Saturday, February 09, 2013

Amores Verdaderos #65 Fri 2/8/13 Secrets, Lies, and One Distressed Angel


Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. For those of you in the Northeast, I am hoping you are safe and warm and dry and take lots of hot chocolate breaks with some Baileys of course ,in between snow shoveling. I also hope you keep your power. Some very interesting developments this evening y'all. We find out a bit more about our hawt Guzmi, about his past that is. We also find out what Jocelyn is really all about. Deep down Nikki is really a sweet soul, and Vikki, well we get to see a "different" side to her, as well as Cris. Want to know more, please read on to find out what happened!

We have Angel, Cris and Ms Vikki at that spa, with poor Angel on a table with a very unmanly mask on his face.

Anyballs is thinking back about his confrontation with his daughter Adri and Pauwhiner calling him a monster.

Pauwhiner arrives to give Nikki her first piano lesson.

We start in the salon this evening with Ms Vikki, Cris, and the Angel on that table, and that mask is burning his face, probrecito! Cris wants the lady to put more on his face, por favor! She wants her manly man to be even more in pain, er, handsome than he already is. He could be doing some more commericals, a telenovela perhaps, or hey even an action film, snort! Cris is wondering if maybe she outta get a makeover cause when they come to interview the Angel she wants to be all spiffy herself! Angel has had enough. He puts his foot down, no makeover for Cris. Ms Vikki tries to tell Cris that Angel only did this as an emergency favor, and Angel agrees, ain't neva gonna do another commercial, or poster, or whateva that has his face out there! We'll get back to them.

Meanwhile, our Polita is doing Jean Marie one big fava doncha know! She has taken it upon herself to call Estafano for Jean Marie. She gets Estafano on the phone, and he wants to know to whom he is speakin'. She tries to hand the phone over to a very reluctant Jean Marie, who at first, won't take the phone, when he does, he deepens his voice and says hello to Estafano. Estafano is very confused by now and wants to know who is speaking! Jean Marie promptly hangs up. Seems he couldn't talk to his crush, it was just to much for him, it's just a little crush, probrecito! In come Nikki and Guzmi into that kitchen and Nikki is teasing our Guzmi and wanting to know what music he and his band played when he was younger. Nikki wants to gift our Guzmi with a metal studded collar to go along with his history of having had, are you ready, wait for it, a heavy metal band!!!! Seems our Guzmi did the whole heavy metal route, including hair. Can't you just picture it, long flowing hair, leather, studs, well, you get the pic, jus' sayin'. Can you imagine our Guzmi having a band like say Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden or Judas Priest? I can just imagine. Anyhoo, Polita and Jean Marie have heard every word. Polita wants to know if this is sooo true! Tomi arrives and lets Nikki know the new piano teacher has arrived and she better hop to it or else Mami will be more mad at her. She goes. So Polita is quizzing our Guzmi again, about his heavy metal past. He admits to his er, sordid past, and now Jean Marie and Polita want him to sing something, cause They Wanna Rock, They Want to Rock! We'll get back to them.

Now on to the spa again, and Cris wants a poster like the one on the street of Angel and Kendho she saw, done, says Ms Vikki. Now Cris tells Angel she is gonna tell everyone in Santa Rita about this modeling stint of his. Oh, noes, he don't want that, no siree bob, he don't. Cris is just so proud of him, doncha know, and now lots of smoochies between Cris and Angel as Ms Vikki looks on. Cris tells Angel she is gonna tell Lili and everyone else and thanks Ms Vikki for giving her Angel a chance, who knew. Cris goes and Angel apologizes for Cris, but Vikki is just happy that Cris and Angel are happy, Cris is sooo in love with Angel and hey, at least there wasn't a jealousy rant. Angel agrees. We'll get back to the spa in a tick.

So now Nikki meets with Pauwhiner in the music room and Pauwhiner is asking Nikki what type of music she likes to play. She wants to get a feel for her style. Nikki is tired, doesn't wanna play, what else is new, and asks Pauwhiner to play something instead. Pauwhiner would like to get to know Nikki, but Nikki prefers she play something, so Pauwhiner does. We'll get back to them.

So now we have Betty and Gilda at M.I. Gilda has dropped off Ms Vikki's mail and will be in accounting. Gilda goes. Felipe comes in and Betty is wondering what he is doing there? He's been worried about her ever since that incident with Leo the Horrible, seems Guillo is at football practice, soccer in other words. Betty assures Felipe that Leo the Horrible has been banned at M.I and as a matter of fact, Betty is searching for a lawyer so she can get that divorce already, YAY! Betty is tryin' to hustle Felipe outta there, especially after what happened with Leo the Horrible, cause she doesn't want to get into any trouble with Anyballs. She doesn't want Felipe to drop in for awhile, and Felipe understands. He starts to go, but she calls him back and hugs and cheek smoochies ensue. One more thing. Betty says she knows about Papa meeting Pau and wishes they could work it out. Papa tells her that Pau still isn't buying his giving up the gambling addiction but one day she will see. He goes.

