Thursday, January 17, 2013
Amores Verdaderos #48 Wed 1/16/13: And someone's been sleeping in my bed!
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Ayi, yi, yi, poor Ms Vikki, we all know that PauWhiner is so going to whine to Cris. What a b*tch as you put in the recap. PauWhiner really hates Vikki. Adri hates PauWhiner more. I feel sorry for Angel too, he tried to do a nice thing for Ms Vikki and now it will come to bite him in the butt. PauWhiner needs an anvil, like Canderlaria Corona to show up, jus' sayin'.
Frankie and Nikki, I don't know about them. She is just a chameleon. One minute all lovey dovey and the next get outta my face. I don't think her Mama is gonna let her trot off to Europe.
Loved that bumping into Adri that Cris did. They looked like they recognized each other for a sec and Lili never got to see Adri cause she turned her back, so now that begs the question why Lili was having those pains in her tummy usually reserved for her Papa and he wasn't in any danger so what was up with that? Inquiring minds want to know.
NovelaMaven- this recap was absolutely fab and welcome to our team and you got everything right.
PauWhiner will be a telltale chismosa for sure, I hope they can explan it to Chris before she jumps at their throats.
By the way, can someone explain it to me why PauWhiner hates Viki so much? I mean she cannot be held responsible for Anibal's deeds, did she do something to Pau?
Madelaine - I think, Lili's tummy pains suggest there must be some connection between her and Adri, can she be Lucia? If so, then she has no connection to BigEd whatsoever, so why she feels it for him as well?This just makes no sense..
NovelaMaven, I have to start off with my favorites (I'm still chuckling away): "Paxil Poster Child", "mello as a cello", "overly moist" and of course "oily locked Lancelot".
The recap was simply great. You captured all the action perfectly with great humor and affection.
This was a pivotal episode.
I was really starting to route for Paula. She made a terrible mistake by abandoning her children. But, she does love them and maybe she and Francisco (whose broken heart makes mine ache)...can eventually reconcile. But now that we saw her "purse her lips in malicious satisfaction" at what she believes to be Vicky's betrayal, all bets are off.
Madelaine, yes, "El llamado de la sangre" was great fun. I yelled for Lili to turn around but alas she ignored me. Irisz79, I thought Lili's pains were for Adriana, her real mother (?) but as you pointed out, she has sympanthy pains for Angel too which make no sense if he's not her bio dad.
Regarding the Francisco and Bea confrontation: first, Francisco should never have grabbed her (they are in a place of their employment for heavens sakes). He should have waited to talk with Bea rather than manhandling her and getting angry (sorry, doesn't she get enough of that at home!?). Love the way DWS came to her aid. Looks like he's in for a huge surprise finding out Bea and Frankie are sibs...If Frankie isn't happy Bea is working there, wait until he finds out Bea is DWS's salsa partner.
DWS asking Jean Marie for grooming advice was so sweet!
Angel had only the best intentions with the kindest motivations. Now instead of the focus being on Nelson and his betrayal, it will move to the non-existent relationship everyone will think he and Vicky had. Big Angel. Big heart. Big problems. Ack.
NovelaMaven, thanks again!
Diana
We-elll, , , , we in Viewerville all KNEW that it was not going to turn out well when Vikki spent the night at that apartment. A buen entendedor . . . indeed!
Márcale --- how would this translate?
The hand signals and body language communication between Bea & Paula, upon finding Goldilocks in the bed, was so realistic that I was giggling.
I was explaining to the hubby last night, who sat down and watched the Cris/Adri scene, who these women are and …. (dun..dun…dunnnnnn!) …. "la llamada de la sangre." ;o)
Frankie flinched on my TV screen, when Nik told him she's going to Europe. I'm not sure if that news is a blessing or a curse for the old boy.
irisz79 - I interpreted Lili's stomach pains, which have - so far - only occurred when something bad is happening to JA , as a sign regarding not physical danger but relationship. As in, that terribly poor decision to talk Viki into staying overnight at the apartment, and the compost will hit the fan when Cris finds out. JA is sooooo going to be in hot water with Cris and for once, I am with Cris. Vikki can well afford a hotel room and if I understood correctly, she wanted to go to one but JA talked her out of it. (?)
I was also starting to inch my way toward Team Paula until she got that malicious look on her face and suspects The Worst of Vikki.
I now firmly believe that Lili is Lucia-- Adri's missing daughter. I interpret her ability to sense when JA is in danger to their very close bond. Her dad is her best friend and they understand each other on a level that she and Cris don't, even though she loves her mama just as much.
I hope Nicki's life plan is more detailed than just "go to Europe." I guess we'll have to wait and see, but the drama of her parent's marriage crisis may stall whatever her plan is.
