Caray, Caray!

Bill- what a great funny recap and loved your lyrics for Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. I actually have that album :)

Loved that catfight of Rebe and Marcela. I wish Marcela had cleaned her clock, it so would have been worth it.

Loved Lalo apologizing to that little girl and giving her the medal, and I think when she kissed him on the cheek, he said whoops, too funny. Like what Helena told him to always be honest.

It is time for Helena to open her eyes, how much proof does she need as far as Pluti goes. He is the one that wanted Fitsa for the Playa project, he told Lalo to cheat, if she can't see what type of guy he really is she must be blind! And giving that thesis to Marcela was good, cause I agree with you, Marcela is the sharpest knife in the drawer.

It's funny bout the Avon. A TN before this, UFCS, was based on Avon and they hardly showed any Avon product placement.

Poor Mimi is terrified of this Dagoberto. I hope she doesn't meet up with him, but we know she will.

Modesto deserves a fork too, the nerve of him! I think the reason Eugenia is staying with him is to help Claudia. I have a feeling Claudia will be less than grateful.

I liked the talk Eva had with Renato. I don't think that Renato is a bad guy. I hated the way that Modesto treated Renato, it was just plain wrong to blame everything on Renato. I think Renato just wants his father's respect. JC didn't get much respect from Modesto either. Modesto may have great hair, but he is such a putz.
 

Thank you, Ithabill
What a great episode to recap.
I loved what you had to say along with the visuals.
The cat fight was hilarious.
I totally agree about Modesto needing a fork. He is so cavalier about everything. He can never talk when it is necessary because it is never the right time. I hope that Eugenia eventually kicks him to the curb.
 

Thanks, Ithabill, for the recap and reminding me of one of my favorite songs. Madelaine, I also have the album. The Mimi Avon commercial was too much! I liked the representative from Playa Majahua raising the possibility that someone in her own company may be putting one over on Helena.

Jarifa
 

Ithabill- Many thanks for the great recap and pics.

I also got a good chuckle out of the cat fight, especially what they looked like at the end.

Gosh, I so wanted Eugenia to slap Modesto when he went on and on about his feelings for Carmen. And when he told Renato that it was Renato's fault that his mom didn't have that many friends at the funeral, when he knows her status as La Otra hidden away in some dinky town is the reason. What an ASS!

I was so glad the Playa Majahua guy came and gave Helena hell. She has been neglecting this project, allowing all kinds of shady stuff to happen behind her back. She should be there at least once a week checking up personally on what is happening. Time for her to take control again!
 

Just started watching this; what fun! Thanks for the recap, Bill -- I don't think we've met, but I like your style. ;}

Madelaine, I had a UFCS moment with that Avon infomercial, too -- I thought, do they own EVERYONE? You know there's another TN in the pipeline that's set at Avon, Porque el Amor Manda, with Colunga and Blanca S. It has a lot of everyone's favorite telenovios in it, too: Margaleff, Fastlicht, Alejandro Avila (okay, I know that last one's just me...)
 

What fun Ithabill.

"Viewerville dreads the day poor little Lalito shows up in a shiny silver suit... or Bastardo takes to wearing leopard prints" LOL

The catfight was hilarious. I loved the way they just showed them going back and forth without showing what happened off camera. I loved the way they looked at the end -- and I was surprised that Rebecca didn't rush off to put her face & hair in order. She is so funny when she prays to the virgincita. She is one of my favorites.

I to am glad that Marsela has the phony thesis in her hands. She is sure to find some discrepancies in Pluti's mockup. And yes Helena has been remiss in her supervision of the Playa Majuaga project. She has asked for reports from Fitsa and has been stonewalled. So she let Pluti offer to handle it for her? Not a good executive style.

Güera
 

Bill this recap rocks! I'm laughing and picturing little Lalo in his shiny little shark suit and slicked back black hair. How much time is it going to take for his mom to ask him the *real* reason why he wants to go to Pluty's ranch? Remember when PLuty put Lalo up to fighting that little boy at the ranch? Lalo wants to apologize to the little boy ..I'm betting Ithabill has nailed this anvil!!