Now we have our Polita with wild hair, half up and down, playing a broom stick and sliding across the kitchen floor singing a screeching version of heavy metal as Guzmi watches her and wants to know what the hey is that about! Something she just made up, especially for him, er something she just made up. Does the cutie like it??? And now ouchies cause she is stuck in a twisted position on the floor with wild hair and a broomstick. There is faint piano music in the background as Guzmi seems memerized by the music and follows it sort of like the call of the pied piper. Polita has gotten up and Jean Marie and Polita are very entralled with the piano music too. Jean Maries utters his French word of Maginifique (Magnificent). They are very moved by the music, the piano that is, but Jean Marie thinks it's a downer too cause good music makes him lust, er think about his hopeless love.

So back to the spa, and the ladies have gathered together again, that would be Jocelyn, Doris and Vikki and Jocelyn is pressing Ms Vikki to just tell the Angel. Ms Vikki doesn't think he will go for that, and Doris agrees and tells Jocelyn not to push. So now the rush is on, and Jocelyn asks the Angel if he would, wait for it, spend the night with her. Que Que What??? So Ms Vikki intervenes and tells Angel that Jocelyn has a little, er, um proposal for the Angel. Seems Jocelyn has an event she is attending this evening and would like an escort. The city is soooo dangerous after dark doncha know, so the Angel asks if she needs a bodyguard, to which she replies, hey, yeah that's the ticket! So our Angel, being completely clueless, says all the ones he knows are busy, but he can ask Guzmi for a buddy of his. But Jocelyn only wants our Angel, nothing but the Angel will do. Well, he has to get permission. Jocelyn is sure that Ms Vikki will give her permission, right dahling??? Vikki gives it, but isn't happy and kinda motions behind Jocelyn's back for the Angel not to agree, while the Angel is giving her the WTQ look, but he agrees to do it, much to Ms Vikki's consternation!

Now back to the piano room with Pauwhiner and Nikki and the music of the pied piper has led Guzmi into the room. Nikki wants him to meet her new piano teacher. She introduces them to each other and Guzmi pretends he doesn't know her, he is truly playing the she is dead to me card. Nikki points out that Pau is playing the same piece he played the other day. (Ed Note: Sorry I am really good at most music, but the classical not so much. If anyone knows what the piece is please comment.) Nikki gushes to Pau that Guzmi is extremely good at playing the piano, to which Pau has a huge smile. As a matter of fact, Nikki wants Guzmi and Pau to play a piece together. Guzmi meh, not so much. Guzmi won't play with this woman. Nikki thinks he is extremely rude, she can't beleive it. Guzmi reminds Nikki that he is her bodyguard and his job doesn't include playing he piano. Nikki apologizes to Pau and tells her that Guzmi isn't always this rude, sometimes, and he goes out and slams that door. Nikki is just floored. She tells Pau that Guzmi is very reserved and not as bad as he seems, cause deep down he is a sweet guy. This pot simmers as we go to the kitchen.

So now Guzmi is in the kitchen and Polita is there. She wants to know what is wrong. Polita surmises that Nikki must have made Guzmi angry, but hey he's still cute as a button. Well, Guzmi is in no mood for jokes, so Polita goes off, so he can stew a bit. Nikki comes in and is pithed at Guzmi for being so rude to Pau, specially since this is one good piano teacher and she wants him to apologize to Pau. Guzmi tells Nikki, to fire Pau. That's right fire her. Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. Nikki is floored. He doesn't want Pau to ever step foot in the Balvanera Manse again. We'll get back to them.

So now Cris has arrived home and goes to Lili with her cellphone, or is it Lili's cause they both have that neon green phone, jus' sayin' to show her a pic of the Angel's poster on the street. Cris tells Lili that Angel was hired to model men's clothes and he even made a commercial. Lili is flabbergasted and wants to know how that happened? Well seems Papi is very handsome and that Ms Vikki can see the Angel has a very commercial look. Lili wants to know if Mama Cris is ok, cause there is no jealousy even though Papi Angel is standing next to that "cough" beautiful woman. Well Cris, who knew, says she knows what a celebrity's job entails and hey, if he gets famous he'll finally be out from under Ms Vikki, and it would be great if he kept modeling cause then they'd have that money to rebuild their house in Santa Rita. Lili is wondering why he never said anything, and Cris thinks he wanted to surprise them. Anyhoo, Little Orchid (Thanks Gringo) gives her Mami that rose the Angel left and the poem he wrote. Cris is over the moon with her mi amor! Little Orchid is very sad now and Cris wants to know why? Seems Lili is worried about Adri and how sad she is and the circumstances of Adri's bebe. Little Orchid thinks it is just tragic and she hasn't been able to stop thinking about that.

Now speaking of Adri, she is in the huge square taking pictures of a young couple. She is with her Padrino (Godfather) Antonio. She remarks that every young girl, the age of her daughter, she sees she wonders if that girl could be the one. Seems she is looking for traits of her and Vincente in each girl of that age group. Antonio wants her to stop torturing herself. When she gets Lucia's death certificate, she'll then know the attending doctor's name. Adri agrees he's right, and then Antonio's cell phone rings. I bet y'all know just who it is, it's Anyballs of course. He is wanting a lil chat with Antonio. Have you seen Adri he asks? Nopis says Antonio but hopes she comes and sees him for a lil visit. Anyballs accuses him of bein' a lyin' liar. So Antonio has a question for Anyballs, are you gonna finally be truthy with Adri, ya gonna tell her where her daughter is, and about this time Antonio puts Anyballs on speaker phone so Adri can hear the answer. Course not, Anyballs says, and hey if ya see her give me a buzz. Click! So Antonio says see how he is? Adri has faith she will see her daughter soon and be able to hug her.