I am so ticked at Paula, her hypocritical attitude, and what she is about to do. She just HAS to tell Cris about seeing a fully dressed Vicky sleeping ALONE in her bed. But it's convenient for her to not mention that she's intercepted letters from Cris' mother to Anibal which reveal a significant tie between them. Bitch please!
Okay... word verification numbers are so tiny, I feel that I'm at the optometrist having my eyes tested. Good thing these lenses don't need an upgrade!
What tension! We're going to have to see Frankie suffer awhile, and wait for the explosion with Vikki and Arriaga. The Bea/Salsero situation is the happiest one at the moment, seeing the start of redemption and romance. But I'm guessing it won't be smooth sailing there for long either, am I right?
TN4ever
WHAT IF Liliana truly is Adriana's daughter? A baby swap, indeed, following classic telenovela rules, not necessarily mandated by Anibal but facilitated by Candelaria.
One of our fellow Caray mates here posted, a few days ago, that "all roads lead to Santa Rita." I think that may be astute and correct.
Lucia is "buried" in Santa Rita, no?
What if Cristina's baby died?
Candelaria is a nurse, and may well have been in attendance to the birth.
Knowing, or not knowing, that Adriana is Anibal's daughter, perhaps Adri's baby came into her hands somehow.
This could explain why Cris so casually and assuredly believes Liliana is her daughter.
AND... IF Candelaria had any knowledge about the parentage of this swapped baby, she is assured that the blood line is the same and the baby is still Anibal's granddaughter, via Cristina, with rights to inheritance.
(am going to cross-post this to T-W also, where it is being discussed also)
I wasn't paying close attention to the telephone conversation between the comandante and JA, but the bastard who left the country was a lawyer(?) who had been handling JA's payments on his farm. Kendra of course arranged the fire but of course JA is not aware of this.
Actually I'm not sure what information that Lili and Cristina would have that would aid the investigation.
I for one was glad to see the lights go on at the hacienda. As romantic as that all was, I really don't think that they are ready to take that next step.
I seem to recall that Frankie's wife's name is Amber but I don't remember her last name. (Vivi?) Somehow I suspect that she will show up sooner or later.
Did anyone spot any Baileys last night?
Carlos
Last night as you were trying to protect Beatriz, within a few short seconds, your opponent, the Guzmancito, had you in a defenseless position--one more move and I will break your arm!!!
Bodyguard might not be the best job for you---dance instructor??? maybe.
the gringo
Vivi - "I interpret her ability to sense when JA is in danger to their very close bond. Her dad is her best friend and they understand each other on a level that she and Cris don't, even though she loves her mama just as much." I believe you hit the nail on the head.
Cris has had a call of the blood moment with Anibal and with Adriana, but not with Vickie. Hmmm, maybe Cris and Vickie’s feelings for Angel blocked it.
Doris – I’m thinking there was a baby switch too. Cris said she had gotten very ill after giving birth, so her baby could've died and somebody made the switch without she and Angel knowing it. I sure hope Candelaria was not a part of this.
Angel letting Vickie sleep in the marriage bed is Strike 1. Not planning to tell Cris is Strike 2. He didn't give his wife "her place" in her own place. Even though Paula will be the one to tell, I find it hard to believe Cris wouldn’t have noticed someone had used her bathroom, changed the sheets, left a whiff of perfume, etc.
Vickie has no evidence of Nelson’s cheating at this point to get a divorce on adultery grounds.
overall, here are my favs...
Sleepless in Santa Rita
(by the way in this scene Francisco opened up to Nikki about his feelings way more than i would have expected, he got as far as saying that he knew she would never consider him for boyfriend, that he would have to give up being her bodyguard and get some better career to give her the standard of living she is used to. This is when she snapped/pulled the brakes on his 'moment' and said whoah there! not so fast! we just had a X-rated kiss, that's all, captas?)
Aníbal snaps at Nelson for not telling him about Victoria's absence. So Nelson snaps at Tomasina. [I wouldn't want to be Polita right now.]
Apartment 904 -- For the love of all that is holy, get out!
[Don't they read "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" in Mexico?]
Overly moist and life-sucking Paula is flying high.
Suddenly Salsero, that swivel-hipped, oily-locked Lancelot, lunges toward Francisco and grabs him in an headlock
Anibal probably just paid a random nurse to switch Adri's baby with a recently deseased baby. Cris's baby was probably the perfect candidate-- and yes, she has mentioned at least twice what a difficult birth it was and how ill she was afterwards.
I loved the Spanish sentences and your little comments, too.
Gringo:
"Bodyguard might not be the best job for you---dance instructor??? maybe."
LOL! That's so true.