Well at least the director of Playa M has the power to threaten Helena to open her eyes and take control of her own project. There is another anvil here, the one where PLuty actually tried to bribe this guy with cash and the director threw the cash back in Pluty's face!

I agree with.Guerra on the well choreographed cat fight. Well done and hilarious!! And you are all so right about Marcela being the smartest one in the novella with the fake thesis in her hands!! At least Helena is smart enough to mentor Marcella and believe in her enough to lend the thesis to her. Gertie
 

TJ said Modesto "can never talk when it is necessary because it is never the right time." The worst was at the funeral. He accused Renato of causing his mother problems, but as soon as Renato turned it around and said Modesto caused the problems, how did Modesto answer? "How dare you talk about such things at a funeral? Have you no respect for your mother??" What's salsa for the pollo is salsa for the puerco!

Someone connected Lalo's apology to him wanting to go back to Pluto's ranch. That made me think. Back at the ranch, didn't he beat the laborer's son by cheating, because Pluto put him up to it? A thoughtful boy like Lalo, maybe that's been bothering his conscience all this time, and now that he knows how to clear his conscience, he wants to go back there and apologize to the boy. Yet another scratch in Pluto's shiny armor.
 

Gertie, I didn't mean to co-opt your thunder about Lalo at the ranch. We were posting simultaneously. Great minds think alike!
 

Blue- good to see you here :) I think Avon must be a HUGE sponsor in Mexico, cause they are popping up everywhere, lol. I can't beleive another TN set in Avon. Maybe it's like a sequel to UFCS, lol.
 

I don't think Lalo cheated at that fight on the ranch but he did start it at Pluti's encouragement.

'bout time things started happening around here!

Marcela should have been with this guy from the Playa. She's smart, he's smart, they would've had genius kids together.

But was that thesis fake? I thought Pluti didn't want anyone to see it since it was different that Helena's proposal and she would've been cleared of stealing it from Antonia. Whatever. As long as someone figures out that Pluti doesn't deserve those shiny suits. They'd be more appropriate for Luis Renato.

Kelly
 

Kelly- yes that is the fake thesis Pluti cooked up, after the burned Antonia's real ones at his house in a barrel. I think there may be an original somewhere, maybe at the school Antonia attended. I too hope Marcela sees what a fake this thesis is.
 

Awesome Paula H. Great minds *do* think alike! And Lalo *is* a thoughtful little boy like you say, so at some point he should bring up the fight with his mom...or just try to apologize to the kid without telling anyone. I'm thinking that Helena isn't going to be in the mood to go to Pluty's ranch because All kinds of things are hitting the fan with Fitsa and if PLuty tells her one more time not to worry about it, she's going to kick him in his shiny pants. I'm laughing at Kelly's comment about the director and Marcella having genius kids together. And they would be *ethical* genius kids!! Gertie.
 

I'm chiming in late as usual, but wanted to thank Bill (and CHF and TJ) for their fine recap(s). Lalito in a shiny suit would make a great nightmare scene for Helena.

I always feel annoyed when we're approaching ultimas semanas (sorry to bring that up, but we know we're closing in) and suddenly there's a brand new storyline. Mimi and Dagoberto? Yawn. Dogbert looks familiar - was he Arnold from Familia?

And why is Renato taking so long to tell Adriano who he is? It is a train wreck waiting to happen. I hate when obvious time bombs are left to tick out in the open.

Anyway, while the prospect of outing himself to Adriano as a gay man might be daunting, I would personally be much more embarrassed to let people know I'm related to Modesto. *shudder*
 

Julie- that was was Ahhnauld from UFCS, that is Dagoberto here. I laughed like crazy when I saw him, so different from UFCS where we all loved him.

Also wanted to let y'all know the recap will be up on Saturday morning. Good night y'all.