Back to Pau and Nikki, who has come back to join Pau. She advises Pau to get a paper with the want ads so she can find another job. So Nikki tells her to quit, can't be her piano teacher anymore. Pau is like why? Didn't you enjoy the lesson? So Nikki lets her have it, don't like the way you play, don't want you here, what's done is done, now get Out!!!!! Pau just doesn't get it. She reminds Nikki that she liked the piece, not anymore, GET OUT! Well, Pau is just floored. Nikki tells her she doesn't like her, as in personally, and hey just to sweeten the deal, she'll pay her for three months. Well, Pau is so not taking this lyin down, so she tells Nikki if she doesn't like her repetoire, she'll change it, hey, she'll even bring her certificate from the conservatory to prove she is able to teach,and Pau has infinite patience and time, and hey by the way, she ain't lettin' no spoiled brat, er girl, tell her who is gonna teach who. So Nikki will practice this music right here, and if she doesn't she will with Pau on the morrow, cause oh, yes indeedy she will be back and now the lesson is over, and punto! Tomi has witnessed this exchange and is most impressed. Tomi says lookin' forward to seeing you tomorrow, will tell Ms Vikki and hey what is your Chinese Horoscope sign? Seems Pau is a Pig, according to the horoscope. Hmmmm.

So Ms Vikki has made it home and is in her room, when her Papi Anyballs comes in . He needs a little talk with her. He starts with he knows that she is talkin' to Adri. Well, duh, of course she is and hey hasn't he noticed that Adri is so avoiding his sorry butt??? And by the by if he thinks Ms Vikki is gonna cut her dead, he has another think comin'. No it ain't that, he tells her, if she wants to help her in that fruitless search for Adri's daughter, all well and good, but hey he needs a favor. Remember you have a granddaughter too, well that ain't it, it's about the ex-amante, doncha know. Keep Adri away from her. Well, Ms Vikki loses it. She is very righteously pithed. Don't mention that woman's name and by the by how did he find out Adri went to see her anyways. Just keep Adri away from her. Ms Vikki is outraged I tell you. She doesn't want to know nothin' bout his lova, and hey why does he care so much about her anyhoo? Oh, noes can't be, does he still care for this amante??? Does he??? He counters with, look Vikki I am your Snappy Papi, you must obey me!!! Ok, note to Anyballs, Que Que What???? Ms Vikki is so not ten years old. Get over yourself. Now Vikki wants to know if maybe, hey we in Viewerville know for sure that Pau knows way more than Vikki does, that there could be some secret spilling between Pau and Adri, hmmmm! Anyballs is pithed. We'll get back to them.

Now on to the bodyguard quarters and Nikki is having a little powwow with Guzmi, who is trying to hide his face, cause it's got the tracks of his tears all over it. He has so been cryin' the adorable cutie. Nikki tells Guzmi she tried her best to fire Pau, even told her she didn't like her, but hey, she is coming back tomorrow for another lesson. So now Nikki wants Guzmi to bear his soul and tell her exactly why Guzmi wanted Pau to be fired. What did that woman do to you? He won't tell. Hello???? Nikki says. No way, no how is he gonna tell her. Well, she gives him the trust advice. Hey she trusts him, well we all know there is a limit there, and now it is time to trust her. And if he don't trust her how can she trust him. Well, after a bit of hesitation Guzmi finally tells her that Pau is, wait for it, my Mama!!!! But you told me your Mama was dead!!!! Well, kinda. She's been dead to me lo, these twenty years and I haven't spoken to her in all that time. Nikki wants to know why. Well, he can't tell her, and is puzzled how Pau ended up being Nikki's piano teacher. Nikki doesn't know either. But Guzmi wants a promise, a pinky swear promise, she will never tell a soul that that woman is his Mama. And by the by be thankful you have such a wonderful Mama as Ms Vikki. Guzmi feels sorry for Ms Vikki cause she was very worried to find out Nikki got her drunk on, and he almost let slip that Nikki was seeing a head doc so to speak. Oh, the horror, Guzmi didn't tell did he???? Nopis he didn't and as long as she sees the head doc he won't. Pinky promise. He tells Nikki to think about her Mama's love cause poor Guzmi didn't have a mother's love growin' up.

So now back to Anyballs and Ms Vikki. She is very pithed at Anyballs as he is with her. So Ms Vikki accuses the amante (lover) of knowing a little somethin' somethin' about Adri's daughter and is this why he is so afraid!!!! It's over with the lover already, and she has gotta stay outta the family problems. Ms Vikki can't believe it! That woman took Anyballs away from them. Ms Vikki has no respect for a woman that gets involved with a married man. Anyballs can't believe she is bringing up the past again, she should live in the present, and they are neva gonna talk bout this again. Ms Vikki warns him he better neva bring this amante to her house and furthermore she'll kick her butt right out the door, poor Ms Vikki, if she only knew that the Pau has already breeched the gates, que pena. Ms Vikki also gives Anyballs a warning, Adri betta neva find out he lied to her, about the bebe, cause then he'll be dead to them, well, not that but things will change, no doubt. Anyballs goes.