Let's hope that Vicki doesn't just USE the "D" word but actually makes it happen. But Arriaga, you don't put her in your own bed. Put her in Bea's bed for god sake.
Nikki thinks she's going to go to Europe and have the lifestyle she has now completely supported by mommy and daddy. Right
Salsero wants a makeover? Let's hope it really does involve less grease in the hair and ditching the shades so we can see his nice eyes
irisz79, I'm glad you asked about why Paula hates Victoria so much. Now, thanks to Mads, we both know!
Diana, as always, thanks for your generous and interesting comment. Do you think Francisco was so aggressive towards Beatriz because he was still reeling from Nikki's slight? But you are so right -- he was behaving like a bully.
Doris, were you really inching toward team Paula? Well I'm glad you -- along with Nikki and Guzmán -- finally saw the light.
hi Vivi, Thanks for your nice welcome yesterday and for your generous words today. I agree that Lili/Lucía is a likely match. And yeah, Nikki's dramatic announcement is probably going to get upstaged by her parents' drama. And I love this comment of your:
"She just HAS to tell Cris about seeing a fully dressed Vicky sleeping ALONE in her bed. But it's convenient for her to not mention that she's intercepted letters from Cris' mother to Anibal which reveal a significant tie between them. Bitch please!"
TN4ever, thanks for answering Doris about "márcale". Maybe I'll go back and add that to the recap. And yeah, anyone who foresees smooth sailing for Bea and Salsero has probably never seen a TN.
Carlos, Thanks for the info on the fire. So Kendra arranged it? That descarada sinverguenza!
I was also glad to see the hacienda lights go back on. I wasn't surprised, though. It wasn't the right moment -- not for the characters and not for the story.
Gringo, if Salsero reads our blog, I hope he heeds your career advice. Is there much money in teaching salsa? hmm.
Niecie in MD, I was also thinking that Cristina would notice that "someone has been sleeping in my bed" even without mean Paula's telling her. I'm glad you liked the recap.
Hi Marta, So "beso equis" means "X-rated kiss"? Ahhh, that makes sense. Thank you.
Oh yes, Francisco definitely opened up to Nikki and consequently made himself more vulnerable to her snub.
I have many friends who speak Spanish well, and they are familiar with the slang, too, but they have no idea what the hell these words supposed to mean.
Great?
Cool?
Whatever?
Really?
Seriously?
Dona Gringuita, thanks for the nice words. If Salsero does use a stylist recommended by Jean Marie, he may not get the look he is going for. (Remember JM's jammies?) Still, Salsero could stand to lose the gangster look.
The fight between the two supposed bodyguards was ridiculous. What are they supposed to be protecting their clients from, butterflies and declawed kittens? Neither of them seemed to have any skills, but Salsero in particular should definitely change careers and make use of his dancing skills.
Once again, Lunivision edited down a nookie scene for no real reason. Nikki and Frankie got a little more snoozly than what we were shown; I saw the episode online awhile back.
But since I've been listening to Nikki's incoherent babblings for months, I start to see a pattern... Maybe equis means uncool, neta means absolutely-really-cool? Or something like that.
From what my Mexican friends tell me:
neta = verdad
Es la neta? Neta? = Verdad?
equis = ordinary. It's a dismissive, scornful way of describing something or someone.
That's why I was surprised to read Marta's definition of "beso equis" as an X-rated kiss. More Spanglish, okay?
;)
"Once again, Lunivision edited down a nookie scene for no real reason. Nikki and Frankie got a little more snoozly than what we were shown; I saw the episode online awhile back."
Neta? How funny. And yet they have no problem showing KendraPorn (of which I for one have had enough). I'd love to sneak a peek at the Lunivision play book some time ...
Sometimes I read the Spanish forums at Univision to gather informations about the ratings (whoa, it's a frightening place, to be honest), and the word X is used often there. This actress is so X (= not so special), that show was too X, et cetera.
"Going to Europe" does not sound like a life plan to me. Go to Europe and do what? Hang around clubs with Eurotrash throneless "royalty" and lowlife Saudi princes? That isn't a life plan, it's a cry for help. Maybe mama will let her go but send Guzmancito with her, ha.
Does Vicky have no sense? She really couldn't see the flashing red lights warning her against staying at that apartment? She's a rich woman; she could have checked into a hotel. Too easy, I guess.
To be fair, Vicky wanted to go to a hotel but she did allow herself to be talked out of it by Arriaga (who, in an earlier version of this story, I am told, is called Candide) :)
Nikki SHOULD go to Europe. Her aesthetic of "social x-ray", as Tom Wolfe put it, would be much more at home in Italy or France than in Mexico. She couldn't find anyone worse to hang out with than the vile Nabila-ettes who now surround her.
