebrate then Happy Novela Watching! Eat tamales anyway.

Kelly
 

Kat- You're very welcome. It was my pleasure and I'm happy to hear you got so much done.

Kelly- Have a great holiday. Thanks for the heads up. If last night's episode is any indication they we are in for a rollercoaster the next episodes. I haven't looked to see which days, if any, the show won't be on. As of mid-day today I'm off till after New year's. Plenty of time to ponder the events on this show.

The scenes last night between Isa and Al were intense with great acting by both actors. That hotel scene should be nominated for something. More later.

 

Kat - You really captured the intensity of last night. Great work.

Wow -- more to come of this intensity? Thanks for warning us, Kelly. I will make sure that all is in order with my DVR while I'm away at my mother's next week.

The scenes with Camila were especially tough given what we know about Bruno's potential for violence.


I am loving watching Dio lose control of the situation. One up for Isadora for the moment. That may well change this evening.
 

Good work, Kat. Glad you've been busy, too.

Bruno needs to be arrested yesterday. He should share Leoncerdo's final fate.
 

Would you believe I fell asleep during this episode? I have had a cold; the meds put me to sleep. Happily, I have this recap (Thanks!) and have it on the DVR. Something to enjoy today while the snow is outside.

Working on downloading videos for the next week and a half as we are taking a camping trip to Disney. I can watch in the car and/or while hubby is sleeping later than me. I will be relying on the recappers (Double thanks!) as I won't have the subtitles to help.

Cindy
 

I actually felt sorry for Alonso, because he's going down whether he helps Hissy or not. He's either going to jail or going to the grave...there's no exit for him now unless he just follows Salomon's example and flees to New York.

Same with stupid, greedy Ximena. She's so anxious to eliminate both her sister and her brother & get revenge on Alonso she doesn't realize there's no exit for her either...she's either going to jail or the grave.

Hissy wants it all...why would she share with Ximena? But Ximena's too stupid & greedy to see that.

And the sad thing is both Camila and Daniel would share the fortune of MQ with Ximena, but she wants it all and will end up with nothing. She better make like Salomon and flee to New York, too.


 

Thanks Kat. I am now craving maraschino cherries. How would they taste on oatmeal?

Getting ready to watch this episode. I am curious if we saw Luzma and Pablo return on the ATV. When I read they went out on that, my mind flashed a flip and miscarriage.

Cindy - get better and say hi to Mickey Mouse.

Kelly - "Stuff is Happening"!!!!!!! As if this show could get any better! Now we get the afore mentioned cherry on top!

 

Thanks, Kat, for another great recap. As always, I savored so many of your lines. Among my snarky favorites:

"Dude! I'm not any fonder of your wife than you are, but you married her! Stick it back in your pants, dude!"

"Ximena is acting shifty, which isn't news, and her mom notices, which is."

"Dio drives around the ranch in his SUV. He tries calling for Camila, but the cows are not forthcoming with any information."

I loved seeing Dio at a loss.

Last night's episode gave me the strong impression that Alonso will not survive, but that he may lose his life in a moderately heroic way. (Given my track record on predictions, smart money will bet that this doesn't happen. :-) )

One of the few people who is really thinking clearly right now is Teresa, perhaps because she's nowhere near La Malquerida and the Komodo Krazies. At any rate, I was pleased to see that when Dante asked for Dan's phone number, she said that she'd instead give Dante's to Dan.

I realize that Camila can be excused for not thinking clearly, but she should NOT have given Bruno any indication that she sort of recognizes his voice. Since she's La Protagonista, this lapse won't completely do her in, but it still wasn't smart.

A couple of people today have commented about how they've already watched future episodes or plan to download them. I'd love to know how/where to do this, since I too will probably be traveling before the TN ends.
 

Juanita- If you click on my name and email me, I'll send the link to you. We don't like publishing links for watching ahead on the site, because Uni is really good about shutting down sites with tn episodes.
 

So there sits Camila all tied up thinking it's Alonso's doing.

With Mariano and the Scooby Gang knowing that Camila was wearing the necklace, and not Daniel, he won't be held suspect over that as we feared.

I liked how they showed Augustina watching Dio and Hiss as they walked away arm in arm without acknowledging her calls. Obviously Dio and Hiss have something going on. Any fool can see, even Aggie.

The actress who played a young Hiss sure is pretty. Is she well known?
 

Thanks 5ft, I read your recap before watching, and I'm glad I did. I was better prepared. But you spared me the intensity of Bruno's brutality. I was shocked at how rough he was with her. And then he would do that sick kiss, caress thing he did with Viv. Making women afraid is real turn on for him.