So now we have Pau and Betty havin' a lil cafecito and discussing why Pau went to Anyballs' office. Betty wants to know what wuz up with that. Well it involves a secret that isn't Pau's to say. Pau promises it won't happen again. Now Betty wants to know if her and Anyballs made up. Nah, not so much. The only reason Pau came to Anyballs' office was cuz it was a delicate matter best handled in person. We'll get back to the chisme and cafecito.

So now Ms Vikki is finally rid of Anyballs' presence and in comes Tomi. They are discussing Nikki and Pau and how Pau is a Pig, ya know the horoscope. Anyhoo, Pau is patient and Nikki was rude, but Pau will be back on the morrow, and now change of subject how was the spa with the besties. Just great, they liked their Euro trip. So what did Jocelyn want? Well the Angel of course, to escort her that is, er, bodyguard her for the evening and Ms Vikki was put on the spot and agreed. Tomi feels for the poor Angel cause now he is in the clutches of that ho, er, loose woman, doncha know. Well Ms Vikki, I had to stop sipping the Bailey's cause here comes the double entendre, Jocelyn could be giving the Angel a hard time, er, ya know. Well, that ho, er Jocelyn could be giving him such a good time, when Nikki interrupts and Tomi goes. Back to them in a tic.

So now back to Betty and Pau and how Pau is gonna keep goin' back there cause her Frankie is there and sooner or later he will realize the love she has for him, and her heart was goin pitter patter when she saw him. She lurrvves her son so much! He'll so understand, don't count on that Pau. Well Betty tells her her heart was also beating fastly when ole Leo showed up at M.I. and pulled what he did. Pau wants to know if he hit her? Nah, Anyballs put a stop to that and got rid of him, thank Dios for that says Pau. Well, it's also thanks to Santino (Dances) and the look on Betty's face is very bright and full of, dare I say it, lurrrvvve. Pau is happy Betty is happy. Betty tells her Mami it is due to Santino, sigh!

Now back to that little meet with Vikki and Nikki. Nikki has come to apologize, she didn't mean to be mean to her Mami, but darn it she was angry and didn't mean what she said. She just needs Mami's forgiveness. She luvs her Mami so much. Well Vikki loves her Nikki so much too, but girl grow up! Love isn't just words, it's actions too. Ms Vikki loves her bebe too with all her heart, and Ms Vikki thinks she failed Nikki somehow. Love is unconditional you must show respect too. Ms Vikki tells Nikki she has been unfair and harsh towards her. Nikki is on her knees now and is very sorry. Nikki has tears in her eyes and so does Vikki. Nikki is starting to cry. Vikki just wants Nikki to be proud of her, to work hard, as Ms Vikki has, to get what she wants from life. Vikki thinks that Nikki has wasted time and thinks it was too easy for Nikki. Nikki promises to change, she'll be a better girl for her Mama, just please forgive her. Vikki pulls her up and say she loves her girl and kinda forgives her. Nikki is happy cause now she can sleep. Nikki doesn't know what she would have done if her Mami hadn't forgiven her and Nikki promises not to argue with her Mami again. Pinky promise. So they have a hug and cheeky smoochies and Nikki goes. Vikki thanks Dios for the apology.

Oh, we find out another lil secret. Seems Ms Vikki's birthday is comin up, but according to Jean Marie, Polita is with him, it won't be much of a shin ding. Now that Furry Fornicator and Ms Vikki are on the outs and sleeping in separate bedrooms, not much in the way of celebration. This a bad thing. Jean Marie thinks this can happen in any family, not just rich ones. Polita, neh, not so much, poor families just ain't got the extra bedroom, snort!

So now we are back with Ms Vikki and she is about to take a bath, and Tomi has brought her some towels and shameless product placement for Crest White strips. I'll skip that part. Y'all know what they are for. Vikki happily tells Tomi that Nikki came to apologize and now Ms Vikki is happy. Tomi does tell Vikki, that Nikki does have a heart of gold in there somewhere, doncha know and that she lurrrvves her Mami and Tomi is happy for them. Ms Vikki is yawning she is sooo tired. She'll be able to sleep well. So now Tomi has one question for Ms Vikki, isn't she gonna save ole Angel from the clutches of the new ho in town, er, Jocelyn. So Tomi whispers a plan in Ms Vikki's ear we don't get to hear.