And of course Frankie should come with. Snort.
Yeah, I watch ahead on these episodes and noticed that Univision trimmed the smooching scene between our Little Gorilla and the Spoiled Bruja. So unnecessary. They do this every. time. *rolls eyes*
I too was a bit taken aback by how up front Guzmancito was in saying that he'd have to get a better job. Sounds like he's thinking serious, long-term . . . and then the little Spoiled Bruja cut him off. At least we know now that she has a reason (worry over his supposed wife).
I wonder how it was that Vicki didn't hear Viewerville's warning to STAY AWAY FROM THAT APARTMENT! We were all screaming that warning to our TVs, now weren't we? Oh well, we must wear our beanies.
I think 'equis' can also mean "what-ever" or "what-evs"?
That's how I interpret it when I hear my Mexican friend use it.
I thought it was a hoot that Salsero was asking JM for advice.
Elvira, Thank you for the kind words. Me, I was taken aback when Francisco heard a noise outside his room at the hacienda and immediately pulled out his gun. A person could get shot ...
P.S. Out on the Patio, it's ok to go beanie-free. We are protected from logical thinking by the surrounding force fields.
Why do I recall "Amber Park" as the name on Guzmi's Word-template marriage certificate?
Arriaga and Vikki have SO many things to explain away at this point, they might as well just go for it for real.
I had thought maybe Candelaria had to do with the baby switch (yes, I'm on board with the 'Lili is Lucia' theory), but the fact that she was gone by then makes sense. Just a random switch seems adequate. But will Arriaga be the bio-dad or not?
As always, thank you to all recappers and commenters. I love this blog! I was a lurker last year, but am following the lead of somebody else who said this year they would come out of lurkdom. I don't know if that was here or on Amor Bravio, which I also follow.
TN4ever.
So you and Briana Benitez remember Guzman's wife was named Amber. I'm waiting to find out la neta about this marriage. Guzman is such a straight arrow so we know there's more to this than meets the eye. I'm going to follow Beatriz's example and not go all Paula until I have the facts. :)
Mellow as a cello
A roll in the hay [or in this case, on the desk.]
Don't they read "Glodilocks and the Three Bears" in Mexico?-- I repeat, great snark. LOL.
No time now but will read ALL of the comments later.
the gringo
Fabulous recap.! Thank you mils
veces for the Spanish phrases. Please keep them coming if you don't mind.
I thought I heard Nikki say "osa,"
but I couldn't figure out what she was saying or what she meant.
All the best ...
Thank you both for the nice words. So happy you liked the recap.
Floridia, When did Nikki say "osa"?
hacer el oso, qué oso = to make a fool of yourself, what a ridiculous thing
There's also a filler word that people sometimes use but I can't recall Nikki saying: osea. It means something like "That is to say ..." or "so..."
Osea, hiciste el oso anoche So you make an ass out of yourself last night
NM - yep, that's Paula's table with all the damp towels and heavy foundation and eyemakeup smeared on them.
:)
Thanks for checking into that.
I meant to rewind before asking the question because I thought it was oso, and then I transposed it to osa.
Qué oso ! That's an excellent expression. The other expression you mentioned which I have read and heard often is "O sea" which in many cases means, "in other words." I found this definition in my "Spanish for Gringos" book.
These expressions are priceless, and the book says that if you know how to use them, people think you know more than you rally do.
Thanks for all the comments that helped in this search.
I'm so glad you brought it up. That's one of my favorite kinds of question. I noticed in tonight's show Nikki used "osea/o sea (I've seen it written as one or two words):
When Victoria tells her Adriana is in Mexico but left the hospital abruptly, Nikki says "O sea, qué raro..."
She or Victoria, can't remember which one, also use the word "oso" in another way when she says: Give me a big hug, a bear hug -- "Dame un abrazo fuerte, de oso"
I also noticed another one we can add to our glossary -- expressions derived from "latir", to beat, to pulse:
"Me late que voy a pasar muy cool con ella" -- Nikki says this to Kendra when she is describing her plans to stay with her Aunt Adriana in Paris. (I have a feeling I'm going to have a very cool time with her.)
Nikki also says "¿Te late?" (¿Te parece?) meaning something like, "Does that sound ok to you?" "You wanna?"
[Sorry. I can't help myself. I'm such a word nerd.]
My original language is spanish so, my apologies if I make some mistakes writing.
Regarding the Francisco and Bea confrontation: He reacts too hard with Beatriz probably because he is in a very bad shape after what happened with Nikki, but it isn´t because he is against Bea getting a job. His point is that´s not safe that his family and his clients have any connection. Same reason why he is not supposed to have a relationship with Nikki.
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