I hope if Alonso dies, he gets his name cleared up before he goes. I can't see how he's getting out of this one.

I agree with Vivi, that scene with Alonso and Isadora was stellar. She is so good at playing the baddie. In fact, I can't even picture her playing a good character. This fits her so well.

Was that Ximena who texted Alonso pretending to be Estevez? I would think that Al had Xi's phone number in his contact list and her name would come up that it was from her phone. Details, details.

I loved Aaron apologizing to the padre about how he talked to Dion. That was cute.

This show sure has taken a serious plot turn and has become action packed. Since my TV listing is always wrong, I would appreciate it if we kept ourselves updated about the schedule over the holidays. I would hate to miss any episode.
 

I don't think Xi was the one who sent that text to All. I wouldn't be surprised if Isa had a burn phone just for that purpose. I don't think Xi is aware of even half of Isa's plans.
 

5ft - Thanks. Great title. "Dude! I'm not any fonder of your wife than you are, but you married her. Stick it back in your pants..." - lol

Ximena is in way over her head. If Gussie were astute she'd see her reactions are not quite right. I wonder if Francisco will notice.

Juanita - ITA about Camila telling her kidnapper his voice was familiar. Bruno's a loose cannon, getting off on his control over her. If/when she realizes it's Bruno, hope she doesn't let on.

Agree the Al-Hiss scene was the best of the night. So film noir.
 

I hope Camila realizes that Ximena set her up. So if "Alonso" really is behind her kidnapping, Ximena is in on it too.

And since Alonso & Ximena have been on the outs, who is Ximena working with?
 

Is the actor who plays the lawyer Salomon the same one who plays a cop in Amores Verdaderos? They look very similar.
 

Yes, he is, Gobluefan.

I think Alonssso is going down soon and that will be sooner than I expected.

I don't recognize the actress who plays the young Hissadora. IMDB has a number of actors listed whose roles aren't spelled out and she is probably one of them.
 

The actress who plays young Isa was last in Una Famila Con Suerte as the super fresa bff of one of the young protagonists. Her real name is Mariluz Bermúdez. Her name was Karina in Familia and she was in love with/obsessed with the actor who is playing Yago. Yes, she is very pretty and a good choice to play young Isa/Leticia C.
 

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Mariluz' bio says she is Costa Rican and came to Mexico to persue acting, like so many others. She was in Cameleones before Familia. Her mother was Ms. Costa Rica 1977-- not surprising.

Leti Calderon is SOOOO good as a villain, it's hard to believe that she once played such goody goody characters. The first tn I ever saw was her playing the title role of Esmeralda with Fernando C as the galan. After nearly 2 decades of not watching tns, it took me a while to compute that it was the same actress when I saw her as Tia Carloca in En Nombre de Amor. I was blown away. Around that time they were showing repeats of Esmeralda in the daytime, so I saw a bit of it again. I remembered how beautiful she was, and my memory was correct. But when she played David Zapeda's mother for a short stint in La Fuerza del Desino not long after ENDA, I was amazed by how easily she went back into playing the good, nurturing role.


 

See, I only first saw LC as Alicia in LFDD as the good character, so it's a delight to see her as a baddie in this program.

The first time I'd ever seen Lucero was as Barbara Greco, and I couldn't believe she mainly played good characters.

I think if I had seen Angelique Boyer's Elisa BEFORE I saw her Teresa, I would've enjoyed AdP more, because after seeing her as this calculating vixen in Teresa, it was a let down to see her crying and whimpering all the time as Elisa. The same goes for Livia Brito's Paloma. I saw her as the fiesty, spoiled Fernanda in TdA first, so it was a let down to see her as a wimpy, clingwrap chick in AdP.

I'd like to see Margarita Magana as a good girl; I've only ever seen her as a spoiled brat. Same for Altair Jarabo.
 

I was thinking that it is a shame that both Alonso and Ximena are willing to trade lives for freedom from jail. Ximena was a thief, not a murderer. So she might do some time, but it shouldn't be that much. Yet, she's willing to basically kill her sister and brother in exchange for getting some money and not going to jail. Sad and selfish. I'm hoping that Alonso will give Daniel some kind of clue to lead him in the right direction.
 

Anon207- Margarita was a good girl with sass in Un Gancho al Corazon. That's the first role I saw her in before seeing her play bratty/bitchy characters in Teresa and as the young Fina/Pepa in CME. In Gancho, she was Estrella Falcon, ACTRIZ! :)Very funny.
 