So now on to the art event. Seems this is a New Expressions Art Exhibit. So Jocelyn the new ho, is doing a meet and greet, followed by the Angel who looks kinda distressed and uncomfortable, even though he is doing his duty. Josie is showing him off to everyone. So Josie even has a nickname for our Angel, he is now Angelcito, how quaint. So now we have a meet with the artist, and let me tell you, if there were a casting call for Cyrano de Bergerac, he would be the perfect candidate. Anyhoo, the artist's name is Erasmo Volp. So happy, happy joy, joy, there is a little painting in the back Josie wants his opinion on. Now somewhere after the artists greeting, there is a figure, who seems vaguely familiar, who is shadowing Josie and her Angel for the evening. This figure has got a fedora on and a dark blue pants suit. Who is it???? Well, we'll find out. Ok, now on to the painting in the back. Ruh Roh, it's a nakkid as a jaybird painting, and the Angel of course remarks about the nakkidness of the painting, but Josie thinks the body is beautiful nakkid as Josie looks at the Angel like he is a plum tart with a side of whipped cream, and the Angel pays her no never mind. We'll get back to them.

So now on to the kitchen at Balvanera and Jean Marie is hoping there are no last minute plans for a birthday bash. All that rushing at the last second, wouldn't be the first time. When here comes Tomi. She wants them to stop the chisme, go watch your telenovela, snort! They think Tomi has a terrible temper they want her to get married so she loses the 'tude. Well, she wants to get married but no one eva asked her. Probrectia, I hope by the end of this TN she does get married. So Jean Marie and Polita go and in comes Guzmi, somewhat more settled than before and he has a question for Tomi. Tomi thinks it has to do with Ms Vikki's birthday party, but Guzmi didn't even know bout that. He wants to know about that piano teacher how did she get the job? Tomi wants to know if he is interested in her and why?

So now back to the Art Exhibition and the continued looking at the paintings and then the skulker, kinda loses them, as they wend their way outside, that would be Angel and Josie. So Josie and Angel have stopped and now Angel assures her he will keep looking after her, but that so isn't the point, cause she knows that, and just about then the skulker has caught up with this unlikely pair. So Josie is all up on the Angel's face, stroking that manly cheek and telling him that mask sure worked for him and Angel is telling her please m'am like you can look, but don't touch. But Josie continues on and strokes that cheek tells her Angelcito she likes him very much and leans right into the handsome face and then and then...... a huge, huge lunge right on to the lips with a tongue mangling kiss, and the fedored one is finally revealed, as, as, as........... Ms Vikki of course, who now has a cara de impactada!!!! And here is where we end this epi.

Avances Este Lunes:

Josie is tickling Angel's tonsils with that kiss.

Vikki and Tomi have a convo and Vikki is pithed. Tune in Lunes to find out what happens!

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Good Morning Y'all, working on the recap. I'll get it up as soon as I can.
 

Madelaine - Your recaps are always a treat.

How about Vickie and the Crest dental strips? Didn't see that coming. :D
 

Good morning! (Or evening.)

Yesterday Erika, Lalo, Eiza and Sebastián were the guests on El Gordo y la Flaca.

part one
part two

Geez, they are so adorable! All of them.
 

Wow, Guzman actually overcame a trust/intimacy issue and told Nikki that Paula is his mother. This looks like a first step toward opening up to Nikki.

I absolutely love Nikki's wardrobe. I also adore Vikki's wardrobe; it is so age appropriate without being frumpy. Maybe once Adriana's lost hija is found, she'll go to a shorter skirt and lose the visual weight associated with the weight of her emotional baggage. Adri is such a pretty woman, and I want her to be happy.

Niecie in MD - I was rather appalled by the blatant product placement advert for the Crest White Strips. Nothing subtle about that scenario.

Umm.... Polita doing her rockero version had out dog staring at the TV wondering "whaaaaaat?" LOL
 

I would have preferred that Vicky relax by the tub with some Bailey's. But we haven't had a Bailey's ad in a while. I hope it's not all about the Crest strips now.

I love Vicky's wardrobe. Not so sure about Nicky's. In fact, I'm pretty sure she bought those doily shorts from AbisMart from the Elisa collection.
 

Here is the latest from Meta*Mart. Come rest, relax at our newly opened Limpid Pool Café

Poolside Tables For the Patrons of the Patio of Lowered Expectations

Adri Table – Poor lost thing, trying to cope, wants to find her daughter
Betty Table – We’re helping her to look out for Horrible Leo.
Nikki Table – What’s going on? Humble Pie judges sit here (also for those needing a brush-up in fresa-speak)
Vikki Table – Art critics and book reviewers sit here
Lili Table – Cheering her up until she gets a nice guy
Jean Marie/Polita/Tomi Table (otherwise known as the Servidumbre) – Lessons in Chinese horoscope, eating Jean Marie's marvelous petit fours and listening to Polita sing and give her homespun advice : ) This table has a wait list
Crissy Table – for Posole and Chilaquiles lovers
Bodyguard Table (otherwise known as Guarda Espaldas) – Angel, Guzmi, Zambrano and Dances, they will be offering modeling, piano, and dancing lessons; this table is the only one decorated with real flowers and serving bubbling non-alcoholic cider
No PauToo Table – We’d be likely to boycott it and that would seem rude
Kendra Table – Reserved for las chicas de la casa de citas
 

Beanie time: What was up with that disfraz de Vicky? Right, you blend in really well ... NOT!

And Arriaga? A big strong guy like that couldn't push off the Joyce-leech and keep her at arms' length? Please!
 

Ok, Y'all recap is up. Please enjoy.
 

Madelaine - Thank you for the great recap. It was another busy episode of Imbeciles Verdaderos and you handled it with style.

I could not believe JA accepted the job to escort Joce. Really, JA? Really?

I could not believe Vikki didn't come up with a lame bail-out excuse to prevent that train wreck, either. " Uh, JA needs to protect me while I go to WalMart, or AbisMart or MetaMart, on the way home."

If we have any Caray-mates up in Boston, I hope y'all are warm and safe.




 

Another giggle-fest of an episode -- and a matching giggle-fest of a recap. Thank you, Madelaine. Really wonderful!

So neither JA nor Vikki wants to be rude and as a result the "ofrecida de Joclyn" gets her way. Just like real life, huh?

And now we have Vikki pulling a Cristina! That Arriaga does bring out the possessive side in women, doesn't he?

Paula is playing Chopin, one of the waltzes, I think but I can't tell you which. Maybe someone else can be more exact.
 

Anita:

I believe Aníbal and Furry have been trying to install a large hot tub adjacent to the Kendra table. A set of whitening strips would be included with every 30" soak.

The Patio Ethics Committee is considering their proposal and should have a ruling very soon.
 

I'm with you about the wardrobe, Doris. I love Vikki's clothes. And although as Vivi says, Nikki may have borrowed her doily shorts from little Elisa in the Passion Pit, they actually work on her, especially in this role.

Adriana is deliberately new-age depressive. Cristina's simple sleeveless shirtdresses look great. Lili always looks cute. PaulaToo always looks a bit overdressed, but then she is supposed to.

Maybe Tomasina's romantic prospects would improve if she weren't stuck in that ghastly suit which would work well for a prison matron.
 

Thank you, Madelaine. I really liked your description of Jocelyn and her scenes. What a piece of work she is! And the Cyrano/Artist comparison was great, too. What was up with that?

Anita-Could you put my name on the Servidumbre waiting list?

I enjoy Vikki's wardrobe, too. I also find myself admiring Pau's wardrobe.
 

I really like the looks of Gilda (the other receptionist at MetaImage). She is played by Diana Golden, and when I searched for her on Google, was surprised to see a picture of her on the cover of a special Playboy issue distributed in Mexico!


 

Maybe Tomasina's romantic prospects would improve if she lost the hairstyle that is channeling O'Brien in Downton Abbey. It would be nice if Tomi and Polita both have boyfriends by the Fin.
 

Madelaine - Muchas gracias. Fantastic recap. My favorite: "...look Vikki I am your Snappy Papi..."

Aribeth - Thanks for the clips.

They've been mentioning the name of Adriana's baby's daddy a lot - makes me think he's going to turn up real soon.

What a hoot. Crissie is happy as a clam with no jealous scene, while Vickie is out in the middle of the night tracking Angel with her "ofrecida" gal pal.

Love the scenes with Guzman and Nikki. Sweet of her to (try) to fire PaulaToo for him -- I really mean that cause sometimes you just need a friend to have blind trust and not ask you a lot of questions about why. Now that he fessed up that she's his mom, I wonder if Nikki will fess up about not seeing a therapist.
 

Good Morning Y'all and thanks for all the great comments.

Aribeth: thanks so much for the links. They are adorable : )

Doris: I liked your analogy of Adri's weight and her emotional baggage.She is very pretty and I wish she would wear a more form fitting skirt, like from the '90's like Elaine Benes wore in Sienfeld, if she wants to wear those long skirts : )

Neice in MD: At least they didn't do another product placement for Tostachos like from Abismo, lol.

Vivi: I just knew those crocheted shorts looked familiar lol. But Nikki pulls it off better than Elisa.
 

Anita: Loved your setup of the tables on the patio. I too want to get on that waiting list for the Servidumbre table. Jean Marie's petit fours are to die for : )

Anon 3:02: I know Vikki stuck out like a sore thumb, but it was so funny. I think Angel was so shocked he didn't know what to do. I think Monday will tell the tale : )

Doris: It was so funny when Vikki was trying the hand signals and the eye rolls with the Angel, but he couldn't "read" and so accepted the job, lol. Now I bet he is sorry he did.

NovelaMaven: The Angel really does bring out the possessive side of women doesn't he. Vikki was so shocked to see the Angel and Jocelyn in that clinch. Tomi did warn her though, lol. I wonder how she will rescue the Angel from this one, lol.

Sara: I just had to add the Cyrano description, I swear if Cyrano were real he would be this guy, lol.

GoBlueFan from OH: Gilda is really pretty I agree. She is one good spy too here I must say. I hope Anyballs never finds out what she's done cause that will be the end of her.

Neice in MD: That sure was a role reversal wasn't it, for Cris and Vikki. I thought it was so funny when Vikki was skulking around in that suit, she reminded me of a scene from the Pink Panther, lol. Now what is she gonna do to stop what is going on, I wonder.