Anon207- The Elisa character was horrid, and so was the Paloma character, whether or not you had seen those actresses play bad girls beforehand. There was nothing likeable about those two characters. There is a difference between being a good girl (Vivi, Camila), and being annoying (Elisa, Paloma).
 

It's a shame we can't find Yo Compro Esa Mujer on disc or online because that is where I first saw Leticia Calderon. She was the heroine and she was clever and didn't take crap from anyone. When this story was folded into Corazon Salvaje in 2009's production (the most recent novela de epoca from Televisa as far as I know) I was furious when I saw what Aracely Arambula did with the character. She was made up to look like the young LC but had no depth.

Heroines who aren't complete idiots during certain phases of the story are sadly not the norm.
 

I know this won't happen because it makes too much sense, but I hope that Alonso would call Dan back after Isa leaves and tell him the truth. Then he could leave town.
 

Al won't do that because he still has a selfish motive-- he wants MQ in his name so that he can get out of the mess he's in with the developers. He seems to stupidly think that Isa would keep her word to allow him to keep MQ, split the earnings with him, free Camila, and let him walk off into the sunset with his cut of the money. I don't know about the rest of you, but I certainly don't think that that is REALLY what Isa has planned. She's also speaking with Xi and Dio about "sharing/splitting", but we know her thought bubbles are all about ME, ME, ME!
 

Hissadora won't share anything with anyone except blame that is first assigned to her.

Alonssso is just as disposable to her as anyone else is.
 

Announcement: I just schedule-posted a weekend discussion based on the events in tonight's episode. I will be at the Met watching Les Troyens, which has an early curtain time because of its length. I will be logging off in a few minutes to begin getting ready.
 

Vivi, if that's truly the case with Alonso, then I will not waste any more time feeling sorry for the schmuck. He has an out, if he decides to stay with Isa and her plan, he deserves what he gets.
 

I doubt Isa would let Alonso "walk away" after he gets Daniel to sign over Malquerida to him. He's a dead man...his only option is to pull a Salomon and flee Mexico.
 

Thanks Kat, you nailed many of the details that went over my head. For ex. I didn't understand why Alonzo went to that hotel. Before Isa showed up, I thought perhaps he was going to meet a prostitute (since Xi was no longer providing the booty calls) :-)

The advances have me anxiously awaiting tonight's episode even though it's bound to just go far enough to leave us hanging suspensful over the weekend.
 

FiveFt--Been out all day, just wanted to stop by and say what a great recap this was. You conveyed all the tension with a surprising amount of humor. I liked the cow reference, too.

Foxy--I didn't catch that either, about the hotel room. Who did he arrange to have the meeting with..was it Isa all along?

I did feel sorry for Al for one hot second while Isa held the gun on him and forced him to make that phone call. Too bad he didn't call her bluff--she did say she wasn't going to kill him, using the gun was the only way to get his attention. I'm surprised he didn't pee in his pants. I think he realizes she's probably right about hers being the only way to get him out of his predicament. That was a clever tie in for Bruno to "take" the call from Mr. Alonso in Camila's presence. Hissyfit probably has no intention of "saving" Al. She probably intends to turn him in and then shrug her shoulders and tell him there's nothing more she can do. Then it's on to Ximena.

Father Franky needs to step out of the shadows and help uncover some of these alliances--soon.

Poor Daniel, trapped in Vivi's house while the love of his life had been kidnapped. I felt for him. Then to find out it was Al doublecrossing him....poor Dan.

I hope Camila also remembers it was Xi who told her about Maja. She should wonder what Xi was doing in the cabana in the first place.
 

Thanks for the great recap, 5 ft Latina! It is a great episode. I am also guilty of peeking ahead and when I saw the last couple episodes, I couldn’t help myself and peeked at the next few as well. Each was so good, I couldn’t stop. Definitely do not miss the show for the next week or so!

Am I the only one who kept thinking that Alonso could wrestle that gun away from Isa pretty easily? For half of their conversation, she was just waving it around vaguely.

Interesting to hear about the actors in previously roles. I was surprised recently to see a much younger Caya in that old Spanish language teaching fake telenovela, “Destinos”. And then I was really surprised to recognize it was set at none other than our La Malquerida.
 

I guess Al knew that Isa knew he could never pull the trigger if he managed to get the gun. But they both know Isa would have no problem ordering Cami's death if she didn't get what she wants. Basically Isa has bigger huevos and they both know it.
 

Kat thanks for this great recap and happy to hear you won't be that busy for the holidays. Enjoy them!

I think Dio or someone from the Scooby gang will figure out Al isn't the master mind behind the double cross (guess).