About the clothes. I do like all the clothes they wear on this TN. I agree about Tomi's clothes and hairstyle. It's great for being the head housekeeper, but on her off time or her down time, she needs to let her hair down and wear a softer style. I like Vikki's wardrobe and Pau's too. Pau is a bit overdressed I agree. We should add overdressed to the list of Too. I like Cris' wardrobe too. All the dresses do fit her very well, and her personality. Lili and Nikki have wardrobes that exactly fit them and their personalities. I like Adriana's scarves and blouses, but as I mentioned above, in the skirt department she ought to wear something more in the Elaine Benes style from Seinfeld including clogs, lol. It would so fit her better. I think once she finds Lucia her wardrobe may change.

Love the men's clothing on this TN. All the suits look great on the guys, but I have to say, I am still loving the Angel's flannel shirts and jeans and Dances' dance outfits, lol. Especially his white dancing shoes.
 

Oh, about the Crest White Strips. In the Mexican version they had a whole five minutes of a meeting about Proctor and Gamble I think with products like Oil of Olay, Crest White Strips, etc we didn't see here. Same with the cake and the Baileys a while back.


Someone this past week asked about Bon Balm. It is a balm for joint pain and sore muscles. It releives a whole bunch of ailments according to the commerical. You just put it on in the effected area and it is supposed to work in five minutes. I hope that helps you.
 

NovelaMaven: I really liked your idea about the hottub by Kendho's table, but we will have to come up with some way to disinfect it if anyone else besides Kendho and Furry Fornicator use this hot tub. We don't want any transferrable diseases, lol.
 

Guzmi and Nikki were very cute together this epi, and Nikki looked so riddled with guilt when she talked about going to see that doctor. I think she feels real guilty for having lied to Guzmi. I am hoping she changes a bit now and actually goes to a pyscologist. I really don't want to see her hurling up anything else.
 

Madelaine-Did you get the impression that the Cyrano Artist was played by the same actor who was the Ardu rep with the ipad? They looked the same to me and that the crew just glued that huge rubbery nose on him.

Oh, and I hope we get to see more Estefano. I love Archie Lafranco.
 

Madelaine---I really enjoyed your recap. Your line all the way at the end had me roaring with laughter. "Josie is tickling Angele's tonsils with that kiss."
After Thursday's episode I thought that Jocelyn would be the one to have JA's son, I still think so--I mean it kinda looks like things are starting to move in that direction. Jocelyn knows what she wants and she is wasting no time in going after it.

Madelaine---Disinfect the hot tub after KendHo and the FF use it. Yes, that's a must, but still, I'm not sure that I'd go in.

Anita---Your patio of lowered expectations was too good for words.

NovelaMaven---"Did Nikki borrow her dolly shorts from Eisa in the Passion Pit?" LOL---Tomasina's prison matron suit, LOL again. NM you're on a roll.

Friday night, it seems that Nikki has a heart after all--well at least half of a heart. It clearly looks like she's starting to mellow a bit.
the gringo
 

Madelaine--You set up all the comings and goings, ups and downs, role reversals, secrets and lies and a distressed Angel in perfect form. Thank you.

My fave line this time is: Josie looks at the Angel like he is a plum tart with a side of whipped cream, and the Angel pays her no never mind.

Poor Angel, this is just the beginning of his distress. He will be wanting to 'splain things to Vick, but she knows what she saw and it wasn't pretty and will go ballistic.

The piano piece Pau & Guz played was Chopin: Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2.

As a very small child, we lived in an apartment and next door there was a young girl who practiced this piece a lot with the windows open. It was the first piece of music I ever heard that affected me tremendously. I didn't know the name of it until I was much older, but recognized the music instantly. Very melancholy, like Chopin. I had the privilege of being in Majorca and standing in the living quarters Chopin and George Sands occupied one horrible winter, which did little for his delicate health.

If you want to see a good film of Chopin, Liszt and the French salon dilettantes of that era it's Impromptu (1991), with Judy Davis and an oh, too gorgeous young Hugh Grant.
 

gringo--
The Patio of Lowered Expectations was not my invention. Somebody (i.e. Julia, RlO, NovelaMaven or someone very much like them) over on Abismo came up with that. I didn't watch Abismo, but we did have a gathering by the Limpid Pool in El Tal.
 

There is no reason for Vicki to go ballistic over the Joce/Jose kiss. SHE is not the wife. SHE let him go. SHE knows what her friend is like. So now, SHE should just rescue JA and consider it a lesson learned (calladita te ves mas bonita).
 

Have you notice that all or most of the desktop and laptop computer equipment in the TN are from Apple? The Apple logos are covered up by very loosely fitting Meta Imagen stickers. I guess Apple didn't want to pay for product placement.
 

Anon@3:54--Obvio, it would be inappropriate for Miss Vicky to go ballistic, but it's what I would expect in a conventional tn. We'll see how she reacts--probably somewhere between ballistic and writing it off. She probably knows deep within that letting him go with Joce was wrong, but she didn't have the backbone to tell Joce NO, so she has to live with the consequences, no?
 

Anita:

Thanks for naming that tune! Chopin, George Sand, Majorca. You are definitely classing up the joint. :-) And thanks too for the movie recommendation -- "Impromptu" is now at the top of my queue.
 

Gringo:

That wasn't a kiss, it was a Face Attack, Telenovela Style [FATS]. Face Attacks happen when:

Person A (here Jocelyn) rushes at Person B (JA), lips puckered

And:
Person B never sees it coming and can't step aside in time.

Lip contact is Brief, Unreciprocated and Rapidly Terminated by person B.

And crucially--
Person C witnesses only the Lip Contact Phase, not the Rushing At nor the Rapid Termination.

FATS are all about Person C's reaction. What makes this particular one funny is that Person C (Miss Vikki) has no right to HAVE a reaction. In fact, she can't even admit that she was there. But she WILL have to come to terms with her own jealousy.

I suspect Jocelyn is just a prop in all this. I'd be very surprised if she had a significant role in the story.

Oh, BTW, credit Vivi with pointing out Abismo's Elisa and Amores' Eiza are sharing doilies (but I will take credit for the Patio -- I spent many happy hours there with the Pit crew.) :-)
 

NV--We have to add FATS to our telenovela fresa-lingo dictionary.
 

Excellent Madelaine, what fun.

Vikki my darling, welcome to Cristina's world.

Nikki, you're on the right track, but Kendra might not be the best choice as therapist.

Salsero, I think it was Jean Marie who recommended a hair stylist for you, take a look at at his head, do you think that he was really the best source of advice?

Amber Alert!: OK, where is Amber (Mrs. Gusanito)?

Carlos
 

Carlos:

"Vikki my darling, welcome to Cristina's world."

So artfully expressed.

[Looking frantically for a glass of Baileys to raise in tribute and finding only dental hygiene products. Aaaack!]
 

NovelaMaven---FATS was a good one. I will have to remember that.
From a man's point of view---I will have to disagree with you about the doilie shorts.
Eiza over Angelique. WHAT???
 

Madelaine, you're my sun here in depressing LA. We have been under winter storms lately. And I guess Cristina surprised me. She is so funny I am beginning to like her. I like also Nikki's name for Guzman -"Guzmancin" She's so carinosa.I really want to adopt her. Tomasina is right, the girl tho at times is acting like a mean girl is deep inside has a noble heart. I love the scene between mom and daughter. Vivi, I was thinking about Eliza's -Nikki's lacy shorts too. So did the costume designer of AV buy that at the AB yard sale? Getting more serious, I wonder how would Cristina deal about Liliana if it turns out that she might be Adriana's baby.
 

Sara: You have such a good eye. I too think that Cyrano looked exactly like the assistant and M.I. with a nose extension lol. I too like Estafano. I hope by the end of this TN, they will have gotten rid of Odiodette or Estafano jumps ship and joins Ms Vikki at M.I. Archie Lanfranco always plays such a nice guy in most TN's I have seen him in.

Gringo: I wonder if maybe they will reveal more about Nikki now, for example, maybe Guzmi guilted her so bad that she will actually go get help and deal with her bulimia and maybe show she has a heart under all that bluff. I think she does. But I do like some of the things she does. I just wish she would aim them at the right people, like the Furry Fornicator, jus' sayin'.

Anita: Thanks so much for the composition. I liked your adventure in Majorca. I too will add Impromtu to my movie list. I too wonder what will happen with Ms Vikki and Angel since she saw that kiss and as NovelaMaven called it FATS, lol. Even though Ms Vikki shouldn't have to say anything to him, it isn't her place but it will be interesting.




 

Anon 3:54: Welcome to our TN, I don't know if you have ever commented here before and I liked your Spanish phrase. Please come back and comment again. I agree with you about her rescuing Angel and you're right, she knows exactly what her friend is like. I feel sorry for the Angel cause he is just a good ole country boy and doesn't have a clue. lol.

NovelaMaven: What a clever way to put the FATS explanation. I love it and will probably use it if it ever happens again. You are so right about that and Ms Vikki.

Carlos: I had to laugh about the Amber Alert, lol. I wonder if she will ever be a part of the story. They seem to have swept that under the rug. I also laughed about Salsero's new hairstylist, it just makes Salsero look more gentle, almost like a little boy. Maybe the writers decided he needed a softer "luke" but I agree the bangs are a touch gouche.

Vida2: I am glad I was able to cheer up your day. I just can't help the sense of humor. This TN is such a nice change from the normal TN, with all the shennigans. I too am beginning to like Cris. She actually is a good person and I am glad the writers dialed down the jealousy rants. You bring up a great point Vida. I too wonder what would happen if Cris ever finds out that Lili may not be hers. I think it would break her heart.
 

I also wanted to say something about Angel. I really think, even though it's never been mentioned in the storyline, that Angel and Cris are one and onlies. I don't think either one of them have ever been with anyone else. I think that is why Angel is so flabbergasted by that kiss from Jocelyn and hasn't pushed her off and also about his emerging feelings for Ms Vikki, he doesn't know how to deal with that. I really beleive that he is sincere when he says he is married forever. Despite some of his actions, the butterfly kisses for example, and what he confessed to the priest back in Santa Rita, I think he would never cheat on Cris. Same as Cris would never cheat on him. So if they do ever part, I wonder what the catalyst will be.
 

I love the idea of Estafano joining MI. Great idea, Madelaine!


 

Mads, I loved your recap, as always. Thank you very much.
 





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